1922 Silver and Green

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

December]

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FITCHETT RAT, L A~'"D )IATN B UILDING.

claiming the full rights of citizenship.

Although in t heir case t•bis point of view is being universally acknowledged and r espected , the same cannot be said of the schoolg irl. F e w people tnke her seriously: tlley kno,y that she is supposed to be acquiring book-knowledge, and learning LO pin~- gnmes, but they scn r cely seem t o ren lise that she is at tbe same time gaining somethi ng- or infinitely greater importance-the Public School spirit, which is ;;oiug- to ca rry women in the future farth er than the.v ha,·e eve1· gone before.

" The modern g irl " r eceh·es more c riti<:isru, and is the suhject of more discussion, than perhaps any other member of the comrnunity: l>ut t he te rm is almost in,arial.Jly coufiued to g irls who have left school and put their hair up : t he schoolg irl is seldom r ecognised ns nnything but Tllis Public ~chool Sllirit is the hardest a mere child, without serions thoughts or thing in t he world to d efine, for it canmuch sense.

T•he old idea that womn!1 not he leYelled down to one feeling, but can be of 110 use in any sphe1·e of life is compounded 0f many. Foremost among save ill the home is fast passing awaythese is loynlt~•-the intense, eager loyalt y has passed, ii{ fact, so fa r 11s modern of the scboolgi1·J fot· •her own School, which thinking people arc concerned.

She is is the secret of a ll s uccess, whether in recognised as a. being of intelligence and ability. in hm•incss and professional life sport. in work. or in general discipline. as -well . as in domestic arts, and for this 'l'his scbool-loyalt~· later develops into the broader fee ling of pntriotjsm, and it reason girls. or young women. of to-dn r n11ve fl very distinct point of view. in · ·is , the ;!iris who hnYe honoured t heir

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SILVER AND GREEN. School best who will make t•he most deTL!en th e re is the high Yoted citizens. sense or honour, and love of fair p lay, which Public School life te:il'hes.

The typical British desire for justice is strong in the schoolgirl, a nd will do much to make her a sane and practical worker for h er country's rights.

made to feel part or a great movemenc working for the world's betterment, and to realise tlmt tile fullest life is· a life of service for others, and that 1true happiness lies in devotion both to individualR and to onr country as a whole.

Witli su ch opportunities as these of learning to . liye, open . to each one of us , it is our duty, and should be our joy, to make use of them to the fullest extent: -.:o so bold ourselves in readiness that, at an; time when Britain shall have need of usespecially if war should come again- we may be waiting, a n army of broarl thinkers and efficient' workers, to· do her service.

These, the outstanding characteristics of Pnblic School spirit, a re not attained all at once, noi· in any one branch of School life.

They are built up little by little, strengthened day by day, in James- perhaps the strongest factor in producing loyalty and a love of fairness; in studies, where honour p lays so large a part ; a,nd in discipline, which impa r ts self-control a nd readiness to obey, as well as a sense of the manner in which our action's a ffect General · Notes. others ; our School, for one, has this year F or the greater' part of this year we adopted a system by which each girl is have bee n without Dr. Fitchett, who, with made directly responsible for the welfare -Mrs. Fitchett, sailed for England on March of her form and of the School, since her 11th, leaving Mr. Overend, who took his conduct determines whether site shall r eplace admirably in spite of ill-health. present either, in a team or in any oth~t During his absence the Doctor was ill for way.

Resp.onsibility enters largely into . _ some weeks with influenza, but never the training of tile modern schoolgirl, failed to send us messages in his l etters. especially in the case of senior girls who His r eturn on October-4th was an occasion are placed in a position of authority over of great excit e ment for the whole School. younger ones; they must rely largely on There were several changes in Staff at their own judgment in making decisions. th e beginning of this year. Miss Thompa nd have often to plan and cany out enson-Smythe came .to u s as Sports' Misterprises quite important in their own tress; we welcomed also Miss H a lfhido , small world, a ll of which tends to produce ' Miss Hay, and Miss Bevington, a nd we r e very g lad to have Dr. Haney as a regular sel f-reliance apd efficiency member- of the Staff. Later in the year There is another and most- ·important · Miss 'Stephenson came to join the Junior side to P u blic School life, and· this is tJie School Stat!, ,.. ' dra.,wing out of the best tha t is io each of · A Shakespear~a.n J:'.ageant, in a id of the us, w hich is the a im of th·e Students' Qti'een's College Building Ext"en sion Fund , Christian Union.

This · a:j:lpeals entir e!,)' was ' o.eld in the Melbourne Town Hall early in'\', Apr_il. Queen's activities always h ave to the thoughts of the girls, and its , fmour warmest inter est , since so many of its portance will be rt>alised if we consider wom~n ~r·e old M.L.C. girls, a nd the Marcus Aurelius' words:- .

Pageant gave us an opportunity of seeing "The universe is change: om· life is what _ the m · in very· picturesque attire, g rouped a t attractive stalls in the sllade of ,Elizaour thoughts maim it." : · bethan .houses: · The· Grand March was The S.C.U. and its activ-i ties · have. the very fine; but toj'us· perhaps the ·m?st i_n great . object of k eeping- before our eyes teresting featur9i was the novel bra n -pie, the ideal of making our life as- beautiful in the form of cauldrons presided over by as possible for Him who gave it. Ow· Macbeth's witch es set unde r a row of aspirations. be they eYer so feeble, are wicked-looking black cats. For these cats were our "!amiliar spirits" !or weeks beencouraged and stren gthened; we are

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' SIL VER AND GREEN. tore th eir public appearance-we sewed up their tail 3 a nd c urled their whiske r s a nd aighed ove r the amount of stuffing required to fill the m. In this way we helped one small section of th e Pageant, w hich was a sple ndid success, rai sing n early t h e £1000 required.

In June a number of us went to the Schoolgirls ' Party at Grammar, whe n old Campers gave us a very amu sin g evening.

S ever a l of the senior girls are hoping, to go to Summer Cam ps in the Christmas holidays.

This bas b een a year of innovations, twoof which- the Staff Play, and th e tenni s match b e tween our Staff and that of the P.L.C.-wil\, we hope, prove regular e v e nts. Another n ew feature is the e xchange of girls , for c ertain Leaving and H onour Subjects, be tween diffe rent .

Schools , and Lauriston a nd Tintern girls are now quite a familiar sight at School.

Comp u ·r s ory -Sport ·h as a t last. been introduced, , ., a nd has already m a de an apprecia b l e diffe r e nce to our pros pects for the future.

A n ew system of discipline is also b e in. g tried, wh e r eby r ecord s of conduc t marks affect not only th e · indiv idual, but h e r Form a nd the School as well.

It is hoped that this syst e m will be more s uccessful w ith us than it bas b een in som e schools in Engla nd, w hi ch have tri e d it • a nd found it a fa ilure.

Speci al thanks a re du e to Th e ! m a Alling1\ am for th e h e a d i n g s for Library, Old Col1 e g i an s ', and

Junior •S chool Notes , -and to ; Doreen Corr for that at the h ead of Junior S chool co nt ributions.

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New Girls Enrolled, 1922.

Term 1.-Alva Phillips, MaYis A lle n .

Doreen Corr, Muriel Corr, May Ab bott.

Shirley Ang win, Ray . Angwin, Nance austin, Madge Bark~ey, Jea n Carthe w.

Mary Cassidy, Bessie Coghr;i n , P earl Cochran, Francis Dimond, Ruth' Dudley.

E ls.a Finger, Edith .'. Fred·erick, Ethel G ua rd, Joan Innes, Ma.y ½ambert, Sylvia lbqott, Joyce Ibbott, Flossie Scholes.,. Marjorie Tootell, Rea Skinner, Molly King l:)am.

Eva Oakley, Mary Oal, ley, Ma rjorie Alling-ham, Ethe l Nomen s, H ettie Stocks, Hilma Smith, Florence Pugsley, Doris W ats<;>n , Iris Uren, Edna_Vagg, Mav is Cla rlrn. Etvle McHntchison , Mary ' Weller, Rita Gray, · · ·Marjorie Viv ian, E d n.a , Jo n e s, • Margaret . Mf\lei\ Lu c' y ..· NI i.l.l'.e r,, M a r.'y R e n s h:t'w, Muri e l Brie n , H e inz, Ei l a BeardsClarice ley, Marj o r i e Holding, G w e n B a uld, Es ma Darb y, Marjorie We b e r , Hilda Hall, Elsa Mc: qwan, Isla Meow an, Th elma : Lawson , Gwendolin Bell, Eileen De L acey, Lilia n Br oadbent , Wins o 1n e H o d g e, ~ Ilion Tregonning, Sadie Inm an.

Enid Brown, E ls ie B a il ey, Margare_t Rot)l: well, D o r o t h y Bi..u,uk.s, F lu.-ence r umcr oy, nut h Short, J ean Simpson, Murie l L e Claire Coute ur, Wallis, W inifre rt Holda way, Nella DR. AND )fRS . 1'' llrCKETT ON PORT ~lELBO URNE Stewar t, Nan cy PIEK. DEPARTING FOR ENGLAND:

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Prefects for 1922.

Ual <'k (stn.nding): )la.dge Stafford. Edith Ronayne. Brighti e B eckett, ~.labe l Finnie , !\'lil,ie Rog6r r , J ean l\fOrrissey : S ittln~: Ooreen A ll a,n, Lena. Bntc h or, -Joyce Sernrnen s, B1.anch e ,,~ood, Ve rn. Pt,rr,•.. l

Ford, Effie Fisher, Thelma Cockman, Enid Hanlon, J ean Howden, Dorothy Mattingley, Nell Fulle rton, J ean McDonald, Dilys Rowlands, Muriel Williams. Eunice Engel.

Dorothy Ilich moud, S~rlyia Harper, Leiln ·stipel,, J ean 'Thomson, Flora How·arcl .

Imogen Alle n, Olive Berlowitz, E th e l Gorman, .l ea n ,. H a nsen, Ali ne L ee, Dorothy Russell, Helen Barlow, Murie l Willia ms, Ruby Stocks. Gwendoline Gay, .Trnn Brown, Eileen Whitney, Dorothy Scholes, Margaret White. Dulr.ie Sincock, Valer ie Jennings, J ean VJ ckers, Belle Merrylees.

J ean Morris, Ethne Butcher, Mary Cornell, Adelaide Huntsm a n, Dulcie Ford, Dor1R ) files, J ean \Voocl; Laure l Russell, Lilian Maddock , Phyllis Weber, Lyn W esta cott, :B'loren('~ Piesse. lrene Miller, :'\ancy L ee.

Dorothy Williains, Rene Sims, Marjorie McA.lpin, Bessie Stan yer . Minnie Sta nyf'l".

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:\!orris, Linda Holtham, Phy llis Green~ \Vinnie Joyce, Violet Hale, D oris \Villiams. :--"ancy vVilli:uns, Sadie K e nnedy, .Enid naruon, Rene Cunnington, Dol'is Cunning-. ton, Beryl Evans, Rita Can,tor, E(litb BiHn s.

Olga Stang, Thelma Britnell, J ean Blainey, C la rice Sanders, Irene Stincbcombe, S~1il'ley Whittaker, Ru bh Jones, B a rba r a Jones. i\follie Mattingley, B eryl Apt horpe, i)fa!sii' Owen , Grace K estle.

Term II.- l i<abe l Waite, Dorothy Be uson .

Tllelma Be nson, .J oy C rouch, .Joy Coxon.

Euna Luke, Nancy Ditc bburn, Peggy Dit<:hlrnrn, Peggy Hicks, ·Myrtle Tilley, Dorothy '.rilley, :Molly :Mattingley, Syhil A pthorpe, Linda Hickey, Sophie Bo,Ye n, B ern irf' C:1.rra, Maggie White, Uita l\IcK e nzie, V e l'n Goldby.

Term IIL- Bet h Ste,ens. Phyllis Kino.

O racie Hamilton, Sheilah Govan, Grace

SILVER A D GREEN. · Quee-n's· ~oHege •,Ex hibitions-: J : · H,e_yward, -I. Hodgson, J . ' Se mmens , c. Whitehead. . .• ,· " : . _.. . · W hitehead·.

All iance Francais erize:

llugg inl:', OliYe C larke. E,·elyn .\rthur. dde le Cam pbell, Lily Arth ur, Dora Arthur.

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{Jniv_e rsity Examination Results, 1921.

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M~rjprJE! Th.omas, daughte r of• the ' R.ev. s ·chool Leaving •Honours: G. Brie n.- · 'J"ohn'"1homas, ·. B.A., w a:s .°tlorn &n . Se-pt.erii°English 3rd class, . History 3rd - class. -G ber 8, · 1902: · ·-In 1916 s h e e nter ed r t h ~ Dixon ....:.....'.llln glish 3rd class; History 2nd M.L .C.; having·won a fuil Elntrance·Schola1'• c las~. .r. Heyward.- Engli sh 2nd c lass, -~hip f rom·'i 'the Latin 2nd c lass, A I g ·e bra 3· rd ·. ) ,(a-nningti:~e _c lass.

I . Hodg• • , . ·s'tale- Sch.o-ol: ·A,t s on.- History 2nd .the end ·o( that c lass. r.. . N eilyear · Sh lij · won . son.- His tory 3rd fro~• F ;o~r--ni c lass. ·J . Sem• TW~nty, m e 11 s:~ Englis h c rnm'.cnt '.ru iii~!,1st. cla,ss, Fren c h Scily la i·1 i;i~. · - i~ 1 Rt class, Physiology 1st c lass. . . . 1~17 sll e 'pas7/ect 1 NH'•T ~l\"•"_):f,,~:. .

• r ••1•u't o 1"' \.:,' • .. ,,,.a" ,~1•u M. Sta.ftord.• - . • , ~f ·qt UL V •t 'EnJ?:lish 3rd class, .' ~;;,}_ ~ '.l: ,Jhi'<l,IJ sh•e )..:_bi{3! ~ History· 3rd.class. tafoed lrel' !'lltJ.tJ I. Thomas.- EngTi mediate , ~er t_jfi'. lish 2nd c lass. C. cat e;, .: In '<1918 Whiteh ead.- Eng• stie btaine d .h;er lis h 1st 'c lass, Leavin g ·c ertifiFrench 1s t c lass, Latin 1st class. cate in F orm Tota l : 6 Firsts, Pass VI. ln that 5 Seconds, 7 year, a:ls o , she Thi rd s. became" ' 'a' ' PreSchool Leavin g fect. The years P a ss : S. B a ldin g, 1919 and 192() E. B lewett, V. s h e sp e nt In Br e haut, G. Honour VI. For B rie n, H. Carter, the first T e rm of K . Co rne ll, M. 1919 s h e wa s Gilbert, I. Hodg'Mn, N . J effer y , Joint S enior -E~· A. K e llaway, E. feet with Muriel P u gs l e y, J. .Cromb: ·an.:1 for Ston e, t h e . r e maining , 'd · . f '" • Tota l : 12 L eavtwo Terms, ing Certificates. .M:u.r fel having I nterme d i a t e left, ; she w as Ce rtificate : M. sole ! 'seni-or Pi-e·Alex a nd e r, D. fect!' ., Aga in, in Allen, B. Beckett.

•I P. Bram e ld ,' R. 1920, ' she was .\l,\ IWOJUE THO~IAS. Burton, K . Cor· · Se nior Prefect . n e ll, Q. Gray, P. Harrison , L . J enkins, I. Jones, H. LawDuring the whole of h er time :with . r e nce, J . Morrissey, E. Ronayne, D . Samps h e struggled .. against ill-h ealth; but so son, E. S mith, M. Vasey, F . Wade, E . courageous, so pe rsevering wru, she, that Wadeson, W. Wils on, D. Yandell. when yea;: after year . s h e appeare~ a s · a T ota l: 20 Intermedia t e Certificat es. prize-winner in her F,orm, few realised.

Government Senior Scholars hips : J . pe rhaps, the nature of h er s truggle. Into Semme n s, C. Whitehead .

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SlLVE~ AND GREEN. everything sh e did sh e th r ew her whole weigh t. . As Se nior_Prefect she worked d evotedly for the good of the School; s he found no huma n detail of school ·life too trivia l and no ta)lk too great. She dreamed d reams a nd saw v isions, and the n set to wor k in a sober ma tter -of-fact way to realise t h ese dreams in the detailed routine of school life.

H er father is known as "John t he Beloved "; bis daughter was beloved of all. Yet sh e was far. from s eeking popularity, which , in itself, I believe, she scorned.

In 1921 sh e left school, though sh e freque ntly v isited us . and h elped us .

Toward the end of th e yea r she became ill, and a t t he beginning of th e present year dangerously ill, with e ndocarditis. It was thought that the end could not -be' far off, but so indomitable was h er spfrit that w e hoped. · She lingered, cheerful, whimsical, courageous, and patient, until May 5, when she peacefully pas sed away.

- P.R. Le C.

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The second round commenced on August 5th, when Geelong Grammar S_c hooi again defeated us on , their courts.

Agai ns t Melbourne Grammar we were not successful again, as they beat us by 12 games. On August 1 9th we a gain lost to P .L.C. We congratulate tl:!e Geelong four on w inning the shiel_d for 1922.

The s econd four defeated Melbourne Grammar and c-11-me a tie with P.L.C., but were defeated by Geelong Gramm11r.

During the s~cond t erm a .four chosen from our staff played a similar team from P .L.C. on our courts, and won, the score being 7 sets to ,5. The match was one of g r eat inte r est, and we hope will prove a n annual fixture.

We wish to thank the Old Collegians for the practice they gave us during the year; a lso Queen's College, Toorak, Fintona, Tintern, Wesley College and the Staff.

The Form tennis matches for the Head Maste r's shield, and the championships, have not yet been played . off. We wish next year's School Fours every success.

-M. B.

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Basketball Notes.

"To set the cause above r enown, To love the game beyond the pr-ize ; T o h onour, w hile you strike hi11i down, The fo e that comes with fearless eyes." "' - Henry Newbolt.

The School basketball made great strides last year u nder Miss Wigham's coaching.

The great promise shown at the beginning of t l!is year has been fully justified by the successes in matches, due to the ene rgy by which Miss Smythe scanned the whole School in order to obtain the very best players. !'lot only the team, but the whole School has. been fired by h e r great enthusiasm.

The t wo additional courts in the quadrang le were a g r eat source of enjoymen t, while the new g oal posts, with the en er gy of sqme of the young players, have produced many st riking ·s hooters, from whom we a r e expecting great work next year .

After the seven were chosen for the first team, many g ood players still - remaine d from whom a second a nd a lso a third team were picked . Our second and third team s were co~posed chiefly of

Tennis Notes.

Afte r playing off, the fours were chosen as fo llows : 1st Four.- M. H ealing (capt. ) , M. Tait, T . Wilkinson, M. Rogers (1s t match ; E. Pryot was then put in her place); and t h e 2nd Four- J . Morrissey (capt. ) , N. Goldie, P . Forsyth and F. Pizzey.

During t he first round a ll t hree matches were played on t h e home cou rts.

On Ju ne 17th we lost to Geel on g Grammar School, but d e feated Melbourne Grammar on July 4th. In the final match on July 1st we were d efeated by Presbyte rian Ladies' College. ( '

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SILVER AND GREEN. you ng players, so t h at, although most of o~r first· team will not be r eturnin g, with con.tinned practice we shoul d h ave a stro ng first team next year.

There was a · Jittle alteration in the teams, but finally th ey r emained a·s follows: l st.-M. Rogers (capt.). J. Morrissey, Q. Steele, M. Vasey, L Thomson , M . Gilb e rt, D. Sampson.

2 nd.- A. P hillips (capt.), V. Cromb, J. Healing, M . Brien, C. W arren , M. Willer, A. Cadman.

3rd. -D . Rowlands (capt.). E . McHutchinson, U. Goldie, M. Cornell, I. Reid, R. Miller, L. Gibson.

The first matches we played were against P.L.C. on their grou nds.

Ou r three- teams met theirs and -we had three very exciting games. With the fi rsts t h e game was ver y even right t hrou g h t ill t h e end, when P.L .C. won by two g oals. Our seconds a nd thirds won very decided victories for u s.

W e again had three good games cin the return match, when P.L .C. came to u s.

