1931 Silver and Green

Mr. FRED. J. CATO, Cha irman of the Adv isory Committee, and a G en erou s Frien d of the College.

SILVER AND GREEN W:q.e 2-1lfla:_ga:zine of tft.e 2-1lfl.etqouist 'lfia:bi.es' illolfog.e DECEMBER, 1931 .

Krome Memorial Gates at the M.L.C., Hawthorn, Vic.

it is confirmed by th e experience and opp'o r tunity of a n ew begi nning.

" A m an's reach should exceed his g r asp, Or wh at's a heaven for? " Life is, and should be, a con tinual reaching towards the idea l, which , fading forever and forever as we move, draws us on higher and ever higher. No matter what resolutions we may make, most of us find that continual effort is h ard to sustain; yet unless we make this effort we are failing in one of the aims of our existence.

Failure and success a lternate in most lives.

We a r e n ot failures when we are merely knoc ked down; we fail only when we cease to str ive . No one n eed be a failure. That is reasonable 'as well as stimulating optimism, and

What is this n ew beginning to m ean for us?

Nineteen thirty -one, with its difficulties and strivings, has almost p assed. The new year, full of opportunities, and, p~ssibly, difficulties, h a~ y et to d awn.

What shall we m a ke of these opportunities?

The p a thway to success-in the truest sen se of the word-is a resolution that,

no

matter what may

com e

to us,

we

shall r emain h opeful, calm and aspiring to the end of our time; we shall develop o ur creative enthusiasm; we shall d iscard the critical ; we shall plan and build-not m a r and d estroy.

We a re bountifully supplied wit h opportunities for n ew beginning s.

G od loving ly invites and ch a lle n ges us to n ew en terprise s o f heroism , which g ive us hope when we are in the d e pths of fa ilure.

The k eyn ote to success is c h eerfulness in t he fa ce of adv ersity.

1f our ed ucatio n will lead us to this g r eat joy, we may pursue the path way to success and attain th e h eig h ts of citizenship.

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AFTER FIFTY YEARS. By the President.

At the end of the present year our S chool will complete the first fifty years of its existence. It was founded and commenced at the beginning of 1882.

The late Dr. Fitch ett, who was its President for 46 years, wrote a history of the College ten years ago, h avin g as its title "Forty Years at the M.L.C." In it he has told the story of its inception. In the days when colleges for girls wzr e considered much more as luxuries than as n ecessities, the Doctor moved in the Methodist Conference of l 87 8 that a committee be appointed to work in: the direction of securing a college for girls under the auspices of the Methodist C hurc h. "Wesley himself," the Doctor said, " was a scholar, and h ad a schola r 's sense of the relation between r e lig ion and education.

He left to his Church as a tradition o r an instinct the duty · of waging a perpetual war with ignoran ce, and of m a king education the servant of r e ligion." This ideal in the heart and mind of the founder of the M.L.C. was the inspiration of a ll · that has h appen ed since, and the M .L.C. of 1931 is its realisation.

The Doctor kept his committee at work, and soon che Conference gave che committee an acre of ground in Carlton, on which had stood an Immigrants' H ome. le was ulti mately sold for £7500. This sum was used in erecting che portion of the College west of the Central Tower.

To complete even that, however, required a much larger sum, and when it was resolve d to go on with the enterprise, half the members of the committee resigned as a protest. The other half, however, showed confidence and courage, and in the first four years over £32,000 was s p en t in buildings, equipment, and the purchase of additional land. The capital expenditure at the present time has reached well over £80,000.

In the early years of the College those who we re able and willing to b e benefactors were f ew and far between, and, when the depression which followed the land boom came, it seemed as ;f the n ew project m ight end in ignominious f ailure . The faith and courage o f its founder a nd of his loyal colleagues saw it through, and from the time of its .recover y it has

shown its ability co meet che educational needs o f larger nu mbers of girls each year.

From the beginning it was not m erely a Melbourne or a Victorian school. Almost every year there are to be seen in its classes g irls from all the Australian States, and, at the present time, India, the Malay States, and the South Sea Islands h ave their representatives.

It is difficult to estimate the inf! u ence of a school ch at draws its schola rs from so wide an area, and the element of value that appeals to many parents and many girls is the very face ch at it is so cosmopolitan in its reach. Its old scholars are now to be found widely spread over the world.

the J1 as the: tions , force, spirit,

of its

It i jubile, ward tions year.

activi1 ness,

Such an institution in its early years generally has to fight hard for its existence, but, as the quality of its wor k has told and the School spirit has grown, b<;nefactors h ave not been slow to realise that their gene rous help is well placed. The names of H enry B erry, Fred. J. Cato and the N icholas brothers call to mind the generous a p p r eciation in which the School is h e ld, and their names will always be associated with the expansion of t h e M .L.C.

gi rl 11'. its po

As che Jubilee approaches, two new d epartures are engaging the attention of the Council. The first is the opening of branch schools.

These have been commenced at Elsternwick and Canterbury. Mr. F . J. Cato's generous gift of the " Kooyong" property at Elsternwick at a time of depression, when we were rather appalled at our own courage in ope:1i.ng a new school, has greatly heartened us and set a fine example to the friends of the College, who are blessed with m eans, to look upon its Jubilee as an occasion when they can m ak" the work of the S chool more effective by lessening its financial oblig ations. Our second wish is to build a Memorial Hall on a scale that will enable us to p rovide for all occasions on which we wish to demonstrate the unity or the School. We hope that ihis will be m ad" possible during the Jubilee celebrations, which will take place in March a nd April of next year .

Th for t Marc

In con n ection with the J ubilee a sustain ed effort is to b e made to get into touch with the thousands of old scholars, and to bring them back into touch with their School. If

It make conSic ing a hall prese 1 of th first :

Th of th f ece to co

m erecti there to as:

Fece Ar any any edge, girls, time: If pern sho" then

SILVER AND GREEN che Jubilee celebrations can be carried out as they appear in o ur v isions, the great traditions of the School will be felt with a n ew force, and, not on ly in equipment, but in spirit, che future of the Schoo l will be worthy of its past.

THE COLLEGE JUBILEE. le is our Jubilee Year, and the song of jubilee is in our mouth. We are looking forward with great pleasure to th e many functions by which we shall celebrate it early next year.

We have r eason to enter into these activities with hearts full of pride and gladness, for the College has a record that every girl must be proud of who has passed through its portals.

le is the d esire of the College Council to make our Jubilee the occasion of wiping off a considerable amount of our d ebt and of erecting a n ew hall which will serve as assembly hall and concert hall.

The whole of the present school has come quickly to the help of the Council, and has offered co raise the first £! 000 towards this object.

The girls have commenced already to work for the Jubilee F e ce, which will be h eld in March nexr.

They hope to enlist the help and sympathy of their p a r ents and friend s, and to make the fece one to be remembered for many years to come.

Old Collegians are being asked to make the erection of the hall their p articula r task, but there are many who are willing a nd a nxious to assist the present girls in making our Jubilee Fece successful.

Any suggestion that will engender success, any gift or promises of gifts, or any help of any kind will b e gladly received and acknowledged by Mrs. J. W. Grove on behalf of the girls, and may be sent to the College at any time, in h er care.

If the same spirit of h elp and unselfishness permeates the work of our Jubilee Fete as was shown throughout the Sports Ground F ete, then success is a lready assured.

-D. B. Grove.

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SCHOOL NOTES, 1931.

Once more Time turns a page in his book of years, and on the page 19 3 1 have been written many very h appy things for us all.

At morning assembly on 11th February the n ew girls were welcomed, and we welcomed also as new staff members Miss P arker, Miss Tarrant, Miss Jones and Mrs. Cameron. We were sorry chat Mrs. Hump'i1reys, Misses Gawley, Cox and Irving were no longer with us, a nd r egretted losing Miss Rowlands at the end of first term.

Miss H ay' s r eturn from abroad a t the be ginnin g of the year afforded much pleasure, and later she gave us a very enjoyable talk on her travels. We were sorry to have to say farewell co Miss Harcourt during first term, when she left for England, but she is. b ac k with us again after a few months' a b sence.

An innovation of this yea r is the school orchestra, which, though still s mall, has enliven ed some of our assemblies with its accompaniments.

All our usual sports events have been carried out.

Owing to inclement weather, the swimmi ng sports had to be p ostponed, . but they were h e ld successfully a few days later, in spite of heavy shower s of rain, which were somewhat inconvenient to chose who were not in swimmin g costume.

The 5th of May was set aside for the athletic spores, and we were pleased to welcome m any parents and friends. Mrs. Grove kindly pre;ented the trophies to the winners.

Our days are not always entirely given up to periods of lessons, and during this year interesting speakers have addressed us. During first term were were honoured by a visit from Dr. Koo, who not only spoke to us, but a lso delighted us with his playing of the Chinese flute.

A short programme of French nursery rhymes a nd English folk songs by two of the Theatre of Y ouch Players was another event of first term which won general acclam ation.

Others to whom we h ave had the pleasure of listen ing were Professor Osborne, on behalf of t he Rotary Club; Miss Collisson, from the League of Nations Union; Mrs. Cherry, from

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the Kindergarten Union; the President of the Methodist Conference of New South Wales, Rev. J. W. Burton, and Dr. Brook r:,l°icholl.

Our former head m aster, Mr. Le Couteur, who was passing through Melbourne on his way to take up his duties as head master of Newington College, Sydney, came, with Mrs. Le Couteur, to our morning assembly on the last day of second term, and we all enjoyed seeing him. After speaking to us and giving us some examples of Western Australian schoolboy "howlers,'' Mr. Le Couteur presented the new tennis cup to the victorious team, con• gratulating the girls on winning the premiership for the fifth consecutive year.

The School Concert this year was an un• qualified success, the attendance being excellent, and the standard of the programme even higher than usual. The programme consisted of choral work by the senior, intermediate and l ower middle school choirs, vocal items, two fantasies, and folk dances by the gymnastic classes.

On Back to School Day the senior school entertained the old scholars with a musical programme, which was much appreciated.

Auburn Church was again crowded fo r the School Service, which was held on the evening of Sunday, 27th September. · The President officiated, and gave the address, and the singing was led by the school.

turned. We regretted that Miss Cox was no longer with us, and extended a welcome to Miss Tarrant. We are all sorry that illness has prevented Miss M cGauchie from being with us during third term.

Early in the first term the House Prefects were appointed, the following girls being chosen:-Ursula Dugdale (Senior House), Cecile Goldie, Jean Aubrey and Minnie Rodger. Millie Johns, Gwen Landry and Dorothy Payne were made Associate Prefects.

In sport, under Miss Shannon' s direction, we have, as usual, carried on a · keen rivalry with School, special excitement being aroused by the running and the basket -ba ll. In the former, House carried the flag to victory, and the result of the basket-ball match was for some time in the balance, as at first we were in the lead. Howeve r , School pulled up in the last quarter, and won by a narrow margin.

This year has seen the inauguration of a gymnastic contest, the points for which count towards the cup. We have been divided this year into houses, which temporarily bear the names of the first four letters of the Greek alphabet.

To chase dull care away, we entertained ourselves by a mock p a rliament, when , in the presence of Mr. Grove, we debated the weighry question of the taxing of bachelors, the decision being in the negative.

On 27th October the new buildings of the Elsternwick Branch of the Methodist Ladies' College were officially opened by Mr. F. J. Cato, who, by presenting the property, gave us yet another example of his great generosity.

During the year we were given the opportunity of h earing the different celebrated musicians who have visited Melbourne, and we have much enjoyed the concerts given by Mark Hambourg, Levitski, Peter Dawson, Clara

Much regret was felt throughout the School that illness necessitated Mrs. Landen' s absence for a fortnight of third term, and on her return she was warmly welcomed by us all.

And so 1931 slips away, taking for some of us our last school days. To the girls of 1932 who will have the good fortune of being at school for the Jubilee Year, we wish all happi• ness and success in the best School of all.

Butt, and Balokovic. • Our thanks for interesting social evenings are due also to Mr. Whittaker, Mr. Porter and Mr. Ken. Grove.

Senior boarders spent an enjoyable afternoon at the Elsternwick Branch, which they visited on the Saturday before the official opening.

A new and entertaining experience

was steering the motor lawn mower, a pastime

HOUSE N OTES. Again we of the House have spent a happy year. On reassembling on 11th F e bruary we were g lad that almost all t.he Staff had re•

in which we all indulged.

We wish the best

of luck to the girls of 1932, and feel sure that they will find, as we have done, that a boarder's life is quite a happy one.

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SILVER AND GREEN SCHOOL O FFICERS. , Senior Prefect-Helen Eggleston.

S enior House Prefect-Ursula Dugdale.

Full P refects- School : B. A llen, R. Bennett, D. Champion, R. Johnstone, Y . Miles, M. Shepherd, N. Smith, W . South, M. Swan, L. Thomas.

Full Prefects- House: J . Aubrey, C. Goldie, M . Rodger.

Associate Prefects-Sch ool: J. Aubrey, J. Bennett, R. Blair, N. Cerutty, L. Charlwood, A. Dight, R. Fry, M . Fisher, M . Fox, C. G oldie, M. Moulton, M . Rodger, F. Shimmin, M. Wicks.

Associate Prefects-House: G. Landry, M. Johns, D. P ayn e.

Form Captains-H. Eggleston (Hono ur VI.),-J. Neville (Pass VI.a) , L. Amos (Pass VI.b), W. South (Dip.A), C. Jope (1st a nd 2nd term, Dip.B) , I . Comport (3rd term, Dip.BJ, P. Yeo (V.a), G. Saunders (V.b), F. M ardell (V.c), P . Ditchburn (V.e), G. Johnston (XX.), P . Rule (L.V), N . Rashleigh (XX.a), E. Colli.ns (IV.a), J . Miers (R.a), H .

Gilbertson (IV.b), A. M o ., n (R.b), J. Barnett (IV.c), P. Ashton (R.c) , M. Rendle (IV.cl), T. Powers (Junior School), A. Hare (III.a), Y . Reynolds (III.) , E. Stacey (Kindergarten).

Sports Committee--Mrs. Landen (ch a irwoman), Miss P a rson s, Miss Wade, Miss Shannon, Miss Rowlands (1st term), Miss Maling (2nd a nd 3 rd terms) , W. South (secretary), L. Charlwood, V. Cornell ( !st term), T . Cox, U. Dugdale, M. Dunn (2nd and 3rd terms) , He len Eggleston, R. Johnstone, C. J ope ( I st and 2nd terms), R. Shaw (2nd and 3rd terms), J ean Weller, S. Whittaker.

Sports Captains- S. Whittaker ( tennis), C.

J ope (basket-ball), U. Dugdale (baseball) , L. Chari wood (running).

Editresses-Y. Miles, W. South.

Librarian- R. Johnstone.

House Librarians-U. Dug dale, J . Aubre y.

D ebat ing Society- Miss Dahle (president), Y. Miles (secretary), H. Eggleston, M. Shepherd, W. South, L . Thomas.

S_C,U-- Miss Betts (president) , W. South ( vice-president) , B. Allen ( correspondin g sec-

retary) , L. Thomas ( recording secretary), M .

Fox (treasu rer), Y. Miles, M. Shepherd.

Walking Clu b-Miss H all (president), M .

Swan (secretary), B. Allen, D. Champion (treasurer), L. Chari wood, F. Krizos.

EXAMINATION SUCCESSES. Public Examinations, 1929-30.

At the University Public Examinations in D ~cember, 1930, 5 2 separate honours and one exhibi tion were gained in the School Leaving Honour Examination, 30 complete passes in the School Leaving Pass Examination, and 56 complete passes in the School Intermediate Examination.

School Leaving Honours.

The honours gained in this examination were five ! st class, 20 2nd class, 28 3rd class.

Indiv idual results were:Gloria Annois-3rd class European History.

Joyce Bennett- 2nd class English, 2nd class British History, 3rd class Latin.

Dorothy Cerutty-2nd class English, 2nd class European History, 3rd class French , 3 rd class British History.

Audrey Corr-3rd class Chemistry, 3rd class Geography.

Joyce Findlay- I st class English, 3rd class European . History.

Alison Frazer-2nd class Economics, 2nd class Engl ish , 2nd class European History, 3rd class French.

Enid Gray-2nd class British History, 2nd cla ss European History, 3rd class English.

Helen Eggleston - 3rd class Drawing.

Jean McRae--2nd class English, 3rd class British History.

Marion McLennan-1st class French, 1st cla ss Economics, 2nd class European History, 2nd class British History.

Yvonne Miles- 3rd class Eng lish .

Winsome History.

McDonald- 3 rd

class

European

J ean Padgett- 3rd class English, 3 rd class French.

Marjorie Pearce -3rd class English, 3rd class Commercial Practice.

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SCHOOL AND HOUSE FULL PREFECTS. B ack Row : Ruth B e nne tt, Rosalind Johnstone, M avi s Swan, Dorcithy Champion, Yvonne Miles.

Ce"ntre Row : Norm a Smith, Ursula Dugdale (Se nior House Prefect), H e len Eggleston (Se nior Prefect).

Winnie South , L e na Thomas. F ront Row : B e tty Allen , M ary Shepherd.

Ethel Shackell- 2nd class Ge'?graphy, 3rd class French, 3rd class Chemistry, 3rd class Bo tany.

places were gained by Dorothy C erutty, Alison Frazer , Enid Gray, E thel Shacke ll, Winnie South and L ena Thomas.

Mary Shepherd-1st class Drawing and the Exhibition, 2nd class English, 2nd class Calculus, 3rd class Algebra.

Queen 's Non-Resident Exhib itions were gained by Enid Gray, M. McLennan a nd L ena Thomas.- Dorothea Cerutty gained a Trinity Non-Resident Exhibition.

Winnie South- 2nd class E uropean History, 3rd class Drawing, 3rd class Economics.

Lena Thomas-2nd class Eng lis h , 3rd class Botany, 3rd class Drawing, 3rd class Phys io logy.

Nancy Tra ngmartory.

2nd class European His-

E unice Westphalen3rd class English.

2nd class Geography,

Mavis Wicks-2nd class European History.

A Senio r Government Scholarship was gamed by Marion McLennan, and five free

School L e aving C ertificates.

Those who obtained the Sch ool Leavin g Certificate were: - G lo ria Annois, J ean Aubrey, Bertha Barley, M a rgaret Barley, Ruth Bennett, Nellie Binns, Rita Blair, Nancy Cerutty, Dorothy Champion, Dorothy Cole, · Phyllis Collins, Joyce Findlay, Molly Fishe r, Rosie Fraze r, Ruth Hay, Leila Holding, D ulcie Hollyock, Ada J ohns, Rosalind J ohn ston, M avis Moulton, Jea n P aterson, Mavis Poysden, Frey Shimmin , Norma Smith, Mavis Swan, Nancy Trangmar, Valmai Trigge, Merle Wainwright, Mavis Wicks.

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SCHOOL ASSOCIATE PREFECTS. Back Row: Jean Aubrey, Rita Blair, Joyce B e nnett, A.Ima Dight, Minnie Rodger, Frey Shimmin ' Centre Row: Mavis Moulton, Mavis Wicks , Lorraine Cbarlwood, Nancy Ce rutty, Mollie Fishc.-.

Front Row : Mary Fox , Cecile Goldie.

Intermediate Certificates.

Those who obtained the Intermediate Cer· tificate we re:-Mwyn Anderson, Marjorie Bannister , K a thlee n Bowring, Joyce Brown, Eunice Canavan, Grace Cartwright, Lorra ine Chariwood, Lilian Christie, M arion Cranwell, Vera Curtis, Tasma Davey , Dorothy Dugdale, Vera Eddy, Carol Edmunds, Joyce Findlay, Gwen Frazer, Verona Fromholrz, Gwenda Grant, MuriJal H arris, Ruth Hair, Rita H o lmes, Ena Jones, Lois Kin g, Winnie Lee, Marjorie M cConchie, Joy Mills, Phyllis Min.n s (Feb.) , Mary M o nsbourgh (Feb.), Joyce Nevile, Dorothy Nicholas, J oy O sbo rne, Elva Ou th red , Dorothy P ayne, Margaret Phillips, N ellie Pithy, Lyndall Pledge, Eva Porter (Feb.), Muriel Rayson, Bon Roberts (Feb. ) , Norma Robinson (Feb.), Minnie Rodger, Qorothy Richards (Feb . ), Ira Richardso n , I sabel Saw-

yer, Winnie Sewell (Feb.), Mavis Swan, Adele Thorn e, Dorothy Trangmar (Feb.), Valmai Trigge, Nancy Vickers, Anne Watkins, Shirley Whittake r, Elva W illiams, Joan Young.

Interform Trophies.

S enior School trophies

were

awarde d

as

follow:- Swimming t r ophy, Diploma A; T en nis trophy, Honour VI.; Athletic trophy, Honou r V I .; . Basket-ball trophy, Pass V1.b.

Upper Middle S chool trophies wer e awarded as follow:- Swimming trophy, Lower V.; T ennis trophy, L ower V.; Athletic trophy, XX.a; Basket-ball trophy, Remove A .

L ower Middle School trop hies were awarded as follow:-Swimmin g ~rophy, I V.b; Tennis trophy, I V.b; Basket-ball tr ophy, Remove B ; Athletic trophy, Removll B. Base ba ll m atches h a ve no~ yet been p layed.

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Acknowledgment of Contemporaries.

The Editresses wish to acknowledge the receipt of the following school magazines:' '.The Wyvern," " The Mitre," "Prince Alfred College Chr onicle," "Girls' Grammar School Notes," " The Carey Chronicle," " The Brook," "Patchwork," " Wesley Chronicle," "The Melburnian," ttChronicle of St. Peter's," uThe Ruytonian,'' ttThe Michaelian,'' ccPegasus," uCoo-ee," uExcelsior,'' ccWoodlands,'' ccG irls'

Grammar

School

Lucernian,"

"The

Notes,

Ballarat,"

I vanarian,"

"Th e

uThe Lauris-

tonian," " T he Sphinx," " The C luthan," "St. Andrew's Collegian," "Lowther Hall Chronicle," ccSt. Catherine's Magazine," uFintonian."

List of Daughters of Old Collegians m the School.

Miss Luke (Maggie Thodey).

Helen and J oan Eggleston (Gladys Gault).

L esia Blanshard (Ivy Richards) .

Beryl Edgar (Lily Spaven).

J ean and Phyllis Minns ( Marian Retallick) .

Viva Berkefield (Daisy Hughes) .

Berna Nairn (Margaret Robins).

H eather Rentoul (Ivy Comben).

P at Evans (Margery Powe rs) .

Yvonne Reynolds (Meryl Scott) .

Joyce Tully (Hilda Petty).

Margaret and Elspeth Little (Frances Thomas).

P at Phillips (Grace Watsford) .

Lorna Carter ( Doris Bowring).

Gwen Oldham (Evelyn Bignall) .

Jean Hoadley (Marian Powe rs) .

Lynette Bull ( Eva Stoddart).

P eggy Ashton (grandmother, Ida Hurlstone) Gwen Stanbrook (Evelyn Warne).

Cara Heath (Elsie Fitchett).

In loving memory of our schoolfellow, Ira Richardson, who passed away on Monday, 25th October. The College extends to the members of her family its deepest sympathy in their bereavement.

HOUSE ASSOCIATE PREFECTS. Standing: Dorothy Payne.

Sittin g: Millie Johns, Gwen Landry.

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SILVER AND GREEN Senior Egg and S poon Race (30 yards)! , N. Allan; 2, L. Thomas; 3, M. Swan.

Sack Race, Under 12 (20 yards)-!, J. Pearce; 2, A. Moon; 3, J. Thorpe.

Athletic Sports.

The athletic sports for 1931 were held on 5th May, having been postpon ed from the previous day because of the rain. Although the day was sunny, the g round was very h eavy, and no n ew records were cr eated.

Owing to th e postponement o f the sports, many schools were unable to take part in the Invitation Flag Race and the Baseball Throwing on the Diamond. The Inv itation Flag Race was very exciting, Ruyton first being eq ual with M.L.C., a nd th en winning by a narrow margin. The Baseball T h rowing on the Diamond was first introduced last year, and h as proved an interesting addition. M.L.C. was victorious.

The House v. School Race, as usu a l, cap ed forth the frantic cheers of th e whole School.

House is to be con g r a tulated on its victory.

We h ave an additional runnin g cup, presented by Mrs. Landen, for the S enior Interfo rm Flag Race. Honour VI. is the first For m to h o ld this cu p.

The School congratulates the three winners, Ursula Dugdale, Frances Parker and Nellie Smith, each of whom received a silve r cup, presented by Mrs. Grove.

T he thanks of the School are due to Miss Parsons, the Prefects a nd members of the Sports Committee, and a ll those who assisted in making the meeting a pleasure to spectators and competito r s.

- L.C. T h e following are the r esufrs of the various even ts:-

Open Championship, 100 ya rdsF isher; 2, U. Dugda le; 3, J. Aubrey.

50 Yards, Under 12Gadsden ; 3, L. Clarke.

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1, J . P arker; 2. G .

Sack Race, Under 16 (30 yards)-!, D. Mitchell ; 2, L. H amer; 3, J. Cornell.

Junior Race, 50 Yards (Championshi p)-! , N. Smith; 2, L. Holland; 3, G . Gadsden.

Senior Race, 180 Yards (Ch ampionship)!, M . Fish er; 2, U. Dugdale; 3, J. Aubrey.

Junior Race, 75 Yards (Championship)!, L. Allan; 2, V . Carter; 3, L. Bower, J . Hall, equal.

Senior Sack Race, 30 Yards- I , J . McCrea ; 2, 0. Ghe n t; 3, B. Vick.

Interm ediate Race, 75 Yards (Championsh ip) - ! , F. Parker; 2, P. Brown ; 3, G . Jones.

Junior Siamese Race, 25 Yards- !, B. Chitty, P. Cohen; 2, L. A lla n , N. McMullen; 3, M. Smith, N. Irvine.

Senior Potato Race (Championship), 30 Yards- ! , U. Dugdale; 2, M . F isher.

J unior Potato Race (Championship), 20 Yards-!, V. Pike; 2, N . Smith, W . C h a mpion , equal.

Hurdle Race (Intermediate Championship), 75 Y a rds- ! , J . Cornell; 2, V. Berkefeld; 3, G. Jones.

Hurdle Race (S enior Championship), 100 Yard s-! , U. Dugdale; 2, M. F isher; ' 3, J .

McDonald.

Ju nior S ack Race (Championship ), 25 Yards - 1, W. Champion; 2, H . Brown ell; 3, L. Holland.

Potato Race ( Inte rmed iate C h ampionship), 30 Yards-!, F . P a rker; 2, J . Cornell ; 3, D. Mitchell.

Junior Egg and Spoon Race, 20 Yards-!, WI. Champion; 2, H. Brownell.

Senior Siamese Race, 3 0 Y a rds- 1, J. Aubrey, U. Dugdale; 2, V. Cornell, C . Jope; 3 , L. Marks, F. Krizos. l 00 Yards Intermediate Championship-!, F. Parker; 2, P. Brown; 3, V. Berkefeld.

Baseball Throwing on the D iamond-I, M.L.C.; 2, Ruy ton; 3, F intona.

Senior Obstacle Race, 75 Y a rds-1, J. Osborne; 2, M. Swan; 3, J . McCrea.

Intermediate Obstacle Race, 75 Yards-I , P. Brown ; 2, D. Mitchell ; 3, E. Lath am.

Inv itation Flag Race, 75 Yards-! , Ruyton; 2, M.L.C.; 3, Fincona.

Wheelbarrow Race, Under I 2, 20 Yards!, J. E llis, M Collocott ; 2, S. Phillips, P. P hilli ps, Carisbrook ; 3, G. Gadsd en , J . Barker.

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Lower Middle School Form Flag Race, 50 Yards- I , Remove B ; 2, IV.b; 3, IV.c.

Senior Forms' Flag Race, 50 Yards-I, Honour VI.; 2,. V .b; 3 , Diploma A .

Upper Middle School Form Flag Race, 50 Yards-I, XX.a; 2, IV.a; 3, XX. lnt'lrmediate Egg and Spoon Race, 30 Yards -1, D. Mitchell ; 2, V. Be rkef elc;I; 3, J . Cornell.

Intermediate Siamese Race, 30 Yards-I , L. Anlezark, A . M a rshall ; 2, M. Rogers, C. Heath; 3, R . Reseigh, ·D . Mitchell.

House v. School, 75 Yards-House.

S enior Champion-Ursula Dugdale.

Inl:e rmedia re Champion-Frances Parker.

Junior Champion-Nellie Smith.

-L.C.

Swimming Sports.

The s~imming sports were held this year on Friday, 13th March; after having been postponed from the preceding Tuesday owing to wet weather.

Even on the day chosen _ the weather was not favourabJ-e, and the programme was interrupted several times because of tl:,e rain.

The sports this year were held for the first time in the Kew City Baths.

Specta tors regarded this as a great improvement, as more seating accommodation was available.

During one of the junior events a Cromarty representative got into difficulties, but her cries for help were quickly answered by one of the attendants.

The usual keen interest was taken in the House v. School race, School being again victorious.

Owing to the rain, the presentation of the cups was postponed until the following Monday morning, when the winners received them from Mrs. Grove.

The r esults were as follow: Under 12 (20 yards) Moon; 3, L. Neale.

1, P. Chinner; 2, A.

Under 16 (one leng th)-! , M. Bannister; 2,

M. Thorpe.

Senior Breast Stroke (one length)-!, P. Duff ; 2, M. Shepherd ; 3, E. F arhood.

Under 14 (one len g th) - !, J. Dick; 2, H. Brownell; 3, G. Guy. lntPrmediate Overarm (one length)-!, N. Hayler ; 2, M. Thorpe; 3, M. Uunn.

Life Saving (open}-!, J. Dick, M. Thorpe; 2, D. Mitchell, E. McLennan.

Junior Diving- I , J . Dick; 2, B . Lever; 3, N. Hayler, H. Brownell, equal.

Obstacle Race-- 1, F . Krizos.

Senior O verarm (one length)-1, E. Farhood; 2, L. Charlwood; 3 , P . Duff.

Intermediate Diving -I, M. Thorpe, N. H a yler , equal; 3, M. ·Gray.

S enior Diving-I, M. Shepherd; 2, E. Farhood; 3, P. Duff.

Interform Relay Races-Lower Middle School, IV.b; Upper Middle School, LV.; Senior School, Dip.A. House v. School-School.

-L.C.

Baseball Notes, 1931.

As soon as school commenced Miss Parsons set to work training girls for the b'lseball team, in order that we might win back the Austin Cup. Although practically all last year's team re turned , many keen young players were discovered who will prove very valuable in the n ear future . The team for the first round of matches was as follows:- Rita Blair, pitcher; Helen Eggleston, catcher; Dorothy Dugdale, first base ; Joa n Cornell, second base; Violet Cornell, third base; Winnie South, short stop; Ursula Dugdale, l.o.f. ; Maisie Dunn, c.o.f.; Shirley Whittaker, r.o.f.

