1960 Silver and Green

Silver and Green with which is incorporated

THE OLD COLLEGIAN

HAWTHORN July, i960

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Editor: L Y N N E Sub-Editor: Committee:

Miss D .

CERUTTY,

TYNE, DIANA

Miss C . G R E E N W O O D

BRUHN, W E N D Y

MARGARET

HENRY,

PENELOPE

TILBROOK,

CONOCHIE, LORRAINE

LEONIE

SHERLOCK,

HODGES,

Resu'ts, Officers, e t c . ) , P A T R I C I A

SUZANNE CARMICHAEL,

ELIZABETH

S O L W A Y LOVE, EDEN L I D D E L O W , J U D Y

WORTLEY, SHIRLEY

HUNKIN.

JOCELYN

DAVIES.

(Examination

BUCHANAN,

ROSSLYN

MEREDITH

JACKSON.

SUZANNE

JENNIFER

ASHTON, ELIDA

MILLS,

HERMIONE

BALLANGILLIAM,

McDONALD,

BRERETON, ST.

JOHN

HELEN SMITH.

TIMEWELL

Editorial "Almighty Father, who dost give The gift of life to all who live, Look down on all earth's sin and strife, A n d lift us to a nobler life".

W e choose our friends, we make our enemies, but God gives our neighbours.

They are our fellow-creatures, with whom we must learn to live in a spirit of understanding and brotherhood.

N o matter what their colour, their creed or their customs, we have been divinely commissioned "to love our neighbours as ourselves".

Yet the conflict of races is one of the great problems of the world to-day. W e read of the inhuman apartheid policy imposed by the white on the brown races of South Africa, or the problems of negro segregation in the south of the United States, and realise the injustice of man's treatment of man.

But are we, in Australia, above criticism?

How often do we refuse to acknowledge that the welfare of the .aborigines is equally as important as that of the white man?

Here at M.L.C. we have a valuable opportunity to influence, for good, international rela-

tions. Students from many countries are sharing our work, our sport, our studies, our very lives. If we can create here a spirit of friendliness and companionship, of sympathy and understanding, no one can say how great may be the effect of this small beginning on the affairs of man.

"From those to whom much is given much will be required". W e as students of M.L.C. have many privileges—of Christian standards, good teaching, beautiful buildings, and not the least of these is the chance to make friends with the citizens of other lands.

Because we have this privilege we are expected to use it wisely and well in establishing relationships and friendships which will help to dispel the distrust and hatred which arise where men do not understand and tolerate each other. This task has been entrusted to us, and we pray that, with God's grace, we may be able to carry it out.

"Lift up our hearts, O King of kings, T o brighter hopes and kindlier things, T o visions of a larger good, And holier dreams of brotherhood".

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Salvete—Valete The School has been very pleased to welcome these new members of Staff:— Miss D. Dwyer (returned from visit overseas).

Miss D. M. Cerutty, M.A., Dip.Ed., Senior English Mistress (returned after being a Tutor at the Melbourne University f o r two years).

Mr. J. Ingram, Mus.Bac., Music Director.

Miss J. Elton, Mus.Bac., Dip.Ed. (Old Collegian), Senior Singing Mistress.

Mrs. L. Hadley (nee Duncan), B Sc., Dip.Ed. (Old Collegian), Mathematics, General Science.

Mrs. E. A. Hall, B.Com., Economics, Social Studies.

Mrs. M. in't Veld, M.A., Dip.Ed., History, English, Senior School.

Mrs. K. Fairhurst, B.Sc., Matriculation Biology.

Mrs. A. M. Keating, B.A., English, History, Senior School.

Mrs. D. Duncan, Middle and Lower Middle School (formerly of our Staff).

M'ss L. Hulme, Grade V .

Miss B. Heffernan (Old Collegian), Grade V .

Miss B. McNeill, B.A., French, English, Middle School.

Miss E. Dunn, Scripture.

Miss J. Shewan, Mus.Bac. (returned from visit overseas), Piano.

Miss A. Price, Sportsmistress.

Miss D. Quick (Old Collegian), Sportsmistress.

Miss J. Shaw, Sportsmistress.

Miss E. Little, A.Mus.A., Piano.

Miss J. Couchman, Laboratory Assistant.

Sister H. Grey (Resident Staff).

Miss D. Wenning (Resident Staff).

Sister C. Mcintosh (Resident Staff).

Miss J. McKenzie (Resident Staff).

The School regretted to say farewell to the following members of Staff in December, 1959: — Miss R. Flockart, M.B.E. (Old Collegian) (48 years).

Miss L. M. Mitchell, M.A. (17 years).

Miss A. King, M.A. (1 year).

Miss M. Spotswood (7 years).

Miss A . Hull (Old Collegian) (2 years).

Miss M. Tharle (Old Collegian) (2 years).

Miss A . Crawford (2 years).

Miss Y . Ryall (2 years).

Miss A . M. Betts, M A., Dip.Ed. (overseas).

Mrs. J. Downie, Dip.Com. (overseas).

Miss B. Scarlett, Mus.Bac. (Old Collegian) (2 years).

Mr. C. W . Wilson.

Mrs. E. Rawlins.

Miss J. Carnegie, Mus.Bac. Miss P. Dixson, Mus.Bac. (Old Collegian).

Miss D. Gillespie, Mus.Bac. Sister S. Thomas (Old Collegian) (Resident Staff).

Speech Night, 1959 On 11th December, 1959, the School year culminated in Speech Night, which was held in the Melbourne Town Hall. As a result of weeks of careful planning and preparation, the programme was most successful, and was enjoyed by a large audience of parents and friends.

W e would extsnd most sincere thanks to Miss Myra Roper, M.A., Principal of the University Women's College, f o r so grac ously presenting the prizes and addressing the audience. Her topic was the equality of the sexes, and the address proved to be most witty and very inspiring.

Speech Night, 1959, is particularly memorable since it marked the climax of a lifetime of service devoted to the School by Miss Ruth Flockart.

Under her direction the musical programme was presented, and it was one that will always be remembered by all of us who know and love Miss Flockart. She was ably assisted by Mr Lance Hardy, organist, and the joint school pianists, Pamela Giltinan and Dianne Hofmaier.

The programme began with the singing of the hymn, "Father of Everlasting Grace", by S. Reay, the descant written by Dianne Hofmaier.

After prayer, the School sang a bracket o f four choral items—"In Town and in Village", from a Welsh melody arranged with a descant

by L. Brian Trant; "Puer Natus", a carol arranged

by Norman Gilbert; "Gentle Jesus, Meek and Mild", an old European folk-tune with descant

by Marjorie Thompson; and "Praise to the Lord", an old German melody arranged by Arthur Warrell.

The School Madrigal Singers next entertained us with three beautiful madrigals, " I n These Delightful Pleasant Groves", by Purcell; "Rest, Sweet Nymphs", by Frances Pilkington, and " T h e Nightingale", by Thomas Wulkes.

Three moving sacred works were then presented by the c h o i r — " O h ! Had I Jubal's Lyre", by Handel; "Hush! My Dear, Lie Still and Slumber",.

5 SILVER A [D GREEN arranged by Dr. A . E. Floyd; and f r o m Mozart's "Exultate, Jubilate".

"Alleluja",

The presentation of prizes followed, and acknowledgments were made by the Rev. C. K. Daws. This was followed by a presentation made

by Dr. W o o d to Miss Flockart, thanking her f o r her work as Musical Director.

Th* evening concluded with the singing of the School Leaving Song, the Dismissal H y m n , and the National Anthem.

In presenting the seventy-eighth Annual Report, Dr. W o o d commented on the increasing tendency f o r education to be regarded as a means of gaining financial security.

H e said that Australia, ES a democracy, should take heed that education is not directed to this purpose alone.

Dr. W o o d spoke of the aim of Church schools, which is to develop character and to instil into the minds of its pupils education in its highest purpose and objective through religious teaching.

Australia, professing to be a Christian nation, must prove this by the character of its citizens, this being fostered in homes and schools.

The Principal then mentioned the need f o r more Commonwealth scholarships, especially in view of the secrifices being made by parents in order to send their children to school.

As a m e m s of reducing the high failure rate at the University, Dr. W o o d strongly recommended a second-year Matriculation, especially as a pre-requisite f o r scientific studies. H e appealed to girls to continue their schooling as long as possible, to further their education.

The sudden death of Mrs. A d a Stodden, B A . , during the last September vacation deeply shocked the School, and Dr. W o o d extended to her family the deepest sympathy.

The feeling of the whole School was expressed in reference to the great value that is being f o u n d through services in Fitchett Chapel.

Worship has gained deeper significance and meaning in such a beautiful setting.

The appointment of Mr. John Eggington as Chapel Organist is most fortunete.

Miss Flockart will continue to conduct the Boarders' Chapel Choir.

In mentioning various uses of the new Eastern Gymnasium, Dr. W o o d said it would be especially valuable in training in different types of sporting recreation. T h e building of a new block, to be commenced in 1960, featuring more science facilities, was also mentioned.

In reference to examination results, Dr. W o o d enumerated the excellent 1958 Matriculation results, and the current Internal Certificate results.

Increased use of the School Walton Library was commented upon, especially mentioning the value of the newly-instituted book trolley.

Two more successful editions of "Silver and G r e e n " were acknowledged.

Dr. W o o d mentioned the helpful work being done by Miss Hussey, the Student Counsellor, and he thanked Miss E. L. McKay f o r accepting the responsibilities of warden f o r Asian students in 1960.

Reference was made to the excellent results obtained in language competitions and the enthusiastic participation of girls in the various school societies. G o o d work is being done in the various practical subjects, the standard here being very high. More girls were urged to consider the taking of Business Diploma Courses, as M.L.C. produces many highly qualified girls each year f r o m the Business School.

Amongst the numerous musical activities o f the School in 1959 was the production by the SubIntermediates of " T o m Sawyer", under the direction of Miss Betty Scarlett.

Dr. W o o d acknowledged the work done in speech and drama. Miss Dwyer would return to her activities in this department in the early weeks of 1960.

The Parents' Association was thanked f o r their help.

Reference was also made to the various activities and splendid results shown by the school social services.

Having acknowledged his gratitude to the staff for their support during a busy year, Dr. W o o d made special mention, on behalf of the S c h o o l , concerning the departure of Miss Lorna Mitchell, M . A . ( O x o n . ) , who had taught at M.L.C. f o r seventeen years.

Miss Mitchell's fine Christian example and sympathetic help to Asian students will long be remembered with thankfulness by all who have had the g o o d fortune to be numbered amongst her students.

O n the occasion of Miss Flockart's retirement, Dr. W o o d spoke of the great influence she has had on the lives of all the girls whom she has taught, and of the vigour and enthusiasm she has infused into all her musical activities. In length of service Miss Flockart's career is unique, as she has spent forty-eight years as a member o f staff, and twenty-eight of these as Musical Director. T h e quality of her teaching and the high standards of conduct she has expected have marked her as a perfectionist.

Miss Flockart has done a great deal of work to make the School Song Book a reality.

In 1956 Miss Flockart was awarded the M.B.E., and the School will honour her in the naming of Flockart Hall, the new title of the Music Hall, in which she has taught since its building twenty-eight years ago.

These words will be recalled by many who remember Miss Flockart's devoted association with the College:— "Faith they had in the years gone by, Faith in the School that their dreams had made, A vision splendid, that shall not die, A dreaming that shall not fade".

—Rosslyn Wortley.

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School Di'ari| 29th: Junior Verse

February: 9th: Beginning of Term I. 12th: School Service and Induction of Prefects and Associate Prefects.

19th: Combined Societies. Representatives spoke eloquently on behalf of School societies.

26th: Father Tucker, of the Brotherhood of St. Laurence, spoke under the auspices of U . N . A .

Girls in H o n o u r V I and Diploma attended Chapel Service, which was held f o r the first time. Election of House officers f o r 1960.

March: 4th: Swimming Sports were held after school, Krome gaining first place.

11th: Tiddcman defeated Cato in the first inter-house debate on the subject "That democracy has failed in its purpose".

18th: A pleasant evening was spent in a roundtable debate with the O l d Collegians.

23rd: Matriculation Literature girls saw film "Pride and Prejudice" in the evening.

Recital.

29th and 30th: A presentation of " T h e Rivals",

by Sheridan, was seen by many Matriculation Literature students.

May: 1st: The Annual School Service at Auburn Methodist Church was conducted by Dr. W o o d .

T h e Rev. Principal Frederic Greeves, of Bristol, gave an inspiring sermon on Humility.

6th: T h e president of the Save the Children Fund spoke under the auspices of U . N . A .

11th: M L C. and Scotch choirs, under the direction of Mr. Logie-Smith, gave a wonderful performance of Handel's " T h e Messiah".

12th: The Teenagers' Dance wrs held in the Hawthorn Town Hall.

13th: The M.L.C. Athletic Sports were held.

"There's a hurrying and a bustling and a humming everywhere". End of Term I.

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25th: Krome convinced Dr. W o o d " T h a t the Victorian educational system is suited to the needs o f the community" in spite of opposition from the audience and Berry.

26th: College Day. "It's g o o d to see the School we knew, T h e land of youth and dream".

T h e School swarmed with O l d Collegians, some of whom tried their skill against the school in swimming, baseball and athletics.

31st: A concert in honour of Miss Flock" rt was held in the Assembly Hall. T h e artists included the Madrigal Group and many talented O l d Collegians.

April: 1st: Dr. W o o d wc.i farewelled rs PresidentGeneral of the Methodist Church of Australasia.

1st and 2nd: Matriculation Literature girls saw a p e r f c r m m c e of the Irish play " J u n o and the Paycock" at the U n i o n Theatre.

12th: The School Communion Service wrs held in Fitchett Ch-pel. At lunch-time Senior gir's presented " T h e Witnesses", accounts of various men and women who were with Christ during Holy Week.

13th: A n E-ster fi'm, was shown during tile Easter.

" I Beheld His G l o r y " , afternoon.

Recess f c r

20th: School resumed after Easter.

21st: "It's a time of sad lamenting. For some people" beginning of Senior School examinations.

25th: Anzac Day Commemoration Service.

ELAINE McCONKEY, Dux of the College. 1959, Senior Government Scholarship, 1959.

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ADRIENNE HOLZER, Joint Senior Prefect, S.C.M. Representative.

ROSSLYN W O R T L E Y , Joint Senior Prefect.

WENDY DAVENPORT, School Librarian.

LYNNE JACKSON, Editor, "Silver and Green".

S U Z A N N E DAVIES, Debating Secretary, Sub-Editor, "Silver and Green

E L I Z A B E T H FERGUSON, Social Service Representative.

GAIL TAYLOR, U.N.A. Vice-President.

DAGMARA VALDMANIS, S.C.M. Representative.

JOY McGEEHAN, Senior House Prefect, S.C.M. Representative.

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School Officers,

Joint Senior Prefects: Adrienne Holzer, Rosslyi Wortley.

1960

Prefects: Bronwen Baker, Patricia Ballantyne, Lois Brown, W e n d y Buchanan, W e n d y Davenport, Suzanne Davies, Jillian Greenwood, Kay Hobbs, Lynne Jackson, Solway Love, Catherine McCarthy, Joy McGeehan, Gweneth Quirk, Joan Slade, Anne Turnbull, Rae Wilson, Alison Wylie.

Associate Prefects: Elizabeth Ferguson, Penelope Tilbrook (Joint Senior Associate Prefects), Meredith Albury, Lynette Atkinson, Joan Bolwell, Robyn Broadbent, Jill Cole, Beverley Collins, Patricia Finch, Macyll Gaunt, Marion Gray, Leonie Hodges, Airdrie Hutton, Babette Isaacson, W e n d y Johnstone, Carole Kierson, Judith Macdonald, Janice McLean, Meryl Morton, Valerie Neilson, Meryll Roberts, Judith Rodger, Gail Taylor, Eugenie Tuck.

House (Boarders') Prefects and W i n g Captain:: Joy McGeehan (Senior), Patricia Ballantyne, Joan Slade, Robyn Broadbent, Macyll Gau it, Judith Macdonald, Judith Rodger, A n n Gibson, Lorraine Payne, Carolyn Rodger.

House Captains: Senior: Lynne Jackson (Berry); Anne Turnbull (Cato) ; Alison Wylie (Fitchett); W e n d y Davenport (Krome) ; Gweneth Quirk (Nevile) ; Joy McGeehan (Tiddeman). Middle: Margaret Pascoe (Berry); Carolyn D a n n ( C a t o ) ; Margaret Cameron (Fitchett); Judith Chambers ( K r o m e ) ; Janet Eltringham ( N e v i l e ) ; Meredith Morris (Tiddeman).

Lower Middle: Anne Lankaster (Berry); Joan Bennett ( C a t o ) ; Suzanne Bosisto (Fitchett); Kaye Williams ( K r o m e ) ; Diane Raftopoulos (Nevile).

House Sports Captains: Senior: Joan Bolwell (Berry) ; Esther Hole (Cato) ; Marilyn Reardon (Fitchett); Jillian Greenwood ( K r o m e ) ; Eugenie Tuck (Nevile); Robyn Broadbent (Tiddeman. Middle: Helen Jemison (Berry); Andrea McLean ( C a t o ) ; Judith Tyquin (Fitchett); Janet Wright ( K r o m e ) ; Kaye Smith (Nevile) ; Tiina Randmae ( T i d d e m a n ) . Lower Middle: Lyndsey Canning (Berry); Margaret Bremner ( C a t o ) ; Enid Barr (Fitchett); Jennifer Boyd ( K r o m e ) ; Joanne Evans (Nevile).

Form Captains: H . V I . a , Rosslyn Wortley and Adrienne Holzer (Joint) ; H . V I . b , Elizabeth Ferguson and Penelope Tilbrook (Joint) ; H . V I . c , Pamela Ralston; H . V I . d , Kathleen Stephenson; H.VI.e, Dagmara Valdmanis; Dip.a, Judith Murray; Senior V.a, Elizabeth Goulding; Senior V.b, Anita Costello; Senior V.c, Marian W o r n e r ; Senior V . d , Barbara Pollard; Senior V.e, Margaret Johns; Senior V . f , June Je'bart; Dip.b, Patricia Jones; Dip.c, Heather Millard; IV.a, Prudence Barr; IV.b, Suzanne R o b j ; IV.c, Margaret A l m o n d ; IV.d, Gay Hill; IV.e, Lynette Willcocks; I V . f , Lorraine Stephens; IV.g, Suzanne Furneaux; I V . h , Patricia H o o p e r ; IV.j, Joan Roberts; III.a, Hilary Mansfield; I I I b, Sandra Morgan; III.c, Margaret Froomes; I l l . d , Elizabeth Leggo; I I I e, Margaret Cameron; I l l . f , Elizabeth Palmer; I l l . g , Diane Barnett; I l l . h , Ruth Jeffrey; II.a, Bronwyn Stokes; II.b, Valerie Godson; II.c, Shane Turnley; II.d, Heather Cornish; II.8, Margaret McPherson; II.f, Kathleen Mason; I.a, Juliet Forman; I.b, Kaye Williams; I.c, A n n e Lenkaster; I.d, Robyn T h o r p e ; I.e, A n n e Hattersley; I.f, Elspeth Anderson; V l . a , Robyn Kilgour; V I . b , Elizabeth Matenson; V I . c , Pamela Wilkeson; V.a, Andrea Gold mith; V.b, Maree Cole.

Social Scrvice Captains: H . V I . a , Suzanne Dav es; H . V I . b , Marion Gray; H . V I . c , Pamela Jones; H . V I d, Susan Carter; H.VI.e, Eril S ggins; Dip a, Susan Canham; Senior V.a, Claire Henderson; Senior V.b, Barbara Day; S ; n i c r V . c , Gail W o o d ; Senior V . d , Margaret Morriss; Senior V.e, Elaine Beech; Senior V.f. Pcme'a Harris; Dip.b, Donise C o r r i ^ ' n ; Dip.c, Patricia Stocks; IV.a, Kay Mason; IV.b, Penelope Black; IV.c, Laurice T h o m p s o n ; I V . d , Erin Heath; IV.e, A n n e Atherton; I V.f, Elspeth Wylie; IV.g, Lyndalle T h o r p e ; I V . h , Susan Norris; I V . j , Maralyn Jackel, III.a, Lynette G u n n ; I l l . b , Margaret McLaren; III.c, Barbara Fisher; I l l . d , Suzanne T r o t : ; IlI.e, Susan Betheras; I l l . f , Susan A u j a r d ; I l l . g , Suzanne Egan; I l l . h , Vivienne Willis; II.a, Jill Coates; II.b, Jane Griffiths; II.c, Nanette Kent; II.d, Prudence Duncan; II.e, Vivienne Lloyd; II.f, Heather Law; I.a, A n n e Care; I.b, Elsie Pike; I c, Christine Paton; I.d, Susan Davies; I.e, Patricia Sellers; I f, Glenys Forde; V i a , Helen Leffler; V I . b , Heather Robinson; V i c , Helen Knight; V.a, Brenda Frankenberg; V.b, Susan Hunt.

9 SILVER A [D GREEN Sports Captains: H . V l . a , Jillian Greenwood; H . V I . b , Lynette Atkinson; H . V I . c , Esther H o l e ; H . V I . d , Gwenyth Diprose; H.VI.e, Elizabeth W e b b ; Dip.a, Heather O l d m e ' d o w ; Senior V.a, Jocelyn Timewell; Senior V.b, Anne Bowyer; Senior V.c, Judith Abbott; Senior V . d , Heather Cousland; Senior V.e, Joan Beckett; Senior V . f , Glenice Gunnell; Dip.b, Judith Cleverley; Dip.c, Gail Williams; IV.a, Glenys Greenwood; IV.b, Heather Leigh; IV.c, Susan T h o m a s ; IV.d, Marjorie Clarke; IV.e, Heather Jackson; I V . f , Keren Heard; IV.g, Elizabeth Senior; I V . h , Elizabeth Alexander; IV.j, Carol Leyshon; I l l . a , Helen Jemison; I l l . b , Jill Coulson; III.c, Bronwyn Holmes; I l l . d , Tiina Randmae; IlI.e, Pauline Ray; I l l . f , Judith T y q u i n ; I l l . g , Valerie M o n k ; I l l . h , Lynette Curtis; Il.a, Valerie W a k e ; Il.b, Pamela M c D o n a l d ; II.c, Joan Walduck; Il.d, Pamela Kervill?; II.e, Bronya Cropper; II.f, Jill Gallienne; I.a, Suzanne Bosisto; I.b, Joanne Evans; I.c, Diane Wright; I.d, Diane Raftopoulos; I.e., Margaret Bourne; I.f, Sylvia Kenins; V l . a , Toni Barber; V l . b , Sharne Perry; V I . c , Pamela Spry; V.a, Lynn H o l t ; V.b, Christine Lewis.

S.C.M. Committee: President, Miss D. M. Cerutty; Secretary, Dagmara Valdmanis; Treasurer, Rae Wilson; School Representatives, Adrirnne Holzer, Joy McGeehan; Leaving Representatives, June Jelbart, Shirley Ashton; Other Representatives, Judith Murray, Janice Porritt, Barbara Pollard, Lynette Quinton, Lynette At'.dnson, Janet Morgan, Cheryl Flett, Dorothy Bugg.

Library Committee: School Librarian, W e n d y Davenport; Treasurers, Alison Wylie, Valerie Neilson; Book Adviser, Carol Croydon; Chief Checkers, Marlene Deague, June Staunton, Carol W o o l r i c h ; Checkers, Anne Waite, Diana McLachlan, Elaine McLeish, Gayel Larkins, Heather Blarney; Guard, Kerin Gittus; Publicity, Susan Canham, Elida Brereton, Valerie Driver, Judith Murray; Returners, Vera Mackenzie, Fay Atkinson, Claire Henderson, Sally Gillman, Pamela Winston, Ailsa McLaren, Diana Nash, Norma Butler, Julie Cook, Pamela Downes.

United Nations Association: President, Mrs. M Ashton; Vice-President, Gail Taylor; Secretary, Meredith Albury; Treasurer, Bronwen Baker; Committee, Catherine McCarthy, Heather Oldmeadow (Representative), Shirley Ashton, Barbara Pollard.

Debating Society: Secretary (Matriculation), Suzanne Davies; Assistant Secretary (Matriculation), W e n d y Buchanan; Secretary ( L e a v i n j ) , Heather McLean; Assistant Secretary (Leaving), Dawn Jelbart.

French Club: President, Robyn Broadbent; Secretary, Kerry Forrest; Treasurer, Kay Hobbs; Committee, Eden Liddelow, Heather McLean, Barjj^ra Pollard.

German Club: President, Miss U . Gottschalk; Secretary, Enid Sommerfeld; Committee, Janice Holmes, Babette Isaacson, Jennifer Bond, Helen Conochie, Irene Falkenstein, Gail Craig, Christine Zakas, Bronwyn Capper, Rosalind Smith, Sheila Thomas, Tania Gudinski, Helena Woller.

Latin Club: President, Glennis Barclay; Secretary, Jeanette Kneen; Kamoya Clarke, Heather Jackson, Glanice McLeod.

Committee,

Karmen

Gordon,

Life-saving Representatives: Shona Phillipps (Berry); Diana Bruhn ( C a t o ) ; Gwenyth Diprose (Fitchett); Lois Brown ( K r o m e ) ; Heather Oldmeadow (Nevile); Barbara Gotch ( T i d d e m a n ) .

Social

Service:

President, Miss L.

Howie.

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School Activities Chapel Notes Services every Sunday evening in Term have become increasingly helpful to the boarders and their friends who attend. On the evening of Palm Sunday many girls made their decisions or rededications.

W e are indebted to the following for preaching at services when the Principal was engaged on Church duties in other States:—Dr. T. H. Coates, Headmaster of Wesley College, on 6th March; the Rev. Professor E. F. Osborn, of Queen's College, on 27th March; the Rev. E. G. Lechte, B.A., Editor of " T h e Spectator", on 10th April; the Rev. J. J. Benjamin, Chaplain at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, on Anzac Sunday, 24th April; and the Rev. Rex Mathias, M.A., Director of Christian Education, on 19th June.

Mr. S. M. Seymour has assisted the Principal at all services. The service on 1st May was broadcast by 3 X Y .

Weddings

in Fitchett Chapel

Anita Nielson and Mr. Bruce Tozer, on 18th December, by the Principal.

Frances Woolhouse and Mr. Rowland Keller, on 19th December, by the father of the bride, the Rev. F. R. Woolhouse, and the Principal.

Lynette Tocknell and Mr. Brian Collins, on 9th January, by the Principal.

Margaret Slobom and Mr. Frederick Lamble, on 9th January, by the Principal.

Judith Kube and Mr. Phillip Block, on 16th January, by the Principal.

Annette Clark and Mr. Douglas Brain, on 16th January, by the Principal.

Margaret Kidd and Mr. Bruce McCorkell, on 29th January, by the Principal.

Elizabeth Duncan and Mr. Donald Allen, on 30th January, by the Principal.

Brohnwyn Harris and Mr. Alexander Walton, on 30th January, by the Principal.

Pat Doolan and Mr. Barrie Wathen, on 6th February, by the Principal.

Marlene Smith and Mr. Stanley Marshall, on 20th February, by the Principal.

Noel Newstead and Mr. Peter Orwin, on 4th March, by the Principal.

Margaret Jane and Mr. Kenneth Lloyd, on 19th March, by the Principal.

Judith Wilson and Mr. Ronald Willder, on 19th March, by the Principal.

Joan Wilson and Mr. Kenneth Hoy, on 24th March, by the Principal.

Barbara Galbraith and Mr. Donald McKenzie, on 2nd April, by the Principal.

Patricia Whykes and Mr. Brian Ely, on 9th April, by the Rev. A . G. Day. Margaret Down and Mr. Peter Lemaire, on 16th April, by the Rev. F. J. Angus.

Margaret Fitzgerald and Mr. Antonio Benassi, on 5th May, by the Principal.

Una Chapman and Mr. Victor Henney, on 14th May, by the Rev. J. S. Waite.

Nola Perkins and Mr. Max Newton, on 19th May, by the Rev. R. M. Sholl.

Gwenda Jenkin and Mr. Ken Painter, on 21st May, by the Rev. R. W . Allardice.

Janette Gourlay and Mr. Donald Campbell, o n 4th June, by the Principal.

Janet Salmond and Mr. Richard Jones, on 8th June, by the Rev. James Jones.

Helen Wilson and Mr. John Treanor, on 18th June, by the Principal.

Roslyn Williams and Mr. James Snow, on 25th June, by the Rev. E. W . Barren.

Devotional In the weekly Devotional meetings on Wednesday mornings in Fitchett Chapel, Dr. W o o d leads us in worship. It is a great blessing for Devotional to be held in such a beautiful, holy place as the Chapel, and no doubt the larger attendance is partly due to this.

This year Dr. W o o d has taken each disciple as depicted in the exquisite carving of " T h e Lord's Supper", under the eastern window.

He has portrayed the personalities vividly and in detail, and in doing so has given us a fuller understanding of what is expected of us as Christians, using the very first Christians as our examples.

All are welcome to attend these meetings, which, apart from being " f o o d f o r thought", are peaceful interludes in our busy life.

— K a y Hobbs.

Student Christian

Movement

" W h e r e two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them".— Matthew 19: 20.

There h?s been a large attendance of girls at S.C.M. this term, and we have been discovering that life is an Adventure, through studying the book "Venturing" during our lunch-time meetings.

We ere very grateful to all members of staff who have led us in these discussions.

Miss Cerutty and Mr. Seymour are our S.C.M. leaders this year, and, at the opening service attended by Senior and Intermediate groups, Miss Cerutty stressed the aims of the Movement as being worship, study, service and fellowship.

It was also mentioned that our school group is only a very small part of the Australian Student Christian Movement which, in turn, belongs to the World Student Christian Movement.

We should like to thank Dr. W o o d f o r his help, especially for his addresses at the Badge Service p.nd at the Holy Week gathering in the Chapel.

At the latter service Mrs. Hadley's study group conducted the worship, with reading and prayers, a solo by Val Nielson, following the theme of the meditation, " G o d in Control of the Cross".

11 SILVER A [D GREEN Two speakers have represented activities of the S.C.M. in Open Period. The Rev. David Robinson, representing the World Council of Churches, spoke on the recent conference, held in Melbourne, of delegates from the National Convention of Churches.

He mentioned the United Church of Northern Australia as proof of the success of Church Union.

The second speaker was Mr. Norman Currey, who took as his subject the political, economic, social and religious work in India, and described the conditions of the people, many of them wretched.

M.L.C. was well represented at the inter-school meeting at Scotch College. After a fellowship tea, a service was held in the Chapel, where the preacher, Dr. Cliff Wright, discussed some of the problems of youth in search of Truth.

As a result of Father Tucker's appeal, the S.C.M. organised a " F o o d for Peace" campaign, and raised £ 2 0 0 / 1 3 / - . W e should like to thank all those who helped us in this worthy cause.

In the May holidays camps were held at Mt. Evelyn and Healesville, under the auspices of the Schools' Committee of the S.C.M. Those who attended should pass on the benefit of their experience to others, so that the work and witness of the movement may spread, by example and discussion, to an even wider group.

—Adrienne Holzer.

Back Row Front Row

United

Nations

Association

Down through the ages nations have had their difficulties and differences, but never before has the need for international peace been so imperative as it is to-day.

The mounting tension between Russia and America emphasises only too clearly the importance of a peaceful union of the nations. This union is the goal of the United Nations Organisation, and it is the aim of our school branch to foster an increase in knowledge and understanding of the world and its peoples.

During the term the School U . N . A . has been represented at two inter-school committee meetings, and we congratulate Heather Oldmeadow on her election to the inter-school dance committee and debating team.

A Discussion Evening will be held at Xavier College in June.

The discussion will take the form of a debate, the topic being "That Australia should concentrate on learning Asiatic languages and culture in preference to European".

This year the U . N . A . Regional All Day Conferences for Students will be held at P.L.C. in June.

The subject for discussion will be " T o what extent can U.N. take part in the affairs of member countries?"

—Stuart Tompkins Studio.

PREFECTS, 1960. (left to right): Gwenyth Quirk, Jillian Greenwood, Rae Wilson, Lois Brown, Wendy Buchanan, Lynne Jackson, Patricia Ballantyne, Bronwen Baker, Solway Love, Kay Hobbs. (left to right): Anne Turnbull, Joan Slade, Joy McGeehan, Adrienne Holzer and Wortley (Joint Senior Prefects), Alison Wylie, Suzanne Davies, Catherine McCarthy.

Absent: Wendy Davenport.

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Father Tucker, from the Brotherhood of St. Laurence, our first speaker in Open Period this year, spoke on the " F o o d f o r Peace" appeal. The appeal has since been launched throughout the school under the management of S.C.M. Mr. Donath, M . A . , Lecturer in Economics at the University of Melbourne, and president of the "Save the Children Fund", delivered an enlightening address in which he compared living conditions in underdeveloped, poverty-stricken countries with the benefits which we enjoy as the result of our higher standard of living.

Mr. Donath also showed a film illustrating the work of U.N.E.S.C.O. The fortnightly meetings of the U.N. have been enthusiastically supported this term. At the first meeting our president, Mrs. Ashton, spoke on the aims, history and principal organs of the United Nations.

W e were very fortunate to have Mr. Gray, from the United States, speak and show slides about Antarctica during the international geophysical year.

Mrs. F. Evans, recently returned from India, spoke to us on two occasions of her experiences in that country, first giving us a comprehensive picture of the life of women in India and later describing the parades and celebrations of the Dusschra Festival at Mysore. O n both occasions Mrs. Evans illustrated her speeches with colourful slides showing different facets of life in India and the marked contrast in the lives of the upper and lower classes.

At our last meeting for the term Mrs. Keating, a member of staff, gave a very vivid and interesting talk on her experiences with the poorer people of India.

United Nations has proclaimed 1959-60 World Refugee Year, aiming to publicise the desperate plight of millions of refugees in Europe, Asia and Africa, and raise sufficient funds to help solve this great humanitarian problem.

In response to this challenge, the school branch of U.N. will launch an appeal, the donations from which will contribute towards Australia's target of £500,000.

In conclusion, we wish to express our sincere thanks to Mrs. Ashton and all members of the staff connected with U . N . f o r their unfailing support and encouragement throughout the term.

—Meredith Albury.

Social Service Notes At the combined societies period at the beginning of the year the social service work of the school was explained.

Many girls accepted the invitation to help at the Collingwood and North Richmond Missions after school one afternoon a week. These girls are receiving a great deal of satisfaction in rendering this service to the community. A few girls have also offered to help these missions during the May holidays.

Many forms have been holding stalls and other activities throughout the term to raise money for various needy charities outside the school. Several classes have raised sufficient money to sponsor a

child refugee in Europe, and we think this is helping to foster greater understanding between girls of the school and children from other lands.

During first term we raised £370, and we would like to thank social service captains and all girls who gave so generously.

W e hope that this year's total will be a record amount, and this wish can be achieved by every girl supporting the social service activities throughout the year.

W e would especially like to thank Miss Howie and other members of staff for the help which they have given us.

—Elizabeth Ferguson.

Dramatic

Art.

"Drama is the chronicle of man, his activity, his joys, his errors, his hopes, his fears".

Throughout the school this year there has been great interest shown in dramatic work not only

by Senior girls, but by those who belong to the Lower Middle and Intermediate sections of the Dramatic Society.

Under Miss Dwyer's leadership, we have not only had great fun from our meetings, but have gained knowledge in the spheres of stage setting, miming and group activity work.

W e have learned how to express ourselves on the stage, to show emotion, create atmosphere, and to do impromptu scenes, all of which have helped us to overcome any self-consciousness that we might have felt.

W e would like to express our sincere appreciation to Miss Dwyer, who unfailingly helps us in all our dramatic work.

—Adrienne Holzer.

Art

of

Speech

"Give me quickness of understanding, Capacity of retaining, Facility in learning, A n d copious grace of speaking".

—St. Thomas Aquinas.

It is pleasing to see so many girls availing themselves of the opportunity of learning the Art of Speech, although the numbers could be greater in Matriculation forms.

W e were very pleased to welcome Miss Dwyer on her return from a tour overseas.

The Speech Scholarship tests were held, as usual, this year, and there was a record number of entries.

Sincere congratulations are offered to the winners. Results were as follows:-— Lower Middle School (gift of the Dramatic Society): Trudi Kenealy.

Middle School (gift of the Dramatic Society): Shared by Shane Turnley and A n n Conde.

Intermediate and Diploma Forms (gift of the Dramatic Society) : Irene Falkenstein.

Leaving and Honour Forms f o r Untrained Performers (gift of the Parents' Association): Marion Gray.

Leaving and Honour Forms (gift Parents' Association): Adrienne Holzer.

of

the

13 SILVER A [D GREEN A Junior Verse Recital, in which all the Lower Middle School speech students took part, was held at the end of Term I. This gave an opportunity to the younger girls to gain confidence in appearing before an audience.

At the School Church Service, on 1st May, at the Auburn Methodist Church, the Old Testament lesson was read by a group of girls—Wendy Buchanan, Airdre Hutton, Marion Gray, Kaye Hobbs and Terry King. Adrienne Holzer read the lesson from the New Testament.

—Adrienne Holzer.

Debating

Notes

The Debating Society began the year with a fairly informal but most enjoyable evening roundtable debate with a group of last year's girls.

Several lunch-time meetings have included the first Leaving inter-form debate, and round-table discussions under the chairmanship of Miss Sutton and Miss Hotchin, who are joint presidents again this year. V.a, who had the affirmative of the topic, "That a small school offers a more valuable education than a large school", defeated S.V.b.

The two House debates held this term were of a fairly high standard, and several new speakers were heard. In a very close decision Tiddeman defeated Cato by 75 points to 74, debating "That democracy has failed in its purpose". Dr. W o o d said that of all the House debates he had heard this was perhaps the most difficult to adjudicate.

Krome defeated Berry in the second of these debates, taking the affirmative of the topic, "That the Victorian system of education is suited to the needs of the community". The debate between Fitchett and Nevile is due early in Second Term.

A n evening of round-table discussion with Camberwell High is also scheduled.

W e thank all girls who have taken an interest in the society in First Term, and hope that even more will participate in its activities in the future.

—Suzanne Davies.

French Club This year the activities of the French Club began with a French film, "Ski de France", in the Assembly Hall. Many girls attended this, but we found the rapid commentary rather a strain on our powers of translation. Our second activity took place on 21st March, when a large party of Senior girls attended the film, " M o n Oncle", which proved entertaining and an aid in listening to rapid, conversational French.

Four Matriculation girls are preparing a play, "Le parapluie", which, together with other items, is to be performed before a school audience on Bastille Day, 14th July.

Finally, we should like to express our thanks to Miss W o o d and to Mademoiselle Bracquart f o r the help which they have given to us this term.

—Kerry Forrest.

—Stuart Tompkins Studio.

A S S O C I A T E PREFECTS, 1960.

Back Row (left to right): Gail Taylor, Wendy Johnstone, Lynette Atkinson, Meredith Albury, Judith Rodger, Macyll Gaunt, Meryl Roberts.

Centre Row (left to right): Jill Cole, Beverley Collins, Carole Kierson, Airdrie Hutton, Eugenie Tuck, Janice McLean, Robyn Broadbent, Judith MacDonald, Joan Bolwell.

Front Row (left to right): Meryl Morton, Marion Gray, Leonie Hodges, Penelope Tilbrook and Elizabeth Ferguson (Joint Senior Associate Prefects), Valerie Neilson, Babette Isaacson. Patricia Finch.

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SILVER A [D GREEN German

Club

The year is already proving a very successful one for the German Club. During First Term there have been meetings in both Junior and Senior sections at which recorded German music was played and enjoyed by all. Two German news reels have also been screened at lunch-times, and these have been most informative. The term was highlighted by an Easter party, held after school one day, and incorporating an Easter egg decorating competition.

The German Club is very fortunate in again having the leadership of Miss Gottschalk and the assistance of Mrs. Balmaks. W e thank them very much for all they are doing, and are looking forward to further enjoyable meetings of both Junior and Senior sections, separately and combined, in coming months.

—Enid Sommerfeld.

Films Shown During Term I. New Zealand Tour.

Glow W o r m Caves.

Hawkes Bay. Wairaki.

Rotorua Roundabout.

The Silver Shield.

Julius Caesar.

God of the Atom.

Jesus Before the High Trial Before Pilate.

The Crucifixion.

I Beheld His Glory.

ballad operetta named "Health to John Patch",

by James Reeves, folk music arranged by Cecil Cope.

Miss Aliki Marcakis is continuing her work with the Middle School Choir as well as the Junior Choir.

The tests for the Music Scholarships this year were adjudicated by Miss Flockart and Mr. Ingram. The winners were: Singing Scholarship (gift of Aaron Danks) : Gweneth Quirk.

" T h e sole end of all music should be nothing else than God's glory, and the refreshment of the spirit, whereof if one take not heed there can be no true music, but only din and discord".

— J . S. Bach.

Already this year the Music School has been heard in action several times by the School and by the public. W e welcome most sincerely Mr. John Ingram, Mus.Bac. (Practical and Theoretical), who is taking over the work of our previous Director, Miss Ruth Flockart, most competently.

Also very welcome are Miss Jane Elton, Mus.Bac., our Senior Singing Mistress; Miss Joan Shewan, Mus.Bac., who has returned after one year in England; Miss Elspeth Little, A.Mus.A. (teacher), an old girl of the School, who is taking piano pupils and is an experienced teacher; and Mr. Glen Spicer, who teaches the bassoon.

This year Miss Dawn Vickery (Mrs. S. Kidner) is taking the Second and Third Forms f o r Singing and Musical Appreciation, and conducts the Sub-Intermediate Choir and the Junior Madrigal Group. She will be preparing with them a

late

Sir

Senior Piano Scholarship (gift of the late Mr. A. E. W r i g h t ) : Hermione St. John Smith and Meredith Hunkin.

The "Ruth Flockart" Scholarship No. 1, f o r Intermediate Piano (gift of Mrs. Purvis, Mrs. Bond and Miss Pizzey): Denise Deerson.

Junior Piano Scholarship Trust): Barbara Champion.

(gift of the Danks

The "Lorna Stirling" Memorial Scholarship f o r Violin: Claire Farmer.

Orchestral Scholarship (gift of the late Mrs. F. J. Cato) : Solway Love (flute) and Denise Deerson ('cello).

Orchestral Scholarship Hilary Mansfield (oboe) (clarinet).

Priest.

the

(gift of Mrs. K u m m ) : and Meredith Hunkin

The "Ruth Flockart" Open Scholarship (gift of an anonymous d o n o r ) : Leonie Hodges (violin).

Open Scholarship (gift of the Parents' Association) : Margaret Higginbottom (piano).

Scholarship for Original Composition (gift of the Parents' Association) : Margaret Higginbottom.

On Good Friday the Senior Choir was seen and heard in a telecast from G T V Channel 9.

A n Easter programme was presented, and proved very enjoyable.

As usual, the School Church Service was broadcast from Auburn Methodist Church by 3LO, and listeners assured us that it was most successful, and that the choir's rendition of the " T e Deum" was excellent.

The School also sang the "Magnificat" to a setting by Dr. A . E. Floyd.

Congratulations to our conductress, Miss Elton.

At the end of July the Senior Music Recital will be held, and in August the Houses of the Senior School will compete in the Choral Contests. The Middle School contests will be held in Term III. During this term Mr. Ingram has kindly arranged for us several most enjoyable lunchtime recitals.

The proceeds go to the Music School Development Fund.

At the first, Miss Hermia Barton and Mr. Ron Farren-Price gave a violin and piano recital; next Mr. Graham Blomfield, assisted by some of his pupils and a young flautist, Miss Pat Byrne, presented some of his original compositions.

Before Easter the Senior Choir and Miss Cowper sang some lovely Easter music, woven together in a narration given

by Adrienne Holzer.

Recently Miss Aliki Marcakis played the long First Movement of the Khatchaturian Concerto in D Flat, which she was preparing for a concerto contest. W e hope that these recitals may continue throughout the year.

15 SILVER A [D GREEN The School Orchestra is again successfully playing the hymn for Assembly every fortnight. This year it has a new bass-player, and hopes soon to have a bassoonist and some French horns, for both these instruments are being taught at the moment.

Miss Patricia Elliott is again taking her violin classes.

Already 23 girls have asked to join 'cello classes, which will begin in Term II. However another small 'cello is needed before all the girls will be able to attend the five classes arranged.

Miss Marcakis has been conducting an experimental piano class on some mornings before school, using two pianos and a silent practice clavier.

Though it will cease at the end of Term I, it has been very valuable as an indication of the possibilities of class piano tuition, and two new classes will begin in Term II, taken by Miss Marcakis and Miss Pat Staples.

W e feel that the Music School has begun another busy yet successful year, and would like to thank very much our Director, Mr. Ingram, the Music Staff, and all those who have taken an interest in this branch of the school and encouraged its members in any way.

Anne Turnbull, Solway Love.

Library Notes The Library Committee welcomed some enthusiastic new members this year, and considerable activity has produced gratifying results. The new system of form representatives for fines collection is working satisfactorily, and our funds are increasing!

Fiction borrowing is continuing steadily, and the book trolley is proving very popular.

There have been approximately 240 additions to the Library, and more books are being prepared for the shelves. The language and pamphlet sections have been extended.

W e are fortunate in having many new and valuable reference books, and there has been duplication in many important sections. W e are very grateful to Miss Louise Baxter, a former School Librarian, for her generous gift of "Europe—A Visual History", to Margot Cant and all other donors we also extend our sincere thanks.

The committee joins with me in thanking Mrs. Day for her unfailing assistance and encouragement, and I wish to thank the committee for their time and loyal support throughout the year.

—Wendy Davenport.

—Stuart Tompkins Studio.

H O U S E A N D SPORTS C A P T A I N S , 1960.

Back Row (left to right)—Sports Captains: Joan Bolwell (Berry), Esther H o l e ( C a t o ) , Marilvn Reardon (Fitchett), Eugenie Tuck (Nevile), Robyn Broadbent (Tiddeman), Jillian Greenwood ( K r o m e ) .

Front Row (left to r i g h t ) — H o u s e Captains: Lynne Jackson (Berry), Anne Turnbull (Cato), Alison Wylie (Fitchett), Gwenyth Quirk (Nevile), Joy McGeehan (Tiddeman). Absent: Wendy Davenport (Krome).

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Lower Middle School Library Since the transfer, in 1956, of the Lower Middle School to the Cato Wing, 1043 new and secondhand books have been added to the Library's shelves.

As a result of Miss Mitchell's work, ten Lower Middle School forms have had efforts to raise funds which in 1957 alone amounted to £90.

Many good books have been bought cheaply at School Fetes and from children's libraries which have closed down.

Others, including a large number of Enid Blyton books, have been kindly donated by girls who have outgrown them. During one special effort over eighty books were bought from Senior girls.

The Lower Middle School would still like to add to its book list in this way.

A ladder, now very necessary, as even the highest shelves are filled, has been given by the School.

Thanks are due to Mrs. Shultze, a parent who has given invaluable aid by helping in the Library on various afternoons for the past three years, as well as to girls who have donated books, and Librarians and Committee members of I.a, who throughout many years have assisted in repairing and cataloguing the growing library.

Miss E. J. Mitchell is to be sincerely thanked for her untiring efforts in extending so greatly an important part of school life—the Lower Middle School Library.

—Lynne Jackson.

Wednesday, 20th April.—Exams!

Sunday, 1st May: broadcast over 3 X Y .

The

Chapel

Service

was

During the term the boarders have attended evening chapel each night, and the service on the Sunday evening.

W e would like to thank Dr. Wood and Mr. Seymour for leading our services.

The Chapel Choir, under the direction of Miss Flockart, with Mr. Eggington at the organ, meets twice a week in the Chapel, and we are especially grateful to Miss Flockart for guiding us in our service.

The boarders have participated in many school activities, in teams, in the choir and the orchestra which prepared for " T h e Messiah".

Meredith Hunkin has joined the Junior Symphony Orchestra.

I wish to thank Robyn Broadbent, who has assisted at the organ in Chapel and at the Communion Services.

W e are grateful for the help given in the House by the mistresses, and especially that of Miss Cowper.

I should like to thank the Prefects and Associates, and the three Wing Captains—Ann Gibson, Lorraine Payne and Carolyn Rodger, for their splendid work in the House.

—Joy McGeehan.

" T h e Witnesses" Boarders' Notes Monday, 8th February: The noisiest day of the school year, when 150 boarders descended on the House from most corners of the globe to start the new year.

Saturday, 20th February: The traditional Old Girls versus New Girls Swimming Sports. Results —not for publication.

Saturday, 5th March: The Old Girls' Concert in Flockart Hall.

Saturday, 19th March: The New Girls' Concert, their opportunity to reveal their talents in the field of dramatic art.

Friday, 25th March: The Matriculation Boarders met the Scotch Boarders at a roundtable debate—a very enjoyable evening.

Thursday, 31st March: Miss Flockart's Evening of Music, which was attended by members of Chapel Choir at the kind invitation of Miss Flockart.

