1936 Silver and Green

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SILVER AND GREEN CJJecember, 1936 ~

Editress: JESSIE WIGHT.

SILVER AND GREEN Wlye c®{ngnzine of ilye c®{,etqobist 1Unbies' <llolle_ge DECEMBER, 1936.

ally lifting alternate feet, moves forward withou t knowing whither or why he is moving?" A world full of people without ideals could not progress.

"Come! Let us lay a lance in rest, And tilt at windmills under a wild sky!

For who would live so petty and unblest That dare not tilt at something ere he die?"

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Tilt at windmills! Old Don Quixote tilted at windmills-and men laughed. But with a soul radiant with visions, Don Quixote was fighting for his ideals. They were misguided ideals, perhaps, but they were his, a nd he h ad the courage to fight for them. He was not one of the world's "hangers-on."

Most of us have our ideals. Without them, we would drift aimlessly a nd uselessly. Murdoch says that he can see only two kinds of men in the world-idealises and fools. "For ," he asks, "what is he but a fool who, energetic-

We hear so much to -day of the t r oubled conditions of the world. Behind this unrest are men who have tried, and a re trying, to realise their ideals. To us, their ideals may seem hopeless ly wrong. But, as in Russia and Germany, much that is worth while has been achieved, in spite of many mistakes. And, amid all these struggles, men a re trying to make real the greatest ideai in the world to-day-the ideal of peace. The Leagu e of Nations, the League of H a llucinations- -call it what you will-is trying to bring about the peace which to-day is so essen tial, and so h ard to achieve. The men behind che League are supported by their ideal of what the world should be. They have their dreams of somethin g better in the future, as we all have our dream" The dream that fires man's heart to make, To build, co do, to sing or say, A beauty d eath can never cake, An Adam from the crumbled clay."

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SCHOOL PLAY : RICHARD OF BORDEAUX. L~ft to right: W U::ing-woman (Marion M ather } , Thomas Mowbray (Gwenda Wilson1, Agnes (.Edna Murdoch ) . Robert de Vere (Judy O arke), Anne of Bohem·:1 ( M arie Renda l ), Richard o f Botdeau x (S>,l.via McPherson, . Ed ward of Rutland (Jean Rowell ), M ary, Duchess o f D erb y ( M a rie Grenness), H ,enry, Earl of Derb y (Yvonne Martin I

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OBITUARY. On 30th March we suffer ed a sad loss in the death of Nancy Beresford, as the result of acute appendicitis. She had been a student a t the College for over

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five years, of which half the time had been spent in the boarding sch oo l. H e r winsome cheerfulness and pleasant, engaging manner made h er a .g reat favourite with both staff a nd girls. We extend our warmest sympathy

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A PICTURE OF SPRING. A Translation from the Latin of Lucretius.

From the great sky, the silver rain is cast T o vanish, on the breast of Mother Earth.

But lo! green branc hes sway upon the trees, We see the fruits, the shining corn , the birth Of splendid beasts, and men, and mighty cities--: The happy cities where the children runAnd everywhere we see the leafy woods, And h ear the glad birds singing in the sun.

F ed by the fruitful earth, the tired sh eep P eacefully, in happy meadows, rest, While thei r soft lambkins on unsteady limbs, Play in the sun-warmed grass, by Nature blest.

And so the silver rains can never perish; The singing birds, fair /lowers, can never die ; Nature makes life from death, and no thing dies, But another lives, under the quiet sky.

- J. Wight, Honour VI. , House V.

EXAMINATION SUCCESSES. Government Scholarship, Gwen Senior H ewitt.

Free Places: Jea n Carne, Jean Cane. !st Honours (5): Dorothy Brown, Drawing ; Jean Carne, Drawing; Joan Rowell, Drawing; Kathleen Walker, French; Marcelle Whittaker, French .

2nd Honours ( 13): Marjorie Bryant, Drawing; J ean Cane, Latin, French; Jean Carne, Botany; Rosamond Combes, French; Gwen H ewitt, Maths. II., Chemistry, Biology; Anne L eslie, Drawing; Joan P arker, English, European History; Betty Spillane, Geog r aphy; Kathk ·en Walker, Latin .

3rd Honours ( 18) : Dorothy Brown , French; Marjorie Bryant, English; Jean Cane, Drawing; J ean Carne, English, Latin ; Enid Collens, English, French, Geography, European History; Heather Drayton, French; Gwen Hewitt, Maths.

I., Physics; Lila Monsbourgh, English, European History; Joa n Parker, Geography; Joan Rowell, English; Betty Spillane, French, Biology.

School Leaving Certificates and Matriculations.

Marjorie Bee, Charlotte Davies, Mary Duggleby, Betty Hislop, Anne Leslie, Margaret McAlister, Jean P earce, Mary Slater, Roma Thomas, Mary '.Thompson, Audrey Watt, Enid Webb, Jessie Wight.

School Leaving Certificates.

Marjorie Bryant, Dorothy Macdougall.

Intermediate Certificates.

Isobel Appleford , Erica Brearley, Joy Brown, Lynette Bull, Phyllis Cerutty, Gwenda Chitty, Winsome Davey, Megan Davies, Pat Douglas, Margery Ellis, Joy Findlay, Beth Headdey, Phyllis Kent, M a rjorie King, J ean McAliece, Lorna McConchie, Mary Murray, Mary Noble, Gwen Oldham, Lou Oldmeadow, J essie Parsons, Bren da Purves, Pat Raben, Dulcie Rayment, Gwen Redrobe, Dorothy Smith, Ruth Smith, Tru da Vear, Enid Webb, Marjorie Whittaker.

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Grade IV.-J oy Duncan (honours), Marjorie Gordon (credit), Betty Gray (honours), Alison Lelean (honours), Phyllis McMurray (credit), Betty Oldfield (credit), Edith Pars<•, ns (credit), Margar et Smart, Wilma Tourrier (honours).

Grade V.-Inez Benson (honours), Jud ith Clarke (credit), Lilian Cocks (credit), Dorothy · Crossley (credit), Audrey Harrison (honours), Beth Harrison (honours), Dorothy Pollock (credit).

Grade VI.-Dorothy Bennetts (credit), Margaret Gandy (honours), Audrey Harrison (honours), Beth Harrison (honours), Leonore Marsh (honours), Margaret Rentoul (honours).

Harmony and Theory.

MUSIC EXAMINATION RESULTS. Violin.

Grade !.-Valerie Clayfield (credit).

Grade IL-Pearl Coles.

Grade III.-Joyce Laidlaw (credit).

Grade V .-Margaret Bennett (honours).

Flute.

Grade IV.-Noel Headdey (honours).

Violincello.

Grade IV.-Gwen Basset (honours).

Singing.

Grade IL-Marian Gyles.

Grade III. -Pat Chellew ( honours), Marian Gyles (c;edit), Winnie Wearne (honours) .

Grade IV.-Pat Chellew (honours), Joan Green (credit), Sylvia McPherson (credit), · Mary Slater (credit) .

Pianoforte.

Grade IL-Shirley Golder (honours), Joan Hargreaves (credit) , J essie Parsons (honours), Joan Rowell, Alison Saunders (honours), Dorothy Smith ( credit).

Grade III.-Mary Allen, Bernice Brokenshire (credit), Peggy Carne ( h onours), Ruby Coles, Marjorie Gordon (credit), Joan Green (credit), Margaret Higgs (credit) , Lesley Horton (honours), Sheila Marshall (credit), Heather Rentoul, Erna Spark (credit), Gwend" Wilson ·(credit).

Grade II.-Joan Green (credit), Jessie Parsons, Joan Rowell (honours), Alison Saunders {credit) , Dorothy Smith, Ivy Spiller .

Grade III.-Marjorie Beardsley (honours), Pat Chellew (credit), Pearl Cole~ (honours), Ruby Coles, Betty Gray, Winnie Wearne (credit).

Grade IV.-Mary Allen, Bernice Brokenshire (honours), Nancy Cowen (honours), Dorothy Day (honours), Marjorie Gordon (honours), Marian Gyles (honours), Margaret Higgs (honours) , Joyce Laidlaw (credit), Sheila Marshall (honours), Norma Mether (credit), H eather Rentoul ( credit), Erna Spark (honours).

ART OF SPEECH EXAMINATION RESULTS. Practical.

Grade V.-Corrine Cotterell (credit), Joan Egg leston (credit), Betty O ldfield (pass), Zoe Proud (pass), Patricia Varley (credit) .

Grade IV.-Peggy Carne (credit) , Mary Hopper (credit), Helen Lockhart (credit), Elma Manfield (pass), I vy Spiller (credit).

Grade III.-Ivy Spiller (credit).

Grade ! . -Olwen Evans (pass).

Theory.

Gr,.,JP II.-Mar}' Bcncon (pa33) .

Grade !.-Olwen Evans (honours).

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Social Service Notes.

Once again we have cause to feel proud of the results of our year's work for Collingwood and Carlton Free Kindergartens, Cheltenham H omes, Methodist Babies' Home, the South M elbourne Mission , and the Inland Mission.

Throughout First T erm, the School was con- . siderably brightened by the advent of gailycolou red wools. At the end there was an excellent display of j u mpers a nd skirts, totalling 184, a number broug ht up to 24 1 by garments finished in S econd T er m.

There were a lso sin glets made by the younger Forms, secondh and clothes, and many magazines and books for the Inland Mission.

For our Second Term's work the Red Cross Executive decided to buy material for summer dresses. At the exhibition at the end of the term, a bright a rray of abou t 200 dresses gave proof of our industry. A trip was arranged to the South Melbourne Mission. The girls who went came away inspired to even greater efforts for unfortunate little children.

Mr. Barnett's illustrated lecture on M elb o urne slums h as also quickened ou r desire to r espon d to su ch obvious n eed .

Third Term, as u sual, is to be devoted to the making of t h e presents for the kiddies' Christmas trees.

We have received with much gratitude a donation of £ I from Messrs. G. J. Coles and Co., some pretty remnants from Snow's, and a large discount on all goods bought at Treadway' s.

This outside interest in our Social Service Work is much appreciated.

The girls, u nder the gentle g uid ance of the ir Red Cross Captains, have really worked h ard, a n d it is ve ry gratifying to receive letters

of thanks which show that our efforts h ave been fully appreciated. This extract fro m a letter from the Cheltenham Homes conveys its own message of thanks : "We would assure the givers chat their practical thought of our little ones is a valuable help to us."

The £10 collected by the girls for the Inland Mission has been put towards th e t r a nsmitter which the School is providing for the Mission.

Dr. Wade and t h e Senior R ed Cross Captain , Valerie Clayfield, have arranged o ur bulk purch asing for us, a nd we wish to thank them sincerely for the active interest they have taken in our work throughout the year.

-V.C. In addition to this regular work for charity, the S chool has raised this year (and for the most part by d irect giving) the sum of £50 for a transmitter for the Central Australian Mission Ambulance, and £27 to furnish an M.L.C. room at the University Women's College.

D ebating Society.

"The size of every man depends upon the d e pth of his conviction and th e breadth of his s·vmpathies and interests."- G . K. Chesterton.

At some period in our lifet ime we shall be called _u pon to express without hesitancy and with conviction our opinion on a subject of vital importance, and we shall fail unless we have been trained along these lines.

Hence our society.

Play-reading is another excellent training for speech confidence, and, realising this, our Society formed a committee of r e presentatives from the Senior School Forms to be responsible for this activity. Their efforts culmin ated in a succe~sfu I Shakespeare Day celebration, when scenes from Shakespeare were read and interpreted.

SILVER AND GREEN. Inter-House Debates on subjects of varying character have been the main interest of this year's syllabus.

Time has not permitted many Inter-School debates, but earlier in the year Tintern Girls' Gramm ar School team were too eloquent for us; however, Betty Jackson, Peggy Chinner, June Barnett successfully proved " That the State Should Provide and Control All Schools" against Melbourne Boys' Grammar.

At the beginning of the year we r egretfully accepted the resignation of ou r former President, Miss D a hle, whose untiring services during previous years have proved most beneficial to the Society.

Thank you, Miss Warren, for your helpful tdks on "The Art of Debating" in preP,aration for our House contests, and also for your work as president and adjudicator at our debates.

The executive wish both you and future m embers the best for coming years. -M.G.

Student Christian Movement.

At the beginning of the year ninety girls joined the School Bible C ircles, taking as their study "God With Us." During First Term a Sweets Day was h eld in aid of the Conference Building, and £4/ 4/was raised. On 4th April a day was spent at E!tha m, m eet in g girls from other schools. In the M ay holidays four M.L.C. girls went to the Inter-Sch ool Camp at H ealesville, and had the wonderful time one always has at camp.

A devotiona l meeting, led by Dr. Wade, on the subject of " Faith," was held early in Second Term.

In order to make friendships with members from other schools, we gave a n evening party, to which ninety girls came. We had games and competitions, and everyone enjoyed the evening.

Another S chools' Day was held on 26th Septe mber, at Blackburn, and in the evening service M.L.C. provided the prayer.

E ager preparations were made for our annual party to a group of thirty Cir;· Mission children.

The kiddies enjoyed this thoroughly, and so did we.

During the year we have had the opportunity of hearing many speakers. l\,fr. Lance Andrews, travelling secretary of the S .C.M., told us more about the World Fede-

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ration of the S.C.M. and of the v isit of the G eneral Committee to a congress at Chancoria, where they were the guests of the Bulga rian Church.

The Rev. J. S ayers gave us an excellent address on the principles of Christianity.

Mr. Gosbel told us some inte resting facts about the British and Foreign Bible Society.

Sister Rutter, of the Melbourne City Mission, t old u s of the Mission's work in the poorest parts of the city, of its Home for Girls, and it~ Maternity Hospital.

In listening to· Mrs. Bruce, who has spent much of h er life in China, we gained a much clearer view of the influence of Christia nity in that country.

Before the close of the year we are looking forward to the visits of the Rev. P enry Evans and Miss Margaret Stuckey.

We express our great r egret at the resign ation of our president, Miss Betts. We know that the strength of the S.C.M. in' the School is due to h er wonder ful work for a number of years.

We extend our best wishes to Miss Ault for the future , and we hope that she has a very successful term of office.

- O.E. and B .H.

Devotional.

On Fridays, at lunch time, during the year devotional meetings have been held in the Principal's study. These have been well attended. The time has been given to Bible study and the exchange of Christian experience.

Many things are puzzling or a re likely to puzzle girls who will soon have to apply their Christian p rinciples to all the difficulties of living.

These are made the subject of discussion, and frequently the whole group work out a sub ject from as many angles as possible. E very point of view finds expression, a nd the meetings are eagerly looked forward to, especially by the Senior girls.

Walking Club Notes.

Although the girls are most enthusiastic, it h as been impossible to arrange many walks this year owing to other S chool activities held on Saturdays.

Dunng the May holidays our President, Miss Hall, and Vice-President, Miss Parker , agreed

SILVER AND GREEN. to chaperone twelve girls, and a most enjoyable week was spent at Emerald.

Walks to the seaside and the country are always popular, and sometimes provide diversions other than walking. Once this year two mistresses and many adventurous girls hired boats on the Mordialloc Creek and spent the morhing rowing- or trying to.

Owing to bush fires, we have not h a d the fun of forgetting the "billies" or cooking chops and sausages, but before the end of the term we hope to find free Saturdays and have more walk s and camp fires. So,ne days have been too hot, others too cold, and we have even known it to rain. But nevertheless the spirit of the walk still lingers, and as we approach our d estination"We see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a f eeling of sadness comes o'er us, -M.S. That our souls cannot resist.''

The Discussion Group.

At the beginning of Second Term Dr. Wade suggested the idea of. forming a club for senior girls, in which we could discuss "Us and the Urtiverse."

The idea was enthusiastically received by Honour VI. and Pass VI., and Diploma joined in.

There were u sually about sixteen girls who attended our meetings, which we h eld in Honour VI. Form room on Wednesdays, after sc hool.

Our disc u ssions spread over a large field.

Darwin's theory of evolution was discussed and criticised.

We spent som e time discussing i11stinct, and trying to distinguish between "instinct and habit. We learnt how young Man is comparatively in the world's history; how small in terms of stellar space; and yet how g r ea t in terms of mind and spi rit. It was d <ebated whether Man, as a spec ies of life, would die out, as the m ammoths a nd many other species have done; or would evolve still further into something new and strange.

However, despite these rather terrifying thoughts, th e meetings were thoroughly enjoyed by everyone who a ttended, and they often g a ve rise to further inter esting discussions which took place afterwards among the girls themselves.

-H.D.

Guide Notes for 1936.

An enthusiastic crowd of Guides and wouldbe Guides gathered in the Gym. for our first ir.eeting of 1936. Some of our Guides did r.ot r eturn to School, but we were glad to welcome back our three lieutenants. Recruits have been enrolled throughout the year, and much hard work has been done in connection with the Second Class Badge. The senior group, who have obtained their Seco nd Class, worked for their Ambulance Badge.

At the beginning of Second Term the company suffered a severe loss when, owing to ill ness, our captain was forced to leave us for some time. The three lieutenants carried on, but activities were naturally rather restricted.

Ir was impossible to hold our field days, and the week-end a t Beaconsfield had to b e abandoned. Before the end of the te rm we had great pleasure in hearing of our captain's recovery, a nd eagerly awaited her return. We thank her sincerely for her able leadership.

We were sorry that it was n e"cessary for Valerie Clayfield and for Audrey Watt to resign their lieutenancies. We take this opportunity of tha nking th em both, and a lso Winnie Hurley, the remammg lieutenant, fo r the interest they have shown in all the activities of the Company.

During the year the patrols h ave been led

by B. Headdey, P. Coles, ]. Fowler , A. Stinton a nd J. Gordon. We have been honoured by visits from Mrs. Tate, District Commissioner, and Mrs. S terett, both of whom considered we showed talent in the rendering of our songs, a nd expressed p leasure that this phase of g uiding had not been n eglected.

To those Guides who are leaving us this year, we wish :he best of luck, and to th e Guides of 1937 a very happy and successful year.

-AW. and B.H.

Music Notes. " The sole end of a ll music should be nothing else than God' s g lory , and the refreshment of the spirit, whereof, if one take not heed, there can be n o true music, but only din and d iscord."-]. S. Bach.

Nothing is more gladd ening than refreshment of the spirit, and throughout the year our

SILVER AND GREEN. musical activity and development has progressed with rapidity.

We have been very fortunate this year in vbtaining the services of Miss Elsie Fraser, fo r ·.,noforte.

Miss Muriel Horlock, who h as returned from two years spent overseas ;tigating class singing methods, h as been . ,arge of the Middle and Lower School ~s_; work; Miss Judy Amadio, daughter of the famous Mr. John Amadio, h as joined us for flute; Miss Peggy Valentine, as teach er of clarinet; and Miss Sheila Proctor for p ipe work.

Following usual custom, the Annual Music Scholarships were competed for early in the year, those successful being: Pat Chellew (singing), Valerie Clayfield (violin), Alison Saund e rs ( senior piano), Noel Headdey ( junior piano). Valerie a nd Noel were successful for the second time in their sections. Dr. Floy d adjudicated once again.

The school orchestra has had an interesti ng and busy year under the lead ership of Miss Ziebel l. The incidenta l music at the S chool Play was provided by it.

The Bamboo Pipe Class continues to grow numerica ll y under the g uida n ce of Miss Sheila Proctor.

F itchett Hall was the setting for th e First Term Recital on 13th May, when an invitation was extended to inte rested parents and fri end s. The school orchestra, an instrumental trio, a flute due t, trio f o r piano by juniors, voca l and instrumental solos, brought before the audien ce the valu able work that the S chool is doing.

An Origin a l Composition Contest resulted in success for Joan Rowell, whose " Song of the S ea," a three-part un accompanied composition, was performed at the School Concert by the Special Choir. Joan also wrote the words.

