I December, 1925 • ...
he Magazine of the Methodist Ladies' College.
THE p h r a.s e, "Pu bli c School Spirit," co mes constantly b efore the public eye in n e ws p a pers a nd other publi cat ions whic'b. devote co lumns to the doin gs of tbe school-boy and -girl. Yet, w h e n this " Publi c Schoo l Spirit " is m e ntioned , it is a l most a l ways in conn ect ion with the s choolboy a nd hi s sc hool. Th e ave rage p e r so n who i s un c onnected with the schol asti c world st ill r egards th e sc hoo lg i r l from a nin eteenth ce ntury vi ewpo int , as a yo ung miso who g oes t o sc h oo l to le a rn to sew arnl ::,lay th e pia no and for no other r easo n Th e idea th at a school g irl may hav e ,i.s much School s pirit a nd ju::;t as st rict a 1:ense of honour as the school-
bo y, h as yet to s trik e tbe gen e r a l public.
F o r exampl e, pare nts a r e st ill e ncount ere d w h o e x c use in thei r d a u g ht e rs wh at t h ey wou l d punish in their s ons, becaus e s h e's "onl y a gi rl. " Only a g irl! Ye t if wo m an, in the fu t ur e , is to tak e h e r pl ace , in e ve r y department of p u blic li fe · as th e e qu a l a nd co-par t n e r of man , she must have, in h e r d e ve lop ing yeus. th e same id eals and mor al training as th e m a n or th·e futur e
As a co mmunity our School h as , in the majority o f its m e mb e r s , a fine School sp irit, but a school , li ke every oth e r community, i s a lw ays jud ged by its small minori ty o f offe nders rath e r than b y t h e l arge majority of law-abidi1·g c iti ze n s Thi s h as b ee n, as it always will be, th e way o f human nature.
Let u s , the r efore , n ot onl y as a Sch oc·, , but th rough eacb a nd eve r y ind i v idual m e mb er of o ur Sch ool, stri ve to put into comm on practice those id eals and as-
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pirations, so hard to d e fin e, whi c h ar e describ e d as "Public S c hool Spirit." L et u s e nd eav our to k ee p t h ese idea ls eve r b efo r e us, t h at we may develop to ·broadminded a nd e ffic i e nt wom a nh oo d ; so that if ever th e n eed s hould ar ise, we s h a ll b e r ea dy and willin g to se rv e our countr y a nd our Empir e.
School Notes.
Wh e n School r eo p e n e d o n F e bru a r y 10 , we found seve ral wel come add iti ons t o our teaching s taff Mi sses Gawl ey, Scott, Parry, Taylor . D avies and Holdin g. L a ter in the t e rm Mi ss Smyth e's s u ccesso r , Mrs. Humphries, b eca m e a r es id ent. w e w e re a ls o pl eased to s ee Miss Pitts a nd Miss Fielden back again after their year's absen ce. Owin g to her a pproaching m a rri age, Mis s T aylor had to leave u s at the
e nd of first term , but h e r place w as fill ed by Mi ss Forman , who had l eft u s a t th e end of l ast year. Ul h eal th f orced Mis s Parry to l eave, and her duti es w e r e tak e n ove r by Mr s. Bra meld , a nd, later, by Mi s s Lind say.
Th e Junior S chool , w hich has at last e ntere d into its own domain, Cato House , now h as a separate Assemb l y, with the resu lt th at th e senior Forms can s it in g r eate r com fort in Fitchett H a ll.
One morning in A sse mbl y we w ere delighted to h a v e an address b y Rev. Wilis oni Lagi , the well-kn o wn Fij ia n doc tor who h as go n e to Papu a as a mi ss ion a r y. On May 5, we h ad a m ost e njoyable vi s it from Miss Frances Nickawa, the Indian Cr ee Princess, who h e ld u s spellbound with her recitations, s on gs and stories.
We have a lso had interesting addresses from Mr. Gosbell, Secretary of the Britis h
Prefects, 1925. Ha c k Row ( l e ft. to rig h t); F. Sc holes. 0 Rowlan ds, P S mith, i\l.' Beckett ; V. lla.nuno nd. l\L Alle n. D. Sincock · F.s·on~ now: n . • Ro<.,, N , Ashwor t h, A. " ' hite (Senior House). l y. St,m\.rt (~~1,i Q_r Pre f ect), J\I, Clark, 1. J e nkins, E. HoJJanA ssocia t e Prefects , 1925 Unc k UO~v {l t: ft to right ) : G. ¥01• 4:, .K Oukl~y, E ~[ Hutc h in son., 1\l. , ,Viltiti.m,s, :nr Brien, · I. , i tl ti o, L. Cornell. ~ r o nt Row : N U avies, 1\l. H oldin g,, ,U l 1"oard , J Da,•i lWn, C. Sanders, S. Jon es , A. J"enni~o n
anti Fore ig n B ible Society, a nd from R ev. Ca no n , a mi ss ion a r y on f urlough.
On Sat urd ay, August 1, durin g t il e v is it of the United Sta t es Fleet, the' g r eater part of th e Sch oo l took po ssess ion of t ile "Seattl e," . Dr. F it c h e tt h avi ng obta ine d pe rmi ssion· f r om th e Admir a l for us t o v is i t this battle-crui se r Eve r yb od y e n j oyed themsel ves immensel y. E lsewh e r e in the ma gaz in e w ill b e found acco unts of th e v i sit of t h e sp orts ' t eam s from t h e Ade l aide M L.C ., a nd the very e njo y ab l e times we s pent with f h e m , and a lso of our int e r -Sc hoo l d e bate a nd debate aga in s t the Staff. W e hop e th e De ba t i n g Soc ie ty w ill h ave man y mo re of s uc h d e bat es in t h e f uture.
W ith r ega rd t o contrib uti on s to " Silv e r a n d Gr een ," we wou l d lik e to tha nk a ll tho se g irls who s ubm i t t ed pro se a nd verse , a nd a ls o t h o se who ha ve so kindly con tributed gen e r a l arti c l es. The Form
Notes , on th e whol e, show an improvem e n t on thos e of a few years ago, t h o i1g h in spite of t h e e loqu e nce of · l as t year a Editors, w e h ave aga i n been inund ated with Form riddl es, whic h h a v e, of co urs e, m e t w ith the ir u sua l fa t e.
Looking back ov e r th e year , with its var y i ng activities, we · notic e , beside the improvements in o ur sports, a gen e r al ad vance in a ll brl!, n ches of ; work , and feel ·justifie d, there for e, i n callin g this year one of t h e best · the Coll ege h as eve r known.
Acknowledgment of Contemporaries.
T h e Editor s wo uld like to ack n owl e dge th e r ece ipt of t h e fo llowing S c h oo l mag a z in es: "Th e Me lburnian," " Th e Pegas u s," "The Prin ce Alfr e d Chro nic le ," " Th e Exce ls ior," "The Li o u," "The C hro nicl e ," "Girl s ' Gram. Schoo l Not es,"" Th e Record."
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School Office -Bearers.
~enior Prefe ct: W. Stuart.
Prefects: M. Allen, N. A s hw orth , M. B eckett, M. Clarke, V. Hammond, E. Hoban, I. J .enkin s, D. Rowl a nds , R. Ro e , F. Scholes, L. Seehusen (Term I.), D. Sincoc k, P. Smith, A. White.
Associates : M. Brie n , L. Cornell, N. Davies, J. D av i s on, I. Fithie , D. Foard, M Holding, A. J e nnis on, S. Jon es, E. McHutchison, E. Oakl ey , G Pop e , C. Sanders, M Williams.
Fo rm Captains: R. Hoban (Hon VI.), G. Hughes (P ass VI.), F. Kru se (V.a) , W. Thomas (V.b.) , H. Ro ge r s (Terms I. a nd II.) , N. Boyd (Te rm III.) (V.c), W. Stuart (Dip.), F. Howard (V.b Sp. ), B McCutch e on (XX.) , G. Clark e (XX.a), J Cox (L V.), R. L e hre r (Coll V .) , B. Turn e r (V.c Sp.) , J. Soloman (Rem . A) , B. Carson (IV.a) , M. Warne (IV.b), H. Eggles ton (IV.c) , E. Salmanow (IV.d), L. Arthur (L. IV.), P. Ditchburn (Junior School).
Sports Committee: Mr. Le Couteu r (Cha irm a n) , Mi ss Davies , Miss Krome, Mi ss Parsons, M. B eckett (S ec.), M. Clarke (Tr eas.) , T. D aws on, I. Fithie, R. Hoban, G. N e tt l e, D. Sincoc k , W. Stua rt, M Taylor, M Williams.
Sports C ap t ains: M. B e ckett (Te nnis), I. Fithie (Basket-Ball ), M. Clarke (Baseb a ll).
Literary Editors: D. Foard a nd D. Rowland s.
Publi shin g Edito r: J. D a vison.
_ Form Edit ors: D. Row l ands (Hon. VI.), E. Fisher (Pass VI.), J. Manton (V a), A. Atkinson (V.b), E. Butcher (V.c), D. F oard (Dip. A), G. Lardner (Dip. BJ, B Bower (V.b Sp.) , H Wilke (XX.), L. McDona ld (XX.a), J Ce rrutty (L. V.), G McKinnon (Co ll. V ), E. Stone (V.c Sp.), M. Guard (Re m. A) , B. Jeffery (IV.a), A Flow e r (IV.b), R. Le Coute ur (IV.c), D. Champ i on (IV .d ).
Lib raria ns : D . Foard (School). M. Shannon (House).
Libr.ary Committee: Miss Ha y, Miss Krome , Mis s Luke, N. Campbell , E. C l arke, M. J Clarke, K. Cooke, E. Fi s her, K. Hull , N. L egge, E. McHutchison , E.
Miles, E. Millik~n , V. Murdoch , D Rowl ands , I<'. Schol es, E. Stocks.
Students' Christ ia n Union Committee: M. Beckett (President), W. Stuart (Vic,;iPres ident) , P. Smith (Treasurer ) , D. Row l ands (Corres. Sec.) , M. Clarke (Rec. S ec. ), I. Fithie, J. Masters ·
Debating S ociety Committee: Mis s Hay (Pre sident), C. Sanders (Secr etary). M. Beckett, D. Fo ard, D Rowlands , D. Sincock, W. Stuart.
University Examination Results.
S c hool Leaving Hon ours: H Barlow 2nd class French , 1st clas s Histor y. M. B e ckett-2nd cl ass Histo r y. N. Burke-3 r d cla ss French. E. Christensen-1st class Engli sh (Exhibition), 1s t c l ass French, 1s t cl ass History. D. Cl a rke , 1st class H i story, 2nd cl ass Engli s h, 2nd class Geography. B Hall-2n d c l ass English, 2nd class Histo r y. E . O'Dwyer-3rd cl ass En g lis h, 1st cl as ~ Hi story. M. Rothw e ll-3 rd class Hi s torY. I'. Rowlands 3rd c l a ss En g li s h. W . Sedunary-3rd cl ass English, 2nd . class History.: K. Simms 3rd c las s Fre nch B. · Uren 3rd class · Trigonom e try, ' 1st cfass History. E Wadeson 2nd c l ass Engli s h , 1st cl ass French, 2nd class Physiology
Tota l : 8 1 st class, 9 2 nd · c l ass, 7 3rd class Honours.
Senior Government S,cholarships : E. Christenson, E. O ' Dwye r Exhibitions: E. Christensen (Queen' s, Non-Re sid e nt) , B. Hall (Queen's , NouResident), E. Wadeson (Queen's, NonResident).
School L e aving Pa ss: M. Allen, N. Ash worth , D. B asset, M. B rie n, L. Broadbent, E. Clarke, M. Clarke, M. J Clarke, K. Cooke, L. Cornell, D. D avies. N. Finney, D. Foard, G. Frederick, B. Hall , W. Hamer, R. Hoba n , I. J e nkins , H. Lee, D Ma ttingl ey, E. McHutch iso n , N. M c L e nnan , J Morris, F. Piesse, D Pollard , R. Qua y le, M. Renshaw, D. Row l ands, F Scholes, W. Sedunary, K Simms, A. Sinclair, W. Stuart, D. Warne , D. Watson, A White.
Total : 36 Leaving Certificates
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Intermed iate Cert ifica t e: L Bailey, J Ba rn fathe r , L Belch e r , M Bull , N. Cooper, N. D av i es, H. E a ki ns, E Fi s h e r, K. Fo r s t e r, F. J e nkin s, B. L each , E. Oakley, A. Phillips, R. Ri tte r , E. Sp e ed, R. Stocks, H T em pl eto n , R. T r ew in , M. Wi llia m s ( V. a), E. Atkin so n, M Baird , .J Broo mb y, B. Finney, V. Hammond , J. Harmsworth , M. Holding, R. Hopkins, M. L ambert, I. McCl e ll and, J McCulloch, R. Owen, D Skinner, B Thomas, E Tullo c h (V.b), M. Aisbette, N. A!le n . M Gr een , G. Hughes, G. Mattin g ley, S. McKenzie, E. Mil es, C. Sand e r s, D. Sincock, E Stocks, R. Symons, F. T rudin ger (V.c), N. Ashworth, E. De Lacy, G. F re d e ri ck, A. Sin c lair, M . T ootell.
Total : 51 Int erme dia te Ce r t ific a t es.
New Girls Enrolle d, 1925.
T e rm I. M. W at kin , J. Ce rutt y , N. Waters tion , A. M ee, D Mard e lJ , J. Mard e ll , F. Mardell , G McKinnon, A. Bell , W. Wil li a ms , H Hummersto ne , M. Joll y, L 'Grqche , H. Warre n , M. Guyto n , N. AIJ a n , J. Clark e , N. F l yger , E. F lyger , T. Migan , L Tyn e r, D. Ch ampi on, E. Ch a mpion , R. Champ ion , W. Ch a mpion, B. Christop h e r , G Em e r son, M. Roger s, E. Rogers , J ~ar n e tt, A Bailey, E. Ca mpbe ll, D Burto n , J . Peters oil, W. Little , M. Peters, M. Ennis, E Preston, M. Thomp so n , S. Southe rn , .J. Dance , Z. Duband, B Sarah, J No la n, N. Ras hl eigh, O. Ghe nt , I. Dunn , I. Cohen, N. Davies, A. Davis, I. Y e lJ a n d , E. Thomas, I. Nixon, H. Kirs n e r , M E rrin gton , V Pe mb erton, F. Craig, E. Reynolds , M. Woo d , J. Gartly, R. Barker, J. Cu rrie, P. Austin , R. L eh r e r , I. Bradl y, V. Warn e, M Warn e, M Knight, N Ran so m , R. _:!.oho s, H . Wilkie, M. Holdin g, M. F o rd , S . Ep s tein, A. Epste in, D. Ca llagh a n , M. L a n e, B. L a n e , L. Caldow, E. Orchard, I. Adams , J . Hu g h es, L. S imm s, B. Evans, M. Vaughan, M . N i c h o l as, K . Mie r s, M . Miers, R. Frase r , M. Thomas, E. Hawke, M. D il lo n , B. Grin s t e in , E. McMath , M. Mo n sbourg h , M. Thiessen, N. Emery, H. McGr e;or, u. Ha rri so n , N. Ebbett, E. Ebbett; M. Ball, D. Sampso n , H. W il so n , A. W e lle r , M. Devine, 8
Griffith , E . C r e lli n , A. H owell s, M. Mo ss, D Ra; s on , M. Christensen , G. H oc king, M. Sanders, D C l~ i and, M. J ago, G Holloway, B ..,.Blay, J. Ba rn e tt, A. Kni g ht s, B. Maydo m , N Jones, E Green , L. Beckerl e y , L. De nni sto n , W D e nni ston, J. 1\1,ills, M. B e nn ett, B. Bowe r , B Gledhill , H Witte n , E. Manning, C. B ees ton, N. Dis h e r , K. Roy l e, L. Park, M. WiJl s on , V. Rodda, A . Rodd a , I. F e rguson , E. F e r g u son , M. Charl wood, L. Cha rl wood, M. Shaw, P. R eed, G. K e nt, A. Prowse, G. Hunt, I. Wykes-Hall , M. Wookey, N. Wookey, G. McDona l d , E. J a m es, J . Moor e, P . Pow e ll , N. Elde r , K Gr igg, M . Long, J M c L e nn an , M Powe ll , H Lan caster, B. W a tt, G. Scales, I. Crittenden, E. Cad l e, E. Cowa rd , D B ull , J F Fento n , D Piep e r , A. Gree n , J Fenton, M. Scilley, G Robe rts, G. Sugget t, M . Fitchett, B. Fit_!;he tt, B. T h waites, D . Th,~ a ites, M . W a t s on, J . G iJli es, E Carnav a n. C. Harr y, R. Higgin botham , W . Rooke, M. Larmour, L . Heato n , D. Lor y, M. Hardi e , D. L ew is, C . Andrews, H Chapp e l , C. T e mpleton, B N i chol as, A. Pearson , V. Nalde r, J McAllister, M .. Sinclair, M. Chamberlain , I. Med l yn, N L a nyon , · L D ever e u x, E Diffey, L. Diffey , C. M cAlli s t er, I Robi n son, M Mal seed, A C urr e r , K Harry , D W a l t e r s, F. L e Cou t e ur, H Watters, J. Scott, M. P i c kErtt, R. J e ffery , H Adams , G. Lee, F Ken n edy, G Henry, B. Purvis , N. Dunn, G. Ma c nau ghton, G Gadsten , N. Brown, M Wilson, E. Stone, H Whitl ey. J Dui gan , I William s, J. Money, C Money, J Taylor, Y Gib b s, I. Whitfield , N , Whitfie ld , D Tarr a nt, E. N egri, V Farme r , M. Gu a rd
T e rm 11.-M. Bernie, A. John, M. J e n kin s, K. Coll e n , M Wi ls on, J. K. McC racke n , G Salte r , R. Ha r e , F. Pete r se n , C. Gu a rd , B. Bloom , E. May, G. Thomas, J Richmond , L Worrall , I. Hare , M L ongley, E. Long l ey, N. King , M. Ca r ter, J Robin so n , J Vivian , M . Golds w o r t hy, V. H::y l e r , R. H ayl e r
T e rm J\ L R. Muir, C. C urt is, E. Po t Iock, C . M c L eo d , M. L a ird , J . Rob e rts, D. Nich o l s , G. John s ton:, M. John s ton, B. Fra nkli n, J. Gre e n , T Boardsman
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Junior Red Cross .
" I Serve ."
'Th e Junior Red Cross circle this year is led by Miss Lewis, a nd Miss L yle shows her interest iu. a practical way in her office of treasurer. The committee consists of one representative from each Form, from which M. Clarke was e lec t ed as secretary.
The Forms have worked well this year for free kind e rgartens, foundling homes, hospitals and miss ion centres. During the months betw ee n Apr il and November about 700 garments were made and sent a way, besides lar ge parcels of left-off clothing. One Form has co ll ec ted the n ec essa ry money needed to install a cot at the Berry Street Foundling· Home.
The Ifosp i tal appeal for eggs was generously respond e d to; forty-five dozen were co ll ected a nd sent away. The Prefects a s k e d £or magazines and books, and over 300 w e r e brought to us , which were packed and se-nt to the bush settlers.
We received a request from the Methodist F9reign Mission Depot asking u s to send a box to the Rev. Dav ies at New Britain. We did our best and packed th e box -ivith medicines , toys, mirrors, soap, s lates, · pencils and a nything e l se we thou g ht would be useful to the missioner.
