Lucernian vol 2 no 25 december 1954 reduced

PRESBYTERIAN

THE LUCERNIAN THE MAGAZINE OF THE PRESBYTERIAN GIRLS' COLLEGE, GEELONG

Editress: •

BARBARA FARGIE

" Lucernian " Committee: MARY GAWITH, SHEENA MACINTYRE, RUTH RICHARDSON, JEANNETTE WEAVER

Vol. 2, No. 25 GEELONG: G. Mercer & Co. Pty. Ltd., Printers, 16 Malop Street

SCHOOL OFFICE-BEARERS The Principal (Miss Lucy Shaw) is Patron of all School Activities

Prefects: Barbara Fargie (Senior Prefect), Elaine Barber, Olive Howell, Sheena Macintyre, Jennifer Neale, Helen Profitt, Ruth Richardson.

Deputy Prefects: Jennifer Bradshaw, Diane Devereaux, Lynette Engish, Mary Gawith, Alwynne Huddleston, Helen Hopkins, Jennifer McConnell, Margaret Speers, Jeannette Weaver.

House Committee: Elaine Barber, Mary Gawith, Denise Hargreaves, Olive Howell, Sheena Macintyre, Jennifer Neale, Ruth Richardson, Jeannette Weaver.

Probationary House Committee: Elizabeth Arnoldt, Lexie Boardman, Janet McKenzie, Lynnette Peel, Jancis Russell.

Sport: Captain, Margaret Speers; Vice-Captain, Faye Pope.

Baseball: Captain, Margaret Speers; Vice-Captain, Barbara Manger.

Basketba' ► : Captain, Margaret Speers; Vice-Captain, Mary Gawith.

Hockey: Captain, Denise Hargreaves; Vice-Captain, Faye Pope Tennis: Captain, Kay Stallard.

Ardens House: Captain, Margaret Speers; Vice-Captain, Helen Profitt Forum Representatives: Mary Gawith, Jennifer Bradshaw, Patricia Tymms.

Harris House: Captain, Faye Pope; Vice-Captain, Denise Hargreaves.

Forum Representatives: Helen Hopkins, Jennifer McConnell, Pamela Lilburne.

Lawson House: Captain, Judith Lindsay; Vice-Captain, Barbara Manger.

Forum Representatives: Judith Kumnick, Jill Hazeldine, Elizabeth Arnoldt.

Roslyn House: Captain: Sheena Macintyre; Vice-Captain, Jeannette Weaver.

Forum Representatives: Alwynne Huddleston, Lynette Engish, Lynnette Peel.

Library Committee: Miss Hope, Barbara Fargie (Librarian), Jennifer Bradshaw, Mary Gawith, Denise Hargreaves, Olive Howell, Alwynne Huddleston, Sheena Macintyre, Helen Profitt, Judith Ruffin, Patricia Tymms, Jeannette Weaver, Lorraine Wood.

Social Service: Miss Evans, Jennifer Bradshaw, Olive Howell.

Music Club: Miss WadeIton (President); Misses Butler, Littleton, McQualter, Wurful, Mrs. Watson (VicePresidents) ; Jennifer Neale, Jeannette Weaver (Secretaries); Elaine Barber, Margaret Carmichael, Denise Hargreaves, Olive Howell, Barbara Manger, Margaret Speers.

French Club: Miss Botterill, Miss Evans, Jeannette Weaver, Diane Devereaux, Olive Howell, Alwynne Huddleston, Jennifer McKewan.

P. F. A. Denise Hargreaves (President); Jennifer Neale and Jeannette Weaver (Vice-Presidents); Mary Gawith (Secretary) ; Olive Howell (Treasurer); Elaine Barber, Jennifer Bradshaw, Margaret Carmichael, Rosalind Holt, Sheena Macintyre.

United Nations Club: Barbara Fargie, Mary Gawith, Denise Hargreaves, Alwynne Huddleston, Sheena Macintyre, Ruth Richardson.

CONTENTS Page School Office-bearers . .. . .

Editorial .. .. • • Council Notes .. . ..

Parents' and Friends' Association .

Ladies' Auxiliary of the Parents' and Friends' Association Junior School Auxiliary ..

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School Notes .. .

Junior School Notes •• Prefects' Notes ..

•• 1954 ..

Events, Calendar of School . . .. . ..

House Notes ..

Boarders' Diary, 1954 • • Swimming Baseball ..

Basketball .. . .. . .. .

Hockey ..

Tennis .. .

Athletics .. . .

Colour Awards • . .

Forum Notes .. .

Arts and Crafts .

Library .. .

Social Service ..

Film Club .. .

United Nations Report ..

Dramatic Class • • • • .

French Club Canteen .. .

Music Club .

P.F.A. Hospital .. . .

Acknowledgments ..

Speech Day, 1953 ..

Prize List, 1953 ..

Shields and Cups ..

Examination Results, 1953 Music Results ..

Alliance Francaise Examinations, 1954 Valete, 1953 .. .

Salvete, 1954 . • • • Original Section Book Reviews ..

Old Collegians Association— Annual Report .

Younger Set Report .. . • • • .

Engagements, Marriages, Births .

Western District Branch, Annual Report, 1954 Melbourne Branch, Annual Report, 1954 .. .

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This has been a Memorable- " year for Australia; our Queen has visited. us.. With her coming has grown a lively feeling of loyalty to the throne and responsibility to the Commonwealth.

In our position as a member of the British Commonwealth of Nations we have always owed our allegiance to Britain. In the past we have given it willingly, as a means of thanking Britain for the help she has given us to develop our country and the chance to develop it as we wish.

Yet we have felt a long distance away from the Mother Country.

The conception of unity

of our Commonwealth of Nations has grown shadowy in many minds because of its abstract nature.

This year, for the first time in the history of Australia, the reigning Monarch visited our country.

The tremendous warmth of

affection and admiration for our young Queen which grew as she travelled amongst us strengthened our loyalty. The indistinct idea of many countries linked together became clear when we saw the Queen who is at the head of them all. As she stood before us, we felt love and loyalty stirring within us.

Gradually we realized that we were not Thousands more of alone in this feeling. her subjects in different lands felt as we did.

It was then we understood the meaning of a united Commonwealth, with its members linked by the loyalty they share for their Queen.

Furthermore, we know now from personal experience that our Queen is devoted to her people, and courageous in carrying out her duty. To give pleasure to her subjects she has met all demands made on her willingly and cheerfully, and has sacrified her home life. As we watch with admiration and awe this submersion of personal feelings to public desires, we long to show that we appreciate this devotion.

The sincerest method of expressing our gratitude is to serve her as she has .served us.

For this purpose we should join her in her task of making a united, indivisible Commonwealth.

As many of us leave school this year, the opportunity to do this has come.

Our school life has revealed the talents entrusted to us, and has given us strong principles on which to base our lives. Now it is our responsibility to develop those talents as fully as we are able, so that others may benefit from our knowledge; and to practise the brotherhood of man, so +hat no international prejudice may shatter the unity of the nations within our Commonwealth, and that we may live in a world of peace.

PREFECTS Back Row: Sheena Macintyre, Elaine Barber, Miss Shaw (Principal), Olive Howell, Ruth Richardson Front Row: Jennifer Neale, Barbara Fargie (Head Girl), Helen Profitt

LIBRARY COMMITTEE Standing: Mary Gawith, Denise Hargreaves, Judith Ruffin, Alwynne Huddleston, Lorraine Wood, Jeannette Weaver.

Seated: Sheena Macintyre, Olive Howell, Barbara Fargie (Librarian), Helen Profitt, Patricia Tymms

DEBUTANTES AT " MORONGO " OLD COLLEGIANS' " AT HOME " Back Row (L. to R.): Margaret Dando, Gwenda Griffiths, Ann Ockieston, Kathleen Louttit, Nancy Hawker, Ruth Robertson Front Row (L. to R.): June Tonkin, Mrs. D. Orchard (President of O.C.A.), Miss L. Shaw (Principal), Judith Eagles

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COUNCIL NOTES Each year, as a message goes forth from the Council under this heading to those who receive a copy of "The Lucernian," one wonders whether it is read with interest, and what impression it leaves upon the minds of the readers. As the years go by, it seems to become more difficult to get away from the beaten track, and to find something new to write about. Almost always these notes seem to drift into financial channels, no doubt because this topic is' everlastingly uppermost in the minds of the members of the Council, who are constantly endeavouring to do the utmost for the welfare and comfort of the Staff and girls of Also, too often good intentions the school. and aspirations have to be modified, and sometimes indefinitely postponed, because of that wretched aspect—finance. We take some comfort, however, in the knowledge that this malady is not peculiar to Morongo, but is a constant problem to many similar institutions.

The activities of the Council have again been many and varied, and great interest has been maintaind by all its members. For some time plans have been discussed for increasing the classroom and assembly hall

accommodation in order to meet pressing and overdue needs in this direction. Here again finance has been the stumbling block, and it has been found necessary to arrange further substantial loan assistance, which, of course, means further interest commitments.

There are many matters, such as improved dining room accommodation, day scholars' luncheon, and heating of classrooms, that are under consideration, but cannot at present be accomplished.

These notes would be quite incomplete without reference to the continued loyalty and efficiency of the whole of the staff, teaching, house and out-of-door, led by one whose example and enthusiasm always stand out above all other service to Morongo— Miss Shaw—our deeply respected Principal.

The members of Council are constantly conscious of the great incentive and encouragement they receive in the thought that behind them stand organisations such as the Old Collegians' Association, the Parents' and Friends' Association and the Junior Auxiliary, whose members never spare themselves in furthering the welfare and progress of the School.

PARENTS' AND FRIENDS' ASSOCIATION The annual meeting of the Parents' and Friends' Association was held at "Morongo" on May 27th, 1954. There was a good attendance of parents and friends. Miss Shaw gave a very interesting talk on the various functions she attended during the Royal tour.

The Garden Party held at "Morongo" in conjunction with the Old Collegians' and Junior Auxiliary was a great success, both socially and financially. The proceeds amounted to £330; this amount was equally divided between the three auxiliaries.

The committee meetings, which are held of. the Kindergarten every second Tuesday of

the month at 8 p.m., are always well attended by our members.

During the year Mrs. Pope resigned as secretary after holding office for a number of years.

There was a good attendance of parents and friends at the social evening held in July at the Newtown Town Hall.

This evening gave the parents an opportunity of meeting Miss Shaw and her teaching staff.

The Association extends sincere thanks to Miss Shaw and members of the staff for -their willing co-operation and help throughout the year.

E. LOWE, Hon. Secretary,

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THE LUCERNIAN LADIES' AUXILIARY OF THE PARENTS' AND FRIENDS' ASSOCIATION

The inaugural meeting of this Auxiliary was held at St. David's Hall on May 4th.

Mrs. Pope, the hon. secretary of the Parents' and Friends' Association, was in the chair, and explained that the group had been formed to enable mothers of the girls attending Middle and Senior Schools, and others interested in this section of the school, to meet on one afternoon a month. Many had expressed the wish to be in close contact with the Association, but could not always attend meetings at night.

Mrs. C. Fisher had agreed to be chairwoman of the Auxiliary, and a committee and office-bearers for the ensuing 12 months were elected.

Meetings are held on the fourth Tuesday of each month in St. David's Hall at 2.30 p.m.

The average attendance so far has been about 40, and new members are always very welcome.

We have all enjoyed the opportunity of meeting socially and chatting over a cup of tea. vlatron Elliott, of Geelong Hospital, was our first speaker, and since then Mrs. Du--Ir, Miss Nell Arnold and Mrs. Opperman have given most interesting talks, all of which have been greatly appreciated.

For the last meeting of the year, on November 23rd, a light-hearted social programme has been arranged, which we hope will prove a happy ending to our first halfyear of activity.

GWEN BLAKISTON, Hon. Secretary.

JUNIOR SCHOOL AUXILIARY Once again Christmas is coming, and our activities for the year are drawing to a close.

We have continued to hold our meetings on the third Tuesday of each month in the Bible Class room at the McPhillimy Hall.

These have been very bright and friendly gatherings, enabling the mothers to meet toge+her socially, as well as to work for the Junior School and the Nursery.

The o ice-bearers for 1954 are:— President, Mrs. J. Chisholm.

Vice-Presidents, Mesdames Bickford and Green.

Hon. Secretary, Mrs. M. S. Bartlett.

Committee, Mesdames Chamberlain, Dougal, Ekstedt, McCallum, Reid, Spargo and Selle.

Ex officio, Mrs. The big effort of the year, as usual, was the Garden Party, for which our members joined forces with the Parents' and Friends' Association and the Old Collegians, and our share of the proceeds was £110.

We have held an "opportunity table" and a secondhand clothing stall at each of our monthly meetings, also an "Australian tea'' in May. Proceeds from these sources have added considerably to our bank balance.

Early in the year we donated to the Junior School two oil paintings—one of Her Majesty the Queen, and one of H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh—which now hang in the entrance hall.

Later we purchased three good pictures— one for each classroom at the Junior School.

For the Nursery we procured two steel trestles and a climbing ladder to add to the children's playground equipment, and two more basketballs for the Junior School.

Our thanks are due to all the speakers who came and gave up their time and talent during the year, namely, Mr. Vic. Schofield, Mr. T. J. Wood, Mr. Duff, Mr. F. Sims, and the Singer Sewing Machine demonstrators.

Their talks added greatly to the interest and enjoyment of our meetings.

The children entertained us with some lovely little items at their musical afternoon in the McPhillimy Hall in April.

"Hobbies Day" was held out at the Junior School in October, and one never ceases to be amazed at the high standard of work disMiss Courtney and played by the children. her staff, as well as the children, are to be congratulated on the result.

In March -the Auxiliary held a "Crazy Whist" evening to enable mothers and the school staff to meet together socially and informally, and those present enjoyed themselves thoroughly.

A new idea which came into being last year was the formation of a "Sunshine Committee" to send flowers, greetings, congratulations or bereavement notes to any members This little token of interest so concerned. has been much appreciated by many mothers.

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THE LUCERNIAN The Auxiliary is fortunate in having a very loyal group of office-bearers and members, who have worked together strongly and willingly for the past 12 months.

To Miss Shaw we extend our thanks and appreciation for, her valuable help and advice on all matters during the year.

We are very grateful to Miss Courtney and her staff at the Junior School—Misses Bendle and Hartley—and to Miss Smith and Mrs. Greenwood at the Nursery for their untiring efforts in the teaching and training of our children.

In conclusion, we extend a very hearty and sincere welcome to all mothers of the Junior.

School and Nursery pupils in the coming years to join our happy band of workers, and share in the friendship and good fellowship of our meetings.

SCHOOL NOTES At our first assembly we welcomed five new members of staff—Miss Parsons, Mrs. Wordsworth, and Miss Hetherington from Queensland, Miss Pitt from New Zealand, and Mrs. Renfrey from Geelong.

We were glad to see Miss Hope back after a year's absence.

Later we were pleased to welcome Mrs. Roberts, who joined us in third term.

The quadrangle was sown with grass during the Christmas holidays. Later the waIls of the school facing the quadrangle were painted a pale grey, brightened by the red, yellow, blue and green of the doors. The cloakroom also looks fresh in blue and black.

Our sports fields were increased in second term, when two basketball courts were laid down above the tennis courts.

We thank all the generous friends of the school who have remembered us with their gifts.

JUNIOR SCHOOL NOTES On reviewing the recent years since we moved out to our new school, there seems to be one outstanding major change.

In the days of "Little Morongo" the girls looked upon the Senior School with envy and a longing for the days when they, too, would join their elder sisters.

"Big Morongo" has ceased to exist, and the pride which they show in their new school has overcome all other feelings,

With the generous assistance of our Junior Auxiliary, work continues to be made easier.

This year the Auxiliary decided to commemorate the Royal visit by donating two Each fine portraits for the Assembly Hall. morning now we feel the presence of Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh when we sing the National Anthem, and there is an added reverLater donations were ence in the ceremony. a picture for each classroom and a first-aid cabinet.

Already we have in mind an aid which As would be very valuable in the future. the generosity of the Auxiliary appears to know no bounds, we know that the members will not hesitate to make the purchase.

Although Heather Scott has been promoted beyond our group, we were delighted to hear of her success again in the Library Essay and to be able to congratulate her. We were also pleased to hear of the success of Felice Dougall and Vicki Chamberlain, who passed their music examinations with honors.

One of the highlights of the year was the Hobbies' Day on October 27th. A repre sentative gathering of parents and friends came along to review the children's work.

The children are working most enthusiastically in order to make the "break-up" function a pleasant and successful evening.

PREFECTS' NOTES The prefects for 1954 were: Elaine Barber, Barbara Fargie (head girl), Olive Howell, Sheena Macintyre, Jenny Neale, Helen Profitt and Ruth Richardson, and Mr. Blackwood conducted a service for their induction.

In second term Helen and Barbara attended the annual meeting of the Geelong branch, of the Girl Guides' Association, at which an urgent appeal was made for more leaders for Guide and Brownie Companies.

Barbara was privileged to attend the Royal Empire Society luncheon in Geelong celebrating the first anniversary of the Queen's Coronation, at which Miss Heather Menzies spoke of her two encounters with the Queen, one at the Queen's home in London, the other at her own home in Canberra. The prefects were invited also to the graduation ceremony of the nurses from the Geelong Hospital;

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At the school church service, held on October 24th, Barbara and Sheena read the lessons, and all the prefects collected the offering.

On August I I th we enjoyed acting as usherettes for the school play, The Importance of Being Earnest."

In second term we had a gay time at the school dances.

On June 5th we acted as hostesses at our school dance, our guests being Miss Shaw, Miss Krome, Miss Pillow, Miss Ohlson, Miss Sutherland, the prefects of "The Hermitage" and boys from Geelong College and Geelong Grammar. We thank Miss Shaw and Miss Pillow for the assistance and advice they so willingly gave, and the girls who gave their thought and time in decorating the rooms. Later we attended dances at The Hermitage, Geelong College and Geelong Grammar, all of which we fully enjoyed.

In second term our prefects' room was made fresher and more cheerful by a coat

of paint.

We now see blue walls and pale grey ceiling, brightened by floral curtains.

This year we played matches in hockey and basketball against the staff.

To the delight of large galleries the staff defeated us both times.

I should like to thank the prefects for the energetic support they gave throughout the year, and the deputy prefects for the work they did, which so often passed unrecognised.

We wish to next year's prefects every success in their task of influencing, by example and helpfulness, the girls of the school—a task in which they may be sure of Miss Shaw's We who have held unlimited assistance. office this year would like to express our gratitude for the sympathetic guidance of Miss Shaw and the staff and the co-operation of the girls, which have combined to make our year a happy one.

CALENDAR OF SCHOOL EVENTS, 1954 TERM I February 4th: Mr. Blackwood officiated at our first Assembly, in his a day of new beginnings referring to it as welcome to the new members of the School. Mrs. Orchard, President of the Old Collegians, was joined

by Miss Shaw in welcoming the new members of staff and girls.

February 9th: Prefects for 1954 are: Elaine Barber, Barbara Fargie, Olive Howell, Sheena Macintyre, Jennifer Neale, Helen Piofitt and Ruth Richardson.

February 10th: A service for the induction of the prefects was conducted by Mr. Blackwood. Head Prefect for this year is Barbara Fargie.

The House Captains and Vice-Captains were announced during the day. They are:—Ardens: Captain, Margaret Speers; Vice-Captain, Helen Profitt.

Harris: Captain, Faye Pope; Vice-Captain, Denise Hargreaves; Lawson: Captain, Judy Lindsay; ViceCaptain, Barbara Manger. Roslyn: Captain, Sheena Macintyre; Vice-Captain, Jeannette Weaver.

February 15th: We heard a broadcast of the opening of the Federal Parliament by H.M. the Queen.

February 19th: The swimming heats were held at Eastern Beach.

February 24th: A special service was held this morning to commemorate the arrival of the Queen in Melbourne.

February 25th: We listened to a broadcast of the Queen opening the Victorian Parliament.

March 3rd: Mr. Blackwood and Miss Shaw gave their impressions of the Queen's Garden Party at Government House, which they attended. Miss Shaw also described what she had seen at the Women's Luncheon held in the Queen's honour.

March 4th: Our Swimming Sports, held to-day, resulted in a win for Lawson's members, who were followed by Ardens, Harris, then Roslyn. Helen Murray was the Senior Champion, Jacqueline de Ferranti the Intermediate Champion, and Dianne Longwell the Junior Champion.

March 5th: Miss Peters, of the Yarra Street Methodist Church, spoke to us to-day at a service celebrating Women's World Day of Prayer, showing the analogy between the influence a baby had on rough miners and the influence of Jesus Christ on mankind.

To-night three busloads of seniors travelled to Melbourne to see the city illuminations, which the juniors saw last night.

March 6th: We saw the Queen! Clutching flags and balloons in the School colours, we stood to cheer as she and the Duke passed in their gleaming car.

March 8th: We were given a holiday in honour of the Queen's visit.

March 9th: Miss Shaw described the children's display at the M.C.G. and the Queen's visit to Geelong, as she had seen them.

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THE LUCERNIAN Our Deputy Prefects, announced this morning, are: Jennifer Bradshaw, Dianne Devereaux, Lynette Engish, Mary Gawith, Helen Hopkins, Alwynne Huddleston, Jennifer McConnell, Margaret Speers and Jeannette Weaver.

March 16th:

May 12th: We had fine weather for our sports to-day. Ardens gained the most points, and was followed by Harris, Lawson and Roslyn.

May 13th: End of term.

Sports Captain for 1954 is Margaret Speers. Faye Pope is Vice-Captain.

TERM II

March 17th:

June 1st:

Mr. Quick and two College boys spoke to us of the functions of the United Nations Organisation.

We returned to school to find the buildings of the quadrangle freshly painted.

March 20th:

June 5th:

To-day we had fine weather for our Garden Party.

Girls performed two ballets, and Gael Hamilton, Jacqueline Holland and Diana Lake received prizes for their arrangement of ten pictures of the Royal Tour.

The School Dance, again held in the Junior School, passed enjoyably.

March 23rd: A United Nations Club was formed.

March 24th: Miss Taylor, President of the Junior Red Cross for Victoria, explained how the money we give is used.

The first meeting of the French Club was held.

March 27th: Baseball matches were played against P.L.C.

April 2nd: Mrs. Hoe's choir held its first practice, starting at 4.45 p.m.

April 3rd: Our teams played baseball matches against M.C.E.G.G.S.

April 9th: This afternoon we were taken to the Barwon River io watch the Boat Race heats.

April 10th: The

Hermitage " played baseball with us.

April 15th: Easter holidays began.

April 2 I st: We celebrated Shakespeare's birthday by performing scenes from his plays. We planned to sing Merrie England to comseveral choruses from memorate the Queen's birthday, but these were postponed because of lack of time until the following Friday.

April 23rd: An Anzac Day Service was held.

April 24th: Morongo " visited M.L.C. to play baseball.

April 27th: Mrs. Rambow, visiting Fulbright Scholar, spoke interestingly of life in American schools.

May 3rd:

June I2th: Basketball and tennis matches were played 'with P.L.C. Hermitage Our Prefects were guests at the school dance. Throughout the term girls from Morongo " attended dances given by College boys of Warrinn, Knowle and Senior Houses.

June 17th: Teams from Teachers' Training College played our teams in hockey and basketball, as they did previously.

June 19th: M.C.E.G.G.S. teams played matches with our teams.

June 26th: We played matches against the " Hermitage " teams.

July 8th: We heard an interesting talk from Mrs. Trudinger, who told of the work done on Ernabella, the aboriginal station, of which her husband is the superintendent.

July 10th: Matches were played at Clyde.

July I7th: Our hockey team won a lightning premiership played between Geelong women's teams.

July 24th: We played matches against M.L.C.

July 26th: Hockey matches were played this week between the Chalet and the Cubicles, the hockey and basketball teams, boarders and daygirls, and staff and prefects.

August 2nd: Basketball matches were played this week, with the same teams as last week.

August 6th: Miss Withers spoke on the place of women in Korea, where she is a missionary.

Harris and Lawson held a combined social.

August 1 I th:

As yesterday was Empire Youth Sunday, a special service was held in assembly this morning.

" The Importance of Being Earnest," by Oscar Wilde, was performed by the Senior Dramatic students.

May 4th:

August 12th:

Heats for the Athletic Sports were held throughout the day.

To-day, at the fourth day of the Schools' Music Festival, our School choir presented "Autumn Song and Leaves."

May 8th: The Athletic Sports were stopped by rain; they are to be held next Wednesday.

August 13th: Ardens and Roslyn ran a combined social.

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August 14th: Girls from the senior forms took part in the Alliance Francaise oral examinations.

August 15th: The choral section of the House Music Competitions was judged by Mr. Basil Jones.

August 16th: Seniors attended lectures at the Gordon Institute in Geography, French and Chemistry, arranged by the Melbourne University.

August 19th: End of second term.

TERM III September 14th: School began again. Miss Shaw told all girls interested in teaching that the Council had offered to help financially any girl wishing to train through Mercer House.

September 22nd: October tests began to-day.

October 3rd: Piano solos completed the House Music Competitions. The final results were: Geelong House first, followed by McPhee, Neilson, David and Hearne.

October 4th: A Rice Bowl Appeal was held, by which over £17 Fund. was raised for the Save the Children October 19th: Girls of the Middle School heard a recital given by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

October 20th: A Schools' Art Exhibition, at which we displayed paintings and handcraft, was opened this afternoon in Geelong.

October 2Ist: Senior Literature classes were taken to see Richard II performed in Melbourne.

October 23rd: Many of Miss Apted's pupils took part in a poetry festival in the Congregational Hall.

October 24th: Thirty seniors attended a U.N. Day service at the G.A.M.A. Theatre this afternoon.

This evening our School Church Service was held in St. David's Church. The Rev. Mr. A. Macmillan, in his address, stressed the necessity of using our talents in a Christian way.

October 29th: The magazine went to print.

HOUSE NOTES ARDENS "Seek Wisdom" At the end of last year we were sorry to lose some very enthusiastic house members, but we would like to thank all our new members who have shown an interest in all house activities. We also welcome the new staff members, who have given us support throughout the year—Mrs. Wordsworth and Mrs. Renfrey.

As was the procedure last year, both the swimming and athletics sports were held during the first term.

The first major sporting occasion of the school year was the swimming sports. Regardless of the enthusiastic work and support of our representatives we only managed second place behind Lawson. Our congratulations go to all swimming champions, especially the Ardens champion, Jacqueline de Ferranti.

The athletics sports were held later in the term, and aroused much interest among the girls of all houses. Ardens succeeded in taking first place, which was a very marked improvement on that of last year. All champions must be congratulated on their fine efforts, and in particular Ardens repre-

sentatives, Pamela Ilett, Judith Ockleston and Carol David.

The sports played during second term were basketball and hockey.

We were fortunate in winning the basketball shield and sharing the hockey shield with Roslyn.

Also during second term Roslyn and Ardens held a combined social, which provided a very enjoyable evening for all.

On the whole this year has been a successful one for Ardens, and I would like to thank Helen Profitt for her assistance, and the house staff—Miss Morgan, Mrs. Wordsworth, Mrs. Renfrey, Miss Pillow and Miss Abbott— for their support.

The enthusiasm displayed by the house members contributes to the success of Ardens, but there are still some girls who do not pull their weight; if these people would only try to co-operate, Ardens would reach greater heights.

Even more important than this is that, whether we win or lose, Ardens will always play the game.

To all those who have supported the house our so loyally during the year we extend thanks, and wish Ardens the best of luck in the future.

Margaret Speers.

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HARRIS "Not failure but low aim is crime" Although 1954 has not been marked by any outstanding successes, I feel sure that every girl has done her utmost to see that Harris maintains a high standard in both work and sport.

We welcomed 19 new girls to our house this year, and it was very pleasing to see how enthusiastically they entered into all house activities.