After earnest practice until 11th April, we played our first Association match against M.C.E.G.G.S. The result was a win for M.L.C. with 19 runs to 5. We knew our struggle against G.C.E.G.G.S. a nd P.L.C. would be even harder, but we were able to succeed, defeating G.C.E.G.G.S., 13-2, and P.L.C., 16-6.

This position we were anxious to carry even further in the third term. As our third base left, our team's positions in the field had to be slightly altered, Frances Parker, the emergency, making the ninth player in the match against M.C.E.G.G.S. This resulted in another win for M .L .C., 14--6. The following S aturday we visited Geelong, Lorraine Cha rlwood, who had been una ble to play in the four previous matches, taking up her position once more. But, alas, G eelong proved too strong, and d.,f p:,ted us, 23-10. The premiership

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BASEBALL TEAM. Sitting: Ursula, Dugdale (capta in) . Sta.ndiirg : J oan Cornell, Dorothy Dug dale, Maisie Dunn, Violet Cornell, Lorraine Charlwood, Helen Eggleston, Shirley Whittaker, Rita Blair, Winnie South.

still hangs in the b alance till after our match against P.L.C. For these successes we are greatly indebted to Miss Parsons for all the time she has spent with us, and on behalf of the team I wish to thank h er very mu ch.

This year the interform baseball m atch es h a d to b e played in the quad'. with a tennis ba ll. For the first time in the School's history IV.cl h as won a cup for sport by winning the Lower Middle School Baseball Cup. The Upper Middle School Cup was won by Form Remove A. The S e nior School a nd House v. School m a tches h ave n ot yet been played.

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Doro thy Dug d ale (first base) played a m ost relia ble gam e, and showed improve m ent in ·both batting and throwing .

Joan Cornell (second base ) m a intained her

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reputation as a good hitter, a nd fielded splendidly, her g round work being esp ecia ll y good.

M a isie Dunn ( third base) h as a strong throw and safe h a nds. S he took many good catches, and improved g reatly in batting .

Winnie South (short stop) a gain p layed m agn ifi cently. She covered second a nd third

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bases, and backed up the outfield with unfailing accuracy. She has the strongest throw in the team, and batted well in each match.

Lorraine Charlwood (C.0.F.) improved in a ll branches of the game, especially in hitting.

She has a good throw, and has learnt to run bases well.

Shirley Whittaker (R.O.F.) is a most reliable player. Her catching a nd hitting have been very good, and she is one of the best baserunners in the team.

Violet Cornell played on third base during the first round of th~ matches. She made six run s, t ook three catch es, and disposed of one runner.

Conclusion.

Although this year we have again been liampered by want of a suitable practice g rou nd, n othing daunted the ardour of the baseballe rs, the inte rform matches, which were play_e d in the quadrangle, arousing unprecedented enthusias m . We have practised on th e ; ports ground when it resembled a Flanders

battlefi e ld, in Xavier's padd-ock undaunted by the interest taken by the numerous cows, in the quadrangle endangerin g passers-by a nd overhead wires, and occasionally on the Glenferrie Oval, hindered by footballers, cricketers and track runne rs. We practised in mud, in dust, in blazing hea t, and in r ain. We were interfered with by sickness, botany a nd geography excursions, examinati ons and festivities.

We are like the regiment whom the Colonel never saw together e:Xcept on pay day.

Yet, in spite of all these drawbacks, we fo ught o ur way into the fina ls.

This will show the teams of the future, who will. enjoy the benefit of a perfect sports ground, that the will to win may triumph in spite of adverse circumstances.

It is th e team spirit of the 1931 girls that has enabled them to achieve success, so that in the years to come there will a lways be pleasant memories of, " We few, we happy few, we band of brothers."

RUNNING TEAM. Sta nding: Myra Smitten, Jean Weller, Frances P ark er, Cons ie Jope, Ursula Dugdale.

Fisher, Lorraine Ch~ rlwn,:ul (ra r t;::r,i.n) , J ec\n Aubrey, Peggy Brown.

-B.P.

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Running T eam.

C onclusion.

Although the running team has not won as many trophies this year as in previous years, we are hopefu l of r egaining our laurels.

Individuall y, the members of the team h ave done g ood work, but they must all r eme mber that it is only by r egular practice as a team rhat they can carry the flag to victory.

- B.P.

Six of las t year's team r eturned- }. Aubrey, U. Dugdale, M. Fisher, F. P a rker, J . Weller, L .

Charlwood.

The lastnamed was not able to run during the first term. The followi n g girls were chosen to fill the three vacancies:-P. Brown, C. Jope, and M. Smitten. We were very sorry to lose C. J ope after second term, but L. Charlwood th en took her place.

During first term we were just defeated by Ruyton at our own sports. We we re victorious at Ruyton , and M. Fisher, our representative, won a t St. Cath erine's sports.

During the second term M .L.C. ran in the most important race of the year, the I nter• school Flag Race, at University. Although we fin ished first, we were disqualified , and so lost the shield, wh ich h ad been h eld for the last fou r years by M.L.C. Our _juni o r team won a cup at Ruyto n sports during first term Ther e are many p r omising runners in this team.

W e wis!-, the 1932 team the b est of luck.

Criticism of the- Running T eam.

Lorraine Charlwood (captain), although unable to run during the first term, s h owed splendid form , and kept the lead in all r aces.

J ean A ubrey ran in good style, and captained the team well in the absence of Lorrain e.

Ursula Dugdale gave the team a good lead in ever y race, as sh e gets off th e mark a t once.

P eggy Brown is a keen r unner, and h as learnt t o hold the flag correctly.

Mo llie Fisher is one of the best runners in t h e team , and r epresen ted the School successfully.

Consie J ope showed great improvement, and ran well each time.

Frances Parker is very quick on her feet, and is develop ing into an excellent runner.

Myra Smitten gets away at once, and has shown im provement in each race.

J ean W eller is a reliable runner, and ran well each time.

Basket-ball, 1931.

Basket-ball commenced early in second term, when practices wer e begun in earn est . As only two members of last year's team returned, severa l weeks elapsed b; fore the team was fin ally chosen, and, after much consider atio n , the following choice was made:- First Team: Consie Jope (captain) , Joan Cornell (vice-captain), Lois Burke, Ursula Dugdale, Maisie Dunn, Mav is Gray, Fran ces Parker.

The second tea m consisted of J ean Weller (captain), Lesia Blanshard, J ean Bryant, P eggy Brown, J oyce Lowry, Freda Mardell, Margaret Rogers.

The following girls p layed in the j unior team:-Gwen Johnston (captain), Lily Allan, Valda Carter , Winnie Champion, Ena Hazelhurst, Phyllis M artin, and Phyllis Stevenson. i

The scor es for the matches ·played throughout th~ s~ason wer e as follo w:M.L.C. v. Fintona, 27-3 8 .

M .L.C. v. P .L.C., 19-1 7.

M.L.C. v . St. Andrew's, 45- 18.

M.L.C. v . Fintona, 28--35.

M.L.C. v. Str atherne, 24-24.

M.L.C. v. P.L.C., 14-17.

M.L.C. v. Korowa, 19- 25.

The second team played five match es, two of which it won. Several of the m ember s of t h is team are very keen p layers, and should be eligible for inclusion in n ext y ear's first team.

The juniors won both of the matches they p layed against "Carisbrooke."

M u ch interest was taken in the interform basket-ball m a tches, and, after many hardf o u g ht games, the following teams were su ccessful:--Senior Form Cup, P ass Vl.b; Intermediate, Remove A; Junior Form C u p, IV.c.

The most exciting match of th e season was the House v. School, when for a time House seemed su r e of victor y. Towards the end of the game, h owever, School fought hard, and was successfu l in winn ing, 3 1 goals to 28.

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We d esir e t o express our g r atitude and appreciation to Miss Parsons, who spent much of her time in coaching us, and we wish the 193 2 team a very happy and successful season.

- J.C., M.D. Criticism of the T eam.

Cons ie Jope (captain) played splendidly in her position as centre defence, and teamed well with the other centre players.

Ursula Dugdale (centr e) covered_ the centre court with gr eat speed, and passed accu rately i n every m atch .

Joan Cornell ( centre a ttack) p layed well in chis position . H er passing is accurate, and she anticipates the ball well.

Lois B urke (goal-shooter) shot well at times, but n eeds to be m o re re lia ble to be su ccess-

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Conclusion.

The basket-b all team has not been very suc-::essf ul this season, chiefly owing to the absence of a suitable ground for practice. Individual m embers played well, but team co-ordination is esse ntial before victor y can be o b tained.

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Tennis Notes.

This year has proved a successful one, and we have now been premiers for five successive years.

After d esperate struggles, and many a nxious moments, M.L.C. is now the first school to hold the new interschool tennis cup.

At the beginning of the year there was very k een competition for the one vacant place in t h e team. As Helen Eggleston had to resign, the re were then two places to b e filled. Finally

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The first three matches were played on our own courts.

Results:First Round-M.L.C. v . C.E.G.G .S.: M.L.C., 2 rubbers, 5 sets, 43 games; C.E.G.G.S., 2 rubbers, 4 sets, 41 games. M.L.C. v. P .L.C.: M.L.C., 3 rubbers, 7 sets, 55 games; P.L.C., 1 rubbe r , 3 sets, 51 ga m es. M.L.C. v. Geelong : M.L.C., 3 rubbers, 7 sets, 48 games; Geelong, 1 rubber, 3 sets, 40 games.

S econd Round- M.L.C. v.

C.E.G.G.S .: M.L.C., I rubber, 3 sets, 40 games; C.E.G.G.S., 3 rubbers, 6 sets, 41 games. P.L.C. v. M.L.C.: M.L.C., 3 rubbers, 6 sets, 45 games; P .L.C., 1 rubber, 3 sets, 37 games. M.L.C. v. Geelong: M.L.C., 2 rubbers, 5 sets, 46 games; G eelong, 2 rubbers, 4 sets, 3 6 games.

The interform matches provided some interesting contests. Honour VI. won the Senior Cup; Lower V. was successful in the Upper Middle School, whi le IV.b gained the Lower Middle School Cup. The school championships h ave yet to be played. W e expect m a ny keen matches. The following are the results of the championships held for the past four years:1927-Junior Champion, Truda Cox; Intermediate Champion, Shirley Whittaker; Senior Champion, Alvie D avies.

1928--Junior Champion, Truda Cox; Intermediate Cha mpion, Shirley Whittaker; Senior Champion, Nancy Chitty.

1929-Junior Champion-Roma R eseigh; Intermediate Champion, Shirtey Whittaker; S e nior Champion, Edna Harry.

1930-Junior Champion, Roma Reseigh; Intermediate Champion, Lola Enniss; Senior Champion, Truda Cox. \X1e are glad to see so many juniors taking such an interest in tennis.

Many of them will make splendid players.

We g reatly appreciate all that Miss Parsons has done for the team this year, and we rea lise that we owe our success to h er efficient coaching.

-S.W. Criticism of the Team.

Shirley Whittaker (captain) and Truda Cox (vice-captain) played splendidly in every

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match, and were the mainstay of the team.

They have mad e great progress in a ll stages of the game, and are both li kely to go far in big tennis.

Rosie Shaw h as many good strokes, but is liable to fail at critical moments. H er service is strong, and h er driving good.

Len a Thomas has shown all-round improvement, and will do well when she is able to attack more strongly.

Rosalind Johnston again played a steady, reliable game, and showed general improvement.

Lola Enniss h as a strong service and a good forehand drive, but she needs to play more consistently to achieve success in matches.

Winnie South played well throu g hout the year, h e r n et play being especially good. When she develops a stronger service she will be a difficu lt player to defeat.

"Roma Reseigh proved to be a most reliable player, her steadiness wearing down most opponents. She possesses all the strokes , and has a promising tennis career b efore her.

Conclusion.

Once again we have won the tennis premiership of the public schools, and, although our beloved shield has returned to Geelong, we now hold the new tennis cup, which repos~s in a glass case in Fitchett Hall. We hope its shining presence will urge the teams of the future to keep it in its present position for many years, and to maintain the high standard of M.L.C. tennis.

Schoolgirls' Championships.

The School entered two pairs for the doubles and four players for the singles. Of these, Shirley Whittaker and Truda Cox reached the semi-fina ls, where they were defeated by the strong P.L.C. first p air, who afterwards won the event.

In the semi-finals of the singles, Shirley was defeated by Elaine Speed, of the C.E.G.G.S., after a long-drawn-out struggle, which lasted for over two hours. Shirley fought every inch of the way, and was n ever beaten till the last point, the final scores being 6-1, 3-6, 3-6.

Truda met Elaine in the finals, and defeated her, 6-1, 6-3, thus b ringing back the title of schoolgirl c hampion t o M.L.C., the third time we have won the honour in five years.

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TENNIS TEAM. (captain), Roma Reseigh, Lola Ennis, Rosalind Johnsto11e, Rosie Shaw, Trudn Cox, Winnie South, Lena Thomas.

With two such players as Shirley and Truda in the School to inspire others, we have g r eat hopes for the future.

I t is encouraging to see the keen interest taken b y the younger players, especially by the members of the second and junior teams, who have played several practice !natches. The School h as supported the first eight most nobly in the ir matches, and the standard of tennis has never been higher. The. School Championships should provide some keen contests at the end of the term, and should help to decide the team positions for 1932.

-B.P.

Walking Club Notes.

The Walking Club has again been active t his year. At the general meeting, held in first term, Miss Hall was unanimously reelected as president, and kindly consented to hold this office. Office-bearers were elected as fo llows:-Committee, Betty Allen, Lorraine Charlwood, Fiffie Krizos, Dorothy Champion ( treasurer), Mavis Swan (secretary).

We have had on an average three walks each term, and several holiday walks, the average a ttendance being abou t twelve.

Several old gir ls attended the afternoon walk from East Kew to Heidelberg and back. We are always g lad to welcome old girls on our walks.

An unfortunate accident happened to one of our committee on the walk from Berwick to Belgrave, but we are glad to say that she has fully r ecovered.

We hope that next year 's club will have as enjoyable a year as we have had.

-M.S.

Debating Notes.

The School Debating Society has completed anoth er very successful year, having held regular debates in the Auditorium period.

At the first meeting, under the direction of the president, Miss Dahle, the officers for the y ear wer e elected. The president explained the aims of the society, and welcomed new members.

The society shuddered for our possihlP fRte when Honour VI. presumed to affirm that

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"Australia Needs a M u sso lini," a nd g r eat was the relief when a victory fo r the negative was proclaimed. At the next meetin g __ a list was drawn up by the committee, and girls offered co speak on subjects they themselves ch ose from it. " Mussolini" was r evealed in all his g lory ; life " T en Years H en ce" will be ve ry d esirable if t h e info rmation o f the speakers is r elia ble.

D iploma B, who affirmed chat " Large F amilies A re D esirable," were narrowly defeated by Diploma A , who h eld chat memb ers of large families usually murder ed a p erson o r rwo, while members of small families u su ally marri ed well, and "were r espected by the wh o le community."

The Intermediate girls debated the question, "Cats Should Be Taxed ," a nd, to the h orror of all language studen ts, P ass VI.a conclusively proved that " A!" Internationa l Language Is Necessary." V ariou s other subjects were enthusiastically d e b a ted during the course of the year, a nd at one m _e eting it was conclusive ly p roved tha~ "Ch ewing Gum Plays an A ll Important P art in Modern Civi lisatio n and the Economic World."

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On 13th M ay th e S ociety was v isited by Miss Leeper, wh en an interesting address on the League of Nations a nd the great disarmam ent questio n was given. On 23rd Sep tember Miss C o llisson k indly gave us further information on these sub jects.

Durin g this year fewer interschool debates v,ere h eld. In the first round of the tourney a rranged by t h e League of Nation s Union, we we re d efeated by the Melbourne B oys' High School, the subject for discussion being that " The Leagu e of Nations is a M er e Instrument for Realising the Policy of the Great Powers."

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On behalf of the Debating Soc iety, I wish to take this opp ortunity of thanking Miss D ah le for h er assistance, kindly interest and enthusiasm th r o u g h o ut the year.

We h ope that next year's D ebating Society will h ave a year equally happy and success-

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- Y.I.M.

S.C.U. Notes.

Under the leadership of Miss Betts, the Christian Union for 1931 has proved an important factor in the School life.

The executive elected at the beginning of the year consisted of-Vice-presid ent, Winnie

South; correspondin g secr etar y, Betty Allen ; recording secretary, Lena Th omas; treasurer, Mary Fox; with Dorothy Champion, Yvonne Miles and Mary Shepherd as supportin g membe rs.

The meetings were h eld fo rtnighcly in Auditorium peri od, about ZOO girls attending. This year we h ave b een f avou red with add resses upo n many 'and varied top ics.

At the fi r st m eeting of rhe year an in trodu ction to C .U. work was given by Miss B etts, assisted by two other m embe rs. In· March Miss E llis gave an interesting talk o n Mission Life in Korea. Mr. P ope gave a spi rited a ddress o n his work in North Africa, wh(le· M rs. Tregaskis revealed many sid elig hts on missionary wo rk in Borneo.

We are a lso very grateful to Mr. Benson, who was a ble to come and talk to us in a way that was appreciated by .everyone.

O ch e r speakers were Miss MacDonald, who told u s of the " Passion Pl<;iy" a t Obe r a mmergau; Miss Hay, who spoke 6f the Bible in· art and literature; M is~ Joyce a nd : Mr. G a cnsey, rhe .t r avelling secretaries -of the A.S.C.M.; a nd Rev. C. W. Kong, from the Church of the Epiphany.

We were fortunate enough to r eceive a visit from Dr. T . Z. Koo, of the World S tude nt Christian Federation, who intereste d us in his address, and amused us with his flute.

About 80 members attended Bible Circles chis year, the book stud ied b eing " J esus of Nazareth," by the Misses I. W. Miller a nd L. L. S choles.

We are indebted to rhe president and the Misses Beres, Hunt, MacDonald, Rowlands, McKay, H ay and Kella way, a nd thank them very much for their help as leaders o f Bible Circles.

A s rhe result of a play g iven by the executive £3 / 9/ - was taken , and o f chis £2 was con tributed t o the funds of the A.S.C.M., the rest of the money to be given to the City Mission.

On 14th November an outing was g iven to 60 City Mission ch ildre n , and was thoroug hly enjoyed by che m all.

The two Schools' D ays h eld this year h ave b een well attended, while M .L.C. has also b een we ll r e presented at the C .U. C amp , which

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takes a prominent place in Christian Union life.

We take this opportunity of thanking Miss Betts for her untiring efforts as president of the Christian Union during 1931. -L.T.

Red Cross Notes.

The Red Cross Committees have again been active this year, and, owing to the widespread distress, many calls have been made upon us.

Appeals made during the year h ave evoked praiseworthy responses.

Large quantities of jam and eggs were sent to various hospitals, and we contributed eight dozen secondhand books to the Refuge Home and Inla nd Mission. We also make weekly contributions of fresh Rowers t o the hospitals, these being collected by Mrs. Nevile.

In every Form each girl makes a small contribution per week, and in this way, and by specia l efforts, £30/ 18/ 4 was collected in the Senior Scho ol, £2)/0 /6 in the Middle School, and £7 /3/- in the Lower Middle School.

Each Form works for a special institution, To these institutions 700 garments, four patchwork quilts, toys, groceries, a nd a Fowler outfit have been donated. to which a visit is paid during the year.

Throughout _the year Red Cross work has aroused the interest and the enthusiasm of a ll, and we hope that next year will be as pleasant and successful i'IS this on e has been.

-Y.I.M.

Music Notes.

During the year very. excelle n t musical work has been done throughout the School. The scholarship for instrumental work was awarded to Frey Shimmin, and that for singing to Pat Jackson.

Much has been accomplished by the Senior C h oir, under Miss Fiockart, and the Junior C h oir, under Miss McKay, and both contributed enjoyable numbers to our annual concert programme.

This year the Senior School is holding its second Form choral contest, in which all the senior Forms compete for the shield, presented by Mr. G . R. Nicho las. Each Form

elects its own pianiste and conductress, who train it in the singing of a selected song and hymn, and in sight reading. The song chosen fo r the contest this year is " Ring Out, Wild Bells," and the hymn is " Praise My Soul."

The results of this year's examinations in pianoforte, singing and h armony are as follow:PianofQrte--Grade II.: Jean Macdonald (honours), Jean McNair (honours), Dorothy Payne (honours), Vera Eddy (honours), Winnie Lee (honours), Eunice Canavan (credit), Loma Amos (pass).

Grade III.: Thelma Every (honours) , Winnie Lee (honours), Betty Nicholas (honours), Ethel Sanders (credit), Gwen Landry (credit), Winnie Holdsworth (credit), Ada Marshall (credit), Mavis Sanders (credit), Christina Porter (pass), Gladys S au nders (pass). Grade IV. : Flora Lancaster (honours), Alice Marshall (honou rs), Jean Johnstone ( credi~), Ber yl Lever ( cr edit), Ruth Watson ( credit), Lorna Sander (pass), Margaret Little (pass). Grade V . : Betty Hislop (honours), Lorna Carter (honours), Ethel Templeton (honours) , Elspeth Little (credit) , Joyce Lowry (credit), Irene McFarlane (credi t) , Nola Nicholas (credit) , Joyce Lacey (pass).

Grade VI. : Helen Brownell ( honours), Jean Hodge (credit), Barbara Russell (honours), Elaine Semmens (honours), Fay Godbehear (pass).

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Harmony- Grade II.: Eunice Canavan (honours), Dorothy Payne (honours), Frey Shimmin (honours), Vera Eddy (credit) , Joyce Lawson (credit) , Jean Macdonald (credit). Grade III.: Loma Amos (honours), Ada Marshall (honours), Jean McNair (honours), Elsie Dugdale (credit), Christin a Porter (pass).

Grade IV. : Thelma Every (pass), Winnie Holdsworth (pass), Lloys McNair (pass), Winnie Lee (credit), Betty Nicholas {credit), Jean McNair (credit), Gladys Saunders (honours) . Grade V.: Lorna Carter (credit).

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witnessing an hilarious shadow show, we firmly resolved never to sneeze in the presence of royalty.

Three most successful plays, " No Follower s Permitted," " Buying a Birthday Present," and "Archibald," revealed still furth er talent, hitherto unsu spected.

Library Notes.

The library has continued to be popular among the girls this year, and members of the staff h ave been very helpful in advising the girls in their choice of books. New volumes have been added both to the lending and reference libraries, among the number being the plays of John Galsworthy, and some of the pfays of Bernard Shaw, also three travel books by H. V. Morton, which have achieved immense popularity.

A special senior section , exclusively for the girls of Honour Sixth, was added at the beginning of the year. Thanks are due to Miss Hay for her energetic cooperation and indefatigable activity in all mat• ters connected with the library.

- R.J.

Birthday Night.

After we had =pent a long afternoon decorating, from which not even our own p e rsons had escaped, the tea b e ll summoned a breathless throng to the dining h a ll. It was a fairyland transformed, a paradise of flowers and streamers, of bright lights and colours. Only those who have taken part can ever realise the gaiety of the tea which begins this mostlonged-for evening of all the year.

The hour of dancing, which followed it, was soon over, and hostesses sped down to Fitchett Hall to greet the stream of arriving guests. The warm afternoon had clouded to misty rain, but it would have taken little less than a blizzard to damp our ,enthu siasm.

The h a ll began to fill steadily with chattering groups, and at last the curtain went up.

In the throes of the last term of a year's hard work some of us had forgotten a bout doll s and gollywogs, but "Cissie in Toyland" r evived ,their delights; nor did we overlook the moral- virtue's reward.

In a c harming du<aet, " The Proposal," two of the baby boarders warned us that true love must n eve r be t inged with ava rice, and, after

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Then came a pause.

Hard-working resident mistresses do not rise early and secrete themselves together for nothing.

B esides, illuminating snatches of sound had frequently filtered from the staff sitting-room at night, when we were disposed of, but not asleep. . .

As the curtain rose, the buzz of conversation instantly subsided, chocolate boxes were forgotten; we held our breath. We have sometimes g u essed at testy a nd perverse traits in the composition of our superiors, and even the appeal of a born h eroine and the pathetic masculine qualities of a love-lorn h ero. But never had we dreamed of anything like this.

No opera, no whirlwind comedy ever received such a storm of enthusiasm And then it was over.

The dining hall was again crowded, bright eyes and laughter and happy faces were proof of expectations more than fulfilled.

Supper over, the votes of thanks came, and finally " Auld Lang Syne" and " God S ave the King."

Miss Tarrant, still the dashin g h e ro of the moustache and the immaculately creased trousers, evoked screams of delight from the depa rting guests by capturing and kissing the protesting or resignedly submissive members of the staff. It was a revelation to observe that even teaching d oes not destroy a capacity for blushes.

We did not say that it was the best Birthday Night we had kriown-it was b eyond all comparison. Besides, without it we should never have met Ralph.

The Church Service.

Our second Annual Church S ervice, conducted by the Pres ident ( R ev. J. W . Grove), was held on 27th S eptember at the Auburn Methodist Church.

The service was led by the girls, the School Choir singing the Introit a nd two anthems. " O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go" and "Nearer, My God, to Thee," were sung by

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the School Quartette-D. Champion, P. J ackson, B. Nicholas, and M. Fox. The Te Deum Laudamus was sung by the congregation, led by the School Choir. The sermon was an appeal to the school spirit of the girls, the text being the school motto, "For God and for Home."

The School Concert.

On 23rd July Malvern Town Hall was cr owded with an interested audience, which showed in no uncertain manner_ its appreciationof th e programme. The Juni o r choirs, trained

by Miss McKay, and the Seniors, under Miss Flockart, sang sweetly and spiritedly, and gave most enjoyab le numbers. By th e courtesy of Professor Bernard Heinze, the Senior girls were accompanied in some of their songs by a violin orchestra, other songs being unaccompanied. The School Quartette rendered two songs without accompaniment, and its mem-

bers were heard also in duets and solos.

Instrumental music of a very high standard was given by the girls, especially praiseworthy being Chopin's Rondo, Op. 73, which was played on two pianos.

Two plays by Netta Syrett-"The Drea.m Lady" and "Romance of the China Cabinet"were charmingly performed, and obviously gave great pleasure.

The programme concluded with a splendid rendering of "The Gathering Song of Donald the Black," which evoked such en thusiastic app lause that Miss Flockart acceded to the demands of the audience, ·and allowed an

are a constant joy, th e greatest proof of this oemg, perhaps, that all these are held in leisure hours--either before or after school.

At the beginning of the year the choir elected three conductresses and three pianistes to assist Miss Flockart, some practices being directed so lely by the girls.

The earnestn ess of each girl has enabled some ambitious works to be attempted, and ~naccompanied, three-part songs are extremely popular.

The School Concert was the first great musical funct ion of the year. Miss Flockart, in choosing attractive and contrasting pieces,

aroused the e n thusiasm of the whole choir, each member considering the success of the concert her own success.

Different from the beautiful works given at the concert were the sacred songs rendered at the Annual Church Service, when the School Choir provided the anthems and other musical items.

An interesting programme was prepared for the "Back to School" D ay celebrations, on which occasion the Te Deum Laudamus was given.

Speech Night work is now in hand, and unaccompanied, three-part carols will be a fea ture of the programme. These carols afford the greatest joy to the entire choir.

The most ambitious work yet attempted is the "Hallelujah Chorus." which is being p repared for the Jubilee celebra.t ions.

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The School Choir.

The School Quartette has done excellent and much -appreciated work throughout the year.

Dorothy Champion, Betty Nicholas, Mary Fox, and Pat J ackson have given many items at School functions.

The aim of every gi rl of M.L.C. is to become a member of the School Choir. Under the direction of Miss Flockart, ch oir rehearsals

A certain bond is formed between the members of the School Choir, a bond which all hope will be lasting.

-Y.M.

The whole concert was most enjoyable, and r eflected the greatest credit on a:11 those responsible for the organisatio n of the performance.

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m oonlit hills, where by unfathomed streams The star-like flowers of white clem atis creep.

H er e where the shadows cling about your feet, Mute with our thoughts we linger, you and I, While one thin streak of crimson still divides The hills' dark outline from the sky.

I wou ld be following the road to-night To where the l ights run dancing up the hill, To where the moon comes, gold against the

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Is there no warm response in you r dim hand, No pitying heart beneath its lovely husk Of sculprured marble? . . . Only memory stirs, Stirs in the plaintive leaves of thoug ht at dusk.

I like to watch you, still, and tall, and p ale, No lifeless chisel carved so pure a face, Your lifted throat against the rising moon, · Surely no breathing body knew such grace.

I s this not idle? . . . Dark against the pane The ivy whispe rs its undying tune, The white magnolia s glimmer in the dusk, The fountain lips drip silver to the moon.

-Wynwode Macdonald.

Flower Shop.

I would be following the road to -nig ht To where the lights run d a n ci ng up the hill, To where the moon com es, gold against the green,

The bright mouth-p e tal of a d a ffodil!

I would be goin g to the shop I love, The little twisted shop wher e fl owers are sold, To buy the heart' s-r ed of japonica, And bells of brown boronia, lined with g old.

Frail irises, b lue-p a le as eve nin g mist, S weet incense from the d aphne's crimson soul, Green , mottled orchids, cased in scented sand, Wet jonquils cluster ed in a W ed g wood bowl.

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- W ynwode M acdonald.

Painting.

Drunk with the firelighc, in the silent hall, I held the gilded candle to her face, And , in the gloom, those painted lips and eyes, The swelling curve of throat, th e ruffled lace, L eapt out to m eet m e from their silver frame.

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Hot on the carpet dripped the scented wax, And, as the r ed flame quivered, f or one b reath The bright lips moved, the d ark carnation bud Opened again st that hair, dulled long in d ea th, And chilled the a ir with all its passiona te scen t.

The silvery fin gers closed, the eyelids d rooped, The life-lig h t faded, and the bloom, the sheen, Of ch eek ~nd hair we r e ca n vas sm ears a gain, Yet for one d eathless instant I had seen The l ovely soul that lit those p a inted eyes.

- Wynwode M acdonald.

The Wandering Breeze.

I turned my face towards the sun , And· saw ther ein a fiery flame, I f elt it scor ch m y sou l and sayThat molten monster of the d ay" Thou foo l."

The sun h a d set in g lory red , The nig ht had dropped h er dusky h ead , But still the echo of its call Came winging throug h the darkn ess fall"Thou foo l. "

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Marsden.

Through miles and miles of hedge groves I have been; and n ever, never seen a place so sweet and fresh and clean as Marsden.

No green grass smells so fresh as after rain, wet logs, and then again a feeling of sweet, poignant pain, at M a rsden.

No hearts are half as h ap py as those there, so happy. Free from care, they live and breathe the fragrant air of Marsden.

- Jean McCrea.

Forest Dawn.

It was dark in the cool, dim forest, Not a single sound was heard, Save the quiet flowing of a stream, And the rustling of a bird.

Not a stir in the leafy bowers, Not a movement in the trees, S a ve the softly falling silver d ew, And the gentle, murmuring breeze.

