1927 Silver & Green

Silver and Green · DECEMBER, 1927"•.

A Delightful Corner. in the Grounds of the M.L.C.

Silver and Green The Magazine of- the Methodist Ladies' College.

DECEMBER, 1927.

Krome

Memorial

G ates at the

M.L.C.

A School without fellowship! One may as easily imagine a sea without waves , a garden bare of flowers, so essential to a school i s this a ll-embracing atmosphere, which is the source of that ideal co-operat ion of pupil with pupil, and of a class with its teacher, wit hout which edu cation cannot att ain its f ull pe rfection- one migh t even say, wit hout which education RETROSPECT view of our years of cannot be, fo r a com p.Jete and adequate . school life may at first fail to reeducatio n , should be a de light both to veal the hidden secret of that afacquire and to impart, and must not defection which binds us to our generate, as it so often does, into an inSchool, which draws its bonds even evitable drudgery, to be dispensed wit h closer a round us as the time for our deat the earliest possible opportunity, or, parture appr oaches.

On e ntering the School for the first . what is a lmost as deplorable, in to a desperate struggle for marks, t hrough time, among m a n y others. e qually strange to their surroundings, a fellow-feeling which the true purpose of education is aris ing from very loneliness forms a bond lost s ight of. of union betwee n each g irl new to the In the r ealm of sport , too, fe llowS'hip is School, and thus are sown seeds ·of friendboth the source and end of team worksh ip from which may arise a widelytha t thorough understanding and sym branching tree, often d estined to e ndure pathy n ecessary for true co-operation, is the tempests which beset it when it is no closely akin to that spirit of friendly longer sheltered by th e School walls.

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rivalry a nd comradeship which pervades the sports field.

And, passing out of School at last, into a world where the s pirit of fellowship is sadly out of evide nce, it m ay seem at first t'hat a universal attitude of frie ndliness is philosophy totally impracticable, a propos,ition too idealistic, for a matterof-fact, material world. But why, if s uch an attitude can be m aintained in a great School, where there are, r elatively s peaking, just as great differences in rank as are to be found in the outside world; and whe re human faults and failings a r e likewise p-r esent, why should it be t'hougbt impracticable to unite in bonds of F ellowship the cities, the countries, the nations of the world?

A great College such as • our own may well serve as a centre from which such a n influence may radiate, for it is represente d in every sphe re of life by g irls and women brought up in this atmosphere of fellowship.

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" Acorns which the winds h ave scattered Future navies may provide," is a quotation which has proved itself many times, and in many connections, and t.'here is no r eason to doubt its t ruth in t his res pect.

Some day, perha ps, there will come a dawn when the sun, now hidden in clouds of e nmity and unfriendly sus picion, will rise triumphant on a world where the nations dwell side by side as brother s , united at last in bonds of F ellowship.

School Notes.

Our round of work and play for 1927 began on February 16, a d ay which marked an epoch in the lives of those e nt ering our portals for the first t ime, and a r enewal of bliss to those who ha d a lr eady tasted of its joys, Our teaching staff was s upplemented t his year by the Misses Bis hop, Kelleway,

Prefects, 1927 .

Standing

( le ft to right) : F. J e nkins, R . H enth , A . Prowse, F . K .r use, ~[. Lancaster, N . ,varren, M. J,lUnle :v. J. Broadbe nt.

S itting: P . \ Vest, B. \l'a.tt, F. l(enn..edy (Senior House), \V. T ltomae and J. \\7(Ll';I'en (Senior Prefects), J. Manton, U. Wilkinson, E. S p eed.

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Associate Prefects, 1927.

Hack Uow (left to rig ht) :

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Hull, 111. Roe. 111. Willson, lll. O,·erend, llf. C hri stensen. B. 11:CcCutch eon , E. Brown, G. Clarke, V. BoycL Middle Row (le ft to right): F. Craitg-, lit. Mcinnes, A . Croft s, J. Cerutty, F. 1\IcDonnld, J. Knowles, L . ru-ause. 1'-C. Br.isiba.ne.

Front Unw (IC'ft" to rig h t): B. Sarah , B. i\lu.rdoc h . I . \l'illia-1ns. O. Rosenberg, 1U. Pr-scoU., E. ShackeU, J. l\IcLennan, J. 1\lcl{cnzie , B . Blay.

Maling, Renton, and Scholes, and, later, at the commencement of second term, Miss Helms a nd Miss Wade came to fill the vacancies caused by the departure of the two Misses Whitehead.

On returning for third term, we were very sorry to learn of the serious illn ess of Miss Hunt, which necessitated her relinquis'hing her position as Lady S upe rintendent for the r emainde r of t he year.

H er work in the House is being a dmirably carried on by Miss Hay, while, in addition, Miss Baker has joined as a day-teacher.

Owing to the illness of he r little da ugh ter Vida, Mrs. Humphreys has been unable to attend to •her school duti es during the p-a st fe\v weeks, but Miss A. Gloyn ver y kindl y consen ted to act as a s ubs titute unt il Mrs. Humphreys s hould be able to r eturn to us .

Among the many visitors to our School we had the pleas ure or · a talk from Dr. Henry Howard, who gave us a delightful

re ndering of t he style of entertainment favoured by Mark Twain.

Another of our visitors was Rev. Thompson, representing the British and Foreign Bible Society, who indicated to us the vast prog ramme of work carried out by the various branches of this Society.

The senior girls were privileged to hear a most ins tructive and educational talk on the objects and operations of t-he League of Nations, given by Mrs. Allen, a forme r s ubstitute d elegate of the League.

For the be nefit of those girls who we re not abie to attend the series of le ctures on Baby Welfare g ive n in 1926, the -course was repeated this year, a nd, as before, was much a ppreciated.

Another addition of a most enjoyable year was the visit of the Adelaide M.L.C. sports teams, which took place during the final week of Second Term.

The School suffered a great loss by the death of the Treasurer, Mr. Lockwood,

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who had long been a faithful friend to u s.

His position as Treasurer has been fiJJed

by Mr. E. 0. Hill.

Again we have occasion to expr ess our gratitud e to Mr. Nicholas, who has m a d e us the generous gift of a perfectly equ i pped modern tuck-shop.

Although this building will not, we fea r, r each comp letion this year, yet it wiJJ await u s as one of the many joys in stor e for 1928.

Acknowledgment of Contemporaries.

The Editors would like to acknowledge the r eceipt of the following School magazines: " Wattle Blossom ," " The Me lburnian," "The Xavierian," "The Ruytonian," "Girls' Gram.mar School Notes," Wesley "Chronicle," "The Pegasus," " U.H.8. ,"'' u The Wyvern," "The Lion," " Sydney M.L.C.," "The Fintonia n," " The Brook."

School Office-Bearers.

Se n ior P refects: W. Thom as, J. Warre n .

S enior House: F. K e nnedy.

P refects: J. Broadbent, R. H eath , F .

J enkins, F . Kruse, M. Lancaster (2nd and 3rd T e rms). M. Lumley, J. Man ton, A. Prouse, G. R oberts (1st '.ferm), E. Speed, N. Warre n, B. Watt, P. W est, M. Wilkinson.

Assc c iates: B. Blay, V. Boyd, M. Brisbane (2nd and 3rd T erms). E. Brown, J. Cerruty, M. Christense n , G. Clarke (2nd and 3rd T erms), F. Craig, A. Crofts, K .

Hull, J. Know les, L. Krause, M. Lambie (1st Term). B. Mccutcheon , F. McDonald, J. McLennan, M. Mc!nnes, J . McKenzie, E. Morris. B. Murdoch, M. Pescott, M. Roe (2nd and 3rd T e rms). D. Rosenbe r g, B. Sarah, E. Shackell, I. Williams, M. W illson (2nd and 3rd T erms ).

Form Capta ins: W. Thomas and J . W11rren (Hon. VI.). M. O verend (Pass VI.). U. M. Har riso n (V.a.), A. Heither (V.b.), J. Marks (V.c.). G. Clarke (Dip. A.), B. Sa,rah (Dip. B.). M. Holding (V.b. Sp.), J. McCrea (XX.) , M. Warne (XX.a.). M. Rickards (L.V.), M. Hyett (V.c. Sp.). L . H ood (Coll.

V .). R. Shaw (Rem. A.). M. Henderson (Rem. B.), B. Evans (IV.a.), L. Amos (IV.b.). P. Ditchburn (IV.c.), G. Fer g uson (IV.d.) , A. Henderson and J . Miers (Junior School) .

S ports Comm it tee: Mr. Le Couteur (ch airman ). Miss Krome, Miss Maling, Miss Parsons, G. Clarke, F. Craig, A. Davis, D. Lacey, M. Overend, B. S-ar ah, W. Thomas, J. Warren, A. Weller, H . Wilke.

S ports Captai ns : A. Davis (tennis), M. W illson (baseball ) , W. Thomas (bask etba ll). A. W e lle r (running) .

Editors : M. Mcinnes, F. Jenkins, and N. Warren.

Sub-Ed it ors : Hon. VI., A. Condon ; Pass VI., M. Over e nd and H. Wilke; V.a., M. Kennedy and N. Bond; V .b., F . Murray and L .

Jacka; V.c., B. Barnett and M. Rutledge; Dip. A., G. Clarke and M. Ball ; Dip. B., F. McDonald a nd B. Sarah; V.b. Sp., M. Holding and D. N ickells; V.c., Sp., M. H yett and N. Bower; Coll. V., U. McDiarmed and G. Salter; XX., J . McCrea and P. Kearn; XX.a., C. Beeston and J . Findlay; L.V., J. Illingworth and M. Rickards; R em. A., R. Shaw and P. Cram; IV.a., B. Chinner a nd R. Le Couteur; Rem. B., B. Schofield a nd D. Tarrant; IV .b., L. Amos and E. Flyger ; IV.c., L. 5imms and W. McDonald; IV.d., E . Morris and G. F erguson.

Li braria n : F. J enkins.

Lib rary Co mm it tee: S. Armour, M. Ball; M. Bennet, G. Clarke, E. Heither, J . Marr iot. B. Maydom, F. McDonald, E. Medson, J. Moor, B. Sarah, E . Thomas, I. Williams, I. Wilson.

De bati ng S ociety: Miss Dahle and Miss Hall (presidents). J. Manton (secretary).

R. Heath, M . Mcinnes, W. Thomas, J .

Warren, S .C.U.: J . Warren (president). W .

Thomas (vice-president), M. Lambie (cor. sec. ) (1st Term) , F . J e nkins (2nd and 3rd T erm s), F. Jenkins (rec. sec.), F. K ruse (treasurer).

New Girls Enrolled, 1927.

T erm 1.-R. Bennett, J. Stevens. E .

Cove, R. Calder, M. Aitke n, N. Armstrong, J. Weller, C. Jope, M. Hales, M. Smith , M. Rutledge, A. Ingle. M. Howard, G. Moreley, D. Shirlow, A. Smi: h , H. Mitchell, B. Phillips, J. McNair, L. McNair, D. Sullivan, E. Wheelwright, G. Edwards, N. Cole, P . Cole, E . .Morris, B. Schofield, T. R eynolds, M. Sanders, J . Golding, D. ·wilson, F. Rose, E. Hayle r, M. L awr e n ce, L. Macaulay, N. Russell, J. Thomp-so u, E. Green, B. Master.s, R. Hay, M. Roberts, M.

SILVER AND GREEN. Franklin, J. Pollard, E. Coran, M. Durham, H . Durham, I. Patte n , N. Ewa rt. J . Anderson, U. Triple tt, V. Morris, S. Manue l, U .

McDiarme d, J. McNicholl, J . Irving, A. Vince nt, N. R obbins, F. Kent, E . English, P. Rayne r, W. South, G. Williams, J . Maynard, A. Frazer, M. Grantham, E . P assfie ld, D. Houghton, N. Thirwe ll, V . McMurray, B. Pool, M. Barle y, 0 . Binns, E. Binns, F . Vin cent, I. Alabaste r, P. Miles, D. J enkin, J. Kirwood, I. Fraser, V . Ba t cheldor, J . Crozi er , M . Price, P . Osborne, J. Osborne, B . Clarke, J . Birt, P . K earn, J . Eva, G. Brown, R. Davis, N. Burke, L. Holding, B. P etts, L. Chitty, H . Brown. E : Watson.

P. Warren, I. Cardwell, N. Franklyn, N. Bower , J. Browne, G. Carmichael, S. W e stcott, V. Parker, J . Holloway, E. Nicol, V. Bunbury, H. W a lke r , M. W a lke r , M. Hyett, B . Ba rton, B. Barne tt, J . Barnett, H .

Parkes. N . Kin gh a m , D. Hoadley, J. Hoadley, F. McRae, N. Williams, R. Sinclair. P. Jinkins, P . Ga rrard, M. Tutt, C. McColl, E .

Wilson, V . Trigge, E. Caldow, J . McKenzie, J .- 'Bain, D. Sinclair, D. Lanyon, U. Macken ~ie, A. Condon, M. Cathcart, M:-Dudley, J . Aubrey, M. Thornton, U. P earce, M .

L etcher, E. Orr, J. Boreham, S. Kruse, L .

Ninnes, J. Illingworth, J . L acey, B. L eonard , J . Colthurst, J. Smith. G. Davis, B. Moon, G. Thompson, W . Mc Donald, F .

Smith, L. Williams, M_. Ennis, P. Sy mons, B. Southern, B. Ratten, P . Pawling, K .

King, M. Harvey, N. Bassett, V. Hancock , P . Cram, J . H a mpton, E . Chaston, M. Bell, E . Bell, R. Rudduck, J. Farquhar, F .

Andrews, D. Hafr: B. Barkley, J . Roe, L .

Bec kma n, K. Bamford, A. McCready, E. Denyer, A . .fl_arvey, M . Nisbet, M. Evans , E ._ J;,choles, I. Skilbeck, M. Grantham, B. P eck, V. S eehusen , E. Swift, N. Park, V. Hill, M. Allen , N. Guy, E. Enright, B. Alle n , K. J e lley, E. H otch in, I. Spra dbury, G .. - Ed wards, E. Nalde r, E. Re nnie, G. Calab y, ~ - Slugge tt, W. Macdonald. R. Holmes, P. Iredale, E. McColl, L. Cowen.

T erm 2.- B. Vick , P . J ackson, G. Palmer, I. Waters tion, C. Wate rstion, J. Marks, G. S laughter, E. Cha ndle r , L . De nney, A. Burgess, H. Browne ll, G. C hance, D. Cockfield, M. Voyle, E. King, J . Ti1cimson, V. J ames, E . Eme rson, E . Martin.

Ter-m 3.-M. Thorpe, J. Watte r, E. Jacobs, P . Connolly, G. McCullock, B. His lop, M. Gold, C. Chamley.

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Examination Successes.

Public Examinations, 1926-1927.

At th e University Public Examin a tions in Decemb er , 1926, 25 separate honours we r e gained in the School L eavin g Honours Examination, 30 comple te passes in th.e S'chool Leaving Pass Examination , and 36 complete passes in the Inte rmediate Certificat e Examination .

School Leaving Ho nours.

The honours gained in this e xamhlation we re 3 1s t class, 4 2nd class, and 18 3rd class. The girls who won these -honours were : Ma rjorie Baird- 3rd c lass Eng lish, 3rd class Geograph y, 3rd class Economics, 3rd class Bdtish History.

Ma rjorie Bull- 1s t class Drawing, 2nd c lass Fre nch , 3rd class English.

Hope Eakins-3 rd class English , 3rd c lass Economics.

Eileen Fisher- 1st class, and the Exhibition in Botany, 2nd class Physiology, 2nd class Economics, 3rd class English .

Gwe n Hughes-3rd class Economics.

Kathleen Hull-3rd class Latin.

Joyce Manton- 2nd c lass European History.

Jo y Masters- 3rd class E conomics.

Nancy McLennan- 3rd class English, 3rd class French , 3rd c la<is E conomics.

E lla Speed-3rd class Drawing.

Frances Trudinger--l sL class French 3rd class Algebra, 3rd class Geometry. ' · Joyce Warre n- 3rd class Latin. · Schoo l L eavi ng P ass.

Girls who obtaine d the School L eaving Cer tificate we re : Marjorie Baird, Phyllis Bickford, Evelyn Brown, Stella Cowe n .

J oan H e nry, Kathlee i1 H:ull, Joyce Love, Mollie Lumley, J oyce Manton , Marjorie Mc lnnes. Edna McNicol, Jean Outram, May Pescott, Alice Prowse, Be ttv Reseigh , Debbie Ros enberg. Eb bie Shacke ll, E lla Spee d ,' · Nancy Symons , Joyce Thomas, W ynne Thomas, Olive Utbe r .

Joyce W a rre n, Nancy - Warren , Phyllis We·s t, Maisie Wilkinson. · 1.nter.r:nediate· .Certifi c;ate.

Girls who ·· obtai ned the · Intermed ia te Certificate we re: Isabel Adams, Audrey Atkinson, Betty Blay, Phyllis Bic kford, Violet Boyd, Jessie Broa(lbent, J e an

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Cerutty, Marie Christensen, Isabel Cohen, Frances Craig, Amy Crofts, Alvie Davis, Ilma Dodd, Nancy Emery, Bessie Finney, Wynne Harcourt, Edna Harry, Alice Heither, Grace Henry, Audrey Henshaw, Alice Innocent, Ruth Johns, Jean Knowles, Nancy Lee, Bertha Maydom, Elma Meds on, Jean Moore, Marjorie Mcinnes, Jean McKenzie, Jean McLennan, May Ockwell, Jean Outram, Margaret Overend, E lsie Thomas, Hilda Wilke, Ivy Williams.

Scholarships a nd

E xhibit i o n s.

A Government Senior Scholarship, to the value of £40 per year for each year of the University course, was won by E ileen Fisher. " Free Places " at the University, entitling the holders to atte ndance at all lectures and examinations throughout the course without payme nt of fees, were won by Marjorie Baird, Hope Eakins and Marjorie Green. Nonresid.ent Exhlbitions at Queen's College were awarded to Hope Eakins, Eileen Fisher and Nancy McLennan.

