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The Principal's Page It is pleasing to report that definite arrangements are now complete for tenders to be called for the erection of a new three-storey building at Ballarat Road to accommodate students in the Secondary Section of our College, Forms I to V. No doubt, by the time this magazine reaches you, tenders will have been called. The building should be erected during 1963 and ready for occupation for February, 1964.

THE COLLEGE continues to make very good progress, due to the pleasing co-operation and enthusiasm of College Council, staff and students.

Approval has also been granted by the Minister of Education to some major alterations in the existing main building at Ballarat Road to provide for the centralization of all administrative and office staff, and this is another part of the ultimate plan of the building programme. This alteration should greatly improve administration and will transfer the centre of operation from Nicholson Street to Ballarat Road.

The contract has been let for the erection of the Sports Pavilion, the total cost of which is approximately ÂŁ14,000 half of this amount being provided by the College and the other half by the Education Department. This building will provide ideal facilities for the classes in Physical Education and for sport during the week and on Saturdays.

Many of you may not realize that the College has grown to such a degree that we now have: 147 full-time teachers on the Staff, 50 additional part-time teachers, 326 separate evening classes operating at this College in one week, 34 full-time office, maintenance and cleaning staff, 5641 students enrolled in 1962, 3509 examination enrolments (individual), 330 separate examination subjects.

History was made at the College this year by the introduction of the Sandwich Diploma Course in Mechanical Engineering.

Footscray is the fivst Technical Institution in Australia to provide this type of course, and although in the experimental stage, results indicate that this course will evenually replace the system now used for cadetships.

One large firm in this district has already agreed to change its cadetship system to the Sandwich-type Diploma Course. It is also expected that Studentship Holders selected on the completion of the second year of the diploma course will have the option of entering their studies on the sandwich course in mechanical engineering.

During this year, considerable discussion has taken place regarding the requirement of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, that the Victorian Technical College Diploma should extend three years above matriculation standard.

The following is a likely rearrangement of technical school courses: â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 1. That the Junior Technical Certificate be eliminated; 2. That a Leaving Technical Certificate be awarded to students who complete satisfactorily Form V in a technical school; 3. That Fo>-~i V be a- part of the Secondary section of the technical school or co 4:... That a v ommon Intermediate Technical Certificate be issued on completion of Form IV. 5. That a four-year diploma course be introduced in 1965, commencing at Form VI level.

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D R A M A CLUB This year the Drama Club departed from its customary practice of putting on one play at the diploma ceremony, and presented two shorter ones. Consequently, two complete and separate casts were able to display their talents, and a larger number of extras, technicians, stage hands, advisers and unofficial critics were called in. This is all to the good; for it is pleasing to record the enthusiasm and skill with which so many at the college played their various roles and parts.

We are very grateful to Mrs. Stirling, who once again did admirable service in producing the two plays, and to Mr. John Richardson who was active many weeks before the performance, marshalling the players, giving extra curricular advice in English expression and diction, and much helpful direction.

The first presentation was "Dumb Jewels" by Herbert Swears, a modern drawing-room requiring a cast of six. Lynette Middleton, now a seasoned performer with a mature stage technique, was most convincing in the role of Mrs. Peter Kirby, who had to remain silent for twenty-four hours in order to win a pearl necklace.

Sometimes you have a stage role for which the actress is virtually rehearsing all her life — no allusion here to dumb jewels — but few young ladies can have had much experience in such protracted silence. Her husband's main object was to make her talk.

This part was played by Andrea Bruz-

zese, who has had previous experience in making people talk—especially about him.

Diane Chigwidden and Cheryl Keen respectively played the parts of Miss Tiverton and Miss Kimber, who were guests of the Kirbys. Peter asked them to help him in the task of provoking his wife into speech. The fun started when old Mr. Grindle (played convincingly by Daryl Rogers), came on the scene. Being somewhat hard of hearing and a little muddled and dense, Mr. Grindle enlivened the proceedings no end as he stumbled vaguely around the stage.

Anne Box, in the role of Painter the maid, wore an expression of glazed astonishment—and a uniform—as she tried vainly to fathom what was going on among her betters.

All ended happily when Mrs. Kirby confessed voluntarily that she had shattered her vow of silence and thus lost the wager; but Mr. Kirby, dutiful, kindly and considerate husband, gave his wife the necklace after all.

And the moral presumably for husbands is: in the unequal contest with wives you can't win; heads she wins, tails you lose.

Put a necklace round her neck; she has a alter permanently around yours.

The second play was Sheridan's "The Scheming Lieutenant", dealing with the complex problem of a soldier who wanted to marry a justice's daughter. A couple of centuries ago,.; apparently, love and marriage were matters, lving a lot of cunning strategy, and tht lieutenant was smart enough to enlist the soldiers under his command in the task of winning the justice's favour, and the daughter's hand.

The delicate fragile charm of Lauretta was well presented by our stage beauty Mary Beverly, except perhaps in the scene when she had to open the door gently and wilt gracefully at the feet of her father.

Mistaking the direction in which the door was designed to open, she vigorously tore off the door and its knob, set the scenery vibrating in S.H.M., and so revealed that inexorable toughness which usually lurks behind the sweet submissive air of the coy young damsel.

The justice, impressively played by Gordon Watson, saw through these devices and foiled the military strategy when he discovered the lieutenant, now disguised as Honest Humphrey, a yokel equipped with a shouldered cudgel and formidable squint, locked in a passionate clinch with the demure lass.

Finally, with the discreet aid of Dr. Rosey, the local sawbones and ostensible friend of the justice, came the fatherly blessing, the hand of the beloved, and the audience's approval of the happy ending.

The one-man band, in which a versatile performer presents a solo concerto for

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drums, cello and mouth organ, is a rare sight these days. On the stage its more often encountered; and John Halliday, the star of the show, displayed impressive talent in his three character role of the hero, Lieut. O'Connor. Another character part calling for originality is that of Mrs. Credulous—the older plays were usually helpful in the allotment of names—played by Millie Schillick, who in real life is sceptical enough, though quiet and reserved.

The varied array of soldiers, country bumpkins, servants, village girls, all of them contributing successfully to plot and atmosphere, was made up of Messrs. Bannerman, Andrewartha, Dyer, Gunn, Bruzzese, Rogers, Hulme, Newell, Falzon and Matthews. The girls were Misses Garparski, Reichardt, Hale and Giutriyk, all of them so effectively submerged in their roles and their make-up that it was impossible to pick out the more familiar class-room characters.

It takes more than good writing and good stories to achieve a successful production; and those who often get less than their due praise are the backstage perform-

CLUB

Back r o w : T. M a i n ( P r e s i d e n t ) , Lyn O'Dea, J. Kenny, W. M a i n , J. W i l k i n s o n , K. G u n n , D. Rogers, J. A n d r a w a r t h a , J. Halliday.

F r o n t r o w : J. Cochrane, W . Beverly, I. Gasparski,• P. R e i c h a r d t , L. M i d d l e ton, C. Keen, M . S c h i l l i c k , E. Beattie, R. Hale, G. W a t s o n .

ers: the scene shifters, lighting experts, curtain operators and, most important, the prompter. Light and sound were handled efficiently by John Wilkinson and Jeff Kenny, stage work by Bill Main and Barry Smith. Prompter was Elizabeth Beattie, and the curtain was operated, smoothly, by P a m Reichardt. Make-up and wardrobe were naturally a very special job this year, and we are grateful to Mary Salmon, Lyn O'Dea, Lorraine Knox, Mr. Stirling and Mr. Richardson for their fine work in this department. The admirable sets were designed and painted by Mr. Van Dalen.

Finally, the Drama Club wishes to thank the principal for his constant support and encouragement of our efforts, and we hope that next year the students will continue the good work that the Drama Club has done over the years.

T O M M A I N (President).

A N N U A L REPORT FOOTSCRAY TECHNICAL COLLEGE S.R.C. 1962 It gives me much pleasure to present the annual report for the Students' Representative Council for the year 1962. This year saw the introduction of the new constit u t i o n which provided for a smaller council and hence smoother working. The number of representatives this year totals 28, consisting of one representative from each form, one House Captain, one prefect, a staff representative and a Sandwich Course representative.

The year started with the annual luncheon given to all new students. The number of new students has increased greatly and extra seating accommodation had to be hurriedly found. The influx of students into the college has caused an acute shortage of classrooms, and rooms previously used for other purposes such as table tennis and the sports store have had to be used. In the future, the position could become more acute, making the building of the new school more urgent. S.R.C. meetings have been held monthly. At these meetings representatives put forward proposal^ that may help in the smoother running of the college.

Some of the more important business discussed this year, has been.— A request for repairs to the car entrance at Ballarat Road. These repairs were carried out soon after by the Footscray Council.

Improvements to system used for the storage and binding of magazines and journals in the college library.

The large number of misprints on the half-year examination papers.

A motion asking that the composite fee be increased by 10/-, thereby allowing printed notes to be distributed to students free of charge.

The replacement of the present house sport system with a faculty sport system.

Probably the most successful activity of the S.R.C. was the college dances. Mainly as a result of these dances, the funds of the S.R.C. have increased from £87 to £160. Thanks should go to Mr. J. Kenny and his hard-working social Committee.

The S.R.C. book exchange again functioned this year under the capable management of N. Smillie. Students wishing to dispose of text books would be well advised to investigate the selling of their books through the secondhand book exchange.

The S.R.C. retained its membership of the V.F.T.S. for the year 1962. Although this organisation is still in its infancy, we feel that in future years it could play a very active part in student activities. Our thanks go to P. Crocker who was our delegate at V.F.T.S. meetings.

As mentioned before, the S.R.C. made a profit of about £80 for the year. It was decided that £40 of this could be donated to charities and £40 to the school for amenities such as library books and sports equipment. The charities chosen were:— Lord Mayor's Appeal £10, Footscray Hospital £10, Institute for the Blind £5, House of Friendship £5, Aboriginal Hostel £5, Cancer Fund £5.

The office bearers? for 1962 were.—President: M. Hufschmid, Vice-President: N. Smillie, Secretary: P. Rankin, Chairman of groups and clubs: P. Crocker, Treasurer: R. McRae. We would like to express our gratitude

to the Principal and Vice-Principal for their co-operation and readiness to listen to any delegation f r o m the S.R.C. We also greatly appreciate the work done by the staff representative, Mr. Waterson, whose interest and guidance during the year has been most helpful.

We hope that next year the S.R.C. will be just as successful as this year, remembering that its success depends on the students, not just a few representatives.

After all, the S.R.C. is the students' own organisation and operates for their benefit.

came down so hard that it would have made the rain in Noah's time look like a sun-shower.

But all was not lost. The m a p reader came to the fore, and informed us of a hut a little way along the track. Renewed effort was put into the dash ahead, but not a hut was sighted. The smarter ones took their chance with the bats in a cave on the side of the cliff. Still, the others pressed on, and five went too far ahead, later returning to the spot where the multitude had refused to go any further, and where a fire was blazing a welcome for the explorers to stand round and dry off.

P E T E R R. R A N K I N , Hon. Sec. GEOLOGY EXCURSION

After lunch, where all agreed the best things come in cans, the elders decided not to venture on any further and so we turned and headed back.

1962.

About 9.15 a.m. on the 29th August, twenty-nine budding geologists left Footscray station for the annual pilgrimage to the Wcrribee Gorge and Bacchus Marsh area.

After an hour's uneventful journey we reached our first location—twin laterals— — a n d were immediately met with a most pleasant welcome, the wind was blowing a gale, and so, after a brief look around, decided to retreat with all haste.

In Bacchus Marsh itself provisions were stocked up, and we all had a last look at civilisation before venturing into the gorge, and maybe the point of no return.

When we left the bus at the gorge the optimists took lunches and notebooks; the pessimists raincoats, lunches and notebooks. After half an hour of travelling, the pessimistic attitude paid off, the rain

STUDENTS' Back r o w : R. G r a y , E. V i v i a n , F r o n t : P. C r o c k e r , P. Rankin, M .

V. Pellegrini, J. Kenny.

The journey itself was most disappointing, no one fell in the river nor even looked like getting lost. John Keogh provided the only highlight, when he tried to prove the theory, "it's easier with cut corners", and finished up base over apex.

Most of us were willing to award him an "oscar", for his performance in hobbling back to the bus.

Back at Bacchus Marsh we paid our last respects to this "windy hole", and headed back to Footscray. Looking back, all credit must go to Mr. Scott- Young and Mr. Barker for their able leadership, but I'm still convinced we would have found the hut if Mr. S.Y. had turned the m a p round the other way.

J.R.S., 6D.

REPRESENTATIVE

COUNCIL

L. W a t t , G. McRae, G. Tighe, W . Schoch, F. W h i t e , N. S m i l l i e .

H u f s c h m i d , Joan W a r d l e , Elizabeth Beattie, B. W a t s o n , T. Roberts,

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joined the course and so took advantage of this method of "earning while learning" and gaining valuable practical experience related to their studies.

The course was divided into two sections. Group " A " commenced class instruction on Monday, 15th January, 1962.

Examinations were held from Monday, 18th June, and the course ceased on Friday, 29th June, 1962.

Sandwich Diploma

Group " B " were employed in industry from January 1962 and commenced day classes at the college on Monday, 2nd July, 1962. Examinations were conducted from Monday, 3rd December, and classes ceased on Friday, 14th December, 1962.

Course

The sandwich course student takes three years to complete the third and fourth years of the standard Day Diploma Course, but, during this time, he has gained 18 months' industrial experience and so, on passing all subjects of the course, will be eligible for the immediate award of the diploma.

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING This Course began on 15th January, 1962, at this college, available to students who had completed the second year of a mechanical engineering diploma.

This college is particularly grateful to the organizations which have participated in the sandwich course and we trust that the experience will be of mutual benefit.

Students from Footscray, Caulfield ana Swinburne Technical Colleges and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

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Front Row: D. F. Newsome, M. J u r g e l a i t , D. L. H a r r i s , M r . R. V i a n (President of College M r . C. H. Beanland ( P r i n c i p a l ) , M r . J. W. Bennett ( V i c e - P r i n c i p a l ) , M r . D. F. Crocker Mechanical Engineering D e p a r t m e n t ) , R. D. Pearson.

Second Row: R. J. Southall, P. J. S. I. A. Stoney, R. N. M a y . T h i r d Row: M r . Degenhardt, M r . K. L a w l o r , R. J. Date, G L M r . M . Wat son.

Back Row: M r . Barca, M r . J. F a u l k n e r , A. Fitzgerald, M r . J. S. Franzi, meyer, M r . H. Slinger ( T r a d e S u p e r v i s o r ) .

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WE C A M E — W E S A W — W E C O N K E D O U T !

At 7 p.m. on Sunday, August 26th, 17 senior electrical and mechanical students, accompanied by Mr. Pellizzer (head of electrical engineering) and Mr. Slinger (trade supervisor), left Spencer St. station for Sydney. the top of the station, where we had a very good view of Sydney. On descending we saw (and felt the effects of) the huge boilers, which each produce 430,000 lb. of steam at 1280 lb. per square inch at 950°F. Leaving the power station, the students wandered into town to have a look around. Dinner was available at various prices from 2 / - for fish and chips to 1 2 / 6 for a juicy steak. Most students tried the underground railway and had an early night, while the more energetic gentlemen went up to King's Cross to view the nightlife.

The record for the latest night (actually early morning) was held by the instructors, who arrived home Tuesday morning. Nineteen tired students and two very tired instructors rose for breakfast between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m.: curried rice and sausages. This meal was not raved about by the boys and consequently was not served again.

We boarded a dusty red electric train to Auburn, where we were to visit Australian Electrical Industries.

Here we saw electric motors up to several hundred horsepower being manufactured. In the commercial section of the works we saw electric irons being produced at the rate of 1.25 million per year. We wondered how they sold so many each year.

In the afternoon we hired taxis to take us to the Australian Aluminium Company at Grandville.

The primary mill was powered by a 3000 H.P. d.c. motor supplied from a motor generator set. The ingots of aluminium, weighing several tons, are heated to about 500°C in an oil-fired furnace before rolling. The primary mill rolls the ingot down to quarter-in. thick.

A large cold rolling mill then rolls the sheet down to 0.002 in. thick.

The plant was particularly well laid out, with the rolling mill at one end and the finished products at the other. Extruded sections from rod to odd-shaped

The students travelled second class while the instructors rode in the luxury of a sleeping compartment.

In the carriage next to ours, some of the boys found a group of girls from Melbourne Teachers' College quite interesting. Cards were the most popular relaxation, some games going well into the early hours of Monday morning.

Some gentlemen migrated to the more comfortable first class seats in the hope of catching forty winks. Unlike the teachers, the majority of students got no sleep mainly because of the disturbance caused by the wilder members of the party.

At dawn, the more financial gentlemen lashed out and had breakfast at 8 / - while the remainder saved their money. On arriving at the Central Station. Sydney, a group of tired students were picked up by a bus and taken to Kanunda private hotel.

On the first impression of our accommodation many students felt like packing up and going home. However, in the following days their impressions were changed.

Half an hour later, we again boarded the bus for a tour of Sydney, stopping at the famous G a p to take photos. We travelled through some better class residential areas and finally stopped at Bronte beach for lunch. As a counter lunch is hard to find in Sydney, most of us settled for fish and chips. We made the deduction that two Sydney malted milks equal one Melbourne malted milk; a Sydney one rarely fills the container above the onethird mark.

In the afternoon we journeyed through Sydney's congested traffic to Pyrmont power station, situated about one mile from Sydney, oh the harbour.

The station has a capacity of 200 megawatt consisting of 4-50 turbine driven generators. The consumption of coal was 2000 tons per days, together with 200 million gallons of salt water for cooling purposes. After climbing many stairs and generating much sweat we finally reached 8

sections were produced in a large 3000ton hydraulic press.

On returning to the city, some students tried their hand at ten pin bowling at the 52-lane Rushcutters Bay Bowl. Other students wandered around the city.

On Wednesday morning, in brilliant sunshine, we visited the Sydney Technical College, where we were fascinated by an ancient Watt steam engine. This engine, which was three stories high, put out a measly 70 horsepower. The layout of the Electrical Engineering laboratory was of particular interest. Three sets of identical machines, each with a separate control board, were available to students. Metering was done by a set of meters on a panel with four terminals. After a light lunch we proceeded to the Atomic Energy Commission's Establishment at Lucas Heights, about 25 miles from Sydney.

In the modern reception hall we were given a brief outline of the plant and its operation. We left our cameras at the main gate and proceeded to the isotope storage building. Isotopes used by industry and the medical profession are stored in heavy lead crucibles before dispatch.

While inspecting this section one of the

party fainted (probably hit by a stray radio-active particle).

We moved into the reactor building where we donned white overalls and a dust-coat. A radiation recorder, which resembled a small pocket torch, was given to each member of the party. After passing through two air locks, we reached the reactor tank, contained ten tons of heavy water, costing ÂŁ30,000 a ton. The waste heat from the reactor is passed through a heat exchanger which disipates 10 megawatt continuously to the atmosphere. The fuel rods consisted of uranium sandwiched between plates of aluminium.

Back in the city, most students looked around for a cheap evening meal. The elite paid up to 1 2 / - while the less financial gentlemen had a good three course meal for 5 / 6 at the Civic Cafe. The spendthrift of the party ate hamburgers at 1 / 3 each, later played cards.

We rose early on Thursday morning to catch the bus to Port Kembla at 8 o'clock.

After travelling through the picturesque National Park, we reached Wollongong, a large city of 130,000 people, about five miles from Port Kembla. At the Broken Hill Proprietary Co. Ltd. works, Port

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station at the dry dock.

In the machine shop we saw some large lathes used to machine ship propellor shafts. After strolling around the establishment we returned to the city for lunch.

In the afternoon we made our way by train to Enfield. While changing trains at Central Station, one student couldn't run fast enough and consequently missed the train. Most of the group arrived late, but they were early compared with the teachers.

At the factory of Walter Barr Pty. Ltd., we saw plastic shelves for refrigerators being vacuum moulded from sheets of polystyrene. We saw garden hose being produced by the yard in an automatic machine.

In an adjacent factory we saw fractional horsepower electric motors being massproduced by Betts, a company in the Internation Products group. The automatic stator winding machine was of particular interest to the electrical engineering students. The machine could wind the stator of a motor in few minutes compared with 15 minutes by hand.

Then automatic machines assembled the motors in a fraction of the time taken by hand. We were particularly impressed by the way this company conducted us over their factory.

On returning to the city some tired gentlemen decided to have an early night after a hectic week, while those in better condition looked around for some entertainment. Two of our budding photographers took their cameras and tripods up to King's Cross to get some photos of the night life.

Some students (a result of a late Friday night or early Saturday morning) arrived too late for breakfast (8 a.m.-9 a.m.) and had to buy theirs in the city. Most students invaded the city to do some shopping on Saturday morning. In the afternoon the 8 A punters visited Randwick hoping to make a fortune. The boating enthusiasts visited the boat races somewhere up the river on Saturday afternoon. The remainder took a ride on the ferry to Manly.

Saturday night the ten pin bowlers again visited the Rushcutters Bay BowL where they obtained a monster steakburger for 3 / 3 . Other students visited

Kembla, we were issued with safety helmets.

We boarded a double decker bus which transported us to inspect No. 4 blast furnace. This is one of the largest in the world and produces up to 2800 tons of pig iron per 24 hours.

After climbing several flights of stairs, we saw the furnace being topped: the pig iron is run off into hot metal ladles each holding 180 tons. The hot metal is then transferred to the open hearth furnaces nearby.

The slag from the blast furnace is run off into an adjacent pit where it is quenched by waste sprays. It is later used to make slag wool insulation or concrete.

After inspecting the open hearth furnaces we travelled around the harbour and back to the coke ovens. The Port Kembla plant uses about two million tons of coal from six nearby collieries to produce approximately 1.75 million tons of metallingical coke. A light lunch was provided at the reception centre, which will be moved to make way for the new 144inch plate mill, now under construction.

In the afternoon we inspected the plate and strip mill, which is accommodated in a building hall a mile long. Here large steel ingots up to 13 tons are reheated in a soaking pit. Firstly the ingot passes through a primary mill followed by a broadside mill, which it leaves as a slab 22 feet long and 5 1 inches thick.

About four minutes later this slag is reduced to a coil of thin steel strip some 1700 feet long. Some of this steel strip is used as plate, while the remainder is used to make tin plate.

The party of dusty and tired students climbed aboard the bus for the return to Sydney. We travelled through Bulli Pass and stopped at Sublime Point for a snack.

