1928 Silver and Green

Silver and Green.

DECEMBER, 1928.

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The late Rev. Dr. W. H. Fitchett.

Mr. P. R. Le Couteur, M.A.

Silver and Green The Magazine of the Methodist Ladies~ College.

DECEMBER,

1928.

Krom e M emoria l G ates at the M . L.C., H awthorn, V ic.

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" The old orde r ch a ngeth, y ie lding _l_)lace

t o new ."

VERY year in eve ry l a.rge school, where friendship is one of the great features , this is proved. The charact e ris tics of a school are those of its leaders; it is no wonder th en that w e feel that we h ave lost something from the life of the School when two of its most loved and efficient leade rs have completed t heir work here. Though others may follow, a nd though they inevitably influence the t r end of events, t he all-pervading spirit of t he past is min gled with tha,t of the ever-changing present. '"A pleasant ship is frie ndship, Laden with tea rs and smiles."

We shall probably meet many of those students who leave in other phases of life;

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but a school friend is inevitably associated with school, whether memories of friendly grey towers dim against t he moon, or tennis courts in the warm s un rise before ou r minds intensified by a cha.nee phrase.

The Late Rev. Dr. W. H. Fitchett.

An Appreciation.

William H e nry Fitchett was one of t h e A na tive-born gr eatest of A ustralians.

Australian he was not, for Engla nd was his home; but, coming to Australia at a tende r age when Australia itself was young, he gr e w with it and into It. That the youthful Fitchett should find himself in a continent which was newl y stirring into life was perhaps a providen- . tial circumstance. The t imes and the man were kindred. The gates of a contine n t stood wide open; the world was all before him, and his was a mind which ran eagerly a long open roads . As stockrider, clergyman, author or edu cator, he r oamed through w ide spaces. He possessed the freedom of the universe.

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In Dr. Fitchett t h ere was a rare com• bination of fac ulties, each with a peculiar inten s ity, which le nt brilliance a nd dis· tinction to everything h e to uc hed. To him belonged a w onderful g ift of imag inative thinking.

With this to h e lp him , h e turned to the dead past a nd· rene wed its vitality.

If h e was an historian, some• times of " o ld, unhappy, far-off things, and battles long ago," it was in o rde r tha t the peo ple of to-day m igh t feel the sple ndour a nd th e g lory w hich was once upon the earth. H e did not go to th e valley of dry bones to count t h e ir number, but to r evive them with t he inThe s plendid s piration of his g e n ius . pageantry of the centuries which have gon e by h e brough t back from the dust and led it in a stately m a rch along the prosaic highways of the twentieth cen · tury. Ove r the mind of Dr. Fitchett the

fu t ure h e ld more sway tha n the p·r esen t.

His life was moulded by the influen ce of those bright ideas which h e first captured , a nd w.hic h then captured him. In imagination and idea h e created the futu re which t h en constrain ed him irresistibly to follow it.

Togeth e r with this gift fo r seein g the b est that is to be, Dr. Fitchett comb ined a wonde rful faculty of practical adminis• tration. Not only did he dream dreams a nd see vis ions, but h e was a ble to give r eality to his visions a nd substance to his dreams. Th rou g h t h is combination of the p ractical and the ide al he was both a w ise conservator and a h a ppy innovator.

Thus he b ecame the r e n ewe r of ma ny parts of th e organ isation of his chu rc h, a nd t he leade r of the great moveme nt which governed togethe r a nd knit into on e Church the parts into which Methodis m

Prefects, 1928 .

Bac k Row (left to rig h t): T\C. C ltristensen . B . R esei g h, E. l\lorris, N . B o nd , J . Cerutty, l\I . P eecott, l\I. Lancaster. E. Brown.

Front ltow (l eft to ri g ht) : B . Blay, J. ll( c I..e nnan, A. Crotts, M . Lu.m~e y (Se n. Prefect) , 1\1. Overend (Sen. Pre fec t ) , F'. K e nne d y (Sen . Pre fect, Sen. H ouse), J. llfcNicholl, H. Wilke, U. JI(. Ha.rrison.

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Associate Prefects, 1928.

Back Row (l eft to right): J

Birt, F . lllurray, B. Barnett, O. Major, B . Finney , U . F. Hnrrison.

J. Ibbott.

Cen tre Row ( left to right): N. Chitty, D. Lanyon, J . Croder, 1\1. Holding, L . i'\[cDonald, D. Fairbridge, E. Harry, D . Oerutty, B. Luft.

Fl'ont Jto.,- ( left to right) : O. {;tbe,·, :'i. Lee , A. BeU, G. Salter, G. F,dwn.rds, E. Cox.

had been s und e r ed. This it was which e nabled him to see the possibility of a g reat union of English p eople animated by the spirit of the noblest m e n who h ad won our Imperial place and power. In this way, too, he was e na bled to ins pire and instruct th at imperia l se nt iment, first in his inimitable war stories, a nd afterw a rds in a long line of more serious studies in histor y.

The M.L .C. is, however , the finest product of Dr. Fitche tt's id ealis m and prac tica l wisdo m. T o dream of a college for girls, to make the fi rs t beginnings of that college noble, to nurture it thro ugh its infancy a nd bring it to the grace and dignity of its maturity, is a proof of the many-s idednes s of its first a nd only Preside nt.

No account of Dr. · Fitchett would be comple te which did not pay a tribute to his constant industry. Dr. Fitche tt did not presume u pon his power s of rapid execution. H e was a quick worker, but h e was a hard worke r. While others s le pt, h e waked. Only by unremitting application could one man be Pres ident of one of the la rgest girls' colleges, a n active participant in the denominational activities of his church, t he editor o f seve ral . magazines, and the author of more t han forty volumes.

The M.L.C. will r emain a g reat memoria l of a gr eat m a n 's life. rt will e ndure becau se its fo undations h ave b een la id in truth and wis dom and its walls been r eared with love an d r ever ence, but the re hath passed away a glory from the earth.

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Mr. Le Couteur.

An Appreciation.

It was w ith a feeling of g reat r egret tha( those connected with the College heard that Mr. Le Couteur would be leaving 11s at the end of this year.

It will be very difficult to think of the School without him, for he has won the res p ect and affection of all those with whom h e came into touch during his m a ny years of service. He h as shown a great inte rest in every branch of our S chool work. We have appreciated his attitude towards our sport, because we know that, as we ll as his capabilities as a teacher, he is a great sportsman himself. He has won fame as a cricketer in England and a lso in Victoria. When we h ave met d e feat in our competitions, h e has spurre d us on to fresh efforts, and we appreciated his praise when we were victorious.

Those who h ave passed through his hands as pupils w ill regard his influence on their lives and education with great appreciation . In d eparting to a new position in Western Australia, we wish him and his family every h appiness a nd success.

School Notes.

Thi~ year has been a momentous one.

At the beg inning of F irst Term we found that there had been few alterations in our teaching staff. We were pleased to welcome Miss Forman and Miss Petersen back from their tour of the Continent.

Our new Refectory having been comple ted, this magnificent building was formally ope ned during First Term by Mr. Nicholas, Betty a n d Margery being presented with golden keys. It h as proved much more convenient than the old one.

During First T erm we were vastly e ntertained by the fine singing of the Tongan Choir. L ater, they, too, were entertained by our senior scholars, who served them with morning tea in the new T'uck Shop.

We have sustained a great loss this year by the dea.th of our much-loved Principal, Dr. Fitchett, who passed away during First T erm holidays; but we feel t.hat his loving sympathy is still encirc-

ling the College. Dr. Atkinson has taken his p,lace as Principal till the end of the year, when the Rev. J . Grove will come to fill the office.

Miss Krome, owing to illness, was unable to attend School during Second Term, but we are pleased to state that she has resumed her duties. H er place during her absence was taken by Miss Gault.

Cupid's dart has again worked devastation among our staff members, for Miss Helms deserted us at the end of First T erm. Mrs. Ross came to console us, and took her p.Ja.ce in the House.

On October 16 we h e ld a very inte resting concer t at the Hawthorn Town H a ll.

Of this, more is given elsewhere.

One of our head prefects , Mollie Lumley, went for a tour to Engla nd a nd America. Mr. Frazier a lso went to Engla nd during Second Term.

Mr. Gregory filled his place as mus ical director during his absence.

In July, Mr. Lack, a missionary frorrr China, spoke to us of that mystic land.

During Second T erm holidays the basketball and tennis teams visited Adela ide, and spent a very e njoyable time there.

The various societie s of the School are growin g rapidly, and a Walking Club, of which Miss Hall kindl y consented to be p resident, has b een formed.

We learn with regret that Mr. Le Cout eur is leaving u s at the end of the yea1i, but we are sure that Mrs. Landen will carry on his work with great success in the coming year.

Acknowledgment of Contemporaries.

The Editresses would like to acknowle dge the receipt of t h e following School magazines : " Coo-ee," " The Brook," "The Cluthan," " Firbank Log," " The L auristonian," "Lowther Hall Chronicle," "Mainly About Girls," " The Melburnian," "The Ruytonian," "Wesley College Chronicle," "The Collegian," "Woodlands," "Th e Xaverian," "St. Michael's Magazine," " St. Andrew's," " The Excelsior," " Pallas," "Girls' Grammar School Notes," "Patchwork," "The Mitre," "The Fintonian."

SILVER AND GREEN. School Office-Bearers.

Senior P refects: M. Lumley, M. Overe nd, F. Kennedy (2nd and 3rd Terms).

Se nior House : F. Kennedy.

P refect s: M. Ball (1st Term) , B. Blay, N. Bond (2nd and 3rd T erms) , E. Brown, J. Cerutty, ·M. Christensen (2nd and 3rd Terms), A. Crofts, U. M. Harrison (2nd and 3rd Terms), M. Lancaster, F . McDonald (1st Term). J . McLennan, J. McNicholl, E. Morris, M. Pescott, B. Reseigh, N. Symons, H. Wilke.

Associa t es: B. Barnett (2nd and 3rd Terms). A. Bell, J. Birt, D. Cerutty (2nd and 3rd Terms) , N. Chitty, E . Cox, J. Crozier, G. Edwards, D. Fairbridge, B. Finney, U. F. Harrison (2nd and 3rd Terms), E. Harry, A. Henshaw, M. -Holding, L . .Hood, J. Ibbott, D. Lanyon (2nd and 3rd Terms), N. Lee, B. Luff, ·o. · Major, L. McDonald, J. McKenzie (1st and 2nd Terms), F. Murray, G. Salter (2nd and 3rd Terms), L. Stavely, 0.

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Fo r m Ca ptai ns: U. M. Harrison (Pass VI.) , J. Marks (V.a.), M. Hyett (V.c.), M. Holding (Dip. A.). J. Kennett (V.b.). U. Dugdale (XX.), R. Shaw (XX.a.). B. Evans (L.V.). B. Masters (V.c. Sp.). C. Ditchburn (Coll. V.). L. Marks (JV.a.), D .

Dugdale (Rem. A.), R. Ditchburn (Rem. B.). P. Yeo (IV.b.), B. Orr (IV.c.). G. Stevens (IV.ct.) , I. Waterstion (Jun io r School) , N. Bower (V.b. Sp.).

Sports Committee: Mr. Le Cou teur (chairman) , Miss Krome,_ Miss Maling, Miss Parsons, N. Chitty, U. Dugdale, N. Ezar d, E. Harry, J. Ibbott, M. L ancaster, M. Overend, B. Reseigh, W. South, H. Wilke, S. Whittaker.

Spo rts Captains : N. Chitty (ten nis). M. Overend (basketball ), H. Wilke (baseball), J. Weller (running).

Edito rs: B. Blay, R. Joh ns.

Sub-Editors: J. McLennan and B. Reseigh (Hon. VI.), D. Lanyon and M. McLennan (Pass VI.), J. Miles and J. Mccrae (V.a.), J. Findlay and J. Kennett (V.b.), J. Money and H. Simms (V.c.) , M. Holding and 0. Major (Dip. A.), L. Hood and U. McDiarmid (Dip. B.). N .

Bower (V.b. Sp.), N. Smith and M. Wainwright (XX.), J. Black and R. Frazer (XXa.), B. Chinner and R. Le Cou teur

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(L.V.), S. Marriott and G. Yeaman (Coll.

V .), B. Hare and B. Masters (V.c.S-p.), D. Nicholas and R. Holmes (IV.a.). D. Dugdale and A . Mee (Rem. A.). S. Elvins and W .

McDonald (IV.b.), H. Dance, P. Ditc hburn, and M. Gutheridge (Rem. B.), G. Fergusson and P. Rule (IV.c.), B. Robinson and J. Witton (IV.ct.).

Li b r a r ia n : E. Morris.

Libra ry Commi t t e e : Frances Kennedy, Fusibala Tubau, Gwen Edwards, Mollie Holding, Lorna McDonald, Joan Crozier.

De bating S oci ety: Miss Dahle (preside nt), J. McNicholl (secretary), B. B lay, J. McLennan, M. Overend, B. Reseigh.

S.C.U. : Miss Betts (president), M. Overend (vice-president), M. Lnml~y (cor. sec.), L. McDonald (rec. sec.). M .

Pescott (tr eas.), J. McNicholl, J. Cerrutty (committee).

W a l k ing Cl ub : Miss Hall (president), B .

Luff (secretary). A. Bell, B. Blay, J. McLen nan.

Examination Successes.

Public Examin atio ns, 1927-1928.

At the University Public Examinations in Dece mber, 1927, 34 separate honours were gained in the School Leaving Honours Examination, 23 complete passes i n School Leaving Pass Examination, and 42 complete p asses in School Intermediate Examination.

Sc hoo l Leavi ng Ho no urs.

The honours gained in this examination were: 7 1st c lass, 14 2nd c lass, 13 3rd class. Individual results were: Phyllis Bickford-1st c lass European His tory, 2nd class Ancient History, 3rd .class British H istory.

Betty Blay- 1st class English.

Kathleen Hull-1st class French, 2nd class English, 2nd class Latin.

Joyce Love-3rd class Geography.

Joyce Manton-1st class English, 1st c lass European Histor y, 1st class Economics, 2nd class French, 2nd class British History.

Marjorie Mcinnes-2nd class English , 2nd c lass French.

Joyce McNicholl-3rd class Latin .

Jean Outram-3r d class French, 3rd c lass Briti1;1h History, 3rd class European Histor y.

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May Pescott-2nd class French.

Alice Prouse-3rd class British History.

Betty Reseigh-2nd class English, 3rd class Economics.

Ebble Shackell-3rd class Drawing.

Ella Speed-2nd class English, 3rd class Drawing.

Olive Utbe r - 2nd class French.

Joyce Warren-2nd class French, 2nd class European History, 3rd class Economics, 3rd class Latin.

Maisie Wilkinson-1st class French, 2nd class English, 3rd class British History.

Phyllis Bickford, Kathleen Hull, J oyce \Varren and Maisie Wilkinson gained Free Places; Joyce Manton gained a Senior Government Scholarship; Kathleen Hull, Marjorie Mcinnes, J oyce Manton, and Joyce Warren gained Queen's Non-Resident Exhibitions.

School Leaving Certificate.

Those who obtained the School L eavin g Certificate were: Phyllis Bickford, Betty Blay, Violet Boyd, J ean Cerutty, Marie Christensen, Isabe l Cohen, Frances Craig, Amy Crofts, Wynne Harcourt, Grace Henry, Audrey Henshaw, Jean Knowles, Nancy Lee, Berenice Luff, Betty McCutch1;1on, Jean McKenzie, Jean McLe nnan, Joyce McNicholl, Vida Morris, Phyllis Osborne, Margaret Overend, Pixie Warren, Hilda Wilke.

Intermediate Certificate.

Those who obtained the Intermediate Certificate were: Mollie Ball, Betty Barnett, Anne Bell, Myra Benn ett, Nancy Bond, Kitty Bryant, Hilda Brown, Mary Brisbane, Marjorie Charlwood, Joyce Clark, Grace Clarke, Cathie Connelly, Margaret Darcy, Alice Davis, Lois Denniston, Norma Dunkin, Dorothy Falrbridge, Fay Forbes, Betty Frazer, Alison Frazer, Edna Frith, Winnie Gawith, Lois Grocke, Una F. Harrison, Una M. Harrison, Alice Heither, Ethelwyn Hotchin, Lorna J acka, Marjorie Kennedy, Daisy Lanyon, Bere· nice Luff, Olive Major, Betty Mccutcheon, Vida Morris, Faith Murray, Muriel Parker, Mavis Rutledge, Isabel Sanders, Isab el Tyner, Iris Uren, Alice Vincent, Ethel Wheelwright.

General Sports Notes.

