1926 Silver and Green

Silver cind _ Green

. De cember, 1926.

A Glimpse of the M,L. <; . Tower ,

Silver and Green

The Magazine of the Methodist Ladies' College.

DECl;M-BER .] [ 1926.

TO ho w many of us is thi s the last yea 1· of our School life-tha t life of youth , with youth's outlook and id eals , its hopes and disappoin tm e nts , its joys an d its tran s ient so rrows, which is indeed the hap,piest stage of our existen ce

The time of p arting, so ofte n tho,ugh t of, •but w h ose significance we never qui te und e r stood, has at las t come, and o nl y u ow d o we r ealise everythin g that o ur School m eans to u s, a ll it will mea11 to us in the futur e, when we h ave left behind a ll that we h a ve called our own, all we have cherished most.

Although when we return we sha ll find tllat our p laces are t11ken by ot.Jlers, t h at

we are o f the past, there a lw ays' remain to u s somethin g which can n ever b e take n away-ties wh i ch can n ever •b e brokenthe ties of friendship, of memori es and of trad ition that form the atmosph e r e su rrl>Unding u s at S c hool-an d after

It i s thes e we will carry out into the world, which w ill influ ence our wh.o le · lives and set the standard of our g r eatest ideals, which w ill ins pire us in everyth in g that is wor th whi le , r e maining with u s in success or fa ilure.

. For t h e spfri t or our traditions is the s pirit or s portsmans hi1>--or playing the ga m e-the spirit of t h e l ast verse o[ our o ld S c hool Sor.g:

"When your sch oo l-d ays a r e b e hind yo n And t h e game of life's begun, When h.anl k no cks are q uite as co mmon

And the r e isn't half the fu n, Play the game, and p lay i t c lea nl y, That's the only golden rul e, A nd rem e mber you are pl ayi n g for the IJ_onour of the Scl100!,"

Fitchett Hall a nd Main Building. ·

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School Notes.

Whe n School re-open e d on l!~e bruary 10 this year , we found seve r a l a l ter atio n s in our tea ching s taff, the Mi sses Gra nt, Betts, .Newman , Sus sex, Tu c k e r , an d Smi t h -Hi ll , havin g joined its rank s.

Several promised changes w e re co ns picuous by their absence; for instan ce , th e Fonn-rooms in Hoste l o ccupied by th e Sixth · had not yet b een a dapted to t h e ir occupants-' inte llectua l pow e r s , a nd we r e still de c orated with fri ezes d e pictin g " Old Kin g Cole," " Simple Simon," a nd a h ost of other characters b e l oved of t h e sma ll o n es.

Also, t h e long-pr om ise d N icholas Hou se proved to b e still on the architect's p l ans. But w e "ke-pt on ho ping," a.ncl, in this ins tan ce, our patie n ce was we ll r eward e d.

W e were proud t o learn t hat that coveted prize, the " Kitc h en Scho larship ," ha ti on cP. again been won b y a n M L.C. girl.

Durin g S econd T e rm w e were very so rr y to h ear of Miss, MacD onald 's se ri o u s illn ess. ' Her place was taken for t h e r e m a ind er of t h e T e rm ·by Miss S oott, whom w e ea gerl y we lcom e d as a n old f riend.

A cour se or s ix lectures on " Baby We lfare " was given b y Siste r K e nn edy, an d t h e de e p · inter e~ t taken b y t h e senior g irls was s h own by the lar ge attendances at eac h m eet i ng Late r , an e xamination was held , in wh ic h M.L.C gai n e d a lar ge r numb e r of c e rtifi cates t han a ny oth e r K ew School. Th e certifi cates w e r e presented t o th e s uccessful candidates b y Mrs. Ramsay, t h e Mayoress of K e w, who was accompanied by Mrs. Rohinson , a n organiser of th e mo vem ent. ,r

Prefects , 1926.

Associate Prefects, 1926

H tH'k How (h•ft t u ri ;:'h t): \I. \\'iJkin won ,. U. Sy 1nons , F. l{ t-.n.nccl,v. F . Kruse, ~r. Ua.ird, ll. J,;akill!f', .IC. Groon, E. Stoc ks , F. J enJdns. hoit t U ow ( to rt to ri,.:-h t): "1--.. 'l'r ud iu ger , N CcLei11nan , :lC. .F[arclie, n \\"ntt. :S Aus t in , J. \\' nrn~n , )I Bull, E. 81,oed.

Miss Rivett, t h e h ead-mistress of a g irls ' school in Cal c u t t a, gave u s a mos t inle r esting address on sch oo l li fe in India, and s ho wed u s samples of a rtist ic embro id e r y don e by h e r schol a r s , .togeth e 1· with photos. of th e v a riou s t ypes amo11g h e r pupils.

Later, another visitor from India-Miss W illiams-in a n inte r estin g add r ess, app eale d to u s to h e l p Dr. Ade laide Gault, a one- time stu d e nt at M. L .C., who has started a hospita l in India In r espo nse to this a p pea l, we se n t to t h e Fore i g n Mission Society a great numb er of quilts, toy s, a nd articles of clothing.

Th e Kendall Quartette gave us a d e li g h tful mus ical e n tertai nm e nt on e afternoon, wi t h se lection s ran gi n g fro m Beeth ove n to Goos e ns .

When, at a l ong las t, Nich o las Hou se wa s complete d toward t h e cl ose of Second T e rm , w e found in it a very worth y a ddi-

tion to our School, fo r w hi c h we tender our s i11cere th a nks to t h e d onor, Mr Nicholas. At t h e op e nin g cer e mon y, t h e girls as,se mbled befor e the b uil di n g, and afte r t he s in ging of School songs and several h y mns , s h o r t addresses were g iven by Mr Nicho las, Mr. Cato, R ev. Ove rend , a n d Dr. F i tchett. Al so so m e presen tat ions were ma1l e . Then , after th e op·enin g ce r emony by Mrs. Nic h ol as, t h e pa r e n ts and friends present a djourned for afternoon tea.

Dur in g the September h olidays, t h " baske t-ball a nd tennis teams retu rn ed Ad el a ide M. L .C.'s visit of 1925 , and there spent a most e n joya•b le week.

At th e commencem e n t o f T h i rd Term, the hearts of man y were g la dden e d by th e n ews of Mis s Hay's r.:ltu rn Lo o ur midst. Durin g t hi s T e rm. Coll eg ia t e V. · has b een favoure d with her leadership , but n e•xt year , we un derstand, she is to

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revert to her former d u t i es as a Mistress of t h e I ntermediate F orms

We are ver y grateful to all those who l'trnnd t i me to s ubmit contrtbu.tions to " Silver and Green, " w h ether in the form of poetry, prose, drawin gs, or s napshots, c o n s ideri ng t h at Th ird Term as , usual , has been c hiefiy occui:>ied in struggl ing th.r o u g h a maze of exami n ati ons, in wh i ch we wish the , g r eatest success to all.

Acknowledgm.ent of Contemporaries.

The Editor wou l d like to acknowledge the receipt of the fo ll owing Sch oo l magazi n es: "Th e 'iV-attle B l oSiSo m ," "Girls' G r ammar Sch oo l Notes," "Th e Ruytonion ," " The Wyv e rn," " The Mel burnian," " The Ch ronicl e ," "The Pegasus," "The Excelsior."

S chool Office-Bearers.

Senio r Pre fect: C. Sa n ders.

S e n io r H o use: E Roe (1st Term) , M. Si n c l a.ir (2nd and 3r d Terms).

P re fect s: L. Broadbent, M. Cl arke , L . Corne ll T. Dawson, E. F isher, M. Ho l din g ( 1st and 2nd Terms-), G. Hughes, J. - Masters , E. Oakl ey (1st Te-rm) , F. Piesse, W Thomas, I Waite.

A ssoc iates: N. Aus-tin, M. Baird , M. Bull , H Eakins , Y. Gi,bbs (1st T erm), M Green, M. Hardi e, F. Jenkin s , F. Krnse, N. McLennan , G. Pop e (1st and 2nd Terms), I. Robi n son (1st - and 2nd Te r ms) , E Spee d, E . Stocks , R. Symons (1st and 2nd Term s), F. Trud i nge r. J. Warren, B. Watt, M. Wilkin8on, F. Kennedy. For m-C a pta in s: C. Sa n ders (Hon. VT.). W. T h omas (Pass VI.). N. Emery (V.a.). M. Overend (V.b.). I. Williams (V.c.). T. Dawson (Di p. A.). L Cornell (Dip. B.), D Ward (V.b· Sp, ). U. Harriso n (XX.). J. Marks (XX.a. ). W. Mai·shall (L.V ). M Hol di n g (V.c. Sp.), B. Sarah (Col l. V.). M. Watson (Rem. A ) , C. Ditc hbum (Re m B), M. Warne (IV.a ) M. Warne (TV;b ). M. Wook ey (IV.c.). P. Ditch burn (TV.cl.). E. Roth.be r g (Junior Schoo l )

Sport s Co m m ittee:. Mr Le Coute u r (chairm a n) , Mis s Smith-Hill. M i ss Krom e. Miss Parsons, C. Sand e r s , L Cornell, T Dawso n , G. Nettle, N. L,egge, A. Vi' ell e r, M. Wilson, M. Overe ncl , .A. Davis, G. Cl arke , B. Sarah, W. Thomas,

Sport s-Capta in s: G. Nettle (ten111s). M. Wilson (base ball) , W. Thomas ( b asketball )

Ed itors: M . Mcin nes and L. Broadbent.

Sub- Editors : F. Jenkins (Hon. VI.). l\L Mcinnes (Pass VI.). G. Hemy (V.a.), B • Blay and J. M cKenzie (V.b.), I. Dodd ( V.c.) , A Green and G Rober ts (V.b. S p .), 0. Major an.cl M. K e nnedy (XX.). M. Guard and F . lWm·1-ay (XX.a.), D. Robins on and W. Marshall (LV.J, E. R oss (V.c. Sp.). B. Sarah and F. McD onaltl (Col l. V.), J. Mcc r ae a nd J. Fin dlay (Rem. A), Y. Mile s and M Laird (IV.a. ), B. Chi nner and M. Howells (Rem. B.), R. L e Couteur and B. Evans (IV b.), L. Amos and J. Taylor (IV.c.) , E. Canavan a n d D. Nicholas (IV. cl .). R. Heath and M. C l arke (Dip. A.) , L. Corne ll a.nd D. B u rton (Di p B. ).

Libra r i a n: E. Stocks.

L i brary Com m,itt ee : J . Manton, K . H ull , M. Pe-sC'Ott, J Warren , E. M illikan , M W il kinson , M. Laml>l e, J. Henry , J. H u ghes, E. Fish er, P. Powell , E. Speed, l. Sanders, B Mccu tcheon, M. B ull, A. Atkinson

De b a t i n g S oci~ t y: Miss l!"'orman ( 1ff esident). M. Baird (secretary). C Sanders, L Cornell, N. McC lennan, J Manton

S.C U.: C. Sand e r s (preside n t). J. Masters (vi ce-p r esident , 1st Term) , M. LaJ111ble (v i ce-p1 esident, 2nd and 3r d Terms) , E. Oak ley (1st T e r m). J. Maste,rs (2nd and 3rd Terms) ( co r sec.) , G. H u gh e s (re c. sec.). M. Sincla ir (tr eas ur e r), J Warren. ·

New Girls Enrolled, 1926.

F . Ranki n . J \Va. Ik e r , J . Mcll.ae, !\-;. K e rr. E . Chi n n e r, M. Chinner. i\ l. Pro ud. E. Pausacker, B Miles, U. H a rri so n, M Wright, D. Packer, J. Bishop, A. Wal k e r , \V. B yr n e, M. Watson , M . Parker, M. P a dfie l d , B. P ro ~1cl D. Thompso n , D Mi ll s, N. Dunkin. J W a lk er. P Yeo, 0. Yeo, l' Watson, E. Tick e ll , B Hic l<, N Hi c k, F. Pitcher, W. Marshal l. D. Whelan, I. Adams, M. Ballantyne, M. Clark Y. Miles, A. Heath e r, L. Mau g er , M. K e 1111ed y . E. Tho mpson . C. W"inte r , N. Chitty, V . Mc Millan , J Bo y d , L. McNamara J. Kenn e t, C. Elvins, S E lvins, J E l v ins, J McKenzi e , E Frith, M. Stocks , L. Enniss ,

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:S. Anderson, R. Watchorn, M. Co c hran , N. Tait, L Roberts, J Chambers, G. Rogers, J. Loveda y, B . McMurray, .J. Wi t.ton. M. Thurling, W Gawith, G Currie . A . Thompson, D. H atta m , M. Connor. E Haas, IC Bryant. 0. Gyles, J Barna.rd , G. CaITa , B. Richmond, L. Bowl es, n. naw , E. Daw, A. Inn ocent. L. Holdsworth , E. Cox, M. Roe, E. Cropl ey, U. Dugdale. · M. Lidgett, M. Twe ddl e, O. Symes, D. Dugdal e , J Petherick B. Hanson, M. ·Loughe e d , .J Barkle y, I. Dodd , M John~on. P. Grose, L . Stave le y , E. Kingston, L Buchanan. S. Moss, D. Diffey, E. Davis, E Johnson, M. Smith. M. Selk, W. Engiish, J. S tore y, B. Re se ig h. M. Lan caster, M. Bartlett, L Kingston , C. Nicholas, O i:...enne, P. West, J. Murdo c h E. iVI a y, D Knight, M. Morris, M . Howells, 0 . Major. -;,,., _ Hopcroft, D. Laing. J. Laing, C. Smith, N. Bond , A. Crofts, M. Rice, L. Ri c e, M. D'Arcy, J. F le ntj e, N. Atchison, M Ral ph, J Worthington, L. Dyer, D. Fairbridge, 1. Rando , E. Wehster, G. Sto u t, .J. McRae, M. Daws, F. Wood , G. Cox, I. W il son, V Carter, M. Thomas, J. Marriott, V Darby, E. McNicol, E McNicol , N. ' Mortley, D. Robinson , F. Forbes, A. Daltoi1, Y. Daltou, E. Whittake r, L. Skinner, N. Purton, A Rosc o e, B. JaITe tt, A. Gill , P Davies, R. King, L. Goode, E. Ross, L. Christi e, L Mons,borough., F. Lewis , D. McDonald, F. McDonald, E. Taylor. L. Ash , E. Pany, J . Petheri ck, E Shackell, V Mo le , R. Griffiths, E. Gray, .J. Clements . C. Connelly, L. ·sharp, L Krause ,' L"'. Mackem:ie; P. B ridgeford , P. Chinner, D. Dobie, D. Harcourt, M. Holt, L. J e lli s, E. Jolly, E. McNab, E. Rosenberg, S. Shaw, J. ThorpP. , J Urwin, G. Woodgate, M. Richmond, E Morris , F. Pollard, F. Mnrray. N. K e n-, R. Thompson, J. Findlay , D. Breen , P. Potter.

Examination Successes.

Public Examinations, 1925-1926.

At th e Univ e rsity Publi c Examjnations in December, 1925 42 separate honour s · were gained in t h e School Leaving Honours Examination, 18 comp lete pas ses in the Sc h ool L eavin g Pass Examination , arid 49 complete passes in th e Intermediate Certificate Examination.

School L eav in g Honours. Th e honours gained in th i s examination were 11 Jst class (with two exhibi-

tions), 15 2nd class, and 16 3rd c lass. Th e girls who won these honours wer e :

Mavi s All e n-2 nd class Fre n c h , 2nd c lass Btitish History. 3rd c lass En g l ish. 3rd class European Hi s tory.

Nan ce Ashworth- 3rd c lass En g li s h. 3rd clas s Botany.

M uriel B1ien- 3rd c lass En g li s h , 3rd class French.

Lily Broa d,bent-2nd c lass En gli sh , 2ncl class French.

Mavis Clarke-1st class a n d au Exhi·bit io n in Economics, 2nd class Eng li s h , 2nrl c lass Fren c h, 2nd c lass British Histor y.

Kathleen Cooke - 1st class English, 1st class Fre n ch, 1st c lass British History, 1st c lass European History.

Doroth y Davies-2nd class French , 3rrl c lass British Histo-ry.

rsa Jenkin s-3 rd class Engli s h

Annie Jennison-1st cl ass En g lish, 2ncl class French, 2nd class British History. 3rd class European History

Elvie McHutchison - lst clas s British History, 1st c lass European History, 3rd class English.

Joy Masters-3rd c lass Britis h History

Nancy McLennan-2 nd class French, 3rd _ class English

Florence Piesse--3rd cl ass Fre n ch.

Dilys Rowlands-1st class Englis,h, 2ndclass F r ench, 3r d c lass L atin

F loss,ie S choles-1st c lass and Exh i bition in Euro,p-e,an Hi story, 1st c lass British Histor y, 2nd c las-s En g l ish , 2nd c lass Fren ch

Annie Whi te--2nd class Fre nch , 3rd c lass Engli sh, 3rd class• Europ ean History

The results in Briti~h Hi s tory , Ew·opean History and English were particularl y note worthy I n British History , of a ll th e cP.ndid ates who entered for th e Publi c E"Kaminations, on l y seven o btained 1s t c·1ass honours ; thre e of t h ese wer e M.L.C. girls, wh o obtain ed sec ond, rifth and seventh p laces In Europe an History, ten ls,t class honours were awarded, of wh i ch M.L C g irls• obtained three , taking fir s t place and two e qu a l for fifth place In English , seve n 1 st class honours ·were awarded , of whi c h t hree wer e won by M .L.C. girls , who took second , fourth and fifth places.

School Leaving Pass.

The girls w h o obtaine d the School Leaving Certificate were: J ean Barn-

Cather, Mar j o ri e Bu ll , Hope Ea.kin s, Eileen Fisher, Kathie Forster, Marjori e Green , Dorothy Holding, Gwen Hu g h es, Frances Jenkins, Isab e l McC le lla nd, Evel yn Miles, Eva Oakley, C la ri ce Sa nders, Mariou S in c lair, Dulcie Sincock, R u t h Symon s , H eat h er T e mpl e ton , Frances Trudin ger. · Intermediate.

Th c g irl s who wen the In.ter m ed iate C e rtifi cate were: J:\el li e Boyd, Evelyn Brown. Eth ne Butcher, Nance Campbell, Mav is C larke, Stella Cowen , Jo y Cr o u c h, Y c tl!'. Gibbs , Jean Efalyar, J ean H e nry, Jo a n H en r y, A udrey Howard , Jean Hughes, Kathle e n H ull , France s Koo· 11 0!1.y, Frieda Kruse, Marjorie L a mbi e l\Tav is Lon g, J oyce Love, Molli e Lumley, Joy ce Manton, Ednai M c Nicol, Me n a M i tch e ll, Eileen Mu.stow, Freda Pascoe, Mav is P e e l, , Phylli s Peg le r, May Pescott, Marie Powe ll, Alice Prowse, Edith Ro e, Myra Roge r s, Debibie Rosenbe r g , Rea Skinn e r , B eve rley Sl y, N ancy Symons, Marjorie T aylo r, J oyce Thomas , Wynne Thomas, Oli ve Utber, Ailsa Warne, J oyce Wan-e n, Nan cy Warren , Elva Watson, Verna Watson , Beryl Watt, Mais ie Wilkinson, Laurice Willi a m s, J anet Yourn .

Scholarships and Exh ib itions.

Four Government Senior Schol a r s hi ps we r e won, each 'b e ing of the va lue of £40 per year for each year of the Unive r s ity Course Th e s u ccessful sch o l a r s were Mavis All en, Kat hleen Cooke, A nru e Jennison and ·Floss ie S c h o l es.

Two " Free Places " at the U niv e r s ity, entitli n g t h e ·h o lde r to attendan ce at a ll l ect ur es a nd exam ina tions t hrou ghout the c ours~ without payment o f fees , wer e won Th e winn e rs were Elvie McHutc hi so n a nd pilys Rowland s.

Six Non-Resident Exhibi t ions at Queen's College ~ere awarded to t h e followipg g irls : Mavis All e n, Kathl e e: n Coo k e, Annie Jenn ison, Dilys R owl a nds, Floss ie Scholes and Annie White

Junior Red Cross. " I Serve.n

For anothe r yea r we h ave tried h a rd to li ve up to our m otto, and fro m t h e r esu l ts s hown at t h e last meeting, ou r effo r ts hav e b een very s u ccessfu l.

We have again been fortunate in having Miss L e wis as our l eader for the yea r The co mmit tee co ns ists of one member from eac h For m, and M. Si n c la ir \vas e lecte d secr etary

The work don e b y t h e Forms for dif• fer e nt Foundling H omes and Kinde r garten s has b een very good. During t h e year over 700 garm e nts have been made. A large numb e r o f l e f t-off ga rm e nts h ave also be e n se nt away. Many o f t he garm e n ts made hav e been taken to the various insti t uti on& by so m e o f th e Form s, and has h e l ped to awa ke n o ur interest in the c hildren fo r whom we are workin g.

A s pecia l appeal was made to h e lp Dr. Ga ul t. We worked h a rd , and as a r esu lt £ 10 w as coll ect e d a nd also numer ous quilts, · band ages a nd jumpe r s. One Form co ll ected a parcel of toys for t h e s ma ll c hildre n

Durin g the bus h fi r es e arly in the year we a ll show e d our sym p ath y for the r efu gees by sendin g· in a su b scr iptiof! of £27 10s.

