1934 Silver & Green

SILVER AND GREEN

CJJecember, 1934

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'<ITl11~ 2Jllhr.sa;aine of ±!pi c::1&q.e t~o_~is± ~ahics' Qio,l1.ege DECEMBER, 1934.

A genius h,;_s said that " Complacency leads but to the ruin of ambition," and as ambition h as always been regarded as the precious h er it age of youth, complacency is an evil to be avoided at all costs.

At this time of celebration Victoria proudly shows to the world the achievements of a century. Her progress was only made by the worthy endeavour of the pioneers, men ambitious to get as much as possible out of the new land, that conditions mig ht be improved for rheir children.

This is the story of th e ages, man has always striven for benefits not so much for himself as for his children. We can only try to visualise the hardships faced by these pioneers, yet by untiring and selfless endeavour they con quered, and we reap the fruits of their conquests.

Yet, because we belong to this successful Melbourne, we are apt to sit b ack and think the glory ours, and ourselves take the crE!dit for her progress. How many of us pause to think of the work done by our ancestors for us, and further still, how much we are doing to l eave as rich a heritage to succeedi ng gen erations as the one we o urselves r eceived

Then le t u s forsake our attitude of complacency, of "We are young, all the world is ours," and rather strive to be of some u se to the race to which we b e long, that we too m;o y say in age, " What I aspired to be, but was not, comforts me .,,

Krome Memorial Gates at the M.L.C., Hawthorn

M rs E Land en ,

The House and School were much saddened by the death of Bettye Hammon, which occurred at Epworth Hospital on Friday, September 21, as the result of meningitis.

Bettye had been a resident student for the last three years, and was one of our House Prefe cts. She was also Captain of the House sports, the tennis, basket-ball and baseball teams, and of Beta House. She had passed School Leaving, and was taking some Honou"r subjects with every promise of success.

Her winsomeness and charming personality had endeared her to us all, and it was with sad he a rts that we faced the n ew term. She entered into all the joys and pleasures of the College life, and her years here were a g r ea t delight to her as well as to us. She had made many frie nds , to whom her memory will always be fragrant.

The members of the staff and the girls extend to Mr_ and Mrs. Hammon and their heartfelt m their

sons their sympathy great loss -M.H

This year the school experiences a great loss in · the retirement of Mrs. Landen from the position of headmistress.

Mrs. Landen has spent the greater part of her life at the College, and has done an enormous amount of work in connection with it

When she assumed her position at the head of the school we were justly proud that of .all the public schools in the southern hemisphere we possessed the youngest headmistress After h er brilliant course a t the University, it was a fitting cap to Mrs. Landen's exceptional career chat she should eventually return to her old school as headmistress.

ValeFor so long we have thought of Mrs. Landen almost as an embodiment of the School, of its spirit and atmosphere and tradition, that in losing her, it seems to l ose part of the soul a nd personality by which it lives.

We pay Mrs. Landen the greatest tribute in our power-

" A perfect woman nobly p l a nned, To warn, co comfort, and command," for no one has passed through the School in recent years without gaining something from coming in contact with h er.

Bettye Hammon.

SCHOOL NOTES.

On February 13, an assembly marked the beginning of a new year. We were sorry to find that Miss Forman and Miss Creaser were not with us, but we extended a welcome to Miss Fletcher, Miss Torode, Miss Gault, and Miss Stephensen. We also welcomed Miss Flockhart and Miss Parsons, who had just returned from abroad, each anxious to put into practice new ideas gained on the Continent.

The first important events of the year ,.;ere the presentation of h a t-bands to the Prefects and House-Captains, and the swimming sports, both of which took place on the same day. As this was the first year the swimming sports had been contested in Ho!-Jses, the ' result; of the races w'ere very keenly watched. The same· enthusiasm was displayed at the Athletic Sports, which were h eld on our own oval on Saturday, May 3. The points were very even, and the fin a l resu lt was in doubt _ until the final race We were g lad to welcome many parents and old collegians who attended the sports.

An impressive service was held on April 25, to commemorate Anzac Day. The schoo l r en dered appropriate hymns, and the President gave a short address, in which he stressed the spirit of sac rifrce that inspired the Anzacs. The Girl Guides then p laced their flag on the Honour Board, and the Senior Prefect a wreath , as a token of r e membrance '·fro,;, the School.

During the year we have been honoured by visits from many distinguished peoI?le Dr. Leonard Mitchell, on behalf of the Rotary Club, gave us an address during Boys and Girls' Week; M,ss G Varley spoke to us abo~t the Y.W.C.A., and Miss Guthridge about Kindergarten Work, whilst Dr. P age brought us a special message from the Queen of Tonga . We were the first school to be visited by the new Principal of Queen's College, and we are justl y proud of ch e honour.

We were also privileged to h ear the gifted Nelson Trio in a short r ecital. Mr Linley Evans, the young Sydney composer, a lso paid us a vis it He rendered some de li ghtfu l pianoforte pieces from famous composers, and then delighted us with some of his own compositions. Later he met some of the i,:irls informally, arid gave che m a short lesson on the art of composition.

Then Colonel Holman J ames visited the School. After a short talk, in which he thrilled us with tales of lion hunting, savage tribes and cowboys, we were held spellbound, while Colonel James performed wonders with his stock whip. The girls were very sorry when the performance ended.

The Auburn Church was again crowded for the School Service, which was held on the evening of Sunday, May 1 3 The President officiated, and gave the address, and the School le d the singing.

The library was completely transformed on Monday, I 5th September, when the annual Flower Show was h e ld All the Houses had worked untiringly, and the display surpassed ·any ·of · previo us years. The judges, Mrs. Grove and Miss · Roberts, found their task extremely difficult, as a ll the displays we re bea u tiful. The award went to House IV.

Time did not · permit u s to take an active part in the C e ntenary Celebrations. We were, however, granted a holiday for the Duke's arrival, and on Thursday, Octobe r 18, we joined with the other girls' school s of Melbourne in a Thanksgivin g Service in the Melbourne T;,_,;n Hall. The service was an impressive one, and should leave a lasting mark on the minds of those who were prese nt.

Thus another year has passed; a year which will end schooldays for many of us. We who are leaving pass on the torch to the girls of 19 3 5, and wish them happiness and success.

RESIDENT STUDENTS' NOTES.

Although this year we have been " fewer in numbers " we have proved ourselves "greater at h eart," and the unbounded enthusiasm and tireless energy of the boarders both in work and sport h as enabled them to keep the " red flag flying" in the traditional way. When we assembled on February 14 it was found that new girls we re in the majority, but so soon did they settle down into the life of th e College that the concert given by the new girls at the be g innin g of the year almost surpassed chat of the o ld girls.

There were few changes in the resident staff chis year. We were surp ri sed and sorry that Miss Kennedy was no longer with us, but we extend ed a welcome to Miss Haywood and

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Miss Fletche r Miss Fletcher 's r eady assistance, espec ially in th e hockey field , has been g rea tly apprec ia t ed.

Tn e five Prefe cts who were appo i~ted at th e b egin~ing of t h e Y!'ar -.ye re Irene M 'lcfa_rlan e (Se ~i ? r } Ma rj orie B~sset , Margei-y , E llis, Frances Fisher, and B ettye Hammon. Fra nces Fisher, : B etty~ H ni~on , B e~y i Lever and M a rion Symonds we r e ap pointed: sports' ~a~- . t a : n;_ of A lpha , B e t ~, Ga1:1ma, and Delta resp~c~i".e l y ·

Early." in fir st· term Miss ·Flock h a ~t visited us a t s oc ial even in g; a nd after a t a lk on h e r travei"s sh~ o~tlin ~d the prog~a,;,,me for the year As a r esul t ari e n t hu siastic co mpany of amat eur carpen ters assembled in the library, and afte r mu c h sawing, filin g, and h a mm eri ng, we produ ce d instrum e nts "fo r the pipe band. Fr.om s u ch a · humble beginnirig sp r a n g the r eal pip e band, the first of its kin d in Australia. For a few weeks b efo r e · Birthday ni g ht. patrioti c b cia~d e r s h a d great difficulty i'n stan d i ng· up ever y tin1e a rath e r unmusical rend e ring o f ""God save the Kin g " issu ed from neighbo uring rooms. The result,- h oweve r , just ified t h e effo r t, for on Birthday n ig ht we p r esen te d \ o t h e · Sc hool · a p e r c u ssion b a nd of h ig h m er it. Th e sa m e ni g ht we introdu ced two of t he new School songs, including our own Boarders' So n g. As we have also contributed several

membe rs to the School orchestra it w ill be see n t h at che musica l side o f our education has not bee n overlooked. We shou ld like co thank Miss flockh"art for h er in terest.

The innovarion o( the •" Hou se sy~tem " h as somewhat _ r e duced th e in ter est of t h e day girl s i;, ~h e Hou se versus School m ; t c;h es; ,b4t the e nthusiasm of th ~ board~rs rema in s undirhinis h ed. · Aft e r ·an h our -of st renu o u s h oc·k e y we ach ieved victory by · 4 , gpals to 1. The · bas k et-b a ll a n d rqnni n g _ were a lso v e ry kee nly contested. During first term Wf!!' paid a · v isit t o the M .L. C., E lscernwi ck, and ~~m p eted against their tennis, baseball an d r\inning \ea ms . Dur_- i n g second re rm , on different occasions' the B:anch Schools visited us for tenn"is and basket b a ll , a nd ver y pleasa1u a fterno ons we re spent. The basket-ball was very exciting, as rhe iss u e was in d o ubt un t i l the final wh istle.

Great · WaS th e exC i te m Cnt wh en our· ten ni s, · b as k et-ball: a nd running teams ccim.p e:ed against teams of Scotch College boar d e r s. The boys · proved lleerer of foot than o ur g irl s, but speed and acc ura cy proved supe ri o r to brawn and · hei ght when ir came to basket ball. Th e S cotc h · feam see med co h ave but a vagu e knowle d ge o f i:h e ru le-. o f th e g ame, and the spectato r.- were treat<!d t o" the a mU:si n g specc~cle o f b 0 oys" h~i;,g persona lfy conducted t o thei r p l aces by t h e u;n. pire, and show n where they cou ld run , and w h ere th ey cou ld n ot. Miss Shannon h as given

Back Row: Jean Bryant, Kathleen Walker, Greta Parkin, Jean Cam~ro n , Marcel Whittaker , Eville Penn Tonkin .

R o w: Winnie Champion, Gwen Shepbe['d, Irene Macfa rlane (Se nior Prefect ), Gwen Johnsu?ne , Gwen Hewitt

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up much time to enable us to ge t the best out of th e sport o f th e H o use It is to h e t that we owe much of our success a nd e nj oy m ent chis year, and we wou ld like to t h ank h er

S ocia l even in gs h ave b een fewer this year owing to o the r ac tivi t ies, b ut t hose we ha v e had h ave b een up to the u su a l s tandard We are ind e bted to M r. K. Grove a nd Mr. Por~er · f o r m a ny h appy eve nin gs We s h o uld like to tha nk them and also the Kodak Co~pany, w hi ch Mr Por ter r eprese n t s , fo r th ese · e nte rt ainm e nts. In addition to the activities a t social evenings we have been p ri vileged to h ear Philip Harg r eave, J o hn M ase fi e ld, Flo r e n ce Austral, John A madio , Pouis chinoff, and Dr N orwo o d , a nd atte nded th e Austra li a n Comp oser s' co nce rt, the Wes ley Play, a nd th e S cotc h Play.

Under the guidance o f Mrs Grove we embarked upon a sc h eme for · beautifying the

g rounds of the n ew B arkers Road Methodist C h'c'rc h. M r. Porte r agai n came to our ass is tance , a nd we held a ve 0 ry s u ccessful picture night. On Friday, August 1 7, the youn g e r boarde r s planted the fi r st of t h e t r ees at th e Barkers Road <:hurch. Th e boarders are pre paring for another effo r t, a nd we hope i:o a ch ieve our a mbi ti o n by t h e e nd of the year. ;

W e would like to t h a nk the r esid e nt s t a ff, p:i rti cu larl y Miss Hunt, for t h eir interest \ n our we lfa r e, and to wish them success in the f u t u re.

Th is year h as been a landmark in o ur n a : i onal life S o I 9 3 4 has b ee:, a landmark ih 0 rhe li ves of the bo a rd ers-a year of pleasure a nd of pain, but one that will leave lasting memo ri es Many of u s will have passed on before riext year, but we leave to t he g irls of 1 935 our b est w is h es for a happ y and s u cces sful year.

-I. M .

ASSOCIATE PREFECTS

A. Webb , M. A s hmore, G wen Jon es, Ph y llis M a rtin , Doreen McCahon , Joan Fors ter.

SCHOOL OFFICERS,

1934.

Senior Prefect Irene Macfarlane.

Senior House Prefect-Irene Macfarlane.

Full P~efects-Jean Bryant, Jean Cameron, Winnie Champ ion, Gwen Hewitt, Gwendoline J ohnston, Gretna Parkin, Eville Penn T onkin, Gwen Shephe rd, J e ssie Sinclair ( I st and 2nd terms), Kathleen Walker, Marcel Whittaker.

Associate Prefects-Mollie Ashmore, Betty Cornell ( 1st and 2nd terms) , Joan Forster, Zena J e nnings (1st and 2nd terms) , Gwen Jones , Phyllis Martin, Doreen McCah o n, Aileen Webb.

House Prefects-Marjorie Basset, Margery Ellis, Frances Fisher, Bettye Hammon.

House Captains-Mollie Sayce ( Hou se I. )., Marcel Whittakec (House II.), W innie Champion (House lli.), Irene M a cfarlane (House IV .) , J ea n Brya nt ( House V.), Jean Cameron (House VL).

Hou se Sports Captajns;__Fay Brown (House I., 1st t erm), Lila Monsbourgh (House I., 2nd and 3rd t e rms), Roma · Reseigh (House II.), Joan Forster (House III ), Betty <;:ornell (House IV., !st term), Noel Dawes (House IV., 2nd and 3rd t e rms), Jean Bryant (House V.), Valda Carter (House VI., 1st and 2nd t er m s), Barbara Chitty (Hous e VI., 3rd t erm).

Sports Committee-Mrs. Landen ( chairwom a n) , Miss Parso ns, Miss Shannon, Miss Kell away, R oma R eseigh (Secretary ), F ay Brown (1st term), J ean Bryant, Marjorie Bryant, Valda Carter (!st a nd 2nd t erms), Barbara Chitty, Ruth Chitty, Frances F ishe r , Lois Hamer, Bettye Hammon ( 1st and 2nd t erms) , Gwen J ones, Peggy Ly a ll, Irene Macfarlane, Marcel Whittaker.

Sports Captains-Roma Rese igh (tennis), R oma Reseig h (baseball), Joan F orste r ( running) , Jean Bryant (bas ket-ball), Irene M ac farlane (hockey).

HOUSE PREFECTS. M;irgery ~ llis, Marjorie Basset, Frances Fisher, Irene Macfarlane.

Magazipe Committe~Jean Cameron, Vivian Cook, Thelma Baker, Margaret Guthridge, Joyce Thorpe. •· · Librarian-Jean Cameron. ·House Librarian-Margery Ellis. Debating Society-Mis; Dahle · (president}°, Jea,;:, Cameron (secretary), Winnie Cl-iampi~n, Vivi a n Cook, Irene Ma~faria~e, Gwen She·ph e~d.

December, 1933, 46 separate honours were gained in the School L eaving Honoi,trs _ Exa mination, 29 complete passes in the School Leaving Pass examination, and 45 complete p asses in the S~hool Intermediate Examination.

Som2 · of our senior gi ris were also successful in gaining othe r honours:-

HOUSE CAPTAINS.

Winn te Champion (Ill.). Moi°ly Sayce /I.\. Jean 8,yant (V.) , Marcel Whittaker ( II ), Irene Macfarlane ( IV. ) , Jean Cameron (VI.).

A .C.M. Executive-Miss Betts (president), Winnie Champion (vice-president) , Vivian Cook (secretary) Enid Collens (corresponding secreta r y), Betty Spillane (treasurer), Jean Carne, Jo an Miers , Joy Turner.

Walking Club Committee-Miss Hall ( president), Miss Christensen (vice-president), J ean Bryant (secretary), Roma Resei g h (treasurer), Jean Cameron, Winnie Champion, Irene Macfarlane.

EXAMINATION SUCCESSES.

At the University Public Examination• in

Queen's non-Resident Exhibitions were gained by Joy Mills, Gretna P a rkin, Eunice Canavan, Joy Taylor, Esther Champion, Eunice Gully, Betty fykCutcheon, and Gladys Saun• ders; Eunice Canavan and Joy Mills a l so obtained S e nior Govern ment Scholarships, Joy Taylor and Eunice Gully Free Places, and Vera Eddy an Exhibition in Music.

School Leaving Honours.

Nine I st class, eighteen 2nd class, and nineteen 3rd class honour s were ga ined in thi s exami nation.

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Individual results were:-

J ean Bryant-3rd class Drawing.

Jean Cameron-2nd class European History.

Eunice Canavan-1st class French, ! st class Latin, 2nd class English, 3rd class Greek and Roman History.

Esther C h amp ion-1st class Botany.

Hilda Dance-3rd class English, 3rd class European History.

Irma Eddy-2nd class British History.

