1974 SMC Yearbook

CHRISTCHURCH

MAY 1974

THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS WARDEN: The Right Reverend W. M. Pyatt, M.A. (Hons}, the Bishop of Christchurch CHAIRMAN: Mr C. L. S. Paterson REPRESENTING SYNOD: Mr W. J. A. Brittenden, M.A., Dip. Ed. Mr L. C. Hibbard, B.Com., F.C.A., J.P. Mr B. J. Drake, B.A., LL.M. The Very Reverend M. L. Underhill, Dean of Christchurch REPRESENTING STANDING COMMITTEE: Mr N. R. Parkes The Reverend M. M. Warren Mr C. L. S. Paterson Mr G. E. Wright

Mrs J. N. Matson, LL.B. (N.Z.), M.A. (Oxon.)

Mr C. S. P. Nicholls

BOARD NOMINEES: Mrs L. H. Scott Mr P. Yeoman

REPRESENTING OLD GIRLS' ASSOCIATION: Mrs T. W. Milliken Mrs B. K. Wagner REPRESENTING PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION: Mr I. J. R. Gray Dr T. S. Weston, M.B., Ch.B., M.R.A.C.R ..

Mr C. S. P. Nicholls F.C.R. BURSAR: Mr G. S. Williams THE STAFF Headmistress: Miss M. Mullan. M.A. (Hons) Secondary School: Miss N. Corder, B.A. (Hons) (London), Dip. Ed., P.R., First Assistant.

Mrs K. Adam, B.Sc. (Hons) (London), Head of Mathematics Dept, P.R. Mrs L. M. Astley, B.Sc. (Hons) (London), Dip. Ed., Biology Mrs B. C. Bain, B.A., Geography, Social Studies Miss C. H. Blair, B.A. (N.Z.), Head of Geography Dept, P.R. Miss R. R. Bradfield, Homecraft Teachers' Certificate (Dunedin) (on leave) Mrs M. Browne, M.A. (Hons), Reading Mrs A. G. Cooper, M.A. (Hons) (St Andrews), Head of English Dept, P.R. Miss C. A. Cox, M.A. (Hons), En~lish, French Mrs A. L. Crosbie, M.A. (Hons), English, French, P.R. Mrs W. 0. de la Here, A.T.S.D., Drama Mrs F. Dennis, M.A. (Hons), LL.B. (Edin.), German, French Mrs E. A. M. Douch, C. Cert., Form ID Mrs L. Duncan, Homecraft Teachers' Certificate, Home Economics Mrs D. Field, B.Sc. (Hons) (Hull), Mathematics r Mrs M. Goodall, Reading Miss C. E. Greenslade, B.A., L.Th., Divinity, English Mrs ~- Halliday, M.Sc. (Hons), Chemisiry Miss H. C. Harraway, M.A., History, Social Studies, Mrs D. Jameson, M.A. (Hons), Head of History Dept, P.R. 1

Mrs J. M. Jenkins, B.Sc. Mathematics Mrs 1. Knight, B.Sc., Biology Mr J. Koopman, B.A., Japanese Miss T. M. Lewin, Mus .. Bach., L.R.S.M., L.Mus., T.C.L., Music Mrs D. J. Lina, Homecraft Cert., Clothing Mrs J. McKelvey, B.Sc., Biology, Science Miss F. Mangos, Specialist in Phys. Ed. (Otago), Physical Education, P.R. Dr B. Mann, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Glasgow), Head of Science Dept, P.R. Mrs M. N. Marshall, Bae., French Miss J. M. Miller, B.Sc. (Hons), Chemistry, Science Mrs H. G. Myhre, B.A., Dip. Tchg, Form Ilm Miss J. I. Newson, Dip. Tchg, B. Cert., P.R., Intermediate School, Form IIN Mrs J. M. Port, Dip., Mus., School Music Miss B. Poulsen, T.T.C., Phys. Ed. Miss J. A. Quinlivan, B.Sc., Science,. Biology Miss K. Scannell, B.A., Dip. Mus., Head of French Dept, P.R. Miss M. E. Scrimgeour, M.A. (Hons), A. Cert., Form IlS Mrs H. Sinclair, B.A., Dip. Ed., Geography, Social Studies Mrs V. Steven, B.Sc., Science, Biology Mrs A.. P. Stewart, B.A., Mathematics.

Rev. A G. Sullivan, B.A., L.Th., Divinity, English, School Chaplain Miss D. Tebay, M.A. (Hons), English, French Miss D. H. Tutill, L.T.C.L., L.Th. (Hons), Head of Art Dept, Divinity Mrs L. Wall, B.A., Form IR Mrs A. M. Woolland, B.Ed. (Liverpool), Science Mrs C. J. Yeabsley, M.A. (Hons), Latin, English Primary School Staff (Springfield Road): Mrs I. Mitchell, C. Cert., Head of Dept Mrs M. J. Anderson, C. Cert., Infant Mistress Mrs M. Astley, T.T.C. Mrs J. Van Wijk, C. Cert.

Miss W. Morgan, Dip. Aust. College of Phys. Ed., Games Music Staff: Miss E. Brown, L.R.S.M., L.T.C.L., Pianoforte Mrs M. Clark, Dip. Mus., L.R.S.M., L.T.C. L.. Pianoforte Miss R. Billcliff, L.R.S.M., Voice and Pianoforte Miss S. Thompson, L.R.S.M., Pianoforte Mrs E. M. Beath, L.R.S.M., L.T.C.L., Pianoforte Bursar's Office:

Mrs N. McGregor

Mr M. Hart

Headmistress's Office:

Miss M. C. Rose Medical Officer:

Dr T. K. Williams MATRONS AND HOUSE MISTRESSES 1973 Senior Matron:

Miss M. J. Hunter-Weston (Julius. House) Matrons:

Miss S. Hamilton (Warren House) Mrs: E. J. McKiver (Starry House) Mrs P. V. MoNeilly (Ki1bum House)

Miss I. M. Shand (Kilburn House) Mrs C. C. Turner (Cranmer House) Mrs L. M. Van Roode (Winchester House) 2

Miss A. Dixon Miss H. Harraway

House Mistresses: Miss J. Hay House Warden: Mrs A. H. Atkinson FORM ORDERLIES 1973 Tenn II Deboraµ Morten

Form 7

Term I Deborah Morten

6A 6B 6C 6D 6E 6F

Kay Ballantyne Jean Henderson Jacqueline Taylor Lin Young Clare N ewburgh Susan Henderson

Lyn Brown Susan Fairgray Janice Redmond Jane West-Watson Joan Hueston Marianne Cottrell

Kay Ballantyne Roberta Jameson Janice Redmond Dana Reuhman Astrid Pelham Marianne Cottrell

5S 5M 5B 5G 5T

Maryanne Stemmer Jane Hardie Philippa Annand Fiona McLellan Sarajane Archibald

Diana. Howarth Anthea Newick Wendy Perkins Susan Goodwin Jeanette Tod

Mary .Tane Botting Penelope F oate Juliette Thompson Sandra Arnold Ann Denton

4F 4J 4S 4H 4L

Lesley Drayton Stephanie Roberts Deborah Fraser Nichola Beckett Belinda Thacker

June Milligan Susan Wood Susan Lilly Rowena Watson Sandra Taylor

Claire Ashmore Penelope Todd Jane Barlow Jane Eddington Karen Walsh

3Y 3S 3M 3K 3J

Melanie Lowe Jane Gunn Bridget Larnder Vicki Wilkinson Paletza Juriss

Belinda Fahey Stella Clark Susan Martin Jane Jaggar Gillian Adams

Judy Hamilton Rusyl Ryman Joanne McFadden Bridget Stapylton-Smith Valery Tuck

2N 2M 2S/1S

Sarah Bush Annabel Clayton Juliet Sanders

Janet Metcalfe Rosemary Beckett Julie Irvine

Brigit Chaffey Catherine Harris Kathryn Mander

ID IR

Joanne West Catherine Larnder

Lucinda Simpso~ Catherine Larnder

Sally Cartridge Charlotte Scott

Form 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5S 5M

SCHOOL COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES President and Secretary: A. Allison, A. Liddell 1st Term 2nd Tenn 3rd Tenn A. Holderness J. Smith L. Wilson J. Johnson J. Johnson J. Johnson M. Hall M. Hall M. Hall E. d~ Lambert E. de Lambert E. de: Lambert A. Louisson A. Louisson A. Louisson S. Wilson S. Wilson S. Wilson C. Gilmour C. Gilmour C. Gilmour, L. Scott E. Genet K. Jameson D. Vickery D. Thompson J. Henderson

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Tenn II Deborah Morten

SB ST 5G 4H 4S 4F 41 4L 3M 3K 31 3Y 3S 2N 2M l and 2S IR ID

J. Bowron J. Bowron W. Dodgshun A. Gerard M. R. Chapman S. Arnold 1. Ecroyd B. Vryenhoek C. Tapley R. Wells: S. Robilliard S. Robilliard S. Babington S. Babington P. Harris P. Harris S. Adams S. Owens L. Doyle V. Stadnyk H. Dallison H. Dallison P. Winder B. Johnson R. Hardie N. Weston J. French-Wright H. Duckworth C. Davidson C. Davidson D. Murphy D. Murphy C. Larnder C. Scott J. Newton J. West Ex Officio: Head Prefect, D. McLean

J. Bowron S. Blackmore M. Atkinson P. Thompson C. Tapley S. Robilliard S. Babington P. Harris P. Smith A. M. Anderson H. Dallison S. Bremner C. Babington S. Jones C. Davidson D. Murphy P. Dallison S. Cattermole

PREFECTS-Bqck row: Susan Wright, Ann McGlashan, Janine Ott, Am1nda Allison, Susan Waters, Anne Liddell, Vicki Royal. Middle row: Jennifer Wright, Mary Williams, Kay Dean, Barbara Roper, Penelope Wilson, Deborah Morton. FrQnf row: Rosemary Harris, Susan Pry<0r, Lynley Wilson (Deputy Head), Miss M. r. Mullan (Headmistress), Dorothy McLean (Head Prefect), Jennifer Bassett, Anne Marshall.

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SCHOOL ROLL Allen, Gael (Rimu) Allisor, Amanda (Matipo) Bassett, Jennifer (Rimu) Dean, Kay (Matipo) Dol::scn, Joanne (Konini) Ford, Joanne (Manuka) Harr·s, Rosemary (Konini) Hibbard, Jillian (Manuka) HoldernEss, Annabel (Matipo) Huner, Susan (Matipo) Liddell, Anne (Manuka)

FORM VII-Mrs F. Dennis McGlashan, Ann (Kowhai) McLec:n, Dorothy (Konini) Morten, Deborah (Konini) Murchison, Helen ( Rata) Ctt, Jan·ne (Manuka) Pallot, Marie (Rata) Pryor, Susan ( Kowhai) Pawc:iffe, Clare (Rimu) Richards, Felicity (Rata) Roper, Barbara (Kowhai) Sams, Gillian (Kowhai)

Shand, Jennifer (Manuka) Smith, Joanne ( Rat a) Walker, Glenis (Konini) Waters, Susan (Manuka) Williams, Mary (Rimu) Wilson, Lynley (Konini) Wilson, Penelope (Manuka) Wood, Anne (Rata) Wright, Jennifer (Konini) Wright, Susan (Rimu)

Anderson, Victoria ( Rat a) Ansley, Jennifer (Konini) Ballantyne, Kay (Konini) Baird, Helen (Matipo) Barclay, Jacqueline (Rata) Barker, Katherine (Kowhai) Beckett, Joanna (Konini)

FORM VI A-M.rs A. G. Cooper Bell, Sara (Rata) Bettle, Janice (Kowhai) Blunden, Xantheppe (Manuka) Bridger, Sally (Kowhai) Brown, Lyn (Konini) P.utler, Margaret ( Rat a) Campbell, Fiona (Rata)

Chamberlain, Melanie (Konini) Coates, Gillian (Rata) Davison, Karen (Konini) De Laml::ert, Elizabeth (Matipo) Drake, Elizabeth (Kowhai) Downs, Tiffany ( Konini)

Edmundson, Joan (Kowhai) Elder, Melanie (Rimu) Fzllrgray, Susan (Konini) Freeman, Ros::marie (Matipo) Gibbon, Bridget (Kowhai) Goldstein, Jennie (Rimu) Gray, Susan (Rimu) Hall, Margot (Manuka)

FORM VI B-Mrs A. L. Crosbie Harry, Gaye (Kowhai) Hatherley, Jennie-Lynne (Rimu) Henderson, Jean (Matipo) Henderson, Margaret ( Rat a) Hickman, Michel le ( Rat a) Hcugh, Margaret (Konin') Hunter, Andrea (Matipo) Inman, Janet (Rata)

Jaggar, Suzanne (Rata) Jameson, Roberta (Wonini) Jameson, Robin (Konini) Jenkins, Nola (Rimu) Johns, Phillippa (Rimu) King, Les'.ey (Rimu) Lemon, Anne (Rimu)

Louisson, Anna (Manuka) McIntosh, Adrienne (Konini) Maclean, SL'San (Ratal Marshall, Anne (Rimu) Mathews, Susanna (Rimu) Meikle, Jane (Rata) Miller, Susan (Matipo) Palmer, Karen (Manuka)

FORM VI C-Miss C. E. Greenslade Paterson, Jayne (Konini) Taylor, Jacqueline (Matipo) Powell, Gillian (Rimu) Taylor, Mary-Louise (Rimu) Fugh, Jennifer (Matipo) Thomas, Ann (Rimu) Ouigley, Jane (Konini) Watson, Sarah (Konini) Redmond, Janice (Rimu) Waters, Jane (Matipo) Royal, Vicki (Rimu) Wells, Janet (Rimu) Whyte, Glenda (Konini) Somers, El"zabeth (Rata) Stadnyk, Pamela ( Kowhai)

Phillipps, Michelle (Manuka) Pinfold, Judy (Rimu) Reuhman, Dana (Matipo) Richards, Gavlene ( M;irwka) Richardson, Mary (Konini) Rinckes, Katrina (Kowhai) Robinson, Catherine (Manuka) Sampson, Trudy (Rata) Smith, Rebecca (Matioo) Stewart, Sally (Kowhai)

FORM VI 0-Miss C. A. Cox Stewart, Wendy ( Kowhai) Stewart-Jones, Amanda (Matipo) (Terms 1-2) c:ulima, Lydia (Manuka) Swarbrick, Jan (Matipo) Thomas. Nancy ( Kowhai) West-Watson, Jane (Manuka) White-Johnson.

Jennifer (Matipo) Wilkinson, Catherine (Rata) Wilkinson, Lynda (Konini)

HuE'ston, Joan (Rata) Irwin, Ann~ Konini) Jameson, Sandra (l<onini) J;irman, Winifred (Matioo) Jerram, Elizabeth (Konini) Johnson. Jennifer (Kon'ni) Jones. Suellen (Manuka) Kinca'd, Anne (Konini)

FORM VI E-Miss D. Tebay Kitchin, Nicola (Rimu) Larnder, Sarah (Kowhai) Latter, Angela (Kowhai) Lorimer.

Anne (Rimu) Maw, Rosemary (Konini) McG11inn°ss. MaroarPt ( Manuka) Morris, Wendy (Kowhai) Moss, Amanda (Matipo)

Mountfort, Catherine (Matipo) Mowat, RosP.mary (Rata) Newhuroh, Clare (Matioo) Newlands, Elizabeth (Manuka) Newman-Hollis, Sandra (Rimu) Owen, Michele (Kowhai) P,,.t+iP., S1•s;;m (Matipo) Pelham, Astrid (Mariuka)

Adams, Philinoa (Kowhai) ,Aickin, Jill (Manuk;i) Alleyne, Virginia (Matipo) Blance, Julie (Manuka) Rullock, Judith (Matipo) Rurrows. Shirley (Konini) Carey, Nncola (Knwhai) Carter, Belinda (Rimu)

FORM VI F-Mrs J. Knight Ch'lds. Adrienne (Kowhai) Cottrell, Marianne (Rata) Davies, Sallyann (Manuka) Davison, Mary (Kowhai) Deans, Joanne (Rimu) n·xon, Joseohine (Rimu) Edwards, Gillian (Rimu) Fox, Nicola (Rata)

Gilmour, Cherry (Rata) Halliday, Victoria (Konini) Hamer, Ros2mary (Matipo) Har~"st, Angela (Manuka) Harris. Penelope (Manuka) Henderson, Diane ( Kowhai) Henderson, Susan ( Rat a) Hill, Angela (Matipo)

R.eadel, Elizabeth (Kowhai) Bctt'ng, Mnry .l;inP (Konini) Rrown, Julie (Matipo) f:odd, Muriel (Kowhai) Drayton, Philippa (Rimu) Fry, Rac'iel (Konin') Genet, Elizabeth (Matioo) Hammond, Jane (Konini)

FORM V S-M;ss K. Scannell Howarth, Diana (Kowhai) Jameson, Karen (Konini) LiddP.II, Margaret (Manuka) (Matipo) Menk. Ph'llina nrr, Elizarieth (Konini) Pannell, Shelley (Kowhai) Patterson.

Rhonda (Konini) Peach, Elizabeth ( Rat a)

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Wilson, Helen (Konini) Wi'son, Sandra (Manuka) Wright, Phillipa J. (Konini) Wright, Philippa M. (Kowhai) Wriqht, Wanda (Kowha') Wylie, Pamela (Konini) Young, Lin (Rimu) Wade, Jennifer (Manuka)

Reece, Sally (Konini) Robertson, Prudence (Manuka) ~cot1". Lise (Manuka) C11irtcliff, Diana (Rimu) <:temmer, Maryanne (Kowhai) Tapley, Catherine (Kowhai) West, Charlotte (Kon'ni)

Adams, Jessica (Konini) Atkinson, Jan (Manuka) Baird, Amanda (Rimu) Brownlee, Sara (Matipo) Coll ins, Sarah (Matipo) Cran, Robyn (Kowhai) Deans, Nicola (Rimu) Foate, Penelope (Matipo)

FORM V M-Mrs M. N. Marshall Mercer, Jacqueline (Matipo) Hampton, Joanna (Manuka) Morgan, Jennifer (Kowhai) Hannah, Rosemary (Matipo) Newick, Anthea (Matipo) Henderson, Janice (Rata) Petrie, Susan (Rimu) Hulme, Jann (Matipo) Retallick, Elizabeth (Kowhai) Joynt, Robyn (Manuka) Rivers, Diana .(Kowhai) Keast, Gay (Kowhai) Thompson, Deborah (Konini) Mccook, Helen (Matipo) Vickery, Diane (Kowhai) Macdonald, Philippa (Rata)

Annand, Philippa (Matipo) Baird, Heather (Manuka) Bird, Joanna (Konini) Black, Kathryn (Matipo) Bostwick, Lisa ( Rat a) Bowron, Jane (Rata) Cattell, Jane (Rata) Eyes, Rosemary (Rimu) Fogelberg, Jan (Manuka)

FORM V ,B-Mrs B. C. Bain Gardiner, Sara (Matipo) Hardie, Jane (Rata) Irvine, Lorraine (Konini) Jackson, Dianne (Kowhai) James, Karen (Kowhai) Lockhart, Barbara ( Manuka) Lorimer, Philippa (Rimu) Majendie, Anne (Rimu) Moody, Jennifer (Rimu)

Arnold, Sandra (Kowhai) Atkinson, Margot (Matipo) Brouqhton, Sally (Konini) Cassidy, Mary (Manuka) Char>man, Mary Rose (Kowhai) Goorlwin, Susan (Matipo) Gunn. Robyn (Rimu) Hal'Y'lilton, Elizabeth (Konini)

FORM VG-Miss C. H. Blair Lauti, Mili (Rimu) Mclellan, Fiona (Rimu) McPherson, Jo-Ann (Konini) Mowat, Elizabeth ( Rat a) Oakley, Gabrielle ( Rat a) Perry, Elizabeth (Rata) Reed, Natalee (Konini) Richards, Angela (Rata)

Adam, Julie (Manuka) Archibald, Sarajane· (Rata) Bain. Gillian (Rimu) Benrlall, Penelope (Manuka) Blacker, Jean (Manuka) Blackmore, Susan (Kowhai) BraY, Glennis (Rimu) Chua,, Giok Tie (Manuka) Denton, Ann (Konini) Dodqshun, Wendy (Rata)

FORM VT-Miss D. H. Tuthill Fraser, Joy (Rata) (Terms l and 2) Gerard, Amanda (Kowhai) Kunzli, Suzanne (Rimu) Midgley, Wendy (Konini) Nuttall, Christine (Matipo) Osborne, Mary (Kowhai) Perry, Jane (Manuka) Quigley, Pamela (Konini) Reed, Janet (Matipo)

Rouse, Jillian (Manuka) Sheppard, Jane (Rata) Sheppard, Susan (Rata) Simmons, Deborah (Konini) Tod, Jeanette (Matipo) Walker, Sharon (Kowhai) West, Louise (Matipo) (Term l) Winder, Penelope (Konini)

Abell, Marcia (Rata) Ashmore, Claire (Kowhai) Baird, Virginia (Rimu) Beetham, Margot (Kowhai) Bensemann, Jacaueline (Kowhai) Bruce, Philippa (Manuka) Butler, Margaret (Konini) Cattell, Josephine (Rata) Chamberlain, Marylyn (Konini) Cropp, Amanda (Ra,ta)

FORM IV F-Mrs D. Field Drayton, Lesley ( Rata) Dunkley, Fiona (Rimu) Ellis, Hildy (Matipo) Gray, Wendy (Konini) Hindin, Deborah (Kowhai) Hurst, Juli;i (Rata) Kennedy, Catherine (Manuka) Lamont, Christine ( Manuka) Lamont, Patricia (Manuka) Le Cren, Janice (Rimu)

Mackenzie, Julia (Rimu) Maunder, Leigh (Kowhai) Milligan, June (Matipo) Milliken, Anna (Kowhai) Mohammed, Susan (Kowhai) Palliser, Vicki (Konini) Palmer, Anne (Rimu) Rendel, Helen (Kowhai) Robilliard, Sally (Matipo)

Babington, Sally (Matipo) Booth, Juliane (Matipo) Creighton, Michelle (Konini) Davidson, Gillian (Rimu) De La Cour, Anne (Manuka) Dobson, Nicola (Konini) Guthrie, Suzanne (Rata) Hattaway, Katherine (Manuka)

FORM IV J-Mrs D. Jameson Lovell, Liese (Kowhai) McGill, Anne (Matipo) Mcphail, Bridget (Konini) Osburn, Nicola (Matipo) Palmer, Gayle (Manuka) Roberts, Stephnie (Manuka) Stringer, Deborah (Manuka) Thomas, Belinda-Jane (Manuka)

Todd, Penelope (Rimu) Waltenburg, Wendy (Matipo) Williams, Rosemary (Konini) Wood, Susan (Rata) Wood, Suzanne (Kowhai) Wyatt, Philiopa (Kowhai) Yule, Helen (Kowhai)

Ayling, Vicki (Rata) Barlow, Jane (Manuka) Brander, Penelope (Manuka) Broughton, Juanita (Rata) Button, Virginia (Kowhai) Byrch, Patricia (Rimu) Coulthard, Margaret (Rimu) Ferguson, Robyne (Matipo) Fox, Wendy (Rata)

FORM IV S-Mrs H. Sinclair Fraser, Deborah (Kowhai) James, Emma (Manuka) Johnson, Debra (Rimu) Lilly, Susan (Manuka) Mackenzie, Val (Rata) Mander, Christine (Konini) Miller, Janet (Matioo) Oshorne, Susan (Kowhai) Sellars, Juliet (Rata)

Snushall, Miranda (Konini) Sullivan, Helen (Matipo) Tapley, Charlotte (Kowhai) Wadworth, Amanda (Rata) Wardell, Jayne (Manuka) Wells, Rachel (Rimu) Wilson, Helen (Rimu) Wilson, Mary-Lou (Manuka)

Ackroyd, Juliet (Matioo) Ballantyne, Deborah (Konini) Beckett. Nicola (Konini) Burtt, Christine (Manuka) Campbell, Fiona (Konini) Charles, Margaret ( Rat a) Ecroyd, Jacqueline (Kowhai) Eddinoton, Jane (Rata) Hamilton, Susan (Konini)

FORM IV H-Miss H. C. Harraway Shepphard, Sally ( Kowhai) Heslop, Nicola (Rata) Small, Suzanne (Kowhai) Irvine, Karen (Kowhai) Johnson, Helen, (Matipo) <:;faniland, Susan (Konini) Kerr, Rosemary (Manuka) Thompson, Pamela (Konini) Morris, Marianne (Rata) Tibbs, Helen (Rata) Vryenhoek, Brenda (Konini) Murray, Nicola (Konini) Okey, Mary Jane (Konini) Walcott.