For some years M.L.C. has shown a marked and steady improvement in all branches of sport; and this year has been no exception to the rule.

We established a precedent First Term, when the Swimming Sports were held in the Glenferrie Baths, rather than in our School Baths.

The T ennis Shield will hang on the wall of Fitchett Hall for another year ; the running team have won two c ups and two pictures as their contribution. Although the Austin Cup has returned to Geelong for this year, won by a better team than we, the baseball standard has improved steadily throughout the year. Basketball, which is not an Association game, has proved very popular and o ur team has lost only one match.

Perhaps the most important phase of M.L.C.'s sporting life is the growth of the sporting spirit. The girls in the teams deserve the names of "sports," for this spirit is permeating the School.

The greatest ambition of our girls is to h ave opposing teams say of them: " It is a pleasure to defeat or to be defeated IJy M.L.C." B. B.

Visit to Adelaide by M.L.C. T earns, 1928.

On arrival a.t Adela.Ide we were met by our hostesses and taken to their homes.

In the afternoon we assembled at the School and were entertained at afternoon tea and shown over the School. No official entertainment was held in the evening, as the girls were tired after their night in the train.

On Sunday the hostesses were free to amuse the guests in their own way, and many of our girls wer e fortunate in being motored to various places of inte r est.

SILVER AND GREEN. On Monday morning we were officially welcomed at assembly in t he Adelaide JV!.L.C.'s m agn ificent hall.

The basketball t eam then played a match against the Adelaide team, winning by 30 goa ls to 19. The rules in Adela ide a r e diffe re nt from ours: a nd our girls h ad d iffic ulty in adapting themselv es t o the changed con ditions.

In the afternoon we watched match es in h ockey and tennis between the Adelaide old scholars and the present g irls.

In the evening we a ll a ttended a plain and fancy-dr esl!I frolic in the school-hall.

Tues day m orning was s pent in visiting various places of interest in Adela ide.

We w ere escorted over the n ew railway bu ildings from t he basement to the roof, six stories high, where the official railway telegraph office is situated. As the day was dusty ·a nd bot and the temperature was 85 deg., we were glad to sit down to dinner in the railway dining-rooms with our brains r eeling wit h statistics.

Afte r dinner we paid a hurried visit to Snake Park, where the atte ndant kin dly handled the most vicious s nakes for our e ntertainment. From there we went to St. P eter 's Collegiate Girls' School, where we were defeated at basketball b y 22 goals to 20, but were s u ccessful at t e nn is, winning by 36 gam es to 21, los ing only one set. In t he evening we were the g uests of the Adela ide M.L.C. at th e n e w Regent Theatre, where we all a dmired the wonderful system of lighting.

Wednes day morning was d evoted to ma tches against the Ade laide M.L.C. The Melb ourne girls were successful in both e vents, winnin g t h e b asktba ll by 40 goals to 13 and the t e nnis by 63 gam es to 34.

Arter lunch a t the school, we moto red t o Moana, where we inte nded to s p end the afternoon on the beach , but owing to h eavy ra in , we took s h e lter in the kiosk, where the gramoph one, dancing and afternoon tea e na bled us to spend a pleasant afternoon. Moa na is inte nded to rese mble S t. K ilda Beach in time, and although we did not admir e the b each, we a ll e njoyed the twen ty-five mile drive.

Shirley Morris, one of the Adelaide hostesses, e nte rtained us at h e r home in the evening, and Melbourne was a gain

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s uccessful in carryin g off the prizes in the competitions.

On Thurs day we w e re given a delightful treat by having a specia l rail-motor train to Mt. Lofty Station. The Adelaid e girls challe n ged us to wa lk further t h an they did on their Me lbourn e v isit last year, and we trust we held our own, a lthough some looked so exhausted when w e arrived at the summit th at they could h a rdly enjoy the magnificen t v iew.

H oweve r, they soon revived when sausages were being fri ed over the fire, a nd after lunch they were sufficiently restored t o be able to walk through the beautiful grounds of Sir Langdo n Bonython.

W e played Adelaide again on Frida y mornin g a nd were once more s uccessful, winning the basketball match by 27 goals to 19 a nd the te nnis by 63 games t o 34.

After farewell speeches made in assembly we separated, and at 4.30 met on the Adelaide platform for our homewa rd journey.

We were a ll sorry to leave ou r kind hostesses, for we h a d m ade man y new friendships, which we trust we s hall b e able to re n ew at some fu ture time.

All re turned h om e safely, and much p leasure h as been de rived hy talking over h a ppy me mories of our v isit.

Swimming Notes, The 19th of March proved a n ideal day fo r swimmin g , a nd we were fortunate in h avin g f ixed that day for t he Annual Swimming Sports.

This year we estab lish ed a precedent by holding t he s ports away from our own Baths.

The Hawthorn City Baths provid ed spacious acco mmoda tion for onlookers a nd more conveniences for comp etitors.

Keen interest was taken in the events, especially the House v. School Relay Race.

At the conclusion of the sports, the trophies were presen ted by Mrs. Le Couteur.

The res ults we re as follows: Under 12 (20 Ya:rds).- 1, N . Hayler; 2, P. Connelly.

Under 16 (40 Ya rds) . -1, A. Burgess; 2, H . Parkes.

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B reast Stroke (Ju nior).-1, E. Hayler ; 2, H. Macaulay . . 8,r~ast St roke (un d er 16) . -1, M. Banniste r; 2, R. Hayler.

Breast Str~ke (Senior).-1, A. Bell; 2, E. McCrae.

L ife Saving (Junior).- 1, L. Burke and R. Hay!er.

L ife Savi n g (Senior) .- 1, c. Goldie and A. Be ll.

Lower S c h ool C hampionship . - 1, H .

Macaulay ; 2, U. Legge.

Intermediate Cham pfonsh ip.-1, J. Irving; 2, K. Jelly.

S en ior Champ ionsh ip.- 1, H .· Macaulay ; 2, A. Bell.

Divi n g (Ju nior) .-1, E. Salmonow; 2, U. Legge and H. Macaulay (equal).

Div ing (Senior).- 1, U. Legge and L. Macaulay (equal); 2, H. Macaulay.

Swi m mi n g on Back.-1, C. Goldie; 2, A. Be li.

Inter-Form Re lay Races.-Lower S chool, Rem. A.; Middle School, Coll. V.; Senior School, Pass VI. A. B. Ho use v. School.-School.

Baseball Notes, 1928.

This year we had a r e putation to live up t o, and as we had only three of la st year's t e am back, the selection of the tea m proved diff icult. The following players were finally chose n: G. Salter, pitch e r; M. Ove re nd, catcher; J. Ibbott, short-stop; H. Wilke, 1st base ; L. Dyer, 2nd base; W. South, 3rd base; U. Dugdale, r.o.f. ; B. Blay, c.o.f. ; M. H yett, l.o.f.

Base ball h a s b een more popular than ever this year, largely owing to the comp e tition for inclusion in the team . Miss Parsons has aga in proved her worth, and Mr. Francis has given up much valuable time to coach us. On behalf of the team I s hould like to thank them both very much.

We were fairl y success ful in the practic e matche 3, but the results showed us that we would have to work very hard to retain the Cup. In the 1st Association match against P.L.C. we were successful, sc oring 25 runs to 7. The match against M.C.E.G.G.-8., which we lost by 4 runs to

21', again showed us that there was much room for improvement. Knowing that to retain the . Cup we must win the match, we we nt to Geelong determined to excel ourselves, which we did, winning by 22 runs to 12, although B. Reseigh and M. Chariwood ha.d to be included at the last minute.

In the second round of matches, B. Re se igh was included in the team as 3rd base, and the team's positions in the field w e re slightly a ltered. After an exciting match, in which the improvements in both sides were evident, we again beat P .L .C . by 18 runs to 9. M.C.E.G.G.S. again bea t u s by 28 runs to 7, and we have yet to play Geelong aga.in before we know our fate.

The matches for the inter-Form Bas eball Cups were keenly conteste-d, and an unusually high standard of play resulted, the w inners were Hon. VI., X.X.a., Rem. A. In the House v. School Baseball match, House were victorious by 10 runs, but 'School have rede·emed t h emselves by winning two friendly matches by a rather big m a.rgin.-H. W .

Conclusion.

We had hopes of once more winning the Austin Cup when the season commence d, but a fter a hard fight in the finals against Geelong we were defeated, 19-14. The Cup, there fore, r e turns to Geelong, but only for a year we hope. Three only ot last year's team returned, and it has been a difficult task to weld the IX. into a winning tea m. The more experienced players have helped the new members on many points, and n ext year's team should s how the benefit of the good advice and practice. Although our team cannot claim an unbroken record, the Baseball is steadily on the up grade. It takes more than good players to form a premiership team, however. There is something which, in d efault of a better word, may be described as morale-the ability to keep fighting whe n a game is apparently lost, and to hold on against overwhelming odds till almost certain d e feat turns into victory.

This cannot come all at once, and it is only by much patie nt practice that a team can le arn to play toge ther as a winning force. With the close of this year, the last of those girls who, since 1925, have

SILVER AND GREEN. helped to make our team famous, w ill pass out of the School. It remains for those· who will follow on to maintain the high standard, " Like a torch in flame And falling, fling to the host behind' P lay up! P lay up! And play the game!'"

-B. P.

Criticism of the Team.

Hilda W ilke (captain) has played splend idly through the season. H er play on firs t base has been excellent, h e r fielding is reliable, and she is one of the best hitters in the team.

Gwen Salter (pitcher or r .o.f.) has p layed well in both positions. She has managed to get more spin on the ball, and has also developed into a powerful hitter.

Her fielding in r.o.f. has m uch improved.

Winnie South (pitcher or third base) has done excelle nt work. In t hird base she h as played ma.g nificently, no shots

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being too difficult for her to field. Her pitching is swift and accurate, and she has the s trongest throw in the team. Her hitting has sh own great improvement.

Margaret Over e nd (catcher) has improved in hitting, and h as learn t to t hrow accurately to bases; but she still needs to be quicker in going for fouls a.nd passed balls.

Le nore Dyer (second base) has maintailied her r eputation as a good hitter, but has still to learn to take ground balls cleanly when fielding.

Betty Reseigh (third base) has shown stead y improvement. Her throwing is accurate, and h er hitting good. When she can run bases more quickly she will be a very strong player.

Joyce I bbott (short stop) h as batted very well during the season. Her ground fielding is still weak, bu t her throwing has improved, a nd her running of bases is the best in the team.

Baseball Team, 1928, S tanding (left t o rigl,t) : U. llngda.Je, B . 11,eseigh, B . Blay, M. Hyett, L. Dyer, 0 . Salter-, Se..t ed ( lert to right): J . lbbott, H. \ Vllke (Captain)., l\l. O verend.

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Mollie Hyett (l.o.f.) h as taken many good catches. Her hitting h as improved, and she is learning to run bases m or e quickly.

Betty Blay -(c.o.r.) is a most r elia ble player . H er catching, hitting a nd baseru nning h ave all been ve ry good.

Ursula Dugdale (r.o.f.) has improved in both hitting a nd fie lding. W h e n she has develo ped a stronger t h row, she w ill be a ve r y valuable membe r of t he team.

Running T earn, 1928.

This year our wins easily outbalanced our losse.,, in the various s ports in w:hich we compe ted. Our first success was at our own Spor t s, when we h ad the pleasure o f presenting t he C up to oursel ves. At t he University S ports we s ucceeded in winn in g both the Shields. Here, our united learn carried the flag to victory, and Maisie Ba nnister, our 100 yards repre-

sen talive, added a nother win to complete our s uccess. Later in t he year, we r eceived an invitation t o run at the Fintona Sports. After several postponements, the great day a rrived. Everyone was in form, a nd we w·o n the race. H ere, again, our 100 yards' r e presentative was s uccessful.

We were prese nted with two etchings, delig htful a nd novel trophies, one· of which now graces t h e walls of Fitchett H all.

Our last inv itation was for October 6, at th e Merton H a ll Sports. H er e we met our first and last defeat for the year, and lest OU'" previously h a rd-won Cup to a s uperic: team.- J. W Criticism of the T eam.

J oy Welle r (capta in) is very quick gett ing away, and h as carried the flag to victory three times .

J ean Aubrey has shown great improvement , and has learnt to take the flag without waste of time.

Running Team, 1928; U.11<.·k Huw ( lt•ft to ri g h t): 1\L Chn.1·Lwo o cl. N. Eza.rd, P . Furnea u x , J.. Oh a rll\voorl. 1\1. Bnn1tister.

J. w.-11, r, T. Col1C11.

SILVER AND GREEN. Maisie Bannister has given the team a good lea d ;n every race. She gets off the mauk at once, and has won the Schools' Representatives' Race on both occasions when our Sch ool was r e presented.

Marjorie . Charlwood has run in good style in each race, and has h e lped materia lly towa rds victor y.

Lorra ine Charl wood runs very well, but is still liable to jerk the flag.

Isobel Cohen is a re liable runner, but could manage to get up more s peed with practice.

Nance E zard is one of the b est runners in the team, and has kept the lead In all r aces.

Phylli"! Furneaux is very quick on her feet, but still n eeds to practise taking the flag in one action.

Con clus ion.

Individually, the m embers of the team h ave ••one e xce llen t work, but th ey must a ll remP,mbe r that it is only b y r egular practise as a t eam that they can carry the flag to victory - B. P.

Walking Club.

"Ring out the old, ring in the n ew," Tennyson advises us , and we have taken the latter p art of his advice by forming this Club, which we hope to see greatly enlarged next year.

The walks h ave hP.en arr a nged by a committee of five, in cluding the pr esident, Miss Hall, who h as proved invaluable with h er knowledge of where to walk, and how.

We have abo ut nine ty members, about twenty of whom a re keen, many others not attend ing the walks. p e rhaps owing t o the ui~tances, three w alks being of about thirtee n miles, a n d others rather less. lnte r school match es have interfered with wal ks, so that we wer e not able to carry out our plan of one wal k a month.

Country walks h ave pr edominated, the favourite be ing from Hurstbridge to E lt bam, twelve mi les, at which nineteen m embers atte nded.

We also "waltzed Matilda " from Beaumaris to Middle Brighton, as well as a city stroll of a bou t six miles from t he Fitzroy Gardens lo St. Kilda Beach.

Old Collegia ns are co rdia ll y invited to attend the walks, particulars b eing ob-

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tainable from the Club Secretar y. We who h ave enjoyed the trips during the yei:>.r are sure O.Cs. and new membe r s will soon think, as we do, that" Afoot and lighth ear ted, I take to t h e open road!

Healthy, free, the world befor e me, Tbe long brown path before me, leading wher ever I c hoos e!"

-B. L.

Basketball.

This year only t wo m em bers o f t h e 1927 basketball team returned. A team was hurriedly chosen to p lay the Old Girls on " Back-to-School's Day," a nd the present g irls were victorious. After trying out a ll those who entered, Miss Parsons c hose the following teams: 1st Team-Mar garet Overen d (captain).

M. Ban n ister , G. Edwards, C. Major, B. Reseigh , W. South, J. Weller, 2nd Team- J oyce McNicholl (captain), F. Edwards, P. K earn, R. Sh aw, D. Shirlow, A. Vince nt, L. Williams.

Junior T eam : Nance Bower (capta in), L. Burke, P. Furneau x, L. Charlwood, D. Hoy le , J. Keech, F. Mardell.

We have been fortunate in winning a ll our matc hes here in V ictoria , a lthough we lost one match in Adelaide against St. Peter's. The results o f th e m atch es are as fo llows: On the home ground: T oor a k-1.8 goals t o 14.

Fintona- 31 goals to 7.

Tintern- 18 goals to 13.

Ru yton-30 goals to 15.

St. Mich ael's-23 goals to 7.

Fin tona- 26 -goals to 7.

On other grounds: Ruyto n-27 goals to 18.

P.L.C.-36 goals to 13.

The second t eam have played three match es, in a ll of which they were very su ccessful. The juniors also played seve ra l match es.

Great interest h as been sh own in t h e inter-Form matches.

After well-played contests, t h e r esults are as follows: Senior Forms: Hono ur VI. Inte rmediate Forms: Lower V. Junio r Forms: llernove A. The House team was very strong this year, with the result th at School h ad a

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Basketball Seven, 1928.

Ha.:k Row ( l e ft to right): B. Reseigh, I\I. 'Ra,nn.ister, C. I\IaJor, G. Edwards.

Front Row (left to right): W. South, I\I. Overend (Oo,ptain), J. \ 'Vell er.

hard s truggle to obta in victory by 20 goals to 17.