This year w e a g a in ralli ed to t h e appeal for eggs fo r the H os pital. All who co uld bro ugh t eggs , a n d a box con t aining 59 d02e n was se nt away. We are quitP. proud of thi s r es ult , as last yea r on l y 4 5 dozen eggs wer a c ollecte d

Cb l"i stmas presents are b e in g co lle cte d Lo be sen t away to try a nd ma k e Christma s as bright and h a pp y for t h e fonnclJ:ngs as it is for us.

W e hope t hat t h e Junior R e d Cross m e mbers o f n ex t yea r will ta ke a liv e int e r est in t h e Society and try very hard to ma ke th e mo veme n t a great s uccess.-• M IS .

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General Sports Notes, 1926.

A s t ead y imp roveme n t h as been notice d in a ll sports this year, g r ea t l{ e enn ess ancl rivalry h as ,bee n a r o used b y the Form mat ch es, and t h e lon g list of e ntries for th e athl e tic s por ts events s how th e g r e at inte r es t taken in t h e m. But we may still complain of the lack of att e nd ance a t th e Association match es. Th •l m emb e r s of th e t eam s are very lrnen a nd put in a lo t of tim e pract is in g, and it is up to the rest of the School to attend t h e matc h es a nd c h ee r th e m o n to victory.

Th e fir s t event in the sp ortin g wor l d was the Swimming Sports, which wer u h e ld as u s u a l i n th e Bath s. Desp i te t h e Jack or s pace a nd comfort, t h e spor t s w e r e a g r eat s uccess. Next came the Ass oc iati o n baseba ll matc h es, a nd g r e al excitement •was aroused when i t wafi f o und t h at we were seco nd on l h e list, havin g been b e ate n b y Gee lo n g Girls' Gramma r Scho o l o nl y Baseball is a comparativ e ly n e w game , bu t it is g r aduall y workin g ils -way into a ll our sch oo l s an d will soo n beco m e o n e of the m ost pop ul i r g ames.

Th e t e nni s matches took pl ace in Seco nd T erm , and t h o u gh o ur t ea m fo u g ht h a.rd in a ll mat c h es, we w e r e un s u ccess.ful in winning th e s hie ld

B as k etball. thou g h not a n Associat ion game. a l ways arouse s a k een inte r est amongst the g irls, and perhii ps th e most exc itin g match of t h e T e rm was the Hous e and School basketball match.

At t h e end of S econd T erm o ur ten ni s p.111I J> as k e tb a l\ t eam s pai n a r e l 11n1 visit

to the Adelaide M.L.C. Several matches w e r e arranged- for u s, and we we r e happy to be v ictorious in a ll of t hem.

Ou r runni ng team h as a lso co m e into promin e nce this year, for e ar l y in the year it was invi ted to co mp e te against several sc hools at St. Mi c hae l' s Th e senior runnin g tea m was d efeated , but th e junior team wa s successfu l In w inning the cup.

L a ter we a ga in competed against se ve ra l schools at th e Combined University Wom en's Sports, a nd thou g h ou r running team w as d efeat ed, our c h a mpi o n , Thelma Da,~s on, was s u ccessfu l in wi n nin g th e sch ools' flat race. T h e l ma afterw a rd s brought h o nour to the S ch oo l by winning the V.W.H.A. Sports Cup .

Several s chools w e r e invite d lo c omp e te again s t our t ea m o n Sports Day, and " Tint e rn " was the s u ccess ful S c hool. \ Ve hop e that thi s in vitation fl ag race w ill become a regu l ar feat ur e at ou r at hl etic sports.- C. S.

Swimming Notes.

The last Frid ay of F e bruar y aga in sa w the School baths crowded with damp a nd s hiv e rin g swimme r s, a n d e n t hu s ias ti c , though uncomfortab le o nlook e 1·s

Although the arrangements we r e we ll org ani se d, a ll agree th at from lbe po in l of v iew of h ath c omp e titors and o nl'o o k ers it wou ld b e a g r eat impro ve ment i[ these s ports w e r e h e h! a t so m e publi c baths where th e ~ve nts c oulcl be more co nveni e ntly followed.

However, despite the difficulties . • th e standard of sw imming h as proba,b ly u e ver been so high , the School c hampi o n c:oming , third in the Junior Champ ionship 1·a.ces of Victoria.

Th e results were as follows:

School Ch~mpionshlp : 1. N. King; 2, T Dawson.

Un.der 12 : 1, L . Burke; 2, D. Champiou.

Under 14 : 1, C. Goldie; 2, U. Le g ge.

Under 16: 1, N. King; 2, J Solomon.

Breast Stroke: 1, N. King; 2, A. Be.JI.

Diving : J , T. Dawson; 2, N. Legge.

Relay Races-Lower Middle: 1, IV.a.; 2, IV.b. Middle School: 1,. XX.a ; 2 , XX:.

Senio•r S c hool: 1, Pass VI.; 2, V.c.

Hou se v. School: School. -J. M.

Haseba!l Notes.

This year t h e base ball t ea m s howed g r eat promise. Five of the previous year 's tean1 r eturned , and many girls were eager to fill the four re mainiq; vacancies.

First · Term we, played ou1· l~orm matches The Senior Cup was won by v :a ., who had five pl a yers from the first team; the Inte rmed iate was won b y XX. , and the Junior ,by IV. b. 'l' he team to play in th e Associatiou matches was as follows: Catcher, G. Clarke; pitcher, B Sarah (vice-capta in) ; first base, H. Wilke ; second base, F. Craig; third base, A . W e ll e r ; S.S., H. Kirsner; R.0.F., J Tb-bott; C. O.F · W Thomas; L .O .F., M . Willson (captain ) . Th e first Association match w :is play e d ,:igainst M.C.E.G.G.S ., the scores bein g 11-11; the second against P L.C. , whom we defea ted, the s core s bei n g 10-- 8; the third against Geelong, who defeated us , the sco res ,being 7- 20.

In the second round, which we played Third Tenn, we man.age d to d e'f e at M C.E.G.G.S. , t h e scores being 9- 7. ·unl uckily we we re defeate d b y P.L C., the scores bein g 10-14 We h ave st ill to pl ay Gee long, and are looki ng forward to the m atc h with hopes of a vi c tor y.

All t hr o ugh the yea r th e base ba ll° h as 'improved, a nd for this we hav e to t h a n k Mis s Parsons, our •baseball mistress, a n d Mr Frl!,ncis, o ur coach, f01· t h e splendid work they hav e done.

Of all t h e games 1>la ye d in th e School. baseball has been the most success ful th is year . We ha ve pla yed a num lle.r of pract ic e matche s against various oth e r school s, and we hav e d ereatecl them.

As we are not abl e to obtain th e base· ba ll c up for the · Pu blic Schools this year, we have great hope s that next year we s h&ll be able to h old that m os t ch e ri sher\ possess ion .-M. W.

Criticism of t h e Team .

Marjorie \Vill so n (cap tain) has !Jeen : :1 great h e l p with t h e tea m. He r work in the L.O.F h as been exce ll e n t. Some of the catch es s he b as made h ave been abso lu te l y mar ve ll ous. Her hi tting has im • prove d , especially in th e Third T er m .

Grace Clarke (catcher ) is still much too s lC'\V in throwing t o base s. Her cat chiu " ha s b ee n good and h e r hittin g has improved

Bessie Sarah (pitch e r) has pla yed s ple ndidl y in eve ry m a t ch H e r pitc hin ghas ·be en, mo st acc urate, and her play in th e in -field h as prevented m a ny a n o p , pon e n t fi:om stea.Jin~ bases. H e r hittin g l• as been fair

Hilda Wilke (fir st base ) bas been most re li able in every match Her hitting ba s improved • a nd her catching is ver y gootl . ' Fra nce s Craig (second bas e) bas d~ ~e splendid :work. She is, the best hitter J,n tli.e tea m, and bas made s ome excell e nt c:atches. ·

Ad a Weller (thir<;I bas e) has sho\_Vn g-e ner a l improv e ment, especiaJJy in bi tting. H e r catching h as been weak ;it time s, owlng to mi s- judgment of th e ba ll. Hin d:- Kii- s n e r (short-stop) ha s impro ved g r eatly in hittin g. H e r t hrow in g to fivst base hali •been mo st acc ura te, and l\er · cat c hing in Third T e rm has been ,·er y ; go od

Wynne Thomas (centre-out•fil!ld) baf' show n g reat kee nnes s She is stllJ inclined to fumhle the ball ins tead of fieldin g it clea~Jy, but h er catchin g h as i mproved an d her bittin g t as bee n g ood .

Joyc e Ibbott (right-ou t -field) has played w e ll at times.- hut is still too slow in f ie ld ing '· H e r hitting bas improved a ml h e r throw ing has b ee n good.

Th e atte11dance at practice has been exce lle n t. Neither a t e mperature of 85 deg. F. nor one of 42 d e g. F. could k eep t h e p laye r s away, a nq !).!thou g h we nave

Baseb all Nine, 1926.

811.cl< How (lt'ft to r •i,.::"h t): J. lhh ot ti, J(. l{ir&ner. F. C r a -ig , \\". 'l'homn~.

F r o n t Row ( lefC to r.igllL): H. WIike A . \l 'e lle r, i\f. Willson (C,wtain ), R. Su ruh , G. C larke

not yet won th e c oveted cup, we !lave great hopes for the f uture. The team work b as be en s plendid, es p ecia ll y a m ong the in-fielders.-B P.

Baseball Supplementary Notes.

On Nov e mber 20 , to the d e li g ht of the who le S c ho o l , we defe ate d t h e G ee lo n g

G .E.G.G.S. , hol d e r s of tlie Austin Cup for t e n years , by 11 run s to 9.

Basketball Notes.

T hi s year th e bas k e tball team h a d o nly tw o of t h e o l d team back. Two team s were pi c k ed fr om. last yea r 's junior teams for a practice, an d to c h oose a team to play the Old Co lle gians on " Bac k to ~ c h oo l' s Day ." w hi c h was h ~ld <luring

First T e rm this yea r a nrl therefo r e b e· fore t h e bas lre tball seaso n ha d begn n

A t th e be g innin g of Second Term , a , fte r pract i ce mat c he s, several n ew p layern were fou nd. After each g irl llad ,bee n g iv e n a fa ir c ha11c e, Mi ~s Parson s e; hO $e

I h e fo ll ow i ng te am s :

1s t T ea m .-Wynne Thomas ( capta in) , E. C r e llin, M B e nn e lt , B. Sara h, A. We lle r , E. Millil{an; F. Cra i g pla yed fir st half of t h e season, a nd Dion e ~~obinson second h a lf of the seaso n

2nd T ea m.- Margar e t Overend (capta in ), M. Ho l din g , N. L egge . M. Taylor, M. Cl a rk , M. Qui c k pl aye d f irst h a l f of season , a nd Dor ee n Lac ey pl a y e d secon d half of seas on.

Th e follow ing g irl!< a ll pl ayed in the 14 a nti under t ea m: L Griffith (captain) , B. Fra n k lin, C Goldi e, S. Epste in , A F lower, B. R ese igh , S W hi ttake r , K Thompson, L. Dye r Th ese g ir l s attencj e 1l

SILVER

AND GREEN.

_ practice regularly , but w ere not very · StJCCessful in their matches.

.: ;I'he first match of the season was , _P.Jayed at "Ruyton," where our team was victorious, the scores b e in g 30-21.

We a lso had an easy v ictory at th e return match, defeating the visitors 40- 19

P.L.C. defeated us, 24- 17 , a nd "Tintern" a lso defeated us, 42-16

,In our n e ,xt match we had b e tte r luck

We defeated " Fintona " on their ground , the scor es being 20 - 18 . Toorak College defeated u s 16 - 24, and " St. Michaels" by 11- 17, but we had our revenge by defeating " St. Michaels " on ~ur own ground, the scores being 21 16

The two most exci ting games w e re played against P.L.C. and Toorak College both teams . defeating us h y t wo goals after hard and fast matches

We fini s hed t h e seaso n by a victory over "Fintona, " defeating th e m 29 - 26. The second t sa m play e d 5 matc hes an.i

were s uccessfu l in two of these. The junior team played several matches a lio~

M.L.C. girls always r egr e t that basket ball is not a.11 association game; more interest is take n in it than in any other sport.

The inte r-Form matches wer e k eenly comlbatted, the final bein g pla yecl be,tween V.a. and V.c. in the senior divi s ion. V.. a. c:a n-ying off the Basketball Cup for 19;l6:

The ffouse tearn this year was much be tter than it h as been for s om e years. and although In t ile Hous e and Sc!J00·1 match, · School carried off the la ur els wltl_1 the score 30 - 22, they ha{l to fight hard for their victory. Gre a t excitem e nt was caused when the basketball team, with the tennis team, l eft to tr ;, their sk ill against Ad e laide M.L. C. an<! other Adelaide schools Qur team d e 0 feated "Woodla nds," the scores being 22- 14; Adelaide M.L.C. (29 - 18), a n d the following day defea t e d the Old Collegian s 25-1 5.

Basketball Team, 1926 .

llnck Row (l ef t to right) : M. B enllett, E. Crellin, E. i\lillika,n, D. Robinson, F. C rrug, Fr1>n t Row ( IPft. to riirht): A. W <iJler. W. 1'1:Join!l• (Ca.pta.in ), B. Sarah,

On behalt' of the team, some o f whon1 are leavin g, I s hould lik e to say "Than k you" to Miss Parsons, who gave up mu ch of her time to u s, and to say "good-bye b otH to Miss Parsons and the g ir ls , wishin g 1927 t ea m the •best of lu c k. -·w. T.

Crit ic is m or t h e Team.

Wynne 'l'horn as (captain) h a s been a most reliab le centre. She is very" quick getti n g into the circlP. a nd h e r 1rnssiug h as been most accurate.

B ess ie Sarah (attack win g) has done excelle nt wo rk . Her pa ss in g , in some matche s, has b ee n a,b solute l y fault! 9s s In h e 1· po s ition , s lle i s ver y difficu l t t o b eat

Ada W e ll e r (d efe n ce wing) h as s upported the a ttack we ll, and h as don e some wonderful marking·. She 1s ver y qu ick and never knows when s h e is beaten.

Myra Benne tt (goa l-a t tack) and E1:a Creilin (goal-s hoote r) h a ve co mbin e d well, both ,b e in g very quick in co min g ou t t o the ball, but they s till r e quire g r eater accuracy in i;.hooting g o a l s.

E ls ie Millikan ( goa I-kee p e r) has pl a.yed •well at times , but is o ften too s low in comin g out to t h e ,ball. H e r h eight h as been a g r eat h e l p, enabling her to m a k e many good nw rks.

Frances Cra ig (goa l-defe nd el', f i rs t hal f) is a mos t relia ble player. Her passing has been good, h u t s h e is s ometimes too s low in getti ng to the ball. · - Dion e Ro bin so n (goal-d efend er, s e cond half) pl ays a str ong game, so metim.ea m a r r e d by rou g hn ess. She has ma d e ve r y few mistakes in pass ing.

The team pl ay h as been goo d , espe, cially in th e c e ntre. P r actice has a l ways been we ll attended. N umb ers of g irls 110 1. in the t eam have stayed to make up. a s id e if required.- B P.

Tennis Notes.

As is usua l at th e commencement of · t)1e n ew School year, the Tennis Eig ht : had . to be recon st ituted. Only three of ; iii.s t year's p layers re t urn ed t his year, a nd ' of th ese one remained for First Term only, so th a t it was ne cessary to c hoos e s ix othe r s a nd an e m e r ge n cy.

T h e se lectio n o[ these was not an easy matte r , as there w ere a large numbe,r of

eager contes tants for th e vaca ncies, b, 1t eve n t ua ll y th e fo ll ow i ng were chosen: G. N e ttle (capta in ), N. Chitty, A. Davies. J. Jbibott, E. Ward, E. H a r ry, G. C la rke , H. Wi lki e, and M . Will so n (emer gen cy ) .

The u s u a l practice matches with tlH: Second ary Gir ls' Schoo ls and Old Coll egi ans wer e p lay e d duri n g t h e year , a nd proved most e njoyable .

At t h e meeting of t h e H e ad Mistresses a nd Sports Mistresses l ast yea r, it was d ecide d tha t th e Public S c h ool matches s h ould be p layed o n t h e co urt s of the L.T.A V. at Kooyong with t h e exce pti o11 of t h e hom e match e s of G.C E.G.G.S w hich s h o ul d b~ pl ayed on th e ir ow n c ourts. T he scor e s were as foll ows:

First Round .-P.L.C.: N o rubb ers 2 sets - 38 games. M.L.C.: 4 rubbe r s 8 set s55 gam es. G.C.E .G.G.S. : 3 rubber s 7 sets -6 1 games. M.L :C.: 1 rubb e r 3 sets48 games. M.C.E.G.G.S.: 1 rubb er 3 sets - 39 games. 1\1.L.C.: 3 rub b ers 6 sets45 games.

Second R ou nd.-P.L.C. : 3 rubber s 5 sets- 45 gam es. M.L .C.: 1 r ubb e r 3 sets - 40 games. G.C E.G G.S. : 3 rubbers 5 sets-45 gan1es. M.L.C.: 1 ru!Jiber 3 sets - 37 games. M .C.E.G.G.S.: 2 rubbers 1 sets-40 games. M.L C.: 2 rubbers 4 sets -37 games .

In t h e Sc ho olgirl Cha,mpionships this year our S c h ool , and a ls o P.L.C , were not r epresented , as examinatious took place earlier th i s year and it would hav e int erf e r e d with our studies. This w a s rath e r di sappointing f o r th ose of u s who are leaving, bu.t as i t was t h e Headmaster 's wish, we could ,but a;bid e •by it

We were v ery s u ccess ful in our m atch es in Adel aid e, wh e r e we de.feated Adelaide M L.C., the M.L.C Old Co llegian s, and Wood l ands.

Our House team playe d a match aga.inst St. Michael's o n the latte r's c ourts, winnin g by 10 gam es They also played a second S c h oo l E ig h t , but were defe ate d \J y 6 games

The Sch ool Singles Ch a mp ionships h ave yet to be played, a lf'o a matc h betwee!1 House a nd School.

The S e nior inte. r -Form mat9h,es have just ,b eg un , one match only h av in g b een played , wh ich was won •by Diploma B.

Th e final of. the In te rm ed iate Form matches h as been reached, to be decid e d between XX.a. and Collegiate V.

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SILVER. A ND GREEN.

Once again we would exp r ess our ap• p r eciation o-f th e untiring efforts of our coach , M i ss V. K rome, a nd the k een in• te r est s h own by h e r i n a il o ur matcl1es.G. N.

C ri t icism o.f Team .

Gwen Nettle · h as clon e good wo rk as Capta in ; is ·a go od a ll-round p laye r; be r n e t p lay is par t icu larly goo d

A l vie Davis has goo d service a nd fo r t:!· a rm drive. W as rather disappointin g towar d s e ncl of seaso n; back-hand rather weak.

Nan cy Chitty, one of t h e b est in the team. Good forea rm drive and net play good. I nc lin ed t o b e erratic a.t times

Joyce I bbott has improve d very much th is yea1, particularly in n et play; is still too s l ow o n her feet. With expe ri en ce s h o ul d make a good p l ayer.

E l va. Ward played well i 11 mo st of the m atches; i s ver y qui ck at n et, but foot• work is still faul ty.

Edna Harry.-Good forearm drive and sty le is good She is not steady e n o u g h at cr i t i cal po ints

Grace Clarke.- Is improv i ng, h, very steady, and p l ayed we ll duri n g t h e sea.son. Nee d s to be quicker and to lea rn how to p r acti ce a harder game.

Hil da Wilke.-Plays a steady game a n cl did well during the year A lso n ee ds Lo qu i ck e n t h e pace; ba c khands n eeds prac· t ice.-E. V. K.

Athletic Sports.

Sports Day, 1 926, was favoured with the most important ingredienL for a s n c· cessful outdoor f unction, namely, g l ori oui; weather. This day is l ooked forward to w i th s u c h intense in ter es t by everybody con n ected with t h e School, t h at when Jupi te r Pl uvi us sees fit Lu ch oose t h at occasion to e mpty his otherwise welcom e s h owers upon t h is q u arte r of th~ g l o be,

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IIJbott. 'E. H a rry . N. Chi~·, A. l>avi s.

one is inc li ned Lo wonder whether hi s cho i ce of such a day indicates a n imperfect aq_quaintance with the sportin g proclivit i es of modern youth.

Thi s year, however, tbe Fates w ere entirel y p r opiti ous, and when t h e u s ual procession issued from the stately gates of the College, it was greeted with blue skies and the promise of a perfect afternoon. 'J'l'at procession, by the way , was eve n more i mposing than hitherto. The girls had been arranged earli er in a geometric- a l figu r e in the "quad. " for t h e purpose or h aving a photograph takei;i, after which the converging lines, at a g iven signa l , formed into long fil es which, as they m.arche :1 to the Ova l , gave a most impressi ve illustrati on ot the l arge s i ze to which the School h as now attai ned. A word of appreciation iSI due to the two members of t,he Staff who were mainly respon s ih l e for t h e conception an rl c1rryin g out of that display.

