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Fitchett

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boy, h as yet to s trike tbe gene ra l public.

F o r example, pare nts a r e still e ncountered who ex cuse in thei r da ughters what t hey would punish in their sons, because sh e's "only a girl." Only a girl!

Yet if wo man, in the fu t ure, is to take h e r place, in e ver y department of public life · as the equa l a nd co-par tn e r of man, she must have, in he r d eveloping yeus. the same ideals and moral training as the m an or th·e future.

As a community our School h as, in the majority of its m embe rs, a fine School spirit, but a school, like every othe r community, is always jud ged by its small minority o f offe nders rathe r than by t he l arge majority of law-abidi1· g This h as been, as it always citizens. will be, the way o f human nature.

Let us, ther efore, not only as a Schoc·,, but th-r ough eacb a nd ever y individual me mber of our Sch ool, strive to put into comm on practice those ideals and as-

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HE ph r a.se, "Pu blic School Spirit," comes constantly before the public eye in ne ws pa pers a nd other publi cations whic'b. devote columns to the doings of tbe school-boy and -girl. Yet, wh e n this " Public School Spirit " is me ntioned, it is almost always in connection with the s choolboy a nd his school.

The average pe rson who is un connected with the scholastic world still regards the schoo lgirl from a nineteenth century viewpoint, as a young miso who goes to school to lea rn to sew arnl ::,lay the pia no- and for no other r eason. The idea that a schoolg irl may have ,i.s much School s pirit a nd ju::;t as strict a 1:ense of honour as the school-

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SILVER AND GREEN. pirations, so hard to d efin e, which are e nd of first term, but h e r place was filled describe d as "Public School Spirit."

by Miss Forman, who had left us a t the L et us endeavour to k eep t hese ideals end of last year. Ul-health forced Mis s ever before us, t hat we may develop to Parry to leave, and her duties we re tak en ·broadminded a nd e fficient woma nhood ; over by Mrs. Bra meld, a nd, later, by Mis s so that if ever the n eed s hould arise, we Lindsay. s ha ll be r eady and willing to serve our The Junior School, which has at last e ncountry .a nd our Empire. tered into its own domain, Cato House, now has a separate Assembly, with the result that the senior Forms can s it in gr eater comfort in Fitchett H all.

School Notes.

Whe n School r eopen ed on F e brua r y 10, we found several welcome additi ons t o our teaching s taff- Misses Gawley, Scott, Parry, Taylor . Davies and Holding. L a ter in the t e rm Miss Smyth e's successor, Mrs. Humphries, becam e a r esident. w .e we re a ls o pleased to s ee Miss Pitts a nd Miss Fielden back again after their year's absen ce.

Owing to her a pproaching m a rriage, Miss Taylor had to leave us at the

One morning in Assembly we were delighted to h ave an address by Rev. Wilisoni Lagi, the well-known Fijia n doctor who has gone to Papua as a mission ar y.

On May 5, we h ad a m ost e njoyable visit from Miss Frances Nickawa, the Indian Cr ee Princess, who held us spellbound with her recitations, songs and stories.

We have also had interesting addresses from Mr. Gosbell, Secretary of the Britis h

Prefects, 1925.

Hac k Row (le ft. to rig h t); F. Sc holes. 0 . Rowlands, P . S mith, i\l.' Beckett; V. lla.nunond. l\L Allen.

D. Sincock . · F.s·on~ now: n . • Ro<.,, N , Ashwor t h, A. " 'hite (Senior House). ly. St,m\.rt (~~1,iQ_r Pre fect), J\I, Clark, 1. J e nkins, E. HoJJa.n .

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Associate Prefects, 1925.

Unc k UO~v {lt:ft to right) : G. ¥01•4:, .K. Oukl~y, E . ~[~Hutch inson., 1\l. , ,Viltiti.m,s, :nr. Brien, · I. ~, itltio, L. Cornell. ~·ro nt Row : N . U avies, 1\l. H olding,, ,U . l 1"oard , J . Da,•ilWn, C. Sanders, S. Jones, - A. J"enni~on . -

anti Foreign Bible Society, a nd from Rev. Cano n, a missiona r y on furlough.

On Saturday, August 1, during t ile v isit of the United Stat es Fleet, the' g reater part of the School took possession of tile "Seattle," . Dr. F itchett having obta ined pe rmission· f rom the Admiral for us t o Ever ybody e nv isit this battle-cruiser. j oyed themselves immensely.

E lsewh e re in the magazine w ill be found accounts of the visit of th e sports' teams from t he Adelaide M.L.C ., a nd the very enjoyable times we s pent with fhem , and a lso of our inte r-School d ebate W e hope a nd debate agains t the Staff. the De ba t ing Socie ty will have man y mo re of s uch de bates in the future.

W ith r egard t o contributions to " Silve r a nd Green," we would like to thank all those g irls who s ubmit t ed prose a nd verse, a nd a lso t hose who have so kindly contributed gene ra l articles.

The Form

Notes, on the whole, show an improvem en t on thos e of a few years ago, t ho i1gh in spite of t he eloque nce of · las t year·a Editors, w e have again been inund·ated with Form riddles, which have, of course, m e t with their usual fat e.

Looking back ove r the year , with - its ·varying activities, we · notice, beside the improvements in our sports, a general ad·vance in a ll brl!,nches of ; work, and feel · justified, there fore, in calling this year ·one of th e best · the College h as ever known.

Acknowledgment of Contemporaries.

T he Editors would like to ack nowl edge the r eceipt of t he following School maga zines: "The Melburnian," " The Pegasus," "The Prince Alfr ed Chronicle," " The Excels ior," "The Lio u," "The Chronicle," "Girls' Gram. School Notes,"" The Record."

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School Office-Bearers. ~enior Prefe ct: W. Stuart.

Prefects: M. Allen, N. A shworth , M. B eckett, M. Clarke, V. Hammond, E. Hoban, I. J .enkins, D. Rowl a nds, R. Roe , F. Scholes, L. Seehusen (Term I.), D. Sincock, P. Smith, A. White.

Associates : M. Brie n, L. Cornell, N. Davies, J. D av ison, I. Fithie, D. Foard, M. Holding, A. J ennis on, S. Jones, E. McHutchison, E. Oakley, G. Pope , C. Sanders, M. Williams.

Form Captains: R. Hoban (Hon. VI.), G. Hughes (Pass VI.), F. Kruse (V.a) , W. Thomas (V.b.) , H. Rogers (Terms I. a nd II.) , N. Boyd (Te rm III.) (V.c), W. Stuart (Dip.), F. Howard (V.b Sp. ), B . McCutche on (XX.) , G. Clarke (XX.a), J . Cox (L.V.), R. Lehre r (Coll. V .) , B. Turner (V.c Sp.) , J. Soloman (Rem. A) , B. Carson (IV.a) , M. Warne (IV.b), H. Eggles ton (IV.c) , E. Salmanow (IV.d), L. Arthur (L. IV.), P. Ditchburn (Junior School).

Sports Committee: Mr. Le Couteur (Cha irma n) , Miss Davies, Miss Krome, Miss Parsons, M. Beckett (Sec.), M. Clarke (Treas.) , T. Dawson, I. Fithie·, R. Hoban, G. N ettle, D. Sincock , W. Stua rt, M. Taylor, M. Williams.

Sports Capt ains: M. B e ckett (Tennis), .I. Fithie (Basket-Ball), M. Clarke (Baseb a ll).

Literary Editors: D. Foard a nd D. Rowlands.

Publi shing Edito r: J. Da vison. _Form Editors: D. Rowlands (Hon. VI.), E. Fisher (Pass VI.), J. Manton (V.a), A. Atkinson (V.b), E. Butcher (V.c), D. F oard (Dip. A), G. Lardner (Dip. BJ, B. Bower (V.b Sp.) , H . Wilke (XX.), L. McDona ld (XX.a), J . Ce rrutty (L. V.), G. McKinnon (Coll. V .), E. Stone (V.c Sp.), M. Guard (Re m. A) , B. Jeffery (IV.a), A. Flowe r (IV.b), R. Le Coute ur (IV.c), D. Champion (IV.d ).

Lib raria ns : D . Foard (School). M. Shannon (House).

Libr.ary Committee: Miss Hay, Miss Krome, Miss Luke, N. Campbell, E. C larke, M. J . Clarke, K. Cooke, E. Fis her, K. Hull, N. L egge, E. McHutchison, E.

Miles, E. Millik~n, V. Murdoch, D . Rowlands, I<'. Scholes, E. Stocks.

Students' Christia n Union Committee: M. Beckett (President), W. Stuart (Vic,;iPresident) , P. Smith (Treasurer) , D. Row lands (Corres. Sec.) , M. Clarke (Rec. S ec. ), I. Fithie, J. Masters. · Debating Society Committee: Miss Hay (President), C. Sanders (Secr etary).

M. Beckett, D. Foard, D . Rowlands, D. Sincock, W. Stuart.

University Examination Results.

Sc hool Leaving Honours: H . Barlow - 2nd class French, 1st cla.ss History.

M. Be ckett-2nd class Histor y.

N. Burke-3r d cla ss French.

E. Christensen-1st class English (Exhibition), 1s t class French, 1s t class History.

D. Cla rke, 1st class H istory, 2nd class Englis h, 2nd class Geography.

B . Hall-2nd class English, 2nd class Histor y.

E. O'Dwyer-3rd class Englis h, 1st clas~ History.

M. Rothw ell-3rd class HistorY.. I'. Rowlands- 3rd cla ss Englis h.

W . Sedunary-3rd class English, 2nd . class History.: _K. Simms- 3rd class French. B. · Uren- 3rd class · Trigonome try, ' 1st cfass History.

E . Wadeson2nd class English , 1st class French, 2nd class Physiology.

Tota l : 8 1st class, 9 2nd · class, 7 3rd class Honours.

Senior Government S,cholarships : E. Christenson, E. O'Dwye r .

Exhibitions: E. Christensen (Queen's, Non-Re sident) , B. Hall (Queen's, NouResident), E. Wadeson (Queen's, NonResident).

School Le aving Pass: M. Allen, N. Ash worth, D. B asset, M. B rie n, L. Broadbent, E. Clarke, M. Clarke, M. J .

Clarke, K. Cooke, L. Cornell, D. Davies.

N. Finney, D. Foard, G. Frederick, B. Hall, W. Hamer, R. Hoba n , I. J enkins, H. Lee, D. Ma ttingl ey, E. McHutch ison , N. McL e nnan, J . Morris, F. Piesse, D .

Pollard, R. Quayle, M. Renshaw, D. Rowlands, F . Scholes, W. Sedunary, K .

Simms, A. Sinclair, W. Stuart, D. Warne, D. Watson, A . White.

Total : 36 Leaving Certificates.

SILVER AND GREEN. Intermed iate Certifica t e: L. Bailey, J .

Barnfather , L . Belch e r, M. Bull, N. Cooper, N. Davies, H. E a kins, E . Fis he r, K. Fors te r, F. J e nkins, B. L each , E. Oakley, A. Phillips, R. Ri tte r, E. Sp eed, R. Stocks, H . T em pl eton , R. T rewin , M. Wi llia ms ( V.a), E. Atkinson, M. Baird, .J. Broomb y, B. Finney, V. Hammond, J. Harmsworth, M. Holding, R. Hopkins, M. L ambert, I. McCl elland, J . McCulloch, R. Owen, D. Skinner, B . Thomas, E .

Tulloch (V.b), M. Aisbette, N. A!le n . M. Gr een , G. Hughes, G. Matting ley, S. McKenzie, E. Miles, C. Sand e rs, D. Sincock, E . Stocks, R. Symons, F. T rudinger (V.c), N. Ashworth, E. De Lacy, G. F rede rick, A. Sinc lair, M. Tootell.

Total : 51 Intermedia te Cer t ifica tes.

New Girls Enrolled, 1925.

Te rm I.- M. W at kin, J. Ce rutty, N. Waters tion, A. Mee, D. Marde lJ, J. Marde ll, F. Mardell, G. McKinnon, A. Bell, W. Willia ms, H . Hummerstone, M. Joll y, L. 'Grqche, H. Warre n , M. Guyton , N. AIJa n , .

J. Clark e, N. F lyger, E. F lyger , T. Migan, L Tyne r, D. Champion, E. Cha mpion, R. Champion, W. Cha mpion, B. Christoph e r, ·G·. Em e rson, M. Rogers, E. Rogers , J . ~arne tt, A. Bailey, E. Ca mpbell, D. Burton , J . Petersoil, W. Little, M. Peters, M. Ennis, E . Preston, M. Thompson , S. Southe rn, .J. Dance , Z. Duband, B . Sarah, J . Nola n, N. Rashleigh, O. Ghe nt, I. Dunn, I. Cohen, N. Davies, A. Davis, I. Ye lJa nd, E. Thomas, I. Nixon, H. Kirs ne r , M. E rrington , V. Pemberton, F. Craig, E. Reynolds, M. Wood, J. Gartly, R. Barker, J. Currie, P. Austin, R. L ehre r , I. Bradly, V. Warne, M. Warne, M. Knight, N . Ransom, R. _:!.ohos, H . Wilkie, M. Holding, M. F ord , S. Eps tein, A. Epste in, D. Callagh a n, M. L a ne, B. L a n e, L. Caldow, E. Orchard, I. Adams, J . Hugh es, L. S imms, B. Evans, M. Vaughan, M. N ic holas, K . Mie rs, M. Miers, R. Fraser , M. Thomas, E. Hawke, M. Dillon, B. Grins t e in, E. McMath, M. Mo nsbourg h , M. Thiessen, N. Emery, H. McGre;or, u. Harrison , N. Ebbett, E. Ebbett; M. Ball, D. Sampson , H. W ilson, A. W e lle r, M. Devine, 8.

Griffith, E . Crellin , A. H owells, M. Moss, D. Ra; s on, M. Christensen, G. H ocking, M. Sanders, D. Cl~iand, M. J ago, G. Holloway, B . ..,.Blay, J. Barne tt, A. Knights, B. Maydom , N . Jones, E . Green, L. Beckerle y, L. De nniston , W . Denniston, J. 1\1,ills, M. Be nnett, B. Bower , B . Gledhill, H . Witten , E. Manning, C. Beeston, N. Dis her , K. Roy le, L. Park, M. WiJls on, V. Rodda, A. Rodd a, I. F e rguson, E. F er guson , M. Charlwood, L. Charlwood, M. Shaw, P. Reed, G. K e nt, A. Prowse, G. Hunt, I. Wykes-Hall, M. Wookey, N. Wookey, G. McDonald, E. J a m es, J . Moore, P . Powe ll, N. Elde r, K . Grigg, M . Long, J . McLe nnan, M. Powell, H . Lancaster, B. W a tt, G. Scales, I. Crittenden, E. Cadle, E. Cowa rd, D. Bull, J . F . Fenton , D. Piepe r , A. Gree n , J . Fenton, M. Scilley, G. Robe rts, G. Sugget t, M . Fitchett, B. Fit_!;he tt, B. T h waites, D. Th,~a ites, M. W a t son, J .

GiJlies, E . Carnava n. C. Harry, R. Higginbotham, W . Rooke, M. Larmour, L .

Heaton , D. Lory, M. Hardie, D. L ewis, C. Andrews, H . Chappe l, C. T e mpleton, B. N icholas, A. Pearson , V. Nalder, J. McAllister, M .. Sinclair, M. Chamberlain, I. Medlyn, N . La nyon, · L . D ever e ux, E .

Diffey, L. Diffey, C. McAllis t er, I . Robinson, M. Malseed, A. Curre r, K . Harry , D .

W a lt e r s, F. L e Cout e ur, H . Watters, J. Scott, M. P ickErtt, R. J e ffery, H . Adams , G. Lee, F . Ken_n edy, G. Henry, B. Purvis , N. Dunn, G. Macnau ghton, G. Gadsten , N. Brown, M . Wilson, E. Stone, H . Whitley.

J . Duigan , I . Williams, J. Money, C. Money, J . Taylor, Y. Gibb s, I. Whitfield, N, Whitfield, D . Tarrant, E. Negri, V .

Farme r , M. Gu a rd.

T erm 11.-M. Bernie, A. John, M. J e nkins, K. Coll e n , M. Wilson, J. K. McCracke n, G. Salte r, R. Hare, F. Petersen , C. Gu a rd, B. Bloom, E. May, G. Thomas, J . Richmond, L . Worrall, I. Hare, M. L ongley, E. Long ley, N. King, M. Carter, J . Robinson , J . Vivian, M . Goldswo rt hy, V. H::yle r, R. H ayle r .

T e rm J\L- R. Muir, C. Curt is, E. PotIock, C. McL eod , M. La ird , J . Robe rts, D. Nich ols, G. Johns ton:, M. Johnston, B. Fra nklin, J. Gree n , T . Boardsman . . (j

SILVER AND GREEN. Junior Red Cross. " I Serve."

'The Junior Red Cross circle this year is led by Miss Lewis, a nd Miss L yle shows her interest iu. a practical way in her office of treasurer. The committee consists of one representative from each Form, from which M. Clarke was elect ed as secretary.

The Forms have worked well this year for free kindergartens, foundling homes, hospitals and miss ion centres. During the months between April and November about 700 garments were made and sent a way, besides large parcels of left-off clothing.

One Form has collected the necessary money needed to install a cot at the Berry Street Foundling· Home.

The Ifospital appeal for eggs was generously responded to; forty-five dozen were collected a nd sent away. The Prefects as k ed £or magazines and books, and over 300 we re brought to us, which were packed and se-nt to the bush settlers.

We received a request from the Methodist F9reign Mission Depot asking us to send a box to the Rev. Davies at New Britain. We did our best and packed the box -ivith medicines, toys, mirrors, soap, slates, · pencils and a nything else we thought would be useful to the missioner.

Early in the year the committee decided that the children, orphaned by the railway accident at Highett, should be helped.