The team wer e rathe r n ervous in the first ma tch at Adelaide, but we were victorio us against the South Australian M.L.C. in a ll the rn.atches. s~ores: 1st Mat ch - 30 goals to 19.

2nd Match- 40 goals to 13.

3rd Match - 27 goals to 19.

The scor es again st St. P eter 's (Adelaide) w e re 22- 20 against us.

On behalf of those of t h e team wh o w ill be leaving, I would like to say " Tha nk you " to Miss Parsons for all h er h eip and to wish the 1929 baske tball teams the b est of luck.

Criticism of the T eam.

Margaret Overend (captain) has played a very r eliable game as goal-de fe nde r .

Although sh e still n eeds to b e quicker, h er passing has b een accurate a nd sh e

has kept the team together U ll at practice.

Gwen Edwards ( goal-defender) is a very stron g player, a nd has played cons is te ntly _well in every match.

Joy Weller centre) h as proved too quick fo r a ll h er opponents in getting the ball at the bounce. She h as passed ver y w ell and h as covered the centre court at great speed.

Cynthia Major (cen t re attac k) h as p layed very well in this position . H e r pass ing is accurate a nd s he a n t icipates the ball well.

Maisie Ba nnis ter (centre defence) h as s upported the attack in goo~ style . She is very quick. on the court a i1d is a most r e liable player.

B etty Reseigh (goal-sh ooter) h as been very accurate in shooting goals, but is still too slow in coming o ut to the ball.

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Second Round.-M.L.C. v. P.L.C.: M.L.C., 3 rubbe r s 6 sets-45 games. P .L .C., 1 rubb e r 3 sets-38 games. M.L.C. v. G.C.E.G.G.S. : M.L .C., 1 rubber 4 sets-49 games.

G.C.E.G.G.S., 3 rubbers 7 sets-56 games.

M.L.C . v. M.C.E.G.G.S.: M.L.C., 2 rubbers Conclusion.

4 sets-41 games. M.C.E.G.G.S., 2 rubbers We are glad to say that we have had a 4 sets-36 games. most s·uccessful year with basketball. As F ina l Pl ay Off on P.L.C. Court s . only two of last year's players returned, G C.E.G.G.S., 2 rubbe rs 5 sets-45 games. a new team had to b e built up and the M.L.C., 2 rubbers 5 sets-49 gam es. M.L.C. r esults of the play have been satisfactory. thus winning the Premiership by 4 games.

Wei h ave defeated all the Melbourne At the e nd of the ,second Term we sch ools , including Ruyton, the winn er s of visited th e Adelaide M.L.C., and played the Girls' Private Schools' Asso~iation, two mate-hes against them. The first and lost one match only-that be ing in match resulted in a victory for Melbourne Adelaide, where the rules of the game M.L.C. by 63 games to 34. In the return diffe r from ours. match we were again successful, the The team p lay has been excellent a ll scores being, Melbourne M.L.C., 63 games, through the season, the girls in the centre a nd Adelaide M.L.C., 33 games. We also all being much quicker than their opplayed St. Peter's, and defeated them by pone nts.

B. P. 36 games to 21.

The School Single's Cha mpionships have yet to be played, also a match against T ennis Notes.

House a nd School.

In the inte r-Form m a tches, Lower V. This year M.L:C. has again won the were su ccessful. in the Inte rmediate, and Premiership of the Public 'Schools' Tennis, but only after a very hard struggle. . IV.b. in the Junior. The Senior inter-form

Winnie South (goal-attack) has played splendidly in every match.

She is very quick coming out to the ball and rarely mi-sses a shot at goal.

Edna Harry · returned- to School a~ain:...' • Tn~!!t•M s _h_!lve_ P..0;t .Y:eJ begup.. , Our success this year has no doubt b een after a years absence, and so onll'. three due to Miss Parsons, who has given up playe r~ had to be select~d to fill the so much of h e r time to coaching us. vac~nc1es. The teai:n consists .?f the folOn behalf of the team I should like to lowmg: Nancy Chitty (captam), Edna h k M' p f 11 h h d Harry, Joyce Ibbott, Hilda W ilke, Shir ley t an iss arsons or a s e as one for u s, a nd to wish next year's team the Whittaker, Molly H yett, Julia Marks, best of luck.-N. C. Ros alind Johnstone.

We were able to play all our home Third Term Happenings. matches on our own courts this year, as The School e ntered two pairs for the they have been repaired.

Schoolgirls' Doubles Championship a nd At the e nd of the second round of the four players for the Schoolgirls' Singles, matches we were equal with Geelong which w e re played last September at C.E.G.G.S., and so a final match had to be Kooyong. All our compe titors got through pla yed to decide the Premiership. This t he first round su ccessfully, and our first too lc place on the P.L.C. Courts, and was pair r eached the finals of the Doubles. a most exciting match. M.L.C. only just After a very close game they were dewinning by 4 games. feated by the Warwick first pair, who The r esults of the matches were as won, 6- 1, 2- 6, 6-4. In the thir d set War w ick led, ·4- 0; then the M.L .C. pair fo llows: First Round.-P.L.C_ v. M.L .C .: P.L.C., pulled up to 4 a ll, and we h a d hopes or victory; but Warwick ran away in 1 rubber 4 sets-52 games. M.L .C., 2 rubbers 6 sets- GO games. G.C.E.G.G.S. v. the last two games.

We congratulate M.L.C.: G.C.E.G.G.S., 1 rubber 3 sets-43 them heartily on their first victory in the games.

M L.C., 2 rubbers- 6 sets-48 Schoolgirls ' Events. games. M.C.E.G.G.S. v. M.L.C.: M.C.E.It was unfortunate t hat Nancy Chitty and Edna Harry were forced to meet in G.G.S., 1 rubber 4 se·ts-50 gam es. M.L .C., t h e sem i-finals of the Singles; still w e 3 rubbers 7 sets-61 games.

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Tennia Team, 1928.

L e ft t o right: N . C h.it t y

( C o.plain) , E . Ho.rry, J. Ibbott, J . !\larks, Il. Wilke, S . Whittake r, M . H y ett, R . Johnstone.

wer e proud t o know tha t no oth e r Sch ool provided two semi-fina lists. The m a t ch was ve r y close th roug hout fina lly e nding in a v ictory fo r E dna, 6- 3, 5- 6, 6-5.

In th e finals E dna m et Rosem a r y R ees fro m Warwi ck. The m a tch went to set a ll, and th en r ain stopped pla y. 'The m a t ch was recomme n ced on the following day, a nd a fter a sten1 contest , in which t he bala n ce of victor y s wayed first t o one side a nd th e n th e oth e r , E dna's steadiness s lowly wo re down h e r opponen t. Pla.ying w ith mu c h m or e con fid e nce, sh e gradually d re w a h ead , a n d won,- 2-6, 6- 4, 6-3.

S o fo r the second y ear M.L.C. h as pro• v ided the S choolgirl Champion of Vic toria.

The School Ch a mpionships will t ake place a t the end of N ovembe r , a nd th e value of these ca nnot b e over-emphas ised .

It is in t h ese con tests that th e younger g irls first learn t he principles o f ma t c hJ)l a.y, whic h prove so useful in late r year s; a nd it is Cro m th e com peti t ors tl1e m selves

th at w e ob tain the T e nnis team s of t he f uture.-B. P .

Critic ism of th e Team .

Nan cy Chitty (captain) has played brillian t Tennis all through t h e yea r. H e r driving a nd serving h a ve been e xcelle nt, and h e r cross-court sh ots h a ve h e lped to win m a n y a m atch .

E dna. H a rry h as proved to be a m ost r elia ble playe r , h er s teadiness wearing do wn m ost oppon e n t s . W he n sh e has developed more attack in g sh ots, s h e will be very s trong a ll round.

J oyce lbbott h as played mu ch more steadil y this year, a lth ough still liable to fa il a t c ritical mome n t s . H e r s e r vice is much stron ger , a nd he r d r iv ing h as b een ver y good.

Hilda. Wilke h as played con sisten tly good T e nnis. H e r n et-p lay h as impro ved , and h e r fore h a nd shot s are ver y good.

H e r backha nd still n eeds . pra ctice .

SILVER AND GREEN. Shirley Whittake r has improved wonderfully . H e r dri ving a nd n et play have been ex<;elle nt , a nd h e r ser vice is muc h stronger. Wit h more e xperien ce, she will be a very diffic ult player to defeat.

Molli e H yett h c:s a str ong service and a good forehand drive, but sh e needs to play more consistently to achieve success in matches.

Rosalind J ohnston e is a promising player. H er ser vice has improved, and h er forehand driving is good . Her backhand still needs prac tice, a.nd she must learn to m ove more quickly on the court.

Julia Marks h as a good service and a stron g forehand drive , but she must learn more court-cr aft to become a successful match-playe·r .

Conclusion .

For the second year in s uccession t h e M.L.C. Tennis T eam ha s won the Association Shield.

To g o through the 1927 season undefee.ted was a wonderful achie ve m e nt, yet the s uccess. of this year h as been an even great er honour, for the team h as had to fight hard in ever y match.

In the final play-off, when points were e ven. th e Premiersliip was literally torn away from Geelong', who led by 1 rubber 1 set and 1 game w hen th e lest set comm e nced. The d~t ermined play of our indomitable first pair brought us v ict or y by the narro w Il')argin of four gam es. Yet e very girl in the team h elped towaras that v ic tory, for if a n y of our pairs h ao b een badly defeat ed , we s hould have lost on gam es.

So the V III. can be h ea.rtily congratulated on t h eir play, and the Shield w ill r e main in Fitc h ett Hall for a n other year.

- B . P.

Athletic Sports.

One of th e first e vents of t h e year 1928 was Sports Dey. The Sports wer e again h e ld in th e F irs t Term , a s this a rrangeme nt s ui ted both the teache r s and the g irls who were going up for examinations. .At firs t t he weather did n ot promise to be so kind to Sports Day as it h ad the previous year. All t h e morning rain fell in torrents, un til e veryone began to despair of having t h e Sports. However, it ,cleared up b ¥' ~ft~rnoon, a ud e'l!'eryQn e

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brighte ned , for sports, a.nd not lessons, we re the order of the ciay. T h e rain m ade the gro und very h eavy, and fast t imes were not r ecorded· in many races. M. Banniste r cr eated a n e w record for th e Ope n 100 Yards, 11 4-5 s econ ds, in s pite of t h e weather cond ition s.

This year, C.E.G.G .S. (Melbourne), Fint ona, Ruyton, St. Andrew's, Tintern , Rosbe r con, and the M L .C. t eam s en te red for the Inte r-Sclioo ls F lag Race. This is t he la.rgest number of entries ye t sent in for this r ace, a nd the M.L.C. running team deserves great cr edit for r et a ining the Cu p from all compe titors.

As u sual, one of the m ost exciting Tace;; of the aft e rnoon was t h e 'School and House Flag Race. Amid : t the tense excitem e nt and noisy enthusi-asm of both sides, the School team succeeded in winning the e vent.

The School cong ratulates the three cha mpions, P. Dil!on, M. Bannister a.nd L. Charlwood, who each received a silver c up presented by Mm. L e Coute ur.

The thanks of the School ar:o due to all the h e lpers, the prefects, and members of the Sports Committee, a nd especially to Miss Parsons and Mr. Francis, who through their organisation a nd hard work made the events p ass so s moothly and pleasantly to both the comp etitors and s pectators.

T h e following are the r esults of the various even ts: Open Cha mpionship, 100 Yards.-1, M. Bannis ter; 2, J . Aubrey; 3, P. Dillon.

50 Ya rds, under 12.-1, L. McNair ; 2, D. Mitc hell ; 3, P. Rule.

Sack Race, under 16.-1, G. Palme r ; 2, N. Armstron g; 3, U. Dugdale.

Ju,nlor Race, 50 Yards.-1, L . Charlwood; 2, M. Parry ; 3, V. Darby.

Senior Egg and Spoon Race .-1, E, Pausack e r ; 2, R. Johns; 3, M. Pescott.

S ack Race, under 12.-1, W . Champion; 2, H . Brownell ; 3 . .r. Walker.

Se nior Race, 220 Yards.-1, P . Dillon; 2. M. Charlwood.

Junior Race, 75 Yards -1, L . Ch a ri wood; 2, M. Parry; 3, B. Petts .

Senior Sack Race.-1, F . McDon ald ; 2, M. P escott.

Intermedi a te Race, 75 Ya rds .-1. M. 'Ban· niste r; 2, J . Aubrey; 3, J . W e ller.

Senior Potato Race.-1. P. Dillon ; 2, M. Pescott ; 3, M. Ch arlwood.

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Junior Potato Race.-1, L. Charlwood; 2, B. Proud; 3, S. Whittaker.

Hurdle Race, under 16.-1, J . Weller; 2, U. Dugdale; 3, N. Ezard.

Hurdle Race, Senior.-1, V. James; 2, P. Dillon.

Junior Sack Race.-1, L. Cha.rlwood; 2, T. Cox; 3, M. Rogers.

Potato Race, under 16.-1, E. Salmonow; 2, M. Bannister; 3, J . Aubrey.

Jun ior Egg and Spoon.-1, S. Whittaker; 2, M . Rogers; 3, N. Wookey.

100 Yards, I ntermediate~l, M. Bann is• ter; 2, N. Ezard; 3, J . Aubrey.

Junior Siam.ese.- 1, B. Petts and E. Emerson; 2, 1S. Whittaker and J. Young.

Intermediate Egg and Spoon.-1, M. Swan; 2, M. Bryce; 3, J . K eech .

Old Collegians' Race.-1, T. Dawson; 2, W. Thomas; 3, D. Lacey.

Senior S iamese Race.-1, V. McMillan and D. Shlrlow: 2, H . Wilke and M. Over• end; 3, R. Johns and B. Luff.

Senior Obstacle Race.-1, F . McDonald; 2, P. Dillon; 3, A. Crofts.

Inte rmediate Obsta cle Race.-1, B . Rat• tan; 2, K . Miers; 3, N. Dunkin.

Invitatio n Flag Race.-1, M.L.C.; 2, Fin• tona; 3, Tintern.

Junior Forms' Flag Ra ce.-1, IY.d . ; 2, Rem. A; 3, IV.a.

Intermediate Forms' F lag Race.-1, L.Y.; 2, Coll. Y.; 3, XX.a.

Senior Forms' Flag Race.-1, Y.b.; 2, Pass YI.; 3, Dip. A. Intermed iate S ia mese Race.-1, M . Shaw and M. Swan; 2, E. Salmonow and M. Henderson; 3, M. Patterson and B. Mc• Murray.

House v. S c hool.-Won by School.

Senior Championsh ip.-P. Dillon.

Intermediate Championsh ip.-M. Bannls• ter.

J u n ior Championship.-L. Charlwood.

-M. M. C.

Debating Notes.

The Debating Society has completed an• other very successful year. It started off by deciding that affairs should be managed correctly under a written constltu• tlon.

To settle this, an extraordina.ry meeting was held. Among other things,

the Society decided that in future it should be known by· the more elaborate name of M.L.C. Debating and Literary Society. · After that the Society had to remember its title, so in alternate meetings we had debates and literary or dramatic items.

Though many girls are rather shy of speaking when they h ave to do it from a platform, they do not mind coming to hear their braver sisters.

So the audiences at the meetings have been excellent.

The first debate of the year was a hint to the powers that be. It was decided that the colour of the M.L.C. school uni• form s hould be changed to green. Our next subject was much wider.

We decided, while the Economics students held their breath, that State ownership with regard to transport was beneficial.

Perhaps readers will gain some idea of the opinions of M.L.C. when they hear that we do not object to women smoking.

Smoking has its "drawbacks," as one speaker said, but we deny that women should not smoke.

Contented with our lot, we refused to believe that prehistoric man was happier than modern man. Where the remarkable idea concerning prehistoric times came from, I know not.

The annual debate against the Old Collegians was held on Friday night, August 24. Despite their antiquity, the Old Girls, represented by Joyce Warren and Joy Manton, defeated the present girls, J ean McLennan and Joyce McNicholl, on the s ubject, "That a Limited Monarchy is Preferable to a Republic." Mr. Le Couteur kindly adjudicated.

More honour was achieved by the next outside debate.

Wesley College bravely sent four representatives- H . A. Lee, A. S. Brown, C. G. McAuliffe and R. A. Allento deny that life was worth living. The M.L.C. girls were Jean McLennan, Betty Blay, Anne Bell, and Joyce McNicholl.

There were many interesting revelations concernin g the lives of the debaters. Pro• fessor Wadham awarded M.L.C. the de• cision by one point.

Of course, there were impromptu speeches during the year. The " Missing Link" is still missing and there Is less to say than one would think ou turnips,

SILVER AND GREEN. telephones, bricks, fur coats, stray cats, girls, and the like. At shopping one may gel; "done down."