The n our firsts were s u ccessful, the seconds a lso, but our thirds wer e defeated.

We are looking fo r ward to the time w h en basketball w ill b e a n associatiou game.

The Form matches were interest ing this year , Vb. Special finally beating D iploma by one goal.

W e take this opportunity of wishing 1!he bas k etball team of 1 9 2 3 the very b est of . luck.

- M . R.

The following were the resul ts of the fi rst round: April 8th.- M.C.E.G.G.S. beat M.L. C. - 21-1; G.C.E.G.G.S. b eat P .L.C.41-1.

April 22nd. -G.C.E.G.G.S .. beat M .L.C. - 46- 2; M.C.E.G.G.S. beat· P.L.C.33-9 .

April 29th.-P.L.C . beat M.L.C.-23 G.C.E.G.G.S. beat M.C.E.G.G.S.33-11. . .

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A lt hough we wer e beaten during the first round we had one consolation in llaviug many admirers of our brilliant play, som e, in fact, advising us to use bags.

Towards the end of t h e first round we welcom ed three new Armstrongs.

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We h a d several practice matches with Ruyton and L a uristou; w e were the vict<;> l.:§_in b oth of the rn;i.tches against . Ruyton, but were· unable to beat Lauriston.

The fixtures for th e second round of ,Public Schools' Association matches a re:October 28th.- M.C.E.G.G.S. v. M.L.C. , P.L.C. v. G.C.E.G:G.S. .

November 4th.- G.C.E.G.G.S. v. M.L.C., P.L.C. v . M.C.E.G.G.S. November 11\h. -P.L.C. v.

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On the 9th of October we playe d Fintona, and on th e 1 8th played Lauriston's second team. We were the victors in both matches. The scores against Fintona were 28- 4, an!l against L a uristou, 22-19.

We a r e also having inter-form baseball m !j-tches t his term, and are a ll looking forward to the Boa rders versus Day Girl s match.

This te r m we hope to do better, ·and without the a id of bags.

- T.M.

Baseball Notes.

This yea r we - were ver y fortunate in securing again Miss Clendinnen , who coached us third term last year; a lso the Hawthorn oval for practice three days a week. · Our t eam for firs t term was chosen as follows-: - T . Mapleson (cz.ptain), N. Goldie, M. Rogers, U. Goldie, E. H e inz, M. H ealing , V. Cromb, M . _'.l'ait and E. Fred·e-rick.

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SILVER AND GREEN. Swimming Sports.

This year the s wimming ·s ports w e r e h e ld in March. The day was fairly cool, and most of the com petitors had to wrap up we ll to k eep the m selves warm. The g irls made a g r eat d eal of noise, bu t luckily Brightie , who had the megaphone, had a g ood voice and was a ble to make h e rse lf heard.

No acc id ent, s u ch · as falling over the e dge, occurred during the races, but some o(_ t he g irls had narrow escapes. One of th e competitors was so eage r that she jum:pe d in be fore the whistle blew, and the cries of the girls to stop only served to s pu r h e r on instead of bringing h er back. W e apol ogise to the staff, who, seate d at the e nd of the baths, r eceived more th an a fair share of ::;plashing.

However, "a little water now a nd then is · relishe d by the wisest men."

Th e re·sults of all- the events were as follows: School Champion.- M. Healing.

Diving.- M . Healing.

L ife-Saving.- I. Allen and J. Innes.

Ove r 14 Handicap.- J. H ealing.

Ove r 12 Handicap.- Q. Steele.

12 and Und er .- K. Forster.

Breast S troke.- M. H ea lin g.

Junior l<'orrns' Race.- XXa. Se nior Forms' Race.- Vb. House v. School.- School.

This year the Brig h ton Ladies' Swimming Club h e ld the ir aquatic sports at the B righton Baths, and the School was represente d b·y D. F lockart, · B. K e rry, I. Neilson and J. Healing, who, al though they s wam ve ry well, w ere not s uccessful.

-M. H.

Athletic Sports.

On Friday, October 20th, we held our annual Athletic Sports Meeting-.

A com. rnittee , henclecl b y Miss Smythe, arranged . a ,·ery in te resting programme of events, compris ing tbe s ix ohampions hip contests. and s u ch o ther s as the _whistling, Siames~. obsta cle a nd wheelbn1Tow races.

T,bese l::t tter. espec-ia lly, afforde d great iu t erest and amusem e nt to the many spe<:t:.1tors. but by fa r til e most popular, a mong 8

the g i1·ls at· lem,r. wH s the House v. School f111g rn ce, whi ch. nfter a 't"ery exc iting tim~. was won by the School.

As a n interlude, a.n exh ibition basket ball match was played for a f ew minutes between the House g irls aucl t he School, but it ended ra ther unsatisfactori ly for all concerned, bobh teams having one goal to their credit.

We wish to thank the committee for the Rp lc nclid programme, a nd also a ll those whi> h elped in its successful production.

Th<' results of the Y:trious contests are as follows:-

1 . Flat R ace, 160 yds. (senior).-1, ..,;_ H e im:.

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3. Flat Race, 80 yds. (j unior). 1, Q. Steele.

4. Basket Ball Shooting (seni_o r).-1, -T. Morrissy.

5. Basl,et Ball Shooting (junior).- 1, .;_ Innes.

G. Long- .lump (senior).- 1, E. Heinz. · T. Long- .Tump (j unior).-1, Q. Steele.

8 . High Jump (senior).- 1, E. H e inz, L. Coop e r and A . Pilkington (neq .). !)_ High Jump (junior).- 1, Q . Steele.

10. Base ball Throwing (senior).- 1, .J. Casement.

Jl. Baseba ll '1'-hrowing (.iunior).-1, D. Howlands.

12. Flat Ilflce (junior school).-1, .r Ihl1ott.

13. Flat R ace (under 12).-1, D. Cunnington.

14. Pot.a to (se nior).- 1, L . Gibson.

15. Pota to (j u nior).- 1, Q. Steele.

16. Potato (junior school).- 1, J. Ibbott .

17. Egg a nd Spoon (senior).-1, I. Miller.

18. E gg and Spoon (jnnior).-1, Q. Steele.

19. Whee lbarrow (junior school).-1, B. Fraser and C. Goldie.

20. S l,ipping (junior sdiool).- 1, J. lbhott .

21. Thread the Need le (senior).-1, C. Burton and J. Ro!Jinson.

22. '.rbread the Need le (j uuior).-1,- r. " ·ait 11nd V. Milne. :18. \\"h i::;tling (se nior).- 1. A.. Pilkington. and B. Pilkington, L. Cooper and M . Smith (aeq.).

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SILVER AND GRE EN. =44. .Whistling (.innior).- 1, J . 'l'homas and D. : Benson. .

25. Siamese (junior).-1, M. Weller and .,L v'villiams.

26. Sia mese (sen.i or).-1, L. Gibson a11d A. Pilkington ..

27. Sack (junior).-1, Q. Steele.

28. Sack (senior).-1, E. Nomens.

29. Obstacle (senio1·).-l, B. Tompkins.

30. Obstacle (junio1·).- l , Q . Steele.

31. Junior Form F lag.-Remove.

32.- Senior Form F lag.-Diploma.

33. House v. SchooL- Sehool.

Senior Champion: E. H e inz.

Junior Champion: Q . Steele.

Junior School Champion : J . lbbott.

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Students' CJ;tristian Union.

The Students' Christian Union began this year rather late r than usual, the office rs not be ing e l ected or- the meetings inaug urate d until second term .

Miss McKay kindly conse nte d to be president, and after a few alterations the elections r esulted in :-Joyce Semmens, vice-pr esid ent; Brightie B eckett, corresponding secretary; Lena Butche r, treasurer; and Doreen Allen, recordin g secretary.

We d ecided that we would hold the meetings tlris _year at dinne r -hour on W e dn esday, a nd work circles and m eetings were h eld a l ternately throughout the term. Mrs. Che rry s poke · to us at the first m eeting in connection . with the Junior Red Cross Society. Each year we have had representatives from the various mission fi e lds; but this year we w er e. for tunate iu secu ring for one mee ting a young Indian student from .Fiji, •Sewak Ma~ih. It was all the more interesting to hear one who owed his education a nd upbringing to the missions. Rev. J. H. Allen , of Azamgarh, North India, and Mrs. J e nkin , who has recently returned from Fiji, also addressed us in connection with missionary enterprise. .Rev. Davis gave us an account of the time which he spent as a prisoner of war in Germany, while Rev. T. C. Rentoul spoke to us of the work done by the Sou-th Melbourne K inderg arten and the Children's Homes at

Cheltenham. Rev. J. Gault, better known as " P a dre,''. created qu i te a sensa tio n by his "stunt," and his v is it was appreciated by all who attended, as well as by t hose who were fortunate enoug h to s ec ure a s wee t. Rev. Brian Wibbe rley chm:;e as his s ubject "Praye r ," and the H e ad Master also addressed one m eeting, his advice b e ing: "Keep your eye on the ball."

A s a r esult of a visit from Lady .Miller and Mrs. Che rry, we agreed t o join t h e Junior R e d Cros1? Society. This was accomplished b y th e simple payment of 2/6 anct w e were to e ngage in su pporting, in some way, a ny philanthropic institution we chose. We found it necessary to fori:n work circles, at which wool for knitting and material for garments were distributed to the girls, and, whe n finished, these are being sent to the South Me lbourne Mission and the Child1'eu's Homes at Cheltenham. The work caught on well --the only drawback being lack of funds.

A concert, for which a charge _,of 3d. admission was made, was hel d on July 5th.

The life-mode l waxworks of Alfred and the cairns, and other such notorious ch a racte rs, was quite a new feature in our School e nte rtainme nts. The staff was interested in this work, and in orde r to raise more mon ey they ve ry kindly gave a performa nce of the ir play , "Quality Street,'' to which students were admitted.

The £20 which was the r esult of the ir e ffort will be put to good use, and our sincerest thanks a r e given to the st aff for their gen e rous gift. We have a l so tci thank the girl's who contributed the items for the threepenn y concert, and those who joined the work circles to make the various articl es.

W e hope that this work will be extended and developed next year.

W e have come into contact with the Unions of other schools more than once this year. Several of our girls atte nd ed the camp at Portarlington during the Chris tmas vacat.i on and spen t a most e njoyable time. The attendance at Schools' Day, of which an account w ill b e found e lsewhe re, was a record one, t h er e being sixteen g irls from M:L.C. who went to

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SILVER A D GREEN. Ringwood. During the year, a Schoolgirls' Party was h eld at Merton Hall the items for which were contributed b; old campers. Some of our girls also attended the conf~rence at Esse ndon, which was to h elp and instruct those who wished to e nter the professions open to women.

W e have had a good year, although it has been short, and we w ish the Union of n ext year every succe·ss, hoping that the membership and attendance will not decrease, but l"/1,ther increase.

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methods, and be told of the work in faroff parts, 01 the gr1•11t conferences and extensive work_ of the S.C.U. Then we feel that our Union is just a small part of a ve1·y great organisation- t hat of students from universities ruHl collE>gei:, ia all coimtL·ies.

The next item waR the mixing up of thro g irls in Bible circles. ln the sun nnd fres11 breeze, with the birds twittering around. we discussed the countries of the world. their peoples anti customs, and great 111f- D.R. A. ferences in history and development : but a ll people of the one Creator and Saviour. :.\Text came the apples, and good one!"

Schools' Day at Ringwood. t-hey were. Most people were left to mnn<'h and walk, while 10embers of C.U. execuOne of t he happiest dnys in t he School tives met unde r Miss 'l.'isdall nnd M.is" year was spent at Ringwood on May Gth. Hutchinson to compa re and ach:ise each Rixteen from M.L.C. joi11ed the crowd of other on plans for th·e year.

Rchoolg irls on t he 8.50 a.m. train from When we joined the others again everyPlinders Street. At 10 o'clock 150 girl.,, with many officers and h elper s, were wall,- one had a piece of paper pinned on her and was looking and calling for her mate. ing from the station to the pretty Church By this time appetites were the heig ht of of England Hall. JDveryone ,had a small mountains; then the doors opened, anti placard announcing to t:he public her name with our pa1·tners we took our seats at and school. The provisions carried down. tables loaded with snndwiches, mixed the wrnps dispensed with, we took 011 ;· cakes and buns in g reat rwantities. Ther~ seats in the ha ll. a nd. led hy Miss Conwns comparatiYe silence for a few minutes. stance '. risdall, tbe cha irwoman for t hf' then we hea1·d from the members of onf' day, we had oui opening ser vice. rt is in this tirst pa rt of the progra u1m <' table: "We " ·ant a joke frnm Miss Tisdal:. that the music begins wbicb Reems to he p lease. Up, up, u p, up, up !" Fists ·bauged the tables, the cups nml sn ncer s rattieLl. in the air right throug-hout the clay. the cups and saucers parted compan,,.

Hushed voices singing- our hymn, "O. Lonl and Master of Us A 11," and the prayer eYeryt-b ing jumped up and down. until Mis~ t hat through tlus day we nm~· be brnu~ht 'l'lsdall rnse. Her joke was the .ti.rst ,f more int< touch with Nl Ch other, and our man y splendid ones, tlw officers r esponding most graciousl,1· to the repeated "Up, fello,v-student members t hroughout thP up, up, u p, up!" and the dancing tea-cups world, gave one the feeling that the day Table a fter table made great demands · was going to he different from oth c-r for example, "Stand up :YI.L.C." We stood, days. and so it proved. :'lfiM Tisdall read n psnlm, and afterwards explained to new hut were bi sseJ because two membe1·., girls why the Unioa arrnng-1c,s for these were rather too clos,i together . Bun after bun, cake after cake disappea1'ed, until times, when gil·ls from a ll o,·er Melhonrne the tables were almost empty. can meet and have a jolly clay together.

We then di vided our company into • In •nch school there iR a branch of th<' world-wide Students' ChriRti1tn U nion . parties, and a ll started for a walk in the glorious counti·y. The s ky was blue with K eeping jm,t among the people of our own hranch we hecome self-centr< d, and for - streaky clouds, the ai r bracing, nnd everyone felt t hat s he could rnn for miles. At g-1•t that girls of our own ag-e, with much half-past four we agai n assembled in the t:,e s'.lme icleals as we haYe. a1·e workini::hn.11 for the closing sessions. Miss Duuas w e trJ' to work: when iwougbt together can, who is now r epresentillg the Y.W.C . .\. we cn n hecome nnitP'l we can cliscu"s

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of Australia in Japa n, addressed us very finely. W e sang as our closing hymn · thP. Victorian C.U. favourite, "De.u Lord a n,1 Father of Mankind," and after prayer amused ourse1v42s until tea was r eady.

Conference at Lowther Hall.

pression- in fact, the 11ir ra n~ witll th•' Yolume from our lungs. despite the noise of the trnin. The diploma member 1< especially helped, by the way iu whi c 11 t hey r ender ed the a lto part. A s each mem ber left the train we sang. "Good-bye.

Good Luck." . and eYerybody scatter ed carrying with he1· the hnppiest remem • prances of Schools' Day. -B. B.

'l'he evening lectures w 1>r e on Commercial .A.rt, Y .vVC.A. W ork. Music, nncl Deaconesses· Acth·ities.

Miss Guest hn,1 taken gr eat tronble in procming for u s nm ny excellent specimens of advertisement de!'<i!;Ils. Perhaps the most engerl y iu::spectcd " ·ns one which, she sa:id, she · hnd been doubtful of hrin.c:i ng, . ns not ·'very nice"; it p1·oyed to be merely n n

The Schoolgirls' Conference at Esseridou on Saturday, Oc:tober 21st, was a vengreat success, in spite of the b eat. Mis,.: Hutton very kindly lent Lowther H a ll for This meal at !5.30 proved the jolliest the occasion, and the afternoon heat was time of the day. The M.L.C.'s, with thP ·SC'ar<:ely felt a s we sat in a group in th ~ exception of t he old campers, who. knew s hade of the big trees on the lawn. .A.bout better, thought it allowable for them to 70 girls from various ~chools were present sit together a t tea., sc as large tables were at the a fternoon session, which consiste,~ not u sed w e gather ea kindergnrte n oh air s. of n<lclresses · on Teaching (with a specin 1 n nd formed an oblong just be low the plat- account of kindergarten· work by MisR form. A~ soon as we were spotted loud Gutterid~e), 1I edlcine and Nurs ing.

In cam e the cry, "Stand up, M.L.C." In a between • the talks we nte apples a ml b_o dy w e e Jeyen stood. :ind r eceiyed so . strayed around, the Lowther Hall gir!::s much hissing and booting t h at we were a cting as g uid<!S a ncl s how ing us all over glad to sit clow11 agai n, but r esolved no t the school. w hich is very fine. When rue to move. . A .table nem:-Qy questioned, a fte1·noon lectures were oYer, Miss Ma.·"Why do )\'.L L.C. ::sit together?"'

As one ga1·et Cunningha m spoke to us of ..ie ,· oice we replied. "Brother!)' love," and Univers ity C.U. a nd the h elp· it gives to with . tJ,iat they seC'Tnerl to 1,r sa tisfied. freshers. Unt i I t ea was r eady w e IHtll n n Each school w11s rn lied in t111·n, its mem- opportunity of getting to know one a nother, bers s ta,nding and being clapped or hissed, and of questioning the speakers.

Sist.!:· For h a lf a · minute just talking was h eard , Larrard soon 1,a d · a large group arournl then, as a treme11dot1s t hunderbolt. came a her, listening to further discussion of very loud c ry, "We want a joke from Nursing.

M.L.C. Up, up, up, up , up!" The cry wn::s Tea. which was set ou t on tables in the talrnn up by table aJ;tE-r table. The room open a ir . was a. very gay function, and ,vas f ull of noise, whilst M.L.C. f everishly r eminiscent of School s' Day. One especithought over their favo urite epitaphs. At a lly noisy group gave Miss Tisdall no peace l ength, amid the roa r, a trembling M. Lady nntil she produced a jol;:e, whereupon they rose np. There was silence whilst the sad commentecl scathingly, "Not bad!" Their poem was r ecited: appeal for "Clara" was disregard ed, bu1· the news that " Anne would love a scone " " Mammie and I lived together aroused much amused interest. .A. uun.Tust two .veRr s and a half. rn ce was started, but, a las! too late. It She went first and I followed nextcoul•l not proceed owing to the competitors The cow before the calf." having nlready surrounded much cake. ,Yns hin.!!: 1111. out in t he "Tuck.'' was soon The ensuing laug h showed appreciation.

After the ball was clenr ed we left fo r over. w ith ten h elper s. thoug•h we didn"t the station. The train journey home wi II even avail ourselves of "Clara's" surprisnot be forgotten by some of u s. W e sang ingl)•-worded invitation to "bog into" cak,1 our School son)::s with ~reat power and ex- as reward.

SILVER AND GREEN. advertisement for someone's whisky.

"Ca mp Mother,'" who spoke of Deaconesses, was listened to eagerly, for s he is beloved by all schoolgirls who · know her ; and the account of the Y.W.C.A.. wh ic h Miss Hardy gave us was enjoyed perhaps most of a ll, for she bas a ·singular charm of speaking.