Saturday, 2nd April: The Matriculation girls attended the play "Ascent of F 6 " at Mackie Hall, Scotch College.

Saturday, 9th April: Boat race day, well attended by boarders. This was also the first late leave for Matriculation girls.

Wednesday, 13th April: Easter vacation, when the boarders journeyed home with cases of books and good intentions.

Tuesday, 19th April: The return to school after Easter, still loaded with many unopened books, but with tins now filled.

On Tuesday of Holy Week, in our School Chapel, selections from "The Witnesses", by Clive Sansom, were spoken by seven Matriculation girls—Pat Bailantyne, Judith McDonald, Adrienne Holzer, Marion Gray, Wendy Buchanan, Terry King and Kay Nairn.

"The Witnesses" is a series of passages expressing the personal feelings of contemporaries of Christ. Those present were deeply moved by the way in which each selection was spoken, and credit is due to the work of Miss Dwyer and the girls.

It was unfortunate that more girls could not attend, as the "witnesses" of the rabbi, the woman of Samaria, Peter, the boy Mark, John and the rich young ruler gave new meaning to the effect that Jesus had on those who knew Him when He was on earth.

—Bronwen Baker.

An Evening of Music to Honour Miss Ruth Flockart On 31st March an evening of music was held in the Assembly Hall to honour Miss Ruth Flockart, M.B.E. Musical works were prepared

by Old Collegians and the School Madrigal Group.

Firstly, a welcome was given by Mrs. L. S. Chambers, who expressed the feelings of all who have known and have been taught by Miss Flockart, in speaking of her unswerving loyalty and service to M.L.C. Mrs. Chambers recalled many amusing incidents in Miss Flockart's career,

SILVER AND GREEN and made mention of much of the sound advice she has given to past pupils.

The programme began with three moving sacred works presented by the Old Collegians' Choir, under the direction of Miss Betty Scarlett, and accompanied by Pamela Giltinan.

These were: "Almighty God, Who Hast Me Brought",

by Thomas Ford; "The Lamb", by Thomas Dunhill, and " I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes", Ernest Walker's arrangement of the Psalm.

A chamber music group—violinist, Marie Bull; flautist, Phyllis Todner, and pianist, Robin Wright—then gave a skilled performance of Bach's Instrumental Trio, No. 2.

A group of three melodious songs was presented by soloist Neva Start.

Her accompanist was Elaine Hurd. The items were: "Morning Song",

by Roger Quilter; " A Fairy Toun", by Hubert Parry, and " G o Not, Happy Day", by Frank Bridge.

Julie Gleadell, who was accompanied by Robin Wright, gave Handel's " A i r and Rondo" as an oboe solo.

The next item consisted of three very effective double trios—"Jolly Shepherd", from Ravenscroft's "Pammilia"; "The Birds", words by Hilaire Belloc, music by G. Rathbone; and an arrangement of Brahms' "Lullaby". These were sung in

Back

Row

(left to

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Elizabeth style by Mavis Lancaster, Elsa Haas, Mary Guthridge, Florence Pugsley, Margaret Guthridge and Dorothy Reseigh.

After the interval the School Madrigal Group, trained by Miss Jane Elton, sang four delightful numbers—"Tell Me What Master Hand", by Palestrina; " T h e Nightingale", by Thomas Wilkes; "Lift Thine Eyes", from Mendelssohn's "Elijah", and a beautiful arrangement, by Ruth Flockart, of the hymn, " W h e n I survey the wondrous cross".

The chamber group, which had played earlier in the evening, presented Handel's Instrumental Trio No. 1 in B Flat Major.

Pamela Giltinan gave a brilliant, vital performance of Chopin's Scherzo No. 2 in B Flat Minor.

The programme concluded with a group of four songs by the Old Collegians' Choir: "Diaphenia", by Charles Villiers Stanford; " T h e Lark in the Clear Air", a traditional melody; "The Swans", by Eric Sheridan, and "Come, Pretty W a g " , by G. Williams.

Dr. Wood expressed the School's deep, lasting gratitude to Miss Flockart.

In closing he said that many people give of their time; but Miss Flockart has given of her life to enrich the School.

—Rosslyn Wortley.

—Stuart Tompkins Studio.

BOARDERS' PREFECTS A N D W I N G C A P T A I N S , 1960. right): Patricia Ballantyne, Judith McDonald, Robyn Broadbent, Lorraine Payne, Judith Rodger.

Front Row (left to right): Carolyn Rodger, Macvll Gaunt, Joy McGeehan (Senior House Prefect), Joan Slade, Anne Gibson.

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SILVER AND GREEN First Performance of Handel's

"Messiah"

Senior pupils of M.L.C. and Scotch College combined on Wednesday evening, 11th May, to present Handel's oratorio "Messiah", conducted by the Scotch Music Director, Mr. George LogieSmith. It was a pleasure for all present to hear the fresh young voices, and this first performance given by the combined schools was most rewarding.

The orchestra, consisting of students from both schools, members of staff and Old Collegians, played musically under Mr. Logie-Smith's excellent interpretation.

One of our girls, Joy McGeehan, was the organist, and Mr. R. Shirrefs, of Scotch, assisted as pianist. The younger members of the orchestra have profited greatly from this experience, and the choir has learnt much from practices under Miss Jane Elton and from combined rehearsals with Mr. Logie-Smith and Scotch.

Sopranos and altos of M.L.C. Madrigal Group and small groups of the Scotch tenors and basses were responsible for the respective recitatives and arias. The most outstanding of these were the sopranos' " I know that my Redeemer liveth", the altos' aria " H e was despised" and " H e shall feed His flock". Those sung by the boys were also very good.

The two choruses, "Lift up your heads" and "Surely He hath borne our griefs", were excellent.

Each entry, in all the choruses, could clearly be heard.

As usual, the "Hallelujah" Chorus was an inspiring climax, while "Worthy is the Lamb",

The Athletic Sports.

The Athletics Sports were held on the last day of Term I, having been postponed from the previous Saturday because of rain. As a result of the rearrangements, the Inter-School events had, unfortunately, to be cancelled.

The rain held off during the morning and, despite unfavourable conditions, several records were broken.

The Proficiency Cup was won by Berry, with Nevile gaining second place and Cato third. Cato won the Middle and Junior Points Cup, and Krome the Senior Points Cup. The School congratulates Krome on winning the Bettye Hammon Cup for Aggregate Points.

W e would like to thank the members of staff who acted as judges and officials; Mrs. Wood, who presented the Inter-House trophies, and Miss Perkins and the sports staff, who organised such a successful Sports Day.

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rendered with the full volume and expression of both choir and orchestra, brought the evening to a triumphant close.

The other choruses sung were " A n d the glory", "For unto us a Child is born", "Glory to God" and "Behold the Lamb of God".

W e would like to thank most sincerely Mr. Logie-Smith for his marvellous work with the combined groups, and Miss Elton for her excellent training of the M.L.C. Choir and Madrigal Group. Miss Elton was presented with a bouquet in appreciation of this on the night.

All who were present will be proud to remember that they have heard the first of what we hope will be many equally enjoyable annual performances of such music given by M.L.C. and Scotch College.

—Solway Love.

The Teenagers' Dance The Teenagers' Dance was held in the Hawthorn Town Hall on Thursday, 12th May. Mr. and Mrs. Greenwood, Miss Cowper and Miss Kellaway were members of the official party, to whom all girls and their partners were introduced. Green balloons, displaying the school star, decorated the Town Hall.

After dancing to an excellent band, everyone partook of a wonderful supper.

The time and effort given by Mrs. Lord and the mothers of the Ladies' Tuck Shop Auxiliary, who made the evening such a success, were greatly appreciated by all those who attended the Teenagers' Dance.

Results of

the Athletic

Sports.

Event 1—16 and Over Broad Jump: 1, L. Brown (K.); 2, S. Phillips (B.); 3, E. Tuck (N.).

Length, 14 ft.

Event 2—Under 16 100 Yards: 1, J. Beckett (B.); 2, S. Furneaux (F.); 3, J. Mitchell (T.).

Time, 11.6 sec. (record).

Event 3—Under 15 100 yards: 1, S. Minter (B.); 2, C. Leyshon (B.); 3, J. Tyquin (F.).

Time, 12.5 sec.

Event 4—Under 14 100 Yards: 1, R. Lawson (F.); 2, A. Sterwell (C.); 3, H. Jemison (B.).

Time, 13 sec.

Event 5—Under 13 75 Yards: 1, J. Walduck (F.); 2, C. Lapthorne (C.); 3, M. Oddy (K.).

Event 5—Under 12 75 Yards: 1, H. Apted (C.); 2, M. Jackson (K.); 3, J. Howell (K ). Time, 10 7 oec.

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Event 7—16 and Over 100 Yards: 1, J. Twiss (B.); 2, L. Brown (K.); 3, B. Isaacson (K.). Time, 12.5 sec.

Event 8—Under 16 High Jump: 1, I. Best ( N . ) ; 2, M. Morris ( T . ) ; 3, J. Walduck (F.).

Height, 4 ft. 4 in (record).

Event 9—Under 16 Baseball Throwing: 1, K. Triplett ( G ) ; 2, S. Furneaux (F.); 3, P. Horrocks (K.). Distance, 58 yds. 10 in.

Event 10—16 and Over Discus Throwing: 1, J. Timewell (K.); 2, T. Dickson (T.) ; 3, D. Bruhn (C.). Distance, 82 ft. 11 in (record).

Event 11—Under 12 Leader Ball: Cato, equal; 3, Berry.

Event 12—Under 13 Overhead: Krome; 3, Berry. Time 65 sec.

1, Krome, 1, Cato;

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Event 13—Under 15 Crossball: 1, Krome; 2, Tiddeman; 3, Nevile. Time, 62.5 sec (record).

Event 14—16 and Over Overhead Spoke Relay: 1, Krome; 2, Cato; 3, Fitchett. Time, 3 min. 12.8 sec.

Event 15—Under 11 50 Yards: 1, M. Johns (C.); 2, K. Ashman (K.); 3, J. Gordon (K.).

Time, 7.9 sec.

Event 26—Under 11 Flag Relay: 1, Berry; 2, Cato; 3, Krome. Time, 69.7 sec.

Event 27—Inter-House Diamond Throwing: 1, Cato, Fitchett, equal; 3, Krome. Time, 65.5 tec.

Event 28—16 and Over High Jump: 1, B. Isaacson (K.) ; 2, A . Gibson (T.) ; 3, P. Harris (B.), D. Bruhn (C.), H. Walduck (F.), equal.

Height, 4 ft. 3 in.

Event 29—16 and Over Baseball Throwing: 1, Greenwood (K.) ; 2, M. Gardiner (C.); 3, G. Gunnell (T.). Distance, 68 yds.

Event 30—Under 16 Discus Throwing: 1, S. Furneaux (F.) ; 2, J. Bowtell (K.); 3, E. Keown (B.). Distance, 7.

Event 31—16 and Over 220 Yards: 1, J. Walduck (F.); 2, L. Brown (K.) ; 3, T. Dickson (T.). Time, 28 sec.

Event 32—Under 16 220 Yards: 1, J. Beckett (B.) ; 2, R. Lawson (F.); 3, A. Wright (K.).

Time, 27.3 sec. (record).

Event 33—8 and Under Flag Relay: 1, Berry; 2, Fitchett; 3, Krome.

Event 34—9 and Under Flag Relay: 1, Nevile; 2, Cato; 3, Berry.

Event 16—Under 10 50 Yards: 1, E. Cowley (B.); 2, V. Playfair (B.). Time, 7.6 sec (equals record).

Event 35—Under 2, Krome; 3, Berry.

Event 17—9 and Under 35 Yards: 1, S. Leffler (B.); 2, A. Baragwanath (C.) ; 3, R. Brown (F.).

2,

Event 18—8 and Under 35 Yards: 1, A. Harris (K.); 2, J. Young (F.); 3, M. Lipman (B.).

Event 19—7 and Under 25 Yards: 1, P. Carruthers (C.); 2, J. Collins (F.); 3, L. Hallegan (N.).

Event 20—Under 15 Circular Baton Relay: 1, Berry; 2, Krome; 3. Tiddeman. Time, 72 sec.

Event 21—Under 16 Circular Baton Relay: 1, Tiddeman; 2, Berry; 3, Fitchett. Time, 71.8 sec.

Event 22—16 and Over Circular Baton Relay: 1, Krome; 2, Berry; 3. Tiddeman. Time, 71 sec.

Event 23—Under 14 Flag Relay: 1, Krome; 2, Cato; 3, Berry. Time, 62.2 sec.

Event 24—Under 13 Flag Relay: Fitchett; 3, Krome. Time, 62.5 sec.

1 Cato;

2,

Event 25—Under 12 Flag Relay: 2, Cato; 3, Berry. Time, 65.5 sec.

1, Krome;

16 Crossball: 1, Tiddeman; Time, 69.8 sec (record).

Event 36—Under 14 Overhead Ball: 1, Krome; Berry; 3, Cato. Time, 65.4 sec.

Event 37—Under 11 Leader Ball: 1, Cato; 2, Fitchett; 3, Krome. Time, 61.8 sec.

Event 38—9 and Under Tunnel Ball: 1, Fitchett; 2, Cato; 3, Nevile.

Inter-House Trophy List.

Middle and Junior Points Cup: W o n by Cato.

Senior Points Cup: W o n by Krome.

House Proficiency Cup: W o n by Berry.

Bettye Hammon Won by Krome.

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Total Aggregate Points.

1st Place: Krome, 136.

2nd Place: Berry, 126.

3rd Place: Cato, 113.

Points:

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House Notes Berry " A n d so we'll show to all the world, Whenever there's a test, That always Berry's the best House".

The challenge of a new decade has come with the arrival of 1960.

Berry girls, old and new, are proving this year that Berry always is the best House—best not only in tests of sport, but in good sportsmanship, House spirit and enthusiasm.

In conduct, unfortunately, we came last in First Term.

The House and Sports Captains—Margaret Pascoe and Helen Jemison in Middle School, Anne Lancaster and Lindsey Canning in Lower Middle School—are examples of enthusiasm personified. The Form representatives are doing a wonderful job, too, especially in collecting so many entries for "Silver and Green"—the large number of contributions raised comments even from members of rival Houses.

On 25th March the second Inter-House Debate was held. In spite of the fact that the audience agreed with Berry "That the Victorian educational system is not suited to the needs of the community", the affirmative, Krome, defeated our team.

Our thanks go to Rae Wilson, a very capable and hard-working leader; Eril Siggins, who obtained much information, sometimes drawing on personal experience ( ! ) , Lynne Jackson and Miss Sutton, without whose help the debate could never have taken place.

Congratulations to Krome on a well-earned victory!

Friday, 4th March, was a great day in the history of 1960. W e gained second place in the Swimming Sports. Although a number of points behind Krome, again the champions, Berry was represented most worthily, both in competitors, who gained a place in every event except three —an amazing achievement—and in spectators, who made the pool echo with our war cry.

W e were less successful in tennis and baseball matches, where Fitchett, Krome and Cato deserve our congratulations. This was not, however, for want of trying or for lack of support from the House.

History has been made this year—Berry has a new banner.

Many girls have helped by sewing, buying and providing material and contributing money. All those girls in the Athletic Sports felt proud to be marching under the purple flag of Berry. Purple is a royal, kingly colour, and every Berry girl believes it to be what it symbolises-—"a robe of honour"—and at the Athletic Sports we proved that this is true.

Berry came second, winning the House Proficiency Cup, for conduct, appearance and marching.

This was a magnificent effort, and all girls who took part, attended practices and helped in any way are to be thanked for their support, as are the spectators who cheered us on. W e heartily congratulate Krome on gaining first place with the highest aggregate points.

Berry has taken the initiative in providing for Assembly orchestral music as well as piano pieces.

All those who have played and brought flowers to decorate the Assembly Hall are warmly thanked.

It is impossible to thank enough Joan Bolwell, our Sports Captain, who has given such a large proportion of her time and energy to choosing and training teams. Joan and Shona Phillips, who has helped so faithfully, deserve our sincere gratitude for their great loyalty and work for Berry.

A new decade has begun, and with the support and encouragement of our House Mistress, Miss Sutton, and the Staff, including Miss Cerutty, whom we warmly welcome back to Berry, we will see the purple colours on the way to victory.

—Lynne Jackson.

Cato Yes, for Cato we'll work and we'll strive might and main, We'll always endeavour, giving up never, We'll win, or we'll try to, again and again.

It was with regret that we learned that Miss Lorna Mitchell was leaving school a.t the close of the year, thus relinquishing among her many positions that of Senior House Mistress of Cato.

However, we are very pleased that Miss Hopkins has taken her place in the House.

W e would also like to welcome Miss Dunn and Miss McNeill to the Middle Section of our House, and to thank our other House Mistresses for their support during First Term. W e can all surely prove that Cato is the best House.

The first event in which Cato participated was the Inter-House Debate against Tiddeman. Unfortunately, Cato failed by a margin of one point to convince Tiddeman that "Democracy has not failed". Our congratulations to Tiddeman.

We would like to thank Wendy Buchanan, Adrienne Holzer and Penny Tilbrook for their preparation for providing a very interesting and keenly contested debate.

Another event was the Swimming Sports, in which Cato came last.

This, we regret to cay, was probably due to lack of enthusiasm on the part of the Senior Section of the House. W e hope that many more will enter for the heats for the Swimming Sports in Third Term, when a greater number of competitors will be needed to take part in the relays. The more that try the better our teams will be.

Please remember that the House is what every member makes it. No House can progress if one member holds it back by not entering into the whole spirit and activity of the House, revealing her loyalty and applying her abilities.

W e all hope for better results in Third Term.

All Houses competed in the Baseball and Tennis matches held in First Term. Cato can feel proud of its results. In the Senior Baseball we came fourth, while in the Junior Baseball we came first. Congratulations, Juniors! The overall

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result in Junior and Senior Tennis was that Cato came second, being only narrowly beaten by Fitchett.

The Junior School Sports resulted in an aggregate that placed Cato fourth in the five Houses competing.

W e wish to thank Esther most sincerely for the work and encouragement she has given to the teams, and Judy Abbott for her assistance.

W e were pleased to note that many Cato girls entered the heats for the Athletic Sports.

We would like to thank them all for their keen support, especially the Juniors, who in large numbers attended every practice. Carolyn Dunn, Andrea McLean and many other girls, inconspicuously aiding the House, have assisted Esther and Judy in training the numerous teams, and we are sincerely grateful.

Next Term there are many important events in which Cato is to take part. There are the Hockey, the Basket-ball, and finally the Choral Contests.

W e hope that as many girls as possible will try for the teams, and that those not chosen will be able to support their House by attending the matches and offering encouragement, even during the cold weather, which seems to be impending for this winter. W e also hope that every Senior girl wili participate in the Choral Contests, with equal enthusiasm. Last year we came second to Tiddeman, so we could try to come first this year. It's up to you!

Lastly, we wish to state that we hope that the conduct of the House has improved this year.

For many years, it seems, Ca.to has come last in Conduct, losing points in the year's aggregate, and spoiling the work which many girls have done in sport and other avenues. It seems so unfair, both to them and to the House, that so many others are scattering well-earned points by trivial behaviour during school hours.

Surely every Cato girl naturally keeps the thought of Cato and the flying blue colours in her mind, so that she is able to uphold the honour of her House, and to show it in her general behaviour and earnest application to her work.

This is true House spirit.

W e congratulate our Middle and Junior teams on gaining the Middle and Junior Points Cup in the School Sports.

This was the result of a corporate effort, and showed a good team spirit.

Congratulations, Krome, on winning the sports!

W e wish the best of luck to our teams for the rest of the year. Keep the blue flag to the fore!

—Anne Turnbull.

Fitchett M.L.C. is the best school of all, and House members will agree that Fitchett is "the best House of all". Keeping the gold flag flying high requires the support of every girl in the House, so come on, Fitchett!

This year we welcome Miss McKay as our new Senior House Mistress, replacing Miss Betts, who is travelling overseas; and we greet Mrs. Hall as a new House Mistress.

Fitchett began the year very well by gaining third place in the Senior Baseball, and equal second place in the Junior. Our congratulations go to the victors—Krome and Cato, respectively.

Fitchett tennis stars smashed their way to victory in both Senior and Junior sections.

We extend congratulations and thanks to all members of these teams.

W e congratulate Krome and Berry on their successes as first and second in the Swimming Sports, but Fitchett gained a hard-earned third place after a very exciting afternoon.

Thanks are due to all swimmers, especially to Lyn Reardon.

Our Life-saving Representative, Gwen Diprose, is to be congratulated on her appointment. W e hope you will support her later in the year.

Some Fitchett girls watched "Fitchett to the fore" in the Junior School Sports.

The Senior School Athletic Sports were very exciting, and the rousing support from the many cheerful Fitchett supporters encouraged our competitors. W e congratulate Krome on gaining first place.

Fitchett wishes to thank Lyn Reardon for her part in making the House events a success, and for her work during the Term.

Next Term there will be hockey, basket-ball and the Senior Choral Contests to occupy our minds, and call forth the support of every Fitchett girl.

A debate against Nevile will be a feature of next Term's activities.

Good conduct is an essential for a successful House.

So watch your steps, and mend your ways. "Your House needs you".

House spirit is stronger than ever this year, and encouraging cries have been known to cheer on disheartened competitors. W e hope that every girl will continue to do her best to be ever true to God and right, and to Fitchett.

Our thanks go to Miss McKay and other House Mistresses; to Middle School Captains, Judy Tyquin and Margaret Cameron; to Lower Middle School Captains, Suzanne Bosisto and Enid Barr; to Prefects and Associates in the House; and to all who have helped us, either as competitors or as supporters.

Keep our gold flag flying high, Fitchett.

—Alison Wylie.

Krome Krome has been fortunate in commencing the year well, and we are hoping that the good work may continue.

W e warmly welcome all new members of Staff and all new girls, and we trust that they will be very happy in Krome, and enjoy working with us in House activities.

The swimmers who led us to victory in the Senior Swimming Sports are to be heartily congratulated.

In Baseball our Seniors were undefeated, and the Juniors did very well. However, the results of the Senior and Junior Tennis matches did not prove to be quite so successful.

Congratulations, Fitchett!

To Lynette Atkinson, Jocelyn Timewell, Elizabeth Webb and Pamela Horrocks we extend our congratulations for gaining their Baseball colours.

At long last Krome were victors at the Athletic Sports. W e give our thanks to all Krome

SILVER AND GREEN competitors whose co-operation and willing service were appreciated by the House. The girls who were successful in their events are to be heartily congratulated.

The Debating team was successful in defeating Berry, on the subject: "That the Victorian educational system is suited to the needs of the community". They wish to extend sincere thanks to Miss Hotchin for her help.

"Kromc Affairs Bulletin" continues to record House news through the work of our competent editor.

To Miss Jackson, Mrs. McLeish and all other House Mistresses we offer our thanks.

W e owe much to our hard-working Sports Captain, Jill Greenwood, who has given much time and thought to Krome. She has been ably assisted by Lynette Atkinson and Lois Brown, our Life-saving Representative. Thanks are also due to the Middle and Lower Middle Captains, Judith Chambers and Janet Wright, Kaye Williams and Jennifer Boyd.

Remembering that "the chain is as strong as the weakest link", Krome should have a happy and, we hope, a successful year.

-—Wendy Davenport.

Nevile One, two, three, four, Three, two, one, four.

Who for, what for, Whom are we going to yell for?

N-E-V-I-L-E ! Nevile!

Nevile is pleased to welcome so many new members in this our second year as a House, for we have almost twice the number of girls we had last year. It is with particular pleasure that we welcome so many friends from other countries; and Nevile is proud to be able to claim the membership of most of these girls.

Nevile was not as successful in the Senior Baseball matches as we had hoped; but, nevertheless, we are looking forward to defeating all comers in the near future. W e have made great progress in Swimming this year, and were very excited when we gained fourth position in the Swimming Sports. What made us all the more successful was the enthusiastic and prominent vocal support of our cheer group.

Although Nevile did not shine in the Tennis matches, it is to be hoped that we may have more success in coming years. Our congratulations go to Fitchett.

But we must also warn her that Nevile is growing in strength and numbers, and will soon be a formidable opponent.

The results of the Junior Athletic Sports were very gratifying for Nevile, for we gained second place.

Congratulations to Fitchett for winning the sports.

Our Senior Athletic Sports resulted in a victory for Krome, and we congratulate this House, and wish its members well for the remaining two terms.

Thanks are extended to all those in Nevile who trained and who marched. Especial gratitude is due to our Sports Captain, Eugenie Tuck.

One of Nevile's deepest disappointments was to learn of the poor Conduct of the House.

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are still the smallest House, and so we should not lose so much for misconduct. What is the use of being good at sport, and gaining high marks for these other activities, if we are not sporting in our Conduct? The enthusiasm and House spirit in all other fields has been wonderful.

Nevile, please improve in this respect in Terms II and III. W e are very grateful to Miss Tyler and to the other House Mistresses for their interest and ready assistance. Eugenie Tuck, our indefatigable Sports Captain, has earned our deepest respect for all the work she has put into the sporting activities of Nevile. Her talent for organisation and her ability as a real sportswoman have won a place in all our hearts, and we could never thank her enough for all she has done for Nevile.

Congratulations and many thanks to Bronwyn Baker (Senior House Vice-Captain), Jill Cole (Senior Sports Vice-Captain), Meredith Albury, Catherine McCarthy, Heather Oldmeadow (Life-saving Representative), Beverley Collins, Janet Eltringham (Junior House Captain), Jennifer Wadsley (Junior House Vice-Captain), Kaye Smith (Junior Sports Captain), and Jenny White (Junior Sports Vice-Captain).

Finally, we are expecting great things to come from Nevile this year, and to achieve this every girl must remember that the honour of Nevile rests on her own shoulders.

—Gweneth Quirk.

Tiddeman Now that Tiddeman has firmly established herself as a School House, we are looking forward to a most successful year, seeing that we have "grown up" at last.

Our first activity for 1960 was our participation in the Swimming Sports, and, though we were not very successful, it was not due to any lack of enthusiastic backing from our supporters.

Our Senior Baseball team fared quite well, losing only one match, though the Juniors were not so successful.

The Tennis team deserves mention for its efforts, and we can foresee good prospects in Tennis in coming years.

The Debating team managed to grasp the laurels, by a very small margin, from Cato, after a well-fought battle. W e thank Judith Macdonald and Patricia Ballantyne, who so ably supported their leader.

Thanks are due to our Middle School Captains, Meredith Morris and Tinna Randinae; and to Robyn Broadbent, who has given so much of her time and devotion to the House. Many of our Seniors merit thanks for their frequent and loyal service to Tiddeman.

Next Term we hope for great things from our House. Even though we are fewer in number, we are great in spirit. W e are fixing our hopes on the Choral Contest, where we carry on from 1959.

In all our efforts we have been inspired and supported by the encouragement given by Miss Cowper, and to her and all House Mistresses we extend recognition and thanks.

—Joy McGeehan.

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Public Examination Results, 1959 Matriculation— Matriculation (excluding repeated) Honours (15 firsts, 81 seconds) Passes Queen's College Exhibitions Senior Government Scholarship Commonwealth Scholarships Secondary Studentships (Education partment)

83 96 310 3 1 23

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Pure Mathematics— Second Class: Carol Burford, Pamela Giltinan, Evelyn Janover, Helen Palfreyman.

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Calculus and Applied Mathematics— Second Class: Carol Burford, Pamela Giltinan, Evelyn Janover, Helen Palfreyman.

170 57

General Mathematics— Second Class: Marika Muhlen, Linda Stephens.

Leaving Certificate— Passes Partial Passes (two or more subjects)

..

Intermediate Certificate— Passes Partial Passes (four or more subjects)

222 . . 75

Scholarships, Exhibitions and Studentships.

Queen's College Exhibitions— Ann Blumrich, Elaine McConkey, Rosenbaum.

Latin— First Class: Elaine McConkey.

Second Class: Anne Lee.

Margot

Senior Government Scholarship— Elaine McConkey.

Commonwealth Scholarships— Ann Blumrich, Jennifer Broadbent, Carol Burford, Margot Cant, Jill Dibbs, Judith Dubiner, Pamela Giltinan, Rosalyn Haimson, Dianne Hofmaier, Janice Houston, Evelyn Janover, Glenis Jolly, Anne Lee, Elaine McConkey, Joy McGeehan, Janice Marchant, Marika Muhlen, Helen Palfreyman, Margaret Phillipson, Margot Rosenbaum, Jennifer Seccombe, Alison Sambell, Lesley Taylor.

Secondary Studentships—

British History— First Class: Jill Risstrom.

Second Class: Janet Armstrong, Jennifer Broadbent, Rosalyn Haimson, Sylvia Joyce, Nene King, Judith Knell, Alison Sambell, Leonie Sterling, Tan Kooi Lian, Lesley Taylor, Linda Woodroffe.

Modern History— First Class: Jillian Dibbs, Elaine McConkey.

Second Class: Gillian Davies, Rosalyn Haimson, Faye Jobling, Sylvia Joyce, Janice Morgan, Elizabeth Paterson, Jill Risstrom, Margot Rosenbaum, Gail Taylor, Linda Woodroffe.

Greek and Roman History— Second Class: Adrienne Holzer.

Social Studies— First Class: Miriam Bilney, Jennifer Broadbent, Margot Cant, Ann Martindale, Margot Rosenbaum.

Second Class: Janet Anderson, Ann Blumrich, Faye Fox, Janice Marchant, Joy McGeehan, Lynette Opas, Alison Sambell, Jennifer Seccombe, Anna Stengierska, Carol Tandy, Gail Taylor, Beverley Williams.

Helen Antcliffe, Gillian Davies, Jillian Dibbs, Mary Ellemor, Pamela Falder, Cathryn Fox, Faye Jobling, Anne Lee, Wendy Lovell, Elaine McConkey, Janice Martin, Janice Morgan, Helen Palfreyman, Jennifer Roberts, Penelope Tilbrook, Linda Woodroffe.

Economics— First Class: Margot Cant.

Second Class: Ann Blumrich, Jennifer Broadbent, Mary Ellemor, Glenis Jolly, Janice Marchant, Janice Morgan.

MATRICULATION

Geography— Second Class: Miriam Bilney, Jennifer Broadbent, Marnie Haig-Muir, Glenis Jolly, Anne Lee, Jeanette Uhl.

EXAMINATION

HONOURS

Biology—

English Literature— First Class: Margaret Dunkin.

Second Class: Gillian Davies, Jillian Elaine McConkey, Janice Morgan, Seamons.

Dibbs, Claire

Chemistry— Second Class: Carol Burford, Marika Muhlen.

French— First Class: Elaine McConkey.

Second Class: Judith Dubiner, Cathryn Janice Houston, Diane Kerr, Anne Claire Seamons.

First Class: Margaret Phillipson.

Second Class: Judith Dubiner, Dianne Hofmaier, Jocelyn May, Kerry Morse, Jennifer Seccombe.

Fox, Lee,

German— Second Class: Judith Dubiner, Cathryn Fox.

Music, Practical— First Class: Dianne Hofmaier.

Second Class: Ann Blumrich, Pamela Giltinan, Clare Johnson, Barbara Williams.

Music, Theoretical— First Class: Barbara Williams.

SILVER AND GREEN M A T R I C U L A T I O N RESULTS, 1959 Seven Subjects Passed— Pamela Giltinan.

Six Subjects Passed— Ann Blumrich, Helen Palfreyman.

Five Subjects Passed— Jennifer Broadbent, Carol Burford, Barbara Cox, Jillian Dibbs, Judith Dubiner, Janice Houston, Evelyn Janover, Faye Jobling, Judith Knell, Anne Lee, Janice Marchant, Janice Martin, Elaine McConkey, Janice Morgan, Marika Muhlen, Margaret Papst, Elizabeth Paterson, Jill Risstrom, Jennifer Roberts, Margot Rosenbaum, Helen Senior, Joan Slade, Lesley Taylor, Linda Woodroffe.

Four Subjects Passed— Janet Armstrong, Janice Ashburner, Joyce Barr, Miriam Bilney, Beverley Cook, Marjorie Crouch, Margaret Dunkin, Mary Ellemor, Pamela Falder, Faye Fox, Patricia Gordon, Mamie Haig-Muir, Rosalyn Haimson, Lynette Hodgson, Dianne Hofmaier, Adrienne Holzer, Airdrie Hutton, Glenis Jolly, Sylvia Joyce, Nene King, Glenys Lord (including one subject passed in 1958), Ann Martindale, Joy McGeehan, Jennifer Mcllroy, Alison Miles, Kerry Morse, Ng Guat Hoon, Margaret Phillipson, Jeannine Rigutto, Alison Sambell, Angela Schafer, Claire Seamons, Jennifer Seccombe, Anna Stengierska, Leonie Sterling, Gail Taylor, Penelope Tilbrook, Rosemary Watters, Faye Williams, Rosslyn Wortley.

Three Subjects Passed, but given a Compensatory Matriculation— Janet Anderson, Helen Antcliffe, Lynette Boyd, Wendy Buchanan, Jill Cole, Cathryn Fox, Evelyn Gist, Ann Goble, Berenice Jackson, Diane Kerr, Wendy Lovell, Helen O'Neil, Faye Parry, Helen Shapiro, Tai Lung Eng, Carol Tandy.

Additional Subjects to Matriculation, 1958.

Four Subjects Passed— Jocelyn May. Three Subjects Passed— Margot Cant, Gillian Davies, Pamela Jones.

Two Subjects Passed— Clare Johnson.

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LEAVING

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Seven Subjects Passed— Joan Bolwell, Alison Cameron, Valerie Hewitt, Margaret Higginbottom, Lesley Holt.

Six Subjects Passed— Glenys Almond, Lynette Atkinson, Heather Axup, Jennifer Barnett, Anne Beaumont, Carolyn Beeson, Joyce Bingham, Marylon Bodkin, Susan Bomphrey, Victoria Boyd, Robyn Broadbent, Lois Brown, Lorraine Brunton, Jillian Campbell, Susan Carter, Carolyn Chambers, Virginia Chan, Rosslyn

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Cock, Carol Croydon, Wendy Davenport, Suzanne Davies, Barbara Duke, Lorraine Edwards, Lynette Fisher, Kay Fookes, Kerry Forrest, Leonie Gairns, Lana Gottlieb, Marion Gray, Jillian Greenwood, Gael Griffith, Dianne Hargreaves, Leonie Hodges, Sandra Hore, Lynne Jackson, Ann Jeffery, Wendy Johnstone, Pamela Jones, Heather Kellaway, Coral Kent, Carole Kierson, Rosemary Lavers, Loh Phaik Thau, Solway Love, Jean McCloskey, Judith Macdonald, Carole McDougall, Helen McGibbony, Alison Milne, Judith Murray, Valerie Neilson, Lorraine Payne, Elisabeth Prichard, Marilyn Reardon, Jill Renison, Meryll Roberts, Carolyn Rodger, Helen Rogers, Pamela Rosenberg, Helen Rule, Ann Russell, Ruth Sanders, Elizabeth Shaw, Heather Shaw, Eril Siggins, Merrill Smalley, Enid Sommerfeld, Kathleen Stephenson, Beverley Thompson, Eugenie Tuck, Anne Turnbull, Irene Upenieks, Lois Waite, Elizabeth Webb, Carol Wilms, Diana Winston, Alison Wylie, Helen Yeo, Helen Young.

Five Subjects Passed— Afton Angus, Jacqueline Austin, Jeanette Bell, Leonie Boyd, Diana Bruhn, Suzanne Carmichael, Nanette Clark, Jennifer Cowen, Justine Creaser, Wanda Davies, Patricia Day, Peggy Day, Joan Dortheimer, Barbara Douglas, Kathleen Figgins, Patricia Finch, Macyll Gaunt, Elizabeth Gilliam, Barbara Gotch, Joan Grundy, Margaret Gunson, Susan Hall, Betty Hamilton, Jennifer Harris, Pamela Harris, Jennifer Heath, Barbara Henderson, Kay Hobbs, Janice Holmes, Lea Hopcraft, Rae Hunt, Beverley Kennedy, Suzanne Kennett, Terrie King, Elizabeth Knee, Margaret Latham, Barbara Lawrence, Eva Lee, Eden Liddelow, Catherine Looney, Barbara McCloskey, Marnie Mackay, Vera Mackenzie, Christine Maddison, Dianne Morrison, Lynette Quinton, Carol Reark, Glenys Richards, Jennifer Shears, Suzanne Smail, Merla Stevens, Patricia Towers, Margot Tully, Dian Vasey, Pamela Walker, Faye Wilson.

Four Subjects Passed— Lynette Baker, Patricia Ballantyne, Adrienne Barlow, Vivien Bawden. Susan Canham, Florence Chong, Helen Clemson, Marie Elms, Esther Hole, Barbara Leyshon, Helen McAfee, Kay Nairn, Margaret Osborn, Shona Phillipps, Dagmara Valdmanis.

Additional to Leaving Certificate, 1958.

One Subject Passed— Meredith Albury, Lynette Boyd, Rosalyn Haimson, Berenice Jackson, Pamela Jones, Jennifer Mcllroy, Anne Martindale, Helen O'Neil, Faye Williams.

Two Subjects Passed— Lorraine Browne.

Completed Leaving Certificate from 1958— Miriam Birch, Felicity Blandford, Margaret Blassberg, Suzanne Byriell, Suzanne Evans, Glenys Falla, Elizabeth Hando, Jillian Longmuir, Meryl Morton, Barbara Smale, Patricia Stevenson, Helen Thomas, Cheron Tinsley, Carole Whitelaw, Beverley Williams.

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LEAVING

CERTIFICATES

Five Subjects Passed— Gwenyth Diprose, Clare Guymer, Jacqueline Langford, Meredith Miller, Rae Wilson.

Four Subjects Passed— Doris Boyle, Marlene Boyle, Janis Burns, Diane Comben, Desley Gare, Robyn Glasgow, Carol Harris, Cherryl Holmes, Pamela Ralston, Diane St. John, Megan Thomas, Pamela Towers, Heather Tully.

THree Subjects Passed— Wendy Blair, Pamela Brown, Wendy Brown, Chan Cheng Pheng, Heather Cousland, Lynette Eddy, Marcia Gibbins, Ann Gibson, Neroli Hardie, Lesley Henry, Margaret Henry, Lynette Hodgins, Babette Isaacson, Carol May, Jill Monson, Gaynor Pitman, Katharine Seller, Gillian Siggins, Anna Sun, Sandra Thomas, Deirdre Tucker, Mary Ungar, Marie Wilson.

Two Subjects Passed— Ang Peck Shan, Elizabeth Bamford, Gaye Broadbent, Brenda Cooper, Joan Crabtree, Valerie Driver, Regina Fink, May Foo, Hannah Guss, Yvonne McClelland, Helen Martin, Heather Oldmeadow, Joy Roberts, Lee Snellgrove, Mary Tan, Sandra Vale.

Additional to Previous Partial Leaving Certificate.

One Subject Passed— Wendy McLaughlin, Jennifer Pond, Noala Yen.

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Ten Subjects Passed— Beverley Garlick, Emily Hendel, Meredith Hunkin, Deloraine Keegel, Helen McQueen, Julia Wilkinson.

Nine Subjects Passed— Judith Abbott, Helen Anderson, Shirley Ashton, Ellen Balaam, Patricia Barnsley, Susan Baron, Joan Bennett, Dorothy Berryman, Ann Bowyer, Janene Brendel, Johanne Byriell, Helen Conochie, Cynthia Cook, Janet Curtis, Pamela Davies, Kerin Gittus, Anne Gray, Leonie Gunn, Janet Hooson, Xandra Howie, Susan Jame, Dawn Jelbart, Elaine Knewstubb, Judith Lumley, Heather McLean, Elaine McLeish, Arlie McQueen, Jennifer Mills, Lesley Mitchell, Janet Morgan, Donna Newton, Denise Patterson, Diana Pearson, Carlien Petherick, Helen Pope, Sandra Powell, Rosemary Randall, Sandra Ray, Maija Rinks, Vivienne Ruffels, Lorraine Sherlock, Janice Smith, Jocelyn Timewell, Elizabeth Turner, Helen Watters, Margaret Webster, Gillian Weeks, Gwynith Wilson, Gail Wood, Marian Worner.

Eight Subjects Passed— Lynette Amos, Fay Atkinson, Julie Barclay, Joan Beckett, Elaine Beech, Wendy Beecham, Jennifer Bond, Anne Bowyer, Carole Brien,

Beverley Brown, Margaret Brown, Judith Callander, Anne Carrick, Valerie Champion, Vivienne Clarke, Judith Cleverley, Judith Cockrem, Joel Cornish, Robin Dane, Rosalyn Egan, Dianne Ferguson, Kay Fisher, Cheryl Flett, Robyn Freer, Merryn Gardner, Elizabeth Goulding, Elizabeth Gray, Janice Gray, Glenys Haack, Elizabeth Hall, Diane Hancock, Julienne Heeps, Winsome Hill, Pamela Horrocks, June Jelbart, Bronwyn Jones, Robin Kemp, Kay Kettle, Gayel Larkins, Margaret Leathern, Averil Long, Margaret McAdam, Pamela McCasker, Janet McColl, Ronda McDonald, Lesley McGain, Helen McGregor, Janette Mace, Julia Marcroft, Linda Matkovich, Annette Meller, Christine Mills, Margaret Morriss, Elizabeth MurrayMore, Maree Ould, Elizabeth Pike, Jillian Pinne, Barbara Pollard, Barbara Ross, Hermione St. John Smith, Jill Sanguinetti, Eleanor Smith, Janet Smith, Lynette Storey, Janet Taylor, Judith Taylor, Margaret Taylor, Ngaire Thompson, Pamela Thompson, Wendy Thompson, Margot Thomson, June Twiss, Marilyn Watson, Marian Wilcock, Judith Wilson, Carole Woods, Vivien Zoltak.

Seven Subjects Passed— Judith Astbury, Carolyn Baines, Lynne Bennett, Elida Brereton, Bronwen Bryse, Margaret Busby, Yvonne Cant, Judith Carter, Anita Costello, Suzanne Dahl, Denise Davey, Barbara Day, Helen Ditterich, Carolyn Dixon, Jan Douglas, Margaret Dunn, Marilyn Ferres, Irene Folley, Helen Gidley, Gwenyth Grant, Pamela Harris, Wendy Harris, Anne Heaton, Margaret Hicks, Elaine Higgs, Susan Hopkins, Barbara Houghton, Lesley Howlett, Kaye Jeffrey, Margaret Johnson, Patricia Anne Jones, Patricia Kaye Jones, Ula Jones, Gretel Keegel, Shirley Knight, Margaret Lanchester, Julie Lawson, Mary McBain, Julie Miller, Diane Pascoe, Susan Pilbeam, Pamela Plummer, Janice Reid, Dawn Schultze, Josephine Selby, Adrienne Smith, Pamela Spicer, Pamela Statham, Annette Stephens, Jennifer Stevens, Annette Taplin, Faye Wharington, Carol Williams, Janet Withers.

Six Subjects Passed— Janet Adams, Carolyn Allen, Judith Belyea, Susan Boardman, Elizabeth Brack, Margaret Butterworth, Elizabeth Clarke, Roslyn Collins, Wilma Dreverman, Margaret du Bourg, Judith Ewert, Jennifer Hann, Claire Henderson, Helen Hooper, Helen Jenkin, Cheryl Lukies, Alison McAllister, Susan McLaren, Christine Mauger, Louise Stone, Robin Westaway, Janice Williams, Heather Williamson.

Additional Intermediate Subject to Leaving Certificate (Asian Student) — Eva Lee. Completed Intermediate Certificate— Joan Beckett, Pamela Brown, Margaret Doolan, Margaret Eyval, Kathleen Figgins, Ann Gibson, Gloria Green, Sue Hillis, Marilyn Martin, Lynette Sharp, Diane Triplett, Rothes Ward.

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CERTIFICATES.

Eight Subjects Passed— Heather Blarney, Maureen McLeod.

Seven Subjects Passed— Elizabeth Worboys.

Six Subjects Passed— Anne Baines, Kay Bradbury, Denise Corrigan, Glenice Gunnell, Nancy Hamilton, Sandra Hodgson, Bronwyn Lloyd, Jeanette MacKenzie, Carole Mackley, Nola Newton, Lynne Read, Betty Sun. Five Subjects Passed— Juliette Aginian, Bronwyn Allardice, Pamela Angus, Linden Baker, Rosamond Barber, Karina Basset, Christine Berry, Dorothy Bugg, Merilyn Chenhall, Anne Clempson, Maureen Corrigan, Lynette Crooks, Judith Evans, Lesley Falla, Margaret Ferguson, Lorraine Heath, Dianne Hill, Margaret Johns, Elizabeth Lay, Joy Little, Wendy McGregor, Margaret McHutchison, Barbara Morgan, Lorna Morton, Susan Mues, Laurel Muir, Deirdre Oakley, Lynette Philippe, Carol Shinwell, Ariane Smith, Joan Taylor, Lauris Taylor, Shirley Whittles.

Four Subjects Passed— Dawn Allen, Angela Anderson, Elizabeth Balaam, Gillian Bath, Lois Bendall, Lynette Black, Carolyn Bond, Lynette Bryant, Darry-

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lyn Burns, Janet Coate, Gail Douglas, Diana Kee, Gail Logan, Elaine May, Carolyn Mepstead, Jillian Mounsey, Nerolie Munt, Helen Oakes, Janice Peck, Bronwyn Quayle, Alexia Raftopoulos, Lorraine Shipman, Dorice Turner, Laurel Wilkins, Gail Williams, Lynette Woods, Lynnette Wright.

Junior Government

Scholarships.

The following fifteen girls were awarded Junior Government Scholarships in the examinations held in December, 1959:—Meredyth Ackland, Merran Anderson, Helene Dimmitt, Margaret Godson, Tania Gudinski, Jeannette Kneen, Robyn Langford, Diana McLachlan, Glenice McLeod, Margaret Pascoe, Vera Pollard, Anne Stillwell, Margaret Thompson, Helen Vorrath, Merilyn Whimpey.

Bursaries (Education Department).

Matriculation Bursaries were awarded t o : — Lynette Atkinson, Marylon Bodkin, Alison Cameron, Susan Carter, Rosslyn Cock, Lynette Fisher, Leonie Gairns, Jillian Greenwood, Lynne Jackson, Heather Kellaway, Coral Kent, Rosemary Lavers, Judith Murray, Marilyn Reardon, Jill Renison, Meryll Roberts, Ann Russell, Lois Waite, Carol Wilms, Alison Wylie.

Leaving Bursaries were awarded to:—Shirley Ashton, Beverley Brown, Judith Cockrem, Kay Fisher, Janette Mace, Maree Ould, Elizabeth Pike, Janet Smith, Hermione St. John-Smith, Judith Wilson.

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Old Collegians' Examination Results,1959 Elizabeth Allen (nee Duncan) (Arts and Social Studies): Passed Social Work III. Graduated B.A. and Dip. of Soc.St. Barbara Armstrong (Arts) : Passed English III, Australian History, Psychol. I. Graduated B.A. Helen Arnel (Social Studies) : Passed Social Work II, Psychol. II (a), Australian History.

Joan Ashton (Music): Honours Chief Prac.

Study V, Chamber Music. Passed Special Study, Orchestration II. Anne Ballantyne (Arts) : Passed French I, English I, Brit. Hist. A, Geology I a.

Lorraine Barski (Arts) : Passed French I A, Brit. Hist. A. Diane Beattie (Law) : Honours Princ. of Contract, Passed Tort. Crim. Law and Procedure, Princ. of Prop, in Land, Philos. I. Jill Bendall (Arts) : Passed Econ. Geog. II. Mary Bickart (Music) : Honours Ear Training II, Harm, and C'point. Ill, Sight Reading II. Passed Music B. Orchestration I, Instrumental Class (Strings) II, Instrumental Class (Wind), English Diction.

Elizabeth Boardman (Science) : Passed Chem.

I A , Geology I A , Pure Maths. I. Mary Brevitt (Arts) : Honours General Hist.

I, General Hist. II. Passed Brit. Hist. B. Glenys Bull (Science): Passed Microbiol., Biochem. II, Virology. Graduated B.Sc. Ann Carlson (Commerce): Honours Econ. A. Passed Accountancy I, Econ. Geog. I, Modern Govt. I. Bernice Carter (B.A.): Graduated Dip.Ed. Joan Cathcart (Arts) : Honours Part I F.E., School of History. Passed English III. Mary Chan (Medicine) : Passed Medicine, Surgery, Obst. and Gynae. Graduated M.B., B.S. Patricia Clarke (Arts) : Honours English Liter.

II, General Hist. II. Passed Ancient Hist. I. Margaret Condon (Arts) : Passed Eng. II, Mod. Hist., Geog.

Lois Conroy (Commerce): Passed Econ. Geog.

I, Econ. A. Gillian Cook (Arts and Social Studies) : Passed Hist, of Philos. Graduated B.A. and Dip.Soc.St. Elizabeth Cowan (Music): Passed Hist, and Princ. of Educ., Comp. Educ., Educ. Psych., Meth. of Teach., Prac. Teach.

