Th e Magazine of the Methodist Ladies' College.
Dec ember ] [1921.
In these d,ays wh e n we h ea r so much talk of th e "League -01' N a fams "" it is o ·f valu e to study the s pirit prompti-ng tMs movement
Briefly, t'his desire for a "Leagu e of Nations" represents the great ambi•tion of nation s, new ly bereaved by cru e l war, to remove all pos s ibility of such s uffering from the ,generatiom, to come; it i s the de'!lh·e of natiorus, drawn togeth e r as broth e rs fig hting in the ,common cau se of righteousne:ss, to make t h,at br,otherlin,ess permanent.
Surely t h e bu.n:iiing neces sity for a fasting -p eac e must fire the enbhu s ias,m of bhe whole wor!d; surely e veryone mus t be eager to lay t h e ,f,oundaUon s ton e upon wMch this lasting peace .is to b e bu,il t. For it is certain e n oug,!J ~hat, lh e ncefo1, wa1rd, warfare w ill m~n extermination.
And since, as l onrg as nations exist to comp e t e for pow e r , wealth, ,and 'Pr estige, there must be j ea!,ousy and e nmity, it , V10uld seem that ,in this petty ,sen,s-a we have outgrow n nationali<s m.
If we ask, •· What 13 t h e cause of in• te rnat ional j eaJ.ousy?' '--o r of any j ealousy for t hat ma tter s ure l y th e ,answe r i<s nu 'othe r than ·• S e lf's•hn es·s." Anid who a r e these se lfis·h ,peop!e whose jealousy ccin ,s umes galla,rut · a nid heru)c Jiv es ?-where ··are they? We look about and see e ach oth er God give tis g'ra ce to see our se lv es -all tarr e d with the .sam e bJ:1us h. We o ursel ves, w e are these se l,fi s •h ,pea.pie,
Thus it is d ear that to ensure a last ing p eace the ch a nge mu,s t com e from wi t hin bile indiv~du a l-from within eve ry on e of u s, great or small. Each must shoulder ,his or h e r r es ponsibHity in pre• servi ng a nd promot ing t h e common weal. " Oh , but you will n ev,er change !human n ature," sco ffs ,fue Cyn ic. " But, why not?" asks R eas on. Indeed, which of us does not possess the power to miaster his selfishness-who would not deny <the charge of weakn es'S ? Let us become im bued with tihe spi ri t of Lov e-love to
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everyo n e : pare n ts , t oochers, sch oolfel lows , t h e po o r cic;,t littl e n c ws bo y runn,in.g baTef.oot ;n I.Ile s trne l and h O•W easy it wi ll h ec;o me t o av oid ic; p, lfi•s hn es.., . Even if ou•r be g innin gs a ,·c w e ak. lim e and prac tice wi ll g iv e n s s trength , and we ,s h a ll h e l p ancJ e n courag e e ach ot'h e r b y our eff.ort 3. I~ is s ign :fica nt t hat of a ll we .meet the m ost unsel[ isll are the -ha ppi est, and they fill u,s wi.th t h e ir h a.ppiness.
Obvio u s ly it ,b-eh-ov e s u s , who ,have · the respons ib i l ity ,of knowing what is t h.i s ·essential to the w e l fa r e and future li fe of th e community , to ·giv e ourselves whoI,e. h ea rt edly to thi s ~O'r k of love. Ev e:n if It needs ce nturi es to ach'eve this •state o f w o r : d -w id e gc•od will and loving co-op er-ati o n which a lone can save· us , w h at a r e a th ou sand c en t uri es in the s ig ht of the Cre a tor ? Or was anyth ing worth w hil e eve r gained w .thout :per.sev e ran qe a nd ' courage?
Arnyone in our enli g-htenie d lands can 1·eal' se · wh a t is the sol e sol utJion to this world problem; anyone with a ny gumption can frame 'llJil. J{!eal; but' it n ee d,s deter mination, courage, e ndu,ra.nce, aibove a l l. th,a t we :should e v e ryo ne b ecoone fill e d wit'h thi"s Sp irit of Lov e-if this world, whi c h h as ju st be e n saved by the blo od ot' o ur own lnin , i's to be saved b y u s for those who f o: 1•: w u s.
T•o mo,st ,of llS ed u ca t: on tm,plies £ome thing t•hrough which we a re all s upp o,sed to ·scrambl e mor e 0 1r l ess, s-o m ethimg fer whic h we s hould b ~ grateful, but r are l y a r e Bllt in the wider sen-se of t h e term, Eclucation is a £.cie n ce which ,promis-es b.ig de\•elopments
e'-0 r m e rly, gir l s were sent to school t:o h av 3 their mind•£ c arefu ll y !!rain ed a;long r:xed lin e~, •an{! w e re s ubj ecte-d to stri ct rn les co n cnn ing what th ey s ho uld do anci w h at n ot d o. 'eh e n t h ey left s c h oo l lik e h ot ,h ou se pl,ants, a nd were .thrown into a world v ery differe nt fl'om sch oo l , a world in which their co nv e ntiona l id ea s we re of ten ina,ppli cabl e---'a,nd a l w ays h a v ing b ee n ca!refuUy governed t11ey w e r e i g nom nt of how to govern -them se lv es , a nd w e re t hus f,r e qu ently quite une qual to the '. r c irc n-m s t ances.
B nt in ou r day,s t.he pr in-ci.p'.e is r-apidly progressing that p owers of .r easonin g a n d se lf-gove rnment s h o uld b e -develop e d 'in u s. Thu s , ins •t ead of g90d b e h:av io ur bein g e nfo rc e d by tJhe stri ct rul es of our
t e a c h e r s , we a r e bein.g a llowe d l a•i,ge l y to c h oos e o ur own le ad e !'s a nd to -make o ur own ru le s, a nd to make ou r sel ves p ers on a ll y r es.pom~i h! e Cor t h e g oocl h e havio ur of e ach ot h e r. The n , ;1rnt e a.d -0f b e ing furn is h e d with a s et of co n ventional id eas t hou g ht ou t b.y other p c!-Op le, we are taught h ow to r eas-o n .for ou11•s e lves, so t'hat w e ca n d e<:!:d e for ourselv a.s what to do in an•y eme rg e n cy.
Of co ur se, this c ha n,ge iu m etho d s o t ed u cat ion -mus t u lti,rnately produce f ine r a nd mor e self-re liant women; bu t t h e change ca n only be wi,ou g,ht gradu,a li y , f.o r if com pl ete self goveT·n-ment were g ive n to us at o n ce, we s h o uld b ecam e un ci vi li sed , being as y,e t inea pa ble of co ntrol lin g o ur own sel ves, mu c h le ss eac h oth er \Ve, as a sc hoo l, are fortunate in -hav it1g ~p!end id teach e r s , who are m aking u s i'o,r e most among schools i:n thi•s d evelop nlJ)nt of self ,gov ern m e nt ; but "it r,es t s witl1 us to pr ov() o ur fitness f.or t h.i s f ine r e spons ibHit y , and to remember that" H e who do t h hi·& s,p'.rit ru• l e, Exc eeds him who h as city smitten "
Recent d•ev:el.o pm euts ih-ave bl'ougib.t th e •· White Australia " qu estio n once more into the fore ,ground Th o ugh this , our g r eat pri n cip le, may o r '. ginally '11,a:ve been in s,pir ed by a degree -of selfis hness , to-d•ay it r e pr esents our ideal of making Au:, tra!i•a a_ count ry of, and f·or, the best typt: of citi z en, morally .and phyis.tcally. Thi s state, wP b e li eve, ,canruot ex ist w'. t h a m ix tllre o f East and We s t.
Now that outr Mother land can n o longer aff or'<I. to prot ect u s, •an d th e demand s for radal eq u,a lity w hi ch means their ad mission to Austral ia-o.f Iudoi a a n{! Japan a.r e b eoo min g steadily more .in-s'.st ent , we h ave ind e ed a v : tal p!'oblem to who se s olution our who-le e n-e rg ies mu•3 t be be n t . The •obvious need is t::i ,popu late our land, b ut we hav e n 9t t h e money to popu'. ate it n ea r l y fast e,n c-tug.h to make u s safe against invasion w.ith in a century; and the f ' rm e st c f a lUan,ces a r e un c rtain
We al,so oan:ruot evade t h e fact th at, as a cornpatr a tiv e l y negligible .popu l atio:n., -we h a v e n,ot t h e mora l ri,g b.t to occt1py a va:st c ontinent on ,our present " dog in the mau,g " 1>0Hcy, wb.i'J.st ove rcrowd e d cou o trie-s are d e n ded l'OO'm for expan.s '.on
\Ve, as yo un,g Au,s t l'aLi,ans, can best s e rv e our country b y earn estl y prepar ing ours e h •,es for th e r esponsibilities of citiz ens h ip w hi c h •so m e d ay wfll be ours .
School r eo1pene 1l on, t.he 1 5th of F e bru a ry , in t h e midst <Jf s u oh he•at th at all wis h ed they were sti ll at th e seaside. H owev-er , the bath s w 3r e o-f great u se ,n l essening tbe gen e r a l t e<mp e r ature, and afte r E as t e r a f fairs s.ettled d·o,vn to n orm a l.
'i¥e Jost two d e vo-te d a n d popular teachers of lo n g s~and ing in Mi·3s N e w man a.ntl Mrs. WJ,n,SJpe,a r e at th 3 end -0f f.'!rst t-eI"m. Mi ss N e wman was un-fortun ately cal'.ed h ome to So ut h Australia, owing to the illn es:; of her mothe,, b-ut M'r s. W;ruspeare l eft to marry a T asm an.ia,n M.P. , Mr. \V M. WH!iams , a:nd Is now, we be Ji,3v e, havirug a v e r y h a,ppy tim e, w hioh a ll ag r ee s he d eserves
This y e a r ha:s b ro ught quite a numb e r of chan-ges in. our staM. In March we w e l comed· our new Sp•orts Mistress, Mi ss v\'::,g h a:m , from D a rtkl rd , En,gla.nd. In seco nd term we g airued MiE,s Fraser, Iate o f P.L.C., Miss B, yant ,a,nd Mis,s H a rris , but a t t h e end of term Miss Harri s and Miss Reid l e ft Th1rd term intI"oduced to u s D r Han ey of Melbourn e a nd L o ndo n U n•iversi:ti es, an old P L .C. g:1rl , Mrs. Brown, f r om England , and Mrs. McC r o r y from Sydney_
•Shc,b:y befo r e EM:,ter, Qu e e n's CoJ.lege h e l d a fete in a id of i.ts Butilding Exten.s:011 F un d. M.L.C. was asked to furrui,sh •and m anage a stall , •and t h e w:ho l e Sc h oo t supplied cakes •imd sweets so l iberal l y , that th a amo unt r ais e d on the st-al l wa s • ov e r £6 0 , in addit ion to w•h i c h about £30 wa•s r a i sed i n t:h e Sch oo.J Our nat ura l in t ereE t in th e Co ll ege to w h ich so •man y o f ou~·· g ir ls g,o is en.h a n,c e d by the fiact that o ur own H eadmas t e r is a Fe'. J.ow of Q u een 's a nd a d: stin,gui S'h ed past sch o'1ar.
Second t e rm saw the op e ning of a new block, "N ort.h Hou se," w h ose do I"tnitori es a nd Form r oom s a r e th e prid e of the ir in.h ab i tants, a.ncl t h e e nv y of t h e r est •Of th e Schoo I. It i s a lso p l easi n g t•hat the who l e q uadrangl e 'i-s now asph a lte-d-a gnat b e n e f it to p rnfec t s •On Yard Duty.
M u c h pra ise i s du e to M•r s L anden and l\ [i:;s F'onmau for tlie cu e r gy and kiudn e,5S w; lh whi c h th ey ,ma n aged th e e l ection:;, an d m a d e l,h e 1U s u ~h a con s pi c uous s u ccess
D :i any o f you !mow anything of t h e O rnr-S ca s C/,uu? Thi s i s a sp.Jen di d British Emipin L eag u e with n,o.n e of that ag gre,ssive imp erialis m, but wh•ose creed is "Beli e v ' ng th e Br•i tis.h Emp i r e to st:and fo, just ice, fr ee'dcm , order, a nd good g ov ermn e n t, we pl ~d ge ou r,selves, as citizen,s o f th e Britis h Commonwea lth o f Nati ons, t o m-ain.tain th e ·h eir.Hage hande d dow,n to u s by o ur fath ers." The aims of i!.s m em b e r s are to help one another, and rander ind'iv'idu a l se rv :•ce t o the IDmpire
The c :ub pub'iis h es in L o ndon a m :mthly ,m.agaztne fuJ.J of inte r esting a n d u seful n e ws, s tories• , 1photograph s, etc., fI"om a ll over the world . Th e ,memb e rship fee is £1 fo r t wo year s , cov e•ring cost of the magazine; a:n,d -arnyon e who wj 5;h es to become a memb e r or know m or e a bout the Club may a pply t,:i t h e Editor, w'ho would b e d e l'.,ghte d to recc,mmend h er for m e mber,s,hi"p , o r g ive a n y in fonrnation .
We are es p e ci-ally indebted to The lma A l Hngh am for t h e i:'1ustrations for t h e oh,apte r :h eadi,ng s •of ·sports, Juni o r Schoo l , Old Coll egians , and Libra r y.
'f' r r111 l. S. V R ou t, E A E. Symo nds , L . A. Zwar, I. A. Guy, M. A. N . Ris!l)in , J C J. Ris pin , N. Pearse, D M. Chri s tmas, A. B. Wilkin s, M. J. Audrew-s, N K. A Dav ' d.soni, D. M. Ma nn , I M. Murdo c h , V. M Murd:ic h , P. E J : nes, L R. Th-0m1> Eon,, M. I. Th omp s o n, E Cil'rtis, A J Ch a mb e r s, I. L. Gham b al'S , D. E. Barnard , D E. Ure n , D A. How e, 0. R. Br-0w-n, D. M. Kitch:ng, D M W.h.ite, V. G Witt.o n , fl . .L H oldin g, C. S t L Si11 c l a i r , M. M. F'ran cis , F. J Harr1-s,:J111. G. W H artney, L F. Lim1 e tt, M G. C. M orri s, M. E G: l b e rt , E. M. A t.t r ee, E. R. D e nny , C A. w; nte , , s. D B a lcl i'll g, R. K Er.lcEOn , E. M Ca r t e·r , D. Rohin 7·0n , I. E. A. Smith, M. A. Cl a r ke ,- D M. Baker, B E. L Bai:EY, J M Hutch'nscm, M. C. Beckett, G. A. Win s-tanley, M. M Hi c k s, D L . W o od , D . M. P eac~. P. E. B r amelcl , K. B S uf[ e r n, M C. S c h m :clt. vV F,_ W-att, D. K. Gray , P Campbe' l , G. V W illi a m s, E E Gu y, E M Ch ri ste n,sen , D. E G e rran d , E B. C o e, J . M. McD o n 3.lcl , F . M. H . Beattie, F. T h o m a s L. A Snel l. D A Gibh s G. C h ;1.r l e::;, G. E. JUckett s, W. Tlw1ua :;, .K L w a rd. A M l(' u g. 0 Phi'll : ps S .l!J C ; r u cl l , C. lt. Bur to n , J. U. Jt ob iu::;u u A 1. B ai l ey, E. K. As hton, E . Snell. J. H . Lt.
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Temp!eto,n, J. MacDonald, E. Elder, G. M. Wa fd u ck, F. Kruse, C. M. L e 'gh , D. W. L eigh, E . M. In.g ame lls , C. Mitchell, L E. M. Smith, K. M. Simms, ,G. F. Cla,rke, B. K. Burc h e ll, E. Gamon, R. A. Ho pkins , C M Wartren, E. M. Hoba.n, E R. Hoban , T E. A llin.g,ha,m, C. C. B uckl e, G. Davison, R. Robinson, D . Sykes, R. Cass idy , A. McA. Fi.nn,ey, H. E. Finne)', A Levy , f. Layton, E. C. Pi,zzey, O. N. P,izzey, I. D. E. J ean s, W. F. Sed-unary, D. E. Winter, T F el"gus on, G. R. Ferguso'IJ, E. K. Fowl e r , N. Webster, K. E. Key , A. Ellw:ood, K M. Whitn ey, L . L . Seehusen, E. I. Pilkington, N. A. Davie, E. Bowl ei, , R. B P o p e, E . A Po,pe, C. Enghsh, E. L Pea,rce, T M. Thom'as, M. A. Attrill , M I. Smith, A. M Drive 1-, C Rf Ab raham, D. Silke, R E. Green , E. M. Greein, E. L Jen,kins, V W. Cuqi,ming, P. McCormick, A E. Harvey, A. M. Cattl in, B. K. Buck· l ey, M. E. Ey l es, M · E. N. Dee l ay, M E Shannon, E. M . Shann,on, E. M . Tonkin, D. M . Stone, F . M. McColl , E . M . Ans te e, A. W An s t ee, E. K Der:r,ick, M E. Mauglmn , M. A. B eck, J. I. Biggins, J. S. W :.Jli-a.m s , J. M Daddo, W. M. J e llett, D. E. Cotb e n , L. E. Gorman, R. K Trilll1, L. 7, _ Palla nt, A. E. H owa.rd , M Overend, I. Ov erand , M. T. Ove rend, I. C. Jenkins, M. A. H ill ehrand.
'/'1'1'111 IT.-L,. A. Cornell, V. M. Bourne, G. R. Mattha:ms, A. L. Lloyd, O. E . Gray, L. S M. Farnn ilo, E. K. Derr-ick, E. M. McC r ea, J. A McCrea, A V B l a.ck, E C. Anders on, E. N. W : H eln.s, N. I. C. Buck l ey, D. Hum e, D. J. Brown, M. G. L ew i s, R. L. Johnstone, E M. Richard s, R H. E. Swan, M R eady Trr111 lU.-E. I. Cro ss , H. W. Chestnut, E. M M. Davies, H. I. Rog ers, M. C. Digh t G. C. Quayle, W M. I. Hanlon
University Examination Results, .-.1920.
School Leavi ng Honou r s: P. Ashworth -Erug li s;h 3r d c l ass , French 3rd cl ass , L atin 3rd c l a.s•s . A. En-glis1h. -Algebra 3rd cla,ss, W Gaw l ey. A l geb'ra 2nd class, Geometry 2nd c lass, Trigonomet r y 2nd class. J. Hey ward.-Eng li s h 2nd cfass, L a tin 2nd dass, Al-g e brn. 2nd c].as,s. L. Krom e. Lat'.n 3rd class, L. McMicken .:._Eng lish 3rd c la ss, French 2nd cla,ss, Al.g~bm 3rd -olass M. Nixon.J<Jnglis:h 3rd cfa,oo , A lgebra 3'1'd eiass. V. O sler.-J<'r ench 3rd c l ass. R. Ratten.-
Fr e n c ~ 3rd class R. Ro t h stadt.-En glis:h 2 nd class, French 2nd -class, Pihy,siology 1 st c:ass (Senior Gover rument Scholarshi,p ,and P.hys-'.;ol ogy Exlhibition). M. Stevens. E ngli s h 3rd c lass,, P.hysiolo-gy 2nd class, H i stpry 3rd class. M. Thomas.-Engti,sh 3rd c lass , P.hy.si-o l 0:gy 2nd olass, Hist-o,ry 2n d c l ass. C. Whitehoo.d. En.gbis h 3~·CI cla s, French 2nd c lass , Latin 2n d class. A. Wish aTt -E ng lish 2nd class,. Frerich 3rd cl ass.
Queen's College Exhibitions (non-resi dent): R. Rothstaidt, C. Whitehead. T ota l : 1 Fi r st, 15 Sec0:n'ds, 16 Th.ird s . · Schoe,I Leaving Pa ss : M Cocks~ A. Davies, J. D ~l bridge, G. Dixon, A. English, D . 'Flockar.t , M . H o lden , G. Hook~ r. E. J-oues , B. Major, 0. Miller, I. Niel•son , R.. Ratten, I. Reid , J. Semmens, M. Staffo;d, I. T:homa.s, L Th u rlby, M. U ' R e n , V. Wal lace, L . Whi tfo-rd.
T9tal : 21 L E\0-vjng Cer tificates. Int ermediate Certificate: P. Binge1riann , E. Blewet-t, V. Brehaut , F Burston, H Ca rter, H Oowan, L. D avi es , F F'arrar , :q_. Fors,yth , N. Hosk:ng, N . J effery, V. Jo!l y, A. Kellaway, G L eaoh, A. Mitche ll , I. Ri oh a rdso n , E Ro.gers, K. Scholes, B. Senn ett, I. S:h otto-n, M. Stafford, C. Stephen, G. Stone, J. Stone , M T ayl or, S. Thoma,s , B. Vickers, L. Wilbiams.
Total : 28 IntermedJate Certiticates
The fi•r st S t ud e nts · Christian ' Union meeti ng ,of 1921 was h e Id on the 6th of Apri-1 At this m eeti'll.g Miss McKay , whom we we-re so1rry .to ,lo,se as Presi-dent, pres id ed. We gratefuHy weJ.comed beT s u ccesso r , Miss Peters,on, who :ha,s h ad ,previous ex p e rience in s u ch work in ano~,her Sta,te. T-h e o .th e r o f fi cers e l e cted wen :t, Beul-ah Shannon and Mon.a Li ston: Vice Presidents ; Mar.gery Hold en: Correspondi n,g · Secretary; Dorothy ·Flocka,:r,t: T reas ur er ; Marjo r ie Cocks: RecOTdjng Secretary. Joyce S e mm:rerus a n d B rig,htie Bec k ett were c'hose n a:S -members of the Oomm i ttee on the following day.