Judith (Matipo) Peers, Susan (Konini) Ware, Gillian (Rata) Robins, Nicola (Kowhai) Watson, Rowena (Kowhai)

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P'erkins, Wendy (Manuka) Reynolds, Tracey (Konini) Sandston, Catherine (Konini) Taylor, Priscilla (Rimu) Thomas, Sandra (Manuka) Thompson, Gillian (Manuka) Thompson, Juliette (Kowhai) Whyte, Louise-Ann (Matipo)

Rodgers, Fiona ( Kowhai) Shaw, Christine (Matipo) Smart, Elizabeth (Rimu) Stead, Suanne (Rata) Watson, Anne (Rata) Whale, Debbie-Lee (Rata) (Terms 1-2) Williams, Penelope (Manuka)

Blain, Penelope (Rata) Bowie, Deborah (Kowhai) Callaghan, Lynette (Matipo) Chapman, Raewyn (Rimu) Collett, Ann (Rata) Davidson, Marianne ( Rat a) Doak, Marion (Rata) Evans, Barbara ( Matipo)

FORM IV L-Mrs D. J. Lina Gunn, Gillian (Rimu) Harris, Philippa (Rata) Leech, Rosemary (Rimu) McDonald, Jill (Rata) Matthews, Nicola (Rimu) Robinson, Maree (Matipo) Shaw, Catherine (Manuka) Stanley, Jane (Konini)

Anderson, Juliet (Kowhai) Ayling, Philippa (Rata) Beaven, Sally (Rata) Bremner, Sally (Rimu) Byrch, Christine (Rimu) Cuzens, Victoria ( Matipo) Drayton, Catherine ( Rimu) Edmond, Sandra ( Rat a) Fahey, Belinda ( Rat a)

FORM Ill Y-Mrs C. J. Yeabsley Francis, Susan (Rata) Fry, Juliet (Konini) Hamilton, Judith (Konini) Harman, Helen (Matipo) Heap, Nicola (Kowhai) Hickman, Maxine (Manuka) Johnson, Bridget (Rimu) Laing, Rosemary (Rata) Lowe, Melanie (Kowhai)

Babington, Carmen (Matipo) Bell, Marianne (Rata) Berendt, Christine (Manuka) Booth, Elisabeth (Matipo) Clark, Stella (Rata) De Lambert, Diana (Matipo) Dolan, Anne (Rimu) Gunn, Jane (Rimu) Hardie, Ruth (Rata)

FORM Ill S-Mrs A. P. Stewart Hayes, Janne (Manuka) Hitch, Joanna (Konini) Hodgkinson, Davina (Manuka) Hudson, Nicola (Kowhai) Mills, Philippa (Kowhai) Monro, Sally (Konini) Mulligan, Louise (Konini) Newton, Robyn (Konini) Newton, Rosemary (Manuka)

Owen, Annabel (Kowhai) Porter, Susan (Matipo) Ryman, Rusyl (Rata) Spiers, Jane (Kowhai) Vickery, Susan (Kowhai) Wardell, Prudence (Rimu) Weston, Nicola (Konini) Woodward, Jennifer (Rata) Wynter-Smith, Michelle (Rimu)

Adams, Sarah (Konini) Alleyne, Felicity (Matipo) Archibald, Anna (Rata) Ashton, Joanne (Konini) Beckwith, Margaret (Kowhai) Blaxall, Kim (Matipo) Brand, Vicki (Manuka) Cook, Anna (Matipo)

FORM Ill M-M:ss J. M. Miller Ensor, Christine (Manuka) Graham, Mary Louise (Kowhai) Larnder, Bridget (Kowhai) Lovell, Susan (Kowhai) McFadden, Joanne (Konini) Manninq, Christina (Konini) (Term 1 only) Martin, Susan (Manuka)

Owens, Shelley (Manuka) Peterson, Rosemary (Matipo) Simmons, Julia (Konini) Sisson, Rosemary (Manuka) Smith, Philippa (Rimu) Starky, Barbara (Rata) Weston, Rosemary (Konini) Winter, Valerie (Rata)

Anderson, Anna-Mary (Rata) Baker, Catherine ( Konini) Dowd, Christine (Konini) Doyle, Lynette (Kowhai) Fergusson, Judith (Matipo) Foster, Josephine (Matipo) Hunter, Tracey (Manuka) Hutt, Nicola (Rimu) Jaggar, Jane (Rata)

FORM Ill K-Mrs J. McKelvey Kinley, Jane (Kowhai) Lewis, Antonia (Manuka) McDonald, Mary ( Kowhai) Miller, Elizabeth (Manuka) Page, Jacqueline (Manuka) Retallick, Kathryn (Kowhai) Richards, Lexene (Manuka) Sloss, Joanne (Rata) Spicer, Deborah (Rimu)

Stadnyk, Vicki (Kowhai) Stanley, Helen (Konini) Stapylton-Sm ith, Bridget ( Rat a) Stoddart, Joannah (Rimu) Westley, Erica (Konini) Wilkinson, Vicki (Rimu) Wilson, Eiizabeth (Rimu)

Adams, Gillian (Kowhai) Braggins, Margaret (Konini) Brett, Katherine (Konini) Bush, Bridget (Kowhai) Dallison, Helen (Konini) Heard, Belinda (Matipo) Holmes, Emily (Konini) James, Joanne (Kowhai) Hughes, Virginia (Manuka)

FORM Ill J-Mrs J. M. Juriss Paletza (Matipo) (Term 1 only) Langdon, Gay (Konini) Lowery, Nicola (Kowhai) Miller, Pamela (Matipo) Milne, Gillian (Rata) Moody, Patricia (Rimu) Pearce, Carolyn ( Rat a) Philpott, Nicola (Rimu)

Riley, Diane (Manuka) Robin, Suzanne (Manuka) Stephens, Eileen (Konini) nlle>~, Cath,3rine (ManukiaJ Trembath, Jo-Anne (Matipo) Tuck, Valery (Konini) Vincent, Helen (Manuka) Whale, Lynette (Rata)

Begg, Hilary (Konini) Brunt, Glenys (Rata) Bush, Sarah (Rata) Carter, Sally-anne (Manuka) Chaffey, Brigit (Rimu) (Terms 2 and 3) Denton, Victoria (Konini) Devine, Jane (Konini) Duckworth, Helen (Rata) Dunlop, Bridget (Konini) French-Wright, Janet (Rata)

FORM II N-Miss J. I. Newson Hamilton, Vicki (Kowhai) Harris, Victoria (Konini) Hunter, Linda (Matipo) Hyde, Deborah (Rimu) James, Henri3tta (Manuka) Jones, Sallyanne (Rata) Langdon, Sally (Konini) (Term 3) Lohrey, Philippa (Konini) Metcalfe, Jane (Kowhai) Miller, Deborah (Manuka)

Adams, Gillian (Konini) Beckett, Rosemary (Konini) Bowie, Megan (Rimu) Buchanan, Zoe (Kowhai) Chapman, Karen ( Konini) Clayton, Annabel (Rimu) Davidson, Caroline (Remu) Fahev, Piera (Matipo) Gardiner, Rosemary (Matipo)

FORM II M-Mrs H. G. Myhre Grigg, Belinda (Manuka) Harper, Sandra (Manuka Harris, Catherine (Kowhai) Hawkins, Trudy-Ann (Rimu\ Kay. Sarah (Matipo) McGill, Nicola (Matipo) McL~an, Alison (Matipo) Nuttall, Julie (Matipo) Righten, Pauline (Rimu)

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Taylor, Sandra (Manuka) Thacker, Belinda ( Rat a) Thomas, Nicola (Rimu) Tuck, Beverley (Konini) Tye, Sarah (Rimu) Walsh, Karen (Matipo) Whitehouse, Angela (Matipo) Wilson, Nicola (Rata) Pears, Rebecca (Manuka) Rhodes, Helen (Rimu) Rose, Vivienne (Kowhai) Rutledge, Katherin ( Rat a) Turner, Genevieve (Matipo) Winder, Priscilla (Konini) Wisely, Gae (Kowhai)

Jenkins

Morgan, Deborah (Konini) Patchett, Virginia (Konini) Robin, Deborah (Manuka) (Term 3) Robinson, Nicola ( Rat a) Shadbolt, Juliet (Rimu) Slatter, Mary (Rata) Taylor, Susan (Matipo) Todd, Philippa (Kowhai) Wilson, Fiona (Rimu)

Sevier, Linda (Rimu) Shoesmith, Joy (Matipo) Sinclair, Vicki (Rimu) Smith, Margot (Rata) Smith, Melissa (Konini) Smythe, Christine (Konini) Souter, Catherine (Rimu) Wilkinson, Susan (Rimu) Wood, Fiona (Kowhai)

FORMS I & II S-Miss F IS

M. E. Scrimgeour

Mander, Kathryn (Konini) Pickering, Jennifer (Konini) Utley, Juliet (Matipo) Weston, Jennifer (Konini)

Beadel, Sarah (Kowhai) Bird, Amanda (Konini) Dalzell, Fiona (Manuka) de Lambert, Rachel (Matipo) Harman, Catherine (Matipo) Hill, Louise (Rata) McDougall, Margaret (Rata) (Terms 1-2)

F II S Anderson, Dinah (Rimu) Coull, Maryanne (Manuka) Cox, Gina-Lee (Kowhai) Foster, Susan (Manuka) Fox, Joanna (Matipo)

FORM I D-Mrs

E. A. M. Douch

Allan, Tracey (Matipo) Addison, Joanne (Manuka) Armstrong, Andrea (Konini) Averill, Veronica (Rata) Boyd-Clark, Caroline (Rata) Cartridge, Sally (Konini) Cattermole, Suzanne (Kowhai) Cuzens, Felicity (Mat'po) Dear, Sarah (Rimu) Dobson, Rachel (Konini) Ferguson, Sandra (Matipo)

Franklin, Carol (Manuka) Gibson, Mary (Kowhai) ·Hawkins, Elizabeth (Kowhai) Hazley-) ones, Andrea ( Rat a) Hym, Lily (Rimu) McIntosh, Robyn (Matipo) Mander, Jacqueline (Konini) Newton, Julie (Konini) Niederer, Wendy (Rimu) Righton, Karen (Rimu) Simpson, Lucinda (Manuka)

Benton, Karen (Manuka) (Konini) Bird, Jenriifer Carson, Diana (Kowhai) Creveul, Senga (Manuka) Dallison, Patricia (Konini) Drayton, Elizabeth (Rimu) Gilroy, Sarah (Rimu) Gi I lespie, Kristen ( Rat a) Goslin, Lorraine (Matipo) Hannah, Sarah (Matipo) Hawkins, Joleen (Manuka)

Havill, Victoria (Matipo) Holmes, Deirdre (Matipo) Kendall, Vicki (Rimu) Laing, Gillian (Rata) l..arnder, Catherine ( Kowhai) Lorimer, Katharine (Rimu) Louisson, Penelope (Manuka) Morgan, Tonia (Konini) Russell, Janine (Kowhai) Scott, Charlotte (Kowhai) Smart, Victoria (Rata)

Adshed, Laura Button, Margot Cox, Jasmine Gosset, Annabel Lawrence, Veronica

MacNeill, Katherine McDougall, Anna-Maria Marshal I, Karen Merritt, Michaela Palmer Lanie

Cuningham, Jessica Fahey, Anthea Gin, Susanna Hamilton, Mandy

Peryer, Susan Pollock, Terry Scott, Prudence Sullivan, Emma

FORM I R-Mrs

PRIMERS-Mrs

STANDARD

STANDARD Anderson, Janet Aubrey, Clare (Terms Browne, Lynley Forsyth, Julianna

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French, Julie (Rimu) Green, Jane (Rata) Irvine, Julie (Kowhai) Jenkins, Nicola (Kowhai) Minty, Brigit (Rata) Murphy, Deborah (Kowhai) Paterson, Elizabeth (Kowhai) Sanders, Juliet (Rata) Squires, Catherine (Rimu)

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Taylor, Jane (Matipo) Visser, Jane ( Kowhai) Wakeman, Ann (Konini) West, Joanne (Rata) White, Jacqueline (Matipo) Whyte, Elisabeth (Matipo) Wilson, Susan (Mauka) Wyles, Geraldine (Kowhai) Yeoman, Louise (Manuka)

L. Wall Sorrell, Lynn (Rata) Spencer, Alison, (Rimu) :tevens, Sandra (Konini) Stevenson, Nicola (Matipo) Summers, Caroline (Manuka) Taylor, Lucy (Matipo) Withers, Deborah (Kowhai) Young, Sophie (Rata) Yule, Fiona (Kowhai)

M. Anderson

1-Mrs

Sandston, Rosemary Stevenson.

Katrina Sutton, Stefany T 0 arle, Jacqueline Tearle, Robyn

J. Van Wyjk Toomer, Lisa WPston, Sarah Winter, Tracy

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Gay, Lisa Howe, Jane Larnder, Diane Lawrence, Chiquita

STANDARD 3-Mrs A!>hton, Susan Aston, Virginia Bremner, Elizabeth Fahey, Gabrielle G'n, Belinda Gray, Jane Hadfield, Joanna Harrison, Elizabeth

Hodkinson, Julie J aggar, Penelope Lohrey, Josephine Marshall, Kim MPtcalfe, Kristina Pickford, Suzanne Robinson, Kathleen Scott, Amanda

Ashton, Catherine Ashton, Tracy Booth, Felicity Cook, Lucy

Crowder, Diedrichs, Hewson, Metcalfe,

STANDARD 4-Mrs Clare Nicola Jacqueline Susan

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MacDougall, Tracy Mason, Lorelei Merrit, Simone Tregear, Sarah

I. Mitchell Scheideman, Jane Thomson, Anna Visser, Debra Wiersma, Nanda Winter, Lyndia Wyles, Elizabeth

M. A5tley (Term

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Osborne, Tracey Toomer, Stephanie Rees, Hermione (Term

3)

EDITORIAL Time continues ,and one pauses to consider the rate of change within this school, regarded by many as conservative and possibly a relic of years gone by. Before classifying ourselves thus, we must look at the present success of the school and the changes taking place. Our academic and sporting successes: clearly show St Margaret's as fully capable o;f competing on equal terms with any of our contemporaries.

to be lengthened to an hour to cater for new syHabus; requirements. The fifth formers have fourteen different combinations while sixth form girls, are taking a total of fifty-nine combinations.

As you walk around the school buildings, you can notice a considerable facelift in the general appearance as a result of the planting of many new gardens and trees~ The number of classrooms has increased with a new music and drama room.

Authoiiity among pupils has: completed a full cycle of experiment, ending with a prefect system srimilar to that of the opening years of school.

The sphere of physical education is widening and now instruction is available in fifteen facets of sport, including yoga, diving and squash. The oonservatism of St Margaret's has shown itself on many occasions to be in fact a practical measure.

Physical education in the fifth and sixth forms has always been compulsory whereas other schools are now trying to reestablish it aifter several years without it.

As new pupils continue to enter school with new ideas, St Margaret's must move with the times. It has not the most modern equipment or techniques, but it is helpful to remember that C. S. Lewis's comments on the Christian society as being noted for its old.-fashioned ways, where manners, respect and cheerfulness are important priorities.

Academic life at school sees many changes every year. New subjects and syllabuses tinvolve many teachers in instruction courses. Next year periods are

DOROTHY McLEAN, Head Girl.

Editorial Committee: Mrs A. G. Cooper Mrs C. A. Colley

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Senior School Prize List-1973 Fifth Form-Jan Fogelberg, Susan Petrie, Angela Richards.

Sixth Form-Jacqueline Barclay, Diane Henderson, Phillipa Johns, Anne Marshall, Wendy Morris, Jennifer Pugh, Gaylene Richards.

Form Prizes Form One-Caroline Boyd-Clark, Diana Carson, Patricia Dallison, Catherine Lamder, Kathryn Mander, Juliet Utley, Joanne West, Jennifer Weston, Louise Yeoman.

Form Two-Annabel Clayton, Julie French, Rosemary Gardiner, Philippa Lohrey, Jane Metcalfe, Juliet Sanders, Mary Slatter, Fiona Wood.

Form Three-Gillian Adams, Elisabeth Booth, Stella Clark, Helen Dallison, Mary Graham, Bridget Johnson, Bridget Lamder, Rosemary Laing, Helen Stanley, Bridget Stapy lton-Smith, Nicola Weston.

Form Four-Anne de la Cour, Marion Doak, Lesley Drayton, Wendy Gray, Rosemary Leech, Christine Mander, Nichola Robins, Juliet Sellars, Helen Tibbs, Susan Wood, Philippa Wyatt.

Fifth Form-Philippa Annand, Sandra Arnold, Elizabeth Beadel, Giok Tie Chua, Sarah Collins, Ann Denton, Fiona McLellan, Anthea N ewick, Rhonda Patterson, Wendy Perkins, Lise Scott.

Sixth Form-Nicola Carey, Margot Hall, Susan Henderson, Anne Irwin, Margaret McGuinness, Catherine Mountfort, Clare Newburgh, Michele Owen, Trudy Sampson, Rebecca Smith, Lydia WestSulima-Rogaczewska, Jane Watson, Phillipa J. Wright, Pamela Wylie, Lin Young.

Seventh Form-Rosemary Harris, Dorothy McLean, Marie Pallot, Gloois Walker, Lynley Wilson, Jennifer Wright.

Progress Form One-Joanne Addison, Tonia Morgan.

Form Two-Deborah Hyde, Alison McLean, Catherine Squires.

Adams, Joanne Form Three--$arah James, Katherine Rutledge, J oannah Stoddart.

Form Four-Penelope Brander, Sally Robilliard.

Divinity Form One-Fiona Dalzell, Victoria Smart, Elisabeth Whyte.

Beckett, Jane Form Two._Rosemary Metcalfe.

Form Three-Helen Dallison, Catherine Drayton, Joanne McFadden, Annabel Owen, Kathryn Retallick.

Form Four-Gillian Davidson, Marianne Davidson, Wendy Gray, Rosemary Kerr, Christine Mander.

Fifth Form-Ann Denton, Jan Fogelberg, Mili Lauti, Elizabeth Retallick, Charlotte West.

Sixth Form-Belinda Carter, Joan Edmundson, Nicola Fox, Michelle Phillipps, Janice Redmond, Pamela Wylie.

Seventh Form-Jillian Hibbard.

Marlene Bell Award Sixth Form-Clare Newburgh.

Special Prizes Art Miss Edgar's: Sarajane Archibald, Ann Denton.

Old Girls' Drawing: Margot Hall.

Special Craft: Julie Brown.

Boarding House Wendy NichoHs for Helpfulness: Janice Redmond.

Divinity Keith Gillon: Giok Tiie Chua.

Jill Smith: Philippa Annand.

Miss Tutill's: Sandra Hollis.

Whitcoulls: Glenis Walker.

English Ballantyne Cup Composition in Form Two: Fiona Dalzell.

Storry Essay: Rosemary Harris.

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The Miss Edwards' Memorial: Glenis Walker.

Myers' Public Speaking: Glen:is Walker.

Intermediate: Sally Robilliard.

Junior: Diana Carson, Jennifer Weston.

Mrs Cooper's Debating: Marie Pallot.

Wellington Old Girls': Glen:is Walker.

St Margaret's Awards for Scholarship: The Arts Scholar, Marie PaUot; The Science Scholar, Jennifer Wright.

Prize for Head of the Boarding Hostel: Susan\ Wright.

St Margaret's Award for Leadership and Service: Dorothy McLean.

Gymnastics MacKintosh Award: Ann McGlashan.

Scholarship Holders Form Seven--,-Open: Marie Pallot; Boarders': Dorothy McLean, Jennifer Wright.

Form Six-Church: Lydia SulimaRogaczewski; Open: Clare Newburgh; Boarders.': Margot Hall, Susan Henderson.

Form Five'---,-DayGirls': Margaret Liddell; Boarders': Rhonda Patterson: Bursaries: Rachel Fry, Diana Howarth, Wendy Perkins.

Form Four-Day Girls': Christine Mander; Boarders': Margaret Butler; Bursaries: Julia McKenzie, Vicki Palliser, Stephnie Roberts.

Form Three-Day Girls': Davina Hodg.inson; ,Boarders': Louise Mulligan; Bursaries: Elisabeth Booth, Stella Clark, Anne Dolan.

1974 Entrants-Day Girls': Juliet Sanders; Boarders': Jane Green; Bursaries: Helen Mintrom (Shirley Int.), Jennifer Weston.

Home Science Clothing: Glennis Bray.

Alabaster Home Economics: Mary Lou Taylor.

Languages General Excellence: Rosemary Harris, Marie. Pallot, Lynley Wilson.

Miss Duff's S.C. Latin: Clare Newburgh.

Mathematics Form Six: Clare Newburgh.

Miss Hoy's: Lynley Wilson.

Music Miss Lewin's: Pamela Stadnyk, Janice Redmond.

Mrs Clark's: Adrienne Childs, Stella Clark,. Rosemary Gardiner, Elizabeth Jerram.

Theory Prizes: Joanne James, Liese Lovell, Susan Martin, Anthea N ewick, Rhonda Patterson, Helen Rhodes, Helen Yule.

Stokes': Anne Marshall.

SPRINGFIELD ROAD PRIZE LIST

1973 Primers Laura Adshead, Margot Button, Jasmine Cox, Annabel Gosset, Veronica Lawrence, Lanie Palmer, Anna-Maria McDougall, Katherine McN eill, Karen Marshall, Michaela Merritt, Rosemary Sandston, Katrina Stevenson, Stefany Sutton, Jacqueline Tearle, Robyn Tearle.

Science H. Jenner Wales Physics: Jennifer Wright.

Corsbie Chemistry: Jennifer Wright.

Fe·1ioityAustin Biology: Jennifer Wright.

MacGibbon Biology: Nicola Carey.

Social Studies Roy Smith History: Glenis Walker.

Penney History: Rosemarie Freeman.

Major: Levy History: Elizabeth Genet.

Miss Stock's Geography: Glenis Walker.

Mills' Geography: Adrienne Childs.

Std 1 Class Prizes: Prudence Scott, Weston, Terry Pollock.

Progress: Susan Peryer.

Divinity: Jessica Cuningham.

Awards for Service, Leadership and Scholarship Mollie Copper Cup for Service to Sport: Ann McGlashan.

St Margaret's Award for All-round Ability: Lynley Wilson.

Sarah

Std 2 Class Prizes: Jane Howe, Diana Lamder, Lynley Browne.

Progress: Chiquita Lawrence.

Divinity: Clare Aubrey.

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Std 3 Class Prizes: Julie Hodkinson, Jane Gray, Kim Marshall.

Progress: Suzanne Pickford.

Divinity: Joanna Hadfield.

'B' Bursaries Amanda Allison, J enn,ifer Bassett, Deborah Morten, Janine Ott, Susan Pryor, Clare Rawcliffe, Jennifer Shand, Mary Williams, Penelope Wilson, Anne Wood.

Std 4 Class Prizes,: Stephanie Toomer, Lucy Cook, Tracey: Osborne.

Progress,: Nicola Diedrichs.

Divinity: Clare Denby.

Mrs Clark's Music Prize: Laura Adshead.

SCHOOL CERTIFICATE RESULTS 1973 English 01, Geography 02, History 03, French 04, Latin 05, Science 06, Chemistry 07, Biology 08, Mathematics 09, Clothing 10, Home Economics 11, Draw/Design 12, Music 13, Physics 14.

Adam, J. A. 01, 06, 10 Adams, J.M., 01, 02, 04, 06, 09 Anderson, V. J., 06 Annand, P. J., 01, 02, 04, 06, 09 Archibald, S. J., 01, 03, 06, 09, 12 Arnold, S. G., 01, 02, 06, 08, 09 Atkinson, D. J., 01, 02, 06, 09 Atkinson, M. J., 02, 08 Bain, G. E., 01, 02, 06, 09 Baird, A. M., 01, 02, 04, 06, 09 Baird, H. E., 01. 02, 06, 09 Ballantyne, K. E., 06, 09 Barclay, J. L., 01, 02, 08 Barker, K. M., 08 Beadel, E. H., 01, 04, 05, 06, 09 Bendall, P. S., 10 Bettle, J. M., 01, 02 Bird, T. C., 01, 02, 04 Black, K. A., 01, 04, 06, 09 Blacker, M. J., 01 Blackmore, S. M., 01, 02, 03 Blunden, X. 0., 02, 10 Bostwick, L. K., 01, 02, 04, 06 Botting, M.-J. K., 01, 04, 06, 09, 13 Bowron, C. J., 01, 02, 03, 04 Bray, G. R., 01, 10 Bridger, S. A., 09 Broughton, S. A., 01, 02, 06, 08, 09 Brown, J.M., 01, 04, 05, 06, 09 Brownlee, S. J., 01, 02,, 04, 06, 09 Cassidy, M. A., 01, 02 Cattell, J. L., 01, 02, 06, 12 Chapman, M.-R., 01, 02 Chua, G. T., 01, 02, 03, 06, 09 Coates, G. F., 01, 02, 03, 08, 10 Codd, M. P., 01, 04, 06, 09, 13 Collins, S. K., 01, 02, 04, 06, 09 Cran, R. E., 01, 02, 04, 09 Davison, K. L., 01 Deans, N. A., 01, 02, 04, 06, 09

MUSIC EXAMINATION RESULTS Royal Schools of Music Piano Examinations 1973 Grade VII-Pass: Elizabeth Peach.

Grade VI-Merit: Elizabeth Jerram; Pass: Angela Hargest.

Grade V-Pass-: Lin Young.

Grade IV-Merit: Vicki Ayling, Helen Yule; Pass: Philippa Ayling, Adrienne Childs, Joanna Hitch; Christine Mander.

Grade HI-Merit: Christine Ensor; Pass: Belinda Fahey, Vicki Sinclair.

Grade II-Distinction: Fiona Yule; Merit: Piera Fahey, Helen Rhodes.

Grade I-Pass: Zoe Buchanan.

Royal Schools of Music Theory Examinations 1973 Grade VII-Angela Hargest, Margaret Liddell, Rhonda Patterson.

Grade VI-Liese Lovell (distinction), Elizabeth J erram.

Grade V-Philippa Bruce, Adrienne Childs, Jul,ia Hurst, Elizabeth J erram, Anthea N ewick, Josephine Cattell, Helen Yule.

Royal Schools of Music Pianoforte Grade VI-Pass: Muriiel Codd.

Royal Schools of Music Theory of Music Grade VIII-Janice Redmond.

Grade VII-Muriel Codd., EXAMINATION RESULTS ·A' Bursaries Joanne Ford, Rosemary Harris, Anne Liddell, Dorothy McLean, Helen Murchison, Marie Pallot, Felicity Richards, Glenis Walker, Susan Waters, Lynley Wilson, Jennifer Wright, Susan Wright.