Among the plays presented were " The Pie in the Oven " and " The Boy Cornes Horne."

Despite inadequate curtains, the plays were excellent.

Perhaps the great achievement of the year was Grand Opera. "La Tosca" was presented, with gratifying success. The orchestra was delightful and the dressing wonderful, excepting, of course, a few slips on the part of a skirt.

Poor Jane Austen was very much criticised one day with reference to " Pride and Prejudice." Nevertheless we hope to have increased the number of her readers.

Altogether the Society has h ad a very interesting year. Owing to the extreme curiosity of certain juniors round the School-room doors, I think I may predict a.n enlarging of this Society in the formation of a junior society.

The last meeting of the year was the testing for the School Debating Prize on the subject, " That Women Would be Happier Without the Vote."

After that the Society was swallowed up in exams. , to appear again next year, better than ever.

J. McN. (Sec.) .

S.C.U. Notes.

1928 has been a very successful year with the Christian Union.

Miss . Betts kindly consented to be our President.

The following officers were elected: VicePresident, Marga ret Ove reud; Treasurer, May Pescott; Corresponding Secretary.

Mollie Lumley; Recording Secretary, Lorna McDonald ; and J ean Cerutty and J oyce McNicholl as additional members.

As Mollie was absent on a trip to England for about six months, he r duties were taken over by J ean Cerutty.

This year the members of the Staff were too busy to lead circles, so that duty had to be unde rtaken by the officers, whose numbers were supple mented by Anne Bell a nd Jean McLennan.

Miss Betts very !ably took charge of the Leade rs' Circle, and the Executive wish to t e nder her their thanks for the time

and trouble she has expended on t his and other presidentia l duties.

The book studied by the circles as a whole was "The New Society," written

by Mr. Wyllie and Miss Holmes.

This proved a very interesting and instructive source of discussion, and has given many of us some quite new thoughts on t he Kingdom of Heave n.

Throughout the year we h ave e njoyed hearing many excellent speake rs, a m on g them being Rev. Lionel Bakewell, R ev. C. Irving Benson, Dr. Atkinson, R ev. Weller, Mrs. Thorn, Mrs. Ross, Miss Oldmeadow, Miss Betty Brown, Miss J oy Jones, and Miss Con. Duncan.

The last meeting was addressed by Mr. L e Couteur, and we fee l that although h e is so soon to lea ve us , the spirit of this talk will remain with us a ll and strengthen u s for our work next year.

In September thirty-three girls attended the Camps held at Gladysdale, Kallista, and Beaconsfield, and from all accounts every girl h ad a wonderful time, and came b ack more enthusiastic about C1mp than ever.

During the year a one act Play, " The Love Potion," was produced by the membe rs of the Executive for funds for the Australian Student Christian Movement, and was highly successful, finan cially and otherwise.

We would like to pass on to the Executive of 1929 our best wis hes for a year as successful as 1928 has been.-L. McD.

School Play.

On July 19th and 20th, in the P layhouse, before an appreciative audience, She rid a n's play, " The Rivals," was s uccessfully performed by M.L.C. students. rt was ably directed by Miss Nancy Ford; while prefects and others spent time, and had much p leasure, in filling and selling sweets boxes, a nd in u s hering.

Two of our members also undertook the financial side of the question, and spent some time every day at the bank.

The story of " The Rivals " is a simple one, skilfully developed. Miss L ydia Languish, young, and bored with high society, forms an attachment with a young man, whom she b e lieves to be only a poor

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soldier, but who, in r eality, is Captain Absolute, the only son of a rich old gentlerrran, Sir Antony Absolute. The intercourse between the two is entrusted to Lucy, L ydia's maid, a cunning girl who betr ays h e t· mistress tim e and again to Lydia's a unt, Mrs. Ma.laprop.

This lady, who h as an unfortunate habit of mixing h er wo rds, is anxious to marry

Prize Snap-Edith Jordan .

he r niece to some rich man. The choice settles on Captain Abso lute, and Lydia refu ses, little knowin g that her prospective husband is the " Ensign Be verly " whom s he loves. Mrs. Malaprop h as h er own affair s to settle; and Lydia's best friend, h e r cousin Julia, becomes very interested in a young gentleman named Faulkland, a friend of Captain Absolute.

When L ydia discovers th at the man she thought poor is rich, she r efuses to speak to him, because of his decept ion, but on hearing that h e is to fight a duel with a re-nowne-d swordsman, Squire Acres (who,

as afterwa rds appear ed, h ad r eally never held a weapon). she hurries to the field to prevent the fight, and they are reunited. Mrs. Malaprop fails to marry S•ir Lucius O'Trigger, w ith whom she h ad been enamoured ; but Julia marries Faulkland.

The role of Captain Absolute was entrusted to Berenice Luff, who carried o ut h er part with skill a nd distinction, those scenes with Ly dia Languish b e ing very delightfully acted.

Phyllis Osborn e, as the dainty heroine, was altogether sweet and piquant, and gained the s upport of th e whole audience.

Jean Roe was excellen t in t h e role of Sir Antony Absolute, part icula rly during the quarrel scene, where she raged up a nd down, storming at h er " son." Pixie Warre n was well cast as Julia, L ydia's friend. Mavis Rutledge was very good as Squire Acres, Faulkla nd being well portrayed by Muua Slllillt. Lucy, the d e ceiving maid, played by Nesta Russell. was excelle nt.

The comedy was provided by Edith Jordan, who indeed reached " the very pineapple" of success in h e r portrayal of Mrs. Malaprop.

The minor characters wer e in terestin gly a nd e nthus iastically enacted; Betty Ratten changing from doleful manservant to dainty p a rlourma id, J oy W e lle r as Fag, Nance Wyatt as David , Gwen Salte r as Sir Lucius O' Trigger , Margaret Overend as a messenger boy, Lorna McDon ald as t h e coachma n .

The play was a great s uccess. We hope to still further increase the profits n e xt year, and to better-if that is possiblethe high standard of acting.

B. B.

Music Notes.

M.L.C. has again shown h e r talent in t h e music world this year, a nd we a re a11 proud of the year's results.

During the year we enjoyed very much the concerts give n by Gladys McDowell, a nd the g irls cannot help but be n efit by hearing such good a.rtists.

Prior to his departure for America, Norman Bennett, the brilliant young tenor, entertain ed the g irls at an afternoon con cert.

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We a lso e njoyed another afternoon conce r t given by R ay mond Ellis, the baritone singer.

One, morning during First Term the girls were a ll greatly excited by the Tongan boys coming into assembl y.

They sang us several of their native songs, as well as the part song, "Doctor Foster."

We also enjoyed very much their concert given in the Hawthorn Town Hall.

At the e nd of F irst Term, we were all sorry to lose Mr. Frazier, our musical dir ector, but we were very g lad to welcome him back again after a s ix months' trip abroad, and we are now working very hard at our new Speech Night songs which he brought back with him.

We are much indebted to Mr. Gregory, who took Mr. Frazier's place while he was away.

D uring the year we were taken to hea r Moise iwitsch, J ohn Brownlee, and two of Mr. Frazier's concerts. These we all enjoye d very much.

We also w e nt to a recital in the Assembly Hall, given by Avis Homidge, and who. was assisted by an old girl, Dorothy R e seigh.

M. L.

Music Examination Results.

Un iversity Conservatorium of Music, M ay, 1928.

Pianoforte.- Grade III.: Beth Stevens (honours), Mavis Carter.

Grade IV.: Mavis Lancaster (honours), Jessie Carter (cre dit) . Grade V. : Mavis Moulton (honours), Melva Dudley. Grade VI.: Ettie Morris.

Singing.- Grade II.: Mavis Lancaster (honours).

Grade IV. : Mavis Carter.

Grade V.: E ls ie Scholes.

H armony.-Grade I.I I.: B e th Stevens (honours), Mavis Carter (credit). Grade IV.: J essie Carte r (cre dit), Mavis Lancaster.

University Conserv ato riu m, Sept., 1928.

Pia noforte.-Grade I. : Margaret Overe nd (credit), Frances Kennedy, Elvie Cadle. Grade II.: Fusibala Tubau (honours), Edna Harry (honours). Grade III.: Linda Krause (credit), Mavis Lancaster

(credit), Isabel Moss (credit) . Grade I V.: L ei la Beckman (honours), Doreen Hair (honours) , Mona Smith (credit), Jean Sinclair (credit}. Grade V.: Mavis Sanders (credit}. Grade VI.: Lesley Simms.

Singing.-Grade I. : Frances Kennedy (credit).

Grade III.: Mavis Lancaster (ho no urs).

Grade IV.: Phyllis Osborn (credit), Elvie Morris.

Grade V.: Joan Crozier (credit), Ivy Pope (credit), J ane Worthington (credit) , Mavis Carter.

Harmony.- Grade I.: Margar et Overend (credit).

Grade II.: Frances Kennedy (credit), Edna Harry. Grade III.: Mavis Lancaster (cr edit}. Grade IV.: Fusibala Tubau (honours) , l!'rey Shimmon (hono urs} .

We were very pleased when many new books arrived for our Library this year, a nd t h a.t advantage has been taken of the additional r e ading is appare n t when one goes to the Library, a nd sees that a ll the book ~ are " on loan " to the lucky persons w ho manage to get there early each day.

We hope for still more new books early in the n ew year, and feel sure that the " bookworms " of next year will b e more than satisfied with the array o! lite rary works. -E. W. M.

Birthday Night.

The Day dawned! The sun rose!

The air was elect? ic with excitement.

Why! ·did you ever know a member of the fair sex thrill not at the prospect of wearing a Paris creation for the first time?

The intense heat o! the afternoon and the physical and m ental exertions in artis tically d ecorating Fitchett Hall and the Dining Hall, cau sed m any to despair o! their faultless complexions; but despite this, many looked quite as beautiful and even superior to the arti!icial complexions o! the Day Girls acquired n ot from

SILVER AND GREEN. Mother Nature but from Mr. Chemist. It is a well-known fact that the " day scrags " consider the r eside nt students, tw fundamental division of M.L.C., inferior to them in regard to Dame Fashion, but had they beheld the lissome figures draped in the softest of silk, shimmering sheens of blended colours of the last decree, entering the radiant Dining Hall, they would have stood " bouche bi!e " in wonder and in no little envy.

After relieving the heavily-laden tables of their burdens, the boarders adjourned to the Gym. and tripped quaint measure with a light fantastic toe. Owing to the weather and the rare dainties of which they had partaken, many of the dances were sat out. Later excited groups could be seen descending to the garden to meet their guests arriving in various conveyances. Fitchett Hall gradually filled with hostesses and guests all expectancy and mostly consuming chocolates.

Owing to the late arrival of many of the guests, the concert did not commence on time, but after Dr. and Mrs. Atkinson, Mr. and Mrs. Le Couteu r, and the members of the staff had taken their seats, the beautiful strains of a pianoforte duet, rendered by Frances and Sheila, held us enthralled with its beauty and feeling.

"The Russian Lullaby," thanks to Miss Pearce, was greatly appreciated by all.

A vocal trio followed this item, and had the audience known the time and care that the poor singers had spent over the songs, they would have appreciated the grand effort much more.

The humour• ous and witty monologue given by one of the boarders in imitation of Mr. Patterson, amused us all greatly - the boarders In particular realising the quick witticisms displayed.

The baby bears trained and tamed by Mrs. Ross were charming, and made us think of frozen wastes and long for ice-creams. " No Servants," a hilarious comedy, produced by the famous producer, Miss B. Shannon and Co., starring Shirley Brand, the Norwegian star, and Mervyn Carter, the rising young hero(ine), wh o promises to be a second Rudolph Valentino (or is it Charlie Chaplin?), gave many in the a udience, after witnessing the tender lov&-scenes between the amateur cook

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and he r lover, the opinion that the se cret of happy marriages is to be without domestic help.

After the usual happy ending, we were entertained by a clever conjurer. Great admiration was felt for one of the Juniors when we discovered that she could cough up an egg.

After having been made, by the conjuror's tricks, to believe the most impossible of things, hostesses and guests trooped out of the Fitchett Hall to the Dining Hall, where they indulged In a bounteous supper-as boarders only partake of twice a year.

The happy evening was ended by the singing of "Auld Lang Syne " and " Silver and Green," then the fond farewells were said.

P.S.-We did not choose.

We were chosen. Have we succeeded In our enterprise? Fare ye well.-F. and W. G.

House Notes.

"Who are? We are! What are we?

We are the boarders of the M.L.C. Barr acker s strong, yell loud and longHouse, house, house, HOUSE, HOUSE, HOUSE!" With s uch a rollicking war-cry to urge us on, how could the boarders help but strive to deserve the opinion which the day girls hold of us!

The first opportunity the day girls had of really noticing the spirit of fellowship which exists among boarders was at the House v. School basketball match, where Fusi, attired in r ed robes (the secret history of which is known only to the boarde rs). conducted vigorously the screaming ranks of House representatives.

Doubtless having a foresight of the results of the baseball match, the team decided to give the day girls a fairly exciting match, but to a llow them to win by the n arrow margin of 3 goals.

Th~ aforementioned baFeball match was in Third Term. School was so dismayed at t his unforeseen occurrence t hat they challenged us to a second match, stipulating that it was to be played on the oval as they were more than a bit scared

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of losing a3"ain. But, at a general meeting of the boarders, it was decided not to furth e r disencourage our repreHenla· ti ves in the Association matches in case they lost he:ut altogether.

So we were careful not to make the power of the " Lucky Spoon " so great as to cause another victor_y for us.

Although we did n ot literally "yell loud and long. we spoke at our debate aga inst school with sufficie!lt emphasis as to warrant another victory for us.

The subject under discussion was, " That Fashion is to be Deplored."

We would like to congratull!,te Daisy, Freda, and Joyce for the excellent way in which they uphe ld our principles. Our only regret is that the most enthusiastic supporter of the motion was unable to be present, but - hav ing grown sheep they must be shorn.

Apart from attending the School play and Old Collegians' play in a blackstockinged body, we graced the audience with our presence at several concerts during the year. Among these were recitals by Moiseiwitsch, Brownlee, Avis Hornidge, who was assisted by one of our old girls, Dorothy Reseigh, and some Conservatorium students' con certs.

At H ome we entertained ou rselves by giving _the usual Old Girls ' and New Girls' concerts, and had one night of initiating the n ew girls. The n ew girls bore everything extremely well until our "Premiere Danseuse " objected to our measure.

Finally, however, our threafs were successfu l, s he choosing rather to condescend to dance in a mere ballroom than risk! her curls-or was it health?

By well defined team work in the House we were able to raise sufficient funds from various entertainments to enable us to purchase a new gramophone.

Now we "trip the light fantastic" to the strains of "Annie Laurie," "In your Green Som etking" or other.

One of the most successful evenings was held when we chose sjxteen of our most promising vocalists and burlesqued the Tongan Choir.

Our rendering of " Old Mother Hubbard " wa13 so realistic that even Mike Yokel and · Rangie Fitchett barked in appreciation.

We are pleased to r elate that few changes have occurred in the House Staff during this year. Miss Helms decided she would rathe r do her, own house duties than ours.

We wish h er every happiness- a11d hope she never regrets having left u s. ·We are pleased , however, to welcome Mrs. Ross to the pill-box and were glad she brought · Muriel a nd Marj orie with her.

Since First Term one h as been amazed at th e quietness which r eigns over Top Flat, and where are the queues? Alas!

Sister Mo!. has left us.

This answer needs no explanations.

Of course we were all very sorry that Sister had to leave us and hope she is quite better from her illness.

Sister Grant came to our rescue during Second Term, and we were very sorry to lose h er. Sisler Clarke is now in charge of the welfare of the boarde r s.

There is really no way to e nd House Notes, for·• Day girls come and Day girls go, But the traditions of HOUSE go on for ever."

F . K.

Sc hool Concert.

A e,oncer t which aroused much interest a mong the mus ical critics of our city was held on October 16, in the Hawthorn Town Hall.

This was an attempt to re-establish an almo3t-forgotten custom of the School, and, judging by its success, we !hope that the School Concert will become a u annual function.

Our choir, conducted by Mr. Gregory, 11.gain excelled itself, thus keeping up its r eputation of b e ing one of the leading musical societies of Australia.

It rendered several interestin g part-songs by Rathbone, Elliott, and Germain.

Vocal items were given by Phyllis Osborne, J anie Worthington, Mavis Carter, Lily L yndon, Mavis Lancaster, and Frances Kennedy. We were delighted to r ead in one of the leading newspapers that Frances' rendering of Debussy's "Air de Lia" was greatly appreciated, proving that it is not only us who consider our vocalists worthy of mention.

