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Silver cind _Green . December, 1926.

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

Silver and Green The Magazine of the Methodist Ladies' College. [ 1926.

DECl;M-BER .]

Fitchett Hall a nd Main

O how many of us is this the last yea1· of our School life-that life of youth , with youth's outlook and ideals , its hopes and disappointm e nts, its joys and its tran s ient sorrows, which is indeed the hap,p iest stage of our existence.

The time of parting, so ofte n tho,ugh t of, •b ut wh ose significance we never qui te under stood, has at last come, and only u ow d o we r ealise everythin g that our School m eans to us, all it will mea11 to us in the future, when we have left ·b ehind a ll that we ha ve called our own, all we have cherished ·most.

Although when we return we shall find tllat our p laces are t11ken by ot.Jlers, that

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we are o f the past, there always' remain to u s somethin g which can never b e take n away-ties which can never •be brokenthe ties of friendship, of memories and of tradition that form the atmosph e re surrl>Unding u s at School-and after.

It is these we will carry out into the world, which will influence our wh.ole · lives and set the standard of our gr eatest ideals, which w ill ins pire us in everyth ing that is wor th while, r e maining with u s in success or failure. . For t h e spfri t or our traditions is the s pirit or s portsmans hi1>--or playing the game-the spirit of th e last verse o[ our old S chool Sor.g: "When your sch ool-d ays a re be hind yon And t h e game of life's begun, When h.anl k nocks are q·uite as common And ther e isn't half the fu n, Play the game, and play it cleanl y, That's the only golden rule, A nd reme mber you are playi ng for the IJ_onour of the Scl100!,"

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School Notes.

Whe n School re-opened on l!~e bruary 10 this year , we found sever a l alter atio ns in our tea ching staff, the Misses Gra nt, Betts, .Newman , Sussex, Tuck e r , and Smith -Hill , having joined its ranks.

Several promised changes we re cons picuous ·by their. absence; for instance, the Fonn-rooms in Hostel occupied by the Sixth · had not yet been a dapted to t heir occupants-' intellectual powe rs , a nd were still decorated with friezes d e picting " Old Kin g Cole," " Simple Simon," a nd a host of other .characters. beloved of th e small ones.

Also, t he long-promised N icholas House proved to ·b e still on the architect's plans.

But we "ke-pt on hoping," a.ncl, in this ins tance, our patience was well r ewarde d.

W e were proud to learn that that coveted prize, the " Kitchen Scho larship," ha.ti oncP. again been won by a n M.L.C. girl.

During Second T e rm we were very sorr y to h ear of Miss, MacDonald's serious illness. ' Her place was taken for th e rem ainder of t he T erm ·b y Miss Soott, whom we eagerly welcom ed as a n old friend.

A cour se or s ix lectures on " Baby Welfare " was given by Siste r K e nnedy, and t h e deep· inter e~t taken by th e senior girls was shown by the large attendances at each m eet ing. Late r, an examination was held, in which M.L.C. gained a larger numb e r of certificates t han a ny oth er Kew School.

The certificates were presented t o the successful candidates b y Mrs. Ramsay, th e Mayoress of K ew, who was accompanied by Mrs. Rohinson, a n organiser of the mo vem ent. ,

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Prefects, 1926.

Ha ck R.-o w ( l e f t t-0 r ig h t) : F. Pie,Fise, L. Con1e ll, L. Broo<lbent. 1':. ..'iji.l H•r, ,l . .\l ast1~r s. l . " 'nit,•.

G. Hughes. t ron ~ Row

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rig ht ): ,,·. Thon1as, 1H. Si.ncl a ir (Senior Ho11 fit"'), C. ~Anrl('rfi !\l . C l i\r](e, '.C. J)n,wRo~ .

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Associate Prefects, 1926.

H tH'k How (h•ft t u ri;:'ht): .\I. \\'iJkinwon,. U. Sy1nons , F. l{t-.n.nccl,v. F . Kruse, ~r. Ua.ird, ll. J,;akill!f', .IC. Groon, E. Stocks, F. J enJdns. hoitt U ow (.to rt to ri,.:-h t): "1--.. 'l'r udiu ger, N . ~CcLei11nan , :lC. .F[arclie, n . \\"ntt. :S . Aust in , J. \\'nrn~n , )I.

Bull, E.

Miss Rivett, th e head-mistress of a girls ' school in Calcut t a, gave us a mos t inle r esting address on school life in India, and s howed us samples of a rtist ic embroider y done by he r schola r s , .togethe 1· with photos. of the va rious t ypes amo11g he r pupils.

Later, another visitor from India-Miss W illiams-in a n inte resting add r ess, appealed to us to help Dr. Adelaide Gault, a one-time student at M.L .C., who has started a hospita l in India .

In response to this a ppeal, we sen t to t he Foreign Mission Society a great number of quilts, toys, a nd articles of clothing.

The Kendall Quartette gave us a deligh tful mus ical e n tertainme nt one afternoon, wi th selection s ran gi n g fro m Beethoven to Goosens.

When, at a ·long last, Nicholas House was completed toward t he close of Second T erm, we found in it a very worthy addi-

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tion to our School, for which we tender our s i11cere tha nks to t he donor, Mr . Nicholas.

At t he ope ning ceremony, t he girls as,sembled before the buildin g, and after the s inging of School songs and several h ymns, s h ort addresses were g iven by Mr .

Nicholas, Mr. Cato, R ev. Ove rend, and Dr. F itchett.

Also som e presentations were ma1le . Then , after the op·ening ceremony

by Mrs. Nichol as, the pa r en ts and friends present a.djourned for afternoon tea.

During the September holidays, t h" baske t-ball a nd tennis teams returned Adela ide M.L .C.'s visit of 1925, and there spent a . most e n joya•ble week.

At the commencem en t of T hird Term, the hearts of man y were gla ddened by th e news of Miss Hay's r.:lturn Lo our midst.

During t his T e rm. Collegia t e V. · has been favoured with her leadership, but ne•xt year, we understand, she is to

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revert to her former d ut ies as a Mistress of t h e Intermediate F orms.

We are ver y grateful to all those who l'trnnd t ime to s ubmit contrtbu.tions to " Silver and Green," w h ether in the form of poetry, prose, drawin gs, or s napshots, con s idering t h at Third Term as ,usual, has ·been chiefiy occui:>ied in struggling th.r ou g h a maze of examin ations, in wh ich we wish the , g r eatest success to all.

Acknowledgm.ent of Contemporaries.

The Editor would like to acknowledge the receipt ·of the fo llowing Sch ool magazi nes: "Th e 'iV-attle B loSiSom ," "Girls' Gr ammar Sch oo l Notes," "Th e Ruytonion," " The Wyve rn," " The Mel burnian," " The Ch ronicle ," "The Pegasus," "The Excelsior."

School Office-Bearers.

Senior Prefect: C. San ders.

S e n io r Ho use: E . Roe (1st Term) , M. Sincla.ir (2nd and 3r d Terms).

P refects: L. Broadbent, M. Clarke, L .

Cornell . T. Dawson, E. F isher, M. Holdin g (1st and 2nd Terms-), G. Hughes, J. - Masters, E. Oakley (1st Te-r m) , 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. Hardie, F. Jenkins, F. Krnse, N. McLennan , G. Pope (1st and 2nd Terms), I. Robin son (1st - and 2nd Ter ms) , E .

Spee d, E . Stocks , R. Symons (1st and 2nd Terms), F. Trudinge r. J. Warren, B. Watt, M. Wilkin8on, F. Kennedy.

Form-Ca pta in s: C. San ders (Hon. VT.).

W. T h omas (Pass VI.). N. Emery (V.a.).

M. Overend (V.b.). I. Williams (V.c.). T. Dawson (Dip. A.). L . Cornell (Dip. B.), D. Ward (V.b·. Sp,.). U. Harrison (XX.).

J. Marks (XX.a. ). W. Mai·shall (L.V.). M. Holdin g (V.c. Sp.), B. Sarah (Coll. V.).

M. Watson (Rem. A ) , C. Ditc hbum (Re m . B), M. Warne (IV.a.) M. Warne (TV;b .). M. Wookey (IV.c.). P. Ditch.burn (TV.cl.). E. Roth.be r g (Junior School ) ..

Sport s Co m m ittee:. Mr. Le Couteu r (chairm a n) , Miss Smith-Hill. Miss Krome.

Miss Parsons, C. Sand er s , L . Cornell, T .

Dawson , G. Nettle, N. L,egge, A. Vi' elle r, M. Wilson, M. Overe ncl, .A. Davis, G. Cl arke , B. Sarah, W. Thomas,

Sport s-Capta ins: G. Nettle (ten111s). M. Wilson (base ball) , W. Thomas (basketball) .

Ed itors: M . Mcinnes and L. Broadbent.

Sub-Editors : F. Jenkins (Hon. VI.). l\L Mcinnes (Pass VI.). G. Hemy (V.a.), B. • Blay and J. McKenzie (V.b.), I. Dodd (V.c.) , A . Green and G. Rober ts (V.b. Sp .), 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. McDonaltl (Coll. V.), J. Mcc r ae a nd J. Fin dlay (Rem. A), Y. Miles 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. Clarke (Dip. A.) , L. Cornell a.nd D. B urton (Di p. B.).

Librar ia n: E. Stocks.

Library Com m,ittee: J . Manton, K . H ull, M. Pe-sC'Ott, J . Warren, E. Millikan , M. W ilkinson, M. Laml>le, J. Henry, J. H ughes, E. Fish er, P. Powell, E. Speed, l.

Sanders, B . Mccu tcheon, M. B ull, A. Atkinson .

De bat i ng S oci~t y: Miss l!"'orman (1ffesident). M. Baird (secretary). C. Sanders, L . Cornell, N. McClennan, J . Manton.

S.C. U.: C. Sander s (presiden t). J. Masters (vice-pr esident, 1st Term) , M. LaJ111ble (vice-p1·esident, 2nd and 3r d Terms) , E. Oakley (1st T e r m). J. Maste,r s (2nd and 3rd Terms) ( cor. sec.) , G. H ughe s (rec. sec.). M. Sincla ir (treas ure r), J . Warren. ·

New Girls Enrolled, 1926.

F . Ranki n . J . \Va.Iker , J . Mcll.ae, !\-; .

K e rr. E . Chi nn e r, M. Chinner. i\l. Proud.

E. Pausacker, B . Miles, U. H a rrison, M. Wright, D. Packer, J. Bishop, A. Walk e r, \V. B yr ne, M. Watson, M. Parker, M. P a dfield, B. P ro ~1cl. D. Thompson , D. Mi lls, N. Dunkin. J . W a lker. P . Yeo, 0. Yeo, l'.

Watson, E. Ticke ll, B . Hicl<, N. Hic k, F. Pitcher, W. Marshall. D. Whelan, I. Adams, M. Ballantyne, M. Clark. Y. _Miles, A. Heathe r, L. Mau ger, M. K e1111edy . E. Tho mpson. C. W"inte r, N. Chitty, V .

McMillan , J. Boyd , L. McNamara. J. Ken ne t, C. Elvins, S . E lvins, J . E lvins, J .

McKenzie , E . Frith, M. Stocks , L. Enniss,

SILVER ANb GREEN. :S. Anderson, R. Watchorn, M. Cochran , N. Tait, L . Roberts, J . Chambers, G. Rogers, J. Loveday, B . McMurray, .J. Wi t.ton. M. Thurling, W . Gawith, G. Currie . A. Thompson, D. H attam , M. Connor.

E . Haas, IC Bryant. 0. Gyles, J . Barna.rd, G. CaITa, B. Richmond, L. Bowles, n. naw, E. Daw, A. Innocent. L. Holdsworth, E. Cox, M. Roe, E. Cropley, U. Dugdale. · M. Lidgett, M. Tweddle, O. Symes, D. Dugdale, J . Petherick. B. Hanson, M. · Lougheed, .J. Barkley, 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 torey, B. Reseigh. M. Lancaster, M. Bartlett, L. Kingston, C. Nicholas, O. i:...enne, P. West, J. Murdoch. E. iVIa y, D. Knight, M. Morris, M . .Howells, 0 . Major.

-;,,.,·_ Hopcroft, D. Laing. J. Laing, C. Smith, N. Bond, A. Crofts, M. Rice, L. Rice, M. D'Arcy, J. F le ntje, N. Atchison, M. Ralph, J . Worthington, L. Dyer, D. Fairbridge, 1.

Rando, E. Wehster, G. Stou t, .J. McRae, M. Daws, F. Wood, G. Cox, I. W ilson, V. Carter, M. Thomas, J. Marriott, V. Darby, E. McNicol, E McNicol, N. ' Mortley, D. Robinson, F. Forbes, A. Daltoi1, Y. Daltou, E. Whittaker, L. Skinner, N. Purton, A .

Roscoe, B. JaITe tt, A. Gill, P . Davies, R. King, L. Goode, E. Ross, L. Christie, L. Mons,borough., F. Lewis , D. McDonald, F. McDonald, E. Taylor. L. Ash, E. Pany, J .

Petherick, E . Shackell, V. Mole, 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 ellis, E. Jolly, E. McNab, E. Rosenberg, S. Shaw, J. ThorpP., J . Urwin, G. Woodgate, M. Richmond, E .

Morris, F. Pollard, F. Mnrray. N. K en-, R. Thompson, J. Findlay, D. Breen, P. Potter.

Examination Successes.

Public Examinations, 1925-1926.

At the Unive rsity Public Examjnations in December, 1925. 42 separate honours · were gained in t he School Leaving Honours Examination, 18 complete passes in the Sch ool Leaving Pass Examination, arid 49 complete passes in the Intermediate Certificate Examination.

School L eavin g Honours.

The honours gained in this examination were 11 Jst class (with two exhibi-

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The girls who won these honours were : Mavis Alle n-2nd class Fre n ch , 2nd class Btitish History. 3rd class English.

3rd class European His tory.

Nance Ashworth- 3rd class English.

3rd clas s Botany.

Muriel B1ien- 3rd c lass English , 3rd class French.

Lily Broa d,bent-2nd class En glish, 2ncl class French.

Mavis Clarke-1st class a n d au Exhi·bition in Economics, 2nd class Englis h , 2nrl class French, 2nd class British History.

Kathleen Cooke- 1st class English, 1st class Fre nch, 1st class British History, 1st class European History.

Doroth.y Davies-2nd class French, 3rrl class British Histo-r y. rsa Jenkins-3rd class English .

Annie Jennison-1st class Eng lish, 2ncl class French, 2nd class British History.

3rd class European History.

Elvie McHutchison- lst class British History, 1st class European History, 3rd class English.

Joy Masters-3rd class British History.

Nancy McLennan-2nd class French, 3rd_ class English.

Florence Piesse--3rd class Fre n ch.

Dilys Rowlands -1st class Englis,h , 2nd class F rench, 3rd class L atin.

F loss,ie Scholes-1st class and Exhibition in Euro,p-e,a n History, 1st class British Histor y, 2nd clas-s English, 2nd class Fren ch.

Annie White--2nd class Fre nch, 3rd class English, 3rd class• European History.

The results in Briti~h History, Ew·opean History and English were particularly note worthy. I n British History, of all the cP.ndidates who entered for the Publi c E"Kaminations, only seven . obtained 1s t c·1ass honours ; three of th ese wer e M.L.C. girls, wh o obtain ed second, rifth and seventh p laces.

In European History, ten ls,t class honours were awarded, of which M.L.C. girls• obtained three, taking firs t place and two equa l for fifth place. In English, seven 1 st class honours ·w ere awarded, of whic h t hree were won by M.L.C. girls , who took second , fourth and fifth places.

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Leaving Pass.

The girls wh.o obtained the School Leaving Certificate were: J ean Barn-

6 Cather, Marjorie Bull, Hope Ea.kins, Eileen Fisher, Kathie Forster, Marjorie Green, Dorothy Holding, Gwen Hugh es, Frances Jenkins, Isabe l McCle lla nd, Evelyn Miles, Eva Oakley, Cla rice San ders, Mariou S in clair, Dulcie Sincock, R u th Symons , Heath er T e mple ton, Frances Trudin ger. ·

Junior Red Cross. " I Serve.n

For anothe r yea r we have tried h a rd to li ve up to our motto, and fro m t he r esults s hown at th e last meeting, ou r effor ts have been very su ccessfu l.

We have again been fortunate in havIntermediate. ing Miss L e wis as our leader for the year.

Th c girls who wen the In.ter mediate The committee cons ists of one member from each Form, and M. Sin clair \vas Ce rtificate were: J:\ellie Boyd, Evelyn e lected secr etary.

Brown. Eth ne Butcher, Nance Campbell, The work done by t he Forms for dif• Mavis Clarke, Stella Cowen , Jo y Cr ou ch, fere nt Foundling H omes and Kinde rgar Y c tl!'. Gibbs, Jean Efalyar, J ean H e nry, ten s has been very good.

During th e Joa n H en r y, Audrey Howard, Jean year over 700 garments have been made.

Hughes, Kathlee n H ull, Frances Koo· A large number of left-off garme nts h ave 11 0!1.y, Frieda Kruse, Marjorie L a mbie . also been sent away. Many of t he garl\Tavis Lon g, J oyce Love, Mollie Lumley, m e n ts made have been taken to the Joyce Manton, Ednai Mc Nicol, Men a various instit ution& by some of the Mitch e ll, Eileen Mu.stow, Freda Pascoe, Mavis P e el, , Phylli s Pegle r, May Pescott, Forms, and has he lped to awa ke n our interest in the children for whom we are Marie Powell, Alice Prowse, Edith Roe, workin g.

Myra Roge r s, Debibie Rosenbe rg , Rea A s pecial appeal was made to h elp Dr. Skinn er , Beverley Sly, N ancy Symons, Ga ul t.

We worked h a rd , and as a r eMarjorie T aylor, J oyce Thomas, Wynne sult £10 w as collect ed a nd also numerous Thomas, Olive Utber, Ailsa Warne, J oyce quilts, · bandages a nd jumper s. One Form Wan-e n, Nan cy Warren, Elva Watson, collected a parcel of toys for t h e s ma ll Verna Watson, Beryl Watt, Mais ie Wilchildre n . kinson, Laurice Willi a m s, J anet Yourn.