The air grew still more silent, And darker, too, the night, When over the hilltops suddenly Flashed forth a ray of light.

Then another and still another, Till all those monarchs old, With their feathered tribes astirring, Were bathed in radiant gold.

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Where didst thou stand-in castle hall D eep-drained by feudal lord long dead, Or in some wayside tavern small, Where m any roads at sunset led?

Still on thy roughly-moulded sides, ' Tween letters large, thy crown doth bring, Mem' ries of other days than ours, Of customs strange, of Cha rles then king.

Oh little jug! Those sights and sounds That life thou knewest once, h ave gone !

Yet still, since careful hands do guard Thee well, throu gh tim e thou ling'r est on.

Couldst tho u but speak, what tales wouldst tell O f honoured toast to l ady fair, Of Roya list brave or whispered plot, Of woven tapestries so rare!

The stirring past will l ive in thee, Though much is ch anged ; though men love more

The future than the long a goS ilent for ever, cherished as afore.

- Dorothy Nicholas, Pass Vl.b. , age 15.

Inspiration.

The artist with unseein g , upca st eyes, The poet with care-furrowed, thoughtful brow, Musician with hands listless on the k eys, Inert, thought-rapt, they ever seek the power To do great things; their present aspiration, To find that sprite, elusive inspiration.

The One by Whom the universe was planned Has painted with a steady, inspired h a nd Th~ ever -chang ing scenes of earth and sky, Has, with a joyous poet's soul and mind Created on earth life of every kind In perfect harmony t o live and die;

-Lillian Christie, Pass V I .a.

To a Lambeth Delft Jug. (Fashioned in 1646, a nd bearing the Crown b etween the letters C and R .)

Ah, little sack-pot of dark hue, Moulded b y some skilled hand, now dust, :What didst thou see, in other years, Of fam e, desire, hate or lu st ?

Has fi lied the air with music of the breeze, Of silver-throated birds, of murmurous seas, And singing streams. Then m an must, will, espy In Nature's self, our God's superb creation, That muc h-soug ht, eerie sprite, his inspiration.

- N o rma Smith, Honour VI.

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JUNIOR SCHOOL VERSE. Road Fever.

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must go out to the roads again, and the lovely bright blue skies, And all I want is the birds' way, and thei r wild and haunting cries, And the rising sun through the graceful gums, and the wind chat sighs in the morning.

And the dew chat sparkles on flowers and leaves in the beautiful wild fresh dawn ing.

1 must go out to the roads again, and the paling blue of the sky, When the birds fly home, a n d the fox creeps home, and the day begins t o die; And a ll I want is a restin g-place, down by the river willow, And a watching moon as a shining la mp, and the fragrant f e r ns fo r a pillow.

- Clare Gadsden , IV.a., aged 14 years.

A Country Road.

The Coming of Spring.

Translation from the Latin.

Now the chilly winter goes, Warming breezes melt the snows.

Now the boys and girls are seen.

Playing in the fields so green.

The river will more gently flow, And a ll the flowers begin to grow; The sun shin es brightly all the dav .

Now chilly winter's J:!One "w"v -J. Turner.

Fairy Music.

If you listen on the hillside, When the silver moon peeps out, You will see the fairy pipers Creeping, frisking all about.

You will hea r the merry music Floating on the b a lmy a ir, And the ripplin g str eam accomp'nies Fair y pipers eve rywh ere.

I love the roa d in the coun tr y That winds merrily by, That dips down past the wh eat fields, T hen up, up to the sky.

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le winds along forever,

When the last brig ht moonbeam shineth, And the firstborn su nbeams sway, Then the merry pipers vanish A n d the fa iries c reep away.

- R. Trigge, Lower V.

Away from the streets and towns, Onward never stop pi n g Till it comes to the rolling downs.

- Lila

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The Sands.

I must go down to the sands again , wh ere the wind b lows shrill an d chill, Before the dawn when the sea is dark, and th~ diffs are gloomy still.

The sands are wet where t h e wave's gon e back, and the reeks are drenched in spray.

But the sea will calm, and the wind will drop, with the dawn ing of ~he day.

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must go down to the sands again, to the shining sands and the sea, \Vhere the wi n d blows, and the gulls scream a call that is dear to me, And the seaweed green from the waters d eep lies s trewn upon the shore, And the shells of delicate hues lie r ound, washed u p from the deep sea floor.

-Mar garet Guthridge, I V.a.

List'nin g hard with mig ht and m ain, You will see the fairy ladies Dancing to the quiet strain.

A Dream.

It was midnight on a su mmer's eve, The stars were sh ining bright, I dreamed tha t I dwelt in marble hall, And was dressed in raiment bright.

I entered a lovely golden room, And was placed u pon a throne; Princes and ladies attended m e, As a bodyguard all my own.

At last the bugler sounded a note, The r eception was a t its close; I moved to my r oya l bedroom then, To slumber a nd repose.

My dream thoughts carried me on a nd on, I rode in a silver cloud, The stars all winked as I passed b y, But the moon laughed out aloud.

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I struggled as though ! was clutched by a bear Or a horrible, ugly ghost; But I laughed when I found my antagonist Was naught but my own bed post.

-Gwen Hughes, XX.

Thunder Storms.

First the gloomy clouds start lighting, They spit forth lire like dragons bitingThat's the lightning.

Each seeks to get the other under, They crash and boom, then burst asunderThat's the thunder.

Then from their eyes fall tears of pain, They cry with all their might and mamThat's the rain.

- June Barnett, IV.c., age 11 years.

These Things I Love.

I love little babies with laughing eyes, The golden wings of butterflies, The dewy grass that sparkles so, The little, babbling brooks that flow.

The bright sunshine that smiles on flowers, Golden buttercups, leafy bowers, Darling Mother, and Father, too, I love my cat, and I love you.

-Gladys Teed, III.a, age 10 years.

Nature.

In the garden roses grow, Flowers are very pretry there; For the river is not far, In the wood grows maiden-hair.

Violets, mignonette and poppies Are flowers of the garden bed, Pansies, sweet peas, also daisies, Geraniums of pink and r ed.

-Lynette Bull, IV.c., age 10 years.

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Prose SENIOR SCHOOL PROSE. The Fly. It is a typical January morning, the green blinds have been drawn, screening the glare of the sunny verandah and the hot garden beyond. Temporarily obscured from vigi lant eyes, he occupies his K ingdom of Warm Window-pane a nd meditates, h e whom the dictionary despises as "a small common insect with transparent wings," a m e re By. Let u s study him more closely. He has a number of legs, but then he never survives until the winter to suffer from chilblains, a nd, apparently, he finds his superfluity no inconven ience. And he has two wings, as delicate an d gauzy as a fairy's, his dark body glows with innumerable colours-gold, and b lue, and gorgeous metallic greens in the sunlight. With a little more size and a trifle more breeding h e would strut with the peacock. .

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His are large and melancholy, mortality presses heavily upon him. He spreads his wings; one of the windows is open. In a moment h e h as become a part of the atmosphere, a minute atom p assing from our sight into tlie sun light, over the phlox and th e asters, the everlastings and the zinneas.

-W.M., V.c.

The Too-Perfect Machine.

I sat in my office, a lmost overcome by the latest news brought by a d eputation from my employees in the ammunition facto ry.

The war h ad been going on for two years nowa mmunition was all important, yet the men demanded more wages, and threatened to cease work if I did not accede to their requests.

The tele phone bell rang. It was Raderawitz, an inventor, and my friend . Raderawitz was excited; his words r an into each o ther as he told m e that he h a d succeeded where others had failed. He had made a p e rfect m echanical man. Would I comi,, ove r a nd see it?

H e must suffer the inevitable penalty of beauty, however; his foes lurk o n every· h and.

On the h earth rug the kitten h as tired o f chewin g her pink ribbon, and is drowsily r eflecting whether the window-pane would afford any sport for her active little pin cushion of a paw. The maid has n eglected last n ight's cobwebs; not three feet away he can see the greedy, little black eyes, and the shining b ack with its broad stripe of scarlet.

Somewhere a mile distant a man with a heart of steel is printing purple Health Week posters, "Swot that Fly!" A second is patenting yet another infallible fly-killer to be put on the market to-morrow. Besides, this hot weath er h as a dangerou s effect upon people's tempers. One buzz, and h e will become . a smudge.

A mechanical man-a solution to my p roblem! I hurried over to the inventor's h ouse and r a ng the bell. Th e door open ed, and I stepped into the extremely dark hall, saying, as I thought, to Rade rawitz, "Where is this mechanical man?" "I am h e," answered the figure, and, reaching to the switch, he turned the light on. It might have b een o n e of my own workmen stand in g there.

But it gave me the feeling of something unnatural.

I seemed to h ear, in the silence of the ball, the unceasing ticking of th e m echanism inside his body. I even thought I could see the workings. A shudder passed through me. A manmade man! It was supern a tural.

The very gravy boat yawns destruction ben eath its irresistible odours. The honey jar on the breakfast table, which might hold nothing more harmful than distilled sunlight, is but a further trap, a sweet-tasting, lingering, relentless death.

I turned to g r eec Rader awitz, who had en tered the hall, and t h e mechanical man t ook my hat and left. " Rad erawitz," I said, " it is mar vellous. I must have that- that thing. My men will not work. Give me that man for just one month."

Almost as though h e senses our compassion, he lodges his fifth leg meditatively behind an accommodating ear . Our eyes are the windows

"My friend," he replied, "take it, but bewar e, a nd remember this- 'The mediator between brain and muscle must be the h eart.' "

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Two days laier the mechanical man was I sat there until dusk crept with stealthy installed in my factory. He worked day jlnd footsteps into my little office, and out of the night, unceasingly , untiringly. He took the heap of ruins, I imagined there emerged place of twenty men. The em ployees had seen God's perfect machine-Man. that th·ey were not n ecessary with such a -Joy Taylor, V.cmachine, and had given up all thoughts of Youth. str iking, coining back much subdued. I dismissed twenty of them, saying that their serOne sees it everywhere, youn g, care-free, vices were not required, because the mechanical healthy happiness, innocently sh e ltered from man did their work now. the buffetings of reality. How unfit it is to The remaining employees thought, with bear the heavy strain of the bigger things yet fear, of the consequences of h aving n ot one, to Come! but m any, of these machines.

They would Its very daring proves its incapability. In a starve; they would die. Man thought he had story book world, whe re consequences are conquered mach ine ry, but machinery had conturned away before their effects materialise, it quered him. They held meetings, discussing lives only for the present. The future, as the their problem, and at length arrived at a past has done, will take care of itself. decision. They muse show the employer the Were the pioneers, the founders of our machine was not perfect, that they could work country, shielded in their youth from the as well.

They could work untiringly a'nd hard knocks of life? They established a firm unceasingly. They would be perfect. and true foundation, which is gradually being A week passed. The men still remained by undermined by the selfishness of modern youth. their decision. They b egan to look weak and N ever before h as youth received such conill, and a few days later three men had to be sideration as it receives to-day . I s it g rateful? carried out of the factory.

Every day this went on, many men were being taken on, but The more it r eceives, the more it expects, and the less it gives in return. more were collapsing under the strain of trying to compete with this monster, who still Hidden as its nature may be beneath surface kept on, untiringly, unceasing ly.

M achin es cordiality a nd sporting spirit, n evertheless that were le ft standing idle.

No one was to be nature is nourished daily, a nd at times becomes found to work chem. plainly visible.

The number of idle machines increased.

If this selfishness is not overcome, where is Soon only the ones worked by the m echan ical our modern youth leading?

Actually it is man were working. But now on e day a lone encouraged, and even admired. Does no one remained before the mechanical man was to see beneath the shallow surface? be sent back to his creator. I sat in my office - 0 . J . Young, Pass VI.a. thinking. The man, instead of helping, had ruined me. Then , from the almost deserted "What is Truth?" factory there came a shrill, tinny laugh. It I was reading by the fireside. The last was uthe man." words I remember are, "Truth is at the bottom ttSee," it said nman is conque red, machinery of a we ll." Then I must have fallen asleep, has won. I am ruler here. I am perfect. I because I found myself in a large well with can even crush my master." Then with great the words burning in my brain, " Truth is s trides, h e wa lked to my office. I could hear, at the bottom." I became obsessed with the it seemed, the tick, tick of the mechanism desire to reach the bottom and to find for inside h im. le irritated me.

I could not myself this strange thing called Truth. I think. Why did he stare so? He str etch ed d escended an immeasurable distance before I out his lon g thin fingers towards me, h e met with something. clutched my throat. I felt my head reel. Then Quite indistinct at first, I thought it was but there came a d eafen ing crash. The mechanical part of the darkness, but gradually it evolved man was too perfect. A spring had snapped, into a phosphorescent shape, and I found and it lay in ruins at my feet.

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m yself r ega rd ing what I · thought must indeed be the genie of Ala ddin's lamp. "Who are you?" I gasped, and the a n swer b oth ove rawed and overjoyed me. "I am the Spirit of Truth, and I dwell at the bottom o f the well."

My heart beat high in h ope. Had I at last found a clue? Was I at last to realise my desire ?

I looked again , and lo, it had vanished. I conti nued on h opefully. S ometim es I touched the "flying robe a nd flutteri n g bem" of the Spirit of Truth, but it a lwa ys evaded my grasp-elusive, unattaina ble. I was im p e lled by a desire stronger than will, and so I descended down, down, always down .

It had been a dream, and , staring into the dying e mbe rs of the fire, I reflected that Truth is indeed at the bottom of a well-but the well is botto mless. We are born to seek what we can never find.

We know, b efore we begin, that it is hopeless, that we c,;m n ever find the Truth, that life would no lo n ger be worth liv ing if we could. But we continue to sear c h not only for the physica l truth of our bodies, the earth, the waters, the whole uni_ver se, but also the truth of our own soulsand the seeking is its own re wa rd.

K eats h as said, "Beauty is truth," but b eauty is only a small part of truth- one of those infinitesimal fragments whic h we sometimes grasp.

Throu g h our search alone have we p rog r essed from savagery to civilisation, from darkness to light, from ignorance to the powe r tha t is born of knowledge. T o o u tward appearances we h ave failed, but we have h el ped the development of man in his ever -growing perfect ion, and achieved something by realising Socrates' ideal, " A hunte r after truth."

--Carol Edmunds, V I .b.

"Change." " No hope! H e is d ead ."

The words rang out with cutting clearness in the still room.

A spasm of agony shot thro u gh the h eart of the man who was stre tched o n the bed, perfectly quiet and motionless. His eyes were closed, his face p a le a nd rigid, the expression fixed. " Dead!" he cried within himself, and from the inmost r ecesses of his h eart a voice throbbed h o llowly, "Dead!" H e felt vague ly surprised, bewildered, dismayed; then a wave

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of tenderness swept over him for the woman who was kneeling quietly beside the bed. He rea lised how she mu'st be suffering, and cried o ut to her, but sh e did not hear. He made o n e last effort to stir, but h is limbs were powerless and stiff, a terrible weight was pressing down upon him. Mary was so near to himh e h a d only to str etch out a hand-but she might as we ll h ave been a million m iles away.

Mingled with h is distress a t her grief was another feeling, indefin able, intangible, which was gradually takin g p ossession of him. His thoughts whirled round in a dizzy circle, little pin pricks of lig ht pie rced the darkness of h is brain, a mist rose b e.fore him, a nd he felt himself being almost imperceptibly drawn away fr o m h e r ; h er presence became vaguer , m or e dimly felt; a curtain of thick fog rose between ch em; h e could n o lo n ger see her clearly, n o r hear h er sobbin g.

And a ll he f elt was a detach ed sen se of apathy and numbness, almost disinterestedness.

Vague, confused sounds were drumming in his ears, and a murmur of strange voices floated towards him.

The words of a poet.'s creed flashed before his brain in fla ming le tters, " B eauty is truth, truth beau ty."

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The woman was receding into the distance, g rowing sma11er and smaJler, while he was going forward into the light of a dawn, pale with the glimmerings of t h e future.

- Rosalind Johnsto n e, Honour VI.

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P eace, international a nd permanent, has been the ideal of many distin guish ed statesmen since the b eginning of the nineteenth century. To a Dutchman, Grotius, falls the h onour of beginning, as early as 1625, mode rn in ternational law. But t h e movement first b ecam e important after the fall of Napoleon, when the European m o n a rc h s con stituted a Conce rt of Europe, sole mnly p led g in g its m e mb ers to the p r eservation of " public peace, the tranquill ity of states, the invio la bility of possessions, and the f aith of treaties." The five great powers-Austria, Russia, Prussia, Britain a nd France--dominated the Concert, the idea of which beca m e permanent as time went on.

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Thus the Congress of Paris, in 1856, signed a declaration for the protection of neutrals in maritime trade during time of war.

In 1864 the Geneva Convention made certain humane regulations for the conduct of war, and to execute them an International Red Cross Society was organised, with headquarters at Geneva, and branches in all European countries. The Congress of Berlin, attended by the diplomats of the great powers and of Turkey, arranged a compromise between conflict ing national interests, and exercised a joint control over the domestic affairs of Turkey. These are but a few instances of the very satisfactory arrangements secured by the powers in the inte r ests of international p eace.

As the nineteenth century advanced popular internationalism increased considerably.

International societies and congresses were n;iultipliecl, such as a Universal Telegraph Union, a Universal Postal Union, Socialist, Missionary and Eucharistic congresses.

Jt was natural in these circumstances that the idea of war should seem intolerable.

International peace congresses became regular events after 1889, and in 1 891 permanent headquarters of the International Peace Movement were established at Berne.

It was the Pacifist party which suppor ted the Concert of Europe in its efforts to mitigate the horro rs of war, which encouraged nations to submit their quarrels to international arbitration. Notable successes in this policy are to be found in the case of the Alabama claims and the crisis in Morocco in 1909.

A powerful impetus was given to the peace movement by the Czar, Nicholas II., who proposed an international conference on disarmament.

The First Hague Peace Conference accordingly met in 1899, a ttended by representatives of 26 States-twenty European, four Asiatic, and two American. It was found impossible to conclude an international agreement on the limitation of military and naval forces, but several important rules were adopted for ameliorating the conduct of war , and, more important still, a Permanent Court of Arbitration was established for the arbitration of international disputes. This court should consist of four members from each country. The

pacifist ideal continu ed to be developed in the Second H ague Peace Conference of 1907, in which many humane amendments were made to the laws of land and sea warfare.

In such ways the movement for international peace has continued through the years, despite much opposition. Yet it was not strong enough to prevent the ever-increasing military and naval appropriations of the powers, culminating in the Great War of 1914. But since the war the cause of peace has prospered. The achievements of the League of Nations have been colossal, and to-day the nations of the world bid fair to be living in a closer brotherhood than was ever dreamed of a few years ago. The question of disarmament is being seriously considered by the powers at the present time, and whether their hope will be realised only the future can show.

- Joyce Bennett.

Wildflowers.

All the world over wildflowers grow in the fields and forests, on mountains a nd plains, wherever the count ry side is untouched by the marring hand of man.

Man in his ravages fells the t r ees that sheltered the flowers, and clears and ploughs the land on which they blossomed, thus replacing the rugged beauty of nature's work with trim, ordered fields. Yet even in the cultivated fields nature will have her way, and scarlet, silken poppies, the pest of the farmer and delight of the poet, dance gaily amidst the corn.

So nature takes her revenge against man.

Wildflowers· bloom wherever the sun smiles upon the land. As Alpine snows flee before spring sunshine, flowers lift their heads before the retreating snowdrifts, like dimpling laughter after sadness.

In the glades of quiet English woods bluebells carpet the ground, daffodils n od cheerily beside the peaceful lakes, and shy violets hide their faces beneath their sheltering leaves.

Where rushing torrents roar the purple heather b looms, and the golden broom and the thistle rear their h eads.

Over the wide expanses of Australia her wattles bloom in all their golden glory, the fluffy yellow balls strewn upon the ground; and too, the flowering gums flourish in white,

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and pink, and crimson contrast to the sombre very music sounding nearer, nearer, and nearer green of surrounding trees.

Down on the still. Even the birds had ceased their singing, slopes of the paddocks the arrogant dandelion and the shy flowers lifted their heads in wonrears her yellow head beside the modest harder. bingers of spring, with their adorable little Parting the bushes, I stepped through to the white faces. Beneath the shade of tall gums other side, and lo, on the bank of a cool, the straight, prickly heath hangs her delicate clear stream sat a figure, half a beast he was, bells; the whole bushland is scented with hidden and yet a man, and in the curls of his redflowers. brown hair grew a pair of small green horns.

Beneath blazing tropic skies great forests His back to a great moss-grown pine, and his spread over the l~d, forests of brilliant green, hoofs upon the flower-studded grass, he played wich great climbers and trailing creepsrs, and on a pipe of reeds. Softly, sweetly, divinely hanging festoons, all a gay riot of gorgeous he played, and each white lily lay reflected in colour, the air heavy with rare, intoxicating the quiet stream. perfumes that dull the sense and drug the soul Little brown squirrels perched on the branch with their glory. over his h ead, furry small rabbits crept through And so, in every land beneath the sun, the grass to sit at his feet, and white swans nature has scattered her brighmess, the wildcame to glide on the r iver.

Red butterflies flowers, haughty or shy, gaudy or delicate, yet clung to the lilies, and a dragon fly bung in all are beautiful and the best loved gift of the air; a gentle fawn came down to drink, nature.

-May Guthridge, V.a. gracefu l and lithe in its movements.

Still he played on, music, soft, yet crystal The Pipes of Pan. dear, and I knew th.at this was the strange god Soft! Soft! A whispering echo of fairyPan. Mysterious, he lived in the depths of the land, faint and far away, sweeter than any forest where no man came. I lay on the bank music that had stirred the forest since days and closed my eyes, lulled by the magic of began, rising, falling, then dying away into the Pan's pipes. Peace descended upon me, and cool green dimness of the forest aisles.

I I knew no more. wandered, enchanted, on and on, deeper and At last I awoke, and all was quiet. The deeper into the forest, where stillness reigned crystal river still ran on, but the strange god, undisturbed.

Softest mosses grew unde rfoot, Pan, had gone back into the depths of the and all around the giant forest kings, their forest.

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Elsewhere in chis magazine may be found the form·al music notes, but the following is to give informal information for the enlightenment of those interested.

The special choir has been displaying its vocal capabilities under the most enthusiastic leadership of Miss Flockart. There have been, besides the regular practice on Monday afternoon, voluntary practices on Tuesday and Friday mornings. These commence, oflicially, on the arrival of Miss Flockart, a nd continue until 9.10 a.m.

N ext year, a t the Jubilee, there will be a choir of 1000 voices, consisting of prc5ent

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and past pupils. This en ormous c h oi r will dr j u stice· to Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus," but at present whoever p asses Miss Flockart's room may hear a pitiful piping of " Hallelujah!

Hallelujah! " issuing from the vocal organs of about ten girls, while one brave soul makes g'allant attempts at top A, with occasional success. Miss Flockart constantly cheers her with the reminder that "Many O ld Collegians can and will positively boom on those hig h n o tes."

We h op e so.

These Special Choir p r ~ctices are n ot without their fun. Miss F lockarr announced o n e day th at n ext Speech Night we were to have some more Christmas carols, and also "Christm 'a s is Coming," b y special r equest. Curious, but the wh ole choir was under the impression that it came without request.

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Miss Flockart made an interesting experiment during first ter m. Each girl in the senior Forms was asked to compose an ai r for " T winkle, Twinkle, Little Star." We do not know wh y, but we were told that sh e was quite surprised at t h e number of excellent suggestions which wer e h anded in.

The m usica l programme for the " Back to Schoo l" Day was con clud ed by the Special

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The School Concert was a wonderfu l success, and the Special Choir was given an excellent critique by Dr. Floyd.

Ever yone comm ented· on the facial expression during the singing of " O H appy Fair ." Now Miss Floe-

kart had told us that we were to look happy, but on the night of the concert we were so excited that we forgot all about it, and even the sig ht of the conductress's encouraging smile did n ot r emind u s. What eventually did cause o ur h appy expression s was the sight of Miss F lockarr doing h er best to fall' off the sma ll box provided for her.

In the choral classes special stress is laid on correct breathing. Miss Flockart noticed that one pupil was particularly short-winded, and asked, "Susie, can you tell me why it is that one cannot do j u stice to one's sin ging or breathing just after a meal?" Susie considered for a moment, a nd a nswered, "Th e breathlessness is caused by the d iaphragm's not func-

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Choir singing "God S ave the King," rende r ed decidedly " m arcato." Ir was conducted by one of the g irls who, in order to see the choir, h a d to ascend a soap b ox covered with drapings, from which precarious position she ad m irably performed h e r duty.

Last year an annual interform choral conte,;t was inaugu rated. Each Form elects its own pianiste a1:1d conductress, and sets to work to produce two pieces, a h ymn and a unison song.

The competition also includes a rest in sight reading. Last year Dr. Floyd kindly con sented to judge the contest, a nd after, as he r emarked, much d eep thou g h t, awarded the prize to Diploma A. The trophy is a beautiful shield, which was presented for competition by Mr. G. R. Nicholas.

Ir is Miss Flockart's custom to give each Form, in its ch oral period, a practice in sight r eadin g. One afternoon there were a few bars of music on the blackboard, and Miss Flockart asked any girl who did not learn music to say how many different kinds of notes there wer e.

At once Susie arose and cried, "Three!" The joke is that Susie learns s ing ing from Miss Flockart.

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Alrea?y there are more than 2 5 songs on th e ind ex sheet.

Some are traditional s chool songs, but most of them are old and new ones by past and present students. Miss Flockart wrote to Sir Henry Newbolt and Mr. Rudyard Kipling, asking them if they would kind ly compose a song for us. To Jour disappointment, they have refused, politely pointing out the fact t h at they are very busy men, but they both have given us permission to reprint any of their songs.

Permission to reproduce some melodies has yet to be obtained.

Speech Night is rap idly approaching. The Special Choir is practising diligently, and hopes to eclipse all former performances. \'<Ie shall nev er be able co thank Miss Flockart sufficiently for her enthusiastic and untiring devotion to the work of producing the Special Choir.

The Music of the Hills.

The v io linist stood with b ow poised over the strings, his deft fingers ready , waiting to be gin.

There. was silence. Then with a quick movement the bow touched the strings, the fingers began to express the artist's thoughts, and the violin sent forth its plaintive melody.

Ir was a wonderful story-the story of the hills. It began very softly, conveying to the listeners the weird and uncanny impression of the lon ely forest. There was moonlight in the music, and the minor key gave that sad, mournful tone.

The dread fear of the purs ued, which caused the tiny, frightened hare to flee down the mountain side to the narrow, rocky ledge, throbbed in the restrained power of the notes, and burst out with loosened emotion as the beast found the way harred- only a high wall of rock before him, below death, and behind no hope of mercy. The bra nches rustled as h e l ightly tipped them in passing , the little silver brook stopped its tinkling song for a breath, and then went on aga in, th e call pines sig hed, and stretched their branches towards the skies and the light of the fitful moo"n. The very essen ce of the fores t rang in e ve ry note.

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The tiny thing stood for a second, poised on the mountain side, waiting, wanting to dare to spring into unfathomable space . The melody was strained, expectant, then the dramatic fire of the composition rose to a pitch of surpassing grande ur, changing to a dirge-like wail as, with a desperate resolve, the hare hesitated and then was lost fo r ever in the depths of the canyon. The notes burst forth into such a finale that it seemed as though other unseen musicians were joining in the song of the freed.

The bow once more poised over the strings, the a rtist' s fingers waiting.

There was no applause, to other e a rs, but to the master came higher praise than his listeners could give, the sigh of the forest, all joining in one song of appreciation. Then silence Joy T a ylor, V.c.

Sketch of an Old Woman.

It was a fresh spring day at the b eginning of September. Everything spoke of youth and beauty, and the old woman seated under the almond tree, over which a veil of misty pink and white blossoms had been thrown, sighed a little, and her book fell unheeded into h e r lap.

She was seated in a folding chair on a lawn which was still unsheathing its green blades.

She was tall and thin, and wore a long pearlgrey, silk dress, which was fashioned on flowing lines in order to soften all the hard angles of her figure. Her silky white hair was quite abundant, and was pulled forward on to her face, to hide some of the many wrinkles there Her eyes looked very weary and rather dull in the bright sunshine. She felt tired. old. very lonely a nd sad.

Suddenly three c h ildren r an from the house across the garden on to the lawn. There were two girls and a boy, chubby, healthy, happylooking youngsters. As they ran to her, they cried, "Grandma! Grandma!" The o ld lady' s face lit up with plea sure and love at their voices, and she smiled. Th ree pairs of arms we re flung round her neck, flowers and a book were dropped into her lap, and the girls kissed her rapturously. " Many happy re turns of the day, Grandma, dear," sa id one. " Why didn' t you tell us 1t

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was your birthday? We could have been having such fun!"

She smiled sadly. " I am too old co keep my birthdays now.

You wouldn't be inte rested in an old woman who's eighty to-day," and she sighed wistfully at memories of long ago.

"Oh!" said the boy. "Of course we are.

Aren't you Mum's mother?"

"Do look at your flowers!" begged the younger girl.

She did so, thanking chem for their gifts.

Noticing with a pang of reproach that they looked unhappy at her sadness, she forced a smile which soon became a delighted laugh at their infectious gaiety, and complied with their request for a story. .J -Nancy Tra n gmar, Honour VI.

The Red Ring.

under the rafters, and the creak of old hinges, smothered a lm ost beyond r ecognition in the driving rain.

"Suddenly we felt chat in spirit we were not alone. I knew that someone had touched the back of my chair, and in a moment he stood among us. It was not a shadow, but the indistinct form of a tall man. His pale hair was wild and discoloured, his eyes were bright as with a fever, and his clothes were like a cold vapour, like the wet mist I have seen gather at sunset along river valleys. The fire had died low, and the effect of the red light behind him would, 1n other circumsta nces, have been extraordinarily beautiful. There was a terrible horror in that moment, but, strangely, we all felt that we h ad been waiting for this thing-for him-to come. "'My fire!' he said suddenly, almost like an echo to the wind. 'My hearth! You have disturbed my y ears-cold ashes.

You have scatt ered my dust and broken my solitude! Oh why have you done this?'

Outside it h a d been raining heavily since late afternoon, a downpour which had increased with the darkness, and in the warm "He was weeping, like a heart-broken child little room three men had been driven, like and he ran his fing ers through his lank, mois; rabbits, to shelter from the night. One was a more recent newcomer, his rough coat had- hair in a sort of wild desperation. Then he was gone. Almost in the lire itself lay a ring caught and h eld the drops until now it almost with a red stone, a magnificent thing, with sparkled in the firelight, and his sodden felt depths like the light on d eep water. I picked hat lay beside him in a little pool of water it up , and we sat there by the greying hearth, on the hearth. On his left hand he wore a talking it over.