We must not forget the introduction to our midst of a vocal trio and quartette;

SILVER AND GREEN. Ma.v is Lancaster, Phyllis Osborne , Fusibala Tabau and Nellie Taylor more than delig hted the a udience with their r e ndering of Brahms' quartettes, "The Nun," and " The Love Song "; his trio, " Lullaby," and Schumann's trio, "When at Morn." The aud°i"ence clamoured for more, and were not satisfied even when our girls returned and sang, "Drink to Me Only," and repeated the "Lulla by."

Our pianists, Fusibala Tabau, Edna Harry, Frances Kennedy, and Margaret Overend, proved to t'he delighted audience that the musical education at M.L.C. is of a very high standard.

Only two e locutionists (Berenice Luff and Mona Smith) featured on the progra.mme, but they proved that our Elocution Class is still producing e locutionists of note.

It is our pleasure and privilege to take this opportunity of thanking Mrs. L e Cou teur for h er praisewo rthy addition to our programme.

She gave us much p leasure by rendering violin solos-Germain's " Saltarelle," and L emare's " Andantino," and delighted us when s he respond ed to our pe rsiste nt cries for "Encore."

Our girls were the r ecipie nts of many beautiful flowers, etc., and we are delighted that the audience showed its appreciation in such a way.

The credit for the management of th e Concert must be g iven to the Staff and Prefects w h o organised the movement.

The proceeds, which amounted to a lmost £40, were given to the Tennis Fund.

We hope that all tuture concert s may be as successful and as de lightful as the one g iven this year proved to be.E . W . M.

Old Collegians' Club.

The firs t function for the year was the Theatre Night, h e ld at the K in g's Theatre, whe n fifty membe rs and friends witnessed the production of " Caroline'' by the Boucicault Co. The Garden Party, held in the College ground s, was most s uccessful.

The anxie ty of the Council about serving afternoon t ea was removed by the Baths b eing out of repair, and in their s pacious coolness, tea was ser ved fo r all.

The

" Bac k-to-School " d ay was h e ld under ideal weather conditions.

This year no visiting s peaker came, but Dr. Fitch e tt, who was invited to speak, outlined his life at t he Colle ge.

Afte rwards basketball and t e nnis matches, with a dis play of ju jitsu by t he school g irls, occupied the time till afte rnoon tea, kindly provided by the Council, was served in the n e w R efectory. Here the accommodation was taxed to the utmost by tl:te sudden invasion of Old Girls, followed by the senior pre fects and school players. The s uccess of this day depends largely on the co-operation of the S c hool.

The Tennis Tournament resulted in £5 13s. 3d. being handed to the Club-rooms.

For the first day's play private courts were lent, and the finals were played on the school courts. With the idea of augm e nting the funds, afternoon tea was provided.

The Literary Evening was h e ld in May, when, after a short musical programme, Miss Rosner e nthralled us with her story of the work of a few Englishwomen among the poor of L ondon, and of Miss Jane Adams in Chicago.

Sixty-five members were prese nt, and generous ly brought gifts fo r the " Yooralla" Kindergarten.

The dance was held in the St. Kilda Town Hall in June; 699 were present, and eigh t de butantes, carrying pink pr e sentation pos ies, d a n ced the Lancers.

The secr etaries were able to show a very good profit of £62 7s. 4d.

The play, produced by the Dramatic Society in July, was " The Despe rate L overs," preceded by " The Patchwork Quilt." The acting in both plays was of the usual high standard.

Besides these fu n ctions, the Council unde rtook two more. The first, h e ld a t the Club, rooms in Marc h, was given to welcom e the n ew members from School to the O.C.C. and to introduce them to the Club-rooms.

Thirty g irls accepted, a nd, w ith membe rs of the Council and Club-rooms, a very enjoyable evening was s pe nt. It is s u ggested that this be an a nnual event, held at the beginning of the year , a s it seems to fill a long-felt n eed of m eeting the younger girls by themse lves.

The second event was the Picture Night,

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he ld in August. The necessary arrangements were made with the Majestic '.l'heatre, and here 300 m e mbe rs and friends witnessed a ver y good progr a mme.

The sum of £17 7s . was raised.

What should ·w e do without our Clubrooms? The re we hold our meetings a nd our parties, hold rehearsals, e nte rtain our friends, a nd generally reve l in the fact that they are ours.

The r e fore, Schoolgirls, join the O.C.C. and the Club-rooms when you leave School. You will b e h elping the Club; yciu will find the rooms very useful, a nd you will pa rticipate in many enjoyable re-unions during the coming years .

along, dear," from Mrs . Tregonning, mingle in t he chatter-laden ai r of the re fectory.

Slowly but s ure ly t he long que ue files past th e plates of tempting de licacies, past the s everer-looking cash r egister, that hungry monster which devours sch oolgirls ' p e nnies with e normou s a ppetite.

The cool interior of the Tuck-shop is a pleasant re fuge on this summ e r afternoon ; whe re la u ghter a nd talk ma ke happy echoes. But, alas! the be ll! The Tuck-shop empties-on e mor e lunch -time is past .

B. R.

THE VOICE OF T HE SCHOOL. Dressmaking and Cookin g.

W e have had a successful year in the Tiddeman Room. Many pretty and u seful garments have been made. At the beginning of Third T e rm a strange box appeared; b ecause of its shape it was imm e diately dubbed '"the coffin." In it, all finished garments we re inte rred. When the Exhibition Day comes they will be r esurrected in all their glory, and submitted to the gaze of admiring spectatore.

In the Cooking Room, too, we have had a successful year. True, some· sugar did stray Into a m eat-pie on one occasion, and sometimes the cream-puffs were anything but light and airy. But we are a ll m u ch more efficient at cooking than we were a t the beginning of the year, and our families have ceased to shudder when they see us brandishing our rolltng pins .- R. J .

Tuck. " T uck! the very word is like a b ell, To toll m e back from Economics t o cream slices."

(With apologies to Keats).

What emotions this one short word raises in the h eart of a schoolgirl! What visions it conjures up- succulent, creamy, squelches - steaming, odorant conglome rations ! Ah! s he smacks her lips in anticipation.

"A little quicker, please, girls," from the prefect on duty, and " Now, hurry

To t h e Edltresses of " Silver and Green."

Dear Mesdames, - Bacon or Bach?

Wode house or Wagner?

Trevelyan or T c h a ikawisky? Who shall the victor be?

The School is so richly endowed with musical instrume nts that a storeroom had to be found. It ·was found! A lso a classroom for the h a rmo nising of discords was sought. That, too, was found. Where? the diligent reader questions. Ah! 'tis a room in the main building, termed by some optimists th e "library," by the lovers · of truth " the music room ." A s a d fact, alas!

Enou gh! !- Yours, etc., " BACON BARKS."

Baths.

To the Editresses of " Silver and Green."

Dear Mesdames,-Is the m eaning of the word " baths " a place for bathing, or detentions and exams., a place of pleasure or a place of torture? U the second answer is correct, then let us organise a wholesale slaughter of baths; but if, on the other hand, the first an swer is COl ·· rect, which, afte r r eceiving a private interview with t h e n otable diction ary that r esides in t he library, I fancy to be the case, then something is very amiss with M.L.C. As the name " baths " is still r etained, I consider the error too mighty and vast fo r single c onte mplation, so h ave aired my views.-Yours, etc., Y. I . M.

SILVER AND GREEN. G irls' A sso ciated Sport.

FORM NOTES.

To th~ Editresses of "Silver and Green."

Dear Mesdames,- Much has lately bee n spok e n concerning public school spirit; and it h as b een observed that girls do not share in that spirit to the same extent as do boys. In what, then, do our schools diffe r from those of boys? There is one essential difference in that we have no associated sports to foster a spirit of loyalty and unity among the various sch ools, and to result in the formation of iudividua.l friendships, and in a higher standard of athletics for all.

The effect of spirit on our moral life has long been realised as a pre paration for life's battles; t his pre paration would be 1 carried still further by the union of the s ports of our schools.

What more certain proof of its assured success is needed tha n the adva.ntages and popula rity of the sports of boys' schools? May the " infantry " of M.L.C. rise in "a main body" as heralds to p roclaim the advent of the Victorian Associated -Public School Sports for Girls.-E.B. a nd 0 .U.

Form Honour VI.

Abolition of Form Notes.

To the Editresses of " Silver and Green."

Dear Mesdames,-! would like to s uggest the abolition of Form Notes, for the following most pressing r easons: 1. The boring monoton y of the above, year after year.

2. The dearth of material for the above -the Form either excels at s port or does not, and thanks its officials for the way in which they have perform ed their duties during the year .

3. The worry and brain-fag caused by the compos ition of the a bove.

4. The g reater worry and brain-fag necessitated by the collection of the above by the harassed editresses.

5. The amount of space occupied by the above which could be so much better utilis ed.

6. Most important- the pain inflicted on the poor reader. · Hoping these r easons will hasten the disappearance of such effusions.-! am, yours with an aching brain.

"AN UNFORTUNATE SUB-ED.ITRESS."

Dr.: " Hm !

Serious!

T empe rature 106 deg.! Pulse 120. Delirious into t he bargain! Rm!" SchooZgil"Z:: " Oh- Form Notes!

OhBy to-morrow!

Oh! Whatever shaZL I say? What has the Form done ? Work?well!-headless Victory certain.

Shakespeare prizes - twenty-one Exhibitions coming! Sport ?- baseball cup, basketball shield-tennis cup in the future! Charity?

--oh!-memories-sacrifices-no visits to tuck!- but iwe've earned enough for a cot in the Ba bies' Home. Form no tabilities ?-why !-twenty-one of us- three head prefects-baseball captain-basketball captain-four green blazers- two editressessingers and pia nists of note-debating champ.-leading walkers and Christian Unionists - a baroness !

Oh! - Form Notes!-By to-morrow!!!" [a long-drawnout wail ending in a violent shriek.]

Dr. : "An ice-pack--quickly ! No more examinations, if this continues!

Overworked ! It's too bad the way they treat schoolgirls these days !

Form Notes!

Pre posterous! Still, this Honour VI. must be a jolly good Form.

I'll call again in the morning to see yo ur daughter , m adam."

[We a re pleased to report that the patient made a speedy recovery the very day after the exams.]

Form Pass VI. Term I.-" As you like it."

Term II.-" A Winter's Tale."

Term IIL- E xams. " A Comedy of Errors."

The Results-" The Tempest."

We are greatly indebted to Miss Dahle, who h as kindly filled the position of Form Mistress during this year. We a re equally g rateful to Una M. Harrison, our Form Captain and her lieutenants, Mollie Ball (who left at the end of First Term) and Anne Bell.

Our Form decided to send all charity proceeds to the South Melbourne Free Kindergarten, and paid an e njo yable visit to those who benefit by our contributions.

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Nancy Bond, our diligent t reasure r, h as been unde rstood to remark, " Charity suf· fereth long," while commenting on the de pths to which some boarders sink in arrears. We collect garments each T erm, and each girl is expected to contribute one penny per week to the fund.

During First Term r e presentatives of our Form won the swimming cup, but were uns uccessful in both base ba ll aJHl baske tball.

The results of t he tennis matches will hold no s urprises f0r P ass VI., confident as we are of victory.

We were very proud of the prowess of our Form whe n Edna Harry, one of its members, won the Schoolgirls' T e nnis Championship of Victoria.

We beg to suggest two amendments in Pass VI. routine : (1) That the Silence Rule be s uspended for an indefinite p eriod.

(2) That the necessity for walking in single file be overlooked.

It is rumoured that the m a jority of Pass VI. English s tude nts prefe r the version of Mark Twain to that of T e nnys on con cerning the exploits of the Knights of the Round Table.

Form V.a. Listener-In. 3LO., Melbourne.

Broadcastin g from V.a., M.L.C. Hullo, people! E ve rybody happy? That's the id ea!

I wish to announce that V.a., afte r e kin g out a miserable existence, h as come through 1928 whole, and with no financial deficie ncy.

One d ay I m ay h ave been a sk ed to broadcast the following: Anyone knowing the whereabouts of V.a. please inform the Russell Street police at once.

This drastic m easure, ho wever , was not necessary as V.a. were at the Richmond Free Kinderga rten. They were visiting the home to give the children the articles whic-h they had made; a nd t h ey enjoyed watching the children at their work very much.

3LO, MQlbourne. W e are · now switch ing over to the Gle nferrie Oval, a nd the Sport s have beg un .

The s train is too mighty and vast for single contemplation, for the Senior Inter-Form Flag Race has

begun. Now th a t the cheering has s ubsided , I may anno unce that V.a. ran t hir d, losing to V.b.

3LO, Melbourne.

Broadcasting from Sports Ground. L isteners-in may be interested to know that V.a. were defeated in baseball and the basketball finals by Honour V I. W e a re now switching over to V.a.

F orm-r oom. The g irls are hard at wo rk, as examination s are looming al1ead.

I have been especially r equested to thank Miss L ewis, the Form Mistress o f V.a., for t h e interest sh e has t ake n in the Form. I must a lso thank the Form Captain, Julia Marks, and t h e lie utenants, and congra tulate Joy W eller, the Sports Captain, and the two lieute n a nts for their work in the F orm's spo rts.

3LO, Me lbourne. It is now 11.20, a nd we a r e closing down fo r the night.

Good-night, everybody.

Form V.b.

Las t will and t estament of a mentally exhausted FormF eeling that the end is nigh, we wish to divide our worldly goods , and con vey our blessings to those whom we consider worthy.

To our r evered and most honoura ble F orm Mistress, we leave our. best wishes and a lock of our hair.

To the students of Botany in this School, we bequeath the h ortic ultura l specim en s decorating our Form-room.

To the illustrious teach er of Physiology, we bequ eath, for the fu;ther a dvancement of scie nce, the corpse of the fis h (if it is still to be found ) that 'perished in our domain.

To the n oble a rmy o f prefects, we bequeath all the books and other implem e nts of warfare that they may fi nd in our room ; so that they m ay h ave the pleasure of pounding them a t their le isure.

We bequeath to t h e future V.b.'s our conduct book, and the running certificate w hich we seized with much glory _from the covetou s hands of our sister Forms.

To the liv ing doormat, commonly known as Scotty, tha t adorns our threshold,

SILVER AND GREEN. we leave the perm c10us vermin that dwell in the wainscot, and all the tennis balls that he may find.

Y.,e also do most solemn ly c urse and denouuce the intole rable system of examination which has broug ht us to this untimely end! and cut off our promising lives in the bud.

We regr et to say that four of our members have succumbed under the strain of our hard work already.

Signed, this twe nty-sixth day of November, ninetee n hundred and twe nty-eight (1928 ) .-V.b.

Witnesses: Jeanne K e nnett (Form Captain), Melva Warn e (1st lieutenant).

Peggy Symons (2nd lieutenant) .

A Few Extracts from the Log of the Good Ship V .c.

At the b eginning of the year, with Skipper P etersen in command, we set out on our journey with a crew of thirty-four.

Boatswain Hyett and Stewards Flower and Nichols, carried us through many squalls.

In the middle of the year Steward Nichols deserted the ship.

Boatswain Hyett has oft piped the c r ew to their d u ties and has saved the danger of mutiny.

Severa l voyages of exploration were made.

Some of the c1,ew took to rafts and visited a swamp where many pr iceless specimens were found. In the third section of our journey, we took a cruise to the realm of Fancy (" Twelfth Night ") , where we met some ship-

" Tuck-"-R, J,

wrecked sailors. Navigation being difficult, we didn't have much time fo r deck spor ts and wer e not successful.

After many months, the officers set us q uestions on nav_igation to see whether we were fit to be tTansferred to other ships.

Our journey's end is in s ight, and we mus t soon bid good-bye to the good ship V .c.

Form Diploma A. Station 3OL, Melbourne: Stand by for three-quarters of an hour and you w ill hear the clock strike. I n the meantime, Mr. A. Diploma, M.L.C., will give you an elevating talk on bis progress for the year: Good morning, listener s!

This year has been a decidedly eventful one for me, not in the realm of sport, but in t he excelle n t way I have k ept all my young friends bright a n d h appy. During First T e rm much interest was displayed in a p ing-pong tournament, the first in t h e annals of the School. Miss Shirley Whittaker proved herself an able champion at this strenuous game. Second T erm, I held a s uccessfu l auction sale. It was truly a r ed letter day for bargain s.

These two functions, with the help of Diploma B.'s entertainment and small donations, realised £6 5s., which bought a cot for the Foundlings ' Hospital.