Early in the year the committee decid e d that the children, orphane d b y the railway accident at Highett, s hould be helped. An appea l was made in the School, and the girls s h.ow e d th e ir sym pathy by subscribing libe rall y. Th e res ult was that we had £27 5s. 9d. to send to them.
Man y of the Forms gain an added interest in the children for which they work by visiting them at the Kindergarten centres.
I take this opportunity of asking the Form Captains of next year to show th e ir
interest in this work and to keep their Forms up to the mar.k b ecause it is l argely with them that the success or failure of the movement r ests.-M. C
Students' Christian Union.
The S C.U. meetings £or 1925 have been very successful. The fir st one of the year was a business meeting, where the officers were elected as follows:
Presid e nt, Minnie Beckett; vice-p resident, Winsome Stuart; treas ure r, Phyllis Smith:; corresponding secretary, Dilys Rowlands; r eco rding secretary, Mildre d Clarke. At a meeting of the officers, Id a Fithie and Joy Masters were nominated for the executive committee.
We have had many very inte r esting speakers, and those who could not attend certainly didn't know what they were missing. The first me e ting was addressed by the Rev. H. E. E. Hayes, Toe H, who told us about the moveme nt to whir.h he belongs. Other speakers w ho interested us very much and were kind enough to give up their dinner hour were Mr. Law, ton (the Principal of St. Andrew's Co ll ege). the Rev F W Boreham, Rev. H. A. Keck, Rev. Dr. McCallum, Rev. C. I. Ben · son, the Rev. B. W. Heath, the R ev. Ca 1 vert Barber, a nd Rev. W. Amos.
We began our Bible circles earl y in second term, and the e x ecutiv e wish m e to thank the Misse s Krome, McKa y, Hay a n<l Hall for the work whi ch they did in co n nection with them.
The memb ers for thi s yea r nu mb e r 140, and the average attendance is somewhere about 85. We realise that w e c annot ex pect too large an attendance at dinnertime meetings, as the ac tiviti es of the School are many and varied, and there ar e so many claims on one's time .-M. C.
Sports Note s , 1925.
Th e sporting activities of 1925 have been a l arge factor in the sc hool year, thanks to the h e lp of the Sports Committee , an industrious and original g roup!
The first matter of importa nce was the sel ection of the School Tennis E i ght. As a r esult of l ast year's Sports Mistresses Conference, it was decided to replace the old first a nd second fours by a school eight. Th e sc h eme has been a great s u ccess, for a l arge sc h oo l needs a good r e pres entation in sport in or de r to k ee p the competition keen. Although our tennis gi r l s we r e un s uc cessfu l in gainin g the shield. they at least made every match a battle royal to the fini s h , often the narrow margin of a game separatin g them f rom victory.
Following on t e niii s came baseball. This n eeded all our cons id e ration, as in previous years the game has not b een taken up with much enthusiasm. It was therefore dec id ed to start interForm contestG, dividing foe Forms into Senior, Inte rm edi ate, a nd Junior divi s ion s. These matches have proved most satisfactory, a nd in co n sequ ence our baseball team for 1925 had one easy victo r y a nd two close d e feats. The team which cons ists m a inly of younger girls s houl d be a great asset to our s port for 1926.
We hav e g r eat hop es of three cups tor baseball an d two for basket-ball being presente d at Speech Night as t he inter Form trovhies. The tenni s cups have already been g iven by Old Collegians (of course we s hould not complain if a few more were presented) .
Up to date basket-ball has been the most popular game and the one w e excelled in natura lly becaus e it is not a pr e mi ersh ip game . This year the Sports Co mmittee decided that our rules were s li g htl y a ntiqu ated. Hence we revi sed and after much practice learnt to s hoot th e b a ll t h~ oug: h t he rin g at our first att em pt But when matches began we found that other schoo ls were st ill a s antiquated as we had been. But even their rul es cannot ge t the best ot a good t ea m.
During the year th e question of co lours a rose, and was discu ss ed by the Committee. Some members thou ght th at co l ours shou ld be awarded to a girl wh o distinguished h e r se lf by outstanding pl ay. Mr. L e Couteur, howev fl r, pr eferred that a g irl sh ould win h e r co lours tor representing h e r School not necessa rily by distinguishing herself. Finally i t was decided to g iv e the co lours for r ep r ese ntatio n. Th e colours were to be presented to the gi r ls in Assemb ly. We a re glad that this ol d custom has been r evived, b ecause we fe e l the honour greater
At the e nd of second term our s ister School, Adelaide l\LL C., p a id us a visit and stayed in MelbciurnA during the holidays. These visits to and fro usecl to be a regqlar custom up to the war. Some hope that they will be r ev iv e d and st rengtli e n the bond of uni on b et ween us . Matches of tenni s a nd bas k et b a ll were arran ged, our girls being vi c toriou s in t e nnis, the laurel of victor y b eing s hared in basket-ball.
Our School Sports were h e l d ou October 19 at the Hawthorn Oval. Thanks to Miss Lyle · and the staff. we had a most enjoyable afternoon tea for Gd. Also a band play e d merril y , cheering our flying te e t along Special th an k s a r e due to Miss Davies for h e r tine organ i s ing and adm irable l eade r s hip in a ll branches o t sport.
Th e day was concluded by pr ese nta tion s of Juuior , Intermediate, a nd Senio r C h ampion s hip Cups by Mrs Fitchett, and so the histor y of onr b es t Sports Day is wrltten.-W. S
Swimming S:>orts.
Accompanied by the usual amount ot yelling and cheering and splashing , our swimming sports took place on Friday, F e bruary 27, in our own baths.
Now that the size of the Schoo l h as in creased so much, it seems n ecessa ry to hold the swimming sports elsewhere, just as the ath l etic sports are now no long e r held on our owv sp6rts grou nd . It can hardly be eithe r healthy or co mfo.rtable for 600 girls to be c rowded into the narrow space round the baths.
Nevertheless, the disci pline, especially the ent ranc e and dismissal, wa s excel l e ntly controlled.
The results were as follows:
Under 12.-1, H. Eggleston; 2, U. Legge.
Under 14.-1, V. Epstein; 2, C. Goldie.
Under 16.-1, V. Epstein; 2, P Pascoe.
Open Championship. 1, I. Allen; 2, V. Epstein .
Breast Stroke.-1, H. Eggleston; 2, M. Swann
Swimming on Back.-U nder l.5: 1, C. Goldie ; 2, M . Overend. "
Life Savin g.-1, M . C larke and C. Goldie.
D:iv ing.-Over 15: 1 , N. · Legge and l. Allen. Under 15: 1 , U. Legge and V. Epstein .'
Relay R:J.CE;S.-Lower Middle : Upper IY. Upper Midd le : XX.a. Senior: Diploma House "· Sc,hool : School. -M.A.
Basehall Notes.
T.his year we w ere not very optimist i about our baseb a ll team, but we discovered several gi rl s, new to th e School, who s howed promise.
The team for the fir s t round was chosen as fo llows : Catcher, M Cl arke (captain) ; pitcher, B. Sarah; first base, M Williams; second base, F Craig; third base, W. J oyce ; S.S., A. Weller; R.O F J Ibbott; C.O.F., I. Fithie ; L.O.F , M Willson
This year was the first time we hav e had practice matches against Public School teams, when we played P L.C twice. The first time we were beaten, but by the tim e we play ed the seco nd match our team work h ad improved, and w e won. This increased the interest in the teams of l:oth schools, and by the time we playeu the Association match (the third in the first round), excitement was intense. The victory went to M.L.C., the scores being 20 6. The first match was played against M. C:E . G.G.S . The scores wer e 6 5 against u s. Geel ong played with their usual skill and also defeated us.
The s e cond round has not yet been played. We are unfortunate in having lost two of the team girl s this term, third base and centre out-field, but we hope to adequately fill their places.-M. C.
Criticism of Team.
Although the base ball t eam during the fir st round of Premiers hip m atches have had only one win to their wedit, they ' h ave improvecl ;i. g r efl,t \lE)~ I.
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Bac k Row (Icit to right): F. Craig, J. Thbot, 111. Ovcre nd, M. Willson , A. \V e ll e r. Front Row : B. Sarah , ~[. \l' Ulia,us , 1\1. Clarke (Captain), I. Fithie. 1\1. Tn,ylor.
The team work as a whole is patchy, but considering the numb e r of n ew girls in the team, they have done remark abl y well. Mildred C larke as a captain ha s been a great h e lp with the team; as a catch e r , s he will . be difficult to replace.
::v.l:uriel Williams her _ work on first bas e has been spl endid, b,ut h e r hitting could i mprove
·Frances Cr aig has. we ll des erved her pl ace on second b ase, :and is one of the best hitters in the team, but must concen• trate more on the finer points of the game
A Weller is a good, ke en, a ll r ound pl aye r, but has not don e as well in matches as at practice, probab l y due to r: c rvo usness ,
B. Sarah is level-headed and dependable; as a pitcher she has been a wonder ful asset to the t eam Her hitting is weak , m a inl y due to lack of confidenc e.
M. Will s on is a good a ll-round pl aye r ; her wo rk as L.O.F. h as been very good.
She hits well at times, but is too slow on the bases
Joyce .Ibbott.-Her hitting and th•rowing have Impr oved, but she is st ill too s lO\V in fielding the b a ll -M D
Basket-Ball Notes.
The prospects of the 1925 basket-ball team were not very promising, as we had onl y two of the o ld team back Several days before practise started a notice was placed on the board ·r eq u esting any girl who wished to try for the teams to sign h er name below.
The r esult was startling nearly fifty gi rl s cou n ting previous team members. Among them we found many new girls who might otherwise have been overl ooked. ·
A fter each girl had been given a fair chance, Miss Parsons chose the following t eams:
1st ·· Team.-=-Ida Fithie• (captain), Elvie McHutchinson, Dilys Rowlands, Muriel Williams, Muriel Brien, Bessie S arah, Ada Welle r .
2nd Te a m.-Wynne Thomas (captain) , Elvira Ward, Freda Pascoe, Marjorie Taylor, Ena Crellin, Marjorie Willson, Elsie Millikan.
Under 15 Team -Hilda Wilkie ( cap tain), Myra Be nnett, Audrey Catterall , Beryl Bower, Margaret overend , Mavis Vaughan , Frances Craig.
This is th e first time we hav e h ad au und e r 15 team, and their fine standa rd or play is very promising for n ext yea r. We were r ather sur))rised that they did not chall enge the first team to a match
It is the r egr et of all M.L.C. girls that b as ket-ball i s not an Association game, as the play was of a very high sta nd ard, and every year we are able to hold our own in this branch of sport.
No other inter-Form or House a nd School match can eq ual basket-ball ror
•interest and excitement, and the popul ar ity o f the game is manifested by the insistent demand for balls at the Common Room.
We only met P.L.C. once this year, the match resulting in an excitin g win fo r M.L.C. by 1 goal.
The next match was against Fintona, when the first team were again s uccessfu l, th e sco r es being 29-21. Ou r s e co nd s were defeated, but had their rev e n ge in the r eturn match , when they won by 10 goals.
Tb:e most enj oyab l e matches were played against Ruyton and Toorak. We defeated Ruyton by 8 goa ls, but Toorak were victorious by 1 goal; thus e nded the b es t and most enjoyab le match for the first team. Our under 15 team came a draw with Toorak in the first match, but on our own gro und had a decisive victor y, th e sco r es bein~ 29 17.
On Back-to-School's Day we met and vanquished the Old Girls, who very soon
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get out ot practice a nd Ca ll easy prey to the you n ger team.
Th e v isit of the girls from Adel aide M L.C. caused us a great d eal of n e rvou s appreh'enslon , as th ey were p r e mi e r s or Adelaide, and w e r e coming to try the i r strength against Melbourne M L .C. Th e first match f e ll· to our lot by 8 goa ls, but in t h e n ex-t (w h e n 13 goals w e r e sco r e d in one qu a r te r ) we were d efeated by 4 goals, thus m aking a gr and total of 56-52 in favour o f M e l bourn e.
Keen i nterest was show n in the Form m atch es this year, as seve ral teams were very even l y matched. · A very exciting f inal was play ed between Diploma A anu V.b. At '1alf time the sco r es were 6 all , and both teams seem ed ver y hopeful ; bu t wl1en play was res umed Diploma took po ssess ion a nd V.b only scored one mor e goa l, thus a ddin g a nother vi ctory to th e c r ed it of Diploma A.
Th e House t ea m was ve ry we a k this y ea r, with the result that Schoo l ca rri e d a ll b e fore th e m , the scores b e ing 38 10. We r egret t hat th e re are some gir ls in the School n ot s ufficie ntly interested in School s ports, to stay for a s h o rt tim~ aft e r 3.15 a nd see matches against oth er school s, as well as inter Form events.
On beha l f of the team, many of whom will b e l eay in g, I take this opportunity to say good-bye to Miss Pars ons a nd th e g irl s, a n r\ to wish the 1926 basket ball teams the best of lu c k.-1. F.
Criticism of the Team.
I. Fithie ( centre) pl ays a s trong ga m e, sometimes marred by roughness. In several match e s h e r play ' domin a t e d the g ame. As a centre, s h1i was very diffi c ult to be a t
B Sarah (attack win g) is a r e liabl e pl ayer Her pass in g is acc urate, and she a ntic ipates the ball well.
E M c Hutc hin s on (goal -shooter) a nd D Rowl and1;1 ( g oal-attack) combin e s plen didl y, their gca l-s hooter in so m e matc h es b e in g faultl ess. Occasio nall y t h ey ' were t oo s low i n com ing out to the ball.
A. W e ll er (defence· wing) i s very quick and s upports th e attack welL She was unfortunate in som e m a t c h es in m ee ting g irl s much tall e r than h e r se lf, but m a n aged to hold h e r own well.
M. Williams (goal-defende r ) is a g r eat help in t h e team , h er h eight e nablin g h er to get many b alls. Her passi ng was weak cccasio nally.
M. Brie n (goal-k eeper ) is a most r eli a bl e player, but is t oo s low at ti m es. H e r pass in g is ve r y ac c ur ate.
Th e t el). m play w as exce ll e nt , th e at t ack b ei n g es pec i a lly s tron g The practi ce3 we re welJ atte nd ed.-B. P.
Tenons Notes.
No longer do es one write notes of two tenni s fours, for at the end of 1924, a t th e meeti n g of t h e Spo rts M ist r esses' and Head Mistresses' Association, it was de cided t hat the Public Schools' fir st a nd second fo ur s be ama l gam ated into a n eight . Each pair now plays a rubb e r in s te a d or two se t s as pr e viously played This has been received as a g r eat improv ement on the old system.
As only four girls were b ack from the two fours of last ye a r, four more , and an e m erge ncy, had to b e c hose n Th e r es ult was: M B eckett (captai n). 1\1. Clarke, R. Hoban, G. Nettle, K Forster-, A. Dav i es, H. Webb , E. Butcher, and L . Brand (emergency).
During the year we played severa l goo d practice matc hes against the Secondary Girls' S chools , University · four , Old Col l egi.ans, pla yers from Gi:ace Park a nd th ·~ National B a nk.
As our c ourts were not.,in a f it co n dition for m atches, all our hom e Public Sc ho o l m a tches were play.eel on th e Grace Park courts. Our closes t m a t c h ea ch round was against P .L.C., whe n in th e fir st round the · scores w e.re 2 rubbers 6 se ts 57 ga me s to P.L C., to 2 rubbers 6 sets 56 games to M.L.C. Ho~ever, i n th e seco nd r o und , by s h eer deter min ation, we h ad a goo d win-3 rubbers 7 se ts 57 games to 1 rubb e r 4 sets 55 games P.L.C. In both m atch es against G:C E G.G S. and M.C.E.G.G.S. " we own d efeat, but not disgrace .''
Dur in g t h e second t e rm holid ays th e Adelaide M.L.C. s ports' t eam s visite d us, and in so m e very inte r est in g ga m es in s in g l es a nd doubl es w e w e r e victor i o u s.
A W esl e y College e ight play e d u s clur 'in g second term , and a lthou gh w e w e r e dgl'.e a t e d, w e e njo y ed t he g am e . W e e x t e nd our sympa thy to th e ir e ig hth pl aye r , ~ho through laten e s s-o r s h y n ess-los t b·oth hi s g a m e and his a ft e rno on t e a We thank them for the pract i ce, and would fa ke the ·opport unity to c on g r a tulat e th e m e n th e ir fine p e rform a n ces a t t h e S chool boy Champions hip s, a nd wis h th e m be tte r 'lu c k next tim e.
Our junior pl a yers h a v e do ne ve r y w e ll ih th e ir m atch es. A junior p a ir , J Ibbot a nd B. Frase r , pl a J·ed G.C.E .G.G.S., bu t we r e noc 01 1ccessful. A f o ur J Ibbot, G C lark e , 1\1. Ove r e nd , an d A . Jeffe ri es·wen t to Go, lon g a n d w e r e v i cto rio u s. •,<\ga in st P .L.C. we w e r e r e prese n ted b y J l bb ot a nd G C la rke, a nd ;:;.gain w e w o n
At p resent we h a ve no Doubles Tourn a m e nt in th e School. I t i s propo se d to hold a Doubl es H a ndicap durin g th e fir s t t e rm of n e xt y ear This should prov e a g r e at asse t in th e choosin g of th e ei ght. Th e
S i ngle il Cha mpion s hip has not yet been playe d , but w e a r e ho p in g for s om e k een m a tch e s.
The S e t1ior and In term e diate inte r F o rm t e nni s mat c h es a r e o ve r , a n d aft er so m e go od games, Diploma A a nd XX a r e th e r es pec tive winne r s
A match was piaye d b e tw een S c h ool and Hous e, but a s the boa rd ers ar e no t r e pre s e nted in a rt,; of the t e nni s t e am s, th e Schoo l h a d a n ·easy vi cto r y
In the S c h oo lgirl Ch am p io ns hip s w e w ere r e prese n te d b y t h e fir s t fo ur o f th e e ig ht in s ingl es a nd d oubl es. We did n o t g e t be yond t h e t hird rou n d i n s ing le s , but in the d o ubles r each e d th e demi-se mi final s.
We a re a gain g r eatl y in de bt e d to our c oa c h , Mis s V . Kro m e, w h o h as tak e n un ti rin g inte r e st in a ll our games, a nd t o Mi s s Davies , who h as a lw a y s been r eady to h e lp us.
In c lo s in g , I would lik e t o con g r a tul at3. th e C.E.G G S . e ig ht o n t h e ir achi eve m e nt
Tenni s VIII , 1925.in winning th e shi e ld once more, but would w a rn them to bewar e, a nd make the mo s t of it \Vhil e th ey have it.-M. C. B.
Criti c is m of the Eight.
M. Beckett (capta in) has a g ood forearm dri ve, wl"!ich forms a good bac k g r ound for Mildred C l a rke's net pl ay She ha s improved· · in s t e adin e ss during th e year.
M. Clarke is a r e li a ble player. Her net pl ay has imProYe d; she is qui c k a nd' has a good style.
R. Hoban and G. Nettl e a re two good all-round p layers. 'rhey did well in all the matches · by winning throu g h at critic al moments. Gwen is p articularly quick at the net, a n d Ruth has a good d rive They pl ay we ll togeth e r.