An appeal was made in the School, and the girls s h.owed their sym pathy by subscribing libe rall y. The res ult was that we had £27 5s. 9d. to send to them.

Many of the Forms gain an added interest in the children for which they work by visiting them at the Kindergarten centres.

I take this opportunity of asking the Form Captains of next year to show their

interest in this work and to keep their Forms up to the mar.k because it is largely with them that the success or failure of the movement rests.-M. C.

Students' Christian Union.

The S.C.U. meetings £or 1925 have been very successful. The first one of the year was a business meeting, where the officers were elected as follows: President, Minnie Beckett; vice-president, Winsome Stuart; treasurer, Phyllis Smith:; corresponding secretary, Dilys Rowlands; r ecording secretary, Mildred Clarke. At a meeting of the officers, Ida Fithie and Joy Masters were nominated for the executive committee.

We have had many very inte r esting speakers, and those who could not attend certainly didn't know what they were missing. The first mee ting was addressed by the Rev. H. E. E. Hayes, Toe H, who told us about the movement to whir.h he belongs.

Other speakers who interested us very much and were kind enough to give up their dinner hour were Mr. Law, ton (the Principal of St. Andrew's College). the Rev. F . W . Boreham, Rev. H. A. Keck, Rev. Dr. McCallum, Rev. C. I. Ben-· son, the Rev. B. W. Heath, the R ev. Ca 1vert Barber, and Rev. W. Amos.

We began our Bible circles early in second term, and the executive wish m e to thank the Misses Krome, McKa y, Hay a n<l Hall for the work which they did in connection with them.

The members for this year numbe r 140, and the average attendance is somewhere about 85. We realise that w e cannot expect too large an attendance at dinnertime meetings, as the activities of the School are many and varied, and there are so many claims on one's time.-M. C.

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We have g r eat hopes of three cups tor baseball and two for basket-ball being presented at Speech Night as t he inter Form trovhies.

The tennis cups have already been g iven by Old Collegians (of course we should not complain if a few more were presented) .

Up to date basket-ball has been the most popular game and the one we excelled in- natura lly because it is not a premiership game. This year the Sports Committee decided that our rules were slightl y a ntiquated.

Hence we revised and after much practice learnt to s hoot the ba ll t h~oug:h t he ring at our first att empt.

But when matches began we found that other schools were still a s antiquated as we had been. But even their rules cannot get the best ot a good t eam.

During the year the question of colours a rose, and was discussed by the Committee.

Some members thought that colours should be awarded to a girl who distinguished he rself by outstanding play. Mr. Le Couteur, howevflr, preferred that a girl should win he r colours tor representing he r School not necessarily by distinguishing herself. Finally it was decided to g ive the colours for r epresentation. The colours were to be presented to the girls in Assembly. We a re glad that this old custom has been r evived, because we feel the honour greater.

Sports Notes, 1925.

Th e sporting activities of 1925 have been a large factor in the school year, thanks to the help of the Sports Committee, an industrious and original g roup!

The first matter of importa nce was the selection of the School Tennis E ight.

As a r esult of last year's Sports Mistresses Conference, it was decided to replace the old first a nd second fours by a school eight. The scheme has been a great s uccess, for a large school needs a good r e presentation in sport in or der to keep the competition keen. Although our tennis girls were uns uccessful in gaining the shield. they at least made every match a battle royal to the finish , often the narrow margin of a game separating them from victory.

Following on t eniiis came baseball.

This needed all our conside ration, as in previous years the game has not been taken up with much enthusiasm.

It was therefore decided to start interForm contestG, dividing foe Forms into Senior, Inte rmediate, a nd Junior divis ions. These matches have proved most satisfactory, a nd in consequence our baseball team for 1925 had one easy victo ry a nd two close d efeats.

The team which consists m a inly of younger girls s hould be a great asset to our s port for 1926.

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Swimming on Back.-Under l.5: 1, C. At the end of second term our s ister " School, Adelaide l\LL.C., paid us a visit Goldie ; 2, M. Overend. and stayed in MelbciurnA during the _Life-Savin g.-1, M . Clarke and C. holidays. These visits to and fro usecl Goldie. to be a regqlar custom up to the war.

D:iv_ing.-Over 15: 1, N. · Legge and l.

Some hope that they will be r ev ived and Allen.

Under 15: 1, U. Legge and V. strengtlien the bond of union between Epstein.' us. _M atches of tennis a nd bask et-ba ll Relay R:J.CE;S. -Lower Middle : Upper were arran ged, our girls being victorious IY. Upper Middle : XX.a. Senior: Dipin t ennis, the laurel of victory being loma. House "· Sc,h ool : School. shared in basket-ball.

-M.A. Our School Sports were h eld ou October 19 at the Hawthorn Oval. Thanks to Miss Lyle · and the staff. we had a most enjoyable afternoon tea for Gd. Basehall Notes.

Also a band played merrily , cheering our T.his year we were not very optimist i ~ flying teet along.

Special th anks a re about our baseba ll team, but we discovdue to Miss Davies for h er tine organered several girls, new to the School, who ising and admirable leader ship in all s howed promise. branches ot sport.

The team for the firs t round was chosen The day was concluded by presentaas follows : Catcher, M. Clarke (captain) ; tions of Juuior, Intermediate, a nd Senior pitcher, B. Sarah; first base, M. Williams; Championship Cups by Mrs . Fitchett, second base, F . Craig; third base, W. and so the history of onr best Sports J oyce ; S.S., A. Weller; R.O.F .. J . Ibbott; Day is wrltten.-W. S .

C.O.F., I. .Fithie ; L.O.F., M. Willson.

This year was the first time we have had practice matches against Public Swimming S:>orts.

School teams, when we played P .L.C. Accompanied by the usual amount ot twice.

The first time we were beaten, yelling and cheering and splashing, our but by the time we played the second swimming sports took place on Friday, match our team work had improved, and we won. This increased the interest in F e bruary 27, in our own baths.

Now that the size of the School h as in- the teams of l:oth schools, and by the time we playeu the Association match (the creased so much, it seems n ecessary to third in the first round), excitement was hold the swimming sports elsewhere, just intense. The victory went to M.L.C., the as the athletic sports are now no longe r scores being 20- 6. The first match was held on our owv sp6rts ground .

It can hardly be either healthy or comfo.rtable played against M.C:E .G.G.S. The scores for 600 girls to be crowded into the narwer e 6- 5 against us.

Geelong played with their usual skill and also defeated us. row space round the baths.

Nevertheless, the discipline, especially The se cond round has not yet been the entrance and dismissal, was excelplayed.

We are unfortunate in having le ntly controlled. lost two of the team girls this term, third The results were as follows: base and centre out-field, but we hope to Under 12.-1, H. -Eggleston; 2, U. Legge. adequately fill their places.-M. C. Under 14.-1, V. Epstein; 2, C. Goldie.

Criticism of Team.

Under 16.-1, V. Epstein; 2, P . Pascoe.

Although the baseball t eam during the Open Championship.- 1, I. Allen; 2, V. first round of Premiership matches have Epstein. had only one win to their wedit, they Breast Stroke.-1, H. Eggleston; 2, M. h ave improvecl ;i. grefl,t \lE)~I. Swann.

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~aseball IX., 1925.

Bac k Row (Icit to right): F. Craig, J. Thbot, 111. Ovcre nd, M. Willson , A. \Veller.

Front Row : B. Sarah , ~[. \l'Ulia,us , 1\1. Clarke (Captain), I. Fithie. 1\1. Tn,ylor.

The team work as a whole is patchy, but considering the numbe r of new girls in the team, they have done remarkably well. Mildred Clarke as a captain has been a great help . with the team; as a catch er , she will . be difficult to replace. ::v.l:uriel Williams- her_work on first base has ·been splendid, b,u t h er hitting could improve. · Frances Craig has. well deserved her place on second base, :and is one of the best hitters in the team, but must concen• trate more on. the finer points of the game.

A. Weller is a good, keen, a ll-r ound player, but has not done as well in matches as at practice, probably due to r:.crvousness. , B. Sarah is level-headed and dependable; as a pitcher she has been a wonderful asset to the t eam.

Her hitting is weak, ma inly due to lack of confidence.

M. Wills on is a good a ll-round player ; her work as L.O.F. has been very good.

She hits well at times, but is too slow on the bases.

Joyce .Ibbott.-Her hitting and th•r owing have Impr oved, but she is still too s lO\V in fielding the ba ll.-M. D.

Basket-Ball Notes.

The prospects of the 1925 basket-ball team were not very promising, as we had only two of the old team back. Several days before practise started a notice was placed on the board · r equesting any girl who wished to try for the teams to sign h er name below.

The r esult was startling- nearly fifty girls coun ting previous team members.

Among them we found many new girls who might otherwise have been overlooked. · After each girl had been given a fair chance, Miss Parsons chose the following t eams:

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1st ·· Team.-=-Ida Fithie• (captain), Elvie •interest and excitement, and the _popuMcHutchinson, Dilys Rowlands, Muriel larity of the game is manifested by the Williams, Muriel Brien, Bessie S arah, Ada insistent demand for balls at the Common Weller .

Room.

2nd Tea m.-Wynne Thomas (captain) , We only met P.L.C. once this year, the Elvira Ward, Freda Pascoe, Marjorie match resulting in an exciting win for Taylor, Ena Crellin, Marjorie Willson, M.L.C. by 1 goal.

Elsie Millikan.

The next match was against Fintona, Under 15 Team.-Hilda Wilkie (capwhen the first team were again s uccesstain), Myra Be nnett, Audrey Catterall, fu l, the scor es being 29-21. Our s econds Beryl Bower, Margaret ·overend, Mavis were defeated, but had their reven ge in Vaughan, Frances Craig. the r eturn match, when they won by 10 goals.

This is the first time we have h ad au unde r 15 team, and their fine standard or Tb:e most enjoyable matches were play is very promising for n ext year. We played against Ruyton and Toorak.

We were r ather sur))rised that they did not defeated Ruyton by 8 goals, but Toorak challenge the first team to a match. were victorious by 1 goal; thus ended the It is the r egr et of all M.L.C. girls that best and most enjoyable match for the basket-ball is not an Association game, as first team. Our under 15 team came a the play was of a very high standard, and draw with Toorak in the first match, but every year we are able to hold our own on our own ground had a decisive victory, in this branch of sport. the scor es bein~ 29- 17.

On Back-to-School's Day we met and No other inter-Form or House a nd vanquished the Old Girls, who very soon School match can equal basket-ball ror

Basket-Ball VIL, 1925_ Bi>ck Row

(left to right) : D. Rowlands, 111. Brie n , 111. W illiams. E. M c H11tc hinso11. .Front Row: B. Sarah!, I. Fithie (Oo.1>tn,in), A. W<>ller.

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M. Williams (goal-defender ) is a g reat help in t he team , h er h eight e nabling her to get many balls. Her passing was weak cccasionally.

M. Brien (goal-keeper ) is a most r elia ble player, but is t oo s low at ti m es.

H e r -passin g is ver y accurate.

The t el).m play was excelle nt, the attack The practice3 b ei ng es pecia lly s trong. we re welJ attended.-B. P.

get out ot practice a nd Ca ll easy prey to the youn ger team.

The v isit of the girls from Adelaide M.L.C. caused us a great d eal of n e rvous appreh'enslon, as th ey were p re mie rs or Adelaide, and w er e coming to try their strength against Melbourne M.L .C. Th e first match fe ll· to our lot by 8 goals, but in th e n ex-t (wh e n 13 goals w e re scor ed in one qu a r ter ) we were d efeated by 4 goals, thus m aking a grand total of 56-52 in favour o f M_e lbourne.

Keen interest was show n in the Form match es this year, as several teams were very evenly matched. · A very exciting final was play ed between Diploma A anu V.b. At '1alf-time the scores were 6 all, and both teams seem ed ver y hopeful ; bu t wl1en play was resumed Diploma took possession a nd V.b only scored one more goal, thus a ddin g a nother victory to the cr ed it of Diploma A. The House t eam was ve ry wea k this year, with the result that School carried a ll be fore the m , the scores b eing 38- 10.

We r egret t hat there are some girls in the School n ot s ufficie ntly interested in School s ports, to stay for a s hort tim~ aft e r 3.15 a nd see matches against oth er schools, as well as inter-Form events.

On behalf of the team, many of whom will be leaying, I take this opportunity to say good-bye to Miss Pars ons a nd the g irls, a nr\ to wish the 1926 basket-·ball teams the best of luck.-1. F.

Tenons Notes.

No longer does one write notes of two tennis fours, for at the end of 1924, a t the meeti ng of t he Sports Mistresses' and Head Mistresses' Association, it was decided t hat the Public Schools' first a nd second fo urs be amalgam ated into a n eight. Each pair now plays a rubber ins tea d or -two sets as pre viously played .

This has been received as a g reat improvement on the old system.

As only four girls were back from the two fours of last yea r, four more, and an e mergency, had to be chose n . The r esult was: M. Beckett (captai n). 1\1. Clarke, R. Hoban, G. Nettle, K . Forster-, A. Davies, H. Webb, E. Butcher, and L . Brand (emergency).

During the year we played several good practice matches against the Secondary Girls' S chools, University · four, Old Collegi.ans, pla yers from Gi:ace Park a nd th·~ National Ba nk.

As our courts were not.,in a fit con dition for matches, all our home Public School m a tches were play.eel on the Grace Park courts.

Our closest ma t c h each round was against P .L.C., when in the first round the · scores w e.re 2 rubbers 6 sets 57 games to P.L.C., to 2 rubbers 6 sets 56 games to M.L.C. Ho~ever, in the second r ound, by sh eer determination, we h ad a good win-3 rubbers 7 sets 57 games to 1 rubbe r 4 sets 55 games P.L.C. In both match es against G:C.E .G.G.S. and M.C.E.G.G.S. " we own defeat, but not disgrace.''

During t h e second t e rm holidays the Adelaide M.L.C. s ports' t eams visited us, and in so me very inte resting games in sing les a nd doubles we wer e victorious.

Criticism of the Team.

I. Fithie ( centre) plays a s trong gam e, sometimes marred by roughness. In sev·eral matche s h er play ' domina t e d the - game. As a centre, s h1i was very diffic ult to bea t .

B. Sarah (attack wing) is a re liable player . Her passing is acc urate, and she a ntic ipates the ball well.

E . McHutchinson (goal-shooter) a nd D. Rowland1;1 (goal-attack) combine s plendidl y, their gcal-shooter in som e match es b e ing faultless.

Occasionally th ey ' were too s low in coming out to the ball.

A. W e ller (defence· wing) is very quick and s upports the attack welL She was unfortunate in som e m a tc h es in m eeting g irls much talle r than he r self, but ma naged to hold h er own well.

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A W esle y College eight played us clur'ing second term, and although w e w er e dgl'.ea ted, we enjoyed t he game. W e ext e nd our sympa thy to their eig hth player , ~ho through lateness-or s hy ness-los t b·oth his g ame and his a fte rnoon t ea. We thank them for the pract ice, and would ..fake the ·opport unity to congra tulate them e n their fine pe rforma nces a t t he School·boy Championships, a nd wis h th e m be tte r 'luck next time.

Our junior pla yers h ave done ver y well ih their m atches. A junior pa ir, J . Ibbot a nd B. Fraser, pla J·ed G.C.E .G.G.S., but wer e noc 011ccessful. A fo ur- J . Ibbot, G. Clarke, 1\1. Over e nd, and A. Jefferies·w ent to Go, long a n d we r e v ictorious.

•,<\gainst P .L.C. we we re r e presen ted b y J . lbbot a nd G. Cla rke, and ;:;.gain w e won .

At present we h a ve no Doubles Tourna m e nt in the School. It is proposed to hold a Doubles H a ndicap during the first t e rm of next y ear . This should prove a g reat asse.t in the choosing of the eight.

The

Single il Cha mpionship has not yet been played , but we a r e hoping for some k een ma tches.

The Se t1ior and Intermediate inte r-F orm t e nnis matches ar e o ve r, a nd aft er som e good games, Diploma A a nd XX. a r e the r espective winne r s .

A match was piayed between School and House, but as the boa rders are no t r e pres ented in art,; of the t e nnis t eams, the School h a d a n ·easy victory.

In the Sch oolgirl Cham pions hips we were r e presen ted by the firs t fo ur o f the e ight in s ingles a nd doubles. We did not ge t beyond t he third roun d in sing les, but in the d oubles . r eached the demi-semifinals.

We a re again g reatly indebted to our coach, Mis s V. Krom e, who has tak e n unti ring inte r est in all our games, a nd t o Mis s Davies, who has a lwa ys been ready to h e lp us.

In clos ing, I would like t o con gra tulat3. the C.E.G.G.S . eight on t heir achieveme nt

Tennis VIII., 1925.

Left tu Jiighl: ~1. B e<:.kctt ( C lll)litin ) , A . UaviC6, E. Butcher, 111. Clar.ke, K. Forster, H . \\'ebb, R . Hoba.n, G. N e ttle .

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SILVER AND GREEN . in winning the shie ld once more, but would wa rn them to bewar e, a nd make the most of it \Vhile they have it.-M. C. B.

present renewed College m e mories in the intervals of watching a m erry progr a mme of obstacle, egg and s poon, sack:, a nd relay races, and last but not least, t h e stirring a nd ever wildly-excitin g Hoµ se v. Sch ool race. The day girls take t his opportunity of congratulating the House on their exceptionally fine victory.

A most s uccessful a nd high'!y popular innovation-may it ever be repeated-was afternoon tea . We tha nk the - Staff and those girls wlio volunteered to help for the c:l'la~ming way in which tf1:e y dis pensed afternoon t e·a , n ot forge tt ing the icecr eam. From the happy derffea n our of the Staff one would judge that t_h ey . h a d n ever h e.a rd of quadratic equations, French v.erbs, or ·even tha t Chaucer h a d died of the measles when young.