When the light came we ring with a large red stone, and, in the pause parted, going our own ways, out into a wild, whi ch followed the awkward exchange of greetwet dawn." ings, he fumbled with it incessantly. " Tha t's a fine scone," said the man on his His vo ice trailed away into an unbroken silence. right.

"It is valuable--to me," replied the stranger, "And what did you m ake of it?" It was twisting it so chat it caught the flicker of the the man on the speaker's left, a little awed at lire. His companions sensed a story, but they his own voice. sat discreecly silent, and presencly he began to " We came to the conclusion- i t had to be speak. only a theory-chat this was a man who had H e was a wizened little man with keen eyes, died there after a vain , covetous life his soul and he paused often so that the . beat of the so saturated with th.e love of wealth that it r ain on the roof would seem to grow suddenly had been left there to watch all h e had loved loude r , and die away again. decay, until it found a desperate sort of com"It happened two years ago," he said. " It fort in dust, and silence, and dead ashes. And was a night like this, and four of us sat late to taunt him still more, until he was cleansed round a fir e. It must have been well midof the soot of his sinning, he had b een left this night, and we had been talking.

We had ring which h e h a d prized above a ll his poscreated a tense sort of atmosph ere, in which session s.

I have been waiting for two we sat too still for speech. The old house years for h im to return-he will come back where we had fo und refuge was long disused, some night, and I shall restore it to his poor, and we could hear the wind come singing worn soul."

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The rain came spluttering down the chimn ey, and suddenly, sharply, something dropped to the stone hearth, almost into the fire. He gathered it up, crushing it wilfully to a powder in his eager fingers, in his eyes a bright, feverish lust.

The mist he left behind him was like the ghost of a rainbow, wonderfully coloured.

A strange atmosphere filled the room, and the left hand, which reached for tne stillsodden hat, was completely bare. With one silent glance at the flickering ashes the tn'ree men rose and went, each to his own road, out into the breaking grey of a wild, wet dawn.

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The Old Curiosity Shop.

In a small a lley way, off the main street of Chester, I stumbled across a little shop. It was built in the Tudor style; the foundations had sunk slightly to one side, g iving it a queer, awry appearance.

It seemed to have a personality, and I was eager to see more of it. The floor level of the shop was fully six inches below the street, consequently, as I stepped down I was forced to stoop in order to pass through the very small doorway.

Looking about me, I felt a s though I had stepped into another world.

I forgot the trams, the busy streets, the modern buildings that were not more than one hundred yards away. Here everything was just as it must have bee.n one hundred years ago. The heavy rafters of the ceiling were so low that I could h ave touched them with my hand.

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A little, white-haired old man came shuffling up to me: He seemed to me to fie in perfectly with his surroundings.

He asked me in an old cracked voice, " Is there anythine I can do for ye, missy?" I replied that I should · like nothing better than to see his curios. He was quite delighted, and took the greatest pleasure and pride in showing me' everything about the little shop.

I was shown, first of all, his most treasured possession, an old Bible that John W esley had carri_ed with him while preaching in England.

He had some very precious point lace, that had originally come from Venice.

It was exquisitely fine.

Old, gnarled fingers might have spent many hours of tedious labour working at it by dim candle light.

But what held my interest most was a brilliant sword, with a ruby in its liilc. Some mediaeval knight had probably been its proud possessor, and may have used it in tournaments.

Amongst his ocher treasures was a pair of brass cand lesticks, almost green with age, but still retaining their b eauty of form .

I could not 1ielp noticing an old party fro ck, of fin e brocade, hand-sewn with stitches so small and neat I could hardly see them. The frock was trimmed with pale blue velvet ribbons. It might have delighted the heart of some young girl attending perhaps her first party. The words of the song came to my mind" Dress' d m your gown of blue brocade, A rose upon each dainty shoe, Lady in loveliness arrayed, I'd love to dance with you."

An old grandfather clock sounded the hour.

It was five o ' clock. I had been in the shop for over an hour.

I hurriedly made my depar-

ture, and was soon out in the busy street.

Motor-cars were sounding their horns, trams ringing th eir bells, che big shops were busy with their customers.

I found it hard to realise chat there could be, such a short distance away, that little shop, passed over by the hand of Time.

-Shirley Whiteaker, Pass VI.a.

The Wolf.

Ac the Treymain's country r esidence a gay party gathered around the heavily laden cables. After dinner the company broke up, che younger members going co the ballroom, the older ones moving in s m a ll g roups towards the lounge, where card tables were set.

Four men, of whom the host, Lord Treymain, was one, went into the library and seated themselves around a large fire. Two of them were evidently o ld acquaintances, but did not know the fourth until Treymain remarked, " Oh! By the way, chis is Mr. Bates, whom I chink I m entioned to you last night. Mr. Bates, these are two old friends of mine, Mr. Holmes and Mr. Weldon!"

For fully two hours the m en talked. Bates, recently returned from Alaska, did most of it, celling them of adventures in the snow, in which, curiously enough, he always seemed to figure prominently. Weldon, who prided himself on being a keen judge of character , saw chat the man was not half so brave as he pre·cended.

After a little lapse in the conversation , he said co Bates, "Yes, you certai nly have gone through some awe-inspiring adventures. You muse be a very brave man!" Bates assumed a modest expression and said, uoh, no, not at all, but I really chink I have been through the utmost privation, cold, thirst, and hunger.

In face, I believe nothing could frighten me now." Weldon looked as if he suddenly had an inspiration. "Mr. Bates, you're the very man.

I own a house some ten miles from here, against which my wife has become suddenly prejudiced, thinking it haunted. Just to reassure her chat there was no danger, I said I would sleep in it alone for one night, but she refused to allow m e.

In view of your many adventures, Mr. Bates, would you do me a great favour by s leeping in it to-morrow night? There is no risk, I assure you." Bates seemed a little taken a back, but fina lly agreed.

About four the following afternoon the men drove over to the place. The sun was a lmost setting as they reached it- a lonely, bleak house near the edge of the cliffs.

Weldon gave Bates the key, and cold him to sleep in the very front ro o m . Then if he felc at all

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The sun sank below the rim of the horizon, and a fierce wind was ang rily lashing the waves as Bates, with a little shiver, unlocked the big door. On entering the hall he found that the lig ht had been cut off, and he wou ld have to f eel his ws1y in the dark. Not wishing to stay in the dark house longer than was necessary, he decided to go for a walk. He went as far as a village, which was three miles dista nt, and c a lled at an inn for something warm. Here h e conversed wi th the innkeeper, a fat, jovial sort of person, who knew the busi• ness of everybody within a ten-mile radius.

Bates discussed the place with him'. and was not very r eassured when the man said, "Oh, I wouldn't advise you to stay there, Sir; us abouts 'ere calls it the 'aunted 'ouse, an' I wouldn 't go near it at night, not if you was ro give m e ten bob for doin' so, Sir!" Bares paid for his meal, and strode back through the driving wind. · Once back he walked straight into the front room , unlaced his boots, and flung himself, otherwise fully clothed, on the big double bed, where he tossed restlessly for two or three hours.

About two in the morning he awoke with the feelin g that all was not well. It had been snow• ing, for rhe window ledge was white, and a pale, g h ostly moon g limmered fitfully through into the room. It reminded him of nights in Alaska, and as a dog howled mournfully he gave a quick start, thinking of wolves. He r emembered how, one night, in a small hut on the edge of a clearing, he had turned ove r in bed, and h a d seen a wolf n ot two yards away from him. His brother had shot it just in the nick of time-but really he mustn't think of wolves now; it would be better to go to sleep. He turned over uneasily, and to h is intense dismay he saw-a wolf.

It was the same one. Where was his brother? Why un earth didn't lie r.ome? He· tried to call, but his tongue would not mo\'e. The moon

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was half hidden behind a cloud now, and the room was practically in darkness, but he could still see rhose terrible green eyes.

The man's face turned to an ashy pallor, and he gave a slight movem ent, then looked at the animal again. It had not moved, but he could see the bristles standing up on its n eck, and irs horrible eyes glowed brighter and grew more malig nant. The man groaned and his tongue stuck to the r oof of his dry mouth. He moved again, in sheer agony, and rolled to rhe floor.

His h ead was cur and bruised, his eyes glassy, his lips were covered with foam, and the blood trickled slowly down his cheek. He wriggled a few inches farther away, but the brute fascinated him. He had to look at it again. Yes, it was coming nearer and nearer. Where was his brother? Tr was a lm ost on him. With a little choking sob h e clenched his hands, one great, long shiver p2ssed right down his body. Then two h or• rible shrieks rent the air, and re-echoed again and again through the old house. After that, sile.nce.

The next morning Lord Treymain, Weldon and Holmes went back to the old place, making bets with each other as to how Bates had spent the night. Imagin e the ir intense surprise and horror to find him stretched upon the floor---quite dead. The doctor's ve rdict was heart failure •from an unknown cause.

It never entered any of the amazed men's heads to blame the famous old picture of a wolf, by one of the world's master painters, hanging on the wall opposite the bed.

- J ean Cameron, V .c.

Exams.

The bell! Crowds of agonised creatures upon the steps of the Baths, I mean, Examination Room, jostled one another in their eagerness to get inside. Cheerful cries of " Good luck," "Good luck!" fell upon scarcely heeding ears, although a wan smile a nd a "Same to you" a nswered the well-wisher. The guardian of the fareful door, in gown of sombre hue, admitted every poor soul with the announcement, "Miss · --'s Geography on the far side, please."

Rows upon rows of desks covered with whitP.

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papers, the p lagu e of a girl's existence, and a t last, a seat.

"Now, do not begin until I say, girls," said a serene voice a n d a feeli n g of impending doom crept o'er me. Then a few hours later , or was it minutes, ttYou may begin, girls."

H eads b e nd over the d esks, pens fly over p age a fte r page, the m inutes fly. What! An hour, and only the e nd of th: second question.

Whose pen is squeaking so a udibly?

Why doesn' t she stop it? There, that's Miss- -'s knitting n eedle now. The pitiless clock creeps o n , cold fear breaks over th e d eath -pa le victims, and the dusty corners of the mind are

rummaged fo r a lost fact. Where can it be?

Surely it hasn' t escaped, it must h av_e gon e out the other ear.

More paper! H ow slowly the solemn figure g lides over t h e floor with pace worthy of a snail's funeral.

Her visage, now calm and unperturbed, is she gloating over the agon y of the exam. victim b ef o r e h e r ? But wait until sh e is be n eath a pile of white sheets herself, and a magnificent system of Egyptian hieroglyphics is spread before h er. The schoolg irl sleeps a dreamless sleep b eneath th e b la nkets, and t h e tortured torturer sits, with h ead swathed in a wet t owel, far into the night. Oh happy thou ght!

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SILVER AND GREEN MIDDLE SCHOOL PROSE. The Strange Fascination o f a Machine.

Professor Ciland sat in his study and dreamed. He looked worried, which was unusual. He was so deep in thought that he was not aware of anybody in the room until a voice interrupted the silence with, "Penny for your thoughts." The Professor swung round and came back to the world of reality. He greeted his friend. "I heard about an a lmost h u man machine the other day," said his friend.

The Professor started. " That reminds me," he said, "of a machine that I once made." " Tell me about it, will you?" "Certainly!"

"Some years ago," began the Professor, " I decided to try to make a machine that would almost do my work. It took me years to complete it, but when it was finished I was justly proud of it. When an electric current }'aS switched on it would move across the room and work the various other machines I had there.

It was absolutely wonderful.

"Day after day I watched it work, and did my best to improve it. One day, as I watched it, I felt it was too marvellous, too human."

The Professor rose, and, leaning on the back of a chair, resumed. " It seemed to have a wonderful lu re about it. The more I watched it the more it seemed to hold m e. Finally, I d ecided that it should not, and would not, f a scinate me like t hat, so I determined not to go near it for a week, as I thought the thing was getting on my nerves.

"For the first day all went well, but on the second day I found myself wandering in the direction of the machine.

I pulled myself together and tried to walk away, but I seemed dra wn towards it. Finally, with a great effort, I walked to my study and tried to read, but I was filled with a desire to see that machine. At last I yielded, and once more saw it work. " Weeks went on like that. Then one day a s I was watching it, it turned in its tracks and moved towards me. I felt almost afraid as, ste rn and massive, it came on. I switched off the electricity, as the fear of that strange machine seemed to have gripped my very soul."

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to the machine?" asked the other.

"I destroyed it," replied the Professor, "and I am glad I did. It was too powerful, and when you offered me that large sum for my thoughts, I was wondering what caused it to have such a strange power over me." The Professor dropped into his cane chair, filled his pipe, and fe ll into a reverie.

- Jean Reid, Form XX.

T he Family at Breakfast.

Clang! The breakfast gong sounded throu gh the house, and voices and the patter of feet were heard as the various members of the family came hurrying to th.e breakfast room.

"Good morning, everybody! Lovely morning!" said a m e rry voice. "I don' t know what your idea of a lovely morning is," replied a deep voice. "I think it is going to rain." The owner of the merry voice gave vent to _a laugh. "I hope not; I hate taking a coat wherever I go." " Will everyone sit down, please?" Thus requested, the entire family seated themselves at the table, and the business of having breakfast began. Some faces looked bright, and some looked tired, but for the next few minutes the clatter of knives and forks was the only sound that broke the silence. " What do you think of the fashions for this season?" enquired the merry-voiced one, p a using in her operations on a chop. "For goodness' sake, don't start the topic of fashions; it's time the girls of to-day thought of more serious things-the financial state of Australia, for instance." The owner of the deep voice, having· delivered himself of this theory, devoted his powers wholly to breakfast. Meanwhile the criticism of fashions continued-"Those hats I saw." "I wonder w·h at on earth the Lang Government will do next," interrupted someone, evidently desirous of changing the subject.

"My breakfast is never cooked sufficiently," grumbled the deep-voiced pessimist, looking with a disdainful eye at his plate, and pecking here and there. " You should be thankful for what you get," replied the happy voice of the optimist. "There are plenry of people without breakfast at all," and she applied herself heartily to the meal.

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on the complainer's face, one would h ave thought th.,,t eating break fast was beyond the strength of mere man.

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With a fie rce· g r o wl h e rolled out of his pink bed a nd p a used for a moment before climbing a bove the dim, purple mounta ins.

"Work, work, work, and nothing but work!" he stormed, as he climbed into his golden chariot.

Mrs. J ames, the farmer's wife, sighed. "Anoth er scor c hing d ay," she said, fanning her heated face with the n ewspaper. " N ot a clo ud in the sky. When is this drought goin g to break? We' ll be utterly ruined if rain does not come soon. The sheep are growing thinner each d ay, and the tank water is barely d rinkab le. It is c ruel."

The farmer nodded wear ily, and shaded his eyes from the dazzling rays. The g rass b e came drier each moment, but the sun m e r ely la ughe d. " Tha t will teach them not to grumble," h e chuckled , sending forth his hottest r ays.

The birds ceased their singin g a nd returned to the shady bowers to rest. P eople soug ht their coolest rooms, and fanned themselves, but Mr. Sun worked harder than. before. The only sounds from the still countryside were the dismal caw-caws of a hungry crow, and the dreary c~y of a dying sheep. Then- Across the sky scurried two sun children hand in h a nd-Nimbus dressed in his darkest robe, while Cumulus wore a white frock. She flollowed her brother t owards the sun. "What brought you here?" g r owled the Sun Man. "W-we chanced to b e play ing across this way," stammered Nimbus. " But you a re working ver y hard, Fathe r. The people below a re

C u mulus hurried a fter him to give her parting kiss, b u t was swept fier cely away. For some time she lay trembling. "What is troubling you, sister?" Nimbus asked. Cumulus placed a trembling finger to h e r lips, and skipped away with her brother to play.

" Begone! " the Sun M a n stormed, pausing in his work. " I banish you, Nimbus, from my kingdom. H ow d a re you inte rrupt? Go! It is the first time any of my children h ave d a r ed to cnt1c1se m e and m y work."

we are together," came the m e rry v oice ra ise d

in vocal effor ts. " Please stop that row. Where in the nam~ of fortune is my umbre lla?"

"The Grumbler," h avin g found it, also too k his overcoat and golosh es, a nd walked with stately stride to the tram, wh ile the happy one, minu s coat, umbrella or galosh es, tripped along humming to h er self.

- Jean Reid, Form XX.

The Sun Children.

Mr. Sun yawned as the majestic voice of hi s wife, the Moon, broke into h is sleep . usurely ic isn't rising time?,, he asked miserably, but the Moon had other duties to perform. She dressed Cumulus and Nimbus, and sent the m a way to play.

Mr. Sun took a very long time to rise tha t m o rning. It could b e plainly seen that his temper had been roused .

Very slowly Mr. Sun glided above the n eatly planted orchards, above hills and valleys, rivers and trees, but their calmness did not cool his raging temper. "Wh en I show my face the people turn away.

Ing r a t itude ! They don' t deserve to h ave me working as I do," muttered Mr. Sun. "I'll show them how I can shine."

He sent his shining wor kmen into e very corner, filling the world with light. Then the world awoke-The birds p eeped from the shady bra nch es and flew into the cool, fresh a ir with their shrill, d elig hted cries. Children dawdled

"Please, F ather," pleaded Cumulus, beginning to weep. But Mr. Sun did not h eed. He f elt himself b ecoming weaker. He certainly h a d worked very h a rd indeed .

"Nimbus, do come b ack to me," sobbed C u mulus, b ut Nimbus shook his hea d. "Dear sister, I shall come, but only when Father is away," he said. "But come a nd play with me in the western sky. I'll always be working to r efresh the people when Fa ther works too h a rd."

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Below ther e was rejoicing.

People flocked into the open air to f eel the refreshing drops.

Magpies carolled and shrieked their delight, while starlings flocked from the cherry orchards to join the chorus-Rain.

- R. Trigge, L.V.

played had gone, never to return, and she unconsciously threw the drooping rose into the running water. It floated with the tide down the hill, till a bend in the stream hid the red spot from sight. Then she turned and went back into the garden-and the moon rose.

-Thelma Baker, IV.a .

Mifanwy.

The Flower of Memory.

It was a, cool, sunny afternoon 1n early autumn. The p eta ls of the last roses were slowly falling one by one from the trellises and archways in the old-world garden to the grassy walks beneath. A bea utiful girl, called Mifanwy, with wavy golden brown hair and sparkling brown eyes, was wandering among the roses. There was a strange restlessness in her heart, as she made her way along a little zigzag path that led down into a tiny glen.

The great door opened slowly, and the queen and her lady-in-waiting stepped out into the magnificent hall. "Who is that handsome man?" whispered the queen, as a tall man in rich robes passed. "Your Majesty, it is His Majesty the King!" The queen nodded thoughtfully, and gazed after the retreating figure of her husband.

Meanwhile the king hurried on and asked his vizier if he knew where his sons were. " They are in the palace grounds, Your Majesty," he replied. "Well, send word to them to come to me quickly, as I need to consult them on a matter o f great importance."

"Something must be done," said the king to his three sons. "The queen, you r mother, has, as you know, lost her memory. She is b ecoming worse and worse; she does not even know me now. We have tried every doctor and physician, but they cannot bring back her memory. Can you help me?" " Father, let me go and find a cure for her?'' said the eldest.

"My son, I know you want to help your mother, so I give you leave to go, but do be careful in your wanderings."

At the bottom of this a little stream rippled along over the mossy stones. On the sloping banks grew many bushes a nd wildflowers, cut off from the rest of the world by a small wood of oaks and pines.

As she passed the last ro§e bush she picked the one rose that remained, and as she stood by the stream, silently gazing at the water at her feet, the rose showed deep red against her white gown.

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Hark! What was that?

A, sweet, trilling music floated to her ears. She turned, and there, sitting on the roots of an old oak tree, was a brown-skinned youth dressed in a loose sheepskin garment.

From among h is thick brown curls a pair of tiny horns showed, and he was playing on a r eed pipe the sweetest music ever heard. It made Mifanwy's feet feel as though they must dance, as she crept nearer and sat on the bank at his f eet. He played to her of the wild woods, the forest streams, and singing birds, and danced to the tune of his pipe until the sun set and twilight cast her long dark shadows over the land. Then he seemed to fade far, far away, as in a dream. l'vlifanwy closed her eyes for a moment, and opened them to find he had gone.

She searched in the woods a n d by the banks o• the stream, but all in vain, and at last she returned to the little zigzag path leading back to the garden.

She p~11sP.d to look back at the stream; the calm that had come to her while the music

The eldest went away, but he did not return, so the second son said, "Oh, Father, let me try.

I will be careful, and I may find my brother. " The king consented rather unwillingly, for he did not like his second son going away.

Time passed, but h e also did not return.

"Oh, my dear father," pleaded the youngest, " I must rescue my brothers and h elp my my dear mother.

Let me go." For a long time the king would not consent, but at last he did so, for he saw that his son was very sad. " Good-bye, my dear son," he said. "It will break my h eart if you do not return." · The prince started out, not knowing where to go or what to do. Suddenly he heard a voiu, .:ailing him by ri~me, a sweet voice, silvery

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clear. He scarred, and looked about him, but no one was in sight. " Do as I cell you, and all will be well," said the voice. "You have co find the liccle white flower of memory, which has che sweetest scent in che world."

The prince went on till he came to a field overgrown with little white flowers with the sweetest scent. " Oh, how shall I find chat one litcle flower among all these?" h e sighed. "Follow your nose till you come to the fence, then look at your f eet," said the voice in his ear.

The prince did so, and found at his feet a solitary white flower, and it had the sweetest scent of chem all. He then wondered how co find his brothers.

That night he slept in a wood, and early in the morning he was seized by a huge giant and taken to his castle. As he neared the cascle he heard sad, sweet singing, and, looking up, b eheld a lovely maiden at a high window.

H er h air was long and golden, and her dress was the green of spring.

The poor prince was dragged in and shut up in a cell. He sat in a · corner chinking of the beautiful maiden, for h e had fallen deeply in love with her.

"Take the magic ring and touch the door, and it wi ll open," said the mysterious voice. The prince found a rusty ring on the floor, and, to his amazem ent, the d oor opened at its toJuch. He went through the castle opening the doors (for the g iant was out), till he came co the room where the maiden still sat singing.

They were soon out in the fresh light of day, cellin g each ocher their stories.

The prince discovered chat she was a princess, and he promised to take h er back to his father, and, after the queen had recovered her memory, he would go to her father and ask for her h and in m arriage, for the princess had already confessed her love for him.

Th ey then set ou t happily together.

During the day they met the ocher two prin ces, a nd the prince was delighted. "Now we will a ll go hom e together," he said. His l;,rothers said chat they had been imprisoned by a wicked witch, and they were released by her death. But that night the eld er brothers imprison ed the younger in a small windowless hut. They took the flower of memory, but in the struggle the princess escaped.

The princes travelled on, but when they reached their father's palace h e rook the flower

from them, and cold chem to leave his kingdom for ever. The princess had arrived there before them, and cold the whole story. The youngest prince was found, and brought back to his father, who wept with joy on seeing his son again, and when the lovely white flowe r was g iven to the queen the wonderful scent completely restored her m emory. The princess's father gave consent to the marriage between th e prince and his daughter, so they all lived happily ever after.

-Marga ret Guthridge, IV.a.

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Once upon a rime there lived, in a lirde cottage on th e side of a hill, an old woman and her pretty litcle grand-daughter.

The cottage was very pretty also.

Ic had pink roses peeping in at the casement windows, and honeysuckle climbing over the porch.

The liccle path that led down co the gate was bordered with violets and mignonette, and the velvety green lawn was dotted h ere and there with shrubs. Around it all grew a tall hedge of pine trees, waving their long branches over the thatched roof, and the b irds chat lived in the branches would fly on to the window sill of the lircle girl's bedroom, and wake her up each morning with their song.

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SILVER AND GREEN One morning, when the little girl came down to breakfast, she found her grandmother frowning, and she said, " My daughter , did you eat any of the nuts which. I left in the cupboa rd last night? For half of them are gone." The little girl said "No, Grandma, but I heard something scratching at the window last night just before I went to sleep.

It might ha,·e been a squirrel." But her grandmother said, "Nonsense, child!"

The next morning, when she came down to breakfast, her grandmother wore a deeper frown, and said, " My daughter, you have eaten more of the nuts which I left in the cupboard, for more of the m are gone." But the little girl said, " No, Grandma, but I heard something scratching at the window again last night. It might have been a squirrel." But her grandmother just said, "Nonsense, child! " That night, when the grandmother was sleeping soundly in her bed, the little girl awoke a nd heard a distant scratching, which came from the window in the kitchen b elow. So she slipped out of her cosy cot ~d tip-toed downstairs. She crept into the kitchen just as a big grey squirrel jumped from the window sill on to the bottom shelf of the cupboard.

The little g irl felt rather frightened, but she said in a tiny vois:e, " Please, Mr. Squirrel, don' t eat the nuts; my grandma wants them to sell."

But Mr. Squirrel only went on eating. Afte r a f e w minutes h e stopped, and, after filling a little bag he had with him with the biggest nuts, he jumped again throug h the window.

The n the little girl overcame her fright and jumped through after him, and followed him to the house which he had made in the hollow of the pine tree just outside her bedroom window. When he had e mptied his bag on to a heap of nuts in the middle of the floor, he lay down and went to sleep in a corner. Then the little girl very quietly refilled the bag with nuts, and put as many as she · could in her night dress, and tip-toed b ac k to the kitchen and put them on the shelf in the cupboard, and then went back to bed.

In the morning, when she came down to breakfast, her grandmother was smiling, and she said, "My daughter , I think my spectacles must have been misty these last two mornings. for h ere are all the nuts b a ck on the shelf

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again." And the little girl just smiled and said, "It's a nice morning, Grandma. I think we had better take them to the town to sell them soon after breakfast." So they did. As for Mr. Squirrel, he cam e many times to scratch at the window, but it was always locked.

As the winter had come, and as he could not find anything to eat, he went one cold, cold morning to join his brothers who lived nearer the town. The little girl, though she went · to his hollow tree every day, never saw him again.

-Thelma Baker, IV.a.

The Inevitable.

The isla n d of Kiko lay dozing in the heat of the summer sun. No living creature stirred.

Not a breath of wind relieved the intense heat of mid-day. The sun beat down mercilessly on the golden shores, and broke the tiny rippling waves into thousands of coloured shafts of light. The only sound was the low, continuous murmur of the restless sea.

O ver the rocks at the far end of the beach Mrs. Dragonfly was giving a t ea party. Mrs. Butterfly and Mrs. Centipede were the v isitors.

"There is only one thing about Mrs. Centipede, and that is that she always brings her darning bag," said old Mrs. Wasp, the gossiper. " Poor thing, I suppose she has a lot of darning to do, but it is such bad form. At any r ate, I think so."

But to-day, instead of arriving a t the usual time, Mrs. C e ntipede arrived just after lunch.

"Such a bore," sighed Mrs. Dragonfly, "I r eally h aven 't got time to finish dressing prop erly. I suppose she will have that terrible darning bag with her. It 's quite inevitable."

But Mrs. Centipede was bursting with news.

"I was so anxious to tell you, dear, that I ran a ll the way and left my darning bag at home ."

Mrs. Dragonfl y s_ig hed with relief. " It's such n ews, dear. This morning I j ust dropped in to see Mrs. Mosquito, a nd found that she is ente rtaining some friends from Mudswamp. Such nice people. They tell me that it is dangerous living there now, as the Humans are so ferocious.

But the Humans provide plenty of summer and winter sport.

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Mrs. Dragonfly showed some sparks of interest. "What-er-wh a t social position have these friends in Mudswamp?"

Mrs. Centipede looked superior. " Oh, they only move in the best circles, and they At this moment the door opened to admit Mrs. Butterfly, who had to be told the latest news.

"Mrs. 1"Iosquito's niece, S eraphina, is the sweetest little thing," Mrs. Centipede resumed.

"She's just the right age for my Hector; h e's so good looki n g, and so like his moth er."

Mrs. Dragonfly and Mrs. Butterfly looked very hard at the ceiling, but their lips were twitching.

Angela, Mrs. Dragonfly's maid, brought in the afternoon tea.

"I have h eard," said Mrs. Butterfly, " th a t the P a rrots are on the warpa th again. I have warned my children not to go six inches from ' the door, lest they be eaten."

"Oh, well," said Mrs. Centipede, " I really must be going. Here I h ave wasted a whole afternoon, when I could have been darning socks." Here she took her departure.

The next morning invitations came for a dance at M r s. Mosquito's house. Everybody accepted, even the common little Houseflies.

Now there was another in sect who liked the th e look of Seraphina, and that was Bertie Housefly, who was really good-looking, and knew it.

Tha t nigh t, when Mrs. Mosquito was receiving her guests, Seraphina came downstairs, looking her best in a gauzy green gown. When she was introduced to Bertie Housefly, she felt her heart go piecer-pat, and when he asked her if she would go for a walk before dusk she readily agreed.

They slipped away, thinking that. no one had seen them, but two pairs of eyes watched their every movement. The n Mrs. Wasp ran to spread th e n ews, but Hector Centipede f ollowed, taking care to keep well out of sigh t.

As it was not yet dark, the parrots had not gone to bed, and were looking for food to store for the winter, when they saw Seraphina and Bertie. One swoop, and both were soaring hig h up in the air, and the next thing that they knew they were being locked up in the storeroom, and were to share the fate of many others.

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-Jean Cane, IV.a.

JUNIOR SCHOOL PROSE. T he Ancient Gum. Dusk had fallen on the world silently, bringing a soft breeze to lull the birds to sleep. A tall and ancient, grey-green gum tree stood out again st the evening sky like a sentinel g uarding the many little creatures that nestled in its whispering foliage.

Two monotonous notes sounded from the topmost boughs. It was the mopoke calling co his distant mate.

A bat flitting about the branches heard the call, and Bew off into the gathering d a rkness.

T he two mopokes kept up their melancholy calls far into th e nigh t.

Then the great yellow moon came out from behind the clouds and shone brightly on the sleeping world beneath, and the great old greygreen gum tree gazed down its broad and mottled trunk and sighed.

Once more it imagin ed itself monarch of the bush in the days when t h e black men had roamed freely about this, their own world. It recalled nights when corrobo rees were h eld, when the aborigines streaked their bodies with red and white, and danced strange dances and yelled fierce war cries while the women of the tribe clapped ~heir h a nds and beat drums for music.

That scene faded, attd changed to a slow, sad pr ocession , which made its way through chick bush to the base of th~ gian t gum, where the blacks dug a g rave and placed their beloved chief in his last resting-place.

Then again came a party of warriors, armed with weapons to h ack a huge canoe out of

the chick bark of its trunk. They roughly cut long, slim boughs for poles, and carried the canoe to a n earby creek, and floated it down to a broad riv er, leaving rhe gum alone again with the birds, the opossums a nd kangaroos.

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costume.

De lightful creations, all of t h e m , s tra ig h t from the fam ous Paris houses. We have the adorable little jack et from Sc hapelli, in place of t he blazer, the dash ing hat from Finnel, and t.he sens ible but never• theleas entirely fas hiona b le blo uee. in w hi te s atin, and t he skirt, in bottle- g r een wool-de- chene, from Lucy L o ng .