Two visits were paid to the Monta.gue Free Kindergarte n, for which I collected numerous garments.

Several members of my Form graced the stage at the School P lay and concer t , very honourably acquitting themselves.

By the way, if some of my daughte r s look in the cabinet in the Form-room No. 9, o n paying a pe nny they will get a present.

Our wireless b ird sadly informed me that we are to lose our esteemed Headmaste r this year. I wish him the best of s u ccess-our loss will be W est Australia's gain. That is the second great loss the College has suffered this year. It is impossible to express adequate ly our deep regret at the pa!!!!ing away of our fi r st Principal.

SILVER AND GREEN. Mr. Daurice Mudley tells me that my · sent several parcels to the sister-intime. is up now. Good morning! charge, and are about to send another.

30L, Melbourne: Hello, people! EveryEach girl bas contributed a ready-made body happy? That's the idea. garment and a certain sum each week to buy material.

During Third Term we visited the Museum, and Miss Lindsay showed us Form Diploma B. many things that concerned our history It is with a feeling of regret that we in class. We found it very interesting and write our Form Notes, as they make us spoke briefly upon the subject next day. realise tha t the year is a lmost over, and We a lso went to see " Tweirth Night " most of the girls of Diploma B. will be acted, and it helped us very much with leaving School. our class work.

We have had a very happy year, for In closing, we wish to state how happy which we tender our t hanks to Miss Bureach girl has been, and we are sure every ton (our Form Mistress), Miss Delbridge, girl has enjoyed being in the other's comand Mr. Lemmon . pany.

During the year we have worked for the Montague Kindergarten, and on several occasions took parcels of clothes to Form XX. the children.

In our Form we have 29 merry, but fairly In conjunction with Diploma A, we industriou s, girls. In the beginning of the raised the sum of £6 5s., in order to p lace year we, with the help of our Form Misa cot in th e Foundlings' Hospital.

We tresses, Miss Pitts and Mrs. Leckie, obtained the money by organising a Pingelected Ursula Dugdale, Marjorie Garside, pong Tournament, Mock Wedding, and and Mavis Bryse as Form Captain and an Auction Sale. lieutenants respectively. Ursula, who has We are very sorr y to learn that Mr. the honour of being in the School baseball Le Couteur is leaving us at the end of the team, also leads the Form in sport. In year, but we wish him every success in this direction we have been fairly successthe future, and h ope he will a lways reful, and though not able to retain or obgard M.L.C. as the Best School of All. tain any cups, it was not for lack of In conclusion, we wish a ll future Dipener gy. In baseball we were defeated by loma B.'s " Good luck," a nd hope that they Form XX.a. In basketball we were sucw ill have as happy a year as t his of 1928. cessful against Form V.c. Special, but were defeated by Form Lower V. Our Form colour is purple-the nicest, we conForm V.b. Special. sider, of all.

We have a pleasantly s ituated Form· Charity also has not been neglected. room in the main building, and we think We a r e working very hard for the Berry it Is the hest and coolest in the School.

Street Foundling Home. The Form has Miss Walton, our Form Mistress, has been to the institution twice, and on each this year a family of 25 girls. Our Form occasion has taken a quantity of babies' Captain is Nance Bower, and our lieuclothing and toys. With the view of buytenants Una Pea1:ce and Doreen Hair. ing a cot fo r the Home, we organised, in Nance Ezard is our Sports Ca.ptain. the First Term, a tennis tournament, anli We have not b een very s uccessful this this (Third) T erm a " Grand Museum and year at sport, having been beaten in Art Gallery." As we collected 17s. 6d., basketball and baseball by Diploma A. and provided great amusement for the onJean Irving won the Inte rmediate Swimlookers, we considered this a great sucming Championship, and thus covered us cess.

We sincerely hope that the future with honour.

In connection with the Red Cross, V.b. " Twenty " will have as enjoyable a year Special has this year worked for the as we (minus the notorious odours emergPrahran Baby Health Centre. We have ing from the laboratory next door).

SILVER AND GREEN. Form XX.a.

"Years ma y com e , and year s may go, !3ut XX.a. goes on for ever."

Form XX.a. is r eally the best Form in the School.

Of course, .othe r people's oprn1ons may differ, but it is r eally impossible to produce any other Form whose form is up to our form, in Form XX.a.

Early in the year we elected Rosie Shaw as our Sports and Form Captain.

XX.a. has not been without success in sport this yea r, for we won the Baseball Cup. And a lthough we did not dis tinguish ourselves in the swimming s ports , we we r e defeate d in the fin als of the basketba ll by Lower V. Though we may not be noted for our tidiness, we're sure R e d Cros!j profits from our Pound remunerations .

Our conduct does not o n the whole improve wit h time, yet Miss McDonald, our beloved Form Mistress, still has hope of our r eformation.

Jus t before the School Play everyone came into class in an extremely sticky and dirty condition, with pieces of wallpa p er plas t e r e d a ll over them. The r eason was " Boxes." Our efforts were well rewarded, however, for we won the prize with the grand total of 785 covered boxes.

As space ends-good-bye from XX.a.

Form Lower V. First Term was a busy one for Lower V. We paid a visit to the Collingwood Kindergarten, for which we a re wo rking.

The scene was one of ha ppy activity, and the childre n wer e w e ll clo thed.

At the Athle tic Sports w e won the InterForm Flag Race, and Lorraine Charlwood won the Junior Cup. At the Swimming Sports, Lowe r V.'s t eam was cheered, not quite to victory, but to second place in the Inter-Form Race.

F our of our number have won places in the School teams.

N ear the end of the Term we e lect ed Betty Evans as our Form Captain.

We worked ha rd in T erm II., making or buying sweet s an d covering boxes for the School Play.

Later in t he Term we played the Form basketball m atches and succeeded in winning the cup, after a hard-fought game, a gains t XX.a.

Lower V. was well represented at the School concert h eld in Third Term. P e r haps t he members of the choir were attracted to the practices on Monday afternoons b y the knowledge that the rest of the Form were revelling in Latin and German.

Mrs. Williams, who had for many years been mistress of Lower V., has g enerously given a shield for tennis competition between the girls of our Form.

Shirley Whittaker's fathe r kindly provided for the gold lettering.

Form V.c. Special.

This year our Form cons ists of 27 girls, We are ve ry lucky to have Miss Parsons as our Form Mistress.

10 of whom are boarders.

Bon. Masters, who was elected Form and Sports Captain, has done her work very well.

The lie utenants, Loveday Willia ms and Nancy Dishe r, have a lso worked well.

Although none of our teams won a victory, we have had the pleasure of cleaning the cups of our rival Forms. This Term we hope to win the Tennis Cup, as we have a good team.

W e a ll wish to thank those who were concerned in the matter of g iving us a new and bette r Form-room. It is now in the Home Scie nce Building, and is in every way better t han our former one.

We a re s till n ear t he R efe ctory.

During the Firs t Term we made clothing for the Kinde rgarten at Richmond. One m orning Miss Parsons very kindly took us to see the Kindergarten, and we took the clothing with us.

Our F orm g e nerall y be haves very well, and n early ever y week we are on the H onour List for something.

SILVER AND GREEN. Form Collegiate V.

Form IV.a.

C for, Collegiate, so h appy and gay, O fo r the Orde r marks g iven each day; L for t h e lessons in which we excel, L for the lock e rs of which we'll not t e ll.

E for the exei·cise done in the Gy m., G for the girls who d o it w it h vim.

I fo r intelligence rarel y displayed, A for a tte ntion which seldom is pa id ; T for the t eachers, with patie n ce so great , E for the e nd of t he year '28.

Although ou r Form-room is n ot quite wha t we might have desired, our h a ppfaess has not in a ny way been marred, and we have b ecome quite attach ed to o ur room.

Even the teach er s seem to find it interestiug, fo r we often see t h em casting s hy glances · at their photos in th e honour groups of long ago.

In sport, we mig ht not h ave b een quite up to th e standard of oth er year s, but we succeeded in securing the Intermediate Form Swimming Cup from XX.a.

In s pite of our inefficiency in oth er matters, we have done much to h elp the South Melbourne Kinder garten, a nd sent quite a la r ge p a rcel of clothing.

We a r e hoping to ach ieve a highe r standard than usual in th e co min g exams., a nd are looking forwa rd to a well-deserved holiday.

We h ave had many changes in our staff this year , the one affecting IV.a. t he most be ing Miss Krome's illness, which occurred at Easte r, a nd las ted, much to everyon e's dismay, until the b eginning of Third T e rm. Miss Gault kindly filled h e r place.

During Second T e rm, Miss Gault took us to the Lillian Cannum Free Kindergarte n in South Melbourne, fo r which we are working this year. We spent a ver y e njoyable morning, r e nde red all the more e njoyable by the fact that we missed five pe riods of work.

We have bad bad luck in s port this year, being defeated in the baseball fina ls

by Remove A., a nd defeated b y only one goal in the b ask e tba ll semi-finals. Theretore our hopes a re centred on t he approaching tennis matches.

W e have a very pleasant Form-r oom this year- No. 15- one of its gr eatest a dvantages bein g its proximity to the n e w Re fectory.

This year has been a ver y happy on e for us all, and our best thanks are due to Miss Krome, Miss Gault, Loma (our Form Captain) , and a ll who ·have s hown interest in our Form.

In closing, we wo uld wish a ll future IV.a.'s as happy a year as 1928's IV.a. have h ad.

Form Remove A .

This year Re mo ve A. consists of 2'.l g irls . Our Form Mistress is Miss Gawley, Dorothy Dugcla'. e is Form Cap t ain , a nd our lie utenants are Mar garet Wookey a nd Ette Salmonow.

Ette Salmonow was for First T erm our S ports Captain, but on h er leaving, Alice Mee s uccessfully took over h e r position, a nd U na Legge a nd Marion Hende rson are lieute na n ts. We won th e Swimming.

Baseball a nd Basketball Cu ps.

We are . wo rking for t he Ber ry Str eet Foundling Home this year; we have n ot been there yet , but hope to go b efor e the e nd of the year.

Our Re d Cross Captain is E ls ie Flyger.

Our Sports were he ld on the Gle nfe rrie Oval during First T e rm , a nd we h ad a s uccessful Day. Out of our Form of t we nty-nine girls, only s ix are boarders.

Form Remove B. There are thirty-e ight g irls in our Form, four of whom are boarde rs. W e a r e captained by P-eggy Ditchburn. Joa n Baldwin left us during th e Second T erm, a s sh e was go ing fo r a tri p to Engla nd . She h oped, however, to return to us at a la t e r date.

We have bee n working for "Yooralla" K inder garten during the year . The F orm e lected two R ed Cross Captains, who imm edia te ly set to work to collect garme nts and toys. We visited the childre n one m o rning in the First T e rm. We took wit h us the garments and toys we h ad collected , a nd a lso a sum of money which was used to buy a volume of Shakespeare.

At the end of the Second T e rm som e e lected g irls gave a p enn y concert in a id of the Re d Cross funds, a nd we received

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SILVER AND GREEN. about five shillings for it. We hope to v isit the m again s hortly.

In sports, we have not dis ting uish ed ourselves, as we h ave h a d to face a s trong opponent in both baseball and basli:e tba ll. We h ope, however, to do better in t ennis . Our running t eam was defeated in the inte r-Form race. The same bad luck befell us in the swimming sports . But still we are conte nt in the t hought tha t we h a ve a ll done our best to gain a r eputation for our F orm in sports.

We h ave been studying the "Mer cha nt o f Ve nice" this year, a nd r ecently Miss Lindsay took the Form to see the play perfo rmed by Alan Wilkie's company. It was very e njoyable indeed.

All the members of the F orm ap preciate the n ew Tuck Shop very much, and feel grateful to t h e givers.

We have been very h a ppy with our F orm Mistress, Miss Lindsay, a nd we hope that next year's Re move B. will h a ve as splendid a time as we did.

Form IV.b.

This year in IV.b. has b een a very happy one.

Our Form Captain, Phyllis Yeo, h as done good work, and Freda Mardel a nd Mary Monsbourgh have h e lped···her admirably.

In First T erm we played base ball. After a good stru ggle, Remove A. beat us . We h a d the same bad luck in Second T e rm a t baseba ll.

Third Term we play tennis; we h ave a fairly strong tea m a nd hope to get the cup.

Our Charity work this year has been for the Carlton Kindergarten.

We h a d a " Sweets Day " Second Term to raise money for it. In Second Term we went to visit them, taking with us clothes a nd toys for the childre n.

W e had a very enjoyable time there.

Third T erm we went to .the "Merchant of Venice " a t the P rinces·s T h eatre with ·Remove B. ,It was very nice, and in. some parts very funny.

So every girl in IV.b. h as h a d a very h appy year, w ith Miss Betts as our Form Mistress, and a ll hope that our successors n ext year w ill be as h appy as we h ave peen,

If you look through t hese

p ages on ce more you w ill see Some ite m s of n ews which come from IV.b.

So put on you r s pecs. and cons ide ring cap.

Some essays you'll see a nd maybe a snap.

Form IV.c.

We b egan t his year with Miss Luke, but at the end of Firs t T erm we were very sorry to lose h er, as s he was going to Am e rica. Whe n we came back from our holidays we welcom ed Miss Car ter, w ho is now our Form Mistress.

Our Form Captain is Beth Orr, and our lieutenants are Pattie Rule and Gwen Ferg uson. Barbara Titmus is our Sports Captain, a nd the lie uten a nts Edith L ath am and Roma Reseigh, and Roma is a lso our T ennis Captain.

In First T e rm we v isited Monta gue Kindergarten, and gave the children some clothes and money.

We h ad twe nty-nin e g irls a t the b eginning of the year; now we h ave thir tyeight.

We have had some m atch es agains t other Forms; in First Term we played a baseball m a t ch · against IV.d., which we won, but in the next baseb all m atch a gainst IV.b., we were not victorious . In Second T erm we won a bas k etball match agains t IV.d., but we were again beaten

by IV.b. in the n e xt m atch.

In Third T e rm we b eat Junior School at ten nis .

This Term Mrs. Thorne, Miss Carter's s iste r, cam e a nd talked to u s a bout the blacks in Northern Territory, which was very inter estin g.

Altoge ther, we have ha d a ver y h appy year , and we want to thank Miss Carter for b e ing so inte r ested in us during t he time sh e has l1ad u s .

Form IV.d.

W e are the g irls of M.L.C., Whose work got prizes every year; Our little room is called IV.d., And in it happiness and ch eer.

Above the bat h s our little room, Which is so clean a nd neat; Old T ed com es u p w ith brush a nd broom, And swee ps each desk and seat.

SILVER AND GREEN. Twe nty-six in Form are we, We have our teacher good and kind; Although we strive, good girls to b e, In "det." sometimes our selves we find. ·we a r e a happy Form of twenty-six girls.

Our Form-room is No. 14, above the bath s . It is nice and bright, but very cold in winter. Our F orm Captain is P .

Stevenson, and the lie ute nants, M. Nicholas a nd V. Wookey.

We visited the Collingwood Mission Kind ergart e n a nd took 77 garme nts and som e sweets.

The Red Cross Captain is J. Miers and the committee P . Ste venson, J. Witton, A. Henderson, N. Wookey, M. Nicholas.

W e played Junior School at tennis and were b eaten, 19-18, but we b eat the m , 12--0, at basketball.

The Sports Captain is A. H e nde rson a nd the lieutenants E . Jam es a nd G. Holloway.

The tennis team is A. Henderson (Captain) , J . Witton, B . Robinson , E. Haze lhurst.

We will b e sorry to leave our Form Mistress, Miss Jeffery, at the end of the year, and hope n ext year 's IV.d. will enjoy the mselves.

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_In the uppe r Forms the girls are taking gr eat interest in Nature Study, and many girls are collecting wild-flowers.

This year we had a " Sweets Day " and we collected £3 18s., which we gave to our Indian baby. We a lso gave £1 5s. to the " Herald " Blanket Fund. The III.a. girls collected 8s. for the Shrine of R em embrance, and the III.b. girls dressed some dolls for the Indian Mission.

During the Third Term we h ad a very enjoyable morning of Folk Dancing unde r the direction of Miss Gloyn. Some of the mothers came, and when it was over t h ey were Invited to morning tea.

We wish n e xt year's g irls the best of luck and hope that they will be as happy as we have been.

PRIZE SENIOR VERSE.

The Heathy Hill.

0, come with me to the heath y hill Where the bush-birds thrill.

The whip-bird lash es his wild note The bell-bird c himes from silver throat, And the mag pies shrill.

O, come with me where the hill is green With a grassy sheen; The slender heath stems wave their h e ads, The riotous sarsaparilla s preads, And the grey gums l ean.