The S chool con gra tulate the three champions, Thelma Daw!jon, Ada Welle r , and Ruth Le Couteur, who· were the recipie~ts of silver cups presented by Mrs. w: H. Fitchett.

The thanks of the sc!lool are due to a ll h elpers, -especially Miss•:·K r ome, Miss Parsons a nd Mr. Austin.

We. s ingle out M.i.ss Davies for s pecial tha nks,. for w it hout ·h er skilful org::misation ·_ tpe Sports would not have been · the s p!endid su ccess they wer e. The r esults wer e as follows: Potato Race. -Senior : 1, T. Dawson, 2, N. Cooper. U nder 16 : 1, C:- Goldie;· 2, B. Atkins. Junior : 1, R. L e Couteur; 3, ·a.

Spoone ~ _ '·,Egg. a nd Spoon.- S enior: 1, W. Stua rt ; 2, W. Thomas. Unde r J.6 : ·l,. B . Luff; 2, j_ Ibbott. Junior : 1, L. Burke; 2, R . Shaw.

Sack Race.- Senior: 1, N. Cooper; 2, W. Stuart. Under 16 : 1, M. F lower; 2, R. H ~;th: Junior: 1, L . Charlwopd ; 2, E. Salmonow. ; ,T hread the Needle.- Senior : 1, H. Templeton a nd H. Eakins. . U nde r 16: :, D.· L acey a nd H . Wilke.

Siamese.- Se n ior: 1, N . Cooper and K. Fors te r ; 2, M. Williams and I. Fithie.

Under 16 : 1, M. Ove rend -a nd J . Cox; 2, R : H eath and B . Luff. 'lfu nior : 1, M. Wa rne and a: Spoone r ; ~. , U. L egge a nd J . . Howard.

Obsta cle.- Senior: 1, T. Dawscta ; 2, N .

Coop er. U nder 16 : 1, B. Luff; 2, J . Mon ey.

Criticis m of the Eight.

M. Beckett (capta in) has a good forearm drive, ·wl"!ich forms a good back g round for Mildred Cla rke's net play. She has improved· · in s t eadiness during the year.

M. Clarke is a r e lia ble player. Her net play has imProYed; she is quick and' has a good style.R. Hoban and G. Nettle a re two good all-round players. 'rhey did well in all the matches · by winning through at ·critical moments. Gwen is p articularly quick at the net, a n d . Ruth has a good d.rive.

They play we ll together.

K. Forste r.- Her play a ll round h as greatly improved , especially h er stead_i• n ess on the · back line, but she still -has a t endency· to miss a shot after a rally.

A. Davis a very promising player.

Her foot work h as improved, and she h as a good drive. With experience sh e should do very well, .

H. Webb ;ind E . Butcher.- The.ir mate-Ji play improved towards the end of the season. Lack of experie nce was against them at the beginning. Haze l is qui~k a·t the net, h a~: a good side line d rive· and serve.

Ethne has a good drive but a weak back-ha nd.

The · team ;throughout h as shown g reat k eenness, and . has worked well. It h a s distinc tly ralsed· the s tandard of M.L.C. In · a ll the m atches they forced t ennis. their opponeiits ·to play their best to win.

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- E. V. K.

Athletic Sports.

Sports Day, 1925, mark ed a n epoch in t he history of the M.L C. Sports days: Innovations .were the order of the , day.

Pro~eedings . b egan with the journey of th_e long cro~odile of gir ls to the Haw'thoru Oval. This walk is annua lly looked forward to by the Junior School with inte nse g lee, by the Senior · g irls w it h rathe r Jess_. and by the Staff with r esigned calm.

During the ·afternoon a band pro\lided s weet music, while the many old .•girls

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SILVER AND GREEN. Hurdle.-Senior: 1, N. Cooper; 2, T. Dawson. Under 16: 1, J. Ibbott; 2, E. Crellin.

Flat Races. -Open Championship, 100 Yards: 1, T . Dawson ; 2, K. Forster.

Senior R ace, 220 Yards: 1, T. Dawson; 3, J . Wheeler. · Under 16, 100 Yards: 1, A. Weller; 2, K. Hull.

Inte rmediate Race, 75 yards.-1, A. Weller; 2, D. Lacey.

Junior, 50 Yards: 1, A Flower; 2, G. Spooner.

Throwing the Baseball.-Senior: 1, M. Clarke; 2, D. Rowlands. Under 16: 1, F. Craig; 2, M. Bennett.

Inter-Form Flag R ace.-Senior : 1, V.b Special; 2, V.b.

Intermediate: 1, V.c Special; 2, Lower V . Junior: 1, Remove A; 2, IV.a.

House v. School.-House.

Championships. - Senior: T . Dawson.

Intermediate: A. Weller. Junior: R. L e Couteur.-M. A. B.

vants are not able to come. In spite of a ll Elizabeth's protest that she "doesn't like it," the arrangement is made that until servants can be found the Daingerfield children must take their places. As the plan is being completed Crane arrives.

He seems favourably impressed with the Cook (QHvia Daingerfield), and takes a remarkably long time in giving his orders for breakfast.

Later Crane's friends arrive-his attorney, Solon Tucker,

Prefects' Play, 1925.

The r esult of the play is best seen by considering the appea.r ance of the Prefects' Common Room before and after: 1925-0ilcloth out of th~ · Ark, carpet of ancient days, two cupboards so old as to be of historic value, fast-vanishing sofa; h ard, uncomfortable chairs.

1926-Highly-polished congoleum (no need for carpet), tidy lockers built in around the walls, luxurious couch a nd comfortable chairs.

Behind these two scenes is a story of devotion, ambition, skill, courage, thoughtfulness-in short, every other · admirable quality which everyone knows the Prefects possess.

In Fitchett Hall, on October 16 and 17, the Prefects and Associates presented the comedy, "Come Out of the Kitchen."

The Plot.-The Daingerfield children decide that in some way th ey must earn money during the absence · of their father and mother.

Randy Weeks obligingly finds them a tenant in the person of Burton Crane, who takes the house on condition that four white servants are provided.

Just before Crane's a rriva l Randy W eeks informs the Daingerfields that the ser-

Prize Snap, by Yetta Gibbs.

this gentleman's sister (Mrs . Falkener), and her daughter Cora. The last arrival is Lefferts, a "statistical poet " and an adorer of Cora. Then follow many complicated s ituations- the frequ e nt visits of the men to the k_itchen, the expulsion of Paul, Charles and Elizabeth Daingerfield from the staff of servants, and finally the scene in which Crane expresses bis love for his "Irish " cook, Olivia.

The Cast.- Before commenting . on the cast, special r efe rence should be ma de to H:

SILVER AND GREEN. the honorary producer, Miss Krome, who spent so much time and care in cl:loosing the character s and so admirably training them in their pa rts.

The Daingerfields each •deserve congratulation.

Everyone knew Paul would be a s uccess, and h e came up to their high est expectations.

Charlie, who · was always g reeted with laughter from the a udien ce, livened up ma ny scenes a nd showed great skill in breaking plates. Even though Elizabeth "didn't like it," s he made a most charming ser vant a nd played her part well.

Olivia made a most successful . heroine.

Her Iris h was most effective, a n_d all wondered where she learnt to -make those eyes.

Ra nd y Weeks and Solon Tucker wer e both disappointed in the final choice of Olivia. W eeks and Solon (the " old chimpanzee" ) ·acted especia lly well in the scene at · the table. Lefferts had a difficult part a nd deserves congratulation for the way in which she played it. Burton Crane, who h ad acted so s uccessfully in the School Pl.a y, again carried off h er reputation as an actor.

She looked and played a man's part well in the play.

Mrs. FaJken er and Cora acted with thought and care, Cora being extraordinarily submissive and Mrs. F alkener h aYing a most _h asty _temper a nd loud voice.

Others who deserve to be thanke d for the success of the play include the musicians,. the s cene-shifters, the sweet-sellers and the ushers.

This is the story behind the tranformed Common Room .

- F. M . S.

The VISit of the Sports T earn from Adelaide M.LC. We were very pleased to w elcome to th~ College teams r epresenting Adelaide M.L.C. in basket-ball and tennis. The two teams, accompanied by their Mistress, - Miss Beet son, arrived on Thursday.

August 27, the last day of second ter.m.

Miss Davies and the captain_s of our teams met the Adelaide Express ai1d brought the girls out to the College in ·cars. in the afternoon we played tennis and basket- : ball matches, and were successful in both, but the Adelaide girls were at a disadvan-

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tage, being do ubtless tired after th eir long journey.

On the following Monday we played them again, and were victorious in tei;i.nis, but this time the vis itors defeated us at bask et-ball. It is a pity tha t we coulq not have had a deciding _m atch-'-it would probably have ' been a close and exciting I game.

Next day we went for a picnic to Belgr ave and had a most enjoyable outing.

The weathe r k ept fine, for which we were devoutly thankful. Most of the day was. spent in walking, ta lking, a nd eatin g-a very agreeable combination. The sausages browned bea utifully over the magnificent tire built under the exper t direction 9f Miss Davies and Miss Krome. W e mus t a dmit that the Sherbrooke F alls proved rather di sappointing; we would have liked a larger flow of water. However, w e ha<:J. a most enjoya ble day, although we did not all get a lift on a motor-lorry when we were tn1dging the long walk homewards.

To wind up their holiday, we entertained the Adelaide girls at a Theatr e Party, where we saw " No, No, Nanette."

W e hope the visitors enjoyed the perfor_m ance. This was on the Thursday night.

The following afternoon the visitors me t the Old Collegians in t ennis and basketball, and next day left for Adelaide.

Many of the Adela ide girls had never visited Melbourne b efore, and naturally they were charmed with it. They seemed favourably impressed with our College, and ra ther s urpri.sed a t its size.

Those of our teams who a r e coming back next year are looking forward to re·turning tl:ie visit.

We take this oJ}portunity of thanking Adelaide M.L.C. for r eviving the custom of the v isit betwe~n the two Schoois, and to hope that this custom will not be a llowed to . la pse again. -D. E. R.

Debating Socnety.

Our first meeting this year was held ou March 10, when t h e offi ce-bearers -were elected. Miss HaY, again consented to fill the office of president, C. Sanders was elected s ecretary; and M. Beckett, D. Foa rd, D. Rowlands, D: Sincock, and W. C

SILVER AND GREEN. Stuart are the members of the Committee.

Our first m eeting was h eld on March 31, when th e r elative m erits of Cremation and Burial were discussed. Clarice Sanders and Noelle Davies, speaking in the a ffirmative, were quite sure that cremation was better than bur ial, for even after we wiire dead, we would not cease to be ornamental and useful in the h ouse, for our ashes would be placed in a nice little jar on the mantel, and we might even be used for toothpaste, as Aunt E liza was.

Muriel Williams and Minnie Beckett put forth the cla.ims of burial on the g rounds of the cost of cr emation as compared with the cost of ·burial, a nd the picturesqueness of the cemeter y.

According to t h e vote t ak en the affirmative side won by a s ma ll majority.

On July 17 we challen ged Fintona to a debate on " Punishment Prevents Crime." We s poke in the negative, and our s peak ers were Lena Cornell, ·oilys Rowlalllds, a nd Flossie ~choles. An interesting debate followed, both s ides being very evenly matched.

The a djudicator, Mrs. Powell, afterwards complimented both 11ides on their knowledge of the Bible, as sh own by their ma ny Biblical r efer en ces, and after keeping us in suspense for a time, passed h er decision in favo ur of M.L.C. On fleptember 29 t he members of our Society h eld a debate against t h e Staff, who maintained t hat "Modern education makes life too easy and pleasant for the pupil." The speakers for the School-N. McLen:11an and D. Ro~vlands-p~t forth our vif ws on modern education v ery well, · .;/

School Play, "Twelfth Nigh!," 1925.

Ilack

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(left to right): N . Coop e r (Attendant), L. Corne ll (Vio ln,), L. Broa.dbent (Ors ino) A. lfoward (Gentle man), J . Birt (Curio) , E. R-0gers (Valentin e). ' Middle Row: C. Harry (Priest) , I. Waite, JIL S h a -noon, I . llfoClella-nd (Ladies), B. Sly (Ma.r,;la) , (Gentle m a n ), D . new (S ir Toby Belc h) , D . Lewis (Sir A.ndrew Agne-Ch eek ), M . Tlwmas W . S tuart (M&lvolio ), E . S h ocks (1st Officer) , C. Sanq,rs (An ton io). F. P ie,: s e (2nd Officer), E. Marks (Atte ndaqt • .

In Front : J . Si mmon s (Olivia), D . Bull (SIJll stian ), M, Il1tlrd (Clown) ,

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SILVER AND GREEN. but were defeated by Miss Peterson , wh0 talkl.ld of education a nd her school days a s pills, :ind though s he admitted t hat modern educa tion was a lso a pill, she said that it was s ugar-coated; a nd her "colleague," Miss Da hle, wh o told s uch a pitiful ta le of the ha rdships she ba d to e ndure when s he was at school in '53, that Mr. Le Couteur gave h is decision in favour of the Staff, thinking to give h er a little pleasure in h er old age.

We r egret that space does not permit us to r eport a n y othe r of our numerous d ebates in de tail, s~me of which, particularly the In,promptu Speech es , would make ve ry interesting reading.

This year we have inc reased th e membership of oi:tr Society by a dmitting the me·mber s bf the three Intermediate F orms, and we hope tha t next year's Socie ty will still furthe·r extend its sph ere of influence.

heavier than for a modern one, we have put £74 8s. 7d . into a Sports Fund.

Now t hat s uch a fund has been c r eat ed, it is hopad that it will be enla rged, an d so trophies for inte r-Form con tes ts a nd other s ports r equisites will be purchased more easily.

Now t hat t he beginnin g cere monies ar e com ple ted, I will for t he benefit of those who we re not able to see th e play, a nd, those who have pe rhaps not sufficient School spirit to induce them to see their fellows on th e stage, relate features o f the acting. The r e is, I am sure, no need fo r m e to introduce you to . the well-known "Twelfth Night."

L ife and ch ara<:ter were give n to t h e play by the e ntrance of Sir Toby (D. Bew).

Who would have thought that th e drunk~n Our Sir Toby was one of the fair sex. sympathies went out to Sir Andr e w (D. Lewis ) when he .bad to assist Sir Toby to bis feet. We hope these exertions were not the cause 01' h e r brief stay with us.

The drama tic a nd masculine way that he h eld h is sword s howed him t ruly to be ,a swordsman.

The acting of Malvoli o (W. Stuart) d eserves s pecial m ention, for b e was certainly in a blissful contenl when he fo und t he letter, which- was to m ean s o much to h im.

His legs showed off his yello~ stockings a nd cross gartering very excelle ntl y. The Brightness a nd W it of Maria (B. Sly ) came to climax · wh e n sh e conceived the idea of dropping in Mal volio's way " s ome e pis tles· of love." But b y the viciousn ess of Malvolio's last woi:ds, " I'll be r evenged on the wh ole pack of you ! " we tremble to think of the conseque nces.

L . Cornell, in t aking the part of Cres:uio, s howed he r power s o f interpretation and he r a rtistic temper ament.

The ado red Olivia (J. Simmons). in comparison with th e modern day g irl, was a very impassive a nd stately maiden.

It is not to be wondered th at Orsino (L. Broadbe nt) asks for th a t ,

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School Play. " Bu·t that's all one, our pla y in done , And w'e'II strive to please you ever y day."

With the closing words o f the play. " Twelfth Night," acted so a dmirably in the Hawthorn. Town H all, on· Thursday and , Friday, August 20 and 21, I begin these notes.

The Prefects a nd Associate · Prefects again took over the managemen t, and few know what unlimited work this plaCj!S on our Senior Prefe ct.

We w er e again fortunate in having Mr. Norman Simpson as our produce r, a nd to him the credit of t he excellent actin g is due.

Mrs. L e Coute ur very g racious ly consented to provide the music for the play, and _between the acts. We are gr eatly indebted to h er ·ror th e orchestra.

Home-m ade sweets, for sa le at the play, wer e collected from the Forms as in previous years, and Form XX. is to be con gratulated on bring ing the largest number. .. The r eward is a framed photo of the playe rs.

The gross proceeds of the play were £132 16s. 4d.. Afte r the expenses, whfch for a Shakes pearean play are even

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SILVER AND GREEN. throughout the play were s ung with much to their needs when our next purchase of books is made. sweetness.

The books which a girl reads influence The Officers showed their authority in the ,forceful and dramatic way they ar• her greatly, and it is therefore important that she should b e provided ,vith a large rested Antonto. We should not forget the stock of wholesome literature from which Sea Captain · (E. Stocks) , who disguised Viola and br_o ught about the happy ending to draw her ideas and formulate her ldeals.-D. H. F. of the plot.

And the play could not have finished without the pries t (C. Harry ), who s o Music Notes. ably, we a r e sure, married the happy couples.

Musical education at M.L.C. has never It was most regrettable that our He.a d been neglected, and the students are Master was unable to be present t11rough further encouraged in · their efforts in sickness, more so · because he was very this direction by the fact that certain anxious for " Twelfth Night" to be acted. qualifications In music are necessary to -M. C. B enable one . t.o 'Yi!) , a Cato Scholarship.

This year has been particularly rich in musical entertainments. Early In the year the girls of the Methodist Hostel gave a concert, whicl\ some · of us were fortunate enough to attend. · Sever al of the performers were old M.L.C. girls.

Dpring second term the series of Sy~phony Orchestral Concerts were greatly appreciated, as also was that of tile . Oreana Madrigal Society, conducted by · Mr. Frazier, our own musical " All that · man has done, thought, director. ··A: most delightful programme was argained, and been, is lying in magic preser• ranged by two ex-students of M.L.C., vation in the pages of books."-Carlyle.

