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The Chief It was a profoundly shocked and saddened school that learned on Thursday, 27th February, of the
death that
morning of
its Principal,
Mr. C. A .
Hoadley.
On the preceding
day
he had been about the school as usual, making preparations for the year's work and pushing ahead
plans for
unexpected
the
development
of
the
school.
His sudden
demise
came
as a
totally
blow; everyone who had been associated with him felt a keen sense of personal
bereavement. For thirty' years he had guided and directed the School as its first Principal, and
had
become so completely a part of it that when one thought of F.T.S. one naturally thought C.A.H.
He had watched it grow from modest beginnings, with a staff of eight
of
instructors
and 300 students in 1916, into the present complex organisation. That growth was due in very large measure to his own energy and foresight.
In addition he did a vast amount of valuable
and unselfish work for the Boy Scouts' Association, the Freemasons, the Rotary Club, and the local Tree Planting Association.
Rendering service wherever he felt he could be of most use,
his consistent aim was not to get all he could from life, but t o give what he could t o it. His first and main thoughts, however, were always for the School.
He was untiring in
his efforts not merely to train each boy to take his place in the industrial world, but also to give him cultural interests that would round out his life and make it a fuller one. He realised the extensive requirements of technical training,
and
also sought to
develop
hobbies
and
interests that would stand students in good stead when school work had been left behind.
His
work with the Glee Club was a notable example of this. It is evident, therefore, that Mr. Hoadley was a sound educationalist, who knew that the value of a school such as this lay not alone nor chiefly in its buildings and workshops, but in the way these were used t o influence and shape the lives of those it sends out to carry on the work of developing Australia.
He took a close personal interest in the special problems of
each individual student, and was ready t o make allowances even for the undeserving. farewell evening to the Graduation Class, which
he arranged
was only one among many expressions of his warm
The
in his own home each year,
affection for the students, and will
long
remain a fragrant memory for those who participated. To the hundreds of ex-students of the School who now hold prominent positions in industry, his death meant the loss of a personal friend, and messages of regret and sympathy came from O l d Boys all over Australia. For many years he had been working to bring about the establishment of a large Assembly Hall for the School.
It is hoped that when this hall is built it will be known as the " C .
Hoadley Memorial Hall."
A.
Nevertheless, remembering what he had already achieved, we may
appropriately apply to him the words that appear in the epitaph of Sir Christopher " I f you seek his monument, look around you."
What
the
School
has already
Wren,
achieved
is
indeed an enduring tribute to his memory, but it was characteristic of him never to derive satisfaction from the contemplation of things done.
He was a man of foresight and far vision,
constantly asking himself what could still be done to make the School fulfil its purpose even more completely
in the future.
This increasing
purpose
can
be achieved
only
if
students
realise that the traditions of the School are in their keeping and strive to foster its inspirations and ideals. "His life was gentle, and the elements So mix'd in him that
Nature might stand
up
A n d say to all the world, "This was a man."
Our New Principal By the Vice-Principal.
Although Mr. J. Aberdeen took over d u l y as Principal of Footscray Technical School at the beginning of third term, he has not yet become a familiar figure around the buildings; he has confined his activities chiefly to the office while aiming at becoming familiar with office problems and the financial side of the school"s operations.
With
a large organisation
such
as ours, the financial aspect is extensive and intricate, and takes some time to grasp. However, before the end of the term he should be well known to all day students at least. Mr. Aberdeen was born and bred in Leongatha, South Gippsland, and has never lost his interest in country life and country pursuits.
He was one of the original students
at Melbourne Boys' High School when it was established, attending it in 1906-7, and while there, he made his mark as Champion
of the school in athletics.'
Later on, he
attended Melbourne University, and secured the degrees of M.Sc., in Maths, and Science, and B.Ed. years'
research work
into
Heat
Insulation
He did four with
the
late
Professor Laby. He took up work in Technical Schools at Prahran in 1917, leaving there to become Head of the Mathematics Department at West Melbourne Technical School in 1918.
Here
he remained until 1926, when he was appointed Headmaster at
Bendigo Technical
School.
All
his life
he has
been
interested in the problem of unemployed youths, and while at Bendigo, he was instrumental in the establishment of the Boys' Training
Farm for unemployed youths at Floral Hill, Bendigo.
In 1937, when the Preston Techn ical School
was
Principal, and directed its activities for ten years. School, and the
Department
has now decided
built,
to
as that occurs, Mr. Aberdeen vacates his position
investigating
of . statistical
methods
to
Aberdeen
develop
became
as a Diploma at
its
first
Technical
School.
Just
Footscray,
and
He has a reputation for his interest
educational
Census figures and statistics showing
it
there to take charge
give us the benefit of his wide and varied experience. in the application
Mr.
It has been a flourishing Junior
problems,
possible trends
and
has
already
in educational
been
needs
at
Footscray. His hobbies are golf and bowls.
In all schools to
which
he has
been
attached,
Mr.
Aberdeen has been popular with both students and staff, and we look forward to a pleasant association with him in carrying on the work o f F.T.S.
L
S.R.C. This year's
Council
MOTHERS' CLUB COMMITTEE
has endeavoured
to
cater for the general welfare of the students at all times, which, of course, is the essential purpose of its existence.
It meets once every
three weeks and a good
discussion
usually
develops on matters concerning the running of the school.
Unfortunately, the election of
members for this year's Council was delayed, and this hampered
its successful
operation.
If our Students' Representative Council is to function effectively as an important adjunct to the school, there must be close collaboration between it and the Principal. Mis.
One great step forward in the social life
Barret,
Mrs.
Allison, Mrs.
of the school has been the holding this year of
three
social
dances
which
were
enjoyed by all who attended. will
be
activities.
used
for
promoting
student
students,
to
it
lack
of
material
was abandoned,
Oswald,
from
the
much to
the
Road,
£25 was donated for
books for the Junior
Library, and £20 for
prizes for the
School.
Junior
Mothers' Club Scholarships have now
been extended to 3 years, thus taking a boy
regret of those interested. This is disappoint-
right
ing, because "The Integral" could have played
through
the
Junior
Technical
School
course.
an important part in our school life. Matters brought before the Council, such is the timing of competitors in the
A piano has been
purchased for the School at Ballarat
"The Integral", which was started
owing
Mrs.
day in each month, have enabled us t o report another successful year.
late last year, was again published this year; but,
Walton,
much
Money from
these dances has been placed in an account, and
Mrs.
Grigg.
KEITH GASTON
House
The death of Keith Gaston in A p r i l this
Sports, were attended to and it is hoped that Our aim
year was a grievous shock to all of us. When
this year has been to represent the students
we think of him we recall all the good times
in all matters.
we had together, in and out of school.
a permanent record will be kept.
W e trust that we have done
Known t o us as Flo, he was well-liked for his
this with some measure of success, and to
cheery disposition, his urge to share his jokes
next year's Council we wish every success. CLIVE A . FISHER (President).
with his class-mates, and his neat classification
C A R L S. ROBERTSON (Sec.)
of people into Ebs, Zebs, and C o p O'Malleys, all of which did much t o lighten the serious
MOTHERS' CLUB Office-bearers Mrs. Walton, President; Joint
for the
President;
Mrs.
Oswald
Secretaries;
Mrs.
current
atmosphere of studies. year
Mrs. G r i g g , and
Mrs.
Tomlins,
Keith
are: Vice-
Allison,
Treasurer.
Euchre
and
in
each
Dance
month, Evenings
together held
at
notable
sportsman,
for
he
ball and the second XI cricket teams.
He
was a promising
the
student, popular with
teachers as well as with his schoolmates, and
Our Social Afternoons, held on the second Wednesday
was a
represented the School in the first XVIII foot-
everyone
with
regrets
his sudden
passing
from
among us.
the
— N . N I C H O L L S , L. WINTER, 7A.
Nicholson Street School on the second Satur5
STUDENTS' REPRESENTATIVE C O U N C I L
SCHOLARSHIPS
PRIZE WINNERS DUX
PRIZES—Donated
Dux of School Dux of Dux
of
2nd Year 1st Year
.. ..
Council
Annual Value, £30: "Colonial Sugar," Max
Gordon N. Kerrison
Lane; "Feltex," J. M . Gubbins; " I . C . I . A . N . Z . , "
by School
Stanley G . Haines
Norman B. Lloyd; "Imperial No. I , " Norman
John M . Gubbins
E. Lee; "Imperial No. 2," F. J. Brown; " M o n -
Lindsay Matthews
santo," Donald Letcher; "Port Phillip Mills,"
LIBRARY PRIZE—Donated by Maj. R. Briggs
Donald McVean; "Rheem," Harold W . Howe;
Robert Dunn
" M y e r , " Edward L. Stubbs.
SUBJECT PRIZES—Donated by Hardie
Annual Value, £25: "Southern Can," John
Trading Ltd. Chemistry, G r . I . . .
Hugh
F. Harrison; " S c o t t Trojan," Ian Kenneth Lee.
Cornell
Annual Value, £20; " A . C . I . , " Barry Walker;
Robert W . Rose Physics I
Norman
J.
"Bramac,"
McNeill
wealth
Frank Ball Mathematics
I
..
Norman
Mathematics I I A & B
J.
McNeill
Annual
Robert E. King
"Common-
Cornell;
"Geo.
P.
Value,
£15/15/-:
"Noyes
Bros.,"
Howard R. Ellis. Annual
Lionel J. Rogers
. . .
O'Donnell; Hugh
O l d u m , " L. H. W i n t e r .
Patrick A . Nolan Chemistry I I
Ronald
Fertilizer,"
"A.
Hansen,"
Engineering
John M . Gubbins
Hicken; " C i t y of Footscray," Alan G . J. Ken-
Leaving
Graphics
English
.
Noel
nedy, Max Allen, W . Martin; " H . W . , " Geof-
John L. Kepert
frey
Fullard;
"Rotary
Club,"
Robert
W.
Grinter.
Expression Mathematics IIIA & B A p p l i e d Science II . . & Design
Mowling,"
John F. Harrison
Matric. English
Drawing
"Geo.
M.
Ronald
I I and
Yeats;
£15:
Stanley G . Haines
Drawing
J.
Value,
A p p l i e d Science I
III
Machine Shop Prac. Ill
Annual Value, £10: " C i t y of Williamstown,"
Sidney W . Game Patrick J. Mahon
Ronald G . Bell, D. V. W a t t e r s ; "Colonial Gas
Owen
Association,"
J.
Tassicker
Patrick J.
Donald
P.
Springfield;
"Dr.
Harry Box," James H. Ferguson; "T. F. M .
Gordon N. Kerrison
Smith," John
Mahon
John M . Gubbins
R. Rose; "Vacuum
A l f r e d J. Walker. 6
Oil
Co.,"
A Message From The Principal What
parents, in order t o attract the right type
is this life if, full of care,
of
W e have no time to stand and stare?
pupils to
technical
schools,
for
society
unthinkingly tends to accept the belief that Few find time in their busy school life to
technical education is designed for the not
think about the school and its place in the
so bright.
community. When you are new, as I am, you
A
realise the immensity of this institution, the
little reflection along these lines gives
one an idea of the problems which confront
Footscray Technical School; but as time goes
all who take part in the organisation of a
by you take this for granted and forget what
technical school, and, of course, the
a wonderful place this large school is. There
the school, the more intense these problems
larger
are 2,000 pupils attending daily under the
become.
guidance of over 100 teachers. A wide variety
admiration for the work of Mr. Hoadley.
For
of courses are available for both day and
thirty
the
evening students.
development of the school.
Each year, from our full-
time day students, we send 200 apprentices into the different trades and over
years
grow
100. into
from
flowed
the professions.
Knowing he small
its walls.
this, was
one
is filled
responsible
with
for
He watched
beginnings
until
It was he who
it
it
over-
planned
for the beautiful new school in Ballarat Road,
To most students, school just means attending classes and doing home-work.
which will become in the years ahead a living
Few realise
symbol of his labours.
It is a good thing for
the organisation and planning that is neces-
all students to realise the planning t h a t has
sary for such a large institution as this.
gone
The
into
their
seemingly
straightforward
most obvious organisation is that connected
program of work, to appreciate the thought
with the running of the school. Working out
that
times and rooms for classes, planning time-
subjects and preparation of their time-table,
has
gone
into
the
choice
of
their
tables for teachers of both day and evening
and the amount of organisation required to
classes, the clerical work entailed for example
give them the material with which t o work,
in the ordering of materials to keep 2,000
and then to evaluate their efforts.
students occupied daily, arranging such extras
If students pause in their careful—or as
as are essential for the all-round development
sometimes happens—their careless study
of the student, such as sport, singing, library,
think of these things, then those who labour
moving pictures, dramatics and socials. Fewer
will be comforted by the reflection that they
still realise the tremendous amount of time
do not labour alone.
and
energy
preparation
that of
teachers
their
lessons
put
into
in
choice
to
the of
examples, preparation of material and method of
presentation.
Contacts
that
the
School
has with industry are less well-known. Courses must
be
adjusted
to
meet
the
needs
of
industry, and jobs found for the students, or, as the position is at present, students found for the jobs.
In addition, few seem t o under-
stand t h a t a technical school must be in touch with inside
potential primary
students schools,
outside and
as well as
through
Display of Work by Junior Day and Senior Evening Students
their 7
Engineering Trade An old established machine shop has vacancies for apprentices to tram for Turning or Fitting Machinists First Class Moulding or Coremakmg
APPLY to Works Manager
The Richardson Gears Pty. Ltd. 17 WHITEHALL STREET, FOOTSCRAY, W.ll F O U N D E R S OF T H E G E A R C U T T I N G Established
1888
INDUSTRY
IN
AUSTRALIA
Who's Who...
by F. V. SPRAWSON, 7A
The 1947 Graduation Class Herewith we present a couple of judgments about each member of 7A. I hope we aren't sued for definition of character. McCAULEY, Donald Eric.
MILKINS, Eric Edward. Ted
appears
to
be
Occasionally
com-
seen
around
pletely at home at Footscray,
the school looking aloof as a
but he is really a farmer at
camel.
heart.
to
At
least he generally
Don's only vices seem
be hockey
and the
fact
waits till the shearing season
that he hails from Altona. Al-
before
having
though he associates with the
When
explaining
a
haircut.
the
notorious
weird
ways substitutes the phrase, "Bung for "Fit it on."
it
Ken
Prout
we don't think this can actually
contrivances he is forever inventing, he al-
of
be
70,
called
a vice, but we are. not certain on this point.
on,"
Always willing t o
He has this advice for those
give the other
fellow a
7 A students about to enter the engineering
hearing, he opines that a good
industry:
not only popular—but after a while he knows
"As
a
last
resort,
use
common
sense."
something.
MACTIER, Robert.
MIDDLETON, James Stedham. Whenever
During the war Mac was in
he can,
James
R.A.A.F.,
tries to avoid wearing a coat.
but now that he's here in the
Just why he does this is open
Dip. School, we don't
know
to speculation, but we are all
him.
well aware that as founder of
hHowever, we mustn't be too
the Vissle-Bird Society he lives
England
how
with
we
the
did
without
listener is
hasty in bestowing praise, be-
every moment as if it were a
cause some people can look so busy doing
crisis.
nothing that they seem indispensable.
never enters a class room, he raids it. There
With
Inclined t o
be a bit
is nothing
late
who is too old to ignore and too young to
day,
walking
like
a cat
in
its
stalking feet.
kick.
O'DEA, Frank John.
ROSE, John Russell. Our
The Fine Arts Society has F.O.D.
A
one and
only
like a hydroplane —
former
but
and
an
the
just
never goes under.
slightly
on
it
high school boy who is stable if
model
surface,
skates
dependable,
boy
boat maniac, John has a mind
an enthusiastic member in the person of
as a fresh
he
monotonous consistency, he comes into class every
so aggravating
boisterous,
evangelist,
Something
conservative, he believes that
of
a fad is something that goes
looks intelligent when he wears
he
really
his glasses, but it is only an optical illusion.
in one era and out the other. 9
B R O U G H T O N , Peter Edward.
GUBBINS, John Mark.
Coming from distant W a n garatta,
Pete
was
John is essentially a cheer-
immedi-
ful
character,
who
believes
ately recognised by us as one
that the optimist is as often
of the intellectual elite.
wrong as the pessimist, but is
A
modest man, he says, "I am
far
only an average student, but,
managed
by
prizes this year for his scho1-
George,
I
than the average student."
work
harder
Being a
radio
expert and the only one who can do
the
happier.
Somehow,
to
collect
he
three
astic prowess, and is one of Mr. Sargeant's friends.
Although
some teachers
mistakenly
Maths. IIIB homework all by himself, he be-
assert that he talks in high gear and thinks
lieves that genius is the will to turn on your
in low, we are convinced that he will make
thoughts instead of the wireless.
his mark in the world.
BELL, Stanley William.
GULLE, Antony.
Not
very
(without records)
much
is
known
Tony entered the far-famed
reference
to
Police
door of opportunity in 1945.
Stan's
Can't say when he will make
concerning
life, except that he is a Yar-
his exit.
raville footballer.
join-
equal,
has
doesn't
ing
7A,
Since
however,
he
All
it will
things
being
be odd
succeed
in
if
he
attaining
proved his competence as a
his
ballet instructor.
ball. W e have always thought that his initial
us that
Never in a hurry, he assures
bees are not as busy as we think
goal—he
does
at
foot-
should have been " C " .
He's a great
they are. They just can't buzz any slower.
even sports a little down.