The inter es t aroused by this eventuated in a d ecision to award an Annual Scholarship for the enco uragement of o rig inal composition. A well -wish e r of the S chool , " Orpheus," h as made this possible, and the scholarship will commence n ext year.

The sentimen ts of the "Musical News"-tha t the P!J.st Students' Choir " can always be relied upon to provide art attractive and well-chosen

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programme"-indicate the p leasure which the hear er s derived from their Musicale held in Fitchett Hall on 24th July.

Beautifully-rendered motets, madrigals and part songs ( two of which were composed by their pianist, Miss Vera Eddy) were interspersed with trio and solo items by Misses Ziebell (violin), G. Prockter ('cello) and E. Fraser ( pia no), the assisting artists, who are members of our musical staff.

As a result of this concert, a cheque was handed over to Mr. Grove to help provide some of the necessary instruments for the percussion section of the orchestra. Thank you, Past Students, for your practical assistance and interest, and also for the prizes given to rhe music school.

Reports of the Annual Church S er vice and School Concert will be found under separate headings elsewhere.

The sole responsibility for the Inter-House Choral Con tests is in the hands of the girls.

The Houses elect their own co'nductress and pianist, and endeavour to bring th eir work up to a standard suitable for Dr. Floyd's adjudication. Th e h ymn chosen for competition is " All Creatures of our G od and King," to a n o ld Germa n Chorale, in both the sections, while the Senior S ch ool is p r e p a ring Handel's "Wher' er You Walk" as well, and the Inter mediates " The Miller's Song," by Schube rt.

On "Back to School Day" the Past S tudents were e ntertained in Fitch ett H all by individual perfo.rmers a nd by the Gl ee Singers, conducted by Ruth Walker, who repeated the two madrigals sung at t h e School C once rt. The School led the singing of three School songs.

We would like to take this opportunity of thanking Vera Eddy, an Old Collegian, for her delightful setting of " Deo Domuique."

A fine spirit o f co-operation exists amongst the members of Special Choir and th e small groups.

Apart from the enjoyment d erived from our rehearsals, it is encouraging to h ear from time to time that our efforts h ave given pleasure a nd help.

A party of girls have attended regularly the series of Celebrity Concerts unde r the direction of the Australian Broadcasting Commission, and have been privileged to hear worldfamous artists.

SILVER AND GREEN. We wish to convey our sincere thanks to all members of our musical staff for their interest a nd work during the year. Especially do we thank Miss Flockart for her ceaseless energy and leadership in promoting and extending musical activities and appreciation throughout the School.

-M.G.

Olwen Evans, Audrey Watt, Shirley Ebbott and Lorna C areer -gave a beautiful reading of Psalm 139.

The great event of our year was the public performance of " Richard of Bordeaux," in the G a rrick Theatre.

An account of this appears elsewhere in these pages.

Art of Speech.

At the present moment some of us are working hard for the Art of Speech Examinations, wh ich take p lace at the Conservatorium this month, and hope to maintain, if not excel, the hig h stan dard of previous years.

This year the number of students of the Arc of Speech increased so considerably cha t Miss Illingworth, A.A.S.A., a former pupil, joined the Sta ff as assistant to Miss Dwyer.

During the second term it was decided to found a Senior Elocution Scholarship, with portion o f the proceeds from the School Play.

The test revealed that there was much promising mate rial in the School. The scholarship was awarded to Joan Eltis, who gave an excellent performance.

The Verse Speaking Choir has not m ade any i:,ublic appearance this year, but at the ch u rch service several of its m embe rs-Rona Brown,

We desire to thank Miss Dwyer and Miss Illingworth for a ll the h elp and encouragem en t th ey h ave g iven us.

-0.E.

The League of Nations Union.

Towards the end of S eco nd T e rm it was decided to form an M.L.C. b r anch of the Junior Leag u e of Nations Union.

At our initiation ceremony on F riday, 7th August, Dr. P arkin, a Russian exile, spoke to

SILVER AND GREEN. us about his country.

Miss Jessie Brookes, the Vice-President of the Junior League of Nations Union, enrolled over a hundred members, presenting them with their badges. We feel that this was an eventful day in the School's history.

We have had several discussions on current events, particula rly in connection with Spanish affairs. Miss Lindsay presided at each meeting.

On Friday, 18th September, Fraulein Felicity Fent spoke to us. She is sixteen, and has b een in Australia for only eight months. In Germany she was a district leader of one of the Nazi Youth Groups. Therefore it was highly interesting to hear about Germany and Hitler from h e r point of view.

After such a fine beginning and such a large enrolment, our branch should continue to be one of the most interesting and most powerful societies in the School.

- J .H.B .

Foreign Correspondence.

This y ear M.L.C. has an interesti.n g foreign mail.

Our correspondents include a Russian refugee living in Paris; a Swedish girl who lives in Stockholm; an English girl; a F r ench boy, Jean Simon; an Indian girl, writing from America; an Armenian ; another French boy, Andre, who is very interesting and amusing; Germans and Belgians, and several others.

Their letters are alwa ys interesting, and often amusing, and have increased our interest in foreign countries and happenings.

-J.\V.

Pen Club Notes.

T he inaugural meeting of the Pen Club was held on 17th June, with Dr. Wade presiding. The object of the club is to encourage the production of lite rary work in the School and to give each othe r candid criticism of the works submitted.

During the Club's existence eight prose sketches have b een discussed, four sonnets and eight poems. Each work is read aloud, then discussed by the membe rs, criticised, and graded A, B, or C ( with finer distinctions if necessary) . The meetings have been very interesting.

Two sketches, one sonnet and hve poems were considered to be of a sufficiently high

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$tandard for submission to the Editor of "Silver and Green."

We should like to thank Dr. Wade for the inauguration of this new Club, and for her help at our meetings. If, as is said, the pen is mightier than the sword, "floreat Pen Club."

- 0.E.

Library Notes.

The Fiction Library.

What is the library? Not merely a collection of books, but a cool and inviting room, with wide windows facing on to the garden.

It is a retreat from the bleak quadrangle in winter, and many girls take advantage of its quietness and seclusion for extra study, or the completion of forgotten home work.

While one girl is interested only in W odehouse, another broods over Jeffrey Farnol, and another over romances by Georg ette Heyer-and so it goes. Some of the more intelligent and studious come and• promptly take what they want. Two girls are steadily translating from the French the story of the Vicomte de Bragelonne in ten volumes, others are reading in systematic order an example of each of the great novelists. Others are finding out a great d ea l about their own country by reading the better-known books about Australia.

Some to whom "Distant fields are always green," read the fine travel books which these days are published in such profusion. · They have a wide choice, and can glean much interesting and accurate information about Japan in such books as "A Daughter of the Samurai," about Soviet Russia from "Humanity Uprooted," and India from "A Passage to India."

The plays of J. M. Barrie, Milne, Housman and Galsworthy are in constant demand. The girls to whom people, rather than place s, are of interest also read biographies which are provided in great number.

Such magazines as the "National Geog1aphic, "The Bookman," "The Weekly Times" and the "Walkabout" are available.

Reference Library.

The Refe rence Library is used a great deal

by Senior History and English students and those who wish to while away dull moments in

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"preparation," when clear minds may range throug h space and take all knowledge for their province.

Any girl who takes the trouble to plan for herself a consistent course of reading h as at hand at M.L.C. books th at cover much of the best in English literaturebiographies, drama, poetry, essay and travel, from the time ·of Chaucer to the present day.

We are indebted to Dorothy Macdougall, Lorna Stinton, Mavis Allen and Audrey Watt, each of whom donated a book this year, and

to Joyce Thorpe, who has made available copies of the "Bookman " each month. We have also to thank Dr. Wade, who procured a valuable literary antique, "Ductor Dubitan• tium," by J eremy Taylor, Chaplain to Charles I. The book, still in excellent condition, was published in 1671, and its s ize, type, paper, spellin g, engravings, as well as its contents, have been of great interest to the School.

One wonders what its long history has been.

What a story it mig ht tell!

-M.D., T.T.

0Jriginail Conlt:Jributions Magazine Prizes

The Passing.

The Magazine Prizes have been awarded as follows:Senior Verse-Jessie Wigh t, " The Passing."

Senior Prose -Mary Thompson, "An Indian Bazaar in Fiji."

Middle Division "Lovely Spring."

Middle Division "Fijian Night."

Verse-Barbara MarReet, Prose-Alison

Lelean,

Junior Verse-Lurline Keck, " The Piper at the Gates of Dawn."

Junior Pros.,_:..Joy Anderson, "The Ad ven• tures of a Balloon."

Drawing -Truda Vear, "Sea Fever."

Snapshot-Cla i~e Smith, "Australia n Scene."

{Awarded the Prize for Senior Verse)

The woods are singing in the sunlight, And shadows quiver on the warm earth; The g reen lac.-s of the ferns are rustlin g , The grasses ripple with a silent mirth.

Beauty is walking in the woods to-day; Lightly, whitely, dance h er feet.

H er leaf-r ed lips are laughi n g-the wood stirs With wonder when Laughter and Beauty meet.

She passes like a flame between the trees, The sunlight on her ragged scarlet gown.

And the woods are hushed at her coming, And the ferns at her touch bow down.

Then swiftly as a sigh passes, Or shadows change-she is gone, And the grasses sway o'er the Rowers, And the woods sing on.

-Jessie Wight, Honour VI., House V.

SILVER AND GREEN. An Indian "Bazaar" 1n Fiji. ("Bazaar" is the Indian word for "Market.")

(Awarded the Prize for Senior Prose)

It is that p leasant time of day before the early morning has lost its freshness-and Saturday morning- the morning of the weekly bazaar in a little Indian township that clusters around a sugar mill on the ban½_ of th e wide, s low-ru nning Rewa River. The main street is crowded with hurrying people, and the liccle wooden shops are crying to look their best, freshly swept and with windows newly decorated. Lest he should miss an}' - of the morning's activity, the Indian barber has placed his victim in the open doorway of his shop.

Outside, a small Indian boy leans apathetica lly against the verandah post. He is Sita Ram, and t ired of playing marbles in a dusty lane, he idly watches the passers-by. His face brightens as h e sees the stout Madrasi ( eggwoman) swinging a lo n g in her wide skirts, the jewelle r y on h e r ankles jingling as she walks.

She carries her _eggs in a large bundle of cloth and h er mone,x tied up in a corner of her "sari" (shawl). Behind her comes a devout H indu. He keeps his head shaved but for o n e lock of hair on the cop, by which h e hopes to be p u lled up to Paradise when this weary life is over. His bare legs and arms are long and skinny, and his cloches hang about h im in fo lds. Here comes a Chinese market gardener carrying two baskets of vegetables, one on each end of a stick, which he l:.alances across his shoulders.

A group of n a tive Fijians, t all, dark a nd h andsom e, with the ir mops of thick, fuzzy hair, r;.ngh a nd joke among themselves as they pass wi th a rustling of g rass macs and a tinkling of coral necklaces.

Suddenly Sica Ram springs up with excitement. H e slips quickly through the crowd a nd 1?,rasps the hand of an o ld, grey-bearded man who stoops wearily as he walks.

It is his grandfath er, who has co me many miles across the river flats, bringing his three grey goats to sell. Many a time has Sica Ram listened with wide-open eyes co chis old man's tales of India, the great Motherland across the sea, of Bena res, the holy city, of feasts and festivals. palaces and temples. Together they go down to the bazaar, and now Sita Ram drives the

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goats, shouting " Ai Ao Ao," and waving a large stick as he runs barefooted behind chem.

Following the crowd, rhey soon come to a wide, open square beside the sugar mill. Here some of the selle rs have built bamboo shelters against rhe mill wall , while others a r e squatting under large umbrellas with their wa res spread out on the ground in front of chem.

H ere and there calves, goats or fowls are tied tc, convenient poses. The litcle boy scops to listen to the cloth-seller, who sits crossed-legged on a mat, surrounded by rolls of materials of di colours a nd varieties from fine silk to coarse homespun. He is bargaining over a piece of s ilk, with a fat South Indian woman seated C<•mforcably opposite him. Their voices rise and fall , emph asised by many n od s and gestures, and it seems chat they will argue for the r est of the morning. Sica Ram leaves chem to greet his friend, the jeweller, who is busily displaying ornaments of brass, brooches of silver, n ecklaces a n d a nklets. Around h is stall a re hanging strings of brightly.-coloured g lass bangles, sparkling in the sunshine. " Where is Bikari? " cries Sica Ram in Hindu. Bikari is the sweet-seller, always popular on Saturday mornings. H e is seated und er the shelter of an awning, with his sweets spread out on a tray in front of him, some in long sticky coils some soft and round, and all smelling st;ongl; of butter a nd spices. Sica Ram tosses hin:i a silver coin a nd scuffs his pockets with sticky morsels. His grandfather has disappeared, but h<' wanders on through the c rowd, past sellers of corn and rice, past pi les of pineapples, sta cks of sugar can e and heaps of vegetables.

Groups of Fijians a r e selli n g mats and baskets, hand woven from tough, dried g rass, and brightly-coloured necklaces of tiny shells o r coral. Other groups have shellfish, crabs and prawns, freshly caught a nd wrapped securely in la rge banana leaves tied with tough grass.

Sita Ram's sweets are soon finished, and, tired of the dust and the chattering people, tired of poking at che crabs with a stick co make them wriggle, he runs off co the river' s edge, where it will be much more interesting to watch a steam tug slowly dragging up the river a long line of punts loaded with su garcane for the mills.

-M. Thurnµsu n, I Iunuur VI., I Iuuse II.

SlLVER ANO GREEN.

14 Lovely Spring.

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn.

(Awarded the Prize for Verse, Middle Division)

{Awarded the Prize for Junior Verse )

Oh, lovely, lovely Spring!

When all the branches, which so bare have been, Are sending out new leaves of softest green; And a fte r all the cold and wintry r ain Th e trees just seem to come to life again In lovely Spring!

The P iper at the gates of dawn , Plays music, glorious to hear; His name is Pan, his little fawn Listens; 'tis pleasing to its ear.

P an, the shepherd, pipes away, That lilting music sounds again; It makes the very Bowers gay, That lovely sound'--like falling rain.

Oh, lovely, lovely Spring!

When almond blossom- palest pink and white-Shows up again st a sky so blue a nd bright, And fluttering down like softly falling snow, M a k es a white carpet on the grass below, Oh, lovely Spring!

Oh, lovely, lovely Spring!

When wattle trees their tiny buds unfold Until we see a mass of shining gold ; And the birds sing, and bees so gaily hum, T o welcome back the warmth , a nd flowers that come

In love ly Spring!

-Barbara Marfleet, Form XX, House IV.

Fijian Night.

(Awarded the Prize for Prose, Middle Division)

Queru lou s" bickering of flying foxes in the mango trees ripe fruit falling with rustle and plop.

In strident tones the town crier proclaims the duties of to-morrow, disturbing groups of merry children who chatter and play on the green.

From the vill age church the sweet strains of a vesper hymn are borne on the soft evening breeze.

The chirpin g of crickets mingles with the militant music of marauding mosquitoes, and carting fireflies weave fantastic patterns amongst the dark shadows.

Drooping casuarina trees commune in sighing whispers.

Stately coconu t palms stand sentinel, while creamy frangipani blossoms, g limme ring mysteriously, offer their incen se to the Queen of Night.

Doffing her golden coverlet as she rises, the full moon embarks upon the deep blue sea of night, scattering her largesse in showers of silver o n sleeping Fiji.

-Alison Le lean, L.V.b., House III.

And it will linger through the years, When I am growing old a nd worn; And I shall tell of Pan with tearsThe Piper at the gates of dawn.

-Lurline Keck, Form IV.c, House V.

The Adventures of a Balloon.

(Awarded the P rize for Junior Prose )

" G a ngway, please," shouted the exasp erated shop assistant for the third time as he tried in vain to push his heavy basket oi,, wh eels past some goss1pmg women. If one could have but taken a peep into that basket, piles of uninter- · esting e n velopes would have met the inquisitive eye.

These envelopes were soon n eatly piled on a counter of a busy shop. The envelope we are interested in is a certain one labelled " Dr. Nip." He himself was a wizened little piece of red rubber covered in black lines: in short-a ba lloon. H e, poor soul, felt out of things; crushed, unable to breathe the g lorious air which Boated past h is sealed en velope.

One morning a s poilt chi ld paid her threepence a nd carried poor " D r. Nip" away. When she r eached home sh e clasped him in her sticky hands and blew him up . He was thrilled to be at last filled with the delicious substance he had yearned for so long. His shape now had altered . H e was no longer a withered piece of rubbe r, but a ch armi n g gentleman, with ttousers, coat, tie, arms a nd shoes marked in black lines. A pair of spectacles adorn ed his smiling face. The child cried in contempt, "Ugly old man! I don't want you; go away.

I want a pretty balloon."

With that she let him go.

Dr. Nip was free a t last.

The now h appy A gust of wind

SILVER AND GREEN. swept by, snatching at him and whisking him high over the houses, streets and shops. Away, away, till at last he r ested in a bed of gold.

"This," thought Dr. Nip, "must be heaven" (but really it was a wattle tree). H e bounced on the sweet-smelling golden bed, and the blue sky and fleecy clouds were r eflected in his glassy eyes.

Presently he floated to the ground and rested a tiny, weeny green lawn in front of a poor little house in the first stages of dilapidation.

The only pleasant th ing about this house was its pretty little garden.

From the narrow doorway came a little child, who, seeing the balloon, cried out in delight, "Oh, pretty man, where did you come from? I will keep you for ever and ever." She picked up Dr. Nip a nd b ent an admiring gaze upon him.

Dr. Nip lived happily for a month (a ·record time for a balloon) .

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W e dream of palaces of gold, Where fountains flow with sparkling wine, And knights in armour as of o ld, An_d maidens clad in raiment fine.

But when at length the dawn creeps through, Reluctantly we turn to go; We see the sparkle of the d ew, And face the morning's ruddy g low.

-Helen Lockhart, Form XX, Ho use IV.

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- Joy Anderson, Remove B , House II.

A ustralian Night.

When evening spreads h er mantle o'er the land, And all the sky with s ilver stars is . sown, When all the slender gum trees softly moan , As though by dying breezes gently fann'd; The solitary camp -fire, like a brand, Surrounded by the darkness, shines alope.

The shadows and th e stillness so have grown, That a ll the bush is by a silence spann'd.

Far away, a distant, dim, dark peak Is faintly outlined 'gainst the purple sky, A lonely sentinel that guards the night.

And there, below the camp, a gurgling creek Still softly sings a drowsy lullaby, And all its ripples catch a moonbeam bright.

-Margery Ellis, Pass VI., House IV.

Sleep.

He steals upon you, soft and still, Enfolds you in his mighty arms; Earth bows before his s ilent willAll lives are free from ills and harms.

Enclosed within his strong embrace, All earthly fears and sorrows flee.

0 sleep! . What blessing could replace The b lessings we receive from thee?

Ladye Jayne.

Ladye J ayn e was a sweet, fair ladye, She lived in a castle over the sea; And she often plucked the lilac sweet, Which grew by th e bonny River Dee. G o d bless Ladye Jayne, bless h e r for m e!

'Way, 'way, Oh! it's miles from the castle, Stands a great grey solitary tree; Ladye Jayne still mourns for h er loverFor he was hung on that very tree.

God bless Ladye Jayne, bless her for me.

Ladye Jayne still longs for h er lover, Longs for the day when happily she May die , a nd th en go to God 's heaven , Lovers reunited, happily.

God bless Ladye Jayne, bless h er for me.

-Lurline Keck, Form IV.c, House V.

Beauty.

I wish that I could write one perfect poem, Splendid, glowi n g, m ~de of lovely t hings.