Helen Cowan and Blanche Wood, in Fit• This year has been fairly uneventful, chett Hall, on :· Friday, October 23. The so far as the Library was concerned. The School is proud of having had such talLibrary was not open to borrowers tiJI ented students. second term, and only a few new books The Sociable~ of this year, profiting were added to our stock. These, however,

by M•r. Frazier's instruction, have renincluded works by s uch well-known and dered some attractive two-part . > sougs in diverse authors as Meredith, A. Conan the· Dinfng Hall on Friday e,•enings.

Doyl e, S. Kaye-Smith, and " Bartimeus."

Th·e Orpheus Society has tieen revived Their continued absence from our shelves this terril to prepare old ballads for indicates their popularity.

Speech Night.

We regret to notice that the Library Dr. Fitchett has received a communi• has not been as extensively used as in cation in ·which it .was s tated that a new former year s. Senior girls complain that course of study of Theory of Mu~ic has not sufficient provision is made for their been fi~ed by the Conservatorium, in tastes, and refer to the disproportio~11-tely which i~ is proposed to hold examinalarge numbers of books by H enty _and tions in' two years' time.

This proCollingwood which fill our shelves. This gramme · is already in force at M.L.C., type of literature appeals only to certain and is carried · out" in the Musical . Appreof the junior girls, and seniors, who should ciation classes. This fact goes to show be the chief users of the Library, find how far advanced the College is in its that their tastes are not catered tor. It methods of musical instruction.

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SILVER AND GREEN. gramophone, through which we are treated to a ·series of lectures oil music, as well as some of the very best musicai selections.

Th~ results of the music and singing exams. have be-en exceptiona lly high.

They are as follows: Pianoforte.~ Grade IL, Evelyn Hoban (credit), Nell De!lley, Ivy White; Grade· Ill., Nellie , Elder {honours), Evelyn Hoban {honbursi, Joan Innes, Betty Mccutcheon, ·Gladys Pope {credit), Elsa.

Williamson; · Grade IV., Jean Balding {honours), Je"a n Helyar {honours ), Florence Edwards {cr-ed"it), Edna Harry {credit), Vera Murdoch {credit) , Margaret Overend {c;edit), Joyce Howa,rd; Grade V., Una - Legge {credit), Arley Rodda {cre<!jD, . · Mavis Carter, · B eth Stevens, Frey Shimmin, Nancy Lee. 0

Singing.-G}~de ·_ IIL. Gladys Pope {credit), Valma ,. Gooda, Muriel Shannon; Grade IV., Gladys Pope (credit), Lena Cornell, Valma' Geoda, Muriel Shannon ; Grade v., Ma'he Powell {honours), Elvie Cadle {credit), Cena Cornell, Frances Kennedy, Flor_ence ' Le Couj;eur, Vera Mttr7 doch, Violet Nalder.

Harmony.-Grade I.II:, Ivy White (honours), Nellie Jjllder (credit), Gladys Pope ; Grade IV., Lena Cornell; Grade V., Valma Gooda (honours), Beth Stevens (credit), Arley Rodda.

Theory.-Grade III. : Nellie"' Elder {credit), Gladys Pope (pass ). Grade IV.: Lena Cornell (pass). Grade V.: Beth Stevens {credit), Arley Rodda (pa.ss).

Back to Scho~l's Day. To add to the many varied functions in the_ School. routine, the Old Collegians have lately inaugurated an annual "B_!lck to M.L.C." day-an important day· from their point of view; as old friends ,are brought together in the same surroundings once more to discuss everything\ in general-everything they now feel helped to make school life so enjoyable.

The function commenced at 2 o'clock, Friday, June 26, when Dr. Fitchett opened the Assembly in the usual manner, and

extended the warm welcome the School offe_rs to all Old Collegians.

Mrs. Southey, then President or th e Club, gave a short introductory speech; after )Vhicil a very interesting a nd exact account of the members of the League or Nations and their work was given "by Austr~lia's woman representative last year, Mi-~. Allen. Many of us have heard of this movement, but have never looked at it in the light Mrs. Allen showed' us, as Australia's future citizens, we &hould.

She h ~s: revealed another opportunity open to w-piheil; and we take this opportunity to thank her.

The singing of the School song ended the Assembly, but by no means the entertal~ment.

Present girls vi~d with their older companions in sport, and were victorious In basket-ball. Owing to rain, the tennis match could not be played; but a ll · al~ke now turned to afternoon tea provided_ by Old Collegians.

This special afternoon is long remembered; our guests dpparted each hoping to be with us again the following year , while . those cit" us- who are leaving hope to join · thelr numbers to carry_on the ppirit and traditions of the School.-E. McH.

Birthday Night.

The celebration of a hundred and twentyeight birthdays a ll at once is necessarily a great occasion, and every year its success is assured by the co-operation of teachers, students, and last, but not least, the domestic staff.

To the boarders, Birthday Night is the event of the year, and its arrival is heralded . by a week of secrets and mystery.

The day girls wish they were · bo·a rder s, and the boarders go about with superior smiles on their faces, forgetting the grumbles they have made at their fate du~ing the earlier part of the year.

Thouglt accompanied by __ wet weather, Birthday Night this year was unanimously accla imed the "best yet."

The dining-h_all was beau~ifully decorated with baHoons, streamers, a nd greenery, ~nd the girls" brightly-coloured dresses g11-ve a gay aspect to the party. We all

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SILVER AND GREEN. en joyed the "high tea," and with happy of friendship and good cheer and made hearts we trouped up to the gym. to the New Girls feel so much at home, dance.

There were more dances than th-at they returned the compliment. usuai. this year, as we got tea over earlier.

They gave us a splendid programme, The Decca was not quite loud enough for and the talent s ho\ved at the concert the big room, so Miss Shannon and Miss was very soon tra ns ferred to the Dining Pearce very · kindly played the piano for Hall, with the result that we have had us. many enjoyable . social evenings. HowWe welcomed our g uests as u sual in the ever, we missed some of our socia ls , Fitchett Hall, . and settled down to enjoy owing to the Doctor's ill-health, but th e conce rt.

It exceeded our highest ex- those we have h ad almost make up for pectations.

The first item was a duet, those we have missed. played very nicely by Marian Sinclair a nd We have ha d many changes in the Dulcie Sincock.

'I'hen followed a very Staff, but we hope that we have settled funny little s kit called " At the Photog- down at last. We . were a ll pleased to rapher's." The little ones made us wish welcome Miss Krome back as a boarder, we were all ba by girls, as they each in even though her s tay .was so s hort. She turn asked the question, "How'd you like only stayed with us until Mrs. Humto be a ba by girl?" The graceful dances phreys ably took her place. Miss Delexecuted by· the girls trained by Mrs. bridge became merely a day teacher, , Humphreys delighted us, " and we only while Miss Pearce s howed her ap preciawished they could have , been ionge1:. tion of the House by joining us as a " The Girls of the M.L.C. School " made resident music-teacher.

White Dorm. us laugh, though we were naturally snr- . have had three changes in their flatprised to see that they could even think mistress.

Miss Parry began the year of such things as wearing s leeveles~ with them; but, on account of ill-health, she was obliged to leave. dresses and coloured stockings to school!

Her place The " Moon Song " was prettily sung by was taken by Miss Hodgson, but her outabout eight of the girls dressed in white, s ide duties forced h er to leave us, Miss with dainty coloured wings. Gladys Pope Lindsay kindly stepping into h,!:!r posiand Val. Gooda sang a duet called " O tion. However, she stayed with us for Wert Thou in the -Cauld Blast?" and only one term, but now we have Miss though we a ll clamoured for an encore. James, who is very kind to us in such t hey simply bowed graciously and retired. matters as making a new flag for us on The " Painful Moments," which were de- Sports Day and giving out our biscuits picted in s ilhouettes on a screen, gave us at recess. real shivers, and we were rather glad Once again, we had a very interesting when the lights went up again. A won- visit to a Fleet, but this year we did not derful juggler completed the programme go in chars-a-bane, nor did we carry with jokes and sleight-of-hand tricks. posies. We felt quite lost without them, Then followed supper and a few suit- but, for all that, we thoroughly enjoyed able songs, with "Auld Lang Syne " to ourselves, and we have judged some of finish up a most enjoyable evening.- the American sailors to be " real sports."

We wish that an American Fieet would N. D. come every year, for it certainly is gratifying to have Monday added to '!ur month-end.

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We have been favoured to so many This year has bli!en crowded with enplays and concerts that we feel our tertainments of every degree of interest dramatic and . musical talent is being a nd humour, and we have all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, from the largest down improved, even though the Doctor fears to our baby, Dorothy. Shortly after the that our fathers' pockets will not benebeginning of School, the Old Girls gave fit. A few of our number were allowed a very good concert, which· was so full to go to a concert given by girls of the

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SILVER AND GREEN. Conservatorium in aid or the Methodist Hostel, and we were pleased to notice how many former M.L.C. boarders played conspicuous parts. The Old Collegians' piay, giv.,n in the Playhouse, was very much enjoyed, and we felt quite im• portant wh3n we realised that s o many of us were taken right into the city without any serious results.

We all went to the School Play in the Hawthorn Town H all, and w ere pleased to see so many of the parts played most successfully by girls of our number.

We helped to mak e the Prefects' Play a splendid success by practica lly filling Fitchett Hall on the first night, and we were not entirely without r epresentatives even on Satµrday. W e thoroughly

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SILVER AND GREEN. Once a rrived at "Runnymede," each girl was given a slip of paper with her na me on it, with dire threats of penalty if she should forget to wear it.

Next morning after a three-minute bat h and breakfast, we had some time to tidy our rooms for camp inspection-a rather fa tiguing effor t as each room vies with the others to produce the most artistic effect.

Rest hour was supposed to follow lunch, but it was usually spent preparing for the afternoon.

One day we had stunts.

M.L.C. dramatised that immortal song, " That little shirt my mother made for me," and it was certainly appreciated by the girls, if not by the officer s.

The dreadful deeds of Little Willie were also recounted amidst boundless enthusiasm.

One day we had a picnic to Stony Creek, and were invited by Mrs. Dra ke to afternoon tea and to meet Padre Hayes, who explained Toe H to us.

Everyone who goes enjoys the fun or camp, but there are some parts of it that one never forgets.

The interesting dis• cussions during Bible Circle, and the broadened point of view one develops by meeting girls from other schools · linger long after camp days have passed away.

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enjoyed ourselves, and talked of it with pleasure for days, except one of our smaller (younger, at any rat!:)) children, who happened to find the olives next day.

For a long time people have had the brilliant idea that we could have many more dances a nd a mu"ch more enjoyable time on Saturday evenings if we purchased a " Decca " and some of the popular "rags." We therefore set about raising funds to buy it, and after a " Back to Childhood " and a Fancy Dress Ball, we had almost enough money. To l'aise the rest, fines '\Vere introduced for every conceivable shortcoming, an·d we thought we would never again be a ble to patronise Mrs. Ob. But it was ·worth it all, for, besides the boon that it is to the present girls, the girls of the future will constantly be reminded of how much they owe us.

The "crowning victory" of the whole year was Sports Day, and, for those of us who are leaving at the end of this term, it has added a sublime touch to an already joyful year.

Thelma won the Senior Championship brilliantly, and our Flag Team was truly the "best yet."

Blanche Wood and Helen Cowan, both former boar,ders, decided that the senior resident students need a sitting-room, and they therefore held a very successful concert in Fitchett Hall. .It was for a ·w qrthy purpose, and e:verybody was delighted to find such a large number present, especial!y _when they discovered that · we were to be rendered such s plendid · items.

We , thank the girls very much for their kind thought, and we feel that others will soon realise how much the l:)oarders really mean to this dear old piace.- A. W .

THE VOICE OF THE SCHOOL. The Tuck Shop.

To the Editors of " Silver and Green."

Dear Mesdames,-Many times has this s ubject been the cause of letters to the Editors of the magazine, but still nothing has been done.

Next year the Council of the College proposes building an up-to-date Domestic School.

Would it not be an opportune time to build a modern Tuck Shop--perhaps in connection with it-with conveniences both for Mrs. O'Brien and the girls? A girl should not have to leave the grounds in order to obtain a decent lun ch during the winter, and at present a great proportion of the School is compelled to do so. Mrs. O'Brien should also have consideration and comfort.

Beaconsfield Camp, January, 1925.

On January 27 six officers and twentyeight girls, eight of whom were from M.L.C., met at Flinders Street to catch the train for Beaconsfield.

Each n ewcomP.r was eyed up and down on her arriva·l by the others, who, if she did not belong to their own school, wondered what she would be like.

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SILVER AND GREEN. I am sure that the whole School would voice my opinion.-Yours, etc., M. BECKETT.

of day-girls have to spend their morning doing household duties, such as shoppin g; but why are shops open on Friday night?

If a few can manage to attend the matches, why cannot one hundred? PerSw.mnning Certificates.

- haps the inter-School matches will one day be as much of a school feature as To the Editors of " Silver and Green."

Sports Day is at present.-Yours, etc., Dear Mesdames,- ! wish to bring under F. M . S. your n,otice a means which would probably raise the standard of swimming in this College.

We are indeed fortunat<c> " Nursery Rhymes?" in havfog swimming baths of our own, alTo the Editors of "Si_lver and Green." though ·_we are sorry that they are open [or such a short time.

Would it n ot be · Dear Mes::lames,-1 would like to bring possible for the School to take the necesunder your notice a great wrong that is sary steps to obtain the right of awardbeing done to Honour VI. Why is it that ing the Junior and Senior Swimming Certhis Form, which is so generally acknowtificates? Why should girls who wish to ledged as the brainiest in the School, obtain · th-3se certificates be force d to go should during school hours have to gaze outside their own College to do so? Trustat-nurser y rhymes? that this proposal will meet with conWe dislike the idea that they "just sideration.-! am, yours, etc., s uit " our brains, as one of the mistresses "OBSERVER." said. But then we realise she was only joking; we are s ure she didn't, a nd couldn't, mean it. Equally horrible is the Attendance at Inter-School Sports. suggestion that they " soothe " our brains.

If, when our beloved Form Mistress . is To the Editors of " Silver and Green." passionately reading " Paradise Lost" to Dear Mesdames,-! should like to bring us, we see such lines as "Hark, hark, the under your notice t~e fact that at the dogs do bark!" is U1at soothing? inter-School matches held during the year Let us hope that n ext year's Honour VI. tbe attendance of the School has been will not have to suffer as we have sufvery poor, and that those w ho have atfered.-Yours, etc., tended have been the same few every M. C. A., Honour VI. match.

It has been the custom of the Headmaster to announce in Assembly on a Monday morning the results of any match FORM NOTES. that has been played on the preceding Saturday. When the School shows its appreciation or the work done by its repre• Honour VI. sentatives, how many know whom and what they a re appla uding? E lsewhere in .

Honour VI., emerging hal f-dazed fr.o m a whirl of examinations, find s itself conthis magazine are accou nts of the matches of the differe nt teams, a nd how man y of fronted with a culminating cruelty-surely the last straw- those persis tent editors those who r ead "Silver and Green" have most unreasonably demand Form Notes. w itnessed one of these matches?

Form Notes ! from a form whose m ind is The advantages of a large attendance quite befogged from trying to a nswer (or are s urel y too obvious to be commented to pretend to answer) questions utterl y on; the Public School spirit is e n gendered impossible, and whose faith in human and the players a r e encouraged to do betnature is shattered.

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SILVER AND GREEN. Though beaten (we may tell you, only slightly) at sport, our scholastic attainments are beyond reproach. We not boast, or we would tell you more about ourselves; but we won't, for as beforementioned, we are a modest Form.-N. D.

we were too trusting-at any rate, with regard to the probable length and hardness of exam. papers.

A sadder and a wiser Form, we are forced to the con~lus ion that no one is perfect-except ourselves.

Was it, we wonder, of exam. rooms that Keats · was thinking when he wr.ote: " Here where ·we sit and h ear each other groan-where youth grows pale and spectre-thin-where but to think is to be full of Sorrow a nd leaden-eyed Despair"?

If so, he expr essed his feeliffgs in a way which we heartily admire.

Being in this sad condition of, weariness and disillusionment, it will be readily seen that real Form Notes-the endless list of our successes in sport and work, the unlimited variety of ways in which we are an ideal Form, the reasons why everybody loves us-would be too lengthy a task for our already sadly-overtaxed brains (or imaginations).

However, all q1ese things are too well known for us to have any need to blow our own trumpets; sterling worth s uch as ours needs no enhancement; genius will out.

In truth, we are a model Form, a nd a r ~tlrlng one, the latter in more senses than one, for at the end of the year the School will suffer a crushing-we almost tear an irremediable-calamity through the retirement of 95 per cent. of its star Form.

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Pass VI. Pass VI. this year is a form of optimists, for though we were excluded from the garden, forced to go to s upervision, and placed in a kindergarten room, we are still happily smiling and enjoying life.

We resolved to play Pollyanna's " glad g~me,1• and are glad that we do not have to tramp a ll the way up to Cato House, as did last year's Pass VI. We are also glad that we have the kindergarten pica tlires on the walls, for occasionally-we r e-· mind you, only occasionally-a lesson palls, and, for example, we· are glad to turn our eyes ceilingwards, and thereby revert our thoughts from Wordsworth's recollections of his childhood to our own less lofty memories.

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The four o'clock bell had rung, but the weary maiden sitting alone in Assembly A did not stir. The room was very quiet.

Suddenly the cupboard door flew open, a nd a starry, pale-blue tace peeped out.

"Great Scott! " said the girl, "if it isn·t the flag! Do you know, you are the luckiest thing in this room?

You get the best position at every match we play." ·.. You are right," chuckled the flag. ·· l saw you 'do well at the ::;wimming Sport:1 and fairly well at baseball. I was also a very important person at the School Sports, although we did not win.