The usual comp l ete arrangements were · m a d e. at the Oval for t h e c onduct of the Sports, and everything w e nt off smoothl y a nd happily. On e of t h e innovations this year, which was appreciated, was the appoi utment of a Reco r der. who• not e d t h e times niad e in the various r aces for th•) purpose or a permanent register which will be used for comparati ve purposes in th ~ f u l u re. Th ere were. of course, o n e or two unre h earsed and humorous incidents which really added t') the gai ety of th'l occasion. On e of the b lackboa1·ds, for instance. ev id e ntly consider ing that it was asked to work overtime after i ts usual scholastic duties had b een fin i shed, got tired a nd insisted on ! yi1111; ,! own at int erva l s, so m elim.es on the fo1·tu.nately somewhat thick h ead of the p re fect c harged with the d u ty of posti ng the results. Th e ba.nd , whose p erforma n ce h e l ped so much to mak e tb'.) a fternoon e n joyabl e. was perched pr€cariousl y on a s lop e inclined somewhat l ike the roof or a hous e. T h e e ffort s of t h e players to prese r ve, at thesame t i me , t h e ir equ ilibrium and t h e ir h arntony were a so m·ce of a clmin t ion and ccc!lsiona ll y of merri ment · to lite spectators. ·

A pleas ing feat ur e of this ye a r·s Sports was the presence as competito r s in the Flag R ace of teams from the sister Coll eges o f Tintern, Toorak and St. Michael's. Th e ir parti ci p at i on i n the pro.g r amme was

much apprecialed, and Tintern is to be cordially congratulated on wiuning the event.

The Champions hip trophi es were pr esented to the fortunate winners by Mrs Fitchett a nd Mrs. Le Couteur. Mud1 or the success of the meeti ng was due tn "the good organ i satio n which made things nm so smoothly, and the thanks of t h e School a r e rlue to the teachers and other he l pers who worked so h ard and so enth us i asticall y in the preparat ion and ca rry in g out of the programme. ·

Tile fo llowi ng are t h e results of the var ious eve n ts:

P otat o Race -Seni or : 1, '.J'. Dawson; 2, D. Lacey. Under 16: 1 , C. Go l die; 2, M. Quick. Junior: 1, L. Chari wood; 2, V Darby.

Egg and Spoon.-Senior: 1, B. Luff; 2. D Packer. Unde r 16: 1, B Luff ; 2, J Money. Junior: 1, S. Whittaker; 2, E. Salman.ow

Sack Race .-Senior: 1. N. Coope r; 2, N. Legge. U nder 1 6: 1 D. Warren; 2, M . F lower. Junior: 1, S. W hi ttake r; 2, L. Charl wood.

Thre a d Cooper a n d G. Hughes. Shaw; 2, J.

the Needle .-Sen ior: 1, N. E. Marks; 2, H. ~akins a nd Under 16: 1, M Swan a nd M. Cerutty a nd E Crell i n. Siamese .-Seni or: 1, M. Pescotl an <I N Warren; 2, W . Thomas and F.:. War d Under 16: 1, B. Luff a nd R. Heath; 2 , C. Go l die and L Griffiths. Juni or: 1. A. Mee and M. Paterson; 2, J Chambers and N. Ebbott.

Obstacle .-Se nior : 1. W. Thomas; 2, M. Connor. In ter m ed i ate: 1, M. (.2uick; 2. M Charlwood

Hu r dle.- Senior: 1. T Dawson; 2. W T h omas. Unde r 16: 1, N. nav i es; 2, K Cre lli n.

Flat Ra ces. - O!}ell Chl.lllllli Onsliip , ~00 yards: 1. T. D awso11; 2, M. Co nno1 · Senior R ace. 22 0 yanl s: 1, T. Dawson an<l n. L2cey, draw; 3. A. Vi,"c ll e r. Under 16. J OO yards: · 1, M. Charlwood; 2. N. Ezanl. Tntermediate Race. 7 5 yards: 1. M. Cha l'iwood; 2, D. Robinson. .Jnnio1· Race , 7~ yards: l , L Charlwoocl; 2, A. I•'l ower. Junior Race. 50 ya rd s •: 1. L. C h a ri wood; 2, A. Flower

Throwing th e Baseb al l.- Seuior: J. B. Sarah; 2, H . Kirsner. U iul er 16: 1, M. Charlwood; 2, B. Blay.

SILVEI=< AND GREEN .

Invitat ion Fl a g .Rac e .-1, Tinte rn; 2, Toorak.

Inter- F orm Flag Race.- S e nior: 1, V .a.; 2, V.b. Inte rmediate: 1 , Collegiate V.; 2, ·xx.a Junior : 1, Remove A; 2, IV.c.

Hous e v. School.- S c hool.

Championships.- Senior: 'l'. Dawson . Inte r m e diate: M. Cha rl wood. Junior: L. Char lwood L. C

Visit of ~he Tennis and Basketball

T earns to Adelaide, August, 1926.

,1/e le ft Me lbo urn e a t 5 o' c lo ck on l\ion<lay, Au g ust 23, chee red o n our way by a l a rge c row tl of supv01·t ers. Ov e r our s leep less ni g h t in the train we s h a ll dra.w a veil of s ile nce , t urning to the thought of the welcome mornin g and the beautiful v iew frnm the windows as we approached Ade laide.

W e arr ived a.bout 10 .30 o n Tuesday morni11 g a nd were w e lcomed at the statio n -by meml>ers of th e Ad e laid e M.L.C. Cou n c il, the Sports Mistr ess, M iss Beelso n , m e mb ers of the Adelaide team and a most pe r s istent r epo rte r. We were m oto1,ed to the S c hool, whe r e a specia l Assemb l y was h e ld in otu· l1onour After s p eec \} es o f w e lco m e had b een d e liv ered. lbe Adelaid e girl s s ang t h eir Sc h oo l so n g a nd our g irl s s ang "S il ver and Green." W e were then e ntert a in e d at morning te a, and lhe g irl s afte rward s were taken to the h o m es of th e ir h ostesses. In the eve ni ng we w e nt lo a fancy dre ss fro,lic at the S c h oo l. A s p ec ia l c ompe tition wa.s held for the Me lbourne g irls, whi c h was won by My r a Bennett, w i t h Margar e t Overe nd second Wed nesday n1ornin g was too wet for t h e schedul e d matches, so we visited th e Art Gallery a nd Museum . After lunching in town , we t r avelle d to Glenelg on top of a motor 'b u s, 0 the g r ee n blazers and white h ats c alling forth m a ny admiring commen t s from s pectators. W e defeated the Wood la nd s girls bot h at basketball a nd at tennis. T h ese scores, which appear in anot h er part I of the paper, were highl y c r e dita bl e, as the t e n;1is m a tche s we r e p layed on grass, to w hich o ur girl s a r e n ot ;wcustomed, a.nd t h e baslce tba ll was played und er rul es s li g·htly diffe rent from ours.

On W e dnesday even in g we attended lhe S chool c on.cert in. the Town Hall, and mu c l1 e njoy ed the s ight of hundreds or g ir ls clad in simple whi te fro c lcs m a r c h · in g on to th e pl atform.

Thu rsday morning was fre e so that we co uld see the Adelaid e s igh ts as we please d In the afternoon w e defeated the Adelaide M L.C. botb at b ask e tball and ten nis T h e basketball match was f a irl y ev e n , but our g irls we re v e ry much stronger In tennis.

Prize Snap, by J ea,n Simmons .

On Frid ay afte rnoon we ga ve a n e xhibit io n ,b aseba ll m a t c h in lh e p a rk and t h en d efeated th e Adela id e Old Co ll eginn ,; bo t h at baJ, k e l:bn ll a n d te nni s Ou Friday · e ve ning w e w e r e g u ests at a pi c tuTe night a t th e York 1'1l eat r e, lh e Council kindl y b oo king 80 seats for o ur party.

Saturday · was too wet for matc h es In th e afternoon we w e nt for a n e njo yab le motor exc urs ion to ML Lofty, ten ·ca rs being r e quired to co n vey us aJI. Al -

th o ugh the rain ponre rl rlnw11 · without l'easing, o ur s 1lirits w e r e 11 ol danql ed, co n versatio n and song h e l ping to m ake up for the '. absenc e of t h e wonderfu l view we had been promised. The ki osk in t h e National Park hacl •bee n r ese rv e (,) for u s. and we sat clown to afternoon tea. before well -lade n ta b les. Many kind speech es were mad e to Ufl, and we hop e that our return s peech es were equal to lh e festive occasio 1J.

Monday morning we were enterta ined at morning tea in the Botani ca l Gardens, and a photo g raph was ta ken of l h e Adelaide teains and of o urse l ves. W e th e n visi ted t h e h igh est bu ildin g in Ade l a id e, from t h e roof of : whi c h we obtain e :I a magnificent vie,;, of t h e city and s uburb s.

We left by the ex press on Mon day afternoon a nd re ceived a wonderfu l sencloff H9ld in g streamers o f green , waving our fl ag, with the st rain s or o ur School s ong fi1J in g the ai r with m elod y, so tha t even t h e still -pourin g rai n was s ile nced for t h e ·time, we stea m ed out of the station ca1Tying with u s a r e m e m bra-nee of kindnes s a nd hospi ta li ty which wiJI never be fo~gotte n by t hose wh o vis i ted Adelaide with the teams.-B P

Debating Society.

Th e Deb a tin g ~;°ociety sta rte d its ac· tiv i t ies at t he be g inning of the year w i th a. m eet in g h e ld on March 15 for t h e e lection of t h e Committee, wh e n Miss Forma n co n se n ted to f ill the office of P r esident

At th e fir st c ommittee m eet in g it was decided t h a t the Society should meet every Tuesd ay and that at each alternate meeting we should be a "Readin g C lu b-." This' exten s ion of our " demes n e •· proved h ig hly succeesful, and during t h e First T e1·m we brwthed the " pure sere ne " nf Barri~'s "Qu a lity Street." Each c hara cte r wa ;; r ea d by a different g irl , and t h e l a.ck o f scenery an d o ld -fashioned costume was exce ll e nt for the imag ina tio n of the atr~l e nce.

At th e first debate of lhe year , N . McLennan aod E. Stock s exp lained to us w h y t h e "Barbarian is h app ier lhan thP. <:ivi li sed m a h." He lives suc h a h eal th;. life! On th0e oth er hand , C. Sand e rs anrl ;( f{enry prefe r to sacrifice t h ei r health

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for so ft beds and 11i cture shows an,I s imilar arlvanla ges of civi li satio n Politic.'> were not le ft wh o lly untouched by our enthusfastlc s peak e rs. The Questior. of Free Trade was vi1:rnrousl y uphelol by H . Eakins and · V. wats on, and scathingly denounced by G. Hugh es a n d L. B r oadbent.

Typical of the lighter s ubj ects s pok <-'n on d~ring the year is: "Men· should h e ip ht the hou se." The Society, bein g totall y f e minine, decided that the lazy ma les s hould assist , and e ffect ivel y so, in ~lomestic duties.

D uring Second T er m impromptu speec hes were g iven. C. Po p e to ld u s why s he felt so foolish just . t h en. .r. Masters s poke on the ve ry delicate quei;,t ion as to whether m e n shou ld p lay ma r bles or not N. McLennan gave h e r opm1on on that e levating su bject, "Th e Charle ston." a nd M H old ing t houg h t it advisab l e for u s to retain our "Crowni n g Glory ." L . Corne ll to.!d u s a ll s h e knew, from expe ri ence a nd oth~rwise, a.bo u t "Soap " It is regrette d that not a ll the members attended this meeting, feai;n g that they might •be call ed o n to s peak.

In order to h e l p determine the g irl most wo r thy for the debatin g prize, impromptu competitive s peeches were held at the Qeginni n g of Nove mber. Ea.ch girl spoke o n the same subject- ' '. Comm uni cation s ."

The speakers were judged by M r Le Co u teur, who decid ed that J. Warren had the mo st cl early a rran ged matter. Th e Head-master congratu lated the speakers and said that h e h a d g reat d ifficu l ty in selecting t h e best speech.

Al though t h e Int e rm ed iate Forms h a ve · n ot taken part in a n y d ebates, V . b. and V c. r ead s h ort p lays, and at the begi nni ng or Utis Term impromptu speeche s were given 1by t h e In termediate Forms a lone. Judging by the standard of the s peech es made, w e fe e l s ure that 1927's Debating Society w ill have a ca.reer eq ually as successfu l as 1926.-M. B.

The School Play.

Th e Sch ool P lay, whi ch was s o e xce llently pro duced by Mr. Norman Simpso n was h e ld In the playhous e on Mo11 lny an- 1 Tl\esday, 12th and 13t h July

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" Th e Goocl-Nat.urecl Man " is one of the most difficu l t plays our g irls have attegiptecl, ,but throughout both evenings tpe acting was exception a ll y good. Nelli e Taylor, as the dashin g young spen9thrift, Mr. Honeywoocl; Lena Corn e ll , as poor Mr. Croakei·. a11d Margaret H ard i e, as Mr~ Croaker, who might be d esc rib e d as "th ,} lady with the lau g h ," deserve our heartiest co ngratul ation s; while Jean Simmon'i, excell ent inte rpretatio n of the most difficul t c haracte r in the play-the man of the world, Lofty, and Jo yce Love's unsteady feet and beer-thick voice in h e r pa.rt as .the tipsy b utler, sho u ld be spec ia.lly commended .

A b.1·ief outline of t h e play will s how how each of the g irls played her part.

Sir William Honeywood (Edna Stoc ks) is discu ss in g t he extravag1a11ce of bis 110phew with Jarvis, his valet ( J ean Hugh es), whe n young Honeywood himself comes in This gay youn g man has fallen in lov e with Miss Richland (Ve rn a Watson) , whose ch a rm s mu s t be very great indeed, for - imposs ibl e fact!-does not even the g r eat and g lo ri ous Lofty offer to make her Mrs. Lofty?

Poor Mr. Croaker leads a very disma l life, for no sooner does he return from hi s occupation in a fairly h ap p y state of

mind than his wife laughs him hack i nto his mis e ry .

Croaker's so n Leontine (Bereni ce Luff) has recently returned from l<'rance wil11 Olivia (Lily Broad,bent), the mos t romantic a. nd a pp ealing character in the play. Leontine lov es Olivia, and has induced her to imp ereo nate his sister; but Croaker h as g r eat a mbitions for hi s so n and orders him to propose to Miss Richland, much to the you!lg fellow's embar rassm e nt and cl isgust.

Meanwhile , yo ung Honeywoocl has b :ieii e ntertaining Miss Ri c hland in the p : csence of the b a iliff and h is follower, whos e manners before ladi es a r e ter.rib le a.ncl who evic!e ntly has a. str ongl y d e velop~1l tas t e for tobacco

Garnet, mea nwhil e, h as wrill e n a my sterious letter asking for mon ey to e naWc Leontine and Oliv ia to e lope. When thi s le tte r falls into Ckoaker's h.a nds noU1iu g is more pathetic than the fear he h as tliat it c onta in s a p lot to murd er him, a nd thoughts of Guy Fawkes, g uupowcl er, matches and •bombs fo ll ow each other witb star t ling rapidity t hrou gh hi s mind. Howeve r, h e recovers e nough to appea r l;ehind a screen at the inn to which the yo un g lovers have fled , and s hak e his fist at h is unfo r tunate son . Soon h e co m es fr o m his hiding-plac e , but a fter tJre ge n era l co11 -

Sc ho o l Pl ,.y, 1 9 2 6.

Cast of C h a.meters ( l eft t o rig ht,): Post Boy (H . Ea,k ins), Garnet, (A, Bell). Landlady (F, Piesse), Leontine (B. Luff) , O livia (L. Bro,ull,e ut), Oubardi" u (E, S1>ee<I), l\ir. Honeywood (N To,ylor') , )Iiss Rich laml (V. " ' n,tsou), Mr. Lofty (J. Simmond•), Jo'oll ower (P. Rod1la.), Bailiff (C, Sanders!), Jlr, Croolu,r (L. Cornell ) , Mrs. Croaker (l\l. Hardie). Butler (J. Love ), Sen•ant (A. Innocent), · l!ir Willlo.m Hone;vwood (C. St.oc!<s), Jeryis (J Uuirhw,) ,

fu s ion that follows th e appearance of Jarvis , Miss Richland , Hon e ywood, and Sir w·mfam, Croa ker d eci d es that as Miss Rich"iand has· thoughts for none ,but Mr. Honeywood , it might b e as well for hi s son to marry Olivia.

The we ll -organi sed arrangements, and t h e aid of the g irl s, who made sweets o r acted as ushers, a lso help ed to make the p lay ,a success. The mu s ic during the interva ls wa s provid ed by the Brighton Orche tral S-0cie ty; a nd thou g h t h e expenses incurred i n makin g the play s o s uccessful greatly les s e n e d the proceeds , these ;ue to go in a id of a n e w Tuc k Shop and th e Sports Fund.:...__J. M.

" But w·ord s are things, and a small drop of ink

Fallin g, like dew , upon a t hou g ht , produces

That which makes thou sa.nds, pe rh a ps m illions, think. "

It is !)leasing to r epo rt th,at an incr e ased interest in the School Libra ry h as been manifested during t he year. A number c,f new books were provided •by t h e Principal , to whom we tender our since r e thank,; for thi s co ntinued interi;s t in thi s dep a r tment of our School. N otab le a m ong the addition s to our supl)ly of books werfl s everal works •by J e ffery Farnol, a nd these volumes are in s uch great dernaud that w e are looking fo rward h opafu!ly to the time wh e n th e she l ves will contain many more books of this class instead or t h e huge coll ection of Henty and Colling,,ood, efforts which would proba.bly b e g lad ly iccepte d by our Wesl ey friends, wh<J ,vould doubtless a ppreciate t h em. ·

• The additional s helvin g which was install ed w as greatly appreciated, and i t i'> now possib le to procure re11.uired book.a without the tin-some and in e legant search amo ngs t dusty r ec esses situated in th e neighbourhood or the cei lin g.

Lo sses have. fortunatE ly. beeu few, all(I t h ese have b een occas ioned hy Urn t hou g htl ess n ess of som e of t h e g irl s. , v ith ont wis hin g to "grouse" largel y, we fee l sure that a prom pt r eturn of the books, when finished, would minimi se the tosses, and s uch action wou ld b e a ppreciat e d by those who ;i.re w a itin g for par· ticu la r volumes which a r e on loan.

Our g irls a r e heartil y com m e n ded to 1nake a n eve n m o r e e x ten s iv e us e of the Li•brary , as therein U1 ey w ill find a va ri e r! se lec tion of th e •b est lite r ature , which ,vill pro-v id e th em wi1h the mea n s or obtain in g adequate m.e ntal r e laxation after th e ir str e nuous study 0£ S c hool su•bjecti,. Th e greater the u se o.f t h e Library, th P, stro n ge r will ,be t h e c laim for our needs to b e r ecognised by th e powers that be. a nd in som e wa y o r other, n e w books will undoubtedl y fine! U1 e ir way to ou r s h e l ves more frequently t h a.n t h ey do at t h e prese nt tim e.-E. S.

Music Notes.

During the past year mu s ica l ed ucati on at M.L.C. has proved v e ry s u ccessful. as is s hown by t h e re su lts of the recent exa min a tion s. Students are furth e r enc ourage d in their efforts by th e fact that at th e e nd of each year scholarships are awar d ed for both piano and s in g in g by Sir Aaron Dan ks. Last year w as the fi r st timP these schol ars hips were awarded. the s inging being awarded to Gla dy s Pope, a n!l pia no to Jo y Taylor

This year · ha s be e n full of P,ntertai nm e nts · During th e ye ar so me o [ our gi r ls have b een very fortunat e in be in g taken to hea r conce rts g ive n by th e Oriana Madr iga l Soc iety, co ndu cted by Mr. lfra zier, o ur own mu s ic m as t e r . These were g reatly a ppreciat ed, a nd so m e of us are eager ly looki n g forward to the th ird . co n cert of this serie s.

At th e beginnin g of t hi s ter m we were ta k e n to a con ce rt in t he Auditorium g ivPn by the students of the Conservatoriun1. This was enjoyed t hro u ghout, and w e were pa rticularly interes ted in th e s in p; in g of Helen Cowan, one of ou r o ld s tudents.

Anoth e r item of interest .in th e mu s ica l world was th e comin g of l11.e Kenda(; Qua.rtette Party This t h e who le School was for~unate in hearin g one a(ternoo11

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without h avin g t o g o further than Fitchett. }:Iall. A deli g htful progra mm e was arl'angcd, a nd eitc h piece \\' US fully exp la ined to u s, be.for e pla y ing. b y t h e lea.de r. Miss K e ncfal!

The fir st was one of Beeth oven's quart e tte s of f o ur movem e n ts: Allegr o, Adag io Scherzo a nd Finale. Th e secon d , e utitl etl " The Nigger," by Dvor ak, was of four mov e m e nts al s o: All egro ma non t r oppo, Lento, Mo.Jto Vivace and Vivace ma n on troppo Th e last wer e in.te-restin g s lrntche s b y mod e rn wri te-rs. " B y t h e Tarn " an d "Ja.ck o '. Lantern ," by Go osen s , and "Sir Ro ge r d e Coverl ey," by Frank Bridge, were th orou gh l y e njo yed. W e a.re much iurlebted to, Sir Aaron D a nl{ S, o n e o f t he b est fri e nd s of thi s Coll ege , w h o kindly offe r ed to pay t h e ex p e n ses of the s e talented ladles so tha t w e might b e b e nefited by t h e ir playi n g In t h e 0I'Jin i o n of ever yo ne in t h e Hall, th e wond e rful rnu s-ic produced by th e Qu artette left nothing to be d esired .