Our hearty congratulations go to Lawson for winning the swimming sports, and to all the champions, especially our Harris representative, Pam Lilburne, the senior runner-up.

Owing to the inclusion of standard tests in the athletic sports girls who may not have gained a place in the heats were able to help their house gain more points. I would like to thank all members of the house who worked so hard for these points. The excellent result of the standard tests—Harris winning by 109 points—proved to , be an appropriate reward.

Unfortunately, Ardens narrowly defeated us on the day, and our congratulations are extended to them.

We congratulate all the champions and runnersup, and especiallly the Harris members, Faye Pope and Betty Grant.

Hockey and basketball house matches were played during the second term.

Despite all our efforts the hockey shield was won jointly by Ardens and Roslyn, and the basketball shield was won by Ardens. We are hoping our luck will change in the baseball and tennis matches which are to be held in third term.

A very successful social was held with Lawson at the end of second term.

Everyone joined in the dances and games, and seemed to enjoy themselves.

We offer our thanks for the constant help and encouragement given us by Miss Evans, Miss Sutherland, Miss Ohlson, Mrs. Lilburne and Miss Parkinson.

In addition I would like to thank Denise Hargreaves, our vicecaptain, for her untiring assistance throughout the year.

To those leaving Harris at the end of the year we wish every success in their future To those returning I wish a very careers. happy and successful year for 1955.

Best of luck Harris!

Faye Pope.

LAWSON ''To strive, to seek, to find, but not to yield" We welcomed many new girls this year, and it is very pleasing to see how well they have entered into all house activities.

The year began very successfully for us, as we were fortunate enough to win the swimming sports by a narrow margin from We congratulate all the chamArdens. pions, especially those of Lawson—Helen Murray (Senior champion) and Elizabeth Rushbrooke (junior runner-up).

The athletic sports, also held in first term, did not prove very successful for us, as we could only manage to gain third place. We extend our congratulations to Ardens on gaining the highest number of points. Our successful competitors were Judy Lindsay (open runner-up) and Rosemary Walker (under 12 runner-up).

In basketball we were not up to the high standard set by Ardens, and we congratulate The hockey shield them on their success.

As the went jointly to Ardens and Roslyn. baseball and tennis matches have not been more played yet we are hoping to prove successful.

At the end of second term we held a combined house social with Harris. This evening was held in order that the girls might get to know each other better.

It was most successful, and we hope the members of Harris enjoyed themselves as much as we did.

To our house mistresses, Miss Botterill, Miss Knapp, Mrs. Kennedy, Miss Thomson and Miss Hoffman, we extend our sincere thanks for their help and guidance throughout the year.

I would like to thank Barbara Manger, our vice-captain, and all the Lawson girls for their interest and enthusiasm shown throughout the year.

To those who are leaving we wish every success in the future, and with those returning we leave the challenge to keep the green flag to the fore.

Judith Lindsay.

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The "older" members of Roslyn House welcomed many new girls and members of staff at the beginning of the year.

At the end of last year we were sorry to say good-bye to Miss Phillips, Miss Henderson and Miss Cassidy.

However, the new year brought reinforcements—Miss Hope, Miss Parsons and Miss Pitt.

We were pleased to see Miss Hope again after an absence of 12 months.

Both Jeannette and I would like to thank them and Miss Leigh for their advice and encouragement given throughout the year.

The first of the year's sporting functions was the inter-house swimming sports.

We congratulate Lawson and all champions on their victories, especially Dianne Longwell, who was junior champion. Training for the athletic sports commenced soon after the swimming sports.

Ardens is to be congratulated on their win. Two or our entrants, Jill Howden and Elizabeth McCann, were runners-up in the under 16 and under ten sections respectively.

Our two Winter sports, hockey and basketball were commenced after the May holidays.

This year we shared the hockey shield with Ardens, who was also successful in winning the basketball trophy.

The highlight of the term was a house social held with Ardens.

Miss Shaw, Miss Pillow and members of staff were our guests.

Due to adverse weather conditions, interhouse baseball and tennis matches have had to be postponed until later this term.

There has been much enthusiasm from a few members of the house, but unfortunately there are still many girls who do not give their full support.

The sooner they acquire house spirit the sooner Roslyn will realize greater ambitions.

1 would like to thank Jeannette Weaver (vice-captain) and the house representatives (Alwynne Huddleston, Lynette Engish and Lynette Peel) for their untiring support.

I hope that next year Roslyn will be paramount in all house activities.

Sheena Macintyre.

BOARDERS' DIARY, 1954 February 3rd: The Boarders returned to school to renew acquaintances with old friends and welcome the newcomers, both staff and girls.

February 4th: School began.

February 5th: We held our annual boarders New Girls-Old Girls' tennis tournament.

February 10th: The prefects were inducted. This deserves special mention as five of them are boarders.

February 13th: Thanks to the generosity of the Council, the School picnic was held at Torquay.

February 15th: The House Captains and Vice-House Captains of the Boarders Houses were announced.

February 19th: New girls were allotted to their houses.

February 24th: The' Queen arrived in Victoria. This is an event to be recorded in every diary.

February 26th: We held our first P.F.A. meeting, which consisted of an " auction sale."

February 27th: Miss Ohlson showed us the picture, " Sound Barrier."

March 4th: The juniors were taken up to Melbourne to see the Royal Tour illuminations.

March 5th: The seniors went up to-night.

March 6th: The Queen came to Geelong. We shall all remember the afternoon's experience for the rest of our lives.

March 8th: To-day was a holiday in honour of the Queen's visit. We were taken to see the film, " The Queen in New Zealand."

March 9th: The first House Council meeting 'was held to-day.

March 13th: We saw the film, " The Winslow Boy." March 19th: The P.F.A. met for Bible study.

March 20th: Most of the boarders made themselves useful at the Fete.

April 2nd: After prep., Miss Shaw showed members of the P.F.A. a film of the mission station at Ernabella, entitled " Men of the Mulga."

DEPUTY PREFECTS Back Row: Jeannette Weaver, Margaret Speers, Alwynne Huddleston Second Row: Mary Gawith, Diane Devereaux, Helen Hopkins Front Row:

Lynette Engish, Jennifer McConnell

" LUCERNIAN " COMMITTEE Back Row: Sheena Macintyre, Barbara

Fargie

(Editress), Ruth Richardson Front Row: Mary Gawith, Jeannette Weaver

School Activities

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June 21st:

Miss McQualter, Miss Butler and Miss Watson gave us a song and piano recital at the first meeting of the Music Club this evening.

We congratulate Neilson on winning the InterHouse tournaments, which were held to-day. We Lavender Hill Mob." saw the picture,

April 9th:

June 26th:

To the joy of most of us, we were taken to watch the Boat Race heats on the Barwon.

Matriculation boarders went to watch the debutantes at the Old Collegians' Ball.

April 10th:

July 5th:

Those of us who were not fortunate enough to go some other way were taken by the School to see the Boat Race finals.

The Work of Missionaries to-day's P.F.A. meeting.

April 14th:

was the subject of

July 7th: Fourteen senior music pupils went to hear three of Mr. Shepherd's pupils play at Geelong College.

The P.F.A. held an Easter Service, to which all the boarders were invited.

July 8th:

April 15th:

The remainder of the senior boarders went to hear the Vienna Boys' Choir.

We left for the Easter week-end.

April 20th: The boarders returned to school refreshed in body and mind.

April 23rd: Some of the seniors attended an organ recital given by Mr. Firth at St. David's.

April 24th: Two of Mrs. Thomas' pupils, Miss Joy Mammin and Mr. Max Johnston, entertained us at the Music Cluo.

July 10th: Some boarders from the Middle and Senior Schoo. went to the Warrinn House dance.

July 17th: Mrs. Hoe's choir and a recital of duets and trios by the music pupils provided us with a very enjoyable evening.

July 19th: The syllabus item for to-day's P.F.A. meeting was Hymn Singing."

April 29th:

July 21st:

We attended the first Celebrity Concert of the season, which was "A Night of Opera." Alan Eddy, Max Wortheley and Marjorie Conley sang, accompanied by Margaret Schofield.

The Dancing Class went out to Geelong Grammar School.

May 1st: Miss Parsons showed us the film, " Francis Goes to the Races."

May 3rd: This afternoon the P.F.A. had a work meeting.

July 24th: The teams from M.L.C. came to play at Morongo" to-day. In the evening the boarders were shown the film, The Blue Lamp."

July 26th: The boarders played the day girls in a hockey match.

May 5th:

July 27th:

Many boarders' parents came down to Sports' Day, which had to be postponed because of rain.

The Chalet challenged the Cubicles to a hockey match.

May 13th:

July 29th:

Some boarders went home.

May 14th: The remainder departed.

May 31st: The boarders returned to the fray.

June 3rd: To-night some senior boarders were privileged to hear Solomon play at the Plaza.

June 5th:

Some boarders went to hear Suzanne Danco.

July 31st: Some of us went to a Senior House Dance at Geelong College.

August 2nd: The day girls and boarders played against each other at basketball.

August 3rd: The Cubicles and Chalet did the same.

We held our School Dance in the Junior School and most people agreed that all our work was worthwhile.

August 4th:

June 7th:

The Middle School boarders returned the hospitality extended to them at a "Warrinn" Return Dance.

The P.F.A. held a meeting for Bible study.

The juniors went to the

Hermitage

play.

August 7th:

June 12th:

August 8th:

We entertained the hockey, tennis and basketball teams from P.L.C. At night, the prefects went to the " Hermitage " school dance, and the rest of the boarders saw the film, Golden Salamander."

Several of our girls were confirmed at St. David's this morning.

June 19th: To-day we entertained the Melbourne Grammar teams. The members of the Ampro Trio, Miss Sonjia Horowitz, Mr. Ronald Smythe and Mr. Les Myers, played for us at the Music Club.

August 10th: This was the first night of the School play. The " Hermitage " came to-night.

August 11th: This was the second or " public " night of the School play. All the players are to be congratulated on their performances.

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August 12th: Some of the seniors had the great privilege of hearing the talented violinist Isaac Stern.

August 14th: A full day. The last frantic house practices were held, we managed to survive the Alliance Francaise exams. and we were shown The Overlanders" at night.

August 15th: The House Choral Competitions, judged by Mr. Basil Jones, were held. The results were: McPhee and Geelong Houses equal first, Neilson third, Hearne fourth, and David fifth.

August 16th: The P.F.A. held another work meeting.

August 17th: The hockey team from Frensham arrived.

August 18th: Frensham played Morongo," and to-night we entertained them at a social.

August 19th: Frensham left this morning.

August 20th: After a very full term, we all went home to recuperate.

September 13th: Duly refreshed, we returned, as usual, a day earlier than the day girls.

September 18th: The juniors entertained the boys from Mackie House.

September 20th: There was a good attendance at P.F.A. to-day.

We had folk dancing.

September 25th: Some boarders went up to the Royal Show. Miss Ohlson showed us the film, " The Daltons Ride Again."

October 1st: Miss Hope took the Matriculation boarders to "The Conquest of Everest."

October 2nd: The College first tennis team came out to play ours.

October 3rd: The piano section of the House Competitions was held. The final results were, in order: Geelong, McPhee, Neilson, David, Hearne.

October 4th: Mr. Blackwood came to talk to the P.F.A. on the General Assembly which he attended in Sydney.

October 9th: The boarders attended the College Athletic Sports.

October 12th: We went to the College performance of the Gilbert and Sullivan opera, H.M.S. Pinafore."

October 16th: The senior boarders went to the Pentangular Sports, which were also held at the College; we saw the Olympic runner, John Landy. In the evening, " Ma and Pa Kettle " amused us with their adventures on the farm.

October 17th: Two Morongo " boarders were confirmed at All Saints.

October 19th: The seniors went to hear the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, with soloist Natasha Litvin.

October 29th: This magazine went to print.

We would like to thank all the members of the Boarding House and Domestic Staff, in particular, Miss Shaw, Miss Pillow and Miss Ohlson, for giving their time to help us. We take this opportunity to wish them a restful and happy holiday.

BOARDING HOUSE CAPTAINS AND HOUSE COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES DAVID: Captain, Elaine Barber; Vice-Captain, Jeannette Weaver; Representatives, Judith Kumnick, Mary Gawith, Mary Agnew.

HEARNE: Captain, Margaret Speers; Vice-Captain, Olive Howell; Representatives, Sheena Macintyre, Ruth Richardson, Betty Arnoldt.

McPHEE: Captain, Jennifer Neale; Vice-Captain, Barbara Manger; Representatives, Rosalind Holt, Jennifer Bradshaw, Erryl Gerrard, Helen Stuckey.

NEILSON: Captain, Margaret Carmichael; ViceCaptain, Denise Hargreaves; Representatives, Jennifer McConnell, Margaret Cameron, Janet McKenzie.

SPORT Sporting activities have again extended beyond school and inter-house matches. A number of different tournaments played off during the year have kept girls keenly alert and interested in their favorite sports. The open table-tennis championship, decided in second term, went to Lorraine Wood, and our congratulations go to her and to Heather Burns, who did well to win the closely contested junior quoits tournament. The victors in the Cyclos and badminton are not known

at the time of writing, nor are the results of inter-form matches in volley-ball and cricket.

The system of awarding school and house colours has again proved successful, although there has been a slight change in School colours may awarding the former. now be gained at the end of each term instead of annually, and this gives a greater scope and opportunity to girls participating in various sports.

THE LUCERNIAN The display work, while less strenuously athletic, has played an important part in In first term a ballet comphysical culture. pany of enthusiastic volunteers gracefully presented two modern impressionistic items.

A different note is to be struck on Hobbies Day, when junior members of the school will perform a selection of Maypole dances.

We would all like to thank Miss Gorey and Miss Hetherington for their help and encouragement throughout the year and for providing in our sport something of interest to everyone.

Margaret Speers.

SWIMMING Good weather at the beginning of first term permitted us to go swimming almost This was greatly enjoyed by all, every day. and enabled more training to be done.

Our annual house swimming sports were contested very enthusiastically on the afterCongratulations go to noon of March 4th.

Lawson for winning the Ena Miller Shield, with Ardens second, Harris and Roslyn equal third.

The champions to be congratulated are: Senior, H. Murray; intermediate, J. de Ferranti; junior, D. Longwell.

We were all disappointed that Morongo was unable to take part in the inter-school section of Melbourne Grammar's annual swimming sports on March 11 6, but we hope to participate next year.

We would like to thank Miss Hetherington and Miss Gorey, whose help and organisation made the sports such a success.

Helen Murray.

BASEBALL REPORT The beginning of the first term of the year 1954 once more opened the longawaited baseball season.

Practices were enthusiastically attended, and once more a baseball team was formed with competent members filling the gaps left in the depleted team of 1953.

The girls representing "Morongo" this year were as follows:— Barbara Manger (vice-captain), Glenys Woods, Pamela Lilburne, Margaret. Speers (captain), Judith Kumnick, Nola Longwell.

Pamela Ilett, Kay Stallard and Faye Pope.

The team was not as successful as we had hoped in the association matches.

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first two matches played against P.L.C. and Melbourne Grammar School, we were However, we were victorious in defeated. our next match against The Hermitage. Our last match for the season was against M.LC., when we were defeated by seven runs.

The junior team is to be congratulated on their fine performances and their undefeated record for the season.

Inter-house baseball matches are being contested as usual, but results will not be known until the school year is completed.

Our sincere thanks go to Miss Gorey and Miss Hetherington for their unremitting efforts and encouragement given us throughAlthough many senior baseout the year. ball players will be leaving at the end of the year, the rising juniors show great promise for future teams, and we will wish them every success.

Margaret Speers.

BASKETBALL REPORT The basketball team was comprised mainly of last year's team, who have had previous experience.

The team chosen was as follows: Kay Stallard, Janet Hanna, Nola Longwell, Margaret Speers (captain), Judith Lindsay, and Mary Gawith (vice-captain).

The enthusiasm of the team this year is reflected in the results of the association matches. The first match against P.L.C. resulted in a victory for us, as did the next two matches against Melbourne Grammar and the " Hermitage." Unfortunately, we were defeated in our last match against M.L.C., and thus lost our chance of gaining the premiership.

Social matches were played against Clyde and Teachers' College. We visited Teachers' College on two occasions, and these matches helped us to raise our standard of play considerably.

The under fifteen team proved very successful, as they were victorious in all their association matches. This year the under thirteen team took part in association matches, and its members were undefeated in all their games during the season.

We congratulate Ardens on winning the Marion Rankin Shield for basket ball this year.

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All teams are grateful to Miss Hetherington for her unfailing help and guidance throughout the season. We wish future teams every success.

Margaret Speers.

HOCKEY REPORT As in previous years, the girls have again shown gratifying interest in hockey. The enthusiasm was so high that we were able to form a competent junior team in addition to our first and second teams. Each of the School teams gave a commendable performance in all their matches.

The first eleven results were:— " Morongo " defeated Melbourne Grammar, 2-0. " Hermitage " defeated " Morongo," 3-2. " Morongo 'I defeated M.L.C., 2-0. " Clyde " defeated " Morongo," 2-1.

Players for the School team were: F. Pope, J. Lowe, B. Manger, P. Lilburne, L. Peel, G. Woods, J. Hazeldine, M. Cameron, H. Murray, L. Engish and D. Hargreaves.

At the beginning of the season, in practice matches, Morongo 'I defeated Geelong Teachers' College on two occasions.

The "A" and " B " hockey teams played in the lightning premiership held on July 17th.

The "A" team repeated last year's success by gaining the trophy.

Inter-house hockey has been keenly contested this season. We congratulate Ardens and Roslyn on winning the Ruth McMillan Shield for hockey.

During the season a number of girls entered for the All-Australian Women's Hockey Association umpires' examinations; most were successful in gaining this certificate. L. Peel and F. Pope are to be congratulated on being amongst the very few Victorian candidates who achieved honours.

The season closed on a memorable note with the visit of a team from Frensham Girls' School, N.S.W., who were entertained here for three days, during which we played a closely-contested hockey match, resulting in a one-goal win to 'I Morongo."

In conclusion, we would like to thank Miss Gorey for her unfailing interest in the team.

Her enthusiasm has inspired us, and her high

standard of sportsmanship has aided us through many difficult moments. The excellent standard of hockey reached over the past few years can only be attributed to Miss Gorey's coaching and invaluable advice.

Next year's team might take as a motto her constant cry of " Determination and Effort."

To these girls we wish every success for I955.

Denise Hargreaves.

TENNIS REPORT This year these girls are to be congratulated on their inclusion in the first eight: K. Stallard (capt.), J. McKewan, B. Manger, J. Kumnick, M. Gawith, P. Tymms, N. Longwell and L. Wood.

Although we were only successful in winning one match, a very enjoyable term was spent. The second team won two matches, and juniors proved more successful in suffering only defeat from Melbourne Grammar School.

Early in third term our School Championships were begun. There were many entries in all five sections—junior singles and doubles, senior singles and doubles, and School singles.

Although many matches have been played, none of these events have yet been completed.

On Saturday, October 2nd, a social match was played with Geelong College, which proved to be a great success.

Our sincere thanks go to Mr. Wood, Miss Parsons and Miss Gorey for their untiring help throughout the season.

Kay Stallard.

ATHLETICS The opening of our Annual Sports Meeting on May 8th was heralded by rain, which became so persistent that after the tenth event, the programme had to be postponed until Wednesday, May 12th, which brought pleasant sunny conditions.

This year, standard tests were introduced, which meant that each member of the School had a great opportunity of gaining points for her house.

As many of the events were previously contested, a fuller and more varied programme

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was made possible. Great pleasure and enjoyment were derived from this improvement, as was made evident in the atmosphere of the day, We congratulate Ardens for winning the Margaret Shannon Memorial Cup for Athletics, with a fine total of 413 points. Harris filled second place, with a total of 396 points; Lawson third, with 360 points; followed by Roslyn, with 344 points.

These girls, who gained the positions of champions of the respective age groups, are to be congratulated:— Open: F. Pope; runner-up: J. Lindsay.

Under 16: P. Ilett; runner-up: J. Howden.

Under 14: B. Grant; runner-up: H. Dorren.

Under 12: J. Ockleston; runner-up: R. Walker.

Under 10: C. David: runner-up: E. McCann.

Our congratulations and thanks are extended to all those who contributed in any way to the success of this annual event; and to Miss Gorey a special " Thank you " from us all. _Faye Pope.

SCHOOL COLOURS Athletics: A. Cameron, J. Hazeldine, J. Lindsay, R. Moreton, F. Pope.

Swimming: H. Murray.

Tennis: M. Gawith, J. Kumnick, B. Manger, J. McKewan, K. Stallard, P. Tymms.

Hockey: D. Hargreaves, J. Hazeldine, L. Peel, G. Woods.

Baseball: P. Lilburne, G. Woods.

Basketball: M. Gawith, N. Longwell.

HOUSE COLOURS Ardens: Colour: M. Gawith, M. Ilett.

Half-Colour: D. Hill, J. McKewan.

Harris: Colour: D. Hargreaves, J. Lowe.

Half-Colour: L. Wood.

Lawson: Colour: J. Hazeldine, H. Murray.

Half-Colour: J. Kumnick.

Roslyn: Colours: G. Woods.

Half-Colours: J. McKenzie.

SCHOOL ACTIVITIES FORUM NOTES This year, as in other years, our Forum meetings have been held on Mondays at dinner-time. Miss Shaw and Miss Sutherland presided, and the four houses were represented by their respective captains, vicecaptains and house representatives. These representatives were changed each term, senior girls filling the positions. The prefects were also present. School matters and Social Service activities were discussed, after which the debits and credits were read and duly recorded.

Our sincere thanks go to Miss Shaw and Miss Sutherland for their help and guidance throughout the year.

Elaine Barber.

There has been a rich variety of work taking place in the Art and Craft Room, where girls have shown a great deal of enthusiasm in introducing new ideas into all branches of handwork. The girls doing weaving have created many clever and interesting patterns on their looms, while those girls taking drawing as a subject have been making intriguing experiments with Modern Art. This spirit of enthusiasm is also present among the junior members of " Morongo," and it is here that we notice the apparent eagerness of the younger girls to obtain individuality in all their work.

ARTS AND CRAFTS " Patience is a Virtue."

We would like to offer our congratulations to those girls who attained the required standard for the Intermediate and Leaving Certificates in Art, Craft and Dressmaking last year, and we hope that this year the girls will be equally successful.

The high standard of work reached in previous years has been maintained by the girls under the guidance of Miss Howard, Miss Hoffman and Miss Burch.

During the second term the Leaving Art Class attended an Art lecture by Mr. Docking at the Geelong Art Gallery; this proved both interesting and helpful. Some of the day-

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girls also visited the open-air art show in Johnstone Park, where some excellent work was displayed.

Last year Hobbies Day was held in October, and work done by girls of all ages was shown. This work included painting, sketching, marbling, stencilling, leather work, needlework, raffia-work, spatter-work, soft toys, cork novelties and dressmaking. We feel that if work of a similar standard is displayed this year, the success of our coming Hobbies Day is assured.

Once again we thank Mr. Arnott, of the Returned Soldiers' Woollen Mill, for his cooperation in supplying the yarn and in the processing of the material lengths. We would like to thank Miss Burch, Miss Hoffman and Miss Howard for their constant guidance and assistance given throughout the year. As Miss Burch will not be returning next year, we wish her every happiness in her future life.

Lorraine Wood.

LIBRARY REPORT This year we were glad to welcome back Miss Hope, who has so willingly advised and helped Library committees in the past.

At Miss Hope's suggestion, girls from several forms ran a fair during one lunch-hour, raising £19/10/. With this money, twentyseven books, selected by the girls who ran the stalls, were purchased for the Library.

These included junior and senior fiction, reference and biographies. To the money raised the Council added £20 to buy books for ;unior forms.

Nearly a hundred books have been donated to the Library this year by present girls, Old Girls, members of the staff and other friends of the School. We thank Joanna Pyper, Frances Lowson, Miss Littleton, Dina Cannon, Mrs. Bradshaw and Miss Evans for their gifts, which include: " Phari: the Adventures of a Tibetan Pony," " The Chestnut Pony," " The Tunnel," " The Gilbert and Sullivan Book," " Flowering Wilderness," " The Little World of Don Camillo," " Don Camillo and the Prodigal Son," " Daddy-Long-Legs," "I Dear Enemy," " The Sunburnt Country," and " The Daughter of Time." Many of the girls have given to the Library books belonging to their younger years; Margaret Apps, Lorraine Wood, Lynette Engish, Diana Hirst and Betty Moses have given us many books by

such authors as Enid Blyton, M. G. Bruce, and D. F. Bruce. Margaret Browne sent a case of senior fiction books; Miss Roebuck, Mr. Elms and Jocelyn Burt have made additions to our reference section.

Yet another loyal Old Collegian, Elizabeth Smail, made us a donation of £5, and the debutantes of 1954 sent for our use £6/13/6, raised at their return ball. We offer them our sincerest thanks.

We thank all those whose gifts have ensured that we have had a plentiful supply of recent fiction and the necessary reference books. This supply, together with Miss Hope's invaluable suggestions and enthusiasm, have stimulated interest in reading, so that we feel we can truthfully say the Library is fulfilling its purpose as a source of knowledge and enjoyment.

Barbara Fargie.

SOCIAL SERVICE REPORT This year our Junior Red Cross has worked quietly and consistently, and has concentrated on raising money. The younger members particularly have been helpful and enthusiastic.

We decided not to continue knitting for the Bethany Babies' Home or Kardinia House this winter, as interest in knitting appears to be waning, and the cost of wool is so high.

During the year most of the forms held fetes to raise money, which has been divided among numerous charities. Our usual weekly collections for social service were made during each term.

Form IIIB, helped by Miss Pitt, have filled several " Friendship Boxes " with toys and toilet articles. A few of these boxes will be sent to Korea and the remainder will be held at Junior Red Cross Headquarters in readiness to send to countries where there may be national disaster. Under the guidance of Mrs. Renfrey, IIIA have made many beautiful scrap-books to be sent to hospitals, and they have now begun knitting squares to make rugs for polio victims.

We continued collecting milk bottle tops, which were sent to help the " Save the Children " Fund organised by the women of the University. We have also begun to collect used stamps for the same purpose. A " ricebowl " appeal was held to help the starving children of Korea, and rice bowls were placed in the School and House. The girls were

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asked to give their own money, and we were able to send 17 guineas to the " Save the Children " Fund.

We sincerely thank Miss Evans, who has inspired us with the desire to help others, and has encouraged us to do so.

Olive Howell.

and these girls have been very helpful in preparing the hall for filmings. Miss Ohlson has given us her tireless support, and we hope that next year she will continue to receive the help and co-operation which she well deserves.

Alwynne Huddleston.

UNITED NATIONS REPORT

RECEIPTS s. U. I £9 7

Balance from 1953 .

Form Contributions, 1954— IIIC IIIB IIIA .

R 1 ..

R2 ..

4BY 4BX Sub Int. G Sub Int. T VG VD ..

Leaving Matric.

Rice Bowl Appeal Sundries .

CHRISTMAS DONATIONS,

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I 2 10 8 4 8 6 3 3 2 2 1 1 17 3

16 0 2 6 4 3 1 2 6 0 16 9 17 11 14 4 5 3 7 7 3 0 17 3 7 0 17 0 1 0

£87

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Bethany ..

Geelong Hospital ..

Aust. Inland Mission ..

Save the Children " Fund B. & F. Bible Society ..

Travellers' Aid ..

Royal Victorian Inst. for the Blind Crippled Children ..

Ministering Children's League ..

Spastic Children's Centre R.S. & A.I.L.A. Junior Red Cross .. .

Protestant Orphanage Kardinia Children's Home .

£ S. d. £10 10 0 3 3 0 3 3 0 5 5 0 3 3 0 2 2 0 3 3 0 3 3 2 2 0 3 3 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 3 3

1954 DONATIONS Geelong Red Cross ..

Red Cross, March Appeal ..