Vera Eddy-1st class Music, !st class Drawing.

Gwen Frazer-1st class French, 2nd class Greek and Roman History, 3rd class English

Loris Gordon-1st class French, 2nd class English.

Eunice Gully-2nd class French, 2nd class Latin, 3rd class English, 3rd class Greek.

May Guthridge-3rd class French, 3rd class Botany.

Gladys Jo yce-3 rd class French.

Wyn wode Macdonald-1st class E n g lish, 3 rd class French.

Irene Macfarlane-2nd class Drawing, 3rd class Eng lish.

Betty McCutcheon-3rd class French.

Joy Mills-2nd class British History, 2nd class European History, 2nd class Greek and Roman History, 2nd class French.

Phyllis Minns-2nd class Drawing.

Marjorie Moonee-3rd class English , 3rd class French.

Betty Nevile-3rd class Drawing

Gretna Parkin-1st class Englis h, 2nd class Botany, 3rd class French.

Gwen Shepherd-3rd class European Hist o ry.

Frey Shimmin-3rd class Commercial Prin cip les

Joy Taylor-2nd class English, 2nd class Latin, 2nd class British History, 2nd class European History. ,

Phyllis Trathen-3rd class French.

School L eavi ng Certificates School Leaving Certificates were gained by:Roxie Abbey, Marjorie Bassett, Winnie Champion, Olive Coombes, Truda Cox, Mabel Doherty, Lorna Hamer, Gwen Hewitt, Lucy Hughes, Miriel J effries, Zena J en nin gs, Gwen Johnston, Ph y llis Martin, J ean McLean, Doree n lv!cCahon, Betty Nevile, J ean Reid, Elaine Semmons, Gwen Shepherd, J essie Sinclair, Myra Smitten, Vio let Stone, Phyllis Trathen, Kathleen Walker, Aileen Webb, Marcel Whittaker, Francie Williamson, Eunice Canavan (second time), and Jean Gregory.

Intermediate Certificate.

Int e rmediate Certificates we r e gained by:Mirren Alexander, Thelma Baker, Gwen Bassett, Norma Brazier, Dorothy Brown, Marjorie Bryant, Jean Cane, Jean Carne, E nid Collens, Vivian Cook, Ada Currer, Noel Dawes, Joan Forster, J ean Gregory, Margaret Guthridge, Lois H amer, Dora H ewitt, Phyllis Huggins, Gwen Hughes, Betty Jackson , F~y Jennings, H eather Kruse, Jean Lake, Margaret Little, Vera Martin, Leila Matheson, Joan Parker, Judith Pitts, Nancy Rashleigh, Elsie Ross, Joan Rowell, Pattie Rule, Betty Shaw, Betty Spillane, Olive Spicer, Marjorie Strongman, Gwen Taylor, Joyce Thorpe, Olive Thompson, Amy Tonkin, Joyce Tucker, J oy Turner, Joyce Tyzack, No la Walker, Enid Whitehead.

Acknowledgment of Contemporaries

We should like to acknowledge the receipt of the following school magazine s:-" The Mitre," ' ~Girls' Grammar School Notes," u The Co lleg ian," "Th e Wesley College Chro nicl e," " Patchwork," " Th e Ca r ey Chro ni le," " Chronicles of St. Peter' s Girls," "The Bro o k," "The Fintonian," "The Melburnian, u The Ivanarian ," u Coo•ee," "The Michaelian," u Pallas," tt The Lauristonian," " The Woodlands Magazine," and any oth e rs which may have been inadvertently om itted.

SPORTS Athletic Sports

On S a turday, May 5, ou r annual s ports were held o n o ur ow n oval. We were lu cky in th e fin e weather, and the good condition of the s p o rts g ro und

E n t hu sias m r a n high owing to t h e introduc tion of th e h o use system , though the co mpeti• tion was less keen than u s u a l in t he race between House a n d School , which was won by the fo rmer

Grat itude is du e to Mrs. Grove, who p r esen ted the trophies; to Miss Parson s a nd to other m e mbers of th e sta ff, and the Spo rts Committ ee, who h e lped to make the sports a success.

Vis it in g teams c ame from C.E G G S , St. Catherine' s, Rosbercon, Warwick, St l\1argaret's, a nd T tnte rn. The r ace was wo n by the t ea m fr om C.E.G G S

D e tailed re sult s ar!' as foll ow :

Final House Points.

I H ouse IV., 129.

2 Hou se I ., House VI., equal, 124 ½.

4-House II., I 22½

5-House III., 100.

6-H o u se V ., 53.

7-Ca ri sb ro ok, 5 2

S enior R ace, 100 yards I, A T onkin, VI. ; 2, G J o n es, II.; 3, J Forster, III.

50 yards, under 12-1 , D Whittaker, IV.; 2, G Wilson, V .; 3, N Head d ey, VI. Int e rme di a te S ack R a ce, 3 0 yards-I, 8 . B rice, VI.; 2, J Barnett, IV.; 3, L. Abrahams, III.

Senior E gg a nd Spoon RacP, 30 ya rds- I , W. Champion , III.; 2, D. Mitchell, I. ; 3 , S Phillips, II

Junio r R ace, 50 yards I , M. Smith, IV ; 2, A Burgess, II. ; 3, 8 N a irn, V I.

Senior R ace, 180 yards I , J . Forster, III.; 2, F. Brown, I .; 3, G Jones , II

In te rm edia te Race , 75 yards ! , M. Roun d, VI. ; 2, L. Ho ~king, IV.; 3 , M . Ri ce, II

Juni o r Siamese Race, 25 yards I , 8 M a r• fl eet, P . Wollacott, C.; 2 , G. Wil so n , S . Cockfi e ld , V.; 3, J. Chambers, S. Sa vige, III.; J Fowle r , J. D ay, VI., eq. · S en io r Sac k R ace, 30 ya rds- I , L M o n sborough, I .; 2, J P arke r , VI.; 3, W. C h ampion, III.

Junior Race, 75 ya rds-I , N. H e ley , I. ; 2 , M. Smith, IV.; 3, J. B e rth o n , C. S en io r Potato R ace, 30 ya rds- I , D. Mitchell, I .; 2, J L acey, V .; 3, J P arker. V I. Juni o r P o tato Race, 20 yards-I , J M oon , I .; 2, G S avage, III ; 3, 8 Eltis, C.

Interm ediate B aseball Throwing- I, L. Vi a l, II.; 2, 8 Russell, II .; 3, M D av ies, III. S enior Baseb a ll Throw ing- I , R. R eseigh, II .; 2, V. Carter, VI.; 3, G Shepherd, III

Junior S ack R ace, 25 yards- I , G Williams, II. ; 2, D . Whittaker, IV. ; 3, J . J ones, C.

Inte rm ed ia t e P otato R ace, 30 ya rds- I , L. N eale, VI.; 2, M . Blyth , III.; 3, J. Bertho n , C .

Junior Egg and Sp o on Race , 2 0 yards-I, P Woll a cott, C. ; 2, Z Newm a rk, V .; 3, A. Burgess, II.

S en ior Sia mese Race, 30 yards I , L Mons · boro u g h and J Th orpe, I .; M. Whittake r and G J o nes , II., e q .; 3, P Johnsto n a nd J Be rthon, C.

Inte rmediate Race, 100 yards I , M R o und , VI.; 2, L. Ho cking, IV.; 3, M Rice, II.

S ack Race, und e r 12-1, G Williams, II .; 2 , J. Day, VI.; 3, E. Stacey, I.

Juni o r Inter-House Race, 50 yards I , I .; 2, IV ; 3 , VI

Inter m e diate Inter- H o u se Race, 50 ya rds! , IV ; 2, III.; 3, VI.

Senior Inter Hous e Race , °75 ya rds I , II. ; 2, I. ; 3, III

S enior Obsta cl e Race, 75 yards-I , A T o n ki n . VI.; 2, D . Mitchell, I. ; 3, N . Coghlan, III.

Intermediate Obs tacle Race, 75 yards I , M. Rice, II.; 2, J. Shaw, I .; 3, V. T eagu e, VI.

Schools' Rep r esentatives Race-1, C.E.G G S. ; 2, M L.C.; 3, W arw ic k

Inte rmediate E gg a nd Spoon R ace. 30 ya rds 1, M. \Vhittaker, IV.; 2, M. Rice, II. ; 3, P Dou g las, V.

Whee lbarr ow Race , undtr I 2, 20 yards! , L. Barnett a nd D. Whittake r, IV.; 2, P Watts a nd M Wi lli a m s, III ; 3, 8 Ellis and 8 M a rfl ee t , C.

Intermediate Sia m ese Race, 30 yards-! , M. Rou11d, VI.; 2, J Barn ett, IV .; 3, G. Oldham, I.

Invitation Flag Race, 75 yards-I, C.E.G.G.S.; 2, Tinte rn , 3, St M a r garet 's. House v. S cho o l ! , School,' 2, Hou se. J F.

Swimming Spor ts

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The morning ot March 8 proved to be wa rm and hu mid, id ea l wea ther for the annual Swimming Sports, which we r e h e ld at the K ew City Baths

Naturally enough th e e xc ite ment was tense, owing_ t o the prevale n ce of the competitive spirit which had a lready be en infused by ~he H o u se system.

We were plea sed to S(;'e Carisbrook present, and wish t o con g ratulate House II. . on .their vi~tory. · The various e vents were qui ckly dec id ed , and in the H o use v School r a ce the laure ls we nt to the School.

D e tailed results are as f o llow:20 yards, Und e r I 2 1, L. Barnett, I V.; 2, S C oc klie ld , V .; 3 1 A Paul, III.

Intermedia te Breast Stroke- ! , M. Rice, II.; 2 ; J 'Shaw, I. ; 3, E. Crouch, VI.

Senior Breast Stroke- ! , E . V eale, IV.; 2, M. Rey nolds, VI.; 3, D Mit chell, I.

Juni or, two lengths across baths-!, A. Burgess, II.; 2 , G. Ikinge r, III.; 3, S. Cockfield, V.

Inte rmediate, One Length-!, E. Crouch, VI. ; 2 , G. Butle r, I.; 3, E Bryce, IV

Life-Saving-I, E Veale and D. Whittaker, '!'/.; 2, S. Scobie and J. Gr een , II. ; 3, C. Davies and E Crouch, VI.

J u nior Diving ! , S. Cockfield, V.; 2 , eq., A. Burgess, II , G S avi ge , III.

Obstacle Race-I, R Nunn, II.

Sen ior, One Le n gt h !, eq ., J G r een, II. ; M. Rey nolds, V I. ; 3, D Mitchell, I.

In termedia t e Divin g- ! , L. Wor ra ll , III.; 2, M. Rice, II.; 3, G . Butler, I.

Senio r Di ving ! , J. Gr een , I I.; 2, E. J effery, IV.; 3, J Forster, III.

Inte rmedia t e Relay Race- I , H ouse II.; 2, House V.; 3, Hous e V I.

Junior Relay Race- I , H o us e V .; 2, House III. ; 3, House II.

Se nior R e lay Race-! , H o u se I V.; 2, House III.; 3, Ho u se VI.

H ouse v. S chool- ! , S choo l ; 2, H uuse. Juni o r S ect ion Cup-House V

Intermediate S ec tion Cup-Ho u se II. S enior S ectio n Cup-Hous e IV

Tota l Number of Po ints S co r e d !, H o us e II. , 68½ points; 2, House IV., 5 0 ½ points; 3, House VI., 38½; 4, H o u se III , 38; 5, H ouse V , 33; 6, House L 21 ½

M.S

Baseball Notes.

Th e 1934 baseball s eas on o pened quite hop eful1y, as we had five memb e r s of t he 19 33 team back a nd many ·promis in g junio rs.

Eventually a team was chosen to play the Association matches the fi rs t at G ee long, which we lost, 23 run s to 15 , after a good match. T he team was as follows:'---R. R eseigh (capt ain, s. st op) , J . Bryant ( v ice- capt. , 2 nd base)', M Brya nt (pitcher) , V Carter (catcher), G. J ones ( 1st base ) , B Walduck (3 rd base) , N. Coghlan (l.o.f.), M Gyl es (c.o.f.), M Whittaker {r.o.f.). Emergency-Lois H a m er. · . · Unfortunate ly our pitc h e r, M Br ya n / · ,.;as sick fo r the two r e maining matc h es; and other changes we r e mad e. V. Carter ;and M. Gyles exchanged positions, whilst Lois Hame r played on 2nd b ase and J ean Brya nt pitc h e d against P.L.C M a rjorie was a g rea t loss in the team , a nd we suffe red a loss of 30 runs to 8.

Th e same team met M e lbourne Gra mm ar, b ut again we lost, this tim e the score being 15 runs to 1 1.

T wo o f our b es t p l ayers, \l'a'. lda Carte r and Betty Walduck, left sc h oo l before 3rd term, and t h e re we re again some changes . At last t h e f o ll o wing gi rls practised fo r t he r e m aining r o un d of m atc h es:-M. Bryant ( pitc h er), R. Rese igh {catc h er), G. J o n es ( 1s t base), M. Whittaker ( 2nd base), K. Walker {3rd. base) , M. G y les {s. stop), J . Bryant (l.o.f.), M. Strongman (c.o.f.), L. Hamer ( r .o.f ) Eme r gen cy-N. Coghlan.

We p l ayed a few s u ccessful practi ce matches against the follow in g schoo ls:-Fin tona, Toorak College, L auriston a nd Ru y ton. The fo ll owing gi rls played in some practice m a tches: Vale ri e Kerr, Charlotte Davies, a nd M e rle Mill e r.

I n first term, a most e n joyable day was spent at Franks ton by m em b e rs of the baseball and tennis teams, as g uests of Toorak College. The

llASEBALL TEAM

baseball team lost, wh ile the tenni s team won, bot h matches Qeing well contested.

The Toorak College g irls played a r eturn baseball matc h , whi ch we won on our oval, but rain prevented us playing a r eturn tennis matc h

The Inte r House matches h ave still to be p layed, also the House v School.

This year a g r oup of promisi n g juniors have practised once a week, in a n endeavour to strengthen the baseball in the future.

This year we h ave been very thankful to Miss Parsons, who has kept us practising hard and coached us in the game, a nd to Mr. H Francis, who h as given up much of his valu abl e time to coach us. We sincerely hope to do them credit in the forthcoming matches.

The members of the u,,1111 who arc l eavi n e sc h ool th is year join with me in wish in g the 19 35 team the very b est of lu ck for their base-

ball season, a n d hope tney will tin Cup back to M.L.C. Baseball.

bring the AusR.R

The baseball team had its usual share of misfortunes. After the first match the pitcher b ecame ill and was unable to p lay f o r the rest of the term. Two p l aye rs left before the com mencement of the second round , and persistent r ain inte r fered with every practice.

H :iweve r , a fresh team h as been bui lt up, a nd the n e w p layers s hould do well as they gai n more expe rience. Till the outfie lde rs can hold catc h es, it will be difficult for the team to at· tain success.

Criticis m o f T e am.

Roma Reseigh {captain) played at short· stop and as catcher. In the catcher' s position she is excellent, as h er strong throw prevents players from steal in g b a ses. Her bamng is sound, and her b a se-ru nnin g 11:ood

Maria n Gyles, Margery S tro n gman , Kathl een Walker, Lois Hamer, Marcel Whittaker, R oma Reseigh (cap t. ), Gwen Jones, Marjo ri e Bryant, Nan cy Coghlan , Jean Bryant

SILVER AND GREEN.

J ea n Bryant played emergency pitcher first r ou nd In th e second round s he showed to more advantage in l.o.f. H er batting is very good, and her base-running is excellent.

Marjorie Bryant (pitcher) ca n put an immens e amou nt of spin on to the b a ll. H er catching is good and h e r batting very fair.

Gwe n Jon es ( !st base) h as made great improvement in this pos ition. Her catching is good, and h er batting and base- running very g ood.

Marcel Whitta ker played in r.o f. and on second base. As an infield she is reliable. Her batting and base-runn ing both show improvement.

Kathlee n Walker makes a safe third base, and with experience shou ld d evelop into a strong pl a yer.

Marion Gyles has a strong throw, and is a safe bat. In first term she filled the catcher's

place we ll. In h e r n ew position s he sh ows promise.

Nancy Coghlan h as shown great improvement in jud g ing catches in the outfield. H e r batting is fair and h e r base-running good.

Loi s Ham er (r. o.f.) makes a safe outfield. Her batting is sound a nd she is useful as an emergency pitcher.

Marjori e Strongman (c.o.f.) shows promise in t h e outfield, and is a safe bat.

Betty Walduck and Valda Carter also played in the first round.

The s t andard of b aseball is ·gradually impro v ing throu g h th e School. Among the juniors the enthusias m is v e ry keen, a nd m any of t hem have an excelle nt knowledge of the game since they h ave a ttend ed the junior class.

As t h e second r ound of matches has not bee n comp leted , it is not possible to gi ve h e r e any of t he results. -:-B P , --~(' "''

RUNNING TEAM.

Standing: Marie L ewis. Noel Heley, Loi s Hocking, Est e ll e Nankervi s , Frances Fisher . Sitting: Gwen Jon e~ , J oan Fors ter (c.apt.). Jo a n Park er.

AND GREEN.

Runni n g Notes.

