1923 Silver & Green

Sil"er ant, ~reen

Magazine of t he Methodis t Ladies' College.

AS a ~atu ral conseque n c e of the s i mila n ty of th e r o utin e, to the s upe r f ic ia l obs erv er on e school year must pres e nt a c lose r ese mb l a n ce to th e others.

Th e r e is, how ever, probably n o t on e gi r l in the sc hoo l who find s thi s th e case.

Apart fi·om the vari-ation s of it s d e tails , the d e li g ht of making n e w fri e nd s , th e n ew in spiration of th e old id eals, 19 23 h as brou g ht · a considerabl e ch a n ge t o u s, b y a l tering , a s it h as, on e of the lon g-es t a b li she d factors in o u r school orga ni sation

·Thi s innov a tion tal<,e~ t h e form of t h e i n c lusion of th e Co ll ege in C lass A . of school s. B y t his is mea nt tha t , in s t ead of sitting a t e xterna l exa minatio n s for the Intermediate a nd Leaving C e r t i f icates,

our studen t s will .be e n a b Led to gain thes e Oil t h e Head Maste r 's r eco mm c nd ation-:i r ecomm e nd ation d e p end e nt on the whol e sc hool r ecord of th e pe r so n € x alnin e d.

The a dvantages of th e syste m a r e ob vious. Coming as th ey do in th e mo s t wea ry i n g h ea t of s umm er, the University Exam in a ti on s cau se p a rta k e r s a con si der a b Le a m o unt of n e r vo u s strain, and m a n y of u s, h avin g worked .l-iard a nd s u cces~fu ll y dur i n g th e sch oo l year, a r e sad l y diiiappoi n te d i n th e fin a l r es ults. .. · It is t hen a boon to obtain p asses "ivithout a t e s t h e ld u nd e r unfa miliar ~n d un c omfortab l e c i rc um s ta nces '-"··

Pare n ts , no dot1bt, w iii a ppr eciate :t he m on e t a r y gai n In a ddition ; "'th e ·ii~c1'ed i tin g o f s c hools· allow s the in a · ce rta i n fr ~e dom i n fixing the i r pro gramm e s 't:~ su it th e ir parti c ula r n eeds. ·

As an exte ntion of se lf gov€ rnm e nt, an influ e n ce of recogni sed wo r t h in publ: c sc ho ol s, t h e ch a nge is b e n eficia l. Girl s now hol d failur e o r s uccess e n ti r e ly ill t h e ir own h a nd s, and s ure l y each w ill , f or

th,':! S c hoo l's a nd h e r own h onour, d o h e r utm oz t.

O f t h e disadyantagss littl e n ee d be sa il\ F or that stud e nt wh o wo r ks o nl y on th e " w et towe l m e thod " a nd " fluk es" a pas s t hl'ough th e ignora n ce of · un s u s p ec tin g U niv e rs i ty co rrectors , t h e previo u s a r · rah ge m €nt may see m pr e fe r a bl e. T h e pres e nt one will put a d e3er ve d check on h e r idl e n ess.

On e of Melb o urn e's n ews pap e rs h as made so m e mi s l eading r emarks on thi s s ubj ect?.> Th ese mi g h t b e wo r th quoting Speakmg of t h e s hort c uts mad e b y Au stral ia ns · eager to r,ea c h i h e d es ir e d goa l ·s ho1'_!i-4_t; uts for edoo m e d to l ead to a ll sorts o f ~i'MiJ'e s i rab le pla ces, i t c lasses th e ap• pr.o;a.l:. ~ystem a mong t h at desp ised num • b e r, ; say i n g: " Th e1e is th e ':, pp r ov al ' sys t e m , wi t h no exa min atio n s, ·no effo r t or s train o r co n centration, but ju s t t h e mild gen e r a l a pproval b y t h e t e ac h er of th e good sch ol ar's att e ndan ce, a ttenti on, mann er, and -d eco rum On e is t o le arn to swim now without go in g n ear wa t e r , fbr a r eal w a. t e r sw im would ,b e -an exa min at ion ; and exam inati o n s a r e bad th ey l ead to c r ammin g. Th e r e su lt of the s ho rt c ut is t h at proba b l y fe w A u stra li a n boys t o-day a r e as ,ve)l e du cated as th e ir fat h e r s w e r e in t h e ir sch ool days ."

Much of t h is is non se n se This i s t h e sarcas ti c to n e m e n u sed wh e n th e !r far -. see in g fe llow s pr op h es i e d th e day of s ub m a rin e or or aer op la n e Th e w rit e r see m s to h a v e mi sse d th e whol e poin t o f th e sys tem It d oes n ot imp ly n o exa I)lin ation s, but no ex ternal e xami n atio ns-in t e rna l on.e s will tak e p lace as u sua l.

Again, althou g h some of us might w e l co m e a r ec ommenda t ion m e r e l y ·d e p e nd in g on " attendanc e, a tt e ntion, m a nn e r, a nd d e corum,'' th ese q u a l i ti e s a r e, un!ortu • n a t el y , of n o a ccount in th e pr e paration of H ead Mast e r s ' ce rtifi cates

Wh eth e r th e Austra li a n boys a r e l ess well e du c ate d than t h e ir fa th e r s, th ey might -be abl e to t e ll u s ; certai nl y th e g, rl s ar e obtainin g ed u cations as good, if not b e tt e r, t h a n those of th e ir moth e r s.

To co nt!nu e th e quotation :

"Th e r e h ave b een m a n y oth er Australian s hort c uts, a nd i t mu st b e ad mitt e d that some of t h e m h ave proved

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e ffective and produc 2d good r e'su l ts." Th e A u stra li an pr e ferential voting, I-and t r ans• fe r , and lJallot systems a r e u sed to illu s trate this point. "Bu t t h ese c a n , h a r dl y b e call e d s hort c uts These are mere l y impro ve m e nts on o ld m e thod s. Th e short cut is a new principle w i th the n ew method whi c h r esu l ts from i t."

M-ight not tb e las t two se nte n ces be eq uall y aptly -appli ed r ever se l y to say, th e la n d tron:;fe r s yste m and th e app roval one? Was not T orre n s' t r ansfe r sc h eme a n.ew prin c i pl e wit h a n e w me t h od r e s ul ti n g from it, and is not th e a pproval sys te m an im provem en t on our fat h er's m e thods? Or is i t a r evo luti o n a r y c han ge in ed u cation ?

A s a co nclu s io n , h ere is a c lever simil e :

"Now, a t the·· e nd of the year, wh en m a n y are groanifig at th e ir· ' e xams. ,' l e t th e m rather r ejo ic e tl~ at they s till h ave · so m e o f t h e o ld syste ni l e ft. : 'Th e man 1 w ho groa n s at liis in come· tax wciu l ~ lJ e . : b e tter e mploy.ed if he· w e r e givih g thank s ' that h e h as ' an in co m e to be taxe d. Ex amin at ions , lik e t §.xes , are thin gs to : b e "_ h a ppy a bout, if w e on l y look at them th e r ig ht way. "

Wittr t hts last mor a l se ntim e nt we agr ee. But th e payment o f t h e i ncom,e tax i s n o t a l ways ple a san t , oi• cc, n veni e n t, for the man ' s p u rse at th e t im e.

It is a pity for a l ea din g paper to take up s u c h an a ttitud e, but , th e optimi s t w i il take t h e s hort c u t, n e verth-e less, a n d , p e r \1.a ps in twe n t y y:::ar s' tim e, the a ppr oval sys t e1;n will come u nd e r t h e catego r y of " m e r e imp rovem e nt of the o ld m e thod ."

For th e cr it ica l outsid e r to mai n tai n tha t a Co ll ege p ass will not carr y as much w e lg h t i n th e wo rld as a U niversity on e, is foolish, in fa ce of the . r e cent .e n th u sias m of insp ecto r s fr om t h e Univer s ity ove r th e h ig!\,. standard of mark in g. He s h o uld r e m e mb e r th at th e sch ool will ,a t a ll ti m es be r eady fo r a mo s t sear c hin g i n spection, a nd t h a t staff a nd pupils will take a p r ide in m a in t aining co nd it ions as la ud a bl e as they wer e n ow d eemed("

Fo r ev e r y a dva n tage ga in ed we ow.e a debt to t ho se w h o hav e g iven it to us , and a d u ty t o thos e t o w h o m we s h a ll p ass it on. It is th e fa i t hful la bour of eac h teac h e r and sc h o lar of th e M: .L C fo r th e last for ty y e ars, whi ch has gaine d for •us

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SI L VER AND GREEN.

thi s valued priv i lege. Shall not each of us, tbinking of the mighty result of th e individual toil o f thousa nd s of our pred ecesso r s, be fired with practical e nthu ,; ias m, and hand on t o co ming gi rl s a hi g h er a nd n ob l er s tandard of work, a school r eputation even more famous a nd g l o ri ous than we found.

General Notes.

There were an unu s ua l numbe r of a l terations in the staff at the beginning o f t h e year . Among the additions were Miss Krome, Miss Whitehead, Miss MacDonald, M iss Shannon, Miss D e1 b1;dg e, Miss Co lli e r , Miss S n owball, Miss Fone, Mi ss M i tchell and Miss Horlock. It is interestin g to n ote that t h e first fi ve are o ld M.L.C. girls .

At · the beginnine- of the yea r, Dr Georg in a Sweet d e l ivered a very d e lightf ul and ed u cationa l l ectur e on h e r rece nt "Cape to Cairo " tri p. She illu s trated h e r address ,b y som e very fine l antern s li des , and gave u s some insight into th e liv es -and mode of living of the natives

Many of t h e Forms h ave b een fortunat e in seeing several Shakes pearian Plays. For th e d e li ghts obta in.eel from "Henry V ," "As You Lik e It," " Juliu s Cresar,·• a nd " Macbeth," th ey are ind e bted to their Form mistresses, who k in d l y vol un tee r ed to take them

One Saturday afternoon , during third term, a Garden Fete was h e ld a t Dr. Sp rS: n gthorp e 's h o m e, " Joyou s Gard ," M urru mbeena, in aid of the Baby Welfar e mov e m ent, a nd Uie girls co ntributed two bran pi es , o n e for boys and g irl s respec · tive ly. Som e of th.e gi rl s went down to look after t h,e pies, and s p e nt a ver y e n• joyable and bus y aftern9on in satisfyi n g t h e n eeds of the ch i (/lren. Th e pro ceed s of the -aft e rnoon we r e sati sfactory, th e amo u nt rece ived be in g £3 7s 2d.

In conn ection with the Health Wetlk thi s • year, an inte r est in g and u seful l ecture .•\vn'§ , c1 e l ivered by Dr. Dona l dson. Miss Pitts very ab ly presided.

Spec ial thanks -a r e due thi s year to the l oya l a nd e ff ectiv e way in which se ni or g irl s have co ntribut ed gene r a l articl es to th e Magaz ine

The sta nrl ard of dra \\•i n gs, too, is _very hi g h, -a nu we regr et b e in g unabl_e to inc lud e· mor e t han one:

New Girls Enrolled-1923

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Term 1. E . Simonton, D . Sk inn er, M . Mauger, N. Ga rrand, N Irvin e, E Cl a rk e. C. L each , B. L each, I. Fithi e, E Stoc k s, P. Richard so n , J , Hockridge, G Hockridge. E. Solomon, E. Holland, M Ai sbe tt, T Robinso n , L. McDona l d, L. B e lcher , N. Nicho ls, L. Courtn ey, R. Stocks, G. Larne r , F Cambell , D. G ill ick , r Lilburn ~: E . Kemp , R. Brown, L. Bra nd , J. onsworth, H. Eakins, L Ch itty, M B a rry, A. Davi e s , G. Howe, M. Gr ee n, E Fone. E . Symons, Jl H i tch coc k , M. Moulton, V. Apthorp,J, M Haslam; I. M cCell a n d, R. Tre win, J. M cDonald , J Tracy, G. Parto n , G. P a rton, V. J ones, P. Battersby, W. Wortl ey, A, S in c l a ir, D . G r eenhill , M. Gr eenhlll , A. M ciAfee, M·. Mc Inty r e, • A ~] Sm ith, E L ayh, E. C l a rk, E. Broomhefl d , • E. Fisher, B Pawsey, J Lov e r. Rogers :! B. Coutts, D. Graham , I. Bath , L Bail ey, F J e nkins , E, Bedford, N Cam pb e ll , V. : Stone, N. Davies, A. Fl e tcher, M. F letc h e r , ' M. Morgan, 0 Ev a ns, F Purvis, E Micl g- · l ey, N. Burke, L Burk e, L Pars o n s, E. Davi es, D Polla rd, E. Speed, E Edge, I. White, D . Harridge, D . Peters, M. Smith . V Pop e, L Co ll ett, C Alli son, A. Allison, T. Holt, N. Chudder ton , D. Jeffe rson, E . . O'Dwye r , H. Buckl a nd , E . James, V. R awlin g, E. M illik a n , G. Fr e derick, M M erce r , T Merce r , M ! All e n , G. Schmidt, M Howard, M S h a nnon , M Gregory, P · Dunkley, N. Albe rt, F. Condon, E. Tulloch, J. Park, E. Ro ger s , L Ro gers , A M c L e n na~. E. Howard, E. McCracken , T. Smith, E. Du gdal e, M. L awrenc e, M. B a ird , M. Brand , ·L. Bake r , R. D e nnis, B . Johns , J . : Fraser, 0. Whate l ey, L. Bay l ey, J . Barker, P. Lumby, F. Smith, E Motton, F. Keel e , E A ndrews A. Dight, A Dight, :p: !. Rose nb e r g, 'J. Broadbe nt, J . Efron, N . : ~yl vester, M. Mitchell , E Thar! e , V. Kie,1.i] 1 C Dawson , D Po r t , M. Ma j or, V H a m· ' mond, F. Ha tfi e ld , B. Titmus, S. Titmus, J. Beatti e, J Smith , B Herb ert. N Cooper , G. W illiams, B. Turner, M. White, J Matthews, L Jacka.

SILVER AND GREEN.

Te r m 11. J. Bal m e 1·, J . Birt, D. Nicho las, L. Procter , E. Ge lb e rt, S. Ge l b e rt, D. Trun del, R F e rguson, P. H o rnb y, S. Macken z ie, T Potter, R. Raymond, B F e rri e r , J. McCulloch , G. Ti·omp, W. S p..<i. rk e, D. Harrow e r, S. J ackson , ~'. Mustey , M. Mackenzi e , M. Waugh. Term 111. J. Broomby, E. Marks, J. Marks, L. Marks, M L ev.en so n , D. Pugsl ey, M. Andrews, B. Hall , E Latham, T. Tulloch, M. Fenton, ~- Marcon i , J Vincent, C. Parsons, M. Lawton, B. Pryor

University Examination Results, 1922.

Sctfool Leaving Honours: Doreen Alle n 2nd c l ass Hi story. Esmee B l ewett 3rcl c la ss English. Nan Jeffery-3rd . class English, 3rd c l ass Fr e n c h . Ail e'e,n Kell away 1st c lass Hi story, 3rd c l ass. Engli sh, 3rd class French. Joyce S e mnien s 1st

c lass Engli s h , 1st class Fr e nch , 1st c lass Physiology. Lyn W es~aco lt-3 rd c lass French.

School Leav ing P ass: Dor ee n Allen , Brig htie B ec k e tt, Phy ll is Bi n gemann, n e wa Burton, Mabe l Finni e , P eggy Forsyth, Iv y J o n es, J ea n Morrissey, 'illclith Romay n e, Eval y ne Smith, Enid Wad es on. U na Wilson, Lyn Westa co tt.

Intermed iate c e rtificat e: Elva Ashton, Ada Bail ey, Helen Bar low, Minni e B eckett Nettie B ec k.e tt, Jo y Chambers, Ge'rti n C harl es, Ellen Ch ri stens e n , Dorothy C lark e, Lena Corn e ll , Nettie Dav i dso n , Kati e D e r rick, Kat rin a E r icson , P eggy Forsyth, Rosalill'd Guard, Edith G1.1y, N e ll Hayes, N in a He lms, Qu.een ie Howell , Phyllis Ke llaway, Ire n e L ayton, Dorothy Mann, Ne lli e Pea r se Edna Pryor, Winnie Sedunary, Katl~l een S i mms, Betty Uren, W inifr ed Watt, Joan Western.

Pre fects , 1923.

Fr'o:nt n ow (left to J'i g h t): Unn " ' il~n, fl l11nc h e \\' ootl, Oorec n A llen (Se n ior Prefect, S r tl Ternt) , Brlghtie Bet·ke t.t ( S eni or Pre-fee t , l~t a nd 2 nd Tern,s), I <at ie C n r nell , Netti e n11 vidso 11 -' Biwk How· (left to rlJht) : Kathleen Gault, MarJ Va.oe,y, Queenie Howe ll , H e l ene Krome, Bewa Burton, Edna / Pea..r<"e.

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S chool Office-Bearers .

Se ni o r Pr e f ect: B ri g h t i e B ec lcett ( T erms L 'a n d I I. ), Do r ee n A ll en (Te r m 3).

P r e f ect s: R. B u r ton, K. Cor n e ll , N. Dav i dso n , K. Gau l t , Q H o we ll , I. J ones (Te rni 1 ), i-I Kro m e ( Term s 2 a n d 3), E. ·Pea r ce, M Vasey, W. Wilson, B .Wood. Associate P re f e ct s: A. B ur r ows, E . C hri sten sen , K. De rri ck, P . Forsyth , L . G i b so n, D H o l din g, A Ke ll away, S . K enn edy ( Ter n.1s 1 a nd 2), H . Lee, R . PopE! ( T er m 3 ) , L. See husen , E. Smi t h , E. , vacleso n

F orm. Ca p t ai ns : B Bec l{e t t a n d D. A ll e n (Ho n. VI. ), lVL V asey (Pass V I. ), A. P h ill i ps ( V.a ), E. Hob a n (V.b.) , M C l·ar k e (V c ), D S c h o l es (V .b . S pecial ), E.

P ea r ce (Dipl o m a), E. Go rm an ( Co ll. V.), Kl F o r s t e r ( XX.), J. Inn es (XX a.),- G . Hu gg in s ( L . V.), J . H e a lin g (V.c . Sp.ecial) ,.., B. Behre nd (Rem .), M . Hil debra nd ( I V.a . ). D . B r ooks ( IV.b.), J . lb · bott (L ·1v.), B Ca r so n ( J Schoo l ).

S po rt s Co m mitt ee: Th e H ea d mas ter , J\Ii ss Sm y the, Miss P a r so n s, l\Jiss Krom e, Mi ss McKay, Mi ss P e t e1'so n , Mi ss F orin a n , "B B eck ett, D All e n , T ilk i n so n , A P il k in gt on, Q Stee l e, E P1o-a r ce, H. Kr ome , L Gi bso n , M. Vas.ey , P. F orsyth , A . _ P hill ips, M . Cl a rk e , M. We l_l e r . s por t s C a pta i ns: T . "Wilk i n so n ( T e nn is), M. W EJ ll e r (B aseb a ll ), A. P hill ips ( B as k et B a ll) .

Edit o r s " S i lver a nd Green" : E Christ e ri se n , Q Howell

Sub-edi t o 1·s " S i lve.r a n d G ree n ": A. K e llaway (Ho n . VI. ), N. Davi d so n (Pass VI. ), D . F oa rd (V .a. ) , J A nd rews (V .b.). J .- M c Do n a l d -(V.c. ), E . Pe1 r ce (Diploma), E · Atki11so n (V.b S p eci al), N. Dav i es (XX. ) , H T e n1pl e t o n (XX.a.), B. F e rri e r (V,!! S p ecial ) , T R obi ns o n (L V .), A. Fle t c h e r (Co ll. V ), -G. L a rdn e r (R e mov e ). J . L ove ( IV.a,), · R. Heat h ( I V. b .). L . Co ur t n ey (L IV. ).

L ib r aria n s : Q. Howe ll , R Pope. : ·

L i b ra r y C o m m ittee : Q. Howe ll , R , Ro pe F. Sc h o l es, D. R ow la nd s, G. Gu thr i d ge, J W ood , R. R oge r s, M Cl arke , M . G lover. E As hton , E \ Vadeso n , N. \V il son R P l ow ri g h t , D Si n cock

S.C . U.-Exec uti ve C ommi tt ee: D . A ll e n (Preside n t), B. Beck ett (V i ce- Presi den t).

M. Vasey ( Tr eas ur er) , E. Ashto n ( R ec ord i n g _ S e c r e t ary), R. B urto n ( Co rr e spo n d in g Secreta ry).

· Brlghtie Beckett,

S l)t)a k i,n g th roug h th e pages o f " Silve r a nd Gr e ep , o n be h a l f : o f th e pr.e f ect s, 1 w i s h to pay a t ribu te to the w o rk a nrl influ e n ce o f Bri g h t i e Beck e tt in th e S c h o o l. Brigh t <le h e l d t h e p os i tion o f seni o r pr efec t fo r th,e fi r st t w o t e rm s of t hi s year, a nd we wer e extre me l y so rr y that sh e h-ad to l eave; but we r es p ec t and a dmir e h e r m ore becau se of t h e c a u se oC h e r l eav in g. H e r moth er's h ea l th m a d e it n e c e ssary for h e r to b e at home

B rlghti e sin cer e l y a n d co n sc i e nti o u s l y can•i e d out t h.e duti e s of h e r o ffi c e, a n d set ii- h i g h sta nda rd fo r t h e r es t of .th e pre f e£t s to live up t o H avin g an intens e a dmh'. a ti o n for Ma rjo r i e T h omas, s h e e nd eavoure d to mode l h er wo r k on M a r j o ri e's. F ,eelin g th e r es po n sibility of h er o rri ce, a n d tha t s h e was settin g a s t:andard f o r : t h.!l g irls, B.r i g hti e • sa id "tliat : s h e : h a d t ri e d s o t o c onduc t h eir self tha t s h e wou ld m a in tll,i n · h on o ur a nd r es p e~t for ·.:th at : cit:fice: :·rt h as not b een ea s y to ear ry ,: on the work · s h.e b egan .