K. Forste r. Her p lay a ll round h as greatly improved , especially h er stead i• n ess on the · back line, but she still has a t endency· to mis s a shot after a rally
A Davis \s,, a very promising pl ayer. Her foot work h as improved, and she h as a goo d drive. With expe rie nce s h e should do very well ,
H. Webb ;ind E . Butcher. The.ir mate-Ji play impro ve d towards the end of the season Lack of experi e nce was against them at th e beginnin g. Haz e l is qui~k a t th e net, h a~: a go od side lin e d riv e· and se r ve. Ethne has a go od drive but a w eak b ack-h a nd
The ·team ;throu g hout h as s hown g reat k ee nness, and ha s work ed well. It h a s distinc tl y rals e d· th e s tandard of M.L C. t e nnis. In ·a ll th e m atches they forc ed the ir opponeiits to play th e ir b es t to win.
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Athletic Sports.
Sports Day, 1925, m ar k e d a n epoch in t he hi story of the M.L C Sports day s : Inn ovations .were the ord er of the , d ay. Pro~eedin g s b egan with th e journey of th e long cro~odile of g i r ls to th e Haw'thoru Oval. This wal k is an nua ll y looke d forward to b y the Junior Schoo l w i th inte n se g lee, by th e Senio r · g irls w it h rath e r Jess_. and by the Staff with r esign e d calm
During the afternoon a band pro\lided s w ee t mus i c, while th e many old • girls
presen t r enewe d Co llege m e m or ies in the int e rvals of watching a m e rry pro g r a mm e of obstacle, egg and s poon , sack:, a nd relay r aces, and l as t but not l east, t h e stir rin g a nd eve r wild ly-exciti n g Hoµ se v. Sch oo l r ace The day girls take t his opportunity of congratulating th e Hou se on their exceptionally fine victory
A most s ucce ss ful a nd high'!y popular innovation-may it ever be repeated-was afte rnoon tea We tha nk the Staff and thos e girl s wlio volunt eered to help for th e c:l'la ~ming way in whi ch tf1:e y di s pense d afte rnoon t e a, n o t forg e t t ing the i cecr eam. From the happy de rffea n o ur of th e Staff one would jud ge that t_h ey . h a d n ever h e ard of quadratic equ ations , French v erb s, or even tha t Cha u ce r h a d died of the measl es when young.
The S chool con g r a tulate the three champions , The lma D aw!jo n , Ad a We ll e r , and Ruth Le Couteur, who · were the re cipie~ts of s ilver c ups pre se nted by Mrs. w: H. Fitchett
The thanks of the sc!loo l are due to a ll h e lp ers, especially Miss •:·K r ome, Miss Parsons a nd Mr. Austin. We . s in g le out M.i.ss Davies for s p e cial th a nks,. for w it h out h er skilful org::mi sation ·_ tpe Sports woul d not hav e b een · the s p!endid s u ccess th ey wer e . Th e r esults wer e as fo llows: Potato Race.-Seni or : 1, T. D awson, 2, N Cooper. U nder 16 : 1, C:- Gol di e;· 2, B Atkin s. Junior : 1, R. L e Couteur; 3, a . Spoone ~ _ '·,Egg. a nd Spoon. S e ni o r: 1 , W. Stu a rt ; 2, W. Thom as. Und e r J.6 : l, B Luff; 2, j_ Ibbott. Junior : 1, L. Burke; 2, R Shaw. Sack Rac e. Se nio r: 1, N Cooper; 2, W. Stuart. Under 16 : 1, M F lowe r; 2, R. H ~;th: Junio r: 1, L Charlw opd ; 2, E. Salmonow. ; ,Thr ead the N eed l e. Seni o r : 1, H. Temp le ton a nd H. Eakins. . U nd e r 1 6: :, D.· L acey a nd H Wilke. Siamese. S e n ior: 1, N Cooper and K. Fors t e r ; 2, M. Williams and I. Fithie. Under 16 : 1, M Ov e rend a nd J Cox; 2, R : H ea th and B Luff. 'lfu nior : 1, M W a rne and a : Spoone r ; ~. , U. L egge a nd J . . Howard . Obsta cl e. Senior: 1, T. Dawscta ; 2, N Coop er. U nd er 16 : 1, B. Luff; 2, J Mo n ey.
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Hurdle.-Senior: 1, N. Cooper; Dawson. Under 16: 1, J. Ibbott; Crellin.
2, T. 2, E.
Flat Races.-Open Champi onship , 100 Yards: 1, T Dawson ; 2, K. Forster. S enio r R ace, 220 Yards: 1, T. Dawson; 3, J . Wheeler. · Under 16 , 100 Yards: 1, A. Weller; 2, K. Hull. Inte rmedi ate Race, 75 ya rds.-1, A. Weller; 2, D. Lacey. Junior, 50 Yard s: 1, A Flower; 2, G. Spooner.
Throwing the Baseball.-Se nior: 1, M. Clarke; 2, D. Rowlands. Under 16: 1, F. Craig ; 2, M Be nnett
Inter-Form Flag R ace -Senior : 1, V .b Special; 2, V b. Intermediate: 1, V.c Special; 2, Lower V Junior: 1 , Remove A; 2, IV.a.
House v. S chool.-House.
Championships. -S e nior: T . Daws on. Intermediate: A. Well e r. Junior: R. L e Couteur.-M A. B.
Prefects' Play, 1925.
The r esult of the play is best seen by considering the appearance of the Prefects' Common Room before and after: 1925-0il c loth out of th~ ·Ark, carpet of ancient days , two cupboards so old as to b e of historic valu e, fast-vanishing sofa; h a rd, uncomfortable chairs.
1926-Highly-polished congoleum (no need for carpet), tidy lockers built in around the walls, luxurious couch a nd comfo rtable chairs.
Behind these two scenes is a story of devotion , ambition, skill, courage, thoughtfulness-in short, every other · admirable quality which everyone knows the Pre fects posses s.
In Fitchett Hall, on October 16 and 17, the Prefects and Associates presented the comedy, "Come Out of the Kitchen."
The Plot.-The Dain gerfield c hildren decide that in some way t h ey must e arn money durin g the absence · of their father and mother. Randy Weeks obligingl y finds them a tenant in the person of B ur ton Crane , who takes the house on co ndition that four white servants are provided. Just before Crane's a rriva l Randy W eeks informs the Daingerfie lds that the ser-
vants are not able to come. In spite of a ll Elizabeth's protest that she "doesn't like it," the arrangement is made that until servants can be found the Daingerfield children must take their places. A s the plan is being complet ed Crane arrives. He seems favourably impressed with the Cook (QHvia Daingerfield), and takes a remarkably lon g time in giving his orders for breakfast. Later Crane's friends arrive-his attorney, Solon Tucker,
this gentleman 's s i ste r (Mr s Falkener), and her dau g hter Cora The last arrival is Lefferts, a "statistical po et " and an adorer of Cora Then follow many complicated s ituations the frequ e nt v i s its of the men to the k_itchen, the exp ulsion of Paul, Charles and Elizabeth Daingerfield from the staff of servants, and finally the scene in which Crane expresses bis love for his "Irish " cook, Olivia.
Th e Cast. Before commenting . on the cast, special r e fe rence should be ma de to
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the honorary produce r, Mis s Krom e, who spent so much time a n d car e in cl:loosing the char acte r s an d so admirab ly training them in the ir p a rts. Th e Daingerfie ld s each •de se rve congratulat ion . Everyon e kn ew Paul would b e a s u ccess, a nd h e came up to their hig h est expecta tions . Cha rlie, who · was always g reete d with lau g h ter from th e a udi e n ce, live ned up m a n y sce n es a nd s how e d great skill in breaking plates. Even t h o u g h Elizabeth "did n't like it," s he made a most c harm in g se r vant a nd played h e r par t w e ll. Olivia made a most successful h e roine Her Iris h was mo st effective, a n d a ll wond e red where s h e learnt to make those eyes. R a nd y Wee ks and Solon Tucker we r e both disappointed in the final choice of Olivia. W eek s and Solon (the " old chimpanzee" ) acted es p ec ia lly well in the scene at · the table. L ef ferts h ad a difficult p a rt a nd deserves congratulation for the way in which s h e pl aye d it. Burton Crane, who h ad acted so s u ccess fully in the School Pl.ay, again carried off h e r reputa tion as an actor. She looked a nd played a man's part well in the p lay. Mrs. FaJke n er and Cora acted with thought and care , Cora bein g extraordin a rily submissive a nd Mrs F a lke n e r h a Ying a mo st ha sty temper a nd loud voice.
Othe r s who deserve to be tha nke d for the success of the play include the musicians, the s cene-s hifte rs , the swe et-sellers and th e u s hers .
This is th e story b e hind the tranformed Common Room
F. M . SThe VISit of the Sports T e arn fr om Adelaide M. LC.
We were very p leased to w e l come to th~ College teams r e pre se ntin g Adelaide M L.C. in baske t-ball and tennis. The two t eam s, accompanied by their Mi s tress, Miss Bee t s on, ar riv ed on Thursd ay. August 27, the last day of secon d t e r.m. Miss Davies and the captain_s of our teams met the Adelaide Express ai1d brou gh t the girls out to the College in ·cars. in the afternoon we played t e nnis and b asket- : ball match es, and were successful in both, but the Ade laide girls were at a disadvan-
tage , b e in g do ubtl ess tired afte r t h eir long journey.
On the followin g Monday we p layed t h em again , and wer e victo rious in te i;i.ni s, but this time the vi s itors d efeated u s at bas k et-ball. It is a pity t h a t w e cou lq not hav e had a d ecidin g m atch -'-it wou ld probably have ' been a c lose and e x c iting game I
Next day we went for a picnic to Bel g r ave and h ad a most e njoyable o uting. Th e weat he r k e pt fine, for w hi c h we were devoutly thankful. Most of the day was spent in walking, t a lkin g , a nd eati n g-a very agreeable com bination. The sau sages browned bea utifull y over the magnificen t tire built und e r the expe r t d irect ion 9 f Mi ss Davies an d Miss Krom e W e mu s t a dmit that th e Sh e rbro ok e F a ll s prov e d rathe r di sa ppointing; we would have li ked a l arger flow of wate r . However, w e h a<:J. a most e njoya bl e d ay, a lthough we did not all get a lift on a motor-lorry wh e n we were tn1dging th e lon g walk homewards.
To w ind up th e ir holid ay, we ente rt ai n e d the Adelaide girls at a Th eatr e Party, where we saw " No, No, Nan e tte ." W e hope the visitors enjoyed th e perform ance. This was on th e Thursday night. The following afternoon the v isitors m e t the Old Collegians in t en nis and basketb a ll , and nex t da y left for Adelaide.
Many of the Ad ela id e g irl s had n ever visited Melbourne b efore, and naturally they we re charm ed with it They seemed favourab ly impressed with our Coll ege, and r a th e r s urpri.sed a t its size.
Those of our t eam s who a r e coming back next year are looking forward to returnin g tl:ie visit We take this oJ}por tunity of thanking Ad e laide M.L.C . for r e vivin g the c u s tom of the v isit betwe ~n the two Schoois, and to hope that this c ustom will not b e a ll owe d to la ps e again .-D. E. R.
D e bating Socne t y.
Our first meeting this year was held ou March 10, when t h e o ffi ce- bearers were elected. Mi ss HaY, again con se nte d to fill th e office of president, C. Sanders was elected s ecretary; and M Bec kett, D. Foa rd , D Rowlands, D: Sincock, and W
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Stuart are the members of the Committee.
Our first m eet in g wa s h e ld on March 31, when t h e r elative m e rits of Cremation and Buria l were discussed. Clari ce Sanders and Noelle Davies, speak ing in the a ffirm at iv e, were quite su r e that cremation was better th an bu r ia l , f or even after we wiire dead, w e wo uld not cease to be ornamental and use ful in the h ouse, for our ashes would be placed in a nice little jar on t he mante l, and we might even be u se d for toothpaste, as Aunt E liz a was Murie l Williams and Minnie Beckett put forth th e cla.ims of burial on the g rounds of the cost of c r e m atio n as compared with the cost of buria l, a nd the picturesque ness of the cemete r y. According to t h e v ote t a k en the affirmative s id e won b y a s m a ll majority.
On Jul y 17 we chall e n ge d Finton a to a d ebate on " Punishment Prevents Crime." We s pok e in the negative, and ou r s p eak e r s were Lena Cornell , ·oilys Row lalllds, a nd Flossie ~cho l es. An in ter esting d ebate foll o we d , both s i des be in g very eve nl y matched. The a djudi cator, Mrs. Powe ll , afte rwards complim ented both 11ides on their knowledge of th e Bibl e, as sh ow n by their m a ny Biblical r efer e n ces, and after keeping u s in suspense for a time, passed h er decis ion in favo ur of M.L.C.
On fleptember 29 t he members of our Society h eld a d e bate aga inst t h e Staff, w ho maintain ed t h at "Modern ed u cation makes life too easy a nd pleasant for th e pupil." The speak ers for the Schoo l-N. McLen:11an and D. Ro~vlands-p~t forth ou r vif ws on mod ern edu ca tion v e ry we ll, .;/
School Play, "Twelfth Nigh !," 1925 .
Ilack Row (left to right): N Coop e r (Attendant), L. C orne ll (V io ln,), L. Broa.dbent (Ors in o) A. lfoward (Gentle man), J Birt (Curio) , E. R-0gers (Valentin e). '
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but were defeated by Mi ss Peterson , wh0 ta lkl.ld of edu cation a nd her sc hool days a s pill s, :ind thou g h s h e admitted t h at mod e rn e duca tion was a lso a p ill , she said that it was s u gar -coated; a nd h er "colleag u e," Miss Da hle, w h o told s u c h a pitiful t a le of the h a rd s hip s she b a d to e ndure when s h e was at sc ho o l in '53, that Mr Le Co ute ur gave h is decision in favour of the Staff, thinkin g to give h er a little pl eas ure in h er old age.
We r egr et that space do es not pe rmit u s to r e port a n y oth e r of ou r num er ous d e bates in de tail , s~me of whi c h , particu larly the In,pro mptu Speech e s , would make ve r y interestin g readin g.
Thi s year we h ave in c r eased t h e mem bership of oi:tr Society by a dmittin g th e me mb e r s b f the three Inte rmediate F orm s, and w e hope th a t next year's S ocie ty will still furth e r extend its sph ere of influ e nc e --'-- C. ·s.
School Play.
" Bu t that's a ll on e, our pl a y in don e , And w'e' II strive to ple ase you ever y day."
W i th th e closin g word s o f the pl ay " Twe lfth Night," acte d so a dmirably in the Hawth orn Tow n H a ll, on· Thurs da y a nd , Friday, Augu s t 20 an d 21, I b egin these notes.
The Prefects a nd Assoc iate · Pr e fects again took over the man agemen t, a nd f ew know what unlimited work thi s plaCj!S o n our Senior Prefe ct.
We w e r e a ga in fortun ate in havin g Mr. Norman Simps on as o ur produc e r, a nd to him the c r e dit of t h e excell e nt actin g is due.
Mrs. L e Cout e ur very g r ac io u s l y conse nted to provid e th e music for the play, a nd b e tw een th e ac ts We are g r ea tly ind e bted to h er ·ror t h e orc h estra.
Home- m ade sweets, for s a le at the play, wer e coll ected fr om the Forms as in previous years, and Form XX. i s to be con g ratulated on brin g in g th e largest num b e r. Th e r eward i s a framed photo o f th e playe r s.
The gross proce eds of th e play were £132 16s. 4d. A fte r the ex p e n ses, whfch for a Shakes pearean play are eve n
h eav ier than for a modern one, w e h ave put £74 8s. 7d into a Sports Fund. Now t h at s uch a fund h as bee n c r ea t e d , it i s hop ad that i t will be en la r ge d, an d so trophies fo r inte r-Form co n tes t s a nd other s p orts r equisi tes will b e pu r c h ased more easil y
Now t h at t h e b eginnin g ce r e moni es a r e com ple ted, I will for t h e b e n ef i t of t hose who w e r e not abl e t o see t h e p l ay, a nd, those who h ave p e rh aps n ot sufficient School spirit to indu ce them to see th e ir fe llow s on t h e stage , r e late fea tures o f the acting. Th e r e is, I am s ur e, no n ee d fo r m e to introdu ce yo u to the well-known "Twelfth Ni ght. "
L if e and ch ara<:ter were g ive n to t h e play by the e ntran ce of Sir Toby ( D. Bew). Who wo uld hav e thou ght that t h e drunk ~n S ir Toby was o n e o f t he fair sex. Our sy mpathies w e nt out to Sir Andr e w (D. L ew is ) wh en he b ad to assist Sir Toby to bi s fee t. We hope these exertion s were n ot the cau se 01' h e r brie f stay with u s. The dram a ti c a nd masc uline way that h e h e ld h is sword s h owed him t ruly to be ,a swo rd s man.
The acting of Mal vo li o (W. Stuart) d eserves s pecial m e ntion , for b e w as cer tainly in a bliss ful co nte nl whe n he fo und t h e l e tter, whi c h- was to m ea n s o much to h im Hi s l egs showe d off hi s yello~ stockin gs a nd cross gartering very excelle ntl y. The B rightn ess a nd W it of Maria (B. Sl y ) came to cli m ax · wh e n s h e conce ived the id ea of dropping in Ma l vo li o's way " s om e e pis tles· o f l ove." But b y the vicio u s n ess of Mal vo lio' s las t wo i:ds, " I'll be r eve n ged on the wh ole pack of you ! " we tremb l e to think of t he conseq u e n ces.
L . Cornell, in t a kin g th e part of Cres:ui o , s how e d h e r p ower s o f in terpretation and h e r a rtis tic temper ament.
The a do re d Olivia (J. Simmons). in comparison with t h e modern d ay g irl , wa s a very impassive a nd s tatel y ma id e n.
It i s n ot to b e wondered t h at Orsino (L Broadbe nt) as ks for t h a t , "Old and a n t ique s on g, we b eard l ast ni gh t , It did r eli eve my p assions much ," as th e Clown (M. B a ird) was bl essed with a n " excell e nt breast," a nd her s on g s
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throughout the play were s ung with much to their needs when our next purc hase sweetness.
The Offi cers showed their authority in the ,forceful and dramatic w ay they ar• rested Antonto We should not forget th e S ea Captain (E. Stocks) , who di sg uised Viola and brought about th e happy ending of the plot
And the play could not have finished without the pries t (C Harry ), who s o ably, we a r e sure, married the happy couples.
It was most reg rettable that our He ad Master was unable to be present t11rough sickness , more so · because he was very anxious for " Twelfth Night" to be acted.
-M C B
" All that · man has done, thought , gained, and be e n , is lying in magic preser• vation in the pages of books."-Ca rlyle .
This year has been fairly uneventful , so far as the Library was concerned. The Library was not open to borrowers tiJI second term , and only a few new books were added to our stock These, however, included works by s u ch we ll-known and diverse authors as Meredith, A. Conan Do yl e, S. Kaye-Smith, and " Bartimeus." Their continued absence from our shelves indicates their popularity.
We regret to notice that the Library ha s not be e n as extensively us e d as in former y ear s. Senio r girls complain that not sufficient provision is made for their tastes , and refer to the disproportio~11-tel y large numbers of books by H e nty and Collingwood which fill our shelves Thi s type of literature appeals only to certain of the junior girls, and seniors, who should be the chief users of the Library, find that their tastes are not catered tor. It is to be hoped that atte n tion will be g iven
of books is made.
The books which a girl reads influence her greatly, and it is therefore important that she should b e provided ,v ith a large stock of wholesome literature from which to draw her ideas and form ulate her ldeal s.-D. H. F.
Music Note s .