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Morgan, J. H., 01, 02, 04, 06, 09 Moss, A. J., 01 Mowat, E. M., 01, 02, 06, 08, 09 Newick, A. R., 01, 02, 04, 06, 09 Nuttall, C. F., 01, 02, 10 Oakley, G. A., 01, 02 Orr, E. J., 01, 03, 04, 06, 09 Osborne, M. L., 02 Pannell, S. K., 01, 03, 04, 06, 09 Paterson, J., 08 Patterson, R. W. H., 01, 04, 05, 06, 09 Peach, E. C., 01, 04, 05, 06, 09 Perkins, W. J., 01, 02, 04, 06, 09 Perry, E. A., 08, 09 Perry, J. N., 01, 02, 10 Petrie, S. C., 01, 02, 04, 06, 09 Pugh, J. I., 06, 09 Quigley, B. J., 01 Quigley, P. R., 01, 03 Reece, S. E., 01, 03, 04, 06, 09 Reed, J. C., 02, 03, 09 Reed, N. J., 01, 02, 06, 08, 09 Retallick, E. M., 01, 02, 04, 06, 09 Reynolds, T. D., 01, 02, 04, 06, 09 Richards, A. E., 01, 02 Rinckes, K. L., 06 Rivers, D. M., 01, 02, 04, 06, 09 Robertson, P.A., 01, 04, 05, 06, 09 Rodgers, F. M., 01, 02, 08 Sandston, C. M., 01, 02, 04, 06, 09 Scott, L. M., 01, 04, 05, 06, 09 Shaw, C. J., 01 Sheppard, J.M., 10 Sheppard, S. Y., 10 Shirtcliff, D. E., 01, 03, 04, 06, 09 Simmons, D. T., 01, 02, 03 Smart, E. M., 01, 02 Stead, S. B., 01, 02, 06, 08 Stemmer, M. R., 01, 04, 05, 06, 09 SwarbJiick, J. C., 09 Tapley, C. A., 01, 03, 04, 06, 09 Taylor, M. L., 02 Taylor, P. A., 01, 02, 04, 09 Thomas, N. 0., 01, 06, 09 Thomas, S. J., 01, 03, 04, 06, 09 Thompson, D. A., 01, 02, 04, 06, 09 Thompson, G. M., 01, 03, 04, 06 Thompson, J. L., 01, 03, 04, 09 Tod, J. M., 01, 02, 09 Vickery, D. J., 01, 02, 04, 06, 09 Wade, J. M., 01 Walker, S. B., 01, 03, 10

Denton, J. A., 01, 03, 06, 09, 12 Dodgshun, W. A., 01, 06, 09, 13 Drayton, P. J., 01, 03, 06, 09 Eyes, R. C., 01, 02, 04 Fairgray, S., 04 Foate, P. J., 01, 02, 04, 06, 09 Fogelberg, J., 01, 02, 04, 06, 09 Fox, N. A., 14 Fry, R. E., 01, 04, 05, 06, 09 Gardiner, S. M., 01, 02, 04, 09 Genet, E. C., 01, 03, 04, 06, 09 Gerard, A. K., 01', 02, 03, 06, 12 Gibbon, B. P., 01 Goodwin, S. E., 01, 02, 06, 08 Gray, S. J., 01, 09 Halliday, V. A., 09 Hamilton, E. M., 01, 02, 08, 09 Hammond, J. L., 01, 03, 04, 06, 09 Hampton, J. D., 01, 02, 04, 06, 09 Hannah, R. J., 01, 02, 04, 06, 09 Hardie, S. J., 01, 02, 06 Harry, G. L., 02, 09 Henderson, D. M., 01, 09 Henderson, J. M., 01, 02, 04, 09 Henderson, M.A., 01, 02 Hough, M. M., 01, 06 Howarth, D. M., 01, 04, 05, 06, 09 Hulme, J. V., 01, 02, 04, 06, 09 Irvine, L. M., 01, 03, 04, 06, 09 Jackson, D. M., 01, 03, 04, 09 Jagger, S. S., 08 James, K. E., 01, 02, 03, 04 Jameson, K. P., 01, 03, 06, 09 Jenkins, N. M., 08 Johns, P. M., 04 Joynt, R. J., 01, 02, 04, 06, 09 Keast, G., 01 King, L. M., 01 Kitchin, N. J ., 08 Kunzli, S. J., 10 Lauti, M., 02 Liddell, P. M. A., 01, 04, 05, 06, 09 Lockhart, B. J., 01, 03, 04, 06, 09 LoJiimer, P. R., 01, 03, 04, 06, 09 McCook, H. J., 01, 02, 04, 06, 09 MacDonald, P. J., 01, 02, 04, 06, 09 McLellan, F. R., 01, 02, 06, 08, 09 McPherson, J.-A. H., 01, 02, 08 Majendie, A. M., 01 Mathews, S. J., 01, 08 Mercer, J. C., 01, 02, 04, 06, 09 Miller, A. S., 01, 03 Monk, P. R., 01, 03, 04, 06, 09 Moody, J. A., 01, 02, 04

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Waters, E., J., 02, 09 Watson, A. F., 01 Watson, S. E., 06 West, C. E., 01, 03, 04, 06, 09 Adams, Philippa Baird, Helen Ballantyne, Kay Bar:ker, Katherine Beckett, Joanna Bell, Sara Blance, Julie Brown, Lyn Bullock, Judith Butler, Margaret CampbeH, Fiona Carey, Nicola Carter, Belrinda Chamb.erlain, Melanie Childs, Adrienne Davison, Mary De Lambert, Elizabeth Deans, Joanne Dixon, Josephine Downs, Tiffany Drake. Elizabeth Edmundson, Joan Edwards, Gillian Fox, Nicola Freeman, Rosemarie Gilmour, Cherry Goldstein, Jennie Hall, Margot Hamer, Rosemary

White-Johnson, J., 06 Whyte, G. D., 08 Whyte, L. A., 01, 02, 04, 06, 09 Wrinder, P. J., 01, 02, 09

UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE 1973 Hargest, Angela Palmer, Karen Har11is,Penelope Pelham, Astrid Phillips, Michelle Hatherley, Jennie-Lynne Pinfold, Judy Henderson, Jean PoweH, Gillian Henderson, Susan Pugh,, Jennifer Hibbard. J ill~an Hickman, Michelle Redmond, Janice Hill, Angela Reuhman, Dana Richards, Gaylene Hollis. Sandra Hueston, Joan Richardson, Mary Sampson, Trudy Hunter, Andrea Irwin, Anne Smith, Joanne Smith, Rebecca Jameson, Robin Jameson, Sandra Stad:nyk, Pamela Jarman, Winifred Stewart, Sally J erram, Elizabeth Stewart, Wendy Johns, Phillippa Sulima, Lydia Jones. Suellen Watson, Sarah Latter, Angela West-Watson, Jane Lorimer, Anne Wh ite-Johnson, Jennifer Louisson, Anna Whyte, Glenda McGuinness, Margaret Wilkinson, Catherine Maclean, Susan Wilkinson, Lynda Marshall, Anne Wilson, Sandra Maw, Rosemary Wright, Phillipa J. Morris, Wendy Wright, Philippa M. Mountfort, Catherine Wright, Wanda N ewburgh, Clare Wylie, Pamela N ewlands, Elizabeth Owen, Michele Young, Lin 1

"Hands of Fate" Jane Cattell 5B

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Staff Notes 1973 as teaching. Miss Kerr was at Roedean from January to July. While Mrs Cooper was making the most of her term's leave in England, Scotland and Greece~ Mrs Greenland rejoined the staff. Mrs de la Bere also spent the second term overseas, living mo~tly in Rome. Others have escaped from New Zealand during the holidays. In May Miss Corder was in Melbourne and in August Miss Scannell was in Fiji and Mrs Marshall in New Caledonia. In the May holidays Mrs Jameson and Miss Harraway accompanied thirty-two girls to Australia.

They flew to Sydney and then travelled overland, by bus, to Alice Springs, a route covered by about one vehicle every three months, and surely a journey that must be firmly fixed in the minds of the travellers.

They returned by 'plane to Melbourne and thence to Christchurch, having covered a distance of about 6,000 miles.

Considering the extent of the staff's travelling and the number of their contacts overseas, it could be assumed that their vision is free from parochialism.

However, faced with new 'approaches', techniques and apparatus, and the proposals for Curriculum Development, there has been a strong feeling this year of the need to explore further into teaching methods, as the possibilities of change seem at times almost overwhelming. The number of courses attended by the sitaff is an indication of this involvement. It would take too long to mention all the courses and meetings attended but the following may provide an indication.

Members of the Mathematics Department have attended courses on the new Seventh Form Syllabus; New Methods for Testing Third and Fourth Forms; Seventh Form Additional Mathematics.; General Departmental Business. and Metrication.

Members of the English Department have attended courses on Drama, Oral Assessment, Unit Writing for Third Forms, Shakespeare, Violence in Modem Literature, the teaching of Language, and four will be attending a week's course in January on English for Forms Three, Four and Five.

There was a cosmopolitan air about the staff who reassembled on the hot afternoon of 5th February, 1973. Miss Mullan and Mrs Browne had returned that moming from their visiit to England and India, and others also had returned from distant places: Mr Koopman from Japan and Holland; Mrs Field from England; Mrs Sinclair from Australia and Mrs Lina from Holland. There were several new faces: Miss Harraway (History), Dr Mann (Science), Miss Miller (Science), Mrs Marshall (French), Mrs. Port (who has been filling Miss Kerr's position in Music this year), Mrs. Steven (who filled Miss Quinlivan's position in Science for the first two terms), Mrs Smart (in charge of the Library), Mrs Stewar,t (Mathematics) and Mrs Woolland (Science).

This year both Miss Kerr and Miss Bradfield have been on leave, travelling in England and on the Continent, as well

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Members of the Geography Department attended a three day course iat Otiago University; Mrs Jameson attended the Health Department's Course on Family Planning (for educational purposes,), Mrs Duncan and Mrs Lina attended courses on Clothing and Home Economics, Mr Koopman and Mrs Stewart attended the Training College Seminar on 'Streaming'.

(Mr Koopman has also been lecturing in Japanese, Stage I this year.) Mr Sullivan followed the University Extension Course on Counselling throughout the year and Mrs Jameson, the Course on Religious Studies,. Dr Mann has attended a course on Physics, Mrs Woolland one on Chemistiry and Mrs Yeabsley one on the teaching of Latin. It is a relief to note that some members of staff have been able to participate in non-academic 'betterment' i.e., in both driving and diving courses.

In April Mrs Roseveare left, and she now has a beautiful baby boy called Benjamin. Her place was taken by Mrs Wall who is enjoying St Margaret's so much that she has persuaded her husband to join the staff next year. In October Mrs Douch left and her baby is, expected in February. Her classes have been taken

by Mrs Astley who tried to leave the staff last year but has now entered into a new teaching experience in the Intermediate Department. Mrs. Spurr left at the end of the First Term to rejoin her hu~band who had been appointed to Aberdeen University. and her position was filled by Mrs Knight.

At the end of the year we farewelled Mrs Clark who has been giving piano lessons to St Margaret's girls for twentythree years; Mrs Halliday who has been with us for fourteen years; Miss Scrimgeour after seven years; Miss Harraway who is returning to Innsbruck and Mrs Sinclair who hopes to travel overseas. In the Chr.istmas holidays, Mrs Myhre will be visiting her daughter in England, and in February of next year Miss Cox will be changing her name to Mrs Colley, but this will not mean that she has to leave us.

Mrs Cooper is our representative on ISSATA (The Independent Secondary Schools Teachers' Association) which is at present hoping to form a CanterburyWestland Branch. Miss Blair continues: as secretary of the Christchurch Branch of the Federation of University Women.

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Chairman'sAddress PRIZEGIVING, DECEMBER, 1973 Bishop and Mrs Pyatt, Miss Mullan, Parents, Board Members, Staff and Girls.

On behalf of the Board I extend to you all a very warm welcome here tonight.

Last year I was invited to a class of was a senior girls of St Margaret's-It civics period and the subject-the Board of Governors. I was a little taken aback to discover the girls could not think of one important reason for the Board's existence!

Afterwards, on reflection, it occurred to me that this could well be a compliiment -albeit a back-handed one. I could see the purpose of the Board; guiding where necessary, providing the means and creating the climate for the growth and development of staff and pupils. Yes, definitely a kind of background "resource group". However I did not realise we wern quite so self-effacing. So, girls, you are forgiven but please listen carefully to Miss Mullan and me-you may learn something and perhaps even boost the morale of some future unsuspecting Chairman.

The reason why parents make sacrifices to send daughters to St Margaret's, and the reason why girls look forward to the approach of each term i,s, of course, education-not only in the academic field but for the tough business of life.

It is the responsibility of the Board to see that it has the right people and gets the right advice. There is today a great questioning among educationalists, experts and laymen of the traditional methods teaching. We are told that "Challenge is Change". To Board members the challenge is the evaluation of new ideas with our staff, always keeping in mind the retention of proven and established values and methods before altering course. For a people-intensive place like a school to develop, there must be good facilities,, and the provision of these is a major Board function.

During the year. the Dming Room extension was completed and Julius House completely renovated.

Neither of these major efforts would have been possible without the remarkable Mr Thompson and his staff. In particular the complete remodelling of the kitchen and storerooms-beyond the resources of the contractor-was, expertly done by our own staff, working holidays and weekends'.

For various reasons we have had to alter the new building plan which I mentlioned last year. Instead of adding a wing to the existing science bfock the Board has decided to bring forwa:-d th::! date for a major classroom block west of the Main Hall and to incorporate laboratories in it. Our Architects are working on the plans at this moment, and the aim is to start construction about a year from now.

Other improvements are also being planned by our Architects. Among them the conversion of the Hall to a Gym-Hall rather than a Hall-Gym-Shrewsbury House to be for Staff only, and much better facilities for the Swimming Pool.

These we want to start during the coming year.

All this is going to need a staggering amount of money, but for each year it is delayed the costs soar.

The Board has decided to mount a Second Fund Raising appeal next year.

Consultants have been engaged and we shall all be hearing much more about it next term.

Administratively, two items merit mention this year. The new post of House Warden, responsible for the oversight of hostels, is designed primarily to relieve the Principal of some of this burden, especially in off duty times.

The other point-all school major building insurances have now been changed from indemnity to replacement values, in accordance with prudent business practice.

A relatively new Board activity has to do with politics.

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Welt:ngton. Although planned for a wide range of discussion it proved mainly an arena for the bogey of State Aid. The State teacher cry Discontinuance of continuance-with-integration.

This result was regrettable as the forum, the night people and the opportunity were all there for valuable debate and recommendation to Government on education as a whole.

State Aid takes its place with politics and religion-emotion and sectional interest seems to preclude objective discussion.

I don't propose to enter the lists but of two points I am certain. Firstly, Independent Schools have had to think through and spell out in submissions the very heart and spirit of their type of education, and the contribution it makes. This they have done with all the articulate scholarly strength of deep conviction. To all of us closely involved this has confirmed and reinforced our faith in the system and our obstinacy in perpetuating it.

Secondly, there has been a drawing together in a common cause of the Boards and Heads of Schools of all denominations. Pushed willy nilly into a form of pressure group, inter school communicating is much improved with many practical benefits accruing.

So whatever the decision of Government-to maintain or slash State Aid (and my personal opinion i that it will remain) independent Schools will have gained in other than economic terms.

Finally there is the Board's duty to recognise and pubJicly thank the people who work, many of them voluntarily, for the advancement of the School. Thank you Bishop, Warden of Christ's College for allowing us to share again this magnificent Hall.

Thank you Miss Mullan, Mr Williams and all staff members for another hard year's work. The results speak for themselves. One easily senses the spirit of "camaraderie" amongst St Margaret's

Staff. The French have a word for it-"il marche"-it ce rtainly makes the work of the Board a pleasure.

Thank you P.T.A. and Old Girls' Association. Not only do you provide solid and regular evidence of practical support, but through your members the Board keeps. essential contact.

Finally the Board itself. Four members have retired during the year. Dr Harry Wales gave 14 years service, including a term as acting Chairman. His forte was House and Grounds. Being a member of the Teaching Staff in 1944/ 45 he was also our last link with the old Cranmer Square days.

Mr Peter Austin first joined the Board in 1965, and was Chairman of the Fund Raising Appeal started in that year.

Mr Jim Holderness served 13 years on the Board and he represented Boarder parents.

Mr Leon Lohrey retired as P.T.A. representative. The enthus,iasm he put into the Fair in early 1969 was continued in his Board term on the House and Grounds committee.

Adding up their hours spent in Board and Committee meetings alone would be a major job. They have earned your gratitude and I think it would be nice if we expressed outi appreciation tonight.

We welcome to our ranks: Mr Robin Gray-P.T.A. Rev. Martin Warren Mr Stuart Nicholls-moving from P.T.A. representative to full Board appointment and Mr Peter Yeoman To all Board members and especially to the Committee Chairmen, Mrs Matson -Education, Mr Drake-Finance and Mr Nicholls-House and Grounds, we are most grateful for the work you do for the school.

It is a great privilege for me to represent such a team.

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and tum out old, obsolete and unused books. Some of these were put into 'stack' and the rest were sold at a book sale in the second term. This realised about $50 which was used to buy new books.

LIBRARY NOTES 1973 has been a year of change. We welcomed Mrs1 Smart as Librar:ianNincharge ,taking over from Mrs Penney w]J.o left at the end of last year. A new system of issuing came into operation whereby we did away with the old system of personal pockets and cards for each girl. This has greatly simplified the issuing process.

It is hoped that this will increase the number of books issued.

The layout of the library has also been changed. All fiction was moved into the main library and all non-fiction put into numerical order along the shelves, the last of the 800's and 900's overflowing into the back room, along with the magazines.

During the holidays Mrs Colyer (an old girl of the school) from the School Library Service came to help us reclassify

This year each senior librarian was: put in charge of a particular aspect of library work-catalogues:, fines,. and soon the system worked very well. Wednesday after school was set aside for senior librarians to do any odd jobs: that had to be done and to discuss the running of the library.

On Monday after school the 6th form librarians: get together to learn more about the library and the running of it.

The Senior Librarians had two enjoyable and informati-;:: tr:ps to the C:_1:erbury Public Library and the town University Library to see how other libraries work.

LIBRARIANS-Back row: S. Wilson, P. Drayton, A. Newick, G. Allen, M. Davidson, E. Newlands.

Middle row: A. Hargest, W. Morris, N. Deans, J. Deans, S. Davies, M. Henderson, J. Hueston.

Front row: M. Pallot, R. Harris, D. Morten, Mrs P. Smart, H. Murchison, G. Sams, K. Dean.

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Assembly singing included the learning of the St Michael's Mass setting of the New Zealand Liturgy which, is now used at most services, the Walmisley in D Minor setting of 1he Magnificat and a number of new carols for the Annual Carol Service which this year was based on the Christmas Service, "The Stranger's Story". This had been held in Liverpool Cathedral when Miss Mullan visited England. Our reluctance to part with the Nine Lessons Service was short-lived and we all enjoyed the freshness and atmosphere created by a different approach.

Senior members of the choir took part in the rock musical, "Joseph and his amazing technicolour dreamcoat", a presentation so different from our usual work but one which led to a hectically busy month of tremendous fun.

The choir had a very bus,y term III apart from Joseph. In October we sang a full Evensong in the Cathedral at a service taken by women of the Diocese. This included an anthem and versicles and responses, ably led by three seniors, Founders' Day Service involved a great deal of full-chool singing with three-part sections added by the choir members who worked hard to make the evening a musical success.

As a reward for our labours: we were again given a marvellous welcome at Tai Tapu when we sang at their Advent Carol Service, and included in the choir was a group of third-forrmers who had earned the outing by their unfailing efforts during the year.

When examinations were over the seniors joined the group of third and fourth formers who had worked splendidly to learn so many new carols and we were able to join together satisfactorarily for the Carol Service.

We shall miss the seniors· who left, especially Anne Marshall, choir leader. who, with Dorothy McLean, spent so many hours, ironing veils and Roberta Jameson and Felicity Richards, who worked quietly in the background looking after the music. Janice Redmond, as assistant organist gave invaluable service on many occasions.

At the end of the second term we held our annual librarians' dinner entertaining 64 board members, staff and librarians' parents. After the dinner a presentation of $100 was made to the library by a representative of the Canterbury Savings Bank and this was used to buy new books.

This year the 1974 senior librarians took orver from the 1973 senior librarians after Labour Weekend to relieve the 7th formers who were sitting exams.

It has been a very happy, enjoyable year for all those connected with the library and we hope that next year will be just as enjoyable.

MUSIC NOTES 1973 The emphasis as usual was on choral music during 1973 although our visiting artists at Assemblies iincluded Jenny Goldstein's group which later won the Annual Chamber Music Competition, and a group of "religious pop" artists who gave a bright but noisy presentation.

Towards the end of Term II we were able to move into the new Music and Drama Room. The brightness and extra space made working conditions much more- pleasant for all.

A number of girls trained by Mr Bradman joined with the Christ's College group to present orchestral items in the Christ's College Hall on several occasions, the most notable bein~ the onei at which the Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 was played by John Williams,.

Another musical effort which was enjoyed by the whole school was the reintroduction of the House Choirs competition, which was judged this year by Mrs Clark. What we lacked in musicianship was amply remedied by the enthusiasm shown by the competitors, and the choice of items, although somewhat "lowbrow", had the virtue of involving many sing.ers.

Mrs Olark retired after many years, both of private teaching and as mistress in charge of Junior School Music, and her influence will be remembered by many St Margaret's girls with gratitude and affection.

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Fairgray, Philippa Harris., Angela Latter, Jane Meikle, Michelle Phillipps, Gaylene &ichards, Katrina Rinckes, Nancy Thomas, Jane West-Watson, Penelope Wilson.

The Wednesday morning and Friday lunchtime Communion services, have been continued this year. Albs, donated by the P.T.A., have this year been introduced for the servers to wear at oommunion.

Thank you P.T.A. We are very grateful to the large number of outside speakers who have preached at school during the year. We also wish to thank the Churches that have invited groups of boarders to their services, especially St Mary's Church on "In" Sundays.

Mr Sullivan has introduced a Communion service of a simple style to various tramping parties during their stays at our school hut. These have indeed been appreciated.

I am extremely indebted to the Sanctuary Guild: Gael Allen, Jennifer Bassett, Joanne Ford and Anne Marshall, who have at all times run the Sanctuary and Boarders' services e:fficently and well.

Mr Sullivan has introduced variety within our services, and without his guidance and patience the running of the chapels would not have been so smooth.

PENELOPE WILSON, Sacristan.

A. Marshall, J. Redmond and A. Liddell assisted each week playing the organ for morning hymns and their work was appreciated by all.

Many girls entered practical examinations and Miss Lewin prepared the usual classes for School Certificate and University Entrance Examinations. We wish them all success.

SANCTUARY NOTES 1973 began with the singing of 'Lord behold us with Thy blessing' and proceeded from there.

Harvest Festival was held on the 22nd of March and the produce presented at the service was distributed to elderly people and pensioners around the city.

Tremendous effort was shown by all forms in raising, money for Lent. A wide variety of activities ranging from Tug-OWars to Fasts succeeded in raising one thousand dollars. Our Chapel Fund was used to support the Save the Children Fund, the St Margaret's Home, the Melanesian Mission, the Church Missionary Society V elore Hospital, the Himala yan Trust, the Sheltered Workshops, and an Ethiopia Appeal. The collection raised at the Candle-Lighting Service recently was also donated to the Ethiopia Appeal. (This collection amounted to $640.) During a Paraplegic Week at school, a collection was. held in support of paraplegics and a considerable sum ($145) was raised. Throughout the year used clothing has been gathered for the City Mission and for St Christopher's Home in Fiji.

The Bishop made his annual visit on Maundy Thursday, and also conducted the Confirmation Service. With the new system of Confirmation, the service was small this year-only thirteen candidates.

Preceding the Confirmation service, which was held on the 18th August, the Reverend A. G. Sullivan and Miss. Poulsen took a party of Confirmation candidates to the Sister Eveleen Retreat Home at Sumner for a weekend. This proved most ucceissfu1.

Those confirmed in 1973 at St Margaret's College were: Katherine Barker, Adrienne Childs, Karen Davison, Susan

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MYERS CUP PUBLIC SPEAKING Last year's contest showed a very high standard but it would be right to say that this year saw an even higher standard.

This was especially seen in the Junior and Intermediate sections where the speeches presented showed a logical grasp of the subject and the thoughts put forward were the evidence of some very fertile and imaginative minds.

The judge, Miss Jane Alexander of Papanui High School, tackled her unenviable task with great competence and it was pleasing to see by ,the acclamation that her awards represented the feelings of the whole company present.

As last year, the subjects, were divided into three sections, senior, intermediate and junior and each section had a choice of two topics. It is interesting to note that the subjects for each grade very aptly fit the grade for which they were chosen: Senior: How to Win Friends and Influence People OR Fickle Fashion.

Intermediate: The Art of Eating at a Bavbecue OR How to be Sociable to Strangers:.

Junior: The Best Pet for a Young Girl OR My Idea of the Perfect Classroom.

Those successful were: Junior: First equal, Diana Carson and Jennifer Weston.

Intermediate: First, Sally Robilliard; Second, Hild y Ellis.

Senior: First, Glenis Walker; Second, Pamela Wylie.

S.M.C. DEBATING CLUB NOTES The Debating club began reasonably well this year, although there were not many members-owing to debating clashing with sport. However, there were many willing to debate, and in the first term there were a number of lively clashes.

In March we held a Debating Evening in the Library, to which we invited Rangi Ruru, St Andrew's and Christ's College.

We defeated the Christ's College team when debating: That Rhubarb should be a School Certificate subject. The evening was a great deal of fun, and all who attended enjoyed themselves.

In the second term there were several interschool debates. The Senior A team of R. Harris, M. Pallot, G. Walker, had three debates: v Papanui won v Rangi Ruru won v C.B.H.S. lost The B team had two debates, with different teams competing.

R.Laing S. Roberts v McKillop College won H. Ellis E. Genet J. Hammond v Hillmorton lost D. Shirtcliff During the third term, active senior participation in debates slackened because of the forthcoming examinations, however Miss Tebay endeavoured to get the junior members into operation and held a few debates.

I would like to express my thanks. to Mrs Cooper and Miss Tebay for all their help during the year, and to Mr Sullivan, Mrs Dennis and Dr Mann for judging var,ious debates.

Active Members: Seniors---,.Kay Dean, Chairman; Margot Hall, Secretary; Helen Murchison, Treasurer; M. Pallot; G. Walker; R. Harris; P. Harris; Michelle Hickman; B. Carter; S. Wilson; K. Jameson; S. Pannell; E. Genet; D. Shirtcliff; J. Bowron; J. Hammond; R. Patterson; J. Thompson.

Juniors-R. Laing1; Marine Hickman; C. Drayton; J. Fry; H. Ellis; B. J. Thomas.; J. Hurst; C. Kennedy; A. Cropp; S. Roberts; R. Hardie.

KAY DEAN

THE IDEAL PET FOR A YOUNG GIRL In my opinion the best pet for a young girl should have these charaoteristics: It should be warm and cuddly, be friendly and not too mischievous; it should be able to be left alone for long periods of time and last but not least it should be not too big and not too small.

The first pet that springs to my mind is a bird. A tame bird can be very amusing. It also gives you a feeling of responsibjlity as you have to remember to feed and water it daily. If you have enough patience and persevernnce you

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might even be able to teach it to talk.

But the bird like some other animals has a cage to be deaned, and, it isn't cuddly.

The next pet that springs to my mind is a mouse. I know most of you won't agree with me but a mouse can be quite fun. I know this as my friend once had two mice and they were great fun. We used to take them outside and play with them. It was fun just to sit and watch their peculiar antics. But, like the bird they are not cuddly.

Perhaps I oould have a hippopotamus, an ostrich or even an armadillo. But somehow I don't think that they would suit the surroundings. Anyway a hippopotamus needs mud, an osrtrich needs sand to bury his head it and armadillos aren't very comfortable to cuddle.

The last pet that springs to my mind is a kitten. To me kittens have all the characteristics necessary. They are warm and cuddly and if trained they are able to stay alone and they come in all sizes.

So, I think I will choose a cat and it shall be the pet that shall sleep ait my feet on the end of my bed.

-DIANA CARSON-Joint winner Junior Section Myers Cup.

I could go on and on because there are plenty of young girls in the world, but they are iall differernt.

The ideal pet for our family was our cat, which introduced itself to us. It was really our neighbour's ca1, but when it was a kitten it seemed ,to take a fancy to young children and it came to visit us every day, and each time we would take it back.

Our neighbour became tired of us and decided we weren't her favourite pets and so she gave puss to us.

Puss seemed to think we were the ideal owners so everybody was happy.

She didn't need to be taken for a walk each day, and she didn't need much space to walk around in. She kept Mum company when we were at schooJ. One day Puss had kittens in Mum's best hat so we didn't have an ideal pet any more-but ideal pets. This was. even more fun for us.

But cats aren't always the ideal pets as my father found out one night.

That night Mum had gone to a meeting. When Dad cam,e home late for dinner, we'd already had ours. Mum had told Dad that ,his meat was on the bench, ready to cook.

My brother had been cutting Puss's meat and had left it on the bench. Dad saw it and put it on to grill.