But you must remember that I am having a dull time in this dark cuvboard, since my pleasant companion, the Form charity oundle, has gone to the Boroondara Kin· dergarten. I wish I could sit on that shell'. over there during the day. I am sure I am as beautiful as the conduct-book who sits so smugly there all day long."

The conduct-book danced with rage upon his shelf.

"You may be more beautiful," said he; " hut you are certainly not so useful.

Since the new rules were r ead, I am the most important person here, and I keep the girls in excellent order."

"Pouf!" sniffed the other.

"Punish· ment does not prevent crime." " Oh, do be original! " snapped the conduct-book; "you have heard those words about a thousand times at various debates this year." " Perhaps I have, but--" " Order, order! Hush-sh-sh!" called the piano, who always modelled his speech on the Form Captains, "I wonder why it is that as soon as I have a chance to rest the flag and the conduct-book start quarrelling." " It's jealousy," came t he shoebag's low voice from the floor.

SILVER AND GREEN. "Jealousy, indeed!" the conduct-book tartly replied, " I have nothing to be jealous of. I am master here, and the -shoe-bag will know my power to-morrow, when my dear friend, Pound, tidies the room." " I say, you are very quiet over there to-day," said the flag.

"We h ave good reasons for being quiet," r e plied th·e desks in a chorus.

"We by the wiBdow have colds in our h eads; in fact, ' all of us are stiff with cold."

"Oh, well, ch eer up, old things," cried the flag. " Let's have a little dance to warm ourselves." " A good idea!" cried the desks.

"And I will s upply the music," chirped the piano.

They all began to dance, and the languid ma~den sittin~ on one of the desks was severely jolted. She looked up, and saw the caretaker sweeping the room w ith a large broom which knocked against every desk it came near.

During the first term we had a beautiful view of Tuck, but during second term some builders set to work outsip.e our windows and erected the marvello_!ls construction known as " For Shelter," which, though not blocking out our view alto• gether, greatly obstructed it, ~t)·1.u s givini great pleasure to the Mistresse_s·.

At a concert held in aid of · the Red Cross, we showed our genius _:t,y composing a rhyme and singing it very sweetly to the· popular tune of "It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'," at the same time representing the past, present. and future girls a nd staff.

One budding actress has been round among us who took ~part in the School play, "Twelfth Night."

Our Red Cross work has.· progressed very favourably during the year.

We h a ve sent two parcels to the Free Kindergarten at Collingwood, and are ~at present making up a parcel of toys for them, hoping thereby to give the kiddies great pleasure.

We wish to tha nk the prin~ipals of the School for providing us with, ·s hoe bais, which come in handy on rainy days for racquet covers.

They do not · keep out Form V.b. the damp, I am afraid, but they recomWe commenced the year wit h 31 girls, pense for this by h elping us to k eep up but now we h av·e only 28. At the begin- appearances. ning or each term the girls state that they Wynne Thomas, our Form Captain, .hae have decided to become "confirmed done her work very well during the year . swots." Alas! for-good intention s! After She is a good, all-round s port, and · has the first week we were accused, by a cer- made herself well liked amon·g the girls. tain member of tlie staff, of "sheer, down - The two lieutenants, Jessie Broadbent and righot laziness." Also we a r e accused o[ Gwen Nettle, who is also our ~·sports Cap· being the rowdiest · Form in the School, tain, h ave a bly assisted h er -:V!:i'en neceswhich must be . cfue.. to the musical ta"ient sary, and we wish to thank them and our of a few of our girls, who entertain us on Form Mistress, who has made herself rainy days with pianoforte solos, contrary popular with us all. to rules, because · our Form Mistress will testify for our quietness during lessons. · Up to the prese_nt we have won no Form V.c. shields for sport, af though we are hoping to obtain t he s hielq for gymnasium. W'3 This year has been a very pleasant managed to get intt> t h e finals in baskettime for we 26 girls of V.c.

Our Form ball and semi-fina l1:1 in tennis, being deCaptain was Hazel Rogers, but she left feated both times b;ir Dip. A. ,In the Flag Race we came secpnd, being beaten by during the last weeks of secoird term, and one yard by V.b· Special.

In the Swim· the first Lieutenant, Nell Boyd, became ming Sports n ear ·the beginning of the Form Captain in her place. Blanche Muryear we did not manage to distinguish our- doch, the second lieutenant, became first selves, although many of our girls e ntered lie utenant. We had bad luck in our sports. In basket-ball, we played Honour !or the various events.

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SILVER AND GREEN. VI., and were beaten; in_ baseball we t hat they will still continue to have as played ·Diploma A. (who . finally won the their Form Mistr ess, Miss Peterson. shield) and~, were beaten , a nd in tennis we -{lr_:,t played V.a and beat the m, but our l uck did not hold out, for we were Diploma A. be~t~n by our old opponents, Honour VT. Peggy Pascoe, . our Sports Captain, W;tS When school re-assembled this year, Diprunner-up in the Junior Swimming Cham, loma found itself a Form of nearly 70 pionship, and Peggy a nd Elma . Med§.On girls; but since then, owiIJg to so many of r ep~esent . our Form in the inter-Form our brainy girls takink positions, our gymnasium contests. numbers have -dwindled, and the two This last t erm h as been one of ha rd Diploma Forms now total only about 5;,. work· for us, for the school h as the in- The size of Diploma, it was considered by ternal examination system, and it means the S,ports Committee, would give it an that the final Inte rmediate exams. are. unfa i-f advantage in sports, and for this much earlie+. . in the year, and most of the r easqn, among other s, our Form was girls are busy "swotting." Our teachers divi~d into two. In the light of after hope we will pass, for as they are very eve~s, we are glad of this, as our sports ·1azy, they do not want the extra work ot victories - cannot be · pointed to as the re1 superior numbers.. ' . the " Supps." and th-e correction of more suit ~of _ examination papers.

At the Swimming Sports, before the We h ave ·ror our· Form-room, room 1. divis ion above-mentioned, Diploma won Some think · we ·are lucky in not having the Senior Forms Race.

The School three fligl).t~ of stairs to climb, but we Champion, ,Imogen Allen, was a member are too near the S chool-room and the of t~Js Forw ;p1d l eader • of our swimming T eachers; ·common-room for our liking. teai;q~ Later in firsf ter m the announceHonour VI. have ha d their exams. in the ment was m iJ.de that inter-~'orm baseball School-room -.. this t erm, an d we were matches would be held, and we at once atgreatly surprised, one morning a t recess, t ack ed this ~port with o~r characteristic energy. to see · the int ervening d_oor open, and to W~ were successful in all our hear . a grillf voice say, "You girls are matches, in cluding th-e fina l agains t m aking far .too much noise!" and the rest Hon9ur vr.· o! the day ,:;e crept about on t iptoe.

Se~png t erip found u s ,_ busy a t bas ketba ll, an i'j h ere we were again luclty. Led One day \ ve smeared th e table with onion, the remains of a Botany lesson , but by pur Sports Captain, the captain of Schcio! basket-ball, we (figuratively the .next teacher passed n o remark about speak'l pg) march-ed · to victory over the it. A game invented by Misses Pascoe and Murdoch, our insepar ables, for wet days, bodies of V:b- i.e., we met them in the was "golf,'; played ·with a rubber, child's fina ls.

Early this term the inter-Form tennis bucket-cover ed with resemblances of mat'ches wer e h eld, a nd _we again met J ack· and Jill- and a baseba ll bat.

Honour V~. in the fin als, with the same OU:r Fori:ii-room is the r endezVO\JS of res1ht as in baseba ll. At t h-e Sports, held s tray cats a.nd dogs, and they give us in Qctober, we had at last to step down many an :i..musing time. The skirtingfrOII\ our pedestal ; our running teaIII only board appears to be the burial place for came third, as V.b Special and V.b finished dead rats, a's a n unpleasant odour ofte1~ before· us.

However, we are content to tells us. r est on our laurels, and do not . ·begrudge ,.

We girls _will all be sorry to leave V.c, this one minor item. and will carry away many a pleasant Up to, the · present there h as been neither cup n or shield for compet ition at memory a t the end of th e year. We wish the Swimming Sports, and so,: this term, our successors the best of good luck in the followili~ years, and as happy a time Diploma as a whol e decided to·. contribute a s we girls ~f V.c, 1925, and also we hope with a v iew to pr esenting th e S,chool with

SILVER AND GREEN. a cup for the senior inter-Forms swimming competition. We hope that now WIJ have led the way, othe r s may give cups • for the Intermediate and Ju~ior com petitions.

W e r egret that these notes have consisted 6f nothing but sporting news, but little else of importance h as h appened our way. We are, of course, good, as Diploma a lways is, and have our usual proportion of Prefects and other s hining lights, this year including the Senior , Prefect, our Form Captain.

We also starred at the_ School Play; in fact, mos t of the leading characters came from our Form.

Before clos ing, we should like to thank Winsome and Ida ·for their efffoient l eadership in work and sport, and t;o hope that future Diploma A's will maintain our wonderful r ecord in school work, acting, s ports, and-Modesty.

Diploma B. At the beginning of the y.e ar Diploma was divided. The parting caused us much sorrow, but the Principals thought it was only fair to the other Forms in the School, as ours was such a large one. However, we still have roll-ca ll together, and in spite of the fa ct that we are the largest Form in the S chool, we call our roll under three-quarters of a minute, ·provided, of course, that Jean Davison is there to officiate. Diploma A consists of one year girls, .while we are last year's Collegiate.

The Swimming Sports this year were h eld before we were divided , and we had some s plendid swimmers, the r esult being we cheered our team home to an easy victory. In the other sports, -although we waved our Old Gold Flag vigorously, we were b·eaten, though , needless to say, we put up a hard fight. However, the name of Diploma did. not sink into obscurity, a s Diploma A, which proved to . be our better half, carried everything before them in baseball, bask e t-ball and tennis.

This year every sport was provided for in the shape of cups and shields for trophies, with the exception of · swimming, s o all the girls in the Form clubbed together, and the result is another cup a<ldec\ t<;> tne $<;hoot's collection.

Our Annual Sports this year were a great success, h aving refreshments in the sha pe of afternoon tea and ice-cream, and a band which, apart from the events themselves, did much to enliven the afternoon. Only too well do we know how the ice-cr eam stall w:i.s rushed!

We served in r elays all the afternoon, and we now have a fellow-feeling and can sympathise with Mrs. Ob. up Tuck at reces's and lunch hour.

W e were extremely luck y to have for our Form Captain Winsome . Stuart, Head Prefect of the School, and for Lieutenants, Minnie Beckett and Jean Davison.

Ida Fithie successfully led us i-n sport, and it was under the ir combined lea dership that Diploma has been so s uccessful in both sport and ~ork.

Although we started off this year with such a large Form, this term our numbers have considerably diminis l;J.~d owing to the fact that some of the .girls have left to take positions. · · · We are glad to say we have finished the nerve-racKmg Intermediate tests, and nearly all our. girls have passed well, much to their credit and that of our teachers.

In closing, may we wish the girls of next year's Diploma as happy and successful a year as we have had.

V.b. Special.

Our room is No. _9, and we think it is the coolest and best in the school.

We have a spl endid Form, intelligent, athletic, and a rtistic.

On Mondays and Thusrdays six of our girls attend Miss Snowball's painting class, where excellent paintings are completed.

We also h ave two drawing less ons each week for the entire Form, where Miss Whitehead helps us make beautiful designs.· During the year wc have been working for the South Melbourne Mission, to which we have sent one parcel of clothing, and hope to send another soon.

Baseball was the first game we played this year, where we reached the senior finals and then were defeated by Dip. A. Second term we played basket ball and were again defeated by Dip. A., so you see

SILVER AND GREEN. Dip. A h ave a lways been our rivals . But we were greatly cheered when T. Dawson won the shield for the University Inter-school Flat Race. T his sh ield b a n gs in otlr room at present, and we am very proud of it.

At the Annual Sports our Form won the Senior Flag ·Race, and this time we defeated Dip. A. ·T. Dawson won · the Senior Championship Cup. Last, b"ut not least, we a ll wish to tbahk Miss Walton, our Form Mistress, for a ll the kindnesses she has done for every inc:l.ividual member, as well as t he Form completely. She bas spent much time and trouble . in making a splendid library, which we have appreciated very much, although Miss Walton thinks otherwise.

Form XX. This year we are in room 1 3, and the re are 30 girls in the Form.

Miss Dahle is our Form Mistress; Betty· McCutcheon.

Ir.is Uren a nd Verna Harrison are our Form Captain a nd Lieutenants.

We have dQne very well at sport, winning the _baseball, basket-ball, and tennis championships. We have more members in school teams than any other Form. and we h ave a lso t he intermediate champion in athletic sports.

We beat tw:o senior Forms at basket-ball. Ada Weller is our r epresen tative for the inter-Form gymnas tic competition. We tried our band at cricket, and bad a game, which we won by a small margin.

At th e beginning of second term, XX. went to t he Boroondara Free . Kindergarten, fo r which we have bee n• making clothes during the year, and we bad an e njoyable morning watching the childre n.

Our treasurer and secretary are Nancy Emery a nd Hilda Wilke.

A mysterious door at the back of our r oom ca•~sed much interest a n d curiosity, but w hen it was forced open it was found to lead into a s,mall dusty area, not la r ge e nough to be called a room.

It is now cleaned a nd we use it for lockers.

It is a peculiar fact that when o ur sandshoes disappear they are invariably found outside the window. Our Form supplied a

la rge numbe r of sweets for play.

the school

Form XX.a.

We've been a busy Form this year, you know, With genius, and an extra ounce of "go"; To build our reputation we have tried, As many mistresses h ave testified; Now, in the swimming sports, the first we came: Our bann er waved, upholding our noble name.

For Red Cross work we held a 'k er chief sale, Which made our riva ls tur·n, with envy, pa le.

Between tl).e first and second terms we went, Carrying to our Foundling Home some clothes which meant Warmth to the ba bies. Soon were we so sad Because our d ear Form Mistress said she bad To wed. We said good-bye to her, and then Miss Forman cam e to brighten our dark den.

Later some hom e-made sweets we brought to sell, And ever ybody said we did it well.

Soon after we wer e " ·beat " in basketball.

To our amaze, then, in the great gym. hall We folk-danced with a thletic, graceful poise, Alt hough, indeed, we made a dreadful noise !

Into t ennis with e nthusiasm we sailed.

Alas ! Form Twenty beat us; yes, we failed.!

We gathered for the Foundling Home a fund With which to buy a cot for some rotund, Sweet, l?miling baby.

Thus we prove d our worth, And stopped our rivals' brief, unnatural mirth.

The grand School Sports (refreshed with ice-cream rich) Went off unhindered by a single hitch.

But in the Form F lag Race into the dui,t

SILVER AND GREEN. Our· emblem fell, to our intense disgust.

Though disappointed we've not ceased to hope With this next year, s uccessfully to cope.

So now with confidence we look to exams., Trying, on journeys in the trains and trams, To learn · the work we need to know for them, E ven before we go to morn Assem.

Good fortune, then, to n ext year's Twenty A, For we've had many a very happy day.

valiant attempts to form a straight line when marching to Assembly. Our Formroom, though dull, commands an excellent view, and the only complaint to be made is t h at occasionally some budding creative genius in the Chem. Lab. drives us to distraction with the result of her experi• ments. Holidays are now claiming a deal of thinking and making of plans. Happy though school-days (minus exams.) are, we a lready look forward to the Christmas vacation, and thoughts thereon add a touch of sparkle to the fast departing work-days of this year.

ENIGME FRANCAIS. Ma premiilre est en "vole" mais pas en "marcbe," Ma seconde est en "singe" mais pas en "vache " ; Ma troisieme est e n "bonbon" m ais pas en "beurre," Ma quatrieme est en "garton" m ais pas en "sreur "; Ma cinquieme est en " chat" mais pas en "chien," Ma sixieme est en "mal " mais pas en "bien "; Et qua nd vous aurez trouve cette "Riddleme-Ree," Ma toute aura la plus ·b elle chasse de M.L .C. Reponse: Vingt A (XX.a).

-Mollie Ball, Form XX.a (aged 14) .

Collegiate V. Think of thirty-five girls, all in terested in sport and School ma tters, all keenly alive-that is Collegiate.

Collegiate tbis year seems to ha ve been rather .unfortunate in the matter of inte rForm sports, because, for two out of the three matches our opponents w\ire XX.a, and everybody knows how good t hey are.

As a result of this, we were defeated in ba seball and basket-ball, as well as tennis, even although we wer e ably assisted at tennis by Hazel Wepb, who is in the School team. However, at the Swimming Sports at the beginnil,\g· of the year, we did a little better, as 1-l\tancy Legge, our Sports Captain, came .a: tie for first in the diving.

In the interests of charity, most of us have reverted to the pas time of sewing of our grandmothers, and made articles for the · children of the "Yooralla " Kindergarten. A.t the e:nd of first and also of second term, our Form Mistress, Mi~a McDonald, took some of us, with a parcel of clothes, to the Kindergarten .

We now wish everybody good-bye, and, though, it's rather premature, the Collegiates of next year and succeeding years the very best of luck.

Lower V. Will you please have. the patience to r ead this short account of the Lower V. girls of 1925? We are very pleased to be able to boas t about our College, and especially . our Form's .achievem ents. Although we do not excel in Sports, we are not at the bottom of the list. Our basket-ball team reached the semi-finals, and our '.lther teams did not fare too badly. Coming to more intimate matters concer ning our Form, an e ntertaining book might bo written on its perso1~nel.

We have an assortment of pianists, elocutionists, artistes, et c., not to mention " swots." We are also renowned for our

V.c. Sp~cia.1.

At the beginning of the year we had our Form-room above the Gymnasium in No. 17, but we were changed later to the Lecture-room, where we remain still.

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SILVER AND GREEN. the Scholarship Form, we will have to do our best to establish a good reputation.