Orphanage Appeal ..

Rice Bowl Appeal In Hand

s. d.

9 0 0 5 5 5 5 0 17 17 0 49 17 1 £87

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FILM CLUB REPORT The Film Club this year has been enjoyed by both seniors and juniors alike. Many films have been screened, including " Lord Siva Dances,'' "Alaska's Frontiers,'' and numerous other junior films.

As in other years, Miss Ohlson showed some Middle School girls how to use the projector,

As the result of a talk given by Mr. Quick and two Geelong College boys on the aims and work of the United Nations Organisation, we formed our own club. Membership was limited to Matriculation and Leaving girls, who elected the following committee: Barbara Fargie, Mary Gawith, Denise Hargreaves, Alwynne Huddleston, Sheena Macintyre, and Ruth Richardson. The two delegates, Barbara and Denise, represented " Morongo on several occasions at the Victorian interSchools' Council of the United Nations Organisation in Melbourne.

At our own meetings we discussed the topics debated in Melbourne, which included Communist China, the Hydrogen Bomb, White Australia Policy, McCarthyism, Communism, and South-East Asia. At other meetings, Aina Veldre gave us a short talk on Germany, her native country, and three films were shown, dealing with the Colombo Plan, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, and the International Refugee Organisation.

The Geelong Secondary Schools formed a branch of the Melbourne Inter-School Council during second term, and held their own meetings, which were attended by representatives from each school. They ended the year with a meeting at the G.A.M.A. Theatre on United Nations' Day, at which talks were given on the Universal Postal Union and United Nations' International Children's Emergency Fund; also, three recent United Nations' film releases were shown.

We would like to thank Miss Shaw for her interest in the club, and hope that future members will continue to support the work done by the United Nations.

DRAMATIC CLASS REPORT This year, under Miss Apted's guidance, the Senior Dramatic Class performed " The Importance of Being Earnest," by Oscar Wilde. The choice was a popular one, and

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we all joined into the spirit of the play with enthusiasm.

The brilliantly witty play tells the story of two typically conventional young men of the nineteenth century, who have both invented fictitious friends in order to gain freedom from their duties. This leads to a ridiculous situation when their two young fiancees are led to believe that they are both engaged to Ernest, who, in reality, does not exist. A dowager aunt, a prim spinster, and a conventional clergyman all add to the humour and help to bring about the romantic conclusion.

We wish to thank all who contributed to the success of the play, the prefects who acted as usherettes, and both Miss Shaw and Miss Pillow, who lent us properties and helped us in many other ways. We extend our thanks to Miss Apted, whose encouragement, advice and splendid production made the play so successful.

FRENCH CLUB Once again the French Club has taken its place in the School activities. The first meeting was given by the Sub-Intermediate girls, who are to be congratulated on their performance of " Les Examens." Two new songs, " Le Sommeil de l'Enfant " and " Gentil Coquelicot," which were sung in costume, were included in this enjoyable programme.

The next performance was by members of IIIA, who sang several songs, including " Dansons Autour du Murier " and "Ah! Nous Comptons . . . " The IVBY girls entertained us with " II Etait Une Bergere," which was thoroughly enjoyed by all who attended. We sincerely thank. all these forms for their interest and enthusiasm.

The Middle School French girls were entertained by the IVBX Latin class, who held a Pageant of Roman Dress. This effort was greatly appreciated by the French Club, and we thank all who were concerned with its arrangement.

Apart from these meetings, the Matriculation girls were fortunate in being able to attend a French play, " Le Docteur Knock," at Wesley College, performed by members of the Alliance Francaise de Victoria. This was a new experience for most of us, and we are greatly indebted to Miss Shaw and

Miss Botterill for taking us to Melbourne on this occasion.

On August 14th the Alliance Francaise held their oral examinations. Girls from Sub-Intermediate to Matriculation took part in these, and we congratulate many girls on their successes.

We would like to thank Miss Botterill and Miss Evans, who have made our meetings possible by their enthusiasm and untiring work in our interests. Je souhaite a nos membres de bonne chance pour l'annee prochaine.

Jeannette Weaver.

CANTEEN REPORT As in previous years, the school tuck shop has been a very popular centre. The sale of buns has been continued through the year, and during the Winter term hot pies were also available, allowing the day girls to buy their lunches at school if they wished. Ice cream, soft drinks and sweets have also been sold, providing light refreshments.

The senior girls of each school house have again assisted in conducting the canteen each day of the week. On Saturdays senior girls have supervised its opening so that the boarders can benefit from it.

We thank Mrs. Lilburne for her continued interest and supervision of the canteen. It is to be hoped that the canteen will continue to be a success and a popular resort for the girls with spare pennies.

Jennifer Bradshaw.

MUSIC CLUB REPORT 1954 Our Music Club has again had a most successful year. We have been privileged to hear many talented artists, and have also had the opportunity of hearing our own girls.

The Music Club Committee consists of the Music Staff, with Miss Wadelton as president, and the captains and the vice-captains of the boarding houses.

They are Jenny Neale (McPhee) and Jeanette Weaver (David); joint secretaries Elaine Barber (David), Margaret Speers and Olive Howell (Hearne), Barbara Manger (McPhee), and Margaret Carmichael and Denise Hargreaves (Neilson).

The first meeting of the year was held on Saturday, 3rd April, when two of our Music Staff, Misses Butler and McQualter, gave us

HOUSE COMMITTEE Standing: Jennifer Neale, Elaine Barber, Olive Howell, Ruth Richardson, Sheena Macintyre Seated: Mary Gawith, Denise Hargreaves, Jeannette Weaver

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SHAKESPEARE DAY RINGING THE BELL

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On Saturday, 24th April, Mrs. Thomas brought two of her pupils, Miss Joy Mammin and Mr. Max Johnstone, to give an enjoyable evening of vocal solos and duets, accompanied by Mrs. Thomas.

On Saturday, June 19th, we were privileged to hear the "Ampro Trio." Miss Sonja Horowitz, playing the 'cello, Mr. Ronald Smyth, playing the violin, and Mr. Les Myers at the piano, gave us an excellent programme of chamber music.

The next meeting was on Saturday, July 17th, and this time the music students entertained us with duets and trios, and Miss Hoe's Choir sang three songs.

The programme was divided into two sections, one being by Australian composers. The final item was "Waltzing Matilda," sung by Mrs. Hoe's Choir, with the audience joining in the chorus.

On the last Sunday of the second term the choral section of the music competitions was held, and Mr. Basil Jones adjudicated. Congratulations go to McPhee and Geelong, who tied for first place. They were followed by Neilson, Hearne and David. The piano section of the competitions was held on Sunday, October 3rd, and the placings were: Geelong, McPhee, Neilson, David and Hearne.

We sincerely thank Mr. Jones for his helpful advice and just criticisms in his adjudication.

On Saturday, November 13th, we hope to hear one of our old collegians, Davina McIntosh, who this year is continuing her studies at the Conservatorium.

Also our Music Club party is to be held on November 20th.

We have heard many celebrity artists. The first of these concerts was held on Thursday, April 29th, when Marjorie Conley, Alan Eddy and Max Wortheley gave "A Night of Opera," with Margaret Schoefield at the piano. On June 3rd we heard Solomon, the famous British pianist, who played works from Haydn, Scarlatti, Beethoven and Chopin. The next concert was given by the Belgian soprano, Suzanne Danco, on June 29th. On August 12th we heard Isaac Stern, the famous American violinist, who played from Mozart and Paganini. The final

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celebrity concert will be the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Goossens, on October 19th.

Apart from these activities we have been to an organ recital given by Mr. Firth, the organist at St. David's Presbyterian Church, on 24th April. Some of the senior music girls attended a musical evening given at Geelong College by Mr. Roy Sheppard and three of his pupils: Misses Judith Potter and Rosemary Hole, and Mr. Max Sheppard. On the next night other girls went to hear the Viennese Boys' Choir.

On August 12th the Music Festival was held in the Geelong Theatre. Many schools took part, and we are much indebted to Mrs. Thomas for the work she has put into training and conducting our choir.

Once again Mrs. Hoe has been very active in continuing her choir work. The great increase in numbers at the beginning of the year shows the greater appreciation for the wonderful opportunitly of real choir work within the school. We are very sorry that Mrs. Hoe will not be with us next year, as she and her husband are going abroad. We wish them a very pleasant journey.

One of the biggest feats of the year and our proudest contribution to the Music Club is our new School Orchestra. Although it has just begun, we have great hopes for the future. Mr. Smyth has begun a class for the violins, and three girls are learning the 'cello from Mrs. Elder. The potential flautists have been unfortunate in not yet being able to find an instructor, but possibilities are looming up for next year. One clarinet enthusiast has begun lessons at Geelong College. We hope that the enthusiasm of these few girls, who have achieved one of the school's ambitions, will be a permanent one, and that new recruits will take part next year to strengthen this band of beginners.

The music examinations have resulted in a very creditable honour list, and we especially congratulate the perception girls, whose results have achieved an outstanding record.

Next year we shall be very sorry to lose Miss Wurfel, who is going abroad to further her studies. We wish her every success, and hope that when she returns she will tell us of some of her experiences.

For these excellent opportunities we are greatly indebted to Miss Shaw, our patroness,

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and Miss Wadelton, who has worked incessantly and encouragingly in our musical interests. We sincerely thank her, the Music Staff and the girls for another enjoyable year, and wish the Music Club every success in the future.

Jennifer Neale.

Jeannette Weaver.

P.F.A. We recommenced our activities in February with the following committee: D. Hargreaves (president), J. Neale and J. Weaver (vice-presidents), M. Gawith (secretary), 0. Howell (treasurer), E. Barber, J. Bradshaw, M. Carmichael, R. Holt and S. Macintyre.

Our syllabus has included an auction sale, folk dancing, several Bible studies, and the biographies of Wilfred Grenfell, David Livingstone and Albert Schiveitzer, prepared by the girls.

We extend our appreciation to the Rev. Mr. R. A. Blackwood, who willingly spared time in order to speak at our meetings.

Everyone thoroughly enjoyed his two addresses—one on "Religious Sects" and the other on the recent Assembly of the Australian Presbyterian Church in Sydney.

Miss Shaw, who has so readily co-operated with us throughout the year, made it possible for us to see two films, "Men of the Mulga" and "Man Darkness No More," which vividly portrayed the missionary aspect of the Church at Ernabella and in the New Hebrides.

During April an Easter service was held.

A carol service and a badge presentation service are to be prepared for term III. Several girls represented Morongo P.F.A. at a youth tea held in June at St. David's.

We thank this branch for its cordial invitation and hospitality.

On the "service" side we have sent several piles of magazines to the A.I.M. and a parcel of clothing to the "Save the Children Fund," and a box of soft toys, soap, washers and scrapbooks are to be sent to missionary centres. With "credit" from last year our finance has already exceeded £10.

We hope the girls who are leaving will continue to play an active part in the P.F.A.'s in the districts to which they go, and those returning will aim to strengthen

the influence of this fellowship with the school.

Let the school motto, "Sint Lucernae Ardentes," also apply to our P.F.A. Mary Gawith.

HOSPITAL REPORT To finish paying for the Hospital sunroom was our aim this year, and we reached it with the generous help of Mrs. Kennedy and the Parents and Friends. A stall was held during the first term, at which £42 was raised. This cleared the sunroom debt, and also bought a new wireless. Mrs. Burns most kindly donated a three-tiered autotray to help eliminate the sisters' tray carrying in the Hospital; this gift is greatly appreciated.

Books were received from the school library, and a new writing desk, practically paid for, is to be installed in the sunroom.

We should like to thank Mrs. Kennedy, Miss Pillow and Miss Jacka for their constant interest in and care for us all.

Jennifer McConnell.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We wish to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the following magazines, and apologise for any unintentional omissions:— "Patchwork," from Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne; "Silver and Green," from Methodist Ladies' College, Hawthorn; "The Brook," from Tintern C.E.G.G.S., Melbourne; "Coo-ee," from The Hermitage, Geelong; "The M.C.E.G.G.S. Magazine"; "Cluthan," from Clyde, Woodend; "The Touchstone," from Clarendon Ladies' College, Ballarat; "The Gleam," from Presbyterian Ladies' College, Orange; "Wilderness School Magazine"; "Clayfield College Magazine"; "The Pegasus," from Geelong College; "The Corian," from Geelong Grammar School; "The Scotch Collegian," from Scotch College, Melbourne; "The Mitre," from Trinity Grammar School, Kew. Miss Hope has again ensured that ''The Lucernian" is a fitting representative of Morongo. All who have seen her helping those in literary difficulties, and taking over much of the routine work which the preparation of a magazine involves, will join with us in thanking her wholeheartedly. We thank also the girls who battled with typewriters to prepare "The Lucernian."

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SPEECH DAY, 1953 Our annual Speech Night was held in the Palais Royal on December 9th. An inspiring address was given by our guest speaker, the Rev. L. 0. C. White. Before he presented the prizes our former headmistress, Miss Pratt, presented the sports trophies.

In her report Miss Shaw referred to the many fresh interests which creep into school life. "Our big problem is to select the desirable and discard the superficial." She spoke of another problem, the acute shortage of teachers. "Church schools are crying out for good teachers, and we do look in our need for help from our own girls."

PRIZE LIST, 1953 JUNIOR SCHOOL Kindergarten: Group A: Wendy Sweeten, Handwork; Margaret Wood, Drawing; Wendy Bartlett, Progress.

Group B: Jillian Price, Handwork; Kathlyn Hearn, Drawing; Jennifer Bickford, First in Form.

Preparatory: Jillian Bartlett, Handwork; Pamela Bartlett, Handwork, First in Form.

Form IA: Joan Ingpen, Handwork; Barbara Wylie, Drawing; Celia Russell, Good Citizen (gift of a Grateful Parent) ; Morag Sinclair, First in Form.

Form IB: Vicki Chamberlain, Handwork; Merrian Keays, Handwork; Sue Troughton, Handwork; Felice Dougall, First in Form (gift of a Grateful Parent).

Form IC: Margaret Cripps, Handwork; Lois Millikan, Handwork; Janice Wood, Handwork; Susan Bickford, First in Form.

Form II: Jeannie Currie, Handwork; Janece Harvey, Handwork; Wendy Nelson, Good Citizen; Margaret Wylie, Good Citizen (gift of a Grateful Parent); Susan Cook, Improvement (gift of Junior Auxiliary); Marianne Roszbach, Junior Ballet (gift of Miss Lascelles) ; Progress (Mrs. P. Neilson Memorial Prize); Jennifer Dunkley, Handwork, Honours; Lea Hamilton, Handwork, Honours; Sandra Shone, Honours; Alison Sloman, Scripture, Honours; Heather Scott, Handwork, Dux of Junior School.

SENIOR SCHOOL Form IIIC: Barbara Spafford, Handwork; Janice Bell, Form Prize; Wendy Wood, Scripture; Lynette Angus, Music (gift of Miss Wurfel), Honours; Helen Fidge, Honours; Jennifer Higgins, Honours; Alison Laird, Honours.

Form IIIB: Robin Fisher, Handwork; Margot Hallam, Form Prize; Margaret Kidd, Honours; Jillian Webb, Scripture, Honours; Doreen West, Honours.

Form IIIA: Helen Millikan, Craft; Heather Boodle, Form Prize; June Hooper, Form Prize; Barbara Williams, Dramatic (gift of Miss Apted), Form Prize; Heather Mockridge, Diction (gift of Mrs,

J. H. Steele), Scripture; Janice Gray, Music (gift of Miss McQualter), Honours; Janice Johns, Honours; Virginia Profitt, Honours; Elizabeth Rushbrooke, Honours.

Remove II: Diana Deans, Most Marked Improvement in Ballet (gift of Miss Lascelles); Pamela. Hicks, Music (gift of Mrs. Watson); Helen McPhee, Craft; Jeanette Griffiths, Form Prize; Gladys Pettitt, Form Prize; Gail Rogers, Form Prize; Jeanette Potter, Scripture; Pauline Chamberlain, Honours; Jill Cumpston, Honours.

Remove I: Jocelyn Burt, Music (gift of Miss Butler); Jacqueline Holland, Form Prize; Jurate Normantas, Form Prize; Muriel Thomson, Form Prize; Helen Buckley, Scripture; Lorraine Peck, Honours; Elizabeth Roland, Honours; Clara Macintyre, Honours: Janet McIntyre, Music (gift of Miss Wadelton), Art and Craft, Honours.

Form IVBY: Leonie Metherall, Junior " Lucernian Contribution; Judith Elms, Form Prize; Janette Ockleston, Form Prize; Heather Burns, Junior Boarders' Prize; Rosemary Lee, Diction (gift of Mrs. J. H. Steele); Barbara Bradshaw, Scripture, Honours; Janne Kilsby, Honours; Carole Leigh, Honours; Pamela Radford, Craft, Honours; Annette Rogers, Honours.

Form IVBX: Sandra Bedggood, Music (gift of Miss Butler) ; Anne Higgins, Art and Craft, Form Prize; Lois Slack, Form Prize; Nancy Fewtrell, Honours; Priscilla Head, Scripture, Honours; Elizabeth Kidd, Honours; Helen Lewis, Honours; Annabel Russell, Honours.

Sub-Intermediate T: Janet McKenzie, Music (gift of Miss Littleton) ; Helen Jones, Craft; Mary Ellis, Form Prize; Hazel Long, Form Prize; Judith Wallis, Form Prize; Beverley Reynolds, Credit.

Sub-Intermediate G: Shirley Sutherland, Music (gift of Miss McQualter) ; Marion Chappell, Miss Keay.s Needlework Prize, Dressmaking; Patricia Chew, Form Prize; Jennifer David, Form Prize; Judith Langtree, Form Prize; Lynette Peel, Form Prize; Glenys Wood, Influence in Sport and Work (gift of Mrs. H. T. Lilburne), Form Prize; Lexie Boardman, Dramatic Art (gift of Miss Apted), Honours; Pamela nett, Music (gift of Miss Littleton), Honours.

Intermediate: Sandra Wotherspoon, Dancing (gift of Miss Lascelles) ; Louise White, Craft (gift of Miss Howard) ; Margaret Carmichael, Music (gift of Miss Wadelton), Dancing (gift of Miss Lascelles), French (gift of Alliance Francaise) ; Valerie Solomon, French (gift of Alliance Francaise); Margaret Cameron, Form Prize; Janet Hanna, Form Prize; Denise Hargreaves, Form Prize; Rosalind Holt, Form Prize; Jancis Russell, Form Prize; Wendy Say, Form Prize; Patricia Tymms, Honours (Olive Filmer Prize).

Leaving: Riona Mills, Craft (gift of Miss Howard); Jean Marriner, Dressmaking (gift of Miss Burch); Jennifer Neale, Music (gift of Miss Wadelton) Jeanette Fewtrell, French (gift of Alliance Francaise) ; Alwynne Huddleston, French (gift of Alliance Francaise); Lynette Engish, Form Prize; Mary Gawith, Form Prize; Mary Gawith, Form Prize;

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Sheena Macintyre, Form Prize; Elizabeth Small, Form Prize; Voi Boardman, Senior Boarders' Prize (in memory of Pioneer Scots) ; Jennifer Bradshaw, Credit Prize; Jeanette Weaver, Music Prize (gift of Miss Wadelton), Credit Prize; Diane Devereaux, Honours.

Matriculation: Mary Selle, Dramatic Art (gift of Miss Apted) ; Jennifer Biddulph, Music (gift of Miss Butler) ; Devine McIntosh, Senior Lucernian " Contribution, Valedictory Prize; Margaret Dando, Form Prize; Gerda Nicolson, French (gift of Alliance Francaise), Form Prize, Carrie Haase Shakespeare Prize; Olive Howell, Form Prize (gift of Sally Harris), Alice M. Partington Prize; Mary McDonaid, Alice M. Partington Prize, F. E. Browne Memorial Prize; Rosemary Aikman, Prefects' Valedictory Prize; Denise Bodey, Prefects' Valedictory Prize; Dina Cannon, Librarian's Prize, Prefects' Valedictory Prize; Barbara Fargie, Prefects' Prize, Form Prize: Helen Hirst, Prefects' Valedictory Prize; Claire Norwood, French (gift of Alliance Francaise), Lucernian Editress, Prefects' Valedictory Prize; Anna McBain, D. F. Neilson Memorial Prize; Anne Weaver, W. J. Jones (Worthy Citizen) Award; Dina Cannon, Nell Moreton Memorial Prize (Music), Proxime Accessit (gift of Old Collegians' Association); Claire Norwood, Dux of the School (gift of the Old Collegians' Association) ; Mary Selle, A. C. Harris Prize.

SPORTS PRIZES AND SPECIAL AWARDS Tennis: School Champion, Janice Anderson; runner-up, Barbara Manger. Senior Champion, Jennifer McKewan; runner-up, Pamela Ilett. Junior Champion, Barbara Bradshaw; runner-up, Prudence McKewan. Senior Doubles, Jeannette Weaver and Pamela Ilett. Junior Doubles, Prudence McKewan and Patricia Tymms.

Athletics: Senior Champion, Dianne Errey. Under 16 Champion, Pamela nett. Under 14 Champion, Margaret Holt. Under 12 Champion, Betty Grant.

Under 10 Champion, Carol David. Kindergarten, Dianne Batten.

Swimming: Senior Champion, Prudence Israel; runnerup not awarded. Intermediate Champion, Jacqueline de Ferranti; runner-up, Pamela Lilburne. Junior Champion, Mardi Fallaw; runners-up, Fay Gordon and Lesley Wray. Beryl Roberts' Award, Elaine Barber. Clare Strong Award, Denise Bodey.

HOUSE SHIELDS AND CUPS Ena Miller Shield for Swimming: ARDENS (Captain, B. Fargie) and HARRIS (Captain, D. Chew), equal.

Marion Rankin Shield for Basketball: ARDENS. Ruth Macmillan Shield for Hockey: ROSLYN (Captain, D. Cannon).

Eileen Buckhurst Shield for Baseball: ARDENS. Hitchcock Tennis Cup: ARDENS. Mrs. H. B. Simson Junior Tennis Cup: ARDENS. Margaret Shannon Memorial Cup for Athletics: LAWSON (Captain, H. Hirst).

Pettift Shield for Work: HARRIS. Mrs. Lewis Hirst's Cup for Work, Sport and Conduct: ARDENS. Charles Nevill's Cup for Inter-House Sport: ARDENS.

EXAMINATION RESULTS INTERMEDIATE D. Baxter: English Expression, Mathematics A, Mathematics B, Arithmetic, Geography, General Science A, General Science B, English Literature, French.

(Certificate).

A. Cameron: Geography, General Science A, English Literature, British History, Craft. (Compensatory Certificate).

M. Cameron: Geography, General Science A, English Literature, Craft.

M. Carmichael: Mathematics A, Music, Geography, General Science A, French. (Compensatory Certificate).

D. Hargreaves: English Expression,, Mathematics A, Arithmetic, Geography, General Science A, General Science B, English Literature, British History. (Certificate) .

J. Hanna: English Expression, Mathematics A, Geography, General Science A, English Literature, British History, Music. (Certificate).

P. Hawker: Mathematics A, Arithmetic, English Literature, British History.

J. Hazeldine: English Expression, Mathematics A, Mathematics B, Geography, General Science A, General Science B, English Literature, French.

(Certificate).

D. Hill: English Expression, Mathematics A, Mathematics B, Geography, General Science A, English Literature, French, Music. (Certificate).

R. Holt: Expression, Geography, General Science A, English Literature, British History, Music. (Certificate).

P. Lilburne: English Expression, Mathematics A, Mathematics B, Geography, General Science A, Genera; Science B, English Literature, French, British History. (Certificate).

J. Lindsay: English Expression, Mathematics A, Mathematics B, Geography, General Science A, General Science B, French, Craft. (Certificate).

N.

Longwell: English Expression, Mathematics A, Mathematics B, Geography, General Science A, French, Music. (Certificate).

B. Manger: Arithmetic, English Literature, British History, Craft.

M. Moir: English Expression, Geography, General Science A, British History, Craft.

B. Moses: Geography, Music.

P. McKewan: English Expression, Mathematics A, Geography, General Science A, English Literature, French. (Certificate).

R. McLennan: English Literature, British History, Craft.

B. Pearce: History.

Geography, English Literature, British

F. Pope: English Expression, Geography, General Science A, General Science B, English Literature, (Certificate).

French.

J. Ruffin: English Expression, Mathematics A, Mathematics B, Geography, General Science A, General Science B, English Literature, French, Art, Music.

(Certificate).

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matics B, Geography, General Science A, General Science B, English Literature, French, Latin, Music.

(Certificate).

M. Salmon: Arithmetic, English Literature, Craft.

English Expression, Mathematics A, Geography, General Science A, English Literature, British History, Music. (Certificate).

H. Shaw: English Expression, British History.

V. Solomon: English Expression, Arithmetic, General Science A, English Literature, French, Art. (Certificate).

K. Stallard: English Expression, Mathematics A, Mathematics B, Geography, General Science A, General Science B, English Literature, French, Craft.

(Certificate).

W. Say:

L. Townsend:

Mathematics A, General Science A,

English, Mathematics II, French Latin, British History. (Certificate).

J. Knox: English, Biology, Domestic Science.

J. Kumnick: English, Biology, French, British History, Modern History. (Certificate).

S. Macintyre: English, Biology, Geography, British History, Modern History, Domestic Science. (Certificate).

J. Marriner: English, Geography, British History, Domestic Science, Craft, Music. (Certificate).

J. McConnell: English, Biology, Geography, British (Certificate).

History.

W. McIntyre: English, Biology, French, British History, Domestic Science. (Certificate).

A. Huddleston:

N. McKellar: English.

J. McKewan: English, French, British History, Domestic

Science.

D. McLelland: Geography, Domestic Science.

Music.

P. Tymms: English Expression, Mathematics A, Mathe-

matics B, Geography, General Science A, General Science B, English Literature, French, British History.

(Certificate).

L. White: English Expression, Mathematics A, Mathe-

matics B, Arithmetic, Geography, General Science A, General Science B, English Literature, British History, Craft. (Certificate).

E. Wood: Arithmetic, Geography, History of Aus-

tralasia and the Pacific, Art, Craft.

English Expression, Mathematics A, Geography, General Science A, General Science B, English Literature, British History, Art. (Certificate).

L. Wood:

English Expression, Geography, General Science A, English Literature, British History, Craft, Music. (Certificate).

S. Wotherspoon:

LEAVING J. Anderson: Biology.

R. Mills: Craft.

English, Biology, Geography, British His(Certificate).

A. Ockleston: Craft.

H. Profitt: English, Biology, Geography, British History.

(Certificate).

J. Read: English, Biology, Geography, British History, Art. (Certificate).

R. Richardson: English, Biology, Geography, British History, Modern History. (Certificate).

E. Smail: English, Geography, British History, Domestic Science.

(Certificate).

M. Speers: English, Biology, Geography, British History.

(Certificate).

M. Vautier: English, Biology, Geography, British History, Art. (Certificate).

J. Weaver: English, Mathematics I, Geography, French, British History, Music. (Certificate).

D. Wilson: English, Biology, Modern History, Domestic Science. (Certificate).

J. Neale:

tory.

E. Barber: English, Biology, Geography, British History,

(Certificate) .

W. Bedggood: English, Biology, French, Modern History. (Certificate).

V. Boardman: English, Mathematics I, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, Art. (Certificate).

J. Bradshaw: English, Geography, British History, Modern History, Craft. (Certificate).

E. Davies: English, Biology, Geography, Domestic Science.

(Certificate).

Deve•eaux: English, Biology, Geography, French, British History, Modern History. (Certificate).

N. Devine: Biology, British History.

J. Edwards: English, Chemistry, Biology, Geography.

(Certificate).

MATRICULATION, 1953

Music.

English, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, British History. (Certificate).