CLARK, Harry Warrick
ELLIS, Howard Richard.
Having
had
many
experi-
Here is a young man, quiet
ences in the roles of draughts-
and industrious, whose motto
man and airman
during
the
is,
"Hats
off
to
the
past,
war, Harry is here to finish off
coats off to the future."
his Diploma.
may
Although
he is
bored by English, he has an eye
but,
unfor-
tunately, not the mathematical kind.
While
flying
bird,
for
Beaufighters
up
figures, north,
he
had
so
•
M
fiH*^'
be seen on the
court
showing
ers the game. than
finer
inferior points
He
tennis playof
the
His overhead is terrific in more ways one.
Firm
in his conviction,
Howard
many close calls that he felt like a fugitive
is certain that if we don't stand for some-
from the law of averages.
thing we will fall for
FULLARD, Geoffrey Samuel. The
most
H I C K I N , Noel Garvin. important
thing
From Moreland comes this
in Geoff.'s life sems to be his
handsome
1,100 c.c. motor bike, which
sometimes be seen riding an
fellow
who
can
starts up like a squirt of soda-
Indian motor-cycle which we
water.
Sometimes it fails to
feel would be more valuable
start at all, and he has to be
as a museum exhibit than as
towed by a slick Velocette we know of.
anything.
A good talker, when he says " N o , "
he means ' N o , " and when he says, ye-es," it means the same thing.
"Well,
a
means
of
transport.
A
strong, silent chap, Noel says that when we can't j n a k e light of our troubles we should keep them dark.
KIMBER, Brian Robert.
HALL, Theodore Douglas. Ted left F.T.S. in
1941 to
serve with the Army, and is
Strong
in the courage
his connections,
of
Brian's is a
now back with us, a married
mysterious blackboard cleaner
man.
the
who keeps the class supplied
successful
with high-class modern litera-
He
great
believes
secret
of
that
marriage is to treat all dis-
ture.
asters as incidents, and none
early,
of the incidents as disasters.
Being the most
He always tries t o be but
never
quite
suc-
ceeds,
ancient member of the class, he feels
old
age creaking up on him, but he'll get
his
A l l year we've been hear-
"As soon
ing about the marvellous two-
Diploma easily since his motto is,
H O W E , Harold William.
as you feel too old to do a thing, do it."
wheeled
O'DONNELL,
Harold
We
Ronald Francis.
aren't
sure
velocipede has been
piece by piece.
whether
that
assembling Now that it
is fully complete, we hope he
Ron is a chic sheik or a sheep in wolf's clothing, but in any
wins all the cycling
case we often hear a lot in
he expects to.
the morning after the
promptly with a flip of the
night
trophies
In class he decides mind,
things but
he
Although he defines
never gives reasons because he is positive
classical music as the kind we
that his decision may be right but his reasons
keep hoping will turn into a tune, he was a
sure to be wrong.
before.
ballet dancer in the concert. LARSON, Alfred William. We Alf
can't
takes
understand so
many
why
furtive
trips to Seymour, but we must remind
him
that
known
by
thinks
nobody
keeping.
the
a
man
company knows
he
is he is
The owner of a '30
Norton, he is something of a conversationalist, but likes t o shift his brain into neutral and let his tongue idle on. HARRISON, John Francis. We
ROSENFIELD, Joseph. Joe is one of those highly efficient persons who say for a long life be moderate in all t h i n g s — b u t don't miss anything. In the lab., which, incidentally, is, in his mind, LABORatory and not labO R A T O R Y , he likes to rest on his hunches. He studies till 3 a.m. every night—5 minutes after he returns home from gal-a-vamping around town. MORSE, Norman
must sympathize
with
Henry. After
his
holiday
in
the
John, who recently lost most
R.A.A.F., Norm is again with
of his teeth, and, even when
us,
wearing his Roger David suit,
sion that he hopes will bring
looks about as fit as a fizzle.
him a maximum of pay for a
preparing
for
a
profes-
He is one of the few consci-
minimum of work. Rarely seen
entious students in the class,
without
a foul-smelling
pipe
and rightly maintains that the best way to
clenched betwen his teeth, he is a married
kill time is to work it to death.
man who is sure that before marriage a man
A voracious
reader, he doesn't know which books profit
yearns for a girl and that after marriage the
him
y is silent. Anyway, we have a suspicion that
most—those
that
keep
him awake
night, or those that send him t o sleep.
at
his wife is the power behind the drone.
N I C H O L S , Neville.
ROBERTSON, Carl Stewart.
This
guy
panoramic
possessing smile
the
and
7A's
false
tributors to the now defunct
on
Anti-Swear
Saturday
mornings
as-
recipe
for
Society,
Carl
sumes the title of Vissle-Bird
wears an expression of enam-
in Chief.
elled
self-assurance.
often
behind
Although he thinks
on, we hear he has quite records.
representative
teeth to match is Neville, who
a matrix is something t o sleep swing
S.R.C.
who was one of the main con-
He
having
a collection
of
is a likeable cove,
his
friends
is—be
reports
with
because
things slide
He his
of
is
Labs,
his
tendency
WILSON,
Bill came to F.T.S. in 1944
Douglas Charles.
In class, Douglas has always ........
under an assumed name, com-
cultivated the art of
plete with brag and baggage.
deep
A few dry chips from a cer-
sound like important messages
tain member of the teaching
from the brain.
staff
often
his
(We
don't want to
names—it
isn't
Billy
boil.
mention
necessary.)
let
he began playing the trombone.
one.
WILLIAMS, William Robert.
make
to
This, has become a habit since
noises from
weight
making
the
chest
Even though
should
be
kept
down by his keen interest in Asked
about
much harder when you don't know anything
football and speedway racing, some of his acquaintances suggest that he d i d n ' t come to Footscray to get a diploma, They say he
about it.
just came to look round.
NOTLEY, Keith Ernest George.
WINTER, Lester Henry.
exam, results, he said he always feels it's so
Down Port Melbourne way where Keith comes from, one definitely needs some means of self-defence, and probably this explains why he can be seen toting round a deadlylooking blunderbuss. A l l the same, he is a philosophical character who has the conviction that "Time brings all things"—even Diplomas.
to be "going up to see his sister." The owner of a 1928 Essex in first crash conc ition, he has this advice for one-arm drivers, "you can't pay attention to your brakes if your mind is on your clutch."
SECOMBE, Jack Alan.
TAYLOR, Keith Albert.
Lester, who has a smiie you could use for a f o o t rule, ap-
Before joining the R.A.A.F.,
comes from Sunseems
He
person who plays the
dent.
and
Now one of the more
is
keenly
piano
interested
in
studious members of 7A, he
mechanical hobbies.
still contrives to have a good
he is continually ear bashing
time even though he finds it
someone or other about the
to
live
on
his
Mr. Howell's most vehement
continually
Keith is a very o f t spoken
Jack was a night school stu-
hard salary.
propriately shine.
In fact,
weekly
latest development
verbal
his model steam plant, model aeroplanes, or
in
either
adversary, he can turn any English class into
in any one of his various miniature electrical
a debate.
undertakings. His motto, " I t is not so much
He has figured prominently in the
last two plays, and is known to be a sufferer
the size of the dog in the fight, as the size
from recurrent attacks of dramatic fever.
of the fight in the d o g . " 12
KERIN, Joseph Leo. Always
ready
with
some
Laboratory Glassware Scientific Apparatus
plausible excuse when late for English, Joe is a zealous swimmer and sculler, whose main desire is for wealth and luxury. Special ambition is to own a big car.
He feels that it is
no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be.
In two successive concerts he has aptly
portrayed the role of a constable, no doubt aided by suggestions from his friends in the police force.
Being very
much in
demand
with the ladies, Joe defines a good line as the shortest distance
between
two
BAROMETERS
dates.
THERMOMETERS
S P R A W S O N , Forbes Vale. A
FUNNELS
man of a few thousand
,
MEASURES
words who is often accused by instructors of being a bit hard of thinking, is Forbes— Jazz authority and platter brain. Can be seen any time drifting about the School wearing a delayed haircut on t o p of which sits a rakish hat, and below it a bewildered expression and a tie with white skulls and cross-bones. While pursuing his inlerest in hot music he has hit upon a design for a new type of gramophone. W e ' r e confident that it will break all records.
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one-time
Anti-Swear
leader
of
Society, A n d y
the is
a man of few words but he keeps
on
repeating
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Such exclamations as: " W e l l , I'll
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"Curse
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as well
as
SWANSTON
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id the classic many
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others, have all been either coined or given And at
added significance by his colourful wit and active tongue.
For the last few months, he
has been conspicuous by his abstinence. 13
Sydney
S C H O O L DANCE
ORCHESTRAL C O N C E R T
The Social Dance run by the Dance Com-
The programme opened with the sparkling overture,
"Russian
and
sian composer, Glinka.
Ludmilla,"
by
mittee of the Footscray Technical School and
Rus-
held in the Town Hall on Friday, 26th Sep-
The work is remem-
bered for its dramatic first movement,
tember, was a well-attended and successful
the
beautiful solos for tympani and cellos in the
function.
slow
of
many old boys and members of the teaching
The second item was
and office staffs, whose presence and enthusi-
movement,
and the
colour in the finale.
brilliant
burst
a concerto for trumpet by "Pappa" This was played
by
way
have delighted
that
would
composer himself.
Mervyn
asm
Haydn.
Simpson
contributed
evening's
in a
the
Being an open night, it attracted
great
materially
towards
the
enjoyment.
The charge,
purposely
kept
low
to
suit
The highlight of the pro-
students' pockets, was inclusive of a catered
gramme was the suite, "Pictures at an Ex-
supper of ample proportions to suit youthful
hibition,"
by
Moussorgsky.
The
music
was
appetites.
inspired by a visit t o an A r t Gallery,
and
served," was adopted, and youth, responding
reflects some of the pictures, including
"A
willingly to the invitation, showed its paces
The
slogan,
"Youth
Market Square," "The Unborn Chicken," and
on the dancing floor.
"The Gateway of Kiev."
blase cabaret addicts, but happy
Professor
Bernard
will
be
Here were no tired, animated
Heinze, in his interesting explanation of each
children of all ages enjoying themselves, and
section of the music, absorbed the attention
in the process giving
of the youthful listeners.
It was a
singing
two
traditional
Marais" and "Billy Boy."
songs,
enjoyment to
example
of
others.
friendly
operation, with immediate tangible
The audience took part in the programme by
perfect
co-
benefits
to all.
"Sarie
The spectacle was heartening to the pro-
So that everybody
would go away in a happy frame of mind,
moters,
the
preparation
who
had
done
behind
the
a
heavy
job
of
scenes, and
whose
popular Johann Strauss's "Tales from the Vi-
reward was the knowledge that the
young
enna W o o d s , " with its lilting melodies and
people appreciated their efforts and did their
performance
romantic
charm.
finished
To
with
Professor
the
ever
part in supporting an entertainment put on
Bernard
Heinze and the Melbourne Symphony Orches-
to
tra, we extend our most sincere thanks for
various
an enjoyable morning's entertainment.
promote
good
feeling
—FRANK 14
between
the
groups. POUND, Form 8.
MOTHERS'
the guests were
CLUB 21st BIRTHDAY
Once upon a time, when we were youny, mothers were people who
very
pottered
stars,
graciously
accepting
all
indulgent husbands. did they spin.
by
They toiled not; neither
of
research
to
pillows,
devotes
schemes
of
the
and
at
opinion.
of
acting
the
supper
table.
dance
We
had
Principal
Several
vocal
and
revised our
musical
items
were rendered by members of the Club. Other
her
guests
included
Mr.
E. Shepherd,
M.L.A., the President of the School Council
considerable
raising
and
number
a bright swing band somewhat
Mother, after breakfasting in bed and directthrone
a
and
dead, but the sight of our A c t i n g
w.ith the emancipation of women, we find that from
and
Principal
Headmaster
treading a stately measure to the strains of
Nowadays,
of the family
Acting
Acting
understood that jitterbugging was considered
vailed upon to do was an occasional spot of
ing the departure
Dadsey,
floor
The most they could be pre-
bridge or some such exercise.
Mrs.
the
the
ever, they did sterling work on the
the
homage and favours bestowed on them
Murray,
teachers, in most cases unencumbered. How-
around at home looking like well developed film
Mrs.
and
wind.
Mrs.
O'Loughlin, Footscray,
the
Mayor former
and
Mind you, she doesn't want money for herself.
master and Mrs. Treyvaud, the former Vice-
She's out to help the School get some
of
the
Mayoress
Head-
of the amenities so necessary to develop a
Principal and Mrs. Kepert, the President of
proper school spirit.
the Federation of Mothers'
In industrial institutions
Clubs and
Mr.
Howells, the wife.and sister-in-law of our late
amenities are provided by the management. When a new factory or extension is built,
Principal, Mrs. Hoadley and Miss M c C o m b ,
some percentage of the cost must be allotted
and a number of members of the Municipal
to amenities for employees such as cafeterias,
and School Councils.
hot and cold showers, rest rooms, tennis courts, and so on. built,
The supper was a magnificent effort, and
libraries,
the
When a school is
however, 'no such provision
speeches
short
and
snappy.
Several
speakers eulogised the work of the Club and
is made,
because, after all, a school is only t o educate,
congratulated its members on the 21 si anni-
not to produce. 'Parents are cajoled to raise
versary.
funds by various schemes so that their boys
dent with a large key symbolic of the oc-
may not go "creeping like snails unwillingly
casion.
Mr.
Dadsey
presented
the
Presi-
to school." Just 21 years ago the F.T.S. Mothers' Club was established and set out to remove from the School its atmosphere of a reform institution.
Its members have reason to be proud
of their efforts. Libraries, gymnasiums, sports materials, scholarships, teaching aids, pictures, bicycle
sheds, and
gardening
facilities
tangible evidence of their zeal. with
special
pleasure
that
are
So it was
we
gathered
iogether to pay tribute to the Mothers' Club on the occasion of its 21st birthday.
This
function was held at the Footscray Town Hall on Tuesday, 22nd July, when the Mrs. many
Walton,
and
distinguished
her and
President,
committee
invited
STAGE HANDS A N D SOUND EFFECTS
indistinguishable
guests t o the coming-of-age party.
Among 15
Annual Concert The Dramatic
Club certainly
let its
hair
ignorance,
but
the
act
was
really
funny.
down on the occasion of the annual concert.
Maurice Quincey and Jim Barker were out-
The Royal Hall had been pronounced
standing
to
hold
more
than
equally venerable tioned. put
1,500
bodies,
unfit
so
the
Federal Hall was requisi-
Despite terrible acoustics, the boys
over
a good
expressed
show and the
its appreciation
in
no
in this, although we were
rassed when Jim
embar-
lost one of those
Burley
foundation garments which supports,
separ-
ates, and uplifts.
Still, it was nice work. Eric
audience
Beggs
uncertain
"The Duchess Bounces In," although our old
manner.
as
friend,
The oustanding item was by Eric
"Spike"
"The
Joe
However,
Situation"
Kerin,
Jim
again
rather
Barker,
stole
Frank
shone the
in
show.
Pound,
Alan
Beggs and his C i t y Slickers, who produced a
Ca mpain and Sid Wookey all did their bit.
very
clever
Spike
That hardy annual, "Romeo and Juliet," was
of "You Always
Hurt
suitably modernised and presented by Stan.
The One You Love" and "Liebestraum."
Last
Bell with the aid of Jack Secombe and Ron
Frank
O'Donnell. As the beautiful but dumb Juliet,
Sinatra, but as "pistol-packin' " Spike Jones
Jack showed complete indifference t o Stan's
he excelled himself.
wooing.
Jones' year
shadow
show
interpretation Eric
was
very
based
successful
on
as
W h a t a pity this talent
couldn't be directed t o higher mathematics! Gordon
It
was
Lockhart created a sensation as a
fessional touch
hip.
ventriloquism.
rotated
was his
most
crops.
spectacular Bruce
when
Tweedley,
to
make
William
Jack Chadwick amazed us with the
hula-hula girl with a crop of grass on either He
enough
Shakespeare turn in his grave.
he
as a
in his feats of
Frank Pound
proved as irrespressible as ever while ponder-
and banjoist, provided other highlights t o this
ing on the lot of "The Working Man."
act.
Wookey
W h a t a lot of rehearsal must have gone
into this!
and
W e ' d say that as an engineer
Jack will do well on the Tivoli.
tired violinist, and Dick Sanders, as a vocalist
pro-
magic
Still, it was worth it.
and
Keith
handled "The Proposal."
Thornton
Sid
capably
In a later item, with
That famous ballerina, Stan. Bell, produced
Jack Chadwick and Jack Secombe, Sid, suit-
the football team's " C a n Can," which brought
ably attired in three-cornered pants, was a
down the house. The acquisition of feminine
realistic
curves by hefty boys showed some anatomical
Items "Well
"Baby." from
the
I N ever,"
Junior
School
included
Sea Shanties and
Nigger
Minstrels. In the first item, Jack Hoadley displayed
unsuspected
talent,
while
Bill
Sem-
mens was outstanding in the Minstrels. Vocal items by Ray Kinneburgh, and
instrumental,
items by Alan Adler, Bill Little, and Mr. Freeman were well received. O f the professional items, little need be said.
A f t e r seeing a real fire-eater on the
job, we decided
that
Mr.
Baker's a sissy.
He couldn't hold a candle to this act.
A
real female with real curves and wearing a
SOLO ARTISTS
sweater two sizes too small was a bit of a 16
shock, but she was good enough to get away
the stage suitably disguised as a bold
with it.
villain, and we feared the worst.