Musical education at M.L.C. has never been neglected, and the students are further encouraged in · their efforts in this direction by the fact that certain qualifications In music are necessary to enable one t o 'Yi!) , a Cato Scholarship
This year has been particularly rich in musical entertainments Early In the year the girls of the Methodist Hostel gave a concert, whicl\ some ·of us were f ortunate enough to attend. · Seve r a l of the performers were ol d M.L.C. girl s.
Dpring second term the se ries of Sy~phony Orchestral Concerts were greatly appreciated, as also was that of tile Oreana Madrigal Society, conducted by · Mr. Frazier, our own musical director
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A: most delightful programme was arranged by two ex-students of M.L.C., Helen Cowan and Blanche Wood, in Fit• c hett Hall , on :· Friday, October 23. The School is proud of h avi ng had such talented students.
The Sociable~ of this year, profiting by M•r. Fraz ier's instruction, have rendered some attractive two-part ..> sougs in the· Dinfng Hall on Friday e,•enings. Th e Orpheus Society ha s tie e n revived this terril to prepare old ballads for Speech Night.
Dr Fitchett has received a communi• cation in which it .was s tated that a new course of study of Theory of Mu~ic has b een fi~ed by the Conservatorium, in which i~ is proposed to hold examinations in' two years' time. This pro gramme · is already in force at M.L.C., and is carried · out" in the Music a l Appreciation classes. This fact goes to show how far advanced th e College is in its methods of musi cal instruction. Mr. Frazier a l so ll lwitrates by mean11 Q{ a
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gramophone, through whi ch we are treated to a series of l ec tures oil music, as well as some of the very best musi cai selectio n s.
Th~ results of the m usic and singing exams. have be-en excep tion a lly hi g h. They are as follows:
Pianoforte. Grade IL , Evelyn Hoban (credit), Nell De!lley, Ivy White; Grade · Ill. , Nellie , Elder {honours), Evelyn Hoban {honbursi, Joan Innes, Betty Mccutcheon, ·Gladys Pope {credit), Elsa. Williamson; · Grade IV., Jean Balding {honours), Je"an Helyar {honou rs ), Florence Edwards {cr-ed"it), Edna Harry {credit), Vera Murdoch {credit) , Mar garet Overend {c;e dit), Joyce Howa,rd; Grade V., Una Legge {credit), Arley Rodda {cre<!jD, · Mavis Carter, · B 0 eth Stevens, Frey Shimmin, Nancy Lee
Singing.-G}~de ·_ IIL. Gladys Pope {credit), Valma ,. Gooda, Muriel Shannon; Grade IV., Gladys Pope (credit), Lena Cornell, Valma' Geoda, Muriel Shannon ; Grade v., Ma'he Powell {honours), Elvie Cadle {credit), Cena Cornell, Frances Kennedy, Florence ' Le Couj;eur, Vera Mttr7 doch, Violet Na lder.
Harmony.-Grade I.II:, Ivy White (honours), Nellie Jjllder (credit), Gladys Pope ; Grade IV., Lena Cornell; Grade V., Valma Gooda (honours), Beth Stevens (credit), Arley Rodda.
Theory.-Grad e III. : Nellie"' Elde r {credit), Gladys Pope (pas s ). Grade IV.: Lena Cornell (pass). Grade V.: Beth Stevens {credit), Arley Rodda (pa.ss).
Back to Scho~l's Day.
To add to the many varied functions in the _ School routine, the Old Collegians have lately inaugurated an annual "B_!lck to M L .C." d ay-an important day · from their point of view; as old friends ,are brought together in the same surro und ings once more to discuss everything \ in general-every th ing they now feel helped to make schoo l life so enjoyabl e.
The function commenced at 2 o'clock, Friday, June 26, when Dr. Fitchett opened the Assembly in the usual manner, and
extended the warm welcome the School offers to all Old Collegians.
Mrs. Southey, then President o r t h e Club, gave a short introdu ctory speech; after )Vhicil a very interesti n g a nd exact account of the members of the League or Nations and their work was given "by Austr~lia's woman representat ive last year , Mi- Allen. Many of us have heard of this movement, but have n eve r looke d at it in the light Mrs. Allen showed' us, as Australia's future citizens, we &ho uld. She h ~s : revealed another opportunity open to w-piheil; and we take this opportunity to thank her.
The singing o f the School song ended the Assembly, but by no means the entertal~ment Present girls vi~d with their older companions in sport, and were victorious In basket-ball Owing to rain , the tennis match could not be played; but a ll · al~ke now turned to afternoon tea provided _ by Old Collegians.
Thi s special afternoon is long remembered; our guests dp parted each hoping to be with us again the following year , while . those cit" us who are leaving hope to join · thelr numbers to carry _ on the ppirit and traditions of the School.-E. McH
Birthday Night.
The celebration of a hundred and twentyeight birthdays a ll at once is necessarily a great occasion, and every year its success is a ss ured by the co-operation of teacher s, st udents, and last, but not least, the domestic staff.
To the boarders, Birthday Night is the event of the year, and its arrival is heralded . by a week of secrets and mystery. The day girls wish they were ·bo a rd e r s, and the boarders go about with superior smiles on their faces, forgetting the grumble s they have made at their fat e du~ing the earlier part of the year
Thouglt accompanied by __ wet weather, Birthday Night this year was unanimously accla imed the "best yet."
The dining h all was beau~ifully decorated with baHoons, streamers, a nd greenery, ~nd the g irl s" brightly-coloured dresses g11-ve a gay aspect to the party. We all
en joyed the "high tea," and with happy h ea rts we trouped up to the gym. to dance There were more dances than usuai. this year, as we got tea over earlier. Th e Decca was not quite loud enough for the big room , so Miss Shannon and Miss Pearce very ·kindly played the p iano for us.
We welcomed our g uests as u s ual in the Fitchett Hall , . a nd set tled down to e njo y t h e conce rt It exceed e d our highest expectations. The first item was a duet , p layed very nicely by Marian Sin c lair a nd Dulcie Sincock. 'I'hen followed a very funny little s kit called " At the Photogr aph e r's." The little ones made us wish we were all b a by girls, as they each in turn aske d the question , "How'd you like to b e a b a by girl?" The graceful dan ces e xecuted by· the girls trained by Mrs. , Humphreys delighted us, " and we only wished they cou ld have , been ion ge1:. " Th e Girls of the M.L.C. School " made u s laugh , though we were naturally snrprised to see that they could even think of such things as wearing s le eveles~ dresses and colour ed stockings to school! The " Moon Song " was prettily sung by abo ut eight of the girls dressed in white, with dainty coloured wings. Gladys Pope and Val. Gooda sang a duet called " O Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast?" and thou gh we a ll clamoured for an encore t h e y s impl y bowed graciously and retired. The " Painful Mom e nts," which were depi c ted in s ilhouett es on a screen, gave us rea l shivers, and we were rather glad when the lights went up aga in. A wond e rful juggler completed the programme with jokes and sleight-of-hand tricks
Then followed supper and a few suitable songs, with "Auld Lang Syne " to finish up a most enjoyable evening.N. D.
of friendship and good c h eer and made the New Girls f ee l so much at hom e, th at th e y return e d the compliment Th ey gave u s a splendid program me, and the tal ent s ho\ved a t the concert was very soon tra n s ferred to the Dining Hall, with the r es ult that we have had many enjoyable soc i a l evenings. However, w e miss ed some of our soc ia ls , owing to the Doctor's ill-h ea lth, but those we have h ad almost make up for those we have missed.
We have h a d many changes in the Staff, but we hope that we h ave settled down at last We w e re a ll please d to welcome Miss Krome back as a boarder, even though her s t ay .was s o s hort. She only stayed with us until Mrs. Hum phreys ably took her place. Miss Delbridge became m erely a day teacher, while Miss Pearce s howed h e r ap preciation of the House by j oining us as a resident music-teacher White Dorm. have had three changes in their flatmistress. Miss Parry began the year with them; but, on account of ill-health, s he was obliged to leave. Her place was taken by Miss Hodgson, but her out s ide duties forc ed h e r to leave us, Miss Lindsay kindly stepping into h,!:! r position . However, she stayed with us for only one term, but now we have Miss James, who is very kind to us in s uch matters as making a new flag for us on Sports Day and givin g out our biscuits at recess
House Notes.
This year has b li!e n c rowded with entertainments of every degree of interest a nd humour, and we have all thoroug hl y enjoyed ourselves, from the l argest down to our baby, Dorothy. Shortly after th e b eginnin g of School, the Old Girls gave a very good concert, which· was so full
Once again, we had a very interesting vis it to a Fleet, but this year we did not go in chars-a-bane, nor did we carry posies We fe lt quite l ost without them , but, for all that , we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, and we h ave judged some of the American sailors to be " real sports." We wish that a n American Fieet would come every year, for it ce r ta inly is gratifying to have Monday added to '!ur month-end.
We have b een favoured to so many plays and concerts that we feel our dramatic and mu sica l talent is be ing improved, even though th e Doctor fears th at our fath e rs' pock e t s will not bene fit. A few of our number were allowed to go to a concert given by gir ls of the
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Conservatorium in aid or the Methodist Hostel , and we w e re ple as ed to notice how many forme r M.L.C. board ers played conspicuous parts The Old Collegians' pi ay, giv.,n in the Playhouse, was very much en joyed, and we f e lt quite im• portant wh3n we reali sed that s o many of u s were taken right into the city without an y serious results.
We all went to the School Pla y in the Hawthorn Town H a ll, and w ere pl eased to see so many of the parts pl ayed most s uccessfully by girls of our numb e r.
We helped to m a k e the Prefects' Play a spl e ndid success by practica lly filling Fitchett Hall on the first night , and we were not entirely without r e presentatives even on Satµrday. W e thorough l y
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enjoyed ourselves, and talked of it with pleasure for days, except one of our small e r (younger, at any rat!:)) children, who happened to find the olives next day
For a long time people have had the brilliant idea that we could h ave many more dances a nd a mu"ch more enjoyab le time on Saturday evenings if we purchased a " Decca " and some of the popular "rags." We therefore set about raising funds to buy it, and after a " Back to Childhood " and a Fancy Dress Ball, we had almost enough money To l'aise the rest, fines '\Ver e introduced for eve ry conceivable shortcoming, an d we thought we would n ever again be a ble to patronise Mrs. Ob. But it was worth it all, for, besides the boon that it is to the present girls, the girls of the future will constantly be reminded of how much they owe us.
The "crowning victory" of the whole yea r was Sports Day, and, for those of us who are leaving at the end of this term, it has added a sublime touch to an already joyful year. Thelma won the Senior Championship brilliantly, and our Flag Tea m was truly the "best yet."
Blanche Wood and Helen Cowan, both former boar,ders, decided that the senior resident students need a sitting-room, and they therefore held a very successful concert in Fitchett Hall. It was for a wqrthy purpose, a nd e:verybody was delighted to find such a large number present, especial!y _ when they discovered that ·we were to be rendered such s plendid · items We , thank th e girls very much for their kind thought, and we feel that othe rs will soon realise how much the l:)oarders rea ll y mean to this d e ar old piace. A. W
Beaconsfield Camp, January, 1925.
On January 27 six officers and twentye ight gir ls, eight of whom were from M.L.C., met at Flinders Street to catch the train for Beaconsfie ld. Each n ewco mP.r was eye d up and down on her arrival by the others, who, if she did not belong to their own school , wondered what she would be like.
Once a rrived at "Runnymede," each girl was given a slip of paper with her n a me on it, with dire threats of penalty if she should forget to wear it.
Next morning after a three-minute bat h and breakfast, we had some t ime to tidy our rooms for camp inspection-a rather fa tiguing effo r t as each room vies with the others to produce the most artistic effect.
Rest hour was supposed to follow lunch, but it was usually spent preparing for the afternoon. One day we had stunts M.L.C. dramatised that immortal song, " T h at little shirt my mother made for me," and it was certainl y appreciated by the girls, if not by the officer s. The dreadful deeds of Little Willie were also recounted amidst boundless enthusiasm.
One day we had a picnic to Stony Creek, and were invited by Mrs. Dra ke to after noon tea and to meet Padre Hayes, who expla in ed Toe H to us
Everyone who goes en joys the fun or camp, but there are some parts of it that one never forgets. The interesting dis• cuss ions during Bible Circle, and the broadened point of view one develops by meeting girls from other school s · linger long after camp days have passed away.
-N.W. A. ·THE VOICE OF THE SCHOOL.
The Tuck Shop.
To the Editors of " Silver a nd Green." D ear Mesdames,-Many times has this s ubj ect been the cause of letters to the Editors of the magazine, but still nothing has been done.
Next year the Council of the Coll ege proposes building an up-to-date Domestic School. Would it not be an opportune time to build a modern Tuck Shop--perhaps in connection with it-with conveniences both for Mrs O'Brien and the gir ls? A girl shou ld not have to l eave the grounds in order to obtai n a decent lun ch during the winter, and at present a great proportion of the School is compe lle d to do so. Mrs. O'Brien should also have consideration and comfort.
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I am sure that the whole School would of day girls have to spend their morning voice my opinion.-Yours, etc , doing household duties, such as shoppi n g; M BECKETT. but why are shops open on Friday night?
If a few can manage to attend the matches, why cannot one hundred? PerSw.mnning Certificates. haps th e inter-School matches will one
To the Editors of " S ilver an d Green."
Dear Mesdames ,-! wish to bring under your n,otice a means which wou ld probab ly raise the standard of swimming in this Co ll ege. We are indeed fortunat<c> in havfo g sw imming baths of our own , although · we are sorry that they are open [or such a short time. Wou ld it n ot b e · possible for the School to take the nece ssary steps to obtain the right of awarding the Junior and Senior Swimming Certificates? Why s hou ld gi rl s who wish to obtai n ·th -3se certificates be forc e d to go outside their own College to do so? Trustthat this proposal will meet with consideration.-! am, yours, etc., "OBSERVER."
Attendance at Inter-School Sports.
To the Editors of " Silver an d Green."
Dear Mesdames,-! shou ld lik e to brin g under your notic e t~e fact th at at the inter School matche s held during the year tbe attendance of the School has been very poor, and that those w ho have attended have been the same few every match.
It h as been the custom of the Headmaster to announce in Asse mbly on a Monday morn i ng the results of any match that h as been played on the pre ceding Saturday. When the School shows its appr e ciation or the work done by its repre• sentatives, how many know whom and what th ey a re ap pl a uding? E l sewhere in this magazine are accou n ts of the matches of the differe nt teams , a nd how man y of those who r ead "Silver and Green" have w i tnessed one of th ese matches?
Th e advantages of a large attendance are s urel y too o bvious to b e commented on; th e Pub li c Schoo l spirit is e n ge nder e d and the p layers a r e encouraged to do better work.
The exc u se for the non attendance at matche s seems to be that a g r eat number
day be as much of a school featur e as Sports Day is at present.-Yours, etc.,
F. M S.
" Nursery Rhymes?"
To the Editors of "Si lver and Gr een."
Dear Mes::lames,-1 would like to brin g under your notice a great wron g that is being done to Honour VI. Why is it that this Form, which is so generall y acknow l edged as the brainiest in the School, should during school hours have to gaze at-nurser y rhymes?
We dislike the idea that they "just s uit " our brains, as one of the mistresses said But then we realise she was only joking; we are s ure she didn't, a nd couldn't, mean it. Equally horribl e is th e suggestion that they " soothe " our brains. If, when our beloved Form Mistress is passionately reading " Paradise Lost" to u s, we see such lines as "Hark, hark, the dogs do bark!" is U1at so othing?
Let us h ope that n ext year's Honour VI. will not have to suffer as we hav e s uf fered.-Yours, etc., M. C. A., Honour VI.
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Honour VI.
Honour VI., emerging hal f- d aze d fr om a whirl of examinations, find s itse lf confronted with a culm in atin g cruelty-surely th e last straw those persis tent e ditors most unreasonably demand Form Notes. Form Note s ! from a form w h ose m in d i s quite befo gged from trying to a n swe r (or to pret end to answe r) qu es tions utterl y imp ossib l e, and w hos e faith in human nature is shattered. We c/i<l t hink t hat in the Staff at l east we h a d a body of people who a l ways s pok e t h e truth; but
we were too trusting-at any rate, with regard to the probabl e length and hardness o f exam. papers. A sadder and a wiser Form , we are forced to the co n~lus ion that no one is perfect-exce pt ourselves.
Was it, we wonder, of exa m. rooms that Keats · was thinking when h e wr.ote: " Here where we sit and h ear each other groan-where youth grows pale and spectre-th in-where but to think is to be full of Sorrow a nd lead en-eyed Des pair"? If so, h e expr essed his feeliffgs in a way which we heartily admire.
Being in this sad condition of, weariness and disillusionment, it will b e readily seen that real Form Notes-the end l ess list of our successes in sport and work , the unlimite d variety of ways in which we are an ideal Form, the reasons why everybody lo ves us-wo uld be too l engthy a ta s k for our already sa dly-overtaxed brains (or imaginations). However, all q1ese things are too well known for us to have any n eed to blow our own trumpets; sterling worth s u ch as ours needs no enhancem e nt; ge nius will out.
In truth , we are a mode l Form, a nd a r ~tlrlng one, the latter in more senses than one, for at the end of the year the School will suffer a crushing-we a lmost t ear an irremediabl e-calamity through the retirement of 95 per cent. of its star Form.
Pass VI.
Pass VI. this year is a form of optimists, for though we were excl ud ed from the garden, forced to go to s up erv i s ion, and pla ced in a kindergarten room , we are still happily sm iling and e nj oying life.
We resolved to play Pollyanna's " glad g~me,1 • and are g lad that we do not h ave to tramp a ll the way up to Cato House, as did last year's Pass VI. We are a lso g l0ad that we have the kindergarten pica tlires on the walls, for occasionally-we r e-· mind you, only occasionally-a l esson palls, and, for example, we· are glad to turn our eyes ceilingwards, and thereby revert our thoughts from Wordsworth's recollections of his chi ldh ood to our own less lofty memories.
Though beaten (we may tell you, only slightly) at sport, our scholastic attai n ments are beyond reproach. We do not boast, or we would tell you more about ourselves; but we won ' t, for as beforem entioned, we are a modest Form.-N. D.
Form Va.
The four o'clock bell had rung, but the weary maiden sitting alone in Assembly A did not sti r. The room was very quiet. Suddenly the cupboard door flew open, a nd a starry, pale-blue tace peeped out.
"Great Scott! " said the girl, "if it isn·t the flag! Do you know, you are the luck iest thing in this room? You get the best position at every match we play."
·.. You are right," chuckled the flag. ·· l saw you 'do well at the ::;wimming Sport:1 and fairly well at baseball. I was also a very important person at the School Sports, although we did not win. But you must remember that I am having a dull time in this dark c uvbo ard, since my pleasant companion, the Form charity oundle, has gone to the Boroondara Kin· dergarten. I wish I could sit on that shell'. over there during the day. I am sure I am as beautiful as the conduct-book who sits so smugly there all day long."
The conduct-book danced with rage upon his shelf.
"Y ou may be more beautiful," said he; " hut you are c ertainly not so useful. Since the new rules were r ead, I am the most important person here, and I keep th e girls in excellent order."
"Pouf!" sniffed the other. "Pu nish· ment does not prevent crime."
" Oh, do be original! " snapped the conduct-book; "you have heard those words about a thousand times at various debates this year."
" Perhaps I h ave, but--"
" Order, order! Hus h -sh-sh!" called the piano, who a l ways modelled his speech on the Form Captains, "I wonder why it is that as soon as I have a c han ce to rest the flag and the conduct-book start quar relling."
