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JULY , 1955

Editorial

"D o not stand aloof, despising. There are glorious years ahead of you if you choose to make them glorious God is in His Heaven still So forward, brave hearts T o what adventures, I can not tell, but I know that God is waiting to see if you are adventurous."—J. M. Barrie.

There are great people like David Livingstone, Albert Schweitzer and Albert Einstein, who have done great things for the world, and yet in their own way they did them humbly, serving God first—not man Livingstone worked for God in winning the confidence of the people in the deserts of Africa, facing terrible hard ships—and yet the place where stands a monu ment to him is now in non-Christian hands again

Schweitzer could have been famous as an organist or a great doctor and scholar—yet he preferred to do God's work alone, building up faith in the hearts of the Africans He even refused to leave his people in Africa to accept recognition of his services in his native land, and is still continuing his work far from home and fame.

Einstein discovered great things for science, but was ashamed when his knowledge was put to the destruction of life He was kind and gentle—his only weapons his pen and paper— and yet he said that his discovery had been used not to help mankind, but to menace it He said,

"Let every msn be respected as an individual, and no man idolised It is an irony of fate that I myself have been the recipient of excessive admiration and respect of my fellows through no fault of my own."

These men, even though they may not have realised it fully, were following a way of life and tradition of service that Christ has set down as a pattern for our lives He, the Son of God, "made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant. . . .He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross."—Philippians 2: 7, 8

W e may not be able to do great things and be famous But we can forget our selfish dreams and we can work together—each doing our share of the work to hand Those who heard Canon Maling speak in Open Period will remem ber in one of his stories how the little bird's message went further than the lion's roar because his message was carried on by the co-operation of many little birds, while the lion's roar, mighty though it was, was a "solo" effort, and did not travel very far.

W e must then work together, and to work together we must love each other

George Macdonald says, "Hol d fast to God with one hand and open wide the other to your neigh bour—that is religion."

Editor: ROSEMAR Y HORTO N Sub-Editor: MARGARE T WALTER S Magazine Committee: Miss L Mitchell, Miss E Hug o (Exam, results; School Officers), Janice Beilby, Patricia Dixson, Rosalind Johns, Helen Mentiplay, Margaret Scott, Hele n Stocks, Judith Hope , Jennifer Murphy, Elaine Schuch, Helen Ward

The Principal's Absence Abroad

The school was delighted to hear that Dr and Mrs Woo d were going to have the opportunity of taking a short holiday abroad They will be greatly missed, but we hope that the trip will be a refreshing change for them both

Until their return in September, Miss L D Kellaway will be Acting Headmistress The Rev Howard Secomb will be School Chaplain, and Mrs Secomb is kindly taking over some of Mrs Wood's responsibilities

So Iv/ete

The School is very pleased to welcome these members of Staff—

Mrs A Johnstone, M.A., Senior French Mis tress

Miss L Sayers, B.Com., Biology, Geography

Miss M Davies, T.T.C (London), Lower Middle School

Mrs L Peach, Middle School

Mrs D E Hill (from England), Domestic Science

Miss D Mannes, Sportsmistress

Mrs. E. Schnagl, Sportsmistress.

Mrs A S Alcorn, Lower Middle School (for merly on the Staff as Miss Jeffery).

Miss N Thirl well (Old Collegian), Speech (formerly on Staff).

Miss Wendy Eddy (Old Collegian), Craft Studio Assistant

Misses A Tudor and H Shemilt, Students from Mercer House

Misses Wilma Garrett, Pamela Stewart (Term I) (Old Collegians) and Sheila Bentley, Labora tory Assistants

Miss J Bazeley, Mus.Bac., B.A., Mus.Dip., Organ, P.G.C.E (London), returned from over seas, Musical Appreciation, Singing

Miss J Zettl (Old Collegian), Librarian

Miss M Birkett (Old Collegian), Dressmaking Assistant

Miss M Donaldson (Old Collegian), Domestic Science Assistant

Miss E. Cavanagh, Mus.Dip. (Old Collegian), Singing, Lower Middle School and Junior School

Mrs. D. Duncan, Middle School.

Miss M Eggleston, B.Ag.Sci., P.G.C.E., (Lond), Middle School

Sister F Little (Old Collegian), Resident Staff

Sister F. Neilson, Resident Staff.

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The School regretted to bid farewell to the following members of Staff in December, 1954:—

Miss G. A. Dahle, B.A., Chief of Staff, 38 years.

Miss M Slater, B.A., Dip.Ed (Old Collegian), 4 years

Miss W Stormon, History, 1 year

Mrs. M. Coulson, B.A. (Old Collegian), Libra rian, 2i years

Miss H M Bowring, Domestic Science, 2 years

Mrs E B Knight, Lower Middle School, 4 years.

Miss D Dean, Junior School, 3 years

Miss J Hogg (Old Collegian), 3 i years

Mrs O Leith, Speech, 2i years

Mrs J Holloway, Sportsmistress, 2 years

Sister J V Donaldson, Resident Staff

Sister J Lucas (Old Collegian), Resident Staff

Mrs E F Vroland (Old Collegian), 2 terms

Miss J. Davies (Old Collegian), 2 terms.

Sister S Procter (Old Collegian), 2 years

Mrs P Stout, Business Diploma Form, 8 years

Mr Ivar Dorum, Mus.Bac., A.R.C.M., A.R.C.O., 2 years

Among the senior girls who left at the end of 1954 were the following:—

Gillian Anderson: Joint Senior Prefect, Dux of the College, Joint Editor of "Silver and Green," Leader of Fitchett Debating Team, Fitchett House Colours, Hockey Team, Equal Winner of Exhibi tion in Greek and Roman History, "Cromarty" Prize for English Literature (shared), First Honourable Mention Poetry, Grade I, and Honour able Mention, Dictee, Grade I, Alliance Francaise Examinations

Margaret Anderson: Joint Senior Prefect, Fit chett House Colours, Captain Basket-ball Team, Baseball Team, Equal Winner of Exhibition in Greek and Roman History, Second Honourable Mention Poetry, Grade I, Alliance Francaise Examinations

Marlene Ashman: Hockey Team

Mabel Boyle: Associate Prefect, Krome House Colours.

Rosemary Brisbane: Madrigal Group

June Broadbent: Associate Prefect

Andrea Browne: Athletics Team

Josephine Brownrigg: Associate Prefect, Treas urer S.C.M., U.N.A. Committee, French Club Committee, Vice-President Walking Club, Honour able Mention Poetry, Grade I, Alliance Francaise Examinations, Fitchett Debating Team

Yvonne Burns: Joint Senior Associate Prefect, S.C.M Committee, Secretary Camera Club, Debat ing Society Committee, Hockey Team

Beverley Clarke: Associate Prefect, Secretary French Club, Honourable Mention Poetry, Grade I, and First Honourable Mention, Dictee, Grade I, Alliance Francaise Examinations

Jill Clarke: Fitchett House Colours

Anne Collett: Cato House Sports Captain, Cato House Colours.

Margaret Connor: Debating Society Committee

Margaret Cooke: Cato Life Saving Representa tive, Cato House Colours

Joan Cornish: Associate Prefect

Joan Cother: Leader Berry Debating Team, Library Committee.

Jennifer Deacon: Prefect, Joint Editor of "Sil ver and Green," U.N.A. Committee.

Yvonne Deeble: Berry House Sports Captain, Berry House Colours, Basket-ball Team

Betty Derrick: Associate Prefect, U.N.A Com mittee, Library Committee

Jennifer Dew: Athletics Team.

Helen Dodgshun: Associate Prefect, Treasurer U.N.A. , Magazine Committee, Tennis Team.

Elizabeth Duncan: Associate Prefect, Fitchett House Colours, Pianist S.C.M

Hilary Dunn: Associate Prefect, Cato Debating Team, U.N.A Committee, French Club Commit tee, Honourable Mention Poetry, Grade I, and Honourable Mention Dictee, Grade I, Alliance Francaise Examinations.

An n Ensten: Prefect, Berry House Captain, Berry House Colours

Catherine Field: Hockey Team, U.N.A Com mittee

Wendy Fox: First Honourable Mention Poetry, Grade I, Alliance Francaise Examinations

Beth Fletcher: Prefect, French Club Committee

Barbara Galbraith: German Club Committee

Wilma Garrett: Prefect, Walking Club Com mittee

Patricia Gellie: Cato House Colours

Diana Gill: Correspondence Secretary S.C.M., U.N.A Committee

Glenis Granger: Associate Prefect, School Pianist, Madrigal Group

Patricia Gray: Magazine Committee, Library Committee

Cherril Greenwood: Krome House Sports Cap tain, Krome House Colours, Basket-ball Team

Esther Harris: Puzzles and Amusements Club Committee

Anne Harvey: Associate Prefect, Minutes Secre tary S.C.M., Walking Club Committee

Ruth Harvey: Library Committee

Bernice Heffernan: Prefect, Head of House, Cato House Captain, Cato House Colours, Madri gal Group.

Margaret Hirons: Hockey Team, Honourable Mention Poetry, Grade I, Alliance Francaise Examinations

Janice Horley: Berry Debating Team

Elizabeth Jackson: Athletics Team.

Lynette Jacobsen: Secretary Debating Society, Leader Cato Debating Team

Doreen Kanter: Associate Prefect, Fitchett House Sports Captain, Fitchett House Colours, Captain Baseball Team

Margaret Kidd: Fitchett House Colours

Anne Kornan: Magazine Committee, Equal Winner of First Prize Poetry Grade I, Second Honourable Mention Dictee, Grade I, and First

Honourable Mention, Reading and Conversation, Grade I, Alliance Francaise Examinations

Lynette Lamb: Fitchett House Colours, Fitchett Life Saving Representative, Tennis Team.

Heather McLaurin: Krome House Colours, Walking Club Committee, Leader of Orchestra

Marigold McLean: Cato House Colours, Base ball Team, Tennis Team

Elizabeth Milnes: Madrigal Group

Anne Neil: Secretary German Club

Marion Nixon: Hockey Team, Honourable Men tion, Poetry, Grade I, Alliance Francaise Examina tions.

Anne Paton: U.N.A. Committee, Honourable Mention, Poetry, Grade II, Alliance Francaise Examinations

An n Peasley: Magazine Committee

Barbara Rice: Magazine Committee, Debating Society Committee, Shakespeare Society Prize

Elizabeth Richardson: Berry House Colours

Judith Rosenberg: German Club Committee

Isabella Rowland: Madrigal Group

Natalie Sharpe: Prefect, Berry Debating Team, Vice-President U.N.A., Debating Society Com mittee

Lynette Shattock: Krome House Colours, Basket-ball Team

Rosalie Simpson: Honourable Mention Poetry, Grade I, Alliance Francaise Examinations

Beverley Slade: Joint Senior Associate Prefect, Berry House Colours, Basket-ball Team, Captain Athletics Team.

Jennith Smith: Honourable Mention Poetry, Grade I, Alliance Francaise Examinations.

Eve Spitz: Vice-President, German Club

Janet Stahl: Krome Debating Team, Shake speare Society Prize

Alison Steele: Prefect, Krome House Captain, Leader Krome Debating Team, Krome House Colours, Debating Society Committee, Secretary Walking Club, Honourable Mention Poetry, Grade I, Alliance Francaise Examinations

Margaret Thomson: Hockey Team

Barbara Taylor: Cato House Colours, Magazine Committee

Barbara Tonkin: Cato House Colours

June Trembath: Baseball Team

Judith Vertigan: Associate Prefect, Madrigal Group.

Helen White: Library Committee, Treasurer Camera Club

Beryl Wild: Magazine Committee, Library Com mittee, Vice-President Camera Club

Judith Wilkinson: Prefect, Fitchett House Cap tain, Fitchett House Colours, Magazine Committee, Vice-President S.C.M., Honourable Mention, Poetry, Grade I, Alliance Francaise Examinations

Jeanne Wilson: Library Committee

Mary Womersley: S.C.M Committee

Pauline Wright: Hockey Team

Lois Yen: Associate Prefect, School Librarian

Diana Yorston: Captain Hockey Team

Speech Night, 1954

Speech Night was held in the Melbourne Town Hall on 10th December For the first time, the Fourth Forms did not take part, but joined with the Lower Middle School in a programme of their own, held at the same place during the afternoon Mrs G W Paton, wife of the Vice Chancellor of the University, presented the prizes, and later charmed us with her address She told us not to try to get on at the expense of others, but to approach our work with a desire to serve, and concluded by saying, "Yo u have two insti tutions which will always stand by you, your home, and your school."

Conducted by Miss Flockart, with Dr Floyd at the organ, the choir and school sang some lovely Christmas music. The choir also sang Stanford's "T e Deum," performed the week before at the Festival of Church Music in St Paul's Cathedral The Madrigal Group also sang some of the songs broadcast over the A.B.C during the year.

The "acknowledgments" were made by Mr Nevile, Chairman of the Finance and Advisory Committee

In his report Dr. Woo d said: "There is still need to draw attention to the fact that girls deserve as much education as boys N o one would minimise the importance of a boy's profes sional career, but a girl's preparation for life is equally valuable. It should be axiomatic that girls are entitled to the best preparation in general education, in special training as home-makers, and, above all, in character building Their future homes will be fashioned by their love of reading, their tastes in art, music, drama, their experience in every phase of intellectual and physical educa tion, their Christian faith and ideals How can it be contended that general education finishing at the age of sixteen is enough for girls?"

Dr Woo d urged Australians to take a more serious attitude to education, and said that if children can be encouraged to read good books many educational and social problems will be solved. He deplored the tendency of people to accept "served up " material in newspapers, radio, films and television "W e glory in the word 'democracy,' but forget that its privileges and obligations depend upon the willingness to think clearly and to think for ourselves. If 'Reading maketh a full man,' we can see the reason for the emptiness of most people whose reading ceased almost entirely when they left school, with the exception of reading the headlines of films and scanning the sports columns and fashion notes in the newspapers."

He went on to say that this lack of reading results not only in "poverty of thought," but also in loose and careless speech "Visitors to Australia comment adversely on the loose way in which our mother tongue is spoken; this loose ness is found not only in slang, in adopting

American terms, and coining new and equally objectionable ones, but in careless and ungram matical speech." People to-day seem to have lost that interest in fine literature and the apprecia tion of good writing which was one of the best aspects of family life in Victorian days Schools should stress the study of the classics in both English and other languages, the development of style in speaking and writing, and the ability to think clearly Only when a thorough grounding in these things has been obtained should pupils progress to other subjects

Speaking of religion, Dr. Woo d said that the most important function of schools like M.L.C was to provide a Christian education "Th e ques tion of careers is connected with these matters D o parents agree that service to God and humanity is more important than salaries? I am disturbed by the very small number of girls from M.L.C serving the Church as teachers in our schools, and the extremely small number who make the greater sacrifice of missionary work for the Church at home and overseas W e must be realistic in some matters, but I cannot forget the contrast between what I have seen in New Guinea and elsewhere—nurses and teachers serving for small salaries under difficult conditions, and doing this through love for Christ and for underprivileged people—and the rush for more salaries, more amenities, and sometimes less and less work in various occupations in Melbourne How can we become a Christian community when selfishness and slackness are at a premium?"

Dr Woo d spoke of the progress of the Assem bly Hall Fund and of the remarkable series of efforts to raise money under the direction of the honorary organiser, Mrs L S Chambers, to whom the School Council made especial acknowledgment. These efforts had brought the fund to £37,130 The Principal announced that building plans were proceeding; the new Junior School was now in full operation, and the demolition of Evans House for a new classroom block was due to begin early in 1955

After mentioning many aspects of school life, Dr Woo d acknowledged the admirable work of the Staff throughout the year He paid a special tribute to Miss Dahle, to whom the Council made a presentation during the evening He said: "After a long and distinguished record of service to M.L.C., Miss G A Dahle, B.A., is retiring She became a member of the staff in 1917 For many years past she has been Senior French Mistress, and since 1939 Chief of Staff She has been known and respected by generations of girls who have been inspired by her rich scholarship As a teacher of French language and literature she has held a unique record, and not only in Matriculation examinations, but in Alliance Fran caise competitions and French plays she has main

tained remarkably high standards Her quiet direction of Assembly has been honoured by Senior School as the school has grown in size Her place in the affection of the staff is outstand ing and enduring Miss Dahle takes with her the deepest gratitude of the whole school for 38 years of most loyal and efficient service."

The Principal announced that Miss Kellaway would undertake the duties of Chief of Staff in 1955 He referred to her long association with the School as Old Collegian and as Senior Mathe matics Mistress, and to her work as a member of the Schools Board and as President of the Assis tant Mistresses' Association

Dr Woo d concluded by wishing success to all who were leaving school. He said: "They know the school confides in them to be loyal to its motto, and to take as their aim, 'For God and for Home.' May they all know the joy mentioned in the line of a favourite hymn, the joy that comes from 'Work that keeps faith sweet and strong.' "

—Margaret Walters

In Memoriam

Mr Stockigt, much respected and beloved teacher of our clarinet students, died suddenly on Tuesday, 5th April He will be sadly missed in Melbourne's musical profession, and especially by his many students, to whom he was an inspiration.

Nurtured in the fine tradition of the German School, he was for many years the first clarinetist of the Berlin Phil harmonic Orchestra. He married Miss Isabel Carter, second clarinetist of our Victorian Symphony Orchestra, and a former member of our Music School Staff. The School tenders to Mrs. Stockigt and her son our sincere sym pathy

School Diarq

February:

Tuesday, 8th: It's good to see the school we knew—

The best school of all.

Friday, 11th: School Service Induction of Prefects and Associate Prefects

Friday, 18th: Representatives of the school socie ties talked to us about these activities

Friday, 25th: Mr Secomb, who is to be the School Chaplain during the absence of Dr Wood , spoke to us about Tonga

The first House meetings for the election of House Officers was held

Monday, 28th: A party of Matriculation girls went to see the film "Martin Luther." March:

Friday, 4th: Under the auspices of the United Nations, the Rev Stephen Yarnold spoke to the school in open period about the work and meaning of the United Nations.

The Senior School Swimming Sports were held at 3.30 p.m Congratulations, Berry, on your win!

Thursday, 18th: A party of Intermediate and Sub Intermediate girls went to a performance of "Th e Merchant of Venice."

Friday, 19th: A French Club party was held at P.L.C for Matriculation French students

A second performance of "Th e Merchant of Venice" was attended by a party of girls

Tuesday, 22nd: A party of girls went to the dedication of the completed fore-court of the Shrine.

Lower Middle School Sports were held at 2 p.m Again, congratulations to Berry!

Wednesday, 23rd: A S.C.M Tea and Chapel Service was held at Scotch College

Friday, 25th: A party of Matriculation and Leaving girls attended a performance of "Hamlet" at the National Theatre Saturday, 26th: The tests for " I Speak for Aus tralia" were held at M.L.C Senior and Junior Baseball Matches Tuesday, 29th: Intermediate Excursion to the Yallourn Open Cut Coal Mine Wednesday, 30th: Junior School Sports were held at 2 p.m Once again, it was Berry to the fore April: Friday, 1st: Round Table Debate at Wesley Saturday, 2nd: Senior and Junior Baseball Matches

Sunday, 3rd: The Annual School Church Service, conducted by the Principal, was held at 11 a.m. at the Auburn Methodist Church This service was broadcast over 3LO Monday, 4th: A party of Matriculation girls went to P.L.C to hear an enjoyable talk by Sir John Sheppard on the Odyssey

The S.C.M Choir took part in the Easter Festival at Wesley Tuesday, 5th: The School Communion Service was held at the Auburn Methodist Church Mem bers of Staff and girls attended the service Wednesday, 6th: In the final Assembly before the Easter holidays a farewell service was held for Dr and Mrs Wood , before their departure for England the following Tuesday on the "Oronsay." During this Assembly a presentation of travelling requisites was made to Dr and Mrs Wood The Assembly also took the form of an Easter Service

A n Easter film, "Whic h Will Y e Have?" was shown in the afternoon

Tuesday, 12th: Dr. and Mrs. Woo d sailed for England on the "Oronsay."

Wednesday, 13th: University of Melbourne 100 years old.

School resumed after the Easter vacation, and Miss Kellaway took over her duties as Acting Headmistress

Saturday, 16th: Senior and Junior Baseball Matches

Thursday, 21st: Senior School examinations began Friday, 22nd: The daughters of ex-servicemen attended the Anzac Memorial Service at the Shrine

Matriculation French students attended a most enjoyable soiree at Ivanhqe Grammar

Monday, 25th: Anzac Day Commemoration Ser vice

Saturday, 23rd: Senior and Junior Baseball Matches

Rev Stanley Weeks spoke on India in Open Period

Friday, 29th: Some senior girls attended an Orchestral Concert at the Melbourne Town Hall

Saturday, 30th: Senior and Junior Baseball Matches

May: Sunday, 1st: Many girls took part in the Youth March in the afternoon, followed by a service at Wesley Church conducted by Dr Irving

Benson. The speaker was Mr. Frederick, the Headmaster of Wesley College

Monday, 2nd: The Rev John Havea, from Tonga, spoke to the Senior School in Open Period.

Tuesday, 3rd: The 'Teen-agers' Dance was at tended by a record number of girls, who enjoyed themselves thoroughly

Wednesday, 4th: The Senior School Choir sang at the Victorian School Music Festival, at the Malvern Town Hall

Thursday, 5th: The Middle School Ch oir took part in the Music Festival at the Malvern Town Hall

Friday, 6th: The Senior Athletic Sports were held at 2 p.m Congratulations, Fitchett! Trophies were presented by Mrs Pederick, wife of the President of the Methodist Conference of Vic toria and Tasmania.

Saturday, 7th: A party of Matriculation Litera ture girls went to see a performance of "Hassan," presented by the Trinity College Dramatic Society.

Tuesday, 10th: The final night of the Victorian School Music Festival was held at the Mel bourne Town Hall

Thursday, 12th: A Round Table Debate with Wesley was held at M.L.C

Friday, 13th: Forms in Senior School celebrated Shakespeare's Birthday by acting scenes from "Hamlet," "Macbeth" and "Th e Merchant of Venice."

Extracts from Letters Received from Dr. Wood

At Sea, Approaching Aden

Dear M.L.C.,—

Tuesday, 26th April

Last Friday we were in Ceylon Colombo is a large modern city, a great port with perhaps 30 or 40 large steamers in port at the same time Ceylon is now independent within the British Commonwealth, and there is marked nationalist feeling Most of the people are Sinhalese, and Buddhist in religion; there are also Indians (Tamils), Moors, and some descendants of Portuguese and Dutch, who were here before the British came. Parts of Colombo are very squalid; there are great differences in Ceylon between the very rich and the very poor natives

W e went by car to Kandy, 72 miles, the old capital, 1700 feet above sea level Everywhere the modern and the ancient were alongside— modern motor cars, radios blaring in the shops, and slow old bullock carts drawn by one or two hump-backed oxen The cars almost recklessly dashed through these crowds of people in every street, and past the old carts

The rice fields were interesting; they are, as you know, in terraces, with water filtering down from one terrace to another Men and women were working in these muddy fields, and water

buffaloes also were there. W e saw many elephants, some dragging logs, others bathing in rivers Buddhist temples and Hindu temples were numerous W e saw many Buddhist priests, who always wear yellow robes Less than 10 % of the people are Christians Crimes of violence are prevalent. The Buddhist priests blame white people for drink and gambling, which are spread ing among the natives; real Christians, of course, are trying to stop all these evils

W e went to a tea factory -The tea leaves are crushed through rollers, and in the last process the tea leaves are sorted into different grades by women, who crouch in a position which seemed most uncomfortable W e saw different rpice trees (cloves, nutmegs, cinnamon, ginger), and rubber trees The Botanical Gardens near Kandy were very beautiful Lord Mountbatten had his headquarters in that spot during the war W e saw also the buildings of the new University of Ceylon, near Kandy, in park lands

Native dancers came on board "Oronsay" in the evening Their dancing was performed to the beating of a drum in varied rhythmical pat terns A snake charmer was in the party; he did other tricks, including (pretending to) make a mango plant grow from nothing in a few moments . . .

In the Mediterranean

97'A dosert, with only 6,000,000 acres of arable land

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The Red Sea was not very hot, but one day the temperature was 87° Land on both sides is out of sight, and the Red Sea is 1000 miles long

Aden is a great port, where ships get oil and water stored there for them The jagged, barren mountains come almost to the water's edge Rain does not fall for years on end, and there is no grass It is the crossroads of East and West for trade; because there is no customs duty there is an immense trade in watches, cameras, binoculars, rugs, etc The population of 150,000 Arabs, Somalis, Hindus, in 75 square miles, depends on this trade and on supplying ships We saw the arrest of a pickpocket in the crowds from the ship, who were buying cheap goods

At Suez, our ship entered the canal. Passen gers were allowed to visit Cairo during the passage of the canal We and many others took this opportunity. We were driven 100 miles in 1 hour 50 minutes from Suez to Cairo across desert Driving is right-handed, and drivers believe in speed In the densely-packed streets of Cairo the speed was breath-taking, and there were con stant fantasias on horns (Egyptians love noise). Egypt is under martial law, and soldiers are every where. Suddenly from the desert we entered Cairo, a fashionable suburb named Heliopolis The Heliopolis Palace Hotel, where we had coffee, is magnificent; in the large domed foyer there was a carpet, seamless, over 100 by 50 feet Alongside these hotels and wealthy homes there are squalid flats, jerry-built, tumbling down, crammed with extremely poor people Cairo has 3,000,000 people (equal to Melbourne and Sydney com bined)

The museum of Antiquities deserved weeks, not just an hour. We saw the glories of Tutan khamen's tomb, with thousands of jewels, the cases for the mummy; also statues and slabs with bas relief inscriptions from ancient tombs. Then again through packed streets, with motor cars, donkey carts, dirty beggars, wealthy Egyptians— through a bazaar, past a Moslem cemetery, past the great Citadel (no British troops now), and to the Great Mosque. This is made of marble, and the largest modern mosque (built in 1848), the dome 150 feet high, with a chandelier with 1500 lights Afterwards, to the Pyramids These are awe-inspiring The Great Pyramid is 481 feet high, 750 feet long on each side; the trans port and erection of thousands of blocks, each weighing many tons, must have been prodigious. We went on camels to the Sphinx, 240 feet by 65 feet high Our camels were gaily decorated, but mounting and dismounting were difficult, and it was necessary to lean back hard I did not go inside a tunnel—there was not enough time —but we saw enough to realise the sublime con ception of these Pyramids, built as tombs for kings, with the Pyramid typifying the king's ascent to heaven, and with the effort to hide the bejewelled tomib far in the interior.

We went by train, 140 miles, from Cairo to Port Said, where our ship was waiting "Oronsav" sailed soon after midnight Egypt is anti-British, there are 22,000,000 people in a country which is

In London.

We live in a typical square in West London all houses have four or five storeys they are eighteenth century houses, with old porticos and iron railings On the first day I went by bus to the city, past Hyde Park, Marble Arch, down Oxford Street (window boxes with flowers in bank windows and in large shop windows like Selfridge's, and flowers on lamp standards, in the middle of the street), then down Regent Street to Piccadilly, with the statue of Eros in the middle I fixed up about getting my car and driving licence I have got lost a few times in London, but am learning by trial and error. . .

I visited Wesley's Chapel, Wesley's house, saw John Wesley's grave, and Charles Wesley's (which is in Marylebone, not City Road, where John Wesley's is), John Wesley's coat, bands, hat, glasses, even a little of his hair, his writing desks, grandfather clock (still going), his study, his books, and his prayer room Next Sunday I shall preach from his pulpit, and I have played a small organ which belonged to Charles Mrs. Wood and I went to an election meeting, hall packed, heckling even more persistent than in Australia; the politicians' speeches were very good indeed. . . .

I have seen Buckingham Palace, with guards marching in front The bands are practising for the trooping of the colours, and so on In Whitehall I have seen Life Guards on horseback and on foot, with their magnificent uniforms

I have begun visiting a number of schools . . . some of them have taken more than half a day .. . I shall tell you more about these later. Those outside London have spacious grounds, and all the girls are boarders; they have assembly halls, chapels, splendid gymnasiums, some have swim ming pools. Music is very prominent in these boarding schools. . . . Many girls stay until eighteen, or at least seventeen I have also visited a (Church) Women's Training College The Government pays the fees and board for all the girls, who undertake to be teachers, many of them in Church schools.

I have attended one orchestral concert at Royal Festival Hall, the new hall near Westminster, seating 3500.

Dr Sangster asked me to assist him in his service the first Sunday night, at Westminster Central Hall, where the congregation is 2500 always The Methodist Youth Department held it: annual congress and display last Saturday. The evening display was in Royal Albert Hall, 5000 present, nearly three hours' programme: choir, orchestra, miming, tableaux, also gymnastics of many kinds, a basket-ball match (on the floor of the great arena in the Royal Albert Hall).

We have been to one of Dr Billy Graham's open-air evangelistic meetings at Wembley Sta dium over 50,000 on a very wet night We sat in the pouring rain the whole time, in the open, with our umbrellas up Dr Graham is most earnest All denominations (except Roman Catholic) ardently support him On Sunday

afternoon we heard Dr Donald Soper at Hyde Park—a very large crowd

In the first week I visited the grave of my brother, a chaplain in the R.A.A.F., killed by a bomb in 1944; Brookwood Cemetery is 25 miles from London, and is very well kept; many hundreds of Australians, Canadians and others are buried there My first photos, taken in England were of tulips at Kew I have also seen my first primroses and bluebells . . . England is one glorious garden—winding, narrow roads; you soon reach one village after the one before; the green of the trees, meadows, flowers, must be seen to be realised Even in London the parks and gardens are like this.

Touring England

I wish I could tell you more about the stimu lating places we are seeing Driving by car is an advantage, and our days are full. W e have at tended two concerts at Royal Festival Hall, the second—Sir Thomas Beecham and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra W e have seen "Richard II" at the Old Vic., . . . setting, lighting, etc., perfect; we were very close to the stage W e went to the Royal Academy: there were many glorious portraits, one by an Italian of Queen Elizabeth was very striking

A reception was arranged by Miss Dora Walker for ex-members of Staff and Old Collegians to meet Mrs Woo d and myself: Mrs Leith, Miss Val Kerr, Miss Daniel, Miss Parsons, Miss Had den, Mrs Denis Latham (formerly Miss Mary Thompson), and about thirty others were there Last Sunday I preached at Wesley's Chapel, a very moving experience for me: half the con gregation were Australians, including many from M.L.C

I have interviewed officials at the Ministry of Education and London County Council, and am seeing many schools, including so far:

Mary Datchelor, famous for Music.

North London Collegiate (Pamela Ternouth, of L.V.a, went there)

Queenswood (Methodist Boarding School, 420 acres, chapel, gowned choir, 25 music prac tice rooms)

Farringtons, Kent (Methodist; has chapel).

Kent College, Pembury (Methodist)

Southlands Training College (Methodist; all boarders, supported by Government which pays all fees and board for these student teachers) .

West Cornwall School for Girls, Penzance (Methodist; specialty—Art).

Kingswood School, Bath (founded by John Wesley for sons of Methodist ministers; 50 per cent, are still ministers' sons; many of Wesley's letters and books in library; chapel; has own bakery; orchestra of 60, has played with pianist Solomon, junior orchestra of 40)

St Alban's High (C of E., Assembly Hall, and gym., well-equipped)

Fees in English schools are higher than in Australia, classes are generally smaller, buildings and equipment very good; most of the schools are out of the towns, boarders predominate, most Staff are resident.

Cheltenham Ladies' College has impressed me most (except perhaps for one other) ; buildings to-day could not be built for £1,000,000, but fortunately were built (most of them) 100 years ago; Assembly Hall seats nearly 2000; 700 boarders, 60 day-girls; high fees; outstanding re sults for University; 2 pipe-organs, several grand pianos; orchestra of 50, has been recorded by B.B.C.; junior orchestra, 30; several libraries; lawns, gardens, museum, pool "

Dr Woo d writes in his letters of his visit to Oxford and to the S.W. of England, the follow ing being very fragmentary excerpts:

I wish I could describe Oxford in detail,—less than two days there, but visited these Colleges— Balliol, Magdalen (madrigals sung on May morn ing), Exeter, Jesus, Lincoln (Wesley's room there), Keble (Holman Hunt's "Light of the World") , New ( to Evensong there), Trinity, Wadham, Christ Church W e saw over the Sheldonian Theatre (degrees conferred here), and visited St. Mary's Church (Wyclif, and John Wesley, preached here) W e saw the Martyrs' Memorial which commemorates the burning of the Protest ant Bishops (Cranmer, Ridley, Latimer)... Alongside our guest -house, four miles from Ox ford, was Matthew Arnold's Field, where he wrote "The Scholar Gipsy" and "Thyrsis." Vivid green of foliage and fields, wild flowers along the roadsides (especially in Cornwall where I am writing now), primroses, bluebells, buttercups

Much traffic in small towns and on country roads People are courteous and helpful to visitors everywhere There is a beautiful courtesy in England. The people have suffered through wars, but they are brave, cheerful It is a pity that National Service takes all lads away for two years, many to Germany, etc There are many R.A.F. aerodromes. . . .