"H e r ·c h ara ct er and in f hie n c e, l~e i· .: e arn es t a'tte ntion to ct uty ,' h er E!nd eavoi.ir to . p r eserve "th e .tradi t ion s of th e S c hoo.I s h e l o v:ed , h a v e won · our· a p p r eoia tion a nd · r e spect ; ~ nd, a l th o u g h s h e : m ay n o t r.e~.J foe ·i t, s ll'e h as hand e d o n· t o futur e pr e f ects th e · s tan(l a rd s h e w is h e d t o upho l d · T he · pre f ect s join w ith m e i n ,v is hin g. Bri ghli e s u c c e ss a nd h a ppine ss in h er n ew s ph ere o f !life, and w e f eel that h e r t a l e r1t s a ncl e n e r g i es h ave but ·b ee n turned i n t o ·o tl1er. p ro b;ab l y · bro a d e r , c h a n n e ls -'-Doree n · A l i e n ·

_ The Krome Memorial Gates.

T h e rl e , v •.va ll w h i c h ,Vas h e gun earl y in the year, w-a.s fi n is h ed t owa rd s t h e e n d of Octob e'r. · It is g r ey · i n- co l our, m a t c h in g t h e o l d e r buil d in gs of · til e Coll ege, a n d· ex.te nds up Gl e nfe r r i.e Ro a d ,a s f a r a s th e Co ll ege· g ro~ rid s :a n d . a l ong .B a rk e r.'s R oa<l from Gl e n ferri e R oad t o Ail ee n· S t r eet Th e new gat es, wh ic h wer e g i v-en as -a m e m o ri a l to M r Kro me, t h e l a.t e Head-

master, by the prefects of 1920 a n d 19 23. w e r e pu t into plac e on the completion o[ th e wall. Th ey are ,extremely fine, b oth in design and workmanship, and . are dark g r een -in colo ur, the M.L.C. star on eac h gate b e ing pa in te d go ld.

The offic ial op e ning of th ese gates took place on W e dn es day, Octob e r 31, a t thr ee o'clock, Mrs. K r ome being asked to open them . Th e whole school assemb le d on th e lawn s n ear th e gate; wh e r e th e visitors, who were mo s tl y o ld Co ll eg ian s, a nd the memb e r s of t h e Co un c il , we r e a l ready seated. An appr ec iativ e aud ience a lso watch ed the proceedin gs o u ts id e the gates. First, le d by the s p ec ial choi r , we a ll sa n g Kipling's Rec ess ional. Then afte r a short prayer , Dr. Fi tch ett ad dressed u s . He told u s that it was on t h at very day a n d at that very t im e, for ty two years ago. that it was decided t h at the Co ll ege s hould b e built. He t h e n out lin e d bri ~fly the great servic es Mr Krom e h ad ren d e red the College, and · h ow the pr efects o f 1920 d ec id e d th at the b est m emo rial to him would be som e · n ew gates, pa rt of the money for w hic h they raised by t h e Prefects' pl ay. The na m es of the pr efec t s of 19 20 and 19 23 were the n r ead by Mr. Le Couteur, a nd the n R ev. J . 'Thomas was ask ed to speak on behalf of hi s daught.er Marjorie, w ho was senior prefec t in 19 20, but who died last year. Mean wh il e a pi ece of g r een ri bbon was tied ac r oss the gat es, and wb.en Mr. Thomas h ad fini s h e d speaking, Mrs K r ome c u t it, thu s op!ming the gates. A s ilv er k ey was then g iv e n to Mrs. Krome as a toke n of r e m e mbran ce.

Mr Adamson, tb.e H ead master of W esl~y Coll ege, who was on e of Mr. Kro m e's greatest friends, m a d e a s hort s p eech He told u s a nything that i s co ntinua ll y in u se i s a l ways the best as a m e morial. Mr. Krome, he sa id, a lways reminded him o[ s ome lin es o f Kiplin g's . H e was a man wl10 h a d

Tennis Note s .

A new sys t e m has bee n in augur ated by which the Tennis Four was chosen by t h e general standard of p lay rather than b y playin g off s in g les, as in previous years, the r es ult be in g as fo ll ows:

1s t Four.-T . Wilkinson , F. Pizzy, M. Beckett, M. Clark.

2nd Fou r. D Cla rk, J. H ealin g, l;l. Hoban , J Casement.

Many thanks a r e due to Miss Kro m e fo r h er va lu a bl e coach in g a nd encou ragemen t, whi c h has b ee n appreciated by th e 1st a ncl 2nd Four, but a l thou g h eage r to p lease Miss Krome, we were not a t a ll s u ccessfu l in o ur matches this year , our on l y victory being w h e n th.e 2nd Four played th e 2nd F o ur of Me r to n Hall i n th e seco nd round.

To impro ve th e stancla rcl of play amo n g th e younge r girls , a n cl a lso to provide for t h e Four of future years, a Junior Four wa s chosen and played seve r al match es, in w hi c h they s h owe d great prom ise ·

We w ish to thank the Ole! _Collegians fo r the practice th.ey kindly gave us eve r y Tuesday afternoon durin g the 2nd T e rm , and a lso Miss Smyth e fo r th e inte r est s h e h as ta k e n in u s a ll and th e gen e rous way in which s h e · p r ovid ed u s with ba ll s , usually acco mpan y in g them with th e r ema r k: "Yo u a r e a very ext r a vagant Four," but we h ad to be noted for some thin g. -T. W .

Baske tba ll Note s.

"delight in simp le things, And mirth that hath no bitt e r springs."

Th e ce r e mony c losed w i th th e National Alithem, aft.er which Mr Cato called for

As we on l y h ad two of last year 's team left, th e first thin g to do was to dec ide w h o shou ld fi ll the five vacancies of th e fi r st e ig ht, and as there war;; muc h com-. petition, we had g r eat difficu l ty in cl ec iclin g who they s h o uld be three ch eers fo r Dr. Fitchet t , w hi c h were T h e r e were three t e a r.u s c hotien 1st, rea dil y g i ven. 2nd , a nd 3r d. T h e fir s t team finall y co n

The Krome Memorial Gates.

SllVER AND GREEN.

s ist ed of A . Phillips (oo.pt. ) , M. Well e r, E . McHutchi s on, Q. Steele, A. Cadman, J. Casement, L. Procter ,;: ~nd T eam.-L. Gibson ( capt.) , M :~"William , E. P e arce, M. Vasey, C. Warren , ' J. Healing, W. Jo yce ~- 3rd T e am.-D Rowland~ ; (capt.), M. Brien, M Cornell, I. Frithe, D Sincock, C, Burt~? , J. A ndr ews ""-;c Our;,f,n:s t match agai n st P.L.C., on their ._g rounds, ·esulte d in a defeat for M.L.C.'s \• fir st team , a draw for th e s econds, and •a · victory for M.L.C. thirds. The r eturn match, played on our grounds, resulted in a nother victory for P.L C. fir sts, a victory for M,L.C seco nds, and a d efeat for M.L.C {birds:

•"The oia Colle g ians h ad a b ack-to school : day, · and ; we a rran ged a matc h against . Uiem. . · Tlie first team p l ay e d th e Old Girls, and re s ulted in an easy v ictory for the liv,e l y present-day g irl s.

._The Form m atches were t aken up with kee n interest, although the final l? wer e n,ot so exciting as we expected. W,e• take this opportunity t9 c ongratulate V e .,,. th e , wioning Form, fo r their s ucce ss ful play. f;. ·:_'rhere· is always gre at riva lry in th e ;.: ·niatch b etween Hous e a nd · S"chool,c and , this "')rear was no· ,exception. Both teams ; pfay:ed spl endid ly, victory falling to : • School'. ' " W e ll done; School!' " Schoo l for eVer.'; A. P.

Baseball ·Notes.

This year our baseball t eam h as not be e n successful in winning a ny of the Association matches; but w,e hope to do better n ext year, as most of our t ea m ar e returiiing. We hav e b een v e r y fortun ate in h a ving the Hawthorn Oval for practice two days a week.

Our team for fir st t e rm was c ho se n as follows : M. W e ll er (capt.) , A. Philips, M. Ciarke, M . Wood ard , M. . Barkl ey, J . Andrews, J. Casem e nt, L , Gibson, and Q. Steel e

The followin g w e r e t h e r es ults of th e first round:

M.C.E.G.G.S. beat M.L.C., 40 1. , _ G.C.E.G .G.S . .beat M.L.C., 44 1. i'~ :.. ~ P.L.C. : b eat M L .C., 23-5 1 · ;;,'fi{{i; f~r m we had th~: misfortun e to lo s e J- ·:~ . of _ o ur_ players, ~ildred Clark e, who

just previous to the second round of m a tch es had an unfortun ate accident, which prevented h.er playing in the r emaining matches , and h e r place in th e t ea m was filled by E. Millikan in the fir s t ma tch, and M : Williams in the seco nd

The results of the seco nd round w er e as follows:

M.C.E.G.G S. b eat M.L.C., 33-3 P.L C. beat M L C., 27-½

This term we were all v ery di!'lappo_inted_ in not being able to go •to Geeiong,0 o n 'ac- :· · co unt of the strike i,n town . · ·;~

During firs t t e rm we had a Board e r s' 1:er stts Da y Girls ' match, wbich the Day Girls wori, and we a ll hope to hav.e another match this t erm .

We all wish to offer our he ar ty cong ratulations to th e Geelong nine on being the holder s of the much coveted cup, and for their so fa r unb ea ten r ecord during thi s year's champ ionship M. W

Swimming SpOl'ts, 1~23 .

Thi s year the Sw imming sports wer e h e ld on Marc h 9. Thif day was r a ther cool for sw.immin g, a nd the· competitors, on com ing out of the water, w e re ver y g lad to wrap the mselves in warm coats

The Staff, who were seated at the e nd of th e s wimming baths, r eceived a fair s hare of th e splashing

As usu a l, the girls were v e ry enthusiastic ov.er a ll th e events.

Th e r esu lts were as follows:

S c hool C ha mpion s hip.-J H ealin g. Diving. J. Robinson

Life-Saving M Lege-e and J. Inn es. Ov e r 14 Qu een Stee l e a nd J H ealin g (e q u al). ·

14 and ov e r 12.-I. All e n . 12 and und e r .-D. Ankete!l.

Breast Stroke.-R. Hoban.

Junior Forms' Race.-:XXa. Senior Forms' R ace.-Vc. Hou se v. Schoo l.-School.

Ther e was great exc iteme n t duritig th e ove r 14 race, which f inish e d in 'a d eacl ·h eat ·

Th e winn e r s ot' the Life-saving had a goo d l ea d from the start, and won by a bout h a lf the l ength,

Th e B reast Stroke eve n t resu l ted i n a ver y c l ose c o n tes t , b e in g a h a rd s tru ggle f ro m -th e · star t. · T he most e x cit in g r ace of a ll was t h e House v. ·Scho o l. T h e Sc h oo l t eam IJ eal t h e H o 1;1 se b y a b o ut •a l e n gth

Athletic Sports.

Tu es d ay, O c t o b e r 23, d a wne d c l ea r a n d b r ight, yet not too hot for those e n gaged in s tre nuo us a ctiv iti es durin g th e day. I t was , th e an nu a l Athl eti c 'Sports da y a t M .L . C ., a n d even b e for e r e a c hin g t h e gate s o f th e s chool, s li g ht g limpses o f " r e d " c ould b e seen floati ng f rom w in do ws of the boa r der s' r o oms . Girls s up portin g " Scho o l " wore t h e u s u a l n a tura l rl ec orations.

Th e points g ain ed f or a ll eve nts c ount ed for. th e c hampion s hip . T h.e r e w e r e . m a n y e ntr ies fo r th e various r aces, a nd th e look e r s -on e n t hu s i as ti ca ll y_ c h eer e d the ir fri e nd s during the h eat s, w hi c h wer e. run off th e pr.ec eding w eek

W e w e r e disa ppoint e d t h a t mor e p ar e n ts a nd fri e nd s w e r e not p r esent. Th e e nthu sias m s ho w n b y t h ose ·in a tt e n da n ce prov.ea th a t t h ey s pe nt a n e njoy a bl e af t e rn o o n, fo r a thl e tic s port s in gi rls' sc hool s are now more earn es t and st r e nu o u s t h a n th ose e n gaged in a fe w year s ago

W e w e r e h a ndi capped t o · a certain exte nt b y o v.er c rowding · in th e r a c e s , a nd b y t h e un e v e n ground , bu t hop e th a t n ext year w e w ill b e a bl e t o run un der more fa v oura b l e c ircum s t a nces.

Th a nk s t o th e S p o r ts Co mm ittee, a v e r y e nj oya bl e aftern o on w as s p e nt b y v isit o r s a nd c omp eti tor s.

Th e r es ult s of th e races w e r e as foll ow s:

1. Po tato Race . S e nior : 1, I. Fi t hi e ; 2. L Gibs on ; 3, M. Roth ,vell. J uni or Schoo) : 1, E. Rothb e rg ; 2, J Kinloc k; 3,_C. Gp ld i'e. Junior : 1 , G. Tromp ; 2, B . Aptho rpe; 3, L Gorman ··

2. B aseb a ll Throw in-g.-S e ni o r : 1; E Millika n ·;·· 2, J ;H 'ealirig; 3, J Casemen t Junior° : 1, W J oy c e; 2, D J e ff e r s on ; 3, J Efron.

3. Fl a t R ace, 1 60 y d s.-Se ni o r : 1, Q S teel e; 2, E Millik a n; 3, · ' L Gib s on Junior: 1, J Efrdil; 2, K. F o r ster ; 3, L. Gorm:an ., I

4. Basket Ba ll S h ooti n g.-Sen io r : 1 , E. l\lcH u tc hinsim; 2, M. Woo ll a rd Juni o r : 1. D. J effe r son; 2, L Go rm an , G S ia m esc. S e nio r: 1. M. w c ll c r a 11d l\f. \ 1/i lli a m s, J\11. C la rk e a nd H Stocks · (e<1u a l ); 2, L. Gi b so n a n d L S ee hu se n · J tmi o r : 1, J E fron and C Ju dk in s; 2, It Hea th a nd B Luff; 3, K. Fo rs t e r a nd ·L W ill iam s .'

6. Th read .- th e N ee dl e.-S e nior : 1, M Corne ll a nd M. We ll er ; 2, H. L ee a nd E Bo wley. Juni o r : 1, K. F o r s t e r a nd R. R i t • t e r ; 2, M . O ver e nd and D. Pugs l ey ; 3, S . Ibbi t t a nd L . Hood . .

7. °Fl a t R ace, 8 0 y d s .-Seni o r : 1, ' Q Steel e; 2, L . Gib s on ; 3, E . Millikan . June io r : 1, J Efro n ; 2, G. Tro m p; 3, R. Skinn e r.

7a. F la t R ace ( un d e r 12) 1, R H eath; :!, D . Ank e t e ll ; 3, B . Luff. .

8. W hi s tli ng. S e ni or: J . Casem e n t a nd J. R o bin so n ; 2, M. Dimond a nd R. Pop e. J u nior: 1 , E . Da rl ey and I. Wai te; 2, C J u dkins a nd C Cl a rk e ; 3, M Ove r e nd a n rl D. P u gs l ey.

1 . Egg a nd Spoo n .~S e nior: 1, K. Ga ult; 2, D G r ay. Juni o r : 1; K. Forster ; 2, p_ Pasc o e ; 3, B . Lu!t.

10 Sac k Race. S e ni o r : 1, E. Nom e n s; 2, r. Fithi e ; 3, W S tu a rt. ! Juni o r : 1 , E. Dar b y a n d J. Ef r o n (e qual); 2, K Fors t e r

11 Obstac l e Se ni o r : 1, Q Ste e l e; · 2, l. F i thi e. Juni o r : 1 , J , Efron; 2, E. Dan1J:1c

12 F l ag R ace. S e nior : 0 1 , Ve ; 2, Y.b .; 3, Di p,om a. In t e rm e d iat e: 1, X Xa.11 2. Co ll. V.; 3, Vb ,, S p.e c ia l. Jun i or : 1, !Va.; 2, IV b .; 3, R e m ove.

13 . Hou se, v. S c hool Fla g Ra ce.-Ho:11 se 14. H ous e v. Sc h o ol B as k et B all.-'S chool.

S e nio r C h a m pi o n., Q Stee l e Juni o r Ch a mpi o n .-J . E f ron . Jun i o r Sc h o ol Ch a mpi o n. J Kinlo c k -I. F :

S.C.U. J'iotes.

Th e A pn ual M eeting for th e e l ect ion o.( ' o f fice r s o f th e Stud e nt s ' Christi a n Union was h e ld o il M a r c h 7 Dor ee n All e n ,,, as · e l ec t e d a s ·Pr es id e nt. The other offi cer s e l ected we r e: B r i g hti e B eck ett , Vi cePr esid e nt ; M a r ger y · Vasey ,' Tr e a s ur e r ; R ewa Burt on , Corr es pondin g S ecr e tary ~· Elv a As hton, R ecordin g S e cretary; Miu- ·

SILVER AND GREEN.

nie B ec k e tt and Dorothy Holding we, e also c ho sen as m e mbers o f t h e Cornm!ttee.

Tit~ Committee d ec id e d to hold m Pe t ings e ach Wedne sday at 1.15 It i,; r e g r e ttabl e that th e m e mbe r shi p for t hi s yea r has g r eatly d ecrease d: the members numb e r on l y six t y-eight. Hqw eve r , there has bee n an average at t e ndan ce of seventy two , a nd it is grat if ying to no te that man y g irl s too yo un g to b eco me members have y,e t attended our me ~tings. Some of tile e ld e r g irl s hav e the id ea · that the meetings must naturally be dry, but a g lan ce at our list of s p eak e rs for the past year s hould di s p e l any such illu sio ns and e ncourage them to att e nd in futur e. Th e first m eeting was <1ddressed by Miss Fri c ke, a delegate to t\te Union Conf.€renc11 at Pilsin in 1~22, wq_p explained to us the constitution and i_deals of u~e Union. Sh e gave u s a vivid descripton pf the work c arried on by Union members in schools and co ll eges o( other countri es

A.mongst those who addressed us were the Revs. Williams , Butcher, Renton! , Paton, Jam es, Be n son, Wibberley , Over end, and Keck; Messrs. Buck, Wylie, a nd Bowman; and Misses Steve nson and Williams W e were also favou r ed by addresses from th' e R e v. T S. B. Woodfull , Mr. LeCoute ur and Dr. McCallum, who g av.e us an insight to th e liv es of missionaries and natives in Samoa. A.noth e r interes ting s peaker was the R ev. Cyril Barcll),y; his particularly vivid and humorous address dealt with the Bush Brotherhood in Queensland. Lt was an e ye opener to many of us who, as Mr. Barclay remark e d , r egard he_athens as wild black men living in Central Afric a c hi e fly on a diet of s tewed missionary.

This year, adopting a sugg.estion given . by las t year's m embers, we contributed £20 to the s upport of a n instructress at the South Melbourne Kindergarten. Though the Works Circles !Jave b een disassoc ia t <.:id from the C hri stian Union, we have carried on the Bible Circl es und e r the guida n ce rf Misses Hunt, McKay, Mac Donald, I~rome, Pet e r s on and Forman. In some circles the id ea of appointing girls to conduct the m ee tings under th e s up e rvi s ion of the L e ader was adopt e d

We hav e h ad sp le ndid opport uniti es this year of meeting girls from oth er sc hool s intere ste d in th e Union. T e n of 10

our gi rls atte nd e d the camps h e h! at Seafor.U and B e rwick in th e N.e w Year, and it a rgues w e ll for th e ca mp life lhal twenty bi rls h ave appli-ed for form s this year S ixteen of our m e mb e rs spe nt au c njoyabl ~ " Schools' Day" at Upwey in May.

We e xte nd our thanks to tho se members of the s taff who undertoolc'.,the l e ad e rsh i p of Bible Circles, and e specially to Mi ss McKay for h er advice and practical help during the year. Finally we hope the g irls of n ext year will esta blish a r.eca rd for me~1bership , attendance, and z eal in the i nt eres t s of the U n ion. -E. A.

Back to M. L.C.

This most important fun ctio n was h e ld for the first time this year . Both Old Co ll eg ians, and Old Collegians to b e. thoroughly enjoyed themselves , and are glad· that it is to be perma,nent

It was a glorious s unny day, Fs1.te having been kind for once. Our visitors arrived at about 2 p.m A.n assemb l y was held in the Fitchett Hali, Old Girls on the one side, the Mfdd)e and Senior Schoo ls on the 0th.er. The latt er, maintained a r es pectab le silen ce, but the form e r had so much to tal k about, so · much t o discuss, that a cheer{ul clatter of voices pervaded th e air until Dr. Fitchett e nt.e red. Aft e r a hymn and a prayer Mrs C. Couchman gave a Yery inter es ting talk on "Woman's Place in Public Lif e."·

A. vote of thanks wa s proposeti and duly seco nded.

Th~n Dr Fitchett, from old records. br ie fly traced th e history o,f the Col!.ege from its beginning As h e did so, we all felt an indescribable glow of pride in its growth.

The dismissal was carried out as in ordinary morning assembly , . all filing out one after the other.