It seemed to take a very long time to cook so he asked my brother what his steak had been like, and the answer was that he hadn't had steak.

By the time Mum came home Dad had given up try to icook .too meat and had gnawed his way through it. He got an awful shock when he found he had eaten the cat's meat.

I still haven't really decided what the best pet for a girl is, but I think I do know one every girl likes whether she is English, African or Amerioan, whether she is adventurous, quiet of playful. From my point of view the ideal pet for any young girl-is a baby brother or siister.

-JENNIFER WESTON-Joint Winner Junior Section of Myers Cup for Public Speaking

THE IDEAL PET FOR A YOUNG GIRL The dictionary definition of ideal is'perfoct type' and the definition of pet is 'a person or animal kept or regarded with affection'.

These definitions make it very hard to really say wha:t the ideal pet for a young girl is, until you know the girl's interests, her age, her country or her state of health.

If the girl is interested in observing animals closely, a goldfish or a budgie would be an ideal pet, but wouldn't be any good for a playful child.

Some children like carts, but then again, a cat would be no use for an Eskimo.

For an Indian child a tiger cub would be tremendous fun, but would frighten an English child out o.f her wits.

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HOW TO BE SOCIABLE TO A STRANGER

and at least you won't have a drunk man on your hands-I don't think I have ever heard of intoxicating orange juice.

Many people enjoy entertainment.

Most are happy just chatting, bUJtwhen you get the shy type who is really too frightened to say more than 'yes', 'no' or mostly 'I am not sure' it is better to keep him occupied. Television is the best answer I know, but of course it doesn't apply to morning v,isitors. If they are the type who enjoy games, why not have a game of cards? It is always a good idea to lose now and then to keep your opponent happy, but if he is doing all the winning, which gets quite depressing, perhaps it isn't such a good idea.

A good occupation for ·anyone is washing dishes. If you're in one of those usual early morning rushes and you haven't got time ,to entertain, why not send them to the kitchen ink? After all isn't everybody, well almo t everybody, happy when they are working?

Perhaps one of the worst predicaments you can find yourself in, is when one of the usual, local gossiping hou ewives come in for a chat and the house is in a shambles. You should take her out onto the verandah and tell her a cup of tea is just coming. You hurriedly sort out a teapot from among everything else which seem to have accumulaited itself in the wrong place, hunt out two cups of the best china and some waiter bi cuits and morning tea i erved. Now you can

I am sorry to say that this is just an aid some people are born with. I am not one of the lucky ones and I envy those who can walk up to anyone whether he be the street cleaner or the GovernorGeneral and within minutes be in deep conversation.

If you are like me, I would advise you to pick the right topic for your oonverastion. For example, you would not walk up to the secretary of the local Ladies' Mission who is at your mother's tea party and go into great detail about the fun you had when you bunked Bible Class the previous Sunday. You should talk about Great Aunt Mary's cough and how the Magnolias are blooming well this year. You will probably bore yourself to sleep but at least your visitors will enjoy themselves and think how intelligeilft you are, even if it is the wrong time of the year for magnolias.

It helps if one has a little something for them to eat. If you can't think what to ay, you can feed them up and then the visitor won't worry about saying anything either.

It is also better for your visitor to be of about the same age or even generation for it is not the most comfortable position when one of tho e unmanageable experienced old alesmen comes to the door for about the third time that month. Normally when your mother was in the house she would have cut him down to size and sent him away with a flea in his ear, but a things are, the only thing to do is to buy one of his goods.

Make sure your "visitor" is comfortable, sit him in the biggest armchair and if he intends staying long, raid the refrigerator and at least your visitor will be happy, even if your mother isn't.

Drinks can also prove a problem. You have to sort out whether a cup of tea is wanted, or a glas of oordial or whether it's time for a gin and tonic. Quite frankly I would keep to straight orange juice,

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speeches fascinating, pretending to be interested as you obey Commandment number one-'Beoome genuinely interested in other people'. Beoome genuinely interested in other people.

I, of course, know that you are all ,totally fascinated by what I am saying, such is your interes,t in others that you need 'Become' nothing.

Yet this assumption that we must 'become' is the very basis of the Carnegie bible. St Dale would have us create an image of friendship and oordiality, ignoring the warning from Shakespeare "This above all~to thine own self be true And it must fo1ow . . . . . .

Thou canst not then be false to any man.''

In creating this image of friendship we must trick others-by our own wellpractised smile for instance. A case of "false face must hide what false heart doth know" perhaps. And in tricking others, in showing this 'false face', we are being false to ourselves.

For St Dale 'How to Win Friends' can be reduced to a scientific description, to a set formula 'Become' such and suoh and-ZAP-instant popularity.

Einstein, when once asked if everything could be expressed scientifically, replied: "Yes, it would be possible. But it would make no sense. It would be description without meaning-as if you descnibed a Beeithoven symphony as variations of wave pressure."

'Description without meaning'. That is the friendship Carnegie describes-a superficial, false relationship devoid of that necessary inner meaning. To St Dale friends are a means by which you help yourself. Howe¥er, if I may paraphrase Mark Twain: "Friendship is of such a steady and enduring nature, that it will last a whole lifetime-------if not asked to lend money."

All :riightthen, if not ,to help yourself why have friends? 'One oan1-do without people, but one has need of a friend.'

Why?

peacefully sit outside listening to her -talking while you wonder whether you will ever get anything done.

Sometimes you have an important visitor to stay. Make sure the bed is one of the utmost comfort and is fresh and oosy. Remember also to show him the things he might need, .the bread and cheese in case he gets a sudden pa111,g of hunger during the night and also the newspaper just in case he is an early :riser.

I now feel that with these simple instructions and no end of big beaming smiles, you can confidently look after any stmnger whether he be friend or foe.

-SALLY ROBILLIARD, 4F. Winner Intermediate Section Myers Cup for Public Speaking.

A SPEECH ON 'HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE' You are all, I am sure, familiar with the book 'How to Win Friends and Influence People' by Dale Carnegie. He should have entitled it 'How to Win Friends and Use People', for ,this is the essence of the gospel according to Saint Dale.

Granted, he requests only three small things from his disciples: Smile-continually. Flatter people-butter 'em up.

Above all Act. Play the part. Simulate interest. It becomes all too clear that falsity is the credo, influence, as in 'use' the aim.

"Smile," siays the man, "and keep smiling". Ridiculous. To do this you have to practise, and who among you can waste ltime learing to smile?

Learning to smile? St Dale misses the whole poin,t. You can't create a smile. A genuine smile comes from the heart, and a genuine .friend will accept you even when you aren't smiling.

Saint Dale would have you all as his disciples, playing your part-the attentive audience--but then wouldn't we (the oompetitors) dread the Myers Cup, know ing, that you, the audience, are all searted here pretending to find our

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Perhaps Goethe has the answer: "The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, r.ivers and cities, but to know someone here and there who thinks and feels with us. This mak,es the world for us an inhabited garden."

That someone cares .for us, values us.

That is friendship. For St. Dale it is enough that we only pretend .to care.

As far as he is concerned, our personality isn't enough. One must 'become'.

Create an image. To me, the only true image is Reality. To make 1:rue friends you must be sincere, honest and you must care.

Perhaps this would be clearer if I told you about a friend of mine-I'll call him Jonathan.

Jonathan was what you might call a hippie-long-haired~uneducated-a man who neither sought nor had a proper place in society. He didn't work. He had no fixed address. Y,et he was happy, for he felt that 'there is a suooess greater than money and wealth-it comes from helping your fellow man.'

You see, Jonathan had an idea-----<that we should all be free, and only love can bring about this freedom. A way-out idea perhaps, but people listened-so that as he travelled round the country, spreading his idea, he gathered a small band around him----.a happy crowd, guileless, at peace with the world, daily attracting new members.

-But don't believe Jonathan was a 'holier-than-thou' type, a Maharishi-he wasn't. Jonathan was an active humanist -a man who desired a social revolution.

He openly opposed maintaining the status he was heartily dissatisfied quo-and with the world as it stt:ood: in family, religion, class and social distinction, in the owning of goods and property-in everything.

He rejected that basic human characteristic of labelling and pigeon-holing social types alongside and in opposition to one another. The pleasure that social groups found in despising one another, he found in ,turning to the despised, the

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forgotten and the ignored, :and though opponents called him a drunkard people still listened and became his friends.

Why? How did this man influence people?

His ability rested on three small things ~not the 'smile, flatter, act' typ~but rather things of reality.

There was his personal magnetismthe result of his consuming sincerityan overwhelming faith in the importance of the work he had to do. Of such people Emerson said: 'What you are thunders so loud, I can't hear what you say.'

The hardened French captain could hardly be expected to believe a peasant girl's story of heavenly voices promising she would do what the King's armies oouldn't. Yet he gave Joan of Arc her first swo.vd.

So too with Jonathan. He believed in himself.

Jonathan cared for others. He didn't speak down to the people, nor did he falsely flatter them. He believed that the only way to get faith out of people was to have faith in them.

He valued people for themselves, and not for what they oould do for him.

He cared.

Jonathan was joyous. By joy I do not mean the false well-praotised smile, but rather the full-throated joy generated by believing in your self and in others. Such joy, such happiness, wins friends and influences people.

The title of this speech was "How to Win Friends and Influence People." I have rejected the ,theories contained within the book of the same name as being false and superficial. Instead, I offer you alternative ways in which to make friends and influenoe people.

Be ,sincere, and at all times honest, with yourself and with others. Believe in yourself but avoid afliogance.

Believe in others. The only way to get faith out of people is to have faith in them. Listen to others. Value people for what :they are, not for whait they can do for you.

Care. Earlier in the programme, a young girl muddled in her speech, broke down and ru hed off stage-and none of you cared! One girl, however, did. She suffered the indignity of crawling across the floor to comfort that child. She cared.

Be happy and joyous. If you believe in yourself, and in others, 1:hiswill come naturally.

All of this I learnt from my friend Jonathan. He may be your friend too.

For he once said: "I am the way, the truth and the life."

And who can deny that he, above all men, made many friends and influenced millions of people.

GLENIS WALKER, Form 7 Winne.r of the Myers Cup for Public Speaking.

a syllabus heavily weighed with a demanding theoretical and historical contentwill have been eliminated; for it will now be possible to introduce these aspects· at an earlier level, thus making more time available for practical work in the sixth form year. Visits to art exhibitions, of which we have· seen some twenty this year, should also be more of a possibility for lower forms.

The provision of time for sixth and seventh form core art is also welcomed.

Quite apart from the considerable need and desire for the subject at this level, such provision almost invariably has the added effect of raising the standard of work in lower forms.

The past year has pr~vided a fin~ gro p of young enthusiasts who have produced high quality work in screen printing, leather-work, embroidery and commercial and imaginative art. With next year's expanded opportunities one looks· forward to an even better standard of achievement.

ART ROOM NOTES We are so accustomed to being reminded that our present system of education does little to prepare young people for the actual process of living, that it is refreshing to hear comments, entirely unsolicited, from many sources, expressing appreciation of the way in which the University Entrance Art syllabus does. in faot provide such enrichment of knowledge as to equip candidates for fuller living. So far, scarcely a pupil who has completed the course has failed to remark upon the extent to which it has provided not only a grateful awareness of the past but an immensely heightened awareness of the present and its needs.

One ventures to suggest that, provided the authorities do not indulge in their frequent habit of syllabus changing before there has been time for consolidation of a course, there will emerge in a few years a nucleus of New Zealanders by whom the more glaring mistakes and monstrosities in design and architecture with which we are now encumbered are unlikely to be repeated.

With the iintroduction in 1974 of Art as a full course at third form level, the one remaining area of dissatisfaction in the University Entrance course-,-that of the difficulty of including practical work in

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT GAME NOTES 1973 1.973 was another year of keen competition for the School Business Management team. Our financial adviser this year was Dr Mann and he certainly proved himself a valuable addition to the team.

In the first round we played Shirley Boys' High School and Waimea College.

We won this section with an overall profit of $3.3 million.

The s·econd round was a six team game and was rather more difficult. However, we managed to gain $1.4 million more profit than our nearest rivals'-Riccarton High School.

The South Island area finals were held on the 21st August at the I.C.L. building in Christchurch.. The game was close, from the outset but in the end the more venturesome tactics of the Christchurch Boys' High School team paid off (and up!) We came second with an overall profit that was only $0.48 million behind that of the winners.

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Those who took part in the inter-school matches were: Rebecca Smith, Lydia Sulima, Clare Newburgh, Diana Rivers, Elizabeth Orr, Elizabeth Retallick, Elizabeth Peach, Sally Reece, and Sophie Young.

interest rates, large profits and most important, the keen enthusiasm of a team that worked as a co-operative unit.

The one \important letter we received that was not in a long brown envelope was from last year's financial adviser Mr John Longbottom, who wrote from England to wish us, luck.

I would like to thank I.C.L. and the New Zealand Society of Accountants for sponsoring this year's compe:tition and to wish next year's team good luck and good management.

Members of the team: Jennifer Wright, Amanda Allison, Ann MoGlashan, Lydia Sulima, Clare Newburgh, Sandra Newman-Hollis, Margot Hall.

HOUSE NOTES 1973 has. proved to be a most enjoyable and eventful year for all boarders. Weekend activities have been arranged for each form by Mrs Atkinson, our new liaison officer for boarders. Outings such as a skating trip to Lake Ida, bike rides, a tramp over the Bridle Path and trips to films and exhibitiions were included. The usual walks have also been enjoyed and although the girls may not have appreciated every activity, I feel Mrs Atkinson has done a marvellous job, and to please everyone would be impossible. Many of these outings have been suggested by the girls, and although some hair raising ones have been put forward most requests have been satisfied.

CHESS CLUB NOTES As this is the first year we have had a chess club, our successes have been rather limited. Many of the senior girls already had sporting commitments for the year and therefore most of our support came from the junior forms. Early in the year Dr Mann organised two matches for us against Lincoln High. Although we lost both matches they were a wonderful experience and a good introduction to competitive chess.

In the second term we entered a team in the inter-school competition. Being the only girls in this contest we attracted much attention from the "Press". Unfortunately the boys proved to be far superior and we lost most of our matches 6-0. When we eventually won 1½ points from Burnside High the "Press" were delighted and sent photographers to get pictures of the upholders of woman's Lib in the chess world.

At the end of the second term we started a series of inter-houses. matches.

Each house had to provide a team of seven players and this pro~ed to be quite difficult in many cases,. However Kowhai were the clear winners and received the trophy Dr Mann had presented.

I would like to thank Dr Mann for all the organisation he has done for the club, and I hope that next year we will be more experienced and more successful.

Each form has enjoyed a number of social events and the fourth form seems to have been particularly favoured. The third and fourth forms each had a barbecue and square dancing with boys from Christ's College and St Andrew's. Both forms have attended a return visit to St Andrew's and have also visited Boys' High School. The fifth and sixth forms organized dances for which a considerable amount of time and effort was involved, and both turned out to be tremendous successes. The Prefects too, have enjoyed their time of social activities, having a barbecue at the beginning o,f the year with Christ's College, and a dinner party in the third term with Christ's College. Visits from and to the Rangi Ruru Prefects have also been enjoyed.

This year after much waiting and enduring of cramped runing conditions the dining room has been extended. This has made a great change, provided much more room, and lessened the noise. The room has been hung with curtains and now seems a bright and cheery place in which to enjoy meals, and this have made the wait we:11worthwhile.

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At the end of the second term, we were very sad at the departure of Miss Webb, who had done a tremendous job in planning the meals and furnishing the houses.

We appreciated everything that Miss Wehb did, and thank her most sincerely for the time and effort she put into the school.

We now have a male among us. Mr Robertson took over Miss Webb's position at the beginning of the third term and we wish him every success in his job. I can assure you planning meals for the starving boarders is a job that requires much consideration.

During the third term, Mrs Briooks, one of our former head matrons, passed away.

To the family we extend our deepest sympathy. We will always remember her kindness and the valuable help she gave to the girls while she was involved in the running of the boarding houses.

This year the boarders have not starved; in fact there seems to have been an increase in size all round! We must therefore thank Mrs Hardy and her capable staff for the fabulous meals we have all enjoyed. Thank you also to all the cleaning staff who have kept all the houses spotless.

This year we thought we had evaded the usual winter influenza epidemic, but much to our, surprise we had the attack at the beginning of the third term. However considerable care was taken to ensure that the outbreak did not develop into a full scale epidemic. This thus relieved considerable pressure on the matrons.

We must thank all the matrons for their help to the girls. With the problem of staff shortages and the increased number of boarders their joib has been more difficult than in past years. I would especially like to thank Miss Hunter-Weston who has

HOUSE CAPTAIN Back row: S. Wright, B. Roper, J. Dobson, A. Liddell, row: V. Royal, A. McGlashan, A. Allison, L. Wilson, P. Wilson, E. Somers.

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proved a most understanding head Matron to myself and the girls.

Harvest Festival was well patronized by the boarders, whose donations were abJe to buy products in bulk. The pound has also proved a chari~a.ble venture. Not only have the girls donated a considerable sum, but a variety of unnamed garments have been donated to a local Children's Home.

Church Services this year have alternated between the SchooJ Chapel and St Mary's. It has been far more convenient to have a service at school on an Out Sunday. Mr Sullivan has also arranged for girls to visit other churches and these have included St Michael's:, Christ Church College, Rangi Ruru, St Andrew's, and Christ's College. This has been very much appreciated by the girls, and has not only provided a change of scenery but has also taught the girls to cope with and appreciate different types of services.

The year ended with the usual joyful celebrations of the Christmas Party and dinner.

The Prefects numbered sixteen this year, and we too have had our ups and downs. The major problem we encountered was that we did not have adequate room to accommodate ourselves and our books in our study. We also feel that there needs to be more of a link between house staff and prefects as we have had several unnecessary upsets because of misunderstandings. I wish to thank all my fellow prefects, and especially Jennifer Wright my deputy, as I have found them a valuable asset.

Finally, from all the leavers I hope the stayers may have another happy and profitaible year in 1974.

SUSAN WRIGHT, Head of House

Konini was extremely fortunate in having among its members a large number of talented athletes, including two Canter, bury representatives, Joanna Beckett and Jane Quigley. The Senior relay team not only gained first place but also broke the existing record by a notable margin. The three-legged relay proved to be a disaster but we won both the skipping and sack relays. Joanna Beckett was senior champion, Jane Quigley was runner-up and also gained the most points not a champion and Pamela Quigley was intermediate runner-up.

Towards the end of the first term Konini had a house evening duriing which the house song and haka were composed.

Konini was left out of the limelight in both the choir and the drama competitions but staged a comeback to gain second place in both the netball and hockey.

Konini saw many new faces (and stomachs!) at the house lunch-which took place after the hockey and netball games had been played.

Konini's sporting prowess came to the fore in the third term as we gained first place in the tennis, first equal place in the softball and second place in the volleyball. We also managed to win the Life Saving and Gymnastic Cups.

Konini also excelled scholastically, with Glenis Walker winning the senior section of the Myer's Cup Public Speaking competition, Pamela Wylie being runner up in the senior section, and Jennifer Weston being joint winner of the junior section.

We also had five seventh form girls sitting university scholarship examinations.

Konini's up and coming youngsters managed to secure first place in the swimming relay and first and second in the Form I and II running relays. I am sure their success was the result of their hard work and dedication.

Our congratulations go to Joanne Dobson and Tracey Reynolds who both won bronze medals at the National Modem Gymnastic Championships. Congratulations also to Jane Quigley and Joanna Beckett who performed well at the National Athletics Championships.

KONINI HOUSE NOTES Konini was away to a flying start this year when it m.ana&"ed to obtain first place m both t~e sw1mmmg.and athletic sports.

I would like to congratulate all those girls who perfo~ed well in the swimming ~ports es~ecially Pamela Quigley who was mtenned1ate champion.

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HOUSE PREFECTS-Back: M. Cottrell, E. Newlands, J. Taylor, J. Ford, L. Wilson, D. McLean, A. Pelham, G. Richards, J. Smith. Front: J. Bassett, A. Marshall, J. Wright, S. Wright, M. Williams, C. Rawcliffe, P. Wilson.

Finally I wish to thank my vice captain, Joanne Dobson, for her help during the year, and all those who contributed to Konini's success.

Best of luck for next year and I hope the House Spirit continues to flourish.

LYNLEY WILSON, House Captain.

Netball Colours awarded: Glenda Whyte.

Pocket awarded: Pamela Wylie.

Netball Whistle: Dorothy McLean.

Swimming Pocket awarded: Pamela Quigley.

Softball Pocket awarded: Sarah Watson.

Life Saving Colours awarded: Dorothy McLean.

Pockets awarded: Joanne Dobson, McLean.

Athletics Colours reawarded: Joanna Beckett.

Colours awarded: Jane Quigley.

Pocket awarded: Pamela Quigley.

Awards Tennis Colours reawarded: Lynley Wilson.

Pockets awarded: Glenda Whyte, Rachel Fry, Jennifer Wright.

Intermediate Tennis Champion: Rachel Fry. Hockey Colours reawarded: Jennifer Johnson, Lynley Wilson.

Gymnastics Colours reawarded: Joanne Dobson.

Colours awarded (modern gymnastics): Tracey Reynolds.

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KOWHAI 1973 1973 has been a year of qualified success for Kowhari. We performed ·very well in the Swimming and Athletic Sports, gaining second place in both.

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the Championship, to Susan Mohammed, Diane Vickery, Deborah Hindin and Catherine Tapley who all performed very well. Nicola Hudson also performed well at the Athletic Sports as did Susan Pryor, Sally Bridger and Susan Osborne. After a lull in house affairs:, came the hockey and netball. As usual we lost the netball but redeemed ourselves by winning the hockey. This year all the house captains in an effort to improve house spirit decided to hold house lunches after these matches. It was a little chaotic but it was the first time anything like this had been attempted and everybody from the nonplayers to the soup-suppliers did remarkably well. We tried the same idea at the end of the year with a house sports day before a house lunch and a house markreading. From now on, perhaps the girls will know each other by what house they

belong to, rather than by what form they are in or how old they are.

The middle term brought a large number of successes to Kowhai, in the cultural field. We were placed third in the house choir competition, second equal in the house drama and first in chess. I must admit that the main reason for these impressive results is that the fifth and especially the sixth formers did most of the organising.

In the third term under my direction our volleyball team gained fifth place, however Sally and Wendy Stewart took control of the softball and Kowhai's team came first equal. We did not do very well in tennis but throughout the year, we gained many house points from the girls who gained work bars, games badges, mentions and gym and life saving awards.

It would be impossible to mention all the

BUSINESS GAME-Back row: M. Hall, L. Sulima, S. Newman-Hollis, A. McGlashan, J. Wright, C. Newburgh, A. Allison.

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who were the junior champion and the runner-up and to Joanna Hampton who was the intermediate champion.

The House Choir competition brought us fame and first place when we sang 'I'd like to teach the world to sing'.

Manuka did not shine in the House Hockey but this was because most of our sporting talents appeared in the netball.

After our netball victory a house lunch was held to climax the day's proceedings.

Special thanks to Margot Hall for her fine guidance of the house play 'Two Gentlemen of Soho'. It was an excellent performance gaining us· first place.

House Chess was introduced by Dr Mann and under the competent supervision of Lydia Sulima Manuka made a good beginning but later slipped back somewhat to be placed fourth.

In the third term Manuka competed well in the inter-house competitions and was placed first in the volleyball, second equal in the tennis and fifth equal in the softball competitions. Our Junior house

names of the girls who gained these but I feel that everybody in her own way has contributed to the house and its success. I would like to thank each one of you, but that too is impossible. However special thanks must go to my vice-captain Barbara Roper, who supported and calmed me through all house functions, bothJ successes and failures:.

Awards Gymnastics Colours reawarded: Ann McGlashan.

Pockets reawarded: Elizabeth Beadel, Catherine Tapley.

Softball Colours awarded: Sally Stewart, Wendy Stewart, Sandra Arnold.

Pockets: Philippa Wyatt, Diana Rivers.

Tennis Pocket awarded: Susan Pryor.

Swimming Colours reawarded Ann McGlashan.

Pockets awarded: Diane Vickery, Nicola Hudson.

Hockey Colours reawarded: Barbara Ropieir, Susan Pryor.

Colours awarded: S'ally Stewart, Wendy Stewart.

Pocket awarded: Philippa M. Wright.

Athletics Colours awarded: Susan Pryor.

ANN McGLASHAN, House Captain.

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A house evening was held early in the year to encourage house spirit and this was extremely successful. We all contributed musical talents ~n composing a house song to the tune 'Jockey Juniors are for me'.

There is nothing like starting from the bottom ranks as in the Swimming Sports, but this was not the result of a lack of effort. Manuka stole the limelight in the house crocodile when Mr Sullivan baptised and blessed the new house.

However we then proceeded to fourth place in the Athletic Sports and special thanks are due to our junior white ribbon members Vicki Brand and Susan Lilly

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members are always eager and there has never been any lack of enthusiasm or support. However because of scarcity of these junior members we have not excelled in any competitions.

I would finally like to thank my vicecaptain Anne Liddell for all her help, and to thank all members who have supported their house so enthusiastically. With this fine support a firm foundation has been laid which I am sure will be built upon in years to come.

Despite the lack of talent Matipo came second in the House Choir competition because of their choice of song and the size of the choir.

In the House Drama we again came second with our dramatisation of "Pooh Bear". The parts were played by Sara Brownlee, Hildy Ellis, Julie Brown, Sarah Collins, Rosemarie Freeman, Jacqueline Taylor, Lucy Taylor, Elizabeth Genet, Sally Robilliard and Annabel Holderness was the Reader. Many thanks to these girls and also to the many others who took part as trees and animals. Also my sincere thanks to Elizabeth de Lambert who got the play off the ground.

In the House Sports Matipo was down again, coming fifth---.but never mind, better luck next year. In the Junior A!thletic Sports, the relay teams. were not outstanding but several girls did do quite well in individual events. Juliet Utley came second in the Long Jump and Joanna Fox won the High Jump.

Though we may not have done so well this last year in the sporting field, we have made up for this in the other non-sporting activities.

I would like to congratulate the following girls for achieving the high standard required for these awards.

AMANDA ALLISON, House Captain.

Awards

Awards Swimming Colours reawarded: A. Liddell.

Gymnastics Colours awarded: M. McGuinness.

Pocket reawarded: P. Robertson.

Hockey Colours awarded: A. Liddell.

Pocket awarded: M. Hall.

Tennis Pocket awarded: J. Ott. Pocket reawarded: G. Palmer.

Softball Pocket awarded: L. Scott.

Netball Colours awarded: J. Ott. Pocket awarded: L. Scott.

Hockey Whistles: M. Hall, J. Blance.

Netball Whistles: E. James, P. Wilson, L. Scott, G. Palmer.

PENELOPE WILSON, House Captain.

Netball Whistles: Julie Brown, Virginia Alleyne.

Colours reawarded: Jennifer Pugh.