She certainly did our eyes a favour
in an acrobatic dance.
Her feats of
bad
A b l y sup-
ported by those greybeards, Tich Davies, Rex
con-
tortion put a severe strain on our eyebrows,
Loose, Stan Wilcox, George Lake, and Stuart
and like the cheese-eating cat sitting at the
Grant,
"Antonio"
mouse hole, we waited with baited
sented.
Jack has lost none of his technique
for something to happen.
breath
was
exhumed
to
Another genuine female played a xylophone
themselves
with telling effect, although we're afraid we
realistic manner.
act
as chorus.
They
immensely
seemed t o
and
died
stopped and looked rather than listened. She
balls, the item went over. wejl. clusion
Oh, well, what the eye didn't see the heart
entertained t o
grieve about.
was really good. this stuff
A
at
man, the
bloke
trying to smuggle daylight past a The Presentation of nevertheless,
boys
received
the
A t the con-
entire
cast
was
supper. He's
super-
probably
boys do
regard
English
as a
foreign language, they seem to come good
rooster.
when he cracks the whip.
Prizes was carried our
the
show,
Producer-Director.
Even if the
like
nothing on him.
with less pomp and ceremony vhan last year, but,
most
the most "miss" informed man in the town.
It's hard to get away with
a school concert—rather
the
Full credit must be given to that
hill-billy item was
in silence, even though the
of
enjoy
in
Despite the odour of moth-
seemed to have more glamour than grammar.
suffered
pre-
and had even discovered some real females
However, the lady
had used seccotine and everything stuck tight.
didn't
and
Dick
Fair's
There's no need t o
got
crawl,
but a little bull goes a long way. A n y rate,
well-
merited applause for their scholastic achieve-
we named our cat after him.
ments.
cat went stark mad and had kittens, so we
However, the
had to amend the name to Ben Hur.
A t about 1 I p.m., Jack Pitt strode on to 17
THE M.U.D.C's.
music, and by the thoughtful use of make-up
"MACBETH"
On the evening of July
and lights.
18, some of the school's
The cast of thirty-six players had obviously
diploma students presented themselves at the
tackled their job with a zest, and we got the
Melbourne University's Union House Theatre
benefit of intelligent interpretation. W e were
more
classically
inclined
of
the
for a feast of " t r a g e d i e " from the pen of
successively appalled
William
of Lady
Shakespeare.
The play was
"Mac-
happily
unexpurgafed divertissement of the Porter in
Club.
Act
The presence of some of the audience was
reason for
attending,
Lady MacBeth.
we
the piot whilst watching the performance of
all
the
of us came away with a sense that we had a
remarkably
well carried
out.
difficult
task
The general
superlatives,
MacBeth
Dunsinane
atmosphere
iet
me
say
O
P
to
be the
result of
damn
S
ei N I C H O L S O N
at bad
— W E T C . , 5E.
f-oz Boy's Wear
82 - 90
of the
engineering design.
accented
T
have
I considered
by the interspersion of appropriate incidental
c^f[ujaijÂą
might
failure of Macduff's sword in the battle
being bowled along with an excellent sense The metaphysical
Lady
Lest this critique sound like a recital
presentation
of the drama was preserved and
comely
wished for her in a more sympathetic role.
extremely
of I he play was first-rate, the brief scenes of continuity.
Some of us whose thoughts
might have been more rigidly centred upon
Whatever
however,
mem-
tion would go to the players of Duncan and
of
"hours dreadful and things strange" way back early in the seventeenth century.
Special mention of individual
sary, but my vote for sustained characteriza-
somehow " g e t the hang" of what the dramatist was about when he wrote this tale
II.
bers of a uniformly high-class cast is unneces-
no doubt inspired by an urgent necessity to
seen
by the three
eerie sisters, and enchanted by the
beth," presented by the University Dramatic
our
by the callous devilry
MacBeth, over-awed
S T R E E T , Telephone:
18
M W 1223
F 0'0
T S C R A Y
W. 1 1
CAST OF ROMEO A N D JULIET
Tramps Late in the First Term we ran our first hike from
Black Rock to
Mordialloc.
The
party
of about twelve chaps, a satisfactory number for our first hike, left Flinders Street about I o'clock for Sandringham.
W e caught the
tram to Black Rock and arrived there at 2 o'clock.
The
through
walk
Beaumaris
enjoyable,
as
around and
the
the
foreshore
Mentone
afternoon
was
was
very
perfect.
Arriving at Mordialloc about two hours later, we enjoyed a swim and made a tour of the sideshows
at
the
carnival.
So ended
our
first short hike. Our
second
hike was from
Croydon
to
Ferntree Gully, a distance of about 20 miles. This time we had a few more starters, including
that
jeant.
eminent
mathematician,
Mr.
Sar-
W e think he came along with us just
found that the spare tyre was out of order.
to acquire a little training for his morning
This meant that we had to borrow another, so
dash through the platform gates at Footscray
we went on to
Station.
hours had succeeded
W e struck a rather unsettled day,
and reaching the t o p of Mount
Dandenong
Lilydale and in about in refitting
the
The hike began from Warburton.
two tyre.
Some of
at lunch-time with a very cold wind blowing,
the chaps took the road up via Cement Creek,
we found the hot pies and pasties at the
and the rest of us went by the short cut.
kiosk so enjoyable that we had no time to
Here we found out what hiking was like at
speculate about their origin. The walk through
its best.
It was a steep grade from
Olinda and Sassafras was easy going, as the
word go.
Since it was the snow season, the
rain
track was slippery in patches.
held
off
until
we were
of the Sherbrooke Forest.
in the
heart
A f t e r losing our-
the
Progress con-
sisted of about five minutes' walk and ten
selves once or twice on the way, we arrived
minutes'
eventually at Upwey. W i t h little time t o catch
and made our way up to the turntable. Here
our train, the last part of the hike became
we obtained our first glimpse of the snow.
a sprint from Upwey to Ferntree Gu llv. This
Snow fights were enjoyed by all from then
was
remembered
not
only
mentally
but
on.
physically for many days afterward.
Some of us reached the t o p and
road
did
some toboganning on sleds provided there.
The next and final hike, from W a r b u r t o n to M t . Donna Buang, was a great'success.
rest. Finally, we reached the
As it was now getting
Our
late, we made our
way back down the short cut. Paige looked
van, which picked us up at the State Theatre
like reaching the bottom in record time when
about
he disappeared in the undergrowth head first.
9.30
a.m.,
provided
during the whole trip.
the
only
snag
Passing through Tun-
However, he survived, and we arrived at the
stall we were shocked to hear a loud report
van at about 6.30, just as it was
from one of the rear tyres. This, of course,
dark.
was a blow-out.
thoroughly satisfied.
Trying to look unconcerned
as dozens of vans and cars passed us, we
All
tumbled
in,
very
growing
tired
but
—B. WISE, 6B. 19
state of high nervous tension, the stage was
SENIOR FOOTBALLERS' BALLET A
significant
contribution
to
suddenly
Footscray's
cultural life was made in the Federal Hall last August, when an audience of nearly
ponderously ban-
"Inspired by the surroundings, the leading lady,
brought out at great expense after successful
in a wild
endeavour
to
put
his
leg
behind his head, fell with a shuddering crash
efforts to evade the G.P.U., an organisation
flat on his back, and from then on the ballet
ever watchful to prevent the leakage of the Soviet's treasured artists to bourgeois lands. This talented perfo/mer—under another name
achieved
feats
hearsal.
Maurie Quincey, with a Du Barry
never
witnessed
during
re-
hair style and bloomers reaching below his
—plays football for Yarraville, as well as in
knees, lacked the ethereal grace of some of
our own team, where he takes marks with grace, and roves around
twelve
deaux.
renowned star, Stanislav W . Bellinski, who wa<
ground in an elegant pas double.
with
sieres, translucent gowns and glittering
1,000
gazed in rapture at t h e ' ballet led by the
terpsichorean
filled
prancing schoolboys, dressed in scanties, bras-
the other ballerinas because the weight of his
the
army boots kept him in intimate contact with
He is also
the stage.
an accomplished critic in the sphere of ballet,
"Raphael, Campbell, and Laurie not only
and as we have scant knowledge of its technicalities, we shall let him continue the review
exhibited
from this point.
showed, by the brevity of their dress and the
"The orchestra, wound
itself
consisting
into the
of
intricacies
one of
their
dancing
thickness of the
piano,
prowess,
hair on their
but
also
chests,
that
onion juice in the right places and quantities
Offen-
will do wonders.
bach's Can Can, and when the music reached
The cheeky turning of the
back to the audience,
a magnificent crescendo, with the crowd in a
dress
high
above
and flicking
where
it
ought
of
the
to
be,
showed to advantage the barge-like appearance of some of the performers, and emphasised the necessity for X.O.S. and X.X.O.S. sizes in underwear. "This was ballet
ever
possibly
the
most
unorthodox
seen, and, as a tribute
to
its
originality and t o the ape-like antics of the caste, the wildly enthusiastic audience flooded the stage with flowers and bricks, and the fan
mail received was both flattering
and
flattening." —S. BELL, 7A.
A MODERN M A R C O POLO Few hikers have the knack of getting both publicity and pay for their pains.
His photo-
graph in the Melbourne "Sun" and a par. in a Sydney
paper
under the
headline,
"Boy
Hitch-Hiker Didn't G e t G a m e , " showed the interest
of
the
Australian
Press in
Walter
M e d d ings' visit to Sydney, a t r i p which cost him 30/-. 20
The following
extracts from
his
STANISLAV BELLINSKI AND HIS C A N CANS
travel
diary
show
how
the
money
THE S C H O O L HOUSE SYSTEM
wasn't
The House System, including Deakin, M i t -
spent. just
chell, Monash and Sturt Houses, is effectively
past Fawkner Cemetery, where I g o t a lift at
organized by our sportsmaster, M r . Buchan.
"Took tram
out to
Coburg,
walked
11.45 a.m. in an empty truck t o
On
Kilmore;
empty
Air
Force
semi-trailer
to
the
Footscray
Park,
adjoining
the
School, teams representing the various houses
stopped here for lunch, g o t another lift in an
play seasonal sports in which the boys are
Benalla;
walked short way along street and then g o t
coached by their sportsmasters.
a lift
to
for each match won and one for each repre-
scout meetinq, s lept in Scout Hall; g o t up at
sentative in a school team, are awarded and
in a truck to
Holebrook.
Went
4 a.m. to have look around the town,
Points, four
posted on the Notice Board each week.
had
To
breckfast in hotel at 7 a.m., and got a lift
these are added the points won at the Annual
at 8.45 a.m. in a utility truck t o Yass ( I I . 3 0
Athletic and Swimming Sports.
walked
A t the Annual Athletic Sports, the School
along the road and got a lift to Sydney in
Pennant is presented to the house which has
furniture van.
gained
a.m.);
stopped
for
hot
chocolate;
Owing to several
stoppages
the
highest
a g g r e g a t e , of
points.
at hotels,
I did not arrive in Sydney
until
House meetings, at which the house-masters
midnight.
Stayed with friends in Manly for
and house-captains give advice to members, are held regularly.
six days and started back on Thursday morning.
Took train to Liverpool and then
four short lifts to Mittagong.
To the hearty
got
co-operation
of the
boys
with their house-masters, Messrs. Ebbot, Mar-
Stopped for Footscray,
tin, Marshall and Torode; and their house-
after stopping at Gundagai in a hotel free
captains, F. Wilson, L. Miles, M. Russell and
cf charge (more luck).
P.
lunch; g o t lift in .small sedan to
p.m.,
Reached home at 6
Izatt
the
great
success
of
the
House
is due.
Friday."
â&#x20AC;&#x201D; D . MEAGER, R. A L L I S O N , 3A.
â&#x20AC;&#x201D; W . MEDDINGS, 6D f 21
Technical
W I T H THE HOCKEY TEAM
AND
TO BRISBANE
University Books
Filling
three
compartments
in the
Spirit
of Progress, a proud and excited crowd of Junior
Hockey
players
left
Melbourne
on
Friday, August I, bound for Brisbane. Western Australia, holders of the Dr. Tregonning Memorial Shield, were our first opponents, and we felt somewhat nervous about
BOUGHT
AND
SOLD
Tuesday's match which was t o put our preparation
and
training
to
the
test
under
conditions very different from those we were used to.
Our Captain, Ron Westrupp, fell
and broke his collarbone early in the game, but we managed to win by one goal t o nil, even with the loss of this fine leader.
V
Our second game, on Thursday, again saw our team battling against odds, for the back who had replaced our Captain was ill, and we had t o replace him, in turn, by a player unused
to
this
position.
Nevertheless,
we
managed to win this game, too, by one to nil, thus becoming holders of the Shield. Our hosts, the Queensland Hockey Association and the Valley Hockey Club, made our sojourn very enjoyable by arranging trips and
F. W. Cheshire
evening entertainments for us. On Sunday we started for home via Too-
PTY. LTD.
woomba and Dalby, where we played social SCHOOL
AND
games, and arrived in Sydney on Tuesday,
UNIVERSITY
12th
BOOKSELLERS
Here, we visited the oval where we
were
ELIZABETH HOUSE Corner Elizabeth
& Little Collins Sts. f
to
play
a
representative
side
from
Sydney, the first time an interstate team had played in N.S.W. since their re-affiliation with
C.l,
(Entrance opposite McEwan's side door)
the
TELEPHONES:
years.
M 1467 (3 lines)
nil.
Hockey
Association
after
about
eight
Here again we won by one goal to Strangely
enough,
goals were
scored
against us only in the two social games, to the delight of the townspeople. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; C L I V E FISHER, 7C. 22
Inter-House Swimming Sports way
that cough instantly, namely, nitric acid. This
through the morning periods, a cheerful, opti-
was not to the liking of the competitors, some
After
peacefully
yawning
their
mistic band of supporters wended their way
of whom were so anxious to get the races
from the school to "Fish and C h i p "
shops,
over that one event had three false starts.
and thence to that Mecca of aqueous sports,
One hardy Tarzan would just fall in, freeze, and be lifted out in time t o fall in again.
the Footscray Baths.
The event finally staried, and then the others
Upon arriving they proceeded t o do every-
followed in rapid succession.
thing they were not supposed t o do, and do nothing which they should have done. lawlessness left the attendant
Highlight of the day was the comic diving
This
display
dumbfounded,
by the three
daring
acrobats.
A
but on recovering, he voiced his disapproval
poor bicycle, which was never meant t o carry
in no uncertain manner.
three,
His voice, however,
was
commandeered,
they wobbled
was effectually drowned by opposition from
upon
this
crazily along the board
and
into
the school, and being in a minority, he had
space. The cyclists eventually floated t o the
to retire. Something like order was obtained
top, but the bike had to be dragged up by
when the teachers appeared, heavily clad in
means of
gloves,
often wondered who owned it—he must have
overcoats,
etc.,
and
quieted
the
staried
promptly,
at
least
ropes and pulleys.
A t the conclusion of events, Monash was
they
would have but for one snag—the absence
acclaimed the winning
house, with
of
vocal
A
competitors.
These
unfortunate
We
been absent.
tumult with threats of extra homework. Events
sundry
persons
encouragement.
most
suitable enjoyable
were forcibly propelled at a shivering pace
afternoon was had by all present despite the
to the starting point.
typical Melbourne weather.
They dived hesitantly
— J . KEPERT, 6D.
into the water, coming out again as if jetpropelled.
H.S. attempted to work out by
calculus the rise in temperature of the water due to the swimmers, but found this to be an infinitesimal amount.
He then calculated
the
of
temperature
drop
the
swimmers'
oodies, which proved to be enormous; a fact verified by numerous experiments. The diving brought gasps of wonder t o the uninitiated
when
the
competitors
twisted
themselves beyond the elastic limit but still managed to regain the proper shape. Nature obliged by providing rain to replace water thrown out of the baths by the divers, thus keeping the volume constant. Although this was not appreciated by the spectators, the semi-naked competitors seemed to it.
revel in
A happy soul went around with a bottle
SENIOR
of Buckley's Canadiol Mixture, but when in-
Back:
formed that Canada was never like this, he
Front:
produced a real warmer, guaranteed to stop
F. Brazel, E. A n s o n ,
M . Taylor, A.
N.
Rogers,
R. W i l l i a m s o n ,
23
BASEBALL
D.
R.
Sanders,
J . Thalassinos
Hansted,
(Capt.),
Ebeling.
INTERSTATE BASEBALL After
many
COMBINED SCHOOLS'
hard
tiring games at Park,
I was
learn
that
had
freezing
to
team
been
water
evidently
for
the
found
House the
its
in near-
Sports,
our
Richmond
City
Baths, on a very humid day, too warm for
toria
maximum
in
the
Australian
ney.
Champion-
Out
of
180
exertion.
At
least, that was the
best excuse we could manufacture to account for our shortcomings.
ships to be held at Syd-
Four senior technical schools were
boys
sented at the Sports—Geelong,
selected for the trials, I 2
teams
noted for
but after swimming
selected to represent VicSchoolboys'
The
is not especially
cold weather,
Fawkner
pleased I
Footscray
and
SWIMMING
repre-
Melbourne,
boys were chosen to form
Swinburne, and our own.
Twenty-two events
the Victorian team. Two
gave
action
of the boys chosen, Max
desire in one afternoon.
Chr imes and I, attend the
again included several members of the fairer
Footscray
sex, which fact also may have been
competing
for
Tech. the
School.