During the ·b us h fires early in the year Scholarships and Exh ib itions. we a ll showed our symp ath y for the r eFour Government Senior Schola r s hi ps fugees by sendin g· in a subscriptiof! of we re won, each 'be ing of the value of £40 £27 10s. per year for each year of the Univer s ity This year w e a ga in rallied to th e apCourse.

The successful sch ola r s were peal for eggs fo r the H ospital. All who Mavis Allen, Kathleen Cooke, Anrue Jencould bro ugh t eggs , a n d a box con taining nison and · Flossie S ch oles.

59 d02en was sent away. We are quitP. Two " Free Places " at the U niver s ity, proud of this result, as last yea.r only entitlin g th e ·h olde r to attendance at a ll 45 dozen eggs wera collected . lectures a nd examina tions t hroughout the Cb l"i stmas presents are be ing collected cours~ without payment of fees, were Lo be sen t away to try a nd ma ke Christwon .

The winne rs were Elvie McHutmas as bright and ha ppy for t h e fonnclchison a nd pilys Rowlands.

J:ngs as it is for us.

We hope t hat t h e Junior Red Cross Six Non-Resident Exhibi t ions at Queen's me mbers of n ext year will ta.ke a live inCollege ~ere awarded to t h e followipg t e rest in t he Society and try very hard to girls: Mavis Allen, Kathlee:n Cooke, Annie ma ke th e moveme n t a great s uccess.-• Jennison, Dilys Rowla nds, Flossie Scholes M . IS. and Annie White.

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PO General Sports Notes, 1926.

A s t eady improvement h as been noticed in all sports this year, g reat l{eenness ancl rivalry h as ,bee n a ro used by the Form match es, and th e long list of e ntries for the athle tic s ports events s how the gr eat inte rest taken in t he m.

But we may still complain of the lack of att endance a t the Association matches. Th•l m emb e rs of the t eam s are very lrnen a nd put in a lot of time practis in g, and it is up to the rest of the School to attend t h e match es a nd ch eer the m on to victory.

Th e fir st event in the sporting world was the Swimming Sports, which wer u h e ld as us ual in th e Bath s. Despite t h e Jack or s pace a nd comfort, t h e sport s Next came the were a great success.

Association baseball match es, a nd greal excitement •w as aroused when it wafi found th at we were second on lhe list, having been b eate n by Gee long Girls' Gramma r School o nl y. Baseball is a comparative ly n e w game, but it is gradually working ils -way into all our sch ools and will soon becom e on e of the most populi r games.

The t e nni s matches took place in Second T erm, and t h ou gh our t eam fo ug ht h a.rd in a ll match es, we we r e uns uccess.ful in winning the shie ld .

Bask etball. though not a n Association game. al ways arouses a keen inte r est amongst the girls, and perhii.ps the most exciting match of t h e T e rm was the House and School basketball match.

At th e end of Second T erm our ten nis p.111I J>as k etbal\ t eam s pai n a r e l11n1 visit

to the Adelaide M.L.C. Several matches w er e arranged- for us, and we wer e happy to be v ictorious in a ll of them.

Our runni ng team h as also come into promine nce this year, for early in the year it was invited to compe te against several schools at St. Mic hael's .

The senior running tea m was defeated, but the junior team was successful In w inning the cup.

L a ter we a gain competed against seve ral schools at the Combined University Women's Sports, a nd though our running team was d efeat ed, our ch a mpion, Thelma Da,~son, was s u ccessful in wi n ning th e sch ools' flat race.

T h elma afterwa rds brought h onour to the S ch ool by winning the V.W.H.A. Sports Cup. Several s chools w e r e invited lo comp e te agains t our t eam on Sports Day, and " Tinte rn " was the s uccessful School. \ Ve hope that this invitation flag race w ill become a regular feat ure at ou r athletic sports.- C. S.

Swimming Notes.

The last Friday of F e bruary again saw the School baths crowded with damp a nd s hive ring swimmer s, a n d e nt hus iastic, though uncomfortab le onlooke1·s.

Although the arrangements we re well organised, a ll agree that from lbe poinl of v iew of hath compe titors and onl'ookers it would b·e a gr eat impro vement i[ these s ports w er e h e h! a t some public baths where the ~vents coulcl be more conveniently followed.

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However, despite the difficulties .• the standard of swimming h as proba,b ly u e ver been so high, the School champion c:oming , third in the Junior Championship 1·a.ces of Victoria.

The 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. Legge.

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 chool: 1, Pass VI.; 2, V.c.

House v. School: School.

-J. M.

Haseba!l Notes.

This year the base·b all tea 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 pla.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 the Associatiou matches was as follows: Catcher, G. Clarke; pitcher, B. Sarah (vice-captain) ; first base, H. Wilke ; second base, F. Craig; third base, A. W e lle 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 playe d ,:igainst M.C.E.G.G.S., the scores being 11-11; the second against P .L.C. , whom we defeated, the s cores bein g 10-- 8; the third against Geelong, who defeated us, the scores ,being 7- 20.

In the second round, which we played Third Tenn, we man.aged to de'feat M.C.E.G.G.S., t he scores being 9- 7. ·unluckily we we re defeated b y P.L.C., the scores being 10-14.

We h ave still to play Gee long, and are looking forward to the m atch with hopes of a vic tory.

All t hro ugh the yea r the baseba ll° h as 'improved, a nd for this we have to t ha n k Miss Parsons, our •b aseball mistress, a n d Mr. Frl!,ncis, our coach, f01· t h e splendid work they have done.

Of all th e games 1>layed in the School. baseball has been the most successful this year. We have played a num lle.r of practice matches against various othe r schools, and we have d ereatecl them.

As we are not able to obtain the base· ball c up for the · Pu.blic Schools this year, we have great hopes that next year we s h&ll be able to h old that m ost ch e ri sher\ possession. -M. W. Criticism of th e Team .

Marjorie \Villson (captain) has !Jeen : :1 great h elp with t h e tea m. Her work in the L.O.F. has been excellen t. Some of the catch es she b as made have been absolutely marvellous. Her hitting has im• proved , especially in the Third T·e rm .

Grace Clarke (catcher) is still much too s lC'\V in throwing t o bases. Her cat chiu " has been good and h er hitting has improved.

Bessie Sarah (pitche r) has played s plendidly in eve ry m a t ch . H e r pitc hinghas ·been, most accurate, and her play in the in-field h as prevented m a ny a n op, pone n t fi:om stea.Jin~ bases. H e r hitting l•as been fair.

Hilda Wilke (first base) bas been most reliable in every match. Her hitting ba_s improved • a nd her catching is ver y gootl . ' Fra nce s Craig (second base) bas d~.~e splendid :work. She is, the best hitter J,n tli.e team, and bas made some excelle nt c:atches. · Ada Weller (thir<;I base) has sho\_Vn g-e nera l improve ment, especiaJJy in bitting.

H e r catching has been weak · ;it times, owlng to mis-judgment of the ball.

Hind:-. Kii-s.n e r (short-stop) ha s improved gr eatly in hitting. H e r throwing to fivst base hali •been most accurate, and l\er · cat c hing in Third T e rm has been ,·er y ; good.

Wynne Thomas (centre-out•fil!ld) baf' shown great keenness .

She is stllJ inclined to fumhle the ball instead of fielding it clea~Jy, but h er catching h as improved and her bitting t as bee n good.

Joyce Ibbott (right-out-field) has played w e ll at times.- hut is still too slow in fie ld ing. '· H e r hitting bas improved a ml h e r throwing has ·been good.

The atte11dance at practice has been excelle n t. Neither a t e mperature of 85 deg. F. nor one of 42 d eg. F. could k eep t he player s away, anq !).!though we nave

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Baseb all Nine, 1926.

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

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

not yet won the coveted cup, we !lave great hopes for the future.

The team work b as been s.plendid, es peciall y a m ong the in-fielders.-B. P.

Baseball Supplementary Notes.

On November 20, to the de lig ht of the whole Sc hool, we defeated t he Geelo ng G.E.G.G.S., hold e rs of tlie Austin Cup for t en years , by 11 runs to 9.

Basketball Notes.

T his year the bas k e tball team h a d o nly two of th e old team back. Two teams were picked from. last year 's junior teams for a practice, and to ch oose a team to play the Old Collegians on " Back to ~ ch ool's Day." which was h~ld <luring

First T e rm this year a nrl therefo r e be· fore t h e bas lre tball season ha d begnn .

A t the beginning of Second Term, a,f te r practice matches, several new playern were fou nd.

After each girl llad ,been g ive n a fair cha11c e, Mi~s Parson s e;hO$e I he fo llowing teams : 1s t T eam .-Wynne Thomas (captain) , E. Cr e llin, M. Be nne lt, B. Sarah, A. Welle r , E. Millil{an; F. Craig pla yed first half of t h e season, a nd Dione ~~obinson second ha lf of the season.

2nd T eam.- Margare t Overend (capta in ), M. Holding, N. Legge. M. Taylor, M. Cla rk, M. Quic k played first h a lf of season, a nd Doreen Lacey pla ye d second half of season.

The follow ing g irl!< a ll played in the 14 a nti under tea m: L . Griffith (captain) , B. Fra nk lin, C. Goldie, S. Epstein , A. F lower, B. R eseigh, S . W hi ttake r , K Thompson, L. Dye r . Th ese girls attencje 1l

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_ 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 being 30-21.

We a lso had an easy victory at the return match, defeating the visitors 40- 19.

P.L.C. defeated us, 24- 17, and "Tintern" also defeated us, 42-16. ,In our n e,x t match we had bette r luck.

We defeated " Fintona " on their ground , the scor es being 20 - 18.

Toorak College defeated us 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 exciting games we re played against P.L.C. and Toorak College ·both teams . defeating us h y t wo goals after hard and fast matches.

We finis hed t he season by a victory over "Fintona," defeating them 29- 26.

The second tsa m played 5 matches an.i

were successful in two of these.

The junior team played several matches alio~ M.L.C. girls always regr et that baske.t ball is not a.11 association game; more interest is take n in it than in any other sport.

The inte r-Form matches were k eenly comlbatted, the final being pla.yecl be,tween V.a. and V.c. in the senior division. V.. a. c:an-ying off the Basketball Cup for 19;l6: The ffouse tearn this year was much be tter than it h as been for s ome years. and although In t ile House and Sc!J00·1 match, · School carried off the la urels wltl_1 the score 30 - 22, they ha{l to fight hard for their victory.

Grea t excitem e nt was caused when the basketball team, with the tennis team, left to tr;, their skill against Adelaide M.L.C. an<! other Adelaide schools.

Qur team de feated "Woodla nds," the scores being 22- 14; Adelaide M.L.C. (29- 18), a nd the following day defea ted the Old Collegians .

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Basketball Team, 1926. llnck Row (left to right) : M. B enllett, E. Crellin, E. i\lillika,n, D. Robinson, F. Crrug, Fr1>n t Row (IPft. to riirht): A. W<iJler. W. 1'1:Join!l• (Ca.pta.in ), B. Sarah,

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SILVER A ND GREEN. On behalt' of the team, some o f whon1 are leaving, I should like to say "Than k you" to Miss Parsons, who gave up much of her time to us, and to say "good-bye b otH to Miss Parsons and the g irls, wishin g 1927 team the •best of luc k.-·w. T. Criticis m or t he Team.

Wynne 'l'hornas (captain) has been a most reliable centre. She is very" quick ·getting into the circlP. a nd h e r 1rnssiug h as been most accurate.

Bessie Sarah (attack wing) has done excelle nt work .

Her passing , in some matches, has been a,bsolutely fault!9ss .

In he1· pos ition, s lle is ver y difficult to beat .

Ada W e lle r (defen ce wing) has s up ported the a ttack well, and h as done some wonderful marking·.

She 1s ver y qu ick and never knows when sh e is beaten.

Myra Benne tt (goa l-at tack) and E1:a Creilin (goal-shooter) h a ve combined well, both ,being very quick in coming out t o the ball, but they s till r equire gr eater accuracy in i;.hooting goals.

E lsie Millikan (goa I-kee pe r) has pla.yed •well at times, but is often too slow in .coming out to t he ,ball. H e r h eight h as been a great h e lp, enabling her to m a k e many good nw.rks.

Frances Cra ig (goal-defendel', first half) is a most relia ble player.

Her passing has been good, h u t sh e is s ometimes too s low in getting to the ball. · - Dione Ro·b inson (goal-defender, s econd half) plays a strong game, sometim.ea She has mad e ma r r ed by rou ghness. ver y few mistakes in pass ing.

The team play h as been good, espe, cially in the ce ntre. P ractice has al ways been well attended. N umbers of girls 1101. in the t eam have stayed to make up. a side if required.- B. P.

Tennis Notes.

As is usual at the commencement of · t)1e new School year, the Tennis Eight : had . to be reconstituted. Only three of ; iii.st year's p layers returned t his year, a nd ' of these one remained for First Term only, so tha t it was necessary to choose s ix othe rs a nd an e me rge ncy.

Th e selection o[ these was not an easy matte r, as there were a large numbe,r of

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eager contestants for the vaca ncies, b,1t even t ua lly th e fo llowing were chosen: G. Ne ttle (captain ), N. Chitty, A. Davies. J. Jbibott, E. Ward, E. H a r ry, G. Cla rke, H. Wilkie, and M. Willson (emergen cy) .

The us ua l practice matches with tlH: Secondary Girls' Schools and Old Collegians wer e played duri n g t h e year, a nd proved most e njoyable.

At t h e meeting of t he H ead Mistresses a nd Sports Mistresses last yea.r, it was decided tha t the Public Sch ool matches s h ould be played on th e courts of the L.T.A.V. at Kooyong. with th e exceptio11 of t h e home match es of G.C.E.G.G.S .. which s h ould b~ pl ayed on the ir own courts. T he scor es were as follows: First Round.-P.L.C.: No rubbers 2 sets - 38 games. M.L.C.: 4 rubber s 8 set s 55 games. G.C.E .G.G.S. : 3 rubbers 7 sets -61 games. M.L:C.: 1 rubbe r 3 sets48 games. M.C.E.G.G.S.: 1 rubber 3 sets - 39 games. 1\1.L.C.: 3 rub b ers 6 sets45 games.

Second .Rou nd.-P.L.C. : 3 rubbers 5 sets- 45 games. M.L .C.: 1 r ubber 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 Schoolgirl Cha,mpionships this year our S ch ool, and a ls o P.L.C., were not r epresented, as examinatious took place earlier this year and it would have interfe red with our studies.

This w a s rath er disappointing for those of us who are leaving, bu.t as it was t h e Headmaster 's wish, we could ,but a;bide •by it.

We were very success ful in our m atch es in Adel aide, wh e r e we de.feated Adelaide M.L.C., the M.L.C. Old Collegian s, and Woodlands.

Our House team played a match aga.inst St. Michael's on the latte r's courts, winning by 10 gam es They also played a second Sch ool E igh t , but were defeate d \Jy 6 games.

The Sch ool Singles Cha mpionships h ave yet to be played, a lf'o a match betwee!1 House a nd School.

The Se nior inte.r-Form mat9h,es have just ,begun , one match only h aving b een played , which was won •by Diploma B. Th e final of. the Inte rmed iate Form matches h as been reached, to be decided between XX.a. and Collegiate V.

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Once again we would expr ess our ap• p r eciation o-f the untiring efforts of our coach , Miss V. K rome, a nd the k een in• terest sh own by h e r i n a il o ur matcl1es.G. N. Crit icism o.f Team.

Gwen Nettle · h as clone good wo rk as Capta in ; is · a good a ll-round p layer; ber n e t play is part icularly good .

Alvie Davis has good service a nd fo r t:!· a rm drive. W as rather disappointing towards e ncl of season; back-hand rather weak.

Nan cy Chitty, one of t h e best in the team. Good forearm drive and net play good. I nclin ed to 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 low o n her feet.

With experien ce s ho uld make a good p layer.

E lva. Ward played well i 11 most of the m atches; is ver y quick at n et, but foot• work is still faulty.

Edna Harry.-Good forearm drive and style is good. She is not steady e n ough at crit ical points.

Grace Clarke.- Is improv ing, h, very steady, and p layed well duri n g t h e sea.son.

Needs to be quicker and to lea.rn how to p ractice a harder game.

Hilda Wilke.-Plays a steady game a n cl did well during the year. A lso n eeds Lo quick e n th e pace; ·bac khands n eeds prac· t ice.-E. V. K.

Athletic Sports.

Sports Day, 1926, was favoured with the most important ingredienL for a s n c· cessful outdoor function, namely, glorioui; weather. This day is looked forward to w ith s u ch intense inter est by everybody con n ected with th e School, t h at when Jupite r Pluvi us sees fit Lu ch oose th at occasion to e mpty his otherwise welcome s h owers upon t h is quarter of th~ globe,

Tennis Eight, 1926 .

Left. t..o Kig h t: ( i . ~rt:! h..· (l': 1pt ainJ, H . \\. ill<e, E. " 'ard, (L Cl arkt11, J. IIJbott. 'E. H a rry . N. Chi~·, A. l>avi s.

SILVER AND GREEN . one is inclined Lo wonder whether his choice of such a day indicates a n imperfect aq_quaintance with the sportin g proclivities of modern youth.

This year, however, tbe Fates were entirely pr opitious, and when th e us 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 even more imposing than hitherto. The girls had been arranged earlier in a geometric-a l figur e in the "quad." for th e purpose or having a photogra.p h takei;i, after which the converging lines, at a given signal, formed into long files which, as they m.arche :1 to the Oval, gave a most impressi ve illustration ot the large s ize 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 le for th e conception an rl c1rrying out of that display.