The wind was so strong at this place that we were lucky we didn't lose a few students over the cliff. Some of the boys had a quiet night watching coin-in-the-slot T.V. while others explored the sights of the city. â&#x20AC;˘ Friday morning, after breakfast, we travelled by taxis to the Royal Australian Navy establishment at Garden Island. We inspected an underground sub-station together with a large diesel power station.

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students got about six hours' sleep, but still looked very tired in the morning.

The financial students satisfied their appetites with a steak while others starved, hoping for a good feed when they arrived home.

We finally arrived at Spencer Street at 10 a.m. Mr. Pellizzer got the photograph of the year: a red hot 13-ton ingot travelling across the Sydney Harbour bridge. On the same roll of movie film he photographed a hot steak passing a group of students sitting on a nature strip. Actually the film was double exposed: once in Sydney and again at the Port Kembla steelworks.

We would like to thank the organizers of the tour, particularly Mr. Pellizzer and Mr. Slinger, who accompanied the group on the town.

The tour gave us an appreciation of the practical aspects of engineering, and the application of the principles we learn during our diploma course. Apart from the educational value of these tours, students learn to live together as a group and gain a better relationship with their instructors. Educationals tours are of great value, and it is hoped that future senior students will avail themselves of such tours.

Robert J. Meincke.

friends (usually female), while the whereabouts of the "mechanicals" is still a mystery.

Sunday morning most students managed to drag or crawl along to breakfast. In the afternoon a group of students escorted Anne (the hotel owner's daughter) to Taronga Park Zoo. The zoo has a large stock of wild animals together with an aquarium containing sharks and others marine life. On the trip home by ferry the photographers took some good shots of the harbour.

We saw the partly-completed opera house, which will cost twice the original estimate of ÂŁ6 million (much more expensive than our King's Bridge). Back at the hotel we had a light tea and were entertained by Hal and Mary. We collected our belongings and, after thanking our very congenial hosts, Mary and Anne, we boarded the train for Melbourne.

The seating was slightly crowded with eight to a compartment. The card players continued until about 10 p.m., when they practically fell asleep in their seats.

To relieve the overcrowding, some students migrated to the first class compartments, only to be kicked out of their comfortable seats when the train stopped at Yass. Most

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undertake an educational investigation in the United Kingdom. Mr. J. Meenan moves to Essendon and Mr. C. Crawford to Newport.

To all those leaving go our best wishes for success in their new positions and our thanks for their efforts on behalf of Footscray Technical College.

New Staff Appointments At the beginning of 1962 new staff appointments were made to the college.

We welcomed Mr. E. Howie as senior assistant in the secondary section, Mr. R. Boschen to assist in the chemistry department, Mr. N. Smith and Mr. R. Way to the commerce department, Mr. E. Williams to teach management, Mr. K. Peard, Mr. P. Jagger, Mr. K. Brown and Mr. N. Adams to assist in the mathematics, physics and chemistry departments.

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experience A number of the girls doing the Commercial Certificate Course are grateful to local organizations for the opportunity they gave them to gain practical experience in office work during the September vacation.

Many teachers took up duty at Ballarat Road in 1962. Mr. T. Haselgrove took charge of the carpentry and joinery department. Others were:â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Mr. B. Armstrong and Mr. R. Whittaker (Plumbing and Sheet metal); Mr. W. Coates and Mr. P. Robb (Mathematics and Science); Mr. B. Crockett, Mr. R. Hardner, Mr. L. Birch, Mr. P. Mether, Mr. W. Plunkett, Mr. J. Wild, Mr. C. Bell (Woodwork); Miss B. Henderson (Assistant Librarian); Mr. D. Martin, Mr. I. Shand and Mr. I. Grenfeil (Fitting and Turning); Mr. R. Spencer, Mr. P. Casey and Mr. C. Crawford (English and Social Studies); Miss Tresise (Arts); Mr. R. McLaren, Mr. J. Hill and B. Turner (Metal Fabrication).

Evidently the firms were pleased with the result of their generosity, as can be seen from these extracts from some of the letters received.

Mr. M. S. Hawken, Branch Secretary of Claude Neon Limited, wrote: "We did enjoy the experience of having one of your girls with us, and should you be repeating this gesture at a future date, we would be most interested to participate." (The student was Cheyrl Kean.)

Mr. E. F. Meier, Managing Director of U.S. Construction Pty. Ltd., wrote: "Many thanks for your letter of 24th September enclosing note from Irene Gacparski, whom we were very glad to have with us. We might be able to provide the same opportunity in future vacations and would always be glad to co-operate wherever possible."

Mr. A. Mordech, a Lilliput Undergarments Pty. Ltd., wrote: "We have had the pleasure of employing one of your students, Susan Talbot, for the last fourteen days . . Her work has been of a very high standard and we have offered her a position when she leaves school. If she does not accept, we will keep the offer for another student and we thank you for allowing us to help you during the school vacation. If, in the future, you feel that we can help, call on us".

Mr. P. Scott-Young joined the staff in March to assist in the metallurgy department. Mr. B. Brookes, Mr. E. Walker and Mr. Taylor came to Footscray after Easter to assist with mathematics and science.

Inevitably there are departures.

Rev. F. Morgan is becoming chaplain at Preston Technical College after many years of valuable service with us.

Mr. J. Bennett is becoming principal of Brunswick, Mr. E. Howie has been appointed head master of Jordanville, Mr. J. Sambell as principal . of Kingsbury, while Mr. B. Cronin moves to Preston, and Mr. N. Porter transfers to Caulfield.

Mr. B. D'Elia transferred to Maryborough during the year. Mr. H. Forster is taking leave of absence in 1963 to 1'2

S.C.M. 1962 Attendances this year at the meetings of the college branch of S.C.M. were exceptionally good, mainly thanks to an intensive advertising campaign and the fact that students are realising that S.C.M. is not something exclusive to church-goers, but is open to everybody.

The program has included discussions, film shows, open forums and record programs. A major study was that of the differences existing between the various denominations, undertaken with the view to discussing the possibilities of attaining Christian unity. Ministers representing the Anglican, Roman Catholic, Churches of Christ, Methodist and Presbyterian denominations were invited to speak at different meetings on the organisation and practices of their particular churches.

In concluding, I should like to thank, on behalf of all members, the college chaplain, Rev. Morgan, for the time and effort he has spent in making the branch the success that it is.R. P A R R Y , Pres. S.C.M.

THE RECORD CLUB Have you noticed the air of intense excitement in the upstairs passage every Friday lunch time? As the door of Room 113 is opened, those who have been waiting — with contained impatience — surge inside, only to hear that, for a change, the programme would consist of jazz recordings. The classical crowd disperses.

Throughout the year, most of the sessions have dealt with the evolution of jazz, from its primeval gropings in the swamps and bayous around New Orleans to the specialized refinements of 1962. The recordings have ranged from 1920 Jelly Roll (not a sort of cake) Morton to present-day Thelonius (not felonious) Monk. No record—except one for attendance—was broken during the year.

The Club wishes to thank Mr. Bennett for allowing us to broadcast from his office over the P.A. system. Thanks, too, to all those who helped to present these sessions, especially Neil Amor, Ian Cameron and Ray Parry. J. H A L L I D A Y , 8 B.

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MacDonald.

SNOU/Y MOUNTAINS TRIP On Monday morning, 27th August, a group of students from the College, 25 civil engineers and 4 mechanicals set off for a tour of the Snowy Mountain Scheme, escorted, cared for, and efficiently supervised by Mr. Crocker and Mr. Faulkner.

Then after a hurried lunch at Minaro Hotel, where a course record was broken (15 minutes flat for a three course meal) we set off by coach for Jindabyne, which is soon to become another Adaminaby.

From here we faced and pantingly managed a stiff climb up the Snowy Mountains, which for some of us was the first experience of snow â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a thin film of it covered with dust; but before long it began to get deeper and whiter.

After what seemed an exhausting journey to those who were accustomed to relaxing in the comfortable class-room seats, we reached Dandenong in time for lunch, and subsequently picked up Mr. Keifel at Tralagon. The first night was spent at Lakes Entrance, at Glenda Guest House, and immediately after ten everyone set out to take in the sights and the night life of this southern metropolis. Everyone but John Dalton who at once retired to his room to write till dawn and to Dawn the first of a long series of letters which will eventually be published as "A Travel Diary from High and Low Latitudes".

Thence we moved on to Guthega power station, the first project in the vast scheme.

This power station contains two 30 megawatt generators, and there is provision for a third. The latter, however, will not be installed until the Kosciusko Reservoir is built. In the meantime, Guthega operates predominantly during peak hour periods.

After this we inspected the Island Bend dam site, not very enthusiastically, for it was a "dam site" too wet for us. We had tea in the mess, then returned to the luxury of the huts to sit around the fire and relax. Each of the rooms has a heater, hot and cold water, and there were plenty of blankets. It was pleasant to listen, with no fear of being blown away, to the howling winds whistling through the trees.

A little after sunrise next morning, that is, about 9.30, the bus took in petrol, the boys filled up with Coca-Cola, the teachers fortified themselves with double-barrelled ice-creams, and we set off for Orbost, where we had our first glimpse of the Snowy River.

The next few resting points in our journey are notable chiefly for the difficulty we had in finding cafes that suited our taste and our pockets; but after leaving Cooma, where we stayed the night, we were then in sight of our goal. In the morning we transferred to the luxury of a Pioneer bus and we were introduced to our kindly and informative guide Mike, who was to keep us on the move for the next three days.

Eucumbene Dam was our destination next morning: the dam is half a mile wide at the base, 382 feet high, and has a crest length of 1900 feet. Its storage capacity is about nine times that of Sydney Harbour, and this sort of comparison is the only one that can convey any impression of the immense scope of the whole scheme. A two hour cruise by launch on Lake Eucumbene was enough to convince us that it is as big as the plans indicate.

The engineering laboratories were our first objective, and there in the hydraulics models branch we saw very impressive models of the Snowy Project and of others to be constructed eventually throughout Australia. The soil mechanics' section, where testing of soils and aggregates for roads and dams is carried out, gave the civil Engineers some insight into the complexity of their job.

Climbing isn't the only thing you can do on mountains, for our next move was 14

down to Tumut 1 Power Station, 1200ft. below mountain ground level, housing four 80 megawatt turbo-generators driven by Francis turbines.

We returned to Cabramurra and so spent the night in the highest — but not the fastest — town in Australia. We had tea at the staff mess and were then entertained at the pictures while John Dalton pressed on with instalment seven of his letter.

The next day we visited Tumut 2, perhaps the most impressive project to be seen on the tour. Access to the power station is by way of a tunnel 3600ft. long with a down grade of 1 2 % . You could work up quite a speed if you decided to run down this ramp — we didn't.

Here there are four 70 megawatt turbogenerators similar to Tumut 1, but painted different colours so that you can guess where you are if you get lost. Tumut Pond, which might suggest a village landmark with swans and ducks, is a concrete dam 283ft. high with an overall length of 817ft.

It's Vast In it you could float a sizeable battleship, that is if you could see any good reason for doing so; but all these dimensions quoted give you an overwhelming sense of the vastness of the total undertaking. We could go on for many more pages describing all the installations we saw; but it must suffice to say that the tour was extremely interesting and informative. There is something to be seen and learnt by every type of engineer, and all of us gained by the experience. The Snowy Authority provided us with literature to study and refresh our memories of all the engineering achievements of the scheme.

We are very grateful to the instructors who accompanied us and explained some of the matters we didn't quite understand, and we should like also to express our appreciation of Mr. Beanland's advocacy and support of these valuable educational tours, and for planning them in every detail. From them we get a clearer picture of the scope and importance of the engineer's calling, in which the college is giving us our initial training.

Commerce Girls At Exchange During the second term a group of the Commerce girls visited the Footscray Telephone Exchange.

Under the direction of the chief supervising technician, Mr. E. P. Buckner, we learnt what happens when a number is dialled, the calls quickly travelling from one section to the next.

We saw how faults are detected and how the testing equipment operates. The alertness of the technicians impressed us greatly. From this excursion we gained knowledge of the way in which a suburban telephone exchange functions.

A YOUNG SELLER OF BRUSHES Back in the days of the gold rushes There was a young seller of brushes He carried a new gun Plus a big bottle of rum And on all the girls he had crushes.

Now his best girl was called Nelly Qf course this was before we had telly, Her father's name was Bill, And our boy he had promised to kill And boy was this down his alley.

However he beat him to the fight And bumped him off one dreary night, The firebug was an amusing card And the body turned up strangely charred No longer he worries over her father's might.

Original Poem by DAVID WELLS, 2H.

Catering and Hotel Administration The following three contributions are of interest for two reasons: they show us something of the personalities â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and literary skill â&#x20AC;&#x201D; of the students in question, and give a very accurate picture of the new course pioneered at this college. "Blue and Gold" will be pleased to print, in future numbers, similar personal statements from students in the other courses, who can, in this way, tell us about themselves and the career for which the college is training them. management and other academic subjects, there is the preparation, cooking and presentation of food, the serving of it, and information about wines and their presentation. As a class we have made excursions to Rothman's, to see large-scale catering in operation, to Chateau Tahbilk to see wine production. We were also guests of the Hotel Australia for luncheon, after which we gained an insight on hotel administration, being taken on a tour of the whole hotel.

The Australian Hotels' Association, residential hotels branch, has continually maintained a keen interest in the welfare of the course. They were good enough to provide ten scholarships at the beginning of the year, one of which I received, and for which I am sincerely grateful. They have also undertaken to find employment for us, when we commence our "sandwichcourse" (six months at school, six months in the industry) next year.

It is my intention to go to Europe in the near future to attend a similar course at a hotels' school there, as a post-graduate course.

Peter E. Feil.

After mi°;ratin? from Switzerland with my family fifteen years ago, I attended state school for eight years, and then transferred to Wesley College for the next five years where I reached matriculation standard. My studies centred mainly on the humanities, French and German always being very prominent.

My interest in catering began there as a member of the school tuckshop committee, and I followed this interest by working in cafes and coffee lounges during the vacations.

1 have always liked cooking, which seems the exact opposite to my father who is a doctor.

At the beginning of the year, in trying to find a suitable vocation, the hotel management business was mentioned, and 1 felt that this would be the most suitable course of study to pursue, satisfying the leadership and catering tendencies which T had shown during my studies.

Thus, I joined a course which was being held here in Victoria for the first time on a full-time basis. We were in fact "guineapigs" for a course that had to come, in order to satisfy the needs of a growing hotel business. Four days a week are spent on academic work. They are perhaps of less interest than the single day spent on practical work at the William Angliss Food Trades' School, but nevertheless of major importance to such a course, and cannot be treated at all lightly. Even so, two days of practical work per vveek would, in my opinion, still leave ample time for the other subjects.

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Before applying for entrance to the "Diploma of Catering and Hotel Administration I was a student at Mordialloc Chelsea High School at Mordialloc.

In my final year at this school I studied for the leaving certificate. In 1960 whilst studying for the intermediate certificate, I was appointed to the position of sport prefect, a position I held for the next two years. My interests in sport covered many

The course itself is varied and most interesting. Apart from the accountancy, 16

fields, both at school and during my leisure time. My favourite sport was soccer, playing in the school team for three years.

Squash was my sport away from school, along with shooting, weight lifting and body building. My interest, other than sport, was, and still is, colour photography, both 35mm and movie.

No one in the family has had anything to do with hotel work; my father works for an insurance firm in Melbourne.

a chef. At school I was a member of the tuckshop committee and the cooking club.

I also had a year of waiting experience in the boarding house at Caulfield Grammar.

My interests changed to hotel management after I had met somebody who was doing a hotel management course with the Federal Hotels group. It was then that I decided hotel management was what I wanted to do. Unfortunately the Federal Hotels course was discontinued. In October last year 1 heard that a course in hotel administration and catering was to start at Footscray Technical College. As I had been undecided about my future when the Federal course closed, I immediately applied for a position in the new course, which was to begin in 1962.

The course at Footscray itself is most informative and very interesting. We are studying such subjects as management accounting and law, all of which will provide a good commercial background. Our work at the William Angliss Food Trades School is probably of great benefit to us.

Subjects there include cooking and serving both food and wine and a detailed study of wines and their origin. The practical experience gained at William Angliss by cooking and waiting at functions is most valuable. Throughout the course we have met a number of the leading men in the catering business.

They have always showed a great interest in the course, and have always been willing to help. This is one of the most encouraging aspects of the course.

For many years my family and I have travelled through Victoria and interstate.

Wp have stayed at caravan parks, at hotels and motels, at guest homes, and at private homes and clubs. I have formed my own ideas on how certain hotels and other establishments are run and how they could be run on a better basis. I like meeting people, and talking to people in different walks of life. I also like cooking and preparing food. I am enjoying the course and the subjects I am studying. One of the highlights of the course is the functions we help out on at the "William Angliss Food Trades School", where we obtain practical knowledge by attending classes, and preparing the food for these functions every Thursday during the first two years of the course.

America and Switzerland are amongst the overseas countries I hope to tour on completion of this course. My aim is to further my studies and practical experience overseas, then return to one of the many fine motels in Melbourne.

Although the course has been very well organised, I do feel that provision could be made for more practical experience during the first two years and perhaps a foreign language included.

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My secondary school education began at Maryborough, where I attended the Maryborough High School for two years. From there I went to Caulfield Grammar School for the next four years and reached matriculation standard. My academic interests were mainly concentrated in the humanities field on such subjects as economics and accounting.

I would like to take this opportunity of thanking the Australia Hotels' Association (residential branch) for providing ten most valuable scholarships. These are fully appreciated by the members of the course, and show the support behind the course from the hotel industry itself.

After the completion of the course I hope to be able to continue my studies, and in doing so gain practical experience overseas.

I have always been interested in cooking and for many years had wanted to become

Russell Branton.

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three games and finishing second on the ladder to St. Albans. In the final matches they turned the tables on St. Albans, defeating that side in both the semi-final and grand final.

This competition is run in two sections and the premier sides in the two sections play off for the championship. In this game against Spotswood played on the Footscray Oval the opposition proved too strong and the side suffered its fourth defeat of the season.

All ex-students of the college have the opportunity to join the Old Boys' Football Club.

This club has four teams, two open age sides competing in the Victorian Amateur Football Association and two under age sides under 15 years and under 16 years.

The under 15 years team is coached by the school's sports-master, Mr. Harrison and made up of boys from forms 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the Ballarat Road section of the college.

The boys of this team led by Neville Salmon, 4G, and playing their first season of football in the Essendon District League acquitted themselves well and although they did not finish in the top four showed that, with the experience gained this season will go on to better things in future years.

Those to give good service to the team throughout the year were: R. Jarvis, R. Curwood, G. Gribben, C. Bohnke, P. Dyer, G. Backhus, T. McLeod, M. Heffron.

Trophy winners for the year were: C. Bohnke, Best and Fairest; N. Salmon, 2nd Best Team Man; M. Heffron, Most Serviceable.

The under 16 team competed in C2 grade of the Footscray District League, and were successful in annexing the premiership.

This side, made up of boys from 3rd and 4th form, was coached by Mr. Chrisfield, who also coached the college team.

Captained by K. Menzies, 4D, these boys went through the year losing only

Trophies were won by: K. Menzies, 4D, and R. O'Connor, 3K, tied for the best and fairest; R. McNeil, 4D, best player in first semi-final; M. Phelan, 3C, most serviceable, final matches; second best and fairest, B. Morris, 3E. Ken Menzies, captain, brought further honors to the club by winning two trophies in the district competition, best and fairest, C2 section and top goal-kicker in the same section.

K. M E N Z I E S .

THE FAILING FOOL Test time is the worst time Home time is the best time And as you lie sick in bed, Happy thoughts go through your lazy head Your body glows in all the envy That your school friends swot readily.

However when I go again to school I realize I have played the fool Along comes a test And although I try my best The teacher informs me I have failed And I realize he really had me nailed.

DAVID W E L L S , 2H.

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CRICKET, 1962 SEASON

have regained the confidence displayed in the previous season.

Throughout the season, E. Vivian was definitely the strength of Footscray's batting. He was able to blend a powerful array of stroke-making with a sensible selection of balls to hit, and certainly deserved to head the batting averages for the season. Other batsmen to show out at various times during the season were: J. Biggs, C. Bendelle, C. Reed and W. Nettleton.

The most successful performance in bowling was undoubtedly that of captain Colin Reed, who, in a dramatic bid to snatch victory against Swinburne, took 4 / 0 in successive balls (two hat-tricks).

Colin took the bowling average, a fitting culmination to his season's efforts and to what may be his final year with the college. Other bowlers to fare reasonably well, remembering that this was not a strong department of the teim, were W. Hoath and R. Gray.

In general, the cricket season again was most enjoyable, although it gave the players representing the college plenty of opportunity to practise the grace of being "good losers".

In the light of two close finishes our team displayed some glaring weaknesses in attack and fielding. Perhaps these were accentuated by a rather obvious lack of "never say die" spirit. , The incident that most vividly illustrated this occurred in the game against Preston: these young opponents were set 127 runs to get in 70 minutesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;seemingly an impossible task against the premiers of last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and yet once the captain, Adcock, took the initiative and with rather carefree cricket blasted the opening attack, Footscray imediately relented, took up defensive cricket, and were finally cut to ribbons by their own apathy as much as by the boldness of the opposition.

BASEBALL REPORT

The game against Swinburne was lost by the inability of middle batsmen to come out of their shells and go for runs at a time that wickets were not a vital factor in the game. However, benefiting by the "drubbing" handed out by Preston, our team fielded well and maintained a steady pressure; although they just did not have enough runs on the board to hold Swinburne to a losing score.

In the opening match against Caulfield, Footscray batted meekly and were never a force in the match. When playing Melbourne in the following game, however, they dominated the scene and appeared to

The baseball team commenced the season with only five of last year's members in the line-up.

Without any pre-season practice, the team journeyed out to Caulfield for the first match.

Playing tight, we managed to gain a 3-1 lead over a bigger and more experienced side . . . until the bottom of the seventh innings, when the Caulfield team exerted their strength, going on to a comfortable win. Final score: Caulfield 12, Footscray 3.

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SENIOR

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Back Row: E. Scott, N. Henderson, I. West, D. B a r t l e t t , A. S t u r n i e k s , C. Peatling, F. U r b a n , C. Reed, R. Gray. Front Row: N. Pearson, Elizabeth Beattie, Dianne C h i g w i d d e n , Joan W a r d l e , M a r y Geerling, W. P o n o m a r e n k o , M . Ebner.