The pale-green sky of twilight, floating clouds; Sunlight on a parrot's crimson wings; Far-drifting sails, gold in the setting sun; Moonrise behind the pines ; night-moth's that pass; And scarlet poppies g lowing; stir of leaves; R ipp ling shadows; scent of sun-warmed grass; Speckled green eggs in a nest; a robin's song; Splashing of water; gleaming of fish in a pool; Pale -glistening sands where the white seagulls cry; Green fronds of drooping ferns; dim woods, a nd cool; Apple-blossom gleaming faintly wh ite Throu g h the g r ey dusk ; the white wings of a dove; Blue smoke; the smell of rain; and rose petals; And wind-tossed daffodils-a ll these I love.

-Jessie Wight, Honour VI., House V.

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At the Wishing Well.

The Bush Sentinel.

The wind was sighing through the trees, The fields were full of clover, The corn swayed gently in the b reeze As I set out for Dover.

The golden sun has gone to rest, The tiny birds lie sleepin g, All darken ed a r e the clo uds above, As night her way comes creeping.

I passed a long through lovely lanes, With h edges trim and neat, The birds were singing in the trees, Their tone was soft and sweet.

The owl forsakes his hiding place As evening's shades are falling, And soon throughout the forest d a rk His voice is softly ca lling.

I met a sailor with a sack, H e hailed m e gleefully, " ] ust come with me, my pretty m aid, If thou would'st happy b e!"

And so, as bushland t akes her rest, Nor wakens t ill the morning, The wise old owl his vigil keeps, Until the morrow's dawning.

- N. Kilfoyle, F . J . Cato Branch.

H e took me to a wishing well, Where everything was still, No sound of busy life was heard, Save the creaking of the mill. t:,

He sa id, "Four wishes you shall h a ve , Four wishes and no more."

I wished for h ealth, a nd wealth, and power, And friends around my door.

- Dorothy Whe al, Diploma A , House IL

Little Birds.

The little birds high in the tree, They wake me early as can b e, They whistle from the early .morn Untii the nig ht dew's on the lawn, A nd then they fly back to their beds To r est their tired little heads.

-Marion Little, .aged Branch.

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C a nterbury

Titus Timotheus Sausage.

Titus rests comfortably, but not quite cont entedly, for he has not had his tea. H e nods his head a few times, and while gazing at the flicke ring fire with half-closed eyes, drops into a dream of the mice he will catch during the night, -of warm beds, and of his friends.

With a sigh he sits on h is h a unches a nd tucks his little wh ite paws under himself, a nd, with a heave, settles for the night.

Whe n h e d ecides that h e will not be trodden on, h e closes his eyes, and soon dreams of a ll the things of which pussy-cats dream. Suddenly we hea r a weary sigh, and on looking to the hearthrug, we see a darling grey and white cat stretched out to his full length, the little pink mouth slig htly open, and a tiny piece of pink tongue projecting.

Still dreaming, he rolls on to his back, a nd a huma n voice says, " Bless him!" and Titus at once awakes and comes to himself again with a trem endous yawn. · - Joan Laing, V.a., House VI.

In Fairyland.

Two little wee folk, Dressed in silver and g r een, S at looking a t each o ther, Dreaming day dreams.

-Pat W illiams, aged 9 years, Canterbury Branch.

Spring.

And as she passed th e earth began to live again , The you n g rose lifted. h er face to the sky, The g rass grew g reen with joy to see her, And the birds r ejoiced as she passed by.

They sang t o the world: " Oh, see; she passesShe smiles and the sky is blue again; She laughs and the sun remem bers his splen dour, And rises to greet her, to honour her r eign.

-Olwen Evans, Honour VI., H ouse I .

SIL VER AND GREEN. Happiness.

I wonder what is truest happiness, I deeply wonder where can it be found, How can we to Elysium gain access?

Or does it everywhere on earth abound?

The wise and wealthy do not seem to know, And yet for it the world is ever seeking.

The happiness of children, their contentment, Whither does it come? Where does it go?

Why is the world with g ruesome horrors reeking?

Why are we lost in sorrow and resentment?

The world is full of truth and loveliness, 'Twas surely m eant for lasting peace a nd joy.

- June Barnett, Pass VI., House IV.

The Little Fawn.

In th e stillness of the forest, At the brink of the mounta in pool, Stands a graceful fawn; and a le r t, As h e stoops to the waters cool.

In the quiet h e h ears a sound.

Like a swift a rrow from a bow, H e has turned, and with one long bound, Is far and away from the glade.

Under bending boughs, through grasses, He b ounds a long. At last h e sees A wall and turrets, tall and g rey, Emerge from the towe ring trees.

On a fountain near the castle A bronze boy h olds a h erald's horn, With its long gold cord and tassel, As h e watches the gay fawn ' s d a nce.

And lo! the boy's m agic h our strikes, He rises up, and with the fawn Frolics, ' neath branches of blossom, To th e merry tune of his horn.

They reach a stream, a nd on a log, Lying in the reeds, sport and splash, Until the baying of a dog And sounds of the hunt fill th e ai r .

Each goes his way, boy to his fount, And fawn to his pool ; wh en a soundA loud cry of te rror- is hea rd.

The bronze boy speeds across the ground, And lifts the fawn to th e cliff-ledge, F a r above the murderous hounds.

Then sl owly, to the fountain's edge Returns ; and peace fa lls in the wood.

-Beryl Reynolds, Form V.b, H ouse II.

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The pale green lilies of evening a re dying, And the white clover flowers, their tiny faces blurred, Peer through the dusk, and listen in the stillness, To _where the shadowy-gleaming leav es a re stirred; And stirring like a sleeping child, they whisper, "We are the leaves, oh we, who know a ll things; Ours are th e age-sweet songs that all leaves sang When earth was new; the birds that try their wings Each year, amon g the branches of this tree Have told us all they know, and the grey rain Has s ighed out all her secrets in our ears; The voic~s of the rustling golden g r a in_ Rise up to us; but we mu st cease to singThe first fa int stars across the skies are calling, Cool winds will sway us gently as we r est , And we must sleep, for now the night is falling.

- Jessie Wight, H onour VI., House V.

A Thought.

A bright, g lowing fire is like a long h eal thy life, Both h ave small beginnings and similar en ds.

The m atch is the spark of life given to us To carefully fan and tend until it spreads, And catch es to the paper which is youth.

Youth, like the paper, is quickly spent, and leads Towards the longer li ved chips, which are maturity; Gradua lly the chips lead to the wood of middle age; More slowly the wood kindles with seemly continuity, I ts flames g ive life to the coal of old age.

Like the coal, old age lasts for a lingering while, T .h e r ed rose of life fades out of the fire, Out of old a ge l eavin g but a sheaf of withered fl esh To be burnt to grey ashes on the funer a l pyre.

- G. Butler, V.d, House I.

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The Sea Fairies' Playground.

Deep beneath the lapping water, Where the mermaids plant their gardens, Lies a wondrous fairy grotto, Bright with emeralds and topaz.

Dolphins dqrt berween the shadows, 'Neath the coral, laugh the urchins; Mermaids comb their golden tresses, All adorned with bands of seaweed.

There the sea-elves have their dances, When a deep green stains the waters; But when moonbeams dance so softly, All the mermen have their play-time.

-Barbara Taylor, Remove A, House V .

A Sailor's Life.

Down to the sea!

The wild, the great, the boundless sea; That's the life for me.

Over the waves !

To scent the sea breeze fresh and free; That's the life for me.

Fighting the storm!

Lightning and thunder, lashing the sea; That's the life for me.

But best of a ll, Is to climb the masts, the sails ro free; That's the life for me.

-W. Tourrier, Form IV.a, House V.

Animals at M.L.C. In the beginning there was Freddie. Freddie was a frog. He made his debut in the Prefects' Common Room, in a perforated tin, marked s imply "Freddie." No one except his owner knew what Freddie was. So we lifted the lid and looked. There was a wild movement in the tin, and we shrieked as the lid went on again. It was the last jump Freddie ever made. He was taken to the laboratory, where h e was sacrificed in the name of science.

Exit Freddie.

Then there was the cat who lived next door to Nicholas House. He was a black cat with an aristocratic tail. When we first saw him, he was sitting on the brick wall, washing his

waistcoat in the sun. "What a nice, friendlylooking cat!" we thought, and tried to stroke him. There was a sudden leap, and the black cat rushed madly off. But later, h e returned, and became civilised, and quite friendly.

Most of our animals do not stay very long.

For instance, there was Buck, the dog. Buck kindly adopted the school for a few weeks. He was black and tan, with a tail that curled over his back like a cup handle. He was patted, fed, powdered to prevent fleas, and even adorned with a bow, which he disdainfully tubbed off. He visited Fitchett Hall and once invaded a history class. After scratching himself violently (the powder was an obvious failure), he sat in the middle ·of the floor and yawned. The n he ran round to each desk, evidently expecting . to be patted. But he left, and the last time he was seen he was chasing a car down Glenferrie Road. I fear Buck will come to a sudden end.

Then the re were the animals who came especiall y for the Science Exhibition. The tortoise arrived in a paper bag. He persisted in wriggling, poked one foot out of a hole in the paper, and wagged it pathetically. Later he was transferred to a g lass case, where he lived in mud, and climbed -t he . sides for exercise.

The ferret inhabited a basket n ot much bigger than himself. He was accompanied by a notice, nFerrets Bite," a nd when he was not

sleeping he chewed his basket. Whether this was because he wanted freedom; or because he scented the Angora rabbit in the box nearby, I do not know.

The last visitor was a black puppy, who looked something like a spaniel. When I saw him he was chasing a ball down the quadrangle, his long ears flapping, and his tongue sticking out in anticipation.

The event of the year was, of course, the dog show. Details of the dogs may be found elsewhere.

P e rhaps some day M.L.C. may possess a zco. All strays would be welcome, of course.

Musical dogs would be a great asset to the special choir, coo. May we be there to see! And h ear!

-Jessie Wight, H onour VI.,. House V .

SILVER AND GREEN. Memory.

Thou art a flame That burns But to consume us.

Thou'rt heaven-born, And yet, earth-sullied.

All the truth Of ages Lies in thee; Yet never wilt thou understand.

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Olwen Evans, Honour VI., House I .

As My P oetry Book Sees Us All. " Forthwith this frame of mine was wrench'd With a woful agony."

Coleridge pictures the r esult when girls in the Inter-House hockey matches tried skating on the oval.

"Work, work, work Till the brain begins to swim" (Hood) The girl on the eve of her exam. who wishes she h a d set about her revision as Miss advised. ((Gloves as sweet as damask roses,

Masks for faces and for noses."

Shakespeare deigns to describe our School baseball catcher.

"Tell me not in mournful numbers Life is but an empty dream" (Longfellow) Riotous m embers who spend their leisure h curs in the detention room.

"Troubled, wilder'd and forlorn."

(Anonymous) After the first look at the dreaded exam. paper.

"And now it is an angel's song." (Coleridge) The school pay a tribute to House I. on its fine sin ging.

"Sick at the mighty space of air displayed Below her feet." (Masefield) Our gymn asts when sitting at the top of the ladders.

"The noise of their upnsmg all at once Was. as the sound of thunder hea rd afar."

Milton accompanies the authorities into Assembly.

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"They were great days and jolly days, At the best school of all." (Newbolt) The thought in the minds of those who must leave school at Christmas.

-R. R.R., Form V.b, House I.

To a Spaniel.

Silken ear veils h ead on feathered paw In shadow; he sleeps, but soon to wake, And in sleepy, stumbling fashion make His way towards me, sweecly warm from straw,

Snuffling at my h a nds, from them to d raw Comfort and affection; then, with rousing shake, H is independent way h e'll take, And go, the well-known garden to explore.

Save only for a slyly quiv'ring tail, Superb indifference g reets my summons low; Yet words of reprimand completely fail, At one look from those eyes that softly glow.

-Pat Stanley, V.a, House V.

A Story of the Future.

My story begins about the year A.O. 3000, when people had become so tired of scientific inventions that they had decided to forget them all. They even went to the length of becoming . cold-blooded animals. This, of course, entailed their sleeping all through the Winter.

About this time there lived a beautifu l maiden named Ug, who h a d many suitors. But the two whom s h e liked best were Woggles and Zig. W oggles was so handsome that I could not possibly describe him. Zig was so ugly that I shall not even try to describe him. But Zig was clever .

So Ug didn't know which to choose. If she closed her eyes and listened to Zig-heavenly!

But the moment sh e opened th em-horrors! If she looked at W oggles, he was wonderful, but the moment he began to talk he bored h er inexpressibly.

The trouble was that . she didn' t know to which she could most easily become acc ustome d -being bored by W oggles or horrified by Zig. At last Ug thought of something really clever. She called the two suitors and said to them, "This will I do. Whichever one of you will keep awake for m e all the Winter, that one 1 shall marry."

Well, Woggles, being Woggles, went away and tied sticks in his toes and pine needles in

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h is h air co keep him awake. Z ig did n othing.

H e sa t in his hue day after day, his h ead in his hands. W h en the people went under g r o und for che W inter , h e was still sitting the r e.

Bue Zig was concentrating. A nd as h e concen trated he slowly turned into a war m-blooded animal. On the d ay he became war m-blood ed Woggles expired of cold.

At the end of the Winter Zig claimed his lovely bride, a nd they wer e married, and lived happily ever after.

-Isobel Appleford, Pass VI., House III.

Our Sister School.

M.L.C., Perth.

S ituated on a hill overlooking Freshwater Bay, a beautiful bend in the S wan River, the M ethodis t Ladies' College, Perth, is in an unrivalled position for a girls' school.

Approaching it by a long drive bordered with flowering gums, one comes upon a large brick building, partly covered with ivy·, presenting a v ery cheerful aspect, with its broad windows.

In front of the building ther e are spacious lawn s a nd flower beds, while b eyond, n ear the main ·road, are t h e hockey field a nd tennis courts. Lee us walk up the broad scone st ep s and walk within co learn abou t our sister school so far away.

The school was founded in 1907, so it is so me years younger th a n its Melbourne sister.

Its colours are green, gold and b la ck. A bout 160 girls, including boa rders, attend the sch oo l, and lead a very happy life there. A ssembly is h eld at quarter past n ine in the big Assembly H a ll, and the day's work is finished at a qu arter to four .

The sch ool is divided into fou r Houses, whose s ilken banners h a n g at the end o f the Hall- "Ro m e," with a n eagle on a r ed banner; " Sparta," with a shield and " No Surrender" on a gold en banner; and " Athens," with a chariot on a green bann er . Each fort• night the girls w h o have ga ined the first fi ve places in their Form r eceive a n h~,nour mark.

The H ouse with the h ighest m ?~ks h as the privilege of hanging its banner on the front wa ll of the Hall.

Sport p lays an important p art in the life of the sc!-ioo l, and is ente red into enthusiastica lly.

T ennis a nd swimming a r e th e chief summer- sports. There are fo ur grass and th r ee h ard courts, a nd, n aturally, there is a rush

fo r chem after school.

Swimming is very popular, and the school has its private baths a nd dressing shed on the river below. InterHouse swimm ing s ports are h eld , a nd wh e n they are over the girls p r actise h ard for the Inter -School swimming sports.

T he Winter term spor ts are n etball, hockey and running, and, of course, teams are chosen to play other colleges.

Ac t h e sch ool th ere is a riding ring, and d uring the Second T erm girls can lea rn riding from an instructress. When they h ave r each ed a certain sta n dard they attend a riding school.

L ast year sever a l interestin g clubs were su ccessfu lly established in the sch oo l.

One of these was the French Club. Ir meets regularly one evening ever y three weeks, and is g r eat fun. Only Intermediate and Leaving Girls a re allowed to join. When th e Club meets, each member r eceives si:i: p eas, and wh en ever anyone h ears h e r speak a word of English she has co give up a p ea. The evenin g _, passes with charades, p lays, games a n d musical items, and alwa ys concludes with French folk son gs and the " Marseilla ise."

Ther e are also a Dramatic Club, a Photography Club, which meets ever y week, a nd a Guide a nd Brownie Company, which goes for hikes in to the hills especially when the wild fl owers are in bloom.

The motto of the P erth g ir ls, "Per Ardua ad Alca"-"Through roil to the heighcs" -sets before them something worth attaining.

- M a rgaret Thomas, P ass V I ., H o u se I .

Bait.

The little red fox slipped like a shadow out of his h o le and stood sniffing the moonlight.

H e was y o ung, and fe lt g la d to b e alive. T he co ol leaf-scented air sh a r pened h is hunger, and he r emembered chat it was a long time since he had killed. W .hen the moon -looked as if it were resting o n a bare silver bough , flung out against the sky, he decided that it was time co go. H e gave one lase look around, at che still bushes and the dark smudge that was his h ole, and then trotted off.

Th e trees threw deep b lack shadows acr oss his p a th, and the little fox wo uld pretend to b e afraid of them, and wo uld leap aside and then tro t on again. Wh en he came out of the woods to a long, grassy stretch, he began

SILVER AND GREEN. to run. He ran swiftly, for the pure joy of it, and as he ran his low, grey shadow raced ahead of · him.

At last, failing to overtake it, he dropped back into a walk, and his shadow walked sedately by his side.

He had decided to m ake for the river. The thought of the water, chequered with leaf. shadows, drew him to-night. Besides, killing was always good by the river, and he was very hungry.

Suddenly his black nose wrinkled.

H e raised his head a little, and sniffed again.

Food! H e h ad not expected to eat so soon.

He trotted on again, and the scent came stronger.

H e followed, and at last came to it. Food-raw, freshly killed-was lying there near a pool of moon light. He sniffed at it.

There was no sign of whoever had left it there.

He glanced round, suspiciously, and half fearfully, at the still black shadows, but there was nothing there. He sniffed agai_n at

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the food, and this time walked right ar.:.und it.

Then he decided to eat it.

It tasted just a little unusual-but he was very hungry.

At first, when he had eaten , he felt no change.

Only he no longer felt eager and glad to be alive, and somehow he could not see the moon-light so well as before. He trotted away slowly and wondered dully why his shadow seemed to move so wearily. Once h e saw it stumble, and sudqenly he twisted with agony, and a sharp yelp of pain came to the listening sh adows.

The trapper found the stiff little body o f the red fox in the morning. He did not know of the gladness that h ad run in the little fox' s veins, as he raced in the moonlight. He only thought, "Anoth er good pelt-that makes nine this time."

Life can be very h a rd for the little red foxes.

-Jessie Wight, Honour VI., House V .

" AUSTRALIAN SCENE." Claire Smith, IVb, House IV- Prize-winning Snapshot.

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SILVER AND GREEN. EVENTS OF THE YEAR. The Swimming Sports.

Our Swimming Sports a re u sually held rather late in the season, and consequently competitors were not surprised to find that Saturday, 7th March, was a grey, ch illy morning. But, fortunately for everyone, the weather improved, and the sports were held under h ap p ier conditions than were at first ex,pected.

House II. had an easy victory, but the oth er Houses struggled keenly to gain second place. The School v. House Relay Race had an exciting finish, when Joan Green (House) made a final spu rt and endeavoured to overtake Charlotte Davies (School ), who, however, had too great a lead , and School again won this event.

The Trip to Central Australia.

On Tuesday, 12th May, twenty-three excited M .L.C. sch oolgirls left Melbourne for Alice Springs. The trip was a thrill from beginning to end, and original, no school party having ever peen so far into the interior b efore.

Extracts from my diary will prove, p e rhaps, how interesting and thrilling our tour was, and, in addition, of great educational value.

Wednesday, 13th May.- Even the lack of sleep last night has not damped our enthusiasm.

On arriving at Adelaide we were met by Rev. Harris and kind friends, who drove us to Glenelg, and then to the Kuitpo Colony for un employed men and boys. We drove back to Adelaide, via Mt. Barker and Mt. Lofty. Coming d own the mountain o n e h ad a magnificent view of the city lights.

Thursday, 14th May. -Early this morning we left on the northern t rain.

We passed through farming districts , rather dry-looking red soil fringed with bare, brown hills. At midday we changed trains at T erowie, and again at nig ht at Qu? rn.