" It's jealousy," came t he shoebag's l ow voice from the floor
SILVER AND GREEN.
"Jeal ousy, indeed!" the conduct-book tartly replied, " I have nothing to be j ealous of I am master here, and the -shoe-bag will know my power to-morrow, when my dear friend, Pound, tidies the room."
" I sa y , you are very quiet over there to-day," said the flag.
"We h ave good reasons for being quiet," r e plied th e de sks in a chorus. "We by the wiBdow have colds in our h eads; in fact, ' all of us are stiff with cold."
"Oh, well, c h eer up, old th ing s," cried the flag. " L et's have a littl e dance to warm ourselves."
" A good idea!" cried the desks.
"And I will s upply the music," c hirp ed the piano
They all began to dance, and the lan guid ma~den sittin ~ on one of the d esks was severely jolted. She look e d up, and sa w the caretaker swee ping the room w i t h a large broom which knocked agains t every desk it came near.
Form V.b .
We comme nc ed the year w it h 31 gir ls, but now we h av e o nl y 28 At the beginnin g or each term the girls state that they have deci d ed to become "confirmed swots." Alas! for good intention s! After the first week we were accu sed, by a certain m ember of tlie sta f f, of "sheer, down righot lazin ess." Also we a r e acc used o[ being the rowdi est · Form in the School, which must b e cfue to the musical ta"ient of a few of our gi rl s, who e ntertai n us on rainy days with pianoforte so lo s , co ntr ary to rules, because · our Form Mistress will testify for our quietness during lessons.
· Up to the prese_nt we have won no shiel ds fo r sp ort, af though we are hoping to obtain t h e s hi e lq for gymnasium. W'3 managed to get intt> t h e finals in basketball an d semi-fin a l1:1 in te nnis, b e in g defeated both times b;ir Dip. A. ,In the Flag R ace we came secpnd, being beaten b y one yard by V.b · Special. In the Swim· m ing Sports n ear the beginning of the year we did not manage to distinguis h our selves, although many of our g irl s e nt ered !or the various events.
During the fir st term we had a beautiful vi ew of Tuck, but during second term some builders set to work outsipe our windows and erected the marvello_!l s construction known as " For Shelter," which, though not blocking out our view alto• gether, greatly obstructed it, ~t)·1.us givini great pleasure to the Mistresse s
At a concert h e ld in aid of · the Red Cross, we showed our genius _:t,y composing a rhyme and s inging it very sweetly to the · popular tune of "It Ain't Gonna R ain No Mo'," at th e same time representing the past, present. and future gi rls a nd staff. One budding actress has been round among us who took ~part in the School p lay, "Twelfth Night."
Our R ed Cross work has.· progressed very favourably during the year. We h a v e se nt two p arcels to the Free Kindergarte n at Collingwood, and are ~at present making up a parc e l of toys for them, hop ing thereby to give the kiddi es great pl eas ure
We wish to tha nk the prin~ipals of the School for providing us with, s hoe bais, which come in handy on rainy days for ra cquet covers. They do not · keep out the damp, I am afraid, but they r eco mpense for this b y h e lping us to k eep up appearances.
Wynne Thomas, our Form Captain, .hae done her work very well during the year She is a good , all-round s port, and · h as made herself well liked am on g the girls. The two lieutenants, Je ssie Broadbent and Gwen Nettle, who is also our ~·sports Cap· tain, h ave a bl y ass isted h e r -:V!:i'e n n ecessary , and we wish to thank them and our Form Mistress, who has made herself popular with u s all.
Form V.c.
This yea r h as been a very pleasant time for we 26 g irl s of V.c. Our Form Captain was Hazel Rogers, but s he left during th e l ast weeks of secoird term, and the first Lieutenant, Nell Boyd, became Form Captain in her place. Blanche Mur doch, the second lieutenant, became first li e utena nt. We h ad bad lu ck in our spo rt s. In basket-ball, we played Honour
VI. , and were beaten; in_ baseball we played Diploma A. (who finally won the s hi e ld) and~, were b eaten , a nd in tennis we -{lr_:,t played V.a and beat the m, but our l uck did not hold out, for we were be~t~n by our old opponents, Honour VT. Peggy Pascoe, . our Sports Captain, W;tS runner-up in the Junior Swimming Cham, pionship, and Peggy a n d Elma Med§.On r e p~esent our Form in th e int er-Fo rm gymnasium conte sts.
This l ast t er m h as been one of h a rd work· for u s, for the sch oo l h as the in ternal examin ation system, and it means that the fin a l Inte rmediate exams. are muc h earlie+. in th e yea r, a nd most of the girls a re busy "swotting ." Our teachers hope we will pass, for as they are very 1azy, the y do not want th e extra work ot the " Supps." and th-e correction of more examination p a p ers
We h ave ror our · Form-room, room 1. Some think · we ·are lu cky in not having three fli gl).t~ of sta irs to climb, but we are too near the S c ho ol-room and th e T eachers ; common-room for our liking Honour VI. have h a d th e ir exams . in th e School room this t erm , a n d we were greatly surprised , one mornin g a t re cess, to see ·th e in t ervening d oor open, and to hear . a grillf voice say, "You girls are m a king far . too much noi se!" and the re st o! the day ,:;e c r e pt a bout on t iptoe.
One day \ v e smeared t h e table with onion, th e remains of a Botany lesson , but the next teacher p assed n o remark a bout it. A game invented by Misses Pascoe and Murdoch, our ins epar abl es, for wet days , was "golf,'; p layed with a rubber, child's bucket-cover ed with res e mblances of J ack· a nd Jill a nd a b aseb a ll b at.
OU:r Fori:ii-room is the r e nd ezVO\JS of s tray cat s a.nd do gs, and they give u s many an :i..musing tim e Th e ski rtin gboard appears to be the burial place for d ead rats, a's a n unpl easan t odour ofte1~ tells us.
We girls will a ll be sorry to l eave V.c, and w ill carry away many a pleasant memory a t the e nd of th e year. We wi s h our successors the best of good luck in th e followili~ years, and as happy a time a s we gi rls ~f V.c, 192 5, and a l so we hope
t ha t they will still con tinue to have as their Form Mistr ess, Miss Peterson
Diploma A.
When school r e-assembl ed this year, Dipl oma found itse lf a Form of nearly 70 g irl s ; but si n c e then, owiIJg to so many of our brainy girls takink positions, our numbers h ave dwindled, and th e two Diploma Forms now total only about 5;,. Th e s iz e of Diploma, it was conside red by the S,ports Committee, wou l d give it an unfa i-f advantage in spo rts , a nd for thi s r easqn, among oth e r s, our Form was divi~d into tw o In the light of afte r eve~s, we are glad of this, as our sports victories cannot b e · pointed to as the re1 ' suit ~of superior numbers _
At the Swimming Sports , before the divis ion above-me ntioned, Dipl oma won the Senior Forms Race. The School Champion, ,Imogen Allen, was a member of t~Js Forw ;p1d l ea de r • of our swi mming teai;q~ Later in fi rsf ter m the a nnounc ement was m iJ.de that inter-~'orm baseball matches would b e held, an d we at once att ack e d thi s ~port wit h o~r ch aract eris ti c e nergy. W~ were s u ccessful in a ll our ma t ches, in c luding th-e fina l agai n s t Hon9 ur vr. ·
Se ~p ng t e rip found u s ,_ busy a t bas k etba ll , a n i'j h ere we were agai n lu clty. Led by pur Sports Captain, the captain of Schcio! baske t-b a ll, we (figurativel y speak'lpg) march-ed · to vic tory over the b o dies of V:b i.e., we met them in the f in a ls.
Early thi s term the inter-Form tennis mat'ches w e r e h e l d, a nd _ we aga in met Honour V . in the fin a l s, with the s a m e r es 1ht as in b aseb a ll . At t h-e Sports , h e ld in Qctober, we h ad at l ast to step do w n frOII\ our ped estal ; our running t eaIII only came third , as V b Special and V.b finish e d be for e · us. How e ver, we are co nt ent to r est on our l aurels, a nd do not begrudge , this one minor item
Up to , the · present there h as be en neither cup n or shield fo r compe t ition at the Swimmin g Sports, and so,: this term, Diploma as a whol e decided to contribute with a v iew to p r esentin g t h e S,chool with
a cup for the senior inter-Forms swimming competition. We hope that now WIJ have l ed the way, oth e r s may give cups • for the Inte rmediate and Ju~ior com petitions.
W e r eg r et that these notes have co nsisted 6f nothing but sporting news , but little e lse of importa nce h as h ap p e ned our way. We a re, of course, good, as Diploma a l ways is, and have our usual proportion o f Pr efects and other s hining li g hts , this year includin g t he Senior , Prefect, our Form Captain. We also starred at the _ School Play; in fact , mos t of the l ead in g characters came from our Form.
Before clo s ing, we should like to thank Winsome and Ida ·for their efffoient l ea dership in work and sport, and t;o hope that future Diploma A's will m aintain our w onderful r ecord in school work , acting, s ports, and-Modesty.
Diploma B.
At the b eginning of the y.e a r Diploma was divid e d . Th e partin g caused us much sorrow, but the Principals thought it was only fair to the other Forms in the School, as ours was such a lar ge one. However, we still h ave roll-ca ll together, and in spite of the f a ct that we are the l argest Form in the S c hool , we call our roll under three-quarters of a minute , ·provided, of course, th a t Jean Davison is there to officiate. Diploma A consists of one year g irls , while we are last year's Collegiate
Th e Swimming Sports this year were h e ld before we were divid e d , and we had some s plendid swimmers, the r esult bein g we chee red our team hom e to an easy victory. In th e other sports, -al though w e waved our Old Gold Flag vigorousl y, we were b·eaten, though , ne e dless to say, we put up a hard fi ght. However , the nam e of Diploma did. not sink into obscurity, a s Diploma A, which proved to . be our better half, carried everything before them in baseball, b ask e t-ball and tennis.
This year every sport was provided for in the shape of cups and shield s for trophie s, with the exception of ·swimming, s o all the girls in the Form c lubb ed to gether, a nd the result is another cup a<ldec\ t<;> tne $<;hoot's collection.
Our Annual Sports this year were a great success, h av ing refreshments in the s h a pe of afternoon tea and ice-c ream, and a b a nd w hich , apart from the events themselves, did much to enliven the after noon. Onl y too well do we know how the ice-c r eam stall w:i.s ru s h e d! We served in r el ays a ll the afternoon, and we now h a ve a fellow-feeling and can sympathise with Mrs. Ob. up Tu c k at reces's and lunc h hour.
W e were extremely luc k y to have for our Form Captain Winsome Stuart, Head Prefect of the School, and for Lieutenants, Minnie Beckett a nd Jean Davison. Ida Fithie successfully le d u s i-n sport, and it was und er the ir co mbin e d lea dership th at Diploma has been s o s uccessful in both sport and ~ork.
Although we started off thi s year with such a large Form, this term our numbers have cons ide rably dimini s l;J. ~d owing to the fact that some of the .gi rls have left to take positions · · ·
We are g lad to say we have finished the n e rv e-racKmg Intermediate tests, and n e arly all our. girls have passed well , much to th e ir credit and that of our teachers.
In closing, m ay we wish the gi rls of nex t year's Diploma as happy and success ful a year as we h ave had .
V.b . Special.
Our room is No 9, and we think it is the cool est and best in the school.
We have a spl endid Form , intelligent, ath l etic, and a rtistic. On Mondays and Thusrdays six of our girls attend Miss Snowball's painting class, where excellent paintings are completed We a l so h ave two drawing les s on s each week for the entire Form, where Miss Whit ehead helps us make beautiful des igns. ·
Durin g the year wc h ave been working for the South Melbourne Mis s ion, to which we have se nt one parcel of clothin g, and hope to send another soon.
B aseball was the first game we played thi s year, where we reached the senior finals and then were defeated by Dip A. S eco nd term we played bask e t ball and were again defea ted by Dip A. , so you see
Dip. A h ave a lways been our rival s . But we were greatly cheered when T. Dawson won the shield for the University Inter-scho ol Flat Race. T hi s sh ie ld b a n gs in otlr room at present, and we am very proud of i t.
At the Annual Sports our Form won the Senior Flag ·Race, and this time we defeated D i p. A. T. Dawson won · the Senior Ch am pi onshi p Cup.
Last, b"ut not least, we a ll wish to t b ahk Miss Walton, our Form Mistress, for a ll the kindn esses s he h as done for every inc:l.ividual member, as well as t h e Form complete l y She b as spent much time and troub le in making a spl e nd id li brary, which we have appreciated very much, although Miss Walton thinks otherw ise
la r ge numbe r of sweets for the school play.
Form XX.a.
We've been a busy Form this year, you know, With geni u s, and an extra ounce of "go"; To build our reputation we have tried, As many mistresses h ave testified; Now, in the sw immin g sports, the first we came: Our bann e r waved, u pho l ding our noble nam e.
For Red Cross work we held a 'k e r ch i ef sal e, Which made our riv a ls tur·n, with envy, p a le.
Form XX.
This year we are in room 1 3, an d the r e are 30 girls in the Form. Miss Dah le is o ur Form Mistress; Betty· McC ut cheon. Ir.is Ure n a nd Verna Harri so n a re our Form Captain a n d Lieutenants.
We h ave dQne very well at sport, winnin g the baseball , basket-ball, and tennis championsh ip s. We have mor e members in sc hool teams than any other Form. and we h ave a lso t he intermediate c hampion in athletic sports. We beat tw:o senior Forms at basket-ball. Ada Weller is our r eprese n tative for the inter-Fo rm gy mnas tic compet ition. W e tried our band at cricket, and b ad a game, which we won by a small margin.
At t h e beginning of second term, XX. went to t h e Boroondara Free Kindergarten, fo r which we have bee n • m aking c lothes during t h e year, and we bad an e njoya bl e morning watching the c hildre n. Our treasurer and secretary are Nan cy Emery a nd Hilda Wilke.
A myster ious door at the back of our r oom ca•~sed much interest a n d cur io sity, but w h en it was forced open it was found to lead into a s,mall dusty area , not la r ge e n o u gh to be ca ll e d a room. It is now cleaned a nd we u se it for lo ckers.
It is a peculiar fact that w h en o ur sandshoes di sappear they are invariably found outs id e th e window. Our Form supplied a
Between tl).e first and second terms we went, Carryin g to our Foundling Home some clothes which meant Warmth to the b a bies Soon were we so sad
Because our d ear Form Mistress said she bad
To wed. We said good-bye to h er, and then Miss Forman cam e to brighten our dark d e n.
Later some hom e-mad e sweets we brought to sell, And eve r ybody said we did it well. Soon after we wer e " beat " in basketball.
To our amaze, then, in the great gym. hall We folk-dan ced with a th l etic, graceful poise, Al t hou gh , indeed, we made a dreadfu l noi se !
Into t enni s w ith e nthu s iasm we sail e d Al as ! Form Twenty beat u s; yes, we failed !
We gathered for the Fou n dling Home a f und
With which to bu y a cot fo r some r otund, Sweet, l?mili n g baby Thus we prove d our worth, And stoppe d our rival s' brie f, unnatural mirth.
The gran d School Sports (refreshed with ice-c r ea m rich)
Went off unhindered by a single hitch. But in the Form F lag Race into the d u i,t
SILVER AND GREEN.
Our · emblem fell, to our intense disgust. Though disappointed we've not ceased to hope
With this n ext year, s u ccessfully to cope. So now with co nfiden ce we look to exams., Trying, on journeys in the trains and trams, To learn ·the work we need to know for them, E ve n before we go to morn Assem. Good fortune , then, to n ext year's Twenty A, For we've h a d many a very happy day.
ENIGM E FRAN CAIS.
Ma premiil re est en "vole" mais pas en "marc be," Ma seconde est en "singe" mais pas en "vac he " ;
Ma troisieme est e n "bonbon" m ais pas en "beurre," Ma quatrieme est e n "garton" m ais pas e n "sreur "; Ma c inqu ie me est e n " chat" mais pas en "chien,"
Ma sixieme est en "mal " mais pas en "bien ";
Et qua nd vous aurez trouve cette "Riddlem e-Ree, " Ma toute aura la plus belle chasse de M.L .C.
R e ponse: Vingt A (XX.a).
-Mollie Ball, Form XX.a (aged 14) .
vali ant attempts to form a straight line when marching to Assembly Our For mroom , tho u gh du ll , commands a n excellent view , and the only compl aint to b e made i s t h at occasionally some budding creative genius in the Che m. Lab. drives us to dis traction with the result of her experi• ments Holidays are now claiming a deal of thinking and making of p lans. Happy though school-days (minus exams.) are, we a lready l ook forw a rd t o the Christmas vacation , and thoughts thereon add a t ouch of sparkle to the fast de p arting work-days o f this year.
Collegiate V.
Think of thirty-five girls, all in terested in sport and School m a tters, all keenl y alive-that is Collegiate.
Collegiate tbis year seems to ha v e been rather unfortunate in the matte r o f int e rForm sports, because, for two out of the three matches o ur opponents w\ire XX.a, and every body kno ws how good t hey a r e. As a result of this , we were defeated i n b a seball and basket ball, as well as tennis, even although we wer e ably assisted at tennis by Hazel W ep b, who is in the School t eam. Howev e r, at the Swimming Sports at the beginnil,\g· of the year, we did a little bette r, as 1l\tancy Legge, our Sports Captain, came .a: tie for first in the diving
Lower V.
Will you please have th e patience to r ead this short account of the Lower V girls of 1925? We are very pl eased to be able to boas t about our College, and especially our Form's achieve m e nts. Al though we do not excel in Sports, we are not at the bottom of the list. Our basket-ball team rea ched the semi final s, and our '.lther teams did not f a re too badly Coming to more intimate matters concer ning our Form, an e n tertaining book might bo written on its perso1~nel. We have an assortment of pianists , elocutionists, artistes, e t c., not to mention " swots." We are a lso renowned for our
In the inte rests of charity, most of u s have revert e d to the pas time of sewing of our grandmothers, and made articles for the ·children of the "Yooralla " K ind e rgarten A t the e:nd of first and a lso of second term , our Form Mistress, Mi~a McDonald, took s ome of us, with a parcel of clothes, to th e Kindergarte n .
We now wish everybody good-bye, and, though, it's rather premature, the Col legiates of next year and succeeding years the very best of l uck.
V. c . Sp~cia.1.
At the beginning of the year we had our Form-room above the Gymnasium in No. 17, but we were changed later to the Lecture-room, where we remain still.
SILVER AND GREEN.
the Scholarship Form, w e will have to do our best to es tablish a goo d reputation.
We 'll say "A~ re,:oir" now, an d hope to see you all again next year.
Form IV. a.
The time has co,:ne, the Mistress said, To think of many things: Of racquets, b!i"lls, and swimming togs, And all the whol e year brings.
Th is year we were ~ery pleased to wel- · come the n ew g irl s to our l<'orm, which now consists of :thirty-seven girls.
The first l"<'~ponsibility thrust upon us was to elect a ··good Form Captain and Form Li e utenants. This we did , and have since proved that we e lec ted the right ~iris to the right positions in e lecting Ba··i>ara ·carson as Form Captain and Molly Holding and Edith Jordan as Lieutenants; but Molly left us to go for a holiday early in the year and ha s not yet returned. Our next duty was to elect a worthy Sports Captain, and in this Joyce was elected u n an i mously, and has carried out h er duty as Sports Captain in a mos t capable way .