J. Fewtrell: English, Mathematics I, Chemistry, Biology, French, British History, Music, Musical Perception.

(Certificate).

L. Engish:

G. Ford: Biology, Domestic Science, Craft.

M. Gawith:

English, Mathematics I, Biology, Geography, British History, Music. (Certificate).

H. Hopkins: English, Mathematics I, Mathematics II,

Physics, French, British History, Music. (Certificate).

English Expression, Pure Mathematics, Physics, Biology. (Matriculation).

R. Aikman:

English Expression, Modern History, Music, Leaving French. (Matriculation Compensatory).

J. Biddulph:

English Expression, English Literature, French, Biology. (Matriculation).

D. Bodey:

V. Cairns: English Expression, Biology, Modern His-

tory, British History. (Matriculation).

D. Cannon:

English Expression, English Literature, French, Modern History, Music. (Matriculation).

D. Chew: English Expression, English Literature.

M. Dando: Geography, Biology, Intermediate Art. D. Errey: English Expression, Leaving Biology.

B. Fargie: English Expression, Biology, Leaving Mathematics II, Leaving Physics, Leaving Chemistry.

N. Hindson: English Expression, Biology, Geography,

British History. (Matriculation).

H. Hirst: French.

0. Howell:

English Expression, English Literature, French, Geography, Modern History. (Matriculation).

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P. Israel: English Expression, English Literature, French.

A. McBain: English Expression, French, Physics, Chemistry, Biology. (Matriculation).

M. McDonald: English Expression, Modern History.

D. McIntosh: English Expression, English Literature, Music Practical (Ist Honours), Music Theory.

(Matriculation).

A. McIntyre: English Expression, English Literature, British History.

W. Munro: English Expression, French, Physics, Chemistry, Biology (2nd Honours). (Matriculation).

G. Nicolson: English Expression, English Literature, French (2nd Honours). (Compensatory Matriculation).

C. Norwood: English Expression, French (2nd Honours), Physics, Chemistry, Biology. (Matriculation).

M. Rix: Leaving Geography.

M. Selle: English Expression, English Literature, Biology, Modern History, British History. (Matriculation).

A. Weaver: English Expression, French, Biology.

(Compensatory Matriculation).

M. Arnoldt: MUSIC RESULTS First Grade: J. Dale, Honours; D. Holt, Honours; J. Lucas, Honours.

Second Grade: J. Burt, Honours; J. Gray, Honours.

Third Grade: P. Evans, Pass; S. Ingpen, Pass; J. McIntyre, Honours; J. Polley, Credit; G. Thompson, Honours; S. Tucker, Honours.

Fourth Grade: P. Barber, Credit; S. Bedggood, Honours; L. Boardman, Honours; G. Hamilton, Pass; J. Heard, Credit; D. Waugh, Credit.

Fifth Grade: E. Arnoldt, Honours; R. Atkins, Credit; S. Bennett, Credit; J. Carmichael, Honours; J. Hanna, Credit; M. Harper, Pass; P. !lett, Honours; J: Russell, Credit; W. Say, Credit; E. Townsend, Credit; M. Youngs, Credit.

Sixth Grade: M. Carmichael, Honours; R. Holt, Honours; S. Wotherspoon, Credit.

Seventh Grade: D. Ross, Pass; J. Weaver, Credit.

PERCEPTION Third Grade: E. Arnoldt, Honours; R. Atkins, Honours; P. Barber, Honours; S. Bennett, Honours; L. Boardman, Honours; M. Harper, Honours; J. Heard, Pass; P. Ilett, Honours; J. McMiken, Honours; D. Waugh, Credit.

Fourth Grade: J. Weaver, Honours.

ALLIANCE FRANCAISE ORAL EXAMS, 1954 MATRICULATION STANDARD Dictation: Honourable Mention: A. Huddleston (2), 0. Howell, J. Weaver.

Reading and Conversation: Second Prize, D. Devereaux; Honourable Mention, A. Huddleston ( 1 ), J. Weaver, 0. Howell.

Recitation: First Prize, J. Weaver; Honourable Mention, D. Devereaux, A. Huddleston, 0. Howell.

LEAVING STANDARD Dictation: Honourable 'Mention, J. Russell ( I), P. Lilburne, N. Longwell, J. Hazeldine, M. Carmichael, P. Tymms.

Reading and Conversation: Second Prize, J. Russell and P. Lilburne; Honourable Mention, N. Longwell ( I ), J. Ruffin, D. Hill.

Recitation: Honourable Mention, F. Pope ( I), J. Hazeldine, P. Lilburne, D. Hill, J. Ruffin, P. Tymms, J. Russell.

INTERMEDIATE STANDARD Dictation: Honourable Mention, J. Turnbull, L. Boardman, H. McLeod, H. Murray; Passes, M. Harper.

M. Apps, P. Illet, J. David, L. Dyson, C. Shepherd.

Recitation: Honourable Mention, H. McLeod (1), J. David (2), L. Dyson (2), L. Boardman, M. Chappell.

SUB-INTERMEDIATE STANDARD Recitation: First, A. Russell; Honourable Mention, P. Evans ( 1 ), P. Head ( I ), D. Lilburne ( 1 ), J. deFerranti (1), G. Hamilton ( I ) , P. Radford (2), E. Sprigg (2), J. Gorell (2), N. Fewtrell (2), N. Pettitt, A. Rogers, A. Worrall, R. Lee, C. Fisher, D. Ross, C. Lee.

VALETE, 1953 MATRICULATION Rosemary Aikman: Prefect, 1953; Forum Representative, 1953; Probationer, 1952; Half House Colours, 1953; Intermediate and Leaving Certificates; Matriculation.

Margaret Arnoldt: House Council Representative, 1953.

Jennifer Biddulph: Forum, '1953; Lawson House ViceCaptain, 1953; Nielson House Captain, 1953; Music 1953; Club Committee, 1953; Ist and 2nd Junior Swimming Runner-up, 1949; Leaving Certificate, 1952; Compensatory Matriculation, 1953.

Denise Bodey: Prefect, 1953; Intermediate and Leaving Certificates; Matriculation, 1953.

Dina Cannon: Prefect, 1953; Probationer, 1952; Forum Representative, 1951, 1952, 1953; Library Com• mittee, 1952; Librarian, 1953; Roslyn Vice-Captain, 1952; Roslyn House Captain, 1953; Ist VIII, 195253; School Tennis Colours, 1952; House Colours, 1951; McPhee House Captain, 1953; McPhee House Vice-Captain, 1952; House Committee, 1952-53; Music Club Committee, 1952; Secretary Music Club, 1953; Intermediate and leaving Certificates; Matriculation, 1953.

Valarie Cairns: Forum Representative, 1953; David House Vice-Captain, 1953; House Council Representative, 1952; Music Club Committee, 1953; Leaving Certificate, 1952; Matriculation, 1953.

Dorothy Chew: Deputy Prefect, 1953; Harris House Captain, 1953; Sports Captain, 1953; Ist XI, 195152-53; 1st IX, 1952-53; School Hockey Colours, 1951; School Baseball Colours, 1952; House Colours, 1951; David House Captain, 1953; House Committee, 1953; House Council Representative, 1952; Music Club Committee, 1953; Intermediate and Leaving Certificates.

Margaret Dando: Intermediate and Leaving Certificates.

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THE LUCERNIAN Dianne Errey: Roslyn House Vice-Captain, 1953.

Forum Representative, 1952; 1st XI, 1951-53; 1st IX, 1953; 2nd VIII, 1952-53; Athletics, 1952-53; House Colours, 1951; School Colours, 1951; Senior Athletics Champion, 1953; Nielson House Vice-Captain, 1953; Music Club Committee, 1953; Leaving Certificate.

Nancy Hindson: David House Council Representative, 1953; Secretary P.F.A., 1953; Leaving Certificate.

1952; Matriculation, 1953.

Helen Hirst: Prefect, 1953; Probationer, 1952; Forurn Representative, 1952; Lawson House Captain, 1953• House Colours, 1953; French Club Committee, 1953; Geelong House Captain, 1953; Music Club Committee, 1953; Intermediate and Leaving Certificates.

Prudence Israel: Deputy Prefect, 1953; Harris House Vice-Captain, 1953; Forum Representative, 1952; Committee, Library Committee, 1953; Lucernian 1953; Swimming Team, 1952-53; School Swimming Colours, 1952; Intermediate Swimming Champion, 1951; Open Swimming Champion, 1953; Half House Colours, 1953; Social Service Secretary, 1953; P.F.A. Committee, 1953; McPhee House Vice-Captain, 1953; House Council Representative, 1952; House Committee, 1952-53; Music Club Committee, 1953; Leaving Certificate.

Lucernian Wyn Munro: Library Committee, 1953; Committee, 1953; Vice-President P.F.A., 1953; House Council Representative, 1953; Intermediate and Leaving Certificates, Matriculation, 1953.

Anna McBain: Vice-Head Prefect, 1953; Deputy Prefect, 1952; Forum Secretary, 1953; Librarian, 1952; Intermediate and Leaving Certificates, Compensatory Matriculation, 1952; Matriculation, 1953.

Mary McDonald: Deputy Prefect, 1953; Forum Representative, 1953; Library Committee, 1953; Treasurer P.F.A., 1953 ; House Committee, 1952-53; House Council Representative, 1953; Leaving Certificate.

Davina McIntosh: Deputy Prefect, 1953; Music Club Committee, 1952-53; Intermediate and Leaving Certificates, Matriculation, 1953.

Alison McIntyre: Deputy Prefect, 1953; Forum Representative, 1953; President P.F.A., 1953; Hearne House Vice-Captain, 1953; House Council, 1951-52; Music Club Committee, 1953; Intermediate and Leaving Certificates.

Gerda Nicolson: Deputy Prefect, 1953; Forum Representative, 1953; Half House Colours, 1953; Secretary P.F.A., 1953; Intermediate and Leaving Certificates, Compensatory Matriculation, 1953.

Clare Norwood: Prefect, 1953; Probationer, 1952; Library Committee, 1952-53; Lucernian Editress, 1953; Forum Representative, 1953; 2nd VII, 1953: Under 12 Athletics Champion, 1947; Junior Swimming Champion, 1949; Social Service Secretary, 1953; Geelong House Vice-Captain, 1953; Intermediate and Leaving Certificates, Matriculation, 1953.

Merle Rix: Forum Representative, 1953; 2nd XI, 1952; 1st XI, 1953; P.F.A. Committee, 1953; House Committee, 1953; House Council Representative, 1952-53.

Mary Selle: Head Prefect, 1953; Deputy Prefect, 1952, Forum Representative, 1952; Library Committee, 1953; Lucernian Committee, 1953; 1st XI, 1952-

53; 2nd XI, 1950-51; Swimming Team, 1951, 1953; 2nd VIII, 1953; House Colours, 1951; Hearne House Vice-Captain, 1952; House Council Representative, 1951; House Committee, 1951-53; Intermediate and Leaving Certificates, Compensatory Matriculation.

1952; Matriculation, 1953.

Anne Weaver: Forum Representative, 1953; Form Captain, 1953; 1st VIII, 1953; Half House Colours, 1953 House Committee, 1953; House Council Representative, 1953; Leaving Certificate, Compensator, Matriculation, 1953.

LEAVING J. Anderson: 1st IX, 1952; Vice-Captain Ist IX, 1953; 1st VII, 1952; Vice-Captain 1st VII, 1953; Ist VIII, 1952; Vice-Captain Ist VIII, 1953; School Colours, Athletics, 1952; Baseball, 1952; Basketball, 1952.

Tennis, 1953; House Colours, 1953.

W. Bedggood: House Council Representative, 1952; P.F.A. Committee, 1953; Hearne House Captain, 1953; House Committee, 1953; Music Club Committee, 1953; Compensatory Intermediate Certificate, 1952; Leaving Certificate, 1953.

V. Boardman: P.F.A. Committee, 1953; Intermediate Certificate, 1952; Leaving Certificate, 1953.

E. Davies: Intermediate Certificate, 1952; Leaving Certificate, 1953.

N. Devine: Library Committee, 1953; Roslyn Forum Representative, 1953; 2nd XI, 1953.

J. Edwards: Leaving Certificate.

G. Ford: J. Knox: Compensatory Intermediate Certificate, 1952.

W. McIntyre: Leaving Certificate, 1953.

N. McKellar: D. McLelland: Intermediate Certificate, 1952.

J. Marriner: Intermediate Certificate, 1952; Leaving Certificate, 1953.

R. Mills: Intermediate Certificate, 1952.

A. Ockleston: J. Read: Intermediate Certificate, 1952; Leaving Certificate, 1953.

E. Smail: House Council Representative, 1953; Harris Forum Representative, 1953; Leaving Certificate, 1953.

M. Vautier: Library Committee, 1953; Intermediate Certificate, 1952; Leaving Certificate, 1953.

D. Wilson: Intermediate Certificate, 1952; Leaving Certificate, 1953.

M. Salmon: Harris Half House Colours.

INTERMEDIATE D. Baxter: Intermediate Certificate.

M. Forbes: P. Hawker: D. Loughridge: R. McLennan: V. Mills: M. Moir: 1st IX. V. Solomon: Swimming Colours; Intermediate Certificate.

H. Shaw: 1st VII, 1952-53; Baskbetball Colours, 1953.

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J. Fewtrell: G. Griffiths: L. Leyland: H. Long: E. Strong: S. Sutherland: J. Tonkin: J. Wilson: IVB J. Kumpston: L. Fagg: J. Fischer: H. McPhee: G. Rogers: REMOVE M. Colledge: IIIA D. West: Left 1954.

D. Wilson:

SALVETE, 1954 Matriculation: Louise Roberts.

Leaving: Elizabeth Arnoldt, Rosemary Atkins, Norene Hindson, Ruth McDonald, Merran Urquhart, Robin Urquhart, Wendy Whitehead.

Intermediate: Valma Carson, Judith Raymond, Kay Maguire, Elaine Thomas.

Carmichael, Margaret Judith Sub - Intermediate: Chapple, Valda Hannaford, Dorothy Momm, Joy Patching, Elizabeth Piper, Elizabeth Powell, Helen Richardson, Geraldine Thompson, Susan Tucker, Helen Walker, Patricia Wenn, Mary Youngs.

IVB: Gwenneth Bradshaw, Lois Hanna, Judith Hose, Judith McLennan, Janette Pope, Heather McDonald, Aina Veldre, Barbara Williamson.

Remove: Beverly Andrew, Vivienne Browne, Suzanne Curnow, Lynette England, Marjorie Fisher, Heather Geddes, Rosemary Henry, Pamela Johnson, Mar• garet Leigh, Margaret Lewis, Diane Longwell, Barbara Paton, Pauline Seitz, Rhonda Stokes, Beverly Strong, Jillian Urquhart.

IIIA: Susan Ballantyne, Carole Gerlach, Robyn Hicks, Robyn Hodgson, Frances Lewis, Margaret McAdie, Marjorie McInnes.

IIIB: Jennifer Dale.

IIIC: Marilyn Bousfield, Jill Harvey (Junior School).

ORIGINAL SECTION THE SUBSTANCE OF SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDY In all tragedies we find a representation of the tragic aspect of life, with the hero dying before the end of the play. It is a tale of suffering and calamity conducive to death, usually unexpected, and contrasting with previous happiness. It appeals to sympathy and pity besides fear; man is made afraid of the inscrutable power which uses humans as mere playthings.

It is important to note the use of people of "high degree," for example, kings, princes. and great leaders. Terrible calamities proceed from the ordinary actions of the characters concerned in the tragedy, and men invariably appear as agents in the disasters.

Several "foreign" elements are introduced to build the story into a strong tragedy.

One common to numerous of Shakespeare's works is that of abnormal conditions of the mind, including insanity, somnambulism and hallucinations. While these elements give height to the suffering, they are never used as the origin of the deeds. Shakespeare

often introduces the supernatural in the form of ghosts and witches, which cannot be explained as being in the mind of the characters. In all cases the supernatural element contributes to the action of the play, and is placed in the closest relation with the characters Also introduced is the element of "chance," the idea that men may start a chain of events, but this is rarely given prominence.

The influence of the three elements strengthens the idea that humans are passive in the world's happenings. Who, then, are the combatants? We find that the answer is the passions and emotions of the two parties. The hero is always torn by an inward struggle, some spiritual force.

The person in the tragedy is of high estate and exceptional nature; he is made of the stuff we see around us, but is intensified. That some have genius and a marked onesidedness is a feature of their make up. All Shakespeare's heroes show a total incapacity for resisting the force working against them.

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In some cases there is no conscious breach, and often a conviction of right; for example, Brutus in "Julius Caesar." In this way the hero wins the reader's sympathy.

Shakespearean tragedy is never depressing.

Man may be wretched and awful, but he is never small. There is a non-theological outlook, and, although the use of ghosts occurs, it is only to enlighten the tragedy. The tragic fact is mysterious, piteous and fearful, but it doesn't leave us crushed or rebellious. It makes us feel instead the blindness and helplessness of men. How, we ask ourselves, can man escape such vehement forces as those which drive heroes to doom? Why do man's virtues help to destroy him? "Fate' leads to the ultimate tragedy. It is the total regardlessness of human individualism and of the difference between good and evil which overwhelm us. Catastrophe is the return of action on the head of the agent, as an example of justice. The rigour of justice is terrible, but then a tragedy is a terrible story. In spite of fear and pity we acquiesce, because our sense of justice is satisfied. It is a type of "poetic justice." When we are immersed in tragedy we feel attraction, repulsion, pity, wonder, fear and horror, but we never judge.

Good contributes to the tragic upheaval only from its implication with its opposite in a character. The main source of compulsion is evil, plain moral evil. For example, Goneril, Regan and Edmund are the main source of evil in "King Lear."

Even when the hero has no moral evil he has some defect—irresolution, precipitancy, pride, credulousness, excessive simplicity, or susceptibility to sexual emotions. Tragedy consists of the struggle between evil and the world, and the ruin of all.

The ultimate power is moral order. It is neither good nor evil, but is more akin to good. It is not poisoned, but poisons itself, and the tragedy lies not in its expulsion of evil but in the terrible fact that it involves a great waste of good.

Alwynne Huddleston (I 7 years).

"PRELUDE" The sky, all velvet black. No moon, No stars to show the weary traveller to his res .r.

What's that?

Only a mouse in the old grain shed, Scampering away to his downy nest.

Silence engulfs the old deserted house.

The ashes of a long-dead fire lay Still and helpless in the grate. The big, black spider Is out to hurt, glowing eyes, thirst for action, yet Motionless in his silver web, waiting.

Who's there?

A sudden creak of the door startles The silence. The spider Draws up his long, furry legs, tenser, waiting.

A long shudder goes through the house, A mopoke on the long-fallen, rotten tree trunk, Answers, plaintive, pitiful.

The owl on the roof is silent, waiting, Solemn, round-eyed, ever still.

Now silence.

Who would dare disturb the spider, The mouse, the secrets of the building.

The night, mysterious, waiting, The silence of the mists of eternity.

Lexie Boardman, 14 years.

WHAT I FOUND ON THE BEACH ONE DAY I was sitting on the beach on the warm, shingled sand, when suddenly I saw something that looked like a big box bobbing about on the waves. I watched it, and as ! watched something strange seemed to happen. The box was changing colour, and a weird sobbing and banging sound came from it.

I got up from the sand and padded softly across it to the edge of the water. The box was coming closer on the incoming waves. When it came to land I went and picked it up, but the changing colours made me pause. Then the curious banging and sobbing sound came again. I thought it was really strange, but on hearing the sobs grow louder I thought I must open it. To my surprise I saw a key in the lock. So I turned

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it, and the lid opened; and inside was the most lovely fairy I had ever seen.

I was so surprised that in a rude manner I just stared. The little fairy was sitting on a lovely white coverlet which lined the whole box or chest. She had on a pink, full-skirted dress, and wore spotless white gloves and spotless white shoes, and an equally spotless darling white hat.

She spoke in a voice just like raindrops falling on rose leaves as she said: "Where am I?. I thought I was on my way to the dragon." I said to her, "No, you have landed here on a beach where humans live."

"Humans!" said the fairy in a trembling voice; "I was told never to go near them."

"Well, I won't hurt you,'' I said. "Will you come and live with me?" "Well, I don't see why I shouldn't, you're so kind." "Oh, how lovely!" What an adventure!

Sandra Shone (10 years).

"MELBOURNE, A BEAUTIFUL CITY" During the Royal visit the city of Melbourne, the capital of Victoria, accommodated many visitors who came to see the reigning Monarch and her consort, Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. It was a great occasion, and everybody seemed to go out of his way to make the city more beautiful. There was beauty everywhere. The river Yarra and the surrounding gardens added a restful touch to the gaiety, and people, tiring of the noise of the crowds, could spend some time on its banks in solitude.

Even the smaller shops were beautifully decorated, and had that touch of red, white and blue which fills us all with patriotic pride.

The larger, many-storied buildings were magnificent, and there were few shop managers who grudged at least one display window to add to the already interesting setting.

The banks and public offices were adorned with drapings and large flags, banners floating in the breeze.

There was something interesting to see everywhere I looked, and, although I visited Melbourne several times, I always saw something I had not seen before. During the daytime the shops and offices were bright and attractive, but at night they were transformed into a fairyland of lights, some flashing, changing colour, and moving, while

others shone constantly. There was no money spared on the festoons which hung from many of the buildings. The streets, too, had trailers of coloured globes hanging from lamp-post to lamp-post, and twining among the branches of the trees lining the footpaths.

The Treasury and Fitzroy Gardens by night were scenes of special beauty. Fountains spouted sparkling coloured water in the Treasury Gardens during the night, while big green frogs with red, blinking eyes sat on rocks, eyeing them in a sleepy solemn fashion. In the background were tiered rock gardens and several weeping willows. Bordering the walks were the tall trees, in whose branches perched illuminated kookaburras, koala bears, owls with blinking eyes, and goannas. In the Fitzroy Gardens were horticultural displays.

The Alexandra Gardens were bright with specially grown flowers, and the white tower of Government House rose splendidly amongst the trees, with the tall white flagpole bearing the Royal Standard, which meant so much to us all.

One Sunday morning I saw a simple and dignified sight as the Queen drove along Batman Avenue to St. Paul's Cathedral amidst the cheering crowds of her loyal subjects. The bells were pealing in the distance, and the steeples of St. Paul's seemed to be vibrating to the joyous sound. The black, shining procession of cars drove slowly along, and I saw the Queen. Her smile was radiating the pleasure exerybody felt on this memorable day. Later that day I saw her at the Shrine of Remembrance. This memorial is set amongst the beautiful trees and lawns, from which it rises and seems to dominate the whole of St. Kilda Road.

I saw the Shrine at night. The beautiful building was floodlit, and from its ramparts I had a view of the heart of the city. It was a dazzling personification of beauty, the lights of which were reflected in the sky as a pale lemon haze. Looking out toward Caulfield, I could see the lines of coloured lights amongst the trees, while in the foreground a red and greed floodlit fountain played.

Another sparkling occasion which it was my privilege to enjoy was to be outside the Princess Theatre when the Queen arrived for the performance of "Tales of Hoffman." She

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The theatre was magnificently decorated with a floodlit scene above the entrance of a drover with his sheep pausing under a gum tree, and a large map of Australia. The theatre had been specially painted for the occasion, and the floodlit, pale blue and silver wrought ironwork added to the setting.

In the main streets of Melbourne the Council had provided delightful decorations to beautify the already glorious city. Large gold coronets were placed at some of the central crossroads, while other decorations, such as lions, emus, kangaroos, crowns and abstract motifs, were suspended from the wires along the street. All these objects were lit up at night.

At the top of Bourke Street was a large wooden arch in the form of an immense boomerang, while in Lonsdale Street was a large arch of steel framework with a crown suspended from the centre.

The Chamber of Commerce was another highlight of the city. It was a pale blue structure covered with electric light globes, and a large coat of arms dominated the centre.

Everybody seemed to be in a friendly, helpful spirit, and there was very little selfishness in the matter of gaining positions to see the Queen. This spirit which pervaded the city greatly added to the beauty of the occasion, and made it a memorable one for all those people who visited our lovely capital.

Lorraine Wood (I 6 years).

A POEM FOR CHRISTMAS When on earth the great bells ring, Then will all the angels sing For to-day was the birth Of Jesus born on earth, Who did in a manger lie, Far away from those on high; Many shepherds saw his star As it brightly shone afar; When on high the great star led Wise men three to his bed.

Jennifer Sweetten (I I years).

"OUR QUEEN" The day dawned bright and glorious, The day you came our way; Our Monarch, so victorious, You came with us to stay.

You had not come to us before, You lived so far away; And yet we knew what was in store That bright and happy day.

We'd heard of your bright, winning smile Of the small gloved hand you wave; That you'd be with us for a while, That we'd share the pleasure you gave.

So early in the morning bright We quickly took our stand, As sunshine chased away the night, A flag in every hand.

Oh, how the wait seemed longer than We'd waited e'er afore, And higher the excitement ran As gathered more and more.

And then the joyous moment came, We saw the gloved hand wave; And are there any who can blame Us for the cheer we gave?

We felt as Londoners must feel When they see you go by; And now to us you are so real, No more will we ask why.

So gracious Queen Elizabeth, I know that you will see Your visit has brought happiness, Especially to me.

Leonie Metherell ( 14 years).

A 'CELLIST'S DILEMMA One day when ambition held sway, A 'cello I desired to play.

Complete with instrument and bow, I settled down to "have a go."

But my rendition Met opposition— Ere I could start It fell apart!

Annabel Russell (14 years).

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When I was up near the Normanby River in North Queensland on a recent holiday we did not spend all our time shooting large crocodiles to skin them. I had two baby ones for pets.

They were very hard to catch, because they were slippery and the same colour as mangroves, and you could only tell where they were because they have very red, fiery eyes. Daddy had a very strong beam of light which would pick up little glints. He also had a three-pronged spear like natives use.

In February half of the long pier was swept away in a cyclone. It was then useless for big ships, but was suitable for a whaling station. The machinery was installed, and the whalers have been able to harpoon as many whales as they are allowed. The whaling ship comes from Bellina, for it is not safe for it to anchor at Byron Bay. It cruises about Cape Byron until it spies a whale. The men then try to shoot the whale with a gun. If they are successful they harpoon it and blow air into its body to make it float. Then they take the whale to the pier, which is a very slow process. The local people who watch this from the lighthouse go home for a couple of hours, then return to see the hauling of the whale from the boat to the pier. Then it is put on to a trolley, which also takes a long time. The engine pulls the whale to the place where it is cut up.

The platform and the part which slopes up to it on the cutting grounds are hosed to make them slippery.

The whale is pulled up by a machine. It is then cut down the side to take away the blubber, which is skinned and boiled. Whales are generally 50 feet long.

When daddy saw two pairs of eyes he got his spear ready, and quickly threw it to pierce behind the head and hold the reptile in a firm grip; then he put them into a kerosene tin. They squealed like babies.

On our boat we fed them with cut-up meat, and they grabbed it up hungrily with snapping jaws. Daddy sent them by air to a private zoo after a doctor had given them a health certificate.

Carole Gerlach (13 years).

WHALING AT BYRON BAY Byron Bay is a town on the north coast of New South Wales, near the Queensland border. Cape Byron, the cape nearby, is the most easterly point of Australia. The lighta revolving light house on the cape has which flashes every five seconds. It is made of four hundred and forty-two pieces of long, thin crystal, and burns two gallons of kerosene every night.

The whalers move with the whales; that is, they go south in Summer, and North towards the equator in Winter.

Margaret Kidd (1 I years).

"IF" f Denis's brains would come up from the south, f Jill's great pen would stay out of her mouth, f Valda would only get something wrong f rendered nervous by fear of the gong; f Ella would only stop making a noise, f Scotty wouldn't play with her numerous toys. f Ockie would cut her hair at all short, f only we'd always do as we ought; f Willsie would only stay awake, f Holtie could only cook a cake, f Mari wasn't always after our money Maybe we'd all be sweet as honey; f June wasn't always saying "Heck!"