We h ave e igh ty-three ,mem1bers, a nd an average attendance o,f aib-out eLghty, the numbe r b e ing rathe r s,mal l for the s.ize of the School; b u t we 1hope that -many of t h e gi'rl s who ,have on l y attended the -meiitings on s p ecia l occasi-o n s thi-s year will b ecome -membe rs l!lext yea r · T:he U n io n a l so inclu d es Bib le and Miis 1Sli.on
Study Circl es, the Jatte r b e in g und e r the J.e ad e r s'hip -0,f M.i s,s Hurtt and Miss For.man, and the fonn er und er Mi ss P e t e r son and L e na Bu tch e r .' T,hi s Study in c ludes int e r esting discussions on r e ligi ous topics wh::ich affect our own d ai ly lives.
At the next m eeting, Miss Holme s, 0f f :ce S ecretary M .the Un.ion, e x p'.,aine d to u s the a ims :and w,CJlrk of th e Chris ti•a n Unio n , a nd its vast exte n s ion-which i,s a l•most world wid e. She told u s of it s actuve work in schoo'ls , and of the influ ence · which its mero))ers shou ld e xert
The wee kl y meetings continued until to wand the en.'d of the . ,second teI'm, when the ir cess3.tion was necessary on account of t h e a,ppr'oaching exa,minatiomf.
We h a v e had add,r esses from man.y wellknown minis,ters, a :m.ong whO'lll are the R evs Cain, Worrall, an d p.ento ul, and we were f.av.ou•red :in having a 1:ine 'Wdress by our H e ad Master, Mr Le Couteur. W e have had ,as s p eak e.rs severa l Foreign an,d Hom e Missi onaries , w.hro h a ve given u s a n insi,g,ht into heath en l a nds-Ind ia :in particular-and th e •sl ums o f M e lbourne , Mrs. Carne and the Rev. Penna b e;ng the s p eakers· o n t h ese r es pective th o, n es . The Rev. W. Colliu s, of the Por:t M e lbo u~·n e Sailors' In s titute gave u s quite a r e v elati o n a s h e told us of t h e b e nevo le nt work d one fior t h e S a il ors. Our ,meetin ,g s t.Ji.ijs -affo rd knowledge about 1Il11any v•a.ried ,and int e r est ing topi,cs.
An important feature of t h e S .C U. i s bhe link m a i nta in e d with th e Old Gi-r'l s , many of whom belo ,ng to the Unf.on Movement of the Old Collegians of various School s '\Ve keep in tou c h , vit,h them by t h e ir • yearly visit . T,hey s pend a. 1ba.ppy aftern oon with u s , in£ludJng a ft ernoon tea. Thi s year th e Rev. Bla:den gave an •address mu c h a.I}p're(:iated by, :an,d v e ry ap •pr opriate for, b-otb t h e Ol d •a nd Present Girl s.
Th e U 1Ti on r espo nd ed to Mi.ss Holmes' ap p e al for the ·sup,port of Miss Good , w',ho is · doing sple nd id work ,as Secretary in I ndia , the whole School contri but ing t.o t h e f,und Vl e have .sent f.lowers to the Alfred Ho s pita l, but oth e rwi·se w e hav e not done as muc h as we should in this respect thi s yeM·.
S eve r a l of our girls attended th e Confe ren ce h e ld at Essendon, wh.ich was c hie fl y for girLs l eaving School.
Our r e pr esei1tativ es <:a.m e in co utad with m e mb e r s Of other Unions at the
Mit cham P;cnic, w h ere a spl e ndid day h ad been ·organised •b y the auth•orities.
A means 01' com,r a d•es,hip with members of v ar ious Unions is the S cboo.J ,girls' · Camp , where t h e g ; r!.s s p ,m d a h a pp y and pirofita bl e time. Duri'll!g next Christmas holidays Cam,p i s to -b e 'held a t Portarlin gton.
We a r e s orr y that Mi•ss Peterson :s leavi ng u s, and h'Ope t h,at the Union will h a v e as comp etent a President n ext year, a nd that 19 22 will have ,a ,record in Mern b er.shii p , atte nd ance, a n<l general 'ell · thusiasrn.
M. C.
Birthd·ay Night, 1921, bro ught t he u s ual excit e,ine-nt of c1 r ess ing, •and waiting to r e · eeiv e o ur vi s i t.o r s . The w e athe r b e ing fi t only for ducks caused, anany fair d,am sel s mu c h _ anx ie ty abou t t'heir pretty party fr.ocks and curls
Afte'r the Dining Hall ,h ad been .pre t tily d eco rate d arul arran.g•ed to fo o k like a n Australian garden in s prin.g time, th ere were ru,shes for the b athroom s, and many unn a tu1ral no ise s we re h eard as those lin e d up outs•ide shr iek e,1 to the occupants " Tim e's up ; n ext ,p!ease." At f i ve-tih.1rty we a ll troope d down to find o ur pJ,aces, which had •be e n r eserved for weeks (in a way only known to boarders ), a nd after a .great deal of e x c itement in passi n g c hocol,ate , etc., we finished dinn e r , and, c lad in r ai ncoats, r an up t,o t h e Gym. try ing to dodge tb.e show ers. T h e ,m;n.utes soon flew , and it seem e d no time ·befor e o ur gu ests airrlved for t h e concert in Fitchett Hal,!. While the no n p erforaneTs we r e scr.a m'bling ,for seats up stai r s, the re was g r eat excite men t oolow in the dr es sin,g-room , where t:he p erformer.s were 3l(ld in,g the finishing touches , and s t iU l ooking for the few :g,aI'ments whJch would •pe r sis t in ·hiding t h emsel ves.
T h e _progI'a;mme was open e d by ,a 1iiano so lo by Beulah Shannon , much a p,pre c i ated by the g ir.J s . Frances p r oved to be and h e r e ncor es. Mr. Art,hu r Armstead favo ur ed u s with many humo r ous songs. at h-eii1i'est in " Land of Ho pe and Glory ," His wi.Jlingn ess to r etu'rn made hi s t a lent t h e more ·a ppreciated. We were then g r ee ted by a. m erry b-and, kn•own as the "Mcuil'tebank-s ," who· t e nd ered severa l it ems durin g t h e evcnini;.
• No one realised lmw· awkward a cork arm could be un til Jones illust-ra,ted Che ef fect by reciting •·· The Soldie'r's Dream" with actiions We were surprjsed to find that after t:lie scene behind the umb;·ella in the duet the :h e noine had the misfortune to appear with half of Wrllie·s moustache transferred to :ber lip!
After · h aving spent. so :many years at M.L C. we won-dei· whe.\·e the gi r l -could have acquired such perfect knowledge of moonli.g>ht d·oin.gs. We 'hope .that the .h ead•s o-f the junio r s were not filled with s i.Jly ideas, especiaHy as o ur He.i,d Prefect was the h e ro.
Ethel proved au excell ent "Jones of the La,n ce r s." Sc,me of us wonder3d at the perfection o,f her EngI-ish accent. In fact, " Punch's " descript'.on was that ",no more La~ cer -like Jones · ever trod stage."
Th e Hi storica,l Charade wa,s ,acted well, and the c haracters were soon r ecogn ised, owing to .the s u cces-sful efforts of .the dressers and those w11.o arral].ged the ta,b l ea ux. We must congratulate Miss Mc· Kay, Miss Wjg,ha,m, Miss Gill-a,n, and Miss Earle for the interestin.g prog-ram!ll1e.
We concluded by ca.Hing for the u s u,al ch eers, and -a,fter bidding f,airewell to our guests, d eparted for our dorms. A l thoug11 it has been -th e l ast for -many of u s, Birth day Night will n-ot b e io,ri;:otten.
" In sweet music is such art, Ki-lli11g care and grief of h ear t."
Owi'n.g to the ab sence of so un1lproof mu-sic moms, the ceaseless ,practice of music fiends pI.ay upon t'he nerv es of thos e who 3(re not so mus-ica.Uy inclined. At six a.m. s h arp , a nois e, which Jn the distance r esembles the cranking of a " Fo,ro ," floats upward-s from the " Sanctum Sanctorum,"; but on a,pproaching No. 6, we -find a f air ,1n,a.i,d fabo riou-sl•y di ssecting ' Melodic Min-ors.' \
T h e music stud e nts , by their hard work, have mad e the examination r esu l t s of t hi s year eq ual to those of previous years.
Mr. Meiwton , o u1r musical director, by hi s ind efatigable etliorts, h e lp ed t h e School to e nj oy Musi-c Week by arrangin,g a peri•o d o.f song for the vl.hoi"e Schoo-I. " God Save Lhe King" was s u•n.g so lu s tily that a ge ntleman , three blocks away, was known to · remov e hi-s ,h at.
The Choral Class, co nduc ted •by Mr. Mewton , r e ndered " T,he Erl Kin.g's Daughte r ," at the boarders' Singing Cl,as s, and though the ,abs e nce o f ma:le voices was a drawback, it d'..d not preve nt the g :• rl s fno-m a'))preciating the fine per.form· ance
At th e Boorder.s' Social Ev e ni-ng, g,r e-a l opportuni ty is afforded for the display o-f mus:ca l ta.l enrt. Mm,ic students have been v3ry fortunate this year in being able ' to attend we-ek!y concerts held at the Unt v e r-sity Conser.vatorium. Th ey ,have a.-lso h a d tih e opportunity of h ear ing Jasch a He:,fet1., Dame ,C l ara Butt, and •others or Lhe famous artists who have visited Melbou'rn e this year.
We hope the standard of Music at M L.C ., whi ch h as ,becom e v ery h igh in the last ,few years , will be .m'<lintaineo by the .girls of the future · -M. L and V . P .
At last we have our new magazin e, and the " Bluebe-Il " (,horri·l:)ly Early Victorian name!) , which 'has becQme rather fad ed, is forev e r lard aside.
But it •must be remembered that it is t,he material, not the c ov e r, that makes a magazine , thou,gh a ,pleasing appeM ance , a s always , is a tremendous asset
Next year you .must improve on th is issue of " Sil<ver and Green," and so on until our magazine is a -se-cond B l ac kwood , a nd a fitti n g p rod u c t :on of a S c hool or gr3,at traditions. Like most ambitious schemes t h is one cannot come to fruition b y the labour, how eve r· ze aLous, of one or twa, but only by t h e earnest co operation of a ll it i-s c-~J)r il cl c co r/J R that oounts !
We r egret t hat we could not find room fo\· a ll co ntribut ion s, but those whose wo r k has not bee-n pub-Ji.shed must not he discouraged , but spurred on to further attempts.
Don ' t "s ktp" the parts that look bor ing , but find whatever sen se you_ can in eve,ry a rticl e , and aibsorb or 1rej ect it as your mind d :ctates . Bu.t i-ea<l ii all, my D e ar Individu al, it· is written for eve ry o n e!
SI LVER ANO GREEN.
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To set the cm~se above r e nown , To love the game beyond the priz e; To hono11r, whil e yoit strike him dow11.; Th e foe that conies wit h fearless e y es. -Henry Newball.
After p l ay'.ng o fr , the Fours we're cho sa n as follo ws :
1st Four.-D. Flockart (Oa,pt .). E. Pryor, R. Browning, and R. G o ldi e; and the 2nd Fou.r .-M. T-a \ t (Ca-pt.), J . Heyward, M. H ealing, an d D. V~mpani. _
Th e fi r st m a t ch was pl ayoo. agamst M el bour.n e Grammar on ou,r Co u rts on Jun t: 11. when we were d ef a.a t ed b y 11 ga1mes. P. L .C de feated u s by 20 on their Courts o n Jun e 18, and Geelong defeated u s by 32 o n their Courts, t h e f.ollowing S atur
Th e s a cond r ound oorome nced on Jul y ?O w h e n we were again d efeate d by M e'. ~o,urne Grammar by 13 g a,mes.
On Augu,st 6, ow ing to wet weather, we had to p ost p one our match with P.L.C. until August 17, when we wa.re de fe-ated
We played Geelong o n our Courts on Aug u st 13, when they defeated u s by 26 g-aroes.
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We -would like to congrat ulate t h e Geel o n g Four on w :n,ning the Shteld, which they will now keep .f or alw\1-ys.
The Second Fo ur defeated P L.C on t h e ir Co u•rts by 10 games, •and were defeated b y Ge e long on ou•r Cou r ts b y 10 gam e s . Aft a r a close matoh Me lb ourne Grammar defeated them •by 2 ga,mes.
We wish to thank the Staff for the practise th ey gave u s , also Lauri sto n , Toorak, St Michael's, Tint ern, and Wesl ey Col!ege.
The For.m T enni s Matches are not yet over, an d o nl y one of the Champ,ion s hip s ha s been fini s hed , that ,b eing the Juni oT, of which I. Evan s was the winner.
Thou g h defeat~d , we are not down· hea1'leu , a n d wm win n ext year. ~ D . F.
As we only h a d ona of last year 's t~rn l eft, the f irst thing to do was to decide wh•o s hould fil-1 the s i x y,a,cancies of th'e First VII. , anrl as there was much competition, we had g'reat dd-ffi,culty in decid: ; ng who tlfey s'hould be. The team finall y con s isted of A Phil!i-ps (Capt,). D. Sam,p· son, V. Way, M. Healin,g, A . mng, D. Vim p a ni , and M. Gilb e r t.
We also ha d a second team, which, afte1 m a n y al te rations, was fina ll y arrang e d as follows : J H ay~ar d (Capt. ). E. To b e , M Rogers, M. Vasey , J. Morri ssey, I. Neilson, and M S taif.fOTd
Our f i rl!t m atch -again s t " Tintern" 011 the'.r grounds r e s ulte d in a d e f eat ior M.L.C. Th e r eturn match played on our g round s wa s vei:y excit i ng , although re s u l ting in another victory .for " Tinte rn ."
Our match wi t h P. L C (fi'I'st and second t ea:ms ) On their ground r esulte d J.n a vi c tory f.o.r P .L C., but t h~ return mat c a play ed on our grounds res u lted in a n exc i t ing match with -a .good v i cto ry for M.L.C.
The F orm matc h es w e re taken up with keen inte r est , es p eciall y the f in a ls , wh en Va beat Dip:oma C a nd D, thu s winn ing t h e Shie ld. We ' take thl s op.portun.ity t~ congr-a:tulate V ,a on t hei>r s pl endid playin g
Th ere is alwa,ys g r eat r.ivalry in t h ~ match b et we en H ousa a nd School. a nd this year w as n o ex-ceptio n Both teams played sp l e nd idly, vi ctory tailing to the Sohool- " W •ell d one, S c hool ' ' -A. P.
This year we had o n l y three of our old tea,m b ac k, but -afte r due cons id e ration the t eam was cho sen as fo!'1ows D Flocka rt (Cap,t) K. Renn:e, N. Goldie , T Mapleson , V . Cromb, J. H ey ward , M. Tait , M. Rogers, and U. Goldie In t h e 1st round w e we're d efeat e d by t h e otha r Publ ic S c hool s Duri n ,t 3rd T e r m we were. tortunate in secu rJng a coach , who h as g iven u s a great deal of h elp. T hough the t eam ha ci ' mprov e d very mu ch, ,ve were again d e · f€-a.ted in the three matches d u ring t h e 2n d round.
· We h a d several practice matches during the yea r against ., Tin t e rn ," " R u yton." · an d " Lauriston."
L :i.st year the Aqu at ic Sports we r e h e lo fo r the fi~st t:,me si n ce 1916 , a nd were s u c h a s u ccess, t h at this year they we r e looked forward to with great eage rn,ess. A c old day early in Ma rch s how e d groups of .shiver:ng swim-me-rs, w ith bhtongs ol s pectia.tors s houting r ound t h e e dge oC ~h e Baths, while the Staff occupied a for m across the fa r e nd in im,min,ent dang e r · of -s plashing, w h ich t h s y r eceived in du e cours e Ev eryo n e ' s enthusi,asm ran to a great d eai of n oi se, an d Mon•a's voi ce, h e lp ed by the megaphone, w:as nece ss-ary to restore order. U nf ~tunat e ly she made t h e m is t~ke of announcing th at t h e r e was to ,be no s·hout ' ng during r a ces ! Need les s to r e mark, t h e r egu :ation was not o b se rve d
r h e Nsults w e r e as follows:
School Cha.mpionsh.itp M. Healing . Diving J. H ealing. . Life-Saving. M. B a rnett a nd I ." N e ilson. Over ' 14 Handticap. D. Fl ock.art. 14 and over 12 H a nd icap.-B. Tompkins. 12 ran d Under H a ndi cap J L aµcasteir Breast 1$"troke Handicap. J Semmens.
Junior F ot.ms' Race -Lo we r V Sen'o r F o rms' R ace. V.b. Rous~ v School. School.
The Schoo l Ch ampio ns hi p r ace s how e d v e r y .fine swim.m in g, and was won by Marjorie Heal!ng, after a very c lose r ace. First place in th e Diving Com.petition wa:, awa rd e d to J oyce H ealing, as t h e most grac~fu l of the competitors Th e winners of t h e L : fe -Sav ing Com,p et ition were se· cure from bhe f irst, and ca.me in with a good lead 'I\he Jun: or and Senior F or m s· Races we r e, of cou,ae , wat ch e d with h.ig11 excit '-"m e nt, much n oise, a nd flag ·waving; but the r eal e v en t o f t h e d ay was, as e v e r , the H o u se v. School. H e r e t h e noise r eac h ed a c l i{Il.ax, a nd the roof h ad h ard work. to ke?p in position . Th e School team was •mu c h strongeir thi s year, an\! beat t h e Ho u se by about a l engt•h. J s.
On Friday, 18t h Noven.1ber, our Annual At hl e ti c Sports meeting was h e ld . A l · tho u gh the U niv ersity exa•mina ti o n s w e r e loom in g ever cl oser. the numb e r o f en tries was n o t affected. The programme of thirty f o ur events was •carri e d o ut In good rttme, a nd ·ma n y t h an k-s a r e du e to tt o s e who mad e this possible.
B e s '. des the Champions h i p e ve nts, po la·Lo, sack, egg and s·poon,, whistl ing , tim e, a nd other races provided interE!st for t h e spectato rs. Th e Form flag races created great e x c i t e.ment. but t he ot•h er flag race, Hous.,e v S c ho,ol , was wi t hout 'Clou•bt th e nrnst populaJr eve nt on the -progra m.m e . After a very f.in,e race t1h e Hou se won by •a bout two yiaro s. An e n,joyabfo •pro g r aim me w as conclud ed by an e xh i bition bask e tball match •b etwee n lht Hou se a nct th e Sc ho ol. in whi ch the Hou se w as vic tor i o u s-.
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On e very s ide r e gret w as expresse a t h at, ow:ng to a very painful accident, Mi s s Vi-"igh.am, o ur s.ports m ist r ess, was unab l e to b e •present
Th 3 f ollo win g were th e results of the d if feir e n t r aces:
1. H igh Jump (Senior). 1, V. Cr omb; 2, A. Pilking ton
2. Hig,h JU;m,p ( Jurii o r ).-1, M. Al e xa1, d e r; 2, Q. Stee!e.
3 Egg ar,d SJ2<>o n Race (Senior) 1, C. Warren. :
4. Sack Race (Juni•or) .-1, Q Steele.
5 Flat Race, 80 Yards (Senior) .-1 , J. H ywar d; 2, A . PilkingLon.
6. Flat Race, 80 Yards (Junior).-1, M. Al exander; 2. Q Steele
7 F lag Ra ce, .Jun io r Sch ool -Fo rm III .a
8. L o n g Jump (J un'. ~r). 1, Q Stee l e (14 ft. 5 in .).
9. Lo ng Jump ( Se nior) 1, M Gi l bert (13 ft. 3 in \
10 . Thr ead Needle Race (Open). 1, V. W ay a nd · C. C le m e n,ger .
H. Old Co He giws' · F la t Ra ce.-1, D Jane.
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12. Skipping Race (Junior) . 1, R. Heath .
13 ·Flat Race (160 Y.ard, Senior).-1, J. Heyward; 2, L. Gibson.
14 Time Rac e (Open) -1, M. Rogers.
15 Fla g Race, Midd>le School.- Form I,ower V.
16. Sack Ra,ce (Senior) .-1, T. Maple oo n.
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17. W ,histling R11,ca (Open).-S. Thomas, L. Davies.
18. Iia,seball Throwin g (Junior).-1 , J H e aling; 2. M Warnock.
19. B aseball Throwing (Senior) .-1, V. Way; 2,, V. Cro:mb.
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20. P ,otato Race (J unior) .-1, Q . Steele .
21. Pot,ato Ra,ce (Seni01r) .-L. Gi•b so n.
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·senior School F-lag Race. Fonm V .a
33. Flat Race, 50 Y.ards (Under 10) .-1 , C. Goldie
24. Goa.! Throwing (Junior) .-1, J. Healing.
25. Goal Throwin,g (Senior) .-1, J. Mor• rissey and J Heyward -equa;l.
26. Obstac!e Race (Juruor) -1 , J. Healing; 2, M. Warnock.
27. Obstac le Race (Sen;or).-1, J. H eywar<l; .l, M Va.s ey.
28 Siamese R:ace (Junior). 1 , Q. Steele and W. Stu.art.
29. Siamese R ace (Senior) .-1, D. Moir and K. Ohinn.
30. Costume Race (Junior) 1, W Stuart.
31. Cos<tume Race (S e nior).-1 , M. Law
32. Egg and Spoon (Junior) .-1, Q. Steele.
33 . Flag Race, House v. School. 1, f{o us e.