Graduated Mus.Bac. Amelda Craigie (Law): Honours Legal Hist.

Passed Intro, to Legal Meth., Brit. Hist., Philosophy I. Loris Crosby (Arts) : Honours Psychology I. Passed French III, Aust. Hist. Graduated B.A. Jennifer Deacon (Medicine): Passed Med. Jurisp.

Tanice de Lacy (Arts): Passed Logic.

Paddv Dixson (Music and Arts) : Honours Chief Prac. Study IV, Teaching Repertory II, Acoustics. Passed Second Prac. Study IV, Orchestrat. II, Repertory II, English II, Philosophy I. Graduated Mus.Bac.

Jane Elton (Music): Honours Hist, and Princ. of Ed., Compar. Ed., Educ. Psych., Meth. of Teaching (equal 1st place), Prac. Teaching (equal 1st place), equal 1st place in first year of B.Ed, course, Dwight's Prize (shared) in first year of B.Ed, course. Graduated Mus.Bac. Monica Essex (nee Wood) (Arts): Honours Hist, and Phil, of Sc. A. Graduated B.A. Janice Ford (Arts) : Passed French II. Pamela Gale (Music) : Honours Pianoforte II, Harm, and C'point. II. Passed Singing I, Ear Training I, Music A, Sight Read. I, Instr. Class I. Mary Gay (Arts) : Honours Mod. Hist. Passed French II, English II. Louise Gault (Arts and Social Studies) : Graduated B.A. and Dip. of Social Studies.

Judith Gild (Architecture) : Passed Design II, Trades Inst. II, Measured Draw, Theory of Arch. II, Hist, of Arch. II, Build. Const. II, Surveying, Build. Sc. A. Julienne Gleadell (Music) : Honours Chief Prac. Stud. I, Second Prac. Stud. I, Music A , Sight Reading I, Chamber Music. Passed Harm, and C'point. I. Dalys Grant (nee Hearn) (Arts): Ann Grey (Arts) : Honours French I, Brit.

Hist. B, Psychology I. Passed English I. Margaret Hadley (Arts) : Passed Aust. History.

Margaret Hagger (Social Studies) : Honours Social Organ A. Passed Social Work I, Social Biol., Psychology.

Rhonda Harris (Music) : Passed Ear Training II, Harm, and C'point. I l l , Sight Reading II, Orchestration I, Inst. Class (Strings) II, Inst.

Class (Wind), English Diction.

Patricia Harrison (Arts) : Passed English II, Modern History, Geog.

Katherine Harvey (Arts) : Passed French I, Brit. Hist. A. Margaret Heard (Arts) : Honours Psychology I. Passed French I, English I, Brit. Hist. A. Noela Hogg (Music): Passed Pianoforte II, Singing I, Ear Training I, Harm, and C'point.

II, Music A, Sight Reading I, Inst. Class (String) I. Margaret Hoggart (Arts): Honours Eng. Liter.

II, General Hist. II. Passed Ancient Hist. I. Jillian Holm (Medicine) : Honours Physics.

Passed Chem. Biology.

Valerie Holm (Arts) : Passed Mod. Hist.

Rosalie Holt (Commerce) : Honours Accountancy I, Econ. A., Econ. Geog. 1. Passed Mod. Govt. I. Judith Hope (Science) : Honours Chem. I l l A. Joan Horsfall (Social Studies): Passed Social Work I, Social Biol., Social Organ. A, Psychology I. Margaret Horwill (Science) : Passed Physics III A. Rosemary Jame (Science) : Passed Zoology I. Rosalind Johns (Arts) : Honours Hist, and Phil, of Sc. A. Passed French III, Fine Arts C. Cheryl Johnson (Law) : Patricia Johnson (Arts) : Passed Brit. Hist. A , Psychology I.

SILVER AND GREEN Mary Johnston (Arts and Social Studies): Honours Social Organ A. Passed Social Work I, Psychology II A, Ethics.

Alwyn Jones (Music): Passed Instr. Ensemble II. Graduated Mus.Bac. Denise Jones (Arts) : Passed French I, General Maths., Geology I B. Judith Kellaway (Arts): Passed French I, Brit.

Hist. B, Geology I B. Rita Korman (Arts and Social Studies) : Honours Social Organ. A. Passed Social Work I, Ethics.

Wilma Lade (Arts): Honours English Lang. & Lit. I, Brit. Hist. A. Passed French I, Philosophy I. Alison Laird (Law) : Honours Princ. of Prop, in Land, Criminology. Passed Tort, Crim. Law and Procedure, Princ. of Contract.

Ainslie Lamb (Law) : Passed Legal Hist., Princ. of Prop, in Land.

Margaret Lancaster (Arts) : Honours Psychology. Passed French I, English I, Brit. Hist. B. Pauline Learner (Arts and Social Studies) : Honours Social Work I, Social Organ A . Passed Psychol. II A, Ethics.

Gillian Lennox (Arts and Social Studies) : Honours Social Biol. (1st place), Philosophy I, Psychology I. Passed French I A. Lim Meng Fong (Architecture) : Honours Theory of Arch. I, Hist, and Phil, of Sc. Passed Design I, Trades Inst. I, Hist, of Arch. I, Build.

Const. I, Free Drawing.

Amy Ling (Arts): Passed Ethics, Geog.

Loloma Linggood (Commerce) : Honours Ind. Relat. Graduated B.Com. Gwenneth Long (Science) : Honours Chem. I A, Physics I, Zoology I. Passed Pure Maths. I. Janet Mclvor (Arts) : Honours British History A (1st place), Eng. Lang, and Lit. I. Passed French I, Philosophy I. Awarded the Marion Boothby Exhibition in British History (Arts).

Susan McKaige (Arts): Honours British History A (2nd place), Ancient History. Passed English I. Ruth Millikan (Music): Honours Pianoforte II, Sing. I, Music A. Passed Ear Training I, Harm, and C'point II, Sight Reading I, Instr. Class (strings) I. Pauline Morgan (Science): Honours Microbiol.

(1st place), Biochem. II. Passed Virology.

Margaret Mott (Arts) : Passed Brit. Hist. B. Patricia Muirden (Music) : Honours Chief Prac.

Study III. Passed Second Prac. Study III, Ear Training II, Harm, and C'point. Ill, Music B, Sight Reading II, Chamber Music.

Joy Muller (Arts): Passed Amer. Hist., Geog.

Jennifer Murphy (Arts) : Passed Part I F.E., Eng. Lang, and French.

Anne Neil (Arts and Social Studies): Passed Philosophy I. Katherine Nicholls (Science): Honours Microbiol. Passed Biochem. II, Virology.

Jacqueline Peace (Music): Honours Music and Movement, Prac. Teaching. Passed Hist, and Princ. of Educ., Comp. Educ., Educ. Psych., Meth. of Teaching, Graduated Mus.Bac.

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Patsy Pederick (Arts and Social Studies): Passed Social Work II, Social Organ. B, Aust.

History.

Joan Pilkington (Medicine) : Honours Biology.

Passed Chem., Physics.

Marion Pinkerton (Music): Honours Music A. Passed Pianoforte II, Sing. I, Ear Training I, Harm, and C'point II, Sight Reading I, Instr.

Class (Strings) I. Helen Pyke (Arts) : Passed English II, Modern History, Geol. I B. Margery Rae (Science): Honours Chem. II B, Gen. Bacteriology. Passed Physiol, and Biochem. I. Judith Ralston (Arts) : Passed Modern History, Geog.

Barbara Rautman (Arts): Passed Aust. Hist., Econ. Geog. II. Margaret Roberts (Arts): Honours Mod. Hist.

Passed Geog., French II, English II. Julie Ross (Commerce): Honours Accountancy I, Econ. A. Passed Econ. Geog. I, Mod. Gov. I. Sally Segal (nee Barr) (Arts and Social Studies): Passed Ethics.

Elizabeth Shiffron (Arts) : Passed English II, Amer. Hist., Philosophy I. Dorothy Simon (Commerce): Passed Pub. Finance, Trade and Devel. Graduated B.Com. Evelyn Snow (Arts and Social Studies) : Dawn Sorenson (Commerce): Passed Trade and Devel. Graduated B.Com. Margaret Stevens (Phys. Ed.): Passed Anat. and Physiol., Basis of Phys. Ed. I, Body Mechanics, Hygiene, Diet and First Aid, Hist. Princ. and Methods of Phys. Ed., Gen. and Special Methods of Teaching, Practical Exercises I, Teaching Practice and Observation I. Patricia Stubbings (Arts) : Honours Psychology I. Passed French III. Stephanie Tasker (Medicine) : Passed Anatomy Incl. Hist, and Emb., Physiol, and Biochem.

Pamela Ternouth (Arts) : Honours Eng. Lang, and Lit. I, Psychology I. Passed Latin I, French I. Rosalind Terry (Science): Honours Chem. II B (1st place), Physiol, and Biochem., Gen. Bacteriology.

Ann Tomlinson (Medicine): Passed Chem., Physics, Biology.

Noelle Tredinnick (Medicine) : Honours Chem.

I A, Physics I. Passed Pure Math. I, Zoology I. Helen Tregear (Commerce): Honours Ind. Relat. Passed Pub. Finance, Trade and Devel., Econ. Hist. II A. Alison Tudor (Medicine): Passed Chem., Physics, Biology.

Elaine Walsh (Commerce): Passed Econ. C, Pub. Finance, Econ. Hist. II A. Margaret Walters (Arts): Honours Part II F.E., Hist, and Eng. Liter, (first place). Graduated B.A. Dwight's Prize in English (shared).

Enid Derham Prize for Poetry.

Jean Watters (Arts): Passed Eng. II, Mod. Hist.

Judith Webb (Arts): Rosslyn Webster (Arts): Passed Criminology, Hist, of Gk. Phil., Prob. of Phil.

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Joan Weetman (Social Studies): Honours Social Work II, Econ. Hist. I. Passed Trade and Develop.

Beryl Wild (Medicine): Passed Med. Jurisp., Pharmacy.

Helen Williams (Medicine): Passed Anatomy, Physiology, Biochem.

Jeanne Wilson (Medicine): Passed Pharmacy,

Pathology, Microbiol, and Epidemiology.

Jacqueline Wood (B.A.): Honours Philosophy.

Graduated M.A. Jean Woodfull (Phys. Ed.): Passed Anat. and Physiol. Basis of P.E.II, Preventive Work, Organ and Admin, of Phys. Ed. Mimi Yees (B.A.) : Honours Mod. Development of Educ. Prac. Graduated B.Ed. Mona Yeow (Medicine): Passed Biology.

GIRLS A T U N I V E R S I T Y The following girls have now begun University courses:—Joyce Barr, Gillian Davies, Jillian Dibbs, Mary Ellemor, Cathryn Fox, Faye Jobling, Glenis Jolly, Anne Lee, Elaine McConkey, Janice Martin, Helen Palfreyman, Angela Schafer, Helen Shapiro, Linda Woodroffe (Arts) ; Judith Dubiner (Arts and Law) ; Tai Lung Eng (Architecture) ; Helen Antcliffe, Faye Fox, Evelyn Gist, Marnie Haig-Muir, Wendy Lovell, Janice Morgan, Alison Sambell (Commerce) ; Anna. Stengierska (Commerce and Social Studies) ; Ann Blumrich, Margot Rosenbaum (Law) ; Dianne Hofmaier (Music) ; Jennifer Broadbent (Physical Education and Arts) ; Marjorie Crouch, Rosalyn Haimson, Janice Houston, Pamela Jones, Kerry Morse, Helen O'Neil, Margaret Phillipson, Jennifer Seccombe (Physiotherapy) ; Margaret Dunkin, Pamela Falder, Jocelyn May, Marika Muhlen, Jennifer Roberts (Science) ; Carol Burford (Science and Medicine) ;

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TEACHING

Pamela Giltinan (Science and Music) ; Barbara Cox (Veterinary Science) ; Clare Johnson (Social Studies); Lynette Hodgson (Speech Therapy).

Old Collegians who have begun teaching or training for teaching include:—Margaret Blassberg, Jennifer Cowen, Lesley Holt, Beverley Kennedy, Elizabeth Knee (K.T.C.) ; Glenys Lord, Margaret Papst (Mercer House) ; Joyce Bingham, Wendy Brown, Janis Burns, Joan Dortheimer, Glenys Falla, Margaret Gunson, Clare Guymer, Jennifer Heath, Sylvia Joyce, Judith Knell, Barbara McCIosky, Jean McCIosky, Alison Miles, Dianne Morrison, Margaret Osborn, Elisabeth Prichard, Jill Risstrom, Helen Rogers, Elizabeth Shaw, Barbara Smale, Leonie Sterling, Merla Stevens, Patricia Towers, Jeannette Uhl, Carole Whitelaw, Beverley Williams (Education Department).

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Current Corner Apartheid The stern, proud spirit of their fathers Rebelled in those noble breasts. " W e are human beings", they all cry, " W h y bar us from the rest?

Is it because of our colour That upon us you frown?

You must admit that in the sun You'd turn a nigger brown.

Why can't we freely mix with you In all your shops and stores?

Why must we ride in buses and trams That are always separate from yours?

And if you look around the world, I know that you will see That many men of coloured blood Are rejected, just as we".

—Barbara Hulme,

13 yrs., IH.a, Berry.

The Principal With apologies to Alfred Noyes.

The scene was a host of schoolgirls led by the valiant pre's, The hall was a cream brick building, placed between swaying trees, The staff was a ribbon of black cloaks, talking over their daily chore, And Dr. Wood came running— Running—running, Dr. Wood came running, up to Assembly Hall's door.

He'd a worried frown on his forehead, notices clutched in his hands, His black cloak flying behind him, his countenance reprimands.

The late girls in a flurry, their hair in disarray, And Dr. Wood comes in a hurry, His footsteps in a hurry, His rapid thoughts a-hurry on this busy day.

U p the five stairs he duly dashes, on to the dais high, When he reaches the principal's table, talk has died to a sigh.

He announces the hymn for the morning, and what should fill the air, But a thousand lovely voices, Tuneful, girlish voices, Sopranos, contraltos and others, with seemingly never a care.

Dr. Wood adjusts his glasses, his voice is clearly heard, And the Scriptures are read with conviction, prayers softly murmured, And the clattering row as we all sit down, most loudly fills the air, And he raises a hand to silence us, A commanding hand, to silence us, And after he has silenced us, reads notices with care.

There are practices in the morning, the sports are coming soon, The results of baseball matches, let's hope our team has won.

We're lectured for ironing school hats, thus changing their shapeless state, For leaving trams and waiting—Waiting—waiting, And the guilty ones are waiting, soon to meet their fate.

These speak no word to their neighbours, they listen with bated breath; Will they receive detentions, or some fate worse than death?

With one last word of warning, and one final say, The principal leaves the platform, The high exalted platform, To leave the hall, cross the quad, and start the work of the day.

Once the teachers have left Assembly, Miss Kellaway is head.

She is bound to catch any talkers, words are better unsaid.

"Now do not talk", she dimisses us, the pre's the same thing say, "Now don't talk going out of here, Please do not talk while leaving here, You mustn't talk while leaving here, or after school you'll stay".

—Margaret Pascoe, 13 yrs., 3B, Berry.

The Purpose of Holidays It all began the day school broke up for Easter.

The minute the last bell went, there were cheers and laughter—everyone was happy.

There was no more school for a whole week, no more books, and no work.

No work? Why, of course not. It was holidays, wasn't it?

And holidays are for relaxing in, aren't they? Aren't they?

The expressions on the girls' faces changed.

Their heads drooped, and drearily they began to pile book on terrible book into an already bulging and protesting bag. What was this all about?

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32 One Week Later.

About two minutes to nine, the early birds straggled into their classroom, and by five past most of the girls had arrived. Did I say girls?

They looked more like dead ducks—hair untidy and all over their white faces, their mouths were down, and below their eyes were dark circles, reaching almost to their chins.

There was a strained silence which was not broken until a mistress, brightly walking into the room, said with a cheery smile: "Well, girls, all set for your first exams, to-day?

I hope you had a lovely holiday. How many girls w«nt away?"

She often wondered why she was bombarded with chalk, books, pencils—anything those angry girls could lay hands on.

After all, she had only tried to help.

—Karin White, 15 yrs., IV.f, Berry.

How They Kept the Brims Down (With apologies to Lord Macaulay.)

They held a council sitting Inside their cosy room; Short time there was, as you may guess, For thinking or for gloom.

Out spake dear Adrienne roundly: "Those brims must fast go down, For Doctor Wood has ordered— Nought else can stop his frown!"

Just then a Pro. came flying All flushed with indignation; " T o arms! to arms! dear Adrienne, Some have defied dictation!"

So to the gate they ran With showy agitation; They spied some disappearing backs, Pursued them in formation.

And nearer, and fast nearer Doth the wrathful whirlwind come.

Says Adrienne, "We'll catch them yet!"

Alas, the tram they've won.

These rash defaulters board it With great haste and fear.

But wait! one hat has slipped; It falls in Rosslyn's hand.

Lo! the owner's name is written In red letters on the band.

Next morning the poor sinner Arrives with trepidation.

The Prefects are determined To accomplish her deflation.

Her pride it lies upon the mat As they decide her fate; And then—they will "re-shape" her hat, And sixpence is the rate.

" O Prefects, dearest Prefects, Who show to us the way, Spare me—I will not err again".

"Be quiet!" one did say.

And so a cowed and sorry girl Is sent upon her way; The Pre's all gather round the hat, Their faces are quite gay.

Suggestions offered from all sides Make it an awkward question, But a bright remark decides; 'Tis Penelope's suggestion!

They hang red bricks from round the brim Until it's soft and rounded, Then 'til it looks quite nice and trim, A Pre. will have to pound it.

The owner comes to fetch it and pays out their little gain, And then she takes it home that night and irons it flat again.

-—Diana Nash, IH.b, Fitchett.

Gym. for the Non-athlete (In gratitude to those who made the gym. period no longer a thing of dread to the less athletically inclined.)

You arrive out of breath at the gym., Hear your name called, and say you will swim.

Once quickly undressed, You shower with the rest, And emerge, to wait round the rim, Cold as ice in each pale naked limb.

Someone comes, and then in you must go.

Swimming straight, a good eight lengths or so.

You practise your kick, And dive for a brick, Till exhausted, you'd rather not know Should you swim with your nose or your toe.

Although now that the weather is colder.

You are feeling considerably older, You can't risk the pool, Or breaking a rule, Or baseball—so, changed, but no bolder, Go to gym. with a shrug of each shoulder.

Straight away you are caught in a melee, Of girls who are trying to waylay 'Cocks, arrows and balls, On floor or from walls, And you join in the bustle so gaily That you'd like to play ping-pong twice daily.

—S.L., H.VI.a, Fitchett.

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The Dark People Called it "Broongkazaik"

East Meets West

No other tourist attraction in Victoria has soared in popularity as much as the Maroondah Reservoir at Healesville. Eight years ago it was hard to see the cars for the trees; now it is the reverse. It is the goal of hundreds of motorists every week-end.

No expensive advertising, no eye-catching pamphlets were needed to boost its popularity. It does not matter very greatly that its real significance is largely lost on the thousands who picnic in its vast parklands, stroll along its extensive pathways or crowd on to the dam's crest, dodging first to one side to gaze at the broad expanse of the man-made lake. Then to the other side to look down on the gardens at the foot of the dam. Not many of the visitors see it for its important aspect as part of Melbourne's water supply system.

Australians have a similar way of life to the Europeans, and, looking back into history, we can see that they are really people from the West, from Europe.

In spite of Australia's position on the globe, the Australian "whites" are still known to Asians as Westerners.

Australia's friendly attitude to such countries as Malaya, Hongkong and India is shown by the frequent visits between them, the help in finance and armed forces given by Australia to the weaker countries. Her friendliness is also shown by the number of Asian students coming here to further their training. Many have been taken into Australian homes, others have close links with their newly-made friends, and share many happy and precious hours with them. In such an atmosphere the East and the West have met and come together, even though each cannot help noticing the differences in the ways of life of his friend.

Nevertheless, both are trying to share and exchange them and live harmoniously together.

In my opinion correct Western table manners are very difficult for Asians to learn. O n the 'plane on my way to Melbourne, I was given a handful of cutlery at dinner time, but was in difficulties because I could not tell the difference between them. So my first task on arrival was to learn how to eat with knife and fork, and which "instrument" to use for each kind of food.

For in Asia one uses either chopsticks or fingers.

Chinese, Japanese and Siamese eat with the former, while Malays, Indians and Indonesians use their fingers. It is considered rude to bring a knife near the table. The staple diet of the East is rice, equivalent to potato for the Europeans. Though, personally, I like the Australian food, there is nothing like a good old Chinese dinner for a change.

The Chinese national dress, the cheongsum, has been described by a leading New York dress designer as the most elegant and graceful dress for women. Many Australian girls have such a dress made and are proud to wear it. The two splits at the sides of the dress enable one to move easily, but some people think it is not good manners to have the leg showing above the knee.

The dam is 33 years old.

It was completed in 1927, but the Maroondah, or Watts River Scheme of which it is part, goes back to 1891.

Before the white man came the aborigines had called the river the Broongkazaik, which means "rotten log". It was named the Watts after a pioneer who was drowned in the river.

At the opening ceremony the name " W a t t s " was changed to "Maroondah", this being the native name for the locality where the first weir was constructed.

The huge rubble concrete dam is 956 feet long, and its crest is 135 feet above the river bed. It impounds 6280 million gallons of water.

When the Board of Works embarks on such work its policy is to leave the land more beautiful, if possible, than it was before. While it is necessary, in the interest of the city's health, to exclude the public from the catchment area, the vicinity of the dam itself can be easily supervised. And since this great engineering work belongs to the people, the Board makes it available to the people as a place for recreation.

Seen from the air, the dam, in its setting of trim lawns and brilliantly coloured gardens, creates a picture of parkland that any city in the world might envy.

—Joscelyn Langdon, IV.e.

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But perhaps manners are only a form of opinion, and the idiom "one man's meat is another man's poison" is rightly true.

In the East folk greet each other with "Uncle, have you eaten?" However, on coming to Australia an Asian student must no longer use this kind of greeting, for in Rome one must do as the Roman does.

Asian students bring their culture with them to Australia—their dances, literature, art and handcraft. The sword dance, candle dance, and ever-popular scarf dance are often performed on public occasions. The dragon and lion dances were the highlights of the Chinese New Year celebrations in Melbourne this year, and were witnessed by thousands of people of all nations.

In our school (not M.L.C.) last year there was a fine display of art and craft by the Asian girls, and it attracted a large crowd. When the students go home they bring with them technical training, souvenirs and precious friendship from Australia.

In Asian countries the family consists of the grandparents, the parents and children, and very often their uncles and aunts with their families.

They all live together in the same house, where the grandfather is the head of the family, and has all the authority. The grandchildren revere their elders, and would never dare to argue with them.

Even the father tries his very best not to disobey the grandparents, but to please them.

If any man wanted to live by himself and leave his aged parents on their own it would be almost unheard of, for usually the elderly people are well looked after by their own family.

It seems that here there are clubs for every age group, and they often have meetings and games.

Such activities are strange in the Eastern countries.

When a girl gets married her sole interest is her family, and she devotes all her life to it. She belongs to no club, for there is none for her to join, nor does she play any outdoor games.

One would never see a middle-aged woman in bathers; it would create headline news in the papers.

In the church I attend in Singapore there is not a single person in the choir who is above 25 years old, for as each approaches that age he considers himself ready to retire; in many cases he would resign well before that time.

Here everyone seems to have more than one interest, and must find time for physical exercises.

The East has much to learn from the West at this point.

The saying, "East is East and West is West: and never the twain shall meet", has been proved wrong, for we can see every day a close link exists between Asians and Australians, who are considered as belonging to a Western country.

They exchange ideas and altogether adopt the "give-and-take" attitude. I hope our friendship will never be broken, and will never die.

— Y e o Chee Kah, H.VI.c, Berry.

Thailand (Siam) If you go to Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, and walk in its streets, you will almost feel as though you were in a Western country, because there you will see many shops, beautiful houses and buildings, English, German and American cars, buses, trams, and people all dressed in

Western style. There you will find the theatres, radio stations, T.V. stations. You can easily find a restaurant in which there are Thai, European or Chinese meals. The people are very friendly, and they will be ready to help you if you have any difficulty.

But on the other hand if. you go to the temples, of which there are many in Bangkok, you will feel that you are in a very old country.

You will see the big church with the images of Buddha, and the other buildings which are important for Buddhism.

In our temple there are many interesting things for you to see. So if you would like to enjoy your holiday go to Bangkok, the city of old and new.

—Pongpan Pinsvasdi, 15 yrs., II.a, Tiddeman.

A Day in Colombo W e stepped ashore at 8.30 a.m., with a whole day in which to explore the capital of Ceylon, a day which proved to be one full of interest.

Leaving the jetty, we found ourselves in the "Fort", the commercial and political centre of Ceylon, and were immediately fascinated by the variety of the traffic. High-powered limousines, rickshaws drawn by barefooted "pullers", buses and trams packed with passengers, and lumbering bullock carts all passed by in an endless stream.

W e could easily have spent our whole day in the Fort alone, for here you can bargain for silks and jewels, particularly the local ones—sapphires, moonstones and zircons.

Proceeding along "Main Street", we found ourselves in the Pett ah, a typical Oriental bazaar.

Here there were shops of varying sizes, ranging from single rooms to four-storied buildings, whose rows of silks and satins, beautiful Oriental embroideries, old Sinhalese jewellery, ebony elephants and many other goods were being sold. Hawkers, sweetmeat sellers, and women with baskets of fruit on their heads, walked through the streets crying out their wares. The morning sped by in this fascinating area.

After lunch we chartered a car to take us to Mount Lavinia, the "playground of Colombo".

Our route took us through Cinnamon Gardens, the chief residential area of Colombo, with its many modern homes in a beautiful setting of flowering trees and gardens. In complete contrast to these modern buildings was the Buddhist temple we visited later, with its exterior a mass of grotesque figures, images and symbols, whilst inside flickering lights played on the statues of the gods carved in stone.

On arrival at Mount Lavinia, we made our way to the hotel, and from its gardens we were able to look down on the beautiful beach below.

Here we saw our first snake-charmer, and were fascinated and intrigued by his performance.

The snake-charmer also proved to be a clever magician, for there in the garden, before our very eyes, he proceeded to grow a tree from a seed, in a matter of minutes.

At last the time came for us to return to the ship, and we did so determined that one day we would return to Colombo and spend more time in this interesting city.

—Pat Trayler, 15 yrs., IV.e, Berry.

SILVER AND GREEN An Eastern Festival It was mid-September when the Indians began preparing for their annual fire-walking festival.

It was to continue for a week, and the first day broke out streaming in sunshine after the previous week of rain. The day before the women had gone to the small temple near the fire-walking pit to pray, and to take gifts to the old man there. They had squelched down the muddy road under their black umbrellas, which contrasted greatly with their brightly coloured saris. Each carried her own basket filled with gifts of food.

They did not have priests in their temple, but there was always an old man living there who prepared the men for the fire-walking, and made sure they fasted while it was in progress.

When the women reached the temple they gave their gifts to the old man, and then walked round the temple seven times. The rain did not harass them, for they were used to it. They splashed through the puddles, chanting to themselves, and when they had finished they went to the old man, who put cold ashes on their foreheads.

The day of the fire-walking arrived, and the women donned their most colourful saris and gathered round the long pit where the hot ashes were being prepared.

There were noises everywhere—women chattering, children calling to their friends, babies crying, and the low, deep notes of the men's voices. They had finished their preparations and were looking very serious.

The boys who were not yet old enough to partake were watching with eager and longing eyes. Somewhere in the background some men were chanting, and their voices were carried on the air to the women's ears. Suddenly, the babble stopped and all was silent; the ashes were white hot and the men ready. They stepped into the pit and solemnly walked its length, chanting.

When they had finished they gathered in the centre and danced. A child, disturbed by the silence, cried, but this did not worry them.

They kept on dancing and chanting until finally the sun dropped below the horizon.

The women trooped home to prepare the hot Indian curries that break the time of fasting. The men followed a short time after, and great rejoicings were held in the evening. The night was hot and sticky, and the streets were crowded with people chattering in Hindi, but soon the excitement would be over until the next year, when the fire-walkers would again tread the ashes.

—Janene Brendel, S.V.a, Krome.

Establishing a Refinery Persia contains about one-tenth of all the petroleum known to exist in the world. The chief oil fields are situated in a broad arc around the head of the Persian Gulf, and are connected by pipeline with the refineries at the port of Abadan.

Abadan, a great oil refining and oil exporting town, was built by the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.

Forty-five years ago Abadan was a barren island, waste land except for a fringe of date palms.

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Knox D'Arcy, who had made a fortune in Australian gold. For seven costly, disappointing years D'Arcy's agents searched for oil.

Then they struck it in the Zagros Mountains.

Overcoming countless difficulties and obstacles, more wells were sunk, pipelines were built down from the hills, and Abadan's refineries were built. In 1913 the first petroleum products from Abadan trickled to world markets. By 1950, twenty million tons of crude oil poured each year through Abadan, the largest refinery in the world.

The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company built the city and provided its public services and utilities— wharves, roads, waterworks, sewera.ge system, substantial brick houses, gardens, lighting, schools, hospitals, libraries, swimming pools, cinemas and concert halls. By 1950 Abadan was a modern city of 175,000. Iranian and English investors profited. Inspired by Abadan's example, the Shah put his vast royalties into the development of all Persia.

He died, leaving a thriving modern country to his eternal glory.

—Shirley Ashton, S.V.a, Krome.

The

Kiewa

Hydroelectric

Scheme

One of the most interesting features of a summer camping tour was a visit to the Kiewa Hydroelectric Scheme, one of the two main waterpower sources of electricity for Victoria.

The visit was made from Bright, in a sixteen-seat Mercedes bus. W e left on a cool though sunny morning, travelling along a level road for the first few miles, though soon it began to wind and climb.

There were some grand views along the way, of the fertile Kiewa Valley, and then Mount Beauty township, with its identical houses in trim rows.

Much higher up, we passed through Bogong village, where later we stopped, to walk across inside the dam wall, and along the pleasant path bordering the dam.

The power station which we actually visited was the Number 3, the only one above ground, with two generators, which are used only during "peak" periods and emergencies.

A friendly young engineer named "Snowy" showed the party over it, and explained everything enthusiastically.

Only two of the planned four stations are completed.

Number 1 is at the moment under construction, and will have the greatest capacity of them all, while Number 2 is not yet necessary.

W e were shown the steep long pipeline for Number 1, and felt rather insignificant when we looked down its length from above.

Leaving these marks of scientific progress for a while, we wound our way up and up, to drive "over the top", our highest point being 5890 feet. W e were now on the Bogong High Plains.

The air was sharp and bracing, reminiscent of the Swiss mountain air. As we drove over the curving wall of the silver Rocky Valley Dam, with deep water on one side of us, a steep drop on the other, mists began to roll eerily over the lake towards us, and we felt even more " o n the roof of the world".

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in our mouths that we glimpsed the approaching steep curves and sometimes seemingly endless corners. However, when we had safely reached the valley again, we all agreed that, for several reasons, the tour had been well worth making.

—Solway Love, 16 yrs., H.VI.a, Fitchett.

Hop-fever in the Ovens Valley Leaving the Hume Highway at Wangaratta and travelling up the beautiful Ovens Highway through the green valleys in the shade of Mount Buffalo, one comes to the glorious avenues of poplars and elms which surround the hop garden.

The "gardens" range in size from 200 to 300 acres, but, despite this, they are still called "gardens".

Each year many types of people work here.

Caravans park along the edge of the Ovens River or in the poplar avenues, tents and hessian huts quickly appear, and form an independent settlement. Pickers queue at the office to give their names and addresses for a metal disc which bears their name and number.

At night the camp fires gleam, and stringed instruments, accordions and the inevitable wireless are heard. A concert hall is provided, where

boxing, films and the final ball are held.

A well-stocked canteen serves meals daily, and the greengrocer, baker and butcher all call.

Hop vines are perennials, dying off in winter and shooting again each spring. Once established, they last for about twenty years. Each September they are pruned of surplus roots and laterals.

Later the ground is prepared, with almost two tons of fertiliser per acre.

Parallel with each row of vines are wires, suspended eighteen feet above the ground.

The vines are trained up strings, attached to these wires.

By this time they are almost mature and ready to flower, and they develop long, drooping laterals on which the flowers form.

It is to shelter these vines that the poplars are planted around the gardens.

A windy or stormy day could destroy the whole crop, by tearing the vines from the wires.

By the end of December the vines are loaded with young flowers, which are ready for harvest about mid-February. The hops are then bagged and taken to the drying kilns on the property.

The process takes about sixteen hours. The petals of the hops fall open and are rid of moisture, but retain their sheen and colour. Shift workers man the kilns 24 hours a day.

-—Joy McGeehan, H.VI.a,

Tiddeman.

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Original Contributions SENIOR Error and Truth The Error: We, the materialists, are the creator.

Not some God who manifested Himself in a peasant woman's son.

And died upon a cross, long years ago the death of a common criminal, and is reputed to have risen again!

Such are the tales of children, and foolish men.

W e are the givers of life. And what is life?

But one span in the mighty bridge of time, which links creation with destruction, her sentinels, Alpha and Omega And we are the takers away. With one word it is in our power to plunge this orb into the fiery jaws of hell and destruction.

W e have no master, no hope, no God. The Truth: Oh man, why be so foolish?

You have knowledge, yet so little wisdom.

You are to be pitied, not feared and despised.

We, who have no knowledge of your knowledge, know our Creator well. Your creation is but His through you. Our bridge of time leads not to the finish, but to the start. There is no end, but to those who end it here.

We may not possess the gift of creation, but we hold the joyous torch of hope, the Dove of Peace, the Cross of Life.

—Suzanne Carmichael, 17 yrs., H.VI.d, Berry.

SECTION Backyards The sodden, washing drips, The screaming children run.

In dirty jeans and sweater torn A sullen youngster mows the lawn Beneath a molten sun.

A baby, left alone, Is calmly eating worms; And in the shed a teenage boy Is painting red his pride and joy, An M.G. bought on terms.

The idle neighbours chat Across a fence that leans; A bike lies broken on the ground; And further down an alien hound Is scratching up the beans.

—E. Liddelow, 16 yrs., H.VI.e, Fitchett.

A n Easter Hymn How often the hidden shaft of an unlucky twist of thought finds its mark, and stabs us out of tune with life.

I take this bitter thought travelling with me, across the sea of life to the many countries of the mind where, after much brutal handling, torture, and finally death it ultimately finds its true haven the place where, revealed, it is used to its true purpose. Breaking the moorings and slipping away from the harbour, I rest on the gentle wings of the breeze and glide out into the

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remoteness of the sea. In moments I am drifting along, leaving behind me the familiar lands of reality, seeming transient in the white wake of foaming froth.

The spirit of adventure, the current of the tide of time, draws me to unknown seas, perhaps to the calm, drowsy, forgotten isle of the lotus eaters, or perhaps to the doubt of sunny peninsulas, and maybe to the dark, foreboding, looming continent of fear and misunderstanding.

I am suddenly jarred back to my true purpose by the creaking of the tarred, taut ropes and the insistent flapping of the sails. The clenched fists of cloud, knotted in torture, warn me that a storm approaches.

My small craft is the slave of this increasing, demanding master, and seems doomed to destruction.

This passionate agony, welling in tears of contorted remorse, showers into rivulets.

The unburied shaft of a bitter thought, this was the sin, and my agony the punishment.

Should I abandon my heavy burden to the lure of the depths?

Yes, it must go, that I may live. It is hurled on the foaming reefs of conflict.

At last, as the blast of the storm lulls, the groaning seas cease; but the cold, biting wind of depression blows over me, dimming my flickering lantern of hope.

My cargo lies drenched, lost on the shores of the dead, and yet I mourn for it.

My eyes, misted by grief and fatigue, fail to see the completeness of its beauty as I sail into the dying sunset.

I toss fitfully in question until I a.m awakened by the joyous coming of the morning-star of hope, that light which sheds a rich radiance of foretaste.

In its glow that height is reached, that crown of life taken, and faith bursts into flower, and matures to fruit, sowing on the breeze of example the seeds which give birth to the balm of love.

—Diana Bruhn, 17 yrs., H.VI.c, Cato.

Shadows To a child in the dark shadows are fearsome monsters, witches or other terrifying creatures of the imagination.

The shadow of the coat hanging up becomes a masked man, creeping up to plunge a knife into the small figure in the bed. A balloon left over from a party casts the shadow of a bat-like creature with a poisonous sting. But as the child grows older, he loses his fear of the shadows.

When he cannot sleep,'he watches them, some moving slightly, others perfectly still. He traces their pattern on the wall, and counts their corners, instead of counting sheep.

Now he thinks them inanimate things, and though he has no fear of them, he has no love of them either.

But he grows still more, and falls in love. The shadows become meeting places, full of joy.

He finds them friendly, giving privacy and shelter from prying eyes. The poetry in his soul appreciates their beauty, and he comes to love them.

But hard work and years of routine make him matter-of-fact and unimaginative. Shadows are merely places from which an object has cut off the rays of light. He knows the scientific

explanation, and accepts it without objection.

He thinks about them very seldom, although occasionally his imagination and memory make them once again living things.

As the years pass by, he becomes old and feeble, and has time to use his imagination once again.

The shadows become screens on to which to project the pictures of his memory. He knows what they really are, but he likes to forget this knowledge and once again to imagine them as having a soul.

So, at the very end of his life, he comes to love them once again.

—Diana McLachlan, 13 yrs., IV.c, Cato.

The

Nautilus

I wandered o'er the pebbled shore Where clear blue waters crashed against the restless sand, Seeking there some hidden treasure Of rare shells with pearly sheen.

'Neath the overhanging ledges did I search, Until I came upon a dainty form, Half hidden midst the rustling weed.

With sheer delight I stooped To grasp it in my eager hand, But the delicate shape near crumbled at my touch.

With tender care I lifted it from the foaming brine, And gazed upon its beauty.

Now to this day it is my pride, My shell! my nautilus!

—Janice Old, IV.c, Krome.

An

Interlude

As I sit in the train I watch the countryside go by.

I see an undulating stretch of land covered with a dull, green growth, Here and there, relieved by a truer green growth, Or the lush grass beside an irrigation channel.

There are no trees— Merely stitchings of wooden fence-posts To hold the giant patchwork together.

But now the gum-trees stretching up Break the peaceful pattern: Sprinkled here like grains of salt, Giving a welcome flavour to the whole; And here many together, Some branching high and generously hung with clumps of leaves, Some gleaming white and silver in the glaring sunlight, Some dark and black and charred from bush fires long extinguished.

Upon the hill there stands a single line of pine trees: Tall, erect, and trained by man.

They guard his lonely dwelling from the winds of stormy weather.

And now the dusty sheep stand in lazy comfort, Nibbling slowly, but unceasingly, the yellow grass about them; Now huddling in wonder and in terror Of the blue man-made monster, On its gleaming man-made rails, As it rudely hurries past.

—Suzanne Davies, 16 yrs., H.VI.a, Fitchett

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9.15 a.m. Lighting colour changes.

It is a signal. The School Hymn (recorded) cuts conversation.

The Principal enters. She gives the morning greeting.

Her quiet voice is relayed through a series of speakers so that each pupil feels she is spoken to personally. As the Principal withdraws the lighting smoothly reverts to pink.

Ode to Knowledge At exams, when hopes are low, Large piles of paper white as snow (That is, as foolscap papers go) Foretell long hours of misery.

You rule your page, and write your With every subject it's the same, And after all, you're not to blame If you don't know your history.

name,

Just here and there you see a word You might know—if it wasn't blurred— Explained, it. just seems more absurd.

And won't fit in at all, you see.

You gaze around the stony place, While streams of perspiration race Each other down your tortured face, Caused only by anxiety.

Then through the brain-encumbering cloud That holds you like a funeral shroud, You hear the welcome bell ring loud, And then you know that you are free.

Teesdale,

IV.e,

Berry.

Kind Thoughts It doesn't take much cleverness To think out spiteful things; It doesn't take much strategy To speak the thought that stings; Anyone can frown and groan When life's a weary mile, So why not be a royal soul And think kind thoughts and smile.

—Lee Monson,

In an atmosphere of relaxation all move with deliberate purpose to banks of lockers on each side of the hall. The lockers are patterned and numbered, but so artistically that the closed lockers seem to be banks of flowers.

9.30 a.m. Each girl places a thin, foolscapsized brief case containing her previous day's work into a locker. She removes a folder containing directions for the day.

In front of you a paper's laid With miles of questions grim arrayed, And all at once you feel afraid The answers are a mystery.

—Pat

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IV.f, Nevile.

A School Day in 2000 A . D .

The dire shortage of teachers for secondary schools and the seeming impossibility of alleviation make a new approach to education the obvious solution.

Automation must enter the field of education. Here is M.L.C. in the year 2000 A.D. Follow one day in the life of a twelfth year senior student at our self-service college.

9 a.m. Senior Hall: Two hundred girls of the same age group, but differing stages of schooling are standing in groups or sitting in comfortable movable chairs, chatting. Hall is air-conditioned, with soft pink indirect lighting.

Let us watch Janet P. Clipped in order are several subject sheets, and work she handed in yesterday marked by the tutor, with directions.

She is studying six subjects, but does quotas of only three a day. She does not proceed in any until her work has been listed and returned with directions. To-day's returns are Modern Science, Mathematics and Social Science.

She looks first at the maths, and sighs. Stamped on the front is T. 17. 11.30—Tutorial, room 17 at 11.30. No new maths, to-day, she must have a personal tutorial because her work is not up to standard.

There is no set rate of progress, each pupil must reach the required standard in every lesson before proceeding. It looks as though Janet will still be doing Grade 8 Maths, at the end of the year.

Modern Science. A small punched card, Q. 152, is clipped to her papers. Social Science?

Q. 204—new lesson.

She moves along the corridor to the lesson room.

Banks of lockers are arranged with subject headings.

Card Q. 152 is fed into the modern science lesson bank and out comes a tray with her new lesson. She collects Q. 204 also, then moves to the Science Library to work.

But what a library! Banks of shallow drawers only with small containers of rolled, metalliclooking tape.

She takes selected containers to one of the small, glass-walled, soundproof cubicles filling the room. Now we see—the tapes are textbooks, about three inches in diameter and half an inch thick. She slips one into a small compartment beside the table, dials a page number, and at the same time a picture of the page appears on the screen in front of her. A voice explains the text. It is complex, so Janet presses button R for reverse, or H for hold, or controls for slower speaking. Thus she absorbs, understands and makes essential notes, learning at her own pace.

11.30 draws near. Janet drops the containers into a chute and places her day's Science into a new brief case.

She moves down the corridor to room 17 for her tutorial, regretting the rule forbidding the use of mathematical stimulants.

Still, after twelve is sixty minutes of recreational activity to complete her four-hour working day.

—Shirley

Ashton,

S.V.a,

Krome.

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Seagulls . . . .

A streak of white against the red cliff . . . .

A thin cry as they wheeled And hovered above the sea.

Soft wings, small feathered and bleached By the white hot sun.

Beating the air.

Loneliness their heritage, A secret pain known to none else But to these birds— Wanderers of the foam-capped waters.

—Lyn Willcocks,

15 yrs., IV.e, Berry.

The Mushroom While crossing a field in the crispness of a morning, I saw it at my feet: small, defenceless, Standing waist-high in the dew-fed grass, Its polished face upturned to catch Each molten drop of sunlight as it fell.

Around its dainty neck, A stiff, brown-pleated ruff, Like some Elizabethan lady's.

I paused. It seemed so, so alone; And I had thought to pick it, pluck it from its home, So a deep hot wave of shame flowed over me, And I walked on.

-—Kerry Forrest, Hon. VI.e, Krome.

The Book of Knowledge A world in itself— This book was wrought by man; It rests upon a dusty shelf, Untouched by learned hand.

Neglected, it lay there For three score years and ten, As each lost generation Looked not on it again. " W h a t use is education When man cares not for me?

Writ was I for man to read— What use am I to thee?"

Rich house, rich ways, frivolity, Are earthly things alone, But knowledge is eternal— Will man not atone?

This book, untouched, decaying, Fell piece by piece apart— For ever lost to ruin, Unloved by any heart.

—Valerie Driver, S.V.f, Tiddeman.

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MIDDLE The Bush Fire The sun was a ball of fiery gold, Dimmed by the smoke-filled sky, As the rider reined in his horse at the door.

To warn of the spreading fire.

As the lone rider raced from room to room He loudly shouted the call.

In panic he hunted from cellar to attic, But no one was there at all.

Already the forest and grass, tinder dry, Was engulfed by a sea of flame; And the wind blowing strongly towards the old house Seemed intent on destroying the same.

For two long and tiring hours of strain That brave man fought alone.

Half blind from the smoke, and singed by the flames, He toiled to save the old home.

The station owners, twelve miles away, Saw the glow in the sky; And turning their horses' heads to the east, They galloped towards the fire.

Down from their saddles they jumped in haste, And into the flames they came, With branches torn green from the trees behind, They struggled to turn the flame.

Before the brave band, who were toiling with might, The angry flames receded.

And at last, as the sun was sinking low, The remaining bush fire died.

Four weary folk staggered slowly back, But one did not come home.

The brave rider lost his life in the fire As he fought to save the old home.

—Lynette LeLievre, 13 yrs., Ill.b, Cato.

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SECTION The Solitary Swot (Apologies to W . Wordsworth.)

Behold her, lonely in the room, Yon solitary studying lass, Studying and frowning to herself; Don't stop, but softly pass.

Alone she struggles, struggles in vain, To learn by heart the elusive strain, Oh, drat it! for her brain so clogged Is overflowing with what she's slogged.

Will no one tell me what she crams?

Perhaps from Shakespeare the phrases spring, Or whether there are two new dams At the Snowy—O to have wings To fly there, and get away From the toils of to-day, O the trouble—O the pain, 0 to have a free night again!

Whate'er the theme that misery learned, As if the study could have no ending, 1 saw her poring o'er her work, A form o'er a scratchy pen bending, I watched her, motionless and still— I watched her trying yet to fill The gaps in her knowledge weak, And then I left her—still more to seek.

—Roslyn Brereton, 13 yrs., Ill.b, Berry.

London Bridge If ever you are looking for somewhere interesting to go to, wait till the tide is out and walk through London Bridge at Portsea.

There are thousands of beautiful rock pools filled with fish, seaweed and rocks. Most of the pools are coloured with a shade of pink or green.

When the tide is out you can walk right through the bridge and study the fish, and the way some of the rocks and pools are formed.

Once when we were there we saw three divers with aqua-lungs dive in, and it was interesting to watch them moving about in the deeper water.

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42

Remember, though, only go out when the tide is out, as it is rather difficult trying to get back to land with huge waves trying to knock you over.

—Marjorie Hore,

13 yrs., II.a, Cato.

Winter The

moon still showed quite dimly one rainy winter morn Upon the shadowy meadows which looked like ghostly lawn, And the silent, listless cattle stood numbly all the while, And the river tumbled loudly past the little wooded isle.

The sun had risen glumly o'er the never-ending plain, The frogs were croaking hoarsely 'neath the gentle falling rain, And the farmer squelched from barn to bin to feed his shivering stock, While the magpies sat with ruffled plumes and watched the farmer's flock.

Now

all the tasks are done and farm stock properly tended, The farmer is contented now the morning round is ended.

He pauses on his threshold and gazes to the sky, Giving thanks to God for rain and blessings from on high.

—Joan Walduck, 12 yrs., II.e, Fitchett.

The

Intruder

Evening, and it is dark, Ghostly shadows move in the park, The leaves are rustling, but the birds are asleep, While along the road some footsteps creep.

The tall lamps burn with a shimmering light, Suddenly a cry disturbs the night, And the crisp air throbs with the sound of a gun That heralds the plight of a man on the run.

A figure stands, hesitant, in the street, The cobbled stones echo some fleeting feet Vanishing swiftly into the darkness.

Then all is still.

—Sandra Morgan, 14 yrs., IH.b, Krome.

Aerial Spraying During the Christmas holidays I had the interesting experience of watching some aerial spraying.

This took place on a farm near Warburton, and as you can imagine aroused a lot of interest among the locals.

The planes—two small Tiger Moths—started work at 4 o'clock each morning, before the heat of the day, because if the weather is too humid air pockets are formed. These are dangerous to the light planes as they fly very low.

One plane would taxi to the "runway" (actually a specially prepared part of the paddock), where the compartment in front was filled with super, fertiliser. After the "all clear" signal the plane

nosed into the wind and taxied down the runway.

As soon as the " M o t h " was over the paddock which was to be sprayed the hatch was opened and the super, released.

The plane then made a wide circle round the paddocks, returning to the one which did duty as the airfield for reloading, while the other plane took off.

A lot of skill is needed by the pilots to do this work, as it is quite dangerous to be flying at a height of 30 feet or thereabouts, just skimming over the tree-tops. The method of spraying from the air is invaluable to the farmers, as hilly areas on which a tractor could not go can be fertilised and therefore made use of for the development of pasture and the saving of manpower and time.