From our hotel bedroom in Penzance we overlooked St Michael's Mount and Bay (see Mil ton's "Lycidas"). In the dining-room of our hotel the first news of the Battle of Trafalgar was given to Britain, from the minstrels' gallery of the dining-room Cornwall is traditionally Methodist. . . . On Whitmonday we went to Gwennap Pit, an old coal-pit filled in, where John Wesley preached 17 times during his many visits to Cornwall

Dr Woo d also describes some of the great Cathedrals: Exeter, Gloucester, Winchester (where Dr Floyd was deputy organist), Salisbury, and Truro He writes also of Bath, its great Abbey, with its memorial to Governor Phillip, the famous Pump-Room, and the Roman Baths, discovered little more than 100 years ago, with their supply for hot springs (120°) In his description of Glastonbury Abbey ruins, Dr Woo d mentions the reputed site of King Arthur's tomb, and the thorn tree connected with the legend of Joseph of Arimathea

School Officers, 1955

Senior Prefect: Janice Livingstone

Vice Senior Prefect: Wendy Orton.

Prefects: Margaret Adamson, Barbara Clark, Celia Coffey, Elizabeth Cowan, Lois Jones, Glenda McMillan, Elizabeth Manfield, Elizabeth Ralton, Julie Robertson

Associate Prefects: Coralie Frecker, Anne Walton (Joint Senior Associate Prefects), Janice Beilby, Robin Campbell, Patricia Dixson, Jane Elton, Pauline Farries, Rosemary Horton, Eve McLen nan, Jill Martin, Helen Mentiplay, Wendy Renkin, Julia Sandner, Davida Switson, Mar garet Walters, June Wyatt

House (Boarders') Prefects and Wing Captains: Margaret Adamson (Senior), Judith Bull, Berice Callander, Elizabeth Cowan, Eve McLen nan, Heather Marshall, Anne Masters, Betty Moon

House Captains — Senior: Elizabeth Cowan (Berry), Wendy Orton (Cato), Julie Robertson (Fitchett), Margaret Adamson (Krome) Middle: Pat Edwards (Berry), Gillian Levick (Cato), Lucy Gilliam (Fitchett), Jan Taylor (Krome) Junior: Shona Phillipps (Berry), Sue Hillis (Cato), Heather Shaw (Fitchett), Desley Gare (Krome)

House Sports Captains—Senior: Elizabeth O'Neill (Berry), Jill Evans (Cato), Anne Walton (Fit chett), Davida Switson (Krome) Middle: Margaret Stevens (Berry), Jill Kennedy (Cato), Ruth Worner (Fitchett), Margaret Papst (Krome) Junior: Gail McCready (Berry), Valerie Hewitt (Cato), Ruth Sanders (Fitchett), Lana Gottlieb (Krome).

Form Captains: Honour Vl.a, Janice Livingstone; Honour Vl.b, June Wyatt; Honour VI.c, Janice Beilby; Pass Vl.a, Helen Chesterfield; Pass Vl.b, Maureen Norwood; Pass VI.c, Glenys Bull; Pass VI.d, Ginette Smorgon (gone to England) and Margaret Lansbury; Diploma A, Kathleen Oaten; Diploma B, Helen Boyce; V.a, Joan Horsfall; V.b, Jan McCormack; V.c, Shirley Marshman; V.d, Dorothea Cook; V.e, Gwynneth Palmer; V.f, Ruth Bilney; V.g, Marcia Beau mont; V.h, Jean Woodfull; L.V.a, Rosemary Benjamin; L.V.b, Heather Cahill; L.V.c, Helen Palmer; L.V.d, Jean Blair; L.V.e, Nanette Allan; L.V.f, Marlene Lear; L.V.g, Shirley Carroll: IV.a, Rosslyn Wortley; IV.b, Leslie Fielding; IV.c, Jill Forbes; I V d, Miriam Bilney; IV.e, Annette Collins; L.IV.a, Barbara McCloskley; L.IV.b, Jennifer Shears; L.IV.c, Jennifer Barnett; L.lV.d, Sue Hillis; L.IV.e, Susan Coombes; L.IV.f, Marion

—Photo Freeman, Sydney MARGARE T ANDERSON , Joint Senior Prefect, 1954, Matriculation, Exhibition (Greek and Reman History (equal),

I

—Photo Donald Hancock, JANICE LIVINGSTONE , Senior Prefect, 1955

Kelly; IH.a, Johanne Byriell; IH.b, Cynthia Cook; III.c, Helen Watters; L.III.a, Norma Butler; L.III.b, Margaret Ashton Social Service Captains: Honour Vl.a, Lois Jones; Honour Vl.b, Eril Hutton; Honour VI.c, Eve McLennan; Pass Vl.a, Pam Burroughs; Pass Vl.b, Margaret Channon; Pass VI.c, Terrill Sloss; Pass VI.d, Freda Korman; Diploma A , Rosalie Alexander; Diploma B, Margaret New bound; V.a, Margaret Hagger; V.b, Gilda Richards; V.c, Lynn Tabart; V.d, Diane Cor nish; V.e, Margaret Paice; V.f, Jill McNab; V.g, Helen Sartori; V.h, Judith McDonald; L.V.a, Lesley Dunn; L.V.b, Lorraine Smith; L.V.c, Glenys Lord; L.V.d, Lynette Smith; L.V.e, Carol Bendix; L.V.f, Pauline Tully; L.V.g, Carol Hutchings; IV.a Margaret Moon ; IV.b, Sandra Nelson; IV.c, Marjorie. Leemon; IV.d, Suzanne Piper; IV.e, Shirley Karp; L.IV.a, Jillian Campbell; L.IV.b, Eril Siggins; L.IVc , Nanette Clark; L.IV.d, Gail McCready; L.IV.e, Jill Wood ; L.IV.f, Beth Tully; IH.a, Margaret Dunn; IH.b, Anne De Jersey; III.c, Helen McQueen; L.III.a, Cynthia Focken; L.III.b, Pamela Padgham

Sports Captains: Honour Vl.a, Barbara Clark; Honour Vl.b, Pauline Farries; Honour VI.c, Davida Switson; Pass Vl.a, Catherine Lee; Pass VI.b, Elizabeth O'Neill; Pass VI.c, Joan Weet man; Pass VI.d, Joan Risby; Diploma A , Jill Evans; Diploma B, Margot Burdett; V.a, Judy

Weetman; V.b, Noelle Tandy; V.c, Anne Jud kins; V.d, Rae Killmier; V.e, Norma Chester; V.f, Helen Biss; V.g, Beverley Evans; V.h, Maria Schuch; L.V.a, Marjorie Hunt; L.V.b, Lillian Mansfield; L.V.c, Margaret Garonne; L.V.d, Margaret Stevens; L.V.e, Anne Mulhall; L.V.f, Elaine Munro; L.V.g, Elizabeth Thiele; IV.a, Margaret Dunkin; IV.b, Margaret Swann; IV.c, Carol Tandy; IV.d, Jane Randel; IV.e, Jennifer Heard; L.IV.a, Lynette Atkinson; L.IV.b, Lana Gottlieb; L.IV.e, Marlene Boyle; L.IV.d, Shona Phillips; L.IV.e, Beverley Smith; L.IV.f, Jillian Cohen; IH.a, Anne Bowyer; IH.b, Elizabeth Neurath; III.c, Robin Westaway; L.III.a, Eliza beth Alexander; L.III.b, Kathryn Humphrey

S.C M. Committee: President, Miss Horsman; Vice president, Wendy Orton; Treasurer, Barbara Clark; Minutes Secretary, Lois Jones; Corre spondence Secretary, Julie Robertson; Commit tee, Jennifer Bendall, Roslyn Crellin, Rosalie Evans, Pauline Farries, Margaret Hadley, Anne Leeton, Pauline Morgan, Gwynneth Palmer, Ailys Ross, Jennifer Scrivener, Anne Sinclair, Pat Stubbings, Margaret Walters, Lois Weeks, Judy Weetman, Ruth Arnold, Ruth Bilney

Library Committee: Margaret Hadley (School Librarian), Lesley Palmer, Janice de Lacy, Bar bara Rautman, Anne Masters (Chief Checkers) ; Elizabeth Fryer, Marilyn Lechte, Anne Sinclair,

—Photo., C Stuart Tompkins. WEND Y ORTON , Vice Senior Prefect, 1955

—Photo Freeman, Sydney GILLIA N ANDERSON , Joint Senior Prefect, Dux of the College, 1954, Matriculation Exhibition (Greek and Roman History) (equal), Cromarty Prize for English Literature (shared).

Ainslie Lamb, Rhondda Smith, Helen Ward, Joan Cathcart (Checkers); June O'Connell (Treasurer); Judith Pittard (Assistant Treas urer); Committee, Paula Simpson, Brenda Coates, Rosalind Johns, Robin Sheather, Kay Holt, Rita Kornan, Catherine Harvey, Nola Ross, Norma Bennett, Pam Fairbanks, Margot Cant, Barbara Maughan, Marlene Landells, Merran Huntington

United Nations Association: President, Mrs Downie, assisted by Miss Burke; Vice-president, Wendy Orton; Secretary, Rosemary Horton; Treasurer, Janice Livingstone; Committee, Lois Jones, Barbara Clark, Robin Campbell, Joan Weetman, Gwenneth Long

Camera Club: Presidents, Mr Seymour, Mr McKnight; Secretary, Diana Robson; Commit tee, Anne Hartnett, Loris Crosby, Joan Horsfall

Debating Society: Presidents, Miss Hotchin and Miss Sutton; Secretary, Celia Coffey; Commit tee, Joan Diprose, Janice Livingstone, Margaret Walters, Joan Weetman

French Club: President, Mile Bracquart; Vice president, Mrs Johnstone; Secretary, Janice Livingstone; Committee, Julia Sandner, Robin Campbell, June Wyatt, Lois Jones

German Club: President, Mrs. Clahr; Vice-presi dent, Miriam Baer; Secretary, Ainslie Lamb; Committee, Jane Brehaut, Jennifer Grant

Life-saving Representatives: Joan Weetman (Berry), Paddy Dixson (Cato), Pam Bowyer, Glenda McMillan (Fitchett), Jane Pincus (Krome)

Walking Club: President, Elizabeth Manfield; Vice-Presidents, Misses B. Jackson and L. Mitchell, B Sutton (ex officio), Glenda McMillan (elected) ; Committee, Pauline Far ries, Lynette Tocknell, Elizabeth O'Neill, Joan Weetman, Joan Horsfall, Judith Weetman

Social Service: President, Miss Cerutty; Secretary, Lois Jones

Maths Amusements Club: President, Miss Lewis; Secretary, Rosalind Johns

—Photo., C Stuart Tompkins PREFECTS, 1955

Back Row: Celia Coffey, Elizabeth Manfield, Elizabeth Ralt»n, Margaret Adamson, Julie Robertson, Barbara Clark.

Front Row: Elizabeth Cowan, Wendy Orton (Vice-Senior), Janice Livingstone (Senior), Lois Jones, Glenda McMillan.

School Activities

Devotional Notes

Those of us who come together to worship each Wednesday before school for a quarter of an hour in our crowded week have received com fort and strength from our times of singing and prayer

During the weeks before Easter, Dr. Woo d dis cussed many of our lovely Easter hymns, and helped us to see more clearly the meaning of the Cross, as expressed in these hymns

Since Dr Wood's departure for England, our Devotion period has been led by Mr Secomb, who has read to us passages of advice and teach ing which have proved most helpful.

W e much appreciate the able leadership of Dr Woo d and Mr Secomb, who have helped us to realise still more that "Th e best of all is God is with us."

•—Barbara Clark

Student Christian Movement

W e began this year with a large number of girls Owing to this and a shortage of leaders, we were compelled to have large study circles for Diploma, Leaving and Matriculation girls, and the Intermediate girls were merged in one large group under the leadership of Miss B Jackson and Miss L Mitchell

Study books are being used again this year, and the one chosen for Leaving and Matriculation girls is "Jesus—and People."

Early this term we had an interesting talk from the Rev Howard Secomb, who told us about some of his experiences in Tonga W e are all keenly interested in Tonga, and are always eager to hear about Queen Salote and her people

Later this term we were privileged to have a visit from the Rev. John Havea, a Tongan minis ter, who was returning from America, where he had been studying at Drew University for the past 2i years During this time he was present at the Assembly of the World Council of Churches at Evanston last August. Mr. Havea spoke about many incidents from his travels, and we were inspired by his wonderful personality

The first inter-school service and tea this year was held at Scotch College, the speaker being the Rev T Timpson, headmaster of Camberwell Grammar His subject, "Wh y Worship?" was helpful to many of our girls who were able to attend.

This year the Schools' Committee decided that we should express our feelings in some special way. A n Easter Festival was arranged and held in Adamson Hall at Wesley College one evening before the Easter recess The Festival centred round Masefield's play, "Goo d Friday," which was produced by Scotch College The other schools provided choirs which sang Easter carols, and readers who read the Easter story from portions in the Bible Under the untiring leadership of

Miss Bazeley and Miss Horsman, and with the co-operation of many girls, we were able to submit a choir which contributed to this most successful evening

During the May holidays several of our girls will attend the Inter-Schools Camp, which will be held at Mt. Evelyn.

Our study circles have met on alternate Wed nesdays this term, and have been most helpful to staff and girls W e hope this year will continue to be a good one for S.C.M., with the co-operation of all our members

—Lois Jones.

Social Service Notes

If our Social Service in first term can be taken as any indication of the future, we should make 1955 a very successful year, and that is what we aim to do.

The opening of the school year coincided with the disastrous New South Wales floods, and the School sent eight cartons of tinned food, car loads of clothes, and £349 to aid the flood victims

W e would like to take this opportunity of thanking Diploma A and B for the work they did in the collecting and sending away of used clothing, and we also thank Miss Betts for all the work she did in collecting the monetary gifts of the School W e would especially thank Miss Cerutty for her unfailing help to us in all our Social Service work

There are many signs of keenness amongst the girls to increase their Social Service funds, and we hope that these will increase throughout the year, and that every girl will continue to remem ber that from those to whom much is given' much will be required

—Janice Livingstone

United Nations Association

In this world of discord and trouble we are very conscious of the need for co-operation between nations The aim of the United Nations Organ isation is to promote international peace and security, and we shall be doing our part to further this work if we support our own Association.

Our School U.N.A. has been very successful during this term W e have had two interesting speakers in Open Period: the Rev Stephen Yar nold spoke to us about the work of the United Nations Organisation, and we were indeed privi leged to hear of this work from someone so familiar with it Later in the term Rev Stanley Weeks spoke to us about India

Our fortnightly lunch-time meetings have taken various forms. A most interesting topic for dis cussion was "Should there be total disarmament, nuclear disarmament, or no disarmament at all?"

Nike Demetrie spoke to us about life and customs in Greece, and Mrs Johnstone told us about life in France W e are very grateful to Mr Seymour for showing us the film "Green Gold " during one of our lunch times

W e invite all girls to join our U.N.A because we believe it is vitally important that everyone should know what is happening in the world we

live in, and we feel that in a school of this size the United Nations Association should be stronger

Owing to Miss Kellaway's appointment as Chief of Staff, the U.N.A has lost an enthusiastic and untiring leader, but under the encouragement and support of our new President, Mrs Downie, assisted by Miss Burke, we are sure that our asso ciation will continue to prosper

•—Wendy Orton

Music Notes

At the end of 1954 we bade farewell to the following members of staff: Miss Edith Tombs (piano) retired after many years at M.L.C.; Miss Isla Heywood (piano and junior class work), Mr Paul McDermott (violin), Mr. Ivar Dorum (Musi cal Appreciation and Senior and Middle singing classes, Middle School choir), and Miss Alison Hall, who has been most successful with Junior and Lower Middle School music, was married during the holidays W e wish her every happiness in the future, and our best wishes go to all the others

In addition to the full-time new members of the Music School Staff welcomed in the "Salvete" column, we are very glad to have with us Miss Hermia Barton, Mus.Bac. (violin and viola) back

-—Photo., C Stuart Tompkins. ASSOCIATE PREFECTS, 1955

Back Row: Davida Switson, Jane Elton, June Wyatt, Eve McLennan, Margaret Walters, Wendy Renkin, Pauline Farries, Helen Mentiplay

Front Row: Julia Sandner, Robin Campbell, Rosemary Horton, Coralie Frecker and Anne Walton (Joint Seniors), Jill Martin, Janice Beilby, Patricia Dixson

in Australia after five years' musical experience with Max Rostal; Miss Joan Shewan, Mus.Bac. (piano); Miss Ruth Price, Mus.Dip (piano); Miss Pamela Webster (clarinet), both Old Col legians) ; Mr Stan Roberts (trumpet), and Mr G. Miller (French horn), both of the Victorian Symphony Orchestra, have also joined the staff Miss Sonia Horowitz ('cello) has been forced to resign for the time being because of her work with the Victorian Symphony Orchestra, but her work is being capably undertaken by Miss Joan Grundy, Mus.Bac

This year there is a record number of students in the Music School, and in adjudicating for the scholarships Dr Floyd and Miss Lorna Stirling found it impossible to separate several girls The tests revealed a vast amount of talent, and the competition was very close. The winners were:—

The Danks Scholarship for Singing: Elizabeth Cowan and Jane Elton.

Senior Piano Scholarship (gift of Mrs. E. A. Wright (15 years and over): Jane Elton

Intermediate Piano (The Ruth Flockart Scholar ship), No 1, gift of the three Pizzey sisters): Delwyn Gunnel

Junior Piano Scholarship (gift of Danks Trust) (11 years and under): Judith Cockrem and Dawn Schultz

Violin Scholarship (gift of Miss Lorna Stirling): Gillian Lennox and Deborah Lambert

Orchestral Scholarship (gift of the late Mrs E J Cato): Dora Cattanach (clarinet) and Lesley Slade ('cello)

Orchestral Scholarship (gift of Mrs G Kumm) : Wendy Renkin (oboe)

Original Composition Scholarship (gift of "Orpheus," given mainly for the further study of harmony) : Patricia Dixson

Open Scholarship (gift of Mrs A E Alcock) : Elizabeth Cowan (senior piano) and Coralie Frecker (singing).

Open "Ruth Flockart" Scholarship No 2 (gift of an anonymous donor) : Elizabeth Sampson (violin) and Marjorie Thompson (senior piano)

A very interesting recital was given by these girls on Friday, 25th March.

The Annual Church Service was held on Sun day, 3rd April, at Auburn, the date being altered to enable Dr Woo d to take the service before his departure for England. The choir did as their anthem Stanford's "T e Deum" in B Flat, also "Jesu, Priceless Treasure," by Criiger, the tune of which J S Bach uses in one of his famous church cantatas The Madrigal girls did the first two verses alone.

In the last Assembly before Dr Woo d left for England one of his favourite hymns, "Thou Shep herd of Israel and Mine," by Charles Wesley, was sung, and in conclusion the Madrigal girls sang "Th e Blessing." A tape recording of work performed by the choir has since been sent to Dr. Woo d in England.

This year the V.S.M.A held a Secondary Schools' Music Festival, in which the Middle and

Senior School Choirs from M.L.C took part On Wednesday, 4th May, the Senior Choir took part in the opening night session Senior choirs A and B, each consisting of 60 girls, sang the set work, "Sound the Trumpet," by Purcell, and "The Spacious Firmament on High," by Geoffrey Shaw Then the School Choir sang the set work, "Hark, the Echoing Air," by Purcell, followed by "Jesu, Priceless Treasure," by Criiger, and Stanford's "T e Deum" in B Flat. On Thursday, 5th May, the Middle School Choirs, under Miss Bazeley and Miss McKay, sang at the Malvern Town Hall in the afternoon Both choirs performed the set work "Green Fire," by E G Moeran, and one other item, in each case a folk song

On Friday, 10th May, the final night of the Festival was held at the Melbourne Town Hall, with a choir consisting of members of every school choir. Twenty Senior girls and twelve Middle School girls represented M.L.C The Junior Symphony Orchestra presented some fine work, and a small group from a city school and a country school did unaccompanied items

On 27th May the Madrigal girls, led by Janice Beilby, were broadcast over 3LO at 8 p.m in the "Voices in Chorus" session This was a nation wide broadcast

The School Orchestra is under the direction of Miss Joan Bazeley, and everybody is very keen to surprise Dr. and Mrs. Woo d on their return. W e hope Miss Bazeley enjoys taking our practices as much as we enjoy having her as our leader At last we are about to celebrate the entry of brass instruments into the orchestra, as both a French horn and a trumpet have been pur chased, and Mr Roy Miller and Mr Stan Roberts, of the V.S.O respectively, are teaching them W e have also a set of kettledrums, which adds a great deal of colour to our work All girls should be reminded that there are always vacancies in the orchestra, and everyone who can should take up an orchestral instrument, as it affords invaluable experience

During the term and early next term many girls, Senior, Sub-Intermediate and Fourth Formers, will have been attending celebrity and special orchestral concerts

For the rest of the year we have the Senior and Lower Middle School Music Recitals to look forward to, also the Senior and Middle House Choral Contests. The choir has begun work on Handel's "Messiah," which will probably take two years to complete

—Barbara Cant, Berry, Diploma

T o Miss Flockart and the rest of the music staff we express our sincere thanks—for the work they have done for us in the past, and for what they are preparing to do in the future

—E Cowan —P Dixson

The Walton Library

At the end of Term III last year we regret fully said farewell to our Librarian, Mrs Coulson, whose husband had been transferred to a position at Yallourn, but at the beginning of this year the Walton Library reopened under the enthusiastic leadership of another Old Collegian, Miss J Zettl

T o enable the committee to be fully represen tative of all borrowers, its size was greatly in creased, so that it can now work on a roster system Book Adviser: Delys Porter, H.VI.c

Treasurer: June O'Connell, Hon VI.c Assistant Treasurer: Judy Pittard, Dip A Science Borrowing: Paula Simpson, Hon. Vl.b.

Controllers: Brenda Coates, Hon. Vl.b ; Rosalind Johns, Hon Vl.b

Chief Checkers: Janice de Lacy, Hon Vl.b ; Anne Masters, Hon VI.c; Barbara Rautman, Hon VI.c; Joan Cathcart, P.VI.a

Checkers: Elizabeth Fryer, V.a; Marilyn Lechte, V.c; Anne Sinclair, Dip A ; Ainslie Lamb, P.VI.a; Rhondda Smith, P.VI.b; Helen Ward, P.VI.d

Returners: Kay Holt, V.a; Rita Kornan, V.a; Robin Shearer, V.a; Margot Cant, L.V.d; Pam Fairbanks, L.V.g; Catherine Harvey, L.V.a; Merran Huntington, L.V.b; Marlene Landells,

L.V.b; Barbara Maughan, L.V.d; Nola Ross, L.V.d.

W e are grateful to our former School Librarian, Lois Yen, who has presented a copy of the paintings of Gauguin to the Library. The School has not bought many new books this term, though there has been a number of additions made to the Literature and History shelves, and many of the old favourites on the Fiction shelves have been rebound.

Several posters for our showcases in the cloisters have been planned, such as the one on Australian Literature, especially for the Leaving girls It is hoped that in this way Library users will become acquainted with the new books as they are added to the shelves.

Come and join our ever-lengthening queue of borrowers!

—Margaret L. Hadley.

Debating Society

At our first meeting we were pleased to welcome Miss Sutton and Miss Hotchin as joint presidents for the year Office-bearers and representatives were also elected

One of the most interesting features of our fortnightly meeting was a talk given by Miss Dwyer on "The Art of Public Speaking." This was of great help to many girls, and especially to the House debaters

On Friday, 1st April, a team of girls visited Wesley College for a round-table debate There was a lively exchange of ideas on the subject, "That changing female fashions is absurd." The topic, "That America is a threat to world peace," pro voked some very interesting thoughts

—Stephanie Tasfcer, 14 yrs., V.a, Cato

The Crabapple Walk

In the first Inter-House debate Cato defeated Berry on the topic, "That tradition is a bar to progress."

O n Thursday, 12th May, we had the Wesley team as our guests In spite of the inclemency of the weather, we had a very lively evening

W e have been pleased to see so many Leaving and Intermediate girls at our meetings, and some show promise of a bright debating future.

—Celia Coffey, Hon.VI.a.

Art of Speech

The first term has seen great activity and many changes in the Speech department It was a great pleasure to find a record number of students enrolling to study Speech, but this pleasure was rather dampened by the absence of Mrs Roberts through illness However, we hope she will be back with us at the beginning of second term W e sincerely welcome as a new member of the Speech Staff, Mrs. Freeland, an Old Collegian.

As the term progressed we learnt that two other members of the Speech Staff would be leaving us to go abroad W e envy Miss Kerr and Mrs Rosedale their wonderful opportunity and wish them a very pleasant and successful holiday abroad

In February the usual Scholarship tests were held, and judged by Miss Eileen O'Keefe, who was very pleased with the high quality of the work W e offer congratulations to the winners in the following sections:—

Lower Middle School (gift of the Dramatic So ciety) : Elizabeth Murray-More

Middle School (gift of Dramatic Society): Jillian Holm

Intermediate and Diploma Forms (gift of Dra matic Society): Barbara Sleep

Leaving Pass and Honour Forms (untrained) (gift of Parents' Association): Janice Living stone

Leaving Pass and Honour Forms (trained) (gift of Parents' Association) : Elizabeth Manfield

During the term the Speech girls, as usual, have taken a prominent part in special School functions such as the service and Anzac Day W e thank Miss Dwyer and the Speech Staff for their untiring help

—Elizabeth Manfield

Shakespeare Day

Contrary to our usual custom, the celebrations were held on the last morning of term The Intermediate forms presented the trial scene from "The Merchant of Venice," the Leaving forms scenes from "Macbeth," and the Matriculation forms the play scene from "Hamlet."

The casts were as follow:—

"Hamlet."

Narrator Nike Demetrie Hamlet Jeanette White Claudius Margaret Walters The Queen Elisabeth Shiffron Polonius Jill Martin Horatio Robin Campbell Ophelia Mavis Tompkins

Rosencrantz

Maris Johnson Player King Brenda Coates Player Queen Margaret Hadley Villain Janice Beilby Prologue Rosalind Johns Producer Elizabeth Manfield assisted by Rosalind Johns

"Macbeth."

Macbeth

Roslyn Crellin Lady Macbeth Miriam Baer Banquo Joan Cathcart Macduff Jennifer Murphy Witches Janine Schubert Margaret Mott Helen Robert Ross Joyce Williams Angus Rhonda Harris Lennox Rhondda Smith Malcolm Penelope Lardner Donalbain Ainslie Lamb Messenger Anne Leeton Porter Marion Angus

"Th e Merchant of Venice." Shylock Mary Brevitt Portia Joan Diprose Bassanio Helen Biss Antonio Ruth Arnold The Duke Stephanie Tasker Nerissa Margaret Hagger Salario Marilyn Lechte Tubal Jill McNab Gratiano Rosalind Terry Present at the Court Lyn Helmer Janice Coleman

W e would all like to thank Miss Cerutty and Miss Sutton for their great help during rehearsals, and also V F, G, and H for preparing and dis tributing programmes

French Club

This year we welcomed Mademoiselle Bracquart as the new President of our French Club, and first term has proved a very successful opening to the year

On Saturday, 19th March, we spent a very enjoyable afternoon at a French party at P.L.C After playing two French games (which, merci fully, did not strain our vocabularies) Madame Cockerton, the President of the Alliance Francaise, read us the poems set for the Matriculation exam ination Professor Chisholm then spoke about the poems, which gave us a clearer understanding of them After afternoon tea we sang some French songs, including "La Mer" and "La Ronde de l'Amour."

O n Friday, 22nd April, some of us attended a soiree held at Ivanhoe Grammar School, where we spent an enjoyable evening M.L.C was asked to prepare some form of entertainment, and so the play, "Le Professeur Distrait," was acted by Pauline Farries, as Helene—le femme Jill Martin as Josephine—la bonne Elisabeth Shiffron as Leon—le professeur With such a good beginning, we are looking forward to an excellent year In conclusion, we would like to thank Mademoiselle Bracquart and Mrs Johnstone very much for their untiring help during this term

—Janice Livingstone

Camera Club

At our first meeting we elected office-bearers for the year: Joint Presidents, Mr McKnight and Mr. Seymour; Secretary, Diana Robson; Com mittee, Anne Hartnett, Loris Crosby, Joan Hors fall

Later in the term Mr Seymour showed us the photogenic places of the School This demon stration was very fruitful, and some members took very lovely snaps of the school

Mr McKnight gave us a talk on "Depth of Focus and Good Photography," which was inter esting and helpful to us

The Camera Club room has been in use often this term, and some girls have learnt how to develop and print their films.

W e would all like to thank Mr McKnight and Mr Seymour for all they have done to make this term successful

—Diana Robson

Films Shown in Term I

Class Room Films.

Energy and its Transformations Chemistry of Water. Crystals Moon Distillation Farmers of India India, Pakistan, and the Union of India. Atomic Energy Pageant of Power Magic of Electricity Great Canadian Shield Industrial Provinces of Canada. Time and Terrain Gravity Brown Coal to Briquettes Brown Coal to Kilowatts Indian Background Soil Erosion.

Solar Family Face of Time Latitude and Longitude. English History: Tudor Period English History: Norman Conquest to 16th Cent. S'ory of Prehistoric Man How W e Get our Power

Special Films.

Green Gold (for the United Nations Group) Which Will Y e Have? (Holy Week religious film). Operation Hurricane Silent Night. Royal Visit, 1954 The Third Man The Red Shoes. Spring in Park Lane

Boarders' Notes

7th February: After eight weeks of brain relaxa tion, 152 sun-tanned boarders, including 50 new girls, arrived once again to put their noses to the grindstone. The new girls were soon gathered into the fold, and, we hope, made to feel at home W e welcomed five new members of Staff—Miss Tanner, Miss Birkett, Miss Brown ing and Sisters Esther and Griffiths Elizabeth Cowan, Eve McLennan and Margaret Adamson are the House Prefects, the Wing Captains being Judith Bull, Berice Callendar, Heather Marshall, Anne Masters and Betty Moon

12th February: The Old Girls challenged the New Girls in a series of swimming events W e found that there were some very good swimmers and divers amongst the New Girls, but the Old Girls, having more experience, were the successful ones

5th March: After "much rushing round the school," the old girls eventually decided upon and practised their items for the Old Girls' Concert for the "Grand Performance" on the Saturday night It was a very enjoyable evening for all concerned.

—Wendy McPherson,

Berry.

12th March: The "new" girls were really initiated into House by giving an excellent concert of varied items

6th April: After much flurry and bustle, everyone left for the Easter holidays W e were very sorry to lose both the Sisters and Miss Browning.

12th April: W e returned from the Easter break with examinations looming up on the horizon Dr. and Mrs. Woo d left for England, and Rev. H Secomb took over the Principal's duties as Chaplain W e were pleased to welcome Sister Little and Sister Arkell to our Staff

23rd April: Forty-three boarders went to a "social" at Wesley, and all seemed to have a marvellous time.

6th May: W e had a picture night, the main film being "Spring in Park Lane." The sum of £25

was raised, and our thanks go to Mr Seymour for enabling us to make this contribution to the New Assembly Hall Appeal

W e are very grateful to Elizabeth Webster and all members of the House team for all their work in preparing for the great "House versus School" event in the athletic sports Better luck next time, House!

Only eighteen girls are going to the Celebrity Concerts this year, this number being much smaller than last year

In conclusion, we would like to acknowledge the work done by Miss Ball and members of the Resident Staff in making this term such a success —Margaret Adamson

Sports Activities

The Swimming Sports were held on 4th March, and resulted in a victory for Berry, with Fitchett runners-up, and then Krome and Cato.

The Lower Middle School Sports were held on 22nd March, resulting in a win for Berry, with Cato "runners-up," then Krome and Fitchett in that order.

