Loreto 1961 Yearbook by Loreto Toorak

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C e n t e n a r y of t h e D e a t h of M o t h e r F r a n c e s T e r e s a B a l l , I . B . V . M .

T h e B a r C o n v e n t G r a m m a r School, Y o r k , E n g l a n d

PICTURES:

SCHOOL

Mary's Mount, Ballarat, Victoria

VIGNETTES: S c h o o l D i a r i e s , etc K i r r i b i l l i ' s T e n n i s Victory Mary Ward Art Competition

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11 17 19

Loreto, Dawson Street, Ballarat

THIS AUSTRALIA L o r e t o P a r o c h i a l Schools in A u s t r a l i a E d u c a t i o n M i n i s t e r ' s Visit

23 26 29

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Loreto, Portland, Victoria

THE LEISURE HOUR C a t h o l i c Schools' D r a m a Festivals, S y d n e y a n d Public Speaking Competition, Sydney

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P I C T U R E S : L o r e t o , N o r m a n h u r s l , N.S.W VIEWS AND OPINIONS

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K i r r i b i l l i , N.S.W

MOMENTS OF SILENCE

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Loreto, Claremont, W.A

INTERESTING

PEOPLE

J e s u i t s in I n d i a P a r v e e n Rizvi J o a n Smith writes f r o m England Cistercian writes f r o m R o m e Mrs. B l o o m f i e l d , S n r . ( n e e M c G u i g a n ) B i c h o p R a f f e r t y a n d M g r . M c M a h o n at Anglo-Indian Priest P I C T U R E S : L o r e t o , N e d lands, W . A

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SCENES I HAVE LOVED

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L o r e t o , M a r r y a t v i l l e , S.A

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Loreto, Toorak, Victoria Loreto, Cavendish Road, Brisbane

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AMONG OUR OLD GIRLS: T h e P a s s i n g of t h e L o r e t o F r e e K i n d e r g a r t e n L o r e t o F e d e r a t i o n of A u s t r a l i a R a n d o m M e m o r i e s — B v Jill W e b b T h e Last C o r r i d a —

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As we write these few lines, early in August, delegates are preparing for the fourth biennial Conference of the Loreto Federation of Australia to be held in Brisbane at the end of the month. The theme chosen for the Conference is the Scriptural phrase, "Thy Neighbour as Thyselfwith all its implications of neighbourly interest and affection. (We are reminded of the advice of a French mystic : Be kind and you will be saints9'). In a recently aims are listed:

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To pray for and work for the success of the Institute the Blessed Virgin Mary throughout the world.

To pray and work for the beatification of the Institute, Mary Ward.

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The above and last phrase brings to us at once the thought of the Ecumenical Council to be held in Rome in 1962. Mother General has suggested to the nuns a prayer which might well be said by Loreto students and their friends: "O Holy Spirit, sent by the Father in the Name of Jesus to assist the Church and to keep her from error, pour forth Thy gifts in their fulness on the ECUMENICAL

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NOVICES AND POSTULANTS AT LORETO ABBEY, RATHFARNHAM,

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CENTENARY OF THE DEATH OF MOTHER FRANCES TERESA BALL, I.B.V.M. (1794 - 1861) "The Loreto Nuns are educating nearly half a million children of almost every race." Loreto Abbey, Rathfarnham, May, 1961.) As M a y 19 of t h i s c u r r e n t y e a r m a r k s t h e cent e n a r y of t h e d e a t h of t h e v e n e r a t e d M o t h e r T e r e s a B a l l , t h e L O R E T O m a g a z i n e of A u s t r a l i a is h a p p y to a d d its voice to t h e c h o r u s of t h a n k s g i v i n g rising from Loreto Convents throughout the world. During a c e n t e n a r y y e a r it is f i t t i n g f o r t h o s e c o n c e r n e d to p a u s e a n d d r a w i n t o t h e i r h e a r t s s o m e of t h e vision a n d c o u r a g e of t h e b e l o v e d oneo w h o m we a r e h o n o u r i n g d u r i n g the centenary. We have special r e a s o n s f o r e x a m i n i n g a g a i n I lie life s t o r y of M o t h e r T e r e s a Ball, f o r s h e was t h e F o u n d r e s s of t h e I r i s h B r a n c h of t h e I n s t i l u i e of t h e Blessed V i r g i n M a r y , M a r y , c o m m o n l y k n o w n as L O R E T O . H e r e , p e r h a p s , is t h e m o s t fitting p l a c e t o c o n g r a t u l a t e t h e n u n s in L o r c ' o A b b e y , R a t h f a r n h a m , D u b l i n , f o r t h e b e a u t i f u l b i o g r a p h y * t h e y h a v e given t h e E n g l i s h s p e a k i n g w o r l d . It gives us great p l e a s u r e to send o u r sicterly c o n g r a t u l a t i o n s to t h e a n o n y m o u s a u t h o r in t h e R a t h f a r n h a m c o m m u n i t y , f o r it is a book w o r t h y in e v e r y w a y to h o n o u r o u r r e v e r e d a n d d e a r Mother Teresa Ball. T h e p i c t u r e of h e r s t r o n g , sweet f a c e is to be seen in t h e c o m m u n i t y r o o m of every L o r e t o c o n v e n t , w h e t h e r in I n d i a , S o u t h A f r i c a or A u s t r a l i a . EDUCATION AT THE BAR CONVENT, I.B.V.M., YORK H e r e d u c a t i o n at t h e s c h o o l of t h e B a r C o n v e n t , Y o r k , p l u n g e d t h e l i f e of F r a n c e s B a l l i n t o t h e s t r e a m of C a t h o l i c c u l t u r e c h e r i s h e d b y t h e I n s t i t u t e of t h e Blessed V i r g i n M a r y , f o u n d e d b y M a r y W a r d in t h e first half of t h e s e v e n t e e n t h c e n t u r y . When t h e t i m e c a m e , several y e a r s l a t e r , f o r F r a n c e s to leave h e r h o m e in D u b l i n a n d f o l l o w h e r r e l i g i o u s vocation, it c a m e as a s u r p r i s e t o t h e n u n s in t h e B a r C o n v e n t t h a t she s h o u l d h a v e a p p l i e d a n d b e e n accepted in t h e i r n o v i t i a t e . As t h e y g r a d u a l l y c a m e to k n o w t h e p l a n s s u r r o u n d i n g h e r v o c a t i o n , t h e y could not f o r e s e e t h e m o m e n t o u s d e s t i n y t h a t was to he h e r s . I n d e e d , F r a n c e s h e r s e l f , w h e n l e a v i n g the B a r C o n v e n t a f t e r h e r s c h o o l d a y s , h a d no t h o u g h t of b e i n g a n u n . S h e w e n t b a c k to h e r h a p p y h o m e in D u b l i n to j o i n in t h e gay life of a girl in h e r social p o s i t i o n ; a n d e i g h t e e n t h - c e n t u r y D u b l i n was very e n t e r t a i n i n g f o r those w h o h a d m o n e y . IN THE SERVICE OF OTHERS But F r a n c e s was blest in h e r C a t h o l i c h o m e a n d in t h e p r i n c i p l e s i n c u l c a t e d b y h e r p a r e n t s w h o held t h e i r w e a l t h as a t r u s t f r o m G o d to b e used in b r i n g i n g h a p p i n e s s to t h e p o o r p e o p l e of D u b l i n . T h e e a r l y n i n e t e e n t h c e n t u r y was G o d ' s h o u r in I r e l a n d , as we t e c w h e n we r e a d t h e l i f e of C a t h e r i n e • J o y f u l Mother of Children by a Loreto Sister (I.B.V.M.). (Gill & Son Ltd., 1961, 49/9 TAJ )

(Rev. J. Ryan, S.J., at

M c C a u l e y , of M a r y A i k e n h e a d , of N a n o Nagle—all c o n t e m p o r a r i e s of F r a n c e s B a l l . M a r y A i k e n h e a d ( F o u n d r e s s of t h e Irish Sisters of C h a r i t y ) was p a r t i c u l a r l y closely c o n n e c t e d w i t h h e r . In f a c t , t h e y were, f o r a time, b o t h novices in t h e B a r Conv e n t — M a r y t o be t r a i n e d in t h e r e l i g i o u s life bef o r e f o u n d i n g h e r S i s t e r h o o d in D u b l i n ; F r a n c e s to b e t r a i n e d , a n d t h e n to t a k e to I r e l a n d a f o u n d a tion of t h e I n s t i t u t e of t h e Blessed V i r g i n M a r y . G o d ' s i n s t r u m e n t in s h a p i n g t h e d e s t i n y of e a c h of these h o l y w o m e n w a s t h e Rev. D r . M u r r a y , A r c h b i s h o p of D u b l i n . A f t e r N a n o N a g l e and Catherine McCauley had founded their Orders, the p o o r of D u b l i n could b e r e a s o n a b l y s u r e of h a v i n g their children educated either by the Presentation Sisters o r t h e Sisters of M e r c y . But t h e n h o s p i t a l s w e r e n e e d e d ; so M a r y A i k e n h e a d m o v e d i n t o t h e picture. T h e n , s e c o n d a r y schools f o r girls; a n d Dr. M u r r a y ' s m i n d at o n c e w e n t to F r a n c e s Ball. T h e s e w o m e n m a y b e l o n g to I r e l a n d b y b i r t h a n d early w o r k ; but their destiny embraced the world, giving a r a d i a n c e to t h e n i n e t e e n t h c e n t u r y . T h e y b e l o n g t o t h e w o r l d — to t h a t w o r l d w h i c h was a s p i r i n g G o d w a r d s . O n e t h i n g t h e y h a v e in comm o n : t h e y w e r e all m e m b e r s of w h a t o n e m i g h t call, t h e " p r i v i l e g e d " class. Yet they all h a d a d e e p sense of t h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y t h a t s h o u l d go w i t h t h e i r " p r i v i l e g e s " . In t h i s r e g a r d t h e i r s p i r i t cries o u t to us over t h e c e n t u r y : " D o n o t live f o r yourself a l o n e . I n y o u r service of o t h e r s you will find your happiness." THE I.B.V.M. ESTABLISHED IN DUBLIN AS LORETO I n M a y , 1821, M o t h e r F r a n c e s T e r e s a Ball a r r i v e d at R a t h f a r n h a m H o u s e in D u b l i n , to establish a f o u n d a t i o n of t h e I n s t i t u t e of t h e Blessed V i r g i n Mary. H e r s p i r i t u a l f o r m a t i o n in t h e n o v i t i a t e at t h e B a r C o n v e n t , Y o r k , h a d lasted o v e r seven y e a r s ; s h e was now', w h a t o n e m i g h t call, a seasoned religious. H e r two c o m p a n i o n s w e r e Sister M. B a p t i s t T h e r r y and S.M. I g n a t i a A r t h u r , b o t h I r i s h girls w h o h a d e n t e r e d at York f o r t h e s a m e p u r p o s e as F r a n c e s B a l l : to t a k e t h e I.B.V.M. t o I r e l a n d . As t h e y set off. s h e said to h e r c o m p a n i o n s : " L e t us say t h e L i t a n y of L o r e t o . " A n d ever since t h e n L o r e t o n u n s h a v e begun t h e i r j o u r n e y s u n d e r t h e s a m e auspices. W e a r e told in t h e R a t h f a r n h a m a r c h i v e s that M o t h e r T e r e s a Ball h a d b e e n o n l y a f e w d a y s in t h e i r c o n v e n t at R a t h f a r n h a m , w h e n s h e said to h e r c o m p a n i o n s : " L e t us call this h o u s e of o u r s L o r e t o H o u s e , and let us b e g o u r Blessed M o t h e r t h a t we a n d all w h o

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shall ever d w e l l in L o r e t o H o u s e m a y l e a d h o l y , h i d d e n lives of h u m b l e t o i l f o r h e r D i v i n e Son, as s h e d i d in t h e l i t t l e h o m e at N a z a r e t h " . L a t e r , t h e h o u s e was c a l l e d L o r e t o A b b e y , a n d t h e n u n s , L o r e t o n u n s . T h u s is e x p l a i n e d t h e L o r e t o conv e n t s in C a n a d a , A u s t r a l i a , I n d i a . . . to n a m e only a f e w of t h e f o u n d a t i o n s sent out f r o m R a t h f a r n ham.

So m a n y f o u n d a t i o n s in d i s t a n t c o u n t r i e s pres u p p o s e a b u n d a n t v o c a t i o n s in I r e l a n d , f o r not only w e r e t h e f o u n d a t i o n m e m b e r s f r o m R a t h f a r n h a m , b u t also t h e l a t e r m e m b e r s w h o k e p t u p t h e good w o r k . I b i s is still t r u e of I n d i a a n d S o u t h A f r i c a . T h e first t w o p o s t u l a n t s received at R a t h f a r n h a m h a d b e e n e d u c a t e d at t h e B a r C o n v e n t , so t h a t f o r s o m e y e a r s t h e L o r e t o Comm u n i t y was a m i n i a t u r e of t h e I n s t i t u t e in Y o r k . G r a d u a l l y , girls e d u c a t e d at R a t h f a r n h a m e n t e r e d the novitate. T h e i r lives a l o n e h a v e m a d e a n i n t e r e s t i n g b o o k . It is in t h e i r t r a i n i n g b y M o t h e r T e r e s a t h a t we find t h e secret of t h e successful w o r k d o n e by L o r e t o all over t h e w o r l d : everyt h i n g to be d o n e f o r G o d , a n d " w i t h a l a c r i t y a n d

LORETO ROUND THE GLOBE F o r t y y e a r s w e r e to be a l l o w e d b y D i v i n e P r o v i d e n c e to M o t h e r T e r e s a f o r h e r g r e a t w o r k . I n s u c h a s h o r t a r t i c l e as t h i s o n e can b a r e l y t o u c h t h e f r i n g e of h e r c o u r a g e o u s life. Hardly h a d s h e c o n s o l i d a t e d t h e w o r k in I r e l a n d , w h e n calls c a m e f r o m b i s h o p s in I n d i a , Mauritius, C a n a d a , S o u t h A f r i c a a n d E n g l a n d . In e a c h case s h e m a d e f o u n d a t i o n s , h e r last b e i n g t h e o n e at N i a g a r a F a l l s . B y t h a t t i m e t h e r e w e r e twelve f l o u r i s h i n g houses in I r e l a n d a l o n e . (Until the e s t a b l i s h i n g of L o r e t o in I r e l a n d , s e c o n d a r y e d u c a -

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anti-Popery riot. Suddenly the mob dispersed w i t h o u t a w o r d . M a n y witnesses in t h e W i n d m i l l I n n , w h i c h still s t a n d s o p p o s i t e , d e c l a r e t h a t St. M i c h a e l a p p e a r e d over t h e convent on a w h i t e c h a r g e r . F r o m t h a t d a y to t h i s , e v e r y S e p t e m b e r 2 9 t h , t h e y o u n g e s t b o a r d e r c a r r i e s in p r o c e s s i o n t h e p i c t u r e of St. M i c h a e l w h i c h M o t h e r B e d i n g f i e l d h e l d in h e r h a n d s t h a t d a y .

As t h e h o u s e h a s b e e n a C a t h o l i c s c h o o l r u n b y R e l i g i o u s of t h e I n s t i t u t e of t h e Blessed V i r g i n M a r y , or ' M a r y W a r d ' s n u n s ' , since its b e g i n n i n g in 1689, it h a s d e v e l o p e d on a p r i n c i p l e of a d a p t a tion a n d e x p a n s i o n . T h e school m e e t s f o r m o r n ing a s s e m b l y in t h e G e o r g i a n c h a p e l * w i t h its priest's hiding-hole and b e a u t i f u l sunken dome, b u i l t t h u s a n d disguised w i t h a false roof in o r d e r t h a t n o t h i n g of t h e c h a p e l s h o u l d be v i s i b l e f r o m outside.

Visitors a r e always a m a z e d at t h e e x t e n t of t h e g a r d e n b e h i n d t h e h o u s e a n d also at t h e e x t e n s i v e b u i l d i n g s i n v i s i b l e f r o m t h e street, w h i c h shows o n l y a r a t h e r severe, w e l l - p r o p o r t i o n e d e i g h t e e n t h century mansion. In t h e c o u r s e of y e a r s w e r e a d d e d a west wing, a s m a l l g y m n a s i u m , a c o n c e r t h a l l , a n d a w i n g of c l a s s r o o m s . T h e section f a r t h e s t r e m o v e d a r c h i t e c t u r a l l y f r o m t h e graciousness, n o t of t h e o r i g i n a l b u i l d i n g b u t of t h e Georg i a n m a i n p a r t , is t h e J u n i o r School, a l o n g a l u m i n i u m w i n g of w h i c h t h e s o u t h f i d e is a l m o s t e n t i r e l y of glass.

T h e n e w l i b r a r y , c a t a l o g u e d on t h e D e w e y Decim a l S y s t e m , is also in a long g r a c i o u s G e o r g i a n r o o m . T h e h e a d m i s t r e s s i n t e r v i e w s p a r e n t s in a s m a l l r o o m a d j o i n i n g h e r s t u d y . I n 1689 t h i s was t h e c h a p e l , w h i c h p u r s u i v a n t s c a m e t o sack, b u t stood on t h e t h r e s h o l d u n a b l e to e n t e r .

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T h e east w i n g , t h e q u o n d a m ' N u n s ' I n f i r m a r y ' , w h i c h was b o m b e d to t h e g r o u n d d u r i n g t h e last war, is n o w r e b u i l t as C h e m i s t r y a n d B i o l o g y labo r a t o r i e s . F o r t h e p r e s e n t , t h e Physics l a b o r a t o r y is h o u s e d in t h e o l d p a r t of t h e h o u s e . I n a f e w w e e k s ' t i m e t h e b u i l d i n g of a m o d e r n g y m n a s i u m will start. As it w i l l b e on t h e site of t h e R o m a n

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E T O I n a r o o m off t h e e n t r a n c e h a l l a r e p r e s e r v e d relics of t h e m a r t y r s , i n c l u d i n g t h e h a n d of Marg a r e t C l i t h e r o w . H e r e m a y b e seen l i n e n s t e e p e d in t h e b l o o d of t h o s e w h o d i e d f o r t h e F a i t h at t h e Y o r k T y b u r n on t h e K n a v e s m i r e . O n t h a t s a m e K n a v e s m i r e , in 1960, t h e p u p i l s of t h e B a r Convent play hockey and rounders. Tennis and n e t b a l l a r e p l a y e d in t h e c o n v e n t g a r d e n b e l o w t h e city walls.

c e m e t e r y u s e d w h e n t h e c i t y was k n o w n as E b o r a c u m . w e a r e h o p i n g t o m a k e finds in t h e d i g g i n g * as s p e c t a c u l a r as t h o s e m a d e w h e n t h e g r o u n d t h e r e w a s d u g f o r t h e east w i n g . T h e n , a m o n g o t h e r t h i n g s , a life-size s t a t u e of a R o m a n centurian was uncovered. T h e r e a r e n o w over 400 p u p i l s in t h e B a r Convent G r a m m a r School. B e f o r e 1919 t h e r e was t h e r a t h e r exclusive s m a l l b o a r d i n g - s c h o o l , a n d a dayschool f o r t h e c h i l d r e n of t h e city. T h i s was a c c o m m o d a t e d i n t h e l a r g e r o o m w h i c h is n o w t h e c a n t e e n , w h e r e a b o u t 300 c h i l d r e n stay f o r d i n n e r every day.

T h i s is a f a r c r y f r o m t h e old rules, d r a w n a b o u t 1700, w h i c h s a y :

' D i v e r s i o n s that exercise t h e b o d y w i t h o u t t o o m u c h heat o r n o i s e a n d in p r o p e r t i m e s a n d p l a c e s a r e t h e most to b e e n c o u r a g e d , ao b e i n g t h e most c o n d u c i v e to h e a l t h a n d c h e e r f u l n e s s . . . . N o c h i l d r e n m u s t b e a l l o w e d to p l a y in c o r n e r s or a p a r t f r o m t h e rest, a n d m u c h less to p l a y B o y s ; n o sort of p l a y s n o r p r o v e r b s m u s t b e allowed of t h e i r o w n c o m p o s i t i o n , no B a l l a d s sung, b u t w h a t t h e mistresses or C o n f e s s o r h a s e x a m i n e d ; Christenings, Weddings, Burials are b y n o m e a n s to be r e p r e s e n t e d b y t h e p e n s i o n e r s : n e i t h e r o u g h t c a r d s or Dice to be a l l o w e d on a n y a c c o u n t , or a n y g a m e f o r m o n e y , n o r t h e r e a d i n g of p l a y b o o k s or R o m a n c e s . '

W h e n t h e s c h o o l s t a r t e d in t h e s e v e n t e e n t h cent u r y , it consisted of o n l y a f e w c h i l d r e n , w h o w e r e d a u g h t e r s of old C a t h o l i c f a m i l i e s , m o s t of t h e m p r o b a b l y t h e c h i l d r e n of p u p i l s of M a r y W a r d herself. In t h o s e days, t w o or t h r e e n u n s sufficed to t e a c h all t h e s u b j e c t s to t h e w h o l e school. In 1960, b e s i d e s t h e m e m b e r s of t h e I.B.V.M. e m p l o y e d in t e a c h i n g in t h e school, t h e r e a r e also n i n e t e e n s e c u l a r staff. T h e y a r e h o u s e d in w h a t is n o w t h e s a m e b u i l d i n g , b u t was o n c e t h e s e p a r a t e r e s i d e n c e of t h e c h a p l a i n a n d F r e n c h r e f u g e e p r i e s t s w h o h a d fled t h e R e v o l u t i o n , m a n y of t h e m b r i n g i n g a s u r p r i s i n g n u m b e r of a n t i q u e l e a t h e r - b o u n d b o o k s .

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In c o n t r a s t t o t h i s , n o w a d a y s , o n e of t h e chief e m p h a s e s of t h e school is on p r i v a t e r e a d i n g . I n fact e v e r y c h i l d is r e q u i r e d to r e a d at least ten b o o k s a t e r m on h e r o w n . T h i s is c o n s i d e r e d t h e m i n i m u m ; a b o o k i s h c h i l d will r e a d a n y t h i n g u p to fifty a t e r m .

I n d e e d , t h e r e is a c o m p l e t e l i b r a r y of a n t i q u e books, s o m e p r i n t e d in St. O m e r at t h e t i m e w h e n M a r y W a r d f o u n d e d h e r first c o n v e n t t h e r e in 1609, T h e s e a r e in s o m e cases s c r i b b l e d over w i t h c h i l d i s h w r i t i n g , a n d m a y well h a v e b e e n in use in t h e first schools of t h e I . B . V . M . It is difficult to i m a g i n e how a n y o n e c o u l d l e a r n L a t i n out of t h e squat sedecimo calf-bound g r a m m a r by Alvarez, w h e r e it is q u i t e a task even to d e c i p h e r a p a g e of t h e b a d p r i n t i n g .

The s c h o o l l i b r a r y c o n t a i n s o n l y w o r t h - w h i l e b o o k s . It is t h u s h o p e d to s q u e e z e o u t t h r o u g h s h e e r l a c k of t i m e a n d o p p o r t u n i t y t h e less valuable. T h e h i s t o r i c a l n o v e l is p e r h a p s t h e f a v o u r i t e g e n r e . T h e p u p i l s seem also p a r t i c u l a r l y interested in b o o k s on classical a r c h a e o l o g y at e v e r y level in t h e school, as it is s t u d i e d in v a r i o u s conn e c t i o n s : w i t h A n c i e n t H i s t o r y in t h e III F o r m , w i t h G r e e k a n d R o m a n L i t e r a t u r e in T r a n s l a t i o n f u r t h e r u p t h e School, w i t h S c r i p t u r e at A d v a n c e d Level.

TRADITIONS PRESERVED T h e t e a c h i n g of L a t i n was p a r t i c u l a r l y p r i z e d b y M a r y W a r d . S h e e x p r e s s l y states t h a t t h e r e is n o l e a r n i n g so m u c h to be v a l u e d in a p r o s p e c t i v e postulant. In the early eighteenth century the c u r r i c u l u m included Latin, Greek, Astronomy and t h e use of globes. N o w t h e w h e e l h a s g o n e its f u l l c i r c l e a n d G r e e k h a s b e e n r e c e n t l y r e i n t r o d u c e d as a class s u b j e c t . T h e l a t e s t a d d i t i o n to t h e m o d e r n c u r r i c u l u m is G e o l o g y , t h r e e m e m b e r s of t h e VI F o r m h a v i n g s p e n t ten d a y s last t e r m in S h r o p s h i r e on a G e o l o g y c o u r s e .

W i t h r e g a r d to t h e r e a d i n g of a d u l t b o o k s , it is felt b e t t e r f o r t h e o l d e r girls to b e i n t r o d u c e d t o t h e p r o b l e m s t h a t beset t h e r e a d i n g C a t h o l i c w h i l e t h e y a r e in a p o s i t i o n to discuss t h e m w i t h t h e i r teachers. F o r example, G r a h a m e Greene might be m e n t i o n e d in c o n n e c t i o n w i t h a lesson on P r e destination. It is in t h e t r a d i t i o n of t h e school a n d of t h e o r d e r to e n c o u r a g e f r a n k n e s s on t h e p a r t of t h e p u p i l s by m e a n s of t o l e r a n c e a n d f r i e n d l i n e s s on t h e p a r t of t h e t e a c h e r s .

A g o o d I t a l i a n h a n d was always t a u g h t b y t h e ' L a d i e s at t h e Bar"; t h e i r successors k e e p u p t h e t r a d i t i o n by insisting o n I t a l i c w r i t i n g in all s c h o o l work. Various external competitions are incentives to e f f o r t h e r e a n d e v e r y y e a r t h e r e is g r e a t excitem e n t w h e n t h e p r i z e - g i v i n g arrives.

M. MARGARET MARY, I.B.V.M. (The B a r Convent, Y o r k )

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PREFECTS L e f t to R i g h t : G. B a r k e r , B. A d a m s o n s , A. Smurthwaite (Head of the School), A. Buckley, F. J e n s , A. M c G e n n i s k e n .

LEAVING AND MATRICULATION CLASSES B A C K R O W : P. S t a p l e t o n , A. M o u n t j o y , A. M. B u r c h e l l , J. Buckley, IT. P e a r s e , M. H a s t i n g s , F. Taffe, V . A n d e r s o n , U. R a i n e . T H I R D R O W : .J. S e r o n g , H. M c l v e r , K. L a n e , K. D i b din, M. B u r k e , K. O'Sul i v a n , M. D u n n , S. B a t e s o n , R. Callil. H . B i l s o n . SECOND ROW: F. D o u g l a s , M. S c o t t , D. T a y l o r , M. H a y e s , I'. H a y d e n , K. O ' C a l l a g h a n , I 1 . H a y d e n , K . A n d e r s o n , M. N u n n . F R O N T R O W : R. M u r p h y , M. C a r t e r , A. M c G e n n i s k e n , A. B u c k l e y , A. S m u r t h w a i t e , G. B a r k e r , F. J e n s , B. A d a m s o n s , J\ I. Barry.

INTERMEDIATE CLASS BACK ROW: M. L. C o g h l a n , M. B l a c k m o r e , D. R a m s d e n , N . Hughes, M. Monkivitch, F. Ryan. THIRD ROW: L. H a y e s , E. N i a l l , F. K e a t i n g . H. K e a r n e y , J. C o g h l a n , A. J e n s , C. Callil, J. P o w e l l . S E C O N D R O W : N. H i c k e y , C. H a d d e n , H. S i m s , A. M. H e n d e r s o n , A. C a r d e n , B. Irwin. H. Fry, M. S u r i v a n , F. R i f t i s . FRONT ROW: R. B a r r y , G. M c G r a t h , F. Niall, E. Cooke, G. Duffy, M. Brosnan, P. Mount joy, M. T y d e m a n .

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FORMS I, II & III BACK ROW: M. S m i t h , L B u c k l e y , P . Lord, S. T a > l o r E . F e e r y , S. H e n n e s s y , C Wimpole, L. Madden, J Ervin, R. Monkivitch, E N o l a n , H . v a n der K l e i j , M. Hynes. F O U R T H R O W : B. H a y d e n , M. B r i o d y , E . M c H e n r y , A. C o n l a n , M. P i t t a r d , M. J e n s , A. S h e r i d a n , E. Kennedy, B . S t a p l e t o n , M. K e n n e d y , K. J a c k m a n , S. Galvil, M. H o l m e s , S. J o s h u a , J. v a n Haaster. THIRD ROW: Y. E a s t c o t t , M. Nihill, J. C h a t h a m , R. Salt, M. Molloy, A . W h e l a n , M. M c C o n v i l l e , J. K e l l y , S. M a r t i n , M. T a j b e r , H. C u m m i n s , J. S t e p h e n s , H. H a g e r , E. B r i o d y , A. L a n e . S E C O N D R O W : S. M a c k e n zie, A. C o g h l a n , M. C r e a t i , A. M o u n t j o y , C. B y r n e , H . P i t t a r d , H . J a m e s , J. G a r v e y , A. H a r d y , M. O ' D o n nell, F . J o n e s , A. R i c e , S. F o o t e , P. R y a n , C. P o w e r .

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B A C K R O W : ( L e f t to R i g h t ) — A. P e r k i n s , M. C a n n , J. R i n a l d i , H. De Graaff, E. M o r i a r t y, M. T. Cooper, K . B r o w n , D. J a c k s o n , G. F a y , M. Bedford. THIRD ROW: C. Clark, J. F o r r e s t , R. Forrest, P. Crameri, L. N a j i m , P. H u n t e r , M. E. E g a n, D. O ' D o n n e l l , A. Street, J. Hutchinson, L. K o o p m a n s , J. N a u g h ton, J. M c C u n n i e . SECOND ROW: S. Kennedy, S. Hurley, I'. C a n n y , M. K o o p mans, S. Smith, J. Hanrahan, A. De G r a a f f , B . H a y d e n , V. Q u i n n , M. T r e l e a v e n , B . E g a n , R. C r a m e r i , S. N o o n a n , M. McA r t h u r , C. Q u i n n . FRONT R O W: S. L e w i s , H . B a n t i n g , A. M. H a y d e n , R. H u t c h i n s o n , T. M a r t i n , S. Gudgeon, M. Ryan, A. Buczkowsky, ,T. B y r n e , J. M c l v e r , M. L. B a n t i n g , J. C a n n y , A. B y r n e . ABSENT: P. Faulkner, C. L o n g m a n , C. Kennedy, S. M. Hardy.

FORMS I. II. Ill (Cont.) FRONT ROW: C. P u . i , B. N a j i m , P. A r u n d e l , M. M a r c h a n t , G. P r y o r , B. C h a t h a m , J. B i l s o n , R. N o r w o o d , M. M e e r b a c h , A. S t e e n h u i s , A . C o n r o y , L. D i b d i n , M. N i a l l , B. K i n g s t o n . ABSENT: M. Statkus, K. M a d d e n , M. Coburn.

KINDERGARTEN BACK ROW (Standi n g ) : L e f t to R i g h t — M. H a r t , A. L o n g m a n . MIDDLE ROW (Sitting): A. B y r n e , J. Crameri, M. Elliott, A. G u l i a n o , M. B r o c k s , D. B o t t , S. T h o m a s , H . J e n s , J. F. H u r l e y , J. B a n t i n g , K. H a r t . FRONT ROW (Kneeling): P. C a n n y , D. Bott, C. J o r d a n , J. C o n o u g h t o n , P. S t r e e t , S. F o l k a , M. S a r g e a n t .

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arts, h e r s t u d y b e i n g m e d i e v a l i l l u m i n a t e d m a n u scripts in the National Gallery. T h e research grant is w o r t h £500. B u t t h e t i m e a n d o p p o r t u n i t y to s t u d y s u c h a f a s c i n a t i n g s u b j e c t c a n n o t be assessed in m o n e y .

M o t h e r M. A q u i n a s M a n i o n h a d h a r d l y t a k e n u p h e r w o r k as m i s t r e s s of schools w h e n she h a d t o leave it t o r e t u r n to h e r s t u d i e s at t h e M e l b o u r n e U n i v e r s i t y . So s h e is s p e n d i n g t h i s y e a r p r e p a r i n g f o r t h e M.A. d e g r e e w h i c h ehe is to t a k e in fine

MARY'S MOUNT DIARY 25th: Worried looks were w i t h us again — the final examinations!!! 26th: It was w o n d e r f u l to see so m a n y girls consecrated to Our Lady. The film, " M e r r y A n d r e w " , completed a h a p p y day for all.