Then we just wouldn't, be sub-tech.

Elizabeth Piper ( I 4 years).

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THE ORIGIN OF HUSH-A-BYE BABY

A LOVELY GIFT

During the reign of Charles I, the King was unpopular with the common people, who longed for the day when the English throne would fall. Delight spread over England be. cause Charles I had no son to succeed him, and therefore was the last Stuart for England. The people hoped for his early death.

When Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh visited New Zealand the people of Auckland gave them a lovely gift. It was a most beautiful model yacht, with dainty sails and a splendid motor to run it. The Duke liked it very much. When the Royal couple arrived back at Buckingham Palace they gave Prince Charles his present. The very next day cheery little Charles went with his father to Hyde Park, where he sailed his yacht. You may be sure that Charles often uses his favourite little yacht.

In a London coffee house upon the wall was a poster showing a tree with a beautiful golden crown on the uppermost branches, representing the last Stuart of England and his Parliament. The customers of the coffee house, being anti-Royalist, would study the poster over their bowls of coffee, hoping for Charles' downfall.

One cold, wet night three dark figures lurked outside the palace gates, watching the unusual disturbance within the stone walls, when suddenly a coach stopped with a jerk and three men descended from it; a doctor who carried a warming pan, followed by a clergyman and a third figure. They were quickly let through the gates to the castle.

Wonder and delight swept over the onlookers' faces—the King must be ill. But the news that swept England on the following day was that a royal son was born. On hearing such news the bitter three spread the rumour that the new child had been smuggled to the Queen in the warming pan.

In the quiet little, coffee house the young attendant reluctantly went to the poster on the wall and drew a cradle beside the crown.

Long, subdued faces studied the poster that day. A regular occupant of the coffee house took out his pen and paper and wrote:— Hush-a-bye baby on the tree top, When the wind blows the cradle will rock, When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, And down will come baby, bough, cradle and all.

His meaning being that the future King's throne will be shattered and downfall caused.

Shortly afterwards his rhyme came true. and the King Charles and his son were exiled from England. This little rhyme has developed into a child's nursery rhyme, but very few people know its real meaning.

Margaret Cameron (16 years).

Barbara White (10 years).

THE ANIMALS' CHRISTMAS TREE One Christmas Eve in the forest, Just after the moon came up, The animals came out, But were too astonished to shout!

For behold! a sight they had never seen— A Christmas tree which was all agleam.

Said the stoat to the bat: "Pray, what is that?"

The squirrel and the small bear Just continued to stare and stare; The stag, with the superior air, Said: "I shall ask the wise owl in the tree over there."

Old grey owl opened one eye, And with a knowing look Said: "I have seen it in a picture book; It's what the animals call a Christmas tree, And this time it's for you, for you and me."

Rosemary Henry (12 years).

DONALD THE NAUGHTY DUCKLING Once upon a time a plump mother duck had seven gay ducklings. All were well behaved except Donald, who was always badmannered, careless and disobedient. One Winter morning, when it was muddy outside, Donald gobbled down his breakfast and ran outside.

He ran away from the house and down to the pond. His little brothers and sisters ran after him, which made him run faster. Suddenly he slipped and went into the mud. Donald was very scared, and called back to the others, but they had gone to tell

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mother. There he was stuck. Donald sank deeper and deeper, till it was up to his neck.

At last he saw mother, with all the others.

Mother duck picked Donald out of the mud, and said he was a naughty duckling. You may be sure that Donald never ran away from home again.

Helen Fidge (I I years).

THE DAVIS CUP After walking some distance from where we had parked our car we joined the excited crowd outside the Kooyong Tennis Grounds.

Everywhere there were people buying programmes, then hurrying inside.

At the foot of the stairs of the stand were people renting cushions. We laughed at them at first, but soon realised the need for some comfort on the hard benches. We ascended the stairs, and were ushered to our seats by one of the many helpful usherettes, all of whom were dressed in white tennis frocks.

Once we were in our seats we were able to look round with interest. Everywhere there were gaily dressed people applying sunburn lotion and preparing to watch the match. The grass in the arena looked very green, and the white-lined court in the middle was seen to become the centre of our attention. Opposite us were the broadcasting boxes which were to provide the rest of Australia with as much of the excitement as possible. At one end there was a large scoreboard which recorded every detail of the game. Looking further afield, we could see the road and the car park, and could obtain a good view of the other courts.

A band added to the noise of the people chattering happily until the officials arrived.

They all marched on ceremoniously—ballboys, linesmen, umpire and referee—all dressed in white. Next came the players, and we saw for the first time the men who were to retain the Davis Cup for Australia and those who were to prove cheerful and sporting losers.

Everyone stood for the National Anthem, and the stand rocked precariously; but we knew there was no real danger. Soon we had other things to occupy our minds as the players stepped up to "have a hit." It was now that we tried to guess who were to be the victors.

As soon as the umpire had commenced the game you could feel the intense anxiety as each shot was played. It was almost a sigh of relief which accompanied the applause when we won a point. I often wondered how the American supporters were feeling when we were so proud of our players. However, the crowd was just as zealous with their applause for our opponents. Watching the rapidly moving ball flying from one end of the court to the other, we marvelled at the power and skill behind it.

As the game progressed we seemed to carry all the worry and responsibility of the players, and grew hot and thirsty from our mental exertions.

At last the game was completed, but not until the players had shaken hands and walked amicably from the court did we turn to our neighbors to comment on the match.

It was as if the players had cast a spell over the spectators, and its power was broken when their rackets left their hands. Yet we could not find words to describe the capa • bilities of the players and the competence of the officials. I knew then that witnessing the Davis Cup was an experience that no person could forget.

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THE QUEEN OPENS PARLIAMENT

THE OLD HAND

On Thursday, 25th of February, I had the honour of going to see the Queen open Parliament in Melbourne.

Hunched up on the old redgum log by the creek, motionless except for the occasional caress of his well-worn black pipe, sat the old stockman.

The day was cloudy and overcast, and as we drove along it began to rain very lightly.

When we arrived in Melbourne we drove slowly so that we could see all the decorations. The barricades were up along the streets where the Queen would drive. Some of the people had slept on the streets all night, and a few were sitting on stools and boxes.

After lunch we took our places in Queen's Hall inside Parliament House. Two hours later the great moment arrived. Outside we heard all the people cheering as the Royal party approached the doorway of Queen's Hall.

At last they appeared. The Queen's dress was of white satin, with wheat ears embroidered on it in gold brocade. She wore a glistening tiara which had been given to her

by Queen Mary, and beautiful ear-rings and necklace which sparkled in the lights. The Duke wore his naval uniform, and as he walked along he smiled at everyone.

The Queen went through the hall on her way to the library. As she passed we curtsied, and she smiled at us.

After entering the Council Chamber she summoned the Usher of the Black Rod to bring all the members of the Legislative Assembly to the Council Chambers. In front of them walked the Sergeant at Arms, who carried the Mace, and stood behind the Speaker's chair.

When all were seated, the Queen delivered her opening speech. She spoke with dignity, and her voice was gentle and sweet. The speech was mainly about the prosperity of Victoria and Australia, and how she had enjoyed her stay in our country. At the end she said she hoped that God would guide the members of the Parliament in governing their country and making their laws.

After the Queen and the Duke left the Council Chamber they retired to the Speaker's room for a short time. Then they reappeared, and went out to the eager, cheering crowds again, and we could see her no longer.

Heather McDonald (13 years).

His unkempt white hair was partly hidden by an old greasy hat; his clothes were dirty and rudely patched.

His hands were stiff, gnarled and cracked, and bore the evidence of many years of hard toil.

His face was like a piece of old crumpled yellow parchment, lined by happiness, sorrow and pain. His eyes, growing dimmer through the long years, wandered aimlessly from one thing to another, scarcely seeing them.

He recalled the good old times: that great fire which swept the land long ago, leaving desolation in its wake; the locust plague; the big flood which swept down the old blue gum on Starlight's Point; the great rides and larks at the woolshed on the plain—forty, or was it fifty years ago.

He shifted restlessly.

"It's no use,'' he muttered; "I forget."

Lexie Boardman (14 years).

TO DANGEROUS DRIVERS He was weary after a trying day; Packing his things, he cycled away Into the refreshing cool of the eve, Left to himself and his make-believe.

Pedalling along the well-worn track, A dangerous customer at the back; All of a sudden and out of breath He was flung to the road and near to death.

He was left lying in a pitiful state; A doctor was called, but it was too late; So the poor fellow "flew" on his way, No longer weary after that day.

Why do fools have to race?

Why don't they go at a reasonable pace?

They rush at 100 miles per hour— Who'll be the next in the road toll shower?

Susan lngpen (14 years).

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We left for our whirlwind trip to Queensland on Friday, May 2 I st. Miss Ohlson and nine girls—Margaret Carmichael, Helen Hopkins, Judith Lindsay, Barbara Manger, Jennifer McConnell, Helen Profitt, Louise Roberts, Jancis Russell and Margaret Speers—were in the party.

We arrived in Sydney by plane, where we met Miss Ohlson, and joined our next plane for Brisbane. Landing at Eagle Farm Aerodrome, we met a complete change in climate, and spent three hours exploring the streets we were to know better later on. At five o'clock we caught the bus to Binna Burra.

Arriving at the Lodge some 21 hours later; we had a late tea and went to bed after travelling through three States and well over a thousand miles since morning.

Binna Burra is a lodge founded by Arthur Groom in the north-east corner of the Lamington Plateau. The lodge is situated about 2500 feet above sea level, and is surrounded by a dense tropical forest.

The next morning after breakfast we set out on a hike to Coomera Falls. This was to be a 12-mile round trip, and we had lunch above the actual 210-foot falls. Our guide was 12-year-old Richard Groom, the youngest son of the late founder of the lodge.

Richard Groom, an ardent hiker, overestimated our endurance, and on the return trip brightly decided on a detour to climb Mt. Hobwee, from where we could see the New South Wales border. The shock came to us when we returned home, weary and footsore, to find we had not walked the estimated 12 miles, but over 18. That night we danced and played games until 10.30 p.m., when we retired to bed, only to find Binna Burra tradition still true, and that "Bedwreckers Incorporated" had been at work.

Sunday we spent quietly, only undertaking a four-mile hike to the White Aboriginal Caves. The sheer beauty and startling difference of the forests and country impressed us all greatly. Unfortunately the next day, Monday, we had to leave Binna Burra after one of the happiest weekends I think we have ever had.

Our trip to Brisbane from here deserves special mention, as we saw many changes in scenery, which ranged from tropical jungle,

pineapples and banana farms to Surfers' Paradise. We were all very impressed with this famous resort, and cast envious eyes on the lucky people who live there. Arriving in Brisbane, we were taken to Oxford House, where we spent the next three nights.

Next morning we were wakened at 6 a.m. by the striking of the nearby Brisbane Town Hall clock. After breakfast we decided to go on a sight-seeing tour in and around Brisbane. A highlight of this tour was the stop on top of Mt. Cootha, from where we could see all over Brisbane. Here many of us saw the exotic poinsetthia flowers for the first time.

That afternoon most of the girls went on a trip to Lone Pine Sanctuary, where several of the bravest of our party were photographed with snakes around their necks.

After dinner on Tuesday night Miss Ohlson took us to a picture show.

On Wednesday we again went on a Pioneer tour, this time to the famous Oasis.

Here some of us ventured into all three of the beautiful swimming pools set in five acres of glorious gardens and lawns. We all enjoyed the Devonshire tea which followed before returning to Brisbane. Once again the afternoon was free, and we purchased many types of tropical fruit and some souvenirs.

That night was spent in packing and preparing for an early departure on our return trip.

Fortunately we all managed to be ready in time to catch the 7 a.m. plane to Sydney, mainly through Miss Ohlson 's perserverance and a great deal of luck. Five exciting hours were spent seeing the sights of Sydney and dodging the traffic. We went down to Manly, crossing the Sydney Harbor Bridge, had lunch there, and walked round the beach. We travelled back by ferry to Circular Quay, and saw many of Sydney's famous landmarks.

Our day in Sydney being completed, we returned to Mascot Aerodrome, and so to Melbourne.

We would like to thank Miss Ohlson very much for giving up her May holiday for us, and to say that it was really the most interesting, happy and enjoyable six days we have ever spent.

Jennifer McConnell.

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BASKETBALL TEAM Janet Hanna, Pamela Ilett, Judith Lindsay, Margaret Speers (Captain), Mary Gawith, Nola Longwell, Kay Stallard

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SECOND TERM IN DUDLEY

At last the scorching day was over. The sun, beginning to set in the west, sent cool shadows in all directions over the bush. It was twilight, and the much-yearned-for cool change had come at last. Even the mosquitoes were less pestering than they had been for the last couple of days.

Morning's come, the mess is shocking; "Miss Parsons, have you seen my stocking?" ''No, but get this in your head— You really must get out of bed; The showers will be freezing cold, How many times must you be told?"

At last! There goes the twenty past, And now for peace and quiet at last.

To house practice they flee like hares, And captains' rebukes each one shares.

This second term is quite a change— Dudley's noises are out of range; And when time reaches half-past seven Dudley's like a second heaven.

But, ah! there goes the bell at last, And now to have a good repast.

Two children and a dog lay on the verandah and watched the sun set between the hills. It cast golden rays of light over the trees, and painted the sky red and gold. The light zig-zagged in all directions, forming delightfully coloured scenes, which changed at intervals like a film as the sun sank lower and lower in the heavens. It was a most impressive and wonderful sight to see. But all too quickly it faded away, and an inky black darkness descended.

Later the stars appeared; then the moon glided slowly across the sky, disappearing For a moment or two behind a tall tree. Night reigned.

Margaret Ganly (13 years).

THE TADPOLE Great big jam jar on the shelf, Tiny tadpole by himself; Water warm because of sun; I don't envy that small one.

Faces peering all day long, Tadpole quails to see the throng; They bump the side to get some fun; I don't envy that small one.

Water weed is almost dead, Tadpole fished out by the head; Time for water change has come; I don't envy that small one.

Water is all thick with clay, Jar is shaken every day; Just you wait till lesson's done; I don't envy that small one.

Pencil used to see him wriggle, Tadpole's probed right in the middle; Catastrophe's sure to come; I don't envy that small one.

Heather Laird (I 5 years).

Penny Evans (13 years).

VISIT OF FRENSHAM From the moment that we heard of the intended visit of the Frensham hockey team excitement mounted until on Wednesday it reached fever pitch. The Chalet had been cleared of girls and articles, and with the rest of the school eagerly awaited the arrival of our visitors.

At two o'clock the girls, together with two sportsmistresses, arrived at Geelong, and were transported out to school in cars. For their stay the two school cars, plus Miss Shaw's and Miss Gorey's cars, were to be the main means of transport.

After lunch the girls were taken for a trip, which included a tour of Geelong College, and then went on to Ceres Lookout, where they obtained a wonderful view of Geelong and the surrounding districts.

During the evening several of the senior boarders entertained our guests at an intended record evening. However, before long we found that our guests were not strangers from Mars or Venus, but teenagers like ourselves. We spent the evening talking while records lay neglected.

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Pt. Lonsdale, Queenscliff, Ocean Grove and Barwon Heads. We arrived back at school in time for lunch. Now the time for the longawaited match had arrived. Both teams were slightly nervous, as apparently each had heard a great deal about the other's reputation on the hockey field.

At three o'clock they gathered at the edge of the oval for the match. For little over an hour they were entertained with a display of fast hockey, the main features of the game being good stick work and excellent team work. The teams were evenly matched, but the result was a goal win to Morongo.

Apparently baseball is not included in Frensham's sport curriculum, for the girls were eager to learn. Unfortunately they had seen films of American baseball. However, Australian baseball proved fast enough for their first lesson, and it was with a sigh of relief that they left the oval—without any broken bones.

A social had been arranged for the evening, which included dancing, a play, "Poison,

Passion and Petrifaction," games, and a musical item by our visitors. We had as our guests a number of senior day girls and boarders. The evening proved to be a success, and was enjoyed by all.

On Thursday the Frensham girls played The Hermitage girls, and gained a victory by four goals to three. They were entertained at The Hermitage for lunch before proceeding to Geelong Grammar School, where an enjoyable afternoon was spent admiring their beautiful buildings and sports facilities.

On arriving back at Morongo, the girls spent the afternoon packing prior to their departure. To us it seemed as if they had only just arrived, for we had done so much in so little time that the three days had flown.

A group of the boarders and day girls was at the station to say "au revoir" to our friends. At five o'clock they departed for St. Catherine's School, while we returned to school to prepare for the coming holidays.

Denise Hargreaves.

BOOK REVIEWS "ROBBERY UNDER ARMS" —(Rolf Boldrewood).

Thomas Alexandre Browne, who later took the pen name of Rolf Boldrewood, started writing "Robbery Under Arms" in Dubbo in 1880. The story was continued in mining camps, towns and villages throughout New South Wales, for Boldrewood was a police magistrate. The story was serialised in the "Sydney Mail," and was published in three volumes in 1888. The book was translated into many European languages. In this story of "crime does not pay" bushrangers are the main characters and the heroes.

Ben Marston, a cattle stealer, and his two sons, Dick and Jim, join the famous bushranger, Captain Starlight, in a big raid on the lower Murray. Dick and Starlight are eventually caught and put in Berrima Gaol.

They escape, and with the help of Warrigul, a black boy, make their way back to their hide-out, "The Terrible Hollow."

For their next job, which is carried out successfully, other cattle duffers join them in robbing the Goulburn Mail. While the police

are away Starlight and his gang rob the Ballabie Bank, and emerge from their hide-out to work quietly on the Tucon gold diggings.

After a few months of peace there they are betrayed by Kate. She had befriended Dick, but he had left her. She tells the police where they are heading. They are finally tracked down in Queensland, and in the ensuing gun-fight Jim and Starlight are killed. and Dick wounded. Dick is taken to Turon, where he is sentenced to death; but he is reprieved and sent to gaol for 15 years. He is freed after 12 years on good behaviour, and marries Grace, who had been waiting patiently for his release.

Margaret Apps (16 years).

"THE CAINE MUTINY" In this realistic book Wuark presents us with one facet of service life in the Second World War. The story relates the life of disillusioned men aboard a decrepit United States mine-sweeper, the Caine.

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a sarcastic officer, resigned to his fate on the Caine. But worse is to come when de Hague is relieved by Captain Queeg, a seemingly efficient commander. The new captain's introduction to the Caine is one of lax discipline, disregard for navy convention, and foul-mouthed seamen. Queeg lacks the ability to command on his own initiative, and rules almost fanatically by his navy regulations.

After a few disciplinary steps the senior officers detect a strangeness in some of the captain's orders. Incident follows incident, and we find Queeg carrying trifling disputes to extremes beyond reason. With his two senior officers suspecting his sanity, life becomes unbearable for all aboard the Caine.

The climax is reached during a typhoon, when Queeg is absolutely incapable of saving the ship. He is relieved against his will by his executive officer, Maurik, on whom he has unofficially placed the command for some months.

After the berthing of the mine sweeper Queeg reports Maurik's "mutiny," and courtmartial follows, the result hinging on the decision as to. Queeg's sanity. While the psychiatrists' verdict is ''sane,'' Maurik's brilliant defence established the fact that the captain was not sane at the time in question, and he is acquitted.

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During Queeg's command of the Caine we were convinced of his insanity, but we lose that conviction during the court-martial.

The final doubt is instilled in our minds when, at a celebration party, the counsel for the defence states that Queeg was sane, and denounces Keefer, the officer who first suggested insanity to Maurik, as a clever trickster, planning to gain the command of the Caine by removing both Queeg and Maurik.

It is ironical to read of Keefer's moral failure to command well when he does eventually become captain.

While Wurak does not use objectionable language or ribaldry, he writes in plain terms, and leaves us with no illusion about navy life. The bonds and affections between the men are painted without ceremony, as is their attachment to the Caine. One of the most noteworthy features of the book is the way in which the war and the Caine made "men" of the characters.

The book is successful in all ways. It holds the interest of the reader throughout, contains magnificent descriptions of the typhoon and the sea, and we feel that we are reading the life story of men we know. No other novel can provide a more real, more downto-earth picture of rugged manhood, and it can be recommended to men and women, old and young readers alike.

Alwynne Huddleston (17 years).

OLD COLLEGIANS' ASSOCIATION President: Mary Thomson.

Senior Vice-President: June McColl.

Junior Vice-President: Gladys Profitt.

Secretary: Jean Rentoul.

Assistant Secretary: Betty Grant.

Treasurer: Eathorne Pavia.

ANNUAL REUNION The reunion was held on 28th November, 1953, when 120 members were present at the annual meeting and the tea which followed. Representatives from Melbourne and Western District branches were present, and read reports of their activities for the year, which, together with the report from Gee-. long branch, indicated a keen interest in the

association and the school. Phyllis Orchard was elected for a second term of office, and was thanked for her keen interest and willing assistance in all association activities.

At the close of the meeting a bu L . 'et tea was held in the diningroom, and if the noise of chatter and laughter was any indication then this part of the reunion was a singular success. Guests included Miss .Shaw, Miss Pratt, Miss Pillow, Miss Sutherland, Miss Ohlson, the prefects and representatives from P.L.C., M.L.C., and Merton Hall. An apology was received from The Hermitage as their reunion was held on the same day.

Edith Leigh entertained those who remained after the tea with some most inter-. esting coloured slides of her trip overseas,

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giving a running commentary of the pictures.

The pictures were quite outstanding, and everyone thoroughly enjoyed the evening, which was brought to a close with supper and the usual exchange of pleasantries.

"SUN" CUP The "Sun" Cup was held at M.L.C. courts on Saturday, 13th and 20th March, and our association was represented by Eathorne Pavia, Joy Stallard, Beverley Bell and Doreen Williams. Barbara Bossence was our representative on the committee, and did a sterling job assisting at the courts on the i 3th.

Although the team did not win, they were well up in their section, and thoroughly enjoyed the tournament.

SWIMMING SPORTS Adrienne Clarke, Ann Lindsay, Jennifer Wilson and Valerie Solomon swam for the Old Collegians, and were successful in winning their race.

GARDEN PARTY This annual effort was held on March 20th, and Morongo looked most attractive with all the stalls around the front of the garden and on the lawns. The Old Collegians were represented on all the stalls, and the day again proved most successful, our share of the profits being £110.

SPORTS DAY Unfortunately sports day proved to be a grey and wet day, and had to be postponed to a week day. Those who were at Morongo quite enjoyed the afternoon tea and the talk together, but the weather prevented quite a number from attending.

JUMBLE SALE The usual jumble sale for our charity fund was held in June, and it was most pleasing to find quite a number of good parcels coming in for the sale from country and distant members. Our funds benefited to the extent of £30, which was distributed—£10 each to the Protestant Orphanage, Bethany Babies' Home, and Mentally Retarded Children.

AT HOME The Palais Royal presented an animated and colourful appearance on the evening of June 25th on the occasion of the annual At Home. The decorations were carried out in the House colours, with the Old Collegians' badge as the central motif. The flowers, consisting mainly of large bowls of hydrangea and autumn leaves, were really lovely, and the decorations committee certainly did a wonderful job. The official party was welcomed in the foyer by Phyllis Orchard and the two vice-presidents, Mary Thomson and June McColl. The debutante set, which had been trained by Jessie Lilburne, who was assisted by Adrienne Clarke, was received by the Mayor of Geelong (Councillor Jacobs) and Mrs. Jacobs, together with Miss Shaw.

The evening was a happy and gay one, and the 450 dancers all seemed to thoroughly enjoy themselves. The hall fund benefited to the extent of about £150.

The debutantes held their return dance about a month later, and, although the set was not so large as other years, the evening proved to be a happy and informal one, the girls being excellent hostesses. The profit from the evening assisted the library fund at the school.

DRAMATIC CLUB Unfortunately this annual production had to lapse this year owing to our not being able to find a producer and the fact that most of our players were engaged in the big production being put on by the Geelong Repertory Society. We hope to produce a play in 1955.

SCHOOL SERVICE The School Service was held on 24th October, and a full congregation gathered at St. David's Church. This service always has a very fine atmosphere and an appeal both to parents and old collegians, and is one of the highlights of the school year.

YOUNGER SET This body of our younger old collegians has been most active during the year, and fills in a very real need for the younger members. By the report in this issue they are

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it being decided that every second month, regardleSs of other activities, a dance, with supper provided by the Younger Set, should be held. On the alternate months the form BRANCHES of amusement is left to the discretion and Our branches have once again given the ingenuity of the committee. parent association splendid support. The On the 27th March a Hayseeders' Night Western District has had an excellent year, was held in the Leopold Hall. Buses were and the members are to be congratulated hired to transport enthusiasts, and "hot dogs" on the results. Melbourne has a more diffiprovided a substantial supper. A back to cult time; there are many counter attractions school dance was held at the Park Street Hall for girls who go from the country to the city, on 29th May, and school garbs of many eras and it is difficult to reach the younger memwere given an airing. Our decorating combers; but over the years there has been a mittee, led by Jan Gordon and Muriel Gell, nucleus that has kept the link with the school, really carried us back to school with their and we trust that this link will become artistic work. On the evening of June !9th stronger as the years go on. the Geelong Town Hall entrance was graced with various vehicles, all headed for a desGENERAL tination unknown. After being led miles There are many who should be thanked for about the country side the assembly finally supporting us during the past 12 months, arrived just five miles from Geelong—at the and we do thank them sincerely for their Ceres Hall, where they were pleased to meet ever-ready willingness to assist us. To Miss their old friend Mr. Stanley and orchestra, Shaw we extend a special thanks for her in- who provided them with yet another evening terest in all our activities, and we are also of fun. Supper this time came in the form very grateful to Miss Pillow for her ever- of pies as a variation from the "hot dogs" ready assistance. The committee has given consumed at Leopold. good service, and without that service the The July dance, held in Park Street, was Association could not be successful; so they perhaps the most important of the year, for deserve our grateful thanks. In these thanks it was our birthday dance, and we celebrated we do not forget our auditor, Mr. Geoff. in due style with a large cake and one Neilson, who has very kindly audited our candle, for which gift we pass a vote of books this year. thanks to Mr. Metherall. Some extremely To those of our members who have suf- weird-looking characters wandered along to fered bereavement, and unfortunately there the Newtown Town Hall on 18th September, are many, we extend our sincere sympathy in when the Younger Set held a bad taste their sorrow. We would specially mention night. The latest function to be held was our deep regret when we learned of the death a barbecue on October 30th at Highton, of Esther Cowperthwaite (Blakiston), who where everyone thoroughly enjoyed making a had been a member of the Association for mess of themselves, devouring large quantisome years and of Mary Fraser (nee Higgins), ties of steak and sausages. and we extend our sympathy to their Although the Younger Set appears to exfamilies in their sad loss. ist mainly on entertainment, yet we have our In conclusion we would extend a hearty serious side, and are pleased to state that invitation to all girls who are leaving school our bark balance now stands at £9/9/7, havthis year to join our ranks, and thus keep ing handed in £20 to the main committee for their link with the school they love. this financial year. Added to this we were pleased to be able to contribute £5/5/- to YOUNGER SET REPORT the May Red Cross appeal. We also ran 1954 has found the Morongo Younger Set the soft drinks stall at the annual fete, and had the privileged duty of blowing up the an extremely active body, providing a great balloons for the "Annual At Home." deal of fun and amusement for the more At our annual meeting, held on 6th Ocyouthful members of the old collegians.

Many and varied functions have been held, tober, elections were carried out for the

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forthcoming year with the following results: Senior Hostess, Jennifer McCann; Assistant Hostess, Anne Ockleston; Secretary, Jan Gordon; Assistant Secretary, Rosemary Aikman; Treasurer, Muriel Gell. It is with regret that we must say good-bye to our immediate secretary for the past two years, Joan Pope, and wish her well in her new position in Melbourne. We are, howeved, very fortunate to have such a capable person as Jan to lake her place.