The usual complete arrangements were· m a de. at the Oval for th e conduct of the Sports, and everything w ent off smoothl y a nd happily. One of t h e innovations this year, which was appreciated, was the appoi.utment of a Reco rder. who• note d th e times niade in the various r aces for th•) purpose or a permanent register which will be used for comparative purposes in th ~ fu l ure. There were. of course, o n e or two unre h earsed and humorous incidents which really added t') the gaiety of th'l occasion. One of the b lackboa1·ds, for instance. evidently consider ing that it was asked to work overtime after its usual scholastic duties had b een finished, got tired and insisted on ! yi1111; ,!own at intervals, som elim.es on the fo1·tu.nately somewhat thick h ead of the p refect charged with the d uty of posti ng the results. Th e ba.nd , whose p erforma n ce h e lped so much to make tb'.) a fternoon e n joyable. was perched pr€cariousl y on a s lope inclined somewhat l ike the roof or a house. T h e e fforts of th e players to preser ve, at the same t i.me, t h e ir equilibrium and th e ir h arntony were a som·ce of a clmin t ion and ccc!lsiona ll y of merriment · to lite spectators. · A pleas ing feature of this yea r·s Sports was the presence as competitor s in the Flag R ace of teams from the sister Colleges of Tintern, Toorak and St. Michael's.

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much appre.c ialed, and Tintern is to be cordially congratulated on wiuning the event.

The Championship trophies were presented 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 organisation which made things nm so smoothly, and the thanks of t h e School a r e rlue to the teachers and other hel pers who worked so h ard and so enth usiasticall y in the preparation and carry ing out of the programme. · Tile followi ng are the results of the var ious even ts: P otato Race.-Senior : 1, '.J'. Dawson; 2, D. Lacey. Under 16: 1, C. Goldie; 2, M. Quick.

Junior: 1, L. Chari wood; 2, V .

Darby.

Egg and Spoon.-Senior: 1, B. Luff; 2.

D . . Packer. Under 16: 1, B . Luff ; 2, J .

Money. Junior: 1, S. Whittaker; 2, E. Salman.ow.

Sack .Race.-Senior: 1. N. Cooper; 2, N. Legge. U nder 16: 1. D. Warren; 2, M .

F lower. Junior: 1, S. W hittake r; 2, L. Charl wood.

Threa d the Needle.-Senior: 1, N. Cooper an d E. Marks; 2, H. ~akins a nd G. Hughes. Under 16: 1, M. Swan a nd M. Shaw; 2, J. Cerutty a nd E . Crelli n.

Siamese.-Senior: 1, M. Pescotl an<I N .

Warren; 2, W . Thomas and F.:. Ward .

Under 16: 1, B. Luff a nd R. Heath; 2, C. Goldie and L . Griffiths. Junior: 1. A. Mee and M. Paterson; 2, J . Chambers and N. Ebbott.

Obstacle.-Senior : 1. W. Thomas; 2, M. Connor. In ter mediate: 1, M. (.2uick; 2.

M. Charlwood .

Hu rdle.- Senior: 1. T . Dawson; 2. W .

T h omas. Under 16: 1, N. ·navies; 2, K Crelli n.

Flat Races.- O!}ell Chl.lllllliOnsliip, ~00 yards: 1. T. Dawso11; 2, M. Conno1· Senior Race. 220 yanls: 1, T. Dawson an<l n. L2cey, draw; 3. A. Vi,"c lle r. Under 16.

J OO yards:· 1, M. Charlwood; 2. · N. Ezanl.

Tntermediate Race. 75 yards: 1. M. Chal'iwood; 2, D. Robinson. .Jnnio1· Race, 7~ yards: l , L . Charlwoocl; 2, A. I•'lower.

Junior Race. 50 yards•: 1. L. Ch a ri wood; 2, A. Flower.

Throwing th e Basebal l.- Seuior: J. B. Sarah; 2, H . Kirsner.

U iul er 16: 1, M. Charlwood; 2, B. Blay.

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Invitation Fl a g .Race. -1, Tinte rn; 2, Toorak.

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

Hous_e v. School.- S chool.

Championships.- Senior: 'l'. Dawson .

Interm ediate: M. Charl wood. Junior: L. Char lwood.

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Visit of ~he Tennis and Basketball T earns to Adelaide, August, 1926.

On Wednesday evening we attended lhe S chool con.cert in. the Town Hall, and mucl1 e njoyed the s ight of hundreds or girls clad in simple whi te froclcs m a r ch· ing on to the platform.

Thursday morning was fre e so that we could see the Adelaide s igh ts as we pleased.

In the afternoon w e defeated the Adelaide M.L.C. botb at bask etball and ten nis .

T he .basketball match was fa irly eve n, but our girls we re v e ry much stronger In tennis.

,1/e le ft Melbo urne a t 5 o' clock on l\ion<lay, Aug ust 23, cheered on our way by a la rge crow tl of supv01·ters. Ove r our s leepless night in the train we sh all dra.w a veil of s ilence, t urning to the thought of the welcome morning and the beautiful v iew frnm the windows as we approached Adelaide. .

W e arrived a.bout 10.30 on Tuesday morni11g a nd were we lcomed at the statio n -by meml>ers of the Adelaide M.L.C. Coun c il, the Sports Mistress, Miss Beelson , me mbers of the Adelaide team and a most pe rs istent reporte r.

We were m.oto1,ed to the S chool, whe r e a special Assembly was h e ld in otu· l1onour. After s peec\}es of we lcome had been de livered. lbe Adelaide girls sang t heir School son g a nd our girls sang "Silver and Green."

We were then e nterta in ed at morning tea, and lhe. girls afterward s were taken to the h om es of their h ostesses.

In the evening we we nt lo a fancy dress fro,l ic at the School.

A s pecial compe tition wa.s held for the Melbourne girls, which was won by Myra Bennett, wit h Margar e t Overend second .

Wed nesday n1ornin g was too wet for th e scheduled matches, so we visited the Art Gallery a nd Museum . After lunching Prize Snap, by Jea,n Simmons. in town, we t r avelled to Glenelg on top of a motor 'bus, the g reen blazers and white h ats calling forth m a ny admiring On Friday afte rnoon we ga.ve an e xhibitio n ,baseball m a t ch in lhe pa rk and comment s from s pectators. W e defeated t h en d efeated the Adelaide Old Coll eg.inn ,; the Woodla nds girls both at basketball bot h at baJ, k e l:bnll a nd te nnis . Ou Friday a nd at tennis.

T h ese scores, which appear in anoth er part I of the paper, were · e ve ning w e we re g uests at a pic tuTe night a t the York 1'1leatr e, lh e Council kindl y highly credita ble, as the te n;1is m a tches b ooking 80 seats for our party. we re p layed on grass, to which our girl s Saturday · was too wet for matc h es. In a re not ;wcustomed, a.nd t h.e baslce tba ll the afternoon we we nt for a n e njoyab le was played under rules s lig·htly diffe rent motor excurs ion to ML Lofty, ten ·cars from ours. being r equired to convey us aJI. Al0

SILVER AND GREEN. tho ugh the rain ponrerl rlnw11 · without l'easing, our s1lirits we r e 11ol danqled, con versation and song he lping to make up for the '. absence of th e wonderful view we had been promised.

The kiosk in th e National Park hacl •been reserve(,) for us. and we sat clown to afternoon tea. before well-laden ta·bles.

Many kind speech es were made to Ufl, and we hope that our return s peech es were equal to lhe festive occasio1J. Monday morning we were entertained at morning tea in the Botanical Gardens, and a photograph was taken of lh e Adelaide teains and of ourselves. W e the n visited t he h ighest building in Adelaid e, from th e roof of : which we obtaine:I a magnificent vie,;, of th e city and s uburbs.

We left by the ex press on Mon day afternoon. a nd re·ceived a wonderful sencloff. H9ld ing streamers of green, waving our flag, with the strains or our School song fi1Jing the air with m elod y, so that even th e still-pourin g rain was s ile nced for th e · time, we steam ed out of the station ca1Tying with us a r e m e m bra-nee of kindness a nd hospitality which wiJI never be fo~gotten by those wh o visited Adelaide with the teams.-B. P .

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for soft beds and 11icture shows an,I s imilar arlvanla ges of civilisation.

Politic.'> were not le ft wholly untouched by our enthusfastlc s peake rs. The Questior. of Free Trade was vi1:rnrously uphelol

by H . Eakins and · V. ·watson, and scathingly denounced by G. Hughes a nd L. Broadbent.

Typical of the lighter s ubjects s pok<-'n on d~ring the year is: "Men· should h e ip ht the house." The Society, being totally f e minine, decided that the lazy males should assist, and effectively so, in ~lomestic duties.

D uring Second T erm impromptu speeches were given.

C. Pope told us why s he felt so foolish just . th en. .r.

Masters s poke on the very delicate quei;,t ion as to whether me n should play mar bles or not. N. McLennan gave h e r opm1on on that e levating subject, "Th e Charleston." a nd M. H olding t hough t it advisable for u s to retain our "Crowning Glory." L. Corne ll to.! d u s a ll s he knew, from experience a nd oth~rwise, a.bou t "Soap." It is regretted that not all the members attended this meeting, feai;n g that they might •be called on to s peak.

In order to h e lp determine the girl most wor thy for the debatin g prize, impromptu competitive s peeches were held at the Qeginni ng of Nove mber. Ea.ch girl spoke Debating Society. on the same subject- ''. Communications ."

The Deba ting ~;°ociety started its ac· The speakers were judged by Mr . Le tivit ies at t he beg inning of the year w ith Couteur, who decided that J. Warren had a. meetin g h e ld on March 15 for th e e lec- the most clearly a rranged matter. The tion of t he Committee, whe n Miss For- Head-master congratulated the speakers ma n consen ted to f ill the off.ice of Presi- and said that he h a d great d ifficulty in dent. selecting th e ·b est speech.

At the first committee meeting it was Although t h e Intermediate Forms h ave decided t h a t the .S ociety should meet · n ot taken part in a ny d ebates, V.b. and every Tuesday and that at each alternate V.c. read s h ort plays, and at the beginmeeting we should be a "Reading Club-." ni ng or Utis Term impromptu speeches This' extension of our " demes ne •· proved were given 1by t he Intermediate Forms h ighly succeesful, and during th e First a lone.

Judging by the standard of the T e1·m we brwthed the " pure serene " nf s peeches made, we fee l sure that 1927's Barri~'s "Quality Street." Each charac- Debating Society will have a ca.reer ter wa;; r ead by a different g irl, and t he equally as successful as 1926.-M. B. la.ck o f scenery and old-fashioned costume was excelle nt for the imag inatio n of the atr~le nce.

At the first debate of lhe year, N. The School Play.

McLennan aod E. Stocks explained to us The Sch ool P lay, whi ch was so excelwh y t h e "Barbarian is happier lhan thP. lently produced by Mr. Norman Simpson . <:ivi lised mah." He lives such a health;. was h e ld In the playhous e on Mo11 lny an-1 life! On th oth er hand , C. Sande rs anrl Tl\esday, 12th and 13t h July. ;( f{enry prefe r to sacrifice their health

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· " The Goocl-Nat.urecl Man " is one of the most difficult plays our girls have attegiptecl, ,but throughout both evenings tpe acting was exception a lly good. Nellie Taylor, as the dashing young spen9thrift, Mr. Honeywoocl; Lena Corne ll, as poor Mr. Croakei·. a11d Margaret H ardie, as Mr~.

Croaker, who might be described as "th ,} lady with the laugh ," deserve our heartiest congratulations; while Jean Simmon'i, excellent inte rpretatio n of the most difficult c haracte r in the play-the man of the world, Lofty, and Joyce Love's unsteady feet and beer-thick voice in h er pa.rt as .the tipsy b utler, should be specia.lly commended.

A b.1·ief outline of t he play will show how each of the g irls played her part.

Sir William Honeywood (Edna Stocks) is discussin g the extravag1a11ce of bis 110phew with Jarvis, his valet ( J ean Hughes), whe n young Honeywood himself comes in. This gay young man has fallen in love with Miss Richland (Verna Watson) , whose ch a rms mus t be very great indeed, for- imposs ible fact!-does not even the gr eat and g lo·r ious Lofty offer to make her Mrs. Lofty?

Poor Mr. Croaker leads a very dismal life, for no sooner does he return from his occupation in a fairly h ap py state of

mind than his wife laughs him hack into his mise ry.

Croaker's son Leontine (Bereni ce Luff) has recently returned from l<'rance wil11 Olivia (Lily Broad,bent), the most romantic a. nd a ppealing character in the play.

Leontine loves Olivia, and has induced her to impereonate his sister; but Croaker h as g r eat a mbitions for his son and orders him to propose to Miss Richland, much to the you!lg fellow's embarrassm ent and cl isgust.

Meanwhile, yo ung Honeywoocl has b :ieii e ntertaining Miss Ric hland in the p :·csence of the ba iliff and h is follower, whose manners before ladies ar e ter.r ible a.ncl who evic!ently has a. str ongly d e velop~1l tas t e for tobacco.

Garnet, mea nwhile, h as wrillen a mysterious letter asking for money to enaWc Leontine and Olivia to elope. When this le tte r falls into Ckoaker's h.a.n ds noU1iu g is more pathetic than the fear he has tliat it conta ins a plot to murder him, a nd thoughts of Guy Fawkes, guupowcler, matches and •bombs fo llow each other witb star t ling rapidity through his mind. However, h e recovers e nough to appear l;ehind a screen at the inn to which . the young lovers have fled , and shake his fist at h is unfor tunate son . Soon h e com es from his hiding-place, but a fter tJre ge n eral co11-

School Pl,.y, 1 9 2 6.

Cast of C h a.meters ( left t o rig ht,): Post Boy (H . Ea,k ins), Garnet, (A, Bell). Landlady (F, Piesse), Leontine (B. Luff) , O livia (L. Bro,ull,eut), Oubardi" u (E, S1>ee<I), l\ir. Honeywood (N . To,ylor') , )Iiss Richlaml (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,) ,

SILVER AND GREEN. fus ion that follows the appearance of Jarvis, Miss Richland, Hone ywood, and Sir w·mfam, Croa ker d ecid es that as Miss Rich"iand has· thoughts for none ,but Mr. Honeywood, it might b e as well for his son to marry Olivia.

The well-organised arrangements, and t h e aid of the g irls, who made sweets or acted as ushers, a lso helped to make the play ,a success. The mus ic during the interva ls was provided by the Brighton Orche~tral S-0cie ty; a nd though the expenses incurred in making the play so s uccessful greatly lesse ned the proceeds, these·· ;ue to go in a id of a n e w Tuck Shop and the Sports Fund.:...__J. M.

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Losses have. fortunatE ly. beeu few, all(I th ese have b een occasioned hy Urn t houghtlessn ess of som e of t h e g irls. ,v ithont wishing to "grouse" largely, we feel sure that a prom.pt r eturn of the books, when finished, would minimise the tosses, and s uch action would be a ppreciat ed by those who ;i.re wa iting for par· ticula r volumes which a r e on loan.

Our g irls a re heartily comm e nded to 1nake a n even mor e e xtens ive use of the Li•brary , as therein U1ey w ill find a va rie r! selection of the •best lite rature, which ,vill pro-v ide them wi1h the means or obtain ing adequate m.ental r elaxation after the ir str enuous study 0£ . S chool su•b jecti,.

The greater the use o.f t h e Library, th P, stronger will ,b e t h e claim for our needs to be r ecognised by the powers that be. a nd in some way or other, n ew books will undoubtedl y fine! U1eir way to our sh elves more frequently tha.n th ey do at t he present time.-E. S.

Music Notes. " But w·ords are things, and a small drop of ink Falling, like dew, upon a t hought, produces That which makes thousa.nds, pe rha ps millions, think."

It is !)leasing to r eport th,at an increased interest in the School Libra ry h as been manifested during t he year. A number c,f new books were provided •b y th e Principal, to whom we tender our sincere thank,; for this continued interi;st in this depa r tment of our School. Notab le a m ong the addition s to our supl)ly of books werfl s everal works •b y J e ffery Farnol, a nd these volumes are in s uch great dernaud that we are looking fo rward h opafu!ly to the time whe n the shelves will contain many more books of this class instead or t he huge collection of Henty and Colling,,ood, efforts which would pro·b a.bly be g lad ly iccepted by our Wesley friends, wh<J ,vould doubtless a ppreciate th em. · • The additional shelving which was installed was greatly appreciated, and it i'> now possible to procure re11.uired book.a without the tin-some and ine legant search amongs t dusty r ecesses situated in th.e neighbourhood or the ceiling.

During the past year mus ical ed ucation at M.L.C. has proved v e ry successful. as is shown by th e results of the recent exStudents are furth er ena mina tions. couraged in their efforts by the fact that at the e nd of each year scholarships are awarded for both piano and s ing in g by Sir Aaron Dan.ks. Last year w as the fi r st timP these scholarships were awarded. the singing ·being awarded to Gladys Pope, a n!l pia.no to Joy Taylor.

This year · has bee n full of P,ntertain me nts. · During the ye_ar some o [ our gir ls have been very fortunate in be ing taken to hea r concerts give n by the Oriana Madriga l Society, conducted by Mr. lfra zier, our own mus ic mas te r .

These were g reatly a ppreciated, a nd som e of us are eagerly lookin g forward to the th ird .con cert of this series.

At the beginning of t his ter m we were ta k e n to a con cert in the Auditorium g ivPn by the students of the Conservatoriun1.

This was enjoyed t hro ughout, and we were pa rticularly interested in the s inp;ing of Helen Cowan, one of our old s tudents.

Anothe r item of interest .in the mus ica l world was the coming of l11.e Kenda(; Qua.rtette Party. .This th e whole School was for~unate in hearing one a(ternoo11

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without h aving to go further than Fitchett. }:Iall.

A delightful programme was arl'angcd, a nd eitch piece \\' US fully expla ined to us, be.for e pla ying. by t h e lea.de r. Miss K e ncfal!.

The first was one of Beeth oven's quart e ttes of four movem e n ts: Allegro, Adagio.

Scherzo a nd Finale. The second , e utitletl " The Nigger," by Dvorak, was of four move m e nts also: Allegro ma non tr oppo, Lento, Mo.Jto Vivace. and Vivace ma n on troppo. Th e last wer e in.te-r esting slrntches by mode rn write-r s. " By t h e Tarn " and "Ja.ck o '. Lantern," by Goosen s , and "Sir Roger de Coverley," by Frank Bridge, were th.oroughly e njoyed.