—Margaret Ricketson, 12i yrs., II.a, Krome.

A Schoolgirl's Lot (With apologies to W . S. Gilbert.)

When a schoolgirl's not engaged in her employment Or maturing all her clever little plans, Her capacity for innocent enjoyment Is just as great as any common man's.

When she's finished asking question of her brother, But her home work and her art must still be done.

Ah! take one consideration with another.

A schoolgirl's lot is not a happy one.

With her home work and her art still to be done, A schoolgirl's lot is not a happy one.

When with coming tests and sports her mind does tarry, And she trains for "aths." all morn and night and noon, She's no time to think of Tom and Dick and Harry, Only time to think of tests arriving soon.

When she's finished drying dishes for her mother, But her home work and her art still must be done, A h ! take one consideration with another, A schoolgirl's lot is not a happy one.

With her home work and her art still to be done, A schoolgirl's lot is not a happy one.

—"A

Schoolgirl", Il.a, Fitchett,

The Sheep Dog He crouches low, his eyes alert, Then ready to go, he starts with a spurt Of energy that sends him dashing forward through the grass.

He circles the sheep, keeping low, He herds them together, with skilful show They are driven to pens into which they pass.

He works all the day herding them, then Sees each sheep and lamb safely home again.

And he deserves the meat he earns, for the sheep dog is of class.

He is the friend of man and beast, And of himself he worries least, He is the shepherd's dearest friend, the dog with the valiant heart.

—Jill Thompson, 12 yrs., Il.a, Cato.

SILVER AND GREEN

LOWER MIDDLE An Autumn Day

43

SECTION

To all like us with some intellect There is no question of being correct.

When faced with the problem of using "can" and "may", And difficult vowels so hard to say, We always remember the rules we've been taught, And of deplorable English in our College there's nought.

The rain has stopped And the sun has come out, The birds are singing As they fly about.

The sun sparkles gaily On each little pool, The birds preen their feathers In the water cool.

-—Trudi Kenealy, 11 yrs., I.b, Krome.

My wee baby sister At play on the floor, Watches the autumn leaves Blow by the door.

Cottage Pie

(Nonsense)

There once was a pig Who danced a jig.

Our cats are hunting, Now the rain has gone, My father is gardening, And humming a song.

There once was a duck Who had no luck.

There once was a cow Who learnt to bow.

So, Baby and I Will go out to play With the flowers and leaves On this bright autumn day.

There once was a turkey Whose past was murky.

—Rosemary Allen, 10 yrs., VI.a, Cato.

There once was a hen Who wrote with a pen.

A Bush Rhyme Pelican, pelican, where have you been?

I've been to the river to make myself clean.

Pelican, pelican, what did you there?

I dived after the small fish and gave them a scare.

There once was a calf Who could not laugh.

But they all ended up in a pie.

—Robin Pillar, 11 yrs., Form I.d, Berry.

—Joan West, 11 yrs., I.d, Berry.

W h y Can't the English

?

Grim warnings are given by judges and teachers That the English language is being ill-treated.

Our grammar, they tell us, shows a sad lack of knowledge, And our accent really could do with a polish.

So we must be careful, I'm sure you'll agree, Not to imitate others whom we hear and see On our radio and television every night, For unfortunately their grammar is not always right.

The Raindrops One cold and wintry morning, When I lay sick in bed, I could hear the raindrops falling U p above my head.

They seemed to whisper in my ear As they beat upon the pane, That spring will very soon be here, And flowers will bloom again.

—Christine Love, 11 yrs., I.d, Berry.

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44 Spring

When baby rabbits hop about, Then you know that spring is out; The little buds of all the flowers Lie and wait for April showers.

When all the birds sing in the trees To sing a welcome to spring's soft breeze At morn, all things are fresh and new.

And all the flowers are wet with dew.

At sunset things are brushed with gold, And it looks a picture old.

—Elizabeth Cowley, 9 i yrs., V.b, Berry.

The Unlucky Crow A sleek, black crow Saw the corn grow From green to yellow in the summer sun. " A h a ! " said he, " A feast for me".

But he forgot about the farmer's gun.

The farmer heard That sly old bird Go cark-cark-carking loudly, overhead.

At day's next dawn He hid in that corn, Till "Bang"! went his gun and the crow fell dead.

—Merrill Jones, 11 yrs., I.e, Berry.

The Sate Man He is a man who sells food. The arrangement looks like a moving cafe. These people mostly come from Sumatra. They sell "sate". That is, meat (chicken) cut in little pieces and put on sharp thin sticks.

The sticks are made of bamboo.

They carry black coal in case the fire goes out.

They also carry a fan to keep the fire going.

On the left side you can see the sticks sticking out and a banana leaf, which cover the sate to keep the dust out. They generally sell it at night. They call out " t e " , short for sate. They do not wear any shoes. There is also a lamp on the left side tied on the long stick. Sate is Indonesia's national food.

—Vera Kho, 12 yrs., I.e, Tiddeman.

My Eight-legged Friend I have a most unusual pet, It's only a few weeks since we met.

Guessing what it is will make you frown.

It's a Huntsman spider, coloured light brown.

Each night before I go to bed, I don't need to worry if he's been fed, I know that before it gets light He and a fly will have a big fight.

When we first met I was a little afraid, But now I take interest in his parade; Around the bathroom he goes each day, And perhaps in the bath he has a play.

I'm sure he knows me now quite well, I don't think he'll bite me, but you never can tell.

I've decided to call my Huntsman Honey Which is, for a spider, really quite funny.

—Joanne Garton, 9 yrs., V.b, Krome.

Autumn Autumn is a pretty season, The leaves come tumbling down, Everywhere we look we see them, Red, yellow, gold and brown.

The smoke from fireside chimneys Is drifting in the air, And as the winds begin to blow, The trees will soon be bare.

Soon we might find mushrooms, Isn't it fun to see?

Those little mushrooms growing In fairy rings 'neath the tree.

Winter will soon be with us, And it will snow and be cold, Autumn will be behind us, That wonderful season of gold.

—Sue Ballantyne, 12 yrs., I.d, Krome.

The Stallion's Herd There, in the daybreak gold and wild, Upon the mane of the leader stallion, The sun slowly from the east had smiled, Lighting his mane like a gold medallion.

He reared towards his mighty band, And uttered a cry for them to follow; They moved like lightning across the sand, Disappearing into a near-by hollow.

—Sylvia

Kenins,

12 yrs., I f, Krome.

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JUNIOR

45

SECTION

A Cake

The Cottage

Flour and sugar go into a cake, And then it's put into an oven to bake, There's a lovely smell when it's ready to eat, And icing is added to make it taste sweet.

I have a lovely cottage and I'm as happy as can be.

One day I was starting some coffee for my tea.

I went out to see the rosebuds round the door, I saw the pathway shining like my floor.

And sweet little flowers hanging from the wall, Oh, I love my cottage best of all.

—Deborah Braskett, 7 yrs., Ill.b, Cato.

Birds' Song

—Margaret Barnes, 9 yrs., IV.a, Nevile.

I love to hear the birdies sing, The bellbird goes ting-a-ling-ling.

The kookaburra sings a happy song He never seems to go wrong.

School Days I like to go to school each day, And think of lovely things to play.

All the girls would play with me, Up in the swing and high in the tree.

Another, the robin, is mostly gay, His mother blesses him on his way. " I love the birdies", says Mary Loo, And remember, we can be happy too.

—Cathie Molloy, 8 yrs., Ill.b, Nevile.

—Margot Thompson, 9 yrs., IV.a, Berry.

Commendations The following entries are to be commended:— "Trafalgar Square"—M.J. "The Marvellous Ladies' College"—A.C. "Three Wise M e n " — A . C .

Acknow' edgments The committee wishes to thank the schools which have sent the following magazines: " T h e Brook" (Tintern), "The Corian" (Geelong Grammar), "The Camberwell Grammarian", " T h e Carey Chronicle", "The Caulfield Grammarian", " T h e Excelsior" (M.L.C., Burwood, N . S . W . ) , "Coo-ee" (C.E.G.G.S., Geelong), St. Catherine's Magazine," "Fintjonian", M.C.E.G.G.S. Magazine", "Running Waters" (Traralgon High), "Palate and Petticoat" (Emily McPherson College), " T h e Record" (University High), " T h e Palm Leaf" (Korowa), "Pallas" (MacRobertson

Girls' High), " T h e Ruytonian", "The Scotch Collegian", "The Melburnian", "Prospice" (Camberwell High), " T h e Unicorn" (Melbourne High), "Silver and Green" (M.L.C., Elsternwick), " T h e Mitre" (C.E.G.S., Newcastle), "The Swan" (Guildford Grammar, W . A . ) , "The Pegasus" (Geelong College), " T h e Ivanarian", "The Sydneian" (Sydney Grammar), "Patchwork" (P.L.C.), "Wesley College Chronicle", "The Lauristonian", " T h e Triune" (Essendon Grammar), "The Mitre" (Trinity Grammar), and any others which may have been unintentionally omitted.

The Old Collegian

Miss VALERIE

President's

KERR.

Greeting

May I send greetings to all Old Collegians, with the confident hope that the spirit of friendship and service will be maintained within our Club.

The Old Collegian CONDUCTED

BY

Past Students of the Methodist Ladies' College

and Council for 1960

Office-Bearers President: Miss Valerie Kerr.

Vice-Presidents: Mrs. L. Davidson): Miss D. Cerutty.

Chambers

(Jean

Ex-officio Vice-Pres dent: Dr. A. Harold Wood.

Immediate Past President: (Margaret Bickford).

Mrs.

L.

Williams

Hon. Secretary: Mrs. N. Curry (Nancy Batt).

Hon. Asst. Secretary: Mrs. J. G. Martin (Joyce Fow'es).

Hon. Treasurer: Miss Margaret Donaldson.

Editress: Mrs. G. Bull (Jill Hickling).

Council: Mrs. Q. Alberto (Queenie Howell), Misses R Bilney, A. Carter, Mrs. J. Danks (Norma Butt), Mrs. J. Deane (Joan Turner),

Mrs. D. Good (Betty Le Pine), Miss J. Harris, Mrs. I. Hendy (Barbara Smith), Mrs. A . K. Horman (Roma Reseigh), Mrs. C. F. Hutton (Ena J. Bee), Miss Betty Jackson, Mrs. F. Lansbury (Kathleen Warduck), Misses Margaret Lansbury), Phyl Minns, J. Risby, Ailsa Ross, Jessie Strain, Joan Walker, A n n e Walton, Mrs. J. Young (Dulcie Whittaker).

Immediate Past Pupils' Representative: G. Lord, Miss Margot Cant.

Miss

College Council Representative: Miss N. Dcmetrie, Mrs. R. A. Parrett (Joan Green), Mrs. F. Renkin (Minnie Beckett), Mrs. L. Williams (Margaret Bickford).

Clubrooms Circle Representatives: Mrs. W . L. Russell (Ida Skelton), Mrs. R. L. Hales (Grace Waite).

Editorial It's a time for assessment—a time to look at our balance sheets, at the debit and credit sides of the ledger sheet which goes to make the total record of each individual life. W e must do this, and do it now. For to-day we live in a world whose very future is in doubt, where fear is rampant not only for our way of life, but for the human race as a whole. A n d so, we have a most real duty to perform, to turn inward and examine ourselves, to find the how and why of the way we think and act, to discover what we as individuals must do, what life, what God demands we do.

Blest with such things as health, good home and parents, and full possession of the faculties, we often forget that these are things which make us debtors co life, even before we've begun to live.

Our debit side indeed has many many entries, but often the credit side, the things we give to life in return, has few at all. Let's not forget the very minimum that life demands is that we balance our account.

For many, the priceless gift of education, aptly described as "the advantages accruing to more privileged races", is something we graciously accept as our right instead of a most unique privilege.

How many of us who have been at this school

have let our minds grow rusty with the years, who tend to consider the acquisition of knowledge the special prerogative of the very young?

In our prayers we are constantly reminded "that from those to whom much is given much will be required", and in the special sense of the obligation we have to others as a result of the educational advantages we have all received, it is important that we never for a minute forget these words.

Education, which is after all intellectual and moral training, is something which we, as women, must bring into our everyday lives, in the home, as well as the business and professional world.

W e must make a firm resolution that not a day, a month or a year must go by, that we have not helped someone to find something new and wonderful out of life, and that we ourselves have gained a new insight and understanding of the meaning of life itself.

Make no mistake about it, it will only be by the spirit of love, compassion, humility and appreciation of the rights of all people, no matter creed, race, or colour, to live together amicably, that our world can possibly hope to survive at all. In this we each of us have a small but vitally important role to play, and play it we must.

THE OLD COLLEGIAN

50 O.C.C. A N N U A L

MEETING

Thursday, 25th February, 1960.

Chair: Mrs. L. Williams, the President, was in the chair.

Apologies were received from Mesdames K. Kumm, W . B. Miller, L. Smith, L. Russell, J. Chambers, G. Bull, Grieve, Good, Dawes, Matthewson, Hales, and Misses Tandy, Dodd, Brysel, Longmuir, R. Flockart, A. Flockart, B. Wood, M. Jenkin, R. Bilney, L. Kellaway, H. White, J. Harris, E. Hutton, M. Ellis.

Minutes: On the motion of Mrs. J. Danks, the minutes of the previous Annual Meeting were taken as read, seconded by Miss A. Carter.

Financial Statement: Prepared and presented by the Hon. Treasurer, Miss M. Donaldson, was accepted on the motion of Miss V. Kerr, seconded

by Mrs. N. Curry.

Reports: The Honorary Secretary outlined the activities of the Club during 1959, and read a Club-rooms Circle report written by Mrs. R. Hales. Mrs. N. Curry reported as National Council representative. All reports were accepted on the proposal of Miss G. McMillan, seconded by Mrs. J. Martin.

General Business: Council recommended to the Annual Meeting that in the event of the Combined Old Girls' Association being officially formed that this Club be affiliated. Mrs. White moved, and seconded

by Mrs. McCoy, that this be done. Miss V . Kerr moved, seconded by Mrs. I. Hendy, that the O.C.C. be responsible for the Music School Prizes for Original Composition, and requested that the name " T h e Ruth Flockart Prize for Original Composition, a gift of the Old Collegians' Club", be used.

Discussion took place regarding the War Bursary, raising of subscriptions, both annual and life membership, posting of reports of this meeting with circular, all of which were referred back to Council.

Miss Barker requested that reports be printed as tabled at this meeting.

The Honorary Secretary was presented with a gift from the Club in appreciation of service to the Club. Mrs. Williams read the list of officebearers and council for 1960, all of whom were elected unopposed. Mrs. Williams then thanked council for their support and assistance, and welcomed the in-coming President, Miss Valerie Kerr.

Miss Kerr then addressed the meeting, outlining plans for College Day, and expressed the hope that membership would continue to increase and that we would pursue the objects of the Club.

Mrs. R. White, on behalf of the members, thanked Mrs. Williams and her council for the year's work, and expressed good wishes to Miss Kerr for 1960.

The meeting then closed at 10 p.m.

M.L.C. O L D C O L L E G I A N S ' CLUB 55th Annual Report,

1959.

^JINCE the last annual meeting the Club Was increased by approximately 180 members, and when Mrs. Williams was installed as President for 1959 she made the request that all Clut members, particularly the younger members, assume more responsibility towards Club activities.

Throughout the year this has been very evident.

Council met on nine occasions, and nothing warranted the calling of an Executive meeting. A casual vacancy caused by the resignation of Mrs. Norman Maggs was very ably filled by Mrs. F. Renkin.

Council met in the reception room at the College, and I want to record our very sincere thanlj6 to Dr. Wood and Mrs. Wood and members of the House staff for their happy co-operation and hospitality.

A more detailed account of individual functions will appear in the magazine, but I wish to express my appreciation of the conveners of those functions.

The Welcome to New Members was organised

by Misses Ruth Bilney, Gwen Long and Margaret Lansbury, and I am quite sure the new members started their club year on a very happy note.

Miss Ailsa Ross very capably convened the ball, and to those of you who were not there you missed one of the best evenings of the Club.

Likewise the annual dinner, convened by Miss Val Kerr.

Misses Jessie Strain and Glenda McMillan did a wonderful job of work for you when they convened the Garden Party, and to them and all the Old Girls who represented the Club in numerous teams on College Day and the "Sun Tennis and G o l f " may I express the thanks of all Club members.

I have found with the delegation of authority and active participation there is an added interest within the Club.

College Day proved of great interest, and Mrs. Williams is to be congratulated on inaugurating a function which I am sure will gain in popularity and become a very important day for all Club members.

Being able to have the annual Church Service in Fitchett Chapel was very gratifying, and the work done by Mrs. Renkin and Miss Blanch Wood, Mrs. Max Muir and Mrs. Norman Curry, who in turn co-opted many others, was an example of the capabilities of the Old Collegians when something tangible is asked of them.

During 1959 Dr. Wood requested that the conditions of the Old Collegians' Bursary be slightly widened.

This was granted, and whilst bearing in mind the purpose for which the money was raised, it was left to the discretion of Dr. Wood to use the bursary to its greatest benefit.

Miss Stevenson, of School Staff, and Miss Donaldson enabled a number of Old Collegians to learn how to sew and cook, and to them our thanks for all the time and energy expended.

51 T H E O L D There are very many Old Collegians whose names I have not mentioned, but who have been active and very helpful to me in many ways.

COLLEGIAN

Hon. Treasurer

W e were very fortunate in our choice of council for 1959. They worked extremely hard, and my personal thanks for their co-operation and willingness.

One of the hardest workers has been our Hon. Treasurer, Miss Margaret Donaldson, who has the very unglamorous job of collecting money, and I do hope that any outstanding annual subs, are promptly paid.

On your behalf I want to congratulate our president on an excellent year.

She has been a wonderful leader, and ever willing to help and advise—and my personal thanks to Margaret too, and good wishes to you all for 1960.

ROMA H O R M A N

SECRETARY'S

(Reseigh), Hon. Secretary.

NOTE-BOOK

Subscriptions: City members, 10/yearly; country, 7 / 6 yearly; life membership, £ 7 / 7 / - .

To be forwarded to Miss M. Donaldson, 922 Glenferrie Road, Kew. Blazers: A permit to purchase an Old Collegian's blazer at the Leviathan may be obtained from the Secretary.

School Song Book: Copies of the Song Book can be obtained from the M.L.C. Book Room at a cost of 16/-, plus postage.

Neu/ Hon. Secretarq Miss

Margaret

Donaldson.

Records: Recordings of the 75th Jubilee Concert in the Melbourne Town Hall are still available from Allans.

Please Note: New Secretary's Address: Mrs. N. G. Curry, 26 Erica Street, Canterbury, E.7.

W F 9395.

DATES

TO

REMEMBER

Annual Dinner: Wednesday, 17th August, from 6.30 to 9.30, Victoria. Cost, 30/-. Guest speaker, Miss Mavis Lancaster, who will tell of her work at Australia House, London.

Convener, Miss Audrey Carter, c / o 325 Collins Street, City.

50 4697 (home).

Special General Meeting: 22nd August, discuss the proposed increase in subscriptions.

to

Annual Church Fitchett Chapel.

in

Service:

30th

October,

Garden Party: 3rd December, at the College.

Mrs. N .

Curry

(Nancy

Batt).

Annual Meeting: 22nd February, 1961.

THE OLD COLLEGIAN

52

N A T I O N A L C O U N C I L OF W O M E N

CLUBROOM CIRCLE REPORT, 1959

Many Old Collegians may not realise that our Club is affiliated with the National Council of Women, and indeed is one of its earliest member groups. Each year two representatives of the council are appointed to attend the meetings, and an Old Collegian, Mrs. Whitney King, is its president.

It is with pleasure that I report on the activities of the M.L.C. Old Collegians' Clubroom Circle.

O P L E N D I D work continues to be done, much of it in an unobtrusive manner, by the fifteen standing committees of the council. These committees comprise press, arts and letters, laws, health, child welfare, cinema, education, moral welfare, broadcasting, television, migration, international relations and peace, trades and professions, home economics, finance, and housing.

This year the Council takes special pleasure in the fact that partly as a result of its constant pleas for improvement in child welfare services in Victoria, the Government has at last proposed to overhaul them. Work continues to be done to see that only the most suitable kind of films are shown to children, while plans have been made for the coming year to investigate the housing situation generally in Victoria.

At the Council meetings, which were attended

by Mrs. N. Curry and Miss Blanche Wood, subjects discussed by guest speakers included "Civil Defence", the United Nations, Victorian Birds, the Flying Doctor Service, the Work of the United Nations, International Child Emergency Fund, as well as that of the International Council of Women, which met last year in Vienna.

A

TOAST

TO

One rises to propose the toast of the School, Old Collegians and absent friends in a state of fearful trepidation. You try it some time!

Each of us calls to mind a host of impressions of places, people, of things. Our locations will vary with our age groups. We shivered over our misdemeanours outside staff rooms, in all sorts of places and under the stairs in the main building, or the old wooden verandah, behind a banbury tart in Mrs. Obs' Tuck Shop, upstairs in "Hostel", or at the back of the Church House. We sang our hymns and prayed our prayers first in the schoolroom, now the boarders' lounge, and then in Fitchett Hall. Last of all we were in the New Assembly Hall.

We all had our favourite teachers—and our aversions. We find on looking back that we were perhaps helped as much by the criticisms of the one as by the praises of the other. We had our successes, too. We know now that they were not as great as they had seemed, but they gave us hope and confidence.

There were problems, inspirations, aspirations, ideas and music in our lives.

Obedience and

During the year the members have met at the homes of Mesdames Russell, McCoy, Hales and Elliot. A happy function was the Christmas Party, held at the Caris Club on 1st December, when an excellent dinner was provided, followed by an informal evening in the lounge. Helen and Anne Ditqerick, granddaughters of our President, and Lynette and Bronwyn Groske rendered a short musical programme, while Mrs. Leonard Smith was our hostess for our supper.

We thank them all for a very enjoyable evening.

The Circle has given gifts of £5 each to "Annesley" Home for the Aged and "Orana" Peace Memorial Homes for Children, as well as the usual prize to a student of the College for Home Science.

Mrs. McCoy has undertaken the responsibility of the opportunity table.

We regret the passing of our cheerful, faithful member, Mrs. Ivy Garden, and extend our sympathy to her husband.

Good wishes are extended to our office-bearers and hostess for their services to the Circle, and to the Old Collegians' Club for the coming year.

GRACE HALES, Hon. Sec., Clubroom Circle.

REMEMBER loyalty were demanded, opportunities for initiative and service given. All these things the School built into the fabric of our young lives. Not one of us here but must rejoice in its manifold gifts and rich teaching.

There is not one of us here to-night who does not feel that her life has been fuller and better because of all the School did for her. All of us hope to give something back to M.L.C. and to life, and to see both grow in stature and in grace.

I make no apology for being moved by my subject. I give you all from the bottom of my heart, the toast that thrills M.L.C. girls across a span of 76 years—the School, Old Collegians and absent friends.

—Mrs. L. S. Chambers (Jean Davidson).

Annual Dinner, 1959.

(So moving was this address by Mrs. Chambers that I felt some of it should be included in the magazine, as those who attended last year's dinner will agree.—Editor.)

53 THE OLD COLLEGIAN

Fitchett Chapel The design of Fitchett Chapel is traditional— well in keeping with the dignified main building which Dr. Fitchett built. A 60-feet tower surmounted by a Celtic cross which has been placed on the school side, indicates that the chapel is for the use of the school.

The badge of the World Council of Churches has also been placed prominently on the wall facing the road. Fitchett Chapel is one of the few churches with this emblem.

A magnificent stained glass window set high above the communion table depicts a life-size figure of Christ robed in majesty receiving the adoration of two groups of girls. Stained glass windows at each side of the chapel are memorial windows depicting women of the Bible and of the Church.

The beautiful carving in natural oak of Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper" set above the communion table was the gift of the Old Collegians' Club. It is illuminated from above, and has a three-dimensional effect and depth.

On the southern side of the building a garden of meditation has been laid out with careful landscaping, and will be screened by trees and shrubs.

The

Carving of

Leonardo

da Vinci's

Access to the garden is through an old world lych gate.

Fitchett Chapel will seat a congregation of 300 apart from the, choir of 44. It will be used mainly for school devotional services and private worship for the girls, as well as for general Sunday evening worship and weddings of Old Collegians.

DEDICATION Fitchett Chapel was officially opened at a moving and impressive ceremony on 24th October

by Dr. A. H. Wood and the Rev. A. W . R. Milligan, President of the Methodist Conference of Victoria and Tasmania.

The strains of the organ gradually faded as Dr. Wood and Mr. Milligan approached the main doors, where Dr. Wood knocked three times.

The door was opened by Mr. R. W . Nevile, who is chairman of the executive committee.

The ceremony then continued in the traditional manner, with the choir conducted by Miss Ruth Flockart assisting. Dr. Wood preached on the text "How lovely is thy dwelling place, O Lord of Hosts. My heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God".

Famous Representati on of " T h e Last S u p p e r " was the G i f t o f the O l d Club.

Collegians'

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Ruth Flockart—A Legend the publication.

After Dr. Wood's presentation the applause was tumultuous, and Miss Flockart was deeply moved.

And now in her retirement, and with her sister Anne we all wish her many happy years. Actually she still has a very special link with the school, through her weekly preparation of the Chapel Choir for the boarders' service on Sunday night.

Dr. Wood conducts this evening worship for the boarders, and Miss Flockart plans and directs the music. How fortunate they are to have this rare spirit to teach them still!

Mrs. W . B. MILLER (Dorothy Reseigh).

TRIBUTES The Critics.

"Precision of rhythm, purity of tone, clarity of enunciation, fine nuance and simplicity and refinement of expression were the qualities at which she aimed, and the qualities which she achieved last night and at the choirs' public appearances and broadcasts in recent years".

—Dorian Le Gallienne—"The Age"

Miss Ruth Flockart, M.B.E.

Many wonderful tributes have been paid to Miss Ruth Flockart, M.B.E., on the occasion of her retirement last December as music director of M.L.C. A further function, organised and performed

by Old Collegians on 31st March, was a "Night of Music" in her honour, and the large and enthusiastic audience in the School Assembly Hall joined with the performers in expressing their love and esteem for this remarkable personality.

Everyone in the choir—the small chamber groups, vocal and instrumental—the soloists, and Miss Betty Scarlett, who conducted the choir, were delighted that so many of Miss Flockart's friends and admirers, present students and Old Collegians had gathered, some from distant parts of the State, to share in this memorable night.

At the end of the programme Dr. Wood escorted Miss Flockart to the platform, and with heart-warming words presented the guest of honour with a specially bound copy of the School Song Book.

The compiling of the Song Book was her last gift to the school, a veritable labour of love, and, as one can imagine, a colossal undertaking, calling for meticulous care in checking every detail of

"Within her lifetime Miss Flockart has become a legend and a tradition, and it was fittingly announced last night that the music hall at M.L.C. will be in future known as 'Flockart Hall'. Under her inspired direction M.L.C. built up the largest and most famous school music department in Australia, and maintained standards which would do honour to any school conservatorium or university in the world".

—John Sinclair—Melbourne "Herald".

"Her

Girls"

"Her excellence was not only visible in her work, but in her person.

She was immaculate, she had speech pleasant to hear, she was courteous, and had a sensitive appreciation of the viewpoint of others.

Her achievements would not have been possible without her belief in hard work".

—Mrs. G. Douglas (Shirley Robinson), "Silver and Green", 1959. " I n all the years her influence upon generations of schoolgirls has reached far beyond the confines of the music school. What is the secret of this unremitting study and leadership, this seemingly inexhaustible vitality? It is not explained by her deep love for the best in music, nor even by her very sincere concern for the richest and most satisfying lives for her girls; it is rather that she sees music as one way of Christian witness, a healing and and inspirational way, and a service to God".

—Mrs. W . B. Miller (Dorothy Reseigh), in "75 Years at M.L.C."

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Branch Neu/s GEELONG The year of 1959 was a most enjoyable one under the leadership of Mrs. C. Lavender (Tasma Davey). W e held meetings monthly in the homes of various members, and our average attendance for the past year was 22, our total membership being 45.

Our syllabus has included illustrated travel talks, talks on pottery, the work of the Red Cross, and an illuminating talk on meat, a musical evening, and a social afternoon for our final meeting for the year, when we were pleased to welcome representatives from our Melbourne branch and kindred organisations in Geelong.

27th November to escape the Christmas rush, and members met for morning tea in Elder Park.

The 24th February was the date for our picnic, held in the picturesque Torrens Gorge.

Our sympathies were extended to Mrs. Joel Crowe (Alison Reed), upon the sad loss of her mother in October.

Once again we send Collegians everywhere.

greetings

to

all

Old

G O L D A PACKER (Cocks), (Secretary, Adelaide Branch).

Congratulations were offered to Mrs. P. Foster (Dorothy Morris), Mrs. J. Robb (Margot Browne) and Mrs. G. Brown (Elsie Lee) on the birth of their sons, and to Mrs. J. Ward (Dorothea Flockart), who celebrated her silver wedding anniversary in April last year. Our sympathy was extended to Mrs. Wallace (Bessie Milburn), who lost her sister, Mrs. Hayes (Anna Milburn), and to Mrs. J. Wood (Jill Moss), who lost her mother and father during the year.

Hobart Branch has had another very happy year. Our fifth annual dinner was a very enjoyable gathering organised by the president (Mrs. J. E. Worrall (Minnie Abbott), and the secretary.

Our president, Mrs. Lavender (Tasma Davey) spent a month in Fiji in June, when she and her husband stayed with Sister Gwen Davey, of the Dilkusha Girls' Orphanage. Mrs. Farnsworth (Enid Brown) is at present abroad with her husband and family. Dr. Farnsworth is studying wool research in the United States and Europe.

W e were sorry indeed to lose Mrs. Worrall in January, when her husband was transferred to Melbourne, as we all held her in the highest regard and appreciated her work for our branch.

New Office-bearers for 1960.

President, Mrs. M. Mcintosh (Neva Start); vice-president, Mrs. J. Barber (Constance Williams); secretary, Mrs. H. Bradbury (Ruth McComb); assistant secretary, Mrs. J. McLeish (Val Hughes), and treasurer, Mrs. J. Abercrombie (Rene Hayler).

J O A N L. W I L L I A M S (Rush), (Retiring Secretary, Geelong).

ADELAIDE Office-bearers: President, Mrs. Field (Adelaide Crane); secretary, Mrs. Colin Packer (Golda Cocks); treasurer, Mrs. Hocking (Bettie Prior).

News: Mrs. W . Roden (Yvonne Robinson), a daughter, on 6th February, 1960; Mrs. Howard Buchan (Barbara Astridge), a son, born on 10th January, 1959; Mrs. Colin Packer (Golda Cocks), a daughter, Amanda, born on 15th April, 1959; Mrs. Lance Betheras (Joan Tresize), a son, born on 18th April, 1959; Mrs. Ronald Penny (Glen Saleeba), a son, born October, 1959.

Activities: A theatre variety night was enjoyed by members on 12th August. Our annual meeting was held on 28th August in the Overseas League Clubrooms, followed by afternoon tea and chatter.

Our Christmas meeting was held on

HOBART

W e were delighted to receive greetings from our founder and first president, Mrs. C. Bull (Mary Harcourt) once again.

Mary Rowe was welcomed home again on her return from her musical studies abroad.

Mary has accepted a position with the Victorian Symphony Orchestra, but was able to attend our annual meeting as a guest speaker.

W e also welcomed Betty Fletcher, who has come from Melbourne to teach in Hobart.

Others at the annual meeting were Isobel Cerutty (Schultze), Gladys Pearce (Philp), Gwynneth Orchard (Day), Marjorie Smith (Cook), Marjorie Anderson (Cocks), Marie English (Vanitzski), Ivy le Fevre (Barker), Mollie Hartley Wilson (Ball), Libin Williams and Lillian Powell.

A happy function organised by the president, Mrs. I. Cerutty, and a farmer president, Mrs. Hartley Wilson, was a complimentary afternoon tea for the secretary, at which Mrs. A . C. Powell and her sister, Mrs. P. T. Griffiths, were guests of honour.

Officers of the Hobart Branch, 1960-61: President, Mrs. I. Cerutty (Isobel Schultze); vicepresidents, Mrs. R. P. English (Marie Vanitzski) and Mrs. E. B. le Fevre (Ivy Barker); secretary, Lillian Powell.

In conclusion, we wish Dr. and Mrs. Wood, staff and all M.L.C. girls, past and present, the very best for the coming year.

LILLIAN POWELL (Secretary, Hobart Branch).

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Travellers

On 18th September, 1959, fifteen members attended the Annual Dinner and Meeting at the home of Secretary-treasurer for 1958-59, Mrs. J. Holt (Beatrice Sharwood).

It was a happily informal occasion, dinner being served buffet Style, and a warm vote of thanks was made to Mrs. Holt, who organised the evening, which included several recordings of the M.L.C. Choir.

Our president, Mrs. R. Loof, was unavoidably absent, being still overseas.

Lady Brown (Hilda Wilkie) has been home on a flying visit for her son's wedding, and has now returned to London. Mrs. Nevin Ellis (Netta Jones) is still carrying the O.C.C. flag in London.

Mrs. Ian Marshall (Kath Sutton) and Mrs. Hannan (Irene Trott) and families are still in the U.S.A.

The minutes of the last Annual Meeting were read and confirmed. Election of office-bearers for 1959-60 resulted in: President, Mrs. J. Holt (Beatrice Sharwood); secretary-treasurer, Mrs. D. Greig (Anne Williamson) ; publicity officer, Mrs. J. Yarra (Ruthe Fitzpatrick). The meeting voted £ 2 / 2 / - to be sent to the Fitchett Chapel Fund.

Present Members: Lady Brown (Hilda Wilkie), Mesdames Weir (Loloma Green), Nutt (Ethel Pugsley), Hill (Rose Rowe), Marshall (Kath Sutton), Lambert (Gwen Carmichael), Loof (Margaret W h i t e ) , Warry (Doreen Lancaster), Hogg (Doris Yandell), McFarlane (Betty Hookway), Wilkinson (Ruth Smith), Fisher (Dawn Davis), Key (Betty Hall), Wain (Myrtle Joyce), Rudduck (Loma Amos), Hannan (Irene T r o t t ) , White (Ruth Campbell), Hodgins (Betty Yates), Ellis (Netta Jones), and Misses Anne Minto, Kathleen Key, Gladys Joyce, Barbara Atkins.

Everyone enjoyed the combined welcome home to Mrs. Loof (Margaret White) and Christmas party on 19th November.

Plum puddings and cream were donated as usual for our Canberra older folk.

This year, 18th April, was our turn to entertain Canberra's old folk at the Thursday Club.

Different women's organisations are rostered for this purpose each fortnight.

New Members Mrs. McKeown (Wilma David), whose husband, Mr. Paul McKeown, is Principal of the Canberra C.G.G.S.; Miss Leslie David, Mrs. McKeown's sister; Mrs. A. W . Rosier (Marilyn Love), from East Ivanhoe, whose husband. Rev. Bill Rosier, is newly appointed to O'Connor Methodist Church, Canberra.

Thank You The Editress would like to thank the many people who contributed reports and items of news for the magazine.

Without their assistance it would not have been possible for so many interesting personal items to have been included.

For the unfailing interest and support from the executive members of the club and to Phyl Minns, Anne Walton, Niki Demetrie, Mrs. Edna Cornell, Ailsa Ross and Eve Llewellin, her very special thanks.

BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. Noel MacGuire (Barbara Minto), in Malaya—a daughter.

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Fisher (Dawn Davis)—a son (Michael John Amiel).

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Mainsbridge (Barbara Taylor)—a son (Andrew Walter Tasman). Barbara and family are off to the U.S.A. shortly.

BEREAVEMENT Our sympathy to Mrs. Alwyn Wain (Myrtle Joyce) and Miss Gladys Joyce, who lost their mother recently.

CONGRATULATIONS To Mrs. Grenfell Rudduck (Loma Amos), who has added to the illustrious record of achievements of Old Collegians by winning first prize in the Article Section of the Northern Territory Centenary Year Literary Competition. Loma Rudduck is also well known in Canberra as compere of our A.B.C. Women's Sessions on radio.

To Mrs. A. Hill (Rose Rowe), who is experiencing the joys of grandmotherhood.

Our greetings and good wishes to all Old Collegians everywhere.

R U T H E I. Y A R R A , Publicity Officer.

Postcript: Old Collegians transferring to Canberra are invited to contact Mrs. D. Greig, phone X I 7 0 7 or X2795.

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MAGAZINE News is again wanted for the next magazine.

Any items of news, details of engagements, weddings, births, letters from overseas will all be welcome. They may be forwarded either to the Secretary or to the Editress, Mrs. G. R. Bull, 37 Maude Street, Box Hill North (88 1454). urn i III linn

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Debutante Set, 1960

Our Bust) Year O.C.C. August

DIARY

19—Annual

Dinner

Ninety-eight Old Collegians spent a most enjoyable evening at the Victoria for the annual dinner, when the guest speaker was Dr. Jean Battersby.

The other official guests included Dr. and Mrs. Wood, and Miss Lucy Kellaway.

The loyal toast was proposed by the president (Mrs. L. R. Williams), while Mrs. L. S. Chambers proposed the triple toast to the school, club and absent friends.

Dr. Battersby spoke about her experiences at the Sorbonne, in Paris, and also gave us some insight into her television work in Melbourne.

Mrs. John Danks thanked Dr. Battersby on behalf of the club.

October 3—Chapel Fair Months of hard work and organisation climaxed the Chapel Fair, which made a total of £4000, of which Old Collegians raised £486. The club extends its thanks to all those who worked so hard for our two stalls—cakes and fancy goods. Conveners for these were Mrs. N. Curry and Mrs. Max Muir, Miss Blanche Wood and Mrs. Renkin.

Thanks also to Mrs. Walduck and her group on the coffee stall.

October

24—Opening and Dedication Fitchett Chapel

of

Many Old Collegians were privileged to attend the official opening of the Chapel by Dr. Wood and the Rev. A . W . R. Milligan, President of the Methodist Conference of Victoria and Tasmania.

November

1—Church

Service

Nearly 400 Old Collegians from many parts of the State attended the first church service to be held in Fitchett Chapel. For his sermon Dr. Wood took as his theme the passage from Luke— "Mary hath chosen that good part", in which he emphasised the importance of devotional piety as well as that of more practical Christianity. He urged Old Collegians to cultivate the private habit of prayer.

November 14 to 21—Visits to Other Schools Executive members of the council were guests at the annual meeting of the Geelong Branch on 14th November, and at functions organised by old girls of Morongo and P.L.C. on the same day. The Geelong Branch also represented the club at a visit on 21st November to The Hermitage, while the club was also represented on 21st November at lunch at Merton Hall.

November 19—School Visit Old Collegians' members.

Day,

for

enrolling

new

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— " T h e Sun".

Victory Smiles from the Old Collegians' Tennis Team.

December 5—Garden Party.

March 28—Sun Golf Cup

Two hundred Old Collegians met together for the Annual Garden Party at the College, where they were welcomed by the President (Mrs. Williams), secretary (Mrs. Horman) and Dr. and Mrs. Wood.

A pearl necklace and brooch was presented at afternoon tea to Miss Ruth Flockart, and a posy to her sister, Miss Anne Flockart.

A tour of the school was enjoyed by all.

Our congratulations to Lauriston and Merton Hall old girls' associations, who tied for equal first place to win this year's "Sun" cup. M.L.C. gained eighth place with a score of 111, and Mrs. O. Nagel won the trophy for A Division with the excellent score of 37 points.

February 25—Annual Meeting of the Club March 19—Sun Tennis Cup M.L.C. team won the Sun Cup for the thirteenth time at the old girls' inter-schools match for the Sun Tennis Cup at the P.L.C. courts at Burwood.

The M.L.C. team consisted of Mrs. J. Young (Dulcie Whittaker), Mrs. Robinson (Lorraine Coghlan), Mrs. Watt (Charlotte Davies), and Mrs. Woods (Beverley Malcolm).

March 31—An Evening of Music Old Collegians representing many phases of the school's life joined together in a delightful concert in the Assembly Hall in honour of Miss Ruth Flockart.

In addition to singing from the Old Collegians' Choir, conducted by Betty Scarlett, a dozen other Old Collegians gave individual performances. Flock's "girls" who took part included Pamela Giltinan, Julie Gleadell, Elaine Hurd, Elsa Haas, May-Margaret Guthridge, Mavis Lancaster, Dorothy Reseigh, Neva Start, Marie Bull, Phyllis Todner, Florence Pugsley and Robin Wright.

A madrigal group trained by Jane Elton also sang delightfully.

March 26—College Day

May 19—1960 Annual Ball

Another enjoyable day was held for Old Collegians at the school, when the club was given the freedom of the college.

Morning assembly was followed by lunch in the gym. for more than 140 Old Collegians and their children.

The silver and green school colours were the decorative features of this year's Old Collegians' Club Annual Ball at the Palais de Danse.

With pleasant weather in the afternoon, baseball, basket-ball, athletics and swimming matches were played against present schoolgirls. Exhibition tennis matches were a highlight.

The president (Miss Valerie Kerr) received the eleven debutantes, and the official guests from Old Wesley Collegians, M.L.C. Parents' Association, and Miss Lucy Kellaway.

The Chapel and new gym. were open for inspection, and many Old Collegians were grateful for the chance of seeing them for the first time.

The debutantes were Marilyn Markin, Loris Williams, Carol Taggart, Linda Stephens, Judy Richards, Jill Monson, Jennifer Heath, Rosalie Morton, Wendy Thomson, Brenda Cooper and Jillian Longmuir.

The day ended happily with a delicious afternoon tea in the dining hall, where all Old Collegians were guests of the school.

More than 600 attended the ball, which was convened by Margaret Lansbury, with Verne Davey and Jessie Strain as ticket secretaries.

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"Though Some of Us Have Wcindered Far" CHRISTMAS

ABROAD

Extract from a letter from DELLA HILTON Mrs. G. Bull (JILL HICKLING).

to

" I was surprised to find How litde difference there is between an Australian and an English Christmas.

Of course the weather is different, but December is not Australia's hottest month, and neither is it England's coldest month, and hence the difference in climate isn't as extreme as one first imagines. Certainly the colder weather makes one enjoy Christmas meals more, and one consumes an even larger quantity than one does in Australia, if that's possible.

English streets and shops seem to take naturally to Christmas decorations, and I shall never forget the beautiful Regent Street illuminated chandeliers, or the lovely Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square".

We explored Papeete's byways of treasure-laden shops and gay cafes. We visited the hide-away of the famous artist, Gaugin, and discovered Tahiti as we had dreamed it to be.

Late afternoon we watched the Tahitians scratch away the soil covering the oven and the oven being opened. The preparation was made for our really Tahitian feast, known as Tamaraa. After much ceremony and eating, during which we were entertained by a group of players and dancers, we adjourned to the section of the hotel grounds where we witnessed torchlight pageantry and ancient ritual dances, recreating the age-old enchantment and beauty of life in the South Seas.

LONDON Extract

AUSTRIA Letter from BEV. NICHOLLS which was published in the monthly bulletin of the Methodist Youth Fellowship of Australia.

"In the middle of June last year 21 of us young Australians from various walks of life left Sydney for a three months' full of adventure and interest trip as we flew to Hongkong, "shipped" to Wangpu, the port of Canton (because of the serious flooding on the South China mainland), went by train across China and the Soviet Union, by bus through Hungary, to Austria and our destination there—Vienna and the Seventh World Youth Festival. Altogether 112 countries were represented, and some 18,000 people took part, including many Austrian people who came to the public rallies.

The aim of the Festival is to further promote peace and friendship, and I believe it has made a large contribution to both. I hope that more young Christians will be able to attend future festivals and share in the discussions and recreation, and make their own positive contributions to the work of building up a lasting peace between all nations, and the building up of a world that is truly a part of God's Kingdom".

TAHITI Extract from an articl" by Mrs. A. A. McCauley (MILLY ANGUS) about her visit to Tahiti.

Happy Tahitians, whose friendliness is as natural as every other facet of their glorious way of life, line the colourful quayside to greet our ship.

It is Boat Day in Papeete, a gala occasion for those smiling, wonderful people and a "legend come true" for us.

from

a letter from JOAN AILSA ROSS.

CORLASS

to

It is surprising how expensive it is to live in London, especially as a tourist. Meals, transport and accommodation make big demands on a small purse.

On top of this irresistible shops filled with fabulous wares. Transport on the whole is wonderful, particularly the tubes. Without them —chaos, which we experienced one Monday recently in a one-day strike. I found cheap day trips covering long distances well organised to places of interest. Eyebrows of my fellow workmates rose when I announced going to The Broads or Derbyshire or the Cotswolds or the Isle of Wight for one day. Many English men only go these places for annual holidays. To go there for one day was put down to the Australian hunger for vast distances.

PARIS Letter

from EUNICE CANAVAN MINNS

to

PHYL

"I've been here in Paris now for five and a half years. At present I'm working at Unesco, an agency branch of the United Nations, translating from French and Russian. (I did an M.A. in Russian a few years ago before I left Australia.)

Oddly enough, of the nine translators working there at present in the English department four are Australians, which isn't bad.

I also belong to an international society which tries to help old people, who have a pretty bad show here. I go to visit them and enquire as to their needs—terribly pathetic, heart-breaking work, but very interesting because you are in such close contact with the people. France is a fascinating country, and the French constantly interesting and mentally alive—but a bard people •—the devil is always left with the hindmost".

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60 AUSTRALIA

HOUSE AULD

Extract from an article by MAVIS LANCASTER about her work in Australia House, London.

A name that hovers in the minds of many Australian tourists, both young and old, who are nearing the coast of England. There is just that little feeling of security, that little thought that somewhere in a strange new country there is a tiny link with home. A place where one will find other Australians, and perhaps hear of their experiences, and learn to know the things to do or not to do.

One of the busiest corners is the mailing department, where three or four girls work continually sorting mail, some to be called for, others to be readdressed to follow their owners to the four corners of the United Kingdom or the Continent.

It is here that sometimes in passing one catches a whiff of boronia, and knows it is spring time in Australia, and a sprig has been placed in a letter. At Christmas time the cakes arrive, the familiar shaped tins are stacked high, and as colour photography became more popular a cupboard is nearly always full of little yellow boxes, filled with films which will be a reminder of a glorious view once seen.

But it is to the reception desk that come all the enquiries. How to find the Tower of London, where is Buckingham Palace, how to hear a debate in the House of Commons, how to go to a Royal garden party, to Royal Ascot, or the trooping of the colour, to see the Royal mews, the Queen's stables, or as one person filled with excitement became confused and thought she should see the Royal MULES, or to see Dick Bentley in "Take it from Here", a most demanding request. A dentist, a doctor, a job or a flat, the right places to see, the best shops to buy, and a hundred and one other questions which were required to set them on the way.

NIGERIA Extract from an article about Mrs. Michael Reyne (JUDITH LEASK), who is visiting Melbourne on a holiday from Nigeria..

"A tremendous building programme is now in progress in Lagos in preparation for Nigeria's independence celebrations this year.

When we first rrrived in Lagos we would see alongside a modern building a tumble-down African settlement and market place. That is all being cleared away and fine modern buildings are going up everywhere.

Some are of natural stone, while others feature glass walls of mosaic brickwork.

The weekly marketing has become a problem in Lagos. It used to take me about half an hour to drive from our flat to the shops. At times this could be quite a frustrating drive with all the bicycles, goats and chickens on the road".

ACQUAINTANCE

Though some of us have wandered far Since college days were done, Though some of us are doubtless in Most places 'neath the sun, Cne pathway to our hearts if sure, One light forever gleams, The green and gold of that dear school We only see in dreams. +

!

I

SPAIN (Extract from an article about her trip through SPAIN by Mrs. F. Cornell (EDNA PRYOR).

Spain is twice the size of England—a land of contrasts, people appear casual, cannot be hurried, not punctual, yet passionate, proud and primitive, great differences between rich and poor. A siesta between one and four p.m. is normal, not a luxury.

The donkey is the only beast of burden—a semisacred animal. In many cases the village priest comes and blesses it at birth. It costs £20 or more, and lives 20 to 30 years.

There are too many security police and soldiers about. Quite commonplace for native traffic and visitors to be held up and questioned by them, although our coach was never stopped.

The people are strongly religious, and the priest is a man of authority. Sunday they respect.

A bull ring holds 75,000 people. A bull fighter gets £3000 a fight, and are all millionaires.

A footballer gets £2000 a game. Policemen get £10 a month (house and uniform supplied), a soldier 6/- a day.

General feeling is that Franco has done a good job; he has been chief of state ever since 1939.

But there is a feeling of unrest—wages are low.

We visited a carpet factory in Madrid, it takes three people nine months to complete an average carpet. Pay is 3 / 4 an eight-hour day, with a fiveday week. Not much, is it?

ON

TOUR

(Extract from a letter to the President (VALERIE KERR) from the Vice-President of the Club (Mrs. L. S. Chambers), who is at present abroad.)

We had a wonderful twelve days in Rome, and as you know twelve years would be nearer the mark for seeing what is to be seen.