Friday, 15th May.-Some time to-day we crossed the "Border" into Central Australia, but I have no idea when. There was no signpost of any sort, and at first the scenery was just the same. Contrary to ex_pectations, we did not pass throu g h d esert. Th ere were lots of red sandhills, sp inifex a nd other grasses,

mulgas, sheoaks and ti-tree, with beautiful white gums in the dry river beds. Along the line were numerous paddy m e lons-and beer bottles.

Saturday, 16th May.-Both yesterday and to-day the sky has been blue and completely cloudless, but even so it is not very hot. The entrance to Alice Springs is rather impressive.

The train passed through a gap in the Heavitree R anges, a part of the Macdonnells. The whole township turne d out to meet us.

Monday, 18th May.-To-day the real fun began.

We left on a four d ays' camping expedition. Most of the staff travelled in a tourer car, the sick and the provisions went in the ambulance car, and che rest of us bumped along on the truck- on seats strapped on to the back. We arrived at Hermannsburg Lutheran Mission {84 miles west of Alice Springs) at nightfall, and lots of the n atives came running out to meet us.

Tuesday, 19th May.-Last night we slept out under the stars in our sleeping bags. It was cold. Early this morning we were fortunate. enough to witness a native funeral-a curious mixture of native rites and Lutheran ceremony.

All seemed very sorrowful, but a few children were laughing and playing on the cemetery wall. Afterwards we went in the cars to Palm Valley, about fifteen miles from H ermannsburg. It was a rough track a long the Finke .River Valley, throug h beautiful rugged mountains, ochre and rust in colour, with a few isolated trees and lots of scrub. Travelling over the pebbly bed of the river was not so bad, but the rest of the way was through loose sand. We had to get out dozens of times, put down the m ats, a nd push and then push some more. It took us live h o urs to ge t there. Palm Valley is beautiful. One side is a steep, red, rocky cliff with a few palms clinging on to the side.

Below, there are several beautiful, d ear pools reflecting the wall and the palms. .We arrived back at the Mission at 9.30 p .m ., tired and dirty, but happy.

Wednesday, 20th May.- This morning was spent in riding camels, donkeys an d horses and in playing football with some of the aborigines.

In the afternoon we left for the J ay Rive r, about 54 miles east.

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Sleeping Out in Central Australia

The " Road-Train," Central Australia.

Loading Firewood on " The G em ," Murray River.

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round the camp fire and then slept in the dry river bed.

Thursday, 21st May.-Early chis morning we left for Standley Chasm, about five miles away.

We wa lked the last mile along the · r ~cky b ed of a creek. The ch asm is magnificent, a narrow passage b etween two ta ll, towering cliffs. We carefully climbed up one very steep waterway, and more o r less slithered down the other side. We spent the afternoon swimming in a mountain pool near the camp .

Next we went thirty miles to Simpson's G ap.

The cliffs a r e reddish brown, but lots of boulders which had b roken o ff were pink, 'purple, and som etimes yellow.

There were several pools, and one rig ht in the Gap was a beautiful turquoise green.

Friday, 22nd May.- Much to ever yon e's regret, o ur camping trip came to a n end, a n d we returned to "the A lice." This after noon some of u s went by car to som e n ameless caves fourteen m iles south of Alice Springs. We p assed through g rassy cattle country, and n oticed Mt. Blacherskite, a high, rocky moun• tain , which, as its n ame implies, stands o ut from the others. The caves were a b it exciting; we tied a piece of string to a rock at the entrance, a nd then set off to explore with ca ndles ilnd torches. It was awfully hot, and sometimes we h a d to crawl along on hands and knees. Coming out, we felt rather like Theseus, who followe d the thread out of the la byrinth.

S aturday, 23rd May.-To -day we climbed Mt. G illan, a steep , rocky mountain, 3000 feet a bove sea level, covered with spinifex. In the evenin g we went to a corroboree. It was r ather inte r estin g a t firs t, but it b ecam e a bit m onotonous.

Monday, 25th May.- Unfortunately, our last d ay; we began by riding down to the G ap in _the road train , a twen ty-four wheeler transport unit. There a r e only two others in the world, so we were probably the fi rst school party to ever to ride on one. L a ter we drove om to the Wiggley Waterhole, which is off the road to D arwi n, a nd then to the half-caste mission, where we regr etfu lly lit our last camp fire and drank billy tea fo~ the last time in Central Australia.

We wer e all extremely sorry to leave Central Austr alia, where we had h ad a great holiday.

We are very g r ateful to Rev. and M r s. H. Griffiths, Rev. Ken. Beckett and our hosts and hostesses in Alice Springs, who were r esponsible for making our May holidays the best that most of u s have ever had.

- J .H.B.

On Sleeping Out in Central Australia.

In dry a n d sandy r iver bed we lay, Ben eath a cloudless sky of starry light; Awestruck I wonder ed a t what dizzy h e ight .A re star s, how man y million miles away?

I gazed at Sirius, the Milky Way, And South ern Cross: those jewels of the night.

H ow many stars li e there beyond m an's sight?

On earth h ow many shed a gleam ing r ay?

A star fast fl ash'd across the sky.

A babe was born. I wondered whereOf poor and lowly parentage or high?

Oh, would it live a u seless life, or dare To conquer a new world? I breathed a sigh, Then slept, soothed by the quiet midnig ht air .

- June Barnett, Pass VI., H o u se IV.

Our Corporate Communion S ervice.

On Wednesday, 29th April, there was h eld our first School Communion Service; but so in spir in g was it th.at it is th e hope of all of u s who shared in it th at it will become a p e rma_n en t feat ure o f our school life.

For m a n y weeks prior to its occurrence Mr. Grove, Dr. Wade and other s of the School staff had prepared fo r chis service. Mr. Grove h ad met personally all chose girls who h ad expressed a wish to join in the service, and h eld small preparation classes for ch ose who would then be making th eir first commun ion.

On the morning of the service 134 girls from the Senior School and 17 members of the staff, with Mrs. Grove, Dr. ·wade and Miss Hunt, made their way to the beautiful little Barker 's Road Church . There the service was held, marked throughout by a specia l atmo sphere of reveren ce. It was conducted by Mr. Grove, assisted . by other min isters close ly associated with the School- Mr. Keck, Mr. Sussex, Mr. Warren, Mr. Jud kins and Mr. J ennings.

For all wh o shared in chat act of consecration and wiLness it will ever be a memorable occasion.

SILVER AND GREEN. Anzac Festival.

One of the interesting events of the year was the Anzac Festival. This was inaugura ted by the Anzac Fellowship o( Women, who d ec ided to commemorate Anzac fittingly by encouraging the arts of p eace-music, song and story.

We were specially interested in the V er seSpeaking Section. Mr. F. D . Clewlow was the adjudicator.

Those under sixteen were r equ ired to speak Masefield's " West Wind," and the S e nior Section Lauren ce Binyo n 's "For the F a lle n ."

Ten schools sent representatives, and we we r e fortunat e enough to secure the first prize in both sections, Shirley Ebbott and Joan Rowell being the r espective winne r s, while second p lace in the S e nior S ection was shared by Ivy Spiller and Olwen Evans.

The F estival itself took place in the Assembly H a ll on Anzac Night, and the progra mme was a very e n joyable one. Shirley and Joan again spoke their poems, and the P resident, Mrs. White, O.B.E., presented each wit h a cheque for £1 / 1/- to be used in p wrchasing bo oks.

Anzac Day was observed b y the S chool in our traditional fashion, and a b eautiful laurel wreath was placed on t h e Honour Board, which p e rpetua lly commemorates th e war•time service of our Old Collegian nurses.

- O .E.

The School Church Service.

The Annual S ch ool S e rvice, h eld in the Auburn Methodist Church, on S unday evening, 10th M ay, was conducted by the Princ ipal of the College, the Rev. J. W. Grove, assisted by the ministe r of the church , Rev. H . K eck.

The Spe~ial Choir led the si n g in g of the h y mns a nd of the T e D eum a nd th e responses.

W a lford D avies' Intro it, " God B e in My Head," su l)g in the vestry, opened in a fittin g atm ospher e of r ever ence a very impress ive service. T wo anth ems, S ir H erb e rt O a key's "Even ing and Morning" a n d H . A. D o n a ld's "Th ey That Trust in the Lord " were r e ndered by the Specia l C h oir .

Five m embers of the VerseSpea king Choir r ecited the First L esson ver y b eautifu lly, and t h e Vocal Q u a rtette, makin g its first p ublic appearan ce, sa n g a n a rra n gement

by E . H orne of a "Choral H a llelujah."

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The whole service was broadcast, and m any letters co n veying a ppreciation were received from liste n e rs in various parts o f the country ..

The Colleg e M o tto, " Deo D omuique " - "For God a nd for Home," was th e subject of t he Principal's inspir ing add ress, "which r evealed the high ideals for which the College sta nds" ("Specta tor " ). ~M.D.

Athletic Sports.

A more perfect day for our Annual S ports could not have been wished for . A part from a f ew slipp ery spots, the g r o und was in a splendid condition.

Mu ch inter est centred r ound the H ou se contest, the r esult b eing in doubt until near the end, when House III. gained o n ce more the "Bettye H a mmond" Cup. The S chool's r e p resentative races were keen ly contested, visiting teams from St. Mi ch ael' s, Fintona, M .L.C. Elsternwick, S t. Margaret's, Warwick, M.C.E.G .G .S ., St. C ath eripe's, J'intern and R osbercon competing. We congratulate M .C.E.G .G.S. on winn in g th e R epresent ative R a ce, and our own School on wi nning the Inter-S ch ool Flag R ace.

An innovation in the progra mme this year was the inclusion o f a race for Old Girls, a nd a Fa the rs' R a ce. These contests proved very popula r.

The appointment of s ome of the fathe rs a s a djudicators a lso added inte r est; a nd we thank them fo r their se r vices.

Gra titude is due to Mrs. Grove, who g r aciously presented the trophies a t the con clusion of the sports; to Miss Blaxland a nd other m emb er s of the staff, a nd to the Sports Committee.

Final House Points.

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Excursions.

The m ost i11teresting side of some of ou r school su bjects-from a girl' s point of viewis excu rsions. This seems a fitting place to tha nk th ose mistresses who, in their own time, h ave made these o utings possible.

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Miss Hall has taken two botany excursions this year. In Term I. several girls went to Middle Brighton. It was very hot, so they ended the day by h aving afternoon tea and a swim. One chilly day in Term II. they went to Sherbrooke Forest, and search ed for specimens in the damp and cold gullies. As a botany excursion, this was quite successful, but the girls bemoaned the fact that, after trudging so far, there was nowhere dry enough to sit down.

Miss Hay and Miss Luke have taken girls for several excursions in c~nnection wi th their

geography studies. Parties of sub -intermediate girls went to Gardiner's Creek, to Studley Park, a nd to Victoria D oc k.

Girls in sub-intermediate Forms went to the Royal A gricultural Show, where they incidentally indulged in the delights of sample-buying, although their primary motive was to study Australia's industries.

Intermediate geography girls went one day to the docks. One party went over a German cargo boat, the "Leuna," while the others went on the Dutch ship "Niew Zeeland." Girls taking Honour and Pass Geography have b een to Heyington, Pelaco Shirt Factory, Kew Golf Links, Studley Park, and Victoria Dock. In Term I. girls in Pass VI. went to Black Rock, then on co Beaumaris, to notice rock formations

along the coast. One of their most interesting excursions was to the Model Dairy in Cotham Road , Kew, on one morning in Term I. They saw the butter factory and the different stages of purifying and bottling the milk. They were taken into an office and shown how the milk was tested for bacte ria. But the most exciting time came when the hostess brought in trays of fresh milk ice blocks in various flavours.

Needless to say, the party came back to school feelin g refreshed and content.

A few Honour VI. geography girls visited the Mint in Term II., and others went to study the Coburg bad lands.

A party of girls went to a n a rt exhibition at the Melbourne Boys' High School. Amongst other inte r esting art work, they saw so m e tapestry , pottery and designs of buildings from the o ldest in Egypt, to th e most mode rn of American sk yscrapers.

On Wednesday evening, 23rd September, g irls interested in science went to the annual

Science Exhibition at the Univer sity.

T hey

were specially interested in ''Eric," the man

who allowed people to take out and inspect any part of his body but his appendix. If anyone was daring enough to perform this operation, he elicited sharp groan s from poor Eric.

A parry of girls interested in mothercraft visited one of the Victorian Baby Health Centres, and some of the domestic science students h ave visited the Electricity Commission 's demonstration room.

One could extend the list, but these will serve to show how varied a r e the interests in a modern schoolgirl's life.

-C.R.

The School Concert.

Music in its various forms was presented to

an enthusiastic a nd appreciative a udience, which gathered together at the Melbourne Town Hall on Monday, 24th August. This was the second of our a nnual concerts, which have replaced the older form of speech night.

The combined school of 500 voices rendered "Land of Ours," by Margaret Sutherland; "O, Brother Man," by N. Demuth, and "Ring Out, Ye Crystal Spheres," by G eoffrey Shaw, as its first bracket; and as a finale " The Peat-Fire Flame," a Hebridean song arranged by Kenn edy Fraser; "Sea Feve r," by John Ireland, and. "Deo Domuique," by Vera Eddy (an Old Collegian).

"The singing was marked with taste and expression," commented the ''Spec-

ta tor"; and the "Musical News" said, "The whole of the con certed singing was devoted to choice items, and exceedingly well done."

As a conductress of two-part unaccompanied madrigals, Ruth Walker obtained good results with the Glee Singers, a n ewly-formed choir of eighteen voices. They rendered "Sing We and Chant It," by Thomas Morley , a nd the "Elves' Dance," by John Bennets.

The "Argus" commended the "diction and delightful gaiety of rhyt hm" in Ba ildon's "Once in England's Age of Old" and Bach's "A Little Folly," which the Glee Club also r e ndered under Miss F lockart's leadership.

Unaccompanied part songs by Sir Edward E lgar, Frank Bridge and Joan Rowe ll (a present student) and thr ee acco mpanied arra n gem ents of nursery rhy m es by Sir Walford Davies wer e the con t ribu tio ns of t h e

SILVER AND GREEN. special choir of 80 gi rls, who helped to maint ain the excellent standard of our music school.

The School Orch estra has h a d an interesting a nd busy year under the leadersh ip of Miss Ziebell. Under the baton of Miss Flockart, it excelle d itse lf at the School with its p erforma n ce of the Minuet and Trio from Haydn' s S ymph o ny in D, J . H. Fould's "Kelcie L ament," and " The Rustic D a nce" ·by C. Woodhouse.

The "Musical N ews" paid high tribute to its success with this comment: "The orchestra' s basis of strings was beautifully tuned and played With smooth effect, while there was a lso a ver y musical array of woodwinds." We take this opportunity of saying a special thank you to members of staff, who so kindly offered their ta lent for the orchestra's dev elopment, and also to all past students who joined with us in this special e ffort for the concert. Your interest and practical assistance was greatly appreciated by all concerned, and we hope you will continue to h e lp us on future occasions.

Under the directio n of Miss Blaxland, the Middle School girls added further variety to the programme, with rhythmic interpretations of a Scandinavian Fes tival M a r ch and of English Folk Dances.

The School Quarte_tte, cons1stmg of Marian Gyles, Sylvia McPherson, Pat Chellew and Margaret Dugan, sang a d elightful son g, " Love and Mirth," by Max Vogrich.

Moskowski's Waltz in C M aj or charmed the a udience when played by three little junior pianists.

Valerie Clayfield (violin) , Gwen Basset ( ' ce llo ) and Jessie P a rsons (piano) rendered an instrumenta l trio by Coleridge-Taylor.

Some individual items by N oel H eaddey and Audrey H a rrison (piano), Valerie Clayfield (violin) a nd Audrey Walklate (flute) and P a t Chellew (singing) r evealed the talent of our musical students.

A fasci n ating exhibition of rhythmic work wa s given by the Junior Percussion Band, under the baton of Mary E gg leston , in excerpts from Gilbe rt and Sullivan' s " The Gondolie r s." Miss Sheila Proctor was in charge of thi s section, a nd by the enthusiastic reception wh ich the b and received she was r eward ed for h e r very interested and untir in g ser vice.

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We were most grateful to the authorities for the very attractive programmes provided at this concert.

Again quoting the "Musical News": "It was· very evident from this concert under Miss R .

Flockart' s d ir ection, that the M.L.C. is c overing a wide field in a clever way that will have r eal effect on the musical fu ture of Victoria."

-M.G .

Science Exhibition.

A successful Science Exhibition was h eld in the laboratories on Friday, 26th June. The School showed a keen inte rest in the display, which was demonstrated by members of Inte rmediate, P ass, a nd Honour Forms.

Among the many exhibits in the electr_ical section were two bulbs illuminated by current produced by a generator, illustrating the principle of the electric lighting system, a nd an electric bell proved a ve ry noisy exhibit. A strong electro-magnet, attracting and releasing a h eavy iron ball, demonstrated ,the use of electro-magnets in pickin g up scrap material in factories. The production of hyd_rogen and oxygen from water by means of electrolysis showed the chemical e ffect of an electric current. Several m agnetic maps were exhibited, and visitors made others by sprinkling iron filings round strong bar m agnets . Prisms showing the dispersion of l ight into its seven primary colou rs were seen in the section on light. The distorted r eflections obtained by_ concave and convex mirrors caused much mirth.

The younger girls were amused by the pin-hole cam era, through which they could 6ee an inverted Cato House. In the section on sound the most inte resting exhibit was the one-wire sonometer , on which many tried t h e ir musical ability. Ingenio u s spring and b eam balances, made by sub-Intermediate g irls, were exhibited.

On the chemical side the a nalysis of unknown salts was d e monstrated; m any specimens of rare metals and o r es were shown.

Several su bstances in unusual crystalline form looked very beautiful, particularly the purple iodine flakes a nd threads of silver. Another exhibit which was pleasing to the eye was the fascin ating multi-coloured garden of crystals g r o wing in Ovo. The distillation of water a nd the manufacture of e u calyptus from gum leaves was ca rried o ut by Intermediate students. I n the

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dark room the working principle of neon signs was demonstrated by passing an electric spark through a tube containing carbon dioxide. licre also was shown the ghastly appearance of the human skin when illuminated by the light from a sodium flame, Among the many exhibits in the Biology section were the development of chicks, the structure of the brain of the sheep, the internal economy of a fish, and the dissection of a ·bullock's h eart.

The marvellous detail a nd beauty of a beetle's wing under a microscope Attracted more than a passing g lance from visitors.

Of interest to sufferers from hay fever was the chart showing the different plants which cause this complaint at different times of the year. The li ve animals-tortoise, rabbit, and ferret-interested all visitor s. (A warning, "He bites," on the cage of the lastnamed was a reminder th at he does not like to be stroked.)

Exhibits from Japan, cleverly bottled and labelled, provided an entirely unique disp lay.

The result of a questionnaire issued throughout the School showed that the exhibition was of real interest to all.

The Dog Show.

There was no need for strangers to ask where the Dog Show was being held, on Saturd ay, 19th September, for from the M .L.C. sports .g round came more noise from the dogs than even their owners could make. There were: "Great dogs, small dogs, lean dogs, brawny dogs, Brown dogs, black dogs, lean dogs, tawny dogs."

It was a warm afternoon, and there was a good attendance of owners, onlookers and dogs . All dogs were kept on the leash, but this did not prevent them from scuffling and fighting.

Among the competitors we re Miss Ritter, ·with her huge Alsatian, "Freck"; Jean Parry with a wonderful Eng lish sette r , "Brutus Boy"; Marian Gyles with h er mongrel, " Jonathan"; Roma Turner with a tiny spaniel, "Jeff"; Marjorie Bryant, with "Rex," and H ebe Salter with the on ly C h ow entered for the show, Pat Andrews, a very small girl, was there with a very large Alsatian, " Flash," and Reiwa Ellis

provided another striking contrast by carrying a tiny dog called "Twink," dressed like its mistress, in M.L.C. uniform.