The Sociables a r e still h olding their pl ace amon gs t t h e b oard e r s. Ma n y int e resting part so n gs have bee n render e d in th e Dinin.g Hall on s-ocia l eveni n gs.

The Orph e u s Society , which was r eYiYe rl at the e ncl of last year , has bee n prac tising a ll this, year , a nd is now working hard to perfect o ur Speech Night so n gs . During First Term, t h e m e mbe r s of this ch oi r h e lp e d the Wesl ey b oys in tileir Jubil ee Cele brations.

The r esu lts o.f this year' s e xaminations iu pian o a nd s inging a r e as Co ll ows:

Pianoforte .--Grade IL : Ne llie E ld er (credit), J oan Inn es. Grade III. : Ma r garet Ove-r e nd (honours), Frances Kennedy (honours). Edna H a rr y (credit ), Elvie Cad le (cred it ), Myra Wilso n. Grade IV.: B e th Stevens (c r edit), Lily Diffey, Mavis Carter, Frey Shimmon, Frances- Kennedy. Grade V .: Lily Diffey. ( credit), Gwen Rob e rts , Etta Salm a now . In t erm ed i ate Association Board : L e il a Young.

Singing. - Grade IL : Gladys Pope. Grade III.: Flo re nce L e Couteur (credit), Frances Kenne dy (credit), Elvie Cad le, • Len a Cornell. Grade IV.: F lorence L e Coute ur (cre dit), E l v ie Cad le ( credit), Vera Murdoch , Fra;nces K e nne dy Harmony. - Grade II.: Nelli e E lder, Gladys Pope. Grad e III. : E l v ie Cad l e (hon our s ), Margar et Overend ( c r e dit). ~ dna FJa.rry,, (crepit). Lena Qome )l,

Th eory.- Gr acle TV.: Nan cy L ee (honours) , Beth Steve ns (cred i t). Myra \Vilson. Mavis Cart e r. Gra<le V.: l\la, is Ca r te r · (cr e d it). Lil y Diffey. Gw e n Ro he rt R. - F K .

Back-to-School's Day.

On e of the few link s betwee u Old Coll eg ian s and t h e girls who. at the J)rese-nt tim e, form the S c hool is t h e Ilack-toSch ool ' s Day , which ta k es place in th e S eco nd T e rm .

This yea.r t h e fun cti o n was begun , as in for mer y ea1·s, by an Assembly in F i tch ett Hall of Old Collegian s and t h e g irls of the se nior F orm s. _ Dr Fitc h e tt bein g '· un a bl e to attend, Mr. L e Co uteur conducted the bri ef open ing service. after , which h e we l c om ed the Ole! Collei;iens a n d introciu cecl DL Osborne. who was to speak to us .

Dr. Os born e h.acl jus t r e turned from a tr ip wh i ch s h e took t hrou g h Europ e, ,~oing to Engl and, w h e r e, before coming to liv e i n Au stra.li a., s h e h a d studi e d m ed i' cin e. We grea tl y e njo yed h er travel ta lk , especiall y th e interes ting sto r ies of h ..= r · experi e nces in Fran ce and Norway, a nd take this o pportunity of thanki ng h e r As u s ual , we finis h e d thi s Asse mbl y by s h o~ving th e o ld girls ho w th e School E<ong shou l d •be s un g.

The Quadrangl e was t he ·backg round of many gay and happy groups of Old Co ll egian s and present-day g irls, an d the scene o f m a n y r ew1 io n ., Perh aps th e mos t interesting pa.rt of the afternoo n fo:· many was revisitin g ol d Fonn-rooms and old-remembered no o k s of th e School a nd garden, not to m e n tion meetin g o n ce mo re Schoo l-day fri e nd s.

The baske tball a nd te nni s matc h es played d uring the aHe rn oon were vratched by inte r es ted spectato r s, and the function was co nclud ed by t h e very i mportant item- afternoo n t ea, w hi c h was served in t h e L ecture- r oo m to our g u ests. ·

When a ll was over, th e ga y g r o up s di sp e r e:e d, the la.st la u g hin g farewe ll s float e d throu g h th e gard e n from the S c hool gates : t h ey were gone, a nd soon the g r ey qu a dra n gl e wa s l e [t lo n e ly a nr! bare.

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Birthday Night .

This n.ight of the year for ce le brating th e b irthdays of tlie boarders was h e ld at U:l e end of Second Term, and by the co-ope r ation of t eac h e r s, girls and the domestic staff, was one of th e h app iest and jolliest ~ve have had.

For a week preceding this. even t , there were many m ys.teri es and secrets s urrounding Fitche tt Hall an<l the gy m. If you v e ntured n ear, you would b e driven 11way by a ll sorts of weird nois es, loud laughter, and sometim es the thud of f eet, which made you think of ghosts.

Th e Dining Hall; when we aJ J tripped in, was d ecorated v e r y daintily in brown and tange rine , with greeneries round the windows and pictures, a.nd last, but uot le a st, the tables, we imagin e d, groaned beneath the weight or delicious daintie s. This , with the gay frocks of the Slaff and girls , almost turned the Hall into a parad ise.

While the s.umptuous " High T ea" waR being fully e njoyed, th e e ntry of Dr. a nd Mrs. Fitchett was w e lcomed with mu c h a pplause, as was also the cutting of the cake by th e smallest board er (Dorothy). who, a.lth.ough enthroned on a chair, was little higher than the ca ke 1' h e party then adjourned to the " gy m. ," wh e re dancing was enjoyed until i t w as tim e for our g ue sts to a rrive.

As usual , we w e lcomed the guests in Fitchett Hall, and at the entr y of Marion Sinclair and Frances Kennedy, who r e n~ered a d e li ghtfu l du.et , s ilence r e ig ne d supreme. After thi s accom pli shme n t, Mr. Patterson, a g r eat favourite of t h e boarders, e nte rta.ine d u s with hi s amusing m onolog ues, one of which made u s determine never to marry and another n eve r to eat eggs. The "Aunt from Ca liforn ia" cau sed a great d ea l of am u sement. Some or th e small e r gir ls s h owed u s what th ey \\'oulcl do if th ey had " Company at their Ho nse," while the pli g ht of the " Door Mouin at th e Mad Hatt e r's T ea Party " a lm ost brought tears to our eyes, as no o n e would lik e to be pu t into a IP.apot. It is not very often thut we are ab le lo get umbrellas a nd p e opl e the ::;ame s iz e, but it was really wond e rful the way iu which th e tiny tots got und e r tlv"ir ' brellas. The girls who d anced an d sa n g "The Top of th e Mo-rning to You" made

us wonder if they dance d e very spare mom ent of their time. t'ranki e K e nn e dy delighted th e audi e n ce with h er r e ndering of " Should He Upbrajd ?" Th e last item, " Ju st Like a Gipsy," was just as we ll left until last, for li ttle did we know we had boys amongst u s.

After this, each boarder took h e r guest to s upper in the Dining HaJl , where, judging 1by the e nthusiasm s h own, when a ll present sang "Auld L ang Syne," everyone bad e njoyed t h e delightful eveni ng. - I. w.

House Notes.

This year h as been another very happy year for us all, but what e lse c ould it be with such a h appy lot of boarders as we are?

~'e began the year with the u s ual mix· lure of new a nd old gi rl s, but tho se who were term ed " new " soon bega n to f ee l at home among us To e n co ura ge 'this fee ling, the old g irls ente rtai n e d th e n e w girls at a co n cert v e ry soon after the School ye ar ,began. Later we tre ated them to au initiation eveni n g, and a fortnight later they f e l t quite enou gh at hom e to e nte rtain u s at a concert, which eve r yon e thoroughly enjoyed.

This year the r e l1as been kee n co mpetition in the House in the diffe r e nt branches of spor t. At the beginning of the year a Sports Captain for eac h Hou se wa s ele cted and we hav e had inte r -House s ports Money was co ll ected, and a cup, which i;; to be presented to the winning House , was purchased. This c up is to be h e lci for a p e riotl of 011.e year. \>V e h a.ve been very fortunate in h av in g Mis s S mith-Hill in th e Hous e, and s h e b as done her b es t to m ake good s po rts of us all.

Once aga in we were take n to U1e Playhouse to see the Old Co ll egian 's play, all(! 11.ll e njoyed it immens e l y. This yea r we had another trip to the Pl ay h ouse to see ou r School Play We were f']uite proud of the three boarders wh o took part, as they acterl spl endidl y.

Our musi ca l ta le nt h as in 110 way hc l' ll n eglected e ith er. VVe hav e been t a l<en lo quite a number of co nc e rts, Hmon g whi c h was one giv e n by pupil s of the Co nse rv atorium. \Ve were delighte d to h e ar one of our former boarders- Hel e n Cowa n- sing.

\'Ve h a ve h a d m a ny v e r y pleasant s o c ia ls on Friday evenings, and wer e quite please d to find that w e had a violini s t amon g st the n e ,v girls, who has en tertained u s o n se ve ral occasion s. The res ults of th e r ece nt mus ic e xa ms. will t es tify that w e h a v e mu c h musi ca l ta lirn t a mongs t u s. Not oni, o f the board e 1is wh o went for a mus ic o r a s in g in g e xam failed

W e had a fe w c lurnge s in the r es id e nt Sta f f a t th e b egi nnin g of the y e ar . Mrs. / Humphries. Miss Bal-I and Mis s J a m es left u s a t t11e e nd o f last y e ar, the fir s t tw o j oinin g t h e day Staif : We were pl eas ed to w e l c om e th e Mi ss~s Boyes, N ew m a n , a nd S mi t h-Hill in t o tile H ouse.

About a l'ori n~g ht b e fore th e 8ports we h a d a ra n cy dress ev.e ning, cha rgin g a s ilve r coin for a dmit tan c e 1ith thi s mone y w e bou g ht a n e w Hous e Fla g , W e a r e s o proud o f it that w e have it hanging in a prominent position in th e Dinin g H a ll. W e w e re lookin g forward to s e e in g o ur runnin g team carry the flag to a brillia nt fini s h in t he flag ra ce against School at the Sports, but e vidently the grandeur of the flag was too mu c h for them Ho we ver , we a r e n o t a t all down-hearted at the los 2, but more tha n eve,r d e termine d to beat the d ay girl s next year. We cheer e d ourselves a l mo s t hoars e at th e clos e of the Sports as Th e lma went out to receive the c up for t h e S e ni o r Champions hip. Thelma i s also t o b e co ngratul a ted on winning anothe r c up and a shield during th e y e ar. At the Swim.ming Sports the d a y girls proved th e msel ves to be s lightly be tter s,wimmers tha n w e were but we m a ke up fo r s u ch d e ficien c ies by the way we work in Schoo l.

An even t whi ch ca used muc h e x ci teme nt wa s "the strike ." It w as quite amus ing for us, ,but we are sure th a t Miss Hunt did no t find it s o . W e a.ll did o ur b es t a t w a i ting, drying dishes , sweeping, etc., but a re glad that there is a full s taff of m a ids again.

We must thank th e Old Colle gians for th e c omforta ble s itting-room th ey furnished for us.

The e nd of the y ear is dr a wing n e ar now, and those of us who are le aving School a re not looking forward to it. None of us w ho have b een here for any le n g th of time can reli s h the id ea of lea v in g our d ea r oid S c hool where we hav e h a d su c h a h a ppy time and mad e s uc:h a lot of fri e nd s .-

M S.

Opening of Nicholas House.

The ge n erous g i rt o-r .Mr G R. N ic holas -th e Hom e S c i ence S ch ool- w hi c l{ we h.a d w atch e d g row to c omple tio n s ince th e b eginnin g of the year , w as o fficiall y ope n e d •b-y Mrs. N ich o la s a t the em! of S eco nd Term.

" "Girl Guide s ," wh o w e r e s t a tioned a t inte rva l s in the g round s, c ondu cted th e p a.r e nts and fri e nd s to th e buildin g. Afte r a s in g in g practi ce, each Form m a r c hed to its pos ition in front of N ichol as Hou se. Shortly a f t e rwa rds Dr. a nd Mrs J< , itc h ett , accompa ni e d b y Mr. and Mrs. N ic hol as , M r. and Mrs Le Co-ute ur, Rev a nd Mrs. O verend , representatives of the Co1,1ncil a nd g u es t s, including Miss Le wi s a nd Mi ss ' Pitts, p roce ed e d t o the l e ft o f t h e huildiu g. whe r e bouqu e ts we r e pre s e nted t o the ladi es, w hil e Mr. N ic h ol as re ce ived a buttonhole. The Schoo l the n san g " A u st ra lia., Land of Ours," and s ome h y mns

Th e party w e-r e le d b-y the H ead Pre. fee t , Cl a ri ce S a nd e r s, and L e na Co1 1e ll to th e fr ont of t h e •buildin g , w h e n M r s. Nicholas formally op e n e d the door. Dr. Fitchett s uitably th a nk e d t h e d o n or. Th-~ g uests m a d e a tour of in s pe ction throu g h t h e kitch e n , l a undry, l ecture a nd drawin g roo ms , a nd fin a lly as se mble d - on th e baic ony facin g the oth e r buildings , wh e r e M r s Ni cholas w as presen ted b y Cla ri ce with a s ilv e r c o f f e e se rvi ce, s uit a bl y inscrib e d , a nd Lena prese nte d M:1· N i ch ola s w i t h a gold k ey.

Sp eeches w e r e t h e n m ade 011 be h a lf or th e Counc il a nd College t hankin g Mr Nichol as fo r hi s b eautiful gi f t. Mr. E g g les ton was a ls o th a nke d Mr. Ni c holas, in r e plyin g , s a id h e h o pe d w e w o uld n o t r egard th e •buil d in g _ as a pl ace wh e r e we we r e c ompe ll e d t o l ea rn , but as a S c h oo l wh e r e w e wo uld find p leasu r e i n l ea rning d o m es ti c scie n ce.

T h e Sch ool s a n g a gain, co nclu d in g wi t h t he Natio na l Anthe m Th e g u e sts w a tch e d th e g irls di smis se d row hy row , a nd the n a dj o urned to t h e dinin g h a ll for a ft e rnoon tea.-K H

Beaconsfield Camp, September, 1926.

Th e m a.j o-rity o f g irls know th at th e

S .C.U. hold s school -girl camp s in Junuar y a nd S e pte mb e r , •but many of the m see m to hav e a v a gue idea tha t ca mp is a pla.cl"

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where one ha s, every five minutes of the day allotted to some particular thing which she is compell ed to do, and wh e r e she spends the greater part of the t im e ·po1ing over a Bibl e or li s tening to someone talking r e ligion.

If you hold this opinion, dro·p it at once.

Th ere were · 28 campers at t.he Septe mber Beaconsfield Camp this yea r, of whom 4 g irls and 2 o-fficers were from M.L.C., and togeth e r we s,pent a ver y jolly weel1. In fact, one of t l1e office rs who h ad b ee n to four other camps consid ered this one the b es t yet. I think that to g ive you a true idea of our camp r cannot do hetter than to quote h e r:

"Camps are g r eat things vi e ws of peaceful fie lds and hill s, a nd n eat orchards, a 11d whJte-l>lossom-trees; gu mtrees against the stars and a dim winding ro a d at night, and the view away ever and ever ·from the tower; lhe daylight and birds beginning outside the tent, and the s t ars the re at nig ht; har e a nd hound s, a nd th e perfect joy of be in g out in the g loriou s world in ,b-J oom e r s; books and fire light; thoughts au,\ talks, and all the rest. Such see m s our camp to m e, and in- i t a ll the one thing that makes life worth while-comrades hip ."

· I shall try to tell how we spe nt one· of th e seven da.ys. Let's take Thursday.

T he mornin g opened up fine and warm, so tliat we were aible to hav e o ur morning prayers- a favourite r.-ymn, a, short reading, and a praye r

Soon th e p eacef uln ess of the morn was disturbe d -by the clang of the breakfast bell, and with our usual camp appetites we al l partook of a very welcome m eal.

After breakfast we tidi e d our room s a nd the n were fr ee to do w h at we pleased until Bible Circle, which was h e ld in th,1 sun, and whe-re we got n ew ideas on o.\d subjects or c lear ed up any past doubts.

A paper-chase was the order o( t h e day, so after Circle we tore up p ape r until lunch-time . Meals arn a lw ays we ll e njoyed a nd looked fonq11·rl lo at ca m r,. Then after a few minutes' r est, the h ares set off. wearing bloom e r s and blouse s , wit11 the hound s, s imila rl y a ttired, close on th e ir he e ls At the end of the chase

we cooked chops an d ate them before r etu rning home.

Tea. that night was in t he form of a wedding ibreak fa.st, an M. L. C. off icer being t h e ·bridegroom, and four M.L.C girls being the R ev. Bartholomew Buggins, his w ife and dau ghte r , and t h e brid egroo m's fa ther. The reception was held afte r tea a nd a very varied programme give n.

Th e n ,ye i1.ad a very int e r esting talk on " Friendship," s i tting a round the fire with no other li ght in t h e room, a nd thep ca.me s upp e r , t he eve11ing stroll , and bed.

You can e asily see what a. ripping day we had, a nd every day was just as goo d , so I feel quite saf e in promisin g a really wondedul week to a ll who are going to the January ca mps , and I remind those w ho cannot go to t h ese t ha t the re are the Septembe r ones 01' 1927 to look forward to.- F P.

Students' Christian Union.

This y ea r we hav e had a ve r y s uccessful yea r in connection with the S.C.U.

At the first business meeting the followin g officers were elected: Pr esident, Clarice San.ders; Vice-President, Joy 1 Master s ; Cor Secretary, Eva. Oakley; Rec . Secretary, Gwen H u gh es; Treas urer, Marian Sinclair; and Marjori e Lambie was chosen as an additional m e mber of the committee Later t h e r e we r e changes made, and Joyce Warren was c hos e-n as an ad ditional me mbe r.

We have liad some exce ll ent speaker s at the S.C.U. this year, a mon g th e m b e in g the Rev. Irving Benson, Dr. McCall u m, the R ev. F. Boreham, the Re v. J GauH, a nd the Rev. William Jack s on, wb o a mused eve ryone Our l as t me e ting for the year was addressed by Mr. Le Coute ur

Bible Study Circl es were cond uc ted during S e cond Term, and wer e talce n by the Mi sses Hunt, Grant, B e tts , Hall a nd Holdin g. On beh a lf of the m emb e r s of our S.C. U. I take t hi s opportunity of thanl,· in g them, as it was ve r y kind or tlrem to g i ve up t h e ir dinner hour for tha.t purpos e . We n ow have fortni g ht l y m eetings in s tead of weekly ones, a s we ha ve done i n t h e pa st years.

Th e attend a nces h av e increased noti cea bly towards the· end of the yea r. G. H.

FORM NOTE.5.

Form Honour VI.

"Dea uly is trnth, trnth beauty, tbal is all We know on earth, and a ll we n eed to know," w1·ites Keats.

Op! t h at lhe staff thought that when lh ey se t the exam. papers. Tr they h e ll! the s,a.me opin ion as this e min ent poet, I am s ur e w e would be in a state of mind more fitted for writin g Form Notes.

A ll Honour VI. look e d forward to the Cort11i ght between the College a nd Uni• versity exams. as a period of joy, of r e• li e f from work , but in stead or this , we ar e confronted with nch horrors as Form Notes. Althollgh we s till have such di stracti n g things a s "Hark, hark, the do gs do bark," shouted at u s from. the very wall s, we h ave had a s u ccessfu l year aR fa r as worlc is co ncern e d , be in g ab le to Mrni nta i n a high average throu gh t h e three Terms

In the realm of s port, owing to ou r s m a ll numb e r , we h ave not been quite so 1rnccessful but we t.hink w e h ave don e as well as possible, with such scantf material.

Althou g h we know quite well that th e School will suffer an almost irre parable loss wh e n t h e present members of our Form leave, -w e hop e that the Honour VI of 1927 will do their -best to mak e up Cor the dreadfu l blank lef-t by our departure .

Form Pass VI.

1lere 's to m ake a brave e ndeavour at a Lask ttat's greate r far 'l'h a n t h e thousa nd s which prese nt lh1m1selves each <iay; ' Tis t hi s e ffort to commi t to paper all Pass vr. ha s done 1''or th r ee hnnrired days a nd sixty-five, nor say

A n ht lmt that which g i ve,; you truly a port1·ayal of our Form

In t h e many sph eres of schoo l-life where we tread . - Sport an d work , in all their phas es. whether s unlit or in storm, Throu g h tb e J)al.h s wh ee e d11 catio11 hath us l e d.

No! 'Twou ld tn.ke a larger col um 1 , than the space we are allowed

To describe each dee d and t>~ch activity,

Or to te ll or a ll the ga rm e nts which o ur uim,bl e fingers ma.d e

To bestow in th e sweet n a m e of Charily.

T h ey were arduous paths we followed , bul they're safe l y travers e d now.

And with thank fu l hea rts we can look back, and see

All the fi:uits of our year's labour, gath er'd in a.nd tasted now,

For our trials a ll are over, and we're free !

Form Va.

Al present " Intermediate" looms large on ou r horizon, and we have hardl y r e • cove r ed from our exam. fever; nev e r theless . we hope to give a goo d account of ourse l ves.

Quietness between periods is n o t our str ong point; but in pite of that fact we have managed to mainta in our dignit y in other days. We have s ec ured the Baseball Cup and Basketball Shiel d for the Senior School, and u u Sports' Da y our running team w on the Senior flag race

During First Term a party of our gir ls paid a visit to the Boroondara Free Kindergarten and saw t ile children th ere.

