The Echo Issue 12, Term 2 2021 by Camberwell Grammar School

ECHO Issue #12

Term 2, 2021

Interview with the SCHOOL CAPTAIN House Music meet your Prefects realms 2021

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e are now well into 2021 and for us at Camberwell, at least, life is largely back to normal. The team at the Echo very much has wished to reflect that. So, in this edition we have resolved not to lament the misfortunes of yesteryear and try to bring back a sense of ‘normalcy.’ This Echo packs a punch – we have tried to make it as engaging as possible and in that I think we have succeeded.

We begin with an interview about the School Captain himself, Lukas Doblin who reminisces on his time at CGS over the years and tries to defend his height. We then profile the other prefects, compiling them in a crossword. First to send in their correctly completed crosswords gets … well … bragging rights and an acknowledgement in the next edition of the Echo. Next, up read about Summons’ spectacular triumph in House Music (what even is a Bridgland anyway.) Aidan Harris summarizes the events of the night as he still recovers from his final and most conclusive defeat. Want to learn more about your 2021 prefect team, check them out in all their glory and and give a shot at the accompanying crossword. Then read on a find more about Camberwell legend Dr K himself: Learn what happens if you get caught taking short-cuts in translation – it’s not ritual disembowelment, but it’s pretty bad. If in any doubt, the Captain of Bridgland will gladly testify.

CONTENTS Discover the future of publications at CGS in 2021, with a school podcast up and coming. Most importantly, learn how to win up to $500 cash-in-hand for simply writing something. Then Charles Lewis and Riley Woolfe runs down House Athletics and remarks on … spectacular victory. We have a couple of challenging puzzles to do this year; namely, a cryptic crossword puzzle from Mr Worsnop and a further crossword compiled on the Royal Family. Yet again, completing these gains acknowledgement in next term’s edition. It has been an enormous privilege to have been Editor of the Echo, but it’s a job which requires a lot of support and so an enormous congratulations to Tom Georges, Aidan Harris, Jayden Thai, Ashton Nunn, Matthew Lung, Charles Lewis, Mr Worsnop and Rian MacLennan, who fantastically contributed to the Echo this year. I am grateful also to Luke Doblin and Dr Kusserow for subjecting themselves to the rigorous scrutiny of our interviewers. Most of all, a huge thanks to Nick Sarlos-Welsh, who put this whole issue together. From the front desk of Alastair Joshi, Prefect for Publications and Editor of the Echo

Interview with The School Captain

Meet your captain Luke ‘Dobby’ Doblin

House Music 2021

Aidan Harris returns to give his insight into the house music competition festival

Meet the Prefects

Prefect Crossword

Interview with Dr Kusserow

Get a look at all of them in all their glory

You may think you know them but it’s time to put your money where you mouth is

A latin master. A Camberwell legend. Tom Georges and Jayden Thai chat with Dr. K

Realms 2021

Flex your creative muscles for a chance to win up to $500

Podcast 2021

Yeah. We have a podcast now.

House Athletics Report

A Right Royal Problem

Mr Worsnop’s Cryptic Crossword

Hop, skip and jump over to this athletics review

No. It’s not too soon ... maybe

Can you top the snop’

the captain Read on for an exclusive interview with Camberwell’s 2021 school captain: luke ‘dobby’ doblin’

ell us about your history at cgs

My history … that’s a good one. Well, I joined in year 7 like a lot of people so that was a very interesting transition from primary to CGS – it’s such a different school, not just because it’s a high school, but because of all the different things we have going on here such as our singing or debating for the first time. Mr Wyatt was my first year 7 teacher – he was really inspirational at the start, helped me push myself, challenge myself, make the most of the time I have. Everyone tells you at the start of your journey that it goes very quickly and you don’t really believe them towards the end, but by the time you get there, you realise that the time you spend at school is quite short. As for favourite years, y12 is really good so far. But maybe I can tell you more at the end of the year.

m: Why did you want to become school captain? Just for the badge. No, it’s one of those things – I think I’ve always been a leader and I like to lead. Also I thought that this school and the people here and the community here has given me so much, so I’d like to give back and to see that those in the future have the opportunities that I did and see the school keep going in a positive direction and hopefully leave my mark here.

A: Why do you think you were made school captain?