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To conclude the eveni ng, we gave votes When the Li•brary opened this year, a oC thanks to Miss Hutton tor ,her generous store of new books was found r eady to be loan of the school, and to Miss J ean cla;;::;ified and added to the prP.sent number Hutchinson and Miss J. Demaine, w ho so These were mainly by such popular authol'« ably organised the affair. Very grateful as Ian Hay, Peter -B. Kyne, the Williamthanks are also .due to-a ll the speakers who sons, Grace Richruond, l'i1ary Grant BrucP. made the day so profitable to us. and Evhel Turner, in additio11 to a few ·or No one could help enjoy ing this confe•·- Klpling's and Robert Louis Stevenson'.:. ence. The majority of schoolgirl s, w-bo We hope to ha1•e a comple te set of the have never been to it, are inclined to con- works of the two latter authors, and al demn it without a trial as "prosy" a nd ready possess quite a numbe1· of them. dull. No judgment could be more wrong. for thP day is full of the spontaneous fu n Later in the year a series of histor~· so chamcteristic of Camp and of School<;' books came to hand, but these were immPDay. The hilarity at tea-time, especiallv, diately put into No. s,· where they ar,, quite destroys any idea of ' dulness, and proving very valuable assets t o the Pas~ th is atmosphere of enjoyment makes us Sixth History Class. We also recommen<I all the more ready to app1'eciate the serioua history students to read "Geoffrey Hamaim of the addresses. From a practical , lyn" and " Robbery Unde r Arms"-two ver;: standpoint these are most helpf ul, as w e picturesque stories of eflrly A.ustrnlian are given exact information regarding the days. We still •have cause to regr et th,~ necessary qualifications for the various absence from our libra r y of Baron<"RS careers open to women, and their attain- _ Orczy's thrilling tales of the French Revoment. A.side from practical details. we ar~ lution. They are "l'e~y popular books, an~ shown in these t a lks the noblest aspect ,1f s urely merit a pince on our shelves. Th,• every profession-the idea of service w hich girls still show a tendency towards lighte r must be t>he central t1wught if one is ,_o books, a nd nearl.v a lways ignore the bette·· find her true vocation. This sense of the cla.<,s.

Kipling, Scott and Dicke ns arc dignity of service and .of the need for un- popular fa"l'ourites, but Stevenson an, I selfishness in c boo;;ing our life's work, Rusl, in a re almost entin·I~- nPglected. stirred in us by the words of the speakers, Many or the g irls complain of the numbe : is a big factor in setting an ideal before of books by Henty and Collingwopd w hic!J us · and helping us to strive "towards H; a re part ·o f our librar_y. They are generwhile the ming ling with girls of other schools shows us our und erlying unity of a lly e njoyed only hy girls until t hey are aim and feeling, in spite of differing badges about twe!Ye. a nd the seniors, who make and ardent school partisanship. It is this most use of the library, wonld prefer to se" broad view of life which is the all -i.lJJport- 1nore interesting- nud suitabl e stories·· l'<-' ~ ant r esult of such gatherings flS the Conplacing them. ference. Those of us who w e nt this year The bool{S which a girl reads often in• would have been extremely sorry to miss fluence her greatly, ::.o that it is most imit, and would urge next year's senior girls portant that the School Library shoulcl _proto go in gr eat numbers. W e can assure vide a stocl, of wholesom·e literature froru t,hem 'that it is in no sense "prosy, " and which. she can draw ,her ideas. t hey will enjoy every minute of it.

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Music Notes.

"Thia is the luxury or music. It touche s every key of m emory and stirs au the hidde n springs of sor·row and of joy. 1~ love it fo1• what it makes me forget n-nd for whnt it m a kes m e remembe r."

Boarders' Notes.

The old g irls of 1921 were glad to welcome the new girls of 1922 into the House.

Ea1·ly in Ma r ch Dr. and Mrs. Fitchett sailed for England, but we are all pleased Tile ·s tandard of the music this year ha, to StlY we have them with us again. ueen quite up to the average of, not bett!!r Se~ond term was a happy one for the . tha 11, that of preYious years. The examinaboarders.

Soon afte1· the holidays there lion r esults were good. was the Prefects' Play, which everyone U.NIVERSl'.rY CONSERV A.TORI UM. enjoyed very much. The less fortunate Pianoforte.-Grade I., Beulah Sha nnon; ones were sent to bed at 7.45 o'clock on G rade III., Joy Cilambers, Uertrnde Saturday · night, while tl~e others went oft' Charles. Linda Seehu.sen, Marjorie Vase.r; to e njoy another night of pleasure. But Urade IV., Beryl K e rry, Hazel L ee, Dulcie what hurt the unfortunate ones most was Sincock (bono~rs); Grade V., Valerie Jenthat the prefects and sweet-selle rs were alnings, lo,ved to entertain the W esley Orchestra Hannony.-Grade I., Beulah Shannon , to s upper. The orchesh·a made s uch a Vera Wallace; Grad e III., Gertrude fa vournble impression on our mistress that Charles (honours), Marion Mitc hell. some of the senior girls were allowed to Sing iug.,-Grade IV., Rhoda Pope, Blanche go to the Wesley Play. ·w ood.

Later . on, a fancy dress ball was held in the "gym.'.' This was a great success, J\IIUSICAL SQCjETY OF VICTOR.I A . riauoforte Diploma . - Violet Pearce the prize-winners for the most original an(! best ~ba racters being: Fiq,t, Tl'lelma Maple(honours) , B eulail Shannon (honours). son and Doris Chambers (Paper Bags); second, May Lambert and R ay Angwin LONDON COLLEGE OF MUSIC. (Red India.us) ; and a special prize was won Pianoforte. - Advance(! Intermediat~,

by Alma Bun;ows and L eila Zwa1· (Dolly · Merle Shannon (honom·s).

Before the war a s tudent concert was Varden a nd Lover). There were many held every year, but during the war thes~ other very pretty and humorous costumes. a nd everyone looked their best as they were discontinued.

This year, however, pa1·aded, while Miss McKay and Miss we held a most successful one in the HawGillan judged. thorn Town Hall, unde r the supervision :pancing was then _freely indulged in b.v of Mr. Mewton, our musical director. The proceeds, which amounted to £G8/ 12/-, were ever yone. Afte r dancing. supper (dogs and water!) was served in the diniug-h!!II. for t he Girls' Block Building Fund.

Towards the end of the term, Birt hday vVe wiire very sorry to lose Frances Night was held. which everyone greatly llicCa II t h-ls term. H e r · yoice, one of the e njoyed. A. ,cry excitin,; basket-ball match best w e have e ver had ' at M.L.C.; bas beeu was a lso played between House and School. ' the source of 1,t-i·ea t e njoyment to us on many occasions. During t he year s he had· House carried off the bonours of the gam,~; we bad the best team ever seen at M.L.C. the pri vilege of s inging to Dame Nellie :\Ielua. whose criticism was most favou r- Everywhere one looked on tha t importa nt day, red was seen to be. flutter ing in the ub1e. breeze. Micl, a nd Do, wearing bow-ties This y~a r we all •had a great opportunity with 11 ,·engeauce, dicl not .:nake a ny e ffo11: of lle:trii1g Dame ~felbu, when she ga-ve a to hille t he mselve;,, as t he field was illuconcert for school girls and boys in ai·l minated by their presence at each interval. of the \'ictorian l~ree Kinde rgartens.

This year t he House bas had hard luck Eve r y Thursuay afte rnoon sw eet strai □ s with its pre~-ects. ·w e started the year with from ~o. 19 steal upon us, a nd we know Mabel Finnie (Seµ. ·House) , Violet Pearce, that the choral class are ha rd at it preparBlanche Wood, Vera Perry, Olive Pizzey, ing to c harm us with bursts of melody 0'.1 E dna Pear ce, Mary Gilbert, Mavis AlexauSpeech Night.

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SILVER AND GRE~N. t ell that l.J~· th •~ aft'ec:tionatc 111a1111er in whirl! they watdJctl u,·er i\Iiss Phoebe. ·with Miss H enrietta 'l'urnbull, whose twin curls at -h er temples were vl'!ry becoming-, they introclucell a n atmosphere of gossipiness eYe1·y time they appea1·ed. These three people clii;nppeared fr~rn School life directly after the performance. The elder Mi ss Willough·b y fell into a basket-ball net and was never seen more. . -The younger swallowed a vol ume of Froebel and died in awful agony. ~liss Henrietta disappeared in a cloud of H ~S. some say, but we cannot really tell.

The school chilclrcn p layed their parts Staff Play.

Yery well. We hope that Isabel' s t hinness A unique event took place on Saturday, has not become accentuated by he r a cquir.

October 7th. li'or t he past two or t h r ee ing of "a multiplied by b, a little stroke, r , and a little 2," ancl thnt h er fnthe1· has not years the Staff have bad a Dramatic ' Society; but no t until this year have t hey been forced to cban~e his opinion thar consented to present · the result of t heir ·ALg1!bra is a ladylike s u bject suitable for seances to the general public. Under Miss wiry peop le. We also hope th at Georg ie Williams' manage10ent they gave a very bas not mistaken ·llis ches~ for ,his• "S" s uccessful performance· of Sir J. M. Barrie's again. " Quality Str eet," the proceeds of w hich, Was it true, or a rumour ? We heard amounting to £19/17/-, were for tl1e that , all latecomers 911 l\f9n~ay, Octobel' Students' Chr istian Uniou, lo provide 9th, w ere made, as p.nni ~!Jmeut, to wa1K material fo r tbe work circles. arouud the schoolroom [ioi.n_ti11g their .toes,_ :)[iss Phoebe, whose auburn r inglets at- and th:i.t seve1:al ·ru11sic · pup) ls ;were asked · · tracted attention, in no \\'ay or at a ny ·a ·guestfo1i ·p er fai.n.irig t9 eleven herrin gs. tillle fulfilled i\fr. Brown's descrjption or Latin pupils, beware ! Our ''unhappy boy" her as an "oU-fashioned, garden," not ~ 'knows too ·much a bout some t hing;;.

Patty was ·a very sweet little maid. S he e,·en in the second a ct, whe n she appear ed as a. schoolmistress o,·ercon1e by minuets, ·s 110J, c truly when - ~he said that one should Algebra, and "unh appy boys,". a nd hav;ing ·nc!\'e1; g ive up hope. We glad she take,, to be comforted by the bloodthirsty such a sensible view of the: case, At the Arthur. Miss Susan, in h e r little blue a n d age .of~ forty, one . is apt to hecome Yer.,· white drawing-room (her " husband ") pe:ssimistic, don't you· think? was a dear match-making per son, ,vitb the vVe b e:1rt ily cong ri1fu late all the actL-esses, us ual habit. such people have or putting a nd thank them for ,t ripping evening's their foot in it. entertninment.

- E. B. Mr. Valen ti ne Bru\\'u was " dits bing," from the top of his j et-blacl, bead, right past bis s ideboards .(which i;eem ed to have a great liking for his chin, since they be.gun a journey iu t ha t direction ou eve-i·.,· Our PrefeClts' play was uo less a succ<'ss possible occasion) , clown to his spattell than u s ual- in fact, most of us spoke of it boots. In their regimenta ls -b e ,incl a lso the as bein;:;- t-be best ;whicb . had s ;l'a r bee11 sergeant were Yery manly figu res. His give n at school.: B ut llo ..w e ever tai l to management of the Misses Willoughby ancl make that remar k -conceri1ing- any event?

Tlll'nbull was exceeding ly cleYer. The proceeds· of the play, lncluding· the The Misses Willoughby. we re a ver y well. returns from the s:tle of swee ts, amounter! matched pair as sister s, lwi ug- nlil,P in looks, to £86/13/ -. Half of this was d onateu to and possessing loving natures. One coultl the Armenian RQli ef Fund , 11p<l h n.lf to the ~e r, anci. Iklle H a milton. vVben we 1.:a111l' back second t e rm we discovere:l that both i\Iabel and Violet bad left us . "rbi s meant som e chau;..:es, so Vern P erry became a full pfet'ect. X inn H elllls was made an associate prefect. n111.l Blanche ·wood was mncle Sen. Hou s e. ·A t the e nd of second ter m Oli,·e l'i;,zey left, a ncl Mary nncl i\Iavis both l1ecame ill, but w e are g la d to say they aJ·e q ui te better again.

We a.11 join in w islling t he Staff and girls a very happy Christmns, and bes t luck and wishes for 1923.

- B. W.

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SiLVER AND GREEN. l<'und for the Stricken Children of Europ<'. paper n ud t h e consta nt shower of cia.g'.

A prize of a framed photograph of the :"<e,·ertheless, the res ult was a ,·ery inYiting <.'harnc·te rs of Uie piny was prese nted to s how of ai:tistically decorated boxes, the Form ,~·hic h contributed t he best ancl tig,h tl~- pacl,cd with sweets. largest collectiou of sweets. '£his is tll~ ?\ow a little of the play itself. " Little second of its kiucl which now graces the \Vomen" was presented in an excellent walls of Diploma F·onn r oom. fashion. each g irl being perfectly natura l '.fho,1e· few weeks preceding tbe presenta- ·•throughout-in fact, most of us a.re thanktion of the play must have been rath er ful that there were no representatives of · trying fo1· those indust1·io11s children. The J. C. Williamson's or the Tivoli Circuit very thought of fillinp; the numberless present, as we s huclde1· t o think that ere sweet-boxes makes the mouths of less now 11. large proportion of the school disrortnna te individuals wa te1·, and fi 11s their cipline ltlight have I.Jeen appearing at Her hearts with envy-but noi: their mouths Maje,~ty's 01· the Bijou. The lovemak.i ng with s weet s. They proved tbe mselyes between John !I ncl Meg seemect so genuine litt le :ntists • in carnouflaging Olcl Gold that we wonder! John's appearance was sweet-hoxes. \;Ve wonder why t here were greatly enhanced l.Jy his tartan ti:oui,ers. not m ore teunis arm!:' ca used by the sb·enu-· Eve1-yone re marked upon the unique anti ous effort of drn wing the clag brush across antique cut of them. i\lcg caused chaos in tbe wall11a.pe r. \'Vhen ,·isiting the Common the heart of more than one m ember or Room · to offer· up our s,1crifices, we were the audience by ,her melting glances aml expose() to tbe serious risk of los ing our bewitching pe1· ·011ality- in fact, we know eyesight. owing to the Hying strips of wallthat one of the musiciam; was caused much

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SILVE~ A D GREEN. embarrassm<'nt by •his neighbour's outward enthusiai::m. .To wa~ excellent, her boyisl; manne r and spel?ch surprising greatly those who, hitherto, had not been intimately a cquainted w ith her in school life. ·when fi rst we met .-\.my she •w:u, doinghElr. best to grow into a lady. Jo's pranks ca US{;!d he r to express he1.- disapproval so much that w e thougllt her rather · a prig, hut ffs time , venf on s l>1i ·grew into a very c,hanning young ·1ady. Betli was very swl!et, and slie suited the part well. The pathos oC lier last appearance moved the more te ude1·-hearted section of the audien.ce to tears. Of course,' this afforded an· excellen t opportunity of displa ying the ruicroscopk si1uares of lace and cambric. '.rhe e11tran.::P. of Aunt March cit'i:tsed much interest and admit-ation. From t he beginning her voice and manne r made us realise t:hat it would have taken a good deal to ruffle, or rather to smooth, her unusual cheerful sen'l1ity.

Special praise ls due to Hannah, wllo, a lthougll her part was small, contt~buted much to the hlllllourous side of the play.

Indeed, she ,was "priceless." Marmee seemed so genuinely careworn that by the expression or· her face she might have been taking morning Assembly duty. She acted well, especially in the swoon on the first uii;ht. In' her desire to mak1:: this part a s uccess, she miscalculated the clist:..nce between herself and tlle should-have-been convenient cllai1·, and the result was that she was forced to cowe iu contact with the tloor in rather undignified haste. But after ·' til'st~aitl" had been a dministered she reappeared, · no1te the ,vorse, we are glad to • say, for her little mishap. Several of the .tudicnce wer e much· impressed by ' Iler ap. pa rent hravery in dt'opping to tile floor r ega rclless of her feeHngs. So it must have IJ pen successful , if unintended. Mr. March \\'as. a Yery fatherly fatbei·, and bis advice woulll have clone credit to our own paternal parents.

T.aurie · was an ·'awfully" nice bo,v, and •he s ho\\'ell bis affecition for Jo very dearly. ,ye n •:illy thought at first that Jo's refusal tQ his proposal was going to wreck his life. But he did not fail the r eputntion of the male sex, as quite recovered, and

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wanaged to transfer his atl'Ecctions to Amy. Professor Baret's accent was so natural that w<:! have vague recollections of having heard it wafted throug,b' the windows of Form rooms at clifferent periods of the day.

Mr. Laurence wa::. splendid, as he looked so masculine. In short, he looked absolutely incapable of !i giggle or a squeal.

Many were the feminine squeaks of appnwa l when it was wblspen;d that an orchestra, consisting of some of tne music pupils from a well-known institution in the vicinity of St. Kitda Road. were to provide music between the acts. No, my dear: not the Blind Institution! Mercy! you will b,:, confusing another famous institution at K ew with tile Methodist Ladies' College next. It was the Wesley College Orchestra , a nd we have to thanlr it for a great amount of the success which attended tile play.

Judging by L. C. Key's vioiin solo, tile high standard whicli .tbe orchestra has attained is not surprising.

In conclusion, we desire to thank Miss \ 'Vebb, who gave so much time and trouble to the t raining of the performer s.-A.P .

Melba's Concert.

The school boys and girl!; of 1922 have had a unique privilege-for a n afternoon H1ey had Dame Nellie Melba to themselves.

It was a wonderful experience, and one which none of us will forget. The concert, given by Mell.Ja for the benefit of the kindergartens of Victoria, took place in the ~1elbourne Town Hall,-whicb ·was decorated \\'ith the numerous flags of t he schools represented. Tile hall was filled with figures clad in dark blue, w-hich must have given an impression of uniformity most unusual in an audience.

The concert was opened b_y three songs, excellently rendered by the Conservatorium Ladies' Cboir. unde1· the able baton of Mr. F. Bennicke Harte, of which tile most interesting to US" was " St rawberry Fa_ir."

These items a roused great applause, and everyone was !,eyed up to a high i:,itch of enthusiasm already. . .

When Melba tripped on to the stage, she was received with uproarious acclamation.

SILVER AND GREEN. a nd it was s ome time before she could :itSchoolroom platform and seve ral desks 1Ye re co vered w ith ~weet-boxes-flat boxes, .tempt to begin. H er first ite m was tile little boxes, big boxes, plain boxes, and scintill a ting ·'Je we l Song ." " 'e ca nnot coloured bo'x es of Ya rious shapes. The y hove, to describe h er re ndering of It, so w p w er e filled ~,ith s " 1eet s in t he afternoon by will b e content w ith a dmitting her dra matie pow er and h er beauti f ul F r ench. Severa I some of t he fieuior g,irls. nnrt the H ead was e n cores followed, on a ccovnt of t h e mani- ·g r ea t ly plea;.ed 'a t t he pa triotic fee lings h own h~- tl~P !!'irlR. f e st approva l of e ve1'yone. Each ·n ote was c)ear , fin ished and full of vital tone.

Perhaps the fa ct tha t ma n y of us knew Mi ss Una Bourne the n p la yed for us, a nd so little ot' the a nnua l Sc h ool Concerts made the b eauty w hich she drew from several of u s a II the more eager for the day to come, Gre ig's L.1-rics made one gasp. She h as n f or ~her e had not b een one since 1918, a nd (l"lagic t ou e h -a n d w onde:rfu l facility for t he new girls of the past four years ha,d exp laining the thii1g,_ as sh e feels it, to her h eard on ly n 1gue rumours of th ese conheare r s. H e r " "B ut t erfly" w a s a thing t o certs . re m e mber in w inte r da ys.

The Hawthorn Town Hall w a s obt11ined ·The ladles ' cqoir sang again. T h is _time !or Fi·iday. A ug ust 18t h. and as it was only a pa r t song, " Ro·s e A.~·lmer ." by F. Be nfor one n ight. w e ,Ye re not surprised to nicke Harte , unusual, as is a ll that Mr_. see the ha ll fillM . Programmes w e):e H a rte compo8PR, b e ing the m ost r e mark - scahned t o pic k ou t the farn iliai: n a m es, (I ble item. hut . the audience w a s _appreciative. a nd )fe lha then a 111ie11 r ed again, a 11d w e -lleanl s ile n ce f e ll as the first of many m us ica l 11,:, 1• in a lig ht er m dod.

She 1:1ang three ite t'ns was g iven. Item followed item; aplittle $Ongs, w hich were m u ch a p precia ted, p la u se, b oxes of s weet s, and bouque ts ·•·secret L a n g ua ges," " M:v Ship and I ," show ~d ehe pleasure of the li st ene r s, and "'l'he Cu ckoo." ! n il p erformers received some recognition of Mi s's ·Bourne next [Jlayed two o~ her own their work. dainty a nd c haract e l'istic compositions , the Mr . Mewton's choral choir proved that ·'Cra d le Son g; ' '".rile March Grotesque," the work h e put into tr aining th e girls was nnd '"T-h e Musical Box," l>y De Severac. w e ll wor th it. Little did w e t hiuk, listen H e r [)laying w as enjoy ed imme nse ly, for it ing to t h e sounds issuing from No. 18 0 11 is n ot give n to us freqtiently to .hear so Thursda y afternoon s, thn t t-hey w ould give t rue :rn artist as sh e undoubtedly is. us such enjoy me n t.