In closing we would like to thank the Old Collegians for their interest and support throughout the year, and extend a warm welcome to all girls leaving school to join the happy band of the Younger Set in the coming year.

Jennifer McCann, Senior Hostess.

ENGAGEMENTS Moira Hildebrand to James Pankhurst.

Janet Buckley to Ray Bumpstead.

Elaine McKinnon to Neil Lamond.

Beryl McCurdy to Douglas Shaw.

Thais Wood to Trevor Mear.

Beverley Elshaug to John Williams.

Gwenneth Sweetten to Edward Armstead.

Jeanette Walker to John Drake.

Marjorie Henry to Greville Gowty.

Jessie Griffiths to Charles Osborne Pamela Ford to Bruce Mollard.

Shirley Burch to Cameron MacNaughton.

Alexe Carnell to Wiebe Talsma.

Margaret Lewis to Robert Turner.

Pamela Chapman to Margaret Welsh to Ross Cottle.

Betty Steel to John McDonald.

Elizabeth Tarr to Howard Walker.

Joan Oakley to David Morwood.

Barbara Thomson to Cedric Carr.

June Baker to John Fidler.

Eunice Hawson to Roger Penman.

Heather Peden to Malcolm McKenzie.

Rosemary Wood to David James.

Joyce Kent to Jack Young.

Gwenda Holt to Alan Glasson.

MARRIAGES Patricia Field to Gordon Hessel.

Joan Lee to Kenneth Marwood.

Jean Griffiths to Daryl Nixon.

Florence Fagg to Peter Bartlett.

Shirley Wilson to Max Jenning.

Joan Dickins to Eddie Daher.

Pamela Brooke-Ward to Norman Morrison.

Judith Beach to John Friend.

Alexe Carnell to Wiebe Talsma.

Edith Wilson to Alan Northfield.

Avis King to Brian Newton.

Judith Evans to Dudley Allitt.

Dorothy Brebner to Geoffrey Hughes.

Heather Hore to S. Harris.

Joyce Smith to John Hunt.

Helen Weaver to Geoff Drinnan.

Beryl McCurdy to Douglas Shaw.

Myrna Gillespie to James Nitchie.

Margaret Ellis to Allan Harvey.

Patricia Dean to Owen Yateman.

Erina Lowson to Dr. Vernon Barr.

Esna Howey to Neil Le Foe. Dorothy Hill to W. L. Moss.

Betty Loney to Kenneth Gilbert.

BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. J. M. McIntyre (Nancy Field)—a son.

Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Maltby (Deidre Dadds)—a son.

Mr. and Mrs. R. Cook (Noel Dabb)—a daughter.

Mr. and Mrs. J. Simpson (Lorna Bampfield)--twins (boy and girl).

Mr. and Mrs. M. Poulston (Marjorie Barnes)—a daughter.

Mr. and Mrs. T. Pavia (Loris Thomson)—a son.

Mr. and Mrs. P. Maxstead (Mary Webb)—a son.

Mr. and Mrs. F. Czipo (Stella Mann)—a son.

Dr. and Mrs. D. O'Donnell (Lorraine Winstanley)— a son.

Lieut.-Col and Mrs. Harper (Margot Prowse)— a daughter.

Mr. and Mrs. Ian Toyne (Margaret Craig)—a son.

Mr. and Mrs. R. Hamilton (Audrey Smith)—a son.

Rev. and Mrs. M. Redmond (Jean Bull)—a son.

Dr. and Mrs. Collman (June Backwell)—a so!, Mr. and Mrs. G. Harrison (Valerie Ives)—a son.

Mr. and Mrs. B. Forster (Joan Toyne)—a daughter.

Mr. and Mrs. J. Rabbas (B. Dickins)—a daughier.

Mr. and Mrs. S. Smith (Carlene Lorimer)—a daughter.

Mr. and Mrs. R. McLennan (Merle Dyson)—a son.

Mr. and Mrs. Forster (Joan Dyson)—a daughter.

Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Heard (Jennie Anderson) —a daughter.

Mr. and Mrs. Ken Menzies (Marjorie Cooke)—a son.

Mr. and Mrs. M. Sears (Betty Gunn)—a daughter.

Mr. and Mrs. Stewart McColl (June Orchard)—a son.

Mr. and Mrs. Alan Northey (Lois Morwick)—a Mr. and Mrs. James Winchester (Margaret Rees)— a son.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Green (Beth Bartlett)—a son.

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Frame (Nancy Lyall) —a daughter.

Mr. and Mrs. V. Nash (Jean Blackwood)—a daughter.

Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Jolly (Peggy Freedman)—a son.

Mr. and Mrs. Thompson (Noel Craddock)—a son.

Mr. and Mrs. R. de Carteret (Ruth Hagger)—a daughter.

Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomson (Elva Illingworth)—a son.

Mr. and Mrs. P. Call (Dorothy Kendall)—a daughter.

NEWS AND NOTES News comes from overseas from Margaret Henderson, who is teaching in a mixed school at Hants. Margaret has seen quite a bit of the Continent and England in the short time she has been away.

Margaret Neilson is having a wonderful time hitch-hiking and sight-seeing in England and Scotland. An article on her visit to Egypt is published in this issue.

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THE LUCERNIAN Nancy Andersen and her family have gone abroad, and will be spending Christmas with her husband's people in Denmark. Erica Wallace is with her, and will be making quite a long stay overseas.

News comes from Jeannette Murton from Kenya, and she has sent a very interesting article for the magazine.

Noel Thompson (Noel Craddock) is now living in Durban.

Barbara Bossence is off to England and the Continent in February, and will be away some considerable time.

Heather Peden, Erina Lowson and Joanna Pyper have all completed their medical courses, and have taken up appointments at various hospitals.

Sally Fletcher and Beverley Cameron are nursing at the Alfred Hospital.

Helen Gillies, who met with a serious accident during the year, has been appointed a tutor sister at the Alfred Hospital.

Joan Pope has finished her course as a dietitian, and is to take up an appointment in Melbourne early in the new year.

Elizabeth Davies has taken up librarian work.

Margaret Yates has been accepted by the Rolland House Committee to commence training as a Deaconess in the Church.

Jacqueline Dabb, Margaret Bodey, Beverley Bell, Norma Dyson and Pam Montgomery are in Melbourne at the Teachers' Training College.

Mary Selle is at Invergowrie, and has another year to do.

Doreen Galbraith, who has been attached to the Scots Church, Hobart, has returned to Victoria.

Pat Elvins has returned to Geelong after some time at Alice Springs. We hear she is a convert to "the Alice," and a very good ambassadress for the inland.

Kitty Paterson (McLennan) paid a flying visit to Australia at the beginning of the year, and was given the opportunity or' renewing acquaintance with a number of her Morongo contemporaries at a party given

by Margaret Fleming (Salter) at her home at Mooroolbark.

HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS Baker, June, Anglesea.

Czipo, Mrs. F. (Stella Mann), c/o. 17 Nantes St., Newtown, Geelong.

Hallam, Mrs. (Dora Riddle), St. George's Manse, Ryrie Street, Geelong.

Hope, Miss E. A., 46 Johnston St., Cottesloe, W.A. Mahoney, Mrs. J. (Alison Simson), 26 Glenbrook Ave., East Malvern.

McLennan, Jean, Retreat Rd., Newtown, Geelong.

Pratt, Miss Gertrude (Headmistress 1920-41), I Bayview Ave., Hawthorn.

Storrer, Ailsa, 63 Maude St., Geelong.

LIFE MEMBERS Aikman, Rosemary, 31 Aphrasia St., Newtown, Geelong.

Allitt, Mrs. D. (Judith Evans), The Vicarage, Tresco.

Andersen, Mrs. E. (Nancy Wallace), Sydney Pde., East Geelong.

Tasman," Ceres.

Anderson, Janice, Anderson, Mrs. J. (Alison McPhee), 26 Cook St., Newtown, Geelong.

Armstead, Mrs. E. (Norma Sweetten), 461 Beil St., Pascoe Vale South.

Murbeech," I I 3a Noble St., Newtown, Baker, Joy, Geelong.

Bales, Joan, Campbell St., Birchip, Vic. Ballintine, Aileen, Gellingbo, via Woori Yallock.

Batten, Beryl, 101 Hesse St., Queenscliff.

Batten, Mrs. L. (Gwenda Ives), 61 Maude St., Geelong.

Batten, Mrs. 0. (M. Hirst), 44 Buckland Ave., Newtown, Geelong.

Bennett, Mrs. (Shirley Herd), Point Cook Rd., Laverton.

Bennett, Rona, Elmhurst," Dimboola, Vic. Blakiston, Gwen, Transvaal Square, Geelong.

Blakiston, Mrs. S. (Gwen Madden), 30 Retreat Rd., Newtown, Geelong.

Bence, Laurice, 154 Boundary Rd., East Geelong.

Boardman, Voi, " Caramar," She-Oaks, via Bannockburn.

Bodey, Denise, 104 Noble St., Newtown, Geelong.

Bond, Isabel, " Hylock," Scott St., Cobden.

Bossence, Barbara, Fairview St., Newtown, Geelong.

Boyce, Barbara, 153 Murray St., Colac.

Brookes, Mardi, Box 43, Mt. Gambier, S.A. Browne, Margaret, Laaneith," Portsea Rd., Portsea.

Brownhill, Mary, 116 Prospect Rd., Newtown, Geelong.

Bruce, Mrs. L. F. (Betty Clay), The Esplanade, Point Lonsdale.

Bucknall, Mrs. M. (Isabel Heard), " Carinya, Willaura.

Burch, Shirley, 2 Hermitage Rd., Newtown, Geelong.

Burke, Mrs. M. (Ida Brewster), Scott St., Canterbury.

Burnside, Margaret, 100 Prospect Rd., Newtown, Geelong.

Briggs, Mrs. R. F. (Marian Moreton), Elmhurst," Mt. Perry, Q'land.

Cairney, Mrs. A. C. (Lorraine Winstanley), 24 Humble St., East Geelong.

Caldow, Janette, Glenox," Winchelsea.

Carmichael, Betty, Argyle, Casterton.

Carpenter, Mrs. J. L. (Vera Moebus), Shelford.

Carroll, Mrs. (Marjorie Field), Fyansford.

Cassidy, Pat, Kennet River, Vic. Chisholm, Mrs. J. (Lois Matthews), 99 Minerva Rd., Herne Hill, Geelong.

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THE LUCERNIAN

Clarke, Adrienne, 86 Aberdeen St., Geelong West.

Clarke, Mrs. J. K. (Margot Lord), 86 Aberdeen St., Geelong West.

Cleveland, Mrs. G. 0. (Pat Blakiston), 44 Warwick St., Ipswich, Q'land.

Clutterbuck, Mrs. J. (Elsie David), Daisy St., Newtown, Geelong.

Cornell, Mrs. (Marjorie Gordon), 1442 Sturt St., Ballarat.

Crawcour, Mrs. D. (Dorothy Jacobs), 100 Elphin Rd., Launceston, Tas. Croaker, Mrs. R. W. (Lola Tedcastle), 95 Mortimore St., Moorabbin.

Cronk, Doreen, 20 Denman St., East Geelong.

Dando, Margaret, 5 Gurr St., East Geelong.

Darby, Mrs. G. (Heather Stewart), " Carlyon," 113 Latrobe Ter., Geelong.

Davey, Mrs. B. (Pierre Umhauer), Cecil St., Benalla.

Davies, Mrs. L. B. (Lorna Clarke), Petrel Hotel, Pakington St., Geelong West.

Davis, Noreen, 360 Mill Point Rd., South Perth, W.A. Dean, Patricia, Bundanoon," Torquay.

Deane, Lois, 44 Clarence St., Geelong West. de Carteret, Mrs. R. (Ruth Hagger), " Llanberis," Victoria Ter., Western Beach, Geelong.

Devine, Norma, 35 Virginia St., Newtown, Geelong.

Diggle, Alison, Hygeia," 2 French St., East Malvern.

Dix, Mrs. W. (Jan Bowman), Skene St., Newtown.

Dohnt, Mrs. E. (Nancy Heard), Beverford, via Swan Hill.

Dougall, Jean, 176 McKillop St., East Geelong.

Dougall, Mrs. K. (Daisy Collins), c/o. 238 Malop St., Geelong: Duffield, Jean, 260 McKillop St., East Geelong.

Dunn, Mrs. W. S. (June Graham), 122 Kincaid St., Wagga Wagga, N.S.W. Dunoon, Jennie, c/o. Dennys, Lascelles, Moorabool St., Geelong.

Duthie, Mrs. R. (Roberta Brockenshire), 10 Cormac St., East Preston.

Edwards, Judith, Rothbury," Lal Lal, Vic. Elder, Alisoun, Rokewood.

Elliott, Joan.

Ellis, Margaret, 392 Myers St., East Geelong.

Elshaug, Beverley, c/o. National Bank, Moorabool St., Geelong.

Elsom, Jessie, Wallup, via Horsham.

Elvins, Pat., " Carlyon," 113 Latrobe Ter., Geelong.

Errey, Janet, 29 Barkley St., Camperdown, Vic. Errey, Helen, 29 Barkley St., Camperdown, Vic. Evans, Patricia, 158 Victoria Park Rd., Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, Q'land.

Evans, Mrs. M. (Jean Davies), "The Peak," Nimmitabel, N.S.W. Evans, Mrs. R. G. (Betty Douglas), " Nauroy," Buckley, Vic. Fallaw, Mrs. H. (Vida Walter), Victoria Ter., Eastern Beach, Geelong.

Fargie, Joycelyn, 234 Latrobe Ter., Geelong.

Fargie, Margaret, 234 Latrobe Ter., Geelong.

Farquharson, Jennifer, Bushy Park," Birregurra.

Fewtrell, Jenifer, 64 Albert St., Geelong West.

Fewtrell, Judith, 64 Albert St., Geelong West.

Fish, Jean, " Ira' Park,'' Dookie.

Foley, Mrs. J. (Beth Winstanley), 3 Union St., Belmont, Geelong.

Forster, Mrs. B. (Joan Toyne), 13 Elgin St., Geelong West.

Foster, Joan, 19 Upper Skene St., Newtown, Geelong.

French, Mrs. J. (Mary Graham), 26 Orr St., Manifold Heights, Geelong.

Forsyth, Marjorie, 239 McKillop St., Geelong.

Gawith, Betty, " Ravenswood," Duncan St., Murtoa.

Geddes, Innes, " Karmala," Lake Bolac.

Gell, Muriel, 284 Myers St., East Geelong.

Gillett, Audrey, "Jalna " Private Bag, Geelong.

Glover, Dorothy, 24 Belseige Gro., Hampstead, M.W.3, London, England.

Gillies, Helen, 29 Roxby St., Manifold Heights, Geelong.

Gillies, Marion, 29 Roxby St., Manifold Heights, Geelong.

Gordon, Jan, 202 Autumn St., Geelong West.

Gordon, Jean, Box 33, Avoca, Vic. Gordon, L. K., Box 33, Avoca, Vic. Gowty, Margaret, 4 Francis St., Newtown, Geelong.

Grant, Betty, 131 Aberdeen St., Newtown, Geelong.

Grant, Lesley, 26 Shore Gro., North Coburg.

Green, Mrs. H. (Beth Bartlett), cor. Latrobe Ter. and Elizabeth St., Newtown, Geelong.

Griffiths, Elaine, Strachan Ave., Manifold Heights, Geelong.

Griffiths, Gwenda, Strachan Ave., Manifold Heights, Geelong.

Griffiths, Mrs. J. (Mavis Edmonds), Culbin Ave., Belmont, Geelong.

Hagger, Mrs. A. (Elsa Hemphill), 3 Rowena Rd., North Carnegie, S.E.I0.

Hamilton, Mrs. R. (Audrey Smith), 17 Douglass St., Manifold Heights, Geelong.

Hannan, Mrs. J. L. (Edith Olsen), 62 Eastgate St., Oakleigh, Vic. Harper, Mrs. A. K. (Margot Prowse), Flat 3, 7 Glenroy Rd., Hawthorn.

Harris, Mrs. G. (Valerie Ives), 9 Lunan Ave., Drumcondra, Geelong.

Hartwick, June, " Gardenhill," Grovedale.

Harsley, Mrs. Lorna, Flat 4, 2a Kertford St., East St. Kilda.

Harvey, Mrs. J. E. (Joyce Richmond), " Bell View," Murgheboluc.

Hasler, Elizabeth, Laurel Bank Par., Newtown, Geelong.

Headlam, Mrs. J. (M. Carmichael), Argyle, Casterton.

Heard, Janet, 27 Camden Rd., Newtown, Geelong.

Hearne, Patricia, 53 The Esplanade, Western Beach, Geelong.

Hill, Lisle, 26 Lonsdale St., South Geelong.

Hirst, Helen, 279 Pakington St., Newtown, Geelong.

Hobbs, Mrs. R. (Marjorie Watts), Anakie Rd., North Geelong.

Holmes, Mrs. A. S. (Wynne Sinclair), " Rocklands," Drik Drik, via Heywood.

Honey, Patricia, Merriwarp House," Ceres.

Honeybun, Mrs. J. (Jean Judge), " Wattle Garth," Bobinwarrak East.

Hopkinson, Mrs. W. (Mollie Shirra), 104 Aberdeen St., Newtown, Geelong.

Hughes, Betty, Anglesea.

Hutchins, Mrs. H. C. (Agnes Venters), Leigh Park, Private Bag, Doroq, via Geelong.

Hyde, Mrs. (Pauline Marchant), c/o. 6 Meakin St., East Geelong.

Illingworth, Mrs. S. (Gwen Webster), 23 Laurel Bank Par., Newtown, Geelong.

Ince, Mrs. (Jean McKenzie), 8 South St., Belmont, Geelong.

BASEBALL TEAM Standing: Pamela Lilburne, Barbara Manger, Kay Stallard, Glenys Woods, Margaret Speers (Captain), Fay Pope Absent: Judith Kumnick Seated; Pamela Ilett, Nola Longwell

TENNIS TEAM Kay Stallard (Captain), Lorraine Wood. Jennifer McKewan, Barbara Manger, Mary Gawith, Patricia Tymms, Nola Longwell Absent: Judith Kumnick

THE LUCERNIAN

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Ingpen, Mrs. T. (V. Anderson), 283 Latrobe Ter., Murray, Joan, National Bank, Wangaratta, Vic. Murton, Mrs. M. (J. Arnott), c/o. Amalgamated Saw Newtown, Geelong.

Mills (E.A. Limited), Maji-Mazuri, Kenya, British Irving, Mrs. J. (Myrl Holt), 342 Myers St., East East Africa.

Geelong.

Moss, Mrs. W. L. (Dorothy Hill), 2 Bonville Court, Johns, Beverley, " Ardcoille," Dooen.

Camberwell, E.6.

Johnstone, Merlyn, 7 Union St., Belmont, Geelong.

Menzies, Mrs. K. (Marjorie Cooke), 57 Evesham Rd., Keen, Mrs. H. S. (Gwen McKeon), Western Stores, Cheltenham.

Foster, Vic. McAllister, Pat, Wallington, via Geelong.

Kelso, Mrs. M. (Mollie Bromell), Coleraine, Vic. McCallum, Mrs. J. (Joan Price), Ocean Grove.

Kerr, Joyce, Green Abbey," Oaklands, N.S.W. McCann, Mrs. E. W. (Edna McIntyre), High View," Kroger, Janice, 12 Normanby St., East Geelong.

Highton.

Lang. Isobel, Laurel Bank Par., Geelong.

McCann, Jennifer, " High View," Highton.

Lyons, Doreen, II Scott St., Belmont, Geelong.

McColl, Mrs. S. J. (June Orchard), 21 Austin St., Lee, Yvonne, " Allambee," Lismore.

Newtown, Geelong.

Leigh, Edith, Burnham Flats, Skene St., Geelong.

McCormack, Mavis, Upper Morrison, via Elaine, Vic. Lewis, Mrs. I. (Nancy Day), 24 Volum St., Manifold McCowan, Mrs. I. (Morva Chisholm), Cliff St., Heights, Geelong.

North Geelong.

Lilburne, Mrs. H. (Jessie Lowe), 100 Aphrasia St., Inverkel," Terang.

McCrabb, Norma, Newtown, Geelong.

McDonald, Mary, Box 101, Shepparton, Vic. Little, Gwen, Hamilton Hotel, Gray St., Hamilton, Vic. McDougall, Beverley, Macarthur, Vic. Little, Valda, " Coolangatta," Leopold.

McGregor, Margaret, Box 15, Rochester.

Long, Hazel, 14 Pride Ave., Geelong West.

McGregor, Mary, Box 15, Rochester.

Louttit, Alys, 32 Volum St., Geelong West.

McIntyre, Wendy, 124 Lonsdale St., Hamilton, Vic. Louttit, Kath, 32 Volum St., Geelong West.

McIntyre, Mrs. D. (Nancy Price), 124 Lonsdale St., Lucas, Mrs. C. (Marjorie Galbraith), 104 Shannon Hamilton, Vic. Ave., Newtown, Geelong.

McIntyre, Mrs. J. (Nancy Field), Swan St., Wangaratta.

Luhrs, Mrs. (Margaret Routley), Marylands," McKenzie, Mrs. M. (Freda Dunn), 8 Carmichael St., Cavendish, Vic. East Ivanhoe, N.21.

Macguggan, Mrs. Isobel, Box 24, Branxholme.

McKindlay, Esma, Richmond Park, Perricoota Rd., Madden, Audrey, Manifold P.O., Geelong. via Moarna, N.S.W. Madden, Lynette, Bell Post Hill, Geelong.

McKinnon, Elaine, 17 Swanston St., Geelong.

Madden, Marion, " Strathire," Batesford.

McKinnon, Shirley, 42 Howard St., Glen Iris.

Malseed, Dulcie, Benara, Drik Drik.

McLelland, Dorothy, 45 West Melbourne Rd., Maltby, Mrs. T. (Deidre Dadds), Riverview Ter., Geelong West.

Belmont, Geelong.

MacMillan, Meredith, 3 Daracombe Ave., Kew, E.4.

Manger, Helen, 13 Howard St., Warrnambool.

McMillan, Mrs. T. (Gladys Matheson), c/o. Mrs. S. Margetts, Audrey, 43 Wattle Valley Rd., CanterWood, Nantes St., Newtown. bury, E.7.

McPhee, Jean, Nantes St., Newtown, Geelong.

Marshall, Melba, " Kilburnie Park," Private Bag, Neilson, Joan, 19 Retreat Rd., Newtown, Geelong.

Nhill, Vic. Nelson, Mrs. E. (Lesley Long), Stephen St., Newtown, Marshall, Mrs. W. (Jean Venters), Scottsdale, Tas. Geelong.

Martin, Molly, Gurr St., East Geelong.

Newall, Mrs. A. (Mary McLennan), "Auvergne," May, Winifred, Private Bag, Stawell, Vic. Marnoo, Vic. Meek, Mrs. A. J. (Betty Jackson), " Bromleigh," Newall, Judith, "Auvergne," Marnoo, Vic. Mininera, Vic. Newton, Mrs. B. (Avis King), 8 McMillan Ave., Messenger, Marian, Private Bag, Mildura, Vic. Drumcondra, Geelong.

Miles, Mrs. F. (Margaret Pettitt), 2 Rugby St., Northfield, Mrs. A. (Edith Wilson), 29 Regent St., Belmont, Geelong.

Belmont.

Mills, Riona, Dooen, via Horsham.

Oakley, Joan, Virginia St., Newtown, Geelong.

Money, Mrs. J. (Florence Davies), 110 Aphrasia St., Oddie, Margaret, Challicum Park, Beaufort.

Newtown, Geelong.

Orchard, Mrs. D. (Phyllis David), Roslyn Rd., Highton.

Money, Judy, 110 Aphrasia St., Newtown, Geelong.

Orchard, Mrs. E. (Joyce Hinchliffe), I Douglass St., Moore, Jennifer, "Colebrook," Private Bag No. 9, Manifold Heights, Geelong.

M urtoa.

Paterson, Mrs. J. H. (Kitty McLennan), 6 Kingscroft Moreton, Gwenda, " Coolangatta," Lake Bolac.

Rd., Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland.

Moreton, Honor, Coolangatta," Lake Bolac.

Patterson, Mrs. G. (Jocelyn McGilvray), " Juruga," Moreton, Joan, " Coolangatta," Lake Bolac.

Laverton.

Morris, Mrs. A. G. (Alison Heard), 7 Twisden Rd., Patterson, Mrs. R. (M. Ward), Portland Rd., Hamilton.

Bentleigh.

Paton, Mrs. S. M. (Judy Johnson), " Crailing," Tooma, Morrison, Barbara, 19 Seymour St., Terang, Vic. via Albury, N.S.W. Morrison, Mrs. N. (Pamela Brooke-Ward), c/o. Mr. Pavia, Mrs. E.- (Loris Thomson), I King St., Belmont.

W. R. Brooke-Ward, Shannon Ave., Newtown, Geelong.

Geelong.

Pavia, Mrs. R. (Eathorne Stewart), 7 Fernery Gro., Morton, Nita, " Blink Bonnie," Bacchus Marsh.

Newtown, Geelong.

Muller, Mrs. G. J. (Marianne Pettitt), Melbourne Rd., Peel, Jean, " Tower Hill," Inverleigh.

Lara.

Penney, Jessie, 200a Pakington St., Geelong West.

Mund, Mrs. M. (Lorna Gill), Wellington Woollen Pettersen, Claire, Ocean Grove.

Mills, Petone, N.Z.

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Piper, Mrs. (1Ia Herd), 42 Scott St., Belmont, Geelong.

Pryor, Mrs. (Marie Wilson), 210 Clarendon St., East Melbourne.

Profitt, Mrs. V. (Gladys Wynn), 5 Clairmont Ave., Newtown, Geelong.

Purnell, Mrs. A. E. (Jean McIntyre), " Narawong."

Moriac.

Purnell, Marjorie, c/o. Mrs. H. A. Purnell, 136 Noble St., Newtown, Geelong.

Pyper, Joanna, Westbury, Tas. Porteous, Wendy, " Kinross," 770 Burwood Rd., Hawthorn.

Rassmussen, Patsy, 8 Drumcondra Ave., Drumcondra, Geelong.

Read, Judith, c/o. Mrs. Longwell, Austin St., Newtown, Geelong.

Reid, Mrs. J. Duncan, (Nancy Munro), 275 Pakington St., Newtown, Geelong.

Reeve, Mrs. J. (Marjorie McGie), Nantes St., Newtown, Geelong.

Reeves, Vera, c/o. 247 Pakington St., Newtown, Geelong.

Rentoul, Jean, 286 Latrobe Ter., Geelong.

Richardson, Elaine, Aphrasia St., Newtown, Geelong.

Rix, Mrs. L. (Margaret Cameron), c/o. Mrs. Cameron, Retreat Rd., Newtown, Geelong.

Rix, Merle, Box 153, Merbein, Vic. Robertson, Flora, 18 Culbin Ave., Belmont, Geelong.

Ross, Mrs. S. (Betty Hewitson), c/o. G. Hewitson, Esq., Healesville.

Rowe, Jean, 17 Roslyn Rd., Belmont, Geelong.

Roydhouse, Mrs. D. (Peg. Madden), 69 Mt. Pleasant Rd., Belmont, Geelong.

Ruxton, Mrs. E. (Dorothy Brown), 31 Retreat Rd., Newtown, Geelong.

Sedgwick, Mrs. R. (Rita Glen), "The Palms," Glenleith Ave., Drumcondra, Geelong.

Seeger, Marlyn, Little Ryrie St., Geelong.

Selle, Mrs. A. 0. (Stella Pagels), 359 Ryrie St., Geelong.