IV.a have h ad a hard fight at sport the whole of the year. In baseball we beat IV.b, but our rival s, R emove A, beat us in the final s. Then •in th e Sw i mming Sports Cec il e won distinctions for our Form b y winning the Life Saving an d seco nd in the Under 15, but again our friends, Re move A, beat us . Still we were not downl10arted. W e fo~ght aga in st Remove A; we then met them i n th e finals of basket ball, and they again had a victory over u s.
Next came the event of the year Sports Day. Joyc6 and Cecile a nd Joan brought honour to our Form this tim e; a l though . a gai n we were defeat e d by our fri e nd s in t h e F lag Race.
But after all our efforts against Remove A, w e at las t beat them by an over whelming victory in t e nni s, an d fi n a ll y winning the Low er Middle Premiership for Tennis.
While we were taking interest in School work and sport, we found time to h e lp the Kindergarten effort which was b e in g mad e. We took about 150 articles, mo s t
of which were made by the g irls , to Montague Free Kindergarten, and the artic les were much appreciated.
We hope the IV.a of 1926 will keep up the reputation of the present IV.a.
Fonn IV.b.
We all returned to school wondering which class we sho uld be pla~ed in. H owever, we w ere not kept in suspense for very l on g, the majority of us going into IV.b, the Form MistrP.Ss of w hic h is Miss Krome.
' Our Form Captain and Lieutenants a r e M. Warne, R. Glasse l, and A . Corr, and Sports Captain and Lieute n.ints P. Kino, R. Glassel, and M. Ezard.
Our Form-room is the ding.\' school room, ilut we take a great deal of :rts dinginess away by decoratin~ it with pot p lants and flowers.
During second term, IV.c ;;_nd ourselves visited the Monta gue Free Kindergarte n for whic h we are working. Several of the girl s ,took cases w h ich were· filled with cloth es for the little ones. each child passed out of the door some girls from IV.c gave each of them a chocohte which delighted their little hearts
We h3.ve not been very success[ul in th e inter Form match es. We were de[eated by IV a in baseball and · basket-ba11. ?.nd came th'rd in t h e fl ag race. Our on l y hopJ how is tennis.
We h ave been very h appy thi s year, and " ·is h to thank the teache r s f~i what th ey have done for us
Form IV. c.
Nine -and-t hirty girls ai·~ we, In a class that's named-I IV.c
At the beginning of the yeair we elected o ur Form Ca ptain, Hel e n Eggleston, a nd Li e ut enants Mar garet Carson and Mavi s Bryse. A little while afterwa'his we chose Gwen Spooner for our Sports Cap tain.
Just before the weather beg an to g e t coo ler we h e ld our Swimrriing Sports
' We had a good swi mmin g t eam, but wi were beate n . Helen represented us in a
Our Form joine d in the sports as usual, our Form Mistress, Miss Parsons, being on the Sports Committee. We did not do very well in basket ball, but we did better in tennis, and hope to do very much better in baseball.
W e have been workiug for the South Melbourne Kindergarte n, wil.ich gave us much pleasure and to make things pleasanter for them. We went last term and paid them a visit, and also took with us s ome clothing Second term we were leading out of all the Forms for the most articles made and for old articles collected.
Oµr Form Flag · w as changed from crushed strawberry · to s ilver a nd mauve.
Oµr Form consists of 32 girls, of whom more than half are boarders.
This term we had our Annual Sports on Che · Hawthorn Oval, and enjoyed · them very much Our Form came first in the Intermediate F lag Race.
Our Form Captain, Betty Turner, and the Lieutenants, Marjorie Howard and Grace Rice, are helpful to the Form, so we owe a good deal of thanks to them.
In closing, we wish to thank Miss Parsons and all the teachers who have h el ped us this year, and to wish the V.c Special girls of coming generations all happiness and success, and a lso to make the b es t of the ir school-days, and they will never r egret them.
All V.c Special girls say good-bye, because we sha ll not be V.c Special girls in the coming year, 1926.
Re move A.
H e igh-ho for Remove A. Form!
Read y, aye, r ea dy to face the storm Of Examination papers
Apd examiners' capers
Wh e n the weather is steamy and warm.
Hulloa, everybody! How would y ou lik e to traverse three fli ghts of stairs a bout six times every day? Not mu c h , eh! Well , t hat's just what we have to do, as our Form room is abo ve the baths. Slightly cool in winter, too, and, of course, as we _ have not the welcom e g l ow of a radiator to greet us when we
enter the room, we feel th e cold rather too much.
But we bear all this with hardly a murmur, even t hough the wind ( '/) sometimes p.Jays havoc with our bla ckboard duster and pointer and bears them below on to the roof of the ba ths. The missiles thrown to dislodge them , my steriously fall on Tuc k roof, thereby flustering Mrs. Obby and Mrs. Trigg.
We hav e 29 g irls in our Form now, three new girls having joined us in Term II., and about six of our worst spirits having b een transferred to IV.a
We are sorry that two of our girlsValerie Warne and I sa b e l Tyner-are ill, and trust that they will be well enough to r e joice at having missed the exams.
We are bidding fair to being champions of the Middle School in sport, so we did not take it hardly when our girls in the Potato, Thre a d-the-Needle, and 75 Yards Races at the Annual Sports did not win. The only time luck shone on us on that memorabl e day was when the royal blue and chestnut brown colours of Remove A. floated home in the Middle School Flag Race . Our Form Mistress, Miss Gawley, seemed to recover her spirits after this wonderful feat, and our Form Captain, Joyce Solomon, who had a sore throat, had to rise out of her bed to come and see the Flag Race and try barracking for a cure. l:' m afraid a numb e r of us had sore throats after the Flag Races.
Certain Mistresses hav e had occasion to remark on our good beil.aviour, but Miss Scott somehow seems to strike our recreation moments. Some of us find it very h ard to keep still, a nd quiet our busy tongues at" the same time (For information, ask the Prefect on duty in Assembly.)
Our motto is, " Deeds, not Words," but w e usually turn it the other w ay
There was a very funny occurrence in one of our Scripture periods. On e of the girls was asked what was the writing that appe ared on the wall during Bels hazzar's Feast. She answered in a calm tone, " Mene, mene, tickle th e parson." Of course, there was a roar of laughter, a nd the girl was corrected.
Well, we have to settle down to exams. now, and as we have the honour of being
SILVER AND GREEN.
the Scholarship Form, we will have to do o ur b est to establis h a good r ep utation
We 'll say "Au, re,:oir " now, and hope ·to see you all a ga in next year.
FOl'm IV.a.
The time has coJne, th e Mistress said, To think of many things: Of r acquets, bi ll s, and swimming togs, And a ll the ,vhole year brings.
This year we were ;,ery pl eased to we!come the new •girls to our I<'orm, which now consists of thirty-seven girls.
The first I'P£pon s ibility thru st upon us was to elect a ·good Form Captain and Form Li e ute nants This we did, and have since prove d that we e lected the right gir ls to the ri ght positions in electing B.J.•·oara 'Carson as Form Captain and Molly Ho l ding and Edith Jordan as Lieutenants; but Molly l eft us to go for a holiday early in the year and has not yet returned Our next duty was to elect a worthy Sports Captain, and in this Joyce was elected unanimousl y, and has carri ed out h er duty as Sports Captain in a most capab le way.
IV.a hav e had a hard fight at s port th e whole of th,;i year. In baseball we beat IV b, but our riv ~ls, Remove A, beat us in the final s. Then ,in the Swimming Sports Cec il e won distinctions for our Form by winning the Lif e Saving and second in the U nd er 15 , but again our friends, R e move A, beat u s . . Still we were not down h e arte d W e fo1,1ght against R e mov e A ; we then met them- in the finals of basket ball, and they again had a victory over us.
Next came the event of the year-Sports Day. JoycE: a nd Cecile a nd Joan brought honour to our Form this time, although _ again we were de feated by our friends in th e Flag Race.
But after a ll our efforts aga inst Re move A, we at last beat them by an overwhelming victory in t e nnis, a nd fina ll y winning the Lower Middle Premiership for Tennis.
While we w ere taking interest in School work an d sport, we found time to h elp the Kindergarten effort which was being made. We took a bout 150 articles, most
of which were m ade by t he gi rls, to Montague Free Kind e rgarten, and the articles w e re much appreciated.
We hope the IV.a of 1926 will keep up the r e putation of the present IV a.
Form lV.b.
We all returned to scho!)"l wondering which class we should be p laced in However, we wer e not kept in s u spense for very l on g, the majority of us going into IV b , tha Form Mistress of which is Miss Krome.
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Our Form Captain and Lieutenants are M. Warn e, R. Glasse l, and A. Corr, and Sports Captain and Li e u ten.ints P. Kino ; R. Glassel, and M. Ezard.
Our Form-room is the din g:y schoolroom, i> ut we tak e a great deal of :its dinginess away by decoratin,; it with pot pla nts and flowers.
During second term, IV.c and ourselves visited the Montague Free Kindergarten for which we are working. Seve ral of the girls ,took cases which were · filled with clothes for the little ones. iii each child passed out of the door some- gir ls frona IV.c gave each of them a c hoco l a te which delighted thei r little hearts. ··
We hav e not been very success[ul in th o inter-Form matche s. W e were de[ea ted by IV.a in baseball and· basket-ba11. ?.nd came th 'rd in the flag race. Our onl y hop J flow is tennis.
We hav e been very happy \his year, and wi.sh to th a nk the teachers for what th e y have done for us
Form IV.
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Nin e -and-thir ty girls ari'l we, In a class that 's named ' IV.c.
At the b eg innin g of the yea!'" we e l ec t ed o ur Form Captain, H e l e n Eggleston, an:l Lieut anants Margaret Ca r son a nd Mav is Bryse. A littl e while afterwatds w e chose Gwen Spoon e r for our Sports Captain.
Ju st b e fore the weather b egan to get coo le r we h e l d our Swimming Sports. ' W e had a good swimm ing team, but Wi were beate n. Helen represented u s in u
great many races, and was successful in mos t of th e m.
In the baseb a ll w e g ot into the fin a ls with R e move A., but when we finished the r ounds were 1-9 to Remov e A. When second term came we began to think about our ha_ske t ba ll team. When we playe d our first game w e beat IV.a; w e then had to pl a y Remov e A. We p l ayed for two exciting periods, the goals bein g 10-5 in f a vo u r of Remo ve A
We held the Athle tic Sports at th e Glenf e rri e Oval on Monday, Oc tob e r 19. Ruth L e Couteur won the Junior Championship and we w e re very proud of her In th e Flag R ace we were b eaten, b u t it didn' t m a tte r m 1ch when we h ea rd about Ruth
This year we w e r e working for the Montague Free Kinderga rte n . Whe n we went to visit th e m we took cas es full of clothes for the littl e children. It was very interesting w a t c hing them play game s and thr ead beads.
L ast term we paid a visit to th e American Fleet to look over the " Seattle." It was v e ry inter esting looking at t h e big g un s and the seap lan es. Some of UH ask e d a sa i lor to s how u s ove r th e ship, and h e , told u s all abo ut the thin gs we s aw.
Connie Ditch burn m a d e our . F orm F lag, wh:ch is a pretty s h a d e of t ange rin e, W e are a ll v e ry s orry to leav·e our F;irm , all we have had a very h a ppy yea r with M'i.ss Luke, tut w e a ll wish future JV.c gir ls t h e best of goo d l uck.
Form1 IV .d .
W e h ave h ad many c h a n ges this yea r, l oth in our F o rm r oom s a:i d our Form M is tr ess. At th e beginni.ng of the year o ur Form Mistress was Miss P a rry, bu t she h a d to l eave u s b eca u se o f ill •h eal th Our n ext F o rm Mistr -:,s was Mr s. BraITJelcl. We do not lm o w why she left. Ot 1r Form Mistress no w i:, Miss Lindsay. W e like h e r very mu c h.
Our fir s t Form ro om wa s No. 8. Afte r a tim e we went to R oom 14, above the baths. Our F o rm-room now is in Cato Hou se. ·
Our F o r :. fl ag is ros e pink a nd dove gi·ey in col our, and our Form · Ca ptai n i s Etta Salmonow
Lower IV.
T h e re is a F e rm at M L.C., It is Lowe r IV., y ou see; Our flag it is jade green and grey, By far the bes t fla g of to-day ; W e have a girl in our small Form, W e c a ll her wondrous Peggy ; Sh e is a n a r ti s t of great skill, Can dra w a duck with a b ig bill. Th e re 's M a rion, Noel, J oa n Ad e l e, Try to h e l p Miss J e fferies w e ll . Ma ry at hand work tries to b eat us , We think she soo n wil1 want to t each us. Violet and Grace s urpri se us all They do sums so ·well with a ll At sports we note Dora and Norma, Especially the tal k of the former. When tuck time comes, th e n Ru t h runs To get her tuck right ready.
At Lite rature the r e is Marjori e small, She tal ks o f Anthonio big and tall. For Geography the r e is Isa bel meek, Not like her rivers as wild as a sheik. For running there's Lily, our Form Captain tall, She runs so quickly, a nd jumps th e stone wall; J ean, our first li e ute nant, an d Eunice o ur second , T ry to stop Beatrice from l a u g hing a nd talking; And Lurlin e struggles to fini s h h e r socks Th at worried th emsel ves ri g ht out of h e r box.
And n ow, dear fri ends, eac h l esso n l e nds No time for u s to fool in; Good b y e till n e xt year , th e n yo u will h ea r We'll mostly b e found in IV b cl e ar.
Junior School.
We hav e b een v ery h a pp y at Junio r Schoo l thi s yea r. At fir st th e r e was much changi n g of room s, but a t l ast we se ttl e d clown to the yea r's work Th e n , to our great d e li g ht , Miss Holdin g ca m e to teach us Pound started a f ew weeks later, to our great obj ec tion , and two pound moni tre s ses w ere e l ected.
,ve work fo r th e Ri c hmonct Kindergarte n , and send in a bout every month a parcel containing the things w e ha ve made.
SILVER AND GREEN.
rt was decreed that we should have an Assembly by our.se l ves, as there was too much of a crowd i n Fitchett Hall. Now we have it in our own Cato House , happily together
Our tennis four is Noel Ebbott, Freda Mardell, Peggy Di tchburn, a n d Joan Cook. Sometimes .when we want to pl ay tennis , the senior girls ~re on the court, and w e a ll would li ke it for ourselves.
The greatest event of the year is the Doll Show. We a.II brought our dolls, and walked round the quad. for the big girls to see. Then each girl voted for t h e doll she liked best, an!i E lla James won the prize of a big box of choco lates
Noel Ebbott got up a p lay called "Th e Lost Slipper," which went off very suc cessfu lly. The money went to the Red Cross.
Thi s term we are practising for the Junior Schoo l sports. We had the heats on Thursday, October 29 , and are going to have the fina ls on November 4. Some of the girls are going to the Kindergarten soon, to see the gi r ls and boys working, singing, and playing together. They are looking forward to this very much
We wish the next y e ar's J u nio r School the best of l uck, a n d hope that th e y will be a s happy as we have been.
PRIZE SENIOR VERSE.
The Rift in the Clouds.
The sky i s covered with a shapel ess c loud, One vast expanse of grey, dense, limitless; But j ust above the distant pu rple line Of mountain tops that pierce the floating mist
A long, low ope11 i ng in the ashen s ky Is edged with s<iftest pink, a ragged ren t In the dark mantle of the sky, that shows Its rosy lining. Glowing through the gap The distant sky is ye ll ow, bright yet pa le, Like a far sea of. limpid liquid light, Fringed with d'irri sandy bays and capes and cliffs, Rose-coloured, softened, by the setting sun, While o'er it, is land-like, f loat tiny c louds Part of the rosy lining of the cloak That were too light to fall when it was torn . But evening fa ll s, the nimble-fi n gere d Night
Mends the sky's mantle with a ve l v e t patch
Of darkest b l ue, spangled with silver stars
To hide the tear. And thus my sea is gone
-MARJOR I E BULL, P. VI.
. " For Shelter:"
In second term, on one fine day, Some workmen came and made survey W i th note book, pen, and a big foot-r ul e Of the wide front wa ll of the B u s i ness School.
Then later we behel d them come And paint the boarded wall, Whi le some Set upright posts into the wal l. A roof they built to cover al l.
The ends with trelli s were complete; ri, really looked a perfect treat. Our wonder grew when ther~· we saw Them fitting lock ers in galore
With curious eyes we watch ed them add The fina l touches; and with ·' g lad Expectant hearts we h u rried in , For morning sc h oo l wou l d soon beg i n.
When the 11.20 bell Tolled out its strokes with ~ehoing swell, We hurried forth to l ook, and w h e n We lookeu upon the sight_::;h, then
We fell about w i t h shrieks a nd squeals! Fo r , oh! t h e wondro u s g limpse reveals, In dainty letters on the waif · T h e words, " For Shel ter!" That is a ll.
And so t h e secret close came out. It never fa il ed to bring a shout,
SIL VER AND GREEN.
"How weak! ," "How feeble! " or "How mad!"
It really ma~es on e feel quite sad. That s uch a boon they shou l d d esp iseAh , w e ll! Some d a y they ll r eali se Its s1J,l rling wort h , and own that th e y Were wron g ·cor te mptuous words to say.
For h e n ce for th they cannot complain Th ey have t o , stand in dr enchi n g r a in , Or in the bl azi n g s un to swe l ter Th e ir r ef u ge-h aven is "b 'or S h elter ! "
-M. Mc INNES , V .a.The Editors' Cry.
(Apologies to W E. H e nl ey. )
Out 9f sc ripts that cover u s, Good, or " not bad," or merel y poo r , We thank all th e god s a bov e us For the saving sense of hu mour.
In tne fell c lutch of would-b e scribes, W ~ have not wept, nor mo a n e d a l oud . Under th e scene each "poe m " d escrib es. Our h ead s are aching, but unbo wed. Beyond this t ime, when we d i r ect. Th ere looms the horrnr of this sha d i: Yet th e m e n ace of !he R e j ect · Fin ds, and' s h a ll find , u s unafraid.
I t matt e r s n,ot that ther e w ill call Th.ose whose work in print i s not see n, We'll quite i g n or e th e pla in t o f a ll: W e , a r e rum,1ing this mag az in e !
-DULCIE FOARD.And l\nde rn eatb the lin es the se words appear: " My name is Ignorama-M ug of Mugs, Lopk on my words , ye mi ghty, a nd despair! "
Nothing b es id es was th e re: round what r ema ined Of that colossal mes s, b o und e d but ba r e , Th e pure white sheet l ay, oth e rwise unstaine d. D. E. R.
Sunset Thoughts.
Softly t he scented w ind ·wafts from the seas, Gently the $Ummer w a ves wash on the shore; In c rimson majesty , gilding the tr ees And burnishing the wat jlr to brig ht gold Th e great sun s lowl y s inks into the wes t. After th e fretting cares of daily life Here in a world wh e r e always there is strife,_ To see th a t crimson sunset brings a r est, A sense of calm and quiet, ri c her far Than all day 's w earin g 'pleas ures, giddy whirl or ga i e t y, ? nd m a d d esires which mar Th e tranquil b ea uty of th e s tr eam of life 0 ! when I f eel th e b ea uty or thi s scen e My ca re s dissolve as t h ey h ad n ever been _
-EVELYN MILES, Pass VI.
" Gate " Reflections .
" lgnorarna."
With Apologie s to ti:i e wr i ter of " Ozym a nd ias of Egypt."