JUNE, 1960. 23rd-25th: Annual R e t r e a t — "The rest is silence!" 26th: A Children of Mary Consecration added f o u r more to the elite — Anne Smurthwaite, J u d y Sullivan, F r a n J e n s and Elizabeth Ryan. We e n joyed "Pride and P r e j u d i c e " in the evening.

DECEMBER 3rd: Loreto Day. Congratulations to our Jubilarians — Gabrielle McGenniss, Elizabeth Ryan, Sue Gorey, Louise Podger, Faye F a u l k n e r , Mary O'Connor, A n n e Sparks, J a n e t Bolleman, Teresa Jens. Moorabool Reservoir was voted to be an ideal place f o r a picnic. 6th: Carols by Candlelight resulted in some hymn books w i t h singed edges! 7th: "Marcellino" was an appropriate film for t h e last night of the year. 8th: A m i x t u r e of joy and tears as w e all left t h e Abbey, some f o r the last time.

JULY 2nd: The a n n u a l trip to Loreto, Toorak, proved most exciting as we shared the "Laurels" in the Basketball matches. 12th: Mother M. R e p a r a t a and Mr. Young w e r e delighted at the Senior Choir's p e r f o r m a n c e f o r the A.B.C. broadcast. 15th-18th: The Abbey had n e v e r been so quiet since The Retreat — cause: The Long Weekend! AUGUST 12th: Mother Superior's Feast Day was one of the r a r e occasions that the 'hidden talent' showed itself in an e n j o y a b l e concert — music, singing, and t h e Matriculation Class Production of Sheridan's play, "The Rivals" (abridged!). T h a n k you, Mother, for the delicious p a r t y and the most e n t e r t a i n i n g film, "The L a v e n d e r Hill Mob". 14th: The Social — T h a n k s to "St. P a t ' s " f o r a wond e r f u l evening. 21st: A Musicale of very high s t a n d a r d was enjoyed by p a r e n t s and f r i e n d s in St. Cecilia's Hall.

FEBRUARY, 1961. 7th: Returning f o r a New Year we sadly missed our old f r i e n d s b u t w e r e compensated by the m a n y new. 10th: "Pennies f r o m H e a v e n " — our first long film for the year. 11th: Election of our Sports Captains: Ann S m u r t h waite and Patricia Hayden for W a r d ; A n n e Buckley and M a r g a r e t Hayes, for B a r r y ; and Annette McGennisken and K e r r y O'Callaghan, Mulhall, w e r e the choices.

SEPTEMBER 13th: Mixed feelings as we r e t u r n e d to school and the prospects of t h e "October" tests in September! 21st: A pleasant diversion f r o m the Tests was the Ballet, "Coppelia", on TV.

MARCH 7th: Mother Thomas Aquinas' Feast Day was highlighted by the film of the "Bolshoi Ballet". 10th: Dust and overalls disappeared for the Minister of Education's visit!!!

OCTOBER 15th: Sports Day — sincerest congratulations to t h e victors — W A R D House, and its Captains, Mary O'Connor and A n n S m u r t h w a i t e . 19th: The Senior Choir and Orchestra were honoured to p e r f o r m for Professor George Loughlin. 20th: Mother Provincial's talk on her trip overseas proved most interesting and informative. 30th: We participated in t h e a n n u a l procession in honour of Christ the King at St. P a t r i c k ' s Oval. NOVEMBER 5th: The Ballarat Boys' Schools' Combined d r e w m a n y spectators f r o m M.M.

14th: Faces w e r e both sad and proud as we f a r e welled Mother Thomas Aquinas, but they quickly brightened on welcoming our new Mistress of Schools, Mother M. Josepha. 16th: Congratulations to Helen Fry, the Ballarat J u n i o r Schoolgirl Tennis Champion. Bad luck, A n n e Marie, t h e r u n n e r - u p in the Senior Section. 17th: A long awaited day — we thoroughly enjoyed swimming at L a k e Learmonth, and the film, "Me and t h e Colonel".

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APRIL 12th: We w e r e all proud of our Royal Blue at the Combined Sports, and w e r e not disheartened w h e n finishing only third. There are other years to regain our First of 1960. 2'8th: An exhibition by the Australian Table Tennis Champion, Victor Madison, and colleagues, caused a rush to the "Ping P o n g " table for the next few days.

t h e w h i l e w a t c h i n g w i t h d e e p i n t e r e s t w h a t progress was b e i n g m a d e . H a m m e r i n g , w h i s t l i n g a n d constant shouting disturbed the Leavings who were s t u d y i n g in t h e i r c l a s s r o o m w h i c h is p r a c t i c a l l y a d j a c e n t to t h e l i b r a r y . M a y h o l i d a y s a r r i v e d at snail's p a c e a n d all w e n t h o m e w i t h a p i c t u r e in t h e i r m i n d s of a r o o m with g r e e n walls, d e v o i d of f u r n i t u r e , a n d with an u n p o l i s h e d floor. . .

29th: Mary's Mount voices w e r e well h e a r d as St. Patrick's w e r e first across the line at the Head of the Lake. 30th: The Seniors were privileged in singing at Mass at the Cathedral,

Y o u can j u s t i m a g i n e m y s u r p r i s e w h e n I ret u r n e d f r o m m y h o l i d a y s a n d f o u n d a n e w red a n d g r e v r u b b e r - t i l e d floor on t h e small c o r r i d o r which separates the front hall f r o m the main school corridor, and found a completed readingr o o m ! As 1 p e e r e d t h r o u g h t h e glacs d o o r , 1 was a m a z e d to see h o w c h a n g e d t h e l i b r a r y w a s ! It was n o l o n g e r b a r e a n d u n f i n i s h e d - l o o k i n g . The wall d i r e c t l y f a c i n g m e was a w a r m , d a r k g r e e n , w h i c h c o l o u r was a d d e d t o by ilie b r i g h t p a p e r covers of t h e v a r i o u s t y p e s of t r a v e l o g u e s , biograp h i e s a n d h i s t o r i c a l r e f e r e n c e b o o k s in t h e shelves w h i c h l i n e t h e w h o l e w i d t h of t h e r o o m . F r o s t e d glass w i n d o w s c o n s t i t u t e p a r t of the p a s t e l g r e e n walls on t h e l e f t h a n d side of l i b r a r y , t h e r e m a i n ing walls b e i n g t h e s a m e p a s t e l s h a d e a n d l i n e d w i t h shelves c o n t a i n i n g a r t b o o k s of all descriptions, b o o k s o n m u s i c , s p i r i t u a l r e a d i n g m a t t e r a n d dictionaries and encyclopaedias. The different s h a d e s of green in t h e r o o m t o n e in b e a u t i f u l l y w i t h t h e lilac-coloured c e i l i n g w i t h i*s w h i t e skirtings. F l u o r e s c e n t l i g h t i n g a d d s to t h e b r i g h t n e s s of t h e r o o m , as do t h e w e l l - p o l i s h e d light w o o d floor a n d t h e g o r g e o u s t a n l a m i n e x t a b l e s surrounded by green spongy chairs.

MAY 1st: The "high b r o w s " appreciated a piano recital by Abbey Simon at the Civic Hall, while the others enjoyed "The Fuller B r u s h M a n " at school. 3rd: T h e Matrics. earned well-deserved praise for w i n n i n g the Classes' Mission Competition. 7th: The A n n u a l Youth M a r c h was followed by the May Procession and Benediction at the Cathedral. 17th: It was good to see a film on Ballarat — "The E u r e k a Stockade". JUNE 8th: An interesting day — the school was in t h e hands of four impressive policemen — for "Road Traffic Talks". Later we enjoyed F a t h e r Dynon's latest film on the Indian Mission. 11th: The TV enthusiasts appreciated the Duke of Kent's wedding. 13th: Mother Superior's Feast and the Celebration of the C e n t e n a r y of the Death of Mother Teresa Ball, I.B.V.M.

W e find t h e l i b r a r y e x t r e m e l y u s e f u l as it is very q u i e t , a n d o n e is n o t d i s t u r b e d b y t h e c h a n g ing of p e r i o d s as in t h e s t u d y . Strict silence h a s b e e n i m p o s e d on t h e S e n i o r School, a n d t h o u g h at first we w e r e d i s t r a c t e d b y lack of noise, we a r e n o w u s e d to it a n d r e a l i z e w h a t a g r e a t asset t h e r e f e r e n c e l i b r a r y is as r e g a r d s o u r s t u d y .

GLEN1S BARFER & RHETTA CALLIL, (Matriculation, Mary's

Mount)

T H E LIBRARY As I s n u g g l e d i n t o b e d o n I lie first night b a c k a f t e r t h e M a y h o l i d a y s , I t h o u g h t over t h e e v e n t s of t h e d a y — seeing all m y f r i e n d s a n d e x c h a n g i n g v i e w s ; t h e m a i n t o p i c of c o n v e r s a t i o n was t h e n e w L i b r a r y . T h i s r o o m n o w was a great c o n t r a s t to t h e g e n e r a l scene five w e e k s ago w h e n t h e p i a n o , c h a i r s a n d t a b l e c o v e r e d w i t h b o x e s of all s h a p e s a n d sizes, w e r e p i l e d u p in t h e c o r r i d o r o u t s i d e St. Agnes' P a r l o u r . T h e p a r l o u r a n d t h e O r a t o r y w e r e b e i n g d i s m a n t l e d . T h e s e r o o m s w e r e to bec o m e p a r t of a n e w l i b r a r y , t h e l i b r a r y that had b e e n t a l k e d a b o u t f o r so long, t h e l i b r a r y t h a t h a d a l m o s t b e c o m e a f a i r y t a l e ! T h e boxes, c h a i r s and table gradually d i s a p p e a r e d into t h e darkness of t h e Abyss ( c o m m o n l y k n o w n as t h e " N u n s ' s i d e " ) a n d t h e t w o b a r e little r o o m s w a i t e d f o r their rejuvenation . . .

HOLLY BILSON, HELEN PEARSE, (Leaving Class, Mary's Mount).

OUR CELEBRATION OF THE CENTENARY OF THE DEATH OF MOTHER TERESA BALL, I.B.V.M. T o c o m m e m o r a t e t h e c e n t e n a r y of t h e d e a t h of M o t h e r T e r e s a Ball, w h o first b r o u g h t t h e I n s t i t u t e of t h e Blessed V i r g i n M a r y f r o m E n g l a n d to Irel a n d , t h e I n t e r m e d i a t e Class p r o d u c e d a short p l a y , o u t l i n i n g h e r life. A series of scenes, b r i n g i n g o u t t h e m o r e i m p o r t a n t m o m e n t s in h e r life, w e r e l i n k e d by n a r r a t o r s w h o r e l a t e d h e r life's story. T h e p l a y o p e n e d at t h e Mick legate B a r Conv e n t , Y o r k , w h e r e F r a n c e s Ball was to s p e n d h e r s c h o o l days. O n t h i s h e r first d a y at school, s h e was a little sad at t h e t h o u g h t of l e a v i n g h e r m o t h e r in far-aw T ay I r e l a n d , h u t h e r t w o sisters,

It was great to see t h e f o u n d a t i o n s b e i n g laid. F l o o r s w e r e p u l l e d u p a n d b o a r d e r s h a d to t a k e a slight d e t o u r o n t h e i r w a y to t h e C h a p e l , all 12

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Cast of Play at Mary's Mount, celebrating the centenary of the death of Mother F. Teresa Ball, I.B.V.M. Bella a n d A n n a - M a r i a a s s u r e d h e r (hat s h e w o u l d e n j o y t h e l i f e of t h e c o n v e n t - s c h o o l . W e t h e n saw A n n a - M a r i a , F r a n c e s ' eldest sister, w a l k i n g with y o u n g F r a n c e s in t h e g a r d e n at York. H e r e , A n n a M a r i a said to h e r sister, " F a n n y , r e m e m b e r , seek first t h e K i n g d o m of G o d a n d His j u s t i c e , a n d all t h i n g s else s h a l l b e a d d e d u n t o you. These words F r a n c e s n e v e r f o r g o t a n d s h e always looked to Anna Maria for advice and comfort.

V i r g i n M a r y at R a t h f a r n h a m , I r e l a n d . H e r e , we l e a r n t h o w t h e I r i s h B r a n c h of t h e I n s t i t u t e c a m e to he called " L o r e t o " , a f t e r t h e H o l y H o u s e at L o r e t o . T h e n a r r a t o r s c o n c l u d e d t h e s k e t c h by relating briefly how the Institute spread throughout t h e w o r l d ; t h e n , we, " L o r e t o " girls of 1961 e n d e d o u r i t e m w i t h t h e singing of " T h e M a x i m s of Mary W a r d " . MARY-LOUISE COGHLAN,

T h e next brief scene, s h o w e d two very a n x i o u s p a r e n t s , Mr. a n d Mrs. Ball, discussing t h e unsatisf a c t o r y r e p o r t s s o m e t i m e s r e c e i v e d f r o m Y o r k . But his little d a u g h t e r ' s m i s d e m e a n o u r s , such as tearing c a t e c h i s m s a n d t h r o w i n g toys in t h e fire, f a i l e d to i m p r e s s J o h n Ball. " F a n n y is o n l y a c h i l d , a n d she w o u l d n o t b e a c h i l d if s h e d i d n o t p r e f e r f u n to lessons,'" h e said, a n d F a n n y soon p r o v e d h i m right b y s e t t l i n g d o w n w h o l e h e a r t e d l y to h e r studies.

(15 Years, Mary's Mount).

In t h e f o u r t h scene, we saw F r a n c e s at a great ball given in h e r h o n o u r . H e r e , d u r i n g t h e first q u a d r i l l e , t h e m e a n i n g of A n n a - M a r i a ' s words spoken in t h e g a r d e n at Y o r k , s u d d e n l y b e c a m e a p p a r e n t to h e r , a n d s h e k n e w that God was calling h e r to s u r r e n d e r all. S h e i m m e d i a t e l y i n q u i r e d of h e r m o t h e r if s h e m i g h t r e t u r n h o m e , b u t t h e ball h a d to go on. In t h e n e x t s h o r t scene, we saw h e r k n e e l i n g b e f o r e a c r u c i f i x , still in h e r b e a u t i f u l b a l l dress, p r a y i n g f o r grace to d o G o d ' s Will a n d p u t aside all h e r e a r t h l y b e a u t y a n d riches.

MARY'S MOUNT, BALLARAT MATRICULATION MUSIC STUDENTS,

F i n a l l y , t h e last scene s h o w e d F r a n c e s , n o w M o t h e r M. T e r e s a , w i t h t w o of h e r c o m p a n i o n s in the first convent of t h e I n s t i t u t e of t h e Blessed

F r o m L e f t to R i g h t : M a r y O'Connor (2nd C l a s s H o n o u r s ) , M a r i e C o o k e (2nd C l a s s H o n o u r s ) , J o c e l y n A v e r ( P a s s ) , C h r i s t i n a F a w c u s (1st C l a s s H o n o u r s ) , A n n e S p a r k s (2nd C l a s s H o n o u r s ) , R o b y n R e y n o l d s (2nd C l a s s H o n o u r s ) .

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October 5th:

Christian Doctrine

J u l y : N e w bell and electric clock installed — placed outside Honours' Classroom! Occupants indignant!

October

Free

J u l y 11th: Leaving girls w e n t to see "A School f o r Scandal". Thoroughly e n j o y e d by all, especially by the boarders who w e r e allowed to stay out f o r t h e night. July

J u l y 19th: Reverend J. H o n n e r celebrated his First Mass at Loreto, Marryatville.

August 3rd: Nuns enjoyed our singing r e h e a r s a l with our teacher, Miss Limb. T h a n k s to Mrs. Fountain for h e r accompaniments.

November

day

Admirable

Benediction

Carmelite

the

KENNEDY

NIXON

excitement.

Prize Day for seniors.

December: We r e t u r n to school to say goodbye. leaving had m a n y regrets. December 9th: all.

Those

S.H.C. Graduation Dance enjoyed by

December 12th: Loreto Prefects' Dance. A pity that the decorations could not be stored f o r f u t u r e occasions — so much w o r k done by those w h o planned t h e m — n e w idea n e x t year. A w o n d e r f u l night — m a n y memories.

September 26th: Nuns and seniors (legions!) saw "Ben Hur". How m a n y did not close their eyes at any time during the film? on

Cup

November 28th: The " G r e a t T r e k " begins for L e a v ings and Honours.

September 22nd: Long t h r e a t e n e d but unexpected . . . "Pepsi" disappears. Alas!

lessons

All Saints' Day and Melbourne

November 25th: Public Examinations begin. Tension mounts f o r I n t e r m e d i a t e s — last spell for L e a v ings!

September 20th: R e t u r n e d — strong resolutions about study. When are the examinations?

Solemn

9th:

November 24th:

August 31st: The longest t e r m we have ever known — extra week in MIDDLE term!

October 3rd: Convent.

1st:

November 21st: Reception of m e m b e r s into Our Lady's Sodality. P a r t y for Jubilarians, Sodalists and other seniors.

August 23rd: Silent for a f e w days. R e t r e a t under the direction of Very Rev. T. Bourke, S.J., m u c h appreciated. Amazing the amount of knitting t h a t can be done during t h r e e days.

History

November 10th: Physiology class w e n t to Museum. Remarkable how long it takes to see things and m a k e notes and sketches!

August 4th: Singing Festival at Elder Hall.

Leaving

rain!

November 5th: P r e v i e w of some of Miss Good's P a i n t ings of scenes in Central Australia. Seeing the " C e n t r e " has become a habit w i t h our Miss Good, and we agree, a f t e r seeing h e r paintings and h e r slides, t h a t they would entice anyone to m a k e that trip.

Y.C.S. Rally at Loreto Convent.

September 28th: Recorder.

October 15th: J u n i o r Sports Day — No scientific p r e p a r a t i o n of the Oval!

November 4th: Leavings w e n t to Physics Display at University. I n t e r m e d i a t e s saw "The Merchant of Venice".

J u l y 25th: Leaving girls saw "Richard the T h i r d " at Union Theatre.

August 19th: Mission Day Film — " T h e Crichton".

Boarders

November Day.

23rd: Basketball reputation redeemed. J u n i o r "A" w i n shield — undefeated through t h e season. Congratulations! High hopes for next year.

August 12th: Boarders' f r e e w e e k - e n d — e x t r a — Our Lady's Assumption Day.

October 14th: Y.C.S. had a tuck shop day. agreed "wonderful".

October 22nd: Physiology Class h a d a " D A Y " at Marino Rocks — Costumes bright, no absentees! Some precious r e m i n d e r s ordered f r o m classroom to other spheres . . . smells, eh!

July 22'nd: Demonstration room was packed as Senior classes g a t h e r e d for delightful talk on Shakespeare by the Reverend D. Bourke, C.M. His reconstructed Globe T h e a t r e — all details (even puppets and stairs) to scale — created enthusiasm for weeks — so did his Shakespeare.

J u l y 31st:

week-end.

October 21st: T h a n k s to m e m b e r s of A q u i n a s Society who took " f r e s h e r s - t o - b e " on tour of University. Enjoyable a f t e r n o o n in every way. Ended with evening Mass and p r a y e r together.

15th: W o n d e r f u l talk by Miss Therese Denny. All interested in her experiences in London and America. Time passed too quickly.

July

7th:

examinations.

Tape

1961. F e b r u a r y 7th: Boarders w e r e seen to r u s h in at odd times during the day, leave cases w h e r e e v e r y body could fall over them. 14

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F e b r u a r y 8th: All r e t u r n to school (hopefully but doubtfully to w o r k ) . Honours s a u n t e r to their new classrooms trying to pretend that they do not know their new responsibilities. Old friends, M.M. Imelda, M.M. Josepha and S.M. Annunciata, missed. However, we sincerely welcome M.M. Alphonsus and S.M. Jeanne.

May 24th: Long Second Term commences, also basketball. May 31st: First night of career talks. Old Scholars gave us a w o n d e r f u l evening. P a r e n t s and senior girls attended. Questioning time solved many problems concerning careers. T h a n k s to Joan Holland for organizing these talks for us. (For details see Page 91.)

F e b r u a r y 2'5th: Senior "A" Tennis suffers first disheartening defeat at hands of Cabra. Eyes begin to t u i n towards third term when, we hope, luck will be better.

J u n e 3rd: All basketball teams win matches Senior C. (Was this expected?)

March 17th: St. Patrick's Day — and wonderful long week-end. St. P a t r i c k acclaimed the most popular saint in the calendar.

J u n e 6th: Hamlet screened. Everyone admires L a u r ence Olivier's golden locks.

March 29th: Easter holidays begin. Although no homework set, we w e r e urged to do "SOME STUDY". Nevertheless bags looked surprisingly light!

J u n e 7th: A big t e a m of Old Scholars came for Career talks to girls and parents. (For details see P. 91.) T h e speakers stressed the spiritual side of the work and, at question time, dealt with the various branches, salaries and opportunities offered in Australia and other parts of the world. We were proud of the two w h o left school so recently and who presented their m a t t e r so clearly and so well J e n n y and Philippa.

April 8th: Cabra Sports. Loreto athletes champions in relay — look forward to f u r t h e r competitions. April 12th: P r e f e c t s announced: Christine Walsh (Head), Michele Doherty, A. Griguol, M. Mueller, M. A. Honner, A. Morcom, M. Arend, Louise George, Danyse Crotti, Briony Thompson.

Thanks to the President, Joan Holland, who m a d e these talks possible and to those who gave their time so generously.

April 14th: Loreto Old Scholars' Ball — everybody admired. "Debs" looked w o n d e r f u l . Onlookers h a d high hopes for f u t u r e years. Some plans readjusted!

J u n e 13th: Celebrated the Centenary of Reverend Mother Teresa Ball. The nuns gave us talks on her life. Mass was celebrated at eleven o'clock by the Rev. H. Lalor, S.J.

April 16th: Long awaited Sports Day. Hurdles praised. All f e a r s of rain unjustified. All siphoning and soaking up of water f r o m oval completed successfully. Everybody happy.

E x t r a outdoor games and competitions enjoyed. In honour of Mother Superior's Feast the senior Dramatic Club presented "The Ugly Duckling". Enjoyed by all. Good Milne and good f u n . T h a n k s to Elizabeth Doherty and Juliette T h o m p son for the dancing.

April 22nd: J u n i o r "A's" prove themselves indomitable fightex-s when they play for Senior A Head of River. The Torrens thronged with barrackers. Hopes and colours varied. C.B.C. Dance. April 29th: S.A.C. Sports. Relay — Loreto once again acquits itself w o n d e r f u l l y — second only to M.L.C.

J u n e 27th: Oil painting class went to see Miss Gladys Good's exhibition of landscapes and flower studies. Came home elated. New joy in wielding paint brushes. Enjoyed subtle h u m o u r of The Seven Ages. Congratulations to Miss Good.

April: We greatly appreciated the interesting lectures given by Mr. R. Hancock and Mrs. Dwyer, of the Catholic Career Advisory Service. We thank them for much help given since that day.

J u n e 28th: Second lesson in The Art of Public Speaking. Class had increased in n u m b e r s since first lesson — grateful to Mr. E. Parrel 1, of The N e w m a n Institute, for his generous bestowal of time and interest.

May 1st: May Procession through garden. Line seems longer than ever. Act of Consecration and Crowning of Our Lady. Very Reverend T. Bourke, S.J., gave us a short inspiring talk which was followed by Benediction. Concert at St. P e t e r s — our singing m a s t e r and conductor, Mr. Richard Watson. Our other effort for Education Week was the dance — congratulations to Miss Hogarth and the dancers. (See P i c t u r e Page 67.) May 2nd: Blackfriars Dance. "Inters" eyed enviously.

Lucky

Leavings

except

J u n e 2'9th: We are looking f o r w a r d to the celebrations today a n d tomorrow — the debate between Leaving and Intermediate teams, the Play to be presented by Boarders' Senior Dramatic Club, and the Orchestral Concert. "AVE ATQUE

VALE"

CHRISTINE WALSH, (Leaving Honours).

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d u c t e d t h e S e n i o r C h o i r a n d Mrs. F l y n n t h e J u n i o r Choir, while Miss B e t t y Nolan accompanied. At 7.30 p . m . we a s s e m b l e d at S c h o o l to receive last i n s t r u c t i o n s a b o u t o u r L o r e t o b e h a v i o u r a n d general d e p o r t m e n t , t h e n we p r o c e e d e d to t h e Hall.

Fhey d o n o t w a l k , t h e y s a u n t e r . T h e y h a v e a n a i r of c o n f i d e n t s o p h i s t i c a t i o n , m a t c h e d w i t h s u p r e m e s e l f - a s s u r a n c e . T h e y a r e a s s u r e d b u t n o t s m u g , wellliked, but not crowned with popularity. T h e y are interesting when they want to be—but they don't! T h e y w a n t to b e gay, f a s h i o n a b l e a n d p o p u l a r — w i t h certain people. W H O ? Popularity means the world. T h e y strive always f o r t h i s g r e a t p o w e r , o f t e n unattainable. T h e i r sense of v a l u e s is a little w a r p e d , b u t t h e y are usually ready to admit error. T h e y are pleasant a n d o f t e n m o s t a m u s i n g . T h e i r c o n v e r s a t i o n is res t r i c t i v e — n o t m a n y fields b u t one. W i t h m o n o t o n o u s r e p e t i t i o n t h e o n e s u b j e c t c o n t i n u e s in a l i g h t a n d varied strain. T h e m e n t i o n of a n a m e is l i a b l e to send t h e m i n t o fits of self-conscious giggles, b l u s h e s a n d w h i s p e r e d conversations. W h o are t h e y ? You k n o w t h e m well a n d p r o b a b l y like t h e m , too. FELICITY O'LOGHLIN, (Intermediate, Marryatville).

W e s a n g a n d p a r a d e d to a H a l l p a c k e d to capacity w i t h o u r f o n d a n d p r o u d p a r e n t s , f r i e n d s a n d other interested people. T h e T i n y Tots completely stole t h e s h o w , p a r t i c u l a r l y l i t t l e Nola F i s h e r , w h o f o r g o t h e r m a n y d e p o r t m e n t lessons a n d ran t h e f u l l l e n g t h of t h e " C a t - W a l k " to t h e great amusem e n t of t h e a u d i e n c e ! T h e f r o c k s w e r e all g r e a t l y a d m i r e d , a n d , as we f a c e d t h e m u l t i t u d e , w e felt well p r e p a r e d to be f u t u r e d e b u t a n t e s w h i l e trying to p u t i n t o p r a c t i c e all we h a d b e e n t a u g h t . A.N., (Dawson Street).

HOLIDAYS ARE OYER S e c o n d T e r m b e g a n o n t h e 6th J u n e . G i r l s w h o h a v e t h e r e p u t a t i o n of c o m i n g late f o r A s s e m b l y , a r r i v e d a l m o s t at t h e crack of d a w n , t o j o i n t h e h a p p y c r o w d of f r i e n d s g a t h e r e d in t h e p l a y g r o u n d , all e a g e r t o discuss t h e h a p p e n i n g s of t h e p r e v i o u s t h r e e weeks.

"TOTS TO TEENERS" MANNEQUIN PARADE

E a c h new m e m b e r of t h e g r o u p was w e l c o m e d hack w i t h o p e n a r m s , as t h o u g h s h e w a s a l o n g lost f r i e n d t h a t h a d n o t b e e n seen f o r y e a r s .

" C h i l d r e n , " a n n o u n c e d M o t h e r at. A s s e m b l y o n e A p r i l m o r n i n g in 1960, " s o m e of y o u a r e soon to b e c o m e M a n n e q u i n s ! " S u c h a n a s t o u n d i n g statem e n t was received b y t h e p u p i l s of L o r e t o L a d i e s ' College, B a l l a r a t , w i t h a l a r g e p o r t i o n of d i s b e l i e f , b u t we were soon to discover t h a t as u s u a l M o t h e r m e a n t w h a t s h e s a i d ! It a p p e a r e d t h a t o u r energetic M o t h e r s ' C l u b , e a g e r to h e l p swell t h e f u n d s for our promised and much needed new building, h a d a r r a n g e d a M a n n e q u i n P a r a d e , a n d t h o s e of us w h o could walk sedately and with composure, were to m o d e l s o m e of t h e v a r i e t y of c l o t h e s o f f e r e d f o r t h e occasion b y " J e s s i c a S t o n e ' s Style S t o r e " of B a l l a r a t . T h e P a r a d e was to b e h e l d in St. P a t r i c k ' s C a t h e d r a l H a l l , a n d o u r two C h o i r s w e r e also to give a half h o u r ' s e n t e r t a i n m e n t d u r i n g t h e e v e n i n g .

W h e r e v e r o n e goes o n e c a n n o t a v o i d t h e gay c h a t t e r i n g a n d l a u g h t e r of t h e g i r l s ; in t h e shoer o o m w h e r e t h e r u l e of s t r i c t s i l e n c e is u s u a l l y k e p t ; in t h e p l a y g r o u n d ; o n t h e t e n n i s c o u r t s ; a n d on t h e s c h o o l v e r a n d a h s . T h e m o r e e n e r g e t i c girls ate catching u p on their tennis practice. Others a r e s i m p l y c a r r y i n g b o o k s t o a n d f r o m t h e classr o o m s , all t a l k i n g e x c i t e d l y to e a c h o t h e r . S u d d e n l y a g r o u p of girls spot a n e w c o m e r to t h e school a n d all h e a d s a r e t u r n e d in h e r direction. T h e group p r e p a r e s a speech which they will m a k e to h e r , t h e n slowly a p p r o a c h h e r . T h e n in t h e i r e x c i t e m e n t t h e y q u i t e f o r g e t t h e i r s p e e c h and instead a f r i e n d l y conversation follows and t h e n e w girl is d r a w n i n t o t h e f r i e n d l y a n d h a p p y a t m o s p h e r e of s c h o o l g i r l s .

P r e p a r a t i o n s b e g a n i m m e d i a t e l y , a n d soon we f o u n d ourselves b e i n g t r a n s p o r t e d in c a r - l o a d s a f t e r school f o r fittings at " J e s s i c a ' s " . T h i s was all m o s t i n t e r e s t i n g to t h e c l o t h e s - h u n g r y " t e e n a g e r " a n d we e n j o y e d t h o s e visits a n d t h e discussions a b o u t t h e v a r i o u s styles to b e m o d e l l e d . Less p l e a s a n t , however, w e r e t h e n u m e r o u s d e p o r t m e n t lessons to b e undergone at school, w h e n "shoulders back", " h e a d s u p " , "sweet s m i l e " , etc., w e r e o r d e r s difficult t o c a r r y o u t w i t h grace a n d ease. W e w i s h e d we possessed t h e c h a r m a n d ease of m a n n e r exh i b i t e d b y t h e t i n y tots of the J u n i o r School, whose smiles were just right and whose dainty feet s e e m e d n e v e r to w a n d e r in t h e w r o n g d i r e c t i o n ! Soon the great day arrived — a Tuesday. T h a t a f t e r n o o n we s p e n t in t h e Hall h a v i n g a " D r y " R e h e a r s a l ( a n d a v e r y d r y o n e a t t h a t ! ) of t h e P a r a d e a n d t h e Singing. M r . K e i t h Y o u n g con-

SANDRA O'DONOGHUE, (3rd Year, Nedlands).

APPRECIATION D e a r M a r y : J u s t a little t h a n k y o u f o r b e i n g t h e b e s t - m a n n e r e d c h i l d I saw w h i l e visiting B a l l a r a t r e c e n t l y . I t w a s a p l e a s u r e to see y o u on t h e t r a m , M a r y . I b a d to get y o u r a d d r e s s f r o m o n e of y o u r s c h o o l m a t e s ; a n d n o w I ' m n o t s u r e of t h e n u m b e r . T h a n k y o u , a g a i n , little o n e f o r t h e p l e a s u r e y o u gave an o l d , old l a d y . Say a l i t t l e p r a y e r f o r m e ; I'll say o n e f o r y o u . E. O'SHEA. Mary Ryan is a Fourth Class pupil at Loreto Convent, Dawson Street, Ballarat.

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TENNIS Congratulations to Kirribilli on winning the Cardinal's Cup for 1961-1962. The winning team: Sally Duncan, Kay Tracey (Captain), Eve Shannon, Catherine Cahill. They defeated the Santa Sabina team. The Kirribilli B team won the Monsignor Meany Cup on the same day. The winning team: Sue Mulally, Sue Holt (Captain), Lyn Fraser. Janelle Barrett. Congratulations!

, KIRRIBILLI, 1960-1961

SCHOOL DIARY, LORE JULY: Senior Sports. Blue offer strong competition, won the Sports Cup. Green was r e w a r d e d for conscientious practice—the Practice Cup. Rhythm style and co-operation won the marching cup for Red.