Australian
spectaiors
all the
they
could
Melbourne's
team detri-
mental to the chances of some of our very
Sch oolboys' Championship were South Aus-
temperamental swimmers.
tralia, New South Wales and Victoria.
porters were undismayed by their presence,
At
6.30
p.m.
on
the
29th
August,
we
and, capably led by the cheer leader, who
travelled in the Spirit of Progress, arriving in . Sydney the next day at I 1.30 a.m. On
Monday,
1st September,
Oval, the first match was played N.S.W. and Victoria.
Bexeley between
The open diving contest supplied the touch
The result was a win
of humour which might otherwise have been missing from the programme.
and Victoria 8 runs. A t Marrickville, on the 3rd September, Victoria (9 runs) was recorded
Most competitors found the length of the
triumphed
board
to
considerable trouble t o alter it to their satisfaction, proceeded to mis-time the period of oscillation and enter the water,
As South Australia had the won
the
Baseball Championship
and
returned
below,
Australian home
against
hard
way.
many
feet
However,
our
more versatile
in his S.H.M. calculations, gave a faultless
N.S.W.,
Other members of our team t o win events
which
were Ebeling, Trewhella and Wookey.
resulted in a drawn match, the scores being On the same evening we
The relays proved our downfall, for swim-
boarded
mers who had competed in several individual
the train for home, arriving back in Melbourne on 'Monday, the 8th September.
events were compelled by the shortages in
During our
the team to take part in these events, and so
stay in Sydney, the visiting teams were the
found the extra distance too much for them.
guests of the' Sydney boys' parents, whose hospitality
the
display, and won the event by an easy margin.
On Sunday, the 7th September, we played match
in
vetera-,1.. Chadwick, evidently
with the Jim Brown Shield.
unstinted
going
match,
they
10 all.
after
by S.A. in the third
average,
challenge
and,
N.S.W.
runs to 3 runs.
a
unsatisfactory,
A victory over
played on the Kingsford Smith Oval, by 13 highest
streamers, gave them a
tumultuous welcome.
for N.S.W., the scores being N.S.W. 13 runs
over S.A. (7 runs).
was resplendent in a straw hat and a layer of blue and gold
at
However, our sup-
was a feature
of
The afternoon ended with Footscray beaten,
the
but not disgraced, and we offer our sincere
tour.
congratulations to Melbourne on their victory. — M . BROWNE, 3E,
—BEN TREWHELLA, Form 8. 24
Geelong Tech Visits Footscray On Wednesday, August 13, Geelong Technical
School's football,
baseball and
tennis
Arriving at
12.30
teams visited Footscray.
The baseballers were feeling very cocky after their win at Ballarat, but the cheek was soon knocked out of them by Geelong, who simply thrived on the offerings dished up t o them by our pitchers. In fact, Geelong circumnavigated the diamond so often t h a t the game degenerated into a procession. They were somewhat helped by certain out-fielders who seemed to be miles away, dreaming of girl friends and what-not. Footscray suffered a casualty in the third inningsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Jack Thalassinos dirtied his shoes and couldn't carry on. F.T.S. showed glimpses of form now and then, but were overwhelmed by Geelong. Final scores: 23-8.
they ambled off to the Federal Hall where they donned the nosebags. As some
usual
their
massive
football
specimens
team
contained
whose
vigorous
methods had completely demoralised previous F.T.S. eighteens. However, this year our team had developed a snappy play-on style and were quietly confident of defeating the Geelong combination. Footscray swung into its stride right from the first bounce, and with everyone
pulling
his weight, they had a six-goal lead at halftime. plenty
As the muscle-men of each side put of
fire
into the
game,
there
The tennis match was played on the courts at Droop Street. The teams were very even and good, entertaining tennis was played. Alan Campain featured in a marathon set, which he won 13-1 I ; while Dutchy Kent, making his first appearance with the team, gave a good performance. A l l the sets were closely fought, and Geelong finished up winners by two sets. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; H A W K - E Y E , Form 8.
were
numerous hard but more or less fair clashes, which kept the spectators on their toes and the nineteenth man half-way over the fence. In the second half Geelong played better football, but Footscray's smooth system kept them well ahead. A f t e r an exciting last quarter, F.T.S. won by four goals.
SENIOR Back: D. Swift,
R. Sanders,
L. W i n t e r ,
Hind.
McMeeken,
J.
Middle:
G.
R. D u c r o w ,
Rosenfield,
Lockhard,
J.
FOOTBALL
K. C a m p b e l l ,
Barnacle,
K. R a p h a e l .
Front:
A.
Laurie,
M.
Quincey,
E. Miles,
S. Bell, M r .
Brooks,
H.
Bennetto
(Capt.),
M.
25
McCracken,
D.
McTier,
S.
Dennis.
L. Clark, R.
R.
O'Donnell,
SENIOR HOCKEY
THE FLINDERS TRIP
Hockey this year was off t o a flying start with a good victory over Swinburne on the
cinders
at
Camberwell.
A return match against the Naval Cadets
Tech.
Our
to be played at the Flinders Naval
next
was arranged for Saturday,
Depot
19th July.
On
match was also against Swinburne at Cam-
this longed-for day the team assembled, and,
berwell, and this hard fought game
on the arrival of the usual latecomers, we set
in a draw.
A
ended
home match was seemingly
off
by train for
Frankston.
Apart
from a
impossible as we next visited Northcote and
minor panic caused by the temporary loss of
Essendon High Schools, where we had two
two players, the rail journey was uneventful,
more good wins.
Our last match was played
and
at home, and we drew again with our old rivals, Swinburne Tech. Clive Fisher, with Don Macauley, vice-captain. ex-servicemen,
and
emergencies, the junior boys.
our
hope that
disembarked.
met
by the
long
Partly frozen, and with shattered
capable
prepared
for
a short
run.
We
Having eventually reached our destination
that we will be able to enjoy taking part in
don't
a larger number of games.
stops."
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;E. BEGGS, Form 8.
Middle:
then
a maximum speed of 30 m.p.h.
be
we were requested to change, and
Walker,
illusions
were
arranged and suitable umpires obtained, so
Back: A .
over-
unaware of the f§ct that Naval vehicles have
matches.
next year a fixture can
team
of Naval efficiency, we took our seats and
Thanks go to
Don Macauley, who arranged our We
the
sea-wind, we were
All members of the team played well, especithe
Frankston
due bus.
The team was led by last year's captain,
ally
at
A f t e r a wait of thirty-odd minutes in an icy
mark
the
polished
floor
"please
with
your
W e complied and were soon on the
field ready for action.
W e expected some
H . G a t e s , J v Besley, D. M c C a u l e y , C . Fisher ( C a p t . ) , B. T w e e d l e y ,
J . Cox, J. Hobson.
26
Front:
R. C h e n e r y .
strong opposition since the Navy team were well trained and on the whole beefier.
On
the appearance of the referee, Commander Plunkett Cole, who is, incidentally, the officer in charge of the Cadets, play commenced. The Tech. played well, but, through a lack of heavy players, our most serious deficiency this season, we suffered a defeat.
However,
it was most encouraging to see the smaller members of the team, incited by R. Phillips, continuously attacking and upsetting players almost twice their size. This, incidentally, is something' for which the Junior School must be congratulated. These lads of thirteen and fourteen
have
Technical
successfully
represented
School this season against
the
A f t e r a sleepless night, during which our
teams
suits were transformed
composed of Leaving and Matriculation students, while many of our seniors spent their sporting afternoon in idleness.
I think
in fairness to their school, and t o
The team consisted of boys from Scotch
benefit
College, Melbourne High School, The Royal Naval
their services next season. received
mess-room, while our
although
more
elaborate
refreshments
of
course,
Three
Footscray
matches
were
our team manager in a state of suspense, by
ex-serviceman, treatment
and,
College.
played in all, and we succeeded in keeping waiting until the last match before deciding
Captain-Coach Alex Jackson, received similar
College,
Technical
But, to return t o the original subject, after in the
that
and were eventually found places of abode.
that
themselves, some of these chaps might offer
the match the team
into something
resembled sugar bags, we arrived in Sydney,
to
in
make the team
a victorious
one.
The
first match was played against a combined
the cabin of the Commander, the latter ap-
team from Shore and North Sydney
parently not knowing that he was entertain-
The
ing a former Able Seaman.
remaining
two
were
against
High. Sydney
Technical School and the C grade premiers
Although disappointing, our defeat had ac-
of 1946.
The games were hard and so, too,
complished some good in that it had restored
were the grounds, with the result that most
our faith in the capabilities of the Navy.
of the skin from our knees was left scattered
â&#x20AC;&#x201D; J . MAPPIN, 6 A .
over the rugger field. Between
TO SYDNEY W I T H THE RUGBY TEAM
games,
however, the
boys
pro-
ceeded to paint the town red, and what a bright town they found it to be. There was
A t last the day of departure arrived, and
always somewhere t o go, or something new
at 6 p.m. we were t o be seen outside the
t o see, and the Harbour Bridge never ceased
office of the Man in Grey, a very happy and
to amaze me as a wonder of
excited group of lads. There were the usual
specially
farewells
Mechanics
accompany
and
good
wishes
that
always
having
engineering,
studied
II, and knowing the
Applied calculations
involved in placing a log across a creek.
such trips, as well as the wel-
All good things come to an end, so, too,
come handout of spending money from the family poor-box.
after
did our
W i t h the hissing of steam
rugby tour, and all too
soon we
were back in the College of Knowledge.
and the waving of aching hands, we finally
â&#x20AC;&#x201D; R . J. SNELLING, 7B.
left Melbourne. 27
Our Champion Cyclist On 20th September last,
16 years old Jim Nevin of
Form 6A won the Melbourne
to
Shepparton Victorian Amateur Road Race, which is the most richly endowed amateur cycling race in Australia.
The distance is 106 miles, which he completed in 4 hours, 47 minutes, and
he won in runaway fashion by 80 yards.
A crowd of 5,000 gave him a rousing welcome as
he made his final dash for the finishing line. Jim is the youngest rider to win an open race of 100 miles, for, despite his youth, he is a strong rider. He stands 5
" A person has to be in feet 10 inches and weighs front of a bike race to I I ^ stone. A member of know what it feels like. the Coburg Cycling Club, W e overtook the limit he has1 had 7 races, but j H M t Mtn men after 20 miles, and the nearest he came to then eight of us broke winning was a third place away over Pretty Sally, in a 50-mile race the and we were not sighted previous Saturday. This again. A t Seymour, the showed that he was comscratchmen had gained ing into form at the only 10 minutes, and with right time. The Shepparover half the journey ton race received a gone, we were in a good record entry of 241 position; but a few miles riders, scratchings reduclater, when there were ing it to 200 starters. The only two of us left, if first prize brought him a looked as if we would £44 diningroom suite, a have to ride well to hold £5 coloured photograph off a bunch of 80 riders of himself, and an open that was chasing us. W i t h order for £50. He also won Town Sprints at 20 miles to go we were 6 minutes in front, Broadford (50 miles), £ 2 / 2 / - ; again at Seyand we were able to hold this lead to the mour (61 miles), £ 3 / 3 / - ; then at Wahring (76 finish. It was not until about a mile from miles), £ 1 / 1 / - . the finish that I began t o feel excited about For a first-hand account of what it feels the thought of winning.
Mmm,,'
like to win such a race, let us listen to Jim's own story.
"On
my
Wednesday
ride
I
had
tried
" O n the Wednesday before the
myself out in the final sprint and knew how
big race, I made a trial run t o Shepparton,
far I could go, and so, when I came t o the
and this ride was of great value to me during
spot, I put down my head and went as hard
the race, as I knew what was coming.
My
as I could. Although there was a big crowd,
I had two bidons, one
they semed only a blurr and a roar in my
bike weighed 26 lbs. with
with
ears, as the only thing I could see was the
For food I carried chocolate, celery,
white line painted across the road, and the
pineapple
coffee.
and oranges.
juice
and
the
other
banner with the word "Finish" on it.
The race started at 9.30 a.m.
After
at Short's Road, Coburg, and I finished at
I crossed the line I looked around, and to
the
my joy the other chap had not reached the
Shepparton
Post
Office
4
hours
47
line, so I had won the Melbourne-Shepparton
minutes later. 28
LACROSSE
NSV6A wrto
This School is famous for the number and
/rs
variety of its top-flight sporting teams.
/f (reap c/ws£f
among
them
Broadway.
stands
out
like
One
a candle
on
This brilliant team is, of course,
the senior lacrosse team, which finished the season with occurred
only
in the
one
defeat.
match
This
between
defeat
Footscray
Tech. and University High School, played at Prince's
Park
strenuous
early
this
year.
After
a
advertising
campaign, the team was organised by Ian Schroeter, ably supported by Mr. Bayliss and Les Grose. A t this early stage, the shortage of senior players was acute and several junior players Later in the included in the team.
were
year, the team was re-organised, so that all members
were
senior
students,
and,
after
several weeks of intensive training, the new Road Race.
I was immediately mobbed
by
team was ready to take the field.
The re-
reporters, and after having been questioned
organised
of
thoroughly by them, I was dragged off to do
recruits to the game, although the captain,
team
consisted
mainly
new
the hardest feat of the day, make a speech
Ian
over the wireless.
A f t e r that was over, I
Grose, and several others were well trained
Schroeter,
and
the
vice-captain,
Les
a t t e m p t e d to leave the main street t o go and
and competent players. The students trained
have a shower, but it took me a long time
this
as everyone wanted an autograph and photo-
felt, in official circles, that the future of la-
graph.
There was food and drink for
the
crosse
riders at the finish, but I was too excited to think about eating or drinking.
year
showed
in this
such
school
promise
is assured
that for
it
is
many
years to come.
The official
—WHIZZ,
7C.
dinner was a treat, and I enjoyed the fourcourse meal immensely.
This dinner was fol-
lowed by a bike riders'
dance,
but
I was
unable to stop as my father and brother were there.
W e came home in the car, arriving
home at 1 a.m., Sunday. "The next morning I could hardly
believe
that it wasn't a dream. I can tell everyone that there is no greater thrill than winning an important bike race, and I hope that many more boys at Footscray will go riding on Wednesday afternoons, and so go on t o enjoy cycling. Then they may take up racing and win important
races.
Perhaps in the future
Foot-
scray Tech. may become noted for its cyclists. The first step would be t o form a cycling club
SENIOR LACROSSE Back: C . D e a g u e , R. M c T i e r , I. Fenwick, P. A m o s , K. H o g g . F r o n t : A . A d l e r , E. Stubbs, L. G r o s e ( c a p t . ) , R. C l a r k , E. M i l k i n s .
and arrange races with other schools." —F. BALL, 6A. 29
Apprenticeship in Engineering A m o d e r n w o r k s h o p w i t h f i r s t - c l a s s e q u i p m e n t , located in y o u r d i s t r i c t , is w i l l i n g to e m p l o y s u i t a b l e a p p l i c a n t s f o r a p p r e n t i c e s h i p
in
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is at
a premium.
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Manager
W . G. GOETZ & SONS Limited 136-140 H A L L
STREET, SPOTSWOOD.
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THAT
FORM NOTES 6A
6B
The students of 6A find this an excellent opportunity of paying a tribute t o our late
During this year many adventures have be-
Principal, Mr. Hoadley. W e all feel that this
fallen the infamous 6Bs.
is the greatest blow the School has suffered,
ones are due to the presence in the Form of
and it has been the one dark cloud on a
the motor-bike "Mennis."
successful
chappy is actually capable of out-clamouring
1947.
Form 6 A
has probably contributed
more
Perhaps the chief This clutch-happy
the Monday morning footy fans.
Another
than any other Form to upholding the high
personality
morality
of the
popular cartoonist, who has helped relieve the
students.
For
Footscray Technical instance,
they
School
never
throw
of
the
Form
is Bill
Lewis,
boredom of the Maths.-Science-English
our rou-
more than one box of chalk away per day,
tine.
and for those few students who believe in
labours, posted on the notice board despite
playing alleys with ink-wells—we all agree that
the disinclination in his most favoured model
their mental age is just a little behind their
to posing with a slide rule in his hand, "Slip
chronological age.
sticks are just expensive toys."
There is some talk in the newspapers of beards fashion.
and
moustaches
coming
back
Many and varied are the fruits of his
space
into
does
not
numerous other
If Footscray Tech. has any say in
Red, G o r d o n
permit
Unfortunately,
details
about
the
personalities such as Taffy,
and
Ron, but they
have all
the matter this will not happen, for not only
contributed
have some of the staff been busy with a
happy year, even though the academic index
pair of
scissors and a razor, but our
was not high at the mid-year.
dapper
"Count"
is minus the
own
hair on
his
their
share
to
making
this
a
But nil des-
perandum, M r . Sedgeley will always have a
upper lip.
few boilermaker jobs waiting for us. —J.M.D.
It is easy t o see that a few of our " b r i g h t " students have been influenced by a certain silver-tongued
English
master — they
firmly believe in a 40-hour week.
now
6C W A N T S TO
KNOW?
So firm
are they in their belief that they dare
W h y our S.R.C. representative is so over-
to
walk out of class 10 minutes early, even under
worked?
the watchful eye of their Physics master. By
from 5 to 6 p.m.? How Silverwood and Find-
Where
Arch
and
Charlie get
to
now, even M r . Sedgley believes in the axiom,
lay g o t such high marks in English?
"Spare the rod, and spoil the child."
taught Sibley to be such a wolf? W h y Burke and W h i t e are always so warlike? W h e r e we
Well, everybody is looking forward t o the final exams.