Tb en the ch ee r f ul clatter of tongues , once outside! How delightful it was to r e n e w old friendships and to see a nd talk to g i11ls whom one had not see n p e rhap51 s in ce that last Speech Night.

Soon the games betw een the O ld Collegians and those st ill at school began in ea rn es t . On th e tennis co urts a n e xciting match was p l ay e d, which \\.:e lost, but,

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r ea lis in g the s up e ri ority of our op 11o n e nts, we did not mind, es p eci a ll y when \\~ t hough t of the Basket .Ball, w h e r e our o n e- tim e c h ampio n s were hop e less l y uu tcl assed from th e •b eginning.

Afternoon t ea was s erved in the Cook· in g . School, to w hi c h a ll pre fec t s were k indl y invited, a n o ffer whi c h was gr atef ully accepted l}y a ll.

It .all .came to a n e nd a t l ast, as all g ood things mu s t, and after many relu ctant l eave-t a kin gi, th e school grounds were onc e more d ese rt e d except for a f ew stray boarde r s.

This day i s now only a memory , but it is a lasting m em ory, and as the time dr aws near fo r th e an n iversar y of thi s da y, th e r e will be mu c h joyful antioipat\ op. -u. w.

Frances McCall's Concert.

On e of th e most popular a nd e nj oyab l e e v e nin gs of the school year was s p e nt in 'th e Me l bou rn e Town H a ll o n Oc tob e r 26.

The occas ion was a c onc e rt given by Frances McCall , one of our school-mat es. a nd by othe r Conservato rium art ists. Frances, as we a ll kno w, is a " T assy" g irl , wh o, on th e a dvi ce of Dame Nelli e Me lb a , Dolores, a nd other prominent s in gers, came to Vi c tori a to co ntinu e h e r mu sical studi es She b ecam e a resident a t M .L .C., a nd for the l ast three years s h e ha s be e n doing a full co urse a t the Conservatorium Dur i n g t h at time her voice h as a lways b een a t t h e servi ce of h e r school on Sp eech N ig ht s a nd other f.es tive occasions.

On the co n cert ni g ht the Tow n H a ll was c r owded, a large p ercentage o f th e seats be in g fil ed b y M.L.C. g irls a nd their fr ie nds Wh en Fra n ces appear ed s he was g r eeted with l o ud app la u se, which i n c r ease d in v igor as th e evenin g pro ceeded He r v oi ce was b e autifully cl e ar, and every word could b e h ea rd di sti n c tl y; the daily pa p e rs were part icu l arly impressed by h e r fa ultless in tonatio n , a nd the g r eat range a nd . car ryi n g power of h er vo ice. After every item s h e l eft the pl atform loaded w i t-h flowers and c ho co lates

Amon g her so n gs w e r e found " Eliza beth's P r a yer ," "Cr a bb e d A ge a nd Yo uth ," " The C loths of H eaven ," " Lo . H e a r t h e

Ge ntl e L a rk ," a nd others, includin g extras.

Th e a udi e nce enjoyed ev er y mom e nt 'of tl1e eve nin g, a nd tim e flew swi ftl y as th ~ vario u s art ists c ro ssed the· stage amid a pp la u se

The pic t ur e that will linger longest in the m em ory is that o f Frances a t tlie · last. sta ndin g b es id e a star-crow ned bow er · of ca rn atio ns , w h ose g l9w se emed to matc h th e passion of the s in ger's fina l numb e r, " Home, Sweet Home."

When th e Library open ed, this y ear , a suggestion tha t the ·different classes s hould be asked to n a me books that they would lik e added t o the Library was acted on , a nd man y va ri e d s uggestion s were made, r a n gi n g from Eth e l Turn e r to Victor Hugo. Man y of th ese book s wer e procur ed for the Library , a nd we r eceived one hundred and fift een in a ll , toge th e r with a large illu s trated set ~f D ick e n s , gen e rous l y given us b y our Presid e nt Some of the auth or s repre s e nte d among th e numb er were H Rider Haggard, C J. D enni s, S . W ey m a n, Peter B . Kyne, a nd t h e popular Baroness Or czy. We a l so r ece ived som e addition s to K ipling, of whose works we hav e a lready a large numb er. · Owing to their continued abse n ce from th e s h e ly e s , I think we m a y say that th ese additions wer e greatly ap preciat e d b y t h e g irls. L ater in the year a s e ri es of Hi s tory and English books w er e r eceived, but t h ese were immediately put into No 8, where t h ey a r e proving a very va luabl e asset to Pass and Honour VI.

Our Librar y is grow ing l arger e v er y yea r , and the results of th e Dew ey syst em on which it is run will b e come apparent in th e _ n ext few yea rs I t is perha ps on e of the most w.ell-sto c k e d of the Pub li c S chool Librari es.

The L ib r ary is d i vided into differ e nt sect ion s as Literatur e, Engli s h ; French, Ge rman , Rnrl A. m,;,ri ca n , S cience, B iogrophy,

Hi sto ry, R e ligion and a v e r y compre h ens i ve list of war books several of w hi c h h ave been w ritte n b y Dr. Fitch ett. Th e Lib rary is, th e r efo r e, a ver y va·lua b l.c asset to g irls wh o a r e go in g to take up diffe r e nt pro fess ions

In conclusio n , we would thank m a n y voluntary h e lp e rs w ho ass isted u s i n th e e ar l y part ·or th e year

Music Notes.

" rr in th i ne art thy striving b e but tru e, Thy li fe s h a ll s ure l y be m ade c h eerful , . too."

This year the e xamin c t ion r es ults h ave pro~ ed very sati sfacto r y, a nd are as fo l lows:

P l·a no .-Grad e II ., Moyna Dim o n d, Lind a See hu sen ; Grad.e HI., H :i.zel L ee (cr edit), Eva l yn e Hob a n (cre dit) , N ell D eel ey; Grad e IV ., Ren e Bath (honours). ; srngiin g . ~ rade· II. , . Blanc h ~ Wood ( c r e dit} ; Grad e III. , Rhoda Pop e ; Grade IV.; L es l•'.e qibso n

Harmony.-Gr ade II ., ,l(athl een Simms, Ge'rti e'' Char le;; ·Grade III. , Haz e l Lee , hon our~). · Lind;., S eehusen ( hon ou r s), Nell o ee ley, Evalyn e Hoba n , Blanc l1e W ood; C i·adi! ··iv., Marjori e Vasey (ho n ours), lthoi:la ' Pope (c r e dit) . . ~:Aii;li~ e nd o f fir s t term it was with mu c h r ~g:r et't h l!t }Ve had to par t with ou r Mu s:ca l Dir ec tor, Mr. Fr e d e r ick M.e wton Mr . ~ ~wto n p ad li e'e n °with us fo r t e n year s, a n,d durin g that t im e spent mu c h e n ergy a nd' (lati e n ce to ~dva,n ce t h•e mu sical .edu c a tion ·or o ur Sc hool. Th e s uccess of hi s e f fo rts . w e r e ev id e n t from th e s pl e ndid p e r forman ces of tl; e g ir ls at each Speec h Night. Mr. Me,vto n lef t u s to ta k e up a v e ry' h onoured pos i.tlon in Sydn ey, which ,ve '"imo ~v ·he will fill ab l y. We wish MT Me wton e very s u~cess in hi s· n ew s p h.e r e of work, a nd hop e h e . !ll aY so m etimes tl1in k ot th'e girls at M L .C.

As su ccEsso r to Mr . Mewton, Mr . Frazi e r h as come to u s w i th grea t c r e d e ntia ls, a n rl Is workin g hard t o make th e Speec h Night pe rformance s a s u ccess

Th e r e h as b een a s li g h t diff e r e n ce made in t h e m e thod of t e achin g s in g in g, si n ce t l rst t e rm , eacn Class now havin g a s e par

ate per iod [ur musica l ap prcc: at io11 , anrl nlso a cho ir of s pcc:a l vo:cc::; wa s ina ugur ated dur in g s e con d t c n11

Mis s Frances McCa ll ha s l> cc11 cove rin g h e r se l f w i t h g lo r y Durin g seco n d t e rm s h e s ang s pl e n d i dly a t th e Co ns e rv a torium Co n ce rt in the Me lbourn e Town H a ll , a nd later th e U n iversity Cons e rvato rium o r ga n :se<l n Complim e nta r y Co n ce rt fo r h e r . S h e was also c ho se n by M11 d a m e Ev e l y n Scotney to be h e r su bsti tut e at the U ni v e r s i ty Co n ce r t. W e fee l that w e a r e ju s tl y p r o ud of Fran ces, and wish h e r e ve r y s u ccess in th e g r eat future that is op e ning o u t befo r e her.

W e fee l sure th a t th e Boa rd e r s' t aste in music is ob v iou s by th e g u sto with which they r e nd.er " Caroli n a" a nd "Yes , we have no ban a n as,' a nd w e wond e r that Mis s McKay's h.ea rin g is s tm i ntact after t h e Ho steliti,s s hri ek " Wa l ter ."

L S. a nd M. D.

House Notes.

S p eech Night is cfrawing n ea r, a nd we soo n w ill b e o n o ur way r e joi c in g, leav in gstea m puddings a nd bun s fa r b e h jnd u s. Then no l onger w ill we go abo ut w ith s tarv.ecl gaunt faces, but will de li g ht i n a ll good thin gs

A ll th e same school h as b een full of ma ny joys, except for th e few earthqu akes. W e hop e th at in th o co min g yea r , the g irl s wi ll hav e as joyful a tim e as w e h ave h ad.

T h.e r e h as been a good d e a l of s ic kn es s. t h is y ear in t h e form of "flu ," a ncl m eas les, but thos e w h o got Ill , r e vell e d in roast potato es , e ggs a nd toas t, to thfl e nvy 9f all.

Th e year ha s b een f ull a l mos t to ov e rflow i n g a nd we h ave b ee n to man y e nt e r t a inm e nts

Th e r ~ we r e th e Old Co ll egi a n s' P lay , a nd o ur ow n famous play in which man y of our n umb e r figured Th e n t h e r e was th e Con servatorium Concert, F rances' Co n ce r t , on whi c h ni ght we w e r e a ll v e ry prourl Th ere wer e so many flowers th at so m e of u s wond e r e d if a dray-ca rt wou ld b e need e d to brin g th e m back to sc h onl.

Som e of us w e nt to h e ar on e of Mada m e Ev e l y n Sco tn ey's c o n ce rts; a nd t h os e or us b e in g lu c k y e nou g h to h ave broth e rs

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a t W es l ey were take n to t h e ir p lay, a nd had great fun . throwing paper st r ea m e r s to the stage.

kdd e d to o ur many e nterta inments w e r e the New a n d Old Girl s' co n cer ts and a l so B ir thday Night , w hi c h wa s, as usu a l , a great s u ccess.

Dresstn g-gowns, s lip pers, a n d everythin g t h at was of that g lo ri o u s h ue-red-were s u s p e nd e d from the window s of the rooms on Sports Day; r,ed -also overpow e r e d th e gr e en o n t h e sports gro und , Hous e, of co urs e , won th e Flag R ace; th ey could hard l y h e lp it , with the great amount of lun g power whic h was used; some cou ld h ard l y spea k a ft er t h e g r eat diss i patio n .

We also have t h e Junior C h amp. in th e Hous e, a nd th e secon d in the Senior C h a mp

We hav e h ad m a n y vis its from Old Gi rl s who h av e once mor e s at down to th e

Fes tiv e Board, a n c1 soo n , too soo n , w e wi ll be parta king of thi s pl'ivil ege Goocl-by.e, l 923 ! Good lu c k , 1924 !

K. G., B. W.

The School Play.

T h e f irst "Scho p! Play " was pr esen ~ed th is year o n August, 27. It was the d esir .::i of th e Headmas(e r and prefects, that in th e year l y pe rfo1'ma11ce t he best dra m atic t a l e n t of t h e sclfoo l sho uld b e mad e us e of. This really b j.ciught to a n e nd the Pre f ec t 's P lay, but h as ope n e d u p th e way for extensiv e adva n cement. ' '. We ha ve lo ng felt t l1e n eed of a la r ge r hall ·for th e presentat ion of th e play. Th is year we experinient e d in tlie H aw tho rn Tow n Hall , and in sp i te of th e fact tliat so man y oth e r schoo ls' pe r formances also took place in the same week , ours pro ved a g r eat s u ccs ss. Th e n et pro ceeds J

Group of Characters -in ' " ·Prunella," Term 11 ., 1923 .

liro n t R ow ( le ft to rig ht ): Ka t hl een G9ouJ t (CaUow ), K athl ee n S imms (Do ll ); Rhu1c h e " ·nod (Tenu,-),

La,, ton · ( Pie rrot, Principal Boy). J<n-t.ie C orne ll '( Pru.ne lht, Prin c i1,a t (iJrl ) ,· Enid n·at1esou (Quu!nt ) ,

e11n Wood ; Rnth Sell.-ck, Ht>le n e Rrom" ( M a)den Aunts). R ack Row , (le ft to right): Doreen Allei.

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( l-f11,wk), Winsom e Stuart (Tawdry), Gwen Bs-ul,l (Ke nne l ), B e lle :Mem lee..

Queenie Howell

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a mount ed to £74 / 4/ 8, o f which £20 was forward ed to the R ev. R. William s of the So uth Melbo urn e Mission, in fulfilm e nt of a promise made to him last year. Thi's s um w ill help in maintainin g a n a ddition a l instru ct r.ess a t th e Kind e r .5arten. Th e g r eat.er a mount, £5 4/ 4/8, was link e d on to th e pl ay proceeds of 19 21, iµ th e de s ire to p e rp e trate th e memory of th e lat.e be lo ved Head Maste r, Otto Krome B .A. , by t h e e r ect iq n of m e morial gates at th e College e ntran ce. .

The play c ho se n was " P rune lla," or " L ov.e in a Dutch Gard e n ," composed by L a ure n ce Hou s m a n a nd Granville Barke r . Throu g h o u t s p ec ia l atte ntion was p a id to th e li g htin g of th e stag e, whi ch bro u g ht out th e bea ut y of the scen ery, maki n g it look lik e a p ee p of fa iry l and.

H e r e _ in th.e background wa s the stat u e of Lo ve keeping her fai th fu l vigil. Turned to stone, s h e mov ed onl y at the appeal of t rue lov e-a nd when a coug h wo uld come. Her voic e was like an a nge l 's, an d th e f inal t riumph a n t c hord fro'm her viol thriiled every listening s oul.

Our h ero ine, in h e r neat grey dress a nd m ittens, · p e rfec tly play e d the part of qu.i e t 1 innpcen ce AW"akened b y Pi e rrot, eve r y-' , thing to h er was alte r e d, a nd Miss Prun.ell a; d escend ing from h e r w in dow at ."nig ht, goes with Pierrot to ,. his playground, the w orld." Her r e turn three years later i s i n g r eat con trast to "th e •!merry departure, for the ga rd e n is d eso ; l t e a nd Lov e ' s s t a tu e covered with "leav e~. Prunella's anguis h was m a d e r eal , b ut at l e n gth Pierrot f oun d hims:elf, a nd came t o h er. P ie rrot, Pru nella"s " man in th e moon, " \Vas th e ch ief a'ctor , and with her interpretation of h er ;iiart, and natµral gift!!, gav e the actin g I 'thfbughout the strength 'th at it n eeded , Sclramel , th e servant or P i errot , a n d also ,gf 'the wicked on.e, is the v ill a in of : the 'piay, a nd th e one w h o adv ises his · master to "al ways yield to tem pta tion ." ''His blac k dress and forbiddin g appear ance quite f ri g hte n ed th e timid P run e ll a, who didn't think th at master and servant w e r e a t a ll ali k e. Pierrot's ban d of m um m e r s und e r Scaramel we r e a mot ley gan g, to be sure. D eck e d in s tream e r s, b e lls, and bonbon s , th.ey airil y ( ?) danced, a nd s w eetly ( ?) san g. The bi ggest b e ll rang

Me rryl ees, a nd her striking dress marked t h e jolly girl. Many ha ve b ee n inquiring for th e nam e of Doll's h a ir lotio n , whid1 so s u ddenly brought h.er s uch wo n derful flaxen c url s . We sym path ise w i th her that the effec t co uld not last for eve r Tawd r y a n d Coque tt e s uffe r ed through t h.e year s w i th Hawk, Callow, Kenne l and Mou th ; t h e l atter , having lost a ll his teeth, was gi bb e rin g lik e an o ld man .

P ierro t must be comp lim ented o n po s sess in g s uch a fine t e n o r vo ic e. It did not so un d at a ll " s t range" to th e a u dience, and no doubt Pi,e rrot 's fastidio u s n ess was du e to hi s s t ate o f m ind.

What can we say of the t h ree aunts, with their two exce ll e nt maids? Th ey were certainly th e essence of propriety, a nd \ve are sure tha t such exe mpl ary adv ice did t he girl s much good. Th e garden e r s and the ir boy th orough l y e n joye d their p a rts-goss ipin g, and t h e exp r essive way i n whi ch they h ailed dinner -w hi c h m ade us quite s u re that at least two of theni 'were b oarders. Who d id no t rejoice 'wit'h boy 'as Mr. H ead-gard,e n er, a nd wish that h e had had the c h a n ce to ro ll some of th e mumm e rs und e rne ath t h e h e dge, for " s au cy l1ounds th e y w e r e "?

'As usual great work was do n e b e for ehand in conn ecti on 'with th e sweets, which W!)re so ld at the play. Diploma this year lost i ts reputation in brin g in g of sweet s for th-e pla y, its plac e being tak e n b y Lower V. This Form rece iv.ed a fram-ed photogr a ph -'ot the charac t ers of the play, whic h now ado rns i t s walls.

Ther e were i:nany bo xes of sweets w hich were not so ld at the play, b ut no l oss wa,s incurr ed; throu gh this, ~s on t h e two day s fo ll owin g, a w.ell-managed a n tl excitin g au-ctio n sal e took place o u tside the Prefect"s Common Room Th e b ell l o udly ran g, 'the a u c tioneer's voice fill ed th e qu ad, a nd the noi se was so appallin g , t h at m e mb.e r s of th e s t a ff, a n xious to r e sto r e qu iet, bidd e d high f or la r ge boxes of c h ocolates, regardless of the cost. The res ult s of thi s sa le wer e many rasping voices, d eafened ears, a n d a taking of ov e r £2.

T h e famou s Wes l ey Co ll ege Orches tra , und e r the 'le a d e r s hip of Mr. H Morris , kin dl y a nd willin g ly c am e to our assi st ance, a nd the music whi ch they so fi n el y

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r e nd e r e d w as much apprecia ted b y a ll. vVe h e art i l y thank th e m , a ud e s p eciall y th e , t rio who · put th e m se lv es to s u c h troubl e ( ?) in coming on th.e pr ev i o u s Frid ay to h e Cqll e g e in o rd e r to r e h ea r lk! tb e accompa niment to ·• T e nor' s" s ong. The ir apiJ.'~~nt d e i°i ght in doin g thi s fo r us show e d th e m to be li ttl e g e ntl e m e n

Mr Norman S i mpson, o ur produc e r, re ce iv e s our highest comm e ndation s for th e r e markabl e s u ccess of th e p e rformanc e , who se pr.ep a ra:tions w e r e all in c lud e d w ithin five w eeks. Ther e w as mu c,h w o rr y a ttac h e d to th e produ c tion , owing t o th e co ntinu e d outbr ea ks or s i c kn ess, which e ve n o c curr e d du r ing th e l as t wee k e nd Mr Simpson ' s arti s ti c g if t s w e r e f e lt b y a ll wh o looked upon Prun e lla in h e r c harming Dutc h gard e n M B

Junior Red Cro ss .

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U nd e r th e banner, · " I S e rv e," t h e M L C Ci r c l e of t h e Junior Red Cross is ab l e to pr ese nt th e r e port of a ve ry s uc cess fu l ye a, A gre a t a dvan ce on l ast year h as b ee n m a de Thi s is prim ari l y du e to a b e tt er · organisa ti o n w hi c h h a s , brou g ht e a c h F o rm into a n a cliv e in t e r est i n t)l e work th a t our C ir c l e h as und e r ta k e n.

L as t y ea r i t wa s decided that th e M L C • s h o uld h e lp the Ch e lte nham H o m e s fo r C hildre n a nd th e South M e lbourn e M iss io n. Thi s wa s don e , thou-g\1 in a c om pa r a tiv e ! )' s111all way, for th e int e r e st tak e n was on l y amongst . a sect: on of th e ;;ir is tho se conne cted with th e Stud e nts ' C hri sti a n Un ion ," t h e e x ecuti v.e of whi c h was a lso th e 'Jun io r R e d Cros s Com mi ttee ,

At th e b eg innin g of thi s year th e H ea d · m a ste r and m e mbe rs o f the Staff ex press e d th e wi s h th a t tti e wno l e sch o9 l s h o uld tak e pa rt in try ing to d o. so m e thin g t o h e lp l es s fortunat e peopl e

Th e n it was that th e F or m m is tr e sses m a d e th e m se lves r e sponsi bl e t or t h e a c ti vi t ie s of th e ir · Forms, a nd a rran ged m e an s by wh'Ip h e ach Form s hou l d w o rk

Th e m e mb 'ers of the Sta ff wh6 llindl y c onse nt e d to t a k e offi ce w e r e: Mi ss W a l ton , L ead e r of Circle; a nd Mi ss P itts . Tre11.s urer. ' Th e Committe e w as c ho se n from th e Sc h oo l. Its m e mb e r s ar e: D

All e n, R. Dennis, V Trumble , V W hall e y , G. S c hmidt, D . B e nso n ; G. Ba ul d and B . B ~cke tt, S ec r e t a ri e s .