MARCH: Prefects announced. Congratulations to Kay Tracey as our Head P r e f e c t ; also to J u l i a n n e O'Neill, Helen Beaton, Helen Maguire, Sue Dickson, Virginia Sarks, Gay Hickey, Mary Riddington, Noelene Byrne, Mary Nelson, Penny Shelton and Helen Devine. Felicitations to Sport Captains, Kay Tracey, Helen Beaton, Carolyn Earl and Helen Diver. As a reminder of this Holy Week, the Drama Group presented a radio, Passion Play on the public address system. It gave us the right spirit to enter Holy Week with. T h a n k s go to Mrs. Scullen.

AUGUST: Fourth Year Dance. School worries were forgotten as 38 F o u r t h Year girls danced the night away with St. Aloysius and Riverview escorts. And so to the holidays. SEPTEMBER: From the ruins of Milsons rose an u l t r a - m o d e r n J u n i o r School complete with soundproof classrooms, Venetian blinds, plate glass windows and even, indoor plants! It was opened by Bishop Muldoon.

APRIL: Debs, w e r e scarcely recognisable as 1960 5th Years. These ethereal apparitions floated across the 'Hall' to curtsy before Mother Superior and the community before they, with partners, left f o r the Loreto Ball. E X A M S — What more can we say! The new r e p o r t cards considerably enlightened parents — for better or worse.

OCTOBER: J u n i o r School Sports: Gold won and we saw f u t u r e track stars in our 5 to 10 year-old athletes. NOVEMBER: The Senior School Choir conducted by Mr. H. Billington, gave its first public p e r f o r m ance before an appreciative audience of parents and friends. Congratulations to our soloists — Mary and Eve. The p r o g r a m m e included e v e r y thing f r o m Viennese waltzes to Negro Spirituals. Later in the month, Biology students armed with pens, pencils, pads and 'binoculars' invaded the Sydney Museum. A f t e r an extensive survey (those stairs) we were disappointed to have missed seeing a pickled Paramecium.

MAY: Our Lady's month opened with a play perf o r m e d in her honour by the 3rd Years. It was a fitting tribute to our heavenly Mother. The story of all the m a j o r events in her life described by a n a r r a t o r , while scenes were acted. We were all very impressed by the general debate held by the boarders — 'Do the Dead still Rule the World'. The audience was very undecided until Collen Shelton in a brilliant burst of oratory, won the day — No, they don't — And so to holidays.

LORETO DAY: In honour of the Jubilarians, F o u r t h Year gave the world premiere of Our Rare Ladies, with apologies to G. B. S h a w and everyone else. Critics voted the p e r f o r m a n c e a huge success.

JUNE: The month of the Sacred Heart. Mass was celebrated on the 9th for both Senior and Middle School. Sacred Heart Altars were masses of flowers. We also celebrated the centenary of Mother Frances Ball's death with a special Benediction. Middle School Mission effort and now, Senior School mission 'drive'.

LAST DAY (Prize Day): A m i x t u r e of joy and sorrow as some passed through the gates for the last time. For the lucky ones, prizes, and for the not so fortunate, holidays were enough. 1961. FEBRUARY: Very a m a t e u r 5th Years took over the recently vacated classrooms.

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SCHOOL DIARY, LORETO, CAVENDISH ROAD I960. May 18th: Boarders r e t u r n e d to Cavendish Road, with a d m i r a b l e resolutions and the usual ''latest" hairstyles. May 19th: Day scholars returned and exchanged with the boarders South Coast and country holiday news. May 24th: Feast of Our Lady Help of Christians, an appropriate day for our May Procession to the Shrine. In the afternoon the J.P.'s celebrated it with the best mission effort for Brisbane — £120. May 25th-27th: Retreat, given by F a t h e r Wilfred, a Passionist, was enjoyed by the Senior School. J u n e 24th: Consecration of the school to the Sacred H e a r t and a sermon f r o m F a t h e r Lewis, C.SS.R., who directed the Middle School Retreat. July

3rd: The hall has a new magnetic attraction since the a r r i v a l of the r i g h t - a r m rest chairs; at least we can pretend we are at the university. The novelty will wear off with the varnish on the chairs.

August 4th: Mother Superior's feast day. G r e a t talent discovered in the sphere of dressmaking, when we viewed our gifts to Mother for distribution to the Brown Nurses, for their most charitable work. A f t e r a party, we watched ''Elizabeth Refuses" and "The Ugly Duckling", presented by the Lite r a r y Clubs. August 5th: "Music You Love to Hear", presented by Mr. Grice and his Choir. W h a t an enjoyable evening for us all! August 11th: Yellow cabs a p p e a r in the drive suitcases a r e everywhere. Vacations at last.

and

August 30th: Back to school with long faces at the prospect of exams, in November. September 7th: "B" tennis team has won the coveted shield. We gave them an uproarious welcome back and felt they deserved much praise as they won a f t e r much tribulation. September 22nd: We were happy to see a child f r o m Form III received into the Church. Congratulations, Vicki!

night vigil in honour of Our Lady of Fatima, to help to combat the menace of Communism. October 22nd: Visit f r o m Cornelia Otis Skinner and Cyril Ritchard, well known actors, who were in Brisbane. Sales of "Our Hearts w e r e Young and G a y " w e r e boosted. November 1st: School w e n t to see "Ben H u r " and all enjoyed it even though it rained miserably. November 11th: Day of doom for the J u n i o r Publics, but as results proved later, things w e r e not as bad as they might have seemed. November 16th: A n o t h e r day of doom, this time for t h e Seniors, who all passed their exams. Congratulations! November 29th: Loreto Day. Picnic at the Oasis, and s u n b u r n t backs. Congratulations to J u b i l a r i a n s — Mary Luddy, Moira Finnimore, Hilary Crampton, Macushla Beirne, A n n e Owen, Sue P a r e r , Frances Cieary and Sandra M o r r o w — some odes b r o u g h t back memories of their pre-reformation school days. The Plays — "The Fortieth Man" and a Chinese one were memorable. December

1st:

Holiday Hymn and

home!

1961. J a n u a r y 31st: With the new year there w e r e m a n y new faces to welcome, both nuns and girls. We were sorry to know that M.M. Enda, M.M. R e p a r a trice, M.M. Alphonsus and S.M. Eugene had left and we welcomed in their places, M.M. Declan, S.M.P. Chanel, S.M. Marita and S.M. Pius. F e b r u a r y 22nd: General Y.C.S. meeting w i t h added stress on the P l a n of Life and commendable resolutions. March 18th: St. Patrick's Concert at the Festival Hall. Loreto Choir sang. May 20th: Youth Concert — one of the best we h a v e attended. State vocalist and concerto finalists appeared. May 25th: "A P r a y e r to Our Lady" and " H y m n to St. Cecilia" sung by Loreto at the Xavier Concert. May

27th: Feast of Our Lady Help of Christians. Credit squeeze did not affect the generosity of Loreto girls at the Mission effort. The total of £165 even surpassed that of the J.P.'s of 1960.

September 26th: Presentation of " P y g m a l i o n " by the Seniors and Sub-Seniors. Cushie made a w o n d e r ful Eliza and we wish her luck in h e r d r a m a studies which she is pursuing in Sydney.

May 31st:

October 7th: "Merry and Bright'' and "Five Girls and a Ghost", acted by J u n i o r Literary Club, m a d e us all very merry and bright.

J u n e 4th: Corpus Christi procession. It rained when everyone was assembled on the oval, but it was still a magnificent display of faith.

October 13th: At the request of His Grace, Archbishop Duhig, we had t w e n t y - f o u r hours of Exposition and the nuns and girls kept an all

Novena to the Sacred Heart began.

JUDITH GOODWIN & LOUISE

BRAITLING,

(Sub-Senior, B r i s b a n e ) .

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MARY WARD ART COMPETITION l o p r o m o t e a k n o w l e d g e of a n d d e v o t i o n to o u r Venerable Mother Mary Ward among our pupils t h r o u g h o u t t h e A u s t r a l i a n p r o v i n c e of t h e I.B.V.M., an Art Corn petition h a s b e e n h e l d this y e a r . E a c h p a i n t i n g i l l u s t r a t e d s o m e i n c i d e n t in M a r y ' s life or o n e of h e r m a x i m s . I h e c e n t r e was L o r e t o , Norinanhurst, and the a d j u d i c a t o r s : Mr. J o h n C o b u r n a n d his w i f e , B a r b a r a , a n d Mr. J o h n O g b u r n , all of w h o m a r e w e l l - k n o w n A u s t r a l i a n artists. T h e prizes w e r e as f o l l o w s : Section I ( 16 y e a r s a n d o v e r ) : 1st, C. T u r n e r , of N o r i n a n h u r s t ( p r e s e n t e d by P e l l e g r i n i ) ; 2 n d , K . Searff, of K i r r i b i l l i (presented by David J o n e s J ; 3 r d , C. ( j a r d i n e r . of Norinanhurst ( p r e s e n t e d b y Mr. R u b e n s o l m ) , a n d J . D a v i t t , of T o o r a k (presented by Wiltshires, Melbourne ). 'lion II I 15 and 14 y e a r s ) : 1st, K. M o r t o n , of N o r i n a n h u r s t ( p r e s e n t e d by B l u e D o o r Gall e r v ) ; 2 n d . A. VI. N e l s o n , of N o r m a n h u r c t ( p r e sented by Mrs. B o l t o n ) ; 3 r d , Beth H e a l v , of B r i s b a n e ( p r e s e n t e d by M o t h e r S u p e r i o r , Norinanhurst) . Section III (14 a n d 13 y e a r s ) : 1st, J. M e r c e r , of Blackburn (presented by Mother Superior, N o r i n a n h u r s t ) ; 2 n d , J . D w y e r , of N o r m a n h u r s t ( p r e s e n t e d by E d m a n W i l s o n ) ; 3rd, M. B o u r k e , of P o r t l a n d ( p r e s e n t e d b y Penf o l d s ) , a n d B. K o b l i z e k , of N o r i n a n h u r s t ( p r e sented by Mrs. Tiffin). lection II (11 a n d 10 y e a r s ) : 1st, P. M a l o n e y , of Norinanhurst (presented by Mother Superior, N o r i n a n h u r s t ) ; 2 n d , C. Salacz, of B l a c k b u r n ( p r e s e n t e d by M o t h e r S u p e r i o r , N o r i n a n h u r s t ) ; 3 r d , P. S u m m o n s , of N o r i n a n h u r s t (presented by M o t h e r S u p e r i o r , N o r i n a n h u r s t ) , a n d J. Sehwager, of Norinanhurst (presented by Mother Superior, Norinanhurst). Junior School Section: list, J . R u b e n s o h n a n d J . B e l l a n t o , of N o r i n a n h u r s t . (All six r e m a i n i n g prizes p r e s e n t e d by M o t h e r S u p e r i o r , N o r i n a n hurst.) 2 n d , C. B u l l , of N o r i n a n h u r s t ; 3 r d , R. Myerson a n d P. W h e e l e r , of N o r i n a n h u r s t . Six and Seven Years: of K i r r i b i l l i .

I). C a h i l l a n d T. M a r i t a . b o t h

THE LEOPARD Padding softly through the night Pausing, watching, eyes alight, Prowling, wandering night and day, Eyes ablaze in search of prey. When it s found, oh who shall dare To fight the power lurking there. Oh Leopard, where else can we find. Beauty, terror, grace defined.

WE ARE OBSERVED 13 L a w s o n S t r e e t , P e n r i t h . N.S.W., 6th May, 1961. Mother

Superior,

Loreto Convent, Kirribilli. I w i s h to b r i n g u n d e r y o u r n o t i c e t h e f o l l o w i n g : On T h u r s d a y , 4tli May, I was on d u t y at C e n t r a l R a i l w a y S t a t i o n a b o u t 5.15 p . m . I saw c h i l d r e n in school t u n i c s c o m e out of t h e station a n d walk tow a r d s t h e city. I also n o t i c e d a f r a i l old lady, carrying a large suitcase, corning t o w a r d s t h e e n t r a n c e . W i t h o u t h e s i t a t i o n two of t h e girls w e n t to t h e old lady, took h e r care a n d c a r r i e d it b a c k to w h e r e s h e w a n t e d to go. In niv o c c u p a t i o n as a T r a f f i c S u b - I n s p e c t o r of G o v e r n m e n t T r a n s p o r t , I c o m e in c o n t a c t with thous a n d s of c h i l d r e n y e a r l y , a n d actions such as these a r e r a r e l y seen. On t h e girls' r e t u r n I s o u g h t t h e i r n a m e s a n d s c h o o l ; h e n c e t h i s l e t t e r , as w h e n w e h a v e c a u s e to c o m p l a i n we d o ; so we give c r e d i t w h e r e c r e d i t is d u e . Such actions s p e a k well f o r t h e c h i l d r e n , t h e i r school a n d , a b o v e all, t h e i r t e a c h e r s . So, to you 1 c o m m e n d y o u r t w o p u p i l s : M a r y Grayd o n a n d Colleen S h e l t o n ; a n d I w o u l d he pleased if you w o u l d convey to t h e m t h a n k s f o r a good p u b l i c act. Yours faithfully, S. K, SHADLOW.

WINNERS IN A ROTARY CLUB ESSAY CONTEST At P o r t l a n d ( V i c t o r i a ) t h e R o t a r y C l u b held an essay c o m p e t i t i o n as a f e a t u r e of ""Home And F a m i l y W e e k " . W e w e r e h a p p y to h e a r t h a t t h e first p r i z e in t h e s e n i o r section w e n t to E l i z a b e t h M c C a b e , w h i l e t h e first in t h e I n t e r m e d i a t e section was w o n b y P h i l l i p a K e n i h a n both are pupils of L o r e t o , P o r t l a n d . W e t a k e a p a r a g r a p h , at r a n d o m , f r o m Elizab e t h ' s e s s a y : " W h a t a c t u a l l y is t h e f a m i l y ? ' T h e f a m i l y is t h e n e c e s s a r y society of a n a t u r a l o r d e r . T h e f a t h e r as h e a d h a s all t h e a u t h o r i t y ; respect m u s t be p a i d to h i m a n d h e m u s t e a r n t h e m o n e y to p a y f o r his f a m i l y ' s needs. It is his duty to see t h a t t h e n e e d s of his w i f e and f a m i l y are prov i d e d for."' Such a s h o r t p a s s a g e is e n o u g h to s h o w us t h e t h o u g h t t h a t built u p this essay. \\ e c o n g r a t u l a t e E l i z a b e t h and P h i l l i p a w i t h t h e i r p a r e n t s a n d teachers.

M.O

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1961 JOTTINGS FROM LORETO CONVENT, NEDLANDS

LORETO CONVENT (Dawson Street) DIARY, 1960-1961

F e b r u a r y 14th: Back to school. We welcome Mother Dorothea, Mother Lucy, Mother Madeleine, and Sister Paula, and are sorry to find that Mother Declan and Sister Albert have gone.

1960. F e b r u a r y 9th: Resumed school. We were sorry to find that M.M. Canice had been t r a n s f e r r e d . We welcome M.M. A n n e in h e r place. March 17th: The Choir excelled in singing Mass in the Cathedral in honour of St. Patrick. March 27th: Prefects announced. Congratulations to Frances Taffe (Head), Kathleen O'Sullivan, Diane Taylor, Carolyn Ryan and Margaret Scott. April 26th: Mannequin P a r a d e in St. Patrick's C a t h edral Hall. J u n e 21st: Our Subs show promise as Shakespearean actresses during their p e r f o r m a n c e of the Trial Scene f r o m the Merchant of Venice. J u n e 25th: We w e r e delighted to find that our evening's e n j o y m e n t in the form of a Fancy Dress Ball raised the sum of £ 4 0 for the relief of the starving Refugees. J u l y 3rd: Silence reigns as we meditate for t h r e e days with F a t h e r Bourke, C.SS.R. October 16th: Our Concert in St. Patrick's Cathedral Hall. The chief item was an operetta, "Little Gipsy Gay". October 29th: First Communion. We showed our loyalty to Christ the King by participating in the Procession at St. Patrick's College. November 16th: Display of Work, including a Mannequin P a r a d e by all in the Dressmaking Classes. The Choir sang a selection of Carols. December 10th: Loreto Day. We celebrated w i t h a picnic to Lai Lai Falls.

F e b r u a r y 15th: Lent opens with Mass at Holy Rosary Church. F e b r u a r y 25th: Spent an enjoyable afternoon playing tennis at "Osborne". March 1st: Sports Captain and House Captains elected. Congratulations, Jenny, J u d y and Tricia. March 14th: Prefects announced: Patricia Wright (Head), J e n n y Brophy, J u d i t h Randell, J u l i a Bonser, Susan Edwards, Margaret McCarter and Patricia Adam. March 17th: We celebrated St. P a t r i c k ' s Day with Mass at Subiaco Oval, and a March Past a f t e r wards. March 30th - 31st: Senior Choir sang Holy T h u r s d a y Mass, and Good Friday ceremonies. April 14th: Off the chain for almost a day! Extracts f r o m "A Merchant of Venice" in the morning, and an Orchestral Concert in the afternoon. April 21st: Junior School Fancy Dress Ball was a great success with a variety of lovely costumes. April 25th: Rehearsal of "The Master" at the Assembly Hall. Dress Rehearsal in the afternoon for "Osborne" nuns. April 28th: Presentation of "The Master" in the First W.A. Catholic Schools' Drama Festival.* Many t h a n k s to our producer, S a n d r a McNab, for the time and energy she put into the production. 9 th: Triangular Sports for Grades VI, VII, First, Second and Fourth Years. Osborne and Iona Presentation Convent competed with us.

1961. F e b r u a r y 14th: School resumed. Chief topic of conversation was our new s u m m e r uniforms. All were disappointed to learn of the t r a n s f e r of M.M. J. Berchmans and S.M. Camillus. We welcome M.M. Imelda and S.M. Andrea.

May 14th: Fourth and F i f t h Years took p a r t in Commonwealth Youth S u n d a y ceremonies and March Past on P e r t h Esplanade.

March 29th: Prefects announced: J e n n i f e r Diamond (Head), Carolyne Duggan, Patcheen Rochford, P a m e l a Williams and Carol Tonkin.

May 24th: Senior geography excursion to the P e r t h Observatory. An interesting evening was spent searching for seas of lava (or was it dust?) on the moon and gazing at stars with unmentionable Latin names.

May 7th: We were proud to be able to march u n d e r t h e Loreto Crest in the Youth Sunday March through the city.

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J u n e 14th, 15th, 16th: Senior School Retreat. F a t h e r Aidan, O.F.M., gave some very good talks and led informative discussions.

13th: An unusual event — a P e t Show! P e t s ranged f r o m guinea pigs to goats; Also included were a tortoise and a turtle.

J u n e 21st: We celebrated Mother Superior's feast day with a Concert and a Film — "Goodbye, Mr. Chips". The climax of the Concert was the little ones' Tableau of Mary Ward and the Children while the Choir sang the newly acquired Canadian version of the Maxims of Mary Ward.

J u n e 17th: The Senior R e t r e a t closed with Breakfast following the Mass. J u n e 19th: Mother Superior's Feast was celebrated with a concert in the morning and, in the a f t e r noon a film, "Edison, the Man", starring Spencer Tracey. (4: See Page 33.) Jotters: PATRICIA ADAMS and JULIA BONSER.

J u n e 24th: Victory! Our two Basketball teams defeated Mary's Mount. A very enjoyable day. PATCHEEN ROCHFORD, CAROLYNE DUGGAN, JENNIFER DIAMOND and PAMELA WILLIAMS. (Form IV, Dawson Street, Ballarat.) 20

FORMS III & IV (Intermediate & Sub-Intermediate) L e f t to R i g h t : B A C K R O W : .J. Morrison, P. D a v i s , L, H a y , J. B r y a n t , C. T o n k i n , S. H o w a r d , E. H e i n e n , R. C o f f e y , B. A c k l a n d . T H I R D R O W : X . Wood, J. Carter, E g a n , K. A n t o s i e wicz, J. R i c h a r d s , P. T h o m a s , I. A h e r n , M. X i c h o l l s , M. P r e n d e r g a s t , R. A d a m s o n s . S E C O N D R O W : .J. D i a m o n d , H. N o l a n , F. M c l n e r n e y , A. Tobin, P. R o c h f o r d , M. F l y n n , C. H o g a n , D. W a c h M. B o n g i o r n o , W . S k i r z y n s k i , R. B i r c h . FRONT ROW: P. G a l l a g h e r , P. K y d d , M. H a n r a h a n , G. W a r d , M. Q u i n l a n , P. W i l l i a m s , ( \ D u g g a n . 15. J a k u b a n s , M. Clarke, M. T a f f e , J. M a h e r , S. H o w a r d . ABSENT:

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Above: FORMS I & II L e f t tc R i g h t : B A C K R O W : S. Nic-holls, G. Muir, J. O ' L o u g h l i n , H . Curran, H . W a n s i n k , C. M c K e o g h , S. Morris, H. W o z n i a k , K. W a c h , J. L y n c h , D. Qua vie. FOURTH ROW: P. Cook. B. P o r t e r , B. K i e l y , A. E m e r y , J. V o l d e r s , J. H a n s e n , R. S a v o i a , M. E m e r y , D. M c l n e r n e y , D. P a r s o n s , R. V i t a l i , R. Merlino. THIRD ROW: M. D u f f y , J. F m l a u f t , J. M o y n i h a n , F. Cook. O. M i c h e l i n i G. L o r e n s i n i P. S e a r l e , R. M c K i n n o n , R. O'Neill, M. L i e w i c k i , L. R a i n e . SECOND ROW: X. O ' L o u g h l i n , J. L y n c h , M. B o w d , P. E d w a r d s , C. J a m e s , K. L o r e n s i n i , C. C a l ' a h a n , M. H u g h e s , M. O ' L o u g h l i n , A. P r e n d e r g a s t , .1. H o l l o w a y , M. P r u n t y A. M o u l t o n . F R O N T R O W : R. W i l l i a m s , C. Conroy, E. F l y n n , P. H a r m a n . M. T o r p e y , M. T o o h e y , R. Callaby, E. C h a m , M. H a i n t z . M. P a n a r e l l o , M. M c K i n n o n , D. W h i t e , C. B i r c h , B. G a n n o n . A B S E N T : C. W a r d .

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S u b i a c o is o n e of t h e finest c o l o n i a l m a n s i o n s in A u s t r a l i a ; it c o n s i s t s of t w o s t o r e y s w i t h s a n d s t o n e b r i c k w a l l s , w h i c h a r e s t u c c o c o v e r e d . A fine c o l o n n a d e at t h e f r o n t of t h e h o u s e is of f l u t e d D o r i c c o l u m n s , e a c h s h a f t cut f r o m a s i n g l e s t o n e . S o m e of t h e glass p a n e l s a r e o r i g i n a l b l o w n glass, imported possibly from Belgium. T h e architecture is G r e e k r e v i v a l , a last p h a s e of t h e G e o r g i a n period. S u b i a c o , o n c e c a l l e d ""The Vineyard"", w a s b u i l t a n d c o m p l e t e d in 1836, by H a n n i b a l M a c a r t h u r . It h a s h a d a v a r i e d l i f e , s t a r t i n g as t h e f o u r t h g r a n t in t h e c o l o n y m a d e b y G o v e r n o r P h i l l i p , to P h i l l i p Schaffer, a Hessian Lieutenant in a f o r c e of Yaghers. H e c a m e to A u s t r a l i a , w i t h t h e F i r s t Fleet as a s u p e r i n t e n d e n t of c o n v i c t s . B y t h e e n d of 1791. h e h a d t w e l v e a c r e s , p l a n t e d w i t h m a i z e , wheat, tobacco, and some 900 vines.

If ithin this ton ii so small and neat. The hearts of many nations heat. For natives this teas once their home If here hard black feet were wont to roam. Some Chinese. Japs, Malays and such Have come to work and toiled much. For pearls these aliens often go Down to the sea-bed far below. The natives are our stockmen-dandy And. though lazy, sometimes handy For rounding up and bringing in The cattle both the fat and thin. Flu> whites pay all these men their wages As they did in history's pages. And though they are the lesser race I hey're in charge of this fine place. Our pearls, when found, are pure and while. And when in jewellery shine (juile bright. The buttons made from their smooth shells Are sometimes small as coral cells And the large, both square and round In lustrous beauty all abound. Our meatworks send out all the meat In every season, e'en in heat. Kidneys, livers, steaks and shins Briskets, tongues and whole limbs Are sent to Perth or shipped away Just as all the orders say. Our beaches are a great attraction Although not rough I hey have a fraction Of that surf which all men love, If ilh pretty shells, blue sky above. Sharks are sometimes to be seen But do not fear them, though they're keen To swim around and frighten all By those strong teeth with which they maul. Our jetty is quite long, you know I think it is a mile or so. Boats come in on every tide

In 1813 t h e p r o p e r t y w a s t r a n s f e r r e d to H a n n i b a l M a c a r t h u r , w h o h a d c o m e to t h e c o l o n y to m a n a g e t h e a f f a i r s of his u n c l e , t h e f a m o u s J o h n M a c a r t h u r , w h o w a s t h e n in E n g l a n d . H a n n i b a l m a r ried A n n a M a r i a , d a u g h t e r of t h e f o r m e r g o v e r n o r , G o v e r n o r K i n g . S u b i a c o is b e l i e v e d to h a v e b e e n designed by J o h n Verge. Bricks f o r t h e building were m a d e on t h e e s t a t e , also t h e f u r n i t u r e , w h i c h was m a d e f r o m c e d a r g r o w i n g t h e r e . O n e of its finest f e a t u r e s is tlie e a n t e l i v e r e d s t o n e s t a i r w a y ; t h e b a l u s t r a d e is s i m i l a r to t h a t of Elizabeth B a y H o u s e , also d e s i g n e d b y J o h n V e r g e . Large cellars are built u n d e r the h o u s e . M a n y f a m o u s figures w e r e e n t e r t a i n e d al ""The Vineyard"; they included Alan C u n n i n g h a m , the e x p l o r e r a n d b o t a n i s t , C o u n t S t r a z e l e c k i w h o discovered G i p p s l a n d , a n d L e i e h h a r d t . D u r i n g t h e d e p r e s s i o n of 1840. H i s L o r d s h i p J. B. P o l d i n g , t h e first C a t h o l i c A r c h b i s h o p of Australia, brought the p r o p e r t y f r o m Hannibal M a c a r t h u r , a n d g a v e it to t h e B e n e d i c t i n e N u n s w h o c o n d u c t e d t h e r e t h e first girls" h o a r d i n g s c h o o l in A u s t r a l i a . In 1922 t h e n u n s closed t h e s c h o o l , a n d in 1957 t h e y old t h e p r o p e r t y t o t h e Benedictine M o n k s . Now the b i r d s and a n i m a l s are gone, t h e river s t e a m e r n o l o n g e r passes h v ; all t h a t r e m a i n s is a silent shell of m e m o r i e s , w h i c h w a i t s in t h e sunlight a n d s h a d o w s f o r t h e b u l l d o z e r s a n d w r e c k e r s to m o v e i n . S u b i a c o h a s b e e n p u r c h a s e d b y a l a r g e i n d u s t r i a l c o m p a n y a n d is to b e d e m o l i s h e d to make way for progress. "The Vineyard . gracious h o m e Subiaco, quiet house of r e l i g i o n — is soon to b e a b u s t l i n g factorv. KAY COBBY, (4th Year. N o r i n a n h u r s t ) .

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Q u a i r a d i n g also is o n e of t h e largest e x p o r t e r s of fat l a m b s in A u s t r a l i a t h o u g h this is d u e m a i n l y to t h e e f f o r t s of o n e m a n , Mr. L. Stacey of " S u n n y Vale" w h o each year, amid m u c h festivity and p u b l i c i t y s e n d s a w h o l e t r a i n of l a m b s lo t h e market. T h e t o w n itself is v e r y u p - t o - d a t e . T h e r e is a well e q u i p p e d h o s p i t a l w i t h a s e p a r a t e m a t e r n i t y b l o c k ; an i m p o s i n g I n f a n t H e a l t h Clinic, a J u n i o r H i g h School w h i c h is soon to be a S e n i o r H i g h a n d a v e r v good c o n v e n t school, r u n by t h e P r e s e n t a t i o n N u n s , w i t h t h e C h u r c h a n d P r e s b y t e r y in the same block. T h e m a i n a t t r a c t i o n d u r i n g t h e w a r m s u m m e r is the Memorial Swimming Pool. W a t e r Polo is p l a y e d hv t h e local lads, a n d i n t e r - t o w n m a t c h e s a r e o f t e n h e l d . T h e p o o l o f f e r s s p o r t to e v e r y o n e f r o m o n e to o n e h u n d r e d y e a r s ! Bowls arc p l a y e d by t h e m o r e s e d a t e , a n d a r e b e c o m i n g increasingly popular. C r i c k e t a n d t e n n i s a r e also e x t r e m e l y p o p u l a r in (bis a t h l e t i c t o w n . In w i n t e r , golf a n d f o o t b a l l h a v e t r e m e n d o u s followings, f o o t b a l l p e r h a p s b e i n g (lie most p o p u l a r , as it is largely a spectator sport. I n f a c t m y h o m e town is a v e r i t a b l e U t o p i a f u l l of p e a c e a n d p l e n t y . K. P. O'HARE, Sub-Leaving, Claremont.

A p r o m i s e — " f u n f o r y o u n g a n d old" was a m p l y f u l f i l l e d w h e n t h e first Mt. B a r k e r A p p l e F e s t i v a l t o o k p l a c e over t h e E a s t e r w e e k e n d , 1961. As most p e o p l e a r e a w a r e , t h e r e a r e f o u r chief a p p l e g r o w i n g t o w n s in W e s t e r n A u s t r a l i a , D o n n y h r o o k , M a n j i m u p , B r i d g e t o w n a n d Mt. B a r k e r . I lie F e s t i v a l was first s t a r t e d seven y e a r s ago at D o n n y b r o o k a n d since t h e n it has b e e n h e l d in successive y e a r s at B r i d g e t o w n , M a n j i m u p a n d D o n n y b r o o k , Mt. B a r k e r h o l d i n g it f o r t h e first t i m e in 1961. T h e chief o b j e c t of t h e festival is of c o u r s e t h e p r o m o t i o n of t h e a p p l e i n d u s t r y a n d to this e n d there are apple packing championships and apple e x h i b i t s ; w h i l e f o r those i n t e r e s t e d t h e r e a r e visits to t h e p r o m i n e n t o r c h a r d s a n d t o w n s of t h e d i s t r i c t . At the showground were held T.Q. car racing, m o t o r b i k e r a c i n g , log c h o p s a n d a g y m k h a n a , w h i l e stores selling a p p l e s , a p p l e pies a n d c i d e r w e r e n u m e r o u s . Also at s u i t a b l e p l a c e s t h r o u g h o u t t h e l a r g e t o w n ( p o p u l a t i o n 4,730) t e n n i s t o u r n a m e n t s , golf c h a m p i o n s h i p s a n d r a c i n g w e r e h e l d . O n M o n d a y m o r n i n g t h e u s u a l festival activities c o n t i n u e d , w h i l e m a n y p e o p l e also visited an historical exhibition and g y m k h a n a . In the afternoon a p r o c e s s i o n of floats h o l d i n g t h e A p p l e Queen contestants f r o m the f o u r towns paraded t h r o u g h t h e gaily d e c o r a t e d t o w n . The c o n t e s t a n t s w e r e all m o s t a t t r a c t i v e b u t t h e i r first qualificat i o n in t h e final j u d g i n g was a t h o r o u g h k n o w ledge of t h e a p p l e i n d u s t r y . T o t h e g r e a t j o v of t h e local i n h a b i t a n t s , a Mt. B a r k e r girl was c h o s e n as Q u e e n , a fitting t r i b u t e to t h e t o w n and a fine apple ambassador.

HIGHBURY A p p r o a c h i n g H i g h b u r y from the south along a good b i t u m e n r o a d o n e is g r e e t e d b y an i m p r e s sive sign r e a d i n g " s p e e d l i m i t 30 M . P . H . " a n d a little f u r t h e r on a n o t h e r shows u p , w r i t t e n in bold red l e t t e r s a n d r e a d i n g " S t o p ! H o t e l H i g h bury!" C e r t a i n l y H i g h b u r y ' s most f a v o u r e d b u i l d i n g is t h i s p u b l i c h o u s e . It s t a n d s a l o n e in p o p u l a r i t y . E v e r y e v e n i n g m a n y of t h e f a r m e r s g a t h e r t h e r e to discuss t h e w e a t h e r , c r o p s a n d t h e wool prices.