W e a.re much iurlebted to, Sir Aaron Da nl{S, on e of t he b est frie nds of this College, wh o kindly offe red to pay t h e expenses of thes e talented ladles so that we might b e b enefited by t h eir playi n g . In t h e 0I'Jinio n of ever yone in th e Hall, th e wonderful rnus-ic produced by th e Quartette left nothing to be d esired .

The Sociables a r e still holding their place amongst th e boarde r s. Ma n y inte resting part son gs have ·bee n rendered in the Dinin.g Hall on s-ocia l evenin gs.

The Orphe us Society, which was r eYiYerl at the e ncl of last year, has bee n practising a ll this, year, a nd is now working hard to perfect our Speech Night son gs. During First Term, th e m e mber s of this ch oir h elped the Wesley boys in tileir Jubilee Cele brations.

The r esults o.f this year's examinations iu piano a nd s inging a r e as Collows: Pianoforte.--Grade IL : Nellie E lder (credit), J oan Inn es. Grade III. : Ma r garet Ove-r e nd (honours), Frances Kennedy (honours). Edna H a rry (credit ), Elvie Cadle (credit), Myra Wilson. Grade IV.: Be th Stevens (credit), Lily Diffey, Mavis Carter, Frey Shimmon, Frances- Kennedy.

Grade V .: Lily Diffey. (credit), Gwen Robe rts , Etta Salma now.

Int erm ediate Association Board : L e ila Young.

Singing. - Grade IL : Gladys Pope.

Grade III.: Florence L e Couteur (credit), Frances Kennedy (credit), Elvie Cadle, • Lena Cornell. Grade IV.: F lorence L e Couteur (credit), E lv ie Cadle (credit), Vera Murdoch , Fra;nces K e nnedy.

Harmony. - Grade II.: Nellie E lder, Gladys Pope.

Grade III. : E lvie Cadle (honour s.), . Margaret Overend ( cr edit). ~ dna FJa.rry,, (crepit). Lena Qome)l,

Theory.- Gracle TV.: Nan cy L ee (honours) , Beth Stevens (credit). Myra \Vilson.

Mavis Carte r.

Gra<le V.: l\la, is Car te r · (cr ed it). Lily Diffey. Gwe n Rohe rt R. - F K .

Back-to-School's Day. One of the few links betweeu Old Coll egians and t h e girls who. at the J)rese-nt time, form the S chool . is t h e Ilack-toSch ool's Day , which tak es place in th e S econd T erm.

This yea.r th e function was begun, as in former y ea1·s, by an Assembly in .F itch ett Hall of Old Collegians and th e g irls of the senior F orm s. _Dr. Fitch ett bein g '· una ble to attend, Mr. L e Couteur conducted the brief opening service. after , which h e welcomed the Ole! Collei;iens a n d introciucecl DL Osborne. who was to speak to us.

Dr. Os borne h.acl jus t re turned from a trip which sh e took t hrough Europe, ,~oing to England, wh er e, before coming to live in Austra.li a., sh e h ad studied medi' cin e. We greatly e njoyed h er travel talk, especially the interesting stor ies of h . = r · experiences in France and Norway, a nd take this opportunity of thanking h er . As u s ual, we finish ed this Assembly by s h o~ving the old girls how the School E<ong should •b e sung.

The Quadrangle was the ·b ackground of many gay and happy groups of Old Collegians and present-day g irls, and the scene o.f m a n y r ew1 ion.,.

Perhaps th e mos t interesting pa.rt of the afternoon fo:· many was revisiting ol d Fonn-rooms and old-remembered nooks of the School a nd garden, not to m e ntion meetin g on ce more School-day frie nds.

The baske tball a nd tennis match es played during the aHernoon were vratched by inter ested spectators, and the function was concluded by th e very important item- afternoon tea, w hich was served in · th e L ecture-r oom to our gu ests.

When a ll was over, the ga.y gr oups disla ughing farewells pe re:ed, the la.st floated through the garde n from the S chool gates·: th ey were gone, a nd soon the gr ey qua dra n gle wa s le[t lon e ly a nr! bare.

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SILVER AND GREEN. Birthday Night.

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us wonder if they danced e very spare moment of their time. t'rankie K e nnedy delighted th.e audie nce with her re ndering of " Should He Upbrajd ?" The last item, " Just Like a Gipsy," was just as well left until last, for little did we know we had boys amongst u s.

After this, each boarder took he r guest to s upper in the Dining HaJl, where, judging 1by the e nthusiasm sh own, when a ll present sang "Auld Lang Syne," everyone bad e njoyed th e delightful evening.

This n.ight of the year for cele brating the birthdays of tlie boarders was h e ld at U:le end of Second Term, and by the co-operation of teache rs, girls and the domestic staff, was one of th e h appiest and jolliest ~ve have had.

For ·a .week preceding this. event , there were many m ys.teri es and secrets s urrounding Fitche tt Hall an<l the gym. If you v e ntured near, you would be driven 11way ·by a ll sorts of weird noises, loud - I. w. laughter, and sometimes the thud of f eet, which made you think of ghosts.

The Dining Hall; when we aJJ tripped House Notes. in, was d ecorated ve r y daintily in brown This year h as been another very happy and tangerine, with greeneries round the year for us all, but what e lse could it be windows and pictures, a.nd last, but uot with such a h appy lot of boarders as we lea st, the tables, we imagin ed, groaned are? beneath the weight or delicious dainties. ~'e began the year with the us ual mix· This, with the gay frocks of the Slaff and girls, almost turned the Hall into a para- lure of new a nd old girls, but those who were term.ed " new " soon began to feel at d ise.

While the s.umptuous " High T ea" waR home among us. To e n courage 'this feeling, the old girls entertai n ed the n e w girls being fully e njoyed, the entry of Dr. a nd at a concert ve ry soon after the School Mrs. Fitchett was we lcomed with much a pplause, as was also the cutting of the year ,b egan. Later we treated them to au initiation evening, and a fortnight later cake by the smallest boarder (Dorothy). they fe lt quite enou gh at home to e nte rwho, a.lth.ough enthroned on a chair, was tain us at a concert, which ever yone thorlittle higher than the ca.ke.

1' h e party oughly ·enjoyed. then adjourned to the " gym.," whe re This year the re l1as been keen competidancing was enjoyed until it was time for tion in the House in the diffe r e nt branches our g uests to a rrive. of sport. At the beginning of the year a As usual, we we lcomed the guests in Sports Captain for each House was elected Fitchett Hall, and at the entr y of Marion Sinclair and Frances Kennedy, who r en- and we have had inte r-House s ports.

Money was collected, and a cup, which i;; ~ered a d elightful du.et, s ilence r e ig ned to be presented to the winning House, was supreme.

After this accom plishmen t, purchased. This cup is to be h elci for a Mr. Patterson, a great favourite of th e periotl of 011.e year. \>Ve h a.ve been very boarders, e nte rta.ined us with his amusing monologues, one of which made us deter- fortunate in h aving Miss S mith-Hill in the House, and she bas done her b est to m ake mine never to marry and another never to good s ports of us all. eat eggs.

The "Aunt from California" Once again we were take n to U1e Playcaused a great deal of am usement. Some house to see the Old Collegian 's play, all(! or th.e smalle r girls sh owed us what they This year we \\'oulcl do if they had " Company at their 11.ll e njoyed it immense ly. had another trip to the Playhouse to see Ho nse," while the plight of the " Door our School Play. We were f']uite proud of Mouin at the Mad Hatte r's T ea Party " the three .boarders who took part, as they a lmost brought tears to our eyes, as no acterl splendidl y. o ne would like to ·be pu t into a IP.apot.

It is not very often thut we are ab le lo Our musical ta le nt has in 110 way hcl' ll get umbrellas a nd people the ::;ame s ize, n eglected e ith er. VVe have been ta l<en lo but it was really wonde rful the way iu quite a number of conce rts, H.mong whic h was one give n by pupil s of the Conservawhich the tiny tots got unde r tlv"ir torium. \Ve were delighted to hear one of 'brellas. The girls who d anced and san g our former boarders- Helen Cowan- sing.

"The Top of the Mo-rning to You" made

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\'Ve ha ve h a d ma ny ver y pleasant s ocia ls Opening of Nicholas House. on Friday evenings, and were quite pleased The generous girt o-r .Mr. G. R. N icholas to find that we had a violinis t amongst the n e,v girls, who has entertained us on sev- - th e Home S cience S ch ool- w hicl{ we h.a d watched g row to comple tion s ince the e ral occasions. The res ults of the r ecent beginning of the year , was officially mus ic e xa ms. will testify that w e h a v e ope n ed •b-y Mrs. Nich olas a t the em! of muc h musical talirn t a mongs t u s. Not oni, S econd Term. o f the boarde1is who went for a mus ic or a " "Girl Guides ," who w e r e s t a tioned a t s in g ing exam. failed . inte rvals in the grounds, conducted the W e had a fe w clurnges in the r esid e nt p a.r ents and frie nds to the building. Afte r Sta ff a t the beginnin g of the y ear.

Mrs. / Humphries. Miss Bal-I and Miss J a m es left a s inging practice, each Form m a rched to its pos ition in front of N icholas House. us a t t11e e nd of last y ear, the firs t tw o Shortly a fte rwa rds Dr. a nd Mrs. J<, itch ett, j oining th e day Staif: We were pleased to accompa nied by Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas, w e lcome th e Miss~s Boyes, N ewm a n, a nd Mr. and Mrs . Le Co-u te ur, Rev. a nd Mrs. S mi th-Hill into tile H ouse.

O verend, representatives of the Co1,1ncil About a l'ori n~g ht before the 8ports we h ad ra.ncy dress ev.e ning, cha rging a s il- a nd gu ests, including Miss Lewis a nd Miss ' Pitts, p roceeded to the left o f t h e huildver coin for admittan ce. ~ 1 ith this money iu g. wher e bouque ts wer e pres ented t o we bought a n ew Hous e Fla g, W e a r e so the ladies, while Mr. N ich olas received a proud o f it that we have it hanging in a buttonhole. The School the n san g " Aus prominent position in the Dining H a ll. W e t ralia., Land of Ours.," and s ome h ymns. we re looking forward to s ee ing o ur running The party w e-r e led b-y the H ead Preteam carry the flag to a brillia nt finish in t he flag race against School at the Sports, . fee t, Cla rice Sa nder s, and L ena Co1~1ell to the front of t h e •building , whe n Mrs. but e vidently the grandeur of the flag was Nicholas formally ope n ed the door.

Dr. too muc h for them. Howe ver , we a r e n ot a t all down-hearted at the los2, but more Fitchett s uitably tha nked th e d on or. ·Th-~ guests ma de a tour of ins pection through tha n eve,r d e termine d to beat the d ay girls th e kitch en , la undry, lecture a nd drawing next year.

We cheered ourselves a lmos t hoarse at the clos e of the Sports as Thelma roo ms, a nd finally assembled -on the baicony facing the othe r buildings , whe re went out to receive the cup for t h e Se nior Champions hip. Thelma is also t o be con - Mrs . Nicholas was presen ted by Cla rice with a s ilver coffee service, s uita bly ingratula ted on winning another c up and a shield during the year. At the Swim.ming scribed , a nd Lena presented M:1·. Nich olas w ith a gold k ey.

Sports the da y girls proved the mselves to Speeches we r e t h e n made 011 beha lf or be slightly be tter s,w immers tha n we were . th e Council a nd College thanking Mr. but we m a ke up for s u ch d eficiencies by Nicholas for his beautiful gif t.

Mr. the way we work in School. was also tha nked .

Egg leston An event which caused much ex citeme nt Mr. Nicholas, in r eplyin g, s a id h e h oped was "the strike."

It was quite amus ing we would not regard the •b uild ing _ as a for us, ,but we are sure tha t Miss Hunt did no t find it so. W e a.ll did o ur best a t wa it- place wh er e we wer e compe lled t o learn, but as a S ch ool whe re w e wo uld find ing, drying dishes, sweeping, etc., but a re pleasu re in learning dom estic scie n ce. glad that there is a full staff of m a ids T h e Sch ool sa n g a gain, conclud ing wi t h again. the Natio na l Anthem .

The guests We must thank the Old Colle gians for the wa tched the girls dismissed row hy row, comforta ble s itting-room they furnished for a nd then a djourned to t h e dining h all for us. afte rnoon tea. -K . H .

The e nd of the y ear is dra wing near now, and those of us who are le aving School a re not looking forward to it. None of us w ho Beaconsfield Camp, September, 1926. have b een here for any le n g th of time can relish the idea of lea.vin g our d ear oid Th e m a.jo-rity of g irls know that the S chool where we have h ad such a ha ppy S.C.U. holds school-girl camps in Junuary time and mad e s uc:h a lot of frie nds . - a nd S e pte mber , •b ut many of the m seem M. S. to have a va gue idea tha t camp is a pla.cl"

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·s1LVER ANb GREEN. where one has, every five minutes of the day allotted to some particular thing which she is compelled to do, and wher e she spends the greater part of the t ime ·po1ing over a Bible or lis tening to someone talking r eligion.

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

Th.ere were · 28 campers at t.he September Beaconsfield Camp this yea.r, of whom 4 girls and 2 o-fficers were from M.L.C., and togethe r we s,p ent a ver y jolly weel1.

In fact, one of t l1e office rs who h ad been to four other camps considered this one the best yet. I think that to give you a ·true idea of our camp r cannot do hetter than to quote he r: "Camps are g reat things -- vie ws of peaceful fields and hills, a nd n eat orchards, a 11d whJte-l>lossom-trees; gumtrees against the stars and a dim winding roa d at night, and the view away ever and ever · from the tower; lhe daylight and birds beginning outside the tent, and the s tars there at night; hare a nd hounds, a nd the perfect joy of being out in the g lorious world in ,b-Joom e rs; books and firelight; thoughts au,\ talks, and all the rest. Such seems our camp to m e, and in- it a ll the one thing that makes life worth while-comradeship." · I shall try to tell how we spent one· of the seven da.ys. Let's take Thursday.

T he morning opened up fine and warm, so tliat we were aible to have our morning prayers- a favourite r.-ymn, a, short reading, and a prayer.

Soon th.e peacefulness of the morn was disturbed -by the clang of the breakfast bell, and with our usual camp appetites we all partook of a very welcome m eal.

After breakfast we tidied our rooms a nd then were free to do what we pleased until Bible Circle, which was held in th,1 sun, and whe-re we got new ideas on o.\d subjects or clear ed up any past doubts.

A paper-chase was the order o( t he day, so after Circle we tore up paper until lunch-time.

Meals arn a lways well e njoyed a nd looked fonq11·rl lo at camr,.

Then after a few minutes' rest, the hares set off. wearing bloome rs and blouses , wit11 the hounds, s imila rl y a ttired, close on their heels.

At the end of the chase

we cooked chops and ate them returning home.

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Tea. that night was in t he form of a wedding ibreakfa.st, an M.L.C. officer being t he ·bridegroom, and ~ four M.L.C. girls being the R ev. Bartholomew Buggins, his wife and daughte r, and th e brid egroom's father. The reception was held after tea a nd a very varied programme given.

The n ,ye i1.ad a very inter esting talk on " Friendship," s itting a round the fire with no other light in the room, a nd thep ca.me s uppe r , t he eve11ing stroll, and bed.

You can easily see what a. ripping day we had, a nd every day was just as good , so I feel quite safe in promising a really wondedul week to a ll who are going to the January camps, and I remind those who cannot go to t h ese t hat the re are the Septembe r ones 01' 1927 to look forward to.- F . P.

Students' Christian Union.

This year we have had a ver y successful year in connection with the S.C.U. At the first business meeting the following officers were elected: President, Clarice San.ders; Vice-President, Joy 1 Masters ; Cor. Secretary, Eva. Oakley; Rec. Secretary, Gwen H ugh es; Treasurer, Marian Sinclair; and Marjorie Lambie was chosen as an additional m e mber of the committee. Later t he re we r e changes made, and Joyce Warren was chose-n as an additional me mber.

We have liad some excellent speaker s at the S.C.U. this year, a mong them being the Rev. Irving Benson, Dr. McCallum, the R ev. F. Boreham, the Rev. J . GauH, a nd the Rev. William Jacks on, wbo a.mused everyone. Our las t mee ting for the year was addressed by Mr. Le Couteur.

Bible Study Circles were conducted during Second Term, and were talcen by the Misses Hunt, Grant, Betts, Hall a nd Holdin g. On beha lf of the membe r s of our S.C.U. I take this opportunity of thanl,· ing them, as it was very kind or tlrem to g ive up the ir dinner hour for tha.t purpose. We now have fortnightly m eetings ins tead of weekly ones, as we ha ve done in t he past years.

The attenda nces have increased noticea bly towards the· end of the yea.r.--G. H.

SIL VER ANb GREEN. FORM NOTE.5.

Form Honour VI. "Dea.uly is trnth, trnth beauty, tbal is all We know on earth, and all we need to know," w1·ites Keats.

Op! th at lhe staff thought that when lhey set the exam. papers. Tr they hell! the s,a.me opinion as this e minent poet, I am s ure we would be in a state of mind more fitted for writing Form Notes.

All Honour VI. looked forward to the Cort11ight between the College a nd Uni• versity exams. as a period of joy, of re• lief from work, but instead or this, we are confronted with ~nch horrors as Form Notes. Althollgh we s till have such distractin g things a s "Hark, hark, the dogs do bark," shouted at us from. the very walls, we have had a s uccessful year aR far as worlc is concerned , be ing able to Mrninta in a high average through t he three Terms.

In the realm of s port, owing to our s m all number , we have not been quite so 1rnccessful. ·but we t.hink we have done as well as possible, with such scantf material.

Although we know quite well that the School will suffer an almost irre parable loss when t he present members . of our Form leave, -we hope that the Honour VI of 1927 will do their -best to make up Cor the dreadful blank lef-t by our departure.

