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Loreto Mandeville Hall 10 Mandeville Crescent, Toorak 3142 Phone: 9826 0211 Fax: 9824 2996

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Melbourne at the end of July to begin teaching in Than Long School, a one- roomed school within a large State School in District 4, one of the poorest areas of the city. Sr Trish's other tasks include overseeing the school, together with the

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curriculum, teacher training and initiating some English language work in a newly opened vocational school in the city.

Sr Trish is a fluent Vietnamese speaker and has previously worked with Vietnamese and Cambodian people in refugee camps in Thailand.

More recently she has been assisting refugees in Port Hedland and in Adelaide. She will use Sr Trish Franklin IBVM with some Vietnamese friends

the money raised by our Loreto students for books, writing materials and teaching aids for the children in Vietnam. Sr Trish is very grateful for the generous support of our prayers, interest and money.

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On Friday July 28th the senior school students wore the colours of their favourite football team

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Emily Roberts (Year 12) Pictured in centre photo are (L to R): Mrs Sarah Perrett with fellow Tiger fans Natalie-Jane Edwards, Esther Rowe and Kate Edmonds (Year 7).

Bottom left photo (L to R): Victoria Heatley, Jennifer Donald and Louise Vautin (Year 9) Bottom right photo: Year 12 students Kate Adam, Virginia Hartley and Julia Penna with St Kilda footballer, Shane Wakelin.

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From the Principal

Dr Anne Hunt

One of' the very distinctive virtues of a Loreto school is felicity. As our

Mission Statement

expresses so poignantly, felicity is an attitude of mind, a disposition of the heart, which manifests itself in cheerfulness, good humour, joy, happiness, hope, optimism. friendliness, courtesy, positive thinking, inner peace, selfacceptance and courage. It is based on trust in God, a belief that God is to be found in all

things, and that all things work for good for those who love God. It is the antithesis of self-

pity, self-centredness, despondency, envy, cynicism, and apathy. So dear a virtue to us at Loreto, felicity very tangibly pervades all of our schools, in the quadrangles, on the sports fields, in our interactions with each other, and in the

classrooms, grounding our educational

philosophy.

We have certainly enjoyed a good measure of

LORETO 1 A real day in the life of the school

felicity this term - with Sr Pat Murray's visit

Open Day

from Ireland, the Drama Festivals, Science Week, the camps at Years 4, 9, and 11, the

sports round robins, the Work Experience for Year 10, and culminating on Feast Day, when

we joyfully celebrated the heritage we share as a Loreto school. How blessed we are to inherit a

tradition which treasures and promotes this splendidly life-giving virtue.

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and Year 12 Art Display 9am - 3.30pm Wednesday I November 1995

Official Opening of the VCE Art Show 3.30pm -4.30pm Wednesday I November 1995 Exhibition dates

Wednesday I November to

Friday 3 November 1995 9am - 3.30pm

Making a difference:

Gymnasium

Peace Week in the

Mandeville Hall

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Junior School In the foyer of the Junior School hang the 1000 paper peace cranes which the girls made for PEACE WEEK. Because this year marks the 50th anniversary of the destruction of Hiroshima, we folded the cranes to remind us of

the importance of peace in the world. Very symbolically, our School Liturgy was followed

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by the releasing of a flock of'peace' birds.

Such an event as this enables each and every one of us to stand back and reflect on this

experience in our own lives. Peace is a

possibility. Here in the Junior School we endeavour to help our girls develop the personal skills necessary to live in harmony with others in positive and caring ways. We see it as vitally important to give them a sense of HOPE in their lives and in their world, and help them understand that peace and justice start with themselves and with things that they can do.

If peace is a quality of heart, then world peace is the combined strength of all our hearts.

EACH OF US CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

Sr Helen Macguire, IBVM (Head of the Junior School)

Peace Week in the Junior School

Back (L to R): Andree Pianta, Sophie Price, Natalie Grant (Year 6) Front Eliza Ralph and Georgina Flood (Year 4) about to release the peace birds watched by Japanese Language Assistant, Miss Mai Yoshida

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c()11ducted by Sister Pat Murray IRVM. Of Sister Pal herself we knew very little, but we were as.sured that the day was one to which we could

look forward with keen anticipation. We were not disappointed! a

Sister Pat began by reminding us of our Australian and Loreto roots. This she did by linking the ALTJERINJA, the dreamtime of Australia. with AISLING, the dream vision of

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Ireland. With the context thus set, Sister Pat

proceeded to take us on a 'creative walkabout' through the Loreto tradition. This was done not simply as an interesting historical exercise, but Ms Josie Millard (Senior School Staff) and Ms Jayne Webster (Junior School Staff) with our Irish visitor. Sr Pat Murray IBVM,

ourselves firmly in a past from which we might

listening to a discussion at staff in-service day.

grow, in order to realise a present und future in

with the intention of helping ils to ground

which growth might continue and flourish.

With her rich Irish brogue. Sister Pat engaged in the quintessential Irish activity of story

Educating For Values

telling, to re-introduce us to that most amazing

Loreto parents and others interested iii

'Educating for Values'' had the opportunity to hear Sr. Pat Murray IBVM speak on the evening 4Wednesday 2nd ofAugust. Sr Pat is currently

Loreto women, Frances Teresa Ball and Frances

Michael Corcoran. We heard of the particular

the Loreto Education Officer in Ireland and co-

strengths each of them brought to their vision

ordinator of 35 Lorplo school,,4 throughout

l'or education and the values they espoused as they worked untiringly to make the vision a

Ireland.

She believes that a school's ultimate

responsibility is to help students "to make a life, not just a living". To meet this challenge

schools need to acknou lodge and meaningfully recognise that there are "several types of

rea]ity.

The challenge was then uniquivocally presented. Iii these changing times, with a rapidly dwindling number of sisters, the Loreto dream, the vision, will continue only if we, the

intelligence". Schools generally only reward

staff, commit ourselves to it. But it was witli

literary and mathematical skills, but if the school is to affirm all students, other skills such

great confidence in and affirmation of teachers, that Sister Pat invited us to respond to the

as interpersonal, musical or creative need to be

challenge.

recognised and rewarded.

We were able to engage in dialogue with one another regarding our understanding of our

She realises that in this complex competitive society, schools are under great pressure to produce 'excellent results'. but believes that "the central purpose and meaning cf education is to help young people to make a meaningful life for jself, by serving others". This reflects the idealism of parents and their children, and Sr Pat .spoke encouragingly and enthusiastically on parenting. She believes that the parental influence is of primary importance in articulating and transmitting values "for life".