To-morrow we make for Vienna, and then by the 18th up to Oberraniagan. As I plough around the streets I keep wondering where Mollie Betts is.

In Rome we went to "La Boheme", and to-night we are going to La Scala to see "The Masked

61 THE OLD COLLEGIAN Ball", Verdi. Actually we are staying at the moment in the hotel where Verdi lived for 35 years. I can only conclude they couldn't clean or dust in case they disturbed his compositions, and they have got out of the habit.

A funny experience had in France one day.

We drove up to a level crossing and the "bars" were down against us, and we waited and waited; and then a little man with a bucket and sponge came along and offered to clean the cir windows for a tip. When he finished the line of cars, they opened the gates—no train—but another little man with a sponge on the other side doing the on-coming traffic with his sponge. We concluded they were friends of the gatekeeper.

EGYPT (Extract (CLYDE

from a letter from Mrs. M. Langslow MERRIE) to Mrs. F. Cornell (EDNA PRYOR).

We have had exacdy three glorious weeks in Egypt. It is the most interesting place. There is dust and also very barren parts that remind one of the Foreign Legion—hills of dust and stone with not a blade of grass, but given water will grow anything—the greenest crops and the hugest cabbages I have ever seen. It is amazing.

We saw human beings living under worse conditions than I have ever seen anywhere

—even in China. But they are not starving, their bodies are covered, and they are very cheerful. Lovely children with fine features and big black sparkling eyes, and long curling lashes. Nasser is trying to stamp out begging, but I think the first word they learn is "baksheesh". We liked the people and did not see one black look directed at us (and very few amongst themselves).

We encountered a lot of courtesy, and got into lots of language difficulties, and in a moment you would have a crowd around, all trying to help. It was often terribly funny. We couldn't even write the name of the place we wanted, as to write in Arabic was even harder than trying to speak.

The populace simply idolises Nasser (we were wandering about amongst them—not another white face in the crowds), and you could feel the frenzy of feeling—I wouldn't have liked to say or look one word out of place. His photo, with the toothpaste smile is plastered on every building inside and out, but it doesn't do him justice.

When you see him in the flesh you like him and feel he is a fine man.

He is still living in his own modest home.

Farouk had eleven palaces.

We went through three. We thought we had seen magnificence and opulent places in Austria and Spain, but these leave the standing. All the Arabian Nights' stories rolled into one, and then some.

Neu/s of Old Collegians "Life's Flag Flying" Old Collegians will be interested to learn that Jane Elton has taken the position of senior singing teacher at M.L.C. in place of Miss Ruth Flockart. Jane came equal top of the Diploma of Education students for 1959.

We wish her every success.

Mrs. Ray Mylius (Beth Judkins) returned from two years in Indonesia to live in New Guinea.

Mary Rowe is now a 'cellist with the Victorian Symphony Orchestra. Mary has recently returned from five years abroad.

Dora Walker has returned to Melbourne after seven years in London to take up the position of Principal's assistant to Dr. Wood.

Th? Immediate Past President, Mrs. L. Williams (Margaret Bickford) was recently appointed President of the Combined Old Girls' Association.

Ruth Worner is in her second and final year at the Newcastle Teachers' College, where she is doing primary teaching.

Ruth whose address is 189 Croudace Street, New Lambton, 2.N, would like to hear from any of her contemporaries at school.

The first performance of a new Australian hymn, "God of the Hills", was performed at the Senior School music recitals last year. Written

by an Old Collegian, Mrs. Osborn (Lorna Grierson), it was dedicated to Dr. Wood.

Mrs. Pullen (Joan Ernst) has moved from Blackburn to 17AA Rainbow Street, Randwick, N.S.W. Dr. Porter (Una Cato) was re-elected vicepresident of the Young Women's Christian Association for Australia and New Zealand at the World Council meeting held in Mexico last year.

Mrs. Emmerson Lynn (Mickey Killough), who lives in Texas, was delighted to receive a visit from her parents last year.

Deirdre Fuller recently completed a bibliography of alcoholism which was presented to the newly formed Alcoholism Foundation of Victoria. Now Deidre has begun a two-year study in juvenile delinquency in an inner suburb for her Master of Arts thesis.

Mrs. W. Beams (Julie Sparrow) is working in the public relations section of Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. Mrs. Arthur Farnsworth (Enid Brown) had the task of testing out drip-dry no-iron wool for her husband, who was one of the C.S.I.R.O. scientists who developed the process.

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Mrs. Lionel Andrews (Leah Hollingsted) has become a familiar figure on television as she has earned the title of "Mrs. Pick-a-Box" over Channel 9 in the Bob Dyer programme. Leah has already won thousands of pounds' worth of prizes for her extraordinary general knowledge.

Mrs. Rush (Lloys McNair) is now living at Orbost, where her husband is the manager of the Commercial Bank of Australia.

Mrs. R. White (Sayde Reynolds) enjoyed a holiday in Sydney recently and spent a day with Mrs. Leckie (Bess Williams) and Isobel McNellan.

Mrs. K. H. Clarke (Vivienne Williams) is the honorary secretary of the Olympic Games Fund Campaign.

Old Collegians living at Benalla include Mrs. Frank McFarland (Shirley Merrylees), Jill Dixon, a teacher at Benalla High School, Jeanette Roper, teaching at Benalla East School, and Mrs. Eade (Min. Rogers) at the High School.

Margaret Reeds recently had a holiday at Mt. Gambier, where she met several old M.L.C. girls.

Mrs. Robert Fuller (April Adams) has moved from Launceston to live in Melbourne. Her sister, Mrs. Hal Bannister (Jill Adams) lives in Adelaide.

Mrs. Brian Hansford (Dorothy O'Donahoo) recently won a £500 scholarship awarded by the West German Government for singing.

Does anyone know the whereabouts of Jill Stutchbery, who left school in 1946? Jill went from Melbourne to Tanganyika, East Africa, and from there to Macintosh Hall, St. Andrew's, Scotland, but cannot be traced from there.

Old Collegians will be pleased to learn that Mrs. W . L. Russell (Ida Skelton) has recovered from her recent illness.

CHRISTENING Linnell-Anne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Doug.

Barelli (Linnell Wood) was the first baby to be baptised in Fitchett Chapel. This took place on Sunday afternoon, 8th November, and was conducted by Dr. Wood.

NURSING Jill Goodman is doing mothercraft nursing in Mansfield.

Clare Thomas is a nurse attached to the Royal Melbourne School of Nursing, Malvern, and in her second year.

Claire Sholl, whose home is in Camperdown, has started nursing.

Wendy Renkin and Jennifer Redmond graduated in final nurses' exams, last July. Both have trained at the Royal Children's Hospital. Wendy continued there as a staff nurse for some months.

Wendy Stephens has begun Royal Melbourne Hospital.

nursing

at

the

Dorothy Membrey has begun training at the Mooroopna Base Hospital, where she says she is thoroughly enjoying it.

Wendy Renkin has started midwifery at the King William Memorial Hospital, Perth.

REUNION Nine Old Collegians who meet annually at Point Lonsdale in January this year "laughed and talked" at lunch at Flo King's home there.

They are Mrs. Pizzey (Aldie Scott), Mrs. F. Cornell (Edna Pryor), Mrs. Wilson (Agnes Madden), Mrs. Williams (Essie Robinson), Mrs. Ring (Flo Banmrman), Mrs. Snell (Flo Stuart), Mrs. Falk (Bonnie Baily), Mrs. Wallace (Bessie Milburn), and Mrs. Wilkinson (Olive Williams).

TRAVELLERS Helen Dodgshun and Diana Gill, who are on a two-year working holiday overseas; Mrs. M. Langslow (Clyde Merrie) and Mrs. E. A. Worrell (Joyce Healing) are both abroad; Margaret Harris is in England; June O'Connell is working at Guide Headquarters in London; Judith Lugton is working in the public library at Port Moresby; Anne Cock is touring the continent; Miss Olive Dodd will remain in England until the end of the year; Joan Corlass is happy in London, where she intends to stay for five years, and is looking forward to a visit from her sister, Peggy. Peggy recently completed her midwifery course with honours. Eunice Canavan is working with the Unesco in Paris; Joan Walmsley is abroad; Mrs. David Barrow (Edna Woodmason) is at present on a world trip. Mrs. Howard Hill (Vea Jolly) will leave shortly for a visit to London.

Travelling has been in the air for members of the McCauley family. Mrs. A. A. McCauley (Milly Angus) recently visited her daughter, Mrs. David Angus (Betty McCauley) in America, where her husband was doing post-graduate work at the University of California, while her sister, Mrs. G. L. Fiddian (Gwen McCauley) has also been abroad.

At present abroad is the O.C.C. vice-president, Mrs. L. S. Chambers (Jean Davidson), who will visit her daughter in Cyprus.

Helen and Roslyn Bandt have moved to Adelaide, where they both have clerical positions.

Mrs. Hart (Roma Knight) has returned after five years in Sydney, to live in Melbourne, and would like to hear from any of her school friends.

Her address is 342 Beach Road, Black Rock.

Jill Evans and Janice Dickens are now overseas, while Bev. Evans and Barbara Nichols are now settling down after a visit abroad.

Ruth Redrobe (daughter of Lila McDonald) and Marjorie Warren plan to see the Olympic Games in Rome, and to travel home through Canada and Japan. Mrs. Frank Nicholls (Yvonne

63 THE OLD COLLEGIAN Miles) spent some interesting weeks with Mary Fox at the Y . W . C . A . in Karachi, where Mary is the general secretary.

She was particularly impressed with the work Mary was doing in helping the women of Pakistan to help themselves, but at the same time saw how it was such a drop in the ocean in the light of the colossal need, particularly among refugees.

Margaret Mclnnes played the part of Mary Boyle in Sean O'Casey's "Juno and the Paycock" at the Union Theatre last year.

Although it was her first appearance with the Tin Alley Players, she has acted with the Melbourne Repertory Theatre since she was thirteen.

Visitors to Melbourne recently included Mrs. Ron Came (Jean Day), from Rabaul, who installed her eldest daughter, Janet, at M.L.C. While on a world trip last year, Mrs. Fred Cornell (Edna Pryor) met several Old Collegians in London, including Mrs. Aitkinson( Joyce Connell), and attended several concerts with Mrs. W . B. Miller (Dorothy Reseigh) and A vie 2 Blennerhassett.

Mrs. R. McCoy (Anne Dufty) spent three months in Japan last year, while Mrs. Arthur Farnsworth (Enid Brown) has had an exciting few months in America, England and Sweden, where her husband studied wool research. Mrs. John Fone (Norma Smith) and Mrs. John Stuart (Joan Casement) have both returned from abroad.

ENGAGEMENTS Mwyn Sheil to Charles Bowes.

Dorothy Mellody to Beverley Clyde Waller.

Margot White to Peter Joseph.

Patricia Stubbings to Ian Allen.

Judith Parkinson to Alan Parker.

Claudia Ward to Ian Colquhoun.

Elizabeth Canham to John Angell.

Elaine Harris to Robert De La Fronde.

Lorraine Hodge to William Wilkinson.

Patricia Gray to Colin Guest.

THEATRE Discovery of the 1959 season at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-on-Avon was an Old Collegian, Zoe Ca'.dwell. Indeed her jump from an insignificant member of the company to a leading lady in one season was unprecedented in Stratford's theatre history. Last year she had important roles in "Othello", "All's Well that Ends Well" and "King Lear". Now in her third season, she has become one of Stratford's identities as she rides to and from the theatre on her ancient push-bike.

Particularly busy in the last year has been soprano June Dawkins, who has now adopted the stage name of Julia Malyn, after her Melbourne teacher, Miss Clarice Malyn, who died in 1955.

June, as school friends remember her, was last year awarded an Oscar by the Italian Opera Festival organisation for outstanding opera performances.

She has sung with the National Theatre in the Australian premiere by D'Albert's opera "Tiefland". More recently she sang with the Elizabethan Theatre Trust Opera Company in an important role of "Suzuki" in "Madame Butterfly" and the Abbess in "Sister Angelica".

Familiar to television viewers over A B V 2 is Mrs. Ross Nye (Ruth Farren-Price), who is also a wellknown pianist. Ruth's charm and ease of manner in hostessing weekly television programmes has made her one of the most popular television identities in Melbourne.

Mary Womersley, a school teacher, played her first major dramatic role last year in a production of "Bonaventure" at the National Theatre.

Monica Wood, who has adopted the stage name of Monica Maughan, graduated this year as a Bachelor of Arts. In her spare time Monica has developed her interest in the theatre, and recently was the only woman in the cast of plays presented by the Children's Theatre Guild.

Wendy Hamond to Ronald Howard.

Glenda McMillan to Ian Russell.

Elizabeth Webster to Max McLean.

Joan Horsfield to Ian Taylor.

Helen Stocks to Ian Unkenstein.

Lynn Tabart to Richard Giddings.

Margaret Rickarby to Richard McCormick.

Hilary Joseph to Colin Vary.

Lynette Westcott to Alan Andrews.

Janice Palmer to Ian Campbell.

Shirley Mcrrylees to Frank McFarland.

Rosalie Adams to Peter Johnston.

Mardi McCallum to George Story.

Margot Burdett to Jim Dyer.

Janice Livingstone to Ian Webster.

Joan Ash to Alan Jager.

Rosalyn Day to George Haddon.

Janet Salmond to Richard Moncur.

Margaret Donaldson to Eric Tilley.

Joan Cother to Keith Beddoe.

Adele Mispel to Arthur Coombs.

Elizabeth Dcery to Donald McRae. Claire Thcmas to Sam Doyle.

Kath Burg ss to Ralph Johnson.

Dr. Alison Lukeis to Dr. Peter Brooks.

Judith Ralstcn to Julian Coker.

Valerie Ccrdner to Barry O'Meara.

Valerie Joynt to Keith Butler.

Margaret Underwood to Brian Saunders.

Pam Holland to John Wilson.

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64 ENGAGEMENTS

(Continued).

Deidre Matheson to Robert Allen.

Margaret Gale to George Dewar.

Pamela Taylor to Warren Wittey.

Jill Prico to Kelvin Hobby.

Jan Holt to Ian Feder.

Joan Delany to Alan Davies.

Wendy Miller to Brian Morfat.

Eril McNaughton to John Hudson.

Lorraine Stephen to Ben Fawkins.

Margaret Whitehead to Robert Anderson.

Marion Pretty to John McFaul.

Elizabeth Chambers to David Elsum.

Beth Stewart to Neville Frankling.

Marlyne Higginson to Gerald Burke.

Dorothy Simcn to H-rry Hertz.

Norma Bennett to Ian Dennelry.

Loris Crosby to Brian Sanderson.

Lillian Mansfield to Leo Brober.

Mabel Carrick to Rev. V. W . Lines.

Merna Hirst to Colin Hosking.

Beverley Grieve to Ronald Grant.

Ji 1 Glenister to Bruce Ellis.

Eve Spitz to Lewis Lustig.

Elizabeth O'Neill to Alan Hildabrand.

Jill Needham to Vernon Deutsher.

Anne Judkins to Clive Little.

Barbara Wall to Ian Morrison.

Katherine Ingram to Alan Eason.

Janice Beilby to Robin Robinson.

Loree Thompson to Leonard Evans.

Other Old Collegians who have recently announced their engagement include Marion Angus, Louiss Gault, Francis Auchterlonie, Bobby Sandercook, Margaret Harry, Ruth McPhate, Lorraine Lapin, Katherine Ingram, Ching Lee Tsiang, Rhondda Watchorn, Norma Buckman, Jill Corless, Janine Schubert, Margaret Hirons, Jill Mattias, Noelle Pethard, Loree Thompson.

MARRIAGES Judy Bull was married to Jim Rennick on 16th January at Presbyterian Church, Castlemaine.

Old Collegian Berice Callender was one of the bridesmaids.

Pamela Sinclair was married to George Bennett on 14th February at St. Columba's Presbyterian Church, Balwyn.

Margaret Kidd, a teacher at M.L.C., was married to Bruce McCorkell at Fitchett Chapel on 30th January. Eril McNaughton was one of the bridesmaids.

Dr. Kathleen Thompson was married to John Binns at the Punt Road Methodist Church on 8th August.

Dorothy O'Donahoo was married in Munich, Germany, on 30th June to " S u n " aria winner Brian Hansford. Under German law, they had two weddings—a civil and a church ceremony.

They are both at present studying singing under Hans Hotter.

Coralie Davies was married to John Lewis at St. Peter's Church, Brighton Beach.

Mwyn Sheil was married to Charles Bowes at Toorak Presbyterian Church on 10th December.

Sister Megan Sheil was a bridesmaid.

Yvonne Deeb!e was married to David McCredie on 4th January at St. Hilary's Church of England.

Old Collegians Joan Cornish and Janice Deeble were two of the bridesmaids.

Brenda Burton was married to Ken Hales at Balwyn Methodist Church on 14th November.

Patricia Wallace was married to Allan Miller at St. Mary's Church of England, Caulfield, on 29th August.

Pauline Farries was married to Lieutenant Graeme Gill at St. John's Church of England, Camberwell.

Sister Joan Farries and Felicity Robertson were bridesmaids.

Noelle Love was married to Graham Oke at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Gardiner. Margaret Birkctt was a bridesmaid.

Judith Wilson was married at Fitchett Chapel to Ronald Willder on 19th March.

Wendy Fox was married to Robert Potter at St. Giles Presbyterian Church, Murrumbeena, on 29th August.

Janet Noske was married to Harrow Morgan at St. John's Church of England, Camberwell.

Frances Woolhouse was married to Roland Keller at Fitchett Chapel on 19th December.

Anita Nielson was married to Bruce Tozer at Fitchett Chapel on 18th December.

Althea Kongshaw, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. T. Powell Dawes (Margaret Guthridge), and sister of Nereda, was married in September to Mr. E. V. Gleeson at Scots Church.

Barbara Bendix was married to Neil McFarlane at St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Surrey Hills. Barbara is a former Victorian swimming champion.

Lorraine Coghlan was married to John Robinson at St. Mary's Church of England, Caulfield, on 19th December. Lorraine is the former Victorian tennis singles champion.

Jill Clark was married at Melbourne Grammar School Chapel to Edgar Winter.

65 THE OLD COLLEGIAN Jill Wocdfull was married on 21st January to John Armour in Littlejohn Memorial Chapel, Scotch Co.lege. Jean Woodfull was a bridesmaid.

Beverley Slade was married to Raymond Braybon at St. James' Church of England, Tongala, on 18th July, 1959.

Judith Roe, of Cobram was married at the Methodist Church, Ivanhoe, to James Colin, of Berrigan, N.S.W. Lillian Duncan was married to Geoffrey Hadley at Queen's College Chapel, Parkville.

Elizabeth Duncan was married at Fitchett Chapel to Donald Allen.

Penelope Lardner was married to Flying Officer Ronald Crump at St. John's Church of England, Camberwell. Sister Helen Lardner was a bridesmaid. They are now living in Malaya.

Margaret Jane was married at Fitchett Chapel to Kenneth Lloyd on 19th March.

Elaine Jeffcry was married to Robert Word at St. Jude's Church, Alphington, on 31st October, 1959. Bridesmaid, Jill Evans.

Elaine Jeffreys married Robert Ward in October at Alphington. Bridesmaid was Jill Evans.

Berice Callander was married to Keith Ougk at Portland Methodist Church on 12th March.

Mrs. Evans (Pamela Westwood) and Mrs. J. Rennick (Judy Bull) were attendants.

Lynette Tocknell was married to Brian Collins in Fitchett Chapel on 9th January. June Wyatt was a bridesmaid. Lynette's mother is an O l d Collegian (Viva Parker).

Barbara Paton was married to Alec Deane at College Church, Parkville, on 5th March. Ruth Paton was one of the bridesmaids.

Lyn Lamb married Darryl Hornsby on 26th January at St. Hilary's Church of England, Kew. Judy Rosenberg was married to Don Mitchell on 13th January.

Aldyth Townley was married to Kenneth Kee at Glen Iris Presbyterian Church on 26th March.

Bridesmaids included Jane Eddison and Carol Townley, who is a present student.

Joy Endacott was married to Robert Gerdtz at Black Rock Methodist Church on 17th October.

Noel Newstead was married to Peter Orwin at Fitchett Chapel on 5th March. Her sister, Pam Ne-.vstead, was one of the bridesmaids.

Vivienne Williams was married to Kenneth Clarke at Wesley Church, Melbourne, on 29th January, 1959.

Dr. Aliscn Luekis was married to Dr. Peter Brooks in London.

Lorraine Roberts was married to Raymond' Whittingslow at Methodist Church, Benalla.

Bridesmaids were Margaret Birkett and Una Chapman.

Barbara Taylor was married to Richard Ham on 16th December. Barbara is the daughter of Mrs. W . I. Taylor (Essie Robinson).

Margaret King, daughter of an Old Collegian (Dorcen Adams), was married to Kevin Davies at St. James' Church of England, Glen Iris, on 5th March. Susanne King was a bridesmaid.

Judith Sleep was married to Alan Smoker at Cooloongatta Road Methodist Church.

Bridesmaids were Anne Hartnett and Claire Monkoe.

Joyce Hagger was married to Robert Denny on: 16th September at Melbourne Grammar Chapel.

Jocelyn Hicks was married to Oliver Gregory at the new St. James' Church, East Malvern, on 24th February.

Helen Butler married David Aitken at Littlejohn Memorial Chapel, Scotch College, in September, and have been to America and are now in England.

Hilary Joseph was married to Colin Vary at Fitchett Chapel, M.L.C., on 28th November.

Margaret Archer married John James at Melbourne Grammar Chapel.

Naomi Granger was married to Leon Serry at the St. Kilda Synagogue on 15th March.

Barbara Galbraith at Fitchett Chapel.

Diane Gallus was married to Peter Brown at St. Luke's Church of England, Vermont, on 10th October.

Margaret Guthridge was married to Stephen Goldsmith on 28th November at Fitchett Chapel.

married Donald

McKenzie

Margaret Fitzgerald married Reno Bennassi at Fitchett Chapel on 5th May. Janice Ferguson married Ron Lucas in September.

Joan Bodinnar was married to Simon Desborough at St. John's, Toorak, on 20th November.

Joan Greiner married Donald Escott on 4th July at St. James' Church, Tongala. Bridesmaids were Ncel Greiner and Judith Rowe.

Joan is daughter of Una Pearce.

Wendy Miller was married in Albury at Easter to Brian Morfat.

Evelyn Coldwell married David Reynoldson at Fitchett Chapel.

Joan Wilson was married to Ken Hoy at Fitchett Chapel on 24th March. Her mother is an Old Collegian who will be remembered as Bon Roberts.

Ann Peasley was married to David Armstrong at St. Andrew's Church of England, Brighton, on 9th May.

Shirley Merrylees was married to Frank McFarland at the Methodist Church, Euroa, on 20th February.

Jean Hirst was married to Geoffrey Tulloch at Ivanhoe Methodist Church on 28th November.

The bridesmaids were Old Collegians Wendy Finch and Carole Junghenn.

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66 BIRTHS

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Woodward (Lois Thorpe) — a daughter (Elizabeth), born 14th May, 1959.

Mr. and Mrs. D. Rozenby (Barbara Fenton) — a daughter (Lynne Christine), born 15th December, 1959.

Mr. and Mrs. Stan Roper (Ailsa Sefton)—a son (Michael), born September, 1959.

Mr. and Mrs. R. Evans (Shirley Rush)—a daughter (Christine Shirley), born 21st December, 1959.

Mr. and Mrs. Doug Barelli (Linnell Wood) — a daughter (Linnell-Anne), born October, 1959.

Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson (Linda Hamon)—a son (Donald Lachlan), born August, 1959.

Mr. and Mrs. Alan Jennings (Judith Tredinnick)—a daughter, born 28th March, 1959.

Mr. and Mrs. Dodd (Jocelyn daughter, born 2nd February, 1960.

Mr. and Mrs. Alison MacFarlane (Robin Sandbach)—a daughter (Joan Elizabeth), born 16th November, 1959.

Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wappet (Judy Chapman) — a son (Ian Geoffrey, born 3rd May, 1960.

Cornell)—a

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Robinson (Faye Bowman) — a daughter, born 18th March, 1959.

Mr. and Mrs. John Williams (Margaret Marfleet)—a daughter (Deidre Margaret), born 13th January, 1960.

Mr. and Mrs. Henri Touzeau (Marie a son, born 21st October, 1959.

Mr. and Mrs. Peter McEwan (Adair tan)—a son, born 27th September.

Bull) —

Dr. and Mrs. Roy Schofer (Joan Mason)—a son (Roger Lee), born 4th August, 1959, at Alabama, U.S.A. Mr. and Mrs. Cubbins (Jean Pegler)—a son (Robert Bruce), born August, 1959.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brooking (Joan Smith) — a son (Richard John), born 9th September, 1959.

Mr. and Mrs. Ian Jones (Anne Paton)—a daughter (Rosemary Lynne), born on 3rd March, 1960.

Mr. and Mrs. Ray Delarue (Dorothy Kerwin) — , daughter (Coral Dorothy), born 19th March, 1960.

Mr and Mrs. Michael Hanlon (Nereda Dawes) —a son, born 5th March, 1960.

Mr. and Mrs. Neville McNeil (Marjorie Robinson)—a son (Richard Neville), born 18th March, 1960.

Mr. and Mrs. John Shaw (Betty Power)—a daughter ({Catherine Mary), born 9th September 1959.

Mr. and Mrs. J. Lukus (Lorraine Cunnick)—a son (Christopher Lloyd), born September, 1959.

Mr. and Mrs. Brian Zimmerman (Evelyn Mintern)—a daughter (Catherine Joy), born 31st December, 1959.

Egg'es-

Mr. and Mrs. Ray Mylius (Beth Judkins)—a son (Peter Bryant), born 23rd March, 1960.

Mr. and Mrs. Rod Annand (Helen Purves) — a daughter (Jeanette Raelene), born 23rd March, 1960.

Mr. and Mrs. Norm Clapperton)—a daughter 14th November, 1959.

Prendergast (Dorothy (Marianne Lise), born

Mr. and Mrs. Graeme Brenton (Patricia Williams)—a son (Peter Robin), born 18th April, 1959.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Calwell (Constance Mellor)—a daughter (Philippa Jane), born May, 1959.

Mr. and Mrs. Feith (Betty Evans)—a daughter (Anne Marie).

Mr. and Mrs Bruce Rollins (Shirley Michael) — a daughter (Wendy), born in Timor in September.

Mr. and Mrs. Chambers (Laura Varley)—a son (Scott Warren), born 11th October, 1959.

Mr. and Mrs. Clive Perry daughter, born 26th October.

(Pam

Rev. and Mrs. Elzo Vandermark Brownrigg)—a son.

Lyall)—a (Josephine

Mr. and Mrs. Bob Roberts (Alys Leech)—a son (Geoffrey Ian).

Mr. and Mrs. Colin Goldsworthy (Marli Albiston)—a son (Richard).

Mr. and Mrs. Don Thompson —a son (David Erskine).

Mr. and Mrs. Edmonds (Esmi Clarke)—a son (Anthony John), born August.

Mr. and Mrs. Ian Clarke (Heather Murdoch) —-a son (Murdoch Allister, born Horsham, 31st December.

Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Bird (Beris Greenwood) — a son (Robert Kingsley).

Mr. and Mrs. Mrx Corbett — a daughter (Sandra).

(Eve McLennan)

(Ruth Merritt)

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Johnston (E aine Murdoch)—a daughter (Alison Judith), born Yallourn in March.

Jackett)—a

Mr. and Mrs. Prewer (Marie Goldsmith)—a daughter, born at Methodist Parsonsge, Wynysrd, Tas., in March.

Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wisbey (Shirley Procter)-— a daughter (Sally), born on 5th April.

Mr. and Mrs. B. Dry (Thelma Haslam)—a son (Cary Gage), on 2nd March, at Perth, W . A .

Mr. and Mrs. Hyden (Aileen daughter (Sally), born July, 1959.

67 THE OLD COLLEGIAN BEREAVEMENTS The Club extents its sympathy to the following Old Collegians who have suffered bereavements during the past year.

Mrs. K. Woods of her mother.

(Jean Stodden), for the loss

Ruth Bennett, in the loss of her mother in December, 1959.

Mrs. Webb (Margaret Barlow) and Mrs. Head (Gwen Barlow), in the death of their father.

Mrs. Peters (Betty Miller) and Mrs. Barry (Lois Miller), for the death of their mother.

Claudia Ward, who lost her mother.

Christine Mock, who lost her mother.

Mrs. H. Stevens (Dora Pryor), Mrs. D. Thomas (Veda Pryor), Mrs. Fred Cornell (Edna Pryor), and Mrs. N. Cathcart (Beryl Pryor), who lost their mother in November.

Mrs. Grenfell Rudduck (Loina Amos), in the death of her father on 7th May, 1960.

Mrs. A. Dufty (Faith Wellard), who lost her husband in March, 1959.

VALE Sympathy is extended to the families these Old Collegians who have died the last year.

of in

Mrs. Wright (Jan Edwards), who was killed on 28th October at a level crossing accident. In her last year at school Jan was a sports captain of Berry.

Mrs. A. Thomas (Day Thompson), who died in February.

Miss May Beaty, who passed away in May. Miss Beaty was one of the first members of the club, and sister of Bessie Beaty.

Miss Gillian Gaylard, who died on 10th August at the age of 21. Gillian is particularly remembered for her generous gesture in giving prize money she had won to the Mooroopna Base Hospital.

Pamela Johansen, who was killed in an accident last year at the age of fifteen.

Mrs. Tom Wood (Gertrude Osborne), who lost her husband.

Mrs. P. R. Leslie (Mabel Rowe), whose mother died in August, 1959.

Mrs. Chambers (Laura Varfey), whose father died in November.

SYMPATHY The Club offers its sympathy to Dr. Wood and family on the death of his mother on 1st September, 1959.

Mrs. Joan Croft (Eileen Mussen), for the loss of her father.

Mrs. Shelton (Judith Wilkinson), Mrs. Black (Barbara Wilkinson), and Pat and Margaret Wilkinson, in the loss of their mother.

Mrs. Purvis (Ella Pizzey), Mrs. Bond (Freda Pizzey), and Olive Pizzey, for the loss of their brother.

Mrs. M. Muir (Betty Knucfcey) and Jeanette Knuckey, whose father died on 1st January, 1960.

OBITUARY Although not an Old Collegian herself, older members of the Club will be sad to learn of the death of Miss Beatrice Parsons, who died on 10th February this year.

Miss Parsons was a sportsmistress at the school for many years.

Mrs. C. J. Rodd (Yvonne Jepson), whose father died.

Mrs. Heatherington (Diane Knight), for the loss of her infant son.

Mrs. Churchley (Edith Binns) and Mrs. Gray (Olive Binns), for the loss of their mother.

Mrs. Walker (Joy Masters), for the loss of her ten-year-old son on 18th August, 1959.

Mrs. Ross Lukeis (Judith Bell), whose father died on 18th October.

Joy Ditty, whose mother died.

Mrs. Penrose (Lorraine Deutsher), whose father died on 9th December.

Mrs. D. Crone (Leonore Pearse), whose husband died, and Mrs. Ray (Barbara Crone) and Mrs. Stubbs (Patsy Crone), for the loss of their father on 2nd November.

BIRTHDAYS Two of the oldest members of the Club will be celebrating their birthdays soon.

Mrs. Wilson (Fanny Luke) will be 93 in July, and her sisterin-law, Mrs. M. J. Luke (Margaret Thodey) will be 90 in September. Mrs. Wilson entered M.L.C. in its opening year, while Mrs. Luke was a pupil at the school from 1884-1888.

M.L.C. traditions have been carried out in the family for many years. Sisters of Mrs. Wilson include Mrs. Carey (Sadie Luke) and her other sister, who died at the age of 84, Mrs. Hawthorn (Zillah Luke). Mrs. Luke has two daughters who are Old Collegians, Edith and Frida, who live with her at Box Hill, while her niece, Mrs. M. Pescott (Joan Luke), a past student, has enrolled her two daughters, Susan and Julie, at school.

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Committee: Miss D . Cerutty, Miss C. Greenwood (Records), Patricia Ballantyne, Diana Bruhn, Wendy Buchanan, Suzanne Carmichael, Elizabeth Gilliam, Margaret Henry, Leonie Hodges, Solway Love, Eden Liddelow, Penelope Tilbrook, Rosslyn Wortley, Shirley Ashton, Elida Brereton, Helen Conochie, Meredith Hunkin, Judith McDonald, Jennifer Mills, Hermione St. John Smith, Lorraine Sherlock, Jocelyn Timewell.

Editorial "O, hearken, for this is wonder.

Light looked down and beheld Darkness, 'Thither will I go,' said Light.

Peace looked down and beheld War, 'Thither will I go,' said Peace.

Love looked down and beheld Hatred, 'Thither will I go,' said Love.

So came Light, and shone.

So came Peace, and gave rest.

So came Love, and brought Life."

Christ is Peace but still barriers of selfishness and distrust divide individuals and nations, and our world is racked with wars and rumours of wars. There is a challenge to the governments of so-called Christian countries to put into practice the teaching of Christ—"Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which persecute you and despitefully use you."

In the simplicity of these words of Laurence Housman lies the basic message of Christmas.

To-day, as often in centuries past, the world stands on the brink of disaster. Only the message of hope which the Incarnation brings can give men the courage to endure and the faith to believe that "all things work together for good to them that love God". Christ brought Light to the world but many who have received this great gift do not or will not share it. W e who love Christ become "the light of the world" and have been commanded to let that light shine before men to help dispel the darkness of sin and unbelief.

Christ brought to men the gift of love and we rejoice that there is to-day a growth of the social conscience, a sympathetic concern for the homeless refugee, the lonely migrant, the underprivileged family. Still many, however, despise and reject His gift and so, in many places, hatred is rife and inhumanity is widespread.

As Christian Youth, let us go forward in the belief that the final victory lies with the Lamp of Light, the Prince of Peace, the God of Love.

As we act upon this belief so will His light shine, His peace give rest, and His love bring Life.

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School Diari( May: 31st: Beginning of Term II.

June: 3rd: In Open Period, under the auspices of S.C.M., Mr. Alan Reid spoke about the Brotherhood of St. Laurence and its very important work.

3rd: A Round Table Debate was held with Camberwell High, at M.L.C. 7th: "Macbeth" was presented to the Leaving Forms by the Young Elizabethan Theatre Trust.

10th: In Open Period, under the auspices of U.N.A., Mrs. Laxton spoke for World Refugee Year on her experiences in Refugee Camps in Europe and Hong Kong.

17th: Under the auspices of S.C.M., Miss Dunn, a member of our staff, gave a most interesting talk on Korea and her experiences as a missionary there.

17th: The Boarders celebrated their birthday in the evening.

17th: The French Festival at C.L.C. was attended by a number of our girls, some of whom performed a short play.

August: 3rd: Senior School Examinations began.

18th-19th: Two parties of girls went for a day trip to the National Capital, Canberra.

25th: Senior School Choral Contests. In honour of Dr. Floyd, these Contests will, in future, be known as the "A. E. Floyd Inter-house Music Contests".

25th: The Matric. Dance was held at M.L.C. 26th: End of Term II. 29th: Another party of girls and two members of Staff went to Canberra for the day.

September: 13th: Beginning of Term III. 16th: Under the auspices of U.N.A. in Open Period, Dr. Braun, the U.S. Cultural Officer, spoke on "The Position of the Negro in Society".

23rd: In Open Period the Rev. J. S. Waite, of Auburn Methodist Church, spoke under the auspices of S.C.M. 30th: Tiddeman defeated Fitchett in the Final Inter-house Debate on the topic, "That the effects of automation have been more detrimental than beneficial".

October:

21st: A most enjoyable debate was held with M.C.E.G.G.S.

8th: Entrance and Continuation Scholarships.

11th: A Round Table Debate was held with M.C.E.G.G.S., at M.L.C.

July:

14th: In Open Period, Mrs. Zainuddin gave a very comprehensive talk on Indonesia where she has spent a number of years.

1st: In Open Period, four girls spoke and showed slides on the recent New Zealand Tour.

1st: A Round Table Debate was held with Melbourne High School.

1st: Middle and L.M.S. Exams, began.

8th: Senior School Scripture Examination.

14th: French students celebrated French National Day in the Assembly Hall.

15th: In a semi-final House Debate in Open Period, Tiddeman defeated Krome, debating "That modern entertainments are lowering, rather than raising public taste".

22nd: Under the auspices of S.C.M., the Rev. T. Harvey, Chaplain of Pentridge Gaol, spoke in Open Period.

30th: Senior School Music Recital.

27th: Middle House Music Contests.

28th: Scripture Exam, for Senior School.

31st: Mid-term holiday.

November: 8th: Leaving and Intermediate Exams.

11th: Middle and L.M.S. Exams, begin.

14th: University College Scholarship Exams.

17th: Communion Service.

17th: Matrics. leave after school.

23rd: Matriculation Exams, begin.

December: 2nd: Parents' Day (Exhibition of Work).

9th: Speech Day. —H.C.

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School Activities Chapel Notes The regular Sunday evening services since last July have included the following special services: Berry and Cato House Services on 10th July.

Fitchett House Service on 21st August.

Krome House Service on 2nd October.

Nevile House Service (attended by Mr. and Mrs. R. W . Nevile) on 16th October.

Reception of Members on 23rd October.

Annual Old Collegians' Service on 30th October.

3XY Broadcast Service on 27th November (recorded on 20th November).

Christmas Carol Service on 4th December.

Mr. S. M. Seymour preached at the service on 14th August and has assisted the Principal at all services.

Among the disbursements from Chapel collections have been £60 to Methodist Overseas Missions, £60 to Hawthorn Methodist Circuit, £33 to World Refugee Appeal, and the collection at the Christmas Carol Service to the Christmas Bowl Appeal (Inter-Church Aid and Service to Refugees).

There have been weekly services (27) for sections of the School this year in addition to weekly (Wednesday) devotional services, several S.C.M. services, 8 a.m. Boarders' Communion, School Communion, and the Boarders' Prayers every evening. The Chapel this year has certainly become the centre of the School's devotional life.

Adult Baptisms in Fitchett Chapel

Rosemary Corben and Mr. Peter Foard, on 17th September, by the Rev. R. W . Allardice.

Jill Matthias and Mr. Josef Worsch, on 24th September, by the Principal.

Margaret Gale and Mr. George Dewar, on 1st October, by the Principal.

Janice Roe and Mr. Graeme R. Dryden, on 1st October, by the Rev. R. J. Philp, uncle of the bride, and the Principal.

Kay Worsley and Mr. Louis N. Allan, on 15th October, by the Principal.

Judith Parkinson and Mr. Alan S. Parker, on 22nd October, by the Principal.

Mary Jones and Mr. Harry N. Were, on 22nd October, by the Principal.

Alison Benjamin and Captain Claud Ducker, M.C., on 29th October, by the Principal.

Norma Reed and Mr. Wallace Wathen, on 5th November, by the Principal.

Margaret Joseph and Mr. Herbert Bartlett, on 5th November, by the Principal.

Maxine Day and Mr. George Haddon, on 12th November, by the Principal.

Annette Smith and Mr. John C. Thwaites, on 18th November, by the Principal.

Elizabeth Darbyshire and Mr. Dennis James, on 19th November, by the Principal.

Joy Sandford and Mr. Ronald Hood, on lflth November, by the Principal.

Betty Allan and Mr. Neville A. Fuller, on 26th November, by the Principal.

Ching Yu Tsiang on 8th May. Carol Armstrong and Helen Gardiner on 23rd October.

Weddings in Fitchett Chapel Pixie Dixon and Mr. Gualberto Argenti, on 26th July, by the Principal.

Mary Morgan and Mr. William E. Sansum, on 11th August, by the Principal.

Mary Jean Ross and Mr. Fred McGuinness, on 26th August, by the Rev. A. Mathewson.

Rosemary Garonne and Mr. Keith R. Lacey, on 27th August, by the Principal.

Lois Jones and Mr. Eric Little, on 27th August, by the Rev. R. W. Little, father of the bridegroom, and the Principal.

Judith Richards and Mr. Leslie D. Nixon, on 10th September, by the Principal.

Janice Hull and Mr. Michael Dale, on 17th September, by the Rev. J. E. Hull, father of the bride, and the Principal.

Reception of Church Members On Sunday evening, 23rd October, at a special service in Fitchett Chapel, twenty-three boarders were confirmed and publicly received into Church membership. The anthem sung was "Fill Thou my life, O Lord my God" (Eric Thiman). A Bible was presented to each of the girls with the earnest hope that this book might serve as their guide in the Christian way throughout their lives. The parents of some of the girls received into membership had come considerable distances from the country.

The twenty-three boarders received into membership on profession of faith were: Carol Armstrong, Helen Broadbent, Patricia Coldwell, Lesley Falla, Helen Gardiner, Elizabeth Grant, Dorothy Green, Rhondda Grosvenor, Glenys Hawkins, Keren Heard, Gillian Holloway, Margaret King, Kay Mason, Judith Manley, Jennifer Mitchell, Joan Nicholls, Susan Pollock, Tiina Randmae, Joan Rodger, Julie Sanguinetti, Heather Simpson, Judith Stewart, Helen Watters.

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Personality

MEREDITH H U N K I N , Joint School Pianist.

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LOIS BROWN, Captain of Hockey, Captain of Athletics.

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MILLER, Tennis.

JILLIAN GREENWOOD, Captain of Basket-ball, Captain of Baseball.

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MARGARET H I G G I N B O T T O M , Joint School Pianist.

L Y N N REARDON, Captain of Swimming.

ROBYN BROADBENT, Joint School Organist (with Joy McGeehan).

SILVER AND GREEN Devotional In the quiet of our Chapel at twenty to nine each Wednesday morning we have a wonderful opportunity of meeting in fellowship to praise God in prayer and to think about the Word of God and the Christian way of life.

We are grateful to Dr. Wood for leading these weekly Devotional meetings as they are a great help to many girls. From his most recent talks we have leamt to understand more clearly the passages in the Bible known as the Beatitudes. He has explained each one carefully and has helped us to apply them to our everyday life.

Many of us will be leaving school this year and others will be returning to continue their studies. But wherever we may be, we will follow in the way of Christ, and we will pray: "O that all might catch the flame, All partake the glorious bliss."

—Thalia Dickson.

Student Christian Movement "Where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them."

During the year members of S.C.M. have had the opportunity to listen to a number of very interesting speakers.

We were privileged again by a visit from the Rev. T. Harvey, the Padre from Pentridge Gaol, who gave us a very interesting address on "You and the Criminal".

Mr. Harvey spoke of the psychology of the criminal, and of the society's duty in understanding and rehabilitating the criminal.

The Rev. J. S. Waite, from Auburn Methodist Church, spoke on "Faith and Belief". His address took the form of questions and discussions, and this was fully appreciated by all who heard him.

Mr. Brian Connor, from Ormond College, Melbourne University, gave a very interesting and informative address to the Matrics. about S.C.M. study and service at the University.

Dr. Wood consented to answer questions on "Faith" put forward by members of the senior study circles.

A S.C.M. tea and service was held at M.L.C. in Second Term, when the Rev. J. S. Waite addressed the fairly large gathering.

Girls also attended an inter-schools' tea at Wesley College.

Our thanks go to Miss Cerutty and Mr. Seymour and all the study circle leaders, for guiding us in our studies throughout the year.

The climax of the S.C.M. year at M.L.C. was the final service held in Fitehett Chapel, when Dr. Wood delivered the address and presented badges to a number of members.

Mr. Seymour's commendatory prayer, centring in sincerity and dedication, summed up the spirit in which we are to go out in wider spheres of service.

"Especially do we pray For all those kneeling here, Who will go out from school To new tasks and new fields of service—

Keep them enthusiastic, keep them keen, Keep them genuine, and above all else, Keep them in touch with Christ, As He will always be theirs; Through His name we ask it. Amen."

—Joy McGeehan.

United Nations

Association

This year has been most successful for the School U.N.A., the highlight of the activities being the U.N.A. Regional All-Day Conference for Students held at P.L.C. on Saturday, 2nd July.

The guest speakers were Professor Zelman Cowen, who gave a lecture on "The Extent to which the United Natons may concern itself with Happenings within a Specified Country"; and Mr. Ralph Harry, of the Department of External Affairs in Canberra, who spoke on "High Water Marks of Nationalism". In the break between the lectures, a film, "Workshop for Peace" was shown, illustrating the work of the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

In the first U.N. Open Period for Second Term Mrs. Laxton, from the Victorian School for Deaf Children, gave a vivid description of refugee camps she had visited in Europe and Hong Kong.

On 9th June, Miss Willis spoke to the Middle School about World Refugee Year.

In the next Open Period, Cecilia Focken, Janet Smith, Judith Smith and Shirley Ashton, who were members of a group which toured the North Island of New Zealand during the May holidays, spoke and showed slides on their trip.

Dr. Braun, ^a United States Cultural Officer, discussed the "Position of the American Negro in Society To-day". Dr. Braun traced the growth of anti-negroid feeling amongst Southerners, explained the difficulties and fears facing the Congress, and gave illustrations of partly successful policies.

In the last U.N. Open Period, Mrs. Zainuddin gave an informative talk showing the differences in the culture and civilisation of Australia and Indonesia, and outlined the history of Indonesia up to the official granting of Independence in December, 1949. Mrs. Zainuddin also referred to the problem of West New Guinea, presenting arguments from both the Dutch and Indonesian points of view.

In the fortnightly lunch-time meetings of U.N., two committee members, Bronwen Baker and Catherine McCarthy, gave carefully prepared addresses on the General Assembly and Secretariat of the United Nations.

Mr. William Drummond gave a very interesting speech on Esperanto, the international language, and the world-wide "Esperanto Club".

Mrs. Ashton, President of the School U.N., gave an enlightening talk on New Guinea, discussing the geographical, economical and political aspects, which helped us to understand more clearly the problems to be overcome in the development of the country.

Two meetings were taken by Miss Steenson, a member of Staff, who gave a very vivid description, illustrated by slides, of her recent world trip.

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Mrs. Aspinall, a senior mistress, spoke in the last meeting for the year on the "People of Pakistan, their Customs and Problems". From personal experience among Pakistanis, Mrs. Aspinall was able to give us a comprehensive picture of life in Pakistan; and a greater understanding of the problems facing the people.

During the year the School has been represented at the Inter-school Committee Meeting and Discussion Evenings and five girls were present at the service at the Shrine on United Nations Day, 24th October. A dance, organised by the Interschool Committee, was held at Malvern Grammar in Second Term.

In connection with World Refugee Year, an appeal was launched throughout the School, the total raised amounting to £816/5/7. The Committee wishes to express its sincere thanks for the generosity shown by all.

Our best wishes go to the School U.N. of next year, and our thanks to this year's President, Mrs. Ashton; Vice-president, Gail Taylor; Dr. Wood; and other members of the Staff and Committee who helped make this year such a success.

—Meredith Albury.

Social Service Notes This year our School social service work has been most successful and the excellent results have been due, largely, to the work of Miss Howie, other members of Staff and Social Service Captains who have inspired their Forms to greater efforts.

Over £400 was raised last term and this has been divided among many different charities, some, such as the Inland Mission and the Methodist Babies' Home, receiving very large amounts.

The money from some Forms has been sent to India and several other Forms are sponsoring children in Europe.

About 2000 eggs and £31 were raised for the the annual Egg Day Appeal and these were gratefully received by Epworth Hospital.

Throughout the year several girls have been helping at the Collingwood and North Richmond Missions one afternoon a week. It is hoped that next year more girls will take part in this community effort.

During First Term a "Food for Peace" appeal was launched by Father Tucker. S.C.M. agreed to

•—Photo. Stuart Tompkins.

LIBRARY A N D M A G A Z I N E COMMITTEES, Back Row

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(left to right): Valerie Driver, Pam Downes, Norma Butler, Anne Waite, Pat Ballantyne, Wendy Buchanan, Helen Conochie, Elizabeth Gilliam, Eden Liddelow.

Second Row: Alison Wv'ie, Susan Canham, Judith Murray, Gayel Larkins, Wendy Davenport (Librarian), L y n n e Jackson (Editor), Jocelyn Timewell, Diana Bruhn, Suzanne Davies, Judith McDonald, Leonie Hodges, Penelope Tilbrook, Jennifer Mills, Solway Love.

Kneeling: Vera MacKenzie, Julie Cooper, Helen Fry, Valerie Neilson, Elida Brereton, Lorraine Sherlock, Shirley Ashton, Meredith Hunkin, Hermione St. John Smith.

Front: Heather Blarney, Suzanne Carmichael, Rosslyn Wortley. Absent: Margaret Henry, Carol Croydon.

9 SILVER A [D GREEN take over the management of this campaign. The result was excellent, and £200 was sent from M.L.C. A similar "envelope" appeal was conducted in June for the World Refugees. The U.N.A. was responsible for collecting the donations and again the response was overwhelming, with a total of £816.

During the last week of the year the Y.W.C.A. is holding a Christmas party for migrant children. Unfortunately, girls will be unable to take an active part, but Forms are collecting money to help with the expenses.