BASEBALL. Supplementary Notes.

The year 1927 has seen phenomenal success in the realm of sport.

The excellent tennis results h ave already been mentioned, and now we a r e able to give an equally satisfactory result of the baseball.

During the first round, in First T erm, M.L.C. had a clear run of victory, and all awaited the second round, in Third Term, with great exl)€ctancy and rosy hol)€s.

'I'he first two matches r esulted in wins for M.L.C., and there only remained the final hurdle to be taken in our path to the premiership---Geelong!

The day of days, the 19th of November, dawned clear and bright, and a crowd of excited g irls collected on the Spencer Street platform at 8.20 a.m. Silver and green flags were flying, and hopes were high.

On our arrival at Geelong, 'buses conveyed us to the grounds, and after a little delay, the ~ame coi:nmen<;eq,

During the whole of the match, the air was char ged with an intense excitement, Geelong retaining a big leacl right up to the last innings. Then, by a brilliant piece of work, our team pulled up and finally defeated them by three runs.

We would like every member of the team to accept our •h eartiest congratulations.- F. J. " Age" Report.

PUE!,LIC SCHOOLGIRLS AT PLAY. M.L.C. Wins Austin Cup.

An exciting contest for the premie rship between the Methodist Ladies' College and Geelong Grammar Girls took place on the Corio oval on Saturday, 19th November, and resulted in a win for M.L.C. by 3 runs.

Miss B. Parsons was presented with the Austin Cup, which was won from. the Melbourne Grammar Schoolgirls in 1917 by the Geelong school, who have a wonderful record of 10 s uccessive premierships since the inauguration of college baseball in 1916.

Althoug,h it was a most exciting contest, it was a poor fielding game, due to the rou gh state of the ground. Both teams batted strongly, and the outstanding feature was a fine home run by A. Weller, who drove in 4 runs for M.L.C., when the bases were full. The Geelong gi rls batted consistently well, but M.L .C. made a wonderful effort in the last term, and from a fusilade of hits collected 12 runs.

This placed them in the lead for the first time by 4 runs.

In Geelong's equ a l h a lf they had secured 1 run, with 1 down when M. Willson clinched the premiership with a sensational double play a.t left field.

After gathering in a fine shoe stringer, sh e made a perfect throw to F. Craig at second base, who completed the double play. · For the w inners B. Sarah, H. Wilke, G. Clarke, J. lbbott, W .

Thomas, and A. Davis displayed excellent form.

Geelong's best player was A. Kernot (the catcher); B. Lawrence also did well in the pifoher's box, and G. House fielded particularly well at short stop, and M. McBride provided a home run. Scores: Met·h odist Ladies' College, 3.0.2.3.12-20; Geelan~ C.E.G.G. Scl:\ool, 7.0.6.3.1-P.

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PO General .Sports Notes.

Visit of Sports .Teams to "Clyde."

This year has been a most remarkable one for M.L.C. sports.

In First Term the inter-Form baseball matches were. played, and much interest ·and enthusiasm was displayed in them.

The first big event of the year was the Swimming Sports. This year the Lower School ·h ad their sports on the Thursday, while the rest of the School held theirs on the Friday. Although crushed in th e limited space and splashed by the com·p etitors, the spectators enjoyed themselves. The next event was the Association baseball matches.

The girls practised hard all the term and were rewarded by winning their first round of baseball matches. The second round will be played in Third Term. At present M.L.C. leads by 4 points. See Sitpplementary 'l)Totes, vage 6.

The tennis matches took place• in ;;econd T erm, and our team won every match , thus carrying off the premiership shield.

Basketball matches aroused much interest. The seven continued to keep up the year's record and were not beaten in any of their matches.

At the end of the term the Adelaide M.L.C. basketball and tennis teams visited us. We were victorious in our matches against our sister School.

The running team also held up our colours in several inter-School flag races.

The inter-Form tennis matches a.re being played at present, amid much rivalry.

This is the most successful year that M.L.C. sports has yet had, but we hope not the last.-W. T .

Shortly after 8 a.m. on Saturday, October 22, the School grounds were invaded by green-blazered forms carrying coats and rugs a ll ready for the long-looked-for trip to Macedon.

At 8.30, amid much laughter from closely-packed girls, we started. We had not gone very far when those who had previously thought themselves lucky in getting the outside seats were willing to exchange with those in the centre. · •T he wind was icy cold, and when at 11 a.m. we arrived at "Clyde," we were frozen.

After morning tea we played t he baseball match, in \vhich M.L.C. was successful, the scores being 27-9. In the afternoon the tennis match was the first item, and each of our pairs proved successful , the final scores being 36- 32. In basketball we were again victorious, winning 27-19.

After afternoon tea we once again climbed into the 'bus to return home. At 7.50 p.m. we arrived back at School after a very enjoyable day and one which we hope other girls may have the opportunity of enjoying also.-W. T.

Swimming Notes.

This year, again, the first important event was th e Swimming Sports. These, although the School has now increased to over 700, were held in our own Baths du,ring March. The day was none too hot for the girls who were .to participate in the events.

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SILVER ANb GREEN. The girls, with the exception of Junior School, who hold their sports on a different day, first assembled in their Formrooms. They then marched in single file to the Baths, where they stood in their respective places. The Staff were seated at the east end of the building, protected from the splashing by rugs.

General quietness reigned while the items were announced, but while in progress the girls showed their enthusiasm, despite the fact of being over-crowded.

The swimming was good and quite exciting, especially the diving.

The results were as follows: School Champion: J. Solomon.

Under 16 Champion: S. Epstein.

Lower School Champion: L. Macaulay.

Under 12: E. Hayler.

Under 14: E . Macaulay.

Under 16: J. Solomon.

Breast Stroke (Senior): J. Solomon.

Breast Stroke (.Senior): J. Solomon.

Diving: C. Goldie and U. McKenzie (equal).

Relay Races: Lower School, IV.a.; Middle School, XX.a.; Senior School, V.c.

House v. School: School.

This year we were represented at the Brighton Swimming Sports by two teams, but both were unsuccessful.-N. W .

Baseball Notes.

We have been very fortunate this year with our baseball team.

Eight of the members returned, ancl there was only one vacancy to fill, that of short stop. 'l'he girls were all very keen to fill this place, and after much consideration we chose one whom we have found to be a very good player. The team consists of the following players: B. Sarah, pitcher; G. Clarke, catcher; L . Dyer, shor t stop; H . W ilke, first base; F . Craig, second base; A. Weller, third base ; W. Thomas, R.O.F. ; J. Ibbott, C.O.F.; M. Willson (Captain), L.O.F. We have been very enthusiastic over baseball this year.

Miss Parsons has again coached us, and although she is rather a tyrant, making us play on the most dreadful days, about 100 in the shade, we have to thank her for the won-

derful way in which she has helped and coached us.

While mentioning Miss Parsons, I should also like to thank Mr. Francis, our coach of last year and this, for the hints and coaching which he has kindly given to us during the past two years.

At the beginning of the year, we played many matches against private Schools, and found to our satisfaction that we were still quite strong, and, therefore, had great success.

In First T erm our first Association match was played against M.C.E.G.G.S., and we defeated them, after a very enjoyable game, by 16-9.

The second match was played against P.L.C., and this time we had a very hard struggle to win our match. The P .L.C. team was of an excellent standard, and after a hard . and breathless struggle, we managed to defeat them, 9-8. After that match we had to meet Geelong, whom we had the great fortune to defeat last year in Third Term.

In that match t·h e team played wonderfully, and we defeated them, 8-6. The Geelong team, which has held the Austin Cup for abou t eleven years, is a very sporting team, and the Geelong girls are practising wit-b great hopes of defeating us, and, of course, we hope to defeat them. We have still to play our second round, and as Geelong are only four points below us, we are very anxious to beat them, and the oth er two Schools, to obtain the cup.

The inter-Form baseball, which was played between the different Forms in First Term, was won by Junior IV.a., _Inter.mediate V.c. Special, Senior Diploma B. These matches afforded great pleasure and excitement among the Forms, and they a lso helped to bring out the best players, who, of course, were given a chance to show their ability.

I am sure a ll th e g irls who have been practising baseball this year have thoroughly enjoyed it, and although most of the team are leaving this year, I am confident that next year's team will be quite good, and live up to the name which the present team ·has achieved.

On behalf of the team I wish them the best of good luck and success in their matches.

I again thank Miss- Parsons for her wond e rful help and coaching, and I sincerely

SILVER AND GREEN. hope she will g ive a littl e thought, and I know she will, to the baseball team of 1928.-M. W .

Criticism of the Team.

Before writing · a criticism of the team, I should like to point out that the Editors have made an a lmost impossible demand in asking for· our Baseball Notes before the matches of the Third Term have been played.

If those enthusiastic literary lights ,vere in the first team, they would know that all the events of the year pale into insignificance before the magic of that word " Geelong " w'h ich has beckoned to us like a flaming beacon down the long months leading to November 19. However, by the time the proofs have returned, the great match may have been played, and a supp.Jementary note 11uty need to be included.

Marjorie Willson (captain) d eserves the highest praise for the excellent manner in which she has handled the team.

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She is now the best hitter in th e team, her base-play has improved wonderfully, and h er catching in L.0.F. is of a very high standard.

Bessie Sarah (pitcher) is a wond e rful player. Not only has h er pitching been so accurate that very few hits have been r egister ed against he r , but he r play in the in-field has prevented members of opposing teams from moving off bases. Her hitting has improved greatly, especia lly in third term, and her s liding to bases is the best in the team.

Grace Clarke (catcher) has combined with Bessie to make the battery very powerful.

In the match against M.C.E.G.G.S. she caught out 12 players on strike 3, and in the match against P.L.C. she secured 13. Her hitting and throwing have both improved.

Hilda Wilke (first base) is one of the most r eliable players in the team. Her catching is excellent and her hitting has

Baseball T earn, 1927.

B11c k now (le.ft to rig h t): L. Dye r, J. lbbott, F. Craig, l\-". Thomas .

Front now (J!eft to right): H. Wilke. A. We.Ile r, !I[, lVills on (C111>t11in.), B. Sarai·, , G. Clarke.

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improved very much ; especially in Third T e rm.

Frances Craig (second base) has done sple ndid work in her position combining with- the battery in getting rid of many opponents. Her hitting is good a1_1d h e r catching excellent.

Ada Weller (third base ) has shown great improve ment. She has taken many difficult catches, and her hitting , combined with h er speed in getting round bases, has helped her to score many runs.

Le nore Dye r (short stop), the only n e w member in the 1927 team, h as shown great promise. She is a good hitte r anc! has made some fine catches. When sh e has learnt to throw with g r eate r accuracy to first base she will be a very strong player.

Wynne Thomas (R.O.F.) has improved very muc h , especia lly ·in catching.

She has backed up first base sple ndidly and her hitting has been good.

Joyce Ibbott (C.O.F.) has played well at times, but has not yet learned to judge the ball accurate ly. Her hitting h as been good and her throwing h as improved.

Conclusion.

The su ccesses tha t the IX. have had have b een due to the combined team work. The players h a ve supported one another in a manner that h as• won the admiration of all oppos ing t eams, and the r e mark has b een frequ e ntly made: "Yo ur g irls back up one another so well." .I n a ll the finer points of the gam e the players have shown wonderful improvement and the 1927 team will be r emem bered as ·the strongest the M.L.C. has e ver had.-B. P.

Running Notes.

This year the team has been very successful. The fo llowing girls were chosen before our Sports, which we re held during First Term: A. W e ller (Captain) , M ..

B ennett, M . Charlwood, L. Charlwood, N. Ezard, D. Lacey, D. Robinson, W. Thomas.

We have h ad three r aces so far this year; onr first success was at our own Sports, when we had an lnte r-Sd10ol Flag Race. The second event was the University Sports, and the last time we ran at Merton Hall and were again lucky enough to win.

In all t h e tea m has won two c ups and a s·hie ld.

We hope ne xt year's t eam will be just as fortunate as in 19 27.-A. W.

Basketball Notes.

The bas ketball team for 1927 was ve r y fortunate in having five of last year's team in it.

The first basketb a ll event was " Back-to-School's Iiay " match against the Old Collegians. This was h eld in First Term before the basketball season had begun. T.he vac·ancies in the team were filled up by younger girls, a nd the "present day" i,irls had a v ictory ove r the Old Collegians. · ..

At the beginning of Second Term all girls enthusiastic abo ut basketball we re invited to attend practice, and over fifty g irls arrived as the result.

Afte r all h a cl bee n tested, the foHowing teams we r e selected: 1st Team.- Wynne Thomas (captain), Bessie Sarah (vice-captain), Myra Be nnett, Ada Weller, Joy Weller, Ma rgaret Overend, Dione Robinson.

2nd Team. -J oyce Manton (captain), Lorna Williams , Aldyth Condon, J ean Boyd, Evelyn McColl, Phyllis Kearn, Doreen Lacy.

And the following girls played in the junior team: S. Epstein (captain), U . Legge, W. South. H . E ggleston, N. Bower, J. Pollard, C. Jape . B. Masters. E. Salmonow and A. Miles played in one match.

The first m a tch of the season was played against Ruyton, in which M.L.C. was victorious, scores being 29- 18.

The n e xt m atch was against Toorak College , a nd a.g ain we we r e victoriou s, the scores b e ing 41-21.

The next two matches were against Fintona and P.L.C. In both cases M.L.C. won by 20- 10 goals .

The next match was one of the closest of the season; it was against Tintern , whom we defea ted by 15-14 goals.

The return P.L.C. match e nded in another win for M.L.C., the scores b eing 20-11 goals .

Our next . match was against St. Michael's, and again we were successful, the scores being 15- 11.

Tintern return match was not so close, M.L.C. ·winning b y 19- 9.

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Running Team, 1927.

S tandin.g (left to ri~ht): M. Charlwood, i\£. Bennett, D . Robinson, N. Ezard.

Seated (aett to right): D. Lacey, A. Weller (Ca,pti<ln), W. Thomas, L. Chari wood.

The r eturn Fintona match was a lso a victory for M.L.C., soores being 23- 11.

At the end of the term Adelaide M.L.C. basketball team came over anci we h ad two matches against them, The firs t match resulted in an · easy victo ry for Melbourne M.L.C·., 27-6, but the secon d match was very close a n d a hard-fought gam e from first to last, from which Melbourne M.L.C. emerged victorious by 23-20 goals.

The House and School match this year was ve r y close, and School h ad to wo rk very hard for t h e victory.

Several matches were played by the second and junior teams.

The second team p layed six matches a nd were v ictorious in five of them, P.L.C. d efeating them.

This year's unbroken line of victories fo r the first team is, I believe, a record, and a great many thanks are dµ e to Miss

Parsons, who h as given many a fternoon s to coaching us. On b ehalf of the team, I would like · to say, " Thank you, Miss Parsons."

We hope n ext year's team will be able to keep up the r ecord made by 1927 team.-W. T. Criticism of t he Team .

Wynne Thomas (captain)" has played sp lendidly as centr e of th e team . It has been owing to her quickness in getting the ball t hat the School h as had an uninte rrupted run of victory. As cap tain, s he has kept the team together well at practice.

Ada Weller (attack wing) h as been a ma.r vel of speed. H er passing h as been most accura t e, · a nd ·h er pe rsistence in get.t ing th e ball h as helped to scor e many goals.

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Basketball S e ve n , 1927 .

Bllc14 R-0 w (l eft t o rig h t ) : M. B o nn.e tt, D. Rob i nso n , 1\1. Ove r e nd, J. ·w elle r . .Fron t R o w : B . Snrn.h , ,v. Th o mas (Cap tain ) , A . , v c llc r .

J oyce W e ller (d efen ce W ing) has p layed ver y well in a d iffic ult posit ion.

With W y nne a nd Ad a s h e h as h e lpe d t o m a k e the centre very power ful.

Bessie Sa rah (goa l-shoot e r) is a w onS he can mark th e ball d e rful playe r . f rom a ny part of th e circle, a nd even if s h e h as m is sed the goat a t first, s h e can follow up so quick ly th at she almost invaria bly scores.

M yr a Bennett (go a l-attack ) h as comb in e d s plendidly w ith Bessie and is a mos t accur a t e a nd r e lia b le p la yer.

Dione R obinson (goal-defende r ) is a ve r y str on g player.

S he b as prevented oppone nts f rom scoring in m an y match es, h e r h e igh t a n d s peed being of g reat a s s ist a n ce to h er.

Ma r garet Ove r e nd (goal-defende r ) h as b een mos t reliab le but h as been too s to w at times. H er passing ·h as been accurat e a n d will im prove wit ll practice.

Conclus ion.

ThEI team play h a s b een excelle nt throu ghout the season, the a t tack be in g especia lly s tron g.

The team · b as been s u ccessful in every m atch played t·h is year.- B. P .

Tennis Notes.

This year M.L .C. h olds t he Championship a nd Premiership o f· t h e P ub lic Sch ools T e n nis . It is t h e first tim e we h ave won the s h ield since 1914.

F ive of last year's team r eturne d t his year , so onl y t h ree player s a nd a n emergen cy had t o be selected t o f ill t he vacancies. After much discussion , th e following t eam w a s chosen : Alv ie Davis (capt ai n ). Nancy Chitt y, Gr ace Clarke , Joyce Ibbott, Hilda Wilke, Marjorie W illson , Shirley Whit tak e r , I ris Ure n, a n d F rances Craig (e me r gen cy).

SILVER AND GREEN. We expected to have our courts in perfe ct condition this yea r , so our re presenta ti ves at the H ead and Sports Mistresses' m eeting urged tha t the m atch es sh ould be played on the home courts instead of th e courts of t h e L.T.A.V. a t K ooyong , whe r e they we re played last year.

It was decided tha t the y s hould b e pla yed on the h om e co urts, but t o our disappoiutrnent our courts we re not re pair ed, so we p.Jayed our home mat ches a t K ooyong.