Regardless of'an differ·ences iii values amongst

particular Loreto school and its challenges at thi.% moment in time. One very strong impression

which emerged from this session was that, in spite of the real pressures and difficulties of teaching, the staff genuinely recognized and valued the commitment oftheir peers. A valuable exercise in self-affirmation!

We were iiideed fortunate to be given the

opportunity to listen to one so steeped in the Loreto culture and so inibued with its vision.

Yet we were constantly reminded that Sister

our school community. the values of' a school

Pat is in touch with the day-to-clay reality of

generate patterns of' behaviour among staff,

school life. One reminder, in a presentation rich

students and parents. The values of the Loreto

with such anecdotes, was given in a story f roni

Ethos are treedom, justice, sincerity. truth.

her personal experience as principal. She told

verity, joy and the empowerment of women.

This is our ideal, and always worth aspiring to. no matter how far away at tiines we may fee the reality is. All who :ittended were grateful to

us ofthe ptipil who was not pleased with Sister

Sr. Pat for her generous and delightful manner,

Pat's 'Good morning'. It had been given that day, argued the pupil, with words, but not with the eyes. It is good for teachers to be reminded that, when all is said and done. the vision may

as she shared with us what she obviously so

be realized, or not realized, in SUC11 mundane,

deeply felt.

yet potentially intimate encounters.

(Mrs) Deidre Finemore

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of women. Mary Ward. She also introduced us to two lesser known, but quite extraordinary

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Introducing ...

Mrs Margaret Bridger, Director of Development

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Margaret Bridger recently joined Loreto

Mandeville Hall as Director of Development.

She comes to us from St Margaret's School in Berwick, where she was Director of Development

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for two years. Prior to this, Margaret has been

Head of' Library at John Paul College, Kilmore, and Regional Library Technology Manager for RAECO.

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Combine this with being Diplomatic Librarian at the Australian High Commission in Wellington, New Zealand, and teacher-librarian at the Singapore International School, and

Mrs Margaret Bridger

teaching Grade 1 in the West Australian bush, and you have a varied career.

Educated in Egypt, England, Switzerland, Scotland and Singapore, Margaret is married to

Community Service

Rob, whom she met in Scotland. Rob is an

Crippled old hands smooth back the silky

agricultural engineer and farmer who was born

wisps of hair to clear a place for the glasses

in Nyasaland and was in the U.K. for his tertiary

which she needed in order to see as she stirred

studies.

the batter, The glasses were invisible to our

They have lived in Australia, Singapore, New Zealand and Europe. While based in Singapore for eight years they travelled as much as possible throughout Asia, the Pacific and Europe.

Margaret and Rob have two children, Eleanor, 24, who is a professional historian, and Matthew, 22, who is a

final semester

Mechanical

Engineering student. (Margaret looks very happy when she says that!)

Rob grows fresh culinary herbs on their farm at Merricks on the Mornington Peninsula.

Margaret is keenly looking forward to her work at Loreto Mandeville Hall. 'Ah·cody I have

eyes, but to Ruth, they were part of her world.

These imaginary glasses aroused fearful emotions in us: we feared the prospect of ageing and losing control.

Weekly Community Service, for one semester, provided a new environment in which Year Ten

girls could learn to understand how people cope with disabilities such as dementia, blindness

and deafness, There are also people in the institutions who are not disabled, but need a home, food. company, shelter and care. Kevin was one such person. His children, both boys and girls, attended I.oreto Mandi:ville Hall during their schoolitig. Kevin held exciting

met so many members of the school family: she says, 'and I hclue found there is a wonderful

conversations, informing us about the

ethos of support for the school.'

antiques he had collected. We enjoyed listening

Currently Margaret is organizing an annual appeal which will begin in early 1996, and is working with the Past Pupils' Association and other members of the school coinmunity to establish a Past Pupils' Directory. The school

history in another fascinating project that Margaret is involved in organising. She is also looking forward to working closely with the Mothers' and Fathers' Associations and school clubs.

As Margaret says, 'Exciting times/'.

aeroplanes lie flew during the war, and the to his reeollections.

At a special school was James. James had difficulty in communicating and had extreme mood changes. He looked forward to the visits and benefited from them. though he did not understand that the Loreto students would not

be coming back after the final week.

We realized that no-one lives forever, that some are deprived of what we take for granted

and that our visits could improve the lives of others.

Aislinn Hammer and Edwina Holbeach (Year Ten)

Congratulations 1996 School Councillors

With her parents looking on, newly elected 1996

Councillor, Virginia Grant is anointed by outgoing School Councillor, Natasha Holmes.

Genevieve Barton

Emily ()'Connell

Rachel Doyle

Aisling O'Donnell

Sophie Gannon

Bianca Pepe

Virginia Grant

Christine Samniartino

Elspeth Martini

Pia Taylor

Felicity McGrath

Sarah Whiting

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Our assembly also focused on the story of Sadako. a young girl who, upon discovering that

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she had leukaemia, a result of the ef'fects of

radiation from the bombing, decided to fold 1000

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paper cranes. These cranes have become a symbol of hope and world peace, and Sadako's memory reminds us that nothing like this must

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assistant from Japan, fol(led 1000 paper cranes

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and sent them to Hiroshima, where they were laid beneath the statue of Sadako. i

The commemoration of' this terrible event, 50

years ago, helped us all to reflect on the enormous destruction humankind is capable of, and that each and every one of us has a responsibility to live our lives as peaceful people with traits of tolerance, compassion and

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understanding. We can then hopefully touch the lives of others and spread the message of peace and h()pe.

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Japanese Language Assistant, Mai Yoshida, with her host "sister" Ania Gruba hold our colourful paper cranes which are now in Hiroshima, Japan.

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Class of 1979 Meet for morning tea last Wednesday of' every nionth, 10 am

at tlie swings in Central Park, Kingston Street, East Malvern.

Bring your children and a thernios!

Any queries contact Leonie MeLinden (Browne) 9809 1694 or Sue Olney (Hanrahan) on 9885 0624

Welcome to Ms Elizabeth Blackie

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Year Four Blue's new classroom teacher, Liz Blackie. is no

stranger to Loreto Mandeville Hall as she is a past pupil who has returned to take up a teaching position in the Junior School.

After completing her Bachelor of Education and Diploma of Teaching at Victoria College, Toorak. Liz spent five years teaching at St Andrew's Werribee. She then moved to St James' Vermont

where in addition to her classroom duties, she was Deputy Principal.

Liz maintains an interest in sport which began at school where she was a member of school netball, fencing and athletics teams.

In her leisure time Liz enjoys theatre and reading and makes the

most of any opportunity to travel. She is enjoying her return to her Alma Mater.