DIPLOMA

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Back r o w : D. C a r p e n t e r , J. Diggins L. W a t t , G. Beynon, T. M c C o n n e l l , G. Gozhevski, L. D o w l i n g , N. Pearson, J. Kenny, I. West. Centre: P. O l v e r , J. S m i l l i e , E. V i v i a n , R. Round, R. McRae, R. Frost, J. Miles, L. Johnson. F r o n t : H. Hughes, N. McKenzie, C. Bendelle ( c a p . ) , G. Roberts ( v . c . ) , W. Schoch

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mond (1st base was cleverly camouflaged in a dump of pine tree, 3rd base was floating on a waterlogged cricket pitch, and there was no pitching plate). This match saw a decided improvement in our "staying" abilities and we were narrowly defeated by a strong-pitching Swinburne team. Final scores: Swinburne 6, Footscray 4.

Our third final game against Geelong was a "do or die" effort, for it meant that the loser would end the season on the bottom of the ladder. Although Geelong may have had more individual ability, Footscray combined better and never looked in danger of defeat. Final scores: Footscray 13, Geelong 12. We were scheduled to play Melbourne, but apparently they had heard of our continuous improvement and decided it would be better not to field a side than to face defeat.

The team was made up of the following students: Terry Roberts (capt.), John Scriven (vice-capt.), Paul Collins, George Shields, Karl Anderson, Ray Baker, Tussre Athansiov, John Fischer, Geoff Fuller, Lincoln Erm. In concluding I must say that at times the team played really good baseball and combined well, which points to better things in the future, for judging by our mid-year marks, the side will remain unchanged for the next few years.

BASKETBALL This year the college was well represented by two outstanding basketball teams under very capable coaches Mr. Kingsley and Mr. Scott-King. The college's No. 1 and No. 2 teams played in the No. 1 and No. 2 divisions respectively of the All Schools' Victorian Basketball Competition.

After winning the Technical Colleges' division, the No. 1 team played all over Box Hill High School to win our college's first basketball premiership. In previous years we have been placed fourth, third and second. The fine win was celebrated on the water off St. Kilda.

The college's No. 2 team wasn't as lucky, as they were beaten in the grand final by University High School. It was a good game, but we didn't have what was needed to gain the premiership.

The teams had identical records after the final round: 8 wins, 4 losses, 1 walkover. At the end of the season the No. 1 team were undependable, as they were able to beat the three top teams and then could be beaten by lower teams. The lineup for the season for the firsts was:â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Forwards: Frank Meeking, David Carthew; Centre: Ray Chapel; Guards: Ed Scott, Fred Vezis, Ian West. Neville Henderson came into the team at the end of the season to replace Carthew and

T E R R Y R O B E R T S , 6 C.

SENIOR BASKETBALL T E A M Back: G. Beynon, D. C a r t h e w , N. S m i l l i e , N. Henderson, C. Gray, I. West, I. W o r d s w o r t h , E. Scott.

F r o n t : R. Halveison, F. Vezis, F. Meeking, W. Kingsly ( C o a c h ) , K. Hauser, J. Fields, G. Watson.

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TENNIS. H O U S E TENNIS. — This year the House tennis was won by Sturt, mainly owing to the fact that the other Houses had trouble in filling their teams.

Finishing as runner-up was Mitchell House, which was no match for the much stronger Sturt in the final.

S C H O O L T E N N I S . — T h i s competition was monopolized by Footscray, who won the shield for the second successive year.

By becoming premiers, the team showed that it had maintained the high standard set by the previous year's side. Although suffering from the loss of two good players from last year's team, we recruited some good new blood in Trevor Davidson and Terry Olver from the Secondary section of the college. The premier side, comprising R. Mann (C.), N. Smillie (V.C.), J. Rewell, T. Davidson, T. Olver, D. Rogers and J. Richards, thrashed all opposition from Caulfield, Geelong, Swinburne and Melbourne, and lost only three sets on the whole year.

Scott, at about half time in each game. The find of the year was Gordon Watson, who played with the seconds at the start of the season and finished playing pivot with the firsts; for the finals Frank Meeking topped the goal throwing list for the college, with Ray Chapel and Ed Scott close behind.

David Carthew was in trouble with the referees again this year.

The No. 2 line-up changed from week to week as most of them had a run with the firsts. This is the final line-up: Forwards: Graeme Beynon, Neil Smillie, Kevin Hauser; Centre: Russell Halverson; Guards: J o h n Field, Stephen Blanch, Ian Wordsworth. Half-way through the season the team lost the dashing David Attreed, but this gap was filled by Mr. Scott-Young or Mr. Kingley.

The boys have put in a good season of basketball, not disgracing the college in the least. But at the time their barracking was extremely ear-shattering. It was to be expected from F.T.C. Next year we should keep all our players and should win both premierships. — D.C.C.

DIPLOMA

TENNIS

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Back Row: R. M a n n , T. Olver, D. Rogers, N. Smillie.

Front Row: T. Davidson, M r . M . Keifel ( C o a c h ) , J. Richards.

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The final match against Melbourne, last year's premiers, was the most important of the year. Melbourne had to defeat us to be premiers. We either had to win or draw to be premiers. The match started with both teams going in hard for the ball, resulting in a few fiery clashes. Melbourne scored the first goal about fifteen minutes in the second half, and looked as if they were going to be premiers again. But once again our forward line saved the match by cleverly tricking the Melbourne defence and netting the ball for the equalizer.

Under pressure, our backs played clever defensive football and managed to keep out the persistent Melbourne forwards until the final whistle.

Many thanks must go to Mr. Keifel, who gave valuable assistance and advice in both the House and college competitions. Footscray won the shield from very weak opposition and, unless the other colleges find some good players in a hurry, we look like keeping it for the next couple of years.

SOCCER REPORT

1962.

After a thrilling 1962 Soccer season, Footscray capped a good year's display by winning the premiership.

The first match of the season was against Caulfield, which we won five goals to three goals. Our speed and teamwork was far too superior for Caulfield. Our backs were too strong, and our forwards with clever passing and ball handling, confused the opponents, often finding them out of position, and so allowing our forwards to shoot for goal and score repeatedly.

Congraulation to all the boys who played in the college team for a most successful year by winning the pennant, and to coach Mr. John ("Come on, Footscray, you can do better than that") Grainger, for his great work in coaching us throughout the year.

Our second match was a walk-over against Swinburne. The third match was played on a wet and muddy field against Geelong, who have a great reputation against us. (Last year Geelong defeated us seven goals to two goals). Before the match we were forced to replace two repular players, both unavailable, by two first-year players, who played a hardy game in defence. Once again our dominance earned us a four goal-three goal victory.

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swimming sports. Sturt took an early lead, but Deakin soon went ahead and stayed there till the last few events, when Sturt regained the lead and won the sports.

Sturt had the strongest team, and it seemed likely that they would walk away with the flag, but this was not to be. For the first time in the year, the Sturt House spirit failed, and only a scratch side could be raised in one round. Nevertheless Sturt mannaged to struggle through and eventually won the pennant.

Once again Sturt showed superior House spirit throughout the year, except for one week, and proved that it is this and teamwork that wins. The main source of the drive behind Sturt is the house-master, Mr. Williams, but credit must go also to the vice-captain, Graeme Collins, Neil Pearson and Graham Roberts for the help they gave in organising and controlling the house in such an excellent manner throughout the year.

This year of house sports was very good, and I should like to thank Mr. Hames, the sportsmaster, and the Housemasters for the exceptional way they handled the sports.

Once again the girls took part in the sports and as more of them came to the

The athletic sports were contested in much the same manner, with Sturt once again just beating Deakin in a close finish.

Yet another close finish was seen in the next sports. This was the table tennis. In this, Deakin, Sturt and Mitchell were equal on points, and so it was decided on percentage, with Sturt once again winning.

Next came the most coveted prize of the yearâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the football pennant. Sturt and Deakin both beat Mitchell and Monash in the first two rounds, and this left these two to play off.

Deakin attacked early in the match, but the strength and evenness of Sturt soon began to take charge and they held a lead at half time. Deakin tried desperately to break through in the second half, but Sturt's defence held firm and they were able to end up comfortable winners.

This left only the tennis to be decided.

SENIOR ATHLETICS TEAM Back r o w : N. Smillie, S. Blanch, B. Hoath, D. Rogers,. W . Schock,. R. Parry, D. B a r t l e t t .

F r o n t : G. Soupios, I. West, N. Pearson, W. Posomerenko ( C . ) , N. Henderson, i. W o r d s w o r t h , G. Roberts.

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college they will have a progressively greater influence on the results. Although most students regarded them as a minority, they could make all the difference between winning a flag and losing it, and thus they had a lot of attention one way and another paid to them throughout the season.

I should like to thank all our house members for their great effort all through the year, and remind them of the call for next year â&#x20AC;&#x201D; "Sturt Forever." â&#x20AC;&#x201D; C O L I N REED.

FOOTBALL Early this year the team was full of confidence, aware that they were capable of taking all comers, and as the season went on, this attitude proved to be justified, for up till the last match, we were undefeated.

This was unquestionably the most exciting and the best match of the season, played in a very heavy and slippery ground against a taller and heavier collection of opponents.

The reason for our defeat was a certain inaccuracy in kicking, for we scored 9.19 to Geelong's 12.9. No doubt, if we had had some more experience in the applied mechanics involved in wind forces, we might have been able to come closer to victory! Six of the behinds, two of them direct hits on the posts, were kicked in the vital last quarter.

Special mention is due to those who excelled in this match, namely K. Jackman, C. Bendelle, R. Sambell and J. Kenny.

They were outstanding throughout the year, too, and others to contribute to our qualified sucess as runner-up were P. Oliver and E. Vivian.

Having come as close to victory as this, let us hope that we can move up one place ahead next year.

SENIOR FOOTBALL Footscray senior team had their most successful season for some years, winning their section premiership quite comfortably.

But their luck never held out because they were beaten by only a few points in the first semi-final in the Metropolitan Technical Schools' Association.

Everyone of the boys tried their utmost, but it would be unfair not to mention Rod McNeil's 9 goals against Collingwood. The whole team wishes to express its thanks to Mr. Chrisfield for a very successful year and also to Mr. Harrison and Mr. Bishop who assisted him.

DIPLOMA BASEBALL TEAM Back Row: G. Fuller, J. Scriven, G. Shields, K. Anderson, T. Athanasiov, L. E r m .

Front Row: L. W a t t , R. Baker, P. Collins, R. Fisher, T. Robert's.

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Easy Lessons". We also hear that he is very friendly with a jazz-addicted teacher (it all helps, you know).

Two inseparables are Mich Charenko and Chris Corcoran, who grace the back seats of the class where they swop stories and comment on the rising cost of tobacco.

"Jenny" Monro is well known for his famous laugh, aptly described as a cross between a donkey's bray and the squeak of a mouse. John (sometimes we use his Christian name) assiduosly frequents school dances and at odd times wields a lacrosse racquet.

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The studious pupils in this class are rare, fortunately, but the exceptions are David Mayne, whose swotting paid dividends at the mid-year exams, and Lincoln "Just say" Erm, whose delightful mannerisms we cannot divulge for fear of retaliation. Fred Vezis is a star basketball player, or so he tells us, and never fails to amuse the boys with his stories about the team of girls he coaches on Wednesday night.

At last! The long-awaited report of the cream of the school, namely 5 A. We are the future mechanical engineers, which is synonymous with intelligence, obstructing the teachers and cramming. If you don't believe us, just ask us, and we'll tell you how good we are.

A good portion of our influence in school circles is due to an extraordinary import from Ethiopia boasting the name of Stamatis Leonidas Christodoularis. This amazing specimen of 'homo sapiens" is the proud owner of a battered glorified motorbike. "Stan" is the oldest member of the form and as such, his views on important subjects like girls are respected. His erudition is so vast and varied that if you can spare a few hours he'll give you a brief summary of his opinions.

Of my own wonderful exploits I will not speak, and anyway you wouldn't believe them. However, with all due modesty let me inform you that yours truly is the only decent individual in the form and has the doubtful honour of representing it.

Mr. Wright assures us that we are the best fifth form ever, and we sure hate to contradict him.

V.P. 5 B

David Maxfield is the quiet, serious type. I've heard him speak twice and have been told it's a record so far.

Another "hush hush" lad is Bohdan Milan, a competent student, and one of those poor maligned lacrosse players.

Amongst the villains of the class the most suspicious is Paul "Phil" Silver. He's a polished performer, this bloke, and the way he takes French-leave from class arouses my deepest envy. According to rumour, Phil is about to publish his masterpiece: "How To Cut Classes in 1(H

This year, perhaps the best collection of characters were thrown together to form a class — you guessed it — 5 B! These characters included.— " J o e " Cassar, a usually quiet, studious type who thinks more about his hobbies (pigeon breeding), than he does about attaining his diploma.

Vincent Cooney, the form's mathematician. He is one of the few students who.

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Terry "The T e h h " McConnell is tall, blonde, blue-eyed and handsome. I'm venturing to say that he is one of the most popular students in the form, so he can't be too bad.

Jim McKay. Some people have had tags put onto them, and an appropriate one for Jim would be "Gasper" because he has to breathe that thin air of the ionosphere.

Unlike some lads this kid is built like the I.C.I. Building.

Peter Micalopoulos is of Greek origin.

The knuckle cracking 'champ' of the form is Pete, and he makes all sorts of other weird noises (some say that he is speaking, but that's impossible).

He doesn't really care less about school, it's just that school is better than going to work.

with hard work, will gain more passes than failures at the end of the year.

"Syd" Cunningham is one of those types who grace the dark corners of the classroom, so that when he makes a comment the lecturer does not know who made it.

The form's S.R.C. representative, Syd works solidly for the comforts of his fellow students.

Max "Irrelevant" Ebner, you can see by his name that he gets away from the point.

F o r some reason, he always picks the losing argument.

"Jan " F u d " Fudyma is from the upper reaches of the Amazon. (Nobody would claim him from any closer!) He is the cause of much merriment to the members of the form, but on the other hand he surprises our lecturers.

"Mitchie" Miszkurka is modelling his appearance after Elvis because he has three inch sideboards (they're still growing). A quiet studious one. Mitchie will be trying really hard at the final exams.

Howard Noble is very much like one of the seven dwarfs—sleepy—Howard looks, walks, talks and does everything relaxed, and if he can dream his way through the exams, good luck to him! Usually quiet, he sometimes wakes up. It's moments like these you need Minties.

Chris Patsimanis is one of those individuals who are determined to ruin the reputation of the form by paying more attention to the instructors than he does to his fellow students. Chris is about the only one in the form who can have an even money bet on the passing of all subjects.

Aldo Pimpini is the interjector of the form and is second only to Max Ebner in introducing irrelevancies in the course of a lecture. He will rave on for hours or any diversion.

Phillip Saunders is without a doubt the quietest individual at F.T.C. today. We only found out his first name last month by referring to the roll. H e is about average in his studies, his hobbies are stamp collecting and butterfly chasing.

Ian Simmons is without doubt the best student F.T.C. has ever seen. He tells us that he went to Puckapunyal under the guise of a steward and he had the best two weeks enjoyment possible. Rolls Royce must be getting a little short on funds because "Simmo" has quite a few Rolls

Sebastian "Father" Guzzardi is a free and easy fellow (especially with his language). H e is from way down in Werribee and he is one of those solid fellows who tries all the time.

Pete Gooderham is another good one who only speaks up when a lecturer has a step-over toe-hold on him.

Jeff Hayes often looks interested in the lesson but he's more likely to be bored to death; though I doubt if he is ever completely clued up.

W. "Billious" Hodge is a real good kid.

He talks a lot and plays a little baseball and is generally one of the first to launch their own version of the "Jindavik".

Stephen Kwvalczyk (that's his real name!) — this kid must be just about up the well known wall by now, because he's been called everything but his right name since he first graced the halls at Footscray Technical College. Funny, but some of them have had nothing to do with difficult pronunciation; he also dislikes physics (I wonder why?).

Geoff Lowe — an aspiring student, captain of our victorious defeating team. This proud follower of Australian football is often heard voicing an opinion from the back of the room (you could hardly not hear him with a voice like that!)

Chris "Foreigner" Lubowiestki is a big boy and apart from being real crazy, is not a bad type. If Polonia wins a game of soccer we never hear the end of it—if they lose—bliss.

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Royce overalls, dust coats, cars and aero engines. (You don't believe me? Just ask him!)

Jeffrey ("H.S.") Smillie is determined to go down in the pages of history as a school teacher, but at his present rate he will be retiring age before he gets there.

"Smell" iust loves chemistry and will test the tensile strength of test tubes by dropping them on the floor.

Domenico Sottosanti is a great one with the girls and he is often seen in Footscray with several clutching his arms. " D o m " hails from Cockatoo (and after hearing this kid you wouldn't be surprised!) He can give genuine dog howls, cow calls, chook squarks and wolf whistles, just to mention a few.

Ray "The Count" Sonsie used to be real handsome, until he had all his top dentures removed. Now it's like a horror show when he flashes those shining gums.

Ray is the studious type and possibly the secret of his success is the fact that he works hard.

Max "The Mahh!" Williams is worthy of the last place in our report (mainly because he is last on the roll). This character is almost as versatile as Dominico Sottosanti in the use of his vocal chords. Perhaps a new T.V. series will come from "The Best of Williams". Believe you me there is an awful lot of talent behind that face. Max is often the life of the form.

That is all (and isn't it enough?) of 5B's form report. — Geoff Lowe, Syd. Cunningham.

lightful, co-operative group of 5th form intellects. We are assuming that we will pass.

Such an enthusiastic bunch are we in chemistry that not only do we consider ourselves chemists, but also the factors that made chemistry what it is today, the elements and the compounds.

So as a chemist of the future I have made an analysis of the characteristics of my colleagues and have compared them with substances having the same qualities.

Ron White—hydrogen—the simplest.

Ian White — carbon — borrows from everywhere.

Harry Berns—nitro glycerine—may explode without warning.

John Barnes—lead—dense.

Ron Laughton—silicon—slow to react.

Charlie Robertson—acetic acid—bitter.

John Chambers — oxygen — needed for life (could not do without him).

Kevin Jackman — chlorine — greenish yellow (saw him smoke a cigar).

Garry Finnis—magnesium—hard (form meanie).

Robert Newman — neon — outstanding (he's quiet).

Kyren Pascoe — iron — goes rusty (like his memory).

Ken Benzies — argon — inert (with money).

Peter Davey—plutonium—rare.

Barry Richards — dynamite — dangerous (watch out Marja).

Lance Patterson — uranium — continually disappearing.

Benny Ng — sodium — soft.

Fang — arsenic — deadly.

Brian Conwell — boron — powerful (or so he thinks).

Garry Keys — radium — radio active (wise to keep your distance).

Rainer — potassium — reactive (with a set of drums).

Jeff Adams — silver — expensive (got a high price on himself).

Rodney Roberts — ammonia — pungent odour.

Cheung — ferrous ammonium sulphate hexahydrate •— complex.

Joanne Wardle — gold — precious.

Greg Butler — also chlorine — has a great affinity for hydrogen (like he has for Jo).

Slanderous, isn't it? Only a girl could get away with it!

5 C This year's 5 C consists of 16 engineers and 9 chemists, excluding some who left us to venture forth into the cruel world that awaits those who must work (not that we don't, we only try not to).

But she has gone now leaving us heartbroken and tear-stained.

We are bright, intelligent, literate, enthusiastic, outstanding, superior, mature, carefree, happy lot. (We are told in English to make use of our vocabulary, which is about all that it consists of.)

Teachers this year are taking part in history, for never again will any teacher have the opportunity to teach such a de28

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the form to pass with 8 0 % at the mid-year exams. Last month he surprised us all by having his hair cut. His new satchel also has raised plenty of controversy.

Terry Olver. — A handsome human, who often pays visits to the hair-dresser, and also kids himself he can play tennis, but really doesn't know which end of the racket to hold.—D. Grace, T. Olver.

At the start of year 1962 a group of enthusisastic engineers was brought together under the banner of 5 D. Prominent members of this famous or infamous group are listed below . . .

Anastos Athanasiov. — This handsome fellow, who is nearly always dressed in the latest fashion, insists on telling everyone how much he knows about horses.

5 E The composition of 5 E is one of 15 budding accountants who rather hesitantly decided to take on the terrors and heart-breaks of the form year Diploma of Commerce course. Although we are few in number, the quantities of the form are vast and colourful and perhaps the quantities are on the shady side.

Nickos Adamidis. — Mr. Universe of next year, will break a desk in half yet, while trying to demonstrate his ability at 'karatie'.

George Borg. — This import from Malta is yet to be seen away from the front seat where he really can worry teachers with his questions — once he gets started.

Robert Fischer. — Bob is known to all teachers in the College for his 'smart' comments, and is also known to have some ability with a baseball bat.

Doug Gordon. — Doug is a real car fanatic, skites that he has three cars . . . and that one even goes.

John Hale. — John's popularity is probably achieved by his never-ending wisecracks. He also thinks that by having a Perry Como haircut and cardigan he can sing like him too.

Imants Kucerans. — Thinks he's good at ten-pin bowling. Highest score is 51.

Also thinks that he is Danny Kaye's twin.

Joseph Mihalshek. — Joe has a secret ambition to be at the next Arabs' Convention with his camel, 'Clyde'.

Noel Miller. — Probably the hardest worker in the form and should achieve good results. His haircut is his most outstanding feature.

Bruce Pocock. — This fellow is nearly always to be seen reading car and motorbike magazines. And at week-ends working on them.

Jack Sharp. — Jack's ability on the soccer machine is well known; and that jumper, WOW—looks like he slept in it.

Alan Webster. — Alan, this year's S.R.C. representative, has proved that his ability on the football field is nearly as good as he tells us.

Lance Gledhill. — The only person in

Possibly the most conspicuous member of the class is George Soupios, who shows an unlimited knowledge of yoga, astrology, karate, and such off-beat pastimes. Between the times devoted to these, George earns his daily crust by many fraudulent land sales and the profits from his continuous card games. Another of George's close associates is Leight Norgate, who is the dead ringer for a beardless Frank Thring. Although Leigh's physical form is at the Tech., his romantic emotions are still attended to his old school, Williamstown High.

Another member of the form who shows weird qualities in K. Wilson, who hails from Sunshine, and who is called "The Argus" for his inevitable habit of voicing outdated news.

His somewhat hilarious jokes come up to the same low standard.

Perhaps the most likeable and hateable member of the clan is Trevor Davidson, who seems too talented in the art of the "cat gut" to be in the form. His trademark of fame is that he is the brother of the tennis champion, Owen Davidson, who is currently touring the globe from Manchuria to Moscow. Trevor is easily distinguished by his Ipana smile, which is spattered with gold, his short college cut, and his bronze complexion.

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the blonde twins of this year's 5 F class.

Both have changed their hair styles many times just to please a certain teacher. It's a pity men have such a strong influence over the weaker sex.

Pamela Baum and Dianne Schaper are the quiet ones, particularly Dianne, who always has her nose buried in some book.