The ··two most amusin g sections were the entries for "the most graceful hurdler" and "the best dressed dog." There were two heights for the hurdles, and only the larger dogs managed the real hurdles, most of the animals gliding easily over long b enches or polishing their stomachs as they went. Margaret Dugan set an excellent but unfollowed example to "Freck."

The fancy dressed dogs were very amusing, particularly the dashing young surgeon, accompanied by his coy little nurse. There was a Pierrot and an M.L.C. girl, and a grandmother who found it rather difficult to keep her specta cles on.

By this dog show we .raised approximately £16/10/ -, of which about half was given to complete the purchase of a wireless trans_mitter for the Methodist missioner at Alice· Springs and the rest to help furnish the M.L.C. ·room in the new college for _,;-omen at the University.

-P.C.

The School Play.

I 936, and the second year in the life of the Dramatic Society, dawned with a goal to work for-a play was to be produced.

After serious thought, it was decided that "Richard of Bordeaux," by Gordon Daviot, would be very suitable. Many of the girls )<'ere disappointed, as the ir h ear;s had been set on a modern play, but the wise choice of Dr. Wade and Miss Dwyer was soon seen when it was realised that, if we carried out the performance of this very difficult play successfully, we would be raising the standard of school productions.

The cast was chosen, and the First Term and the early weeks of Second Term were devoted to the arduous learnin g and rehearsal of parts. And then, when the time was ripe, the great night came. The first public p e r forma nce by the M .L.C. Dramatic Society was given on 2nd July, 1936-an historic event, Behind scenes that night, from 6.3 0 p.m. or earlier,, a ll was h ectic. The dreams of those excited m embers we re at last coming true.

Petticoated figures, wigs, towels, grease paint, dapper courtiers, pages, earls dema nding their

SILVER AND GREEN. i?elts and hose in schoolgirlish voices; a serious divine shaking with laughter at his (?) reflection ; a scurry of footsteps; a bell; subdued voices ; then, the curtain rose, a n d the audien ce saw, miraculou sly enough , a corridor in the Royal palace at Westminster, in which two pages we re playing dice quite as calmly as if it were a daily occurrence. Then the king made his dramatic entry. But why go on? The play is familiar enough to a ll of us. Let it suffice to say a few gen eral r e marks of congratulation to Sylvia McPherson ( Ri chard II.) ~ who did an excellent piece of character work, calling fo r th · p r a ise from seve r a l drama tic critics ; to Marie Rendle (Anne of Bohemia),

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Richar d's charmingly feminine and tru ly r egal queen; to Shirley Ebbott (the Duke of Gloucester) , who bound the play together by h er embodiment of the surly, overpowering baron ; and to all the rest of the colourful cast.

All the per formers certainly excelled themselves in that first experien ce o f the footlig hts; but without the able and untirin g leadership of Miss Dwyer their work would have gone for n othing. On behalf of the Society, we take this opportunity of thanking Miss Dwyer for her invaluable tuition a nd directio;.,.

We also sincerely thank the School Orchestra for supplying the incidental music at our play.

- J .S.R.

THE CAST.

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" RlCHARD OF BORDEAUX" Cast of Characters: Page Maudelyn (later the King's Sec retary ) Olwen Evans Page H elen Lockhart

Richard I I. Sylvia McPherson A nn e of Boh emia (his Queen ) Marie Rendle Duke of Gloucester (Uncle to Richard) Shirley Ebbott Duke of Lancaster (Uncle to Richard) .. Audrey Watt Sir Simon Burley ( the King's Tutor} Margery Combes Duke of York (Uncle to Ric.ha.r d) . . Muriel Masters Michael d e la Pole (Chancellor ) .. Ivy Spiller Earl of Arundel (Uncle to Richard) Lorna Mitchell Archbishop of Canterbury (Uncle to Richard) . . ..

Roma Thomas Robe rt de Vere ( Earl of Oxford) J udith Clarke Mary Bohun (Countess of D e rby) Marie Grenness

Agnes Launcekron (the Queen's Waiting Woman)

Edna Murdoch H enry, Earl of Derby (Son of La ncas ter) ..

Yvonne Martin Thomas Mowbray (Earl of Nottingham) Gwenda W ilson Pages Marion Gatliff, Edith Parsons Sir John Montague . . . . Mary Benson

Edwa rd, E arl of Rutland ( S on of York) A

Waiting Woman A Doctor A Man in the Street Second Man Third Man Woma n with Loaves Woman with Vegetables First Page Second Page Lord Derby's Page

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J oan Rowell

Marion Mather Patricia H ewson Margaret Dugan June Bassett Loris Smith Betty Gray Joan Thomson J ean Todner Valerie Howgate Jean Forrester

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Prefects' Party.

On Thursday, 15th October, Rev. and Mrs. Grove, Dr. Wade, Miss Hunt, Miss Dahle and the Associate Prefects were the guests of the School prefects at a "Salmagundi" evening.

Games were played in the School Gymnasium, where everybody joined, with a great spirit of fun, in threading needles, fishing corks out of water, playing musical arms and singing nursery rhymes. Supper was held in the Prefects' common room and a very happy evening concluded by the singing of "Auld Lang Syne."

- J .P.

Murray River Trip.

On S aturday evening, 29th August, from about 6.30 p.m., No. Platform, Spencer Street, was filling with M .L.C. girls and their relatives and friends. When the Adelaide express ca me in there was a scramble for compartments and window seats, and the last few minutes were used to the best advantage for those worthy pieces of advice usually given by parents when we are escaping their watchful .eyes. And then we were off! And thus 45 students and six supervisors set out for Adelaide on a Murray River tour.

The supe rvisors were Mr. Grove, our guardian; Mr. Gilchrist, 0 our uncle"; Miss Shannon, our organiser; Miss Keighdey, our 0 sister"; Miss Stone, and lase, but not least, Miss Hamer, our accompaniste and poetess.

On the journey across to Adelaide very few slept more than a couple of hours. The floor and the rack were tried as b eds by some of us, but did not stand the test of time. At Seawell two more of the party boarded the train, a nd we were the n complete.

We ar rived in Adelaide about 9 .20 a.m., and as soon as possible made our way across to the Grand H otel, where we were spending the day.

The morning was taken up writing letters, and the afternoon in .s ight-seeing.

At night we attended the Methodist Central Mission, in which service the schoo l, represented by Mr. Grove and Olwen Evans, participated.

We left Adelaide at 8.15 next morning, and sped on our way to Morgan, where we h ad our first _ g li_mpse of the steamer "Gem," and

were convinced that we were going to h ave an enjoyable and interesting trip.

B~rri: Renma rk, and Wentworth, about which we had h eard at school, were visited and explored. We often pulled up at lonely spots to load wood, of which the steamer used h a lf a ton in an hour. These stops .en abled us to e xplore the country around.

Interesting, though not easily comprehended, were the locks. Eventually we understood that the locks were used for purposes of irrigation.

There are two sets of gates to th_e locks. The first gate opens and the steamer sails in; the gate closes behind, and the water rises around the boat; the other gate then opened, and the vessel passes out. We passed five locks, but, because of floods, the water was high enough to permit us to sail right over some of them.

The days were usually spent in lazing on deck, and the evenings in entertainment. The first night on board we h eld a fan cy dress parade. Mr. Grove, as the "Lady" Principal," caused much amusem e nt, and Edith Lenne, as "Cabin No. 18," gained the prize for the most original.

On Tuesday night W'! held an impromptu concert, and on Wednesday a paper fancy dress parade took place. The captainone of our guests-was so impressed that he asked if we would in vi ce the workers of the lock we were approaching to see us, and send an account of the evening to the R enmark "Times·. " This we did.

All good things must come to an end, a.:d we disembarked at Mildura about five o'clock on Thursday evening. After h av:ng our photographs taken and being officially r eceived by the Mayor, we went to our r espective lodgings. .Mr. Grove took us all to the pictures in the evening.

Friday morning we thorou g h ly e nJ oyed, for we were taken a thirty-mile run round Mildura and Redcliffs. We visited two orange groves and came away laden with fruit. We visited the R edcliffs Dried Fruit Packing Shed, and the pumping station, a nd returned to Mildura by a tortuous track across plains. The afternoon was spent as each g irl pleased, and at 8.45 p.m. on Friday we regretfully left for Melbourne.

- H.D., O .E.

SILVER AND GREEN. Birthday Night.

This year Birthday Night took place in Third Term. On the afternoon of the event• ful day busy workers changed the dining hall into a place of gaiety, and the excited boarders in their pretty frocks added much life and colour to the scene. During the singing of "For They Are J oily Good Fellows" the staff made their way into tea, where Mr. and M r s.

Grove and Miss Hunt were presented with flowers by three Cato children.

At the end of a thoroughly h appy and enjoyab le meal the S enior Prefect presented Miss Hunt with a Bible as a token of thanks for h er help throughout th e year, and, having lit the 87 candles of the cake, which were extinguished by the four youngest boarders, the happy party adjourned t o the gym. to dance till the arrival of their guests.

The evenin g proved very interesting, a nd the amateur actr esses were well received by the a udience. Although the numbers of the p e rformers were h andicapped owing to the absence of the examin ation girls, there was plenty of variety in the programme-dialogues, p lays, singing a nd d ancing made up the items.

Afte r a m ost enjoyable entertainment, everybody flocked to the dining h all, where supper awaited a ll. H appy, but sorry that the event• ful evening was over, the boarders bade adieu to their guests, who expressed their great pleasure in having been invited to join in this a n nual " House" festivity.

- LC.

The Flower Show.

On 16th Octobe r the annual Flower Show was h e ld in the Baths Building. It was, as in previous years, a competition between the six school Houses for the best disp lay of c ut flower a. For the first time, a ll the arranging of exh ibits and the general management were unde rtaken by the M iddle and Junior sections of the Houses, and, unde r the lead ership of Miss Hall, they achieved a great success.

Each House had a stand formed of d esks cove r ed with paper or cloth of its particular colour. Saleswomen and sweepers were chosen for each House, and the Forms were a llotted different times at which to visit the Show. A coin was char ged for admission, a nd the exhibits were sold after the judging.

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There was a g reat variety of beautiful flowers, one House having as many as 42 different kinds. Tulips and lilies of the valley pr~ved the most popular specimens, and were eagerly bought.

Besides vases of flowers, there were many attractive bouquets and buttonholes made of smaller blooms and bedded on moss.

M r s. Grove and Mrs. Danks acted as judges, and awarded points for arrangement, blending, quality and variety. The results were as fo llows :-House III., 91 points ; House VI., 85; House I V., 84; House I ., 78; House V., 74; House II., 72.

The Flower Show was a great success, as each House did its best, not only to make its particular display a line on e, but also to achieve beauty and success for the whole Show. The proceeds, £7 / 4/ 6, will b e used to purchase something of beauty for the School.

- Form XX.

RESIDENT STUDENTS' NOTES. M uch excitement was caused at the beginning o f the year when old girls were welcomed back and new girls greeted.

Eve ryone was v er y soon enjoying the happy life of school.

We wer~ sorry to lose Miss Fletcher, who· h as become non-resident, but welcomed Miss Proctor and Miss Bennett.

The · fou r prefects were appointed early in the year, and Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta, under guidance of the n ew House Captains, commenced keen rivalry for the much-desired cup. The Old Girls' Concert was returned by a very good programme from the new g irls, each filling a very enterta ining S a turday evening.

On 31st March, just before Easter, one of our number, Nance Beresford, passed away.

I t was a great sorrow to us a ll, and we miss her bright, cheery face very much.

The Boarders' Swimming Sports, First Term, proved very popular, and amon g much fun and excitement G a mma was victorious . More interest was taken than in previous years, a nd a g r eater variety of events made the programme more interesting.

In Boa rders' sport hour after school, we played the Inter-House tennis matches. After some close games, Gamma won the finals.

Basket-ball matches provided tense moments,

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HOUSE PREFECTS. Left to right: Sylvia McPherson, Ivy S pi ller, Lorna Carter (Senior House Prefect), Dorothy Smith.

and the finals b etween D e lta a nd Alph:3- were keenly contested, the form er being victorious.

"Early in the morning , when the dew was on the ground," shouts of excitement issued from the sports · ground, where the finals of the h ockey were being played between Beta and Delta. These games were keenly contested, and D e lta's was the winn.ing team.

During First Term a very pleasant Saturd ay was spent at St. M argar et' s School, Berwick. Our picnic lunch was most enjoyable, and our b aseball team won their match . Much f,;n resulted, especially among the less experienced, during the episodes of horse-ridin g.

As u sual, social even ings chis year have brought to t h e for e ta lent that otherwise might h ave b l ushe d unseen. Enjoyable outings were spent a t the Scotch College Play, and the Celebrity Concerts, and " La Meri" proved a g r eat favourite. Many Saturday evenings were filled with charades or gam es.

Perhaps the most popular evening was the fancy dress competition, held on the spur of the moment. The

prize-winner, uOur Salvation Army Lass," was

· closely followed by the "Mocher of the Sophisticated Schoolgirl," and a remarkable variety of characters proved the originality of the boarders.

The boarders came to the fore in the School play, "Richard of Bordeaux," which took place at the Garrick Theatre in Second Term. A House prefect took the leading role, a n d many others had prominent parts.

House has been represented in all School teams except the a thletics. We were not insig nificant at the Dog Show either, when, although unab le to bring live anim als, we exhibited many unusual toys.

We thank Mr. Porter for his interesting visits throug hout the year, and a lso th e staff, and especially Miss Hunt, for their h elp a t all times.

A happy year has b een spent by the girls o f 1936, and to chose of future years we wish every success and the very happiest of school lives.

-L.C.

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Form Notes Honour VI. The Big Broadcast of 1936.

The Quality Station, Honour VI., presents a Programme of Startling Variety, Throbs and Thrills. ·T o -day, listeners, we h ave in the studio a group of celebrated scientists, athletes, musicians, poe ts, elocutionists, potential film stars, etc.

First we bring to the microphone the celebrated scientist, Miss Betty Jackson, who will ·g ive a brief lecture on the domestic habits of radiators.

Miss Jackson h as devoted much valuable time to the study of these interesting little creatures at dose quarters, a nd should be hig hly entertaining.

Miss Mary Slate r, the n ew leader of the Romantic Revival, will t h e n give a talk on "People I H ave Liked--and Why. " Miss Valerie Clayfield will give a technical talk o n methods of extorting money from defau lters. Miss Clayfield h as a background of wide ~xp erience in Red Cross work, and, if a stamped addressed envelope is sent, will supply instructions for knitting R ed Cross garments.

There will be a sh ort interval, during which our quartette-Miss R . Walker, drums; Miss Clayfie ld, v iolin ; Miss Rowell, piano; a nd Miss Slater, r eed-pipe-will p lay a few soothing tunes. Miss Slater, a rising crooner, h as also consented to render se lections from her marvellous repertoire of hot rhythm.

We will then broadcast a running comment ary on the march past of the ath letes-J oan Parke r , Phyllis Cerutty, Marjorie Beardsley, and many others. The leader, J oa n Parker , our dicta tor, will g ive the Nazi salute as s h e passes the m icrophone.

We h ave every hope that we shall b e able to broadcast som e of the ve rse of 0. Evans and J. R owell, d elivered in person by these experience d e locutionists. B efore closing down, we will present "Impersonation s of Film Stars."

Miss Mary Duggleby wi ll imper sonate Zazu

Pitts; Miss Jackson, L eslie Howa rd in the "Scarlet P impernel"; and Miss R. Thomas Shirley Temple, singing "The Animals \Valked in Two by Two." Miss Dahle, a linguist of r enown , will then render the "Good-night Song" in the original French, and Station Honour VI. will close down till 1937.

It has closed.

- J.W.

Pass VI. Review.

Roll a long! Roll along!

Listen in to our song, While we warble t h e Pass V I. Hurry up ! Come on in!

I t's about to b egin; The items a r e novel if few!

R eview!

T e rm I. we begin With a play (Come o n in!) , King Henry the Fourth we did try.

If it wasn't the best, It was acted with zest.

Tha t, at least , can no one d e ny.

Now,. by common con sent, We thank boarders, who lent Us th eir dig nity during the year, And to A lison r ender Our thanks, warm and tender, For winning h er scholarsh ip here.

In T erm Number Two We d eclared we wer e through With a ll joys, though d enial was bitter.

But o ur tender h ear ts l\1ade u s wish to take parts In the efforts to buy a transm itter.

N ow sideshows, we thought, Would be j ust the rig ht sort Of a thing to collect all t h e money.

Th e Movies, Tom Thumb, And the Art Show we'd run ; Brought in a good sum: th ey were funny!

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Now next in rhe train; Holidays once again, And exams. not the things that most mattered!

Form picnics are hinted( Loud cheering unstinted) !

Hurray! But our hopes are all scattered!

To groans and to sighs, It is brought to our eyes, We must wait till the testing is finished!

But we plan for our treat, To make details complete, With an ardour that's quite undiminish ed!

Give Miss Lindsay a cheer!

Throughout all of the year, She's encouraged to dare and to do!

M ay our benison fall On the girls, one and all, Who make the next Pass VI. Review!

-I.A.

Diploma.

The Business School this year is divided into Diploma A and B , both Forms doing typing and shorthand, and Diploma A also doing commercial principles and practice.

Commercial English and arithmetic have been brought into the curriculum for both Diplomas this year, arithmetic mainly dealing with short methods most needed in business.

Diploma A has made the best of its barnlike form room, and, thanks to the supervision of its Form master, Mr. Mills, has succeeded in carrying off the picture awarded for the best-kept Form room. Miss Macdonald, Form m istress of Diploma B, impresses upon us, by steadily increasing our lists of order marks, the fact that overstriking and rubbing out in typing are things that no good cypiste should do.

m ai l bags at the General P ost Office in Spencer Street, and then, at the M elbourne Post Office, in Elizabeth Street, we were very inte r ested in watching long, narrow strips of paper, punctured in Morse Code, pass through a machine and appear at the ocher end as a type-written copy. We were also shown the marvellous and very expensive machine for the sending and r eceiving of picturegrams.

Already we find our numbers diminishing, as girls are called to fill positions. To those fortunate ones who are returning next year we

wish every success, while the many of us who are leaving at the end of Term are very sad to say, "Good-bye, old School."

-M.M.

V.a.

We are V.a., the " hard-working Form,'' as any mistress will immediately inform you. Having also been dubbed "The Form of the Merry H earts," little, it seems, is left to be desired.

But we a r e not satisfied to stop there. Oh, no!

We distinguish ourselves in other fields.

For the Red Cross we h ave made attractive woolle n garments and light frocks, and have planned an effort to make or provide Christmas toys.

In the realms of music Meryl and Geva are distinguished.

As for our sporting ability! In the InterForm basket-ba ll match against V .c we had a victory.

Intelligent! Why, Ida was placed equal first in the whole School in the Intelligence T est last Term.

With Yvonne outstanding as a member of the cast of the School play, Jean in the Hockey XI., and the two Pats with good results in elocution, we have a good a ll-rou nd record.

Diploma has been fortunate in having v1s1ts b y a representative of the General Post Office, who has given us interesting ta lks on the postage of mail matter.

We were very unfortunate last term in being deprived for some weeks of our popular Form mistress, Miss Kellaway, but Mrs. Gordon ab ly took charge.

During Second Term two parties visited the General Post Office, one chaperoned by Miss Macdon a ld, the other by Miss Hunt. We saw the sorting of letters and dispatching of

With the aid of the untiring patience and skill of the mistresses, we trust to obtain a record number of Intermediate passes, and show you all what this year's V.a r eally can do.

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V .b.

With varied thou ghts we returned To the busy life of school; And very soon we learned That Miss Fletc her was our Form mistress.

M. R e ndle we elected Our Form captain, and tested Her patience to the u tmost, When with Fren ch verbs she p estered And called us oft to order .

One g reat day in First Ter m, We raised our voi ces to state

That prefects should not b e abolished .