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At t he righ t we have n suggestion for school bather s, shown in the college colours. Our Paris correspondent assures us that these models a r e quite t he thing for t he school g irl now. Scarves in green nr t iticial silk, and gloves, hand bag and • hoes in dork gre~n leather a re acceesor1es 13 uggested !or the new school costu me.

We would like to bring t hese s u ggestions under the notice of t he Staff for t heir approval. The approval of the students can, o f course, be tak en for ~ranted.

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"I Am an Old Tennis Ball."

Poor old me! I am now an o ld tennis ball.

I was the sap of a rubber tree once. I grew in the Amazon Forest, in South America. I grew there because it was very hot, and I liked the heat.

One lovely day I was ta ken out of my home by a native, who took me to his home and did something to me, and then sent me to the factory.

I thought to myself, "Whatever is h appening, and where am I going now ?" I soon knew.

I was in a factory. For some days I was there, and had all manner of things do;,.e to me.

The best thing I had done to me was to have my new name, "Spalding," put on me, of which I was very proud.

When I was all r eady· I was beautifully white, and to keep me white I was put into soft, white tissue paper, with my name on the outside.

Then I was packed in a box and sent to a shop to be sold. The very next day I was sold to a tennis champion, and was not u sed at all kindly, for I was sent from one end of the tennis court to the other.

Then after that set I was given to a little boy- (nearly all littl e boys are rough, you know )-who was very rough, and ill-treated me until there was little life or spring left in me.

At present I am having a r est in a spout, and though I am bald-headed, I know I am going back in a missionary box to my native la nd.

- Dora W a lker, Form IV.cl., age 11 years.

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They lived in a big nest named Sparrow Hall, and the little sparrows went to school at

Dr. Blackbird' s kindergarten.

There were three little sparrows-Fluffy, Beaky and Browny.

The time soon came when the kindergarten school held a big party, and all the sparrows from the village came. It was held in a huge nest, which was d ecor a ted with fir branches and leaves. Small acorn tables were put in the room, and in the middle of the n est stood a fir branch in a little acorn tub, hung with glowworms to light it.

On it were crumbs, worms and everything a bird could wish for.

There was a concert later. Fluffy sang a song, Beaky gave a dance, and Browny presented the bouquet to the mayor, one of the finest sparrows i n the town.

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Junior School Notes.

In Junior School there are 56 happy little girls who enjoy both work and play. The Form captain is Thora Powers, and the lieute nants are Y vonne Reynolds (first a nd second terms), Joan Eggleston (third te rm) , Evelyn Stacey.

All the girls are very interested in tennis, and we have had a very nice tournament. We will not know w ho the champion is until Le Barnett and June Chambers play off.

H e len Teed is very interested in nature study, and brings interesting specimens for o ur lessons on Tuesday afternoons. One morning Miss Brownell brought some cocoons on a branch o f mistletoe, and we watched the Imperial White butterfl ies come out.

During the year we have sold Rowe rs and sweets for o ur Junior R ed Cross Fund. We a lso gave a concert, to which our mothers were invited, and all enjoyed themselves very much.

We h ave collected £6 fo r t h e Fitzroy Mission, Free Kindergarten, a nd Zen a n a Mission. \Ve have not had our sports yet, but h ope to have them soon . L ast year we held them in the garden, a nd all h ad a most enjoyable time. S oon we shall have holidays and fun.

All good luck to th e Junior S chool g irls of 1932.

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Elsternwick . Branch School Notes for the Year.

The Branch School entered upon its second year under most auspicious conditions. At the end of 1930 the members were 40. When the School reassembled on I 0th February the President of the College ( Rev. J. W. Grove, M.A., LL.B. ), who conducted the first assembly, announced that over twenty n ew pupi ls had been enrolled . The numbe rs h ave steadily increased throughou t the yea r to 70.

Keenness and enthusiasm have been the keynotes in each Form, and high standard of work has been maintained.

The duties of Form Captains have been ably carried out by B . Ogier tK.G.), D. Whitehead (Form II.) , P. Sta urenghi (Form III.), J. Parker (Form IV.), N. Irvine (Form V.), while Joyce Leak, as school captain , has proved herself an effi cient leader, and has been most faithf'!l and helpful in her a tten tion to details of routine.

A generous response has been m a de to ch ari table app eals. In first term a case of jam was sent to the Caulfie ld Convalescen t Hospital, and a donation made to th e Lord Mayor ' s appeal for the Blind Institute. In th ird term over 30 dozen eggs were collected for the Alfred Hospital.

On 25th April the School commemorated Anzac Day, when Rev. G . T. Arthur, M .A., conducted a~ impressive service, speaking to the girls of the spi r it and meaning of the day.

At the invitation of the Big School, the girls all went over to the swimming sports at Kew. In May the School competed in th e College s p orts on the H awthorn Oval, Loris Bower winning a place in the Ju nior 50 Yar ds, N .

Irvine and M . Smith in the Siam ese Race, while J ean P earce won the Under 14 Sack Race.

Betty Gilbert has shown h e rself an enthusiastic tennis captain. The tennis four are B. Gilbert, J. Parker , N. Irvine and J. Gillespie. A match was played against a Junior four at the Big School, but the latter proved too stron g.

Several unsuccessful attempts have been made to play a match against the sister Branch

School, "Carisbrooke," but it is to be hoped th at this may be arranged early n e xt year.

The seniors have p layed basket-ball this year, while rounders have proved most popular with the juniors.

The School is extremely graceful to Mrs. L ande.n , M .A ., for presenting the school fl ag, which is used in Assembly each morning, and for the pictures, which adorn some of the classrooms.

A small commencement has been made with a School Library, but more books are n eeded for the new shelves.

Mrs. Goldberg has very kindly consented to take charge of a Brownie P ack, and before the end of the year the girls will be enrolled.

H opes are entertain ed of h aving a company of Girl Guides next year.

Mr. Porter, of the Kodak, visited the Schoo l one afternoon, a nd showed a series of delightful a nd instructive films. A s a result of his visit, it is intended to form a Camer a Club.

During second term the senior girls, accompanied by Miss Sanders, joined with the Big School in an excursion to Y allourn. A day full of interest and profit was spent in inspecting the Big Cut, the briquette factory, and the great power house.

On r esuming for third term, the School was very saddened to learn that L oris Bower, one of the leaders in work and sport, was very seriously ill. During the many weeks she has been in h ospital she has evinced a wonderful spirit of bravery and brightness, a nd it is most g r atifying to know that she is well o n the way to recovery, a nd a very h earty welcome awaits her on h er r etu rn.

On S unday, 18th O ctober , a special College service was held at the Elsternwick Methodist Church. The School, assisted by girls from the Big School, took part in the service, which was conducted by Rev. J. W. Grove, M.A., LL.B. During second term the important announcement was made that the College Coun-

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ci l had purchased for the Elsternwick Branch the magnificent property, known as "Kooyong," the residence of the late Richa rd Allen, Esq. One afternoon the School paid a visit to " Kooyong," where they were received by Rev. J . W. Grove and the Head Mistress, Mrs. Landen, M.A. Universal surprise and delight were expressed at the beautiful and spacious grounds, extensive lawns, and the general picturesque setting. Then followed weeks of expectancy.

Finally, on Friday, 23rd October, the School bade farewell to "Cromarty," where for over a year and a half many h appy days had been spent. On the following Monday, amid much excitement, the girls rook possession of their fine, new classrooms, and explored ev.e ry corner of the beautiful grounds. Tuesday, 27th October, was a red-letter day in the h istory of the School. In the presence of a large gathering of the College Council, Rev. J . W. Grove and Mrs. Grove, Mrs. Landen, the senior girls from the Big School, and many interested friends, the Elsternwick Branch formed an avenu e af honour to r ece ive 1'!Jr. and Mrs. Fred. J. Cato. The President of the College then made the great ann o uncement that Mr.

Cato was presenting this mag nifice:nt property and all necessary r eco nstruction-a gift of £5500-to the College Council, to mark the jubilee celebrations of the Big School. Mrs. Grove then presen ted Mr. C a to with a golden key, a nd, accompanied by two of the Kindergarten g irls, Mr. and Mrs. Cato officially opened the College.

In memory of her father, the late Richard Allen, Esq., who for over 43 years resided at "Kooyong," Mrs. C. Smibe rt is presenti n g the School with an h onour board.

On 14th November the School held its first sports meeting.

A cup for interform championship was presented by Shirley Odgers, the first girl to be enrolled for the Elsternwick M.L.C. In future the Schoo l 1s to be known as the Fred. J. Cato Branch. It realises that it is singularly fortunate in its unique possession, and that it can but inadequately express its gratitude to Mr. Cato for his munificent gift.

But it will endeavour to prove its sincerity by ever striving to build up a school worthy of the n ame bestowed upon it.

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As we opened school in 193 1 we felt a strange thrill when we realised that we were to be linked up with the M.L.C., and to take part in so many of its activities.

The gracious welcome extended to us by the President . (Rev. John W. Grove, M .A., LL.B.) and the Head Mistress (Mrs. Landen, M.A.) did much to confirm us in this direction.

Early in the year we attended the swimming at Kew, and lacer on the sports on the G lenferrie O val. It was with some temerity that we took part in the latter, and we felt pardonable pride when five of our names appeared o n the winning board. Needless t o say, Joan Eltis and Mary Collocott carried off their Cel"· tificates with mingled pride and joy.

Our aim is to attain the perfection set and held by the main school, and we assure H aw-

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The attendance at o ur church service, held in the Methodist Church, Balwyn Ro;.d, Cant erbury, was gratifying. Our President (Rev. John W. Grove, M.A.)' preached an insp1rmg sermon, which was much appreciated by all.

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We had a very successful garden party in October. Mr. Grove spoke of the far-reaching influence of the College, as gi rls from a ll parts o f the southe rn hemisphere call the Hawthorn M.L.C. "home." We were delighted to have t he Rev. W . Harris with us on that occasion, and much a ppreciated the presence of Mrs. Horton Williams, Mrs. V. G. Anderson (President Old Girls' Association), and three prefects from H a wthorn-Lena Thomas, Dorothy Champion, and Ursula Dugdale----and many friends and pare nts of our own girls.

Our scholars thoroughly enjoy Friday afternoons, when they go to the Hawthorn College for physical culture, and try to do many wonderful things in the fine gymnasium there.

Our head prefect, Leila Gibson, has carried out her duties faithfully, a nd has been a great help to the School.

The dullness of winter could not dampen the e nthusiasm and joyousness the girls felt as the y hurried to a Dickens evening, which proved a signal success.

Some Thoughts of IV.a. Rhymed by a Member of that Class.

Our sympathies have gone out to others.

Anzac Day was marked by a short, impress ive service held at the S c hool. Donations of jam, sugar and e ggs have b een collected, and forwarded to the hospitals. Many warm, useful garments made by our girls have brought comfort to the sick and poor.

During Health Week our elder girls were c a lled upon to give s hort talks on most vital subjects, which stimulated their thoughts in this direction.

"Carisbrooke" Alphabet.

C is for ccCarisbrooke," to which I belong.

A is for Answers, some right and some wrong.

R is for Rules we so frequently break.

I is for Interest in work that we take.

S is for Songs that m ake classrooms resound.

B is for Busy girls all the year round.

R for Reports which we open with dread.

OO' s for our Oak trees, with green limbs outspread.

K for the Keenness in work and in play.

It was gratifying to r eceive results from the Associated Music Examination Board, University, M e l bourne.

Passes were as follows:Grade V ., 1 ; Grade IV., 1; Grade III. (Intermediate) , 2.

Pupils in theory were also most successful, all passing, one with Honours. Music Appreciation is not forgotten, as a most inte resting class is held weekly, when the works and lives of great composers are studied.

The Juniors of the School have a lso had plenty of diversion, coupled with good hard work. They h ave gone for excursions, held a picture afternoon, visited a museum, and many other functions of educational value.

Especially do they appreciate their botany lessons on sunny afternoons under the oak trees, where they are lea rning some of the wonders of nature.

E for the Esprit de corps shown each day.

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M for the Main School, of which we are part.

L for the Loyalty that stirs in our heart.

C for Comradeship we felt from the start.

-Joy Hall.

Last year our School was "Carisbrooke," And now it's M.L.C.; I love the o ld School's cosy nooks, They are so dear to me.

- Marion Morrison.

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THE OLD COLLEGIAN Conducted by Past Students of the Methodist Ladies' College.

OFFICE-BEARERS AND COUNCIL FOR 1931-32.

Council

Office-Bearers Preside nt:

Mrs. V. G. ANDERSON (E. Butchers).

Vice-Presidents:

Miss RUTH FLOCKART. Miss OLIVE DODD. Honorary Secretary :

Miss EDITH C. BARKER. H ~ norary Assistant Secretary:

Miss MURIEL COX. Honorary Treasurer:

Mrs. P. R. LESLIE (M. Rowe).

Editor "Old Collegian" and Honorary Advertising Secretary:

Mrs. G. LANDY (E. Ashton).

Honorary Secretary Club Rooms:

Miss AGNES MURRAY. Honorary Assistant S ecretary:

Miss LENA BUTCHER. Honorary Treasurer:

Miss ELSIE BEARDSLEY.

Mrs. J . RINGLAND ANDERSON (Mary McComas).

Mrs. E. T. BAILEY (A. Wells).

Miss PHYLLIS BECK. Miss DOROTHEA CERUTTY. Miss EVA HAYLER. Miss MARJORIE HOLDEN. Miss NANCE CAMPBELL. Miss QUEENIE HOWELL. Miss RUTH J OHNS. Mrs. F. G. KUMM (G. Cato) .

Miss DOROTHY KERR. Miss NANCY LEE. Miss BRENDA OLDHAM. Miss PHYLLIS OSBORNE. Miss MAY PESCOTT. Miss VERA PARDY. Mrs. BELTON STIRLING (Edith Smith).

Miss MARJORIE STUART. Mrs. J. 0. THOMPSON (Alma Stubbs).

Miss JOYCE WARREN.

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Melbourne, 10th November, 1931.

Dear Old Collegians,Our Old School was established just fifty years ago. To m ark this event, special J ubilee Celebrations have been arranged to take place early n ext year.

The present scholars, under the leadership of the Rev. J . W. and Mrs. Grove, will take an active part in the proceedings, and, naturally, all members of the Old Collegians' Club will be keen to m ake the Jubilee Celebrations a complete success.

A Gala Garden P arty, to which all past scholars will be invited, will be one of the most attrac-

tive functions. Also, the present scholars and the Old Collegians are jointly arranging an excellent programme for a huge evening entertainment.

Mrs. Grove and the present scholars are organising a Fete, by means of which they h ope to raise a substantia l sum of money for the College Building Fund. They h ave asked us to co-operate with them in every possible way.

As the result of the Jubilee Celebrations, the College authorities hope that it will be possible to build a fine hall for the College, as a permanent record of the Jubilee Year.

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le h as been suggested chat Old Collegians might like to have an opportunity co contribute directly to the new buildings, which will mean so much co the College during the n ext h a lf century. Every past student of the College will, therefore, be asked to give, if possible, for chis purpose.

You can also assist Mrs. Grove by forwarding to her the names a nd addresses of past scholars known to you, especially those who are not m embers of the O.C.C. I know that chis appeal will be responded to by those who love the Old School and all it stands for.

These are difficult d ays, but the higher training and education of our girls, the mothers and leaders of the future, are matters of such vital importance that n o effort mus t be spared to ensure that the progress m a de by che Methodist Ladies' College during the p ast fif cy yea rs will be maintained in the future.

I am, yours sincerely, ETHEL G. ANDERSON.

M.L.C., Kew, E.4.

10th November, Dear Old Collegian s.-

1931.

For purposes of the Jubilee of the College, wh ich is to be celebrated early in the coming year, we a re making a permanent roll of a ll girls who have passed through the Collep;e since its establishment. This roll will be of great interest and value as the years pass. le will be a difficult task to furnish a complete list, because our O ld Collegians have scatte red to all parts of the world, and many h ave passed away.

Will the members of the O.C.C. kindly assist us by ·sending us the names and addresses of any Collegians with whom they are acquainted.? Both maiden and married names will be r equired, and may be sent to Mrs. J. W. Grove, M .L.C., Kew, E.4. Thanking you

Annual Report, 1930-31.

On b ehalf of the M ethodist Ladies' College Old Collegians' Club, I h ave much pleasure in presenting the Annual Report for 1930-3 I. During the year the Council met nine times, and the Council meetings, h eld in the Club Rooms, were fairly well attended. It was with r egre t that we received r esignations from l\,1rs.

T. C. Adamson and Miss J . Heyward, but trust at a lacer date to welcome them back co office. The Misses M. Holden and May Pescott were welcomed in their stead. Miss Leich we g la dly welcomed back after her trip abroad, and since her return she has changed h er n a me to Mrs. H. Meadows.

The following were elected to the Executive: - Office-bearers, Mrs. T. C . Adamson, Misses Una H a rrison , Nancy Lee, Lawrence Krome, Dorothy Kerr , Alice Le ich, Stella Robinson, Blanche Wood, and Millicent Ward.

Mrs. V. G. Anderson and Mrs. D . J. Caldwell again consented co ace as our r ep r esentarivP.s on che National Council of Women. It was our pleasu r e to donate £5 to the Y.W.C.A.

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at the beginning of the year, a nd later on £5 to Wesley Mission, towards providing meals for unemployed girls.

We were very fortunate in having such a beautiful afternoon for the Garden Party on 29th November, at which there was a record attendance of 325.

The Lite r ary Evening, held in May, proved another delightful gathering, when Mrs. Herbert Brookes spoke on "Movements and Places of Interest in America." A musical programme, arranged by Miss Flockart, was much e njoyed. Gifts were brought for distribution amongst the Free Kindergartens, and parcels forwarded to S outh Melbourne, Collingwood and Blackburn Holiday Hom e were much appreciated, especially in this time of dire distress.

The Dance held in the Sc. Kilda Town H all on 23rd June was a most enjoyable function, and, in spite of the times, the secr etaries, Misses S . Robinson and Blanche Wood, were able to show a profit of £28/ 1/ 10, which was handed to the Club R ooms Committee for their use. M ay I express th e sincere thanks of the Club to the secretaries and committee for the strenuous work they did to make the

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SILVER AND GREEN function so successful. The eight debutantes and their partners gave a Return Ball at Ormond H a ll in August, with Misses Phyllis B eck and Shirley Marriott as secretaries. They handed over £14 to the Blind Institute. We thank these sixteen you ng people, and appreciate their effort in h e lping such a wo r thy cause.

For our Theatre Night we were fortunatt: to have the opportunity of seeing nCarmen," produced by the University Conservatorium Operatic Society, with Joseph Hislop. Ou r party numbered 157.

Permits for 30 blazers and 56 badges have been forwarded during the year. The President's appeal to the schoolgirls gained for us 80 members. We also added 25 to the list of life members, bringing the total to 70. The index totals 750; of these 425 are financial.

In December the Club was allotted portion of the Town Hall balcony for Speech Night, at a charge of 1/ - p er seat, and 96 seats were booked. Our congratulations go to the School on the wonderful choral performance under Miss Flockart's training. \'i/e thank the. secretaries, Misses Lee and Williams, for their successful !Jlanagement of the Tennis Tournament, and re_gret that only l 5 pairs entered.

Although the re was no profit, the social side was much enjoyed, and it is hop ed that more girls will ente r next year.

The treasurer' s books show a balance of £44 10/ 7. We should like to thank Mrs. Trathan for auditing the accounts again. One h undre<j and fifty pounds of the Life Membership Fund was transferred to the new loan.

The Margaret Tiddeman Scholarship for 1931 was awarded to Verona Fromholtz. Her standard of work is good, 70 per cent. being average marks obtained. Verona participates in sport, and has worked well throughout the year.

The Club R ooms are a source of joy to all who are fortunate e nough to belong to them, and it is with regret that we hear of the r esignation of the able treasurer, Miss V. P ardy.

We wish to express our sincere thanks to Mrs. Peterson for her ever•ready willingness to help the Club.

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grounds for various Old Collegian functions, and for their assistance and co-operation. We would also like to t hank the Staff and the housekeeper for the help given in connection with " Back-to-School" Day. The Club wishes to convey to all Council members appreciation of the services they have rendered.

Wh ile we reg ret that, through effluxion of time, some members must leave the Council, we heartily welcome the incoming President, Mrs. V. G . Anderson, and new Council members, and assure them of our loya l support.

-Edith C. Barker.

ANNUAL REPORT M.L.C. OLD COLLEGIANS' CLUB ROOMS, S eptember, 193 1.

In presenting the Annual Report of the Club Rooms for the year September, 19 30August, 1931 , inclusive, I, in common with many another secretary, do so with considerable tre pidation, trusting that membe rs will have proper regard for the extraordinary financial conditions which ex ist on all sides, and a due sense of thankfulness that we are at least free from debt. The importance of providing our• selves with an a dequate sinking fund cannot, of course, b e over-rated, but on the other hand we must be satisfied in a tim"e of worldwide depression to hasten slowly, even though the process be somewhat painful for those responsible for the administration of our Club Rooms.

Before proceeding with a detailed survey of the past vear , I should like to emphasise how much our Club owes to its enthusiastic committee, and to express our appreciation of the many services r e ndered by our r etiring Chairwoman, Mrs. A. McCutchecm, with whom it has always been a pleasure to be associated, and who h as a lways been on hand whenever there has been extra work to be undertaken.

It is with sincere regret also that we lose the ser;.,ices of our Treasure r , Miss V era Pardy, who, owing to serious illness in her family, h as been obliged to relinquish her position. Miss Pardy has been associated with the Club R ooms in an executive capacity both as secretary and treasurer, and one cannot even begin to assess the valu e of her services to our Club. We are indeed sorry to lose her, and hope that h e r

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anxiety will soon be relieved. Miss Elsie Beardsley has stepped into the breach caused by Miss Pardy's retirement, and in welcoming her we feel sure that she will keep up the standard of previous holders of the office.

AcknowledgmentsWe are again indebted to Mrs. Landen and her staff in the Business School at the College in typing all circulars in connection with the Rooms, and thu~ saving us from a printing bill of considerable proportions, and also to the many friends of the Rooms who are responsible for various gifts acknowledged via the Club Rooms notice . board.

To Miss Marjorie Baird, who gave the proceeds from her delightful recital in Fitchett Hall to the piano fund, and to Miss Ruth Flocka rt, who was r esponsible for the organisation of the recit_a l, and whose earn est desire it is to provide the Rooms with a piano worthy of them, we extend our very sincere thanks.

The O.C.C. President, Mrs. E. T. Bailey, w,;s also instrumental in helping to swell this fund with the proceeds of a card evening held at the Rooms, and to her also we express our thanks.

The fund, augmented by several subscriptions, solicited by Miss Flockart, now stands a t £22/ 10/ 6, and our only regret is that, owing to the more pressing expenses of the Club Rooms, we have not so f a r been able to hold any function in aid of this most worthy cause.

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A piano belonging to Mrs. Lupton (nee Gladys Gunn) has been lent to the C lub Rooms, also thro ugh the medium of Miss Flockart, for a period of twelve months, the Club Rooms to be r esponsible for keeping the piano in good condition. Six pounds were spent in necessary repairs, and it was felt that there would be mo!'e possibility of letting our Rooms to musical societies, as complaints had b een many with regard to the piano belonging to the Daughters of the Manse.

We f-eel, however, in spite of these complaints, that that same piano made it possible for us to acquire such p atrons as the Austral Salon, so, m requesting th!' removal of their piano, we offe r ed the s a m e terms as formerly to the Daui>;hters of the Manse, which offer they were pleased to accept.

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These have been our only socia l gatherings for the year, as a majority of the Committee felt that it was n ot the time for making d em a nds on the pockets of members, a v iew in which I personally do not concu r. I believe that as long as we provide the type of social relaxation which appeals to ou r members, and do not stress unduly our cry for funds and again more funds, Old Collegians are willing, and one might almost say eager , to foregath e r with their own kind, and I believe also that the unprecedented success of both our bridge parties was proof of that view.

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Financial.

I t would give m e very great pleasure to face this meeting w ith a report of a comfortable surplus- in the bank, but, unfortunately, the word {(surplus" is one that is conspicuous in but few r e ports for the year 19 3 1. The actual positi o n is this: Our bank b alance o n 31st August stood at £69 / I 5 /2, with cash in h a nd £ 8/7/ 10, making a total of £78/3/. This looks a fairly substantial amount, but, unfortunately, our rent, amounting to £90, du e o n 30th June last, is not yet paid, so tha t, with a ll other liabilities settled, we have a deficiency of £12.

With members' subscriptions now due, we should soon be able to make up this amou n t, but will n eed to strain every n e rve to meet the rent due on 3 1st December , and to commence the r edemption o f loa n ce rtificates at the r a te of £10 p e r y ear, the first paym ent be ing due in F e bruary, 1932.

Each year donations from outside sources grow less- this y ear the a mount donated from the 0.C.C. Ball being £3 0 less than the previous year. We do not wish -in a ny way to depreciate the dance secreta ries a nd their committee-£28 profit in this year of depression is t r uly excellent, and we congra tulate the secret a ries on their work-but we merely point out that in spite of a slig ht deficiency we are n ot slipping ba ck to any g rea t e xtent.

Fortunatel y, we r eceived the assurance of Mr. Nicholas, wh e n we first beca me his tenants, that we should n ot b e pressed unduly for o ur r ent, so that it is merely a matter of time till we can m eet this amoun t.

Cafe.

Our C a fe , which last year sho_;,ed a profit of £1 06/ 10/6, h as suffered consid e rably as a direc t result of the trou blous times, the profits amounting to £55 / 17/ 8 for the year. We have been obli ged to r educe the catering charges to the Austral S a lon from 1/ - p e r h ead to 8d . per head, a n d, a lthough the r e fr eshments served are of a less exJ)ensive variety, this h as been another fac tor in reducing the Cafe receipts.

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\Ve still retain rhe patronage of the Austral Salon, Daughters of the Manse, Cheltenham Homes for Children, and th e Solvol C lub, but, unfortunately, the Victorian A m ateur M otio n P icture Society h as app a r ently sought pastures n ew.

The women's committee o f t h e P enin-

su la Golf C lu b meets o n one mor ning a month ft our rooms, but this is not a particular ly lucrative sou rce o f in com e, and does n ot m a ke up for the l oss of the above society.

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the necessity for economy on all sides.

M embership.

As was only to b e exp ected, the Club Room memb e rs hip has fallen to 103 member s.

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bership is, of course, a most importa nt factor

in ou r scheme of things, but it is difficult to see h ow we are to a v oid some f a lling off under present conditions. Our subscription is not a high one. l\1ay we th e r efore urge members wherever possible to retain their Club Room m e mbership, even if only from the point of view of loyalty? When these very unpleasant t imes are a thing of the past we hope to be able to offer our m emb e rs more adv antages, but at preser: t a ll we can do is to crave your assistance in carrying on.

In closing, I s hould like to express m y r egr e t th a t this repor t is not mor e cheering.

It mig ht, howeve r , be considerably less so, a nd if rumo ur speaketh truly, we are i n a better position than other clubs of similar aim s . The unf ortunate state of our country at the present time te nds to weaken our morale, and to create a f eeling of panic which is inclined to affect our outlook in every directio n. A d e te rmina t ion to struggle h a rdest when the odds a r e h eaviest against us has a lways been our h e ritage, so le t us not faintheartedly give up our effor rs because this year h as been somethin g of a d isappoin tmen t.

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MINUTES OF ANNUAL MEETING, SEPTEMBER, 1931.

The Twenty-Seven th Annual M eeting was held in the Club Rooms, Nicholas H o u se, on Monday, 2 1st S e pt!'mber, a t 8. 15 p .m ., after the Annual Dinner .

There were about 75 members present, and the Presid ent, Mrs. E. T .

B a iley, occupied the chair.

Apologies were received from Mrs. Kershaw, Misses Croll, Hunt, Howell, Pearson, M. a nd J. Ralph, R. Rudduck, a nd D . W a lton.

The following r eports wer e presented :-The annual r e port of the secretary, the treasurer ' s balance sheet, r eport and balance sh eet of the C lub Rooms, r e port of National Council of Women, and re port of t h e Triad. Miss Dodd proposed, and Miss M . Over e nd seconded , the adop tion of these reports. Carried.

It was decided that the Syllabus should include---Garden P a rty, T ennis Tournamen t, Lite rary Even ing, Dance, Theatre Night, Backto-School Day, Annual Dinner, Annua l Meeting, and n \Va lking Trip.

Th e questions of a lterations to both bad ge and blazer were discu ssed.

Voting for an alte r ed b a dge r esulted in an overwh elming m ajority in favou r of retaining the origin a l design.

In regard to the b lazer , the gener a l feeling was that the colour should be changed to bottle g reen , but when Mrs. Lande n explain ed that the Schoo l's m ost covered blazer was green , this idea was a bando n ed . Further s u ggestion s were m a d e, b ut no finality r each ed, and the matter was r efer red back to the Council.

A suggestio n was r eceived from Miss Barbour that a Y ounger Set be formed to assist th e Cli.lb. On t he proposal of Mrs. Leslie, second 2d by Miss Ward , this matter was h e ld over.

Miss Flockart then proposed that a letter be writte n t o the College authorities, sta ting t h at the O .C.C. would willingly co-operate with them in any functions arranged for th e J ubilee. This was seco nded by Miss P a rdy .

Miss Fountain, o n behalf of the Club, expressed appreciation of Mrs. B ai ley's work for the O .C.C. during her year of o ffi ce. In h er r etirin g speech, Mrs. Bailey thanked m e mbers for t h e ir loyal support, a nd s poke a few words ot welcome to Mrs. V. G . Anderson, the new Pre.iden r.

SYLLABUS FOR 1931-32.

1931.

Nov. 28--Garden P arty at t h e College.

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Tennis T ourn ament.

Literary Evening.

D a n ce.

Theatre Night.

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Owing to th e College Jub ilee functio n s being h eld in April , 1932, no d efinite dates can be stated for O.C.C. functions.

Edith C. B a rke r.

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A LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY. Dear F ellow Old Collegians,There a re several matters which I should like to bring under your notice.

The proposed First-Aid Class could not be held because of lack of support. I t is essential that we have twenty m e mbers. Any girls interested are asked to b ear in mind th at, if possible, a class will be held next year, and a meet ing calle d in April. I t is h oped that this will b e foll owed by a H ome Nursing Class, and that a Voluntary Aid Detachment will result.

We h ave been approached by the Women's Auxiliary of the M elbo urne Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade to form a sectio n , consistin g of a leader and five others, to assist in the commissariat of the l\1en' s Brigade. No expense is incurred, and members are asked only in cases of urgent n eed to go fo rward, within a radius of 60 miles, to assist in ser ving food. Will a ny m ember interes ted in th is scheme please advise m e as early as possible?