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Combined Schoolgirls

Palace, Mariam Tussaud's, Big Ben, St Paul's Cathedral, Piccadilly Circus, Leicester Square

Athletics Tour to U.K.

and London buses.

The girls (or should I say 'shopaholics')

July 1995 An early conclusion to Term 2 loomed unexpectedly on the horizon for me when I was offered a position of team manager/coach

completed their final shopping spree in Oxford Street during the English summer sales and travelled home with cases bursting at the seams!

for a Combined Schoolgirls Athletics Tour of

Our trek hoine was certainly not without

the U.K. A chance to do the three things I am most interested in appealed to me: ti·avelling,

hiccups. We left two girls behind, temporarily, at King's Cross Station, and then were refused

athletics and workiiig with students, so I

entry into Manila due to a customs law on under-aged minors. After much haggling with

accepted!

The tour group consisted of 16 girls from schools in Melbourne and country Victoria, including Catherine Fernando from Year Eleven at Loreto Mandeville Hall, and Mrs.

Laurie Taylor from Caulfield Grammar School as a supervisor. The excitement and build up

customs officials we were given a 24 hour

escort who tagged us for the next day spent in the Philippines. Our flight out that evening was delayed by 12 hours so we ended up staying another day. We couldn't wait to get home by this stage!

to the 26 day tour never occurred for me as I

Overall, we had a funtastic time, mixing

spent up until the afternoon before I flew out finishing reports, doing marking and exam

athletics, with travel, sightseeing and meeting lots of' people and we now have some wonderful

corrections. The morning finally arrived and I

spent tlie first 36 hours of travel asleep!

Our tour began in Frankfurt-a chance to

memories and photos to look back on.

(Miss) Carolyn Fox (Physical Education Co-ordinator, Senior School)

give the girls a few days preparation and training, whilst polishing up our German and doing many touristy visits. We then flew to

London and our British Rail experiences began, travelling to King's Lynn and Hull via Cambridge. r

We were hosted by athletics clubs at all of our destinations and in doing so were able to wonderful host families. Our busy itinerary allowed little rest time between athletic nieets,

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travel and sightseeing.

After one week in Northern England the tour group travelled to Scotland for two stopovers in Aberdeen and Inverness.

Inverness was our tour highlight with niagnificent lodgings, scenery, weather, people and sights. We met up with the Combined Schoolboys tour at this stage and formed a competitive Australian team with nearly all students achieving personal bests at the

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Inverness Invitational Athletics meet. The

Inverness Athletic Club hosted us and ensured

Catherine Fernando (Year 11) and the members of the Under 17 Australian

we had a true Scottisli experience and arranged a Caleidh (Scottish Dancing) evening

Girls' Relay Team in Inverness, Scotland.

for us.

Aberdeen was almost eiitirely composed of granite! We did soine sightseeing between Athletic commitments, and experienced our only rainy day for the entire toui'. Once again we were treated to a Mayoral Reception and outstanding facilities for competing: a tartan track, indoor warm up tracks and spectator

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facilities.

Blackpool was our final stopover. We had a ride on the world's longest roller coaster and had a look at a true English seaside holiday resort, deck chairs on the pier and all.

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candy,

inappropriate beach weather and an endless stretch of amusement parlours along the coast!

The tour ended with f'our days in London visiting the usual sights of Buckingham

Miss Carolyn Fox (Physical Education Co-Ordinator, Senior School) with Mrs Laurie Taylor at Cambridge University, England.

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= a wonderful day of entertainment On Thursday 27th July the Junior School girls and staff were royally entei·tained by Arena Theatre Company with their performance of The Emperor's New Clothes'. The burning question is, What does the Emperor wear for the final procession in his new invisible clothes?

Arena Theatre Company perform the "Emperor's New Clothes' for an

Everyone at Junior School knows and we're keeping it a BIG SECRET!

enthralled audience in the Junior School.

(Mrs) Robyn Kay (Drama Co-ordinator)

Artist In Residence Mr Graham Abbott Thanks to a grant from the Invergowrie Foundation. our music students have recently had the privilege of working with Mr Graham Abbott, Associate Conductor of the Melbourne

Symphony Orchestra and 1\lusical Director of the Melbourne C.horale. Mr Abbott is regarded as one of the finest conductors of his generation with an enviable reputation in a wide range of musical styles and forms. During his time with the Loreto Symphony Orchestra this term, he has helped the girls develop their playing technique and precision, working on Beethoven's Symphony No 1, First Movement and a medley of' Beatles music. The girls have found Graham to be full of enthusiasm and good fun as well as requiring a high standard of performance from them. It has been a most productive and rewarding term's work and we are mostt grateful

to have had the opportunity of sharing Graham's Visiting Conductor, Mr Graham Abbott, leading the Loreto Symphony

expertise and brilliance.

Mrs Wendy Todd (Director of Music)

Orchestra in performance.

Lunching In The Snow Members of' the Loreto Mothers' Association

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enjoyed a luncheon at The Chalet, Mt Buller during the Inter-School Skiing Championships, on the sanie day as the Annual Lunclieon at the Hyatt.

Pictured back row (L to R): Kirsty Marshall (Olympic Skier), Julie Laurence, Elizabeth Beattie, Trish Carter, Helen Gannon. ni

Front row: Jan Hunter. Chris Chamberlain.

Marissa Bonacci and Penny Gamble.

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Work Experience

Laboratory Work

Work Experience is an integral part of' the

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students progress through this programme,

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identi fying their skills, interests and

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aptitudes, they are encouraged to consider a

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work placement that has some appeal in this

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very early stage o f thei r career development.

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understanding of' the world of' work, of the

student,

differences between schooling and employment

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and of people whose values, education and outlook may be different from those in their

own inner circle. Their self-understanding also increases and, hopefully, so does their selfconfidence. Even though Work Experience is limited in terms of time and 'hands-on'

opportunity, students can reflect on their interest in or suitability to the work involved

and can gain a lot from talking to people around them. As a result of this exposure they will either be encouraged to pursue a particular career or be encouraged to look further afield.