Inter-House Baseball—

Senior: 1, Fitchett; 2, Cato; Berry, Krome (equal) Middle: 1, Cato; 2, Fitchett; 3, Berry; 4, Krome

Sports Notes

For a few days before the sports the weather was very unpleasant, but, fortunately, the pro gramme was concluded before rain fell The ground was heavy, and consequently only a few records were broken

All Houses marched excellently, and Fitchett is to be congratulated on winning the Proficiency Cup The House v School Relay was as exciting as ever, resulting in a narrow win for School W e were very pleased to see so many visiting teams competing in our sports this year.

W e were privileged this year in having Mrs Pederick, the wife of the President of the Metho dist Conference of Victoria and Tasmania, to present the trophies Mrs Pederick spoke of her schooldays at M.L.C., and mentioned some of the changes she had noticed in the school to-day.

W e would like to congratulate Miss Perkins and the Sports Staff on the effective way in which the Sports were run, and to thank Miss Tyler and Miss Lardner for judging the "March Past."

Results of the Sports

Event 1—Senior Inter-House Flag Relay "B " Team, 75 yds.: 1, Krome; 2, Fitchett; 3, Cato. Time, 1 min 23.3 sec

Event 2—Flat Race (open), 100 yds.: 1, J Miller (B.); 2, J Barthold (C.) ; 3, B Shaw (F.) Time, 12.5 sec Event 3—Flat Race (under 16), 100 yds.: 1, I Bruhn (B.); 2, R Williams (F.); 3, C Fur neaux (F.) Time, 13 sec Event 4—Flat Race (under 15), 75 yds.—1, L Mansfield (B.); 2, J. Dugay (C.); 3, P. Bell (C.) Time, 9.6 sec Event 5—Flat Race (under 14), 75 yds 1, R Worner (F.); 2, A Sambell (C.); 3, M Swann (C.) Time, 9.9 sec

Event 6—Middle Inter-House Flag Relay, "B " Team, 75 yds.: 1, Fitchett; 2, Berry; 3, Krome Time, 84.2 sec Event 7—Baseball Throwing (open): 1, D Swit son (K.); 2, J. Robertson (F.); 3, M. Adam son (K.) Distance, 60 yds 4 in Event 8—Middle Square Overhead Ball—1, Krome; 2, Fitchett; 3, Berry Time, 46 sec (record).

Event 9—Flat Race (75 yds.) (open) : 1. J. Miller (B.) and J Barthold (C.) ; 2, B Shaw (F.) Time, 9.6 sec

Event 10—Flat Race, 75 yds. (under 16): 1, R. Williams (F.) ; 2, T Bruhn (B.) ; 3, C Fur neaux (F.) Time, 9.1 sec (equal record)

Event 11—Senior Circle Exchange Ball: 1, Krome; 2, Cato; 3, Fitchett Time, 56 sec (record)

Event 12—Middle Overhead and Zig-zag Bounc ing: 1, Fitchett; 2, Krome; 3, Cato. Time, 2 min 10 sec

Event 13—Senior Inter-House Flag Relay: 1, Berry; 2, Krome; 3, Cato Time, 1 min 19.6 sec

Event 14—Middle Inter-House Flag Relay, "A " Team, 75 yds.: 1, Fitchett; 2, Krome; 3, Berry Time, 1 min 20.7 sec

Event 15—Senior Cross Ball: 1, Fitchett; 2, Cato; 3, Krome Time, 99.2 sec (record)

Event 16—Inter-House Diamond Throwing (open) : 1, Fitchett; 2, Cato;.3 , Krome Time, 60.4 sec

Event 17—Middle Exchange and Pass Ball: 1, Fitchett; 2, Cato; 3, Berry Time, 34.2 sec (record).

Event 18—Senior Over and Under Spoke Relay: 1, Krome; 2, Fitchett; 3, Cato Time, 4 min 12.2 sec.

Event 19—Senior Obstacle Relay: 1, Berry; 2, Krome; 3, Fitchett. Time, 2 min.

Event 20—Middle Obstacle Relay: 1, Krome; 2, Fitchett; 3, Berry Time, 3 min 37.3 sec

Event 21—Little Visitors' Race (over 5) : 1, Geoffrey Oaten; 2, John Higginbotham; 3, Jennifer Wilkins. (Under 5) : 1, Jill; 2, Ingrid; 3, Lachlan.

Event 22—Th e March Past of Competitors: 1, Fitchett; 2, Cato; 3, Krome

Inter-School Events

Event 23—Senior Inter-School Flag Relay, 75 yds.: 1, Korowa; 2, M.L.C., Hawthorn; 3, M.C.E.G.G.S. Time, 76.3 sec. (equal record).

Event 24—Junior Inter-School Flag Relay, 75 yds.: 1, Toorak ; 2, Ruyton; 3, Clyde Time, 80 sec

Event 25—Inter-School Diamond Throwing: 1, M.L.C., Hawthorn; 2, Lauriston; 3, Clyde Time, 52.5 sec

Event 26—House v School, won by School Time, 79.3 sec

Troph y List

Junior Inter-School Flag Relay: Wo n by Toorak College

Senior Inter-School Flag Relay: Wo n by Korowa Inter-School Diamond Throwing: Wo n by M.L.C., Hawthorn

Inter-House Results

Intermediate Flag Race: Wo n by Fitchett

Intermediate Points Cup: Wo n by Fitchett

Senior Flag Race: Wo n by Krome

Senior Points Cup: Wo n by Fitchett

Th e House Proficiency Cup: Wo n by Fitchett.

Th e Bettye Hammo n Cup for Aggregate Points: Wo n by Fitchett

House Versus School: Wo n by School Total Aggregate Points 1 st—Fitchett 118 2nd—Krome 86 3 rd—Cato 64 4 th—Berry 55

—E Schuch, H Ward

Nurses' Memorial Assembly Hall Fund

Th e 'Teen-agers' Dance

O n Tuesday, 3rd May, a very successful 'Teen agers' Dance was held in the Hawthorn Town Hall In spite of torrential rain and a "black-out" in the early part of the evening, there were 550 present, and a goo d 'teen-agers band provided music fo r a very memorable and happy evening's entertainment, again organised by Mrs Switson Thanks to the generous help of many mothers with the supper, it was possible to make a dona tion of £110 to the Fund (£78 in 1954).

Th e Ladies' Auxiliary Tuck-shop

Under the direction of Mrs C H Lord, this auxiliary tuck-shop has contributed £175 to the Fund Th e School warmly thanks the many mothers who have worked so hard in this most successful venture

Th e Committee is urgently in need of more helpers: any mother or friend of the School who could offer her services one Monda y or Thurs day a month is asked to ring Mrs Lord (WF5125) , or write to her at 196 Unio n Road Surrey Hills

If it is not possible to attend personally, the Committee would be grateful for gifts of any of the following: Butter, cheese, eggs, vegemite, jam, pickles, sauces, nuts, pork sausage or any other filling for rolls or sandwiches, together with lettuce and tomatoes Donations of this kind may be left at the Hospital, Grove Avenue, opposite the Gymnasium

The Murray River at Boundary Bend -—Elizabeth Lay, 10 yrs., III.a, Cato

House Notes

Berry House

With purple colours flying proudly, Berry have entered the new year with a wonderful spirit of enthusiasm

W e must first extend a very warm welcome to all the members of Staff and the girls who are new to our House this year, and we hope that they are enjoying working with us in all the House activities

W e began well by winning the Senior Swimming Sports and the Lower Middle Athletic Sports, under the capable leadership of our Senior Sports Captain, Elizabeth O'Neill.

The results of the baseball matches did not do justice to the enthusiasm of our teams. Con gratulations to the winning teams! But we are also extremely proud of our Juniors, who once again carried away the cup for aggregate points in their athletic sports

After delving deep into reference books for some time, our debating team, consisting of Joan Weetman (leader), Erna Nixon and Anne Masters, very ably debated against Cato, but, sad to relate, Cato debated even more ably. Congratulations, Cato!

The help given by our Middle and Lower Middle Captains is untiring, and we thank them heartily Last, but by no means least, we thank Miss Cerutty and all our Berry Mistresses for their inspiring and helpful leadership throughout the past term

—Elizabeth Cowan.

Cato House

After our success last year, we hope that this year Cato will keep the blue flag flying. W e are grateful for the untiring leadership of Miss Horsman and the other House Mistresses W e regret that we have lost the enthusiastic support of Miss Slater, who has recently gone abroad, but we know that she is with us in spirit.

W e extend a warm welcome to our new House Mistress, Mrs Duncan, and to all new girls to the House

At our first House Assembly House colours were awarded to Jill Evans, our Sports Captain

Cato was not very successful in the swimming sports, but we thank our swimmers for their valiant efforts, and look forward to better results in third term Congratulations, Berry, on your splendid swimmers

Our Senior baseball team came second to Fitchett, and our enthusiastic "middles," under the leadership of Jill Kennedy and Gillian Levick, won every match, and are showing fine House spirit The Lower Middles, under Sue Hillis and Valerie Hewitt, are also very enthusiastic, and they were only defeated by one point in their athletic sports Congratulations, Berry!

W e are very proud of our fine debaters, Celia Coffey, Elizabeth Manfield and Janice de Lacy,

who convinced Berry "That tradition is not a bar to progress." W e wish them success in their debate in third .term.

W e must congratulate Fitchett for their excel lent win in the Athletic Sports, and thank all our competitors, who tried very hard Jill deserves our warmest thanks for her excellent leadership during the term W e hope that during the rest of the year

"We'll one and all support our teams, Our players warmly cheer, For be it loss or victory We'll ever persevere."

—Wend y Orton

Fitchett House

This year Fitchett began with hearty enthusiasm, which has been expressed in the various activities of the term

The Senior Baseball team won every match decisively, and the Middles lost only to Cato, so that we scored full points Our congratulations go to Anne Walton, whose untiring efforts have contributed to our success.

Our girls swam well in the Swimming Sports, and, owing to a supreme effort made by Glenda McMillan in the last event, we finished one point ahead of Krome, so coming second to Berry, whom we congratulate very heartily

If enthusiasm could have won the Lower Middle Sports, then Fitchett would have certainly suc ceeded, but somehow we dropped behind W e thank Heather Shaw and Ruth Sanders for their help in this section, and congratulate Berry on their fine performance.

Although conditions were somewhat "polar," our Senior Athletics Sports were held on Friday, 6th May, and here Fitchett came through vic torious, winning five trophies Once again we thank Anne and the Middle Captains, Lucy Gil liam and Ruth Worner, for their invaluable assistance

At our first House Assembly House Colours were re-awarded to Anne Walton, Pam Bowyer and Julie Robertson, and at our final Assembly, held on 9th May and conducted very well by our Middle Captains, Glenda McMillan was also re-awarded her Colours

W e were pleased that one of our younger members, Neroli Hardie, of IV.b, was able to write us a delightful little House song, which is being set to music, and which we hope to sing at our next Assembly Our thanks go to Neroli for her work, and we hope that this will encourage others to do the same

W e wish to thank Miss Betts and the other House mistresses for their leadership and encour agement offered during the term, and hope that we will carry on our good work throughout the year

—Julie Robertson

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Krome House

Krome! Krome! Get the lead, An d surely then you will succeed Krome! Krome! Give up never, Krome, keep it us for ever

A Krome girl

W e were very pleased to learn that Miss Kel laway, who has been Krome's Senior House Mis tress since the formation of the House, has been appointed Chief of Staff Unfortunately, this means that she will no longer be with us in Krome, but we all wish her every success in her new posi tion W e welcome Miss Betty Jackson in her place, and are looking forward to a very suc cessful year under her leadership

W e would like to welcome all new members of Staff and new girls to the House, and we know that they will be proud to wear their green ribbon

The Swimming Sports were exciting to the finish, and we were third, only one point behind

second place W e were not very successful in either Senior or Middle Baseball, but all players enjoyed the matches

It was very encouraging to see how enthusias tically the Lower Middle girls worked at sports practices and at the sports, in which they were third W e thank Desley Gare and Lana Gottlieb for their help.

For the Senior Athletics Sports, in which we were second, we had a new flag kindly donated by Mrs Manning and Mrs Switson, and this gave us even greater encouragement to all to do our best for the House

W e are very grateful to Miss Jackson and other House Mistresses, and also to Davida Switson, to her Sports Committee, and to Jan Taylor and Margaret Papst, for all the work they are putting in to train the teams.

Up , then! Play the game! Up ! and on!

—Margaret Adamson

Public Examination Results, 1954

Matriculation—

Matriculated (excluding repeated) 70 Honours (7 firsts, 77 seconds) 84 Passes 254

• University Exhibition (Special) 1

Queen's College Exhibitions 14 Commonwealth Scholarships 31

Secondary Studentships (Education De partment) 12

Primary Studentships 18

Leaving Certificate—

Passes 141

Partial Passes (two or more subjects) 28

Intermediate Certificate— Passes 179 Partial Passes 38

Scholarships, Exhibitions, Prizes and Studentships

Special Exhibition and Prize—

Gillian Anderson (Greek and Roman History (equal), Cromarty Prize for English Litera ture (shared)

Margaret Anderson (Greek and Roman History) (equal)

Queen's College Exhibitions—

Beverley Clarke, Gillian Cook, Jennifer Deacon, Hilary Dunn, Rene Elbaum, Patricia Gellie, Patricia Gray, Anne Harvey, Anne Kornan, Barbara Rice, Judith Segal, Pauline Simpson, Beryl Wild, Jeanne Wilson

Commonwealth Scholarships—

Margaret Anderson, Josephine Brownrigg, Beverley Clarke, Joan Cornish, Joan Cother, Yvonne Deeble, Elizabeth Duncan, Hilary Dunn, Elizabeth Fletcher, Patricia Gellie,, Patricia Gray, Anne Harvey, Anna Hen derson, Janice Horley, Anne Kornan, Janice Livingstone, Anne Neil, Florence Newbound, Wendy Orton, An n Peasley, Barbara Rice, Julie Robertson, Judith Segal, Natalie Sharpe, Dorothy Simon, Rosalie Simpson, Beverley Slade, Janet Stahl, Barbara Taylor, Beryl Wild, Diana Yorston

Secondary Studentships—

Josephine Brownrigg, Margaret Connor, Joan Cother, Hilary Dunn, Patricia Gellie, Bernice Heffernan, Loloma Linggood, Marigold McLean, Florence Newbound, Rosalie Simp son, Jennith Smith, Jeanne Wilson

Primary Studentships—

Barbara Blampied, Sonia Cartwright, Wendy Fox, Margaret Green, Margaret Hirons, Iris Ing, Joy Jackel, Marilyn Jeffrey, Anne Paton, Judith Rosenberg, Dione Schultze, Beverley Slade, Ena Smith, Alison Steele, June Trem bath, Judith Wilkinson, Evelyn Willis, Mary Womersley.

Matriculation Examination Honours

English Literature—

First Class: Gillian Anderson

Second Class: Anne Collett, Jennifer Deacon, Anne Ensten, Elizabeth Fletcher, Anne Har vey, Bernice Heffernan, Anne Kornan, Anne Neil, Barbara Rice, Rosalie Simpson, Alison Steele, Beryl Wild

French—

First Class: Julie Robertson.

Second Class: Gillian Anderson, Beverley Clarke, Elizabeth Duncan, Hilary Dunn, Wendy Fox, Wilma Garrett, Anne Kornan, Janice Living stone, Anne Neil, Florence Newbound, Pauline Simpson, Rosalie Simpson

Latin—•

First Class: Joan Cother

Second Class: Beverley Clarke, Barbara Rice

Pure Mathematics—

Second Class: Beverley Slade.

British History—

Second Class: Gillian Anderson, Margaret Anderson, Mabel Boyle, June Broadbent, Yvonne Burns, Anne Collett, Joan Cornish, Joan Cother, Yvonne Deeble, Elizabeth Dun can, Wendy Fox, Patricia Gellie, Patricia Gray, Anne Harvey, Anna Henderson, Loloma Linggood, Wendy Orton, Judith Segal, Pamela Stewart, Barbara Taylor

Modern History—

Second Class: Beverley Clarke, Ann Peasley, Barbara Rice, Rosalie Simpson

Geography—

First Class: Margaret Anderson, Julie Robert son

Second Class: June Broadbent, Margaret Con nor, Joan Cornish, Joan Cother, Helen Dodgshun, Hilary Dunn, Diana Gill, Anna Henderson, Judith Segal, Barbara Taylor

Social Studies—

Second Class: Patricia Gellie, Diana Gill Biology— Second Class: Jennifer Deacon Chemistry— Second Class: Jennifer Deacon, Jeanne Wilson

Economics—

Second Class: Anne Collett, Margaret Connor, Patricia Gellie, Anne Harvey, Ruth Harvey, Barbara Taylor.

Greek and Roman History—

First Class: Gillian Anderson, Margaret Ander son.

Second Class: Joan Cornish, Janice Horley, Janet Stahl, Alison Steele

Art —

Second Class: Anne Kornan

Junior Government Scholarships

The following fifteen girls were awarded Junior Government Scholarships in the examinations held in December, 1954:—Gillian Davies, Eliza beth Druitt, Janice Ford, Gillian Hix, Margaret Lancaster, Marilyn Lechte, Diane Lloyd, Gwen neth Long, Roslyn McConnell, Jill Price, Margery Rae, Patricia Robertson, Noelle Tandy, Alison Tudor, Helen Wigley

Bursaries (Education Department)

Matriculation Bursaries were awarded to Jill Bendall, Margaret Bruce, Dora Cattanach, Mar garet Hadley, Elsa Hepburn, Janice de Lacy, Wendy Orton, Barbara Rautman, Margaret Scott, Lorraine Stephensen, Lynette Tocknell, Jeanette White, Ruth Williams.

Leaving Bursaries were awarded to Rosalie Adams, Margaret Channon, Rosemary Garonne, Penelope Lardner, Terrill Sloss.

MATRICULATION EXAMINATION, 1954

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Passes

Rautman, Barbara Redmond, Jennifer Reside, Jean Robertson, Felicity Robson, Diana Rosenberg, Judith Ross, Mary-Jean Schultze, Dione Scott, Margaret Searle, Judith Shore, Myrna Simpson, Pauline Smith, Margaret Sorensen, Dawn Stahl, Janet Stephensen, Lorraine Stewart, Pamela Switson, Davida Swyer, Ina Taylor, Wendy Thompson, Helene Tocknell, Lynette Tompkins, Mavis Tonkin, Barbara Trathan, Margaret Trembath, June Walker, Judith Walters, Margaret Wardle, Yvonne Waycott, Patricia Webb, Judith Weeks, Aileen White, Jeanette Williams, Ruth Wood, Laurel Woolcott, Wendy Wyatt, June . . Zmood, Annette

Partial Passes (2 or more subjects)

Alexander, Rosalie Arnel, Valerie Cant, Barbara Carless, Judith Clapperton, Dorothy Cowan, Elizabeth Davey, Claire Doolan, Patricia Eddy, Wendy Gourley, Dennette Harris, Esther Hutchings, Denice Kennett, Nea Kidd, Margaret King, Margaret

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Passes Adams, Rosalie Alcock, Marion Allen, Barbara Angus, Marion Arnel, Helen . . Bacon, Valerie Baer, Miriam . . Barrett, Anne Barthold, Janice Bassett, June Bird, Barbara Bowyer, Pamela Brehaut, Jane Brown, Helen Brown, Marilyn Buckland, Peggy Bull, Glenys . . Burkitt, Joy Burroughs, Pamela Butterfield, Lynette Byrne, Alison Calderwood, Noelle Cant, Barbara Carmichael, Marilyn Carter, Elaine. . Cathcart, Joan Channon, Margaret Chesterfield, Helen Corben, Rosemary Corrie, Elizabeth Corrigan, Valerie Courtier, Lynne Crellin, Roslyn Crosby, Loris Crothers, Sue . . Davey, Verna Davies, Margaret Davies, Margery Delany, Joan Delbridge, Elizabeth Dickie, Judith Diprose, Barbara Dorling, Valma Driver, Edyth Dunn, Alison . . Easton, Jill Effick, Nancy Evans-Smith, Marjori Fankhauser, Maree Field, Catherine Foster, Ruth Fox, Janet Francis, Denise Furneaux, Claire Galbraith, Lynne Gardner, Marion

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Old Collegians' Examination Results, 1954

The School congratulates Old Collegians upon their University results These include the fol lowing:—

Margaret Adeney (Arts) : Passed French III, English III, Modern History Graduated B.A

Dorothy Alexander (Arts) : Passed French II, Eng Lit II, Modern History

Lesley Andrew (Science) : Honours Chem I.A, Physics I, Pure Maths. I, Zoology (Exhibition).

Iris Arnold (Arts) : Passed English III, Econ Geog II, Philos I

Joan Ashton (Music) : Honours Counterpoint I, Sight Reading I, Chief and Second Prac Study I Passed Harmony II

Barbara Atkins (Arts) : Passed English III, Aust. Hist., Geol. I. Graduated B.A.

Marjorie Atkinson (Music): Honours Music B, Counterpoint Canon &c Fugue Passed Orchestra tion II, Harmony V.

Louise Baxter (Arts) : Passed School of Eng., Part II F.E. Graduated Hons. B.A.

Margaret Bell (Science): Passed Chem II

Alison Benjamin (Law): Passed French I.A, English I, Brit Hist., Psychol I

Laurel Bladon (Science): Passed Physics II.

Judith F Body (Law) : Passed Priv Int Laws, Company Law, Taxation Graduated LL.B

Pamela Bowles (Science): Honours Microbiol Passed Biochem II

Joan Boyle (Music) : Passed Chief and Second. Prac Studies III, Music B, Harmony V, Counter point Canon SC Fugue

Ailsa Brownlee (Arts):

Gretta Bull (Music) : Honours Harmony II, Counterpoint I, Sight Reading I. Passed Found, of Music, Chief and Second Prac Study I

Dorothy Cannington (Commerce): Passed Pub lic Finance, Econ Geog II, Econ Hist II, Mar keting, Inter Relations

An n Carew (Arts) : Passed Com Law I, Econ Geog I, Economics A

Bernice Carter (Arts): Passed Eng II, Aust Hist., Geog

Mary Chan (Medicine): Honours Biology Passed (Pre-Med.) Chem., Physics

Joyce Choudhari (Arts) : Passed Psychol I

Marjory Coates (Law) : Passed Const Law I, Mercantile Law, Compar Law, Constit Law II, Law Relat to Exs & Trust

Unity Cole (Arts) Passed Pol Sc B Gradu ated B.A

Vem a Cook (Commerce) : Honours Economics C, Indus Relations Passed Aust Hist Graduated B.Com

Barbara Crisp (Arts): Passed French III, Econ Geog II, Hist & Meths of Sc A

Nancy Curry (nee Batt) (Arts): Marjorie Davies (Science) : Yvonne Davis (Law) : Passed Legal Hist June Dawkins (Music) :

Lorna Dick (Commerce): Honours Accountcy II.B Passed Com Law II, Public Finance

Evi Dickins (Law) : Passed Int to Legal Meth., Legal Hist., Brit Hist., Psychol I

Margaret Dickins (Social Studies): Passed Social Work II, Social Hist

Gillian Dixon (Arts): Passed Eng I, Brit Hist

Pat Donnelly (Medicine): Passed Physics (Pre Med.)

Lillian Duncan (Science) : Honours Psychol I Graduated B.Sc

Shirley Elbaum (Arts): Monica Essex (nee Wood ) (Arts) : Margaret Fowler (Phys. Ed.): Margaret Fryer (Arts): Deidre Fuller (Arts) : Passed German II, Eng II, Philos I, Psychol II

Wendy Gardner (Arts): Passed French III, Eng II

Louise Gault (Arts & Social Studies): Passed Latin I, Brit. Hist., Psychol. I, Social Biol.

Shirley Gawith (Arts) : Passed Combined Course French SC German Part II F.E. Graduated B.A

Elaine Gibbs (Arts): Passed Latin III, French III, Aust Hist., Philos I

Shirley Gibbs (Arts) Passed French III, Aust Hist., Theory of Stats I Graduated B.A

Nancy Gray (Law)

Pamela Greenall (Music): Rhoda Grice (Social Studies): Honours Social Work III

Maureen Grimshaw (Commerce): Passed Pub Finance, Accountcy II.A, Com Law II, Cost Accountancy

Rosemary Groves (Law) : Passed French Read ing Co. (1st year), Eng. Ill , School of Political Sc Part I F.E

Anne Grunden (Arts Sc Social Studies) : Passed French I.A, Social Work I, Social Org A, Psychol II

Jennifer Harding (Arts): Passed French II, Eng II, Mod Hist

Rae Hawkins (Science): Passed Chem II

Ervyn Hayes (Arts) : Honours Social Work II, Criminology Passed Social Hist

Merele Hayes (Arts): Honours Hist Principles of Educn., Ed Psychol., Meth Teaching, Prac Teaching Passed Comparative Ed Graduated B.A.

Pamela Hendy (Arts): Passed Ethics, Aust Hist Graduated B.A

Valda Heraud (Science) : Honours Chem II, Physics II Passed Pure Maths II.B

Jill Hilton (Arts) : Honours Pub. Finance, Stat. Method. Passed Econ. C, Accountcy. II.A, Indus. Admin. Graduated B.A.

Marjorie Hodge (Arts) : Honours Hist &C Princ of Educn., Comparative Educn., Ed Psychol., Meth Teaching, Prac Teaching Graduated B.A

Gwen Hotton (Agric Science): Passed Agric Ill , Ag Biochem., Anim Phys 8C Prod., Ag Botany II

Iris Ing (Arts) :

Shirley Inglis (Arts) : Passed School of Eng Part I F.E. Graduated B.A.

Gwenda Jacobs (Commerce) : Passed Economics B

Barbara Landells (Medicine): Passed Physics, Biol. (Pre-Med.).

Deniss Lear (Music) : Honours Sight Reading II, Chief 8C Second Prac Study II Passed Har mony III, Counterpoint II

Margaret Lethlean (Medicine) : Passed Anatomy, Physiol., Biochem

Susan Lipton (Arts): Passed School of Hist. Part II F.E Graduated B.A

Shirley Long (Arts): Passed Ethics Graduated B.A

Alison Lukeis (Medicine): Passed Surgery, Obst. SC Gynaecol. Graduated M.B., B.S.

Frances McCarthy (Music): Passed Music A , Harmony III, Counterpoint II, Chief 8C Second Prac Study II

Dione Mclntyre (nee Cohen) (Architecture) : Passed Design V , Bldg Construction V , Profes sional Practice C, Town Planning Design

Beverley Malcolm (Arts): Passed Econ Hist I

Joan Margolis (Arts) :

Shirley Michael (Architecture) : Passed Build Const IV, Pr of Prac C., Town Plan Design

Katharine O'Neill (Social Studies) : Passed Soc. Biol Psychol I, Social Org A , Philos I

Rena Opat (Music) Honours Found, of Music, Harmony II, Counterpoint I, Chief 8C Second Prac Study I Passed Sight Reading I

Barbara Paton (Arts) : Passed Eng I, Philos I, Geol I

Margaret Pinkerton (Science) : Passed Biochem II, Microbiol.

Elizabeth Scarlett (Music): Honours Music B, Orchestration I, Counter 8c Fugue Passed Har mony IV, Sight Reading III, Chief 8C Second Prac. Studies III.

Jennifer Seward (Commerce): Passed French I.A, Fine Arts B, Econ Geog I, Botany I

Beverley Sharman (Commerce): Passed Com Law I, Stat Method

Helene Shaw (Law) : Passed Tort

Margaret Sheer (Science): Graduated B.Sc

Shirley Moss (nee Shulman) (Arts) : Passed Eng. II, Polit. Phil., Criminology.

Rosslyn Sorensen (Science): Honours Zoology I Passed Chem I.A, Physics I, Pure Maths I

Dorothy Steer (Arts) : Passed French II, Ger man II, Dutch I

Joy Storie (Arts).

Patricia Tasker (Science): Passed Physiol & Biochem I, Elem Microbiol

Winifred Teo (Arts 8c Social Studies): Passed Aust Hist., Collect Behav Graduated B.A

Margaret Tharle (Phys Ed.): Passed Hist Prin. 8C Meth. of Phys. Ed., Gen. 8C Spec. Meth. of Teaching, Teach Prac & Observ I

Betty Tsiang (Dental Science): Passed Physics (Dent Co.), Chem (Dent Co.), Zoology (Dent Co.), Human 8C Comp. Dental Anat.

Dawn Vickery (Music) : Passed Chief 8C Second Prac Study IV.B, Sight Reading IV, Elem Acous tics, Meth. of Teaching II. Graduated Mus.Bac.

Muriel Walklate (Arts) : Passed French I, Eng. I, Pol Philos

Joan Walter (Law): Passed Mercantile Law, Public Int. Law, Prin. of Equity, Conveyancing, Evidence

Beverley Webster (Arts): Passed French II, Aust Hist., Psychol I

Jean Webster (Arts) : Passed French I, Pure Maths. I, Intro, to Leg. Meth.

Pamela Webster (Music):

Tamara Weyman (Arts): Passed Psychol. II, App Psychol A, School or Eng Part I F.E

Patricia White (Arts): Passed Eng II, Pol Sc A , Geog

Joan E. Willis (Arts): Passed Music A. Gradu ated B.A

Judith M Wilson (Science): Honours Hist 8C Meth of Sc B

Beverley Woo d (Arts): Passed French I.A, Eng I, Philos I, Psychol I

Enid Yen (Arts): Passed Hist 8C Meth of Sc A. Graduated B.A.

Mary Zalcman (Medicine): Honours Pathol ogy Passed Micro 8i Epidem Shahna Zettl (Arts) :

The following girls have now begun University courses:—Gillian and Margaret Anderson (Sydney University), Joseph Brownrigg, Beverley Clarke, Joan Cother, Hilary Dunn, Rene Elbaum, Beth Fletcher, Patricia Gray, Dalys Hearn, Bernice Heffernan, Anne Kornan, Elisabeth Long, Anne Neil, Florence Newbound, An n Peasley, Helen Purves, Natalie Sharpe, Rosalie Simpson, Jennith Smith, Janet Stahl, Evelyn Willis, Lois Yen (Arts); Gillian Cook, Elizabeth Duncan (Arts 8c Social Studies); Jennifer Deacon, Beryl Wild, Jeanne Wilson (Medicine); Rae Burmeister (Science); Betty Derrick (Social Studies); Alwyn

Jones (Music) ; Loloma Linggood, Judith Segal, Dorothy Simon (Commerce) ; Marigold McLean (Physical Education) ; An n Ensten, Joan Cornish, Noelle Courtney, Yvonne Deeble, Leonie Koll, Diana Yorston (Occupational Therapy), Yvonne Burns, Diana Gill, Anne Harvey, Anna Hen derson, Barbara Rice, Helen White (Physio therapy)

Old Collegians who have begun teaching or training for teaching include—Anne Collett, Ruth Harvey, Lynette Haydon, Janice Lean, Judith Walker, Lynette Murray-More, Elaine Oldham, Beryl Windsor (K.T.C.), Lynette Jacobsen (Mercer House), Barbara Blampied, Sonia Cartwright, Margaret Connor, Lynette Dugdale, Jill Fisher, Wendy Fox, Patricia Gellie, Margaret Green, Judith Herman, Margaret Hirons, Claire Hosken, Iris Ing, Joy Jackel, Marilyn Jeffrey, Lorelei Leggett, Barbara Meaklim, Elizabeth Milnes, Anne Paton, Judith Rosenberg, Dione Schultze, Patricia Siggins, Beverley Slade, Ena Smith, Margaret Smith, Alison Steele, Ina Swyer, June Trembath, Aileen Weeks, Judith Wilkinson, Mary Womers ley (Education Dept.)