Gymnastics Colours and Modern Gymnastics colours: Clare Newburgh.

Pocket reawarded: Jacqueline Mercer.

Swimming Colours awarded for the fourth time: Susan Hunter.

Life Saving Pocket awarded: Amanda Allison.

MATIPO HOUSE NOTES Matipo's achievements this year have been spasmodic but there has been an improvement on last year.

We began well at the swimming sports, Susan Hunter showing her usual form by becoming Senior Champion. Those distinguishing themselves were Clare Newburgh, Annabel Holderness, Amanda Allison, Dana Reuhman, Sara Brownlee, Helen Johnson and Carmen Babington.

With the help of these girls we came third overall.

At the Athletic Sports, however, our form slipped and we managed to come last--0nly the Intermediate Relay team managed to achieve anything-they came first.

RATA HOUSE NOTES 1973 has been a year when Rata has performed without either distinction or disgrace.

This year Rata was placed fourth in the Swimming Sports. On that day it was the relay teams who stole the limelight with the Seniors )coming first and the Juniors second. Rata also had a decisive win in

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the house crocodile. Congratulations must go to Anna Archibald who won the dive and was the runner-up to the champion.

Rata went up a place in the Athletics Sports to be third, and many valuaJble points were gained at this meeting by Janice Henderson who was the intermediate champion.

This year the house captains decided to add a few more events to the yearly calendar to make more variation.

We had a house choir competition this year and although Rata did not gain a place, we found that our house spirit was considerably greater as the girls really enjoyed this event. House drama was another new event and the plays proved highly successful. Congratulations must go to all girls who played a part as it was obvious that a great deal of time and effort had been put into the productions.

This year we fared better in the winter sports as, we came third in both hockey and the netball. These games. were followed by house lunches which were also a. 'first time' occasion. They proved very successful and thanks must go to all girls who helped to organise them.

House chess this year proved a popular sport with Rata and we gained second place.

In the third term Rata put on a good display, wirth a few surprises in the softball where we came third behind the first equal teams, Konini and Kowhai.

The volleyball team was unplaced but the tennis team was placed second and this was a great improvement on recent years.

Finally, I must thank my vice-captain, Anne Wood who contributed a great deal to the running of the house throughout the year.

Best of luck for 1974.

ELIZABETH SOMERS, House Captain.

Tennis Pocket awarded: Marianne Cottrell.

Junior Tennis Champion: Anna Archibald.

Swimming Colours reawarded: Elizabeth Somers.

Colours awarded: Wendy Dodgshun.

Pockeit awarded: Jane Meikle.

Hockey Colours reawarded: Elizabeth Somers.

Colours awarded: Sara Bell.

RIMU HOUSE NOTES 1973, Rimu faced on unfortunate start to the year being placed fi£th in the Swimming and Athletic Sports, however we did have a few individual placings. Congratulations to the following: Mary Williams, 1st 800 metres Hurdles; Janice Redmond, 2nd 800 Metres; the Senior Relay Team 2nd; Christine Byrch, 2nd Junior 800 Metres and the Junior Relay Team 3rd. House Netball results were a little disappointing but we managed to be placed third equal.

The Inter-House Hockey took the form of a knockout competition and unfortunately we were put out after the second round. After house matches in the second term we had a house lunch in the Dining Room at Kilburn. The guests included the srtaff and parents. My special thanks go to Mrs Hardy who helped us tremendously in the kitchen.

The notable events from this time on were the house choir and drama competitions. Of course Rimu did very well in both and was placed second and second equal respectively. My thanks go to all those who helped and especially to Anne Marshall and Jennie-Lynne Hatherley.

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Pocket awarded: Felicity Richards.

Gymnastics Colours awarded: Anne Wood.

Softball Colours awarded: Janice Henderson.

Pocket awarded: Jane Eddington.

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Standard 4 enjoyed a Field Trip to Maruia Springs where they were the guesits of Mr and Mrs J. Booth. They were accompanied by Mrs Booth and Mrs Mitchell and enjoyed an interesting and instructive trip, noting and marking. on their maps the various features of the e0untryside.

Some of the girls attended the Christchurch Ballet Society's presentation of of 'Nutcracker' in which two of our girls were performing.

Achievements include bronze gymnastic awards and passes in the various grades of music, speech and 'ballet examinations.

In October an Open Day was held when Parents\ and friends inspected a display of work and enjoyed meeting each other over tea in our pleasant garden.

Standards1 3 and 4 sang in the Schools' Music Festival and also at the opening of Queen Elizabeth II Park. We finished our year with a combined Carol Service, and Nativity Play in which all girls took part.

On the whole we did not have a very successful year in amassing house points but we hit the top with house spirit.

I would like to thank everybody who helped to make my job as house captain much easier especially the seniors and my vice-captain Susan Wright.

VICKI ROYAL, House Captain.

Awards Red Games Badges: 14 Green Games Badges: 21 Athletics Colours awarded: M. Williams.

Netball Colours reawarded: V. Royal.

Pocket awarded: J. Dixon.

Whistle awarded: M. Williams.

Gymnastics Colours reawarded: A. Majendie.

Hockey Colours reawarded: S. Wright.

Pocket awarded: S. Gray.

SPRINGFIELD ROAD NOTES 1973 The roll and staff at Springfield Road has remained stable with 68 girls, 4 fulltime and 2 part-time teachers1. A very healthy intake for 1974 ensures the continuation of a satisfactory roll.

Mrs J. Van Wijk joined our staff and very quickly settled in as a co-operative and competent member.

Our intake of four-year-old children has been very successful indeed and we plan to continue offering a teaching programme suited to this group.

Swimming and Athletic Sports were held on pleasant days and enjoyed by participantsi and spectators. alike.

Lenten Offerings, boosted by an ever popular mufti-day amounted to $71.90 which was given to the St Christopher's Children's home in Suva. We also saved used stamps for the home.

The Harvest Festival brought a splendid amount of produce which was shared between the Open Door and the Hanson's Lane Hostel and letters of appreciation have been received from both places.

This year we have had a cent-a-meal tin for the Save the Children Fund and have collected $48.96 which is a record for a small school. We plan to keep up this practice.

THEATRE PARTIES The year commenced with a large party going to a very memorable play at the James Hay Theatre on the occasion of the Christchurch Arts Festival. "The Ro~al Hunt of the Sun" directed by James Gordon was a masterpiece long to be remembered for its brilliance both literally and figuratively. The play concerns a swineherd who became a Spanish General and with 167 men conquered the Inca Empire of 24,000,000 people. It is a story of steel against stone, a story of one ci\nilisation being: taken over by another.

Associated with the Arts Festival was the presentation of "Billy Liar" at the Ngaio Marsh Theatre. This amusing presentation of a young man who lived in a dream wodd of his own and who wove a fabrication of imagination around himself was very witty and much enjoyed even if it might have been a familiar theme to some.

There were three visits to the Court Theatre. "Look Back in Anger" by John Osborne made a return visit and allowed a party of girls to see an excellent production which they would otherwise have missed. It cis a disturbing and symptomatic play in which Jimmy Porter's anger

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is directed at everything though it leads nowhere and achieves nothingt-another moral which is easily recognised.

"Candida" needed no introduction to some who went having spent many laborious hours with their teacher trying to arrive at the conflict between Christian socialism and the magic vision.

"The Caretaker'' by Pinter was the last outing of the term. There was also an earlrier visit to Wendy De La Bere's production of "The Winters. Tale" at the Repertory Theatre. Thus a wide variety of theatre outings have been enjoyed by all able to be pTesent. The girls very much appreciate these outings and wish to express their thanks to the various teachers who have given their time to organise these vii.sitsto the theatre.

The time for preparation was, very short and conditions, were hazardousL_people being involved with exams and the 'fluand consequently everyone had to work very hard. The final product, however, performed after only eight rehearsals,was felt by everyone to be well worthwhile.

Both criticisms were very good although it was rather disappointing that more emphasis was not placed on the excellence of the Band.

There were many requests for the opera to be performed again but as the saying goes "It is best to let well alone". All of the cast are very grateful to the staff and other helpers who made this pTOduction possible and we would liike them to accept our thanks.

'JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOUR DREAMCOAT' By the author and composer of 'Jesus Christ Superstar and adapted by Mr P. R. Smart with the assistance of Mr E. R. Field-Dodgson.

This opera is based on Chapter 35-46 of the book of Genesis. There were several things about the preparation and production of it that would not have been noticeable to the audience.

It was made clear that it was the performers·' opera and consequently if they did not agree with any action or sring;ing part they were free to say so and to play it as. they felt.

Dances were designed and improvised

by Mr J.M. A. Rowberry and the dancers themselves.

The Choruses were free to harmonise and the blending of notes was quite successful. They faced the problem of being so far apart that co-ordination was difficult but on the whole they managed very well.

The Band was excellent, covering very well the occasiional mistakes made by the singers.

The costumes and make-up of all the cast were very effective and made more so by splendid lighting effects.

The scenery was s:imple--two sloping rostrums and a tent~with a minimum of furniture but it was all that was needed.

SCHOOL COUNCIL The School Council was able to continue the work done last year and settled down after a strong start.

Meetings: were held every second Tuesday and representatives reported to their classes on Wednesday morning during form time. The keen interest of girls in school affairs was shown by the many suggestions and complaints voiced by class representatives.

The purpose of the Council is to voice the opinions of the school. It is not a governing body and therefore has no power to bring about any major changes within the school. As a result, we found that some of the affairs of the council were petty, although the majority of the suggestions brought forward were constructive and helpful.

This year we were pleased to see that Forms One and Two participated fully in the discussions as well as briinging forward many relevant points.

We sugges,t that next year representatives keep in mind the aims, of the School Council. We feel that discussions should take place in individual forms during the period set aside for longer form time so that any irrelevant material can be discarded. This would prevent such things as a quarter hour discussion on whether or not apple and apricot pies should be sold at the tuck shop.

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SPORTS COUNCIL 1973 A new body has become official within the school this: year. This is the Sports Council. The success of the 'trial' Sports Council last year proved to be a worthwhile body. It is made up of five fifth year ,girls who this year are: Mary Williams (Chairman),. Ann McGlashan, Barbara Roper, Penny Wilson, and Susan Wright; and also of five fourth year girls who are: Joanna Beckett, Joanne Deans, Jennifer Pugh, Jennifer Johnson and Jane West-Watson. These became members by election.

Last year the Council's, main aim was to carry out as: much work as possible and to establish its function.

The main purpose of the Sports Council is to be the school's representative to the Sports Department, as. the School Council is to all non-sporting School Departments.

Some of the things the Council has done throughout this: year, besides jobs such as checking equipment and repairing equipment, was to organise a fund raising week for New Zealand paraplegics·, assist with the running of the Winter Quadrangular Tournament, discuss all sporting awards (i.e., colours, pockets), and uniform changes concerned with sport, and decide upon the dates of sporting fixtures.

The Council hopes to· become more time. It is not, however, disappointed with its first year of work and hopes it has been some asset to the school. established and effective but this requires

In the first week of the August holidays, the Secondary Schools' Tournament was held in Christchurch. We are all very grateful to the fantastic cooks we hadMrs Wilson, Mrs Wright and Mrs Somers -who made sure we never played on empty stomachs. We would also like to thank those who transported us to Hagley Park. We all played very well and to our delight reached the semi-final, but then, to our dismay, the tournament was cancelled because of very bad weather. Although we were all very disappointed, on the whole it was a most enjoyable and worthwhile tournament.

A great many thanks must go to our reserves-Margot Hall, Julie Blance and Susan Gray. Without them, the team would indeed have been lost.

As in previous years, the team would never have had any success in or enjoy ment from the games if we had not had Miss Morgan's tremendous support and coaching which all teams appreciated. All 1973 hockey teams thank her very much for the time she sacrificed for us.

BARBARA ROPER, Captain.

Wednesday Competition Results

HOCKEY NOTES All teams competed well in the 1973 hockey season.

In the Wednesday competition the 'A' team came first equal with Darfield in their grade.

Many thanks must go to Mrs Wilson, Mrs Aldridge and Miss Miller for giving up their time and umpiring for us.

This year we were the host school for the Quadrangular Tournament. We were rewarded for the time spent in training, by winning the hockey after several hard games. The team would like to thank everybody who helped with the tournament, especially those girls who took billets.

St Margaret's Bl v Villa Maria, lost 3-0 v Rangiora, won 5-1 v C.G.H.S., drew 3-3 v Dar:field, lost 3-1 (3 points, 5th equal in their grade.)

St Margaret's A v Rangi Ruru, won 9-1 v C.G.H.S., won 7-2 v Burnside, won 13-0 v A vonside, won 4-1 v Riccarton, won 5-2 v Linwood, won 9-0 (12 points, 1st equal in their grade.)

St Margaret's B2 v Mairehau, won 1-0 v Hagley, won 4-1 v Sacred Heart, won 1-0 v Avonside, lost 5-2 v Papanui, lost 4-1 (6 points, 4th in their grade.)

St Margaret's C v Burnside, lost 2-1 v Cottesmore, lost 2-1 v Villa Maria, lost 4-2 v C.G.H.S., lost 3-0 v Middleton Grange, lost 2-1

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HOCKEY A-Back row: P. M. Wright, J. Blance, J. Johnson, L. Wilson, S. Bell, M. Hall, S. Gray.

Front row: S. Stewart, S. Pryor, S. Wright, B. Roper, E. Somers, W. Stewart, A. Liddell.

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St Margaret's D v Burnside, won 5-0 v McKillop, won 6-0 v Villa Maria, lost 2-0 v Linwood, won 19-0 v Cottesmore, lost 1-0 v Middleton Grange, won 6-0 (10 points, 2nd equal in their grade.)

Pryor, (L.I.) (Captain).

E. Somers,

(L.W.) B. Roper

Bl Team (G.K.) N. Thomas, (R.B.) L. Brown, (L.B.) J. White-Johnson, (R.H.) D. Howarth, (C.H.) J. Blance (Captain), (L.H.) S. Henderson, (R.W.) J. Taylor, (R.I.) J. Smith, (C.F.) B. Evans, (L.I.) M. Hall, (L.W.) S. Gray.

Awards 1973 Colours reawarded: Barbara Roper, Susan Wright, Lynley Wilson, Susan Pryor, Elizabeth Somers, Jennifer Johnson.

Colours: Anne Liddell, Sara Bell, Wendy Stewart, Sally Stewart.

Pocket reawarded: Susan Gray.

Pockets awarded: Philippa M. Wright, Margot Hall, Julie Blance.

Umpire's Whistle: Margot Hall, Julie Blance.

B2 Team (G.K.) J. Bassett, (R.B.) R. Patterson, (L.B.) J. Sheppard, (R.H.) E. Beadel, (C.H.) M. J. Botting, (L.H.) J. Deans, (R.W.) R. Fry, (R.I.) M. Liddell, (C.F.) S. Sheppard, (L.I.) N. Reed, (L.W.) R. Gunn.

C Team (G.K.) B. Gibson, (R.B.) M. Atkinson, (L.B.) N. Dobson, (R.H.) P. Robertson, (C.H.) G. Gunn, (L.H.) D. Hindin, (R.W.) A. Moss, (R.I.) S. Brownlee, (C.F.) J. Mackenzie, (L.I.) A. Milliken, (L.W.) S. Larnder.

Hockey Teams 1973 A Team (G.K.) J. Johnson, (R.B.) S. Bell, (L.B.) P. M. Wright, (R.H.) W. Stewart, (C.H.) S. Stewart, (L.H.) A. Liddell, (R.W.) S. Wright (Vice-Captain), (R.1.) L. Wilson, (C.F.) S.

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against Christ's College, and the season ended with bad weather and examinations.

I should like to, congratulate Anna Archibald and Rachel Fry, the respective junior and intermediate champions of 1973.

I should also like to thank Miss Morgan for all the time and energy she has put into coaching us, and to thank the teams who have helped so much with their enthusiasm and determination. I would also like to thank my vice-captain, Susan Pryor for her determination. We wish you the besit of luck for next year.

D Team (G.K.) B. Johnson, (R.B.) J. Stoddard, (L.B.) R. Peterson, (R.H.) J. Foster, (C.H.) J. Gunn, (L.H.) J. Fray, B. Larnder, (R.W.) S. Vickery, (R.l.) K. Retallick, (C.F.) G. Adams, (L.l.) N. Heap, (L.W.) K. Blaxhall, A. Cook.

Emergencies N. Deans, A. Childs, J. McPherson, R. Weston, K. Jameson, S. Edmond.

CRANMER NOTES Our second year in the senior competition proved to be very difficult. J:Iowever, we gained a great deal of experience throughout the season as rthe g,ames were all of a very high standard, even though we did not gain very many points.

Congratulations to our Canterbury Representatives Barbara Reyer, Lynley Wilson, Susan Pryor, J enmfer Johnson and Sara Bell. A special congratulations must go to Susan Wright who as a member of the Canterbury "A" team competed in the National Tournament at Hamilton in August.

Finally, I must thank Miss Morgan for her continued help, my vice-captain Susan Wright for her support and the team as a whole for their co-operation throughout the year. I wish the 1974 team all the best and hope they enjoy every minute of their hockey as: much as, I have.

L. WILSON, Captain.

A Team Lynley Wilson (Captain), Gayle Palmer, Glenda Whyte, Susan Pryor (Vice-Captain).

B Team Janine Ott, Rachel Fry, Mariane Cottrell, Jennifer Wright, Anne Irwin, Joanne Deans, Margot Atkinson, Wendy Dodgshun.

C Team Josephine Dixon, Mary Williams, Jean Henderson, Susan Wright, Anne Liddell, Catherine Wilkinson, Karen Palmer, Margaret Liddell.

3rd Form Team Susan Martin, Anna Archibald, Vicki Brand, Barbara Starky, Christine Byrch, Juliet Fry, Bridget Bush, Vale,ry Tuck.

TENNIS NOTES 1973 1973 brought another year of enjoyable, but not quite such successful tennis as last year. The season began with the Quadrangular Tournament, held in Timaru. Unfortunately we were unable to keep up the good sitandard of previous years, succeeeding only in defeating Craighead. However, everyone seemed to enjoy the games, and strokes and rallies had both improved by ,the end of the tournament.

The third term began with the interschool matches and although only two sections were completed results were very close.

The Old Girls again provided strong opposition for some exciting and evenlymatehed games, but once more they took away the cup. The lighter side of tennis predominated with a friendly match

Results St Margaret's A Team Bye v Cottesmore, won 6-0 v Riccarton, won 6-0 v Rangi Ruru, lost 2-4 v C.G.H.S., lost 0-6 St Margaret's B Team v Villa Maria, won 4-0 v Cottesmore, won 3-1 v St Mary's, won 4-0 v Rangi Ruru, won 29-25 Bye v Burnside, not played v C.G.H.S., not played St Margaret's C Team v Villa Maria, won 4-0 v Cottesmore, won 3-1 v Riccarton, won 3-1 v Rangi Ruru, won 3-1 Bye v Burnside, not played v. C.G.H.S., not played

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BADMINTON-J.

Dobson, J. Thomp on, N. Kitchin, M. Cottrell.

TENNIS A-G.

Palmer, L. Wilson, G. Whyte, S. Pryor.

Hurdles. 1st in the High Jump.

In the J unior1 Section: Nicola Hudson-2nd in the Discus.

Joanne Sloss-3rd in the Shot Put. Senior Relay Team-lst.

Intermediate Relay Team~3rd.

A list of the team is given below. This year the School Athletics Club has 25 members, many of whom compete in the C.A.A.A. meetings on Saturdays under the auspices of the school club. The club and school team are indebted to Miss Poulsen for her dedication, :experienced coaching and constant enthusiasm and interest.

Our congratulations to Joanna Beckett who competed well as a member of the Canterbury Team, in sprint events this year, at the New Zealand Championships.

At Queen Elizabeth II Park on December 8-9 there is to be the first New Zealand inter-school meeting. A school team of about 20 from St Margaret's is competing. We wish them the best of luck.

MARY WILLIAMS, Captain.

St Margaret's 3rd Form Team v Rangi Ruru, won 3-1 v C.G.H.S., won 3-1 v Cottesmore, won 4-0 v Villa Maria, lo,s,t 24-34 v Burnside, won 3-1

Awards 1973 Colours reawarded: Lynley Wilson.

Pocket reawarded: Gayle Palmer.

Pocket awarded: Glenda Whyte, Su an Pryor, Janine Ott, Rachery Fry, Marianne CoHreU, Jennifer Wright.

1973 ATHLETIC NOTES Many hours of preparation and concentrated effort culminated in the Athletiic Sports held on March 15th at Rugby Park. This year for the first time, there were six houses competing because of the formation of the new house, Manuka.

General participation and house spirit were of a high standard and the weather was once again on our side. As can be seen from the results of championship events lristed below ten records were broken, six of them in the Senior Section.

The winning house was, for the third time running, Konini.

My thanks to Mrs Milliken, who gave up her time ,to present the cups at the end of the day's proceedings. I also extend my thanks to Miss Mangos, Miss Poulsen, Miss Morgan, Mrs Jameson, my deputy Elizabeth Somers and the parents and staff who assisted tremendously with the running of the sports.

The team to represent our school in the Canterbury Inter-School Sports was selected on the results of our school sports. Although there was no official winning school, we had the highest number of points at the end of the day.

Placings were given to the following.

In the Senior Section: Joanna Beckett- I st in the 200 Metres in a record time of 25 seconds. 1st also in the 100 Metres.

Jane Quigley-lst in the High Jump.

Susan Pryor-2nd in the 60 metres.

Julie Brown-2nd in the 800 Metres.

Mary WilliamsL._3rd in the 80 Metres Hurdles.

In the Intermediate Section: Pamela Quigley-lst in 80 Metres

Athletic Awards Senior Champion: Joanna Beckett.

Runner up: Jane Quigley.

Intermediate Champion: Janice Henderson.

Runner up: Pamela Quigley.

Junior Champion: Vicki Brand.

Runner up: Susan Lilly.

Most points not a Champion: Pamela Quigley.

Colours reawarded: Joanna Beckett.

Colours awarded: Mary Williams, Susan Pryor, Jane Quigley.

Pockets awarded: Janice Henderson, Julie Brown, Pamela Quigley.

The Intermediate Athletic Team Senior J. Beckett, J. Brown, M. Hall, A. Moss, S. Pryor, J. Quigley, J. Smith, M. Williams, L. Wilson.

Intermediate J. Henderson, J. Mercer, P. Monk, P. Quigley, Catherine Tapley, S. Wood.

Junior V. Brand, J. Eddington, D. Hindin, N. Hudson, S. Lilly, S. Osborne, J. Slos , Charlotte Tapley, S. Vickery.

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ATHLETICS-Back row: J. Brown, P. Quigley, P. Monk, L. Wilson, J. Eddington, S. Lilly, J. Henderson, M. Hall. Middle row: J. Mercer, N. Hudson, J. Smith, J. Sloss, V. Brand, Char.

Tapley, S. Vickery, S. Wood, D. Hindin: Front row: S. Osborne, A. Moss, S. Pryor, E. Somers, M Williams, J. Beckett, J. Quigley, Cath. Tapley.

Discus: J. Smith 1, E. Somers 2, L. Wilkinson 3. Distance 69ft. 2½in.

House Relay: Konini 1, Rimu 2, Kowhai 3.

Time: 52.5( Record).

Intermediate 100 Metres: P. Monk 1, J. Mercer 2, J. Henderson 3. Time: 13.7.

200 Metres: J. Henderson 1, P. Monk 2, P. Quigley 3. Time: 28.1.

60 Metres: P. Monk 1, J. Mercer 2, J. Henderson 2. Time: 8.5.

800 Metres: J. Henderson 1, Cath Tapley 2, K. James.on 3. Time: 2/39.0 (Record).

80 Metres Hurdles: P. Quigley 1, M. Liddell 2, J. Mercer 3. Time 13.7.

Long Jump: J. Henderson 1, P. Quigley 2, Cath Tapley 3. Distance: 15ft 0in.

High Jump: P. Quigley 1, M. Liddell 2, J. Mercer 3. Height 4ft Sin. Shot Put: J. Henderson 1, P. Quigley 2, M. Stemmer 3. Distance: 25ft 5¾in.

Championship Results 1973 Results of championship events at the St Margaret's College Athletic Sports were:Senior 100 Metres: J. Beckett 1, J. Quigley 2, A. Moss 3. Time: 12.5 (Record).

200 Metres: J. Beckett 1, J. Quigley 2, A. Moss 3. Time: 25.4 (Record). ' 60 Metres: J. Beckett 1, J. Quigley 2, S. Pryor 3. Time: 7.9 (Record).

800 Metres: J. Brown 2, J. Redmond 3, A. Gerard 3. Time: 2/34.3 (Record).

80 Metres Hurdles: Mary Williams 1, J. Qui gley 2, l. Ford 3. Time: 13.7.

Long Jump: J. Beckett 1, S. Pryor 2, P. Wylie 3. Distance: 17ft. ½in.

High Jump: J. Quigley 1, L. Wilkinson 2, J. Beckett 3. Height: 5ft. 0in. (Record).

Shot Put: M. Hall 1, J. Henderson 2, J. Redmond 3. Distance: 26ft. 7½in.

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Discus: J. Henderson 1, P. Quigley 2, P. Monk 3. Distance: 84ft. 2in.

House Relay: Matipo 1, Rata 2, Manuka 3.

Time: 56.2.

Junior 100 Metres: D. Hindin 1, V. Brand 2, S. Vickery 3. Time: 14.3.

200 Metres: V. Brand 1, D. Hindin 2, S. Vickery 3. Time: 30.4.

60 Metres: V. Brand 1, D. Hindin 2, S. Vickery 3. Time: 8.9.

800 Metres: S. Osborne 1, C. Byrch 2, V. Brand 3. Time: 2 / 39.6 (Record).

70 Metres Hurdles: S. Lilly 1, A. Archibold 2, Ohar Tapley 3-. Time: 13.0.

Long Jump: S. Lilly 1, S. Vickery 2, J. Eddington 3. Distance: 14ft. ½in.

High Jump: Char Tapley 1, J. Eddington 2, S. Lilley 3. Height 4ft 6in.

Discus: N. Hudson 1, A. Archibald 2, V. Brand 3. Distance: 81ft 2in. (Record).

Shot Put: J. Sloss 1, N. Hudson 2, A. ArchiBald 3. Distance: 24ft. 1 lin. (Record).

House Relay: Kowhai 1, Manuka 2, Rimu 3.

Time: 57.0.

Results A Team v Linwood, won 2-1 v Hagley, won 2-1 v Villa Maria, lost 0-3 v C.G.H.S., won 3-0 v Sacred Heart, lost 1-2 B Team v Mairehau, won 2-1 v C.G.H.S., lost 1-2 v Mairehau, won 2-1 v Hagley, won 2-1 v Villa Maria, won 2-1

VICKI ROY AL, Captain.