The scores we r e a s follows: F irst .Round.-M.C.E.G.G.S. v. M.L .C. : M .C.E.G.G.S., 1 rubbe r 3 sets-39 games.

M.L.C.: 3 rubbers 7 s e t s-50 gam es.

G.C.E .G.G.S. v. M.L.C.: G.C.E.G.G.S., 1 rubber 3 sets-35 gam es. M.L .C. : 2 ruhb e rs 5 s ets- 46 gam es. M.L.C. v. P .L.C.: P .L.C.: 1 se t-24 games. M.L.C.: 3 rubbers 7 sets -24 games.

Second Round.- M.L.C. v. M.C.E .G.G.S. : M.L.C.: 4 rubbers 8 sets-49 games.

M.L.C. M.C.E .G.G.S.: 1 s et -28 games. v . G.C.E.G.G.S.: M.L.C. : 3 rubbers 6 set s - 42 games. G.C.E.G.G.S. : 1 rubbe r 2 M.L.C. thus won the s ets-32 games.

Premiers·hip for 1927. P .L .C. v. M.L .C.: P.L.C. : 1 rubber 4 sets--45 games.

M.L.C. : 3 rubbers 6 set s-54 g amei:'.

M.L.C. thus won the Cha mpionship for 1927.

In Augus t we played the Ade la ide M.L.C. g irls at both singles a nd doubles during their visit h ere, and we had a most e njoya ble a nd s uccessful time. · The School Singles Championships and inter-form matches have yet to be p layed.

Although our Junior Four h ave not had many match es, they have done ve ry well.

The team consis t s of t he fo llowing g irls : A. Flowe r ( captain ). T. Cox, L . Chariwood, and R. J ohns t on.

Their fir s t match was against Ruyt on (Juniors) .

The scores we r e: M.L.C., 23 gam es, and Ruy t on 13 gam es. A secon d eight, cons isting of m ost of the m e mber s of th e junior t eam., played Ru yton, but this t ime v ictory we nt to Ruy ton.

This year h as b een a r ecor d one , and when we think of our s uccess, I am sure there is not one of us wh6 does not at once think of Miss Parsons, and how much time she has given up to coach us.

On b ehalf of the t eam, I wish to tha nk Miss Parsons for all she h as done for us , and to wish the 1928 t eam ever y s uccess in their ma t ches.-A. D.

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Our T h ird T erm Su ccesses.

No account of t he tennis doings of t h e year wo uld b e com plete without the c rowning s uccesses of t h e third te rm, for the sch oolgi r l ch am pions, both in s ingles a nd d oub les, can now be claimed b y M.L.C. Nan cy Chi t ty w on th e title of schoo lgirl ch a mpion of Victoria a fter a closefough t m atch with Agn es Scot t, of " Fintona."

Na n cy won the firs t set, 6-5, the n lost the second set, 4-6, b ut in the thi rd set s he quickly establish ed a lead a nd eventually won, 6- 1. The p la y was mos t e ve n r ig ht t hrough the m a tch , but Na n cy's c r oss-court driving eventually proved too seve r e fo r her oppon en t.

The semi-fin als of the doubles cha mpionship provided a t hrilling s pectacle for the onlooke rs. Toora k College took the firs t se t , 6- 2, but Alvie Davis a nd Nancy Chitty, b y putting up a t r e me ndous fi ght for e v ery point, fina lly wrested the set a way, 6- 4, a nd t h e n wo n the third set, 6-3, with compara tive ease. Iri the final doubles against Clyd e, the M.L .C. pair were much too strong for their opponents. The Clyde g·i rls played a lmost e ntire ly from the n et, but b y driving be tween the m a nd inter cepting r eturns on the n e t , Alvie a nd Na n cy won, 6- 0, 6-4, thus obtaining the schoolgirls' doubles championship of Vic toria.

So the name of M.L.C. w ill appear on t-be Honour Boa rd in the club-house at K ooyong for the first time s ince the sch ool· girls' championship was inau gura ted by the L .T .A.V. in 1911.

Criticis m of the T eam.

Alvie Davis (capt ain) ·bas played s teadily a nd effec tively in each m atch.

She h as a strong fore-h a n d dr ive a nd a good ser v ice, of which sb e w ill learn to make be tte r use with mo re e xper ien ce.

As ca pta in, sh e •has done e xcelle n t work kee ping the team well up to th e m a rk at pr actice.

Nancy Chitty has improved s t eadily through the year. H a r cross-court drive ha s proved very difficult to all h e r oppone nts , and h e r n e t play has been most Whe n h er foot -work improves, d eadly. sh e w ill be a v e r y s trong s ing les player.

Grace Cla rke h as b een m ost re ila ble in every m a tch. In a ddition to h e r l:)ac;k-line

SILVER AND GREEN. p lay, which has h e l ped to win m a ny rubber s, she h as a lso deve loped a s trong fore-hand drive. H er serving is much improved.

Joyce I bbott has improved very mu ch this year, especially in dr iving from the bac k line.

H er net pla y h as b een brilliant at times.

Hilda Wilke has played con s is t ently w e ll in each match . W h e n she develops a stronger service and a better le n gth she will be a difficu lt playe r t o b eat.

Marjorie Willson has a s tr ong service and h as done good work on the n e t in all match es. H er driving has been weak occasionally; sh ould imJ;>rove w ith practice.

Shirley Whittaker is a most pro mis ing p layer. At present, sh e h as not learnt how to attack effective ly, but h e r s tead y lobbing from the back-line has proved to be the downfall of ma ny older and mo re experienced oppon ents.

Her service is weak , but w ill improve in time .

,I ris Uren has a good service and a u seful fore-hand drive, both of which she h a s used effectively at times. She mus t lea rn to be steadier and a lso move much m or e quick ly on the court.

Conclusion.

In criticising the team , it would b e useless to select individual me mbe rs for pr aise. It h as b een the combi ned pl,ay of the Eight, which, by winning a ll six Association matches with th e loss of on ly four rubbers out of the 24 played, h as won for u s the lon g-coveted s hie ld n ow hanging in the place of honour in the F it chett Hall.-B. · P.

Athletic Sports.

Owing Te rm is teachers hold t h e

to the final examinations, Third a lwa ys the busiest term fo r both and girls, so it was decided to s_ports dur ing the 1st T e rm.

Tenn is T eam , 1927 .

Left to r ig h t : A. Di.vi s (Captai n ), N. C h itty, J . l bbott, I . U re n , JI[. Willson, G. Cl a r ke. H . Wilke.

S. W h ittake r .

SIL VER AND GREEN. The day was looked forward to with great excitement, and we were favoured with glorious weather.

As usual, the School marched down to the .Glenferrie Oval in a " crocodile," and by 2.15 the first event was run.

Everyone spent a most enjoyable afternoon, and due thanks from the School are given to a ll ·he lpe rs, especially to Miss Parsons, Miss Krome, and Mr. Austin, for the splendid way in which the races were organised.

The resu lts of the races were as follo,vs-: Open Championship , 100 Yards.-1, A. Weller; 2, W. Thomas; 3, D. L acey.

50 Yards, under 12.-1, E. Champion; 2, V. Berkfield; 3, I. Spradbery.

Sack .Race, under 16.-1, M. Charlwood; 2, D. Warren; 3, L . Burke.

Junior Race, 50 Yards.- 1, L. Chariwood; 2, M. Henderson; 3, S. Whi'ttaker.

Senior Egg and Spoon Race.- 1, B. Luff; 2, J . Manton.

Sack Race, under 12, 30 Yards.-1, M. Walker; 2, G. James; 3, T. Cox;.

Sen ior Race, 220 Yards. -1, A. W e ller; 2, W. Thomas; 3, D. Lacey.

Senior Catching the Train. - 1, B. Luff; 2, B. Murdock; 3, A. Bell.

Junior Race, 75 Yards.- 1, L. Chariwood; 2, A. Flower; 3, M. Hende rson.

Senior Sack Race.- 1, R. Heath; 2, J. Manton ; 3, J. Marks. lnterm,ed1iate .Race, 75 Yards.-1, J. Weller; 2, D. Robinson; 3, M. Charlwood.

S·enior Potato Race.- 1, A. Weller; 2, D. Lacey; 3, W. Thomas.

Junior Potato Race.- 1, W . · South; 2, L. Charlwood; 3, C. Jape.

Hurdle Race, under 16.-1, D. Robinson; 2, M. Charlwood; 3, N. Ezard.

H urdl-e Race, Sen-ior.- 1, W. Thomas; 2, A. Weller; 3, D. Lacey.

Junior Sack :Race.-1, L. Charlwood; 2, S. Whittaker; 3, R. Le Couteur, l!l. Salmonow (equal) .

Potato Race, under 16.-1, D. Robinson; 2, B. Ratten; 3, J. Weller.

Walking Race.-1, L. Williams; 2, M. Swan, Ju,nior Egg and Spoon Race.-1, E .

Champion; 2, S. Whittaker; 3, L. Charlwood.

100 Y ards lntermediate.-1, N. Ezard; 2, M. Charlwood; 3, D. Robinson.

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Old Collegians' .Race.-1, D: Packer; 2, "M. Connor; 3, J. Efron.

Invitation Flag Race.-1, M.L.C.; 2, M.C.E.G.G.S.; 3, Tintern.

Intermediate Egg and Spoon Race.- 1, B. Luff; 2, J. Money; 3, H. Simms.

Senior Obstacle Race.-1, N. Dunkin; 2, A. Weller; 3, F. McDonald.

Intermediate Obstacle .Race.- 1, B. Ratten; 2, M. Charlwood; 3, L. Chari wood.

Junior Siamese Race.- 1, L . Marks and E. Salmonow; 2, A. F lower and N. Waterstion; 3, M. Laird and H. Eggleston.

Catc hing the Trai n, under 16.- 1, B ..

Luff; 2, B. Rat ten; 3, R. Johns.

Senior Siamese Race.-1, D. L acey and A. Weller; 2, M. Pescott and _N . Warren; 3, B. Luff and R. Heath.

Junior Forms Flag Race.- 1, IV.a.; 2, Remove A. Intermediate Forms Flag Race.-1, XX.a.; 2, XX.; 3, V.c. Special.

Senior Forms Fla g Race.-1, Diploma A; 2, V.a.; 3, Honour VI. Intermediate Siamese .Ra ce. - 1, L. Griffith and C. Goldie; 2, J. Weller and U .

McDiarmid; 3, N. Davies and L. Charlwood.

Flag Race-H ouse v.

School. - 1, House; 2, School.

Sen-ior Champion.-Ada Weller.

Interme diate Champ io n.- D. Robinson.

Junior Champion-. -L. Charlwood.

G. C.

Visit of Adelaide M.L.C. Teams.

At th e e nd of Second Term this year the Adelaide M.L.C. teams visited Melbourne.

The visit was e ven more suecessful than previous v isits, and was enjoyed by all.

Owing to the splendid organising ability shown by Miss Parsons and the Sports Committee, there were a large number of sporting and social fixtures arranged during the visit.

As it was the las t week of Term, examinations were all over and girls 'and teachers a like were more at liberty to join in the proceedings.

The visitors were met at Spencer Street Station on Saturday, August 20,

by Miss Parsons and the ·h ostesses. In the .evening the boarders entertained the visitors, hostesses, Melbourne teams and 3

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prefects at the College. We had dancing in the gym. and then the boarder artistes gave us a concert in the School-room.

Dr. Fitchett extended an official welcome, on behalf of the School, to Miss Carr: the Adelaide Sports Mistress, and the teams at Assembly on Monday morning.

After · Assembly the · girls were shown over the School and then visited the National Art Gallery and Museum.

The first matc·h es were played· at the School on the Monday afternoon.

Our girls won the basketball, after a very good game. We were a lso fortunate in winning the· tennis.

On Monday evening visitors and hostesses went to see " Ben Hur" at tqe Capitol Theatre, and the enthusiastic praise of our visitors fully satisfied the Melbourne girls' pride in their principal theatre.

The Adelaide girls visited the Botanical Gardens on Tuesday morning, and played tennis a nd basketball matches agains t P.L.C. in the afternoon.

Unfortunately, they lost both matches. The basketball, however, was very close. They h ad bette r success n ext day, when they defeated Ruyton at basketball, though again were defeated at tennis. On Wednesday ' evening the teams, hostesses, and prefects wen.t to the Wesley College Play, and had a delightful time.

The Melbourne M.L .C. Old Collegians played tennis and basketball m atches against the Adelaide girls a t the College on Thursday afternoon.

The Adelaide team h ad an easy victor y in basketball, but failed to win the tennis.

Friday was given up to an all-day picnic. We left town just after nine and " trained " to Boronia. From Boronia we walked to Sassafras, stopping to go over Chandler's boronia and daffodil farm on the way. Billy tea and frie d sausages made an excellent meal after a long walk, though most of the fun was in stoking the fires and frying the sausages.

Our respected head prefect showed exceptional ability in controlling unruly saus ages and was much in demand by hungry picnickers.

In spite of Miss Parsons' frequent reminders not to waste time looking at the view, quite a number, Miss Parsons inMiss cluded, missed the train h ome.

Carr and about fifteen girls, by a reckless

drive in an overburdened mo tor car for the last thre e miles to Ba yswater , succeeded in catching the train.

Though the girls playing in Saturday morning's matches were bemoaning tired and stiff limbs, the play was very good in both matches.

The Melbourne girls won both matches, but by much less than earlier in the week.

The Adelaide girls returned home on the Saturday afternoon, having formed ma ny friendships with Melbourne girls and

Prize Snap, by J. Simmo ns.

broadened our outlook by contrast of their methods of school work and ours.

Many Melbourne girls are now looking forward to r etu rning the vis it next year.

-A. P .

Debating Notes.

The Debating Society, with Miss Dahle and Miss Hall acting as joint-presidents, has had a most v igorous and successful year.

SILVl:R AND CREEN. One of the first things to be decided was that each alternate meeting would be given over to some "dramatic item."

This plan was so ·popular that it has led us to hope that a separate Dramatic Society may be formed next year.

Honour VI. was the first Form to appear in knee-breeches and flowing gowns before the highly-entertained audience in the School-room. Unfortunately, as time was very short, only a portion of the Play selected-" The Barber of Seville "--could be acted. The audience did not realise this and kept their seats when the performance was over. The actors sent out frantic petitions from behind the curtain for some kind member to rise and play the National Anthem.

Even this hint failed, and the audience was in the end politely but firmly requested to depart.

After this, it was decided that one-act Plays would be most suited to the limited time at our disposal. The Irish comedy, " Hyacinth Halvey," played by Diploma A, was a great success, perhaps the scenery being the most entertaining part of it; at any rate, the audience highly al}preciated the pillow which represented a sheep hanging UI> in a butcher's shop, while it was agreed that the bird which persisted in hanging by its feet head downward from a telegraph wire was a most interesting and novel spectacle, speaking well for the originality of the Form which concocted it.

At the first debate of the year, a solemn warning that " picture-theatres are a menace to society," was given to the audience who, much to the disgust of the fervent speakers, were quite incapable of realising the seriousness of the affair.

However, the School is at last realising the extreme value of the Debating Society, and cannot fail to be grateful for the numerous 1>erplexing questions that have been settled by the deep and heated discussions held in the School-room. Our minds have been set at rest upon countless deep-seated problems; we have, for instance, come to the conclusion that " men are more vain than women," that " examinations should be abolished," and that "modern education does not develop the individual." We have also reached the pitiful conclusion that " life is not worth living."

The Debating Society has also served to show what an excellent opinion the Staff has of the modern girl.

Miss Hay and Miss Luke had the actual moral courage to rise before a roomful of their bullied PUI>ils and accuse them of being " the highest type that can be realised."

The modern girl scoffed at the idea, Joyce Manton and Betty Blay going to great lengths to explain their many faults to the dubious Staff. They succeeded, however, in converting Mr. Le Couteur, who was adjudicating, to t·h eir opinion, and he gave his decision in their favour--syrnl}athetically, but unsuccessfully trying to convince the Staff that the girls had the easier side.

On Friday night, September 23, a very interesting debate was held in Fitchett Hall, the l}resent girls, represented by Joyce Warren and Marjorie Mclnnes, taking the negative side of the sub ject, "The Abolition of War is Im1>racticable," against Winsome Stuart and Nancy McLennan, ~epresenting the old girls.

Mr. Kent Hughes consented to adjudicate, giving his decision in favour of the negative.

One of the most diverting features of the Debating Society's programme bas been the improm1>tu speeches where we have been greeted with such statements as: "Women should not make up their faces because nobody knows what they are like underneath," " rabbits are animals with four legs, one at each corner," and so on.

The girls have found debating to be one of the most entertaining ·side-lines of school life, and all the senior Forms now being members, the interest has greatly wldened.-J. M.

Students' Christian Union.

The S.C.U. has again had a very successful run, and although attendances at meetings have not a lways been quite satisfactory, we have had a very interesting year.

The election of office-bearers resulted in the following_: President, Joyce Warren; Vice-President, Wynne Thomas; Corresponding Secretary, Marjorie Lambie; Recording Secretary, Frances Jenkins; Treasurer, Freda Kruse; and, as addi-

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tional members of the Committee, Rosemary Heath and Lorna McDonald were chosen.

As Marjorie Lambie left at the end of Ffrst Term, it was decided that the Recording Secretary should take on the work of the Corresponding Secretary a lso.

Among the speakers we had the pri vilege of hearing were the Rev. C. C. Duggan, the Rev. Irving Benson, the Rev. J. C. Jamieson, the Rev. Jo.hn Thomas, anu others.

Bible Study Circl es were started in First Term, and were kindly led by the Misses Betts, Hay, Scholes, Kellaway, McDonald and Hunt.

Instead of the customary annual S.C.U. concert, it was decided at a committee meeting that we should have a picnic at Boronia this year .

This was held on Saturday, October 15, and was enjoyed by a ll present.

In order to raise funds for the expenses of the Union, an appeal was made for donations.

We hope this new idea will prove successful.-F. J.

The School Play.

The School Play, which was again produced by Mr. Norman Simpson, was held on Tuesday and Wednesday, 16th and 17th August, at the Playhouse.