I t h as been q u ire cheery to r eceive letters from country m embers and to learn t h a t the y a r e so inter ested in our gath e rin gs, which they have no opportunity of joining. I h ope tha t many of you will be able to a r ran ge a v isit to Melbourne for Jubilee Week, when there will be many opportunities for r enewing old acquain tances.

To those of our members who a r e not enjoying the best of h ealch r egret is expressed, with the hope that in the n ew year they will again b e able to take an active interest in thin gs.

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SIL VER AND GREEN May 1932 find us all standing shoulder to shoulder, striving to make it the best in Club records.'

With Christmas wishes for 193 2.

greetings and all good Edith C. Barker.

NOTES. Annual Subscription-Town members, 5/- ; country members, 3/6; life members, £5/5/-.

Schoolgirls o f sixteen and over leavin g the College in December are admitted to m embersh ip till 3 1st August for 2/-. Club Rooms M e mber s, £ 1; country member s of C lub Rooms may pay 2/ 6 per month.

Blaze rs, ndvy blue, and with pocket, a r e obta inable from the Leviathan, corner of Bourke and Swanston Streets, for 47/ 6 . A p e rmit may be obtained from the secretary.

Badges, silver and enamel, 4 /-; gold a nd enamel, 27 / 6, are obtainable from Catanach 's, jewellers, but a permit must first be obtained from the secr etary. In each case the money is now paid direct to the fi r m where the arti• cle is obtained . Country members who wish to h ave their badge sent through the registered p ost muse send to Catanach's a.n additi onal 3d ., or the purchaser must bear the loss if the badge goes astray in the post. · All m embers are asked to answer not ices and invitations promptly, and those who m arry or change their add r esses are asked to notify the Secretary as soon as possible to prevent notices going astray.

Members are asked to note especially the address of the secretary-Edith Barker, 8 Torrington Place, Canterbury , E.7.

Copies of the O .C.C. anc;l Club Rooms' rules are obtainable on application to the S ecr etary.

Club Room members are asked to note that shou ld subscriptions not be paid during the first t h ree months of th e finan cial year, viz., September to November inclusive, they are liable to a fine of 2/ - per month until arrears a re paid. The y are a lso reminded t h at Club Room m embers must be financial members of che Old Collegians' Club.

For the benefit of Club Room members visit• ing Sydney, an arr angement has been made with the Girls' Secondary Schools' Club, M asonic Chambers, 169 Castlereag h Street, Sydney, whereby our members may use their Club Rooms under the following conditions:-

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2. A letter of introduction from the S ecretar y to be presented, and the Visitors' Book signed on the first visit.

3. There s hall n ot be mor e than twelve visiting members at any one time.

All contributions to " The O ld Collegian" ~hou ld be forwarded direct to the editor, Mrs. C. Gordon La ndy, 38 Kerferd Road, Glen Iris, S.E.6 (UY6344).

THE JUBILEE CHOIR. A feature of the Jubilee function s of April, 1932, wi ll be a Choral Demonstration at the M elbourne Town Hall, under the 'direction of Miss Ruth F lockar t. Miss Flockart is planning for a combined choir of schoolgirls a nd Old Collegians to the number of I 000, and is anxious to enroll at least 400 Old Collegians.

So far the response to her appeal has been excellent, but she wishes to stress the fact that every Old Collegian, whether she is a m ember of the O.C.C. or not, is eligible for m em be rship of this chofr. Will aJI Old Collegians who are inter ested forward their n ames to the Club Rooms immediately, stating also whether they prefer to sing firsts o r seconds?

Rehearsals for the choir will begin early in February, 1932, and will be h e ld in the Club Rooms, Nicholas House, Swanston Street, by courtesy of the Club Rooms Committee. Notices wi ll be published in the rooms from time to time advising members where to purchase their music when it is available, and giving dates and times for rehearsals.

REPORT OF THE M.L.C. O.C.C., SYDNEY, N.S.W., BRANCH. Old Coilegians in Sydney have for year s fe lt the loss of the O.C.C. functions, where old friends fo r egathered and the happy d ays spent at "Th e Best School of All" were recalled. Ac last a few enthusiasts met together at the home of Mrs. H. V. Leckie (Bessie Williams ) on the night of 7th August. Those prese nt were: -- Elsie Ridge ( of Launceston), Mrs. H. W. Chancellor (May Green), Mrs. E. E. Bignell (Nellie Ellis), Mrs. Upton (Rene Dodshun), Mattie and Perla Preston, Sylvia Butler and Phyllis Waite, and

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they decided to m eet at each other 's home:; o~casionally. In case the re were other Old Collegians in Sydney who wou ld care to j o in up, a notice was put in a ll the papers.

The response was surprisin g . We realised at once tha t we would need a central m eeting place to enable a ll who wished to join up to attend functions.

Mrs. Price Conigrave (Viotti P ear ce) kindly offe r ed us the u se of h e r club room in Burdekin H ouse for our firs t m eeting, which was called for 27th Aug u st, at 3 p .m. Twenty Old Collegians a ttended, and after introductions were made and old acquaintances r e n ewed , the business of the afternoon was a ttended to.

Office rs elected were:-President, Mrs. H . V. Leckie; vicepresidents, M :rs. E. W. L ave rty (Elizabeth Tonkin) a nd Mrs. H . J . C lark (Mabel L aycock); hon. secretary , Mrs. P rice Conigrave; assistant secr e tary, J ean Watson; treasure r, Mrs. E . E. Big n e ll ; committee, Mrs. H . W. Chancellor, Phyllis Cram, J an et Black and P erla Preston . The r e was much con versa tion during afte rnoon t ea, a nd it was su rprising to find how the one link of interest in the Old S chool united us a ll. Ever yone said " Good-bye" with the hope that the n ext meetin g would n ot be far distant.

It was not, f o r we decided to hold a Dinner, to cor respond with the Home C lub Dinner on 2 1st September. Thirty-three members cong re gated at Burdekin House Cafe on that nig ht and partook of a very en joyable dinner. The toasts of "The King," " The Old School," " The Club," and " The President" we re honoured .

A wire from the parent clu b was r ead , and their kind thoughts and good wishes were muc h appreciated by all present. A musical prog r a mme, contributed to by Mrs. S p ring Brown, Miss J . Watson, Miss Mattie Preston and Mrs. Price Conigrave, brought this d elig htful evening to a close.

Our next mee ting took the form of a we lcome to Mr. and Mrs. P . R. Le Couteur and Miss Le Coute ur, a nd was h e ld a t Burdekin House on Wednesday evening, 7th October .

Mrs. Le Couteur was presen ted with a bouquet in a utumn toning s, a nd Miss L e Coute ur with a small spray of flowers.

Mrs. Conigrave arranged a fine programme of musical and elocutionary items, the latter given by pupils of Miss F,.y Hnrnhy, a former teacher of the

College. Mr. Le Couteu r , r ep,y ing to speeches of welco me made by the Preside nt and I sabel McClelland, told of va rious a lterations m ade recently at the Old S chool, a nd we felt that we wanted to h ear much more of th e happen ings at the S ch ool, which holds such pleasant m emories for us all. We did enjoy our evening with Mr. a nd Mrs. Le Couteur, and hope to keep in touch with them, althoug h we know t h ey wi ll b e very busy in their new work. The n ext m eeting o f the Club will b e held on T h ursday afternoon, 2 6th Novembe r.

B. Lec kie.

REPORT OF "THE TRIAD." Meetings of the Triad h ave b een h eld regu lar ly each m onth , and interest in t h ese m eetings h as b een well su stai n ed. The atten dance during the winter months of July and August was, howeve r , n o ticeably smaller, a nd in consequence the committee feels that there sh o u Id be a r evision of the time-table n ext year.

Many_ interesting p a p ers have b een given by membe rs of the English Liter a ture section · on ''Early English Literature." In April Miss Olive Dodd gave a lantern lecture o n the Oberammergau P assion Play, which s he saw while abroad. H er description was most ente rta ining a nd r ealistic.

The n in August D r. Pound gave an inter esting talk on the ttPleasures of Literature ."

The Dramatic S ectio n found much interest ih reading She rida n 's " School for Scandal," Shaw's "You N ever Can T ell," Milne's " B~linda," Drinkwater 's "Abrah a m Lincoln," and " The B a r retts of Wimpole Street," by B esier .

Arrangem ents were made for Miss Alice Smith, o f the T each er s' Training College, t o v isit the C lub in June. She ente rta ined members by a ta lk o n Voice Production, a nd gave impressive r eadings from numerous p lays, including the old mora lity, "Ever ym a n ," and Maeterlinc k's " Dea th o f Tintageles." The increased inte r est manifested by members as the result of this lecture encouraged the committee to experiment further, and Miss Eileen O ' Keefe was asked t o visit the Club wit h th e v iew of directing m emb ers with their readings.

At the August, September and October m eetings M iss O ' K eefe was present, a nd members f eel tha t with som eone definitely qu a lified to help the m they will get much more enjoyment from readings.

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SILVER AND GREEN The French Circle, under the direction of Madame Graham, is greatly a ppreciated. M embers are encouraged to converse in French, little scenes are enacted, French folk songs are sung, and French literature is rea d under Madame's guidance. The charm and culture of M a dame Graham are such chat a ll Old Collegians interested in the French language and anxious to

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Th e thanks of the Club a re due to Mrs. Landy. It is large ly owing to her unsparing efforts and the able manner in which she has discharged her duties that the Triad has achieved the results that it has. It is felt chat the Triad is distinctly beneficial to the O .C. Club, and chat efforts should be made to increase its scope and influence during the coming year.

Ethel Ander son.

Ethel Anderson .

D. Caldwell.

TREASURER'S NOTE. Subscriptions for 1932 are now due, and should be paid direct to the treasurer, 6 Woolley Street, Essendon, W.5. Would m emb e rs remitting by postal notes kindly make them payable to "M. Leslie, Essendon P .O.," to facilitate collection. Thank you for attention in these m atters.

-M. M . Leslie.

THE LITERARY EVENING. It would be difficult to imagine a more

\X1omen was chat dealing with "Films and their C ensorship. " Mrs. Bolitho told of her experiences in London, where a "Children's Cinema Council" has been formed to encourage a clea ner scree~, non-politica l and non-sectarian.

lian Governme nt, spoke to u s o~ uMovements

She said chat in most civilised countries 80 per cent. of the girls and 90 per cent. of the boy~ go co pictures, and cheref ore every possible preca ution should be taken to see that the films shown were wholesome. Some should b e educational, dealing with topical news, bird, fish and animal life, etc.; others purely amus-

and Places of Interest in U.S.A." Mrs. Brookes h as the faculty of stirring the imagination, so chat her h earer actually meets the folk whom she talks of, and shares their enthusiasms.

Mrs. Brookes began her address by celling us chat, since our newspapers stressed chiefly the worst elements in American life, she would talk to u s a bout the movem ents and institutions which g ive expression to Ameri can ideals, and which are as num erous as the thousands who inhabit che continent. New York was to Mrs. Brookes a plethora of events.

Morning, noon and night there were recita ls by great artists, a nd lectures on every conceivable subject. One's pleasure in a good recita l would be ringed with r egre t chat one was missing an equally good lectu re.

Th ere was a constant round of dinners a nd luncheons. Mrs. Brookes was h onoured by an invitatio n to dine a t West Point Military Academy, beautifully situated on the Hudson some mil es "upstate" from New York. She also attended a dinner at International College, whic h is composed of students who have come from a ll quarter s of the globe co study

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ing, as the uScarlet Pimpernel."

This C hildre n ' s Cinema Council was trying to inaugurate a daily matinee, where suitable films for children would be shown. A Saturday mornin g children's screen was a lready in existence, where ch ildren fo r threepence could see films that were suitable to them. It was a lso agreed that films that were not suitable for children unde r sixteen years of age to see would not be seen by adu lts with moral advantage. A g reater evil than the low class of film produced is the posters t!,at are shown.

H ere the same suggestive picture is seen day after day, until it imprints itself indelibly on the mind, whereas in a moving picture the unpleasant scene 1s quickly superseded by something else. It is generally conceded, the speaker went on to say, that the American film

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enthusiastic assemblage than that which filled the C lub Rooms, more than comfortably, alas! o n the occasion of the Literary Evening in May. Long before eight o'clock tables placed in the hall were laden with gifts for the Free Kindergartens.

Mrs. Herbert Brookes, who had just returned from the United Scares, where her h usband acted as Commissioner for the Austra-

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Here everything possible is done to break down racial barriers and preserve the student from the unutterable loneliness which is often the lot of the student at a foreign univer sity.

The most interesting of che many luncheons at women's clubs was chat at the Japanese C lub, where everything was served and eaten in Japanese fashion.

Before long Mrs. Brookes found herself not merely attending lectures and luncheons, but talking at women's colleges and clubs on Australia and Australian women. In chis way she came in contact with leaders of educational movements

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She was greatly imp r essed with the h igh standard of their kindergartens and nursery schools, where the results are astonishing.

Quite the finest of these were in Westchester County, which, as every visitor to New York soon finds, is the "show place" of the State. Mrs. Brookes spent an interesting evening at a club which concerns itself with research into the foreign policies of the Great Powers. On this ocasion a professor of history acted as chairman of a debate on British Policy in Ind ia; a Hindu spoke for Indian Nationa lism, and an Englishman for the British policy. The verdict was overwhelmingly in favou r of the latter. Mrs. Brookes noted jn New York a great admiration for everything British, whereas in 1925 American sympathies were all with France.

In her official capacity Mrs. Brookes was presented to Mrs. Hoover, who has a warm affection for Australia and her Australian friends.

She a lso met the wives of three former Presidents- Mrs. Wilson, still very enthusiastic about the League of Nations and all chat pertains thereto; Mrs. Coolidge, a quiet, moth erly person; and Mrs. Roosevelt, who is altogether c h arming. Despite her years, Mrs. Roosevelt retains h er keen interest in world affairs. She expresses great faith in the future of Australia. Since she is the h ead of a family of travellers and students of foreign countries, h er opinion 1s valuable. Mrs. Brookes sees great possibilities for the future in a closer alliance of British people with the Americans, who, if sentimental and idealistic, are sound at heart, and a worthy people.

Miss Flockart arranged a fine programme of mu sic for us, and this inclu ded vocal soli by

Marjorie Baird, Phyllis Osborne and Mr. Bossence; violin soli by Miss Elise Steele, and unaccompanied singing by the Lowana Quartette {Mavis Lancaster, Agnes Bliss, Phyllis Osborne and Blanche Wood) .

THE GARDENS OF INDIA. "A garden enclosed, a garden waters."-Song of Solomon.

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An article suc h as chis can only touch on the fringes of th is subject. .It is written more as a plea for the tolerance, if not the understan ding, of a world and a civilization which reach ed its zenith when Western peoples were only emerging from barbarism.

Th e first Orienta l arts to attract the West were probably the Japanese and Chinese, and these, in spite of the lifelong labours of Mr. Binyon, are still described as "so decorative." Indian art has failed co appea l because chis "pr etty-pretty" element is lacking. It cannot b e too strongly emphasized that all Oriental art is traditional.

Every grouping, eve ry stroke of a brush has a traditional meaning behind it. That tradition produced a natural loveliness was due to a comprehension of natural law far deeper than any copyist could have. Every stick and ever y stone in th e s~-called natural gardens of Japan is placed and named traditionally, and every plane is placed by age-old rules.

The famous gardens in India have been d escribed as "the greatest contribution of cf-ie Mugha!s to Indian a rt," and those Mughals built the Taj Mahal! The reader must be

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In Sanskrit there is no equivalent for our modern word "art. " A famous Oriental scholar sums up this way: " In India 'art' is the sta tement of a racial experience, and serves the purposes of life, like dai ly bread."

The Mughal garden was a definite and ch aracteristic expression oJ Mughal genius, but, like all the gardens of the East, it was Indian by descent.

The garden craft of ancient India was carried far and wide by the Buddhist priests, to Cambodia, China, J apan, and Turkestan, to r eturn again with the Turki conqueror. The influence of Buddhism or garden culture will not surprise those of you who are familiar with the old Hindu epics; flowers and trees, waterfalls and

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The gardens as they are to-day are but th e g h osts of their former selv.,s: even yet they give us more than a glimpse of that " art so well understood by the Mug h a ls, of planning a nd p lanting gardens in direct harmo ni ous r elation to the house, palace, or mausoleum to which they belong." Surely chis is the highest expression of the garden craft. \V/e can touch on very few of the meanings and traditions symbolized in an Indian garden, but some of them will certainly be easier understood from the following plan (The first s hows how a complete "Paradise" garden was made up, the second, the d etail of a court or terrace) : HOUSE

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The most fa miliar of old superstition s was that of t he "four went ways of heaven." This idea of "four-squareness" is found in every people's history, and is a mos t interesting lin k in the evolution of religion. This idea was peculiarly sacred to the followers of the Pro phet, so all Mughal ga rdens are built on the four gardens or "char-bagh" plan.

In a ll mythologies Paradise is on a hill.

In the old Buddhist Ida Narsha stands Mt. Meru, on whose slopes grew the "tree of every perfect gift" and the "tree of the ages," and from whose sides flowed in four directions the four life-giving streams.

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The simplest of the garden plans given is that of Sikandrah, a garden of the plains. It is fourfold. In the centre is the mausoleum which stands for t h e holy mount, a nd radiat· ing from it L-i. four directions Bow the streams on which the life of the garden depends.

Originally, r ound chis were other courts, all built on the same plan, but lacking the centre p leasur!" house or mausole um, a large tank taking the central position. This plan is com• piece in the gardens of the Taj Mahal at Agra, and at the Dilkusha Bagh (or Heart-Delighting Garden) at Lahore.

Symbolism did not stop at the form of the garden. It applied to the planting as well.

Every garden must conta in the joyful promise of immortality, so the quivering point of the cypress soared ever upwards ; its beauty must come to fruition, so much of its loveliness was due to the fruit trees; at the well head must be symbolized the marriage of the fruit tree and the palm. Then ther e was the symbolic planting of the story of Laila and Majnun, and many, many others.

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There may be any number of terraces in hillside gard~ns. Flower beds border a ll canals as well as plots. Plains gardens consist of a number of squares joined togethe r , as in Zenana Terrace. Each section is again divided by small tanks and streams. The lotus-bud fountains are placed in every tank and cana l.

Intimately bound up with these gar dens is the history of their founders. They were very definitely expressions of the personalities of their builders, a dynasty of princes a nd prin• cesses whose greatness of h eart and mind has never been surpassed. Babur, the first of the so-called Mughal Emperors, has left a fascin ating record of his garden building, but, un• fortunately, most of the gardens were built at Kabul. His Garden of Fidelity, his G a rden of the New Y ear , where he lies buried, his Violet Garden, and many othe rs are there.

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at such expense at Agra. The Babur Nama te lls one exquisite story of how this mighty conqueror halted an army laden with the spoils of Hindustan while he hunted for two days for rare tulip plants to take back to one of his gardens in Kabul. Babur is not a very wellknown figure, and his diary has been badly translated, but from those scholars to whom he is known he receives an affection very little this side of idolatry.

The temptation of any writer about Eastern gardens is to become a c hronicle r of stories concerning the men who built them- the great Emperor Akbar, who " h ad the gift which wins all hea rts" ; Shah J ahan, who is one of the world's greatest artist builders; and Jahangir, whose love story is one of the loveliest in any language. The royal ladies were as great builders as their brothers and . husbands, but we must leave them out of so short a survey.

I would remind you that the common impression of Indian emperors is one of voluptuaries and debauchees. No charge was ever further from the truth. The world's supreme monument to married love wa~ the work of an Eastern potentate, a nd that fact alone should make most of us pause and r evise our ideas.

Excellent though the restoration of some of the o ld gardens is, many of them a re but lifeless ghosts of their former loveliness. The "living waters" are missing, the little lotus bud fountains no longer toss their spray, the canals are empty, and bare, grassy p lots cover the ground where once the roses bloomed. A few such as the Nishat Bagh, in Kashmir, still show u s that form, balance and symmetry are the foundations of beauty, and the loveliest of all foils for the natural graces a nd the sweeping curves of plant and flower. - Jessie Vasey.

O .C.C. DANCE. Thoughts of the Old School crowd ed upon us thick and fast as we entered the St. Kilda Town Hall on 23rd J une, and saw the Green a nd Silver flag holding p la ce of honour in the decorative scheme. And-happy thought-on our programmes were the fami liar words"Green ap.d Silver, my comrades, Silver and G r een to the fore; We' r e proud ot our old school, We' ll work for our own school ; 'For God and for Home' eve rmore."

What a delightful eveni n g we spen t! With a merry throng, 500 in a ll, dancing to per fect music against a background of gay Oriental decorations, depression was indeed banished.

Mrs. Bailey, in black velvet patterned with orange and lime green; Miss Barker, in soft leaf gre en satin; Stella Robinson at}d Blanche Wood, in frocks of apricot, made a striking and colourful picture when they stood to receive the debutantes.

The eight d e buta ntes were dignified and graceful, with their l ong white frocks and scarlet bouque ts of b e rries and carnations, as they danced the Lancers and bowed to the President.

Two very attractive items of the programme were a streamer dance, during which brightly coloured paper balloons were t h rown from the balcony into the h a ll, and an exh ibition wal tz

by Miss Miller and Mr. Nunn. After supper - a jolly affair, wit h many novelties, inclu,:ling Hawaiian Leis of many hues-the carnival spirit held full sway. And at 2 a .m. even we of the "older generation" wish ed that we could set the cloc k back a few hours. We congratulate the capable secretaries, Stella R obin s01'l and Blanche Wood, o n this m ost successful function.

FROM COMO. Here we are under huge feather pillows, called in these parts eiderdowns; they are a bit short for my legs, a las! I ' m all comfy but for my fe et , th ank you. I have about two minutes' peace, and then a terrific d in begins in the street. I lift an indigna nt eyebrow, but the din grows and grows. · First it is a tramcar, then a would-be singer, then another tramcar- in pieces, surely-a motor-bike, shuttersa -bang, and so on. We must be spoilt after our quiet lake villages of the last few days, but I do t hink the noise is special and I talian this night.

Only last night we were at Bellagio, wh ere we r esisted the wi !es of porters who wou ld have lured us into fine hotels and pensions, and climbed, instead, many stone steps to a tiny pension above the town. Here we were welcomed by mother, father and maid on the vineclad loggia. We found spotless, small rooms above, and ate a d elicious dinner , with fruit instead of sweets, all in baskets brown-figs, grapes, peaches, walnuts too.

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In one village a man came suddenly out from a huge barn, and his feet were blue-stained, and his legs. We discovered that he had been tramping the g rapes for wine!

Then the re came m en and women with long, pointed baskets laden with g rapes, strapped to their backs.

How strange and lovely it a ll was!

Of course, both lakes are glorious. I think perhaps Lugano is first, though Como has wondrous mountains and views. I loved Luga no town and the lake trips thence to Swiss and Italian ports; we specia lly liked the soldiers at the latter.

Some we called umounta.in• men." They wore olive g r een suits with jaunry hat a nd feather. Others were proud and blueclad, with tossing heads and such white gloves. , There were many picturesque vill~ges, and many poor ones, too. Always there was the high-towered church, with bells to p eal out over the water.

I'll always remember still water and ringing bells for Switzerland.

After Lugano, we packed our luggage and sent it h ere to Como by train. Taking only a knapsack apiece, we set out for Menaggio by water and land , so to speak. And so, a dreamlike trip in soft morning haze along the north arm of the lake, with bells ringing out once again. All that day they followed us, for it was Sunday. Sometimes the churches were perched hig h against the sheer rock of the mountains, with terraced vineyards dropping away below them.

We lun ched in a vineyard m assed with d ark grapes. An old woman passed u s, basket on back, going to gath er h er g r apes.

Li ke the men who followed , sh e gave us HBueno sera, signorini !" and one of the men called "Good eatin g !" He carried a long scythe, silvery shinin g. Then a large con gregation came chattering out from the church . Dignified, d emure were the women and older girls in their long black veils, but the tiny children tumbled out into the street in sheer joy of release. Here and there were shrines by the wayside; some were in order, tended with flowers, others dusty and forgot-

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ten. All t his time we were high up in a gap of the mountains. Suddenly we came upon a view of Como, g littering, blue, with Menaggio lying immediately below us. We descended the twisted, white r oad, hot and dusty, but too enthusiastic to mind. We found a lovely room that nig ht, with a tiny balcony over the lake.

When we went up after dinner we found the moonlig ht streaming o ver the water and over the distant peninsula, where lay B ellag io.

And here in Como we have m et Mrs. Humphreys, with two charming companions, a Swedish doctor .md his wife-such fin e-looking people. She was excited to see u s, and we talked for an hour. They had been touring in Austria and J ugo -Slavia, a nd were d elighted with the latter especially.

Have I said that a ll the time we h ave had sun and warmth? After England, it is such bliss. Only to-day, as we sat on a hillside above Como, we realised anew how our English poets felt when they came and found all the joys of this countryside. Can we wonder that they lingered on?

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"BACK TO SCHOOL" DAY, 1931Ideal weather conditions served on Thursday, 24th September, to add yet more bea uty to the spring-clad gardens and grey buildings of the College on the occasion of the annual " Back to School Day," organised by the Old Collegians' Committee, with the co-operation of the School authorities.

The first event of the pleasant afternoon was a gathering in Fitchett Hall, where the S e nior S chool and Old Collegians joined in an opening service, at the conclusion of which Mr. Grove welcomed the v isitors. Mrs. V. G .

Anderson replied on behalf of the Old Collegians' Club.

A truly excellent programme followed. The singing, under the direction of Miss Flockart, included a solo by Miss Patricia Jackson ( " Tweddle" Scholar), and items by the S chooi Quartette and S enior Choir. The guests were very inter ested to h ear "Silver and Green" r e ndered in its n ew setti11g by the choir. Other items were given by e locution and pia noforte students, Miss Frey Shimmin ("Danks" Scholar), delighting the audien ce with a pianoforte solo.

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tennis match between p ast and present students, to see the n ew sports ground, or to r enew old friendships and visit haunts of their schooldays.

T he serving of a delightful afternoon tea in the refectory brought the happy gathering to a close, and one more "Back to School's Day" was added to t h e l on g list of its pred ecessors.

- D. Cerutty.

THE GAME OF THE JOYOUS QUEST. N ever to be grey in spirit, n eve r to b e old at hea r t, never to be respectable, and modest, and dull , and a little fat.

A million of us there are who are out for youth against the sp irit of age. We are enthusiasts in the face of a world apparently designed for the one purpose of manufacturing cynics-enthusiasts seeking laughter and the joy of life. We are the Movement with a Sense of Humour, playing the game of the Joyous Quest.

You have probably heard of us. Y ou have probably given u s a moment's careless thought.

"Another of the vast number of uplift orga n isations . . . . The lust for power and a uniform," you have said scornfully . . . that is, unless we are mis judg ing you. A gain, you m a y n ot have given us a thought. If so, you are ignorin g the g reatest force for world peace that t h ere is on the planet to-day- an inBuence without which t h e League of N ations would b e a m elancholy and self-satisfied futility- the movement of the Girl Guides.

The children themselves began it.

I t is entirely due to them that since 1909 the movement h as extended to 28 n ations, and numbers over 946,000. With our twin movement, the B oy S couts, we are n ow over three million. The story of how we began is well worth quoting.

Long ago, in the Palaeolithic period of Guide history, little groups of girls in queer clothes o f many colo urs mig ht h ave been seen m a r c hing along with h aversacks, wa t erbottles, and broomsticks. Their dress was quaint, their manner wild, but their b acks were straight and a look they had in their faces of determinatio n . Someone was ca lling in a way that no one had ever called before. The Pied Piper had piped, and the boys had dropped their books and their toys, and followed him out into the woods; and the girls we re followin g, too.

uGo home," said th e g rown-ups, uit 1s n ot for you ."

"Go b ack," said the boys, "this 1s our game, not yours."

" Go away," said the Piper, " I am piping to the boys."

But the girls had caught the strains of the music, a nd they had to follow. All that they had read in their story-books, all that they had dreamed in their dreams, was happening to them; their own brothers had turn ed into frontiersme n, explorers, uScouts ." I t was too late to go back; and as early as S eptembe r, 1909, at the first Scout rally at Crystal Palace, London, som e girls, braving ridicule, m anaged to worm their way in among 8000 Scouts to see th e g r eat Chief, wh om they claimed as their Chief too.

Nor wer e they to be disappointed, for though the Piper was busy with the boys, he h ad to be true to himself, and if the girls h ad followed to the tune of t his mus ic, th en the magic would work for th em, too; so Lord Baden-Powell wrote in the last page of a small pamphlet on Scouting: "A similar scheme might be started fo r g irls, and they might be called Guides." · Six thousand g irls had a lread y registered as S couts, e ntirely on their own initiative, so the early organisers h ad something ahead of them.

But when Miss Baden-P owell, sister of the Chief Scout, b ecame the president in 1910, the movement had really started legitimately.

You may call us sentimentalists if you like ; you

may murmur, "Pure emotionalism," as indeed one person murmured to me, and turn away. But in the meantime all over the world, in Czecho-Slovakia as well as Canada, in Brazil as well as Britain, the game of Guiding goes steadily on. Every night in every week little groups of blue-uniformed figu r es meet in clubrooms, in barns, in parish halls; ever y Saturday afternoon b lue-uniformed figures are hiking gaily, in th e fields of England, in the veldt of Africa, in the bush of Australia.

Every Christmas h olidays Guides are camping out under the stars, learning to play the game cleanly, to "Be Prepared" to help others at every moment of the day, to love laughter , to live so intensely that, as S t. Francis put it, "Even the very thornbush by the wayside is afl ame with the glory of God."

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SIL VER AND GREEN In a world of paralysing shams we are out for sincerity; in the face of the blazing imbecility of the social system we are out to break down, by friendship, the barriers of class, of creed, of colour; we a r e out for health of mind and body in a world which has regarded women , amongst other equally depressing things, as a perambu lati ng infirmity; we are out for laughter in the face of joylessness; we are o ut to find che spirit of beauty along the Woodcraft Trail. A million of us th ere are, playing the Game of the Joyous Quest in n early eve ry nation of the world.

And we try co do it mainly in an h ou r and a h alf a week! From, say, 7 .30 to 9 once a week, we hold the actual company meetings.

Thirty small people, aged anywhere between e leven and s ixteen, rroop up co the often dull and stodgy parish hall. (It isn' t every company that has a den of its own.) But bareness and stodginess vanish under the high imagination of youth, chat transforms four walls and a roof into a veritable Haunt of Rom ance. They divide into their patrols, each unde r a child leader, each with a totem and an atmosphere, a history of its own, and the compa ny meeting goes forward- roll call, a game, work in patrols, more games, a pow.wow or a sing-song. . . .

The foundation stone of Guiding is the patrol system, whereby the gang spirit of childhood is utilised for work and play.