(Wonder what?) P a m is often asked the question, "Where is your assignment?" by that handsome male. The answer always is ? ? ? ?

Elizabeth (Cuddles) Beattie manages to be at every party thrown during the year no matter what time of day or night it is, has finally hitched herself onto her "sigh guy-" Mary Beverly, who contributed her fine acting talent to the College Play this year, hasn't quite figured out the meaning of Arithmetic. She and Joan Cochrane are known as the "Space Twins" because they are fond of leaving spaces in their shorthand notes.

Jo Boyle, the Arithmetic Brain, is often caught chatting at the back of the room, especially to her buddy, M a r j a Van Der Linden, whose mind is not taken up only by school work these days.

Mary Carey, who is the consistent late comer, does not blame the bus, but manages to find some other appropriate excuse.

Judy Eaton, a not so quiet girl when you get to know her, hasn't quite got the knack of doing that ever-lovable subject, bookkeeping.

Kathleen Fitzgibbon is one of our most efficient Commercial Girls. Kathleen still has her eye on a handsome male in the Hotel Catering Department.

Petite Irene Gasparski (knows how to wrestle) has a crush on a certain boy in the Chemistry Department. She has scored well in both fields of boys and schoolwork.

Mary (Maverick) Geerling is our card fanatic, always can be found in the lunch room gambling with her little friend (female).

Lorna Guthrie, who hails from Sunbury, always manages to be on time for classes.

Robyn Hale is the "cutie" of the form.

A particular male agrees with this statement.

Cheryl Kean and Susan Talbot are two rather quiet girls who usually sit together

"gems of wit" is that ardent Geelong supported and football critic, Wayne Nettleton. Usually not far away is the slowwalking and slow-talking Ted Tucker. H e is mentally inclined to the four-wheeled chariots and proudly boasts possession of the largest car scrap book ever compiled.

Forming a talented and, oddly enough, respectable group, are the five Asian students, namely Les, Michael, Henry, Pat and Sueâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;their correct Chinese names are unpronouncable. An ardent rock and roll fan is Terry Stanley, who cultivates the greatest conglomeration of seaweed which he humorously refers to as hair. The bestdressed member is John Cousins, who stands out because of his availability to money and his respectable haircut. He earns his livelihood from the sale of "beauty treatment" and his sporting activities, as the form is well informed, is Rugby.

After the much detested mid-year exams, the members of the form will like to extend a half-hearted vote of thanks to our youthful teachers. Taking the form for most of the lectures is Mr. Flowers, who has blond hair, handsome features, and a pleasantly plump build. Mr. Way is one of the rare teachers which this form holds in respect for his miraculous feat of passing every student in bookkeeping. However, his lanky build commands respect anyway. Contrary to persistent rumours, Mr. Way denies that in his spare time he acts as a goal post for Hawthorn.

5 F At the beginning of 1962 a group of potential secretaries invaded the College of Knowledge and were labelled 5 F. During the year we have visited various places of interest, such as the National Bank, Parliament House, the Telephone Exchange.

It would be no understatement to say that 5 F is by far the most interesting form in the entire school. Here is the line-up: Lesley Aaron, who manages to get every boy excepting the one she wants; but is still trying desperately to hook him. Good luck, Les! Elaine Andersson and Lydia Carlton are 30

and discuss their night life?

Christine McKay and Norma Polglase are two devoted friends. Christine is a staunch Frankie Avalon fan and Norma is an up-and-coming secretary.

Pam Reichardt loves night life, especially coffee at Dino's. What happened there is still a mystery to most of us. One of the boys (who, me?) knows the answer.

Millie Schillick is an ardent Everly Brothers fan. Her favourite polish is Nugget. One of her habits is taking off down the corridor with a feather duster, being chased by "a certain someone."

Genia Siutryk has been given the title of "Bessie" by one of our loving teachers, because of her passionate love for chewing gum.

Kathy Wicking is saving her money to buy a bed to bring to school because she is constantly being told to sit up. Bowling, where she seems to score well, is her favourite pastime.

We would like to thank Miss Owen, Miss O'Connor, Mr. Richardson and Mr. Smith for being so patient with us throughout the year. We cannot express the gratitude we feel for them.

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an executive, except for the fact that his chin and surrounding area is often covered with a growth of what looks like short spikes.

Another group comprises Max Andrews, Brian Murray, Raymond Trewartha and Reg. Wheat. Their common interest here is the bowling alley. But so far they haven't made any claim to an outstanding strike.

Raymond Trewartha is our genius at assembling mechanical contrivances on paper. His interest in cars might one day spur him into assembling for the road something that can move.

Our authority on aeroplanes is Paul Butler. He once claimed to have made a model plane out of some plastic material that was so thin that you could put your finger through it without feeling anything.

A promising lad, this Paul Butler. H e also shows great skill and ingenuity in draughtsmanship.

Tony Nicholas is a contribution from Cyprus. He usually looks weary, as though the troubles of the whole world were upon his shoulders. Lately, he has taken to playing cards in room 10 during lunch time with John Park. Park is a card-sharp and has won enough matches to set up a business in arson.

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The ambassadors from Asia are Bunny Wang, Larry Chiu, John Cheng, H o Kong, Ong and Singham. Bunny is really an Australian corruption of "Ban Yee." Fortunately this does not make him a cousin of the Australian pest otherwise he would be going aroun with myxamatosis. Bunny seems to have contributed himself to improving relationship between Australia and Singapore by making a hit with the girls.

No doubt his masculine powers seldom fail him in this task.

The beginning of 1962 saw 24 items of raw material thrown into 6 A to undergo the second stage of the process of producing Mechanical Engineers at F.T.C. Now that they are about to emerge from this stage of manufacture, they show characteristics of everything you can possibly think of, save those of a Mechanical Engineer.

Very seldom seen apart are Darrel Carr, Peter Jackson, Brian Watson and John Scriven. The bond between these four seems to be their common interest in frequenting Coles during lunch time. This daily routine might be easily explained if it were not for the fact that they all carry lunch bags with them.

Watson is our contact with the S.R.C. He is easily recognised by his height, which he proudly displays by wearing jeans of interference fit. Scriven is usually well dressed, and might well be mistaken for

Larry Chui and John Cheng are about the neatest workers in the class. They are from Hong Kong, and have the habit of cutting off communications with the rest of the class by chatting in their home language. Chiu looks a bit worried at times; would it be the news of the deportations have perturbed him?

Ho Kong, Ong, and Singam have probably rediscovered the secrets of Houdini's disappearing act, the way they appear and disappear from class. Singam is a sort of 31

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celebrity, and is easily distinguished by the luxuriant growth on his chin. When once asked why he did not mow the cultivation down to a decent height, he boldly described it as giving him 'sex appeal." A theory once put forward for Singham's constant disappearing act, it was said he radiates out too much heat during winter and absorbed too much in the summer, so that he had a difficult time keeping comfortable.

Taylor, Rule, Round, Boucher and Urban are football enthusiasts. So keen are they on this sport that they are usually seen kicking dusters around during breaks.

This accounts for the non-dusty condition of some of the dusters in the classes. Occasionally Taylor has the habit of emitting vibrations of such a large amplitude that they cause the ear drums to vibrate excessively. Rewell almost electrified evevone by getting 9 4 % in Electrical Engineering 1. It is all right so long as he doesn't electrocute anybody in the electrical lab.

Round is always seen trotting an orange round. Now, is an orange round? The funny method Round has adopted to break his orange is to pass it back and forth with Taylor or Rewell. He will eat it only after it has been broken, otherwise the poor orange has to keep on undergoing the ordeal.

U r b a n always walks with his chest stuck right out as though he is utilising it to make his path. He claims that by summer he will have a fourteen-inch muscle moulded into his arm. If you hear a bloke with a rumbling voice he is Jeff. Stirling.

This is the only student who carries two bags to school.

Lastly is Bruzese; he has done more than discovered Houdini's secrets. The length of time he goes in for one disappearing act suggests that he has discovered something more powerful. Sometimes it is difficult to believe that he has not carried his act so far as never to appear again. But he pops out when you least expect it.

It looks as though these "articles" will need a lot of polishing up in the next two years or so before they can be put out for service.

Heaven only knows what might happen in the mechanical engineering field in Victoria if they were let loose now.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;PATRICK THANE.

FORM

THEME King's Bridge "Have you ever been to see King's Bridge where engineers do meet? There's a million faces, gazing at spaces, opening up beneath their feet."

CLASS M O T T O "Deception is the better part of valour".

Having studied the prospective engineers for the 6th form, the staff, in council, decided unanimously to combine the elite of the engineers (no bragging necessary) into one form, namely 6B, which is recognised for its virility, nobility, mobility and punctuality.

TEACHER'S

DREAMS:

A teacher's good dream: e.g. Rows and rows and rows of "Rose". A teacher's (Mr. Billinge) bad dream: e.g. Students who write long sentences. A teachers nightmare, a bowl of "Fishers". Now to strike a serious not,e let's discuss a refugee f r o m Chemistry. Yes, we even reform those characters. Well, we try, namely David Fisher, the prodigal son of a prodigious primary producer.

Our famed group, the "Mooses," or should that be "Meeses"? takes its title from its leader, "Moose" (alias John Dowdle) who, we learned has been dubbed so because of his exclusive ability to emit the blood curdling cry of the mating bull moose. The activities of this group range from opening several sets of folding doors to iritating a member of the Physics staff by opening windows as quickly as he is able to shut them!

Holding key places in "Brain T r u s t " of 6B are Lloyd Johnson (another endowed with much grey matter). As well as being a proficient footballer and golfer, can cut the ice on a might mean skate. Ray C h a p pel must be given credit for his capability with a basket ball (I've never seen him play, but he says he's good).

Robert Bakker claims that he may revolutionise teaching by the evolution of his " c h a r m " method for memorising lengthy formulae, e.g.: E = Blv sin e becomes Bill loves Val 32

works hard in class; even if he is doing last week's work.

I have neglected this far Ian Blainey, who was a quiet, yet reasonably active fellow throughout the year. Also Max Garner, who left in August to start work.

The class wishes him the best of luck.

For some reason I cannot write about myself—that's a shame, isn't it? I think 1 could do such a mighty job of it, too. The part-timers who plagued us during the year were Mick (Mr. Sunshine) Bergfield and Gilman Cheung. Actually, they're nice blokes. Bigger than me, too!

Due to the modest attitude of the author of previous notes he has graciously consented to these complimentary notes being written. The author, who is called Lance by his friends, allows us to call him "Butch." Butch is a matter of all professions, some of which are:—Speedway driving with " L " plates on, playing drums and breaking chemical equipment. We are told that he is quite a " R o m e o " .

Owing to limited space and strict censorship we must conclude.

Sine Theta. (Oops! there are those Asian students again).

Some of the quieter students of 6B are our Asian friends, a couple of whom are conspicuous by their absence, whilst Ang Cheok Sai has rarely, if ever, missed a class.

Richard ("Dick") Gething says he has had a few late nights listening to radio "Hams".

Norman Falzon is a versatile personality, indeed, not only is he an "actor" of some standing, but he also holds the honourable position of being our S.R.C. representative.

The Dallimore duo consists of P. Dallimore, a notorious Macedon-based chicken breeder, and G. Dallimore (not related), an arden Richmond supporter (yes, they still have some followers). Graeme is an exponent of "timely arrivals", usually putting his foot through the door just as Mr. Billinge is about to lock it. Peter " H a k k a " Harrison is renowned for his attempts to find a train from "Willy" which never runs late. U p to date his search has been in vain, resulting in him coming in at 9.25 every day.

6C Since I could not think of an appropriate introduction, there isn't one. Listed below are the students? who comprise this form of illustrious chemists.

Colin Gray is so quiet and well behaved that it has been rumoured in certain circles that he is actually sane.

Norman (Judo) Grace would be perhaps the most misunderstood person in 6C. Easily identifiable by his flowing blond hair (at one stage it became necessary to have recourse to natural compulsions), Judo has an ambition to be a biochemist, but if he repeats his mid-year results he could possibly end up washing test tubes.

David Hulme is a fast-talking, slickthinking, well-dressed, girl-winning car owner. It is too bad he doesn't excel, in diploma subjects.

Barry "Nugget" Newell is David's friend and analogous to him in many ways. H e yells criticism (from a back seat) at J.J. when his experiements go haywire (nearly always).

Robert "Jacko" Jackson believes that Graham Bell's "In a Persian Market" is

6 C This F o r m of keen young Chemistry students is now going to take up valuable space in the school magazine because somebody may want to read about us.

If that's the order—so be it.

All the class members are conchies, the trouble is we are conscientious about different things. Admittedly some of the fellows are keen to study each and every possible minute; e.g., Messrs Dapiran, Andrews, Ayton, Comery and Anderson.

In addition, this form has the pleasure of the company of Miss Dianne Chigwidden, whose company lightened the year's work.

A few times this year Doug "Rocker" Comery was very close to producing a perpetual motion machine, but Mr. Lawlor took five seconds to inform "Rocker" that it would not work. A valued member of the class is Choy Chung Chow (Mr. Dim Sim)—who often arrives slightly late, but 33

more important than Mr. Mason's "Determination of Calcium".

Neil McKenzie knows more about his brother's girl friends than they do, but when it comes to a certain sweet thing called Sandra his knowledge, unfortunately, isn't the best.

Mak Tak Wai is a real cool, jazz-loving Asian student. He is noted for two things: his recorder playing (which a certain English teacher does not appreciate) and his attempt to kill Judo on his death machine (a type of motorbike) on the way to Orgy.

Allan Matthews is another jazz fan who, like Mak, has attempted to kill Judo.

(Unfortunately Allan can never fit enough water in his wash bottle to drown him, but comes close when he is helped by Mick, who, by the way, is an extremely good shot. (A certain Orgy teacher will vouch for that.)

Ivan " J a c k " Neaves is 6C's answer to "Flash G o r d o n " — h e recently acquired a motor scooter. One day, after seeing the red mudguards scream into the college every morning for the last few months, he acclaimed to all and sundry that he had obtained a driver's licence for it. Jack is now going steady—proof enough that he "is a bit of a hit with the moldas."

Gary "Bottsy" Ramsbottom never fails to be fascinated by Judo's renditions of "get out of it" and "you're a twit." If everyone was as good as Garry is tall and slim, it would certainly be a wonderful world. Garry's name is notable, it seems to have an "Olde English" quality about it. Indeed, he probably has a family shield.

(Possibly the brown corduroys he wears to school.)

Malcolm " J o s h " Randell claims he is a neutralist lad—he's not fooling anyone.

What else but a "rocker" would hold Fords in such high esteem. Some of O o b a n f s conshyness has rubbed off on Mai this year, but unfortunately it has not affected his personality too much (he still laughs ocasionally).

Colin "Oobam Bex" Rix is intelligent, conscientious, hard working and well liked by the staff. However, if he is kept under close observation he can, sometimes, show antics that are characteristic of human beings.

Terence "Nuggets" Roberts' reward for captaining the college baseball team this

year was a broken foot. However, this did not cause him much worry, not as far as television watching is concerned, anyway.

Nuggets has one fault, namely, "I've failed that exam for sure."

The "Feeble Five" from Glenroy Tech. are Brenton Ross, Allan Satterly, Terry Norgate, John Tedge and Heiko Wunder.

Brenton gladly sacrifices his lunch time to help the chemistry department out.

Allan and John are good chalk throwers and the latter possesses some skill at football. Terry knows a lot about physics prac. and on the whole seems to be an avid consh. Heiko obtained top marks for German, but we think that Mr. Porter was overcome by the accent of his writing.

Wasil Skinder is the strong but not so silent type. He owns a motor-bike, is a member of the C.M.F. and is a weightlifter of no mean ability. Occasionally he has enough spare time to attend lectures at the college.

William Trethowan is a very impatient fellow, his bad temper causing the spoiling of many experiments in Physics.

Allan " P u d d e n " Taylor has several ambitions, the last of which is to be a chemist. Pudden holds the belief that anyone who disagrees with him is wrong.

Geoffrey Sanders is rumoured to be an amateur psychologist, but the truth is that the only thing Freud means to him is "criminal deception".

David Rowe is the proud possessor of an Austin which, unfortunately, will only move when there are fewer than seven people in it.

Ron Smith is a keen hockey fan and likes to read banned literature. This snazzy dust coat is the envy of the form. H e is characterised by a shock of red string that grows out of his head.

Gustav Vonic is the prize of the form.

We do not know what we did to deserve "Gus", but it must have been something awful. He has a profund interest in photography, Holdens and any subject about which he knows nothing.

Allan "Beau" Whittle is a companion of Oobam and just as big a consh. His academic results are outstanding, his understanding astonishing, and his language and teeth are the envy of everyone.

Allan "Golly" Wilson is a refugee f r o m Tim the Toyman. I think his curly hair

has corkscrewed into his brain, what else would explain his annoying eccentricity?

Golly has now joined the happy gang of women lovers—his latest heart-throb being his two-year-old niece.

Much thanks must be expressed to Mr. Boschen for his organisation of two very enjoyable and successful excursions to industry this year.

an occasional violent dislike for a maths, teacher. Looks in rear vision mirror frequently. Played in college football team.

Faulkner, Howard. Another strong man.

Delights in dropping test pieces on Friday afternoon. Inseparable from Nemo. Even his cigarettes inseparable from Nemo's.

They also stay in the glove box, Gavjeniers, "Charlie". Very argumentive, especially on Tuesday and Friday.

Was most upset about a delay in a certain exam, result. Otherwise very quiet.

Gothajner, Leon. Knees of trousers would have to be repaired regularly for obvious reasons. Seems to know the whereabouts of all blackboard dusters and delights in turning Quisling on Fridays.

Harris, Don. Has been renowned to play 9 tricks of 500 a n d then enquire, "What's trumps?" Hence the name "Sick and Twisted One". Has frequent excursions from class on Tuesdays.

Hughes, Howard.

Another snooker player. Plays in college football team.

Doesn't seem to do much. Won't even argue with a certain teacher.

Keogh, John. Never ceases to amaze all and sundry with his questions. Questions he has, but a n s w e r s — N E V E R . Does not enjoy maths, classes when "Out, Keogh" echoes through the room. Tries to argue his way out of it, but as in everything else, he fails.

Kariuk, John. Definitely behind the door when haircuts were given out. Think he's looking for donations to raise the 6 / - .

Last year's football sweep should take care of it.

Lennox, Peter. The tubby member of the form. Lives in a red jumper. Turns beach boy at Christmas. With his "figure" he should easily win the title of "Miss Anglesea for Portly Women".

Lester, Graeme. Was disappointed when he only got 21 out of 22 for a maths, question. Replaces an unmentionable as "Brain of 6 D . " Doesn't even argue with teachers.

Lester, Ray. Brother of Graeme. Very quiet and non-arguing. Called the "Other Lester," as most of the form forgets which.

Mann, Robert. The "Innocent Little Baby" of the form who only goes off of a Friday afternoon. Captain of college tennis team.

Marovitch, "Nemo". Hails from Pas-

6 D Because of the size of this form, physically and numerically, but not mentally, no long introduction will be attempted.

Here are the members of the 6th Form Civil Engineering community:— Baker, Ray. Well behaved except for certain hours on Tuesday. Tried desperately to improve his baseball ability by playing with the school team, but to no avail.

Bartlett, Denis. Known to hang around Altona with a surfboard under one arm.

(Where is the surf at Altona? His Vic. schoolboy hockey blazer seemed to arouse the unwanted attention of a certain girl who shall remain anonymous.

Biggs, John. The reserved, elderly member of the form who bursts into action of a weekend with the aid of two stripes, the C.M.F., an S.L.R., and a female friend.

Buchanan, Ian. Seems very quiet, but occasionally bursts into a deep bass voice.

Has a number of strange sayings which confuse both teachers and pupils.

Car, Adolf. Plays a hard game of football, even broke an arm doing it. Bad luck it was his own. Known to accompany en ex-pupil to college dances. Female, of course.

Carruthers, Roger. Sometimes I doubt that he is here, until that sing-song voice is heard. Too quiet to write about really.

Collins, Paul. Posseses a violent temper which is easily ignited, especially on Tuesdays and Fridays. Only member of the baseball team not to get a safe hit. H e made up for this by umpiring the only match we won.

Curnow, Steve. Helps Bartlett carry the surfboard. "Goes off" at certain times also on Tuesdays.

Diggins, John. Think he knows the meaning of " O u t " by now. This leads to 35

bers of the form who visit us regularly.

Not much can be said about them as they are so quiet that we don't know they are here.

Now that you have waded through this group of people upon whose shoulders rests the future of this nation, we feel that you are entitled to further entertainment or boredom, whichever you feel.

We wish to thank our heat engines teacher for his promptness in correcting our mid-year exam, papers and giving us our marks.

We hereby declare that Lester Arnold Watt has not changed his surname by deed poll to Whitey as is thought by our maths, teacher.

All insults were meant and no public retractions will be made by the authors.

We warn, also, that sueing is useless.

P. C O L L I N S .

L. W A T T .

coe Vale and is the strong man of the form in more ways than one. Always seems to leave his cigarettes in the glovebox of his mother's Holden, which he drives like a maniac.

Mitchell, John. This bright young lad is thinking of taking up criminal law as a result of his experience in the traffic court.

Cause of this experience is a Holden and a lead foot. Frequently refuses to leave class on Tuesday and Friday.

Olber, Peter. "Muscle-boy" back pocket player of Fcotec. Seems to spend most of his time sleeping or thinking about it.

Carries on a bit on Tuesdays and Fridays.

Has added " o u t " to his vocabulary this year.

O'Neill, Kevin. Has more aliases than a spy. Finally took the hint and had a haircut. The barber, unfortunately, didn't wear his striped apron. Scientists from all over the world will soon gather to study this little boy's head. Might see if there is anything inside while they are at it.

Page, John. Extremely quiet except when he combines with I.B. to give a very unmelodious sound. Is either working, asking questions or disagreeing with teachers.

(What else is there to do?)

Pozzari, Frank. If this one keeps on the wav he's going he'll wear his knees out.

Definitely non-union, won't take part in strikes.

St. Clair, Barry. Rumour has it that he knows how to play a game called snooker.

The less said about him the better.

Styles, John. The "Little White Haired Boy" of the form. Actually displays an affinity for school work. Seen often in the company of a certain C.M.F. Corporal.

Thatcher, Alan. Commonly called "Alf." Comes into the Lester-Styles class, and hangs around with "Question Kid" Keogh.

Watt, Lester. Has found a new incentive to attend school in the shape of a little commercial lass. This romance has reformed him slightly. Took time out from romance to play school baseball and be S.R.C. representative.

Huong, Patrick. Not only does this lad arrive late and treat it as a joke, but also exhibits the not so reputable talent of reading other people's private literature.