Graduated (K.T.C.)—Bettine Dusting, Merle Godfrey, Helen Griffiths, Susan Pincus, Alison Rush (1953): Margaret Allison, Dorothy Bail, Marion Finlayson, Elizabeth Phipps (1954); Mar garet Renkin (Mercer House)

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Old Collegians who have recently graduated include:

Mary Patten, Kathleen White, Edith Mariner, Elaine Church, Elizabeth Holloway, Thora Jones, Marjorie Badenach, Beverley Bolle, Jean Jewell, Heather Nixon, Mary Atkinson, Barbara Smith (Royal Melbourne Hospital and Associated Hos pitals School of Nursing); Margaret Blackwell,

Hilary Couper, Ann Green, Elizabeth Claire Smith, Margaret Shepherd, Judith Brown (Alfred Hospital); Noelle Judkins, Barbara Bennett, Patricia Ralph (Epworth Hospital)

Those in training at present include: Nola Thompson, Dawn Elder, Jeanette Finlay son, Estelle Leete, Jocelyn Browne, Patricia Greer, Mary Ingamells, Margaret Nash, Joan Embury, Mary Clarke, Joan Wilkinson, Sidna Armstrong, Valmai Morison, Margaret Vizard, Judith Car michael, Mary Coates, Elizabeth Field, Margaret McCord, Wendy McDonnell, Valerie Beckett, Rae Lechte, Tsiang Ching Lee, Dorothy Yeo, Janet Widdicombe, Anita Nielson, Beverley Allen, Natalie Newman, Alison Storrie, Rosalie Hinton, Valerie Sharp, Judith Broom, Lesley Edyvean, Heather Murdoch, Miriam Allison (School of Nursing); Fairlie Apperley, Patricia Weeks, Lynette Stevens, Valerie Maughan, Janice Falk, Judith West, Lillian Nixon, Elaine M Stewart, Joan Maclean, Shirley Dunoon, Elaine Cornwall, Pauline Tingman, Andrea Hone, Althea Sandow, Elizabeth Croydon, Kathleen Burgess, Joan Parry, Valda Leeton, Beverley Lane, Janet Howlett, Laurel Lockwood, Mary Lees, Geraldine Clarke, Mar jory Hocking, Diane Dufty, Rosemary Nye, Judith Middleton, Nola Bursill, Olwyn William son, Margaret White, Margaret L Anderson, Anne Phillips, Nola Osborne, Jennifer Hansford, Anne Bossence, Elizabeth Barrow, Frances McMeekin, Margaret J Rosenthal, Ann Stelling, Jean Stodden, Gwenyth Thomson, Valarie Wood , Fay Sutherland, Nancy McNeill, Dorothy Hunt, Lynette Edwards, Mabel Boyle, Valerie Blyth, Janice Maling, Margaret Johnston, Rosemary Hanna, Helen Dodgshun, Valerie Cordner, Michelle Bassett (Alfred Hospital); Joan McLaren, Elizabeth Wilson, Beris Greenwood, Isobel Glasgow, Denise Abbo, Margaret Bingham (Epworth)

Travel Section

Freudenstadt in the Black Forest

Towards the end of our stay in Germany we spent about a week in the Black Forest in a small town, of about ten thousand inhabitants, called Freudenstadt The inner city was entirely bombed out and burned down towards the end of the war, but by 1949 it was once more rebuilt

This town depends mainly on tourists, and nearly every shop sells tourist attractions such as cuckoo clocks, carved wooden vases and ash-trays. Once a week a large tourists' bus would arrive from England, and the owner of our hotel told us that whenever this bus came there had to be roast beef on the menu.

Freudenstadt is a sunny, health resort; in summer it is visited by many because of the lovely mountain air, and in winter it is very popular for winter sports In 1954 altogether sixty-five thousand guests visited it. Most of the houses are small shops, guest houses, or hotels

The market place, a big open square in the middle of the town, is surrounded by houses, built together, and each two or three storeys high The ground floor of each of these is a shop pro tected by arcades under which it is possible to walk right round the market place W e enjoyed this walk especially at night when the shops were brightly lit and the city band was playing in the middle of the square.

There are about one hundred miles of well kept paths running in and out of the Black Forest around Freudenstadt, and at every intersection there are signposts In one place we came across a hut for skiers to shelter in, and a little further along there was a sanctuary where the deer are fed in winter when they can find no food, because the snow there is sometimes very deep. It is always lovely and cool in the forest and under the dark green pine trees there are brightly coloured mush rooms and toadstools One can walk for miles and miles without growing tired because the pine needles make such a lovely soft carpet on the ground While walking through the forest one sometimes sees a small, grey-brown squirrel scuttling away through the trees, but there do not seem to be very many birds

From a look-out spot we could see across the countryside to the castle Hohen Zollern, which was the home of the former German Emperors

Coming back from our morning walk one day, we went into the "Kurgarten," a big cafe sur rounded by lovely gardens, to listen to the band which played in the morning and afternoon every day

There are always so many visitors in Freuden stadt that the entertainment is very good. For in stance, while we were there, a well-known troupe of ice skaters put on a very good show of ballet and clowning on ice

So with all these attractions we found it very difficult to leave this lovely Black Forest town —Elsbeth Jaissle, L.V.b, Fitchett

A Visit to Rotorua

One of the most weird and interesting places in New Zealand is Rotorua, and I am going to describe an afternoon we spent there at the Maori village and thermal region nearby

W e caught the bus out to the village from the town itself and were met there by the well-known guide, Rangi, who was to conduct our tour W e moved on to a bridge over a creek and threw pennies to clamouring Maori children who were hopping about in the water The homes and meet ing house, both built in the traditional style, and ornately carved, had been painted scarlet for the Royal Tour and still remained bright and attrac tive W e went on to see how the water and steam are utilized All the cooking is done over steam vents and the food is really pressure cooked Stones are placed around the vents, with boards lying across them for the pots to stand on and the whole is then covered with a bag. The warm pools are used for bathing the babies and washing the clothes Nearby, a group of children were play ing in a big cement bath There was also a beautiful blue pool which bubbled when sand was thrown into it

Rangi then took us through a cemetery where the graves were above the ground She thought that this idea was introduced by the Chinese during the gold rushes The bodies are mummified by being placed in silica caves where the silica seals them They are then laid in the graves and a concrete slab is placed on top

The heat of the afternoon was becoming very oppressive and was accentuated by the presence of so much steam and we began to wish for a large, shady tree to stand under W e passed through a gateway with two carved figures guarding the entrance, their tongues out in defiance, and their hands placed on their hips as at the commencement of a dance

Never escaping from the sickening smell of sulphur, we crossed to where Pohutu Geyser was supposed to play, but as it showed no sign of life, we moved on to a hot and cold stream where fish can be caught and cooked while still on the hook The next attraction was the largest pool of boiling mud, where we stood fascinated by the porridge-like mud being slung into the air A change of scenery, and we walked along a cool bush path until we came to a clearing where a model Maori Pa, or village, is built It is sur rounded by a double fence in which the enemy is trapped and speared by waiting warriors, while trying to creep through. The tiny sleeping houses are built with high thatched roofs, and the store houses are built high off the ground to prevent rats from attacking the provisions In one small storehouse near the chief's sleeping house they used to keep the skulls of their enemies The elaborate carving, which is done with greenstone brought from the South Island, was all done by Rangi's grandfather, the carver of the tribe. In side the meeting house, Rangi spoke to the party,

stressing the need for a sympathetic attitude in understanding the Maori people and their philo sophy, before criticising them She is very quick witted and has a marvellous amount of general knowledge, altogether making a splendid ambas sador fo r her people The main gateway to the Pa depicts a Maori legend about a girl called Hinemoa

On our way back, we passed a small geyser that is always playing and some mud pools where the flipping mud always forms the same patterns of a lily and a rose. Arriving back at Pohutu Geyser, Rangi thought that it would play soon, so we sat down to wait It always plays once every twenty-four hours, but there is no way of telling when There is a large pool in which the water rises, forced by the pressure below, until it can no longer be contained At this point it overflows and the remaining water in the pool begins to agitate violently By this time we had withdrawn to a safe place The overflowing pool set off a small geyser which played to a certain height and then it started Pohutu Geyser playing and soon, spurts of boiling water were being sent ninety feet into the air

While walking back to the entrance, we saw a tiny Maori baby being carried in a shawl on its mother's back W e were very privileged, as Rangi took us to see her home which was built by her grandfather and is set in lovely gardens Inside it is beautifully carved and laid out with Maori rugs O n the wall hang Maori skirts and there was a mat made of bird's feathers

After this, we caught the bus back to the town ship again after a very wonderful and memorable afternoon.

—Roslyn Crellin, 15 yrs., P.VI b, Cato

Aden

Our first sight of Aden was in the early part of the afternoon. It was very hot and a blue haze hung over the massive group of rocks which looked to us like a barren island from our perch on the top deck of the ship W e went ashore by launch and disembarked at a white concrete jetty

Outside the Customs House we hired a taxi to take us to Crater, the ancient capital. The road to Crater wound for six miles through hills and giant boulders made of granite W e passed under an aqueduct which carries Aden's water supply from reservoirs up in the hills

At Crater we did some shopping at the native shops, which were just opening as it was not yet 8 o'clock As we walked along we passed people still asleep in the streets with their blankets cover ing them from head to toe Some poor people followed us begging money and two little mongrel dogs with dirty white coats ran snapping round our heels

W e watched an Arab child's funeral wind its way up to the cemetery on the hill The relatives took turns at carrying the small form wrapped in a gold cloth, chanting prayers and bickering among themselves all the while

When we finished our shopping we returned to the car and began our drive back to the ship There was much more traffic on the road and we passed several bullock and camel carts, while herds of goats kept putting themselves in the way of the car

As it was late, we had to hurry and we just reached the ship as the warning bell went and we said a very regretful goodbye to Aden.

—Lesley Bonney, 14 yrs. L.V.c, Berry

Marseilles

One of the loveliest sights I have ever seen is that of distant twinkling lights of the French Riviera, as we were coming along the French coast towards Marseilles

It was about ten p.m when we berthed in the Old Port of Marseilles W e were allowed ashore then, but not many people took the opportunity, although some visited the night-clubs The next morning when we woke, the scene was even lovelier the steep, rocky hill overlooking the city on the southern side of the Vieux Port, and crowning it, the tower of the church of La Dame de la Garde. W e were taken by bus to this beautiful church around narrow twisting cobbled streets that had been there for centuries, as Marseilles is the oldest French town Whe n we reached the top, we had a perfect view of the sea, the moun tains, the great city, and the surrounding suburbs As we began to walk up the graceful steps lead ing to the lower church, some French schoolgirls arrived, looking lovely in their long white dresses, veils, gloves and shoes They were going to Mass in the Lower Church, and so when we entered we had to stand near the back

From the roof at the back hang small boats, rows of pictures, and objects of every description which were placed there by pilgrims in token of gratitude to the "Bonne Mere" who helped them in time of trouble. Here and there are sticks, crutches, plaster casts and wax limbs hung by miraculously-cured pilgrims, and also artificial flowers brought by young brides

The Upper Church is beautifully decorated, with fine mosaics and exquisite gold carvings Outside the entrance is a small shop in which nuns of Notre Dame sell rosaries, prayer-books, holy-pictures and tourist souvenirs

After leaving the Church we had morning tea in a small cafe overlooking the harbour and the Chateau d'lf, in which the Count of Monte Cristo was imprisoned. After being driven past places of historical interest such as the Old Fort, the Palais Longchamps, and many others, we were allowed to do some shopping

As it was getting late, our bus driver hurried back to the ship, to be greeted by an irate Second Officer, who told us that the ship had to leave early W e hurried on board and secured a place along the rails to watch the arrival of the late comers The gangways had been taken away, and the ship was moving away from the wharf, when a woman rushed up. Bells clanged, the ship stopped, and gradually moved back. Again we moved out, and when a few hundred yards away,

a taxi drew up on the wharf, the doors flew open, and people jumped out to stare in dismay at the departing ship They asked a man with a motor boat to take them after the ship. They eventually caught up, but as the ship did not stop, they had to leap on to a swaying rope ladder and so climb up the side For about twenty minutes people con tinued to chase the ship, half a dozen small motor boats following like a convoy because the Captain was so annoyed that he would not stop The next day, the Captain, on making a check, found that at least twenty people had been left stranded in Marseilles

The end of the day seemed so exciting in con trast to the peace which we had felt as we stood

on the hill overlooking the city, and remembered how the Germans, on 25th August, 1944, chose as their target the beautiful statue on the tower of Notre Dame. It was a sheer miracle that the tower was only damaged and not entirely de stroyed. Hundreds of people, with eyes uplifted to the statue, which was dimly visible through the smoke, felt that if this fell they would be beaten But it did not fall, and thus the people were given courage to fight on, because they believed that if God protected their statue of the Virgin Mary, He would protect them

—Margaret Johnston, 15 yrs., V.c, Cato

Original Contributions

Senior Section

Berringa

I stood at the crest of the long-forgotten town And watched her hills unfold to the plains below,

The great dry plains that shimmered in the heat, Where the creeks are dry and the blistering north winds blow;

Her earth was parched, the bracken crackled be neath my feet, And the dust-clouds rose and fell in eddies along her street

Her mines are silent now among the trees, But somewhere deep beneath her hungry earth, Beneath this still and peaceful solitude, Her gold lies hidden yet that gave her birth. But her sons have long departed, and her joy and life have flown

Leaving only desolation, gardens wild and over grown

An d as I watched, the summer sun sank low, A window on the hill gleamed fiery gold, Sad spirits from the darkening shadows stirred, An d through the valleys ghostly echoes rolled I felt her pulse beat through me then, and heard her gentle sigh Creep through the bracken and the gums, then softly fade and die

—Margaret Scott, Hon Vl.b, Berry

Silver Birch in Winter

Gaunt grey limb, ghostly in the moonlight, Like shadows of those summer days When leaves of silver-green Shimmered in the early sunlight, dewdrop sparkled, diamond bright.

White papery bark, soft curling from her dark scarred trunk: Scars, where her sap-filled stem has cracked The crisp, white outer wood And marked with black her silvery sheath

pendant, polished twigs of smooth brown

The birch is sleeping through the long, cold months, Her boughs a resting-place For lonely birds in winter's wan sunlight.

Within her trunk is life—life and the power T o greet again the spring, with swelling buds An d fan-creased, soft green leaves: A triumph of pulsing green which heralds the sun-drenched days

—Rosalind Johns, Hon Vl.b, Cato

Easter in the Greek Church

As with all other Christian Churches, the climax of the Church year comes with Easter in the Greek Church. Lent is kept strictly, and the fast is not broken until after the midnight service which precedes Easter morning It is the custom then to eat a young lamb as the first meat meal after the Lenten fast

The services in Holy Week commemorate every phase of the Passion, from Palm Sunday to the Resurrection on Easter Sunday O n Good Friday the service is very solemn and the Church is given an air of mourning by the black and purple ribbons tied around candles and ikons and by all the white flowers which decorate the building, in front of the altar is a tomb, and during the ser vice it is carried around the church preceded by a Cross on which a wreath is laid to represent Christ's Crucifixion. But at Easter all this changes; the rich-coloured vestments of the priests har monize with the many colours of bright flowers and the gloom changes to rejoicing

Of all the services, it is perhaps the midnight service of the Resurrection which lives longest and remains the most vivid in the memory of those who have taken part The service begins a little before midnight, and, as the bells ring on Sunday morning, the priest steps in front of the altar carrying a lighted candle He greets the people with the words: "Christ is Risen." They reply: "Christ is risen indeed," and then each one lights his candle from the priest's, which action sym bolizes the spread of the Light of Truth and Lite Then the choir sings Easter hymns and the ser vice proceeds, the church being lit by the candles of the people.

—Nike Demetrie, Hon Vl.b, Cato

Kurella

Red roof'd houses clustered together, A friendly, intimate community, Sleepy and old-fashioned homes softened By this sunny, close-knit unity: Kurella

Blue skies, a sparkling, dancing seascape, Fresh earth after rain on the homestead, Cattle drowsily roaming at noon, A Serenity where angels tread: Kurella

Calm mountains drop to the water's edge, The winding path descends, Peace and man together, hand in hand, Give joy, security, friends; Kurella

—Anon , 15 yrs., Pass Vl.b, Cato.

New Girl

With a tunic and blazer of battleship grey, Trying my hardest to feel bold and gay, Armed with a satchel I join in the fray All marching schoolwards, on this—my first day

My feet feel as though they are "flippers" of lead, My heart's pounding madly with anguish and dread: The hat just won't stay on the top of my head, My courage deserts me—I wish I were dead!

Witless and tongue-tied, all churned up inside, A strong inclination to "funk it" and hide "Butterflies" shake me—I wish I had died! "Oh , let not this torment within me abide "

Formalities over, my nerves take a rest, I glance at the star which is pinned on my breast High courage returns—I have ended my quest, At last I have found it—the school which is best!

-Jennifer Brisbane, V.h, Fitchett

Catkins

The New Girl Jennifer Brisbane, V.h, Fitchett.

Choosing Greeting Cards for Special Occasions

Choosing greeting cards is the bane of my life It is one of the most difficult and tedious tasks which confront me when birthdays and anniver saries come around each year Not often have I had to face buying a card for the occasion of a wedding or the arrival of a new addition to the family, but I am sure it is equally as annoying to face a host of cards which seem to consist mainly, in the former case, of silvery wedding bells, as in the latter, a mass of angelic-looking babies— decked out in pink or blue ribbon

I can't understand why some wise artist does not design a card that does not have a bouquet of gaudy flowers, or a piece of padded, inset satin decorating it Not only are they ugly, but exorbitant in price which makes me feel I should not write on the card but leave it bare so that the recipient may use it again when the necessity arises There also must be a dearth of poets as each card seems to be the same verse within as the next card, or at least something very similar

As, in the case of birthdays, I am, on most occasions, purchasing the card at 5.25 p.m on the afternoon before the event, I have no time to "stand and stare." Very often, when I bring it home and open it, I find it says, "T o my Dearest Sister" (or some other relative) when I have bought it for my friend In that case, I give the present without the birthday card, or write on a piece of paper.

There are certain cards for which I have an aversion, therefore I am always buying the same birthday card which is the only one that appeals to me Unfortunately, this year I gave a friend the same birthday card as I gave her last year.

When Father's Day comes I am forced to buy a card bearing a p:cture of a very young father with a gun and a faithful hound in the wilds of the bush—whereas my father spends most of his time pottering in the garden and complaining about the holes that our dog has dug in the lawn

When I buy a card I often bring home the wrong envelope and then have to spend precious moments cutting minute strips off the edge of the card so that it may fit into the envelope

T o conclude, I inevitably remember, after post ing a card, that I have neglected to rub out the price!

—Terrill SIoss, 16 yrs., Pass VI.c, Krome

A Call from the Wild

Slowly the sun sinks down to rest

And the dusk spreads over all, Folding the bush in quiet sleep

And hushing the bird's last call

Gone is the bitter wind and rain

And the bush is washed and clean; Leaving the whispering trees to stand Just heard—but still unseen

Slowly a faint and rain-washed glow Appears, as the pale moon weaves Fine silver lace that glistens on The tall trees' rustling leaves

Then echoing down the mountain side, Is a sound, still faint, but clear; Rising and falling, sad and fierce, A sound half-filled wtih fear

As it is heard, this wisp of sound, It is gone, and heard no more; Lost in a silence more profound Than even was before.

Quick as a flash, a small black head Looks up and two dark eyes Glisten, and, trembling still, a dog From sleep is seen to rise

He stands, ears straining through the night T o this cry from that far hill. Quickly he looks behind him, at The house—all dark and still

No, not a sound to answer him; They are quiet and still asleep Yes, and in comfort still to rest In slumber long and deep

The little dog is free, yet tied Fast to man's habits alone There he stands dumb, uncertain, straining Towards things, to him, unknown. His little soul is bursting out In answer to that wild cry; Then quietly a shadow creeps And stops, and stands close by Wild dog touches his out-thrust nose Only once and then is gone Dumb he has stood and still he stands The moon goes sailing on

When, far away the cry is heard, Perhaps it is without cause, But the small dog sleeps, unheeding. His nose between his paws —Rosemary Horton, Hon. Vl.b, Fitchett.

Barker's Road

D o you know how Barker's Road received its name?

Many years ago before Hawthorn was a settle ment, gum trees were growing in the area where Barker's Road is now The trees were chopped down and their bark was collected This bark had to be taken to the part of the Yarra where Bur wood Road and Hawthorn Bridge now meet There was a difficulty in getting the bark there because a large hill had to be crossed, so instead of going over this way the "barkers" dragged the bark along a flat track to the part of the Yarra where Victoria Street is now and from there alongside the Yarra to their destination. When an early settlement was made, this, track became known as the Barkers' track To-day, now that Hawthorn has long been a suburb, it is known as Barker's Road.

—Elaine Schuch, 16 yrs., Pass Vl.b, Krome

The Sport of Spear Fishing From Personal Experience

As everyone knows, spear-fishing is becoming an increasingly popular water-sport I tried it for the first time during the past summer holidays, as I had been given a "snorkel," mask and flippers for Christmas. W e drove to a beach called Minna murra, which is about sixty miles south of Sydney, which we knew was suitable for fishing. Wearing the flippers and mask, and carrying the snorkel and spear-gun, I struggled about 100 yards through the water to a small, rocky island, where I put on the snorkel and plunged into the water

From the rocks, the water looks murky and weedy, but once you are in the water, the change is amazing The sea floor looks like a beautiful rockery, with gently swaying plants in many shades of pink, green, and brown In amongst the weeds brightly coloured shell-fish, anemones and star fish can be seen. Tiny striped fishes dart in and out of the weeds, and complete a beautiful picture. Sometimes a small sting-ray may be seen, sunning itself on the sandy floor.

Quite unexpectedly, a large fish swam out from under one of the rocks—I was afterwards told that it was a rock groper—and in the excitement of the moment, I aimed the gun, and released the trigger Unluckily, I was not quick enough: the fish swam lazily on, and I found my harpoon firmly embedded in a rock crevice I then had to

clamber on to one of the larger rocks, and re load the gun Even with the heavy flippers, swim ming is extremely easy, as the smallest movement of the feet will propel you ahead at quite a rate. Amazingly enough, the fish do not take any notice of you, unless you break the surface, when the noise frightens them

My second attempt at spearing was more sue cessful, and I came triumphantly from the water, brandishing a rather undersized fish, of doubtful origin, but nevertheless I was very proud of it

By the end of the day, I had firmly resolved that I would spend all my time at the beach, participating in the exciting sport of spear fishing.

—Ann e Masters, H.VI.c

Night Life

A bang and a thump, and a mighty loud bump, A rattling, rustling sound, A screech and a squeak, and a piercing shriek, As some creature is hurled to the ground.

Then a crash on the fence, and another, from whence Issues forth a most blood-curdling cry, Then some thuds on the lawn, though their bodies are torn— They knock bottles and tins as they fly.

—Photo., C. Stuart Tompkins. HOUS E (BOARDERS) PREFECTS AN D WIN G CAPTAIN S

Back Row: Eve McLennan, Heather Marshall, Betty Moon, Margaret Adamson (Senior), Elizabeth Cowan, Anne Masters.

Front Row: Berice Callendar, Judith Bull.

A grey streak through the door, and then over the floor, A sudden leap on to the bed, Two gold balls glowing bright in the dark of the night, And a purring sound close to my head. After rubbing my eyes, I look round with sur prise, Then I sit up in bed with a grin: It is only my cat, so I give him a pat, And I say to him, "Well—did you win?"

—Rosemary Balmer, H.VI.b, Cato

The Friendly Isles

Tonga was only a small island in the Pacific that nobody knew much about until Queen Salote endeared herself to everybody who saw her during her visit to the Coronation in 1953 Her impres sive personality will long be remembered by all who saw the Corronation Procession, and by the Tongans, Queen Elizabeth II will never be for gotten.

The Tongan archipelago comprises 150 small islands, of which only 36 are inhabited Although Tonga is spread over a large expanse of ocean, the total land area is about 270 square miles. In 1953 the population was about 51,000, all but 1200 being pure-blooded Tongans

Tonga is divided into three Provinces; Vava'u in the north, Ha'apai in the middle, and Tonga tapu in the south. Nuku'alofa ("land of love"), Queen Salote's capital, is on the principal island of Tongatapu, and about 430 miles from Suva, Fiji While Tonga is the world's smallest kingdom, it is ruled by one of the world's oldest dynasties, and by the world's tallest Queen

The loftiest eminence on Tongatapu, the main island, is Mt. Zion, a hillock 60 feet high; but its waters cover, in the Tonga Deep, one of the lowest parts of the ocean floor, nearly six miles below sea level In Tongan waters there took place the best known, and certainly the most pub licised, episode of naval indiscipline in the annals of the sea, the mutiny in His Majesty's Armed Vessel "Bounty." The kingdom also includes within its territory what is the world's only dis appearing island, Falcon Island, or Fonua Fo'ou, as it is known by the Tongans

Tonga is a Polynesian word meaning "south" and here is the reason for it When the world was in its youth—so reads a version of one pf the oldest of Tongan legends—Maui, a powerful potentate of the Pacific Pantheon, left Bulotu, the land of the gods, and set sail with his attend ants to find some new adventure In Samoa he obtained a fish-hook and continued his ocean journey till he reached an empty expanse of water south of Samoa (hence the name "Tonga") . Maui then attached a line to his fish-hook and cast it into the sea Presently a wild commotion arose on the face of the water, and the crew, exerting all their strength, fished out a piece of land covered with verdure; this was 'Ata

Then came another and a larger haul, Tonga tapu An d so the god and his crew laboured on until they had raised all the low islands of Tonga

Tongatapu and Vava'u and Ha'apai, then 'Eua and the three northernmost, Tafahi, Niuatopu tapu, and Niuafo'ou out of the depths The higher islands—such as Kao and Tofu a were made of chips thrown down from the sky by another god Next, again by the intervention of the gods, the islands were peopled, and in due course a ruler was set over them, whose title was the Tu'i Tonga, Tu'i meaning King The first Tu'i Tonga was 'Ahoeitu

Although the Tongans had no written language until the white missionaries taught them to read and write at the beginning of the nineteenth cen tury, they had preserved their genealogies and their other thousand-year traditions by word of mouth from father to son down through the gen erations And although Queen Salote's immediate dynasty, that of Tupou, is the third branch of the royal family to reign in Tonga, she, in common with her predecessors of all three branches, traces descent from 'Ahoeitu She is separated from the first Tu'i Tonga by forty-two generations, all of whose names have been preserved by this tradi tion-loving race

The "Friendly Islands" was the name given to Tonga, when Captain Cook landed at the old capital of Tongatapu, Mu'a He also brought with him one of the world's oldest inhabitants, Tui'malila, the tortoise. Although the tortoise's mate died many years ago, he still lives and was introduced to Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh

—Margot Storer, Pass VI.d, Krome

The Sailor King

A sailor shipwrecked in the isles Was captured by some "cannibiles"; They popped him in a cooking pot, But found that tender he was not "This man is mighty," they did sing— "We'll take him as our island king." A hut they built him, made of grass, Situated near a pass A throne they gave him made of gold, But, sad to tell, he found it cold He stowed it in an upstairs space An d found another in its place He reigned on it quite happily, 'Til came a great catastrophe: The old throne tumbled from above—• Upo n the king that they did love: He gasped amid his dying groans, "Whe n in grass houses, don't stow thrones."

—Barbara Armstrong, Hon Vl.b, and Felicity Bartak, Hon VI.c, Cato

Bush Morning

The golden light was streaming through the trees, The sky was fluffed with filmy clouds of white, The air was filled with joyful melodies Of birds while wheeling in and out in flight.

The river running by was swift and cool, Caressed by swaying weeping-willow trees, The sunlight glinted in a shallow pool, An d through the haze hummed myriads of bees

—Barbara Armstrong, Hon. Vl.b, Cato.

The Open-air School

At Blackburn, Victoria, there is, tucked away in the bush, a little school which is the only one of its kind in Victoria This school is called the "Open Air School" because in both winter and summer its windows are open and the children are breathing in the fresh air all the time

The school is run by the Education Department and buses bring the children to school and take them home again each day The school is for undernourished children who live in the areas around Richmond. Here they are taught general hygiene, exercises to improve their physical con dition, as well as the ordinary lessons that any other child is taught There are twenty-four child ren in all and they are chosen by Sister Bishop. Sister Bishop goes around the different schools picking out children she thinks could benefit from a year at the school

Although some of the children do not take to the Oslo lunch that is supplied for them at the beginning of the year, they love it by the end of the year After they finish lunch, they have a rest hour in which they all go to sleep on canvas stretchers

Bird life plays a part in their lessons, too A lesson is often interrupted so that the children may see some of the birds they would not see at home The children are always on the lookout for new wildflowers which are often seen in the natural grounds of the school

The school has only one teacher or head mis tress and someone who makes the lunches The head mistress weighs the children every week and at the end of the year it can easily be seen that the children benefit from it —"Interested," 15 yrs., Pass VI.d, Fitchett.

Middle

The Modern Shakespeare

Under the skilful guidance of their form teacher, the girls of Lower V.c are enjoying their introduction to Shakespeare, and with apologies to the poet and to our teachers, I would like to point out by the following quotations what an up-to-date play "The Merchant of Venice" is.

Teacher: "An d she is fair and, fairer than that word

Of wondrous virtues."

Biology: "Wh y dost thou whet thy knife so earnestly?"

The Prefects: " I shall obey you in all fair commands."

The Principal: " A kinder gentleman treads not the earth."

Baseball: " I will run, friend; my heels are at your command: I will run."

The Boarders: "Yo u may tell every finger I have with my ribs."

The Butterfly

T o be born with the Spring, to die with the roses, T o float in a pure sky on the wings of a breeze; In the heart of the flowers, scarce in bloom, it reposes T o drink in the perfumes, and bright skies it sees; Still young, shaking the pollen from its wings, to fly

Away like a breath to the eternal sky— That is the enchanted destiny of the butterfly It resembles desire, ever on the wing, And, unsatisfied, lightly touching each thing, Returning at last to bliss, to the sky.

(Translated from "Le Papillon," by Alphonse de Lamartine)

—Mary Oakley, Pass VI.c, Krome

Seascape—Winter

The sky was grey and wind-swept A never-ending curtain of cloud; The sea below was green and cold, Pounding relentlessly against the barren cliffs The spray flung high returned to the depths A torrent of white; Overhead a lonely gull wheeled An d cried in desolation

Seascape—Summer

The sky was clear and cloudless, A sparkling expanse of azure bright The sea beneath was calm and gay, The waves turquoise colour with creamy crests They raced to the shore, to the shimmering golden sand Three children paddled at the water's edge.

—Jennifer Murphy, Pass Vl.a, Cato

Section

Sports Mistress: "Sometimes from her eyes I did receive fair speechless messages."

English Speaking: "Goo d sentences and well pronounced."

Test Questions: "Here are a few of the un pleasant'st words That ever blotted paper."

"Is it not hard that I cannot choose one nor refuse none?"

The Tuckshop: "Neither have I money nor commodity

T o raise a present sum."

Form Mistress: "Beshrew me but I love her heartily."

Examination Eve: " I have no mind of feast ing forth to-night."

Swimming Sports: "Thou art too wild, too rude and bold of voice"

The Form Captain: "Pray you, let's have no more fooling about."

Outside the Music Hall: "Here will we sit and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears."

Order Mark: "Is it your dear friend that is thus in trouble?"

Roll Call, 3.25 p.m.: "Since I have your good leave to go away, I will make haste."

End of Term: "In this there can be no dismay."

—Rhyll Clark, L.V.c, Fitchett.

Tranquillity

Above us, all the sky is clouded, The mountain tops are softly shrouded In the drifting white and grey

The lake is calm, while not a shiver Moves the surface of the river As it drifts upon its way

—Margaret Lancaster, 13 yrs., L.V.a, Fitchett

Ships

I love to watch the big ships come sailing into port,

I love to see their different crews of every race and sort,

I love to watch the cargoes being loaded off and on,

An d watch the gangway taken down—she's ready to be gone!

I love to watch the wool being loaded on in bales, Ready for its journey, for far away it sails, I love to see the cranes rising slowly in the air, Then swinging downwards to the hold with the loads they bear

I love to watch the stately steamer anchored in the bay, I love to watch her leave the port upon her joyous way

I love to sse the streamers flying from the rails, And to hear the cheering, as away she sails

—Judith Kellaway, L.V.a, Krome.