The Court of Honour, that gay a nd glorious committee of patrol leader s, meets regularly to discuss the affairs of the company a nd to decide its programme. Here the leaders learn to make d ecisio ns and to stick to them. Incid entally, if wisely guided and made to stand by what they have decided, they soon learn to "look b efore they leap," a nd discuss a ll aspects before making a decision. H er e they learn method , for a ll books must be carefully kept ; here they learn judgment-when to report what they have h ea rd and when to keep thei r own counsel. And for the ordinary Guide there is the utter joy of playing and working with her own patrol. But I do not think the word "work" comes into the Guide's hea d when she thinks about Guiding. B ecause play is something that you want to do, and work is something that you do not want to do-and the ordinary grown-up's idea of work

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is turned upside down. You see, Guiding is, first and foremost, a game. You learn to tie knots so that you can tie a parcel o r a bandage efficiently, but you learn it by playing games. You learn by stalking games how to move very quietly, so that you can come quire close ro a bird without frightening it, and that opens a world of wonders to your eyesthe wonders of the Woodcraft Trail.

You learn how to light a fire in a ll weathers, how ro deal with snakebite before the doctor comes, how to carry out the Guide law . . all in the most fascinating games you've ever played.

Guiding is the only youth movement that is on a psychologically sound basis. By games the children play themselves into achieving the finest womanhood of which they are capable. There is no sentimentality, no pointing of morals in this game of ours.

That is probably why we do not have to go out and ask the childre n to Join us. We, the Guiders, are merely the people who help the children to play the gam e of Guiding.

The children themselves are so eager to play that if we could find the Guide rs we could treble our numbers without any recruiting at al l. But it is the individua l th at matters in the Guide movement, and individual training is impossible unless we keep the numbers in our companies down. It is all th at two Guiders can do to look after thirty-two Guides a t once-to play with them, to laugh a nd wonder with them.

And that is why you cannot ignore us. We are so young, so virally alive and growing, that we need you. Y es, you are busy. Everyone is. But when we want a thin g well done, a thing worth doing, we go to the busy person.

The children of the world are playing a game that is to them the most entrancing they have ever played. They want people to h elp them.

You need not be a very wonderful person; no special qualifications are n ecessar y, only a sense of humour and a willingness to help, either with Rangers (the sen ior Guides), or Guides, o r the littlest ones-the Brownies." Ar the r ecent World Conference of Guiders, h eld at Foxlease the h ome of Guiding in England, every coun'. try r epo rted a crying n eed for Guiders. We need you. Will you stand aside now?

The more I think about this game I a m playing, the more convinced I am that its

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influence in the direction of the new internationa lism is practically unlimited. We ourselves h ave lately made great strides in our world organisation.

In 1928 a World Conference of Guiders was held in Hungary.

Guiders and -Commissioners from all over the world came to this conference, each one of them tremendously keen on the Guid~ Movement in her own country.

They elected a world committee, and a world bureau has been set up in London, with Dame Katharine Furse, O.B.E., as director. This bureau is going to band together, even more closely than before, all the Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in the world. And a World Chalet is being built in Switzerland-a home for Guides from every part of the planet.

The youth of the world is playing a game that is knitting it closer than could any pact or tr eaty; a nd if we listen we can hear the cry go ing up from every n ation and from every Guide: "This shall be for a bond between us, that we be of one blood, ye and I; that we have cried peace to a ll men and claimed kinship with every living thing; that we h ate war and sloth and greed, and love fellowship, and that we shall go singing to the fashioning of a n ew world.

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Ask any six p e0,ple you know a nd chieir answers, in five cases out of the six, will be, as they are conventional or t.-uthful, the Bible or the Bard.

If I were allowed four books, I would certainly take the Bible; if three, Shakespeare would be my third choice. If only two, it would be difficult to choose, and my second c hoice would lie between Grimm's Fairy Tales, a highly improbable story by Mrs. Baillie Reynolds called "The King's Widow," and, mention i t safely, a cookery book. Think how interesting it would be, after a m eal of oysters washed down with cocoanut milk, to read a r ecipe commencing, "To the whites, stiffly whisked, of ten eggs add half a dozen crumbled ratafias moiste ned with orange juice."

But I have abso lu tely n o doubt as to what my first choice would be-unhesitatingly, I would choose a good, up-to-date dictionary, a big, fat dictionary with numbers of illustrations, with mythical a llusions annotated in clipped, unimaginative lang uage, with all the latest scientific terms- ( it is so necessary on a desert island to know how many amperes go to a watt, or don't they? )-with a glossary at the back giving the meanings of Christian names, and the right food for cocker spaniels , a nd so on.

For of all the fascinating, alluring things I know, there are none so fascinating and alluring as words. Open your dictionary and read down a column-Macaroni, m acaroon, macaw~ mace, macerate, Machiavellian, machine, mackerel, mackintosh, macrocosm, macula, mad,

madder, Madiera, Madonna, mad_repore (that means "coral," did you know?), madrigal, maenad, maestro, magi, magenta. Only twentyone words, but the distance they cover, the wonderful, colorful pictures they-evoke. MacaroniItaly; ~acaw-bright reds and greens and blues, South America, soft-voiced Spaniards; mace-Cromwell, or if one's thoughts are on things gastronomic, all the sweet spices of Araby; mackerel-fishing fleets scudding under white sails against a background of old-world villages and chalk cliffs; mackintosh-Scotland, grey misty rain, colourful tartan, and toffee; Madder-that most lovely rose colou r whose name, Rose Madder, is even love lier still; madrigal-sweet, lilting voices in a simple air; maenad-purple grapes and laughter and mad dancing; maestro-orchestras, muted violins, and sweet-toned flutes and oboes; magishining stars, adoration, Christmas and lighted candles; magenta-plush, wax-flowers under g lass shades, photos. of grandmother. Why, there is no end to it, for each word a dozen lovely pictures, for each picture a story of love or hate or fear or sudden tragedy.

Then there are words whose exquisite cadences pluck a t the very heartstrings-iridescence, Sylvia, charm, phantasy, silence, Lindisfarne, translucent, jade, symphony- each on e sheer beauty in sound. Ocher words spring to the eye and mind, suggesting by look and sound the ir own meanings far more certainly than could any lexicographer.

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SIL VER AND GREEN Can one wonder that poets a nd writers become intoxicated with words, become saturated through a nd through with their beauty, and spend their liv es forever striving for that perfect sentence, so finely balanced, so exquisitely cadenced, that beckons just a liccle further on, as elusive as any will-o'-the-wisp. And such a sentence achieved is as richly satisfying as the moon rising over the sea, or the scent of stocks on the night ai r .

So they lure one on-words, words; all the beauty, all the colour, all the emotion, the comedy and tragedy of life within the covers of a dictionary.

Dorothy Blewett.

"TO ENGLAND VIA SUEZ." My sister a nd I

left Melbourne on 7th March for a six months' trip abroad. We had a very pleasant time on the "Moreton Bay" for five weeks, but nevertheless were always glad to go ashore at the various ports.

From Colombo we motored up to Kandy, and on the way we stopped at a large estate owned by a Cingalese Prince, and were invited in to see over his beautiful bungalow and ground s. At Kandy we . visited the Temple of the Tooth, and the famous Peradeniya Gardens, where we saw the lovely orchid conservator ies.

Our next port of call was Suez, which we reached on 2nd April. H ere forty-one of us left the boat and motored across the desert to Heliopolis, which took about three hours.

Heliopolis is the home of the· wealthy classes, including Europeans, and the houses are all large, many-storied, and flat-roofed, surrounded by beautiful gardens. Electric trams run from the edge of the d ese rt throug h Heliopolis to Cairo and out towards the Pyramids.

We reached the Metropolitan Hotel, where we were co stay the night, at 2 .45 p.m., and, afte r h aving lunch, our party set off in eight motor-cars for the Pyramids. We were very surprised to find what a long distance they are from the town. At the foot of the hills we left the cars and got on to camels. It is the queerest sensation when the camel is getting up from the ground, and one has to hold on very tightly to prevent oneself from being tossed over its head. The forty-one camels then commenced their slow climb up the hill. On the way we passed Mena House and several large

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We passed the King's P a lace, and saw the guard d rawn up, and la ter saw the King himself driving home from some public function.

Then we ente r ed the baza•a rs, and went through the curio shops, where we saw small boys of about twelve years old doing the most beautiful inlaid mother-of-pearl work. We spent about one hour and a half in the bazaars, bargaining and looking at everything, and wishing that we had plenty of money with which to buy the beautiful wares. We finally got back to the hotel a t 7.30 p.m. At dinner we were waited on by Egyptian waiters dressed in long white robes with bright red belts, and wearing a red fez on the h-,ad and sandals on the feet. Their movements were quick, but noiseless. We had three waiters at our table for five people, so were very well served. In the evening we had hoped to go for a moonlight drive out to the Pyra mids, but there happened co be a total eclipse of the moon, so we contented o urselves by strolling through the main streets and visiting some of the larger shops. By 7 .15 a.m. next day we were again on our way. We climbed the ramparts of the old Citadel, and had a wonderful view of the city and the Pyramids, and also were able to see th e r emains of an old Roman aqueduct in the dista nce. Then we entered the courtyard, off which opens the famous alabaster Mosque of Mohammed A li. We h ad to put sandals on over our shoes before we entered.

The floor is covered with rich r ed Persian carpet. The ceiling consists of one very large dome surrounded by four smaller domes, and these are supported by four hu ge alabaster co lu mns. These domes contain the most b eautiful coloured glass. From the mosque we drove

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through the n ative quarters, which are interesting, but n o t attractive, then on through a native cemetery to another mosque containing the tombs of the Mamelouks. We reached the Museum at 9 a.m., just as the doors were opening, and went straight to the section devoted to the relics from the tomb of Tutankhamen.

His mummy is still left in his tomb, but we saw the actual sarcophagus, made of solid gold, in which the body had lain, and also another in which the gold one had been. This was made of wood covered with fine, beaten-out gold. These two were finally laid in a third, but this we did not see. We saw lovely alabaster statues and vases, and chairs made of solid gold, also two golden chariots, as well as many dazzling jewels. We had to rush away to the station, as the train left at 11 a.m.

I t was a four-hour journey to Port Said, and it was a horribly dirty one, as the soot from the engine and the sand from the desert penetrated everything. Every now and then the native conductor on the train came in, and sent us all out into the corridor, while he dusted the seats and the carriage with a huge feather duster. This, however, did not improve matters, · as it only circulated the dust.

At the end of the journey he came round with a clothes brus h and brushed us all.

Our next interesting visit was to Malta. As we entered the harbour it looked like a dream city, as the grand old fortifications and the cliffs themselves are all one gray sand colour .

It was not until the boat got nearer in that one could distinguish colour. Passengers were taken ashore for sixpence a head, in a daghisa, a quaint, brightly coloured rowing boat, with very high ends. Near the landing place we enter ed a lift, which took u s up to the main street of Valetta for a penny each. This town dates back to 1566, and contains some fine histo ric buildings.

The main street, Strada Reale, is wide and imposing, but most of t h em are narrow a nd crooked, and very, very steep, and consist chiefly of steps, which lead down to the harbour. We visi ted the palace of the Governor, in which is a famous armoury which at one time contained sufficient equipment for 25,000 men; also the Council Chamber, or Tapestry Hall, which is now the Parliament Hall of the Governor of Malta. The walls of this large room are covered with most

beautiful tapestries.

Next, we went into the Church of St. John , the official place of worship of the Order of the Knights of St. John. The floor is covered by 400 memorial marble slabs, commemorating the distinguished members of the Order.

After leaving Malta everyone began to be excited, as it is only five days' run from Malta to Southampton, which we reached about 10 p.m. on Sunday, I 2th Apr il. Imagi n e our impatience when we were n?t allowed to land until the next morning.

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They ranged from the green quince acquired from the next-door garden, and passed around for bites after "Lights out," to the decorous affair at the end of third term, for which permission was granted, on co nd ition that it ended at nine o'clock. " Middy," forbye!

We had a r eal "middy" once, though. We were found out beforehand, of course, by a lesser power-(Was ever a "middy" not discovered? )-but to our amazement this time it was, " Oh, a ll right, if you don't wake me."

So a sheet was spread for the tablecloth, windows hung with coats, candles stood in soap dishes, and we even purchased a n electric torch. It didn't work, but it was thought to give tone to the affair. Then we took turns at senrry duty till twelve o' clock.

No half measures fo-r us!

Our greatest problem was the wee tin of bleater paste, which was broached with our only means of attack, an outsize in bread knives. However, when at last the knife went in, by the law of displacement, the paste came out.

Then followed the cr eam puffs and slices and ginger pop, and so on through the list of delicacies in vogue "up tuck." And finally to bed, to waken very late and rather querulous, and to hide the c racked glasses and the sheet, which rivalled Caesar' s toga in the number of gashes sustained in the onslaught on the bloater tin. We had very bad headaches, which we could not understand, and we collected enough detentions for unprepared

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I was looking through some old sch ool le tters to-day. In one of them I read: "Maisie and l toasted some b r ead on the radiator in Number Nine this aftern oon. It was burned bl ack in squares where it touched t he wire, and we h adn't any butter, but it was just scrummy." And in a n other: "We had great fu n last night. W e saved pieces of butter at lunch, and bought some bun s, and the Specials toasted the m for us at their fire. They p layed 'Callings' with them while they were d oing it, but we didn' t know t h at till after wards, so it didn' t matter. They were the b est buns I've ever tasted."

Strange, was it not, how ou r minds ran to food of the nightmare-to-follow variety? And -o h , the digestions of the very young!

-Ruth J ohns.

ITEMS OF INTEREST. Old Colleg ians will be p leased to hear that Mrs. J. W. Grove is back at the College, fee li ng much better a fte r her long h o liday i n 'T asmania.

Ruth Flockart 1s making splendid progress -with the School Song Book. She has received man y contribution s of verse from present girls, and a few from Old Collegian s. There must be many more Old Coll egians who could send in verses, a nd so h elp t o make o u r Old Col_legians' Section worthy of the C lub.

We are pleased to announce that Mrs. P eterson, who underwent a severe operation early in October, is n ow convalescing, and we hope to welcome h er back a t the Club Rooms very soon. \XI e cong ratulate the enterprising Old Collegian s who have established a branch of t h e Club in Sydney, a nd wish them every success ·with th eir ventu re.

NEWS OF OLD COLLEGIANS. Mrs. Be rt With ington (Elinor King) has been spending a few months in Sydney with h er daughter, Fay (Mrs. Weil), who now lives at 23 Rag lan Street, Mosman. She also spent a h appy week-end with Mrs. Leckie (Bessie Williams) at Lindfield, wher e she a lso met Phyllis Waitr and Mrs. Upton (Ret>e Dodg.shu n) .

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Elsie Ridge recencly spent a month in Sydney with h e r brother.

Bessie P ear se Smith completed her training at P rince Alfred H ospital, Sydney, and is now doing a cou rse at St. George's, K ew.

Nona Turton was married rece ncly to Mr. Stephen Nairn, Master of Economics of Dartm outh College, U .S.A. While her husband is studying at L ondon U niversity, Nona has made her h ome at 41 Denning R oad, London, N .W.3, a n d she would be d elighted to h ear fro m other old girls residing in London.

Pearl McNeil Grose, , who h as bee n ill for fourteen m onth s, is now convalescing with Bell Merrylees at Groongal Station, N .S.W. She also spent some months with Mamie Coldwell, B e rrigan , N .S.W. May Innocent is doing private nursing a t St. Arn aud, whe r e she has met m a n y Old Colleg ians. She r ecencly nursed a jun ior member of the Club, Corrie Postlethwaite, through a seve re illness.

Florence Swa nton has a nice home atS t.

Arnaud, and is a very busy person. She is interested in Brownies, Girl Guides, a nd V.A.D., a n d is a leading voice in th e church choir, of which Kat h. Grigg is organist.

M r s. Pickwell ( Ruth -Salte r), of Kavieng, New Gu inea, h ad the pleasure rece ntly of meeting Mrs. F ederick (Dorothy Cla rke) at Rabau l, a nd later talked " school" with Mrs. P ederick's sisters (Mildred and Grace) o n board the "Macdhui," whi le they were spendi n g a holiday with t h eir sister. Mrs. Pickwe ll wishes to notify her friends that h e r address is Kavieng, New Guinea, and not Salama, P apua, as published in the last issue of " The O ld Col legian."

Mrs. McKay (Be lle W eir), who is a g ifted musician, was rece ntly appointed organ ist of Sale Cathedral.

Ger tie Day stayed in Sydney with Mrs. Bign e ll (Nellie Ellis) on her way home from Fiji, where s h e spent a delightful holiday with M r s.

Turne r (Eva Mitchell ).

Marjorie Ellis also spent a holiday with Mrs. Bignell recently , while Vera Brehaut a nd A lice Towler spent some weeks 1n Sydney w ith Phyllis Wain.

Dr. Beatrice Sharwood came over from Canberra in October, a nd spent some weeks w ith friends in Melbourne .

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Una Harrison has take_n up nursing at the Children' s Hospital.

Freda Pizzey is to be married on 19th December to Mr. John Bond, and will leave early in the n ew year for England, where she will make her home at Birmingham.

Her sister, Olive, will ace as bridesmaid.

Annie Flockart is spending a holiday with her brother at Merriden, W .A .

We congratulate members of the Lowana Quartette . (Mavis Lancaster, Phyllis Osborne, Agnes Bliss and Blanche Wood) on their successful broadcasting from 3LO and 3AR. Nell Taylor, who has been understudying parts in the Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Co., recently had the good fortune to get a leading pare in Sydney, and received excellent notices in the press.

Dorothy Scholes is now doing a course at the Tweddle H ospital, Footscray.

Dorothy Reseigh, with the assistance of Hazel Lee at the piano, and Dorothy Mattingley at the 'cello, produced a small operetta for the recent special festival of the Y.W.C.A. The result refl ected great credit on the producers.

Eileen Fisher, M .Sc., who left by the "Chitral" in August to take a post-graduate course at Cambridge, h a d a delightful trip ac ross, and enjoyed particularly the voyage through the M editerranean. Her present address is c/ o Mrs. Dickerson, 63 Ettisley Avenue, Newnham, Cambridge.

Dora McCallum and Mrs. Lockwood (H. E. Booth) are expected back in M 'e lbourne early in January, after nine months' trip abroad.

Mary Wilson and Keenie Harbison are returning to Melbourne, via the Panama Canal, after an exten sive tour of Great Britajn and the Continent. They will reach Melbourne in J anuary.

It is with regret chat we announce the death of Leigh (Birdie) Hart, of Launceston, in July, after a long and trying illness.

Katie Bird also died in July, and Emily Fletcher spent much time with her during her illness.

The sympathy of the Old Collegians' Club is extended to Berenice Luff, who lost her m other; to Ruth and Evelyn Hoban, whose father, Rev. S. J. Hoban , died recently ; to Ethel Brownell, who lost her mother ; to Mrs.

G. Vasey, whose brother, Mr. 0. B. McCut~heon, died in October; to Mrs. Tolliday, of Watchem, on the death of her mother; to Lilian, Kathleen and Flossie Scholes, whose father, Rev. S . Scholes, died recently ; to Muriel Withers, of the Korea Presbyterian Mission, whose mother died in June; to Mrs. Richardson (Katherine Kilpatrick), whose daughter, Ira, a junior member of the Club, died recently.

Through the courtesy of Olive Dodd, it ha:. been possible to publish in this issue an interesting letter written by Keenie Harbison. The Editor also desires to thank the following for articles and news items:-Mrs. Alan Vasey, Misses D. Blewe tt, M . Harcourt, R . Johns, R. Heath, Mrs. Crajg, Mrs. Leckie, Mrs. Fisher, Mrs. Leslie, M isses Ba rker, D . Cerutty, Q .

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ENGAGEMENTS. Florence Edwards, of Charlton, is engaged to Mr. C. F . W. Oakleigh, of Greensborough.

Ruth Rudduck has announced her engagement to the Rev. Reg. Philp.

Grace Huggins is engaged to Gaylard.

Mr. Colin

The engagement of Grace Ricketts, of Brisbane, to Mr. .E . R. Behre, B .Sc. (A.P.P.), of Mackay, Q., is announced.

Mavis Richmond is engaged to Mr. Gordon Milnes.

The announcement of Dr. Beatrice Sbarwood's engagement to Dr. John Ackland Holt, of Sydney, was made in October.

Annella Stewart is engaged to Mr. George Burns Woods, of Park Street, Brunswick.

Gwynneth Walduck is engaged to Mr. Richard P escott, of Malvern .

Marjorie Baird a nnounced her engagement' to Mr. John Mustow, of Elsternwick, recently.

Eila Heinz is engaged to Dr. Henry D .

Phipps, of Wiluna, W.A. Laura Fountain is engaged to Mr. John Ross.

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Saturday, I 8th July. Her sister, Blanche, acted as bridesmaid.

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M r s. Jack Williams (Dorothy Holding) - a d aughter.

Mrs. Alfred Little - a son.

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Mrs. V. E. Wait (Rae Pardy) - a son.

Mrs. P ederick, of Rabau l ,< Dorothy Clarke) - a son.

Mrs. F. L. Nance- a son.

Mrs. H. C. McCallum (Barbara Dufty)-a son.

Mrs. R. Vroland (Phyllis Smith)- a daughter.

Mrs. Wiel (Fay Withington) - a son.

Mrs. Keith Muirden (Betty Uren)-a son.

Mrs. H. Trompf ( H elene Krome)-a son.

MARRIAGES. E lle n McNichol, of Deniliquin (formerly of Moonee Ponds), w;,s married to Mr. Kenneth V . Greene, of Oaklands, N .S.W., at St. J ohn's Church, East Melbourne, on 24th J une.

Effie Clarke was married to Mr. Archibald R. Andrew a t Deepdene Presbyterian Church on 23rd May. Her sister (Belle), Rina Qualye and Jean McDonal d acted as bridesmaids.

Lesley Baker was married to Mr. David T. H . Fenton, of Lantana, Hamilton, on 2 1st May, a t St. John's, Toorak.

The marriage of Violet Wood and Mr. Robert J. Elliott, of P e rth, W.A., was cele-

The m a rriage of G ladys Weber and Mr. Trevor Rice was celebrated at the Methodist Church, Surrey Hills, on 1st August.

Thelm a Chamberlain was married on 8th August to Mr. E. Duthoit at her hom e at Gowanford.

Her sister (Reta) and Gladys English acted as bridesmaids.

Hazel Davies was married to Punnett, of April.

Mr. R. S. Cootamundra, N .S.W., on 8th

Nell D eeley was m arried on 27th August to Mr. Holbert Greening, of Donald.

G. Rice, of Caulfield, was married to Mr. H. Brearley in November last.

Edna Vagg was married Colin Campbell.

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Ruth Thompson was m arried to Mr. A. K. T. Sambell at the P resbyterian Church, Cowes, on 23rd May. Her sister (Molly) and Nancy Davie acted as bridesmaids.

Mollie Hillebrand was married in O ctober to Mr. B'ruce L. Walker.

Dora L ewis was married to Mr. Norman R. Hall at St. John' s Church of England, Ivanhoe, on I 9th September. Alice Pearson acted as her bridesmaid.

J ean Gault left Melbourne by the "Otranto" on 20th Octobe r for Burma. She was married a t Rangoon on Saturday, 14th November, to Mr. John Chapman Kidd , of Namtu, Northern Shan States, Burma (formerly of Windsor, Melbourne).

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Dodd, Miss Olive, 453 High Sc., Glen Iris.

Fitchett, Miss A. M., Bruni Island, Tas. Fitchett, Mrs. W. H., corner Glenferrie Rd. and Fitzwilliam St., Kew. Grove, Mrs. J . W., M .L.C. Hunt, Miss M., M.L.C. Pound, Miss Dorothy, 1 Moore St., Hawthorn.

Walton, Miss R., 4 Carlyle St., Hawthorn.

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Barbour, Miss Gertrude, Hazel St., Camberwell.

Beckett, Miss Nettie, 39 Harcourt St., Auburn.

Bingemann, Miss Phyllis, Hilda Cres., Hawthorn.

Booth, Miss F. M., Coonil Cres., Malvern.

Bolle, Mrs. (G. Hutchings), 89 Alma Rd., E. St. Kilda.

Bond , Mrs. (H . Simmonds), Collinsvale, Hobart.

Cato, Miss Una, Tooronga Rd., Auburn.

Chadderton, Miss Nell, 1 Alleyne Av., Malvern.

C lark, Mrs. H . J. (Mable Laycock), Kambla Rd., Edgecliff, Sydney.

Dawes, Mrs. T. P. (Margaret Guthridge).

D avidson, Miss Jean, 49 Sydney Rd., Brunswick.

Ditchburn, Miss Connie, 37 Hawthorn Gr., Hawthorn.

Dixon, Miss G ., 40 Havelock Rd., E . Hawthorn.

Dugdale, l\.1iss Elsie, "Clifton Vale," Myrniong.

Elliott, Mrs. R. J. (Violet Wood), 5 Beach Road, Elwood.

Evans, Miss Ivy, Alfred St., Kew. Fithie, Miss Ida, Spring Vale Rd. , Box Hill.

Flockart, Miss Ann., Central Av., Burwood.

Flockart, Miss Ruth, Central Av., Burwood.

Grieves, Mrs. C. (Bessie Royan), Wedderburn Rd., Korong Vale.

Hall, Mrs. C. (E. Booth), Coonil Cres., Malvern .

Haslam, Mrs. (Hesse Graham), "Mooyna," Mortlake.

Hughes, Miss Florrie, 1 Staniland Gr., Elsternwick.

Ingham, Miss Evelyn, Beresford St., Mont Albert. .

Lane, Dr. Mary, 5 Rosslyn St., H awthorn.

Laycock, Miss A ., " Cottingley," The Crescent, Sassafras.

Lockwood, Mrs. T. (H. Booth). 15 Myamyn St., Malvern.

Lupton, Mrs. (Gladys Gunn), 2 "Hollywood," St. Kilda Rd., City.

Marshman, Miss Dorothy, Prospect, Lah. Mealy, Miss Irene, 16 Studley Rd., Ivanhoe.

Mealy, Miss Pearl, 16 Studley Rd., Ivanhoe.

Morgan, Miss Eileen, 65 Broadway, East Camberwell.

Nairn, Mrs. S. (Nona Turton), 41 Denning Rd., London, N.W.3.

O sler, Miss Violet, " Myrtle Dell," Coast Rd., Mirboo North.

Pizzey, Miss Freda, Outlook Drive, Heidelberg.

Pizzey, Miss Olive, Outlook Drive, Heidelberg.

Pope, Miss Eliza, Donald.

Pope, Miss Ivy, Donald.

Pope, Miss Rhoda, 90 Howard St., Nth. Melb.

Punnett, Mrs. R. S . (Hazel Davies), Brawlin, via Cootamundra, N.S.W. Purvis, Mrs. J. (Ella Pizzey), W ellesley Rd., Hawthorn.

Reynolds, Mrs. D. B., White Horse Rd., Surrey Hills.

Redmond, Mrs. H. N. (Hilda Ball), St. Aidan's Rectory, Payneham, Adelaide.

Richardson, Miss Glyn ette, " Quong Dong," Burke Rd., East Malvern.

Ridge, Miss Elsie, 52 Frankland St., Launceston Rowe, Miss Grace, 69 Buckley St., Essendon.

Sambell, Mrs. A. K. (Ruth Thompson), Cowes, Phillip Isla nd.

Sleet, Mrs., Rainbow.

Smith, Miss Lucy, " Clarendon," Illawarra Rd., Hawthorn.

Sollas, Miss V era, " Hillwood," Heyington Place, Toorak.

Sprague, Miss Peggy, 39 Thanet St., Malvern.

Stahel, Mrs. P . J. (R. Wilson), Smithton, N .S .W. Stephens, Mrs. L. V. ( Dora Cato), Russell St., Malvern.

Taylour, Mrs. C. E. (Pat. McBride) , Kingoonya, S .A. Thoe, Mrs. K . ( Dorothy Stocks), W ahi•awa Heights, Wahiawa, 6A.H.U., T . of Hawaii Trahair, Miss Nancy, 61 Moreland Rd., West Brunswick.

V asey, Mrs. G., 27 Brougham Place, E. K ew.

Whykes, Mrs. W . E., corner Condon and Sternberg Sts., Bendigo.

Wilkinson, Mrs. S. ( Ruth Laycock), 4 Grant Avenue, Toorak.

Williams, Mrs. J. ( E . Laycock), 13 Lorne Grove, Cambe rwell.

Wood, Miss Blanch e, 3 Glen Eira Rd., St. Kilda.

Woolcock, Miss V iolet. 31 Walpole St., Kew. \Vood, Mrs. F . H ., Stanley St., Elsternwick.

W Phh, Mrs. L. (Susie Kohler), 15 South Rd., Brighton Beach.

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Austin, Mrs. (Irvine Minto).

Asbiett, Miss May, 367 Toorak Rd., Burwood.

Ackman, Mrs., " Ormiston," Mc. Eliza.

Adams, Miss Doreen, Cobram.

Adamson, Mrs . . T. C. (L. Hoadley), E., S. & A. Bank Ltd., Box Hill.

Allen, Miss Marjorie, " Allen Lea," Yarra Glen Allen, Miss Mavis, 40 Glyndon Rd., Camberwell.

Alley, Mrs. N. (Joan Western), 13 Chesterfield Rd. , Kooyong.

Anderson, Mrs. ]. R. (Mary McComas), 23 Como St., South Y a rra.

Anderson , Mrs. V. G. (E. Butchers), 31 Victoria Avenue, Canterbury.

Andrew, M rs. G . F. (Effie Clarke), 8 Middle Rd., South Y arra.

Andrews, Miss J ean, Barkly St., Sale.

Andrews, Miss Lorna, .Stanley Rd., Dandenong.

Ashworth, Miss Nance, 433 Glenferrie Rd., H awthorn.

Ashworth, Miss Phyllis, 433 Glenfcrrie Rd., H awthorn.

Attree, Miss Egla h, "The Pines," Nariel.

Bailey, Mrs. E. T. (A. Wells), 5 Dunraven Avenue, Toorak.

Ba illie, Miss Edna, 185 Bala clava Rd., Caulfield.

Baird, Miss Marjorie, Brunel St., E. M a lvern.

Ball, Miss Daisy, 207 Burke Rd. , Canterbury.

Barker, Miss Edith, 8 Torrington Place, Canterbury.

Barker, Miss Joy, Houston St. , Donald.

Ba rrie, Miss Thelma, 20 Creswick St., G len I ris Barnett, Miss Betty, Cherry Rd., Balwyn.

Beardsley, Miss Elsie, 272 High Sc., Malvern.

B eaty, Miss Bessie, "Pinewood," Toolern Vale.

Beck, Miss Phyllis, 104 Dendy St., Brighton.

Beckett, Miss Brightie, The Parsonage, Castlemaine.

Beckett, Miss Minnie, The Parsonage, Castlemaine.

Beckma n , Miss Leila, 4 Looker St., Murrumbeen a.

B ee, Miss Ena, 45 Toorak Rd., Sch. Camber. well.

Beighton , Mrs. C., 365 Cotham Rd., E. Kew. ~eli, Mrs. E. A. (Fanny Smith), 54 Baroda St., Ascot Vale.