SWIMMING NOTES This year the sports were held on February 20th. Only two records were broken, one by Susan Hunter, who clipped .2 sees off the existing backstroke record, and the other by the 7th form relay who took 3.4 sees off the previous record. The champions in their respective sections were, Susan Hunter, Pamela Quigley and Nicola Hudson.

This year we were very fortunate to have the assistance of Mr Bullivant, a professional coach. He taught younger girls to swim, and also showed an inrterest in the Inter-School team, which won its competition for the eighth consecutive year. But, what made use even more proud was the fact that our school's behaviour at the Inter-School sports was set as an example to the public. This year we were placed second to Rangi Ruru in the Quadrangrular Tournament.

We would likei to extend our thanks to Miss Poulsen and Miss Morgan for the time and effort they spent in organising the sports. I feel the team as, a whole would especially like to thank Miss Mangos, who played an important part in the preparation for the Inter-School sports.

I would next like to congratulate Susan Hunter on her success at the World Swimming Championships in Belgrade, and would like to wish her all the best for the Commonwealth Games in January.

I would also like to thank my vicecaptain Anne Liddell for all her help and co-operation throughout the season. Best of luck for the 1974 team.

ELIZABETH SOMERS, Captain.

CROSS COUNTRY The School Cross Country Championships were held at the beginning of the third term. The results were: Senior: Rosemary Mowat 1st, Julie Brown 2nd, Janice Henderson 3rd.

Junior: Susan Osborne 1st, Christine Byrch 2nd, Karen Jameson 3rd.

Rosemary Mowat, Julie Brown and Susan Osborne represented the school at the inter ,secondary Cross Country meeting. Rosemary Mowat was placed 9th in the senior section and Susan Osborne was placed 6th in the junior section.

VOLLEYBALL This year we had two teams entered in the Inter-Secondary Schools' Competitions. Although this season was very short with only five rounds being played, it was quite successful. I would like to thank Miss Poulsen for time given during this season, and I wish the best of luck to future teams.

A Team Vicki Royal (Captain), Elizabeth Somers, Amanda Allison, Ann McGlashan, Jennifer Johnson, Penelope Wilson, Barbara Roper.

B Team Joanne Ford, Margot Hall, Hildy Ellis, Margaret Butler, Victoria Anderson, Claire Newburgh, PhilJipa J. Wright.

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VOLLEYBALL A-A. Johnson.

Allison, P. Wilson, A. McGlashan,

V. Royal,

B. Roper,

E. Somers, J.

Results of Championship Events

We congratulate the following for their successes at the Inter-School Sports.

Senior Individual Medley (Recoro 49.5 T. Shipston, 1968): S. Hunter 1, E. Somers 2, W. Dodgshun 3. Time: 50.8.

50 yards Freestyle (Record 26.9, T. Shipston, 1968): S. Hunter 1, E. Somers 2, A. McGlashan 3. Time: 28.1.

50 yards Breaststroke (Record 35.6, T. Shipston, 1968): S. Hunter 1, W. Dodgshun 2, M. Richardson 3. Time: 37 .1.

50 yards Backstroke (Record 31.5, S. Hunter, 1972): S. Hunter 1, A. Somers 2, A. McGlashan 3. Time 31.3 (New Record).

25 yards Butterfly (Record 14.0, S. Hunter, 1972): S. Hunter 1, A .McGlashan 2, E. E. Somers 3. Time: 14.5.

Dive: A. McGlashan 1, W. Dodgshun 2, C. Robinson 3.

Senior Susan Hunter'--lst in Backstroke Elizaibeth Somers-I st in Burtterfly Ann McGlashan-lst in Diving Relay Team-lst Intermediate Relay Team-3rd Junior Nicola Hudson-lst in Freestyle Relay-lst

Members of the Swimming Team Senior E. Somers, S. Hunter, A. McGlashan, A. Liddell, J. Meikle and W. Dodgshun.

Intermediate P. Quigley, S. Peers, D. Vickery, S. Mohammed, S. Taylor, P. Drayton, J. Blance.

Junior A. Art;hibald, P. Miller, C. Babington, D. Hindin, N. Hudson.

Intermediate Individual Medley (Record 50.6, T. Shipston, 1966): P. Quigley 1, D. Vickery 2, P. Drayton 3. Time: 62.5.

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50 yards Freestyle (Record 27.5, S. Hunter, 1970): P. Quigley 1, S. Taylor 2, P. Drayton 3. Time 31.1.

50 yard Brea tstroke (Record 36.2, S. Hunter, 1971): S. Peer 1, A. Milliken 2, V. Ayling 3. Time 42.5.

50 yards Backstroke (Record 31.6, S. Hunter, 1971): P. Quigley 1, D. Vickery 2, J. Blance 3. Time 37.0.

25 yard Butterfly (Record 13.9, S. Hunter, 1971): P. Quigley 1, S. Mohammed 2, V. Ayling 3. Time 15.0.

Dirve: Cath Tapley 1, W. Fox 2, M. LiddeU 3.

50 yards Breaststroke (Record 36.5, A. Bunt, 1968): N. Hudson 1, A. Archibald 2, S. Roberts 3. Time 38.5.

50 yards Backstroke (Record 33.4, T. Shipston, 1965): N. Hudson 1, P. Miller 2, V. Mackenzie 3. Time 37.1.

25 yards Butterfly (Record 14.3, J. Tomplin Gn, 1971): N. Hudson 1, C. Babington 2, A. Archibald 3. Time 15.0.

Dive: A. Archibald, D. Hindin, V. Brand.

Open 100 yards (Record 48.1, S. Hunter, 1972): S. Hunter 1, N. Hud on 2, W. Dodgshun 3.

Time 58.9.

Junior Individual Medley (RecOTd 51.6, S. Hunter, 1961): N. Hud on 1, V. Mackenzie 2, M. Braggins 3. Time 55.9.

50 yards Freestyle (Record 28.4, S. Hunter, 1969): N. Hud on 1, P. Miller 2, C. Babington 3. Time 29.5.

House Relays Junior Hou e· Relay (Record 1/26.9, Rata, 1970): Kowhai 1, Rata 2, Konini 3. Time: 1 / 30.2.

Senior Hou e Relay (Record 1 /24.3, Rata, 1972): Rata 1, Matipo 2, Manuka 3. Time: 1 /26.3 .

. Taylor, P. Drayton, D. Vickery, P. Quigl,ey, J. Meikle, P. S. Mohammed, J. Blance, S. Peers. Front row: C. Babington, D. Hindin, W. Dodgshun, E. omers, A. Liddell, A. McGla han, . Hudson.

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Our more advanced gymnasts, as well as working hard in the lunchtimes. and after school have continued to meet on Wednesday evenings. A happy atmosphere has developed among us and this, combined with attention of Miss Mangos, has improved our standard tremendously.

Championships House Championship Konini 293, Kowhai 283, Matipo 259, Rata 239, Rimu 218, Manuka 151.

Senior Championship S. Hunter 1, E. Somers and A. McGlashan 2nd equal.

Intermediate Championship P. Quigley 1, D. Vickery 2.

Junior Championship N. Hudson 1, A. Archibald 2.

Most points not a Champion E. Somers and A. McGlashan equal.

The first competition that we entered was the Canterbury Championship. We had been practising hard and most of us performed very well. Anne Majendie was placed 4th in the Girls 'A' Grade and selected to represent Canterbury at the New Zealand Championships. Jacqueline Mercer performed well in the Girls 'B' Grade. The rest of us competed in the C Grades, Prudence Robertson and Elizabeth Beadel being ranked 2nd and 3rd respectively, in the Girls Section and Margaret McGuinness and Anne Wood 1st and 3rd in the Women's section.

Awards Colours reawarded: S. Hunter, E. Somers, A. McGlashan, A. Liddell.

Co,lours awarded: Wi. Dodgshun.

Pocket reawarded: J. Meikle.

Packets awarded: P. Quigley, D. Vickery, N. Hudson.

LIFESAVING The 1972-73 Life Saving season has been a most satisfactory one, with an increasing number of girls passing the awards. I would like to thank Miss Mangos for her help throughout the year for I am sure the high pass rate could not have been achieved otherwise.

Award Passes

Soon after came the Inter-Secondary Schools competition. For sports gymnastics in the 'A' Grade our team was placed 5th. Our two teams in the 'B' Grade were placed 1st and 4th and in the C Grade the girls gained 2nd place. In the Modern Section Clare Newburgh was placed 1st in the 'A' Grade and in the 'B' Grade Susan Wood was also placed 1st.

We next took part in the Modern Championsihips where Clare Newburgh gained first place in the Women's 'A' Grade, Joanne Dobson 1st in the Women's B Grade, and Tracey Reynolds and Eliizabeth Orr 1st and 2nd in the Girls1'A' Grade.

JnteT'IDediate Sitar: 25 Bronze Medallion: 23 Bar to Bronze Medallion: 27 Bronze Cross: 16 Bar to Bronze Cross: 5 Award of Merit: 16 Bar to award of merit: 4 Distinction: 3 Senior Instructors: 2 Junior Instructors: 3

Awards Colours awarded: Dorothy McLean.

Pockets awarded: Joanne Dobson, Amanda Allison, Anne LiddeU, Doirothy McLealll.

Later at the National Championships Clare was placed 5th in New Zealand.

Joanne and Tracey both won bronze medals in their grades. St Margaret's has never done so well in provincial or national competition and I'm sure it was all a result of Miss Mangos' expert coaching.

The house life-saving cup was1won by Konini.

DOROTHY McLEAN, Captain ..

GYMNASTICS Gymnastics proved again this year to be one of the most popular sports in the school, and thanks must go to Miss Mangos, Mr Buchanan, Mr Holt, and Mr Massey, for the high standard achieved in both the badge and competitive field.

The final competition was the· Tumbling, in which we all competed well.

Suzanne Robin was 2nd in the Under 16 grade and this was the first time we had ever gained a place in this type of gymnastic activity.

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GYMNASTICS-Back row: M. McGuinness, A. Wood, P. Robertson, T. Reynolds, E. Beadel, Cath Tapley. Front row: J. Mercer, J. Dobson, A. McGlashan, A. Majendie, C. Newburgh.

Throughout the year forms one and two were also deeply involved in gymnastics.

They participated in the Graded Exercises' competition, designed to improve the standard of lower gymnastics, and at the end of the year when the numbers dwindled because· of exams., the places were filled with juniors. During the time they were with us, the girls really improved, and we hope many of them will be able to join us next year.

The new Incentive Award Scheme continued to operate this year, and as we expected with the work becoming more difficult the numbers attempting and passing badges decreased. However over 200 girls altogether were involved with the awards and in a school of 700, this was, quite an achievement.

The year was rounded-off well with the gym club (including the juniors) perform-

ing a display at the St Mary's Parish Fete.

This was just one of the things that made being a member of the gym club so enjoyable for me, and I'm sure for everybody else. Thanks must go to my vice-captain Clare Newburgh for all heri support and encouragement throughout the year.

ANN McGLASHAN, Captain.

Awards Passed 1972 Iron: 58 Bronze: 47 Silver: 25 Gold: 16 Eliite: 8 Iron Leaders: 8 Bronze Leaders: 8 Silver Leaders: 4 Gold Leaders: 3 Elite Leaders: 3 Colours reawarded: Joanne Majendie, Ann McGlashan.

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Anne

Colours awarded: Margaret McGuinness, Clare Newburgh (Sport and Modern), Tracey Reynolds (Modem), Anne Wood.

Pockets reawarded: Elizabeth Beadel, Jacqueline Mercer, Prudence Robertson, Catherine Tapley.

Pockets awarded: Wendy Fox, Sandra Taylor.

3rd Form B P. Wardell, M. Hickman, P. Smith, Adams, B. Johnson, M. Wynter-Smith, James, V. Wilkinson, D. De Lambert.

St Margaret's v Middleton Grange, won 12-9 v Aranui, lost 12-14 v Villa Maria, lost 5-36 v Hagley, won by defalt

SOFTBALL 1973 Four teams were entered in the InterSecondary Schools' competition this year.

The senior 'A' team was entered in the 'A' grade for the first time and played very weU to win all its games. The 'B' grade team did not have so much success.

The two 3rd Form teams, played well in their grade with the 'A' team winning all the games: it played. However, bad weather only allowed five rounds to be completed.

Most credit for the teams' success should be given to our coaches Miss Mangos and Mrs Sinclair for without their encouragement and expert assistance we would have not done so well.

Colours and Pockets were awarded for the first time this year.

S. J.

Colours: S. Stewart, W. Stewart, S. Arnold, J. Henderson.

Pockets: L. Scott, P. Wyatt, S. Watson, D. Rivers, J. Eddington.

SALLY STEWART, Captain.

NETBALL NOTES 1973 This year was a very successful one for the 'A' team. In the Inter-Secondary School Competitions we were runners-up in our section and in the Cranmer Netball we were placed fourth.

Our 'B' team played particularly well also, and they won their section but were unable to play in the final against Villa Maria.

Quadrangular Tournament A successful tournament was held this year in Christchurch. We obtained an outright win in both Hockey and Netball.

Senior A S. Stewart, W. Stewart, L. Scott, P. Wyatt, J. Henderson, S. Wa,tson, D. Rivers, S. Arnold, J. Eddington.

St Margaret's v Avonside, won 13-0 v Sacred Heart, won 24-7 v Hillmorten, won 24-3 v Villa Maria, won 41-10 v C.G.H.S., won 10-8

Results St Margaret's v St Hi'lda',s, won 40-2:1 v St Columba, won 30-22 v Cr:aighead, won 38-26 A Team (G.5'.) J. Ott (Vice-Captain),, (~}.A.) V. Royal (Captain), (W'..A.) P. Wylie, (C.) L. Scott, (W.D.) J. Pugh, (G.D.) J. Henderson, (G.K.)' G. Whyte.

BTeam (G.S.) V. Alleyne, (G.A.) J. Blacker, (W.A.) J. Brown, (C.) G. Palmer, (W.D.) A. Irwin, (G.D.) F. Richards (Captain)', (G.K.) J. Dixon (Vicei-Captain).

Senior B H. Sullivan, N. Deans, M. Doak, P. Thompson, R. Kerr, K. Jameson, N. Beckett, P. Todd, P. Byrch, C. Tapley, R. Jameson, P. Bruce.

St Margaret's v C.G.H.S., won 19-13 v A vonside, won 14-12 St Margaret's v Rangi Ruru, lost 11-14 v Hagley, won 13-5 v Middleton Grange, lost 9-10 3rd Form A N. Hudson, A. M. Anderson, J. Sloss, S. Vickery, J. FeTguson, J. Gunn, R. Pears, J. Hayes, S. Owens, J. Kinley.

St Margard's v Burnside, won 21-16 v Hilmorten won 22-17 v Sacred He'art, won 22-16 v Rangi Ruru, won 16-13 v Middleton Grange, won 42-7

Results St Margar.et's A v Burnside, won 36-23 v Rangiora, won 21-13 v Cottesmore, won 32-16 v Rangi Ruru, won 35-17 v Lincoln, won 35-24 v C.G.H.S., lost 18-35 v St Mary's, won 33-27

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SOFTBALL A-Back row: D. Rivers, J. Henderson, J. Eddington, L. Scott. Front row: S. Arnold, P. Wyatt, S. Stewart, W. Stewart, S. Watson.

St Margaret's B v Rangiora, won 20-19 v Burnside, won 26-18 v Cottesmore, won 35-28 v Rangi Ruru, won 26-14 v St Mary's, won 36-15 v Lincoln, won 35-17 v Mairehau, won 31-6

I would like to thank Miss Mangos and Miss Poulsen for the time and effort they gave for the netball teams, and I would also like to thank vice-captain Janine Ott for her help and support.

Awards Colours reawarded: Vicki Royal, Jennifer Pugh.

Colours awarded: Janine Ott, Glenda Whyte, Janice Henderson.

Pockets awarded: Josephine Dixon, Pamela Wylie, Lise Scott, Felicity Richards.

Whistles: Mary Williams, Virginia Alleyne, Julie Brown, Gayle Palmer, Lise Scott, Dorothy MacLean.

Third Form Teams A Team (G.S.) F. Alleyne, (G.A.) V. Brand (capt.), (W.A.) N. Hudson, (C.) J. Hamilton, (W.D.) R. Pears, (G.D.) A. M. Anderson, (G.K.) A. Archibald.

B Team (G.S.) S. Martin, (G.A.) J. Sloss, (W.A.) P. Wardell, (C) C. Byrch (Captain), (W.D.) H. Dallison, (G.D.) V. Tucker, (G.K.) E. Stephen .

Reserves J. McFadden, E. Wilson, S. Lovell, J. Hayes.

VICKI ROY AL, Captain.

BADMINTON NOTES 1973 The interest in this sport during the year has increased markedly, with a team entered in both the A and the B grade sections of the Inter-School Competition, and for the first time a beginners class was

We had two Canterbury Representatives this year. Janice Henderson in the Under 17 Juniors and Vicki Royal in the Canteribury Secondary Schools' team.

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I am very grateful to my vice-captain, Joanne Dobson, for all her help and support. My congratulations. to the team members who may not have won the competition, but who played with great determination and a good spirit. I especially want to congratulate Juliette Thompson, who became the first girl ever to be awarded a badminton pocket.

held once a week in St Mary's Hall. We were lucky in being able to use our own hall three times a week for practice this year, and this I feel greatly helped the _standard of play.

Although the two· teams were not particularly successful in the competition, their standard has greatly improved and it was a good experience simply to enter into the higher grades. We are very grateful to Mrs Potts who gave up her spare time to coach the teams once a week.

From her we learnt a great deal and it certainly benefited our playing. We are also very grateful to Mrs Jameson who coached the beginners' class, which has produced many up and coming young badminton players, who I hope in the future will increase the interest in and standard of the sport in the school.

MARIANNE COTTRELL, Captain.

Badminton Teams A Team Juliette Thompson, Nicola Kitchin, anne Cottrell, Joanne Dobson.

Mari-

B Team Mary Davison, Sandra Arnold, Anthea Newick, Rosemary Eyes, Judith Ferguson.

NETBALL A-Back row: L. Scott, J. Dixon, J. Blacker, P. Wylie. Front row: J. Henderson, J. Ott, V. Royal, G. Whyte, J. Pugh.

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Results

TABLE TENNIS 1973 The 1973 season commenced with enthusiastic challenging for team places.

Competitions began immediately after the May holidays and team members pmved capable in their positions.

There was an encouraging increase in the number of club members this year and all took a great deal of interest by practising diligently in their spare time.

It was a successfol year for the A team especially, as they came second in the inter-school matches. Unfortunately the B team was unplaced but their matches were more difficult.

One of the club's problems was a lack of coaching from experienced players. If this was available I am sure that the B team would have made much more progress.

A Grade v Rangi Ruru, won by default v Avonside, lost 5-1 v Burnside, lost 4-2 v C.G.H.S., lost 5-1 v Villa Maria, lost 4-2 v Cashmere, drew 3-3 v Linwood, won by default v Rangi Ruru, lost 4-2 B Grade v Rangi Ruru, won by default v Mairehau, won 6-0 v Hagley, won 4-2 v Linwood, lost 5-1 v Burnside, won by default v Avonside, lost 5-1 v Sacred Heart, won 6-0 v Cashmere, won 4-2

TABLE TENNIS-Back row: C. Kennedy, A. Holderness, M. Morris, J. Hibbard, C. Burtt. Front row: V. Baird, W. Wright, K. Rinckes.

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I hope that an equal amount of interest is shown next season and that more satisfying results are obtained in some cases.

The club is becoming more and more popular and the future for table tennis in the school looks most promising.

WANDA WRIGHT, Captain.

TRAMPING CLUB NOTES

TABLE TENNIS 1973 Captain: Wanda Wright.

Vice-Captain: Katrina Rinckes.

Section I A Team W. Wright, C. Kennedy, C. Burtt, M. Morris.

Results v G.G.H.S. A team, lost 1-5 v Villa Maria B team, won 6-0 v Villa Maria A team, won 5-1 v Hagley H.S. B team, won 6-0 v Hagley H.S. A team, won 4-2 v C.G.H.S. B team, won 5-1

Section II B Team K. Rinckes, J. Hibbard, Baird.

This year the weather favoured the Tramping Club and all members had opportunities to take part in tramps.

Early in March we tramped round Lyttelton Harbour as a warm-up for the year and to break-in new boats. Following this Mr Norman Hardie gave an informative talk on care in river crossings and the essential· trampring courtesies.

Up until this year Avons,ide had very kindly lent us their tents but we realised how convenient it would be to have our own so we raised $78 at a cake stall at the P.T.A. meeting in the first term. This money ena:bled the Club to buy two lightweight tents and Miss Newson kindly donated another. Our first tramp to Paterson Lodge was held later in March and was designed specifically to teach us the art of river crossring. Mr Hardie directed this operation with the help of Mr and Mrs Spurr, Miss Blair, Miss Mangos, Miss Poulsen, Mr Sullivan and Mr and Mrs Sinclair. Later that day we followed the railway line to Lake Sarah where the Distinction candidates practised their water skills.

Parents of the Tramping Club members were invited to climb Mt Grey on Sunday, 7th July. This gave parents an ideal

A. Holderness·, V.

Results v C.G.H.S. B team, won 4-2 v C.G.H.S. A team, lost 1-5 v Villa Maria B team, lost 3-3 (fewer games played) v Villa Maria A team, lost 0-6 v Hagley H.S. B team, on, won 6-0 v Hagley H.S. A team, lost 2-4

SQUASH NOTES 1973 For the first time this year a Secondary Schools' Squash Competition was played.

There were five competitive rounds and we also played several friendly matches with the Cashmere High School team.

These were good practice and lots of fun.

The availability of squash coaching for 6th and 7th form classes. this year has also created a growing interest in this sport within the school.

I hope that this interest and enthusiasm will be maintained and increased in 1974.

Members of the school squash team were: Team Clare Rawcliffe, Jennifer Wright, Elizabeth Orr, Katherine Barker.

Reserves Joanne Ford, Wendy Dodgshun.

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We should be very grateful if more members of staff could interest themselves in this activity. They would enjoy it; we should love to have them and it would lesson the burden on Miss Blair and Miss Mangos.

opportunity to become involved in the school club and the day and the weather was thoroughly enjoyed by all.

Half way through the second term, Jeannine Wareingi showed us an interesting film on exposure. This proved most useful, as on following tramps, when any signs of fatigue were shown, the girls insisted on having a rest in case they were sufferingi from exposure!

Because of examinations and other commitments only one tramp was held in the second term. One of the features of this tramp was that Pylon Gully was crossed. Another inoident was that Susanna Mathews, unfortunately cut her head, but thank:SI to her tremendous stamina, we were able to get her back to the hut, without too much trouble.

JUNIOR TRAMPING CLUB NOTES On the 24th March, 1973 the St Margaret's College Junior Tramping Club celebrated its first birthday. A year before a group of enterprisingi fourth formers had decided that it was time that "today's youth" were given an opportunity to experience the thrills of tramping.

This year (1973) we had learnt from our mistakes and were determined to keep the Tramping Club on its feet. It was open to fourth and fifth formers:. Our first tramp this year coincided with the most rainy Saturday in March. Undaunted we announced to our staff that if they would come we were willing. Many girls opted out of this tramp because of the rain so only the very keen were left. That tramp took us and: Mr Sullivan and Mrs Woolland nearly to Camp Bay. Only one other tramp was held in the first term and it took us from Princess Margaret Hospital up the hill to the "Sign of the Kiwi" and down the Rapaki Track with Mrs Spurr and Mrs Woolland controlling the fray.

In the third term we invited Mr John Hall to accompany us and those on the tramp enjoyed his company. On account of lack of energy and superb weather, sunbathing dominated the weekend. However we did manage to explore ithe Rawdon and Andrews Streams.

The A and B tramps were held on the last weekend of school. Mr Hardie and his daughters once again stepped in to guide and encourage the A party up the East Rawdon and aver the Savannah range. They camped at the junction of the Casey and Poulter rivers. Meanwhile the B group, directed by Mr Sullivan, Jeannine Wareing and Ian Clemens had tramped over the Binser Saddle and stayed at the Casey Hut-if not in it! The two groups were reunited on Sunday for lunch and from there ambled slowly baok to the school hut.

Our first tramp in the Second Term was to the School Hut. We chose a bad day to go (Friday 13th) and we had our share of bad luck. We were unable to get train tickets but thanks to kind staff and two parents (Mr Jameson and Mr Fry) we were able to go. Our last upsets for the day occurred when one staff car nearly gave up the ghost but was revitalised just in time; and another staff car experienced the loss <Yfa roof-rack with our four packs on it. The following day we tramped nearly to Hallejulah Flats and on Saturday to Cass and (for some the summit and for other half-way) up Sugar Loa:f. Even with our bad start the Junior Tramping Club and Mrs Greenland, Mrs Knight, Mrs Woolland (each staff member with her husband) had an exhausting but enjoyable weekend. On our last tramp for the second term Mrs Greenland took us

The committee would like to thank everyone who has taken part in club activities this year. The Tramping Club owes an incalculable debt particularly to Miss Blair and Miss Mangos who have borne the main brunt of duties ever since its inception, giving up a great deal of their spare time to what must often have been an exhausting weekend.

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from "The Sign of the Takahe" over the Hill to Governors Bay and, then on to Lyttelton.

The beginning of Term III again took us to the School Hut with Mrs Knight and Mrs Woolland each again with her husband. This time we tramped many miles along the Waimakariri, a few stopping each time for a swim in the Andrews Streiam. That night we, for the umpteenth time played "Thumper" with cold porridge as a punishment. On Sunday we went up Sudden Valley. After lunch the very keen ones continued until they were fording rivers with water around their chests. Later of course more swimming ensued! We are surprised that no one suffered from pneumonia with all the swimming. After School Certificate had finished for most a number stayed at Mr and Mrs Drayton's Charteris Bay bach. On Saturday the Trampers turned their skills to swimming, sailing, and rowing while on Sunday, with Mrs Woolland leading they climbed most of Mt Herbert.

At the end of the year Dr and Mrs Woolland are taking a party to walk the Milford Track. In our first two years we have climbed mountains (literal and figurative) and have estaJblished ourselves as a School Club. Thanks must go to all the staff who over the past two years have given their time to give us pleasure. In 1972 Mr Sullivan, Mrs McEwan, Mr and Mrs Sinclair, Miss Tebay, and Mrs Spurr sacrificed their hours of leisure and in 1973 Mrs Spurr, Mr Sullivan, Dr and Mrs Greenland, Mr and Mrs Knight, and Dr and Mrs Woolland tramped with us.

time to assist us.. The house matches were played on the round robin system and these again proved most successful especially as they enable most girls. to take part.

Mary Weathered Results St Margaret's A v Selwyn House B, won 17-1 v Rangi Ruru B, won 9-0 v Middleton Grange A, lost 3-6 v Rangi Ruru A, won 6-2 v Middleton Grange B, won v Sei]wyn Hous•e A, won 9-4 v St Margaret's B, won 12-0 A Team F. Dalzell, S'. Oamtridge·, R. Beckett, P. Dallison, D. Carson, N. Robinson, S. A. Carter.