The Singing Class

All the pussy cats of our town, Grey cats, black cats, white and brown, Have formed a singing class just lately, An d it's improved their voices greatly. They're clever cats, without a doubt, For they sing both in tune and out; They practise morning, night and noon, They're going to have a concert soon

I only wish Professor Mew (Wh o teaches them) one thing would do —Forbid them to sing, both one and all, At night, out on my garden wall

—Sandra Nelson, 13 yrs., IV.b, Cato

Front

—Photo., C Stuart Tompkins

HOUS E CAPTAIN S AN D HOUS E SPORTS CAPTAINS, 1955

Back Row: Sports Captains: Elizabeth O'Neil (Berry), Jill Evans (Cato), Anne Walton (Fitchett), Davida Switson (Krome)

Row: House Captains: Elizabeth Cowan (Berry), Wendy Orton (Cato), Julie Robertson (Fitchett! Margaret Adamson (Krome)

Aboriginal Sanctuary

A short time ago, while staying at Kalorama, we decided to go to a house where Mr Ricketts, a sculptor, displays some of his aboriginal carv ings. On arriving at the gate of the house, we climbed several steps and found ourselves in a wild and beautiful garden, overhung with ferns, and other plants which made it quite dark

When we first looked about us, we saw some exquisitely carved figures of aborigines set in banks of earth But as we looked more carefully at the natural rocks nearby, we discovered many more faces, figures and heads most of which were of aborigines Even the tiniest (and that would have been about an inch in diameter) had been carved with fine detail. There were other steps leading up into different parts of the garden, and, following these paths, we found larger carvings, many of which seemed to have a spiri tual meaning One of the loveliest of these showed the Heavenly Father holding in his arms little aboriginal children The whole garden was full of tiny models of birds, animals, and aborigines

W e entered a stone-floored room which stretched far back, and which was so dark that we had to wait until our eyes were accustomed to the blackness After a few moments, we saw through the dimness a life-size carving of an aborigine, which appeared wonderfully real; the hands impressed us very much—even the broken nails and lined skin could be seen Mr Ricketts hopes one day to have covered the side of the hill with aboriginal figures.

W e were sorry that we had to leave so soon, but it would have taken several days to see all the carvings in the garden —Susan Webber, L.V.d, Cato

Foothills

The foothills in the spring time Are bright with birds and flowers, With the clear notes of the bellbirds From their shady leafy bowers The ripple of the brooklet, The lyrebird's false call, And the muted splash of water From the distant waterfall —Eril Peck, L.V.b, Berry

Bush Interlude

When twilight falls in autumn, W e all ride down the track, Past big white ghostly gum trees, And sometimes, looking back, W e see the sun's last golden beams Shine on the lone bush track

The tiny stream we follow Takes colour from the sky, Reflecting in its water

The leafy boughs on high, From which there sometimes issues The curlews' homing cry

Our horses are so eager, But we must hold them back, For we are loth to hurry

And leave the old bush track —Pamela Gale, 14 yrs., L.V.b, Cato

"The Way of the Ungodly Shall Perish." —Psalm 1.

TH E FITCHET T HAL L SEAT-CARVERS

Some feel that when they've left the school N o eyes will then behold Their names upon the honour board In letters or pure gold

And since they cannot fade away As if they'd never been, They carve their names on Fitchett's seats, For there they must be seen

Each year a new made group of names Appears upon each seat, Some scratched and scrawled with pins and stars

And others clear and neat

Thus in Assembly Dr Woo d May hear strange scratchings Yet W e all know that it's some poor girl Wh o carves, lest we forget.

—Sonia Reidy, 13 yrs., L.V.b, Krome

M Y DESK

The place on which I write My Latin verbs and nouns, While the mistress watches With alternate smiles and frowns— The place on which I carve My name with greatest care, So that everyone that passes May know that I've been there— This is my desk.

The thing inside which I can keep My textbooks, in a stack— My exercise books also, In this useful thing I pack My pencils, paper, rubbers, lunch, My art book and my pad Are all thrown in, though others say, That doing this is bad This is my desk

The place that often is Two inches deep in crumbs, Banana skins and apple cores And rotten pears and plums, Into which, if I'm not careful, The pencil sharpenings seep— The place on top of which I stand And sit and jump and sleep This is my desk

—Clair Seamons, 12 yrs., IV.a, Fitchett _„„ „„ ,,,.—„„—..—ii.—.«—.4

Lower Middle Section

Seasons

The autumn leaves are falling, An d crickets are a-calling, Red, green, golden, brown, Autumn leaves are falling down.

In winter time the trees are bare; T o see a flower is very rare. Wind, rain, sleet and hail, With a roar there comes a gale

In spring the flowers decide to wake, An d think that they are going to make A lovely show of red and gold T o help us forget about the cold

The summer time is best of all, When all the birds begin to call; W e go to the beach and have such fun Beneath the clear blue sky and sun.

—Roslyn Collins, 104 yrs., IH.a, Berry

An Aboriginal Entertainment

While staying at Lakes Entrance during the Christmas holidays, my parents decided to take my brother and me for a night trip in a launch to an Aboriginal Concert

O n arriving at Post Office Pier, where the three launches that take the people, assembled, we boarded the launch called "Sea-Bird." The names of the other two launches were "Black-Bird" and "Blue-Bird."

The sun was just beginning to set as we left the pier. All the different colours were mingled together, and the sun made silhouettes of the trees and shrubs on the flat islands in the lake

It was quite dark when we arrived at the private landing-stage After alighting from the launch we walked up the path that wound round the hill, to the house, outside which the concert was held

The aborigines were dressed in ordinary clothes which they buy at Lake Tyers where they all live.

For the first item the aborigines played popular tunes on gum leaves The sound they produced was similar to that produced by a piece of tissue blown against a comb, like a mouth-organ The organiser, called "Boss" by the aborigines, assured us that they had nothing in their mouths or on their leaves to make this sound

Other items included the playing of the banjo, singing, and a comic turn At the end of the programme was a song which they had composed, called "Susie." "Boss" informed us that Susie was a missionary who was visiting all the aboriginal settlements, and was soon coming to Lake Tyers

When the concert ended we had supper and the men sold souvenirs which they had made. The aborigines came back with us in the launches, carrying a bunch of gum leaves so that they could play for us while we sang It was a most enjoyable and interesting evening —Ann e Turnbull, 12 yrs., L.IV.b, Cato

My Ship

The ships that sail on the great big sea Are tossed by the wind and are watched by me. If I had a ship with big white sails, I'd sail in my ship and catch all the whales

I'd take my ship to far-off lands, Where I'd pull it up on the golden sands Then I'd go off and look at the sights, An d see little boys flying their kites

Then I'd find a quiet river and have a nice tea, Soon, I'd pack up my things and go back to the sea

I'd sleep in my ship in my own little bed, An d dream of the things in a book that I'd read.

Then early next morning I'd set sail again, An d sail on the seas and just hope for no rain I'd see many lands and some girls and boys gay, Then I'd come back to Melbourne for glad Christ mas Day

—Kathryn Humphrey, 9 i yrs., L.III.b, Fitchett

The Wild Wind

Howling and prowling around the house, Wild the wind blows, like cat after mouse; Sighting its prey it bellows and roars, Shutting the windows and slamming the doors, Skipping and jumping and rattling house-eaves, Scaring and tearing and crunching the leaves Louder and louder—so wild the wind blows, Then off to the South, away the wind goes!

—Suzanne Davies, 11 yrs., L.IV.b, Fitchett

The Turbulent River

Rushing, roaring, leaping, soaring, Surging waters sweep along, Over rocks the waves are pouring, Flinging small craft from their mooring, Crashing out a boisterous song Foaming, rearing, tumbling, veering, Towards the falls the waters flow; Now are jagged rocks appearing, An d the angry waves careering T o the quiet pool below.

—Eden Liddelow, 11 yrs., L.IV.b Fitchett

The Rose

A lovely pink lady bloomed one night: The pixies saw her first of all And danced around her In great delight

The sunrise came both warm and fair, An d warmed them; dawn was in the air The pixies dancing on their toes Said goodbye to their friend "Th e Rose."

—Barbara Caffin, 9 yrs., L.III.b, Berry

Penguins

From out of the sea when the sun sinks low The penguins come in the sunset's glow; In suits of black with neat white vests They ride the waves back home to their nests.

On to the soft brown-yellow sand, They gather in little groups and stand; Some go to see if the track is clear In case there should be an enemy near

In to their hollows they creep and hide, Then out again with the morning-tide, Plunging through the white-tipped waves T o hunt for fish in distant caves.

—Cynthia Cook, 11 yrs., IH.b, Krome

Fairyland

The Stream

I like to sit beside the stream That ripples in the sun; While over stones all day its gleam Lasts 'til the day is done

It winds and twists through maiden hair And flowers of red and white; It goes along without a care, An d then turns out of sight

An d when the silent twilight falls, Birds return to their nests, The silver stream goes winding on And never, never rests

—Elizabeth Seymour, 10 yrs., L.III.a,

Junior Section

If I were the Queen of Fairyland, I'd drink sweet honey and dew I'd sleep in the day and dance at night, Not as you and I do I'd sing and I'd play and I'd laugh all the way An d I'd dance in the bright moonlight; T o see my beautiful palace It would be a lovely sight.

I'd sit in my beautiful palace all day O n a throne of velvet and gold I'd have many servant:, An d soldiers that were bold I'd have a larder full of fruit So juicy and so sweet, An d in my wardrobe there would be Shoes to fit my feet

—Robyn Langford, 8i yrs., Junior IV.b, Berry.

The Sports Day

The sports day is a happy day, An d everyone has fun; W e bounce along like bouncing balls, And get ribbons for our fun

W e all have races all the time, With bean bags and skipping ropes

The sack race is the greatest fun, But it is good fun just to run

—Barbara Hulme, 8 yrs., IV.b, Berry

The Little Schoolgirls

Ten little schoolgirls standing in a line, One was called by a teacher, and then there were nine

Nine little schoolgirls went to see a mate, One stayed for dinner, and then there were eight

Eight little schoolgirls looking up to heaven, One fainted, and then there were seven

Seven little schoolgirls picking up sticks, One disappeared, and then there were six Six little schoolgirls found a bee-hive, One ran away and then there were five. Five little schoolgirls lying on the floor, One fell through a crack and then there were four

Four little schoolgir's climbing a tree, One fell off, and then there were three Three little schoolgirls went to the Zoo , One got lost and then there were two Two little schoolgirls having great fun, One got hurt and then there was one One little schoolgirl, happy as can be, She was a good girl, and went to M.L.C

—Tania Crudinski, 8 yrs., Junior IV.b, Fitchett

A Windy Morning

One morning when the cock was crowing, I woke and found the wind was blowing I went outside, to my dismay The wind had blown my hat away I chased it for a mile or two, And then it blew and blew and blew.

—Jillian Elliott, 8i yrs., Junior IV.b, Cato.

Easter

I saw a little Easter bunny With some Easter eggs; I thought he was so funny With his queer little legs

He seemed to walk towards me, And looked so full of glee, "Have a happy Easter," Was what he said to me

-—Diana O'Meara, 8 yrs., Junior IV.a, Berry

The Lamb

It is early Spring, When all the lambs are born: Tiny little things, Not ready to be shorn To-day I saw a lamb, With a little pink nose! Where he got it— Nobody knows

—Margaret McLaren, 9 yrs., Junior IV.a, Fitchett.

The Little Bird

I saw a little bird Hopping in a tree, But I think the little bird Was frightened of me He was looking for an insect— It might have been a bee; But after a little time, He flew to another tree

—Patricia Hayes, 9 yrs., Junior IV.a, Krome

Life in the Castle

About 1200 A.D., there was a boy called John, who was taken to the Duke's castle by his father to be trained as a page boy Here he met a boy called Oliver who told him that there was to be a great jousting tournament.

In this, two knights were to fight, and the one who lasted the longest would win the tournament; then afterwards there would be a great banquet in honour of the knight who won the tournament. After the guests had eaten, they sat back to watch for the entertainment

First came the clowns After a while the Duke said to his wife, " I think we had better go now." They walked out and all the people followed them

The Duke gently shook Oliver and John, whose heads were already nodding When they got into their room they said what a lovely day they had had

—Claire Esler, 9 yrs., Junior IV.a, Fitchett.

Two Little Possums

Hurry and Scurry are two little possums, They live in the top of a tree; They hurry here, they scurry there, As happy as possums can be

At night when everyone's asleep, Out of their hole they quietly creep They call their friends and have a play, Until the sun comes up at dawn of day —Ellwyn Balmer, 8 yrs., Junior IV.b, Fitchett

A Little Bird

A little bird said to me, 'Ho w many worms do you eat for tea?" 'I don't eat worms, or bugs, or flies, I cannot fly in the bright blue skies, An d I can't build a nest in a tree." "What a very funny thing," he said to me —Helen Peake, 8 yrs., Junior IV.b, Cato

How to Make Easter Dolls

Boil an egg, then paint a face on the egg Put wool on as hair, then put a hat on the doll For a neck put some cardboard with some felt on it. This makes a pretty doll which Czecho slovakian people give as an Easter present —Carolyn McKillop, 8 i yrs., Junior IV.b, Cato

Acknowledgment of Contemporaries

The Committee wish to thank the schools that have sent the following School Magazines: "Run ning Water," "The Michaelian," "Prospice," "Patchwork," "The Scotch Collegian," "Silver and Green" (Elsternwick), "The Melburnian," "Th e Lucernian," "The Cluthan," "The Corian " "Minnoli," "The Pegasus," "Th e Swan," "Carey Chronicle," "The Fintonian," "Wesley College Chronicle," "Palate and Petticoat," "Highway," "Pallas," ^ "Record," "The Lauristonian," "Eliza bethan," "Unicorn," the magazine of the Ipswich Girls Grammar School, and any others which may have been unintentionally omitted R.H

Honourable Mention

The Committee wishes to commend the follow ing: —

SENIOR: English Zoo—J.W. ; New Russell Street Post Office—M.J.; The Conversion—A.L.; A Visit to the Snowy Mountain Scheme—A.F.; The Traralgon and District Hospital—M.T.; The National Christian Youth Convention H.W. ; The Mob—Anon ; French Lesson—L.R.; Les Sylphides—M.P.; Australia—C.C.; Day break—M.H.; M.L.C Claremont—M.J.; The Artist—L.P.; "Hymnpressions" of the School— J.C.; Losing Things—D.S.; Great-great-great grandmother's Sunday School Prize—E.D Par odies: (Masefield) —A B; (Brooke)—G.B Draw ings: By A.B.; M.J. Crossword: By E.O'N.

MIDDLE : The Dog—M.H. ; The Gardener's Shed—WV. ; "Spooks"—A.F.; The Old Stone House—H.McA.; The Pirate Ship—R.McN.; School in Germany—H.M.; The Storm—K.H.J Ode to the Countryside—J.E.; For the Assembly Hall—J.H

LOWE R MIDDLE : Sox (My Pup)—J.S.; Sea sons—J.G.; The Moon—E.W

Spectator Publishing Co., 134a Little Collins Street, Melbourne

Silver and Green HAWTHORN

Silver and Green

HAWTHORN

—June O'Connell, H.VI.c.

TH E MAI N ENTRANC E

MISS IRENE McKAY

Irene McKay, much respected and beloved member of the Music School Staff, died on Wednesday, 8th September, after seven weeks in hospital Her devotion and loyalty to M.L.C. throughout 36 years had been outstanding. She began life at M.L.C. as a schoolgirl, and later joined the staff for a few years as a resident Piano Mistress For over twenty years she was in charge of the Middle School Class Music, and was at all times enthusiastic, patient, sympathetic and tolerant with her students She conducted two annual Speech Night programmes, when the Director was in England She was held in the deepest affection by her students and a wide circle of friends.

The enduring quality of Irene McKay's life and work in the school was permeated with a quiet and devoted Christian example, which has been an inspiration to all of us who came in contact with her.

A beautiful and moving service was held on the morning of the 9th of September in the Camberwell Methodist Church, to which she had belonged for many years Many Old Collegians, members of Staff and Students from M.L.C ar.d Tintern C.E.G.G.S attended

The School tenders to the Misses Lillian and Audrey McKay and to other members of her family a tribute of sincere sympathy

"She served the School as we serve her now; She hands on the torch that in darkness gleams, The torch of joyous service lit By our old grey School of dreams."

Silver and Green

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DECEMBER, 1955

Editorial

In the play "Hassan," Flecker makes one of his characters say: "If there shall ever arise a nation whose people have forgotten poetry or whose poets have forgotten the people ... . though their city be greater than Babylon of old, though they mine a league into earth or mount to the stars on wings they will be a dark patch on the world."

The modern world has made great advances in science and industry; but have we kept pace with these developments in our spiritual and cultural life? W e have the great cities that Flecker spoke of, the mines and the aeroplanes; but have we lost our love of poetry? A nation's greatest glory is its achievement in art, music and poetry: for the spirit of God works in these things and makes them immortal. When the wars, the poli tics and the economic conditions of a nation have faded away into the mists of time, these things remain

Poetry is for the people, and not merely for a cultured few; but life to-day is leaving most people less and less time for things of the spirit To o many of us live in a constant rush, and are dominated by worry; the lives of others are ruled by thoughts of makfiig money, which is regarded as an end in itself; while machinery is enslaving many lives. An d this means that people no

longer think of poetry: the imagination is crushed out of existence, and the life of the spirit is no more

T o satisfy this spiritual need, men must turn back to God; they must seek Him in the Church, and open their minds to His influence in all things that are good and beautiful And poetry is one of the mediums through which Go d ex presses Himself to man In the Middle Ages, there was a close connection between poetry and the Church; the voice of God was heard in plays like "Everyman," with its simple verse, and its beautiful allegory on the Christian life, which still holds a message for us The words of Know ledge in the play would bp the spirit of God speaking to us: "Everyman, I will go with thee, and be thy guide; In thy most need to go by thy side."

Modern poets and dramatists are beginning to turn to the Church again, and the plays of writers like T S Eliot, Christopher Fry, and Dorothy Sayers have a profound spiritual mes sage

Poetry widens and deepens our understanding of other people; it shows us new beauty in the world—a beauty that is abiding; and it leads us to see more clearly the glory of God

Editor: Rosemary Horton Sub-Editor: Margaret Walters.

Magazine Committee: Miss L Mitchell, Janice Beilby, Patricia Dixson Rosalind Johns, Helen Mentlplay, Margaret Scott, Helen Stocks, Judith Hope, Jennifer Murphy, Elaine Schuch, Helen Ward

Dr. and Mrs. Wood's Return

It was a wonderful moment for some of us at Port Melbourne pier on the morning of Sunday, September 2nd, when Dr. Woo d appeared on the deck of the "Himalaya," but it was an even more wonderful moment when he took his accus tomed place in Assembly on Monday morning

W e had prepared a special welcome home ser vice for Dr and Mrs Wood , and we began by singing the hymn, "Now Thank We" All Our God" ; the words seemed particularly fitting on this occasion The lesson, read by the Vice Senior Prefect, was taken from Isaiah 52: "How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of Him that bringeth good tidings." This was fol lowed by a prayer of General Thanksgiving, after which Elizabeth Manfield recited the poem, "Th e Breastplate."

Miss Kellaway then welcomed Dr and Mrs Woo d on behalf of the staff, and her welcome was followed by the Senior Prefect who expressed the delight of the girls at having them back with us again

After this came the eagerly anticipated moment when Dr Woo d spoke to us on some of the interesting features of their trip

The service was closed by the Madrigal Choir singing, " I will be true for there are those who trust me."

At Recess there appeared on the main quad a huge "Welcome Back" in pennies and half pennies and a star in silver coins—a practical demonstration of our welcome, which, incidentally, added about £25 to the Assembly Hall Fund '

School Diary

June:

Wednesday, 1st: Mr Secomb spoke to the S.C.M at 1.30 on "Ho w to Pray."

Friday, 3rd: Under the auspices of the S.C.M., Canon Maling spoke to us in Open Period on "Africans I Have Met."

Saturday, 4th: A party of girls attended a per formance of "Do n Giovanni" at the National Theatre

Thursday, 9th: Visit of students from the Tech nical Teachers' Training College Sub-Intermedi ates and Fourth Formers attended a celebrity con cert in the Melbourne Town Hall

The Film Appreciation Course began (Mr. Sey mour)

Friday, 10th: Under the auspices of the U.N.A., Mrs Yarnold spoke in Open Period on U.N.I.C.E.F

Saturday, 11th: Inter-school S.C.M Barbecue and Social at Fintona

Wednesday, 15th: Girls studying German went to MacRobertson Girls' High School

Friday, 17th: Boarders' Birthday Night

Friday, 24th: Under the auspices of the S.C.M Ivir Derrick spoke in Open Period on the Tally H o Boys' Home

Sunday, 26th: World Day of Prayer for Stu dents Some girls attended a service at St Peter's, Eastern Hill

July:

Friday, 1st: Middle and Lower Middle School Exams, began. A house debate was held in Open Period between Fitchett and Krome, Fitchett suc cessfully proving "That Women should not have equal rights with men."

Saturday, 2nd: Walking Club Hike to Lilydale, Croydon and East Ringwood

Monday, 4th: Intermediate girls visited Par liament House (also on Wednesday and Friday)

Wednesday, 6th: Visit of Dip Ed students

Friday, 8th: "The Lavender Hill Mob " was shown in the afternoon for S.C.M funds Leaving girls attended a performance of "Macbeth" at the National Theatre

Saturday, 9th: Music Recital Tests More girls attended a matinee of "Macbeth." Matric Girls' Dance was held at Tudor Court

Monday, 11th: Inter-Schools' S.C.M Tea at M.L.C The speaker at the following service was Rev J Morley, Chaplain of Carey

Thursday, 14th: French National Day Matric French girls presented an extract from "The Bar ber of Seville."

Feb. 15th: Under the auspices of the S.C.M., the Chaplain of Pentridge spoke to us in Open Period After the Scripture Exam., all Seniors were glad to have the Mid-term holiday to recover

Saturday, 16th-Monday, 18th: Walking Club Week-end at "The Ferns," Healesville.

Friday, 22nd: Round Table debate was held with Melbourne High at M.L.C.

Friday, 29th: The Senior Music Recital was held.

August:

Thursday, 4th: Senior Exams, began

Saturday, 13th: Dog Show

Wednesday, 17th: "Cry, the Beloved Country," was shown.

Thursday, 18th: A number of girls went to Toorak Teachers' College to see their display for Education Week

Friday, 19th: W e welcomed a party of girls from M.L.C., Launceston, who were guests of our teams for a week while they played matches Boarders' Film Night

Thursday, 25th: Senior School Choral Contest —congratulations go to Cato for a fine effort Miss Lorna Stirling kindly acted as adjudicator

Friday, 26th: End of Term II

September:

Monday 5th-Friday, 9th: Many girls attended the S.C.M Camp at Whitehall, Sorrento Mr Secomb was chairman

Saturday, 10th: A school party attended the Old Vic Company's performance of "The Mer chant of Venice."

Monday, 12th: Choir members sang in a com bined choir at the annual meeting of the Red Cross

Tuesday, 13th: Term III began

Wednesday, 14th: Miss Muriel Balding (A.S.C.M Travelling Secretary) spoke at lunch time to the S.C.M. Art Excursion

The M.L.C Prefects played the Wesley Pre fects at basket-ball Sad to relate, our prefects were honourably defeated

Friday, 16dh: Under the auspices of the S.C.M., Dr Gault spoke to us in Open Period on Vellore (£5 was given for his work in India).

Tuesday, 20th: Prefects' Baby Show! Wh o would have recognised those darling children as our stern prefects?

Sunday, 25th: Many girls went to see the "Himalaya" arrive at Port Melbourne and to welcome Dr and Mrs Wood

Monday, 26th: Dr and Mrs Woo d were offi cially welcomed at a Special Assembly

At Mrs Chambers' suggestion (for the Assembly Hall Fund) we had written "Welcome Back" in pennies and a star in threepences on the quad.

Thursday, 29th: Back to School Day October:

Tuesday, 4th: Egg Day.

Friday, 7th: School service: Dr Woo d spoke on "Schools in England." Round Table debate with Melbourne Grammar

Monday, 10th: Parents' Association Welcome to Dr and Mrs Woo d in Hawthorn Town Hall

Tuesday, 18th: S.C.M Tea and Service at Wes ley Dr Gault spoke at the service, his subject being "Outward Bound."

Friday, 21st: Final Inter-House debate between Cato and Fitchett: "That benefits of television out weigh its possible evils." Cato convinced every one but their opponents that they do.

A small group of the Debating Society visited M.C.E.G.S to study the activities of their Parlia mentary Society

Sunday, 23rd: Reception of 28 Boarders .?s Church members

Tuesday, 25th: Lower Middle School Swimming Sports.

Thursday, 27th: Middle School Choral contest. Cato and Fitchett were joint victors.

Friday, 28th: Senior Scripture Exam Monday, 31st, Tuesday, 1st: Mid-Term November:

Friday, 4th: Leaving Exams.

Middle and Lower Middle Music Recital. Wednesday, 9th: Intermediate Exams Sunday, 13th: Old Collegians' Service at the Auburn Methodist Church Friday, 18th: Swimming Sports 8 p.m., Dr Woo d showed Kodachromes of his trip

Rev and Mrs H Secomb left for Tonga Monday, 21st: Old Collegians' Visit for enroll ing members Tuesday, 22nd: School Communion Service Monday, 28th: Matriculation Exams December:

Friday, 2nd: Parents' Day Friday, 9th: Middle and Lower Middle School Speech Day

Monday, 12th: Speech Day for Seniors (Sub Intermediate and upwards) held in the afternoon instead of Friday night, 9th December, this change being necessary because of the Federal elections

—Lana Gottlieb, 13 yrs., L.IV.b, Krome.

School

Reception of New Members

Twenty-eight boarders were received into the membership of the Church on confession of faith at Auburn Methodist Church on Sunday evening, 23rd October The service was • conducted by the Principal and the Rev S I Weeks, M.A., the minister of Auburn Church Dr Wood's ser mon was preached from the text, "Christ in you" (Colossians 1: 27, J B Phillips) The boarders who were received into membership were Chris tine Adamthwaite, Frances Auchterlonie, Lynette Benyon, Margaret Blanksby, Helen Brown, Janet Christensen, Evelyn Coldwell, Meredith Day, Denise Francis, Helen Goldsworthy, Delwyn Gun nell, Rhonda Harris, Marie Holloway, Wendy Holt, Margaret Livingston, Janice Luke, Ruth Millikan, Erna Nixon, Helen Pakes, Lesley Par sons, Barbara Pither, Ruth Pollard, Margaret Reed, Gilda Richards, Faye Simpson, Janice Tay lor, Jean Watters, Lois Weeks

Devotional

Those who have attended our weekly devotional meetings will always remember with gratitude these periods of quiet fellowship, prayer and praise. Many more people in the world are realising that it is only when we take our religion into everyday life that the world will become a better place Our Devotional meetings, in the middle of each week, help to renew the sense of worship which only prayerful fellowship with others can bring

During last term Mr Secomb took as his theme several of the attributes of God—God's Love, His Might and Majesty, and the Voice of God Since his return, Dr Woo d has been leading our Devotional periods, when he has mentioned many of the historical figures who have been persecuted for their faith and has referred to English cathedrals and churches which he visited

It is encouraging to see so many younger girls present, and we hope that in the future many more girls will find it possible to attend these meetings Our thanks go to Dr Woo d and Mr Secomb for the helpful way they have led us to a fuller realisation of what religion really means —Barbara Clark

Student Christian Movement

Members of S.C.M have had a very interesting and profitable year The study "Jesus—and People" has inspired our fortnightly lunch-time meetings, and we are sure that both staff and the large number of girls who have sincerely' sup ported S.C.M have gained much help from these circles

GREEN Activities

The Intermediate girls have continued to meet in a large group when they have discussed many questions handed in by members At their lunch time meeting on October 27th, Mrs Secomb spoke about Tonga Forms have taken it in turns to arrange the devotional part of the meetings

During the Open Periods we have had some most interesting speakers Early in Term II, Canon Maling spoke to us about his experiences in Tanganyika. Mr. Derrick from Tally H o Boys' Village spoke to us about the work being done for homeless and neglected boys

W e were most interested in the informative address given to us by the Chaplain of Pentridge Gaol, Rev J Burnett, who gave us an outline of life in the prison. W e were delighted to have a visit this year from Dr Gault, the father of a past Senior Prefect of our school and some one who is extremely interested in the S.C.M He gave us a good idea of the work that is being done in the great hospital and medical college of Vellore, South India

W e are most grateful to Mr Seymour for screening films during this year in aid of S.C.M funds, thus enabling us to give a donation to various speakers for the extension of their work

Last term in one of our lunch-hour meetings Mr Secomb gave us some helpful advice on Prayer

Our first meeting for Term III was held in Fitchett Hall when we had a visit from Miss M Balding, the S.C.M Travelling Secretary Miss Balding told about the work of the World Stu dent Christian Federation which is the parent body of the A.S.C.M operating in many countries

During this year the Intermediate and Mat riculation girls have had boxes in which collec tions have been made to aid Mission work in Africa.

The Inter-school service for Term II was held here at M.L.C., the speaker being the Rev. J. Mor ley from Carey The term III service at Wesley was conducted by Dr Gault Both these services were an inspiration to many of our girls who attended

Mr Secomb was Chairman of the Inter-school Camp at Sorrento during the September vacation which was attended by some of the members of our staff and a larger number of girls than usual, who all benefited from the fun and fellowship there

Finally, we thank Miss Horsman and the staff who have so willingly given up their valuable time to lead our study circles, and make this year such a successful one. W e feel sure that in the future our S.C.M. will continue to grow as we all realise this is a most important part of life in M.L.C

—Lois Jones

United Nations' Association

Our branch of the United Nations' Associa tion has had a successful year and the meetings have usually been well-attended This year several members of Staff have spoken to us at our fort nightly lunch-time meetings Miss Eggleston spoke to us about her experiences among the natives of New Guinea, and the work that is being done to overcome the problem of malnutrition Her talk was illustrated by coloured' slides, which helped us to see something of life in New Guinea. Miss Burke told us of the plans to bring Displaced Persons into Australia, and to help them to become assimilated into our way of life Miss Malcolm described the work of the Pacific Com mission, and showed us many of her photographs and posters concerning this work At another lunch-time meeting, Ginny Smorgon spoke to us about her recent experiences in America, England, and other countries

Several interesting speakers have addressed the Senior School in Open Period under the auspices of our U.N.A. Mrs. Yarnold spoke to us of the work the United Nations Organisation does for children Rev Stanley Weeks told us of his mis sionary work in India Mrs MacKay gave us an interesting account of the work being done among the isolated children of Australia's outback

Representatives from our branch of the U.N.A have attended the Inter-school Committee meet ings throughout the year This committee held a successful social at the Star of the Sea Convent, Gardenvale

Rosemary Horton, as President of the Inter school Committee for this year, was privileged to be able to take part in the ceremony at the Shrine —at which the United Nations' flag was officially unfurled

W e wish to thank Mrs Downie, Miss Burke and other members of Staff for the interest they have shown in our Association during this year W e hope that next year our branch of the U.N.A will continue to interest girls in international affairs, and to help towards a better understand ing between the nations

—Wend y Orton

The highlights of both terms were the inter house debates In second term Fitchett persuaded Krome "That woman should not have equal rights with man." W e are very grateful to Mr Secomb who kindly adjudicated in Dr Wood's place In third term Cato successfully proved "That the benefits of television outweigh its possible evils."

W e thank Dr. Woo d for his able adjudication and helpful criticisms Finally, we would like to thank our presidents, Miss Sutton and Miss Hot chin, who through their unflagging interest and help, have made this year so successful —Celia Coffey, Hon Vl.a

Social Service

This year we have again had a good response to all our efforts for Social Service

With the aid of Form Social Service captains we had a total of £244/3/ 9 from form collections, and this was distributed amongst various charities

It is pleasing to find that many forms co-operate in having stalls in order to raise money for their form charities and the New Assembly Hall fund W e thank girls who have brought used stamps and milk bottle tops, which have helped the Save the Children Fund

This year the response to our annual egg-day appeal was excellent, and we were proud to pre sent a total of 3000 eggs and £34/12/ 6 to Epworth Hospital

Some forms have made rugs for Korea again this year.