This year the work chosen was " She Stoops to Conquer," and the girls fully justified the choice by t·he way they played their parts. The standard of acting was very high throughout, and all the charact ers deserve our heartiest congratulations.

The main action commences with an inn scene, where two weary travellers, Mr. Marlow (Jean Simmons) and Mr. Hastings (Berenice Luff). find their way, after much fruitless search for the house of Mr. Hardcastle (Ilma Dodd), where they are expected.

At the tavern they fall in with Tony Lumpkin (Doris Nickels). Mrs. Har dcastle's s on by h er first husband. He is a spoilt, pampered creature, with a very mischievous strain in his character. His mother (Joyce Manton) , -has designed her niece, M iss Neville (Ffo. McDonald). to be her son's wife, tiut she is in love .with Hastings.

All h er fortune consists _ pf .

jewels, which are in her aunt's keeping.

Young Marlow has been sent from London by his father, Sir Charles (Mona Smith). with Miss Hardcastle (Nellie Taylor) in view, as a prospective bride .

He is terrified at the idea, for when he is in the company of ladies he is the most nervous man. alive, although in· the presence of women of a lower social standing he is an entirely different person.

At the tavern, Tony Lumpkin sends the two young· men to his home, describing it as an inn. Under this impression, they arrive at Mr. Hardcastl_e 's place, and immediately treat their poor host as a common inn-keeper. He, not knowing of their mistake, does not know what to make of t h eir behaviour.

Before long, Hastings meets Miss Neville, and finds out his mistake, but Miss Hardcastle begs them to keep the secret from Mr. Marlow.

Mrs. Hardcastle has, meantime, been annoying everyone with her ceaseless chatter about fashions, and the efforts she makes to bring her son and Miss Neville together.

Miss Hardcastle, who knows of her suitor's peculiarities, dresses in a simple morning gown, which she don·s each day to please her father, and purposely places herself in Mr. Marlow's way, and he, attracted by her pretty face and coquettish ways, immediately falls into t he trap and makes love to her.

They are seen in a very affectionate attitude by .Mr. Hardcastle, who becomes very angry as young Marlow was described by his father as a shy, retiring person. The description and the reality did not at all agree.

Meanwhile, Hastings and Miss Neville have taken Tony into t heir · confidence, and as the latter disliked the idea of marrying his cousin, he is very pleased to help with their plans for eloping. To this end, he steals Miss Neville's jewels and gives them to Hastings. He passes them on to Marlow, asking him to take care of them for him.

Marlow, in his turn, passes . them on to the " innkeeper's wife" fo r safety. Mrs. Hardcastle is, of course, overjoyed when they are returned to her, because she thought she had been robbed, ani;l. did not know what to tell her niece.

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She commands Tony to accompany h e r , and b e, n othing lotb , mounts the driver 's seat, and, as it is nigh t, a nd very da rk, he drives ro und and round in a circle, letting ·b is mothe r b e lie ve they were advancing.

Finally, the ch aise b eco mes firmly fixed in the mud, and Mrs. H a rdcastle is forced to descend.

This leads to a scene of highly pitch ed exciteme nt.

Poor Mrs. Hard castle thinks sh e is about to be attacked by some fi erce bandit at a ny moment, and calls upon h er -son to protect h e r.

Soon, after many false alarms, they do actually see a man advancing towards them. Tony makes his mother bide while h e faces the supposed des pe r ate charact e r. He is quite aware that it is only Mi·.

H a rdcastle , a nd that the chaise is bogged at the foot of thei r own garden, but - his poor mothe r thinks he is ve r y brave, and finally can no longer bear the thought of h e r d ear son suffering alone, so she

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rushes out and falls at the "bandit's " feet, to find that s he is clutching des-pe r ately a t h er own husband's knees. Then s b e discove r s bow h e r son has mis led h er; and from a dear, sweet protective c r eature, h e s uddenly t urns into an unfeeling monster.

She re t w·ns to the house, still in a raging temper, to witness a n a musing scene when young Marlow di scovers bis horrible mistakes-first, that ·h e was the _g uest of. Mr. Hard castle, n ot an ord inary inn-k eeper, and, secondly, when h e r ealises that the " barmaid " he has become so seriously. interested in is really Miss Ma rlow.

Fina lly, th e ta~g led skein of his affairs is unravelled,, aJJd the happy . couple become e n gaged. Meanwhile the other p a ir ha d returned, a nd poor Mrs. H a rdcastle was forced to . g ivE\ in to th.eir arrangeme nts. Even UP to the viiry e nd she was bewailing h e r hard lot, and the Play closes on a very disconte nted woman.

All who helped to make t:he Play a s uccess, the m·usicians, u shers, prog ramme sellers and other helpe rs, dese rve our most grateful thanks. · · The procee·ds, _ which amounted to £51 2s ., are to go towards t:he T e nnis Fund,-F. J.

School Play, 1927.

Stn nd.ing-0. Thomas (Fellow), J. B>Lin (f"eUow) . ,I. Itoe (FeUQ\"v). G. Edwards (Felle>w). J . Broacll,,•11t (Pellow) , L. ~l cllona,: d (Sen-ant), B. Mu i-dock (SHvant), A . Bell ( Diirgory) , E. Spe~ (Servr.ut) , 1'", :\f(' Uona.lc.t ( l\liss Neville), B. Luff ( l·(astlngs), J. Love (La.ndlonl ), J. " 'urren ( 1U aid) , J . ~.lanton 1 (Mrs. Hardcn.stl.e<), I. Dodd (l\Ir. Hardcastle).

SitUni;-F. Purvis (Fe llow) . A. W ell.e r (Fe-ll ow) , 0. Nickels (Tony Lum1,l<ln) , 11r. Sm.it!, (Sir Ch1u lcs .Mairlo w ) , N. Taylor (~liss Hnrdcns tl&), J . S i1nmons (Young i\ Iarlow).

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There is no need for much to be said about the Library this year , as, to the great disappointment of many of the g irls, it was not opened for the day girls until Third Term.

The boarders have had the use of it all the year, and we hope that in 1928 the day girls also will be able to make free use of the helpful information and pleasure to be had from reading.

We have a wide range of literature in our Library, catering for the younger girls, as well as the senior.

Some girls seem to be under the impression that all the books are " learn ed " and above their heads; this is not cor· rect, so we hope ever yone will have free access to the Library next year.-F. J.

Music Notes.

During the pas t year M.L.C. has cer· tainly shown what great musical talent it poss1isses, and we a re a.I! proud of the year's results which h ave proved so very satisfactory in the recent examinations.

This year has been full of e ntertainments.

During the · first and second terms, we greatly appreciated the concerts given by the Oriana Madrigal Society, which is conducted by our musical director, Mr. Frazier. Some of us h ave been fortunate in being able to join this society, and the boarders . look with much more· interest, when they know some who are performing.

We a.re all looking forward to the third concert· which. "is to be· this term.

We have our Orpheus- Society again this year, ·.and- -Mr.• F.razier- has us al-I -working very hard at our Speech Night songs.

The Sociables are still keeping their p lace amongst the boarders. Ea.ch Friday night they render two part-songs at a social evening which is held in the Dining Hall.

At the end of First T erm we were taken to the Auditorium to hear a recital given by Paderewski.

This we all enjoyed very much.

During Second Term we were all de• lighted to hear Heifet:r., the great violinist.

Another musical eveut in which the girls showed great interest was the series of concer ts arranged by Gladys McDowell, which were held in Fitch ett Hall. Three or four very clever artists came out on each occasion and gave us all a very enjoyable afternoon.

The results of this year's examination in piano and singing are as fo llows: Pianofortc.-Grade IL: Margaret Overend (honours), Frances Kennedy (credit), Phyllis Osborn. Grade III.: Jean Balding (honours) , Frey Shimmon (credit), Nellie Taylor. Grade IV. : Joyce Findlay (honours) , Ebbie Sh ackel! (honours), Linda Krause (credit), Jean McNair (credit), Evelyn Wood (credit) , Gwen Roberts, Gwen Stout, Mary Shaw.

Grade V.: Loma Amos, Nance Ezard, ·Betty Reseigh, Marjorie Thornton.

Grade vr: Dorothy Dugdale, Thelma Jager, Mona Rogerson.

Sing.ing.-Grade II.: Frances Kennedy (credit).

Grade III.: Mavis Lancaster (credit), Lilian &tavely. Grade V.: Violet Boyd (honours), Florence Andrews (credit).

Harmony.-Grade II.: Phyllis Osborn (credit) . Margaret Overend. Grade III.: Nancy Lee (honours), Betty Reseigh (hon• ours), Frances Kennedy (credit), Nellie Taylor (credit). Grade IV. : Frances Ken° nedy (honours,), Betty Reseigh (honours), Lilian Stavely (credit), Gwen Roberts.

Grade V.: Mary ·Ralph (credit).-M. L .. 1.--.'

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The League of Nations.

A Icing hall, with rows of distinguislied men and clever women down ,each side;· outside the great building, the sun glinting on the waters of the lake; and inside, an atmospher e of purpose and idealism-this, as portrayed to us . by Mrs. Allen, Australian delegate : in 1924, is the . room .of the League of Nations.

On October 5 we were given a fascinating talk on this subject by Mrs. Allen, better known to some, perhaps, as " Vesta" of the "Argus."

Everyone listened entranced as she told us its his-

SILVER. AND GREEN. tory; how it was the result of a s uggestion made by President Wilson, of the United States; it contains r epresentatives of the Allied Nations concerned in the Great ·war.

The Treaty of Versailles, which is embodied in the covenant of the JJeague, concluded its foundation .

The great object of the League is to remove the minor causes of war. With greater issues it bas Jess to do. Austria's affairs, Mrs. Allen said, with the light of triumph in her eyes, were in a dreadful state after the war. She had more than 100 quarrels with neighbouring countries, any one of which tnight have Jed to war.

Her finances were exceed ing ly low, and a ltogether things looked hopeless.

A member of the League authoris'e d to manage affairs was sent to live in Austria; three years was the limit set for the task to be accomplished. But within two years her affairs were once more in a flourishing state, and every one of the causes for war had disappeared.

The constitution of the League was related-that 55 different nations belong, representing 25 languages.

English and French, however, are the two official languages spoken. Marvellous work is done by the interpreters. It is governed by an assembly, consisting of three delegates from each nation.

A ve ry inter esting point is that any office may be held by a woman as well as a man.

The League meets every September, sitting from three to five weeks, according to the amount of work to be done.

The executive of the assembly, we are told, consisted of representatives from each nation.

The League is divided into six committees, each of which deals with a different branch of the work. These do not sit in the hall of the League of Nations, but in t:he gr eat b uilding belonging to the Secre• tariat.

This is another branch of the League, which, living permanently at Geneva, carries out the work of the yea;declded upon by the committees.

This work takes time. So much, indeed, said Mrs. Allen, that the League has heen severely criticised for its tortoise-like methods. But as there has to be no dissentient voice in any d ecis ion made by any of the committees, these are absolutely necessary. A single nation could defeat a proposal agreed to by a ll the others. This regulation, again, is essential, because the

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overruling of the dissentient voices would tend to provoke ill-feeling among the nations-an occurrence to be avoided at all costs.

Only one-twentieth of the work was touched upon by Mrs. Allen. She told us how through the good work of the medical officers attached to the League, Albania and Persia were cured of the dreadful epidemics that scourged them after the war; how each fortnig·h t Australia receives a health bulletin from a body of the League medical officers stationed in the East..

This report tells Australia the health-state of each Eastern Country near Australia, so that she is enabled to guard against infection.

Altogether the work was an absorbing subject.

Great personalities abound in the League of Nations.

One of the outstanding men is Dr. Nansen, the explorer and scientist; a picturesque figure he makes with his splendid physique, sweeping cloak and wide-brimmed hat.

He was responsible for the settling and occupation of the refugees pouring from one country to another after the war. Another personality is a little Gol dilocks of a woman, one of the most admired and respected in the League. Perfect silence and a tense atmosphere greet t:his magnetic little Swedish lady whenever she rises to speak.

Many more points were touched upon

by Mrs. Allen.

Her companion, Mrs. Maggs, addressed a meeting of a few of the seniors afterwards, when we were told how to run a miniature League at School.

Next year we hope to have one in full swing, with its Mock Assemblies, debates, and Senates all complete.-R. H .

Birthday Night.

This year Birt:hday Night was held on September 30, Jess than three weeks after the vacation. Every night for weeks before girls, when late for study, said: " Oh! I've been up in the gym.," ·and a ir w·as well. Then, mystery of mysteries!

Eve ry morning, before breakfast, several teachers · strolled towards the gym. " ·Whatever do they do up there?" everybody asked, · but the only thing to do was to wait and see.

The bath-r ooms were " bagged " from 8.15 onwards on the eventful day, and woe

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betide the poor girl who occupied the bathroom for more than ten minutes. At last, the dressing and c r eaming a nd powde ring were a ll over, a nd th er e only r emained the "Do I look alrig ht?" part of the proceedings.

At a ql)arter-past five we assembled in the Dining Hall, with a general gas p of admiration for the tastefully decorated ·h all and the be,vilderingly b eautiful frocks. The room resembled a rainbow, the · colours bleuding together to make au harmonious whole.

Then the great event! T ea ! the o:rily ineal o.f the year which the then little boarders term really " decent."

Of the tea, ·the less said the better. Dr. and Mrs. Fitch ett and Mrs. Williams, an oid t eacher of the College, visited u s during this period · of enjoyme nt, and the Doctor looked c harming in a yellow paper cap.

Mrs. •F itchett favoured g r een, with white bindings.

After tea, the gym. was the centre of atlraction,' and the time passed all too quickly. Each girl lamented the fact t hat she ha d just missed a certa in dance, which was to have been, for h e r, the event of the evening.

Fusi, . R enie Bucl;la na n, May Nisket, and several of the teachers very kindly played for us, a nd the music was greatly enjoyed by a ll the d ancers.

However, all good things come to a n e nd, especially when . they are followed by something better.

After an hour's dancing, we came down to the main passage, wh e r e, as a . gr eat concession, we were allowed t o meet our gues t s. · " Have you found he r?" and " Oh ! hullo, darli-ng!" hurtled t hro ugh the air, and about half a n hour was needed to sort out 120 boarde rs and their guests into their respective pairs, However, at eight -o'clock we were a ll :seated in Fitchett Hall, listening to a delightful pia noforte duet by Friedman and Backhaus.

Seven young charm e1·s, fine ndvertisements for House, t h en made' ever_y body. welcome in strains of .unsur_passed , m elody. .." Rendez-vous " delighted .everyone in its sweet s implicity a nd quaint o ld-world air . The fountain was trul y a work of art, a nd Cupid looked as if he could s till shoot, in spite of his broken bow. The Sociab les k e pt up their re puta-

tion as nightingales, and further talent was shown in " Mrs. Huldah's Offer." No one knew there was s uch an ancient •boarder, though we certainly have some very modern ones. " Mrs. Jarley's Waxworks " followed, and therein lay the tragedy of the evening. One of the fig ures was over-wound, and it took the combined efforts of Mrs. J arley and J ohn to stop the mechanism.

Mary, who called the cattle ·h ome, is now in the repair shop, a nd is not on show.

The model of Lister has since been br ought up-to-date. At that time J ohn had not had time to shingle he r hair.

Mrs. Jarley has also been making quite a fortune out of her d eceased friend, Mr s.

Allan's, h a ir r estor er, since Birt hd ay Night, hav ing exhibited its results that night.

Many M.L.C. models were made especia lly for the occasion, but they h ave ·no w fallen more or less into disuse.

During the interva l. several pet canaries were induced to whis tle behind the scenes, a nd were quite a success. The tablea.ux which followed, " Finishing Touches" and " The Slee p·i ng Beauty "-wer e pronounced splendid.

Prince Charming was ve r y charming a nd the Sleeping Beauty was very beautiful. A vocal duet, "I know a ba nk whereon the wild thyme blows," wa.s beautifully s ung by two of our m ost promising yo ung singers. The climax· of th e programme was, however, undoubtedly th e one-act play, " The Bath-room Door ," given by the Staff. . ' Here was the mystery unravelled! All th e worshippers of blue thought of what might have been , had the dashing young rr..an with the backscrubber been all h e pretended to be.

We are all very glad that the only gentlemen among the audience were Doctor Fitchett, Mr. Le Couteur, r.nd Mr. Lemmon, all married men, as we do not want to lose Miss Pearce.

The scene around the bath-room door w.as most Intriguing, a nd everyone won .. d e rs why the Staff did not turn to the theatrical profession, ins.tead of that of teaching.

After the concert came supper in the _Dining H a ll, " Auld Lang Syne ," " God Save the King," and good-byes, leaving one with the impression of the ha p piest .Birthday Night on record.-B. R.

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House Notes.

Once more the School year is drawing to an end, and some of us are not at all JookiJlg forward to Speech Night.

We commenced School early in February and found that one,half of our number consisted of new girls. They did not take Jong to ·settle down, aJ1d a bout three weeks after we had returned the 0' ,.

Girls entertained them with a concert The school-room was gaily decorated for the occasion, and each girl ·h elped to make the whole a great success. Later in the term the new girls repaid the compliment, and a thoroughly happy time w3:s . spent one Saturday evening.

We boarders of 1927 have been exceptionally fortunate in the way of entertainments. T owards the end of First Term some of the S«;lnior girls were taken to hear Paderewski. Later in Second Term we went to hear Heifetz, and during the year we h ave heard two concerts given by t he Oriana Madrigal Society, the conductor of which is Mr. Frazier, our own Music Master.

Once again we saw the Old Collegians on the stage in the production of "An Ideal Husba nd."

A week or two later our own School play was held in the Playhouse. We were very pleased indeed to see several of our boarders taking such prominent parts.

The prefects were greatly envied w'hen, by the invitatio n of Miss Parsons, we had the pleasur e of going to the Wesley play with the visiting teams from Adelaide.