Work Experience also provides an opportunity for parents and students to discuss students' futures. It provides an opportunity

fur teachers and people in industry to learn from each other and brings about a

First Communion Day 1995 Many prayers were answered as the sun shone

brightly on the 27th August. For many, this may have seemed like any other day but it) the girls receiving their First Communion within the celebration of the Eucharist, it was a day of greatjoy.

strengthening iii school/industry/community

The church of St. Peter's, Toorak. bore

relations. Within the Loreto Mandeville Hall

testimony to the many hours spent in

conimunity, students are fortunate to have the support of the parent body and several

preparation fur this sacred event. Gracing the walls were the large banners created by each

students obtain placements as a result of offers

class in the Junior School family to fill the

from parents as employers. We are also most grateful for support froin some past pupils

gathered together to show their love and support

children with a sense ofbelonging and, as crowds

who continue their involvement. with the school

for the First Communicants, there was sonic

by providing work opportunities for current

display of emotion as fainilies and friends reacted to the girls' entrance procession as they

students. We would appreciate contact from

more parents and past pupils who could offer Work Experience positions.

The pictures tell the story. The girls ()rganize

many interesting and rewarding placements.

sang'Come and Journey with Me'.

Father Leonard told the congregation that his words seenied inadequate given the apparent readiness and joyfulness of' the children.

There is a great variety of occupations being

As the procession of children left the church

considered and this year students were

with their families, there were some quiet tears

employed in aircraft maintenance, journalism, hospitality, architecture, engineering, medical research, child care, teaching, physiotherapy and speech pathology, hospital work, advertising, photography, graphic design, law, work with animals, social work, various clerical and retailing positions and many other

to mark the occasion. The final strains of the

trumpet Voluntary' echoed a new beginning as the First, Communicants left the scene to continue further celebrations with families and

friends - and to continue spreading their message ofjoy.

(Mrs) Maureen Carroll (Year Three Teacher)

interesting careers.

Students are encouraged to make the most

of opportunities for Work Experience. beyond

Enrolments

the compulsory component in Year 10, and to organize placements in the holidays, during'

It is with much pleasure that we announce

their senior years at school. They should also

our decision to re-establish three classes at

consider part-time or casual eniployment during their schooling to develop skills outside

both the Year Five and Year Six levels.

We anticipate that each class will have

the academic environment and begin to

between 20 and 25 students. Parents

establish a work history for their Curriculum

interested in enrolling daughters in either of'

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these year levels should contact the Registrar,

(Mrs) Mary McCarthy (Careers Adviser)

Zena Roslan, without delay.

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Jane Merrylees is fortunate to have the guiding hand of past

Thanks to a supportive Mandeville parent, Mr Paul Gregory

pupil and prominent architect,Yvonne von Hartel, as she

at Red Earth Pty Ltd, Madeline Hoy enjoys rapport with a

beomes familiar with the drawing board at Robert Peck,

customer as she promotes the sale of Red Earth products.

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In the glamorous surroundings of Le Meridien at Rialto, Emily

Wearing her protective hard hat, Fiona Bremner is about to

Gregory wearing the hotel uniform, greets some of the many

go to an on site inspection with engineers from Kinhill

tourists with a welcoming smile.

Engineers

The World of Work

Office & Real Estate

Physiotherapy

Gabrielle Harkins checks some of the home listings at the

Edwina Wilson has the injury problem of Carlton footballer,

real estate firm of Talbot Birner Morley in St Kilda.

Rohan Welsh, explained by physiotherapist, Simon Nelson at the Melbourne Sports Medicine Centre.

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What a tempting feast Jolie Cross has prepared at the Royal

The Hopkins Partnership of South Melbourne kindly

Botanic Gardens Tea Rooms, thanks to the opportunity

employed both Katherine Castles and Exchange Student,

provided by another Mandeville parent, Mr Michael O'Brien

Leticia Passos from Brazil.

of Michael O'Brien Catering.

Japanese at

Year 10 Physical Education

Loreto Mandeville Hall

The Year 10 Physical Education curriculum was reviewed and restructured for 1995, A

In 1996, the students who were members of the first Japanese class at I.oreto will undertake Unit 3 and 4 VCE studies iii the language. From 1993. when there was just one class of Year

Nine Japanese, the teaching of the language has expanded throughout the senior school, and next year Japanese will be taught from Year Seven to Year Twelve.

Iii 1995 there have been two teachers of

Japanese in the senior school, and for six months the students have also benefited greatly from

the enthusiastic work of a Japanese language assistant, Mai Yoshi(la.

Mrs Nola Farrington introduced Japanese to

Loreto in 1993. Mrs Farrington's teaching background is in LOTE and in Geography. She taught French for 15 years before undertaking studies in Japanese, and now, in addition to teaching at Loreto, she teaclies adult evening classes in Japanese at Japan Seminar House, Mrs Farrington has travelled in Japan, and will lead 13 Loreto students on a three-week study tour to Japan during the term vacation. The students will experience two weeks of' homestay

double period of' Physical Education introduced this year has enabled us to offer a wider, more varied programme for the students.

In brief, the programme places less time and emphasis on the more traditional sports of athletics, netball, hockey, gymnastics,

badminton, softball, volleyball and basketball.

The focus of the course is to provide many recreational experiences in the hope that they may be further pursued as extra-curricillar leisure activities for the girls in and out of'school hours.

Specialist sessions included Self 1)efence (eight hour course) and an Introduction to Fencing lessons.

The four-week Swimming unit combined

snorkelling, water polo and recreational swiniming activities. This is an extensioii from

the Year Seven to Nine Swiniming Programme which offers basic technique and life saving.

A 10 week unit of P.A.L.A.C.S. (Physical Activity Learning and Analysis Classes) was developed as an Introduction to V.C.E. Physical

and school life .it our sister school at Fukuoka

Education. These lessons incorporated theory

before enjoying some sightseeing at Iliroshima

and laboratory style activities around V.C.E. P.E.

and Kyoto.

Mrs Lisa Pidcock joined the senior staff of Loreto in 1995. Mrs Pidcock is a Bachelor of'

Education, and has undertaken a graduate

themes of Exercise

Physiology,

Biomechanics, Skill Acquisition and Sport Sociology.

Other practical units c overed include Korfball,

diploma in Japanese for professionals. She also has travelled in Japan, and had first hand experience of'the major earthquake which struck

Lacrosse and Table Tennis.

Japan earlier this year!

and look forward to continuing this programme

In 1996, we look forward to welcoming another teacher of Japanese to Loreto Mandeville Hall

in 1996.

as the programme continues to develop.

We are pleased with the positive response from all students in Year Ten Physical Education

(Miss) Carolyn Fox (Physical Education Co-ordinator, Senior School)

Mr Rob Dernelly (Director of Studies)

Symphonic Snacks!

This year in the Junior School we have begun hosting regular lunchtime concerts. These

concerts were designed to promote in our students an enjoyment of performance, by teaching them correct concert procedure and etiquette in a small, supportive audience situation.

Any girl who learns an instrument either at school or outside school is encouraged to perform at sonie stage during the year, regardless of the achieved standard, as a performance by a well-

prepared beginner can be as admirable as one by a inore experienced performer.