Who
g o t all the Macs from? W h e r e Lloyd gets
One has but to note the wor-
ried frowns worn by the students, and the
his permanent waves? Is B.R.P. part of the
supercilious grins of the staff.
Chem. Lab.?
has always maintained
Anyway,
6A
pardon
a high average, so
the
W h o sat on Lanbe's head — mistake,
I meant
hat?
For
answers, see Webster's.
why should we worry? — W . TEMPLETON.
— C . PAGE. 31
SENIOR i . Trewhella,
N.
McNeil,
J.
Barker,
K.
Hickin.
PREFECTS Front:
D. Ebeling, J . Barnacle, C . Fisher
M r . Brooks, H . Bennetto, J . Thalassinos, W .
5A
(Head
Prefect),
Williams.
Mick Cleary plays with the Y . C . W . team. G . Davis, who ran second in the under 16 Vic-
Amongst the twenty-nine inhabitants of 5A are some unique and rare speci-MEN. First we have the swots. Those who, with an innocent and angelic look, tell inquiring teachers that they do two hours' study per night in each subject, " W o t , no sleep!" Then there are the -sporty type who, every Monday in Chem. Practice, earbash us with tales of athletic triumphs, last minute finishes to gain victory, and hubba-hubba girls with sine curves. Many branches of sport are
torian
ridden
now
the finals in the under .8 stone 7 lbs. VicSince we came here, we have been puzzled by some questions, the answers t o which have been hazarded.
W h y is R. Little, our S.R.C.
representative, g o o d at maths.? W e say it is because he is always studying figures. has
K.
shadow?
represented
Raphael
often
got
that
5
Why o'clock
It's rumoured that he doesn't keep
a stock of Blue Gillette
Blades.
And
does Mick Cleary always look tired?
why Your
guess is as good as ours. Now 5A would like t o know why a certain Chem. teacher insists
ing
on cracking dry jokes, and why the teachers
back
year.
has
has reached
Kevin
half
success this
year,
Raphael plays with the School team, occupycentre
with
last
R. Young
torian Scout wrestling championships.
by 5A. Kellet is a professional bike-rider who has
Championships
turned professional.
position,
while
Alf
Walker plays outside-left in the school hockey
in general ask us questions if they
team. Bob Legg plays football with Chesham,
know the answers.
in the Under 19 Melbourne Boys' League, and
already
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;R. Y O U N G . 32
6D The beginning of
5B
February found a host
In
of students eager t o undertake an engineering
1947 we find the 5Bs struggling
to keep the pace set by their
hard
long-legged
diploma at the famous Technical School on
instructors; but nevertheless there are some
the wintry plains of Footscray. The cream of
things beyond their influence.
them coagulated
the models made during Machine Shop Prac-
in 6D.
With
Cole
Curtis
For instance,
to lend mirth and merriment to the Form, and
tice show a tendency to warp when exposed
Ray Sadler and John Kepert adding a ro-
to the type of language in common use there.
mantic touch, we settled down t o a life of
It is also rumoured that the storeman suf-
all play and no work.
fered a stroke when someone returned a piece
A prominent member
of this community, in more ways than one, is
the
School
rugby
captain
and
Jacko, who has three other Form
of chalk.
coach,
Appreciating
members
that
during
explanation
on
the blackboard a certain teacher insisted on
to help him f i g h t his losing matches, namely
the complete cessation of any pencil work,
Bill
Wally
we wonder why he expressed disappointment
The Form is also represented in
about our progress, as half the time is taken
Woodward,
Meddings.
Keith
Nichols
and
School teams—in football, Jim Gubbins, Don
by his explanation.
Kent, Malcolm Alexander and Ron Tomlinson;
structors who, by means of their fingertips,
in baseball, Neville Hanstead; in hockey, John
assist the laws of Physics, probably just to
Besley.
The tennis enthusiasts, Gethyn
Rees
However, there are in-
help Science to choose the right way, which
and John Sullivan, can always be found "ace-
is easily
ing" one another on the tennis court.
Science has caused in recent years.
Also
understood
considering
the
chaos While
on the sporting side we have a noted cyclist,
we
General McCarney, who is the expert on bi-
teachers like their subjects, we regret to admit
cycles if on nothing else.
that their fondness is not contagious. Finally, we
A f t e r a Monday afternoon battle with the Physics Master,
who usually comes out
on
Black
Tuesday,
we
rest
remainder of the week, or try to.
for
to
heartily
understand
welcome
average
high,
but,
chemistry tube
the
Though not the best Form on record, we are certainly one of the best in spirit, for no bad marks can break us down. —H.B.
for Mathematics, and who does his best t o Form
certain
Maths,
On the
scholastic side of this amazing Form we have
i'he
a
some
smashers.
our friend Tomlinson, who has an uncanny flair keep
that
teacher who joined our ranks of test
on
top, and three hours of misery with the Corporal
try
5C
unfor-
W e may or may not be studious; there are
tunately, is outnumbered by the opposition.
probably members of the staff who feel we
—LONG JOHN.
are fairly hopeless.
However, we are not a
bad set of chaps, even if we don't possess T M I FftAMTINCi Wttf=GMI?8 EOftSflS1 a m S S W ^ m
striking ingenuity, and the ability t o remember and reproduce all we hear and see. Some of us, apparently find it difficult t o
speak
English, at least, this is the opinion one arrives at when the English marks are
made
public. W e are fortunate in possessing some very capable and efficient sportsmen.
The
less g i f t e d ones content themselves by talking football which is even harder than playing it. —I.G.D. 33
A N O T H E R YEAR!
ANOTHER
"body"
7C!
and his Maths. 2B.
Ian Fenwick is
full of suggestions and an able critic, when Just as a matter of interest we would like
present.
to know the reactions of various instructors when faced with a new 7C.
Sid Wookey, a new "Johnny Weis-
muller," and a big lump of a lad for his age,
Perhaps it is
has certain deficiencies in Drawing 3B, ac-
a feeling of relief that the old one is gone.
cording to a certain instructor. Bill Lamb came
The present 7C has consistently kept behind
to us from Sale. It is rumoured that his safes
the other forms in most subjects â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a matter
talk
of
Moritz.
utter
who
bewilderment
to
some
instructors
just can't work out where those
hours go.
Even our Mathematical
odd
to
Maestro
down
big
with
the
girls
at
St.
He knows somewhat more than how
milk
Birkett,
seems a little out of his depth here, so there
a cow.
Don
aeronautical
Campbell
experts,
will
and
Pete
build
or
criticise anything that flies.
must be some supernatural explanation of the phenomenon.
goes
W e would like to give honourable mention
W e have followed the admir-
ro more, but space does not permit.
Some
able example of former 7C's, and brightened
quarters assert that a few ex-service members
such doleful
of the Form exert a steadying influence; but
the
matters
design ' and
as English
drafting
of
Expression,
very
doubtful
mechanical marvels, and even the
introduc-
describing
tion to the mysteries of A.C., with incidents
horizontal
and remarks, not always relevant but usually
the word for it, but just think of the com-
conducive to a little gentle amusement
7C is running
on
motions.
bearings
and
vertical
and
"Screwy"
isn't
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;J.T.H.
who became so attached to 7C last year that just
couldn't
say
goodbye.
The
re-
mainder, as usual, those with electrical affinities, were culled from the flower (?) of other forms. W e are quite a representative collecOn the sporting side our able
Head
Pre., Clive Fisher, is our hockey expert.
Olive
has once again
represented Victoria
interstate
as well as captaining
team,
in an the
School team. Herb. Bennetto is another
Pre. who dis-
tinguished himself in this season's fotball. Malcolm Judd is an able wielder of a racket. Ken Prout is our baseballer, and Ian Schroeter our lacrosse exponent. Other
circular
of
the finals.
W e are fortunate in having with us a few
tion.
on frictionless combination
ponents. Let's hope we straighten out before
the side.
they
a
personalities
we
have
in
plenty;
John Smith, our third Pre., was lost t o us in second term because of a serious illness, but we are hoping t o see him back at next year.
'Scray
M o r r i e Quincey, our Van Pragg
and Des Fothergill rolled into one, is an assiduous asker of questions, but will not always bet on the answer. information
on
He can supply reliable
motor-cycles,
at
a
price.
"Tarzan" Smith tries hard t o build up t h a t 34
CAST OF DUCHESS BOUNCES IN
Not 5E
original
accurate
perhaps,
but
a
searchingly
statement!
The task of the writer (above all else to If anyone happened to take a look Room
into
write something of interest) seems insurmount-
15 any Monday morning, they'd see
26-odd
rather
jaded
looking fellows
able.
taking
Most 5E-ites seem far too pre-occupied
to exhibit the sort of traits which might give
liberties with Potential Differences, Amperes,
a clue to their individual personality. It's true
and sundry other obscure whatnots. Monday
that in " L o f t y " Vasey we can claim, without
morning, of course, is the very worst time to
fear of contradiction, to
look in on 5E.
most altitudinal scholar.
Form
As the week progresses the
exudes a more
inertia-bound
enthusiastic
atmosphere.
and
less
tall enough to catch on to some of t h a t stuff
By mid-week we
that's so far above our heads!)
are in t o p gear, the cares and worries of the
W e ' l l back
Keith Draffin any day to eat more double-
previous week-end having been displaced in
headed
student minds by the intricacies of
curious
and Mathematics.
have the school's (He may even be
Physics
The reason, of course, is
ice-creams
faster
occasions than
and
anyone
on else in
more our
part of the world, and in Bill Austin we would
that after Friday the average ex-service stu-
lay claim to Footscray's most Indefatigable
dent (and we are in every sense a form of
question-asker.
average Ex.'s), knocks off to carry bricks.
Man-in-Srey!
This applies in particular to the man,
whose
off-fhe-campus
credo
He
would
exasperate
the
But beyond these trifling ab-
married
normalities, we're just an average bunch of
can
harassed
be
stated thus:â&#x20AC;&#x201D;
hopefuls
with
nothing
much
but
complete faith in the Mandrake-powers of in-
If it cries, change it;
structors, and a not quite unshakeable trust
If it's on wheels, buy it;
that examiners must, after all, be reasonably
If it's hollow, rent it.
human creatures. 35
â&#x20AC;&#x201D; W . CHARLES.
7B We
FORM 8
still can't find Alan Anderson's
horse home-town on the map.
one
W e arrived back for the Third Term, worn
Len Anderson
and weary after our holiday exertions, expect-
is conspicuous because of his absence. Jack
ing the rest and leisure of School t o revive
Barnacle, our Jack
us from our strenuous attempts to cram three
of
all trades,
postrous when potting for goals.
is ambiBob Beel
weeks' holiday into one.
is apparently labouring under the misapprehension that hair-dressers are on strike. Dunstone is still under the
impression
lectures commence a t a quarter in the morning.
past
Unfortunately, we were rudely disillusioned
Max
by a well-known gentleman whose mind runs
that
in squares instead of circles, and who may
nine
be
identified
by
the
bland
expression
ex-
Doug. Eadie is our human
tending from the back of his head to the
race-horse. W o o G i b b tells us he plays golf,
foremost extremity of his Adam's apple. His
but how he manages to stoop and drive the
words will long be remembered and re-echoed
ball is a mystery to us. Bob Grinter, it must
by various members of the unfortunate and
be remembered, is only a boy—he'll grow up
woefully misinformed members of the teach-
some
day.
We
are
still waiting
to
hear
ing and ruling class.
Blondy Jones play the mandolin; so far it has only been the fool.
Swing and fighting are
the spice of life to Sammy Lane. you
like
Sydney,
Sam?
Dan
0). ° r
0
perish in the uncertain, capricious, diabolical,
How did
O'Meara
" I t is Third Term, we
must redouble our efforts (2 X
and wholly devastating, fires that the examiner
is
is kindling."
Referring t o us, of course, he
almost in a collapse because he can't figure
not only harped but positively ranted about
how the collapsing field of a transformer cuts
that
the secondary.
was so little done
Blue Snashall plays rugby in
well-known
quotation,
"Never
before
by so many in such a
preference to Aussie rules. Dick Snelling also
long time."
plays
ance is bliss, and bliss is a state seemingly
Rugby;
but what a voice!
What
a
voice ! It would rival Bing's.
"Never mind," we said, "ignor-
obtained only by inebriates and 8th Formers." But in this also we were decidedly mistaken.
— G O R D O N CAMPBELL.
It appears that, owing to some logical miscalculation, the conclusion that we were destined to be blissful by remaining ignorant is Established 1888
not only wrong but wicked.
W. R. MORRIS & Sons
madmen rant and rave and teachers rant and rave, therefore all teachers are madmen. The obvious fallacy being that teachers rave and rant. Ho-hum, so much for the fallacious (but only slightly) middle term.
AUCTIONEERS SWORN
A f t e r exhaustive and ineffectual
VALUATORS
ESTATE
W e were also
corrected in the assumption that, because all
thought,
research, and argument, we queried our intel-
AGENTS
lectual friend, Mr. N. Porter, on the word meaning of "Touses."
He replied that if was
obviously "Trousers" with unintegrated seats, CORNER O F NICHOLSON AND BUCKLEY FOOTSCRAY Telephone: MW 2727
a reply which confused and non-plussed us STS.,
f o r at least t w o seconds. Well, g o o d luck, chaps, and you know the old saying, " I f you desire a pass, work like Helen B. M e r r y . " 36
p
"DEATH M A C H I N E S " Soon after 9.30 a.m. students can be seen arriving at the F.T.S., alternately riding and pushing motor cycles. is
a
great
By lunch time, there
congregation
contrivances
that
of
were
machines,
or
classed
as
once
machines, ranged around the quadrangle. Our
most
consistent
death
owned by Maurice Quincey.
machine
is
Maurice tried
hard to rid the school of the services of one of its most loved teachers by offering him a ride on the pillion, but, sad to relate, the teacher thought discretion the better part of
occurs in the middle of a maths, class outside
valour, and is still with us.
our most nervous mathematician's room.
The motor cycle wrapped around the biggest
engine
Fullard.
is the
property
of
Geoffery
armed with all available blunt instruments and
This machine is so powerful that at
muttering dark words, about the inventor of
times it actually transpo'rts its owner without
"sewing machines."
the assistance of a rope and a certain outstanding Velocette. some enthusiast to
In
the smallest fraction of time he tears outside,
â&#x20AC;&#x201D; C . S. GILBERT, 7 0 .
On one occasion, after
had finished
demonstrating
his friends the workings of the
levers, he left it in first gear.
M Y FIRST DAY IN THE PHYSICS
various
G e o f f , came
LABORATORY
along with a determined look on his face and
Being new to the School, and consequently
finally managed to start the J.A.P. On being
a little nervous, it was with some uncertainty
pushed from its stand, it took off in a terrific
that I entered the hallowed ground of the
cloud of smoke, heading in the general direc-
Physics Laboratory for my first lesson. W i t h
tion of N.S.W. with Geoff, in hot pursuit three
due consideration, I selected a seat in about
yards behind.
the middle of the room and seated myself
run, except
It is the fastest he has ever perhaps
for
the
day
the
bull
to await further developments.
chased him. A f t e r much effort and communion with the gods,
these
Before very
long, from a sliding door to the right of the earshattering
instruments,
silencers, finally consent to start.
blackboard, the teacher emerged garbed in
less
a light fawn dust coat.
O f t e n this
some
trepidation,
I viewed him with
as, with
he ascended his -platform. fears, he opened from somewhere came " a
bouncing
step,
Ignorant of
his cavernous mouth in that
thunderously
hunched
deafening
called the class to silence.
up
my and body
roar
that
By now, every-
body was aware of his presence.
In his deep
peremptory tone, he informed us of the merits of our text
book on basic physics,
namely
Martin and Conner, and then began to relate the wonders of his subject, and has continued to do so ever since.
CAST OF "WELL I NEVER"
â&#x20AC;&#x201D; K A Y E & LABY, 6A. 37
Vacation at Bunyip Somewhat staggered by the encounter with
Pound
the half-year exams, the six stars of the 8th
to
negotiate
the
ploughed
fields;
several times he nearly drowned in the fur-
Form decided to recuperate at Bunyip during
rows.
the Second Term holidays.
Allan Rogers was
nesday; mounted on his "muscle-motor," and
unable to tear himself away from his t o r r i d
accompanied by Clive Fisher, who came to
Ron Williamson arrived on the W e d -
teen-ager, so Frankie Pound volunteered - to
inspect the prefects' mirror, which had been
fill the car to capacity.
commandeered
Jimmy
Rhubarb Beggs and
Barker burned along
in great
on Bark's rusty steed, while the other risked their lives in that "herbs the Overland.
for
the
cause.
We
gave
style
Willie a warm welcome and a dry pair of
four
pants, then relieving him of his provisions we introduced
machine"â&#x20AC;&#x201D;
him to
the
joys -of camp
life,
such as lighting a fire in the rain and wash-
In this, Gordie Lockhard had
installed a ventilation system by t h e . simple
ing dishes.
expedient of smashing half of the windscreen
neatly improved the aforementioned ventila-
and tearing a great hole in the back of the
tion system by kicking the football through
hood.
the remains of the windscreen.
Besides giving
a good
flow
of
air
through the car, this system decreased the
We
To show his appreciation, Willie
had
heard
rumours
that
Warragul,
wind resistance and provided two emergency
which was 15 miles away, boasted a picture
exits in case of accidents.