The la s t song of Me ll.:)a w as the ever Frances McCa ll, our re nowned singer. pleasip g " Se Sa ran Rose," a nd we h ear t! w as a t her b est in " M y _R esting Place·· t he t i·il ls for w h ich Me lba is so celebrated. and " Sere na d e," the ovations she r ece ived Sev e rai eccores wer e demanded , and gen proclaimi ng h er ex ceedingly popula r a mon:~ e rous ly g iven . .On Dame M elha;s a skinga ll ; but pra ise mu st he reserved for others. if s h e w ould s ing "Good-hye," t her e wn !S The sweet ton es of Ste lla Rout, in h er a gr eat cr y of " No!" render ing of " Orpheu s Witb H is Lute,' ' W e sh owed qui te clf arl~· h ow much made u s w i8h f or morP., bu t ther e wa!;- not. a pprecia ted Dame Me lba, w hile we were t ime .f or encor es, a nd w e settled dow n t o at t he concert, by ,our a ppla u sP anp. flqral d erive much pleasure f rom other artist s . tri b ut.Pf-<. h ut we w ould like t o sn.v in -~vor cl s B lnnch e \Vood and Rh oda Pope surpassed t•hat w e tha nk her m ost s incer e l]r for th e the mse lves, :md w e en,io~;ed listening t o wond prflll a f ternoon w hieb Rh e ga ve us.

Mabel :F 'innie, Edna P earce, Evely n H oban - J.M. Rnd L inda See l111seu . At th e pia no, Beu lah S h a n non1 Ma rj or ie -Cocks. a nd V er a WalThe School Concert.

1!1ce--old g-irls of th!! school, but st ill music pupils- ,Ye re w elcomed, a n d w e were by n o The gen e r osity of the g irls in r eply t o t h e H ead' s n p pea l to m a k e t h e School Coit- n~ean s disapp ointed in their _s p le ndid pla:,F ait h W ellard and Moyn a Dimoml cert of 1922 a su ccess excelled a ll expectn - i ng . representcrl t he School ln violin playin!!'. tions , On the dar b efore the concert , tlk

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SILVE-R AND GR-EEN. : ancl . t h e la st , hut not_ least, ite m on the t:>t~ogramme sl10w ed us th at th e Reside ut Stude n ts' Choir cou ld keep nti the reputation of the Boarders in music at least. ' l'he usu a I hu;,,7, n rter "Goel Sn ve tile King" announce d the e ntertainme nt a s11ccE>ss as fa r as the nctiye performance was con cerned, a nd. the a udie n ce went home feeling very p)easecl. vYe were soon to learn, however, that the financial _pai·t of tlie School Con cer t was a lso sntisfnctor y, t he· n et results being £68/12/ -.

Specin 1 commendation must he g-ive u to the sweet selle1·s.

They were admired ever yw he r f> for t,hei r appearan~e; but t hat dE'terred them no t. for they wo rked with s uch en ergy tliat the sale of s,,·eets nmountecl to £18/1/3. .

The su ccess of the co ncert clependecl to a large extent _u pon the g irls ,; ho performed, anc.l we con grat ulate the m ,·er y heartil v fo1· a pleasurable even ing, which wi ll remain with us so t,hat each can truly say: " The m u.s ic in m y h eart I bo1·e Long after it \\"US h eard 110 mo5~-" The 1·esponsil)ility a n d arrangement of details not visible to t he ordinary onlooker were under taken wit_h _great ca re, . a nd owe to· i'lfiss rritch :,!lt, Miss J;'itts, ~frs. ·sruitb and Mr. L e Coute ur t he warmest thanks for managi~1g_ a ffairs i,o capabl y.

T he proceeds of the previou s scbool concerts h a\·e l.Je_e n given to t•h e Girls' ;Block Fund, and this yenr the g irls fel't it their privilege to be able to e nrich the fund by their own efforts. Up to this year £361/4/hnd been · raised, lea vl ng £138/ 16/ - out of £500 to be paid. off. The £68/12/ - gained t h is yea1· bas le ft only £70/4/-, w hich will .., n o·t remain Jong on the debit side. '£his year's s u ccess has been very ,1!:L"atifying to a ll, a nd we give sincerE' wishes to t•be School Con cert of 1923, with the· bopes that it w ill meet with the spont::i neous h elp of worl-ers and artists ms that of 1922.

- Jl!. R.

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Birthday Night.

F ol' severn I days before Au gu st :.!5th 11 la r ge . percen tage of t h e Boarder s migh t h n Ye bee.n . ohservNt du r ing t h e ir lessons. iazing . p en sively. into -mid-air, as if in

dee p est thought.

A collection of their t hou~hts would have been something like this: " I wonder whe1:e I cou ld get n Chinese lante l'n," "How 1lelicious, sausagero lls a nd trifle" (nccornpaniecl by smacl,inglips), "I'm sure I'll forget pnr t of t hnt <lance" (a little practi_ce goes on under the desk), "l wonder if I can get a ma_n's· voic•e decently," a nd _so on. ·'. rhus, BirtlH,ay ::-.:i:.:h t, 1()22, is heraldec;l ·in. .

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Getting dressed was a great procei-s. bn: _the fini s h ed effect Iyan;rnted the tiine a nct troul.Jle. ,A.mid tl1e 1).0i,s.e of cracke rs. whistles, tri !king a nd la ug~1ter, the " hig h" tea proceeded, a.nu when Mr. ancl Mrs. Ornl'end came to ga7,e '.Oil the fc:st ive scene, they we1·e greeted with acclamation. '£he party then a djourned to the gym., to " trip it on the lig ht fa n tastic toe," until 1t wns time to go and meet our g uests. .A,t 8 o'clock Fitchett Hall was fi lled with the 11 romn of c hocolates· and; flowers, nnd an i,ager a nd expecta nt a udie nce wns waitin .~ for the c urtain to .rise.

W•b en it did, we l.Jeh e ld a ·gentleman of u n certain age and sma ll stature seated on a sofa musing over his "clear little wifey," wb(}m by h is eloquen t lnug uage h e liaci just ma rried.

Vi' hen this excelle nt la d_v appeared, we w ere a ll a trifle s urprised to note that t h e gentl ema n bad to take a flyi ng leap in order to reach h!'r mouth. 'l'hey a re a ver y h appy pair u n ti l th e geu tleman (who, l.Jy the way, is a c hemist\ b ear s runlom·s that he is, at t he ver y least. the· sixth husband of this lady, a nd t hat he r. npp;irentl y, ma ny nml varied hushnnc,s have a ll " di sa ppeared ver y mysteriou sly."

He is s lig htly a larmed, a nd refuses to eot anything b e t· lo,·ing ha nds have prepared . ha nding it oYer to. hi s i,,t)op assistant, _w bo. we noticed, seem ed· catJf! b le of holding- ,i good dea l. .Hte1· se,·e1•11i hlood--cnrdli ngscenes, during w hich a gun a nd ca1·vin~kng~ play an iinportn n t .pa r t, the 'wi1ole matte!' is c leared up, and a notper fl ~•ing lenp is taken. 1, A. vet;y ·e 'Ccel!e nt , r:qok bas a little romance ,vi t b t h e s hop assistan t (pr obal)ly she noticed •his unu~ual appetite), nnd :t s w eet youth and maide n conn~c te<l with the household find themf;~tves · ga7,in~ into each others eyes.·

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S-I l VER AND GRE.EN . · W e ail enjoyed this immense ly, ns t he acto rs n11ll actresses "·.:re ,inst splendid, especia lly the hero.· A ;,ery graceftll dance, " Humoresque," ,v.as ·gh ·en by tile dai1,ty boarders, a nd then we were introduced to some Chinese lad;; and maidens,· who seem ed to be e njoyin1,: themselves, "when the lights burn fow ."

"Urry" was very well done VY Merle 1 les, and e,•e1· siu ce we ltave bee11 wondering l:o"' the plalts of one of t,lle members of the fam ily stood o u t i n the trul y beautiful way they did. . Then there , ,nt s• ·:1. gay gatheri ng of J apanese im1iuens, who expl ained to u, about t bc Japauese sandman. 'I'bey looked ,·ery sweet wi t h their a lmond eyes ant1 fans. '.Dhe tiny tots in •t heir ·varied night attin~ wafted us into the "Land of I Don't Know vVller e," and won all our heart s with th<'ir si ngin g.

A ,,ery pathetic, but happily-ended, loYestory was ·sung to us by F1'anees in " Just Like ·a Gypsy."

The "Good Nigllt" ch orus . was ,. "sc1·eam," a nd t•h e niggers looked so realistic th at we wondered how t heir faces coulu possibly s lip.

We have to thank Miss Earle, Mis" Gillan, Miss Smythe and Miss Overend for tllis lovely programme, and are sure t he~· deser ved a ll the praise they ~ot.

As we trooped upstairs to becl. xfter s uppe r , we felt sorry to think Birthdar 7\"ight was over for another year, and, to many of us, for e ,·er.

- M : A.

Sister Conyers' Visit to the College.

On A.m:ac Day t'he uiciuory of t he Great , var wns brough t ,I.Jack to our minds very ,·iviclly ·oy :1 visit of Sister Conyers to om· school. S h<'· wore the military dress of ,1 Reel Cro.·s riurse, and her appeanuJCl' add<'d to the im1fressil·eness of the o.ccnsion. 'fn t 11oduced at assembly by the HcauMastcr, Sister· Con yer~ fold u s some of her experie nci's during- t·he war.

Tal l and well· set np, her strong, ca-pahif! face and g rey hait· cnuveyed au· immedi1tt~ iinprc~sion of he r s uitability for the ,vork

to wliicb she had <lenited herself durin;; tl1ose loug am1 weary da ys. now, .at last. enclecl .. Sil<' .tonchet.l upon l>oth the sad a nrl t he humorous, nmf ga ,·e us a vivid i1upression of t he scenes :rnd actil·ities th rough "·hich she had passeu.

Most of Sister Conyers' work was do11e in Egypt auu France with the A.ustralia us and ~ew Zealamlers. Sbe gave a most interesting account of life on the transports, with its many precautions ·against attacks from t he enem:y. 'rt was amusi ng to learn tll o.t; in order to preYe ut the tails of their llorses from being damaged in the confined space of the stalls, t,he troopers lJeg-g'ed flannel bandages from t he_ nurS"~ a ud wrapped them r ound tbeir horses' tails. ·w hen t he horses were paraded on deck i'or exercise, the effect produced by a ·f irst sig ht of . lon g ro\vS of stitily-bandagerl tails was ci.ecidediy_ludicrous.

Ex'.perie ncE's in E gy pt, where the )])en ,,·er~· t1·aiuing, foilowed , a nd t-hen som e idea was g ive n of t be routine work of nui·siii'~ a nd hospital management in Fra~ce. As is now well kuo,v'n , the conditions under which the worl, was carried 0\1 }"'ere, a t times, most difficult, and _even d angerous, owing to the enemy on OCCl!,sions deliberately bombing the hospitals a nd frontier cle:u-i ng stations.

All the - gi rl s were g1:eatly interested in Sister Conyers' ·collection of war m eda ls, and in -he1· ex pla nation of the a war ds which t hey r epr~sen ted.

Om: Yis itor·s experie nces and personalit~· to mbinecl to impress the minds of the g irls with t lw n obility and graciousness or ?, life of senice to othe rs. We belie_ve that Siste r Conyer s' Yisit will be long r em eml)ered by t11o~e who were priv ileged to !Jear lier address.

House v. School Basketball Match. "'1'1,er e's a tnnmlt · iu t he (list:rnee n ud a war so ng iii tlle .•ail'."

-w 1{at is ii '! · Wily a ll · t his rerl floiu-ini.: from the towe r and w indows of the_ quad ?

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Whence . co a;ie a ll these colours?

Ask no q uestions, only notice the red botwater . b:a g covers adorning the goal posts, and the s kitt keeping t he bell warm . But ..is there only one t eam, only one colour ?

S_e e, a m ~ide n uppro11cf1es t he swjng ropes, the prized g reen flag between , her teeth: s he ~lips; tries a n(! t ri es ui;,a in,,but it is t•he.

1·e.d flag: which is first fly ipg a loft.

Oh, look'. To screen t he Head. from ,1 ;;J'are of red. some School genii hn.ve interlaced on the lattice, "School ," made out of g i·een basketball belts. . Buf it i s a ll re(! a·na gr een, e ven to the g i1·ls tilemselves.

Boarders are disting uish ed in a • ne,Y ,naririer, with red ribbons a nd belts; somP •have 'procured t he latest in bow-ties; rather a- ·contrast t o the ·dem1.1re gr·~\:!h ties of School, who r esemble a forest-heing bf'garlanded with c r e'epers, small branches, grass. At lunch-time ·1 ne w d e yeloprnent o.c curs. Seven g irls appear with red bands a nd cords,• and horror s ! on e black stocking, a rid the other a n y s ha de f1·om saJmonl-pink to hectic r ed: Twuly weniarkab le! F riends r1re ·pa r ted. Day Gfrls w ould not be seen t Jear 11 Boarder .· a nd a Boarde r wouid not ic•ol, at ~ Day scrag.

3. 15. , The mad 1:us h. to the i<ports' ground, t•her e to su1Touufl a white-lined court. Ding!

Dong!, l s eve1·yone her e? Judging b y t hc> crowd or girls, And-what?- the s taff?

Yes! Talce your p lac.es.. A long-drawn "whew, " n last_look at e ncourag ing frie nd~.

With set ex l;)ressio.ns on_ their faces, the teams come on ; red legs ming le with blaclc Ho-o-se! Com e on, Hoo-oo-ese! ! come~ the cry, Sch oo-oo-el! Com,e on, Milly! And, ,iudg ibg by her expression, Mill y f ully intends to com e on. !

" Now the game's begun in earnes t, a nd the ball flies to a nd fro."

Miss Parson s blo·ws the w hi s tle, bounce,: the ba ll. Daphne is on i_ t. :qea1·-wo-d ear !

Queenie catches t he ball, <'af!ts an imploring look a t the iron ring, then- Hurrah ! School h_a s t he first goal. Arms • s hoot up, and. froiµ the centre, "A. big one." , Mavion leaps, clutc hes the ba ll- "Pass qui'ckly !"

Vera g-rasps it. Oh! the s uspenl!le! On th,, backline ' &he -bends one knee, a nd, whis h '.

'•Good one! It's in·! Hou-sss-e!"

T ime goes on . . excitement increase,:, quarters, oran ge_s, encourageme nt, halftime, change umpires, House leading'.

Last quarter! Who will win? "Play uo.

Scbool!" "Keep on. House! Sti ll leading!"

House! House! ·Skule ! School!

GoaJ after, goa l for . School. " Buck u p.

House!" Millies a nd J eans to the fore !

Big Marge keepjug close watch on little Edith!

Five minutes to go.

F ever of excitement. '.Dime!! 19 t o lG. House ba., won. Hurrah!!

A ll is ove r but- t:,he cheering. T eams ar e sunounded by f rie nd s , and earried bacl, to scl.lool shoulder-high, amidst s hriel,s"House for ev~ r !!"

- M. G.

U nfversi-ty \\iomen's Sports.

At a recent mee ting of the Univ~r sitv Women's Athle tic Association, the majority of the secondary l)nd public schools were rep1·esented m ·· the inter-colleg iate flag and flat races.

The spectator s wer e main!.,· relatlves ·and frie nds Of the stude nts.

In the ·t1ag race, we• were unfortunate · in being beaten in our ,h eat by Merton Hall. who gained ou us at· the finish of the r aee.

In the finals, at'bfr a Yery exciting racP.. l<'irbank was-tne su ccessful team. :\1.L .C. was w ell represented in t he fl at 1·acc by Queenie Steele, who won her heut, t hus eiiablihg bet· to compete in the fina ls, wh ere s he C'am e a close second.

Our ten m wni< only clJosen n fe,v day,, he.fore· tbe Sports: conseque ntl y, we did not have much time to practise, but next ye:1:· we hope to carry off tile honours.

E. H.

FORM NOTES. Ho,nour VI. Rarth 'hath' not anything to show more f11-il' T ha n Honollr VI. of 1922! · A s~ht so_ f>lea&iµg_ne'_e r was_ seen,-'tis' t,ue_: These m a idens sometimes. like a ~arruent. wear An a ir of s t'qdious c;lilige nce. and· bear l · p00 their· brows the frown of anxious thought.

SILVER AND GREEN. A.gain ,they'r e seen upon t he tep nis court, Hitting sk y-1·ocl,els high into the air; Ot· going up Tuc>k for s11owbnlls. w hic h. of <'ourse, , Are strictly netn;sar~- in a diet.· .

The ir spa res are passed in wofk, a nd a r e the source Of many comme uts - on theh· \\"Ondrnus quietin -fact, a lthoug h we nmul.Je r onl y nine, We, as a Form , are really rn.ther fine !

Pass VI. vVhen we sat tlown to write 'our Form notes for t he "Silver ilnd Green," we llnd a som ewhat s imilar fee ling to i\Jilton"!S w h en h e set o ut to write " Lycidas." \Y(' dislilrnd th is inte rn1ption from our studies: yet, being compelled to rlo them, we d e termined the~- s houhl be "the best we w er e capable of prnducing. ' l'Q this end we bega n by composing · a speech, the _Ja1)gun.i.:e of \•Vhi_ch was exceeding ly high-fl o·wn. But we soon hecnme aware of a certain artificiality, a nd, reco~ni sing . it as bud style, w e n.t once a bandoned this our ., first . schome. . .

Tl;en. W C thought, what abou t a SilllPl!c! pa rody? Th}s seemed au easy matt.e r , .nml ,·olumf>s of poem s \Yere soou forthcoming.

But. alas for our plaus! Wo1:dsworth.

Sbel_ley, ,Tenuys_o n a nd Pope were exploited in \ a in . A ppHrently. it wns. not to be fl parod;v:. .'\ s w e sat wonderlng w nat to try next, on (l,, of our bright number suggested that . perhaps the reason of ou~ failure Jay in the fact that we had not invoked the aid of the heavenl y rquse, Urania.

So our poetic genius ()uickly composed a short im•ocation. But Fate seemlXI against u,; that day. Urania evidently bnd a pre vious engag-cmeu t. pos~ibly with a nother Form.

But our determi11atton was not to be conq uer ecl, and W I' ne:xt turned our · e nergies to the · writing · of a_ poe tn . in the hei:oic cou-plet style, dea:liup; with each of the m embers· of onr Form ii: turn. But:- when we ,had got -as far as"'l'he uahes of ':'\umber Eight' bllve fallen ill:

We' re · saving up to ·pay tlie ·d·o ctor 's bill" we _w ere well antl · tr uly stuck. After : m•ore, debating • we came to ·the conclusion that no . more coula l.Je done· U,at day.

Thill : ,·iew was strengthened by the fact that •a fe,w moments later a ~1arge and ex'tremely ·· shaggy dog took· a bath in the ·rountai1i · near which we were seated. He ca me out wet a nd muddy, and woU:lcl have given ll"j the benefit of a fine sliowel' of .mud ,had we not chased him away. 1 AdLled to this disturbance the .Junior School bega,1. monotonou sly cha nting aFour and 'l'we nty Blackbirds" close by, which . r eminde_d , Evalyne, the substantial memJ:ier of our [◄'o.rm , of cert~tin pangs oJ; hunger which she is apt to feel at rather close-set intervals. ~he immediately .moved that U1.n · meeting be adjourned, , w_bich it w as.

We are now of the opinion thn.t 1)0 matter how or what w e write, we are incapabl1~ of.fl.oing justice to the ]'.orm as . a whole. \Ve . do uot claim to be ,~specia p s.. brilliant · lu l},IlY ,one or all directions. What ·";e qo clajJ,ll1"1:s, be is a good, ''all-round," set. Aud t•hi!, year's P ass VI. can ";ell be ~11-ke n as il. mpdel ror all Pass VL's to, co~e.