T h e g r a n d finale of t h e f e s t i v a l c a m e at n i g h t w i t h t h e A p p l e F e s t i v a l B a l l , at w h i c h t h e A p p l e Q u e e n was c r o w n e d . A f t e r a d e l i g h t f u l c e r e m o n y all j o i n e d in d a n c i n g u n t i l t h e e a r l y h o u r s of t h e morning. ANN BOURKE,

A n o t h e r " t o u r i s t a t t r a c t i o n " is t h e old h a l l w h i c h h a s e c h o e d to t h e g o s s i p i n g of t h e f a r m e r s a n d t h e i r wives, a n d t h e m u s i c a n d l a u g h t e r of d a n c e r s f o r over fifty years.

Sub-Leaving, Claremont.

T h e r e is a s t o r e w h i c h sells most t h i n g s and also serves t h e p u b l i c as a post office, a W e s f a r m e r ' s Age nt a n d a f u e l d e p o t . T h r e e h o m e s h o u s e t h e e n t i r e p o p u l a t i o n of H i g h b u r y a n d o n e of t h e s e served as t h e old school h o u s e m a n y years b a c k .

QUA IRA DING I a m going to tell you a b o u t my h o m e t o w n . Q u a i r a d i n g . It is to be f o u n d 101 miles east of P e r t h on t h e Y o r k - B r u c e Rock road, almost c e n t r a l l y p l a c e d b e t w e e n t h e two towns.

Six t e n n i s c o u r t s , w i t h t h e u n u s u a l s u r f a c e of clay a n d grass h a v e d e v e l o p e d m a n y f o r m i d a b l y champions. T h e r e is a c r i c k e t g r o u n d with an e x c e l l e n t c e m e n t p i t c h laid by t h e citizens t h e m selves. A l t h o u g h H i g h b u r y boasts n o g r a n d s t a n d , excellent a n d p l e n t i f u l s e a t i n g a c c o m m o d a t i o n is p r o v i d e d b y logs.

I h e d i s t r i c t is s i t u a t e d in the most f e r t i l e area of t h e West A u s t r a l i a n w h e a t b e l t , in t h e C e n t r a l to S o u t h e r n A g r i c u l t u r a l a r e a . In s u m m e r we can d r i v e p a s t m i l e s a n d m i l e s of g o l d e n p a d d o c k s of grain, ripening under the warm sunshine. Wheat, of c o u r s e , is t h e m a i n c r o p . S h e e p a r e k e p t in l a r g e n u m b e r s , too, a n d yield a l a r g e i n c o m e to the f a r m e r s f r o m t h e i r wool.

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D u r i n g flie C h r i s t m a s h o l i d a y s , I h a d t h e good f o r t u n e to visit C o o m a a n d t h e S n o w y M o u n t a i n s District. I w a s g r e a t l y i m p r e s s e d by t b e interest a n d c o n c e r n of t h e S n o w y M o u n t a i n s A u t h o r i t y in soil r e h a b i l i t a t i o n a n d c o n s e r v a t i o n .

U p o n a r r i v i n g at A d e l a i d e we set off f o r P o r t P i r i e b y c o a c h — w h i c h was to t a k e us on o u r t o u r f o r t h e next six days. A f t e r t r a v e l l i n g n o r t h f o r a b o u t f o u r h o u r s , we a r r i v e d at t h e t h r i v i n g t o w n s h i p of Port P i r i e , t h e B r o k e n Hill P r o p r i e tary's Smelting Centre.

W h e n t h e A m e r i c a n g r o u p of c o n t r a c t o r s , KaiserWalsh-Perini-Raymond, came to Australia to develop the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric S c h e m e , t h e y p r o m i s e d t o r e s t o r e e a c h p o r t i o n of t h e b u s h , w h i c h t h e y h a d s p o i l e d , to its f o r m e r n a t u r a l b e a u t y . T h i s t h e y h a v e d o n e , so f a r , a n d their methods, which involved a tremendous a m o u n t of r e s e a r c h , a n d e x c e e d e d e x p e c t a t i o n s , s h o u l d b e c o p i e d b y every S t a t e in A u s t r a l i a .

T h e m a i n f e a t u r e of t h i s town as f a r as we w e r e c o n c e r n e d a n y w a y , w a s t h e r a i l w a y line r u n n i n g u p t h e m a i n street a n d t h r o u g h to t h e smelting works. Trains would suddenly a p p e a r , m a k i n g t h e i r w a y d o w n t h e s t r e e t at all h o u r s of t h e d a y . T h e d r i v e a r o u n d S p e n c e r Gulf via P o r t A u g u s t a a n d I r o n K n o t f r o m P o r t P i r i e , was long b u t w o r t h w h i l e , as t h e m o d e r n t o w n of W h y a l l a wa c e r t a i n l y w o r t h seeing. On o n e side of t h e town is t h e semi-desert c o u n t r y of t h e E y r e P e n i n s u l a s t r e t c h i n g across t o t h e r e a l desert of t h e N u l l a b o r P l a i n ; on the o t h e r side — S p e n c e r G u l f . Shipb u i l d i n g is t h e m a i n i n d u s t r y at W h y a l l a .

I n p l a c e s w h e r e t h e m e l t e d snow ran down steep slopes, b r u s h f e n c e s a b o u t 12 inches h i g h w e r e e r e c t e d all t h e w a y d o w n t h e h i l l s i d e to f o r m "steps'". T h e good soil, w h i c h f o r m e r l y h a d b e e n w a s h e d a w a y , w a s i n t e r c e p t e d a n d saved by these fences.

Also on E y r e P e n i n s u l a we w e r e l u c k y e n o u g h to visit " C o r u n n a " s h e e p - s t a t i o n w h e r e t h e film " T h e S u n d o w n e r s " , w a s m a d e . T h e a r e a of " C o r u n n a " is six h u n d r e d a n d f o r t y s q u a r e m i l e s of m a i n l y flat c o u n t r y , b u t t h e s a l t b u s h a n d b l u e b u s h m a k e it e x c e l l e n t m e r i n o c o u n t r y . W e w e r e s h o w n t h e b u i l d i n g specially c o n s t r u c t e d b y t h e film comp a n y as t y p i c a l s h e a r e r s ' sheds and h u t s . T h e threeq u a r t e r aboriginal and one-part Indian, cookMaggie, r e g a l e d us w i t h tales of t h e filming a n d t h o s e s t a r r i n g in it.

A n o t h e r w a y used by t h e S.M.A. was to p l a c e a d e a d b r a n c h o r l i m b s of a t r e e o n t h e g r o u n d crosswise to t h e d i r e c t i o n of t h e w a t e r . I n this way a g a i n , t h e soil was saved w h i l e t h e w a t e r cont i n u e d on its way to t h e s t r e a m o r river. T h e s e a r e t w o of t h e m e t h o d s u s e d b y t h e S.M.A. to c o n s e r v e t h e soil. H e r e is t h e w a y in w h i c h t h e y p u r i f y t h e soil a n d also a d d to t h e b e a u t y of t h e c o u n t r y . I n t h e a u t u m n a n d w i n t e r , S.M.A. m e n i n s p e c t t h e p l a c e s w h e r e r o a d s i d e e r o s i o n is at its worst a n d also t h e p l a c e s w h e r e t h e p l a n f o r soil conservation h a s b e e n c a r r i e d o u t . T h e s e m e n t h e n t h r o w c l o v e r seeds on t o t h e slopes a n d t h e n s p r a y b i t u m e n over t h e m . T h e result is t h a t t h e seeds g e r m i n a t e u n d e r t h e p r o t e c t i v e c o v e r i n g of bitum e n a n d gain a s t r o n g hold on t h e oil w h i l e all o t h e r p l a n t s a r e h i b e r n a t i n g in t h e long w i n t e r .

T h e t o w n s h i p of H a w k e r m a y not he f o u n d on e v e r y m a p of S o u t h A u s t r a l i a , but it was o u r n e x t d e s t i n a t i o n . It is s i t u a t e d n o r t h of P o r t A u g u s t a a n d is in t h e a r e a d r a i n e d h v L a k e E y r e , so t h a t n o w we felt w e w e r e in t h e r e a l o u t b a c k . This f e e l i n g was c o n f i r m e d w h e n we r e a c h e d H a w k e r . T h e h o t e l at w h i c h we w e r e s t a y i n g was t h e o n l y one being operated the o t h e r o n e b e i n g d e s e r t e d . H e r e t h e s m a l l p o p u l a t i o n h a s to exist on b o r e w a t e r a n d , a f t e r s a m p l i n g it, we w e r e t h a n k f u l of Melbourne's pure water supply.

W h e n t h e S p r i n g c o m e s a n d t h e snows m e l t , t h e b i t u m e n is w a s h e d a w a y b u t t h e clover p l a n t s rem a i n a n d g r o w s t r o n g e r in t h e S u m m e r . Clover is u s e d b e c a u s e it grows v e r y easily a n d b e c a u s e it e n r i c h e s t h e soil.

A l t h o u g h t h e c o u n t r y s u r r o u n d i n g H a w k e r was d r y , s u n - b a k e d a n d r a t h e r u n i n t e r e s t i n g , it was at s u n s e t , t r a n s f o r m e d into a p a r a d i s e of c o l o u r . T h e s e t t i n g sun t u r n e d t b e d e e p l y f o l d e d m o u n t a i n s r i c h w i t h p u r p l e a n d t h e c o u n t r y s i d e took on a p i n k i s h s h a d e , t h e r a y s of t h e s e l l i n g sun b e a u t i f y i n g e v e r y t h i n g they t o u c h e d . The r u i n s of old h o m e s t e a d s — a g r i m r e m i n d e r of t h e past, slowly t u r n e d f r o m a b r i l l i a n t g o l d - b r o w n into b l a c k etchings a g a i n s t a v i o l e t sky.

T h e S n o w y M o u n t a i n s S c h e m e will h a v e farr e a c h i n g effects in t h e n e a r f u t u r e . T h e d a m m i n g of t h e w a t e r s of t h e U p p e r M u r r u m b i d g e e , T o o m a , T u m u t , E u c u i n b e n e , S n o w y a n d M u r r a y R i v e r s will r e d u c e t h e a m o u n t of w a t e r flowing d o w n these rivers a n d t h e r e f o r e r e d u c e t h e s p e e d of t h e rivers. T h e r e d u c t i o n of s p e e d a n d v o l u m e will b r i n g water-erosion t o a m i n i m u m a l o n g t h e s e rivers e v e n in floods.

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t h e p o o r in t h e p a r o c h i a l schools was e s p e c i a l l y d e a r to h e r h e a r t .

F o r s o m e y e a r s it h a s b e e n t h e e d i t o r ' s w i s h to m a k e a f e a t u r e of t h e p a r o c h i a l s c h o o l s — g e n e r a l l y k n o w n as p r i m a r y s c h o o l s — i n t h e c a r e ol L o r e t o n u n s . E x c e p t f o r St. T e r e s a ' s in N e d l a n d s , W.A., t h e s e schools a r e all in Victoria. It is in t h e t r a d i tion of M a r y W a r d , F o u n d r e s s of t h e I.B.V.M., t h a t a s e c o n d a r y s c h o o l s h o u l d , w h e r e v e r possible, h a v e in its v i c i n i t y w h a t was k n o w n in those d a y s as a " f r e e s c h o o l . " W h e n M o t h e r F r a n c e s T e r e s a Ball f o u n d e d t h e I r i s h b r a n c h of t h e I n s t i t u t e in D u b l i n in 1821, a n d called it L O R E T O , t h e e d u c a t i o n of

ALL SAINTS', PORTLAND I h i s school was t a k e n over b y L o r e t o n u n s in 1884. It is a p r i v i l e g e d a n d h i s t o r i c school, f o r M o t h e r M a r y M c K i l l o p ( F o u n d r e s s of t h e Sisters of St. J o s e p h ) t a u g h t h e r e . T h e a c t u a l r o o m in w h i c h t h e h o l y w o m a n t a u g h t ( s h e was t h e n Miss McK i l l o p ) has b e e n k e p t , u n c h a n g e d , in s p i t e of alterations t o t h e school o v e r t h e years. I n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h t h e wishes of t h e L o r e t o n u n s , B i s h o p O ' C o l l i n s h a s f o r b i d d e n t h e d e m o l i t i o n of t h e h i s t o r i c r o o m . It m a y yet be t h e r e l i c of a s a i n t !

Top: Boys at All Saints' Primary School, Portland, Victoria.

ST. TERESA'S, NEDLANDS, W.A. Founded and encouraged b y M g r . Moss, t h e p a r i s h p r i e s t of N e d l a n d s , this school is d o i n g good w o r k on t h e s a m e lines as t h e p a r o c h i a l schools in Victoria.

Bottom: Play time at St. Teresa's School, Nedlands.

A group of senior pupils at St. Joseph's School, photographed beneath the new marble statue of St. Joseph the Worker, Sports Day (St. Joseph's School. Lyons Street, Ballarat): Monsignor Fiscalini presents the trophy to the Captain and Vice-Captain of the winning team. (For Letterpress see Page 29.)

ST. THOMAS' SCHOOL, BLACKBURN Blackburn is a fairly new parish in a progressive outer s u b u r b of Melbourne. When its pastor, F a t h e r Paul Ryan, built the school, he asked very specially for the Loreto nuns to staff it. (He had been a curate in South Melbourne, and knew how efficient and suitable they were.) In the five years it has been in existence it has become a focal point among Catholics in Blackburn, with 525 girls on the roll. Top: INFANT CLASS.

L O R E T O SS. PETER'S AND PAUL'S, SOUTH MELBOURNE T h i s school was o p e n e d in 1891 a n d was s t a f f e d by n u n s w h o A l b e r t P a r k , w h e r e a s e c o n d a r y day-school flourished. Later T r a i n i n g College was set u p ; a great d e a l of t h e t e a c h i n g ^^MHHI^SHI s practice \\a~ dune at .S. *•'•- ""^'^HiL, Peter's and P a u l s . Today this j^^ET^Egfjj&s. large school w i t h n e a r l y 450 AIRS p u p i l - . is still stalled bv t h e BBfcwgggggS^n' * — 1wmmm Loreto nuns; but the\ live in maII convent not far f r o m the school. $£««•

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I t was in t h a t school t h a t m o s t of t h e t e a c h i n g p r a c t i c e was d o n e b y t h e s t u d e n t s t r a i n i n g at t h e C a t h o l i c T r a i n i n g College at D a w s o n Street. T o o u t l i n e m e r e l y o n e of t h e w i d e - r e a c h i n g activities in c o n n e c t i o n w i t h St. J o s e p h ' s : t h e r e is, in its a n n a l s , m e n t i o n of a g r o u p of s e n i o r girls w h o w i s h e d to k e e p in t o u c h w i t h t h e n u n s a f t e r t h e i r s c h o o l d a y s . T h e s e w e r e f o r m e d i n t o a S c r i p t u r e H i s t o r y Class w h i c h m a n y o u t s i d e r s j o i n e d . T h e first m e m b e r s of t h e S o d a l i t y of t h e C h i l d r e n of M a r y w e r e t a k e n f r o m t h i s class, a n d t h e y at once f o r m e d an A l t a r Society w h i c h did good service in c o n n e c t i o n w i t h several c h u r c h e s . W i t h i n t w e n t y y e a r s t h i s s o d a l i t y h a d given over s e v e n t y c a n d i d a t e s to R e l i g i o u s O r d e r s in A u s t r a l i a , New Z e a l a n d a n d I n d i a . A fine exa m p l e of t h e f r u i t s of a d u l t e d u c a t i o n e i g h t y y e a r s ago!

T r u e to t h e t r a d i t i o n s of t h e I.B.V.M., M o t h e r G o n z a g a B a r r y , w h o b r o u g h t t h e L o r e t o n u n s to B a l l a r a t , V i c t o r i a , in 1875, t u r n e d h e r a t t e n t i o n alm o s t at o n c e to t he less p r i v i l e g e d c h i l d r e n of t h e t o w n . I n 1877, she b u i l t , at h e r o w n e x p e n s e , a p a r o c h i a l school, St. J o s e p h ' s , on p o r t i o n of t h e g r o u n d b e l o n g i n g t o L o r e t o C o n v e n t , D a w s o n Street. She gave also t h e services of t h e n u n s w h o s t a f f e d it. H e r g r a t e f u l c o l l a b o r a t o r was B i s h o p O ' C o n n o r . Until t h e n , s e c u l a r t e a c h e r s w e r e t e a c h i n g t h e C a t h o l i c c h i l d r e n in t h e C a t h e d r a l . A y e a r o r so l a t e r t h e C h r i s t i a n B r o t h e r s a r r i v e d a n d took over t h e p a r o c h i a l e d u c a t i o n of t h e hoys, w h i l e t h e girls went to St. J o s e p h ' s . M o t h e r M. H i l d a B e n s o n , a g r a d u a t e of N o t r e D a m e College, L i v e r p o o l , Engl a n d , was in c h a r g e of t h e s c h o o l w h i c h she o r g a n i s e d in t h e lines of t h e N o t r e D a m e Schools. St. J o s e p h ' s was t h e first of its s t a n d a r d in a n y of t h e States, and was a g u i d e to o t h e r C a t h o l i c schools w h i c h w e r e t o f o l l o w in M e l b o u r n e a n d o t h e r cities.

ST. ALOYSIUS', REDAN, SOUTH BALLARAT T h e p r i m a r y s c h o o l was e s t a b l i s h e d at R e d a n in 1882 at t h e r e q u e s t of t h e B i s h o p . It is a email r e p l i c a of St. J o s e p h ' s . ( P h o t o not available.)

EDUCATION MINISTER'S VISIT At t h e i n v i t a t i o n of M r . M u r r a y B y r n e , M.L.C., t h e M i n i s t e r of E d u c a t i o n , M r . J. S. B l o o m f i e l d , M.L.A., visited L o r e t o A b b e y , M a r y ' s M o u n t , Ball a r a t , o n e of t h e oldest c o n v e n t s in V i c t o r i a .

E d u c a t i o n D e p a r t m e n t a n d to a n y p e r s o n i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e h i s t o r y of e d u c a t i o n in t h i s S t a t e . M o t h e r P r o v i n c i a l said t h a t t h i s was t h e firct t i m e t h e c o n v e n t h a d received a vicit f r o m t h e M i n i s t e r of E d u c a t i o n a n d , a f t e r a n i n s p e c t i o n of t h e college, M r . M u r r a y B y r n e said h e was p r o u d h e h a d t h r e e c h i l d r e n a t t e n d i n g t h e college a n d t h e s t a n d a r d of e d u c a t i o n a c h i e v e d at t h e college was k n o w n t h r o u g h out A u s t r a l i a . T h e M i n i s t e r c o n g r a t u l a t e d t h e n u n s on t h e outs t a n d i n g w o r k t h a t t h e y a r e d o i n g in t h e field of education.

T h e Minister and Mr. B y r n e were received by the Mother Provincial and Mother Antoinette, the Mother Superior, and M o t h e r Ursula. L o r e t o A b b e y , M a r y ' s M o u n t , was t h e first college in A u s t r a l i a to p r i n t a s c h o o l m a g a z i n e . T h e college also h a s s o m e u n i q u e r e c o r d s of e a r l y e d u c a t i o n w h i c h , t h e M i n i s t e r said, w o u l d h e i n v a l u a b l e to t h e

OUR FATHERS! W e e k a f t e r w e e k of 1961 saw a f a i t h f u l b a n d of L o r e t o f a t h e r s , l a d e n w i t h picks, shovels, saws a n d various o t h e r i m p l e m e n t s , a r r i v i n g to f u l f i l t h e i r p r o m i s e of b e i n g v o l u n t a r y " O d d - J o b " w o r k e r s each S a t u r d a y a f t e r n o o n at L o r e t o C o n v e n t . H a i l , r a i n , h e a t o r f r o s t w e r e n o d e t e r r e n t s , a n d , s h a r p at 2 p m., t h e c l a n k of i m p l e m e n t s t o t h e a c c o m p a n i m e n t of wireless m u s i c a n n o u n c e d t h e a r r i v a l of o u r fathers.

the shade that Saturday afternoon, o u r f a i t h f u l f a t h e r s h a c k e d a n d h e w e d u n t i l e a c h old t r e e l a y p r o s t r a t e on t h e a s p h a l t . N o a m o u n t of p e r s u a s i o n w o u l d i n d u c e t h e m to p o s t p o n e t h e w o r k till t h e h e a t - w a v e p a s s e d , b u t , as v a l i a n t c o n q u e r o r s , t h e y f o u g h t oil, p a u s i n g o n l y o c c a s i o n a l l y f o r a welle a r n e d cool d r i n k f r o m t h e i r p o r t a b l e r e f r i g e r a t o r ! N o w in p l a c e of t h e h e d g e , w h i c h n o d o u b t c o u l d tell m a n y a t a l e , s t a n d s a s m a r t , g r e e n trellis f e n c e , e r e c t e d a n d p a i n t e d b y t h e s a m e h a n d of f a i t h f u l fathers.

T h e first " O d d - J o b " to see c o m p l e t i o n was t h e b o r i n g of air vents in t h e l o c k e r s a n d filling of those v e n t s w i t h little b r i g h t l y c o l o u r e d p l a s t i c vent i l a t o r s — a great c o l o u r lift to t h e d r a b l o c k e r - r o o m a n d a s o u r c e of s p o r t i n g r i v a l r y f o r p u p i l s w h o s e Houce team m i g h t h a p p e n to b e R e d a n d w h o find a g r e e n v e n t i l a t o r on t h e i r l o c k e r s !

A n d n o w t h e y a r c at w o r k a g a i n ! T h i s t i m e it is o r g a n i s i n g w o o d - c u t t i n g " B e e s " to p r o v i d e firewood f o r o u r c l a s s r o o m fires. N o w i n d , f r o s t , h a i l or snow will f r e e z e uo lliis w i n t e r , f o r o u r w o o d b a r n s a r e soon to h e overflowing, t h a n k s to t h e g e n e r o s i t y , ' h o u g h t f u l n e s s and goodwill of o u r m a n y f a i t h f u l fathers. LORETO CONVENT, Dawson Street, Ballarat.

P e r h a p s t h e biggest j o b on I lie p r o g r a m m e was t h e r e m o v a l of t h e old C y p r e s s h e d g e f o r m i n g t h e b o r d e r l i n e b e t w e e n St. J o s e p h ' s a n d t h e C o n v e n t . A l t h o u g h t h e t e m p e r a t u r e rose to 102 d e g r e e s F. in 29

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Margaret

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F R O N T R O W (L. to R . ) : C H e d t , C. T u r n e r , T. B o s t o c k , G. V i r g o n a , H . B r e e n . M. G u t h r i d g e , H. C u n n i n g h a m , P. K e n i h a n , J. T u r n e r , C. H o l l a n d . S E C O N D R O W : R. H a r r i s , P. S h i e l d s , M. M c C a b e , M. Collins, J. Crooks, A. S t o r e y , T. B e n n e t t , G. J o h n s t o n , Y. K a n e , H. G a s h , M. S h e e h a n , A. K e n i h a n . B A C K R O W : P. T u r n e r , C. W i d e e k i . L. H a n n a g a n , P. B o u r k e . M. W a l s h , M. Connell, S. Blake, E . M c C a b e , J. P l u c k h a h n , I). F r e d e r i c k s , C. L u d i e w i e z .

Top Left: MIDDLE SCHOOL F R O N T R O W : P. Storer, R. Ough, R. S a u n d e r s , C. C r o w e , M. M c N a m a r a , G. S h e e h a n , N . Troc, P . P y e , P . G i t h r i d g e , K. P r o u d f o o t , M I D D L E R O W : M. P l u c k h a h n , M. C a m e r o n , J. P r e e c e , M. B o u r k e , C. C a m p b e l l , B. Collins, P. H a r r i s , P P h i l l i p s , M. K n i g h t . B A C K R O W : G. S u t t o n , C. W a l s h , D. H o l m e s , P. M i l g a t e , J. S a u n d e r s , K. F o l e y , J. D e a n e , P . T h o m a s , E. P o g o n y , J. A l l w o o d .

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F R O N T R O W : E. A n d r e , K. F i l e n , G. J e n n i n g s , A. O a k l e y , M. O'Neill, M. Q u i g l e y . C. D e a n e . S E C O N D R O W : H . P i c k , A. N e w t o n , M. A. W a l l a c e , S. A n d r e , S. W a l s h , K. F r e d e r i c k s , J. Bell, A. Q u i g l e y , R. P a t t e r s o n , S. R e a r d o n . T H I R D R O W : A. M i l g a t e , A. S u t t o n , G. P r i c e , V. F r e d e r i c k s , L. D e a n e , J. L o f t u s , R. C o n d o n , S. N a s h , E. Q u i g l e y , B . P a r k e s . B A C K R O W : .T. S t e w a r t , M. Cordy, J. Miller, J. Condon, M. B e n n e t t , M. S t e w a r t . G. S m i t h , C. Grey, G. Miller, J. P a t t e r s o n .

Bottom Left: TENNIS TEAM F r o m L e f t to R i g h t : F R O N T R O W : Y. K a n e , P. T u r n e r , H. B r e e n . B A C K R O W : M. M c C a b e , H . G a s h , L. H a n n i g a n ,

McCabe,

LORETO

Kenihan.

CONVENT,

PORTLAND,

VICTORIA

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The Leisure

Hour

THE FESTIVAL OF PERTH, 1961

THE ROYAL MINT, PERTH, W.A.

D u r i n g t h e l a t t e r p a r t of t h e C h r i s t m a s v a c a t i o n , I was v e r y f o r t u n a t e i n b e i n g a b l e to a t t e n d m a n y of t h e p r o g r a m m e s t h a t m a d e u p t h e F e s t i v a l of P e r t h f o r 1961. Most of these p r o g r a m m e s w e r e e n t e r t a i n i n g a n d w o r t h w h i l e , a n d n o t at all a b o v e t h e h e a d of t h e a v e r a g e e d u c a t e d p e r s o n .

A m i l l i o n p o u n d s . . . b u t so f a r a w a y ! The Scene . . . £1,000,000 in g l i t t e r i n g gold. The Place . . . T h e R o y a l M i n t , P e r t h B r a n c h . W e look l o n g i n g l y at t h e m , hut o u r g u i d e tells us t h a t Ave c o u l d not do m u c h w i t h a n y one of 1 hem. " W h y , e a c h ingot is w o r t h £6,250. W h a t w o u l d y o u d o ? T a k e it to a b a n k ? Sell it to a j e w e l l e r , p e r h a p s ? M e l t it d o w n ? All gold w h e n p r o d u c e d m u s t b e h a n d e d to t h e C o m m o n w e a l t h Bank." We admit defeat. W e saw t h e r o u g h i n g o t s f r o m t h e m i n e s of K a l g o o r l i e b e i n g w e i g h e d . T h e a v e r a g e q u a l i t y of gold r e c e i v e d at t h e M i n t is 744% gold, 191% silver, 5^% b a r e m e t a l . But t h e final r e s u l t is an assay of 99.6% p u r e gold. T h e P e r t h M i n t r e f i n e s t h e gold b u l l i o n prod u c e d in W.A. a n d p r o d u c e s s o m e 14,000,000 p e n nies each year. After being weighed, the rough ingots a r e sent to t h e m e l t i n g h o u s e w h e r e t h e y are re-weighed and their description and weight r e c o r d e d . T h e y a r e m e l t e d in o n e of t h e f u r n a c e s . A t r a v e l l i n g c r a n e over t h e f u r n a c e s c a r r i e s t h e h e a v y p o t s of m o l t e n gold to t h e m o u l d s l o r casting into ingots. T h e r e f i n e d gold, a f t e r assay, is r e - m e l t e d in two t h o u s a n d o u n c e lots a n d p o u r e d i n t o special moulds. T h e silver c h l o r i d e is c o n v e r t e d i n t o p u r e silver, w h i c h is m e l t e d a n d p o u r e d into o n e t h o u s a n d o u n c e lots w i t h a n assay of 99.9% p u r e silver.

T h e n i n t h A n n u a l F e s t i v a l of P e r t h o p e n e d w i t h a s p e c t a c u l a r c a r n i v a l in t h e city streets, l i n k i n g t h e b e g i n n i n g of t h e F e s t i v a l w i t h t h e New Y e a r . So f a r , t b e festival h a s p r o v e d to b e t h e most successful yet. P e r h a p s t h e r e a s o n f o r this, is t h a t this y e a r a s p e c i a l effort h a s b e e n m a d e to w i d e n t h e p r o g r a m m e , so t h a t it will a p p e a l to all sections of t h e c o m m u n i t y . T o t h i s y e a r ' s f e s t i v a l p r o g r a m m e h a s b e e n a d d e d a classical " j a z z ensemble". T h e o p e r a c h o s e n f o r t h i s y e a r ' s festival was d e s i g n e d f o r all ages. H u m p e r d i n c k ' s " H a n s e l a n d Gretel" provided entertainment for many people, f a m i l y u n i t s in p a r t i c u l a r . P e o p l e e m p l o y e d in city b u s i n e s s h a d a n o p p o r t u n i t y of listening to good m u s i c d u r i n g t w o f r e e l u n c h - h o u r concerts. O t h e r i t e m s of t h e F e s t i v a l p r o g r a m m e i n c l u d e d m u s i c , a r t , films, a n d d r a m a . W e also h a d m a n y visiting artists, i n c l u d i n g t h e l e a d i n g B r i t i s h a c t o r , Alexander Archdale. T h e Festival audiences were also i n t r o d u c e d t o t h e d i s t i n g u i s h e d Scottish actress, J o a n M c A r t h u r . F r o m A d e l a i d e c a m e Colin Ball a n t y n e , a w e l l k n o w n p r o d u c e r , w h o was in c h a r g e of t h e d r a m a t i c p r e s e n t a t i o n s . B r i a n D. B a i n s , the A u s t r a l i a n a c t o r a n d p r o d u c e r , has r e t u r n e d f r o m E u r o p e a f t e r ten y e a r s ' absence. He was h e a r d in d i s t i n c t i v e r e c i t a l s in t h i s F e s t i v a l .

COINING T h e c o m p o s i t i o n of t h e p e n n y is 97% c o p p e r , 2 | % zinc, a n d 1% tin. T h e alloy is m e l t e d a n d p o u r e d i n t o m o u l d s . T h e n to t h e r o l l i n g m i l l s w h e r e a series of r o l l e r s r e d u c e t h e t h i c k n e s s of e a c h b a r t o t h a t of a p e n n y . T h e s t r i p s a r e f e d into c u t t i n g m a c h i n e s . T h e b l a n k s a r e f e d t h r o u g h a mechanical marking machine, which standardises t h e d i a m e t e r a n d t u r n s u p t h e edge. T h e metal now needs softening b e f o r e pressing. T h i s is d o n e by h e a t i n g t h e b l a n k s to a b o u t 700 C. a n d t h e n q u e n c h i n g t h e m in w a t e r . I h e b l a n k s a r e d r i e d a n d sent to t h e presses. F i v e presses o p e r a t e to p r o d u c e coins at t h e r a t e of 110 p e r m i n u t e , a v e r a g e . D e f e c t i v e p i e c e s a r e r e m o v e d b y inspection b e f o r e s e n d i n g t h e m to t h e c o u n t i n g m a c h i n e s . T h e M i n t was o p e n e d in J u n e , 1899. T o d a y t h e M i n t is o w n e d by t h e B r i t i s h G o v e r n m e n t , flying t h e U n i o n J a c k o n t h e t o w e r b e h i n d t h e stone, heavily-grilled gateway. T h e r e are only two mints in A u s t r a l i a , o n e at M e l b o u r n e a n d t h e o t h e r at Perth. ROSEMARY HITCHMAN, (3rd Year, Nedlands).

All of t h e s e g r e a t artists c o n t r i b u t e d g r e a t l y to t h e u l t i m a t e success of t h e festival, b u t I f e e l that one artist s t a n d s out f r o m t h e o t h e r s . T h a t is t h e great R u s s i a n p i a n i s t , T a t y a n a N i k o l a y e v a , w h o is r e g a r d e d as R u s s i a ' s " f o r e m o s t w o m a n p i a n i s t " a n d with E m i l Gilels a n d S v i a d i s l a r R i c h t e r , as " o n e of the finest p i a n i s t s in t h e U.S.S.R. Besides b e i n g a noted a n d w o r l d r a n k i n g p i a n i s t , Miss N i k o l a y e v a is also a successful c o m p o s e r of m u s i c . W h i l e in Western A u s t r a l i a s h e p l a y e d m a n y of h e r compositions. Miss N i k o l a y e v a d r e w a vast c r o w d to her p e r f o r m a n c e s . T h e F e s t i v a l was a g r e a t success, a n d o w i n g to the w i d e n i n g of t h e p r o g r a m m e d r e w a l a r g e r a n d m o r e v a r i e d c r o w d t h a n ever b e f o r e . 1 t h i n k t h a t we h a v e e v e r y r e a s o n to he g r a t e f u l f o r thi wond e r f u l c h a n c e t h a t is given to us e a c h y e a r in t h e Festival of P e r t h . S. EDWARDS, (5th Year, Nedlands). 31

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not give a d o n a t i o n to a fifteen-year-old girl. However, a f t e r t h e first c o u p l e of h o m e s 1 was m o r e c o n f i d e n t . It was v e r y easy to n o t i c e t h e p e o p l e w h o k n e w t h a t S u n d a y , 2 8 t h May, was O p e r a t i o n Doorknock because m a n y had their money ready or h a d t h e i r f r o n t v e r a n d a h l i g h t s 011.