Th e girl s g l a dl y too k up th e pro j ect or gar m e nt makin g for li t tl e c hil d r e n ; a nd , as s o man y took p a rt in it, th e co mmittee agreed to e xt e nd our f i e ld o f acti vit i es b y a ddi n g s ix other i ns titutions to our li s t . Two or three Fornfo d.e cid e d to work for th e same on e ; s o that in a ddition to th e C h e lt e nh a m Hom e s and S o u t h M e lbourn e Mi ss i o n , th e " Yooralla," " M o n t a g u e ," " Boroondara," "St. Jud e's " (Ca rlto n ) , and Park Str 3e t ( So u t h M e lbo urn e ) K indergartens, a lso th e Co llin gwoo d Missi o n , hav e been h e lp e d and vi s i t e d b y t:10 g irls.

W e w e re v e r y f o rtu nal.a i n h avi n g £ 7 in hand with whi c h t o b uy th e f ;r s t mat e rials. Thi s was t h e r esult o f a play g i ven by the m e mb e r s o f th e Sta ff a t th e e nd of 1922 in aid o f Juni or R e d Cross funcl s Th e Tr e a s u1,e r (Miss Pitts ) di stribute d t h e money amon gs t th e seven t ee n Forms . The Form captains c oll e ct sm a il donati o n s each week , whi c h i n som e · in s t a n ces ha v e been a ug m e n ted b-y a Sports Da y, a t whi c h £4 was rais e d by F o rm s X.Xa. and R e mov e D u r l ng th e s e c ond t e r m a b e au t iful parce l o f m ate ri a ls a nd w ool w a s r ecei v e d fro m a fri e nd wh o wi s h e d to h e lp u s.

Th e Ba l an c e She ets for fi r s t an d seco nd t e rm s, as presente d b y t h e Tr e asu r e r (Mi ss Pitti;), ar e :

Firs t Term._.:_R e ceivt s , £17 lls . 5!d .; e xp e nditure , £1 2 Os. Old . ; ba l a n c e (cash in ha nd) , £5 lls. 31!

S e cond T e rm. R ece ipts , £17 ll s 3,hl. ; ex p e nditur e , £12 Os. O½d.; ba la n ce ( c a s h in hand), £5 lls . 3d_.

From the n10nth of Marc h to t ha t n f Se p te mb e r , 75 0 ga rm e n ts ha v e b ee n ta k e n to th e institutions n a m e d ; al so o ve i: 100 sc r a p-books a nd s m a ll a r tic l es, suc h as was h e r s The garm e nts c on s ist o f dre !;ses, hats , pe tti co a ts , a nd und e r c l ot h i n g In the winte r s c ores of wo o ll e n s : n g l e t s a nd many pa irs of s o c k s w e r e k nitte d. Pre tty o ve r a ll s a nd li g ht e r c l o thin g w e r e a ls o g i v e n

Each kind e r g'ard e n h a s b e e ~ v isite d b~, a pa rty of girl s more th a n twi ce, a nd e v e ryon e e njoys seein g th e litt.l e ch il dre n

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and f ee ls glad that she can do someth in g to make th em happi er.

Th.e Committee of the institutions h ave &reat l y app rec iated o ur work , and sever a l specia l a p p ea ls h ave been made to us. Our promi se of last year to tbe R ev. R. Williams,.of th e South Melbourne Mission , for £20 toward s th e upkeep of an add i tional instructress at a kindergarten there , h as been fulfilled , through the part proce11ds from the School Play. ·

· I:fur\ng t hird term a n effoit has b ee n m a?-'e· in each Form on b e half of fur~ish in gfl ,. for th e n ew Boroondara K ind ergai·t e n ' buildings. Forms of the average siz-e donated a kindergarten c h a ir ; Dip lom a, a table; Y.b. Special, a large mirror.

News pap e rs hav e frequentl y been sent to th e Hawthorn Baby Health Centr e f rom two Forms in th e S c ho ol , a nd from Jul y 2 to 6 a special co ll ec tion of papers was rnade

·our Circle Committee keeps in t ouch ,y ith h eadquarters and r eceives the " I S ~t·ve " report magazine.

...W.e hop e' that the g irl s of ou r Co ll ege will b eco m e m_ore and more interested in the aims Qf th e Junior R ed Cross, a nd that exte n f!i v e · work for oth e r s will be o n e of tlie most fruitfu l results ~f tlte school life at the M L :c. -A M. B.

Bir thda y Night .

Birthday Night this year · had the u sual a cc omp a nim e nt-p l e nty of r a in But in spite of thi s,' th e who le evening was a · great success. The d eco ration s in the dinin g-h a ll were nov e l, con sisting almost wholl y of co loure d paper str eam ers .

The bo a rd e r s came do wn to their " high tea" array e d in gorgeous· robes of a ll d escriptions, a n d were each presented w'ith ·1a gay head-dress After the c ustom• a: ry passing of chocolate, and the drinkin g of toasts ; to say nothin g of the feasting on sa ndwi c h es, j e lli es, trifLes, and birthday cake, a flashlight photograph was taken of the w hol e merry crowd

Just aft ~r seven , the v is ito r s began t o a rriv.e, a ll wrapped up in ra in-coats a nd g aloshes ,. a nd s oon the Fitchett Hall was filled with , a crowd of gir ls : who expected a gooll t i m e;_ And they e njoyed eve r y-

thi n g , even whei;i. the Major threatened to b low out someones brain s, a nd at anoth ei· time-almost knocked the house down. All were . thrill e d by Monsieur Victor'saffect ion for his Ai;i.gelina, which w as sJ;lo wn by his j ourneyi ng a ll the way, from Paris to f ind h er, and even when h e dis cover e d that she was the daught e r of •· de o ld lamb, " h e found him se l f a ble to lo ve him s imply b ecaus e he was " d e fader of · sl;le." We sympathised with the poor, h arasse d maid-of-all -work, who h a d t o ris e at s ix o' clock ever y m o 1:ning and slave h e r li fe o'ut tq please the proprietor of th e .es tabli s hinent, and fel~ she was j ustifi e d when she, decid ed upon liberty and r es igned h e r place. Her poo r mis• t r ess, who prided h e r self on being a descenda nt o f t!J. e noble family of FitzPenton vill es , \Vas . l eft t o. di sgrace herself by m eddli ng with frying-pans and gridirons. ln s pite of a ll th ese min o r disturbances, e'ver ythin g ·e nd ed happil y, t h e Major finding his "".ife, an d reali si ng hi s stupidity in s u s p e cti ng Vi cto r,. w h o can hard l y b e li eve that h e ha s , s uc h lio11lw11r as to rece,ive de c hannant e objet de 1,on nd,orntio11. ·· Anna Maria, o n d isco ver in g that Mr. · Spriggins h ad d ecid ed to g ive up lettin g lodgings-except l ett in g th eiT1 alon e-ao d r e linqui sh: h is c la i m that •ic;i 0 11 1icirle b' r a:nca:i8, r es um es h e r place.

A ft e r thi s int eresting c om e d y, the lit tl e ones sa ng a ver y pretty tambourine song, a nd their actiop s co n veyed more to u s t h a n th.e words .

The n ex t it e m had t h e n ame of a w e ll known book and the tune of a pop ula r rag, a nd the parody exac tl y ex pr essed the boa rd ers' opinions of s ix o'c lock r isi n g. Th e vari ous fashions of t h e dHfer e nt sc hoo l-girl periods were quite uniqu e, :i.nd w e wondered fro m whom th ey had b een borrow e d

A p r etty and typical Gip sy dan ce was executed by fo ur of t h e boarders, and Miss S m y th e deserves hi gh co mm endation fo r t h e way s h e ar r anged th e co lours tu su it the g irls.

Una was at h e r best in "I'm B e rt." S h e spoke in the most a p proved sty Le, and . put o n jus t the corr ect ;tmo unt of side.

T h e n we h ad a du c t by Rhod a a nrl Frances, and it was greatly app r eciated. All of u s also enjoyed Frances ' r end e rin g

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of ·"'Time Will Bring Roses, " and showed our appreciation " in the usual way."

The next item was the cause of muc h merriment. Sev.eral girls, each dressed to represent a suburb of Melbourn.e, paraded in front •of us one at a time, ·and at each fresh appearance, 1ittle Gw e nnie goose-stepped on to the stage with a placard bearing the name of the suburb represented.

Although the night was cold, the tennis girl and the bather did not see m to feel it, and the lun-atic aQd the convict looke d as .if they really had escape(l. from their respective confinements. The do g and his keeper from Royal Park kept us waitin~. because th e dog's coat would not behave. Everybody admired the Richmond footballer's muscles, and the jockey-like gait of the rider from Flemlpgton. Excitement ran high when the Prahran shopper trundled across the stage with a huge perambulator, filled with the ingredients for " to-morrow's soup."

w.e feel tnankful that we do not have odours as bad as those that are evidently paramount •at Footscray, or "the intemperance that was exhibited at Port Melbourne. H e nc eforth we shall have no doubt that Hawthorn can be ·as high and mighty as TooI"a k , and that we can produce at leas t one go lfe r as good as any at Sanclringham. Thanks for thi s excellent pro gramme a re clue to Miss Krome, Miss Shannon, Miss De lbridge, Miss Smythe, and Miss Whitehead, who spared neither time nor pati e n ce in their efforts to make th e evening a success. J. A.

F ORM NOTES.

Ho n our VI.

Scene: No 8.

Enter Spook of 1923, accompanied b y thunder and lightning. Soliloquises. They grew in beauty side by side, Th ey filled this place with glee; But now they'r-e scatte_red far and wide, Honour VI. of ' twenty thre-e * They could spout Cunningham by the Yl/-l"Q, ,A.pd reams of poetry; · Th ey lov ed. Horace and Brittanicus Ah ! they were the girls 'for me!

Oh, well I remember the fun at the feast That was held in 'twenty-three, For though these girls were such model swots, They were full of mirth, you see.

But ah! the heavy change_ now they are gon.e, Now they are gone, and never can :return . Th e n, a ll these rooms , and the garden and tennis-courts, And ·a ll their echoes mourn.

This is the moral you should draw (And many sadly need this law!); Small girls who would be like these Be good, and always try to please The teachers a nd the prefects too, So may they then be pl ease d with you. (* They also had many other accomplishments not mentioned b.ere They were too mod est to tell a ll that they could do.)

Pass VI.

The pas t year has not b ee n very -eventful for the Pass girls. W-e hav e played the usu a l basket ball match es, and they ce rtainly were exci ting. Our first match was against V.a, who wer e quite convinced that they would b.e victorious. But as the match progressed, V.a supporters b ecame doubtful of the issue, as their form r are ly gained a greater l ead than two goals Both sides were well supporte d-ce rtainly " Sixth•• were, if one can judge from the loudne$s of app l ause when we won.

Our next opponents were V .c. This match also was closely contested, some girls in both teams playing extraordin-arily well. But, u n fortunately , we were beaten .

The tennis and baseball matches haye still to be p l ayed; but we hope that after them we shall •be able to say that these teams have upheld the "honour of Sixth " as well, or even better, than our basket ball team

This year ·the Form has had th e pleasure of seeing two Shak.espearian plays" Julius Cresar," presented by Oscar Asche, and "Macbeth," presented by Allan

Wilki e. The reason for our gre a t int e r est

In th ese two plays is that t hi s y.ear sev era l of th e " Pass " g irl s hav e jo in e d th e Shakes p eare class, which pr eviou s ly has in c lud e d only "Honour" g irl s ; and it mu s t b e mentioned that tho se " P ass " girls who sat for the Shake sp.eare exam. ac q ui tt e d th e mselv es creditabl y.

Ac cordingly, many of us were anxidu s to s e e these two plays; and for the opportunity or going to them as a c lass , a nd for the fun which this 1nvolve d, we thank Mrs. Land e n and Miss Hay ; thou gh w e r egr e t that s ickn ess pre v e nte d Mrs. L a nd e n acc ompanying us to " Macb e th ," the r e by l e aving Miss _ Hay to our t e nd e r m e rci e s .

W e would like to tell mor.e of our n e ws, but final s are in thr ee w eek s, s o w e mu s t c lose hurriedly But fir s t w e mu s t say " Good b ye " to thos e of us who will b e le aving at the end of the year, and w e send th e m away with our Form's good wiE;h es and our School motto : " For God and For Home."

V.a. Notes.

Wh e n school r e -ass e mbl e d on F e bruar y 14, V a consiste d · of a bo ut forty g irls scramme d into seats inte nd e d for thirty To u se a slang ex pr essio n, we 1ce re rath e r " s qu ash e d " Howev e r, a ft e r th e d e par tu re of some g irl s a nd th e a rriv a l o r oth e rs w e found our F orm to con s ist, much to our sat is faction , for th e mo s t p a rt of las t year 's XX. , to g e th e r with sev e ral n e w girls , t e rm e d by our mistr ess in h e r mor e hum orous mom e nts, "gar d en e r s ." We a l s o discov e r e d th a t a n e w window had been added to or s hould we s ay s ubtracted from ? th e s id e wa ll , to l e t more li g ht in, or rath e r Into, th e sub j ect.

The first e v e nt of a n y n o t e was th e S wimm in g Sports . I t's s o lon g a go that we r eall y fo rget , but as fa r as we can r e m e mb e r , w e didn' t win an y thin g ! Th e outsta ndin g fea ture to most o f u s o ccurr e d wh e n th e b a ck of a seat , upon w hi ch a bout a do zen of u s w e r e s t a ndin g , s u~ d e nly broke in the m iddl e , and th e h vo g irl s standing th e re a bouts w er e (as Dr. John s on would have put it), "pre cipita t e d with much v iolenc e " on to th e h a rd and

co ld floor. W e und e rstand that a m e m be r of th e sta ff, s p e akin g of thi s inc ident, made some r e mark a n e nt "ov e r-fe d V.a' s ." W e may be v e r y dull, but we must admit that although th e Sport s a r e now ~ a n y months gone, w e h a v e not, as yet, grasped the point of th is r.e m a rk, es pec ially a s our Form's fattest m e mb e r was absent from the spo rts, and the two b e for e-mentiDned unfortunate s who s uffe r e d mos t as r e gards torn stockings and brui se d limbs are two of our thinnes t gi rl s !

Although w.e m a y n ot s hin e in th e aquatic • world , w e prid e o urselves on s h e ft e ring in our mid s t th e cap tains of s chool base- and b as k e t b a ll Speaking of ba sket-l:!all r e mind s u s t h a t in th e inte rForm matche s w e won o ur fir s t g a me aga inst Diploma, ·but we r e d e f eat e d in our second m a tch -again s t a team from the arnalgamate d VI. Form s . W e und e rstand that th e y could on ly manage to get one t e rn from the two J<'orms Tb,e idea of · havi ng one team from th e three V Forms was seriou s ly thought of, but, luckily fo r the r es t of th e s c hool , was abandon e d on th e ground s that it would b e too hard on the other F o rm s.

In tennis , w e we r e again against Dip . loma, but w e r e un a bl e to r e p e at our b a sk e t-ball p.erform a n ces b y again defeatin g the m, as they d efeate d us by a coupl e of g a ines afte r a h a rd- fo u ght matc h.

· We wer e v e r y pl eased t o discover at the b e ginnin g of th e y ear that w e did not nee d to sit fo r a ll our subj ect s for our various "incherme ejuts." W e were s till more ple ased ( ?) wh e n w e round that we we r e to h a ve thr-ee-hour e:xam s a t th e end or sec ond term , s o that , as was kindly ex plain e d to u s, w e s hould get u sed to long e r e x a ms. and not " m a k e foo ls of yourse lves at the public .ex a m s." Stra n gely enough , thi s kindn ess of " the pow e rs tha t be " wa s not in th e s li ghtest a ppre ci a ted quite on the con t rary Our onl y c on s ola tion was the f act tha t t~e kind id e a had not b ee n thoug ht out earli e r, oth e rwis e we mi ght hav e h a d -thr ee-hour e xam s. first t e rm , too!

W e have not h a d mu c h e xcite m e nt dur ing the y ear, thoug h earl y in first term on e of our .m e mb er s succee d e d In brea~in g h er l e g Thin ~s so m e tim es disapp ear

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if left about, but we have condensed the reasons for these disappearances into three possibilities. Th ey have either (a) been borrowed by boarders or other irre sponsibles, or (b) b een put in pound , or (c) tipped into the waste-paper basket by our tidy form-mistress. The second r eason is, we find, the most common, although the first -and also the last are not infrequent. During second term one of our memb~rs, on r eturning from tennis, was sligh tly alarmed to discover that one of her shoes had mysteriously vanish e d. She searched in vain, till one of l ast year's V.a. h ad a brain wave. Th e waste-paper basket was exam ine d, and at the bottom, in company w ith a miscellaneous assortment of rubbish-voilil.! the mi ss ing foot wear.

At th e School Sports w e managed to secure the senior ,baske t-ball throwing, much to th e sati sfaction of one l ady spectaton Sh e was h eard to r emark b efore th~ actual goal-throwing, "Oh! I do hop e that girl win s ! She's got suc h a ·sweet face!" much to the amusement or the ov:erh earers, and the girl · In question whe n sh e was inform ed.

Early thi s t e rm one of our Ce achers gave us a i! t tl e sermon on the fact that the poor childre n for whom we w e r.e m-aking garme nts , were " n eve r warm and never fed ," and aske d u s to rem e mber this fact. At the tim e we were duly impressed, but sinc e th e coming of warm weather we have ceased to b e saddened by their unwarmed and unfed state. In the s umm er we have no appetite ourselves, s o their lack of food moves u s not. And, it se e ms to us, anyone w ho ca n remain "never warm" in th e hot w.eather, is someone to be envied rather than pitied Of course, opinions differ.

Perhaps yo u wonder, 0 gentl e reader, on 11 eeing so much of our virtues, what our vices are ? You may find it hard to realise, but, as a matter of fact , w.e have none to speak of! Such thin g s as not doing hom e work, cutting spares, and " nicking" from spo rts , are r ea lly " not done by the best people" (meaning us).

To give a bri e f resume o(. w h at wi;l've just said (or written), V.a • .Is .realiy the only Fonn worth being in In 'the words -. · ' .- '

of one of the poets-either Keats, She ll ey, or our Form poet-iaureate (we forg et w hich):

" A prize was once off ered, they say, For the best Form in ev.ery w-ay. They put it to tlie vote-The who l e School's words I'll quote: 'Need you ask for th e best? Why, V.a.!'"

In conclusion, we would lik e to wish the b es t of lu ck to those unfortunates who are l eaving, and to hope that tho se g irls who -ar.e returning n e xt year will do so aft e r their holidays refreshed and pr e par e d for hard work Best of luck, a lso, to future g e n e rations of V.a., and may they enjoy th e ms e lves (if it's possible) as much as we have in good old No. 9.

DJploma Notes.

Time still flies! It i s now time for u s to b egin our notes again.

We have alwa ys been r eferre d to as a Form which do es not do any work; but wh e n we are s upp!i.e d with roomwarmers ! ! !-radiators-we are more industrious than ever. If p eople just stopped to think how many of the pr e fects this year hav e b een cho se n out of Diploma, they would realise what a mode l Form w e are.

We . used to have concerts in the Short hand room given by th e radiator, but now it has vani she d and it is supplied by the " Laughing Chorus" given by Bunny and Gertie. We •a lso find that M e l va is quick in manipulating th e wat er p is tol as well as the typewrite r

Our Form Master te a ches u s to " de bit our losses and credit our gains," th e r efo re we a r e h opeful of hav~ng g ood " credit" bal-ances

Our t e nnis four i s doing well so far. We surviv.e d und er the cannon ade of V.a.'s b a lls, a nd we hop e to survive VI.'s too. 'we w e re not "Pr e miers " at bask et ball owing to several o f the t ea m b ein g silly e noug h to get the " 'flu " boarde r s, too!

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We are p,ls.Q unlucky in h aving _ tw.i:> gir1s wh9 .are exactl y a like. lri' :the Book ke'eping p e riods one generalfy he~-fs · the

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exclamation, "Jean or Mollie, whichever it is."

We hav e done w.ell with the Kindergarten work, our F.Q having collected over £6 for it. On the last few days of 1st and 2nd terms, the Shorthand room was like a " display block "-all the garments made . for . Kindergarten being array.ed on· the desks for inspection.

We have had a very pleasant year together, and we hope fo win succes s at 'ihe en d of the yea r , and· we a lso wish 1next year's girls the "best of luck."

-E P.

Form V.b.

At th.e beginning of this year th e two Intermediate Forms were cut up and a new Form was made,- and, as a cons equence, we lost some of our members. However, those who remain have managed to enfoy themselves, and we firmly believe that we are the best·all-round I<'orm in the School. We hav.e not gained special g lor y in any direction-except that we ,beat V.c. at tennis-but we a're good at everything, and ' plod along ·qufte· content ed ly.

Fre ddy claims to " have a pretty wit," .and ~8 t,ve ~~ perio~S sohnds o'f merriment issue from our Form-room, until a m istress arrives and tells us' that we " ought to set an example to the junior class next door." We resolve to do better next ·time, but ·_helas ! nexf time we are told that we are " terrible'" people and "ought to b e spanked." As a' dear {?) · friend of ours says, ,,, Such is lif e!"

We :are very musical as a Form, several of our nilmb'et having passed music or s inging exams. at the Univ.ersity; but our tal e nt is not appreciated by· the teachers, wbo send our "auntie" to pick up papers in the quad-an occupation which she d eJights in.