Junior C h a:mpionship.-1, Q. Steele.
Senior Chrurnpionshri p. 1, J. Heywa.nd. J. H.
T,he l'. terary taste of the average g1rl is rather a ,mystery, when one saes the bast literature pa.ssed •over so often ror chHdish and lighter :fiction. The conclusion is llhat most girLs judge a book a lJTiost Ro lely by its oo,yer. One cannot co ndemn t hi s light fiction, bu-t it ;s only fo r those who cannot en joy the better authors (-0:r for people so exhausted by e xaminations that they need somethmg Ji,ght for recreation), yet we find •intelli · gent girl-s clingin g to u ie sto ri es of thei r child-hood, from s heer lack of courage to venture on anything that " ·looks dry."
Within my particu lar experience I have e ncouraged Junior Scihool: to read =re advanced books t h an are usua-lly given to tllem, with g ratifring results. There is n,ow quite a ;scram rb l e for G. A Hen:ty and Hl!,rry CoWn,gwood, a h ealth y contempt for Ethel Turne,, and when l mrade the {011x w, s of comnnendi-ng a book for its pictu res, one Miss ELght-Years Old said loftily that it didn't matte r .to her wheth e r t h e r e were pidu•re s or not. This does n•ot ,mea n that we have a crop of ~n-fa.nt prodigies in Junior School, it only s hows h o'w far behin.d what they might and s hould be are the older g.irls.
No one would blame us for not having r ef1,d Carl yle's "French R e volutio n ,'.' but why are bhe thrree g r eat \masters ot our language, De Q uin cey, Ru s kin, and much loved Rob e rt Louis Stev e nsan-perhaps most charming of a ll writel's so n eg lected? Certainly Scott, Dickens, Thacker;iy, and K i,pling are more read than most ot the g.ood authors Our Library abpunds with exce ll ent Histories ; and the " Cornhill Magazine," which exi sts for u s in ·countle-ss volumes, is one of the •best. p eiriodicals of to-.day. AJ.so our co ll ect:on of American au,bhors is si ngularly gcod, for we ,hav e the comple te works or Holmes, Longfe llow, Emerson, Low e ll, and P-0e. ·we h;lve probably the best col lection o f War litel'atu r e of any School In Australia. In particula.1.', there are Nel son's and " T,h e T imes " Histori es of the w ·ar, General Monash's· Aus t:ralian Vi,ctorles In France and Flanders, ,and l:li-r
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Ian H amilton ' s GaJH.poli Diary, thrilling t>ook ,, especia11y t:h ~ l atter , whic h every Australian shouJd read. There is no e qual in modern f iction to the grace of th ose ear :ier nin e t eenth century w•ri ters Geq rg :i.-, Bornow, J a.ne Austen, Geo rg e EJ:,ot, or the blind Frances Browne, a ll of w h o m a d o rn our &h e lv es. Lik ew ise we h ave almost e v ery -poet that can b e named. A•mon,g r ecent boo k s l e t u s ,particularly nco, mme nd Maeterlinck's " Blue Biro " and Lord Fish er's " M emories," the latt e r t ee-m i ng with · fasc i-natin.g s to ri es and the a uthor ' s fam,o•u s e pigrams.
Th e who'.e point of r ead in g g ood bo oks is that w3 -are t h e r e b y put <i n th e way o f g a t h e ring up the b eau tif ul th.oughts which h e lp u s to fo rm our own, cod es of livin g , &.n d ~o to l earn how we may liv e in thi, fulJ est s e ns e.
1. A H.
The g e n era:! elections of 1921 a.roused more than u sual interest, s in ce they w er e largely c o.ncemed with t'he l'e te rendum a s t o the co-m pul s i on O'r ruon compul sion of s p ort in the S c hoo-!
At a I.a rge gen.er al m e3ting h e l d t:J\e da y bef,ore the elect io n , eaoh o,f the ca ndid ate s tor th e House o,f R e prese ntat ives-Dor aen All e n, Beryl K e rry, and Elva Ashton, repr e&enti-n,g V .a, V.b, and XX. r es p e ctively , outlined t h e planks i n h e r platform. A,mid the strains of t h e Naitional Anth e m , the cand '. d-ates took t h eir seats on t h e p'. at· fo rm, and in a ,few w-otrd s the Chainvo man , Miss Brightie B eck!ett, opened t he 'lllee t in.g and introduc ed the candidates
M:ss A1l en 8 P O•k 3 fi r.s t , h e r ringing ton es a nd florcibl e p erso n a lity oommandfag rigid attenti,on from th e outset. Stb.e &hawed ,h e r k eenness •for the publi c weal in -many d e· s iralil e schem es, tw,:J ou t stan ding on ~s• b ein g t he fre e s upply of gy-m. t uni cs o-f one patt e rn to sec ure untf.ormity, and a butche1 's &hop o n t h e ipre.m.ises that physiologs. :m'. ght obtain tS•h a,rks , f ro,gs, and •h a r es at cost pri ce. Tou ch in g th e r-e fa r e ndu.m qu eE t:on, al,one o,f th.e ca[ld i d-ates , Miss A ll en s upp ort e d t h e " No " vi ew on t h e .ground s that comrpulso,ry s po,rt would d estr oy s p orting s pirit, w:hHst accompl is h '. ng no a,p preciable ,gc,o d ; s:ncc t h e certa;u adv a n tages of s p or:t-sel! con
t r ol, exeir c:se, a,nd good.<f31J owS'hip-can be gained in t h e ordinary ways- of life , •e.g, walking, one •of the b est ex e r c ises kn,own Miss A11en also to u c h e d. on the fac t th-at phys ical un fitn e ss pre vents some fr om in· dulg :,ng in spo rt, w:lril e ampl e provision 1-s a lrea dy made for a ll who w;-sh to e nj oy it The close of t h e s p eec'h was marked •by l o ud a,p.pl a u se, a :f.ew qu estions from the a u dienc:i b eing ,sa ti s factori-ly di s p ose d o f b y Miss All e n.
Next to s peak wa1; M iss Kerr y, who, tho~ gh exhi.biting slig:ht n ervous ne ss at first, soon oveircame th:at, gainin g confidence from a sy,mpath.etic amliieince. We fea ,r t h at a Trave lling Cante.en to 1.>rovide so up , h ot co'free, •and iced drinks -might not bring in s u Micient revenue to ,mak e it p a y, mu c h l ess to provide f o r t h e un em pl.iJ,y ed, as &ug,gested. Though · doubtl ess pro,mpt3d by ,a b-enev,o.Jent disposition , t h e i:rrupra.cticability of thi s sohem e is only e qu:aHed by its promote r's i-gnorance of the H i gh Cos t of Livin g. T~ ingenious p lan of t eaching ti,ght ,rope walking, ·so that '. n wet weathe r g ir ls might av-oi d w e t fe~t by u sing the tele pho ne w itres co'llneCt· ing the bl ock s is deserving o f c onsidera tion, and rni,ght, ,as ,s ug gested,, ,p.i,ov e an economy to the Boai,d of Health Miss Kerry's s uppo,rt o f compulsory s port, ch :efly truat Irno w!edge is not everything, was r a th er W3 ak. Amid st muoh a p plau~e Miss Kerry r esum e d h e r seat, afte r an s wer ing a f ew qu esti ons •flr-o m t he aud '. e n ce, and Mis s As h.ton opened h e r s p eech
Thou ,gh w ~ und ersta.nd this · young woma n to b e n e w to po-litic s, she s'howed s ingu l a rly dignifi e d s~lfll)oss es s ion an d a cool ·delivery · from the t>e,ginning. H e r chi e f ta lk was on t'he refe r e ndum question; M'.ss Ashton favouring coIDJpul s ion. T.ba candidate had severa;l sch e mes by wh ioh the sch oo lgi rl s hould be le d from h e r wi cked way s by co mpul sory att e nd · ance at the Sports Ground quot i,n,g the time h onoure d 8a11c, 111-c11s ,aJrgument. An a u tom ati c Utt for XX., we regt1. et to say. is not like'.y fo,r a long day-fin,anieial dif<t'iculties ag,a '. n -tJhough it h as l on ,g b aen re-a l.i sed t hat the e nd•less stai r s of the G: r ls' Bl ock r e nd er sev eO:ty ,tiv e ,per cent. of XX. ,g;rl s affected as to th e h ea r t Y=al'ly, miost ,of ,t h e m d •yin,g young. At the e nd of the s p eech someon e ask<ed i f MI-ss Ashton ap pro ved of the payment of mem bers vi e oomme nd the candid.ate o n h e r
SI LVER AND GREEN.
adro it shelving of this qu?;3tion , in 'replying that she ih-ad alr eady outlin ed :her policy a,s one of pro- economy.
In cl-os.ing t h e meeting the C hairwoman thanked the a ssembly rf•o r its ord erly at · tenti-on (th e re ha<l b :ien flnly one s:ight disturbance throug:hout, the disorderly o nes bein,g romediately ejected by two stalwart policemen). The meetin g ended with the Nati<onal Anth~.
On the following d ay all who wer e ,on t h e e ledo raJ. rolls voted, ,p J lling taking pJ.ace in the Baths. The pol! was dedarect lat eir in the day, .and the ca.nd idates r e turned thanks to their supporters.
The results were:
D. A ll en E Ashton B K erry
1 st Count 90 56 55
Theseus and H.ippolyta wer-e a wellmatc:he-d pair; they s ustained the uecessary dign.if:ed 1n,a.ml€'r w e•H t h ,,o u ghout t:h e play. H e:e na;s yield•ing, loving d·'.s positic [l was well p,ort r ayed. By the v(g.o rous act.. ing of Demetri\i,3, one did n J t r e a li se that Helena was severa:I inches ta ller than !he r stalwart lover. Dem3tr ius' adro '.t mainrage ment of his sword de se rves special men tion.
He'l'mia a.nd Helen,a. . acted as splend '.d f.oils f:or each othe•r , Her,mia's dark beauty matching ·her l}ar-si onate nature. Ly ~,ander and Hermia actej w'llll to g eth er, though 1>erhaps Henmia was at •her •b est when Lysander's ·allegiance was trans f 3rred to H e'.ena.
2nd Count 101 100
Nine ca ndidates stood for the Senate, three ea.ch from V.a, V '11, and XX. Th e successf ul thr,ee we re E. Pryor (V b), A Burroughs (V.1b), and W. Stuart (XX.).
An inteiresting conclus'.on to be drawn fr om the Referendu m results----a win for the Pro"COl!Tlipulsdonists-is that Spo rt is s,o popul2.r that oom.-pu lsfon would never be n ecessary.
The Annua;J Prefects' Play was a s pl ,mdid success. Fmm the two nights' p er(orman ces, the s um of £120 was rais,ed, haJ.f for t he Scho ol's Build(ng Fu.n:a, and ha:lf fotr t h e W,omen's Un:ive ;:,sity Hostel Fund .
Preparations began with the c om,menc:iment oJ Second T er m , the usually tranquil life of the Pre fects and A ss ociates being great4y disturbed by et-fo r ts t ,:i reoonc·le ordinary School rou.tine wit-h frequent re· hearsals. The w ee k preceding Ju:y 1 ~v= one whirl o,f s weets, <.,weet:boxes, and d,e sses, donalon s o f the fo'rmer being v e ry lib eral. •· A M :d s ummer Night's Dream,' ' though often acted ·by students, ls no easy task, •and we wer e thankful for the favoura b l e notice of t-h e •· Argus ," which es·pecially ce>nrgrn.tulated Edna Jon es' excell e nt per.formance of the .part o f Bottom, and Jea,n Heyward's e lfi sh im pers,o·nation o•f Puck.
Titan ia played her part in a bea.utifully fai ry like way. She ,and 'her ,attend.ants forme d a very attria,ctive featur e o f the play Doris Purgsley w:as very dainty a,s t h e first fairy, ,and "jea:lous Ob e.ron" l-0oked very · well w,ith his green e,atin and gold~ c urls
>Ne feared Vhat 'I'his,be's voice would never regain its u s'Ual rpitch, s u c h was the strain to which j t was subje:cted; but It appears that we were mistaken. She and BottO!III dieser-ve ccmgratufa.ti-on ifor thei:" spl endid acting dn the "' play within the play." T-hisbe's s-c r eam was a masterpieca. It is a ,marvel 'lmw Wall managed to k eep his stony al)IH~arance a,m'idst the s htri ek s o,f laughter wh4c h the " tedious brief comedy" eUcited.
We w '.,s.h to thank M:ss Webb and Mrs. Apperly ror the ,great care they to5k in o rd er thaat our play should be a s uccess. Any merit w h ich it co ntained w3.s l.ar,gely due · to them. Eve.ry,:me th,or,oughly .e n joy e d . the t '. me spen-t und?'r their directi?n.
Mi-s. L e Couteur an d her orche.s,tra h.e.J,ped immensely, in 1>layiwg parts of Mendelsso hn's " A M ids ummer N'.ght's Dream." Th e fa:iry music was especi-ally lovely, and created a my,ste rious atmo s phere w,hene ver the falries were on '. the stage.
W e will t ake this .o pportunity of co n · vey'. ng our thanks to a l l who h e lp ed us with donations of sweets · a nd of mon e y.
'' Strol i.ing Player."
"
SI LVER AND GREEN.
W e' Ye l a ug h e d and talked, and work ed a nd played, as year by year went p !!st, Aud n ow we 'v e got to leave it all , [or schoo l is o'er at i.ast ; And we must jo;:n, t h e fi.ghti!ng ones, a n d see •life's b a ttd e thi,ou-g,h, But o h , o '..d s chool , w e 'v e loved you w e ll; g,oo-dbye, good lu ck to you."
Our numb e r h as in cre,a se d to 128 th i,s year, but, n eed les-s t~ s•ay, the order and disciplin e in t,he H ousa is still u p to the st-andard of prev ious years. Our Prefec ':s and As,so c iates numb e r eig ht : B eulah S h ~nn-on (S en.Lor House), Mona Li sto n , Marjory Ooc k s , Lila Forb es, Kathl ee n R en ni e, L eigh Hart, El sie L ee, Mable Finnie.
At t-he •b eg inning of t h e y e a , w e we l c o med five n ew m em be r s to o ur 'Staff, whi c h n ow numbers ten
It was a g r eat s urpri-se a n-d sh ock to u s all to hav e to bid far owell to Mi ss Newma n , wh-o was ca;l!ed .home owing to · h er m CJlth er' s illness. S ince ,s h e was s o g r eatly r e spected a:nd lo v ed by a ll , h er depa r t ur e caus e d much r ogret oa.mon-gst th e o ld girl s, '."h o kn ew ,h e r so well. W e wis h h e, eveiry s uccess a nd h a ppin ess in her n e w w ork in Ade l ai de.
In second T a rm w e w e r e ha:nw ered consi d arabl y b y •<)Ur -o l d :friend the 'Flu. Thi-.; wa s ke p t d ark . until some h a ppened to go upstai r s to {ind r CJlOm m ates a nd mattres ses g one. W,h ere? To t he w ell known region s of Blue Dom1 a nd Annexe With Mu s ic Ex-ams l ooming ahead , w e r at!h e,r mi sse d th e th'I' ee A n nexe pianos, a nd p e rhaps th e t houg,h,t of t hi s preve nted our -obtain ;n,g hi g h e r :marks.
Our Bas ke tball T eam m et the School on the last ,m o rning -of T erm II B oth teams pl ayed ,,(ell , and we ,oo ngratula t e the Day Girls on _ th ei r victory. Oolou rs we r a di s played in ,g1reat profu sion on bo bh s id es R e d a nd Gr een bl ending so well! One me mber not b ei n,g satis.fied with belt, stockings, ribbei ns , ,-"ti e, a nd shoe-laces o! r e d, accept~ a kind knoc k on t h e no se which a '.ls o se rved to display loyalty to th e Hou s e
A wave of enthu s ia s m -fo r T e nnis has s pread tihr ough-ou t the H o u se. At prese n t. t h e bo a rd e r s are makin,g the ms elves ve ry
co n s picuous on t he Oo u·r.ts, owing to a thrilling toum ament whicb will prove t h e C h rum1p'lo n F'lat .for 19 21. We are hoping that t h e outco,rne of this strenuou,s pl ay wiJJ r e sult in our havi.n.g fo ur board e r ~ as ou r r e prese ntativ es in the First Four as C h a mpions for 1922
It is n o t ver y often that we h ave ~µ ta lk of death, bull o n e of o ur nurnib er ,ha 5 be e n sad ly mis s ed a n d deeply mourned s ince l a,st T e rm Man y t a.a.rs weire sned wh e n the sad n e ws s pread of " Satan's " death. This w e l-l known l u c k bring er was 1-ove.<I b y a ll w.h o !m e w hi,m. Hi s m e lod i o u s cr ies at fou r a.m. to u c h ed th e h eans o f c.at loyers, w,h o otten arose beC-m<!ils Lo car ess h~m W e h eard that h e vi-S-it'ed one frie nd ' s room , an d ·h a d •an e arly •break fas t. " ' T is t h e early cat t hat ca1:Clhoa t h e m o u se "
Many ar e struc k b y tha a,ffection s how n by the Jun iors tO\v,a,rds- t h e Seniors in t h e Hou se; oh.is , of -0ourse, -acc ounts for m oot rooms bein,g -the r ec ipi e nts of m a n y a n{! varied fl o ral d eco rations.
·we all join in wfahin.g th e Staff a11d Girl s a hap py holiday a nd b est wi s h es f o r 1922.
A n impr essi v e cer e:mon,y ,took place d uring S econ d T e rm in · t h e unv eili ng, · in Fitchett H a l l, o f a port>rait ill' oils Of . t h e lat e H eadmaster-Uh e Old Co l!e,gians' Me mori>a:1 to Mr. Krome.
Th e r e w e r e many Old Co llegian s prese nt , and M id d-l e and U-p p e r Schools w e r e all-owed to at t,end. A fter e loqu ent an d touch ing speech es by Dr. Fitchett, Mr. L e Co nteur. and Miss Walton , th e Presid e nt of t1h e o .c.c., Dr Mary Lan e, unv e il e d t h e picture.
T o t h ose of u s who knew Mir. , Krome, t:h e portra it saemed intense l y r eal th e n ob le a nd kindly expr ess io n , th e st i·ong feat ures , antl the c!eve r ,head a r e so fa-ith fu ll y portmyed, t h at ,no e xplanatio n of hi s c h a r acter is n ee de d . lt is strikingly evident a t once t!hiat " T,his was a ,m,an ."
After the s i,n ging of "Lead, Kindly Ligh:t," Dr Fitchett offe r e-d a s hor.t pra yer , and t he g atheri-ng d is p e r se d
Champion in n e ither B asketl>all nor T en n4 s, r gave my oppone n ts, a run for their money.
We're a Form of tw el ve prom ising stud e nts , Renown e d for ,our wisdom a nd prud e nce Our wo'rk is p e rfect'.on , · N o n eed of c orrection, Our knowl ed ge s u rpass es a ll credenc3
In Englifih t here's nothing to daunt us, No L ati n cir French is be yond u s; A t Hist' r y we s·hin e, Our Alg e bra's fin e, As for Phys. though ts o f fa ilu re n e'er haunt u s.
With our pro w ess a t Sport w~'ll not bor e YOU , Set OU!' •Cap tai n 's exampl e b e fore you! On sports ground and court, Many •battles w e 'v e ,fought , And o ur ~hro nicl e d vict' ri es would aw e you .
·without an y so! id end eavour, We can wr it e v ersse r ~mat!faibly cl ever; These songs we diffuse; (\Ve've •no need of a muse ) Thi s perhaps is s ur prising However!