But sad, sad to r ela teFor u s at any rateIf public opinion counts, There won' t be very long to wait Before the "pres. " a r e shown the gate.

Under co lumn "Wanted Known" I s there a cure for all those "Fresh a ir fiends" who will not close The windows, even when blown By icy-cold draughts and gales?

Perhaps a cure would be-rows Of large transparent windows So that the view is not obstructed By opaque g lass; and passers can be· seen .

For the R ed Cross we h ave worked, On the fie ld or cou r ts we've p layed, · And in work a nd p lay we've made Ourselves part of this, our School; And none of us will forget, Whether we part, f o r this decade, And many another, Or r eturn , this wonderful year We wou ld willingly live again.

-B.M.R.

V.c.

During this year there h ave been m any Form activities. At the end of First T erm we were unfortunate, and very sorry to lose our Form mistress, Miss McDona ld, who left u s to be m arried. She h ad our good wishes for h er future life. In h e r place we were pleased to welcome Miss Browne. One of our girls, Winsome Walklate, a lso left u s on account of illn ess. · E lsie Stafford was welcomed into our

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Form, coming up from sub-Intermediate, and Betry Gray came from V .a.

In R ed Cross work we have been working for th e I n land Mission. The girls have brought books and magazines, a nd our Red Cross captain, Gwenda Wilson, has been kept busy reminding u s a bout our pen n ies. Some of us m ade frocks f or little girls at a kindergarten.

We indulged in sport with some su ccess.

V.a ch a llenged us fo r a basket-ball match, but our opponents, being so much bigger and tulltr, were successf ul.

In a tennis match against V.b, we hit harder, and so were victorious.

Even though we were defeated a t basketball, we still h ad the witty and eloquent ones, and in a debate against V .b on " Should the Prefect System Be Abolished," we proved our selves superior.

We wer e very pleased a nd proud when our able captain, Sylvia McPherson, was promote d to the position of king, taking th e male lead in "Richard of Bordeaux," the play that was h eld last term. Five othe r members of the case a lso came from our Form, includin g our sports captain, Shirley Ebbott, who portrayed the c h aracter of th e Duke of Gloucester.

We would like to con gratu late King Richard, Queen Anne and the other p layers on their excellent p e rforma n ce, a n d Miss Dwyer on her wonderful production of the play.

We will all be very sorry when this T erm ends, closing a very happy year spent in V.c.

-S.E.M.

V.d.

O u r Fo r m's residen ~e has c h anged this last Term from Room I. to what was formerly the Diploma I. Room. Whe ther o ur noise or consider atio n for our comfort was the cause of t his removal we do not know, but we h ave noticed that our Form marks have deve loped from the average of fiv e to eight. I think we a ll appreciate the change.

Miss Hay h as the doubtful honour of being our Form Mistress, and we a ll wish to thank h er for her forbearance d uring the year. Margaret Nevile is o ur Form captain.

On our Form r ests the r esponsibility of the Library, our representativP.s in this noble work b e ing Miss H ay and Linda Kennedy.

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PREFECTS. Standing (left to right): Lorna Carter, Peggy· Chinner, Mollie Sayce, M arjo rie Bryant, Charlotte Davies.

Sitting (left to right): Joan Rowell, Betty Jackson (vic.e) , J oan Parker (senior prefect), Ruth Walker, Olwen Evans.

We are very proud of our sports section, as we have members of the Form in prominent positions in both tennis a nd basket-ball teams.

We also possess the champion runner of the School, Jean P erki n s, and Joan Green successfully represents our swimm ing powers.

In the School play Lorna Mitchell, as " Arundel," proved her dramatic powers.

The "globe-trotters" in our midst number six; their last memorable journey was to Cen tral Australia.

Our Red Cross work is fo r the Cheltenham Homes, to which we sent jumpers First Term a nd dresses Second T erm. This T e rm we a r e sendi n g Christmas toys, together with the usual don ation. Lorna Beasley is Red C ross captain.

During First T e rm the Form was greatly sad dened by the loss of Nancy Beresford, who died after an operation.

Excluding this sad even t, we have had a most enj;,yable year, and wish the V.d of next year the same.

-G.B.

V.e.

This year we have been separated into two d istinct divisions. One section studies commercial subjects under the direction of Miss Barker, while the other continues the usual domestic science course with Mrs. Baker. The girls of the group have skilfully made costumes and frocks, besides learning the art of "Hedebo."

The business g irls a r e led to believe there are some very efficient cooks in the Form, owing to the very appetising odou rs which escape from the centre during cookery periods.

Miss Harcourt, unfortunately, was absent from School for almost the whole of Second Term. Her position as Form mistress was ably filled by Miss Gault, a former teacher of the School.

Fashion-drawing has been a popular feature of our commercial art lessons this year.

Several very interesting excu r sio ns h ave been made by the Form, including a visit to the Show.

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The Form now wishes to convey its thanks to our Form mistresses and all the other teachers for the splendid way in which they have h elped us throughout the year, and to express the hope that n ext year's V.e will be as happy as we have been.

At the D og Show XX.a collected 16/ -, ;,,nd scor ed in two events. In the first Noel Heley won the race for " dog and owne r ," and rece ived a b lue ribbon a nd a dog biscuit (for th e dog, of course!) , and in the second Judith Cla rke won in the Toy Dog section.

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In ·conclusion, we would like to express our thanks to our Form mistress, Miss Hall, for all the patience she has shown us during this -M.U. year .

Twenty is a lovely Form; The r e is no need of hate or scorn.

The girls are good a t work and play, And all are h appy from day to day.

Hark! Did I h ear " Twenty" mentioned? Yes. We are called upon to r ecount some of our exploits of the yea r.

Our Form room ts exceedingly airy · and pleasant, which helps to inspire u s to g r eat deeds (such as watch in g baske t -ball in the quad.) . We d eeply r egr et the a b sen ce, t hrough illness, of our Form mistress, Miss Parker, and hope she will be with us soon . We wish to thank Miss Ritter.

W e go in for all sports to a great e xtent, but specialise m ore in sch ool work. We enjoy our R e d Cross work, and take a great interest in it .

During First T erm we acted a scen e fr o m " Twelfth Night," a nd late r on fo ur scen es from " Oliver Cromwell."

S e veral member s of the Form took part in the school play, and " Twe nty" has been well r epresented in the school t rips during term holidays.

In concluding, we wish to tha nk a ll our mistresses for their invaluable h elp during the year.

-M.M.

XX.a.

Form XX.a h as a r a ther plea sant room, situated in H ostel.

It was once the kindergar ten, and now o n the wa ll is a frieze of dogs, butterflies, gi rls a nd boys, cats, pigs, geese and roosters . This r oom, p leasant though it · is, -very seldom h as flower s in it, but this Term we have b een trying to re member them.

In First T e rm a p a rty of g irls wen t to the Plaza, to see the film " A Midsumme r Night's Dream," and in S econd T erm to see "A Tale of T wo C ities," whic h we h ad been studyin g.

We have made some cloches for Red Cross, but this T err:n we are buying a nd dressing dolls, _and getting toys r eady for the Chriscmas party for the children of the slums.

LV.a.

F o r the p ast few months we h ave been cruising a long m errily on t h e " Loa Fivay."

Although we h ave quite a good time, our ship is n ot a ll that it might b e. Our F ir st C lass p assenge rs complain b itte rl y about having the porthole blinds drawn. They sa y that not b ein g able to survey the surro unding scen e ry makes them f eel they a r e being left in the dark.

Loud cheers roll when a lo n g the upper deck walks our well-b eloved Admiral Rae. The Admiral walks smarcly down the lower d eck , where sh e inspects the crew, who, though a litcle lazy and carefree, r eally enjoy working under h e r.

Captain Preston, who keeps a watchful eye over the crew a ll d ay, has a very lively time with chem. They are very fo nd of fun, so cha t the captain often h as co r eso rt to h er strong rig ht hand, Commander Barnett, for a ssistance.

Comma nder Barnett is a n exce llent sportsman, and h elps the crew in a ll their sporting events, which th ey hold on th e upp er d eck.

Lie u t.-Commander Adair sets a fine exa mple to the c r ew, for she m akes them save a little each week, with which they can h elp those less fortunate tha n th emselves. The crew and Lie ut.-Commande r h ave done g r eat work this year, a nd the Admiral is very .pleased.

The crew will soo n b egin t o train fo r the forthcoming knowled ge contests, which they all h ope to pass, so that they can gain the ir promoti o n s fo r 1937.

- L.B.

LV.b.

The capta in of our Form 1s J ean, Our mist ress is Miss Betts; G wen Sav ige lead s u s to the green , And Nance, " R ed Cross" collecLs.

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ASSOCIATE PREFECTS. Standin g

( l eft to right ) : Heather Drayton, Jessie Wight, Truda Vear, Joan Eltis, Phyllis C erutty, ROna Brown , Marian G yles.

Sitting (left to rig ht) : Valerie Clayfield , Marjorie Gi ll , Ivy Spiller, Mary Duggleby, Mary Thompson , Gwenda Chitty, Beth H eaddey.

We have in Form a library fine, To wh ic h J ean Ward attends; Her g uardian lig ht full brig ht does sh ine, And m any books sh e lends.

Stern orders from the office! see Our hopes were d ash e d anew, The frosted windows shut must be.

And we cannot see through!

First T e rm eleven new g irls we hadSo mischievous were the y, Miss B etts took ill (which made u s sad), And h a d to go away.

This verse our Form notes now com pletes, We've n ot hing more to sa~,; Before our Form for n ext year m eets W e'll h ave a holid ay.

- A.C.L. Fu ll many a jumper have we knit For children of Chelten h a m, Who i n our little dresses sit To eat their bread a nd jam.

With no regrets we ch a n ged o ur roo m , Suppla nting Form V.d ; The windows la r ge dispersed the g loom, And fresh e r air had we.

Our h opes soared hig h that we might see Th e gam es upon the qua d ., Or failin g th at, then possibly To passin g fri e nds mi g ht nod .

IV.a.

At the commencem ent of First T e rm we were g lad to we lcome Miss Warren as our Form mistress, and we ele cted Betty P eterson a s o ur Form captain , G la dys B easley a s our sports captain, a nd Yvonne ,Jepson as our Red C ross captain.

During s ;,cond Term we played a basketball m a tch against R emove A, but they gain ed the honours.

For the concert in A u g u st some of our girls wer e chosen to take part in the "Naas M arch," which was a g r eat su ccess.

SILVER AND GREEN. In Second Term we made Magna Carta's for history projects, and some of them were used as documents in the School p lay, " Richard II." In Third Term, after writing a play, " J eanne d' Arc," we acted it, a.;d had great fun watching the Dauphin being crowned (the crown fall ing off}, the villain drinking wine from a silver goblet (yellow vase ) filled with rich, red wine (wate r ), and the Maid of Orleans being pulled frcm her horse (chair) only to fall into the fire-(bucket).

So we end the year with the best intentions, and hope that next year's IV.a will have as thoro u ghly happy a time as we have had.

-T.S.

The Form Captain's Lament.

There's a Form that numbers twenty-fo ur, Or just two dozen, and not one more; They've relieved my life of b ein g a bore, Have the girls of Form IV.a.

It's glad I am that it's twenty-four, ( Or just two dozen), and not one more, For they've shaken my f a ith to its very core H ave the girls of Form IV.a.

When the Form mistress goes out of the door, There's a ru mblin g noise like a cannon' s roar, But it is n o cannon; it's the twenty and four Young ladies of Form IV.a.

The worried old hen with her brood of chicks Never saw h alf of the monkey tricks That I saw, played in '36, By the girls of Form I V.a.

- B etty Peterson, IV.a. j..

R.a.

With M ary Hopper as Form capta in, Dulcie Whittaker as sports captain, and Miss Ault as Form mistress, we are enjoying this year very much. Phyllis Barnard was elected Red Cross cap tain, and Barbara T aylor is our Magazine representative.

We congratulate Dulcie Whittaker on obtaining a place in the School tennis team.

Our Red Cross captain g ives the following r eport of our work for the year:-"This year's Red Cross work has been very interesting. We worked for the Inland Mission, for whi ch we

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collected money, books, toys, comics, and magazines in First and Second T e rms. We also made skirts for the Collingwood M ission, and during Third Term we will be busy making toys for the poorer childre n 's Christmas parties.

Our collections for the year will, we hope, amount to £4/ 10/ -."

Our Form room looks very bright, and in Second Term we came fourth in the competition for the b est Form room. The girls bring flowers a nd ornaments, and r ecently we collected money for n ew p ictur es.

Form IV. a, our ri vals, challenged us to a basket-ball match, in which we were successful.

We also debated against them, the subject being " That Thomas a'Beckett was a Saint." This time our riva ls scored a win.

We are busy at present writing a historical play, "Joan of Arc," which we hope to be able to act later on.

Some of us have pen friends in Great Britain and Central Australia. We exchange stamps, and it is very interesting ;o hear about the parts of the world in wh ich they live.

We were represented in the Annual Concert by several of our members who took part in the N aas March, and by Audrey Harrison and Noel H eaddey, who gave piano solos.

Altogether we have had a very happy and s uccessful year, and we regret that next year our members will be scattered among the four s u b-Intermediate classes.

IV.b.

To Keep the Form Quiet.-We (IV.b) have competitions for each row . W e have a banner a nd a motto, " Sile"n ce is Golden ." E ach row has a c olour- Silver, Green, Gold, and Blue.

The row which gets the least bad marks has the banner pinned up on the wall at the top of the row.

The captain of S ilver is Pat Napier, Green is Miriam Wilson, Gold is Nancy Gregory, and Blue is Corrine Cotterell.

We have only just started, a nd we keep so quiet that the teachers are very pleased with us.

Handwork.-This year we have made supper cloths, cushion covers, jumpers and scarves.

Bags, fans and shopping bags of raffia have a lso been made.

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Red Cross.-We were working for the Methodist Babies' Home, for which we made sing lets. bloomers and frocks. Finding it too hard tc- make anything for the Babies' H ome for Christmas, we decided to work for the South Melbourne Kindergarten, for wh ich we hope to buy and make things for a Christmas tree.

J oy Duncan is our Red Cross captai n, and is a very good o ne.

We h ave had a very happy year, with Doreen Howard as ou r Form captain an d Lorna Punton our sports captain.

Remove B. I n the year 1936 we have had plenty to interest us in our F orm.

Louisa Lockhart is our Form captain, and H eather Ebbott our sports captai n.

Miss Bennett, who is our Form mistress, takes a g r eat interest in Form tidiness-and in the girls.

We have h ad first and second basket-ball team matches again st our sister Form, IV.b.

Both our firsts and seconds won after very interesting a nd exciting games.

Many g irls h ave been ch osen for the Juni or Speech Night Gymnasium Squad. They are very excited, a nd anxious to b egin r eh earsin g for it.

This T erm we a r e striving very hard to win the picture f or the tidiest Form room. We are m aking a special point of bringing fresh fl owers every day, and so in this way we are hoping to succeed.

For Red Cross during T e rm we made singlets for the Methodist Babies' Home.

During S econd T e rm we m a de dresses a nd bloomers.

J ean Williams gave a large bundle of socks, which m ade our display very attractive. This T erm we intend to dress dolls for Christmas gifts, and we are h avi n g a competition amon g our selves for the b est-dressed doll.

IV.c.

This year we were very g lad to welcome our Form mistress, Miss Mitchell, back from h e r t rip abroad. In our geograp h y lessons Miss Mitchell sh owed us m a ny photographs of foreign people and countries tha t s h e h a d v isited, and which we had to study. These made our lessons very interesting. Miss Mitch ell has given some of

us Eng lish pen friends, and we have found that an English school is very like our own .

Som e o f the members of o ur Form made models of the Empire State, the tallest building in the world, which is in N ew Y o rk, and have compared it with our tallest building, the Manchester Unity, and found it was over seven times as high. During Second Term g roups of g irls in our Form m ade Eskimo villages.

Our Form has passed in for R ed Cross some knitted garments, and we are also m a king squares for a patch-work quilt. The money for the Inland Missi on has b een passed in as well.

This year our h a ndwork lessons have been very enjoyable. We have been making cane articles, su c h as trays and paper baskets.

In

woo llen work some of u s have made canvas wallets and egg easies. Some o f the g irls in ou r Form are now iearning to weave, and are makin g scarves. We a ll have our 0';"n ant_hologies and scrap books, in wh ich _;,e are ver y interested.

This year we had a very interesting time, and enjoyed it very much, a nd we hope tha t the n e xt IV.c will be just a s h appy.

IV.cl.

This year's Form IV.d have found work ve ry interesting. In the First T e rm we made wallets in blue and grey and fawn and green.

When they were finished they looked very effective.

We are now making sets of clothes for the Red Cross Christmas box. The colours are pink a nd blue. We are a llowed to do any stitch we like.

We a lso have b een doing some exciting drawin gs this year.

W e have drawn fishes, patterns,

po la r .bears, chickens .and roosters, a nd som e freehand drawings of leaves.

We h ave been doing lovely sewing this year.

In the First T e rm we made bags, and our colours were beige, dark and light blue.

In

the Second Term we knitted squares with a ch a in ed ge.

Some of our girls were members

of the P er cussion Band, which was trained by Miss Proctor.

We had lessons on W ednesday

and Friday.

The band was very su ccessfu l,

SIL VER AND GREEN. too. We had Mary Eggleston to conduct, and s h e was a splendid conductor. This year our Form has had g r eat fun in sport and g ym. In the Summer in our sport lessons, we play tennis and baseba ll, and in Winter we have ropes and play basket-ball.

Junior School Notes.

1936 has been a ver y happy year for the gids in Cato House.

The Kindergarten children h ave a new teacher , Miss Hamer , who also cakes III.a for basket-b a ll on Wednesday afternoons.

At the beginning of the year we were b u sy fixing up our music room.

Curtains were embroidered, and now, with pictures a nd vases of flowers, the room is very gay.

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At the first music r ecital III.a g irls provided a P er cu ssion B and item; Valerie Rowe accompan ied chem on the piano, and Diane Duke was the litcle conductor.

Du r ing Term II. we worked very hard indeed to get r eady for a concert in the Melbourne T own H all.

Each girl in Form III.a keeps a diary, and a liccle prize was given for t he most interesting book. This was gain ed by Heather Hopper, a nd Mary Wilkinson also had a prize for best day book.

One afternoon we had a concert in th e music room ; th e price of admission· was a book for the Junior Red Cross. We had a pile of nice books, 65 in all, at the end of the day.

''SEA FEVER"-Truda Vear, Hon. V I , House IV. Awarded the Prize for Best Original Drawing.

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Fred~

Cato Branch ELSTERNWICK.

1936 has been a year of marked progress and development for the Fred. J. Cato Branch.

The year, opening with a considerable in crease in numbers, closes with over 200 on the school rolls. There have been a dditions co· the staff and an extension of the curriculum to include a Leaving Certificate Form. Attractive and extensive al terations have b een made to the School buildings. ;ncluding a complete new wing. We now possess a very imposing Assembly H all. The panelled walls add considerably to i ts appearan ce, and provide a very suitable setting fo r the bea utiful b lackwood Honour Board, presented by Mrs. Smibert. Behind the Assembly Hall is a spacious common room for the staff , while upstairs are two new classrooms, a music room and a large kindergarten room .

Those who can look back to 1931 will derive much interest from comparing the Kooyong property as it was then with the imposing buildings erected now.

During First Term a second tenn is court was comp leted, and has been much appreciated by the School.

Improvements made to the sports ground have provided amp le facilities f o r the various games.

We were able to occupy the new rooms by Second T e rm, and our first assembly in the new hall was conducted by the P r incip a l (Rev. J, W. Grove). At the commencement of Third T erm Mrs. Cato visited the School, a nd , in the presence of many parents, O ld Girls, frie n ds, and m embers of the College Council, officially opened the new wing. Realis ing how much our School owes to the late Mr. Fred. J. Cato, we are very g rateful to Mrs. Cato for the gracious way in which sh e performed the ceremony and for her kindly interest displayed in the S chool's welfare.