When we rid ourse lves of the •,burd e n oC exams., we hope to co ll ec t mat i.er, at Mis s Dahle's s uggestion , to send, through the Junior Red Cross, a n Australian folio lo a sch ool in France.

We wou ld li k e to thank Miss·· L ew i ri ,' , u r F'orm Mistress; Nancy }l,jnJEH"Y, our Form CaJ)tai n; and Jessie Ba m ell a ncl Betty Mccutcheon. our Lieulenunls, for their patience with us and their h e lp durin g the year.

Th e pr esent g irls h ave tried to uphold the honour of the Form and Flag, and ask the future girls to do the same anti w is h them success in the attempt.

Form V.b.

\.Ve have had a very happ y time in V.·b. t hi s year, a nd w e owe a vote o r ,..t h a n ks to Mi ss For m a n for t h e way iii ' which s h e has h e l ped u ,; with our sports

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and our charity work , and for the i ntere 11 t w hich she h as taken in a ll t h e F orm activities

W e have WO)} no trophi es t hi s year ; but we reached the final in baseball and we galned second p lace i n the in ter-For m f lag r ace . Bejng Ol}timis t s, we e xpe ct to do g re at t hings In tennis, and we are s ure that our h opes will be fulfill ed when o u r gym. representY<lti ves, M. Ball a nd M F lowe r , tak e their pa r t in t h e gy m . c o ntests.

A great parcel of c lo t h ing left our Form add r essed to t h e Ch e l te nh am Hom e fo1· Childr en, a nd o ur qu il t for Dr. A. Gau lt' s h osp ita l in I11di a was trul y a worl( of art

The onl y thing which we d is like ici yar d duty. Those weeks a r e the on ly times that o ur faces are g lum (w e go fo r t h to m eet exa m s. with faces a li gh t w ith confid e nce), -I.mt our w ork is just a s well don e fo r a ll t h at.

Ou r pl ay i n the S.C U co nce r t was as irreat a s u ccess a s co uld be d es ired, a nd a la r ge audie n ce a tte nde d , w h en s ome of o ur gi rl s r ead a pjaylet in D e bate on e Tuesda y. Two or th e g irl s in t h e School play, "The Good-Nature d Man ," N. T aylo r a nd B Lu f f. r epre se n ted us at that popul a r function .

Finally, we _ wish to thank ou r Form Captain and Sports Captain, M. Overeud. o ur Form li e ut e n ants and spo r ti; li euten a nts for their good work during tlie year.

Form V.c.

An yo ne e n te1•in g V. c. F'orm-r oom durin g a Sc h oo l period wo uld see tw e n ty-fo u r well, beha ved, t •ven if not br illia nt, gir ls vai nly t r y in g to appear int e re ste d in t h e l ess on Still , t h e open door s and wlnrlo\\·s see m to hwi te waywa rd eyes to gaze on t h ose in ter estin g p lace s - the q uad. an d Tu ck S h op.

However, if our eyes did _ st ray occas ion a ll y, we seemed to benefit by watching th e bas ketball teams at pr actice, as we d e f eated V.J:J and Dipl om a B. in t he Form m a tches, and s o e n tered the fin a ls

Unfortunately we were · t h e n d efeat e d by V.a. We came to th e for e in the s wimming s ports a lso fi ni s hin g e q u al fi r ~t in lh e For111rrace, -but in the Annua l Sports we were not quite so s u ccessfu l.

, ~e hav e uee n fortunate in having for our Sports Cal}tain Grace Clarke, w h o plays for t h e School in both tenrii s ancl baseball team$. E. H an-y is in th e t e nni s team also. Our representatives in the gy m . competitions we r e G. C la rke aud A. Bell.

Our Form Capta i n is Ivy Willl iams, and i h e lieutenants G. Clarke a nd W. H arco ur t, a nd they h ave a ll worked earnes tly · for the improvem e-nt of th e Fo rm.

We h ad one of o ur Form in the School Pla y, and we wer e ve r y proud of h e r.

Our special Red Cross effort is towards • h e s upport of L i v i ngstone Horne, anti we also knitted a quilt, whi ch was seut to Dr. Gau l t's hospital.'

On th e whole. we have had a ve r y happy and, w e hope, s u ccessf ul year, and non e of u s r egret ou r year as "V.c.- i tes" and th e friends hi l}S made.

W e a re very sorry to h ear that n e xt year's V.c. w ill not h ave Miss Pete rson .' w ho, as o ur Form Mi stress, has bee n a great h e lp to u s a ll, and we w is h h er " •bon voyage " and a h appy a nd s ucc ess-,. ful future.

Form Diploma A.

Som e are born to write Form ·.Notes; s ome achieve Form Notes; ai1d so m o h ave Form Notes thrus t upon t h em . Thi s last applies to us After mu ch labo ur, we set the rnsu l t •before you.

W e did r a.ther well in th e swimmin g s po1ts in First Tl• rm.. In the i n terForm r ace oµr team came t hird, and o ur l<'orm Captain won th e se nior diving, bein g runn e r-up for t h e champions hi p. Some of u s vis i ted lh e Neglected Children's Home Parkvill e, for w hich we arc worki n g, takin g cloth es f01· th e li ttle Oll0S '1\Te r esp01i ded with enthu siasm to t h e appeal for eye-bandages and jumpe1·s for Dr. Ad e la id e Gaul t's h ospita l in I ndia , and in b e twee n periods zealous knitte r s w e r e to b e see n work ing for thei r lives.

As usu a l, Dip loma won t h e framed photo. of the School P lay for th eir go od work in sellin g ti ck ets. T h e P lay, " The Good-Natured Ma n ," by Goldsm i t h, was atlol'lled by man y or our s hinin g li gh ts

A cas ua l v isito r to our Form -ro o m wil l see Dr. Fitchett's photo. beam in g down

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upo n u s fro m the wa ll s . This wa s d on ated by t h e For m du rin g Second Term.

Third Tei·m arrived w ith a ll t h e s frenuou s e x citement of the Annual Sports. H e re again we rlid well. Our Form Captain ca ptured t h e Senior Championship , and t h e running team came a g l orious four t h Some of our g irls we re In the Inte r-Sc h o ol Flat T ea m who r a n a gains t o th e r Schools on Sports Day.

Otu· tenn i s te a m , owing to t h e import un ate edit ors, cannot h e r e b e set down , for we have not h ad time to c h oose one. But w e feel s ure t h ey will do g r eat thin gs.

B e ing in t h e throes of t h e fin a l exam s., we h ave n o mo re tim e to waste o n Form Notes, but wish n ext year' s Diplom a A a s happy a time as· w e have had.

Form Diploma B.

It is to b e feared t hat we s omewhat lack the ardent e nthusiasm of certain c hroniclers of the ir ow n ac hieve ments , a nd yet we may with b ecoming modesty ac quain t yo u with a r esu m e of ou r activities for th e year

Needles s to say, we are a. very studious lot of g irls, 1:>ut so m e h ow we s ee m to la c k the s am e concentratio11 on our work w h e n 8th p e riod comes around. As w e lis t e n to th e l a u g hter and n o ise ot more fortunate girls, who , by th e way, seem t o be especia ll y h appy at 3.15 p. m . (to us t he m ost serious h alf-h o ur of the day ), we often t hink of t h e times wh e n we. too, were as fortunate as th ey.

We have some r ema rka,bly e nergetic member s of the Form who a ctually forced their way throu g h loc k ed w ind ows in ord e r to r eve rt to that ve r y enjoya bl e pastime, s h a ll w e say, of typing. This, we mi g ht a dd , was done in the early hours of t h e mornin g; but, of course, the windows about Diploma's Fo1;m.-roorns a r e n ow ve1·y close ly watched .

A pleasant 1eco!lectio n of t h e eve nts conuected with the famili a r s h o rthand roo m was the presentation by th e girls of an e nlarged photo g r aph of Dr. Fitchett, overy m e mber of the Form b ein g g l a d to have had a finger in lhe pie.

Though we cannot boas t an y v ery gre a t achi e v e m ent as far a s s port is couce rned ,

yet w e have entered into this part of the programme in a mann e r appropr ia.te to the girls or Diplo ma B , ably Jed b y our Captain, N. Le gge, who k ept o ur flag flyin g at th e Swimming Sports , and we hope to b e able to show everybod y how to pla y t e nnis when the final s co m e on.

Amids t a ll our activities, we h ave not ra il e d to rem emlber that · very im portant wor'!c connected with c h a rity. To u s thi s word · has, been so mewhat of a ni ghtma re , but a gallant effort has be e n ma.de, an d we h ave bee n able to take quite a lot of c lot hin g to the Parkville H ome. We cannot forget t h e way ou r Form Captain , Lena Cornell, urged and e ncou r a ged u s in this part of our wo'rk, and w e all f ee l w e owe h er a great a mount of thanks.

Form V.b . Special.

As a Form , we a r e very grate ful for h avin g t his opportunity of in t rodu cin g ourselves to yo u a ll.

Our Form-room- of whi ch w e are v ery pro ud-- i s i n No. 9, a nd is th e cool es t a nd b es t in the whole School.

W e are a ll . undoubtedly, goo d , and as we are so quiet durin g l esso n s we always hear th e c him e of t he b e ll, a nd ne ver a llO'W the teach er to weary h e rself in teaching overtime, but alwa ys tell h e r, immed iate ly the bell has ibe e n rnn g, that it is time to stop work.

Owing to our numbers b ei n g so f e w, g irls from other Fonns tak e t h e opport unit y of h avin g gym. with us; but we n otice that they keep well away fro m u s w h e n we a r e on yard duty.

Durin g th e year we h ave bee n m a kin g e fforts to h e lp the South Melbourne Mi ss ion, the r esult ,being t h at visits b y us to t h e Tu ck Shop b ecome very rare , beca use we are mo s tl y boarders

Our motto is : "Try for Everything." a nd a lthou gh we stri ve to d o our b e st in spo rt , we h ave not b ee n a ble to carr y our Tartan to victory Our Form Mistress is ver y keen that we s h o uld do well a t s port, but we see m to have been .overlook e d , as not one of o ur number h &s ga ined a green 1b.Ja.z e r . .

This year a t t h e Annual Sports we h ad t h P h o nour of selling programmes. th e res ult ,bein g that we r e ceived £ 6 9s. ~rl.. whi ch was in aid of S chooi spo rt s' fu nd s

'Ne are a talented Form , a nd have representatives at t h e painting, e lo c ution , cook in g, hou sew ifery, la undr y, dressm.akil1g and millinery class es, to say n o tning of the piano , vio lin, and s in ging less on s, which , in some m yste rion~ way, (all du rin g the time wh e n arithmetic and French are being taugh t.

We'll say " wish Mis:; V.b. Specia l have h ad.

" au r evo iJ· " Parsons and as happy a Form XX. now, an d a ll next year's yea r as we

There -a re thirty g irls in Form XX, th e grna t er part of th at nmnber being new at t h e beginnin g of the yeaJ·. At fir s t. both o ld and new girls wondere d how t h ey we r e going to get on together, but, befor e long , all dornb t vanished.

- Our Form Mistress is Miss Dah l e, and " our Form Captain a nd li e ute nant s Una M . Harrison (it is a stran ge co in ci d e nce that there are two Una H a rrisons- in the same Form), ' Lor na H-ood a nd Mary B'allantine. a ll of wh om r try in vain to lceep- u s in 0 1der.

"\,Ve s upport e d the Cec il Street Freo Kindergarten, and one d ay in Second Term had an interes ting time. watching the c hildren at work a nd play. We also 111 a<le a quilt (oi· Dr. Gault's h ospital in In d ia. P. D'Arcy knitt ed the School sta r for the centre.

"\Ve h ave done r ath er well at spo r t this year , our team winning. the inte-rmediate base ball c up; bu.t r egr et to say we lost th e basketball an d· t e nni s cups, after pu tting up a h a rd fight for them. M Chari· wood , of our Form, a lso won t h e inter· m e di ate ch all e nge cup at tl1e School s ports . Our l<'orm r epresentatives for t he gy mn as ium co mpetiti o n are 1\II." Chariwoo d a nd P. D'Arcy.

At prese nt, we a r e pre paring a folio to se nd to Fra n ce in hop e of getti n g French co rres pond e nce

We have h a d a very happ y time hi T we nty, a nd we can look back on th e past· yea r · \V ith on.ly on e r egret-th at a nother year or our schoold ays ha s s lipped p ast.

Form XX.a.

Of XX.a . we s in g, and make t h e we l ki n ring

To te ll our j oys and sorro ws of the year. The Term is on the wing, a.nd t h e n we'll have our fling,

And m eet the X m as vac, without a tear.

Ah! A sigh of r e li ef comes from th e readers at the s ight of XX.a. Form Notes. Thank you very much! We g r atefull y acknow ledge t h at s ig h!

With the [inal exams. loom i ng aJ1ead lik e om in ous s h a d ows, we are beginning to realise th e g r eat responsibility attach ed t o a sub- in termed iate Form, whi ch we hi t h e r to h ad treated as an imaginar y thing.

XX.a. is n ot without success in spo rt. Our Sports Captain , J Ibbott, is in the Sch ool t ennis team, a nd Nathalie Kin g , who was our g reatest asset in the co ntest for th e Midd le S c hoo l Ch°a.mpionship at the Swimming Sports, is "t'Ue Junior Ch ampion Swim.mer of Victoria Also we came a good secon d in t h e Middle School fla g r ace at the An nual Spoi·ts, a·nd were .;.,ell r epr esented in t h e other races. But do no t think we liv e entirely for s port ; that is o nl y one of our branches or work.

We a r e m ak in g up a fo lio to sen d, to France! Then, take our work fo r the Berry Street Foundling Home, an d-wh y. eve n Mis s Lewis prais ed the g r eat effo-rt we made in order to h e lp Dr. Gau l t in her ~ission work. We a re so in te rested in the politi cal affai r s of our State tbat we deprived ourse lves o[ the joy of one morning's sch oolin g just to hear State Parlia m ent debate on the ri ghts a n d wrongs of Mel'bourne's roads, ra il ways, and -bridges.

Our Form-room is next door to the Lab., so we will leave you to imagin e, w i th the a id of handkercltiefs, th e numerous odours- t o which we are s ubj ect ; but, ah! t ho se agonis in g stairs that we are forced to c li 111Jb at least a dozen times in a day.

Alas! we a r e n eve r in th e Honour List of " m o<lel " , )!'01,ns, a nd we never keep n singl e fil e; :b-ut we have ini proved late l y, and, under the, guidance of om·

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Form li e ute nants and Form Captain, Julia Marks , we h o pe at last to have a perfect s ingle fi) e, a nd th e Honour List f ull of XX.a .'s reco rd s .

Form Lower .V.

Nine-a,nd-twenty girls a1·e we , Th e happiest Form at M L.C.

The first thing w e had to do thi s year -.vas to elect a good Form Captain and lieutenants. This w e did, and think that we e le cted th e right girls for the posi. tions in this . Winnie Mars h a ll , Form Captain, Dione Robinson and Lorna J ac ka, as li e utenants , hav e carrie d out their duties very well. Our ne,xt duty was to elect a good Sports Captain, a nd iu th il; Berna was e lect e d, and h as fu lfill ed our e xpectations

During Firs t Term we played our ·first baseball match against XX.a., and were beaten ; still , we m a de up for it _in Second Term when we played basketball agai nst XX. aJ1d won, a nd so rece ived t h e cup.

W e are workin g for the M o ntague Kindergarten, a nd durin g S eco nd T e rm we paid them a visit, taking with us dresses, single t s, et c which were ve r y mucb a p preciate d

In Third Term w e were kind l y t a ken by Miss Lindsay to th e State Parliament " Hous e , wh e r e w e s p e nt the whole of the morning Th e n came Sports Day, when Dione Robinson brou g h t hon o ur t.o th e l<'orm, althoug h w e were defeated in th e flag race Th e n ca m e the tenni~ matches , to whi c h we have beeu lookin g forward for a lon g· time , but again w e were d e fe ated hy our ri val s. XX.a

We ext e nd to the Lower V. of 1927 ou r best wishe s, hoping th ey will have the happy tim e we h ave had thi s yea r

V.c- Special is a large fo rm t hi s yea· consisting of thirtee n claJ'-gir l s aud thirteen b oarders

Our Form-room is tile Lecture-roont . and in spite of the · fact that we are constantly mov in g from on e Form-room to another ~as the Lecture-room is the room where th e Mu s ica l Appreciation c lasses are h e ld ). we e nd eavo ur to kee p s miling

At the beginning of th e year , we e lected Marjorie Howa i·d as our Form Captain and Sports Captain, with Moll y Holdin g and Ph y llis Austin a s lle ~ ,tenants; but Marjot;ie had to leave at th e e nd of S econd T e rm , so we n ow have Molly as F orm Ca ptain , and Grace John • s ton e as Sports Captaln.

W e were a ll very sorry to lo se Ma·jorie• , as ·she u se d 'a lways to do her b es t t o try and keep oZir lin e s traight, and , when the teacher was out of the room , o ur voices suibdued:-

W e did not excel in s port, sad to say, fo r we have not won one game of an y description in which we took part, but we hope for •better thirigs in th e m a rbl (? tournaments.

We wish to thaJlk a ll teachers, part ic ularly Mi ss Gr ant, 04r Form Mistress. a nd • Miss Walton for f:,he interest they h ave tak e n in our p r ogr ess in Schoolwork. /

Form Collegiate V.

Forty girl s in Coll eg iate are we, Always happy ai1d gay and free; And ever doing o ur b est In whatever m ay b e th e test.

Oh , dear me! Form Note s to write! However will they be written? " Quite easy !" you say. W e ll , you'll see.

V.' e w e r e very unfortunate in losing o ur Form Mistress , ·Miss Mc Donald , but were muc:h f a voured by having the prese nc e of Mi ss Scott, a nd th e n afterwards Miss Hay.

Durin g fir st tenn a [~w of us visited "Yoorall a" Kind e r garte n Th e littl e ones were very interesting to watch. We a l so helped the Fore j g n Missio n by making a patchwork quilt: ·

We have b een ratii,1er unlucky iu onr inter-Form m a t c h es, -but· were fortunate eno ugh to get in the t•in a l s in ,bot.h basketball and tennis, owing, to the lu c k of having a m embe r of the S c hool team (D. Sarah) in our Form In athl e tic s po rts

we won t he Form relay r ace, and M. Conn or b eing om 1eprese ntati ve in the Sch oo l runnin g team , h e lped t h e Form g r eatly. Just.at pr esent a ll eyes and feet a r e wai tin g with tremblin g h ands in expectation for t h e f in al tennis match agai n st XX.a.

We h ave ;_iia n y voca lists in our Form, and we frequently h ea r snatc h es from • 'That Ce rt ai n Party," "Barcelona," a n d :-evera l oth e r s, to w hi ch our prominent dancer s dan ce t h e " Charleston."

We will now te ll you of a d e::id l y thing w hi c h n earl y lrnp pe ns ever y clay. All our teach e r s have n a rrowly escaped death from o ur b lackiboarcl, w hi ch, of course , "broke itself" · in to ma n y pi eces, and has a h a·bit of co ntinu a ll y falling.

Specia l Adve r tise m e nts

Lost.-A waste-pape r b ask et a n d numerou s book s a nd rl1bbers. a lso tongu e~ wh e n o ur severe Mist r ess e nte r s t h e room. Found.- P le nty of talkers; n o r ewarcl wa nt ed

On Sale.- R e nowned g iggl e r , in pe rf ect order.

\V.anted .-Fresh flowers in vases.

Fonn Remove A.

Th e e nd of a. h a ppy year ror R e m ove A. w ill sc on be here Our time in t h is Form h as b ee n very bus y, •both in study and spo rt. In both th ese activities we have been successfu l, co min g to the fina ls in 1'aseball a nd bein g victorio 1s in basketball a n d runnin g Also ' our ten nis team is p lay in g up wit h a ll It s might a nd main Our Foundlin g Home work has: perhaps be e n rather s low in f illing up the Rerl Cross dr awer, but we h ave made a patchwor k quilt for the Ind ian c hild ren.

Anoth er thi n g t h at ma y internst ou1· read e r s is that we have ha cl new d es,k s p la<'ed i n our Form-room. These desks on l y seat two g i r ls, and are much m or~ com fortable t h an the previo u s o n es.

We au w is h you a "Merry Chr istmas," r eaders a nd h ope yo u h ave a goo d h o lid ay a nd co m e ba ck to sch oo l well a nd h appy.

Form IV.~.

It wa s we, IV.a ., Who c h anced to be The merri es t form in M.L.C.

But wheth er we'd play Or whether we' d try We never seemed ab le To satis fy.

It was on a bright February morning th a t we set out w i th h appy hearts to beg in anoth er School year-that of 1926. Most or u s were old g irls, but both old g irl & . and n ew w e r e please d to find ou r Forn: ·{

Mistress was Miss Tu c ker

Thi R year our Form Captain a nd li e utena n ts a r e M. \"lam e, I. Ferguson, and M. Laird . · Twenty-eight g irls m ake up IV.a three of whom a r e board e r s. Otli" ' Fo rm-room be in g No. 13, a bo,-e th e bath s. we get a good v iew of Cato H o use. Ju - T ' t ing off from ou r r oom is a Hma ll e r room !mow n a.s " the B lack Ho le," but it s uit i,; u s better not to tell h ow the name , ; o ri g inated.