But since you insist, h ere are some o.f the .me'1anal,1-0ly details of my c haract e r: My uninte lligen ,ce, ,compared ·wit;h t h e brig htne ss of those who, of o1d , aoo rne d t h ese :halts : is •d,e plorab '.e. How I man · ,aged to r each my p'r esent dignity is a myster y to .mr teach3'rs, ·but I warn th em tha t t he ir ' tiints as t o the corrupti o n of U n iyersi t.y exaimin ers l eaves them open tc;i s uit& for liibe l. My En,glish com,pos1tion, far from r esembling that which t h e Kin,g uses, would b e uninte ll ;gibl e t o t h e d e mocratic Prince M Wal es. My motto, " .Eat hard,. p lay hard , s lack h ard, and stew h arr d ,, · does :n,o t s e.em to m eet with t h e ap prova.l of ,m y s11;p e rio r s, for , on t h e grounds tha t I was wasMng my time and s u,b s.tan'Ce in, riotou s Jivjn g, I .ha v e been CO/Jllp e lled to evac uate my a n c i ent haun.ts, t h e tuck -shop an.d t!he garden, t o r t h e un di,gnified Prep, rOO'm, in "' s pares;» so no one can b lame me , w.hen I. a m ,f e ttered by ' · s h a de s of the prison..hous e," if .my genius fa il s me in D ecemb e r . But e nough, al r e ady. time an:d pape r is far spent; with bes t wi &hes for Christmas a nd the 1/•aca tion.-Yours, e t c.,
P. SIXTHNumbe'r Ej.ght , 11/ 11/'21.
D ;!-ar Mada:m ,-Yo ur d e mand for Form notes , immediate ly f oll owing }'lQ\l'r ihar:r,y• i ng me for li te rary co n-lrib utions to your •m a gazine, i s as unwel come as it i s inop portun e. You cannot know a d,etestatio n of s u c h not es to b e my '!)a rti c ul ar foib l e The /}()11/'Vt•·,i.s c u s tom of my feHow Forms, in s tiriving to -00.nvince a d-isi nt erested public h ow exce ptionall y witty the y a r e, and what wonderful thin gs they hav e don e , h as my s up reme ·- coritempt. I con tend that ;f a Form h as a c hi eve d greatn ess, oth er F orms d,o ~n ot n 3ed t h e fact t hrus t upon t h em it is sel•f ev id e nt. I aim pe r s u aded that th e life of th e averag<:: F-0 rm is si ngular: y un eve!}tful. In d ividua l m e mb e r s may gai n th ei r 1 T anni s Co l our s or other distiu ct ions , a nd most Form s ca n boast of o n e victdry in Basl<etba:ll o r T en n i,s; bu t these a r e characterist ic, not ex ceptional e ven ts. Personally , thoug.h
We r e m emb e r , we reme•mber, Old Form •ro<>mis, dark ,a nd h ig•h! W f:!. used to think our l it tle . brai n s Would s ho rtly r ea,ch the s,ky; B ut though we ' ll gai n t h e g•olden sta r , W e kn o w n ow w.hat we re a lly ar e.
It is u seless to say w,h at a mod e l Form wa are, fo<r as ,onJy two of u s ar e b oard e r s , no one w,ould b e lieve u s. But we mai n tain t ha t th e pr esence of ,s ix A ssoci a te Prefec ts foll y •a to n es for t h e defi cie n cy in board r 5
V.a h as ha.d many triumphs thi s year. (•a) Althou.g•h t h e opinions of o ur cand i· date fo r t h e r ecent e iec t '.o n did n,ot m eet. with •publi c ,fav,o ur, ,h e r e loqu e n ce so swayed t h e mob •t h at sh e was ret urn e d 'midst l o ud c lie eir,s.
(b) A t Ba&ke!JbaJl, we r e i,gn a s Cha1111 pi.o n s tO'l' 1921.
(c) Our b a by is t h e Junior T e nni s Ch amp ion of t h e Schoo l.
(d ) We have a n otable m embe r o f th e B asebal( t 3am in -0ur Form, o n e remark able fact about ,her b eing that s h e often throws t h e bat furt he r t han s h e hits t h e ball.
We h old great expectati>on s fo r Tennis, s quad, etc
If anyone s ugg as ts that V.a ,has not re m a rk ab'.e p oetical tal ent, we s h a ll f ee l obliged to protest aga' n s t thi s T e rmino· lo gica l in e xactitud e . In fa.ct, our effoir ts i n writing s onnets so in:;,pired our Eng lish mi s tr ess that she even oo mpo,se d one in h er slu.m·bers, one lin e of which was, " Wh e r e son-nets , ly r ics, odes, will' ve x ." Our For.m m '. stroos, on the last day of Second T er>m, kin-d•ly consented to take u s up t h e tower. To our h ormr , m any diaphanous g aTments were scatte r e d h ere a nd t h ere To who-m c ould t h ey belong?
But cheerful res pit e have we known, In Sports and Gym , an d a ll mu s t own Our prowess. Now the Sports we hail , Antic:patin.g that we' ll sail Th1rou,gh ,all events victoriously. Our run'IJ.dn,g will most 's,pec' ally Daz zle a ll beho lders t h e r e, I!'or we are fleet as we are fa ir.
Tn years to come o ur t h o u ghts w ill flee Back to 'the d ays t h at U&3d to b e; Th e days t hat fi tted us for Ji.fe, With . what it h old s of joy or st rife.
During the l ast year V b ,ha,s left its ol d Florm·'fOO'Ill at t h e top of many stair s, and has b een given -a ·•bright room in t h e new build '.ng. Our n ew F orm room i s a so urce of great joy t o us; it •h as pNtty green a nd cream wal ls, both walls and ceiling being panelled with ligh t •brown wood which is matched by the hr-own 1in4sl n win-
d·ow l;>linds. ·
Written in t h e Bu~i n ess R ealm , M L C
If yo u see an exceptionally hurri e d exit from No. 9, d o n,Jt th ink that we a r e pract ising -for the 160 yards; it is merely a c h e,mi stry lesson, ~o do not be alanned . Perchan ce you m ay n ot ice a vein ot cy n·icism in th ese notes. If so, i t is the r~su'.t of the wrath amused i n our h ea r ts b y th e dest.Jruct>ion o f t):J.e b eautiful ivy which ,cluste red r ound our Form room window s. ...
Many a frolic n eeds m u st b e, In Diploma's life of misery, Or the st ud en t , worn a nd wan, Nave r th u s co uld voyage on Day a nd night and n '.g h t and day, Plodd ing on h e r dr eary way. Typing, s h orth a nd , -accountancy Co nfu te a lighter tenden cy, While on bh e l aw ns a r e pr on e to be Sixth F o rm g: r ls w ho mer r ily Laugh or tal k or h a pl y drea m.
Diploma Form r-oom ! Thou h ast b een Witn es s of many a liv e l y scane A.t " Roll ca ll " or " ·Commercial T erms ," VVhi c h fit u s for the business firms, Wh e n bu rsts the w ra t h of one much tried, And g irl s at talking are e s pied. Now once a w eek we gath 3r roun d To l earn th e principles ,profo un d Of Precis
V\rh en it was n,ew, thi s ro.o-m w as spot less-l y c lean ; t h e d es k s a nd flooi seemed to s hin e in t he:r inkless pu"rity, · and the Form made n o.h ie r eso.lutions- to p reserv e t hi s prod igy. But, a la..s, for s u-ch l,ofty 3JlJJ·bition.s ! It seemed t h a t little e lv e s of blackn ess h e ld r evel ry by nig h t, leaving stain s an.d s,c11at c h es where they d a nced in t•he moonli,g.ht.
Despite heroic e ffor ts- the room d o as not a : ways seem tidy: .a d r'3/1Il.atic sens atlon was caused on,ce ·by tbe s udden en.t r a nce of OU'f Form mistre ss w,h en the · room w:as nqt looki11;g its _ b-est ipd-eed, a s,1ig4t ~a,rt}i qu ake seemed to have occu rred Books and pa.1i"ers, unn otice d un·til that mo!llent, ap pear ad: to be everywhe r f:l, a nd parti c u larly co nll, pi c uo u s was a brig ht gold choco la te w rapper und•e r t h e ' f ~cmt d esk. Lu cjd l y , a girl of great 'resoµrce° a nd o f n ot too fairylil. e feet ,· h a d t h e pr e;e,nce o-f mind _ to stand f;nnly upon it until th e -mome nt of dange r h ad pass e d.
But V .b h ai;; :,;eally m ad ~ efforts to k eep this r oom ·b ea utiful ; th e Form is buying a pi°cture, called '.' The Vi_g il . " -:in . memory of a happy year
T his pi-ct.ure is of a b rav e yo u ng so! d ier , who, as h e kn ee ls b efo're the altar of an old chapel, is watch.:ng over his armour t '. 11 t h e morning brP.aks, .when h e w ill be mad e a kn ight
SILVER AND GREEN.
'!'he v .igil " takes us back to the tJimes " when kni,g'hts were bo l d," and spent their lives in ftg,hting all forms of evil, ready for any deeds of valour against the wrong; and we hope that our picture will encou'rage tho se chivalrous ideals, and h el-p u s to br:ng them into everyday m-e
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V,b is th-e Champion Form in 'Swi!Ill ming, and was· in t he semi .finals of th1e Bas ket,ball Cham'Pionship, unfortunately l osing its fir s t Tenni s Ma:tch.
and of ath le tes who were defeated by IV ,a •rut Bas ket,ball (goal po sts b e ing as high as u su al). They also defeate d V.c at Tennis, b ut fell 'neath the cannonade of Honours' balls, although they had made a vaJi.a.nt stand.
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Ancients of the CoHege; T h ey 1hav e taught us common senseTried to teach us comlllJOn senseTru th and God 's own common senseWhic h is more than kn.ow! ed,ge!"
The a ut hor o f Stalky & Co. must h ave experienced times as strenuo u s as ou rs.
Friday ,aifte rnoon i s a critical -time, when the Detention •book is brought arourud , with o u r ,pa:rticular " Ancient•· dreading to hear tha:t any of h e r g i rls have their names there. But w e are learning Hke Stalky, it isSa:fest, easiest, and bestExpeditious, wise, and best
To obey you r orders."
Oh! There goes the bell! Recess is over, and we m u st g o up those dreadful staiirs agai n . Our Form .mathematician, J T., finds, Mt-er working i t out, that at least we climb 400 stairs in a day; so do you wond e r that we are weary and st '. ff at tha end of the day , and wish fervently for ,a lift! Even ou,r For.in mistress is in a s tate of coll apse when she reaches t h e s u;m,m.i-t. Eve ny Friday Ls .a n ticipated with great expectati,o;n , until the subject for our next essay is alllllOUl!l'ced.
We are pleased to niote that ou'r Form Group h as b een selected by the photo grapher (evid'Elntly on account of our being the best.looking Form in ,the School) to adorn a window on •· 'l'he Block."
It is a question whether we are please d O'r sorry that we have ,two Gym pe,riods a week now, but we certainly •are sorry that we are not •havin,g a n y this week becau se of Th e Fin als !
T his year Twenty' s coUJStellation con sists of gir ls who have contin u ed in. thei r new firmament with their previo u s lustre ,
In these lofty h e igh1.s our sen se of h earing is not affected by the attempts of our many musica l geniiu.sres; but another sense is b e n e fited by t h e adjacent aq u•a'rium, whi c h com ; ists of the usual frog family, ,p erfo rming •fish, and •the Ancient Shrurk. Finally, w e 1l. es ire to than k our Form Ca,pt-ain , Elva A s hton, and our Spo r ts Captain, Dorothy Mann , for the ir excellent leaders hip this year , •and wish fut u re Twe nty .gir.Js th e bes t of luck and an automat ic lift
Another year has 'ro ll ed away, an<l ·here w a are as hap,py as · ever! When Schoo l re a , semble d at the b eginn-ing of the year Colleg '.ate V occupied Fitchett Hall. We were all delighted wh e n we h 3ard or our n e w F o rm room in North Hou se. It is an id eal Form room, and we strive to keep it br-ight wlth flow e rs. With such pleas a·n t sur'roundings w e could not feel anyt!h: ;ng but :happy
W,e were aH inte reste d in •Ou r Form Sports, but the Basketball tea:m and T ennis team which we ,p.Jayed prov e d tou strong fo r us. Howe ver, we are hoping t.o do better n e xt year, when we ara In D i ploma. Our F :•ag team is very prom1sing
We thave a v e ry amiable Fo1rm Captain in Eth e l Blumer, wh o ,f:gured ,pi,omi nentl y on Birthday Nig,ht. We are a ll loo king forwa rd to b earing h e r "item aga'.n at our Form conce r t, as •some ,of u s did not have the pleasure of h ear i ng it on Bi rth.day Ni.g,ht
We a ll regret t.he loss of our most pop ular teach er, Mis s Rei<l , w ho le ft so s udd en.!y that we we re utte rly b ew ildered. W e wi s•h h e r eve r y s ucces in the future. We all t hank our Form m istress fo•r h er h e lp in org-a;n is ing o ur sports, and also fo r making work easy by the che e rful h elp Sihe gave us. We are ch eerf ully looking forward to the exalllls , th e ,s'h.ad,ow s of which hov e r dang aro u s,!y nea r; but we 'll forget our t'roub\es, and wi sh everyone a Me rry Xma s and Happy New Year
Although our number ha s rather d ecre ased during the year, w e are still th e mo s t inte res,ti,ng Form in th e School. At the beginnin,g o f th e S acond Term w e were turned out of our ro,om , and had to take refuge in, No. 13. Of co u rse, thi!! gav e u s endl e s s opportunities f.or wo rk ing ha11" d e r a nd m a king pl e nty of no is e on the s tairs. W e are a ls o aibl e to admire the Art Ga llery whi c h i s j.u s t n e xt door
Ou'r desk s , we find , a re v e ry cheering, for w e only bave to lift th e m up and th e choru s b eg ins. Our teache r s , s tran.gely enough , d o •not s eem to appr e c :ate it.
At the ,b e g :nning of Third Term we sus taine d an ov e rwh e-1-ming loss W e re turned to find that Mi ss R eid was no longer wi t h us But Mrs B rown , Jilly, and M iss Parson s took pity -on our forlorn state, and now w e h a ve two F o'rm mi stre s ses and Jilly to pro tec t u s
'I\houg'h w e may not w; n the Shi e ld f.or t h e ,h i g he s t av e r age this y e ar , we are w e ll r e presented i-n til e School t eams Nell i s in th e 1 s t T e nnis Fo ur , and Ma rie and Marge are i-n th e 2nd Four. Nell a nd Mari e are al s o i n the Base b a ll T eam.
V.c f eels the w e i.ght of th e c omin,g ex a mina tions , and dre a<Ls th e l ack of its d e ar Form m istt ess duri n g th e e x a mina tion w eek.
Sin g a s ong o f L owe r V , A For>m ro-o m full of g-ir"l s; ive and t hirt y m ai d en s fair , Acqui-ring, l earning-" pearl s ."
On -o u r teach e r s ' words we han g , Absorbing wi s dom vast ; H is to ry, m a t h s., g eo,g raphy , L e arnin.g v eiry 1'-as t Fre nch and Physiology And L a tin w e a d,ore And w e hop e !n n e xt ex a;m ., To r eac:h th e hi gh es t -scor e.
!\1 a n if.o : d w e r e t h e feats w e performed t h is y e a r Vva w e r e a ll v ery anx iou s to see •o f whom our Form con sist e d , and w e r e w e ll sati s fi e d wit h o ur sel ves, as on e tea c h e r i-nform e d u s
Th e aim of o ur t each ers i s to co ach u s fo r In t e rmed i•ate n ex t year , and w e are t r y in.g to co mpl y with th e ir wi s h es. T .ho se o f u s w ho h,av e b ee n t hrough the -S choo l n oti c e d v ery mu C'h the high e r s tand a rd
aimed at for Lower V Las t y e ar, Intermed,i,ata s e e med v e r y far away , · but now we have begun to reali s e how v e r y near it is.
Under the rule o-f our popular Form and Sports Captain, Thea Wilkinson , our conduct and sport have i'Illll}roved by leaps a nd bou.nd s. We won the Junior Swi!mri:J.in g Champ., and o ur first match at both Baske tball and T e nnis.
Th e old way of ,breaking up s e e m s very t.aJme to Lower V. , so· ~t decided to intro duce soan e th<ing new at the end of Ter m II Cu,pboa'rds w e r e paclred with sand w'iches, c a ke s, •fruit , a nd .gin.ger •b eer , a,nd Be ll's Latin Course and Heath's French were put out for airing-we leav e the re s t to your imagination.
The Fina.ts have now commence d , and for the f:ir,s,t time in our career we wa:t a nx-iously for results, as thes 3 will de t ermine ou'r places n ext year. W e' re near the entl of a perfe ct y ea r!
Iri T e rm I w e w lcO'IIle d man,y new girls who w e think , have e n-joy e d the ir first year at M.L.C. Th e only e vent du r Firs t T e rm was the sw::mming Sports , i-n whi c h R emove lacked •briUia nce, th o u,g.h n ot enthu s iasm. At the b eg.inn ing or T e r;m IL , ful r illing o ur reputati on , we moved to th e Lecture Room, wh ose ·pre cin c ts w e s til l e njoy .
We · suff e1red tle f eat at th e ,hands of Low e r Y in Bas k e tball , and tha t c ruel Da m e, Fo'rtune frown e d on us aga in whe n Lower V. we re vi ctorious dn t he T e n.nis Match ,
Our I<'orm mi s tres s, Miss Pars on s, is at vresent doing double duty, h a ving control of two For,rn s , V c and h e r own , though we think littl e extra work is inv oln d, as V c , like ourselv es, is a mod e.I Form ( ?)
We are so r r y that ,our Annual Sports da y i s p ostpone d , owing to the unfor· tutiate a ccid e nt of our Sports Mi s.tres s We, howe v e r :ho.p ~ to SU1Cc eed in the S ports e v ents, a s u s ual. 0-ur Form Cap tain Fre da Bly th.man, d eserv es a word of pr a i se, h e1r arduou s duties ma kin g life &p e cial.l y h a rd for h e r
Two of our nu,mb e,r, l,,,el va Cla rke and Lilli a S m~-th, w e r e s u.ccessful in p assi n.g importan t mus ic exams ., a nd, a noth e r , Claric e Jorda n, managed to win a pri ze '. n a " P a l s" Compe tition,
A:t pre se nt, we are elated at th , kn ow led g e that f in al exams. begln soon . Th ey hang 'like· a lowering cloud over our in n oce nt h ead s,, but, bulldog like, wa h ave gtreat tenacity, a nd clirug to hap pin ess.
On 8,peech Night, a ll will -see Remove looki ng (and f ee:fag, of course) resplendent aml. important after r eceiving many pr izes We tru st that the ,members of Remove o ,f 1921 ,may have as en j oyable a year as t h is i n their various For-ms next year; a'. so that next year'-s gir.J s for R e move w ill be as h a ppy ra.s we a ll h ave b een.
I V.a 's t h e Form t ha t all admire, And it well d ese<rv es t h e ir praise; For it 'h as tlie desire To g e t u p h iigh e r , A n d _ wi n a ll teachers' -praise.
H e r e we ar e again! We wi s h to l et ou r r eaders kn,ow what a bril li•ant Form we a re, a nd what our succes,s i s du e to.
Our -a,i-m is t o win, t h e Honour Shield back which we g;rls won w hile we were in Low e1r IV T o wiru •th1s S hi eld, aJl t hough we've h ad a most e njo yable time, we hav e n ot forgotten o ur School l essons.
The resu lts are n•o-t to h a nd yet, bu t we s in ce r e ly hope to get it ; wh at with Mil drad's, Rita's , Eileen's and othe r s' 100·s, we don' t see how we can. ,be b eaten . Oh! if we were 1b oys, we a r e s ure the future Rh-odes' S cho lar s would -be oo-m~ng from t'he pr esent IV a Why! r ead ou r r esul ts i n Sports a :-so.
1~:irst, consi-de r our ages, only t hi ;rteen, a nd we h ave to play aga,i n st all ,-these Senior C lasses. First · T er.m , s wimming against a ll the S chool , we came second, while Bonn ie, our F-0 rm Captai n, w-0n the Jun io r Gh-a,mpions hip.
We r each ed ·t he semi fina ls i n Basket ball, when we h ad to pl ay Diploma, who won , though w e h a d t h e b ett er of them until the la,s-t fiv e minutes.
We have entered the semi f i n-a!s in T e nnis also, and h ave to ·play H ono ur V I.
Now the secret. The r es ults are du , to on e t hing, a nd that is we a re a unite d c l-ass ; we don't waste time quarrellin1g aibout o ur team, we pu t tha best g i'rls in each t ea,m, and in ex•am ;n ations we all pu t ou r ·best efforts forwa rd We dor.·, think t h e r e could eve r have bee n s u ch a IV. a befo r e
Form IV .b.
We, the girls of F'orm IV.b, h ave h ad a very interesting year At the beginniing of the year we started a museum, -a nd h ave some vary interesting specimens. We h ave ,an advan tage ove-r oth e r cl asses, becau se we h ave a l a r ge cupboard, and two she lv es.
As some a r e unacquainted with our mu seu:m, we w i!l descr.ibe a few specl mans. We h ave an a l ligator's skin which hangs on the wall, and a snake's skin , foss il sh ells, a gou r d which came fro111 New Guin ea, and contains powdar which intoxi c ates the n ati ves,, a n ivory ar ml et, and some h orsehair bracelets; the s e adorn i-h e s h elves
Marjorie Na.i1r•n brought two most b eau tiful specimens ; th ey were g,iv en to h e r by a lady who obtain ed t h em from the n atives. Th ey a r e f-ound in the Japan ese seas. Th ey a r e lon.g a n d round in s h a p e, and are rounde-d of f at one end, b e ing very much like gas ,mantles i n s h ape. We thought when we fiTst saw them that t•he y h ad been woven by some sea ereature, but later w a fu und that t he .y were of the spo ng e fam ily, a nd th a t -th e J apanese · ,h ad pu t a smal i dead sea c r eatu1re in each to make i t mo r e attracti ve to seH Th e n ame of t h 3se peculiar specimen., is " Th e Veruus Basket F lowe r ."
We a lso fo und a Cica da, in t h e p u pa stage, an d it proved to rbe a v e ry in teresting little c reature.
Fo r-m IV.b did well in T ann:s and Basketball , a lthough beaten in both.
In Bas,ket ball we ha d a victory ove r Lower IV ., and wen t on to p'. ay IV.a. We were w inn ing against IV.a, but the b ell r ang, and we 1had to stop, filn.i'Sthin,g the m a t ch aooth3r d ay , w h en IV,a won b y a few goals.