Office-bearers for 19 36 are:-School captain, B. Staurenghi; House captains, Ko oyon g, M .

Good; Kawarau, P. Perrin ; Kerrie, F. White; Kittani, V . R eece; Form captains, VI., B. Staurenghi; V .a, P . P err in ; L.V., I. Eme ry; V.b (First and Second Terms), P. Abbott,

(Third Term) S. Beebe; V .c, B. Briginshaw; IV.a, J. Watson; IY.b, N. McKenzie; III., D. Taylor; II. (First and Second Terms) , E. Forsyth, (Third Term) M . Wallace; I. a nd Kinder garten , J . Body. Sports Captains: Baseba ll, B .

Smith (First T erm), M. Reynolds (Third T e rm ); tennis, F . White; athletics, I. Emery; basket-ball, P . P errin; hockey, J . Overend; swimmin g, F. White.

Keen interest and enthusiasm have been displayed in all sporti n g activ i: ies.

In the G irls' Schools Association of Victoria we secured fourth place in swimm ing.

In the athletic sports we came second, winning both the Senior and Junior F lag Races in record time, while in the junior events Y. Gardiner established three records. In b asket-ball, u n der the able tuition of M iss Sanders and Miss Drake;•the School did extremely well. Losing on ly or.e match, we tied with Huntingtower in the first round, but were defeated in the final p lay-off. The tennis matches of the Association are not yet completed, but the team has improved its style and technique under Mr. Fa lls' coaching.

Under the tuition of Miss Johnson, baseball h as been played during F ir st a nd Third Terms.

Owing to improvements mape on the sports field, hockey was introduced into our sporting curriculum during Second Term, and the Senior girls h ave derived much enjoyment from the game.

During F irst T e rm we h eld our first InterHcuse Swimming Sports a t the Malvern Ba ths.

Kerri e won the Inter-House Championship Cup, pre,sented by Mr. S. E. Armstrong. Mr. A. G. Over end presented cups for senior and junior championships. In the senior even ts F. White and M. Reynolds tied, a nd Miss Johnson h as presented a second cup. The Junior Championship was won by J. Overend. Other InterHouse events have resulted as follows:-Tennis, Kerrie; basket-ball, seniors, Kerrie; juniors, Kerrie; running (Aag r ace), F irst T erm K awa rau, Second Term Ki ttani, Third Term to be d ecided on Sports Day. Inter -House baseball matches a re not yet completed.

SILVER AND GREEN. In addition to the Association matches, pract ice matches have been played against Rosbe r con, Lauriston, Warwick, a nd Firbank. Our tennis teams have been represented in the various tournaments h e ld at Kooyong, Glen Iris, a nd Elsternwick, F. White and R. Williams r eaching the finals of the Under 16 Doubles in the latter tournament. We have a lso competed in the flag race events at Rosbercon and Main School sports.

Sports blazers have been awarded as follows: -Tennis, F. White, R. Williams, V. Reece, G . Ballard, I . Emery, B. Staurenghi, J. Wallace, R. Bromfield; basket-ball, P . P errin , F. White, I. Emery, B. Ridgway, B . Staurenghi, M. Reynolds, M. Alford; athletics, I . Emery, F. White, Y . Gardiner. Sports c olours h ave been awarded to B. Staurenghi, F. White, B. Ridgway (basketball ), F. White (tennis), I. Emery (athletics).

The Intermediate Examinations results for 19 35 were highly satisfacto r y, as a ll six candidates recommended by the School were successful. M. Good, Eng. Hist., French, Geog. , Alg., Ari th., Draw. ; J . Parke r, Eng. Hist., French, Geog., Phys.; V. Reece, Eng. Hist., French, Geog., Alg., Geom., Arith.; B. Staurenghi, Eng. Hist., French, Phys., Alg., Arith., Drawing; D .

Tyack, Eng. Hist., French, Geog. , Phys., Alg., Arith.; S. Willmott, Eng. H ist., French, Geog., Arith., Latin.

Very good r esults have also been secured in the University Conservatorium Musical Examinations. They are as follows:-G r ade VI., B. Brownley (credit) . Grade V., M. Orames (pass), M. Heaton {credit) , E. Thomson (honours), C. Ellis (honours). Grade IV., J .

Davis (credi.t), B. Ogier (credit). Grade III., M. Sanguinetti (credit ).

A short service was held in the School grounds on 25th April, wh en Rev. J. W. Grove ·spoke of the sp irit of the Anzacs, service and sacrifice.

A generous response has been made by the School to the various "egg" a nd "jam" appeals, made by th e hospitals, and also to the annua l appeal for funds for th e Blind Institute. Once again this year great activity was displayed by the whole School over the sa le of buttons for the Babies' Home on Wattle Day. We h ave also . joined with the secondary girls' 3chools'

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effo rts in connection with the Prince H e nry Hospita l Appeal. In addition, each Form has worked for some special charitable institution, and, as a r esu lt, a very fine collection of garments and quilts made by the girls has been donated to various missions (Central and South Melbourne) > Babies' Homes and Free Kindergarten s. In seve ra l instances the Forms have personally visited the institutions or homes for which they have worked. Besides the interest thus aroused, this has h el ped to impress the girls with the great need for social service.

Much enjoyment has been experienced by the School in attending the orchestral concerts given under the auspices of th e Australian Broadcasting Commission, notably the last of the series, conducted by Dr. Malcolm S argent.

During Second T erm we were favoured with a violin recital by T . Spivakosky. The Senior and Middle School have been to the productions of "Macbeth," "Richard II.," "Les F o urberies de S capin" and "Tudor R ose." Interesting visits h ave been paid by sections of the School to Houses of P arliament, Gener a l Post Office, and various in d u strial centres.

Now that we have a su itable hall for showing pictures, the School is endeavouring to r aise funds to purchase an epidiascope. F~rm IV.a gave an excellent luncheon-hour concert, the School h eartily enjoying their topical broadcasting item. The proceeds of th is effort were divided between the Junior L ibrary and the Epidiascope Fund.

One afternoon, after school, the staff gave two one-act p lays, "Postal Orders" and " The Bathroom Door." T he staff is to be hig hly commended on its excellent production, a nd the humorous situations were much enjoyed by the School and parents. L.V. assisted by selling sweets, a nd in consequence co n sider able additions were made to the Epidiascope Fund.

Under Miss Drake's guid ance, the Junior Branch of the League of Nations has had an interesting and successful year. Office-bearers have been : Pres ident, V. Reece; secr eta ry, B. Staurenghi; treasurer, F . W hite. The branch now consists of forty members.

Miss Terry visited the School during First T erm to enrol n ew members. Throughout the year current events have been discussed, and cha rts kept by different girls of events in various countries.

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Debates and discussions h ave been held on such subjects as the methods of work of the League Council, Assembly and Secretariat, the Humanitarian Work of the League, White Australia P olicy, and Disarmament.

On League of Nations D ay we had a visit from Miss F elicity Fent, a y oung German g irl, who has just r ecently left Germany. She spoke about Hitler and the Youth Movement in Germany, and told th e members about G erman C hristm as festivities. At present the Branch is busy working f or . a pageant which it h opes to present later in the T e rm .

The Fred. J . Cato Branch joined with the Main School in t h e vacation tou r s in May and S eptember .

Miss Drake, Miss O ' Brien and J ean O verend had much of interest to tell us of their trip to Central Australia. Marie S a ng uinetti, Jean G ray, Joan Brownley, Lois Hobbs, Alice Cumming and Bernice Murton were in the parry that took the Adelaide-River Murray trip.

With su ch events as Sports Day, College S e rvice, final examinations, a nd Speech Night, Third T e rm will bring to a conclusion a happy a nd successful year.

HOUSE AND SPORTS C APTAINS. Back Row (standing): Joan Eltis, Marjorie Loats, Ruth Walker, Joan Green, Marian Gyles, Marjorie B ryant.

Front Row: Mollie Sayce, Fay Brown, M arjorie Ro lls, C harlotte Dav ies, Joan Parker, I vy Spiller, Vale rie Kerr, Betty J ackson.

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Canterbury Branch The year has been one of hig h expectations, m a ny of which have been fully realised.

There has been a forward move in every direction. Our School roll has increased, and there has been an ever-broadening influence for good radiating from this centre.

Every seat was occupied at the Balwyn Road Methodist Church, Cante rbury, on the occasion of the Annu a l Church Service, when the congregation en joyed the inter esting and h e lpful sermon. The girls acquitted themselves well in the musical part of the service.

Early in the year our gir ls attended the swimming sports at the Kew B a ths, and did well in the various events, one girl winning first place in the Inte rmediate Novelty Race.

A few weeks later they competed in the annual sports with Hawthorn on the College O va l, and a very happy set of girls returned to C anterbury c a r rying the trophy for the Inter-House Flag R ace, and knowing they had won other first positions.

In tennis the same enthusiasm h as been displayed. All girls, old or young, have an opportunity to try their skill at this .game. At present they are practising for the special tennis trophy.

Our heartiest thanks are due to the Parents' A ssociation for their kindness in providing three seats in the sports ground. The Fathers' Committee are organising a sports meetin g to be h eld on the Hawthorn College Oval on S a turday, 24th October, 1936.

Ou r special thanks a re due to them.

The Associa tion a lways takes a k een interest in all that concerns the Colle.ge at Cap.terbury, a nd , through the kindness of members, we h ave enjoyed some delightful e venings.

We have an untiring president in Mrs. T eague, always a t her post, always bright a nd helpful.

I mus t also mention our good treasure r , Mr. Stanley Johns, and a most thorough and competent secretary, Mr. M etcalf.

Our captains have b een very h elpful; they h ave worked hard, and we do sincerely a ppreciate their kind d onations to the classrooms.

We fe~l we are quite grand with a notice board

that has lately been placed on the wall through the effort of one captain.

Our girls have not forgotten those less fortunate than themselves. We had collections of su.gar, jam and eggs, and on these and other occasions very generous contributions were r eceived for the sick and needy.

Our sewing class is doing some very good wo rk under a most enthusiastic teacher. This is fully d emonstrated at exhibitions and displays, when dresses, garments and fancy work are a pleasure to inspect.

We a re now working very h a rd for our Hobbies Exhibition, which is to be held soon.

This shows that so me of our girls are putting their leisure time to good account.

The music pupils in all grades have done very well this year, one gaining honours at th e Unive rsity examinations. Musical appreciation is given throughout the various classes, and brin.gs increased interest and pleasure .

Geog r aphy, botany, history, and the study of art have been m ade more interesting and intelligible to the girls by excursions.

For instance, a very !Jappy and instructive day was spent at the National Gallery and Muse um.

In the Junior School a n exhibition of work, to which parents and friends were inv ited , was h eld one morning. The classrooms were filled with attractive handc raft work, showing the dexterity of little fingers.

This year the J u niors have_ been keenly interested in p r oject work, and each little pupil is working with her own hobby at home, and is proud to r elate its progress. Materials for c o llective cha r ts, such as Australian industries and n a ture study, were enthusiastically brought a long . Bota ny excursions were made to the Gardens on various occasions, and were thorou g hly_ enjoyed by the little ones. Several prizes from the " Sun" and "Herald," and also from the Horticultural Show, have been won by the Juniors.

Last year we h e ld a most successful concert in the M em orial Hall, which was packed t o the doors. This year it will b e on 26th November . We trust that all our well-wishers will keep that date free and be present.

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Detailed Results of the Athletic Sports.

S enior Fla t Race, I 00 yards - I, J . Perkins, III. ; 2, J. Parker, VI.; 3, J . Rowell, V. 50 Yards, under 12-1, M. Eggleston, IV. ; 2, B . C a rter, II.; 3, J . Duncan, III.; S . Flintoff, C.B., equa l.

Intermediate Fla t Race, 75 yards- I , B. T yas, III.; 2, N. Heley, I.; 3, A . Burgess, II. Senior Potato Race--1, N . Coghlan, III.; 2, M . Bryant, V.; 3, J. Parker , VI. Senior Fla t Race, 75 yards-I, J . P erkins, III. ; 2, J . Parker, VI. ; 3, P. Chinner, V. Intermediate Fl.at Race, I 00 yards -I , B. T yas, III.; 2, N . H e ley, I. ; 3, B . Pollard, VI. Junior Flat Race, 75 ya rds -I , L. Punton, IV.; 2, M. W illiams, III.; C . Curnow, C.B., equal; 4 , N. Hea ddey, VI. Interm ediate Egg a n d Spoon- I , G. Wilson, V.; 2, G. Williams, II.; 3, H. T eed, IV. Junio r S ack Race--!, L. Punton, IV.; 2, H .

Ebbott, V.; 3, J . Duncan, III.; P . Phillips, C.B., equal.

Senior C orne r Spry-I, House I. ; 2, House II.; 3, House VI. Inte rmedi ate Baseball Throwing -I, L. Barn ett, IV.; 2, E . Robertson , II. ; 3, G. Beasley, VI. Senio r Baseba ll Throwing - I, J. P e rkins, III.; 2, J . Barnett, IV. Intermediate Needle Threading -I, House I. ; 2, H ouse IV.; 3, House V. Junior Baseba ll Th rowing- I , H. Ebbott, V.; 2, M. Williams, III.; 3, C. Smith; D. Reeves, C.B., equal.

S enior Diamond Th rowing- I , House III.; 2, House I V. ; 3, House V. Junior Tunnel Ball-!, House I. ; 2, House V .; 3, H ouse II. S enio r Inter-Sc h ool Flag -I , M.L.C., H awthorn; 2; St. Catherine's; 3, St. Margaret's, M .C.E.G.G.S., equa l.

Junior Inter-School Flag-I , M .L.C., Hawthorn ; 2, St. Margaret's.

Representative Fla t Race-- ! , M.C.E.G.G .S . ; 2, St. Catherine's; 3, St. Margaret's.

Intermediate Obstacle Race--! , House IV. ; Z, House I .; 3, House III. Junior Flat Race, 5 0 yards-I , L. Punton, I V.; 2, D . Abson, III.; 3, N. Headdey, VI. F a thers' Race--1, Mr. P a rker.

Old Girls' Ra ce -I , J. P earce.

Senior Biscuit and Water-I, House V.; 2, H o use II.; 3, House III. Intermediate Spoke Relay-I , H ouse II.; 2, House III. ; 3, House V .

Junior Wheelbarrow Race--! , H ouse V .; 2, House II. ; 3, House III. Junior Inter-House Flag Race- I , Canterbury ; 2, H ouse V.; 3, House VI. Intermediate Inter-House Flag Race--!, H o u se IV.; 2, House II.; 3, H o use III. Senior Inte r-House Flag Race- 1/ Hous~ V. ; 2, House III. ; 3, House I V. House v. S chool Flag Race--! , S ch ool ; 2, House.

Cato House Races.

Flat Race, 6 years-L. Barret, J. Morgan, equal.

Flat Race, 7 years-I, A. Isaacs.

Flat Race, 8 years-I, A. Fleming.

Fla t Race, 9-10 years-I, J . Smith.

Gallop, 6 years-I, L. Barret.

Skipping Ra ce, 7 years-I, A. I saacs.

Skipping Ra ce, 8 years- I , A . Fleming .

Egg and Spoon, 9-10 years- I , H. H opper.

Detailed Results of Swimming Sports.

S enior Relay Race- I, House V., J. Campbell, J . Dun can, L. Carter, S . Ebbott, M. McAlister, P. Chinner, M. Slater, M. Smart; Z, House II. Interm ed iate R elay Race--!, House II., M. Cowan, L. Baillie, E. Robinson, G . W illiams, N. Wilton, A. Burgess ; 2, H ouse IV. Junior Relay Race--!, House I., B . M cCaghern, J . Marshall, M. Thomas, E. Stacey; 2, House IV. Senior Free Style- I, J. Green, II.; 2, C D av ies, VI.

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Inter. Free Style-I, A. Burgess, II. ; 2. N .

H e ley, I ., and B. Nairn, VI.

Inter. Life-Saving-I, A. Lelean and J . Miles, III. ; 2, B. Anderson and J . Day, VI.

Junior Free Style-I, P. Silvers, II.; 2, Can• terbury.

Senior Fancy- I , J . Green, II.; 2, B . Prior, VI.

Senior Diving-] , J. Green, II., and J . Barn ett , IV, equal.

Inter. Fancy-I, Canterbury; 2, Le Barnett IV.

Inter. Diving-I , S. Cockfield, V., and B. Nairn, VI. Junior DivingEggleston, IV .

I , N. McKenzie, III.; 2, M

Senior Breast Stroke- I, J. Barnett, IV.; 2.

G. Butler, I.

Junior Back Stroke-I P. Silvers, II.; 2, B .

McCaghe rn , I .

House v. School-I , School, P. Chinner, M. Ellis, N . Wilton, A. Burgess, E. Dalgety, V. Kerr, J. Barnett, C. Davies ; 2, House.

Senior Section Cup-House II. Intermediate Section Cup-House VI.

Inter. Breast Stroke--!, N. Heley, I.; 2, Le Barnett, IV. Junior Breast Stroke-I, P . Varley, IV.; 2, P. Silvers, II. Senior Life-Saving-I, J. Green and L. Vial, II.

Junior S ection Cup-House IV. Total numbe r of points for "B. Parsons" Sports Cup-I, House II., 51½ points; 2, House IV., 42 points ; 3, House I., 27 points; 4, House III., 23 points; 5. House VI., 22 points; 6 , House V ,, 21½ points.

- P .C.

1st ATHLETICS TEAM. Standing ( left to right ): Peggy Chinner, )essie Wight.

Sitting (left to right): Fay Brown, Noel Heley, Jean Perkins (vice-captain ), Joan Parker (captain), Charlotte Davies, Joan Rowell, Marian Gyles.

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As only three of last year's team were eligible to p lay for the School this year, about a fo r tnight of strenuous play elapsed before the following team was selected:-J can Parker ( captain), Marian Gyles (vice-captain) , Phyllis Cerutty, Joan Eltis, Lesley Horton, J ean Nor man, Margery Rolls.

The team played several exciting matches, and had a n equa l number of wins and losses, which were as follows:-M.L.C. d. Tintern, 23- 12; M.L.C. d. Warwick, 19-12; M .L.C. d.

T oorak College, 12 -1 0; M.L.C. d. P.L.C., 11-8; St. Margaret 's d. M.L.C., 2 1-15; St. Catherin e's d . M.L.C., 19- 12; Firbank d. M.L.C., 16-8; P .L.C d. M.L.C., 12-5.

The basket-ball team, in conjunction with the h ockey team, spent an enjoyable day at Toorak College, Frankston, and played a particularly strenuous game against th a t school.

The second team played nine matches, a n d were quite successful.

This year three n e w junior teams were formed, and won all but one of their seven m atches. These younger girls are k een on the game, and should develop into fine p layers.

Great interest was shown in the Inter-Hou se contests, whis;h are especially valuable for bringing out promising players, and after several keenly-contested games the r esults were as follows :--Senior Section- House VI. d. H ouse I ., 11 -6. Inter. Section-House II. d. Hou se IV., 6 -4 . Junior Section-House V . d . House VI., 3 -2.

- J.P.

Athletics Notes.

Afte r several weeks' strenuous training at the begin ning of First T e rm , t h e following girls were chosen for the running team:- Joa n Parke r (captain) , J ean P e rkins (vice-captain; Fay Brown, P eggy Chinner, Marian Gyles, Noel H eley, Joan Rowe!!, J essie Wight, and Charl otte D avies (emergen cy).

Unfortunately, owing to other school activities, and a lso to sickness, we were rarely able to run with a complete team.

We competed at several sports, but we re successful only a t our own, obtaining in other races two seconds and three thirds . Our repr esentative ran seve ral times, a nd won a t the Ruyton · sports.

The junior team, captained by Betty Tyas, ran consistently well, obtaining f'our firsts, while their represen tative, running only t wice, was placed second and third.

- J .P.