The runnin g team cons ists of Joan Forster (captain), Gwen Jones, Frances Fisher, Jo an Parker, Fay Brown, Marie L e wi s, Estelle Nan• kerv is and Amy Tonkin During the first term there were frequent absentees from practice, which spoilt the chance of success at various School spo rts

In the third terw, despite rhe loss of two members, rhe attendance at practice was much better, and with rwo new runners rhe ream

several weeks e lapsed before th e team was finally chosen.

After much practice and consideration the following girls were given places in the School ream:-Caprain, Jean Bryant (centre attack); Gwen Jones (centre); Joan Parker (centre defence); Margery Strongman, Lois Hamer {goalers); Mollie Ashmore, Valda Carter (goal defenders)

The matches this season were not as successfu l as in previous years. L are in the term,

showed gre at improve m e nt. The t eam h ad several close finishes, especially ar · th e Sr. Catherine' s sports, where we were beaten only by a narrow m a rgin.

Bask e t-ball Notes.

The baske t -ball season for 19 34 opened at the beJ>;inning of seco nd t e rm. As only two m e mbers of last ye a r 's t ea m r e turned this yea r,

however, man y exci ting matches we re played. The results of the I s t t eam m.:itches thi s year a re:-

Played on M.L.C. grounds

M.L.C. d Finton a-2 6 22. M.L.C. d. St~a therne-24-11. P.L.C. d. M. L .C. 20-12. Ti1Hern d. M .L.C. 25-2 1.

BASKET BALL TEAM.

Standin g: Joan Parker, Margery Strongman, Lois· Helmer. Sitt_j n g: Gwen Jones , J ea n Bryant (~apt.) , · Molly Ashmore.

HOUSE SPORTS CAPTAINS.

Return matchesM L.C. d. Scracherne-19- 1 4. P.L.C. d M.L.C. 17-16. Tinte rn d. M .L.C.-33-18. Fintona d. M.L .C.-20-12.

The 2nd team-Gretna Parkin (captain), C h a rlotte Davies, Lesley Horton, Beryl Lever, Pat Phillips, Joan Rodwell, and Jean Southplayed several matches, but we re not often victorious. Seve ral members of this team are strong players, and should be eligible for inclusion in ch e team next year.

R esu lts of 2nd te a m macchesM.L.C. d. Tintern 2 3 -14. P.L.C. d. M L.C.-16-9. P.L.C. d. M.L.C. 15 -7 Ru yto n 1st d. M.L.C.-9 -8. Fintona d . M .L.C.-20-6.

The Junior team-Marjorie Hankey (captain) , Lorraine Abrahams, Shirle y Ebbott, Yvonne Evans, Coral Hazelhurst, Hele n Teed,

Lois Vial, Marjorie Whittaker-is very enthusiastic, a nd with practice should play excellently. The Juniors won two out of the thre e match e,s they pl a y ed.

M.L.C. d. Tinte rn-20-16. M.L.C. d. Strathe rn e-22- 11. Stratherne d M.L.C.-25-8.

Keen inte rest prevailed in the Inte r-H ouse matches chis year. Every House fought hard, and many exciting m a tch es wer e witnessed, perhaps the m ost exciting being that between House V. and Hous e VI., for the Senior Shield, which finall y resulted in a thrilling v ictor y for House VI. The inte rm ediate trophy was a lso claimed by H ouse VI., who gained a victory over House II. , and the junior trophy was won by House IV. The Inte r-House S ports Cup, don ated by Miss P arsons, was s h ared by Hou ses IV. a nd VI., who came equa l first.

In the House v. School m atch, School was successful, winn ing the match by 21 goals to

Noel Dawes (IV. ), Joan Forster (III.), Roma Rese igh ( II. ), Lila Mon sbourg h ( !. ), J ean Bryant (V.).

12. Th e matc h was much doscr and more excit ing than the scores indicate, and the spectators were most enthusiastic.

On behalf of the team I should like to express sincere thanks and appreciation to Miss Parsons for her help and unfailing interest.

--J.B

The baske t b a ll team was handicapped by the fact that only once did the f~ll team play. In one match both goal-shooters were absent, and several times the d efenders were absent through illness.

The work in the c e ntre court and of the defence was e xc e llent, but often the goal-shooters f a iled at critical moments

Criticism of the Team.

Jean Bryant (captain) was untiring as attack She co vered the co urt a t great and several times played emergency shooter

Estelle N ankervis, Jea n Shaw, Clare Strick land , Marion Symonds, and Gwen Williams. We were also abl e to form a second team in addition to our first eleven.

The team has been very successful this sea son, and considering that the hockey team has only been in ex iste nce for three years the standard of play has been hig h. T he results of the first team matches wer e:M L.C. d. Ruyton-6 1. M.L.C. d Ruy to n-8-3. P.L.C. d. M .L.C. 1-0. Ruyton d M L.C.-7-4 _M.C.E.G.G.S d M L .C.--4 1. M L. C. d Ruyton- 10 -3 P.L.C. v. M .L.C. (drawn)-2-2.

centre speed, goal-

Gwen Jones (centre) played v e ry well, but wa s 0 si:hetimes too s low in ge tting rid of the b a ll.

Joan° P a rker ( centre defence ) played we ll in this difficult position, and will make a good c e ntre in future.

Molli e A shmore (defender) and Valda Carte r (d efe nd er) played splendidly. They s a ved many s hots , a nd combined well toget h e r.

M a rjorie S t ron g man (goal-shooter) and Lois H a mer ( goal-s h ooter ) were not a lw ays consistent, but shot with greater accuracy towards the e nd of the season. Marjorie scored a numb er o f goals, and Lois will probab l y do better as a cen tre attack.

Th e second term, und e r the captai n cy of Gre tna Parkin, was fai rly s u ccessfu l, but often its players we r e t aken to play in the first t ea m. Th e juniors practise d wit h great enthusiasm, and won two out of thei r three matches -B.P

Hockey Notes.

Hockey is becoming increasi n g l y popular, as m o r e g i r ls realise ics s u peri o r ity as a sport Only three of l ast year 's t ea m returne d P eggy L yall, B ech Cra i g ie, a nd F r ances Fisher; b ut th ere wer e m any co ntes t a n ts for the vacant positions Th ese positions were fill ed b y Betty Hopkins, Irene Mat..fdrlanc, T il a Monsborough,

The Inter-House hocke y matches did much to stimulate the interest of i h e g irls. E ach House h a d to obtain eleven g irls, and much l atent talent was discovered. Some o f the Hou ses r esorted t o u s in g staff members in their t eams, and so me surprisin g ly valuable players were discovered A s energy a nd enthusiasm were more n oticeable than scientific knowledge the o nl ookers were rreated to many amu sing spectacles

A s more than h alf the first te am are boarders the match between ch e Day Girls and the Boa rd ers was ve r y exc1t1ng. B och sides played we ll, a nd the m atc h was more eve n than the scores suggest. Th e march was wo n by che House--4- I.

W e sh o uld li ke co th ank Miss P a r son s for her valuable coaching throughout the year Her inte r est a nd keenness has been invaluabl e to the ream. Th e r e a r e m any promising players a mon g t h ose g irls who a re pract ising with the te am , and now that hockey has been firml y est ablish ed we feel that a su ccessful futur e is assu r e d. -I. M .

Criticism of T e am.

Irene Macfarlane {captain) made a r e liabl e r ig h t in n er, but s h e still n eeds to pick up the ball more quickly on a pass.

Fra n ces Fisher (left inner) is very qu ick o n h e r feet , a nd has scored more goals than a ll the r est of the fo r war ds togethe r. At times s h e is liable to get offside, but by watching the play closely s h e will lea rn to overcome this fau l t.

Clare Strickland m a d e a good ce ntre-forward, a lth oug h inclined t o roa m too much occasi o nally.

Marion Symo nd s {right wing) made m a n y good runs, a nd did murh to h e lp the other forwar ds.

Lila Monsbourgh {left wing) did good work in this difficµlt position, a nd combined we ll with the l eft inne r

Beth C r aigie ( ce n tre h a lf b ack) supported the forw a rds well, and a lso h e l ped in the defence

Joyce Knights ( left half) and Jean Shaw (right h alf) wor k ed hard in all matches, and filled th ese positions we ll.

Peggy Lyall ( le f t back) and Este lle N ai,kervis ( r ight back) made many good saves and showed improve ment in every match

Betty Hopkins (goalkeepe r) proved a tower of str e n gth and prevented th e scoring of many goa ls.

Summ a ry .

The wea kn ess of t h e te am lay in t h e forwards, wh o wer e a ll incl in ed t o play for themselves a nd n ot for the s id e. With r eg u lar practice and more ex p er ience, they gradua lly com• bined better, a nd s how ed a ma r ked improvement towards the e nd of the season. The de fenc e w as very strong.

The Inter-Hou se m atches provided great excitement, a nd much k ee n · if unscientific play.

-B.P

T e nni s Note s.

This year we were most fortun ate in hav ing most of the team back from last year. Th e capta in (Truda Cox) was the on l y member of the 1933 t eam t o leave, a nd the e ig hth positio n wa~ filled by Yutha Thie m eye r Th e re was k een competition fo r the seco n d a nd junio r teams .

After some e xciting rubbers , and a most th r illing se cond m a tch aga inst P.L.C., M L.C. ~merged premiers a n d champions-premiers for the eighth consecutive year.

HOCKEY TEAM. Ire n e M ac farlane (ca pt. ), Estelle Nankervis, Jean S h aw, Peggy Lyall , Beth Craigie, Joyce Kn ig hts, Frances Fis her, Lila Mon s bour"gh, B e tt y H opkins, C l are Strick-fond, M arion Symons.

Miss Parsons again proved a most efficient coach, and I should like to express our tha nks to her and to the following playe rs who came, despite a ll weather conditions, t o give us practice a nd experience:-Misses N. Chitty, E. Harry, D. Mau ger, S. Whittaker, Lindsay and Mrs. Kelsall.

The teams and resu lts of the Association matches are as follow:

First Team-R. Resei g h (captain), M. Whit taker, B Chitty, Y. Thiemeyer, K. Walker, M. Little, R. Chitty, G . Johnston. Emergency D . Walker.

Second Team-C. Y e ll and (captain 1st and 2,,;.d t erms), J. Batson (captain 2 nd a nd 3rd terms), E. Little, R. Walker, C. Davies, M. Nevile, D . Mitchell, L. Heeps, P. McConchie, D. Whittaker.

Junior Team D. Whittaker (captain), L Abrahams, L. Barnett, M . Smith, P. Reed, D Thompson, G. Tee d, H. Teed, J. Eggleston.

Association Results-First Round.

M .L.C. v. Geelo n g-M.L.C., 4 rubbers, 8 sets, 48 games; Geelong, 17 games.

M L.C. v. P.L.C.-M L.C., 3 rubbers, 7 sets, 54 games; P.L.C., l rubber, 3 sets, 31 games.

M .L.C. v. M.C.E.G .G .S.-M.L.C., 4 rubbers, 8 sets, 52 games; M.C.E.G G S., r set, 28 games.

Second Round.

M.L.C. v. G ee long-M. L.C., 4 rubbers, 8 sets, 56 games; Geelong, 3 se ts, 32 games.

M .L.C. v. P.L.C. M.L.C., 3 rubbers , 6 set s, 52 games; P.L.C., l rubber, 4 sets, 43 games.

M.L.C. v. M.C.E.G. G.S. M.L.C., 4 rubbers, 8 sets, 6 1 games; Melbourne, 3 sets, 38 games.

The Inte r-House tennis pro".ided many hardf ought matches, th e results being:- &mior, House II.; Middle, House VI.; Junior , House IV.

The School Championships have yet to be played, and keen contests are e xpected, as

TENNIS E I GHT.

Rom~ J?.,.c;;pieh (rapt.). Marcel Whittaker, Kathleen Walker, Gwen John s tone , Margaret Little, Barbara Chitty, Yutha Thiem eyer: Ruth Chitty

throughout the School che standard of te nnis h as d e finit ely improved.

Th e annua l tennis _ match b etween House and S chool was played, the second S ch oo l tea m playing for the Day Girls, who had a good v i ctory.

During 1st and 2 nd t e rms we played m ost e n joya bl e practice mat ch es agai n st th e fo ll ow ing sc h ools : Toora k College, St Cat h e rine's, L a uriscon , Warwick, Tin tern a nd Finton a. Th e sec ond te a m p layed matches agai n s t the other Public Sch oo ls and Tincern an d Scratherne The junior t eam also pl a y ed Tin tern an d S t r athe rn e R R.

Criticism of T eam.

R 0ma Reseigh (c) pl ayed steady, r e liable t e nni s all th e season. She h as a strong ser vice and a good backhand, a nd with more e xperie n ce should become a very strong player .

M a r cel W hittake r improved m o r e than any member of the t eam. H er se rvice is mu ch stronger, a nd h e r n et-play is good With in creased s p eed she shou ld s core many vi c t ories.

Barbara C hitt y played excelle n t tennis in each m atc h H e r inte r cep t ions at t h e n e e were v e r y good, and h e r cross-court drives for ced h e r opponents into m any errors.

Yucha Thiemeyer h as learnt to p lay steadily, and h as s hown impro veme nt in all branch es of the game, espec ially in serving

Kath leen W a lke r pl ayed excell ent tenni s. She is very accurate, and h as a good service. Whe n sh e h as lea rned co speed up h e r game she sho ul d go far in firs t class t e nn is.

M a r ga r et Little has a powerfu l forehand drive , a nd finishes h e r n et-shots we ll. Whe n h er foo two rk impr oves, s h e wi ll be a very strong p la ye r

Ruch Chitty h as the makin gs of a c h a mpion Al! h e r s h oes are good, a nd e xp er ie n ce wi ll t eac h her h o w co m ake the b est of chem

Gwendoline J oh n scon is a reliable p layer, and h as made s t eady improvement When s h e h as l ea rnt to move more quick ly to a n ticipate shots, she will be very difficult co defeat

The first VII I. won every m atch, thus obt aini n g che p r emiership for the e ig hth conse• c utive year , and the champion s hip for the third tim e In t h ese eigh t years o n ly si x m a tches h ave b een los t. Th e strength of the t ea m l ay in the fac t that all the players we r e

practically eve::,. Only two ru bbers wer e lost, the third and fou rth pairs going th rough the seaso n undefe ated.

The s econd t eam and th e junior team also had a s uccessful season

Schoolgirls' Championsh ips.

It was with g r eat di ffic ul ty that the fo ur si ngl es pl ayers cou ld b e se lected fo r t h e c ham p io n s hips , as s e v era l of th e p layers we r e even afte r much playing off. I t w o uld be well if th e s u ggested ame ndm e n t is b r ought into force nex t yea r , and sch ools a ll o wed t o e n ter numbers acco rding to the size of the sc hool. Und e r th e present rulin g, eac h school is allowed two doubles pairs a n d fo ur si n g le s e ntri es The fi r st and second pairs we r e e n te red for t h e doubles, and Roma R eseigh, Marce l Whittaker, Kathl een W a lke r , and Ruth Chitty, fo r t h e sin g les. Th e s ingles p laye r s all d id well, a n d Ma r c e l Whittaker put up a g r eat pe r forma n ce in r eachi n g the fin a ls , where s h e was defeated by M a rgare t Wi lso n , of P.L.C., wh o p layed wonde rfu l te nnis . Bo t h double s pa irs r each ed th e semi-fina ls , a nd our firs t p a ir eventually p la yed a thrillin g doub les final with P .L.C., being d e f eated by a n a r row m a rgi n after an excellen t exhi bition of t e nnis.

F o r e ig ht years the school h a s provided a finalist in si n g les , hav in g scored th r ee firsts Nan cy Ch itty, Edna Ha rry, a nd Truda Cox. Fi ve times we h ave h ad t h e runner-up--Edna H a rry, Trud a Cox t hree times, and now M arce l Whittake r In doubl es we h ave had one victory-Al vie D av is and Nancy Chitty i n 1927, a nd h ave b een runn e rs-up for five tim es.

Altho u g h we h ave b een disappoi nte d that s u ccess contin u es to e lude our g r asp, we have the consolation of kno win g th at the school h as mainta i n ed it s hi g h s t a nda rd o f tennis.

In t h e meanwhi le we congrat ulate the other win n ers, a nd co n fidently await th e arising of a n other champio n with in our ranks.

B .P .

SCHOOL ACTIVITIES. Walking Club Notes

There was a ti m e many years ago when t h e Walking Club was composed, so it seem ed to me, of H ono ur V I. and other princely powe r s who wo r e g l oves in gu lli es. Th a t t ime is no mor e Tru e, we st ill h ave a few mu sc ular

Prefe c =s wi th u s , but in keeping with the s p irit of the age we are putting forward a more common foot I think with g r eat advantage; for , after all , a cow is as easily intimi d ate d by an intermedia te girl ( esp ec ially if she s ings hymns ), rolling under barbed w ire comes as n a tura lly to Pass as to Honour, and it takes a IVa boarder to go down to B eaumari s a nd come back personally with the lovel y sea and the s ky.

The same good mixing was see n at camp at H ea lesv ille Inde ed, it was imperative, if fif teen girls a nd one cook were to s leep in rwo lon g r ows o f b eds somewhat resembling cars parked on both sides of Lonsdale Street, and three mi st resses in co nfine d semi-pri vacy beh i nd a particion running six feet towa rd s the t e ll-tale sh a dows of a candle- !it ceiling.