O ur fir st rivalry with other Fo rm s was jn the sub-intermediate sw imming co m'petitions, in w hic h our team prove d a good and successful one-. ' '

Our Sports -Captain a nd lieu te n a nts are N. E zard, D Warren , ancl P. Metherall, who h ave fu lly cleservecl thei r positions, as · they h ave don e t h e ir best fo r o ur s u ccess.

Throu g h out t h e year we h ave a l so tak en an inte r est in the Junior Red Cross Society, Mel va bein g our represen tativ~ at t he meetin gs ; and t h e Form a lso paid a vi sit to t h e hom e for which we worked

We a ll wish to thank Miss Tucke r ~, "! ou!" _ Form Mistress, fo r the inte r es t whi c h,,· s h e has taken in our Form during the thre e Terms of 1926.

Form Remove B.

Form Remove B. s-pent First a nd Second Terms in Ca.to Hou se. There are th i rty gi rls In t h e F orm Miss Lindsay ' Is o u r Form Mi st r ess, a ncl h as taken much / interest in u s this year We h ave a \l spent a pleasant yea r w i t h o ur wo rk, spor t, and d iffere n t amuse m e nts. T h ere were a great many s t eps leadin g up to .· our Form-room. We u sed to have to wa l k up th e m in s in g le fil e every mor nin g, an d ; w e n ever got th e swings. o r anyt hing, b eca u se i t was too far up

In T e r m I. we h ad our swimmin g sµo rts, w hi p!i w e r e h e lcj In o ur own bath11 ,

SILVER AND GREEN.

Then tho uext event was 1n11 • b a seball !lla tch , but un fo r tu n atel y we were beaten

At the Students' Chri stian Union concert our part was a recitation.

Tenn II . was a littl e busi e r. W e h a d our b as k ebball m atch , a nd on e V/ e une s da y afternoon sever a l mi str e ss-es, took t heir Forms to the New Malvern Picture Theatre to see "Thro u g h Rom a ntic Indi a .'' explain e d by C olon e l Pottinger. It was m ost interesti n g and was e njo yed by a ll.

T e rm . II!. is always the bus iest Term in the year. R e mo ve B. mo ved from Cato Hou se to its n e w room, No. 20 :

On Sports Day t h e Junior Cham.p,ions hip was won b y L . Charlw ood , of our Form.

This year ·-Ne h ave b een working for the Berry Street Founcllin ~ Hospital. On e day Mi ss Lind say took us to vi s it t h e Ho s pital, aJ1CI we took garments to t he baJbi es. W e d eter min e d to try a nd provide a cot, a nd in order to raise funds we h acl a s weets cl ay and a bran pie, in which C. Ditchbul'n , our c lass ca pta in, a bly a ssis ted. Our p-roceeds w e r e £3 14.s. 2d.

At the tenni s m atc h h e ld in this T e rm , we were beaten b y IV.a.

· Vl e a r e now lookin g forwaru to our Speech Night, which i s to b e held in th e Exh i biti o n ·Building af t er the final exams.

Form IV.b.

W e a r e a c las s of th irty -one , ,ve• r e fond o f work a n d fond of fun.

We tried to get a c up for sw immii1 g, But co uld not beat the old er wi mmin g.

At b aseball we played Form IV.a., And made a fine big sco r e t h at d a y; W e carried off t h e cup with g lee , We are not always last, you s ee.

We tried our h a nd - at basketball , But found our oppo n e nts far too tall. We are trying n ow to w in the gy 1n

With our representative s m a ll a nd s lim

We are a c lass of littl e pets; If you don ' t believe u s, ask Mi ss Betts

Form IV . c.

IV.c. is a form in the Midd le School, Anc! a very hap py Form as a rul e , _ Our fla.g is a colo u r yo u've see n, -Tne colour they ca ll t an ge rin e.

lt stands out c lear. Aud you'll h e ar u s cheer When Sports Day is h e r e, Hip, hip hurrah I fo r IV.c.

Th ere are thirty-three .gir ls in o ur F,orm, and we are a ll very h a ppy together. Miss Luk e is our Fonn Mistress; Mar garet Wookey i s our F orm C~_Ptain.

In Second T e rm w e visite d · Montague Kind ergarte n and spe nt a n e njoy a bl e morning watching the li t-t ie c hildr e n doing t he i r various kinds o f ,vork. This Term ou r R eel Cross Committee (of whi c h M. Henderson is the Captain) v is ited t he Chi ldre n' s Hospital, takin g w ith t h e m te n dozen eggs . Our Sports Captain is E Salmanow. and w e have had an e x ce ll ent team t hroughou t the year The first interForm matc h we pla yed wa s baseball. Vie p layed R e mov e B. , and th en, hav ing beaten them, we J}layel:i lV.b., but were b eate n Th e n we played a b ask etba ll match with R e mov e B. , a nd b eat them. A fter that we pl ayed Remove A ., a n(l wer e again beate n. At the r ece n t sp orts we ca me a very close second in the fl ag r ace. We s u cceeded. at last in b ea tin b TV.b . and R e m ove A, a nd so have won t h e tennis s hi e ld

Thi s T erm w e w ent for a picnic t o Mento ne a nd had a b eau tiful tim e. On e teacher was kind e nou g h to se ncl u s a lo n g a. bo x of s nowb a ll s. for whi c h we thank h e r very mu ch.

We co mm e n ced t he yea r wil h twe ntyfi ve g irls i n o ur F o r m; Uurin g t h e Secon1\ a nd Third T e rm s w e h ad t h e pl easure of welcoming f o ur n ew ;?;iri s.

Our Fo r m-room , th e S c hool-room , is lo n g, co l d a nd dark; t h e r e fore no t at a ll pleasa nt on winter clays, alth o u gh we always ligh te n our g loo m y r oom with s om e beau t iful f lowers.

P eggy Ditch burn is aga il! · our Form Captain, and w e all like her ' ve1·y- much Nancy and Noe l are our lie utenan ts. No e l is also our Sports Ca p ta in.

\Ve hav e been work i n g for t h e ·• Yooralla" Kindergarten , a nd have s upplied them with several·- • parcels of c lothes. Miss McDon~lq took our Form

A Group of M.L. C . Girls at the Openinir of the Home Science Buildinir,

SILVER AND GREEN.

Captain and our two lieutenants with b f' r own class to visit there during Term I. We all hope to see the "Yooralla" Klnde1'.$ar~~11,, r_i,t_ ,~~rk tiefore the e ncl of th e .Year - .:: .::

We-· ;i1:e very fortunate· in ha vin g Mi ss N e wm a n as our Form Mi°str e ss. ?-\<\.s , a Form, nothing unusual has hapsp;e'itea :· We certainly have not tlistinijs hed ourselves even in s ports ThiE ·'is n ot remarka,b.Je, a s w e onl y arrived from Junior School this year. We h ope, h'owever, to do ,better next year.

We · wis-h t110 1927 IV.cl. girl s better luck in their sports, and h ope that t h ey will h ave as h appy a nd as s ple ndid a time as we h ave h aa this year.

Junior School.

Ther e are ninety-four g irls in our Junior Sch ool thi s year. Vle h ave a Captain or the Junior School and li e uten a nts in each Form.

Lower IV.-Elise Roth b e r g (Captain) and Margaret Rogers.

TTI.a.-Marna Fitchett

HI.c.- Phyllis Steve nson.

ILa. a nd Kindergart e n.-Joycc Ebbott and Gwen Gadsd e n.

We have been very happ y in our Red Cross work this year. At th ~ b eg i11nin g of th e year we had a u a ppe a l for the Bus h Fire Fund. We sent away three la rge parce ls or clothing and co llec ted £4 18s. Th e n , so that so m e of the poor c hildrc:n could b e warm for winter, we h ad a sweets day and raised £3 18s. Vvith that we hought a roll of flannel, e lastic, etc., to make into dr esses and oth er things . We m a d e 29 ga rm e nts , and on e morning some of th e gir ls Look t h em to the W.C T U. Free Kind e r ~arle n · in Richmond Next we sent £1 6s. to Dr. Gault, who ha s a hos pital in India One Friday morning Miss Cha pman , a lady from India, gave us a talk. She to ld u s a:bo u t the ba;bies' h ome and asked us if we would like to keep a~ Indi an baliy. Next year we a re going to try and get £8 b eca use It costs that amou nt a year to lo ok after the baby. On Egg D~.y, Jnnior S c hool colle cted fifteen doz e n eggs for the use or the hospi tal s.

During the year the Junior S c hool T e nnb "F..o.11r have h acl some lnter e~ tin g

.e:ame11 or tennie. In the Seco nd T e rm we went. to "Thitern •· and played a m atc h aucl won Later on we played IV cl. and lost. In· t h e Third Term we h ad a return match against " Tintern ," and agai n w e r i> s uccessful . Th e girls in the Fonr are B etty Gledhill, Joan, · Cook, Marga rfl t Rogers , Phyllis Yeo

On November 8 we h a d our year ly sports The y w e re ver_y ni ce indeed, though the d ay · was hot After ·the sports we had afternoon tea for th .:: mothe r s a nd bottles of drink fo r th e girls Th e s mallest g irls were very f uun y . !<'or th e first t im e the champ ion. will win a s ilve r cup.

We are now lookin g forward to thn Exhi-bit!ou of handwork for wh ich we have •been workin g a ll the year Th e mothers will •be invited to see our work , and we are giving a littl e concert to 011terJain them.

THE VOICE OF THE SCHOOL.

Dress Rules.

To the Editors of "Sliver a nd Gree n ."

Dear Mesd a mes,-Perh :i,p s you c ou ld enlighten me on t h e su-bject of School-dress ru les. Why is it that, with the charac teristi c though tl ess n ess of the " powers that be," we are compelled to dre ss in a s tyl e rem-ini scen t of the ea rl y nineties? Bla c k stockin gs with while frocks are a th in g or the past ; yet the "600 budding s ociety l eaders " must act in accordance with t hi s antiquated idea. We are thus induced to wear our hat.Jband s as littl e as possi:ble out of School. '. To outs id ers t his sure l y seem s that we are asham e d of them. Should this obi,ofote pract ice continue?Yours , e tc. ,

F. H M N

Our Baths.

To t h e Editors of "Silver a nd Green ."

Dear Mesdames,-lt is well known that the M:L.C. b ath s are a sourc e of envy to a ll oth er schools, yet , judging by the s h ort time they a re open for' swi mmin g each year, it seems that their rea l use is for examinations and detentions.

Co nic! not something be done to r e medy this in the f\Jt11re?-Your s, etc

PRIZE SENIOR VERSE.

Sprin g Song.

Would you find t h e Sp rin g '! Woulcl yo u find t h e Sp rin g?

L oo k for h er ·on starry ni g ht s, wh e n a ll the goblin Ia n tern li g ht s Glimmer th r ough the s il ver scar [ tha.t g nomes o f Mis t -la nd fliu.g

S pr i n g ha s co m e to town , S prin g has com e to town; Da nc in g down the leafy w ays, and b1;ngi n g with her golden d ays

Of mel od y and laughte r , c lad in a gay green gow n .

Spring will come aga in. Spring will come aga in;

Laughing down th e ages long, a nd laden with a s ilver son g Of w i nds , a nd· seas, a nd h appi n ess, a nd lilacs in the r a in -R. HEATH, Dip. A. ( age 15).

T he Gho11t-Tree.

'l'he s un s lipp ::!d low e r in the western s k y; And e ve nin g c louds wer e [lam ed witlt rie ry li ght;·

But soon I watched th e pass ion . fir e die, And fe lt the cal mn ess or approaching night:

T h e d u s k s how ed beauties more than midday bright~

T h e ai r was drowsy with th e sce nt of trees,

Auel bou g h s abov;e m e whi s p e r e d to th e fragran t •breez e.

Methought there n e'er was seen a place more ra ir, Or tree s of that sam e loft y majesty; \!\Thy hoped I man would no t spr ead ruin the re ?

Man who h as pow'r to fell t h e mig liti est tree-

Poor , so-call e d ma,~ter of the earth and sea :

E'enwhile th e g r a v e seemed t hus nntonched, unfound.

Befor e m e s how e d a tr ee-t runl, sever e<l to the g round.

gazed for long, and lo ! i t seeme d there rose

Up from th e barren s tump a g has tly frame

Whi c lt =n ass um ed t h e lofty fo rm a nd pose

Of t1ie dead t r ee from out w h ose iJo u g hs the re came

A m.urm'ring vo ice- t h.e hu s h ' d sound seemed th.e sa me

As sigh s made wh e n dry leaves a re zephyr -s tirred,

But soon as though from far away thes e words I h eard :

" I was a mighty tree, both wise and old; All secrets of t h e world w e re- known to n1e,

For to my l eaves t h e t r ave lle d winds h ad tol d

Th eir tales of ma n , hi s p1;d e, his misery:

All this I kn ew, a nd coul d m y fate fo r esee,

Th a.t m a n would ruin m e I could fomte ll ;

A ma,n ca m e h e r e one evil-fated d ay. I fel l.

" I fel l. Pe rhaps m y tale wou ld we ll e nd t h e r e .

Bnt, 110! - Natur e ! Thou a rt m ore s trong than 111.a.11 ;

And m a n! Thou ma.y'st dest ro y and the n d espa ir ;

I fell, v ictim of t h y curs'd tho u g ht and p l a n-

Th e n a ll-exul ting Nature's toll began!

The iiian who killed me died e'en as I died,

The wood that formed my frame hi s coffin did provide ."

Th e in urm' rin g voice had swe lle d into a s hriek-

More hu s hed the wi nd b eca me, a nd dark · t he night,

A n d soon th e g ho-st-tr ee's utt'ran ce gr e w more weak

Th e n ceased. As wreathing s moke and ai r unite

And ble nd until the s moke is go n e from s i g ht,

So now tho se branch es melte d in the air;

\Vh ere I h a d seen th e tree, a sever e d stump s howed b a r e

T h e s pok e n soun d h a d ceased ; th e, words remainecl-

Oh . see the mi g hty c iti es man h as mad e !

SILVER AND GREEN.

Oh , see what mi s ' ry h e from t h e m has gained!

Oh, see the bea uti es lost Crom hill and • glade--

D estroyed that ma.n 's co n str uct io n be d isp lay'd !

0 11; Tree , who fonned th e oo mn of o n e who

Destroyed yo u will Man's cities prove Man's coffin , too?

- JOYCE MANTON. Pass V I.

C~anty.

Galleon a ll black again st the s il v er moonli g ht , Flying rou 11 1l Magellan in a hu1Tic au e of seas; Gleams the starlit water that is s urg ing round th e bow-s prits; Amethysts are cargo-gold , and silver l'iligrees.

Limping into Lisbon in the blood-staine d dawnlight,

Desolate the ga ll eo n all storm s swep t b y the seas; Dawn i nstea d of amet h yst is b lazing in the hold , now ; All the seas h ·we lefl her a r e but ha u ntin g m e lodi es.

- R. HEATH, Dip. A (a"ge 15).

Lines Written in th e E1eami nation Room.

Spir it of Pity! Whither h ast t hoa f'e-.1?

To si ng unh eard amid th e clash of arms. To chee r tri umphant warriors, soot h e the dead.

An<l 1J r, l<I bloodthirsty Vengean e i n t h ine arms'.

O reign once more in th is our land of woe! \Ve, being still can h ear t h y w hi s p ered s ong.

W t;) in our so rrow t.hy soft touch w ill know

, Leave u s not wi t h the cruel Regent long

';' !rn Sprite of Heartless n ess, th e s ame that sang

To Nero's fiddle onc e in -burnin g Rom e.

The sam e that w h e r e I h e Guillo1 in e clirl clang

Made women who sat g1;m 1y kni tt ir g come.

This Dem on reigns now in thi s g loomy ha.II.

F or while our Fates are tre mbling in t h e scales, \Vhile h:0 :-ror and despair attac k us all, And Giant Exam. the cal mest visage pales.

She walks with stately stride an d outstr etched arms, lu flowing robe s, with brow serene and cool,

And while we gnas h ·our teeth at these a larms, Scornful, sublime, s h e winds a ball c f woo l! - M BULL

" Va.cate the Common-Room."

'Twas l ate afternoon one wiule r·s day , That the prefeds joined in a merry r efrain , They blithe ly a nd And produ ce d a

But a l as! thP-y

menily t rill ed a lay, most mel odious strain. were stilled t h ose ma.idem; d e& r

By the sigh t of a mistress, stern and severe

Who cast o 'er t he 'pres' a t e rriblE, g l oom,

For s h e bad e them VACATE THE COMMON ROOM.

Once again, when schoo l hours h ad drawn to a close They thought Pav l ova's th.ey would b e, They tripped on light fantas tic toes, And formed a balle t-charming to see; But t hey were soon to be pu t to flight , By a mistres s, who said in lan g uage polite, "I think you 'll ag1·ee lha.t it's foi• the best,'' And s he stood at t4e door and watched t ill they dressed, 'l'o VACATE THE C OMMON ROOM.

Th e n. during the d ay when work was s la.ck, And in the room there wµ· m a ny a 'pre ,' Th ey settled themse lve s for a nice little c hat,

But e ven that was pot to.·:,li(,l• .

For yet anoU1er mistress appeared, Glanced round a.nd sa.id, " r.t·:- just wh a t I feared,

'rhere are he re fl'om •Diploma ' quite a few, Anti l know th e re'd b e s il ence-lrnt for you, So ¥ACATE THE COMMON ROOM."

B u t when U1ougltts of e xams. made t h e ' pres ' t~1rn hot, _ And not one • Dip ." gil'l was having a spare , They sat in their room and tried ha rd to s wo t,

But it r eally was impossible there For the people 11ext door mad e s uch a noise , They sounded worse than a pa ck of boys, ·

And those • pres• who did want to work that day _ Hope d a vo ice insid·e t he Staff woultl say VACATJ~ THE COMMON ROOM.

-M. J

Songe d'Enfant.

Je m e souvien s qu'apres l'ecol e, uu jour crate,

Dan s l es c h amps j a m '"ass is, par un s aul e a brite,

El lil., sous la reuille e au so l e il trn 11 sparente,

T1 ouva nt s ur le fo in ti e <le un e co uche odorant e,

.Jc m ·assoupi s. Bie n tot je se nti s , e n reva nt,

C mm o nn baise r du ciel a mon a m e d' e nfant.

Los i nsec t e'3 d eR p r es et le,; b l ondes a,beilles

Vi nre nt san s <loute a lors · bruire a m e s ore ill es;

Lo s libe llul es cl'or dont rai le est un c c la lr.

Les frel es p;ipillon s qui sont les [lenrs <l e !'air,

Yinre nt cl'un l ac peu t-etre ou d'un !Jnisson de roses

Vo:tiger s ur ma IJ011 c he et mes paup ie res c lose~; ··

Sa n s lQJJte quelque oisea u pour b e r ce1· mon so mme il

Chan ta la lib e rte. l'es pace e t la s o l e il.

-S ull y Prud h omme

A Child' s Dream.

(Tr. from · the French of S. Prudhomme.)

To fields wherein a shel teri n g willow grew,

Releasecf from schoo l, I went, one summ e r 's cl ay,

A11d where the golden s unli g ht filtered through

The foliage, in th e warm [ragl'an t hay

A couch I found , and slumber o'er me stol e.

Soon, mingled with m y dreams, see med to !ee l

A ki ss from h oove n upon my c hil dish sou l.

Tli.e meadow insects and lbe bees as well

Fle w, doubtless, by my ea r s to murmur there

Th e golden dragon-f'lies , with s himmering win.gs,

Ancl butterflies, t h e flowers Qf t h e a ir.

Came the re to flit with cease less flntterings

Around my mouth :incl o'er m y c losed eye11,

Ca m e from a bush of roses, or a lake.

A bird san g loud of freedom and wid e skies

To lull my s l11mbe1· deep, lest I s h ou ld wake.

- MARJORlE l\1c1NNES , Pass VI.

Th e Pool.

S h a dow s fa.II on ; ; mpid wl\ter.

S liaclows c~o'J , a ncl b,rig ht reflection'lf:·-·-

S h aclows of o'e,rb r nising willow s. · Gracefu l. cfrooping, weeping willows.

T a ll g r eeil willows in t h e s unli g h t. 1311l lh e sn nli g h t c:an not ente r

To the bower be11c-atJ1 the branch es, 'Neath t h e lon g, green. trailin g branch es. Drooping. drippin g in the water s, Where the cw-r_ents li e bewilde r e cl , Twisti n g, ,vhirlin ~ into edd ies, In to whirlpool s ge ntl y turnin g, In to m azes nti cls ~ Ute ,b,ranches. Ye t il n ever s hin es n or sparkl es. Yet it neve r l:}rf¼lks nor sp lash es, Never •murmurs. n eve r ri ppl es, Twisting, turn i ng, glidi n g', ·r1 oating, Changing, twin.Ing, s liding, flowing,

.3 4

Never fast nor eve r s low l y.

S ILVER AND GREl:N .

At the sa m e speed ever windin g

Like .a m a ze of moving s pectr es F loating t hro u gh t h e h a ll s of Dreaml and. , - MARJO R I E BULL , Hon. Vl.

Un

Joli Lieu a la Campagne. (Original French Verse.)

11 y a un joli lie u , ou j'aime aller souven.t, Ou des fl eurs de d ese r t et d es fougeres vertes croissent,

Sur les qu e ll es le soleil luit et des go uttes de pluie tombent, Et o u d e petites abe ill es volent a c haqu e fl e u r , chanta n t.