We spent a very interesting evening when we saw t h e p-icture " Tonga To-day" screened at the Hawthorn Town Hall. It ·delighted us to see Fusi several times in the picture and to hear her play some Tonga music.

We cheered her as she was presented with a beautiful basket of flowers by the Young Worn.en's . Missionary Movement.

At the end of Second Term we were asked to do our part in e nte rtaining our Adelaide visitors. This we did by g iving them a n evening.

It began by danci ng in the gym. from 7 till 8 o'clock, after which the party adjourned to the School-room for a concert.

The . School-room was prettily decorated in our School colours.

Silver and green balloons hung from the ceiling, and at

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the close ·of the concert during the singing of our School song, s ilver and green streamers were thrown out in all directions .

Supper followed in the DiningHall, where the prevailing colour was red, for House. We ended the evening by s inging "Auld Lang Syne."

One of the great events of the year was the visit to see the Duke and Duchess.

Soon after dinner five big char-a-banes pulled up at the front gate and we were filled ·with excitement, when, marching down to the front gate, each girl was h anded a tiny flag to · wave at the R oyal party. We had to sit and wait for about two hours, but time soon passed, and we were each provided with a bun and two biscuits. After the procession had passed our chauffeurs very kindly consented to drive us through the city to see the wonderful decorations. It was a great sight to see the five char-a-banes filled ·with g irls, a ll waving t-heir flags. In fact, i;o great was the sight tl\at people turp.ed and gaily waved back at us. On our way home again we r aised our lusty voices and filled the air with " Silver and Green."

We ended the day happily by going up the tower to see the illumina.tions, and we are pleased to _say that everyon e returned with sound limbs.

This year has seen many alterations in our Resident Staff.

Miss Newman and Miss Smith-Hill left us at the end of last year .

Miss Maling filled Miss SmithHill's p lace as Sports Mistress, a nd we were glad to welcome Miss Hay to our Resident Staff.

At the end of First Term , Miss A. Whitehead t hought she would rather have the t raining of a husband than the training of girls. We were fortunate in getting one of our exstudents, Miss Helms, to take her place.

Miss D. Whiteh ead a lso left us, and Miss Shapley kindly took her place in House.

One of the g reatest shocks that con fronted us when we returned fo r Thlrd Term was that Miss Hunt, owing t o illh ealth was forced to leave us. Miss · Hay has t~ke n her position · as Lady Superintendent , and we were a ll very glad to welcome back to House one ·or our past R esident Staff m embers-Miss Ball.

We have also ha d many alterations in our prefects s.ince the beginning of the year. We commenced with Frances Kenn edy as Senior House, Beryl Watt, PhyJlis

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W est, and Gwen Roberts as full pre fects, a nd Mavis Lancaster, Linda Krause, Violet Boyd and E lsie Morris as associate prefects. At the end of First T e rm G""fen found that s h e would h ave to leave us, and E ls ie was also forced to leave through ill-health .

W h en Second Term began Mavis was mad e a fu ll prefect, a nd Marjorie l'loe and Mary Brisbane associates.

Elsie returned after Second T e rm.

Now perhaps the most exciting of all days was Sports Day. The boarders really decided this year that they would carry the red flag to victor y, and t h ey did.

The day girls proved themselves to be stronger in swimming, and they a lso won the basketball and baseball.

During Third Term a debate on the very important s ub ject of wheth er a boa rder is better prepared for after life than the day girl was h eld betwee n H ouse and School. We did our best to convince t h e day girls that this was so, and after many interes tin g discussions t h e h onour s of the debate fell to H ouse.

We are very proud lo congratulate our speak e r s - Betty Reseigh and Da isy L anyon .

We h ave all had a ver y happy y e a r together, and we wish the boarders of 1928 the best of luck a nd good wish es.

F. K.

Back-to-School's Day. Few g irls leave School without a feeling of regret. Yet there is a lways comfort to be derived from t h e fact that there are nume rous ways of k eep-in g in touch with the College. One way of doing this is to attend Back-to-School's Day, which is the one day in the year wh en past and present pupils can meet once more at the College.

It is a n event which is appr eciated to the full, not only by the Old Collegians, but by a ll th e present scholars as well, especially those senior g irls who know t-hat they w ill be -leavin g at the e nd of the year and realise what the School means to t h em.

This year the re -union b etween past a nd present p-u pils took p,lace on March 3t At 2 o'clock the Old Collegian s took their places on one side of Fitchett Hall and ti;le present girls on t h e oth er.

There \Vere .fewer Old Col!egians at the Asse.m,-

bly t h an t h er e were last year. Assembly was then opened in the usual manner and the Old Collegians wer e warmly welcomed by th e girls. We were then addressed by Mrs. Woodruff, wh o gave a most interesting and vivid account of h er t r ip to J apan.

After the Assembly the basketball and tennis matche s were p layed.

The Old Collegians were v ictorious in tennis but beaten in basketball. Afternoon tea was provided by the Old Collegians in the Din ing Hall.

This day, when old friendships are r enewed and old memories revived, is long r emembered by the girls , both past and present, a nd a ll coming Back-to-School's Days a r e eagerly looked fo rwa rd to.M. W.

The S.C.U. Camp at Berwick.

Camp in the hills at Spring-time!

A houseful of school-girls in h oliday mood , and glorious s unlit days a nd calm, cool nights, and the s ilence of green s urrounding hills: this for a week-with spor ts and games and merry camp-songs, friendly books, and camp talks in the quiet, darkened r oom at night; the r u sh a nd scr amble of the morning bath; the cheer fu l meals; concerts after tea; and the round of the camp before bed to say " good-night"these are some of the joys of camp.

Long walks, w ith a rest by th e way on t he needles under t h e pine t r ees, and readings from our favo urite "Wind and the Willows," which we as a camp read togeth er during the week, and then the ramble h ome, arriving in t ime for tea.

One sunny, windy morning we had a delightful h are-and-hounds.

Three girls rushed off, laying the scent (paper torn into shreds a nd scattered from pillowslips which were tied with many kno ts round the hounds). Oh, the tragic sight of t-hose poor p illow-slips after the chase !

After the exhila ration cau sed by navigating the creek , wading through a s t anding pool, running, with s tockings soaked and shoes squelching with mud, for about a quarter of a mile, we at last arrived breathless on the front lawn , where, after a ch ange of footwear, we r e posed to listen to the enth ralling . adventures of t h e Mole.

The Berwick campers w ill not soon fo rget the visit we paid to the " Beakies," our n eighbouring campers at " Runny-

SIL VER AND GREEN. mede," Beaconsfield, where we enjoyed croquet, quoits, circlos, and-most entertaining of all-the "cup shy. " To our huge de light we were given orders to destroy about two doze n cracked cups· the 'method was nove l, a tin-tray bein~ fixed against the wire-netting of the tennis court, and each pe rson was allowe d to try her luck at · a distance of about 20 feet.

Great was the emulation betwee n the Sun, Moon and Stars, the three divisions of t he camp, widespread the wreckage and loud the applause.

We had been conveyed to "Runnymede" in the famous "Red Rover" (licensed to carry 12), into which a ll of us- 30crowded, but the journey home was made on foot.

Every day began with a little gath erin g of the camp out in the morning freshness of the garden.

After morning prayers, taken in turn by one of the officers, we troope d hungry into breakfast, and then followed the p,r ogramme for the day.

After our beds were made and the rooms arrange d for camp inspection, and after Study Circle Preparation, an hour was spent on the lawns or v er andah in groups of e ight, where we discussed the Bible Study for the day.

When biscuits! and oranges had been distributed, we set out for a walk or began the sports or other entertainment until dinner.

Rest hour followed dinner, when we mig,h t read or write, or sleep.

The remainder of the afternoon was usually spent out of doors until tea-time. One day we had a dress-up tea, in which beauty and grotesqueness were most marvellously mingled.

Concerts, competitions, and games, and twice during the week camp chronicle, filled up the interval between tea and vespersthis was per-h aps the very b est part of camp.

After supper we trooped over In gro ups under the peaceful 11igh t sky to the cottage, which gradually subsided into state of quiet until lights were put out at 9.45.

The spirit of camp is something which cannot be described-it can only be felt.

We hope t h at year by year more girls from M.L.C. will attend and e njoy camp a nd experience this "spirit of camp."J. W.

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Camp Re-U nion The long-waited-for day arrived, but not bright and sunny as was hoped.

However , the rain did not dampen the spirits of the happy pa rty of school-girls and officers of Berwick camp, who were bound for an aJl-day p-i cnic to Ferntree Gully. About thirty managed to squeeze into one carriage and, as may be imagined, there was no lack of conversation.

The re seeme d a thousand eager questions to ask and answer as friendships were renewed, and camp snaps discussed and laughed over.

A heavy rain-storm g r eeted our arrival at the Gully, but, nothing daunted, we determined to see the fine view from the look-out on top of the mount.

As it was too wet to light a fire, we l eft our chops to be cooked in time for lunch at the kiosk in the Park and set out for the look-out. It seemed as if for every step forward we took two back and sat down, until by the time we r eached the top our shoes and stockings were wet through a nd clot-hes covered in mud.

There had been a light fall of snow and the stragglers were urged on by those who reach ed the look-out first, only to be met with a s hower of snowballs as they ascended the narrow, slippery stairs. Our excitement was increased by a h e avier fall of snow. It was a thrilling experience for most of us who had not been in s now before to see the countryside frosted with fr esh fallen snow. The journey down the mount was merely a succession of slips and slides, urged on by the thought of the chops.

After lunch we indulged in such games as "callings" and follow the leader until one leade r sat gracefully down in the mud.

We then adjourned to the kiosk for musical arms, t he music being provided by an Impromptu orchestra using kerosene tins and sticks.

It was a happy, though muddy party of campers that caught the train to Canterbury; where we invaded one of the officer 's homes for afternoon t ea.

While we were sitting a round the fire, Camp Mother r ead us extracts from " R ebuilding Europe," a book about the work the World's :Student Christian Movement

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is doing to help the poor University students of Europe. We, in Anstralia, being too far away, a re apt to forget air the poverty and misery of post-war Europe.

We were rather ash amed to hear that Australia had been one or the last countries t0 respond to an appeal for funds.

We fitly concluded a most enjoyable d ay by singing our camp hymn, " Fellowship."-P. · R. B.

S.C.U. Picnic at Boronia.

Arriving at Boronia about ten o'clock, we set out along the path, soon r eaching a half-way house, where we procured the necessary soft drinks, and divested ourselves of such conventional garb as hats and blaze rs, which we were kindly allowed to leave till our r eturn. We then continued our way, discussing many and varied topics.

On r eaching our ~estination, we collected twigs and lit a fire, over which-though in reality it was sometimes in which-we cooked our chops.

We stayed . here for some time before walking down the road t-0 meet Miss Maxwell, whom some of u s had met a t camp in September. Ove rcome with the effort of so much walking, we e'Qcamped b e neath a " spreading" tree, where we indulged in some c lass ical songs and listened to "the lighter side of School iife," making the sad. discovery that the Staff were well acquainted with all the theories ~.rom.ulgated therein.

At the very earnJ;lst ent_reaty of some members of the party, we had tea, after which Miss Maxwell gave us a very interesting talk about the S.C.U . I nte rnational Conference held at Denmark ·1ast year.

The time remaining b efore the train was due was spent in picking gum, and some b ecame so enraptured with the beauties of Nature that the sight of the train rushing int-0 the p la_tform was necessary to convince them that time, at any r ~te, waits for no man. The driver, however, considerately held the train up three minutes, and as it started, we r ealised that the . picn ic we had ~njoye d so much wai, over.

-K. H.

Junior Red Cross.- " I Ser~e."

In trying to follow the motto, " I Serve," the Junior Red Cross Circle of 1927 has been able to send in a r eport which shows . that a. very satisfactory year's work has been done.

• We were very fortunate in once more h aving Miss L ewis for our leader and treasure r. She has put h er heart into the work and e ncouraged the girls in the movement. We have a big committee, consisting of one member from each Form in the ~,chool and F . Kennedy was elected secr etary.

Throughout the year each Form has worked consistently for certain Foundling Hornes and Kindergartens. During l!'irst and Second Terms abo ut 300 new garments were made. These, with a g reat number of old garments,' were taken to various Homes by the g irls. By paying th ese visits the girls find their work much more interesting.

In Second Term Form Diploma made a special effort to raise funds for the Fitzroy Social Settlement. A series o f concerts was arranged and h e ld each day from 1.20 to 1.50 p.rn. for a week. The admission was ld. anq. the total . s um r a ise d was £6 13s.

Then again we had another appeal for Dr. Adelaide Gault. This time the m e mbe rs of the Young Women's Missionary Movement in connection with t he Auburn Methodist Church qecided to make a quilt for Dr. Gault's Hospital. Many of the girls helped in this by s endin g ls. each and the n their initials were worked on the quilt.

Once more we had a special appeal for eggs for the Melbourne Hospital.

Although we did not quite reach the number brought in last year about 40 dozen were sent away.

Many other smaller items as scrap books, toys, etc. have been · collected during the year and forwarded to the diffe r ent Kindergartens.

Our Circle Committee k eeps in touch with Headquarters and always Lakes ·the " I Serve" magazine.

We hope that the Jui;i_ior Red Cross Circle of next y ear will take a still keener interest in the work and make this movement one of th~ most important in the social life of the M.L.C.- 1<'.K .

SILVER AND GREEN. THE VOICE OF THE SCHOOL. " For Shelter."

To the Editresses of "Silver and Green."

Dear Mesdames,-Let me bring to your honourable notice a characteristic scene at M.L.C. in t he broiling heat of mids umme r.

The scene is portrayed in that portion of the School labelled "For Shelter." A few languid girls are seated in various uncomfortable position.s on the hard seats, occasionally lettin g a ·dull, unintelligent eye _rest for a second on a n uninteresting, dusty text-book. Do these girls look as if they are brilliantly g ifted, a nd can pass examinations with honours? Yet this is so.

T he pitiless sun streams in on the desolate scene, and t he dust-laden north wind de pos its its burden in the eyes of the poor unfo rtunates. "For Shelter!" " For Shelter! ! " What a misnome r!

Last, but most important of all, the eye drops on a miserable cr eature restingnay, I cannot, will not use that word; let us say supporting herself in a chair ; it is a m e mber of the Staff.

What c rue lty!

What injus tice! " How can she bear it?" one asks. Alas! poor thing, she must. It is the will of one greater than she.

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I beg that you will try to find a c ure fo r this g reatest of trials, for the sake of "A POOR UNFORTUNA'rE."

Our Swimming Baths.

To the Edit resses of " Silver and Green:; Dear Mesdames,-By means of your paper .I s hould like to draw attention to the fact that, although t he M.L.C. is noted fo r its "spa cious, tiled swimming baths," ver y many of our g irls cannot swim.

Could not a n instructress be procur ed to teach swimming ? Many gi rls wo uld benefit by this · and on leaving School might find it a great asset.

At present, many would-be swimmers s it round the e dge of the bath s a nd vainly envy the few lucky · " ducks" who learnt b efore coming to M.L.C. How many of us go to a beach picnic and find our · pleasur e marred by inability to swim?

Hoping that something will soon be done to rectify matte rs, I s hall wait in patience a nd, I hope, not in vain .-Yours, etc., B. LUFF.

Dress Rules.

To the Editresses of " Silver and Green."

Dear Mesdames,-It is pleasing to note tha t as a result, we s urmise, of a letter published in last year's " Silver and Green," we a r e now permitted to wear white sto ckings with our School hat-ba nd.

But, in conjunction with this, came forth the decr ee t ha t we were no longer to

Examples o f C o mmercial Art. Left: Drawing by ~·( . Gua rd.

Right : l lluminutcd Letter by 1\L Guard.

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wear navy silk dresses to school, when the temperature was soaring in the l00's. It is very detrimental to our working and sporting abilities to be forced to spend a pot, dusty day in a pleated tunic and stiff l ong-sleeved white blouse, also to have before our eyes the tantalising vision of_ the staff garbed in the latest summer modes.

Surely there is some remedy for this serious discrepancy on the part of the powers that be?-Yours, etc., B. L. M.

FORM NOTES.

Form Honour VI. Again we are confronted with the horrors of Form Notes as the examinations are drawing slowly but surely upon us.

"Why are we weighed upon wit•h heaviness And utterly consum'd with sharp distress While all things else have rest from weariness?"

At present we cannot rest, as each day our brains are overcrowded with the problems which have to b e overcome before those examinations. All we can say for the present is: " Hence vain deluding joys " till after the exams., when we shall " resolve to drench in mirth " for a few weeks.

Our studies are not the only sphere in which we are conspicuous, for we have a lways played our part in the realm of sport.

As you all know, we have that dreadful silence rule, but we cannot be accused of breaking this rule, as we often appear on the weekly Honour list.

During the year we have assisted charitable fnstitutions in many ways, especially in First Term, when old and new garments were brought for charity.

But, alas! our Schooldays are passing, but we shall always have cherished memories of our year in Honour VI. Then " to fresh woods and pastures new " as we enter upon the Sea of Life to face its storms and pleasures.

Form Pass VI. T eacher s, day-girls and boarders. lend us your ears!

Although Pass VI. has for the last few years remarked on the Kindergarten pictures which adorn our walls, we take this opportunity to show our contempt for these juvenile " tableaux," which are by no means aids to further study.

To come to charity-as we are so studious a Form we cannot spare our valuable time in making garments for tbP. Collingwood Methodist Mission, but we deny ourselves Mrs. Ob's pleasing company (and commodities!) to save our pennies. Although by no means a.JI donations are in for Term III. we ·have alread~· saved £3. Miss Pitts divided us into groups and we have now all paid a delightful visit to our Kindergarten and have managed to send them about 50 garments.

Our activities in the sporting field have met wit-b but moderate success and although no cups adorn our piano we have all felt the beneficial effect of the sporting spirit r esulting from such competition.

All the Senior School will remember our noticeable entrance into the realm of drama, in the form of " Playgoers " by Pinero, produced with the much appreciated help of Miss Krome. We also were very proud of the four girls from our Form who were in the School Play.