Form Pass VI. 1lere 's to make a brave e ndeavour at a Lask ttat's greater far 'l'ha n t he thousands which present lh1m1selves each <iay; 'Tis t his e ffort to commi t to paper all Pass vr. has done 1''or th r ee hnnrired days a nd sixty-five, nor say An~ht lmt that which g ive,; you truly a port1·ayal of our Form In t he many sph eres of school-life where we tread .

- Sport and work, in . all their phases. whether s unlit or in storm, Throug h tb e . J)al.hs wh ee ed11catio11 hath us led.

'Twould tn.ke a larger col um 1 , than the space we are allowed To describe each deed and t>~ch activity, Or to tell or a ll the ga rme nts which o ur uim,ble fingers ma.de To bestow in the sweet na m e of Charily.

No!

T hey were arduous paths we followed , bul they're safely traversed now.

And with thankful 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 our horizon, and we have hardl y r e• covered from our exam. fever; neve r theless. we hope to give a good account of ourselves. ~ Quietness between periods is not our str ong point; but in ~pite of that fact we have managed to mainta in our dignity in other days.

We have s·ecured the Baseball Cup and Basketball Shiel d for the Senior School, and uu Sports' Day our running team w on the Senior flag race.

During First Term a party of our girls paid a visit to the Boroondara Free Kin dergarten and saw t ile children th.ere.

When we rid ourselves of the •,burde n oC exams., we hope to collect mat i.er, at Miss Dahle's s uggestion, to send, through the Junior Red Cross, a n Australian folio lo a school in France.

We would like to thank Miss· · Lewiri,' , u r F'orm Mistress; Nancy }l,jnJEH"Y, our Form CaJ)tain; and Jessie Ba m ell a ncl Betty Mccutcheon. our Lieulenunls, for their patience with us and their he lp during the year.

Th e present g irls have 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 happy time in V.·b. this year, a nd w e owe a vote o r ,..t ha n ks to Miss Forma n for t he way iii ' which s he has helped u,; with our sports

SILVER AND GREEN. and our charity work, and for the intere11t which she has taken in a ll the F orm activities.

W e have WO)} no trophi es t his year ; but we reached the final in baseball and we galned second place in the inter-Form flag r ace.

Bejng Ol}timis ts, we expect to do great t hings In tennis, and we are s ure that our h opes will be fulfilled when our gym. representY<ltives, M. Ball a nd M. F lower , take their part in t he gym. contests.

A great parcel of cloth ing left our Form addr essed to t he Cheltenham Hom e fo1· Children, a nd our quil t for Dr. A. Gault's hospital in I11dia was truly a worl( of art.

The onl y thing which we d islike ici yar d duty.

Those weeks a r e the only times that our faces are glum (we go for th to m eet exams. with faces a ligh t with confidence), -I.mt our work is just as well done fo r all t hat.

Our play in the S.C.. U concer t was as irreat a success as could be desired, a nd a la r ge audie nce a tt_e nded , wh en some of our girls read a pjaylet in De bate one Tuesday. Two ..or the girls in the School play, "The Good-Natured Man ," N. Taylor a.nd B. Luff. represented us at that popular function.

Finally, we_ wish to thank our Form Captain and Sports Captain, M. Overeud. our Form lie utenants and spor ti; lieutena nts for their good work during tlie year.

Form V.c.

Anyo ne e nte1•ing V.c. F'orm-r oom during a School period would see twe nty-four well,behaved, t•ven if not brillia nt, girls vai nly try ing to appear inte rested in t he lesson ..

Still, t he open doors and wlnrlo\\·s seem to hwite waywa rd eyes to gaze on t h ose in ter esting places - the quad. and Tu ck Shop.

However, if our eyes did_ stray occas iona lly, we seemed to benefit by watching the basketball teams at practice, as we defeated V.J:J. and Diploma B. in t he Form m a tches, and so e ntered the fina ls Unfortunately we were · th en defeated by V.a. We came to the fore in the s wimming s ports a lso. finis hin g equal fir ~t in lhe For111rrace, -b ut in the Annua l Sports we were not quite so s uccessful.

, ~e have ueen fortunate in having for our Sports Cal}tain Grace Clarke, who plays for t h e School in both tenriis ancl baseball team$. E. H an-y is in th e te nnis team also. Our representatives in the gym. competitions we re G. Clarke aud . A. Bell.

Our Form Captain is Ivy Willliams, and i h e lieutenants G. Clarke a nd W. Harcourt, a nd they have a ll worked earnestly · for the improveme-nt of th e Form.

We had one of our Form in the School Pla y, and we were ve ry proud of he r.

Our special Red Cross effort is towards •he s upport of L ivingstone Horne, anti we also knitted a quilt, which was seut to Dr. Gault's hospital.'

On the whole. we have had a ver y happy and, we hope, s uccessful year, and none of us r egret our year as "V.c.-ites" and the friends hil}S made.

W e a re very sorry to hear that next year's V.c. will not have Miss Pete rson .' who, as our Form Mistress, has been a great help to us all, and we wis h h er " •b on voyage " and a happy a nd s uccess-,. ful future.

Form Diploma A. Som e are born to write Form ·. Notes; some achieve Form Notes; ai1d som o h ave Form Notes thrust upon them.

This last applies to us.

After much labour, we set the rnsult •b efore you.

W e did r a.ther well in th e swimmin_g In the in ters po1·ts in First Tl•rm..

Form r ace oµr team came t hird, and our l<'orm Captain won th e senior diving, being runne r-up for t he championship.

Some of us visited lhe Neglected Children's Home. Parkville, for which we arc worki n g, takin g cloth es f01· th e little Oll0S .

'1\Te resp01ided with enthusiasm to t he appeal for eye-bandages and jumpe1·s for Dr. Adela ide Gault's h ospital in I ndia , and in ·b etwee n periods zealous knitte rs we r e to be seen working for their lives.

As usua l, Diploma won th e framed photo. of the School P lay for their good work in selling tickets. Th e P lay, " The Good-Natured Man ," by Goldsmit h, was atlol'lled by man y or our shining li gh ts.

A cas ual v isitor to our Form-room will see Dr. Fitchett's photo. beaming down

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upo n us from the walls.

This was donated by the Form du ring Second Term.

Third Tei·m arrived with a ll t he s frenuous excitement of the Annual Sports. H ere again we rlid well.

Our Form Captain ca ptured th e Senior Championship, and the running team came a glorious fourth. Some of our girls were In the Inter-School Flat T eam who r a n a gains t other Schools on Sports Day. Otu· tennis tea m , owing to t he import unate editors, cannot h er e be set down , for we have not had time to choose one.

But we feel sure t h ey will do gr eat things.

Being in t he throes of t he fina l exam s., we h ave no more time to waste on Form Notes, but wish n ext year's Diploma A. a s happy a time as· we have had.

Form Diploma B. It is to be feared that we s omewhat lack the ardent enthusiasm of certain chroniclers of the ir own achievements, a nd yet we may with becoming modesty acquaint you with a r esume of our activities for the year.

Needless to say, we are a. very studious lot of girls, 1:>ut somehow we seem to lack the s ame concentratio11 on our work when 8th period comes around. As we list en to the la ughter and noise ot more fortunate girls-, who, by the way, seem to be especially h appy at 3.15 p.m. (to us t he most serious half-h our of the day ), we often think of t he times whe n we. too, were as fortunate as they.

We have some r emarka,bly energetic member s of the Form who a ctually forced their way through locked windows in order to revert to that very enjoya ble pastime-, s h a ll w e say, of typing.

This, we might add, was done in the early hours of th e morning; but, of course, the windows about Diploma's Fo1;m.-roorns a re n ow ve1·y closely watched .

A pleasant 1eco!lection of t he events conuected with the familia r s horthand room was the presentation _by the girls of an enlarged photogr aph of Dr. Fitchett, overy me mber of the Form being glad to have had a finger in lhe pie.

Though we cannot boas t an y very grea t achi evement as far a s s port is coucerned,

yet we have entered into this part of ·the programme in a manner appropria.te to the girls or Diploma B., ably Jed by ·our Captain, N. Legge, who k ept our flag flying at the Swimming Sports, and we hope to be able to show everybody how to play tennis when the finals come on.

Amidst a ll our activities, we have not ra iled to rem emlber that · very important wor'!c connected with charity. To us this word · has, been somewhat of a nightma re, but a gallant effort has been ma.de, and we have been able to take quite a ·lot of clothing to the Parkville Home.

We cannot forget t he way our Form Captain, Lena Cornell, urged and e ncoura ged us in this part of our wo'rk, and we all feel w e owe her a great a mount of thanks.

Form V.b. Special.

As a Form , we a re very grateful for having this opportunity of int roducing ourselves to you a ll.

Our Form-room- of which we are very proud-- is in No. 9, a nd is the coolest a nd best in the whole School.

W e are a ll. undoubtedly, good, and as we are so quiet during lessons we always hear the chime of t he bell, and never a llO'W the teach er to weary h erself in teaching overtime, but always tell h er, immediately the bell has ib een rnng, that it is time to stop work.

Owing to our numbers being so few, g irls from other Fonns take t he opport unity of having gym. with us; but we n otice that they keep well away from us when we a r e on yard duty.

During the year we have been making e fforts to h elp the South Melbourne Miss ion, the r esult ,b eing t hat visits by us to t he Tuck Shop b ecome very rare, because we are mos tly ·boarders.

Our motto is : "Try for Everything." a nd although we strive to do our best in sport, we have not been able to carr y our Tartan to victory. Our Form Mistress is ver y keen that we should do well at s port, but we seem to have been .overlook ed, as not one of our number h &s gained a green 1b.Ja.zer . .

This year a t th e Annual Sports we had t hP honour of selling programmes. the res ult ,b eing that we r eceived £6 9s. ~rl.. which was in aid of Schooi sports' fu nd s.

25 'Ne are a talented Form, a nd have representatives at the painting, elocution , cooking, housewifery, la undry, dressm.akil1g and millinery classes, to say notning of the piano, violin, and s inging lessons, which, in some m ysterion~ way, (all du ring the time whe n arithmetic and French are being taugh t.

We'll say " au r evoiJ· " now, and a ll " wish Mis:; Parsons and next .year's V.b. Special as happy a yea r as we have had.

Form XX. There -a re thirty g irls in Form XX, the grnater part of that nmnber being new at th e beginning of the yeaJ·.

At firs t. both old and new girls wondered how t hey we r e going to get on together, but, before long , all dornb t vanished.

- Our Form Mistress is Miss Dahle, and " our Form Captain a nd lie utenants Una M .

Harrison (it is a stran ge coincide nce that there are two Una Ha rrisons- in the same Form), ' Lor na H-ood . a nd Mary B'allantine. a ll of whom r try in vain to lceep- us in 01·der. "\,Ve s upported the Cecil Street Freo Kindergarten, and one d ay in Second Term had an interesting time. watching the children at work a nd play. We also 111a<le a quilt (oi· Dr. Gault's hospital in Ind ia. P. D'Arcy knitted the School star for the centre. "\Ve have done rath er well at spor t this year , our team winning. the inte-r mediate baseball cup; bu.t r egr et to say we lost the basketball and· te nnis cups, after putting up a hard fight for them. M. Chari· wood , of our Form, a lso won. the inter· mediate challenge cup at tl1e School s ports .

Our l<'orm r epresentatives for t he gymnasium competition are 1\II." Chariwood a nd P. D'Arcy.

At present, we a r e pre paring a folio to send to Fra nce in hope of gettin g ·F rench correspondence.

We have had a very happ y time hi T wenty, a nd we can look back on the past· yea r· \Vith on.ly one r egret-that a nother year or our schooldays ha s s lipped past.

Form XX.a.

Of XX.a . we s ing, and make t he welki n ring To tell our joys and sorrows of the year.

The Term is on the wing, a.nd t he n we'll have our fling, And m eet the X mas vac, without a tear.

Ah! A sigh of relief comes from the readers at the s ight of XX.a. Form Notes.

Thank you very much!

We g ratefully acknowledge th at s igh!

With the [inal exams. looming aJ1ead like ominous sha dows, we are ·beginning to realise the g reat responsibility attached t o a sub-intermediate Form, which we hi th e r to had treated as an imaginary thing.

XX.a. is not without success in sport.

Our Sports Captain, J . Ibbott, is in .. the Sch ool t ennis team, a nd Nathalie King, who was our g reatest asset in the contest for the Middle Sc hool Ch°a.mpionship at the Swimming Sports, is "t'Ue Junior Ch ampion Swim.mer of Victoria.

Also we came a good second in the Middle School flag race at the Annual Spoi·ts, a·nd _were .;.,ell r epr esented in t he other races. But do no t think we live entirely for s port ; that is onl y one of our branches or work. .

We a r e m aking up a folio to send, to France!

Then, take our work for the Berry Street Foundling Home, and-wh y. even Miss Lewis praised the g reat effo-r t we made in order to help Dr. Gault in her ~ission work. We a re so interested in the politi cal affairs of our State tbat we deprived ourse lves o[ the joy of one morning's schooling just to hear State Parlia m ent debate on the rights and wrongs of Mel'bourne's roads, ra ilways, and -b ridges.

Our Form-room is next door to the Lab., so we will leave you to imagine, with the aid of handkercltiefs, the numerous odours- to which we are s ubject ; but, ah! those agonising stairs that we are forced to cli111Jb at least a dozen times in a day.

Alas! we ar e n ever in the Honour List of " m o<lel " , )!'01,ns, a nd we never keep n single file; :b-ut we have ini proved lately, and, under the, guidance of om·

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

Form Lower .V. Nine-a,nd-twenty girls a1·e we, The happiest Form at M.L.C. The first thing w e had to do this year -.vas to elect a good Form Captain and lieutenants. This w e did, and think that we e le cted the right girls for the posi. tions in this. Winnie Mars h all , Form Captain, Dione Robinson and Lorna J acka, as lie utenants, have carried out their duties very well. Our ne,x t duty was to elect a good Sports Captain, a nd iu thil; Berna was elect e d, and h as fulfilled our expectations.

During First Term we played our ·first baseball match against XX.a., and were beaten ; still , we m ade up for it _in Second Term when we played basketball against XX. aJ1d won, a nd so received t h e cup.

W e are workin g for the Montague Kindergarten, a nd during S econd T e rm we paid them a visit, taking with us dresses, single ts, etc.. which were ver y mucb a p preciated . .In Third Term we were kind ly t a ken

by Miss Lindsay to the State Parliament " House , whe re w e s p ent the whole of the morning. The n came Sports Day, when Dione Robinson broug h t hono ur t.o the l<'orm, although w e were defeated in the flag race.

The n cam e the tenni~ matches, to whic h we have ·beeu looking forward for a long· time, but again we were d efeated hy our ri vals. XX.a. .

We ext e nd to the Lower V. of 1927 our best wishes, hoping th ey will have the happy time we h ave had this yea r .

V.c-. Special is a large fo rm t his yea··. consisting of thirteen claJ'-girls aud thirteen boarders.

Our Form-room is tile Lecture-roont . and in spite of the· fact that we are constantly mov ing from one Form-room to another ~as the Lecture-room is the room where the Musical Appreciation classes are h eld). we e ndeavour to kee p smiling.

At the beginning of the year, we e lected Marjorie Howai·d as our Form Captain and Sports Captain, with Molly Holding and Phy llis Austin a s lle~,tenants; but Marjot;ie had to leave at the e nd of Second T e rm , so we now have Molly as F orm Ca ptain, and Grace John • s tone as Sports Captaln.

W e were a ll very sorry to lose Ma··jorie•, as · she u sed 'always to do her b est to try and keep oZir line s traight, and , when the teacher was out of the room, our voices suibdued:W e did not excel in s port, sad to say, for we have not won one game of an y description in which we took part, but we hope for •better ·thirigs in the ma rbl (? tournaments.

We wish to thaJlk a ll teachers, particularly Miss Grant, 04r Form Mistress. a nd • Miss Walton for f:,he interest they h ave tak e n in our progress in Schoolwork. /

Form Collegiate V. Forty girls in Collegiate are we, Always happy ai1d gay and free; And ever doing o ur best In whatever m ay be the test.

Oh, dear me!

Form Notes to write!

However will they be written? " Quite easy !" you say. W e ll, you'll see.

V.' e w e re very unfortunate in losing ·our Form Mistress, · Miss McDonald , but were muc:h fa voured by having the prese nce of Miss Scott, a nd then afterwards Miss Hay. During first tenn a [~w of us visited "Yooralla" Kinde r garten.

Th e little ones were very interesting to watch. We a lso helped the Forejgn Mission by making a patchwork quilt:.· We have b een ratii,1er . unlucky. iu onr inter-Form m a tch es, -but· were fortunate enough to get in the t•inals in ,bot.h basketball and tennis, owing, to the luck of having a. m ember of the School team (D. Sarah) in our Form.

In athle tic s ports

SILVER AND G REEN. we won t he Form relay r ace, and M. Connor being om 1epresentati ve in the School running team, helped t he Form gr eatly.

Just.at present a ll eyes and feet a r e waiting with trembling hands in expectation for t h e final tennis match agai nst XX.a.

We have ;_iian y vocalists in our Form, and we frequently hear snatches from • 'That Certai n Party," "Barcelona," a nd :-everal oth e rs, to which our prominent dancers dance the " Charleston."

We will now tell you of a. de::idly thing which n early lrnppe ns ever y clay. All our teach e rs have na rrowly escaped death from o ur blackiboarcl, which, of course, "broke itself" · into ma ny pieces, and has a ha·bit of continua lly falling.

Specia l Adve r tise me nts.

Lost.-A waste-paper bask et a nd numerous books and rl1bbers. a lso tongue~ whe n o ur severe Mistress e nte rs t he room.

Found.- P le nty of talkers; no rewarcl wanted.

On Sale.- Re nowned g iggler , in perfect order. \V.anted. -Fresh flowers in vases.

Fonn Remove A. The e nd of a. ha ppy year ror R e move A. will scon be here. Our time in t h is Form has been very busy, •both in study and sport. In both these activities we have been successful, coming to the fina ls in 1'aseball a nd being victorio·1 s in basketball and running. Also ' our ten nis team is playing up with all Its might a nd main.