So far we have enjoyed performances from students at beginner level to students at fourth grade music standard, on a range of instruments

including piano, violin, trumpet, clarinet and flute.

We have enjoyed listening to maiiy beautiful pieces of music and look forward to hearing many inore during the course of the year.

(Miss) Deana Dc)dds (junior School Music Teacher)

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have been incredible snow falls AND the Loreto Mandeville Hall Ski Team has trained and

competed hard, producing some excellentt results.

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line Skate Championships.) Once the siiow had f'allen in late July, we took to the hills at Mt Buller and had a day of training before the

trials which established our position within the

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The team had a second weekend of training at Mt Buller in early August, during which we had race lessons. We learned gate and starting

techniques as well as how to improve our overall skiing. At night the entire team and parents had a get together at The Chalet, making use of their pool and spa facilities before heading offto church

at 6.30pm. We were now ready to race at the Top of' the Alps Interschools Championships.

The Junior School girls raced on the second day of the competition. They all showed they had learned so much and really improved their technique from last year. The grins on their faces proved they enjoyed being there as well.

The Year 5/6 teams finished in 8th and 24th

places out of 35 teams. Tessa Custance was the fastest in 14th place. with Marianne Pitard and Melanie Dalheimer close behind in 19th and

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The Year 7/8 teams finished with an admirable

13th, 27th and 38th place out of 52 teams. The

course was relatively slow and difficult in the sunny conditions. Anneliese Gannon finished very strongly in 16th place behind many racers who have had overseas experience. There were 180 girls in the race!

The Year 11/12 finished in 32nd place in a field of 50 teams. The skiers in this race are

nearly all seasoned competitors with many hours of i·ace experience. There were 185 competitors and 27 gates to be negotiated on the long and

slick Little Buller Spur course. Nina Bonacci was the fastest Loreto Mandeville Hall Skier, finishing in 78th place.

The season has been a huge success for our

team. It was all brought together at the Opening Ceremony held at night, where we all marched, sporting our new L.M.H. skivvies and headbands. We were treated to the sounds of a

military band playing the national anthem, flare skiing, and displays by disabled and cross country skiers. This year there were 2,900 competitors, next year we hope to swell the

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Turning Points: Australia Remembers lt was a proud day in 1928 as I dressed for my new school in a Royal Blue silk uniform, and a beige blouse with a Peter Pan collar trimmed in guipure lace. That Mandeville uniform had an aroma all of its own, an aroma that has stayed with me through life.

Mother Michael was our Superior. Mother Aquin, Mistress of'Schools, while Mother Xavier took care of the Juniors. As there were five girls

in our family we seemed to be dotted right through the school. I loved those school years, carefree happy days where there was a togetherness in the school. We all seemed to get along so well.

On leaving school I went to St Vincent's Hospital to be trained as a nurse. The Charity nuns were hard mistresses but great teachers.

Life was not easy for the trainees, we worked for love not money during those three years.

When I sat for my'Finals' at the famous Wilson Hall, I was justifiably proud. In hindsight, completing that training was a great achievement although not a surprising one considering the commitment gained from my school experience.

When war broke out I enlisted in the Royal Australian Nursing Service. In 1941 I was finally called to serve my land. I had spent time at

He idell)erg Military Hospital before being sent to Darwin in 1942 for active service. Working in a twelve hundred bed hospital, mostly under canvas with the terrible dust, heat and millions

of flies made nursing hard, but those wonderful men of the A.I.F. who risked their lives for us

all kept us alive with their dry sense of humour.

Rations were poor, three breadless, tealess and sugarless days each week were not easy, but we

learnt to live with it and had happy days off in the Katherine River with the crocodiles. It was

Vale!

Sir Bernard Callinan, a friend and benefactor

of Loreto Mandeville Hall, died on 20 July, 1995 after a long life of service to the community and the church. He had a distinguished war record and was renowned as one of Australia's leading consulting engineers. His involvement and interest in education led to his: election as Chairman of the Institute of Catholic Education

in 1974 and ultimately to a prominent role in the establishment of the Australian Catholic

University in 1991. He served on the Council of

so hot we feared nothing.

In 1943 I was sent south and posted to the 2/4 A.G.H. which was destined for Lubuan iii North West Borneo. Life in Borneo was much easier

than in the Northern Territory. Our first patients were badly wounded paratroopers and we were delighted to be able to send them all

home just after the atomic bombs were dropped

Latrobe and Melbourne Universities and was a member of' the Pontifical Commission for Justice

and Peace f'rom 1977 to 1984. Among his many awards were the DSO and CBE and he was

made a Knight Bachelor in 1977 and Companion of the Order of Australia in 1986.

As a young boy, Bernard had accompanied

and the armistice was signed in the Pacific.

his father to help Auntie Maie (Mother

Fi'()iii tliat point on our hospital received groups of eiiiaciated skeletons, survivors of the

Bernardine Cal.inan) and the othersisters move

Japanese prisoner of war camps. These were

returned to cut the Jubilee cake (see photo).

pitiful men, mostly weighing two or three stone and covered in tropical ulcers. They loved us,

Bernard, his wife, Naomi and their family of

in to Mandeville Hall and many years later lie

five boys spent several hours almost every

we fed them hourly, then two hourly on small

Sunday visiting Mother Bernardine at

soft diets, just like babies; we had to build these fragile soldiers up so they could return home.

They were men of all natioiis.

Mandeville HaIL Andrew, the youngest, was a

Recently I was most honoured to be selected to represent the Royal Australian Army Nurses in

Mandeville after her family returned from

South East Asia in 'Australia Remembers'. It is

Bernard, by now confined to a wheelchair, were

hard to imagine what 1.abuan will look like now; no doubt it will be different from my first viewing, when I walked from the ship down the pier watching drowned Japanese soldiers in their jungle uniforms floating backwards and furwards in the water. I wondered then whose sons they were. Such are the terrible ravages of war.

present at the launching of the school rowing

(Mrs) Lyla McCauley (Reynolds)

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pupil in the Junior School, while Kate, Sir Bernard's gi·anddaughter. was educated at England. The Callinan family, including Sir

boat "Bernardine", named fo r Mother

Bernardine and for which the family were generous benefactors. Although Sir Bernard was basically a shy man, he was prepared to share his talents fur the benefit of others and he will

be fondly remembered by the I.oreto family as

well as by his own loved ones.

Reading prayers at

Simply Sharing

the Simply Sharing Mass (L to R) Kate

At Mandeville, our celebration of the Feast of

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The Sacred Heart is embedded in many years of'

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tradition. This year, both the Junior and Senior

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students were asked to collect non-perishable

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food and other small essentials to donate to the

Hannah Whiting.