Results House Matches: 1st Rata 10 points, 2nd Konini 8 points, 3 rd Rimu 6 points.

Hockey This year with better weather we were able to play more games during class lessons and this enabled the girls to get a better idea otfthe importance of positional play. We continue to be faced with the problem of having little opportunity to arrange extra games because of the lack of fields. However house matches were played and these proved very popular.

House Match Results Round 1: Rimu beat Manuka. Kowhai beat Rata.

Round 2: Matipo beat Rimu. Kowhai beat Konini.

Final: Matipo beat Kowhai 1-0.

Gymnastics The girls again availed themselves, of every opportunity to practise in the hall during the lunch hour and after school.

On Wednesday and Friday afternoons the Springfield Road girls came over and the senior girls helped them in their train,ing.

The following girls passed the A Grade Canterbury Gymnastic Association Graded Exercise Competition. M. Gibson, S. Beadel, J. Devine, Margot Smith, L. Hunter, C. Davidson.

JUNIOR SCHOOL GAMES NOTES Netball Congratulations to Middleton Grange for winning the Mary Weathered Trophy.

St Margaret's A was runner-up. These matches on Monday afternoons continue to create a great deal of interest and the teams practise regularly gaining much valuable help and knowledge from members of the senior 'A' team. We are most gra,teful to them for giving up their

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JUNIOR SCHOOL NETBALL-Back row: F. Dalzell, N. Robinson, S-A. Car,ter, D. Carson. Front row: S. Cartridge, R. Beckett, P. Dallison.

50 yards 8 Years : Susanna Gin 50 yards 7 Years: Jane Home 50 yards 6 Years: Veronica Lawrence 50 yards 5 Years: Jaqueline Tearle

Athletics

The sports were held at school and although the wind was cold the venue appears to be very popular with competitors and spectators. The track was in excellent condition and many good events were seen.

Swimming

The sports were held on Tuesday, 27th February. Quite a good day as far as the weather was concerned. Many good close finishes were seen although no records were broken.

Championship Forms I and II: Linda Hunter, 15 points. Runner-up: Sara Bush.

6 points.

Championship Standards 3 and 4: Felicity Booth, 11 points. Runner-up: Nicola Diedrichs, 5 points.

25 Yards Freestyle Standards I and II: Sarah Weston.

Results Championship 13 years: Rosemary Beckett 18 points. Runner-up: Nicola Robinson 8 points.

Championship 12 Years: Julie Newton 16 points Runner-up: Mary Gibson 12½ points.

Championship 11 Years: Charlotte Scott 16½ points. Runner-up: Sarah Beadel 13 points.

Championship 10 Years: Tracey Osborne 15½ points. Runner-up: Penelope Jagger 6 points.

Championship 9 Years: Kim Marshall 13 points Runner-up: Suzanne Pickford 5 points.

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Original Contributions DELUSION

THE

The voice that cried In a void of darkness Said 'We ar·e One My Brothers' And I In my wisdom Dared not question Him And noticed notThe Echoes Hollow Through The Tunnel Ofmy Mind Nor the wire barbed solid and That he held with open arms To greet me -until, 'My Brothers', It was too late.

GLENIS WALKER. Form 7

Lise Scott 5S

THE MODERN B'ROOK I wind about and in and out With here a tin can srailing While refuse from the factories spout And all the fish are ailing.

And here and rthere detergents foam Upon me as I travel Round many a rushing piece of chrome Wedged in among the gravel.

But none of these will halt my flow To join the greasy river While men can come and men can go I must sludge on forever.

With apologies to Lord Tennyson.

Record Cover Jessica Ann Denton

SANDRA WILSON, Form 6

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AN OLD-ESTABLISHED BUSINESS

clean-cut and hair-cut selling God at 10 % interest and once i redeem my Faustus & Coy Debentures i may just take the

the Mormon salesman called yesterday clean-cut and hair-cut selling God at 10 % interest the whole incident prompted great theological questioning on my part i never realised God was A Corporate Entity I demand to see the Prospectus before i venture any further into the Matter!

What of dividends and Market fluctuations? (sharing God with Humanity this way seems odd) still, who am ,i to question The Firm?

Yet what of the board of directors. who is the treasurer if anyone says Judas i shall laugh no this is not a laughing matter i wonder if Paul Samuelson would dass God Incorporated as a Monopoly?

However, as long as Malthus does not head ,the Planning Committee i may consider investing i dare say the Economist will answer all queries they are usually wellinformed the Mormon salesman called yesterday

plunge.

GLENIS WALKER, Form 7

ACCREDITING BLUES 'Twas the night before 'D-Day' And throughout the schoolNo one was; happy And damned was the food.

Why didn't I hearken To the threats of my tutors Cong.vats to the brainy And up the computors.

The pen is mightier than the sword That fact to be pwven later Now I only hope and pray My name's on that paper. ...

J.C.J., Form 6

INTERMISSION IS SERVED When in the theatre they turn down the lights and the film begins to run i fully expect the person near by me to be stabbed in the back by a homicidal maniac munching popoorn: Yet, when it never happens i'm not sure whether i should be relieved or disappointed. life is sometimes puzzling in that way.

GLENIS WALKER, Form 7 58

Beverley Tuck 4L

Deborah Thompson

5M

Anna Archibald 3M

Sarajane Archibald 5T

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FUTILITY

MITZY

I am tired of great concrete animals stiabbing ,their black claws into the yellow-grey midst of the sun.

I am tired of the office slavecamps full· of secretaries who ,s,itlike battery hens in windowless boxes laying words at 120 words per minutes.

And I am tired of trying to solve these problems and all the others which plague our egalitarian society, for whenever the ultimate solution is foundit too, needs a solution.

Like a dog chasing his tail, we spin endlessly into t:he eternal depths of utter futility.

Ever since we got her, our dog has added something to life. Whether it's excitement or enthralment it's hard to say, but I know what Snoopy, our cait, would have to say.

"A menace, an attention-taker, and a loud mouth. Always barking, or teasing the lamb. But still that's life. At one stage I thought of running away. That would teach them. No more petting that pesty dog but only me. I would be ,the star. But then I had a thought that changed my plan. What if they didn't find me?"

Now to describe our dog. Well, she is a corgi, and has a loud bark. But sometimes if she's done something wrong like chewing up your shoes, it's hard to scold her because of her innocent face. She puts her nose on her paws and looks as if she's going to cry. Another of her faces is a sulky face. If she's been scolded she'll walk, head down to the nearest door and lie there. She pretends she isn't watching you, but every so often she'll peer at you from the comer of her eye and as soon as you look at her she looks in the opposite direction.

DIANA SHIRTCLIFF, SS

A MODERN PRAYER 0 God:

Kill off the plants where I'm going to have my swimming pool so that I won't have to do it myself. Give me a rise in pay so that I can buy another movie camera (the man next door's only got one). Make Aunt Gladys give me a milk-shake machine instead of the family bible, for my birthday. Get rid of that b1oomin' dog that keeps me awake barking, his head off. Let the smell of my factory be stronger than Mr Wilson's. Make my new brand of baked beans more popular than Mr Wattie's.! Make sure I'm voted for in the next election. And finally, when I get my new ,supersonic jet, let it be one with a pool table. a built in T.V. set (even if they don't work way up there) and a wastemaster. Thank you, Amen.

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Although she is over a ye,ar old she still loves chasing flies. This may seem odd to you a~, of course, she never catches them. If she happens to find a half dead one on the floor she'll pounce on it, look away, and, as if she's being clever, pounce again.

We have a farm which she loves. She'll pretend to be brave and try and chase the bulls, and gets rather irritated when they don't take any notice. But sometimes if they are feeling rather cross they'll turn round and walk ,towards her. On seeing this she'll run for her life and crawl under the fence. What a coward she turned out to be.

Now you know a little bit about my dog. Does she sound anything like yours?

JANE GREEN, 2S.

-JULIET

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UTTLEY, lS

WHEN DAD WORKS IN THE GARDEN

ACTIVITIES IN THE HOME l think that doing dishes is cruelty to children. So do many other people in my situation. We should rise in a body and fling all deitergent bottles and dish cloths and dishracks and dishes on to a bonfire to prove our point. But the bare bones of the matter is that you can't!

No matter how much you •oomplain or moan, those slave drivers, PARENTS, make you slave away with steam condensing on your noble brow to slither down your neck in cold trickles and back into the greasy slush in the sink. My brother and I slave from half past seven till quarter to eight in the morning, half past twelve till quarter paSit one in the afternoon if we're home, and from half past six •till half past seven at night, IF WE ARE LUCKY! That is two whole hours a day and fourteen whole hours a week, and, oh, miserable sight on paper (worse in real life), seven hundred and twenty-eight hours a year. So, coming to the final conclusion, I have wa rt:edabout EIGHT THOUSAND HOURS doing dishes, tlu:-e,ehundred days. Now this is not strictly true as I didn't start doing dishes till I was about six .(thank heavens), but :this ,shows what a waste of time all this washing up -is. All one needs ,to do is buy a "dish-master". These wonderful, heaven-sent machines are specially designed for people like me who deserve a break from that dreaded torture DISHES! Have you thought about all the things there are? Theoretically one should have eight plates and sixteen knives and forks. WE and everyone who does them are sick to the BACK TEETH OF THEM! John and I do about sixty plates and ninety knives and forks, and oodles of other things the cook fishes up from the depths of goodness knows where.

When Dad works in the garden, which is not very often, he usually starts off by saying he is going to spend all day gardening and ends up fiddling with his vintage Model A in the garage. If he really does get stuck in to gardening he is either pulling out weeds or generally tidying the place up. What I don't like about Dad's gardening is ,that he absolutely cannot stop the dog from playing with the weeds or with Mum's best plants and spreading them all over the lawn.

Although we usually have a proper gardener doing the gardening, Dad jusit will not stop pretending he has been doing the gardening when he has been spending the day having ooffee and tea breaks.

Sometimes my sister and I go and help him in the garden, and that is when we find out the truth. He has done all the easy jobs and left the hard ones for us. My mother occasionally offers to help Dad, but Dad refuses her help and tells her to sit back and reliax. Who can relax with a lawn-mower going as well as a spoilt dog barking because she wants somebody to play with her?

I think if I read this story to Dad, he would make me do -the gardening for about a month. ~C. SQUIRES, S5 Words will not come ito my pen ..

What shall I write?

Why should I write?

This does not seem to be me, So why imitate others and falsify myself?

So I write, Nothing.

Will I be told this is ridiculous? , Most probably.

"Anne, you have not tried very hard;'.', "Oh, no?" I will think.

Wasn't presenting my "nothing" 'just as hard, • As writing a piece of "something''? ·_

As you can tell, I wouldn't recommend dishes to anyone who wants a relaxing hobby for free time!

-FIONA

-ANNE

DALZELL, lS

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IRWIN, Form 6 .

Anna Archibald 3M

"Escape" Jessica Ann Denton 5T

Maryanne Stemmer 5S

"Destiny" Sarajane Archibald 5T

STAFF "TOM SWIFTIES" "Let us pray" aid Mr Sullivan reverently.

"My mini's broken down" cried Mrs Cooper.

"I think you'll soon cotton on to this Chemistry" said Mrs Woolland.

"Getting married was fun" said Mrs Bain keenly.

"Stand up straight!" commanded Mrs Lina "If you're naughty, I'll keep you in -after school," promised Mrs Dennis menacingly.

"Where are you going Eve?" inquired Mrs Adam.

"Eat lots of fruit" Miss Mango told us.

"Keep on climbing Ayers Rock," urged Mrs Spurr.

"Swing to Starboard" boomed Mrs Port.

THOUGHT II Old Man We love you.

Believe in us.

You have wisdom.

We even lack wit.

You have been seen and heard But we are deaf.

We have eyes But are blind.

Help us open them.

We need you.

Old Man Do not cry.

We are here, And now we are looking At you.

-JO DIXON, 6F.

MY GRANDFATHER In my mind I can still pioture my grandfather clearly. His skin hung loosely over his strong, stocky bones which were hardened by years of fishing. A brightly coloured pompom hat always covered his bald patch and his chin and head were adorned with a fluffy white down. But the thing I remember most were grandfather's eyes. They were the deep, penetrnting blue-green of the sea and they were always sparkling and dancing with happiness. His face was burnt brown and the wrinkles were hardened by the biting salt wind.

-JULIE BROWN, SS

JAPANESE HAIKUS CROWDS Loud jostling people, Intent on their buSiiness, No smiling face here.

MOUNTAINS Soaring high and white, Glistening in rthe cool sun, Vast, wild and empty.

-DEBBIE

BOOKS THE STAFF HA VE WRITTEN(?) ''Green Grasses of Wyoming" by Mrs Field.

"Musical Cowards" by Miss Kerr.

"Woman" by Dr Mann.

"New Zealand Nocturnal Birds" by Mrs Knight.

-PHILIPPA

"Thoughts of Youth" Amanda Gerard 5T

DRAYTON, SS

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FRASER.

~HOOL

THE INVITING SEA

As I stod on a hill overlooking the sea I saw a shag dive into the water. A m~u e later he popped up, a fish in his mouth. I heard the sea lapping up and up the beach, and then it turned, and left a wobbly line of little shells.

It looked so inviting a it lay blue, deep and sparkling, and as I listened more carefully I could hear a far-off fishing boat putting into port. The day's work was over; the sun was low in ithe sky.

RACHEL DE LAMBERT, IS

A PREFECT (as seen by a 3rd form girl) Dishing out detentions Collecting in the mentions no more talking, don't stand gawking get on walking That's a prefect Keep the juniors straight in line Give that girl a library fine Confiscation, domination and frustration That's. a prefect I guess they're not so very bad I may be one some day, tha1's sad, Still, must top shirking, must get working Behind me there's a prefect lurking.

Sally Reece 5S

"TWILIGHT"

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The birds -~arble~ their pmise of the wonderful day.

The sky becomes indigo mixed with white.

A motorbike rnars far away in the distance.

The street lights flicker on.

Stars appear-smiling and happy.

The cool blue moon shimmers behind a soft, pastel-shaded cloud.

Then--ithick, velvety darkness begins to wrap itself around chimneys and trees.

It tries to smother the street-lights, but circles of irridescent light still filter through.

Now twilight has played its silent part in the day -and night creeps on to · the stage suddenly. And quietly takes over.

-CLARE

-ROSEMARY

ASHMORE, 4F

Mural Jessica Ann Denton 5T

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LAING.

A SEASIDE FUNERAL

A TRIP TO THE MOON

New Brighton is dead Aluhough they try to hide it beneath the 'For Let' signs i know better

I went to the moon for a holiday. I landed on a space port. Then I went on a moon buggy to a moon hotel. Before you go to the moon you get into a special suit. They had a lovely moon city. You can see the beaut,iful mountains and the deep craters. I had a very special kind of food like green cheese and red salad and an orange banana. On the way back I could see the earth it looked like a ball.

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New Brigihton is dead the windows s:tare blankly out the Bumper Sale Signs grow stale in the darkness and the salt sea air is lost beneath the smog New Brighton is dead through shrouds of peeling paint the neons grow dim while cheap and tawdry burger bars sell ,themselves at the comer All is lost

LAURA ADSHEAD, Primer 4

New Brighton is dead the people are leaving the parked cars have no engines, just for show they can't fool me i know New Br1ghton is dead So do the s,eagulls swinging inland away from the scene of the crime New Brighton is dead i cannot hear the sea even the sand casdes are made in Japan and the ocean is silent and the waves slip away in sneakers And aH are dead in New Brighton.

GLENIS WALKER, Form 7

Amanda Gerard ST

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LEFT OUT

CON fession

Loneliness is having lunch with a group of girls, but still being alone.

A big black imaginary ring drawn; they are inside, you are out.

They laugh, talk and joke with one another, but they are in the distance, another time, another day.

But you are there, here and now.

Why can't you laugh with them? talk with them? joke with them? be one of them?

Why? Because you are alone, and lonely.

Loneliness is walking down a street, a busy street.

Gazing ~nto windows , . and seemg happy people s refleotions.

Why aren't you happy?

Why aren't you with a friend?

What friend?

One friend ... none!

-WENDY

sometimes I feel guilty and to a void being arrested i give myself up to myself 'I am the severest judge of myself here' i say unto me making sure the term of impr,isonment Is short and that when my conscience Lies again dormant i can pardon myself pos,t haste w1th compassion once more

WALLENBURG, 4J

GLENIS WALKER, Form 7

Bridget Bush 31

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ST MARGARET'S

COLLEGE OLD GIRLS' ASSOCIATION (Incorporated}

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OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION 1973 Patron: Miss' M. Mullan Past Presidents.: Miss Janet Storry, Mrs G. Cotterill, Miss Mary Morten, Mrs C. H. Clemens, Mrs A. G. Gibbs, Mrs C. L. Wilson, Miss Lila Gardner. Mrs J. Roy Smith, Mrs E. M. Gibson, Mrs W. Smith, Mrs E. J. Smith, Mrs N. Morter-Smith, Mrs W. L. Patridge·, Miss, M. Best, Mrs A. H. Johnstone, Miss: G. Rankin, Mrs. R. J. Dendle, Mrs E. A. Lee, Mrs J. N. Matson and Mrs L. H. Scott.

Immediate Past President:

Mrs R. M. Collins Hon. Vice-Presidents: Mrs A. H. Seager, Mrs. W. Smith President: Mrs T. W. Milliken Vice-Presidents: Mrs B. K. Wagner, Mrs R. S. Newton, Mrs A. H. Babington Hon., Secretary: Mrs W. D. Wood, P.O. Box 1103, Telephone 528-589' Hon. Treasurer: Mrs N. W. Whyte, Telephone 519-615 Committee: Mesdames S. R. A. Ayling, J. R. Fox, R. Hammond, D. G. Owen, W. T. Norris, Misses A. Alexander, S. Dobson, S. Monk.

Country Representatives:

Mrs E. Stokes, Waikuku Mrs J. J. Brownlee, Te Piriti ARMAGH cmcLE Convener: Miss S. Purchas

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pleased to welcome our guests from St Hilda's College Old Girls' Association.

The Tennis Match for the Betty Thomas Cup was also held and the result was a win for the Old Girls. These games are always very enjoyable and our thanks to all those who played.

The Annual General Meeting and Dinner were held again at Mona Vale.

Our retiring President, Betty Collins, extended a warm welcome to about seventy members, and after the general business Margrita Scott thanked Betty fori her conscientious work during the last two years.

Presentations were made to Betty, Margaret Cooper, our retiring treasurer, and to the retiring committee members~Joyce Benzie, Ruth Rendal, Pat Alexander, Natalie Mcllwraith, Nicky Dean and Jennifer Pryor.

ANNUAL REPORT, 1973 On behalf of your committee I have pleasure in presenting a report of the Association's activities for the year, together with the Statement of Accounts and Balance Sheet as at 31st August, 1973.

Obituary During the year we have· lost the following members, and to their families and other members who have suffered bereavements, we extend our sincere sympathy.

Molly Heasley (565) Francis McArthur-nee Ford (62) Elaine Fisher-nee Buchanan (127) Janet Storey (27) 1

Eileen Reed (732) Grace Stapylton-Smith-nee Gardiner\ (213) Doris Peek-nee Helming (257) Louise Mardon-nee Sims (155) This year has, seen a number of changes in the programme. and I am glad to be able to say that on the whole our functions have been well supported and very successful. We have tried to have something of interest for everyone and in particular to encourage our young members.

We began the year wi,th a very informal afternoon tea for the giirls about to leave school at which we endeavoured to, explain why we have an Old Girls' Association and what we do as an organisation.

The response was good and it is pleasing to have had quite a large number of new life members.

Annual Reunion 1972 The Founders' Day Service on Friday, 3rd November, was. as usual well attended, and was followed by a very enjoyable supper kindly given to us by the Staff. We do appreciate this gesture by the Staff and it makes a pleasant beginning to our Reunion.

On the Saturday morning we had our Annual Communion Service in the School Chapel, and are grateful to the Rev. A. G. Sullivan assisted by the Rev. I. J. Botting, for arranging this for us. The Service was followed by morning tea at which we were

Mrs T. W. MILLIKEN President of St. Margaret's Old Girls' Association

Miss Mullan spoke of the School and some of its activities during the year, and then Mr C. S. P. Nichols-Chairman of the House and Grounds Committee of the Board~ga ve us a most interestingi talk aibout the future development of the School. With the help of drawings he explained the rather exciting plans that have been made to cover the next twelve years.

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very impressive and colourful occasion.

We are most grateful to Margaret Lawrence who so willingly trained our girls as well as the Anglican Parish girls. Those presented were: Denise Oemens, Sandra Dobson, Pauline Foster, Jennifer Fox, Sue Freeman, Jennifer Haworth, Jacqui Hamilton, Kaye Husband, Dianne Kingsbury, Jane Lowe, Vicki McGregor, Jocelyn Norris, Debbie Palliser, Sue Rendel. Jill Smith, Helen Somers, Suzanne Tipping and Jan Wright.

Tennis Morning, 2nd March This was a new function and we were delighted Ito find it created so much interest, especially among the young mothers with children. The committee had no problems looking after the children and I do hope this will become an annual event. We congratulate the winnersBeverley Lee and Robyn Willis, and our thanks to Margaret Lawrence for organising the games. :itorry Shield Once again this match was played at the United Tennis Club and resulted in a win for St Andrew's College Old Boys with St Margaret's coming second. As usual the games were of a high standard and were enjoyed by spectators as well as players. Those playing for our Association were - Margaret Lawrence, Margaret Cooper, Pauline Menzies, Beverley Lee, Angela Ramsay, Jan Dodgshun, Helen Somers and Debbie Palliser.

Annual Dinner The Committee decided that perhaps it was time a Dinner was arranged where Old Girls could bring their husbands or partners if they wished. At the same time those on their own were to be welcome and indeed encouraged to come. This proved a good decision, as on a cold wintry night over ninety of us: sat down to a very pleasant meal at the Yaldhurst Hotel. There was excellent music for dancing, but plenty of room to sit and talk quietly if one so desired.

Golf Day, 6th April We returned to Harewood for the Golf Day and in spite of the poor condition of the course the players seemed to enjoy their game. At least as far as the weather was concerned it was a perfect day, and it was a pleasure to have Mrs Partr:idge with 'IS to present the prizes.

Results were-0.

G. A. Trophy for Best Gross.: Wendy Morgan. Addeh Perkins Cup for the Best Nett: Joyce Boate.

Partridge Cup for Best Stableford: Helen Taylor.

It was felt by the majority of members that they would like to have next year's match in the country. The Ellesmere, Club was decided upon, and we do hope as many o,f you as possible will participate.

Visit to Wellington On 7th July it was my pleasure to be able to attend a delightful luncheon at the home of Joan Edwards (Coira) in Wellington. Arranged by the Wellington Branch of the Old Girls' Association I was given a very warm welcome by the President, Jan Atchley (Rowe), and it was most encouraging to see so many present-they were all so enthusiastic and so interested in what was going on down here. I spoke to them about recent developments at the School. and told them something of our own activities and changes. in our programme.

Anglican Debutante Ban This year we were asked by the Bishop if our girls could be presented at the Anglican Ball. Held in the Town Hall to raise funds. for The Community of the Sacred Name, there were 1,200 guests and it was a tremendous: success. Eighteen St Margaret's College Old Girls were presented and with the music for the presentation being provided by the New Zealand Army Band it was certainly a

Visit to Ashburton Due to the help and organisation of Margaret Trolove (Nelson) I am happy to tell you that we now have an Old Girls' Branch in Ashburton. The maugural meeting was held at the Ashburton Hotel. and four members: of the Christchurch Association were present to talk to them and give any assistance required. With nearly forty Old Girls it was an excellent

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DEBUTANTES-SUsan Rendel, Kaye Husband. Denise Clemens, Pauline Fos,ter, Jann Wright, Sandra Dobson, Jennifer Fox, Jennifer Howarth, Diane Kingsbury, Jocelyn Norris, Deborah Palliser, Jane Lowe, Helen Somers, Suzanne Tipping, Mrs Pyatt, Mrs Milliken, Bishop Pyatt Jacqueline Hamilton, Jill Smith, Susan Freeman, Vicki McGregor.

beginning, and we wish them every success fort he future. Judith Edmond (Bamford) was elected as their new President, and Jan Hampton (Robilliard) the Secretary.

Hockey and Netball Matches Once again it waS' the younger players who had the upper hand, and we congratulate the present girls on winning both matches. However, they certainly did not have it all their own way, and I am sure all would agree the enthusiasm was there and the games were good. Our thanks to Vicki McGregor and Nicky Urquhart for arranging our teams.

for the first time for many years we had a waiting list! It was good to see· so many of our young members there and the evenjng went with a swing from the start.

School History Many of you will already know that there is a very hard working group of Old Girls endeavouring to bring this history up to date. It is unfortunately a rather slow, and at times very frustrating job, and we do urge any Old Girl who can give us information to ring Joan Bettle, 556-487, or Margrita Scott, 841-201.

Ball with Christ's College Old Boys The most successful function of the year was the Ball combined with the Christ's College Old Boys. It was held in the Limes• Room of the Town Hall and

Kindred Associations Thi,s year rthe host s·chool was Villa Maria, and filfteen of our Old Girls went to a very pleasant Social Evening held in their Assembly Hall. The School's 70

wintry weather. We were delighted to welcome Ray Milliken, President of the Old Girls' Association. and Judith Wood, Hon. Secretary, to our gatherings.

I wish to thank Joyce Benzie and Mary MacG~bbon for help given during the year, and all those who have assisted in notifying members of each meeting.

Our first meeting of the year will be held at the National Club Rooms on November 5th.

Visits were made and flowers taken to Miss Lila Gardner in Princess Margaret Hospital.

It \is with regret that we record the deaths of Elaine Fisher, and Janet Storry who for so many years gave interest and support to the Association. To their families we extend our sincere sympathy.

BLANCHE HELLIWELL, Convener.

Choir entertained with a number of delightful songs, followed by some magnificent playing by their Recorder Group.

St Margaret's College Trust Board As your Vice-President and President, it is the privilege of Margaret Wagner and mysel,f to serve you on the Board.

The year has once again been a busy one but it is pleasing and rewarding to see the General up-grading of the Boarding Houses completed, especially the new enlarged College Development Plan is also finished, and we now await their growth with interest. We thank the Cha,irman, Mr C. L. S. Paterson, for his continued support of the Old Girls' Association, and also record our appreciation of the School magazines given to us by the Board.

Endowment Fund This continues to grow and we are grateful for the bequest of $200 from the late Janet Storry. A cheque for $600 was handed to Miss Mullan to buy equipment for the School.

ASHBURTON BRANCH On July 16th a new branch of S.M.C.O.G.A. was formed in Ashburton after a meeting convened by Mrs Trolove.

Forty-five Old Girls met for afternoon tea and a committee was formed after Mrs T. W. Milliken extended a welcome to all who were present. This was: followed two weeks later by a luncheon where 38 members were able to get together and enjoy themselves. We can now look forward to other functions yet to be decided upon.