Our Foundling Home work has: perhaps bee n rather s low in filling up the Rerl Cross drawer, but we h ave made a. patchwor k quilt for the Indian c hild ren.

Another thi n g that may internst ou1· reader s is that we have hacl new des,k s These desks pla<'ed in our Form-room. on ly seat two gir ls, and are much m or~ comfortable t han the previous ones.

We au wish you a "Merry Christmas," readers a nd hope you have a good holiday a nd come ba ck to school well a nd happy.

Form IV.~.

It was we, IV.a ., Who chanced to be The merriest form in M.L.C.

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But whether we'd play Or whether we'd try We never seemed able To satisfy.

It was on a bright February morning tha t we set out with happy hearts to begin another School year-that of 1926. Most or us were old g irls, but both old girl& . and new we re pleased to find our Forn: ·{ Mistress was Miss Tucker.

ThiR year our Form Captain a nd lie utena n ts a r e M. \"lame, I. Ferguson, and M. Laird . · Twenty-eight g irls make up IV.a .. three of whom a re boarde r s.

Otli" ' Form-room be ing No. 13, a bo,-e the baths. we get a good view of Cato Ho use. Ju ~- ·T' t ing off from our r oom is a Hmalle r room !mown a.s " the Black Hole," but it suiti,; . us better not to tell h ow the name , ; originated.

Our first rivalry with other Forms was jn the sub-intermediate swimming com'petitions, in which our team proved a good and successful one-. ' ' Our Sports -Captain a nd lieutena nts are N. E zard, D . Warren, ancl P. Metherall, who have fully cleservecl their positions, as· they h ave done t heir best for o ur s uccess.

Throughout t he year we have a lso taken an inte rest in the Junior Red Cross Society, Melva being our represen tativ~ at t he meetings ; and t he Form a lso paid a visit to th e home for which we worked . .

We a ll wish to thank Miss Tucker~, "! ou!"_ Form Mistress, for the inte r est which,,· s he has taken in our Form during the three Terms of 1926.

Form Remove B. Form Remove B. s-p ent First a nd Second Terms in Ca.to House.

There are thirty girls In t he F orm. Miss Lindsay' Is ou r Form Mistress, a ncl has taken much / interest in us this year.

We have a \l spent a pleasant year with our work, spor t, and differen t amusem e nts. T h ere were a great many st eps leading up to.· our Form-room. We used to have to walk up them in s ingle file every morning, and ; we never got the swings. or anything, because it was too far up.

In T e r m I. we had our swimming sµo rts, whi p!i w er e helcj In our own bath11,

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Then tho uext event was 1n11·• baseball !lla tch, but un fo r tunately we were beaten.

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

Tenn II. was a little busie r.

We had our b as kebball m atch, a nd one V/e unes da y afternoon sever a l mistr ess-es, took t heir Forms to the New Malvern Picture Theatre to see "Through Roma ntic India .'' explained by Colone l Pottinger. It was m ost interestin g and was e njoyed by all.

T e rm . II_!. is always the busiest Term in the year. R e move B. moved from Cato House to its ne_w room, No. 20: On Sports Day th e Junior Cham.p,ions hip was won by . L. Charlwood , of our Form.

This year ·-Ne have been working for the Berry Street Founcllin~ Hospital.

One day Miss Lindsay took us to visit th e Hos pital, aJ1CI we took garments to t he baJbies.

We d etermined to try a nd provide a cot, a nd in order to raise funds we h acl a s weets clay and a bran pie, in which C. Ditchbul'n, our class ca pta in, a bly a ssis ted. Our . p-r oceeds we r e £3 14.s. 2d.

At the tennis m atch h eld in this T erm, we were beaten b y IV.a. · Vl e a re now looking forwaru to our Speech Night, which is to be held in the Exhibitio n · Building aft er the final exams.

Form IV.b.

W e a r e a class of thirty-one, ,ve•re fond o f work a nd fond of fun.

We tried to get a c up for swimmii1 g, But could not beat the old er wi mmin g.

At b aseball we played Form IV.a., And made a fine big scor e th at da y; W e carried off th e cup with g lee, We are not always last, you see.

We tried our h a nd - at basketball , But found our oppo ne nts far too tall.

We ·are trying n ow to w in the gy1n.

With our representative s m a ll a nd s lim.

We are a class of little pets; If you don' t believe us, ask Miss Betts .

Form IV.c.

IV.c. is a form in the Middle School, Anc! a very happy Form as a rule , _Our fla.g is a colour yo u've seen, -Tne colour they call tangerine.

lt stands out clear.

Aud you'll hear u s cheer When Sports Day is h e r e, Hip, hip hurrah I fo r IV.c.

There are thirty-three .girls in our F,orm, and we are a ll very ha ppy together. Miss Luke is our Fonn Mistress; Margaret Wookey is our F orm C~_Ptain.

In Second T e rm we visited · Montague Kindergarte n and spe_nt a n e njoya ble morning watching the lit-tie c hildre n doing t heir various kinds o f ,vork. This Term our R eel Cross Committee (of which M. Henderson is the Captain) visited the Childre n's Hospital, takin g w ith th e m ten dozen eggs.

Our Sports Captain is E. Salmanow. and w e have had an excellent team t hroughout the year.

The first interForm match we played was baseball. Vie p layed Re move B., and th en, hav ing beaten them, we J}layel:i lV.b., but were b eaten.

The n we played a bask etba ll match with R emove B. , a nd beat them.

A fter that we played Remove A., a n(l were again beaten. At the recen t sports we came a very close second in the flag r ace.

We su cceeded. at last in beatin b TV.b. and Re move A, a nd so have won th e tennis shie ld.

This T erm w e went . for a picnic t o Mentone a nd had a beau tiful time. One teacher was kind enough to sencl us a lon g a. box of . s nowba lls. for whi ch we thank h er very ·mu ch.

We comme nced t he year wilh twentyfive g irls in our F o r m; Uuring t h e Secon1\ a nd Third T e rms we had th e pleasure of welcoming four new ;?;iris.

Our For m-room, the S chool-room, is long, cold a nd dark; t he r e fore not at a ll pleasant on winter clays, alth ough we always lighten our g loom y room with some beau t iful f lowers.

P eggy Ditch burn is agail! · our Form Captain, and we all like her ' ve1·y- much.

Nancy and Noel are our lieutenan ts. Noel is also our Sports Ca p tain. \Ve have been working for the ·• Yooralla" Kindergarten, a nd have supplied them with several·- • parcels . of clothes. Miss McDon~lq took our Form

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Captain and our two lieutenants with bf' r own class to visit there during Term I. We all hope to see the "Yooralla" Kln de1'.$ar~~11,, r_i,t_ ,~~rk tiefore the encl of the ..Year. -. .:: .:: We-· ;i1:e very fortunate· in ha ving Miss ..N e wma n as our Form Mi°stress. ?-\<\.s .,a Form, nothing unusual has hapsp;e'itea:· We certainly have not tlistin.ijshed ourselves even in s ports. ThiE ·'i s not remarka,b.Je, as we only arrived from Junior School this year. We h ope, h'owever, to do ,b etter next year.

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

Junior School.

There are ninety-four g irls in our Junior Sch ool this year. Vle h ave a Cap tain or the Junior School and lie utena nts in each Form.

Lower IV.-Elise Roth.ber g (Captain) and Margaret Rogers.

TTI.a. -Marna Fitchett.

HI.c.- Phyllis Stevenson.

ILa. a nd Kindergarte n. -Joycc Ebbott and Gwen Gadsde n.

We have been very happy in our . Red Cross work this year. At th ~ begi11ning of the year we had a u a ppea l for the Bush Fire Fund.

We sent away three la rge parcels or clothing and collected £4 18s. The n, so that som e of the poor childrc:n could be warm for winter, we had a sweets day and raised £3 18s.

Vvith that we hought a roll of flannel, elastic, etc., to make into dresses and oth er things. We m a de 29 ga rme nts , and one morning some of the girls Look th em to the W.C.T ..U. Free Kinde r ~arle n · _in Richmond. Next we sent £1 6s. to Dr. Gault, who has a hos pital in India. One Friday morning Miss Cha.pman, a lady from India, gave us a talk. She told us a:bo ut the ba;bies' home and asked us if we would like to. keep Indian baliy.

Next year we a re going to try and get £8. because It costs that amou nt a year to look after the baby. On Egg D~.y, Jnnior S chool collected fifteen dozen eggs for the use or the hospitals.

During the year the Junior School T en nb_ . "F..o.11r have h acl some lntere~tin g

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.e:ame11 or tennie. In the Second T e rm we went. to "Thitern •· and played a match aucl won . Later on we played IV.cl. and lost. In· t he Third Term .w e had a return match against " Tintern," and again we ri> s uccessful.

The girls in the Fonr are Betty Gledhill, Joan, · Cook, Margarflt Rogers, Phyllis Yeo. On November 8 we ha d our yearly sports.

They we re ver_y nice 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 the girls .

The s mallest g irls were very f uuny. !<'or the first t ime the champion. will win a s ilver cup.

We are now looking forward to thn Exhi-bit!ou of handwork for which we have •been working a ll the year.

The mothers will •b e invited to see our work, and we are giving a little concert to 011terJain them.

THE VOICE OF THE SCHOOL. Dress Rules.

To the Editors of "Sliver a nd Green."

Dear Mesda mes,-Perh:i,ps you could enlighten me on t he su-bject of School-dress rules. Why is it that, with the characteristic though tlessness of the " powers that be," we are compelled to dress in a style rem-iniscent of the earl y nineties? Bla ck stockings with while frocks are a th ing or the past ; yet the "600 budding s ociety leaders " must act in accordance with t his antiquated idea. We are thus induced to wear our hat.Jbands as little as possi:ble out of School. '. To outsiders this surely seem s that we are ashamed of them.

Should this obi,ofote practice continue?Yours, etc., F. H . M . N .

. Our Baths.

To t he Editors of "Silver a nd Green."

Dear Mesdames,-lt is well known that the M:L.C. baths are a source of envy to all oth er schools, yet, judging by the short time they a re open for' swimming each year, it seems that their real use is for examinations and detentions.

Conic! not something be done to r emedy this in the f\Jt11re?-Yours, etc..

SILVtR AND GREtN. PRIZE SENIOR VERSE. Spring Song.

Would you find t h e Spring '!

Woulcl you find t h e Spring?

Look for her ·on . starry nights, whe n a ll the goblin Ia n.t ern lights Glimmer . through the s ilver scar [ tha.t gnomes o f Mis t-la nd fliu.g.

S prin g has com e to town, S pring has com e to town; Da ncing down the leafy ways, and b1;ngin g with her golden d ays Of melod y and laughte r , clad in a gay green gow n.

Spring will come again.

Spring will come again; Laughing down the ages long, a nd laden with a s ilver son g Of winds, a nd· seas, a nd happiness, a nd lilacs in the ra in.

-R. HEATH, Dip. A. (age 15).

The Gho11t-Tree. 'l'he s un s lipp::!d lowe r in the western s ky; And e ve nin g clouds wer e [lam ed witlt rie ry light;· But soon I watched th e passion . fire die, And fe lt the calmness or approaching night: T h e d usk showed .beauties more than midday bright~ T h e air was drowsy with th e scent of trees, Auel bough s abov;e me whis pe red to the fragran t •breez e.

Methought there n e'er was seen a place more rair, Or trees of that sam e lofty majesty; \!\Thy hoped I man would not spr ead ruin there?

Man who h as pow'r to fell t h e miglitiest treePoor , so-call ed ma,~ter of the earth and sea : E'enwhile the gra ve seemed t hus nntonched, unfound.

Befor e me showed a tree-trunl, severe<l to the ground.

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gazed for long, and lo ! it seemed there rose Up from the barren s tump a g has tly frame Whi clt =n assumed t he lofty fo rm a nd pose Of t1ie dead t ree from out whose iJoughs there came A m.urm'ring voice- th.e hush 'd sound seemed th.e same As sigh s made whe n dry leaves a.re zephyr-s tirred, But soon as though from far away these words I h eard : " I was a mighty tree, both wise and old; All secrets of t h e world we re- known to n1e,

For to my leaves th e t ravelled winds h ad told Their tales of ma n , his p1;de, his misery: All this I knew, a nd could my fate fo resee, Tha.t ma n would ruin m e I could fomtell ; A ma,n came h e r e one evil-fated d ay. I fel l. " I fell. Perhaps m y tale would well end th er e .

Bnt, 110! - Nature !

Thou a rt m ore s trong than 111.a.11 ; And m a n! Thou ma.y'st destroy and the n despa ir ; I fell, victim of t h y curs'd thoug ht and pla nThe n a ll-exulting Nature's toll began!

The iiian who killed me died e'en as I died, The wood that formed my frame his coffin did provide."

The inurm'ring voice had swelled into a shriekMore hu shed the wi nd b ecame, a nd dark · t he night, And soon the gho-s t-tree's utt'ran ce gr e w more weak The n ceased. As wreathing s moke and ai r unite And ble nd until the s moke is gon e from sight, So now those branch es melted in the air;

\Vh ere I ha d seen the tree, a sever ed stump s howed ba r e.

T h e s poken sound h ad ceased ; the, words remaineclOh . see the mighty cities man h as made·!

SILVER AND GREEN. Oh , see what mis ' ry h e from th e m .h as gained!

Oh, see the bea uties lost Crom hill and . • glade-D estroyed that ma.n's con str uctio n be . d isplay'd !

0 11; Tree, who fonned the oo mn of one who Destroyed you . will Man's cities prove Man's coffin, too?

- JOYCE MANTON. Pass V I.

Made women who sat g1;m1y kni ttir g come.

This Demon reigns now in this g loomy ha.II. F or while our Fates are tre mbling in t h e scales, \Vhile h:0:-ror and despair attack us all, And Giant Exam. the calmest visage pales.

C~anty.

And while we gnash · our teeth at these a larms, Scornful, sublime, s he winds a ball c f wool!

- M . BULL

She walks with stately stride and outstr etched arms, lu flowing robes, with brow serene and

cool, Galleon a ll black again st the silv er moonlight, Flying rou11 1l Magellan in a hu1Ticaue of seas; Gleams the starlit water that is s urg ing round the bow-s prits; Amethysts are cargo-gold, and silver l'iligrees.

Limping into Lisbon in the blood-staine d dawnlight, Desolate the galleon . all storms swept by the seas; Dawn instea d of ameth yst is b lazing in the hold, now ; All the seas h ·we lefl her a re but hau nting m e lodi es.

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

Lines Written in the E1eamination Room.

Spirit of Pity! Whither hast thoa f'e-.1?

To sing unheard amid the clash of arms.

To cheer tri umphant warriors, sooth e the dead.

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

O reign once more in this our land of woe! \Ve, being still. can hear t hy whis pered song.

W t;) in our sorrow t.hy soft touch w ill know, Leave u s not wi t h the cruel Regent long.

Sprite of Heartless n ess, th e same that sang To Nero's fiddle once in -burning Rome.

The sam e that w h er e I he Guillo1 ine clirl clang

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" Va.c ate the Common-Room."

'Twas late afternoon one wiule r·s day, That the prefeds joined .in a merry r efrain, They blithely a nd menily t rilled a lay, And produced a most melodious strain.

But a las! thP-y were stilled t hose ma.idem; d e& r By the sigh t of a mistress, stern and severe Who cast o'er the 'pres' a t e rriblE, gloom, For s h e bade them VACATE THE COMMON ROOM. Once again, when school hours h ad drawn to a close They thought Pavlova's th.ey would be, They tripped on light fantastic toes, And formed a ballet-charming to see; But they were soon to ·b e put to flight, By a mistress, who said in language polite, "I think you 'll ag1·ee lha.t it's foi• the best,'' And she stood at t4e door and watched t ill they dressed, 'l'o VACATE THE COMMON ROOM. Th e n. during the day when work was sla.ck, And in the room there wµ· ma ny a 'pre,' Th ey settled themselves for a nice little chat, But e ven that was pot to.·:,li(,l• .

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

'rhere are he re fl'om •Diploma ' quite a few, Anti l know the re'd b e s ilen.c e-lrnt for you, So ¥ACATE THE COMMON ROOM." B u t when U1ougltts of exams. made t he ' pres ' t~1rn hot, _ And not one ·• Dip." gil'l was having a spare, They sat in their room and tried hard to s wot, But it r eally was impossible there.

For the people 11ext door made s uch a noise, They sounded worse than a pack of boys, · And those • pres• who did want to work that day _ Hope d a voice insid·e t he Staff woultl say. VACATJ~ . THE COMMON ROOM. -M. J .

Songe d'Enfant. .Je me souvien s qu'apres l'ecole, uu jour crate, Dans les champs ja m '"assis, par un saule a brite, El lil., sous la reuillee au sole il trn 11sparente, T1 ouva.nt s ur le foin tie <le une couche odorante, .Jc m ·assoupis.

Bien tot je sentis , e n reva nt, C ·mm o nn baise r du ciel a mon a me d'e nfant.

Los insecte'3 deR pres et le,; blondes a,beilles Vi nre nt san s <loute a lors · bruire a mes oreilles; Los libe llules cl'or dont rai le est un cc la lr.

Les frel es p;ipillons qui sont les [lenrs <le !'air, Yinre nt cl'un lac peut-etre ou d'un !Jnisson de roses Vo:tiger s ur ma IJ011c he et mes paupie res c lose~; ·· Sans ~lQJJte quelque oisea.u pour be rce1· mon somme il Chan ta la libe rte. l'espace e t la s ole il.

-Sully Prudh omme.

A Child's Dream.

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

To fields wherein a shelterin g willow grew, Releasecf from school, I went, one summer 's clay, A11d where the golden s·unlight filtered through The foliage, in the warm [ragl'ant hay A couch I found , and slumber o'er me stole.

Soon, mingled with m y dreams, seemed to !eel A kiss from hooven upon my childish soul.

Tli.e meadow insects and lbe bees as well Fle w, doubtless, by my ear s to murmur there.

The golden dragon-f'lies, with s himmering win.g s, Ancl butterflies, t h e flowers Qf th e air.