—Elizabeth Ferguson.

Debating

Notes

T o begin Second Term's debating activities a Round Table Debate was arranged with a party of boys from Camberwell High School. Discussion of topical and controversial subjects was most enjoyable. A group of M.L.C. debaters were invited to Melbourne High School early in July, when Russia, casual dances and religion were the main topics in an interesting evening's discussion.

For the first time M.L.C. and M.C.E.G.G.S. exchanged after-school visits, and it is to be hoped that these meetings will be continued next year, with equal success.

In the Leaving Inter-form Debates S.V.e defeated S.V.d, S.V.f defeated S.V.c, and S.V.a were the winners of a semi-final debate with S.V.e.

The final debate, which promises to be even and interesting, will be between S.V.a and S.V.f. The standard throughout this year has been consistently high. Unfortunately the impromptu speech-making practised at other of the lunch-time meetings of the Debating Society has not revealed quite the same good qualities.

Nevile and Fitchett debated "That world government is the only feasible solution to international problems" in a close debate which resulted in a victory to Fitchett. In the semi-final House Debate, won by Tiddeman from Krome, the topic for debate was "That modern entertainments are lowering rather than raising public taste". The final Inter-house Debate was between Tiddeman and Fitchett, when "The effects of automation will prove more detrimental than beneficial" was debated. Tiddeman ably talked their way to victory, and most receive full honours as winners of the House debating for the year.

Thanks are due to Miss Sutton and Miss Hotchin for their continued help and support as Joint Presidents. Their work is much appreciated b y all w h o have been concerned with debating during the year.

—Suzanne Davies.

French Club This term the activities of the French Club have been rather limited owing to the sudden return of Miss W o o d to England. Our deepest sympathies are extended to her in her bereavement. W e would like to welcome Mrs. Reicher, who came at such short notice in her place.

On 17th June four Matriculation Form girls presented a play, " L e Parapluie", for the Alliance

Francaise meeting at the Catholic Ladies College. The girls taking part were Diana Bruhn, Suzanne Davies, Eden Liddelow and Kerry Forrest.

For French National Day a very successful concert, including short plays, French songs and dances, was staged in the Assembly Hall under Miss W o o d ' s direction.

A large party of French students attended the Moliere play, "Les Precieuses Ridicules", which was performed at Wesley College on 22nd July.

This year, a record number of girls took part in the Alliance Francaise competitions, and it is hoped that results will inspire yet greater enthusiasm.

Finally, we would like to thank Mile. Buacquart for the help she has given us this term, especially in poetry and conversation.

—Kerry Forrest.

German Club 1960 has been a year in which the German Club has provided increasing knowledge and entertainment for ardent German students.

During Second and Third Terms we have, again, been fortunate in seeing numerous German news-films, which always prove very interesting.

Very enjoyable, also, was the performance in German of the witches' scene from Macbeth, presented at the annual Shakespeare Day by a number of girls learning German in Leaving. The German Club is concluding the year in the festive spirit with an after-school Christmas party, at which German Christmas carols and readings are to be presented, in addition to some typically German Christmas food.

Once again this year a large number of girls entered the Goethe poetry competition and the results were very pleasing, with prizes as well as honourable mentions being gained in all sections. The results are as follow: Sub-Intermediate: Equal Third Prize: Diana O'Meara.

Honourable Mention: Elwyn Balmer, Janet Dick, Ruth Dikstein, Katrine Engel, Susan Fowler, Margaret Froomes, Sally Gillman, Sandra Hocking, Margaret Oset, Janet Salthouse, Anne Stillwell, Sheila Thomas, Helena Woller.

Intermediate: Equal Third Prize: Fairlie Winston.

Honourable Mention: Karin Barker, Alison Burnell, Laurel Coultas, Irene Falkinstein, Claire McAfee, Ruth Vogel.

Leaving: Second Prize: Helen Conochie.

Honourable Mention: Jennifer Bond, Glenys Haack, Susan Hopkins, Meredith Hunkin.

Matriculation: Equal First Prize: Enid Sommerfeld.

Honourable Mention: Irene Upenieks, Diana Winston.

It was an honour for the School to see a group of our girls performing Goethe's " D i e wandelnde

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Glocke" at the University on the prize-giving evening.

Finally, on behalf of everyone in the German Club, I would like to thank Miss Gottschalk and Mrs. Balmaks for all their work during the year in enthusiastically arranging meetings and helping to produce the good results in the poetry competition.

—E.S. Latin Club Because of rather low membership this year, the Latin Club has had only one meeting. This took the form of a sing-song and was well attended.

A few girls were able to go to the Schools' Classical Evening at the University. Professor Hunt opened the meeting with an address in Latin, however it was too rapid to understand it in full.

The students then presented a scene from die "Helen" of Euripides. The play is a humorous treatment of the myth which says that the gods sent a phantom in Helen's place to Troy and kidnapped her to Egypt. Fortunately for us the scene was produced in English, so we understood it and found it very amusing.

Mr. Quinn gave a lecture on one of Horace's Odes being studied this year. W e found it very interesting to hear his opinions.

The meeting ended on an enthusiastic note with the singing of songs in Latin, including hits from "My Fair Lady".

Finally, we would like to take this opportunity of thanking Mrs. Macleish for her help throughout the year.

—Kamoya Clarke.

"To make music with my hands and heart * And breath and brain, And offer beauty back to God again, Who gave me every gift I thus employ, Doth give me joy."

—R. Maslin Williams.

The Music School has been more successful than ever since the beginning of Term II under the keen guidance of Mr. John Ingram. W e will be very sorry to farewell at the end of the year Miss Patricia Elliott, who, during the past three years has acted as assistant to the director, and has conducted the orchestra and violin and 'cello classes; also Miss Patricia Staples, who has taught class-work and piano in the Junior School for two years; Miss Weston, oboe; Miss Thompson, clarinet; and to Miss Mariana Maxwell, who has taught 'cello for two years.

As mentioned in the July Notes, two new piano classes were begun in Term II with Miss Aliki

Marcakis and Miss Pat Staples, and appear to be appreciated by the pupils. Next year there will be a special room for this work and we hope the classes will be an even greater success.

The School has acquired two more bassoons, two clarinets (Bb and A), an oboe, and a French horn during the year.

Using the girls who study 'cello, violin and recorder in classes, Miss Pat Elliott started two new orchestras in Second Term, in Junior and Lower Middle Schools.

Grade examinatons in piano and orchestral instruments were held at the School during September and October, in which many girls were very successful. Mr. Ingram immediately arranged a series of recitals to be given by these girls, which proved beneficial to performers and audience alike. Rosslyn Wortley had the distinction of passing the first parts of the A. Mus. examination (Teacher) in piano, gaining die exceptionally high mark of 182 out of 200, and we wish to congratulate her.

W e wish also to congratulate Hermione St. John Smith, who obtained her A. Mus. (Performer) in May. Hermione was chosen from a number of Melbourne's most talented young pianists to play the first movement of Schumann's Piano Concerto with the Junior Symphony Orchestra.

Again diis term, Mr. Ingram has enthusiastically arranged several lunch-time recitals, including a selection of Chopin Etudes played by Mr. Mack Jost, and a programme of original compositions written by members of Staff and some of the girls.

Our Senior Music Recital, held on Saturday, 30th July, instead of the usual Friday, was one of the most successful we remember. The programme was a varied one, with a comparatively large percentage of orchestral work, including a clarinet duet, a flute quartette, and for the first time, in recent years, at least, an organ solo, played

by Joy McGeehan. The works presented by the Senior Madrigal Group and the Senior Choir were most attractive, the latter including the "Song of Shadows" by Armstrong Gibbs, and "Gathering Song of Donald the Black" by G. T. Ball.

After the School examinations, all girls in Senior School worked hard at the set songs and special works for the Contest, which is henceforth to be known as the "A. E. Floyd Inter-house Music Contest". The name is given in honour of M.L.C.'s only "old boy", Dr. Floyd, who has adjudicated our Contest for thirty years. Victory was shared by Tiddeman and Fitchett.

The Middle School had its Recital and House Contest after these notes were written. The SubIntermediate girls had much success in their presentation of the opera, "A Health to John Patch".

The excellent work put into this last by Miss Vickery and the girls themselves deserves very high praise.

On 22nd September a small group of Senior Choir girls attended the funeral of the late G. R. Nicholas, C.B.E., a great benefactor of the School, to lead the singing of the hymn.

The Madrigal GrouD has made a ten-minute recording for the A.B.C. to be broadcast on the programme "Young Australia" on 26th October.

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We thank Miss Elton for her energetic training in all these items. Her work in the Music School in all sections is greatly appreciated.

—Solway Love.

Music Examination Results, 1960 Piano A.Mus.A.—Roslyn Wortley, Hermione St. J. Smith.

Grade VII.—Honours: Julia Marcroft. Credit: Wilma Dreverman, Margaret Higginbottom, Deloraine Keegel, Leonie Gunn, Julia Wilkinson, Robyn Broadbent. Pass: Judith Cockrem.

Grade VI.—Honours: Fiona Fairweather, Meredith .Hunkin, Denise Deerson, Janet Morgan.

Credit: Glenis Barclay, Helen Martin, Karin White, Betty Sun, Beris Turnley, Janette Mace. Pass: Helen McQueen.

Grade V.—Honours: Hermione St. J. Smith, Alison McAllister, Annette Mellor, Margaret Harry.

Credit: Cathryn Goh, Helen Broadbent, Jill Bartlett, Jan Cockrem, Karmen Gordon, Marjorie Hore, Susan Jame, Susan Taylor, Helen Ditterich, Mar-

[D GREEN garet Ferguson, Beverley Garlick, Ngaire Thompson. Pass: Lesley Mitchell, Helen Watson, Janice Smith, Joan Nicholls, Victoria Boyd, Nellie Yam, Elaine Higgs.

Grade IV.—Honours: Helen Broadbent, Margaret Lavender, Glenys Haack, June Lim, Margaret Sprott. Credit: Barbara Thornton, Heather Coleman, Victoria Boyd, Jeanette Moon, Ellwyn Balmer, Jeanette Kneen, Hilma McQueen, Petal Keegel, Jillian Elliott, Virginia Kirton, Erin Heath, Diana Nash, Liane Gavin. Pass: Gillian Holloway, Terrell Taylor, Maija Rinks, Margaret Sharp, Christine Edmunds, Ong Siew Hong, Jennifer Smith.

Grade III.—Honours: Kaye Tully, Leonie Hawthorne, Susan Fisher, Judith Wells. Credit: Betsy McKinlay, Robin Morey, Faye Sharpe, Laurette Chapman, Margaret Costello, Diane Bailey, Margaret Isom, Rosalie Atkins, Kay Cooper, Berice Smithers, Heather Bowe, Miriam Holland, Anne Jeppesen, Helen Trinnick, Carolyn Piccoli, Mary Alexander, Felicity Chenu, Gail Jackson, Carolyn Sharp, Mary Grills, Penelope Ferguson.

Grade II.—Honours: Bronwyn Woodall, Jan. Powell, Jennifer Bolwell, Mary Armstrong, Pam Spry, Pamela Wilkeson. Credit: Janice Blair, Rosalie Hill, Virginia Van Towsey, Carol Birrell, Jennesse Blaikie, Gwen Jenkin, Rosslyn Kerfoot.

Pass: Judith Davies.

Grade I.—Honours: Susan Winter, Gwenda James, Vera Kho, Kaye Williams, Alison White.

Credit: Lynette Draeger, Andrea Goldsmith,

—Photo. Stuart Tompkins.

SCHOOL MADRIGAL SINGERS. Standing: Gweneth Quirk, Diane Hancock, Helen McQueen, Margaret Almond, Rae Wilson, Hermione St. John Smith, Alison McAllister, Judith Morgan, Margaret Higginbottom, Solway Love, Joy McGeehan.

Sitting: Janette Mace, Julia Marcroft, Annette Meller, Anne Turnbull, Chee Kah Yeo, Julia Wilkinson, Margaret Isom, Meredith Hunkin, Leonie Hodges.

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Janette Bucknell, Claire Lapthorne, Celeste Touzeau, Kathryn Hogg, Vivienne Morton, Judith Vincent, Lin Louey, Anne Silverman, Nicole Jennings, Christine Eddey, Susan Stansfield. Pass: Heather Robinson, Caroline Scott, Marijke Van Beuge.

Preliminary.—Margot Thompson, Leonie Spargo, Rosemary Duncan, Carolyn Dick.

Organ Grade VI.—Credit: Joy McGeehan.

Violin Grade VI.—Honours:

Claire

Farmer.

Grade III.—Honours: Barbara Fisher, Rosalie Atkins. Credit: Christine Adams, Claire McAfee, Helen Jemison.

Grade II.—Honours: Elizabeth Matenson.

Wendy Dixon, Merrilie Matenson, Robyn Moon, Mary Armstrong, Felicity Chenu, Helen Jemison, Catherine Elder, Ann Jeppesen, Laurette Chapman, Helen Lechte, Bronwyn Woodall, Christine Adams, Heather Bowe. Credit: Leonie Hawthorn.

Grade I.—Honours: Carol Birrell, Sylvia Cowan, Susan Selwyn, Barbara Fisher, Dorothy Klamberg, Gwenda James, Jan Powell, Rosemary Allen, Rosalie Atkins, Jennifer Green, Una Parsons, Janice Brown, Marion Elder, Anne Norman, Faye Sharp, Elizabeth Parsons, Heather Brown. Credit: Mary Knee.

Musical Perception Grade IH.—Honours: Sandra Hacker. Credit: Glenys Haack, Julie Suares, Valerie Gess, Helen Watson. Pass: Terrell Taylor.

Grade V.—Pass: Karmen Mellor, Joan Taylor.

Gordon,

Annette

Viola Grade III.—Credit: Heather

Coleman.

'Cello Grade IV.—Honours: Denise Deerson. Credit: Robyn Langford.

Flute Grade VI.—Honours: Valerie Gess.

Grade V.—Honours: Merrilie Matenson.

Grade IV.—Honours: Jill Coulson.

Grade III.—Honours: Suzanne Hutchins, Lorna Hamer.

Oboe Grade III.—Honours:

Hilary

Mansfield.

Clarinet Grade V.—Honours: Meredith Hunkin.

Grade IV.—Honours: Judith Abbott.

Grade HI.—Credit: Diana Martin.

Dramatic

Art

"Acting is an art, and as an art, is the highest expression of human nature."

In our dramatic groups this year w e have read plays and done miming exercises and dialogues.

Apart from gaining much enjoyment, relief from the strain of a busy school life, and new friendships, we are given a knowledge of stagecraft, and an assuredness and poise in public speaking and in conversation.

W e are extremely grateful to Mr. Nevile f o r donating a trophy for an Inter-house Dramatic Contest.

This gives all dramatic students the chance to come to the fore and display their talents.

After a happy and beneficial year's work, the dramatic groups would like to thank Miss Dwyer, Miss Illingworth and Miss Thirlwell for their careful and interested tuition.

—Adrienne Holzer.

Theory

A r t of Speech N o t e s

Grade VI.—Credit: Judidi Cockrem, Meredith Hunkin.

Grade V.—Honours: Rosslyn Wortley, Hermione St. J. Smith. Credit: Margaret Ferguson, Leonie Gunn, Janette Mace. Pass: Janet Morgan.

"Speech is the expression and communication of thought, feeling and imagination."

Grade TV.—Honours: Fiona Fairweather, Helen McQueen, Margaret Lavender, Glenice McLeod, Beris Turnley, Deloraine Keegel. Credit: Ellwyn Balmer, Margaret Cameron, Helen Ditterich, Beverley Carlick, Virginia Kirton, Claire Farmer, Helen Broadbent. Pass: Heather Coleman, Janice Cockrem.

Grade III.—Honours: Judith Lillywhite, Joan Nicholls, Jean Elder, Denise Deerson, Margaret Harry, Gillian Holloway, Jeanette Kneen, Hilma McQueen. Claire Thompson, Nellie Yam, Diana Bell, Erin Heath, Jillian Elliott, June Lim. Credit: Christine Edmunds, Barbara Thornton, Helen Brain. Pass: Liane Gavin, Marilyn Veitch, Jennifer Smith, Ong Siew Hong.

Grade II.—Honours: Mary Alexander, Hilary Mansfield, Robyn Langford, Margaret Sprott, Susan Fisher, Margaret Costello, Jill Coulson,

This year the work of the Art of Speech school has maintained its past standards, and the lessons have not only been as successful and profitable as ever, but full of interest and enjoyment as well.

At the beginning of this term, a verse-speaking choir of five girls: Terry King, Airdrie Hutton, Kay Hobbs, Marion Grey and Adrienne Holzer, performed in the Melbourne Department of Christian Education's Jubilee Festival at the Melbourne Town Hall.

A record number of girls entered for the Art of Speech University Exams, with gratifying results, and we heartily congratulate all concerned.

Both for the intensive work for special occasions and for continued interest and instruction throughout the year, the Art of Speech students thank all the members of the Speech Staff, and especially Miss Dwyer, w h o gives unstintingly of her time and thought to our work.

—Adrienne Holzer.

SILVER A <JD GREEN Speech and Drama Examination Results Preliminary: Credit: Jennifer Howell, Trudi Kenealy, Kaye Boquest, Heather Wilbush, Helen Dittmer.

Pass: Margaret Rumpf, Shirley Thomas, Geraldine Lee. First Grade: Credit: Shane Turnley, Llewellyn Johns, Leonie McKay, Philippa Duncan, Sandra Morgan, Jillian Adams, Elizabeth Jeffrey, Gillian Dare, Diane Gill, Hilary Mansfield, Suzanne Williams, Veryan Charters, Elizabeth Dunn, Carolyn Piccoli, Rosalie Hill.

Pass: Frances Blyth, Marion Mitchell, Pamela Ruffley, Jillian Thomson, Jill Zerbie, Ruth Paynter, Mary Alexander, Rosalie Lahore, Helen Gray, Elizabeth Rice, Marilan Roper, Gayle Fisk.

Second Grade: Honours: June Salthouse, Susan Fowler, Anne Conde.

Credit: June Dick, Margaret Goldberg, Susan Selwyn, Rosalind Hardman.

Pass: Pamela Fergie, Greer Zantuck, Virginia Paddle, Meredith Morris, Patricia Hayes.

Third Grade: Credit: Marion Gray, Irene Falkenstein, Margaret Wall, Tania Gudinski.

Pass: Judith Macdonald, Valerie Driver, Barbara Pollard, Margaret Oset, Caroline Adams, Jennifer Mills.

Sixth Grade Theory: Credit: Adrienne Holzer.

Student-operated Bank Again this year the girls of Diploma A have successfully operated the student State Savings Bank, in Diploma A. The bank is open every Monday, with three branches in Diploma A and three in Cato Wing. Because of the great convenience this service provides, the school bank is very popular, and the work of the Diploma girls who operate it is appreciated.

Library Notes "Books are worlds of adventure, knowledge, wit and wisdom."

Every lunch time the Walton Library is full of girls of all ages and divers interests, delving with enthusiasm into these worlds. As well as fiction borrowers, of which there are over seven hundred this year, girls are to be seen poring over the art volumes, magazines and beautifully illustrated folio-size "elephant" books.

After school (especially this term, with exams, approaching!) many borrowers make good use of our fine collection of reference books. By the end of this year, we hope to have removed all out-of-date books from the Geography shelves, replacing them with some new additions.

The pamphlet section, which continues to be a source

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of great interest, is also being gradually reorganised and spread over new shelves which provide for more efficient use.

Early this term three Matriculation students attended a meeting of the Children's Book Council at which the topic "What is a Good Book?" was discussed. All three fully enjoyed the, evening enthusiastically adding their ideas to those of the other school representatives present.

Book covers are displayed regularly in Form rooms and new additions to the Library are advertised by way of posters or covers in the Cloister showcase and on the staircase noticeboard. The book trolley is very popular and has been used by many Forms this year.

We are grateful to all those who have donated books to the Library throughout the year and are especially indebted to Miss Luke, an Old Collegian, for her valuable gift of a volume of Spenser's poems printed in 1678.

Working bees have lately been introduced into Library Committee life with much success. After reviving ourselves with afternoon tea, we attend to matters which fiction borrowing has crowded out of lunch times. We are very grateful for the generous support given by Committee members during the year, and I know they join with me in thanking Mrs. Day for her unfailing assistance.

—Wendy Davenport.

Film Production Club This year, under the direction of Miss Perkins, the girls in the Film Production Club have learnt a great deal about what goes into making films.

Our Wednesday afternoons have been filled with interesting features such as how to use lighting equipment, direct and produce films, apply makeup, compile props, and write scripts.

During Second Term we worked ambitiously on the making of a twelve-minute film called "Too Many Cooks . . ." It was a skit on domestic science and we were given the use of the Domestic Science School on two Wednesday afternoons.

The film needed a great deal of preparation and we took nearly a term to complete it. W e used a 16 m.m. movie camera with colour film, and all the girls were allotted special jobs such as lighting technicians, wardrobe mistresses, prop and art directors, and make-up artists.

Miss Perkins and Mrs. Maddison have been responsible for the directing and producing, and Miss Woodfull, as well as participating in the film as the harassed school teacher, was expert at applying the make-up.

W e are very grateful for the time and work which Miss Perkins, Mrs. Maddison and Miss Woodfull have put into making our club a success.

—Janine Brendel.

Camera Club The Camera Club provided much interest this year. We began First Term by taking portraits of each other. Miss Perkins instructed us in the arrangements of lights and the taking of the

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actual picture. W e developed and printed these portraits ourselves, and they were most successful.

During Second Term, Miss Perkins and Mrs Maddison taught us the use of special colour pencils, with which we coloured our favourite photographs. Although we did not actually use them, we were shown how to use oil colours as well, and this proved to be very interesting.

This term so far we have been enlarging and printing our favourite negatives and we are going to sensitize papers and materials. With this process we will print photographs straight on to scarves of appropriate fabrics, and hope to make our own Christmas cards as well.

It is hoped that more Senior girls will join next year when we intend to go on photographic rambles on Saturdays.

The members of the Club would like to thank Miss Perkins and Mrs. Maddison for the time and effort they have devoted to the Club.

s'D GREEN Eight boarders helped form the choir on the occasion of the City of Hawthorn's Centenary Service at the Hawthorn Presbyterian Church, where the address was delivered by the Principal, Dr. Wood.

The splendid advertisements for contributions to "Red Rag" had their effect and the committee —with Meredith Hunkin and Heather McLean as joint editors—produced a wonderful edition.

Congratulations to Dorothy Berryman and Louise Hammon, who were awarded School Colours for Hockey.

Many thanks go to all the Resident Staff, especially Miss Cowper, for the splendid help they have given throughout this year, to Miss Flockart and Mr. Eggington for their leadership at Chapel Choir, to Dr. Wood and Mr. Seymour for leading worship in Fitehett Chapel, and to the House Prefects for their help during the year.

—Joy McGeehan.

—Kay Kettle.

Birthday Night Notes Boarders' Notes 1960 has been a very strenuous year for all the boarders, who have participated in full force in school activities during the year.

Monday, 30th May: Return to School for a very busy Term II. Friday, 3rd June: A party of boarders attended 'The Ascent of F6" at Scotch College, in aid of School's S.C.M. Tuesday, 14th June: A number of boarders went to the Olympic Pool to hear the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Charles Munch.

Friday, 17th June: Birthday Night!!

Saturday, 25th June: P.L.C. boarders came to visit us for an afternoon of sporting activities.

Friday, 26th August: Home for a well-earned break.

Monday, 12th September: Back to School for Term III. Saturday, 17th September: The Boarders' Dance.

Thanks to Heather McLean and her band of helpers for making the evening so enjoyable.

Friday, 30th September: A group of Senior boarders attended a Round Table Debate at Scotch College.

Wednesday, 19th October: Most of the Senior boarders attended the Overseas Mission Rally at the Melbourne Town Hall.

Saturday, 3rd December: A very enjoyable Boarders' Picnic was held.

During the year we welcomed two new mistresses to the House. Sister Griffith, who replaced Sister Grey, and Miss Barlee, who replaced Miss Grant.

A number of boarders were admitted into membership of their respective Churches, at Hawthorn Presbyterian Church, Holy Trinity, Kew, and at Fitehett Chapel where the most impressive service was conducted by Dr. Wood.

17th June—Would it ever come?

Despite the fact that it was our 78th birthday, Boarders' Birthday Night was a great event and as usual was accompanied by much merriment.

After a noisy tea in the attractively decorated dining-hall, the three-tiered cake was cut by the youngest boarder, and telegrams from past boarders were read. Many of these contained ominous warnings. At last our girl friends arrived and we conducted them up to the Assembly Hall.

This year Birthday Night took a slightly different form. Instead of a concert performed by boarders for their day-girl friends, both boarders and daygirls together enjoyed the colourful film "Geordie".

Before the film, a group of Juniors from overseas presented and explained to us some scenes from everyday life in these countries. This was followed by a musical trio for clarinet, piano and voice, the performers being Barbara Gotch, Meredith Hunkin and Trish Ballantyne. Then the Senior Dramatic Group presented the play "Red Riding Hood in Modern Times", which was greatly appreciated by the audience.

After an even noisier buffet supper and the appropriate speeches, we bade farewell to our friends and trudged off to bed, with the thoughts of a very happy and successful Birthday Night predominant in our minds.

Films Shown in Terms I I and III, 1960 Focus on France; Rose and the Mignonette; Defence Against Invasion; Breathing; Interdependence of Pond Life; Tibetan Traders; Marvels in Miniature; Date With Dizzy; Earth's Rocky Crust; Moon (U.S.A.); Soil and Foundations; Asian Earth; She Shall be Called Woman; Listen to Britain; Red River of Blood; Oliver Twist; Cane Cutters; Australia's Greatest River; Nature of Colour; Colour Keying in Art in Living; Exploring the Night Sky; Stairway to Heaven; Sound Waves; Sound Waves and Their Sources; Martin Luther; Your Skin; On the Borders of

SILVER A<JDGREEN 1374 Life; Earth is a Battlefield; A Charles Dickens Christmas; Colour of Man; Indian Village; Mallee Fowl. " A Health to John Patch" A ballad-operetta, "A Health to John Patch",

by James Reeves, with music arranged by Cecil Pope, was produced most successfully by Miss Dawn Vickery and the Sub-Intermediate girls, on Friday, 19th August, in the Assembly Hall.

The story of the opera is, very shortly, that the imaginary illnesses of a farmer, John Patch, prevent his daughter from marrying her lover, until the lover, disguised as a doctor and aided by the neighbours, frightens Patch into health by pretending to construct his coffin.

The main parts were taken by Sandra Morgan, Hilary Mansfield, Caroline Guile, Kaye Tully, Sandra Hacker, Roslyn Brereton, Judy Little, Diane O'Neil, Marilyn Veitch and Janet Eltringham, with a number of girls understudying their parts.

Margaret Cameron accompanied excellently, assisted by Denise Deerson and Valerie Hewitt.

The choruses were sung by various large groups taken from the Sub-Intermediate Forms, their Choir, and a group of girls trained by Miss Aliki Marcakis. Girls from four of the Forms had been trained by the Sports Mistresses for die final dance.

The work of Miss Illingworth and Miss Thirlwell for the opera was very much appreciated, and Miss Donaldson did a fine job with the make-up. Mr. Seymour was again a verv capable technical adviser and the scenery, built

by Mr. Snelling and his staff, proved very effective. Everyone, especially Miss Vickery, is to be congratulated on the splendid production.

The proceeds from the opera were given to the Music School Equipment Fund.

—Solway Love.

The Matriculation Dance The Matriculation Dance, which took place on the last evening of Second Term, was held in the Assembly Hall for the first time. It was an overwhelming success. The hall was transformed for the occasion, an arresting feature being the stage, which was decorated with masses of

Three

of

the Principal Characters—Roslyn Sandra Morgan and Sandra Hacker.

Brereton,

blooms. The grey curtains were drawn back in butterfly formation to reveal a beautiful bowl of flowers, highlighted by a background of red and blue lights. From the balcony hung manygreen and white balloons. The music provided by the six-piece band contributed to the gay, friendly atmosphere. An attractive supper was served in the foyer on tables decorated with trails of flowers. Sincere thanks are extended to Miss Kellaway and to Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Greenwood and the other enthusiastic parents who organised this function. The time and energy devoted by them and by the Ticket Secretaries, made the Matriculation Dance a most enjoyable occasion for the members of Staff and the girls who attended with their partners.

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Athletics This year, as the Sports (postponed because of rain on Saturday) had to be held on a week-day, there were no Inter-school events. This was rather unfortunate as the teams had practised and were running well. Earlier in the term, the teams competed at the Korowa Athletic Sports and acquitted themselves well.

Our Senior and Junior representatives, Joan Beckett and Sue Minter, are to be congratulated on running second in their flat races. The Senior relay team ran second to Korowa and the Junior team came fifth. The overhead spoke relay team did not do so well, coming seventh.

The Senior team was: Joan Beckett, June Twiss (v.-capt.), Thalia Dickson, Sue Furneaux, Pat Hayes, Babette Isaacson, Carol Leyshon, Lois Brown (capt.) and Joan Slade (emerg.).

The Junior baton relav was: Miriam Rodgers, Jenny Norton, Anne Stillwell, Jane Godbehear, Judy Tyquin, Jan Wood, Joan Walduck, Sue Minter (capt.) and Margery Foster.

Finally, we would like to thank Miss Price and Mrs. Emerson for their time and energy they spent in coaching and training the girls who attended athletic practices.

—Lois Brown.

Baseball When Baseball practices commenced in Term I, it was very encouraging to see the numbers who attended both the Senior and Junior practices. Miss Manning was in charge of the Senior and Miss Woodfull the Junior teams. There were sufficient girls interested to select second Senior and Junior baseball teams.

ATHLETICS Back Row

(left to right):

TEAM.

Joan Becfcett, Thalia Dickson, Lois Brown Babette Isaacson.

•—Photo. Stuart Tompkins. (capt.), June Twiss, Joan Slade,

Front Row: Suzanne Furneaux, Carol Leyshon, Patricia Hayes.

—Photo. Stuart Tompkins.

BASEBALL T E A M .

Back Row: Julie Sanguinetti, Jocelyn Timewell, Jillian Greenwood (capt.), Lynette Atkinson, Elizabeth Webb.

Kneeling: Dorothy Berryman, Pamela Horrocks, Glenys Greenwood, Kay Irlplett.

—Photo. Stuart Tompkins.

HOCKEY TEAM. Back Row (left to right): Joan Slade, Dorothy Berryman, Pamela Ralston, Lois Brown (capt.), Penelope Tilbrook, Thalia Dickson, Jill Renison.

Front Row:

Elizabeth Hall,

Robyn Broadbent,

Jill Cole, Louise

Hammon.

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Four girls were available from the 1959 team and the other vacancies were quickly and capably filled. The Senior team was chosen as follows: Elizabeth Webb (pitcher), Pamela Horrocks (catcher), Lynette Atkinson (v.-capt., 1st base), Glenys Greenwood (2nd base), Jocelyn Timewell (3rd base), Jillian Greenwood (capt., short stop), Kaye Triplett (l.o.f.), Julie Sanguinetti (c.o.f.), Dorothy Berryman (r.o.f.).

Dorothy Berryman replaced Glenice Cunnell, who was forced to withdraw because of an injury.

Heather Leigh captained the Junior baseball team which was successful in most of their matches. The second Senior baseball team, with Esther Hole as captain, the second Junior team, captained by Kay Smith, and the U13 team, with Kay Switson as captain, won all the matches in which they played.

Results: Senior: M.L.C. d. Lauriston, 17-11; M.L.C. d.

P.L.C., 17-8; M.L.C. d. Morongo, 43-15; Hermitage d. M.L.C., 32-22; Fintonia d. M.L.C., 9-5.

Junior: M.L.C. d. Morongo, 29-7; M.L.C. d.

Lauriston, 9-8; Hermitage d. M.L.C., 12-3; M.L.C. d. Ruyton, 18-3; M.L.C. d. P.L.C., 16-14.

The matches against M.C.E.G.G.S. were concelled owing to the rain

Jillian Greenwood

s'D GREEN The members of the Senior baseball team who received colours were: Lynette Atkinson, Jillian Greenwood (redates), Pamela Horrocks, Jocelyn Timewell and Elizabeth Webb.

The thanks of all teams are extended to Miss Manning and Miss Woodfull for their help and advice throughout the term. It is hoped that in 1961 the Senior baseball team will gain an even better position than that of equal premiers, and that there will be even greater numbers attending the practices.

—Jillian Greenwood.

Basket-ball Although the facilities for Basket-ball had to be limited this year, the basket-ball teams of all age groups experienced a very successful season under the direction of Miss Woodfull and Miss Quick.

From the earliest practice, great enthusiasm was evident, especially with the introduction of "circuit training". When the teams were selected a team spirit developed and was maintained throughout the matches played during the term.

Despite a series of slight injuries, through accidents, the Senior team was chosen finally as follows: Lynette Atkinson (g., v.-capt.), Glenys Greenwood (a.g.), Suzanne Furneaux (a.w.), Eugenie Tuck (c.):, Jillian Greenwood (d.w.,

—Photo. Stuart Tompkins.

BASKET-BALL T E A M . (capt.) (with bail), Suzanne Furneaux, Glenys Greenwood, Eugenie Tuck, Gwenyth Diprose, Jocelyn Timewell, Lynette Atkinson.

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Elizabeth Webb played several matches also.

Joan Bolwell and Esther Hole captained die Senior B team who had quite a successful season.

The Junior A team, with Heather Leigh as captain, showed considerable keenness and promise for the future by winning most matches.

The U13 team, captained by Joan Walduck, and the U15 team by Jill Moorfield are to be congratulated on winning all their matches.

Results: Senior: M.L.C. d. M.C.E.G.G.S., 24-7; M.L.C. d. Hermitage, 27-15; M.L.C. d Morongo, 24-20; M.L.C. d. P.L.C., 20-16; M.L.C. d. Fintona, 168; M.L.C. d Strathcona, 33-17; Shelford d.

M.L.C., 20-16; M.L.C. d. Lauriston, 29-21; M.L.C. d. St. Leonard, 27-8; M.L.C. d. Ruyton, 25-8; M.L.C. d. Toorak College, 21-4; M.L.C. d. Kilmana, 17-13.

Junior: M.L.C. d. M.C.E.G.G.S., 28-4; M.L.C. d. Hermitage, 14-11; M.L.C. d. Morongo, 19-9; P.L.C. d. M.L.C., 13-10; M.L.C. d. Strathcona, 33-11; M.L.C. d. Lauriston, 15-6; M.L.C. d. St. Catherine's, 25-8; M.L.C. d. Toorak College, 33-4; M.L.C. d. Ruyton, 18-1; M.L.C. (Elsternwick) d. M.L.C. (Hawthorn), 21-15; P.L.C. d.

M.L.C., 13-10; Shelford d. M.L.C., 25-16.

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The climax of the basket-ball season was the match against P.L.C., played at P.L.C. After a close and tense game, the Senior A team defeated P.L.C. by four goals, and thus became the Premiers of the Association.

At the end of the term, colours were awarded to Lynette Atkinson (redate), Gwenyth Diprose, Suzanne Furneaux, Glenys Greenwood, Jillian Greenwood, Jocelyn Timewell and Eugenie Tuck.

In conclusion, the team members would like to thank Miss Woodfull and Miss Quick for their assistance during the term. They were undoubtedly instrumental in the success of the teams.

—Jillian Greenwood.

Hockey Hockey proved a very popular sport at the beginning of Second Term with about sixty girls attending the first practices. However, this number dwindled so that at the end of the term, three teams could be fielded.

After several changes in the first few matches, the team was finalised as: Jill Renison (g.k.), Robyn Broadbent (l.b.), Penelope Tilbrook (v.capt., r.b.), Jill Cole (l.h.b.), Lois Brown, (capt., c.h.b.), Elizabeth Hall (r.h.b.), Joan Slade (l.w.), Pam Ralston (l.i.), Dorothy Berryman (c.f.),

—Photo. Stuart Tompkins.

Back

Row

Front Row:

(left

to right):

SENIOR T E N N I S T E A M .

Elizabeth Goulding, Heather Walsh, Judy Broadbent, Joan Rodger.

Sandra Luke, Cynthia Cook, Meredith Miller

Rodger,

Lynette

Storey,

Robyn

(capt.), Jennifer Mitchell, Suzanne Furneaux.

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Thalia Dickson (r.i.), Louise Hammon (r.w.).

Heather Cousland, Janet Adams, Babette Isaacson, Margaret Cutcliffe and Diana Bruhn also played with the firsts during the season.

Colours were awarded to Dorothy Berryman and Louise Hammon and redates to Penelope Tilbrook and Lois Brown.

All the matches were enjoyed even though we were not victorious in all. The seconds, captained by Jacqueline Austin and the Juniors, led

by Helen Broadbent, played well in all their matches.

This year we were fortunate in having Miss Price and Mrs. Emerson as hockey" coaches and we thank them very much for their invaluable help and advice.

Results of A matches: M.L.C. d. Fintona, 1-0; St. Catherine's d.

M.L.C., 4-0; M.L.C. drew with M.C.E.G.G.S., 1 each; Hermitage d M.L.C., 2-1; Ruyton d. M.L.C., 3-2; Toorak College d. M.L.C., 5-1; Morongo d.

M.L.C., 4-0; M.L.C. d. Lauriston, 6-2; M.L.C. d.

St. Leonard's, 3-1; M.L.C. d. P.L.C., 5-0.

—Lois Brown.

D GREEN Tennis Tennis practices began at the start of First Term and because of the enthusiasm of many girls were well attended. The standard of tennis was below that of past years, but the team was young and will provide a good foundation for the future.

With a few exceptions the team was entirely new, and when finally chosen consisted of: Meredith Miller (capt.), Suzanne Furneaux, Jennifer Mitchell, Sandra Luke, Cynthia Cook, Judy Rodger, Heather Walsh, Robyn Broadbent, Lynette Storey, Joan Rodger and Elizabeth Goulding.

Our second team, led by Helen Broadbent, played very enthusiastically, winning all their matches, and the U15 and U13 teams show great promise for the future.

At the end of Term I, colours were awarded to Suzanne Furneaux and Meredith Miller.

In conclusion, the team wishes to thank Mrs. Maddison for her valuable coaching, advice and encouragement, and to the team of 1961 the very best of luck.

—Photo. Stuart Tompkins.

SWIMMING TEAM. From Left: Barbara Duke, Elizabeth Alexander, Lois Brown, Marilyn R card o n , Heather C o u i l t n d .

SILVER A <JD GREEN Results of matches—First Team: Ruyton d. M.L.C., 34 games to 22; M.L.C. d.

Ruyton, 34-25; Morongo d. M.L.C., 54-34; Hermitage d. M.L.C., 55-52; M.L.C. (Elsternwick) d.

M.L.C. (Hawthorn), 32-21; P.L.C. d. M.L.C., 4624.

—Meredith Miller.

in the majority of the women's gained the following places:

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and

U19 Freestyle Relay, 4 x 110 yds—1st (record).

U19 Freestyle Relay, 4 x 55 yds.—1st (record).

U16 A Freestyle Relay, 4 x 110 yds.—1st.

U19 Medley Relay, 4 x 55 yds.—2nd.

The 1960 Swimming team, in only its second year as an official school team, consisted of 31 members—Lynne Reardon (capt.), Lois Brown (v.capt.)—under the supervision of Miss Quick.

Swimmers did circuit training in the gymnasium and training in the pool on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons of First Term, and as a result were very fit all through the season.

Several girls were placed in individual events.

The standard of swimming was remarkably high but the team was at a disadvantage in that competition was strictiy limited. The Juniors were particularly unfortunate in not being able to compete in the All Junior Victorian Championships—this was impossible because the finals were held on a Sunday—but all members were disappointed that they could not race against other colleges.

On "Old Collegians' Sports D a y " the A medley and A freestyle relay teams competed against the Old Collegians, winning both races. The only other competition team members had was in the All Schools Championships held in the New Olympic Pool in April. M.L.C. was represented

The team wishes to thank Miss Quick f o r her invaluable and energetic guidance and encouragement as well as the other members of the Staff and School w h o supported them during the swimming season.

— L y n n Reardon.

Swimming

House Notes Berry So ends another year of Berry's history, with the flag of victory floating high. Although we have not vanquished all the other Houses 1960 has been a year of great loyalty and enthusiasm.

At the Senior Choral Contests Berry gained the second highest number of points, but unfortunately we were beaten by two Houses—Fitchett and Tiddeman—whom w e congratulate. W e warmly thank Leonie, our conductress, and Janette, Julia and Joan, not only for leading us to within a f e w points of victory, but for inspiring everyone by their enthusiasm and sheer hard work, loyalty and co-operation. Although a f e w shy singers had to be unearthed from hiding places when practices were being held, attendance was better than in former years. The high quality of our singing, seen especially in the Negro spiritual " W e r e you there?", was well maintained by the madrigal girls, who sang "Sound the Trumpet".

Our original item, "The Lord's Prayer", set to music by Julia, received overwhelming applause, which was certainly deserved by Rae, w h o sang the solo, and Marion, Leonie and Julia, who accompanied her on the flute, violin and piano respectively. Hilary Mansfield, Roslyn Brereton, Margaret Oset, Meredyth Ackland and Margaret Pascoe are thanked for their hard work which kept our musical reputation so high in the Middle School Contests. The Berry madrigals, w h o form half the Sub-Intermediate group—an astonishing achievement—sang as their special item "Sheep May Safely Graze", accompanied b y Hilary on the oboe.

Berry's sporting activities have been well supported during 1960 and the Athletic Sports, where we gained second place and the coveted Proficiency Cup, were a highlight of the year. Unfortunately the results of some of the inter-house matches did not reach this standard. Our Senior basket-ball team won two matches and the Juniors won three. W e are looking forward to having some of the Middle School hockey stars in the Senior team next year, as they seem more light of foot than those of us who are older. Our cricket team has fared better this year and judging from the numbers of younger girls w h o play cricket with their brothers it should improve again next year. Congratulations to the Houses which have been victorious in all the inter-house matches.

The Lower Middle and Senior Swimming Sports could not be held in Third Term, but, f r o m next year, they will all b e combined in one great occasion, when Berry will certainly prove her strength. In the aquatic field all energy has been devoted to Life Saving and Shona, who has been a pillar of strength to Berry, deserves all the support she has received. Some of our rival Life Saving Representatives have even been heard to complain about the energy and enthusiasm of our numerous Lower Middle resuscitation trainees.

For those w h o are less athletically inclined and are always pretending to be too old or busy to swim lengths or run round the oval, a wonderful opportunity to display their acting talents will be provided b y the Inter-house Dramatic Art Award to be initiated next year. The number of

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"Silver and Green" entries contributed by Berryites has been exceedingly high this year, and the efforts of all who succumbed to inspiration are certainly appreciated. Everyone who helped to keep Berry's reputation high by supplying flowers and music for Assembly is also warmly thanked.

An historic occasion in the annals of Berry took place on Sunday, 10th July. We had the honour of taking part in the first Senior Houses Service, which was held at 7 p.m. in the Chapel. W e are extremely grateful that worship has been added to the numerous activities which girls can share as members of Berry.

Berry's House Notes could not be complete without a tribute to our Sports Captain. House spirit at its highest has been shown in Joan's continuous hard work, not only in the field of sport but in all of our activities. The wholehearted support of every Senior Berry leader has been sincerely appreciated. Berry is particularly fortunate to have a House Mistress who is as vitally interested as is Miss Sutton. Her encouragement has been invaluable. Those who are leaving school will never lose their loyalty to Berry and all who are coming back next year will prove once again that "always Berry's the best house".

—Lynne Jackson.

Cato The school year of 1960 is rapidly drawing to •a close. For Cato it has been a rather quiet year, with only a few flashes of success. The apathy of a greater part of the Senior section of the House, in some instances, caused us to rely too much on a small number of very loyal members.

This is the wrong situation for a House. Every member can do the smallest deed to bring honour to her House. However, there appear to be signs of enthusiasm in the Middle and Lower Middle Schools, and we do hope that this feeling will flourish and mature in the next few years. If the House becomes aware of its lagging spirit, it may be able to counteract it before the House is gravely affected.

W e would like to thank Miss Hopkins and all our House Mistresses for their support during the year. It was Miss Hopkins's first year as Senior House Mistress and we wish to thank her most sincerely for her work and keen interest in all House functions.

We were most grateful to Dr. Wood for conducting the House Service, which we shared with Berry House on Sunday, 10th July. W e were glad of the opportunity of worshipping together as a House, and hope that such an opportunity will again be presented, and taken advantage of, in the future.

It was most unfortunate that Cato came last in the Senior House Music Contests. However, we would like to express our sincere congratulations to Tiddeman and Fitehett, for their most commendable and interesting work. Our thanks go to Alison McAllister for her excellent work as House pianist. Within the House, we would like to congratulate Heather Tully, Meredith Miller and Valerie Hewitt on their success in the Special Item, and Janet Morgan for her composition for the Original Item.

s'DGREEN In the Middle School Music Contests, Cato was equal third. We are most grateful to Kay Tully and Glenice Daniels for all the work they did and congratulate them and the whole of that section of the House on their success and keen support.

Since the last edition of the House Notes, several results have been determined in sporting events. In the winter sports, Cato Seniors were fourth in basket-ball and fifth in hockey. Krome and Tiddeman were the respective winners, and we send them our congratulations. In the Junior section, Cato was second to Fitehett. Good work, Juniors! In the Junior hockey we were again fifth.

Cricket is still in progress, and so far Cato has by no means disgraced itself. Cato had an outright win over Nevile, a first innings win over Tiddeman and drew with Krome. As was announced, the second section of the Swimming Sports was cancelled. W e are most grateful to Diana Bruhn for her work and encouragement for the Cato girls entering for their Life Saving Examinations. The support and results of her work have been very good.

W e would like to make a special mention of all the work that Esther Hole, our Sports Captain, assisted by Judy Abbott, has done, in gathering teams together, and arranging for many practices which have demanded a lot of extra time.

Her work is greatly admired, and we are truly grateful.

Finally we would like to congratulate all Cato girls who gained their House colours this year, and we hope that those who just missed out will try again next year.

—Anne R. Turnbull.

Fitehett "We've got the pep, we've got the steam, We've got the coach, we've got the team, We've got the pep, steam, coach, team, Three cheers for Fitchett's team— Rah! Rah! Rah!" Fitchett's unquenchable spirit has this year been most commendable, and has brought some most gratifying results.

Firstly came the A. E. Floyd Inter-house Music Contests, in which we attained equal first place with Tiddeman.

What a wonderful day for Fitehett! Every girl from Intermediate upwards did her share of the hard, but rewarding, work.

Who will ever forget the tense, hushed atmosphere as Dr. Floyd gave his decisions. Fitehett would like to thank our inspiring conductress, Rosslyn Wortley, who also composed the very successful Original Item, and our hard-working joint pianists, Meryll Roberts and Julia Wilkinson. Hearty congratulations are due to Rosslyn once more, for her recent triumph at the A.Mus.A. Exam. In the Middle School Choral Contests we also gained first place, but only after much hard work. We would like to thank conductress Margaret Cameron, vice-conductress Lynette Heape, and pianists Tania Gudinski, Beverley Smith and Denise Trude.

In our first debate against Nevile, we were successful in arguing that "International Government would be the only feasible solution to world problems", but in the final inter-house debate, Tiddeman proved too good for us on the topic "That the

23 SILVER A [D GREEN effects of automation are more harmful than beneficial", and are to be heartily congratulated on a very fine performance. W e would like to thank our leader, Suzanne Davies, and speakers Solway Love, Rosslyn Wortley and Kay Hobbs, who competently stepped into the breach when needed. On the last Sunday evening of Second Term our House Service was held in Fitchett Chapel. The chapel was rewardingly filled with loyal Fitchett girls and their parents and friends.

In regard to House totals, Fitchett is coming second, and to improve our position we must watch Conduct which is mediocre, but which must improve.

In the field of sport, Fitchett has had varying success. Our hockey teams enjoyed their games, but only managed to come fourth in the aggregate.

Congratulations, Tiddeman! In basket-ball, we gained first place, the Juniors winning every match and the Seniors losing only one. Cricket is in progress at the moment, and the team would appreciate more support from the House, particularly during the after-school matches. Supporters could mean a win to a previously downhearted team. Once again the House wishes to thank Lyn Reardon for all her hard work, and Gwen Diprose for so competently taking our Life Saving practices. Fitchett would like to congratulate Gwen and Sue Fumeaux for obtaining their green blazers, and congratulations are also due to the girls who have been awarded House colours during the year, namely, Solway Love, Gwen Diprose, Lyn Reardon, Pam Ralston and Ros. Wortley (redates) and Meryll Roberts, Alison Wylie, Suzanne Davies, Judy Murray, Julia W i l kinson, Helen Martin, Heather-Ann Leigh, Sue Furneaux and Kathy Humphrey.

W e would like to thank Miss McKay for being our House Mistress this year, and extend our best wishes to those girls who will be leaving school and Fitchett at the end of the year, and to those who are remaining to carry the Gold flag flying high.