Chan Win Wai, Chu Sien Chiu, Lim Kiat, Wong Chen Lam. The other mem-

6 E To those mentioned in these hurried and superficial form notes, I apologise. The only consolation you have is since they are designed to conform to current tastes, they contain little truth, several feeble attempts at humour, and are thus doomed to the early oblivion which all such creations deserve.

Letizia Dedda is the only girl in 6E, and as she has survived for so long in such barbarous surroundings I suspect that she is made of sterner stuff than would appear. She has one great advantageâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;in that she is seldom asked questions in class.

Geoffrey Tighe is often asked questions, but gives as many answers as Letizia. He hardly ever arrives before 9.30, but no one worries. Geoff has lately taken up eating carrots in class, no doubt to improve his vision and enable him to see in the dark he inhabits.

John Bleazby is a dedicated law student who has no need to attend classes. Indeed, he often grows so bored with the whole tedious procedure that he leaves the room.

Max Lynch is the proud owner of a blue jacket with built-in shoulders. He tells us of the day he is going to sail around 36

the world in his boat, but as 1 know nothing about nautical matters, I shall do as everyone should, mind his own business and refrain from comment.

Les Stephenson sits at the back of the room near the door. He has a strange law book that from the inside looks something like an Ace Double. I can't understand it, I've looked through mine hundreds of times and nowhere have I seen a section called "They Came From Beyond" or "The Caves of Steel".

Richard Frost is a maker of fine quality aircraft and a destroyer of blinds. As such he is the natural enemy of the cleaning staff. He is also an expert at Commercial Law B and is constantly being asked questions. "Where did you get that, Frost?

Are you talking, Frost? Where's your book, Frost?"

Ian West has no outstanding characteristics. He doesn't make paper aircraft, shout, sing, tip chairs over, punch walls or come late. How such an ordinary person can be top of the class is beyond me. He does, however, play a form of golf in which a small paper ball is flicked into the inkwell. Undoubtedly this accounts for it.

hood. This might not seem particularly interesting, but I am scraping for information and I have to say something.

Ian Wordsworth is not relation to the mild apostate from poetic rule. He has an interest in the ancient and honourable sport of archery, have you?

Colin Bendelle is a footballer of note.

Sitting next to Miles and Frost he has somehow managed to remain pure under their corrupting influence, and, except for an occasional outburst, is well behaved.

Jeff Richards has a favourite occupation, namely talking. His motto might well be: "Talk for Talk's Sake". Perhaps he will one day be a politician or a lawyer or a barber.

Ben Van Kuyk sits at the back of the room and works. If this is not amazing enough, he also does homework. Ah, well, thus runs the world away.

OBITUARY TO 6 F Today the 1962 6 F passed away. Each of its members is to make his own way through future life depending upon the merit attained in his previous existence.

The day of reckoning has been and the separate sentences have been decreed. 6 F is no more!

Geoffrey Fuller deserves special mention for his courage in reading (along with some others) a paperback of frightening dimensions. He claims he liked it, but, well . . .

Wasyl Gutyj hides behind a pair of glasses and a complicated name. It is common knowledge that he is an orderly student and so be is blamed for misdeeds that the professional troublemakers feel are beneath their high standards.

Russell Halverson is descended from ancient Viking stock. His ruggedness enables him to read "Time" magazine and other periodicals that would have put Eric the Red to flight. H e is a basketball player of great potential. I know this for a fact because he told me.

John Miles never seems to work. In Business Correspondence he enters into the spirit of the subject and expounds doubtful theories on the arrangement of letters. His genius I fear, is quite, quite lost.

Jan Wandek has lockers all over the school. He also has a jacket with a huge white fur collar that can be turned into a

Into the tomb of 6 F is sealed the future of each of the following:â&#x20AC;&#x201D; R. Atkinson, who led a racy life, on his motorbike.

J. Beck, known to his friends, and others, as "Slim Jim".

R. Brehaut, noted in his past life for his "he-haws".

A. Czerkaski, the patriarch of the form.

J. Davidson, who assumed every day was a holiday.

A. Demajo; he kept bankers' hours.

C. Dyer, a stranger in our midst.

R. Gray, sportsman and past S.R.C. representative.

A. Marshall, whose services were appreciated while his Car depreciated.

T. Molyneux, identified by the caption "Zeke".

J. Macleod, the rocking Shadow.

N. Nimmervoll, a professional scholar.

R. Schmidt, commonly known as "Commo", due to his attraction to "Communications".

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0'ir Asian fraternity and hails from the city of F o n g Kong. It has also been brought to our attention of late that he has found another interest apart from his school work in this country and has been escorting this distraction for some time now; no wonder he's late for maths.

Ashley Fitzgerald. Ashley believes in the old adage: "Don't believe everything you're told", and so he is continually asking questions on practically every subject in the course. Unfortunately it seems that some instructors have mistaken this yearning for clarity as a chronic case of stupidity. Ashley also takes a keen interest in school sporting activities and is one of the best runners in the school, hence a strong member of our athletics team.

Ken Hudson. Ken is also a keen sportsman and is Fitz's constant companion. A good student, Ken is also a keen jazz fan and an ardent football follower, and when it comes to discussing football before our maths class on Monday morning he is never to be denied his say.

Gyula Janka. Janka has the misfortune of having a continually slow watch and so finds it exceptionally difficult to make a class on time. Even when given a fiveminute break, Gyula still can't make it back to class under fifteen minutes. This often leads to trouble with the instructors, but Gyula with his exceptional eloquence can usually think of an excuse which would silence anybody.

Leung Tai Lune. Leung is another one of our Asian students and has a good grasp of the English language. He is a quiet student and has that uncanny ability of being able to take part in a class without even being noticed.

Jeffrey Nuske. Jeff is quite a sportsman and shows a keen interest in spearfishing and shooting. We also hear he is quite a driver, being one of the few members of this form who have learnt the great art of being able to roll a car around a corner rather than drive on all four wheels.

Bill Pearson. Bill is a fairly quiet student and is a very hard worker. He is one of the few students of the form who have the honour of driving a car, and it comes in very handy when the whole form has to be transported from one part of the college to the other. Although Bill has had it tough over the last couple of years he is

G. Shield, known as "James Cagney Jim." for his tap-dancing abilities.

M. Tan, invisible to all those but the alert.

M. Taurins, in between handsome and irresistible.

R. Templeton, in every pack of cards there is a Joker.

C. Wright, he made a ball out of his life.

May Heaven have mercy upon them!

7A This year's 7A, as in previous years, contains some of the school's prize students in the field of Engineering, and it is my extreme pleasure and privilege to introduce them to you.

Firstly we have: Graeme Beynon. Graeme is one of the better sportsmen in the form, being a member of the cricket, football and basketball teams. However, his sporting activities do not end on the playing field, but extend into the class room, where he has proven himself to be an expert prankster, one of his best known tricks being to screw dusters to the board.

Jeffrey Brundell. Jeff seems to suffer from a lousy sense of direction, as he finds it extremely difficult to find his way from the front door to maths classes, which he attends only to break the monotony of travelling around the countryside with his pals, Mary and Archie.

Ian Cameron. Without doubt one of the most capable workers in the classâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;when he's awake. A member of the maths backbenchers, he often engages in lengthy discussion of negligible importance with " H e n c e " and frequently comes forth with a flourish of words which even our English master would find difficult to interpret.

Chan, C. S. More affectionately known as Charlie after that ace Chinese detective.

Charlie is a member of our Asian fraternity and although he sometimes has difficulty in understanding some of the polysyllabic words that certain masters seem to delight in, he still plugs on to try and pass the dreaded exams ahead.

H. Y. Cheng has earned the great displeasure of Mr. Gamble by arriving at his maths classes anything up to two minutes late. Cheng is another member of 38

sure to do better this year.

Bary Smith. Bary is the socialite of the form and very rarely misses out on the opportunity to celebrate. He is quite a ladies' man and unfortunately finds it very difficult to fit in time for his studies. But he's quite capable of surprising the examiners.

John Bailey. John is one of the seventh formers from last year who unfortunately missed a few subjects, but this year he has reallv become conscientious and is sure to do better. H e shows a keen interest in college activities and can spin some of the strangest yarns that have ever been told.

Alan George. Alan, like John, is another one who had difficulity with last vear's subjects, but this year has really worked and is sure to do much better.

Neil Smillie. Neil is a keen sportsman who oarticipates in practically every school activity. In the past year he has been a member of the tennis team, basketball team, cricket team and athletics team as well as fulfilling his task as form representative to the S.R.C. most efficiently.

Neil is another unfortunate member of the form who has a car. Conveniently, it is a utihtv. and there have been several times durin^ the year when it has been barely pos c iNe to tell the difference between it and - t r o o p bus, as it is usually used to t r a n ^ - r * a large percentage of the form to B- " ' T \v. t l.

No-man Shaw. Norman is a keen student and one of the brighter bovs of the for-r of +he only two to pass all the mr* ~ examinations. Norm is also a gre°t ' ot-rod fan and has promised us all year f 1 ° t Ms car would be ready soon; we ha^P-'t «een it yet. But the year hasn't finrv~J co there still may be hope.

P°ter Strack. Peter is a quiet student and is ve*-' rarelv seen to cause any disturbance whatsoever, as a matter of fact it is usua 1 n o t to notice him at all. He is a hard w o r 1 ^ r ^nd is sure to do well in the forthcoming f - a m s .

Peter ^ a n . Peter is yet another member of o ' , r Asian student body and is one of the few of these boys who possesses a car.

Over the vear he has helped to fe r rv many of the form between the two par + s of the college and is always willing to lend a hand. H e is a keen worker and his efforts

are sure to be reflected in his results. Last, but not least, there is— Edward Scott. This lad must be listed as one of the most capable students in the form. Ed plans to be an "educational instructor" and most agree that he seems well suited to this. If he keeps up the good work, then big things must be expected.

7 B This is what is left of 6 B, just a few intellectuals who were able to pass their examinations — some easily, some with a struggle. However, when the end of next year comes around, industry is in for a big shock when these potential engineers are let loose. There is a rumour that the Railways will gain and the S.E.C. will suffer a severe loss.

It has also been said by some of the learned that 7B is the hardest form to on with. We frightened away a meta 1 ] ' instructor and were blessed with Mr. Young; Mr. Grainger got such a frig 1 he ran away to America and we c ually softened up an over-enthusiasti • social science instructor. We cannot <n • Mr. Marks a nervous breakdown; but — succeeded in analysing his "common o garden type" bolts and talking him inv» showing us how to play his wonderf 1 1 game of "shove half-penny".

The whole class works very hard at maths, for we have the mathematical genius Mr. d y / d x Sambel. Everyone is kept busy in Heat Eng. for we have Mr. Williams at the controls or, should I say, in control. One thing that is not in Mr. Williams' favour is that he has a keen eye for faults in reports. Has anyone attended graphics on the last day of each term? Ask Mr. U r e n — h e will tell you.

In this year of 1962, here is the line-up of the inmates of this institution. An institution because of the "warders" at the Wednesday assembly and a "mug shot" of each in the office.

Neil Amor, Elec. Wiring's Maynard and 7B's Goofy, has his nose in a book during every period except while he is walking around the classroom during engineering drawing and being watched like an eagle

by Mr. Marks who smartly tells him to sit down.

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learns but learns very little. Even good old experience cannot teach him a thing. Steve is the one in the form who flies paper planes in Mr. Mark's electrical engineering class, the only one who is going steady and might ring wedding bells before finishing his diploma, that is, if he is not careful. Last but not least, he is able to make Mr. Mark's duster do the disappearing act at odd times during the period.

Bob Clime tells us he is a good cricketer but one day he will be of great assistance to the automobile industry for he will be designing the nation's hotest, fastest, most luxurious and sleekest car in this here land.

Edward Ted Hausler, the quickest card sharp in the college and one who firmly believes in never arriving on time for anything; even Mr. Franzi could not get him to change that belief. However, when Ted arrives early, which is not very often, the instructor fails to notice him. Ted is always trying to catch Mr. Sambel in an off moment but never succeeds.

Kevin 'Blub' Hauser, the form's genius, one who seldom gets a mark lower than 8 0 % in any examination, but he finds time to build an amplifier during the exam time. H e admires Elvis Presley and can trot around and hold his own on the basketball court.

Victor V K 3 Z N N McDonald from his introduction suggests that he is on and off the radio waves. Yes a radio hamâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;crank â&#x20AC;&#x201D;call it whatever you like. Vic. hardly says a word, the quiet reserved type, but one day he will fin da few things to say and when he does everyone will hear about it.

Peter VK3? Wolfenden. Another potential radio ham waiting patiently for a licence like a man on his wedding day. With his knowledge o f electronics the whole world will one day receive a violent jolt even though its boundaries are just around Essendon. Peter also knows a lot about social science; just ask Mr. Richardson.

Kenneth Thomson is to be promoted from assistant engineer class " O " to chief ganger class " O " when he goes back to work for the V.R. in a year's time. He is very quick to learn all the jokes in and about his country town, Glenroy. He owns an Austin that is not worth a down payment on a garbage tin but he is one who is sure to succeed in the long run.

John Minuzzo or just plain Minuzz is another who knows a lot about social science and in particular U.S.S.R. John and Rico often see red but soon get over it.

He comes from the down-under suburb, Carlton, so not another word need be spoken.

Stephen Blanch, the sole property of the S.E.C. Steve really knows the work he

Brian Shields' greatest claim to fame is that he managed, without provocation, to write a 9000 word essay while all the others were struggling to write 3000. He is also a member of the "big four".

George Tziotis is a unique member of our form, he and he alone has his breakfast on the way to school; it should be pointed out at this juncture that George drives to school. Dine while you drive.

What next?

Tom Main is the most public-minded in the form, the more he is in public the more the public mind it. Tom is the driving force behind the drama club and organizes meetings almost every lunch hour. This is probably because most of the girls of the school belong to the drama club and they influence the number of meetings.

Our form is proud to be associated with a really ambitious and conscientious worker. The one person who managed to have all his reports, designs and essays in on time, all this and Physics 111 as well.

You guessed it, W. J. Maguire, better known as "Beery", the roast of the railways, the lad who in his spare time studies extra subjects and writes form notes, is that phenomenon. Bill, who is very ambitious hopes to work his way up to head ticket collector with the V.R. Frank (Francis) White is studying to be a ticket scalper much to the annoyance of the unfortunate buyers who have yet to see a raffle result. Rumours have been heard associating raffle ticket selling with a certain white Falcon but of course knowing Frank, we know that these must be unfounded. Frank is a terror for work, his reports are always in on time and has plenty of time to go to wild parties. F r a n k is an esteemed member of the so-called "big four". (Typist's note: What rot!) F r a n k is interested in a girl and her name rhymes with H A M .

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John Field.—Now here is a lad who is full of potential, what sort, I'm not sure, but John thinks that muscle building is more important than the opposite sex— the poor, misguided fellow, one day he will find out differently.

Frank Meeking, I hear, is supported by the Education Department and may one day support it. I have also heard that Frank is quite a good basketball player; but I think his game would improve all the more if he concentrated more on the basketball ring.

Last but not least is Keung Cheng or Elec. Wiring's "Bubble Gum Charlie"^and the only one in the college who has a human carrying case, in Ted Hausler.

Keung usually gets Ted to haul his books around.—S.E.Br, W.J.M.

member of the Newport Nings' group. We have it on good authority that he frequents an unmentionable golf course along the Yarra.

Davis.— better golfer than Ray because he is an "associate" of Korringal Golf Course along with Mathews, West and Barrett. Peter also possesses a "unique" set of golf clubs which is slowly dwindling as he progresses from tree to tree.

Douthat.—Chief cook and bottle washer apprentice to the chem. leb. Renowned for his non-stop excursions into bush. He believes that anyone who doesn't enjoy catching rabbits or fish is a barbarian.

Smillie, "Hollywood George".—Has a perfect system for backing horses that always works. He back the losers. An occasional golfer, he holds the form record for golf strokes. It stands at 69—for one hole.

Tadich.—Frankie son is our "honourable" member of the Chapanese Chudo Club. Has a favourite saying—"I love Saki and powdered egg".

West.—Of the Gellibrand pier (lives in Williamstown). An outstanding intellect as he plays golf at Kooringal, but then who doesn't? The biggest blot on his copybook is that he plays lacrosse. However, we are kind to him because of a certain relative of his.

Gallacher.—A walking, talking heap of Go-Kart parts. Is interested in one thing only—no, not girls, but Go-Karts! He has a prize lawn mower that runs on 4 % methyl alcohol, 4 % methyl benzene and 9 2 % luck.

M c E w a n . — F r o m that illustrious clan that inhabits the highlands near Riddell.

Has an up-to-date knowledge of all the recent films in town. But his most significant feature is his knowledge of the English language, which extends below and beyond that taught by English instructors.

Mclntyre. — A self-styled genius and socialite. A member of the Carrum Lifesaving Club and the local fire brigade (he lights the fire). On the whole he is a real star—just ask him—he'll tell you.

Mathews.—An avid golfer and of course an "associate" of Kooringal golf course.

Schoch.—A star fotoballer and budding young dictator. He's already taking over the S.R.C., prefects, R.A.C.I., football club and 7C. Watch out, Fidel!

7 C This is definitely the best of the Chemistry forms, and therefore the best in the College, since Engineering is a M I N O R application of Chemistry. It should be understood that all of the students named later are geniuses so this point will not be labored.

In alphabetical order this list of scintillating stars is:— Barret.—An all-round star whose theme song is "Standing at the library watching all the girls go by". A side-line car expert with a fanatical fascination for a golf course down Williamstown way.

Bratuskins.—Just a little spot of sunshine. A foundation member of the Bill and Andy sect who are delegated the responsibility of keeping the exotics sounds of 7 C singing through the chem. lab. This lad is a real rocking guitar player and pianist; motto "Hello Jim".

Chow.—The most recent star to be discovered. Hails from up Maryborough way, but his past is shrounded in mystery. Finds it hard to understand instructors, but then plenty of us are in the same plight.

Collins. — As Mr. Finch would say: "This lad need not be correct", but claims he is never wrong—just not right at times. Rover scout and brain of form.

Most weekends are spent halfway up Warburton mountain, in the rain forest.

Croft.—Mrs. Croft's little boy, Raymond, hails from Newport and is thus a 41

seen around. But I got the tip from a close friend. He's not a bad kid and he's really studious. Just dislikes teachers and draughty classrooms.

Ken ("Woody") Woodhouse hails from the back of beyond, some little known place called Deer Park. He's not a bad student; got a few brains up his sleeve or somewhere. Only trouble is in normal people they're in the head.

If you ever drop in on a class you may see a body hanging around the room. This belongs to Gerard Bakker. He's a pretty quiet type — at times — and obtains a great deal of success with the school in soccer and table tennis besides his school work.

If you look around a bit on entering our classroom you may see a group of heads in the corner. These may or may not be attached to bodies. In the centre of this group will be another head and a body belonging to Ted ("Baldy") Vivian, describing how he applies his knowledge of physics to a heavenly body over the weekend—Newton's third law of motion: to every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

If it was an electrical engineering class and any question whatsoever were asked, a hand would shoot up and a voice would answer, "Stick in a capacitor." Teacher: "Why?" Voice: "Because it's cheaper."

The hand and voice would belong to Jack P. Garside. He's a student teacher. That's why he's allowed to say stupid things!

If there is a camera-shy person anywhere is John Lowenstein. A certain shutter bug tried in vain all the way to the Snowy Mountains and back to get a picture of him. When he finally succeeded the camera blew up in his face. It's not that John's not good looking, in fact, if a vote were taken he would be voted quite handsome. We're thinking of entering him in the National Dog Show.

Another two ex-Prestonites often seen together are Noel Perkins and Ron Arnot.

Two more dashing and promising young civil engineers have never been seen. They showed a tremendous amount of promise but results have been a long time coming.

Still the next five years should tell.

Another intrepid young lad from Preston is Brian "Bongo" Clarke. The last thing "Bongo" would want us to discuss

7 D 7D began this year with a mixture of pupils that could do justice to Nino Culotta's "They're a Weird Mob".

Last year the scholars of 6D took it for granted that they would pass into 7D this year. But alas, the exams found them out and only six out of seventeen took that great step. So 7D consists of the cream of last year's 6D plus a number of undesirables who had been deported from Preston Tech.

But overcoming all difficulties, the form settled down to the strenuous year's work ahead and quickly moulded themselves into what was obviously to become the most brilliant form in the school. Don't get the idea that we like ourselves, we're only realists.

The fact that only one out of fifteen passed engineering thermodynamics at the half year seems to refute the former statement, but obviously the fault lies not in the students but in the examiners.

If the teachers don't wake up that the only way for us to pass subjects is to give us the exam paper three days before the exam, then how do they expect us to pass?

We consist of a number of jazzers, rockers and no-bodies (mainly no-bodies).

One jazzer, namely Bob Welsh, when asked a question will rouse himself from his beat-trance and finger-snapping and in a way-out manner will announce — "I'm not with you Sir, would you repeat the question?"

Every form must have a "brain" and we have ours in Bory's "Dasher" Kouzmenko. When you look at him, this is the last thought that would enter your head, but don't let looks deceive you; under that rough outer covering called skin lies a brain like a computer. Borys received his nickname Dasher from the two inseparables, Darrel Carpenter and Alan Bourke.

They possess a couple of brains between them, too. Darrel's not a bad sportsman— represented the school in football and athletics, but Alan's sporting activities are limited to violent comments under his breath—nearly always.

Arthur ("Archie") Athanasiov, remains a mystery man to the form. Not many kids know much about him as he is not often 42

would be his school work so we'll do just that. He's found it a bit hard this year; but has tried hard. You've got to admit, this lad's got courage.

The last of the Prestonites is Bob Garvey. Boy, is he quiet? The only way to find out whether he's in class or not is to look under the ink blots. If you're lucky you may be able to detect "Garv".

WARNING: Don't drop dead on the job.

Death on the job—instructions in the case o f — It has come to the notice of the management that employees have been found dying on the job and either refusing or neglecting to fall over. This must cease forthwith. Employees found dead on the job in an upright position will immediately be dropped from the payroll. Should an officer of the management notice that an employee has made no movement for a minimum period of one hour, it will be his duty to investigate the cause, as it is impossible to distinguish between death and natural movement in some cases.

Officers are instructed to make very careful investigations with final test being the waving of a pay packet gently in front of the suspected corpse.

If there is no reaction, then in most cases the employee can certainly be classified as deceased. This test, however, is not 100% reliable, since natural instinct has been so deep that the hand of the corpse will make spasmodic clutches at the packet even after rigor mortis has set in.