Came the re to flit with cease less flntterings Around my mouth :incl o'er m y c losed eye11,

Ca me from a bush of roses, or a lake.

A bird sang loud of freedom and wide skies To lull my s l11mbe1· deep, lest I s h ould wake.

- MARJORlE l\1c1NNES, Pass VI.

The Pool.

S ha dows fa.II on ;;mpid wl\ter.

Sliaclows ·c~o'J , a ncl b,rig ht reflection'lf:·-·Sh aclows of o'e,rb r nising willows. · Graceful. cfrooping, weeping willows.

T a ll g r eeil willows in th e s unligh t.

1311l lhe sn nlight c:an not enter To the bower be11c-atJ1 the branches, 'Neath th e long, green. trailing branches.

Drooping. dripping in the waters, Where the cw-r_ents lie bewilde r e cl, Twistin g, ,vhirlin~ into eddies, In to whirlpools gentl y turning, In to mazes nticls~ Ute ,b ,ranches.

Ye t il n ever s hin es n or sparkles.

Yet it never ·l:}rf¼lks nor splash es, Never •murmurs. n ever ripples, Twisting, turn ing, glidin g', ·r1_ o ating, Changing, twin.Ing, s liding, flowing,

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SILVER AND GREl:N .

Never fast nor eve r s low ly.

At the sa m e speed ever winding Like .a m a ze of moving s pectr es F loating t hrough t h e ha lls of Dreamland. , - MARJOR IE 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 fleurs de d eser t et d es fougeres vertes croissent, Sur lesque lles le soleil luit et des gouttes de pluie tombent, Et ou de petites abeilles volent a chaque . fle u r, chantan t.

Partout d ims ce joli lie u ii court un pe tit ruis&eau, Ooulant au dessus des cailloux, chantant un ch a n t si beau; Et tous !es oiseaux viennent souvent •boire de l'eau, Et vole nt autour des g rands arbr es; quel joli tableau!

Lo rsque j e s nis I rist.e ou las, a. ce beau lieu je viens, gt toujoun viend rai a.ussi, lorsque je ser al toute a ncie nne; Car je n·ai jamais ai m e une chose dans le monde s i hien.

Que ce ·b eau lieu de la nature, qui est aussi la mienne .

- M. FLOWER, Form V.b. (age 15).

The Frog.

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

As b e t h ere ummspect'in g lay (Never dreaming t h.at very da.y, Was his last in. this world so gay) A schoolgirl crept.

With stealthy s t e p and eye il1tent, J a.r in h and, o'er him s h e ben t , Bang!-a croak. The g irl ga.v e vent To sh.outs of glee.

Site placed him in ;i, ti n y t in,_ The n. not unkin.dly, ja mmed him in Her case. The looson did •begiu .

She proudly sh owed him;

"Oh, thank you, Nell," t he teacher cried.

"Now draw the live [rog, g irls." They tried And failed ; now on its front, ,back, s ide, ' 'I'woulg n ot keep still.

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

An hour later a m ei-ry group Of curiou s g irls to the Lab. did troop, Emitting many a stai-tled w h oop At out-stretch ed frog.

There tie lay in son y conditio n , His ·bulging eyes a inute petition, "Draw th e 'organs ''in position '"Poor, fat, g reen 'rrog.

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

PRIZE INTERMEDIATE VERSE. Egypt: Sonnet.

The s un had s unk, a gblden orb, to r est.

The moon h e r rnclian ce shed o'er all the la ndA sickle set within a jewelled band Of purple velvet str eteh·ed from east to west.

While shimme re d 'n eath t h e ligh t beloved the best, The stretching, never-end in g deser t sand.

Bestirred ,by ,breezes · from a fo r e ign strand, That dan ced for ever o nwa r d in their quest.

The e ndless wonder of tha t land o f age Assails the sen ses at this mystic hour, Whose glories down the ages ever ring, And crown a ll else engr aved on. history's page.

And when th e eventide of life doth lower , They stand; we flit away on silent wing.

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

Thoughts on Leaving School.

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clear old Sch.ool \vith great s quare tower a nd grey, I love you much, far more t han words can tell.

The Quad., th~ Tuck S~op. a nd the ch iming bell

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SILVER AND GREEN. That tells us whe n 'tis time for work and play.

Of you I'll e ve 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 last Speech Day. 0' how much would I give to just once more Begin tl1is las t year and a ppreciate The fri end s, a dvice a1i d work within y0;ur door That now I' ve learned to prize- a las! too late. · .,, But though Time wills that you and 1 ',' must pa.rt, .

You'll always have "a corner in my hear·t."

-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-night we had som e cream for tea Which the milk-man -b rought a long. ?

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The girls all star ed a~1azingly, The ir mouth s a ll opened wide, And, when the be ll h ad go-ne for tea, They das h ed i·n, side by s ide.

They sat tlown J.n the ir places, An'd stared with bulg ing eyes, One stood up · a nd then· looke d aromid- · " There's cr eain· for t ea!" s he c ries .

The girls let out a mighty roar, The teachers had t o· smile, For such a thing to h ap.pen h er e Would make one run a mile.

Whe n their tea was finished, The y . could not concentra te, The teachers tried to make th.em work, But found them too pros trate.

- JOYCE FITCHER, Lower V.

Deutsch.

Me in e r s t e r ist in Zimmer aber nicht in IC

Stube,"

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.nfte r is t in " Zwei " a,ber nich.t in " fiinf,"

Mein sech ster ist in " Kaiser" aber nicht. in "Graf," Mein s ieben ter ist in "rultig" aibe r nicht in " wild ," Mein achte r is t in Frankre ich aber nicht in " Huge notte," Mein Ganges werden S ie fi nden , ist die best Klasse bei . M.L .C. Die Anwort: Zwa nzig A (XX.a.) .

-ALICE DIGf!T, Form XX.a. (age 15).

PRIZE JUNIOR VE,RSE. Dream Ships. lie a wake in bed a.t ni_g ht, And picture in the sky , The sta,rs above, as fairy s hips, [n myriaclR floating by.

A fa iry crew in every craft, The white-capped clouds the sea, Tiirough avenues of shining lights They sail on s ilently.

Tile moon , a s ilve r y J}alace, gleams Upon t h at mystic sea, Whe r e fairy s hips leave fairy loads OC dream s, for you a nd m e. · - BETTY CHINNER, Rem . A. (age 13).

Sunset. · The s un is sinking, s inking in the sky, And all the flo,vers know that nigh.t is nigh.

For the glorious sun 's dep artin g light I s slowly fa.din g, fad ing into nig h t.

"Oh , sta.y! o h, stay !" cries t he gold s unflower, "Oh , let us play fo1, one more hour."

The s un looks down on the golden h eacl.

With a 1b eaming s mile or rose and red.

But nig ht h a.s come w ith h er rold, chill )'. hand, And the sun has gone to another la nd.

The Sun-flower . an,1 his f rie nds so gay Dream of a gaui e wi th I.he s t;n n ext day.

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

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SILVER AND GREEN. Australia.

Aus t ra lia, m y birth-place, · T h e land t h at I love.

In my me m ory you'll linger Whereve r I rove.

When I'm on the ocean.

Or wancl'1·ing iilo ne Far from m y loved ones, Far (rom m y ho me I'm a lways a-t hinking, A-thinki n g of yo-u , Australia, m y homela nd .

Though ts that a rj! true .

Australia, 1i1y birth-place.

The· la nd that I love, In my memo1·y you linger W h erever I rove.

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

PRIZE SENIOR PROSE. Re-Incarnation. " I hold t hat whe n a person dies.

His s oul returns again to ea.rth Arrayed in some new flesh disgt1/se.

- Masefield .

Th e s treets of Pa1·is were in r e bellious mood. Blood had flowed free ly a.II the night; now, as if a fraid to look at the red terrors of Fra n ce. t he s un hid behind a saffron veil of clouds. All the earth , save for a far-heard mus ic of h oofs upon the roa d . was s ulle n, silent. Fea.r, in the s h.a dows, lurked finger on lip.

S udde nly upon th e high road h orses a ncl a carriage galloped into sight. -·. Some peasants, who h a.cl be en t.alkilll!." a t a marke t-place be yond the outskirts or Paris, cowered -b ack in fea r from th e m ad thing driving down upon the ~1 . The fa.ct th.at a.n a ristocrat of the court of Louis X IV. was in tlw ca rriage perha ps explained it. And th e tragedy was over in a mome nt. A s udde n shrill c r y of rear f r om a woman, a grinding of w h eels, a n d the c h a ise was gone in a cloud. of .d ust. ti~ht-lipp~ d Mon seign e ur smilin11; a little to h im s.elf. Only a piteous h eap r e ma ined on the ground. a ll th at was le ft of a µ!l,SCO n tr\all, .. . . .

The scream ot' sh e lls overhead o!lli11ous ly s ounded in the ears of the waiting 1914-and a ll its h orrorss oldier s. a waited th e m . In a few, s h or t minu-tes they would go "over t he to1>." A French man in a unifo~·\11 covered with F'lande rs mud stoo:I ta lkrng to a gr oup or fe l!o,, officers. Ta ll and a ris tocr atic he seem ecl in comparis on. with t h e oth e rs. S udde nl y h e straig hte ned u11. gla nced quickl y in t he direction of the en e my trench, and s ile ntl y clim heel · over the ba.1:rica.de of S!1-C: k s which g ua rded his -own dugout. A target for :1 11 th e bullets of t h e e nem y, h e h e ld _steNli b towards a sma ll, dark t'ig ure, caugh t in the ba.nbed wi re e n ta n 11;le 111 e-n t.s. · Nea.rer and neare r h e won until h e reached his goal. Gently li fti ng th 3 unconscious figure from the wire, h e turne cl back.

On and on h e struggle r\. falli11g in~o holes torn in · the earth by she lls. tripping ove r shell · cases, a nd yet fiirh ting h.is way e ver onwar'i'I. A cha n ce s hot ca u!!,"h t him ju st as h e droppe1l Iii~ burclen into the tre-nch. Pale as the g rey sky a,b ove, h.e turned towards th e Gascon. his face-. to the east, a nd died. So Mon seil!," ne nr worked out- !tis punis-h me nt.

- R. HEATH. Dip. A (age 15) .

The Prison.

An e xpanse or rolling green hills id e s tretchecl monotonous ly ha.ck from th E> c reek-side, w ide ancl · t reeless. The winding s tream took its tortuous course betwee n s t eep banks, a mid dry hea.ps o f water-w orn s t ones. A dusty str ip of roa d way climbed the hill behind.

The sky s howed co ld ly blne and str eak ed b y r agged trailing wind-clouds.

And out a gains t th e west, on the brow of the hill. a lo n g, s traight stone wall, high . gr ey, and rorl:>idd ing, a. barrier which s hut out completely the rest of t h e world from th.is lo ne ly waste la nd. · Not a tower, not a s pire , appeared aibove· It. The wide la ndscape before us had ceased- suddenly, fin a.lly, completely, in that towe rin g mass o f b lueston e, impregn a,ble, unscaleable. At a corner of the wall, n ear a s mall watch-towe r, a solita r y sentin e l paced s lowiy, ste;uiily to and fro. s ilhouetted against the sky.

T h e complet'.) hopelessT he prison! ness of t h e scen e was S·ll,dde~ln g. ~n11·t

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->ff from the wo r\<l , its pleasu re a nd pain. ci icl n ot en.d her e (Jean ancl I h a d nine more miles to go), Garry was very cer tain its joy and sorr ow, separated. perliaps, for h e wo uld not take th l'! car anoth er ya.nl life, from loved ones, . we\-e h.undred s of lives dragged out in u tter d ejection a nd along the a wful roads.

"No, miss," sa id he; "y' see wha · th_is h.opeless 111 isery-an existence bounde<l by a 'wa.11 ! The reason for th.eir convic- caJ"'s bin through. 'S a wonder s h e's any inna rds left in he r , and nary anither mi!e t ion was for gotten, horror at their wickeddoes s h e go t'nigh t.

Y'II 'a.Ye to go by ness and vice melted under t h.e tou ch of gig , miss." over whe lming· pity, t h e bond between us and our oppressed fellow-creatures.

• Well, t h at seemed to settle it.

T did Silent, invisi1ble it stood, ·behind its know wh at the car had been through. 'l'hc only wo-nrler to me was that we · had got h uge stockade, yet !Jle prison atmosphere .see med to pervade -beyond its walls. even as far as this witl10u t being bogged.

Old Garry h ad drive n a ll the way. I r e Th e n, borne acr9ss the h.ill on tbe high member h ow h e sat at the wheel driving wind, came the harsh clanging strokes of carelessly a long a fai rly good strdch, hiR the prison-be ll - mou nlful. dirge-like. su.d den "Look o u t for the ·b umps ' Bad With its la.st echoes, th'3 wind died away; only a moaning sigh f,e n t the rippl es over patch ahead !" Th.en t he lurching, with mud flying a nd the chains on the wheels the s urface of the brown creek.

And g ri ppi11g the ooz.y roads, until we would , again t h e unbroken s ilen ce. . . . pull through, and settle oui·selves fo r the How, like a vis ta or qur daily Ji ves, was t he scene--a steep, stony hills ide, m on- next ba d patch. I did not blame the old man: it 'was a wonde r th.at t he ca1· h;!ld otonous, sombre, str.e t ching ever upward any "innards" left; so t here was noth ing a nd · onward, only t~ reach an impen eror it b-ut the g ig. tra,ble barrier , secure against huma n knowledge, and ·beyond which lies t he unGarry was n ot gone five minutes b efor e known- th e -ba n;e r of Dea.th . h e drove up with " th is 'ere two-wheeled Btit, even as I watched, streak s of a ffair." J ean a nd I cla mbered in , pulled t h e rn g well up, ancl ;, Git up, y' old golden ligh t crept in.to the dull western s k y, illum ining t h e drea r y la ndscape with mare!" said Garry, and we wer e off. its pa l-e radiance. An om.en, s urely, for I sh.all never forget the beauty of tha.t the futu1·e, a n emblem of Hope l'rom benight; it was t h e n fo r the fir st t ime t hat yond t h e Veil, a gleam of e n couragem ent t he wonderful mystery of Australia stood to struggling pilgrims below. bofore me, s-een, but veiled an.cl unknown.

For a while T heard n othing but the T h e s tee ly blue of the h orizon soften ed sque lching of t h e wh eels in t he ruts, the into r.ose;, d usk was obscuring the crude " croak-cr oak " or th e frogs in t he Pn~S: of t h e stockade. Kindly nigh t has swamps on either s ide, a nd Ga.rry's f1·ele nt : beauty, wh e r e daylight found onl y I aref. \t gliness. All is peaceful now . . . . · que ntly muttered: And I t urned away, stran gely comtor ted.

"Git up, Browny!

Ah ! good old · Browny!"

Then his saroa.1;t ic: "Ah , M. M., Pass VI. mind y ' don't git ye r feet wet!" as th e ma·r e car efully s ide-stepped to avoid a hole into whic h · th e wh eel immedia t e ly Mystery. lurched. "Would y' like a pair of stockin gs, my friend?"

Althoug h t h e people ,yho live t he re reThat was all it was, just a drive in the fer to it as "th e city," to J ean a nd me rtigh t a mid t h e u sual coun try sound s; coming, as we did, fro·m · Mel•bourne , it was nothin g ,out a small count r y townbut t h e a ir had neve r seemed so freshly ship. Just a group of h o uses, a church . pure to m e, or the st a rs r:o clear. TJ1e an a ll-importan t. post-office, a mai n murm uring of the river in th e distan ce. street, covered with mud or dust, accordthe wild scent of the dren ched ea rth, th e in g to the season-that was the town . g um-trees standing out in darke ned outdozjng its life a.way beside t h e ri ver. line against the sk y, a.JI gave the night It was nigh t time, and at t he en d of an a ir of mys.tery- myster y. And a1bove a wet winter, when old Garry drove us a ll th e sounds that were near. I seemed in to this place; but, though our journ ey to llear far ~w•ay- s-i le n ce, a sile nce so

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- JOYCE MANTON, Pass VI.

PRIZE INTERMEDIATE PROSE. Dawn.

The fury of the storm was s.p ent ; the w ind's high cres·cendo · had diuiinish.ed, a nd it sobboo. and moa ned thr ough t he whispering t r ees, like a lost child; the clouds parted; the stars peeped through, and, for a mome nt, there was silence.

The sleepy birds lifted their h eads, h eavy with s lumber, from under their wings, and broke th ro ug·h t he solitude with their ear ly morning greetings; the lowing of cattle was faintly heard: then once more came that deathly s ilence, as though . e very living cr eat ur e was ·breathlessly waiting, waiting, wait ing·. . . . The stars grew pale1·, a nd a curtain of gr ey mist ·turned th e far objects into an indistinct blur.

The air grew warmer; the grey mis t turned to a gold ell dust, a n d•it was Dawn!

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

D awn in the Forest.

It was the hour, :before da.wn, the h o ur of shadows . The trees stood g rotesque and still, ever still, in the dim. grey li gh t.

Not a thing distur-bed the stillness. All Nature was waitini waiting in. ,breathless silence, for t h e coming of the dawn.

A de licate pink !lush stole o'er the treetops aiHI tin ged a fleecy cloud .

Othe rs followed, till the dim. greyness of the east h a.d given place to ri1isty pink. But still the fo•r est waited, breath less. Then the pure g·old rim of t h e sun appeared in view, uahering in the break of day.

The sus pe nse was past.

A soft bree~e san g a crooning me lody among the treetops. A kookaiburra broke into a. joyo us song of welcom e.

The mona r ch or th e day had e ntered h.is kingdom.

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

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" The Silver Streamlet."

"Brook, to what ri ve r dost th ou go 0 my brooklet, cool a nd sweet!" " l go to the river there ,be low, W h e re in -bunches t h e violets grow, And th e s un and sh ado w meet ."

- Longfe llow.

Far down in a cool and s hady gully, be tween two picturesque moun tains, fl.ow ed a li ttle s il ver streamlet, softly t ri p ping over t h e little p.eb>bles.