Thou g h on one occasion th e dews of ni ght dripp e d heavily from the cei lin g th e weath e r in the d ay-time was perfect . Ove rjoye d a t ou r luc k , , we climbed perpendicularly up mount a ins; we hunte d hotly some e lu s ive hares; we inspected real a nima ls in a sanctuary, and our n eig hbours' id ea l country cottage; we walked i n the moonli g ht to the deserted mill ; we were eve n once lost in impe n e trab le b u s h -for two minutes! We found ourselves i n } h e daily papers!

Thanks to its preside nt and members, the Club is o ne of the happiest ins titutions in the School ; but the !,lue hill s, wide , sweet padd ocks, and the butchers' s hops, h ave too often been denied a s hare o f o ur gratitude. -E.C.

D e b a t ing Notes.

Once again the d e bating year draws to a close, a s t h e r eg ul a r fo rtni g htly d e b ates g ive way b e fore the press ure of e x a mination s. At the first m eeting the officers for the y ear we r e e lected, and rhe President, Miss D a hl e, welco m e d n e w member s a nd expl a ine d the aims of rhe Society.

There were no p art icula rly outstanding d eb ates until the beginning of the Int e r-H o u se tournament , a lt houg h seldom h as s u c h e mo tion been disp layed as when two Honour VI. teams co n test ed t h e s ub ject, " That Ri ch Relati o n s are a Grea ter Trial than P oor Ones." Th e negative won by a narrow marg in, but genera l op inion see m ed to regard both types with eq u a l disfavour.

The first Inte r-Sch oo l debate for th e yea r was h eld agains t the boys of Melbou r ne Gram mar School, on the s u bject, " A Dictatorship is the f o rm of Gove rnm e nt Best Suited to Twent ie th Century Europe ." M .L .C., tak ing th e a ffirmative , was successfu l

A debate was also h e ld agai n s t Fintona Grammar School, in w h ich three Intermedi a te girls took part. The two ad j ud icato r s d ecided ro ca ll the d e b a te a draw as the t ea m s we r e ve ry even l y m a tched

The last a nd most p o p ula r d ebate of the year was h el d against W es ley College, on the sub ject, " Common S en se is a Female Monopo ly." Again the teams were ver y eve nly ma tch ed, but Wesley eventually pro ved successf ul. Our disap pointme nt at loss, how e v e r, was compensated by the r ea lisation o f their s ubtle compliment.

In t he first round o f th e Tourn a m e nt Hou se I. a sse rted that " It would b e a Misfortune to Win the Calcutta Swee p," a nd overcame Hou se VI.

Hou se IL d e clared t hat " Au stralian Aborigines s hould be r epresented i n P arlia ment," but wer e a nnihil ated by III., and House V. defeated H ouse IV. on t h e s u bject , " The P a rt played by Sport in Australian Life is R egrettable."

The se cond round was open ed by H o u ses IL and V., the la tter d eclari n g that " Civilisation is the Produ ct of Adv e r sity.'' and again House V. h a d a d e cided victory.

A dive r s ion was crea ted at the n e xt meeting w h e n , owin g t o th e influenza ep id em ic h avi n g completely in capacita ted th e m e mb e r s of one: t ea m , n o Inte r-House debate was h e ld, but in its stead a n impromptu d e bate between lead e rs of th e various H o u ~e teams on the s ubj ect, " B ach e lo r s should b e Taxed."

The n ext debate proved a n other victory for Hou se I. , w h ich defeat e d House III. ' s assertion t h at "Man should be paid equal wage:; to Woman for th e Same Class of Work. " The las t d ebate of t h e ro und was h e ld a ft e r sc h oo l, when H ouse VI. wa s va nquish e d by House IV. on the s u bject, " That a Jack of all Trade s is more u se to Society th a n an Expe rt ," H ouse I V.'s su peri o r economic- kn n wledge givi n g them t h e victory.

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Only two teams had emerged undefeated , chose of Houses I. and V., bur House V. lost its right of competing in the finals to House N., which had a hi g h er total of debating points for the year.

The decidin g subject was a difficult one, that 1e Consistency is a virtue," and by superior de• bating House I. very successfu1ly denied the assertion, and so won the cup for the succeeding year.

The Society would like to take this opportunity of thanking M "iss Dahle for h e r interest and assistance during the year, and Mrs. Landen for so kindly adjudicating throughout the tournament. Our thanks are no le ss due to Wynwode Macdonald, the secretary for I 933, who so kindly presented a cup to the best d ebater for succeeding years.

We wish the Del:iating Society of 1935 an equally happy and successful year -J.C :

' ::'.:' •rStudent Christian Movement. '

"Lo! here is F e llowship "-these words ringing across the quad h ave struck the keyn ote of the spirit embodied · in o ur branch of the S .C.M. this year, whether it be in genera! meetin gs, Bible circles: or other act ivities. ·

We desire to thank Miss Betts, who, as the hub of the wheel of S.C.M life, has bee n untiring in her d evotion

To Misses Betts, McDonald, Carter, and Warren and the R €;,. J. W. Grove, we convey our sincere appreciation for untiring enthusiasm and leadership in Bible Circles.

Our attention was held i n first term · by the helpful and inspiring addresses given by Sist e r Rutter, who spoke about th e work of the· City Mission , and Dr. Sugden, who gave us an Eastern message. Mrs. Carlyle Smythe and Miss Holmes spoke r es pective ly on the Y ouch of Europe and the J ava Conference.

Our attention was focussed for a short period o n the quaint village of Oberammergau, when Miss McDonald showed us pictl.!res of the Passion Play. Mr. Kemp came nearer home in picturing th e lot of those in the Inland.

How a musing a trip round the world can be was shown by Miss Parsons.

\Ve w"re exceedin g ly tortunate to hear Miss Simon speak ·abo u t her school in Ceylon, a nd the Rev. Carne on Indian schools. Dr M 'c

Laren, of Korea, spoke to us of Kagawa, a personali ty of great interest to many of us Foreign work was further illustrated by talks b y Miss Duncan ,. on tc Japan," and Miss Nash, of the British and Fore ign Bible Society.

It has been the aim of the executive, under Miss Betts, to study as mu ch as possible the interest of a ll members in the activities of the S.C.M For this purpose we arra nged an informal visit by Miss Scott, the acting Travelling Secretary of the A.S .C.M.

M e morable events for many of us were the May Camps, S choo l 's Day, and a Camp lunch eon with Miss Simon Much e nthusiasm is being shown at the prospect of entertaining soon some little children from the City Mission

We close with the words of an Arab Pro verb, " Keep your tents separate and · bring your hearts together " -W.C., V.C. Music and Elocution Notes.

Although we were saved a great deal' of time and work in pre paration we were all cusa ppointed that there was no schtiol concert this y ea rs as in other yea rs

For 1934 the Tweddle Instrumental S c holarship was awarded to Enid Collens, and Marjorie Bassett, Jean Johnston , and Joan Proctor proxime accesserunt. The Danks Scholar ship for Singing was awarded to Marjorie B assett, with Dorothy Mitchell proxime accessit. A pleasing feature of the contest for the Singing Scholars hip was the number of promising voices found among the younger girls, who are not yet old enough to learn singing. ·

As usual the annual Inter-H ouse c hora l cont ests have been h e ld. Contest s are held in both Senior an d Middle sections of Houses. Two works were set in. the Seni or Hou se contest, " Pipes of Pa;., " and " 0 , C o m e, all y e Faith ful." An innovat ion this y ear was the introduction of sight-readin g. Th is produced some we ird and wonderful sounds, and according to our adjudicator, Dr. F l oyd, there were some rath er remarb,ble "skids " In the Middle S e ction of the H ouses the songs set were "Nymphs and Shephe rds," and " Dashing Away with the Smoothing Iron." In the Senior Section the first pl;i,:-e went to I l ouse III., while i n the Middle S ection House VI. gai n ed t h e honours. We offer Dr. Floy d our thanks for giving up his val uabl e tim e to judge our contests.

Under the l eade r ship of Mi ss Flockarc t h e School Orchest ra is practis ing r egularly. Since the formation of this orchestra m any gi rls have become interested, and there are t wo girls lea rn• ing the cla rine t , while several are learn ing the 'cello and vio lin . Orchestra practices a re held every Thursday morning, a nd for a time it is quite imp ossi bl e to h ea r oneself speak when all the ins truments are being tuned

Many ol d girls of the School who had b een m e mb e rs of the Specia l Choir when at S choo l we r e des irous of forming an Old Girl s' Choi r A m eeting was called, a nd a choir form ed, which Mi ss Flocka rt was to co ndu ct. Practices are n ow h e ld regul a rly, and a g r ea t dea l of enjoyment is d e rived from che m . The Choir extends an invitati on to all Old Girl s, not n ecessar ily O.C.C. membe rs, to join thei r cho ir

Th e Special Choir is at present wo rking ver y h a rd for Speech night. Some very beauti ful carols a r e to be p erformed, and the y require a great dea l of caref ul work. A s the numbers of the Ch o ir h ave been very mu c h d epleted, owing to t h e f act that m a ny gi rls h ave left School to take positions, Miss Flockart h as found it n ecessa ry to include some Middle School Girls, who are quite at h ome in the Choir now.

The re is a Juni o r Dra m a ti c Society in the Schoo l , which brings muc h pleas ure to th e g irls wh o b e long to it. Th e r e is a lso a Verse-Speaking Cho ir, which has worked unde r the lead e r s hip o f Miss Dwyer. This Choir h as b ee n r ed u ced in numbe r s, as it was so m ewhat unwi e ld y.

The Music and Elocution r es ults for 1934 ar e as follow:

Examination R es ults.

Uni ver s ity Conservato rium of Music. Pian ofo r te-Grad e I.: Marjorie Basset, Joyc e Tu c k e r. Grade II : Gwen Basset ( hon o urs }, The lm a Brice, En id Co lle ns (honours), Mabel Doherty (cr e dit ), Marie H ate ley, J ean John sto n (credit}, Valerie K e rr (credit) , Flora L a n caster, Dorothy M acdo u ga ll , Evi ll e P enn

T o nkin (credit) , Ro m a S al m o n , Dorothy Smi t h , Aileen Webb. Grade III.: Lorna Carter (credit), May Eddy (credit), Ivy Spiller, J oy Lacey, P eggy McNae, Nola Ni cholas (honours), En id Webb. G r ade IV.: Margaret Capper, Margaret Chris tie, Nan cy Cowen , N oe l H e ley, Sylvia M c Ph e rson , H eat her Rentoul , Erna Spark (credit), Ha ze l Willi a m s (c r edit). Grade V .: June Barnett, L e Barnett (honours), Heathe r Bre m e r, Jun e Brewer , J une Chambers (honours), Jo a n Kemp, M ildred Martin, Norma M ether, Elsie Smi th (cred it) , Margaret Sprague (credit), G wenda Wilson (ho nours). Grade VI.: Joy Duncan ( honou rs), Enid Hocking (hon ours) , Mary H oppe r (honours), Yvonne Jepson ( c r edit), Lesley L eask (honours), Phyllis McMurray (honours) , B etry Shimmin (h o nours), Wilma T ou rrier, M a r garet Williams (honours)

Singing Grade II.: M a r jorie B asse t (cr edit). Grade III.: Marj o rie Basset ( honours), Gwen Crossley, Elva Pickett. Grade IV.: L i,Uian N unn, R ica Nunn (cre dit).

H a r mony and Theory-Grade II.: Enid Col le n s, M abel Doherty (hon ours), Evill e Penn T onkin ( hon ou rs). Grade III.: Gw en Basset (credit), Jea n Basset, Dorothy Dugd,de (honou rs) , Mari e Hate ley, Dorothy M acdouga ll (cr edit), J oan R owell ( hon o urs), Aileen W ebb (hono urs). Grade IV : Thelma Brice (c r edit), Lorna Carter (honours ), Gwen Cross ley (hono urs ), M ay Eddy (honours), Je an J o hnston ( honours), Va le rie K e rr ( h o n ou r s), Joy L acey (honours) , Flora L a n caster (honours), Nola Nicholas ( h onours), D orothy Smith (honours) , Tvy Spiller (credit) Win so me Walkla ce ( h on" urs) , Enid Webb (h onours). Grade V.: P eggy McNae ( hon ou r s), J e;s ie P arson s ( h o nours) , Frna Spa rk (honours), Winni e Wearn e (honours), Haze l Willi a m s (honours).

Art o f Speech Practica l Grade I .: Joan Illin gwor th (credit). Grade I.: ( Th eo r y) J oan Illin gwo rth (honou r s ) Grad e III. : M ary B enson (cr ed it), Olwen Evans (credit). Grad e IV.: Shirley Benson , Be r y l Wi lson (credit) Grad e V. : Mary H oppe r

SILVER AND GREEN.

son, Amy Tonkin ( 1st and 2nd terms), Lynette Bull (3rd term); Kookaburra-Kathle en Horton, Vale rie Clayfield; MagpieAudrey Watt, Betty P arry; Flowering GumTh e lma Baker, Margaret Guthridge

Many of us took part in formi n g a Guard of Honou r alo n g Government House dri ve on the a rrival of H R.H. the Duke of Glou ces t e r.

Library N o t e~ .

Books-wha r a wealth of know ledge, what a world of romance is contained within their pages !

Cicero said, r eferring to his hou se, " The arrangement of my books has given it a sou l. "

The g irls throng round the shelves, some seeking light nove ls , a n d stories of mystery a nd adventure, others p lays and poems.

All this var ie ty may be fou nd , for many n ew books have been added this year, includ ing works of Fa r nol, Milne, H eyer and Wode h ous'e:-'

We would like to thank Miss H all, Marion K e lly, Beryl Lyndon, Gre tna Parkin, Olga R ed mond, Gwen Shepherd, and Jean Witton for their welcome presentations

We regret th at overdue libra r y books are not, as they might be, a th ing of the past, but hope they will be in the future.

We s incerely thank Miss H ay and Miss Christ e n Sen f or thej r unt i ring work in connectio n with the library, and Mrs. Landen fo r her h e lp a n d encourageme nt. - J.K.W.

Gu id e Notes.

Our third year of ex isten ce has b een on e of many achieveme nts. In add ition to the u s ual fi e ld days , when we pass out-of-doors tests, this year we h ad our first expe rience of camp life, durin g one h appy week-end at B eaco nsfie ld. We h ope that in future th is w ill become an annual event.

Recruits have b een e nroll ed, and some h ave already beco m e Second Class Gu ides , while those a lready in that position a re working for FirstC lass bad ges.

Art ist ic c u shions and gardening g l oves were made for the Guide Exhib it ion bv th e different patrols, which this year h ave th e. folio,~ ~ Lead e r s a nd Seconds:--Watde--Ohve T1mp-

During th e yea r we have received v isits from Mrs. Tate, District Commission er, a nd Mrs. Landen, whose inte r est we much apprec iate.

Our acti n g li e ut enant , Ire n e Mac far lane, is leaving u s this year, and we wish her the best of luck. We shou ld also l ike to thank Cap tain, M iss K e llaway, for givi n g her time and assista nce, and hope that next year's Guides w ill find as much pleasure in Guiding as we have d o n e. -T.B.

Birthday Night Notes, 19

34.

The boarder s spen: the afte rn oo n of Aug ust 24 beautify ing the d ining- h a ll , Fitchett h all, and lastly themselves, i n r ead iness for the festivities of the evening. S everal minutes after the welcome sou nd of th e t ea-be ll, a breath less crowd gathered in th e dining h a ll, the centre of attraction being the tremendo u s b irt hday cake which occupied a position of honour a m ong the h eavily-laden tables. After the staff entered, bearing the bouquets presented to th em by th e gi rls, a n excited throng set out to cope with the var ious dainties provide d e ntire ly b y the domestic staff.

After imb ibing food a nd speeches, the g irls presente d Miss Hunt with two a u tographed volumes of p oems, a t the same t iin e t h a nkin g h e r fo r a ll her h e lp in the v a rious phase s of sc ho o l life

The candles of the cake, which was, for the first tim e on record, made within the cu l inary r eg ions of the Coll ege, were the n lit by the youngest boarders. Amid a breathless s ile n ce, and afte r many hea rty exhalations, they were extingu is h ed by B e r y l L eve r, t h e bo a rder of longest standi n g

An h our's dancing in the gym n asium fo l lowed , _ after which every c h arm ing hostess hurried to receive her equ,illy rh,irmin e; g n Pst An exce ll e n t programme was then provided by th e Au burn Choir, w hi c h was duly appr ecia ted

We s h ou ld like co cake chis opportun ity. of thanking Mr. Sutton Crow and his c hoir for th ei r d e li ghtful entertainment

The s u ppe r , provided in t he dinin g- h all, was che lase, but by no m e ans the least h appy event of ch is eve ntful eve nin g. After singing "Auld La n g Syne," ch e tired but happy boarde rs b a d e u a u re vo ir " t o the ir g u e sts, and re tire d to thei r r ooms, most of them r eg r e tful chat che long-antic ipate d nig ht was over. -M.B.

A Vis it by Colone l Holman James.