A: OK, quick fire round .... favourite food

My good looks, my height - Nah, I think that’s a question you might have to ask Dr Hicks or Mr French. As I said before I think I have good qualities; I relate well to people; I’m very approachable; I’m happy to do the jobs that others that might find tedious and boring – I’m happy to sacrifice my time. I also got lucky I suppose.

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M: favourite sport m: Worst thing about CGS? Long Pause - If I had to give one pet peeve its that our sports shorts don’t have any pockets. But if I had to think seriously about it, I think sometimes we have too many people who are so high-achieving that other people get intimidated and don’t want to try. We have so many great athletes, musicians and debaters, so many people who get such high results academically that for some people that would be pretty scary or intimidating.

A: FAvourite subjects?

m: What would you like to do in the role? What are your main aims? That’s a good question. I think every year each school captain has had a different vision or plan of what they’d like to see happen to the school and some work better than others. This year, after everything that happened last year, we’ve probably got more people who are feeling isolated or disconnected and aren’t as much a part of the community as they could be. So it’s really my goal to bring back and foster the sense of community we’ve had for years and to make this place as inclusive as possible, where everyone can realise their potential.

A: Best thing about CGS? There’s a lot of good things we have going on around here. One thing I’ve really enjoyed is the choir, which is great to be part of. Definitely at other schools you wouldn’t find so many boys willing to sing in a group. It’s not even the music element but the fact that we all work together and are all in unison and connected with each other.

I’ve always been more than a maths-science kind of guy. So I love chemistry and I love specialist maths. I wouldn’t say English is my favourite, but we all have to do it.

m: house music predictions? I have to back my boys and say No.1 Macneil. Steven is always hard to beat but its definitely the time for them to lose their throne so No.2 and I’d say maybe Clifford for No.3. But Summons not last though.

A: How tall are you? Ah the classic questions ... tall enough.

M: At least one other prefect has been a longstanding advocate of compulsory height reduction for people over 6 foot. Would you support this and why? Hmm, well I’d be in trouble then wouldn’t I? You better tell me the name of that prefect so I can have a bit of a chat with them.

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A: Footy team Melbourne Demons

M: NIckname Dobby

a & m: luke doblin, sir, thank you very much for your time You are very welcome boys Interview by Ashton Nunn and Matthew Lung (Yr 9)

house music 2021 Both my least professional and most biased piece of journalism, that will undoubtedly get me banned from ever writing in Echo again.

hat can one truly say about House Music 2021? To say it was fragmented is an understatement. Cleaved in two, the competition not only changed rules midway through; the competitors changed too. Transmogrified into beasts of pure musical destruction, house leaders ripped into each other and their houses with a tenacity unseen in previous years, with a rather confused music department cheering on the sideline, praying that a name change from ‘House Music Competition’ to “House Music Festival” would alleviate stress (it didn’t). With the extremely popular theme of Russian folk music, CGS musicians, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed waltzed into gear after a year of lockdowns and disappointment, only to have half their repertoire Thanos-snap-lockdowned away. Braver houses, reigning royal blue kings of House Music Steven and the orange outlier Clifford continued with two, while Bridgland criticised all houses dropping to one song before doing so themselves. Robinson, determined to be quirky, even decided to change their unison song to add parts; in hindsight, whichever fool thought a house could pitch stacked perfect fourths was very ambitious. But the lockdown came and went, and Houses began the routine of early morning rehearsals, this time in masks. Debates as to fair rules were had on zoom calls and in the yard, as, despite a short postponement, the competition festival date moved ever closer. Robinson spent two minutes in the amphitheatre and should have been disqualified and people got mad, but their leader only got a slap on the wrist. Corporal punishment would have been appropriate! Up first were Bridgland, confident in their choice of an up-tempo Russian number. Firmly believing in their chances, their strong leadership team produced .....a very well balanced song