Form V.a .

As one of our teachers r emarks, we are •·so ultra-ori gi na l" that we prnpose to arran~e our notes in an extr aordinarily novel way. .•

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Travellers from a ll par,ts of the M.L.C. world collected in No. 9 on F ebrua ry 15t h , weary wanderers f rom the back blocks (ustially termed without much ."mafl1ematical precision" the Girrs Block), ladies from North House, and strange "specimens ol'. zoology" from the Hqstel and from _the St. Kilda precincts.

First tern; .passed uneventfull y,_ our Mistress thinking us · .capabie -of, anytbi"ng (exceJ?t passing. Inten:nedia_te.).

TERM II . .

A bomb butlst willhin onr· innocent midst!

A. Yol6ano erupted !

Sulp,burous torrents of ,vords passed over our lucldess heads.

To be less ·m etaph~rical, we were to be reformed.

Some of· our promising members bad, to the "obvious" disapproval of

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SILVER AND GREEN . .. the House autlidrities. made a point of staying till 6 o'clock to discuss flo~ver names, r eligion, and all the various members of the College. Accordingly, the rowdy ones w ere . prom ised anything from lilies to expulsion unle·s s they m·ended their ways. But ·a habit is a ·habit, and t hings went from worse to wor,st. A lady fri end ·ucsci•ibcd several of our girls as "really quite uice people ou t of school, but perfect J-ittle · nuisances in ·p•~riods"-not between . . Some dlsCOUL'SC on these "nice girls" took pl'nce behind the scenes. Evictions became not uncommon, tleten tions not unknown a nd threats · of conduct marks not unrealised. Gene r~! :llltipath.y bet'Veen the two s ides set in. . . .

breaking of the treacherous flagh'a nd)e ·w orked havoc a mong our relayers.

Our li ves a re ,:ompnrati,·ely happy, except for such minor detaili:; as having our shoes hidden up the chimney or u·uder the platform, "when they w ere found reclining on the roll"; the arrival of au electric heater in summer; music from all points of t he compass chasing away t he natural songsters of' OUL' ivy; not being able to "nick" sports. etc., etc.

As n fitting ·conclus ion for our prematm·e eloqnenct• and modesty we shall w!s11 ourselves the best of luck a t fliials, a nu issue an open invitatiou to the many who will wish to visit Fitchett Hall n ext year to admire our lucid (not ·1udicrous) faces,_ smil ing gracio us ly down from three or four rows of Honour Groups .

. Circumstances bad given . us leaders, who can-ied -us t hro ugh the bitte1· f.ray to, its ve1-y_ ~nd. The end, of course, was decided a t_ Q!,lr .convenience.

Consulting the ~hronicles_. of ?Ur . For~, we fouud such combats were tqe u s ua l thing, a nd )i1;rn;nediatelv we felt we were quite abo;ve the111..A.cc~rdingly_. tI;,ie pipes of peace (let no V.a English pupil confuse them w ith the pipes of Greece ) were i-n requisition.

Examinations. ·You wish some account of them, gentle reader? L\.h! we are above a dissertation on s uch! '.Co let you into a secret-we have n~ver made a smaller mistake t ha n translating " un gardien ae dindo ns" as 1a. " garden of dandelion s."

S\) .from that you will "realisf' how exceedingly wonderfully ueyeloped are our cerebral hemispheres.

Mais, celt\ va saus dire, n'est-ce pas?

Diploma.

Scene i..11 the Form room: Several girl:; recline in various po::.itions on and over the desks. .A.nimateu conver sation is beJng held. " I wonde1· bow it is t hat Diploma bas a r eputation for easy times. Why, with precis, terms,.., a ddresses and speed t ests weekly, we have h a1·dly a moment-to ourselves."

"Yes, we are sadly wisunderstood, and t 111 afraid we are likely •to remain so."

"Evei'l our own Form-master fai ls to believe us capab)e of a cquiring a thirst for knowledge.'' " · "vVe mustn't- forget the practice of om· song for Speech Night, to-morrow. You uidn't know that Diploma was ·so fu ll of budding :\fell.Jas; that we a re to sing on Speech Night, · uid yo't1? (This last to a u outsidei·.) ·w ell. w e a r e, and - we ha ,·e practice twic<e a _week."

••bid ro u see th e notice of the 'tennis matches on the bom·d "/" "Yes, we have to p iny •V.1.J. ~ u? hove_ we \\'ilf, and then we miglit be able to kee1t our tennis s·hield for another year.'' " It 11·as a pity ·we lost t he basketball s hield: Did yo u see the final between V.b Sp. and iis? I 'll never forget how we were equal when it e nded, and t here wen•

TERM III. ;3o I amazing ,,,er.e.. our _achicYements. at TeMs, · t•hat we considered, fot' the benefit of ...the unfortunate telfiainder . of the Sch901; we wou·1c1 i>racticaII°y absent ourselves from the Sports. . . .

Speaking of sports rnminds us that if there is a suffic1entlj• conspicuous p lace \,·e· · ri:ligilt mention · out· l.Jt;illianf _defeat8 there-i11, t her e-on: X°A .n.. c\O\\' , t heJ' deserve cong-r·a tulaIations- beat U8 at lfasl(etba li, arid 111 the · relar- rncc ou .S11orfs Day we s hould, ··plus ue doute,'' han:i irn1i, had n ot· t·he ..

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SIL:VER AND GRE~N., five, ex tr n 1nin11tes i::iven. Now, we mns t ge"t eitlle1, t he t enni s · o{· the S (lli::td s hi~Jd." --,ve nre g<!tti ug- quite an nr t galler y in Diplomn. Wh y, "th is year again we gained the photo. · t'or brin:,.:iug the most sweets to the rrefectf<' I'l ny . Otir coufecitioner,; rnllied to the call so practicnll y that we we re \\"OJHlei-iug whethe r it would l.Je wo1t h while . hiring a wheel-ba rrow." " Of course. it is unde rstood that whe n Diploma g irl!- set t lie i1· miud on gaining nnything, it is as good as over for the 1·est." " Take, fo1· example, the Sports."

"Yes, didn't we do well ?'' " Don't you wi sh a s hie ld were given t/> the F01·m gaining- the mos t points _a t the Sp1rts? I nm sm e w e would h nve had a g ood ch:rnce." ·'Why, we won t he For m ting race and the 80 ancl lGO yards."

"And the Senior Cha jnpions,J~ip and the '\Yhistlini; and crowds of others."

"I wonde r when t he Form baske tball matches b~gi n." "'£ hey ought to be soon, because the Px~ms. a re in fl.Y e weeks:· :'.Tust irnagine us then." " Oh. don't think of them yet."

"Gracious! t•here's the be ll.

Hurry!

Have ~•ou : got yonr cnse? lt'.s !'OH-call no,,~!"

--·-Form V.b.

Some nre born to wri t\' Form not~s, some achieve 'Fo;m notes, and s o_m !l have Form notes thrust upon 'em.

The last applies to us.

As to what we have done th; s · yearw e ll, pe rhaps .more conld be written oti what w e ha \·e not don t•. l ,'m . s ure the staff will fi ll agree. M:rny mus t be t lw secr et consultations r egarfling our welfare i11 that m ysterious sti·on:,.:hol<.l, t he '£.C.H... but des pite a II s lm·s cnst on our 1neutu I a bilities, we a re a happ~• Form, n nd even after a deluge of the most scathing remnrk·s we e merge witli s m :lirig races.

Surely they cannot e xpect us to competr with . their beloved V.a! '\Ve returned second te rm to fl nd seYern I of o ur 111,1~1ber. had depa\tecl for forru,;

unknown. and . s ince . the n ou r number s haYe been steadil~· d ecrensi n !.(. ,ve, were a ll sorr y to h ear of Olive · Pizzey's leaving us for good: sm·oly tt1e· t hough t \J f the tests must ha \"C b een too 1JJuci1 , for het.

But s he IHI <.. nothing. to ·feai;, . pr~ved by our brillian t r esults. Ge rti e May, too; is missed ' hy both 8_taff a nd, 1,'orm,. moi:e espec:ially 11.r lw 1· Fonn· captain in ~>ot;11u•. pe riods:· Kathleen Whit ney , and, Vern Bl'Owne ba,·e hoth lef t, . \Jut we expect t hey ofte n t hink of the jolly times . t-he~: spe nt in V.b. Our lntdding authoress wiis absent for some c:onsiderable time, li'ut we are pleased to see her lwc·k i11 time· to contribute towards our m:1 g;nzine. ' ·· " 'e commenced ' tile yea-~:: weh by wiu-·· ni;1g t he Senior Cliampion~hip at ' the _Swimming Sports, I.Jut, alas! Dame Fort une hn s !=<111ile(l on us no moi•e. Diplomn proYed ~uperior iu ha sketball and 0111:s ·was a satl. li'orm that day. Why, to judge by our fllees one would nlmost imagi ne V.b had some work to do! · W e did expect a Wttle -s~•mpathy from our F.M., but ipstea:cl' ,Yer e told that adv~rsity was ·goon for the soul, especially \.vben we had been s uffe ring from "swelled head."

Nobody loved us!

Bl).t ·,we are still hoping to mnke our name at tennis- or eYen basebn lJ..

Finals are loomiug near;. and -in a fe w weeks V.b wi ll be a model. I•'orm; all will be worl;ing most industriously-pe1·haps'.

W e wi sh 11ext ye:ir's V.b girls the ver~, !Jest_ of Juel,, and may . they live up to the reputation or our dear. old · Form.

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Form V.b. Special. r

'l'he Form this term has gre~tly rlimiuished : somp of our girl~ have left ~r•ltool, n ud othe1·s ha Y<· no~ . ye\ retu~ned from tbe Septembe1· ntcation.

The d ecren se in on1· 11umbe1· e nables us to do many things which in a- Ia 1ger class would l,p impo~silJle-but, of course, we are sorry to lo,;.- t he old friends. ancl I think on t h'! \\"hole we s houlcl_ p refer the la rger Form. \.Ve were triumphant in the bn i,ke tbnl. f<ea son. and earri eq _t•he s hield, and. w e also hope to \\"in ti.le te11nis, . as_ we haY7

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SILVER AND GREEN. playing in our Form Four, two of the first four girls :1nd one of the second. : Lt was a lncl,y day for V.b Special whe n the :-:ports Committee clecitled to let g irls of the Scliool !<'om· play in the competition .of the Forms. '£be ~chool 'l.'ennis Champion (Mar~orie) ~is om· Sports Cap_tain ; s he a lso was _champion Swimmer. Oh! we a1:e a very hccompli shed I•'orm-in fact, our F'orm )Iistress is rather a nnoyed when g irls arP -~xcnsed one after another from Engi'ish .lessons to go to practise the piano, -siriging, dressm itl,ing and other things ·which our lfu:lies learn. It is then s he lmows thnt Rhe has a Form of girls w ho ; are acquiring "that ti-ait of female garniture called accomplishments."

Cn the dim fut ure 1 see women members of Parliament, and after searching for· ·,1 while I discern familiar faces-oh! thE'Y .ii.re faceR of the old ,Form V.b Special lit )I.L. C.. a nd then I remember that fa1· j:>nck, once a wPek, one girl was calle<} upon to deliver a speech to •her -fellowpupils. Our Form Mistress impressed on ,,ps that every woman should lie a go ,ll speaker, little knowing that not far ahea,1 some . of he r girls would be d eliveringspeeches in Parliament House. ,ve wish to thank our Ji'orm C11ptain for he1· splendid efforts in lrnepi ng the Forni up to the ma rk, and to wish the TenniR Four the best of luck in the ·c oming · con·test . nlso to wish our Form Mistre~s a ncl me mbers of our Form a Happy Xml's-

Form XX. Hullo everybody! H e re we are again!

-The best Form .of a ll. Under the guidance of our Form Captain, Alva Phillips, a nct . om: Form Li eut enants, )lfary C:ornell a nrl Rita Hopkins, W<: have earn ed a g-00<1 .reputatiop (?).

During first term om· locker-room and l!)clrnrs were built. They ha.,e been t he cnuse of many false alarms and Form 1:nids. 'They have a lso attracted _ myriadR of little girls, w-ho come here to hide. ' W e were defea ed by V.b for the B ask etball Shield, but our Tennis Four and our Bnsehall Team are working hard, so we mn:v be able to win ·s ome honours.

We will meet V.a Tennis Four next Thur~day, and, of course, we expect to win.

At thE' Sports on Friday we managed to win some of the prizes. We came seconr1 in Junior Form Flag R ace, first in Siames.e R ace, first in Baseball Throwing , secon1l ·in the Obstacle Race and second in tb e Long Jump.

We ha.ve a new picture of a scene in Rome.

Last t erm we h ad the hig,hest Form a ,·erage in the School for scriptut·e and writing.

Up in this lofty part of the wi;,rld thing~ disappear very mysteriously. 'Th€· blackboard duster ·went and could never be found. Th.le! cha ir also vanished, but it bas reappeared.

Anyone w ishing to purchase a pair or _a ncient r¥nning shoes left in our c upboai:d by bygone genera tions can get them bY applyi ng to nny XX. girl.

A. False Alarm.

(A Reimlt of the Locke1·-~oom.)

Sounds of merriment and much noise issue from F'orm XX. The Fo1:m CaptaiD tries in vain .to quiet the HOise.

Then someone calls out : " I say, here comes Miss--."

The room is 1<uddenly quiet. Everyorn~ sits down a nd industriously starts to work. Steps are heard on the stairs. W e n il stanu up as 'the ·door opens, anc. in comes a girl returning from the lockerr oom with some book. All that in~ustry for not hing !

- D. FOARD_

Form V.c.

Vive la Forme V.c!

Once more to the fore, deai· friends. once more to 'tell bow we have p rogressed since la st yea r. We are still keeping up our reputation of bE'ing the I.Jest and most interesting Form in the School.

Following our usual custom , we could not begin the New Year witbout changing our Form room. Owing to the fact that we have a lready bad two moves this year, it is quite possible that Miss Parson's prophecy that our next move will be right

SILVER AN D GREEN. op.t of the School is like ly to be fu lfilled.

Although w e are a lways on tµ e move, we never seem to get away from the stairs.

By the ' time one reaches t he top one has ha rdly any e ner;:;-y left for lessons. It was great disap pointmen t to us whe n we saw ho,y ~nny· stairs we had to climb.

But wirn our n s nal cheerfulness .w e looked OJ~ the· bright s ide, nnd thought of the fine view we cou ld .obtain from the windo,ys.

We. were fortunate e noug•h to be t he first Form in the School to h ave Miss Halfhirlc as Form , Mistress. We have not, however. lost sight of our old Fot-u1 ?i-Iistresses, Miss Parsons a nd l\frs. Ilrowne, to whose d_a ily vis its w e loo!, forward with much p leasure.

Owing to being "the s ma llest Class in the Scbool, we· lla\·e not had m uch chance of distinguishing ourselves· in sport. W e were beat e n iu our first basketball and te nnis Tiowe ,·er, om· de feat only m a tc hes. str ength e ns our -~'.efi?l_ve -to do ,mucli better next year.

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Form XX.a.

In Foqn XX, a from care we a re free, For twen ty-six bappy g i_rls are we, And the da ys at School are d11ys of g lee Unth Third T erm. · 'T is tlien we put a way our cli eer.

For nea ring- is t he end of the yea r, \Y,l.Jen dreaded f.i uals clo appearW e start to learn.

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Miss Lewis has a haI:d jqQ teaching . us a.ri,thweti_r, but she s til l smill)s br!}vely in the face of all di scouragements, a nd- is hoping for the best. Our writing_ lessons :]._re shor t a nd .sweet. They are conducteu -by-- well, we really don' t know the rig h t pronnu ciation, bu t " L em on" suits . our purpose admi rably. Next year w e wi)l b \l ab!;, to ,vrHe_ properly witllout "Lemoo,-a<;J.e.''

O1Jr geograph y .lessons w e tal,e witl_J. ~,iss P a r sons and V.c. This g-i,·es u1;, an opp,ortunity to a-ir om: superior I,nowledge; but the trouble is, we often d911't. ha ve any, to air.

.., XX.a is a new Foi:rn t his yea r, a nd we star ted its hi story b_v winning th e Midd leS,:;hool Form Swil11mi11g R,ace, · but w e a re'. sorry t o. say that no other victories have come our way yet, . as a Form. Some of our members. however, hnYe shone · in t he Sch ool· Spor ts, . th'e chief being . Queeni~ Steele, · whp won t he Junior CI1:1.1npionshi.p.

The tennis a nd l.Jn seba ll matches ha Ye not yet been p lnyecl, ln1t we hope th at XX.n wi ll s upre m e in 1922. ' W'e I eached 1he semi-finn ls in hasketball, but ,ve r4:! conquered b y our neighbours across the passage. [n ..brr:.in power we do not excel; !record ing t o o ur teacher s we are below t h e u sua l O

stnnda r d. Hovye,·er, we "f eel s ligl1tl y satisfied w ith our seh ·es wh ~n Miss :pahle lean>s us after a French lesson w ithou t saying: "Oh ! I forgot, yoti are_n'_t )IP' ~o XX." In spite of t hese discourageui~rits w e pe1·seYere in ou r work, even when., halfburietl ~vith falling pla~~er nnd l)lind~- A Ithoug h not br.a iny like XX., we are ble11secl with a n n r tisti~ temperament, w•hich no\v and again burst s · ~II ·bounds, a nd . we· endeavour to beau.t ify our Forin r oom, although it' s a hard jol:). We nearly h ad to mourn _the loss of one of our Form mates. ;~!1-y ,a I_n?0St . broke h ~t· ,,neck when h;rnging the picture of our esteem ed f r icn~,. _the late Bill S ha kesi:iear e. Great was our . dis~ppointment when Miss Sisnan objecteu . ,o the cducatioiii 1 Frenc h pictures . w hich covered the numerous inks pots: We were also or dered to take down the hint" to the tea~hers ·on t he door, ~'Way out.';· ' ·

vVe ha ll some li ttle .exciteme nt d urir;ig second term, in the Forl11 ra ids between the purple (XX.) and the maroon and gold (XX.a) . ,ye came ore victorious, of course, whi le XX. thoug,ht discretion the _better part of valour.

We a re looking forward with terrible fo rebodings to tbe final ex,-Oninatiorn;, wh ich a re looming in the dista nce.

We wish evi.>r yo ne i;ood lurk, and hope those who dese n ·e prizes wi ll get them. · Ou!' f,on r Boa 1'.d er s tlreal11 at nii;'lit o( turkey and Ohrii-;tmas pu.<ldings, ,v,h ich t hey will get when t l1e3•' ,:?;O home fo r eight weeks' holiday.

XX.a says "Good-bye" till 1.923, wlien· they wi ll "be -,-XX,a · ho longer.

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Form Collegiate V. , Our I•'orm, of course, is known to be B.r fat· t he . I.Jest in i\[J.. C. In "·ork, in spo1•t, it's just tlle sa111e, '.l'o g-ain- a II bouours is our aim. "·c work ·quite hard aucl strh·e to I.Jc Our teac hers' joy ancl ecstasy. ln a II t·he s ubjects we excel, So iu exams. we come out well.

Of course, we do not worl, all day; \Ve have to lHIYe a little play.

The good old rule, the simpler plan""c w ork w hile we work, a nd play when we can.

- M. R Another year ii:: dmwin,g to a close; anti another l< ' on n of CollegLates a re dreadi11;:the approach of final exams., which wi_lI mean the end of a very happy year. Our Form room in Korth House is one of the uicest in tile School, and if it were not for the visitors wllo m a ke picture galleries of our tlesks. it would be one of the clea nest.

Two uew cupboards were installed at the hegi11uing of the yem·, and as w ell as bei11g- conYen1 !)nt for t)1e l•'onn Mistress. one of t ht•m COJIICS· in quit<! bandy as a mirror fo r t•he g irls. 'l'he first eve nt of the year was the election for Form Captain and Ire ne . Munro obtaiuecl t\\'O Lieutenants. the position of Capta i1;,, and deserves pm ise for t he wny in which she has t'arri<•tl ont her duties. The t"'o Lieutenants chosen w e re Eadie S nell and Lillia Smi t h. Unfortu natel.r, Eadie Snell left at the entl of the second term, a nd another -hat! to I.Jc chosen. A.line Lee sec ured th-~ [los ition a nd fulfi ls the office successfull y.