In T enn:s ou1r gi•rls p layed very well, bu t IV.b won by five or s i x gaimes.
Du r: n g Miss Wigham's illness . we h av e b een having games in stead of drill, s,o s·ome of u s ·mad e u p a pro.g r amme for amateur s por t s We h ad sack race, flat r ace, o b stacle rac e, time r ace, a nd there was going to be a w ate r pisto l f,ight , but t-o ou r sor'row water ipistols ware pro h:bited. We h ad great fun, and were s•orry when the period en de d.
We •h ave had a very •h ap py tim 3 in IV.b, and sha.ll be ve r y so rry to leave o ur Form a nd Form Mi stres s , Mis s Willi ams, when the t i me comes
W-hen we oa,me back to School after ou'r Xmas holi<lays everything seemed new to us . · Insteatl of b elonging t o Junior School we were Low e r IV. Mis1:, Newm,an, our I<'or m Mistress, gave us a very happ y time, and we were all very sad when, at the e nd of the First Term , she l eft M L .C. to go to Adelaide to be with her mother. M<an,y -of us wr;te to h e r , and r eceive l etter s from iher &till.
M iss Newman worked hard to get us a Form"!'oom in t h e new House ·bhat was being built, and we thought s·he •had been ab!e to do so when, at the b eginning of the Second T ePm, we found ourselves in No. 18, enj,oying everything but the ham · me r in g of the buHd e>rs, and for a week o r two a ll went we ll . But one day , a las, the Headmaste r vis,i.ted us to s,a y that No 18 was to be no longer ours Our giroa,ns wo uld probably ihave •been loud er had anyone but Mr L e Couteur told u s t h at we. w e re to remove our be.Jong;ngs to ro·om B that afternoon.
Our Tennis F-ou r: Nancy Legge, Peggy Pascoe, Olive Phi:lips, a nd Thelma T homa s , played Jun io r School , and wen, beaten. Ou'l' Ba;sketball team played IV.b , and were lik ewise defeated. We need not say that we were not disappointed on e ith er occasion-of course, we were-but we did our best to rejo,ice w:th the win ners as th e b est t~-a,m, whilst hoping we would de feat them n ext time.
Why is Lower IV. l oyal to M.L.C.? Be· cause it has green (Elvie Green).
Why is Lower IV. v,alua b le? Because it has a diamond (Freda Dimond).
Why is Lower IV. li ke •an office? Because it ha s a clerk (Nancy Claorke).
\Vhy is Lowe r IV. sure of water? Because a f'.ood comes •frequ e ntl y (Gwen Flood).
Why is Low er IV lik e a sp id er? Be cause it has a web (Hazel Webb).
\ Vhat would you say if a brick fe ll on your head? How ·ard (Joyce Howard).
Why is Lower IV, like a fores,t in wi n ter? Because it h as robins in it (Edna nobbins).
This year Junior School girls have had a happy ti,me together. In April we held a Doll' Show, which w.as very s u ccessful. Over fifty little mothers brought fheir babies; there were big dolls a,n<l little dolls, Gh ina a;nd cellul oid doll s, g irl dolls and boy doJ.ls. S ome were large, ,a,nd some small ; th e majority were pretty and •b eautifully d'ressed. The prize dolls were owned by J oyce Percy a nd Rona Bruce. vVe also had r affiia h a ts <for s.ale, and D '.ploma girls •prove d ,g,ood customers. Junio.r School e njoys :having its own play ground; •some of us w:ho are enthusfasts •a t garden.irng cl eared a small space and planted seed1 in.g s. Next year we hope .to 'have gardens for each Form.
Gi,r,ls in 111,a and III. are very int er• ested in Tennis this year, and the First a nd Recond Fours utiH.se every spara mo· ment; if no co urt ·:s available, t h en · " hits·• is the ,order Of th e day. We were a ll very p '. eas e d and exoite d vthen we beat Lower IV. The J. S. F1our are: Al.ice W'iloox (Captain), Doris Pugsley, !ton.a, Bruce, and Me·g HuPrey. We celebrated our victo,ry with a te•a party in the Sports Ground. Last week w a tried to have a r eal dress r eheaPs al of our play, " Gareth and Lyn ette,'' which we have been l e-arndng 1-n so me of our Gomposition L es.sons We hope to have all the clothes ready ,at t h e en d of the year for our final performance.
We have received since our last issu e "Pegasus.' Th e Melburnian, C. E .G.G S . Notes, Patchwork, Lux , Th e Wes ley Co l lege Ch ron i cl e, Th e Pr:nc e Al f red's Co l lege Chronic'.e, and Ours," for which we a re ve r y grateful.
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W h en I have gloried in the s pa rkling May, The shi mme'ring w aves like diamond s lai d on blue. And in the s ha llows, s had es of wondrou s ihue, Forev e r chang ing with the a utumn day. Th e n I h ave t hought thi s i ridescent bay, In s pi ri n,g gladness co uld not b e t h e same
As that which sto rms a nd r aves, and seek•s to ma im All thiJllgs that bat tl e midst its foam and spray.
Perhaps far down In c:i.ves of cool-est green Two spi'rits dwell-one lo vely, gracious, fight s 'l'he other who is evil, wtl..ld, i n sane. When Beauty wins, h e r kingdom -is serene, A nd all the Oc ean gleams with myriad lightsThe victor Sin, fury and madness ;reign.
-J Mo rrissey, Form V .a.
The sk y was pearly g rey, and a tiny bre eze w his p er e d in t h e l eaves. For a momenf t h e re was a hush , and in t hat hush a r ain •f airry fe ll to earth . She put d•own h e r •burden-a d rop of water-with a tiny pat! a nd s p ed away to ·dance in a pool. Quic k :y, ,a s econd fairy follow e d h e r , an d t h en , in a si n g :ng Tu s h , h osts o ,f t h em were flying to earth, ca.sti ng the ir burden of •rain drops ev e rywh-~r e, s-oak in.g the g round, p att ering on t h e l eav es, a nd clingin g to the window p,a n es. Each, heir work p e r form ed , skipped away to join h er sis• ters. d a n c'.ng lightl y on a pool of rain, their tiny f eet dimp ling th e water i n ever• widening rn rcles, whi c h m e t, and broke, a nd forme d agai n, whil e mo r e sp r ites ca.m e s o !'a.st that the p oo l s them sel ves se emed to dance wi-th t h e tripIY;ng feet. But r'ain f.ai r ies m u st not p lay for l O'Ilg; they mu s t r e tu'rn to their work in t h e c loud,s. F o r a while they d anced , awaiting th ei r call, till one ray of pure g old sto le fro m the edge of a cloud At th e si gn al, s wiftly they all
fl e w upw a rd, hasten in,g to join th e lon g procession that was oEm-bing t h e arch of t he sky. For a mom en t th ey hung, th e s unligb.t touching the ir robes of d elicate hu es-pink, and blue, a nd ma u ve, a n d gr-~en, merglng ~ruto one another in a radi a nt arc. Th en swiftly, swi ftly t h e rain bow faded, as each little rain •fa-i'r y re t urn e d to h e r p l ace i n the c loud s. J S emmen s, Hon VI.
Four years witliin thy s h adow I h ave p assed , Four years , Old School , be n e ath t h y in fl u ence.
Thy spt-rit h as e quipped me for the fight In after li fe Thy ordered governi n g Has tau ght restr ai nt and gove n1 ment or s e lf.
Now, t hou g,h I leave thee, though I n e ' er again Shall s ha r e thy daily life in wo'rk a,nd play, Yet, i n th e s pirit, thou'lt b e w i th m e st ill , R ecalling memori-es o f college days: The s i.mpl e morning hymn, t h e uplifting praye r, The friend,s h!ip an d th e well , rememb e red face, ,, The quad, th e lawns , th e c la,ss-room and the .hall , The s ports fie '.d , and th e great , grey , i'v ie d pile, · An d , more than all, thy cre e d, ' For Go d an d Home ," That e'e r s h a ll guide thy daughters in th e way -C. E. W
"Oh, d ea'r ! I wonde-r what th e m a tter •:s ?' ' thoug ht fuiry Viole t, as s,h e sat c urled up on a leaf n ear h e r li ttle flower h ouse. She ,h ad cau se to wonder, for there was a, g r eat commotion among the h a ppy flower fairies R e d ro se fairi es , with their big, br o wn, velvety eyes a nd c rinkly, da rkr e d d'resses w e r e runn ing to and fro , and t h eir greatest f r i end, the littl e Poppy I.Jady, seemed in. gr.alfat di s tress. Now , you must know , at tha t tim e every flower wa s t h e h ome of a ,fai•r y, and t h e fairi es ,v e r e ve ry much like th eir homes. Fa iry Vio let was v e ry beautifu l, for she had l ong g old en h:air, and b i g violet eyes t hat matched h er
s himmer ing dress; but her home was half h i dden beneath the leaves, a:nd did not have the beautiful sc:i-nt that violets h ave now. As Violet l ay there, a Salvia elf fluttered past.-
"Reddy," she call ed, "what is the mat· ter?" , Don ' t y ou know? '' h e replied; " one of the Red Rose fait'ies -has falle1i from h e r hom e ano. hurt ,h e rself." " Why d on't they send for Dr- Cure?" asked V-iolet. " He is away in Goblin Land at p r esent, and won 't be back for some time; the f.airy me&seng ers are on •an errand to the Elfin K:;ng, an-d everyone e l se is too busy prep aring for th e Midnight Ball,'' said Reddy , and flew off.
After he had gone Violet sat for a loni; tim e, thinking. At last .s h 3. sa-id to herself, " I wond•e r if I ought to g o; I do wan,t to get this dress ~eady. I'm s ur e I'll look Tuice as a moonb eam dan-ce>r." She _gazed longin,gly at the mi sty gown she was -mak· in g -from sp;der's web and tiny, tiny dewdrop diamond s, an d at last said, "Y.es, I think I ought to go, if no one e lse has gone " Sd, c-arefully folding up h e r -moonb ea m dress, she f.lew to whe re the fa ' ries were gathered. '- Has anyone gone for Dr Cure yet?" s h e asked Bright Eyes, one 01 the Daisy fairies : "No, not yet; we are a ll too busy to spare t-he time. I think ths messenge'rs will •be back soon," Br:g,ht Eyes r eplied. "I think I will go for -h-i-m,'' Violet said , so off she flew.
I t wa s a long way to Goblin Land, and by th e time she h a d r e tu.rned with Dr Cure, h er ,yings felt very tired. Sh e went straight to her littl e flowe r hou se an·d teil asleep. She was awa kened by a beautiful butt erfly, who had come to tell her that the Fai ry Qu een, Queen Rose, wis-hed to see her. Quickly arising , s h e ha stened to th e beautiful palace, with its pink satin walls a n-d go'.d3.n flooi· Bowin g in .front of the Queen, she \;_,.aited -for H r Mafesty to speak.
"Violet," she said, "I h ave been told how un selfis h y,ou ,have be e.n in g ; ving up your tim e, s o I wish to r e ward you. Henceforth , I give to your home and those of yo ur sisters_, a beauti-ful perfume, so that all may be attract_ed to you," ,and pr ess ing a li g ht ki.ss on •her foreh e ad, she d-isniissed h er As _ Vi olet flew back to h er home, now enriched by its ·b ea ut;ful pe>r'fume, she whispe r ed ~o h erself, "I'ni glad I went; I'm glad I d id what I could." .
-Mavis Al exander. F o I'm V.a.
To Spring. (Prize Verse )
D-awn of a cyc:e of seasons , H e rald of g\.o,riou-s bir th, Spring, thy spirit is stealing Ove r the wakening e arth. Thy spir:t, life givi,ng , mysterious, Bringing a joy b ey ond words , Imparting to l eaf bud and blo ssom New life , and n e w song to the birds.
G:ild lik e the s unshi ne, thy mantle Li es on th 3 hills wattle crowned; Thy fo-otpri-nts in ma.ruy hued flowers Sh :n e on t he warm brown gr ound; Up in the t r eetops at sunrise , A caro l of prai-se is · hea rd The wind, as it rustles the gum tips, Waft!! clearly: the song of each. bird
What .is thy message to mo-rta'.s ? T e ll it rne, ·silver -tongued SpTi-ng : Into -my ears s,a,ftly whisper, In-to my heart softly sin.g. " It _ is a m 2ssage of glao.ness," Thou sayest with radiant eyes; " Purity, peace woul d I bring thee, To sh ' n e ,from the blu e of my -s ki11s."
J Semmens.
'Neath the willows on the green, Can y-ou guess what I h ave seen? Why, fairy folk , all dressed in silk With little wings as white a,s mi-lk · And tiny poppies in their hai r. ' Th ay d-ance a nd dance ' most everywh ere.
Up a moonbeam on-ce they strayed, With the moonlight children played; The fairy queen was d'ressed in red A- crown of gold wa;s on h er head;' · She'd little gold an slippers too-Her wand was made of flowers blue.
'Neath th e wi.Jlow s on the green, Fairy folk I've often seen When o'er th, hill-top creeps the dawn , The fairies le ave t~ir bower and l awn, In pear ly boats they· sail away Across the lake, at br eak of day
Irene Layton, FormXX
O·nly' when we fael the need of consolation do we 'realise h-ow much the little thaiga o·f everyday life co unt in the making of our h3.ppiness.
H ow easily are we di sco uraged by- any r'Oughness of tha s mooth highro-ad :!lf life ; we are irri table and diss-aUsfied, aind must hav,e some exci tement· t,o cheer us , Yet once comprehending the mu1tum in va,n 10 of tha daily h.a;ppenin.gs which ord;na,riiy pass unn oti ced, how m u ch l ess •easil y are w e dispirited. To know s un s•hine and ,friends, and sw~et --smellin g flowers; to have the c h aruce o f making some•one happi ar by · a woird or a · ,smile, -and so m etimes of making a sacrifice; to be able to work joyfully, a,nd without wearine, s; to come h ome to loved on es at mgh t; sometimes to fee l •· tha wind on the heath"; •and to watch the st,arr'.Y h eavens b efore p ass:ng int o the realm s of r e fres:h in,g ,s l eep--th3,se ,are plea,s u,res d e nie d to few, yet soon forgotten wh-en some · s light g riev a nce disturbs our p eace of miml. And if we bear i,n ,mind t•hat God, who is in and arou nd and b e hind a ll , is alway.s the/re, an,d will a l ways b:1 there, $ Urely we need nev er be d :sheart e n e d,
D rive cold away! Upon the ,h earth pile high
The crackl ing ,forest logs ab undamtly; And, fr.om the sa:bine jar, Mor e free l y than before, Bring fort h th e wine of four years vLntage nigh,
All else to the alm[ghty g od-s entrust, As S'oon as th-ey h ave laid the winds to rast, That, on the foami ng sea, Are wa'rrin.g v iolently, The cypress a n d the andent as•h are hushed.
Ask not to see to-morrow's unknown face. What days chance gra,nts to t hee , acc'l-pt their s pace, And co u nt it as thy gain In youth •d,o not di·sdai n The dance and lov e . Old age creeps ou apace
-C. E.W.
Horace: Odes I., XIV.
O ship, what doest thou? Th~ ,waves again _ Will b awr the seawam! Use t h y powers; strain T o reach the harbour wide Ah! see's t th-ou ,how the side Is stripped of Towers; how the yard s compl ai-n
The mast, too , injured by the Afric gale, The k eel unbound by ro pas ,ca n scarce pre vail Ag,a '.nst the tyra nruous sea, Nor a r e thy sa.ils fr ee From CTI.lei r en,ts, nor do thy g,ods ava: l;
Whom, whelmed with woe, th ou ever and agai n Dost call upon, and ca:l ing dost pl'odai m Th ou com"st of noble line, Ch ild of the pontic -pine, And boast thy r a ce's prid e, thy u seie,ss name.
J. Hey-wa'rdTh ere were five of us staying in t h e tiruy fern-covered hamlet on the s' d 3 of the guUy.
Nina, Theo, a,nd J ea,n were society girls, recuperating after their if.iTst season's plunge, a nd Gwen Whit:1 and I , two prosaic bookkeeper.s from du,:,ty city offices , listen e d, with cynical sm( les , to th e d,e , tailin,g of th ei r experiences
Nirua considend herself a poetical sou!, possessed o,f a sensitive, a'rtistic temperament, , and talked incessantl y •of poetry, mus·'.c, and art.
"You cannot und erstand me,'' she said to Gwen, the fir.st evanin,g when we were a ll out under the trees "Yo u are SIO mat ter-of fact, so-so -void of r eal sentiment."
"Desist,'' said Gwen , threateni ngly . "I am staid, oomm:o nplace, u nimag ;n ative if yo u like; but I' ve fund , of CD'TILmonsense, an d t hat' s worth s ,ometh'i.ng these days."
"Nina's unc: a w:is a poet," volunteered T•heo. " So I supposa- "
·• Nina take3 after him ," I finished, Nina smil ed , ,gratified. She was a ll in white, and lay gaz'.ng dre:amily at the moon t hrou g,h a n e t work o·f fern.
" ' My h ear t ach %, and a d rowsy numb ness pains ,my sense. as 1thoug,h 01' h emloc k I !)•a d d'r un k,'" s h e qu oted, in a faint voi ce.
" I:T".L11 ,'' sai d Gw en , bluntly. " I only wish it .we r e stro ng eTuOugh to s.ilence your se nt'.me nta:1 prattl e for a w hiile •· · Th e mcon.lfght W'a/3, making " l eafy li ght a nd s ha.dow " on the ,griouncl , an d cove ,•i•n g th 3 y,a ll ey with ,fJhat h azy ,,g l-0,w w h ich is strangely mystical. Brea:kin.g th e sil ence gently , amost apo lqgeticaliy, t h e li t tl e r,tl'E,a;m wound its wa,y among t h e fer n s •· Yo u can't ·i ma;gine," Nina :half wh'.sp e,r e d , " what thou ghts a nd vi;s ion s come t-o .m e o n n i ghts like t'h,:lise. I see-" " Spa.re us ," impl,or ed Gwe n, in her d e ep st r o ng ton es. , ' '"Be qui et, Gwe n,;·, ad1m on i"S hed J ean "Go on , Nina. We want ,to h ear ." - wm I read you ,a poem, I oompo,s,3-d ?" Nina as•ked. " I can ~-em.ember it, I think." W e a ll assured •h e r of our des'.r e to li sten Gwen 1-a ugh e d , a l•ow amu se d 1,au,gh a ll tJhT1ough the r ecitation .
" I thin.k it is ,beauti.fuJ , Ni na ," I said; " but wha,t do¾ i.t mean?"
" However d o you think of s u ch t hfrl,g,s ?" gasp e d Th eo •a dminng ly
.,. Do you know," lalLghed Gw-en , " I would love to pack you into a m erch an.t's office for a w eek or t w.o, and take you o ut every d ay to d n e on Iris!h s tew .and pla in-b-oil ed ri ce. It mi g ht c ur clo YQ U ."
S•h e a im e d ,the c u s hion 001 which s,h e ha d b een leaning, a nd ;it lanided n eatly on Nin,a ' s face
" You a r e really too ,matte r' ,o,f fact ," J ean p•r otested, casting a cont3m;l;l•tUJo,us glance ,.. on Gwen. •• You know n toth,in ,g of t h e b eau ty o f p oetry ."
" No. Gwen !has no im,agin,a;ti,o n ,' ' sai d N : na , pla i,nt iv e l y. " Oh, Th eo, did· I tell y ou? Mis s Eddington-Whyte i,s s upposed to b e staying up h e re for a week. I saw i t in on e of th ~ papers. I:l o you su pp ose w e will see h er in the it;awns hip s·om tJ time while w e are •here?"
, ,vho' s Mi,ss Edd im.gton Wb. yt e ?" asked Gw e n , smiling.
" Oh, yo u would'Il 't b e i.rutel'~ t ed," an s we r e d Thoo. " "She is an a uth-0-ress-a poe te s s, I ,m ean _ S he won the poetry c om p e titi-on that Nina went n f-0r a few mo nths ago.' '
'
' I thiink I may as well tell you, " -began G wen. " That-"
" •S-he mu"St b e w\Qn.d er:f.ul-Miss Tuidi:ng• ton-Whyte, I mean ," Nirua, interrupt e d " I di.dn '<t feel the l east jea:1-ous w h e n I read her p-oem. I r ecogn.ised pow e'r -in it that ,amo unt ed almost ;to genius."
It mu st h·ave been afte r mid,n i,ght, a nd st-:11 lay tossi ng and t h ink;ng.
Sudden l y, Gwe n •slipped quietl y o u t , of b e d , struggled in·~o h e r 00at, and s t epp e d n,oise less'ly o u t of th.~ great open wind :i w J o n to th e verandah.
A ha lf h o ur later I fo l lowed h~r a nd fo und ihe r lea,ning against t h e c reep e r a.nd gazing dreami l y a t the d•a rk· •fon:ns of bh e gully and .mountain b eyond , " Gw en.," I said, "ar 3 you s l eep walk ing? "
S'h e started, and then l~ugh ed n erv ou sly, a nd I noticed sh•e was h olding a .pen'Cil and wr it:'Ilg-pad.