Apart from general scholastic efforts, we have amongst us many girls with unusual ability in music, drama, art and home science.

As Mrs. Landen and Miss Pitts have helped us in our Form matters, we must thank both of them for their perseverance in attempting to deal with us and hope that they have derived even a small amount of_ satisfaction from so doing.

The whole Form extends its sympathy to Miss Hunt in her illness and s.incer ely hopes that she will soon recover and be back amongst us.

Although we are very quiet (by force of the silence rule! ) this fact is not taken at its fu!J value owing to the numerous and varied noises going on all around us.

We enjoy in Economics on Friday morning the strains of Schubert's " Marche Militaire " coming from the Hostel Music Room; at other times it is five-finger

SILVER AND GREEN. exercises or Beethoven's sonatas. More pleasing to our ears is the clatter of bricks and girders, etc., from the new " Refectory," which hriug to us in our stolen day-dreams happy thoughts or the future.

Form V.a.

Form Notes! At such a time as this, when every head in V.a. is bent over a book, and every brow is wrinkled with thoughts of that looming cloud-Intermediate. How can we s.pare the time to turn our thoughts to anything so frivolous?

We s·hall say "good-bye " to our Formroom this year with mixed feelings. We shall never forget its <:hilliness on winter mornings, but then it h as this advantage -its windows give us a perfect view or the gardens and, incidentally, of anyone who happens to come up the path. But we have drawn our eyes from these fascinating sights with an iron determination which, we are sure, has won us the silent admiration of all.

We •h ope everyone has noticed how straight we have kept our lines. This is due to the special efforts of our Form Captain, Una M. Harrison and Lieu tenants Olive Major and Una F. Harrison.

We have not achieved anything very outstanding in the field of sport yet. Perhaps we are more inclined to studious attainments.

This year we have worked for the Cecil Street Free Kindergarten at South Melbourne, and have done so well that we have earned the praise of our Form Mistress, Miss Lewis.

We visited the Kindergarten once and took a parcel of clothes for the little children.

Our year in V.a. is nearly over, so we wish next year's V.a. "good luck" and hope the y have as many passes in Intermediate as we intend to have.

Form V.b.

This year has been a busy one for V.b., and under Alice Heither, Florence Thomas, and Lillian Skinner , we have behaved quite satisfactorily, although Alice is almost at her wits' end to keep us quiet between periods.

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Our first distinction was that one of o ur girls gained the Singing Scholarship given by Sir Aaron Danks.

The girls again honoured the Form by buying more buttons for the Baby Homes than any other Form in the School. We have done fairly well at our other Red Cross work, too, and d uri ng Second Term some of our girls went to the Chelle nham Home, taking articles of clothing for the children.

Our Sports officers are Joyce Ibbott, Nancy Chitty, and Dione Robinson. We won our heat at the Swim.ming Sports, but in the finals were just beaten by V.c.

We won our first baseball m atch, but were defeated arter a close game in the second.

Although we have not gained any rewards for inter-Form games, we have a good record of individual sport, and hope to do well at tennis, as two ot our girls a re in the unbeaten School tennis eight. All the School Sports teams are r epr esented in our Form. Dione won the Intermediate Ohamp.ionship at th e running sports, and Nancy is the school-girl te nnis champion of Victoria, both in singles and doubles, It is through her that we a r e to have, at Mr. Hill's s uggestion, a halt-holiday.

At the end of Second Term, the very successful School Play was held in the Playhouse. The success of that Play was partly due to the h eroine, Nellie Taylor, who is a member of our Form.

Botany excursions have lately h elped to lessen the monotony of hard work. But t hey have not been very fruitful.

We went to Ringwood the first time, and it t eem ed with rain. The next excursion was twice postponed, and then we were called on unexpectedly to go to East Kew. Of course, this time it was very hot, which those who walked back felt more than others.

Last week we had a very interestinglecture on the League of Nations by Mrs. Allen, who was a substitu te delegate fo r Australia in 1924. She told us a great deal about this wonderful organisation, and h e r regret was that no time was left to tell us more. But " the fly in the ointment" was that we will have to write an essay about the League, to take up more of our precious time.

Our time is precious, for it is only a week to the final exams. for most of us.

Every moment means studying, stewing,

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" swotting." So you can see that no time is left for writing Form Notes. ',Ve will well deserve the Christmas holidays, don't you think so?

we !rope that they will ·carry the "pink and blue" flag to victory.

Form V.c.

Dear Mesdames,-We are in receipt of your letter of the 12th inst. requesting us to see that our Form Notes are duly sent you at our earliest convenience.

As you are aware, our swimming and baseball teams did not ·lead us to victory in those directions, but we are pleased to inform you that our running and basketball teams, under the Captaincy of Ada Weller, added to .our many trophies another shield and certificate.

In connection w ith our work for charity, we raised over £2 from a small Play, " H yacinth Ha.Ivey," which we gave to benefit the Fitzroy Ki-ndergarten. The girls b ad much pleasure in taking several parcels of toys and clothing to them, and we would like to take this opportunity of thanking Mr. Ford for his kind gift of 100 very nice scrap-books.

During the year we received a challenge from the Vicar of St. Mark's Social Set"tlement to raise £5 for a library, and we are pleased to state that it was very successfully met with a series of ld. concerts, after which we were able to present Mr. Nichols with nearly £7.

So with an our studies, spo'r t and work for charity, we have contrived to make one of the jolliest years on record. Our s ince r est wish to the girls of 1928 is that they may have as happ,y a year as the one which is now drawing to a close.Sincerely yours, DIPLOMA A.

Fonn Diploma A. We scribe with diligen ce amid.s t heartrending groans from " would-be " aspirants to the honour of " Inte rmediate."

With that spectre looming ahead, we s hould per-haps between periods study our textbooks..

Not so; in spite of the remonstran ces of our Form Captain, Julia Marks, and lhe awe-inspiring .fact that the Head-master's office is next door, we have not yet succsleded in maintaining a silence befitting an Intermediate Form.

In the matter of sports (Miss Krome is our Sporls Mistress as well as F orm Mistress) our one distinction this year waf! the winning of the Swimming Cup (which cherished possession was carefully brought to class each day, until having feasted our eyes on its glory, our th oughts turned to baseball). We are justly proud of S. Epstein, ,vho gives us the honour of having a member o-f the Form in the .School swim.ming team.

After rising to the finals in baseball, we were d efeated by Diploma B. In basketball we defeated V.b. and we were then defeated by Pass VI. We have some hopes for tennis, as two members of our " six "-B. Frazer and L. Griffith-are in the second team.

At present the harassing problem of manufacturing dresses for _ the " Lillian Cannam" Home is abso rbing us. We received a bundle of mate rial from the Home.

This was distributed amongst members of the Form who are now making their pieces into garments . vVe hop-e, after the strain of exa~s. is o'er, to visit the children at the Home.

Our Form-room overlooks the "Quad." and "Tuck-shop." The " Quad." is sometimes inte resting- T·u ck always. One of the Form's bad points is gazing through the windows.

During Third Term we ,eceived a letter of thanks from the schoo l in France to whom members of last year's XX.a . sent a Folio.

L astly, we not only wish next year's V.c. as happy a time as we have had, but

Form Diploma B. We are once again sending our valuab1·e ~ contribution to " Silver and Green."

We were very fortunate in winning the Baseball Cup, through the wonderful play and coaching of Bessie Sarah, our representative in the School team. In basketball our opponents, Honour VI., provefl to be too good for us.

Tennis is coming soon, and a lthough we are not too strong; · we are going to do our best. We up-held our Form's name when Joye Solomon ran away, or at least swam away, from every-

$IL VER AND GREEN. body at the Swimming Sports and ob• tained the Championship.

We have b een working for the Fitzroy Creche Kindergarten, to which Miss Burton' took us during Second T erm; also E. Binns, who was in our Form, was able to get a s pecial invitation from R ev. Nichols to look over St. Mark's Social Settleme nt.

As it was a cold day, we were very pleased to accept some soup which they distributed amongst those present.

Grace Dredge and Isabel Adams offered to assist with the library at St. Mark's Socia l Settlement. They take it in turns each Saturday morning.

Rev. Nichols b eing a man with the belief of " ask a nd you s hall receive," challenged us to raise £5 , but we were fortunate through the help of penny concerts to obtain £6 13s.

Every dinner-time during Second Term, if anyone walked into the Book-keepingroom, they would see at least half a dozen girls sitting round the radiator knitting jumpers or singlets for the Kindergarten.

Marjorie Ford's father has been very generous in giving us one hundr!!d "scrap-books" for the Kinde rgarten.

In a few years to come, we will be sitting before Ol)r corpulent managers lookIng very prim-" with spectacles on nose and note-book in hand," very de xterously taking down SJhorthand notes.

Form .V.b. Special.

V.b. Specil!,l is such a very intricate Form that we don't know how to describe it, but we'll do our best.

We are not girls who are taking up teaching as a profession, or who seek honours in the educational world, but rather we are attaining an all-round .knowledge, which will 'h elp us to• be · interesting women.

Almost a ll of our girls this year do special subjects.

The Mistresses who teach us say, as they enter the room: "Where's Mavis? Whe re's Alie? Where's Berna, Nancy, Bonnie, Bessie, or Edna?"

And we have to say they're at cooking, housewifery, commercial art, leather-work, painting, laundry, milline ry or music.

S,ome of us, especially day girls, are a lways " faithful," as Miss Parsons says, and come to every lesson.

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Our Form-room is No. 9, situated in front of the main building. In winter it is very cold, but in summer it is always cool. The pound cupboard is in our room, and we often complain of the mess which is made by girls who come to claim their lost books.

Our flag is the Royal Stuart Tartan, of w•hich we and our F orm Mistresses a r e very proud. Although it is a little torn, we allow it to g race our mantelp·i ece.

We have worked hard for the Prahran Baby H ealth Centre, and we contribute a set sum of money each T e rm.

We all stayed away from "Tuck" one week and our pocket money was u sed to help buy m aterial to make clothes for the babies.

During Second Term we r ehearsed, under the supervis,ion of Miss Hall, the Rustic Scenes from a " Midsummer Night's Dream ," and performed them at a debating meeting.

The School-room, needless to say, was packed full.

Our Form was represented · in the School Play. Doris Nickels, our famous elocutionist, took the part of Tony, w'h ich was by no means a small one, and her acting was beyond the expectation of a ll.

A few weeks ago V.c. Special and our Form went to see the Electrical Exposition, which we enjoyed very much, but we didn't e njoy having to write an essay on it, and when Miss Maling, our Science Mistress, asks how everything we saw is worked, we almost wish we hadn't seen it.

We thank our Form Mistresses h eartil y for the interest they have taken in us this year.

Form XX. A fine little band is Form Twenty, Of zest for hard work they have plenty, At games they're not slow, All their lessons they knowE'en their history from Cresar to Benty.

This year Form XX. consists of 25 girls, of whom 18 were new at the beginning of the year. Miss Dahle is our Form Mistress, Jean McRae our Form Captain, and H elen Eggleston and L enore Dye r our two lieutenants.

During this year we have been making garments for the babies of the Ben-y St. Foundling Home. V/e visited them on e day in First T e rm, and were quite d e-

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lighted with the lit tle children. We are at present collecting for a cot which we hope to give to the Foundling Home at Christmas time.

At s port we have done rather well, our team. winning the Bask etball Cup. Winifred South was the captain of this team.

We played also in tb.e finals of the baseball matches, but were defeated by V.c.

Spe cial.

At the School Sports several of the girls in our Form showed that they knew how to win races. Winifred South, Lorna Williams and Joy Weller were the three girls who were victorious. Our Form runnip.g-team came second to XX.a. in the inter-Form running after a n excelle nt race.

W e are very pleas ed to have tw'> owners of green blazer s in o ur Form. Joy Weller is in the 8 cbool basketball t eam , while Lenore Dyer takes •h er place on the baseball field .

During the last few days we have bad our lessons interrupted by the sounds of carpentery. A new cloakroom has been built, as our bats used to have the annoying !habit of blowing off the ir pegs.

We hope next year's XX. will enjoy their year in this F orm as well as we have done.

Form XX.a.

Gentle reader , be not a la rmed if you chance t o hear ear-splitting sounds from N o. 18.

It is but the "innocent di var s ion " of XX.a.. that mod el Form.

We h ave excellent intentions but, a las, t h ey do not often take shape , therefore som e teachers' ideas on our conduct are not very fla ttering (but u nfounded) . Do not be mis led, for really we a r e a most intelligent, willing Form, but our modesty will not permit us to say much about our good qualities. We can safely say, withou t b oastin g, t h at our name ha s fig ured in th e Honour Lists occasion ally.

Two cups have a do rned the piano t his year-one, t he swimming, we won for ourselves; the other, t h e te nnis, we inh e rited from old ·XX.a., but ·h ope to w in it again for n ext year's girls. Our d eadly rivals, XX. (though we are on quite friendly terms with them), defeated us in the first baseba ll match. They were det eated in the fin;i.Ji, by V.c. i:;peclal. We

put up a good but unsuccessful fight for the basketball, getting into the semifinals. Last but not least of our mighty athletic achievements, we wrested the flag race from the bands of XX., but have nothing to show for it.

Miss MacDonald, our Form Mistress, has done her best-in va in, we fear-to r eform us.

Our Form and Sports Captains, Melva ·warne and Nola Kingham, have done th eir duty nobly.

Some of our shining lights, in t h e matter of brains, are doing their Intermedfate arithmetic this year , ins tead of next . W e hope great things from them. In addition to these toke ns of m athem atica l genius, we have a poet in our ranks.

Our charity efforts mostly consisted of good intentions, but we sent a parcel to the " Yooralla " Kinde rgarten during Second T erm.

The walls of No. 18 are decorate d with weird and wonderful works of art, done

by XX.a's young hopefuls under the inspiration of contracted multiplication and recurring decimals, to say nothing of Latin verbs.

On the whole, we a re a well-meaning, industrious, but cruelly misjudged Form.

We s incer ely forgive all those who have said unkind words about us, thus showing our beautiful s pirit, a nd hope that next XX.a. will h ave our good qualities but not our mis fortunes, and bring credit to the n ame of XX.a.

Form Lower V. This year our Form cons is ts mos tly of new girls, a lthough our Form and Sports Captain was h ere last year.

We h ave h ad several interesting outings-first to see a performa nce of "As You Like It," which is the P lay we are studying.

Then one very wet day we went to see " Ben Hur" at the Capitol, as t h e story belonged to the same period as the history we were studying. Despite the rain, we spent a very enjoyable afternoon. Those who s tayed at School said that our Form Mistress, Miss Ha.JI, was good enough to allow them to play games, and h ave an- altogether jolly time.

The following day we v is ited the Brighton Babies' Home, for wh ich we do Red Cross work.

The Sister ot tl;\i&

SILVER AND GREEN. Home kindly introduced us to the Sister of the Children's Home next door, and we were also sho-..vn over this, where we found ple nty to inte rest us.

OnE! of our girls , Jean Roe, acted in the School Play, "She Stoops to Conquer ."

Our Form Cap,tain is Marjorie Rickards, and the lieutenants elected were Mary Tennant and Peggy Symons.

Unfortunately, Mary had to leave us at the end of the First T e rm, so we have had only Peggy since then. .Our girls come from so ma ny different schools that they have found it difficult to accustom themselves to the M.L.C. sports rules, and have therefore been rather a failure in the sporting line. We have, however, one girl, Bon Masters, who has played with the junior basketball team .

Although we are an exceedingly misc hievous Form, we are gen e rally on the Honour List for something-even if it is only for having no girls late .

F onn V .c. Special.

The doings of V.c. &l>ecial again grace the pages of our "Silver and Green."

Our Form consists of 27 girls, more than half of whom are boarders, and who at t he beginning of the year we re mostly new. They elected Molly Hyett as Form and Sports Captain, who has done her work successfully. During the year we have been working for the South Melbourne Kindergarten, and have sent two parcels of clothing and patch-books ma,de by our girls, and this term we are to send Christmas gifts.

First Term we played base ba ll against Form XX., and defeated them under the careful guidance of Ursula Dugdale. We are sure that what helped us was the good fortune of having Miss Parsons for our Form Mistress.

The cup was then presented to us, and it now occupies the p,l ace of honour in our room.

Second Term we played basketball, a nd although having a good team, we were defeated after a very strenuous game. This term is tennis, and we hope to win our matches.

Our Form has a reputation for good attendance and conduct.

Every Monday morning during Assembly whe n the Hon-

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our List is being read out, it is gen erally noticed that V.c. Special is on it.

During this term Miss Maling and Miss Shapley kindly took us to the All Electrical Exposition, and, no doubt, we are sure they were s urprised at our show of knowledge (whe n we came back). We thank Miss Maling and Miss Shapley very much.

As we have about exhausted all our information, we wish the coming Forms of V.c. Special much happiness and prosperity.

Form Collegiate V. It is wythe a feelynge of regrette that we do wryte ye Forme Notes, for methinks they do maike us r ealise ye yeare ls nigh ende d.

Gadsooks! thyse yeare hath been a trulye happye one and may- . ha p we shall no longer gaze upon ye old familliare fayces when ye hollidayes be o'er. Indeed, we do feel our happye yeare is due to Mistress Kelleway, who hath been ayded! by our Captaine, Lorna Hood.

Thyse yeare, we did tayke a grayte interest in supplyinge ye clothinge and bookes for ye Kindergarten in ye South of Melbourne. One day we hied us forthe for to visite ye Kindergarten, accompanyed by ye clothes which we did make for ye chyldrenne.

Methinks, ye gods hath fayvoured us mighty lyttle in sport thyse yeare. In ye swymminge sports our Forme team did come second e in ye inter-Forme r elay race, but, forsooth, we were defeated by mighty lyttle. We did essaye to win ye basketball cuppe, but, a lackaday, ye noble Forme XX. did rise uppe and did beat us in ye final. In ye baseball, we were unsuccessful, but, egad! m ethinks ye result of ye tennisse will mayhap be differente.