W e have been very h appy in Junior School this year. We h ave two Capta insAda Currer and Ila W aterstlon, a nd lieut enants in ever y F o rm.

The girls are very interested in sport this year and have done very well. Dur ing Firs t T erm we played a tennis match against IV.d. a nd won, then Second Term we played a basketball match, and a return tennis match, with IV.d . We lost the basketball m a t c h, but we were a gain successful in t e nnis .

Third T e rm we pla y e d a tennis match against IV.c., but got beaten. The T e nnis Four are J . Loveday (Captain ), L . Heeps, B. Chitty, G. J ohnston .

We had a Tennis Tournament this year, a nd after e ncourag ing the little ones to play , h a d many inte resting games.

The final was won by G. Johnston a nd G. Woodgate.

O, come with me where the south winds sing Of the L ady Spring, And blow the fragrance of sweet wildflowers O' er hillsides drenched with the b lossoming showers, And the fairies cling.

- JOYCE McNICHOLL, Hon. VI.

Lake Colac at Eventide.

I walked along a road arched with pine trees, Alone, for not another soul was there ; I listened to the silent harmonies Of Nature, in the trees and in the a ir.

As in a dream , I turned a b e nd near by; I stopped! I stood trans fixed! For, see the sky!

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SIL VER AND GR EEN.

The w est ern sky was mass' d with gold clouds bright, The lake beneath was s himm"rin g tor, quoise b lue, Flashed across with diamond i:_ays of light, While shining silver shafts shot through the hue.

The 5lowly s inking s un e'e n n ow is dying, Its banne rs circling the horizon flying!

The sun has g one, the la k e no longe r darted, But still the clouds are pink and tipped with gold, But at the east the b ann e rs now are parted, And quick ly passed our vision they a r e rolled.

The s un has disappeared with all its glory, The sky now grey, the clouds so white and hoary.

The evening's garb of black enfolds all fast.

My soul awakens now from out its dreams.

I r ealise the splendour now is past ; And though the sun no longe r sends iti; beams, Yet I .have caught an e ver-burning dart T h at shall be treasu r ed always in my hear t.

- L . A. L .. T., V.b.

" The Prefects' Lament."

Alas! alack! I g reatly fear That seve ral times throughout the year A noble fig ure hath a ppeared To hush the prefects so r e ve red'The busy hum of youthful chatte r , The couch upturned with din and clatter.

The nobl er strains of operah, To Melba's claims s uperior fa rAll, all is hushed, by that stern voiceNo more with Orphe us we rejoice; Back to our books, no more to stray From Ch a u·c·er, Hayes, or Merimee.

The scene is ch anged-no sounds aris e, No songs we gentl y improvise; But all is quiet, breathless, still, With facts and dates we strive to fill Our h eads; n o chatter is t here now As o'er our p e ncilled books we bow; Exams. are coming!-misery !Loa thed apparition! Hence with thee !

Hark! What is that-a murmur grows And thru' the thin partition f lows.

'Tis they-th e gowns-who interrupt us .

And with the ir noisy talk corrupt us.

We cannot work, but what reek they, The idle s ingers of an empty day!

- " GENTLE ANNIE."

Roses.

Roses common, roses rare, Roses, roses everywhere.

In every garden, large or s mall, Softly the velvet petals fall, To s lee p on the de wy grass.

Whene'er I see the roses, My thoughts take wing a nd fly To an old world thatched cottage the white road winding by. ~~~nd -.

I see the garden with blossom aglow, And I follow the old flagg'd path, for know S-hy rosebuds hide where the high wall dips And light winds linger with a iry lips To kiss them as th ey pass.

Me mory and fancy are but dreams, And dreams may fade and die.

But a lways with roses I seem t o see An old world thatched cottage 'Neath a rose-e ntwined eave· And the long white road still winding by.

- PHYLLIS E . KEAM, V.a.

The Forest.

The slende r g iants are s inging, Ah! what a wond'rous s igh t, They sing a nd sway, By night, by day, They murmur of th eir might.

SILVER AND G REEN. Th ey tell a mournful story, Of mysteries n e'er b een told, Of e lves a nd gnom es, Of fairies' h omes, The ir . g lorious tales unfold.

A rippling str eamle t wanders By these trees of g rey and b lue, Beneath the sky It trickles by And sings the song anew.

Above the bright sky colours With the setting of the sun, Now gold, now b lue, Now every hue, It tells the day Is done.

-YVONNE MILES, V .a.

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And by a gurgling mountain stream I h a lted, j us t to rest, And saw the darting dragon-mes, And g limpsed a s k ylark's nest.

A kookaburra's cheery laugh Was mocking by my s ide.

I turned; upon a hazel bough The bird himself I s pied.

The catfern nodded sleepy he ads, The bracke n g r eeted me, And there b eside the gums I saw A golden wattle-tr ee.

The mur murin g brookle t a t my feet, The b irds t hat sweet ly sing, The wattle on the m ountain s lope, Fore-runners of the Spring .

-BETTY BLAY, H on our VI.

A Summer's Evening.

A golden sunset, linge rin g in the s ky, Is all that's left us of the day go ne by ; And, from a fe nce, a jackass la u gh s w ith joy, For ne'er a sorrow can his peace d estroy ; The s hoes of distant horses clang and ring, On coun try r oads so gay, where bird s their happ y mus ic s ing.

The murmurin g w a t e rs s ing in diffe rent keys, From underneath the bra n c hing willow trees; The moon arises on h er star-lit throne, The bull-frogs c roa k, the bees do homeward drone; The s ha d ows d eepen, s wallowed up by night, Natu r e r emains alone, in all he r power a nd might.

-B. FINNEY, Honour VI.

The Editresses' Plaint.

'Twas roses, roses all around, And h a lf-a-d ozen storms ; The "th u nde r roared, th e lightning flashed," From fully fifteen Forms.

"Sweet Spring" appeared in every guise, Summer a nd Autumn, too; We saw the s un in s plendour rise 'Gains t inl.11 skies of blu e."

Spring-th e n a pause; Summer, then dots, Yes, dots a r e the fashion, you know!

And " s lender giants crashed to earth," The " h arsh North winds did blow. " And therefore those who follow, h ear our plea, In dawns, storms , blushing blooms, deal warily!

- B. B., R. J.

The Bush.

By the Shore.

I wande r e d t hrough the B u s h one m orn When a ll was fresh and clear , The songs of n ewly-wake n'd birds Were rin ging in my ear.

The air is clear , t h e s ta rs a re bright, T h e seawave softly sin gs t o-night, The seagull slumbers on the nest And da rkness dulls the ra diant west.

Among the ghost-like sh a do wed trees Lingers the softl y sighing breeze, As sad as Ce res, when s he sou ght Her stolen ·dau ghter, sorrow fraught.

Now 11\l i □ quiet 110 a. dream

I saw the gums, all scarlet-tipped, I h eard the magpie trill, The echo or a bell-bird's note Came sounding from the hill.

SILVER AND GREEN. To wait Diana's steadfast beam, Now a s ilver pathway s himmers To 'the moon, and as it g limmers On the gently rippling sea Floats the barque of p eace to me.

-JOYCE McNICHOLL, Honour VI.

Joachim Du Bellay.

D'un-Vanneur De Ble, Aux Vents.

A YOUS, troupe lege re, Qui d 'aile passagere Et d 'un sifflant murmure L'ombrageuse verdure Doucement o'\ branlez, J'offre ces ·violettes, Ces lio et ces fleurettes, Et ces roses ici, Ces vermeillettes· roses, Tout fraichement ecloses, Et ces reillets aussi.

De votre douce haleine Eventez cette plaine, Eventez ce sejour, Cependant que j 'ahanne A mon ble, que je vanne A la chaleur du jour.

TR,ANSLA T,ION. A Winnower's Song to the Winds.

To you, passing troup , Winged, transient group, Who swift flight are taking, And are whispering unseen To trees shady green, Their dainty leaves shaking, I offer these violets

These lilies and flowerets, And of ros.es not few; Fresh crimson-hued roses, Each perfume discloses; And these carnations, too.

With your peaceful breath Fan softly that heath O'er this home gently sway, While from the early morn I winnow golden corn Through the hot summer day.

-R. JOHNS, Honour VI.

Dream Garden.

There's a garden, old and stately, Where the flowers are sweet, though few, Scented by white cherry blossom, Decked with violets, white and blue.

'Tis deserted, yet there lingers In the quaint engraven s tone, In the whisper of the fountain, In the firs that sigh and moan, Just a breath of man's desire, Just an echo of his dreams, Maybe it is only fancy, Yet to me the truth it seems.

'Tis a garden, whe re the roses 'Gainst a sky of tender blue, Breathe their scent upon the d ewdrops, Though 'twas meant fo r mortals, too.

-BETTY BLAY, Honour VI.

PRIZE

INTERMEDIATE

VERSE.

" The Veil."

A mystic world through mist is madeFantastic shapes loom near, then fade.

Dull yellow lights peer eerilyD istorted lines of buildings blurred, Sounds of the world but dimly heard, Huge seas of cloud s tretch drearily.

And down the hidde n valleys deep The mist in ghostlike form doth creep.

And filtered light comes sparingly.

The phantom mountains, vague a nd tall, Are wrapped in grey, gloomy pall Where once the sun shone glaringly.

Lo! suddenly a world anewThe curtain lifts; the sun shines through; The mist rolls off unceasingly.

To eager eyes a welcome sightThe mountains bathed in radiance bright.

Light fills the earth increasingly.

-BETTY CHINNER, L.V.

"Never Satisfied."

When the cold southe rn wind comes a-whistling and moaning And sets all the tall trees a-bendin g and groaning, And raindrops are pelting from dull skies of grey, Then we sigh to ourselves, " What a 111-is'rable day!"

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SILVER AND GREEN. And we huddle up tight till we look quite deformed, And ,wish we had something to keep us a ll warmed.

Central heating would do; c heery fire would be best; Then we'd tackle our work with something like zest: But in this bleak old room, without ever a !ire, It's a wonder the class doesn't freeze a nd expire!

When the sun blazes down in a pitiless g lare, And the grass shrivels up in the dust laden air, And the north wind comes shrieking and howling away, Then we s igh to ourselves, " What a terr'ible day!"

And we throw off our blazers a nd loosen our ties, And we brandish our rulers to keep off the flies.

Ours must be the worst room t h roughout the whole school.

If only we'd something to keep us all cool !

Just a couple of fans and a few lumps of ice; Then in spite of the heat life would be rather nice!

-B. CHINNER, L.V.

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-o ·own at the Sea. The waves are breaking on the shore , In noisy glee they rise and roar, The foam is flying on the breeze To lose itself among the trees.

Around the rocks the waters surge, Reced.e' and hiss with tidal urge, .

Then rush once more in baffled wrath To crash again 'mid snowy froth. ' The wand'ring seagull skims with grace Across the vast sea's restless face, Anori, it rises in the air Fresh~scented, cool, and poises there.

Far out the grey clouds touch the sea, So soft and full of mystery, And mingle with the purple mist The sad a nd lonely sea has kist.

-JEAN McCREA, L.V.

The Pirate.

I'll be a pirate bold and fr ee, And sail upon some stormy sea, I'll cross the desert and the sand, And strike upon some Golden Land.

I'll make my men, oh !-give a band, And we'll be quite a merry band.

We'll dig down deep among the sand, We'll dig a hole big till we have found The treasure which was in the ground.

-E. MANNING.

What I Would Like to Be. Of a ll the things I'd want to be, I'd soonest be a rose, Kissed by the sunshine, and caressed by every wind that blows, My fragrant petals, velvet smooth, more crimson than the dawn, My stately stem erect, and tall without a single thorn.

Oh! how I'd love to know I'd helped to make the world more fair, And a ll day long I'd sit a.nd dream without a single care.

A lonely, peaceful life I'd lead from dawn till s unset glows. ·· A short, sweet life, but I'd LOVE to be' a crimson rose.

-P. BRETT, V.c. Special.

PRIZE JUNIOR VERSE. The Rose ( 1) • I paused to watch the sunrise When the day ·had just begun, The dew-wet grasses sparkling Beneath the rising sun.

Half-opened, 'neath my window, ·, A crimson rosebud grew, Its lovely velvet petals All wet with morning dew.

The sun is slowly s inking, The day is almost dead, . .The West-a stain of saffron, fo shot with fiery red.

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The evening breeze, sweet-scented, Which just at twilight blows, Stirs, 'neath my latticed window, ' A full-blown crimson rose.

- WYNWODE MACDONALD, IV.b.

A Dream Come True ( 2). thought- I really thought I must be dreaming When first I caught a glimpse of shinin i; th ings, When first I sa.w the glitter a nd the gleaming, Of golde n h air and silv'ry wands and wings.

But now I'm wide awake, not e ve n blinking .

And still a fairy dances on my tree.

Oh, thank you, Father Christmas, dear, for thinking Ot sending such a lovely doll for m e .

- BETTY LEVER, IV.b.

Airship.

Graceful flying airship floa ting through the air, Leaving all its t roubles to the pilot's care .

Bring ing mails and cargoes from all the lands around, And making fa r the greatest fame that England could have found.

Graceful flying a irship cutting through the breeze, Bringing s ilks from China to Aus tralia, Flying through the blue sky in the pilot's car e, And making all the sea ships a failure.

- I. WA TERSTION, Jun. School (age 11).

My Garden.

As I s it upon my s wing, I look upon the flowers of Spring, Pa n s ies, 1;tocks, and roses, too, Fill t he garden which I view.

In the Summer sun I sit, Looking on the garden, lit With gay and glorious flowers, spread In every nook and garden bed.

Autumn brings us many colours, For the t rees, unlike t h e others, :ijrown and green, and p ink ish red, Until the leaves fa ll , crisp a nd d ead .

Winte r brin gs us rain a nd frost, In which t h e colours a ll are lost, One by one the trees go bare, Making us long for Spring so fair.

-BETTY NEVILE, R e m . B. (age 12).

Moon Magic.

The night is clear, and the moon Is bright, So com e hither and take my hand, And we'll wander far on the wings of nig ht, O'er the pathway to Fairyland.

Th e years have com e, a nd the year s h a v e gone, And through a ll t h a t a re y e t to be The faery pathway winds ever o n Whe re the moon dips into the sea.

The scents of flowers in the cool night air With the mooollght's magic blends, Oh, we'll wander far th rough t he starlit h ours To the land where the Rainbow Ends !

Till at last the dawn shines out of t h e nig ht, O'er valley, and cla le, a nd lea, The n we'll wa nde r back o'er the pathway white Whe re the moon dips into the sea.

-WYNWODE MACDONALD, IV.b .

The Fairies.

Come over th e hills a lo ng way a way, To wher e the fairy pipers play, To the dancing fairy folk, Down by the cr eek where fro gs are c roaking, Their noses through the r ushes p okin g, To h ear the laughing-Johnny's joke.

They s it upon the mushrooms r ound, And drink the honey d ew they've fo und, As the y listen to the stream When at last the moon has gon e Home they go t o lie upon T h eir lit tle beds and dream.

- JUNE BARNETT, Jun. School (age 8).

SILVER AND GREEN. SENIOR PROSE. No Prize Awarded for Senior Prose .

A Day in Cairo.

L eaving Suez at 7.30 a .m. by train, we travelled .through typical Egyptian territory down to Cairo.

As we passed through t he v illages, the mosques, t he small mud huts, and the larger homes of sun-baked stone, the flame trees and the date palms, the women water-carriers and the beggars, a ll h elped to form that Eastern pict ure. The Turkish veiled ladies, a ll ·dressed in .heavy black veils, hoods, a nd cloaks over brightly-coloured frocks, looked very quaint.

At every junction the tiny brown c hildren were holding out their s kirts and crying out, " Baksheesh! Baksheesh!"

The Sahara gave us our first s ight of real desert-sand just as far as the eye could see, with small g r een oases here and there. After passing through a part of Egypt's wonderful irrigation system, we arrived at Cairo at 12.30, where cars were awaiting us, with each car ther e being a driver and a Dragoman or Egyptian guide.

Our first visit was to the native shopping quarter. Here the streets wer e just wide enough for one car to pass down at a time. Many of the goods displayed in the str eets were goods of the Orientbrass, silks, and pe rfumes.

Many of the shops would not confor m to our h ealth regulation, for m eat a nd foodstuffs are hanging in the open windows a nd doorways, exposed to the di rt and flies .

Passing along from the s hops, we visited the mosque of Mohammed All, before entering which one must h ave one's shoes covered by canvas s lippers, so that dirt will not be carrie d into the temple. The t emple itself is built on th e plan of a Greek cross, surmounted b y a cen tral dome and a smaller one on each arm of the cross.