• I d•on 't mjnd You reaiding it," she said , giving me the p ad ,. I crume o ut h e re be cause I can a l way s w:ri.t~ b ette,r at nigh t i :1 th e ,o p e n :·
Wcml e ringLy, I r eao ,so m e •Of t h e m:ist b eautiful verses I ·h ad ever oome ac ross. " Gwe n ," I said . " They a r e wonde rful. A-re t h 3-y )'Ours?" She nodded.
• Why d•rd,n ' t y,o u tell u s a ll before?"
" Y.ou know I haven'•t seen yo u ,o r .th e oth e rs f,o'r ove r t w e lve mont h s, Ma,rge, un til w e came up bh k, mormng,'' s h e said, h,~r eyes b eginnin.g to l\v inkl e. ' · I wrote a Utle b ook-a kind ot a J.lego r y som3 •time ag.o, and it was pu,bli,s h e d . It was t h e n I kn e w I c:iul d write. • I m ean t to tell yo~ about it to'nigh t~bu t Nin a-' '
She ,paus ed, lau,gihing softly. "You know the competit.,jon N in a spok e a bou t? "
"Yes," I said " Are you-Gwen , yo u d ark 1horse, you ar,e Mi ss Edd,ington Whyte ?"
Gwen smiled. " Yes."
Ire n e M ccrae , Diploma
OccaS!io n al -Ve rse.
We ros e before the dawn a n.d stole away, Leaving the ho~ s e in ~olit ude b eh ind· Enwmpped in g rey t h e r a ng es To und us lay, knd up we climbed , a v,;1,nt..a.ge s pot to ,find,
For there the· break o f d•ay we wished t o sea.
• The way was long, and e re we reached t he p'.a.ce, 'I\he light had c o me , and w e could see th e s·ea; And as we landmarks wer a a,bout to trace, We s pied ,a gE mme r io the eastern sky, Hard by hhe sea; then str etc hing all around , R e d gleallll and go ld, ,still ·mo•r e as moments fly, ' Pain,tinrg the clouds, 'r :lla,ching to every bound , ' Ti! a ll the heav en ablaze with wondrous hu•esFiret, clouds of palest p :nk in rfl ee cy for:m , Then gold, like corn surround·:ng lakes of blue, With redd enad pathways lead:ng th-rough the cornHeld us i-n wondeT Then we look'd around.
The north and -so uth p,r eserved thefr blue and white; Rut in the west the glory was 1Nfioun.d , Reflecti111g softly shades of eastern might.
One amber-cloud, li ke _ out-stretched angel's wing Pointed to ear,th a s though ,to there alight
After some long, world wide, and t i ring fHght. And now .the great sun god hi s beams did fling
With a ll b is majesty an:d mag,bty power, Aud rieii,n,g, drove ,h is b e;:-a Jds on before To form elsewhere a beauteous dawning hour.
And we upo n the mount lo ved Nat u're ·more
-B. Beckett, V.aAt the corne r of Main Street, jus t oppCJI site Drugg's Gen eral Sto n, there's a li t tl e house .e,a,lled -Cliffe Cott~e; an.cl th e r e lives Miss White , who is a very little lady with wavy white hafr · an d the s we e t est !aca yo u ever 15,aw.
Miss"-W,hHe is · quite the kindest per son ilf Druggsville. Nobody is ever ill but r e·
c e ive~ d a inties ,t'rom h e r; s h e s the nurse of Druggsville, a nd it is she who r eally keeps the littl e Metho1list Church at thto other end of the town g•o-ing. She has beeri the Good Ange l of the town ,a,J J h er life, except fO'r about two years when S•he was away; and it was during ,th ese years t hat the peop:e came to r ealise h er wort h.
·About five year s a,go Mi·ss Whit e w as o ne day n Drugg's buying some ,prints . As s h e was examining t•bem, sha, was completely hidden behill'd a big table of rolls of material. While sh:e was ,ther e two women came in one •of ithe rn a newoome1r wh,ose little boy Mi.ss White bad nu rsed through typhoid; the other, a woman w,bo bad l ived in, the ,town all h er lif e
"An' that there Miss White," s he could not help h å the newcomer say, "com. iii' pokin' 'er nose i nta other p eo ple's bu si ness , and mtexiferin' like •as if s b e was · lord o ,f a ll-just ,because sh e's liv e d ' ere all 'er Ufa, and 'as · got that :money heT father lefit 'eor Co.min' show.n' it off t·o those as 'as.n'-t got ,IlJ()IUe-,a,n' y:ou .never see 'er name a~ the 'ead of s ubs cription lists ne i t:her."
Here t h e two women tum e d to the coun · te r, and Miss W.hite -took tJh e opportunity to move qu:i e tly along behind the <trubles of .mater.ials,, .leaving ,too early to find o ut 'that th~ . .newromer was j ealo us o ! h er c hild's l ove .for Mi.s'S Wimte, or to bear t-be other's h eat-ed rello'rt.
M~s-s White was JJ.u,rt, terrib!y hurt as only a proud , genero us , so<!t b e a.rted person ·can be ; and a.s ,Slhe made ,b e,r way to the · newcomoc' s hiou51e to see the c hild who was :now convales ceut, s h e thought or 'her kind actions, g oing · over to each aga.i n and ;igain, placing_them so as .to see them, as from the eyes of the n ~wcorne r.
As she neare1l ,her own gate on th e way home a t iny gol d en ,hai.red gir l came running ,out o f ,on e of the gates n ea,r by. " Ownest own.! Own est own!" ,s,be cried, running towamd,s Miss· Whtte. " I want to love y,ou bard ." Miss White h e ld out h e r arms. " Come , D e lia," ,she sa,id , and the c h ild r an into th e m. Mis,s White oarr-iad her into Cliff e Cottage, a nd sat fo r a lo ng time caressi n g her, trying with the child's love to dead.en the pa.in the woman 's words had caused . But the pa.-;n, grew and graw, an d at the •same ti-me th e s a e d of self love that the words had pl a nt ed began to grow, s ucking th e vit a l~ty from t h at
p :ant of lov e for -oth ers w hich h ad thriv ed in Miss •W(hite·s h eart all h e r lif e
For a few days Druggsv ill e saw very littl e -of h er Th e n , •a bout a weelc later, a niece fr-om the · c i ty came to stay, and, when s h e left, Mi-ss W:hite left too
I t was. just a b out two years later t h at M '.s-s Cliffe Whi te r e turn ed. Now h er h a ir wa;s a·s y 31Jow ·as it had b een twenty years before, h e r ,skin was• as pin k , and ,a.II t h e wrinkles h ad · g one frlO'm h er face except the l augh in g •ones, w hioh n-o t r eatment could s m oot h out. It was ea rl y i n t h e e va-ning when she r e" ur.n e d , dinner time for tlhe loungers about th e tow n , SJ few s aw: ,h er w ho did scar cely r ecognise th3ii. r Miss Wh:i te in the styl·'.sh littl e J.ady wh,o drove up to Cliffe Cottage in a mo•or-car. ·
That ni ght, s h e w 3nt to a c c nc e rt w hi c h was h e1d in t h e ,town, a,n,d atlerwards many people g;athered round h e r to welcome h er b ack Amongst t h ese we r e De lia and h er mother.
" Qome, D elia," said Miss Wh.ite, ho 1di_n.g o u t •h er arms , and smiling i n h er o ld w ay. Delia too,k a few steps f.orwar-d, then retreated to h e r m o-th er 's sid:ii ,a,nd c lung to h e r hand. "Won't y;ou come to Ownes t Own , D e lia?" aisked Miss White, ,still smi l in.g; ·bu t Delia crept n ear er t,o h e r miothe,r, and clung more tightly to h eir.
" S h ~ has .for.g,otten me," smiled Mi,ss White; but she did not sm: le wh en •s h e r eaoh ed· home. She ,Jit ia ,tire in the kitchen, an d on it piled p Jwden, puf fs, creams, s hampoos, visiting cards, invit,a tio n s, •a nd a ll h er mementoes o f ,h e r day,s in t h e city _ Soon h e r 'haf.r b egan to turn w h ite again , t h 3 wrinkl es 'b egan to come back, a nd t h e s hades or content · deepened in h e r eyes . Miss White h ad come h ome.
-E. B.
Tension w as hi g h ; see h orr O'r ther.e nd fear
On e very face, with p' r 'a,p s a s ilent te& r , Fo r Hon:our S-ixth wa,s ever h i.ghl y s trung And b l est with strlOng im agination . B e h old t h e c lass, in per.feet •s ile n ce, sit! Th e mist r ess r eads " Ma-cbeth " a t h r i:1 ing bi t , Wherein the would-be m urdereir waits t he b e ll ,
That signifies t h e aged Duncan's kn e ll ;
'T:-s dead of n ~.gh t: the v illain pacing r ound, W ith dagg e r r eady, li stens for t h e so und, W•h e n , h a rk! in ve r y truth a · tinkle clear Bro k e sharp upon the e lec tri c ,atmosph e r e ! S hr'. 11 scream ed t h e c:ass ! t he . mistress crie d aloud. But th e r e ! •twas only c hang e of p e riod . -C
E WThe
Now lo n g ago t h.e r e were rn'<!lny maiden s who came to,gether from a : I p arts of the l a nd s-o t hat they .migh:t learn. Thase, in ideed , were divided into two t r '.bes-t,b e Bo rd eraciae a nd the Dai'von ae; the latter r etumed at night ,to th~r homes wh ich were .near by; t he ,fio'rm.er dwelt at the place of .J eairnin.g until i t wa,s announced by .the Ch ier of the t r.ib e t hat t h ey sh ould once m o r 3 se t 0 11t to see their fri einq·s a far off.
Now the cus llom w.as amon.g these people t hat once ,a year t h ey 'Etho uld <.!triv e i n 'S port to see wthich tr>i,b e was the :most v-a.li ant ·
A,nd s o o.n a ce rta,in d ,ay the · r eport was carri-ed thr-ough that seve'n t'ried and s ki ll ed maidens were abo ut to be ohosen from each party ror th e c ontest.
All h earts were i,ncited ·by th ese woms, a nd great was th e tumult an d tr.ap idatfon within the wans or t h ei r dweS: lin,g;pliace.
At t h e eleventh hio u r j,oy,filHy wa,s, lab-our ceased', a nd a ll · set o ut f-cr a .grassy spot near •by, whil e .l>anneirs of red and g:ree n wer~ borne ai,oft and cau'Sed to b e moved r apid ly in t h e a1i-r.
'Ilhen at las t the cl ear sound o.f a trum pet was b eam, an d many •II).aiQ.en.s leapt to their places, s-e,ven of t h em . IJ.o,und as to t h e ir h a ir with red, •and seven with green bands or a wondr.ous hu e, a nd ,:so g r eat was the bril1iian ce of the scene t hat for s ome tima the eyes o f bh e s p ectato•rs we·r e .d,azzle d 'S o t h at t h ey co u ·d not see
Again, a dear ,sound ,struck t h e air a n-d. a l eath e r globe, h avi.ng b een dash ed to .th e g round i n th a midd l e •of the field, s,v'.ft as a n a rrow r eac h es 41s goal. Th en t h e gl-obe was se i zed b y one w ho w as in truth a iSaIIl!So:n,, who burl e d · it with mig;hty for ce to ward1. a l oop which stooa alo f t at o.ne e nd' o f t h e t\iehL No,v''- h er e,
no w th e r e , t he ball w as sent, until at las t il s·oar ed in to th e a ir and fe ll once more t o th e earth , the lo o p h avi,ng been passe d t h ro ugh ; a nd the n great ind ee d with the sh o uts of ·th e Da ivo nae w.h ; ch struc k the ai r F o r s om e time the co n tes t continued, whil e al l s how 3d s uc h wo nd ro u s activity a nd s kill that 11 w e r e m ov e d to s peak, a nd to say , " By H e rcul es ! " and at time!:! so m u c h did th e echoes r esound ,from the hi ll s h a vin g b een stru c k, th a t m e n w e re fill- 3d wi th wond e r and with fear Jest th ey were about to b e b eset by s ome man'ia,o~ who liv ed at a place n o t far di st ant.
At las t th e trump e t announc e d th e s port t o be finrs h e d , •and vi cto ry was give n to t hose who had m,ost t i me s caused t h.a glob e to d es c e nd to low e r air t h'rough the :oo ps a t each end o f th e fi e ld
Then with mue h joy th e Daivon ae learnt t heir ch ampions to ·be th9 victors , whil e th: 3 Borde ra.c iae , having loosed thei r hair, m,oa,n ed wrt-h ,grie vou s lame ntation, and th e re was mu c h gnas hi,ng of teeth. But at l ast all h earts were ch 3e:red when g ol d e n appl e s on a s alve r •of white w e re g :v e n as r e wa rds equall y to .the co nqu e red and c onquerors
And on t he mo rrow all se t out fo r t h e-ir h o m es, and f.ri end,s , needing to b e s e e n onoe more. E J
T•his is, as might r e as onab l y b e expec· t e d , a mos t popular i nstitut ion , a,nd th e propri e tr3ss, Mrs O'Bri en ; is only less so than h e r wares. The populari-ty m a y b e j tid g ed by t'h e g a th e ring who await 'h e r arrival ' · up tuc k " eaJch ,d ay tho u,g,h th e numb e r is now som e what d e cr eas e d by the inabilit y of the o nca w el'l .re presente d Form of Pass VI. to a ttend-a nd al e,o b y th e l oving terms in w,hi c h s h e is ad · dr ess~d. Com,mouly calle d , .. Mrs. Ob" or ·• Ob ie ," s h e is o ft e n a ddres s e d a s " Dear est,'' ' D a r M,ng." o•r " Obi e D ear," ,thoug h i t i-s to b e fear e d thart in ruo t a fe w cases these last hea rt-w arming cont·ri·bution s a r e used o n ly a s a n induc em e nt by t ho se who want to b e ,s e rv e d qui c kl y. But if t hi s s how o f a f fect ion h a d at on 3 ti me an y i n flu e n ce. it a pp ea r s to h av e lit tl e no w. She r eg •a rd s with e qu a l ind i f.fe r e n ce th e va ,riou-s ti t le~ g ive n h e r , a nd is , in f.act , rathe r incl in e d to serv e fir s t t h os e who ma k e le a.st ,noi se.
Our t uck s hop m a y b e perh a ps una ttra.c tiv e in ,appear,anc e--it i s a v e ry ope111 ai'r
tu c k s.Jtoip , a n d t h e cracks in th e floo r a r e esp ec ially a d-a,pte d for 1'os ing m o n e y ; b u t e d ibles sold t h e r e a r e m ost a t t riact ;ve Wo rd s ca= t d eser-ib e the joys• of s u c h thi,ngs a,s s h e rb e t s u c k e rs , bird s ' n es ts, v an illa sli ces, and ,c ara mel whirl s . Alt h o ugh the conte n ts of .fly tarts a nd s aus a g e rolls mu st a :ways r em a:i n a my ster y ; i t is r eass uring t•o know tha t seve.ra l offe r3 of dil a pida t 3·d •s harks from phy s i oJ.ogy s tud e nts ,hav e b een f,irmly and d :s gu s t e dly r e f u 3ed by M,s O' Brie n R ecess and lu,nch-time ar e a l w ays exc it ing " up t ue k ," .an d pa.rticu larl y s o tor Mrs. O'Bri e n , w:h•o, d u ring .slight lull s in th e g en,eral c hoi,u s, UIJ;'.gM b e h eard prot es ting tha,t s h-e cruinot se,v e ev e ryo n e at once. No •o n e except h e rs el f, howeve r , s eem s to 're al i!ie thi s important fa c t, and th e howl s of the hungry contin u e .until the ir wa nts a.re satis fied.
T hough we r.ea lis e bhat -it is r e spons'ibl e f.o.r the ,m a rve l-lous way in which our mo.n e y di sapp ea.i,s, w e cont nu a to go " u p tu c k " day -by da y It i s a p lace ,. Lu which th e h e av y <a nd th e weary w e ight
Of -all ithis uninte lli g ibl e wor ld
I s ligh t e ned," and s till remains •a thing of b e auty , a j oy fo r e v e r " ;n th ~ eye s of a :I.
-I. R e id , Hono u r VI.
My land o f •s ha dow s wh e r e I go eac h n,ight, To si:ng a,moug th e r ose s, 'ti! th e li g ht W h~c h nee ds m ust c om e too soon , t oo <SO on, for then I m ust 'r e turn un t ci the Ea rth again. And th en the d•ay c r 3e p s p ast o n l ea.d e n wing, 'Neath -h ea t of s un, my h eart c a n nev e r s in g; But wh e n t h e twilight oom e 3. whe n da rk · n ess f,a,11-s , My !,a nd of s h a d ows to me e v e r ca ll s
U p up o'e r th e world o f so rrows up abov e Th e g ra ves , th e count ry s t i llne s s , and the citi es· hum; T o drea.m l and , does my h ear t in g'.,adn ess ,s oa r T•o dre amland wh e r e th e flowe r s ' s cents do cO'nte
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SI LVER AND GREEN.
I ga l.h P. r roses in lh e fragrant ialr 'N~ath mi•ngl ed lig,ht~ or moon an d sta!r s, fo r there Are only things I lov e in s badow land , Even the d eep·, blue sea and shelly sand; The tall , maj es tic mountains, valleys low· Through which the hill streams, splash-Ing, s wiftly f low, I danc~ •i·n joyo u s ,f~eedom o 'er t h e ground, And then lie •braoathl ess on a grassy -fuound.
. Soon. ,my , tea:1,s, lik-6 "the fallin.g rose de pant, L eaving i,n quiveriing bap!)''. ness my r eawakened heart, Sin•ging isoft mel<ody in t h e moonshin e brig,ht, In my land •of · stiadows where I go, each n!ght .
'Naumai."
" Where are you ,going for the holidays, Joyc e?" asked Marie. " Going home, o.f co urse," r eplie d . her fr;end . " Up to the ..:ou,n try? Oh, you ar e lu cky,' ' salid Marie. H e r par en,t s live d in Me l bourne, amd ,\1 a ri e l•onged tio live jn the ,country. That was .why .slhe liked and envied Joyce Douglas. The rtwo were great fri ends • Oh, I have had a le tter .from mother," said Joyice, "'3.Slking y,bu to oome to my place for the 'holidays. She says to answer as soon as possible."
" Your .m,o-th.er is sweet," sa:id Marie; "I'll ask •mum directl y." · So the great day ca.me to pass, ,a,nd the two , greatly ex cited•, got into the big motor a nd w ere whirled off. . They g.ot into the train, and soon arrived ,at Fer n Tree Gully J •oyce's father was t h ere, waiting' for them. But as th ey w e r e d•rivinig ,home, they heard ·ra in. Looking out, they did not see •any, nor feel any. But they hear.cl 'in the d'is tance the s ound a .s of a roaring sea. T ,h ey put up the buggy hood, t h e n they did n ot get w e t; and ,soon a1Tived safe-ly home.
"I s t Ms your place?" cried Marie. ",vhat an exciting one! Th ere's your mother, too. Good aft~uoon, Mrs. Do ug las." " Come and !have aftennoon tea, dears ;"' sand Mrs. Doug,l•as, " ,then Joyce will s how you round. "
When afternoon tea , was over Joy ce took Mari\) to see her p e t s . She love.cl the
hcwse s, s h e sa id : Au,<}' tlw fflg wilh it' s hu rl hind legs, s h'.e was so rry Car S,h e wanted to kno:w its story. So Joyce oo:d h er how her pony, Larrikin, bad kicked it, a nd h,ow th ey had brought 'it tn. Which pony will yo u have during your stay her-e?" asked Joy ce. Marie picked a lov e:y Shetland . '' It's nam e is · Gi p ," Joyce tol.cl Mari e. Tha t night, th e y .had a good s le ep, for they wera tired N ext mo,rn1nig, J ,oyce woke u:p to a smell of burn in g , HlJrriedly waking Mari e s h e put on her &Uppers and . we•nt ,outside . There they (,for Mar ;e 'had gone o ut , too) ,saw a s cene of confu,s ion. The barn h ad be e n burnt <!own. But · the fire had b e en pul out, anq the · bus h· f i re• •b'rJgade was just" go. ing away. · S o th e y w e nt · back to bed, ancl 'ha,d breakfast t h ?r e Th e n they got up, and had a look at th e barn. After that , t h ey p l•anned a pi.cruc flor the afternoon. T•hey were to a.s k the f•arm-men to it, anu they 'had a jolly time When they were com'.ng home tbat everun-g they sa\\'. a big tree wit:b an eagle lh,awk's n est in it When they got hom e they asked some •of the farm :men to chop Jt ilown Then out came a baby eagl ~ bawk! It soon grew very tame. After ·a week's love : y picnics and outings, it wa,s ti'me f.o.r Marie to go home A·s they were com~ng hoine t hat evening, Marie said to J o yce. "Haven't we had a l ov-e ly time? ' " And Joyc e answered, " 'Rath e r !" · Ros13mary Heath (aged 10 yeans).
Once upon a lime, tbere lived a littl e · girl called Tri~i e -S.be =d iher mother and father lived togeth e r in a pretty little house in a small fern g ully. Trixie was a -dear littl e maid , b-nme tte fmm li.ving so much in the sunshine. •One very .moonlit n :ght s he woke about twelve o ' c l•ock, and f.o und the mo,on•beams ,strea ming thr.ough her window. She •sat up i,n b e d , and ju-st then a piece •of mo ss with ,a fairy, dressed in gossamer with a rose sheen · on it a lighted on h e r band At that, Trixie cried out in delight, a.nd said, " Ob , please le t m ? see where you '1-ive!"