We'll say "A~ re,:oir" now, an_d hope to see you all again next year.

of which were made by the girls, to Montague Free Kindergarten, and the articles were much appreciated.

We hope the IV.a of 1926 will keep up the reputation of the present IV.a.

Form IV.a.

Fonn IV.b.

The time has co,:ne, the Mistress said, To think of many things: Of racquets, b!i"lls, and swimming togs, And all the whol e year brings.

We all returned to school wondering which class we should be pla~ed in. However, we were not kept in suspense for This year we were ~ery pleased to wel- · very long, the majority of us going into IV.b, the Form MistrP.Ss of which is Miss come the new g irls to our l<'orm, which Krome. now consists of :thirty-seven girls. ' Our Form Captain and Lieutenants are The first l"<'~ponsibility thrust upon us Warne, R. Glassel, and A. Corr, and M. was to elect a ·· good Form Captain and Sports Captain and Lieute n.ints P. Kino, Form Lie utenants. This we did, and have since proved that we elected the right R. Glassel, and M. Ezard.

Our Form-room is the ding.\' _s chool room, ~iris to the right positions in electing Ba··ilut we take a great deal of :rts dinginess i>ara ·carson as Form Captain and Molly away by decoratin~ it with pot plants and Holding and Edith Jordan as Lieutenants; flowers. but Molly left us to go for a holiday early During second term, IV.c ;;_nd ourselves in the year and has not yet returned. visited the Montague Free Kindergarte n Our next duty .was to elect a worthy for which we are working. Several of the Sports Captain, and in this Joyce was girls ,took cases which were· filled with elected un animously, and has carried out clothes for the little ones. ~ each child her duty as Sports Captain in a most passed out of the door some girls from capable way.

IV.c gave each of them a chocohte which IV.a have had a hard fight at sport the delighted their little hearts. whole of the year. In baseball we beat We h3.ve not been very success[ul in IV.b, but our rivals, R emove A, beat us in the inter-Form matches.

We were dethe finals. Then •in the Sw imming Sports [eated by IV.a in baseball and·· basket-ba 11.

Cecile won distinctions for our Form by ?.nd came th'rd in th e flag race. Our only winning the Life Saving and second in the Under 15, but again our friends, Re- hopJ how is tennis.

We have been very happy this year, and move A, beat us . . Still we were not down"·i.s h to thank the teachers f~i what they l10arted. We fo~ght against Remove A; we then met them in the finals of basket- have done for us. ball, and they again had a victory over us.

Next came the event of the year- Sports Form IV.c.

Day. Joyc6 and Cecile a nd Joan brought honour to our Form this time; a lthough .

Nine-and-thirty girls ai·~ we, again we were defeat ed by our frie nds in In a class that's named-I IV.c. t he F lag Race.

But after all our efforts against ReAt the beginning of the yeair we elected move A, we at las t beat them by an over- our Form Captain, Helen Eggleston, a nd whelming victory in t ennis, and fin ally Lie utenants Margaret Carson and Mavis Bryse. A little while afterwa'h is ·we chose winning the Lower Middle Premiership for Tennis.

Gwen Spooner for our Sports Captain.

While we were taking interest in School Just before the weather began to get work and sport, we found time to h elp the cooler we h eld our Swimrriing Sports .

Kindergarten effort which was being We had a good swimming t'eam, but wi made. We took about 150 articles, most were beate n. Helen represented us in a

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SILVER ANO GREEN. Our Form joined in the sports as usual, enter the room, we feel the cold rather our Form Mistress, Miss Parsons, being too much. on the Sports Committee. We did not do But we bear all this with hardly a very well in basket-ball, but we did better murmur, even though the wind ( '/ ) in tennis, and hope to do very much better sometimes p.Jays havoc with our blackin baseball. board duster and pointer and bears them W e have been workiug for the South below on to the roof of the baths. The Melbourne Kindergarten, wil.ich gave us missiles thrown to dislodge them, mystemuch pleasure and to make things plea- riously fall on Tuck roof, thereby santer for them. We went last term and flustering Mrs. Obby and Mrs. Trigg. paid them a visit, and also took with us . We have 29 girls in our Form now, s om·e clothing.

Second term we were three new girls having joined us in Term leading out of all the Forms for the most II., and about six of our worst spirits articles made and for old articles col- having been transferred to IV.a. lected.

We are sorry that two of our girls Oµr Form Flag · was changed from Valerie Warne and Isabel Tyner-are ill, crushed strawberry_·to silver a nd mauve. and trust that they will be well enough to Oµr Form consists of 32 girls, of whom re joice at having missed the exams. more than half are boarders.

We are bidding fair to being champions This term we had our Annual Sports on of the Middle School in sport, so we did Che · Hawthorn Oval, and enjoyed · them not take it hardly when our girls in the very much. Our Form came first in the Potato, Threa d-the-Needle, and 75 Yards Intermediate F lag Race.

Races at the Annual Sports did not win.

Our Form Captain, Betty Turner, and The only time luck shone on us on that the Lieutenants, Marjorie Howard and memorable day was when the royal blue Grace Rice, are helpful to the Form, so and chestnut brown colours of Remove A. we owe a good deal of thanks to them. floated home in the Middle School Flag In closing, we wish to thank Miss Par- Race. Our Form Mistress, Miss Gawley, sons and . all the teachers who have h elped seemed to recover her spirits after this us this year, and to wish the V.c Special wonderful feat, and our Form Captain, girls of coming generations all happiness Joyce Solomon, who had a sore throat, and success, and a lso to make the best of had to rise out of her bed to come and their school-days, and they will never r e- see the Flag Race and try barracking for gret them. a cure. l:'m afraid a number of us had All V.c Special girls say good-bye, besore throats after the Flag Races. cause we shall not be V.c Special girls in Certain Mistresses have had occasion to the coming year, 1926. remark on our good beil.aviour, but Miss Scott somehow seems to strike our recreation moments.

Some of us find it very hard to keep still, and quiet our busy Remove A. tongues at"the same time. (For informaH eigh-ho for Remove A. Form! tion, ask the Prefect on duty in Assembly.)

Ready, aye, r eady to face the storm Our motto is, " Deeds, not Words," but Of Examination papers we usually turn it the other way.

Apd examiners' capers There was a very funny occurrence in When the weather is steamy and warm. one of our Scripture periods. On_e of the Hulloa, everybody!

How would you girls was asked what was the writing that appeared on the wall during Belshazzar's like to traverse three fli ghts of stairs She answered in a calm tone, a.b out six times every day? Not much , Feast.

Of eh!

Well, that's just what we have to " Mene, mene, tickle the parson." course, there was a roar of laughter, a nd do, as our Form room is abo_v e the baths.

Slightly cool in winter, too, and, of the girl was corrected.

Well, we have to settle down to exams. course, as we _ have not the welcome glow of a radiator to greet us when we now, and as we have the honour of being

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We'll say "Au, re,:oir " now, and hope ·to see you all again next year.

of which were made by the girls, to Montague Free Kinde rgarten, and the articles we re much appreciated.

We hope the IV.a of 1926 will keep up the r e putation of the present IV.a.

FOl'm IV.a.

Form lV.b.

The time has coJne, the Mistress said, To think of many things: Of racquets, bi lls, and swimming togs, And all the ,vhole year brings.

We all returned to scho!)"l wondering which class we should be placed in. However, we wer e not kept in s uspense for This year we were ;,ery pleased to we!- . very long, the majority of us going into IV.b, tha Form Mistress of which is Miss come the new •girls to our I<'orm, which Krome. , now consists of _thirty-seven girls.

Our Form Captain and Lieutenants are The first I'P£pons ibility thrust upon us M. Warne, R. Glassel, and A. Corr, and was to elect a · good Form Captain and Sports Captain and Lie uten.ints P. Kino; Form Lie ute nants. This we did, and have since proved that we elected the right R. Glassel, and M. Ezard.

Our Form-room is the ding:y _s choolroom, gir ls to the right positions in electing B.J.•·i> ut we take a great deal of :its dinginess oara 'Carson as Form Captain and Molly away by decoratin,; it with pot pla nts and Holding and Edith Jordan as Lieutenants; flowers. but Molly left us to go for a holiday early During second term, IV.c and ourselves in the year and has not yet returned. visited the Montague Free Kindergarten Our next duty _was to elect a worthy for which we are working. Seve ral of the Sports Captain, and in this Joyce was girls ,took cases which were · filled with elected unanimously, and has carried out clothes for the little ones. each child her duty as Sports Captain in a most passed out of the door some- girls frona capab le way.

IV.c gave each of them a chocolate which IV.a have had a hard fight at s port the delighted their little hearts. ·· whole of th,;i year. In baseball we beat We have not been very success[ul in IV.b, but our riv~ls, Remove A, beat us in tho inter-Form matches.

W e were dethe finals. Then ,in the Swimming Sports [eated by IV.a in baseball and· basket-ba 11.

Cecile won distinctions for our Form by ?.nd came th 'rd in the flag race.

Our onl y winning the Life Saving and second in hop J flow is tennis. the U nder 15, but again our friends, R eWe have been very happy \his year, and move A, beat us . . Still we were not downwi.sh to tha nk the teachers for what the y hearted. W e fo1,1ght against R emove A ; we then met them- in the finals of basket- have done for us. ball, and they again had a victory over us.

Next came the event of the year-Sports Form IV.c.

Day. JoycE: a nd Cecile a nd Joan brought honour to our Form this time, although _ Nine-and-thirty girls ari'l we, again we were de feated by our friends in In a class that's named·' IV.c. the Flag Race.

But after a ll our efforts against ReAt the beginning of the yea!'" we elect ed move A, we at last beat them by an overour Form Captain, H elen Eggleston, an:l whelming victory in t ennis, a nd finally Lieutanants Margaret Car son a nd Mavis winning the Lower Middle Premiership for Bryse. A little while afterwatds ·we chose Tennis.

Gwen Spoone r for our Sports Captain.

While we were taking interest in School Just before the weather began to get work and sport, we found time to help the coole r we h eld our Swimming Sports. . ' Kindergarten effort which was being W e had a good swimming team, but Wi made. We took a bout 150 articles, most were beate n. Helen represented us in u

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SILVER AN D GREEN. great many races, and was successful in mos t of the m.

In the baseba ll we g ot into the finals with _R e move A., but when we finished the r ounds were 1-9 to Remove A. When second term came we began to think about our ha_sket-ba ll team.

When we played our first game we beat IV.a; we then had to pla y Remove A. We p layed for two exciting periods, the goals being 10-5 in fa vou r of Remove A. We held the Athle tic Sports at the Glenfe rrie Oval on Monday, Oc tobe r 19. Ruth L e Couteur won the Junior Championship and we we re very proud of her. In th·e Flag R ace we were b eaten, b ut it didn't ma tte r m ·1ch when we h eard about Ruth .

This year we we r e working for the Montague Free Kinderga rte n. Whe n we went to visit the m we took cases full of clothes for the littl e children. It was very interesting wa t ching them play games and thr ead beads.

L ast term we paid a visit to the American Fleet to look over the " Seattle." It was v ery interesting looking at th e big g uns and the seaplanes.

Some of UH ask ed a sailor to s how us ove r the ship, and h e, told us all about the things we s aw.

Connie Ditch burn m a d e our . F orm F lag, wh:ch is a pretty sh a d e of t ange rine, W e are a ll ve ry s orry to leav·e our F;irm, all we have had a very h a ppy year with M'i.ss Luke, tut we a ll wish future JV.c girls t h e best of good l uck.

Form1 IV.d.

W e have h ad many ch a nges this year, l·oth in our F orm-r ooms a:i d our Form Mis tress.

At the beginni.ng of the year our Form Mistress was Miss P a rry, but she h a d to leave us because o f ill•h ealth.

Our n ext F orm Mistr -:,s was Mrs. BraITJelcl. We do not . lmo w . why she left.

Ot1r Form Mistress no w i:, Miss Lindsay.

W e like h e r very much.

Our firs t Form-room was No. 8. Afte r a time we went to R oom 14, above the baths.

Our F orm-room now is in Cato House. · Our F or:. flag is rose pink a nd dove gi·ey in colour, and our Form· Ca ptain i s Etta Salmonow.

Lower IV. Th ere is a F e rm at- M.L.C., It is Lowe r IV., you see; Our flag it is jade green and grey, By far the bes t flag of to-day ; W e have a girl in our small Form, W e call her wondrous Peggy ; She is a n a rtis t of great skill, Can dra w a duck with a b ig bill.

The re's Ma rion, Noel, J oan Ade le, Try to h elp Miss J efferies w e ll.

Ma ry at hand work tries to beat us, We think she soon wil1 want to t each us.

Violet and Grace s urprise us allThey do sums so ·well with a ll .

At sports we note Dora and Norma, Especially the talk of the former.

When tuck time comes, the n Rut h runs To get her tuck right ready.

At Lite rature ther e is Marjorie small, She talks of Anthonio big and tall.

For Geography there is Isa bel meek, Not like her rivers as wild as a sheik.

For running there's Lily, our Form Captain tall, She runs so quickly, a nd jumps the stone wall; J ean, our first lie ute nant, and Eunice our second, T ry to stop Beatrice from l au ghing a nd talking; And Lurlin e struggles to fini sh h e r socks That _worried themselves right out of h e r box.

And n ow, dear frie.nds, each lesson lends No time for u s to fool in; Good-b ye till n ext year , then you will h ear We'll mostly be found in IV.b clear.

Junior School.

We have b een v ery h a ppy at Junior School this year. At first th er e was much changin g of rooms, but a t last we settled clown to the year's work. The n , to our great d elight, Miss Holding came to teach us. Pound started a few weeks later, to our great objection, and two pound monitres ses w ere elected. ,ve work for the Richmonct Kindergarte n , and send in a bout every month a parcel containing the things we have made.

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SILVER AND GREEN. rt was decreed that we should have an Assembly by our.selves, as there was too much of a crowd in Fitchett Hall.

Now we have it in our own Cato House, happily together .

Our tennis four is Noel Ebbott, Freda Mardell, Peggy Ditchburn, a nd Joan Cook.

Sometimes .when we want to play tennis, the senior girls ~re on the court, and we a ll would like it for ourselves.

The greatest event of the year is the Doll Show. We a.II brought our dolls, and walked round the quad. for the big girls to see. Then each girl voted for t he doll she liked best, an!i E lla James won the prize of a big box of chocolates.

Noel Ebbott got up a play called "Th e Lost Slipper," which went off very successfully.

The money went to the Red Cross.

This term we are practising for the Junior School sports. We had the heats on Thursday, October 29, and are going to have the finals on November 4. Some of the girls are going to the Kinderg_a rten soon, to see the girls and boys working, singing, and playing together. They are looking forward to this very much .

We wish the next year's J u nior School the best of luck, an d hope ·that the y will be a s happy as we have been.

PRIZE SENIOR VERSE.

. " For Shelter:"

The Rift in the Clouds.

In second term, on one fine day, Some workmen came and made survey W ith note-book, pen, and a .big foot-rule Of the wide front wall of the Business School.

The sky is covered with a shapeless cloud, One vast expanse of grey, dense, limitless; But just above the distant pu rple line Of mountain tops that pierce the floating mist A long, low ope11ing in the ashen s ky Is edged with s<iftest pink, a ragged ren t In the dark mantle of the sky, that shows Its rosy lining. Glowing through the gap The distant sky is yellow, bright yet pale, Like a far sea of. limpid liquid light, Fringed with d'irri sandy bays and capes and cliffs, Rose-coloured, softened, by the setting sun, While o'er it, is land-like, float tiny clouds Part of the rosy lining of the cloak That were too light to fall when it was torn.

But evening falls, the nimble-fi ngered Night Mends the sky's mantle with a velve t patch Of darkest blue, spangled with silver stars To hide the tear.

And thus my sea is gone.

-MARJORIE BULL, P. VI.

Then later we beheld them come And paint the boarded wall, Whi le some Set upright posts into the wall.

A roof they built to cover all.

The ends with trellis were complete; ri, really looked a perfect treat.

Our wonder grew when ther~· we saw Them fitting lock ers in galore.

With curious eyes we watched them add The final touches; and with ·' g lad Expectant hearts we h u rried- in, For morning school would soon begin.

When the 11.20 bell Tolled out its strokes with ~ehoing swell, We hurried forth to look, and wh en We lookeu upon the sight_::;h, then We fell about wit h shrieks a_nd squeals!

For, oh! t he wondrous glimpse reveals, In dainty letters on the waif · T he words, " For Shelter!" That is a ll.

And so t he secret close came out.

It never failed to bring a shout,

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SILVER AND GREEN. "How weak! ," "How feeble! " or "How mad!"

It really ma~es one feel quite sad.

That s uch a boon they should despiseAh, well! Some da y they·ll r ealise Its s1J,lrling wort h , and own that th ey Were wrong ·corte mptuous words to say.

For he nceforth they cannot complain Th ey have t o , stand in drenchi n g r a in , Or in the blazing s un to swel terTheir r efuge-h aven is "b'or S helter ! " .

-M. McINNES, V.a.

And l\nde rneatb the lines these words appear: " My name is Ignorama-M ug of Mugs, Lopk on my words, ye mighty, and despair! " Nothing besides was the re: round what r emained Of that colossal mess, bounded but ba r e, The pure white sheet lay, othe rwise unstained. -.

- D. E. R.

Sunset Thoughts.

The Editors' Cry. (Apologies to W . E. H e nley.)

Out 9f scripts that cover us, Good, or " not bad," or merel y poor , We thank all the gods a bove us For the saving sense of humour.

In tne fell clutch of would-be scribes, W ~ have not wept, nor moa n ed a l oud.

Under the scene each "poe m " describes.

Our h ead s are aching, but unbo wed.

Beyond this t ime, when we d irect.

There looms the horrnr of this sha d i:.