Sellers, L. Shorland, Mary, R.M.B. 52A, Moama, N.S.W. Shone, Mrs. L. (Gwen Dancey), 25 Fairview St., Newtown, Geelong.

Sinclair, Ann Mcl., Nardoo, Bamawm Extension, Vic. Sinclair, Elizabeth McI., Nardoo, Bamawm Extension, Vic. Sloman, Mrs. J. H. (Lynne Adams), Orton St., Ocean Grove.

Smith, Mrs. A. (Lorna McNaughton), " Glenora," Gheringhap, Vic. Smith, Mrs. (Alyson Potter), 104 Bambra Rd., Caulfield.

Smith, Mrs. C. (Helen Sutcliffe), " North Glen," Elaine, Vic. Smith, Mrs. G. Logie (Enid Buchanan), 106 Prospect Rd., Newtown, Geelong.

Smith, Ethel, "Ardlui," Glenormiston North, Vic. Smith, Joyce, 290 Pakington St., Newtown, Geelong.

Sowden, Beth, 283 Ryrie St., Geelong.

Spencer, Mrs. D. (June Elvins), Chester St., Newtown, Geelong.

Stabernack, Mrs. R. (Marl. Blakiston), 100 Corio Ter., Geelong.

Steel, Elizabeth, " Bundara," Buckley, Vic. Steel, Mrs. I. (Joan Mackenzie), " Ingleston," Duverney, Vic. Stephens, Madge, Bryce Ave., Newtown, Geelong.

Stewart, Mrs. B. (Barbara Batten), 44 Buckland Ave., Newtown, Geelong.

Stewart, Mrs. J. (Dawn Grundy), c/o. 369 Centre Rd., Bentleigh.

Stringer, Mrs. (Joan Mockridge), Regent St., West Moolap.

Strong, Joy, 93 Roslyn Rd., Belmont, Geelong.

Sutherland, Shirley, Fischer St., Kyabram, Vic. Swanson, Anne, " Ormlie Hall," Thurso, Caithness, Scotland.

Symons, Mrs. (Isabel Hargreaves), "Almonds," via Lake Rowan.

Talsma, Mrs. W. (Alexe Cornell), 7 Lunan Ave., Drumcondra, Geelong.

Tarr, Elizabeth, 145 Noble St., Newtown, Geelong.

Taylor, Mrs. G. (Heather Wallace), c/o. " Chipchase," Ryrie St., Geelong.

Thompson, Barbara, Philpott St., East Geelong.

Thompson, Mrs. (Elva Illingworth), 21 Fitzroy St., East Geelong.

Thomson, Mrs. A. (Jean Calder), 9 Manifold St., Manifold Heights, Geelong.

Thomson, Mary, 47 Roslyn Rd., Belmont, Geelong.

Thomson, Helen, 5 Margaret St., Geelong.

Thornton, Betty, " Roseneath," Tallygaroopna Rd. Delivery.

Till, Mary, c/o. National Bank, Euroa, Vic. Timms, Freda, Fischer St., Torquay, Vic. Tolhurst, Mrs. W. (Morva Long), 22 Stephen St., Newtown, Geelong.

Townsend, Noel, Palmerston Sq., Bendigo, Vic. Toyne, Mrs. I. (Margaret Craig), Highton, via Geelong.

Tritschler, Margery, 14 McDonald St., Belmont, Geelong.

Tyack, Mrs. I. (Margaret Grenfell), 5 Shackleton St., Belmont, Geelong.

Varley, Mrs. A. J. (Phyllis McKenzie), "Wilga," N.M.B., 20, Tocumwal, N.S.W. Veness, Mrs. R. C. (Jean Cameron), " Kentlea," Hill St., Manilla, N.S.W. Venters, Nan, " Bellaria," Virginia St., Newtown, Geelong.

Venters, Mrs. S. (Sadie Honey), " Springdale," Stonehaven, Vic. Wainwright, Mrs. R. (Bertha Levy), " Yuriga," Winchelsea.

Walker, Jocelyn, 3 Hector St., Geelong West.

Wallace, Erica, " Chipchase," Ryrie St., Geelong.

Walter, Mrs. K. (Agnes Black), Box 51, Macarthur, Vic. Ward, Rosemary, 13 Shannon Ave., Newtown, Geelong.

Watson, Mrs. (Janet Turner), 16 Fairview St., Burwood, Vic. Wettenhall, Mrs. H. (Margaret Simson), Skipton, Vic. White, Mrs. R. (Gertrude Walter), 372 Myers St., East Geelong.

Williams, Mrs. A. W. (Doreen White), Bellbrae, via Geelong.

Williams, Margot, 3 Clifton Ave., Stowell, Vic. Williams, Alison, " Marathon," Private Bag, Geelong.

Wills, Elaine, c/o. University Women's College, Carlton, N.3.

Wilson, Jeannette, George St., Geelong.

Wilson, Mrs. W. (Gwen Purnell), 15 Frank St., Newtown, Geelong.

Wightmick, Mrs. (Beth Davis), c/o. 208 Autumn St., Geelong.

THE LUCERNIAN Wood, Mrs. S. (Jean Mathieson), Nantes St., Newtown, Geelong.

Wootten, Cynthia, 19 Orr St., Manifold Heights, Geelong.

Strathmere," Winchelsea.

Worland, Valerie, Wright, Mrs. J. (Myee Herd), Marine Par., Lorne.

FINANCIAL MEMBERS, 1954 Arnott, Isabel, 11 Purrumbete Ave., Manifold Heights, Geelong.

Baxter, Doreen, 23 Lupton St., Geelong West.

Baxter, Enid, 23 Lupton St., Geelong West.

Baxter, Merle, 23 Lupton St., Geelong West.

Bell, Beverley, 6 Scott St., Belmont, Geelong.

Burch, Beverley, 2 Hermitage Rd., Newtown, Geelong.

Brockenshire, Winifred, 8 Ballarat Rd., Geelong West.

Collullah," Box 14, Lismore, Vic. Cameron, Beverley, Chew, Dorothy, " Yaralla," Streatham, Vic. Cook, Mrs. R. (Rosemary Dabb), 15 Knight Ave., Herne Hill, Geelong.

Crowl, Mrs. (Phyllis Judge), 13 Ballarat Rd., Hamilton, Vic. Cuttriss, Mrs. A. G. (Alison Madden), Riverview Ter., Belmont, Geelong.

Dabb, Jacqueline, 22 Glenleith Ave., Geelong West.

Davis, Kathleen, 208 Autumn St., Geelong West.

Elder, Rosemary, " Karuc-a-ruc," Rokewood, Fairnie, Elizabeth, 19 Buckland Ave., Newtown, Geelong.

Fewtrell, Jeanette, 33 Strachan Ave., Manifold Heights, Geelong.

Fletcher, Sally, Nurses' Home, Alfred Hospital, Commercial Rd., Prahran.

Forbes, Margaret, " Heatherbank," Streatham, Vic. Gillespie, Myrna, 177 Charman Rd., Cheltenham, Vic. Goodwin, June, 84 Ormond Rd., East Geelong.

Griffiths, Jessie, Chestervale, Meredith.

Habergham, Joan, 2 Regent Court, McKillop St., Geelong.

Harding, Mrs. D. (Nancy White), 10 Noble St., Newtown, Geelong.

Hawker, Elizabeth, 23 Volum St., Manifold Heights, Geelong.

Hawker, Nancy, 23 Volum St., Manifold Heights, Geelong.

Hendy, Mrs. J. C. (Ingo Dowsett), 31 Shannon Ave., Newtown, Geelong.

Hill, Janice, 29 Volum St., Manifold Heights, Geelong.

Hindell, Elizabeth, Skene St., Newtown, Geelong.

Hughes, Mrs. G. (Dorothy Brebner), c/o. Willow Bank, Buangor.

Hessel, Mrs. G. (Pat Field).

Jolly, Marlene, Brae Burn," Anakie, Vic. Jullien, Dorothy, Teachers' College Hostel, 24 Marne St., South Yarra.

Knights, Roma, I The Avenue, Western Beach, Geelong.

Lewis, Margaret, 11 Park St., Newtown, Geelong.

Leyland, Loretta, 41 Lascelles Ave., Manifold Heights, Geelong.

Lindsay, Anne, Noble St., Newtown, Geelong.

Madden, Patsy, 3 Mt. Pleasant Rd., Belmont, Geelong.

Meredith, J., 14 Normanby St., East Geelong.

Metherall, Marlene, Hawthorn Ave., Belmont, Geelong.

Moir, Marieta, Berryden," Mirboo North.

Morley, Mrs. (Gwen Drayton), c/o. P.O., Loxton, S.A. Monk, Gloria.

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Nicholson, Gerda, 79 Aphrasia St., Newtown, Geelong.

Perrett, Mrs. M., Marshall.

Pope, Joan, Seaview Par., North Shore, Geelong.

Price, Beverley, 27 Fitzroy St., Geelong West.

Purnell, Mrs. W. V., Buckland Ave., Newtown, Geelong.

Pouls+on, Mrs. M. (M. Barnes), Queen St., Belmont.

Rees, Nan, I Wilson St., Terang, Vic. Robertson, Ruth, " Hillside," Winchelsea, Vic. Roffey, Barbara, 38 Fyansford Rd., Herne Hill, Geelong.

Schefferle, Norma, 5 Miles St., Newtown, Geelong.

Solomon, Valerie, Victoria Par., Eastern Beach, Geelong.

Stallard, Joy, Lloyd St., Belmont, Geelong.

Thomson, Mrs. D. (Joan Bartle), 64 Roslyn Rd., Belmont, Geelong.

Tonkin, June, Vines Road, Bell Park, Geelong.

Turner, Mrs. G. (Gwen Weddell), 437 Moorabool St., South Geelong.

Vautier, Marie, 30 Beach Par., Drumcondra, Geelong.

Whittaker, Margaret, 9 Wattletree Rd., Drumcondra, Geelong.

Wood, Mrs. K. P. (Margaret Kerr), R.M.B. 329, Deniliquin.

WESTERN DISTRICT BRANCH I am happy to present on behalf of the Western District Branch of the Vorongo Old Collegians a review of our activities since our last annual meeting.

At our 1953 annual meeting, held in Colac, we had as our guests Miss Shaw and Miss Rentoul. The committee decided to make the usual scholarship money of £25 available, and in addition to send £25 to Morongo, c/o Miss Shaw, to be used at her discretion. A sum of £5 was authorised to be forwarded to the spastic children's appeal.

At the conclusion of the business for 1953 Miss Shaw took the chair for election of office-bearers for the following year, and the results were as follows:— President: Margaret Yates.

Vice-Presidents: F. McDonald, J. McAdam J. Reddie.

Secretary: Margaret Potter.

Assistant Secretary: Margaret Carson.

Treasurer: Evelyn Bauer.

Committee: All members.

Representatives from our branch were able to attend several functions in Geelong, including annual meeting, speech day, garden party, back to school day and sports day, and annual at home. Each of these functions provided opportunities for renewing old friendships.

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Four dances have been held since our last annual meeting. These have all proved to be highly successful social evenings, and at the same time we have been able to progress financially.

Approximately £63 profit has been received from the dances. We were happy to welcome Mr. and Mrs. Orchard to our August function, which was a jinx night dance.

During March, 1954, members took part in a church parade at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Colac, and we were very pleased to have Miss Shaw and Miss Rentoul attend with us. The church parade resulted in the largest gathering of members for the year, 30 being present. Our thanks are due to Glenys Drayton and her parents for entertaining our visitors at lunch on that day.

A former secretary of our branch, Mar. garet Carson, was married in September to Mr. Colin Boyd, and our best wishes go to them both. We were pleased, too, to hear of the arrival of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Clifford (nee Norma Middleton). We are sad to have to record bereavements in the families of Jean McAdam and Jessie (Mrs. Hastie) and Janette Reddie, and our sympathy has been expressed to them.

In conclusion I would like to express my thanks to all our Old Collegians for their support at all our functions, and especially to our secretary (Margaret Potter) and ou r treasurer (Evelyn Bauer) for the work they have done. The thanks of all of us go, too, to those who have attended to the decorations for our dances. And so another happy and eventful year has passed. At the conclusion of my term of office I would like to give my best wishes to the new president for 1955, and I trust her task will prove as light as mine has been.

Margaret Yates, President LIFE MEMBERS Alexander, Mrs. (Joyce Carson), Pomborneit East.

Bauer, Evelyn, Cororooke.

Boyd, Mrs. (Margaret Carson), Swan Marsh.

Campbell, Mrs. M. (Myra McDonald), Sheep Hills.

Clifford, Mrs. E. (Norma Middleton), P.B., Colac.

Daffy, Mrs. D. (Doris Lang), Weering.

Drayton, Glenis, Pollock St., Colac.

Farquharson, Jennifer, Birregurra.

Gray, Mrs. H. G. (Greta McIntosh), Colac.

Atkinson-Grimshaw, Mrs. (Valmai Thomas), Elleminyt.

Higgins, Elva, Swan Marsh.

Henderson, Mrs. J. (Jean Brien), Whooral.

Howey, Hilary, Queen's Ave., Colac.

Lang, Jessie, Weering.

Long, Mrs. J. (Jessie Gibson), Cressy.

McAdam, Jean, Colac.

McDonald, Flora, Colac.

McDonald, Janet, Beeac.

McKenzie, Dorothy, Terang.

McLeod, Una, Cressy.

McLeod, Violet, Cressy.

Mander-Jones, Mrs. L. (L. McDonald), Adelaide.

Pocock, Judith, Weering.

Potter, Margaret„ Murray St., Colac.

Reddie, Janet, Weering.

Sims, Mrs. A. (A. McDonald), Beeac.

Sutherland, Shirley, P.B., Colac.

Symons, Mrs. N. (Nancy Stewart).

Williams, Joan, Wearing.

Williams, Gwen, Weering.

Yates, Margaret, 24 Grant St., Colac.

Yates, Dorothy, 24 Grant St., Colac.

MELBOURNE BRANCH President: Jean Croll.

Secretary: Bonnie Dwyer.

Treasurer: Kathleen Perry.

Melbourne has unfortunately had a difficult year, and has been in recess as a branch.

However, quite a number of get-togethers were held at members' homes, so they have kept in touch and are ready to begin the new year with a fresh vigor. We do make an appeal to all Old Collegians in Melbourne to rally round and keep this very important link with the school.

LIFE MEMBERS Armstead, Mrs. E. (Norma Sweetten), 461 Bell St., Pascoe Vale.

Bishop, Mrs. K. (Elsie Gough).

Bloomfield, Mrs. E. (Marjory Northey), 247 Bourke Rd., Glen Iris.

Burke, Mrs. M. (Ida Brewster), 38 Scott St., Canterbury.

Caldicott, Mrs. K. J. (Dorothy Adams), 35 Walpole St., Kew. Cattanach, Mary, 79 Broadway, Camberwell.

Croaker, Mrs. R. W. (Lola Tedcastle), 95 Mortirnore St., Moorabbin.

Croll, Mrs. E. A. (Jean Pettitt), I Carramar Ave., Camberwell.

Cuzens, Mrs. W. J. (Ruth West), " Kooringa," Marysville.

Dalley, Mrs. S. (Rosaleen Price), 186a Park St., East Brunswick.

French, Mrs. H. (Rosemary Weddell), Pinaroo, Derrinallum.

Fleming, Mrs. A. M. (Margaret Salter), Summit Ave., Mooroolbark.

Glover, Dorothy, England.

Grant, Lesley, 21 Hampden St., Armadale.

Harding, Min, Flat 8, 10A Dickens St., St. Kilda.

Harper, Mrs. A. K. (Margot Prowse), Flat 3, 7 Glenroy Rd., Hawthorn.

THE LUCERNIAN Harsley, Mrs. L. (Lorna Morton), Flat 4, 2A Kertford St., East St. Kilda.

Hagger, Mrs. A. (Elsa Hemphill), 3 Rowena Rd., North Caulfield.

Hannan, Mrs. J. L. (Edith Olsen), 62 Eastgate St., Oakleigh.

Hawken, Mrs. J. C. (Ena Miller), 35 Reynolds Far., Pascoe Vale.

Horner, Mrs. B. (Mhairi Baxter), 8 Oliver St., East Malvern.

Jones, Audrey, 11 Cobden St., East Caulfield.

Johnson, Erica, 25 Denbigh Rd., Armadale.

Leonard, Mrs. J. (Mary Strickland), 26 Royal Cres., Camberwell.

Madden, Edith, C.E.G.G.S., 84 Anderson St., S.E.2.

Margetts, Audrey, 43 Wattle Valley Rd., Canterbury McKenzie, Mrs. (Freda Dunn), 8 Carmichael St., East Ivanhoe.

McKinnon, Avril, 36 The Avenue, Parkville.

Mander-Jones, Mrs. G. (Daisy Balfour).

Makepeace, Mrs. V. Mahoney, Mrs. J. (Alison Simson), 69 Paxton St., East Malvern.

McKee, Mrs. M. (Helen Venters), Carlingford, Epping.

Orchard, Mrs. W. (Vivienne Bartlett), 8 Olive St., East Malvern.

Peden, Heather, Janet Clarke Hall, Carlton, N.3.

Perry, Kathleen, 416 Mont Albert Rd., Mont Albert.

Pettitt, Mavis, 9 Albert Cres, Surrey Hills.

Pryor, Mrs. J. (Marie Wilson), c/o. Lucy Bryce, 2 Collins St., Melbourne.

Pyper, Joanna, 10 Avondale Rd., Armadale.

Ralton, Mrs. L. (Leila Wallace), 8 Harkin Ave., Mentone.

Scott, Mrs. J. R. (Beryl Balfour), The Manse, Korumburra.

Sillitoe, Mrs. D. (Chloris Milne), 8 Garden St., Hampden.

Williams, Mrs. H. Morel! (Helen Twaddell), The Boulevard, North Balwyn.

Whittaker, Elaine.

Watson, Mrs. J. (Janet Turner), 16 Fairview St., Burwood.

FINANCIAL MEMBERS, 1954 Carstairs, Nancy, 6 Bowen St., South Melbourne.

Dwyer, Bonnie, 93 Allison Rd., Elsternwick.

Lee, Mrs. A. A. (Janet Ballantyne), 13 Tollington Ave., East Malvern.

Mann, Mrs. R. (Greta Mathieson), 142 Summerhill Rd., Glen Iris.

Shann, Mrs. F. (Enid Wilson), c/o. John Wilson, Esq., 8 City View Rd., Balwyn.

Wood, Rosemary, 20 Central Park Rd., East Malvern.

OUR BADGE How many of us just pin on our badge automatically? Do we ever stop to think of the meaning of the motif we are wearing?

Who designed it I do not know, but it was designed with a purpose and a vision, and to my mind I read the following meaning into it. What would your idea of the meaning be?

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The badge is composed of the school badge, superimposed on the Maltese Cross.

The central figure is the Lamp of Knowledge, which has the flame ever burning—for we are always searching for knowledge, from childhood to old age. The lamp is cast over the Cross of St. Andrew, which is the symbol of our Christian heritage, and of the Cross of Sacrifice. Sacrifice is the counter to selfishness and a true builder of character.

This central theme is enclosed with a circle, telling us that these things which may have a beginning are endless. The whole has been superimposed on the Maltese Cross of Service to humanity; and surely if we carry out the central theme we are then fitted to go into a wider field and share our privileges with those less fortunate. Let us then live up to our badge, that those who come after us may be proud of the example of the Morongo Old Collegians' Association.

A DAY IN EGYPT WITH MARGARET NEILSON Light switched on in my cabin. " Is Miss Neilson in here?" "Yes," I answered. "You have been called." Time 2.30 a.m., 23rd May; the voice, that of the night watchman.

So I arose to begin a long day in Egypt.

Had shower, dressed, and went up on deck to find it a cool morning, and the Orsova almost at anchor in Suez.

Breakfast served at 5.45 a.m., then up to the dance square to collect our passports, which had to be stamped by Egyptian authorities.

Left the ship at 6.54 a.m. in an open launch, and found about 86 Thos. Cook cars waiting to convey us on our journey. My party managed to secure a very nice 1950 Chrysler.

As we left Suez we noticed houses were mostly square in shape and fairly squat. Palm

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trees and poincianas were prominent, and later on bougainvillia also.

As our fleet of cars took over the road, buses, pedestrians and cyclists had to take second preference. Drivers were quick, and with much blowing of horns we held our own all day.

On the outskirts of Suez homes were more derelict. Noticed two women in black robes carrying tins of water on their heads, and marvelled at their sense of balance.

On past British military camps; battalion signs well displayed. Seemed pleased to see so many British tourists.

The scenery of Heliopolis (about 80 miles) was much the same all the way—long stretches of sandy wastes, stunted bushes, and a very occasional tree. On the road at odd times we saw camels and goats, but no other animals. There were numerous petrol tankers returning to refill at Suez.

On our left, a short way out of Suez, was a rocky range, appearing mauve in the morning light, the contours of the rocks sharply edged by the low light.

We passed a road where our driver said were "Too much British Army." Were greeted most effusively by soldiers at a British check point nearby.

Passed a group of buildings high up on a hill—one of King Farouk's palaces.

It was Sunday, but as the Mahommedans' was on Friday the road workers were out.

Passed another check point entering Heliopolis at 9 a.m.

Police and military barracks everywhere, surrounded by gum trees. These were low cream brick buildings, which almost merged into the sand of the desert.

First impression of Heliopolis was lightcolouring and squareness of buildings. The streets were tree-lined, and we passed through an area of beautiful homes. It is a fairly new town, built about 1910, therefore not so decrepit as an older one. Modern American cars, donkey carts, reasonably good buses and dilapidated trams share the roads.

Police and soldiers everywhere, with rifles and pistols ready to use.

Morning tea at Heliopolis Palace—a really luxurious hotel. High-ceilinged lounge had marbled columns, on which were intricate de-

signs. Small arcades off the lounge had showcases with jewellery, postcards and other things for sale.

After morning tea a dragoman was attached as guide—Mohammedan, in the middle of a month's fasting—neither eat, drink nor smoke between 3 a.m. and 6.50 p.m.

He was wearing a length of pyjama-type material tightly wound round his body, length of suit material slung around loosely, handkerchief over his head topped with a red fez, blue socks, and blue and white sports shoes.

On to Cairo. Saw a monument opposite railway station which is as old as the beginning of Cairo-3900 B.C. First stop at Museum, where hours could have been spent; but had to be content with much less. Hundreds of mummies, statues, etc., in granite, marble and alabaster, the latter stone being really beautiful.

Statues were of historical figures, old kings, queens, and builders of the Pyramids. There was an amazing amount of pure gold in the building.

Most interesting were the painted murals which have been found in old tombs and preserved in wonderful fashion, as were the eyes built into the statues of several people.

Then to the bazaar area. Taken into a beautiful perfumery shop, quite exotic atmosphere, where we sat on couches and pouffes while perfumed stoppers were wafted beneath our noses to entice us to buy. Apparently one of THE perfumeries of the world.

Had lunch at the hotel in Cairo—again luxurious. Drink waiters wore bright green tunics with red fez.

Had short walk around after lunch, seeing Farouk's yacht anchored in the Nile.

Nearby was the Bridge of Lions, a very substantial construction, with two huge sculptured lions guarding the city. Palms lined the opposite shore of the river.

Off again at 2 p.m., passing through poorer areas, to visit the leading Mosque. Soft covers were put over our shoes, and we felt like ducks with webbed feet. Walls were of alabaster, and hundreds of crystal chandeliers hung from the ceiling. When lights were switched on it created a scene of indescribable beauty. On clear days one can see as

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far as the Pyramids or further, but not today.

The road to the Pyramids had separate lanes of traffic, and was lined with our Australian gums.

Stopped at Mena House, and changed our form of transport from car to camel. "Fair dinkum" was a frequent expression of the guides when they knew we were Australians.

The three Pyramids we saw are built of sandy coloured stone. The slabs are stacked one on top of the other obliquely, so it is possible to climb the outside surface, as one Orsova passenger did. No time to enter the Pyramids, but rode straight on to see the Sphinx. A bad day for photography in general—the desert sand blowing round us.

Reached the vast Cairo Station before 6 p.m., and settled into a special train soon after. Pulled out at 6.30 p.m., passing Cairo slums. Further on passed an irrigation area—a contrast, with fresh green crops, green trees, and cleaner dwellings.

In one spot saw a donkey operating an old stone grinder. Palm trees here and there were seen all the way.

Roads beside the railway could easily have been in Australia—lined with gum trees.

As it got dark four of us adjourned to the dining car to have a meal similar to our lunch, with the welcome addition of fruit-delicious oranges and bananas.

As we passed through Ismalia searchlights played on and around us. It reminded us of the riots in that area.

From Ismailia onwards the railway ran parallel to the Suez Canal, and we saw numbers of tankers on their way to Port Said.

We reached Port Said at 11.30 p.m., but sat in the station yard for ages for some unknown reason. Police patrolled up and down outside with rifles at the ready, and inside the train with pistols in holsters on their hips. The whistle screeched furiously all the time; but eventually got on our way again. and were aboard at 12.30 a.m.

Ship was originally due to sail at midnight, but owing to delay in the Canal the time was fixed for 2 a.m., but believe it was eventually 3 a.m.

It really was a worthwhile experience visiting Egypt like this. We found no hostility towards us; in fact, quite the opposite.

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Everyone seemed very friendly, and even groups on stations and at wayside homes waved cheerily. If it hadn't been for men with rifles stationed here and there over the city and the tourist police shadowing us wherever we went we would not have suspected any question of hostility.

Learned later that the Orsova, leading the convoy, had gone aground twice and held up the convoy, arriving one and a half hours late. First she fouled a dredge in the Farouk Canal, and as she re-entered the main canal the wind caught her on the turn and she ran against the edge. Only a fast change to reverse saved her from being stuck hard and fast across the Canal.

EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS WRITTEN BY JEANETTE MURTON, OF SOUTH KINANGOP, KENYA COLONY, BRITISH EAST AFRICA Naturally the present state of emergency has necessitated our taking extra precautions.

I suppose it seems foreboding to you who enjoy the comfort of a life unharassed by such things. We are, however, being brave about it all, despite the fact that we have to wear our revolvers at all times, and we have faith that Kenya will, in time, be the peaceful and prosperous colony it was once.

On the Kinangop Plateau we are constantly aware of the present state of affairs.

Planes are continually doing reconnaissance patrol work. There is bombing in the Aberdare Ranges, a very short distance from here, and a plane is at the moment circling over the house, sending radio messages to the army camp situated just over the river near the "duka" or local store.

I am spending the daytime only at Gikumbo (Jeanette's home), and bring the children over for breakfast. We return at nightfall to Sasumua Estate (the home of the Nightingale family, who are very old residents of the colony), as we have protection there. Thuo, my houseboy, stays at Gikumbo always. He is such a dear, and I could not be without his kindly thoughtfulness.

His friend, Mogo, is with him, and, of course, I still have the other boys around the home farm.

We all endeavour to go about our daily work as before. There are for me usual!y

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visitors either for lunch or tea. Recently we had a home industries exhibition, for which It was my tapestries were "borrowed." held in the garden of one of the loveliest homes on the plateau. Next week the agricultural show is being held at Nakuru, which is an important centre in the farming and agricultural life of the colony.

We recently enjoyed a visit to the game reserve, which borders the western suburbs of Nairobi, so animals are really in fairly close proximity to human habitation. It is an experience which affords endless fascination. We passed wildebeasts (most formidable specimens), kongoni and gazelle, but our attention was soon focussed on giraffe whose heads appeared peering atop the thicket.

Shortly afterwards four giraffe in all their apparent awkwardness of gait walked nonchantly across the plain in front of the car.

Fording the river, we drove up a small incline to Lone Tree Hill, which was covered by short luscious grasses and sedge—we have just had the rains. There grazed zebra and gazelle. By the haunts of guinea fowl we sighted lion after scanning every knoll and deserted anthill and scrub along the water's edge.