Sacred Heart Mission and Malvern Emergency Food Bank, which distribute the items to Melbourne's less fortunate, who are at their neediest in the bitter months of winter.

The Senior School students were particularly motivated to bring as much food as they could,

as the year level which brought the most would see their co-ordinator dressed in the school

uniform. Needless to say, the Year Eight students were bringing their cans of food by the tonne hoping to see Mr Ellett model. Similarly, Year Eleven were hoping to cause Mr Mulcahy

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some embarrassment.

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In addition to the year level collections, a cake stall, organized by the Student

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raised a substantial amount of money.

For many years, my sister Stella and I have

been strong supporters of' the Malvern Food Bank which distributes food packages to the people who find it financially stressful to feed their own families. The programme began iii October 1992 and in the first month distributed

15 food parcels. This year in July at least 60 single parcels were delivered and several family packs.

This year their supplies were in desperate need of replenishment and both Stella and I felt guilty eating hearty meals in the wai·nith and comfort of our home, whilst knowing that there were people on tile street suffering and possibly

being rejected by organizations that were supposed to help them. Stella suggested writing to TTFM's 'Kevin and Jill Will Fix It' segment asking them to donate some food to the Food Drive on behalf of Mandeville.

TTFM responded to my letter in a inatter of days with $400 worth of food vouchers donated

by Coles Myer.

Our Feast of The Sacred Heart celebrations

concluded with a gathering of both the Junior and Senior girls in the gym to celebrate the Eucharist, in a liturgy organized by Ms O'Keete and Mrs O'Halloran, this year renamed 'Simply

Sharing'.

Year Eleven provided the greatest donation towards this food collection and on the last day of Term 2 we saw Mr Mulcahy gracing the school grounds with a ribbon in his hair, a summer

frock and a purple juniper, making such a fashion statement that we were inspired to try his look for ourselves in Term 4.

Our thanks are extended to the R.E staff for

Lighting the candles at the Simply Sharing Mass (L to R): Emma Ireland, Tessa Custance, Charlotte McFarland, Erin Kennedy and Kate Ralph.

Congratulations!

Tiffany Chiang, Year 4, awarded a Melbourne Dance Academy ballet scholarship.

Natalie Bossong. Year 6, competed in solo section National Calisthenics Titles in Perth.

Rebeka Jageurs, Year 8, selected to represent Victoria in the Under 17 Waterpolo Team in Queensland in late September.

Nicole Gialeli. Year 9, First Prize iii Indonesian Vilta Language Competition and to Gemma Deane, Year 11 who won a third prize in her .9 ection.

Nathalie Resciniti, Year 12. awarded the Lesley Barklamb

Scholarship for flute.

Adele Brazenor, Year 9, selected to represent Victoria in the Under 14 Hockey team, also Sara Pacini, Year 7, who made it through to the final round for selection.

organizing the Mass, TTFM and Coles Myer for

Senior Cross Country Team , Lesley Horder, Nerita Benetti,

their most generous donation, the S.R.C. for

Jacqui Carroll, Emily O'Connell and Virginia Grant, Third

conducting the cake stall and to all the students

Place Senior Division SCSA Championships.

who supported the food drive with their hearts

full of generosity and their spirits bouncing with enthusiasm.

Kathryn Bannon, Year 12, Priscilla Ruffulo, Year 10, Prudence Tehan and Eliza Curtain, Year 8 awarded best

speakers twice in their respective divisions in the Debating Maria Spitaliorakis (Year Eleven)

Association of' Victoria competition.

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Past Pupil Profile Dr Denis Michael O'Day 'It was out of the question for a fiue or six year old to travel alone from my borne in South Yarra

to Burke Hall, so I accompanied my sister, Justine, to Mandeuille Hall. to attend first grade, thereby becoming forever an old Mandeuillian!'

When asked about a key experience in those

first twelve months at school that may have shaped his later life, Denis wryly cites the tragic event in his last few days at Mandeville. After he won first prize for the year, the nuns cancelled the award on the 'unreasonable' basis that only two students were able to sit the exams due to

an outbreak of measles!

Denis was preceded to Mandeville Hall by his sisters Justine and Deirdre and later followed

by Prue (all three girls, now married, live in England), Like so many of the other little boys who attended Mandeville in their early years, Denis went on to Xavier and completed his secondary education there in 1953. He then studied medicine at Melbourne University and undertook his residency at St Vincent's Hospital where his father, Kevin O'Day, was working as a Senior Honorary.

Elected a member of the Royal Australian

College of Physicians in 1965, Denis embarked

Ann and Denis O'Day

To all who know Denis, this profile would be

incomplete without mentioning his passion for sailing - even in land locked Tennessee! He learnt to sail on Port Phillip Bay and still continues to enjoy it wherever he can find a boat, be it the Channel Islands or the

on a career in Ophthalmology, completing residency training in San Francisco, working in London, then in Enugu, Nigeria with the Royal Society for the Blind, and finally returning to

Whitsundays.

the United States in 1972 to Nashville,

independence and remaining functionally active as you grow older,'he says. 'When you are young it's the key to a fulfilled life. Anything we can do to enhance the quality of life has extraordinary

Tennessee where he joined the faculty at Vanderbilt University Medical Centre as an Assistant Professor. He was instrumental in

the cornea transplant program and studied fungus diseases that cause blindness in

developing countries. In 1989 the now Professor of Ophthalmology, Dr O'Day was named the Michael T. Hogan Professor of Ophthalmology, an award which touched him as Dr Hogan had been his mentor during his residency at Vanderbilt.

Denis reminds his students constantly that to

be good ophthalmologists they first have to be good physicians. 'Vision is the

key to

social benefits.'

Denis has always championed the cause of the disadvantaged and those in need. In

leadership roles he is known as a strong patient advocate and for his ethical values. He feels

fortunate to have been exposed to these ideals

while growing up and throughout his schooldays in Melbourne.

Denis has had a lifetime interest iii education and has served on the boards of several national

organizations and as a consultant to the U.S Federal Government on health care issues. He

has published over 150 articles in medical journals and can claim authorship of a number

of books for his profession. He is currently George Weeks Hale Professor and Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at Vanderbilt School of Medicine and

has just been appointed Vice Chairman and Executive Director of the American Board of

Ophthalmology, the first foreign born doctor to hold such a position.

Denis and his Australian wife, Ann (Despard) have a multicultural family as their eldest son, Luke, was born in Australia while Simon and

Edward are American. 'The boys think it is a great joke that their father is an "old boy" of an all girls school', laughs Ann. Although they live

so far from home and family they keep in close contact with many trips to and from Australia and England, maintaining strong family ties.