Yet the m e nace of !he Rej ect · Finds, and' s hall find, us unafraid.

It matte rs n,ot that there will call Th.ose whose work in print is not seen, We'll quite ig nore the plaint o f a ll: W e, a r e rum,1ing- this magazine !

-DULCIE FOARD.

Softly t he scented wind ·wafts from the seas, Gently the $Ummer wa ves wash on the shore; In crimson majesty, gilding the trees And burnishing the watjlr to bright gold The great sun s lowly s inks into the wes t.

After the fretting cares of daily life Here in a world whe r e always there is strife,_ To see tha t crimson sunset brings a r est, A sense of calm and quiet, richer far Than all day's wearing 'p leasures, giddy whirl or gaiet y, ?-nd mad desires which mar The tranquil beauty of the s tream of life.

0 ! when I feel the beauty or this scen e My cares dissolve as t hey h ad n ever been_ -EVELYN MILES, Pass VI.

" Gate " Reflections. " lgnorarna."

With Apologies to ti:ie writer of " Ozym a ndias of Egypt."

I m et a mis tress coming down amazed, Who said: One lone examination sh eet Lay with · the rest. On it when I gazed Half-mad, a murdered ans wer lay, whose weak And mixed up lines, and mis -spelt words Showed that their writer never th·:iee books read.

She s hould have read, stamped on that dread(ul page, Tl1e hand that mocks m e, and th_e muddled head.

For the future of our g irls I qua il : Their constitutions seem so fra il.

A Prefect on Gate Duty H as e very opportunity, To observe the numerous ills Tha t attack our poor ~chool-girls .

Examples two I therefore take; I think they'll serve to illustrat e The ills to which our g irls are h e h And which they a ll so nobly bear.

A maiden comes in through the ga,e, H er stockings ~ regret to state, In colour much r esemble mustard; The Prefect gives a glance disgusted:

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SILVER AND GREEN . " My cl1 ild, yc u know quite well, I'm s ure (I t h ink I'rc mentioned it be for e).

You must not wear s u ch awful h ose! " But b ere the g irl wi ll inte rpose: " I've go t a pois one d fo ot ' My mot h e r Says I must cot wear anothe r Pair of s tockings; for th.e dye Might hurt my foot; a nd tha.t is why

Fit symbols tha t when life 's Great Hour is past, The smalle r joys a nd hopes wi ll com e a t last.

- DULCIE FOARD.

That Single File.

f'm wearing these!" And so sl1 e goe3. ('Tis coincidence, I s uppose, But she's the fifth I've seen to-day With poiaonecl foot a nd stockings g::iy.)

Every d ay at the be ll's loud call M.L.C.-ites one and a ll Come m ~.r chin ~ down to Fitchett H a ll In s ingle file.

Ther e com es a nothe r. Glove less. s b e Is passing b y, until the Pre. In dign antly of h e r d e ma n ds: "Why are r.o gloves upon yo ur h and s?"

And n e xt lo come w ith lordly mien.

Midst g irl s who s ile n ced now have been .

Our trul y dignifie d Sta ff are seenIn s ingle file.

7'1,-i.~ c hild exhibi ts h er ie ft thumb" My ha n d's too sor e for me to come T o sch ool w ith gloves on! " And 'tis true The scratch to which s h e n otice drew

And oft you ·11 see in tunics t rim.

Directed by a mistress slim, Maidens ma r c hing round the gym .In single file.

Is quite a full three-eights-inch long; Once more the m a iden passes on .

(A Prefect must excuse againH ow nobly they all s uffer pain!)

And look at t hose a rrayed in white, The ir faces sh inin g with deligh t, R eceiving prizes on Speech NightI n sin gle file.

r, 7' For the future of our girls I quail: Their c omititutions seem so frail.

- DULCIE FOARD.

Wistaria.

Thy

branch es bare, when first b lithe Spring appears, Thou deck'st with scented blossoms, wh.ich but last For a short season; as t h e Summer ·nea.r s The blooms are faded, all thy beauties past.

But not for long; for very soon are seen (Whe r e, for the ir little hour, sweet b lossoms were) Bra n ch es a ll covered with. the tender green Of tiny leaves, m asking the places whe re Once fra il wistaria. bloss omed in the sun; Of tin y leaves, th:it lead one to fo rget First glory's over , a nd half life is done, And blossom time's a m e m'ry and r e~re t ,

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But who are these in goodly crowd?

They're aunts and cousins and pa r ents proud, Cheering wildly and cla pping loudTha t single file.

Oh! l ook at these other maidens fair, As th ey sit and think of a waste d year.

And wish that they, too, might appear(Just fo r a while) I n sin gi"e file.

Perhaps one d ay when the s ign you view At a booking office, " Observe the queue," Your early t rainin g will come to you, Whe n you use d to smile At single file.

- D . E . R.

Autumn.

When Summer's scorching heat and Northern gales, Her br eathless Noo ntide, and h er fier ce s trong blast , H ave vanish e d down th e pathway of the past-

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SILVER AND GREEN. The n in her fiery wake t he Autumn trails Her glorious · garlands, glancin g o'er t he dales; "' As from h e r robes br ight flutt'rin g leaves a re cast.

S he bear s t he fruits, t h :! corn, the flowers, Crom vast And varied sources gathe r ed. · All" earth ha ils ,..,_ Her advent. · When life's Autumntide holds sway, 'Tis. decked w ith bright'ning hopes, which come and go Like s hining leaves. We shou ld the harvest g ive Of ~isdom we 11:1.vc gleaned a lon g t h e \Vay, And · scatter it among mankind, lo show Our fe llow-men the wiser way to liYe. -M. Mcinnes, V.a.

A Pleasant Evening.

A ha rd long table strewn with bcokR, A ploddin g schoolgi r l nodd ing f1st, A gla ring µ:Jc.be t he scene o'erlooks, A stately clock shows midnigh t's [last.

Although the work is ha rd, th e g irl The fascination of it feels.

Ah! yes- such trig.-it is a pearl , Alth ough with sine a nd cos. it d ea ls.

"And whoever wakes in England finds,'" Ah ! yes, she's r eall y wide-awake, A rosy morn streams through the blinds , Th e s un o'er ear th his way doth take.

But s he t hinks of that thrush so gay, And packs her books for tests t hat day.

-KATHLEEN HULL, V.a

The Blackfellow' s Moon.

Dark nigh t has come, but n ow the moon appearsT h e full, round moon th e black-man knows and fears; He fears it for its shadows an d its light, He makes of it a n enemy of night.

And so the black-man's god ascends t'le skies.

With axe in hand, straig ht to the moon h e flies ; He r eaches it, a nd ch ops it with his bla de, And stops not t ill a tiny scoop i s made.

Each night, the black-man's god this act r epeats, Each night, the luckless moon bis axeblade beat s, · Each night, the fragments cut before be goes Up to the farthest reach of Heav'n be throws.

The trig. is done and with a sigh She clos-~s up the learn~d book, She opens Poslgate, verbs t o try, And learns t he m a ll with but a look .

'Tis t hus, t he black-man says, the moon g rows small, 'Tis thus, h e says, t he stars apj/~ar at all.

- JOYCE MANTON, V.a.

The " Chronicle of Was t ed Time " She now t a k es from its wonted place A scor e of pages on some clime Wh ose galla n t armies sh e must face.

PRIZE INTERMEDIATE VERSE.

And the n most int'resting of all, Learn'd M~iklejohn in blue steps down.

And much ~bout the rolling ball She learns, a nd village, too, and town.

Beauty: A Sonnet.

[Th e Form was set a competition in Sonnets, in eith er of th e Shakespearean or the Petrarcbian type ; the winner ch os e the latter-the mor e difficult type.]

And with delight she traces out How H 20 is formed: and sees That when a ll "x's " she can rout, She'll s tart on wholesome indi ces.

shall be ever near thee-'neatb the moon, Among the gloom of dells , ha unted by fays; In magic nights when g nornies ch ant their lays,

And E ng lis h now-how trul y real Is every book and poem a nd ode S he r eads: a nd in h e r soul doth feel Thf;l life a nd beauty or th e m ode.

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SILVER AND GREEN. And the four winds do softly sigh and croon.

'Mid foa med seas chanting their age-old rune, Ana . lau ghing water dimpling in dusky cays; 'Mid silver beauty blown across the days Of riotous h eavens, blue in the burning noon.

Back to the moon I flin g the fainting flame, Snatched from the westei-n hearth of dying fires .

Back to the stars I fling ·the trembling white, Gathered from roses, pale tn all but name.

Even when sorrows shake you with desires, On falling tears I'll silver flashings bright.

- R. HEATH, Form XX.a (age 14) .

Then next I watched a little snail That left a slimy shiny t rack Upon the sand. His house so frail, H e carried on his little back.

They were so happy, all those snails, No troubles, worries, and no fuss! "!- sat and watched and watched their trails, And wished a house would g row for us!

-B. SARAH.

The Lab. !

The lab.!

Where science students love to go, Where all the sweet odours do blow, Where crucibles are all aglow, O'er bunsen burners burning low, Where test-tubes stand all in a row, Near sinks where waters overflow, Where lab'r ing teachers strive to sow The seeds of knowledge in students slowHow they do it, I don't know.

- F . THOMAS, XX.a (age 13).

The Daily Routine at the M.LC. At M.L.C. at·•eight past nine We forward to assem. in line, And if assem. we try to cut, Then to detentjon we must strut.

Our Country.

At ten past -nine we mount the stairs 'l'o sing our hymn and say our prayers.

The Senior Prefect rings the bell And tells us all there is to tell.

Ir tyrants should invade our shore,

Like some on others' shores before, And all our hope of freedom gone; What need we more to spur us on Than this-" Our country."

Then the Staff come up the aisle, Walkin g in in solemn fil ~.

When the head say~, "School dismiss," We walk out, but not in bliss-

If despots should rule o'er our land,

And nought at all for us be planned, If in their policy they're corrupt;

For then to. lesson s we must g~, And how we hate it you s hould know.

For .if we do not .know our work, The teacher says we must not shirk.

What need we more to stir us up Than this-" Our country."

-ELSIE THOMAS, XX.

And so the days and weeks pass on, Until the whole three terms have gone, And some girls come and others go, But our old School's the best we know.

-BETTY McCUTCHEON, XX.

" The Fire."

A glowing mass of r ed-hot coals, it burned That eve, and in the fiery e mbers bright , I saw strong castles built and overturned In days when might was right, a nd right was might.

I saw great forests deep, a nd In the glad es The elves and gnomes their revels there did hold, While overhead the trees made high a rcades,

The W"ISh. One day I saw a turtle, and His house was built· so very well !

The roof and floor were nicely pla nned, And it was ma de of yellow shell.

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SILVER AND GREEN. And underneath old witches fortunes told.

I saw fair s hips come sailing into port, Laden with treasures rich from distant lands, And 'a ll the g litter of some foreign court, Where wealth a nd beauty hold s uch high command s, And so the pictures rose a nd fell, until The glowin g fire died out and a.II was still.

- JESSIE CURRIE, XX.a (age 16) .

An Australian Morning :in Spring.

The golden sun is flooding The hills with brillia nt ligh t, And the stream is making m usic, Rushing from a distant h eight.

The gum trees tall and stately Shade d ainty maiden hair, That grows in mossy ba nks By . wildflowe rs sweet and ra re.

H e r e, where the yello w wattle O'e rhangs the rus tic bri.d ge, A kooka laughs so loudly He 's h eard down at " The Ridge."

Nature.

The river drifting on its course Is glistening in the sun, The Lofty Mountains are its source, It gurgles as in fun; And unde rneath a shelving rock Are s hadows dark a nd cool.

And now and then a· bird does mock The singing of the pool.

In a paddock to the wes t The cattle com e to graze, And a magpie, sweetly warbling, Flies o'er fields of maize.

-DOREEN LACEY, XX.

I wander 'neath t he sh a dy trees With music a ll a round, And rus hes swaying in the breeze : What beauty I have found!

Flowers sway on slender waving s t ems With nodding drowsy h eads, Like Nature's many colour ed gems Sparkling in their beds.

-DAISIE CALLAGHAN (age 15).

A Garden.

Oh, there is m agic in tha t word, That tells us of the singing bird; The waving tree, in sunshine gown ; The azur e sky, with ne'er a frown; The s parkling brooklet, crystal clear , Splashing by the g reenswa rd near; The flow er fairies, frisking free, In little groups of two and three, Cla d in the rainbow colours bright.

Ob, aren 't they sweet, so gay and light?

And some have per fumes rich an d rare, While d e w drips on their gleaming hair.

Enfolded round with cobweb laceThey charm one with their dainty grace!

The Fairies' Hour.

Hark! a s ilver bell is ringing , 'Tis the fairies' dancing hour.

Out they troop, Each little group, As sweet as a n y flow e r!

- LORNA McDONALD, XX.a (age 14).

Soft is the dark green carpet, The mushroom ch airs stand by, To the centre they prance And sway and dance, Under the s tarlit sk y.

PRIZE JUNIOR VERSE.

Hark! anothe r bell is ring ing, While t he golden s u nbeams rise, Every fairy, Light and airy, Homeward quickly flies.

-MINNIE WOOD (Coll. V.).

Good-Night.

The sun was kissing the sea good-ni ght, The sea lay calm in the fadin g light, And all around was silen t and still, At the close of day.

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SILVER AND GREEN. The waves we re whispering soft a nd dear, Wafting their notes to. each mortal ear, The mermaids sang t h e ir lullabies At the close of clay.

Good-night, good-n ight the seagulls croon, As they fly by the pale and waning moon, Good-nigh_ts a re be ing w hispered o'er all . · th e world, At the c lose of day.

- RUTH LE COUTEUR, IV.c (age 12).

PRIZE SENIOR PROSE.

of a n occasiona l t rain, and the noi se of wood-cutting h ad c learl y re-echoed to us in . the s h a rp morning air.

Here in the h eights and primitive wilderness we co·uld h ear n othing but bush sounds blending into one musical tone- the rustling whisper of th·e ever-shaking tree-tops, the o<;cas ional note of both seen a nd ~nseen bifdS and the nume rous small indefinable noises that con t ribute to the atm osph e re of the Australian Bush.

But all too soon we were t o leave this paradise, for suddenly, upon a turn in the path w e could see the cleared summit of t h e mountain-forerunner oCthe civilisation to which we must return.

-M. ALLEN.

A Walk in the Bush.

It was a morning· in early Spring when we set out for that simplest of all pleas u res-a walk in the bus h. We followed first of all the typical bus h track which wound round the western face of the thickly wooded mountain.

There w ere gums growing above u s, gu ms growing b elow us, and a long the s tone-ed ged path sweet sarsaparilla crept a nd clung . As yet un·lit by t he morning sun, wattle shrubs s ho wed up dully yellow, not with that gleaming gold so' ijsual to it.

Walking in delightful leis ure to drink in this chan ging sameness, we arrive d at a point on the mountain side from where we could overlook the numerou s peaks a nd g ullies clothed in da rk green with sunlit patches n ear at hand, but softening in the distance to pale green, grey, b lue, a nd , ou the horizon, purple.

As we continued on our way the path, or now track, grew less a nd less clearly ma rked; stones and moss lying on it showed that few passed a lou g t his way.

Now tall white gum trees were seen more a nd more frequently ; giants of t h e bus h ris ing stra ight as- darts to h eaven and fallen tree-trunks damp with moss a n d fungi lay rotting in the s h ade of their fellows.

The s un g linting through the tree-top s cast that indescribable, everchanging mixture of s unshine a nd s h adow on our path.

Lo wer down the mountain-s ide, the sounds of the little township, the r a ttle

" Tears."

The small girl walk ed ·s.iowly home from school.

Her thou ghts, fo r some reason, w er e running on a strange subject-tears. " Tears !" s h e thought. What cau sed them? Sometimes, when she fell over, the tears cam e. Were,. t h ey really n e c essary in life? Surel y th~re must be some reason for their exis terrce? Someone, she remember-ad, h a d once told h er that everyt1Yi11g had its uses, however trivial. But- tears ! She could not think what uses f.hey could have. But what was making h e r think of them ? She tried to think of something clse-t?e game of roun ders she had played a t 'dinner-time, a nd the good hits she h a d made.

And after school-what was it she a nd h er mates had done then? Ah, yes-! Climbed the old gum tree at the back of the school.

She had a lmo&t fallen, but her dress · had caught, a nd t his had saved . her . Again, and almost against her w ill, her thoughts would turn to- tears. A str a n ge s ubject for so youthful a nd s ure ly, care-free, a person.

Yet h er mind would n ot turn from it. So. slowly, sh e con t i,n ued on h er homeward way, down the b ush track, wonde rin g what h er m other would say (and do ) whe n s h e saw a ll the tears in her new dress.

- DULCIE FOARD.

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PRIZE INTERMEDIATE PRQSE.

Catching a tram, we whisked d ow n Adderley Street, and, turnin g round, followed the railway until the tram sw ung out on to the ocean road. I t was a perfect A Day in Capetown. drive. On one s ide were beautiful houses with s hady gard ens, and on the oth e r the When I came on deck t hat morning, Olll' wide ocean.

Rounding a turn, we saw ship was rid·ing at anchor on the calm ,vater s of Table Bay. What a v iew met Camps B~y before us, and we r e _soon ther e. It was a pretty place, h em med in by the eyes! On three sides was t he deep t he mountains.

Ge tting out, y,re went blue ocean, and on t he other- land. down t o ·the beach, where incoming waves But the finest s igh t of all was Table broke against huge boulde rs, sendin g colMountain . A commanding mass of b ar e, grey-brown rock, it towe red above the sur- umns of spray into the a ir. To t he left roundin g peaks, and -with its Liou Con sort, . · the Lion's H ead r eared itself into the ,eemed to be g uarding the city nestling · clouds .