The whole of the ins ide is most gorgeously d ecorated by gold relief and Oriental painting, and furnis h ed with beautiful h eavy Persian rugs a nd carpets.

Our next move was out to the Pyramids -about twenty minutes by car - through

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the rice, cotton and Egyptian corn fields.

After tea at Mena House, we each rode a camel out to the Great Pyramid, which was built in 3753 B.C., and in which Cheops was burled.

We passed some smaller py ramids, the Sphinx, and many old excavations.

In t he distance we could see the ruins of an old Egyptian vlllage and cemetery.

Tiny boys, who claimed to be Tutankhamen's sons, were selling scarabs, which t hey said had come from Tutankhamen's tomb.

From here we r eturned again to the city, tired but satis[ied t ha t we had, indeed, gained some knowledge of E ast e rn life.

-M. LUMLEY, Honour VI.

" An Idyll."

Under the sparkling sunlight, waves were dancing and noisily dashing again st the age-old cliffs of a little fishing village in the north of France. The murmur of t h e breezes mingled with the moan of the waves and the piercing cries of the seabirds. Overlooking the beach, where nets were spread out to dry, and fishing b oats anchored, was the vlllage, with its whitewashed cottages and cobbled streets.

On a hill above the village could be seen a mighty chateau-the c hateau of Monsieur le Vicomte d'Hortens-e, feudal lord of the surrounding country and beloved master of the villagers.

Down the rough cliff-steps came , handin-hand, a boy and a girl, to whom the fishermen bowed with r everence. The boy was Monsieur Phillpe, son of the Vicomte, and the girl, Marie Aramis, was his orphaned cousin, who lived at the chateau.

Reaching the sands, they raced merrily alonl:, and then sank, panting, on t o the warm ground. Looking out to sea at the white wings of th-e ships, the handsome boy and the sweet-faced, beautiful maiden dreamed dreams and saw smiling visions of the years to come. Ah! life was indeed fresh and joyous on this early morn in beautiful June . .

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SILVER AND. GREEN.

Ten years had passed. He was a young aristocrat of twenty-two, and she, at nineteen, the acknowledged belle of the countryside.

I!ut for many years a storm had been brewing in "La Belle France," and now it had burst, the reign of terror had commenced, and the peasants were murdering their lords · and masters-the ·dwellers of the chateaux and high places.

Even the kindly old Vicomte d'Hortense had not been spared. A Paris mob had looted the chateau, and the inhabitants were even now fleeing to save their lives.

Marie, disguised as a peasant girl, was standing on the beach, looking anxiously towards the village. A storm was raging, and the sun no longer glinted on the waves, but it was hidden behind dense banks of clouds. Would her uncle, and her lover, Philipe, never come? Had they, oh! awful thought, been caught at the last moment? At last s he saw the m coming over the sands to her, disguised as fishermen. With a sigh of relief, she stepped into a little boat, and they followed her. and pushed off out to sea where a boat was waiting to take them to England, where they would be safe but, oh! so lonely. They took their last look at the fair shores of France, while the tempest roared in its fury. Ah! life was indeed sad, and without hope, in this dark December noonday.

A red sun was sinking below the waves, and the fresh night breezes springing up from the sea, as an elderly lady and gentleman walked along the sands.

They were Philipe and his wife Marie, who had for many years been married, and who had taken the place of the long dead Vicomte at the chateau, when the storm of the revolution had died down and they had returned to their home on the rocky coasts of France.

Their span of years was almost done, but they had found peace and rest, and their life had been made more precioui:; because of the sorrows they had endured.

As they stood there, they felt ready to sail into the Great Unknown, like a great

white ship that was even then reddening in the sunset.

And the same thought found place in both minds: "Ah! life is indeed sweet and peaceful on this calm summer evening.

-D. CERUTTY.

Memories.

For hundreds of silent years this g len has lived, treasuring in its heart precious memories, all that is left to it of the glories of the past. Nay, not a ll, for on the hillside stands the chateau, the witnessing place of gallant deeds.

These deeds the old trees remember as they lift their heads, while the chateau looks down silently to the shady glen.

Here, there is nothing different s ince the days of which the trees are thinking.

The little stream tumbles down o'er waterfall and rock to the valley, where it moves along slowly between lawns a nd flowers, lingering, as if unwilling to leave a place of such beauty.

Overhead, the stately trees form arches of such grace and delicate outline· that they appear like fairy arms, stretching to the blue above, while vines and creepers twine themselves among the branches, forming hidden bowers and nooks.

Here the courtier in his magnificent robes had courted his lady; here the shepherd-lad had resorted after his day's work, to play upon his pipe; and here today children play happily, their thoughts far from the days when the old grey chateau, whose ruined towers are just visible over the tops of the dark trees, was in all the glory of pomp and show, attendant with the ceremonies of court.

What scenes of chivalry, of love, and of bravery these towers have witnessed!

Now they stand as grim guardians of the ruined walls, looking out over the glen, calling to the inward nature of the artist.

Here is beauty in ruggedness, even in destruction. Below is beauty in Nature .

Together, beauty, just beauty.

-NORMA DUNKIN, Pass VI.

SILVER AND GREEN. The Wreck of the " Saucy Sal." Two brothers on the shores of a small bay proudly watching a ship. They were joipt owners of this trim craft with its snow-white and gleaming blue paint. Her name was the " Saucy Sal." The sun _shone brilliantly, but an omin• ous quiet had descended. Clouds gathered a nd then the wind, which before had just ruffled the waves in sparkling frolic, lashed them into mounta inous hungry rollers.

The two watchers clasped each other in fear and cried aloud in anguish as the " Saucy Sal " heeled over on her side and a cruel breaker rushed over her.

The tide carried her ashore, but not a single man was aboard her. And then came the rain.

Two sad and sorrowful owners trudged home from the scene of the disaster, one with the shattered s hip tucked under his arm.

-PH YL L IS KEAM, V.a.

Maundy Money.

Have you ever seen those mysterious coins called maundy coins? Lately I received some as a present from a n eld e rly lady, and since that day they have acted as a spark to my latent curiosity. The history of antiques has a lways fascinated me, but of this particular kind m y benefactress knew very little. At a country fair he r great-great-grandfa ther had bought them from an old g ipsy.

My gift consisted of six tiny coins ; five were a ll silver, and one was silver a nd copper. This bronze pe nny with a silver h eart bewitched m e, and ,I examined it closely in order to discover any e n grav ing that might be on it. From the well-worn surface I deciphered the words, " George II. R ex. Reg., 1756."

Over one hundred and seventy years old.

What a tale it could tell if that s ilver sealed mouth was opened!

I next asked friends in order to see if they knew more of the history of m y maundy money.

From the m I learned that each year , on Maundy Thursday, t h e Royal arms were distribu ted from Whiteha ll. Even this was not e nough . What

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could these coins tell? Why did the monarch give them?

Gradually I drifted into darker, colder regions. Where-ah! surely this is London, the Tower, the Thames.

But 'tis cold. The sleet beats against the chimn ey pots. H ere an uneasy star br eaks through the gloom and illumes a large, bare, fourstoried stone building, separated by a stone-flagged courtyard from the cold, wet street. Undisturbed by the crowd of burly beggars and barefooted boys, two rigid Beefeaters guard the gate.

The driving sleet drives these beggars n earer the pillared portico.

Through t he cold gates they see well-lighted windows that s uggest bright fires, t apestries, and shining statuettes.

The sovereign's proxy clatters across the court. Well within the iron gate he stands - for jostling beggars dare not enter there- and throws some tiny clinking coins into their mass.

My eyes centre on a s mall boy, meagre and be-ragged.

H e quickly gathers his six coins and, lest some deep-throated beggar should rob him of his prize, flees down th e nearest a lley. For breath, he pauses under some far-distant lamp. He counts his coins. Six coins-five silver and one s ilver and copper- the price of three good meals.

"God bless King George!" be cries.

His cry awakes me. London flies. The river still flows on. Why break my dream if it reveals the truth? Stay! stay! Oh! tell me more.

- A. L. CROFTS, Honour VI.

PRIZE INTERMEDIATE PROSE. An Extract from a Journal, in Which a Mind is Questioned After Sleep.

I n what place have you been, 0 mind, and from what country are you returned, absent now these seven hours or more it may be? Tell me all, for it is not right that those who are comrades until sundown should be strangers the n.

How many times have I qu estioned you and you say nothing, or put me off with some halftold and foolish tale? Those seven hours have been to me a moment, less than a

SILVER AND GREEN. moment, for even a mo ment is aware that it has bee n.

But they know nothing, nothing at all, only that so much time has run its course.

What was, is not; what was not, is again. Without warning you d e part, and you return· without a word.

That which dawn brought dusk snatches, a nd it is as t hough it were not now at all. Suddenly, where there was spee ch there is s ilence, and where there wa s seeing there is none.

Is it fair that you should travel and leave no tidings, that you should journey and bring no news? Tell yo ur secr e t , Mind, for even to-day we communed on many t hings, a nd t here were many questions that you asked m e then.

numb feeling began to cr eep from his toes up wards, as his scalp began to prickle and ha irs to stand up one by one. As some night a nima l rus tled through t he leaves, it sent another awful shiver through him.

Scr atch, scratch, scrape ! He mus t pull himself togethe r , switch on his tor ch, and perhaps that would give th em a frigh t.

His hand e ncountered it sooner th:i.:1 he expected (which gave him anothe r fright).

But he fo und it at last , a nd as the hut was filled with ra dian ce, th e re in th e corne r, where his e namel pla t es were, was no more tha n a n inquisitive land crab.

-LOMA AMOS, IV.a.

The Owl and the Nightingale.

T ell your secret, Mind, for if I kne w where you had been so often, I might know the place to which you will one day go.

- CONNIE McCOLL, Coll. V .

Cannibals!

He was a solitary explorer, asleep in a little coconut leaf hut on a cannibal island, lying on the outskirts of a group near Fiji.

His schooner lay out in the moonlit lagoon, with all the crew on board, not one having the nerve to s tay the night on the is la nd- r enowned for its brutality.

H e awoke with· a start from "- dream in which h e had fi gured to the n atives a s a roast turkey would to us. But only the soft lapping of the water on the silver beach broke the quietness of the night. H e would go to sleep a gain a nd think nothing about canniba ls.

He was jus t dropping Cano ff wh en a faint scratch sounded. nibals ! They had come for him after all.

Scratch! scratch! Some secret s ign, he At any mome nt now a da rk supposed. figure with a club may spring at him.

Sile nce for a mome nt, then scrape, scrat ch Growing s ick with susa little loude r. pense, he held his breath. Why wouldn't they do it and get it ove r? H e didn' t d a re move an eyelid. Little icy drops began to trickle s lowly down his spine, a nd a

A nightingale was s inging de lic iously in

a s weet-smelling hawthorn tree covered with white blossom s . It was a beautiful night in summer, and the moon s hone brightly in th e clear , blue sky. But just as he was singing at his best, and pouring forth his loudest trills, a large gr ey owl flew hooting by.

The nightingale stopped his son g. " Oh, what a horrid noise! " said he; " it m a kes my head ache!"

"Come, don' t yo u be rude!" said the owl. "What did yo u stop me for ? In another moment ·I should have been out of your sight and hearing."

"I did not m ean to be r ude," said t he nightingale. " Then why did you make r emarks?" r etorted the owl, a ngrily. " I thought, as I was s inging so well- " "That I h a d no righ t to hoot ," in terrupted the owl. " Oh, no, no! " said the n ightingale, m eekly. " I am sur e I beg your pardon." " Granted," said the owl, gr acio usly.

"Tas tes diffe r , yo u know. To hear yo u singing is ve ry pleasant to t hose who like to walk unde r the gr een trees of a s umme r evening. But fa rmers like to hear me hoot. B ecause the n they know that I a m usefully employed in k illin g t he rats and mice t hat eat up their wheat-s tack s.

SILVER AND GREEN. How would people like it if they had n o bread?

It is be tter to be useful t h a n ornamental, I think."

The nightingale felt just a little ash a m ed as the owl flew away. But h e re flected that, aft er a ll, it is a good deal of use if w e can m ake p eople's live s brig hter b y our efforts to amuse, and thus lig hte n pain, care, and sorrow.

So he sang on more sweetly than ever.

- ISOBEL RICHARDSON, Rem. A.

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danger so near to th e v illage-the bulle two und along the s leek b lack satin of his s ide was proof of that.

S udde nly h e s tood er ect, for b efore him was a complete r eplica of himse lf. P e rha ps she was smaller than h e, b u t sh e lacked none of his r egal stre ngth and b eauty of fo rm. H e leapt to m eet her, and, turning away together , they trotted s ide by side, back t hrough the jungle, like t wo great black s hadows in the moonlight.

-WYNWODE MACDONALD, IV.b.

PRIZE JUNIOR PROSE. Night.

The clear sky is bejewelled with stars.

The full moon shines on the blue-black · sea, making a golden path, u pon which moonbeams dance a fairy dance.

Far away, t hrough the stillness of the soft Austra lian night, the str ains of Schubert's lullaby can be h ea r d.

U p on the roc ks I stand , a solitary c reature compared w ith the boundlessn ess of the ocean, and the sky w it h its m yriads of stars and the brig ht m oon. T h e waves of moon light gloss the sand, makin g it look white a nd velvety, like the carpe t of some fa iry palace.

Suc h a r e jewelle d nights of an Au stralian s ummer.

- L . SIMMS (age 12) .

The Panther.

Like a gr eat b lack s h adow h e stood wa it ing there in t he m oonligh t , as motionless as the rock by which h e c r ou ch ed .

The pale glimmer of the moon r e flect ed t h e g lossy blackness of his long, lithe body, h is coat like fine watered s ilk. His eyes, g reen by t h e light of day, shone through the darkness like two gleam ing balls of fi re.

Why was h e waiting the r e?-and for wh a t ? Never was a panthe r lured from the jungle for no thing. .

The shadow of a clo ud passe d over th e moon, while the w ild cr y of s ome distant night-bird broke the stillness. Some thing rus tle d be hind him, and h e swung r ound, his eyes pe n e trating the darkness as only a cat's eyes can pe netra te. H e knew the

The Gum Tree.

The sle nder giant stood with its companions in the mighty forest. All throug11 the summer the blazing sun ha d tried to scorch its leaves, and, thirs ty though it was, it r esisted and r emained unspoilt, majes tic, the prize of the fo r est.

The gentle breezes p layed a m on gst its leaves, the locusts sang, the birds n ested be tween its twigs, and footsore travellers rested beneath its s hady boug h s.

Summe r days wore on and on, the creek s dried, the grou nd parched, t he a ir became clammy and muggy.

The s un sank a dark r ed ball, a nd as it r etired dark clouds gath ered in the distan ce.

A cool wind played a bout t h e trees, the locusts a nd crickets sang more lo udly , the insects hummed a doleful, dronin g song, a nd the birds, in flocks, fle w across the s kies calling, a lmos t Light s hrie king, to the wor ld below. c hanged t o darkness, for th e moon hid b ehind th e dark clouds. Two valian t stars twinkled at inte r vals .

An d , lo! the h eavens wer e s uddenly lit by two flas hes of lightning, while in the distance thunde r s ullenly rumbled li~e a fie r ce dragon going forth to m eet its prey.

The lightning flashed more v ivid ly and t h e thunder boomed n ear er; soon peel followed peel a nd t h e skies lit incessantly, a nd everything pa used for breath ; the thunde r ceased, t h e lig htning no longer flash ed, the storm b roke.

In the early h ours of the m orning a r acing wind rose and whipped its way through the forest.

The tall gum enjoyed the n eeded rain, but soon reaction

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came.

The wind rushed by, the tree 'moaned, rocked twice and yet a third time, and then with a rending crash, the giant fell, a useless log, to rot and decay. " Men are we, and must grieve when even the 13hade Of that which once was great is pass'd away."

-YVONNE MILES, V.a. (age 14) .

Dawn.

In the early morn everything was gr ey and dull, not a soul stirred, even the trees were in slumber.

Soon-when the sun began to show its rays and the breeze to gently blow, t he flowers would unfold their petals, while

the golden dew shimmered in t he rays of the sun.

The s ky was delightfully tinted with pink, mauve, gold, and grey, sending a cycla men s hade on everyt hing. The perfumed flowers sent a sweet odour through the fresh a ir. The s ea looked like a shimmering glass lake, so calm, s tretching away to right and left, with the s unbeams reflecting on it.

The dew was gone, and the bees were buzzing around the now open flowers that welcomed the hot rays of the s un. Everything was astir, and the idyllic quietness that had r eigned was gone until the morrow.

- H. MITCHELL.