One can hardly believe that so peaceful an area on so tranquil an afternoon is the natural haunt of Africa's wild life. The whole panorama across broad stretches of plain to the Ngong Hills, the blue of which is always so vivid, is one of peace and quietude.

The children are growing fast, and are a constant joy. Andrew is a chattering little boy, and it is amusing to hear Joanna (aged four) instructing him on the correct pronunciation of words.

I recently had the pleasure of lunching with Mr. Opperman on his recent visit here, and he kindly took messages home for me.

NOTES FROM MARGARET GARRETT, POONA AND INDIAN VILLAGE MISSION School holidays were over. The comparative quietness of the compound was a thing of the past. Everywhere were girls—big and little. Trunks and bedding rolls and parcels of all sizes and shapes were in wild confusion .

Old girls excitedly told of the holidays, proudly displayed new possessions, and cha-

peroned little new people known to or related to them. Of the older girls several faces were missing. Helen, Shalan, Serilla, Suwarnamala, Kuseum and Shanti were absent.

There were quite a number of new children.

Let me introduce them to you, so that you may share the responsibility of prayer fellowship for them.

Koushalaya is a very independent ten-yearold who comes from Khadak Wasla. Her people are poor in this world's goods. She is a motherly little person, and when she was in Poona she made friends with a little Hindu child, Shanta, also ten years old. Shanta comes from a broken home, but her mother begged us to take the child into the school, and she tries to obtain work to send a little money towards her fees. Shanta's arms were thin and scarred, and the mother remarked that these were the marks where the child had been beaten and burned to make her obey.

Kamal Vibhute originally comes from a town in Hyderabad State. Her mother is dead, and, because of the curse of alcohol, her father is unable to care for her properly.

She was brought before a Juvenile Court, taken into a large Hindu orphanage, but was not happy, and became ill. She was sent to hospital, and finally the Church of Scotland Mission Children's Home at Paud, where she remained till she was I4, when she came on to us. She has learned much about the Lord Jesus, and takes her turn at prayers.

Kuseum, Manorama and Sarajini, three little sisters, with their cousin Premila, a sadfaced little child of delicate constitution, have come to us from Kurduvadi. Their father, a keen Christian, works in the railway depot there, and sent his children to us for a spiritual education. Sushila is the daughter of a widowed mother who is cook in the boys' school at Nasrapur. Shalini Londe is also the daughter of a widow. Preetha comes from Poona. Her father is the leader of a keen Christian group who are not afraid of the Hindu Maha Sabha leaders, who persecute the Christians.

This "ear there are three in the vernacular final class. Two are the daughters of our workers, and one is the sister of one of our Bible women. They are putting their energy into their studies, and we have high hopes for them. Remember us and them in your prayers, that our work may be blessed among these little people who so need our help.

MORONGO PRESBYTERIAN GIRLS' COLLEGE - - GEELONG -' -'

SPEECH NIGHT -'-'-' AT r..r

THE PALAIS ROYAL

DECEMBER 8TH,

1954

SCHOOL HYMN To Thee, 0 God, our hearts we raise In humble supplication, For those who seek in childhood's days A lifelong consecration.

To Thee we come with vows renewed, The right from wrong discerning, O send us forth with power endued, With zeal and courage burning.

O Saviour Christ to Thee we pray With heavenly manna feed us, Thyself the life, the truth, the way, Through all life's changes lead us.

When fails the heart in warfare long, When faith and love are dying, O

make us in our weakness strong While on Thy might relying.

O Holy Spirit, fount of life, Through all our days protect us; Our help in need, our shield in strife, With sevenfold gifts direct us.

Inspired with love and holy fear, And pledged to high endeavour, O grant us grace to persevere And seal us Thine for ever.

COLLEGE SONG " SINT LUCERNAE ARDENTES

Sint lucernae ardentes!

That's the aim of our School!

To keep ever ready and burning The famous lantern of learning, Make we our rule!

Filled with the sweet oil of wisdom Pure as the light of a star, Bravely our beacon is beaming, Sending its radiance streaming, Beckoning afar.

" Sint lucernae ardentes!

God grant our light so shine That henceforth the flame of our teaching Far through the centuries reaching Stand for a sign.

Borne over far distant lands Wheresoerer learners may roam Bidding the watchful know proudly, Telling it gladly and loudly, This was their home.

" Sint lucernae ardentes!"

That's the Sim of our School!

To kindle of hope and endeavour Fires that will blaze, and will never, Flicker nor cool!

So we in learning and playing Known and acclaimed may be, Worthy our founder's ambition, Nursed in good British tradition, G. P. G. C. !

C. Ll. Griffiths.

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ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS :

SCHOOL HYMN

All Present

OPENING PRAYER The Acting Chaplain (Rev. A. DUDLEY HALLAM, M.A., B.D.) Processional March Trepak

School Orchestra

THE PRINCIPAL'S REPORT SONGS—

The School

On Richmond Hill I Would That My Love Greeting TALK

The Very Rev. A. C. WATSON, M.A., D.D.

SONGS—

The School

Now Once Again Our Hearts We Raise Unto Us Is Born a Son I Held a Candle Here We Come a 'Wassailing PRESENTATION OF BOOKS

Mrs. A. C. WATSON

PRESENTATION OF SPORTS TROPHIES— Miss MARY THOMSON (President of Morongo 0.C.A,) THANKS OF THE COUNCIL— Expressed by Mr. CEDRIC HIRST (President of P. and F.) SCHOOL SONG: " Sint Lucernae Ardentes NATIONAL ANTHEM BENEDICTION

PRINCIPAL'S REPORT of the Thirty-fifth Year of the School MOMENTS do indeed make the year. Well filled and at times crowded days hustle the school year to its close, and all too soon we must review the work and record of the year 1954, which will soon pass into history.

What have we been striving for, and what have we achieved?

Miss Beale, one of the first Headmistresses of the famous Cheltenham College in England, declared that "the country needed thoughtful, disciplined, well-controlled women, with the confidence and per sistency of faith; not a few, but a great army to contend with the evils which are undermining the foundations of society.'' After one hundred years, can we improve on this objective? I do not think we can. The History of Cheltenham discloses that this college has constantly influenced the national life, through for example, the stream of headmistresses it has sent to take charge of other schools, through its sending out past scholars to do enterprising and loyal work all over the world, or to marry and influence their husbands, in many cases influential husbands. One review of the history concludes: " No one reading this history could doubt, however, that the fundamental inspiration within much of the college life has been the Christian religion."

We should like to think that when the History of " Morongo " P.G.C. is written, in fifty or in one hundred years, a like tribute could be paid to this School.

How does a girl become a thoughtful, disciplined, self-controlled woman? What should she be taught? By whom should she be taught? These are burning questions. Girls must learn that selfcontrol and devotion to the duty at hand which will make them put first things first, the things of God, and in that spirit give their lives to the service of their country, whether the sphere to which they are called be exalted or lowly.

At some length in last year's Report I discussed the desperate need for teachers and made a plea for help. That plea did not fall on deaf ears. With their usual generosity of spirit, the Council has launched a scheme, which will, we hope, be the beginning of something wide and far-reaching. Valuable bursaries have been offered to those interested in teacher training. These are available to girls while studying in the Leaving and Matriculation forms at " Morongo," as well as bursaries to take them on to Mercer House, the training centre of teachers for non-Government schools, the Church, or Independent schools. It has been gratifying to see the interest aroused among the girls and their parents. I am pleased to know that next year we shall have three, if not four, students there. May they be the vanguard of a great army of trainees for our schools! )

You are no doubt familiar with the phrase " happy ship "—a ship in which all members of the crew work and live harmoniously together, gaining a real satisfaction from their work. A truly successful school must be a happy school in that sense. We very much wish to feel that this is such a school, in which Council, Staff and girls are working together with a definite sense of purpose.

There must be in the hearts and minds of all the deep conviction that there are things in this world worth doing, but which can be achieved only by tremendous efforts and sacrifices. We have the responsibility of creating an atmosphere in which the girls can be taught to come to right decisions and show a gracious spirit in carrying them out, to learn to be tolerant in their attitude to those with a different point of view. We must have due respect for the rights of each individual girl and ensure that she shall have the opportunity to develop to the very best of which she is capable, whether she be successful or not in the usual academic studies. Too often this is the only criterion, and parents and teachers too, have need constantly to remind themselves of this truth.

My mind has been much concerned with Staff matters, and each year I realise afresh how great is my responsibility in bringing together a group of diverse people of definite personality and varying views, and asking them to work together as a team. And they do. I sometimes marvel that they do, until I remind myself that these are educated women who as a rule have learned adaptability and who have disciplined themselves to sink their personal interests and prejudices and get on with the job. And if situations do arise, what a boon is a saving sense of humour. And so I pay my personal tribute to all who have stood behind me throughout the year. They are so very tolerant with me and my whims and ways, and so very thoughtful for me. I do thank every one for her friendly spirit of co-operation, which has made all the difference in a difficult year. To Miss Sutherland is due a special word, for in a more than usually busy year, it has been necessary to delegate a great deal to her, and she has most willingly, cheerfully and efficiently accepted more responsibility. I am so glad we can laugh together.

Miss Courtney works much too hard. I feel guilty and humble when I realise all she does for the children and the School, and yet I cannot change her ways. I know she has earned the admiration of the parents of the Junior School, and to their appreciation I add my own very sincere thanks. To Miss Ohlson, as Head of the House, has fallen the unenviable task of constantly saying " No," and few have any idea of the strain involved. How fatally easy, and comfortable too, to indulge a child's every wish, but how very bad for the child. We try not to have rigid irksome rules and regulations confronting us at every turn and corner, and we deliberately reduce these to a minimum, but if well over one hundred girls 6

are to live peaceably together, there must be customs—rules, if you wish—to which every girl must learn to conform. In justice to all, these must be applied without fear or favour. Constant outings defeat one of the important lessons of boarding school life, that of learning to live together and of adaptation to community life. Constant outings are unsettling to any one. In anticipating these, a girl cannot give herself a chance to take a full and satisfying part in the varied activities arranged for her development; and she can therefore not achieve her full stature in the School. So it is in the interest of the girls themselves we ask you all to co-operate in this way—a negative way—do not expect or ask the girls out too frequently. I am afraid that Miss Ohlson does not often get the thanks she richly deserves. A disappointed child tends to lose her sense of perspective, but I believe deep down—very deep at times-children have a sense of justice, and a respect for firm even discipline. We do not forget to acknowledge the hours of time and thought devoted to the affairs of the girls who are boarders under Miss Ohlson's care. I am sure she would wish me to add her thanks to mine, to the members of the Resident Staff, who assist unceasingly in this important side of the School, and also to the Prefects and House Committee, who have held posts of responsibility. Day girls and boarders are deeply indebted to Miss Ohlson and Miss Parsons for the many hours they have spent operating the film projector for their pleasure and instruction. Films have now taken a definite place in school life.

To every member of Staff who will not return next year I offer the real thanks of the School for their years of helpful service, and I express the hope that the future holds for them happiness and satisfaction. An interesting appointment for 1955 is that of a deaconess of the Church, who will do part-time work at " Morongo " and also have the responsibility of Christian Education in some Geelong State Schools.

This year saw the final payment on the Hospital sun-room. It is free of debt. It was a source of great satisfaction to Mrs. Kennedy, the moving spirit of this venture. The girls set themselves a big task, for their target was a sum of well over £320, to be raised by small efforts. It speaks well for the generous hearts of the many past boarders who kept their enthusiasm, realising they were working for the future and not for themselves. I cannot refrain from mentioning Mrs. J. H. Moreton, Mrs. R. G. McPhee and Mrs. Simson, who made themselves responsible for many efforts among their friends. They quietly added many pounds to the fund, and I believe, feel themselves rewarded by the pleasure and added comfort enjoyed by girls just out of hospital. Mrs. Kennedy, too, is reaping a rich harvest, for the sun-room has simplified the problem of the convalescents. We thank her for her splendid effort and also for her constant care of the health of the boarders. Let me 7

say here that in generously presenting a hospital auto-tray, Mrs. Burns has added a very welcome labour-saving piece of hospital equipment. Dr. Millikan responds most readily to our calls on his time, and we do appreciate his deep personal interest in the School.

It is a great pleasure to place on record the long term of office held by our Matron. Twenty-one years ago Miss Pillow came to Morongo in its need, and quickly made a place for herself.

She has seen many changes, and in viewing these, must have the deep satisfaction of knowing that hers has been a guiding hand behind many of them. We have had the benefit of her wisdom and experience, and of her unerring artistic taste. She has a firm -finger on every department, and has the rare gift of inspiring those she directs to their best efforts. What she has done for the School can never be measured. During this time Miss Pillow and the School have had the loyal co-operation of Evelyn, so well known to every girl of Morongo. I believe she could name every one of them.

She has a soft spot for them all. She scolds them and spoils them, and looks wistfully after the last car, as the girls and their luggage are carried off for the holidays. The School is then a lonely, empty place for her. We were all delighted to know that the Old Collegians, with characteristic thoughtfulness, marked the occasion by presenting charming wristlet watches to Miss Pillow and to Evelyn.

Though possibly with shorter periods to their credit, the House and Grounds Staff have given friendly, devoted service. I cannot recall over my years at Morongo a finer, more willing band of men and women, and to each one I offer my personal thanks and that of the Staff and girls of the School.

The visit of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh was an inspiring opening to the School year. I had the very great honour of attending various Royal functions, those of outstanding memory being the opening of the State Parliament by Her Majesty the Queen and the Women's Luncheon in honour of the Queen. These and other invitations came to me as Principal of " Morongo," and so it was a duty and a privilege to share all my experiences with the Staff and girls of the School. I think we may claim that there has always been deep loyalty and devotion to the Crown among the girls of this School, and there is no doubt that their loyalty to the Royal Family was intensified—it became indeed a deeply personal devotion. The visit was stimulating and exciting, but there was work to do, and a little reluctantly, maybe, we turned to ordinary routine. We cannot live on high emotional planes for long periods, and with perhaps an occasional backward glance, the School settled to the normal routine of another year.

This Report cannot give in any great detail, or even in summary, all the events of a crowded year. I must content myself with general overall impressions. These are gained during my hours in the class8

rooms, in talks with those who teach, from discussions in our weekly Forum in which the girls themselves take part, and from our frequent Staff meetings. In a school like ours—a multiple purpose school— we have a cross section of girls of the State: the studious, the not so studious, the practical girls with good foundations of work, and those whose early studies have not been so sound. And they all come to us asking to be educated for life. In assessing the record of any girl, we cannot rest back entirely on her actual marks in examination. As Browning says: 'tis not what man does that exalts him, but what man would do.'' And that in a very real sense is true of each girl at school. If the intention to make full use of her powers and her opportunities has been sufficiently intense and vehement, even though the result falls short of her own desires or of ours and those of her parents, then who are we to condemn?

Generally speaking, in the senior section, with exceptions needless to say, girls have proved themselves more practical than academic. The balance moves from year to year, and we foresee the swing back to a more academic trend within a year or two. Fortunately we have practical courses designed to meet the demands of the practical, and these girls have found satisfaction in Craft and Domestic Arts, in which they can exercise their gifts. The usual Exhibition of Art, Craft and Dressmaking will have convinced you that your girls were receiving lasting and valuable training under expert guidance. I think we have cause to be proud of our standards.

But in providing practical subjects, we do not neglect or skip lightly over the academic subjects. We are serious over these, and expect the girls to be serious, too.

The twenty-four Intermediate, twenty-eight Leaving and fourteen Matriculation Certificates were reasonable results in last year's Public Examinations. At the University level Hilary Cherry is now a Bachelor of Arts, hoping to gain a Diploma of Education. Helen Thomson branched out into a different course, and has her Bachelor of Commerce. degree. Three girls—Erina Lowson, Heather Peden and Joanna Pyper—qualified for the degrees M.B., B.S. We have just heard that Ruth Lowson has been successful in her Final Medical Examinations. We congratulate these graduates, expressing the hope that they have much to give back to the community.

To existing activities was added a United Nations Club. This club owes its existence to the enthusiasm of its members, for they are solely responsible. The research and thought they give to presentday affairs supplement the work of the classroom and have solid value in preparing and developing the girls for an intelligent understanding of the world they live in. Another energetic group, the P.F.A., run almost entirely by the girls, is a fellowship which has increased in strength and influence. The members will be encouraged next year by the support of the newly-appointed Deaconess of the 9

Presbyterian Church, who comes with special gifts and training for just such work.

In all the activities of the School, the Executive Committees have had the support of members of Staff, who willingly give the benefit of their knowledge and particular gifts. In these scientific days we are surely influenced not to read. Even classics are reduced to a series of pictures of the " comic " variety, unavoidable explanations wrapped up in bubbles issuing from the mouths of the characters.

Television will soon be brought into the home, and this in addition to the radio and the films, will help to take the children yet further away from serious reading. It is reasonable to claim that a girl who leaves school without a love of books will rarely do much serious reading. It is our responsibility to see that reading and the love of books are not things of the past—of the pre-atomic age. Many hours have been devoted to this end by the girls under the direction of Miss Hope. They see to it that our library is up to date, constantly discarding and renewing, to keep our shelves filled with the right kind of healthy reading. Thoughtful gifts of books from parents, and grants of money from individual Old Collegians, as well as the Associations and the Council, have supplemented the girls' own efforts and heartened the Library Committee. Miss Hope's interest in school affairs is as keen as ever, and we were so glad to welcome her once again and to feel that she had slipped back into her own The place. She has taken over once more all literary affairs. members of the Editorial Committee, in preparing the " Lucernian " for publication, have gladly availed themselves of her advice. The teaching of English these days is not confined to the formal class, but includes dramatic interpretation, and our traditional Shakespearian presentations make these plays live for the girls. The English Staff members are always prepared to devote hours, in fact, days of extra work to intelligent stage performances. This is true also of the teachers of French and of Latin, for I am sure the girls who are trained by Miss Evans and Miss Botterill to use the languages, gain a much deeper interest and understanding. I am happy to record many successes once again in the Alliance Francaise examinations and to thank Miss Botterill for her keen interest and the high standard of work revealed. The Dramatic class, trained by Miss Apted, gave us a pleasing evening's entertainment when they presented " The Importance of Being Earnest." We look on these annual performances not as a main aim, but as demonstrations of the lessons learned in preparation for the stage production. Over the years I have watched shy, retiring girls gain confidence and poise from even minor stage roles.

Miss Wadelton's enthusiasm has been infectious, and has led to a year of intense activity. We have felt over the years that girls should not only listen to music—they certainly have splendid opportunities this year—but that they should make their own music.

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Mr. Basil Jones, this year's adjudicator of our House Competitions, strongly emphasised this point, and, I believe, accelerated our plans. Some of you may remember that we actually had an orchestra, or the beginnings, a few years ago, but owing to the unfortunate death of our violin teacher, this languished. We are now going quietly ahead with preparations, and hope before very long to launch a School orchestra. Most acceptable gifts of instruments, including a flute, 'cello and violins have come from parents and past scholars, to encourage us in this venture. We hope these interested donors will be rewarded by hearing the girls make their own music. To Mrs. Hoe we again express our thanks. She has come to the School week by week to train her choir, which has had, and has given pleasure. There will be some interruption to this choral work, while Mrs. Hoe enjoys a holiday in South Africa. We offer our warmest wishes for a most refreshing and interesting time abroad.

The Social Service work, with Miss Evans as leader, has had an important place in the life of the School. The right kind of appeals have awakened the ready sympathies of the girls. As a result of straight-out giving from their own, and not their parents' pockets, we hope, as well as from their own resourceful efforts, support has been ava 7 lable for children's appeals, in particular.

There has been no lack of enthusiasm on the sports field, and all matches, whether within or outside our Public Schools' Association, have been keenly fought. The Seniors had their main successes in basket ball and hockey. Tennis and baseball came last in order.

Outstanding successes in all four branches will encourage the Juniors to still greater enthusiasm. Added facilities have been a great help in organising the sports programmes. Two new basket ball courts have been provided. When the tennis courts, hockey field and basket ball courts are all in use, the scene is indeed a busy and an attractive one. In the realm of sport, as in work, the influence of the House Captains has been marked, and we record our appreciation.

The Prefects and Deputy Prefects, led by Barbara Fargie, have given valuable assistance to Staff and girls. This has been their first experience of power, and they have used that power with discretion.

Some have spent their entire school life at Morongo—it is a second home to them—and now that they, have come to the parting of the ways, they will feel the wrench. But they are ready to go on, and I believe that in their careers they will give the good account of themselves we have come to expect of them. Our thanks to each one, and our sincerest wishes for their future usefulness, for well-filled lives that put first things first.

We owe so much to our good friends, to the many generous prize donors, and to all who have helped the School along with their support and encouragement, expressed in differing ways. It

is good to know that our Chaplain, Rev. R. A. Blackwood, is recovering from his serious illness. We shall miss him at our Speech Night, and assure him that we appreciate all he does for us, the many hours devoted to his weekly classes, and over the months the time given to his Communicants' Preparation Classes and for his readiness to accede to any call for help. I know he felt rewarded when he was able to confirm and receive over twenty girls into the Presbyterian Church. To Canon Potter, too, we say Thank you " for his thorough preparation of the girls in his Confirmation Classes, extending over several terms. Many gifts have come to the School, and I hesitate to mention individual donors lest by mischance I omit any single one. Books, pictures, musical instruments have come along, and have been warmly received. It is touching to receive generous cheques from very young Old Collegians, from their early earnings in some cases, asking that books be bought or music for the newly-formed orchestra, to express their appreciation of happy years at school. One girl, flying back from England, even found a place in the very limited amount of luggage allowed for a Coronation souvenir for her School.

We have a long list of scholarships, some endowed, some granted year by year, and every one brings greatly appreciated help to the parents of some girl. We do assure those who make these available that they are doing a fine thing. The Trustees of the Howard Hitchcock Bequest, our own Old Collegians in Geelong and Colac, as well as past parents and friends of the School, have earned our warmest gratitude.

The interest of parents and friends continues unabated. The combined fete of the three organisations has become a tradition, and the members have already begun to organise and to work for the 1955 e'ort now planned for 19th March. The activities of this senior section have been extended this year. An afternoon group meets each month in St. David's Hall, enabling many who are kept at home in the evenings by family ties to keep in touch. This can I suppose, be looked upon as an extension of the active Junior Auxiliary for those mothers whose girls have left the Junior School.

All three energetic sections have shown their usual interest, and have stood behind all School affairs. We appreciate their thoughtful gifts, pictures to adorn the walls, books for the form rooms, chairs for the Assembly Hall, playground equipment for the young. We at Morongo are more than ordinarily fortunate that our spacious c,rounds do not call for too much formal equipment. It is far better for children to develop initiative and express themselves in games.

Equipment tends to isolate them from others and concentrate their thoughts on themselves. For the limited grounds of our Nursery such equipment is indeed welcome.

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The recent re-unions of Old Collegians in Geelong and in Colac revealed anew the loyalty and continued interest of past scholars.

Phyllis Orchard after gracefully filling the office of President for two years, handed over to Mary Thomson, who will prove a dignified, As Secretary, Jean Rentoul proves a tower of capable leader. strength, and an energetic committee gives able support to the Association.

It is pleasing to see that this young generation is not shirking responsibility, for the youthful Glenys Drayton was installed as President of the Western District Branch, and Margaret Potter accepted office as Secretary. A very active Younger Set keeps the more recent Geelong members in constant touch with each other, but in their social activities they are not unmindful of the needs of the less-fortunate of the community. The parent body and the Western District branch have a definite sense of purpose, and go steadily onward, overcoming all difficulties. The School definitely gains from their activities, not only from gifts, however acceptable, but from the knowledge that past scholars have made for themselves assured places as citizens. It is good to know that the fund for the Gertrude Pratt Hall is mounting very steadily. And, oh! how very urgently we need this Hall. We have outgrown our present Assembly Hall, and must leave one form behind each morning for its own classroom Assembly.

The Council with their usual understanding and willingness to help us in our need, had plans prepared for an extension to the present Hall. This was to serve a dual purpose—to provide muchneeded space for the ever-growing and important dressmaking classes, and also as an annexe to the Assembly Hall, large enough to accommodate every form. But the need for two additional classrooms was even more urgent, and soaring prohibitive costs forced us to curtail the more ambitious plan and concentrate on these two classrooms and a boarders' sitting-room. This room has been a definite and long-standing want, and it is a matter of great satisfaction to me, and indeed to every member of the Staff, that this comfort can be provided for the boarders. We have high hopes next year of setting aside a room, even if a small one, for a study for the Prefects and Committee. We have always hoped for this, for we do appreciate the privacy and dignity such a room can give to the office. We shall gladly avail ourselves of the more than generous offer of a former scholar, the mother of last year's Head Girl, and herself an Old Collegian, Mrs. Selle (Stella Pagels). Rather feebly and not very convincingly, I protested that her offer to furnish the room was too much to expect, but my protests were waived aside, and it is more than likely the study will be in use next year.

It is a heartening sight to see the men already at work on th., classrooms and the boarders' sitting-room. To the accompaniment 13

of loud hammering, we have held Assembly under some difficulties, but not a hammer blow would we have withheld. The hammering was music to our ears, and actually, I thought the singing rather better than usual. It could have been gratitude or, maybe, the unconscious desire to drown the noise. We are truly grateful to the Council members for their unceasing struggles to provide the buildings and the equipment we require to ensure a high standard of efficiency. It is good to have the support of men of vision with the courage and energy necessary for expansion. I suppose we do not value anything that comes too easily, but it would be grand to know that the Council's tasks were less worrying. Let me express to the Chairman and to every member the warmest appreciation of every one of us, for their devoted efforts on our behalf. We hope they will find deep satisfaction in seeing H a great army of thoughtful, disciplined, well-controlled women, with the confidence and persistency of faith, go out to contend with the evils which are undermining the foundations of society."

LUCY SHAW.

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CHIEF AWARDS, 1954 A. C. Harris Prize: BARBARA FARGIE. Dux of the School: DIANE DEVEREAUX. D. F. Neilson Memorial Prize: FAYE POPE. W. J. Jones' Award: DENISE HARGREAVES. A. 0. P. SeIle Memorial Prize: OLIVE HOWELL. Prefects' Prizes (F. E. Browne Memorial): ELAINE BARBER, SHEENA MACINTYRE, JENNIFER NEALE, HELEN PROFITT, RUTH RICHARDSON. Prize in Memory of Pioneer Scots: JENNIFER BRADSHAW. Carrie Haase Shakespeare Prize: LEXIE BOARDMAN. Nell Moreton Memorial Prize for Music: JENNIFER NEALE and JEANNETTE WEAVER. Clare Strong Award: JENNIFER BRADSHAW. SPORTS CHAMPIONS Tennis— School: JENNIFER McKEWAN. Senior: PAMELA ILETT. Junior: HEATHER DORRON. Swimming— Senior: HELEN MURRAY. Intermediate: JACQUELINE DE FERRANTI. Junior: DIANE LONGWELL. Athletics— Senior: FAYE POPE. Intermediate: PAMELA ILETT. Junior: BETTY GRANT. HOUSE SHIELDS AND CUPS Swimming:

LAWSON (Captain, J. Lindsay).

Basketball:

ARDENS (Captain, M. Speers).

Baseball:

ARDENS (Captain, M. Speers) and HARRIS (Captain, F. Pope).

Hockey:

ARDENS (Captain, M. Speers) and ROSLYN (Captain, S. Macintyre).

Tennis: Senior:

ROSLYN (Captain, S. Macintyre).

Junior:

ARDENS (Captain, M. Spears).

Athletics:

ARDENS (Captain, M. Speers).

Sport:

ARDENS (Captain, M. Speers).

Work:

HARRIS (Captain, F. Pope).

Work, Sport and Conduct:

HARRIS (Captain, F. Pope).

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