Although Monday is a trulye boresome daye, we often heare ye music of Mistress MacDowell, and "ye profuse strains of unpre meditayted art," waft into our shelle-pynke eares through ye windows, which we · opyned when we had what is called, in modern parlance, " ye brain\V<1.Ye,"

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Form Remove A. We are a very large Form, having on our roll about forty girls. Miss Gawley is our Form Mistress and is most popular ":'.ith all of us.

Our Form-room is in North House, and its nearness to the new Tuck-shop is joyfully appreciated by every girl. Early in the year we strove hard to win the swimming cup, but were beaten by our rivals, IV.a.

However, Lila Macaulay, of our Form, won the Junior Championship.

Later on we managed to get into the finals for baseball, and after a strenuous struggle against IV.b., our colours, brown and blue, were victorious.

In Second Term we were soon in the midst of basketball. We first played IV.b. and won, but only by one goal; but in the finals we were badly beaten by IV.a.

We have now only tennis left, and we hope to come to the fore in this sport.

We would like to wish all future Remove A. g irls the best or luck. and hope they will spend as pleasant a year as we have spent with Miss Gawley.

In the Second Term we were very bus1• with our Red Cross work for the Berry Street Foundling Home. Rene Hall was elected as our Red Cross Captain, and with the aid of our Sports Captain, she organised a tennis tournament to raise money.

With the proceeds we bought materials to make into garments.

We are very proud of Shirley, who is in the School tennis team, and also of Lorraine, who is in the running team. The tennis matches are still to be played, and we will all do our best to keep our flag flying.

The new Tuck-shop, of which we will a ll be very proud, is getting on rapidly. to our delight. We hope it will not be so very long before we can use it.

We will soon be in the middle of Third Term exams., and then, when Speech Night is over, we will all be able to look forward to a long holiday, feeling that our class has tried its hardest at wo rk and sport.

Form Remove B. Form IV.a.

When we returned from the Christmas holidays, we found ourselves in Form IV.a., with Miss Scholes as our Form Mistress.

We elected Betty Evans as our Form Captain, and Alma Dight and Mavis Bryse as our lieutenants.

A little later Shirley Whittaker was voted Sports Captain.

The first exciting event was the swimming sports.

In this we distinguished ourselves by winning the Inter-Form Junior Championship Cup. To our delight, the athletic sports were held early in the First Term. In this we -also · kept up our reputation by winning the junior inter-Form flag race.

We were all very proud of LorraJne Charlwo<;>d wi1en she won the Junior Cup. . In the baseball finals we met Remove ·A., who defeated us.

After all these matches we settled down to work hard in "preparation for the exams.

The baske tball matches commenced in ·second Term. Again we met Remove A. in the finals, and this time we succeeded in winning the cup.

We a r e Form Remove B., One of many at M.L.C., We try our best in all we doNow does that not appeal to you?

This year we have twenty-nine girls in our Form.

Miss Lindsay is our Form Mistress and M. Henderson our Captain.

At the beginning of the year, we chose a Red Cross Captain, who encouraged us to help the babies at the Berry Street Foundling Horne. By saving spare pocket money, and bringing a penny per week, soon we had enough to buy material for making clothes.

We visited the home, and had a very interesting time. It also gave us an idea what clothes to make for the babies. We took 49 old garments, 48 new ones, and 19 toys.

These were acknowledged by a letter of -thanks from the Sister of the Home to our Head Master.

We have not been very lucky at sports this year, but our Sports Captain, E. Salmonow, won the middle School diving championship. And we hope to prove ourselves better at tennis this term.

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Form IV.b.

We The And The

are a band of twenty-eight, happiest lot of little mates, we a-II belong to Form IV.b., best Form in the M.L.C.

This year Miss Betts is our Form Mistress; a nd Lorna Amos is our Form Captain. During Second Term we collected some clothes togethe"r and visited Berry Street Foundling Home, a nd enjoyed ourselves very much.

Then a little while afte rwards we held a Sweets' Day, so t hat we might l!uy a bassinet.

We got £2 17s., which ,vasn't enough, so we will have to do something else to raise a little more money. b inda Marks is our Red Cross Captain.

In our r eference library we have a good many books about history and literature.

On Friday afterno_o ns -we have a special pe riod, in which we read from these books.

Una Legge is our · Sports Captain . In basket-ball we got into the semi-finals, then were beaten, and the same bad luck befell us in baseball; but' we are goin g to try very hard in tennis this term. As a Form, we didn't do much good in the swimming, but Una did very well.

So you see that altogether we have had a very jolly year.

Form IV-.c.

This year, unfortunately, we h ave not distinguished ourselves in sports, though e veryone has done her best. In baseball we won our first match, but were beaten

by IV.b., in the next. We won the first match in basketball, a lso against IV.d., but IV.a . beat us in the following one.

In tennis, we hope to win the cup, although we have to face a very strong foe.

Our Form Captain t his year is P eggy Ditchburn, and our Form lieutenants Phylis Yeo and Jean Chambers.

W e have been working for the Montague Kindergarten during the year, and m a naged to collect quite a numbe r of clothes to take with us when we visited them at the end of Second Term.

We we re all delighted to see t:he little children at work and play, and s pe nt a very happy morning with them all.

The ·close of the term---our last in IV.c.

- is growing near. We have spent an ex-

ceedingly happy year in the best Form in the School, and are ever so sony at the thou ght of moving on. W e sincerely wish next year's IV.c. as happy a time as we have had during 1927 with our Form Mistress, Miss Luke .

Form IV.d.

When we began the year we had 24 In the Second and girls in our Form.

Third Terms we welcome d four ne w g irls.

Our Form Captain this year is Gwen F e rguson, and our lieutenants are Pattie Rule and Mollie McCalman.

Mollie is also our Sports Captain, and our lieutenants are Barbara Titmus ·and Pattie Rule.

We have played two matches against IV.c., but to our great disappointment we los t both times and we hope to win next time we play them. We played a tennis match against Lower rv., but we lost again.

Our· Form-room is rathe r cold in winter, but it is pleasant in summer.

Outside our windows we have all the beautiful flowers and lawns to look upon.

At the end of Second Term we visited "Yooralla" Kindergarten, but they were away on holidays, so we went to the Aquarium instead_ We have had a happy year, and we hope the next year's IV.d. girls have as interesting a time as we have had. We also wish to thank Miss Bishop for being so interested in us during the year .

Junior School.

This year we h ave two Captains - Alma Henderson and Joan Miers-and whe n the bell rings in the morning they take charge of the girls and get them ready for Assembly.

All the g irls in the upper Forms are taking a great inte r est in s·port this year.

Tennis and baske tball are ·played. We have played two te nnis matches this year, against IV.d. and IV.c.

We were beaten, 11-8, by IV.c., but beat IV.d., 12- 4. The Tennis Four are: A. Henderson (Captain) , M. Whittake r , B. Robinson, J. Witton.

Last year, after Miss Chapman's talk on the Zenana Mission at Sholapur, we decided to adopt an Indian baby and keep h er for a year. We obtained the s um of

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£8 by having a sweets day and a concert.

The concert was given by III.a. girls and was most entertaining. The items- were selections from " When We Were Very Young."

The girls dressed for their parts, and " Missing," with Merna Divine as Uncle John, was heartily applaud~d.

Our baby's name is Mathura; s·h e is only six months old, and is a bright wee thing.

All the girls are very interested in Nature Study, and many girls are making collections of Victorian wild flowers.

Some of the older girls went to the Wild Flower exhibition in the St. Kilda Town Hall. The West Australian wild flowers and t'he orchids were much admired.

Girls in Lower IV. have been interested in their stamp collections; sixteen· girls have albums and a Form stamp album was bought.

Margot Passingham,. an old Junior School-girl, now living in Jamaica, corresponds with two girls in Lower IV. One girl writes . to a little Canadian girl. We would like to have more foreign correspondents on our list.

We have some sand for the little ones to play in, and they have made some fine sand castles. The sand is a lso useful for geography.

PRIZE SENIOR VERSE. The Brookside.

Let me linger by the brookside Where a golden fragrance clings, Where the ferns trail slim green fingers In the silver rippling springs.

Maiden hair, so frail, so fragile, Bends a graceful, dreamy head, But the soldier gums stand upright, Tall, and straight, and nobly bred.

Trees are lofty, strong and rocklike; Ferns are frail and bend and play; God's stream laves t-hem both in passing, God's love gives for both the day.

Let me linger by the brookside Where the plants are teaching love; Towering trunk and fern frond show me There the kindness from above.

-J. C. McNICHOLL, Pass VI.

Caravan.

Grey beneath the morning star, Bales of silken mystery Load the camels as they come Swinging down from Kandahar.

Plunder from -Phomician barques Wrecked while questing on the shores Slaves and Syrian oranges, Apes and storks with gold-black marks.

Grey beneath the evening star, Bales of magic glistering Wind afar t-heir lonely way, Swinging down from Kandahar.

-ROSEMARY HEATH, Pass VI.

Reflections.

Our lives are one eternal thought Of pleasures to be won, Or sorrows looming like a cloud O'ershadowing the sun.

Oh, tell me, Master of my fate!

What do you hold for me?

Is life to be a path of flowers, Or t-horns of agony?

Ah; 'tis in vain I seek to 11:now, You hold your secret fast.

Of but one thing can I be sureThat death will come at last.

-MARJORIE KENNEDY, V.a.

September.

There's a golden haze that shimmers o'er the shining leaf-clad height, There's a glancing stream that glimmers 'neath the arrow-darts of light, That have pierced with barbed brilliance the chequer'd canopy, There's a coronet of loveliness on every orchard tree'Tis the glory of the blossoms in September.

And the sky is blue above them with the mantle of the Spring, And the grass is green about them where the winds their petals fling.

'Mid the flower-clustered branches as in breeze-born dance they sway; There's a distance-dreamy vista of the hills of .violet grey, All enframed in rosy blossoms in September.

SILVER AND GREEN. In the velvet hush of evening, when the homeward nestlings cr y, And the curtain of the shadows folds its depth across the sky; There's the faintly-tracM blossoms, which , the dusk has dimmed to grey, Cling to silver-wanded branches 'neath the moon's enchanted ray In a misty c_rown of evening in Septembe r.

If our lives were each a blossom, and our s phere in life a spray, Could we bloom beneath the shadows, ope' our petals to the day, And remain in peaceful loveline~s until the even's fall With the grace and the surrender of the transient blossoms all, Though their birth and passing's compassed by September.

If in brightness and in beauty we should emulate the flowers, And conform to irksome duty as t hey bend to adverse hours, Then the gnarled and knotted branches of the world, our orchard tree Might be veiled in rosy splendour, and not one, but each month, see Such a glory as the blossoms of September.

M. M.

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The Sad Story of a Young Lady from the Middle School.

"I will wear Cubist Stockings," She said. " I will make M.L.C. beautiful.

I will make the Pres. Com. Purple in the face, And the Powers-that-Be Purpler," she said. "l will wear Cubist Stockings."

However, the Philistines (Who were not Beautiful) Beset her.

"We will not have Cubist Stockings," they said. " It is not nice to wear Cubist Stockings," They said. " They are affected.

Let us deTain her," And they deTained her.

This is what always happens at M.L.C. When one tries To be Decorative.

Oh, to wear Cubist Stockings!-R. H.

Memory.

A myriad (leeting moments, and a day, That with scarce-noted step and silent tread Pursues the shadowed host of days now dead, Bears over Lethe's lulling stream away The patternless, grief-tangled web of grey Where the chance fingers of events have led Of burning passions fire the crimson thread, The silken strand of peace, and love's gold ray.

Years follow years; the swaying threads slip by; Time's tardy ·h ealing touches grief's deep scars.

A page seems turned for all eternity Within the book of ages. . . . From the past Steals faint elusive fragrance lingeringly.

The leaf turns to the breath of Memory.

-M. McINNES, Honour VI.

Music Hath Charms.

A crowded class-room, history books, A group of maidens fair ; Edward the First; he conquered Wales Upstairs, March Militaire.

A crowded class-room, Standard Prose, " The Rights of Man," by Burke.

Upstairs, a foot is beating time, With many a staccato jerk.

A silent class-room, tidy desks, And every day-girl gone; And still with many a poignant chord, The music thunders on.

Music hath charms !- Sometimes!

-BETTY BLAY, Pass VI.

We, of the House.

One hundred and twenty-nine are we, Boarders of the M.L.C. Always happy, smiling, gay, However hot or cold the day.

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Plain food and exercise we get, Which make our bodies firm and set.

So we are rather heavy-weights, But can beat the day-girls at debates.

A_t six a .m. we a l ways rise, And thus obtain our knowledge wise.

We study early ·and study late, And are thus prepared to meet our fate When exams. approach at end of term.

Then boarders smile-while day-girls squirm.

Besides o ur fondness for exams., We have a liking for outdoor games.

So much so, that at t h e sports in May, With the flag, from the day-girls, we quite ran away.

We choose to take our walks in · " croc.," And so present a respectable flock.

On Sunday morn, sedate and prim, We walk to church in our costumes trim.

Mixed with our work is a " little " fun Which often starts when the ,day is done.

But the lights are · extin guished at nine forty-five, · For, w ithout some sleep, how could we survive?

Now, after t his, we are convinced you'll agree That yo u woul d like to be boarders at M.L.C. -VIDA MORRIS, -Pass VI. ( W ith

apo lo gies t o S i r W. S cott's " R o s a be lle.")

O listen, listen, schoolgirls a ll, While stirring tales . of s,port I tell, Mighty the shout,' and lo~d ' the cry, That cheers our girls w h o've done so well.

Now, of the tennis first you'll hear, Our tea.m's unbeaten to the e nd, Through glorious victories fought and won, "Alvie's E ight " their way d id wen d.

For if upon the far end wall In Fitchett Hall, you cast your sight, A gleaming Tennis Shield you see, Won by the Champions o{ the fight.

And when the Schoolgirl°" Champs " were played, Two names were h eard around the court, "Alvie and Nance have won their sets-" And to th\)ir School fresh glory brough t.

And now to Baseball lend . an ear.

It, too, h as had a g1orious spin; Unbeaten still, and full of " go," -There's yet · another Cup to win.

At Basketball we've ·held our own, And suffered yet not one defeat.

"Th anks, Wyrine!-you've brought us safely t hrough ," And made our triumph more complete.

And then our R unners fleet of foot, Have carried th e flag of M-.L.C., With steps so keen and swift and light, To the foremost place, with trophies thr ee.

So, now, I've told you , schoolgirls a ll, Every tale I h ad to tellThen, strong be the sh out, and th e cry, To ch eer our gir ls who've done so well.

-MOLLIE BALL.

PRIZE INTERMEDIATE VERSE. The Long Day. Day is Grey Waves Gulls

d awning, wild wind mourning; clouds scurry a long. are dashing, white-caps flashing; are shrilling their song.

Day is dying, soft w ind .sigh ing;_ Pink clouds drift from t h e west.

Tired waves resting, birds a.re. nesting; Fishers return from tl1e ir quest.

Pale moon gliding, white stars riding Over t h e glistening sea.

My heart yearning for h is returningGod send him homeward to me! ..

- BETTY CHINNER, IV.a.

Spring.

I h ear a sky-lark singing nig.b, His mellow notes are ris ing high Up in t h e dome of the bright, b lue skyA sky of Spring! / The little brook now runs anew,,_It's colour of the sweetest hue, · Dainty, dewy, drowsy blue, A brook of Sprin g !

SILVER AND GREEN. But, best of all, a midst the grass, Just whe re th e dancing fairies pass, A bunch o f flowers in a tumble d m ass, The flowers of &·pring!

- JEAN Mc RAE, XX.

The Quarrel of the Sun and the Moon.

The s un and the moon had a quarrel, Over really a very small t hing, The moon said the sun had b een rising A trifle too early for spring.

So next morning the sun rose early, And chased the moon out of the sky, And the m oon lay angrily waiting TiJI night with h e r darkness came by.

As she patiently waited till s unset, She re lented, and said to the sun, " Don't you think we could make som e arrangement By which we could both h ave som -i fun?"

The s un blinked his eye and reflected: "I think I can manage," h e said. " In Summer I'll get up quite early And in Winter stay longer in bed."

-RUTH LE COUTEUR, IV.a.

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So that's a friendThe best possession one could ever know.

You w a nt a friend?

Then be a frie nd and friendship straight will show.

-JOAN ILLINGWORTH, L .V.

The Hills of Beaconsfield.

My own, my old g um trees, I see thee swaying in the breeze, see the birds a-flutter in thy boughs, And in thy shade grow sweet wildflower s.

My own, my purple hiJJs, I b ear the music of thy riJJs, I h ear the tinkling bell-bird sing, An anthem, to the birth of Spring.

My own, my sunset sky, I see thy fading glory die, I b ear the mystery of thy call, As from the west the sh adows fall.

-PHYLLIS JINKINS.

PRIZE JUNIOR VERSE.

The Dead Swan.

Friendship. have a friend; And what she means to me is hard to t e ll; But, oh , that friend!

I say no more but that I love h er well.

What can one say?

There's n ought to say about a friend that's dear; No, nought to say, For word s would never m ake the meaning clear.

H ave you a friend?

A real friend who makes a friend of you?

Aye! That's a friend, And nothing e lse can m ake the friendship true.

There's a hush in the river, a hush In the air , For the soul of a bird h as departed there; Oh, who h as shot that snow-white thing, The joy of the rive r, the joy of the air?

It floats down the river fair, Down the river, down to the Jake; For the home of Its birth shall be its grave, No more a flight shall you see it take.

The willows are weeping, the b e ll-birds are ringing Its funeral bell, w hile the river is singing The mournful tale of its death .

There' s a hush in the river, a hush in the air, For a Swan white a nd fair Has departed evermore to the home of the birds.

- I. SPRADBERY, IV.c. (age 12).

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Dawn.

When the mists of night are fleeing, When the happy sunbeams p lay, When the golden dew is sparkling, · Ere the heat of day.

When the rose its leaves unfoldeth, When the p ine tree croons a song, When the birds their nests abandon In a happy throng.