At the end of another successful year, we ex tend our grateful thanks to Miss Cerutty and the Social Service Captains for the time they have given to Social Service this year

—Lois Jones

Film Appreciation Course

Debating

During second and third terms the Debating Society has been very active W e have had an inter-form debating contest which was won by Pass Via W e hope that this will encourage more girls to take an active part in debating, and also prepare them for the ordeal of House debat ing

W e were hostesses to teams from Melbourne High and Melbourne Church of England Gram mar School, where we discussed such topics as "That marriage is the graveyard to ambition" and "That a nation's culture is of more importance than its commerce." A small group was invited to visit M.C.E.G.S to study their Parliamentary Society and, as the result of a very interesting evening, we hope to introduce the idea to M.L.C in the future

The Film Appreciation Course, introduced this year, aims at developing our taste and discrimina tion in the films we see, so that we may demand and receive a generally better standard of enter tainment than we are getting at present T o do this, we must know the history and present-day methods of production of films, and be able to distinguish cinema art from box-office publicity

Mr Seymour's lectures have dealt with the his tory of the cinema, the evolution of the cinemato graph from a mere curiosity, a slot machine in a penny arcade, to a thriving industry with an almost unequalled influence over the lives of its vast public; and we have seen some of the earliest films, and laughed at their queer, jerky movements and lack of polish

W e have learned how a film is made to-day, the importance of each phase of production to the film as a whole—the Direction, Editing, Screen writing, Art Direction W e have seen examples of the work of many of the greatest men in film histcfry—the earliest comedies of Chaplin, a great actor and director—a unique personality in the film world; Eisenstein's "Odessa Steps" sequence

from Battleship Potemkin," in which the tremen dous tension and mounting fear are produced by skilful cutting; Robert Flaherty's "Nanook of the North," which tells of the life and hardships of a typical Eskimo, and was made with the help of the Eskimos with whom Flaherty lived for years This film is a proof of the achievement possible when people are willing to co-operate with each other. W e studied part of the script of "Great Expecta tions," and saw how the novel has been adapted to the medium of the screen; we also saw part of Carol Reed's "Od d Man Out," and the more recent film, "Rear Window," made by the famous Director Editor, Alfred Hitchcock, which we discussed with the "Herald" film critic, Roberts Dunstan W e studied stills from various films, such as "Pimpernel Smith" and "The Man in Grey," to see how lighting and composition can produce dramatic and emotional effects, and we have had heated discussions on film acting

Experimental films have aroused much interest, especially those of Norman McLaren and Maya' Deren. McLaren makes cartoon-type films, using abstract forms and artificial sound, so that the finished film appears as a series of dancing dots and splashes, each with its own distinctive sound One of his films, "Love Your Neighbour," made mostly with trick photography, told simply, but wr y powerfully, of the disastrous results of a failure by people to live at peace with each other Although Maya Deren's films, "A t Land" and "Ritual in Transfigured Time," are made by more or less conventional methods, the screen is filled with silent, weirdly-moving figures, which are so significant that without an explanation, the story is quite unintelligible The Canadian chil dren's film, "The Boy Wh o Stopped Niagara," was much easier to understand W e hope to make a short film of our own in the future, and it should prove, at least, to us, as interesting as anything we have seen!

Through the Course, we have gained an under standing of the film as an artistic medium, and with our background of knowledge, we will be able to choose and enjoy our films more, and to follow the work, not only of actors, but of Direc tors, Editors, Screen-writers—the people who are the real influences behind the success or failure of a film. The success of, and demand for better, films must result in a higher proportion of good films, which cannot but be a benefit to a com munity which relies to such a large extent on the him for its information about other lands and people

W e are grateful to the School for making this Course available to us, and we especially thank Mr Seymour for all the work he has done in making the lectures and films so interesting

—Maris Johnson.

Films Screened

School in the Mailbag; Critic and Film Series: Great Expectations; The Cruel Sea; Antarctic Vigil; The Ladybird; Outback Patrol; Critic and Film Series: Odd Man Out; Snowy Waters; Rhythm of a City; Oil Review No 9; Australia; Conspiracy in Kyoto; Operation Hurricane; Cry, the Beloved Country; Stairway to Heaven: Paris,

1900; Po River Valley, Italy; A Musician in the Family; The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari; Down in the Forest; Invitation to Music; Lights that never Fail; What makes us tick?; Money or Work; Louisiana Story; Tugboats; Boats; Horse and its Relatives; The Toy that Grew Up ; Down to the Sea; How Animals Defend Themselves; Pinpoint Percussion; Brown Hen and Red Sand; Flying Doctor; Nanook of the North; Neighbours; Stars and Stripes; Wildlife in Bushland; Rumpelstilts kin; Pacific 231; T.V.A.; The Holy Land; Let's Make Puppets; Steps of the Ballet; The Boy Wh o Stopped Niagara; The Nervous System; Badminton Fundamentals; Forehand Drive; Basic Elements of Field Hockey; Improving Your Posture; Spirit of Physical Education; Posture and Exercise; Four and Twenty Fit Girls; Heart and Circulation; Invitation to Dance; Invitation to Music; Fundamentals of Tennis; 18 Girls and a Horse; Fight for the Ashes; Corroboree; Healthy Lungs; Australian Diary No 19 (Water Ballet) ; Cricket Batting Strokes; How to Play Cricket; Tennis (Jack Kramer) ; Life-Saving; Diving; Puppetry; Birds and Billabongs; Diges tion

Maths. Club

Although the club has been known for many years as the Maths Club, it was decided this year to more frequently use the name "Puzzles and Amusements Club" as an indication that no ad vanced knowledge of mathematics is needed for membership

W e have been unable to hold a great number of meetings this year on account of difficulties in arranging a suitable time However, we solved a number of most interesting puzzles in first term, concentrating especially on cryptic sums During Second term we studied the history of mathe matics, and we spent most of third term experi menting with noughts and crosses on three planes and discovering the composition of magic squares.

W e would like to thank Miss Lewis, who became our President this year, for her keen interest and help throughout what has been a most interesting and enjoyable year

—Rosalind Johns.

—Catherine Lee, P.VI.a, Krome.

During Walking Club Week-end

Walking Club

This year, because of the many other school activities, it was difficult to arrange any hikes in first and Third Terms.

Early in Second Term, about sixty members of the Club travelled by train to Lilydale and hiked back to East Ringwood, stopping on the roadside to enjoy a lunch of squashed sandwiches and sizzled sausages

The highlight of the Walking Club's activities for this year was the long week-end at Healesville Ninety girls, led by six members of Staff, invaded "Th e Ferns," prepared for a week-end of fun and hiking

O n Saturday we set out through the bush for Maroondah Dam, and, with the aid of very com petent guides (?) lost our way Nevertheless, there was still Sunday to try again.

In the evenings, although we all felt exhausted, thanks to much previously undiscovered talent, there was never a dull moment O n Sunday morn ing a short service was conducted and in the afternoon we again set out for the Dam and managed to reach it safely. O n Monday, being our last day, we went for a short hike to Myer s Falls in the morning Then it was time to pack up and leave After lunch we said farewell to our host and hostess and travelled back to Mel bourne by bus, all feeling refreshed from this break in the term's work

The Club wishes to thank Miss Bamford, Miss Howie and Miss Garrett for helping to make our week-end so enjoyable, and also our Vice-Presi dent, Miss Betty Jackson, and Miss Lorna Mit chell and Miss Sutton for what they have done through the year in making yet another successful year for the Club

—Glenda McMillan

Camera Club

The Camera Club this year has been successful even though the number of members has been small

At one of our meetings, Mr McKnight showed us his Kodachrome slides of Tasmania which were very beautiful Mr Seymour gave a demonstra tion on the enlarging of photographs, and a tew girls have experimented by themselves

The Camera Club Room has again been in use and many girls have learnt how to develop their films.

W e would like to thank Mr. McKnight and Mr. Seymour for the assistance they have given the club throughout the year —D . Robson.

Walton Library

Books, old friends that are always new, Of all good things that we know, are best, They never forsake us as others do, An d never disturb our inward rest

When others fail him, the wise man looks T o the sure companionship of books.

—Andrew Lang

At the beginning of the year our "wise men" stretched themselves in an endless queue, like a large and wriggly snake, well past the dispensary and out into the cloisters. An d to say, although we have almost 700 borrowers, the size of Third Term's queue has been almost negligible, but the reference borrowing after ischool has become heavier

At the end of Second Term a large number of students from the Faculty of Education paid their annual visit to the library and showed a keen in terest in its work as explained to them by the School Librarian and Janice de Lacy, a Chief checker W e were also visited by a number of students from the Teacher's Training College, who were investigating the choice in books of the average child They were not surprised to find that at M.L.C the greatest demand was for factual books and those dealing with the animal kingdom, rather than classical literature Books! Books! Books! Over 200 have been added to our shelves this year, including many very wel come additions to the Matriculation History shelves This has also been a record year for repairs and re-binds Our cry is now: "Shelves, shelves, shelves!" Next year, Dr Woo d has pro mised us somewhere to replace those books which are rarely useed

Our thanks are due to the President of the Old Collegians' Club, Mrs Albert, who, on Back-to School Day, kindly presented us with: "Europe — a Journey with Pictures." Also to June O'Con nell and Delys Porter, who have kept our show cases gay throughout the year

Finally, I should like to thank all the members of the committee who have quickly adapted

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themselves to the new roster system and have helped a friendly atmosphere to prevail amidst all the bustle of a busy lunch-time borrowing May they continue to respond in the following year to the enthusiasm of our tireless librarian, Miss Zettl, to whom we and all the School owe so much for her ready help and co-operation

—Margaret L Hadley

French Club

Second Term activities in the French Club be gan on the afternoon of Saturday, June 11th, when we held a French party at M.L.C., to which we invited Matriculation French students from P.L.C and Korowa W e were also pleased to welcome Madame Cockerton, Madame Bracquart, Miss Lockhart, of P.L.C., ar.d Miss Dahle, whose presence in Church House made it seem almost like "old times," and Dr Sussex, who was to be the speaker

After two French games, we moved to the Cinema Room, where Dr Sussex gave us a very interesting talk on Provence, illustrated by slides he had taken during his stay in France. After noon tea was then served. W e are very grateful td-Dr Sussex for giving up his time to deliver such an enjoyable and educational lecture

O n July 22nd a party of girls went to Wesley College to see a performance of the play set for Matriculation French this year: Moliere's "La Medecin Malgre Lui," performed by members of the Alliance Francaise of Victoria. This per formance was a great help to us

A group from the French Club attended a soiree held at M.C.E.G.G.S on Friday, 30th September Nearly all schools present gave an item, and we spent a very pleasant evening

W e were extremely sorry to see Mrs Johnstone leave at the end of Second Term but were very pleased to welcome Mrs Day, who had just arrived from England

W e wish to thank Madamoiselle Bracquart for her leadership this year, and especially for all the time she put into the preparation of girls' work for the Alliance Francaise exams

—Janice Livingstone

Results of Alliance Francaise Competitions

Dictee, Grade I—First Honourable Mention: Helen Stocks Second Honourable Mention: Elsa Hepburn Honourable Mention: Jane Elton, Janice Livingstone, Rosalind Johns, Margaret Trathan, Felicity Bartak, Maris Johnson

Grade II—Honourable Mention: Glenys Bull

Grade IV—Second Prize: Pamela Ternouth

Reading and Conversation—Second Honour able Mention: Paula Simpson Honourable Men tion: Elsa Hepburn, Julia Sandner, Janice Living stone

Poetry, Grade I—Second Honourable Mention: Paula Simpson, Felicity Bartak, Jane Elton, Rosa lind Johns Honourable Mention: Nike Demetrie, Margaret Trathan, Janice Livingstone

Poetry, Grade II—Honourable Mention: Glenys Bull, Terrill Sloss, Evelyn Snow, Helen Robert

Poetry, Grade III—Honourable Mention: Bar bara Gilbert, Mary Brevitt, Kathryn Wilcock.

Poetry, Grade IV—Vivienne Wajsbrem (First Prize) Honourable Mention: Gillian Levick, Elizabeth Druitt, Elsbeth Jaissle, Pamela Ternouth, Loris Williams, Jillian Holm, Janet Conley, Pauline Rosengarten, Diane Humphrey, Sandra Edwards, Wendy Argus, Glenys Jolly, Diane Kerr, Judith Ewart

German Club

This year has been a very interesting one for the German Club, with many activities being arranged for us

During Second Term, Senior girls attended a German folk-song afternoon at MacRobertson Girls' High School, where a film, "Deutschland Spiegel" was also shown.

On Saturday, July 23 rd, many girls attended a performance of "Der Teufel's General" ("Th e Devil's General"), a play by Carl Zuckmayer, based on the fate of Colonel-General Ernest Udet, who committed suicide during World War II, because of a conflict of loyalties between Nazism and love of the Fatherland. It is interesting to note that the principal part of General Harras of the Luftwaffe, was played by Mr B Newton John, Principal of Ormond College (Melbourne University)

Although this year we did not do as well in the Goethe Poetry Competitions as in past years, we would like to congratulate the following girls:

Intermediate: Honourable Mention, Gwynneth Mathias

Sub-Intermediate: Equal Third Prize, Sandra Edwards and Elsbeth Jaissle

Honourable Mentions: Elizabeth Druitt, Judith Ewert, Lillian Mansfield, Vivienne Wajsbrem

Considering our small Senior classes and the added competition each year, this is quite a good effort

Mrs Clahr also arranged a German film even ing for us, on the 23rd of September, and Ger man newsreels (with English commentaries) were shown and enjoyed by all W e thank Mr Sey mour for his help in this respect

In conclusion, we would like to thank Mrs. Clahr very much for the help and interest she has shown, and given us, in the past year

—Ainslie Lamb, P.VI.a.

House

W e were sorry to lose Mrs Johnstone at the end of Term II, but equally as glad to welcome Mrs Day, who is Senior French Mistress, to our house this term

Since last edition of "Silver and Green" many activities have taken place, but there are still ^ several more to come

W e heartily congratulate all the girls who took part in any of the teams, on their wonderful sup port, but we especially thank our Sports Captain, Elizabeth O'Neill, for all the work she has put into training the teams, and also congratulate her on the Hockey "re-date" she received at the end of Term II.

The results of the Lower Middle Swimming Sports were no indication of the enthusiasm of the girls who took part Congratulations Krome on your wonderful success

Life Saving, thanks to our most capable leader, Joan Weetman, has been most successful this year, in that as well as the individual examinations done, many girls passed their Resuscitation tests, •gaining a point each for the House Thank you, everyone, for your help

House Colours were awarded to Anne Masters and Helen Tregear this term and many girls received "re-dates."

The Senior Choral Contests were held at the end of last term and after we had practised strenuously for about eight days, we provided some good competition for the other houses Congratulations, Cato!

The Middle School Choral Contests were held during third term W e were thrilled to have Dr Floyd back with us to adjudicate them A remark

NotesBerryable quality of Dr. Floyd's is keeping his audience in suspense, and this he did most successfully at these contests. Excitement was at its peak when we heard that Berry and Krome had drawn, but no-one could ever imagine the cry that when up when we heard that Fitchett and Cato had also tied for first place Hearty thanks go to all those loyal "Berryites" in both Senior and Middle Schools who came so willingly to each practice

Once again we thank Miss Cerutty and all the members of the staff for their unfailing help throughout this year, and the great encourage ment they have given us

Best of luck for next year Berry, and always remember—"Be it loss or victory, We'll ever persevere."

—Elizabeth Cowan

Cato

As Third Term draws to a close, we look back over an enjoyable year during which Cato has shown a fine House spirit

At the end of Second Term we still held second place, and we must congratulate Fitchett girls on their amazing success last term

Although our Tennis team was not very suc cessful the members enjoyed the vigorous matches However, in basketball and hockey we came equal second to Fitchett. Krome was victorious at the Lower Middle School Swimming Sports, but our Cato girls swam valiantly and took second place Jean Woodfull was elected our Life-Saving repre sentative, and under her leadership many girls have done Resuscitation and Life-Saving exams

W e should like to congratulate two of our members, Helen Michell and Kaye Phipps, who were awarded School Colours House Colours were awarded to Celia Coffey, Margaret Lay, Jean Woodfull, Joan Risby and Pat Muirden, and we thank these girls for the House spirit they have shown

Cato won the Senior House choral contest this year Our success was largely due to the energy, and the delightful original work of our conduc tress, Paddy Dixson, and the support of the girls who enthusiastically prepared the extra items. Once again our Middle School maintained their high standard in their Choral contests, coming equal first with Fitchett W e must congratulate our outstanding conductor, Gillian Lennox, and pianist, Julie Gleadell, for their splendid leader ship

For the second year in succession Cato has won the Debating contest. In a splendid debate in Third Term our capable team convinced Fit chett that the benefits of television outweigh its possible evils

House assemblies have proved a very successful way of getting to know other members of the

—Barbara Cant, Diploma A, Berry

Winter Sunshine

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House and fostering House spirit. Our House party was evidently enjoyed by all those who attended

In conclusion we should like to express our thanks to Miss Horsman and the other House Mistresses for the unfailing support and en couragement they have given us during the year W e must also thank all the House Officers for their capable leadership

Those of us who are leaving school wish the House every success in the future, and remind girls that whether we win or lose, close co-opera tion between all members is our main aim Therefore let us keep in mind this motto:—

"Yo u will find that wherever we are, The 'house spirit' will 'carry us through.' "

—Wend y Orton

—Photo C Stuart Tompkins MAGAZIN E AN D LIBRARY COMMITTEES , 1955

Back Row: Janice de Lacy, Delys Porter, Barbara Rautman, June O'Connell, Paula Simpson, Joan Cathcart, Centre: Janice Beilby, Rosemary Horton (editor), Margaret Hadley (school librarian), Anne Masters, Paddy Dixson, Helen Stocks? Helen Mentiplay, Jennifer Murphy

Rosalind Johns, Helen Ward, Judith Hope, Elaine Schuch

Margaret Walters (sub-editor), Margaret Scott

Fitchett

Fitchett, owing to excellent co-operation during the second part of the year, has kept up, and even improved its first term record

In Second Term we scored full points in Sport, winning the Basketball, Hockey and Tennis W e also came second in the Senior Choral contests owing to the fine leadership of our conductor, Janice Beilby, and our pianist, Margaret Day W e congratulate Cato on a fine performance

O n July 6th, Fitchett held a House party which was enjoyed by all. Here we sang our song which was a great success

Our debating team, consisting of Janice Liv ingstone (leader), Mary Ellen Nicholas, and Pat McLelland, successfully opposed Krome in Second Term, convincing them "That Woman should not have equal rights with Man," but just failed to convince Cato "That the Benefits of Television do Not Outweigh its Possible Evils." Our congratu lations go to Cato for excellent debating

At the first House Assembly for Second Term, House colours were awarded to Claire Furneaux and June Wyatt, whom we congratulate W e were also very pleased that Glenda McMillan and Marjorie Thompson received their Hockey colours, and that Margaret Rickarby and Claire Furneaux were awarded "re-date."

Our Cricket team did not do very well, only winning one match, but our talent is increasing and we expect big things next year Congratula tions to Berry and Krome

Although our Lower Middles tried very hard, we only came third in the Swimming Sports, and we wish to congratulate Krome on doing so well.

The day of the Middle Choral Contests was very exciting, as we came equal first with Cato. W e thank very sincerely our conductor, Rhyll Clark, and our pianist, Claire Johnson, for doing such an excellent job

W e regretted very much that Miss Betts and Miss Kidd were absent for a period during Third Term, and were delighted to have them back with us again later in the term

Our thanks go to Miss Betts, the House Mis tresses and all House officers for their untiring efforts during the year, and we hope that the gold colours will be kept flying this year, and in years to come

—Julie Robertson

tion of the debate Unfortunately, Fitchett proved "That Woman should not have equal rights with Man." Congratulations, Fitchett!

Davida Switson has done a marvellous job as far as sporting activities are concerned, and she has been backed by the Middle and Lower Middle Sports Captains; Margaret Papst and Lana Gott lieb W e are grateful to them all for all the help they have given the House and we also would like to thank our Middle and Lower Middle House Captains, Jan Taylor and Desley Gare, for all they have done

Our Senior Basketball team won all their matches but the Middle and Lower teams were not very successful Neither do we shine at Hockey or Tennis, but everyone enjoyed their matches.

Our Seniors do not appear to be particularly brilliant as far as singing goes, but all girls en joyed the Choral Contests and we thank our pianists and those taking part in extra items for all their help Especially do we thank Jacqueline Peace for her delightful original composition

The Middle Choral Contests were very exciting; the results being unique. W e came equal second with Berry. Congratulations Cato and Fitchett. Our thanks go to our leaders, Ailsa Thomson, Yvonne Stannard and Pauline Benjamin, and to Vivienne Wajsbrem—extra item, for the excellent job they did

Judging by the noise and quantity of food con sumed, everyone enjoyed the House Party W e had two birthday cakes, and after singing "Happ y Birthday to Us" the cakes were cut and quickly disappeared

W e were very encouraged with the result of the Lower Middle School Swimming Sports, and we thank all those who swam so well to make Krome win W e especially thank Jane Pincus, our Life Saving representative, for all the time and energy she has given in training the swimmers, girls do ing Resuscitation and Life Saving exams

House Colours were awarded this year to the following girls: Margot Burdett, Joyce Hagger, Lyn Helmer, Cath Lee, Sonia Manning, Jacqueline Peace, Jane Pincus, Davida Switson, Elizabeth Webster and Margaret Adamson

Many Krome girls have been chosen for School Teams, and we congratulate them all and especi ally those who were awarded Green Blazers, namely Margot Burdett, Sonia Manning, Davida Switson, Elizabeth Webster and Wendy Woolcott.

T o all who have supported the House so loyally during the year, we extend our thanks and wish Krome the best of luck for the future

Krome

The results of our contests this year have been varied, but whether good or bad, we have all had a good year and enjoyed everything we have undertaken W e very much appreciate the leader ship and encouragement that Miss B Jackson and other House Mistresses have given us during the year.

Our debating team, consisting of Margaret Walters, the leader, Margaret Hadley and Miriam Baer, spent must time and energy in the prepara

—Margaret Adamson

Additional House Colour Awards

Berry.—Jane Brehaut, Beverley Grieve, Elaine Walsh, Judy Weetman, Wendy Wellard

Cato.—Rae Killmier, Helen Ward, Nancy Stent, Loris Crosby

Fitchett.—Katherine Wilcock, Joan Diprose, Marjorie Thompson, Pat McClelland

Boarders' Notes

May 31st: The beginning of Second Term brought us to Birthday Night practices which con tinued until the great night

June 17th: The greatest night in a Boarder's year came right up to expectations. Tea—delicious; concert—good; supper—-superb

July 9th: Many of the Senior Girls went to the Senior Girls' dance at Tudor Court and from all accounts it seemed to be a very good dance.

August 7th: Forty-five Senior girls went to a Chapel Service at Wesley and afterwards were entertained to supper In spite of the wind and rain, the evening was a great success

August 19th: "Trial by Jury" was such a suc cess on Birthday Night that it was performed again in Fitchett Hall Mr Seymour very kindly came to show us some short pictures and we were very grateful to all concerned for adding £21/4/ to our Assembly Hall fund

September 23rd: After much pressing of tunics, cleaning of shoes, combing of hair and trying to look cosy, we were eventually ready to have our photo taken The photo was so clear that we were able to examine ourselves in close detail

September 24th: Many Boarders went to the Show, and judging by the number of sample bags brought back, the outing appeared to be a great success during and after the occasion

September 25th: W e were all very pleased that Dr and Mrs Woo d had the opportunity to go overseas, but on Sunday morning, September 25th, two long rows of Boarders lined the drive, all waiting expectantly for the first sign of a familiar pale green Austin Cheers accompanied the cars up the drive, and we were all pleased to see Dr and Mrs Woo d looking so well after their trip.

October 4th: The Boarders again gave money for Egg Day for Epworth Hospital The result was over £8.

October 23rd: Twenty-eight Boarders were re ceived into Church membership at Auburn Metho dist Church It was an inspiring service which meant much to all girls present

October 25th: T o shouts of "House, House!" •the Boarders' team in their red togs and white caps, swam their hardest in the House versus School in the Lower Middle School Swimming Sports Unfortunately, School proved to be the better swimmers and won by about a yard Con gratulation, School

W e have had several Boarders' stalls during the year and these, as well as the sale of newspapers, have helped our Assembly Hall Fund

Many Boarders have taken active parts in sporting and musical activities Elizabeth Webster and Marjorie Thompson were awarded Green Blazers and Lesley Slade has become a member of the Junior Symphony Orchestra

The Wesley Boarders have been invited to a Social Evening on November 12th The En tertainment Committee has been hard at work arranging the social, and we hope that the even ing will be a great success

In conclusion we would like to thank Dr Wood , Miss Ball, and all members of the Resident Staff for helping to make this a very happy year in the Boarding House -—Margaret Adamson.

Birthday Night

Birthday night always officially starts with the tea, at which everyone appears in her newest creation, and this year the tea was again up to former standards—the salads, trifle, and double decker cake This year we were thrilled to receive several telegrams and especially one from Dr and Mrs Woo d from England W e were very pleased that so many members of the staff and Day Girls were able to come to the concert in Fitchett Hall which was of a very high standard and we hope that our visitors enjoyed the concert as much as we enjoyed preparing it There were six items on the programme, starting with the West Wing Juniors' version of "Snow White." This was written by one of the girls and learnt within about a week The general effect was excellent, especially as the dwarf characters were portrayed so well by the younger girls "Robin Hood " was also written by the girls themselves and the Sub Intermediates played their parts admirably Upper Tower were all dressed up in fine Eastern style for their item, "Stories from the Arabian Nights." East Wing's "The Lad of Stratford' was a musi cal play on the early life of Shakespeare, whi-h ended up on rather a sad note when Shakespeare left his old friends at Stratford to go to London to make his name among the great writers of his day As a contrast, West Wing Seniors presented "The Family Group," a hilarious play which was brilliantly acted by all members of "the Group." Our final item was Gilbert and Sullivan's "Trial by Jury"—a Cantata in One Act presented by Lower Tower On hearing this we realised what musical talent we have in the Boarding House, and the whole item was a huge success

The evening ended with the usual delicious sup per In closing, we would like to thank the Mis tresses in each wing who helped us with some of our preparations

-—Margaret Adamson

-Pauline Hocson, V.f, Berry

Snow Scene.

The Music School has suffered some serious set-backs this year, the most serious being the sad deaths of two of the staff—Miss Irene McKay and Mr Stockigt, and the illness of several others However, generous help has been given by the remainder of the staff, and by Old Collegians and friends of the school, namely: Miss Joan Boyle, Mus Bac.; Miss Rosemary Falconer, Mus Bac., Mrs lima Kelson, Mus Dip., and Miss Betty Chisholm, Mus Bac W e were sorry to say goodbye to Miss Beryl Mayfield in Term II., and Miss Gladys Cunliffe in Term III., both of whom have been with us for some years Because of the many upsets, our staff has been forced to take on extra work, and we are most grateful to all who have helped the Music School through this difficult year.

The first main event in Term II was the Senior School Music Recital on July 29th, which was followed later in the term with the Senior House Choral Contests, which Miss Lorna Stirling kindly adjudicated It was evident from both these functions that a high musical standard has been maintained this year. Early in Term III the Middle Schooi Choral Contests took place, and we were very glad to welcome back Dr. Floyd, who has recovered from his recent illness The Middle School Recital was held on November 4th, showing a lot of promise for the future

There have been several functions outside the school, and we have received far more requests for the choir and madrigals to sing than it has been possible to accept, owing to prior school responsibilities

O n Friday, July 8th, the V.S.M.A held their annual Orchestral Evening, in which M.L.C took part under the vigorous leadership of Miss Baze ley O n October 18th the V.S.M.A.'s Junior Symphony Orchestra and Schools' Combined Choir had their annual meeting, our girls help ing in both Miss Bazeley conducted the choir and Miss Pamela Webster, O.C was the clarinet soloist in the Mozart Concerto with orchestra

After many requests from the Queen Victoria Hospital for the choir to give a programme for their 3DB "Famous Choirs," it has at last been possible, and we are recording a programme for them in November which will be broadcast at 2.30 p.m on Sunday, December 18th

The Madrigal girls have been invited to give a broadcast programme over 3LO at 8 p.m. on December 16th in the "Voices in Chorus" ses sion. This will be recorded before we break up.

The School Choir is to give a recital of Christmas music in St Paul's Cathedral for the second year in succession, on Sunday, 11th December, at 3 p.m The programme will consist

mainly of excerpts from the "Messiah." Part of this will be broadcast over 3DB from 6 to 6.28 p.m on Sunday, December 18th

The whole school has been working hard at the "Messiah," and although there is still much to be done, we realise we are becoming far more familiar with one of the greatest musical works of all time

W e welcomed Dr and Mrs Woo d back with the greatest pleasure—we missed our tenor in morning assemblies Dr Woo d has brought back valuable reports of music overseas, and also gave up some of his precious time in London to pur chase a lovely Bosendorf Concert grand piano for the new Assembly Hall, to replace the Stein way lost recently in Allan's fire.

Some members of the staff—Miss Hermia Barton (violinist), Miss Francis Cowper (vocalist), Miss Robin Wright (accompanist) and Mr Mack Jost (pianist) contributed to a very delightful even ing arranged in honour of Dr. and Mrs. Wood' s homecoming, held in the Hawthorn Town Hall on Monday, October 10th, by the Parents' Asso ciation

O n Back to School day the girls contributed towards a short programme of musical and dra matic items after which Dr Woo d spoke to the gathering about his experiences in England

The Orchestra has gone ahead exceptionally well this year owing to the untiring leadership of Miss Bazeley, to whom we owe sincere thanks for her interest and encouragement regarding both the orchestra and Musical Appreciation classes

W e have been able to procure for the use of students in the Music School, another viola and an oboe W e are most grateful for the practical help given by kind friends who have made this possible W e still need further help in regard to orchestral equipment (e.g music stands which do not collapse, practice rooms, and scholarships!)

W e had a record number of students entering for the A.M.E.B examinations, and the results seen at the end of this article are most gratifying A large number of girls is entering for the Mat riculation Music examinations W e wish them success

Many girls are intending to attend the National Music Camp, to be held at the Migrant Camp at Bonegilla and are anticipating a very enjoyable fortnight More girls are urged to take season tic kets for the 1956 Celebrity Concerts, as they form an essential part of a musical education

W e are sorry to say "Good-bye" to Miss Mar garet Crellin, who is leaving to be married, and also to Miss Ruth Price, who is unfortunately unable to carry on at M.L.C W e wish two other members of our staff who are to be mar ried at the end of the term, the best of good wishes They are: Miss Robin Wright and Miss Margaret Reynolds. W e are pleased to know that they will return to M.L.C. next year.

The Music School is extremely grateful to Miss Flockart for her wonderful and unfailingly en thusiastic work all through this year As always,

she has not spared herself, and we can only say what has been said many times in the past, but with no less sincerity and gratitude—"Thank You. "

—J Beilby and P Dixson

Music Examination Results, 1955

Piano

Grade VII.—Honours: Marjorie Thompson Credit: Margaret Day, Paddy Dixson, Judith McDonald Pass: Eril Hutton

Grade VI.—Honours: Meredith Day, Katherine Nicholls, Amy Ling Credit: Ruth Arnold, Helen Brown, Joyce Hagger, Felicity Robertson, Fairlie Dreverman, Diane Lloyd, Jennifer Robinson, Rhonda Harris, Joy Webb Pass: Jillian Major, Viola Tsiang

Grade V.—Honours: Mary Williamson, Mar garet Blanksby, Delwyn Gunnell, Grace Ing, Ruth Millikan, Pamela Gale, Janice Hughes, Pamela Hindley, Rhyll Clark, Wendy Veitch, Elizabeth Lade, Barbara Diprose, Patricia Lewis, Alison Wharington Credit: Carol Brewer, Kay Hewitt, Noala Yen, Gilda Richards, Rosalie Adams, Marion Pinkerton, Jean Watters, Margaret Langstreth, Joan Kniese, Jill Carter, Janice Taylor Pass: Judith Carless, Marea Schuch, Jill Price, Jennifer Brisbane, Myra Langford

Grade IV.—Honours: Rosslyn Wortley, Pauline Tully, Jeanette Brown, Janet Kirton, Jocelyn

Moon, Wendy Ross, Lois Weeks. Credit: Susan Webber, Sandra Hore, Claire Johnson, Margaret Lansbury, Margaret Livingston, Janice Martin, Diana Schultz, Valerie Hewitt, Merle Fort, Judith Knell, Mary-Ellen Nicholas, Judith Brown, Lyn Helmer Pass: Ann Cook, Janice Colman, Kath leen Oaten, Ruth Pollard, Heather Gray

Grade III.—Credit: Roslyn Webster, Barbara Rentoul, Diana Brown, Susanne Rankin, Elaine Lade, Annette Meller, Jill McCaskill, Lenore Barnes, Esma Kubeil, Judith Plummer, Nanette Allan Pass: Doreen Diprose, Frances Auchter Ionie, Lorraine Carr, Barbara Lawrence, Wendy Bird, Margaret Jenkin, Ailsa Thomson, Robin Walters, Suzanne Piper

Grade II.—Honours: Dawn Schultz, Alison Tudor, Heather Harrison, Rosemary Watters, Flor ence Ferguson, Elizabeth Chitty, Gillian Siggins, Barbara Henderson, Annette Stephens, Susan Stevens Credit: Margaret Hagger, Dorothy Bugg, Mary Johnston, Margaret McKenzie, Mer rill Smalley, Zandra Gorr, Suzanne King, Gillian Longmuir, Vivienne Redman, Beris Turnley, Jeanette Uhl, Judith Clark, Vivienne Senator

Grade I.—Honours: Terrill Taylor, Alison Wylie, Marlene Boyle Credit: Barbara Hume, Anne Lawson, Lois Rockliff, Elizabeth Seymour, Hilma McQueen, Robin Sheather, Clare Thomp son, Marlene Lear, Donna Newton Pass: Lorna Burley, Heather Coleman, Celia Focken, Claire Henderson, Helen Jenkin

Front

—Photo C Stuart Tompkins

MADRIGAL S

Back Row (left to right): Meredith Day, Rhonda Harris, Ruth Millikan, Coralie Flccker, Wendy Orton, Margaret Day.