The car was in
theatre and a good collection of sorts; so,
good form with everything knocking at the
after tea, w e ' p i l e d into the old chariot and
right time, and except for a couple of stops
spluttered
to
The whole population turned out to greet us,
allow
Rhu. and
Bark, to
catch
up,
we
levered Frank Brazel out from
all the gear
in the
back o.f the car,
mob
and
the
tents
in
true
by
exhibiting
famous ape-man.
investigate.
Shorty
Pound
showing
boy-scout
a
"horse
opera"
and
an
fashion, under the expert supervision of Deeda-Day Dickie Sanders.
Lockie sneaked off to
avoid all the work, and before he'd gone two hundred yards he found himself by rabbits.
surrounded
Quickly loading his gun he blazed
away for five minutes, and then surveyed the damage which amounted to one rabbit, two cows and one sparrow.
Overjoyed at
this
flying start, we calculated that if he knocked over a rabbit every five minutes we would have one hundred and ninety-two by the end of the forty-hour week. were upset
However, our plans
by the weather, for after
two
days' rain we were unable to get near the rabbitsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;we couldn't swim fast enough. rain
turned
the
country
into
a
as
the
A f t e r reviving the women-
folk, we ambled into the theatre which was
out the camp systematically, the rest of the pitched
to
in the back way and managed to pacify the
under
while Rhu. expounded his theory for setting boys
this town
with their guns in their hands; but we sneaked
reached Bunyip without a hitch-hike. We
on t o
This
veritable
swamp, and made it very difficult for Shorty
NIGGER MINSTRELS 3G
alleged
comedy.
The
Frontiers,"
main
and,
feature
boy,
was
did they
"Roaring
roar!
Just
like Bentleigh on Saturday night when Basher Brazel and his mates are on the loose. When we
had
absorbed
these
masterpieces,
we
chugged back to camp at the full speed of 10 knocks
per
minute,
nearly
decapitating
a rabbit en route. The following morning, Lockie, Braz., and Ag.
journeyed
kangaroos
that
forth
on the trail of
infested
the
some
district.
The
'roos must have received word that the boys were after them to make tobacco
pouches
and money bags, for not one was seen, except for two
miserable specimens which
beat a
hasty retreat into the bush. Making a round-
confiscated
about trip, the hunters found their way back
on the ground.
to camp where they aired their views on the
hours wingeing about the loss of his mattress,
general habits and appearance of the mar-
but luckily we had brought some of his "Sol"
supial family.
pills and managed to put him t o sleep. On
W e had finished the first course of dinner,
Rhu's mattress and joined
Friday
Bark
Rhu spent the next couple of
morning
we
had a last
look
when Rhu., aided by Bark., struggled in with
around to try and catch an emu for Ag., but
one of
again luck was against us.
the
billies and proudly
announced
W e packed up
that he had cooked a pudding. Ceremoniously
and with two on the motor bike, four in the
unveiling the mystery, he attacked it with the
car and Willie hanging on to a piece of rope
axe and distributed the chunks amongst us.
behind the car, we set out for
Not wishing to hurt his feelings, we drowned
Willie hung on grimly for ten miles, but then
the concoction in custard and endeavoured
somehow or other he became tangled up in
t o look as though we enjoyed it; but as each
the rope and pranged in the middle of the
piece
was swallowed,
a distinct
thud
was
road.
heard as it hit the bottom,
and
had only
captured
one,
it
Hawkeye
Brazel
unsheathed
Berwick, where we
Frankie was still feeling fit, so
he carried on to Dandenong, even
seemed as
beating
the motor bike, which was limping along on
though we would be having a very light meal. However,
Frankie Pound took over from Willie, rode the cycle t o
had dinner.
Rabbit was on the menu for tea, and as we
civilisation.
a
his
broken
axle
held
together
with
fencing
weapon and about two hours later returned
wire. W e eventually reached Melbourne, and
with four of the furry
after A g . had been dropped at Coburg, the
blighters.
car ran out of juice, so Lockie abandoned it
That night we built up a roaring fire and
outside Pentridge.
sat around it while Bark and Lockie gave a
On arriving home we were confronted with
thrilling exhibition of wrestling. Frankie Pound and Willie gave boxing demonstrations, then,
report
by
absence; so the
way
of
variety,
Lockie,
Bark* and
Rhu
cards
that
had
arrived
during
remainder of the
our
holidays
routine.
was spent trying to explain that twenty is
When everybody except A g . was exhausted,
quite a respectable average when everything,
gracefully went through their ballet we retired to bed.
Frankie leapt on t o his
such
stretcher, which promptly collapsed, so, extricating
himself
from
the
wreckage,
as
lack
of
co-operation
from
the
teachers, is taken into consideration.
he
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Merv. and
HE FUNDAMENTALS OF LOGICAL E COMPOSITION OF MAGAZINE ake a Little Go a Long Way
me
would derive a topic by the inductive reason-
completely unawares; in fact, he saw us be-
ing approach.
fore we saw him.
W e take a sufficient number of special cases
Said he, "I must have an
article for the magazine. thing of interest."
W r i t e about any-
in fact, we had none.
How about deduction then?
The all-important question was, therefore,
smaller one called the minor.
He suggested we scrub
A t the same
time we had to proceed cautiously to avoid
the idea, but we were much to keen to do
the hazards of the undistributed middle which
However, a well-known sporting com-
often turns out to be something of a nigger
mentator proved to be much more helpful. we systematically
premiss
or something and proceed to determine a
George P. . . . to help us out, but his advice
that
All we had
to do was to begin with a major
" W h a t will we write about?" W e approached
suggested
Hence, by deduction
we found induction was of no help t o us.
article.
He
Alas,
we did not have a sufficient number of clues,
much too wide for the compass of a short
that.
Ah, yes!
and derive a general rule to fit them.
A f t e r much deliberation,
we decided t h a t " A n y t h i n g " was a subject
wasn't too helpful.
Inductive reasoning?
in the
hunt
wood
pile.
However,
by
deduction
should
we inferred that we had no major premiss t o
have said note books), and select a topic
fit all the clues since we didn't have a solitary
from
clue on which to base the general rule. A f t e r
through the
our
field
wide
notes
variety
(Pardon, of
I
scratchings
and
careful examination of the logic of this con-
scrawlings therein. On one page we encountered
clusion,
something
we
decided
that
deduction
out, too.
about induction. That produced an idea. W e
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THE R U N A W A Y ENGINE Down in that green daubed paradise, that to engineers is home, A most peculiar happening disturbed the sacred
calm,
A n engine :n a tantrum, meaning no one any harm, Tried to quit its concrete pedestal and depart for parts unknown. SENIOR
TENNIS
Back: M . J u d d , J . S e c o m b e , A . K e n t . H . Ellis, A . C a m p a i n ,
M.
F r o n t : C . Blair,
A f t e r passively rotating at its rated R.P.M.,
Dunstone.
Alone and unattended on the floor; Several pages deeper
into the
In a fashion
past, we
discovered some interesting hints on advertising.
interspersed
with
a few
impressive The students ir. a body left for safer parts
However, it must be ad-
they knew,
mitted that it would require super-salesmen
While the engine's R.P.M., to a fatal figure
to peddle the progress we had so far made.
flew.
It was with reluctance, therefore, that we continued to turn back the pages.
Billy Williams, with a burst of speed, was
In desperation we delved into the mysteries of O.E. Grammar.
a
the door.
some of those excellent examples of emotive prose,
and with
roar,
It left its firm foundation, and headed for
W e were sure we could make use of
scientific phrases.
most alarming
disconcerting
last seen headed west,
To our surprise, we dis-
And
even Mr. Danielson sought refuge
covered that the vocabulary of our ancestors
up
the steps.
consisted of early borrowings and late ones, too.
Here we discovered a crucial example
to test our logic.
Then courageous Mr. Owen with poise not
W e found that our ances-
tors had borrowed
a few words here
seen before,
and
Strode
there, and that they had lacked the decency to return them.
Was this failure to
return
And
them an oversight, or was it a wilful act of
that
howling
slowed that
giant
and
super diesel to
accustomed
larceny? Here, indeed, was an excellent topic to
to
swiftly
soothed its roar. its
more
speed.
While the re-emerging students clapped him
debate.
for
his doughty
deed.
W e felt that we were getting somewhere at last; but, to make sure, we consulted the editor.
In his opinion we had wasted enough
space
in
his
magazine
already,
and
Now that massive greenish diesel of Imperial design,
he
A truly "super" diesel, you'll agree with me
decreed that the discussion of this important
this time,
topic would have to be deferred to a later issue.
Fires away at steady frequency, for students
Such being the case, be sure t o order
good and
your copy of the next issue and read the
A n d though v e know T1''s now content, it looks
amazing story behind the headlines, "Ancient Crime
bad,
a trifle sad.
Uncovered." —F.D.J.
—DUDGEON, •41
7A,
PERTINENT P I E S A member of last year's " W h o ' s W h o , " Doug." Ebeling decided to return to our cloisters complete with a gaudily painted car which he drives (?) with the skill and daring of a fighter pilot.
He has developed a flair for English and
A t o m i c Physics, and is trying to buy a pass in Expression by disclosing his discovery of hair growth from nuclear fission. His fellow research worker is Phil. Allen, who is studying means of filling in time.
Chemistry as a
W i t h Pat Mahon and Doug. EbeJing, he discusses the
truths of Einstein's theories.
Because of his persistence to know why, Phil, will
become a good engineer in the near future. Merely another of the 28 missing men is Hag Sanders.
Dick can be easily
recognised by a head bowed studiously over a crossword puzzle, as this is his main mental stimulus apart from Maths.
He has strong interests in the opposite
sex, but has been too shrewd t o be landed as yet. Fred. Paterson spends his spare hours looking useful in the A p p l i e d
Mech.
Lab., and is actually paid for sweeping the dirt under the mats on the floor. When the lab. bores him, Fred, adjourns to the duplicator learns what makes the duplicating
room, where he
machine and office girls tick.
The quiet, home-loving refugee from the C . H . W . is Norm. Trathen, famous for his "record
breaking"
performance
in handling the amplification
Spike Jones impersonation at the School Concert.
for
the
He has great respect for his
teachers, as there is one in the family, and with his unassuming manner has acquired a wealth of knowledge.
A radio hobbyist of some standing, he should
make a name in the electrical world. From W o n t h a g g i ,
Ivan
Pellizer gravitated
to
Footscray, where
he is now
finishing his diploma. A very domestic-minded student, it is rumoured he passed in Cooking and Dressmaking (the exams, and not the girls) while in his native town.
A
believer in doing a job promptly, he should do well in his chosen
profession. This fall, stark, and gruesome gent, is Jack Thalassinos, House Captain, Baseball Captain, and S.R.C. Representative for
Form 8.
An
all-round athlete,
Jack
holds the record of never having glanced once at a pretty girl, but always twice. An advocate for cream buns to be served during Maths, classes, he also thinks milk increases one's mental capacity, but is not willing to prove his theory. From Newport, the home of S.E.C. and soot, comes Bruce Tweedley, a real square guy of about
19 summers.
A n exponent of boogie-woogie, he intends
playing the saxophone very soon, while his violin playing at the concert was an innovation.
A tireless worker,
Bruce is a Scout Leader of a Newport group,
and organises camps for vacations. W e ' r e satisfied he'll keep the school colours flying in industry. That gentle, disarming smile of Alan Rogers must not be accepted at face value.
A believer in the old saying, "You're only young once," he is making
the best of his teens. One of the few who has a one and only feminine interest, he attends the school dances with a charming lass and is besieged by hordes of lone wolves. 42
Known as Hawkeye because of his rifle shooting prowess, Frank Brazel can kill rabbits in cold blood without turning a hare. with a leaden look, but is never really shot.
Wanders around the School
Hopes to complete the diploma
in the final exams, and spend a few weeks in Sydney before entering the C . H . W . Just a big fellow on a small scale, Frank Pound has acted as concert compere and M . C . for the School dances. Chap.
It is stated that M . C . stands for
Miniature
His willingness to accept, or to spring, a practical joke provides much
amusement for his classmates.
A
canoeing and yachting enthusiast, he can
often be found arguing about the relative merits of yachts and power boats with motorboat Paterson. A rider of an A . J. Stevens reliable motor cycle is Jim Barker, noted for the many "foreigners" which are done in W e l d i n g classes and re-appear on his rusty speed steed.
Has figured in the school swimming and hockey teams, and is a
staunch performer at the concerts. Gordon
Lockhart, the chauffeur-loafer, is driver of the Overland which has
taken several members of Form 8 on their term vacation camps.
Is alleged to
be the only car driver in Melbourne who has a glass floor in his vehicle to facilitate counting of the pedestrians caught underneath. A non-conservative member is Jim Duncan, who dodges Mr. Lang when not dodging Maths, classes. opponent
with
ju-jitsu
An excellent chess player, he can also overthrow his holds.
An
ardent
debater
on
religious
and
political
questions, he had such outstanding success in Ballarat, as a reformer, that he decided to give Footscray the works. Ben Trewhella returned this year complete with blonde coiffure and innocent look, but beneath the angelic smile is a determined young gentleman. previous years, Ben turned on a commendable performance in the swimming sports.
As in
Inter-Tech,
From unofficial sources we learn that he is still unmarried, but
the hour of doom must be steadily approaching. A n inmate-from Caulfield Tech., where he almost started studying, Jim Cox has become thoroughly acclimatised and can now idle away his time with ease. A very cheery soul, he just laughs at the more complex sections of the calculus, and regards thermo-dynamics classes as humour sessions. Pat Mahon returned to the fold to finish the Diploma course, and took Chem. II as an extra subject. Judging from the effluvium that is emitted from the Chem. Lab., Pat and Doug. Ebeling are doing some experimenting
into the
proton
content of rotten eggs between class analysis tests. However, he can still suppress any urge to start swotting, and is now contemplating entering the C . H . W .
The owner of a vintage motor cycle, Dick Plumb manages t o attend classes between surgery and casualty ward appointment.
His interests in a certain
member of the opposite sex has had a sobering effect. Les. Innis is a local lad who occasionally arrives early enough to whsel his cycle through the side entrance. His quiet attitude to life will save him from becoming entangled in many arguments. That honey blonde, Ron. Williamson, came back to clinch the diploma, and is one of
those with
that
elusive
qualification,
Matriculation
English.
Is now
busily engaged in the manufacture of an original indelible pencil with which to make his mark on the world. This carefree individual, known to all as Roo because he is always on the hops, is officially titled Eric Beggs. An active participant in sporting and social affairs, he is famous for his impersonation of the modern maestro, Spike Jones. From the aquatic village of Seaford hails Sus. Miles, a swimmer and lifesaver of some standing:
He is allergic to shoes, and can be seen playing on the
football field barefooted.
His social activities are centred around a mysterious
brunette who is a doctor's daughter. Ron Rodgers has been very morose since the Carnegie Junior Football Team was defeated by Oakleigh.
His quiet, unobtrusive manner and apparent indiffer-
ence t o life around him gives an air of mystery to his activities. N o t e d for his long list of girl-friends and the right t o cast a vote, Stuart Pedersen is a country lad from Sale who is finishing his diploma.
He can be
relied upon to creale an explosion or a brilliant flash while in W e l d i n g classes. Another
molor-cyclist
is Dick
pillion-rider during week-ends
Fehrnel, who
has been seen with
a female
He is a keen Essendon barracker, a speedway fan,
and will carry on a debate about motor-cycles at any time.
Under a definite
disadvantage, since his father is a school teacher. Dave Taylor blows in and out of the School like a gentle breeze.
He is a
crossword fanatic and solves more of these than of IIIB examples. He plays tennis and badminton, and is renowned for his bobbed and barbed-wire haircut. A dancer of Fred Astaire standard is Alan Campain, whose footwork is the result of continued slipping out of classes.
A tennis player and
non-smoker,
he raises finance by selling the tobacco he grows on his chest. The next likeness reminds us of a sun-tanned figure advertising
swim-suits.
The dial belongs t o Alan Kent, known to Form 8 as the " S t a r " football double salesman. infinity.
The number of winners from his sales are in the ratio of one to
He is a keen swimmer and tennis player. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; S H O R T Y , Form 8.
44
Revels in Room 19 pet and trombone vied for supremacy against
If rooms could talk, many a strange tale would be told; take for instance Room
a background of stringed instruments and a
19.
Last year, Mr. Brookes announced that Room
combination
19 was being
Eventually,
converted
into a
Chemistry
of
Spike Jones sound
order
was
restored,
effects.
and
after
Laboratory and would be ready for use in
several weeks of painful practice, the act was
1947. He couldn't have been further off the
practically perfect.
mark, for although
Room
Meanwhile,
19 has been em-
Tooter
footballers'
yet to be plagued by the pong of H 0 S .
to Room 19 for rehearsals. The collected dust
The first temporary
tenants to
move
ballet,
Bell had organised a
ployed for many improper purposes, it has
of the "jive"
in
and
naturally
gravitated
sessions, dancing classes, and
were the self-styled aristocrats of the school,
Spike Jones, certainly flew as the ballet went
the Eighth Form, who decided that this room
through its paces as gracefully as a French
was the proper place for holding a session
mannequin with a sprained ankle. The ballet
of swing "music".
and Spike Jones were the star acts of the
Accordingly, the Schoo.'s
pick-up was commandeered, and soon Room
concert,
19 shimmered and shook to the strains of
Room 19 for turning out nothing but the best
" H o t c h a Momma."
in entertainment.