Pa r to ut d ims ce joli lie u ii court un p e tit ruis&eau,

Ooulant au dessus des caill o ux , c hanta nt un ch a n t si beau; Et tous !es oiseaux vie nnent so uv ent •boire de l'eau, Et vol e nt autour des g r ands arbr es; qu el joli tab leau!

L o rsque j e s ni s I ri st.e ou las, a. ce b ea u lieu j e viens , gt touj oun viend r ai a.u ssi, lorsq u e je ser a l toute a nci e nn e;

Car je n ·ai jamais ai m e une chose d ans l e mond e s i hi en.

Que ce ·beau lieu d e la nature, qui est aussi la mienn e . - M. FLOWER, Form V.b. (age 15).

The Frog.

Near the edge of a mudd y pond, 'Neath· the s h ade of a bracken frond , Vlith.in the s igi1t of !ti s moth e r fond vVas a fat, green frog.

As b e t h e r e umm spect'in g l ay (Never dreaming t h.at very da.y, Was hi s last in. this world so gay)

A schoolgirl crept.

With stealth y s t e p and eye il1tent, J a.r in h and, o'er him s h e be n t , Bang!-a croak. The g irl ga ve vent

To sh.outs of g lee.

Site p laced him i n ;i, ti n y t in,_

Th e n . not unkin.dly, j a mmed him in Her case The looson did •begiu She proudly s h owe d him ;

"Oh, thank yo u , Ne ll ," t h e teacher cri ed. "Now draw the li ve [rog, g irls." They tri ed

And failed ; now on its front , ,back, s id e, ' 'I'woulg n ot k eep still.

The m istress sighed. " Give him to m e, The worst frog I dicl ever see Not so live ly will he be

Afte r dissecti o n

An hour later a m ei-ry group

Of c urio u s g irls to the Lab. did troop, Em i tti n g many a stai-tl e d w h oo p At out-stretch ed frog

There tie lay in so n y cond i tio n , His bulging eyes a inute pet iti o n , "Draw t h e 'organ s ''in pos iti on '"Poor, fat, g r een 'r rog.

- MOLLIE BALL, Fo rm V.b. (a.ge 15 ).

PRIZE

INTERMEDIATE VERSE.

Egypt: Sonnet.

The s un had s unk, a gblden orb, to r es t. The moon h e r rnclian ce shed o'e r a ll the la nd -

A sick le set within a j ewell ed band Of purple ve l vet str eteh e d from east to west.

While s himme r e d ' n eath t h e li gh t beloved the best,

The stre tching, never-en d i n g deser t san d. Bestirred ,by ,breezes · from a fo r e ign strand , Th at dan ced for ever o nw a r d in their quest

The e ndl ess wonder of th a t l and o f age Assails the sen ses at this mystic hour , Whose g lories down the ages ever ring , And crown a ll e lse eng r aved on. hi sto ry ' s p age.

And whe n t h e eventide of life doth lowe r , They stand; we flit away on silent wing.

-M.

KENNEDY,

Form XX. (age 14).

Thoughts on Leaving School.

0 ! clear old Sch.ool \vith great s quare tower a nd grey, I lo ve you muc h , far more t han words can tell.

Th e Quad. , th~ Tuck S~op. a nd the c h iming bell

That tells us wh e n ' tis time for work and play.

Of you I'll e v e r think and dream a way Of school-days past a nd friendships true begun

Within your gates : 0 poor, unhappy one Who says goodJbye to a ll on l ast Speech Day.

0' how mu c h would I give to just on ce more

Begin tl1is las t year an d a ppreci ate

The fri e nd s, a dvi ce a 1 i d work within y0;ur d oo r

That now I' ve l e arn ed to late. · ,,

But though Tim e w ills ',' must pa.rt, You'll always have "a hear·t."

pri ze- a l as! too that you and 1 cor ner in my

-WINNIE 'Y-ILLIAl\'IS, Form XX.

Cream f9r Tea.

W e can't m.a ke out what's h a ppe ned , The re must be something wrong. To-ni g ht we had som e cream for tea Which the milk-man -brought a long. ? l

Th e girls all star ed a ~1a zingl y, The ir mou t h s a ll opened wide, And, when the b e ll h ad go-ne for tea, Th ey das h ed i n , side by s ide.

They sat tlown Jn th e ir pla ces, An'd stared with bulg ing eyes, One stood up · a nd then · look e d aromid- · " There's c r eain· for t ea !" s he c rie s

Th e girl s l et out a mighty roar , The teachers had t o · smile, For such a thing to h a p.p e n h e r e Would make one run a mile.

Whe n their tea was fini shed, The y . could not concentra te , The teachers tried t o make th.em wo rk, Bu t found them too pros trate - JOYCE FITCHER, Lower V.

Deutsch.

M e in e r s t e r ist in Zimmer aber ni c ht in IC Stub e,"

Mein zweite r ist in "wild " abe r nich.t in ., ruhig,"

Mein dritter ist ii! "!l,Cht" aber picht in '' yier~"

Mein \'ierte r h;t in " Hund " aber uicht in "Katze,"

Mein fii.nft e r i s t in " Zwei " a,ber nich.t in " fiinf,"

Mein sech ster ist in " Kai se r" aber ni cht. in "Graf,"

Mein s iebe n ter ist in "rultig" aib e r ni c ht in " wild ,"

Mein achte r i s t in Frankre ich aber ni cht in " Hu ge notte, "

Mein Ganges werden S i e fi nd e n , ist die best Klasse be i M L C.

Die Anwort: Zwa nzig A (XX.a.)

-ALICE DIGf!T, Form XX .a. (age 1 5).

PRIZE JUNIOR VE,RSE.

Dream Ships.

lie a wake in bed a.t ni ght, And picture in the sky , Th e sta,rs above, as fairy s hips, [n myri aclR fl oating b y.

A fa iry crew i n eve ry craft, The white-capped c l oud s the sea, Tiirough avenu es of s hinin g li ghts They sail on s il e ntly.

Tile moon , a s ilv e r y J}a l ace, g l e ams Upon t h at mystic sea, Whe r e fairy s hips l eave fairy loads OC dr eam s, for yo u a nd m e. ·

- BETTY CHINNER, Rem . A. (age 13).

Sunset.

· Th e s un is s inkin g, s inkin g in the sky, And a ll the fl o ,vers know that nigh.t i s ni g h.

For the gloriou s su n 's d e p artin g ligh t I s s l ow l y fa.din g, fad ing into ni g h t.

"Oh , sta.y! o h , stay ! " c ries t h e gol d s unflower , "Oh , l et u s play fo1, one more hour."

The s un looks down on the gold e n h eacl. With a 1beaming s mil e or rose and red.

Bu t nig ht h a.s c ome w ith h er rold , c hill )'.

hand , And the sun has gone to another l a nd.

Th e Sun-fl ower an,1 hi s f ri e nds so gay

D ream of a gaui e wi th I.he s t;n n e xt d ay.

- ft,. l,E COUTE. lJR Fon11 !V,h (age 13 ),

ILVER AND GREEN

Australia.

Au s t ra lia , m y birth -place, ·

T h e l a nd t h at I lo ve.

In my me m ory you ' ll lin ger

Wherev e r I ro ve

When I'm o n th e ocean. Or wancl'1·in g iilo n e

Far from m y lov e d ones,

Far (r o m m y h o m e

I ' m a lw ays a -t hinkin g, A-thin ki n g of yo-u , Australia, m y homel a nd

Thou g h ts that a rj! tru e

A u st rali a , 1i1y birth-place. Th e· la nd that I love,

In my memo1·y y ou lin ger

W h erever I rove.

-0. NICHOLAS, Form TV a. (age 10)

PRIZE SENIOR PROSE

Re-Incarnation.

" I hold t hat wh e n a perso n dies.

Hi s s oul r eturn s again to ea rth

Arrayed in som e n ew fl esh disgt1/se - Masefield .

Th e s treets of Pa1·is were in r e be lli ous mood . Blood had f lowed free l y a.II the night ; now , as if a fr a id to lo ok at th e red terrors of Fra n ce. t h e s un hid behind a saffron veil of c louds All the earth , save for a far-h ea rd mu s ic of h oofs u pon the roa d . was s ull e n , si lent. Fea.r, in th e s h.a dows , lurke d fin ger on lip

S udd e nl y upon t h e hi g h road h o r ses a ncl a carriage gallop ed into sight· Some peasants, who h a.cl be en t a lkill l!." a t a mark e t-p lace b e yond the o utskir ts or Par is, cow ered -back in fea r from t h e m a d th in g driving down upo n th e ~1 The fa.ct th.at a n a ri stoc rat of the court of Loui s X IV. w as in tlw ca rri age perh a ps explained it And th e tragedy was ove r in a mome nt. A s udd e n s hrill c r y of r ear f r om a wom a n , a gr in ding of w h ee ls, a n d the c h a ise w as gone in a c lo ud of d u st. ti~ht-lipp~ d Mon se ig n e ur s milin 11; a littl e to h im s e lf Onl y a piteous h eap r e m a in e d o n the ground. a ll t h at wa s le ft of a µ!l,SCO n tr\all,

The scream ot' s h e ll s ove rh ea d o!lli11o u s l y s ound e d in th e ear s of th e waitin g s oldi e r s. 1914-and a ll i ts h o rrorsa waited t h e m In a few , s h o r t minu-tes t hey would go "over t h e to 1>." A Fren c hman in a unifo~·\11 covere d with F'lande rs mud stoo:I t a lkrn g to a g r oup o r fe l!o ,,officers. T a ll and a ri s toc r atic he see m ecl in compar is on w ith t h e oth e r s. S udd e nl y h e strai g hte ned u11 . gl a n ce d qui c kl y in t h e direction of the e n e m y trench, and s il e ntl y c lim h eel · ove r the ba.1:rica de of S!1-C: k s whic h g u a r ded hi s -own dugout A target for :1 11 t h e bullets of t h e e nem y , h e h e ld _ steNli b toward s a s m a ll , dark t'i g ur e, ca u g h t in th e b a.nbed wi r e e n ta n 11; le 111 e-n t.s. · N ea.re r and n ea r e r h e won until h e reached hi s goal. Gently li fti n g th 3 unconsc i o u s figure from th e wir e, h e t urn e cl back On and on h e st ru gg le r\ fa lli11g in~o hol es t orn in · the eart h by s h e ll s. trippin g ov e r s hell ·cases, a nd yet fiirh ting h.is way e ver onwar'i'I. A c h a n ce s h ot ca u!!,"h t him j u s t as h e droppe1l Iii ~ burcl e n into th e tre-nch Pal e as th e g rey s k y a ,bove, h.e turned toward s th e Ga scon . his face- to the east, a nd died. So Monse i l!," n e nr worked out- !tis punis-hm e n t.

- R. HEATH Dip A (age 15)

The Prison.

An e xpanse or rollin g gree n hill s id e s tretch ecl monotonou s ly ha c k from th E> c reek-s ide , w id e ancl · t r eeless. Th e winding s tr eam took its tortuous c ourse betwee n s t eep banks, a mid dry hea p s o f w ater-w o rn s t o n es. A d u sty str ip of ro a dw ay c limb ed the hill behind

The sky s h owed co ld l y bln e a nd str eak e d b y r agge d trailin g wind -cloud s. And o ut a gain s t t h e west, o n th e brow of th e hill a lo n g, s trai g ht stone wall , hi g h g r ey, and rorl:>idd in g, a. barrier which s hut out c ompl ete l y th e r est of t h e world from th.is lo n e l y waste la nd . · Not a tower, not a s pir e , appeared aibove· It.

Th e wid e la nds cape b efor e u s had cease d- suddenl y, fin a ll y , c omp letel y, in that towe rin g m ass o f b lu esto n e, impregn a,b l e, unsca leable. At a corn er of th e wall , n ear a s mall watch-towe r , a s olita r y senti n e l pace d s low i y, s te;uiil y to and fro. s ilh ouetted again st the sk y.

T h e priso n! T h e comp let '.) hopel essness of t h e scen e was Sll,dd e~l n g . ~n11 t

->ff from the wo r\<l , its pleasu r e a nd pain. its joy and sorr ow, separated. perliaps, for life, from loved ones, . we\-e h.undred s of lives dragged out in u tter d e jection a n d h.opeless 111 ise r y-an existence bounde<l by a 'wa.11 ! The reason for th.e i r co nvict ion was f o r gotte n, h orro r at their wickedness an d vice mel ted under t h.e tou ch of over w h e lmin g· pity, t h e bond between us and o ur oppressed fellow-creatures.

Si lent, i nvisi1bl e it stood, be hind its h uge stockade, yet !Jle prison atmosphere .see m ed to pervade -beyond i ts wa ll s.

T h e n , borne acr9ss the h.ill o n tbe hi gh wind , came the har s h clanging strokes of t h e pri son-be ll - mou nlful. dirge-lik e.

With its la.st echoes, th'3 wind died away; only a moan ing sigh f,e n t the rippl es over the s urface o f th e brow n creek. And agai n t h e unbroken s il e n ce

How, like a vi s ta or q ur d a il y Ji ves , was t he scen e--a steep, stony hills id e, m o notonous, so mbre, s tre t chin g ever up ward a nd · onwa rd, o nl y t~ reach an impe n et r a,ble barri e r , secur e against hum a n knowledge, and beyo nd which li es t h e unknown-th e -ba n; e r o f Dea.th

Btit, even a s I watched , str eak s of g olden li g h t cre pt in.to th e d ull western s k y, ill um ining t h e drea r y la nd scape w i th its pa l-e r ad iance. An om.en, s urel y, for the f utu1·e, a n e mblem of Hope l'rom b eyon d t h e Veil, a gl eam of e n c ourage m ent to struggling pil g rims b e l ow.

T h e s te e l y blue of the h orizon sof te n e d into r.ose; , d u sk was obscuring the crud e Pn S: of t h e stockad e. Kindl y ni g h t h as le n t : beauty, wh e r e day li g ht found onl y I aref. \t g lin ess. A ll is peaceful now ·

And I t urn ed away, stran gel y comto r ted. M M., Pass VI.

Mystery.

Al tho ug h t h e peop le ,yho li ve t h e r e r efer to i t as "th e c ity," to J ean a nd me coming, as we did, f r o m · Me l•bourn e , i t was nothin g ,ou t a small co un t r y towns hip Ju st a gro up of h o uses, a chur ch an a ll-impo rtan t post-off i ce, a mai n street, covered with mu d or d u st, accordi n g to the season-that was the tow n d oz jng its life a.way bes id e t h e ri ver.

It was ni g h t time, and at t h e e n d of a w et winter, when old Garry drov e us i n to this place; bu t, thou g h our journ ey

ci icl n ot en.d he r e (Jean ancl I h a d n in e more miles to go), Garry was very cer ta in h e wo uld not take th l'! ca r anoth er ya.nl

a long the a wful roads.

"No, mi ss," sa id he; "y' see wha · th_is caJ"'s bin throu gh. 'S a wonder s h e's any inn a rd s left in h e r , and nary anither mi! e does s h e go t'nigh t. Y'II 'a.Ye to go by g ig , m iss."

• We ll, t h at seemed to settle i t. T did know wh at the car had been through. 'l'hc

o nl y wo-nrl e r to me was that we · had got eve n as fa r as t his w i tl10u t bein g bogged. Old Garry h ad drive n a ll the way. I r em emb e r h ow h e sat at the wheel drivin g care less l y a long a fai rly good strdc h , hi R su dden "Look o u t for the bumps ' Bad patch ahead !" Th.en t he lu rching , wit h mud fl ying a nd the c h ains o n the wheel s g ri ppi11 g the ooz.y ro ads, until we would , pull through, a nd settl e oui·sel ves fo r the n ex t b a d patch. I did not b lame th e old man: it 'was a wond e r th.at t h e ca1· h;!l d any "innards" l e f t; so t h ere was not h ing ro r it b-ut the g ig.

Ga rry w as n ot gone five minute s b efo r e h e drove up with " t h is 'ere two-wheeled a ffa ir." J ean a nd I cla mbered in , pull ed t h e rn g well up , ancl ;, Git up , y' old mare!" said Ga rry , and we wer e off . I sh.all never forget t h e beauty of th a t night; i t was t h e n fo r the fi r st t im e t hat t h e wonderfu l mystery of Australia stood bofor e me, s-een, but ve iled an.cl unknown . Fo r a w hil e T heard n oth in g but the sq u e lc hin g of t h e wh ee ls in t h e ruts, the " croak-c r oak " or t h e frogs in t he swamp s on eithe r s id e, a nd Ga.rry's f1·eq ue ntly muttered: "Gi t up, Browny! A h ! good o ld · Browny!" Then his saroa.1; t ic: "Ah , mind y ' don ' t g i t ye r fee t wet!" as t h e mare car e full y s ide-stepped to avo id a h ol e into whi c h · th e wh eel imm e di a t e ly lurched. "Wou l d y' like a pair of stockin gs, my friend?"

That was all i t was, just a drive in the rtigh t a m id t h e u sual co un try so und s; but t h e a i r had neve r seemed so freshly pure to m e, o r the s t a rs r: o cl ear. TJ1e murm urin g of the ri ver in t h e dista n ce. the wild scent of the dre n c h ed ea rth, t h e g um-tre es standing out i n darke n e d o u tlin e against the s k y, a.JI gave th e ni g ht an a ir o f m ys.tery- m yster y. And a1bove a ll t h e sound s that were n ea r. I seemed to llear far ~w•ay- s-il e n ce, a si le nce so

.&n:,e.lt-,

lnlghty, so eternal that it r ose above the ve r y noise s of the nigh t a nd <;o nqu ered t h e m , a s ilence that is A ustralia's m yste r y, which hold s a ll t h e secr ets of h e r past: a ll t h e vi s ions of h e r l'utu r e-s il e n ce, s ilence.

- JOY CE MANTON , Pa ss VI.

PRIZ E INTERMEDIATE PROSE.

Dawn.

Th e fury of th e sto rm was s pent ; the w ind 's hi gh cres·cend o · had diuiinish.e d, a nd it sobboo. and moa ned thr ough t he w hi spe rin g t r ees , lik e a lost child; the c lo ud s parted; th e stars p eeped throu g h , and , for a mome nt, there was silence. The s leepy birds lifted their h ead s, h eavy with s lumber, from under t heir wings , and broke th ro ug·h t he so litud e with the ir ear l y morning greetings; the lowing of cattle was faintly heard: then once more came that deathly s ilence, as though e very living c r ea t ur e was ·breathlessly waiting, waiting, wai t ing·. The stars grew pal e1·, a nd a c urtain of g r ey mist turned t h e far ob jects into an indistinct blur. Th e a ir g r ew warmer; the grey mis t turned to a gold e ll du s t, a n d•it was Dawn!

- MURIEL GU,ARD, XX.a. (a ge 14 ).

D a wn in th e Forest.

It was the hour , :before da.wn, the h o ur of s hadows . The trees stood g r otesq u e and still , ever still, in the dim. grey li g h t. Not a thing distur-bed the st illness. All Nature was waitini waiting in ,breath less sile nce, for t h e coming of the dawn .

A d e li cate pink !lu s h stole o'e r the treetops aiHI tin ged a fl eecy c loud Othe r s followed, till the dim. grey n ess of the e ast h a.d given place to ri1i sty pink. Bu t still th e fo•rest waited, breath less. Th e n the pure g·old rim o f t h e s un appeare d in v iew, uahering in the bre ak of d ay. The s u s p e nse was past. A soft bre e~e san g a cr ooning m e lod y among the treet ops. A kookaiburra broke into a joyo u s song o f w e l com e. Th e m o n a r c h or t h e day had e ntered h.is kingdom.

- M. KENNEDY , Form XX. (age 14).

" The Silv er Streamlet."

"Brook, to what ri ve r do st t h ou go 0 m y brooklet, coo l a nd sweet!" " l go to the river there ,be low, W h e r e in -bunches t h e v io lets grow , And t h e s un an d s h ado w me e t ."

- Longfe llo w.

Far down in a coo l and s h ady gu ll y, b e tween two pi cturesque moun ta in s, fl.ow e d a li ttle s il ver str eamlet, s oftl y t r i p p in g over t h e little p.eb>bles.

T'he sun -beat down mercil ess l y up o n the la.zy trees on t h e mountain s id e, •bu t t he tall g r een tree fe rns, m eeting across t h-e li t tle str eam.l et, s he lterecl it from t h e s un

'!'he s id es of t h e m o unta in gently sloping up to the sum mit w ere cover e d wi t h wil d bracken a nd sassafr as , whil e overhead the tall giant-lik e gumrtrees k ept t h eir motherly w a t ch over the flowers and ferns beneath them.

Th e • placid little s treamlet flowed on, its limpid waters graduall y widening as it did so; now bounding o•ver a I:u·ge s ton e and gurgling down th e other s id e, now passing a littl e clump of water-cress, now trickli n g u nder a fa ll en bou g h until it mad e one frantic leap over a precipice, dashing the foamin.g white s.pray hig h up into th,.e air and then down aga in on i ts banks. Down, down, down it fe ll to th e bottom of the cataract, each time with a resounding echo.

Th.at w ild cataract would have made a b eautifu l picture for any photog r aph e r , with its green a n d sil ve,r hue, t h e dark gree n t r ees con t r asting deeply w ith t11e white s pray o! the cascade, while t h e s unbeams played rubou t on the ti n y ripples ma d e ,by the breeze

Still. further it we nt, past the cataractund e r th e littl e brid ge formed b y two rough p l anks until it formed a l a rge s hall o w pond, wh e r e i ts crystal water s fill e d each littl e crevice and c ranny with · pure cooling water.