I m e t a mi s tress coming down amazed, Who said: One lone exa min atio n s h eet Lay with · th e rest. On it when I gaze d Half-mad, a murder e d an s wer l ay , w h ose weak
And mixed up lines, a nd mis -sp e l t words Showed that their writer n ever t h ·:iee books read. She s hould have read , stamped on that dread(ul page, Tl1 e hand that mo c k s m e , and th e muddled h ead.
For the future of our g irl s I qu a il : The ir constitutions seem so fr a il.
A Prefect on Gate Duty H as e very opportuni ty, To observe the numerous ill s Th a t a ttac k our poor ~ch oo l gi rl s
Ex a mples two I therefor e take; I think th ey'll se rv e to illustrat e The ill s to which our g irl s are h e h And which they a ll so nobly b e ar.
A maiden comes in through the ga,e, H e r stockings regret to state, In co lour much r esemble must a rd; Th e Prefect gives a glance disgusted:
" My cl1 il d, yc u know quite well , I ' m s ure (I t h ink I'rc mentioned it b e fo r e). You must not wear s u ch awfu l h ose! " But b ere the g ir l wi ll inte rp ose:
" I' ve go t a poi s on e d fo ot ' My mo t h e r Sa ys I must co t wea r anoth e r
Pair of s tock in gs; for th.e dy e Mi g ht hurt my foot; a nd tha.t is why
f' m wearin g th ese!" A nd so s l1 e goe3. ('Tis coincidence, I s uppo se, But she's the fifth I' ve see n to- d ay With poiaonecl foot a nd stockings g::iy.)
Th e r e co m es a nothe r Gl ov e l ess s b e Is pass ing b y, until th e Pr e. I n d i g n an tl y of h e r d e m a n ds: "Why are r.o g l oves upon yo u r h a nd s?"
7'1, i.~ c hild exhibi ts h e r i e ft thumb " My h a n d's too so r e fo r m e to come T o sch oo l w i th g l oves on! " And 'tis true The scratc h to which s h e n otice dr ew
Is quite a fu ll three-eights-inch l ong; On ce more th e m a iden p asses o n (A Prefect mus t excuse againH o w n obly they all s uffer pain!)
For the futur e of our girl s I quail: Their c omi titution s seem so frai l. DULC I E FOARD
Wistaria.
Thy branch es bare, when first b li t h e Spring ap pears, Thou deck'st with scented b l ossoms, wh.ich but l ast
For a short seas on; as t h e Summer ne a.r s The b l ooms are faded, all thy beauties pas t.
But not for long; for very s oon are seen (Whe r e , for the ir l ittl e hour, swe et b l os so m s were)
Bra n c h es a ll covered with. the tend e r g re e n
Of tin y l eaves , m as king the p l aces wh e re
On ce fra il wistaria. b l os s omed in the sun;
Of tin y l ea ves, th :it l ead one to fo r get First g l ory's ove r , a nd half life i s don e, A nd b l ossom time's a m e m'ry and r e~r e t ,
Fit symbo ls th a t when lif e 's Great Hour i s p ast , Th e small e r joys a nd hop es wi ll co m e a t l ast.
DULCIE FOARDThat Single File .
Every d ay at the b e ll 's loud call M.L.C.-ite s on e and a ll Come m ~.r c hin ~ down to Fitchett H a ll In s in g l e file
And n e xt lo co m e w i th l ord l y mi e n. Midst g irl s who s il e n ced n ow ha ve bee n Our trul y dignifi e d Sta ff are seen In s in g l e file .
And oft yo u ·11 see in tunics t rim. Dir ected by a mistre ss s lim , Maidens m a r c hing round the gy m In s in g l e fil e
And l ook at t hose a rrayed i n white, Th e ir faces s h ini n g with d e li gh t, R ece i ving prizes o n Speech Ni ght I n s i n g le fil e.
r, 7' ·But who are th ese in good l y crowd? They 're aunts and cousins and p a r e nts proud , Cheering wild l y and cl a ppin g l oudTh a t single fil e.
Oh! l ook at th ese other mai den s fair, A s t h ey sit and think of a waste d year. And wish that they, too, might appear(Just fo r a wh ile) I n s i n g i"e file
Perhaps one d ay when the s i g n yo u v i ew At a bo okin g office, " Obs erve the queue," Your ea r l y t r ain i n g will come to you , Wh e n y ou us e d to s mile At singl e file.
D E R.
Autumn.
When Summer's scorchin g heat and Northern gales, Her b r e athless Noo ntid e, and h er fi e r ce s trong blas t , H ave vani s h e d dow n th e pathway o f the past-
SILVER AND GREEN.
Th e n in h er f i ery wake t h e Autumn trails Her g lorious · ga rlands, glancin g o'er t h e dales; "' As from h e r rob es br ight flutt'rin g leaves a r e cast S h e b ear s t h e f rui ts, t h :! co rn , the flow ers, Crom vast And va rie d so urces gath e r e d . · A l l" ear th h a il s ,..,_
Her advent · When life's Autumntid e hold s sway, ' Tis. decked w ith bright'ning hopes, whi ch come and go Like s hinin g l eaves. We shou ld the harv est g i ve Of ~i s dom we 11:1.vc g l ean e d a lo n g t h e \Vay, And ·scatter i t a mong mankind, lo s how Our f e llo w-men the wi ser way to li Ye. -M. Mcinne s, V.a.
A Pleasant Evening.
A h a rd l ong table strew n with b c ok R, A p loddin g school g i r l n odd in g f1st, A g l a ring µ:Jc. b e t h e sce n e o'erlooks, A statel y c l ock shows midni gh t's [last.
Although the wo rk is h a rd , t h e g irl Th e fascination of it feels. Ah! yes such trig.-it is a pearl , Al t h ough with sine a nd cos. i t d e a ls.
The trig. is done and with a sigh She clos -~s up the learn ~d book , She op e n s Poslgate, verbs t o try, And learn s t h e m a ll with but a l ook Th e " Chroni c l e of Was t e d Tim e " She n ow t a k es from its wont ed pl ace
A sco r e of pages on some clime Wh ose ga ll a n t armies s h e mu st face.
And th e n most int'resting of all , L ea rn'd M~iklejohn in blue steps down. And much ~bo ut the rollin g ball She learn s, a nd village, to o, and town.
And with delight s he traces out How H 20 is formed: and sees That when a ll "x's " she can rout, She' ll s tart on who lesome indi ces.
And E n g li s h now-how trul y real Is every book and poem a nd ode S h e r eads: a nd in h e r sou l doth f ee l Thf;l life a nd beauty or t h e m ode.
"And whoever wakes in England fi nd s,'" Ah ! yes, she's r eall y wide-awake, A rosy morn stre ams through the blinds , Th e s un o'e r ear th hi s way dot h tak e.
But s h e t hinks of that thrush so gay, And packs h er books for tests t h at day .
-KATHLEEN HULL, V.aThe Blackfellow' s Moon.
Dark ni g h t has come , but n ow the moon appearsT h e fu ll , round moon t h e b lack man kn ows and fears; He fears it for i ts shadows a n d i ts li ght, He makes of it a n enemy of night.
And so the bl ack-man's god as cends t'le sk ies.
With axe in hand, stra ig ht to the moon h e fli es ; He r eac h es it, a n d ch ops it w ith hi s b la d e, And sto p s not t ill a tiny scoop i s made.
Each night, th e black-man's g od this act r epeats, Each night, the lu ck l ess moon bis axeblade b eat s, ·Each night, the fragments cut b efore b e goes
Up to the farthest reach of Heav'n b e throws.
'Tis t hus, t he black-man says, the moon g rows s mall , 'Tis thus, h e says, t h e stars apj/~ar at a ll.
JOYCE MANTON, V .a.
PRIZE INTERMEDIATE VERSE.
Beauty: A Sonnet.
[T h e Form was set a com p e tit io n in Sonnets, in eith er of t h e Shakespearean or the Petrarcbian typ e ; the winner ch os e the latter-the mo r e difficult type.]
shall be eve r near thee-'neatb th e moon, Among the gloom of de ll s , h a un te d by fays; In mag ic nights when g n orn ies c h a nt thei r lays,
SILVER AND GREEN.
And the four winds do softly sigh and c roon .
'Mid foa m ed seas chanting th e ir age-old rune, Ana . lau ghing water dimpling in dusky cays; ' Mid silver b ea uty b lown across the days Of riotous h eavens , bl u e in th e burning noon.
Back to the moon I flin g the fainting flame , Snatched from th e westei-n hearth of dying fires
Back to the stars I fling the trembling white, Gathered from roses, pale tn all but name. Even when sorrows shake yo u with des ires, On falling tears I'll silve r flashin gs bright R. HEATH , Form XX.a (age 14)
The Daily Routine at th e M. LC.
At M.L.C. at •eight past nine We forward to assem. in line, And if assem. we try to cut, Then to detentjon we must st rut
At ten pa s t nine we mount the stairs 'l'o si n g our hymn and say our prayers. The Senior Prefect rin gs the bell And tells us all there is to tell.
Th e n the Staff come up the ais le, Walkin g in in solemn fil ~. When the head say~, "School dismiss," We wa lk out, but not in bliss
For then t o l esson s we must g~, A n d how we hate it you s hou ld know For .if we do not know our work, Th e teacher says we mu st not shirk.
And so th e days and weeks pass on, Until the whole three terms have gone, And some g irl s come and others go , But our old School's the best we know.
-BETTY
McCUTCHEON, XX.The W"ISh.
On e day I saw a turtl e, and His hou se was built· so very we ll ! Th e roof and f loor were nicely p la nn ed, And it was m a de of ye llow she ll
Then next I watched a little snail Th at left a slimy s hiny t rack Upon the sand His hous e so frail , H e carrie d o n his little back
They were so happy, all those s nail s, No troub l es, worr i es, and no fuss! "!- sat and watched and watched th e ir trails, And wish ed a hous e would g row for us!
-B SARAH.
The Lab. !
The lab.!
Where science students love to go, Where all the sweet odours do blow, Where crucibles are all aglow, O'er bunsen burners burning low, Where test-tub es stand all in a row, Near si n ks where waters overflow, Whe re l ab'r ing teachers strive to sow The seeds of knowledge in students sl ow How they do it, I don't know .
F . THOMAS, XX.a (age 13).
Our Country .
Ir tyrants should invade our shore, Like some on others' shores before, And all our hope of freedom gone; What need we more to spur us on Than this-" Our country."
If despots shou l d rule o'er our land, And nought at all for us be planned, If in their policy th ey 're corrupt; What need we more to sti r us up Than this-" Our country."
-ELSIE THOMAS, XX.
" The Fire."
A glowing mass of r ed-hot coals, it burn ed Th at eve, a nd in the fiery e mbers bri g ht , I s aw strong castles built and overturned In days when might was ri g ht, a nd rig ht was might. I saw great for ests de e p, a nd In the gl a d es The elves and gnomes their re ve ls there did hold, While overhead the trees made high a r cades,
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And underneath o l d witches fortunes told.
I saw fair s hip s come sailin g into port, Laden with treas ures rich from distant land s, And ' a ll the g litter of some foreign c ourt, Where wealth a nd b ea uty h o ld s uch hi gh command s, And so the pic tur es ro se a nd fell, until Th e glowin g fire died out and a.II wa s still.
JESSIE CURRIE, XX.a (age 16)
Nat ure.
The river driftin g on its co urse Is g liste ning in th e su n , The L ofty Mountains are its sou r ce, It gurgles as in fun; And und e rn eath a shelving rock Are s had o ws d a rk a nd co ol. And now and the n a · bird does mock Th e singin g of the pool.
I wander 'neath t he s h a d y trees With mu sic a ll a round, And rus h es swaying in th e breez e : What b eauty I hav e found! Flowers sway on s len de r waving s t ems With nodding drowsy h eads, Like Nature's many co lo u r e d gems Sparklin g in their b eds.
-DAISIE CALLAGHAN (age 15).
Th e Fairies' Hour
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Hark! a s ilve r bell is ringin g , 'T is the fairies' dancing hour. Out they troop, Each littl e grou p , As sweet as a n y flow e r!
Soft i s the d a rk green carpet, The mushroom ch airs stand by, To the centre they prance And sway and dance, Under the s tarlit s k y.
Hark! anoth e r be ll is rin g in g, While t h e golden s u nbeams rise , Every fairy, Light and airy, Homeward quickl y flies.
-MINN IE WOOD (Coll. V.).
An Australian Morning :in Spring.
Th e golden sun is floodin g The hills with brilli a nt li gh t, And the stream i s makin g m usi c, Rushing from a distant h eight
The g um trees tall and statel y Shade d a inty maiden h air, That grows in mossy b a nk s B y wildflowe rs sweet and r a r e.
H e r e, where the ye llo w wattle O' e rhan gs th e rus tic bri.d ge, A kooka laughs so loudly He 's h eard down at " Th e Rid ge."
In a paddo c k to the we s t Th e cattle com e to graze, And a magpie, sweetly warbling, Flies o'er fie lds of maize -DOREEN LACEY, XX.
A Garden.
Oh, there i s m ag ic in th a t word, That tells us of the singing bird; Th e wavi n g tree, in sunshine g own ; The azu r e s ky, with n e'er a frown; The s parkling brookl et, c rystal c l ear , Splashing by the g r eensw a rd n ear; The flow er fairies, friskin g free, In little groups of two and three, C la d in th e rainbow co lour s bright. Ob, aren 't they sweet, so gay and light? And some hav e per fumes ri c h a n d rare, Whil e d e w drips on the ir g leam in g hair. Enfolded round w ith cobweb la ceThey charm one with their dainty grace!
LORNA Mc DONALD, XX a (age 14 ).
PRIZE JUNIOR VERSE.
Good-Night.
The sun was kissing the sea good-ni ght, The sea lay c a lm in the fadin g light, And a ll aroun d was silen t and still, At the close of day
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The waves w e re whispering soft a nd dear, Wafting the ir notes to . each mortal ear, Th e mermaid s sang t h e ir lull ab i es
At the c l ose of clay.
Good-night, good-n igh t the seagull s croo n , As th ey fly by the pal e a nd waning moon, Good-nigh ts a r e b e in g w hispered o'er all · t h e world,
At the c lo se of da y.
RUTH LE COUTEUR, IV. c (age 12).
PRIZ E SENIOR PROSE.
A Walk in the Bush.
It was a morning· in early Sprin g when we set out for that simplest of all p l ea s u res-a walk in the bu s h. We followed first of all the typical bu s h track whi ch wound r o und the western fa ce of the thickly wooded mountain. There w ere gums growing above u s, gu ms g rowing b e low us, and a l ong the s ton e-ed ged p ath sweet sarsaparilla crept a nd clun g As yet un lit by t h e morning sun , wattle shrubs s ho wed up dully yellow, not with th at g l ea ming gold so' ijsual to it.
Walkin g in delightful l e is ure to drink in this chan g ing sameness, we arriv e d at a point on the mountain s ide from where we could overlook the numerou s peaks a nd g ulli es clothed in d a rk green with su nli t patches n ear at hand , but softening in the distance to pale g r een, g r ey, b l ue, a nd , ou the horizon, purple.
As we con tinu e d on our way the path, or now trac k, grew l ess a nd l ess clearly m a rked; stones and m oss l y ing o n it s h owed that f ew passed a l o u g t h is way. Now ta ll w hite gum trees were see n more a nd m ore frequently ; g i ants of t h e bu s h ri s i ng st r a i ght as- darts to h eaven and fa ll en tree-trunks damp with moss a n d f un g i l ay rott in g in the s h ade of their fe llows. The s un g lintin g throu g h the tree-to p s cast that indescribable, everc han ging mixture of s un s hin e a nd s h adow on our path.
of a n occasio na l t r ain, and the noi se of wood-cuttin g h ad c l earl y re echoed to u s in the s h a rp morning air. Here in the h eights an d primi tive wild e rne ss we co uld h ea r n othing but bu sh sounds blending into one musical tone th e ru stling whisp er of th·e ever-shaking tree-tops, the o<;cas ional note of both see n a nd ~n seen bifdS an d the nume rous sma ll ind efinab l e noises that con t ribu te to the atm osph e r e of the Australian Bush.
But all too soo n we we r e t o l eave this paradise, for suddenly, upon a tu rn in the pa th w e could see the cl eared summ i t of t h e mountain-forerunner oCthe civ ili sation to which we must return.
-M. ALLEN." Tears."
The small girl wal k ed s.iowly home from school. Her th o u g hts, fo r some rea s on, w e r e running o n a stran ge sub ject-tears. " Tears ! " s h e thought. Wh at cau sed them? Sometimes, when she fell over, the tears ca m e. Were ,. t h ey really n e c essa ry in life? Sure l y th~re must b e some reason for their exi s t errce? Someone, she rememb e r ad , h a d once told h e r that everyt1Yi11g had its us es, however trivial. But tears ! She could not think what us es f.h ey coul d have But wh at was making h e r think of th em ? She tried to think of something clse-t?e game of rou n ders she had p l ayed a t 'dinner tim e, a nd the good hits she h a d m ade. And afte r school-what was it she a nd h er mates had don e then? Ah, yes-! Climbed the ol d gum tree at the back of the schoo l. She had a lmo& t fallen, but her dress · ha d caught, a nd t hi s had saved her Again, and almost against her w ill, her thoughts would turn to tears A str a n ge s ubj ect for so youthful a n d s ure l y, care-free, a person. Yet h e r mind would n ot turn from it. So. s lowly, s h e con t i,nu ed on h e r hom eward way, down the b us h track, wo nd e rin g what h er m othe r would say (and do ) wh e n s h e saw a ll the tears in her
Lo we r down the mountain-s ide, th e new dress so und s of the little town s hip , the r a ttl e DULCIE FOARD.
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PRIZE INTERMEDIATE PRQSE.
A Day in Cap e town .
When I came on deck t h at mor nin g, Olll' s hip was ri d·ing at anchor on the ca lm ,vater s of Table Bay. What a v i ew met the eyes! On three sides was t h e deep blue ocean, and on t h e other land.
Bu t the finest s i gh t of all was Tab le Mountain A command in g mass of b a r e, grey-b row n rock, i t tow e red above th e surro undin g peaks, and with i ts Li ou Con so r t, . ,eeme d to be g u arding the c i ty nestling · at its foot. Far up into the blue expanse of sky it stretch ed i ts f lat s ummi t, the whole b e in g reflected in th e water b e low.
But no w· t h e s hi p was as tir, and soo n · we were und e r way. Slowly s h e drew n ear the wharf, workin g h e r way in t ill s h e lay a lon gs id e. Till ten , a ll was bustl e and hurr y get tin g ready to go as h o r e. What with c r eakin g d e rricks, rattling winches, a nd coaling, the s hip was soo n noisy and dusty, and h er passenge rs were g l a d to leave h e r.
Bidding g ood b ye to thos e passe11 gers w ho were d isemb arki n g, our party walk ed a lon g the wharf to w h e r e a small tra in was waiting to convey p asse n gers to th"l city. After twenty minutes, w ith some jolting on the way, it ran into t h e stat ion Gettin g out, and walkin g on, we turned into Add e rl ey Street, wide and l ong.