" Very well ," said the 11airy, I" · bu.t I must fir.st make ,my ca rp e t larger ." . Thi s d,on e, the two took t h e ir seats on the carpet wh ich bore the m ,away O.n th e way, Fairy Rose told Trixie t h,at they
would first visit the King and Queen , Os ' m un d a and Mimosa. When t h ey arrived at the Palace they <fo un d that a · b a ll was jus,t abo u t to b egin. Th e n T r.xie found that s h e h,a d o n a s-him m e r i,ng pa l e-b : u e dress, trim m ed with d iamo nd s and d e w drops . The Ki n,g, l ooki ng very hand1,ome in his g r een v e lv e t s u it, with s i lv e r co llar and belt, n-0w ca,me forward to r eceive Tr ixie, a,nd le d h e, to h '.s Queen Th e f a;l'I'y b a ll lasted fo r an hour, w h en , to h e r great s urpri se, Trix ie f:ou n'CI h erse l,f in h e 1 lit tl e •b e d. Th e n •s h e cau gh t s ight of a pi ece -0f moss, ,a nd kn e w s h e mu s t h ave c ome ba c k -0n t h e mo ss carp e t. Th e n s h e s m1led to h e r se l f, and w e nt to s l eep -Frieda Kru se.
Don,ald a nd Sandy Gord o n w e r e ca n ter · ing a lron.g a bu s h track whe n, s udd e nly , Sandy w as shot by a n ar row trom a n ahor igin e.
These two m e n. owne.d a l a rge quantity of land w h-'. ch they h ad tried to use for p asture, but in V'l!Jin , so t h ey we r e for ced t o look e lsewhere f o r t h e ir dail y w o rk ; and ware t hus occupi e d wh ep. Sandy m e t with hi s mi,s<fortune
" Jus t o u,r lu ck," s,aid Don a l d; "it would h ave b een i mpos3 ibl e f-Or u s tJo h ave ar riv ed 'h e n w1it'ho ut s omething unlucky h a pp e n in,g; th ese blacks a lways h ad a h atred f\or u s."
Afte r muc h ha ird trav e!E rug th ey arriv ed at th e ir desti n ati on , Mount Wheel e r , wh ere a pre tty g irl n ursed t h e wound e d m a n Both nurse a nd pati e nt alik e w ere stru ck with Cu pid's arrow.
Months p assetl , a nd t'he t wo w e r e •h a p · pily ma rried, and liv ed in a cosy little cot tage no t far from S111ndy 's work. Th 3 bride was th e d•a u g'.bte r o f a s tockman , MacKinlay b y nam e, who was a f r e que nt v isitor a t t h e ir hom e.
One day h e c a,me in wJld ly e xc ited about someth in,g h e h,a d found; h e wo uld not s h•ow t h 1 what it was, but insisted upon their sitting d,o wn and li s t e n ing t o hi s sto ry
"W'h e n I was bo ili.J1-g m y m :d day b tlly n ear t h e c r ee k, " h e said , " I was lookfa.g id l y a t t h e bank, and my eye cau.ght s ome • t'hing glittering. I put up my hand •and pull ed down t h is ! "
Th ey a ll star ed at t h e s h i ni n g nugg?t which lay before t h e m. S andy found that
the findirug p :ace was on h is ow n l a nd ; but n ot knowi ng h ow to act h e s howed i t. t,o h is emp lo yers, the Morgan Brot h e r s. w ho w e r e practical min e r s.
Th ase tme n , alt ho ugh Gordon did n ot kno,w it, w e r e very grasping When th ey h ad see n t h e nugg et they asked S a nd y to s h ow th e m the loca lity f.r om which it had come. So o.n a certain morn.I n g in 188 2 t h ey s et out W,h 3n th e y arrived t h e Morgan s wer e at o n c·e k ee nly interes t ed, a nd whe n T ed Morgan w e nt up a c e r ta'. n s tone s h a ped hill, h e excl aimed , " Tlbi s is ·n1in e. "
So•o n afte r t h e Mo,rga n s ma.d e an o ff er to buy a ll th e Go rd-0ns' pr.op e r ty fo r £1 p e r acre
Tb es!l men we r e glad to g at .rid of t h e l an d from whic h th ey h ad gain ed nothing They littl e drea m e d that it was to b eco m e t h e w,o rld famo u s :gold min e o f to day.
T his s ing l e m'.ne cove r s t h e greate r p a rt of a d ome s hap e d 'hill which u sed to s tand 1 200 f ee t above t h e sea; but now t h e s ummit bas .b een r e moved for th e safety of the und e rground wo rking s.
It see m s as though a fairy was guar ding the m i n e, t or aft er twe nty years, whe n the gold s upply was de creasi n g , copper was dis cov e r e d Now one or t h e c hi e f sight s at MoUJJ1.t Mor ga n is t h e glow caused by the tipp ing of t h e molte n re fu se or slag. w h ich l: g hts up th e hiHs formirug th e town.
Afterwards ,' when the Gordons saw their mistake , a nd h eard of t h e millions com.ing from Mount Morgan , Donald was forced once more to say, " Ju st our lu ck.''
By a Co untry Girl.
W h e n I was t en yea r s o ld I bad n e ver bee n to the sea, nor v e ry far at a ll from ;uy co u nt ry borne.
I lived s::x mil es ,from t h e n eares t sc h•ool, and d'rove t h eTe e v e r y day. One day, w h e n I w e n t to the post office fo:th e mail , t h e r e was a le tte r with the post mark , " Port Fairy,; • for mot.her I took it b-0m !l1 a nd when mother r ead it, s h e told u s the d e lightful n-ews that w e were going to th e seaside after Christmas.
The t im e was lo ok e d f o r ward to eage riy, a nd soo.n prepa r ation s fo r t h e journey b e ga n. One ni g-ht jus t b efo r e our d e parture. mothe r went into f.h e room wh e r e the tr unks w e r e, \V'hen s h-e h ea'r d the cry
ing of a cat. S.he Estene:d v e ry atten tively, and a t l ast p e r ceiv ad that th e so und came f r o m the t rll'1lk lying on th e rloo r near by. She o p ened the- t run k , and in side saw o ur p oo r cat. 'She ca,me down s tairs ca:r,rying pu ssy, and M k e d who had lo cke d it in , when m-y s mall s is t e r Bary ! said, " Ooh , mun1my! I put him there, 'cos I thought 'h e would lik e to go and see the se a , to o ."
We watch ed B e r yl v e ry catefull y after th·at, but Sh i) did not attempt to lock poor pussy u p agai n So:m we wer e o n our way i n th e train. It took three <lays to get to Port Fafry; but w h en we arrived there w e .were very h appy. We wanted to g o a n<l see th e sea at once, but, ot c ourse, m oth e r , like a ll grown.ups. wo uld not let u s; so w e h a d to be co nt e n t to wa it. ti ll n e xt day
N ext day we went down to the beach , but Be•ryl would not g ,o into t h e -water. ,vh e n w a asked h e r why sihe wouldn't go in ,s h e said , " Oh., no! Th e r e is too man y frogs in the sea." W e gath er e<l, late r that s h e m eant s harks , but s h e would have it t h ey w e re fro g,s. We w are t h ere a week w h en our cou.s·:ns ,a,rr.ive d·, a nd we all s pent a very ~m joyable holid ay together.
On e d ay when we w e re th :ire w e went o ut to see the li ghthou se, and rrom there we-n t to " She:Jy Beach,' ' w h e r e we .got s o m e v a r y pretty s h e ll s:
On e d,ay mot h e r went for a motor rid e to P ortland ; but we stayed at 'h ome and bath e d a nd paddl ed all day.
We were very sad when t h e t:lme came to go hom e; but we h ad a very goo<l t im e on the journ ey, n eve rthe l ess.
• I h ave b een to th e s ea many times si n ce , but th e one I most re m e m be r was m y f irst vi sit to Port F a i•ry.
DorothyBaker, Form IV .b .
" Hurry up, J es8 ie , the train i.s going in two minu tes ,·• s a id Be r y l , -as s h e ru s h ed a long the platform. J essi e ·hurry in g af t e r her wlth a heav y s ui tcase: Th ey e nte r ed th e train , a nd we\'e luck y e nough . to h ave an e mpty carr iage to themselves.
J essie wa s go in g do w n to Frankston to s p e nd the Christmas holidays with Beryl and h e r family. Th e 'two •girls h ad l e,(t
sc h oo l th e d ay befo;:e, and w e r e n ow on their way to t h e sea.
Th ey a rrive d about f.our fifty, a nd w e re met ·by Bery:•s fathe'r, who motored t h am to the pretty bungalow wh e r e t-he holiday was to b e s p e nt
About a week late r , ·J ack, B e r yl's brother, sai d , " It is s u ch a lov ely d ay that I t hink w e 111,g ht t a k e our d i-nne r down to the bea,c h , and ex plor e the rocks an d caves the r e "
Beryl aird J esS'ie w ere d e ligh ted · at t h e id ea of a picnoic, and they star ted off a:. early as possib l e .
Th ey h ad their dinnel' on th e sa nd , in the coo l s hade .of the ove-rhanging cliffs, and then starte d to explore th e caves. Oh, w h at int erasti n g things t h ey found, lov e l y sea sh e lls, bri!liant pieces of sea wee d , a nd man y oth er treasures.
Afte r a while they grew tired , a n d cli m,b-a-d on to a large roc k ju ttiin.g o ut into the sea. Th ey talked a nd la \J.gh ed, munching sweets the whi l e, not noticing how t h e s un w as ,gradua l,ly sinking in th e w esL · B u t, s udd e nly , J ack h eard a movement i n t h e water in f'ront of t h e m , a nd h e saw to hi s h 'Ol'ror that a 111.rge shark was sw::mmol:ng towards t b e m Turnin g h is •h ead quic kly hi,s h eart gave a .gr eat leap , b e cause b e saw that they were e n ti re l y su rroundad b y wate-r. Ce rtain l y, t h e water wa s on'.y abou.t one f.cot d ee p on t h e s h oTe s id e, but th ey wo uld no t dare to wade t o s ho r e with a s hark i n the vicinity.
Po o r Beryl · a nd Jessie w eFa n ea rly i n tea;:s a t their d~·ea,dful plight , a nd sat huclcll e d on the c~ntre of the ,rock in t e r r or. l est t h ey might ,fall into t h e wate r . J ack -ca ll ed and call ed for h e lp , but n:o one ca m e, an<l still th e great s h a rk swam round about the rock, and the water rose hi gher and hi,gh eT.
" P e rhap s w h e n t h ey find we a;: e not h :)lne t h ey w ill come a nd sear c h for u s," sa id Be r y l.
" Th e y a r e . s ure to ," said J essie; "but p erohaps befor e t h ey f ind us t h e water will be over the r ,ock," a nd burst :in .to t ears at the bhought.
" Don't b e a li ttle stilly," Jack sa id a ngrily, b•ying to co v e r ,h is own fear.
It grew d a;rke r ,and d arker, and t h e three sat v e r y n ear togeth e r . ~t r ai n in g t h e'ir eyes to k eep the s h a r k ,in s ig,h t, a nd also li ste ning in c a s e help s ho uld come. Suddenly Jac k sat up , for a loud •' Cooee"
came floating across the water. He answe r ed joyf11lly, and the oo.ft splash of o•a,rs was soon heard
How glad tb ey w e r e to see t h e burly fi s herm e.n , how eagerly they ste pped into the boat, and sa w th e black patch which was the shark, getting smille r and s malle-r, fo-r th e s hark was frig.h ten ed by the so und of voices and the s plash ,of the oars W,hen th ey got home , they all a,g r eed that they had e v e r y r easo n to b e thankful that th ey w e re not still out on the r ocks.
-Kathl een Whitney, Form V .b
Far away on a •beautiful ~sl,and there liv es an old man w:ith ,four lovely children . Two of the cb iLd'ren a.Te girls, and two -ar e boys. T h e two girls have th-ree faifies for atte ndant s, and the bor., three ft1,c'ies. These little f-0 l k come to the Land of t h e Mor tails with t h ei r masten; and ,mistresses to ,he'lp -them do the work their father sats them.
Thi s is land is far away f,rom our own s un.ny land, but once each year in turn t'hey vi s it -u s, accompan ied by their t hree attend,an ts.
Of course you will be wond e ring who the 'Child ren are, and, what are thek na,mes. W e will b e gin . with the youngest.
She us a b eautifu l little gi rl named Spring, wi-th haiT as golden as the flu ffy bams of our own wattle She always dresses in a pale, "Shi•rnmering green dre ss, with Siilver trimmings. She s h a'res •her attendants with Autumn, s o they are d ressed in russe t brown a nd green. When Spring comes to our land we hear the bl e at of the lambs on the hill s ide , and the fr ;,ghtene cl cruirp of young birds ,le a.Tnfog to fly Jn h e r .Jiancl Sp!"in g car ri es a s 1>arkliug wand , and as s h e waves it a:bout trees· b r ea k in to leaf, and flowers s prill'g up from ben eath t·h e brown ear th, which now is cove r ed with a -ca rp e t of delicat e green. Best of a ll though , our n ational flow e r , the w a ttle, bl ooms
Summe r co m es ·next, a bo y. who looks as thou gh h e ha s spe n t hi s tim e in th e p a ddo c ks among the harvesters His sk in is tann e d by the sun. and in his c a p :he wears a l.rnuch of co rn. Th e gras,s with e r s
and t ree s look d,roop e d for want of wate r when .SummElT is near.
Autumn i s the next chHd, a mos t b eautiful little maid, H e r s kin is clear, but s lightly bTOwned, and p ne can see that h er life has b een spent 1\iosrtl y out of doors. When s h e vis i ts us s h e br:ngs f.rom th e storeho u'.se fruits of all kinds , and on h e r way ho m e she turn s the l eav es from green to lo v e l y s,hades of ,red and ye How
Th e eldest of the ·quartette is Winte r. He is a youth, :rather older than hi s broth e r and sisters , wi t h a we at'her beat e n face He is kind ihearted boy, a lthough h'is face looks stern• He a-I-ways dr asses in woollen garments, for h e is accom panied by cold weather. Th e tree s let the leav es, Autu mn ti nt ed so b eautifully , fly away, so t h rut they lffiay be now ab le to r as i·st the Winter-bl ast&.
As t h ere is too much work on the earth for one chi'ld to do, t h eir father has ma'rke<l. it into two parts, so \Vhen Spr in•g is with us, A u tumn i's with the other part.
The children •are allowed to m ee t to · geth e r each New YeaT'-S Eve, but only for a short time. Las,t New Ye ar' s Eve when they met they d •isagreed· a bout some trifl e, ,and just as smal l thi-ngs are oft e l) the stepping ,stones .to larger things , s o this d.isagreement led to a quarr e l.
Summer said h e was i ndisp ensab le to th e world , becau se wiithout the hot s un which .he brought no crops wou ld rii>e<n, and then the mortals would starve. ' .
" P e rh aps so; but please rem emh'e r I make t h e young c orn and th e ffo-ivers which r es ult in fruit ," ,said tiny Spfing " Well , if I didn't blow the leaves off the trees ," Winter bro-ke in , " the wind a nd s now woUJlcl .b1reak · down the trees , a nd the n th e re would b e nothing for you to put flowers on ." •
Autumn, w.ho, up to thi s time, had been a l,isten,er, now s·aid: " You may th ink yoursel f cl e ver pull ing a.ll the leave s off, but pl ease do not -forget -that I colour t h e m and m a k e th e m loo se, so that your wind can b low t h e m off. If I didn 't loosen them you would h ave ,a l'.;n e task pulli•ng them off one by ,one " ·
Winter w as trying to than k of an ,ans\ver when a door opened. and out wa:Iked a cl ea1· o ld man. It was t h ei r fat h e r , 'I'1me " Oltildr en ! " ih e said , "how oa-n y ou quarrel 1-ike thi s on the Ja;st night o.f the y:m r , the onl y tim e yo u are all togethe r ."
" Y-0u are eac h given work to do , and by doing- it we ll you prepare the way for yo u r broth e r s and s i sters, and so b e lt, them. Without one of you, the oth e r s co uld do noth ing, so you see how silly you were to quar;rel."
The c hildren were ashamed of them selves , and always now w ill d o th~ ir best to h e lp ea ch other.
" I wonder if Fairy Land· i.s true."
' Trne, of course it's true ," snapped a voice beh ind t he speake'r. P eggy gav e a start, and turned a round to see whenct, t h e voice came. A white rabbit with pink unblinking eyes sat staring a t Peggy.
•· Who on earth are yo u? " said P eggy, in a s u-rp.rised voice
" Who am I? 'W:hy, I am t h e Whit e Rabbit, a !rd I know your little f,rjend , Alice But thera is no 'Deed .tor me to ask who you are, for you ar e one of the littl e girls w ho picks the butter c ups to see if you like bu,tter, and s o d estroy the butte r cup fa iries' •home s and make them ,sad. Oh, I know you!" Peggy blushed at t his r e prima nd , but befor e s h e h a d time to say she was sorry the W •h:te Rabbit we nt on speaking, still ,st,aring sol emn l y a t h e r with rus pink eyes.
"B ut you wa:nt to k now if fairy land is tru e ? Well , t h e fair.ies a r e holding a ball to nJg .ht in their m agic ring, a nd the Qu ee n of Fa.iT les-the Lily Qu een-is attend ing i e.' Jf you come wi t h •m e, you will so.i n see whether Fairy Land i s true or not."
" B ut I can't go Uk e this ," complained P eggy, l ooking d,own a t !he r self, • for I have ,~ad in -books that if the ,fairies -see any p e rSIQn they will not s how themse lves."
, Oh, we'll soon remedy that," said the Rabbit , amd: drawing out an acorn from hi s white waistcoat pocket, h e sai d to P eggy, " Take a lo ng draught of t h e liqu id in thi s acoTn cup , and it will m.ak,3 you -invisibl e to t-h e fairies. Now, do hurry up; " a nd the White Rab-bit sigh e d as h e watched Peggy look a t the liquid r ath e r cautiou s l y b efore s; h !l drank it.
" That's right, no w come, or we ~ltall b e late," sa:rd the Rabbit, a nd Peggy, n,ow e nv e l oped· in a :filmy c loud, followed him.
" Oh, please d'O not go so ,fast," pleaded Peggy , ' · I a m qu:ite out of breath "
The White Rabbit waited im p atiently until P e ggy joined him , and then went a s fast as eve r . " Ah , t h is i-s the place; ' h e sai d , and Peggy saw that s h e was i n a 1:ttle wood with a s trea.ml et running -through it r i ppli'llg over unoss .covered miniature boulders. Maidenhair fern d~p p3d its dainty frond s in the cool spark ling wa.te'r, a nd littl e moonbeams fli tted in and out b etwee'll t h e l eafy boughs of t h e green trees
" Now, this is a good pla:ce in w-ruch to s tand," -said the White R aibbit to P eggy. " Yo u will be able to see everything h e re " Peggy gazed w.ith wond er at t h e scene befora h e r , and thoug'ht, " It r eally is like Fairy Land."
« See," -sai d t:he White Rabbit , pointing to a green mo und near the ed,ge of the str eam, with a moss-covered throne i n t h e cent re of it, "th at is the fairies• ,ma,g ic ring; th ey wi.11 t h e r e danc e ia.•round the Qu ee n whe n she a.rri·ves. But, lo·ok, 1h e re come ,some of t'he fair,ies. They are the Ro se Fairies."
P eggy gasped wi-th delight as s h e saw them come tripp,:ng Ughtl y in. First came the White Ro se in a pur~ white d-ress with dew di amO'lld s s-parkling all over i t. Then c ame -on e dr essed i n a dull , rich , velvety r e d , a nd anoth e r daintily d'r a pe d in s:h e ll pink
" Look," said th e Wrut e Rabb :t , nudg ing Peggy, " Here oomes Snowdrop." Peggy e agerly leant. forward to get a glimpse of her. Snowdrop was d,ap ed in a cli nging wb:ite dress · which s u ggested tiny sn ow f la,kes , and it was fringed with a d elicate g reen. Ju st b e hind h e r c am e t h e Prim ros e Fairy i n a creamy y e llow satin dress. Sudd e nly Peggy b egan to f ee l drowsy, and s h e wond erad ,to h e r6 e lf wha te ver co ul d b e the matte r. She rai sed h e r heav y eyelids, and h e r g l anx:e res t e d on a fai r y w,ho seem-3d fami lia r to h e r
After gazing at h er [or some time m u ch puzzled P eggy -suddenl y remembered w'h e r e s h e h ad -see n h e r b efo r e.
"Wh y," wh isper e d Peggy jn the White R a bbit's ear, "isn 't that the S lee p F ai r y? She comes to m e ev3 r y nig,ht just b e for e I go to Dreamland, and th r ows s om e o r h o, e;n lil du st in my eyes "
Th e far.ry P e ggy was speaki n g o[ was drape d in s hadowy white , and aroun.d her
th'roat glistened a st-ring of ,mi l k-white pearls. She stepped gracefully over to the other fairi es who had assemb l ed together, a nd ,began to 'Sp eak to them .in fairy l angu age
'· Here come 'lihe elves," whispered the White, Rab b:t, and Peggy's eyes widened as s,h e saw t h e tittl e green-clad elves advance towards th e fairies, with their i:igh t fitt ing g r een cap s on their h eads.