This session was voted, a
fortify
the
spirits
of
these
upholding
the
reputation
of
No doubt in years to come, Room 19 will
great success, so a couple more were held to
thus
be made into a Chem. Lab., but not even
jazz-happy
the combined strength of all the subsequent
drones. A f t e r the " j i v e " invasion, the room rested
stenches will neutralize the fragrant memories
in peace, until the second term, when it was
of those happy, carefree days when it accom-
announced that the future Chem. Lab. had
modated the song and dance fans of
1947.
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;HEP-CAT.
been chosen as a place for holding de ncing classes. The purpose of this was t o prepare
MIXED MATHS.
would-be rug-cutters for the rigours of the School "struggle," to be held in the scray
Town
Hall.
Every
Foot-
dinner-hour,
The
the
year
7A
Mathematics
have provided
classes during
many interesting
young hopefuls rolled up, and under the guid-
lights.
ance of
the instructor in elementary Arithmetic,
"Tooter"
Bell, learnt the
intricate
steps of the fox t r o t and modern waltz. Ecca
the high-
W e have done our best to educate but
we now feel that, when the pupil still makes
Cc/mpain taught the old-time starters the cor-
mistakes
rect way to waltz and slide around the floor
table, there is not much hope.
in
signs
and
without stepping on anybody's toes, except
have almost reached the stage of
their own. A l l the entrants progressed favour-
that it would be best to work out the prob-
In fact, we
lems ourselves.
laboriously copied down a complete problem
few
weeks
after
the
"wriggle,"
Form again moved in; this time
couple of
to
lines.
cert. Led by Rhu Beggs, the song and trance
complete
man of 7 C.O.R.N., these old men of the
class, he simply
institute settled down with their instruments
over again,
and
bad company I keep."
at
home.
The
first
With
But the instructor
mind!
themselves
class
has
when someone discovers an error in the first
the
rehearse their Spike Jones act for the con-
made
the
thinking
ably, and a t the " h o p " they really g o t into A
often
muntiplication
the groove with the chicks of their choice. Eighth
Quite
the
a callous
disregard
nonchalance
for the groans
doesn't and a of
the
rubs it out and starts
making
his excuse, "That's
all the
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;F.O.D., 7A.
rehearsal was just a hideous clamour as trum45
The Fine Arts Flower at Footscray W e have grounds for elation
Blending pleasures with duty,
A t our souls'
We'll all swoon at the beauty
elevation,
For Culchure has come here to stay.
O f the integral's sinuous line.
Engineers velvet-gowned,
Differentials aesthetic
For their sonnets renowned,
A r e no longer emetic,
Are
rehearsing a graceful
Ballet.
A n d how sweet is the Rule of the Sine.
Bow ties and striped trousers
A n elliptical function
Designate different Houses,
If chanted with unction
Smoking caps in red satin, 5E,
W i l l sound like a Chorale by Bach.
Overalls dyed in Batik
Electricians will dream
W i l l keep 6A
O f ethereal streams
ecstatic,
(Here instructors cry O.K. by me!)
While watching a high voltage spark.
Profound silence in classes,
The fugue's fleeting motion
Stained glass and old brasses,
W i l l give us some notion
Atmosphere of deep learning and A r t —
O f neutrons in graceful careers,
W e ' l l compare molten metals
While the harsh fumes of acid
W i t h the sheen of rose petals,
In eyes dreamy and placid
A n d learn all of Browning by heart.
W i l l distil only poetic tears.
Our Graphics embellished
Rough football's coarse prancing
W i t h key patterns relished
We'll
By Grecian designers of old, .
(Supporters sip tea in deck chairs),
A n engine designer
replace with
folk-dancing
A n d from Morning Asembly
W i l l think it much finer
W e ' l l reel shattered and trembly,
If the pistons are inlaid with gold.
As its march time discordantly blares!
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JUNIOR S C H O O L ASSEMBLY
rumour that GRADUATION NIGHT On
12th December,
petition After
1946, at 8 p.m., an
same
com-
all this mental
activity,
for
which
we were not very f i t after the previous few
expectant crowd of happy young men could be seen gathered, outside the Scout Hall in H y d e Street.
he had done the
before.
A n d well they might be happy
weeks'
ordeal
of
Annual
relaxed
while
an
entertainer
Examinations,
we
demonstrated
some clever conjuring and tickled our sense
f o r had not the Annual Examinations finished
of humour with his non-stop patter.
on the previous evening with that last dread-
In be-
tween conjuring items, the well-known "Sun-
ful three hours of H e a t Engines II? A n d even
downers"
more justified was the air of expectancy, for
quartette
provided
us with
some
really excellent entertainment.
that was "Graduation Night," and no more need be said, for this function, which has
A f t e r this inactivity on our part came supper,
been given each year by our late Principal
and our inactivity ceased abruptly, the en-
and Mrs. Hoadley, has a reputation for fun
couragement
and
had
entirely unnecessary. Bruce Harvey, being the
previously been held in their private home,
youngest graduate, cut the Graduation Cake.
enjoyment
that
is traditional.
It
given
by
Mr.
Hoadley
being
"The Oddynes," in Geelong Road, but this
Mr. and Mrs. Hoadley were then presented
year the hall was needed to
with small gifts as tokens of our appreciation
accommodate
of all they had done for us.
all the Graduates. In accordance with instructions set down on the invitations,
everyone was
with a picture depicting
News of the
promotion of Mr. Kepert and Mr. Murray was welcomed
equipped
extended
a book title; and
by all and to
congratulations
were
them.
after attaching ourselves to the said pictures,
A n d so the night, as all good things must,
we commenced the evening by attempting to
drew to a close, and we each took our leave
interpret the hidden meaning of each picture.
after
what
I would
describe
as the
most
Rex Little proved to be our literary genius,
enjoyable evening I have spent.
even outdoing those experts, M r . Howells and
lieve each of us left with a feeling of pride
Mr. Morganti. W e then tackled a guessing
in our association with the Footscray Tech-
competition involving a knowledge of motor
nical School, with the
car components and current advertisements.
fellow
Gordon
Kerrison won this, but there
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FORM NOTES IB
IA Ours is a good sporting Form, with Read
Form-captain Hunter is a real wag.
and Green as principal footballers, and Stan
hobby
is bumping
into poles.
Pitt as our school baseball team representa-
Burns is our sportsman,
tive
batsman.
and
house
baseball
team
captain.
In
His
Vice-captain
being
Sturt's
John Trickey and Graham
best Kemp
cricket it is hard to pick the best, but Pitt
are our expert woodworkers.
(Capt.), Read, Green,
a brilliant swimmer, and also Sturt's cricket
R. Vines, Powell and
Kinniburgh are in the house team.
C. Vines
captain.
is the best at tennis.
card
Davies and
friends.
Alan H y d e is
McDonald
Peter
Hoadley
are is
swap-
our
star
hockey player, and Max Read our star base2MA
baller.
This is the section that stands alone. the twenty-three
Of
and
boys we have had in our
Peter Barratt is our football follower,
Burns
is our
rover.
Garlick
is scorer.
Bull Wilson is the tennis star of the
Form, fourteen have represented our School
Read,
in sports teams.
scouts of the Form.
W e consider this a great
Semmens,
and
Evans
are
Form.
the
boy
achievement, as this is our first year at the School.
John
Hancock
is our
outstanding IG
sportsman, for he has gained a place in laGordon
crosse, athlet'ics and wrestling; J. Hope, in
Goodear,
our successful
captain
D.
of the football and cricket teams, is a finger-
Burt, in rugby and wrestling, were our next
t i p mark expert, and when the ball is in the
most successful.
air
the
baseball
and
wrestling
teams,
and
On the scholastic side, our
n o b o d y , else has a chance.
McDonald
record is not so good, but our Form master,
(Ducky) is like a jet-car on the field.
Mr. Martin, thinks that some of us will make
can't see him for dust.
good
politicians.
During the
year we
You
W e have some out-
lost
standing batsmen, especially Don Drinkwater,
our poet, Ron Miller, one of whose poems
who is always hitting fours and can never be
appears in this magazine. Our Form Captain,
bowled
Noel
fieldsman, Letcher is O.K. Brains worked over-
Burgess,
shows
his versatility
by
not
out.
bowler
especially
time
Benson t o p p e d the first year. Congraulations!
Footscray
examination,
and
as
in the School rugby team, but also by playin the
half-year
and
only topping the form in exams and playing ing the euphonium
in the
As
J.
Benson and Simpson carried off two scholar-
Band.
You will agree with us, then, t h a t we are not
ships.
a bad Form at all.
Road, left us at the end of the second term. 49
Mr. Warwick, our teacher a t Geelong
2D
2C We
W e think that Mr. Shaw is the best form-
have an excellent form teacher,
Ebbott.
master in the Junior School, and we would
We
were well represented
Mr.
in the
like to thank him for taking us on a tour of
baseball this year by K. Thomas, D. Tucker
the factories.
(captain) and D. McCullagh.
In the field of sport we are
well represented with G. Bartlett, our foot-
the
Form
ball star, and vice-captain of the House " A "
Marshall.
cricket team.
G . Fosternally, captain of the
expert.
"B" team, is also pitcher in the baseball team,
boxing
is K. McColl,
The captain of
vice-captain
is L.
J. R. L. Wilson is the short story R. Pearce
represented
championships.
J.
2D
Dunstan
in
the
is our
with I. Stewart and J. Eldridge as team mates.
"Billy Bunter" and is always talking. J. G r i f -
W . Hogarth is our hockey star. All the boys
fiths came t o p of the Form in the half-yearly
did well in the half-yearly exams.
exams. W e have some good representatives
B. Trevil-
in the football team with K. Stockman and
lian's radio station has now closed down.
D. Barnett.
Our hockey players are: Marshall,
Smith, Griffiths,
Rayner, W a r d ,
Perrot
and
Brooker. Our house, Monash, came first in the swimming sports and second in the athletic sports, our best runners being Carling and K. McColl.
Our
English teacher,
wonders why 2D were created.
Mr.
Martin,
Monash came
second in the Food for Britain Appeal, and second for selling concert tickets.
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JUNIOR
J.
Rawet,
R.
J. Counell,
Boue
I. H u n t e r ,
HOCKEY
F. Sinith,
K.
Phillips.
B, Marks, O . J. E b b o t t
Front:
3H
3G
This Form has had a very good year, and is fortunate in having Mr. Torode as Form Master. E. Barbuto came t o p of the section at the half-year exam., and R. Stone was second. There are only nineteen in the Form, but we make quite a noise. L. Blewitt is always in mischief. L. Jones is the earbasher of the Form. The boxers who represented the School were: K. Wallace and Jag Thompson, who was an emergency; Jock McGlashan was the captain of the School rugby team. K. H o g g is our lacrosse star. Our hockey representative was A . Shields. — J . M O N T G O M E R Y , R. H A R D E M A N .
W e are very fortunate in having Mr. Marshall as Form interest
master. ' He takes a
in the
represented
boys.
Our
Form
in the school teams.
Roy Cuilinan and John Graves.
great
was
well
Baseball:
Football: Bill
Oliver, Alan Perry and Bruce Neate. Cricket: Bruce Neate. Henderson
Rugby: Clark McDonald, Dave and
Barry
Hough.
Lacrosse:
Graeme Ewart. Tennis: Charles Floate. Pride of place in studies is held by Ian Lewis.
Our
popular Form captain is Walter Gunn.
Our
great artist is Charles Floate.
Our
motor-
cycling maniac and three-speed merchant is George Davey. George
<
(Coach)
Our two great fishermen are
Vale and
Don
Richards.
Also
we
S C A N D A L CORNER
have a big-time punter in Mick Williams (and we don't mean football)! basher is Bill Oliver.
W h o is it that boasts he won the cup for
Our champion ear-
the best T-square swinger?
W e are a very happy
W e wonder when Mitchell House is going
bunch, and think this is a wonderful School.
to win a match. — J . H. M O O N ,
—F. B. H A M M E N T . 51
IH.
M Y FUTURE PROFESSION For my future
profession
I have
TO THE SHELL O I L W O R K S chosen
Under the capable
guidance
of
Mr.
C.
architecture, for architects will always be in
M c G r e g o r , a member of the staff, IIIC were
great demand owing to the rapid growth of
given a highly instructive tour of the Newport
cities in our rich but only partially developed
Works.
country.
the
Almost unlimited scope for the application
In the servicing department we saw
waggons
employed
in
the
elaborate
system of bulk handling from tanker to kerb-
of the science of town planning is afforded
side pump.
in the building of model cities and providing
products are pumped into the G r a v i t y Tanks,
for business, manufacturing,
residential,
and
recreational areas, so as to make the best
from
From the tankers, the petroleum
which
a
Gravity
System
operates
throughout the works. A n interesting feature,
use of the physical features of the locality.
inspected from the t o p of one of those tanks
Pla ns of factories,
40. feet high, was the method of sealing the
shops, and
homes
must
include every detail to provide hygienic and
floating roof.
comfortable conditions, and the most modern
are inward, the rain water is conducted to a
labour-saving
devices.
Since the slopes of the
roof
large vertical pipe passing through the centre
In this age of specilization, the early choice of a career is vitally important.
I am certain
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fits tightly against the outside wall, forming
which are designed to ensure accurate filling,
a movable petrol-proof joint.
automatically shut off.
A f t e r inspecting the power plant, in which
A most enjoyable and instructive visit, for
air-compressors are extensively used, we pro-
which our boys owe a debt of gratitude to
ceeded to the
the Shell Company of Australia, was termi-
over
200
blended.
Blending
grades A
of
Department lubricating
number of
scientific
where
oils
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A t a respectable distance, our party evinced great
dining
refreshments were served.
Woke early yesterday, went hunting,
em-
in a rabbit
octane
burrow.
fell
Killed the rabbit, -had
spirit. Though bulk-handling has largely super-
him for breakfast.
seded tin containers, some tins are still neces-
had a fight with a fox over my dinner, g o t
W e n t to sleep, woke up,
the
a beating, let him have it. W e n t home, found
rapidity with which modern machines manu-
a roast of beef cooking, stole it, was chased
sary.
Our
boys
were
impressed
by
up the back lane, hid in the water pipe.
factured tins and cases. Some
lesser
products
greases, shell-tox for household
oils,
inspected
were
pest destruction,
spraying
oils,
and
All
gone, I came out, was chained to my kennel. No tea for me.
and
to
sheep-
the
Broke the chain, went down
butcher's
shop,
stole
a
branding oils. By gravitation, the various oils
sausages, nearly butchered by the
reach the filling station.
escaped with a tingling rear.
Petrol, kerosene and
string
of
butcher,
No sausages.
lubricating oil are sold by the gallon, while
Found my master with the butcher's bill in
fuel oil is sold by weight.
his hand.
When each drum
contains the correct amount of oil, the fillers,
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53
IH.
JUNIOR FOOTBALL
Back:
B. N u t e r , J . W i l d ,
Middle:
M.
Sutherland,
I. Browning, R. Smith,
T.
F. C h a m b e r l a i n , Stoios,
B.
D. Burt, J . M c T a g g a r t ,
TO FIBROLITE CEMENT
J . Evans, J . W o o d s ,
Herman,
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K.
C. Cowan,
Thorley,
R.
J. Radford,
Paulsen.
M.
Front:
K.
Phillips. Butler,
Elliott.
Toothsome refreshments, followed by expressions of gratitude, concluded a most interesting visit.
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PRODUCTS
of James
Miles,
B. K l e m m ,
In the charge of Mr. Tindale, a party of boys visited the factory
L.
of
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asbestos fibre are laboratory tested, blended and milled. A f t e r the fibre is thoroughly wet,
M Y D O G JOE
the cement is added and mixed till it is com-
I had a dog whose name was Joe,
pletely dispersed. On
passing into
a trough,
containing
A n d where I went he used to go;
a
I taught him such a lot of tricks,
revolving cylinder covered with a wire screen,
His favourite one was fetching sticks.
to extrude water, the mixture is deposited on
He also loved to catch the rats,
the outside of the screen, from which it is
A n d very often chased the cats.
continuously transferred t o an endless porous belt.
One day while he lay on a track
As the belt carrying the sheet passes
A car came by and broke his back;
over a suction box connected with a suction pump, more water is removed.
This'was a mournful day for me,
O n forming-
rollers, the sheet is then laminated t o
To lose so fine a pal as he.
the
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the
Com-
scorching
interior.
The
intense
heat
pany, 3F were initiated into the most modern
reduces the mixture t o
molten glass, which
methods of making glass bottles.
From this
flows t o the other end of the furnace. Molten
trip, we learned that one of the most fas-
glass is fed into moulds in regulated amounts.
cinating industrial processes of modern times
First the neck of the bottle is formed, then
is the manufacture of glass articles. Although
the
glass has been used by man for many cen-
and blown into shape. TheTnachines need no
turies, it was not until recently that greatest
single
ingredient
tenance.
making glass is ordinary sand. is used for
used
White
break
green glass.
the
The addition of soot produces
portant
An
another
mould
These machines, which make over
The red-hot bottles must be cooled very slowly,
sand,
like beach sand, is used for either brown or the brown colour of beer bottles.
to
37,000 bottles a day, work day and night.
in
sand
clear glass, while yellow
is transferred
human help, except for supervision and main-
hand-
fabrication^ gave way to machinery. The
glass
bottles
which
im-
otherwise easily.
they
become
The automatic in
gradually
continuous lower
brittle
and
stacker
places
annealing
ovens,
the
temperature
to
normal. The bottles are lifted from the ever-
ingredient is soda ash, made from
sea salt; and for milk bottle glass, limestone,
moving conveyor belt and subjected t o care-
felspar and saltpetre are included.
ful inspection. hop-
The boys of 3F express grateful thanks t o
above
the company for an instructive and enjoyable
pleted, the compound is conveyed to pers.