We s p ent a busy mornin g in Capetown, seei n g the s i ghts. At inte r vals a long t h e k e rb -s tones were natives with b ig baskets of t e mp ti n g fruit or lovel y flowers. Then there were t h e curio s h ops The y we r e the b est of a ll, wit h their l ovel y ost ri chfeath-ers, ivory br ace l ets, ne cklets a ud fan s, tiny imi tat ion ri c ksha s, and coun tless othe r fascinati n g things. ~ome even so ld s kin s
A s the m o rn i n g advanced, t h e ,;t r eets beca me h otte r a n d h otter, a n d we we r e g l a d to e nt e r a coo l resta urant for lun c h. When we ca m e out th e point a r ose as to where t h e afternoo n sho ul d be s p ent. Among va ri o u s places s u ggested were Groot S chuur and Camps Bay . 'Th e latte r was c hosen
Catching a tram, we w h isked d ow n Adderl ey Street, and, turnin g round, fo l lowed the railway until the tram sw un g out on to th e ocean road. I t was a p erfect dr ive On o n e s id e were beautiful hou ses with s h ady gard ens, and on the oth e r t h e wide ocean. Roundin g a turn, we saw Camps B~y b efore u s, and w e r e soon ther e . It was a pretty pl ace, h em med in by t h e mountains. Ge tting out, y,re went down t o the b each , w h ere incoming w aves broke aga inst hu ge b ou ld e r s, sendi n g column s o f spray i nto t h e a ir. To t he l eft · t he Lion 's H ead r ea red i tself in to the c loud s
After a pl easan t hour , w e caught th e train ba ck , tli is time b etwee n t h e moun ta ins. Up a nd up' •the car to il ed on the winding, dusty, s in g l e tr ack, an d one felt hotter ever y mom ent. At last ' i t reached the top, and, d escen din g, e n tered a co ol , s hady ro ad On the right was the hu ge bulk of T ab le Moun tain , a n d away below, t h e white roofs of Capetow n g l eamed in t h e s un. Down t!Je car went, till at l ast i t swu n g into Adderley Street once more Getting o ut we walked down to the station After waiting, a t r a in took u s back to the wliarf. Tb<!re our boa t l ay, a nd , tired but h ap py, we boarded h e r.
Ju st as t he s un was setting th e ropes were cast off, a nd s h e dre w away. When o ut in the bay, w e took a last look at Tab le Mounta in Its s ummi t · was wreathed in mist, which t h e last rays of th e dyin g s un h ad turned to fi e ry- g old. Gatherin g s peed , we soon left CapetQwn far b ehind
JES S IE CU RRIE, XX.a (age 16).., The " Fab ric of a Visio n."
Th e golden lamp of the moon bun g low in the sky, g lea ming through the dark trees So u nded t h e soft so b of e lEin flutes and the fa int, sweet scent of woodbine stole on i ts e rrant way. From behind a tree p eeped a wee fi g ure, a mischievous look on it s face; then s u d d e nl y danc e d out of the s h adow~. acros s t h e interv e nin g space to a tall t oadstool , a nd seated him self t h ereo n
Full in the mo on's rays sat t h e chief of t h e Mad Moon s hees, w a iti n g for h is
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band of followers; for this was the night of the Grand Revel, which followed a victory over their mortal enemi es, the Weirdrian gnomes. Already the elfin band was playing, and g low-worms glimmered among th e s h adows.
Then a great moth fluttered down from the _s ky, with an e lf on its back. An oth er followed , and another, until each toadstool in the ring had its o cc upant. The moth s vanished s il e ntl y For a moment the liltin g rh y thm of the fl~tes ceased and a ll was s il ence. Then spoke the Chief Moonshee, Wana:
" Elf-people, t o-night we hold Gra nd Revel, to co mmemorate our v i ctory over the Weirdrians. Grey Lady , Wind has gone to rest, and the Lamp of the Moon is lit. To our revels , elf-people! To-night we are free!"
As h e fin is hed , a low murmur aros:! · from the 2 ssem bled elves, as if a dawn wind liad whispered among tree-tops. Suddenly the m usi c of the flut es rang out. a nd the s cene was transformed. From a s hadowy, mystic world it had become l authing, alive. Points of fire glittered in t~e sky; reflected on rustling l eaves, and in glow-worms Each e lf leaped from hi s toadstool, ran wildly be hind a great stump, and reappeared on the back of a gleaming dragon-fly. With great eyes that looked lik e miniature moons they swooped, glancing, here, there, and everywhere
Shrill lau ghtei· arose, and str ange rustlings sounded in the und e rgrowth Madder, wilder flew the dragon-flies. Almost up to the l aughing sta r s they fl ed, and down aga in , with a ro yal swerve; then , with a flicker of wings, ac ross to the pass io n-flow ers near by, and drank of their clew. In the dreamy pause that followed. there rose a wailing wind. Th e Grey Lady had wakened, and co me to stop their r evel s! The R ains l eagued with h e r, for n ow their hi ss and beat on the passive.! earth was heard The moon hid her face. Then came the sound of a rushing, mighty wind-a wind that see m ed to fill the earth -il wind that scr eamed, that howled ab ov e, and f illed the woods, near and far. with a deep booming, pierced now and then by the splintering c rash of snappi n g bough and falling tree.
Somewhere in this pand e monium of sound ech oed a wild lo ne wa il-the wa: cry of the W e irdri ans! Nearer and n ea r e;they came, till at last they were upon the Moonshees ! Hurtling o ut o)f the g l oom of the wood came hundr eds of nois e l e~s owls, their g lo wing eyes, like lamp . piercing the chaos of wind and rain , carrying on their backs the Weirdrians.
Armed with the stings of bees, they threw themselves upon the Moonshees Ensued a fierce struggle; many a grim tragedy was enacted in the echoing wood s. The hills mourned un ceas ingl y; far-flung branches caught the dirge, and sent it back to the heavens.. ..
Suddenly a silence fell upon a ll. Grey Ln.dy Wind quietened, moaned , and died. Timidly the moon peeped from behind a black cloud , then, bold ening, showed her whole radi ant face, glistening on the dripping l eaves. Fresh and sweet, the air came laden with incense. And one by one wee figures rose from near the passionvine, stumbled over the s l eeping dragonflies to the toadstool s, and seated themselves thereon, yawning prodigiously, and rubbing th elr eyes.
Gone were the owls, gone were the Weirdriaus! The Gol den L amp was still in the sky. Sparks of fire glitte r ed in the heavens , and a still, low music sounded from hidden flu tes. · That drowsy dew of the passion-flower had lulled them to s l eep, a~d the wild · combat was of the fab ric of dreams!
Slowly the moon · paled. Stars faded.
drea ming, into the arms of dying night. Aud the sun rose, making a ll the l a nd g lorious with morning.
R. HEATH(age 14).
PRIZE JUNIOR PROSE.
The Story of a Cat .
Poor Tim t h e cat was feeling very neglected. A nasty clog had come to the house to stay Nobody took any interest in Tim now; the horrid old dog got all the biscuits and things t h at s hould have been Tim' s . He stalked about the house
with bis s tuck up nose in th e air and a la r ge blu e bow around hi s n eck.
Ju st now he had stolen T im 's piece of m ea t, a nd Tim, on going to th e _pantry to get some m o r t, found o n the to p s h e lf a ni;:e . y oung chi c ken ju s t s uit ecl to bis taste , and just as he was beginning to enjoy hims e lf, the door opened and in walked t~e cook, who threw a nasty bucket of cold water at him. So Tim felt very wo ebegone as b e sat on the fence licking him se lf dry and trying to pl a n revenge on the s tuck-up do g. ·
One day, as Tim was s itting in the barn hoping to catch a rat , h e saw th e s tuck up dog sneaking into the wood-s h e d with a
A Very Successful ExperimenL
In our Form (V.b Special) the fir st p e riod of each Wedn es da y ha s been a llott ed to one girl , \_VhO tells u s of every important ite m concerning th e t o wn or loca lit y in which she lives. Miss Wal ton h as a rr anged thi s as a n . ex p e rim e nt, which h as prov ed very successful. ·
Th e m a jority of the Form being board ers, i t is likel y th at s om e girls live in wheat a r eas, some in wool-growing, a nd so m e in fruit-growing a _r eas. City gi rls who a r e ignorant of c ountry life know mor e of city affair s t h an country g irls. Afte r eac h s peak e r finishes, h e r e ffort i s criticised b y every g irl, wh e th e r s h e pronounced her words correctly, s tood ,veil aI\d. altogethe r used e v e rything in its p ro p e r plac e. A tota l of fi f t ee n marks can be ga,ined, but each girl k eeps h e r own r ec ord. Nin e marks are giv e n for the m at ter s he h as concerning h e r subject, three mar~ for speech and thr ee m a rks for dra,wing!3 or diagrams presented MaQ.y q~e s tions are asked by th e g irl s , and ·ar~ answered by th e s p eak e r , but if s h e is ui:t a b le to answer them, they are recorded in a book, and th e following week they are r e ad out and answered if po si;iJ;ile j)y a ny girl in the F orm who h as ob \1!-Jn,ecl information in the m eantime
0\1,r first speaker was S. Pollock, a city gir i; who s poke on " City Traffic and it s
large juicy bone in his mouth. He buried it in the corner of th e s h ed . He did not know that Tim was watc hing him , so h e went away again. Tim crept quietly out of his hiding-plac e and dug in the ground till he found t he bon e. He carried it carefu ll f to the barn a n d pr e pared to enjoy himself Soon afterwa,rds the dog came back to get it aga in , and Tim, enjoying it very much , was caught in the barn. H e knew it was no use inte rfering with Tim , so he took all bis other bones and buried them in the front garden. Wasn' t Tim g la d when the gardener found him di gg in g holes in th e garden and s m acke d him , and s h ut hipi in the shed.
M LEMMON (age 12)P rob lems " and gave us a very enjoyab l e forty minutes. Drawings w ere shown and the girls were v e ry interested i n the ma P of ce rta in well known str eets. ·
Our second talk 'w as given by T. Dawso~ on the Warrnambool Breakwa t e r Thi s brea kwater is being used fo r th e purpo se of protecting Warrnambool's harbour, but c ontinuous rough seas have broken parts off, and reponstructing causes loss of mon ey and ex pe n se thu s spoiling War:namboo l 's c hanc e of ' b e in g th e harbour second to Port Phillip.
The lma's talk b e in g short, we decided to h ave two in th e one afternoon , a nd Mavi s Wa,shington, a Mildu r a girl, wa ,s called forw ii, rd to s peak on " Citrus Grow ing." Sl,Ie told of the g i owth of t h ~ orange .t;ree, th e packing of the fruit a wl t h e •pa oktn;~ for export, which was very interesting. The following week wae occ upie d b y P Kirs n e r , who spoke on th e "Soci~l ~ife of the J ewis h Community," an~ 4i)Veryl;)ody wa s surprised to h e ar of a ll the g ood this community Is doing.
'l'h~n c!\m e a very interesting subject, "Wheat Growin g," told to us in four stb.ges,, ·· · First, M. Coldwell told of the pr'o pa,ration of the ground b efor e plantin g , .Q~ Ba,th · followed with the growth of tlie ,'.y-~i at,' ,l(i°~n McAlis t e r gave u s an idea of the reaping and bind ing and packing
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for export, and F Le Couteur spoke of the m i.rk e tin g of the wheat.
After h earing so mu c h f rom our co untry gi rls, we thought it qu ite a change to 'l:J ear A. D ye s peak on the " Amu se m ent s at St. Kild a " This occupied only half the afternoo n, a nd was followed by E. Diffey, who spol5:e on " Windmills," from · which we gained much information. The next w eek we e njo yed our afternoo n very much for E. Willi amson spoke on Portland Harbour as a rivaf for Warrnambool. Port, l a nd n eed s no brea kwater, and we decided by other points brought forward that Portland Harbour in the n ear future would b e second to Port 'Ph illip. The following week we had our afte rnoon filled in very pleasantly indeed by two cousins from B e ndigo, K. a nd C. Harry, who told u s c l earl y a ll about Bendigo, the mines and produ c t s and th e town itself, aided by a very go od map of the town.
. Dulcie Bull co m es from a sheep-re aring centre, and was able to tell us very clearly a ll she knew about shearing; s he drew a machine-drive n cutter, which the shearers use to cut off the wool. Another drawin g was of a press by which the wool is packed for export. This was fo)lowed on by J. Crozi e r speaking of the "Bawra" wool scheme and also the selling of the wool. After Jean came J Howard, who gave u s a most e njo yable quarter of an hour spe akin g o f the Thermos F l ask. · She obtained a broken on e and was able to show us every part distinctly.
· These t a lks and discus s ions are giving u s knowledge of what is going on in our own country told to us b y girls who hav e grown up there, and are developing our speaki n g pow e rs as well as adding interest to our Form work. -B. I. B., V.b Spe cial.
Berw.i.ck Ca,mp, J a n uary, 192 5 .
"Nobody loves me, Everybody hates me , I'm going to th e garden to eat worm s."
Such s trains as these mig ht h a ve met th e ear of a passer-b y at Aub e -pine p a rticularly early in the morning as about half the camp, in bathing togs and kimonas , s tood round waiting to go down to th e pool for a morning dip.
This swimming pool · a t Berwick is v e ry beautiful, quite n ear the hou se, yet sheltered among trees a nd shrubs. Th e r e , one fine afternoon w e l1e ld our swimm ing s ports, where e v e n the non-sw imme r s h ad a c h a n ce of winning s u c h events as th e apple r ace. This was es pe c ially enticing, as w e were allowed to eat what apples we could catch in our mouths.
As well as the u s ual fancy dr ess and stunt s afternoon which eve ry camp has, we decided to ho l d a paper ch ase, willing hands tore up sheets a nd sheets of new spaper until the r e was a sack full. Then th e h a r es set off, having twe lve minutes start But, alas!
'' Th e paµer was thinned by the breath of the wind A1;)-d couldn't be found anywhere."
In other words, the hounds a rriveo. hom e abo ut h a lf a n hour after th e h a r es with torn · stockings · and we t through, s ince they had to w a de through the c r eek . .'• It was the time of test cricket, so the ca mp wa s divided into two tearris, and we played in all spare mome nts , cheered on by Tom the gardener, who bad kindly mad e the bat for U 3
All this s hows what a lovely time one b as at camp, but there is another deeper s ide that is no l ess d e lig htful. I mean the morning a nd evening prayers, consisting of a well-liked hymn , a short prayer, ancl in the evenings a s impl e, pract i cal talk by one of the officers. Also in the morn in g there was Bible circle, which lasted half a n hour. At this camp we were studying Nehemia h , which was comparatiYely unfamiliar to most of us . It was s urprising how many problems of interes t to ourselves arose out of the discussion of the Old Testament pioneer.
In concluding, l e t me wish any M.L.C. g iris who go to ne xt yea r 's B e rwick Camp jus t as happy and h e lpful a week as we girls and officers spe nt l ast Januar!-M. C. A.
The Prefects and Associate Prefects wish to tha nk Mesdames Ashworth and Stuart for the ir kindness in h elping them furnish th e Common Room. P. S. ;f. D.
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Helen Cowen and Blanch e Wood.
The Fitchett H a ll was well fi ll e d o n Frid ay ev2nihg, Oc tober 23 , w h e n a prog r a mm e of di st in c tion a nd d ec i ded merit was rend e r ed. Th e pr oceeds of th e c oncert 'will go ·:to e quip a much-n ee ded s it tin g-roo m f o r th e se nior r esi d e nt st u oe nt s.
Miss Wood s r e nd ering of "Softly Awak es My, H ea rt ," f rom "Samson an d Delila h ," w;1,s very b eautiful. Oth e r num b e r s in c lud e:a "Th e Monotone," by Co r n e liu s, w h ic h was partic ul a rly go :>d. " Come, Soothing Death," Schuma n 's " In the Ga rd e n ," a nd " Tex Y e ux ."
In sp i te of the fact that M iss Cowe n h ad a h eavy ''co ld , s h e r e nd e r e d h e r ite m s a dmirably; s he possesses a c l ear, ringin g sopra no voi ce. "Reci t. et Air de'Lia" was parti c u:arly go od. Bra h m' s " The V a in Suit, " : was a l so goo d , whil e "Lo, H ea r the Ge ntl e Lark, " gave Miss Cowe n 1 ampl e scope_" tp s how h er t ec hnical ab ility.
Mr. L es li e Barklam a bl y ass is t ed them. Hi s "Barcaroll e d'Hoffmann" and " Ilhap. sod ie Hon g 1·ois e" were well receiv e d . Specia l mention is due to Mi ss Fl-~c k art . F ew know \Vh at unlimited wo r k li es in the orga ni s in g of a concert such as thi s ; . tho se, h o w ver, who do know a ppre c iate h e r untirin g e fforts.
Th e artist$. w e r e v e r y g rat eful at h av in g s uc h a n a pprec i a tiv e a udience.
We hope hi s w ill be t h e first of a se ri es of s u ch concerts. 0. C. A . D .
1 Sp eech Night.
The g irl s w ho a r e l eavi n g look forward with min g l ed f eelin gs to the c l os ing epi · sod e of th e ir school life; to those who am not, Speech ,Ni g ht is m e r e l y a j oyo u s gathe r i n g with f.ew r eg r ets. It seems h a rd to im ag ine our " At Home " anywhere but· in th e Melbourne Town Hall; but perh aps th e Exhibition will pro v id e better a ccom mod ation for the hu ge c rowd s which att end this 1npul ar function . Owing to the fact th at in previous years p eo ple h ave bee n un ab l e · to obtain seats, arrangements hav e b ee n !made b y which p a rents a nd
fri e nd s m ay took, a n d t hu s avoi d d isappointment. Th e popularity with w hi c h thi s sch eme h as been rece iv e d shows t h at i t h as m e t with great app r ova l. F ew know wh at unlimit ed wo-rk ha s been devoted to t his p l a n , a nd through t h e maga z in e we wo uld lik e to t h a nk t h ose who h ave spe n t so much time m a king t h is f un c tion a n unprecedented s uccess.-:D. R. and J. D.
Types at M.L.C.
Des pi te the ve r y c r e ditabl e tende n cy h e l d b y t hose in a u t h o rity to h ave eve rybody c u t to a p attern, many di s tin ct types a r e still to b e see n Ta ll gir ls with l ong l egs, short g irl s with fat leg;, (gym s. a r e more or l ess a uniform l ength nowada ys) . Girls with dyspeptic stockin gs. Girl s with a sense of hu mour; t h ose w i t h ou t Pretty g irl s, plain g irls, sw.eet girl s, s impl e g irl s, cl e v e r g irls, ath l e tic g irl s, th in gir ls, plump girls , s trong girls, we a k girls, vain g irl s, tidy g irls-those who are not. Grimfaced g irl s d o in g In t e rmediate fo r the third time.
Once a girrs hair was her " c rowning g l ory" ; now s in ce m ost h ave fo llowed th e call of fashion a nd a ll owe d the ir locks to b e shorn, it can no l onger b e called this; there are, how ever, th e infinite var i e ti es of s hin g l es t hin and s lee k o n es, stra ig h t a nd fre a ki s h ones, fussy o n es, l o ng s hin g l es, and 0 1111 that " can't be picked up " Few a nd far b etween a lo n g-haired
g irl is to b e seen 0 C A D
Note.
We regret th at lack of space for ces us to omit the u s ual Ole! Co ll egia n s' sect io n In the Octob e r numb e r of "The Ole! Co ll egi a n ," how eve r , new s ma y be found of t he old g irl s and their act iviti es-acco unts of t he play, the d a n ce, t h e li tera r y evenin g, a nd , mo st e nthrall i n g of a ll, t h e s o l ution of th e c ro ss-word p uzz l e w hi ch our l earned o ld girl s publis hed in the Apr il i ss ue of t h e ir m agazin e.
EDITORS.