When the bee his work beginneth, When the violet blue is born, When th e grass is softly stirring, This, ah! t his, is Dawn.

-DOROTHY NICHOLAS IV.b. (age 11) .

For, oh, every gfrl's played her part more or less In making th is product a proper success.

Each For m su b-editor her best has done To get contr ibutions from everyone.

Some weren't good at stories or poems, perh apsWeJJ, then, they would try and send in some snaps.

And

so here's · our product, a proper success, Because every girl's played her part more or less To get contributions, if only some snaps, For "Silver and Green," or a poem perhaps.

-LESLEY SIMMS, IV.c. (age 11) .

In Early Spring.

Our wattle tree is yellow With golden balls of fluff, That faJI down from the tree To make some fairy's m uff.

One day a fairy came, Her hands were very cold.

But soon s h e sm iled with glee, For she saw a muff of gold.

-JUNE BARNETT, .Jun. School (age 7).

The Weeping Willow.

There she stood and wept, and wept, Until her arms began to quiver, She never stopped, and neve r s lept, But she bent her head apd cried to the r iver.

Ah, ·•twas hard to see her th ere, Sadly weeping, and all alone, With her long arms s lim and' fair ·Bending · to the · earth with a moan.

And even now you wiJJ hear her weeping There a lone by the river-side, Yes, never s topping, and never sleeping, But h e r soul is adrifting with the tide.

-1\f. · WALKER, IV.c. (age 11) .

Spirit of Night.

Spirit' of .N ight, Swift be thy flight; O'er hills and dales Thy great voice wailsThe wind!

Unlock the caves Where the wind raves; Haste thy descent, Wave thy garm•rnt, unrent, O'er the world.

When daybreak shows signs Of rich gold cloud mines, Then haste ye away To your home in the seaFarewell !

- E. CANAVAN, IV.b. (age 11).

PRIZE SENIOR PROSE. Giroflee.

On a dull background they stood out like live burning jewels. Wallflowe rs in a tall bronze vase t h ey were, green leaves shading the warm glow of their autumned petals. And in the centre of the tall vase throbbed a golden light, a lways with a faint gold mist about it. . , .

" Silver and Green."

E x tracts 'fro m an O l d French Journal.

Now let's -give a cheer for the " SJlver and Green, The well-known product, our School magazine.

Who is this uuknown who paints t11e brilliant court with such light fantasy ? · Some say he is a noble, others that h e has stolid F lemish par ents, stone-

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He bas an ungracious airalmost as if be were impatient with himself and his quick ta.lent. Perhaps, with their fluttering fans and subtle coquetries, tlle cour t ladies try him . . . .

We have h eard the name of the painter who describes his a.rt. " Denys " chimes in the ear of all Fra nce. My father, who has some· little skill in the a rt of sculpture, spoke to him to-day in the courtyard of the palace. It is said here springs a friendship.

The dame of Chastelle bas insisted that Denys s hould paint h er portrait. I grow impatient to m eef this man who flings aside so ligl, tly the wishes of the great.

He came to our home last evening to speak with my father. In the hall I met him; h e has fine-drawn features, this restless one, and long white fingers; but his eyes are great, and brown like wallflowe rs. Across his face flit ever-changing lights of unrest. . . .

My father was at work to-day in the great hall. His fingers are brown and

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short, and to me they seem clumsy. Before, it seems reons ago, his was the perfect artist hand,- but-not -now!

Paris is in a royal tantrum.

Whither bas Denys fled?

The ladies pout, and sweep rustling by with averted heads My dame of Chastelle is in no enviable mood. The brown autumn leaves whirl about the dusty streets.

Whither has Denys fl ed?

With a white face this morning, m y father came into the great hall.

Denys was gone, ill, to Charleroi. His wandering spir it had led him to that cold, grey town.

My father knows not what will come of it.

Shall I wear gold. roses in my hair or red? I care not. For Denys is gone . He died yesterday in the glow of a ' great inspiration. My father said it would have been his great work-the golden light in the dull bronze of his life. He was a lways a seeker after something in the world

TUCK ·SHOP.

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that there is in no or none at all . . . .

satisfying measure,

The wallflowers turn against a dull background.

And on the tall vase a go~den light throbs.

-ROSEMARY HEATH, Pass VI.

Early Morn. .It was a morning in early Spring when I awoke to hear the voice of Nature calling me forth to see some of the beauties of her handiwork. Answering t his call, I set off for a favourite r etreat among the rocks on the seashore, and there a wondrous s ight met my eyes.

A soft pearl-grey mist hung over the little bay, and the only sound that broke the pervading stillness of the scene was the muffled boom of the fog-horn as it sent out its warnings.

To the East, the sun was just showing his face over t h e edge of the sand-dunes, making on the m a dellcate tracery of light and shade. As the rippling surface of the sea sparkled like so many diamonds in the sunlight, silvery-winged sea-birds flew fitfully across it, showing that Jiving creatures were already alive to the beauties of another day.

Slowly the sun rose, higher and higher.

The mist ha d gone as a veil lifted by an unseen hand, and the rose-tinted clouds melted away before the face of the sun, leaving an azure sky reflected in the mirror of the sea.

Now that the veiling mist had been r emoved, the fog-horn ceased its melancholy booming; but in its place were the shrill calls of the gulls who were on the shore searching for food.

But, alas! the birds and I were not to have this blissful scenP. to ourselves much longer. From the sandy t racks among the ti-tree, the winding tracks leading to the shore could be heard the hum of civili~tion-the voices of pleasure-seekers who would turn the quiet beach into a scen e of turmoil.

JEAN MOORE, Dip. A.

thought the gods were especially angry, a nd were rousing up the heavenly hosts in a wild endeavour to bring about the end of that portion of the world.

The tone of the wind, which had been howling dismally around the trees on the tops of the cliffs, gradually rose to a high crescendo, until it seemed to shriek angry defiance to anything which dared to go against it.

The waves, goaded to fury, took up the challenge of the wind, and lashed fiercely at the weathered rocks at the foot of the cliffs.

As far as eye could see, it was just one vast expanse of tossing, angry waters; deep, dark troughs, and high snow-capped mountains combining to form what, from the lowe r ing heavens, appeared to be a gigantic mosaic pattern in black and white.

A velvet blackness encompassed the scene, c u t, now and then, as if with a k een, bright blade, by a vivid flash of forked lightning, rending the black pall in two.

Peal after peal of thunder tore through the celestial heights, and the breakers dashed against the rocks in mad confusion, flin ging the spray high into thi. ajr.

The black of the sky slowly changed to a dull grey-like a white shadow, a pale moon appeared above the horizon, and the stars came out, one by one.

-MURIEL GUARD, Dip. A.

" Contrast."

Rippling, rippling, o'er its stony bed, past the weeping willows, and under the giant gums, the little brook wo1.nd its way among the ferny glades and shadowed valleys.

Dancing, sparkling drops of crystal water splash ed over the little fall, chasing one another in a melodious monotony.

Drip, drip, drip, as the tiny globules, which had clung to the graceful ferns for one short momen t , returned once more to the stream.

A Winter's Night.

The pent-up fury of the storm broke out!

Deafening claps of thunder and blinding sheets of lightning succeeded one another so cl9!lely t hat one wo uld have

Under the howling, screeching wind, the tree tops twisted and turned, almost bent double by the for ce of the gale. Dashing along within Its narrow confines, the

SILVER AND GREEN. little brook-now a mighty flood- raged , sweeping all before it. ~ s the gale increased in violence a n d velocity, huge branches of the stricken tr ees split and weiit crashing down into t he chaos below.

Tree after tree was destroyed in like manner, rock a fter rock plunged with a mighty s plash into the infuriated stream, flash after flash broke across the black sk y, followed Immediately by resounding crashes, which seemed to s plit the firmament from side to side.

Silence reigned everywhere.

Not a sound broke the stillness.

The river moved on quickly and silently towa rds its goal. Not a tree r e mained standing upright, everything was razed to t•he ground.

The De mon of Destruction had passed his hand o'er the v a lley.

- Norma Dunkin, Form V .a.

The Golden Journey.

Far in the dis tance the g reat blue hills beckoned . Deep, black shadows, cast by the white moon, glimmered In quiet pools.

The spirit of Pan was abroad to-night; and who knew what might lie beyond those mountains of mystery ?

In the tiny colony on the east coast of Australia, the Irish rebels we re restless.

Some of the leaders of Irish thought had, for the slightest offen ces, been transported he r e.

Dream ers, most of them, the smallest hin t of the unknown had a calling magic. . . . And who knew what might lie towards the hor izon ? · China, the East; wher e the lanterns of lig ht and freedom, after the r estr a int a nd darkness of the settlement, swung fairily; wh er e m a ndarins walked, with peacocks' feathers a -nodding in their ca ps ; a nd, above a ll, the call of the unknown.

He r e, in the colo ny, reigned dirt, oppression, a nd s tarvation.

Small wond·er they began, with eager hearts and shining eyes, their golden journey• . . .

The Irish rebels s lipped out of their hu ts when the r est of the colon y was asleep. With few provisio ns, no instrum ents of travel, no fo rethought for th e road, they m ade for the blue hills in the dist an ce. Nearer these seem ed at nigh t, cla d in the blue ma ntle of mist, than in

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the staring ligh t of day. With great tales they beguiled the roa d; of far-distant Ireland and h er wee h edges; her Celtic fairy-faith ; and her strong-hearted pioneers--different from this barren, unkind country. . . .

The next m orning· they toiled wearily up t he s lo pes of a ridge, only to find it was but an outlying boss in an outlying buttress of the main pile. H ere one day's m arch carried them no further, it seemed , than a dreamer's clogged feet bear him in a night mare . A . rounded meadow r evealed itself, when they ha d reached it, for a vast tablela nd running far into a valley. Three d ays later It was a dim fold in the earth to sou thwa rd. Now, indeed, was n eed of tales to m e n beaten down by the s ile nce, and the appalling sweep and dispersal of cloud-shadows after rain. Above them , still e normous ly above them, ear t h towered away towards the snow-line; below them, as they stood, the forest slid away in a sheet of bluegreen for mile after mile. Below the last line of eucalyp-ts, they knew, a thunderstorm worried a nd g rowled. But he re was only the deep silence.

That night, as they sat round the little lone ly fire, cam e the r ealisation of failure.

Provisions were at an end, forest upon tangled forest stretched ah ead. Some of their number had a lread y fallen from sickness or snakebite.

Yet the n ext morning saw t·h em , their imaginations on fire with promise held out by the unconque r ed distances ahead, minu te specks of dus t scaling t h e next hill. . _ .

The settlement saw t hem no more .

Perhaps the blue beauty of the hills h ad ·k ept them. But they n ever cam e back to tell of the shining peacocks' feathers found at the end of their golde n journey.

- ROSEMARY HEATH, Pass VI.

"Something Original."

I came across him while on a holiday in an old mining district.

He lived down one hill, across a creek, a nd u p the opposite hill, from the home where I was staying; I was taken to see him by t he small son of the house.

His na m e was Charlie, just Charlie. An old miner , the joy of his life was his gramophone . H e put on some records for my benefit.

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machine run, before g iving us music. I asked him why. " Oh," he said, " I'm just warmin' up the grease.

Bust all t h e springs if I didn't." The grease! I still wonder if he used axle grease, or if it was onh Jard.

Then h e showed me his garden. In one part was a clump of r emarkably fine d affodil s . "Seventeen dorgs buried t h ere," The n h e s howed h e remarked, placidly. m e the ye t surviving e igh teenth. He -was so dirty, poor little ch appie, that even Charlie noticed it.

"He n eeds a wash," h e grunted. " I pour k er osene on his h ead,

an' it trickles right down his back, an' cleans him beautiful. Yah, Gin ger! Good dorg, Ginge ! " At whic h last Ginger quivered with joy.

I was next s hown a polished cow 's horn, through which Charlie blew a mighty blast. On the morning we left, h e again blew it, partly in farewell, partly to ensure our catching the train.

R e turning home, my fri e nds told me more of his peculiarities .

H e evidently be lieved in sharing his pleasures , for h e had purchasf!d a peraml.Jul!ltor, . with which h e usetl. to amble through the s treet s , the

Prize Dra,wing, by Betty Barnett.

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SILVER AND GREEN. g ra mophone playing ins id e, Ginger on th e hood.

Yes, Ch a rlie was original.

-R. JOHNS, Pass VI.

. PRIZE INTERMEDIATE PROSE. The Breaking of the Drought.

Fie r cely th e blazing sun beat down on the dusty earth , the ch oking b leat of dying sheep comes to the weary squatter as h e sits at his home-made table in the little shack, his head buried in his brown s untanned arms, his h eart slowly breaki_ng, and his soul embitte r ed by the cruel sights around hlm of tortured. life.

Outside, the barre n pla ins s tretch, north, south, east and west, in a n ever-e nding grassless burning d esert.

Away to the south a big dust storm is gath e ring, breaking the monotony of the beat-steeled sky. The squatter turns his eyes out of the- window to the slowly apprpaching brown blot and, staggering to his feet, utte r s a prayer that it might bring rain; his eyes gaze on, fascinated a t this newborn dazzling hope.

Ove r the cracked ground gathering dust and debris in its mighty sweep, the duststorm sp eeds majestically and re le ntlessly onward. On, on, over dying sheep, empty wate r-holes, parched. wheat-fields, on over the little hut of the settle r in a stifling mad rush, leaving in its wake S_\)reading black clouds pouring . the h eaven-sent, long-looked for rain on the thirsty earth.

The sheep no longer bleat hopelessly, the old draught horses charge up and dOWI) t h e soaking fields with joyous whiunyiug and the cattle lift their pa rch ed throats to the skies, revelling in the glorious downpour.

The settler, filled with wonderful n e w strength, and h eart b eating fast with the r ealisation of his one dream , turns his face h eaven ward and with tears of gratitude in his ~yes, m utters, " H ow great are the m e rcies of God." - PHYLLIS CRAM, R e m . A.

The Months of the Year.

Janua ry is a tiny baby, clothed in pure white, as pure as the snow which accompanies her birth.

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F ebrua r y is a sturdy child , with sunn y s miles a nd c heeks as red as a 1:ose.

March is a bluste ring boy, w ith t umbled brown h air, ruddy cheeks, and a jolly, rough manner.

April is a dainty little lady dressed in a frock of pale green; h er hair is like ripe corn, wit h primroses a nd forget-m e-n ots in it. She is sweet and gay, making "April fo ols " of many p eople on her first day in the month.

The n comes her s ister May, dressed in a gown of spring flowe r s.

She h as an exquis ite v oice, with the sound of· flo wer s a nd birds and s tray little elfin winds whispering in the tree tops in it.

June com es round in,, b.er summer gown of b lue ; although she is n early middle· · aged, h er h a ir is nut-brow n a nd beautifui still.

July is h e r brother. He is very like h is s ister, except that h e is more tanned by th e s un and wind. His suit is brown.

August, too, is . a man.

His hair is brown ; his suit is of the r ed a nd• yellow : of the Autumn leaves.

S eptembe r comes next. .; The wrinkles . are corning in h e r ch eeks, and h e r hair is the colour of the branches in Autumn.

But h e r dress is of an evergr,e en s hade. , Octob e r is a n old man who loves to wander about th e woods·, listening to the moan of the .wind through t,he pine-trees.

November s its by h is fire all day long.

His cheeks are very wrinkled, . his h air is white, and his bones are stiff with age.

December is a dear old la dy. H e r hair is s now-white and sh e wears a dress of warm lavender-grey. While watching the dyin g fire ·h er eyes close a nd she passes away, the last of the months, to m a ke way_ for the New Year.

- SHEILA KRUSE, Lower V.

PRIZE JUNIOR PROSE. The Close of Day. In the golden r ed flush of the setting sun the waves la pped r estlessly at th,e grey, wet edge of the pea rly white sand.

A cool, gentle breeze breath ed on the la nd . from the sea, a nd stirred t h e branches of ti-tr ee g ro wing on the cliffs that fringed~ the little cove. In the idy llic stillness, disturbed only by, the rhythmic move ment of the s ea in the cliff.girt little harbour,

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everything but Nature seemed to be wra1>ped in peaceful s lumber.

As the sinking sun slipped away between the sky and the glassy sea, it dif, fuse its flam ing rays over the surface of the water and far across the horizon.

Quaint, active little shadows from the gently swaying ti-tree played about the top of the cliffs and appeared one by one as the illuminating sun sank to r est. The breeze from the sea became more lang uid; eventually it rocked itself to .sleep. Inch by inch the sun sank into the set, a grey blue pall settled over the scene, and then, very suddenly, the mantle of evening dropped and veiled the cove In darkness until the breaking of the dawn.

-VERNA DARBY, Form IV.b. (age 12).

White Spot, the Chicken. " Cluck, cluck!" said Mother H en, after she had looked under her wing for about the sixth time, "they haven't come out yet; they are late."

"Be patient, my dear," said her husband, " and soon you will find that you will have the whole six of them running about you."

Mother Hen and her husband lived at a farm in the country. They had six eggs and it was time for them to hatch out; that was why Mother H en was so excited.

But soon the eggs began to crack and out peeped a yellow head or a black one, until a ll of them wer e out. Mother Hen had consulted Father about their nam es and they decided that their chicks were to be called Peep, Fluff, Blackie, White SJ>Ot, Long Beak and Bright Eyes. Peep was timid and always stayed close to Mother Hen; F luff was greedy, always first to get his breakfast; Blackie was naughty; White Spot was adventurous; Long Beak was a good little chicken, and Bright Eyes was gay, haPI>Y, and always cheeping.

It was a very happy family until one day. White Spot was missed in the evening. Th ey looked everywhere for him, but couldn't find him; they thought he was dead a nd mourned for a long while afterwards.

One day a fine cockerel came wal king up to Mother Hen and said, "Are you Mother Hen?" And she said "Yes. Are you White Spot?" It was! They mourned no longer, for White Spot which· they thought had died.

-CARA HEATH, IV.c. (age 11).

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