—Alison

Wylie.

Krome The enthusiastic co-operation of all Krome girls has helped to make this year successful and we thank all Krome-ites for their loyal support.

On Sunday evening, 2nd October, the School Chapel was filled to overflowing by Krome girls and their families, indicating their support of the new idea of an annual House Service. W e are very grateful for the opportunity of worshipping together and are sure that all w h o attended were appreciative of the lovely service.

In the latter half of the year, the words "Choral Contests" have a familiar sound, if not a triumphant ring in the ears of Krome girls! Although we were not very successful, all thoroughly enjoyed the contests and warmly congratulate Fitchett and Tiddeman on their superb performances. W e are indebted to Margaret Higginbottom and Hermione St. John Smith for their fine leadership and the

great amount of work which they put into the training of the girls. Margaret is also to b e congratulated as composer of our delightful Original Item which was sung b y a group of girls, with Babette Isaacson accompanying them on the trumpet and Hermione at the piano. Thanks also to Sue Dahl, Heather Coleman and Claire McAfee for their instrumental trio played for our Special Item. The Middle School contests are to take place in the near future and Krome will sing under the baton of Sandra Morgan, with Denise Deerson at the piano. Thanks to the leaders for their time and enthusiasm and good luck, Middles! Keep the Green flag high.

Last term our debating team were defeated by two points in an exciting debate with Tiddeman, who have since won the House Debating Cup. Congratulations on a splendid effort, Tiddeman!

Thanks are due to Lois Brown and Carol Wilms, who staunchly supported their leader at both debates.

Krome's successes in the field of sport are a well-deserved reward for the enthusiastic and untiring leadership of aur Sports Captain, Jill Greenwood.

Our Senior basket-ball team won all its matches and the Juniors, led by Judith Chambers, our Middle Sports Captain, won three matches.

In hockey, the Seniors came second to Tiddeman, whom we congratulate. However, our Juniors were not quite so successful.

Although cricket matches have not yet finished, so far Krome has scored two wins—against Fitchett and Nevile—and a draw with Cato. Congratulations to members of all teams for their fine performances. Many girls are also doing Life Saving Examinations this term and we thank them and also our representative, Lois Brown, who has spent much time training the girls.

House colours have been awarded to the following girls throughout the year—Glenys Greenwood, Heather Jackson, Judith Carter, Hermione St. John Smith and Cynthia Cook, and many others have earned redates.

Since the last issue of "Silver and Green", Glenys Greenwood, Jillian Greenwood and Jo Timewell have received their Basket-ball colours and Lynette Atkinson (Basket-ball) and Lois Brown (Hockey) have been awarded redates of their School colours.

Krome will certainly feel the loss of our House Mistress, Miss Betty Jackson, who is leaving M.L.C. at the end of this year. W e sincerely thank her for her enthusiastic support and assistance throughout both this and other years, and warmly wish her every success and happiness in the future.

W e are also indebted to other House Mistresses who have loyally stood by us at House functions.

As many of us sing the Leaving Song on Speech Night w e will be remembering within our wider school life, many happy associations with Krome. To Krome girls who are leaving school we wish you all success in the future and to those returning the very best of luck as you keep the Green flag flying high.

— W e n d y Davenport.

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Once again we are at the end of a year— Nevile's second as a House; and a year which has marked great progress in her history. Although we may not boast of our numerous successes in inter-house competitions and matches, we have a very real right to be proud of the enthusiasm which our members have put into their efforts, and also the spirit with which they have accepted defeat.

In First Term our debating team consisting of Beverley Collins, Eugenie Tuck and Gweneth Quirk, met Fitchett on the subject "World Government is the only solution to international problems". However, this event proved our Waterloo, and Fitchett gained a very decisive victory. Our congratulations go to Tiddeman, who won the final.

At the beginning of Second Term Nevile held a most successful House Party in the Gym. W e played several riotously funny games, led by Eugenie, and then we had afternoon tea, which was provided by the girls themselves. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves, although I am afraid many of the Juniors would not have been able to eat much tea.

The Senior Music Contest was a very happy affair for Nevile, for although we were not good enough to win, we were thrilled to find we gained fourth place, and after coming last the previous year, we felt this was quite an achievement. Our heartiest congratulations go to Fitchett and Tiddeman who won the contest with equal marks.

W e do thank all the girls who practised so painstakingly and endlessly for the Extra and Original Items, and all the girls who sang in the House Choir. I would like to express my personal thanks and gratitude to Meredith Albury, our pianist, who worked so tirelessly for this contest, and provided a faultless foundation for our singing.

On Sunday, 16th October, Dr. Wood conducted Nevile's first House Service in Fitchett Chapel.

W e were very glad to have Mr. and Mrs. R. W .

Nevile (after whom our House is named) worshipping with us in our own service of dedication. It was thrilling to see so many girls, parents and friends present, and we do thank them for joining in the spirit of this service.

On Thursday, 27th October, the Middle School Inter-house Music Contest was held, and we were very pleased when Nevile came equal second with Berry. Congratulations to Fitchett on gaining first place, and many thanks to our own girls, Claire Farmer (conductress), Rosemary Lea (pianist), Carolyn Guile and Pam McDonald, who practised so tirelessly and carefully.

W e would especially thank Miss Tyler and our other House Mistresses who have been such loyal supporters and encouragers of Nevile. Eugenie Tuck, our versatile and ever-effervescent Sports Captain, has worked untiringly for the sporting activities of Nevile, and although she may often have felt disappointed with the visible results, her efforts must bear fruit next year for those who have managed to survive her rigorous training will then be so formidable that their opponents will flee on sight. And even though many a hapless

s'DGREEN individual has groaned on seeing Eugenie bearing down upon her, we are grateful to her and all do thank her for all the work she has put into making Nevile a stronger House. Heather Oldmeadow, too, has earned her place as Life Saving Representative.

Congratulations to all those girls who earned their House colours this year.

Congratulations also to Eugenie, who is the first Nevile girl to be awarded a green Sports blazer.

Thank you, Nevile, for a wonderful year. It has been a very happy one for everybody, and the spirit of co-operation and sportsmanship promises a very bright future.

—Gweneth Quirk.

Tiddeman 1960 has been a most successful year for Tiddeman, and although our numbers are smaller than those of other Houses, we have made up the difference with our intensely loyal House spirit.

In Term II the Junior and Senior hockey teams carried off the laurels in their respective sections, the Seniors having had an unbeaten run, whilst the Juniors won all but one match, which resulted in a draw.

Although our basket-bailers struggled hard we were not so successful in this sphere.

The debating team won the second round, thus qualifying for the final by defeating Krome.

To come to a climax in Term II Tiddeman was successful in coming equal first with Fitchett in the Senior Choral Contests.

The conductress was Joy McGeehan, who was most ably assisted by the pianist, Meredith Hunkin. The vice-conductress was Barbara Gotch and the vice-pianist was Robyn Broadbent.

The set works were "Every Valley shall be exalted" from Handel's "Messiah" and the hymn "Captain of Israel's Host", words by Wesley, to the tune "Marianlyst".

The National Song (chosen by the House) was a Scottish lament, "The Bonny Earl of Moray".

At the contest the Recitative "Comfort Ye My People" was spoken by Judith Macdonald, which proved a very effective introduction to the aria.

The Special Item was a composition for two pianos, "The Sussex Milkmaids", by Eric Thiman, performed by Robyn Broadbent and Wilma Dreverman.

The original composition was written by Meredith Hunkin, a composition for two clarinets and piano, performed by Barbara Gotch and Meredith Hunkin (clarinets) and June Jelbart (piano).

Term III began very well. The cricket team had considerable success and indications made us hopeful of a good placing in the final list.

Life Saving is progressing well under the leadership of the Life Saving Representative, Joan Slade.

The debating team completed their successful run by convincing Fitchett in the final round "That the effects of the introduction of automation are more detrimental than beneficial". This completed Tiddeman's second year of successful debating,

SILVER A although on occasions we have been pushed to a very tight finish. The debating team included Joy McGeehan (leader), Judith Macdonald and Patricia Ballantyne.

During Third Term the Middle School Choral Contests were held, Tiddeman being under the leadership of the conductress, Margot Sanguinetti, and the joint pianists, Noelle Wishart and Pauline Watson. Although Tiddeman did very well in singing, gaining die highest placings in both the Hymn and the set song, our sight reading results reduced our position in the final lists. The Special Item, a piano duet, was performed by Margaret McBean and Wendy Dixon.

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The Middle School members deserve hearty congratulations for their performance at the Choral Contests, as, although they were far outnumbered by the choirs (numbering 39) their performance was really splendid.

Our thanks go to the Sports Captain, Robyn Broadbent, the Middle School Captains, Meredith Morris and Tiina Randmae, and other Senior members of the House who have worked so hard to make Tiddeman what it is.

In all our efforts we have been encouraged by our Senior Mistress, Miss Cowper, and Tiddeman wishes to thank her and other Houses for their wonderful support during the year.

—Joy McGeehan.

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The M.L.C. Party which Visited New Zealand, Photographed with Guide Rangi, Outside the Model Maori Village of Whakarewarewa.

Diane Smith, IV.d, Fitchett.

Monday, 16th May: A party of twenty-seven girls and three mistresses, Misses Tyler, Lardner and Sutton, (many thanks to them!) left Melbourne by Ansett-A.N.A. to fly to Sydney, where they boarded a T.E.A.L. jet-prop which took them to their destination— the North Island of New Zealand. At seven o'clock that evening the party arrived in Auckland—"The Queen City of New Zealand".

Tuesday, 17th May: The group began their fourteen-day tour. An employee of the New Zealand Government Tourist Bureau, Mr. A. Maxwell, drove the girls past Waitemata Harbour and through the well-planned city to the War Memorial Museum, where Maori

arts and crafts were exhibited. This visit enabled the group to gain basic knowledge about the Maoris so that they could understand more of their trip. The museum was laid out as a typical Maori village prior to British penetration. Flax and feather cloaks, a war canoe which held one hundred people, weapons and Maori buildings were on display.

Soon the party had to leave the museum and begin to drive to Rotorua.

On the way they stopped at Pukehohe, centre of a sheep-grazing area; Mercer, the scene of the last batde between the Waikato Maoris and the British; Ngaruawahia where there is a modern Maori village vividly painted in traditional style; and Karapiro HydroElectric Station.

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Wednesday, 18th May:

Monday, 23rd May:

In the morning the group drove to Paradise Valley, where a wild ravine has been transformed into a series of lakes, for trout spawning, and beautiful gardens near the Ngongotaha Stream.

After visiting Ohinimutu, where pretty Maori children sang for them, the girls changed into school uniform as a tribute to Guide Rangi, one of the five hundred living full-blood Maoris, who was to take them to her home—a rare occurrence.

Then they visited Whakarewarewa, being shown through a Model Pa, or fortified village, and around the thermal reserve where warm and cold streams, the largest boiling mud pool in the world, and geysers were seen. The party also saw a m o d e m village where the natural hot water and steam are used for cooking, washing and bathing.

After visiting Guide Rangi's home, carved by her grandfather, the priest of the Arawa tribe, the group watched a Maori concert given in their honour.

Moving on, the party drove two hundred and ten miles from Napier to Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, passing through flourishing dairying and agricultural centres, peaceful flax farming lands and superb mountain scenery.

Thursday, 19th May: The girls visited Waimangu, the heart of the thermal region. They walked up hill and down dale past the Southern Crater in its emerald stage, the Boiling Lake with an average temperature of 315 deg. F. below the surface, the Inferno Crater, steam jets, the Iodine Pool, quicksand, boiling mud and the beautiful green, brown, white and orange Warbrick Terraces. After seeing the Steaming Cliffs and Caves and having lunch on a launch on Lake Rotomohana, the group crossed Lake Tarawera and visited the buried village of Te Wairoa.

This village was covered by six feet of volcanic ash in the 1886 eruption of Mt. Tarawera but has since been excavated.

Friday, 20th May: After packing, the party moved on to Taupo.

They visited the thundering Aratiatia Rapids and the awesome Wairakei Geyser Valley, where more thermal activity was seen. In the afternoon the group was shown the Wairakei Geothermal Power Station which is the only one in the world to use underground steam without further concentration. The evening was greatly enjoyed as the party visited the spectacular Karapiti Blowhole which continually blasts steam two hundred feet into the air.

Saturday, 21st May: The girls drove to Napier, a town which was completely altered by an earthquake in 1931. This uplifted much of the harbour bed following which a modern breakwater and magnificent foreshore gardens were built.

Sunday, 22nd May: The party walked along the foreshore and later visited the Greenmeadows Game Farm, where animals are protected during the shooting season and kiwis, New Zealand's long-beaked nocturnal birds, are bred. In the evening they attended the Napier Methodist Church where the group sang "Thou Shepherd of Israel" and one of the girls read the second lesson. Afterwards a sing-song and supper at the manse were greatly enjoyed.

Tuesday, 24th May: The group visited the stately Government Buildings in Wellington where they were shown the House of Representatives, the room in which the Upper House sat until it was abolished in 1951, the reference library and the traditional, elaborately carved Maori chamber. After a sightseeing tour of the city and a climb to the top of Mt. Victoria, from which a magnificent panorama was seen, the party drove to Masterton.

Wednesday, 25th May: They travelled through sheep country to the Chateau Tongariro and were able to see snowcapped Mt. Edmont rising boldly in the distance.

Thursday, 2Gth May: In the morning the girls rode through bushland scenery on the famous spiral railway and in the afternoon they climbed Mt. Ruapehu from the five thousand feet level to the seven thousand feet level. However, f e w girls reached real snow as the winter season had not started and the chair lift was not operating.

Friday, 27th May: Many girls spent Friday morning recuperating in the sun but others walked along a narrow track to the foaming Golden Falls. That afternoon the party left the picturesque Chateau, rugged Mt. Ruapehu and steaming Ngaruhoe, an active volcano, and drove across tussock plains to Waitomo.

In the evening, the group visited the uniaue Glow-worm Grotto. Myriads of bright blue lights covered the walls and ceiling and these were reflected in the still, inky water. Silence had to be observed and only an occasional tinkle of dripping water was heard.

Saturday, 28th May: Rising early, the group visited the lofty Ruakuri and Aranui Caves where the fairylike formations fascinated them. Later, following the Waikato River, they returned to Auckland and viewed the bright city lights from Mt. Eden.

Sunday, 29th May: This second Sunday, after, attending Pitt Street Methodist Church, the party crossed the Auckland Harbour Bridge and drove along the glorious North Shore.

Monday, 30th May: On this morning unwilling girls were dragged from their beds at six o'clock to catch the return plane from Whenuapai to Sydney and eventually to Melbourne.

Their superb trin had finished but the memories will remain with them for ever.

—Shirley Ashton, S.V.a, Krome.

27 SILVER A [D GREEN Thermal Region—Rotorua Rotorua is considered by many experienced travellers to be the most spectacular thermal region in the world.

On the morning of Wednesday, 18th May, we were taken for an eighteen-mile trip which passes through farmland on the fringe of the Mamaku Plateau to Paradise Valley and the Rainbow Springs, where a wild ravine has been transformed into a series of gardens and terraced pools stocked with several varieties of trout in many different stages of growth. While we were looking around the pools the caretaker hand-fed the fish which jumped out of the water to take the meat held out to them. Down in one of the pools was a large tank with a glass panel in one side.

W e climbed down into the tank and from there we could see large numbers of rainbow trout swimming about under water.

After returning to Rotorua we went to the Maori village of Ohinemutu. As our bus pulled into a big square, little Maori children came running to meet us. They sang songs and posed for photographs in return for pennies. At one side of the square there is a big Maori Meeting House.

On another side there is a marble statue of Queen Victoria standing on a carved post. On the third side of the square is the Maori Church, St. Faith's Church of England. The church was built by the Maori people and carved beautifully. Behind the church are some graves which are built of concrete and stand above the ground.

Most of the houses in Rotorua are centrally heated by the steam which may be found between six inches and three feet under the ground. In Rotorua it is not uncommon to see a grating in a gutter or a crack in the ground with steam rising from it.

After we had had our lunch on Wednesday, we went out to visit the Whakarewarewa Thermal Reserve and the Model Maori Pa. (Pa is the Maori word for village.) At the Model Village, we were met by Guide Rangi who was to be our guide for die afternoon. The village is surrounded by a high fence of thin stakes. The gateway is carved with fierce-looking figures standing above the arch, and it is colourful reddish-brown with a type of clay. In the village are replicas of Maori houses (wares), a meeting house, a storehouse stand above the ground on stilts, and a "pataka" or a small house, about two feet square upon a pole, in which the heads of some of the important Maoris were placed.

From the Pa we walked along a track to the thermal area. W e saw a number of hot mud pools, among them was the largest boiling mud pool in the world. An amazing fact is that the scrub grows right up to the edge of the hot pools and springs.

W e passed over a cold stream which flows only a few inches deep over hot rocks. At the top of a silica cliff we watched the Prince of Wales's Feathers Geyser blowing. We peered down into the crater of the big geyser called Pohutu. It was a wide, inky-black, bottomless pit filled with still water. It was hard to imagine that it was a great geyser that intermittently shoots a sixty-feet plume of scalding water high into the sky.

W e walked down to the present Maori village in the reserve to a large rocky area dotted with big hot springs, pools and steaming cracks. The Maoris take full advantage of the natural hot water and steam using them exclusively for cooking their food, washing their clothes, and bathing. Close by is a Maori meeting house. Just below the bridge at the entrance to the reserve Maori children will dive for coins thrown into the stream.

Guide Rangi took us around to her home and showed us through it.

It was beautifully carved and had lovely rugs and mats on the floor.

After tea, Guide Rangi brought some Maoris around to Waiwer House, the place in which we were staying, and entertained us with Maori songs, poi dances and hakas.

Our stay in Rotorua was most enjoyable and I am sure that it shall always remain fresh in our memories.

—Diane Smith, 15 yrs., IV.d, Fitchett.

The Maori Concert—Rotorua Whilst staying in Rotorua we were fortunate to have a Maori Concert performed on our behalf.

Guide Rangi opened the concert with a talk on Maori customs and costumes, telling us how grass skirts were made, and the women gave a demonstration of basket making and the playing of string games.

The first item was the traditional Maori greeting with green twigs which was followed by a speech of welcome by Rangi, and the "Hongi" or pressing of noses.

The men then came into the picture doing a war dance, stamping their bare feet and shouting in unison, the whole being interspersed with wild yells, and culminating in the blood-curdling warcry, "Ka Mate! Ka Mate!"

Following this the women softly chanted melodies and love songs, and performed poi dances while seated on the floor. With rhythmical movements each twirled a brightly coloured ball of grass on a string; recreating old Maori legends and initiating familiar everyday scenes.

Some of the liveliest items in the programme were the action songs and the playing of stick games. On the more serious side, one of the older women recited classical Maori poetry.

For the next item the men performed a "haka", used as a stimulus to battle or spur to victory. It features yells, leaps and ferocious tongue-protruding and face-pulling to intimidate the enemy.

These antics were later imitated by the women with amusing effect.

The grand finale of the evening was the singing of the "Po Ata Rau" (the "Maori Farewell"), which naturally everyone wanted to hear sung by real Maoris in their own language. A memorable evening concluded with "God Save The Queen" sung in Maori.

—Janet Smith, S.V.c, Berry.

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The bus driver, Mr. Maxwell, drove us to Waimangu Post Office and Tea Rooms where we had morning tea and bought souvenirs. The proprietor was our guide.

His home was on the plateau where he stood overlooking the entire thermal region. He explained that on the edge of this plateau once stood a large hotel which was owned by a Maori. There was a great eruption in 1886 when Mt. Tarawera exploded. The first warning that the Maori family received was when the roof blew off, and the hot mud and lava filled the hotel. The Maori crawled two miles to warn the people and get medical aid for his wife and child. When he finally went back they were dead.

The first lake that we came to was a crater lake. This was the first of twenty-two crater lakes which ran in a straight line to the top of Mt. Tarawera. This lake was called "The Southern Crater".

Some time ago the water in the lake disappeared and geologists could not find where it had gone.

Then suddenly it reappeared from nowhere. From the ledge where we stood was a 90 feet drop, and the lake itself was 45 feet deep. Its lovely green colour was due to marine life on the bottom. The lake used to change colours from a pale blue to emerald green every 36 hours, but in 1953 the cycle suddenly stopped and the colour has since remained the same.

The next lake that we came to was called the "Frying Pan Lake". From this lake came a great deal of steam which was due to the temperature of the water which was 212 deg. F. It is the hottest lake in the world and covers 3J acres. On the far side was a pointed rock called "Cathedral Rock" and within a few years this will have disappeared, owing to gasses. The average depth of the lake is 250 feet.

Another lake was the "Inferno Crater" which was formed in 1886 by eruption of Mt. Tarawera.

Its temperature is 200 deg. F. Its blue colour is due to copper sulphate in the crater. The water rises, overflows and then empties for a week, and then fills. It fills at the rate of 2000 gallons a minute for a week. Since 1900 this has happened twice a year. Before and after it empties there is an earth tremor. The hot water runs from "Frying Pan Lake" to the "Inferno Crater". Near "Inferno Crater" there is a flat part of ground where the old geyser, "Waimangu', played. It rose to heights of five hundred and seven hundred feet, and higher. Black mud and water spurted out. The mud from the 1917 eruption fell on the geyser, forming a hard crust and since then there has been a small crater lake underneath it. Near this is a cold stream running into a hot stream.

W e next saw a mud bank, of approximately two million cubic yards. This was formed in the eruption of 1886, which began when Mt. Tarawera blew up and caused a chain reaction in the two adjoining mountains. This eruption sent lava and mud over a radius of two miles. W e crossed the river and saw a hot waterfall—the only one in the world. It averages 112 deg. F. and has never been lower than 110 deg. F. and never higher than 126 deg. F. The water travels three-quarters

of a mile from a boiling lake. On the top of the falls are the remains of a bridge which was destroyed in the 1917 eruption and had been carried downriver. The water retains its heat as it flows down over the rocks and so warms them. Every hill in this thermal region is cold outside but if you put your hand into the side of it for about eight inches the soil is hot.

W e then came to an Iodine Pool, nineteen per cent, iodine. The temperature of the boiling water is 90.5 deg. F. The steam rising from it leaves silica, and the pool looks orange and green. At the other side of the bridge which is near the pool there is silica which is forming terraces. If a person puts an object of metal in it for a while then removes it and polishes it, it will be preserved for life.

W e then reached Lake Rotomahana. This lake was one-third of its size before the eruption. It is forty feet deep, and it is now five miles wide by four miles. It overflows into Lake Tarawera and it takes four days to empty. W e passed steaming cliffs and where the pink and white terraces had once been. They blew up just before the 1886 eruption on 10th June. "fliese terraces were formed in about the sixth century.

There is a red crater in the side of the cliffs which can be distinguished from a distance. W e passed the "Warbrick Terraces", which are small and had taken seventy-six years to form. The famous pink and white terraces covered an area of eleven acres. Seven acres was covered in pink and four acres in white. These were regarded as the eighth wonder of the world.

W e sailed into "Star Hill" crater which is nine hundred feet deep and is the second largest crater of the twenty-two, "Frying Pan Lake" being the largest. From a distance we saw Rainbow Mountain, so named because of all its different coloured soils.

After alighting from the boat, we walked over a small island for one mile to Lake Tarawera, where a larger boat was waiting. W e were walking over two buried Maori villages, and near these on the mainland was another called Te Wairoa, which has been excavated.

Over one hundred and forty-seven Maoris were killed and six Europeans, when the eruption occurred. The entire village was buried. In another village fifty-two Maoris and one European were killed. This village is buried in 75 to 100 feet of mud.

—Margaret McHutchison, Dip.B, Cato.

The Geyser Valley—Wairakei The road winds through a forestry plantation before dropping down to the turn-off for the Aratiatia Rapids. Here the Waikato River is confined to a narrow ravine and tosses and roars with an overall drop of three hundred feet. The lookout affords an opportunity to take good photographs of a wonderful view.

Next we came to the amazing Wairakei Geyser Valley. Wairakei is a Maori word meaning "The Waters of Adorning". The valley lies on a volcanic

29 SILVER A [D GREEN fault which runs from White Island, off the coast of the North Island, and terminates in the mountains of the Tangariro National Park. The valley is about one mile long and in this area there are scores of different minerals which can b e distinguished in the various clays. In this valley are geysers of every description, many appropriately named—"The Paddle Wheel", "The Dancing Rock", and the "Prince of Wales's Feathers'.

There are also boiling mud pools and a "Champagne Cauldron", a hissing, bubbling spring of superheated but crystal-clear water, and terraces formed of silica tinted an attractive pink.

T w o miles from Wairakei is a short detour where a magnificent view can be gained of the Huka Falls. "Huka" means " f o a m " and on a clear day there is a beautiful blue colouring beneath the white foam, and an irridescent light in the rising spray.

Opposite the detour for the Huka Falls is the entrance to the famous Karapiti Blowhole. It is a most remarkable spectacle, a powerful jet of steam erupting at a tremendous pressure. The jet is best seen at night, when, to demonstrate the pressure,

the guide places a burning sack across the vent of the blowhole and this, forced upwards b y the steam, makes a brilliant fireworks display.

Wairakei is also the site of the Government investigation in the harnessing of geothermal steam to provide electric power. The Wairakei project is based on the tapping of a vast underground hotwater system, believed to result from contact between subterranean water supplies and very hot, perhaps even molten, rocks. On the flat near the Aratiatia Rapids a forty thousand kilowatt station is already under construction. Only Stage One of the main project is complete. W h e n the steam has been used to drive the turbines it condensed to water and discharged into the Wairakei River. The condensing process requires a relatively large supply of cold water, drawn from the Waikato River. Because of the need for this large flow of water, the station itself is close to the river and not adjacent to the steam bores. The bores are drilled with an American oil drilling rick which has to be cooled by mud from Hawke's Bay while drilling is taking place.

—Cecilia Focker, IV.c, Cato.

The Tasmania Tour Sixty-three laughing, chatting girls and three slighdy flustered mistresses waited expectantly on board the "Princess of Tasmania" on the evening of Monday, 29th August. The crossing proved a very pleasant one, though most of us were asleep and did not notice, and although the lights were switched on at 5.50 a.m., our consequent discomfiture was amply compensated by a huge high quality breakfast.

Our first visions of Devonport at about 10 o'clock were spiced with sunlight, and, in fact, w e had sunny weather and warmth for most of our trip. On arrival, our honoured Joint Senior Prefect Adrienne was photographed with two friends (naming no names), for the newspaper, "The Advocate".

T w o buses then took us straight to Launceston along a pleasant highway bordered by ploughed chocolate soil or English green meadows dotted with sheep and numerous new-born lambs.

After lunch in Launceston, w e paid a quick visit to the nearby Trevallyn Power Station, situated at sea level, and walked through the wellknown and attractive Cataract Gorge to meet our buses at the higher end.

Wednesday, 31st August.—Again along a pleasant country road, the Midlands Highway, we travelled to Hobart, through villages mellowed with age, and comfortable looking farms.

The large party was halved into Party " A " and the "B's", in charge of whom was Mrs. Keating, while Mrs. Pike travelled with the "A's". Mrs.

Ashton exchanged with Adrienne from one bus to the other every now and then.

During the next 36 hours each party paid a visit from Hobart to Cadbury-Fry-Pascall, the Electrolytic Zinc Works, Risdon, and Silk and Textile Printers.

Each of these proved most interesting, though after watching chocolate going in mass through its varied processes at Cadbury's some people declared they could never look it in the face again. The scientists were in their element at the zinc works, and rather knowledgable when others, less so, were a little mystified; unhappily, however, some girls w h o suffer from asthma were not in their element at all, and were unable to enter some sections of the works where gases and fumes affect the atmosphere.

At Silk and Textiles the 150-yard lengths of silk slung above our heads were an imposing sight, and w e were fascinated b y the methods of printing and skilfully preparing the necessary "screens or patterns for printing at this factory.

We visited the "Friends' School" on returning to Hobart one day, and concluded that this famous school, though smaller than ours, has, too, the same familiar pervading atmosphere of tradition.

On the Thursday evening, when it was drizzling a little, 20 miles from Hobart, w e were graciously treated to a barbecue—a very elegant o n e — b y Pioneer Tours. The site was the "Old Colony Inn", a most absorbing museum of furniture and utensils used in the days when Tasmania was still "colonial". The f o o d provided (the sweets

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Friday, 2nd September.—Before lunch at a luxurious modern hotel at Eaglehawk Neck, we visited the famous Devil's Kitchen, a vertical c-shaped canyon opening into the sea; Tasman's Arch, a similar structure with rock still bridging the cavity, and the Blowhole, another lower arch under which, when the sea is rough, waves surge in to hit a rock ledge, where they fan into a plume of spray. Unfortunately, it was a calm day, and the Blowhole refused to do its star turn. W e saw also, near the "Lufra Hotel", the "tesselated pavement", a rock floor just covered by the sea, formed 24 million years ago, and eroded horizontally and vertically, giving a tiled effect. Marine growths coloured it softly with greens and browns.

That afternoon was one of the real "highlights" of the tour, the visit to Port Arthur, of "For the Term of his Natural Life" fame. The natural formations we had seen near Eaglehawk Neck had also been reminiscent of descriptions in this book. Our guide took us into the Model Prison, where we entered the frightening "dumb cell".

Since it had four heavy doors and four feet thick walls, no sound or light could penetrate into it, and those imprisoned there for a few days, as a very severe punishment, often went temporarily blind or even insane.

As well as other buildings in the convict settlement, we were shown the ruined church, a most unusual building, said to have been designed by a convict, Blackburn, who earned a free pardon, and later became town planner for Melbourne.

The church, in the form of a cross, was used by convicts, but they were not permitted to enter by the door under the tower, and a curtain was lowered between them and the officers for the service.

Saturday, 3rd September.—-At the beginning of our 160-mile trip to Queenstown we visited New Norfolk in daylight and admired its church, oldest in Tasmania, built in 1823. Its sanctuary window held the image of a seven-year-old girl who had been drowned many years back, worked into a manger scene, and legend says that the lovely face of the memorial to this little girl will not reproduce photographically.

The first sight of snow, however much it might seem like melting "Dairy Queen", is always exciting, and we were thrilled to find it by the road, and to see it spread over the square top of Mount Olympus.

After lunch at Derwent Bridge, we stopped to chase wallabies in the reserve by shimmering Lake St. Clair—to chase them, that is, with our cameras.

At last Queenstown was reached, and the party was spread out into four hotels. After tea that evening we travelled a couple of miles up the winding road to the smelting works, where we were held overawed by the glowing molten copper as it was poured from a giant furnace into huge vats. The noise of the "roaring furnaces" was almost deafening. The sulphur fumes from the

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smelteries, and several bush-fires, the worst occurring in 1912, have killed much of the vegetation on the ore-rich hills for several miles around Queenstown, giving it a strange, unworldly appearance, with multi-coloured earths showing through the stubble of old tree stumps and bushes.

Queenstown's character is all its own, for besides its baldness and the fact that it is primarily a mining town, it has a reputation for raining every day except about three per year. W e were there for two days, however, and it did not really rain.

Sunday, 4th September.—Unfortunately, we were unable to go to Strahan on the famous Abt. Cog Railway, as it does not run at weekends, and so, after a walk around Queenstown, we left for Strahan on a winding road cut into the characteristic stony hillsides so skilfully that no bridges were needed. The Party " B " bus had a minor accident on the way, when a Holden rounded a corner at fairly high speed and scraped along the side of the bus. It took some time to disentangle the two vehicles, and we were very proud of our driver, who calmly and expertly manoeuvred his big bus on the outside of the curve.

Back in Queenstown the 60 odd from M.L.C. dwarfed the local congregation of Wesley Church, even though more than 20 of us sat in the choir pews. The service was broadcast, with the choir singing "The Lord is My Shepherd" to "Crimond", and Adrienne and

31 SILVER A [D GREEN Marion Gray reading the lessons.

Afterwards we joined in a most enjoyable sing-song, especially amusing when we tried to sing "Every Valley", which we had all sung a week-end and a half ago in the music contests, but could not remember the last half of the tune.

As the minister's wife was an Old Collegian, we finished with some School songs.

Before returning northwards on Monday morning we were driven through the open cut on Mt. Lyell, where copper ore is mined for the smelting works. From the road high above, we could see the holes prepared for explosives along the edge of a cliff face, which was shortly to be blasted out—so we hurried on. Lunch we ate at the lovely Bronte Park Chalet, and then detoured to Tungatinah and Tarraleah Power Stations, very much in the centre of the "allelectric island". W e felt very privileged to be shown the streamlined generators, the tail race, and the complicated control panels, as normally inspections are permitted only from the visitors' gallery. It was getting dark when we crossed the Great Western Tiers sprinkled with patches of half-melted snow, on our way to Deloraine.

Tuesday was the day when "all good things come to an end". Our final tour was of King Solomon's Caves, which contained many exquisitely shaped and very aptly named formations.

Slender, brittle, white stalactites, a seventeen feet column from floor to ceiling, parsnipshaped pendants, inviting "rashers of bacon" and large, leathery "fried eggs", Indian blankets and King Solomon's face itself were all very beautiful. But we had to tear ourselves away and returned to Deloraine for lunch. Party "B" was very pleased to have time to see over the National Trust House, "Entally", at Hadspen, and found the furniture and other exhibits, especially the collection of old carriages in the stables, most interesting.

The return trip by plane was smooth and swift, and we were welcomed back to Melbourne by her myriad lights spread flat like some giant glittering mosaic. W e review the many memorable events of our tour with great pleasure, and thank very much the three members of Staff who joined with us so wholeheartedly and looked after us so well in all we did.

—Solway Love, H.VI.a, Fitchett.

The Canberra Trip

The Residence of the High Commissioner for Eskimos, Australian Academy of Science, Canberra.

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On the 18th, 19th and 29th of August three parties, each consisting of about 68 girls and two members of staff, travelled by aeroplane to the Federal Capital, Canberra.

W e made an early start, leaving school at 7 a.m. for Essendon aerodrome.

W e travelled by D.C 3, and at the aerodrome at Canberra we were met by buses from the Department of the Interior, which took us around Canberra during the day. On the way home from the aerodrome we passed the Royal Military College, Duntroon.

What was more striking about Canberra was its modern,

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up-to-date look, which was very apparent as we drove through the wide, tree-lined streets.

Not far from Duntroon stood the American War Memorial, a tall column surmounted by an eagle.

It was certainly an impressive sight.

Leaving the Memorial, we drove through part of Canberra to Parliament House, where, since 1927, the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia has met. Each group was conducted through Parliament House, going first into King's Hall, where paintings of the Queen, Prime Minister and other notable personalities are hung. W e

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were then conducted through the House of Representatives (the lower house), where one group was fortunate enough to see Parliament in session.

As we drove through Canberra we passed many of the buildings of the various Embassies.

The styles of these buildings ranged from the old Colonial style of the United States Embassy to the extremely modern design of the Embassy for the Federal Republic of Germany.

A tasty lunch which was provided by the Department of the Interior was eaten in a park not far from the Kingston Shopping Centre. W e then had some time to see the shops before moving on to the Australian Academy of Science.

This strange building, which looks rather like an igloo, is surrounded by a shallow moat. In jest it has been called "The Tea House of the August Goons" and "The Residence of the High Commissioner for Eskimos". Across the road was the Australian Institute of Anatomy, which we visited for a short while. During our bus journeys we saw a number of Canberra's schools and

churches. W e were also driven to the Red Hill Lookout, from where a wonderful view of Canberra and its environs can be seen.

The highlight of the tour was the visit to the Australian War Memorial. The most beautiful part of the memorial is the Hall of Memory, the walls of which are entirely covered with intricate mosaic work.

On the walls four figures are depicted, in memory of all those who fought in the war. The hall is so quiet that the slightest sound echoes through it. The Art Gallery and Museum contain relics of both world wars. On the walls of the cloisters surrounding the Pool of Reflection are to be inscribed the names of all who died in the wars, no distinction being made between ranks.

After leaving the War Memorial we returned to the aerodrome. To see the sun setting from above the clouds was a lovely ending to a day well spent.

—Helen Conochie, S.V.a, Cato.

Current Corner In Memoriam How majestic he looks!

How like a great glistening sentinel Outlined against the summer sky.

A monument to the past.

His glistening black body Reflecting the sunlight In streaks of moving brilliance.

Powerful he was.

In his father's time, Almost a god, Worshipped for his victories.

What are they now?

Little cares the white man for them, His cherished ambitions; Battles, inspired by passion And hatred; Knowing no defeat, Until now.

They came and called him A barbarian; Primitive, insignificant, And enslaved him: They forgot he was human.

Look at him now.

Standing draped in chains; Not chains of slavery now, But of segregation.

They gave him freedom

In false raiment; No longer held him, But worse— Refused to accept him.

Rejected him as one repulsive!

Who could foresee the throb Of desire for revenge That grew with each new hurt Within the African's breast?

W h o are we to condemn him?

Only miserable men Who have misused our liberties!

I pity him now—man Like a painted Egyptian corpse: Only a reflection Of what he once was, The African.

—Valerie Driver, S.F.f, Tiddeman.

National Feeling in the W o r l d When you calmly sit down by the quiet glowing fireplace on a wintry night you feel the warmth and comfort of the room. But, outside, the street, it is so full of ghastly, howling winds. There is combat every moment. Every day the minds of people are incessantly fed by a stream of horror and fear. People fear an atomic or a hydrogen bomb, fear a nuclear war, and fear a fatal outcome of conquest into the space.

If there were a war, it would be a war in the space and a war in the soils of the United States and the Soviet

SILVER A <JD GREEN Union. The impact of the international tension is due to nothing but ambition and national feeling in the world.

National feeling, somehow or other, still dominates the relationship among different nationalities.

The reason why there are white, black and yellow people may be explained by the theory of evolution or by the natural creation of God. However, if we believe that there should have a marked distinction between the different nationalities in the world, we are treating ourselves as species which show nothing superior to the lower animals. To a person w h o has travelled far and wide, the view on nationalities will be vastly inconsistent with the one who has never travelled.

Travelling will provide a person the vital weapon to kill the national feeling between different races.

He sees that courtesy of people in other countries. The warm hospitalities, kind friendship, intelligence and understanding of other nationalities are found to b e just the same as his own.

Yet, no matter how far the gulf between the different races is filled by close contact with each other, there is still a ridge of national feeling between them.

The main cause for distinction of different nationalities may b e a colour matter: the Europeans are white, the Asians are yellow, the Indians and Africans are black. Therefore, an imaginative picture may b e drawn up in which the three main coloured people are separated by lines drawn distinctly between them. Yet there is no isolation of races as it is imagined.

The world is a mixed community, a community which is made up of Europeans, Asians, Australians, Indians, Malays, Africans, and so on. D o they keep the principle of fraternity in their daily life?

No! The black people in America are totally denied their right of keeping their equality with the Americans. Analogous to that, in Africa, those Negroes who marry white women are driven out of their country or else they are lowly looked down by their fellow citizens. The Congolese are badly treated by the Belgian people because the Congolese are black.

Not only is there a national feeling between the individuals, but there is also an intensive national conflict between the nations. The question of East and West can hardly be peacefully settled.

It appears that the present world is divided into two distinctive worlds; one is the world of Communists led by Eastern countries, Soviet Union and Red China, and the other world is that of the Liberals, led by the United States, France and the United Kingdom. There is some sort of national feeling between them, too. W h e n Khrushchev arrived at New York, the Americans tried to tear down the name of Russia by shouting out, " L o n g live the Americans, bless the United States". Conflict between Russia and America had marked the failure of the Summit Conference at Berlin.

It may be that an undying national conflict will mean the end of peace, and its instrument—the United Nations at New York. How far can w e really say that the national feeling in the world is suppressed?

-Shirley Ting, H.VI.c, Nevile.

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There's Robespierre and Girondins and Danton and Rousseau; There's Feuillants and Jacobins and wily Mirabeau; There's Hebertistes, Dormouriez, and other men defaulting.

Their names were cute, and of repute, And they were all revolting.

—Suzanne Davies, H.VI.a,

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The Plea (With apologies to A. A. Milne.)

Our good Principal, Said to his assembly (Of hard-working pupils, And staff frustrated), The school needs bricks, Quickly, quickly, So turn to your friends, And see what you can get.

They may be red bricks, Straight from the furnace, T o help the new wing Be finished in time.

They may b e cream bricks Straight from the quarry, T o join up with mortar, And make those walls climb.

Those good pupils, Hard-working pupils, Looked both hard and long, Till at last they had tracked What they wanted, but lacked— Now the wing will be finished in time.

—Beverley Waite, IV.c, Fitchett.

The Royal Melbourne Show Ferris wheels, side shows, animals and flowers.

Although some days were fine, there were many showers.

People came from near and far, bringing their prize dogs, But some people came to see men chopping logs.

Many people came and saw the grand parade, And street stalls made a fortune selling lemonade.

There were people everywhere going to and fro, Buying souvenirs to remember Melbourne's Show.

W o b b l e boards were everywhere, making such a noise, And voices were ever shouting, "Come, buy my toys!"

Hours went by like minutes, and w e all had lots of fun, And w e all were very sorry when the day was done.

Jillian McCulloch, 12 years, I.f, Nevile.

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"The whole world's in a terrible state o' chassis". So said Mr. Boyle, so say thousands of people to-day. "They ought to do something about it". Undoubtedly, but who is "they"? Unfortunately, one cannot blame the Government, or some other unspecified body for all the unhappiness around us. Just as it is individuals who are suffering, so it is not the Government, but each individual who must do his part to reconstruct the world. Of course, the Government is important, and should be working for the good of the people, but just as it is working for the people, so it can only be really effective if it is worked by the people. A dictatorship may last for a while, and possibly even do great good, but the most good for the greatest number can only be achieved if every citizen is maintaining an active interest in his government.

If then it is agreed that the individual must do his part for the good of all mankind, then it is important to decide what that part should be.

Not everyone can make the same contribution to the solution of the problems, but everyone can do something.

First, it is our duty to think.

Very few people remain mentally alert all the time, but many people seem to pass through life in a fog, never pausing to look ahead, and weigh the consequences of their actions, but merely following the majority opinion, like a flock of sheep.

Very often their thinking and action is limited to their own comfort if they are warm and comfortable, they feel that everybody else must be so. It is not the actively bad who are responsible for the most unhappiness in the world, but the passively good.

Those engaged on active service in the army of evil are fortunately very few, but those accustomed to limiting their action to dropping a couple of shillings into the collection box at the church door, and smiling smugly to themselves in a rosy mist of self satisfaction are very easily stampeded into rash action when their comfort is threatened. History abounds with wars that have started through lack of foresight and common sense.

Obviously, if one is to think, there must be some framework to build thoughts on.

That framework is knowledge, knowledge for all men, rich or poor, whether they live in Australia or India, China or America, and a knowledge which is more than just an awareness of the date when the Battle of Waterloo was fought, or the fact that cats are mammals. It must lie a knowledge born of experience, of gathering up the clues offered to us in history or science, and welded into a tool which will enable us to work onwards toward Absolute Truth and Beauty.

Thought and knowledge combined form a formidable weapon to be wielded against darkness and evil. A little enlightened thought crumbles the foundations of the most obstinate of prejudices and superstitions, and breaks away the barriers of ignorance and distrust which prevent friendship and tolerance from doing their good work in the world. Philosophers can develop new ideas which could prove to be of great benefit to mankind only by thinking on from what is known already, trying to explain proven facts, and widen the horizons of man's concepts. Knowledge can be

used for more practical purposes, too, knowledge of hygiene to prevent disease, or scientific knowledge, to develop means of producing more food, or to improve living conditions.

If knowledge is so important, then everyone must work together, to spread enlightenment into the darkest corners of the world, and to lift men out of the gutter into a position where they have time and the inclination to think of other things besides where their next meal is coming from. Those who know a little must work to impart that little to others who know less, and to keep alive the flame of interest in learning.

Those who think must strive to encourage others to think and to prevent men from slipping back into lethargy.

Science, literature, art, all are on the threshold of a new and wonderful era. Never before have there been so many opportunities opening out ahead. However, man must not be so anxious to move on that he forgets the shackles that bind his feet.

Unless he removes them first, they will go on with him, holding him back, and impeding him in his work, or possibly even destroying him. Like all great truths, those of science have great potentials for good or for evil, and it is up to man to control them as a servant for peaceable use.

However, as long as sufficient people are interested enough to work for good, and to keep their sense of humour and their faith in the ultimate victory of good, man will eventually remove the shackles that bind him and go on unimpeded to the wonderful future that lies ahead.

—Merrill Smalley, H.VI.e, Fitchett.

Noise of Growing Pains—Guess Where First a shatter and a clatter, And the buzzing of machines, Next a digging and a draining And such scenes.

Then a banging and a clanging As new hardware comes to sight, And a drilling and a filling Is the blight.

Soon a knocking and a docking Of the yellow planks of wood Turns to shooting sounds not always Understood.

Next a turning and a churning Makes its music in the yard.

Advertising the fast rising Concrete hard.

Still brick piling keeps them smiling As the walls rise large and high, And a hammering and clashing Fills the sky.

Then more building, spray and gilding As a woman's hairstyle curls, Till the air round holds a new sound —Busy girls.

A Matric. who has been affected by above, Hon. Vl.a, Fitchett.

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Singapore's Interesting Spots In such a cosmopolitan state as Singapore, with an increasing population of 1.6 million, there are endless interesting places to visit at all times of the day.

The Har Par Villa, also known as the Tiger Balm Garden, is a fabulous villa of many hundreds of interesting views built for the best enjoyment of the public and the delight of tourists of the Aw Brothers, the leading philanthropists in south-east Asia. This villa is located at Pasir Panjang, which is the western section of the island. Statues of the reclining Buddha are erected all over the villa, some of which are placed on the peaks of pagodos. Models of Chinese homes and heroic characters of Chinese folk tales of the long past days capture the interest of visitors, especially tourists.

The Modeka Bridge ("modeka" meaning freedom) has two monuments, one on each end of the bridge. The construction of this 2020 feet long concrete bridge, situated in Nicoll Highway, cost more than eight million dollars.

It was opened on the 17th August, 1956. Singaporeans, especially those who work in the city, use this bridge daily as it is a shorter cut to the city.

One side of the bridge faces the Kallang Basin, one of the State's busiest waterways, and citizens, both young and old, gather along the bridge in the evening when the traffic has subsided, to enjoy the evening's leisure and the cool breeze from the sea.

Situated along Nicoll Highway itself is another of Singapore's interesting spots—the Queen Elizabeth Walk. This famous seaside promenade was opened to the public in the same year as the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and it was so named in her honour. It is always crowded with people, who come to enjoy the colourful scenery—the many-coloured tropical flowers, the refreshing green of the foliage, the beautiful green lawns, and the fresh air, and above all to listen to the sound of the waves beating on the rocks. To add to these enjoyments, the Singapore Police Band performs once in a while.

The U-shaped open-air restaurant faces the waterfront, and is a most popular spot during the night, when the lamps are lit. Here, Chinese and Malay food and refreshments are sold, and the service is excellent.

In fact, it is almost overwhelming as waiters rush to take orders as soon as you are settled.

Tall, shady trees with beautiful creepers creeping up their trunks grow at the other end of the Elizabeth Walk. People often sit on the benches under these trees, to relax and listen to the sweet song of the birds. About five yards away from the trees there are a few steps which lead on to the famous Anderson Bridge, built at the mouth of the Singapore River. This is the State's busiest bridge, situated in the heart of the city.

The Cenotaph, erected in the centre of the Elizabeth Walk, was built in memory of Singapore's patriots during both world wars.

Singapore's Chinatown is a complete contrast from that of Melbourne. As one enters Chinatown one is welcomed by the multi-coloured flags, the family washing hung on bamboo poles sticking out of windows. This is a very busy place visited by numerous hawkers at all times of the day and night. Children wander about in the streets and endless crowds hustle along the five-foot way to do their day's chores. As soon as the last rays of the sun sets and dusk falls, story-tellers begin their profession. These men tell stories for a living—stories and legends of the heroes of Chinese folk tales of long ago; stories of China, her defeats and victories; stories of the reigning monarchs of China and stories containing morals.

The story-teller has to keep his audiences interested all the time, and when he finally comes to the climax he stops and passes round a container for the people to drop in their contributions.

Sometimes cups of tea are passed round, and those who drink the tea have to pay for it. After this he continues with his story. Recently the Singapore Department of Information Services have sought the help of these story-tellers in the compulsory voting campaign. These storytellers had to weave into their stories the three principles of voting. Thus they helped the Government to publicise among the people of Chinatown the importance of voting and the correct procedure of voting.

Unfortunately, this area is still very much unimproved. People still live in crowded, dilapidated hovels, and it is a great shame to realise that it is in this interesting and most unusual little spot that most of our tuberculosis and cancer patients come from.

Change Alley, any shopper's paradise, is inhabited by representatives of the three main races of Singapore—the Chinese, the Malays and the Indians, moreso the Chinese. A wide range

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of interesting goods from all over the world spread out all over the narrow alley, and shopping is done in a true Oriental fashion, with lots of bargaining.