· We sometimes think that all our teachers get despe rate with u s, and despair o f our ever passing Int er. , We get such words as these hurled at us: "'You must learn your verbs, girls!" and, " Don't yo u und erstand ? I r.eally don't see where it's difficult "-this accompanied b y a thoughtful pat of the head . Again, another will say, " Girls, yoµ must get on with your work. You will have to work hard to

pass your exams. See?" And still another, "Don't you remember, gel s? What's the good of my teaching you if you forget?" Poor, ill-used V.b. ! Afte r these tirades we n eed all the fun of Ikey, ' Obe, and Froggy to keep us alive, even if they defy the w i shes of our Form Captai n , who, with the lLeutenants, has b een • faithfu l to us all the year. Our Sports Captain, too , is one of the oest, and she deserve s a l eather medal for the way she hunts g irls to sports on Tuesdays. We hope next year's V.b will be as fine {?) a Form as we are, an d get as mucJJ. en joyment out of life.

Form V.b. Special.

We have not done anything very excit in g this year : ':·we h ave had bad luck at sport-at leas( th at's what we say.

To h egin With, two of our swimmi ng team were unable · m compete owing to bad colds. Bessie ·was not asked to e nter until half an 'hour ·,before the race, and knowing 'that she ·hasn' t evlln red hair, w e recognise and admire her pluck.

Ba d }.uck ali;;o followed us at basket'ball, for we ·1ost to Form XX , but, as in swimming, four · of our team had· the in'fluenza.

We have amon g · us a member of the Launc eston Ladies' College Tennis Four, who spurred us on to beat V.c _Special at. tennis.

After our ·brilliant achievement · on Sports Day, a certain member of th ~ _ staff apologised for a previous r emark, " that V b. Special ra_n in too ladyiike a fashion."

Although we don't shine at _ sport, we ought to be literary to a m an, for our Form Mistress does her best to hammer sometimes the works of gre:i,t poets into our heads.

We have hopes, that by the 'time: we are _grey-hal;.ed Old Collegians:· tlle re may be a lift to No. 14 in the b aths building, ·for ,ve are · sadly ~on ~erned ov'er the lo ss of breath of our popular Form Mistress after climbing the sta irs

Our talents ar.e not only literary, for · we all know how to dance, and any of us who don't know soon learn; at present we hav.e one very apt pupil, who Is ra pidly

A Fairy De ll. ( Prize Drawing, Enid Pone.)

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progressing, and her teachers recognis e gem of wisdom appeared in one of our ,h_er as a budding Pavlova. e ffort s at composition. •

This should be a bl a nk space, for when W.e are well represented in the fi e ld of the tim e came for our Mistress to look sport by Kathie Forster, runner-up for the 'over the Form notes, great misdoings were Junior Championship, and Winnie Joyce, r evealed , which she do es not want th e who won the Junior Baseball · throwing public eye to see ; but we fear that the contest. In Basketball we b ea t V.b. Spe cial, price of'.varnish will b e raised. Belo w is and then gave V.c. a very good · game, depicted our misery: though we weren't successful aga:n st

At· the commencement of the year we· th e m So far, we have b eaten Coll, V. eLected Dorothy Scholes as our Fhrm and' XX.a in tennis. Captain, and Ruth · Thompson and Stella O:ur lock e r-room key is a cbnstant s ource Rout to help h er May Lambert was of annoyap.ce to us, it b eing of the species chosen as Sports Cal)tain, and has ab°iy which fre qu e ntly develops l'egs an d walks! f ill ed that position. It once was the cause ·of a brQadcast de-

During the seco nd t erm we had the mis- ' te ntion over the whole form. The door of fortune to lose· St~lla Rout, who was the· lo cker-room b.eing solid, an·d the obliged to ieave S c hool owing to the death precious key away on its wanderfngs, it of her father. We were very sorry to was imposs ibl e for us to enter and get lo se her. our books. Evidently d eeming this feat

Two of our girls are entering for. the possible, one of our mistresses treated us Pharmacy- Examination this ye/lr', ·and to the a bove-mentio n ed· detention. every good wish is extended to them ." We have both e locutfon a·ry talent and

We liave a glow in our hearts? · Why? light-footedness , as· was prove'd by an inBecause we have clothed six little children forma l· . concer t we haa in lieu of a in, summer and winter l othes and have geometry· l esson- one day in October. given th e m a mirror in' wh idlr to ho ··= " M;lry Had a Littl e Lamb " and The them what dirty faces they have, andsho: · Sailors' llornpipe" featured as favour~te nice they look when • they have· washed •it e ms . We were also tr eated to a sw6rd · them. dance-and' we still have a sound floor to

The finaJ's are''1ooming ve ry near, and s o we shall say " Good bye" to everyone till 1924, when we sha ll be no lon ger V.b. Special Form XX.

Twenty froggies went to school Down beside a reedy pool; " Twe nty " girl's now ·go to school In a place tlial' ~ not. so cool.

There they work, good littl e d ears, Not one of them the home-bell h ears , For th em exam day holds no fears, And th eir r:eports do not cause t ears

Twenty this year is composed of twe nty-seven budding geniu ses, two of their number b e ing boarders Inde ed, as an instaqce of their aforementioned brililance, we have the information that ' ' 'Anguish' is a picture painte d by Felton Bequest In this painting Mr Bequest put some of his best work!" This &plendid

our Form-room!

Th ere a r e two bud d in g acrobats in our midst. On e is capable of condensing her p e rson to such an extent as to be ab le to get into the cupboard and have th e door forcibly closed, while th e other crawled und er the pfatform !

Being of uncomplaining natures, we have not m e ntioned the chem. l ab. odours, but nevertheless they a r e just as painful to us as they have bee~ to past generations .

We will n ot mention any more of our virtues, being a mode11t Form; so goodbye till next year , when another XX. will be h e re to fo llow our· good example.

Form V.c ..

Many a read.e r needs must se:~ · The Form-notes written by V.c. We decide th e grammar rules And set the standards for the school s Home-work is our one d e light, Although WEI 11it up half the night

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On ce .,w.e Hye\!. in Fitch e~ ~all , J3µt did not lik e it much at all; Now we dwe ll down in the dung eon, . Wh e r e every . Form can come .to iunch e on , · ,Siggin~ all ·the familiar _lays, ' ~i~e we are puzzling what B pay?, ·Form. V.c. h as naught to fear. ' A l though it :,just began thi s year, c clt:leaves its fine traditfon· : Of sport, ·brains , S:ifd, in addition, ; : •Girls ~whO inad.e tlie Form ·:v .c. r .•Th e very •b est ·at M.L.C.

Fo.rm V.c. ·s pecial.

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match, .L!Jl. broke ·:J:ier : 1trm, but even 'Y:iOt out her valuab~1;1 ass:!ltance we defeated Lower V and Coll. V., but );lad the misfortune to be beaten by R e move in th e semi-finals .

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-V.c. Sp_eci al . is a new Form this ;yea r, a nd consists · of seven te e n stll.dious · , and hard working g irls. 0 1/V'e b egan th e · year by doin g well in s port. Our Form Cap,t,ain, .J:oyce H eali ng , won the chaµipionship ·for · sw.im.m.i ng. Collegiate defeated us for ·the bask e t •ball shield, but our tenn:s four are trying hard to make up for what we have lost.

To get to our Form-room w e hav e to climb several f.l:ghts of s tairs, but th e m embers of V.c. Spec:al are noted for their high spi rits, and we always ~anage to wear a grin. If th~ lessons ar.e s ometimes boring, we are never down-hearted; our cheerfulness saves us from getti ng into man~ scrapes that we would oth,erwise get into.

We are drea ding the approach . of the final exams., which ar.e now drawing very near, but we hol}e to do our ,b est, becau8-3 1,rnr Form Mistress, Miss l\facDonald, has done h e r b es t to get u s . on, so .we ,i,re goi-ng to show h er what we can do. : · Y c. Spec:al will say goo d-b ye '{n~il 1924, when we will not b e V.c· Specia.l any ~onger.

Form XX::..a

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· · 'A:t' the 'beginning of:: the : year :·w.e wel'ci-iineli-~ :a · numb er of ; n ew :,g irls, · arrd · -w.e tli'i-nk-'- -tney hav e· ·all' e n fayed th eir, fir-st year at :>M.L.G : · ,

·W.e st.ia:rted ·.the · Y_)}aJ, -'~~\l in _ spor.t, ·by winni g:, ' tu.e· Mi.d.!lle S~J:i.ool . SwiI!Hnin~ Champ It was· a very unfortunate incident. -tba:t ;juJ>.t pefore .9u~ _fir~t b ~S.k.~t ,-baV

As the saying ,is, " Hop e springs e t e rn a l in the !human breas t," Miss Lewis ha s quite giv.en up the idea of teac hing u s arithmetic, but- all the same every day she comes up :with new hopes, but always goes away with them .· dashed · to 'the ground. Ope ·..dJ1.Y ·:J h ere ·.\Vas a . terrific bang j-ust .•ou.t.!dd:e our wlnd.pJY. ·: Mi:Ss-Lewis ask ed who did , it. ~pj)ody , ans~v ered. One , two seconds passed ip _ ~il e n~e · when a m e mber of our Forn:i came int-o th.e room: Aft~r a t ime she v entuFed to whisper to h e r next-door neighbour., •" ·How did it go off?" I wonder why she asked?

Now, third term is :well on its way, an d w.e are all studying hard. Last year 1nte r mediate seemed a long :way off, but tliis year we realise that it is well in sight. The f in a ls are close upon us, a nd as th ese exams. count to a certain ,extent ·for our Interm e diate, w e wi s h to do as well as possible · But even through all these studie!l we still find ti!'ll e for sport. Th e t e nnis match.es a r e played during thi n! t erm We won our first match agai ns t Low e r V.

We wish to thank our Form Ca ptain, Joan Inn es, a nd Form Lieutenants Click and Dorothy for their very e ff icient dis charge of their duti.es, and we must not l eave out Billy, who coached us in our Flag Rac e and finally l ed us to victory. Our mu s ical ml)g1 bers, Es a nd Isa, a:Ji;;o captured the whistling rac e from all comers.

Her~ endeth our last chapt.er _i~ X.Xa. , and :we hope ,we will all b e together again n ext year and have as good a time.

Form Colle giate V. ·

The year is quickly passi ng away, an!l we shall not be Collegiates for much longer. The final ex-ams:- -are still b efo r e us, but we ,-- ar.e very ,cheered •;w.he_n. -we think:· of the •eight. weeks' holiday- after, ~ar.qf . ,.It )s· .with . vecy aii'ferent iea'lings that we view th e e nd of t~ i~_:-1ef.1!1_ to tpoSf

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with which we, especially the new · girls, viewe d the beginnng of the year. We a ll agr.ee that we hav e had a happy year, and f or some reasons we sha ll be sorry to leav e Collegiate V.

We are fortunate in having Miss Horlo c k as our Form Mistress. She is much loved by a ll of us, and we wish that she cou ld be our Form Mistress nex t year also; .but we s h a ll l eave that pleasure to next year's girls.

Ethel Gorman is our Form Captain, and Dor.een Corr and Jea n McDonald are our Form Lieutenants, and they hav.e very capably · fulfilled their duties. So far we hav6l no Form conduct marks in our Conduct Book. Our Form room is th e Fitc hett Hall, and as it is near one of th e cloak-rooms, wh e re a "Vanity Fair" is carried on daily befor.e the mirror, it is very u seful to us

We thank all our teach e r s · for the patient way in which th ey have taught us. We wish n e xt year's Collegiates ev.ery success ; and an e njoyabl e time on Speech N ig ht, and a merry Christmas is our wish to one and all.

Although we do not -excel in School work, we a re fairly well up in the sportIng world. W e did not gain anything at the sw imming spo r t s; in basket ball we defeated V.c. Special in the first round , but after a very strenuous game in th e seco nd round , we were defeated b y XX.a.

On Sports Day we came out of our s h e lls and s how ed the onlook ers what we were capab le of doing. Our flag t ea m r a n second; the junior Siamese we won, a nd .• one of our numb er (a boarder) was Junior Champion.

T e nnis did not give us as much delight as th e other sports did. XX. defeated us in the first round .

Next year we hop e to do great thin gs, a nd we expect to br.ing great honour to our future Form in both s port and lessons.

Form Lower V

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Lo wer V. commenced the year's adventures by changing its class'.room. As may b e expected, it mad e a wond e rful diffe r e n ce in the girls .

We became a quiet, peace-lov_ing c lass, as the r es ult of a heater and the undis turbed solitude of Room 19.

This enterprising class at once set to work, dug their hands in their now empt y pockets, and gave fre e ly to all good causes.

To improve our in tellectual knowledge, we w e nt to th e " world, famed" Museum of Melbourne and shocked our Form Mistress by our wonderful capacity for afternoon tea. We were so impressed with Allan Wilkie ' s production of King Henry V . that we _ decided to try our dramatic powers at producing a play

Not onl y are we extremely int e ll ectual , but we have a d ecided weakness for sports (you m ay take it either way), ai:J.d when barracki ng our c lass competitors in· the School sports we amaz.ed the spec t ators with our wonderful .vocal powers.

Our •budding authors hav e made many · valiant attempts at verse, pro se, and son n e t s, but owing to the unme r ciful c riticism of the other m e mbers of our class, they have not met with much encouragement.

Yet we still strongly suspect that some of the m are trying to produce a mod e rn " II Penseroso" or " L 'Allegro "

Form IV.a.

Wh e n we b egan our year as IV.a we were deposited in Assembly A. As we increased in numb er and knowledge, we were transferred to No. 18, North House Before we w e re transplanted we voted as our F orm Captain Mollie Hildebrand, who has fille!l the position exc e ll ently, and the Lieutenants, Bessie Lavender and Nancy L egge._

Toward s the middl e of th e term ·,th e swimmin g sports took place. Our sq uad was composed of on e le g (Legge), one pig (Peggy Pascoe) , one laundress (Bes sie Launder), and a tomcat • (Joyc e Thomas). We were successful enough for two of our numb e r to come second, and we did our best in the R e )ay Race...

We were appealed to b y · the · I,J-eadmaste r to help some free Kindergarten. a nd we c ho se th e L a dy Northcote Kinder ga rte n a t Montague. We responded en

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thusiasticall y , a n q..,)l:yJh e e nd of th e t e rm had a fine co ll ection of a r t ic l es. Doroth y Be nson r e pr esented u s o n t h e Sc h oo l co m · mit tee, Bessie L au n der was our worthy trt!asure r A few of tis vis it e d Montagu e 'and were as t o und ed at the mu s ica l gen iu s in such small c hildr e n. They e n ter t a in ed us with se l ect io ns fr o m " Tannl1auser," ·and other well known pieces.

Our S p orts Capta in; Nancy Legge, chose a basket ball team to play against R emove. Th ey defeat ed u s . We d id o ur bes t.

T h e Schoo l h eld th eir spo rt s o n Octo ber 23. We were vic torio us in t h e Junior F lag Ra ce a nd some other rac es.

Unfortunately on e of ou r number, Molly Mo rris , took ill and is not returning to Sc hoo l this year.

Dtiring t h e third term we h e ld a con cer t to r aise money fo r our Mission. Joyce Love tra in.e d the g irl s who sang in t h e s.e l ec t io n s. Amo n g other.· items, th e two Pot t e r s recite d a dialogue , " A Sli g h t M is • ta k e." Phyllis as Rosie, Th e lm a as Allie. T hi s was a grea t s u ccess. Then t h ere was Mrs. Jarl ey's waxwo rk s. Mrs. Jarl ey did very w e ll w i t h h e r ni ce s h ow; she looked very festive in " th e waistcoat the d ecease d Mr Jarley wa s ma rri e d in " Simple Simon was s till un s u ccessful in his e ffort s to "catch a w h a le in a pa i l." R ip Van Wink le looked v ery muc h as though h e wou ld lik e to go to s l eep again , a nd looked ve r y upset at b e i ng awak e n ed at a ll. Littl e Mi ss M u ffett looke d very sweet a nd see m e d to eat qui te a lo t of _ h er c urd s a nd wh ey. The "Giggler" looked extrem e l y fes ti ve in p ink and blu e bows, a n d gigg le d a g igg le li ke "G iggler ." Red Ri d ing Hood, as usual , h ad h e r bas k et of goo d things, a n d looked as if s he wou ld lik e to hav e eate n t h e m herself. Jack Spratt and h is wife li cked ve r y h ard and man aged to " li ck the platter c lean ." In c h a r g in g 3d ad mi ss ion , we reali sed £3 lls

We h ave been qui te s uccessful so far in te nnis We beat R emove a nd IV b ., and · a r e · to p lay XX. on Novembe r 14 ·w e hope to go on a n d be s u ccess ful a nd t h at IV.a. n ext year, and the yea r after t h at, will b e as s uccessful as th e present I V .a.

Form Remo v e

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Let me introduce to you th is year's Form R en1ove, w hi ch consists mostl y of boa r d1ir s. Th e r e are twen ty-eight girls altoget h er, who a r e most e n ergetic and s porting. We we r e not very successfu l iri the swimmi n g sports this yea r ; our co m· petitors w e r e Lorna Co liett, Th e lma Thomas, Vei :a Mil n e, a nd N in a S ilveste r In basket b all our team proved to b e of the best, as we ·were in the f in a ls , much to th e d eligh t of o ur Fo rm Mistress, Miss Pa1'sons. Though we were beaten in t e n ni s by I V.a., w.e a r e not a l togethe r downh ea rte d , anrl we h ope that o ur victo r s will b e nw r e successful agai n s t other Forms t h an we we r e agai n st them. Our fo ur we r e: E l vira Ward (Captain), B ertha Behrend , Thelma Thomas, and E l sa F in ger

Miss Parsons has k ept us up to the mark i n both spo r t and work, as we h ave tak en a g r ea t in terest in workin g fo r the South Me l bourne Ki nd e r ga r te n The parc:i l that we se nd each m o nth co ntain s dress e s of every colour and description, and vari o us woo ll e n ga rm e nts. Phyllis '\Vai te, one of ou r Fo rm Lie ut e n ants, h as been a way all th is t e rm . We a ll mi ss her very mu cb, as s h e co11 ected our pen ni es each w eek fo r the K ind e r ga rten . To rais e more funcl H for t h,e Kindergarte n ou r Fo rm M is tress a nd th at of XX.a h e lp e d u s to get u p a novel spo rts aftern oon. Th e comp e titor s co n sisted of a numb e r of g i rl s from e ach Form. Amongst the events were : Th ~ st ick y bun c<;llnp e tition (w h ic h cau sed mu c h am u sement amon gst t h e spectato r s), a. p ea nu t !'ace, ap pl e clip, a nd man y o t h e r s. Alto gethe r it prov.eel to b e a g r ea t s u ccess, t h e proceeds b eing £4 8s. 6d ., w hi <;:h we ha l ved with XXa.

T h e d r eaded f in a l s will be h ere n exl WE1ek, much to our disg ust; but holida ys w ill soo n b e h ere to c h eer us up, a n d w e. a ll h ope th at th e fut ur e Re m ov it es w ill h ave as good a tim e as we h ave h ad thi s· year.

B e for e we e n d, how ever, we wo uld like to th a nk Miss Parso n s for putting up with us so patiently, and Miss Wal ton fo r sup porting u s so loya ll y in a ll our spo rt s a nd for taking s u c h an inte r est in our Form

Form IV.b.

" Three-and-thirty g i rls are w e , The happiest Form at M. L. C."

When S choo l b egan on Feoru aTy 14 , t h e r e was 111uc h spec ulati o n as to who would be o ur Form 1\11: s tr ess, as Miss Willi ams had l eft. We Were ver y p leasec! wh e n w e h-ea rd it was to b e Miss Krome

Fi r st term came, bringing the sum m e r weath e r , and th e exciteme n t of th e ba th s a nd s wimmin g s ports, Our form did not w in in the fo r m race, but we kn ow our team did th'3i r b est , by s wimming strongly.

Durin g tll'j seco nd term W f ! pla yed Low er IV. in oosket-ba ll , b eat:Jing th e m b y e igh t eei, goals. We had to pl ay in the gy mn as ium , as the _ cour t wa s too •wet. Th.e ligh.ts n ea rly ca m e to g ri ef a few times, cau s in g mu c h e xc i tem e nt We were beate n b y Remov e a week later.

D e f eat ed by Low e r IV. in b ase- ball during nirst term , we a r e not di s h earten e d , but hop e to w in a n other tim e. But o ur sp irits w e r e r a ised by b ea tin g Low e r IV durin g the third t e rm , i n base-b a ll , th e sco r es b eii ng 17-8.

Na n cy Os borne, one of our .g irl s, e n tered for a sew ing compet ition at My e r s , which she won. Th et priz e was £3, anrl s h e ge n e rou s l y gave i t to th e kinderga rt e n fund s.

W .e pl ayed Lo wer IV in tenn is durin g second t e rm , and a r e proud to say th a t we wo n Sylvi a l b bott (captain ), R ona Bruc e, Alice J effer y a n d Grace Cla c k m a k e up ou r Tenni s fou r .

On Sports Day o ur F o rm cam.e seco nd in th e Fl ag R ace, a nd w e think ou r t e am dirt we ll , co n s id e ring that one ha t! the mi sfo r tune t o s lip -.and fa ll b efor e s h e r each ed th e eage r , waiting h and at t h e oth-er e n d. H owev e r , w e ca u g ht up.

Durin g Second T e rm a m a t ch b e tween Old ColJ.e g ia n s a nd th e Pr ese nt Day Girl s was h e ld vV e w.er e ve r y in tereste d, b eca use o ur form mistres s was in th e 0. ,C. T e nni s t eam.

Birthday Night, which w as held thi s t erm, w as we ll app r eciated. T h ough three g irl s were invited, on l y two we r e a bl e t o come, t h e w ea th er b ei ng f it only for duck s.

As it is n ea r the e nd o[ our y e a r in Fo rm IV. b, we mus t say "good b ye ," a l thou g h we h ate l eaving the ol d Fonn-room, a nd especi a ll y Mi ss Krome.