Tennis Notes.

As only two member s of last year's team returned to School, ther e was great enthusiasm shown in filling the remaining six p laces.

It was unfortunate that R uth Walker, a member of last year's team, was unable to take h er p lace th is year owin g to illness.

The team finally chosen was as follows: Charlotte Davies (captain), Ruth Chitty ( vicecaptai n) , J ean P erkins, Lorna Carter, Dulcie Whittaker, Lorna McConchie, Lois Vial, Le Barnett, and emergency, Margaret Nevile.

We should like to congratulate P .L.C. on winning the premiership.

A ltho u g h we were not premiers, our matches were close and exciting, and following were the results:Fi rst Round-M.L.C. v. G .C.E.G.G.S. M .L.C., 2 rubbers, 5 sets, 46 games; Geelong, 2 rubbers, 4 sets, 35 games. M .L.C. v. P.L.C.P.L.C., 2 rubbers, 5 sets, 40 games; M.L.C., 2 rubbers, 4 sets, 41 games.

M.L.C. v.

M.C.E.G.G.S.-M.L.C., 3 rubbers, 6 sets, 40 games; M.C.E.G.G.S ., rubber, 2 sets, 31 games. · Second Round-M.L.C. v. G.C.E.G.G.S.M.L.C., 3 rubbers, 6 sets, 42 games; Geelong, I rubber, 3 sets, 29 games. P.L.C. v. M.L.C.P.L.C., 2 rubbers, 5 sets, 41 ga mes ; M .L.C., 2 rubbers, 4 sets, 38 games. M.C.E.G.G.S. v .

M.L.C.- M .L.C., 3 rubbers, 7 sets, 44 games; M.C.E.G.G.S., I set, 30 games (the last rubber was unfinished).

The final resu lts of the Inte r -House contests were: -S enior, House VI., Middle, House I V ., Junior , House I. During the year we p layed m any e nj oyable practice matches against M 'a ndeville Hall, F in ton a, a nd Ruyton.

We have y e t to p lay the S ch ool Singles Championships, and some ve ry inte resting contests a re expected.

I would like to tha nk the following players for coming to g ive us v a lu a ble practice :- May Blick, Doris Mauger, K a th Walk er, Marcel

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BASKET-BALL TEAM. Standing ( left to right ): Marjo rie Rolls, Phyllis Cerutty, Jean Norman, Le.slie Horton.

Sitting: Mari.an Gyles (vice-captain), Joan Parker (captain ), Joan Ehis.

l,t TENNIS VIII. Left to rig ht : Dulcie Whittaker, Jean Perkins, Lorna McConchie, Lois Vial , Lorna Carter, Ruth Chitty (vice-captain) , Le Barnett, C harlotte Davies (captain ) .

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Whitta ker, Yutha Thi em eyer , Francis Balfour, Miss Mitchell, Miss Nott, and Sheila Davis.

A most enjoyable afternoon was spent on Friday, 17th June, when the v isiting tenn is team from M.L.C., L au n ceston, played a match with our First Eight. The rubbers were evenly m a tcned, although the scores were not indicative of the game, M .L.C., Hawthorn, winning 3 rubbe r s, 7 sets, 5 3 games to Launceston's 2 se ts, 31 games. The last rubber was unfinished owing to failure of lig ht. It was a splendid opportunity of meeting g irls from our sister School, and we hope to b e ab!~ to play chem again in the future.

Schoolgirls' Championships.

Our representatives in the Schoolgirls' Championships at Kooyong this year have not been very successful. Charlotte Davies, Ruth Chitty, J ean Perkins and Lois Vial competed in the Singles.

J ean Perkins r eached the fourth r ound, wher e she was d efeated by Rosemary Hamilton, who was runne r-up to Molly Carter for the singles title.

The first and second pairs p layed in the doubles, both reaching the quarter finals. First pair was beaten by O 'Neil College, and Betty Wilson and Marga ret Cowly, of P .L.C., who were eventually the winners, proved victors over ch·e second pair a fter a three-set match. Our congratula tions are extended to Mandeville Hall and P .L.C. for their victories.

We have some very promising players, whom we hope will, in future years, once more bring M .L.C. to the fore in the. tennis world. To chose who will represent the School in years to come we wish every success in the interests of th eir School.

The Second Eleven has improved most sacis. factorily this winter, and, although the standard is not q uite equal to that of other large schools, t h ere is very promising material in the team. Y exley Hawk captained the Second Eleven, with Peggy All~n vice-captain. ; Hockey has now obtained · a firm footing in the School, a nd is becoming increasingly popular. The k eenness and interest shown by the girls at Form sport and hockey practices have made it possible to form a third team. Unfortunately, this team has had no match experience, but has been able to improve its stick work considerably this season.

Several inter-school matches were played by both 1st and 2nd teams. Out of seven m atches, the First Eleven won five, while th e Second Eleven, which played the first teams of o~her schools, was unfortunate in losing the five m a tches played by a small margin.

The I nter-House matches were keenly contested, and did much to stimulate ' t he in.terest of the girls. Two teams were chosen to r ep resent each House. The final match was played between Houses V. and VI. , the former team winning .

The nucleus of two junior hockey teams has been formed this season, quite a number of players showing promise, and everyone being most enthusiastic. · The t eam would like to thank M 'iss Foote very much for her interest and invaluable coaching throughout the season.

As there are many promising players returning to School next y ea r , we who are leaving feel confident that they will raise the standa rd of the game to a hig h er level, and to the members of the 1937 team we wish every success.

-I.S.

Hockey Notes.

Baseball Notes.

The hockey season began ea rly in S econd Term . Only five of last year's team h aving returned (M. Loats, J. Shaw, A. Watt, F. Brown, a nd I. Spiller), many enthusiastic players competed for the six vacancies.

Our enthusiasm for base ball at the b eginning of 19 3 6 was g r eat, as six of our team had returned.

After much con sideration, the vacancies were filled, and the team arra n ged as follows :-M. Bryant (captain) , pitcher; M. G y les (vicecapt.), catcher; V. Kerr, 1st base; J . P erkins, 2nd base; L . Vial, 3rd base; N. Coghlan, short stop; I. Spiller, l.o.f.; L . Barnett, c.o.f. , and M . Rolls, r.o.f.

The first team consisted of I. S p iller ( captain) , A. Watt (vice-ca pta in ), M . Loats, E. Murdoch, M. Beardsley, F. Brown, J. Shaw, P. Kent, P. Chinner, J . Campbell, and M. Bryant.

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HOCKEY TEAM. l.eft to right: Fay Brown (vice-captain), Phyllis Kent, Marjorie Loots, Edna Murdoch, Ivy SpilJer ( captain ), Marjorie Bryant, Marjorie Beardsley, Peggy Chinner, Joyce Campbell.

1st BASEBALL IX. Ltd( lu ,ight; Jenn Pcrkinc, M :u-i3n Gylc,c (virP-r:.tptnin ), M:trjorie Rolls, Phvllis Cerutty, Valerie Kerr, Le Barnett, Lo'.s Vial, Ivy Spiller, Marjorie Bryant (captain) .

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against several of the non-association teams.

Our Association matches were keenly competed for.

In the first match we defeated M.C.E.G.G.S. by 15 runs to 8, but lost to P.L.C. by 12 runs to 5 . . The match against G.C.E.G.G.S. proved most excit_ing, and resulted in a close finish, t h e honours going to G ee long by 19 runs to 17 .

Unfortunately, during the Second T erm we l ost our short stop, N. Coghlan, but the position was filled by P . Cerutty, wh o will play c.o.f., whilst J . P erkins will play sh ort stop, L. Barnett taking 2nd base.

The three remaining match es of the baseball season have yet to be played.

On "Back to S choo l Day" o ur first match for the T erm was played against the Old Collegians, whom we defeated by 21 runs to 15.

An enjoyable day was spent on S aturday , 10th October, when m embers o f the team visited T oorak College, Frankston. In spite of intermittent showers, and a wet field, we gained a v ictory, with a final score of 23 r uns to 7.

Enthusiastic juniors have been practising regularly, all of whom show promise and a great liking for th e game.

Our second team a lso receives valuable train• ing with the first nine.

The fina ls of the Junior Inter-House baseball were won by House IV. by 19 runs to 18.

The Senior and Intermediate contests have yet to be played .

We all thank Mr. S tevens fo r spending so much time with us in o rder to give us valuable coaching, which has been of great bene fit to a ll.

-M.B.

A Poem.

Oh, fro gs! Oh, where a r e you This nice nig ht, with the moon Shining so bright, in the sky, oh, Where are you? Com e out and play In the garden around the pond, And let me see you play, so beautiful and gay, all the night, o ver the.• Grass with trees and daisies pink, Blue and yellow in th e centres.

THE GLEE CLUB.

-Gr eta Gjersvik, aged 6 years.

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Voice of the School To the Editress of "Silver and Green."

Dear Madam,-

! wish to sincerely thank the School authorities for the various opportunities now provided for a thorough musical educa tion at M.L.C. They are greatly appreciated, by m any, and som e of the results are obvious, as seen in th e high standard reached by the School Orchestra a nd solo artists in the School Concert this year.

But, as the variety of musical courses increases, the more desperate b ecomes the situation for teachers and pupils trying to have lessons in "Annex." How are lessons expected to be of the best advantage if one can hardly heed the other for the noise of pupils in two or three other rooms, each attempting to play a different instrument?

Surely it is time there were sound-proof music rooms in such a flourishing College as M .L.C. It is too much of a strain on the nerves of those concerned to be a llowed to continue .

And then , of course, there are the poor boarders, who, when ill and sent to "Annex," h ave to endure the screec h es and squ awks all d ay long.

Madam, is it fair? - Yours, etc., "Ever-Hopeful."

(This touching picture drew tears from our hard h ea rts and blue eyes.

But there are advantages in the system. The boarders are encouraged to make quick recoveries, in order to escape the tumult.

Remember, too, that nothing g rea t is ever achieved without a struggle. And h aven't you ever h eard of cotton wool? It makes excellent ear-pads, and is very cheap.- Ed. )

(We consulted a leading beauty specialist, who said that buns are id eal for budding belles.

As to your figures-faults in your figures will prevent unseemly pride.--Ed.)

To the Editress of " Silver and Green."

Dear Madam,-

! wish to r equest that lesson s should n ot be held in the rooms above the examination room during examin atio n s, as thunderings often put one's mind off one's work.

An Enthusiastic Student.

(Such e nthusiasm must not go unencouraged.

The thunderings will be removed, and your mind will now remain on your work-we hope.

Ed.)

To the Editress of "Silver and Green ."

Dear Madam,On behalf of the large number of cheerful though harassed girls w h o attend this College, may I venture to lod ge a humble protest? How can we live in an ideal state of joyous lightheartedness if we are condemned to an existence in clothes whose colour prohibits such an outlook? In other words, why must we r epress o ur taste for bright colours and be clad in navy blue?

I endeavour humbly to draw your attention to the advantages of a chic uniform consisting of, let us say, b right g reen slacks with a silver sash and open-necked blouse.- Y ours hopefully, Little Endeavour.

(Why so conservative? W hy not suggest something more ultra modern and Wellsian?Ed.)

To the Editress of "Silver and Green."

Dear Madam,Is fruit expensive? Would it cost a small fortune to s upply each damsel with an apple instead of the usua l "bun" ?

"How well fed the boarders are," r emarks a casual observer. y.,,., h nt think y o u of our figures. F lour and water is so very fattening.

X.E.O.S.

To the Editress of "Silver and Green."

Dear Madam,As the First Term of the year drew to a close, we looked forward with mixed fee lings towarJ, due succeeding Term. ln the laboratory and a djoining rooms, science, theoretically but not practically, reigned supreme. In short,

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Madam, we anticipated a very chilling time during the Winter T e rm. Great was our dismay on entering the laboratory to find it looking somewhat funereal with new black-p ainted b enches.

However, the "powers-that-be" relieved our gloomy impressions by insta lling that most blessed invention, radiators. Will you please tender our warmest feetf elt thanks to those · concerned?-We are, sincerely yours, Warm Feet.

To the Editress of " Silver and Green."

Dear Madam, We beg to inform you that it is thought necessary for the well-being of our persons that the windows of our Form room should b e left permanently open. The white paint on the windows makes our eyes sore. Having the windows open at the top gives us stiff necks and colds in the head. We would be glad if a change could be made, as we are sure tha t next year's girls would agree with us.

To the Editress of " Silver and Green."

Dear Madam,Is it not fitting that the rising generation should set an example of patriotism to the nation?

On the King's Birthday a public holiday is given to all the people in the British Empire so that they may express that patriotism.

Why is ic chat we at public schools are not given that holiday?

Why are we unable to rejoice at our King's birthday? We have co come to school as usual then, but we are given a half-term holiday a few weeks later instead.

We can spare time for one day's holiday; why won't the authorities observe the King's Birthday instead of an ordinary day? Because the "powers-that-be" are unpatriotic in this, why should the nation's youth be forced to follow such a bad example?

Hoping this regrettable state of affairs will bs remedied in the future. -! am, yours faithfully, Patriot.

girls.-Ed.)

(Such patriotism is truly nob!~! B~t our nasty, suspicious minds suggest that you may be more concerned about having a holiday than about being patriotic. le is also a · fact that the King's Birthday is not a public holiday in Great Br,Gain, and not a school holiday for public schools anywhere in Australia.-Ed.)

To the Editress of "Silver and Green ."

To the Editress of "Silver and Green."

Suffocated Students.

(If the white paint makes your eyes sore, why look at it? Blackboa rds, not white windows, should be gazed at by good little school-

Dear Madam, There are many excellent features of this noble School, but, as everywhere, there is still room for improvement.

The improvement which I advocate is concerning the meagre amount of room allotted to those who must don their hats and coats under Fitchett Hall. One is constantly in danger of being impaled on a hat peg, to say nothing of the number of hats which meet the dust ~ h en more than six people enter the cloakroom.

Feeling sure that you will sympathise with ~his sorry state of a ffairs.-! am, yours hopeHat Hunter. fully, ( Constant danger gives alertness to the brain and appearance.

In any case, the obvious r emedy _is co allow only six "hat-hunters"-and no more-to enter at once.-Ed.)

Dear Madam,-

! am taking this opportunity of expressing my great appreciation of our School magazine.

We all look forward to its publication, which so many of us take for granted, without giving any thought to the work it entails or to the people who make it such a success.

It provides an excellent opportunity for girls from all parts of the S chool to show their talent in art and literary work, and for that r eason should be given every consideration and e n couragement.

I therefore wish to thank sincerely the authorities and all who in ,any way contribute to its well-being, and hope that in the future it may appear more than once a year.

One Who Appreciates. ("Thank you for the m kind words, la dy." Ed.)

SILVER AND GREEN. Do You Advertise?

"Is your hair dry, lank, unlovely?" demands the newspaper advertisement. Very personal, isn't it? But even if your hair is dry, lank, etc., do not despair. By using "our special shampoo," a ll will be well.

But, of course, hair is not everything. By the time you have passed through the third degree of the advertisements, you will have no illusions about your appearance. "Is your face old and wrinkled?" they ask. "Are your e}·es duU and lustreless?"

There is even one horrible a dvertisement which asks, "Have you a grasshopper mind?" Of course, you deny it indignantly. But wait! A person with a grasshopper mind is one who cannot remember, or make decisions. If you are like that, your only hope is to take a course in " The Efficient M"ind." If you once take this course, you will never hesitate. You wiU be director of all the firms in the Southern H emisphere at 24, and at 26, after being congratulated on your success by the King, you may retire to the country, with, of course, your seven volu mes of the "Efficient Mind," bound in Russian leather.

These advertisements can be so gloomy. It is so depressing to look at the agonised face of t h e woman who suffers from Corns, with a capital C. And to think that she suffers all in vain, and that twopence would obtain a free sample of "Lightning Corn Cure" for . h e r.

The re is also the tragic face of the man who has a bac kache. His p a ine d expression would cast gloom on the best of newspaper readers.

But, of course, advertisements have their brighter side.

Do we not learn from them how to banish f ear , _ self-consciousness a nd timidity; how to increase o ur chest measure• ments by "seven inches in ten d ays," a nd become fema le editions of T arzan in thirty; how to be the life of a party and the death of a hea dache?

We rea lly should test these advertisements.

A prize might be offered for the person who tries the most advertiseme nts in six months.

Any survivors could compete in a second h eat .

And think of the fame you would acquire if you trie d a ll the advertisements. Of course, rather more t h an fame would resulL ftuw such a noble act. But the cause is good. A nd you

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For, as the poet said"Flaring adverts. a ll remind us They will make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind them Tonic bottles on the sands of time."

Think of the botde-oh's joy! And the under taker 1 s!

-Jessie Wight, Honour VI.

Prometheus.

(Please note the playwright's age.-Ed. ) Characters.

Prometheus (a Titan).

Epimetheus (his brother).

19 Titans Adas.

Jupiter.

Juno.

11 Gods and Goddesses.

Strength and Force (servants).

Mercury.

Scene I. The Titans' Cave Homes.

Promethe us is about to speak.

Prom.: What use is it wasting so much strength? In the end wisd om and forethought will win. If we are going to fight the gods, let us choose a leader and stop quarrelling.

Tita ns (in chorus): No, no, we need no leader.

Prom. (to Epim.): Come; le t us go and help Jupiter.

Epim.: Yes, willingly.

(Curtain.)

Scene II. Jupiter's P a lace.

Jup.: We will up and fi g ht.

(He blows a horn and the gods e nter.)

A ll Gods: We a re come, Your Majesty.

J up.: So, arm yourselves. ( Exit a l l.)

(Curtain.)

Scene III. The P a lace. The Goddesses a ll appear anxiou s.

(Enter Stre ngth and Force.)

Juno: What news?

Strength and Force: We won.

(Enter J upitcr, Gods and Tit""', thP. latter chained. )

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Juno: Ah, thou doest live, Jupiter?

Jup.: Yes. (To Strength) Bring forth Atlas the Strong.

Strength: Yes, Your Majesty. (He walks through the Titans and seizes one, whom he pulls forward.)

Jup.: You shall hold the heavens on your shoulders. So. (Atlas is marched out.)

(Curtain.)

Scene IV.

(Prom. in the Treasure-house.)

Prom. (to himself): I shall give mortals the fire-flower. (He takes down from a shelf a box, opens it, and takes from it a small object and puts another dummy box there, and creeps out.)

(Enter Jupiter.)

Jup.: I must get the fire flower for Juno.

(He takes down the box and puts a note there instead, and goes out.)

(Enter Strength and Force.)

Strength: All is here, is it not?

Force: Where is the fire-flower?

Both: Oh! there is a note. (They read it.)

It's safe.

(Exit both.)

(Curtain.)

Scene V.

The Banquet Hall. All are there.

Juno.: This is in the honour of Prometheus.

It was he that saved us from being conquered.

Prom.: Thank you.

Jup. (suddenly): But, Juno, what is wrong with your fire-flower? (Juno takes it off.)

Juno: That is not the flower. (Prom. is going crimson.) Why, it was Y,ou, was it I}Ot? Tell me, Prometheus.

Prom.: Yes, it was.

Jup.: Take him, Force, and chain him beneath a rock, and may the eagle torment him every day.

Force: Yes, I go.

Jup.: Strength, take the Titans.

Strength: Yes, Your Majesty.

Juno: The banquet may not continue.

Depart.

(Exit all.)

(Curtain.)

-Ailsa Thomson, Form IV.cl, House II., age 9.

Acknowledgment of Contemporaries.

The Editress wishes to acknowledge the receipt of the following magazines:-"The Melburnian," "The Brook," "The Pegasus," "Wesley College Chronicle," "The Cluthan," "The Ruytonian," "The Carey Chronicle," "Girls' Grammar School Notes," ucoo-ee," "Chronicles of St. Peter's GiTls," "The Mitre," "Pallas," "Patchwork," and any others which may have been inadvertently omitted.-Editor.

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