E a r l y in D e c e m b e r t h e " T o s h i M a r u No. 18", t h e s e c o n d l a r g e s t w h a l i n g b o a t in t h e w o r l d , a r r i v e d in F r e m a n t l e with d a m a g e d s t e e r i n g c a u s e d b y a w h a l e h i t t i n g t h e r u d d e r . W h e n 1 a s k e d t h e first G u n n e r w h a t f e e l i n g s he e x p e r i e n c e d w h e n t h e w h a l e h i t tlie b o a t , h e said, "I t h o u g h t a subm a r i n e h a d hit i t . " T h i s i n d i c a t e s t h e e n o r m o u s s t r e n g t h of a w h a l e . M r . T o s h i a m a , m y i n f o r m a n t , is J a p a n ' s best gunner and holds the Japanese record for shooting whales. A s e c o n d e n c o u n t e r w i t h a w h a l e r e s u l t e d in a b r o k e n p r o p e l l o r , w h i c h m e a n t a n o t h e r t r i p to F r e m a n t l e . W h e n I was 011 t h e b o a t I w e n t 111 s e a r c h of M r . T o s h i a m a , t o h e a r a b o u t t h i s accid e n t ; but h e was not t h e r e : I n t h e p r o c e s s of h a r p o o n i n g t h i s w h a l e it b e c a m e f r e n z i e d , t u r n e d tow a r d s t h e back of t h e b o a t , b r o k e a b l a d e off t h e p r o p e l l o r , a n d t h e n t r i e d to get 011 b o a r d , w h i l e d o i n g this its tail hit M r . T o s h i a m a a n d h e was u n c o n s c i o u s f o r a n u m b e r of h o u r s , a n d had to be transferred to the hospital ship. W h e n r e p a i r s w e r e c o m p l e t e d , 1 was p e r m i t t e d to go 011 t r i a l s o u t of t h e h a r b o u r b e y o n d Rottnest I s l a n d , b a c k t o w a r d s K w i n a n a Oil R e f i n e r y , and then towards Bottnest again. Over the course t h e boat t r a v e l l e d at v e r y high s p e e d s , and as it t u r n e d it was necessary to w a t c h o n e did n o t get soaked by s p r a y w h i c h w a s h e d I h e d e c k . A t 5 p . m . t h e trials w e r e s a t i s f a c t o r i l y comp l e t e d . W e w a i t e d on t h e " T o s h i M a r u " u n t i l a email l a u n c h c a m e t o t a k e u s b a c k to F r e m a n t l e . It was e x c i t i n g j u m p i n g f r o m t h e b i g b o a t to t h e launch, especially when about 6 miles from land. As we l e f t tin; b o a t t h e d e c k s w e r e l i n e d w i t h t h e s h i p ' s c r e w w h o w a v e d a n d w i s h e d us " S a y o n a r a " (Goodbye). S U Z A N N E FRANETOVICH, (3rd Year, Nedlands).

To my surprise I received o u r p a r t y a n d felt p l e a s e d .

the most money

T h e m o n e y received will be s p e n t in t h e following p r o p o r t i o n s : — R e s e a r c h 70%, R e h a b i l i t a t i o n of a n d service to H e a r t P a t i e n t s 15%, E d u c a t i o n 15%. DIANNE

COLVIN,

(3rd Year, Nedlands).

EXTRACT FROM A DOG S DIARY 7.30 a.m. Awoke feeling full of pep and vigour accompanied by high spirits. Dashed into t h e kitchen to see w h a t my favourite h u m a n pet was preparing for breakfast. While careering down the passage I collided with the cat. Ugh! 8.15 a.m. Started Breakfast. 8.16 a.m. Went out to play in the garden. 9.30 a.m. Barked to my human pet through the kitchen w i n d o w t h a t I thought it high time dinner was served. 11.50 a.m. Ravenous! Ate t h r e e pieces of coal and a large quantity of string; positively delicious! 12.30 p.m. Dinner . . . plus Cat's dinner. 12.31 p.m. Kittens' dinner. 12.40 p.m. That cowardly cat sneaked up behind and scratched m y back. If I w e r e my human pets — any one of t h e m — I'd kill it! 2.30 p.m. Felt suddenly overcome wtih sleep. Rushed up to third favourite pet's bedroom, a f t e r a swim in the creek, and slept peacefully on the soft eiderdown for an hour. 3.30 p.m. Felt much r e f r e s h e d ; galloped downstairs and polished off some more string. 3.35 p.m. 'Killed' the dining-room rug. 4.15 p.m. Visitors! I hate them! They always w a n t to stroke me and drool over me. Anyone would think I was the pet instead of they! G.00 p.m. Visitors left — one with his hand heavily bandaged. 7.00 p.m. Tea time at last! I was nearly passing out! 7.05 p.m. Ate my tea and cat's tea and kittens' tea and some p l u m pudding. 8.00 p.m. J u s t passed one of the kittens in the Hall — poor half-starved looking little mite. I really must h a v e a bark to my h u m a n pets about some vitamin pills for it! 8.01 p.m. Retired gracefully to my modest mansion beside the gully-trap. 7.30 a.m. Awoke feeling full of pep and vigour. Dashed . . . . SUZANNE HOWARD, 14 Years, (Dawson S t r e e t ) .

NATIONAL HEART CAMPAIGN O11 S u n d a y e v e n i n g , M a y 2 8 t h , 1961, t h e Doork n o c k C a m p a i g n was h e l d t h r o u g h o u t A u s t r a l i a . I his w a s o n e of t h e f o u r m a i n f u n d - r a i s i n g activities in this State, t h e o t h e r t h r e e b e i n g — Indust r y a n d C o m m e r c e : T h e a p p r o a c h to c o m p a n i e s , large and small for donations. C o u n t r y Division: F o r s e t t i n g u p of active C o m m i t t e e s in c o u n t r y t o w n ; . F u n c t i o n D i v i s i o n s : T o a r r a n g e all special e v e n t s b y all s p o r t i n g b o d i e s . The complete Campaign throughout Australia will e n d 011 3 0 t h J u n e , 1961, a n d t h e m o n e y n e e d e d will b e o n e and a half m i l l i o n p o u n d s m i n i m u m . O u r t a r g e t in W e s t e r n A u s t r a l i a was a t least £85,000, but so f a r w e h a v e r e a c h e d well over t h e q u o t a — n e a r l y £138,000. T o g e t h e r w i t h five o t h e r p e r s o n s I h a d t h e task of d o i n g fifteen h o u s e s . 1 was n o t r e a l l y l o o k i n g f o r w a r d to this b e c a u s e I t h o u g h t p e o p l e m i g h t

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CATHOLIC SCHOOLS' DRAMA FESTIVALS, 1961 1. SYDNEY. T h e Catholic, S e c o n d a r y Schools in Sydney h a v e been given a f r e s h interest in school d r a m a by the Genesian P l a y e r s w h o have held a c o m p e t i t i o n for t h e p r e s e n t a t i o n of a One-act Plav, or an Act f r o m a longer P l a y . N o r m a n h u r s t was t h e w i n n e r a m o n g t h e f o u r t e e n schools w h o e n t e r e d ; they staged a short Play on St. J o a n of Arc, with t h e title " M a i d in A r m s . " B a r b a r a N a d e r was St. J o a n , and K e r r y H a r t i gan was J o a n ' s m o t h e r . K e r r y received t h e award lor t h e best actress of all t h e players. (Her b r o t h e r , T o m , of St. I g n a t i u s ' , Riverview, Sydney, ;is M a c b e t h , was a d j u d g e d the best actor.) The school was p r o u d of all the players w h o gave t h e i r best in t h e t o u c h i n g little d r a m a . The o t h e r members of t h e cast were, E l i z a b e t h O ' K e e f f e , Margaret B r a d y , Clare Locke, J a n e t O ' B r i e n , J o a n Megna. When they a r r i v e d back to school with the t r o p h y presented by C a r d i n a l Gilroy, t h e r e were scenes of jjreat e n t h u s i a s m . Congratulations,

Normanhurst! —N.

2. PERTH. I h e D r a m a Festival was the o u t s t a n d i n g event of the first term at least f o r Loreto, N e d l a n d s . O u r c o n t r i b u t i o n was " T h e M a s t e r " by P a t r i c k Pearre, that great Irish p o e t - t e a c h e r who, early in this century, wrote t h e play f o r his boys at St. E n d a ' s . W e received m a n y c o m p l i m e n t s on o u r line effort at the Assembly Hall on F r i d a y n i g h t , A p r i l 28. Twelve schools took part in the c o m p e t i t i o n with the d r a m a t i s a t i o n of One-Act Plays.'* T h e t r o p h y for the w i n n i n g play was a shield d o n a t e d by Hit. Grace A r c h b i s h o p P r e n d i v i l l e . * The Therry Society held the

competition.

1 lie F i f t h Year class at Loreto, N e d l a n d s , e n t e r e d the festival f o r one m a i n r e a s o n : We had perf o r m e d o u r play at the J u b i l a r i a n s " concert last year! a n d because of the a m o u n t of work we h a d put into it. we were glad to have the c h a n c e of d o i n g it again. O u r speech teacher, Mrs. S m i t h , p r o d u c e d t h e play, and it was torn to pieces and r e - m a d e f o r t h e new p r e s e n t a t i o n . W e h a d t h o u g h t o u r J u b i l a r i a n p r o d u c t i o n was p e r f e c t i o n ; but how w r o n g we were. A f t e r m u c h practice (no class t i m e ! ) we w e r e as r e a d y as we could h u m a n l y be. T w o things impressed m e most 011 the night of the c o m p e t i t i o n , but these o c c u r r e d b e f o r e and a f t e r o u r play. T h e lirst was at school, w h e r e we all m e t b e f o r e going to the t h e a t r e . I was touched to see h o w p r o u d o u r teachers were of us, and 1 t h o u g h t h o w interested they were in w h a t e v e r we d i d . H o w t h e y spoiled 11s w i t h f l i p p e r , and wished us good l u c k ; a n d how t h e y all stood on t h e f r o n t v e r a n d a h to bid us goodbye, and waved until we could see t h e m no l o n g e r ! T h e second impression that stays with me is the m o m e n t a f t e r the p l a y w h e n we all walked out to the f r o n t of t h e t h e a t r e to find o u r p r o u d families. As we s t e p p e d into the street a host of b l u e unif o r m s surged over to us; and all talked at once in excited voices. T h e r e was such a u n i t e d feeling between us as the street lights s h o n e on t h e i r b u o y a n t faces, glowing w i t h p r i d e . MARGARET ADAMS, JENNY BROPHY, PATRICIA WRIGHT, PATRICIA MEMBERY, (5th Year, Nedlands). IThe above little composite gives no idea of the verve of the four enthusiastic scripts. Will the writers please forgive the cutting?—Ed. I

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Loreto in Sydney was specially pleased (his year by the results of the c o m p e t i t i o n held by St. J o a n ' s Alliance. T o n i B o l a n d , of K i r r i b i l l i , c a r r i e d off the first prize. C a t h e r i n e H e n d e r s o n , of N o r m a n hurst, c a m e second, a n d a girl f r o m t h e D o m i n i c a n Convent, T a m w o r t h , N.S.W., was t h i r d . T h e t h e m e of the speech was, Opportunities for ItOmen in a Changing World.

7 he Hunk urns started at School this year, The accounts are safe, never fear! Teller, Accountant. Manager and Clerk, All think the Hank is a jolly good lark. Every Thursday at half-past-eight, llie eager students file in the gate; With money and hank-hook they hurry in To place their deposits in the tin. The Teller writes, tln> Accountant checks, The Clerk records and Manager inspects. It ith half-yearly interest, and nothing to lose, I'd join the Bank if in your shoes. E. HAMILTON, (Form IV, Toorak).

We offer o u r c o n g r a t u l a t i o n s to the succeseful competitors a n d also to the m e m b e r s of St. J o a n ' s Alliance in Sydney. In a quiet way these ladies of education and c u l t u r e are h e l p i n g to raise the cultural s t a n d a r d of the senior p u p i l s of C a t h o l i c secondary schools, so t h a t , on leaving school, thev may be m o r e a r t i c u l a t e in the c u l t u r a l , social and political spheres of Australia. Congratulations.

Kirribilli!

CRISIS IN HISTORY AND SPELLING lie was told not to a p p r o a c h the wild b o a r d e r s . . . . ( W h e r e were the p r e f e c t s ? )

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I Iiis title m a y s o u n d as if t h e girls at L o r e t o . T o o r a k , a r e like t h e d e a r old ladies w h o t a k e u p t h e i r e t e r n a l k n i t t i n g a n d sit in t h e i r r o c k i n g c h a i r s in a c h i m n e y c o r n e r . B u t t h e n o o k s a n d c r a n n i e s of w h i c h I s p e a k a r e strictly f o r t h e y o u n g in h e a r t . T a k e , f o r instance, t h e P r e f e c t s ' R o o m .

F i n a l l y , o n e d a y in t h e l o c k e r r o o m o u r p r o b l e m was solved by P a u l i n e : " H o w a b o u t g o i n g as " T i n k e r , T a i l o r , S o l d i e r , Sailor, R i c h m a n , Poorman, Beggarman, I hief, Doctor, Lawyer and Indian Chief"? Patricia Hayden, being m a k e a noise, said s h e P o o r Sister C l a u d i a ! S h e in h e r p o t s a n d p a n s t h e

This c h a r m i n g a b o d e h a s b e e n t h e h a u n t of P r e f e c t s f o r t w o y e a r s a n d is a w e l c o m e a d d i t i o n to t h e m o u n t i n g collection of o u r nooks a n d crannies. U p o n e n t e r i n g t h i s twelve f e e t b y n i n e f e e t r o o m , we see wall to wall seats c o v e r e d by gav y e l l o w p l a s t i c c u s h i o n s , a n d on these seats s u n d r y other cushions; made, no doubt, by the loving h a n d s of t h e c r a f t classes of p r e v i o u s years. T h e n , t h e r e is t h e i n e v i t a b l e f o o d c u p b o a r d w i t h its m a t c h i n g c a n i s t e r s a n d t w o e l e g a n t toasters.

N e x t , t h e TAILOR equipped with tape

a p e r s o n w h o likes to w o u l d be t h e T I N K E R . must have found leaks following day!

( M a u r e e n B u r k e ) was well measure, needle and cotton.

A m a n d a looked d a s h i n g in a St. P a t r i c k ' s College c a d e t coat a n d h a t . S h e c e r t a i n l y was a t y p i c a l SOLDIER.

A n n e M a r e e h a d i m m e d i a t e l y b e g u n to p r a c t i s e h e r swagger as a SAILOR. S h e a p p e a r e d t h a t n i g h t as a v e r y y o u n g c a b i n boy in a sailor's suit, long w h i t e socks a n d s a n d s h o e s .

After reading the h u m o r o u s newspaper cuttings on t h e n e a t n o t i c e b o a r d a n d also t h e n o s t a l g i c p o e m d e d i c a t e d to t h e P r e f e c t s , we p r o c e e d to a n e w l y laid p a t h c a l l e d ""St. D o r o t h e a ' s W a l k " . W e can see o u r g r e e n - f i n g e r e d , b l a c k - h a b i t e d amateur gardener weeding among the tiny, s t r u g g l i n g c h r y s a n t h e m u m s a n d t a l k i n g lovinglv to the flourishing pot-plants u n d e r the laboratory window!

V a l e r i A n d e r s o n c e r t a i n l y looked suave in t o p h a t a n d tails. S w i n g i n g h e r c a n e , she l o o k e d as though she owned the world. J a n e B u c k l e y d i f f e r e d c o m p l e t e l y as t h e P O O R M A N . W e heard that the audience were contemplating b u y i n g h e r a n e w set of clothes.

H a v i n g w a n d e r e d a d m i r i n g l y in this c h a r m i n g scene, we leave "St. D o r o t h e a ' s W a l k " a n d go into the p l a y g r o u n d . T h i s t i m e we a r e g o i n g to see a n o t h e r " p a t h " w h i c h has t h e " h e a v e n l y " n a m e of "Angels' Walk". As we a p p r o a c h t h e p a t h , we see b e f o r e us a m a s s of g r e e n e r y , k n o t t e d , intert w i n i n g b r a n c h e s a n d a floor of f r a g r a n t p i n e n e e d l e s and b r o w n leaves, a n d 011 o u r r i g h t , m o r e cool, quiet undergrowth.

As u s u a l , K a y e A n d e r s o n was a s t r i k i n g c o n t r a s t to h e r t w i n sister, V a l e r i e . S h e a p p e a r e d as t h e 15EGGERMAN, f e e l i n g h e r way a l o n g by an old stick, m a k i n g good use of h e r b e g g i n g bowl. M r F r a n k H a y d e n ( w e l l - k n o w n Collins S t r e e t s p e c i a l i s t ) will find his n u m b e r of p a t i e n t s d i m i n i s h i n g a f t e r t h e d e m o n s t r a t i o n given b y his d a u g h t e r , P a u l i n e , w h o took t h e p a r t of t h e DOCTOR.

S h a l l we go into the S e n i o r School b u i l d i n g n o w , a n d u p t h e s t a i r s ? If we pass t h e J u n i o r D o r m i t o r y we c a n e x p l o r e a n o t h e r nook — o r is it a c r a n n y ? T h e large, b r o w n d o o r o p e n s on to a glass-fronted b o o k c a s e in w h i c h a r e t h e books r e a d by F o r m s I a n d II. T h e n , to o u r l e f t , is a n a r r o w r o o m c o n t a i n i n g a p i a n o , s o m e c h a i r s a n d a small blackboard. Ill is r o o m is excellent f o r t h e m u s i c e n t h u s i a s t w h o w i s h e s to do h e r t h e o r y in p e a c e and quiet.

K e r r y O ' C a l l a g h a n ( b e i n g t b e s t u d i o u s o n e of t h e Class!) was t h e L A W Y E R . T h e c o m p e r e , Mr. M u r r a y B y r n e (local r e p r e s e n t a t i v e f o r t h e Libe r a l P a r t y ) t o o k m u c h i n t e r e s t in o u r p r o m i s i n g young lawyer. T h e f e a t h e r s d o n a t e d b y O ' S u l l i v a n s ' fowls, p r o v e d an a p t h e a d - d r e s s f o r K e r r y L a n e , t h e I N D I A N CHIEF. T h e p a i n t f r o m M o t h e r A n d r e w ' s art r o o m c a m e in h a n d y . K e r r y looked a r e a l w a r r i o r .

Last, luil b y 110 m e a n s least, of o u r n o o k s a n d c r a n n i e s is a cosy c l a s s r o o m w h i c h is i n h a b i t e d by a class k n o w n as t h e " P o s t L e a v i n g s " . T h e s e eminent l a d i e s s t u d y v e r y h a r d in t h e i r c r a n n y a n d , j u d g i n g hv t h e i r b u o y a n t , s p a r k l i n g n a t u r e s , we can only conclude that they e n j o y the h a p p y seclusion of t h i s r o o m . It h a s a h o m e l y a t m o s p h e r e w h i c h o v e r s h a d o w s e v e r y o t h e r n o o k or c r a n n y at L o r e t o , T o o r a k , a n d this a t m o s p h e r e will p r e v a i l , we h o p e , f o r a v e r y long t i m e .

T h e BRIDE, H e l e n M c l v e r , led t b e t h r o n g . S h e was dressed in a n old " d e b " f r o c k and c a r r i e d a beautiful bouquet. A f t e r the G r a n d P a r a d e and prizegiving, a d e l i c i o u s s u p p e r ( t h a n k s to t h e M o t h e r s ' C l u b ) was served. T h e n we all t u m b l e d i n t o b e d a f t e r a w o n d e r f u l evening. AMANDA MOUNTJOY, PAULINE HAYDEN, ANNF. MAREE BURCHELL, HELEN McIVER.

PENNY LEWIS WILLIAMS,

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THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF THE LITERARY GROUP F e b r u a r y , 1961, was a very i m p o r t a n t m o n t h at "Loreto," K i r r i b i l l i , l o r it was then t h a t t h e first issue of o u r new school p a p e r , " D u m S p i r o , " took life. F o r a long t i m e n o w . we h a d w a n t e d a school p a p e r , hut no o n e h a d ever t a k e n t h e t r o u b l e to o r g a n i s e a c o m m i t t e e to p r o d u c e one. 1 his y e a r , h o w e v e r , t h e newly G r o u p set about to c h a n g e this.

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At t h e last p e r i o d every F r i d a y we m e e t in a classroom a n d o n e d a y we discussed tin- first issue. Soon t h e p l a n s we m a d e b e g a n to t a k e s h a p e and the girls could he seen e v e r y w h e r e with n o t e b o o k s and pencils, busily r e p o r t i n g s o m e i n c i d e n t a r o u n d t h e school. N o t h i n g was l e f t out in t h e g r a n d o p e n ing, least of all, s p o r t . W e a r y r e p o r t e r s daily t r a m p e d t h e s p o r t s g r o u n d s in o r d e r t h a t a f u l l a n d a c c u r a t e c o v e r a g e of t h e m a t c h e s c o u l d he m a d e . At la: t, o n e s u n n y W e d n e s d a y m o r n i n g , '"Dum Spiro was 011 sale, p r o u d l y s p o r t i n g five pages cont a i n i n g an E d i t o r i a l . L e t t e r s to t h e E d i t o r , L i t e r a r y Page, P e r s o n a l i t y of (he W e e k , Susie Says, S p o r t Page, a n d guess w h a t else? Yes, even a c r o s s w o r d , for the ones w h o w e r e u n a b l e to resist t h e c h a l l e n g e of a p u z z l e . v E n c o u r a g e d by t h e success of o u r first issue, we t h e n d e c i d e d t o e m b a r k on a b i g g e r a n d b e t t e r p a p e r . We were a m a z e d at the r e a d i n e s s with w h i c h t h e articles were c o n t r i b u t e d f r o m the J u n i o r , M i d d l e and S e n i o r Schools, and soon f o u n d ourselves with enough m a t e r i a l to fill a n o t h e r is: ue. The next c o p y we t u r n e d out h a d six pages, a n d , as well as containing all t h e f e a t u r e s of t h e first, h a d t h e a d d e d attraction of f e a t u r e a r t i c l e s a n d c a r t o o n s . W e t h e n announced c o m p e t i t i o n s f o r t h e best s h o r t story a n d design f o r t h e f r o n t cover. Now " D u m S p i r o " is firmly e s t a b l i s h e d in t h e school, and t h e L i t e r a r y G r o u p h o p e s lo c o n t i n u e p r o d u c i n g it a n d m a k i n g each c o p y b e t t e r t h a n t h e one b e f o r e . The m i s t a k e s , d u e to i n e x p e r i e n c e , w h i c h we m a d e in t h e first issue h a v e now b e e n o v e r c o m e and all is going s m o o t h l y . It is o u r h o p e t h a t K i r r i billi will n e v e r again he w i t h o u t a school p a p e r . MARGARET O'REILLY. (4th Year, Kirribilli).

ACCESSARY OF A BASKETBALL TEAM U n f o r t u n a t e l y I h a v e not t h e luck or t h e f o r m to be chosen f o r a B a s k e t b a l l t e a m but I s h a r e in some small way in t h e i r activities bv u m p i r i n g a f e w matches. I s u p p o s e to you it s o u n d s r a t h e r b o r i n g but I find it most i n t e r e s t i n g . T h e t e a m u s u a l l y sets off f o r its d e s t i n a t i o n in a state of nerves. " S h e said t h e y were verv g o o d . " "watch your p r o g r e s s i o n . " " t h e v beat last year's champions."" " w e h a v e n ' t m u c h of a c h a n c e . " a r e

all s o m e of t h e e x p r e s s i o n s t h e u m p i r e h e a r s . Perh a p s you m a y be t h i n k i n g , " H o w lucky to be t h e u m p i r e a n d h a v e n o t h i n g lo w o r r y a b o u t . " But, to t h e c o n t r a r y , 1 t h i n k 1 s u f f e r m o r e f r o m nerves t h a n llie w h o l e t e a m p u t t o g e t h e r , a n d especially the day 1 u m p i r e d my first m a t c h . An u m p i r e h a s a very d e l i c a t e j o b . S h e must he very c a e r f u l in h e r r u l i n g s asd just in h e r j u d g m e n t -. A n d if o n e k n o w s very little a b o u t the n e w rules, one m u s t be e x t r a c a r e f u l . So, o n e S a t u r d a y a f t e r n o o n , 1 w a r i l y set out w i t h t h e t e a m , c l u t c h i n g t h e b o o k of rules in a l a s t - m i n u t e a t t e m p t to gain s o m e idea of t h e p l a y . W e a r r i v e d a n d , in d u e course, o u r t u r n to take t h e field c a m e . T h e o p p o s i n g side won t h e toss a n d t h e i r u m p i r e sent m e on to u m p i r e t h e first a n d t h i r d q u a r t e r s . N o w 1 war. d e s p e r a t e . I h e r e I was standing in t h e m i d d l e of t h e field with one c o m p a n i o n a r e d a n d w h i t e whistle. I said a q u i c k p r a y e r , w h i s p e r e d to m y s e l f . " I t ' s now or n e v e r , " a n d t h e n , w i t h a m i g h t y e f f o r t , b l e w t h e whistle. N o s o u n d c a m e . I t r i e d a g a i n b u t still no s o u n d . S h e e p i s h l y I realised that I h a d m y finger on t h e air slit. I tried o n c e m o r e a n d t h i s t i m e a l o u d , s h r i l l w h i s t l e sent t h e b a l l and p l a y e r s flying all over the c o u r t . MARY WILLIS, (4th Year,

Kirribilli).

REFUGE I n t h e l a t e a f t e r n o o n of a hot s u m m e r ' s d a y , 1 feel a f r e s h , coo! f e e l i n g sweep aerocs t h e l a n d , as 1 sit tni t h e e d g e of a rock with my feet d a n g l i n g , j u s t s k i m m i n g t h e s u r f a c e of t h e c a l m , c l e a r w a t e r , a n d m a k i n g little r i p p l e s a b o u t m y feet. A b o v e m e a r e a few fleecy w h i t e c l o u d s c o v e r i n g p a r t s of the b l u e sky, b u t f u r t h e r over, t h e last rays of t h e s e t t i n g sun h a v e c a u g h t t h e edges of tin 1 c l o u d s a n d c h a n g e d t h e m i n t o a p l e a s i n g s h a d e of p i n k . 1 h e last rays of t h e sun al o catch t h e w a t e r a n d m a k e it s p a r k l e a n d s h i n e , like s h i n i m e r y f a i r i e s d a n c i n g across a silver sea. A little way d o w n t h e r i v e r t h e r e a r e seagulls, n e s t l i n g u n d e r a h u g e rock j u t t i n g out f r o m a b o v e . T h e y a r e p a r t i a l l y h i d d e n b y t h e w e e p i n g willow, s w e e p i n g over t h e side of t h e rock, like t h e a r m s of a m o t h e r p r o t e c t i n g h e r y o u n g . H e r e t h e gulls float like f e a t h e r s on a p o n d u n t i l t h e m o r n i n g sun shines t h r o u g h t h e leaves again a n d w a k e n s t h e m with h e r m o r n i n g kiss lo a n o t h e r day. H e r e I sit 011 s u m m e r a f t e r n o o n s f o r I k n o w it to he t h e most p e a c e f u l a n d b e a u t i f u l p l a c e <ui e a r t h . In times of u n h a p p i n e s s it m a k e s m e feel j o y f u l again just to sil and gaze at my little w o n d e r l a n d of n a t u r e . ANNE FILEMAN, (4th Year. Kirribilli).

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m o r e i m p o r t a n t , so, a f t e r a rest, we r a c e d off f o r a final d i p . All t o o soon t h a t w h i s t l e b l e w a n d e v e r y o n e s c a m p e r e d out of t h e w a t e r to dress.

T w o very e n j o y a b l e m o r n i n g s f o r t h e girls of F o u r t h Year, K i r r i b i l l i , h a v e b e e n at t h e O r c h e s t r a l C o n c e r t s given f o r schools in t h e S y d n e y T o w n H a l l by t h e S y d n e y S y m p h o n y O r c h e s t r a .

HELEN FRY, (15 Years, Mary's Mount).

T h e guest c o n d u c t o r at t h e first c o n c e r t i n M a r c h was Sir B e r n a r d H e i n z e . At this c o n c e r t he exp l a i n e d t h e d i f f e r e n t sections of t h e o r c h e s t r a a n d h o w tliey e a c h p l a y e d s u c h a n i m p o r t a n t p a r t in the full orchestra; and indeed the orchestra l o o k e i m o s t i m p o s i n g w i t h t h e h u g e p i p e s of t h e o r g a n as a b a c k d r o p . W o r k s b y W e b e r , G r i e g , R a v e l a n d Strauss w e r e p e r f o r m e d , a n d o u r a t t e n t i o n n e v e r w a v e r e d . T h e n it was over a n d we w e r e soon on t h e t r a i n to M i l s o n ' s P o i n t !

A FASCINATING SPORT A s p o r t w h i c h is f ast b e c o m i n g o n e of t h e most p o p u l a r a m o n g t h e y o u n g p e o p l e of t o d a y is s u r f b o a r d r i d i n g . T h e r e is p l e n t y of e n j o y m e n t to b e d e r i v e d f r o m this s p o r t ; b u t at t h e s a m e t i m e m u c h skill is n e e d e d to b e a b l e to c o n t r o l t h e board. I h e b o a r d itself it a b o u t n i n e f e e t long a n d t h r e e f e e t wide. T h e wood used is a soft b a l s a a n d is easily d a m a g e d . O v e r t h e top of t h e w o o d is placed a cloth of fibre-glass a n d over t h e c l o t h is s p r e a d a l i q u i d c a l l e d r e s i n , in w h i c h h a r d e n e r is m i x e d , a n d , as its n a m e i m p l i e s , h e l p s to set t h e resin. W h e n t h e resin is set, it is just like a t h i c k coat of glass w h i c h will not b r e a k , b u t o n l y splinter when knocked.

N a t u r a l l y , we w e r e all d e l i g h t e d to l e a r n t h a t a second c o n c e r t was to follow in J u n e , a n d t h i s t i m e o u r guest c o n d u c t o r was J o s e p h Post. W o r k s b y Handel, Elgar, Tchaikowsky and de Falla provided a v a r i e d p r o g r a m m e a n d we loved t h e r h y t h m of Benjamin's "Jamaican Rhumba." A u s t r a l i a n composer, P e r c y G r a i n g e r , was r e m e m b e r e d w h e n t h e orchestra played "Shepherds Hey." All too soon t h e m e m b e r s of t h e o r c h e s t r a left t h e stage. B a c k at school it was h a r d to settle d o w n to s t u d y a f t e r such an e x h i l a r a t i n g m/orning.

T h e a i m of s u r f b o a r d r i d i n g is to b e a b l e to r i d e a wave f r o m a b o u t six h u n d r e d s y a r d s f r o m t h e b e a c h into t h e s h o r e . It is a very e n e r g e t i c s p o r t , f o r you h a v e to p a d d l e y o u r b o a r d out to t h e wave.

BARBARA REILLY, (4th Year, Kirribilli).

As t h e wave begins t o rise, you i n c r e a s e y o u r speed a n d , as you b e g i n m o v i n g with t h e wave, y o u rise to a s t a n d i n g position a n d c o n t r o l t h e b o a r d w i t h y o u r legs. T h e r e s u l t of b o a r d r i d i n g is to r i d e on t h e crest of t h e wave, or as s u r f e r s say — '"the c o r n e r of the w a v e " .