Another test that has been applied with success is to whisper the words "Sunday Work" in the deceased's ear. This has been known to restore a body that has been motionless for over a week.

N.B.—The above tests and procedure need not be applied to teachers, as in their cases movement is entirely unnecessary.

G A R R Y McPHERSON.

The last two regular members of our class are Cheah Teik Jin and Lee Seong Chong, our Asian colleagues. Lee is the quiet one but Teik Jin is a little hard to handle at times. We didn't know he could sing until the Snowy Trip. He has a wonderful voice resembling that of the North American Bush Warbler, i.e., Donald Duck. Both Teik J. and Lee have the wrong idea of school life. They go to classes to work.

There are a few more part-time students, but the foregoing was a true and exacting account of the regulars of 7D. Thus end's this little epilogue of an illustrious class.

P.S.—Flash from Physics Room: Heat Expands, Cold Contracts. That's why there are long days in summer and short ones in winter.

LIMERICKS There once was a native of Suva Whose nineteenth wife wanted a hoover.

He said, "That's not funny.

It's costing me money," And began to make plans to remove her.

THE COUNTRY Oh, to he out in the wild yonders, Where I love to walk and ponder, I love to go io see my cousin sow, The weaving wheat stalks That seem to talk, As the wind blows and blows.

Quietly, carefully the night winds come, Carrying the sound of the hunter's gun.

Stalking, preying upon the poor dumb animal.

Which is weaker than rum.

Oh to see the winding hills, Towering over the green window sills Where never is heard the sound Of the rumbling of mills.

R. LEVY, 2H.

A friend from the Iron Curtain Told how to say names without bur tin .

'Tss eassy," said he, "Sneess twice und say 'Ski' Undden you pronounce it for certain."

There once was a scholar from Gloucester Whose name was next on the roster.

He said he was ill So they gave him a pill Whose taste cured this schoolboy impostor.

There once was a boy from Milan A devoted sea-fishing fan.

When, at last, he fell in, 'I'here appeared a huge fin And he ended up fried in a pan.

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INFORMATION LINE-UP 8 A

"Louie" or "Rocking Horse" is the LUI J U A N oldest member of the form and finds it hard to keep HUI up with the younger generations; thus his late appearances at Engineering Practices. He drives a car, one of his exploits being his attempt to squeeze into an army truck with nine future engineers already aboard. His private life to us is a blank, but at school he is the quiet type, although at times he bursts into giggles during lectures (what's so funny Louie, or are you remembering something from the previous night?).

Seems to eat well considering his wellfilled paunch.

J O H N ("Biscuit") A R N OTT is a conscientious trainee railway porter, who largely supports the firm of Rothmans Pall Mall. H e is the proud owner of a V.W. which seems to find its own way home at lunch time.

Biscuit's combinations of sports shirts and ties would do justice to A1 Capone's boys.

After the Mechanical V's Electrical football match John suffered raw hide, but his uncontrolled display of baulking, weaving and timely trips created uproar from the spectators.

COLLINS, GRAEME. This nice bloke responds to f ÂŤ . ! the name of "Bull". Bull is a keen sportsman representI ing the college at swimming and football and is vice / captain of the premier House, namely Sturt. Bull provided great drive to the flagging Mechs. in the annual football match against the Elecs. He has a famous grandpa whose exploits have thrilled and delighted 8A for some years. Bull is a quiet and sober fellow who believes in the institution of marriage, and escorts a pert female named Mavis. He drives a very well kept F X Holden and is the only person known with a 1 in 2 grade in his front drive.

K E N N Y B R O W N . Him a little man? Maybe, but certainly not an ignorant j little man as some may think. In fact he is the brain of the class. H e is ii very good natured, not an enemy in the world, but when he makes a point, he will stand by it even if it means physical effort proving it.

For example he accepted the challenge to race " H a r d y " Maxfield, he being "Laurel", to a bicycle race when told he couldn't pedal.

He would go straight into the University next year if he gets his Matriculation English. His failure is probably due to his "shoking riting".

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R O B E R T L. A N D E R SON: Originated from Toorak in his earlier years and entered the F.T.C. at the Junior school. He's a keen sportsman, representing the school in football and baseball. His outside interests include badminton, cricket and hockey. He must hit other things than balls with a hockey stick as he has broken at least three sticks this year. He recently became a wealthy schoolboy as he was presented with a Studentship. I suppose that is why we see him imitating Jack Braham in a blue Commer carrying " L " plates.

and athletic feats in the last series of house matches. He led the Mechanicals to a glorious victory over the Electricals in the recent football "grudge" match. .

B O B E K, ALFREDO â&#x20AC;˘ * m m M t A N D R E . Alf was found *'" under a cabbage in Jugo * TWJ Slavia on the 1 8 / 8 / 4 2 and after about eight years he landed in Australia. Before very long he went to live amongst the aboriginals at St. Albans. In 1958 he joined the brains at F.T.C., and although he appears to be asleep during practice classes he gets his experiments in before examination time.

Alf possesses a "pile of bolts" which he refers to as a Dodge. Although the car is a genuine antique it transported Mr. Crocker back from C.I.G. in style. It was suggested afterwards that Mr. Crocker could have easily passed for A1 Capone.

T A O HAI SIN: Tao is generally considered to be a credit to the College especially to 8A. H e is a prominent member of the Overseas Students' Association and has done a considerable amount of work with the S.R.C. This main characteristic includes an amazing ability to provoke sarcastic comments from a certain instructor, and the peculiarity of calling everyone by the same name, particularly when things go wrong in prac. periods. Sometimes called Wicked Sin Tao he was the star ruckman in the Mechanicals v. Electricals football match, probably because of the large boots for greater momentum. He has hopes of attending lectures at the University next year for a degree course.

KEVIN (alias "Doc") S O R R A G H A N : Doc hails from the farmlands just south of Shepparton, that small one-horse town in north-eastern Victoria. His people have a Friesian stud farm, and this may account for his more than passing interest in a certain heifer from Kilmore. Around about the end of second term it was not unusual to see Kev arriving back from lunch on Fridays with a young calf to take home.

When the noise level in the Heat Engines Lab. was not too high, the weird noises that come from this type of animal could readily be heard just outside. Although he claims he is not a Ford fanatic, by the way he talks about "things" that wear out in 22,000 or 18 months of low flying (namely Holden Utes) makes us wonder.

PETER " H E N C E " C R O C K E R , as the form affectionately knows him, is an exponent of both fast cars and accelerating women. Himself being the owner of that fine British marque, a T.C. MG, he cuts a dashing figure coming to school in his car. Peter, it may be added, is also a very keen turf fan, and along with Big Tony, is an authority on the matter of horse racing and filly breeding. A partygoer by nature, and a firm believer in Russian and Scotch beverages, Peter has gained some distinction for his swimming

C O L I N R E E D : Although Colin lives quite close to school he always finds difficulty in arriving on time.

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get into his jeans. (Or does he?) F.N.R. as he is well known by, is an able sportsman and has represented the school in nearly every sporting field. On week-ends he plays football for a local Church team.

shatter eardrums. He is also building a wickedly potent special which he hopes to race. He is also chief tuning consultant for a certain T.C. and has a definite flair for charming traffic policemen.

COLIN MAXFIE L D : "Big Tony" or "Fat M a x " as he is commonly referred to, is another country boy.

He hails from a small outback post called Rosanna and can be seen riding his horse to the station at 5.30 a.m. to come to school. This led Colin to the sport of horse racing. He has been seen at Werribee on a Wednesday afternoon causing havoc to the bookies as the punters follow his demon-like plunges. Originally he hoped to become a jockey but at 23 stone, he could not obtain enough rides. In an effort to lose weight he took on a strenuous tour of Sydney but only succeeded in losing a few pounds.

P E T E R ("Herm") E L L I O T T . Being supplied with bread from the S.E.C., H e r b is able to run his Dad's under-powered car at weekends. Sometimes we wonder where he goes on Saturday nights, but judging by the twinkle in his eyes on Monday mornings, it must have been exciting. Peter is one of the elite who manages to arrive at school on time, except to Uncle John's class. He is a tennis enthusiast who has been known to lose many a game to love. Peter is also the self appointed moralist of the class since no one else is qualified for that position. Usually a very agreeable man, just tell him that safety belts are hopeless things and he'll go berserk.

E D W I N ("Ted") BIGGS. Young Ted, the cyclist, seemed to be in raptures when he found his "lost" bicycle, but did his block when he "lost" it again a week later and had to revert to his pre-Boer War model. He keeps telling and retelling Graham's (I.M.T.) jokes which he interprets the wrong way to the consternation of some of the rest of the form. One of his main ambitions is to sell a couple of tons of briquettes to Mr. Crocker for the Heat Engines Laboratory. His greatest love is to grab the Hillman and come to school in style and comfort.

8 B BRIGHTON, MAX. A very quiet young man, except in electrical engineering and electronics, where he sometimes manages to confuse a certain senior electrical instructor, who, on one occasion, referred to him as a "deplorable chap". Max is a good student and will be a valuable asset to any firm which is game enough to employ him.

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G R E N F E L L , R A Y . Better known as " R . G . " Ray is always ready to remind us he is one of the "Big 4 " — a group of unfortunates who claim to have passed all subjects. Being a student teacher, R.G. is always telling us he is grossly underpaid, but despite this he seems to find enough cash to run a Morris, support a girl-friend, and even put a bit aside for the M.G. he says he'll own some day.

GEORGE WERETKA. George uses the nom-deplume of "Paul Pirelli" and is rumoured to be a deposed count. He has acquired a basic frugality in his business dealings which should ensure his just million before 40. He is a motorbike fanatic and owns a particularly fast Triumph which when on full song has been known to 46

quite a wearying effect on him. Bob was an indispensable member of the 8 B football team and is also among the ranks of those employed by the Education Department, which will no doubt result in his following two uncles and his sister in taking up teaching.

GOZHEVSKI, GEORGE. Has been nick-named "Gorgeous George" from way back, but everybody seems to have forgotten why!

George has his own technique for passing (time) . . . er, exams. It doesn't include attending classes though. Both 8B and Sunshine Football Club were fortunate enough to have George in their teams.

In fact as far as 8B are concerned, George was the team. His other forte is the ability to give quick original excuses in reply to Mr. Sambell's acid comments on attendance, like, "I felt sick" or "I wasn't here".

HUFSCHMID, MANF R E D . Known to his pals and those who fear him as "Mr. President", stemming j*!Sr >. from the fact that he is the A Jbu^ "college dictator" for 1962 — namely president of the Students' Representative Council.

This year Manfred's education has been broadened beyond all bounds thanks to the wonderful assistance of a young lady by the name of Pat. Manfred is under the control of the Victorian Railways and through them hopes to become head ticket collector at Flinders Street in the not-too-distant future. (He doesn't believe in starting right from the bottom.) $0"

HALLIDAY, JOHN. Here is a true artist in many ways. John is so wrapped in jazz that he doesn't even think of girls (we think). Naturally he is the president of the college music club, and we believe he's had something to say about the programs all being jazz. John is well known as a drummer and more recently as an actor, following his brilliant performance in this year's college play—a performance which he hasn't finished celebrating yet!

LESLIE, K E I T H . Could be more aptly titled KeithDuane - Fireball - ShadowLeslie. He plays the guitar.

He has a set daily routine which goes something like this:— Gets up (not too early) and plays his guitar. H e then has breakfast, doesn't comb his hair, and plays the guitar. Goes to school and gets shot at misere. Rushes home after school and plays his guitar, has tea and plays his guitar, goes bowling and plays his guitar, returns home and plays his guitar, goes to bed and dreams of . . . his guitar.

HAYES, L E N . Over the post year Len has been employed by A.C.I. who eventually agreed to let him f | M r attend college for most of L a H y the week, and at the same i f ^ J f j ^ l time pay him quite a considerable sum of money.

This agreement has enabled him to invest in a Holden which enables him to enjoy to a greater extent his favourite hobbies.

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Known affectionately as "Chorlim" LIM and is our man from Singapore.

Perhaps the oldest CHAU boy in the form, Chau has the appearance of a modest, hard working and honest Chinese merchant.

He seldom talks and even when he does it is with a relatively slow and slightly hesitant voice. His main credit lies in being the most attentive boy in the class, which makes him a rare academic specimen in the college.

HEARD, BOB, goes under the esteemed title of "Mayor of Rockbank" despite the fact that he only J^r* visits the small township n o w to W^iJI enjoy himself at the ^hdSf^ football turnouts. As a person he is very hard to pass by (especially in the corridors) without noticing that these turnouts have had Jillp^ f s ^ ^

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"rockers" haircut. Wal hails from Newport, where any other type of haircut could prove fatal, even though you might have the reputation of being a good "con-man."

In the way of sport, Wal is captain of Deakin House and was a member of both the college athletics and swimming teams (also captain of the latter). At home he is currently studying the piano, prior to joining a well-known band, at present unnamed.

M A R T E L , F R A N K . The f youngest member of the form, Frank was nicknamed , "Silent" long before he reached Footscray and seems to have retained that name for obvious reasons.

Frank is a golf enthusiast and can usually be found in the bunkers at his favourite haunt—Royal Park Golf Club. His score for 18 holes is consistently around the 80 mark. He, as yet, has not told us what he does with his Saturday nights and he hasn't been spotted with any of the fairer sex.

ROBERTS, GRAHAM. Here is the form's leading sporting enthusiast: playing in the college football team, of which he was vice H mmwm captain, and also the cricket ijjii& j p T ^ P f f team, for which he was a selector (that would probHe also represented the college in the inter-tech, athletics and participates in various other sports outside the college including football, cricket, basketball, golf, bowling, etc. Graham's active part in sport could be due to the fact that he is the second youngest in the form, the rest of us being too old and leg-worn.

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M E I N C K E , BOB. According to rumour Bob will * have no trouble finding a position next year, as Kirch's, second-hand dealI 1 ers, are contemplating taking him in as a partner, since he has half their business in his back yard. This position would be in addition to the more likely one in South Australia with the Department of Supply. Bob is really a conscientious and genuine student who excelled himself last year by passing all subjects after having missed three months because of illness.

ROBINS, BRUCE. Known to most of his friends as " R o c k y " . Bruce's favourite pastime is annoying instructors such as Mr. ; Faulkner, who threatens to /"* , have him deported almost every week. But being a student teacher, Bruce will no doubt learn the hard way that little boys who annoy teachers are only trying . . . very trying.

Rocky drives around in a Riley and all he needs here is a pair of wings on it and the thing will probably fly, he always seems to have enough speed for take-off.

P A R R Y , R A Y . The most I active member, and presi| dent, of the college branch of S.C.M. is the "Reverend" Ray Parry. He also played in the college soccer team and took part in the Electrical v. Mechanical football match (believe he cursed most of the match because the ball kept bouncing the wrong way). We also heard that on the Sydney trip Ray participated in the discussion (and so on) in room 19, where he expressed his views on a certain type of woman and other things.

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SPRAGUE, Clarence, Bert, Henry, Frogman — these are just a few of the printable titles this young blond goes under. H e is the form's fishing expert and at present is constructing a 13-foot speed boat, just to make sure he gets to the best spots first.

Bert is also a member of the lunch-hour

P O N OM ARENKO, W A L L Y . When it was first announced that Wal was a studentship holder, fears were held education-wise for the future generation, but due mainly to the effects of Jenny, he is now a little 48

card team and frequently delights the other players by taking ten tricks when his partner goes misere. This, and the fact that he often provides a bus service with his truck, adds up to his being quite a popular member of the form.

R A Y P E R R Y — W h o is a bit of a villain at parties— or anywhere for that matter — is another who has J f i H | narrowly escaped matriftkjflH monial bondage. When we I heard on the grapevine of his activities at Fall's Creek during the term vac., we were hardpressed to believe that he has managed to retain his bachelor status. Ray is kept in hay by the Education Department. He says he spends most of his money on cigarettes and other pleasures, and squanders the rest. He spends most of the day sleeping (when he should be at school) and then at night visits such dubious resorts as Opus, Powerhouse and 431.

WILKINSON, JOHN, nicknamed "Wilkie" and is always full of spirit for Mr. Pellizzer's electrical engineering classes. Earlier in the year he drove an automobile, but has since found that walking is much cheaper. John's source of income is unknown, while he divides his time between song and the office girls. What little is left he uses for study, but never mind.

IVAN STRUDWICK — took almost a week to master the art of "herringboning" uphill at Mt. Buller and by the time he got to the top of the run it was too dark to ski down. Nevertheless he kept at it and is now seriously considering entering the slalom event next season. Ever since the Buller episode Ivan has been trying to work out whether they have "nutcrackers on Tyrol." Ivan can be often seen doing a spot of lady-killing at the dances around Preston and Thornbury. We think he comes to school just to rest up in preparation for the weekends.

YIM, E D W A R D . A very conscientious worker who never goes out at night except on Tuesdays and , ^ Saturdays, when to find g ^ y J m him you need look only * as far as the local theatre.

Ed was a soccer veteran back home, but the cold wind down here provided too much competition. And so we find he has taken up the less windy sport of billiards.

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8 C GARRY WOOD.—Took no time at all to learn the first lesson of skiing, i.e., how to fall gracefully. If you found someone with his

— the Honeymooner. When Les LES arrived one Friday morning with a packed suitcase he A N D E R S O N had a lot of fast talking to to convince us that he wasn't really eloping that night. Even with all his dubious activities he has successfully negotiated the past year without getting "hitched." But Les is a deep thinker and has often warned us to save our money for a weding present. Les is sometimes seen making a remarkable impersonation of a conscientious student in the library during lunch hours.

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in snow and arms and legs projecting out at all angles, you could bet London to a brick on that it was "our Gary". Gary's pet aversion is people who suddenly yell "is that SO; pouring out of the furnace?" Gary is often seen giving a lively impersonation of the "flap-dance of the Warden." It ranks with "the Waltz of the flowers." His favourite game is called bouncing beakers on the beach. % $ {*

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N E I L McMahon. — The third man or member of the 8 C touring party that visited Mt. Buller during the term vac. also retained his independence by staying out of the clutches of the wild women that frequent the snow-covored slopes. He quickly mastered the art of standing on skis and almost ended up instructing the instructors. As far as moving skis goes he'll have to wait and learn that next year. His hardest job is getting Perry to work during Phys.

Chem. Prac. When all else fails he gives the aforementioned Mr. Perry a belt in the bracket with the Beckmann thermometer.

A L A N N E L S E N : Alan, the Collingwood Tech. graduate, hails from Northcote. There are two loves in Alan's life; firstly the typist whom he takes out the night before he wants his reports typed, and secondly the civil engineering syllabus book. After careful reading of the latter he is convinced that we will finish the syllabus in all subjects. Alan is also influenced by undesirables outside the school —namely his cousins. Despite this, Alan should do well in the final exams by passing all subjects.

J O H N H U L M E . One of the quiet, modest type, John is rarely perturbed by any one of the many catastrophies that occur in daily school life.

A continual companion of Ian McBain, John used to be a motor cycle fiend, but has now switched to "Mini Minors".

Surfing probably rates the highest amongst John' outdoor pursuits, and one needs little imagination to picture him lying on a crowded, wind-swept, bodystrewn, sunny ocean beach, apparently dozing behind a pair of sunglasses, but actually enjoying the scenery.

JOHN DALTON. The door is opened vigorously and in marches John, in an extremely purposeful manner. One glance at his flustered face shows that he is engaged to Dawn and he will be married at Scots' Church on the 1st of January. He often shows signs of a strenuous night, hockey training, studying or entering his day's schedule in his P.W.D. diary. There is silence as John addresses the class, "Has anyone done a comps problem . . ." Thus contented, he retires to the library with a Comps problem and his book "The Fairy Tales of Adolf Hitler's F o o p a h s . " As John leaves we wish him lots of luck and love with the native women and other fauna of his new homeland, New Guinea.

P E T E R R A N K I N . Our friend Peter Rankin is renowned for many differences of opinions with the teachers. Peter leaves us |gf ^^tpF J H aghast with dark tales from •f the mystic regions of Albury. Pete is very interested in sculpture, and during the past Sun Art Exhibition he entered a wooden carving of a woman, which was bought by the international comedian Victor Borge for a tidy sum. Under certain conditions Peter is an excellent singer of ballads. He is also the S.R.C. Secretary Representative.

K E N E D G L E Y . Ken is a student teacher, not that anybody holds it against him, a fellow has to get money from somewhere. w Ken's greatest problem for ill M year was far f r o m the normal school problems, and rose when Janet, or was it Margaret? No, it was Ann, no, that's right, it was the other Margaret, decided to knit him a jumper. Ken was only half convinced that it was a good idea and rather doubtfully informed the form: "She can knit, or so she says."

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I A N McBAIN is just completing his fourth year in this college, and this is quite a feat. Until recently he has been a motor bike fan, but now he has gone in for a car. This year he has had many girl friends; it becomes very complicated when he goes to a dance, especially the college dance.

B I L L R A M S A Y . Willie is one of the three local boys out of our form of sixteen, and also one of the few who could, surprisingly, finish the course in the required four years. Many of the boys who went on the Snowy trip can thank Bill for finding the way back to their beds. Bill is a goodhumoured person, and the fact that he can't stop smiling, even at the most important discussions, has had its disadvantages throughout the year.

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T I O N G Y U KING, from Sarawak, is one of the most diligent members of the c ass ' - He is sober and quiet.

He doesn't talk much; but those who know him well, find him very interesting to talk with. His main hobby is photography, in which he shows great talent and skill. Like all ambitious young men who plan their future, he is thinking of taking a post-graduate course in structural engineering soon after he finishes the present course. Let's all wish him "good luck". w m m m m

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R O N S H A R P E . If you every see anyone writing in hieroglyphics or reading a book a minute, don't worry, it's only Ron Sharpe practising shorthand or rapid reading. Ron is a man of unusual talents. Apart f r o m writing a long shorthand, Ron can knit outsize jumpers, strum a guitar and belt tennis balls over nets. Ron's greatest talent however, is his ability to pass exams with results that put some of the lower species to shame. Ron tells us that the shorthand and rapid reading are for next year, when he hopes to attend the University.

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For the duration of the past twenty years, this misled I Essendon supporter has resided in Preston.

John Blackwell, a civil engineer who agrees that teachers are a dying race, also states and, I quote: "Girls, like ears, serve no practical purpose." The piano offers an outlet for John's anger, as he pounds away on the keys to his heart's content. John's intentions next year are to attend University to become a "bachelor", that is of civil engineering. "Good luck, John".

G R A H A M P A L I C H. This boy would rate as one of the best charmers in the school and he has a way with him that would shame many of Hollywood's greats. f t • • ^ B ^ y f i l Apart from his affinity for the fairer sex, Graham has other attributes, such as sporting prowess and a keen mind. However, don't get the opinion that he is perfect, because he does have his weaknesses, amongst which Mini Minors and V.W.'s rate high.