Middle Row: Lorraine Rab'c, Lenore Barnes, Paddy Dixson, Elizabeth Cowen, Janice Beilby, Jane Elton, Jacqueline Piece, Wendy Renkin

Row: Lyn Helmer, Helen Williams, Marjorie Thompson, Deborah Lambert, Mary Williamson

Preliminary.—Credit: Dianne Walsh, Roslyn Cock, Judith Yelland, Jill Foster, Sandra Nelson, Elizabeth Bamford Pass: Jill Thomson

Violin

Grade VI.—Honours: Elizabeth Sampson Credit: Judith Sandow Grade III.—Credit: Helen Wallace, Diana Schultz

Grade II.—Pass: Deidre Reeves

Viola

Grade 1.—Credit: Beverly Clarke

Cello

Grade IV.—Credit: Lesley Slade Grade III.—Honours: Elizabeth Cowan Lynette Roberts Credit: Helen Williams

Flute

Grade V.—Credit: Gwenyth Lidgett, Ruth Paton Grade III.—Honours: Meredith Miller

Theory and Harmony

Grade VI.—Honours: Beverly Price, Paddy Dixson Credit: Wendy Orton, Elizabeth Cowan Pass: Jacqueline Peace, Jane Elton, Janice Beilby Grade V.—Honours: Margaret Day, Lois Weeks Credit: Helen Brown, Marjorie Thomson, Lesley Slade Grade IV.—Honours: Meredith Day, Jillian Major, Elizabeth Sampson, Amy Ling, Gillian Lennox, Fairlie Dreverman, Ruth Arnold. Pass: Judith McDonald

Grade III.—Honours: Margaret Blanksby, Rhyll Clark, Janice Hughes, Margaret Fitzgerald, Pamela Gale, Janet Kirton, Patricia Lewis, Jenni fer Robinson, Lynette Helmer, Jean Watters, Alison Wharington, Pat Muirden, Judith Brown, Ruth Millikan, Delwyn Gunnell, Janice Coleman, Noala Yen, Margaret Plant Credit: Joycelyn Moon, Ruth Pollard, Doreen Diprose, Airdrie Hutton, Grace Ing, Margaret Phillipson, Judith Sandow. Pass: Valma Millard.

Grade II.—Honours: Mary Brevitt, Pauline Benjamin, Gayl Arnold, Marion Pinkerton, Elaine Ogilvie, Suzanne Rankin Credit: Diana Schultz Grade I.—Honours: Beverly Clark, Margaret Higginbottom, Clare Johnson, Suzanne King, Judith Knell, Margaret Tregonning, Pauline Tully, Wendy Veitch, Helen Pakes, Susan Webber, Heather Stainsby, Judith Cockrem, Elizabeth Chitty, Janice Martin, Valerie Anderson, Noeal Hogg, Valerie Schmidt, Jill Carter, Ailsa Thom son. Credit: Suzanne Piper, Marlene Boyle.

Musical Perception

Grade V.—Credit: Elizabeth Lade

Grade IV.—Honours: Jeanette Brown, Katherine Nicholls, Kay Hewitt Credit: Gilda Richards, Margaret Livingston, Pamela Hindley, Diana Brown

Grade III.—Honours: Barbara Allen, Mary Ellen Nicholas Credit: Marion Pinkerton Pass: Elaine Lade, Marea Schuch, Jennifer Brisbane, Wendy Ross

Art of Speech Notes

The Speech girls of this year have maintained the proud tradition of previous years with suc cessful results in the A.M.E.B Examinations Every candidate passed, and we offer warm con gratulations to the girls and to the Speech Staff. Congratulations also to Janice Beilby who won the Dramatic Art Scholarship presented by a former pupil

Last term we were pleased to welcome Miss Lederman, and we hope she will enjoy her work with us

Some of the Speech and Dramatic girls once again took part in "Back to School" Day during September, and enjoyed preparing their items for the afternoon's entertainment

In conclusion., we would like to thank Miss Dwyer and the Speech Staff for their untiring work, which has helped to make this year the successful one it has been —Elizabeth Manfield

Art of Speech Results

Preliminary.—Honours: Clare Vardun, Jennifer Elliot, Margaret Higginbottom Credit: Terrie King, Janice Kline, Judith Cockrem, Noelle Stev enson, Norma Butler Pass: Julie Cocks

First Grade Honours: Jill Risstrom Credit: Robyn Warren, Judith Wilson, Lorraine Buchan, Judith Ewer, Felicity Blandford, Meredith Robin son, Lillian Mansfield, Carol Tandy. Pass: Eliza beth Murray-More, Lorna Moyes

Second Grade.—Honours: Margaret Lancaster, Anne Masters Credit: Alison Tudor, Berice Cal lander, Vivienne Wajsbrom Pass: Adrienne Holzer, Carolyn Hutchings.

Third Grade.—Credit: Jillian Holm

Sixth Grade.—Practical—Credit: Elizabeth Man field. Theory—Credit: Elizabeth Manfield.

—Helen Wiil.ams, Pass VI.c, Fitchett Loch Ard Gorge, Port Campbell.

SPORT

Ath'etics

Training began in earnest and the vacancies from last year's team were soon filled by eager runners

The members of the Senior Team were chosen from the following:—J Barthold, C Furneaux, L Helmer, C Lee, J Miller (Capt.), K Phipps, J Risby, B. Shaw, E. Webster and R. Williams.

As usual, on Sports Day, we competed against other schools. The Senior Relay was won by Korowa, with M.L.C. (Hawthorn) second and M.C.E.G.G.S third The Junior Relay was won by Toorak, with Ruyton second and Clyde third Congratulations go to the winning teams

Then came the event of the day—House v School—and amidst much cheering, School de feated House The team that represented House consisted of I Bruhn, J Hammon, L Hodge, G Richards, T Sharp, L Slade, J Watters and E Webster (Capt.)

This year we also ran at the Korowa House Sports, where we proved that we were in fairly good form by winning both the Senior and Junior Relays and coming third and first respectively in the Representatives' Race

The Junior Team was chosen from: M. Hunt, D Jones, L Mansfield, L McConnell, H Palmer, P Phillips, A Sambell, R Walters, R Warner (Capt.)

Both teams would like to thank Mrs Stephens and Miss Kirby for the time they devoted to our training in first terms W e all wish next year's team the best of luck.

J Miller

when School won 17-6 The Old Collegians' team was: Cath Blake (pitcher), Judy Coleman (catcher), Janet Huntingdon (1st), Val. Hut chinson (3rd), Jean Perkins (S.S.), Marigold McLean (C.O.F.), Miss Mannes and Miss Kirby taking 2nd base and R.O.F with Joyce Williams (P.V.I.) playing L.O.F

Congratulations are extended to Sonia Man ning, Elizabeth Webster and Julie Robertson, who were awarded colours, and also to Margot Burdett, Davida Switson and Anne Walton for "re-dates."

The team wishes to thank Miss Perkins, and Miss Kirby for their time and assistance given to us this year

In conclusion we wish the 1956 teams every success and we hope that they will enjoy the game whether they win or whether they lose —Ann e Walton

Basketball

Basketball practices began on the first Thursday of Second Term and were held on every Tuesday and Thursday night Owing to the standard of girls' play being very even in many cases, Miss Kirby had great difficulty in selecting the team However, when finally chosen, the first team con sisted of Margot Burdett (G.), Barbara Clark (A.) , Julie Robertson (captain A.W.) , Anne Walton (vice-captain, C.), Elizabeth Webster (D.W.) , Judith Miller (D.), Lyn Helmer (D.G.).

Owing to Judith Miller's ankle injury, which occurred early in the season, Catherine Lee played most matches with the Firsts.

Baseball

Despite the fact that six of our 1954 members were back this year, we did not have a very suc cessful season so far as wins were concerned

The team chosen was:—Sonia Manning (pitcher), Margot Burdett (catcher), Elizabeth Webster (1st), Barbara Clarke (2nd), Davida Switson (3rd), Anne Walton (S.S.), Elizabeth O'Neill (L.O.F.), Julie Robertson (C.O.F.), Judith Miller (R.O.F.) Owing to two mishaps to the fingers Celia Tasker and Elizabeth Delbridge took the places of Elizabeth Webster and Barbara Clark

The Juniors coached by Miss Mannes and under the able captaincy of Margaret Swann, had a suc cessful year, losing only one match.

The results of the Senior matches were: M.L.C. d. St. Catherine's, 24-3; Hermitage d. M.L.C., 15-12; Fintona d. M.L.C. 13-12; M.C.E.G.G S d M.L.C 17-7; M.L.C d Clyde 23-7; P.L.C d M.L.C., 21-14; M.L.C d Moronga 19-7

W e had a very enjoyable match against the Old Collegians, but youth proved the better players

Results of matches played by the Firsts are as follows: M.L.C d M.C.E.G.G.S., 37-26, G.C.E.G.G.S d M.L.C., 16-14, M.L.C drew with Siena, 19-19, M.L.C d Strathcona 13-5, M.L.C drew with P.L.C., 26-26, M.L.C d Swinburne, 26-2, M.L.C. d. Morongo, 19.5, Fintona d. M.L.C., 22-17, M.L.C d Siena, 15-11

The second team, captained by Catherine Lee and Jill Evans, had an excellent season.

The Junior team, captained by Lyn McConnell also had a good season and results were as follows: M.L.C d M.C.E.G.G.S., 18-14, M.L.C d P.L.C, 19-12, M.L.C d Fintona 9-5, Morongo d M.L.C 13-8, M.L.C. d. Hermitage, 14-9, St. Catherine's d M.L.C., 6-4

Some members of the Basketball teams were hostesses to girls from M.L.C., Launceston for a week during which we played two basketball ball matches against their team—in the first we won 30-24, and in the second match, Launceston won 21-16.

At the beginning of Third Term the Prefects' Basketball team very enthusiastically played a match against the Wesley Prefects and lost, 7-9. This match attracted a record crowd of spectators for the season, and was enjoyed by all

Back

Front: Sonia Manning, Margot Burdett

Our thanks go to Miss Kirby for her very help ful advice at training throughout a successful season, and we wish the teams of 1956 the very best

—Julie Robertson

Cricket

As Third Term dawned and the sunny weather returned, girls of all ages were seen on the oval practising cricket. This sport is proving increas ingly popular with the younger as well as the older girls

Once again we had our House Cricket matches and many girls enthusiastically practised for a place in their team At the moment all Houses have won one match each, the results being: Fit chett defeated Krome 60-28 runs, and lost to Cato 55-81 runs Berry lost to Krome, 32-62 runs, and defeated Cato, 46-38 runs Berry provided an entertaining end to the match against Krome when they proved that everyone in their team was capable of bowling.

From these House matches a School team was chosen consisting of: Anne Walton, Alison Tudor, Margaret Swann, Celia Tasker, Margaret Stevens, Cath Lee (wicket keeper), Elizabeth Webster, Jan Taylor, Margaret Lay (12th man), Jean Woodfull and Barbara Clark (vice-captain) and Davida Switson (capt.) It is hoped that later this term the team will be able to play MacRobert son Girls' High School

In conclusion we would like to thank Miss Kirby, Mrs Stephens, Mrs Schnagel and Miss Perkins for umpiring the House matches and all the Sports Staff for their coaching during Sport lessons.

I am sure we all wish cricket at M.L.C the best of luck and hope that it will become even more popular than it is now

—Davida Switson

Hockey

W e began our practices late in first term, de voting most of the time to stick work This proved an excellent idea as Mrs Stephens was able to choose the teams almost immediately Second Term began

There were nine vacancies for the first team, and these were filled mainly by players in last year's Seconds and the Junior team The final team was: Goal-keeper, Helen Chesterfield; R.B., Joan Weetman; L.B., Elaine Walsh; R.H.B., Glenda McMillan (vice-captain) ; C.H.B., Eliza beth O'Neill (captain) ; L.H.B Beverly Grieve; R.W Kaye Phipps; L.W Eve McLennan; R.I Marjorie Thompson; L.I Elisabeth Shiffron; C.F., Marion Pretty

Colours are awarded to Glenda McMillan, Mar jorie Thompson, Kaye Phipps and Elizabeth O'Neill (re-date).

—Photo. C. Stuart Tompkins. BASEBALL TEA M

(left to right): Julie Robertson, Celia Tasker, Judith Miller, Anne Walton (capt.), Barbara Clark, Davida Switson, Elizabeth Webster, Elizabeth O'Neill

W e played many of our matches in mud, but this did not lessen our enthusiasm

At the end of term we were very pleased to be able to entertain and play teams from the Laun ceston M.L.C All teams seemed thoroughly to enjoy their stay

The results of our matches were: Korowa d M.L.C. 4-0; M.C.E.G.G.S. d. M.L.C. 7-3; M.L.C. d. Tintern, 3-1; Toorak College d. M.L.C., 4-0; M.L.C. d. Swinburne, 4-0; Morongo d. M.L.C. 7-0; Hermitage d M.L.C 8-0; Launceston M.L.C d M.L.C 8-2; M.L.C d Launceston M.L.C 3-2

W e sincerely thank Mrs Stephens and Mrs Keyser, who coached the Juniors, for all they have done to improve our teams, and for helping to make the season such a happy one —Elizabeth O'Neill

Tennis

"Then striking, serving, volleying, Our comrades played the game; They struggled hard and every stroke, Was for the Old School's fame."

This year five of last year's team returned, and the other three places were filled quickly, so that that we could practise for our matches The team chosen was: 1st pair: Margaret Rickarby, Davida Switson (capt.); 2nd pair: Claire Furneaux, Helen Michell; 3rd pair: Sonia Manning, Wendy Wool cott; 4th pair: Pauline Learner, Bette Davis

The Seconds were captained by Nike Demetrie, and both the Seconds and the Juniors show pro mise for the future

In our matches we defeated Morongo, the Her mitage and P.L.C and were defeated by M.C.C.G.G.S W e had a very exciting match against Wesley College tennis team Although they defeated us, it provided enjoyment for both players and spectators

At the end of the term, teams from M.L.C., Launceston, visited us The tennis team played two matches against them and narrowly defeated them both times These matches were most en joyable and it provided us with an opportunity to play against some of Tasmania's best Junior tennis players

At the end of the term colours were awarded to Sonia Manning and "re-dates" to Margaret Rickarby, Wendy Woolcott, Helen Michell, Claire Furneaux and Davida Switson These girls are to be congratulated

It is hoped that next year more girls will try for the teams, and even if they are not successful, that they will still attend and provide practice for the team

W e would like to thank Miss Perkins for her help during the term and also wish the 1956 team the best of luck

—Davida Switson

—Photo C Stuart Tompkins

BASKET-BALL TEA M

Standing: Judith Miller, Anne Walton, Julie Robertson, Barbara Clark, Catherine Lee. Kneeling: Elizabeth Webster, Lyn Helmer, Margot Burdett

Nurses' Memorial Appeal

New Assembly Hall

This year we have been in "retirement." N o direct appeal has been made for funds It is hoped, however, to have £1000 collected by the end of the year—We have £600 in hand

Thanks are due to the Nurses' Memorial Ladies' Auxiliary who, under the capable guidance of Mrs Clive Lord, have worked quietly and efficiently at a Tuck Shop in the school hospital. T o those women who have helped each week a special word of appreciation is given: the £600 they have raised has represented a great deal of hard work, and in addition to the money raised, they make available most attractive lunches for girls and staff, which have proved most popular

The Music School, too, have been adding (£1700) to their great effort of last year, and most cheerfully enter into any suggestions made for furthering "the cause."

The girls are always helpful, kindly and co operative with any scheme suggested, and their help is most inspiring to those working for this effort. It is always a pleasure working with them.

There is still much enthusiasm about the raising of funds for the New Assembly Hall, and it is expected that the Hall will be started early in the New Year. Next year, it is hoped that great things will be achieved Parents are continually offering their help and expressing the wish that all might work together for a last mighty effort next year

If any parent, Old Collegian or friend of the school would like to join a working group they will be welcomed If YO U have any suggestions regarding the raising of funds, please let us know W e need all the help we can muster

The need is great, but if we all do a small amount much will be achieved

The Nurses' Memorial Committee extends its good wishes, and most warmly thanks all those who have helped in any way.

The amount now in hand for the Assembly Hall is £44,518

—Jean Chambers, Hon Organiser

•—Photo C Stuart Tompkins HOCKE Y TEA M

Back (left to right) : Elisabeth Shiffron, Helen Chesterfield, Eve McLennan.

Second Row: Elaine Walsh, Beverley Grieve, Kaye Phipps, Marion Pretty, Marjorie Thompson, Joan Weetman Front: Glenda McMillan, Elizabeth O'Neill (capt.)

Original Contributions

SENIOR SECTION

Hour Before Darkness

The wind from the west blows softly through the window, Stirring the leaves of the oak tree in the shadows, The moon will rise to-night The clouds are crimson, Silver-crested, white like foaming billows

Of the waves upon the ocean How well I remember

The waves upon the ocean — the gulls flying westward

Crying, into the glorious sunset

The shadows lengthen, the oakleaves whisper, The sun is sinking, I hear a distant sheep bell

Across the evening air The breeze blows softly, The smell of wild rose, and fresh, green clover, The lowing of the cattle, coming in for milking, The breeze is whispering gently in the oakleaves, Softly, like the sound of the faraway ocean— An d now it grows louder the call of the ocean— I hear the waves pounding on a distant shore, An d still it increases, the ocean is nearer, The clouds are grey now, like waves upon the ocean, The roaring, troubled ocean, calling me, calling me

I follow the gulls in their flight ever westward, Crying, over the grey horizon, Over the rim of the world, Into the darkness O f Eternity.

—P Dixson, Hon VI.c, Cato

India—Land of Contrasts

The country which I love most in all the world is one which few modern people would want to live in Its plains are hot and dusty, fever-ridden, crowded and ravaged by starvation and drought The hills and jungles appear terrifyingly lonely

and swarming with man-eating tigers, poisonous snakes and sudden death All this is enough to warn most people away from India, and so few have the chance of living there and learning to love it

W e may leave the crowded city and come to a peaceful village scene; women washing at the well, little children playing on the dusty ground, sacred cattle wandering the streets, dogs and chickens everywhere, endlessly searching for food

The wide compound is surrounded by the poor little mud huts of the villagers with the boarding school on the far side Straight ahead, among the trees are seen the tall white pillars of the missionaries' bungalow There is a beautiful gar den with lovely flowers. Behind the house, the patient oxen are plodding endlessly up and down a path from the well, drawing water for the rice fields

Along a shady path is a humble graveyard with old cracked gravestones and guarding them all is a little, greystone Lutheran church There is a legend that on a certain night every year, the first minister comes back to take a service in the church N o villagers dare go near it on this night, but we may be lucky to see, on some moon lit night, the windows all ablaze with lights For at certain times, the moon is in such a position that its reflection on the windows gives this im pression

W e may leave the plains and be driven by reckless Indian bus-drivers along the narrow, mountain roads, winding between towering moun tains and cliffs, sheer down to the rocks below This is a new India—a far more beautiful, grand and terrifying country.

W e may get up before sunrise on a cold, misty morning and climb up a winding mountain path There are great, black, whispering pines towering overhead and a soft, deep carpet of pine-needles underfoot

We may come across a troop of great, grey, mountain baboons They come swiftly and silently, swinging from tree to tree, pause, and watch from wide, dark, curious eyes—then they are gone again into the forest

Beautiful, brilliantly-coloured birds flash through the trees and sometimes a wild cry rings and echoes through the forest-depths and all is silent again W e may come across one of the rarest orchids in the world; growing on the hillside and reigning in solitary splendour

When it is getting lighter, we may see what appears to be a pile of leaves move, and while we watch, it turns into a leopard and quietly slinks off into the jungle.

Then, still climbing, we may suddenly come out on to a lonely ridge to one of the most beautiful cemeteries in all the world The clouds may break and we stand dumb while on all the surrounding hilltops, the snow slowly turns to a glistening pink as we watch a glorious sunrise among the mountains.

—Rosemary Horton, Hon. Vl.b, Fitchett.

Meeting the Himalaya

Having decided to go down to Station Pier to greet Dr and Mrs Wood , we arose at 4.30 a.m., and after hastily dressing and eating breakfast, we caught the tram at 5.15. It was beautiful at that time of morning—very still and quiet, but very dark W e boarded the tram, an "all nighter" which seemed to be a relic of the last century, and the silence of the early morning was broken when the old tram finally began to move With a clatter and a lurch we were off and we had time to gain our breath after such a rush The tram (for those who have not ex perienced the joy of travelling in such a vehicle), is operated by the driver only, and you pay your fare, which is double the price on a normal tram, as you enter There are two small, open, smoking compartments at each end, with the closed in, non-smoking compartments in the middle

It was quite light when we reached the city, and, as we stepped off the tram at Swanston Street, the streets were almost deserted. There would have been no trouble in finding a parking space. W e had planned to take a taxi to the wharf, but we were doubtful as to where we would find one But to our delight, there was a taxi parked outside the Town Hall, and we hurried across W e were rather taken aback when we discovered the driver asleep in the front seat, and so, not wishing to disturb his slumbers, we walked on to Flinders Street station, where there was any number of taxis available After walking up past «very one, we walked back and took the front one

After about five or ten minutes' driving, we reached Station Pier about five past six and paid off the driver. Walking along the pier, we could see the Himalaya out in the bay Parked on the end of the pier, we saw a familiar blue Humber flying two M.L.C pennants There was only a handful of people o n the wharf, but as time went on and as the

ship came closer, more people came down, in cluding more M.L.C girls At last the Himalaya came close enough to recognise people on board, but, alas, there were no familiar faces on deck But when the ship finally berthed at 7 a.m Dr Woo d appeared at the rails How pleased we were to see him A little later he re-appeared, this time with Mrs. Wood.

We waited for what seemed an age in the queue, and finally we went upstairs and were allowed on board about 7.30 or 7.45 a.m. Then began about two hours of great excitement and enjoyment as we explored the ship. We saw the lounge room, the children's playroom and other beautifully furnished rooms, and saw the swim ming pool, the sports deck and the ballroom, all providing excellent facilities for recreation W e were just making our way off the ship when Dr and Mrs Woo d came up the stairs W e were very pleased to see them, and spoke to them for a moment, but then we had to leave

We had a very exciting morning, and we are sure everyone else at M.L.C is just as pleased to welcome Dr and Mrs Woo d home as we were down on Station Pier

—Helen Chesterfield, Pass VI.a, Cato

The Metals and Non-Metals or The Chemical Attraction of the Elements

Miss Sulphur has a primrose shade, Miss Chlorine always looks like jade, But though she has no colour scheme, Miss Oxygen stills reigns supreme.

The metals are a heavy lot, For movement do not care a jot Until there comes a light non-metal, Uncertain on which one to settle

A favourite is Mister K, Wh o with the ladies has his way, All fall for his metallic glance, Which leads them then a pretty dance

Not so with gentle Mister AI, Wh o treats each lady as a "pal." Unless his temperature be high, When straight to marriage he will fly.

Miss Sulphur surely knows that she, And Ferrum have affinity, But then alas, she loses ground, If e'er Miss O should come around —Margery Davies, Pass Vl.b, Cato

The Hazards of Being an Actuary's Daughter

You probably have not the slightest idea what an actuary is or does Well, I can assure you that you are not the only one

My father is an actuary, and has often tried to explain to me what he does, but has not suc ceeded very well, but one thing I have found out

is that he works with figures all day This factor is predominant in all his dealings: seeds have to be planted at x inches apart, while floor-boards before being sawn, are measured to the last mil lionth of an inch. Everything is reduced to figures, no matter what it may be.

One of his favourite hobbies when at a con cert is to estimate the number of people in the hall He settles down to count the number of people in a row, then the number of rows, and by multiplying these figures in his head, produces his answer

It is impossible to argue with him on any sub ject because by turning his arguments into figures, he leaves one completely dizzzy.

Every hope our family has ever had of win ning a consultation or a crossword puzzle, has been thoroughly dampened by his irritating way of being able to estimate, what a minute decimal chance we have of success

So figures are his daily work, his hobby and his relaxation. Yes, perhaps he does drive you mad at times, but then he also has his uses— you've guessed it Maths, homework!

—Lesley Palmer, P.VI.a, Cato

Seascape

The blue waves roll and break upon the beach, Foaming and white-capped on the golden yellow sand, Which stretches crisp and firm fio m cliff to cliff, Crescent moons they are with shining edges, In this expanse of blue and green, this world O f sea and sky, of tree and rugged cliff Amon g the rocks the foaming water bubbles, Gurgling and rushing as it eddies in and out, Washing over smooth round pebbles hidden Beneath the foot of some small jagged rock Sea-weed covered, brown and red and green, The home of tiny crabs and bright sea shells

The dark green water simmers where it's deep, While out at sea the waves still slowly roll. A soft swell shimmers in the autumn haze, A veil so light The wind begins to blow The swell mounts steadily, the waves increase, Darkening each minute, rising and beating, shattering

The age-old cliffs with ruthless, pounding blows.

—Rosalind Johns, Honour VIb, Cato.

"How I Brought My Homework from Home to School"

(With apologies to Robert Browning)

I raced to the station, and Mary, and she, I galloped, Jane galloped, we galloped all three "Can't wait!" cried the porter, and swung the gate to "Wait! " we all echoed, and galloped straight through!

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W e drew into Camberwell: Jane gave a moan: "M y Maths, books," she groaned, "I've left them at home!"

W e others continued; at the station got out, As we ran for the tram, we heard a great shout: "N o room!" from the tram-man, yet agile and deft, I crammed me aboard, but Mary was left. When I got to the form-room, the school clocks said nine, But thank goodness my homework arrived right on time!

—Ainslie Lamb, P.VI.a, Berry

Puppets in Paris

Our little hotel—the hotel de Bretagne et du Canada was in a side street off the Rue de Rennes in the Latin Quarter of Paris W e were there in the dead of winter and the Luxembourg gardens which were not far away were rather unattractive because the trees had lost their leaves and the grass had been worn off the lawns

W e had heard that the puppet shows that were held in a small puppet theatre in the centre of these gardens were very interesting So one Sun day afternoon we went to the gardens to find all the mothers and excited children waiting outside for \he previous session to finish.

While we were waiting we bought tickets which were numbered—ours were in the two hundreds. After the people from the session before had come out, all laughing and shouting, a large very French-looking lady in a purple hat went to the front of our crowd and started shouting numbers very fast The idea was that you went into the theatre according to the number on your ticket My brother, who was only eight years old, slipped away and managed to squeeze in with the first few, but the rest of us had to wait to the end because after she had shouted the first hundred numbers in rapid succession we became hope lessly confused and lost track of what number she was up to So after she had finished, we slipped in at the back to see my brother sitting down near the front in a crowd of small and very talkative Parisian children.

Little Red Riding Hoo d was the play we were to see It was very amusing, and every time the Wolf came on to the stage all the children stamped and clapped and shouted "Le loup! Le loup! Le loup!" The children chattered, laughed and were generally very excitable all through the play, de spite the appeals of a lady who appeared every now and then from the front of the theatre ask ing them to be quiet

—Helen Clemson, 12 yrs., Lower IV, Krome

The highlights in my memory of this puppet show were the dance of the frogs and the axe sticking in the head of the wolf when the play ended

W e came out at about four o'clock, and by this time it was becoming quite dark Policemen were running round and whistling and bustling everyone including us out of the garden

And that is the reason why no matter what other French words I do not know, I can always translate "the Wolf! "

—Judy Weetman,

The Slum Chi d

V.a., Berry.

The slum child clutched her tattered doll and stared with solemn eyes, Through dingy alleyways of smoke and silhouetted skies.

She stared through all the dirt and filth of wasted human lives, Through rubbish tips and old tin cans where rats end vermin thrive.

Her heme lacked sympathy and love, the right of everyone, She d never known a parent's love; a glimpse of summer sun; Her life stretched forth in endless waste without a single joy She'd never heard a kind remark or touch a brand new toy

Her mind soared o'er the chimney stacks to a land where life is fair, T o where the shining sun smiles down and none has a care.

T o where no nagging voice keeps on, but every one is true, A land where children play for hours 'neath skies of changeless blue

The land is rich with summer flowers and blue birds sing all day Waterfalls drop like chandeliers to rock pools bright and gay, Willows trail in placid lakes and poplars brush the sky, An d delicate ghost gums, stark white, stretch slender arms up high

An d when dusk falls, this earth stands still, and shadows start to dance The stars break through the velvet sky and leap and prance, Then night sets in, but sunrise comes with red the land to burn But only tourists know this land and always they return

The slum child raised her tousled head and heard her mother's cry, She went to get her old rag doll and let her dream world fly; Then turned and trudged up narrow stairs to dingy rooms of grey And left her dream world far behind— But she'll come back one day —Margaret Plant, V.d., Fitchett

Portrait of Kathleen

Her face held a beauty so lovely and rare; There was silver and tarnish, and mist in her hair,

And yet the prevailing colour was fair —Kathleen

Her lips had a softness, just as the down Left on the shore when the seabirds have flown. And like a red rose, were sweet and full blown —Kathleen

Her eyes had a greeness, tender and light, And showed that her heart knew the presence of light, And then, when she smiled, the green became bright. —Kathleen

Her face showed a profile lovely and kind, As full cheek and glossy hair shone in the wind But the now faded picture is blazed on my mind —o f Kathleen

—Rhonda Smith, P.VI.b

Loch Ard Gorge

On June 1st, 1878, a small passenger ship, the "Loch Ard," outward bound from Glasgow to Melbourne, was on the last section of her journey The captain expected to reach Melbourne the following night, as the boat had already passed what they supposed to be the Otway lighthouse Although there was a large crew, the passengers all belonged to one large family: that of Dr Car michael, who was moving to Australia with his wife and six children

That night a heavy fog and increasing swell caused the ship to lose her course, and towards daybreak the captain realised that his ship was perilously close to the treacherous Port Campbell cliffs The watch had mistaken the lights of Warrnambool for the Otway lighthouse In spite of the crew's efforts to anchor the ship or change course, within minutes the ship was out of con trol Shortly after 4 a.m the boom snapped and the ship crashed on the invisible rock ledge which surrounds Mutton Bird Island. The bows were split, the decks flooded by heavy seas. Everyone was in the heavy swell, battling for his life

To m Pearce, the young midshipman, managed to keep afloat He was by chance swept into a gorge through its narrow opening, and flung on the sand where he lay dazed for some time When he had recovered a little he scanned the sea for any other survivors He heard a cry and saw someone clinging to a hencoop, floating near the shore He swam back to save the girl, and then half-dragged, half-carried her to a dry cave at the foot of the cliffs She was unconscious He realised that she needed help soon, or she would die if cold He made her a bed of tea tree, then explored the possibility of climbing the sheer cliffs. Meanwhile the rough seas had washed up piles of wreckage which he decided to look through. He found a box of brandy bottles, one of which he gave the girl, and drank another

himself In his weary and depressed state he slept on the beach, awaking late in the day.