• 'l'lle Conduct Book was introduced in firs t te r m, I.Ju t so fa1· we haYe not received any F Ol'lll ('Ollt!Uct marks.

The Prefects' P lay iu second term, w e ll attemletl by Collegiates, afforded us g reat pleas ure. \Ye were unfor t1111ate in the uaskethall matc h, l.lciui; IJeat e11 by V.b Special in t he lirst ro u nd. altbo11gb our · g irls put 1111 ,i good fight. Our yisit to the Playhom;c to see "T"·elt'th ~igbt" pro,·ed a most Pujoyal.Jle afternoo11. \Ve t•h ank the Bourclers for tbe pleasure the y gaYe us Oil Birthday Night.

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Form Captain, Heue Munro, figured pro111i11ently, aud those of us who were therr were immense ly proud of he r. After playing off, the Tennis Four we re d ecided as ro·\ Jows:- R. ::\'Cunrn (capt.), J. Rispin, L. Smith, and M. Rispin. In third term we played V.c and won by nine games.

The Staff's performance of " Quality Street" was 1splendid, and we all en j oyed it very much. · Mrs. Smith, our l?orm Mistress, W!IS the -1.Jeroiue, and ,ve all simply lo•;e her. At present we are enthusiastically pmctising baseball.

Altboug n not exactly perfect, w e hope to improYe. Thn !'Xallls. w ill soon be u pon us, anc1 then good-bye to Collegiate. ,v e thank our teachers for all their help throug hout t •he year, and wish everyone a Merry Xmas.

Best · of luck to next year ' s Collegiates.

Form iower V. Lower V. consists ot girls new to i\LL.C., t hi s year, so do not expect u s to b e experts at w r iting Form notes. At the I.Jeginuingof second term we welcomed one new girl, a nd at t he beginning of tlli1·d term we made our total 28 by r eceiving two more. Our Form room su ited us very well, ns ,ve !Jad no stairca se to climb, au<l a.lso because it opened ou to the quad., but sad to say, we bad to take, all our belongings down to t he Schoolroom, which wi :I be our lt orm r oom fo r t he remainder of t ile year. ,Ve managed to collect between us e11011~h money to buy a copy of the •· A11g elus" for our l<'orm room. a utl we wen , also g ive n by tht, i::>diooL. a picture or Rheims Cat!Jetlru l. Our Form Cap tai11, Doroth y Scholes, i~ a Boa1·der, t he r efor e stalwart a_nd s trong, a ud "·ell able to 11tt t-11cl to h ~1: clutfes. Jean Simpson is our .Sports' Captain, and although we did not win t he Basl;:etl.Ja ll S•hield, we had a good try for it, I.Jut we re tlefeated afte·r au exciting 1,:ame by Diploma. Om· goalers wel'e Gia.rice Bea rtls ley aucl E unice Engel, and t he ce ntre· Dorothy :Matti n gley. ,ve Ila ve only played one tennis match, and a r·c ~lad to ,;ay that w e defeated IVb .. om four IJeing F'lorence P ugsley, Dulcie Sincock, Dorothy Mattingley, a nd Ethel <lormau. '.l'he s cores were 10-24.

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~3ILVER AND GRE~N. did not win any swimming races, whiob E--Energetic. were held in our baths at the beginnini, of R-Respectful. the year, but we d id our best, which is the most we, or in fact anybody, could do.

F-Fidgety.

J ean •Simpson, Florence Piesse, and MarI- Independe nt. jorie Vivian represented us in the races.

V- Victorious. \Ve ha ,·e a book which contains every E-Everlasting. gi l'l'S name and the nuwber and name of MAY LA:'IIBERT. lJOoks she ,h as read during the- last two terms.

A large numbe1· of Lower V.'s went to Form IV.a.

Melba's concer t and enjoyed themselves very much. Many· of · the public school · Hulloa! How are you? children went to hear the great sin ger.

Oh! good-oh! thanks, ·and ba,·in.;; a few M·.L.C. were well r epresented. sporting times since we bani been in l V.a. \Ye sold a good number of tickets for One day during Latin Dolly thought :t Prefects' Play, and a lso brought a large thunderbolt bad fallen on h er head, but number of sweet boxes and sweets to• sell after recovering from the shock she found at the play, which was g iYen in aJd of tue it to be a pencil with -which her teacher Stricken Europe Fund. had given her a " " ,!Jack" for, putting down vVe do not sit for Inte1·mecliate this year, a wrong thing. Hard luck! . 'l'llought slle but that is a pl easure in store for us next was going to see a real .thunderbolt; never year. . mind, she might see oue some day.

We -hope that r eade1·s will . struggle At tpe Sports we wer e not very, successthrough these notes without accidents, ancl ful, but managed to come in last. two of that future · Lower V. girls will enjoy the g irl s trying - to dive into the turf, aud themselves .as much a s we have done. thel'e fore (ll'oppin g the flag.

As we h ave not a great dea l of genera l At t e nnis we had to play against tllc news to write about, we will close with a huge g il'IS of Lo\\·e1· IV., but manflgccl ill few of the liter a r y ef~o rts of. tll.e girls of the e nd to oven>oweL· tGem aud gained our class:the victory.

A. Few Riddles.

At the Swimming Sport s we stood on the 1. ,vhy is L . Y,- like au apvle? cleck at da ylight and were splashed by the B eca u se it, has a core in it (D . Corr). tidal waves until we were nearly wet 2. ·w11y is L . V .. like au office? thron;:rh; but that ui~ln't du sh our spiri~s.

B ecau se it contains a clerl, (M. Clarke).

Onl' "Immig(r)anit)" marched fort,h by the ,3. ,v-hy is L. · V. like a dog '/ pillars aml, poscd l'eady to dive, h nt, alitsl ., Because it c1·ouchcs· (J. ·Croucll). for her llopes of a diYe, she trembled a11,1 4. W h y i s L. V . like a naughty •boy's Our ch::nllpiou, .Tonn, ll i yccl rn 11 fell in. ha ud? iuto the waves an<l swa m b.Y o,·crnl'111 illBecause it will· hold away (W·. Holdstead of breast-stroke, but still she l.Jattled away). ou, amid mau y chc<•I'~, not wi,ie to her tilis5. vVhy is L. V. likP. the year? take.

Because there is May in it (llfay The m em!Jcrs of lY.a nn• t'rnq11Plltl.,· enLambert). terfained by a "box ing t·olltest" hetweeu u. Why is L. Y. like Victoria? t,vo member. of the Form, wllo are comBecause there is Hami lton in it (G. monly known a" '·Imo·• am\ ' ·Loi." 'l'he~e 1-familton). contests arc so frequent t ha t ~he r m·e kind _:I,'. A. ·rtESSE. enough to let us in for lloth i11g: There is ,v11at We Sta11d For. a · g reat rnsh for ><eats, a,; thc:w two l'OlllI.r-Loya Ity. petitors are rin!ls for the feathc~rweight 0 - Obedience. championship, and ai·c uenrl y as good as w·-,,' orkers. the world's champion.

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SILVER AND ·GREEN. One morning when the electricians were in our room, making preparations for our u ew radiato1·, one small important y_o ung ma;1 who was coming down the ladder from highe1· worlds slipped. :--laturnlly, everyone looked, and saw the poor man lllushing a1~d looking down at his poor scarred leg and torn sock, with an agonised look· on ·h is ra ce. w·e lmd some · interesting geogra phy lesson s t,his year, and afte1· ba\"ing been told all about China, one of our members innocentl y asl,~d "if t he Yellow Sea was so <:ailed because so many Gbiuameu bathed in it"/"

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One ot- our MistL·esses ta kes to heart very much t1'e study or_ ,e quilibrium. Just at the most t hrilling part of the lesson she fa11s off the end of the platform, , generally in the vici ui ty. of the waste-paper L111sket.

Still, our misdeeds Im ,!e lleen few a.;~1 our good deeds mnny (some thin!;: it wc,11lll he safer to ask our Form Mistress}, so w e had bette1: c los.e .

All's wel l that ends well.

_Form Remf>Ve.

Twenty-seveu girls · are we, The happiest I•'onu in :\I.LC. Oui: Foi·m· \"0om is the Lectnre Roo:::, Ou a nother occasion a 1.J1·ai11l' g irl asked : situated, luckily for u s, about 10 yards "Are Vie nna loaves made in Vievna?" from the " llicfr" shop, so that at recess We have frequently been -honoured by ;;ene1·allj, the fkst persons to call oq Mrs. the visitation of many distinguis)led per- Obby a re J,lle Removites. sons, inqluding a couple of cats (thirsting :\li ss Parsons is ()Ur proud Form Misfor knowledge, and quickly chased o,ut) , t ress. A lthougl} at times h er Form's a erriel· (also chased out) and a five-yearmental powe rs seem. to have vanished,' she old bull (1\farjorie's brother). Another. day. is very patient a;1d preseYering in h er a g il'l"hid behi1)d the pjano, which i;',>,rJr<>SS efforts, which a'i:e not a lways jn vain. one ·corner of the room. The teacher got ·a This year . we have welcomed i;nany n ew great s urprise when the girl wallrnd out ;;iris, a ll of whom seem to tie e njoying their in the middle or the lesson. first year a_t 111.L.C. Sometim es our Form room lpol;s \·t-•1·.I' One morning IV.a came dqwn into its m"ll◊h like a hospital ward, when our )!'onu Form room from Asseml.Jly to find that its piano-stool had been b roken. ,vhetlier one :IIistress s uperintenrls first aid, a nd some of us a re "b.a ndaged and restored to life." of the Boarders had been practising and Form XX.a seem to have been our rin1ls the broken piano-stool broi1ght it to au in a ll sports this year. They were v ictoriabrup_t e nd, 01· one of the Mistresses ha d ous over us in · basketball, tennis and lJe()u ·s itting too heavily upon it, in om· swimming. But we hn ve 11ot lost heart. al.Jsen ce, we know not. We now · Ila ve a lJlack piano-stool. In the 'd inner hours of a nd are ver y greatly cheered by our victory rainy days we sometimes attacl~ the piano, on Sports Day,. when o ur Form won the while oue g irl watches at the door for Middle School F lag Race, so our ;;ood o ld 'l 'each ers or Prefects, and otb'er s dance . .. flag is still flying, a nd we pass it on to next year's .Removites, wishing them joy and ,v11en !'hey are sighted, behind the piano prosperity during 1923. or out of the windows are the places where we genera lly find refuge.

In the play, "The Cricket on the Hearth,'' which we ga.ve at the end of the second term. fl very funny t hing happened. · ,.:•h e Stran~er," having stage-fright, got a litt le mudd led. and, asking who was the possessor of the baby instead of astd ng how old t-he baby was, he. was infori_ned that the mo_ther of U1e baby was two months arid; three da)'.S old a nd h_a d been ·vaccinated only six ·weeks ago.

Form IV ..b. \\'e are proud to think that we are one of Nie largest Forms in the School. w·e ha 1·e 41 ~iris in t he class. Our F'orm room hns had ma.n y additions to it since we joined it.

Mr. Launder has.. very kind ly presented to the rorm a plaque of the hi>acl of Robert Burns. Mr. Gorman was a lso very kind in giving n s a· Sports Notice

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Bonnl. upon which uur Sports Captain f e lt out of place, but now we feel quite a pa r t of Middle School, and it' s good-oh! p u ts he r wee klr n otes. ·w<' nil appreciated Fi rst da ~· a fter .Assembly we wrre sent it ,·e rr muc h. Al l the Form subscribed to to ou1· new- Form room to meet our new buy a ti;;,h !Jow l, a nd som e goldfish were Form Mi stress, f[ nrl -hear about the rules. gi, en to us: lmt one day a terri!Jle t hing " W e ll , girls, what do you thiak of our ha ppe n ed. .-\.~ $Orne g irls w ere cleaningroom, and the walls?''. asked our Form the fish ho w l it Jwoke, and so we had to Mistress.. · g ive the fish away: '"l'hcy are rather bare," was t he reply'.rhe · School Con cert this year was h e ld uot the one exp ected, and at which our in t h e Har, t horn Town Hall, Friday e ve nMistr es;; smil~d a nd said: " Well, I think ing, 19N1 August. In order that we s hould lrnYe s ,-vePts to sell. ~Ir. L e Coute ur offered' w e _c :111 s~t t hat right."

She s ug:;est ed we -should •h1tve a box in a prize of -a framed picture to the Form which presented the greatest num- w hic h we put our s pa r e money, arid we ha ve carried out the idea, a ncl no,v the b er of boxes. W e gave 54 fill ed with sweets a n d 117 unfilled. a'nd won th e comwalls are adornqcl w ith pictu re R. Our Form w ns well represented in t he petition.

W e wt>i"<' honoured h y Mr. L<' Conte ur bringing solllP \"isitors to our Form Swimmin::r Sport,:;. I•'our gi1·ls took part in room one Scripture lesson. W e hope they the Form rn ces, and one Qf the m a lso w e re fayournhly impreRsect with t h e g irls enter ed f or , t he mHle r fourteen raee. of IV.b.

'Twas Rwimmini( Sports at M.T:.:,C. We have · a ve r y good Sports ' Captain And as we w aited ex cited ly, (Nn ncy Le gge), who lrns mane sport v er y vVe hearrl a' splash and were glad to s<'e illl'<'l"f)Rting, She ]ms ht-Pn fnithfnll,v h e lped One of our ,girls swimming- rnpi<lly . by he1· t\\'O LientennntR, Hnzel ,ve hb and Our st,rrits rose, but very soon fe ll.

Lorna Gorman.

F or, a l:rn! s he had si arted IJcfore t ile he ll.

Onr Form Daptnin'R name is l'i'fo llie Hil[n Term IL ca me the Prefects' P lay. le bra nd, and our Lieutenants a r e Bessie w hieb was a hu~c ,:;uccPiss. The m oney Launder a nd Millie Vi'aJker. O nr Form r a ised was f o1· the ,;tarving ch ildren "in Mis tn·ss_is Miss WiJliams. l!:urope. The Prefects ,vantecl boxe,; for D urin g T e rm U. we w ere ,·e r.v upset when Mollie Hillebra nd took ill with sweets. ancl we got tog-ethe1· a ud made as many a s W<' <'o nht. Paper aud boxe,- we re diphthe ria and was away for 1Se,·cra1 distrib11tC>cl in t he clinnei· hour, and we w eek s . Tn T e1:m III. M . W a lke r went to made t he m at home. Those who could not S .rdne ~r. a nd Olive Phillips is :icti ng in her stead. ·w e played L . V. bask~tball a nd •he lp in ·this w ay were invited to put more money in th e box. W e were glad to be t e nnis. an(l though · we dirl not w'in. t hey able to send in a good ,' many hoxes, and did not win hy much.

Ju T erm IL , 'IV.a a lso a few shillings w e bad saved; but we .gave a play, "Th e Ori cket on the Henrth." did not know there w_as a big surp1·i1,e -for Vi'e _,vere invited to attend, a nct we e njoyNl us, whic h would mnke on r 'donation far the p lay very much, greater : ' L'his year w e formed a Form Libra r y.

A fricrnu of Mi ss Fraser' s had se nt h er Our E ac h girl gave one or two bookis, isix cases of ora n ges to clo as she likr d Lil!rarja n s are Nancy Clr1rke · a nd Peg::rr Pascoe, with Hnzel R ogers as Cla ss Re- witb. &11e solcl the m to l\li iss Fit~/rntt for the house, and received £3 for them, and, porter.

Miss f?raser -be ing our Form Mistr ess, it was to he cou i1ted 1-ia rt of our contrihution.

Form Lowe1~, IV. One day in · history we read t ha t' 'Alaric "So cometh i1s to Lowe r IV., led his Gothic ar.m y into Rome. 24th Twenty g irls and seven m ore," A.ugu st. 410. " Why. t o~day is the · 24th of We are Lower I V. irirls, and t h is if< our A ngust ," said one gi rl a nd Miss · F raser . '· 'i, first ?Par 111 '.\1ictrlle ~<'hool.

At firs t w e asked for ,hands up tltose who could give

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SILVER AND GREEN. a word to describe this occurrence. Nearly every girl hacl he r hand up, ancl it was g!1·ei1 to one who seemed pa r ticularly n nxions for it. 'l'herc wns much amusement whe n it came-"A flnke."

Our tennis four played a match agai niat IV.a, but were beaten, althoug h they were said to h:l\'e p layed ,·ery well. T hen IV.a'ia T<'onn :.\'I istr~ss pi cked out four girls who i-he t hong-ht were as goocl as our team, nnd w e !Jen L them in a scru tell match.

Our bnskethall team won a nrntch against Junio1· School, but lost when they played Lower V. 'fhe IH'Xt event wns Dr. l!'itchett's homecom ing, which was ,·ery exciting. Girls in our Form w e re jumping up and down like jacl, -in-the-boxes.

The School Sports were a very exciting even t. '£he re was a great deal of s houting while the Form Flag Races were on, but Lower IV. did not llave much luclc vVe clid not do too badly cons idering we beat ' IV.a and XX.a.

Our sports clay came on a F riday afternoon, "£was a pity, but no body bowed to ·the moon, I,'or it was new, and being new, you m nst know, [t waia offended, and let a ll our luck go. " ' e only won a single race, Although we went at a wonderful pace; Luck seemecl to tmn her heacl away, And we'll bow to the moon a nother day.

Lower IV. Riddles.

Qnes.: Whe1·e does Lower I V.'s rubbish

This year there are 92 g irls in the Junior School. The classes have become too big, so I!' orms 111.a and III. have moved into Ko. 15, while there is a new Form and a new :M istress fo r tlle Babies. 'fhis year l<'orms III.a and III. have p layed baskethall fo r the first time. .A. match was played against Lower IV., b u t Junior School was defeated.

We are •h9ping to know more about the gam e next year. The team played well, a nd Sadie Inman succeeded in throwing two goa ls. On 'l'hursday, October 26th, w e played a -tennis '1 match ai;ainst Lower IV., and as all t he girls plflye<l well, w e succeeded in winning by four games. The girls in the four a re Meg H urry, Betty Frazer, Sadie Inman, and Cecile Goldi e. The Teachers had a play, and t he Junior . School were not allowed to go, but the big girls said it was Yery nice.

There a 1·e t wo Form Captains, D. A.n ketell and M. Hurry.

Last l<'ritlay w e bad the School Sports. _ Joyce I bbott won t-hr_e e races, F lat, S kipping and Potato. I n the Potato Race little E lise Roth•berg bad to run against big Joyce, and was much: d isappointed when she did not win.

In a few weeks we hope to have Sports for Jnnior School only, when every girl will •have a chance to win.

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- Edith Binns.

Ans.: To the bins.

Ques. : Who is Lower I V.'s hero?

Ans.: Bruce.

- Rona Bruce.

Que:s. : ,vby is Lower IV. like a river?

Ans.: Because they have a ford.

-Nancy Ford_.

Ques.: W'hy is Lower IV.'s Form room pretty?

Ans. : Because thPy •liave heath.

- Rosemary Heath.

Qucs.: Why· is _Lower IV. sure of wate1,?

Ans. : Heca use they have brooks.

- Dorothy Brooks.

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The Stream of Life.

Ot11· life is like n streamlet, When chi ldhood's days are her e, That ripp les on w ith la u gh ter, And bas no thought of fem·. , '£he fern-fronds gentl y wa,·i ng Ove r the rippling s trenm.

Whisper secr ets softly, A.nd tell to i t their drean1

SILVER AND GREEN. Of f:1iri0s danein.1< g-nily Out ill th,• lllOOIIIH':llll:S ln·ig·ht.

1?ut d:trling- :1 \\':1.1· to its ,·nolul'~" At the first. gli111p,se of l igh1.

Our youth is Iii«• the l"iYPI'.

Not \'Pl')' \\·ith• 01' tleC'p, Bnt 0111· ;,,emf lt:1s :1 wa k<:'llP(1 to glurln es,s, A lld \H' l•liink 110 IIHll'P ot' :sll'Cp.