M A X SMITH, who returned to the land of the living for nearly two months after two years at Sorrento, has been lost again. This gg ^mm w time, fortunately for his Ik j F J H l pocket, locally (though it takes half an hour to drive home). Max is the quiet type and details of his life are diffiucult to obtain; however, it is known that he features regularly at Sandown and Calder.

N E I L P E A R S O N "Peo". | Hailing from Maidstone or Sunshine comes "Peo" who, fi after twenty years, has realised that gold (for which he has had the fever for some years) is not all to be derived from living—ask his girl friend. One of Neil's ambitions is 51

problem. All that remains is to devise a suitable welding technique for high-tension bamboo, so that there won't be any repetition of that King's Bridge bother.

to run a car without a generator but, as other members of 8 D have found out, he has had very little success (they had to push). At school his sporting activities were primarily athletics and football; in the latter he was usually best on the ground, mainly because he spent most of the time on it.

8 E W I L L I A M H O A T H , The panel-beater's friend. Bill is one of the few drivers who can hit a gate-post every time he goes through it.

This year Bill has discovered a cousin, fallen in and out of love about ten times and once again won the aths. championship. A demon at cards and one of football's best critics, Bill has ideas of becoming man's best friend! Apart from talking, playing cards and reading all papers within reach Bill is conscientious and is a cert to pass his exams. We don't know which ones yet though!

B E N J A M I N HSU is the boy with a "Pepsodent" smile, who came from Hong Kong. He is quite a hardboy, who always : working I has his design projects com| pleted in time. He will further his studies at the University for the degree of civil engineering next year, if he is lucky enough to pass all the subjects in the final examinations.

Besides his study, unlike many Australian boys who delight in reading western cowboys, Benjamin is very fond of reading Chinese boxing stories.

He is believed to have stamped right through the Malayan jungle in which C H E O N G fearful beasts such as leopards, tigers, alligators PENG and giant snakes have fallen to his rifle, and hundreds of rabbits, foxes, wolves, wild pigs and birds have been caught in his skilful traps. One would not be surprised, knowing his skill as a hunter, to find that he spends little money in butcher shops, poultry shops and sea food shops; but one wonders how he succeeds in adapting himself to the very different environment of a college.

M c R A E , R O B E R T . If A1 Capone was still with us Bob would be his right hand man. However, because he is not, Bob has seen the light and now advocates total prohibition.

Master punter and shareholder of T.A.B., Bob must take the prize for handling so many "hot certs". On a Monday morning, poor old Bob just can't concentrate, he stares blankly into space, thinking about the marvellous week-end he just had. It looks as though he's really gone this time, Bob is always "flatout" picking winners.

CARUSO LEE HUNG N I E N , whose name symbolically spans East and West, is a final year civil engineering student. Appropriately, his ambition is to design and supervise the construction of the world's largest bamboo bridge. This will link his home town, Hong Kong, to the mainland, and the steady one-way traffic across it will relieve the congestion of Kwang Tung Province. The resultant overcrowding of the island, he says, is somebody else's

T A N . For short, otherwise known as Chitnuyanont — his real name. The highlight of the year for Tan was the visit of Thailand's King and Queen — Tan was in raptures.

"Smiler" loves to argue — when he's just read the text. Tan is a certain starter to become ambassador in Australia. Very particular, Tan must have rubbed half an inch off the seat of his chair from dusting it!

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CHAN DAI CHOU. Still the man about town Chan must go to nearly every show in M e l b o u r n e — an expert on techniques we wonder who he practises on.

Poor old Chan can't use his sundial in M e l b o u r n e — t o o many clouds, therefore he is always late for class even though he bought himself a new second-hand car.

ber of the Wayout Club and f r o m all reports he's right. Must definitely go a long way in life—claims secret to success. Also the third member of the card team.

Must take the attendance record, Chong is so late CHONG some days he misses the train to take him home.

NG TATT Very quiet and a real dark horse we are all sure he must study all the 20 hours a day he is home. H o w else could he get that tired look?

N E I L G O W . Must go close to take the cookie for travelling the farthest to the College. Still maintains Ocean Grove has the best beach, V.W.'s are the best cars, Geelong is the best football team and that nurses are the only girls. Neil has given some good fatherly advice to other members of the class and form—claims he has had vast experience. H e is an avid mem-

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A n avid Geelong fan; L u m and Bill are very good friends. L u m must be one of the very few oversees students who follows Australian rules football. L u m and Neil brought the good name of Geelong to Footscray.

"Fair Dinkum"; in the three days you have to go to different mountains and old houses and spots to get clues, you have to get as many as possible and be back on time.

T h e Outward Bound School is sponsored by large companies and firms located in Sydney.

The school itself is situated at Fisherman's Point, which is an hour and a half by ferry f r o m Brooklyn, a little town thirty miles north of Sydney on the Princes Highway.

The school mainly develops a person's sense of responsibility, it trains one's character and also finds your leadership qualities.

You are taught how to read a compass and a map, also how to sail boats, mountain climb, bush walk, and first aid, example, snakebite, broken bones, fractures and bites of various different kinds of insects. The school is of strict discipline and it desires you to observe three rules. 1.

Not to drink and smoke. 2. To take a morning swim. 3. T o live in good fellowship and companionship with those around you.

The school goes for twenty-six days and the last three days, you are sent out in various groups on an expedition called

A v i e w of the huts, taken f r o m the top o f a tree.

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The Headmaster's Message AFTER LEAVING SCHOOL the student of today will enter a world t h a t is daily becoming more complex. At present when rockets have made the moon more accessible, and telecommunications are dependent upon satellites, the importance of our motto, "Knowledge is Power", has greater significance than ever.

It is a highly specialised world wherein a host of new techniques are being developed and qualifications are of vital importance. Every boy who is enrolled in this College should have as his aim the attainment of his Inter. . r mediate Technical Certificate (Diploma ÂŁ # fj ^ ^ i c Acting Headmaster Entrance Standard) or if he is at pre' sent in a lower form, the new Leaving Technical Certificate which will shortly be introduced. It has been said that, "He who chops his own wood is warmed tivice". The application of this adage to qualifications is that the hard work required of students to pass these examinations not only gives knowledge and confidence to one's own ability, but later in life also provides the w a r m t h of economic security.

To those students who have obtained their Junior Technical Certificate or Intermediate Technical Certificate, and are leaving to be apprenticed, I extend very best wishes and express the hope that they will not limit their ambitions to the completion of apprenticeship.

To those who obtained their Diploma Entrance and intend to complete a Diploma and possibly a degree course, let me extend my congratulations upon the wisdom of their choice and repeat Benjamin Disraeli's advice t h a t " T h e secret of success is constancy of purpose".

I would like to offer my sympathy to those who have honestly found their studies too difficult. A boy who has really put f o r t h his best efforts, even though he has failed, has achieved something that will make him a better m a n in the future.

For beside knowledge there are other qualities we look for in the students who pass through our portals. Honesty, integrity, charity and those qualities of leadership which are directed towards the betterment of the community a r e intangible assets and are indeed of greater absolute value than a printed piece of paper. In the development of such qualities I believe Christian Education periods and Social Service efforts have contributed in no small measure.

In conclusion, to those who are leaving let me convey my best wishes for your future success in your chosen careers, and to those who are returning, let me express the hope that 1963 Will be your best year yet.

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SECONDARY SECTION warm companions and no doubt will remain so for the rest of the year.

S. S U D O M I R , 4B.

PEN PORTRAITS OF 4B Nnnneville Bbbbuzza has arrived late thrice, but each time he has graciously informed the teacher in charge that he was knocked from his bike and had to return home with it.

Incidentally, Neville's bike was put through a wall four years ago and has not since been repaired.

LIBRARY REPORT Although the Junior Library started 1962 badly with the absence of a librarian, it has progressed well with the aid of a trusty bunch of monitors. Miss Henderson has been able to add many more books to the library.

The number of books this year has risen from 3900 to approximately 4200, which is the result of the Education Week donations, individual form donations, and book drives. Most forms have donated books and some fresh items of equipment continue to enhance the library atmosphere.

The monitors, P. Kelly, B. Rowe, L. Cole, B. Leudeckie, Bill Corcoran, P. Hillsdon, R. Dawson and several others, have voluntarily helped to process the books, (i.e., all books have to be entered, painted, stamped, lettered, covered and catalogued before going on to the shelves).

The rponitors have also helped to keep the library and books in good order throughout the year.

In response to popular request, the library is now subscribing to such popular magazines as "Time", "Wheels", "Popular Science", "Popular Mechanics", "National Geographic" and even more recently to "Radio and Television Hobbies" and "Aero-modeller". Also several series of magazines have been bound into book form to last longer.

The monitors have worked untiringly throughout the year, some staying back

Having considered to write about one of my colleagues, I thought it a good choice in having selected the distinguished Ronald Evans.

Because of his continued absence from class, I found it hard to actually introduce myself to him. As always he rarely engrosses himself in his work, yet obtains outstanding results because of his attentiveness in class. His greatest danger is the Honorable H. Foster, Esquire, as he is constantly threatening Evans to bring his absence notes back promptly or suffer the consequences. In spite of all this they still remain the best of friends. Generally after his long service leave the loveable R. Evans returns and, after a week's work, again takes his holiday. Due to his sedulous and strenuous work he thinks that one day off in a week is quite sufficient to recapture his vitality so as to be able to carry on his magnificent work. His constant companion, Neville Buzza, is always by his side to ensure that Ronald does get carried away by his success as a scholar.

Neville, although not as brilliant as Ronald, always manages to get the teachers to see his point of views of certain aspects. H e and the prolific scientist, Mr. Wills, are 5c

late at night to help at Education Week, stocktaking, and other numerous tasks that help the library to run more smoothly.

We hope the library next year will be successful with the possible introduction of a new catalogue system and a new borrowing scheme. On behalf of the monitors, 1 would like to thank Miss Henderson for her assistance for making our library a better one, also I would like to wish all the staff and boys of the college a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

supervisory assistants to teachers during school excursions.

The prefects were well represented in all school teams, while in the academic field they had three brilliant scholars.

I would like to thank the prefects for the wonderful job they have done and Mr. Forster for his helpful advice.

C. L U M S D E N , 4A.

This year a number of boys from the fourth form sections have been going into the city to watch a number of plays performed on the stage.

All said they enjoyed the plays, but some enjoyed themselves more whilst travelling to and from the city!

The first play, "The One Day of the Year", proved to be quite interesting, mainly because of the story and because of the fact that the boys could keep up with the story and because they spoke a

R I C H A R D G R I B B E N , 4A. 4th F O R M P L A Y

PREFECT REPORT This year under the capable guidance of prefect master Mr. Forster, the prefects have played their part in the satisfactory functioning of this college.

Throughout the year the prefects have been called upon to do special duties for the headmaster, acting as guides during the Education Week and speech night and

EXCURSION

PREFECTS Back: N. Salmon, J. Lepp, S. Hames, G. Bean, C. Battaglia. C e n t r e : K. J o r t i k k a , K. Le Nepvue, F. Bari, R. Pope, R. Jarvis, A. T a n o c k , T. Rolfe. F r o n t : K. Menzies, J. J u b b e r , M r . W . H. H o r b u r g ( H e a d m a s t e r ) , R. G r i b b e n (School C a p t a i n ) , M r . H. W. Forster ( P r e f e c t M a s t e r ) , B. Rowe, T. W a r d .

Absent: G. W i t h e r s ( V i c e - C a p t a i n ) , B. M o r r i s .

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language which the boys are so accustomed to using!

"The Shifting H e a r t " was another excellent play. It was about a family of New Australians set in the "dead heart" of Collingwood. This was excellently performed, but, judging by some students' opinions, it lacked some of the spirit of the previous play.

Ray Lawler's "Summer of the Seventeenth Doll" was one of the most popular of those seen. The last play witnessed to date, "The Ballad of Angels' Alley", received an encore from a group of boys up at the back of the theatre, mainly a group of Footscray Tech. boys who kept applauding and crying out for more. The cast must have come back six times if not once and still they persisted in calling out.

Eventually gave up and went home.

Form Four hopes to visit more plays in the future and all hope they will be as enjoyable as the previous plays.

form master, Mr. Armstrong.

We have two boys who won scholarships; they are Peter Valentine and Greg Mitchell.

We were well represented in sporting activities and had boys in football, softball, tennis, table tennis, swimming and athletic teams.

We had five boys in the college choir, John Collins in the college band.

During Education Week we went to Williamstown Town Hall to listen to the choir and to hear the band.

With all these things combined, Form I B has had a most successful year, and we would like to thank all the teachers who have given us confidence in the subjects they have taught us.

G. G R I B B E N , D. WOODS. 1C In 1C we have some great athletes—for instance, Terry McLeod, Kerry Reilly, Raymond Reilly, Ian Jones, Rodney O'Brien and Colin Maddy. They can all play football and cricket.

BILL C O R C O R A N , 4A. 1A This year has been very successful for 1A because of the co-operation of all.

The six boys of 1A who won scholarships were J. Fumi, N. Anderson, W. Voss, R. Smith, R. Palmer and Rob P l a m e r These achievement entitle the boys to free books for three years.

Representatives of our form in the swimming team were: Ken Kennedy and James Morris. Boys in the football team were K. Kennedy, J. Fumi, N. Day and D. Johnson, also we had two boys in the athletic team and four boys in the softball team.

Our form had six boys in the college choir and two boys, G. Brown and J. Nolan, in the band. During Education Week we went to Williamstown Town Hall for the musical festival.

Most of us have had a successful year— thanks to the college.

The most exciting trip we enjoyed was to the Coca Cola factory. When we arrived at the factory, Mrs. Harding showed us around; we saw the bottles being washed and rinsed and put on a tray and sent along to be filled and the tops put on. The factory itself cost £25,000 to build.

In the social service we did not get the most money, but we had the best contributors. Leo Alison, Gary Kicks and Tony Martino averaged £1 per month.

The egg appeal was a great success—we collected 600 eggs with John Robinson away in front with 250 eggs and the Reilly brothers next with 219 eggs. We had a day at the Royal Show for collecting so many eggs.

LESLIE HARDING, RAYMOND REILLY. ID

NEIL ANDERSON. KEN KENNEDY.

This year, under the guidance of our hard-working Mr. Coates, I D have completed a very successful year.

We congratulate Wilhelm Braak for the scholarship he has won.

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SWIMMING Back: G. Robinson, R. C u r w o o d , W . Roper, K. C a m p b e l l . C e n t r e : R. W e b s t e r , L. Nason, G. Boubis, R. K i r k w o o d , B. Dilks, J. Davidson. F r o n t : G. Lanyon, J. C l a r k , J . S h a r p , G. M c D o n a l d , K. Le Nepvue, R. Rayner, J. Foster.

BASEBALL Back: M r . W a t t s , G. S t u r n i e k s , L. Strong, R. Chugg, J. Van der F r o n t : J. Baker, R. B a r r o n , A. T a n n o c k , J. M a r r i o t , W. T h o m p s o n , J.

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Illingworth.

Congratulations to Noel Bunce, Graham Geysing and Colin Kirkwood on making the football team.

In conclusion I would like to thank Mr. Dellar for his help and assistance to 1L this year.

C. K I R K W O O D .

Hans Kasylaba has done very well in the jiou-e sports, where he achieved two wins cj: of three. Apart from our school work some of the activities I D took part in were:—The egg appeal (2nd place) and the college choir.

We went to Olympic Park and swimming pool for the school sports.

We want to thank all of our teachers for the help they have given us during the year.

2 A Composed through the strenuously combined efforts of G. Scott and B. Luedecke.

2A although it is said to be the brainiest second form, it is also thought by some Swimming Sports.

B. Pannetta, in coming top in the form and eleventh in the first form, received a Footscray City Council scholarship. The form captain is K. Ashton and vice-captain is F. Farrugia.

K. A S H T O N .

1 G Form 1G has been outstanding right through the year with competitors in most sports. We have had many boys in school teams, For example in football we had: H. Saunders, B. MacDonald, T. McRae, G. Leonard, W. O'Gorman, J. Hammond, K. Campbell, B. Boswell, N. Barron, W. Uren, L. Johns. In soccer — C. Galea and P. Scorer. In basketball — T. McRae, and G. Leonard. We came third in the social service with £ 7 . 1 2 . 6 i with top contributors — D. Hargraves, W. Uren, P. Score, W. O'Gorman, P. Grube, J. Wagstaff, C. Barron and M. Bicknell.

The most outstanding boys in the scholastic field in the half year were — P. Score with three other boys close behind him in second places — G. Leonard, L. Johns and B. MacDonald. In the intertech sports we had one competitor who was B. Boswell. Our form captain is B. MacDonald and vice captain J. Hammond.

B. M a c D O N A L D .

1L I would like to congratulate the form on a wonderful year. I am proud to be form captain because Norman Mitchell is captain of the 1st form football team.

He also made the Australian Schoolboys' under 14 team. I congratulate Charlie Evans, John Alessi and Trevor Phillpot on being in the top 20 boys of the first form.

Raymond White has been working very well to help the Social Service, for tennis: Graham Downie. The best pupil for 1H in the mid-year examinations was Rodney Cook.

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1H form master is Mr. Chrisfield.

Peter Allison is form captain and Victor Andjelkovic is vice-captain.

1H have done well in collecting items for the college; for instance social service in which we came fourth out of the whole college, and also eggs and money for the Footscray & District Hospital.

Recently we had the metropolitan technical schools athletic sports, in which all Melbourne technical schools competed. 1H had one representative, who was Peter Allison. In the local school sports we had for basketball: Ray Burns and David Rogers; for soccer: Victor Andjelkovic;

Form 1K has been very active during the year. The boys have contributed £ 8 / 1 7 / 6 for social service, bringing them up to second place at the end of the second term.

There have also been a number of boys who have played for the school's teams.

They are:—for football: B. Pannette, P. Herrick, G. Collins and R. Batties; for softball: N. Peters, J. Ebell and A. Dagg; for basketball: 'N. Isbister and K. Ashton; for soccer: C. Lambeth. G. Robinson was the only boy in the college to win first place in a diving event at the Combined 59

teachers to be the riff-raff of the second form. The leader in most of our mischievous activities is Serge Kislinski (known as the Wild M a n f r o m Austria).

His second-in-command is Wayne Harris, an ace gunner, whose specialty is shooting sparrows. Bill Szuch is a budding young scientist who knows as much as any teacher about the molecular structure of the atom which when split by the crazy inventions of Roger Levy may result in total disaster.

Ian Brown is our fishing enthusiast but there is a rumour that at the moment he is hoping to hook a good-looking girl-friend, namely Lorraine. His partner in crime is Terry Rosewarne known as Big Rosey. He is 5ft. Sin. tall.

Andrew Stoits has appropriately given the name of "clumsy". At the ent he is laboriously endeavouring to the art of playing handball. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; B. DECKE.

time left for "sensationalism" (see dictionary).

Our leader is Chris Cotoglon, who rides high in the saddle and fires his water pistol from the hip. T o m D'Amico, John Schewtschenko, "Jamie" Davies and "Greasy" Greer have shown us what brains are for. Must mention Geoff Neil â&#x20AC;&#x201D; he's providing the ink. Keith Bell catches snakes. "Bugs" Bunning has a charming smile on his dial, while Lazar Boilancu speaks three languages. David Martin, " T o n n o " Muster and Ian Hunter speak only one language, but that doesn't hold them back.

Greg Evans and Geoff Goodwin say little and do less. "Muscles" Sofia has forgotten where he put the shot 'n Meager and Shafts are here on "exchange". Think we lost on this deal. Ross Amiquet chases a football while A. Cochran, P. McDonald and L. Reid work so well that they give the form a good name.

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2D F o r m 2 D is ably led by "Big" Chief" Dennis Westacott.

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ATHLETICS Back: G. T o m l i n s o n , C. Charleston, D. M a t h e w s , J. Lepp, W. H a r r i s , R. D o w e l l , G. P r i d m o r e , Centre: A. Beckensall, E. N o r m a n , B. Sorraghan, A. Saunders, D. Ryder, T. Ralph, Scott, M e r t o n !

F r o n t : R. Stevens, M . Allen, A. Innocent, M r . Spencer, C. Hughes, T. Patterson, G. M c C a l l .

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in comand is "Little Chief" Michael Dye (we often wish he would!).

Brian Parke plays football and pinball machines, " P o m " Charrington left his brewery in England while " M o o n " from outer space is out of place. " J o e " Malvaso knows that two laps of Olympic Park is a long way more "vino" and less pasta may help. Rocco Pizzinga, Eugenio Sorbello and Guiseppe Americo (what beautiful tags!) are also spaghetti-eaters.

Though Jeff Petersen was a homegrown Swede, but his father was born in Footscray. From the jungles of Darkest Africa comes "Yarpie" Milne — he's here to be civilized.

Mix brains and football and what do you get? "Mushy" Hindmarsh. Lawrie Smith has gone from motor-bikes to threewheelers and Ray ensures "that empty vessels or Pitts make the most noise".

Ian Corby is a definite "yes" man.

Wayne Lucas is the Moon's body-guard and "Big Nick" Nicholls is half-way to heaven. "Holiday" Halliday and "Ginger" Ryder provide classroom comedy, while J. Smith and R. Wilkins do their best to make a teacher's life worthwhile.

teaching is very comprehensive. thanks to everyone during the year.

R.

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WOLEDGE.

2 E The year 1962 has been filled with many incidents. A boy named A. Rush, who by the way has hair like a coarse-wire brush, told me he has had a very enjoyable year.

It's a pity the teachers didn't think the same way.

For we have had more fun this year than in the past years. Our social studies teacher (whose name I do not wish to reveal) has given us a lot of fun, and has given us periods off or half-periods. I should say Mitsos is "the brain" of the form—in the sporting world, of course.

Jackson, the brain, and bush kid of the form received 93 for craft. Woledge, is the "Chiner" boy whom we all call "Wong". The Scotchy is Murdoch who wears a kilt to school. Lately he has been doing a lot of detention. L. Finnis is the "cool daddy", he combs his hair like a life-saver. And for the record he swims like a rock.

The year really has been quite enjoyable. And we all hope that year 1963 will be half the fun of this year.

2 E We have spent a very enjoyable but rowdy year in 1962. Some teachers, the boys and I have noticed, have not given us a good time! But they do teach us well.

PETER

WAKEFIELD.

2G Form 2G is a notable form of notable characters. Take note — Captain Chapman takes charge from the rear, but after a lecture on "qualities of leadership" he's vowed to go ahead.