"MARY'S MOUNT" GOES SWIMMING O n T u e s d a y , t h e 14tli M a r c h , M o t h e r a n n o u n c e d we were g o i n g s w i m m i n g on St. P a t r i c k ' s D a y ! O u r first s w i m m i n g p i c n i c since 1 c a m e to school. T h i s l e f t us n o t f o u r d a y s to w r i t e h o m e or borrow s o m e b a t h e r s . W i t h a p p r e h e n s i o n we w a t c h e d t h e w e a t h e r a n d w o n d e r e d if o u r c o s t u m e s w o u l d a r r i v e in t i m e . O n F r i d a y , p a r c e l s of all s h a p e s " p o u r e d " into Mary's Mount. T h e postman must h a v e been q u i t e awe-struck at t h e n u m b e r s of p a c k ages, w o n d e r i n g if t h e A b b e y was late in c e l e b r a t ing C h r i s t m a s !

As in all s p o r t s , m a n y spills a r c e x p e c t e d . I h a v e c o m e m a n y t u m b l e s off t h e e n d of m y b o a r d . 1 h e first d a y I v e n t u r e d out w i t h m y b o a r d , 1 struggled t h r o u g h oncoming waves; but, after I a r r i v e d at t h e spot w h e r e t h e o t h e r b o a r d s w e r e , it s e e m e d b e y o n d m y p o w e r s to get b a c k to t h e shore. 1 t r i e d over a n d over to c a t c h a wave a n d e a c h t i m e e n d e d w i t h t h e s a m e d i s a s t e r — u s u a l l y in t h e w a t e r w i t h t h e b o a r d a h u n d r e d or so y a r d s in f r o n t of m e . I d i d n ' t t h i n k I w o u l d ever be a b l e to m a s t e r this s p o r t , a n d feel t h e joy of s t a n d ing on m y b o a r d as 1 fly in o n a wave.

A f t e r l u n c h two buses took us t o L a k e Learm o n t h , twelve miles f r o m B a l l a r a t . O n a r r i v a l , we gazed speechless ( b u t o n l y f o r a f r a c t i o n of a s e c o n d ! ) at t h e w a t e r , as if t r y i n g to c o n v i n c e ourselves t h a t it was not a m i r a g e — we w e r e going swimming!

But a f t e r m u c h p r a c t i c e I m a s t e r e d t h e basic p a r t — I c o u l d s t a n d u p ! A f t e r this I b e g a n to e n j o y it. E a c h d a y 1 t r i e d to i m p r o v e on w h a t 1 h a d d o n e t h e d a y b e f o r e , but o h , I still c a m e m a n y a fall, a n d s u c h f u n n y ones. E v e n w h e n 1 was s t a n d i n g I w o u l d a c c i d e n t a l l y w a l k off t h e f r o n t , or m o r e u s u a l l y d o a c a t h e r i n e - w h e e l off t h e side. But all this d i d n o t s t o p m y i n t e r e s t a n d I till i n t e n d to do it next s u m m e r to i m p r o v e t h e t e c h n i q u e I l e a r n t last s u m m e r .

A great v a r i e t y of s h a p e s a n d sizes e m e r g e d f r o m t h e d r e s s i n g sheds w i t h i n m i n u t e s . T h e n u n s must h a v e e n j o y e d t h e m s e l v e s a l m o s t as m u c h as we d i d , v i e w i n g t h e f a s h i o n p a r a d e of b e a c h m o d e l s — all a c c o r d i n g to Y.C.S. F a s h i o n s t a n d a r d s . Having o v e r c o m e t h e first s h o c k — t h e n e x t s h o c k was t h e w a t e r . Soon t h e r e w e r e but a f e w left on t h e s h o r e , t h e rest w e r e b o b b i n g h e a d s .

JAN

D u ring a f t e r n o o n tea, c a m e r a s a p p e a r e d in t h e h a n d s of e a g e r p h o t o g r a p h e r s . But t h e w a t e r was

LONERAGAN,

(4th Year, 36

Normanhurst).

FIFTH

YEAR

F R O N T R O W : A. D r a k e - B r o c k m a n , M. S a l v a t , C. B o y l e , A. N e l s o n , H . O'Neill, P . B r e n n a n , L. Curtis, H . A r c h e r . SECOND ROW: K . K e a t i n g , D. McMillan, K. H o r e , E. O x e n h a m , E. S t a l l e y . P. W a l s h , B. W i l d s , J. S p i l l a n e . B A C K R O W : J. Clarke, D. F i n d l a y , M. M u l h e a r n , S. F o r g h a m , P. P o i r r i e r , A. S t e r n , E. R o g e r s o n , S. A n g u s . ABSENT:

F. Cohen,

Hill.

Turner.

PREFECTS KNEELING: A. Nelson. P. B r e n n a n , H. O ' N e i l l ( H e a d ) , K. K e a t i n g , C. B o y l e . STANDING: L. Curtis, M. Mulhearn, K. Hore, P. Walsh, E. Oxenham, B. W i l d s , D. F i n d l a y , E. R o g e r son.

FOURTH YEAR F R O N T R O W : J. O'Brien, .1. M e g n a , J. W e r n a r d . M. C u t c l i f f e , A. M. N e l s o n , M. H a n , H. O'Brien. S E C O N D R O W : G. B r a d y . D. B a s h a , E . O ' K e e f f e , R. O ' B r i e n , M. J o n e s , M. B r a d y , A. Q u i n n , B. M c P h e e , K. G a r d i n e r , M. M e y n i n k . T H I R D R O W : B. Zitek, .J. K i t c h e n . .1. Cole, G. A d a m s , P. M e r k e l b a c h , B. N a d e r , M. C a r t e r , G. R y a n , K. H a r t i g a n , M. P a s s m o r e , D. R o b i n son. BACK ROW: C. Henderson, M. S h e p h e r d , G. S t e v e n s , P. R y a n . K. Morton, C. L o c k e , C. G o o d e n , J. L o n e r a g a n , P. Cutc'.iffe, S. T u r n e r S. M y e r s o n

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Top:

THIRD YEAR

F I R S T R O W : Y. D a r m o d y , Y. R o p e , A. M. T o m e , L. A a r o n s , S. Carroll. E. M c N a m a r a , J. R o b e r t s o n . S E C O N D R O W : B. . K e v i n , M. B o y l e , J. W h i t e m a n , C. R u s s e l l , M. H u x l e y , F . T u l l y , R. B u r c h , S. M c C o m b i e , B. B l a c k , K. W i l k i n s o n , M. W o o d c o c k . T H I R D R O W : P. G u n d e l a c h , D. F l a n a g a n , M. A. D a l y . D. D a r k e , P. H a s e l e r , D. E n g l i s h , A. M o r a t h , S. W a t s o n , E. R o p e . 10. M c L a u g h l i n , S. S u l l i v a n , P. H u d s o n . B A C K R O W : G. Mitchell, L. Conollv, P. C o o l a h a n . D. Rudd, C. M a r s h , S. H a n s e l , B. Carter, S. F o r t u n e , J. P o w e l l , J. E w i n g t o n , P. R u s s e l l , S. D a l e y .

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SECOND YEAR

F R O N T R O W : J. Dvvyer, G. R y a n , S. T h o m a s , K. M c K e n z i e . M. K e a m s , K. B r a d y , J. B u r k e , A. H u r l e y , R. Y o u n g . S E C O N D R O W : L. K e v i n , J. Merkel, A. M c C o r m i c k , J. F r e u d e n s t e i n , J. D o w l i n g , K. M c N a m a r a , I. S t a l l e y , A. M. W a l k e r , F. L e e d e r , J. S c h w a g e r , K. R o c h e . T H I R D R O W : V. R u b e n s o h n , F . N e w n h a m , M. E a t h e r , H. B u r f i t t , J. N i x o n , E. W h i t e , K . R o b i n s o n , J. P o l s k i , G. C o o l a h a n , K. C o m m i n s . B A C K R O W : S. S u m m o n s , C. G e a r i n , C. A r c h e r , C. Duffield, S. L o n e r a g a n , P. G i b b o n s . J. Green, P. S e i f e r t . B. R i c h a r d s o n , A. P o w e l l .

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FIFTH AND SIXTH CLASSES F R O N T R O W : P . S u m m o n s , M. A . B u r f i t t , A. H u d s o n , R a l s t o n , A. A r c h e r , D . d ' A p i c e .

Hansel,

Conduit,

S E C O N D R O W : C. D e h l s e n , G. B e r r i m a n , S. K i r o v , J. C r u m p t o n , M a s o n , S. G o w a n s , C. C l u t t e r b u c k , M. B e l l a n t o , A. D i g n a m .

Smith,

T H I R D R O W : J. Cullen, S. K i n g , M. Barling, M e r k e l , F B o c k , P. Mitchell, J. B o y l e . BACK ROW: G r e e n , C.

Forgham,

Ilyine,

L. B r e n n a n , L. G a m b l e , P . L o n e r a g a n , K. H o n e y m a n , N i x o n , R. R o b i n s o n , J. S t e v e n s o n , G. H o l l i n g d a l e .

J. B.

Parsons,

Arthur, Koblizek,

Brown,

C. Scliadel, M. T a y l o r ,

FIRST YEAR F R O N T R O W : M. M c Q u e l l a n , M. I s a a c , L. H a n n a n . V . Cahill, P. G i b s o n , H . P o d g o r s k i , N . R y a n . S E C O N D R O W : E. T a y l o r , S. L e m o n , B. "Tiffin, G. E w i n g t o n , J. B u r f i t t . J. B o u l t o n , .T. Isaac', C. Storrfer, M. E. H u g o . THIRD R O W : C. E d g e , S. J o h n s t o n e , S. R e p p u n , M. G e a r i n , T. A d a m s , J. W e s t o n , M. A. D.vnon, M. P a r s o n s . M. L e w i s , S. Conolly. BACK R O W : P. H o r a n , J. v o n T a k a r c h , N . Giblin, C. G a r d i n e r , M. A . M a d d e n , J. S c h w a g e r , M. R o g e r s o n , J. K n i g h t , B. Burns, M. S p i e r s . A B S E N T : J. W h i t e .

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GRADES III & IV

F R O N T R O W : J. O w e n s , J. O w e n s , TC. B o y l e , R. M y e r s o n , M R u s s e ' l , J. Hall, 1'. W h e e l e r , D. B r e n n a n , B. Z i e l h k e . S E C O N D R O W : C. H o l l i n g d a l e , .1. R u b e n s o h n , .1. D e l o h e r y , A. G a m b l e . ,1. B e l l a n t o , S. du B o i s e r , D . M o o n e y , J. D a l y , A. M. S t u a r t , A. Kirov. BACK ROW: C. Bull, 1). S t u a r t , M. B a t h u r s t , C u t t e r b u c k , S. W e s t o n , P. M o l o n e y , A. B u r n s , C. S t o n e , M. P a r s o n s , M. H a r p e r , B B r u c h a r z . ABSENT: H. Merkel.

Top:

PREP. GRADES I & II

F R O N T R O W ( S e a t e d in F r o n t ) : M. A r c h e r , L. R o b e r t s o n . M. N i c o l , K. S t e v e n s o n , A. R a l s t o n , A. H a r p e r , P. D e w e s b u r y , Hall, E. G i b b o n s , C. H a r p e r , R. S c h a d e l , G. R u b e n s o h n , H. O l u t t e r b u c k , .T. S t e p h e n . D. H o l l i n g d a l e , S. S t e p h e n , Tj. Merkel, T V Hollingdale, E. Bureh. B A C K R O W : M. A. F l o o d , C. W o o d s , M. W a t s o n , C. M c Q u e l l a n , E. B u r n s , V. F i n d l a y , P. R o b e r t s , F. M e r k e l , I 1 . C o n d u i t , M. D e w e s b u r y .

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CHARACTERISATION IN THE PLAYS OF G. B. SHAW

s t r i p s a w a y all p r e t e n c e a n d a r t i f i c i a l i t y , leaving t h e s k e l e t o n of o u r t h o u g h t s , f e e l i n g s a n d ideals e x p o s e d to his m o c k i n g gaze. W e r e m e m b e r Desm o n d M c C a r t h y ' s criticism of S h a w : " . . . a h u m a n i t a r i a n w i t h a p o o r o p i n i o n of m e n ; benevolent w i t h o u t love. * O n l y p a r a d o x can d e s c r i b e h i m .

S o m e p e o p l e , e s p e c i a l l y t h o s e w h o c a n n o t perceive t h a t , a p a r t f r o m S h a k e s p e a r e , S h a w is t h e o n l y c o n s i d e r a b l e d r a m a t i s t in t h e E n g l i s h l a n g u a g e , r e g a r d his p r e f a c e s as his best a n d most c h a r a c t e r istic p r o d u c t s . S h a w ' s p r e f a c e s cost h i m f a r m o r e l a b o u r t h a n his p l a y s , a n d , as t h e y e x p r e s s e d his p e r s o n a l views, h e t h o u g h t t h e m m o r e i m p o r t a n t . T h o u g h t h e y reveal his own c h a r a c t e r , it is his p l a y s that h a v e p l a c e d h i m a m o n g t h e l i t e r a r y g i a n t s of t h e 20th c e n t u r y . His i m p a c t on t h e selfsatisfied E n g l i s h m a n of t h e V i c t o r i a n e r a , was p r o found. Strongly influenced by Ibsen, he rea w a k e n e d E n g l i s h d r a m a f r o m its long sleep, f r o m the t i m e of S h e r i d a n , to a n e w v i t a l i t y a n d versatility. T h e n e w d r a m a a p p e a l e d to t h e intellectual as well as to t h e s e n t i m e n t a l V i c t o r i a n t h e a t r e - g o e r ; his h u m o u r d e l i g h t e d t h e m , t h o u g h his realisie cynicism s h o c k e d t h e m . But they w e r e m a d e to think — a n d t h e y s e e m e d to like t h a t .

S h a w ' s g r e a t n e s s , h o w e v e r , lies not in his beliefs, hut in his h u m o u r . T o h i m , h u m o u r was t h e p o e t r y of life, its j u s t i f i c a t i o n and r e w a r d . If the h u m o u r in his p l a y s is not always of t h e richest q u a l i t y , it is c e r t a i n l y of an u n e q u a l l e d q u a l i t y . Fn t h i s r e s p e c t . Pygmalion c o m e s to m i n d . P e r h a p s most loved of all his p l a y s , it is an a m u s i n g and s o m e t i m e s d e e p c o m e d y ; like all good c o m e d i e s it is rich in its c r i t i c i s m of life — it is a social satire, a c o m e d y of m a n n e r s . A n d w h a t d e l i g h t f u l l y w i t t y dialogue! Higgins and Eliza — everyone knows t h e m now. T h e i m p l i c a t i o n s of t h e classic title, " P y g m a l i o n " ( t h e s t a t u e t h a t c a m e to life) a r e seen o n l y in Act V. H e r e , we h a v e a g l i m p e of a n e w f a c e t in G.B S. W e seem to s u r p r i s e h i m in a m o m e n t of c o m p a s s i o n .

O n e of t h e most o u t s t a n d i n g f e a t u r e s of his c h a r a c t e r is that p e c u l i a r a n d elusive D i c k e n s i a n q u a l i t y w h i c h e n a b l e s t h e m to live on in t h e m e m o r y , a n d e v e n t u a l l y pass i n t o e v e r y d a y conversation, b e c a u s e t h e y h a v e b e c o m e t y p e s . I b i s is t r u e of D o o l i t t l e , S h a w ' s most a m u s i n g c h a r a c t e r .

S. ANGUS, P. BRENNAN, II. O'NEILL, C. TURNER, (Leaving Class, N o r m a n h u r s t ) .

GADGETS G a d g e t s a r e t h e greatest t i m e - w a s t e r s m a n e v e r i n v e n t e d to save t i m e . Y e a r a f t e r y e a r t h e g a d g e t o u t p u t grows, a n d m i l l i o n s of u n s u s p e c t i n g housewives find t h e m s e l v e s t h e o w n e r s of c o u n t l e s s gadgets w h i c h r a r e l y w o r k . I h e k i n d s of gadgets a r e as v a r i e d as t h e i r uses, s h a p e s a n d colours.

Shaw h a s b e e n c a l l e d a c a r i c a t u r i s t — h e seems to seize u p o n , a n d e n l a r g e , t h e salient f e a t u r e s of bis c h a r a c t e r s . It is n e c e s s a r y to u n d e r s t a n d that be r e g a r d s all m e n as basically swayed by t h e s a m e i m p u l s e s : lie m a i n t a i n s t h a t c i r c u m s t a n c e s , education a n d society m a k e a m a n w h a t he is. T h e r e f o r e it follows t h a t these t h r e e f a c t o r s a r e responsible f o r his m i s d e e d s and his o d d i t i e s . His c h a r a c t e r s r e p r e s e n t g r o u p s of o p p o s i n g ideas by which m e n live. T h e essence of his d r a m a is in the clash of these ideas, t h e r e s u l t i n g c o n f u s i o n and I lie effect u p o n t h e p e o p l e c o n c e r n e d .

T h e r e are gadgets for the kitchen, b a t h r o o m , living-room, b e d r o o m — yes, f o r a l m o s t every r o o m in t h e h o u s e . G a d g e t s f o r t u r n i n g on t a p s , decoring an a p p l e , p e e l i n g p o t a t o e s , t h r e a d i n g n e e d l e s , fixing t h e a n t e n n a on t h e T V — all sold to h e l p waste t i m e fixing s o m e t h i n g so that you w o n ' t waste time.

W e feel this s t r o n g l y in his p l a y on St. J o a n . Like all his c h a r a c t e r s , she, too, is vividly a l i v e ; but his p e c u l i a r g e n i u s e n a b l e s h i m to show h e r as a n e n e r g e t i c a n d i n s p i r i n g l e a d e r , w h i l e at t h e same t i m e m a k i n g u s f e e l t h e w i d e r i m p l i c a t i o n of h e r t r a g e d y r o o t e d in t h e s t r u g g l e of r e l i g i o u s i n s p i r a t i o n against t h e gross s t u p i d i t y of t h e w o r l d .

M u m , the h o u s e w i f e , is t h e m a i n o n e of t h e f a m i l y to u r g e Dad to b u y n e w gadgets. S h e sees o n e in t h e s h o p , t h i n k s it w o u l d b e good f o r k e e p ing t h e lid on t h e s a u c e p a n a n d t a k e s it h o m e gleef u l l y . It is used once, p e r h a p s t w i c e ; t h e n t h e n e x t t i m e it r e f u s e s to b u d g e or she tries to lever it off t h e s a u c e p a n .

In all his plays S h a w p r e s e n t s h i s m a i n c h a r a c ters c o m p l e t e l y , a n d s k e t c h e s t h e m with such a t t e n t i o n to d e t a i l t h a t we feel we k n o w t h e m t h o r o u g h l y , a n d k n o w e x a c t l y w h a t t h e y w o u l d do in a given s i t u a t i o n . W e must a d m i t , h o w e v e r , t h a t his plays c o n t a i n a c e r t a i n bias against h u m a n i t y . He h a r p s c o n t i n u a l l y on t h e i n s t a b i l i t y of h u m a n feelings, e s p e c i a l l y t h a t of h u m a n love; a n d he

T h e s a u c e p a n a n d its c o n t e n t s a r e "fixed forever. " I c a n ' t u n d e r s t a n d it,"' she says to h e r s e l f ; " t h e o n e t h e d e m o n s t r a t o r used w o r k e d p e r f e c t l y . If o n l y I h a d n ' t b e e n so f u s s y a n d h a d t a k e n t h e red o n e I first p i c k e d u p instead of s e a r c h i n g f o r a yellow that matched the kitchen colour scheme. It's all m y f a u l t . " But is i t ? D a d r a r e l y b u y s gadgets. O c c a s i o n a l l y t h o u g h h e b r i n g s h o m e o n e

- L O R E T O with Witchety G r u b s ? " Well, the Greeks h a d a s t o r y of a lost q u e e n a n d t h e A u s t r a l i a n a b o r i g i n e s say t h e s t a r was o n c e a q u e e n , m o r e b r i l l i a n t t h a n h e r six s u r r o u n d i n g m a i d e n s , but W a a , t h e Crow (i.e., t h e C a n o p u s s t a r ) c a r r i e d h e r off f o r his b r i d e b y t h e m e a n s of t h e f o l l o w i n g trick — H e d i s g u i s e d h i m s e l f in t h e b a r k of a t r e e as o n e of the 'white grubs'. W h e n the queen and her handm a i d e n s s o u g h t f o r g r u b s t h e h o o k s of t h e m a i d e n s all b r o k e s h o r t , u n t i l t h e ivory h o o k of t h e lovely q u e e n was p u s h e d i n t o t h e hole, w h e n out c a m e the grub, changed into the gallant Waa, and the Queen vanished forever from her mourning maidens.

t h a t h a s c a u g h t his f a n c y , f o r his tool-shed. L i t t l e does h e realise t h e t r o u b l e c a u s e d by t h e X - T R A t c a n o p e n e r he b r o u g h t h o m e t h e o t h e r n i g h t . E g b e r t , aged 5, calls p r o t e s t s a b o u t N e l l , aged 5 : " M u - u m , it's not f a i r ; Nell's o p e n e d 7 c a n s a n d I've only done two." M u m races to t h e k i t c h e n to find t h e b a b y crying, N e l l fighting w i t h E g b e r t a n d t h e d o g d r i n k ing out of o n e of t h e s e e m i n g l y h u n d r e d s of cans of f r u i t lying a r o u n d o p e n e d on t h e floor. Inside P o l l y is c a l l i n g o u t to Nell to c o m e and see " B o b , t h e G a d g e t B o y " on T V . " H e ' s got a t e r r i f i c t h i n g this week, N e l l , " she yells. "A g a d g e t t h a t p i c k s u p t h e s o a p w h e n it's wet on t h e floor.'"

So you see w i t c h e t y g r u b s a r e n ' t so i n f e r i o r as t h e y a r e t h o u g h t t o be. Do not f o r g e t t h a t w i t c h e t y g r u b s a r e r e a l l y j u s t as i m p o r t a n t to t h e a b o r i g i n e s as o u r dessert is to u s !

N e l l leaves t h e fight to go a n d w a t c h t h i s w o n d e r w h i l e M u m c o l l a p s e s on t h e n e a r e s t c h a i r . Advertising campaigns are colourful and enticing. T h e y fill m a g a z i n e s w i t h glossy p h o t o s , a n d telesion w o u l d b e a c o m p l e t e loss w i t h o u t t h e m . E v e r y a n g l e is t h o u g h t of w h e n t h e ad. is b e i n g w r i t t e n , a n d t h e finished a r t i c l e is i m p o s s i b l e to resist. O n e of t h e most i r r e s i s t i b l e f r o m t h e m a l e point is t h e o n e s h o w i n g an a l l u r i n g exotic y o u n g woman floating a r o u n d in a n u l t r a de-luxe k i t c h e n w i t h c a r p e t e d w h i t e floor in a l o w cut e v e n i n g f r o c k p u r r i n g a soft low t o n e .

RHONDA

O'BRIEN,

GENEVIEVE STEVENS, (Normanhurst).

THE BRAINLESS ANIMAL A h u n d r e d a n d o n e , a h u n d r e d a n d two, a h u n dred and three, a h u n d r e d and four — counting s h e e p , d r a f t i n g s h e e p , c r u t c h ing s h e e p , s h e a r i n g s h e e p , s h e e p , S H E E P ! ! ! ! it is said t h a t every dog m u s t h a v e its d a y : well s h e e p believe wholeh e a r t e d l y in this p r o v e r b ; a n d , d u r i n g t h e m o n t h s of A u g u s t , S e p t e m b e r a n d O c t o b e r , every s h e e p goes out of its w a y to give as m u c h t r o u b l e as possible to its o w n e r .

" B e l i k e m e . Use J a c k s o n ' s P i p e - O - c l e n e to clean y o u r h u s b a n d ' s or son's p i p e s . It's t h e best. A n d t h e n you also will h a v e m o r e leisure t i m e to s p e n d w i t h y o u r loved o n e s . " T h e h o u s e w i f e sees t h i s a n d i m m e d i a t e l y races u p to " t h e c o r n e r s h o p " to b u y h a l f - a - d o z e n of J a c k s o n ' s " P i p e - O - c l e n e ' s " r e g a r d l e s s of t h e f a c t t h a t no o n e in t h e f a m i l y even s m o k e s a c i g a r e t t e , let a l o n e a p i p e . JOAN MEGNA, (4th Year, N o r m a n h u r s t ) .

E v e r y s h e e p has a l u m p of b o n e t h a t k e e p s its u n w a s h e d e a r s a p a r t , a n d , d u r i n g s h e a r i n g t i m e , it is t h e p r a c t i c e of t h e best b r e d s h e e p to m a k e t h a t b o n e a p p e a r as thick as p o s s i b l e . It m i g h t b e a d d e d t h a t it is t h e g r e a t e s t d i s g r a c e to a n y of thin b r e e d to let a n y o n e t h i n k t h a t t h e f a i n t e s t g l i m m e r of c o m m o n sense c o u l d s h o w . F i r s t of all t h e r e is t h e m u s t e r i n g ! T h i s gives t h e s h e e p t h e first i n k l i n g t h a t its g l o r i o u s h o u r is at h a n d a n d it t h e r e f o r e s p e n d s all its sleepless n i g h t s t h i n k i n g u p n e w a n d e x c i t i n g ways to b e t h e c a u s e of a n e r v o u s b r e a k d o w n in its o w n e r !

WITCHETY GRUBS Boomerangs! Kangaroos! Koala Bears! Don't p e o p l e ever get t i r e d of t h e s e t h i n g s b e i n g t h r u s t at t h e m as t h e t y p i c a l A u s t r a l i a n s y m b o l s ? One t h i n g t h a t n o - o n e e v e r t h i n k s of as a f e a t u r e a n d w h i c h is m u c h m o r e d e s i r a b l e t h a n e i t h e r a b o o m e r a n g or a k o a l a b e a r is a W i t c h e t y G r u b ! N o w t h e n , d o n ' t t u r n y o u r noses u p in t h e a i r l i k e t h a t ! It shows t h a t you a r e n ' t a very well educated individual, especially about our famous a b o r i g i n e s . D i d n ' t y o u k n o w t h a t t h a t little w h i t e g r u b is o n e of t h e i r m o s t p r i z e d d e l i c a c i e s ? (So y o u d o n ' t believe m e ? Well h a v e y o u ever t r i e d o n e ? ) We, w h o a r e used to e v e r y t h i n g b e i n g p u r i f i e d bef o r e we eat it, c a n n o t c o m p r e h e n d h o w a n y o n e could look f o r w a r d to s u c h a t h i n g as a g r u b f o r a d e s s e r t ! E v e n t h o u g h (as t h e a b o r i g i n a l cons i d e r it) it is t h e K i n g of t h e i r k i n d .

T h e next act ( a n d i n c i d e n t a l l y t h e m o s t h a i r w h i t e n i n g ) is d r a f t i n g - a l l - t h e s e - s h e e p ! T o give an e x a m p l e : o n e h a s d e c i d e d to place t h e ewes in t h e left p e n a n d t h e l a m b s in t h e r i g h t . T h e f o r e r u n n e r s g e n e r a l l y go i n t o t h e r i g h t p e n , b u t t h e rest, o n c e t h e y a r e s u r e of w h i c h p e n t h e y b e l o n g to, p r o m p t l y d o t h e i r u t m o s t to go i n t o t h e w r o n g one. If it r a i n s , o n e m u s t shed t h e s h e e p t h a t a r e in t h e y a r d s ; b u t t h e rest in t h e p a d d o c k get so wet t h a t it is i m p o s s i b l e to s h e a r t h e m f o r d a y s on e n d , or at least u n t i l t h e i r wool is dry. A good s h e a r e r u s u a l l y m a k e s his h u n d r e d a d a y — a d a y b e i n g d i v i d e d i n t o f o u r talleys. F r o m t h e e a r l y m o r n i n g s t a r t to " s m o k e - o h " about half past ten — a n d so o n . A t h i n g s h e a r e r s l e a r n f r o m t h e t i m e t h e y b e g i n t h e i r d u b i o u s c a r e e r is

H a v e you ever h e a r d of t h a t G r e e k s t o r y associa t e d with t h e g r o u p of stars c a l l e d P l e i a d e s ? 1 can h e a r y o u saying — " W h a t h a v e G r e e k s got to do 42

-L O R E T O t h a t s h e e p h a v e g r e a t r e s p e c t f o r a l u r i d vocabul a r y ! T h e m o r e d e s c r i p t i v e a n d violent a d j e c t i v c s t h e s h e a r e r can resort to t h e d e e p e r is t h e a d m i r ation a n d r e s p e c t of t h e s h e e p ! G r a d u a l l y t h e fleeces pile h i g h e r and h i g h e r a n d t h e n u m b e r of s h i v e r i n g w h i t e s h e e p in t h e padr o c k s grows l a r g e r a n d l a r g e r . Of course, if t h e r e is a h a r d f r o s t t h e n i g h t a f t e r s h e a r i n g , t h e y t a k e a p o s i t i v e d e l i g h t in s c a t t e r i n g t h e i r d e a d b o d i e s around the paddock. A f e a t t h a t is m u c h a d m i r e d a m o n g s t t h e woolly b r e t h r e n is f o r a s h e e p to get a w a y f r o m t h e s h e a r e r h a l f s h o r n , with t h e fleece d a n g l i n g on t h e g r o u n d : it even b r i n g s g r e a t e r r e n o w n if t h e h e r o can t r e a d on t h e wool a n d b r e a k t h e fleece. B u t all t h i n g s , good o r b a d , m u s t c o m e to an end. If t h e o w n e r has m a n a g e d to survive t h e s h e a r i n g a n d has not s u c c u m b e d to a n e r v o u s b r e a k d o w n , h e finally sees w i t h j o y f u l h e a r t , his b a l e d wool s t a c k e d h i g h o n a s e m i - t r a i l e r a n d driven away. KATHLEEN MORTON. ( F o u r t h Year, N o r m a n h u r s t ) .

W I N T E R T h e t r e e is old a n d g n a r l e d a n d grey. T h e shaggy b a r k h a n g s in l o n g strips, its leaves h a v e gone a n d it is d y i n g ; w h e n it dies it will f a l l a n d lie on t h e g r o u n d u n t i l it rots, a n d t h e n t h e y will use it f o r firewood. But n o w in t h e grey mist il is s t r a n g e a n d t e r r i f y i n g a n d y<'t s o m e h o w b e a u t i f u l . T o t h e west t h e p a d d o c k s s t r e t c h in endless rows, t h e green b r o k e n o n l y by t h e old b r o w n f e n c e posts a n d t h e grey dots t h a t m i g h t b e s h e e p or yet m i g h t o n l y b e j a g g e d s t u m p s of f a l l e n trees. T o t h e cast a r e t h e r o l l i n g , s p r a w l i n g hills the thick, green bush.

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W h e n t h e s u n rises a b o v e t h e h i l l s it s p r e a d s p o o l s of light a n d long, g r e y s h a d o w s across t h e m and t h e t h i c k , green b u s h . But n o w t h e sun is h i d d e n a n d t h e h i l l s can o n l y be f a i n t l y seen, d a r k green a n d p u r p l e against t h e sky. F o r it is w i n t e r a n d t h e grass is c o v e r e d w i t h s p a r k l i n g d r o p s of silver mist a n d t h e p a d d o c k s a r e b a r e and cold. It is t h ? w i n t e r t h a t c h a n g e s t h e b l u e s a n d g r e e n s a n d golds of t h e f a r m to b r o w n a n d grey and s o m b r e colours. It is t h e w i n t e r that m a k e s t h e h o r s e s shiver, t h e c h i c k e n s die a n d t h e r i v e r flood.

THE PROBLEM OF TEENAGE HAIRSTYLES

ELIZABETH

I his is c e r t a i n l y a " h e a d s t r o n g p r o b l e m in t h e lives of t e e n a g e r s t o d a y . How c a n o n e please everyo n e with one's h a i r s t y l e ? It is. as 1 k n o w f r o m p e r s o n a l e x p e r i e n c e , an a l m o s t i m p o s s i b l e achievem e n t . O h , w h y c o u l d n ' t we he all Yul B r y n n e r s , having no hair worries!

MATTHEWS,

(4th Year, Kirribilli).

THE LA PEROUSE STORY A small, black, shining body disappeared u n d e r t h e c o l d , g r e e n d e p t h s of t h e w a t e r n e a r t h e w h a r f at La P e r o u s e . In a second it was u p a g a i n , showing a silver coin w 7 edged b e t w e e n s t r o n g , w h i t e t e e t h a n d a p a i r of excited a n d e x p e c t a n t eyes staring u p at t h e s t a r t l e d s p e c t a t o r s . T o m e , it was t h e p a t h e t i c sight of a b o r i g i n a l c h i l d r e n o b t a i n i n g s o m e money and p e r h a p s having a little f u n . 1 looked at t h e i r s h i v e r i n g bodies, t h e i r b l u e lips, t h e i r flashing, blood-shot eyes u n d e r t h e i r t y p i c a l b l a c k , f r i z z y h a i r t h a t sent s t r e a m s of w a t e r r u n n i n g d o w n c h i l d i s h faces.