He then climbed the cliffs for help, not know ing whether anyone lived within miles of this lonely spot The difficult climb took most of his strength, and his knees were bleeding when he crawled to the top of the cliffs However, he stumbled on, and came across some fresh hoof marks on the sand Still not knowing in which direction to go, he stopped to listen A young drover came riding towards him To m told him his plight, and begged the drover to send help quickly to the unconscious girl. Although he too needed food and medical attention, he insisted on returning to the young girl, Eva, the only sur vivor of the Carmichael family

When the drover reached the small township at Port Campbell, a few miles from the gorge, the people would not at first believe his story of two survivors out of fifty people wrecked in a ship outside the gorge N o one had ever lived to tell such a story before They thought that the drover was drunk His wife, however, urged him to take her back as she was sure that his story was true They set out on horseback and reached the gorge in the fading twilight The drover and his wife could soon see the wreckage After scrambling down the cliffs they came across the sailor who was anxiously looking for the girl. They called to her, but hearing no answer, thought that their search would be in vain. To m collapsed on the sand They covered him with a blanket and let him sleep, while they sent back to the town ship for lanterns and men

While the sailor h: d been away, the girl had awakened, and the horror of the situation dawned on her dazed mind Fearing that the sailor who rcscued her had been carried off by aborigines, whom she thought inhabited this strange country, she had fled from the open cave to hide behind the near-by tea-tree, where she sank into uncon sciousness again

When the band of men returned later, they found her; and after feeding and warming both the sailor and the girl, they carried them with difficulty to the cliff top, then back to the home stead After some weeks of care and rest they regained their strength, and took up their lives again

O n the bleak, windswept c'iffs above To m Pearce's cave, a tiny cemetery was made for the forty-eight victims of the "Loch Ard " disaster, and may be inspected by visitors to-day

—Helen Williams, Pass Vic., Fitchett

"The Play's the Thing"

(With sincere apologies to William Shakespeare and C J Dennis)

Some bloke said "The play's the thing," but I'd rather 'ave a real good Western—least, that's what I think now, after 'aving seen two fancy plays I vowed I'd never see no more o Bill Shakerpeare's muck after me and Doreen saw "Romeo and Juliet," but Dor., wiv' 'er sweet an'

—Photo C Stuart Tompkins

ATHLETIC S TEA M

Left to Right: Kaye Phipps, Claire Furneaux, Jan Barthold, Elizabeth Webster, Catherine Lee. Joan Risbv. Robin Williams, Lyn Helmer, Barbara Shaw, Judith Millet

lovin' ways persuaded me, las' week, to see anuvver 'Er uncle giv' 'er two free tickets for the gods, so we went—much against me will, mind yer

The doo was called "McBeff," but you could'a called it "Murder in the Hen-house"—Blimey, the way they splashed that tomater sauce round

I'll give you the low-down on the story It wuz about Scotland—I read that in the programme (cos' me a bob) and the fellers were all called Mac-sumpthin You'd think the men would 'a worn them tartan skirts but they didn't—they wore sugar bags and leopard skins and gaiter things on their legs

But the funniest bit o' their rig was their 'ead gear—had horns it did, honest. Doreen said all •they needed wuz tails, and they could 'a passed for Devils

The play starts orf real creepy. It's all dark and there's a lump o' tree in the middle, painted like the 'ands o' me twenty-eight bob watch Doreen gave me last Christmas Three awful old hags dance round a wash tub and cackle about fogs and fights. Nex' scene a bloke what's about to kick the bucket blahs a whole lot about some brave guy, McBeff When you see McBeff he wasn't worth waitin' for He was just a fat bloke rigged up like the uvvers He an' a cobbler name o' Bankwo, have a pow-wow wiv' them witches, who tell McBeff 'e's like as not to be king Then in the very nex' scene, Dunkem, the King o' Scotland, ups and makes McBeff a Dook

Yo u can tell from the minute you see his missus Lady McBeff she wants 'im to be king So when Dunkem comes to spend the night at their castle she 'arps at McBeff and primes him up to bump him off. McBeff's awful scared but he does. Then the silly goat goes and brings the skewers down wiv' him after the bloody deed and 'is wife 'as to take them back She gives 'im a bit of lip about that Their 'ands is in a real mess by this time, SO they buzzes off to wash 'em. The porter at the gate outside is a bit merry and talks about geese and bonfires A nice guy called McDuff finds the body and Lady Mac pretends to faint There's a real to-do about it and McBeff blames it on to Dunkem's kids who do the bunk. O ' course they makes McBeff the king jus' like he planned and all's swell for a while

But McBeff thinks Bankwo is getting wise so 'e as 'im taken for a ride and then gives a slap-up banquet But McBeff does a blue funk and sees ghosts so Lady McBeff tells all the guests to go quick McBeff goes to them witches and they whistle up a few ghosts what talk to McBeff and tell him 'e's a real tough guy and no one can kill 'im But McBeff's still up to tricks and gets rid o' McDuff's wife an' kids

Lady Mac. goes a bit dotty under the strain and walks around the castle in 'er nightie She's still trying to wash the blood orf 'er 'ands though it ain't really there There's a bang-on battle then and Doreen got the wind-up—but I 'eld 'er 'and Poor old Lady McBeff dies and then McDuff kills McBeff—serve him right, nasty type; and they make one o' Dunkem's sons king

Mall Kum now 'is king, invites all them fellers to his kurrynashun with scones

Then the lolly boy yelled "Peanuts, icecream!" right in me ear and the bloke nex' to me woke up

—Terrill Sloss, Pass VI.c, Krome

Arthur's Seat

Arthur's Seat, 1031 feet above sea level, is the most outstanding feature of the Mornington Peninsula, and is the big attraction for all holiday makers and visitors. It is a unique vantage point from where the wide expanse of Port Phillip Bay, with the Yo u Yang Mountains beyond, can be seen Overseas steamers and numerous other craft sailing through the Rip and down the Bay add to the interest of the panoramic vista. Cowes, The Nobbies and Seal Rocks on Phillip Island can be picked out A little to the right and almost in line with Seal Rocks are Hinders and West Head, while Cape Schanck is further still to the right.

A substantial 60 ft lookout! tower exists at the summit of Arthur's Seat, and telescopic instru ments are available for the use of visitors

Arthur's Seat, the surrounding district of which includes what is now Dromana and McCrae, was one of the first places in Port Phillip visited by white men Lieutenant Grant sailed from London to Sydney in 1800, and passed within sight of a considerable part of the coast of Victoria In 1801, Lieutenant Murray continued the explora tion of the Bight between Wilson's Promotory and Cape Otway In 1802, he arrived opposite Port Phillip Heads, but did not try to enter the Bay owing to an unfavourable wind H e returned to Western Port and from there sent a boat in charge of Chief Officer Bowen, who discovered a channel at the entrance Murray passed through the Rip about a fortnight later, and wrote in his log the following concerning Arthur's Seat:—

"Away to the eastward at the distance of about twenty miles, the land is mountainous; in particu lar there is one very high mountain which I named Arthur's Seat from the resemblance to a mountain of that name a few miles from Edinburgh."

Neither Murray nor any of his party ascended Arthur's Seat Captain Matthew Flinders sailed through the Heads on 26th April, 1802 He and his party climbed the hill. In 1844, Sir John Franklin, a former Governor of Tasmania, visited Port Philip and climbed Arthur's Seat with Andrew McCrae, whose homestead was near the foot of the hill Sir John had climbed the hill before with Flinders in 1802, and he was able to show McCrae a small heap of stones under which was some paper bearing the name of the ship

In August, 1953, a Trigonometrical Station was erected on the summit of Arthur's Seat for survey purposes; it was destroyed by fire in 1880 In 1883 the authorities decided to erect a new Eastern Lighthouse (at what is now known as McCrae), and the old lighthouse was removed to the top of Arthur's Seat by bullock waggons to be used as a look-out It remained there till 1934, when the

present scructure was erected When preparing these foundations, the original Trigonometrical Stone of 1853 was found, and it is now placed within the tower where it may be seen

O n what is believed to be the spot from which Flinders had taken his set of bearings in 1802, a stone cairn now stands It was erected on Decem ber 5, 1914, and a tablet was fixed to commemo rate both Flinders and Murray -—Jill Cromb, Pass, VI.c., Krome

The Race to the Light (With Acknowledgment to "Banjo" Paterson)

It was telephoned from Melbourne that young Hugh, the keeper's boy, A n active youngster, playing with a kite, Had fallen from a ledge where he had climbed to fetch the toy, O n the sheer and rugged granite near the Light It was feared the lad was dying, but the seas were running high, An d the keeper's boat was dashed against the rock, When they launched it in a vain attempt to reach the ship "Supply." Which would take the injured boy to Inverloch So the call came through to Foster for the doctor there to dare, The wilderness 'tween Light and Norman Bay An d perhaps as I'm no bushman fit to mention, I declare,

I surveyed that dreadful prospect with dismay "You'll never make that track in June," old Smiley prophesied

As I caught his riding hack without delay; Then quickly saddled her and with a grin I hoped would hide

My inner fears, set out for Norman Bay 'Though I raced along that mountain road, the light began to fail E'er I reached the Ranger's house and camping park,

I called out when I saw him at the turn-off to the trail

"I'll be hard put to make it in the dark!" "Wh y man, you surely don't expect to start that trek to-night!"

The Ranger said—he raised a troubled brow— "I'll wake you in the morning half an hour before it's light, It's suicide to contemplate it now And unless you're like the man from Snowy River, I advise That you leave that mare behind you at my shack, For the path is rough and slippery—you'd indeed be most unwise If you risked those snags and crab-holes on a hack."

I pondered on his words—perhaps it would be best to wait; My every instinct urged me to go on; Yet his warning made me hesitate—if I should be too late— But who would save the boy if I was gone?

CRICKET TEA M

Back Row: Margaret Swann, Anne Walton, Jean Woodfull Davida Switson (capt.), Barbara Clark, Jan Taylor, Elizabeth Webster, Celia Tasker

Front Row: Catherine Lee, Alison Tudor, Margaret Lay

I left on foot 'ere dawn, and soon a chilling liquid light

Stole over Wilson's barren granite peak N o sound—but for the cawing of a crow above the height, An d the gurgle of the rain-replenished creek For the track was but a creek-bed carved from out the mountain-side, And though dry in summer, now was stream anew; So I struggled through the stunted scrub and saplings as I tried T o keep that guiding telegraph in view An d thus I reached the plains where blown sand seared my red eye-rims, As the wind howled over scrublands charred and dead, Where the blackened, burnt-out banksias thrust their gaunt and lifeless limbs, T o meet the brooding storm-clouds overhead Then the swamps—false step was death in that black, oozing, slimy bath, An d as with bleeding hands and blunted knife I hacked out thorny shrubs to try to make a firmer path, I prayed I'd be in time to save a life

Over snake-infested heathlands where wild pea and myrtle grew, Across the track, scarce seen by blinding rain; T o the dreary, dripping forest where rosellas screeching flew, In protest as I crashed through their domain Where the wallaby and wombat checked their headlong flight to stare, In wonder at my torn, dishevelled form, As I crossed with quailing heart, on mossy log and tree-trunk bare, Swift flowing rivers, swollen by the storm, Then at last I saw the lighthouse gleaming faintly through the gloom I staggered down those cliffs and sought young Hugh

"He's gravely ill," I said, and fought with Death ' in that sick room, 'Till I could say "Worst's over now, he'll do." Thank God I reached the lad in time, and that I chose aright ^ (The toughest choice of which I've ever heard) It's doubtful if we both would be alive this very night, Had I heeded not the Ranger's warning word —Judith Hope, Pass VI.c., Fitchett

Crocodiles in Lake Nyasa

When we were living at Kota-Kota on the shores of Lake Nyasa, ninety-six miles from where we live at the present time, after a late afternoon we would drive down to a river about eight miles away to watch the hippos and sometimes see croco diles.

Near the river there is a certain tree larger than all the rest, and it is usually filled with hundreds of small grey chattering monkeys. A few of the bolder ones sit in the trees along the road, now and then poking their heads from behind the branches, reminding one of jack-in-the-boxes

Along one side of the river, the natives have planted kasava, a root which when dried is pounded into flour and is the main food in their diet.

At night the hippos trample the gardens, and eat the roots They are a terrible menace

W e walked on to a sandbank at the mouth of the river Here we had an excellent view up stream One of the party had brought a rifle with him in case there were any crocs, within range for a shot

Just as the sun was setting, and everything was calm, we saw hundreds of fish leap about five feet out of the water glowing silvery-red in the setting sun. W e wondered what was causing them to do this, when, looking farther up the river we saw about six crocodiles cruising along the top of the water, looking like floating logs

One of them, not more than twenty-five yards away, jerked his head out of the water showing a mouth full of silvery fish and large teeth The hunter took aim, and fired. The crocodile leapt about twelve feet out of the water showing a white scaly belly, and turned a complete somer sault That was the last we saw of them, but the fish kept leaping out of the water for a few more minutes Then everything was peaceful once again

W e drove home very excited over what we had seen and talked of nothing else for a few days

About a week later we drove down to the river to see if we could see that wonderful sight again But all we could hear were the hippos., grunting as they came up for air, and then blowing before going under once more.

This time we were silent as we drove home, thinking about what had happened previously—a scene which very few people have ever witnessed.

—Celia Tasker, Diploma

Examinations

B, Cato

Each night we sit at home and work, Our studies we must do Examinations we must pass, An d hours are all so few

The minutes swiftly tick away, The time soon comes for bed W e leave our books and go to sleep, T o rest our aching head

Examinations loom in front, The hours that; make a day, So insufficient are to us, That to the powers we pray—

"Could you in your sweet wisdom, please, Till school exams, are o'er Put forty-eight hours in each day, Instead of twenty-four?"

—Marion Alcock, P.V.I.,c., Berry

Colour

Colour—the word that conjures up Vast subjects, endless vistas, O f whirling spheres, dark solids, vivid masses, An d the subtler tones of pastel greys A world of scarlet flame and glowing sparks, An d dove's wing grey, like puffs of wispy smoke, That waft up to a sky of turquoise blue, Then fade away

The colour of a swan's breast, fleecy white, The pitch black of the everlasting night, The mottled tints of fish in phosphorescent spray, The sea itself, a restless living thing, From deepest prussian blue to foamy green Where sand and water mingle, Wild hues of autumn leaves toss'd on the breeze— Saffron, oaken brown, rich crimson lake.

A sun-drenched garden, decked in spring array; Larkspur's blue and azure hyacinths, Sweet lavender and lilac in a haze

Intoxicating carmine of the rose, Peach blossom's tender pink

The myriad lights that quiver on the grass

Just as the dawn breaks through, Iridescent bubbles, lacy dew, Sparkles as a shaft of light Lingers on the marigold Jewels, too, a royal diadem, Ruby, sapphire, amethyst, Regal purple, crimson, gold, Emerald's green and opal's fire.

An d the glowing harvest yield, Orange, lemon, apricot, Cherry apple, tawny peach, An d the shiny violet plum Colour in cathedrals high— R-'ch glowing stained glass windows Battle flags and pageantry— Humming-birds, flamingoes and the peacock's sheen

A spectrum of endless delight

—Jennifer Brisbane, V.H., Fitchett

MIDDLE

The Spotted Pup

T o Spotty the pup the world is entrancing, His ears stand up straight, his short legs are dancing: T o go for a walk is all that he begs, And what does he see? Wh y nothing but legs!

The grass is green, the flowers are tall; A wonderful game can be had with a ball, If you haven't a bone you can always chew pegs, But be careful there! Here come the legs

His reward in life is a word or pat, And a bed at night on the back-door mat, And sometimes a taste of the bacon and eggs, It's a wonderful world, this world of legs

—Joan Crabtree, 12 yrs., L.IV.d, Berry

Morning

The black shape of the jutting headland had lain since nightfall like a sleeping giant Not until the first streak of pale grey dawn filtered fitfully across the heavens, did it stir in a haze of dewy mist The black waters of a mighty ocean, that had lapped ceaselessly against the salt-encrusted crags all night in a monotonous undertone, swelled and rolled in individual flashes of green and white

A pale gold finger of sunlight lit up the fur thermost scrubby box-tree, changing each grey leaf to gilt, and spread in an ever-widening pooh of curving light on the rim of the sea

With increasing brilliance, another beam fol lowed, shedding a radiance of pink and gold over the water, and outlining every pale ripple in a quivering black shadow, as it did each rock and pebble on the peninsula Each star faded into the dusky pink of the morning sky, as more and more shafts of golden light streamed over the headland, dispersing the tumbling shadows, and prying into every nook and cranny among the rocks.

T o the thundering crescendo of a thousand breaking waves, and the shrill crying of the earliest sea-birds the crimson ball of the sun from his fleecy, cloud-strewn bed, shedding a rainbow of iridescent colours among the lacy v/eb of the spume-blown air.

Drowsy animals stirred in the warmth of a new day, and above the early morning calls of waking birds, a kookaburra proclaimed the morn ing in a joyous burst of infectious laughter

—Marie Carter, V.F., Fitchett

SECTION

Daffodils and Snowdrops

There are daffodils on the meadow, An d snowdrop on the hill, They look just like a carpet, That can never keep still; But people always pick them Because the meadow's free, Still, I would never do so If they belonged to me

Oh! Why do people pick them? They make a lovely sight, All swaying in the daytime, An d closing up at night The snowdrops look like snowflakes, The daffodils like kings, But the people who pick them, Never notice these things

—Pa m Gardiner, L.V.E., Cato

Ocean

Th e ripples lapping on a broken shore, Th e breakers rolling on a rocky isle, Th e white foam dancing on the sparkling waves, That stretch unbroken, restless, mile on mile

Th e wind that whips the flying spray and spume, An d flings it—whither no-one knows or wh y Th e sea-birds wheeling in the blue above Making sad music with their mournful cry

—Margaret Lancaster, 14 yrs., L.V.a, Fitchett

The Station

Hurrying feet and busy hands, the porters nd the people, Cnildren screaming, the station's teeming, with people who've no time for dreaming Wome n with prams in congested jams, hurry through the crowds, Train doors slamming, fingers jamming, tears fall thick and fast Th e green flag shows, the whistle blows and the train pulls out at last It rattles along singing its song, over the line with ease, Over the hills, past the mills, past the willow trees Still rattling along, singing its song, with no time for any of these Th e children sing, the church bells ring, as through a village they go The n into the station they come at last, slow slow-slow —Doroth y Kerr, L.V.G., Berry

Fever !

Exam.'s here— In a fix! What happened 1066 ?

Fall of Troy ? Waterloo? Great Fire? No t one clue!

A Visit to Mount Gambier

Last year I visited Moun t Gambier, which is in South Australia I had a most enjoyable holi day there, and visited many interesting places.

Th e Blue Lake, is situated in the middle of a volcano, now dead. It is a lovely inkly blue all summer, but changes to a dirty grey in winter It is said that you cannot throw a stone straight into the lake, as it comes back and hits the side The n there is the Brown Lake, in which it is possible to swim As well as these two lakes, there is the Leg of Mutton Lake, which is called so because it is formed in that shape

In Mount Gambier there are also many pine trees, which keep saw mills very busy throughout the year

In the centre of the town there is a spring, which falls into a hole of unknown depth N o one has ever foun d out where the water even tually flows to As well as that hole, there is another on the road down to Port MacDonald. It is said that a man driving a dray suddenly dis appeared, never to be seen again It is believed he fell down this hole Some people have thrown boxes down there, and they have been found 25 miles away

I think the most interesting thing about Mount Gambier is that most of the houses are made of white volcanic stone, which is cut out of the ground in six feet slabs, and then cut into bricks to for m most of the attractive homes

Th e farms surrounding the township, many of which have boxthorn hedges and stone fences resembling some parts of the English countryside Th e soil of these farms is very rich in minerals, and produces excellent pastures for dairy herds

I am looking forward to paying Moun t Gambier another visit one of these days.

—Suzanne Byriell, IV.d, Fitchett, (13 years)

—M Newbound

The Pool

Cave Canem (Beware of the Dog )

He walked up the path with a swaggering stride, Glanced down at his suede shoes with evident pride, He looked at his watch and he straightened his tie, But saw not the notice with its warning cry— Cave Canem!

He heard a slight growl, then he saw in the rear A fierce-looking dog with ferocious teeth near; He made for the gate the best possible way, But the dog was there first, and its growl seemed to say— Cave Canem!

He rushed through the gate, but his step was too short, Minus part of his pants, the part that was caught, He walked up the street with the greatest of care Take heed all who hear, and this notice beware— Cave Canem!

—Allison Neil, Lower V.a, 13 yrs

Before they Split the Atom

The first was Robert of Chester, A n alchemist of yore— Gave Europe her first textbook In 1144

The next was Roger Bacon (A modern man it seems), A theory of two x's he Discovered in his dreams To-day we often use them In our lessons of Sci-ence, They were, of course, x perience, Plus x periments

Hon. Robert Boyle then told the world (And what he said he meant), " A substance in its simplest form Is namely—an element."

His name lives on forever, But "Hon Bob" has ceased to be; For now he is known throughout the world As the "Papa of Chemie."

Sir Isaac Newton watched A n apple leave a tree, An d from this simple sight Thought out the law of gravity

A Scotsman, James Dewar by name, Invented the thermos T o bring himself fame.

While William Gregor, a clergyman, Discovered the metal titanium This metal of great importance to-day Is used in the making of potteray

Sir Edward Frankland followed ( A clever man, this one), Discovered that Contained in the sun Was a substance known as helium These men and many others (They would exceed a score) Make science what it is to-day— Much better than before —"Miss Farmacy," L.V.a, 14 yrs., Cato

Eating the Chinese Way

Our Chinese host took great pains to please us. He showed this by reserving the cafe's "round table," which is the place of honour

A smiling Chinese waiter brought us a pot of fragrant Chinese tea Whilst we were sipping it he placed small bowls and spoons before us. Then in the centre of the table he set down a large bowl of steaming soup

According to Chinese custom, we each helped ourselves and each other. Floating in a chicken broth were pieces of mushroom, Chinese cabbage, dried fish and poultry

Before we had time to finish this the waiter returned, carrying several large plates They con tained a fish, cooked whole with mushrooms; steamed duck with a rich brown gravy and bean shoots; stewed chicken with green vegetables and bamboo shoots, and a great mound of fried rice mixed with pork and other delicacies

Whereas we Australians are used to having two or three courses at the most, Chinese people serve many dishes almost simultaneously

Our host proceeded to heap our plates lavishly and we found our hunger rapidly vanishing

Before these dishes were emptied, fried chicken with special salt was served Another dish of what appeared to be mixed vegetables accompanied this, but in reality the numerous pieces of lobster, pork, chicken, canned fish and a hint of ginger had been included

The latter dish is a traditional end to a Chinese meal They do not have sweets or pudding as we do, which may account for the fact that Chinese people have very sound teeth.

The teapot was constantly refilled throughout the meal, which lasted one and a half hours. I was impressed by the small amount of washing up that was necessary, as we used the same bowl and spoon and fork repeatedly

The Chinese people take cooking very seriously, and certainly after such a dinner I understand why their cookery is world famous —Susan Hobbs, L.V.a, Fitchett

Dom. Sci.

I watch the teacher's demonstration, With careful, earnest concentration; I hear of all that's said and read, Until it's ringing in my head.

I take a bowl and sift the flour, The currants, raisins in I shower; I mix ingredients to please, I do it all with studied ease

I grease a tray, the oven heat, An d in it place my rock cakes neat; The oven's right, I do not tamper, Yet they still turn out like stockman's damper.

—Ly n Davies, L.V.e, Cato

LOWER MIDDL E SECTION

A Tropical Sunset

A tropical isle in the sunset, Like a large, full-blooming rose— The sky is patched with colour, As the day draws to a close

The sea lies dark and still, Like a mirror, large, reflecting The reds and golds and blues and mauves, The whole sky is collecting

Against the warm sun's glow, The palm-trees line the beach, Then night comes, as across the sea The sun's last rays of silver reach

—Heather Axup, 11 yrs., L.IV.b, Krome

Little Lambs

Like snowflakes on the grass The woolly lambs all lie; Like lazy clouds that pass, Slow drifting in the sky; Like helpless babes at rest, Like babes the lambs all bleat; They seek their mother's breast, And follow at her feet

Like foam on dancing seas They frisk and dance around; Like daisies in the breeze, Soft whiteness on the ground; Their tails are skeins of wool, Swung freely when they play; With joy their hearts are full When playing all the day

—Cynthia Cook, 11 yrs., Form Ill.b, Krome

A New Day

As the sun comes over the blue-green hills The trees swing soft in the dawn, A yell ow mass of shining gold Comes to waken the morn

The sun's bright rays give a soft caress T o each carefully folded flower, They waken the cock on the peaceful farm, And sweeten many a bower

As the sun comes up it fades the stars An d wakens each plant and man; A golden sight is this morning light, A light since the world began

—Suzanne Davies, L.IV.b, 11 yrs., Fitchett.

—Photo C Stuart Tompkins TENNI S TEAM , 1955

Left to Right: Pauline Learner, Margaret Rickarby, Sonia Manning, Wendy Woolcott, Claire Furneaux Helen Michell, Betty Davies, Davida Switson (capt.)

My Trip to Fiji

In January I went to Fiji on the "Orcades," which took a fortnight to get there and back As we entered the harbour at Suva the band welcomed us with bright music Fiji is surrounded by coral, which is coloured and is sold in rush baskets W e went to the market and saw people squatting on the floor selling their goods

Then a taxi was hired and our party set out to the Methodist Mission, followed by a long trip out into the country Many of the passengers saw the hospital, which had been opened by the Queen There were many tiny Fijian huts and villages, and the people were very friendly

W e stopped at a tiny cafe for morning tea; it was surrounded by beautiful tropical flowers, and a native boy presented me with a bouquet

As the ship drew out from the pier, the native boys, dressed in gay costumes, played a farewell, song, and the passengers threw their "leis" into the water, which means, "W e hope you will return." Next we visited Noumea, which is a very pretty place belonging to the French: we had to go ashore in launches there

W e were sorry to leave the beauty of the islands, but had to go home

—Cecilia Fiddian, 10 yrs., L.III.a.

Night and Day

The evening sky grows gold, then pink— The long grey shadows fall The cattle to their stables go, And darkness covers all

The stars above shine brighter still, The moon looks kindly down. But darkness still envelops Every village, city, town

An d then the rosy morning comes— The bluebells and the may, And sleepy cities wake once more T o greet again the day

Then daily work is carried out, The people toil once more The liners leave the ports again— Each for a foreign shore

An d then the evening sky grows gold— The long grey shadows fall, The cattle to their stables go, An d darkness covers all —Kerry Forrest, 12 yrs., L.IV.b, Krome

Caroline

Carol is an animal— She's at the Melbourne Show She's black and white, and very fat, An d wears a big red bow.

She comes from Yackandandah Farm— A place that breeds those fine Black and white and ginger pets— A cat is Caroline!

—Solway Love, 11 yrs., L.IV.b, Fitchett

A Wish

I wish I had a garden I could water every day, I'd grow daffodils and lilies T o make it look quite gay, And underneath the shady trees Yo u and I could play.

I'd have a tiny sundial, And a little garden seat, Where we could sit for hours, Green grass beneath our feet, While the bees are busy buzzing, Making honey that we eat —Pam Rosenberg, 12 yrs., L.IV.d, Berry

The Eagle

High up in an aerie, On the summit of a tor, Sits his majesty the eagle, Making ready to explore

Soon his mighty wings he'll spread, And glide to pastures green, T o seek with cruel and vicious eyes The prey he's newly seen

With talons sharp and curved beak His victim now he drags U p to his waiting family, So safe among the crags. —Carmen Potter, 12 yrs., IH.b, Krome

The Death Chant of Cato House

"Say, West Wall," called out South Wall, "what are you doing? There's enough grunting and groaning coming from your side to account for an army."

"I've got Betsy's rubber, and I'm rubbing out 'Mad' from my ankle," puffed West Wall "It's hard work."

"Oh , that tiresome Jane!" groaned Nortk Wall "She's as bad as Prudence Honeybun in 1889. She was expelled at the end of the year."

" I wish Miss Don'tbenaughty wouldn't yell at Jane," grumbled East Wall "It makes me jump and the whole schoolhouse shakes!"

"I'll say it does!" laughed West Wall " I wasn't at all surprised when Dora's pen and pencil fell on the floor this morning. I didn't think you liked playing jokes."

"Don' t be rude," said East Wall "Yo u are the rudest wall I ever met."

"Yo u get more like Miss Speechbegood every day," insulted South Wall " A vowel is a speech sound produ

"Be quiet," snapped North Wall "What I'm worried about is the rumour I heard to-day— about Cato House being demolished."

"That reminds me," interrupted Soath Wall " I had the most horrid trembling to-day—around the carving of Isaac Chisel."

"Was that Miss Don'tbenaughty screaming at Jane?" inquired West Wall

"No , it wasn't," answered South Wall " I just felt suddenly sick, and my knees began to shake!"

"Shiver my timbers," exclaimed East Wall, " I hope the chimney doesn't fall on our heads!"

"Seriously though," said North Wall, " I feel quite worried about all this Don't you?"

"Let's take some sleep," advised West Wall "There's nobody around W e can dream even though there are rumours about our death."

" I hope we can," laughed East Wall. " I don't want to lose my beauty sleep! Good-night, every one."

"Good-night," answered the others And so the four walls settled down in the moonlight, with an occasional shiver and tremble Their sleeping world was unaware that the four

walls were doomed to talk to one another for — can we say just how long? Poor Cato House

—Leonie Hodges, 11 yrs., L.IV.d, Berry.

Moonbeams

The moonbeams slip silently in through the door, An d edge along quietly over the floor. In through the attic the moonbeams creep, An d full into a tiny golden heap. They light up the cobwebs, the spiders, the dust, Then out of the window they go with a gust.

They dance about merrily playing around, Playing on houses, bushes and ground, Playing on rippling streams or lake, The sleepy birds they soon awake Riding the stars high and low, Racing and playing as homeward they go.

—Cynthia Cook, 11 yrs., IH.b, L.M.S., Krome

JUNIOR SECTION

Tuesday at School

Lots of little schoolgirls, Standing in a line, Going to Assembly At half-past nine

All the girls were smiling, When Dr Woo d came down, An d then he started talking About a distant town

All the teachers had to smile When he said he walked a mile He said he walked up a mountain-side, An d looked back down on the country wide

When Assembly was over W e all went up to class. An d we had an exam W e all hope to pass

—Ellwyn Balmer, 8 yrs.Junior IV.b, Fitchett, and Prue Hamilton, Junior IV.b, 9 yrs., Krome

The Mole

I am a mole, An d live in a hole, Down in the ground,Where I can't hear a sound

Nice things can be found As I dig in the ground, An d my greatest delight Is a fat worm to bite

I can't see the sun, But I find it quite fun T o crawl in at night And sleep till its light

—Carolyn Dunn, 8 yrs., J.IV.b, Cato

Walking Through the Woods

I was walking through the woods One fine and sunny day, An d saw a little elf Happy at his play I said: "Ho w do you do? " And he said the same to me; I said: "Will you come home, And have a cup of tea?" "O f course I will," he said, "An d then another day, Yo u must come to my house An d play with me all day."

—Margaret McLaren, 9 yrs., J.IV.a, Fitchett

The Ghost

It's the middle of the night, When the moon is shining bright, The fairies come, Every single one

The ghosts come, too, With hands of woe, Cloaks of white, Faces bright

They creep under hedges An d climb into ditches. If the fairies aren't looking They dig for their riches

They creep away Without delay, Ready to come One other day.

—Margaret Dixon, 9 yrs., Junior IV.a, Berry

The Caravan A Little Bird

I went to a show on Friday night, And saw some caravans gleaming bright, Some were green and some were red, Some had bunks instead of beds, Tables and chairs fitted into the wall, Making plenty of room for us all I'd love to go for a caravan ride, I'd drive to the beach and see the tide, I'd play on the sand and hear the band, Go up and down the city each day

In a starchy, marchy sort of way.

—Barbara Hulme, 9 yrs., Junior IV.b, Berrv

The Toadstool House

I have a little toadstool house Beneath an old oak tree, With a tiny bird and chimney pot, An d windows one—two—three I watch my little birdie play

Outside my tiny door, And every day he comes to play He hops upon the floor.

-—Mary Alexander, 8 yrs., Junior II.b, Cato.

I saw a tiny little bird U p high in the big gum tree, An d that little tiny bird Whistled down to me

He sang a pretty little song, And then he flew away I hoped he would come back again T o sing another day

—Lynn Suter, 9 yrs., Junior IV.a, Berry

Night

The night is cold, And very dark; Sometimes you can hear A watch dog bark

Through the window Shines the moon But the day-time Will come soon.

—Rosetta Kozminsky, 9 yrs., Junior IV.b, Krome

Acknowledgment of Contemporaries

The Committee wishes to thank the Schools that have sent the following School Magazines: "The Michaelian," "The Mitre," "Th e Fintonian," "Th e Melburnian," "The Sydneian," "Th e Brook," "Running Waters," "The Magazine of Fairfield Girls' School, Singapore," "Th e Pegasus," "The Open Door " (Swinburne), and any others which may have been unintentionally omitted