Had yo u come co School on a certain morning in third t e rm , y ou would h ave found , str a n ge as it may seem, none of o ur students pursu ing a st udi ous o cc upation Surely there

muse h ave b een some good reason for chis. We were a ll b eing entertaine d by Colonel H olm a n -James, and spent one of che most pleasan t m or n i n gs of th e S c hoo l year.

Co lo n e l Holm a n-James, a n old W es le y boy, co ld us of m any adventures in his varied life. He h as b een b ig game hun ting, has taken par t with D o u g las Fairbanks at Holly wood , a nd h olds the tide of t h e grea t est s tockwhip exp e rt in the wor ld.

le wa s the last whi ch part ic ul a rly interested u s , b ecau se, at che close of his address, he took us i n to the qu adra n g le and gave us a fin e exhibition of his powers .

He a lso le ft with u s two exce ll e nt pieces of advice , which h e asked u s co fo llow if we wish ed co s h ow o ur g rat itude for his v i sit.

I wou ld like co pass ch e m on to you. H e asked u s co always r e membe r th e B r itis h E mpire, che g r andeur of our r e lations wit h the Moth e r Country, a nd t o do o ur b est to k ee p them u nimpa ired , t o stre n gt h en the c h ain chat links a ll Brita in' s co lo n ies t o h e r Secon d ly, h e complimented us o n our n atural beauty, a nd a d vised u s always to retain it , and n ot fo l low t h e Am e ri can examp le o f " make up " and H put-on. ''

J.T

brief a d dress, in which s h e r efer r ed co a simila r meeting h e ld fo urteen years ago , co comm e m o r ate the declarat io n of p ea ce at t h e co nclusion of che Great Wa r

A Than ksgi v ing Prayer was offered by the Rev C. Irvin g B e nson , a nd was follo wed b y a n address b y Mrs. T W H ead. Mrs. H ead spoke of our duty co God , and said ch a t we muse do His wi ll through m en's co mmands. She stressed the importan ce of Australia' s future, and s ummed u p h e r remarks i n one word-godliness, whi ch is r ea ll y Godlikeness.

The Arc hbis h op of Me l bourne {th e Most Rev. T. W. H ead ) r ead th e Beatitudes and led t h e p r ayer, the girls reciti n g the r espon ses. Th e R ight R ev. J McKenz ie {Moderator of the Presbyte r ia n Church of Victo ria) th e n addresse d t h e gat h e rin g. H e spoke of the earl y pionee r churches, and the seeders who attende d ch em. H e said t hat unity ca n only be establis h ed by fai th , a nd tha t the h e ritage o f the p ast mus t be k ept in th e present and hande d o n to the f uture

The B e n ediction was pro nounced by His Grace, the Arch b ishop of M e lbourn e, a nd th is inspiring ser v ice conclu ded with the Nationa l Anthem

The Th anksgivin g S ervic e.

To ce lebrate Victoria's one hundredth year th e second ary gir ls' sc ho o ls on Octobe r 29 h e ld a Tha nksgivi n g Service in th e M e lbourne Town H a ll.

Mi ss Limerock {President of th e H eadmistresses' Association) open ed the se r v ice with a

House

House I.

The Inte r-H o u se competition created a g r eat d eal of keenness and e nthu siasm this year, a nd this spirit · was not lacking in the memb e rs of House I. Although our numbers have been somewhat d ep leted by senior girls leavin g to take positions, we have had a fair measure of success, standing first in the list of Hous es at th e end of second t e rm.

At athletic sports we were beaten by House IV. , a nd we congratulate them on carrying off the honours. Howeve r , we gained the Senior Running Cup and our B Grade Basket-ba II team was also successfu l. Our spo rts tea ms felt th e absence of their captain, Fay Bro wn , throu g h illness, a nd we hope that she will be back wirh us n ext year.

In debating neve r have we " sheath'd our swords for lack of argument." We h ave shown the true and worthy quality attributed to our sex-" For e'en though van quished we would argue still." This we are please d to announce r esulted in the winning of the debating cup.

Our efforts in the Flower Show were not r eward ed with s uccess, but the Choral Contests loom ahead, and although two pianists left us we a r e still optimistic.

The zea l and energy of our cap t ain, Mollie Sayce , has stimulated our am bition· and perseve;ance, and we wis h to thank her, and also our Hou;e mistresses, Miss Macdonald, Miss Torode, Miss J effrey, a nd Miss Fielde n , for their advice and sympathy. We were sorry to lost Miss Forma n at the close of last year.

We h ave b een happ y to geth er, happy in our work, h ap py in our friendships. Soon some go forth, and to th ese we w ish every success To those who rem ai n we wish greater success than in 1934 and equal h a ppiness -G.H

House II.

This, our seco nd year of e xistence, has been a ver y happ y one, and we have striven to be neare r the top of th e ladder. Our efforts have not b een entirely in vai n.

We · wer e very successful at the Swimming Sports and carried away the big cup for t h e hig hest marks. At the Ath l etic Sports, a l-

Notesthough we did not win, we were leading most of the aft ernoo n Our a ttempts at hockey wer e n o t ve ry brilliant, but we reached the semi-finals of th e basket-ball in th e S enio r Sec tion, whe re we lost to House V. in a most exciting match.

In t e nn is we shone once m ore, and we hope to do well in baseball.

S a d to say we came bottom at the Flower Sh ow, and our conduct has not b een all rhat it might be However, owing to our voca l ability we managed to come second in the Senior Section of the Choral Contests, much to our joy. We owe a great deal to the enth u siastic leadership of Ruth Walker as condu ctress, and Enid Callens as pia nist Our Middle School g irls were not as successful.

We wish to thank our House Mistresses, Miss H ay, Miss Wade, Miss Lindsay, and Miss Masters, and also our House captain, · Marcel Whittaker. The work of our other office b ear e rs we greatly appreciate

We hope the coming years will bring hap piness a nd greater success to rhe girls of H ouse II. -M.G.

House III.

Once again House III has had an unlucky year. When we consider the effo rts of our energeti c House Captain, Winnie Champion, our Sports Captain, Joan Forste r , and the enthu s ia stic representatives from the Middle and Junior sections, we wonde r why we have not at least o ne trophy upon which to feast our eyes.

We wish to thank our House Mistresses, Miss Kellaway, Miss B etts, Miss McNicholl, and Miss Luke, for the ir support in House matte rs

We are proud of the fine work done by our D ebating Team , who, although they did not rea ch the finals, took part in many keen contests. Hockey was the one sport in which we r each ed the fina ls, and two of our house members are in the S choo l team.

After a n indus tr io us morning spent in preparing for the Flower Show, we were completely overawed by the m agnifice nt displays presented by our n e ig hbours.

Our practices for the Choral Contest have been eq u ally strenuous, and since we only l ost

the shield by a few points last year, all our time has been concentrated on this last effort

We are co nfident that throughout the year we really have worked hard, and that our failure has not been du e to low ai m.

Hou~e IV.

-R.A.

House IV. reassembled at t h e beginning of 19 3 4 fulJ of enthusiasm and with the definite a im of obtaining the Winged Victory. Although we have not yet attained our objecti ve we have, by hard work, a dd ed to our s uccess es of 1933 in every branch of the House.

Our Juniors h ave brought honour to the House by winning every cup except that for swimming. The Seniors, however, distinguished themselves, losing every cup but the swimming. Our Intermediate sections were able to retain the basket-balJ ~up, and we have hopes that they wilJ be able to win the baseball, the finals of which h ave still to b e played.

We had high hopes of winning the Choral Contest Shie ld , and with that aim in view, for some weeks we filled the quadrangle with pl,iintive echoes, inviting a ll a nd sundry to come and be joyfu l. On the fatal day, however, we were assigned to 6th place.

Desperate appea ls for flowers a nd vases, a morning's wo r k by the Seniors, and a wonderful response from the girls e nabled us to stage a brilliant disp lay of flowers. So artist ic was our arrangement that we obtained the judges' award, defeating House VI. by a narrow margin.

Although we emphatically denied that " The Part Played by Sport in Australian Life is R egrettable," House V. defeated us. We we re , however, more s uccessfu l in the second rou nd, when we defeated House VI. Super ior debat ing by House I enabled them to defeat us in the final round , when we asserted th at "Con sistency is a Virtue," and House I. denied the state ment.

Much of our success this year has been d ue to the untirin g efforts of and kindly advice from our House Mistresses, Miss Krom e, Miss Warren, Miss Mitchell, a nd Mi ss Underwood. We s houl d like to take this opportunity of tha nking them for their int e rest in the House.

We who are leaving pass on the torch to those who wilJ belong to the House in 19 3 5. We hope they wilJ retain the honours we have won, and add still greater honours.

House V.

Cheered by the g lo riou s possibilities of a fresh start in a n ew year we returned to School determined to keep the trophies of past victories and to make n ew conquests. We elected Jean Bryant as House Captain, and entered the fray, enthusiasm flaming in every breast.

Our Jupiors emerged from the Swimming Sports triumphant, but in b asebalJ , aft er reaching the finals, were defeated by H o use IV

In the Tennis matches we unfortunately did not shine, but in Basket-ball the Seniors were defeated in the finals by House VI,, and in the Hockey ac the semi-finals. Although we did not win, the strength of our teams may be gauged by the face chat we have five rep r esen tatives in the School Baseba lJ Team, and four in the School Basket-ball Team.

Last year when the School Orator was with us a great reputation was made by House V. in the debating contest. We struggled hard to k eep the cup, and a lthou g h we no longer possess it, we have the satisfaction of l;,eing undefeated.

However, we had still to make a name in the Flower Show, and were en.c:ouraged when we were awa rd ed third place.

To the Choral Contest we went wit h trembling gait, eac h thinkin g on the agonising harmonies we had produced at practice, not daring to even dream that we should leave the halJ alive. " Now more tha n ever seemed it rich to die ," before the shame shou ld descend upon our heads. What amazement to find we had come fourth instead of last.

But we do excel in something of great im portance, as throughout the year we have frequently taken the lead in conduct.

To our House Mistresses we wish to convey our appreciation of the interest they have always shown, especially to Miss Dahle, who has given us such helpful supporr.

At the beginning of third term we we re saddened by the departure of Miss Sibthorpe, but were overjoyed to welc ome Miss Fletcher.

We have been extremely sorry to learn of Miss Harcourt's iliness, and we all wish h e r a speedy r ecovery.

To those who shall c onstitu te the House next year we p ass on the to rch and the watchword-

" All fo r a ll, not ea ch for each , And so, once more into the breach."

-V.C.

House VI.

The school year dawned full of possibilities, and House VI. warriors returned with the determination n ot only to retain the trophies o f o ur former v ictories, but to add n ew conquests to the a l r e ady worthy collection.

We co mmend the efforts of our Middle section, which won the tennis and running cups, and was successful in the Choral Contests-a severe set, the Seniors agree.

Our conduct is good-in patches, for we are sorry to say that when r estraint becomes too burde nsome for our high ly-strung Middle SchoC:-1 m em bers, and their naturally joyous and li ghthearted natur es occasionally become ra the r to o obvious to ordinary h arassed mortals, their littl e outbursts are often mistaken for bad conduct-we can say no more.

The Seniors hav e gai ned the hockey cup, shared the basket-ball cup with Hou se IV., a nd were runners-up in the t ennis championship, a nd second in the Flower Show contest. Again we would point out that we are no ordinary beings, for our tender and carefully nurtured feelings were severely bruised by the lack of appreciation shown us in the Choral contest, but we have hope that they will r ecover in time to put up a goo d fi g ht for the baseball cup, which we hope to retain.

Ou r brains are, of course, beyond reproach We came first in examination results first t e rm, dropped down to second place (doubtless owing to the overwork of our members) in second term, but in all probability our brilliance will again be uneclipsed this t erm

We should like to take this opportunity to show appreciation of the admirable work done by our House Mistresses, an d to exp r ess our sorrow at the thought of losin g Miss C hristensen next year; but we unselfishly wish h e r the best of success at h e r new school.

J unior School Notes.

We have been hav ing a ve ry h appy time in Junior School this year, and I shall t e ll you some of our activities.

To aid th e Juni o r R ed Cross Betty Shimmin a nd J ean Reed gave a concert. In one of the items the kinde rgarten children did a very pre tty dance, which they were taught by J. Wilson and J. Towles

We also have a fine Library. The librarian, Lurline Keck, is very fond o f h er work, and is kept busy h anding out books such as "Tales of the Norse," by A. F. Wallis, a nd " The Light Prin cess," by Geo. Macdonald. There are also some Art Books, which we m ade. They contain coloured reproductions of some famous paintings, with compositions about the artists written beside th em.

One of our nicest lessons is Band Work, which Miss Tone takes twice a week. She is very patient with us, a nd sometimes plays compositions of wonderful pianists to us.

At present we are making books showing the dresses of the girls and boys of all t h e nations of the world, which is helpin g us to b eco me acquainted with them. -N.S.

TEDDY BEAR'S BEDTIME

"It's time for bed," said T eddy bear; " So good-n ig ht , gi rls a n d boys, Be sure to ruck me in with care, And don' t make any noise. "

-Mavis Simpson ( 1 3 years), Carisbrnok

Fred Cato Branch

ELSTERNWICK.

Notes for Year.

19 34 has been a year of interesting and varie d development. We commenced with an increase in numbers and staff, and an exten• sion of the curriculum to include a Leaving Certificate form.

of our schoo lmate, who was so suddenly taken from our midst.

The office-bearers appointed were:-School Capta in, Consie Forster, who, this year, was

IIn loving m emo ry of June Heffernan, of Form III., who passed away suddenly in the May Vacation. Aged 9 years.

tains: Kawaran , J P ea rce ; Kerri e, J. Kilfoyle; Kittani , A Evans; Kooyong , I. Collins ( !st term), B. Staurenghi (2nd and 3rd terms). Form Captains:-Vb, V. Reece; Ve , I Emery; IVa, L. Roberts; IVb, B Ogier; III., J H an• cock; II., E. Thomson; Kindergarten and Form I ., L. Austin.

Some of la st year's fete money was spent in the purchase of some beautiful blackwood shel ves, and about 150 new books for our senior library. Spurred on by this, the girls covered the o ld and lacquered the new books, as well as cataloguing the whole library on the same s ystem as the main School. Th e r esult has been that th e library has been more popu• lar than ever, and as the system of fin es has been k ept rigidly, we have been able to purchase more n ew books during the year.

During the h eat wave at the beginning of the School year, special buses were chartered daily to take the Senior a nd Middle School to the St. Kilda baths. This proved so very popular that we hope to continue th e practice when• eve r the weather is suitable.

Our return to School in second° term was sadden e d by the passing away of Jun e H effe r nan , of Fo'rm III. This is the first time that d ea th h as entered our ranks, and on behalf of the School , we wish to ex press our sincere sym• pathy with Mr. and Mrs. H e ffPrnan in th e great loss of their only child, and to thank them for the set of Bibl e story books, which they have given to us as a lasting r emembrance

been engaged to coach the team , and this term the girls have

In May a vacancy occurred in the Private Schools' Sports Association, and we immediately joined. The basket-ball matches were played in second te rm, and our team came third, improving greatly under the expert guidance of Miss Drake and Miss Sanders. In tenn is Mr. Wilson has given the badge of an Associate Prefect, a fitting tribute to h er efficiency a nd popu• larity; House Cap-

bee n successful in three out of five matches.

In second term the Senior g irl s we r e taken to see "The Merchant of Venice" and " The Midsummer Night's Drea m ," and thoroughly e njoyed both plays Since th e n the examination forms heard Mr. John Masefield's lecture on Shakespeare, and a ll the Seniors a r e l ooking forward to hearing the Poet Laureate's recital of his poems on November 14.

In connection with the Headmistresses' Association Prize for a short story of a pioneer woman , open to a ll girls of registered schools, a competition was h eld within the School, and a very high standard of work was submitted. "The Spirit that built the Anzacs," by Joan Kilfoyle, was adjudged first, while the stories of J ean Parker, Dorothy Cooper, and Marjorie Good were very highly commended.

The School's response to the va ri ous egg a nd jam appeals for th e Hospitals, and the contributions to the Blind Institute, h ave been very gener ous. As well, m a ny of the Juniors made singlets and jumpers for South Melbourne Mis• sion.

Excursions have b een unusually interesting this year. Both the Kindergarten and the Junior School visited the Mu se um. The Middle School's trip to Victoria Dock, a nd the inspection of the Japanese ship, the " Kamo Maru ," evoked the interest of th e newspaper reporters, with the r esult that several of the g irls' accounts of the outing were published in " Th e Star." As well , visits were paid to the

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Arts and Crafts Exhibition, the Aboriginal Exhibition, while the Seniors' outstanding trip was to Werribee Gorge. Also the School took part in the Girls ' Schools' Centenary Thanksgiving Service in the Town Hall, arranged by the Headmistresses' Association.

This term, Lieut.-Colonel Holman J ames h o n oured us wi th a talk o n his travels, and a breath-taking demonstration of his skill with the stockwhip. On this occasion we had as our guests the Headmistress, Miss I. Hay, the staff, and the girls of Rosbercon, with whom we h ave had many friendly matches.

During the year we have spent some very enjoyable Saturdays with the Boarders from the Main School, when their teams have competed with ours in tennis, basket-ball, baseb a ll, and running .