that not only recorded well, but fit the criteria snugly. Robinson, on the other hand, was anything but snug; with two clarinets, two pianos and a bass drum the house received the (unfortunately non-existent) award for most accompanying instruments ever used in a choral song. Although listeners were crying out for a double bass too, the addition of Viking Helmets bemused students and supremely confused the adjudicator. While the piece was in Draconic (duh), the adjudicator nonetheless recommended the appropriate Russian attire for the supposedly ‘Russian’ piece, thoroughly muddying who the bigger nerds were. Derham sang a song. I missed it. I hope it was good. It did pretty well score wise. The conductor was a DJ after all. Now, Schofield. I don’t know what happened in the recording but my goodness, ‘Some Nights’ was by far the best sung piece on the day. Aided by a very strong contingent of tenors, the four part harmony was excellent, and in all reality, Schofield on balance scored far less highly than they should have. Beloved Director of Music and lover of Russian folksongs Mr Bishop vouched for it on the day, and gave it the unofficial award for endeavour this year (read: Schofield was robbed). Next, Macneil’s ‘stavay’ was great as were their dynamics. It seems this year was very much the competition festival of simplicity being key in earning points; leaders of the future, take note. Summons, led by the only Year 11 brave enough to take on the Year 12s this year, Andy Bishop. The demigod himself, opted for sheet music for their Russian song. With a very proud Ms Norris standing by, their performance was awarded 29.5 marks out of 30, the strongest recent performance from the house that had earned the wooden spoon in three previous years.

Steven sung two pieces, one directed by Captain of Music, Daniel D Watson, and the other by the esteemed Vice Captain of the school, Isaac Hui. Both were strong, as was to be expected, with Steven Captain Tom Sun proclaiming in a dictatorial style that their singing would shake the very foundations of the school (while also criticising Robinson), prompting a “calm yourself Tommy” from Mr French. Unfortunately, Steven’s song choice of “Two Less Lonely People in the World” proved to be grammatically incorrect; using the adjective ‘less’ actually refers to the degree the titular ‘People’ experience the feeling of loneliness, rather than a lessening of the number of people who are considered to be, in fact, lonely. In essence, the song was really saying that despite these two people now entering into a relationship, they were still lonely but to a lesser degree than they were before. Luckily the adjudicator wasn’t an English teacher, as Steven scored highly, again proving that determination is 9/10ths of House Music (with the other 10% including having everyone in your instrumental attaining a university level qualification in their respective instrument and having the Captain of Music too). Clifford brought a rather unconventional choice in ‘Wait for It’ from the rather obscure musical, Hamilton. Unfortunately, the title became representative of their hopes of taking out top spot, though their conductor’s jumping was commendable. I would make a joke regarding the translation of their Russian song, ‘Whirlwinds of Danger’, but that became much more prophetic for Derham’s instrumental performance. After the performance of their choral pieces, all instrumentalists made their way to the PAC for the continuation of the competition festival. I’m rapidly running out of words (which happens when one dedicates a paragraph to a rather unfunny obscure grammar joke), so I’ll sum up each instrumental in as few words as possible.

Bridgland: Professional, but Flute used instead of violin. False advertising. Robinson: Definitely the most difficult piece and the most fun. Adjudicator hyped it up but dashed hopes. Schofield: Classical but relatively fun with some more modern cadence points. Schofield Captain Wilson Zhu described himself as ‘choking it’ but results suggest otherwise. Macneil: Do ya’ like Jazz? If so, School Cap on the keyboard can provide. Summons: Do ya’ like modern guitar pieces? If so, the adjudicator would unfortunately disagree. Steven: Captain of Music flexes both his trumpet ability and the fact his house is stacked. My personal winner. Clifford: For a piece that was only rehearsed once before playing, amazing. Please up the tempo for next year though Celli! It was rather interesting to see if the change to a festival would provide any points of differentiation from previous competitions. As far as I can gather, no. But in all seriousness, expanding the accessibility of the competition should remain a focus in the years to come. In all my three years of covering these competitions, one would assume that the decisions by the judges would become clearer; alas, the ranking (again) confused and angered just as many as it brought joy to. If anything, it highlights that the ranking produced at the end of the day is simply someone’s opinion… AND OPINIONS CAN BE WRONG. SCHOFIELD SHOULD HAVE WON AND ROBINSON SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISQUALIFIED

Article by Aidan Harris (Yr 12)

MEET YOUR 2021 PREFECTS

2021 PREFECTS CROSSWORD

What’s the point of being a Prefect anyway? Well, its an interesting question! Badge? Tie? A chance to serve? A chance to lead? … Gate Duty? But, anyway, it’s time to test your knowledge of those who YOU have seen some point and who have been lucky enough to be chosen. Introducing ....