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Denis with his Loreto classmates on First Communion

Day. (Denis insists there were several other boys in the

group, but they must have been camera shy. Perhaps some of them may contact us!)

Past Pupils Association It was with great pleasure that I recently took over the role of President of the I.oreto

Toorak Past Pupils Association. Following in the footsteps of our Past President Andrea Maule, who has worked so tirelessly and enthusiastically for the Association. will be a

daunting task, but I look forward to drawing on her experience and that of the Committee. It's

subscription is $100.00, :ind ensures that you are part of a network of incalculable worth! I welcome any enquiries or suggestions from existing or potential nienibers.

I look forward to harnessing the strength of past pupils of Loreto Mandeville Hall as a force

committed to Mary Ward's belief that 'There is no such difference between men and women

that women may not do great things.'

(Mrs) Susan Olney (Hanrahan)

hard to believe that 25 years have passed since the same position was held by my niother, Joy

18 Allenby Avenue, Glen Iris 3146 Phone: 9885 0624

Hanrahan (McDonald).

There is no doubt that we need a lot inore

support from our members. Our Annual General Meeting, held at Mandeville Hall on Sunday

CLASS OF 1976

13th August, attracted the usual small band of

OUR 20 YEAR REUNION

staunch workers. Father Iain Radvan S.J. who

celebrated Mass in the Chapel prior to the meeting, described those present as the yeast in

WILL BE HELD NEXT YEAR AT A DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED.

bread - a small component, yet essential in

creating the volume of the loaf. Whilst this is a coniforting analogy, I believe the time has come

Enquiries

to drag a little flour into the process! Perhaps a

SARAH PERRETT (WINSHIP)

reminder of'the aims ofour Association may inspire

9826 0211 (b.h.) OR

you to rekindle your commitment to the school.

9889 6762 (a.h.)

Most past pupils would agree that among the greatest legacies of their education at Mandeville

are the lasting friendships forged during school years. Our first past pupils joined the Loreto 'Old Girls' Association in 1929. Later, it was

decided to form a separate Association for each

CLASS OF '85 REUNION 1.00pm, Saturday 16 December

school. and a constitution for the Loreto 'roorak

Flying Duck Hotel

Past Pupils Association was drawn up in 1969.

67 Bendigo Street

The aims of' the Association were:

a) to encourage a spirit of Loreto, i.e. the spirit of Mary Ward, amongst members, and bring

Richmond

members into close touch with one another,

Enquiries:

and with the Sisters of the IBVM;

b) to assist in any aims of the Sisters of the IBVM.

c) to take an active Christian part in local, national, and international affairs:

Erinne Mulcahy 9826 5561

Julie Miller (Lynch) 9589 4479

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d) to raise funds for and subscribe to any local

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or other charities and such causes as shall from time to time be deemed advisable.

Since its inception, the Association has devoted itself'to many causes - you may be surprised by the diversity. In the past we have maintained scholarship funds, awards and prizes to students, raised money for Loreto Missions both in Australia and overseas, purchased, renovated and maintained the Loreto Cottage at Blairgowrie fur the use ofthe nuns and students,

Venue to be advised

Enquiries: Cate Soppitt 9326 9757 r (w) 9397 6424 (h) 910

Cathy Gaynor 018 993 435

Megan VanOorsehot (Feakes) 9555 5798

held the annual Loreto Debutante Ball, been a

voice on the National Council of Women, and

devoted countless hours to community sei·vice and fundraising for charities.

Over the coming year. I will be utilising The Mcinclecillion to alert you to forthcoming events and to review past ones. We would be delighted to receive photos and articles about individual class reunions as well as invaluable updated

CLASS OF '90 REUNION Date: probably mid November Venue: to be advised

address lists for our records. In addition, we

would love to include profiles on past pupils' achievements in business or community service.

A reminder for those past pupils who are not members of the Association: A life membership

Enquiries:

Mardi Doherty 9818 8434 Sarah Lethlean 9853 7946

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Editor's Mailbag

Family News

Recently, the Adelaide Advertiser recorded the

Engagements

death of Mrs Levaun Jarvis (past pupil, year

Breda Annesley ('85) to Darren Kerr Megan Brittain ('82) to Richard Kloester Sarah Magee ('91) to Grayden Joseph

Marriages Gabrielle Byrnes ('82) to Barry Kuch 29/4/95 Kathy Height ('84) to Gerard Webster 8/7/95 Alicia Dennis ('88) to Chris Solnordal 25/3/95

Sarah Nietz ('86) to Adam Hyland 23/3/95 Angela Clancy ('87) to Carl Harte 13/8/95

group '51). A former Lady Mayoress of Adelaide during her husband Jim's term of office from 1985 to 1987, Mrs Jarvis was made a member of

the Order of Australia in 1990 in recognition of' her many years of community service. Mrs Jarvis worked to raise funds for SPELD, a charity for children with learning difficulties. and for Minda, a charity for intellectually disabled children, as well as her work as chairman of the

Lady Mayoress Charitable Trust Fund and as

Births

State President of

To Lisa (Winstanley) and Paul Pirrie, a daughter, Isabella May

actively involved with the Liberal Party and the

To Siubhan (Leslie) and Ronald Zwarteveen,

UNICEF. She was also

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Those who knew Levaun were amazed at her ability to help so many others as well as care so lovingly for their

a son, Niels To Suzanne (Lee) and Paul Holden, a

family of seven children. Her husband, Jim, recalls that she was a very proud member of the

daughter, Stephanie Maree

To Victoria (Doyle) and John Rosie. a son, Edward Doyle

To Susan (Hanrahan) and Robert Olney, a daughter, Meg To Chantal (Christina) and Edwin Franks, a daughter, Lauren Alexandra Grace To Mardi (Pitt) and Glen Kiley. a daughter, Beth Ellen

To Mary (O'Dwyer) and Nigel Johnston, a daughter, Caroline Diane

I.oreto Mandeville Hall community. We offer our prayers for Jim, their children and grandchildren. ****

We were happy to hear from Vicki Tzimas all

the way from Greece. Vicki loves receiving her copy of the Mandevillian and says she feels proud to be a member of the Past Pupils' Association and enjoys reading the news of both present and past students.