T'he sun -beat down mercilessly upon the la.zy trees on t h e mountain s ide, •but t he tall gr een tree ferns, meeting across t h-e lit tle str eam.let, s helterecl it from t he sun. '!'he s ides of t he mounta in gently sloping up to the summit were cover e d wit h wild bracken a nd sassafr as, while overhead the tall giant-like gumrtrees k ept t h eir motherly w a t ch over the flowers and ferns beneath them.

The • placid little streamlet flowed on, its limpid waters gradually widening as it did so; now bounding o•v er a I:u·ge s tone and gurgling down the other s ide, now passing a little clump of water-cress, now trickling under a fallen bough until it made _one frantic leap over a precipice, dashing the foamin.g white s.pray high up into th,.e air and then down again on its banks. Down, down, down it fell to the bottom of the cataract, each time with a resounding echo.

Th.at w ild cataract would have made a b eautiful picture for any photogr aph e r, with its green a nd silve,r hue, th e dark green t rees con t rasting ·deeply with t11e white s pray o! the cascade, while t h e sunbeams played rubout on the ti ny ripples ma de ,by the breeze.

Still. further it we nt, past the cataractunder the little bridge formed by two rough p lanks until it formed a la rge shallow pond, whe re its crystal water s fille d each little crevice and _c ranny with · pure cooling water.

From t h e mountai n s beyond cam e the distant ech o of the lowing of the kine or tl1e neigh or some horse, mingled with som e joyous birds' s weet melody.

The world, with all its cares and troubles , th e world with its heat and dust a nd all its people, mattered little to the little s treamlet; it l'.lowed on at its own

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sweet wjl\, in its· littl_e . cqol. dell; · than:kful . A litti-e .girl, who came out of a · h.om\·e , to do the little it coitld, bY giving d1;11k .. called excitedly° to . tier : 1n1.other: " Oh/ to the thir sting sp·a rrows, and refres·h ing mummie, com.e and :look ·;at : Biddy, with all :her little chickens! :Let's give . then;i t he •b aby flowers · and fe rns on its ba;1ks. some food_;, She did. so, and :Jj"res·ently , -B. STEVENS, Form XX.a. found the three little chickens ... -She ra n inside and got a .,basket:,, and, carried them inside.

PRIZE JUNIOR PROSE.. " Look at these poor little chicke ns, 111other; • they ai:e--so -s-ick-looking, .. Oould · I koo]J them as p,~ts, please " ' "Ye·s, dear,'' . The Midnight Party. 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 kept in· a basket ;iear the . Bluebell . ·w as .. h_aving her Mids ummer,P' kitchen · ·stove fm· somEi time, and ·. were Night ,ball, near -the magic r ing of butt,e rg.ivei1 ·11arnes-Mary, Tammy arid one that cups. She was · ·going to wear a blue bell was Ute sma.llest of tile: thre·e · was, called dress . wjtJJ .~bweb lace, and dainty · blue ·· "Tiny 'rim." and silver s lippers . ·11 They · s oon grew s lrong, . and · would That· evening, when t11e su.11. \Vas sinkfollow Betty everywhere she w:ent: When ing o.,;~r· the purple h ills, and the sky · a she 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 sigh·\ · to though, why Betty alwats · snut them up see!

Fairies, ·with , elves . for .i>artn,ifr~. iii lheir coop mi Sunday&. · She· 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 in church. They may sin•g . af the · wrorig " Da ncing in the fa iry d ells, time; whlch would be rather unpleasarit.

Hark! Lis.ten to the stlvcer bells." .. So ·· Mar;y-; T ommy · a nd .Tiny Tim, a ll Afte-r tl1e dancing the,y had a party, grew up, strong and h ealthy. dainty dishes of all kinds Jvere spread on One · night · iron1eone :·came and took the mushroo-m tables. Then ·ctawn; came, them, and Betty was very · sad indeeil. s preading her white wi.ii.gs· over the s k y.

Nothlng · more was· ·ever ·· heai'd of them A hurry and a scuttle, then-silence ! again.

The wind gently swayed·: the ·trees in re- L OMA AMOS; Form IV.c . . (age 12) . m e rnobrance o.l'. th!l · p11st night.

- P. · MOSS, ' Form IV.b: (age 13f

. The \Vhite_Rabbi~.

Bettr and H~r . Pets. " Cheep, c heep! " the small ·. chlcke ns said•; "Cluc1<, ·cluck! "· said tl1e old mo th er hen;·· " now you are· an otit · at lai,.t. . "'7hat ·:a. ·1arge· family I'.v e got! Now_ come with : m e i and I'll feach you '. to scratch and · find . gr:u bs.". , The chicke ns .scrallllbled out : of .the '- g rassy-nest · under a · bush. Th.ey. a.II fol·: low:e·d· joyfilHy· except· . ttll'ee; who were . ·,veak: and· huddled · togeth er in ::i. · corrLer of ·the .nes.f:· · The~ol.d J\10th,e1•• ":as ':so tius,y , 1uindµig he r - large , famHy tha-t..s_h e did n ot 110t:foe -these· little· ones,- w h.o .g1,aduaUy becam'.e weaker anci" weaker, a,nd colde r an d col der.

Whe n I first a woke· frpm w·h at seemed a long d ream I found myself · a r a;b,bit with white fur a.nd · pink · eyes. · · There wei:e s ix other young rabbits beside Iitys-elf, but then 'tl:).ey were ·not -as . ha_µdsome · as· I, nor did they hav:e . pink eyes or white fur. ·· Their -f llr was -<brown . They. gazed at me, · these ·. brothe rs- and .. sisters . ·of ·. mine,. in : some !lu-rprise. · .

Afte r aibout Etix .days of jus t eating nice grass a~d occas-i-onall,y carrots, ·whlch my mother · brought me, -I overheard ·my parent~ talking _.:»bout - t.ak-ing - me - outsid e •· the-,b urro.~ -·to -see · what · th&y cailed ·. " the . wor_l~. •:· The next morrung · trus came about.

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As we were gazing-'' at t he beautiful ·scenery before us, "the h ead 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, ju.st . 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 felt rather ne rvous going out, but I grew out of it..

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A Typical Camp Re-Union.

For weeks past they had bee n lookin g ron,,ard to October 22, and now that day had come.

It was· one- of Melhourne's worst days-a leaden sky with the·· dust hurled along by the wind so as to ·b ecome almost suffocating, and sho.w.i ng ve-ry little promise for the we~k-end.

The weather was certainly a.g aiust them, . but · still they set off ~;ith ligh.t hearts· -.and l1eavy cases, for whe n Seaford · ,va;s r eached the weather was not to mar the fun.

It was dark wh e n th ey a rrived, so · the house was . their only exploring · ·ground . that night, and · when at last they ·jumped into bed all hope{! that the elements would 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 sleepless night, they rolled out of ,b ed and went fo1• their morni-n_g dip, the rain was coming down in torrents. · After · breakfast it •began to clear a little, so happy gro"ups> o'f cainpers set off to spend · the day in ·swimming and walk-'. fog" reading-. a.nd · taJkiug. How peaceful it" was now : tha.t-- the worldly rattle or frains and· cars had been swallowed up by that ever lulling murmur of the great blue sea.

urothers a1id s isrers··- w·eYe ' excellent 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, which made my blood cui·cl!e. But mother had seen hil)'l arid give 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 have childr()n . o[ my' o wn, all with pin le ··e yes and, ·-*hite . fu:, like . t~nir mother. I a m very proud of them a11d hop!) to bring them up well, as my mothe-r did me.

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

At I;i.st the _sun ·w ent ctowu, its last long rays 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 se.r vice ·on the ·beach, and "how much nicer it was· here with . Nature~ works all 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 ·t rolfed. 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 ·blotted out by · this great black n1ass 0 ·N ext morning the most e,n thusiastk members 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-dong !

Ding-dong! The 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•ble girls wh e n t11ey were confronted with t he sad news that the m ail.ls had gone on strike only a little over an hour be fore lunch? This really did h appen to ,we •boa rde rs of 1926.

Neverth eless, being a chee-r ful crowd, we decided to make the best of it and s how the maids what w e could do whe n le ft to our own r esources. Amidst pe1.1.ls of la u gh ter and clatter of crocker y, lunch was prepared and was r eady at the usual time. Luckily for us the Home Science .,,. School is in full swing, and so Miss Shapley, with t he help of the cook ery , s tudents, cooked our dinner, so that w e d id n' t, by any means, starve t h at day.

The outside public s·h owed th e usual c urios ity of onlooker s, and sever a l newspaper re presentatives waited o n Dr. Fitch ett, on e going so far as to photo,gTa.ph us at work. Everywhere day ·g irls could be heard saying, "I wis h I we r e a boarder." Many Old Collegians ex pressed t h eir regret that nothing so exciti ng ha pp ened while they were a t school. "' P. L.C., h earing of our sad plight, kindly sacrificed one of t heir housek eepers to , us. '\life watched. with interest, the a r-

Once again the m.emrbership of th e Old Collegians' Club has ·b een greatly increased by the enrolment or most of the girls who are leaving School at the e nd of the year .

Everyone is looking for ward with interest to the pleasures which the Club will provide, a nd these pleasures . are greatly increased by the anticipation of (.Jw ne"IV Club . Rooms . . Tl:lese a r e slt11ateq

rival of the new maids, and soon found that we had a full staff once more. The n e w cook has won th e hearts of us all by th e varied assortme nt of dis h es she sets •before us.

We feel no ill-will at a ll towards th e ma id s who le ft u s s udde nly. but rathe r r e joice in the J)re,sent improved s tate of affairs.-M. S., F . K.

Summer Thirst.

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Why is it that we have to ,vall, a lmost ha.If a mile in the scorching h eat across the s ports fi eld and across Aileen S tree,t to the n ear est tai> at the Girls' Block ? By the time we artj v-e back again we have almost forgotten we ever ha d a drink and a.re rea dy for anothe r .

One repeatedly hears th e complai nt that n o tap Is provided.

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

on t h e eighth !Joor of ·Nicholas B uildings in Swanston Street, and w e re opened by Being in Mrs. Fitchett on Decembe r 4. th e h eart of the city, they will ·be most conve nient for girls at business, and will afford a h a ppy setting for the activiti es of th e Club.

The dance is t h e great even t of th t> year, and m a n y of our frie nds will th en take the step into the social world.

At the Garde·n Party a nd th e Di/mer old frie ndships be renewed, old _days laughed ove r, old m e mories a wakened.

And so thr~ugh ·th.e medium. of t h e Oluh t h ere will be kept alive the. s piri t of ot1r Sc!too] a.!1\1 of our trn4-itions,

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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 first-class at music, but she couldn't cook an egg · t-0 save her life. Why don't they teach her something really useful?"

That's wh at t~ average broth,3r says about t he average and modern s ister.

Happily that state of things is rapidly sinking int9 oblivion. as some of our principal Colleg~s· are falling into line anll open ing a Domestic Science Branch. whe n' students are instructed in the gentle arts of cooke1·y, laund r y. and · household ma·nagement .

They go th.rough the wh o'c curriculum in easy, interesting s tages; so that by the time a girl is r eady to learn college s he finds h erself not only' able · to assist her mother in her socia l engagements, e nterta.ining guests, etc., but is quite capa-b le, should t he cook or housemaid get "hutfy," a nd leave at a moment's notice, to take t he i1• place, a nd, what· ii;; more to the point, fill it satisfactorily.

The M.L.C. Plans.

A recent visit to the new Domestic Science Wing, that has just ·been addeda.t a cost of over £6000-to th.e Methodist Ladies' College, H awthorn, Victoria, a.n·d a, chat with Miss ·shapl ey, who is in ch a r ge of tl1e Cookery, Laundry, a nd Homecra.f t Classes- to say nothing of a peep a t the students who were ·busily preparing alJ sorts of appetising dishes under h er s upervision-gave aJ1 insight into • the thorough ness of the training, and t he kee n interest the girls take in th eir work.

Of course, when a subject becomes e\e· vated to the dignity of a "Science," it somehow becomes quite a different thing.

If we could only convince ourselves 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 would not -b ecome nea.r ly as m~mf)t.onous.

Th~t is w h y all t he young

people in the beautiful class-r.ooms of the Home Science School of the M.L.C. are so keen-,-they 11.ren't just 1eaming to do house-wor k (in the ordinary sense of the word) , its " Domestic Science." Ther ein lies the difference.

Teaching Me~hods.

" We take three classes here," explained Miss Shapley (who comes to us. with thP high est possible Domesti~ Science Certi.l'ica.tes, a nd ten years' first-c1!1-ss teach ing experience in England), "th e first of which is cooking. rn . these classes we take one demonstratiC>n and one prac tical lesson •. e.ach week. fn ·connection with their ordinary school studies, the girls are given a good grounding in t he relative values of food-stuffs ancl their v arious constituents, and 1 just supplement that knowledge during the demonstration Jes• sons. I also illustrate how various dish es are ma.de, a.nil then , at a ' practical ' lesson, ; th e girls show me how much knowle9ge they have gained at a rlemoustration lesson .. " Of •· course . . the beginners start on someth~ng quite simple, ll\1!,Ybe a soup, or t he preparation of vegetables, and th ey then -W-Qrk up 'by ea$y stages to the roast. simple sweets. cakes, a tid var ious homel y dishes, The senior and more aclva.n ced studeQts' undertake such things as French savoutles. 0111elettes. fancy decorated cakes,'. and sw~etmeats- branches of cookery that a more adva nced cook is s upposed:. to b e familiar with.

Periodically the girls draw up their own menus, and here : I encourage them to expr~ss th eir own ·i deas. "'Fltey .are then instructed in the names. s hape, and comparative size of t he various Joints-those suitahle for boiling, and those :for roasting-and are ta.ught how to de~I ·w!t)1. tM !ess eJCpen~iv·e (though

ILVER A 10 equally n ourishin g) part s o[ the animal in order to o b tai n the hi~hest nutritiYe v alue. The u se of sau ces, both from the s tandpoint of a garnish and a condimem, i s al so discussed.

Merits of Sloves.

"Tn our kitchen at the M.L.C.- w h i ch is very w ell equipped - we h ave Lh e aclvan• tage or three stove&- th~ el ectric, the one-fire, and t h '.) gas-stove.

Or t h ese three t h e 'one-fire' seem s to be the m os t popul ar . In th e first place, a g r eat many of t h e .~ iris are 'boarders ' from the coun• t r y , a nd in the hom:es they h ave come from . a nd possibly 1.h e h om es they may have to m ana ge in the future, they anti c!• pate the •one-fire' stove will b e t h e chief medium of <'Ooking, and are tllereforf' :' n xi ou s to kn o w how to rnana1;e thi s cl ass or stove to p er fectio n.

Again, it i s the most economi cal. and we believe in teach· ing the girls economy. Qne or two o.f the s tncl en t s have the electri c stove ins t1tll ed in t h eir hom es-and are, there fore, k een to know how to manjpu.late it.

Th en , a,:rain. · the gas stove proves very p opul ar. and i s a l so econ omica.J to use. providin g all taps a.r e turned off immediatel y they are fini sh ed with .

Howe ver. a ll stove,; ar e taken in turn. and th e stud en ts ar e taug-ht how to manage each type with c-ase.

The Laundry. " Then co mes t he Laundry. fi'or the ' scienre ' side of I.his, we Lake such thing s as the action o-f stron g soaps on va riou s fa.brics-th e quali ties or hard ancl soft water, h o,w t o . soften unduly li anl w at er -and touch on any vita l point that will affect th e cloth es.

Then materials are discussed- those of stout fi'bre and t hose of d eli cate t exture-how they sh ould b e washed-the kind or s oap to b e u sed-th o water (hot, cold, or tepid), and if soda or soap-powd er, etc.. should b e add ed. " Home-dyein g a nd cold-water dyeing is taken n ext- and interesting exp erimen ts a r e p erformed on all sorts of garmentssm all on es. or course, to -tiegin with, an,! then. aR our success makes u s bold er , we

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try on something a little bi t bigger. Al last ' washing-day ' an-Ives. and a very in teresting day i t is.

The trough s· are filled with water -each t r ou gh is fitted w i th a. hot and cold w ater supply-t h e i:,;arments washed, boiled , starched, hung ou t to dry, brough t in- ' cl amped down,' fol ded, iJ,oned , and car efull y put a.way.

Ever ything is then scrubbed, and the l aundry l eft as spick and sp an as a n ew pin.

The Homecraft Class. " L as tly there i s th e H om ecra fl class.· Thi s is in i ts infancy at the moment, but l have great hopes of m aking this even m or e inter esting than eith er of the other two. Firstly, all bran c h es of housework are taught from th e washini:,; of the ver y n ecessary saucepan lo th e selling of an elaborate dinner-tabl e and t h e t aste ful arran gem ent o·f flower s. f<'11ruiture, and i ts arrangement, furni shings (curtain s. hangings, etc.) and th eir ar r angement, colour-sch em es, t h e ch oosin g of pictures and wall-paper a r e all dis:ru ssed. and will come nnder this :bran ch.

The Art of Shopping. " Shopping i s another bran c h of the • Homecr aft,' in which 1 am l<eenly interested, and, as man y girls will b e living in the country, and m ay possibly have t o do a great d eal of their sh o ppiug by means of catal ogues issued b y the big depart· ment stores, we are d evotin g t ime to "Catal ogue" sel ection n o w.

The girls find i t most facinatin g ; it gives their im.ag ination full re.in, and, as all prices are m.a1·k ed in p.Jain f i gures, they can get a good idea, i n a f ew m.ome,n ts, of wh at it wonld cost lo !urnlsh a h o nsc room b y . "7 1·oom. "rt will 1be seen that much is b eing done to · give ou r girls at th e M .L .C. a good groundin g in t h e h ousewifely arts, and m any a young h.usband in t h e not too far distant future, when h e arriYes home to find a dainty, appetising meal awai ting, . him will have cau se to be thankful that his ~vife was ' once a stud ent in the Dom· esti c Sci en ce Bran ch or th e M ethodist Ladies' College, Jiaw th orn ."