JUDITH EDMOND, President.

Appreciation To Miss Mullan we again thank her for all the help and co-operation she gives the Old Girls. Her continued interest in the Association is: appreciated, and we are always pleased to see her at our various functions. We also thank the Bursar, Mr G. S. Williams, for his help during the year. Mr N. H. Vile continues to give advice in money matters and for this we are always grateful.

Finally, want to express my personal thanks to a most efficient SecretaryJudith Wood, and to a very hard working committee. They have all been a tremendous: help, and it has given me much pleasure to work with them. I feel we have accomplished a great deal this year and that the time given by the committee members has been truly worthwhile.

RAY MILLIKEN, President.

AUCKLAND BRANCH The Annual Meeting was held on Sunday, I Ith November, at Alys Jones.' home after Evonsong at the new Cathedral in Parnell.

The followingi officers: were elected: President, Jenny Vernon (Orchard), 64 Mounta·in Road, Epsom; Secretary, Sue Cronshaw (Jennings); Committee, Judy Sandelin (Inglis), Joanna Lusk (March), Elizabeth Acott (Harris), Sally Lawrence (Morris).

We were very pleased to welcome the new committee and wish them success. for the next year and thank the outgoing girls for their hard work and the pleasant way

ARMAGH CIRCLE Three meetings held during the year have been successfol with good attendances at the November and March morning teas. The numbers were down at the August meeting owing to very cold 71

Our Annual Dinner was held at the home of Mrs Dorothy Eckoff (Hughes).

A large group of members., and representatives from St Hilda's College, Columba College, Rangi Ruru and Craighead enjoyed a delicious dinner and an informal evening.

Barbara Mathias, (Scott) visited Dunedin in the August holidays, and several members enjoyed lunch with her.

BRIDGET RUSSELL (Wills), President.

they had managed in the previous years.

It was our great pleasure to welcome Miss Crosher and to congratulate her on her appointment as headmistress of Diocesan School.

On Tuesday, 10th April, we met at Mon Desir Hotel in Takapuna for lunch and a large number of girls were present. We were very sorry to lose Sue Cronshaw who was about to move to Christchurch and Lois Davis took on the job as secretary.

A newsletter of Auckland members was circulated during the year and proved very popular, bi'inging girls in touch with others living in Auckland, especially those who are unable to get to meetings.

Our winter meeting was to be slides and a talk by Rose Reynolds about the Christchurch Settlers' Costume Gallery at the Museum but had to be cancelled through Miss Reynolds' ill health. We were sorry that Auckland weather had been unkind on her holiday with us.

Another newsletter is about to be circulated and we hope Old Girls settling in Auckland will get ,in touch with us.

LOIS DAVIS.

WELLINGTON BRANCH During the past year three social functions /were arranged and the Annual Meeting. The Annual Dinner on November 6th, 1972, at Shendon Golf Club, Lower Hutt was well attended by 31 members who gathered for sherry at 6.30 p.m.

On March 6th, 1973, a Coffee Morning was held at the Midland Hotel and enjoyed by the 21 Old Girls present.

A "Finger" Luncheon was held at the Wadestown home of Joan Edwards (Coira) on Saturday, July 6. This day proved most successful with a record attendance of 43 who all enjoyed this happy gathering.

It was a very great pleasure to have as our guest of honour, Ray Milliken, President of the Parent Association who gave us an informed talk on the "old" girls actiwties in Christchurch.

Our thanks to Joan Deldyck (Roll) who made two delightful artificial flower arrangements, these were raffled to help augment funds.

We had three committee meetings: during this. year.

An evening meeting was held at ithe home of Noel Booker (Kibble-white), Lower Hutt, on September 13th, this being our Annual Meeting.

The following officers were elected for the coming year: President, Janet Atchley (Rowe); Hon. Secretary, Gladys Scott (Stow); Hon. Treasurer, Madge Bilby (Robbins); Committee, Joan Edwards (Coira), Gwen Taylor (Glasson), Noel Brooker (Kibblewhi-te), Nan Ching (Blackley), Mavis Evemden (Maddren),

DUNEDIN ;BRANCH Our 1972 Christmas. Party was again held at the home of Mrs May Manchester (Kibblewhite) and was ,enjoyed by an almost full muster of members and husbands.. The only sad note was the fact that this function was a farewell for Barbara Mathias (Scott) who has been transferred to Blenheim. Barbara was instrumental in forming the Branch, and was secretary for the first five years. However, we hope that her move to Blenheim may mean the formation of a Branch there.

The Annual Meeting was in June, at the home o.f Mrs Jill de Latour (Baker) and results o fthe election of officers: were: President, Mrs Bridget Russell (Wills.); Secretary, Mrs Rosemary Allan (McKenzie); Secretary's address, Mrs Rosemary Allan, 6 Drivers. Road, Maori Hill, Dunedin; Treasurer, Mrs Eunice Landers.

(Lee); Committee, Mrs Jill de Latour (Baker); Mrs Kay Elms (Bramley), Miss.

Audrey Elms.; Student Representative, Miss Allison Brown.

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LETTER FROM MRS YOUNG 14 Cracroft Terrace, Christchurch, 2.

My dear Old Girls, I wish I could write separately to each artificer of my splendid rug. Its glorious colours have cheered me every day of this winter and its warmth has covered me on my chair by day and on my bed by night. It has been greatly admired by my visitors and each name on the list Ray gave me brings back vivid memories of green tunics, cheerfulness and all kinds of incidents in our life together long ago.

With gratitude for your enduring friendship and for the way you have shown it and with love from Your Venerable friend, STEPHANIE YOUNG.

Eileen Hunter, Marie Cordner. Our membership stands at 53-21 of these are life members.

This year, several younger "old" girls have come to Wellington and it is to be hoped that they will all become financial ~m~~a~~~oorroll~areoo~ level.

Two members, Zoe Triggs (Gray) and Marjorie Eggleton (Owen), have resigned, both having moved from Wellington district.

We are sad to report that Elaine Howell (Wickenden) passed away in December 1972.

Births: Gillian Hayman son, Joy Cleland (Banks)-a

(Slyfield)-a son.

Several members travelled overseas 1972-73. Janet Atchley (Rowe) and Polydora Gavreil (Soteros) have returned from world trips. Those visiting Australia and Pacific Islands: Madge Bilby (Robbins), Gwen Taylor (Glasson) and Noel Booker (Kibblewhite).

BAZAAR In order to raise money to complete the Papanui Road entrance we decided to hold an Arts and Crafts and Cake Stall at the time of the Reunion. The response was good and we take this opportunity of thanking the Old Girls who worked so hard and we acknowledge the support that they and the Parents: gave on the day. Nearly $700.00 was raised and as a result the gates have been ordered.

Jill Schmidt (Stevens) has been in Calvary Hospital during the year.

Our sympathy goes to Mavis Evemden who recently lost her husband.

Marie Cordner is a computer programmer with N.A.C. and has travelled overseas.

JANET STORRY-An Appreciation Janet Storry was one of the first-day pupils at St Margaret's College when it opened at 28 Armagh Street, on February 8th, 1910, but to many Old Girls her name on the Honour Medal Board, or as donor orf a Tennis Shield, an Essay Cup and a Scholarship is all that they remember of her. Yet she was a person of great character and ability.

Her four years at the School, which was then run by the Sisters of the Church, made a great impression on her, and she kept her keen interest in and love for the Church and St Margaret's College until her death on June 30th, 1973.

When I ,first saw Janet early in 19'13 I was a very new girl of 10 and she was, a prefect of 18-one of the three or four School Prefects dressed in blouses with high necks and skirts down almost to

Janet Cardine Williams has recently returned from two years overseas and now back and doing library work.

Madge Bilby (Robbins.) was successful in winning the award of the exhibition at the Point Howard Art Society.

This year's Annual Dinner is planned for November 12th in the Greensitone Room, World Trade Centre in Wellington.

We are looking forward to welcoming any newcomers to Wellington and hope that they will make themselves known to us.

GLADYS SCOTT, Hon. Secretary.

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She was later a Life Memiber of the Early Settlers.' Association, and a great reader, especially of books. about early Canterbury history. She was the author of a book entitled "Records of an Old Pioneer," which is in the Turnbull Library. Being vitally interested in the work of the Canterbury Museum, she gave a number of pieces. of old furniture, china, and historical boob and photographs to it.

To Janet's many friends, and to the groups to which she belonged, their chief remembrance of her will be her unfailing interest in people and her thoughtful, generous and .unostentatious giving, not only orf what she had but of herself and her time. This was all the more remarkable because, owing to her home ties, and latterly her own ill-health, much of her communication with them had to be by phone or mail.

STELLA PURCHAS

the ankles-----.beingsto be treated with deep respect. That year Janet was Hockey Captain, shared the Holmes Challenge Cup and won the School Honour Medal. Her first impressions of the School can be read in the School History, pages 21 and 22.

After leaving school she trained in Domestic Science and Dietetics, and gained the City Guild (London) Certificate of Cookery. In 1919 she was awarded the N.Z. Red Cross Medal for her war work.

The time when I really got to know Janet as a friend was when I returned to S.M.C. to teach from 1928 to 1931, and we both became Life Members of the Old Girls' Association. In 1931 she was the first Old Girl to be elected as President of the Association, and 1 was Vice-President, so we saw each other often. I am sure that the idea of having an O.G.A. Morning Tea at Balfantyne's: Tearoom, as we did in 1932~ came from Janet. This started a tradition which has been followed by the older Old Girls ever since. I remember we had a large and cheery party with the long tables and a special cake decorated in blue and silver~the colours. of the Old Girls' blazers.

Some may wonder why Janet was seen so seldom at School functions. Before her mother died, while Janet was still fairly young, she asked her to promise always to look after her father and brother; and Janet did so, keeping the home· most beautifully, and often nursing singlehanded for long periods, until 1965, when her brother died.

Janet made her many interests fit in with those of the family. For instance, she was a Life Member of the Canterbury A. and P. Association. She knew all about life on a farm, and the showing of sheep and cattle. She told the story of how, on one occasion, she went with heri brother when he took some stock to the Royal Sydney Show. Having seen to it that the animals were safely in the holding paddocks for the night, they went to their hotel Next morning before dawn they were woken up and informed that the stock had escaped. So as: the sun rose, she was helping her brother and the stockman to round up their cattle in the streets of a Sydney suburb.

MRS MARGARET C.. TOLLEY The first time I saw Mrs Margaret Tolley, shortly after her arrival from Britain, she was walkring through Cranmer Square with Mary, then 2½years old, trotting 'by her side. The next day she was installed as our new history mistress.

I had always enjoyed history but Mrs Tolley made those age-old people stand out agaiinst the background of intrigue and struggles which occurred during the various periods that they lived in. Also, she encouraged me to read historical novels which was a painless process for learning history.

Mrs Tolley was a slight woman of striking personality, with large dark eyes and a low-pitched voice with a resonant tone to it. One feature was her long dark hair which she always wore with two plaits coiled around her head. She was a clever, intelligent woman, a B.A. (Hons) London, and M.A. (N.Z.) when degrees were less common with women. I found her very kind and considerate, although she could stling with her tongue when necessary, and a most unselfish person wbo did not spare herself in order to help others. I think she will always be remembered for

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Girl living in Singapore and she is Supervisor for the St Andrew's Preparatory Classes for Deaf Children which depends largely upon voluntary help.

During March, Joy Turner, Mary Guillermo, Ray Milliken, Jenny Babbington led by Barbara Stringleman as Convener, were on the floral festival committee that decorated the Cathedral for the extension of the overseas and outreach work of the A.A.W ..

Pamela Williams. (Thompson) is now living in Bath, Somerset, teaching Science whole her husband Morgan is: doing a Ph.D. in Zoology.

Adrienne Thompson has been awarded University Blues for volley hall and hockey.

Florence Stone (MacKay) is at present tutoring in German at the University of Otago.

Jean Nelson (Adams) is living in Mexico City.

Rosemary Lewis (Wilson) and her husband John are working in England and have enjoyed a skiing ,trip to Austria.

Margaret Cordery, Helen Shand and Janet Dobson have all returned from overseas trips.

Shona Churchman (Soanes) and her husband Williiam are living in London.

Shona is air-hosting with B.E.A. but they hope to come back to live in New Zealand.

Claire Buchanan is enjoying work as. a fashion designer with a top fashion house in the city.

Lois Wiisdom is a flight hostess with Air New Zealand and based in Auckland.

Leith Wells (Bowater) whose husband is a consulting engineer in Sydney has recently been over to visit relatives and friends.

Before the reunion last year those at School during our President's year gave her a morning tea. This was. a most pleasant function, and enabled many who had not met for years. to renew fDiendships. One or two other groups have also organised similar functions and your committee hopes that these ideas could be extended and more gatherings arranged.

her ready sense of humour and her fundamental love of fair play. She could always be counted on to support the "under dog".

It was in 1923 that Mrs Tolley came to teach at St Margaret's College and remained there for 13 years and was Acting Head Mistress during 1930. Afterwards she was Head Mistress of Craig.head 19'36 and 1937, and later taught in many other schools. Her last teaching job was in London, where we met again in 1955, the year Mary obtained her F.R.C.S. and then she retired. She accompanied Mary during her Medical career in Uganda and with her returned to Dunedin.

She kept house for her daughter until a few years before her death on November, 29th, 1972, at the age of 85.

AVICE HILL (nee Hami11on).

NEWS OF OLD GIRLS Debra Williams is teaching at the Waitaki Girls' High School.

Angela Ramsay has obtained her Ph.D. in microbiology from Canterbury University. She is now in Cardiff, Wales, for 18 months to do further research on water pollution.

Joy Turner (Day) is Pres,ident of the Christchurch Diocesan President of the Association of Anglican Women. Alison Clarridge (Judge) is the Diocesan Treasurer and Secretary of the Illltermed:iate section is Beverley Bowater (Wilson) and on this committee is Dorothy Perkins. She is the first single woman to hold office in the A.A. W. It is also known to us· that many Old Girls: hold office in their Parish Branches.

Barbara Stringleman (Malden) is chairman o,f the Women's Committee of the National Council of Churches. of which Miss Mullan is just completingi her tum on the Committee. Barbara was one of the twelve New Zealand delegates to the Christian Conference of ASJia held in Singapore in June. While there she contacted Lynda Gower (Wood) whose husband has a position with the N.Z.I. Margaret Page (Schluter) is ano,ther Old 75

Yvonne Hanssen (Smith) whose husband is a woolbuyer with Kreglangers, lives in Antwerp. They have one son and travel extensively.

Sally Donnithorne joined the "Superstar" orchestra as the leading flautist shortly before the Sydney production opened. She has spent about three years in Australia having gone there originally to study the flute at the Elder Conservatorium in Adelaide. Eventually she hopes to go to Europe and perhaps America.

Priscilla Tobin after Living in Sydney for a few years is now -in Hamilton and a librarian at the Meat Industries Research Library.

Ann Grant (Dunshea) who has a son and daughter is living in Boston where her husband is specialising in Pedriatics.

Margot Young (Dunshea) and her husband are living in Dunedin while David continues his medical studies. Margot graduated Home Science in 1972 and this year is, training in Kindergarten work.

Jane Stephens (Lawson) is back living in Christchurch.

Eileen Patridge (Belcher), after serving sixteen years as a member of the St Margaret's College Board, resigned at the end of 1971. Her long years of service were suitably recognised by a presentation at the Annual Prize-giving.

Louise Welling (Partridge), her husband and two sons are now living in Boston, Massachusetts. Louise has been living in America for fourteen years and has taken an active interest in church and community work in the various centres in which she has lived.

Diana Harris (Harkness) and her husband are taking three months to come from England, arriving in New Zealand about the middle of October.

Sally Le Roux (Purchas}, who is living in Victoria, Australia, made a recent trip home to visit her parents.

Sue Gibbs (Dobson) and her husband who have left for a world tour have been skiing in Austria and working in England.

Elizabeth Midgly continues to enjoy her life in London working for a travel agency.

Beth Hutchinson (Dougall) and her husband and family are now living in Australia.

Penny Newcombe (Hall) and her husband returned to New Zealand last year after an extensive trip overseas.

Nancy Wise, well known for her radio series for the N.Z.B.C. "Letter from London", came home for a visit during the winter. Nancy -is one of the B.B.C.'s top radio commentators.

Pamela Lock is a librarian at the University of Canterbury and is the first woman to hold the position as; captain of the Canterbury Aero Club.

Robyn Willis. (Hewland) and her family return to Christchurch in December where Robyn will rejoin the specialist sta~ of Sunnyside Hospital. Last year she gan~ed her M.R.C. Psych. and has been workmg w.ith the Medical Research Council's Neuropsychiatry Unit at Carshalton, Surrey, s,tudying both biochemical and dinical aspects of depression.

Yvonne Mackay is a producer for radio drama for the N.Z.B.C. in Wellington.

Elizabeth Wilkin is in Germany near Frankfurt working as a telephone operator.

Debra Williams is teaching in Oamaru.

Catherine Wilkin belongs to the Downstage Theatre in Wellington.

Lyndsey Farra is nursing in South Africa.

Ruth Brown (Fisher) is President of the Zonta Club of Christchurch, and Cecily Rushton (Fleming) of the newly formed Rotorua Club.

Rowan Cunningham has a relieving posiition at the Cheviot District High School.

Elizrubeth Felton is teaching at the Riccarton High School.

Prudence Tobin has been staying with friends in Europe and js, doing a thesiE on French Mediaeval Studies for her Doctorate. She returns in January after spending Christmas with her brother in Manila and will resume teaching at Rangi Ruru Girls' College.

Jan Priest (Grueber) is living permanently in Yorkshire, England.

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Lynne Jackett (White) is living in Wellington where her husband Michael is a traffic engineer with the Transport Department. They returned after an overland trip from Katmandu. and extensive travels on the Continent.

Miss Crosheir was holidaying in Christchurch at Christmas and several Old Girls were happy to meet her again for a "chatty" evening together.

Susan Colyer (Clarkson) has been doing volunteer service in Thailand for 2 year involving library work.

Shirley Mercer (Ruske} is head teacher at the Selwyn Street Kindergarten.

Rosemary Turnbull is teaching music at Wellington Girls' College.

Diana Rainey (Reid) is living in Waipukurau.

Jenny Drake has completed her LL.B. and she and her mother Majory (Gowenlock) attended a dinner for graduands orga.nised by the Canterbury branch of the Federation of University Women of which Marjory has been a former officeholder.

Mary Ensor is the Canterbury Provincial Gold champion for 1973.

Jill Lyall (Stewart) at present in England will be overseas for some years.

Stella Purchas had an extended holiday during 1972 when she visited friends and relations jn Canada, U.S.A., Britain and Australia.

Mary-Lou Foot·e and Bridget Blunden enjoyed a coach safari in the Australian outback during the New Year. They were full of enthusiasm about their trip in spite of .the fact that they ended up as cooks for the party of 28~resulting in a request to return the next year in the same capacity.

Janice Banks is an Air Hostess with N.A.C. Linda Wingham was dancing with, and wardrobe mistress to the New Zealand ballet last year and in October this year will be going to England and the Continent.

Jillian Caldwell returned during the year after tpending fifteen months overseas.

Jennifer Pryor and Nicky Clark left in the New Year for a working holiday in England. Nicky is teaching at the Ashurstwood County Primary School in Sussex and Jennifer is a Physiotherapist at the Brompton Chest Hospital in London. She is flatting with an Irish Protestant and an Irish Catholic.

Pat Hueston is an Air Hostess with Trans Australian Airlines, based in Melbourne. Josephine Williamson (Kennington) rnturned at the beginning of the year from 2 years travelling in the U.K., Europe and Africa and was married last December.

Caroline Deans (Mottram), who has three children, is living in a country town half way between Melbourne and Adelaide. Caroline's husband Stanley is Managing Director of Ambiack Woolclassing Pty, Ltd. Alison Kerr is sti 11in London.

Katrina Hale has been in England for three years and during the course of this time she travelled extensively throughout Europ~, and skied in Switzerland. She i now living in Sydney and is Secretary to the Manager of Esso.

Kay Morrison (Kendal), her husband and small son, have returned from a 12 months working holiday in Australia.

Adrienne Herbeirt (Sloss) and her husband Christopher are on a working holiday overseas. Elizabeth Sloss is living in Sydney.

Helen Holmes is a staff sister at the Princess Margaret Hospital.

Dorothy Ja meson (Moss) and her husband return early November after a three-month trip to Canada, U.S.A. and the Continent while Bruce has had sebatical leave.

June Sinclair (White), her husband and four children, are living in Niue Island.

June's husband Michael teaches at the Alofi mgh School and June helps if needed.

Annette Kent (White), her husband and two children, have just returned from a 12 months visit to England. Charles has a Ph.D. in engineering and they are living in Auckland.

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Shirley Ruske to --Mercer Barbara Ferner to Denise Vaughan Jill Stewart to Donald Lyall Suniver Ballantyne to Jeremy Eckhoff Bronwyn Hammett to Edward Oa:kley Jane Skinner to Irwin Horrocks Josephine Kennington to Philip Williamson Lynnette Brown to Roger O'Regan Penny Wilson to Ross Smith Adrienne Sloss to Christopher Herbert Rosemary Wiffen to Dallas Ferguson Gina Chignall to Murray Williamson Margot Dunshea to David Young Shona Scanes to William Chrnchman Joanne Latter to William Gluyas Christine Foster to James Hall Alison Langford to Brian Pickering Phillipa Judd to Howard Anderson Margaret Carnaby to P. S. Byers Kathryn Swaney to Lindsay Wright Helen Snowden to Tony Paterson Kay Rennie to W. Stares Jan Grueber to Alan Priest

Belinda Judd (Dawson), with her 2 children, visited her parents last year and is now living in Ontario, Canada.

Dorothy Talbot is matron of the Wairoa Hospital, Blenhiem.

Judith Wilson (Petrie) is living in California where her husband is at the Naval Base, Coronoda. Judith and her daughter came home for a trip in 1971.

Jane Ellis (Paterson) and her husband Paul left New Zealand for England in August. Jane has a Commonwealth scholarship.

Jane Horrocks (Skinner) gained her Masters Degree last year and is Psychologist with the Justice Department.

Penny Cushman (Fear) has just completed her M.Sc. ·at the University of Illinois. in Public Health and Hygiene.

Sally Smith (Fear) is working in Yugoslavia with her husband working at a research institute unbiochemistry.

Ann Blair, who is coming home soon, has been nursing in Capetown, done a safari trip through Central Africa to Nairobi, nursed in \London, instructed skiing in Austria and enjoyed a four months' Continental trip with Joan Saunders and friends.

Excerpt from a letter written by an Old Girl in London to her younger sister in the Seventh Form: "You must travel, after you have your degree·. A husband would have his advantages and disadvantages but children would be an absolute nuisance". This same Old Girl was a "nuisance" herself 20 years ago.

We thank those members: who have sent news· for this magazine but stress that we would like more communication in this respect.

BIRTHS Adrienne Mitchell (Philpot)-a son Michelle Steele (Ensor)-a daughter Alison Fox (Carthy)-a daughter Felicity Rudkin (Austin)-a daughter Adrienne Fraser (Lake )-a daughter Margaret Matheson (Cook)--,-a daughter Jenny Pyatt (Price)~a daughter Penny Coriballis (Dawson)-a son Prue Heasley (McAuliffe)-a daughter (1971) Brigit Blair (Blackie )--a son Lynne Steele (Dodge)-a son Dianne Hobbs (Bettle)-a son Margaret Henderson (Wilkin)-----ason Beverley Gazzard (Rutherford)-a son Kathy Newberry (McArthur)-a son Prudence Stewart (Birdling)-a son June Sinclair (White)-twin daughters Annette Kent (White)-a son Pieta Stewart (McKoozie)-a son Joy Lewis (Brander}-.,.a son Clar~ Turnbull (Fitzgerald)-a son Rosemary Ho,lderness (Blair)-a daughter Mary Stammers Smith (Hargreaves}-a daughter Barbara Thompson (Saunders)~a daughter

MARRIAGES Joanne Holderness to M. J. Hamilton Sus,an Dorman to Michael Cambridge Sarah Lawrence to Bruce Hoban Jill Smith to Peter Keir J ill1an Spa["ks to Geoffrey Broek Gretchen Gardiner to Bob Dick Nicky Olgilvie to David Wagner Margaret Murchison to Gregg Scott

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Caroline Oliver (Blair)-a son Lyndsay Hitchon (Deane)-a son Rosemary Pringle (Lusett,i)-a daughter Jackie Fitzs.immons (Harris)--,a daughter Anne Stoddart (Mitchell)-a daughter Judith Smith (Seward)-a son Helen Spinks (Berry)~a daughter Raelene Tennant (Wilk:ins)-a son Pam Riding (Bourke)-a son

Julie Cunningham (Turpin)-a daughter Susan Rudkin (Tinniswood)-a daughter Lois Mills (Plimmer)~a son Joanne Dacre (Appleby}---a son Wendy Wilkinson (McFarlane)~a son Prudence Finch (Austin)-a daughter Christine Heaphy (Ha.nafin)~a ,son Alison Pickering (Langford)-a son Kristian Williamson (Holgate}---a son:

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index Page

Page

Board of Governors

School Council

The Staff

Sports Council

38

3

Hockey Notes

38

School Rol L

5

Cranmer Hockey Notes

40

Editorial

9

Tennis Notes

40

Senior School Prize List, 1973

10

Athletic Notes

42

Springfield Road Prize List, 1973

11

Cross Country

44

Music Results

12

Volley Ball

44

Examination

12

Swimming

12

Life-Saving

47

14

Gymnastic

47

15

Softball

49

17

Netball Notes

49

Library Notes

19

Badminton

Music Notes, 1973

19

Table Tennis

Sanctuary

Notes

2t

Squash Notes

53

S.M.C. Debating Club Notes

22

Tramping

53

Myers Cup Public Speaking

22

Junior Tramping Club Notes

54

Myers Cup Speeches

22

Junior School Games Notes

55

Art Rooms Notes

27

Original Contributions

57

Form Orderlies, 1973

Results

School Certificate

Results, 1973

University Entrance,

1973

Staff Notes Chairman's

Address

Business Management

Game Notes,

1973

27

Chess Club Note

28

House Notes

28

37

Notes

44

Notes

50

52

Club Notes

Old Girls' Association

67

Annual Report

68

Armagh Circle

71

Ashburton

Branch

71

Auckland

Konini House Notes

30

Branch

71

Kowhai House Notes .

31

Dunedin Branch

72

Manuka House Notes

33

Wellington

Matipo House Notes

34

Letter from Mrs Young

Rata House Notes

34

Bazaar

Rimu House Notes

35

Janet Storry-An

Springfield Road Notes

36

Mrs Margaret

36

News of Old Girls

75

Marriages

78

Birth

78

Theatre

Party

"Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dream Coat"

37

80

Branch

72

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Appreciation C. Tolley

73 74

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