L o n g h a i r was met by g r o a n s a n d u t t e r d i s l i k e from both parents and teachers. Rebukes were given f r e e l y , c o m p l i m e n t s r a r e l y . Long h a i r suff e r e d , a n d so d i d I. H i g h h a i r was r e g a r d e d with d i s d a i n . It was c a l l e d by t h e s e h a i r - h a t e r s a cocky's crest or even a b i r d ' s nest. But w h e n c o m b s c a m e in t e e n a g e c o m b w e a r e r s received t h e lull blast of u n j u s t i f i a b l e a b u s e . And so it c o n t i n u e s . — " Y o u r h a i r looks a p p a l l i n g ! " You s p e n d sleepless n i g h t s in rollers. How they pinch and make your head ache, and you s u f f e r this to p l e a s e y o u r p e r s e c u t o r s . T h e y in r e t u r n d o not e v e n c o n d e s c e n d to n o t i c e it. Y o u e n d u r e f u r t h e r a g o n y by p l a s t e r i n g y o u r h a i r d o w n w i t h h a i r slides. But w h a t is t h e u s e ? You do e v e r y t h i n g in y o u r p o w e r to m a k e y o u r h a i r "a little t i d i e r " , but t h a t incessant c h a n t c o n t i n u e s "Get your hair cut!!"

A coin w h i z z e d t h r o u g h t h e a i r , f o l l o w e d by ano t h e r ! B e f o r e t h e w a i t i n g boys c o u l d m a k e a m o v e , six s t r o n g a b o r i g i n a l m e n dived f r o m t h e w h a r f , a l m o s t d r o w n i n g t h e y o u n g e r ones, to get t h e i r s i m p l e fortune. T h e w a t e r , w h i c h by now was f u l l of d a r k figures, s p l a s h i n g a n d y e l l i n g , w a s s l i m y a n d d i r t y as t h e t i d e h a d b r o u g h t in pieces of wood a n d d e b r i s .

O n e d a y in u t t e r d e s p e r a t i o n you plod w e a r i l y to t h e h a i r d r e s s e r ' s . W h e t h e r you get t h e s h i n g l e , the b i n g l e , t h e basin-cut or t h e crew-cut, t h e y will not be satisfied. You e s c a p e f r o m t h e salon a f t e r w h a t s e e m s a never e n d i n g o r d e a l . Y o u h a v e n o w satisfied t h e m in so f a r as y o u r h a i r is c u t . T o you it a p p e a r s t i d y a n d n e a t . B u t w h a t r e a l l y c o n c e r n s you m o r e is w h a t will t h e e l d e r s t h i n k ? ELIZABETH McCABE, Leaving (16 Years), Portland.

N e a r b y , t h e t h i n legs of t h e c h i l d r e n d a n c e d past t h e old m e n a n d w i t h e r e d , aged l u b r a s of t h e settlem e n t , s i t t i n g w i t h closed eyes a n d n o n d e s c r i p t exp r e s s i o n s on t h e i r faces. W h a t will b e c o m e of t h o s e poor people, I wondered? T h i s was s u c h a d e a d e n d place, not fit f o r a n y b o d y ; a n d yet f a m i l i e s u p o n f a m i l i e s live h e r e , e x i s t i n g in old a n d d i l a p i d a t e d h o u s e s in u n h y g i e n i c c o n d i t i o n s . 43

-L O R E T O I n s t e a d of p r o g r e s s 1 f e l t a d e f i n t e s t a n d s t i l l in t h e i r society. W e m u s t c o n s i d e r w h o c o u l d p o s s i b l y a d v a n c e in t h i s b a c k w a r d a r e a ? It is u p to u s to go a n d see f o r ourselves t h e i r living c o n d i t i o n s a n d a c c o m m o d a t i o n . M a y b e , by t h i s we c o u l d t a k e a f u r t h e r step in giving m o r e assistance t o o u r n a t i v e people — The Australian Aborigines!!

M a y b e t h e p o e t s t h e m s e l v e s c a n h e l p us to solve t h e s e p r o b l e m s . W o r d s w o r t h ' s " p o e t r y is e m o t i o n r e c o l l e c t e d in t r a n q u i l l i t y " is n o t v e r y e n l i g h t e n i n g f o r t h e b e g i n n e r , b u t his d e f i n i t i o n " p o e t r y is t h e s p o n t a n e o u s overflow of p o w e r f u l f e e l i n g s " is d e c i d e d l y m o r e h e l p f u l . S h e l l e y a d d s t h a t "a p o e m is t h e v e r y i m a g e of life e x p r e s s e d in its e t e r n a l t r u t h " a n d C o l e r i d g e a p p e a l s to t h e practical m i n d e d with h i s a d v i c e t h a t " p o e t r y m e a n s t h e best w o r d s in t h e best o r d e r . " F r a n c i s T h o m p s o n s u m s u p p o e t r y as " t h e voice of p a s s i o n . "

ALEXIS HOEBEN, 4th Year, Kirribilli.

RUSSELL DRYSDALE

T h e s e ideas m a y v a r y in t h e i r a p p r o a c h t o t h e p r o b l e m a n d in t h e i r a c t u a l p h r a s i n g ; b u t t h e y h e l p us t o r e a c h t h e e a r l y c o n c l u s i o n t h a t t h e f o u n d a t i o n of all p o e t r y is life. B u t it is not t h e h a r d cold life that t h e scientist sees, it is t h e l i f e i n t e r p r e t e d t h r o u g h a glowing imagination and a v i b r a n t e m o t i o n a l n a t u r e . In p o e t r y t h e w o r l d , b o t h of n a t u r a l o b j e c t s a n d of h u m a n e x p e r i e n c e e m e r g e s f r o m t h e p o e t ' s i m a g i n a t i o n to live on p a p e r , a n d d a n c e b e f o r e o u r eyes in f a m i l i a r glowing c o l o u r s . N o w d o we begin to see t h e c h a r m a n d i r r e s i s t a b l e f a s c i n a t i o n of p o e t r y ?

Since I h a v e b e e n f o r t u n a t e e n o u g h to view t h e w o r k s of o n e of A u s t r a l i a ' s f o r e m o s t artists, I find myself c a p t i v a t e d by t h e a p p l i c a t i o n of his c o l o u r , w h i c h seems t o i m p a r t a w a r m t h a n d s i n c e r i t y to his paintings. It was n o t u n t i l t h e age of t w e n t y - t h r e e that D r y s d a l e f o u n d himself on t h e t h r e s h o l d of a n art career — a career which he personally feared he h a d e m b a r k e d on too late. However, he later a d m i t t e d " h a v i n g n o interest in a r t in m y e a r l y youth, 1 therefore had no prejudices." Therefore, h e f e l t t h a t t h i s late start was m o r e of an a d v a n tage t h a n a d i s a d v a n t a g e .

B u t still we h a v e not c a p t u r e d t h e illusive a r t c a l l e d p o e t r y a n d t r a p p e d it w i t h i n t h e c o n f i n e s of a d e f i n i t i o n . I t can be a r g u e d t h a t o u r p o e t i c r e p r e s e n t a t i o n of l i f e c a n be a c h i e v e d on p a p e r , in w o r k h a v i n g n o p r e t e n s i o n s to t h e t i t l e " p o e t r y " . B u t even t h e most c u r s o r y e x a m i n a t i o n will s h o w us t h e d i f f e r e n c e . P o e t r y is w r i t t e n in r e g u l a r r h y t h m i c a l l a n g u a g e or m e t r e a n d t h i s d i s t i n g u i s h e s it f r o m all o t h e r f o r m s of l i t e r a t u r e .

O n h i s c a n v a s h e c a p t u r e s t h e o u t b a c k — a silent, l o n e l y w o r l d of e n d l e s s h e a t a n d s t a r r y skies, in a m a n n e r w h i c h r a t h e r jolts A u s t r a l i a n s into t h e p o s i t i v e a w a r e n e s s of t h e i n t e r i o r a n d its h a r s h existence. In his w o r l d of d e f i n i t e v i b r a n t c o l o u r a n d line, i r o n r o o f e d s h a n t i e s arise like m a n s i o n s in a vast g a r d e n of d e s o l a t i o n ; h i s trees t a k e skeletal f o r m s a n d his a b o r i g i n e s a p p e a r , n o t f r o w n e d u p o n but stoical. C a t t l e d r o v i n g l i n k s n e v e r e n d i n g c h a i n s a m i d d u s t a n d t h e old h o t e l . T h e air e c h o e s a l i k e to t h e d r o v e r ' s s h o u t f o r b e e r a n d t h e r a i n m a k e r ' s plea for rain.

Yet, we m u s t not t h i n k t h a t r h y t h m or m e t r e was a d d e d to p o e t r y to d i s t i n g u i s h i t ; r a t h e r p o e t r y grows out of r h y t h m . F r o m t h e e a r l i e s t t i m e s it seems to h a v e b e e n t h e n a t u r a l a n d s p o n t a n e o u s w a y f o r m a n to e x p r e s s his h o p e s , f e a r s a n d ideas, a n d this p o e t i c f o r m seems to s t i m u l a t e t h e p o e t i c s p i r i t . O n t h e o t h e r h a n d , a n o r d e r e d m e a s u r e of verse a d d s t o t h e p l e a s u r e of t h e r e a d e r . It is n o t h a r d to r e c o g n i z e t h a t r h y t h m o r " b e a t " a l w a y s attracts the h u m a n emotions and imagination. This f a c t is i l l u s t r a t e d f r o m t h e n a t i v e d r u m s of t h e d a r k e s t j u n g l e to t h e m o d e r n s t e r e o p h o n i c r e c o r d p l a y e r in t h e h i g h l y civilized w e s t e r n h o m e . T h i s s a m e b e a t is a n i m p o r t a n t p a r t of p o e t r y . The c h i l d d e l i g h t s in a n d r e m e m b e r s t h e s t o r y told in t h e s i n g i n g beat of t h e n u r s e r y r h y m e as t h e u n i versity p r o f e s s o r e n j o y s t h e o u t p o u r i n g s of S h e l l e y ' s passionate nature, outpourings which could he t e d i o u s or e m b a r r a s s i n g , w e r e t h e y n o t e m b o d i e d in a fascinating, regular, rhythmical poem.

H i s m a t t e r , a l t h o u g h realistic, m a y even be classified as r o m a n t i c , as it is seen d r a m a t i z e d , with h i s ideas t a k i n g possession of h i m a n d d e v e l o p i n g in his o w n style a n d c h a r a c t e r , f o r as an art c r i t i c o n c e said — " D r y s d a l e c o m p e l s us to see, what we w a n t to i g n o r e " , a w o r l d b o t h s p a r s e a n d p l e n t i f u l , of l o n e l i n e s s a n d life, b u t a w o r l d t h a t is s t r a n g e , exciting and splendid." JILLIAN BROAD, (Sub-Senior, Brisbane).

WHAT IS POETRY? Yes, w h a t is p o e t r y ? W h a t is t h e significance of those s t r a n g e l y o r d e r e d lines of u n u s u a l l a n g u a g e t h a t a r e said to " d e f i n e t h e i n d e f i n a b l e . . . e m b r a c e the illimitable . . . and measure e t e r n i t y ? " What p o w e r f u l i m p u l s e drives m e n to d e v o t e t h e i r lives to c o m p o s i n g t h e s e m a g i c a l lines a n d w h a t fascination d o t h e y hold f o r o t h e r s w h o a r e c o n t e n t to s p e n d t h e i r t i m e j u s t r e a d i n g t h e m ? T h e s e questions n a t u r a l l y arise a b o u t t h e s u b j e c t of p o e t r y .

So, p o e t r y is a n i n t e r p r e t a t i o n of l i f e in m e t r i c a l f o r m . T h i s s e e m s a b a l d w a y to r e l a t e t h e conflicti n g e m o t i o n s of j o y , e x c i t e m e n t or even c a l m p e a c e t h a t p o e t r y a r o u s e s in us. P o e t r y ' s chief c h a r m is its p o w e r to m a t c h o u r o w n e m o t i o n s a n d t h o u g h t s . W e h u m a n beings s e e m to h a v e a g r e a t n e e d f o r s o m e o n e to u n d e r s t a n d us. W h a t p e a c e it is, w h e n 44

L O R d i s g u s t e d by t h e a p p a r e n t coldness a n d d i s i n t e r e s t of o u r f e l l o w m e n , to t u r n to a v o l u m e of p o e t r y and find our emotion expressed in beautiful l a n g u a g e , by a p o e t w h o s u r e l y must be a k i n d r e d s p i r i t . W e m a y not be a b l e to s p e a k w i t h h i m , b u t we c a n feel a u n i o n w i t h his s p i r i t s h i n i n g f r o m t h e page. M a t t h e w A r n o l d even s y m p a t h i z e s w i t h o u r l a c k of s y m p a t h i z e r s w h e n h e says: " Y e s ! in t h e sea of life e n l i s t e d . W i t h e c h o i n g s t r a i t s b e t w e e n us t h r o w n . Dotting the shoreless watery wild, W e m o r t a l m i l l i o n s live a l o n e . " In m o o d s of d e p r e s s i o n , it is a g r e a t h e l p to find t h a t " t h e f r e t f u l stir u n p r o f i t a b l e , a n d t h e f e v e r of t h e w o r l d h a v e h u n g u p o n t h e b e a t i n g s of t h e heart" of Wordsworth and that Shakespeare p h i l o s o p h i c a l l y feels t h a t " s u n s of t h e w o r l d m a y stain w h e n h e a v e n s sun s t a i n e t h . F o r t h e less i n t r o ; p e c t i v e , a s i m p l e r j o y of p o e t r y is t h a t k e e n thrill of r e c o g n i t i o n w h e n p o e t r y expresses a f a m i l i a r t h o u g h t o r idea. H o w o f t e n h a v e we e x p e r i e n c e d t h e fleeting i n e x p r e s s i b l e f e e l i n g of sadness at t h e e n d of s u m m e r ? How t r u l y S h a k e s p e a r e p o r t r a y s it w h e n h e s p e a k s of " s u m m e r s green all g i r d e d u p in sheaves, b o r n e 011 t h e b i e r with w h i t e a n d b r i s t l y b e a r d . " E v e n t h e c o o l - h e a d e d a n d u n e m o t i o n a l w h o scorn the p e r s o n a l a n d p h i l o s o p h i c cries a n d t h e o r i e s of t h e m o r e r o m a n t i c poets, but w h o e n j o y a good story or a d v e n t u r e or m y s t e r y , a r e c a t e r e d f o r in the all e m b r a c i n g w o r l d of p o e t r y . B r o w n i n g presents a f a s c i n a t i n g case with his d u k e a n d " L a s t Duchess". W h o does not thrill to t h e c l i m a x , " I b i s grew; 1 gave c o m m a n d s ; t h e n all smiles s t o p p e d together." So we h a v e i n v e s t i g a t e d t h e m e a n i n g a n d attraction of p o e t r y and 1 t h i n k we h a v e m o r e t h a n a n s w e r e d o u r q u e s t i o n s . It a l m o s t seems a s h a m e to r e d u c e t h e m a g i c a l w o r l d of p o e t r y w i t h it:; s t i m u l a t i n g r h y t h m a n d s p l e n d i d e m o t i o n a l , pictorial a n d n a r r a t i v e p o w e r to t h e b a r e d e f i n i t i o n of t h e d i c t i o n a r y — " p o e t r y is e l e v a t e d e x p r e s s i o n of e l e v a t e d t h o u g h t or f e e l i n g in m e t r i c a l f o r m . " MARGARET KENNY, (Senior, Brisbane).

SIGNIFICANCE OF A TITLE — "Vanity Fair" W h a t is it that ""as t h e m a n a g e r of t h e p e r f o r m ance fits b e f o r e t h e c u r t a i n 011 the b o a r d s , a n d looks i n t o t h e F a i r , a f e e l i n g of p r o f o u n d m e l a n choly c o m e - o v e r h i m ? W h a t can h e see in all t h e bustle a n d g a i e t y t h a t m a k e s his c r y Vanitas Vanitatum!" If we r e a d " V a n i t y F a i r " w e will k n o w w h y ; we shall see w h a t a m a n says a b o u t men a n d women w h o a r e t h e p u p p e t s to H y p o e r i s v . " V a n i t y

E T O F a i r " is t h e e m b o d i m e n t of m a n y t h o u g h t s and a c r i t i c i s m of life. H o w e v e r , it is a n a r r o w view of a b i g s u b j e c t , a n d we can see that T h a c k e r a y realises this, f o r al 110 t i m e in his w r i t i n g s does lie a p p e a r to be a c o m p l e t e cynic. It is e v i d e n t that this novel is a k i n d of analysis of m a n y t h i n g s t h a t go to m a k e u p not a p e r f e c t h u m a n b e i n g but a p e r f e c t "social c l i m b e r " . T h a c k e r a y t h i n k s of v a n i t y , s n o b b e r y a n d e g o t i s m , a n d t h e n p e r s o n i f i e s t h e m by m o u l d i n g t h e m into the p e r f e c t e x p r e s s i o n of such " v i r t u e s " Becky S h a r p b l a t a n t l y d e c l a r e s , " T i n 110 a n g e l ! " There n e v e r was a g r e a t e r u n d e r s t a t e m e n t ! P e r h a p s we h a v e n e v e r t h o u g h t of o u r existence as p a r t i c i p a t i o n in a f a i r , but it is r e a l l y very a p t . T h a c k e r a y ' s best novel deals with life u n d e r t h e disguise of t h e t r i a l s a n d j o y s of those living namely Becky, Amelia, Dobbin and their brother and sister " p u p p e t s " . T h e s e a r e t h e p e o p l e at the fair for the day t h e f a i r is life a n d t h e d a y t h e y s p e n d t h e r e is a m a t t e r of y e a r s not m i n u t e s , hut w h a t T h a c k e r a y is p o i n t i n g out is t h a t his title is j u s t i f i e d , t h a t life is in fact a l a u g h i n g , c r y i n g , loving, d y i n g " V a n i t y F a i r " . Pile most i m p o r t a n t t h i n g at a n y f a i r i m o n e y ! T h a c k e r a y ' s own e x p e r i e n c e a n d his o b s e r v a n t n a t u r e t a u g h t h i m t h i s f a c t , so it is p r o b a b l y his a w a r e n e s s t h a t m o n e y and r e c o g n i t i o n go h a n d a n d h a n d , t h a t p r o m p t e d his most b i t t e r r e f e r e n c e s to it in " V a n i t y F a i r " . F o r e x a m p l e , Miss C r a w l e y " h a d a b a l a n c e at h e r b a n k e r ' s w h i c h w o u l d h a v e m a d e h e r loved a n y w h e r e . * At a f a i r t h e r e a r e all t y p e s of p e o p l e . In t h i s p e o p l e d n o v e l , t h e a u t h o r h a s given us an insight i n t o t h e p e o p l e as t h e y r e a l l y a r e w h e n t h e y disc a r d t h e c l o a k of h y p o c r i s y a n d a r e t h e m s e l v e s at h o m e . So t h e g l i t t e r i n g vivacious Mrs. R a w d o n C r a w l e y b e c o m e s an u t t e r f a i l u r e , a selfish, shallow, u n m o t h e r l y m o t h e r . M o t h e r s a r e t h e s u n s h i n e in t h e i r c h i l d r e n ' s eyes — hut B e c k y ' s i n d i f f e r e n c e b r o u g h t o n l y t e a r s f o r : — " M o t h e r is t h e n a m e o! God in t h e lips a n d h e a r t s of little c h i l d r e n ; a n d h e r e was o n e w h o was w o r s h i p p i n g a s t o n e ! " So as n i g h t closes in 011 " V a n i t y F a i r ami we t u r n its last pages, we a r e a w a r e that we h a v e b e e n in v e r y m i x e d c o m p a n y . W e h a v e met too, t h e s e r v a n t s a n d h a v e h e a r d t h e i r side of t h e storv —- in fact we h a v e seen t h e w o r l d and its i n m a t e s t h r o u g h t h e eyes of a m a s t e r . MARGARET MARLEY, (Senior,

Brisbane).

FASHION NOTES 1. N i n e - y e a r - o l d J o a n , p r o t e s t i n g to h e r m o t h e r : " W h e n a m I going to h a v e a new h a i r - d o ? I've h a d this o n e f o r n i n e y e a r s . " 2. D e b b i e , in k i n d e r g a r t e n : "'I've g r o w n , haven't I'm 111> to m y f a t h e r ' s t r o u s e r s . "

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B A C K R O W : C. F l y n n , M. Owen, E . S k i p p e n , TO. M a t t h e w s , J. M a c d o n a l d , M. C a l l a e h a n , D. H e w i t s o n , K. N a g y , B. G e o r g e , C. S c o t t . T H I R D R O W : P. S c o t t - Y o u n g , A. B o w n e , E. B u c k l e y , C. S t r o n g . L. Schroder, C. Cahill, P. H o l m e s , R. M u r p h y . E. S p i e s , A. F i l e m a n , H. D i v e r , G. H e l l m r i c h , .T. C r e g a n . S E C O N D R O W : M. W i l l i s , P. W a t s o n , .T F o w e l l . L. Clinch, C. C a m p e y , E. R u d w i c k , E. S h a n n o n . S I T T I N G : .1. F o r d . M. C o u r t e n a y , I. B u r k e , B. Reilly, A. H o e b a n , L. S h i e l s , V. P a r i s , G. S u t h e r l a n d , K. K e a r n e y , B. C h a s t o n .

O'Reilly,

Top Left: SECOND YEAR I B A C K R O W : S. Cay'.ev, (5. L u s h e r . G. W a l l , C. B r o w n , P. B a l d i e , C. T r e b y , L. G a l l i u n g i , M. P e r k i n s , R. T r i g g s , S E C O N D R O W : C. Coen. E. H o m a n , A. C h a s t o n , P. L e o n h a r d , .1. Z a h a l k a , M. da F i n a , M. Meillon, R. Z a n e l l i . F R O N T R O W : H. Miller, R. C r e g a n , C. L o n g , T. N i c h o l a s , D. M o r r o w , M. C a m p e y , M. B u r k e . ABSENT: J. B a r r e t t .

LORETO

CONVENT, KIRRIBILLI,

N.S.W.

Johnson,

Goddard,

O'Flahertie.

NEW JUNIOR

SCHOOL

JUNIOR SCHOOL GRADES III & IV (See Names Below)

THIRD YEAR II 7th R O W : J. A l l e n , P. D a v o r e n , S. f a l l e n , S. Doyle, M. N a n c a r r o w . 6th R O W : V. E m e r s o n , H. P i v e n - E a r g e . M. B a k e r . 5th R O W : J. S t a u n t o n , ,J. M a c n a u g h t . 4th R O W : C. N y s e n , K. S k o g l a n d , C. Clarke. D. P l a s t o . 3rd R O W ( o u t s i d e f e n c e ) : S. R o w e , N. E o u g h l a n d . 3rd R O W ( i n s i d e f e n c e ) : N. H a r p e r , D. M a g u i r e , G. T r a c y , M. EngMsh, ,1. T r a i n o r , S. Y o u n g . 2nd R O W : H. S h a n n o n , I'. B u c k l e y , A. P a r m e n t i e r , K. G r e e n , S. S t o k e s . FRONT ROW: C. C o a d y , (!. O ' D o n n e l l . D. Lieutenant, M. G a r d i n e r , C. M c C l e e r y . A B S E N T : D. P e r r o i e t .

JUNIOR SCHOOL — GRADE VI E.

Corrigan, K. A. Power, J. S c h n e i d e r , A. D e a k i n , (i. P o w e l l , F. H o e b e n , A. P u n c h , C. B y r o m , M. E g a n , S. F a h y , H. S a t t e r y , C. D e s m a r c h e l i e r , E . P a l o t a s , C. Kennedy, V. R e n n i x , R. Tunbridge, C. R y a n , S. C o r r i g a n . G. Miller, J. D e l f s , J. Milne, M. C a y ley, K. L i m e r i c k , M. Quin, M. I, P e l l e t i e r , M. D i c k , R. P a p a l l o , K. N a g y , F. A. M c N a m a r a , C. M c Cabe, T. P e r r y , S. O'Grady, C. M c C a f f r e y , M. B u r k e , C. C h e s t e r , M. P r e s t o n , A. M a c n a u g h t , M. M e s s a r a , C. H a w k i n s , C. Cahi'.l, S Cahill, C. Butler, A. S. Molony, S. Inglis, ,1. Tihamji, M. Clearv.

(Top Right) T o m k i n s , D. S m i t h , E. C a n t a r e l l a , D. P e l u s o , J. S t a n t o n , S. R y a n , F. B a g o t , R. J a c o b s . A. M. S h r o d e r , M. F. D a v i s , Molloy, C. M. O'Hal'.oran, E. M c C a f f e r v , B. E m e r s o n , S. B u c k l e y , C. B e r g e l i n . P. E l m e s , J. D a n i e l s , S. S k e l l e r n , I J. M a t h o n , C. Burke, B. S w i f t . E. M a c l u r c a n , P. P e a c o c k , ,1. B a k e r , J. H a w k e . P. D e l f s , G. S k o g l u n d , A. S m y t h e , C u n n i n g h a m , A. Ke'.ly, S. M u r p h y , R. Grant, G. H e s s e l m a n , M. M. M c H u g h , M. H u r l e y . J. M a c l u r c a n , A. H a w k i n s , K. M a g u i r e , P. M a c l e a n , C. B e n n e t t , J. M c N a m a r a , C. F a h e y , J. H a r p e r , R. W o o d s , E. E o n g , C. A. F i t z g e r a l d , .M. K e n n e d v, S. O'Grady. G D o n o h o e . .1. W l i e l a n , P. M u r p h v . Spatii, .1. Golden, C. P y e , V. Rich, S. Eloyd.

LORETO

CONVENT.

KIRRIBILLI.

N.S.W.

L O R E T O

Moments

of S i l e n c e

BEFORE PENTECOST W i s e it is to wait a n d w e a r t h e silence of t h e r o o m so easily, t h e p o w e r Of b e i n g p o w e r l e s s , w i t h no p l a n to f a s h i o n till t h e W o r d c a t c h fire Within

you in t h e

wind.

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war, warriors

Upon the windswept ridges for the desperate cause;

And wait, to h e a r and hold the heart attentive T i l l t h e fire will c o m e a n d sear A n d b u r n to p e a c e t h e h e a r t of w a r r i o r , Of h u n t e r , fisherman a n d violent m a n ; To learn T h e g e n t l e n e s s t h a t lies W i t h i n t h e w h i r l - w i n d flaring d o w n — I he h e a r t g r o w n wise. M.V. (Kirribilli).

SODALITY DISCUSSIONS T h e f o l l o w i n g a r e e x a m p l e s of two t o p i c s p u t f o r w a r d f o r discussion at S o d a l i t y M e e t i n g s t h i s year. E a c h week a m e m b e r of t h e S o d a l i t y gives a p a p e r e m b r a c i n g s o m e aspect of C a t h o l i c life a n d by discussion, w i t h g u i d a n c e f r o m R e v e r e n d J a m e s D y n a n , S.J., m u c h v a l u a b l e f r u i t is g a i n e d . SACRA

VIRGINITAS

My s u b j e c t is C o n s e c r a t e d V i r g i n i t y . D u r i n g t h e past f e w vears, m a n y b i a s e d p e o p l e , s o m e even C a t h o l ics, h a v e p u t f o r w a r d v a r i o u s o b j e c t i o n s to this avowed virginity. O u r Holy F a t h e r P o p e Pius X I I , to d i s p e l t h e s e ideas, w r o t e an e n c y c l i c a l entitled "Sacra Virginias'". C o n s e c r a t e d V i r g i n i t y is, w e k n o w , t h e volunt a r y a n d p o s i t i v e gift of oneself to G o d , by t h e a b s t i n e n c e f r o m s e x u a l joys. A v o i d a n c e of t h e b u r d e n s of m a r r i a g e o r c o n t e m p t f o r t h e m a r r i e d state h a s n o c o n n e c t i o n at all w i t h c o n s e c r a t e d virginity. T h r o u g h h e r Vow of C h a s t i t y t h e R e l i g i o u s becomes spiritual m o t h e r , co-operating with Christ in r a i s i n g c h i l d r e n n o t f o r this w o r l d hut f o r t h e next. T h e reasons f o r P e r f e c t C h a s t i t y w h i c h t h e P o p e h a s given a r c : F i r s t l y : F r e e d o m is g a i n e d f o r m e d i t a t i o n on d i v i n e t h i n g s a n d f o r u n r e s e r v e d service to m e n . It is n a t u r a l that m a r r i e d p e o p l e h a v e less t i m e to t h i n k a b o u t G o d a n d to serve t h e i r f e l l o w i n e n t h a n those w h o h a v e given t h e i r lives solely f o r this purpose. S e c o n d l y : Bv giving u p t h e b o d i l y p l e a s u r e s of l i f e , t h e m i n d is m o r e a b l e to a p p r e c i a t e t h e joys of t h e s u p e r n a t u r a l life. T h i r d l y : It is fitting t h a t Mass s h o u l d b e o f f e r e d by o n e w h o is G o d ' s a l o n e . On e a r t h H e c h o s e a virgin f o r H i s M o t h e r , so n o w a g a i n h e chooses a virgin f o r t h e s a c r i f i c e ; a n d lastly, w h a t e v e r t h e cynics m a y say, V i r g i n i t y is a h i g h e r state of life t h a n m a r r i a g e , f o r it a i m s at t h e p e r f e c t i o n of t h e soul r a t h e r than bodily propagation.

T h e s e r e a s o n s j u s t i f y b e y o n d d o u b t t h e c a u s e of consecrated virginity. H o w e v e r , as I said, some p e o p l e h a v e b r o u g h t u p o b j e c t i o n s such as t h e s e — • T h a t t h e sex d r i v e is t h e strongest i m p u l s e t h a t we h a v e a n d m i s u s e of it is h a r m f u l to t h e b o d y a n d nerves. I t h i n k that t h e l u d i c r o u s n e c s of t h a t a r g u m e n t is p r o v e d by t h e m a n y w e l l - b a l a n c e d a n d healthy nuns who have successfully denied their passions a n d k e p t t h e i r h e a l t h a n d r e a s o n . It is t r u e , v i r g i n i t y is h a r d , m a d e so b y t h e v e r y impulses w h i c h G o d H i m s e l f gives us, but it is t h e p r i v i l e g e of m a n to s u b j e c t h i s passions, a n d God does not desert t h o s e w h o h a v e d e n i e d t h e m s e l v e s f o r H i m . So, it is p o s s i b l e w i t h G o d ' s h e l p to c o n t r o l t h e sex i m p u l s e s w i t h o u t d a m a g e to m i n d or b o d y . An o b j e c t i o n f r e q u e n t l y p u t f o r w a r d to t h e S t a t e of C o n s e c r a t e d V i r g i n i t y is t h a t t h e m u t u a l h e l p given b y m a r r i a g e is a m o r e p e r f e c t way to pers o n a l s a n c t i t y . H o w e v e r , w h o c o u l d b e t t e r h e l p us to H e a v e n t h a n G o d . H o w c o u l d m e n o r w o m e n p o s s i b l y i m p o v e r i s h t h e m s e l v e s b y loving G o d so much ? HELEN LYNCH, (Toorak). THE SACRED HEART T h e d e v o t i o n to t h e S a c r e d H e a r t h a s b e e n u r g e d u p o n t h e w h o l e C h u r c h in t h e last six y e a r s b y f o u r i m p o r t a n t encyclicals f r o m P o p e Leo X I I , P o p e Pius XI and P o p e Pius XII. This devotion is not just an " e x t r a " b u t , as P o p e P i u s X I I said, it is " t h e essential s p i r i t of t h e C a t h o l i c F a i t h " . F i r s t of all we m u s t r e a l i z e w h a t t h i s d e v o t i o n is. T h e w o r d " h e a r t " a w a k e n s t h e idea of a m a t e r i a l h e a r t . It is t h e c e n t r e of o u r life a n d e x i s t e n c e . W e v a g u e l y r e a l i z e t h a t it is i n t i m a t e l y c o n n e c t e d not o n l y w i t h o u r p h y s i c a l b u t o u r e m o t i o n a l a n d m o r a l life. T h e Sacred H e a r t is a s y m b o l u n i t i n g Jesus Christ with God the F a t h e r and the Holy G h o s t — a s y m b o l u n i t i n g t h e t h r e e D i v i n e Persons.