The House p oints are being a llotted on a more intricate system this year, to give a more accur ate measurement of the individual performance of each House. So far , the tennis h as b een won by Kooyong, the Senior Basketball by Kerrie , and the Junior Basket-ball by Kooyong. Th e Baseball matches are at present in progress.

Our Sports Day was h e ld on O ctober 27, and for the first time was run entire ly in Houses This innovation was a marked s uccess, and this will b e even more apparent as our num-

hers increase. The weather, although at first ve ry uncertain, brightened s ufficiently to enable us to complete the whole programme on time The Inter-House Athletic Championship Cup, presente d by Shirley Odgers, was won by Kooyong; the cup for Senior Champion, presented by June Braddock, was won by J ean Pearce; the Junior cup, presented b y an anony mous donor, was won by Beryl Davis ; and the Kindergarten Championship Cup, presented by Rosema ry Williams, was won by Dorothy Taylor.

The Fred J. Cato Branch again won cup fo r th e Inter-School Flag Race, which was presented by Miss Sanders. The display of pos ters, maps,. sewing, and weaving was very much admired by our visitors

The music results for this year have been ver y satisfactory. They are as fo llow:-C. Forster, Grade IL , pass; E. Roget, Grade I V., pass; B. O g ie r , Grade V., cred i t; J. Bag nall, Grad e V I ., honours.

At present we are busy prepa ring for our College Church Service, to be h el d on No vember 11 in the Orrong Road M et hodist Church. Th e n , with examinations looming uncomfortably close, and Speech Night appearing on the hori zo n , we have a busy time a h ead of us before we say good-bye to the School year, 1934.

Canterbury Branch School

"CARISBROOK.''

The year 1934 has been one of continued progress with steadily increasing numbers and more far-re ac hing influence

Our large sunny class-rooms h ave been filled with happy girls who h ave exh ibited a keen spirit at their studies, and we cannot speak too highly of our Prefects who have done so much to help in this direction

The A nnu al Senior Sports wen, held in April in conjunction with the main School on the Co llege Ova l, at Hawthorn. The Canterbury g irls did well, and distinguishe d them · sel ves by winning some certificates.

At rhe end of October the Sports Oval again resounded with the laughter of happy girls. This ti,.;, e it was the Juniors' turn Once more the Canterbury girls r ose t o the occasion and rook many_ first places.

During this "ye,;_r we have found the girls most enthusiastic w ith , thei r tennis, and it has been gratifying to notice that they have sometimes been rewa rded w i th s u ccess.

Much stimulation in sport has been given to the girls on various occasions by the happy meetin gs th ey have had at rh e other Methodis t Ladies' Colleges.

At the e nd of the summer, we entered with zest into the swimmin g sports at the Kew City Baths, where we competed with the Hawtho rn girls. W e did we ll in various grades, but were not fortunate enough to bring home certificates. How eve r , we cannot help m e ntioning our little champion-Margot Monk-u nder six years, who was cheered over and over again for h e r skill and pluck in the water.

Green lawns and a flutt er of many flags made a pretty setting for our Annual Garden Party, whic h was h e ld in October. Over four hundred interested, happy parents and friends had a most enjoyable time watching the girls render va rious i terns.

The friends were welcomed at the gate by the President Rev J . W. Grove , M.A., Dip.Ed ., and the Head Mistress of the Canterbury

Branch-Miss A. Clifton H este r. Mrs. R. G. Menzies very graciou sly spoke a few word s of welcome and appreci ation This successful and happy afternoon was then b rought to a close by all rhe friends enjoying a welcome cup of tea on the lawns, and in the lounge, and various class•rooms.

Th is Centenary year, 1934, has been, and is, a very wonderful a nd busy time. Our g:rls, like all others, have found it so. On August 2 I Canterbury M .L C. gave two items at the Camberwell Centenary Concert. This was held in the Soldiers' Memorial Hall, Canterbury, and then our Girls were transported to the Town Hall, Cambe r well, to repeat their two attractive items in that building.

Later, on October 31, they se nt many 'd hibits of nee dlework to the Camberwe ll Centenary N eed le work Exhibition. The collection was varied, and r ece ive d special men t ion

In the Methodist Church , Balwyn Roa d, Ca n terbury, we held ou r Annual Church S er vice on August 12. College Girls contributed voca l items du ring the service, which were much ap preciated by the large congregation

Musical appreciation is much welco med by the pupi ls of all classes, and especially are we proud of our little Percussion Band, under youthfu l conductors We were also gratified wh e n we heard that our music pupil h a d passed cred itab l y at the recent Conservatorium Exa mination s.

In the Junior rooms arranged games are much enjoyed, and e nlivene d with both vocal a nd instrumental music.

The artistic side of S c hool life is being kept well to the fore. In a ll classes our scholars are trained to l ove th e beautiful in form and co lour.

There was evidence that our Girls think o f many less fortunat e than themselves when the appeal for sugar, jam, and eggs came from the Queen Victoria and Me l bourne Hospitals.

We hope to send a donation to the City Creche and Kindergarten from an American Tea held on Saturday, but returns are not yet to hand.

The Girls have been taken for various excursions, which were much enjoyed, and which substantially contributed to their store of knowledge and outlook in Geography, Botany, History, etc.

Again we have to thank our Parents' Association for the interest it has shown in the College.

The meetings each month have been most enjoyable, though varied.

We have had a fine President in Mrs. Teague, whose enthusiasm and interest in the Association has never waned. Our thanks are also due to those kind friends who have so willingly helped. Among them we cannot forget Mrs. Mahony's interesting Illustrated Lantern Lecture, en titled, "A Trip Through Switzerland." Also Mr. Morris' s talk on "Fish that slip through the Net,' ' and a little later on a much e njoyed talk on Browning's Heroines, kindly given by Rev. W. E. Jennings.

A very profitable and enjoyable time was spent at Mrs. Grosser's home, Dud ley Parade, she having kindly lent us the use of her home.

We needed funds to give our Girls a treat, and Mrs. Monk, of Maleela Avenue , in her own spontaneous way, offered her home, where a most happy and financially successfu l even in g was spent.

This i s n ot the only way the parents have thought of our girls. Mr. Grosser has promised silver cups and Mrs. Teague a basket-ball. These kind acts are much appreciated by all.

The old chestnut woman of ninety-three, Who lived in the old, old village of Dee, Would call all day long in a quavering voice, "Come, buy, come, buy!" to the girls and boys.

-Barbara Ellis, " Carisbrook'"

Vo i ce of t he School

"Though old in thought and oft expressed, 'Tis his at last that says it best, I'll try my fortune with the rest "

The second year of the House system now nears completion, and still we masquerade under the uninspiring titles of one, two, three, four, five, six. We find it almost impossible to work up enthusiasm over an Arabic symbol usually associated with the horrors of Intermediate Arithmetic. Are we forever to be designated by numbers like so many convicts? This year most of the original seniors when the House system was inaugurated will be leaving School. How can they look back with pride to a House which was only known as a number! Su r ely a College with such a wealth of tradition as ours could produce six names associated with its own history or that of Met hodism! If both these sources fail why not choose distinguished names associated with the Centenary? Yours, etc., "NAMELESS ORPHANS."

To the Editress of "Silver and Green." Dear Madam,Why should boys, strong, healthy boys, have central heating, while we poor, suffering girls shiver our sc9- ol-days away in a cold stone building? If this could be remedied I am sure that the standard of work of the School would rise also.-! remain, Y ou;s truly, "Shivering Schoolgirl."

(We should be pleased to consider your suggestion if you would prov ide the fund s to carry it out.-Ed.)

To the Editress of " Silver and Gree n ." Dear Madam, May I ask why the gutter in the middle of the quad is not removed? It is a constant source of annoyance to the u au milieux," whose policy is to stand in the middle of the quad, but this annoyance prevents us from keeping to our policy.-Yours, etc. , u Au milie ux."

(\Ve apologise to the " au mi l ieux" that the draining arrangements of the College do not suit them. If the quadrangle were not

drained they might find it even more inconvenient.

Also, we have not noticed a drastic change in the u policy " of the t( au milieux," except perhaps that they have moved their position a few inches-is this the u constant source of an noyance "?-Ed )

To the Editress of "Silver and Green." Dear Madam, W ould it not be possible to have prefects stationed behind the fives-courts at recess and lunch-time ready to catch and throw back again any ball that goes over so that enthusiastic tennis players will not be dishearte ned by spending most of the time looking for balls behind the wall

A Disheartened Beginner.

(We have submitted your sugg es tion to the Prefects, but are sorry to say that they regard it with extreme disfavour They suggest th at if you enthusiastic young tennis players ever become Prefects yourselv es, you might begin the custom, as this year's Prefects have n e ither the interest nor the time to waste. In the meantime, they would be pleased if you wou ld conc e ntrate on punctuation before submitting your next proposal, which might influence them more in your favour -Ed )

To the Editress of "Silver and Green. " Dear Madam,Who can look unmoved upon the beauty of the young trees in the garden? What poet wou ld not muse upori the splendour of the forest which is to be? But I , being merely an uninspired observer, can only hope sincerely th a t a few more garden seats will be provided, so that occasionally we may be enabled to go into the garden and comfortably enjoy the shade.-Yours, etc., tt Tree Lover."

( Luxury was nev er meant for s cho o lg irls ; discipline and Spartan simplicity is their lot. Perhaps it is thought that browsing in the gar d e n will have a detrimental effe ct upon them. and for the sake of discipline it is good for

them to look on luxury which can never be theirs-not at school, a nyhow .

Prefects are allowed in the garde n mainly because they coo have gazed so long on i t that the powers that be cherish the relief chat having reached their high estate, th~y have left " the g lad a nimal movements " and " coarser pleasures " of their younger days behind, and can be trusted n ot co play cricke t on lawns or climb trees, but "silently commune with nature "-why no t seriously consider becoming a Prefect-there are enough seats to accommodate them.-Ed.)

To the Edicress of "Silver and Green "

Dear Madam,Ic seems strange in Melbourne's Centenary Year chat her youth should dress in Mourning. Dark tunics, blazers, shoes and stockin gs seem odd in the midst o f gaiety. Are we mourning for Jost freedom, detentions, disorder marks or exa ms.?

Also, it is unbearable in summer co dress in thick, winter clothes, and silk frocks with long sleeves are little cooler.

I should suggest a uniform of school green, which s hould ce rtainly not b e too bright for anyone, with a summer frock of linen or Indian Head, with a low neck and short sleeves, also of school green.

If our clothes were brighter, we too might become brighter, which would certainly be a '' good thin g."-Yours, etc., (( EVerg reen."

(We are sorry to say that a change of uniform would entail a lot of trouble and expense, and as you u se the word u might " in co nnection with your becoming brighter, it does not seem worth while , particu larly as we have our doubts about uniform affecting brains and chat seems your main reason for wishing for a change.-Ed.)

To the Editress of "Silver a nd Gree n. "

Dear M a dam, Whac is a quadrangle? The diction ary definition i s, " a figure with four a n gles," and I imagine that it has a fl at surface. Yet her e, the r egio n honour ed with that name, in addi tion to h aving at lease ten angles, b ear numerous vague irr egula rities in the centre. It is

hoped that some day this defect will be rectified.-Y ours, etc ,

"Au Milieu."

(It is obvious that "Au Milieu" does not consulc a dictionary often, as she has t aken an entirely wrong definition for the quadrangle she chooses, the one applying to a " plane figure with four ang les and four sides," while the other definition given is the correcf o n e for o ur quadrangle, n amely, "an open square surrounded by buildings," and no men tion is made of flat surfaces. Again we would point out that it must be draine d, and the gutter causing, no doubt, many of the " vague irregularities, " is en ti r ely necessary.-Ed.)

T o the Editress of "Silver and Green." Dear Madam,-

It is with much joy chat I have noticed one form's addition of various toilet accessories, even suc h details as a boot brush, and un damage d mirror, large eno u g h for one co observe therein a complete hat. If others would only fo llow this excellent example I feel sure that the external appearance of the majority of scholars would be much improved, and the pioneers might even hope for a more s uitable place than an oven in which to store the ir treas ures. Y ours, e tc ., -" O.2B.TiD." :tP.

To the Editress of "Silver and Green." D ear Madam,-

It is not a usual thing for me to complain, but this is on e of the rare occasions, and conc e rns the health and we ll-being of students of the College. I am the medium through which m a ny voice th e ir opinion, chat the l un ch hour, ascribed mainly for filling the empty spaces of o ur organisms, is inconvenie ncly shortened.

I am n otified a t House roll call that " a baseball practice will be held at one o ' clock," and am asked to be punctual. This l eaves me precisely the wide marg in of ten minutes in which to tear up to "Tuck," gobble, but not masticate, and partially digest my lunch, change my attire, a nd make a h aru m -scarum rush to the sports ground. Witha l , I arr ive there a t 1.5 p. m.

The po und and library absorb my interest, and th ese open at 1.20 p.m ., so mu c h as I de-

sire, I am unable to dissect myself into three parts. What am I to do? Already I h ave visions of rushing into Latin with indigestion, a load I fain wou ld dispel!

I r ea lise your influence, and trust that you will seriously consider my pl ea for a longer lunch hour.-! am, Yours with indigestion, (( M agnesia ."

(We r ealise chat yo u are having rather a b ad time, " Magnesia," but r eal ly, pound s hould n o t "absorb your attention "-try being tidy , o ne difficulty will be removed

Also t h e librarian is such a kind-hearted creature chat if you told h e r your plight she would unhesitatingly give you permission to choose a book after school-if you convinced her your e x c uses w e re genuine. You are at present in her b a d books for saying the library opens at 1.20, instead of 1.15 punctu a lly.

Only one difficulty remains-your House baseball practice. And that is quite beyond our influence. That is a private House matter, and as a practice ca n be arranged at some other time of the day, for "instance, before school, the members a re penalising themselves.

Do you seriously suggest that you would rather have a longer lunch hour, and make up the extra time by having it added on after 3.30? It would have to be made up-therein lies the catch.-Ed.)

To the Editress of "Silver and Green." Dear Madam,-

Sunshine and fresh air have always been upheld as essentials to health, while draughts

have many dire res ults. Y et the hapless mortal, upon whom the privilege of a s pare period has b een bestowed, has to spend this precious half hour shivering in a bleak room, at the mercy of the four winds. Even the combined efforts of neighbouring musicians fail to distract her thoughts from th e e lements suffici e ntly to co n cent rate on Odes and Notes Yours, etc.,

"I. C. Cold ."

Granite is a hard rock chiefly found on tombstones.

Question: Write a sentence containing the word seneschal.

Answer: " Free from sloth and seneschal snare ."

"Prepose,n means to make l ove.

Queen Elizabeth was crow ned Empress of India, and this pl eased the n atives very much.

The House of Lords is composed of bishops and piers.

Pittsburg h as r ather an interes tin g history; its former n ame was P e tersburg, after a ve r y famous man, St. Pete r .

The quality of mercy is not stained. A malefactor is a workingman.

The J apanese are a skilful race, though th e y differ from us quite a lot.

Ver§e

Troy.

H e le n, on t h e walls of raging Tr oy, Stood watc h ing as the mighty conflict swayedShe saw th e g leam ing limbs of P aris the re, Achi lles in his glor iou s armour rise Unsca thed fr o m where t he fi g hting fi e rcest r aged;

She saw the spears £las h blaz ing in the light, She saw the surg ing sea of waving plumes, The th ough t of Mer e l a u s st r iv ing th e re, And th e n a t l ast s h e tOrne d away h er h ead.

Night hid the d e ath th a t stalked through ruined Troy, No light s hone throug h the dark, save only whe r e

A sudden sword, uplifte d , shadowy g leamed; A h e lmet Rashed benea th the silent trees, And H e le n through the dark no l onge r heard Th e clas h of arins, the s houts a nd su d den cries; Th e warriors s lept b eside t h eir cr imso n shie lds, While H e le n dreamed a midst t h e doom of Troy.

J essie Wig ht, V.a, Hou se V.

Tree Spirits.

H ave you seen them?

Tiny spiri ts falling from the elm trees, Each in pale g r een, c r imson spotted gown , L acy s h a d ows, ' gainst the black br a n c h ed e lm t r ees, Rouse d by wanton wind they flutter down.

Ge ntly rustlin g, each the other passes, Till at last, far fr o m the old tree ' s shade

Th ey hid e, amid t h e w his pering, ta ll grasses; But n ot unn o tic ed can th eir beauty fade, For yet aga in the playful g ust o'ertakes them , Th ey r ising, dan ce; the n r est, till su mm e r 's breeze,

With t h oug h tless vo ice, fr o m the ir d eep slee p a wakes them.

H ave y o u n eve r seen t h e s p ir it s o f th e T rees?

Tl,e lma Baker, P .VI. a, House II

The Two Kings.

And H e rod , cursing, h ea rd t h e f ea r ful n ews, And rush ed, unsee in g, from hi s b anquet h a ll ; " Aphael, Aphae l , a child is born, a king, A l owl y c hild and yet some mighty king, How can this b e? A traitor this h ath told, From h e nce Aphae l and kill the n ew- born child; My kingdom rid of base usurpers al l. In l owly stall at Bethle h e m he lies, One J esus, Mary 's c hild A sta r shines b right Abo v e h is man ge r bed, yet humble th ough H e is, the rum our quickly s preads a kin g. Go, l est thou fear t h y head , thou fool, Aphael!"