Form Lower IV.

At th e b egi nning of t h e yea r ther e w e r e tw e nty gir l s, in L ower IV., and at first w e did n ot know w h e t h er we wo uld en jo y ou r s e l ves or not, b eca u se th e ru l es and t eac h e r s are s tri c t e r. But we soo n link e d up, and now w e a r e a h a ppy band of c hatt e rboxes. W e a r e not so fr ee as in Junior School, as we ha v-e to k ee p up to the mark in littl e t hin gs , s uch as s uckin g ru l ers or eating p e n c il s.

Th e first thin g we did was to save our mon ey to bu y a flow e r pot to put a fe rn in whi c h M F l ower gave u s, and n ow it is g ro wi n g b eautifull y. We th e n .e lected o u r Form Capta in , who i s Joy ce lbbott, a nd Li e ute n a nts , who ar e Enid Bowen a nd Dorothy Anke te ll. Our flag was pink, bu t we c h a n ge d it to m a uve ·a n d black. Mrs Ibbott kindl y made it fo r u s.

Wh e n t h e sw immin g s ports cam e every body was ex cit e d , a nd many colours adorned th e g irl s; hair a n d d r esses . In the afternoon each Fo rm in t u rn was to take a spec ia l part in th e ba ths Shouts ur ged th e swimm-e r s on.

D urin g th e year w e joine d the Junior Red Cro ss AssocJa ti on to try and h e lp t h e poor as muc h as po ss i ble by th e litt le s um of money whi c h w e coJlec t ecl fr om our pocke t mon ey eac h week. Wh e n w e w e r e as k.ed to work for th e bran pi e , we h ea rtil y agre e d, a l tho u gh it meant f e w e r v is its to tu c k s hop.

In th e second t e rm th e pre(eet s gav-e a pl ay call e d " P run e ll a," or " Love in ·a Dutch Gard e n. " W e h e l ped in mak in g box es an d bask e ts for th e· s w eets ·

Durin g the t e rm our a nnu a l sport s came.Unfortunat e l y we~ did n ot wi n t h e F lag Race b e twe e n Hous e a nd S c hool. Sc ho o l was cl e fe at-e d , but~chool d e f eat ed Hou se in ·basket ball match.

On ·wedn esday, Octob e r 31 , M r s Krome ope n e d t h e hand so m e new gat es in honour of our late H ead-ma ster , a nd a ll the Sc hool asse mbl e d o n the law n s at a qua r t e r to three, but we h e l d our h ea d s hi g h a nd d i d n o t get down-hearte d

T h e J un ior. School hel d thei r own sports this year on Thursd ay, November 1. Th ey inv i ted t h eir moth ers and fathers. The weather was very disappointing. Just as w e _ were all S!)tting out to the Sports G1'inind down came a dreadful sho,yer. But later on the sun s hone again, and we a ll had a happy time. We wo u ld lik e to give three cheers for Jean ~in loc h , tl;l,e J~mior School Champion. She is only a Ii t ,tle gil;l, too!

Last term we· played a tenns match with " Ruyton." We beat th em, 6 4, 6-0, 6 2, 6 4. We are looking for .ward to playing a r.eturn match on Tuesday, November 22. The Captains of our first and second Fou;.s are Cecil Goldie a nd Dorothy Christmas. We wish th em _ success again.

Miss Fiel den left at the e nd of the Cirst t enn in order to tour Canada, England, and parts of the Contin.ent. She i s thor ough l y enjoing h e r trip W e hope h e r long holiday will completel y restore her health Has s he l earn e d to manage th e Autograph "Browni.e" ye t?

The littl e boarders had a very happy time on Birthday Night Una mad e a very funny "Burlington Bertie." We aJ-1 e njoy ed h e r so ng very mu ch. The five litt,l e boarders l ooll very gay with th e ir qua'i n t caps in th e Birthday Night photogra ph

. We · are all ver:r bu sy now with our breaking-up songs and danc es, and a r e looking forward to a v.e r y happy holiday

Form Riddles.

Q. Why is Form III.a ~ n ear ly always happ y?

A. B eca u se they hav e a Christmas n e arly eve ry day (Dorothy Chri s tm as).

Q -Why ar e a ll III.a. gir ls brav e?

A.-Because they hav e a Bourke among them (Loi s Bourke).

Q. Wh y ar.e IILa. g irl s a lwa ys out of danger?

A. Because th e y always h ave someone to warn them (Melva Warne).

Q.-Why are I II.a. girls a l ways tired?

A.--Because they wal k miles · and miles (Vonn.e Miles)".

Q.-Why ar e III.a. girls like rabbits 1 A.-Because they hav e a warren (Dorothy Warren).

Q.-Why are III.a. girl s li ke birds?

A. Because they have a mavis amon g them (Mavis Mou l ton).

Q. Why ar e III.a. girls like t h e Zoo?

A. Because they , have Mo lly (Mo ll y Waters) -A. !<,lower, aged 10 years.

SENIOR P ~ZE VERSJ;:. The Pream Ship .

The day had s pent its golden sto r e; The evening hour was nigh: I we n ded my way to tile qui e t shore Unde r the sunset sky.

Night's peac e was fa l lin g on the land: Day's no ise was hushed to sleep; The sun was lightin g th e golden sand , And gi lding a pat h o'er the deep.

The littl e waves murmur ed with the tid e, Lapping against the rocks. Ov er the water a faint )}r eeze s ig h e d , And stiITed the seaw.eed lock s.

When lo! from o ut of the h ear t of the west, And o'er th e pathway ·oright A littl e ship came glid in g to rest, Batb.ed in the m ellow light.

At its approach nQ sound was h ea rd, The winds were tranquil now; The sails were or s il k a nd nev e r stirred, And i vo r y formed th e prow.

Then o'er th ~ sea from far a way I h eard a distant strain, Th.e fairy mu sic of the land that la y Far from thi s worl d of pain.

The vessel f loated to my feet , And th en I saw th at it Hel d sto r e of dreams a nd fancies fl ee t By which my thoughts a r e lit

took my gift with reverence clu e And awe-in sp ired h eart; · "fill ed th e •boat with lon g in gs n e w And watched it th e n d e p art.

It sail ed away to dreamland vast Carryin g its pr ecio us ·s tor.eTh e sun had faded, the glory was past, I was a lone 011 th e shore.-K C.

The Call of the Sea .

"How stra ng e i s t h e wondrou s call of th e sea, Which comes with the breath of s pr i n g; The waves which throu g h wint e r 's nights hav e roa red , No w o f beau ty and g l a dness s in g

saw thee, dark sea, ' n ea th t he wintry s k y, Th y waves as b lack as ni g ht ; Th e y su ll e nly boom e d o n th e wind-sw ep t s hore, And m y heart f e lt sad at the sight.

sa w th ee, fair sea, from the mountai n's •:rest, ' Mid tang les of wattl e and f.e rn; Far off thy waters spar]s: l e d blue At h a pp y spring's r e turn

Oh! th en m y heart f e lt li ght indee d, And in that fragrant -air brea th e d a sigh of hop e an.d joy, Abandon e d m y l oad of ca r e.

hav e seen th ee, bri g ht s e a, o n ce mor e. since th e n , A nd b e h e ld thy wavelets gay Rippling, t e lling the promise fo r th Of s umm e r ' s h-appy play.

Ah! ca n e v e r human h eart r es i st A ca ll s u c lea r as thine? Grea t sea, thou ha st S\ ,rre d my v e r y soul W' ith ecstasy di vi n e. -Enid Wad e son , Honour VI.

On va le a nd hill th ere li e·s a li ght divine, A gracious g l ea m , scarce failing to a ttain

Th e day 's refulgence, born of lunar s hin~ A nd skies un c louded summer's fair domain!

ln such an hour of natural splendour m i ght

Woman's mind find something of that long-lost dower, Th e simple joy a n d ho m ely, pure delight

By Nature giv'n to her who f ee ls h e r power!

M ight , lea rn to r.ead her wordless ta le a r igh t I n every tree, -and ever y whisperi n g Flow e r! Ida Fithie, Honour VI.

The Music of Night.

Wh e n th e last go l d.en rays of th e setting sun Have sunk o'er the edge of the wes t e rn sky, W h e n t h e birds have s ung th e ir las t goodn ight, And in mournfu l tone th e' c ri c k ets cry ,

Th e n the shadows of eve ntid e melt away, And the moon ris es up be hind th e h ill, Sweet Darkness draw s h e r m i sty c l cak Across the ea rth su s lee p y an d st ill.

The brook babbles 11rn r r il y down th e mount, The owls h oot so ftly f rom murmurin g t r ees, Th e haunting, wei r d cri~s of the curlew and mopok e Are w a f.ted along on the scent ed ni g ht br eeze.

S o nne t.

Tbe st ron g, d eep-so uding voice of wiud an<.( rain

Is hu s h ed to-n ight; and in the silent pine

No p laintive, wh ispe r i n g , s piri t-tongu es c omplain Of desecration wrought within the ir s hrin e !

The thund e r rumbl es in warning ton es, Th e l i g htnin g zigzags across th-~ s k y, The· world is bathed afresh by Nature , And pmi se is s ung to that Pow e r on Hi g h.

-Terry Robinson, L ower V .

Sylvia Creek.

Beyond th e b a rr e n waste that lies about th e ran ge 's bas e, In g leamin g cl.ell s a glory dw e lls , sub li m e wit h li ght and grace!

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Bey ond th e footh ill s bare and bleak, wh e r P. sad d is a s t e r s trays , \. s tre am whose s on g is s w eet a nd s tron g, , l e aps down it s roc k y w a y s No men hav e c rm; sed th e di s mal plains. its my s tic charm s to s ee k , Sav e thos e who heard the whispe r e d word, of softe st Sylvia Cree k.

B y rifts and ridges flushed with fl a m e , when mild October beams, 'N e ath s um)lrnr sk i es it fl e ets and fli es, this darling of my dream s ! And far across the chasm'd cliffs , b y rock and hollow c av e, \Vhen noon is near th e woodland s h e ar the music of the wav e ! 'Till, fa int e r th a n a si g hing voic e that mourns for faded days , B y e ndless mi1.es of f9r e st aisl es a s oft winged echo strays!

L Fithi e , Honour VI.

The Swynk_ere's Tayle.

Ge ntle reader, h e r e follow e th a tr e w e r.e porte of ye Honour VL Phy siolo g ie class e and of thir e mo s t worthi in s tr u ctress, Dr. Haney :

A Doct e.ur once taught p h ys iologi e , In a! this worlde he was non l y);: sh e , To spek e of phis ik s and anatomye ; For s h e was gro und e d in zoologi e. Sh e gav e h e r four e pupil s a ful g re e t d ee ! fn note s, thro hir knowl e d ge n a tu r e el. Nowh e r so b esy a c la s se as y t ther n as, And ye t it se me d e b es:e r t h a n yt was.

Me thy nk e th it accordaunt to r es oun , To t e ll e you all e the condicioun Of th e s e fa i r e g irl es, as it semed e m e, And which th e y w e r en, and of wha t d egr ~; And ~ ' eek in wh a t array t hat th ey w e r e inne:

And at th e e ld est wol I fir s t byg ynne

Una th e r was and sh e a pr e fect esse, With lo c kes c urll e a s th ey w e r e ley d in pr.e ss e.

Anrl Fr e n s sh she s pake ful fa ir e a nrl f e t i sh l y, Sh e coud e smile anrt that ful va mpi s hl y : After th e s tyl e of ~\1 e lbo u;·ue-o u th e-b aie ;

For Fr e ns s h of P a r is co uld s h e n ev e r s a y For hours at hir wo r k s h e lov e d to to yl e: And oft e n h a dd e burnt th e midnicht o y le A lr e w e ,;, s wynk e r c and a g o od e wa s 8 h e , L y vyng.e in pe e s a nd p a rfit c h a rit ee.

Doreyn e was capita i n e o f M L C. , Sh e s e m e cl also scole dux, lyk t o b ee For of hir work to reken e we! b ir frog ges, An d brib e b oyes to pull th e m from t h e bogg es , To know h e r br ay n e and org an o f Cortie, Hir r e t y na and qtiadrige min ie, Hir liga p e ctinatum iridas , Th e scol e n e hadd e noon sc e n e ly k the la ss e. And h e ad of S.C U. hadd e s h e b e en m a yd e , And c e rtainly sh e wa s a goorl e c omray cl e

N e xt Evalyn e wa s , a stout girP for th e nones, Ful by g s h e was of brawn e and l e k ol' bon e s ; She wa s s hort- s bolclere d , bro a rl e an rl th e r e to !atte, And broke fu l many a stool on whi c ]1 s h e s atte. '

In h e r scole forme s he w as not n e ar th e b es t e ,

In argum e nts hir voi ce rose o' e r th e r es t e; Fu ! w e! s h e lyk e th of thi s voice th e s ounde, Much e to th e m yseri e or al around e . But s he kn ew mu c h la n gage a nd cla lliaunc e, And w e ! she c owde th e h orn e pip e d a unce.

Enycl e w as las t , a s lendre c ol e rit e rnayde: In fo rm e s h e n ear th e t op pl-a ce e v e r s t a yd e Fu! lon ge w e r e hir legge s and ful le o e ; Y lyk a s taf the r e was no c alf y-sen e ; Bu t n eve r t h e l es s s he wonn e m a n y a ra c ~ S h e h a dd e a fyr-r e ed c hernb y nn.e' s face. O f fac t s hir ce r ebrum h a dd e ful g r e t e s tore. s1,.e was th e youn gest or th a t merri e four e .

A nd now this w e ari e tal e co mes to a n e nd e; Adi e ux th e ph ys iolog is t s now s e nd e E . Smith _

,;, Swynke r e, labour e r or work e r; eek, also; for the non e s, on this o cca s ion.

SILVER AND G REEN .

Romance.

1l t:Omes on th e w iu gs or th e 11u ( ulleretl winds, As they s w eep o'er the rollin g sea, Or with .g limpses of sh ip s from far-oft' lands 'The ca ll of Romanc e to me.

It comes in the br.eath of the scent l aden night, In the hush before the dawn, In the silver li g h t of the dreaming moon, And the flush of the sky at morn.

With the voice of Spring wak ing all N·ature from sleep, And the g.entle rain as it falls, And the gladness and joy in the h eart of: youth, 1t becko n s and wh is p e r s and calls.

'Th e perfum es that breathe of the m ystic East, 'The tal es of the h e roes of olrl, Still fire th e b l ood of yo uth and age With a fl ame t hat n eve r g rows co l d.

And my h eart is stirred, -and I lon g to h e free

As t he rippl i n g wavelets that dance, 'To ri se up and follow throughout the world , Th e cal1 of old Romance.-A. K.

When w e try to do t h e paypers, Wh e n we strive from the exam ' ners. 'l'o co n cea l our lack of nollicl ge, In the subjects that th ey t eechu s. N eed I dwell upo n our angwish? Need I trouble you with stories or our awful time of branefag? Sufficient b e to say this, Th at 'tis c ru e lty to Schoolgirls, Harmless, bra n e less, little _ Schoolgirls, T o expect them to pass exams., When li ke me they have no Branes: Nothing's in their nuts but Vacuu_m, No thing's th ere but Emptyspace, F i lled with little bits of Nothing. Th u s in year 1-9-2-3, Amid sounds of g roan s and sorrow , Came the t i me of Threeyoursangwish, Came t h e time of " Riteonwunside Of your paper only P l eezeg urls ! " Came the time of Joyforbi gswats, Of the journeys to the Big barths, To the home of Orlthebigdrarfts, To t h e home of Kerasenmell s, 'To the R egion s of Freezation, To the Kingdom or the Blessed ! D. Foard.

SENIOR PRIZE PROSE.

Wh e n Ships are Lost .

I.

The Song of ExE"1)lu v a .

Should you ask m e whenc e this story, Should you as k m e whence thi s !?0rrow, I'd refe r you to th e Bigbarths, To the pla ce wh ere all gir ls smile not , To the p l ace where all is si l e n ce, Save for scratchin gs as of Stee lp e n s

To the plac e of Threeyoursangwish , To th e Kingdom of the Bl ess ed: To the l and or Ugodafthere, Where we sit with trembling fingers, Wayting for our Kw es chunpaypers, For our Kw es chunpayp.e r s waitin g. Soon, too s oon, th ey're the r e be fore u s ; When th e fata l pap e r s are cleltout, Aml we !ind out what we' r e to do, On the sheets of n ycew hitepaype r. " What they mean , alas! we know not ? All too tru e we fi nd this saying,

, Grey h ead and go l d bent over the littl e s hip. In the eyes of the one was the joy of c r eatio n. Into th.e buildin g of it th e ca ptain h ad put perfect workmanship~ ont of his lov e for the child. '

She stood at his elbow, h e r face alight with eage rn ess. She took th e litt l e s hip and h e ld it a l most r eve r.entl y. Th e so und of th e sea b eat against her ea r s and the s h a rp sal t s mell of it s w e pt over her Like a littl e w ild thing s h e sped over th.e c liffs to the s hor e, with h e r treasure--as h er father knew she wou l d . Da maris was not like other c h il dr en; s h e was s ister to the madcap l ittle waves , She l ay ori the sands wi th one brown arm around t h e shi p , a nd s h e drew it c los er to ner witb. a mov ement you wou l d hav e thou g ht half-j ealous. It was wholl y maternal.

She l ay there till th e sea b ecame grey a nd t h e s~n ·slipped out of an ·angry sky.

SILVER AND GREEN.

And the water, c rawlin g up to h e r kisser] the bar e littl e f eet soft l y, caressi n gly.

At .that Dam a ri s sat np and yon wo11der ecl why · s h-e h ac]· b ee n crying. Bu t you <J ould n eve r und e rsta nd.

She s-aw the littl e ship through a mi st of tears; and sudden l y, as if she 'w.e r e ashamed of h e r selfishness, push e d it into the waves. It rocle th e m ga ll antly, th ,, brave little r.hip . But at l ast Da mari s sa w it beaten down into the s.ea Her giftH e r fath -c! r und e rstood; the spe ll or the waters, too, wrapped ·him around.

The evening gave warning of th e night to follow a night to make brave men ,,. fear. But Dam wns knew a de e p passion ate· lo ve for it. The littl e hou se on the c li ffs trembl e d in the teeth of the storm, · but the roc ks be low 1;tood firm and mocked the frenz y of th e billows. The night call ed to Damaris; its m a dn ess was h e r very own.

V\111en ye ll ow li ghtn in g swept a.cross the sky it showed a joyous figur e on the c liffs-a · little figu r e ju fai r y -..yhit.<i that swayed a nd dance d with th e wind.

Her father missed her soon ·and ca m e out to h e r. The man knew the cruel ty of the seas h e !ov.e cl. "Th ere wili b e liv es lost to-ni g ht," h e whispered to the child.

She laug hed. The sea had eve r b ee n h e r play-fellow.

They w.~re dr ea mers-bot h. But the man s uddenly became a father · when be \::tic! his han.d on Damari s ' shoulder. " You'r e wet, baby," he said, startled, and carri ed her into th e hou se and put h er b-ack into b e d like any other littl e girl.

She cuddled down into the blankets and sleepily w a tched him don his oi lski n s. There wa s work for n\en on th e beach · · that ni ght. Then h e tucked her in t e nd,erly , and she l a ugh'e d b eca u se hi s rougll b ea rd t i ckled her c h eek wh e n h e kiss ed he r

It was the last time they were togeth e r. Life-savers lo s.e their own liyes Rome times.

their heads s ignificantly. But J would not believe it. I had seen h e r brave eyes? Y CS that had grow n qu iet with lookin g fa r out to sea~ ancl al r ea d y I loved her.

l sat by her on th e c liffs on e cla y Her eyes were brooding, tender. I knew they so u g ht nJor e than the sh im mering blu e below a nd the w hi te-winged s hips b-eyond. And I asked shy l y what she was watching fo r.

She laid a wrinkled , work-wor.n h anrl upon min e. She was old then, was Damaris Harland. H e r na ture was deep as the· ocean its e l f a nd tossed by fiercer storms th-an you can ever know. And the~ w h e n the last s torm had raged itself out s h e kn e w ·a greater · ca lm than you can eve r know.

She to ld me that s h e was waiting for a ship that n evey came-a ship b eari n g h e r husband ancl her so n s. Years ago it had been lo st y.e-ars ago, but she knew the sea wo uld bring h e r some comfo r t.

Pity n estled in my h ea rt fo r h e r. ·W e kept watch together in silence

Th e water was not a lways sh i mmering blue. One night it turn ed to black and roared a nd to ssed in its scalding fury. J sat 'by my window and prayed now wildly. now quietly, for the poor souls on the sea.

A su dd e n f lash of lightning that split the ve r y -·h eavens fi!Le d m e with terror : but a sight I saw in the H1ri cl light gave me strength.

Damaris Harland was clown on the s hor r: wait ing waitin g . Th e re she stood in t h e sto rm , so ca lm , so su r e that th e sea woulrl not ie-av.e her a lwa ys deso late .

I went clown to h e r My f e ars were not for my~-elf Somewhere o n the wild wide s::m was m y husband-and m y baby. Th en J put my arm about Damaris Harland in my pity for h e r my pity that was so blind a nd so n ee dles~ "Come," I said tenderly. " It is no ni ght to b e out in."

She stood there, unh ee din g. And her face was lit with a stran ge, soft b ea uty. Sh e drew h e r s h aw l from her br e ast, a nrl t h.e re in the g r ey half-li?;ht of coming da y I s aw a tiny baby, a ll wet from the sea.