Tf B-0-U-O-II i fl hong-It. 'J'!Jpn G-0-J;.(:-IT is •·,·ow."

And yl'l bow (111111~· it wonld ><Pf'lll To he:11· SOlllEl fillllOll;-; :--:i llg(l1· say··1 e:111 nol :sin;,; :1t all to-dayl'YP ~ol a (•O\\' !"

!'\OlllP,t i lll{'S ' tltrong-11 ;.::11·,l ('ll!S lwight. l◄'illPd with f 1·,1grn111·,! 1·:ll'l'.

It 11·a11l11'l'f; on its h:1pp~· w:1y , Lovi11;.: to linger tlH•re.

01<1 n.c:e i s like the riv er. n ro.wh deep aud witle with yfc':1rs:

lts hanks with lllORS are ('()\ l'l'('d, I(.,; SIO ll ('f;

:ire WOl'll with (•ares.

, \ ,s softly 01·l"r the Il•!hl 1l0s.

To mee>t the rolling- sen.

I t t hinks so oft of th f' t' 11tmr.

Of wide etrrnit'y .

M.ALEXANDER, P.VL

Up Tuck. '.rha t's ,v-hcre " 'C lnty onr ~·i ng-('t'- ht"l'J\ '?l' h0re :shont,s and criC',s or "Oh'. plr:1sr. dPnr,'' .-\ ,SS/til the tlll>l CCUstonwd (';l }'"Up 'ruek."

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H ·C-0-T'-(:-IJ is "r•nff."

'J'll(•u D-0- 1'-(: - 11 is '·duff,'' .\nd .l'<'t. .1·01i'd l:1ug1h if l':1th0r saicl •· 1 ,•:rnnot Pat. thi;; hP:11·y ilrP:1<1. l t':s lit·tlp lllOl'l' tlt:111 doff"!

Ag-ainlf I l-O-r-u-rr is "doe," '.l'h011 H-0- 11-C: - H i s " 1·or,'" .\ lHl ··t ouglt... i 11;;1 (';t(l of hC'i Ilg "tut'!','' ·s Not "tnff" nt :tll-· it's ·'toe"!

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.A.ml ,:;o i t goe;;. p11zzlNl quite, .\nd woml' ri11.c:; morning, noon nnd nig-ht. \\'Ito mn<l;> this I:tn;.:11:1gr. ns if;; spokr't ,\\'h o l)C'l'J)('lr:1tC'Cl SUC'h :l joke ?

And yet it's 1·omforti11g- to !,non· 'l'il:1t R-0-ll-C -H is "hcau," ...f."'or ,vhPu to ,von1auhoocl we t~Tough, Rig•ht up lilP lllOtlllt:1i11;; WP (':111 g-e:111, .\11(] 1:li111h tht• lrPP.f', ;t11<l la~· them lough, And pick the boughs [or all we kneau, \nrt lauµ:h and ~i;!g·lt\ too. l s'po~e, To think that liouglts \\'ill ,10 for hr:111,s.

G. B., Ve. The hnnp;ry ;st:1nd at l<•a;st thrl'P ,lrrp: It's quite harrl woyk: your plaC'C' to k.eep Your pushi11;..:'s r,,romp<,n st' to renp"Up T11cl,.''

Tlw conut0i· swnys h0ne:1 th t hP wcii.dt1 Of g-irls who m1mbi>1· t h1·er timPs eight. roor ;\lrs. Oh's in suC'h a. state'·Up Tuck." ,\ml IJOW l'f'C('~,; is quil'ldy .!!Onf': The crowd no longer presses on Th e counter; quiet reigns upon"Up Ttwk."

Prize Verse.

Blue wut!'r:;, j ewelled J,y the noonrl::ty s1111.

Throw hnck a myriad poiuts of laughingIight: 'Dhe joyon;; 1·ipplcs break. anrl for11n, nrnl run: And all the joy of ::t II I h e \\'Ol'l<l RPst:s in their sih('l' tips llllCtll'IPclUlnd life, ancl love, and 1'PttNICs>< !lelig:hL

D. FOARD, XX.

Calm \Yater><, gre~• hencnth a twi light sl,.1·.

Are slowly c1·i>e11ing- to d0serted ,sands, .. \ s on e hy onp the clnyli;d1t Yoiccs clie. .To.r Stl'HIS :l\\·n.r with folded wing'>< '.

Th e sti llness of' the CYening- bring,; Onl.,· the cl:1rk, nncl outstr0teltf'rl. rmp1~·

"The King's English."

Thp En;..::Iish !nU~IIH;.!.'C _as irs $.p(, k(' ls snri>l.1· ;somt>thing of :1 joki>: To mp it ;spp111s nil out of :joint -! ,rt's takP n easC' or two in point.

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sowe of the winners of. events at the Combined Sports. '.rHA'l' we could get OYer 5 ft. 10 in. with t ile aid of a ladder.

THA'l' hair-plaitillg is a bore.

THAT " DlD" Fre. lil-e Blue Dorm better t han I;Iostel.

THAT the fountain is to be cleaned out.

THAT fresh fish will be OD s how .

THA'l' om· brothers beat us at tep.uis.

THAT we did not have an opportunity o E returning it, · 'l'HAT over tea No. 6 becomes communica·tive to the strains of " Edison records."

THAT we are challenging

!l'HAT lack of exercise• ev ident ly<1-causes

mumps: \ THAT our r eason for so tbinldng ·is ex-

~•lained by the · number of Fi:ouse Prefects infected.

THA,T -Rene and Belle are happy.

THAT two irn1➔"pies are often to be seen · wandering ·in the direction of ErosteL- -· ~- ·· 'I'H.A.T a kenue l iinder a certain ·window is urgently rieeded.

TffiAT the bell should be mufl'led ion nights of'"tbe Prefe·c ts' Play.

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$ILVER ANb GREEN. Or from some sheltered arbor all the day The lowing herd within his ·view doth keep; His .js contentment and a life care-free, And -h e who finds it, happy man is h e.

- D. Sincock, Low.er . V. 1 [Tli'e above translation was written by a gir1·:who has studied · Latin for one year only. It was done in the routine of ordinary class work.-Editor.]

THAT Annex i s a .s }lirit haunt.

THAT it takes Rene's 'm elodions falsetto to lure them forth.

THAT t•he Specials relay team funked.

THAT it is sad, a s " Eurythmic" looked ,a like.ly winnel'. · TH.AT we like to "HUi\I'' t he "Sheik of Araby."

THAT Brothe r ough\ to barrack House. when fail' damsels like Pills adorn him · witt1 red str eamers'.

THAT Rous~ lost ,a "I<'ii ble," but touc hed "1i\Tood."

THAT it is "S'l 'lFF" that silencers cannot be attached to human ·:oices · as w ell as to "l◄'ord" engines.

'J'HAT Mick and Do have ·a passion for striking bow ties.

THAT laundry bags are po:1ular with sackrace co1npetitors..

THAT M.G. aucl M.G. ham more in colllrnon than tbeir initials.

Poesy.

How great are they ~JJ:i·~ se songs will never die! '.. l'bey sing enrapturea.·1.J]y' tbe muse divin€, .<\ wealth of beauty fioodiug one small line.

O! to be gifted . thus! and . .... , '\then to try And write one poem ·to be•-remembered by, In the future course of ever-flowing time.

O! to be shown that deep a.nd'•hidden mine Where glist'ning gems-of-'poesy,.may lie, Till po_e ts bring them fo.rtb' t~··n;;iuan s.ight. . :-.:ot sombre stones'. of ; mou;ni~g should I · clioose, ··· · · · · ' "· N01-' da2lzling . jewels·,o'rr ~1~idb and . .. -~rl.iiie. . _..,...:-wine; .

But soft, clear gems of pu re .and radiant light, .And geU:t1y tinted wHh' .the palest huesThe sweeter tboughJ;s .-0f our own human mind.

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Verse Translation of an Ode of Horace THE RUSTIC LIFE. Beatus ille qui procul negotiis ut prisca gens mortalium paterna rura bobus exercet suis n eque horret iratum mare. :., Aut in reducta valle mugientium prospectat errantes greges aut press•a purls mella condit amphoris, aut tondet infirmaf:l oves.

SENIOR PRIZ~ PRbSE.

Outside, where moonlight · lay over the li'ushed gar den, ·all was very still.

Pale primrose-faces gleamed in the ·uorders, and little white moths ho'vered among the · :sleeping roses: A •faint fragrance from the The man who is ,from troublous trading early s,veetpeas drifted i11 through the open free, ";indows. · t Who, like the ancient toiler in his field, In the house, too, there was silence. A With self-owned beast ; doth · 'Plough the · bright moo.11l,eam, enterin_g i i1roµgh J?a~ted scented land, curtains, rested oi1 . a small· 'tired face, and The man who need not fear the angry. little ba nds, pa.le· as the primroses without. sea A d~rk bead' w as bowed on the ·~overlet.

Or h e who stores the wondrous·' beehives' and som(\thin,g \:osi .~n-..the U:ight a-ir toward Yi.eld, the starlit, sky-a _,pjiantom ~omething, Or even h e who, with a gentle hand, white. ::rncl pure, and P/1.SSiouat,'.!-:-.a. mother's Doth c lip the snowy fleeces from his prayer for the little life that was ebbing, sheep,

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SILVER AND GREEN. here in .the quiet rootn, so near the pulsi1Jg hea rt ·of the garden. Hope's ·tiicke rin1; flame, so w eak ·now a nd low, burned brig ht a nd clear-for a throbbing momen t, a nd the So~g of Life tre~bled on the q uivering air . • . . . .

'Ihen •a' •gr ey shade crossed the _opeu {vindow ,' a ud "touched the. still sm a ll face.

One sw ift glance a nd m ovem ent-then instincth;e realisation- a nd the da rk bead sank lowe1· in despajr, as . the Presence passed. .

T-he -moon _in pity veile<'!- her fac;:. Out in: the ga·rden black i,h ~gows · la y on the ve)v.et:Jawns, ·and the flowers· were hidden.

Qrrlyi •'.t he- :pri1m,oses still showed pale a nd clear ;. a ncf'. little wb'ite Jl!91ihs fluttered to and fro. ·.

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OUR COLIJ:;GE GARDEN.

When Nature . is . sweep,ing.. _or,er this sunny Jarid of ours in the· earlf ' Spring, she pauses a nd lingers in our ·garde n.

She drops a gentle kiss upon the. little clusters of pink that deck · the flowering peach n ear the fc,untain, and leaves their v'elvety petals just _a little pinker. . ·H er · trailing ' go~n. glist~~ing with d ewdrops, sweeps the lawn~. arrd io, the grass is fresher and greener: P e rha ps she stoops to car ess the heart , of forge t-me-nots _t~~t _i_s_ planted ~ round the flagpole bearing the emblem pf our School;· or pauses to listen to the little song · ·of · friendship the two elms · by the gate are s inging · -to the little breeze, as they twine their ·branches so lovingly together. ,, •v: She la ughs softly' to· h er self, a little rippling laugh that ·is caught -by the flow ers and leaves .a nd echoed around the garde n, as-ll.h e ,thinks of thei secret that is ·hidden ben iia,th·. the ·.brpwn soil .of the flowe·r -bed oLl)lystei:y, the secret.that :will not be unfo}dl;l_d until the ljttlj'l :brown shoots .appea.r .

• Mingling with, , the m,usic of: the :garden is ,, t he , flutteri_n g and· chirping of the feathe ry flock a,s j,hey gathw aro,und the fountain, splashing the _water broadcast.

They are Nature's fait,hful follow ers, and th_e place·s she. lo;.es, ~ey love.

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Our garde n · is indeed a lovely s pot, in the early I)'lorning, the grass s pa rkling with dewdrops, at noon filled with suns hine gold, a nd ' in the evening, wh e n the little wind seems but a n echo of t h e•. son g-s of the flow ers. · - MAIRS ALEXANDER, P . V I-.

GEIRROD AND HUGH.

Man·y handred s of years ago there lived in a small village in the north of Europe, two brother s , the sons of a blacks mith.

Hugh , the eld€ r, was 110 differJn:t from others of his class and age, ·but. the younger son called Gei.r rod was fro~ hi-s earllest ' boyhood so full of stra ng e fan cies that he was often thought to be !had. In consequence he .was avoided by those who would otherwise b,ave been his companions, ·and -but for Hugh, who was extremel:y-, fond of ·him, would have been very ,lonely. More than once when h e was very s mall h e bad wondered away by himself, a nd had only been found after a long search. When people a sked l!im why he ha d run away he h ad always r eplied that he was go,ing t o find where th e Winds lived, so that h e migh t travel wit)l them o.ver .t he world. They always la ughed a t him and ridic uled him, but never s ucceeded in ...<J.llE;Jn_c ~ing . his purpose, for µe paid not the slightest heed t o anything they saip.. On the contrary, as h e grew older h e ,seemed to become more restless a nd discont_e n ted , until one nig.ht Hugh found him on. the point of setting out again, a nd after vainly_trying to dissuade him agreed to acco!llpany him, thinking that u,ntiL peirrod was convinced d-r the uselessne~s of his desire h e would never be satisfied . Morning found the two a consid;rable distance from their na tive village,' and day by day, in s pite of Hugh's e ntreaties to r eturn, Geirrod led the way ov.e r c/>unti:y which continually became wHde r anli more d e·sola t e, until it seem ed to Hugh tha t the y must a t le ngth com e to th E;J end of the .world. One evenin~, f ttion g a· circle of low~· roc,)ty hills, they came cin th e mo_u th 9f a _huge cavern, and · were about fo · examine it more closely . whe n they we re startled by a breath of k e-cold ai r upon t heir back s. 'l'urning, they beh eld a little old m a n with steely blue eyes, 0

SILVER AND GREEN. pointed features, and a great white beard, coming towards them with a ·speed r emarkable for one so old.

He inquired roughly th eir business, and was a nswered by Geirrod, who, though tired with th e ha rd journey, had Jos t none of his e nthus iasm. "Oh! if you have come to look for the Winds," said the old m a n, " I, m yself, am the North Wind, and I dare say I will soon have the opportµnity of introducing you to my three brot)lers." H e led the way into th e mouth .o f the cavern, and was eagerly followed by the excited Geirrod, though Hugh_ came reluctantly. " Listen!" said the North Wind, " I hear the other three coming now."

As b e spoke they came whirling in one aftei: the other- the East Wind, the rough and boist erous \Vest, and the gentle South. Geirrod made his r equest to them, and after some consideration tb ey agreed to let him accompany them on their travels, and then gathe ring round they told him tales for hour after hour of their wanderings over the earth. The South' Wind told of strange races of people, of wond erful cities and countries, of blue seas ·and blue s kies, and th e W est Wind of terrible storms and gales at sea, while Geirrod hung with µelig ht o n every word. Hugh, who with an even h eavier h eart, had sat silent through all this, realised that n ever could he persuade Geirrod to r eturn with him now, and a [ter one forlorn attempt dep·a rted alone.

"When your brother tires of his joy ride h o will call you, and you can come and fi nd him again," calle d the North Wind after him. And as he we nt h e h eard Geirrod s houting with joy a s h e rode .., swiftly over head with the North Wind.

After a journey many times more w eary than that which had ·b rought him to the dwelling place of the Winds, Hugh r each ed bis home aga_in, and told his story to the village people, who lis tened to ll;im with half-credulous wonder. H e now employed himse lf by helping his father at his trade; but often on windy days he would '?tand and liste n for Geirrod's voice and often he would gaze at the flying clouds and fancy that he saw G~irrod among them.

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wirid and rain he heard his brother's voice calling .him. Through every lull in the storm it came clearly as if Geirrod was quite near; but then the wind would come with a rush and a howl, and it soundedvery far away again. Hugh remembered the North Wind's parting words. '1 So Geirrod is at last tired of his joy ride,". he thought. The following morning for the second : time in his life, Hugh st;arted off for the cavern where the Winds lived. He thought to - himself · that he remembered the way as clearly as if he had traveiled it only the day before; but, somehow, though he wandered in every possible dir ection he could never find it. His failure at last obliged him to abandon the search, and with it all hope of ever seeing his brother again. But to the end of his lite h e still heard Geirrod calling and calllng to nim.

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)UNIOR "PRIZE PROSE. SPOTIY AND JACK.

A' ·llttle swallow was . one day sitting on a feuce, chatte1·ing gaily with Iler friends, when a nother swallow fl ew up and pei·ched besidl' hl'r. He seemed to be a new -comer, but Spotty-f-0r that wns her name-soon made fri ends. , Not long after, she flew aw;i)· with th(i, stranger, and they found a ,nice pJace to build their nest.

Spotty \1-nd .T,!lck ;were very busy ap . day, gathering rJ,wtgs and leaves, and at last the nest was complete:cl.

Sbe then laid some egg~, .a,nd-day aft"~r da.v she sat' ou · the nest keep them warm. whi.le ,Jack went to get foed.

This continued for a long time, , and at last the eggs .were ha tched.

Spotty • wai, ver y proud of the young birds, 11i1d poor .lack was ·nearly alw.a ys looking for foocl .

One night he did uot r eturn at t he mrnal time, a nd Spotty waited and waited, but still there "as no sign of him. Very late that night another swallow-a friend of theirs-fl ew up with the ne ws that Jack bad been caught and put in a cnge.

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After this, Jack wa ,- •ver y c_arefu'I never to be caught a gain.

D. · CUNN-lNGTON, L. IV.

cause s he was so lieautiful ; so ill'l'e day sh e pt1t a s pell on her a nd changed her into a P each ~ree. Tfll poor lady didn' t know what to do, ·so s he h eld up h er ha nds a nd cried. · Merrytime had· , more powe r than th e wicked witch, so sb.'e ga-ve the lady some li_ttle green boxes, and said, " Keep- these little boxes till Spring, .a nd see wl'.lat th.ey w ill do." The · 1ady was very pleased with the fairy's gift. Whe n Spring calne · the boxes opened and out jumped. som e. little grllen childre n~ 13ome w·e re pink_. .. The lady was very pliia sed; they stayed with her t ill the -end of ·Summe r , the n ·the bi'ggest of them said, "we· will have ~to go home to Fairyla nd now:" So they all- hopped down from the tree.

When .·the ,ffrst touched the ground it turned . into .a. white rabbit and led the · way. · .

-MAVIS SWAN, 8 Years.

ll{E MOraER TREE'S eHILDRENi

·o nce' upon a · tiirie tliere· was a tree who had been asleep all the wint~,:-· but byafiff-by 'she felt ' som(lthiiig stitr;ln'g. Her huds were bursting, and soon 11-jl her buds had burst. --~ 'Froin ' her· -b lossoms tumtlled tl;l r swe_e test little children. . They• w'ere ,an cofours of th'e raiil'liow. · "ti..s the first Httle child _d ropped, the ~other kis,sed it good-bye, and as it droppe d a little Bunn? ran~-riut of •ifs burrow and said to •it, ·., A wicked witc&· changed m e: Into · a 'Bunny; bti'ti ~nee °i:-was,fut'lg of Fairyl-iuiii;'corne and -si'!'e· •irl0~1igdom~;; So -.'the lfttle Bunny took tliefif'to his 'Palace ; it· was" a -b'eaulifiil Palace;:-and;-they 'lived there to the end of. te!)-i-r.:;days. ' 'Soon the : mother tfee ·fell a-slee p -again, and · I expect ·s·h .ll --will have some ·mor e · c hildren next ·s-ummer,-. ·' · ·I i.UTH'"LE ' COUTEUR; 8 1 Y.ears'! ·-,• .

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One - -day Prince Seafo~Il! wanted to m a rry. . He· called all the ladies of the land, rich and .poor, dirty and ragged . . H e took .the, ti-rst lady .to his room and said, ·" .You .ar.e .. beautiful and hav~ a nice co'm_plexion, but r. )lave bee n told you a re rich, and hauty, a nd disagreeable. Is tha t so?"