From t h e moun tai n s beyond cam e th e distant ech o of the lowing of the kin e o r tl1e neigh or some horse, mingl ed with som e joyous birds ' s weet m e lody

The world, with a ll its cares and troubl es , t h e world with its heat and dust a nd all its p eo ple, mattere d little to th e little s tr eaml et; it l'.l owed on at its own

SILVER AND GREEN .

sweet wjl\, in its · little cqol dell ; · than:kful to do the little i t coitld, bY giving d1;11k to the thi r sting sp arrows, and refreshin g t he •baby flow e rs · and f e rn s on its ba;1ks. , -B. STEVENS, Form XX.a.

PRIZE JUNIOR PROSE. .

. The Midnight Party .

A litti-e girl, who came out of a · h.om\e, called excitedly° to tier : 1n1.other: " Oh / mummie, com.e and :look ·;at : Biddy, with all :her little chickens! : Let's give . then;i some food_;, She did so, and :Jj"res ently found the three little chickens -She r a n inside and got a ,basket:,, and , carried them inside.

" Look at these poor little c hick e ns , 111other; • they ai:e- - so -s-ick-looking, Oou l d · I koo]J them as p,~ts, please " ' "Yes, dear ,' ' said he,r mother, · " we'll get some food

Sum mer had come, and, as you know, for them." · · fairies dance on summer evenings. Fairy ._;"' fhey were k e pt in· a basket ;iear the Bluebell was h_aving her Mids ummer,P' kitchen · ·stove fm· somEi time, and ·. were Night ,ball, near -the magic r ing of butt,e r- g i vei1 11arnes-Mary, Tammy arid one that cups. She was · going to wear a bl u e bell was Ute sma.llest of tile: three · was, call ed dr e ss . wjtJJ .~bweb lace , and dainty · b l ue "Tiny 'rim." and silver s lippers . 11 They · s oon grew s lrong, . and · would

That · evening, when t11e su.11. \Vas sink- follow Betty everywhere she w:ent: When ing o.,;~r · th e purple h ills, and th e s ky ·a s he werit do,vn tci the heacli , tliey would delicate crimson, th e fairies · tripped -lo go Loo." Th ey could not understand , · t he b~tte~cup ring Oh! what a s igh·\ ·to though , why Betty alwats ·snut them up see! Fairies, with , e l ves for i>artn,ifr~. iii lheir coop mi Sunday&. · Sh e· would dancing to the muiiic. of the, .trees and go : out for a wam, ·and not take them, it birds, and their dresses sparkling in the · was tefrible!" But 'Betty was afrajd· that moonlight. they · may not' ku-ow ho\v· to · behave i n

" D a ncing in the fa iry d e lls, Hark! Lis.ten to the stlvce r bells."

Afte-r tl1e dancing the,y had a party , dai nty dishes of all kinds Jvere spread on the mushroo-m tables. Then ctawn; came, s preading her white wi.ii.gs· over the s k y. A hurry and a scuttle, then-silence ! The wind gently swayed·: th e trees in rem e rnobrance o.l' th!l · p11st night.

- P. MOSS, ' Form IV.b : (age 13f

Bettr and H~r . Pets.

" Cheep, c heep! " the sma ll ·. c hl ck e ns said• ; "Cluc1<, c l uck! " · sai d tl1e old mo t h e r hen; ·· " now you are· an otit ·at lai,.t. . "'7hat ·:a. 1arge· family I'.ve got! Now_ come with : m e i and I'll f each you '. to scratch and · find gr:ubs." , The c hicke n s scrallllbl ed out : o f .the '- g r assy-nest under a · bush. They. a.II fol·: low:e d· joyfilHy · except· ttll'ee ; who were ,veak: and · hudd le d · togeth e r in ::i. · corrLer of the .nes.f:· · The ol.d J\10th,e 1•• " :as ':so tius,y , 1uindµig h e r - l arge , famHy tha-t..she did n ot 110t:foe -these· li ttle· ones,- w h.o g1,ad u aUy becam'.e weaker anci" weaker , a,nd co lde r an d col der.

church. They m ay sin•g af the ·wrorig time; whlch would be rather unp leasarit. .. So ·· Mar;y-; T ommy · a nd .Tiny Tim , a ll grew up , strong and h ealthy.

One · night · iron1eone :·came and took them, and Betty was very · sad i ndeeil. Nothlng · more was· ·ever ·· h eai' d of th e m again.

- L OMA AMOS; Form IV.c (age 12)

. The \Vhite _ Rabbi~.

Whe n I first a woke· frpm w hat seemed a long d r eam I found mysel f ·a r a;b,bit with white fur a.nd · pink ·eyes. · · There wei:e s ix other young r abbits beside Iitys-elf, but then 'tl:).ey were not -as ha_µdsome ·as · I , nor did the y hav:e . pink eyes or white fur . ·· Thei r -fllr was -<brown . They. gazed at me, · these broth e rs - and sisters of ·. mine,. in : so me !lu-rprise ·

Afte r aibout Etix day s of j u s t eating nice grass a ~d occas-i-onall,y carrots, whlch my mother ·brought me, -I overheard my par e nt~ tal king _.:»bout - t.ak-ing - me - outs id e •· the - ,burr o.~ - to -see · what · th&y cail ed ·. " th e wor l~. •:- ·

The n e x t morrung · trus c ame about. When I r each e d the e nd of the burrow ,

Where Lawns and Flowers Mee t a t the M.L.C .

saw • a great glare of light, ·but I scio u got used - to · it. -.I looked ·about me and Raw eno rmous t;·ees, grass , : a nd UOO.l' by a nwge ·of mountains. The· burrow was nUl.de on the · side of a hill, and near ·by was · a, stream wit-h willows overhanging its - -bari.ks. . As we were gazing-'' at t h e beautiful ·scenery before us , "the h ea d of a - fox .. appear°ed over the top· of'.- the hill and ran down the -s id 'l. while my mother and father dasl1<id m e int~ Lile burrow, just as the fox came clown; but he could n9t come ., fa,r, , as the burrow was too narr9w _ and. h e went away sulkily.

After this I al ways f e lt r ather n e rvous going out, but I grew out of it My

A Typical Camp Re-Union .

For w e eks past the y had bee n lookin g ron,,ard to October 22, and now that day had c ome It was· one- of Melhourne's worst days-a leaden sky with the ·· dust hurled along by the wind so as to become almost s uffocatin g , and sho wing ve-ry li ttle promise for the we~k-end. The weather was ce rtainly a gaiust them, but · still they set off ~;ith ligh.t hearts· -.and l1eavy cases, for wh e n Seaford · ,va;s r eac h ed the weather was not to mar the fun.

It was dark wh e n th ey a rrived, so ·th e house was their only explorin g · ground . that night, and when at last they jumped into bed all hope{! that the elements wou ld be more propitious on-.:. the morrow.

However, it seemed that they were not to -be blessed with fine weatl1 ~r fot wlien, a fter . an a lmost sleep less night, they rolled out of ,bed and went fo1• their morni-n g dip , th e rain was coming down in torrents. ·

After · breakfast it •began to clear a little, so happy gro"ups> o'f cainp ers set off to spend · the day in swimming and walk-'. fog" reading-. a.nd · taJkiug . How peaceful i t" was now : tha.t the world ly rattle or frains and · cars had been swallow ed up by that eve r lulling murmur of the gr eat blue sea.

urothers a1id s isrers· - weYe ' exce ll ent companions and we would play under tl:ie t1·ees near the water ·.·

One day we were playing as usual when a man came along with a gun and sev:eral of our kinsmen over his ba:ck, whi c h made my b lood cui·cl!e. But mother had see n hil)'l arid giv e n a .va.rni ng cry; S-0 that we were safe, before he IJad tiine to make us join the others on .his back

N0•w I ha v e childr()n . o[ my' o wn, all with pin le ··e yes and, ·-*hite fu:, like t~n ir mother. I a m very proud of them a11d hop!) to bring them up w e ll , as my mothe-r did me.

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S . WHITTAKER, Form IV.b. (age 12).

At I;i.st the s un went ctowu, its last lon g ra ys lingering over th e sea as if u nwil:1ing to leave the wa ves,: and the stillnes;; of night covered ever.ything , as ·r-~!th ,a blanket. Then the g ir\!, ~agerly gath~ reli round the camp fire to sing and talk until it was time for bed.

Sunday dawned a glorious day, so that the caJl of tlie . sea was irresisttble . . In the morning they had a little service on the beach, and "how much nicer it was· here with . Nature~ works a ll around than it would have been in some building made by · man.

The ca~! o-f the · sea is · one qf rest _ for the care-free, so the ' campers lazed about on the beach, or stretched their · sunbrowned liinlbs :ind s tro lfed leisurely along the e ndless carpet of shells. ·

At niglit · they gathered round ' anothe1: camp fire and -watched the tiny clouds gradually exi>and unu"I the stars turned pale as if with fear of being quite b lotted out by · this great black n1ass 0

Next morning the most e,nthusiastk member s of" the party went [or a dip be:'" fore the sun was up and then came home to a hearty ·bi·eakfast By 7:30 'they .were a.ll in "the ti-aiti a nd at { minut~~ pa1it•: 9f,,:..c tbe old Sch.oobb-ell ra.n g ·; oiit Ding-don g ! Ding-dong! Th e long-lookecl-fo.r week-encl was ove-r.-F. Piesse.

SILVE R AND GREEN.

The Strike.

Can you imagine the dismay of 120 irresponsi•b le girls w h e n t11ey were confront ed with t h e sad news that the m ail.ls had gone on strik e only a little over an h o ur b e for e lunch? This really did h appe n to ,we •boa rd e r s of 19 2 6.

Neverth e l ess, being a chee-r ful crowd, we decided to make the best of it and s h ow the maids what w e could do wh e n l e ft to ou r own r esources Ami d st pe1.1.ls of l a u gh ter and c latter of crocke r y, lunch was prepared and was r eady at t he usual time Luckily for us the Home Science .,,. Sch oo l i s in full swing, and so Miss Shapley, with t h e help of the cook ery , s tudents, cooked o ur dinner, so that w e d id n' t, by any means, starve t h at day

The outs id e public s howed t h e usu al c urios i ty of o nlook er s, and sever a l newspaper r e prese ntativ es waited o n D r Fitc h ett, o n e going s o far as to ph o to,gTa.ph u s at work Everywhere day g irls c ould be h eard saying, "I wis h I we r e a boarder." Many Old Collegians ex pr esse d t h e ir r egret that nothing so exc i ti n g ha pp ened while they were a t school.

"' P. L .C., h earin g of o ur sad plight, kindly sacrifice d one of t heir hou sek eepe r s to , us. '\life w atched. with in ter est, the a r -

Once again the m.emrbership of t h e Old Coll egians' Club has ·b een greatly inc reased by th e enrolment or most of th e girls who are leaving S c ho o l at the e nd of the year

Everyone is looking for ward wi th i nteres t to th e pleasures which the Club will provide, a nd these pleasures are g r eatly increased by the anticipation of (Jw ne"IV Club Room s Tl:lese a r e slt11ateq

rival of the new maid s, and soon found that we had a full staff once more. The n e w cook has won t h e hearts of us a ll by t h e vari ed asso rtm e nt of d i s h es she sets •before us.

We f eel no ill-will at a ll towards t h e m a id s who l e ft u s s udd e nly. but rat h e r r e joice in the J)re,se n t improv ed s tate of affairs.-M. S., F K.

Summer Thirst.

To the Editors of "Sil ver a nd Green."

D ear Mesdames,-Now t hat s ummer has c ome again., after playing a strenuous se t of tennis over at o ur sports grou nd , t h e need to quench ou r t hi rst is ver y urgent.

Why is it t hat we have to ,vall, a lmos t ha.If a mile in the s c orc hing h eat across the s ports fi e ld and across Aileen S tr ee,t t o th e n ear est tai> at the Girl s' Block ? By the time we artj v-e b ack again w e have almost forgotten we eve r h a d a drink and a.re rea dy for anothe r On e repeatedl y h ea r s t h e com pl ai nt that n o tap Is provi ded .

Could not something be ,Ione to rem e d y this state of affairs?-P. R. B .

on t h e eighth !Joor of Nicholas B uildin gs in Swanston Street, and w e r e opened b y M r s. Fitchett on D ece mb e r 4. Being in t h e h eart of the city, they will be mo st conv e nient for girls at busi n ess, and will affo rd a h a pp y se ttin g for the activiti es of t h e Club

The dance i s t h e great even t of t h t> year , and m a n y of our frie nd s will t h en take the step into the soc ial world.

At th e Gard e n Party a nd t h e Di/mer o ld fri e ndships ,vii! be renewed, old days laughed ove r , old m e mori es a waken ed.

And so thr~ugh th.e m ed ium. of t h e Oluh t h e re will b e kept alive the s piri t of ot1r Sc!too] a.!1\1 of our trn4-ition s,

Better Wives - Happier Husbands!

What an Expert Says of the Home Science School of the M.L.C.

[Reprinted from " Everyla.dy's . J ournal."]

"Yes- Mary's s imply fir st-class at music, but s h e couldn' t cook an egg ·t-0 save her life. Why don't they teach her something really us eful?"

That's w h at t~ average broth,3r says about t h e average and modern s ister. Happily that state of things is rapid l y si nking int9 oblivion. as so m e of our principal Colleg~s· are fa ll ing in to line anll open ing a Domestic Science Branch. wh e n ' students are instru cted in the gentle arts of cooke 1·y, la u nd r y. and · hou se h old ma nageme n t . They go th.rou g h the wh o'c c urri c ulum in easy, interesting s ta ges; so t h at by the tim e a girl is r eady to l earn coll ege s h e finds h ersel f not on ly' ab le · to assist h er mother in her soci a l e ngagements, e nterta.inin g guests, etc., but is quite capa-ble, s hould t h e cook or ho usemaid get "hutfy," a nd leave at a moment's notice, to take t h e i1• p lace, a nd, what · ii;; more to th e point, fill it satisfactoril y.

The M.L.C. Plan s.

A re cent visi t to the n ew Domestic Science Win g, that has just been a ddeda.t a cost of over £6000-to t h e Methodi s t Ladies' Coll ege, H awthorn , Vi ctoria, a.n d a, chat with Miss shapl ey, who i s in ch a r ge of tl1e Cookery, Laundr y, a nd Homecra ft Classes- to say nothin g of a peep a t the students who were ·busily preparing alJ sorts of appetising dishes under h er s upervision-gave aJ1 insight in to • t h e thorough n ess of the training, and t he ke e n interest the girls take in t h e ir work.

Of course, when a sub j ect becomes e\e· vated to the dignity of a "Science," it some how becomes quit e a different thing. If we cou ld only convince ourse lves when we a.re s weeping the floor that we are clean ing a.way thousands of microbes, and r eview the very n ecessary washing up of dishec from a scientific standpoint, the work wou l d not -be co m e n early as m~mf)t onous Th~t is w h y a ll t h e young

peopl e in the beautiful cl ass-r ooms of the Home Science School of the M.L.C. are so keen-,-they 11.ren't just 1eam in g to do house-wor k (in the ordinary sense of the word) , its " Domestic Science ." Ther ein lies the d ifference.

Teaching Me~hods.

" We take three c lasses h ere," explai n ed Miss Shapl ey (who comes to us. with thP hi gh est possible Domesti~ Science Certi.l'ica.tes, a n d ten years' fir st-c1!1-ss teaching ex perience in England), "th e f irst of which is cooking rn t h ese classes we take one demonstratiC>n and o n e prac tical lesso n •. e.ach week. fn ·connection with their ordinary school stud i es , the girls are given a good grounding in t h e relativ e va lu es of food-stuffs a ncl th ei r v arious co nstituents , and 1 just supplement that knowledge durin g th e demo n stration Jes• sons. I a l so illustrate how various dish es are ma.de, a.nil then , at a ' practical ' l esson, ; t h e girls show me how much knowl e9ge they have gained at a rlemoustration lesson

" Of •· co u rse t h e beginners start on so m eth~ng quite s impl e, ll\1!,Ybe a soup, or t h e preparation of vegeta bl es, a nd t h ey then -W-Qrk up 'by ea$y stages to the roast. s imple sweets. cakes, a tid va r ious hom e l y dishes, Th e se nior and more aclva nced studeQts' und e rtake such things as French savoutles. 0 111elettes. fancy decorated cakes,'. and sw~etmeats- branches of cookery that a more adva n ced cook is s upposed :. to b e familiar with. Pe ri o dically the girls draw up thei r own menus , and here : I encourage them to expr~ss th eir own ·ideas.

"'Fltey are then instructed in the names. s hape, and comparative size of t h e various Joints-those suitahle for boiling, a nd those :for roastin g-and are ta.ught how to de~ I w!t)1. tM !ess eJCpen~ iv e (th ou gh

equally n o uri shin g) part s o[ the animal in order to o b tai n the hi~hest nutritiY e v alue. The u se of sau ces, both from the s tandpoint of a garnish and a condimem , i s al so discu sse d.

Merits of Slove s.

"Tn our kitchen at the M.L.C.- w h i c h is v ery w ell equipped - we h ave Lh e aclvan• tage or three stove&- th~ el ectric, the one-fire, a nd t h '.) gas-stove. Or t h ese three t h e 'one-fire' see m s to b e the m os t popu l a r In th e first pl ace , a g r eat many of t h e ~iris a re 'board ers ' from the co un• t r y , a nd in the hom:es they h ave come from a nd possibly 1h e h o m es they may have to m a na ge in the future, they a nti c! • pat e the •one-fire' stove will b e t h e chi e f medium of <'Ook in g , and are tller eforf' :' n x i ou s to kn o w how to rnana1;e th i s c l ass or s tove to p er fe cti o n. Again, it i s the most economi ca l. and we b elie ve in teach· ing the g irl s economy. Qne or two o.f the s tncl en t s hav e the electri c s tov e in s t1tll ed in t h eir hom es-and are, ther e for e, k een to know how to manjpu.late it Th en , a,:rain. · the gas stove proves very p o pul ar. a nd i s a l s o econ omica.J to use. providin g a ll taps a.r e turned off immediatel y they are fini sh ed with How e v er. a ll stove,; a r e taken in turn. and th e stud en ts a r e taug-ht how to manage each type with c-ase.

The Laundry.

" Then co mes t he Laundry. fi'or th e ' scienre ' sid e of I.his, we Lake such thing s as the actio n o-f stro n g soaps o n va ri o u s fa.bri cs-th e quali tie s or h ard ancl s oft water, h o,w t o soften undul y li anl w a t er -and touch on any vita l point that will affect th e cloth es. Then mate rial s are discusse d - those of stout fi'bre a nd t hose of d eli cate t exture-how they s h o uld b e washed-the kind or s oap to b e u se d th o water (hot, cold , or tepid), a nd if soda o r soap- pow d er, etc should b e ad d ed.

" Hom e-dyei n g a nd cold-water d yeing is taken n ex t - and interesting exp erim e n ts a r e p e rform ed on a ll so rt s of garm entss m a ll on es. or co u rse, to -tiegin with, an,! then. aR ou r success makes u s bold er , we

try on something a littl e b i t bigger Al last ' washing-day ' an-Iv es. a nd a very in teresting d ay i t is The tro u g h s· are filled with wate r -each t r ou g h is fitted w i th a. hot and cold w ater supply-t h e i:,;arments washed , boiled , starched, hung o u t to dry, brough t in - ' cl a mped down,' fol d ed , iJ,oned , and car e full y put a way Ev er ything is then sc rubbed, and the l a undry l eft as spick and s p a n as a n ew pin.

The Homecraft Class .

" L as tly there i s th e H o m ecra fl c lass.· Thi s is in i ts infancy at the moment, bu t l have great hopes of m akin g this even m o r e inter esti ng than eith er of the other two. Firstly, all bra n c h es of hou sework are taught from th e washini:,; o f the ve r y n ecessary saucepan lo th e sellin g of an elaborate dinner-tabl e and t h e t aste ful a rran gem ent o f flow e r s f<'11ruiture, and i ts arrangement, furni shin gs (curtain s. hangings, etc.) and th eir a r r a ngement, colour-sch em es, t h e c h oosin g of pictures and wall-paper a r e all dis:r u sse d. and will come nnder this :bran ch.

The Art of Shopping.

" Shopping i s a nother bran c h of the • Homecr aft,' in which 1 a m l< eenly intereste d, and , as man y girls will b e living in the country, and m ay poss ibl y have t o do a great d ea l of their s h o ppiu g by means of cata l ogues is sued b y the bi g depart· ment store s, we are d evoti n g t ime to "Catal ogue" se l ection n o w. The girl s find i t most facinatin g ; it g iv es th e ir im.ag ination full re.in, and, as a ll prices are m.a1·k ed in p.Jain f i g ures , they can get a good id ea, i n a f ew m.ome,nts, o f wh at it wonld cos t lo !urnlsh a h o n sc room b y 1oom. " 7

"rt will 1b e seen that mu c h is b eing done to · give o u r girls at th e M L .C. a good groundin g in t h e h ousewifely arts, a nd m a ny a young h usband in t h e not too far distant future, when h e a rriY es hom e to find a dainty , appetising meal awai tin g, him will have cau se to be thankful that his ~vife was ' once a stud ent in the Dom· es ti c S c i en ce Bra n ch or th e M e thodist Ladies' College, Ji aw th o rn ."