Bell, Miss Annie, 10 Sandringham Rd., Sand · ringham.

Be ll, Mrs. James, 7 Malvern Rd., T oorak.

Blanchard, Mrs. L. H . (F. Tucker), Mountain Grove, Kew. Blennerhassett, Miss Avice, The Grove, South Camberwell.

Bolger, Miss Irene, 194 Elgin St., Carlton.

Bamford, Miss Kathleen, Orbost.

Bond, Miss Elsie, 165 Mt. Alexander Rd., Flemington.

Bond , Miss Nancy, 50 St. Geor ge's Rd., Elsternwick.

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Bower , Miss Beryl, 430 Hawthorn Rd., C a ulfie ld.

Bowley, Miss Eunice, Creswick.

Boyd, Miss J ean, 434 Toorak Rd., Buxwood.

Bradly, Miss Iris, 57 Mitford Sc., Sc. Kilda.

Brand, Miss M., Mt. Pleasant Rd., Geelong.

Brand, Miss Shirley, Mt. Pleasant Rd., Geelong Breh aut, Miss V e ra, 301 Barker's Rd., Kew. Brett, Miss P a uline, " Glen Iris," Mt. Bute.

Bright, Mrs. (M. Carwardine) , 16 Bailey Cres., Ripponlea.

Brown, Miss Hilda, 12 Were St., Brighton Beach .

Brown, Miss N ettie, c/o A . J . Lucas, c/o Mailma n, Rochester.

8rown, Miss Jean, 493 North Rd., Ormond.

Brown, Miss Marjorie, I 2 Sidwell Av., Easr St. Kilda.

Brien, Miss Murie l, 32 Glenferrie Rd., Kew. Barker, Mrs. (Queenie Bizley), Wellington Rd., Mul g rave.

Brown, ~rs. ,~pring (Haidee Levy), "The Moorings, Vaucluse, Sydney.

Brunier, Miss May, 13 Hanby St., Middle Brighton.

Bryant, Miss Kitty, 62 Blair St., Moreland.

Buckle, Miss Katie, I 73 Smith St., Fitzr oy.

B uick, M rs. J ., "Ravenswood," Lorne.

Bull, Miss Dulcie, "Gal a Vale," J erilderie, N .S.W. Bull, Miss Edith, "Gala Vale," Jerilderie, N.S.W .

Bull, Miss Marjorie, 5 Rae St., Auburn.

Burke, Miss N ., 3 I Prospect Hill Rd., Camberwell.

Burton, Miss R., Rogers Avenue, Haberfield, Sydney.

Butcher, Miss Lena, 90 Howard St., North Melbourne.

Calder, Mrs. Stuart (K. W a rd), Goodall Sc., Auburn.

Carnegie, Miss, 29 Torrington St., Canterbury.

Ca ldwell, Mrs. D. J. (M. Holmes), 23 Brixton Rise, Glen Iris.

Campbell, Miss Nance, I 9 Burke Rd., E. Kew. Carter, Miss Mavis L., uMoyston," Hopetoun.

Carter, Miss M avis, 188 Hawthorn Rd., Caul-

field.

Carrick, Miss Mabel, 15 Mangarra Rd., Canterbury.

Ca rter, Mrs. E. ( D oris Bowring), I 80 Barker's Rd. , Hawthorn.

Cerutty, Miss Dorothea, The Vicarage, Croydon Cerutty, Miss J ean, 52 Shoobra Rd., Elsternwick.

Charrett, Miss Phyllis, 16 Wilson St., East Malvern.

Cha rles, Miss Nellie, I 74 Camberwell Rd., Camberwell.

Chinn, Miss Doris, ''Avondale," Clydebank.

Christensen, Miss Ellen, 25 Broughton Rd., Surrey Hills.

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Christopher, Miss Beryl, Harp Rd., E. Kew. C larke, Miss Phyllis, 48 Rosemont Avenue, Caulfield.

Clarke, Miss Mildred, 270 Dandenong Rd., Caulfield.

C larke, Miss Grace , 270 Dandenong Rd., Caulfield.

C larke, Miss Joyce, 14 Dandenong Rd., Caulfield North.

C lifford, Miss Dolly, " Springbrook," Kolora.

Coldwell, Miss M., "Glen Mordant," Berrigan, N .S.W. Collocott, Mrs. A. B. (Rita Kendall), Victoria Avenue, Canterbury.

Comport, Miss Lucy, 202 White Horse Rd., Balwyn.

Cooper, Miss Dorothy, "Redbank," P t. N epean Road, Aspendale.

Cornell, Miss .Katie, 3 1 Sandringham Rd., Sandringham.

Corran, Miss Elaine, 15 Marshall Avenue, Kew. Corr , Miss Audrey, 1 Wiseman St., H awthorn .

Cove, Miss Ellice, Westley St., Oakleigh .

Cox, Miss Muriel, 232 Ba rke r's Rd., Hawthorn.

Cran well, Miss Marion, 257 M oreland Rd., Coburg.

Craig, Mrs. (Ethelwyn Fletcher), 43 Emily St., Murrumbeen a.

Crofts, Miss Amy, 18 Stirling St., Kew. C rouch, Miss E., 2 Odessa St., Kew. Crcll, Miss N e llie, 4 Derby St., Camberwell.

Cross, Miss Eunice, 4 Fairholm Grove, Camberwell.

Dalton, Miss Youtha, 32 Kent St., Kew. Dan..ce, Miss Joan, 26 Macartney Av'~ue, East Kew. Davies, Miss Phyllis, 50 M a lmsbury St., Kew. Davis, Miss Ellie, "Pin eview," Ringwood, N .S .W. Davis, Miss Gladys, " W oodleigh," Ringwood, N.S.W. Davis, Miss May, " Pineview," Ringwood, N.S.W. Dawes, Mrs. (E. McCutcheon) , Hopetoun Grove, I vanh oe.

Day, Miss Elva, 546 Barker's Rd., Upper Hawthorn.

Day, Miss Florrie , 42 Walpole St., Kew. Day, Miss Edna L. , "Glen Echo," .White Horse Rd., Blackburn.

Derrick, Miss E . K., 13 Kasouka Rd., East Camberwell.

Dodd, Miss Jean, Nelson St., Nhill.

Dredge, Miss Grace, 100 Church St., H awthorn Druce, M r s., 19 T a lbot Cres., Kooyong.

Dunstan, Mrs. I an ( Enid Williamson), St. Arnaud.

Dwight, Miss Myra, J ellicoe St., Cheltenham.

Edwards, Miss Lawrence, C lifton St., Charlton.

Efron, Miss J ean, 223 Amess St., N. Carlton.

Eggleston, Mrs. (Gladys Gault), " Hig h gate," Burke Road , Deepdene.

Elliott, Miss Mona, Trained Nurses' C lub, Lonsdale St., City.

Elliott, Mrs. C. S ., 7 Mernda A venue, Glen Huntly.

E lliott, Miss Norma, 5 T o urello Avenue, U pper Hawthorn.

Ellwood , Mrs., "Wywurri," Stockinbingal.

Ellwood, Miss Anne, "Wywurri," Stockinbingal Ellwood, Miss Eunice, " Wywurri," Stockinbingal.

English, Miss Winnie, "Mera n Downs," K e rang E n g lish , Miss G. V., "Mer a,:, Downs," K e rang.

Ezard, Miss N a n ce, P a rk Rd., Warburton.

Fargher, Mrs. H . (Lawre nce ), 13 Chatham Rd., Canterbury.

Feltham, Mrs. (Sylvia Box), Shepparton.

F en ton , Mrs. L. (Lesley Baker) , "Euradon," Hamilton.

Ferguson, Reita, 125 Racecourse Rd., Flemington.

F indlay, Miss J oyce, Dilkusha, N ausori, Fiji.

Fisher, Miss Effie, "Laureston ," Y a r peet.

Fitchett, Mrs. W. H ., 74 Orrong Rd., Elsternwick.

Flockart, M iss Myra, 29 F aversham Rd., Canterbury.

Foard, Miss Dulcie, 18 Kingston Rd. , Surrey H ills.

Ford, Miss Marjorie, 176 Brunswick Rd., West Brunswick.

Forsyth, Miss Kathleen, 6 Hepburn . Sr., Auburn.

Forsyth, Miss Doreen, 6 Hepburn St., Auburn.

Forsyth, Miss Peggy, 6 H epburn St., Auburn.

Fountain, M iss Laura, 18 E rica Aven ue, East Malvern.

F owler, Miss Adele, H arp of Erin Hotel, East Kew. Frazer, Miss Bonnie, 1 5 Ba m b ra Rd., Caulfield.

Frankcom, Miss Ren e, Essex Rd., Burwood.

Fra nklin, Miss Marjorie, Boondara Grove, East St. Kilda.

Frazer, Miss Alison , 117 T oorak Rd., Hawthorn.

Fraser, Miss Jean, 12 Waratah Avenu e, Glen Huntly.

Fricker, Miss J essie, 99 Trevallyan St., Caulfie ld.

Frith, Miss Edna, Douglas St., East Malvern.

Fry, Miss Marie, c/ o 380 Flinders Lane, Melbourne.

Furneaux, Miss Phyllis, 19 J ames St., Glen Huntly.

G ardner, Miss Ida , 4 Moore St., Hawthorn.

Gartley, M iss J ean , 41 Toorak Rd., Kooyong.

Gault , Miss Madge, T ooron ga Rd. , A uburn.

Gawith, Miss Wynne, J eparit.

Gawith, Miss Vera, J eparit.

Glass, Miss Ethel, "Dumbla ine," Glenferrie Rd., Glenferrie.

Goode, Miss L ola, 29 Westgarth St., East Malvern.

Gray, Miss Enid J ., 54 St. George'~ Rd., Elsrernwick.

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Griffiths, Miss Lena, 65 Weller St., West Br uns • wick.

Grigg, Miss Mavis, Tongala.

Grose, Miss Pearl, 2 H awthorn Grove, H awthorn.

Grove, Miss Molly, M.L.C. Hales, Mrs. R. L. (Grace Wait), 119 Wattle Tree Rd. , Malvern.

Harbison, Miss K ., 14 P ine Grove, Malvern.

H anna, Mrs. R. , 16 Windsor Cres., Surrey Hills.

Harcourt, Miss Wynne, 72 Garden Vale Rd., Garden Vale.

Harcourt, Miss Dora, 24 Edgerton Rd., Armad ale.

H a r court, Miss Elsie, 24 Edgerton Rd., Armadale.

H a rrison, Miss Phyllis, 126 High St., Glen Iris.

Harrison, Miss V en ee, 126 High Sr., Glen Iris.

H a rrison, Miss Una, 1 26 High St., Glen Iris.

Hattam, Miss Gwen, Prospect Hill Rd., Camberwell.

H a yler, Miss Ren e, Torrington Place, Canterbury.

Hayler, Miss Eva, Torrington Place, Canterbury.

H e ale, Mrs. A. L., Chaucer Cres., Canterbury.

Heath, Mrs. E. V. (Elsie Fitchett) , 4 Angle Rd. , Ba lwyn.

H eath, Mrs. A. L., 58 Wheatland Rd., Mah,ern Henderson, Miss Marion, 101 Princess St., Kew. H eyward, Miss Dorothy, 256 Wattle Tree Rd., Malvern.

Heyward, Miss Jean, 256 Wattle Tree Rd., Malvern.

Hick, Miss Nancy, 22 Lyons St., Williamstown.

Hick, Miss Betty, 22 Lyons St., Williamstown.

Hill, Miss Valerie, 4 Tantra n Avenue, St. Kilda Hinchliffe, Miss Marjorie, 3 5 Wellington St., Kew. Holding, Miss Leila, 14 Bonview Rd., Malvern.

Holden, Miss Marjorie, 73 Walpole St., Kew. Holmes, Miss Edna, 26 Narong Rd., Caulfield.

Hopkins, fl.1iss R., "Wywurri," Willaura.

Horne, Jvliss Lorna, 29 Rowell Avenue, Camberwell.

H otchkiss, Mrs. A. E., 445 Royal Parade, P a rkville.

Howard, Miss Eunice, "Flax Vale," Balldale.

Howarth, M iss Marjorie, 5 N e therlee St., East Malvern.

Howell, Miss Queenie, 13 Wakefield St. , Glenf errie.

Howells, Miss Mavis, 49 Lisson Grove, Hawthorn.

Hoyle, Miss Dulcie, 632 Inkerman Rd., Caulfield.

Hume, Mrs. Rochfort A. (Ethel Charley), 185 Hawthorn Rd., Caulfield.

Hump hrey, Miss G., 10 Edward St., Kew.

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Humphries, Miss Marjorie, 3 Leura St., Surrey Hills.

Hubbard, Mrs. J ., 1 S eymour Grove, Brighton Beach.

Huggins, Miss Grace, N ew Sr., Middle Brighton.

H yland, Miss Queenie, Leongatha.

Illingworth, Miss Joa n, 7 Karra katta St., Black Rock.

Indian, Miss Mollie, 347 Boundary Rd. , Burwood.

Innocent, Miss M., Montazah Private Hospita l, St. Arna ud. .

Jack, Mrs. W. A., Normanby Sr., M1ddle Brighton.

J acobs, Mrs. Douglas, 9 Ranfurlie Cres., Glen Iris.

Jefferson , Miss Doris, 457 Kooyong Rd., Elsternwick.

J ones, Mrs. W. G . (Kitty Glenn), Bruce St., Young, N.S.W. Jones, Miss Gwen., 56 Broa dway, Camberwe ll East.

Johns, Miss Ruth, 3 Agnes St., Mont Albert.

Johnston, Miss Grace, "Laud erdale," Currawarna, N .S .W. J ones, Mrs. R. ( Elaine Zelman), 28 First St., Kew. · Kelly, Mrs. John (W. Lyall), Macquarie Rd., T oorak.

Kelly, Miss Kathleen, 25 Toward St., Murrum• beena.

Kennan, Dr. Winifred, " Y awong," White Horse Rd., D eepdene.

Kennedy, Miss Francis, "The Bungalow," Dia pur.

Kerr, Miss Dorothy, 3 Curra jong Avenue, Camberwell.

Kershaw, Mrs. (Francis Thompson) , 1 Kinnoul A venue, Caulfield.

Kilvington, Mrs. (Lucy \Vatsford), 14 Coppins Grove, H awthorn.

Kincaid, Dr. Hilda, 11 Bolton Avenue, Hampton.

King, Miss Kathleen , 3 H awthorn Grove, Hawthorn.

Kingham, Miss Nola, 3 Vauxhall Rd., Canterbury.

Kingston, Miss Evelyn, 69 Mundy St., Be ndig o.

Knights, Miss Amy, 72 Crisp St., Hampton.

Kimbe r, Miss Marna, 61 Horace St., Malvern.

Knowles, Miss Jean, Mu gga Way, Red Hill, Canberra, F.C.T. Krome, Miss Lawr ence, 906 Malvern Rd., Armadale.

Krome, Miss Victoria, 906 Malve rn Rd., Armadale.

Kottman, Miss Hilda, 54 Brimley Rd., East Camberwell.

Kumm, Mrs. F . G . ( G ertrud e Oato}, 17 Glyndebourne Avenue, Toorak.

Lancaster, Mrs. A. J ., corner Lancaster Cres. and Waterdale Rd., Ivanhoe:

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Lancaster, Miss Lorna, 141 Wattle Valley Rd., Middle Camberwell.

Landen, Mrs. (Ethel Robbins), 28 Cochrane Avenue, Camberwell.

Landy, Mrs. (Elva Ashton} , 38 Kerferd Rd., Glen Iris.

Larmour, Miss M., " Longview," Buckrabanyule, Vic. Lawson, Miss Rea, 74 Bowen Cres., Prince's Hill.

Launder, Miss Bessie, Ballarat Rd. , Footscray.

Lean, Miss Marjorie, 80 Clyde St., St. Kilda.

Leckie, Mrs H. (Bessie Williams), 20 Kenilworth Rd., Lindfield, N.S.W. Lee, Miss Nancy, Clendon Rd. , T oorak.

Lenne, Miss Olga, "Sans Souci," Ardmona.

Leslie, Mrs. P. R. (M. Rowe), 6 Woolley St., Essendon.

Levey, Mrs. G. (Stella Langley), Denison St., H a milton, Newcastle, N.S.W. Lewellin, Miss Eva, 87 Truganini Rd., Carn egie.

Lewis, Miss Gladys, 3 Loch St., Coburg.

Lowen, Miss Bessie, Main St., Blackburn.

Luff, Miss Berenice, 12 Avoca St., Sth. Y arra.

Lugg, Miss Vida, 24 Wynnstay Rd., Armad:3le.

Luke, Miss Edith, 390 Station St., Box H,11.

McKenzie, Miss Jean, 2 4 Dorcas St., Sth. Melbourne.

Mann, Miss Dorothy, 304 T ooronga Rd., East Malvern.

Marshall, Miss Winnie, 48 Harp Rd., E. Kew. Martin, Miss Florence, " Victoria Downs" Sta tion, Katherine, via D arwin.

Marriott, Miss Jean, 7 Fuller Avenue, Glen

Iris.

Matthews, Miss Beryl, 616 Inkerman Rd., Caulfield.

Maynard, Miss Joyce, 19 Byron St., Moonee Ponds.

Meadows, Mrs. H . (Alice Leith}, 35 I Wattle Tree Rd., East Malvern.

Miers, Miss Gwen, 19 Tongue St., Seddon.

Miller, Miss Lucy, " Lismore," Nathalia.

Miles, Miss Jean, 38 Montclair Avenue, North Brighton.

Mitchell, Miss Hazel, 398 Wattle Tree Road, East Malvern.

Mountjoy, Miss W ., 4 Glen St., Essendon.

Muir, Miss Ruth , T a lly Ho. Mussen, Miss Eileen, 173 Prospect Hill Rd., Canterbury.

McBean, Miss Mavis, 5 Denmark St., Kew. McCahon, Miss Phyllis, 19 Hemming St., Dandenong.

McCracken, Miss K ., 350 Riversdale Rd., East Malvern.

McCallum, Mrs. A., Stanhope St., East Malvern.

McCallum, Miss Dora, Malvern.

McCallum, Miss Joyce, Malvern.

Stanhope St., East Stanhope

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McCallum, Miss Mary, Sta nhope St., East Malvern.

McCutcheon, Mrs. A. (Doris Gault) , 88 Rathdown St., Carlton.

McDonald, Miss Jean, 11 Loch St., Camberwell.

McDonald , Miss F lo., 40 Alexandra St., St. Kilda.

Mclnnes, Miss Kathleen, "Harwood," Lake Bolac.

Mclnnes, r--Tiss Jean, "Harwood," La ke Bolac.

Mclnnes, Miss J essie, Anglican Mission, Wani• gela, via Samaria, Papua.

McKay, Miss Irene, J J 7 Riversdale Rd., Haw-

thorn.

McKay, Mrs. (Bell Weir), The Rectory, Sale.

McKay, Miss Millie, 20 Narrawong Rd., Caulfield .

McKenzie, Miss Jean, 28 Bourne St., Glen Iris.

McLennan, Marion, 13 Osborne Avenue, Glen Iris.

McMath, Miss Ethel, 136 Kerferd Rd., Albert Park.

McMurray, Miss Beryl, 18 Holland Grove, Caulfield.

McMullen, Miss Nancy, 314 Dandenong Rd., East St. Kilda.

McNichol, Miss Joyce, 34 Gladstone St., Moonee Ponds.

McNicol, Miss Jean, 64 Darling Rd., East Malvern.

McRae, Miss Jean, 25 Central Park Rd., East Malvern.

Neale, Miss Mavis, 670 Burke Rd., Upper Hawthorn.

Nixon, Miss Mary, Church St., Traralgon.

Nalder, Miss Beryl, " Sunnyholme," Meatian.

Nicol, Miss Jean, 319 Hawthorn Rd., Caulfield.

Osborne, Miss Phyllis, 419 Barker's Rd., E. Kew Oswald, Mrs. R. J. ( E. Day), J 5 Bagot Avenue, Torrensville, S.A. · Overend, Miss Isobel, 81 Oxley Rd., Hawthorn.

Overend, Miss Marg;iret, 81 Oxley Rd. , Hawthorn.

Overend, Miss Mary, 81 Oxley Rd. , Hawthorn.

Owens, Mrs. J. C. ( Lillian D a inty), 4 Lurnea Rd., Glen Iris.

Pardy, Miss Vera, State Savings Bank, 82 E lizabeth St., City.

P a r ker, Miss Muriel, 3 Elphin Grove, H awthorn.

P arker, Miss Dorothy, 15 C ecil St., Kew. Parkin, Mrs. A. T., 42 Windsor Cres., Mont Albert.

P arkin, Miss E., 14 Studley A venue, Kew. Passfield, Miss W ., 22 Cameron St., Coburg.

Passfield, Miss Elva, 22 Cameron St., Coburg.

Patterson, Miss Jean, 6 Orrong Rd., Caulfield.

Patience, Mrs., 3 Wimmera Place, St. Kilda.

Pearce, l'vliss Edna, " Ivson," Bacchus Marsh.

P e de rick, Mrs. A. W. (D. Clarke), Methodist Parsonage, Piniqidu Circuit, via Kaviena New Guinea. ' Perry, Miss Lila, Octavius Avenue, Caulfield.

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Peters, Miss Dorothy, 32 Alexandra Av., Canterbury.

Phillips, Mrs. H. E., 24 Amiens St., Hampton.

Pickwell , Mrs. Ronald {Gwen S a lte r}, c/ o P .H.D., Rabaul, New Guinea.

Pilkington, Miss Amy, Crowther Place, Brighton.

P ilkington, Miss Bessie, Crowther Place, Brighton.

Pollard, Miss Jean, 9 Erica Avenue, East Malvern .

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Sanders, Miss Clarice, 3 Forster Avenue, Malern.

Sanders, Miss Marjorie, 3 Forster Avenue, Malvern.

S a ndford, Miss Betsy, 42 Lillydale Grove, Auburn.

Schmide, Miss Gladys, Jeparit.

Scholes, Miss Dorothy, 35 High St., Ararat.

Scholes, Miss E lsie, 35 High St., Ararat.

Scholes, Miss Jean, 3 5 High St. , Ararat.

Sennett, Miss Beryl, Bank of N.S.W., G eelong.

Shaw, Miss Mary, 48 Sackville Sc., Kew. Shirlow, Miss Dulcie, 29 Flower St., Ca ulfield.

Sleep, Miss Phyllis, IO W averley S c., Essendon.

Sh annon , Miss Beulah, M.L.C. Sillcock, Miss Kathleen, " Kooringa l," Yinnar.

Sinclair, Miss Marion, Park Sc., Seymour.

Smith , Miss Audrey, 250 Glen Eira Rd., Els-

Port, Miss D ., 15 Wattle Avenue, Glen Huntly.

Price. Miss Mary, 41 Thomas St., Moonee P onds.

Prichard, Miss Maud, 62 Riversdale Rd., Hawthorn. cernwick.

Proctor, Miss Jea n , Charlton Rd., St. Arnaud.

Smith, Miss Elmaie, Methodist Parsonage, 300 Proctor, Miss Sheila, M.L.C. Church Sc., Richmond.

Proud, Miss Betty, 5 Norwood Avenue, Brigh- Smith, Mrs. Douglas {Daisy Taylor), V ictoria ton Beach.

St. W a rragul.

P r yor, Miss Edna, 311 Barker's Rd., East Kew. Smith, Miss Vera, 421 Mone Albert Rd ., Mont Radford, Miss Bertha, 52 Power St., Hawthorn.

Albert.

Raisbeck, Miss P eggy, 38 Alicia St., Hampton.

Smith, Miss J ean, S eaby Sc., Seawe ll.

Ralph, Miss Mary, "Hill View," Lake Rowan.

Smirhett, Miss Dorothy, c/ o Mrs. H . J on es, Ralph, Miss Jean, "Hill View," Lake Rowan.

Marlborough Sc., Mont Albert.

Rashleigh, Miss \xr., 15 Kitchener Sc., DeepSnell, Miss Yvonne, 29 Childers St., Kew. dene.

South , M iss Winnie, 71 Sc. Helens Rd., Upper Rawling, Miss Viola, 43 The Grove, Moreland.

Hawthorn.

Rayson , Miss Muriel, 9 A lbert St., E. Malvern Southey, Mrs. A. (Ethel McComas), 45 H o peRea, Mrs. Stuart G ., Queens Town, Tas. toun Rd., Toorak.

Read, Miss Olive, H esse St., Colac.

Sparke, M'iss W., Thornt on.

Rennie, M iss Enid, "Brolga," West Wyalong, Spencer, Mrs., 41 Machoura Rd., Toorak.

N .S.W. .

Sta hme r , Miss Mollie, 14 Linlichgow Avenue, Rees,. Miss M. , Hampton Rd., H ampton.

Caulfield.

Reseigh, Miss Dorothy, 20 Mason Sc., HawStephenson, Mrs. H. L. (Miriam Longmire) , thorn.

20 Watson Sc. , Fullerton Estate, Adelaide.

Reynolds, Miss Trixie, 59 King William St., S tevens, Miss M a rjorie, M elbourne Hospital.

Regen t.

Stick. Miss Doro:hy, 12 Frances Grove, Th ornReynolds, Miss Sayde, Miller Grove, Kew. b ury.

Ricketts, Miss Grace, c/o Arthur S cott & Co., Stillman, Miss Gwen, Gra nge Rd., Kew. 164 Edward St., Brisbane.

Stillman, Miss Thelma, Grange Rd ., Kew. Ridout, Miss Leona, 85 Willsmere Rd., Kew. Scone, Mrs. Douglas {Trixie Leggo), 26 MerRoberts, Miss Margaret, 7 Oxford St., M·a lvern. ton Sr., I va nhoe.

Stuart, Miss Marjorie, 35 Uvadale Grove, Kew. Roberts, Miss J ean, 3 2 Balm oral Cres., Mont Albert.

Stuart, Miss Winsome, 35 Uvadale Grove, Kew. Robertson, Mrs. D. E. (Olive Miller ), 33 Nott Suggett, Miss Gwen , Queen's Avenue, St. St. , Ease Malvern.

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Robin, Miss Ai leen, 611 Inkerman Rd., CaulSutherland, Mrs. Don., "Y ackatoon," Macorna. field.

S wift, Miss Enid, "Malto," Elphinstone.

S ymes, Miss Olive, uKinver," Lake R owan, Robinson, Miss Inez, Dawes Sc., Kyabram.

Robinson, Miss Stella , l 67 Glen Huntly Rd., Smith, Miss A lice, 24 Collins St., Essendon .

Elwood.

Tha rl e, Miss Ena, S co tt S t., Dandenong .

Rogers, Miss Grace, 39 Wan da Rd. , Caulfield.

Thomas, Miss Flossie, l 5 Milton St., CanterRow lands, Miss Dilys, Kinkora Rd., Hawthorn. bury.

Royle, Miss Pac., 109 Rive rsd ale Rd., Camber- Thomas, Mrs. D . {Vera Pryor), 228 Canterwell. bury Rd. , Canterbury.

Rudduck, Miss Rene, Dromana.

Thomas, Miss Joyce, Callantina Rd., H awthorn Russell, Mrs. W. L. ( I da Skelton) , Park Cres., Thomas, Miss Audrey, 78 Liddiard St., HawMoon ee Ponds. thorn.

Sampson, Miss D., 17 Irving Avenue, Arma- Thompson, Miss Kathleen, 7 Grace St., Mont dale.

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Thompson, Miss Elva, Derril Avenue, Malvern.

Thompson, Mrs. J. 0. (Alma Stubbs), 71 Beaconsfield Parade, Mont Albert.

Thompson, Miss M., "Talofa," Cowes, Phillip Island.

Thornton, Miss Mary, Baulkamaugh Nth. Thorp, Miss Alma, 25 Mitchell St., Brunswick.

Tickell, Miss Edna, 27 Power St., Hawthorn.

Tolliday, Mrs. (Mavis Balding), Commercial Banking Co. of Sydney, Watchem.

Tootell, Miss Marge, 8 De Carle St., Coburg.

Towler, Miss Alice, 265 Glenferrie Rd., Glenferrie.

Towler, Miss Ilma, 265 Glenferrie Rd., Glenferrie.

Trigge, Miss Valma, Winga Rd., North Ringwood.

Trompf, M rs. H. (H. Krome). York Rd. , Glen Iris.

Tucker, Miss Rita, Thanet St., Malvern.

Tutt, Miss Nancy, 10 Selwood St., Hawthorn East.

Tweddle, Miss May, "Moorlim," Murchison East.

Vasey, Miss M arjorie, 27 Brougham Place, Kew. Vincent, Miss A lice, "Carnboon," Wer ribee.

Vimpani, Miss Doreen, Burke Rd. , E. Ma lvern.

Vickers, Miss Peggy, High St., Nagambie.

Vickers, Miss Jean, High St., Nagambie.

Wainwright, Miss Meryl, 15 Seymour Grove, Malvern.

Wait, Miss Mildred, 97 Dandenong Rd., Malvern.

Wait, Miss I sobel, 97 Dandenong Rd., Malvern Walker, Mrs. J.,, 19 Compton St., Canterbury.

Walklate, M rs. V. (Myra Corney), Barnsbury Rd., Balwyn.

Walter, Miss Dorothy, " Edderton Hills," Moyston.

Ward, Miss Millicent, 560 Barker's Rd., Hawthorn.

Watson, Miss Minnie, l Bertram St., Gardenvale.

Watson, Miss Jean, 60 Parriwi Rd., Mosman, Sydney.

Webb, Miss Nance, " Rarmar," Lake Rd., Blackburn.

West, Miss Phyllis, Swinburne Av., Rainbow.

Westcott, Mrs. L. A., Invergowrie, Sodwalls, N .S.W. Western, Mamie, 10 Elphin Grove, Hawthorn.

White, Miss Joyce, 296 Hawthorn Rd., Caulfield.

White , Miss Laura, 2 Grange Avenue, Canterbury.

White, Miss Nancy, 34 St. Kilda St., Elwood. \"('illiams, Miss Winnie, Royal Avenue, Sandringham.

Williams, Miss Lorna, C/ o. B .H .A., S., Port Pirie, S.A. Williams, Miss Kathleen, 10 Byron St., Moonee Ponds.

Williams, Miss Lillian, 72 Chapel St., Glenorchy, Tas. Wilson, Miss Dulcie, 26 Monaro Rd., Kooyong.

Witcombe, Miss Florence, Lake View St., Boort Witton, Miss Blanche, 23 John St., Kew. Witt, Miss Betty, 22 Albion Rd., Glen Iris.

Woodridge, Mrs. (Margaret Rothwell), Hassett Avenue, Canterbury.

Wyatt, Nance, 127 Tennyson St., Elwood.

Wridgway, Miss Jean, 3 Fairfield Avenue, Camberwell.

Whalley, Miss Valmai, Kew.

T he Treasurer should be advised immediately of any mistakes in this list.

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