To Ann-Maree (Comerford) and John Baring, ****

a son, John Nicholas

To Susan (Thornton) and Rob Vorich, a son, Nicholas

Another overseas reader who feels the

Mandevillian brings a little bit of Melbourne

To Gabrielle (Nix) and Matthew Wall, a

into her life is Siubhan Swarteveen (Leslie) now

daughter, Isabelle Grace

living in Holland with husband Ronald and baby

Deaths

Niels. Siubhan has been working with Greenpeace International since she moved to

The Loreto family offers its prayers and sympathy to the family and friends of:

Holland to marry in 1991.

Mother Borgia Tipping IBVI\1 c See article this issue)

Levaun Jarvis ('51) Past pupil, in Adelaide (See Editor's Mailbag) Pauline Laffan, mother of Carmel (LMH Staff) Sir Bernard Callinan, grandfather of Kate (See

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Gabrielle (Nix) Wall, husband Matthew and

two sons, John and Tom returned to Sydney for the birth of Isabelle Grace in August. They had spent the past four years in Borneo where Matthew was stationed with his firm.

Vale article) ****

Lesley Treloar, father of Gillian, Noelene and Michele

Pam Ensor (Smith), who was an American

Peter Quinert, father of Rachel (Year 6)

Field Service student at LMH in 1969, recently

Yvoiine James ('32) Past pupil

returned to visit Melbourne with her husband

and their three children. They visited her AFS family, Mr and Mrs Dan Webb, "brother" Tim

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and "sister" Liz and her three boys. They toured Mandeville and noted many changes and caught

Mandevillian

up with a number of past pupils.

Loreto Mandeville Hall 10 Mandeville Crescent, Toorak 3142

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Phone 9826 0211 Fax 9824 2996

Helen Shortell ('79) is a Manager with the

Editorial Committee:

Green Jobs Unit providing jobs and training in

Editor, Margaret Quill; Junior School,

an environmental capacity. Her work involves

Mrs Maureen Carroll; The Community, Sr.

liaison with industry and a close association

Ellison Taffe; Mothers' Association, Mrs Jenny

with the Australian Conservation Foundation.

Johnstone; Past Pupils' Association, Mrs ****

Susan Olney; Photographer, Mrs Lyn Gazal.

Typesetting and printing: New Litho Pty. Ltd., 124 Union Road, Surrey Hills, 3127

Congratulations to Ann Galbally on the publication of her biography of Sir Redmond Barry.

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1995 REUNION OF THE CLASS OF '65

Enthusiastic greetings, vibrant information exchanges and positive reflections were hallmarks of the 30 year reunion of the class of 1965.

The 48 who attended sang 'The Holiday Hymn' and 'Queen of Loreto' - without missing a beat - ate lunch catered for by Edwina Hunt, and partied on into the evening.

We were delighted with our interstate visitors: Fiona Staun (Brya), Angela Voerman (Mulvaney), Margot Walsh (Jones), Caroline Collie (Walker), Sharon Atkins (Lee), and Geraldine Weston (O'Collins).

Newsy letters of regret were received from the following classmates: Georgina Fitzpatrick (Haigh), Dublin: Christina Wigan (Lechte).

London; Anita Smaniopolous (MeMahon}, Athens: Mary Alexander (Sheahan), St Andrews; Mary Ann Lynch (Douglas), Claremont; Jenny Clarke (Naughton) Booligal; Susan Nichols, Canberra; Julienne Prendergast (Blake), Perth: Elizabeth File (Boileau), Invernell; Marie Casey (Warry),

West Hyde.

We drank a toast to them. It was generaliy agreed that our next reunion should be held in five years time and that we were an exquisite class to begin with and that nothing had really changed!

Liz clones (McCann) and Sara Hennessy (Barrett)

Mother M Francis Borgia Tipping IBVM 1891 - 1995 A Personal Reminiscence by Gig (Elizabeth) Ryan

On 14 August 1995, Mother Borgia entered eternal life to meet the Lord and his mother, whom she had faithfully served as a sister of the IBVM, for what must surely be a record eighty three years.

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Those who were taught by Mother Borgia will never forget her.

She taught me European History in 1973. her last year of teaching.

The Renaissance and the Reformation were not only re-enacted in her classes, but lived through. "Dear dear Erasmus" was not then a statue

from an antique past, but a colleague existing on the same corporeal plane as we ourselves (or certainly as Mother Borgia). History, literature and art were not historic but present, vivid, existing as long as there

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were minds to comprehend.

Rebellious as I was, and remain, I was intrigued and flattered by the

persistence of this tiny, quick, peripatetic, erudite woman with her frightening insight, who, like many nuns, was dismissive of polite small-talk and thus able to pierce the "garish day" or "elicit·cling gloom" with which we are mostly surrounded.

So followed 22 years of friendship in visits and correspondence.

Mother Borgia never failed to take a keen interest in world events

and her opinions were often unexpectedly up to date - she once denounced the former colonialism of South Africa, another time she

expressed her support for the Polis.h Solidarity Movement. Her conversations were interspersed with quotations from poems. regally and dramatically delivered. as were her letters with their distinguished

ink and always impeccable grammar-filled with both wit and gravity,

passionate interest and true serenity. And so the frail, youngest of' six children could live to talk in hindsight of the inescapable fuss made over "the dreaded hundredth", her birthday in 1991!

In my view, Mother Borgia was a paradigm of the feminist and intellectual order Mary Ward intended - in every way original, non-

conformist. Now, saddened, I think of the first poem she recited to me in the stillness of the Oak Parlour:

"It is the blight man was born for,

(Suggested by the Statue in front of Loreto, Toorak)

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Congratulations! Winners : Tournament of Minds - Div 2 Metropolitan.

Madeleine Healy, Annabel Smith, Emily Smith, Georgina Coleman, Edwina Holbeach, Katie Taylor, Megan Walters.

Not a Problem!

On Saturday 22nd July our Future Problem Solving competition team, comprising Year Five students Elizabeth Ames, Yvette Haikal, Julia Dickson and Julia Pereira-Godinho, attended

an all day seminar on the topic 'Kids and

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Violence' at Star of the Sea College in

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Gardenvale. Unfortunately, our fifth member, Melanie Dalheimer, was unable to attend as

she was competing in the ski team trials.

The girls listened to a range of speakers as part of their research into the topic, in preparation for the third and qualifying problem for 1995. They also took part in the booklet writing

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evaluation

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demonstrating a perceptive grasp of the issues involved and an ability to think quickly and creatively On Tuesday 8th August the girls spent an

lunior School Problem Solving Team

uninterrupted two hours completing the probleni

Julia Dickson, Yvette Haikal, Elizabeth Ames, Julia Pereira-Godinho

solving process without any outside assistance a feat in itself!

We are all now eagerly awaiting the evaluation results.

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Roisin Gleich takes aim with her bow and arrow.

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