Well you have the names … but how much do you know about them. Attempt the crossword BELOW to see. First person to submit a completed and correct solution gets well … bragging rights and an acknowledgement in the next edition. Hint: If you actually read the rest of the magazine, you’ll find some more hints! 1

TOM SUN Captain of steven

Luke Doblin School Captain

Isaac Hui VICE Captain

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DANiel WATSON Captain of MUSIC

ALASTAIR JOSHI captain of PUBLICATIONS

NICK Sarlos-welsh CAPTAIN OF DRAMA

ADIAN HARRIS captain of PUBLic speaking

TY BEECHEY EVironment prefect

GARNET BREnnan angus oldham senior cadet under officer Junior & middle school liason

JACK HU faith and social justice

FLYNN CHABLE CAPTAIN OF CLIFFORD

TOM GEORGES CAPTAIN OF BRIDGELAND

wilson zhu captain of schofield

angus aikman CAPTAIN OF derham

MARC DALLA RIVA CAPTAIN OF SUMMONS

james harker captain of macneil

jordan mcleery captain of robinson

Liam thomas captain of games

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1. WORKS WITH KIDS 2. MR FRENCH TOLD HIM TO CALM DOWN 3. HOUSE HAS THE WORST SYMBOL 5. FAST 6. 99.95 9. CRICKET 10. DJ 13. ADANI 14. WHO? 16. ARMY

4. HOUSE HAS THE WORST COLOUR 7. TALL 8. LATINIST (SORT OF) 11. PLAYS GUITAR 12. GOD IS THY EQUAL 14. HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING 15. PLAYS THE LAST POST 17. SMOL 18. SOMETHING YOU DO WITH A KNOT

INTERVIEW WITH DR KUSSEROW TOM: FIRST OF ALL, SIR, HOW ARE YOU TODAY? Couldn’t be better, with some of my favourite students. TOM: THAT’S GREAT SIR, NOW TELL US WHY YOU WANTED TO BECOME A LATIN TEACHER INSTEAD OF A FRENCH TEACHER? Well, I’ve always been the sort of first who goes right to the source of things, so I might have started with French or Italian, but ultimately it all goes back to the original best stuff and that’s Latin – or Ancient Greek. JAYDEN: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF PEOPLE WHO COPY AND PASTE THEIR WORK? – ESPECIALLY TRANSLATIONS.

Awkward pause, everyone looks at Tom. Ohh I have no respect for them whatsoever. But those people can be used as a source of entertainment for everyone else. So their use is twofold – one is everyone gets a laugh and the second is we shame them into not doing it again so it all works out well. TOM: IF YOU GO BACK TO ANY PERIOD IN ROMAN HISTORY WHERE WOULD YOU GO TO? That is a very good question. Certainly not early Roman history as it was very nasty brutal and people had short lives. I’d say probably … I think my favourite Emperor is Hadrian – Hadrian’s wall, he did lots of other good stuff as well.

JAYDEN: I THINK IT’S A COMMON STATEMENT THAT LATIN IS POPULAR BECAUSE IT’S SCALING OTHERWISE NOBODY WOULD PICK IT. DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT? I think the scaling certainly helps, but you’ve got to remember the scaling isn’t about the language, it’s about the quality of the students who choose to do it. And I think that says a lot about Latin. It’s intellectually challenging and rigorous in a way, in which other languages aren’t. JAYDEN: WHAT IS IT ABOUT LATIN, WHICH YOU THINK MAKES IT AN ATTRACTIVE SUBJECT? The thing about Latin, that I think makes it attractive to boys is that it’s a code-cracking language and so people who really like that variable-solving sort of process, often with quite mathematical minds, really enjoy Latin. And there’s that feeling when you finally solve it; when you realise it’s gotta be this cause it can’t be that. TOM: I DON’T OFTEN GET THAT FEELING. ANY LAST WORDS SIR? Nothing except that I love spending time with some of my favourite students and it will be a life-long regret that we all didn’t have a chance to go on the Latin Tour. Interview Conducted by Top Latin Students: Thomas Georges and Jayden Thai

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HOUSE ATHLETICS 2021

he day of House Athletics arrived on the 16th of March, a much anticipated respite from the vigours of school. The weather, once again, was perfect, with no rain in sight. The day brought an opportunity for many to participate, support or entirely ignore the many stunning events. The track soon became filled with seas of colour, with different houses vying to dethrone Robinson’s crown of best costume. Many dragons, of both the green and blue variety, were spotted, alongside the usual face paint and coloured hair. Mr Ruffles as always was demonstrating his love for Clifford in his bright orange vector outfit. And despite the new venue being slightly closer to school than last year, the events still managed to start 15 minutes late. It kicked off with the 9b 100 meter sprint, won by Schofield, though despite this early success, Schofield would later fall flat on their face.