From the
hoppers, which are
the furnace doors, the " b a t c h "
Finally, they are packed and
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Mr. HOADLEY — a
Student's
Appreciation
In spi+e of setbacks and disappointments, our
late
college,
Principal ever
pursued
expanding
his in
ideal
scope,
of
a
where
young men would be trained to win not only the material advantages of life, but a place in society accessible only to those who could win the respect of their fellow men. Our loss was as severe as it was sudden. • No one who spoke of Footscray Tech. ever did so without speaking, too, of Mr. Hoadley. His personality was, and still is, part of the college atmosphere. Successful
businessmen
and
tradesmen,
students past and present, turned out to pay their last respects to one of Footscray's most friendly citizens. All felt that they had suffered a deep, personal loss. But our former
leader is not lost to us.
Although we no longer hear the cheery word of greeting, see the ready smile, or feel the steering hand, to those of us who knew him there
remains the
image
of
a great
man
and an inspiration that many young men will
ST. MARY'S,
WILLIAMSTOWN
carry through their lives.
Pen and Ink Sketch by F. Tal+
Though Mr. Hoadley's interests were many and broad, his energies were chiefly directed to the service of youth, both within and without the School.
The Boy Scout
student
Movement
and
who worked so untiringly for the movement
unconscious
in what
doesn't
to
most
men would
be times
of
closer
The g i f t of deep understanding is not comboy
taking
was
his problems to Arch.
Hoadley
immediately
appreciation
seem
Mum?"
relaxation. mon to all men, but I know that any
his mother,
their interview with the Principal.
deeply regrets the passing of its former Chief,
after
The boy's
was typical,
like a headmaster,
"He
does
he,
To senior students, who came into contact
with
Mr.
more than a teacher.
Hoadley,
he
was
He was a real friend
who could see our difficulties perhaps before
soon made to feel that his troubles were not
we could,
just another irritating interruption to a busy
feeling that
man.
for good. Our Principal was always accessible
boy
W i t h quick insight he could make a feel that
his worries were
shared
and
no student
ever
graduated
he was done with the
and ever ready with .the helping hand.
by
When
someone else, and a trouble shared is not as
the
walls
of
the
College
respect
Perhaps the Chief always remained a boy
of the
man who
did
so much
at heart, for he made an instant appeal to
establish the reputation of this great
both
tution.
young
and old. between
I once overheard a a young
have
crumbled to dust, men will still speak with
heavy as one that is carried alone.
.conversation
School
—S.G., Form 8.
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THE YEAR'S ACTIVITIES
and
first
President
O.B.A., the departure of our
of
J.
Vice-Principal
Kepert;
Treasurer,
Committee,
120.
The
Mesrs.
Mr.
Lindsay
Ian W o o d ,
Mr.
Davies;
Rex
Loose,
and Ron Rankin.
dent-Elect, Stuart Patullo, t o his native heath a series of
of
E. Walker and A . Bradshaw; Secretary,
the
and Secretary, and the return of our Presiprovided
number
President, Mr. J. Pitt; Vice-Presidents, Messrs.
The sudden tragic loss of our Principal who founder
record
election of office-bearers resulted as follows:
This has certainly been a memorable year. was
the
A p a r t from the dances the first
function
setbacks which
were
of
evidenced in reduced attendances at
many
A p r i l 13. There were a lot of mysteries about
of the social functions. cation
of
these
Since the last publi-
notes the
most
the
this
Club
hike.
was a mystery
Despite
the
hike
invitation,
held "If
on you
successful
can't bring your girl friend, bring your wife,"
function was the break-up dance in Decem-
the only member of the party complete with
ber.
wife was the Secretary, who'd brought along
The hall was packed, and opportunity
was taken to
make a presentation
to
the
the
Secretary, who was transferring t o Caulfield Tech.
Mr. J. Pitt, in making the
tion,
referred to the years of
presenta-
service
Ford to carry the
lunches.
You
know
how that Ford makes mountains out of molehills.
Well,
it gave up the ghost early in
Mr.
the piece and limped home with a feeling
Kepert had rendered to the Club, and wished
of frustration. The remaining hikers comprised
him every success in his new position.
four stalwart members complete with platonic
The functions of the year included monthly
wenches.
dances, socials, picture nights, lectures, and
Anyrafe, we solved one mystery.
W h y do girls wear jodhpurs when they can't
a week-end t r i p to Rubicon. The attendance
ride a horse?
at the dances gradually declined, and it was
good at figures.
decided in August to discontinue them. is difficult to explain the apathy of bers towards this function. of
the
boys
their freedom. turn
got
It
The week-end trip t o Rubicon was a great
mem-
success,
O f course, some
married
and
about
Despite the
mortgaged
However, a few managed t o
up at the dances complete with
The answer is easy if you're
40
members
turning
rain and a breakdown
up.
of
the
haulage, a good time was had by all.
The
Gala Ball held in the Town Hall on the 25th
ball
July proved a social success, although
the
and chain. W i t h commendable bravado they
attendance
our
tried to disguise t h a t married look, although
club funds suffered, a setback.
the
yearning
for
lost
opportunities
was
School
below
estimate,
and
W e must not let the opportunity pass of
evident. The
was
expressing thanks to our old friend, Annual on
Meeting
Friday,
13th
was
held
December.
at In
the his
socials.
report the retiring President, Mr. Noel Blick, revealed that the financial membership
Harry
Brereton, who was always on the job at the a flop.
had 59
W i t h o u t him they would have been
.
OLD BOYS' LETTER BAG
Sandy course
McGavin,
with
doing
Metropolitan
a
The following
postgraduate
Vickers,
Tower, from
" I ' w a s very shocked to me to
realise that
of which you get a It is a really
lovely city, much more modern than London,
It is hard
he is gone,
the t o p
magnificent view all over Paris.
hear of the un-
timely passing of Mr. Hoadley.
we
The highlight, in my opinion, was the Eiffel
Swinton,
England, writes:—
for
Tuesday and Wednesday
spent seeing the city sights you read about.
with
as he
lovely
wide
streets and avenue
avenue of trees.
looked so well when I bade him farewell about
The
Paree girls
upon
certainly
have got something—the way they dress and
a year ago.
the way they walk is mighty easy on the eye.
"I noticed, with pleasure, that I had not been forgotten in 'Blue and Gold,' and was
I took about 170 snaps—most of them very
delighted
good."
doings.
to
read of
the other
old
boys'
[Glad to hear it, Ron.
I'm looking forward to receiving my
W e ' v e heard lots
before about how they dress and how they
copy of this year's mag." Ron Beck, a Victorian representative with
walk, but seeing is believing. Be sure to bring
the Australian contingent at the Boy Scout
those snaps along when next you call on us.
Jamboree
held
last
August
in
Moisson,
France, has been cured of his pessimism by gay Paree:
THAT RUBICON AFFAIR
" W e arrived on the Friday at our camp
An outstanding event of the year and a
on the River Seine, 50 miles west of Paris.
most memorable occasion in the history of our venerable Association was the pilgrimage to
the
land
of
amp-manufacture,
known
colloquially as the Rubicon Trip. Saturday, 5th July, was dawning cold and grey when our undaunted band gathered at the old School.
A varied collection of cars
was on hand, and on a given signal we sought our
respective
berths
and
the
procession
started. Our official photographer was on the job right from the start with his movie set, making a permanent record of the t r i p for posterity. would
To say that the t r i p was arduous
probably
not
express
the
general
opinion; but the reader will be sympathetic if he knows that
I was a passenger in the
O l d Liz. However, it was self-inflicted punishment; I had the chance to ride in a car. Nevertheless, our travails over, we eventually arrived at the place destined for us and
stopped
"Strictly Volts." dials,
No
at a spot where Admittance,"
signs
read,
"Danger,"
"6.6
In a shed nearby, there were many switches,
and
other
sundries
behind
glass cases, over which two suave and distinguished looking gentlemen watched. could fell from their 60
poise that they
We knew
RUGBY TEAM
Back:
E. M i d d l e t o n ,
Henderson,
J.
E. W a r d e l l ,
Mappin,
F. Snashall.
Mr.
L. Brown,
Howells,
Front:
Woodward,
R. Snelling,
B. Sheehan,
all about what was going on.
W.
A.
R. Phillips,
Jackson
D. Taylor,
Most of the
in the outbacks, the rest in the township hard by. A f t e r a really sumptuous dinner, we took It was a fine picture,
and we all reasoned that truly the t r i p was proving both educational and entertaining. The morrow brought another wet day. took it â&#x20AC;&#x201D; we had no option.
We
The things we
saw that day were truly fascinating.
With
our own eyes we saw being made the stuff that Doc. used to make passing mention of while we were waiting for the School to print our Diplomas. It was very absorbing. coming from
a height of
Water,,
many feet,
sent
a
speed
simply
terrific.
As
a
result,
cameras clicked madly. Well, could you blame us?
We
momentous,
felt
that
really
here
big,
was
something
and we wanted
brag about it to the folks at home. I
(Capt. J.
M.
and
McGlasham,
Lane,
Coach), C.
K. D.
Nicholls. Burt,
McDonald),
N.
Middle:
W.
D.
Meddings,
Burgess.
A t last, with heads full of the science of this modern life, and boots full of the driving force behind it all, we made our way homeward, content with what we had seen, and proud that our education had made us appreciative of such wonders.
blades weighing ever so much whirling round at
O'Meara,
fool asked where the water came from, and so, purely out of idle curiosity, we circled half the countryside, climbed through bracken and undergrowth, mud to our ankles, past cascading falls and up precipitous slopes. A t last we learned the secret. Surplus water from the mountain t o p was led into a drain pipe which sloped dov/n to the little shed at the bottom. Having clarified the whole position to everybody's satisfaction, all that remained for us was to return to something nearer sea level. This proved a damnable business. (For further information on this stage of the excursion, see me personally.)
party sheltered the night in small settlements
a car to the theatre.
D.
to
Some
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;JOCK. 61
With the Young Old Boys type of man who puts on his pants before he
A lot of water has flowed under the bridge since our last brief
biographical
answers the telephone.
banalities.
That long
suffering
The usual crop of eager young engineers was
S.E.C. has turned out to be a real benevolent
let
with
institution, for amongst those relaxing in its
C.H.W.
precincts we find Pat Dunlevie, Leslie Shipp,
ceased to be just an annual wisecrack and
Ken May, and Bob Dunn at Newport Power
became a stern reality.
House; while Ian Ashe, Dick Tilson, Bill Callen,
loose
on
devastating
unsuspecting
result.
industry
For many the
There's some doubt
as to whether the world is Cold, Cruel, or
Frank Clark, Geoff. Fountain, and John Wills
Callous, but all are unanimous on its Brinell
are keeping
Number.
various departments.
It is significant to record that, as
up the supply of
kilowatts
in
soon as such blokes as Dick Tilson, G i l Bryant
Dick had a job at Wyalla, but found it too
and Jack Paterson became tax earners, the
quiet. He got lost in a maze of blast furnaces
Government began to get worried about the
and coke ovens, and finally fell off a boiler.
banks. W i t h all this money in circulation there
The result was a bust knee cap, and it took
seems to
several attractive nurses two weeks to con-
be
a
shortage
of
everything —•
except shortages.
vince
Let's have a look at some of those gentlemen
whose
handsome
1946 Blue and Gold.
visages
B.H.P. away, even though he'd furnished a
aspirations
What
and
a fate for a poor
we find amongst the migrants t o that seat of
man—well,
learning seven earnest souls striving for the
retired to S.E.C.
degree.
Gordon
crawl
A f t e r that, he gave
£50 blonde as security when he joined, up.
claimed a number of the intellectuals,
higher
he had no need to
the
graced
University
Dick that
but could walk again.
Kerrison
poor
working
innocent man.
working
He's
now
His cobber, Bill Callen, is
investigating electrolysis, which is something
easily
to do with hairs on the face.
t o p p e d the poll last year and proceeded t o
Stenis Pashallis that purveyor of platitudes
the Shop with a load of prizes and a Daffyd results
about ancient cars, is with Transport Branch
were phenomenal, e.g., Heat Engines, G r a d e
of S.E.C., where he'cranks 'em up like a real
II, 97 per cent.
engineer.
Lewis
Scholarship.
than the
His
examination
He obviously
Instructor all along, didn't
knew but
tell.
more
perfect
gentleman,
fanatic,
Ern. Shelton, tricked the examiners
That
Stenis
believes
it
only
requires
brains, courage, and a slide rule t o become
being a
an engineer.
car
He has a slide rule. John A l d a g
and is now trying to be a bachelor or something.
W e ' r e sure he'll finish with some sort
of a degree.
Ern. is one of those chaps who
thinks for himself instead of turning on the radio.
Ray Broughton, John Williams,
Dick
Brett, Owen Tassicker and Allen Pretty also staved
off
work
for
a
while
to
drink
a
morning cuppa in the cloisters. Ron Beck is now a busy B.E.E. and buzzed off to England, where he is working for Westinghouse.
Ron has now sufficient education
to worry about things in all parts of the world. He's still very cautious, and will always be the
MEN W H O MAKE W H A T MATTERS 62
f
and John Malesa are back-stops for Stenis amongst the crocks. We
cannot
pass by this opportunity
of
recording changes of status of some of our old stalwarts such as Jack Pitt, Rex Loose, Stuart Grant, Lindsay Davies, and Ron Newman.
Jack, Rex and Stuart are all suffering
from change of wife.
It's very difficult
keep up with all the girl friends.
to
Just as you
think you can hear wedding bells, along comes some new form of glamour and we're back where we started. at women,
Rex
Actually, Jack looks down looks up at women,
while
Stuart' just looks at women. Jack, as a teacher of geometry, should be able to fathom his eternal triangle.
Pam's the cute angle of that
the
also
petrol, while Colin Cameron is with
triangle.
Letcher
Ron
Newman
time.
O.B.A.
He's
teaches
monotonously
in
his
is at
well
Vacuum
in his
sticking
W e ' r e afraid it's one of
trodes.
Max
those friendships that began at school and
although
somewhat
ends with marriage.
dances with his feet.
choice of girl friend.
consistent
spare
being
It's different with me.
represented. Oil
things together is still
doping
with
tops
He
His attractive
certainly crowds into a nice dress. is at
Richardson's
dances,
old-fashioned.
I'm as much in love with my wife as if we
ventilating
the
CJ.G.
10 elec-
the
weren't married.
Our ex-secretary, A l f Brad-
up
No.
at
Max
still
partner
Ian M o t t
things,
while
shaw, took the fatal plunge this year. He very
brother Greg, is in England building battle-
carefully selected his wife in the same way
ships ready for the Day.
as an apple picks a farmer.
gone
good to us.
Still, she looks
Tich seems one of those con-
and
Gus Gilmour has
back to the farm, while Ken Cyril
Morellato
are
firmed bachelors who won't take yes for an
keep the fires burning at Yallourn.
answer.
We've
seen him at celebrity
Castell
helping Jack
con-
has developed
into a bit of a wolf.
certs with a blonde and he's just mild about
know â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a biq
dame
her.
with A.P.C. building
One day he'll settle down and become
hunter.
Orr
The latter
Rex
You
Little
is
steel homes or some-
a model husband. You know the type. Thinks
thing.
his wife's headache more important than his
in the iron and steel business for Rex when
own rheumatism.
He's done a good job as
There should be a wonderful opening
he marries.
His wife could
iron.
unofficial secretary of the Club, although at
One of our .Old Boys, Eric Woods; treated
the dances he's as helpless as a new-born
us t o an illustrated travelogue on New Zea-
father.
land.
Stan Homey got married the other It's hard to
imagine
him settling
sew on his own buttons.
day.
down
This was well attended and served to
show thai' amongst our own members, many
to
interesting
lectures
should
emanate.
The
He's bound to have
Annual Meeting and Social will be held at
several children in rabbit succession. Bill Hard-
the Federal Palace on Monday, December 8.
wick was finally cornered by our
attractive
There are such a lot of O l d
friend, Jean Robertson, and gave away his freedom.
Boys with
whom we've lost touch. W e sometimes won-
W e doubt if he'll have any family.
der if they've heard of the O.B.A.
Perhaps
Never could multiply. The wedding was mag-
we'll see them at their earliest inconvenience.
nificent.
G o o d luck t o them, anyway.
A l l the
best people
were
there, 63
;
T I
I F
SPIRIT OF
THE CHIEF He was with us in the classrooms till the last dismissal bell And, while planning our to-morrows, at the Midnight Hour f e l l But the Spirit, he bequeathed us shall abide upon the earth Till the firm foundations crumble of the School he brought to
birth.
You who'ld tackle the Diploma, but diffident and raw See the line of least resistance veering from the Open Door, Should you turn your back on easy ways and enter boldly in There'll be Someone there to greet you with an understanding grin.
When you're stumbling through the Annuals till hope is almost gone There's a Hand will press your shoulder and you'll hear the calm "Keep on" . . . When, at last, the labour's finished, and the final subject won, Your reward will be a hand-clasp and the ultimate "Well Done."
But the hand upon the shoulder and the grin that gives relief A n d the urge t o high endeavour is the Spirit of the Chief: A n d this kindly Spirit, kindled from the Fire in the Snows, W i l l endure down the years till the Last Trump blows.
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