Usually the goods are worth only half the price named by the salesman.

Most foreigners usually pay more than they should, as they are not aware of this. Imitation jewellery, fanciful Japanese ornaments, toys, shoes, fabrics, cosmetics and many other things can be purchased for a f e w dollars only.

Money-changers wait eagerly at both ends of the alley for foreigners who need change.

About a month before Christmas, or Chinese New Year, this lane is almost impenetrable, as goods can be bought at a lower cost here than in the bigger stores.

The Van Kleeff Aquarium, situated in King George V Park, is another place of great interest.

The building itself is built in the latest style at one end of a most beautiful and well-kept park of colourful flowers, shady trees and fresh, green lawns.

All species of fish are bred in huge oxygenated tanks, which are lit up while the rest of the room is in darkness. Multi-coloured corals gleam in the darkness. The silver-fish is another great attraction, and the whole place is really very beautifully decorated by different types of seaweeds. The sea-horse, the turtle, the shark, the star-fish, the cuttle-fish and the jelly-fish are a f e w examples of the wide collection of fishes in the Van Kleef Aquarium, the children's paradise.

Other interesting spots include the famous and magnificent Nuffield Swimming Pool of the Britannia C l u b opened for members of the British Forces only. This pool was a gift of Lord Nuffield, Britain's great industrialist and philanthropist; the Katong Park, the Chinese Swimming Club, built for the benefit of the Chinese only; the Kranji Memorial, the Botanic Gardens, the Happy World, and various reservoirs, the most popular of which is the McRitchie Reservoir at Thompson Road. But no matter which of these spots you visit, you are bound to enjoy yourself and feel, at the end of the visit, that it was well worth your time.

—June Lim, Form IV.a, Nevile.

Luddmansdorf, Carinthia—Austria W e had travelled all night and had known only that despite car breakdowns, fog and drizzle and having to carry the luggage on our backs part of the way, w e had " m a d e " the mountains and were in Austria.

It was worth every bit of trouble when We awoke next morning to the mournful mooing of a c o w and the bright sunshine. Looking out of the window, I saw the high Karawanken guarding the entrance to Yugoslavia. They were like jagged Christmas cakes defying any ant to climb their frosting. They ended suddenly in a belt of dark green conifers through the middle of which the pearly-grey ribbon of the Drave curled and twisted.

Then there were the fields as bright green as though coloured by a child, or golden-brown where the stalks of barley stood in long solemn rows.

It all seemed too unreal. The sky was only such a brilliant blue in exaggerated photos., and yet there was a farmer as large as life walking down the rows of sweetcorn, pausing to look at

a plant here or there; and in the field beyond two old peasant women clothed in black with black scarves to protect them from the sun cut the waving stalks of hay with scythes, as their predecessors had done for centuries.

In another field a small boy in leather pants, accompanied by a faithful St. Bernard on foot, drove a heavily laden wagon of barley drawn by sulky oxen to a barn.

Following the white, dusty village road, we were greeted by peasants and children alike with "Zriiss Gott", the traditional greeting, and a friendly smile. A clear stream flowed beside it and then turned to the chapel, surrounded by crumbling gravestones of people long forgotten.

On and around these grew climbing roses and poppies, and in darker corners violets.

Just a f e w hundred paces further is the tavern, with a huge chestnut tree shading the six tables and wooden benches, where the farmers stop for a glass of beer and a chat on their way home from the fields in the evening.

It was harvest time when w e were there, and I would not have missed helping in a real oldfashioned harvest for anything.

Besides the threshing, everything is done by hand, and yet it is no wonder, for a farmer's land might only b e about half-a-dozen times the size of M.L.C. The men and boys drove the carts to the fields, where they stacked them high with barley sheaves.

On their return to the barn they dumped their lot and left the stacking to the girls.

When the first lot was in an orderly pile the girls rested on it till the wooden cart wheels announced the next lot. This went on all day until late in the evening, when, tired and dusty, w e sat down in the porch of one of the houses for a "peasants' meal".

There were only a f e w plates, piled high with cured bacon, beans and other vegetables. Everybody had a fork and " d u g " into the same plate.

The meal over, everyone sang songs and told jokes.

The evening passed quickly, and on leaving early next morning w e were waved on with "auf wiedersehen" (see you again) by the friendly village people on their way to work.

—Fairlie Winston, IV.d, Berry.

Process of Manufacture of Se-Yu Sauce In the lands of China, Burma, Siam, IndoChina, Malaya, Japan and Indonesia, se-yu sauce is very popular. Every household uses this commodity for cooking—even the poor peasants w h o have no money to buy meat or vegetables eat their rice with se-yu sauce.

Se-yu sauce is also known as soya-bean sauce, because it is made from these beans. In Malaya the soya beans are imported in sacks from Korea and China. They are first washed and put into big pots to be steamed.

Sawdust or crude oil is used to generate the steam. Boiling does not take place, because during the process proteins, vitamins and taste would be lost. When the bean has been cooked it is allowed to cool, and then fungi belonging to the mucor family are put into it. Only this variety from the mucor family

SILVER A <JD GREEN will, by reacting on the soya bean, give se-yu sauce. Therefore care must be taken to see that no other bacteria are allowed to multiply among them. The beans are then put into baskets and time is allowed for the fungi to grow and react on them. During this period the temperature is kept constant.

About two weeks later the fermented beans are taken from the shelves and emptied into jars. Salt water is added, and the jars are left in the open so that the sun can shine on them.

The fact that Malaya has so much rain presents a great problem to the manufacturers.

When the rain comes the jars have to be covered, because no rain is allowed to get into them, as it will spoil the sauce. Difficulties arise when there are hundreds of jars, for by the time the workers have put on the lids the sun is out again, and it is time for them to take off the lids once more. The manufacturers have solved this problem by using glass lids—no rain will spoil the se-yu and the sun can still shine on it. As is the case with wine, good se-yu sauce is distinguished from the other grades by the length of time it is kept in the sun. On the average it takes four months for the salt water to turn into sauce. This bean has now no food value as it has turned into the se-yu, and is separated from it. The curd is desalted and used for fertiliser.

The se-yu is bottled and labelled, and is then ready for sale.

Se-yu sauce, which is widely used for cooking and other domestic purposes, is rich in food value and so good for health, has been known to the Chinese for many hundreds of years.

—Chee Kah Yeo, H.VI.c, Berry.

The Tower of London Although I visited numerous places of interest in London, I found that the most impressive was the Tower of London. This tower was partly built by William the Conqueror for the purpose of protecting and controlling the city. Although it has been both a palace and a prison, it has taken its place in history as the latter.

In earlier times, when the River Thames was more of a highway, prisoners were taken to the Tower by boat, entering under Traitors' Gate.

The Bloody Tower and the Wakefield Tower adjoin the gate. In 1483 the former was presumably the scene of the murder of the two young princes, the elder being the boy king Edward V. During the reign of Charles II the boys' bones were found in a staircase in the White Tower.

Historic armours and weapons are now to be seen in this tower.

The Crown jewels are kept in the Wakefield Tower. The Imperial State Crown and Coronation Crown are among this collection, which I am sure is the most wonderful to be seen in the world.

The Tower of London is comprised of many famous towers, but Tower Green and the three I have already mentioned are the most notable.

Tower Green is actually a small, square plate paved with granite, showing the site where several Erivate executions took place.

Among those eheaded on this spot were Lord Hastings, Anne Boleyn, Katherine Howard and Lady Jane Grey.

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—Margaret Almond, IV.c, Fitchett.

Thailand (Continued) I have already told you about Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, and this time I would like to guide you to the ancient city of Ayudhya, 44 miles north of Bangkok. This city was the capital of Thailand during the reigns of 33 kings.

While it was the capital, Ayudhya was a very flourishing city. It is very well situated geographically at a point where many big rivers meet, and its site is in a valley.

It is regrettable to tell that 200 years ago this city was entirely destroyed. Here, in this ancient city, triumph and defeat, hope and despair, glory and shame have all shown the spirit of freedom which still lives.

If Ayudhya had not been entirely destroyed doubtless one could find there many more beautiful sights. However, there still appear within the walls palaces and a great number of Buddhist temples much greater than those of Bangkok.

One of the famous temples in Ayudhya is called Wat Phra Monkol Bophit (means the temple of Buddha's image, Monkol Bophit), in which there is a large bronze image of the Buddha.

In front of this temple there is a real Thai traditional house which was built to maintain the traditional type of a Thai house which is now dying out.

Another interesting temple was built in the Gothic style of Western architecture by the command of King Rama V. Its windows and doors are adorned with coloured panes.

The purpose of erection in this style was to add something different to a Buddhist temple.

Bang-Pa-In is the most admirable palace of Ayudhya.

Inside this palace there are many buildings, three of which I am going to describe.

Aisawan-Thipya-At Building is built in real Thai style. This pavilion is in the middle of the lake.

It was made of wood, including the pillars, but afterwards the floor and pillars were changed into ferro-concrete.

Then there is Varophat-Phiman Hall, an audience hall which was rebuilt in a Western design.

Besides the throne are oil paintings on the walls around the hall.

Next the Vehat-Chumroon Hall. This was built in Chinese style. Its roof tiles are of carved wood showing the scenes from Chinese history.

The Pagoda of Queen Suriyothai. This has an interesting history of the great queen, who lived four hundred years ago, when a strong Burmese army attacked the city. The king led his army out to fight against the Burmese. The queen, who dressed as a man, went out with him. The king fought a single-handed combat with the Burmese prince on elephant-back, and was about to be killed. At that moment the queen drove her elephant forward to engage the enemy.

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Having offered her life to save the king and the whole nation, she was cut down by a Burmese weapon and died on the elephant's back. After the war the king built the pagoda; inside it are the queen's ashes.

Thus this pagoda is one which is worth seeing, being a memorial of Queen Suriyothai, who has been held in respect as one of the greatest women in our history.

These things which I have already mentioned are only a small part of Ayudhya. I wish you could go to Thailand and see them all. If you have not yet made any plans for your holiday, you might like to go to Thailand. W e are ready to welcome you.

—Pongpan Pinsvasdi, Il.a, Tiddeman.

A Winter's Day in an Austrian State School During the three years I was in Austria I attended an Austrian "Volkschule" (State school), which is very different from our school here.

At 7.45 a.m. you could see school children rushing to school on skis or sledges. On arriving at school everybody took off their duffle coats, revealing their national dress. The boys wore Lederhosen (leather pants), and the girls their Dimdels.

They also took off their ski boots, replacing them with slippers.

They did this because the classroom floors were very highly polished.

When the teacher came in at 8 a.m. he lit the stove, and everybody prayed to the crucifix in the corner, as Austria is mostly Catholic. Then we started our lessons.

Our form master took us for everything, including singing, for which he played the piano, and everybody grouped around and sang. All our lessons were an hour long, with five minutes' break at the end of every lesson. Then at ten o'clock we had ten minutes' recess, when we had our play lunch.

In sports period we would go up the nearest mountain and ski or sled down. Usually sport was the last period, so that those who lived on the mountain didn't need to ski down and climb up again.

School finished at 1 p.m., and we went home with hardly any home work to do. W e also had school on Saturday mornings from eight to twelve.

Though this seems a short time at school, the Austrian schools really have several hours more of school work than our schools here.

—Wendy Pratt, Il.b, Cato.

Ramedan in the Persian Gulf Ramedan is one of the most important Moslem religious feasts.

It starts in July and continues till August. No Moslem is allowed to eat while the sun is up.

At sunset the village heads run and knock on all the villagers' doors, beating a drum, to say they may eat.

After a short prayer together the villagers begin to eat. They then go to bed until just before sunrise, when they are awakened again by the drum. They then have a bowl of rice and dates. And then they are ready to begin work. It is not polite to eat in front of a Moslem while the sun is up.

—Jenny Tripp, I.e, 12 years, Fitchett.

Honolulu The sun was shining brightly as our ship glided slowly down the harbour of Honolulu.

The pilot boat that met us half way down the bay carried Hawaiian girls, who came aboard and presented each passenger with a lei. These were to be kept and thrown overboard as we left.

After proceeding ashore the first place we visited was Iolani Palace. It was there in 1898 that the Hawaiian flag was lowered and the Stars and Stripes raised, when the islands became part of the United States. The palace is now the seat of government, as Hawaii has become a republic.

The weather was perfect, since there are no extremes of heat and cold, the temperature variations being only a few degrees above or below the average of 75 degrees Fahrenheit, day and night, winter and summer.

W e drove to Pearl Harbour, passing through miles and miles of golden pineapples ripening in the sun. The pineapple industry ranks second to sugar in importance. In fact, 70 per cent of the world's supply is packed and exported from the islands. W e were very interested in Pearl Harbour.

It is the site of the greatest naval station under the United States flag, and is where the surprise attack by Japanese air and submarine forces took place in 1941.

Leaving Pearl Harbour, we passed the Schofield Barracks, the United States' largest overseas garrison post. W e then went to Punchbowl Crater.

This is an extinct volcanic crater in which is placed the National Memorial Cemetery for the Pacific war dead. From there we drove through the grounds of Punahou School and the University of Hawaii.

Returning to the shopping centre of Honolulu, we passed through a tropical rain forest, which included Australian gum and pine trees. In the shopping centre we saw the city's colourful Chinese section, and many stalls selling glorious Hawaiian flowers. It was just two days to Christmas, and outside one of the self-service stores was erected an enormous Father Christmas, reputed to be the largest in the world. After buying a few souvenirs, we went to the worldfamous Waikiki Beach, and had lunch at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, sitting at tables on a terrace that was practically touching the water, and watching surfers trying their skill on the waves.

During the afternoon we drove around the suburbs and saw the golf course. W e went to the Hawaiian village for dinner, and ate delicious New York cut steaks.

Two violinists moved among the tables playing any requested songs. An illuminated Christmas tree was placed in the middle of a lake, and looked very beautiful. The words, "Merle Kalikimaka", meaning "Merry Christmas", could be seen everywhere.

All too soon it was time to go back to the ship and say good-bye to beautiful Hawaii. An Hawaiian band and dancers entertained us on the wharf before we sailed.

When the ship pulled out from the pier we threw our leis overboard, hoping that they would float back to land, as that would mean we would one day return to the enchanting Hawaiian Islands.

—Margaret Ashton, 15 years, IV.c, Cato

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Original Contributions SENIOR SECTION The African How majestic he looks; How like a great glistening sentinel Outlined against the summer sky.

A monument to the past.

His glistening black body Reflecting the sunlight In streaks of moving brilliance; The African stands motionless, Undecided.

Powerful he was In his father's time Almost a god, Worshipped for his victories.

What are they now?

Little cares the white man for them— His cherished ambitions Inspired by passion and hatred, His battles; Knowing no defeat, Until now.

They came and called him a barbarian, Primitive, insignificant, And enslaved him; They forgot he was human.

Look at him now— Standing draped in chains, But with his shoulders squared, Hiding his hatred and fear; Almost resembling a painted Egyptian corpseOnly a reflection of What he once was, The African.

Then came our "learned" men Professing humanitarianism, Who took off his chains.

Did they who were so wise Consider that, Having been bound so long, He had no link with the past?

Neither did he comprehend The white man's ways.

He was confused— The white brothers Who taught so ardently To love one's neighbour Hated him—for his colour!

They gave him freedom In false raiment— No longer chained him, But worse— Refused to accept him As their brother.

Rejected him as one repulsive!

How they shunned him And showed him only hatred and malice, Not love.

How could he understand Such treatment When his teachers Followed not their own instruction?

W h o could foresee the throb Of desire for revenge That grew with each new hurt Within the African's breast?

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A few understood— But they were God's men, Whose voices were as those Lost in a desert of silence.

The African is only human Like us—who mistreated him.

Now he rises to retaliate, And uses the weapons W e so freely used on him And his kind.

W h o are we to condemn him— Only miserable men W h o have ill-used our liberties.

W e deserve our fate, Whatever it may be.

Let us unite as brothers And undo what our fathers have done; Let us serve our fellow men Whate'er their colour or creed!

Then let us pray For peace and unity, And goodwill towards men.

—Valerie Driver, S.V.f, Tiddeman.

The Flash Quick, slick lizard, Long as my finger, Thin as a shiver of light, Flashed his silver Once— And was gone.

Brighter than flames of ice, Sharper than brittle steel, Bolder than frozen starlight, He lives in a speck of eternity; Has time To flash his silver Once— And is gone.

—Margaret Higginbottom, H.VI.c, Krome.

Night Night silently folds her dusky pinions Over the sleeping land, Carefully guarding the hundreds and millions That lie within her hand.

She reigns supreme in the still, cold peace That rests the milling throng; With a beauty and splendour that should not cease, Yet will die with the first bird's song.

The queenly moon from her throne above Is bathing the earth below, From the pools of her kind and thoughtful love, With a shimmering, silver glow.

Lining leaves with a luminous light, Tracing a path o'er the sea, Painting nouses silver-white And shadows eerily.

Her black velvet dress is studded with jewels Which sparkle and shimmer and shine Like fish that swim through stagnant pools, Or diamonds in a mine.

Night roams at random where she will, In all her beauty rare; Guarding, protecting, watching still The sleeping world so fair.

—Lynette Quinton, H.VI.e, Berry.

The Lure of Distance As I sit there, my chin cupped in my hands, my hair falling untidily across my forehead and my eyes fixed on the window, the droning of the art master's voice grows softer and softer and moves further and further into the distance.

A dull grey pall falls on the little round man with the trim black moustache and, suddenly, he seems to be there no longer. My eyes move slowly across the picture of the city framed in that single pane of glass and I watch as the stately church spires bend forward and beckon to me. The tall glass buildings, glittering in the sunlight, slip quietly into line and form a pathway, a pathway which leads to the sea and to the great ships which lie at anchor there.

Beside each strange wooden pier they lie in tidy rows rocking silently on the gentle swell, their only link with the land being several thick ropes and a short gangway.

There are ships from many different countries, some large, some small, some built to carry passengers, some to haul cargo. The sailors who work these ships are either black, brown, yellow or white, yet, in spite of these differences the ships are held together by a strange intangible band.

The passing wind carries murmured messages from funnel to funnel, secrets which those beyond the invisible chain will never know.

I close my eyes and wonder why the sea and the ships call to me and then wrap themselves in a mysterious strand and leave me outside, puzzled and alone. They lure me to them, but that is all. It is I who must make the next move. Beside them I know nothing. They have crossed the seas and know many races and countries, to them distance is no barrier, they may go where they wish.

But for me the barrier still lies stretched across the pathway. Yet, although a barrier lies there, distance holds a lure and also a challenge and goal. Beyond me lies a world of which I know nothing, a maze of countries and peoples, all different yet all striving to achieve similar objectives. Yes, that is what the ships have and what I would wish for also, a love and understanding of people, whatever their colour, wherever they live.

There are the peoples of the European countries, the Englishman as he runs through the fog to catch a bus to work, his coat collar up, his hat pulled down over his eyes; the Dane at work among his dairy cattle; the Frenchman draping soft silken fabrics about his doe-eyed model; the Russian, the German, and so many others, each different, each holding the future of the world in his hands.

Then there are the peoples of the East, the rich who live in exotic luxury, the poor who wonder where their next meal will come from. There are those who live to wander the shimmering sands of Egypt, from which the lowering pyramids rise, those who live

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Suddenly the pathway to the sea disappears and the ships are to be seen no longer. Thus, I realise that I must listen to the master in front of me for, although distance lures me to dream, there is much work to be done before the goal may be reached, before I may be bound by that invisible chain to the ships and the sea.

—Eugenie Tuck, Hon. Vl.b, Nevile.

A Humble Plea for Consideration of Our Plight (Apologies to A. A. Milne.)

Senior V.f must do very many thingses Before they reach Assembly—they haven't got wingses!

They must find their hymnals, their pencils and bookses.

When ten seconds late—get accusing lookses.

Maybe they don't go to Assembly in rowses.

Let me tell you this—they're kept on their toeses.

They're prodded from behind, and yelled at in earses, When ordered more precisely, they're obliging little dearses.

They've a long path to drag their weary little feetses On the way to Assembly, lined by irate teachers, Saying, "Be more expeditious, you're blocking up the stairses.

Senior V.f! Will you please walk in pairses!"

No one understands or sympathises with the plightses Of these poor bewildered children, who try with mains and mightses To comply with all the rules and do the very many thingses Before they reach Assembly—they haven't got wingses!

—"One Who Knowses", S.V.f, Tiddeman.

The Alley Cat This lithe and creeping, lively Organ of pent-up curiosity, Moving like a fleeting breath Through reeking alleyways And drains of night.

How sleek, yet coarse!

How strong, yet weak With hunger and starvation!

Yet on and ever on this slinking Shadow flits from door to door, But barely keeping pace with life, And ever slipping into death's ever Pealing well of wanton greed.

The shadow stops, The shining alley lord is now Fallen, forgotten.

—Diana Redman, IV.e, Cato.

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There is a moment's calm, and then a swell, One huge green wave roars in beside the cliff, And snarls against the rocks that try to quell Its journey to the long deserted beach.

But only God: the Great Almighty Hand Controls this savage, glinting in the sun As it slides onward to the slender sand, And with its foam-edged tongue will lick it smooth.

—Diana Winston, Hon. VI.c, Fitchett.

Requiem The lights are out, And the balloons are gone.

The wide room gasps with sudden emptiness; A purse, a cardigan forlornly left behind, And footmarks on the bruised and dusty floor, All that's left.

But the thick air, vibrant with soundless echoes, Shouts that here, in the latest seconds, A hundred people moved and laughed, And the building's heart was full; The brittle shell softened by talk and music, The harshness melted, as with tears.

But now the lights are out And the balloons are gone; The glow is fading from the warmed walls; And they whimper In silent agony.

—Eden Liddelow, H.VI.e, Fitchett.'

The Eternal Triangle In this drama of love and hate There are but characters three.

Their story is much the same As any in History.

Hydrogen loved Oxygen dearly, So much, in fact, that he Gave two of himself to one of her, He so loved her company.

Sodium, a really dreadful cad Of unstable and nasty mind, Loved Oxygen also, so much that He soon began to find That he could not live without her, His life was not worth while.

So, addressing her, one day, he said, With suave and oily smile, "Dear Oxygen, come with me away Into the air so sweet.

Leave this Hydrogen far behind, Think of the new friends you'll meet!

Why, there's your cousin, Nitrogen Ned, A really fine fellow is he.

And Dioxide Don, and Vapourous Vera, A jolly fine company".

Entranced by this spectacle, false and fine, She told Hydrogen later that day— "I am sick of this life! I want to be free!

Sodium and I are going away".

But Hydrogen, true and trusty friend, Knew that Sodium meant harm.

"Don't go! Don't go! You'll regret it, I know!"

He cried with some alarm.

But she started packing up her charge, Refused to heed his warning true.

"Leave me alone! Let me go!

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I don't know what I saw in you!"

When Sodium came, they started to leave, But Hydrogen wouldn't let go.

Sodium took out his explosive gun— "You won't torment us so!"

He shot only once, but that was enough, A large explosion rent the air, And when the smoke had cleared away Hydrogen was no longer there.

Mrs. Sodium Oxide she soon became, And very unhappy she was indeed.

How she longed for her Hydrogen dear, And stronger, stronger became her need.

Slowly but surely she pined for him, Then she silently passed away To join her Hydrogen in the land Where all reactive elements play.

—K.P.G., S.V.c, Krome.

War It came, creeping through the deepening shadows, Through the years; that monstrous thing.

Resolved to murder and to wrest That last weak thread of hope From those who dared to block its path.

On and on it came.

Choking the bright ray of civilisation To a mere pinprick, half obliterated By smoke and fire, and massive guns.

And through the strife, a still small voice Bade men be still.

Peace came.

And man was left to count his dead, And hope again.

—Priscilla Napper, 15 years, IV.c, Nevile.

The Night When Apollo has driven his golden chariot from the sky, And silvery Artemis guides her steeds over the celestial arena, Then peace and sleep, like magical balms, Descend and smother the tired earth below.

With coy modesty from behind their curtains peep the stars, And gaining courage glitter forth and sparkle, Their twinkling guides her plunging stallions As they tread the heavenly way.

But soon the brassy clarions of the sun sound from afar, And then as inevitably fades the wondrous maiden and her beasts, Her faithful stars they vanish too, And night retires to sleep another day.

—Claire McAfee, IV.e, Krome.

Shell Music Within each little curious shell That lies upon the sanded shore, Is something of the fall and swell And music of the ocean's roar; There is no shell, how small it be, But holds some music of the sea.

Within each little childish heart Some note of sweetness there may be, Each several one may bear a part Of the great world's sweet harmony; Some music sweet, some tender chord Of kindly thought, of loving word.

—Judy Cockrem, S.V.a, Krome.

The Tree As an old man's features— Wizened was the burnt bark Of the tree.

Dry . . . its limbs devoid of The life-giving sap That had once flowed free Along its boughs.

Its protecting form no longer Stood sentinel above the gorge, But was hollow . . .

Decayed . . . empty of the life That had withstood the elements For seventy summers. . . . A reminder of our destiny.

—Lyn Willcocks, IV.e, 15 years, Berry.

The Bus There was a lady with a big umbrella, Sitting in the corner, next to a feller In a bowler hat—the successful type With a grey moustache and smoking a pipe.

Whilst beside him sat another with a big red nose, In a loud check shirt and labourer's clothes.

And after him came a dear old soul, With twinkly eyes and a fox-fur stole.

The grimy-faced urchin sitting next but one, Kept pulling faces and chewing gum.

A business girl sitting primly there, With horn-rimmed glasses and bright red hair, Kept smiling coyly at a handsome guy With crepe soled shoes and a polka-dot tie.

A portly gent sitting next to him Had a blue cravat and a double chin, And the pained expression, without a doubt, Of one who suffers with chronic gout.

Whilst on his right were two little girls, With upturned noses and sausage curls.

Their mother was with them, a pale-faced lady, With a folder pusher and nursing the baby.

And a chap who rather fancied himself Looked down his nose at everyone else.

Thus I saw them sitting there, The rich, the poor, the old, the fair— For people such as these are found On every bus in every town.

They were to be, had thev but known, The subject of a schoolgirl's poem!

—Judy McDonald, S.V.b, Berry.

Daybreak Stillness: . . . earth holds her breath; Silver-studded blackness fades; Ghostly whispers stir still leaves, Grey dawn comes stealing softly in And brightens. Pink shadows streak the east, Whence golden beams are peeping shyly, Signalling approaching day.

—Heather Jackson, IV.e, 15 years, Krome.

SILVER A <JD GREEN Dewdrops Glistening in the sunlight, like a mass of sparkling gems, Reflecting in their brilliance All colours of the spectrum—dancing, twinkling, flashing, Dazzling my sight, awing me with their beauty.

What dull brain could o'erlook this sight At early morning? Who could not stop to think Of the miracle of beauty, which each tiny dewdrop creates When kissed by dancing sunbeams?

Clustered they are a spectacle unique That brightens my monotonous day.

Sparkling on the reeds in the river, On the leaves, the grass—everywhere I see a wealth of beauty, magnificence!

Oh, The miracles of nature . . .

If only we bustling, hurrying, worrying people Had eyes to see—the time to stop, and drink our fill Of this kind of wealth!

W e are too full already of material thoughts— Unaware of the wealth nature hath given us.

Harmony When shall all men as brothers Learn to live in mutual trust?

When shall the nations cease to strive For greater power, and lust For self-aggrandisement, ignoring Others in their surge, Till in their battle music flow The strains of mankind's dirge?

Whate'er their creed, all men must have A will to strive for good.

Religion, race and colour make The world decay as wood, Which crumbles at the lightest touch, Deceptive, as it shows, As one-—a rotted mass of cells, Like friendship when by foes It is destroyed and broken, so That life and colour fades.

But every man must take a stance Before earth's spirit jades, Must learn to stifle hate and pride, Distrust and jealous fear— So easily aroused, but oh!

So loath to disappear.

Love must dispel the hatred, Must be openlv expressed; And as responsibility leads Men to give their best, With trust a newborn openness And honesty may rise; And each may help the other To attain a standing wise.

Many notes of music may Create discordant sound; But these same notes can blend To form a harmony profound; And all earth's people may become As crystal notes defined, If none perversely mar the chord With creed harsh and unkind.

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As one lost stitch can cause a Knitted shawl to be unwound, With each one holding firm to keep Th' entire garment sound, A sbawl of peace and mutual aid May wrap the world around.

—Suzanne Davies, Hon. Vl.a, Fitchett.

Dream in a Library A big blowfly droned sleepily around my head and I batted it at lazily. I leant my head back against the knobby bookshelf and put my feet up, next to "Lamb's Essays".

"Just the right place for 'Lamb's Essays'," I muttered grumpily, as my treasured copy of "They're a Weird' Mob" slid to the floor. The warm day and the drowsy silence of the library were very sleep-inducing.

The buzzing of the blowfly grew louder, and I raised my hand and waved it listlessly around, hoping the fly would accidentally bump into it and annihilate itself.

"Okay, it's not Independence Day", said a rich American voice into my ear.

"I'm hearing things", I said, shutting my eyes more tightly—and then opening them quickly as another voice said: "Indeed, 'tis very unseemly for a guest to be taking her rest at a banquet".

A banquet! I woke up very definitely. All around me people were eating and drinking and "making merry" as the books say. They were not just ordinary people, they were characters from books which I had read. The man who had reproved me for waving my hand was Abraham Lincoln, resplendent in blue and gold. The second voice was that of a tall, red-haired woman dressed in a wide hooped dress encrusted with diamonds and pearls and other jewels with brilliantly shining colours.

She was Queen Elizabeth I. I gazed at her dress open-mouthed. "I always did hear that you were extravagant", I said, unthinkingly.

"Off with her head!" screamed the queen, but she walked off to speak to Sir Lancelot as if I wasn't there at all.

"Very rude", murmured a docile young woman whom I recognised as Jane Eyre.

"She never did have any manners!" glared Mary, Queen of Scots.

I smiled weakly.

Queen Bess hadn't really had anv manners where Mary was concerned.

After all, she did finally . . .

"Yoiks! Ahoy!" said Ben Hur as he arrived at the door in a flurry of dust. He trooped in with his men and placed his crown of leaves on a wall peg.

"Darned thing prickly anyway is", he grumbled as he peeled a peach and popped it into his mouth.

Queen Cleopatra was cuddling a yellow desert adder as she talked with the Mad Hatter. The Three Musketeers were being taught to rock an'roll

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by two young delinquents from "Hot Rod Racers".

I blushed as I remembered surreptitiously reading that particular book, and enjoying every minute of it.

Robin Hood was playing dominoes with Little Eva, and two of the Merry Men were playing a duet on the harpsichord.

Ivan the Terrible and Kit Carson were having a heated discussion over whether it was America or Russia that upset the Summit Conference.

Lincoln was wearing a plumed helmet. Robin Hood was wearing Queen Elizabeth's jewelled dress, and Mary Queen of Scots was wandering aimlessly around saying, "Where is it? Where is it? One moment it's here and next moment it's gone!" Perhaps she meant her head! I shuddered and clung to the steprail for support as the room began to whirl like a circus carousal. Colours flashed past my eyes.

Lincoln green, shining jewels, silver leaves, a soft, red, velvet cloak stained with mud—Sir Walter Raleigh!

Scott and Edmund Hillary were discussing the latest methods of snow travel, while Mr. Pickwick was swinging in a hammock surrounded by Scott's huskie dogs, with whom he was sharing his watercress sandwiches.

I wandered, unnoticed, among the guests, listening to their conversations and laughing at the ludicrous mixtures.

It was a literary and historical outrage.

"Last time I'll be chivalrous, drycleaning's so expensive these days", said a robust man's voice.

I could see rainbow coloured plumes nodding. I could hear the baying of the huskies, the galloping of the horses, the twanging harpsichord, the clatter of teacups . . .

Suddenly the scene became muddled and confused. My head swam as Sir Lancelot began speaking with an American accent and Abraham

"Feet off the bookcases please!" said the librarian, somewhere in the distance.

I awoke, removed my feet and exterminated that blowfly.

—Susan Boardman, S.V.b, 16 years, Berry.

MIDDLE SECTION Australia's Songsters A tinkling, bell-like call, to tell that day has begun, A ringing, singing, happy trill of joy, A note that wakes mankind to Nature's lovely life, A call that tells to all, of play and fun.

Firmer, but at least as lovely, are the morning songs, That rouse from drowsiness the slumbering earth, The pure and truly glorious hymns of sunlit morn, The music—long before the city throngs.

A raucous call, an almost human laugh resounds, A throaty, cackling, chuckling sort of voice; And yet dearer to Australia is this call Than all of Asia's nightingale bird sounds.

These are Australia's native songs, our bushland fun, These birds, to us, are more than pride and joy; They tell of open spaces, and of sun-drenched plains, This golden land, this earth beneath the sun.

—Lynette Le Lievre, Ill.b, 14 years, Cato.

SILVER A The Coming of Spring The wind went whistling through the trees, The ground was frozen, and the seas, And all was cold.

The sky was grey, the trees were bare, As if our Earth lacked Nature's care, And had grown old.

But now there is a softer breeze, Which brings the green leaves to the trees; The birds all sing.

Sweet flowers are blooming everywhere, And all the earth once more is fair, For it is spring.

—Helen Vorrath, Ill.b, 14 years, Cato.

The Retired Colonel Dressed in natty tweeds, his white wiry moustache bristling like a flustered terrier, the former colonel marched up the drive. He had a limp now, but his gait was still springy and precise, as if he were still a young man. The years had gouged lines in his weather-beaten face, which was now wreathed in smiles.

"Left, right; left, right!" his young grandson greeted him at the door, bayonet slung over his shoulder, grandad's slouch hat on his head.

"You've not got the gun at the right angle, private!" barked the old man, tears of pride in his eyes, as he limped into the drawing-room for tea.

—Margaret Pascoe, 14 years, Ill.b, Berry.

Bushland Wonders I love the view of mountains blue, The gum-tree's leafy shade, A trilling lark, a house-dog's bark, That echoes down the glade.

The wildflowers gleam beside the stream; The river's rippling voice, The sky so bright, the clouds so white, These make my heart rejoice.

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gypsies loved the fresh air, a little excitement, when the menfolk came back with what they had stealthily gathered from the surrounding farms.

They had no pity but for their own kind. The dirty faces of the children grew lined and furrowed before their years, with the teachings of Nature and God's great gifts to mankind. They learned to love the freedom and joy that was theirs, when they passed an apple orchard in full bloom, like dainty bouquets held in gnarled hands.

They cared not for the sorrow of a farmer losing hens, and they learned to lie as soon as they could talk. Ruffians they were, but, like all children, quaint and shy and beautiful.

They had very little "book-learning", but it did not worry them. They knew the ways of Nature, how the tiny blossom opened, how a new-born calf looked in the sun, how the rich brown earth was warm and soft. They had time to watch them all, time that they cherished, for the gypsies rarely hurried when on the open road.

True, they wanted to flee from where danger lay, but at night, as they gathered round the camp fire, their faces lit by the eerie glow, all was forgiven and forgotten, for the gypsy led a wild life, full of dancing and fun, a life of play and laughter in the open, in fresh air, a life that built strong bodies and wilful natures—and it was free! Free in everything that was needed for joy and love of family, a truly joyous life.

—Sandra Hacker, 14 years, Ill.b, Berry.

Autumn Leaves Floating down like snowflakes To the freezing ground, Reddish-brown the autumn leaves, Forming drifting mounds.

Crackling crisply underfoot, As I walk down the lanes, Swirling, twirling in the wind, Falling when it wanes.

Now they're white with winter snows Cov'ring them so deep, Glinting nightly 'neath the moon When the world's asleep.

-—Margaret Pascoe, 14 years, Ill.b, Berry.

—Bronwyn Woodall, 13 years, Il.b, Berry.

A Glimpse Through the Shadows of Time Life of a Gypsy Dawn began to prowl about the sky, putting out the stars. The day came on, hesitating, whimpering and shivering, wrapped in tatters of clouds and rags of mist, like a beggar.

The earth, dreaming, stretched itself open to the sun, and seemed to sigh with immeasurable content.

In the houses of the peasants in the village, the day had begun. It had begun, too, for the gypsies on the moor, in far off England. Already the brown faces were appearing out of caravans, and in an amazingly short time the horses were pushed between the shafts of the carts and the colony had collected up its few belongings and vanished. It liked to flit, as a gaily coloured butterfly, from tiny hamlet to open moor. The

Where are we? Let us look about.

The scene is Nazi-occupied France, nineteenforty-two, in a little town on the outskirts of Paris. W e are in the Rue de la Paix, a small street. Across the street is an inn, "The Coeur de Lion". It is night, and after curfew no one may be in the streets without a special permit, so they are quite deserted.

But wait! Not quite deserted.

A door has opened at the side of the inn. A girl peers out.

She is carrying a basket. Shouts of laughter come from the German soldiers inside.

Swiftly she closes the door, and scuttles off into an alley as silently as a mouse. Only the movements of her white scarf betray her whereabouts.

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Let us follow her and see where she is going.

Her name is Marie, just "Marie", and she is a staunch member of the Resistance.

She has slipped into a patch of darkness to remove her scarf. Now she is off again. Through the streets she runs. She is very careful to stay in the shadows of the street, avoiding the light from the house windows.

Suddenly she stops. A troop of Nazi soldiers is coming. Quickly she flattens herself against the wall, knowing there is no protection if they have lights. The soldiers clatter past, disturbing the peace of the night.

A patch of velvet black shadow opposite her moves. She watches, her eyes dilated with terror.

It materialises, and she recognises a Nazi spy.

She must get through to the leaders of the Underground, for she has important information.

The Nazi has seen her. Swiftly he crosses the road.

"Mademoiselle, I must ask what is in your basket, and what are you doing out after cur- . . ."

But the last part of the sentence is never uttered.

Swiftly Marie has reached into the basket, drawn out a pearl-handled knife, and struck silently. The German has no time for defence.

Without a sound he slumps forward into the doorway, a darker patch in the velvet shadows of the night.

She stares aghast at the man. She has killed somebody. Quickly she says a devout prayer for forgiveness, crosses herself, and speeds off.

Soon she is a moving grey shadow in the shifting shadows of the night. W e cannot see her.

She has merged with them. W e look about, but all we can see is shadows—pale shadow, dark shadows, still and moving shadows.

Shadows of time, taking us back. W e will not know what happened to Marie. W e have glimpsed a scene from history, but the dark, opaque shadows of time have blurred our view.

—Diane Nash, 14 years, Ill.b, Fitchett.

Just Think . . .

How few think justly of the thinking few; How many never think, who think they do.

—Marilan Roper, Il.d,

Nevile.

Home A f t e r Dark I was rather late returning from shopping. As I approached the house, which to my surprise was in complete darkness, I was conscious of a deathly quiet. Puzzled, I quickened my steps, wondering why the children could not be seen. What was wrong? As I stumbled through the doorway, there they were, seated, clustered together, in the centre of the carpet—all gazing into the darkest corner. What was it? What monster was there? Suddenly a flash of light, a loud burst of noise. Horrors! Peace and quiet gone— for ever. Dad had finally bought that T.V. set.

—Ruth Paynter, 13 years, Il.b, Berry.

Rain The pitter patter of the rain Is music to my ears, And all the puddles in the lane Are made from crystal tears.

It washes dirt from leaves and flowers, And makes them sparkling clean, And when at last the rain has stopped New colours may be seen.

It waters all the thirsty beds Of flowers gay and bright, And all the worms must then come out To find a drier site.

So when there comes a light spring shower To brighten up the world, Don't moan, but think the dainty flower Has tiny leaves unfurled.

—Robyn Orme, II.a, Krome.

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LOWER MIDDLE Australian Summer Summer is with us, all golden and brown; The sun beats down on a country town, Lifeless and still, 'mid the sweltering heat, Not a child at play nor a soul in the street.

The country surrounding is parched and dry, Not a wisp of cloud in the vivid blue sky, The dusty sheep are lying 'neath trees That stand motionless, awaiting a breeze.

Tramping along the sandy red road, The swagman wearily carries his load; A cloud of dust marks a bullock mob, The shouting drovers are doing their job.

And when at last the sun sinks low, A flaming sunset begins to glow, And the swagman stops his billy to boil, And to make his bed on the hard, hard soil.

—Judith Kennett, 13 years, I.c, Fitchett.

My Dog I have a little shaggy dog, His name is little Benny; I bought him at a pet shop For nine pounds and a penny.

He gets the paper every morning.

Alas! He does not pay.

He brings it home to us all chewed.

"You naughty dog", I say.

He sits on a cushion every night In front of a cosy big fire, He cuddles up to me all warm.

He is my heart's desire.

Every morning when I wake I have a big wet cheek; I know I have to get his meal Of water, milk and meat.

So now you know why I like Benny, Who only cost nine pounds and a penny.

—Virginia Playfair, 10 years, V.a, Berry.

SECTION Poetry Poetry takes a lot of time, And then, of course, it has to rhyme.

The subjects are so hard to choose; So instead I think I'll have a snooze.

—Janet Bitcon, 10 years, V.a, Nevile.

Little Boy In the meadow the horses are grazing, And in a grim cottage a boy is gazing At a pink rose, While his old mother sews.

This boy is paralysed, you see, He can't play games like you and me.

So in your prayers help me to pray That this little boy might get well some day.

—Barbara Armstrong, I.e, Fitchett.

A Visit to Healesville Sanctuary Recently I spent an enjoyable day at the Healesville Bird and Animal Sanctuary.

We left early in the morning, and arrived there at about ten o'clock.

The first enclosure we saw was a very large aviary, housing spoonbills and ibises. There we noticed a very large spoonbill building a very large nest half way up a tree.

Wrens, finches and quail abound in the sanctuary, and are very tame. The emus there have no special enclosure, either; they wander everywhere, and will not hesitate to grab food from the picnic tables.

On passing an aviary in which were curlews and doves, we saw a dove apparently laying her eggs, for there was only one egg (an unusual clutch for this bird) in her nest, and she was perched on a limb close by.

Kangaroos, koalas and an emu and her young were kept in a large fenced-off area. Most of the kangaroos had babies, and submitted to being petted quite readily.

W e saw the emu, too, with her five chicks walking behind her in a line. The koalas were in their own box, sound asleep.

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The scenery at the sanctuary is beautiful, with many different wattles and gum-trees. There is also a stream crossed by two wooden bridges.

W e then saw the dingoes, or wild dogs, of Australia. One dingo and her pup were intently watching a keeper who was loading his barrow with food. He evidently could not resist their pleading gaze, for as he passed he pushed a handful of meat through the wire to them.

Further along were cages housing many species of parrots, and near by different breeds of owls, among them the tawny frogmouth, which camouflages itself by appearing as the broken-off stump of a branch.

Next we entered another area, where pelicans, black swans and ducks lived in a large pool. Near here were the snakes, goannas and echidnas. One echidna was interesting, it was using its extraordinarily long tongue to lap up a dish of milk.

W e eventually returned home, after a delightful outing.

—Carolyn Hopping, I.b, Krome.

Autumn There are nuts on the trees, In their clusters of brown.

And the leaves are like butter— Flies fluttering down.

The Seasons Winter is the season when the trees are very bare, And icy winds and frosts set in to spread gloom everywhere.

But at least we can get warm by the fire every night, And can wrap ourselves up, warm to keep out winter's frosty night.

Springtime is the time for bulbs and flowers to peep Out of the wet earth, from their long winter's sleep; Little lambs are being born and daffodils come out To prove to everyone that summer's soon about.

Summer is the season when to the beach we go, So different is it from the rain we had some months ago.

This is the time of holidays and picnics by the score, And when the summer's over we always wish for more.

But autumn is the season that I like best of all, It is the only time when coloured leaves begin to fall, And make a floral carpet, all along the ground, Showing brilliant colours to all of us around.

—Roslyn Hall, 12 years, I.b, Cato.

The cornfields are golden, The sunlight is clear, And the apples are rosy, Now autumn is here.

—Vivienne Morten, 11 years, V.a, Cato.

The Banksia Tree By the long white sand Where the ti-tree grows, Where the white beach glistens And the south wind blows On summer days I hear the sea, Singing its songs In the banksia tree.

—Sandra Bennett, 10 years, V.a, Cato.

Spring "Spring is here! Spring is here!"

The little birds sing.

"Spring is here! Spring is here!"

What will she bring?

She'll bring little flowers, Of colours so gay; She'll bring the sunshine During the day.

—Rosalind Mann, 9 years, V.b, Fitchett.

The Story-tellers If only the gym. had more vim, It would laugh and tell me much About girls jumping horses and skipping with ropes, And touching their toes and such.

If only the cloisters weren't like oysters What a tale they'd have to tell Of girls who race to the music school, Trying to beat the bell.

If only the pool were not such a fool It could tell of exciting days, When girls took part in the swimming sports, And won, amidst hurrays.

If only the fence had more sense What a story it could write Of girls who wait against its side To catch the tram each night.

If only the school would break its rule Of silence—and tell its story Of things that have happened throughout years That add to our College's glory.

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—Elizabeth Clucas, 12 years, I.b, Nevile.

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JUNIOR SECTION The First Christmas In the manger there He lay, Sweet and gentle on the hay.

His blue eyes twinkled in the light, On that lovely starlit night.

The doves were cooing from above, And all the world was lit with love.

His mother, Mary, smiled with joy To think of her little baby boy.

—Elizabeth Coates, 9 years, IV.a, Fitchett.

Ghosts Ghosts were creeping up the hall, And kicking at my nice new ball, Into my bedroom they crept and crept, Playing and laughing while I slept.

They broke the window, they cracked the door.

I'd never been haunted by ghosts before!

And when I was nearly going to scream I found it was only a dreadful dream.

Helen Wostry, 9 years, IV.a, Krome.

The Pixieman As I walked home from school one day, For school was not so far away, I saw a little pixieman hop into a watering can.

I crept, I listened, I peeped, and oh, he was asleep!

And as I quietly crept away I kicked A stone that was in my way— And oh, he ran away!

—Mary Player, 9 years, IV.a, Krome.

Pirates One day I saw a pirate ship A-sailing out to sea, And on the ship were pirates As bold as bold could be.

They fought and killed and robbed, And sailed the seven seas.

Oh! To be a pirate And do just as you please.

Susan Orr, 9 years, IV.b, Berry.

The Murray Oh, how I would like to live on the Murray, I'd not have to go to school in a hurry.

I'd go to school in a big, big boat, I'd learn how to swim, how to dive and float.

I'd have a little bedroom all of my own, With little red curtains neatly sewn.

I'd have a little window looking out to shore, And my boat would go sailing for evermore.

—Lynne Cook, 9 years, IV.b, Cato.

Trains Trains, trains, trains Are useful when it rains.

Rattle-bang! Rattle-bang!

Hear the hangers go clang-clang.

"Sh . . . h " it goes as it comes to a stop.

You open a door and in you hop.

—Rosemary Brown, 9 years, IV.b, Fitchett.

Lyre Birds I saw a tiny lyre bird a-hatching from an egg, And saw its mother lyre bird a-scratching with her leg.

And there stood brother lyre bird a-scraping on the ground, And there was Mr. Lyre Bird a-dancing on a mound.

All the animals and birds in the trees Went out a-looking for their teas.

—Margot Thomson, 9 years, IV.a, Berry.

Flowers Yellow are the buttercups, Purple pansies small, Roses red hang overhead, Pink hollyhocks grow tall.

Forget-me-nots are sweet, And blue violets and lupins too, Daisies white grow near the wall, Green ivy climbing over all.

But in the corner, tall and high, Like golden suns against the sky, The sun flower stands so tall and true.

I love them best of all. Don't you?

—Rosemary Duncan, 9 years, IV.a, Berry.

Over and Under Yachts are for going over water, Steamers are for going over sea, Canoes are for going over lakes, And blankets are for going over mel Divers are for going under water, Seals are for going under sea, Eels are for going under lakes, And pillows are for going under me!

— M e g Grice, 8 years, IV.a, Nevile.

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Acknowledgments The Committee wishes to thank the schools which have sent the following magazines: The Record (U.H.S.); The Scotch Collegian; The Brook (Tintern); Running Waters (Traralgon High); The Lucernian (P.G.C., Geelong); The Mitre (Trinity Grammar School); The Pegasus (Geelong College); The Unicorn (M.H.S.); Wesley College Chronicle; Scope (Mt. Scopus); The Moretonian (Moreton Bay College, Brisbane); The Swan (Guildford Grammar School, W.A.); The Sydneian (Sydney Grammar School); The Open Door (Swinburne Technical College); The Firbank Log; Prospice (C.H.S.); The Collegian (M.L.C., Claremont, W.A.); The Ruytonian; Dunvegan (Macleod High); Strathconian; M.C.E.G.G.S.; Coo-ee (The Hermitage, Geelong); Ipswich Girls' Grammar School; The Carey Chronicle; The Melburnian; Kanyanya (Castlemaine High); Patchwork (P.L.C.); The Fintonian; The Caulfield Grammarian; St. Catherine's Magazine; The Laurestonian; The Ivanarian; Palate and Petticoat (Emily MacPherson College); The Triune (Essendon Grammar School), and any others which may have been unintentionally omitted.

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