In vain mu s t H e ro d's a wful wrath be s p e nt, For God keeps wa t c h above Hi s only son No · harm on ea rth can touch hi s tiny h and, A ll people co m e to worship a t h is fe et ; T h ree shep h e r ds p ass across the g l isteni ng sno w, A nd a n gels s in g the ir choruses a bove; The peace of God l ies s ile nt on eart h 's breast P. C hinn e r , V.a, Hou se V. The Death of L eshia's Sparrow . (Verse translation from Catull us III ) Mourn, 0 L overs a n d Cupids, m o urn, And a ll ye men of elega n ce, My lady ' s s parrow, so for l orn , The l ittle bird, my Love's deli g ht , H as fled awa y b efore the da wn , She loved him more than h er own si g ht

H oney sweet was hi s so n g, as i t rose, He knew his mist r ess just as we ll, As a n y maid, h e r m othe r knows. From h er lap h e did n ot stray, Now h ere, n ow there, h opped a s h e c h ose, And c hi rped a lon e to h e r eac h day.

The l ittle bird, who tr avels now Thro u g h a ll the s h a d owy w ays, fro m w h ere None ever do r et urn , th ey vow. Y e s h ades of Orcus, cursed b e , All love ly things you take, just how Ye took my spacrow s weet from m e.

Alas! it was an evil deed; A las ! poor little sparrow bird, And shades, 'tis by your evil greed

My l ady is so very sad, And her dear eyes are red, indeed, With weeping spoi l'd for the bird , she had.

-Jean Cane, PVI.b, House III.

"Spr ing Sonnet."

"Fair Sle<eping Beauty, whom the winter's spell

Condemned to dormant lie in drab brown s h e ll, Sweet dreaming Hyacinth, arise! forsake Your earthy fastness. Glorious days are here! Gone is the snow-Old Hiems' sway is ended, Youth's conquered age, and gone the west wind drear, Array yourself in azure garments splendid, ' Tis I , Spring, the prince, who bids you wake." She woke at hi s warm kiss, and r ising found The rich moist earth with sunbeams all bedecke d, Small birds achirping 'mong new leafed tre2s Till all the wood was m erry with the sound. She lifted up her dainty blue-belled head And curtsied coyly to the light spring breeze.

-R. Combes, Pass VJ.b, House V Prelude.

Pale, pale, pale, Like the tears of sad April showers Is the mist on the hills And the trees, and the skies, The thin, faint veil on the flowers.

Green, green, green, Like the rush es that border the stream, Is the grass of the meadows, The clover strewn fi elds, Th e water where lily-cups dream.

Dark, dark, dark, Like the depth of th e pine-gloomed hills, Are the shadows that glide Through t he quiet leaves, The hush of a peace which stills.

-Jean K. Witton , Pass VI.b, House II.

The Wind.

Why does the wind whisper so wearily across the sedge, A nd sigh as · it passes th e pine trees by the meadow-edge,

And curl up under the eaves, sobbing, Then rustle through the autumned hawthorn h edge?

Why? Is it because it longs for another land, Where it can race across the fevi, rish desert, Bending low, to whip into clouds the sand?

Or does it dream of a forest, with a golden pool, Wh e re it can rest, or play, and kiss tl-. e grasses, Then puff at the fern fronds in the shade and cool?

Or does it wonder, when from this count ry place

It will b e free, across the fields to r ace, A n d with a mighty rushing noise, to soar Through the tangled scrub and ti-tree by the s hore; Th en out to sea with the billows rolling high , To t oss them, heave their green bulk to the sky,

Then l ash them into whirling spray, and chase And dash those bruised, foam-flecked waves at th e cliff-face

J oan Rowell, P.VI.b, House V.

Evening.

Dusk h as breathed upon the western sk ies ; The earth in si lent majesty is still, Hi ll and vale lie bathed in golden splendour Deepening shadows lengthen in the g r ass, Light winds cease to stir among the leaves, Slender boughs are st!ve red in the twi li ght. Silence, but fo r calls of drowsy birds, L owing cattle on the far off hills , Shallow waters lapp in g on the foreshore, G l owing lights now twinkle in the town , Closing flowers droop sleeping in the fi e ld, All is p a le a nd g hostly in the starlight. Thelma Baker, P. V I .a, House II

Thoughts

on a P ekin ese .

Oh, Pekinese, you naughty, fluffy ball, Curled up on Puss's softly cushio n ed bed; There is your own; but no, you lay your head On that which you li ke best; leave Puss to crawl

With back arch'd high, o n coldly tiled hall. Now he has gone, you close your watchful eye,

And gr unt and growl, as if some dog were nigh, Or Puss had snatched your bone, and scaled the wall.

Well may you be on flowered cushion bright, In Chinese home, where tinkling fo untai n s play, And ladies on the silken canvas paint The cherry blossom. Then at shadowed night, In tiny garden l it with lanterns gay, y OU lie among Wistaria's perfume faint. -Jean Cane, P.VI.b , House III.

Sleep.

Everything sleeps; no creature moves As I pass slowly under the lea-:es; The trees seem sad, as overhead Their bare branches they sombrely spread.

Then from the darkness I hear a cry, And the grass rustles faintly as I pass by; The night owl is stirring in the height of the trees, Singing his lone song to the whispering breeze.

The moon through the darkness casts h er pale light, Shattering the deepening g loom of night Trees, birds and flowers are wrapped in s leep, As over the grasses I softly creep. -0. Evans, P.VI.a, House I

By the Shore.

Down by the shore in the caverns deep Echoes the boom of the rolling tide, Echo the screams, as they circle wide, Of the mews from the rugged cliffs.

Down by the shore in the salty pools, Where slimy sea-weeds slip and curl, Is wafted the spray, with eve r y whirl Of the wind, and the spume comes flying.

On che windy strand, by the ocean deep, Come rolling breake rs; with boom and crash, Th ey dash up on to the s h ore, and lash With pent-up fury the stubborn rocks

Oft where the storm did roar, This fury lasts no more, Still are the poo ls by the shore;

And the lapping rippl es sigh As they hurry on to the sand, Then bubble, and sink, and die. Joan Rowell, P.VI b, House V.

Phantoms of Beauty and Grace. White horses a-racing and das hing, White manes afloat on the breeze, White steeds with mermen for horsemen , Like a group on an ancient frieze.

Their course is the windswept ocea n, Their goal is the shell-fringed shore; They qu.iver and fret with excitement, Spurred on by the sea's dull roar.

When the face of the deep becomes stormy, O'er its tumbling green chey race; They are the crests of the leaping waves, Those phantoms of beauty a nd grace. -Ada Currer, Pas; VI.a, House III.

Tread $oftly.

Tread softly o ' er the growing grass, The fairies dance in fairy ring; Tread softly lest they h ear you pass,. And the birds should cease to sin g

Tread softly; under the stirring leaves The flowers sway ' neath the dusky trees; Tread softl y, and , listen, as the · breeze Stirs the grass; then g a ily flees.

Tread softly, lest the shadows that lie Close to your f ee t be afraid , and fly; Tread softly, lest as you searching go You may miss the joys char you long co know.

-0. Evans, P.VI.a, House I.

Little Bird.

" Little Bird, Little Bird, Where do you fl y?"

tt Home to my nest In the warm and the dry."

" Little Bird, Little Bird, Where is your nest?

Where with your mother Do you lie and rest? "

u My n est is in your garden, In the tall gum tree, Wh e re I nes tle all night, My mothe r with me. "

Lois Thorpe, III. a, Juni o r School, H ouse I .

The Country.

W i ll you come up to the countryside

Early with me one d ay i n the spring?

Th e tall g um trees stretch f a r and wide, And the birds in the trees and the skylarks sing

Th e n underneath a willow tree

A woolly l am bkin s kips with g lee;

The murmurin g br eeze blows softly by, And fl eecy clouds a r e in the sky.

Walkin g n ea r a shady tree, A rippling brook brea ks merrily ;

D a ffodils are tall a nd fai r , And l o n g green grass hid es m a iden hair

Out of a tree flie s another bird,

The kookaburra 's lau g h is heard ; So wouldn' t yo u like to come with me

To the mountain s lopes of the fair country?

-Audre y J a mes (aged 1 3 ), F o rm XX., H o use III.

Spring.

The r e was joy in the h ea rts of th e children

A s m ea dowwards they d id tread, F o r spring had come with rejoicing, A garla nd of flower s on· her h ead

The m ea dow was studded with oak trees , And fl o we r s of a ll different hu es, W ith children laughing and talking, Spreading a broad the g la d n ews.

Soon spri n g will give way to summer, Th e n flowers will mournfully droop, And c h il d ren w ill p lay in the s h adows Of trees tha t g r acefully stoop.

J oa n Moon ( aged 1 3 y ea r s), Hou se I.

To the Arch Enemy of All Evil and the Champion of All Good- the Staff.

Each m orn i n g sees th e monarchs of our de m esne

Swee p past, their black g owns fluttering in th e br eeze,

And a s with s tee ly glance their eyes enchain

T he e rring so uls who seek a li fe of ease, They ope a big black book and the re inscribe The nam e s , plus punis hment to fit the crime. They are both judge a nd jury, and no bribe Cln c h ange the v e rdict e'en in the tide of time .

But h ar k ye well, my comrades in disg race, B e n ea th that grim exterio r lies low A kindly strain, th at shows a gentle face

To those who in bright virtue sh ine; and so I pray them in their m e rcy but to see The golden grains, and not the dross in me. -Vivian Cook, P ass VI.a, Hous e I.

Epilogue to the Examinations.

With apologies to Alexander Pope.

Shut, s hut the door, my friend! Fatig u 'd, 1 said;

Nail up the locke rs , say I'm sick, I'm d ea d. Th e Mistress r ages ! nay, 'tis p ast a doubt, Some tro ubl e brews-Exam . Results are out!

Fire in e ach eye , and pape rs in eac h hand, They rave, recite, and sadden all the land

What wa lls can g uard me , o r what s h a des c an hide?

They kill my ardo ur, and they dash my pride ; With fire and s la u g hte r the y pursue the charge; Th ey cross m y p age, alas! my s ins a re large ! When from the C om mon Room p r oceeds our Fate, The gauge is her expression and swift gait

Friend to my Life ! (which had it not begun So many bad exams h a d not b een don e ) , What Gift or Answe r ca n remove this plag ue? Ah! This must e nd m e - I was bri e f and vag u e-A dire dile mma! e ither way I'm sped, When vague, they search, if brie f th e y rack my h ead. Seiz'd , made correct t h em-a h! how wretched I! Who ca n ' t esca p e it, and who cannot die . T o fl ee were wa nt of good n ess and of grace, And to be witty scar ce befits this case.

I s it w ith sad civ ility, I read W ith h onest anguis h and a n ac hin g head; Until at last , there drops into my ears Encourage m ent " You ' ll pass it in n im: years." Gwen Hewitt, Hon.VI ., Hou se I.

Prose

One Thou sa nd Nine Hundred and Ninety-seven.

The wind was blowing all around the Wise Man, his lon g, white hair streamed out behind him , and his l o ng coat flapped wild ly But the W ise M an was not t hinking of the wind He was watching the oak tree wh ich g r ew outside his door, and h e was feeling sad, as w i se men o ften do. For i t Was a utumn, and as h e watch ed, the r ed l eaves of th e oak tree, which was like a flame i n the green gloom of the p ine-wood, wou ld leave t h e tree and go fl oa ting down the wind; and the Wise Man a lways hated to l ose the r ed leaves

H e turned and began t o wa l k t hrough the pine-wood. The n he saw a ti n y little man, with a very r ed face-'"th e colour of the oak leavesand a worrie d dcin't-;peak-to-me- I'm in-a bad-temper expression on ·. h is face. He s ee m ed t o be very busy; nd so the Wise Man sat down nearby on a heap of pine n eedl es.

The n h e saw that the little red man would s n ap off a blade of gr'.'ss and run with it to a heap a nd the n back agai n , a n d a ll th e time h e was saying, " One t hou sand n ine hundre d and ni n ety-s ix, one th ousand nine hundred and nine t y seven, o n e t h ousand-" " It wou ld be easie r, " s aid the Wise M a n, u if you said ninetyfive, ninety-six, nin ety-seven,. ninety eight , ni n e t y-n in ~, t wo th o u sand "

"Oh, no," said the l ittle red man , "I'd be so like l y to make m ist akes, and if I did, I don' t know w hat t h e rabhits wo u ld say. You see, most rabbits like to get their ow n grass. But the six r abb its wh o pull the royal coac h es of the Red Queen h aven ' t any spare time, so we m e rchants gathe r g r ass an d sell it to them. I wi sh they wou ld n ' t eat so much," he sig h ed " One h as to wo rk so h ard. I h ad to ge t u p very early this morn in g, when the d ew was sti ll on the grass, and th ere wasn ' t any su n lig h t, an d I do li ke sunl ig h t." Then-" Oh , dear me," he said . " I've forgotte n what I was up to. Wasn't it one th o u sand and something?"

" One thousand nine hundred and ninety seve n ," said the W ise Man.

" But where do you come from? " h e asked.

" You must h ave see n the red leaves falli ng from the oak tree, " said the little r ed man. "Yes," r e plied the Wise Man. "Well, we are the r ed leaves," said th e r ed m a n " That's why we fall off, b eca u se the rabbits eat so much.,,

"I see," said the Wi se M a n " But w h y don' t you come back sometimes?"

"We d o," said th e little man. " There is a door at the foot of the oak-tree, you haven't seen it yet. We go in there. The palace is in there, where the R ed Quee n l ives. It is rath e r crowded i n the p a lace, so we put the childre n out in summer They are the green leaves. The n they grow into red leaves l ike me." " Are n ' t you sorry to leave the tree?" asked the W ise Ma n.

" Noc ve r y, " r e plied the Red man. "You see, it's often cold up th ere, for the pine trees a re so g reedy about the su nl ig ht."

" Oh," said the Wise Man. " W e ll , if I come in the morning, wi ll you te ll me a ll abou t the R ed Palaces ?"

u Yes,'' said th e little man. tt Don ' t fo rget."

" I won't," said the Wise Man. " I'll go now. I'm not sorry about the red leaves, now I know who they are. Good-bye!"

" Good-bye !'; said the red mai-1.

Then he b ent and snapped off three more b lades of grass.

" O n e t h ousand nine hundred and ninetye ight, one thousand nine hundred and nine tynine, t wo thou sa nd, " h e sa id, t ri umphantly " Now I won ' t gather another blade for that rab bit," he sa id, "I'm go ing to s leep "; and h e c urled u p i n a n est of pine needles. But b efore h e was quite asleep, " Two thousand blades of grass in one morn i ng," he murmure d. u Oh, dear m e!"

Jessie Wi g ht, V.a, Hou se V.

"I Beheld the Ancient Gods."

To -day as I was walking in t h e fields with t he dry grass rustling r o und my ank les, I meditate d on those ancient days whe n Athens and R ome , with their glistening temples, were mighty cities.

·

Soon I l ay down, dazed with the warm rays of the summer sun, and I was lulled almost to sleep by the hot breeze, laden with heavy scent And as I lay with eyes half-closed a little youth passed by with a serpent wand in his hand, hi s winged feet scarce touching the blades of g rass, and after him came one with powerful limbs and golden locks. His long fingers plucked the strings of his lyre as he sang his heavenly songs. Then chaste Diana, fleet of foot, sped past so swiftly that I hardly saw her. And then came by young Cupid, with his darts a nd golden bow shining in the s un , and after him that famous goddess, Pallas Achene or Minerva, as the Romans called her Her magnificent armo ur blazed, and on her shield hung the Gorgon's head with snaky hair One look at chat face froze me with its beauty and horror, and o nly when I beheld immo r tal Venus did my chi ll ed blood flow warmly once more.

Suddenly a p ea l of thunder shook the air; I started , and t h e spell was broken. Apollo 's son gs h ad died away, a nd only the grasshopper's shrill whirring sang in my ea rs. My sleepy eyes could see no sign of those ancient gods, "unheralded, majestic, upon their way."

Margaret Guthridge, House II.

The Grey Mill.

It is only a pile of old grey stones now, but st ill the !vfiller lives there. I lov e co climb the mill -trac k between the gorse and clumps of buttercups to the grey stone bench outside the mill, where che miller's wife brings you tea and hot scones. The sky is s eld om free from great white clouds, chasing and racing with the keen, cool wind, and always the grass is green and soft to tired feet.

Inside the mill is a sweet, lingering smell of malt, and great bins stand against the walls full of flour or barley meal, soft as snowflakes to the tou ch.

A great collie do g stalks silently b eside you, his wonderfu l eyes gently upbraiding you for not knowin g the correct co l our of m a lt when mixed with barley, and the mi ll er laughs lazily at your l ac k of know le d ge, as he waits for you to climb una ided on to ~he flou.ry sacks in the back of his waggon.

The wind sighs gencly as you leave the mill, o n a bumpy, jumpy journey down the hill, and the miller's wife and the co llie stand watching you till the gorse hid es chem from sight

Peggy · Chinner, V.a, House V.

The Cave of Serpents.

The sea is calm and deep before the Cave of . Serpents, and in the limpid water little rainbow fish fl ash like living prisms amongst the coloured corals.