The g\rl hiing h e~ head and said ;, Yes>• " You ·- do- not sii.it me,"' said the Prince, " so you inay go." He then took the worst ragged ·one ther e. "You are ragged and poor," he ·said, " but you are good and kind. Is that .so?" . She bowed before him, -and smiling; -looked . up at· his face, and answered, "Yes," "Then yoµ . suit me," answered. Prince Seafoam. . " I . will come to,morro.w,''.._saicl th e girl. " ,Yes," said the Pri.n ce. . That n_ight Prince Sea.foam's mother , .. the Qµ een Marjorie, _made the Prince' :;; bride a _nic_e n ~w set of clothes.

'Mornjn g dawned , a nd the girl whose name ,va.s Rosalind cam e. They got married, a nd" then their names w er e Ki'ng Seafoam and Queen Rosalind . .

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SILVER AND GREEN. must be man y of you girls -who ar_e a,bout to lea ve tbe College to w liom t h ese Clubs will be of inter est , so, it /1:, su ggest.eel . t~at: .v ou s hould 1n;ike ipquiries . about these from t he ~ecre tary when j o ining t•he O.C.C . .

Ins tructions as to how to enrol ~-s a · member are po;;;te<:I on t he notjce-l)oard at 'rile Old Collegians' Clulj is e1ite1:ing on t h e College, 2-nq an ,g_irls wh9s.e schoolda ys a llf' \I' yf'at· of a C' ti Yiti<'s ,-vith thf' Garde n a t·e o,·er are. r eminded.. that . the O.C.C. Pm'!'y on Satmrla.1•. flllt D ecembPr. • The Coun C'_il. sc,·rral mPmlw rs o f w hi ci1 a re ,, exists to esta blis h t l1!! .t ies of fri endship_s ... m_adP a t the Coll ege, anµ is . a i:J.elightful. ·w !'II lrno wn to th e pre;w11 t Sc' itool. are inea ns of k eepinl{ in _to.uch with t h e Ol!l : a n x io us . to se.. n s ma n.1· of t h e• P1·cfe~ts as Sch ool.

GWEN. STJ1:Li1AN, . p o.-sible on t>his o('casion.· ;1s it is our wis h I-~01!,-•Sec. O.C.C. to gt•t into close touch 1,·itlt t he ScltooJ and " T aiy uan," 3 Gra nge Road, · stimula t e intcrPsl in ou1· o ri.:anisatiou. p11 r .-. ~1 • l!Jast K ew. ' · ' · ,. ,. ,.-,-. ..! .~1~ ..\ t ic·nlarl,1r a111ong tl1e Seni or C:irls. [ t w a s a p)('aS\l!'P to Wf'ICOll1P t he J<~tl i(Tcss o f the 1!)21 issu p of '•Sih·er a n cl Queen's Notes.

On•e11." also .Jean HP,1·11·:11·11 :t1H1 Constanc~ Dear SC'hool,lt seems r a ther strange to " ' hife hea d , as m cmhPrs of t he C'o1111 cil fo r he addressing you from a distance, but a s 192?..

Qneen's. is rea lly a sort of ext1m sij))1 of One of tbe most in tPrest inp: f nnc t ioµ s of ~l. L.C., one canno t wis h for a b etter fa,tr the pa s t y ear was the LiLer nr,· Eve nin._g, n t than g o th~te on le;ning S cj1o~L.,. . , , which Mr. L. J\ . •\t.lamsi,n , o f' 10\·esle y Of th!',._'.eig llt ex:-:11.L.C. girls who· bei;a ii College, ga v e an ndcl rc,:s on t h e "Burae t t. a.t the ''7ani'i'ty . t his yea r , tb i'.ee :i re Coutte Art Co llection ." This was also .1 Qµe~n;s-Dorothy Flocka rt, ;fea,n. H ey~ard, ' Gif t E vening ro1· t he Qu een V ictori n an/4; 'm.yself. W e wer e we lcomed by .tl)e H ospi tal (of w hic h an Old Collegian. n,· Vfyve;.:na Club (tile So~ie t y .o f ,Past ancl W' inifred K e nnan, is Superinte 1ide nt): a nd P resent Queen 's. Women) , at a social giv~n a sple nd1d don ation of useful a r t icles fo1· c11rly in th e yea r by Mrs. Sugdep, .and t h e hospital was .receh•ed. T-b e Ciu'b wa,; ma d ~ to f eel v e ry m~ch at horn.e,. ."'.hich . al so priYileged to hear Sit· Baldwin S pen cer is th e outs tan ding c l:)a rrn of Que~n•s .. de livPr a lecture, w h ich was illus tra ted h .r The Sha k espearean_;P~eant.and· Carnival lan tern vi ew s a nd phonog raph r ecord;:;, 011 in aid of _tlw Quepn's Building ,I<'und came. his E> Xperie nces in Cen t ral Australi n. lt was h eld Jn the off Pa rl3• in A p ril.

This year the sy llabus in cludes t wo n e ,,· Town Hn II f or two a fterno9ns a"ll<l eyen_.'- .

YPn t ures, a Picnic ancl n. S chool Day. Tile ings_· The Pageant was a brilliant spectacle, ~ ic nic, whi ch is to be h e ld on Brd Mar<"'h. a nd the · stalls looked · very gay·. in. their wi ll proba bly be a Basket Picnic to tlw Rlizat.,c than a ttire. Thu!< 1for a lnief t ime · seaside, and p erhaps some of yo n gi rls who, "'~ ..rf,·h<ed the "~pacio11;:;. days•·.....:.or, at it is -hoped , will ,·ery shortly join th e Club. ienst, as far a s i-s possible, wht:n eve rro1w " ·ill use this opportuni t y of a tte nrling our looks like Queen · Eliza beth or Sir Walter O.C..C. f unction a s me m bers. lt:t lrig•h. a ~d Shakespearia n p_lay~ a re he ini:r :1 c tecl in tile upper rol'.>ths, · \\'bi le the nois)· . ~l'he prognunme for the Sch oo l Day has laughter-loving c rowd -thro'ngs the,•ma-rke t~ not y e t _been cl isc.usserl , lrnt its a im , a ga i11, placP. Rut su ch e,,ents as th'ese do not fill is to bring t h e O.C.C. a nd t he Rc hool into the m e:1 s nre of the academia y ear; sufficer·lo~c r con nection . It will neea·· u1e <"'o-opem it to sa y thn t llh e mone y ·i•rlisf'd wak almos,t t io n of t he · present g-i rls ns well as our tl1e ctesireci a 1i10unt, £1000. o wn m emlJe n ; to ma kE' t his n succt>ss. .\Jeanwhile. t he buildiµ,g of th e Ne,v Wing lt is proposed to fo r m Tennis a n cl proceeds, a nd a ll sh ould oe completed next n ra nrn ti c- Clu b;:; in C'0unect.ion wit;h t he yea r, whe n Q\w e n 's . wil_l alni~~t me rit the O.C.C. during 1923, to be organised on " frozen music" description. si mi lar lines to our Li t e r,ir.1· Club. Tlle re

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SILVER AND GREEN . . One , gl,l:!at IJQQn which Queen's wpm en will gain on the completion of the wing 'is the possession of two rooms iu the ma in building.

'Queen's, held its Annual Ball during Term 11., in Wilson Hall. It ls h8-'r dly 1rece~1,ary to n;dd, in these dancing days, that it wa·s a gi,eat succe.s.$. ;l'he · ·' \\romen's Inter-Collegiate Tennis 'J;'pm·uQJ,uents early · in T erm Ill. excited gi;eat i~ te'rest. 'l'he Queen's four con sis ted or'~P ·.< FlocJ.rn rt .( gapt.), J. H eywa1·d, K. Sugcl.eQ, and I. ~efforq. Queen's defeated 01:moud (which, by the w ay, was captained

by Edn9:_ Wood, · P.L.C.'s capta in of last year ))y: five ru_b bers to three. The final m°11tch. ·-~~as Trinity v. Queen's.

We had ho17~cl., that Queen's·, sp_ near it last year, migllt bear away the palm this year, but '.frinity again provecl too strong, winning. by six rubbers to two. A ll the games w ere excellent tennis, a nd we congrlitu fate Ti·inity on tlleiL· victory. ·· A few ,,;eeks ago the Wyverna Club held . its Annual D inne1· at tile °Lyceum· Club, after ,vllich th.e new Preside~f <iltfis13· Nelson, !\I.Sc.), made her "Pr~sident's. Speech."

Owing· to the delay in · the founding of a Women's College, ·whose promoters awa it a Government Bill), it has bee n proposed by a joint com!]'.l.ittee of Or~ond and Queen's . students t ~ - estai>lisi1 fl . ·!i&s;tel, under the s nper visio,n o,f . a worµau graduate, , to provide _r esidence . fo.r women s tudents of th.o s.e Colleges. Siµce this arrangement i~ s ubj ect a sufficient.nuµ,ib er of applications being rece_iyed by . the <iommittee, a ll. who w ish to. puter should write at once . to Miss E. A. Neison, ,Wyverna Club, Opeen's Copege, Carlt~n. fo~ , f urther particula r s. . .. , , ,., W,e do hope to see more and more !\(LC. · girls come up here. The 'Varsity is a fascinating place aitogether, and the addition of -college ·life, even non-resident, greatly enha nces one's enjoyment. It is such a full life.''witb botihdless opportunities, and it · isi a tremendou s · priYilege to belong to such au institution.

With "best "nishes- · for the "•examinations nnd· holidays, from · . . . ISABEL HODGSON. Qaeen's College, !University, September <25,. .i922.

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University Notes.

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Edith Derrick qualifie d for her Ma·s ter of Science degrJe. · ' Kathleen Semmens, ·Beryl Splat~ and J ean Harris are doing Third Year Science.

Dorothy Flockart and· J ean H eyward are doing First Year Science. They are both fig uring prominently in the intercollegiate'. tennis matches, playing for Queen 's.

Phyllis Ashworth and Annie Wishart are enga'rged on their Second Year of Scien:ce ; t h e l atter is in r esidence at Janet Clarke H~II, as is also Esther ,Skelton.

The Faculty of Arts cl aims t he greatest n u mber or' Old Girls.

Among the· Freshers in Arts are Isabel · Hodgson, Isabel Thomas and Connie Whitehead.

Winnie Gawley and Aniy English are )n their second year, and Sylvia Rothstadt and Karlie Macdonald are doing Finals.

Rita Coliins is a lso doing Third Year Arts.

Aman<fa Liebert and Mary Waite were s uccessful . in the Fourth Year Med, exams. in August, and Esther S~elton and Blanche Godbehear in Third Y-ear.

Beatri'ce· Sharwood and Adelaide Gault a r e near4ng the end of their Fifth Year in Med. Rita Rothstadt is doing Second Year Med ., and Sylvia W eekley First Year.

Blanche Chittick has now taken up h·er Me d. course again after a severe illness.

J oyce Stone is beginning a course in Massage. J~an .Appe rly is in h er Second Year.

Isabel Netison is doing Arts for Laws.

Eileen Mussen is at t he Conservatorium, and· Babe· Niewand is doing Education.

Marjo rie Houston, Grace Williams and Queenie Sussman are at the Pharmacy College.

Louie Bicke rton visited Melbourn e in t h e September va cation with a hockey t eam from . the Sydney University.

Lawrence Kroiile is doing single subj ects at the University, while engaged in teaching.

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News . of Old Girls;·

Mrs. " Stahal (Rosamund Wilson)'~ a .l son.

Mrs. Nance ( Winnie Fisher)-a daughte r.

Mrs . Ste rr.e t t'· ( Marie Bald'irijt) --'-a daug h ter .

Mrs. E ll.iott ( Beatrice 'Hicks )-a ·son.

Mrs . Messerving (Gladys Hicks) ~ a son.

Mrs. Smith ( Dorothy Hold·en') ~ a daughte r .

Mrs. Southey (Ethe l McComas) -=_a son: Mrs. Corne r . (Jean W e llard) _:_twins~· , Mrs. Wilkinson (Ruth Laycock) - a

Jean and Margaret McRae, Freda Blythnfan. Olive Gray, D orothy and EmHy Clifford, May John s on, have r ecent ly visited school.

Be tty Laver has gone to .E ngland.

Ruth Salter will be spendii::ig twelve months in England .

Dora Cato ( Mrs. Ste phen) and Una; Th'elma S tillman, •a nd Winnie Lyall have visited Cairns r ecently.

Millice n t Ward has g one for a trip to Japan.

Joce lyn McCallum and Madge Gault.

S Oil'. are teaching in Fiji.

(Oliv~ Se r v ante) ~ a Phyli s Kuhne l and The lma Stapley , daughter. have re turhed to "The Windsor," afte r a , Mrs D Tho111as (Vida Pryot·)-a trip · of fifteen month ;;· to Hondlulu and ·. son : · · ,, New Ze aland.

Mrs. S. Alban- (Mabe l Beckett) is at Mrs: ·G. Day (Lqy Frazer)"--a daughter.

Mrs. P. R. L es11e· (Mab.e l Rowe) - !\ Ban, Fiji. son , Grace J e nkin is at Suva.

Mrs. C. H, Watson (Nessie Kn eale), o l : Gladys Davis and May Ward, two Clayfie ld, Brisban~-a daughter, ' Qu'een slande rs, have had a flat in Sydney Mrs. K '. ' Stephe.nson ( F l ossie Hurley J. for eight1rei1 months. The y _ have e riter- a daugliter.' ; _ tain ed B e the l Kidman, Sylv ia Butle r a nd May Medlicott there.

Mona Liston and Ttix ie Wraith are now Engagements. liv ing in Melbourne.. · 'Phe following engagements have been Edith Mille r has b een staying 'at a 1i11 ou need:Roche s ter , a nd at Numurkah with Grace L. Sassman to Mr. Schw:irtz. and Ida Selle ck.

She als o saw Nellie Dr. Alma Ad mans to · Mr. T. Ben nett.

Muste y, of Echuca.

Violet Cowa n tq Mr.' Arnold Zwar, or Ethe lwyn Smith, who now lives at WinBroa dford. chelsea, h as just been spending a fe w Lil Anson to Mr. Wilmott.' d a ys in town with B eatrice Whitelaw, Alice H e ide to Mr. Clive Fergie. .,. Sh e r e turned hom e last · week.

Laurie Brodie t6 Mr. · Eric Hansen.

El s ie L ee, Eth!'!! Blume r , Hazel Loe!, Barbara Mathinson to Dr. Thor n, of T essa and Gwe n 'Ferguson, boarde rs of Ouyen. , · la s t year, have spent this"year in Sydney .

Edith Mille r to ifr. Roy .Har per, of the Ella Robinson, Hilda Davey and Do.rBank of Victoria , Nu.m urkah . · othy Lloy d have t ake n up nurs ing at the Payne to Mr. Bug h Meallin, of Ma be l Childre n 's Hospital.

W e unde rstand Be ndigo. ,:' that the two latte r are on duty iii the Viole t Rod ger s to Mr. ,W ..

AMcRobe rt. same ward.

Ma rjorie B a rnett t 9 . !,1F. Gerald Stoney.

Mais•ie Mo1:ris to Mr. Archibald. I}.

Births.

Browning, of Cuka irn, N.S.W ., _and " !Jordon," Orrong-road, East St. Kilda.

The Old Colleg ia n s' Club offe rs its cong ratulations to _t h e following: Florrie Bottoms, to ;Mr. F : A. Nicoll, Gray-street, Brighton Bea:cJJ:; .,. . , , Mr::;, A. Oswald (Ivy Tippe tt) - a 110n.

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,.. Phy llis . In gl-es-Smi t h to Mr. Gordon Phelan.

Doi'is Catt.er a ll lo Mr. Ke ith Wale.

-Winnie Moore t o Mr. Charles Rentoul.

Marriages.

Susie Arche r marrie d Cameron Hinman.

Elsie Thomson was married, in Wesley Church , to Sibley· Elliott. Winnie Shep-· hard (Mrs. Hu):>bard ) , Be p Royuan (Mrs. Grieves), Mona Elliott, Fra nces Thomson (Mrs. Kershaw), Ma 1:jory Thomson and Rene McKay w ere present at the w e dding .

Freda M!'laley married Rev. Arthur Strange, . al).d is now. residing in South Am;tralia.

Ruby Dimond was married on 25th Octobe r, at De nham-street Me thodist Church, to · Dr. Walker.

Clarice Bradshaw w,as marrie d to Alan Heath, in the Forrest-street Methodist Church, Bendigo.

Lily Whitne r married Dr. Jona.

Ma-ry L eed and Ve ra Craigje are t o be marrie d shortly.

Marie Hig gs married Mr. S . Bell.

Ivv Willia_ms w a s m a rrie d i11 March to Her siste r, Winnie Williams, was on~ of the bridesmaids. · Mr. E ric E. Straw, of Sandringham.'

Marie Hi-g gs and Alice Thompson were both m.a n,ie'd this y ear.

Viole t Wannap was married to Mr. Rlrli;>h L e dge r , of Sydney, on 13th April.

Miss Margare t Hodg e s, of Malve rn, to t.{r, Ed,ward Firth.

Jessie Glenn, to Mr. Colin Sinclair, Grobg--Grong, N.S .W. Elsle Morgans, to Mr. L e s. Crosser.

Dulcie Bartlett •is eng aged to a law.yer in Auckland, a.11;d is expecting to be married aboqt E.aste r ne_x t year.

School Office-Bearers.

Senior Prefect: .To,vC'e SPrnmen s.

P1·ef~ts : D. A ll('n, B. B eckett, i L Fiuuie, .T. :\forrissey, 111. Rogers, · E. R ona~•u e, L. Butche r, M. St afford, B .

W ood, V . Pearce (T erm I.), V. P erry (Term ..II.) . .t\ ssociates : M. Alex a nder , E. Blewett , H . · Carter , K. Corne ll, M. Gilbert, I. H a milt on, N. J e ffe r y , I. J ones, E. P earce, D. ~a mpson, M. Va sey , 0. Pizzey (T erms 1. and Ii.). N. H e lms (Term llI.).

For1p. Captains: ,T. Se mme ns (H o n. V I.1, M. Va ssey (P . VI.), H. Krome (V.a), L. Butcher (Di p.). N . H e lm s (V.b), L . Gillson (V.b §ti.\ .A.. Phillips ( XX .), D. c h a mber s (V.c), B. '.l'ompk ins (XX .a ), R. Munro (Coll.

V .), D. Scl1oles (L. V.). K. Fors.ter (I V.a).

J. Hea ling (Re m .), M. Hillebrand (IV.b).

M. O" erend (L. IV.), M . H.urrey and D .

Anketell (Jun. Sc hool). spo·f u .Committee: Mr. L e Couteur (Chairman), Miss Srnyt.he (Sports Mistress ,.

Miss Pitts, .,r,1:iss McKay, Miss Pa:csons, .J. Se mrrie'.hs (Sec.), B. B eckett, N. Goldie, U .

Goldie. M. H ealing, M. Tait, T . Wilkinson.

A. P !l.kingt011, V . Cromb, T. Map_leson.

Sports Oaptains: M. H ealing (Tennis).

T . l\faples on (Rasehall), M . Rogers (Bask et ball).

Editor: J. Semme ns.

Fo~"In Editors: U . Wilson (P. VI.), E. C hristensen (V.a), D . Sa mpson (D ip.), N. Helms (V.b), L . Gibson (V.b Sp.), M. Rensha w (XX.), G. Ba uld (V .c). M. Clarke (XX.a ), S. A pthorpe a nd A. L ee (Coll. V,',, .J. MC'Donald (L. V.), K. Forst e r (IV.a), H. Rogers (IV.b), N. Lee (L . IV.).

Librarians: A. K ellaway, M . Finnie.

Library Conunittee: Mr. L e Couteur.

Miss Pitts, .Miss Walton, Miss Fie lden, Mrs. La nde n, Mrs. Brown, J. Semmen s, E. Ronayn e, M. Roger s, J. Morrissey, U . Wilson, ·D. Sa mpson , E. W a d eson, Q . · Howell, ' P. Brameld, N. J e ffer y, M . Vasey, V.' Perry. _ M. Gilber t, E. P earce.

S.O.U . Executive Committee : Mis;: Md{ay (President), J . Semmens (VicePresident). . L . Butcher · (T1~ea s ure r ). B .

Begltett (Corres. Sec. ), D. Alle n (Rec. Sec. \ .J. Morrissey , M. Vasey.

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