We have added much to the culture you've noticed at Footscray Technical College. "Fatso" Bradley sang in the choir until Mr. Watts discovered him. Donovan "Ness" Elliott and "Waldo" Walters add the class brass to the college band. "Good" Evans always has an answer — though rarely correct. "Intestines" (more polite) Chugg shares the academic honours with " M u m a " Hetherington.

Our swimming ace, Russell Webster organizes the college as chief pip-squeaker.

For sheer hard work, Max Gale feels en-

The smallest member of staff, often gives quite a fright, as we are making quite a racket he walks up (unseen) then yells at the top of his voice, no one pays any attention thinking that it is just a kid yelling. Then all of a sudden we see his small frame beside the door and everyone jumps to attention.

The joker of the form is Lance Finnis; even after he gets the strap (even six) he walks back with a grin on his face.

The new boy of the form is Geber (or somethin') it is unbelievable the way in which he has picked up his work. Our small boy is Graeme Hall who is always hanging around with Hadyn (the Bush Kid) Jackson.

Our form master is Mr. J. D. Shand, a very audible person, and his maths.

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titled to take every Friday afternoon off. " H e didn't look sick!"

Blondie (genuine) Curwood, J. Williams, Shane Maddox and B. Hawkins have eased Footscray Football Club's anxiety about losing Ted Whitten. "Touch your toes, Hose" and "Bend! Z e n " don't deserve it.

"Rubbernose" Hawkins and "Specks" Felsovary's infamous claims to fame cannot be printed. Carroll, Mustafa, Williamson and Sexton add poise to the form.

owski (an Englishman!) are the brains of the class, the others form the day!

"Fishy" Acquaro answers questions before they are asked, while his opposite numbers are Tom McCormack and 'Weaky" Strong, who won't answer questions after they've been asked. W. Van Maanen and F. Defeu sometimes do their English in Dutch â&#x20AC;&#x201D; most baffling. V. Kinniburgh comes along now and then for old times' sake. Pritchard and Guppy belong to our mosquito fleet and would make good specimens for Bradley to work on with his microscope.

Herr Bodo Helms and Signor Zappula add the continential flavour. We are lucky to have "Curly" Miller and "Ninny" Nind, who ensure that 2 ' E L L doesn't become 2 HELL.

2 H Led by Koltuniewicz 2 H has prospered this year. Our personalities include Elso (Little Fat Man), Patterson (Pin-head), Wells and others.

Our artist is Ray Worth whose work was very prominent during Education Week. Our Mr. Anti-Phys. Ed. is Taylor, who has smartened his ideas up recently under the teachers' constant pressure. In sport we have been represented by Meyers (tennis), Wilkinson, Mills (football) and Benson (baseball). We would like to thank Mr. Birch for his help this year.

3 A To open my account on F o r m 3A, it first must be stated that we have the "brains" of the third form.

Consisting of twenty-five pupils, the form has kept up the tradition of the " A " forms, having one prefect who is also form captain, by name Kari Jortika. It has supplied boys who have represented the school in sport; football has been represented by Herbert Park, John Fincher and Stello Mottek; soccer by Frank Vallari; Kari Jortika, Jefery Bently and Stellio Mottek; lacrosse by Ronald Dowell; tennis by Jefery Bently and Ronald Dowell; cross country running by Graeme Harris and Greg Pridmore.

At the mid-year examinations, three " A " boys occupied the first ten places, the pupil who received the last place came 45th out of 209 boys in the third form.

In classes we all "act the goat" now and again, but the teachers get the whip cracking, and off to work we go. Summing up, I am proud to be a member of the 3A f o r m . â&#x20AC;&#x201D; V A U G H A N BECK.

2 K 2K is led by Matthews and Comedian McNeil. While the form master Mr. Van Dalen is working in his office, outside the 2K mob is throwing clay at Butler.

Meyers and Phelan are the sportsmen of our form.

Richardson and Pamich lead the brains. What with Huxley and his dogs and Larcombe with his fishing they haven't much time to learn the work as part of the teachers' wishes.

2L "All work and no play makes John a dull boy." 2L's ambitious hope and motto is "All play and no work will make us smart boys."

"Willie" Polidano is our efficient form captain and footballer, while big brother Charlie Polidan also kicks a football and is our champion baby-sitter. Geoff Loft keeps the meat for pigeon pies while Emmanuel 'Black Arab" Vardis is a kingsize boy scout. Gary Alea and Alan Ulan-

3 B In form interesting during the I feel that them.

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3B this year various events have taken place course of the year and you should hear about

One of the biggest surprises so far this year was the mid-year exams, where only three boys failed in English and maths.

Also a very good effort was given to the solid geometry exams, by Noel Curry and Myron Husiak who both topped the form with 1 0 0 % .

This year there are two good prefects in 3B, Fabian Bari and Robert Jarvis who are both doing a fine job in their line of duty. In the sporting field we have F. Bari, a good basketballer, and Myron Husiak, a good lacrosse player and Richard Spargo and Barry Edwards two fine footballers.

Our form master this year, Mr. Martin, has done a very good job along the banking and social service lines. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; K E V I N CASEY. 3 F

in the mid-year examinations.

Seven pupils got within the first 100 from all the 3rd forms. Three boys out of seven got within the first 50. As we are not the most outstanding class, this was pretty good going.

We do manage to distinguish ourselves in the sporting field. George Boubis, was an excellent goal keeper for the school soccer team. He also distinguished himself as a diver and went on to represent the school in the inter-school swimming sports.

Some people in Form 3H will be contributing a lot to the future. To mention a few names Alan Morris a farmer, Colin Charlston pastry cook, John Rogers pilot and Athol Boxshell an architect. So you can see the world will have its hands full for a while when these bright lads get going.

So far this form has done well in everything it has tackled and we are all hoping for success in the final examinations.

JOHN BUNDY. 3 L

My form, 3F, has gained a great reputation as being good at sports as well as being a highly generous form.

When money for social service is required, the form "digs deep" so to speak, and quite often gets as much as 8d! But sometimes the form forgets, and so our form master Mr. Spencer comes to us in our hour of need, and puts in the required amount.

A few weeks ago we were told to collect eggs for the Footscray Hospital, with the result being that the form immediately set to, and collected the grand total of 1 egg and 2 i d ! Seriously speaking we have many fine sportsmen in the making. Dalton, Crick, Phelan, are just some of our many sportsmen.

But we have brains as well as brawn.

At least half the form managed a place in the first 100. The boy who topped the form was Petersen, with 79 per cent, followed by Harboard, Norman, and Peake.

We have a prefect, Pope, We think he has done a fairly good job but I have some doubts as to whether the teachers think along the same lines.

On the whole I think we are a fairly good form. I also have some doubts about that statement from the teachers' point of view. But anyway . . . â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Y o u r s truly, RON PEAKE. 3 H

To open my account of 3L we are a bunch of smart boys except for one or two.

We have 23 pupils and our form captain is Lex Saunders. He represents our school in cross country running. Our vice captain is John Foster a great swimmer even though he does the dog paddle, but he won some races. Graeme Barrie is our motor bike maniac. John Buckley is in the school band and plays the trombone.

Sosinowskie came top of form 3L. Our form teacher, Mr. Meenan is a great guy and our thanks go to him for his help.

3 K I will now try to explain most of the incidents that happened this year in my presence in 3K. At the start of the year when I found out who was in 3K I realised then, that it was going to be pretty rowdy during class, and that most of us would make the Footscray Technical Football team. Two weeks before the mid-year examinations 3K must have been the quietest form in the school, but as soon as the examinations were over we returned to our old habits.

Form 3 H, although not the top form of the school, did quite well 63

Another humorous character is Charles Hughes who besides being the form's rock 'n roll piano player, is energetic enough to be a cross-country runner. In the form are a few government employees namely in the person of " L u m b o " the locker merchant who is the college locker attendant. Robert Harsley is the college messenger boy better known as Wells Fargo. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; J. I L L 1 N G W O R T H .

When the school sports arrived our form was again out there in front, with Rodney O'Connor winning the shot putt each time he tried, and beating his own record of 40ft. by 3ft. This made 3K rank fairly high in athletics (not to forget that we did extra well in the examinations).

B. T H O M A S .

4 A As most forms 4A has some weird and interesting characters.

One of these such characters is Allen H. Innocent who besides being the form's "clown" is an all time cross-country runner.

The form's Romeo is Richard Gribben, who is always in a dream or else talking about what happened on Saturday night.

"Clogs" Van de Graff and Austrianborn Bocksteiner were two industrious students who just scraped through the midyear exams. The form's brain-student is a neat, sophisticated and athletic type of boy in the person of John H. Lepp who topped form 4 at half-year with an average of 90.

Back:

G. M c D o n a l d ,

4 B F o r m 4B for this year have had a very succesful year in social service. All the boys have contributed at 2d. a week to it with Stan Sudimor ("Suds") being the best contributor averaging more than 1 / - a week.

In the sporting field, Allan Tannock led the baseball team with a fair amount of success. Michael Levett and Gary Singline were members of the lacrosse team, which also had a reasonable success. This is a fairly rough game and was to their liking!

BASKETBALL K. J o r t i k k e r , T. Patterson, D. Z i g l i o t t o . F r o n t : N. Freestone, K. Le Nepveu, M r . B a r r a t t , F. Bari, R. G r i b b e n .

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F. Van de Meer,

Terry Rolfe and Allan Tannock are the prefects of the form. Terry is a very good prefect, you ask him, he'll tell you. Mr. Forster has proved a capable form master, being largely responsible for our social service efforts.

The big bov of the form, Des Randall, standing at 5ft. lin. is still getting away with half-fares and probably will for a long time to come.

Graham McDonald proved very versatile in the sporting field playing football, basketball and swimming as well. Graham Murphy, Neville Buzza and Ron Evans are the quiet boys of the form. When forced to speak once, Ron said he would like to be a singer.

Generally taken, Form 4B has proved a very capable one.—R. JACKSON.

the sporting side most of our class are associated with college teams.

We have only one prefect in our f o r m — the lovable and sporting-minded John Robert Jubber. D. Zigliotto is captain of the school soccer team whilst Roderick McNeil is vice-captain of the school football team.

We have one boy in our form repeating 4th year, G.W., who came equal top of our form. On the whole 4D this year is not a bad bunch of boys (to the boys themselves, that is). The teachers have very different opinions.—ALAN R I C H E S .

4 E This year the fourth form has been graced with the formation of an art class which has been dubbed 4E.

4 C

Perhaps " E " stands for "enthusiasm" which is best described by our prefect with the amazing talent for finding an interesting topic from a piece of trampled paper.

Well, this year 4C is the most liked form in the college, especially

by Mr. Lambart!

The next outstanding boy is Philip (Whoooa) Goodwin, who, when not fighting, tries to do his work. Our form captain, this year is John (Twinkle) McKay who never missed to bring the roll in at the right time.

Bruce Leakie who is one of 4C's bright boys seems to be very well liked by all the teachers round the college. There is also John ("Scone") Coward who is our motor cycle fan, John's waiting for the day when he can ride his first motor cycle to college.

Our boy with the beat is Rudolph ("Crown Prince") Blums, who spends most of his lunch hours in the art room displaying his artistic ability. In the sporting field, we have Ken Menzies who is captain of our football team and also Bernard Sorregan who is in the cross country running team.—J. D I N H A M .

Among our talented students we have been honoured with the character of " D a p h n e " Rider, a pure genius he can be the life of the party; the next he may be half a world away.

In our midst we find a personality known as Ralph, alias Sparrow Legs, alias Toad Baron. To his credit we attribute our reputation as the best maths class ever to enter a maths lesson.

For our class mascot, "Boyde Bird", we have to thank our friend Daryl. Thanks to his help we can always be traced for our crimes.

Our noisiest personality award goes to Robert Wells. H e has received this coveted award for his ability to fall off his science room chair at least once a period, subsequently ruining the concentration of at least one pupil.

Our recently held beauty contest was won by the charming Miss Fella, who is quite seriously thinking of joining a sewing lesson instead of sport.

Among us we have the superb sportsman in Jeffrey Marriott. • He is the best pitcher the college has produced. At least that's what he tells us quite regularly!

To be called a girl-slayer might worry

4 D In 4 D this year we have quite a good bunch of rascals and although the year has nearly gone we have had our triumphs as well as disappointments.

Ronald Druber, our belated slow coach is the pride and joy of our form, while on 65

some people but not our proud Becco. His only complaint is that the office where the chalk and girls are stored is too far from the class room.

When our Science teacher is at a loss for matches he is confronted with many helpful offers, but what they use these articles for still remains a mystery.

F r o m this maze of human entanglement there remains one apt and conscientious four-eyed star â&#x20AC;&#x201D; me!

On the serious side we wish to thank the founder of this art course for giving us a grounding in what we hope will be our future c a r e e r s . â&#x20AC;&#x201D; G A R R Y M c C A L L .

players. The only thing holding them back is experience. There are about twenty players in the band and each one has a chance of becoming a good player with a bit more practice.

The conductor of the band is Mr. B. Shea. H e has done an excellent job in teaching the boys to read music, and teaching them to play an instrument. The Secretary, Mr. Watts, also has done an excellent job too. H e has done all the organizing for the band and has even given up his own time to do jobs, and take instruments into the city for repairing.

The band should go on progresing and should be taking part in competitions next year.

F.T.C. BRASS B A N D This year's band has functioned fairly well considering that most of the boys are first or second year

BERNIE

SORRAGHAN,

LACROSSE Back: R. Dowell, R. Palmer, G. Singline.

C e n t r e : D. C l a r k , I. W i l s o n , Bradley, M . Levett, Husiak. F r o n t : J. Foster, E. Falla, J. O ' C o n n o r , D. Rayner, I. Park, R. K i r k w o o d .

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4C.

B a c k : G. W a g h o r n e , M . Salmon, Ja r v i s , R. Spargo, J. L o n z a r i c h , O ' C o n n o r , M . Phelan, R. Pope, S. T. W a r d , F. Bari, J. J u b b e r , K.

FOOTBALL â&#x20AC;&#x201D; FIRST EIGHTEEN T. V i t a l e .

Second: S. Hames, P. M a h e r , G. Bean, B. E d w a r d s , R. C. B o h n k e . T h i r d : R. G r i b b e n , R. Menzies, F. Van de M e e r , R. Pajak, H. M i t s o s , M r . C h r i s f i e l d .

F r o n t : N. M i t c h e l l , E. S o r r a g h a n , Le Nepveu, R. M c N e i l , M . M i t c h e l l .

SECOND FORM FOOTBALL T E A M Back: C. J a k o v i d i s , C. Priestly, C. W i l k i n s o n , G. N i n d , S. M a d d o x , K. O s t e r f i e l d . C e n t r e : F. Meyer, G. A c q u a r o , C. Polidano, C. Bohnke, T. Rosewarne, B. DiIks, R. S o r r a g h a n , A. Stoitz. F r o n t : W .

Polidano, R. C u r w o o d , G. Fincher, A. F u m i , N. M i t s o s , I. M c D o n a l d , G. Scott, R. Y o u n g .

ATHLETIC

SPORTS

played on the Wednesday afternoon. During the season five games were played, Footscray winning three.

In the second half of the season we won all of our five games and defeated Essendon, the top team. Our best win was against Glenroy 99-8.

We would like to thank Mr. Barratt and Mr. Casey for their assistance during the year.

On the 24th September, the Footscray Technical Athletic T e a m travelled out to Olympic Park to compete in the inter-technical schools' athletic sports.

The events took place on the rainsoaked arena with Footscray succeeding in three events. Winners were Terry Rolfe (Mile), Rod O'Connor (Shot Putt) and Ken Burbridge (220 Yards B. Sprint).

These three were then asked to compete in the championships on the 1st October.

Rod O'Connor was the only winner that day, succeeding in the shot putt. The members of the athletic team would like to thank Messrs. Casey, Cahill, Grenfell and Spencer for their coaching prior to the sports.

RICK GRIBBEN.

LACROSSE R E P O R T This year our lacrosse team met with some success. Most of the players were new to the game at the start of the season, but by the end of the season Footscray were playing good lacrosse.

There are six teams in the competition includin Footscray.

The teams competing were Footscray, Essendon, West Newport, and two Williamstown teams plus Tottenham. Footscray, although inexperienced, won five

BASKETBALL Footscray Technical College entered a basketball team in the western zone school competition,

SOCCER Back: A. D i m e t r i j e v i c , K. J o r t i k k e r , S. Pajak, J. C a r r u l l o , Sieradzki.

Front: M. D. Z i g l i o t t o , M r . B a r r a t t , F. Sussan, F. V i l a r i , G. Baubis.

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Rasanen, F. Faranac,

games and finished third at the end of the season. I think the lacrosse team should be proud of themselves. Although they didn t reach the finals, Footscray fought the season out with courage and determination. Thanks go to Mr. Morgan for looking after the team throughout the season.

The players to win were Les Featherston, who won the open singles and partnered Rick Gribben to win the open doubles. Les Myers and Russell Williams, in the under 14 section, fought hard but were outplayed by more experienced players, while in the under 15 section R o n Dowell and George Crick also faced up against experienced young players.

In the semi-final of the open doubles in the inter-zone finals held at Swinburne, Les Featherston was beaten after a very courageous fight. The only winners were Les Featherston and Rick Gribben, who won the open doubles title, after a very hard semi-final.

The members of the tennis team would like to thank Mr. Chaplin for his transportation and his helpful advice throughout the championships.

R I C H A R D G R I B B E N , 4A.

Best players for the season were John Foster, Ray Kirkwood, Darryl Rayner and Ron Dowl. All these players were new at the start of the season, but advanced into good players quickly. John Foster also played with F.T.C.O.B. lacrosse team.

PETER O'CONNOR. TENNIS This year Footscray competed in the western zone finals at both Williamstown and Footscray courts with moderate success.

CRICKET Back: J. Sharp, L. B a r t l e y , G. Bean. C e n t r e : L. Featherstone, A. K i t c h i n g , R. O ' C o n n o r , R. G r i b b e n , Stevens. F r o n t : M . M i t c h e l l , C. Jackson, M r . C h r i s f i e l d , G. Parker, P. Stanley, G. Waghorne.

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SOCCER

Every year at the school they have football teams for the four forms at the school. One of the teams is the second form one, which is run by Mr. Ledger (coach) and Mr. Harrison, who were responsible for all the wins of the team.

With only one member of the 1961 premier side still at school we were forced to field almost a completely new line up.

But we enjoyed a reasonably successful season, finishing in fourth place in our section behind Collingwood (who reached the Inter-Tech, grand final), Fawkner and South Melbourne.

The first game was one week after the mid-year exams, against Brighton, at home.

On that day we had a very easy win by 10 goals, with the outstanding players being Frank Meyerâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;best on the ground.

Three boys were selected to try for the combined technical schools' soccer team (Carrullo, Ferenac and Zigliotto). But only one succeeded in making the team, Ferenac.

The next game was against Williamstown, who put up a hard fight, but Footscray were too good and scraped home by five points. Later in the year we met them again and won more convincingly by 10 goals.

Just before playing Williamstown again we played Glenroy away and won by 5 points only.

G. F I N C H E R , 2A.

Back:

L. Meyers, L. Featherstone,

R. Dowell.

Team Record Games Played.â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Baubis (Vice, goalkeeper), 10; Laze (right back), 5; Rasanen (left back), 8; Dimitrijevic (right half), 10; Ferenac (centre half), 10; Carullo (left

TENNIS F r o n t : R. G r i b b e n ,

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Chaplin,

R.

Crick.

half), 9; Mottek (outside right), 10; Zigliotto (Capt., inside right), 10; Villari (centre forward), 8; Sussan (inside left), 8; Jortikka (outside left), 10; Emergencies: Pajak (left back), 7; Forza (right back), 4; Williams (inside left), 4; Seradzki (inside left), 3; Bentley (centre forward), 2.

Goals Kicked.â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 6; Villari, 4.

Mottek,

1;

3; Sussan, 2; Jortikka, 3; Pajak, 1; Williams, 1; Bentley, 2.

Consistent players throughout the season were: Ferenac, Zigliotto, Baubis, Carullo, Mottek, Rasanen, Dimitrijevic. While there were others to show out from time to time.

The thanks of the team go to Mr. Barratt for his capable coaching and his interest in the team generally. He also coached this year's inter-tech team.

Zigliotto,

Times Among Best.â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Baubis, 8; Laze, 2; Rasanen, 4; Dimitrijevic, 4; Ferenac, 4; Carullo, 3; Mottek, 5; Zigliotto, 8; Villari,

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A P P R E N T I C E S H I P . A limited n u m b e r of a p p r e n t i c e s h i p s in all skilled t r a d e s a r e offered each year. T r a i n i n g takes place in the new A p p r e n t i c e T r a i n i n g School equipped with m o d e r n metal m a c h i n e r y . Trained instructors supervise training while t h e w e l f a r e a n d progress of each a p p r e n t i c e is the responsibility of the Master of Apprentices. D e p e n d i n g on entry qualification a n d test, apprentices will be allocated to trade o r engineering practices; t r a d e apprentices qualify ultimately as t r a d e s m e n , engineering apprentices as detail d r a u g h t s m e n or professional engineers. T h e I n t e r m e d i a t e Technical Certificate (or equivalent) is n o w desired f o r all apprentices appointed by the C o m p a n y . s t a n d a r d is Leaving (preferably M a t r i c u l a tion) Certificate including appropriate science a n d m a t h e m a t i c s subjects.

T E C H N I C A L . C h e m i s t s a n d Engineers of all kinds a r e needed to assist in the C o m pany's m a n u f a c t u r i n g construction, research and development departments.

Young people starting on technical careers are given a t h o r o u g h on-the-job training while u n d e r t a k i n g part-time study to gain qualifications. Study is encouraged by r e f u n d i n g fees f o r subjects passed at e x a m i n a t i o n s , and an allowance of up to two half-days per week is granted f o r a t t e n d a n c e at d a y time lectures. T h e m i n i m u m educational

C O M M E R C I A L . T h e C o m p a n y ' s activities offer careers in such fields as Advertising, Sales, Accounts a n d Finance.

Applicants should have completed their Leaving (preferably Matriculation) Certificates.

For further information, and to make application for a position with the Company, apply personally or hy letter to: â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

The Personnel Department IMPERIAL C H E M I C A L I N D U S T R I E S O F A U S T R A L I A & N E W Z E A L A N D 1 NICHOLSON STREET. EAST MELBOURNE PHOXE FB0201.

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Congratulations f r o m the Colonial Gas Association Ltd. to all those students who have completed a successful year's studies.

Also to the Footscray Technical College for another year of progress.

Gas is the fuel for Speed and Efficiency, for all Domestic, Commercial and Industrial uses

Allow us to assist you f r o m our Showrooms at 12 Paisley Street

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