II

I wa lk ed past h er often and sometimes s h e smiled. Down in the v illage when I asked about her they n odded a nd tapped

It was m y own li ttl e dau ghter. 0 my God, mu st I ev er k eep si l e n ce before Damaris Harland !-Betty Hall.

The Deserted Gully.

The patli grew narrower and narrower a:; w!f wenl Co rward , and occasio nall y we· ca u ght the far-off s ou:id of runn i ng water At last, so n a rrow it b eca m e that we cou ld sca r ce ly force· our w y through the tall bracken on e it h er s ide. Seve r a l t im es we rushed past bu s he s wh ich had blocked up the track. Great trees had fallen ac r oss the path and still lay there, bl eache d b y tbe weather. We wer.e puzzled b y the negl ected sta te of everytl]ing aro un d us , but n ot t ill we caught a glimpse between the b1:ack e n of a f e rn-gully far beneath us did we r.s-a li se we h ad lost o ur way.

Nevertheless, hopin g we m i gh t once more s trike t h e ri ght t1'ack, we decided to continue. The p ath began to descend Steeper and steeper it b.eca m e, a nd so s lip p ery that but for our sticks w-e would h ave fa ll e n headlong into the dept h s below. At last a s ud den t urning brdught u s into fu ll v;iew of the gu ll y itself.

o n ce more The sun came out agai n and shon e bLeakly on t h e s ummit of the hill b e fore u s ; but not a ray found its way l h r o u g h th e dense, da r k foliage of the tr ees to brighten the gloolll. An air of hopel ess n ess seemed to han g over the w ho le place. It b ecame unb earabl e. We turned to cU mb once more the steep, s lip pery path, wonde r ing what cu rse lay upon that gully, that human b e ings no longer · went th e re, that i t s very existence was fo r got t e n , that ev.en Natu r e h e rs e lf shu nn e d its precincts and the sun hid its head as we e ntered th ere; w h a t great e vil h ad happe n ed within that g loomy s h adow; what myster y co uld the sad waters of th.e s t ream hav e to ld us h ad we b een ab le to unders t a nd ? -E. M. W .

The Deserted Township.

Let u s leave the smo k y city, with th e r u s h a nd sti r of i ts industry, and walk q u ietly o ut to the littLe township on its Absolute desol at ion ! Bark hung from outskirts. We re ach the sumrnit ·of a low t h e gum-trees in g r eat long s tr eaks, sodden and wet; fern-trees h ad fall e n into t h e s tream and still lay t h e re, th e water slug gis hl y swirli ng round t h eir roots ; watU.et r ees stood th e r e, gaunt a n d barren, no golden blossoms betokening th e coming of sp ring to t h is lone l y pl.ace; our s ho es sank into inch es of rott in g leaves, ooz ing a nd s li my, as we s lowly c limbe d d ow n to the e dg e of t h e str ea m A tenib le st illn ess reigP.ed ever ywhere. Not a b-ird sang :n t h e tops of those g reat g um trees, and a ll so nnds of the outer world were sh ut out by ,.. th e steep hill s on e i ther s id e The flow of t h e water was dn ll , monotonn11s, and a tone of sadness seemed to mi n g l e in its n ote. A huge black rloud obsc ur ed the s un, a gust or wind moaned thro u gh the tree tops, ru s tlin g th e l eaves.

Suddenl y a twig crac k e d b e hind us. Involtintarily we both s tart e d. But nothin g was th e r e, no living thi n g haunted t hi s d,eserted g ull y. It was p r obab-l y on ly .the s n appin g of some s mall branch i n t h e depths of that great bu s h , to which the w i t h eqid l eaves st ill c lun g, r e m e mb e rin g former days of sp r ing and h appiness. T h e w,ind dropped Sile nc e, s i!,ence. When we spoke o ur voices sounded strange, and a distant echo mocked us. Th en s ile n ce

hill a nd look down upon a pathetic scene a deserted mining township. An air of lo n e lin ess a nd deso lat ion which w r aps aroun d the whole place seems to fi ll u s also as we watch. It i s hard to rea li se that w ithin th e memory .o f many still li ving this deserted spot was a prosp ern us and flourish in g go ld mining centr e. Natnr e . ha s e nd eavoured to cov.er with living gree n th e scar s on the face or the fa ir ea rth; but the g r ey rnull ock heaps have r esisted h er advanc es, and s t a n d as silen t witnesses of former acti vity.

But it is not a ltogether deser ted. A blu e co lumn of smoke curl s upwards from on e of the few r e maining shin g\.e-rooferl houses. Th e old pub. , n ow more than h alf d,i!apidated, is still standing, and it is h ere that the old foss ic k e r s who haunt the d ese rted diggings gather for t h e ir evenin g goss ip. Two tumbl e-down s h ops still mini ste r to t h e n eeds o.f t h e remaining fam ili es, but the trade now co m es over the hill froni th.e l! ity . The road i t self. is deserted but to r a flock of geese., who s low l y take their way to the n ea r est water-ho l e. Goats wand e r about amo n gst what were on ce gard e n s, and i n t heir wanderin gs · they pause to ea t the low er fo liage of fruit trees.

I LVPR AND GRF.EN.

A brick c hurch was b u il t i n the day s of prospe rity, a n d i t stands near us on the hi l l. The faithfu l souls who still gath.er lrere for wors h"ip Sunday by Sunday a r e as pa th et i c as the township itse l f. But :,vhat tales th ey can tell of the days now gone!

Fu r t h e r .on by the b e nd in th e white quartz road is the litt Le w i nd -s wept cem ete r y. A pi c k et fe n ce e ncloses a few grey tombstones, the high grasses covering th e n a m e l ess g r aves of long;-lo s t s ons, and on e mor:e pathetic touch-a u ewl y -turn ecj mound, and o n it a bunch of flower s but fr es h l y withere d.

Can w e picture as w e stan d he r e th e fi r st eager rus h of th e g o l d -seek e rs fir s t th e c l earing, and t h e n the tents and rou g h s hantie s of th e d i ggers? The r e , wh e r e a n old, brok en wh im still s tands, th e d ee p est s haft was s unk and ri c h es t vei n was t apped in those .early d a y s Can we see th e m e n at t h eir diggi n gs? On e man toil s d ay afte r clay at h is fruitJ.ess c l aim H i s li ttl e s t oc k of money is soon ex h a u ste d , a n d h e m u st c hoo se now either to l eave th e p l ace o r to work for so m e mor.e fortu n ate m ate. He has no t ies to bind him to the s p ot, <1 nd h e goes. Many co m e a nd go in like mann er. B u t h e re is hi s n e i g hb ou r , who has struck ·it l uck y a nd s oon bu i ld s for him sel f th e first p e rm a n e nt hou se Mor e hou ses rise; m e n come and go; and th ey brin g their families w ith them. Then comes that g r eates t find of t h e won d erfull y rich deposit. Men co m e aga i n in a n eager, r us b, a nd no ~ : ,th ey brin g m ac hin e r y. 'T'he t i d e of life fl o w s f ull in o ve r th e hill's t o th e town s hip , a nd tho se sa m e hill s k ept in th e tide fo r yea r s Th e n g r ad u a lly, but s u r e l y, i t e bb s back o ve r , th e hill s to th-e sm oky city. Th e popp e t h ea d s of t h e bi g min e co m e down , and th e batt e r y is h ear d n o mor-e. Houses disapp ea r So m e rail in ruins, so m e are burnt, but m o r e are t a k e n bodi l y t o 1 , u sed for h o m es in the c ity ove r the hill. A ll that m a rk s th e pl ace w h ere t h ey s too d are h ea p s of bricks a nd of c rumb li n g c himn eys amongst the s hrnb s a nd t r ees of fo rme r ga rd e ns

As we l ook o n thi s sce n e of d ecay, a nd think of it o n ce throbbin g with human lif e, a wav e or lon e lin-ess s ur ges throu g h u s. The wind s i g h s " ·throu g h t h e gaunt

tr ees, and it chill s us as w e t urn away. Even as we go, a n o l d man rises from tb.e roadside, and with b ent h ead tru dges hom ewa r d . H e is one of the f ew who st ill wander a bo ut t h e lon ely di gg ihgs, a n d will so wand e r until th ey are ca rried to the ir last r es tin g- pl ace in the li t tl e winds w e pt ce m e t e ry at the b e nd of the white qu·artz road.-Doree n A lle n

The Most Beautiful Spot I J(now.

I h ave a l ways ca lled it "My Bowe r,' ' pa r t l y becau se it is the most fitti n g word foi· th i s d e li g htful spot a nd part l y b ecaus e of th e c r eepe r s which twin e around th e t r ees, a nd the luxuriant unde r growth wh~ch s pr i n gs th ere i n g r eat a bundan ce [ shall tell you how [ ca m e ·upon " m y bow e r."

I was w-a lld n g a lon g a bu s h track. To th e r ight I noticed a s t eep in c lin e s lo p i n g toward m e. Th e day was ve r y hot, and as I was f ee lin g e n e r get i c, I comme n c e d to c l i mb th.e e mb a nkm e nt. It was cove r ed with t i tree a n d s hrub s of various ldnd s. S tra ggling g ums clotted the s icle of th e hill. Th e undergrowth b e in g thick a t first, I ma d e my way cautious l y, but fi ndin g that I did not t r ead o n a s nak e at eve r y s tep, I quicke n e d m y pace S udd.en l y it seem e d as t h o u g h th e world h a d s l ipp ed from b en eath m y fee t, a nd I was falling throug h space. W h e n I r ecovered •I fo und t h a t I had stumbl e d i nt o a r abb it hole. My a nkLe was s li g htl y hur t, so I thought that I s houl d r e st a whil e. On loo k in g round, I no.ticed , so me fami li a r s hrubs which I had seen g rowing in ou r t ow n gardens. Thinking th at t h ese s hrub s mu s t h ave been p lanted b y someo n e, I labori o u sly m ade my way toward s th e m , a n d, forcing a p assage, I cam e upo n m y bo we r.

Th e fir s t thi n g I noticed was a curious l ys haped tree-trunk, s hap ed like a n armc h a ir. Cling in g t o it were creepe r s of m a n y k ind s, o f w hi c h o n e was the y u le-tim e m is tJ.etoe. S inkin g cl o w n upon m y .armc h a ir (I h ad a l ready assumed pr o_P ri e t o rs hip) , a nd b e i n g more tired than c urio u s as to m y s urro undin gs, I c lose d my eyes as if to s l eep. Gradua ll y my bower seemed to come to l ife, and, one after anoth er, vo ices fil e d the a i r. F irst, th e bu sy woodp ec ker w ith bi s "chip ch op," t h e n the other birds

join e d in the chorus w i th lh e b u zzi ng insecls whi c h I ha d fri g ht e n ed away. This was indeed a nov e l e xperience, and I fe l t that I loved Nat ur e from that m omen t My • bo"1 e r had a lready become someth i n g important in my li fe, so m e thin g w hi ch I co uld n ot eas ily thru st out. I do n ot know h o w lon g I r e m a in ed there; but it was d eli g htfol m e r e l y to sit and li sten w h e n I da r e d I g radu a ll y ope n ed m y eyes , to find dozens of m erry littl e in s e c t s buzzing about qu !t e near m e. Th e bird s w hil e singing watch E: d me c l ose l y as i f th .ey que s tioned my pr esen ce in th e ir kin gdo m. It was l a t e when I l ef t , d e t e rmin e d soon to return. Aft.e r a few v is its to m y bow e r, I m ade fri e nd s with the b: r ds a nd used to brin g th e m food . Ofte n I took my b oo l{s a nd r ead till tir ed . The n I wou l d s tud y m y I'. ttle fri e nd s w hil s t th ey worlced. I b1:o u ght a large woo de n box wit h m e o n e d·ay a nd used it as a provi s,:on c up board. I h ad m ade a c us hion durin g m y visi ts t o m y bow e r, and thi s, too, I k e p t l ock e d th e r e. Man y i dl e days I s p e nt t h e r e, a nd I lovetl ev-e r y part o f my little r estin g- pl ace. Th e r e I fir s t rea li sed th e m a j es ty of Nature

Many month s h ave passed s in ce last I v isited m y bower, a nd I f ear that m y l i ttl e bird frien ds may have for gotte n m e. Th ey did l ove m e, b ut tim e wi ll prove w h e th e r t h e irs was covet love o r not , for s oo n I s h a ll r e turn to m y b ower a nd s h a ll unl oc k m y box a nd take m y cush io n and s ink dow n up o n m y arm c hair, a nd ca ll ·m y pe ts as I u sed t o d o. Will th ey a nsw e r m :: ,: H e r m y lo n g absence?

Oli ve Perry, V.b. Spec ial.

Essay on "A Shipwreclj ."

C lan g! tl1e be ll cms h e<l o u t throu g h t h e d ead sti ll o f the n igh t A ga in w i t h a j arr in g , r e nd i g n o '. se i t c le fr tl! e s il e n t air. What wa s it ? A fire-bell , t e llin g of d.eat h-a c hur c h be ll ca l lin g of p eace or, as it sou nd e d wit h its half-mourn f u l, h a lf ominous c lang, a death k11e ll or was it ri n g in g t o te ll of a s hip at sea, in peril? Agai n it sou n ded, a cl e e p-th i-oate d rumbl e , c r a s hin g t h rough t h e air, sp li tting l h P ea r with its a w(u l s udd e nn ess, c utt i n g t h ro u g h the g r ave- lik,e st illn e ss o t' m :rlni g ht. Th e n a si le nc e, dull , oppre s3 ive , hun g s ull e nl y o n t h e n i g ht

A dog howl e d , th e mo11rnfu l no :s e seeme d to c ut the v e r y so ul. Th e n th e noise of run nin g footsteps, the s hou ti n g. the murmur, t h e c lamou r o f a n ew l y-awak• e n e d c r ow d r os e up o n t h e n ight.

Out in th e b ay a lon e ship rodrnd, h e r li g hts of d is tre~s g leami n g faintl y throu -:,;11 the du ll ni g ht. Few w ere th e yards that bri.d ged t h e way betwee n life and death. few the awful br ea k e r s that cras h e d betw een , few the s ouls tha t l ay like a Eacr i• f ice b e for e some heath e n god, few but e noug h. Enoug h to br e ak th e h earts, to brin g th,'.l tear s, e no u g h to pav e the d a n k , bl ack path that lea ds b ey ond this li fe Th e wind, th at wing e d h o rr or, see m ed to laugh, to se nd th e wav es hi g h e r , -and taunt th e m w ith distress

Th en a g r eat, tre m e nd o u s wa V ') Ii ft c cl t h e s hip , lik e a n aut umn l ea f upon t'; c wind , hi gh into th e air, pau si n g there , h i gh ove r t h ose jagg ~d. dr eadfu l ro c k s fo;· one lon g, ghastly s econd; the n , y:th a su cld en rend in g c r ash it dro·pped to th e ro cks, lik e so m e pure sou l to pe rd ition.

Sudden, and h orrib le, a s il e nc e se e m 3d to fal l. Th e wav es, the n c r ash : n g v:o l e ntly, see rn e d t o fade fa r away; th e· w in tl s e e med to sile nce its n oisy wail , a n •I fai ntl y th e so und s· of ni g ht s~e m e cl t o cl 'sa pp car in to that se e thing veil of h o r ro r

B y " Scotc h ," XX.

Out of S ight-Out of Mind.

Ju st the r.e ve r se! But William was t il e limi t. Yes t e rd ay h e went t o t h e mov ie s a n d s aw a cow bo y p ictur e. Ru s hin i; hom e, hi s h e ad te e min g with id eas , h ~ pr e t e nd e d t o s h oo t h '. s innoce nt fath.e:·, who was calml y weed in g th e law n , a n d co mpl e tel y kn ocke d him over! Wh e n e ver a s tran ge r a s ked hi s fa mil y about "cl e a,· little VVilli a m ," t h ey jus t s hr ugged t h e ir s ho u ld e r s an d s pread o u t th e i r hand s in a gest ure of d es p a ir. In mi sch ie f William was bli ss f ull y happ y. Scratc h i n g hi s broth er's bik e, u s in g hi s sis t er·s h at a s n hoop, tyi n g hi s ba b y br otl :er u p as ;, "papoose " wh e n playi n g " In dian s ," was Wi ll iam' s d e li g h t. No wond e r hiR fami l y gave h i m up in despair.

SILVER AND GREEN.

A Daring De e d.

\Vi ll iam 's g rown-up bro th er wa s s h ot with C upi d's dart. The viclim w as a maid e n who lived "next doo r ." Hi s moth e r kind l y a llowed him a " g rown up" pi c ni c by th e r iv e r , a n d B e rt d r essed him se lt' up fo r the occas ion. "The m a id e n n ex t door •· was inv i t e d, and eve r yth ing w as ve r y e laborate Th e par ty started off happil y, B e rt abj.ectly wors hippin g with hi s eyes·.

W e mu st now follow the actio n s of William. Hi~ broth e r , Be 1 , t, l)ad a n ~w bi cyc le, and William was ju s t , ,aching to do mor e mi sc hiet H e had tried ridin g a bike at a c obb e r 's p lace, and thou g ht h e mi g ht b e able to rid e it. Ah, .e v e r yo n e wa s out of s ig ht. H e mi g ht da r e to, and h e did! Ginge rly bal a n c ing th e bik e aga i n s t a seat, he ca r efu ll y got o n · it. Ridin g a long the d r iv e, h e got on very w e ll , but it was when h e tried ridin g out i n th e road that t h e catastrophe happ e n e d . He could not stop ridin g ! On and on h e w e n t , hi s s mutty face gnirn and set, just g uidin g anywh e r e , till h e c ame to th e r oa d b y the river. Th e happy p icnic pa r ty w e r e o blivi o u s of Wi ll i a m 's pr esen ce,' till , h a nd • ing d ai ntil y a plat e of sandwich es to hi s lov e, Bert's h a nd droppe d h e b eca m e p e trifi e d. William ju s t rod e in to th e riv e r ov e r the b e lov e d' s to e Pull e d out a t last, h e mad e excuse, "We ll , B e rti e s hou ldn ' t get n e w bik es . I don ' t care." Di sc u ss in g it afterwards, th e fa mil y a g r eed n e v e r to r e fer to it again, t h e s ub j ec t w as too painful. R. H e a t h

An Old English Village .

During our vis i t to Eng land , w e s t aye d at Coolcham for t h ree mo n ths.

My brothe r and I atte nd e d a s mall pri va t e school in th e morn i n gs, Sa,tu r d ays i n c lud e d · In the a f te rnoon s we w e nt for l o n g walk s i n th e country Ia n.es, or drive s to p laces of in terest, o n e of whi c h wa s \1/ind sor Cast le. We s p e n t a very e njoy ab le afte rno o n th e r e. a nd w e r e parti c u l a rl y inter ested in th e Curfe w Tow e r.

"Chur c h Gate," Cook h a m. B e rks was o n ce th e r es id e n ce of th e Vicar of Bray, w i t h whos e nam e w e a r e a ll famili a r in th e so n g . The hou se is fiv e hundr e d years

old, and sta nd s n ea r t h e riv e r T h a m es, b eside th e old c hurc h , w he r e th e vi ll age r s have had uninte rrupte d c hur c h se rvice fo r o n e thoti&and yea r s.

On e S und ay mornin g, th e pr ese nt Vicar to ok u s up th e b elf r y tower when th e b e ll s were ringin g for th e se rv ice W e w e re s urpr;s e d to see h o w la r ge th ey we r e, and that e aeh h·a d an in sc r i ption carv e d o n it It w~s idlpossibl e e y e n t o h ea r anybody hout, th e n oise was so great Cookham i s o n a ve r y pre tt y part of the Tham es, wh ere th e r e a r e ma n y graceful s wa n s b e lon g in g to the Kin g. Near Bourn e End th e r e a r e b eautifu l hom es, with g: rd e o s s l o p : n g down to th e ri ve r

On e d ay w e we n t out puntin g. W e wobbl e d from side to s: d e, as a punt is ver y hard t o man age. Th e r e is a toll brid ge• ov f r th e rive r , o n on e s id e of which is B e rks hire, a nd on th e oth e r is Bucking ha1~1sh i r e N e ar l y ev e r y village in E n g la nd has i t;; H i g h s treet , a:n d th e on e b e longin g to t h is vi l l age is mos t pi c tures qu e, h av ing s i x s hop s a nd three inn s . A littl e way fro nt th e village is th e Odn ey pool , whi c h in s umm e r is us e d fo.r bathin g; i t is a l way~; fr es h and c lea n , fo r a backwate r of th•! Th a m es flows into it.

At on e e nd of th e village is a hu ge, s ton e , worn s moot h by age. It ha s b ee n th e goa l o f t he vi ll age s ports for hundr e d s or year s , and is kn own as the Ta rr y ston e.

Th e morning we l e [t Co okh a m was a co ld , dull g r ey o n e , typical of a n En g li s h wi nte r. Margare t Sal t e r , Lo wer IV. age 11. '

Persia and the Goldfish .

"No, Pers ia! You m ay look, but yo u mu s t not tou c h Tho se a r c pr etty littl e goldfish, and th e y'r e n ot fo r pu ssy-ca ts, " Peggy had h a d a .birthd ay, and th e go ldfis h w e r e a pr ese n t from h e r fat h e r Sh e wa s v e r y fond of a ll kind s of pets, a nd last birthday h e r fat h e r h ad g i ve n h e r a b ea utiful P e r s ian cat, wh ic h s h e h ad nam e d P e r s i a

Pe r s ia beca m e ve r y in te r es t e d in hi s ri va ls. He wo uld s it fo r hour s a t a tim e gaz in g a t the gold e n beauties. On e s unn y morning h e had been wat c hin g th e m fo r

SILVER AND GREEN.

som e tim e , a nd thou g h t t h ey n e ve r look e d so b e auti fu l: Th e s un s h o n e o n th e ir g lit t e rin g backs , m a kin g th e m l o ok bri g hte r th a n ever as t h ey dar ted a b o ut m e rril y.