Two thousand years have passe d since the world was fresh and new, and Mirana came with her son to t his cool shore. Gently she placed little Ratu in a cranny, then she stood p e rfectly poised on the b'lack rocks, her br ow n skin, soft with cocoanut oil, g li nting in the

s un. A swift movem e nt, a shower of diamond drops a nd she was sp lashing in the pool.

From· the d im, dark r ecesses of the cave something slithered. The lau g hter froze on Miran a's l ips, and h er eyes dilated with horror ; a slimy spotted s n ake was e ncirclin g her baby. With a grea t sob she scrambled on t o th e ro cks and ran along the b eac h into the Hibiscus g r oves. When s he r et urned to the shore many a tru sty warrior trod. at her heels , yet n one d a red enter the gloomy cavern. They shook their wise head s and crept home.

But the medi c in e man , who knew all mys t e ries, called all the tribe toge the r and said, " Oh, men of Bula, a nd Mirana, mother of little Ch ief Ratu , know that a very g r eat hon• our has b een b es towed up o n us The child has j o ined the gods L et us pray to him to des• tr oy thi s f o ul monste r . "

That night the muffled tom-toms spoke, and dusky maidens crouched. on their heels in the flickering shadows, clapped their hands monotonously, and a piteous wa il crept up and hung in th e air like a ni g ht bird's call. Suddenly into the firelight sprang th e d a ncers. They "'.ere the waves playing with Mirana, and now the g r eat snake, and lastly the victors celebrating the s laug hter of th e ir foe

The god s h ea rd , and mutte ring a nd gr umbling they ope n e d the flood-g ates of heav e n so th a t a great deluge poured down and flooded th e cave rn The great black-hooded serpent was washed out, drowned. From th at d ay no snake h as dared offend the tribe of Bula.

-Vivian Cook, Pass VI a.

A Welsh Fairy Story. A Fairy Borrowing.

There was o nce an old wom a n who lived at H afod Ru gog, from whom the fai ries were continually borrowing . By way of p aym ent they sometimes left money or a loaf in her kitchen at night.

One day as s he we nt to collect the peatwood for h e r fire, one of the l ittle women came to her a nd asked her for her "troell bac h ," or spinnin g wheel.

" I'm tired of lending you things, " said the old woman . " But I wi ll lend it to you if you

make me two promises : that the firs t thing I put my hand on at t he door shall brea k , and that the first thing I put my hand on inside the h ouse will grow in length half a yard."

She asked for these bo o ns b eca u se there was a grip stone or "carreg afael" which she wanted t o break by the wall n ea r the door o f the house; and bec a use inside the house sh e had a piece of flanne l which she wished to m ake into a jerkin, but which was half a y a rd short The little woman promised to grant h e r requ es ts and took the "troell."

Th e o lc;! woman gath e red her wood and turned towards h er doorste p . As s he reached the door she s lipped, and n early twisted h e r ankle. She put her hand on it t o rub it, and the joint broke, and she f e ll on h e r nose. Draggi ng herse lf into the house, she rubbed h e r injured nose, which immed.iately shot out h alf a yard

Th a t is why in pictures of witches they have long noses, and that is how the fairi es ~evengecl themselv~s on th e old lady for being so mean with her possessions.

-Olwen Evans, House I.

The Song of the Popl ar.

Thar night everything was hush ed and still, a nd the old garden was steeped in moonlight. The shadows were gliding slowly beneath the trees, a nd into the little dark., corne rs, where the moonbea ms were afraid to venture.

In a c orne r of that old garden stood the P opla r , rail and silent, with his gaze turned h e avenwards , and hi s leav es shone as though they had b ee n sprink led with star-dust.

Prese ntly a light breeze sprang up, and the silence of the old garden was replace d by the faint ech oes of a s o f t, sweet sound, which made eve n rh e ow l p a u se in h is fligh t to listen. Others stopped to li st e n in wond e rment too , but had they asked rhe Poplar he cou ld hav e explained, for it was his song the song he sang w h en h e played with the wind. Hi s so n gs are the b est of a ll th e trees, for the oak and e l m h ave rather harsh voices, and the pine tree can only sigh.

But the Poplar love d to s ing, and he swayed to and fro to m ake the rhythm of his silver, ru stlin g notes, a s they rose and f e ll.

Such was the P op lar's music, which no musician, however accomplished, can reproduce. -Ada Currer, Pass VI.a, House III.

The Interrupted Letter.

"Booga-booga-long, N.S.W., 1860." Mrs. Srruilby' s pen travelled swiftly ove r the paper whilst ;; large tabby cat sat thoughtfully viewing the proceedings through half-s hut eyes. He was in disgrace, for only a few moments ago he had spilt the ink.

The fire crackled cheerily in the large, open fireplace, assisting the candles in sofriy lighting up the room, whilst the burning logs faintly scented the air with eucalyptus. The rwo prism ornaments on either side of the mantelpiece Bashed with fascinating colours as the firelight caught them It was hardly credible that this cosy little room, with its cedar furniture and antimacassars, was in a frail bark hut, away in the bush of New South Wales early in ~he ninet~enrh century. The hands of the little marble clock pointed to a quarter past five.

Mrs. Struilby's letter told of her love of life in the Australian bush, with its sunshine and adventure; of how quite recently they had been visited by bushrangers, and how at the present time her husband Lawrence was away on a two days' cattle muster. But just at that moment she heard a loud knock on the door, and with mingled feelings of fear and curiosity she opened it.

To her horror she saw a parry of blacks -painted, carrying spears, a nd without the ir wives. This was a sure sign of trouble. The chief of the aborigines advanced with a le ering smile. "Where white men?" h e d emand e d , insolently. Mrs. Srruilby was outward ly quite calm, but it was with a fast-beating h eart char s he gave the chief an evasive a n swe r T~ en the chief demanded bread. Now Bour was very dear, and bread could be ill spared, but Mrs. Truilby d eemed it wisest to give what s h e had

So great was her indignation on seeing one aborigine throw his portion into the fire that she twisted loose the leg of a stool, and driving th e blacks out of rhe hue, struck the waste ful blackfellow a mighty blow between the sho uld ers. He turned round, and as he left he vowed angrily that s he " be poor fellow before ewoka (sun) be gone to-morrow night."

That night Mrs. Struilby put out her fire and light early, a nd kept as quiet as possible. She was a brave woman, just the type to be the wife of an early set tl er, but a feeling of terrib le loneliness seized her No Lawre nce, no white person near, the blacks' camp close by; and only a frail bark hut to protect her.

At twelve o'clock she hea rd a tiny voice at the door , "Mirtis, Mittis, let me in!" Taking courage Mrs. Struilby opened the door, and to her relief she found a tiny piccaninny boyalone. She was glad of his company chat black, lonely night. He had come to tell her that the blacks wanted to kill her in the morning.

Just as the sky was being faintly tinted with pink by the paint-brush of dawn, she let the brave little piccaninny run home.

Mrs. Srruilby, a commanding figure in her vo lu minous blue gown, with a shawl fastened by a large cameo brooch, set out with her little gun to pay a return call on the aborigines.

When she arrived at the camp the blacks ignored her " Good morning! " and b egan to mutter amo ngst themselves. But after a demonstration as to the workings of h e r gun, the aborigines agrees to make peace. ·

That evening Mrs. Srruilby continued h er interrupted letter, but this time the ink was well out of Tilly's reach.

-Ada Currer, Pass Vl.a

Dusk Has Br eathed Upon the Western Skies.

The shadows had escorted the golden sun to his resting place over the misty hills, and qu iecly seeded down fo, a game with the moon, while the gentle breeze rustled the leaves, painted now pale silver and now rich black.

The game was a fascinating one, but at l ast the shadows grew annoyed with the moon. They· assembled behind the pine trees, and whispered among themselves. They said chat the moon was shi n ing coo brightly on the Lilies in the pond, keeping chem awake; and as they had closed their petals for che night, and were resting their leaves lightly on che tremb lin g s u rface of t h e water, this was very inconsiderate of the moon. The Lilies h ad co work against the Sun during the d ay, so that

there mi ght be shade ·in the depths of the pool for the go ld en fishes resting at drowsy noon.

When the shadows spoke to the moon she only pee ped -mo r e closely among the Lily p etals, to see if the pollen gra ins were not really powder from the S un. So the shadows called up th e ir b est friends, the Buffy white clouds, and these clouds surrounded the moon and ta lked to her in their light, gay way, and made h e r forget her work.

All th e night the shadows frolicked, th ey cast a veil of coo l darkness over the pond , and r ested li ghtly on the golden-pink eyelids of the baby Goldfishes.

At last the Sun came again, and the shadows fl ed to take their soothing r est amongst the trembling maidenhair ferns in the valleys across the hills.

Jean Cane, P.VI.b, Hou se III.

The Insoluble Problem.

Ri g ht away back i n the ve r y hea~t of the woods, where ·the tree s are tallest and no grass grows because the sun iighc cannot find a way through the chick network of leaves, lives a very thin, very bent old man. He wears a long cloak of b~own over black breeches, and on his head is a small black cap. His beard has grown down co his waist, but he does not mind, for he keeps his pencils in its matted ends.

This old man can be h ea rd mutter to himself all day and all night coo: "If x=y z+b6 , how many seconds can pass ch rough a cube L inches long in S feet?"

Over and over again he chants chis qu ery, a worried frown on his wrinkled brow; sudd en ly hi s eyes will s h ine; he will clutch a pencil from his b ea rd and scribble furiously · on a sheet of paper in his hand. All day h e n e v e r moves from the stump of a fir-tree where he sits, except to gather some berries or roots to e;it.

Ic all came about like this Many hundreds of years ago, when all the world was full of happy people, a cenain man called King Non eso-clever-as-I ruled over a vast country. He was , as his name testified, the cleverest man in his kingdom ; ho wever, h e was a foolish man , for h e was very proud of his superiority.

One day he proclaimed throughout all the land chat he would set a very difficult algebraic

problem. If no one could solve it within a month the king must receive from his subjects a diamond for the Royal C rown On the ocher hand he undertook chat if h e himself could n o t solve the probl em he would retire into exile.

So at the b eg innin g of every month he sec a prob lem, and a t the end of every month his sorrowful subjects gave him a diamond for che Royal Crown.

This went on for many years till all the people were very poor and most distracted. King None-so-clever-as-I had become more and more proud and haughty.

Bue once when he was setting the problem he was not chinking very much of it but more of what he was to wear that nig ht at Prince Helpful and Prince Humble's r eception So ch~t he sec such a hard problem that even he could not solve it

Oh! How he stormed and raged, and sa id it was not fair! But his subjects h ad had enough of his tyrannous rul e, so they cold him he must keep to his bargain So the King was banished into the heart of a dark wood till he should solve his problem. Of course chey changed his name, and so that is why we find an old, thin and very worried man called che " Humble-servanc-of-every-lictle brain muttering over and over co himself, "If x=y z+b6 , just how many seconds can pass through a tube L inches long in S feet? "

-Peggy Chinner, V.a, House V

The Merchants who Sell Blad es of Grass ..

A bell was tinkling in Fairyland. F a iry Silver Wing was the first to hear it. She was drawing water from th e Wishing Well in a tiny acorn bucket. Th e distant bell was faint at first, but gradually it drew nearer, and Fairy Silver Wing could h ear the soft padding of many littl e feet also She ran to che garden gate and peeped out.

The re in the village square, shelcering from the sun unde r a clump of yellow toadstools, was a fairy caravan. Half a dozen grass hoppers, bearing mysterious bundles, each covered with a rose leaf, were resting in the shade, while their m asters, leaning against che toadstool stems, sang "The Song of th e Fairy Pedlars," calling a ll che members of F a iryl a nd to inspec t th eir wares and buy.

Fairy Silver Wing hurried towards them, for many other fairies., hearing th e song, were run ning and flying to the v illage square. When the crowd had gathered, the merchants removed the rose-leaf coverings , and displayed beneath, stacked in neat green rows, ever so many blades of grass, of a ll sizes and s h apes. Then the bargaining began. The elves wanted all the long, thin b lades. They would be so useful for tickling the noses of sleeping rabbits and squirrels. Th e wider blades were chosen by the older fairies, for fans, and the short blades used to decorate the palace. Fafry Silver Wing found a long , soft st rip , which she twined m her golden h air.

Then the merchants roused up their grasshopp e r steeds, and set off once more on ~he nighroad Fairy Silver Wing returned to the Wishing Well , listening to thei r footsteps growing fainter, till only the tinkling of the bell could be heard dying in the distance.

-The lma Baker, P.VI.a.

·The Happy· Warrior.

The su n was slowly rising, and the Car thagini a n camp was astir. The Romans had been sighted, coming over the mountains in a swarm, their flashing armour lighting up the dim, little valley, and making the stream below g l ow with gold.

The leader of the Carthaginians had been killed by a poisoned arrow, and as they had nobody to lead them, the men took their scant possessions and escaped through a rocky p ass on the other side of the valley. And so, when the Romans burst into the deserted camp, expecting to find Carthaginians, they found only one single boy, and he a Roman , lying, half dead, by the alta r.

Th e Rom ans took him and cared for him , and he grew up amongst them, but nobody ever knew his name, for th e savage Cartha ginians had cut out his tongue. As he showed everybody, h e was not in th e least to be pitied, because he was the happiest man in the Legion, and inspired the men with his fighting, to such an extent chat not one battle was lose while he lived wi th them.

He could not speak, nor co ulc\ h e sing, but he hummed de lightful little tunes to the m e n ,

and e v e n in the ~ost adverse times, h e awak ened the happy spirit in his companions.

When the Legion was fighting , he hummed rou s in g tunes, which led the men on; when they were marching through the beautiful valleys his tunes were cool, P.leasing and refreshing; and when the Romans lay down at evening co seek Morpheus, he filled these great warlike men with fancy , and the thou g hts of nightingales and trembling maidenhair fern. So throughout the Legion he was known as the Happy Warrior

A whisper ran a round the camp that he was a son of the gods.

u Sure ly ," said the m en, u he is a son of the div ine powers, his face is not so very b ea utiful, but his bod y is so perfect. Why, his legs are like those of the bronze Mercury at Rome, whom we worship, and his neck and shoulders display such soft curves that people stop and wonder at his grace."

The whisper grew louder, for the men h a d seen the "Happy Warrior" standing among the grass , humming to the birds, whose little h eads were held entrance d a t t he sweet notes. So chis man came to be worshipped as a god

On one gloomy day h e left the Legion, and the men were afraid that he wou ld be see n no more. They searched throughout the woods a nd called his name; they grieved and mourned , but sti ll he did not come, and at last they were convinced chat h e had ascended Moun t Olympus, to li ve with the gods. ,

One eventide, when the Leg i~n had ceased to march for the night, beside ; · wide pool bel ow a little waterfall, they saw him. He stood on a p iece , of · r ock jutting out high over t h e wattlr, ~Ad'".hummed one ·of his pleasant little songs .o ·· The : sinking su n shone down on his olive skin;.' and , as the Legio n watched, silent with am;,_zement, there w;s a final ripple of his muscles, and he ' was gone

Jea n Cane, Pass VI.a

G rass.

Ha ve you seen the g lory of a field of grass; not the hard r ea lity of a garden lawn , but lon g stretches of waving grass? The grass of the rolling plains is grey in hu e, not drab g rey , but a lmost silver, sweeping across the field in long ripples to the breeze The scent of grass

is pleasing and li nge r s with you as a cherished memory. When night falls and the bre eze dies, the moon shows the gauzy grasses in a silver garb, as though Nature had d rawn a veil of filmy sheen over the fi e ld of waving plumes Joan Higgins, R.A.

By Nigh t.

It was a dark night. The darkness seemed to press into my heart, and I was possessed with a longing to unweave the pall cast by a merciless hand. I took my shrivelled y ellow staff and stepped into an unseen depth, and as I walked in moss -carpeted groves, I heard a rustle high up in a pine. It was only a warm, l~ving zephyr, but it murmured in the inner valleys of my mind, and I saw in a near h aze of shuddering grass a grey form> which shuffled farther on. From the darkness peered glassy eyes Like lights of yellow, green and red. I stood petrified, but with the throbbing in my tortured brain I saw a huge baboon with leering mouth and high forehead, slouch across the glade, and in its hairy grip a wooden club. An unknown power then moved my numbed limbs, and .I went forth into the eerie night.

I walked in a v ag ue insensibility, until I saw ahead a river, film ed over with oil, a nd the hum of horrid insects filled the unclean air. A creaking, rotted bridge spanned th e filthy depths, and none but I have crossed from slime-decked bank to bank, for as I went the old bridge crumbled beneath my weight

As my feet touched chis newer bank the moon from behind her dressing screen of clouds arose. · She, d e cked in her spangled net, a bunch of clustere d stars in her hair of blueblack beauty and rows of pearly p la nets at her throat, led me into a different l and. It seemed as thoug h a haze rose from b e for e my eyes; sweet nymphs ran forth to lead me to a bed of roses; fountains sparkled in the silver light, and garlanded figures flitted to and fro; a perfume strange out sweet as thou g h from a thousand gardens was ever there . They brought me n ectar, and I found in my flask a pooled rell.ection of my own radiant happiness. I thought not of the terror passed, but of th e present joyfulness, a wa rm contentment filled my h eart but jerked into reality I found myself but walking in a moonlit garden . _t1 Dreamer."

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