After a pl easan t hour, we caught the at its foot. Far up into the blue expanse of sky it stretch ed its flat s ummi t, the train back , tliis time between t h e mounwhole being reflected in th e water below. tains. Up a nd up' •the car toiled on the winding, dusty, sin gle track, and one felt But no w· t he s hi p was astir, and soon · hotter every moment. At last' it reached · . we were unde r way.

Slowly s he drew near the wharf, working h er way in t ill the top, and, descen ding, e n tered a cool , On the right was the huge s hady road. sh e lay a lon gside. Till ten, a ll was bustle bulk of T able Mountain, an d away below, and hurry getting ready to go ashore. t h e white roofs of Capetown gleamed in What with cr eaking d e rricks, rattling th e sun. Down t!Je car went, till at last it winches, a nd coaling, the s hip was soon noisy and dusty, and h er passenge rs were swun g into Adderley Street once more.

Getting out we walked down to the station . glad to leave h e r.

After waiting, a t r a in took us back to the Bidding good-bye to those passe·11gers wliarf. Tb<!re our boa t lay, a nd, tired but who were disembarkin g, our party walked h ap py, we boarded h e r. a long the wharf to wh e re a small train Just as t he sun was setting. the ropes was waiting to convey passengers to th"l were cast off, a nd sh e dre w away. When city.

After twenty minutes, with some out in the bay, we took a last look at jolting on the way, it ran into t he station. Table Mountain. .Its summit · was Getting out, and walking on, we turned wreathed in mist, which the last rays of into Adderley Street, wide and l ong. the dying s un h ad turned to fie ry-gold.

We s pent a busy morning in Capetown, Gathering s peed , we soon left CapetQwn seein g the s ights. At inter vals a long th e far b ehind. ke rb-stones were natives with big baskets - JES SIE CURRIE, XX.a (age 16). of t empti ng fruit or lovely flowers. Then there were th e curio shops. They wer e the best of a ll, with their lovely ostrich., The " Fabric of a Vision." feath-ers, ivory bracelets, necklets a ud The golden lamp of the moon bung low fans, tiny imitation rickshas, and coun tin the sky, g leaming through the dark less othe r fascinatin g things. ~ome even trees .

Sou nded t he soft sob of elEin sold skins. flutes and the fa int, sweet scent of woodAs the m ornin g advanced, t he ,;treets bine stole on its e rrant way. From behind became hotter a nd h otter, a nd we wer e a tree p eeped a wee fig ure, a mischievous glad to e nte r a cool restaurant for lun ch. look on its face; then sudd enly danced out When we cam e out the point a r ose as to of the shadow~. across t h e interve ning where t he afternoon should be s pent. space to a tall toadstool , a nd seated himAmong vario us places s uggested were self t h ereon.

Groot Schuur and Camps Bay. 'The latte r Full in the mo on's rays sat t h e chief was chosen . of the Mad Moonshees, wa itin g for- h is 41

SILVER AND GREEN. band of followers; for this was the night Somewhere in this pande monium of of the Grand Revel, which followed a vicsound ech oed a wild lone wail-the wa: tory over their mortal enemies, the Weircry of the W e irdrians! Nearer and n eare;drian gnomes. Already the elfin band was they came, till at last they were upon the playing, and glow-worms glimmered among Moonshees !

Hurtling out o)f the gloom the sh adows. of the wood came hundreds of noisele~s Then a great moth fluttered down owls, their g lowing eyes, like lamp · . from the _s ky, with an elf on its back. Anpiercing the chaos of wind and rain, carryoth er followed, and another, until each ing on their backs the Weirdrians. toadstool in the ring had its occupant.

Armed with the stings of bees, they The moths vanished sile ntl y.

For a threw themselves upon the Moonshees. moment the lilting rh y thm of the fl~tes Ensued a fierce struggle; many a grim ceased and a ll was s ilence. Then spoke tragedy was enacted in the echoing woods. the Chief Moonshee, Wana: The hills mourned unceasingly; far-flung " Elf-people, t_o -night we hold Gra nd branches caught the dirge, and sent it back to the heavens.. ..

Revel, to commemorate our v ictory over the Weirdrians.

Grey Lady , Wind has Suddenly a silence fell upon a ll. Grey gone to rest, and the Lamp of the Moon Ln.dy Wind quietened, moaned, and died. is lit. To our revels, elf-people! To-night . Timidly the moon peeped from behind a we are free!" black cloud , then, boldening, showed her whole radiant face, glistening on the dripAs h e fin ished, a low murmur aros:! · from the 2.ssembled elves, as if a dawn ping leaves.

Fresh and sweet, the air came laden with incense. And one by one wind liad whispered among tree-tops. Suddenly the m_usic of the flutes rang out. wee figures rose from near the -passiona nd the s _c ene was transformed. From a vine, stumbled over the s leeping dragons hadowy, mystic world it had become flies to the toadstools, and seated themselves thereon, yawning prodigiously, and lauthing, alive. Points of fire glittered in t~e sky; reflected on rustling leaves, and rubbing th_e lr eyes. in glow-worms. Each e lf leaped from his Gone were the owls, gone were the toadstool, ran wildly be hind a great Weirdriaus! The Golden L amp was still stump, and reappeared on the back of a in the sky. Sparks of fire glitter ed in the gleaming dragon-fly. With great eyes that heavens, and a still, low music sounded looked like miniature moons they swooped, from hidden flutes. · That drowsy dew of glancing, here, there, and everywhere. the passion-flower had lulled them to s leep, a~d the wild · combat was of the Shrill laughtei· arose, and str ange rustfab ric of dreams! lings sounded in the undergrowth . Mad_Slowly the moon · paled.

Stars faded. der, wilder flew the dragon-flies. Almost drea.ming, into the arms of dying night. up to the laughing stars they fled, and Aud the sun rose, making a ll the la nd down again, with a royal swerve; then, g lorious with morning. with a flicker of wings, across to the pas- R. HEATH (age 14). s ion-flowers near by, and drank of their clew. In the dreamy pause that followed. there rose a wailing wind. The Grey Lady had wakened, and come to stop their PRIZE JUNIOR PROSE. r evels! The R ains leagued with h e r, for now their hiss and beat on the passive.! earth was heard. The moon hid her face.

The Story of a Cat. Then came the sound of a rushing, mighty wind-a wind that seemed to fill the earth Poor . Tim th e cat was feeling very - i l wind that screamed, that howled neglected.

A nasty clog had come to the above, and filled the woods, near and far. house to stay. Nobody took any interest with a deep booming, pierced now and in Tim now; the horrid old dog got all the biscuits and things th at should have then by the splintering crash of snapping been Tim's . He stalked about the house bough and falling tree.

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Just now ·he had stolen T im's piece of meat, a nd Tim, on going to th e _pantry to get some m ort, found on the top shelf a ni;:e . young chicken jus t s uitecl to bis taste, and just as he was beginning to enjoy himself, the door opened and in walked t~e cook, who threw a nasty bucket of cold water at him. So Tim felt very woebegone as b e sat on the fence licking himself dry. and trying to plan revenge on the stuck-up dog. · One day, as Tim was s itting in the barn hoping to catch a rat, he saw the s tuck-up dog sneaking into the wood-s h ed with a

large juicy bone in his mouth. He buried it in the corner of the shed. He did not know th_a t Tim was watching him, so h e went away . again. Tim crept quietly out of his hiding-place and dug in the ground till he found t he bone. He carried it carefu ll f to the barn and pre pared to enjoy himself. Soon afterwa,rds the dog came back to get it again, and Tim, enjoying it very much, was caught in the barn. H e knew it was no use interfering with Tim , so he took all bis other bones and buried them in the front garden.

Wasn' t Tim gla d when the gardener found him digging holes in the garden and s macked him, and sh ut hipi in the shed.

- M. LEMMON (age 12) .

A Very Successful ExperimenL

P.r oblems " and gave us a very enjoyable forty minutes.

Drawings were shown and the girls were very interested in the ma P of certa in well-known str.eets. · Our second talk 'was given by T. Dawso~ on the Warrnambool Breakwa ter .

This breakwater is being used for the purpose of protecting Warrnambool's harbour, but continuous rough seas have broken parts off, and reponstructing causes loss of money and expen se thus spoiling War:nambool's chance of ' being the harbour second to Port Phillip.

The lma's talk being short, we decided to have two in the one afternoon, a nd Mavi s Wa,shington, a Mildur a girl, wa,s called forwii,rd to s peak on " Citrus Growing."

Sl,Ie told of the gi·owth of t h~ orange .t;ree, the packing of the fruit a wl th e •paoktn;~ for export, which was very interesting.

The following week wae occupied by P . Kirsner, who spoke on the "Soci~l ·~ife of the J ewish Community," an~ 4i)Veryl;)ody was surprised to h ear of a ll the good this community Is doing. 'l'h~n- c!\me a very interesting subject, "Wheat ·Growing," told to us in four stb.ges,, ·· · First, M. Coldwell told of the pr'o pa,ration the ground before planting, .Q~ Ba,th · followed with the growth of tlie ,'.y-~i at,' ,l(i°~n McAlister gave us an idea of the reaping and binding and packing

In our Form (V.b Special) the first pe_riod of each Wednesday has been a llotted to one girl, \_VhO tells us of every important ite m concerning the town or locality in which she lives. Miss Walton has a rranged this as an . experiment, which has proved very successful. · The ma jority of the . Form being boarders, it is likely that s ome girls live in wheat ar eas, some in wool-growing, a nd some in fruit-growing a_reas.

City girls who ar e ignorant of country life know more of city affairs t h an country girls. After each speaker finishes, h er e ffort is criticised by every girl, whether sh e pronounced her words correctly, stood ,veil aI\d. altogethe r used everything in its prope r place.

A total of fift een marks can be ga,ined, but each girl k eeps h er own r ecord.

Nine marks are giv en for the matter she has concerning h e r subject, three mar~ for speech and three marks for dra,wing!3 or diagrams presented.

MaQ.y q~es tions are asked by the girls, and ·ar~ answered by the s peak e r, but if s he is ui:ta ble to answer . them, they are recorded in a book, and the following week they are r ead out and answered if posi;iJ;ile j)y a ny girl in the F orm who has ob\1!-Jn,ecl.. information in the meantime.

0\1,r first speaker was S. Pollock, a city giri; who s poke on " City Traffic and its

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S-ILVER. AND GREEN. for export, and F . Le Couteur spoke of the mi.rke ting of the wheat.

After h earing so mu ch f rom our country gi rls, we thought it quite a change to 'l:Jear A. Dye s peak on the " Amusem ents at St. Kilda ." This occupied only half the afternoon, a nd was followed by E. Diffey, who spol5:e on " Windmills," from· which we gained much information. The .next w eek we e njoyed our afternoon very much for E. Williamson spoke on Portland Harbour as a rivaf for Warrnambool. Port, la nd need s no breakwater, and we decided by other points brought forward that Portland Harbour in the n ear future would be second to Port 'Phillip.

The following week we had our afte rnoon filled in very pleasantly indeed by two cousins from Be ndigo, K. a nd C. Harry, who told us clearly a ll about Bendigo, the mines and produc ts and the town itself, aided by a very good map of the town. . Dulcie Bull com es from a sheep-re·aring centre, and was able to tell us very clearly a ll she knew about shearing; she drew a machine-drive n cutter, which the shearers use to cut off the wool. Another drawing was of a press by which the wool is packed for export. This was fo)lowed on by J. Crozier speaking of the "Bawra" wool scheme and also the selling of the wool.

After Jean came J . Howard, who gave us a most enjoyable quarter- of an hour speaking of the Thermos F lask. · She obtained a broken one and was able to show us every part distinctly. · These t a lks and ·discussions are giving u s knowledge of what is going on in our own country told to us by girls who have grown up there, and are developing our speakin g powers as well as adding interest to our ·Form work. -B. I. _B., V.b Spe cial.

This -swimming pool· a t Berwick is ve ry beautiful, quite n ear the house, yet sheltered among trees a nd shrubs.

The r e, one fine afternoon we l1e ld our swimming s ports, where e ve n the non-swimme r s h ad a ch a n ce of winning s uch events as the apple r ace. This was especially enticing, as w e were allowed to eat what apples we could catch in our mouths.

As well as the u s ual fancy dress and stunts afternoon which every camp has, we decided to hold a paper ch ase, willing hands tore up sheets a nd sheets of newspaper until the r e was a sack full. Then the h a res set off, having twelve minutes start. But, alas! '' The paµer was thinned by the breath of the wind A1;)-d couldn't be found anywhere."

In other words, the hounds a rriveo. home about h a lf a n hour after the h a r es with torn · stockings · and we t through, s ince they had to wa de through the cr eek . .'• It was the time of test cricket, so the camp was divided into two tearris, and we played in all spare moments , cheered on

by Tom the gardener, who bad kindly made the bat for U 3 .

All this s hows what a lovely time one b as at camp, but there is another deeper side that is no less de lightful. I mean the morning ·and evening prayers, consisting of a well-liked hymn, a short prayer, ancl in the evenings a simple, practical talk by one of the officers. Also in the morning there was Bible circle, which lasted half a n hour.

At this camp we were studying Nehemia h , which was comparatiYely unfamiliar to most of us.

It was s urprising how many problems of interes t to ourselves arose out of the discussion of the Old Testament pioneer.

In concluding, le t me wish any M.L.C. giris who go to next year's Berwick Camp jus t as happy and h e lpful a week as we girls and officers spent last Januar!-

Berw.i.ck Ca,mp, January, 192 5.

"Nobody loves me, Everybody hates me, I'm going to the garden to eat worms."

Such strains as these might h a ve met the ear of a passer-by at Aube-pine pa rticularly early in the .morning as about half the camp, in bathing togs and kimonas, s tood round waiting to go down to the pool for a morning dip.

-M. C. A.

The Prefects and Associate Prefects wish to tha nk Mesdames Ashworth and Stuart for their kindness in h elping them furnish the Common Room.- P. S. ;f. D.

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Helen Cowen and Blanche Wood.

friends may took, a n d t hus avoi d d isappointment.

The popularity with which this sch eme h as been receive d shows th at it has m e t with great approval.

F ew know what unlimited wo-rk has been devoted to t his pla n , a nd through t h e magaz in e we would like to t h a nk t hose who have spen t so much time m a king t h is func tion a n unprecedented s uccess.-:D. R. and J. D.

The Fitchett Ha ll was well fi lle d on Friday ev2nihg, October 23, w he n a prog ra mme of .di stinction a nd d ecided merit was rende r ed. Th e proceeds of the concert 'will go ·:to equip a much-needed s itting-room for the senior r esid e nt stuoents.

Miss Wood ·s re ndering of "Softly Awakes My, ·H eart," from "Samson and Delila h ," w;1,s very b eautiful. Oth e r numb e r s include:a "Th e Monotone," by Corparticula rly go·:>d. n e lius, wh ich was Types at M.L.C. " Come, Soothing Death," Schuma n 's " In Despite the ve r y c re ditable tende n cy the Ga rde n ," a nd " Tex Yeux." h e ld b y t hose in a ut h ority to ·have everyIn spite of the fact that Miss Cowen body cu t to a p attern, many dis tin ct types h ad a h eavy''cold, s he r e nder ed h er ite ms a re still to b e seen- Tall girls with long a dmirably; s he possesses a c lear, ringing legs, short girls with fat leg;, (gyms. a re soprano voice.

"Recit. et Air de'Lia" more or less a uniform length nowadays) . was particu:arly good.

Bra h m's " The Girls with dyspeptic stockings.

Girls V a in Suit, " : was a lso good, while "Lo, with a sense of humour; t h ose wit h out.

H ear the Gentle Lark," gave Miss Cowe n 1 Pretty g irls, plain g irls, sw.eet girls, simple ample scope_"tp s how h er t echnical ab_ility. g irls, cleve r g irls, ath le tic girls, thin girls, Mr. L eslie Barklam a bly assis t ed them. plump girls, s trong girls, wea k girls, vain His "Barcarolle d'Hoffmann" and " Ilhap. g irls, tidy girls-those who are not. Grimsod ie Hong1·oise" were well received . faced girls d oing In termediate for the Specia l mention is due to Miss Fl-~c kart. . third time. .

F ew know \Vh at unlimited wo r k lies in the Once a girrs hair was her " c rowning orga nis ing of a concert such as this ; . · g lory" ; now s ince m ost h ave followed the those, h ow~ver, who do know a pprec iate call of fashion a nd a llowed their locks to h e r untiring e fforts. b e shorn, it can no longer be called this; Th e artist$. we re v e r y grateful at h avthere are, however, th e infinite varie ties ing s uc h a n a pprecia tive a udience. of s hingles- t hin and s leek on es, straig h t We hope ~his will be t h e first of a series a nd frea kish ones, fussy ones, long of s u ch concerts.- 0. C. A . D . s hingles, and 0 1111 that " can't be picked up." Few and far b etween a lon g-haired girl is to be seen .

- 0 . C. A. D. 1 Speech

Night.

The g irls who a r e leaving look forward with mingl ed feelings to the c losing epi· sod e of the ir school life; to those who am not, Speech ,Night is m e r e ly a joyous gathe r in g with f.ew r egr ets. It seems h ard to imagine our " At Home " anywhere but· in th e Melbourne Town Hall; but perhaps the Exhibition will provide better a ccommodation for the huge c rowds which att end this 1npular function . Owing to the fact that in previous years p eople h ave been unable· to obtain seats, arrangements have been !made b y which pa rents a nd

Note.

We regret that lack of space forces us to omit the u s ual Ole! Collegians' section .

In the Octobe r number of "The Ole! Collegia n ," however , news may be found of t he old girls and their activities-accounts of the play, the da n ce, t h e literar y evenin g, a nd, most e nthrallin g ·of a ll, th e solution of the c ross-word puzzle w hich our learned old girls publis hed in the April issue of t h e ir m agazine.

EDITORS.

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