If P e r s ia had b ee n wi se, h e would h ave gon e away a n d l eft t h e fi s h , but h e thou g ht he would lik e t o see t h e m out o f t h at bowl. So h e c li m b e d o n 'th e l o ,ver pa rt of the s tand w h e r e th ey we r e, a nd , h o ldin g o n w ith o n e p aw, h e put the o th e r one up and clutc h e d th e glass .g lob e.

"No w I 'v~ got t h em!" th o u g ht P e r s i a Bu t h e h a dn 't. H e go t so m e thin g h e hadn ' t b-argai n e d for ! Ju st as h e got hi s pa w in J;h e g la ss, down it ca m e lik e a s h ower b-ath on to p of him!

"Pe r s ia! P er s ia! You n a u gi1t y c at! Wha t h ave yo u b ee n d oing?" .excla im e d P eggy, on h ea rin g tll e c om mo tion, a nd s h e ca m e running into th-e r oo nl A mis e r a bl ,, lookin g obj ec t , w e t and c old , s lunk b e hind th e c urtain P eggy q ui c kly pick e d up h e r po o r goldfis h , a nd popp e d th e m· in a bowl of w a t e r. 'l'h e n hav in g gath e r e d up th e broke n g las s, a nd dri-e d th e fl oo r, s h e sough t h er d is o be di e nt cat Show i ng him the sta nd, •a nd the bowls, she g av e him a g ood whip p i1: g, a n d, t hough h e stru g gl e d a nd m e w e rl , h e kn ew h e d eserv e d it ali L a ure l J e nki n s , Form IV b.

JUNIOR PRIZE PROSE.

The Star Fairies.

" Oh, I'd like th e mo o n to play with, And th e s tar s t o r un a ,v a y with!" sigh e d B e lle, lo okin g up a t th e s tars in th e d a rk blu e s k y. It wa.s a s umm e r ni g ht, and Be ll e w as s it t in g in th,e s wing in th e gard e n.

"No , I can't g r an t you that wis h , but I t hink I c an s ho w yo u s om e thin g n early as g ood ," said a s mall voice a t h e r e lbow. wh ich m a d e Bell e jump with as toni s h•

m e nt. " Oh, d ear! you n ea rl y kno c k e d m e down! " c ri e d th.e tin y v oice " I'm s ur e, if yq u ' r e so c lum sy, I co uldn ' t t a k e yo u t o th e s tars in m y airs hip , fo r yo u m\g ht tumbl e out, a nd th a t wo ul d n eve r do."

Th e n B e ll e per cei ved a t in y fa ir y in a t in y airs hip floatin g ro un d th e rop e o f th e s wing She was dr essed i n a s hi m m er in g garmen t , whi c h s hon e lik e go ld , a nd h e r wings seem e d to b e m ade of s t a r s.

" I'm a s t a r fai ry," s h e ex pl a in ed , "an d m y n a m e is Twinkl e-w ink. N ow, j u mp in, B e lle, and I'll t a k e you t o ou r a nnua l ball "

Of course, B e ll e t h o u g ht it a b s urd t o think sh e could get in a tin y a irs hip lik e that. Nev e rth e l ess, s h e fo un d h e r f eet in, and-amaz i ng\_fac t! found th at s h e wa~ a bl e to s it in the s-eat !

" Now," said Twipkl e-wink, "sit quit E> s till , a nd we' ll s o on b e th e r e."

Til e y a rriv e d , and cam e t o th e · ba ll r o om . H e r e t h ey we r e r eceiv.e d w i t h mu c h c ere mon y, for Twinkl e-wi nk was th e Qu ee n' s H ead Me ss e n ger , a nd B e n e wa s th e fir s t mortal that e v e r v is ite d the Star fairie s.

Tlie Qu ee n was very g r ac io u s t o B e !J.e , and s ai d that s h e h a d a v e r y fa ir y- lik e nam e. The fa iri es th·e n da n ced i n th e ir pre tt y fro c k s. W4 e n the b a ll w as ove r , a butte.rfly fl e w in , c arry in g tw o blu e- b e ll s, d e ~v fill e d , for t h e Qu een a nd B e il e. Th e li t tl e g irl thou g ht it th e ni ces t d1ink s h e h a d e v e r taste d.

But now B e ll e v1a s r ead y t o go h o me in th e ·.· aiirship with Twinkl e-w ink Th e Que en bes ou g ht h e r to c om e again o n Mi°dsummer's Ev e , w h e n t h ey wer e h a vin g a m a gnifice nt b a ll, to whi c h the Kin 1a of th e Moon was c omin g. To thi s B e ll e r e pli d that sh e would c ome.

Whe n s h e r e a c h e d hom e. tir e d but h a pp y , s h e thou g ht it to b e th e pl easant est e ve nin g sh e h a d eve r sp.ent , and M id s um mer's Ev e would b e ju s t s u c h anoth e r.

Lorna McDona ld, F o rm IV b '

News of Old Girls.

Madge Gau lt , h·aving r e turn e d f rom l!,iji , is t eachin g at " Korowa," a nd M i ss Whee n , who h as been t eaching i n Epgl and fo 1· two a nd a h a lf yea r s, is now a t B urw ood Ladies ' Coll.ege, Sydn ey.

D r. M ar y L a n e i s in L a unc esto n, a nd D r Hilda Kin ca ird i s in c har ge of R enwick Inf-ants ' Hospital , Syd n ey.

Of last year 's g r ad u a t es, D1·. Ad e l a i de Ga ult a nd Dr B eat ri ce Sha r woocl are do i n g h os pita l wo r k , a nd Rita Co llin s i s teachin g at "Ruyto n ." Sy l v ia Ro t hst ad t took h e r B A , a n d Ruth Ros e nb e r g lie r MA. Degr ee at commen ce111 e n t of th i s yea r. Phy lli s As h wort h i s d o in g Scie n ce III. , Dorothy Flockart n ad J ean H ey ward Sci e n ce IT ., a nd Joyce Se mm e n s S c i e nce I., w hil e A m y E n g li sh a nd W inni e Gaw l ey are doing Ai·ts III. , m ysel f Arts IL , a nd Haidee Ca r ter a nd I sa be l Rei d Arts I. Mary Waite a nd Amanda Li e b e r t ar e do in g fif t h y.w r Med., Rita Rothstadt a n d Bl a n c h e Godbehea r ha ve p,assed t h ei r thin! year M e d exa m s , I th i nk, but M e d years a r e very co n fusing.

Ruby M ill e r , who h "~ ga ined t h e A~so ciate Lic e nti ate a nd t h e T eac h e rs ' Dip l o ma for Elocuti o n , i s to g iv e a n E l ocu tionary a nd Dramati1e R ec ital at "'fl1 e Playh o u se" on 11th December

M r s. Kumm (G. Cato) and her c h ildren a r e com in g t o A u st m l ia in Octob e r.

Mr s. Cerutty (I sab e l Sc hultze) h as b een li v in g in Hobart fo r th e l as t ·year , and h a s seen E l sie R i d ge, · who rnoto r erl f r om L a un cesto n

Mona. E ll iot passe d h .er final exa min ati o n. an d i s st ill at t h e Bend i go Gen e r a l Hospita l , but i s goi"n g · hom e for h e r holi days at th e e ncl of h e r cou rse. ·

V e ra Loft i s l ivi n g at Milcl u ra, a n d ,ha s m e t man y M L .C. g irl s there. She ofte n h e ars from Mr s Cliffo r d (May John s ton ).

M uri el Crom b a n d B e th Wi lli a m so n h ave comp l e t ed t h e ir n urs in g co urse at t h e A l fred Hos pita l. O ther M.L C. g irl s are tra in ing th ere, i n c l uding Si l v ia Hin chc liffe

Mr s. H eycock (Alice F oster) i s on f u rlough from Fiji , prior to her l eavi ng for the So lo m o n Is l ands.

E ls : e Harcourt h as b ee n v isitin g Wa n garatta, and m e t Oliv e Catford, now Ca n o11 \-Vray's w ife.

Betty L a ven;, wh0 is li vi n g in London, h as v i s i ted O xford a nd Camb rid ge, a nd s h e a nd h e r broth e r recentl y to ur ed Essex on bi cycl es.

Hilda Robinson ba s r eturn ed from En g l a nd

Kath l een F o r syt h is s p e n ding a h oliday in Brisbane.

Doro t h y B e llrn aine has le f t Melbo urn e, a nd i s now livin g in Sydne y Id a Sellick came down from Numnrkah recently a nd sp e nt a fo r tn i g h t _ wit h Edith M ill e r

J ess H auser is teaching at Gr eenwald, n ea r t h e So u th A u stralia n bord e r .

Winnie M cLeod, Dora Wade, a n d Mar y McCa llum a r e on the nur si n g sta ff of th e C hildr en's Ho spital. Mur ie l Rodela i s nursin g at th e Coas t Ho sp ita l , S yd n ey.

Dora McCa llu m has b een stayi n g with V i vien F l etc h,e r at Wagga. Dt1ring h er v i s it t h e r e Mrs. Craig (Et h e l wy n Fl etch er) a nd Mrs. D a ust ( Dorothy Fletcher) wer e hom e on h o liday E ls ie E y l es was also in Wagga.

An n ie D ufty, of Lorquon \-Vest, who is l eav in g in F e bruary fo r Eng land, h as been s tayin g with Mr s A. McCallum in Ma l vern Si s ter Gl e n ny (Eil een) passed ber f inal exa mination l ast May at t h,e Ball a. r at Ho spital. She a nd J ean Schol es have r ecent l y r e turn e d fro m a de li ghtful holiday in th e G r am pi a n s .

Lil ian Buck i s stay i n g with Noel a Pearce at Merbein i'or two months.

L il ia n D ainty and Gwen Meaby h ave b ee n s p e ndin g a de li g htful holi day o n Yo rk e's Peni n s ula, South Austra l ia.

T h e lma Fletc h e r i s Ii vi n g i n London w i th h e r moth e r.

L o rn a Sti rlin g went "ho m e" ea rl y in Marc h She still w ri tes most inL:ir esti n g a rti c l es fo r " Mu s i cal News."

K. R e nn ie a n d h er moth er h ave a flat in town for a few mont h s.

E l a in e Zelm an is now li v i ng a t Hepburn S prin gs.

Violet Ke rr ha s b een to Si n gapo r e for. -a. trip .

May Sha n ass-ey has charge of a hospital iu Qu ee nsland

Grac i e Williams has pas:;ud In t e rmediat e _ Pharmacy.

Daisy Taylor is private nursi n g for Dr. Coutts at Rushworth. She r e cently v isited Tasmania, where s h e met many old g irl s of t h e Co ll e ge.

Old Collegians' Club.

The past year h as b ee n a very successfu l on.e for the Old Co ll e gians' Club We h ave had many e njoyable re-uni o n s, i n cluding the Garden Party, a picnic to Black Rock, a Lite r ary Ev e ning at t h e Lyc e um Clu b, wh e n Dr Georgina Swee t gave an illu s trate d l ecture o n her trip through Afri ca; the Day at Sc h oo l, and the Annual Dinn er.

To u s th e School Day was an unqualifi ed success, for it not on l y brougl1t many o l d gir ls w h o were not Club m em bers a nd r e sult ed in the ir joining, but it brought u s a ll mor e into contact w i t h the o ld School and t h e present gi rls.

The Co un c il was delighted with the e n thusiasm shown b y th e g irls and the h-elp given by th e m to make the eve nt successful , a nd everyo n e is lookin g forward to another e njo yab l e clay next year.

·we hope that th is day at Schoo l will permanently br in g th e two parts of t h e Co ll ege-o ld g irl s and present g irls c loser together, a nd w ill str e ngth en the interest of all in its we l fare.

Th e objects of th e Club , as set out in the Rules, are: 1, To k eep a li ve old Co llege frie nd s hips; 2, to provide social gath e r ings amongst m em bers; 3, to m aintain intellectual habits of li f e ·among t h em; 4, to maintain sentim e n ts of l oya l ty to t110 Co ll ege It is, th er efore , a p pa r e nt that the Club ofte rs th e best att r a c tions , and we hop e that a ll g irl s ove r s ix teen who are lea ving School at t he e nd of th e ye ar will mak e it t h e i r f irs t car e to become m e mbe rs

Membership for girl s l eav ing in De ce m b e r is 2s. (this lasts till S e pte mber); full membe r ship is 5s., and cou n try m e mbersh ip 3s 6d All g irl s can b ecome mem b ers

by app l yi n g t o th-e S ecretary at the adtlr ess giv e n below.

Oliv e Dodd, Hon. S ec r e tary .

"B e ll a Vista," Cotham Road, Kew.

University Notes.

Dea r Sch oo l, lt is very chee r y to have yo u r request for " Queen's Notes," a l t ho ugh we ar.e in our last week b efore "stew vac.," fo rtun atel y not quite so pa ni c-s tri cken as in o ur first year.

\~'e rejoi ced to welcome thr ee mor e olcl Collegians to Qi.1 een's this year Joy ce Semme n s, H a id ee Carter, a nd Isabe l Rei d

Indeed, we ar.e just ified in welcoming newcom e r s w i t h s01• « pride, for we, now. hav e our two artistic an d comfortably fur ni s h ed rooms fo r Wyvernas.

The Wyverna C lub h as held its u s ua l three functions d UJ'.ing t h e y.ear. Early in f i rst term came th e wel come to Fresh ers, whe n D r. and Mr$. Sugden e n te rta in ed u s a n d Dr Sweet gav.e a most delig htful in rorma l l ectur e about h e r recent "Cape to Ca iro" trip Our seco nd-term " party" was in the n ew Club-rooms, a n d the A n nu a l Dinn e r , as u sua l , in t h e Lyceum Clu b on Septe mber 1. _

Dor othy Flockart again captained the Women 's Four, w hi ch met Trinity in the first round of the inter-collegiate te nni s, e a r ly in Septemb.er. Trinit y won b y fonr rubbers, but Qu een 's fought quite ga l lantly, a nd b ad the h o n our of lo s ing to the inter co ll.e giate c h ampio ns. Our t eam con sisted of Dorothy Flocl<;art, J ean H eywood , Isabe l Reid and I sabel Kefford.

Th e Sports C l ub kindl y gave pe rmi ss i o n , this year, for College blaz e rs for the wom e n , and for the first time th e Wyv e rnas w e r e asked to b e h ostesses at t h e Quee n' s Ball.

As most of you kn ow, I su ppo se, t h e Ormond a nd Qu e en's Women's Association s bega n a h ostel , this y.ear, t o serve th e ir r Ps pective Coll eges u ntil th e lo n g- d e layerl Women's College s ho u l d co m e into b e in g U n fortunate l y it was a littl e l ate b efo r <' the hostel sc h e me was l a un c h ed-at l e ast lat e e nou g h for most girl s to h ave made oth e r arrangements. The r efo re the ho stel has I>roved a financ i a l lo ss, and t hou gh

SILVER AND GREEN.

thi s had b een rath e r ant i cipate d for th e t,rst year, the genera l meeting called r e cent ly to d ecid e th e [utur e of the host e l how e d a 111ajority o[ l:autiou s ones, so th e ho s tel l:c;i s ecl lo exist in Dcc e mbet·.

The Queen's magazine, "The Wyvern, " whi c h had lapsed for some ·years , ha s been 1eviv e cl, with much splendour, this y ear. !ls materia l beauty is fitting only for its literary excelle n ce. In particular I am ind e bt e d to it quite 1arge l y for saving m e 111,e ntal e x e rtion in writ ing these not es , t h oug h I suppose few o( you wou l d know that if I had not the hon es ty to tell you.)

I clo h ope that more a nd mor e or you will c ome to e njoy thi s wond e rful 'Vars ity l ife, a ncl Que e n's lite as well , i[ possibl e.

Now that th e n e w wing i s comp l ete d. Qu een 's i s a most romantic Co ll ege , with a wonderful vi e w from the top of its proud Norman tow.e r, an d a r e a l liv e g h ost which makes its doleful pla in t on w i nd y cl ay s in some untraceabl e r egion of th e tow e r l ibrary. It i s no o rdin a r y whistle, but a most musical, ha l f-happy and h alfm el anchol y cry: a fitt in g g host for s u c h nob l e surroundings. T h e new c hape l will be a v e nerabl.e rel ic of the past in no time , for a lr e ad y it h as quite a metl i reval at mo s ph e r e But you must come and beho l cl these marv e ls for you rs e l ves.

With b e st wishe s for e xaminations arnl t h e summ e r vacat ion ! am, your s si n cer e ly, ISABEL · HODGSON.

Mr s. A. S, Wilkin so n ( Oliv G William s ) a s on.

l\Ir s J S myth e Yul e ( Fl oss 'f r egea rJ a daughter.

Mrs P. 8tah c l (llo s amou d Wih;o11) a son.

Mr s 'f. l~itch e tt (Dorothy. H e ath) a so n.

Mr s . D . B. Reynold s (M e r l e Scott) a claughter

M r s E. Cart e r (Doris Bow rin g) a s o11.

Engage_ments.

Th e fo ll owing e ngage m e nts hav.e 1Jee11 announced: ' Char lotte E c!warrls to Mr. D a vi<l son, ot Coo tam und ra.

Ne lli e Jacobs to Mr. Matti n so11, brother of Barbara Mari e Bryce to Dr. T. Millar, o f t h e Melbourne Hos pital s taff.

S u sie Kohler to Mr. G. Moni e

Lexi e Winters to Mr·. W Iloughh ea d, of Ruby, Gippsl and. Jean Gl ov e r to Mr. Eric vV hit e, of Cressy.

Eva L en n e to Mr. F. Benda. o( Arl e la i<l e. Kathl e en '\¥arc! to Mr. S. Cald e r, or Reel Hill.

Mab e l F l e min g to M r . G. A r·c h e r Rita L e n n e t o Mr 'l'hom s on, of Arcl mona.

Oliv e Sh e nfi e l<l t o Mr. N. Rard se r, of Auburn.

Births.

The Old Collegians' C lub off e r s co n g ra tulations to t h e following:

Mrs Bland (Ma r gar e t Campbe ll) a <l a u ghter.

M r s Kumm (Gertie Cato)'. a son.

Mrs. E. Straw (Ivy V{illi ams) a son.

Mrs. E. Bedggood (Vera C r aig:.e )-a daughter.

M r s J. Andrews (Ma r y McComas) a daughter.

Mrs. H artwell (Leila Barker)-a so n.

Mr s . Firth (Margare t Horl ge s) a da u g hter . ,

Mrs. Rob e rtson (Eva Gaylard) a son.

Mrs. Gray (Myrtl e Kellett) a daughter

Mrs. C. All-an (Connie Wa e rn) a daughter.

Eleanor Elli s to Mr. N. Gay , of Lang Lang.

Tri x i e L eg go t o Mr . Dou g la s Ston e . Ruby Mi ll e r to Mr. C Ll o yd Mo r g an, ot Canterbu r y

Ed ith Mi ll e r to Mr. Roy Harp e r. 1

Th e lm a Lee t o Mr. St:rnford Howart! , you n g.es t ,;on of R e v. H e nrY. J fo wa rd, of Ad el aide .

Marriages .

On 12th May, Haz e l Laugh l in wa s mar ried to Mr. W. R. Harkness, of E'.lst Malvern

The marriage of Haz e l H a ttmn to Mr. Harold A l bi s ton wa s c e l e brat e d i11 th e Quee n' s Co ll ege Ch a p e l in August. She is now li\•ing in Kew.

SIL VER AND G R EE N.

Ev-a H a ll was marr ie d to Mr. G. H Suth e r land.

Eva Trembath was marri ed to Mr. T h omas Ge o r ge, of A uburn

Mar ie In g r am, on h e r r e turn fru111 a t r ip ab road , was marr ied to M r King, broth e r of Roma a nd M-ary, a nd is n ow li v in g a t Cl aremont, Que e nsland . .

Gr ace J enk in was marri ed las t Febru a r y, a nd i s liv i• g in N.ew Zea l a nd.

Maude Wilcox was m arried to Dr. Spark, of Brisbane, l ast May.

Old Coll e gians a t the Uni v ersity.

Phylli s Ashworth an d Ann ie Wi s h a rt are doin g Third Y.ear Sci.ence Other Scie n ce s tudents in clude Doroth y Flockart a n d J ean H ey ward in Second Year, ancl Jo yce Sem m e n s in First Year.

Among th e Ar ts p eo pl e a r e Annie E n g li s h a n d W i n ni e Gawl e y, who are doing Third Year; Isab e l Thoma s, I sab e l Nei l so n , Co nni e Whiteh ea d, an d Isabel Hodgso n , who h ave r eac h e d S eco nd Year; and amon g the fr es hers a r e Nan .Je ffery , I s ab e l R e id , a nd Hard ee Carter

M e d s. a r e fa irl y nume rou s. Amanda Li e b e r t a nd Mar y Waite a r e i n th e ir Fifth Year, whil e Blanche God beh ear, Esth e r Ske l to n , a nd Blanche C hitti c k sat for Four th Yea r exam s. in Au g u s t; Rita R o th s ta dt i s in Third Year , a nd Phy lli s B in gemann in F irst Y ear

At th e Co n servatorium Eileen Mussen is doing h e r Fo u rth Y ear, L e n to n Whit fo rd h e r Third Year, a nd G Green wood h e r Firs t Year.

Celi e Ingram h as be gun L aw this year.

Karlie McDonal d a nd Sylvia Roth stad t h ave _ ' fini s h >ed Arts , a nd Karlie is now doi n g Edu cation, while M H adl e y is now teaching.

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