Josh Gale, Derham, finally dethroned Jimmy Smith, Macneil, in the long distance events, in his last possible chance to do so.

Many athletes shined through and led their houses to great victories. Sebastian Beck in year 10, yet again, was a dominant force on the track. He demolished in the 100m sprint despite seemingly forgetting to sprint for the first half. Harry Watson, also year 10, led Robinson to a surprise year level victory, dominating long distance events. In year 9, Daniel Chen almost won his 1500 event by a lap, with poor Schofield being lapped in both the year 9 and 10 races. Can’t wait to hear them celebrate this during assembly. Hugo Akse, year 11, won the long jump for Macneil, with his longest leap being greater than even the best year 12.

The day was a fantastic showcase of athleticism, sportsmanship and provided a lot of comedic value. It was a culmination of many teachers and students’ hard work, with all of them putting in the effort to make it run smoothly and mostly on time. A new venue posed new challenges, but the staff rose to it well and the event was as efficient as ever. Because of Covid restrictions the classic rotary sausage sizzle was not present, but apart from that great sadness, the day was a resounding success. All put in their best effort in either participating or supporting, creating an amazing atmosphere, leaving everyone excited for next year.

The relays were a chance for those less confident runners to shine/fall, with the medley b offering many athletes their only opportunity. With points tied at the onset of the relays, they were vital for the houses to secure the victory. Each race earned double points, making them doubly important. There was a hard fought battle between all houses, except Schofield, who were still too busy celebrating their 5th place result in House Music. Clifford came out on top, piping Bridgland to the trophy by 1 point. Macneil and Derham equalled in third, closing out the podium. The costume contest was another easy victory for Robinson, despite pushes from Steven and Clifford, with Mr Ruffles and his band of tradies.

Article by Charles Lewis and Riley Woolfe

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A Right Royal Problem 1

M r . W orsnop ’ s C ryptic C rossword take the challenge and test your skills .

Blank grid can you beat the worsnop ?

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ACROSS:

2. NOT A PRINCE

1. THE BOSS

4. DUKE OF A UNIVERSITY

3. BIG EARS

6. NEE SHARD

5. PROBABLY KILLED DIANA

7. SPEAKS ‘THEIR TRUTH’

8. LEAST KNOWN OF THE QUEEN’S CHILDREN

11. KEEPS INTERESTING FRIENDS

9. PRINCESS ROYALE 10. WILL BE KING 12. ASSASINATED IN 79’ 13. ONCE DRESSED UP IN AN INTERESTING COSTUME

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7 Foreign language teacher? (6) 8 Bird noise is not at “all cool” (3) 9 Teacher at concert venue? (4) 10 Teacher with two relatives (5) 11 Our motto is a bit like “Um, respect” (9) 13 Female teacher? (4) 15 Champion teacher? (6) 16 Help! Attack without resistance (3) 18 New teacher? (5) 19 Teacher in Marxism, I think... (5) 21 Big Bird partially bemused (3) 22 Fake teacher? (6) 24 Teacher put on edge? (4) 27 Stupid crazy brand idea (5,4) 28 Metal band rouses and stirs strong leaders (5) 31 Teacher might hear? (4) 32 Individual half undone (3) 33 Religious teacher? (6)

1. Barman is hiding designer (6) 2. Go back to a French party (4) 3. With hope of starting a global organisation... (3) 4. Sick bay item ruined cake pic (3,4) 5. Raincoat on in cooked chop (6) 6. Succeed like milled grain?? (8) 9. Come back to feel better, reportedly (4) 12. Square seven (Without subtracting first) (4) 14. Outstanding time for pair (4) 17. Elevated part of leg missing the top (4) 18. Entertainment area up for space (4,4) 19. Pets put down, that’s a phase (4) 20. Erodes turbulent drab sea (6) 23. Spooner’s strong attention getter is you, one day (3,3) 25. He doesn’t come for food - painful! (2,4) 26.Turn down after success (4) 29. Hasty irritation (4) 30. Landlubber holds back receding tide (3)

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