Just then t h e music s tarted , and Peggy thoug,h t s h e ,had n ever h eard such lovel y mu s ic It was like t h e l azy d'ronin,g of b ees. t h e sigh of t h e wind wh: s pering in thll trees , th 3 rus tl e of t h e , v-;nds by the river , and t h e si lv er y ripp l e of l ittle streaml ets over moss-covered stones
Th e fairies t h en b 3gan to dance, anct Peg•gy',s eyes ,w er e dazz l ed by the bl'llliance of the scen e. Still mor e fai.ri es arrived-th e Viol ets decked in th eir pale pu1'p!e and white dresses; the Daisy looki ng fres h and sweet in h e r n ew sprj ng frock; t h e Cowslip, tihe Blueb ell, ofue But • te r cup, a ll sorts of tai r.ies.
" Oh ," whi-s•p er ed Peggy to h er self, " I do wish I were a fai'ry a:nd lived in Fairy l an d ."
Just then the Wh:te Rabb it ·-said ·•Hu sh!" .in a commandJng voice, " t h e Queen is comi ng." The ,hO'O t of th3 N i ght Owl announ ced H er Maj esty's ,arr.i v a l. All the fairies t:hen stopped damcing, and Lh e mius-ic •sank to a faint Wlhisper Peg,gy waited in breathless sil ence. At last t h e Qu een entered t h e ,glade, and all t he elves and fa: ries bowe d , the 1:airfas dresses · s w eeping in folds over t h e moss-green vel vety carpet. The Queen, dressed in pur e w h ite satin, and looki ng v e ry sta tely , car ri•e d in h er hand a go ld en wamd ; whil e 011 h er h ead a crown of ,gold set with gr3at dew diamonds g l istened. She was foll owed by a guard of red soldier spiders. Sh e s 1n/:led s w eetJy at •a ll the fia.iries, while th e gual'd d isper sed Th en , walking ov e:· th e mou.nd, sh e sat diown on t h e JTIJOS, cuve r ecl thron e, a n d hunrlre d,s, 'O•f moon b eam fairies sprang o u t fl':>m behind the tre as a nd glitter ed h er e. ther e, and every where; a nd t h e mus ic again sLa rt ed
Then th e fa iri es came a nd d anced .irou rul t h e 111.~gie ring throwing ruseµe t~ l s at lhc [ eet o[ th e Qu Je11. Th e ri n g was illumi n e d 1by .myr:a.ds of ti n y light s from the glow-worm s.
But hark! what was that?
A bell faintly sounded in the distance, and its clear notes came floating on th e braeze to Peggy's ea11s. Th e fai r ies at 0llJCe stoppe d dan ci ng, and a ll the moon bea;m fa;iries d.isappea:rad Th e Queen, a.fter t hanking t h e fairies, stepped down fro,m her throne , h e r g u al'd assemb l ed , and s h e hurried to the opening in the wood from w hich s h e had come. Her carriage awai ted h 3r, a.nd sh e drov e silently off. The fairies then dispersed, and b efor e t h e b ell h a d f.inished tolli.n g t h P.y had a!l gone Peggy stood sti ll, gazing at the empty g l ad 3, but t h e vo i ce of t h e Wh.i te Ra,bbit made h er sta:rt wit h s urpri se.
" Come along, we must go," and the White R ab bit was off. Peggy fo ll owed as fast as she could , and soon, fou no. h erself back .ait the SP'Ot where s h e h ad •fi r st met the White R abbi t.
" ,It •you take this draught," said h e, "you will again b e visible," and -he drew out rrom •his pocket anoth er acorn ou p and gave it to Peggy. •She drank the contents an d the whit e miist f aded away. With !:hat, the White Rabbit, with a prom i se to come again and see h er , fled away.
'" P eggy, Peggy, wake up dearie," said a c h ee ry voice; "it is past teatime " Peggy lazi l y o p e.n.ed h er b ig blu e eyes, and l ook e d iruto those of • her mother.
·, Did yo u n ot h ear the tea,bell, dea'r?"
" The tea-lbe!'i ?" Peggy said in a sur pri3ed tone. "'No, but I heard t h e fair i es· b3ll toll tw elve tim es, and th en all th e fairi es went away."
" Well, come in qui ckly dear; tea i s wait i ng," said h er moth er, an d w alked away.
Th e s un was s inik.ing b el ow bhe ho r i zon , and th e w este rn s k y was lik e a fl a m e ,of f.i r e which gradua!ly softened to shad es of pink and J>urple, until at l ast it died away i n to t h e rruisty g r ey of evening
P eggy l ay on h e'r b ack und er a giant oak tree in a f !eld of dai sies. • Every thing a r ou n d h er was still ; even t h e bird s were qu.iet. By h er side lay an open book Her eyes res t ed on a pi c ture in whic h e lves and fairies d anced.
Sh e picked it up and l ooked a.t it fur :i lll CJlllCn t. then , g ivin g :i t a ki ,;:;. s h e sahl ' Oh. you dear:;, [a.ucy p co pl u n ot 1.J2licvi11g in [a.irics."
-JoyceConnell, Form V.l.J
" Hullo,'' excl-.i.i m r.rl Urn lDmpl y Jam Tin in a vP. r y s 11rpr is01l ton e " \ ;\' h m·c clicl yo u c:ome from ?"
" Oh , I am no good now . !'\O T was t hr ow n in here." Th e Um br e lla h a d j ust b een t h rown into a rubbish t in , w h 3r e jt met t h e Empty J am Tin.
" T e ll me you r adve n tures , pl ease, Mr. Umbrell a?" :as'ked the Empty J a m Tin
' Ce rtainl y," a n swered the U mbr e lla It was to ld thus:
" I b egan my adventur ?S wh e n I was stan ding in a ·d'r aper's s h o p , n ea r t h e Ho s:ery Counter. On e day a la dy came in a nd hought a pair of -g l oves. Then s h e w e n t o u t; s h e soo n came baek again.
"' Oh , dear,' she cried, · •'.i t is rain ing, and r have my ,b e st h al on, and .it wi ll spot. rt is on l y ,a n ew -0nn, anrl cos r l•hir ty s hilli,n gs. T will h ave to huy an umbrella.' •So •s h e bong.ht me. S-h e look me out, and put me up. How it did rai n. I will n e ver forget it. Soon, howeve r , w e reached lhe l a dy' s h ome She put m e jn th e 'hall stan d , in whJch I stayed for a long w hil e
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On e day I was taken o u t b y t h e ,same lady. Soon it b eg•an to rain , and s h e put me u p r t bl ew, I mean the wind blew. an d bl e w so s trongly a nd f ierc e l y that it b!ew me in s ide o u t. Th e lady t h en went st raight h ome. When ·s h e 1reac h ad h e r h ome s h e vu t m,e in h e re, wh ere you can see, I am l ying still."
.:..._ Mar-garet Ove r e nd , Jun'.o r School.
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Window in Fit chett Hall.
Dear Girl s,-The Jnemb ers of the Old Co ll eg ians' Club a r e inter es t e d to :hear of the n ew magaz ine y o u p ropose to issu e, a nd take thi s opportun.ily o f wishing rg ood s u ccess to the venture. Some of you will be Old Girl s s hortl y, and we -hope you will join, the Olub without ,l-0s s ol ume. It is t h e b es t. way rto k eep i'll to uch with the Old, Sch-001 and with fri e nd s of y,ou,r Col • Jeg e days. You w ill f in d ins tructi-0-ns ,as t o h ow to b e come a m ember o f th e O C.C. on t h e notice boa'r<l at Sch,ool.
T.he Pre fects •had, a n op,po r t unily -0f b e'..ng p r esent a.t t he ,fir s t functi-0n of our n e w year on Saturday, 10th Dec:l-m· b e r . The Pres id nt of the Club, Mrs. Alan Mccutcheon, ,and t:h e Oounoil w e r e de· Ji.ghted -to see tho se w.ho were a bl e to spa.re ttme i'r-O'lll their examlination w o1,k to go to ourr Gard1ei11 Paa-ty.
Th e yea1r wh i c h b as just dosed was mark e d by two e vents of par ti-cula r im· portance. to t h e C-lub Th e first was the unveiling of the Me morial to o u r late H eadmaster It i s a matte r of .graat satis fa c tion to u s that the c:ub was a bl e to hav e its own Memorial to Mr . lfr ome The .second event was th e r ev ival of t h e Club Din n e r as a n a nnu,a l function. Thj s gathe r ing was a n ,unqu-alifi e d s u ccess, and on e which th e n ew member s , as w e ll as th e ol d , thoroughly e nJoyed.
'l'h;s yea1r it is p,ropo.sed l-0 h ave what h as be e n <l escr ib e d as a " L ecture Ev e n · ing," at whi c h some public speaker wil l a ddr ess m e mbers on a ny subj e ct w hic h m ay be -0 f pa rticular ~n:t erest at th e time.
In oo•nn ectio n wi-th t h e O.C.C ., a Lite r a r y R eading Ci r cle has b ee n f-0rmed . Th is So cie t y m eets on ce a mro,nth fo r an rhour !n th e e v e nin g. when papers a re •read by the <m e mb ers. The subj ec t ch-Ose n for stu<ly durin·g the pasl year was "India," a nd it :history, li tera.rt ur e , a nd politi cs have a.'. I b een d ea:lt wi t h This is a Society which new memb e rs are st r ongly a dvi sed to join Th er e will b e no meet ings d u ring
t h e long vacation , but any-0ne interested s hou l d write t o Miss O D odd, Cotham R oad , East K e w, for furthe r information.
New id eas ,f-Or the sy llabu s or s uggestions for further activities for the Club will be r eceived by t h e Oo u ncil w i th plea s u•r e. On b-eh a l f of t•h e O .C.C., Yours s;ncerely, GWEN S TILLMAN, H on. Sec. ' ' T at'.yu:am," H a.wtho•rn , 10/ 11/ 21.
The Co ll ege do es not !ook very hand so me a,t pre-sent, but we hop e, some tim e n ext year, to see th e new w ri ng compl e ted; and then-som ~ne h as told u s that Que e n 's will b e seco nd onl y to V,il s on Ha ll in a r c h iteot u ra.l bea u ty!
The Wyverna Clu,b , o ur past an d pr es ent Wome n ,Stud e nts' C lu b, hopes to wer c om e quite a numb e,· of M L .C. girls n ext y ear Th e Club has h e ld it s u srual meetin gs: T-h e Fresh e r' s w e :,corm e , a pleasant afternoon a t the C lub H o us e. and t h e An nu a l Dinn e r, a rmost e<n j oyabl e function. Dr De Garis ga'Ve us a n interesting l e.cture afte r our Anrnruall Meet'.n g. Som e d is 1:ingui s h ecl wo m en st ud e nts h a ve passed through Qu een 's, and it is at gath e rin gs suc h as t h ;1se th at , ve mee t , o·r h ear of th e m.
Th e stu dents are busy at presen t pl a n ning a Shake s pear ean P a g eant , which will pr>o bab l y be h e ld in April , n e xt year, i n th•e Me l bourne Town Hall. It is hoped th a t a l a rge sum wi,11 b e rai.sed t ow a rd t h e cost of -the n e w bu ildin g. Th e sc ho! a s t ;c attain.m en,t s of old M L.C g irl s at the Co ll ege wi1JJ be .fo un d chroni c l e d in the Univers ity n e ws, and a r e v a-r y e r.e ditabl e.
I n t h e Inte r -coll eg iate W •omen's T en ni s w e b eat Ormond in the 1heats, a n d h ad a ve!ry -close go with Trin ity in t h e fin.a l. Th e total sco r es were: Trin•'.ty. 4 rubbers, 8 s,et, 76 ,games. Q u ee n 's.-4 rubb e r s, 8 sets , 71 ,games.
Th e team co n s is t e d of: A. Gaul t (C a pt ), K Su gd e n, M. Grant, B . S h a rw c-0d . W e are ve r y keen to win n e xt year, and will w el come witli: op e n arms a ny p'.ay ers you can send u s.
In concl u sion , w e wo u ld say t h a t Queen' & is a very kindly Coll e ge Those
of you who c9me to join us, will be h ap py. rt is also ve ry keen and e n,t hu'iastic, and you will 'hnd th,at you deve l op a deep affect:on for the old place ; and when y~rn leav e the 'Vars;ity some of your pleasan test memories will be of CoHege Days Adelaide Gault.
The August ,m edi-cal exam inatio ns give u s th3 .foJ.low,ing results:
A lma Ad mans , completed fifth year Medic'. ne, .and now to be kn-Own as Al ma Admans, M.B.., ,B.S .
Katie Ca,m 'pbeH is ,doing her .finals in March. · ._ 1
A:delaide mtult &b ~ined a ll •her sub jects in fourth year.
Beatrice S harwood also got right through foti'l'th year.
Blanche Ohitti-ck passoo . third year Med '.cine.
Mary Waite pas sed third ye a r Medicine. Honours in anato,my
A manda Liebert passed third year Medicine. Honours in physfology
Esthe r Skelton an d Blanch Godbehea,· a•re doin,g second y-ear Medicin 3, with no exa:minat:on,s tili next Au,gu-st. We hope they apprec iate the fact that in second year Medicine is a: •snare in<to whi,ch they ou g,ht bot to fall
Rita Rothstad:t and Sylv ia W eekly , first y.ear Medicine.
Jean Apl)erley :i-s ,to b e seen at the Ail'll.tomy School. She is d oing .mas.sage
Gwen Stillman has t aken out the degree of M Sc., and is demonstrating in the Biology department.
Edith Derrick i s d oing .fourth year science, havin.g won the Howitt Scholarship in Natural Hi·sto~·y Resoorch. She ;s demonstrating in ChemiSj:ry and Bobany
Edna Nie'wand, Jean 'Harris, B-ery-1 Splat t. and Kathl ee n Semme,ns are doing s econd y ea r Science.
Annie Wi-shart -is in res:idence at the Trinity Hostel , d•oing ,first year Science.
P h y1'l is Ashworth i •s ~!so doing Science I
Vic. Krome and Lil-a McDon-a.!d are do ing Educat-on. Vi•c. is still helpin g the Me :-bou'rne U niversity to retain the tennis champiuu,ship.
Kal'lie McDonald is in r esidence a'.t the Training College, doi,ng Education Rita Ge>IH11s is doing third year ·Art s. Sylvia Roths-tadt is doirtg Arts II.
Winnie Ga:w l ey and Auny En-gli:s•h are do!ng ATts I.
Betty -Lavers and Eileen Mussen .are at the· Conservatorium, Betty doing ,ffrst year, and Eilea:n second year.
Winnie Kennan i s now Medical .Superiut e11<l ent at Queen Victoria Hospital.
Hi lda Kincaid ,a;nd Mavis · Boyt a're at Renwi,ck Hospital, Sydney.
Dora McCallum ,recently spent three months in Queensland, wh ere she met Beat r ice Hicks and Edith K11,0wles.
T he following •~old girls " were ·success f 1).'l at t he recent examinations tield by th e Roya.I Victorian. Tr ained Nu·r ses' Associa tion (May, 1921). Lu,cy Palling (Al fred Hos_pital). Rachel Chenoweth (Children's Hospit.ad). Laura Gay,lard ·(Children's Hospital
Jessie Ca1I11pbell has ,recently 'returned from .a. visit to Mrs. Hines (Elaine Spar· row), at Dornald. She met t here Le-0-nore Pearce, who has s inc e been· married, and Mav'.s Balding. Mavis is in charge of the Domestdc Arts Cen,tre in Donald Vera Read is t:hrough her course at the .Mfr ed Hos p,ital, ,and intend·s going to Sydney to nmse.
A nni e Reid has a-lso fintshed ·her nur sing course.
EHa Hauser is nursing in Tasmania.
Hilda Robinson l ert for England by the " tOmar,' i ,on 30th August, •h aving been .awarded a n Or.i ent Scholarship earlier in thfl year.
Ivy Coanben to the Rev. T. C. Rentoul, on 23rd AprH.
J e ssie H1!Jlbe,t to Major G A. Vasey, D.S.0 ., on 17-th May.
Clari ce Siddall to M'r. E. Matear, on 16 th May.
Adel e Kenda ll -to Mr B. C. · Lancaster, on 22nd March
O.Jive WiHiamis to MT. A. 'S. Wilkinson, on 6th July May Moore to Mr. H. R. Thomson.
L ei l a Green to Mr. Baxter, in July.
Dora S.aloway to Mr. J. F. King• , on 26th February. Irene Meal y was one of the bridesmaids
Jean Hall to Mr. L . Barkla, on 5th Ma1·ch.
Dol'othy H ol d e n to Mr. Roy Smith.
LilMan F.raser to Mr. George Day.
Lottie Foste r to Mr L W Ga 11 , of DandenlQng (],ate A I.:f.). on Ju ly 20
Do.ris Dabb to Mr. Hoskin s
Th e Old Collegians' C lub off e r s c on gratul atiO'Jl S to the following:
Mrs. StanJey Wilkinson (Ruth Lay coc k) a son (John Vasey). on 13th Jun e.
Mrs. H , C. T ay l or (Cora Jenkins)-a so n, on 3(}th Jnn e.
Mrs. S Rogers (H a zel Ryan)-,-a daughte r (Roma).
Mrs J. R. Anderson (Mary Mccomas). at London , on 23rd Apr;.J-a . :daught e r (Mary N a irn).
Mrs A. South ey (Ethe! M cComas) a daug.hta r (Eth e l M a rgaret) , on 2nd · De ce mber.
Mrs. L. J Ce rutly ( Isab e l S c hultz) a son , on 14th May.
Mrs W. Birrell ,(D e l Lan e) a s on (Pe t e r), on 26th April.
Mrs . R G. Sterrett (Mari e BaJcl in•g) a so n , o n 31 st Ma y _
Mrs Allen T ye (Lotoie Cadusch)-a d a ughte r , ,on 23 rd May
Mrs F. S I~~sor (Dor i s T o wl ~·) a so n
Mrs. L Ea s t (Mad.g e Sto n ey ) a son (Walter).
Mrs . W . S. O li v e r (Eln1a Tulloh) a s-0 0 , OD 4th Au g u s t .
Mrs. J . Hubba r d (Winni e &h e pha r d) a S OD.
Haz e l Laughlin t o M'r. W: K Harkness. D-0,rothy Stocks to Mr. Fur ze
Clarice Brads haw to Mr Al M1 H eath
School Office-Bearers.
Prefects: B. 'S hannon , M Liston , ( S e ni o r Prefects). I. H cdgso n D Flocka rt , J H e yward , G. Dix o n , M. H o ld en , I. Thomas , C. Wh ; l e h ead, J. Delbr:dg e, M C o c k s.
Associa t -~s: -L. F orbes, K. R e nni e, J. S emmen s, F Burs t on , E. Jon es. L. Har t, E Lee, M. Rog e, s, D Allen, E. R onay n e, .T Morrissey, B Beckett, M Finni e
Form Captains: D. Fl ockart (Hon. VI ). I. H o dgson (Pa s s V I. ). B. Beckatt, (V. a ) , 1\1. Hold e n (Dip!), B. Wood (V~b), 0 pjzzey (V.b. Sp .) , E Ashton (X'X ). M. H ealing (Ve). E. Blumer (Coll. V ). T Wilkinson ( Low ei· V ). F Blytheman (Re. mio ve) . 'B. Tompkins (IV .a) -;- J. · H eal,i ng ( JV bl, M Walk e'!' (Lower 1-V .). D Pug s l ey and A. Wi'IC<?X (Juni o'r "Sch -00!)
Sports Committee : Mr Le Cou'leu r (Pr es•id a n t)', Miss· Wigh am (Sports MiR · tr ess) , Mr s. -Land e n , M iss M cKay, D. Fl-0cka.rt (B e e) ; K . R e nni e (Tre ais.) , M. Liston, B. Shan-non , E T obe, E W ,ood • mason E. ,Stu a ft , ' N. Go l die , E · PryO'r.
• S p o rts Captains : D Flo c k.art (Tenni s), A. P hi llips (Bask etba ll ). D. F : o ok:art (Base ball ) ,
Editor: I. Hodgso n . S u b Ed itors : C. Wh,l tehea d ·(Hon. VI.) , E B J.e w e tt (Pass VI.). K. Gault (Va.). E. o n es (Dip!.). P. Bra.meld (V.b), N. B eck el-it (V.b Sp.). E. Christensen (XX.). M Hicks , (Co ll V.). K Ericson , (V ,c). D C l a rk e (Low e r V ) E,. Snell (Re mov e), R. Plowr:ght (IV a) K. Forster ( JV ,b). J. Thom as (Low e r IV. ).
L ibraria ns : I. Hodgson , L. Fo,rbes.
L ibra r y Co mmitte e: M r. L e Co u teur, Mi ss W a l uo n, Mrs. L a nd e n , Miss F ie l don , B Sha nn,o n , M. L iston , C. W-hite h ea d , J. D e lbrid ge , J · Heyward , · I. Th-mnas, M. Rogers , E. Ronayne, M. Finnie
Students• Christian _ Union Comm ittee: Mi ss Pete r sen (Pr esjd en.t ) , M. Li s ton a nd B. 'S h a nn on (Vi-ce-Pres,i<l e nts ) M . Holden ( Corres Sec ). M Cocks (Rec. S e c.). D F Floekart (Tr ~as.), B. Beckett , .J S e m m e n s
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