L O R E T O

REFLECTIONS ON CHRIST'S PASSION

B u t this a l o n e does n o t c o n s t i t u t e d e v o t i o n to t h e Sacred H e a r t as u n d e r s t o o d a n d a p p r o v e d b y t h e C h u r c h . T h e d e v o t i o n also i n c l u d e s love — t h e p r i n c i p a l o b j e c t w h i c h r e a c h e s o n l y in a n d t h r o u g h t h e H e a r t of flesh. It is t h e s p i r i t u a l e l e m e n t w h i c h lliis H e a r t of flesh recalls a n d represents. In C h r i s t it is r e v e a l e d t h a t G o d is love, not o n l y b e c a u s e of His gifts, b u t b e c a u s e of His own n a t u r e w h i c h consists in t h e i n f i n i t e giving of cell a n d t h e T h r e e D i v i n e P e r s o n s . T h u s t h e H e a r t of C h r i s t is n o t s i m p l y m e a n t to recall to us H i s h u m a n e m o t i o n s a n d i n t e r i o r l i f e ; we h a v e to see r e v e a l e d in H i m t h e i n f i n i t e love of t h e G o d h e a d . As i h e d e v o t i o n to t h e loving H e a r t of J e s u s n a t u r a l l y e n c o u n t e r s w h a t e v e r is c o n n e c t e d w i t h H i s Love. A n d was not His Love t h e m o t i v e of all that C h list did a n d s u f f e r e d ?

M y n a m e is P i l a t e — P o n t i u s P i l a t e — a n d m y c r i m e is t h e greatest in h i s t o r y . M y reflections on C h r i s t ' s P a s s i o n a r e t h e most b i t t e r of all mankinds. It was t h e t i m e of t h e P a s c h in J e r u s a l e m , t h e y e a r w h e n 1 first sawr H i m . S t r a n g e r s h a d been p o u r i n g i n t o t h e eitv all t h i s week a n d t h e one b e f o r e it. H e m u s t h a v e c o m e a b o u t t h a t t i m e , to eat t h e P a s c h w i t h His f r i e n d s . T h e r e h a d b e e n m u c h c l a m o u r in tlie p u b l i c streets all n i g h t a n d we h a d h e a r d r u m o u r s t h a t t h e m o b was rising against s o m e s t r a n g e p r o p h e t who had been p r e a c h i n g f o r s o m e d a y s in t h e s y n a g o g u e a n d temple.

T h e d e v o t i o n is c h a r a c t e r i z e d by a r e c i p r o c a t i o n of love. Its a i m is to love J e s u s w h o h a s so loved us — to r e t u r n love f o r love. Since t h i s Love of J e s u s is so d e s p k e d a n d o u t r a g e d , e s p e c i a l l y in t h e E u c h a r i s t , t h e love e x p r e s s e d in t h e d e v o t i o n n a t u r ally a s s u m e s a c h a r a c t e r of r e p a r a t i o n , a n d h e n c e t h e i m p o r t a n c e of acts of a t o n e m e n t , t h e Comm u n i o n of R e p a r a t i o n a n d c o m p a s s i o n f o r J e s u s s u f f e r i n g . N o s p e c i a l act, 110 p r a c t i c e w h a t s o e v e r can e x h a u s t t h e r i c h e s of this d e v o t i o n . P o p e L e o X I I I d e c l a r e d t h a t it was t h e most c o m m e n d a b l e f o r m of r e l i g i o u s p i e t y .

O n t h e m o r n i n g of t h e P a s s o v e r , t h e p e o p l e b r o u g h t H i m to m e , b u t I told t h e m to t a k e H i m a n d j u d g e H i m a c c o r d i n g to t h e i r own law. T h e y , w h o m u s t h a v e b l o o d , s a i d : " I t is not l a w f u l f o r us to p u t a n y m a n to death."' T h e r e u p o n 1 took H i m i n t o t h e hall to s p e a k w i t h H i m , f o r someh o w I felt t h a t this m a n was of i n n o c e n t b l o o d . " A r t T h o u t h e K i n g of t h e J e w s ? " I a s k e d H i m , f o r t h i s is w h a t t h e y told m e H e c l a i m e d to be. H e , h o w e v e r , said to m e , " S a y e s t t h o u this t h i n g of thyself or h a v e o t h e r s told it t h e e of M e ? " T h e n I saw t h a t H e c o u l d r e a d t h e d e p t h of m y h e a r t . A g a i n I asked H i m , " W h a t h a v e y o u d o n e ? " b u t He w o u l d not a n s w e r m e . " M y k i n g d o m is not of this w o r l d " , was all t h a t H e w o u l d say. I k n e w in m y h e a r t , t h a t this was a s t r a n g e m a n h e s p o k e of a k i n g d o m t h a t was not of t h i s w o r l d as H e stood t r i a l f o r c r u c i f i x i o n a n d H e s p o k e of t r u t h w h i l e all a b o u t H i m l i e d . It was o n l y t h e n that 1 realised that 1 had never k n o w n truth. " W h a t is t r u t h ? " 1 a s k e d , b u t H e did not a n s w e r me.

A PROFESSION DAY AT THE NOVITIATE, NORMAN HURST On S u n d a y , t h e 3 r d of J u l y , I flew over to Sydney f o r m y c o u s i n ' s p r o f e s s i o n at L o r e t o C o n v e n t , N o r m a n h u r s t . M y c o u s i n is Sister M a r y Agnes. T h e p r o f e s s i o n c e r e m o n y was f o r m e an u n f o r gettable e x p e r i e n c e . T h e c h a p e l l o o k e d lovely, t h e altar b e i n g b e a u t i f u l l y d e c g r a t e d w i t h gladioli. A Redemptorist Father conducted the ceremony which was in E n g l i s h . It was most i m p r e s s i v e to h e a r Sister Agnes a n n o u n c e t h a t s h e d e s i r e d to give her life to C h r i s t , a n d , t a k e t h e vows of O b e d i ience, C h a s t i t y a n d P o v e r t y .

I w e n t t h e n , out to t h e m u l t i t u d e a n d said t h a t I f o u n d n o guilt in t h e m a n , but as was t h e c u s t o m 1 w o u l d r e l e a s e to t h e m o n e m a n . W o u l d it be B a r a b b a s or t h i s m a n w h o m they c a l l e d J e s u s ? T h e y cried o u t , " N o t this m a n but B a r a b b a s " .

T h e c e r e m o n y , w h i c h took p l a c e d u r i n g Mass, concluded with a very enlightening sermon p r e a c h e d by F a t h e r D w y e r . F a t h e r said t h a t G o d ' s love c a n n o t g r o w cold, as a c r e a t u r e ' s can, a n d that Sister Agnes, by h e r p r o f e s s i o n , h a d b e e n raised to a h i g h e r life, as s h e h a d c h o s e n C h r i s t for h e r B r i d e g r o o m .

T h e n I h a d J e s u s s c o u r g e d a n d t h e soldiers p l a i t e d a c r o w n of t h o r n s a n d p u t it u p o n his h e a d , f o r H e said H e was k i n g ; so t h e y m o c k e d H i m . 1 took H i m out to t h e p e o p l e , h o p i n g t h a t t h e y w o u l d t a k e p i t y on H i m . " B e h o l d t h e M a n " , 1 said, a n d c r y i n g out t h e y a n s w e r e d " C r u c i f y H i m ! Crucify H i m ! " "Shall I crucify your king," I said, b u t t h e chief p r i e s t s a n s w e r e d , " W e h a v e no k i n g but C a e s a r .

A f t e r b r e a k f a s t we w e n t o u t s i d e to t h e g a r d e n w h e r e we e n j o y e d t a k i n g p h o t o s a n d l o o k i n g at the g r o u n d s . W e saw t h e G r o t t o , w i t h t h e life-sized statues of O u r L a d y of L o u r d e s a n d Saint B e r n a dette. T h i s G r o t t o s t a n d s in a b e a u t i f u l s e t t i n g in the g a r d e n . P A U L I N E STAPLETON,

ROSEMARY

JOSEPHSON,

(Sub-Senior,

(Leaving, Mary's Mount)

Brisbane).

L O R

E T O

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n i g h t ; I am as yet only twelve s u m m e r s old a n d b e c a u s e t h e day of my b i r t h f a l l s in w i n t e r I was always t o o y o u n g to go out a n d t e n d t h e flock. But 011 that n i g h t , t h e n i g h t of m y story, I was a l l o w e d to follow m y f a t h e r to t h e hill. My b r o t h e r s , J a c o b a n d G e d e o n , w e r e b o t h s i x t e e n a n d s e v e n t e e n summ e r s old a n d h a d b e e n f o l l o w i n g t h e flock f o r m a n y years.

L h a d b e l i e v e d t h a t m i r a c l e s only h a p p e n e d at L o u r d e s or s o m e o t h e r s h r i n e in E u r o p e , b u t since t h e P e r p e t u a l N o v e n a to O u r L a d y of P e r p e t u a l S u c c o u r h a s s t a r t e d in o u r d i s t r i c t , W a r r n a i n b o o l , 1 h a v e r e a l l y c h a n g e d my m i n d . H e r e , in W a r r n a i n b o o l , we h a v e h a d this N o v e n a Cor a b o u t t w o years. M a n y p e t i t i o n s h a v e been a s k e d of O u r L a d y a n d s h e h a s g r a n t e d a l a r g e n u m b e r of t h e m . T h e s e t h a n k s g i v i n g s a r e r e a d out at t h e N o v e n a p r a y e r s on W e d n e s d a y s . The petitions and thanksgivings range from the procuring of flats or a c c o m m o d a t i o n , a n d t h e c u r i n g of illnesses t o t h e f i n d i n g of s o m e t r e a s u r e a p e r s o n h a s lost. O n e s m a l l c h i l d w r o t e to O u r L a d y t h a n k i n g h e r f o r f i n d i n g his " P e n s i l s " .

W e said f a r e w e l l to M o t h e r a n d set off f o r the p a s t u r e w i t h o u r flock a n d several of t h e neighb o u r s ' flocks. As we m a d e o u r way u p t h e V i a m Regulam, I remarked that the night seemed b r i g h t e r a n d t h e air filled w i t h e x p e c t a n c y . My b r o t h e r , J a c o b , s c o r n e d m y w o r d s a n d said, " I t is t h e first t i m e f o r you; you a r e i m a g i n i n g t h i n g s . " F r o m t h e n on 1 k e p t my t h o u g h t s to m y s e l f , a n d , a f t e r a w h i l e we r e a c h e d t h e hill w h e r e we m a d e o u r s e l v e s r e a d y f o r a long, h a r d n i g h t . Surprisingly, t h e wolves d i d not t r o u b l e us very m u c h a n d G e d e o n said t h a t p e r h a p s m y w o r d s h a d b e e n right.

My s t o r y r e a l l y b e g i n s h a l f - w a y t h r o u g h last y e a r w h e n a little spastic boy f r o m St. J o s e p h s P r i m a r y School, w r o t e a p e t i t i o n to O u r L a d y asking h e r to c u r e h i m if it was t h e Will of O u r L o r d . H e was u n a b l e to use h i s l e f t a r m a n d h e h a d i r o n s 011 his legs. His o n e wish was to b e a b l e to r u n a b o u t a n d p l a y like t h e o t h e r s of his o w n age.

My f a t h e r took t h e first w a t c h a n d t h e n G e d e o n a n d J a c o b a c c o r d i n g to age. It was late w h e n J a c o b s e t t l e d d o w n on t h e grass f o r his sleep. As 1 s e a t e d myself on the rock n e a r b y , 1 l o o k e d u p into t h e sky a n d , a l t h o u g h m a n y stars s h o u l d h a v e b e e n o u t , t h e r e was o n l y o n e s o l i t a r y g l i m m e r in t h e E a s t . S u d d e n l y I h e a r d sweet, lilting m u s i c . It s o u n d e d like D a v i d ' s p l a y i n g , w h i c h we h e a r a b o u t in t h e T e m p l e on t h e S a b b a t h . A g r e a t w h i r r i n g a n d b e a t i n g filled t h e air, a n d 1 saw b e s i d e m e a m a g n i f i c e n t burst of light, f r o m w h i c h c a m e a voice, a h e a v e n l y v o i c e : " D o n o t be a f r a i d . L i s t e n ! 1 b r i n g you good news of great r e j o i c i n g f o r t h e whole Race. I b i s d a y in t h e city of D a v i d , a S a v i o u r h a s b e e n b o r n f o r you — t h e L o r d C h r i s t H i m s e l f . T h i s is t h e sign t h a t m y w o r d s a r e t r u e — you will find t h e I n f a n t w r a p p e d in s w a d d l i n g c l o t h e s a n d lying in a m a n g e r . "

D u r i n g t h e a f t e r n o o n a few d a y s l a t e r , h e a s k e d his t e a c h e r if he c o u l d t a k e t h e iron off his a r m . H i s t e a c h e r p e r s u a d e d h i m not to, but a w h i l e l a t e r it was so p a i n f u l t h a t h e m a n a g e d to t a k e t h e i r o n off. T o his j o y a n d to e v e r y o n e ' s amazement he c o u l d m o v e his h a n d a n d c o u l d raise his a r m a b o v e his h e a d . I bis h e h a d n e v e r b e e n a b l e to do b e f o r e . O n t h e way h o m e f r o m s c h o o l t h a t d a y h e rem o v e d t h e i r o n s f r o m his legs. H e c o u l d s t a n d 011 t h e m ! Soon h e c o u l d w a l k n o r m a l l y , r u n a n d j u m p ! H e c o u l d use his legs. H o w w o n d e r f u l ! T h e next d a y h e was t a k e n b y t h e n u n s to O u r L a d y ' s a l t a r to t h a n k h e r f o r b e i n g so good to h i m a n d to p l a c e b e f o r e h e r t h e irons w h i c h he n o w did not n e e d .

T h e n all at o n c e t h o u s a n d s u p o n t h o u s a n d s of t h e h e a v e n l y a r m y a p p e a r e d a n d , giving p r a i s e to G o d , sang, " G l o r y to G o d 011 h i g h a n d p e a c e on e a r t h to m e n of good-will — now G o d ' s f r i e n d s . " W i t h a n o t h e r b u r s t of t r u m p e t s , t h e angels disa p p e a r e d a n d , e x h a u s t e d , I s a n k to t h e g r o u n d , it was t h e n t h a t I saw t h e p r o n e b o d i e s of m y f a t h e r and brothers. Fearing that they were dead, I went to t h e m , a n d saw w i t h relief that t h e y sat u p . It was w i t h o n e a c c o r d t h a t we a g r e e d to go a n d find t h e B a b y S a v i o u r of W h o m t h e angel h a d s p o k e n .

T h i s y o u n g lad is a living e x a m p l e of w h a t love a n d f a i t h in O u r L a d y a n d h e r D i v i n e Son c a n do. MAUREEN

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(Leaving Class, Mary's Mount).

A YOUNG SHEPHERD S STORY My n a m e is D a n i e l . I a m t h e son of S a m u e l , a n d a l t h o u g h we a r e o n l y s h e p h e r d s , we a r e p r o u d of o u r h e r i t a g e , f o r we c o m e f r o m t h e t r i b e of D a n . 1 live w i t h m y m o t h e r , sisters a n d b r o t h e r s in B e t h l e h e m .

B e f o r e we left t h e flock. I p i c k e d u p t h e tiniest o r p h a n e d l a m b a n d w i t h it f o l l o w e d t h e l e a d of m y f a t h e r a n d b r o t h e r s . It was in t h e K h a n t h a t w e f o u n d t h e B a b e , a n d , speechless, we d r o p p e d to o u r k n e e s to a d o r e t h e I n f a n t K i n g of t h e U n i v e r s e .

My story, t h o u g h , is n o t a b o u t B e t h l e h e m a n d its r o a d s , but a b o u t t h o s e w h o c a m e t h e r e . My sister, E s t h e r , is always t e a s i n g m e b e c a u s e as yet 1 a m n o t old e n o u g h to look a f t e r t h e s h e e p at

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S E C O N D R O W : R. H a y e s , E. W i e s e , Y. W h i t e , J. B e c k e t t , M. M a u n s e l l . THIRD ROW: N. Connell, M. Leahey, S. V a l l e n t i n e , E . Hynes, R. M a c f a r l a n e Reid, J. K i r w i n , C. P o z z i , J. K e e n a n . FRONT:

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BACK ROW: K. O ' L o u g h l i n , D. C o c k s , J. K e e n a n (Head Pref e c t ) , M. M a u n s e l l , J. F l y n n . S E C O N D MOW: .J. B e c k e t t , B o r b a s , R. M a c f a r l a n e Reid, Hughes.

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FRONT ROW: J. P o z z i , Y. W h i t e .

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O'Loughlin.

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BACK ROW: .T. Clarke, D. Sul ivan, A. B o u r k e , S. Glynn, J . L a v a n , M. B r e n n a n , S E C O N D R O W : E. C o g h l a n , K. L u m s d e i i , H . M c C u s k e r , P. W r i g h t , A. M. B a k e r . M. R i d l e y , K. O ' H a r e , R. B a p t i s t D. L e w e n . F R O N T R O W : E. R y a n , D . C o c k s , L. M c M a h o n , B. P a g e . J. V a l l e n t i n e ( c e n t r e ) , A. Drake Brockman.

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C. W a t s o n . M. L a n a g a n , X. Clarke. M c H u g h , S. W i e s e , A. W h e e l e r , J. Harrold,

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B A C K R O W : ./. C o u l t o n , D. Glynn, M. O ' H a l l o r a n , J . H a y n e s , S. G a r d i n e r , E. A h e r n , E. M c G r e g o r , T. B e c k e t t , J. G l y n n , J . H e a l y , C. K o e h n e . S E C O N D R O W : C. B r i d g w o o d , R. H a l l o r a n , L. H a c k e t t , M. C u r r a n . B. S t e w a r t , T. A t k i n s o n , S. L o n g , G. T o w n s e n d , P. W y r . d h a m , M. M a r t i n , S. S t o n e , M. Glynn. T H I R D R O W : N . B o u r n e , C. O'Neil. N . Collier, S. W o o d , M. L a d n e r , P. M c M a h o n , J. W e l l s , M. L a d n e r , M. O ' H a l l o r a n , M. W h e e l e r . F R O N T ROW: E. J e n s e n , T. L o g u e , M. Gorey, S. Connolly, C. W i l k i n s o n , A . O ' H a r e .

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BACK R O W : W . M e a r e s , M. H o l b r o o k , I). M a x e y , F. W a y n e , T. B u z z a r d , C. C l a r k e , C. C o c k s . SECOND ROW: R. O n , <\ D o b s o n , G. M c M a h o n , .). E d w a r d s , E. W i l l i a m s , <;. L i g h t l e y , V. L u m s d e n , P. A d a m s . A. M c B r i d e , E. M e e h a n , AT. P u r i c h , C. B o r b a s . Stuart, S. THIRD ROW: I'. B a k e r , J. M. Cullity, A. M. B o y l s o n , E. de K l u y v e r , ,1. M e n g l e r , V. Levven, M. H i c k s . C S h a n a h a n , M. F a r r e l l , S. S t e w a r t . FRONT ROW: 11. M c M a h o n , M. K e e l y , A. I l a w k e , P. J e f f s , C. W h i t e , M. S t e i n , R. L o n g .

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BACK R O W : S. S c o t t , S. G a l l a g h e r . M. W a l s h , C. D a l y . S E C O N D R O W : M. W a y n e , S. Mcy.-r, N. P a g e , A. Ward, H. B r a n d e n b u r g , M. W o r n e r , V. S t e w a r t . THIRD R O W : E. F a i r , M. W r i g h t , M. F i l l e r s , C. P a l t r i d g e , E. W i g g e s , M. A d a m s , S. C a m p b e l l , T. W a t s o n , .J. H a i n e s . FOURTH ROW: I'. M e e h a n , .1. Monk, S. H o g a n , W. T o w n s e n d , J. M. S e w a r d , M. E p s t e i n , .1. N e w t o n , .J. F r e e m a n , V. M i d d l e t o n , L. B o u c h e r , L. Grey, R. H u n t e r . FRONT ROW: I'. H o p k i n s , M. D o n o v a n , M. G a r d i n e r , J. H a n r a h a n , C. B a i l e y . D. H a g a n , J. L a v a n , K. T r i g w e l l , M. Zilko, S. Farrell, F. B r e n n a n , C. A \ ling, ,1. N i g h t i n g a l e .

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FRIENDS ABROAD land of J o r d a n , w i t h all t h e f a m i l i a r places, m a k e s m e f e e l n o s t a l g i a f o r o u r S c r i p t u r e class in t h e L o r e t o C o n v e n t , L u c k n o w . I am p r a y i n g f o r you all. . . . I Editor's Note: Parveen is a Moslem.]

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In the above picture, taken at Kurseong, India, we see (he Very Rev. Austin Kelly, S.J., an old friend of Loreto in Australia. With him is a group of Australians, including Mrs. Doyle, also a friend of Loreto. It is the day of the ordination of her missionary son, Michael, S.J., who sits beside her. Standing is Fr. Oswald Summerton, S.J. (also newly ordained). Four of Father Summerton's nieces — the Archer family — are pupils at Loreto, Normanhurst.

PARVEEN RIZVI In t h e I960 issue of L O R E T O on p a g e 38 t h e r e is a p i c t u r e of an I n d i a n girl, P a r v e e n Rizvi, w h o was e d u c a t e d at L o r e t o C o n v e n t , L u c k n o w . S h e is a f o u r t h - y e a r m e d i c a l s t u d e n t at tin- D e l h i University. Last y e a r s h e was in A u s t r a l i a as l e a d e r of the Indian University Delegation, and m a d e friends a m o n g t h e L o r e t o n u n s , w h o m s h e visited in Melb o u r n e a n d S y d n e y . O n e of t h e s e n u n s has received the f o l l o w i n g lines f r o m h e r , d a t e d f r o m J e r u s a l e m , t h e 25th May, 1961: . . . I t a k e this o p p o r t u n i t y of r e p l y i n g to y o u r l e t t e r received in D e l h i . Last v e a r at this t i m e I was in A u s t r a l i a a n d n o w . so f a r a w a y —yet in such a blessed p l a c e : t h e H o l y City. Mv p a r e n t s a n d I a r e t o u r i n g t h e M i d d l e East. T h i s

A LETTER FROM ENGLAND O u r r e l a t i o n s h i p to M o t h e r M. Aloysius is confused by t h e fact t h a t o u r two g r a n d m o t h e r s w e r e first cousins a n d b o t h M a c k e n s . I seem to r e m e m b e r m y m o t h e r s a y i n g s h e h a d a cousin w h o was a n u n at B a l l a r a t w h e n s h e was a p u p i l at M a r y ' s Mount. That must have been between the vears 1880 a n d 1888. 1 can o n l y guess at t h e s e d a t e s f r o m the k n o w l e d g e that m y m o t h e r ( t h e n S o p h i e F o v ) I Editor's Note:

M.M. Aloysius Macken was one of

T h e following p a r a g r a p h s have been copied from a l e t t e r r e c e i v e d by o n e of t h e novices in N o r m a n h u r s t , f r o m h e r cousin w h o is an Irish Cistercian priest on t h e G e n e r a l a t e staff of his O r d e r in Rome: " T h e L O R E T O a n n u a l has a r r i v e d , and it was m o s t w e l c o m e , t h o u g h i n d e e d it was too k i n d of y o u to send m e s u c h a l a r g e a n d e x p e n s i v e p u b l i c a t i o n . I h a d n o i d e a that t h e L o r e t o Sisters w e r e so w i d e s p r e a d in A u s t r a l i a a n d h a d so m a n y a p o s t o l i c w o r k s on h a n d . T h e work of e d u c a t i o n is vital in t h e life of t h e C h u r c h , so I p r a y t h a t m o r e a n d m o r e girls will e n t e r y o u r n o v i t i a t e . " D o you r e m e m b e r I asked you if t h e I n s t i t u t e h a d a n y c o n t a c t s in R o m e , and you m e n t i o n e d in y o u r r e p l y t h e h o u s e on t h e via N o m e n t a n a . R o m e is a big city of t w o m i l l i o n p e o p l e , a n d the via N o m e n t a n a is on t h e v e r y n o r t h of t h e city, w h i l e we a r e o u t s i d e t h e b o u n d a r i e s on t h e s o u t h . Rut m y c h a n c e c a m e s h o r t l y a f t e r w a r d s . 1 was in that a r e a , a n d was d e t e r m i n e d not to let t h e o p p o r t u n i t y pass to l e a r n m o r e a b o u t y o u r I n s t i t u t e . At first sight, t h e c o n v e n t s e e m e d i m m e n s e obviously schools of v a r i o u s k i n d s . It is s i t u a t e d in a p l e a s a n t p a r t of R o m e . " I asked t h e p o r t r e s s if t h e r e were a n v Englishs p e a k i n g n u n s a r o u n d . She s a i d : ' A s p e t t a m o m c n t o \ Soon a Sister, m i d d l e - a g e d , c a m e ami wamost o b l i g i n g a n d p l e a s a n t , told ller of c o u r s e a b o u t m y little cousin in f a r a w a y A u s t r a l i a . S h e m e n t i o n e d t h e n t h a t y^ omu -r <s u p e r i o r s h a d been with t h e m last S u m m e r on t h e i r w a v to I r e l a n d . . . . " S u d d e n l y , a f t e r s o m e r e m a r k tin Sister m a d e , Imagine I asked h e r q u i t e s i m p l y w h o s h e was. m v s u r p r i s e to discover t h a t Tic was the M o ' h e r G e n e r a l of t h e R o m a n G e n e r a l a t e . She was G e r m a n b u t s p o k e E n g l i s h p e r f e c t l y . She gave m e some b o o k l e t s on M a r y W a r d in I t a l i a n and in E n g l i s h —- also s o m e p i c t u r e s .

was m a r r i e d at t h e age of 22 in 1893. S h e spent all h e r school v e a r s at Marv's M o u n t . JOAN SMITH, (Ex-student, N o r m a n h u r s t ) . The boarders at Normanhurst appreciate the beautiful copy, richly framed, of Raphael's Madonna della Sedia, donated by Joan and Tibby Smith. It hangs in the children's dining-room. We were sorry to hear of Tibby's death during the year. May she rest in peace. the seven nuns who founded Mary's Mount in 1875.1

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OUR MAGAZINE SEVENTY YEARS AGO A l t e r Mary's M o u n t r e c e i v e d a visit f r o m Mr. B l o o m f i e l d , t h e M i n i s t e r f o r E d u c a t i o n , we w e r e i n t e r e s t e d to find in t h e files, t h e f o l l o w i n g essay w r i t t e n f o r t h e D e c e m b e r , 1890 " L o r e t t o E u c a l y p t u s Blossoms", by h i s m o t h e r :

e x t r e m e to see t h e m s e l v e s g r o w n , so likewise t h e i r d e l i g h t . L o n g b l a c k dress, p o w d e r e d h a i r , pincenez, a n d sticks, w e r e t h e s y m b o l s of old m a i d e n h o o d t h a t w e r e c h o s e n . S o m e w h o possessed m o r e f u n t h a n p e r s o n a l v a n i t y w o r e p r i m little c a p s a n d c o r k s c r e w curls. A s t a t e l y m i n u e t , not too lively f o r t h e a g e d b o n e s , b r o u g h t t h e e v e n i n g to a close.

OUR SOIREES

T h e Second Division soiree was of a regal c h a r acter. I t s h o w e d us a m e e t i n g of t h e Q u e e n R e g e n t a n d little K i n g of S p a i n a n d t h e P r i n c e s s of Wales. All t h e guests w e r e r o b e d in c o u r t a t t i r e , a n d l o o k e d m o s t d i g n i f i e d . T h e e v e n i n g was e n l i v e n e d bv songs, a p e r f o r m a n c e o n t h e v i o l i n by " L a d y H a l l e , a c c o m p a n i e d by "Miss M o n t a g u e " ; a d a n c e and recitation followed, and then concluded with " G o d save t h e Q u e e n " .

Borrowing a phrase f r o m a certain lecturer, 1 c o m m e n c e as follows, d e a r r e a d e r s — " L e t m e say a few words before 1 begin." These few words are a d d r e s s e d to t h e ' ' O l d G i r l s " . I a m s u r e t h e y all r e m e m b e r t h e c o n v e n t i o n a l soiree of S u n d a y evening — t h e hostess s i t t i n g in q u a k i n g e l e g a n c e , w i t h a f a i r d a u g h t e r on e a c h s i d e ; t h e guests, conscious t h a t e v e r y eye is fixed o n t h e m , a n d r e n d e r e d t h e r e b y s o m e w h a t g a u c h e ; t h e songs, t h e pieces, t h e r e c i t a t i o n s , all g o n e t h r o u g h w i t h a d m i r a b l e p r e c i s i o n . T h e " O l d G i r l s " well r e m e m b e r t h e s e t h i n g s , so I f e e l myself e x e m p t f r o m t h e d u t y of describing them.

T h e T h i r d Division b o l d l y r a i s e d t h e veil t h a t h a n g : b e t w e e n t h e s e l a t t e r d a y s a n d two t h o u s a n d years ago. T h e y i n t r o d u c e d us to " A n E v e n i n g in Ancient Rome". W e were shown some noble Roman ladies entertaining three Grecian strangers h a i l i n g f r o m A t h e n s . T h e dresses w e r e v e r y gracef u l , b o t h G r e c i a n a n d R o m a n a n d t h e i d e a was w o n d e r f u l l y well c a r r i e d o u t . S o m e u n f o r t u n a t e s sacrificed t h e i r b e a u t y , a n d c o n s e n t e d to b e blackened a n d drecsed as A f r i c a n slaves. D u r i n g t h e e v e n i n g t h e y h a n d e d t h e r e f r e s h m e n t s and f a n n e d t h e p a t r i c i a n ladies, but o c c a s i o n a l l y f o r g o t t h e i r d u t y so f a r as to f a n t h e m s e l v e s . M a n y of t h e m o s t r e n o w n e d a n c i e n t R o m a n s w e r e s p o k e n of, a n d a m o n g o t h e r s J u l i u s C a e s a r . " H a v e you m e t J u l i u s C a e s a r y e t ? " e n q u i r e d a R o m a n of a n A t h e n i a n . " O h yes, and h e was most a f f a b l e " , was t h e r e p l y . A b e a u t i f u l t a b l e a u of J a i m s ' d a u g h t e r c o n c l u d e d t h e soiree. T h e m a i d e n was s t r e t c h e d on a w h i t e d r a p e d c o u c h , a n d h e r p a r e n t s knelt w i t h bowed heads beside her. One, who represented O u r Blessed L o r d , h e l d h e r h a n d , a n d seemed a b o u t to s p e a k those w o n d e r f u l w o r d s t h a t w e r e to b r i n g h e r b a c k to life. T h i s we b e l i e v e d was to be t h e last of t h e soirees, b u t as I w r i t e a d a r k p o s s i b i l i t y l o o m s b e f o r e m e . A d e p o r t m e n t soiree is b e i n g m o o t e d , w h i c h m a y b e c a r r i e d o u t as f o l l o w s : — e n t e r i n g t h e r o o m in twos, we will p r o m e n a d e r o u n d , w i t h e v e r y eye fixed on u s ; t h e n a d v a n c e to t h e R e v . M o t h e r , say a f e w w o r d s , B O W GRACEFULLY (if we feel e q u a l to it) a n d r e t i r e . The N u n s will be p r e s e n t , p r o v i d e d w i t h p a p e r , w h e r e o n t o n o t e t h e i r criticisms. T h e r e m a i n d e r of t h e c h i l d r e n a r e also r e q u e s t e d to criticise (rather n e e d l e s s r e q u e s t , I f a n c y ) . T h e a n t i c i p a t i o n of t h i s o r d e a l affects m y n e r v e s so, d e a r r e a d e r , t h a t I m u s t lay d o w n m y p e n a n d c o n c l u d e m y talk a b o u t O u r Soirees.

W e l l , we h a v e h a d soirees in v a r i o u s f o r m s — g a r d e n p a r t i e s , S h a k e s p e a r e a n soirees, etc., b u t t h e t h e second half of t h i s y e a r t h e soirees took a perf e c t l y o r i g i n a l t u r n , so n o v e l in f a c t t h a t I r e a l l y c a n ' t k e e p silence a b o u t it a n y longer. You shall h a v e t h e benefit of o u r o r i g i n a l ideas. T h e little ones ( m o s t good t h i n g s h a v e s m a l l b e g i n n i n g s ) first b r o k e t h r o u g h t h e t r a m m e l s of c o n v e n t i o n a l i t y by d i s p l a y i n g to o u r a s t o n i s h e d eyes a f a n c y dress soiree. Ireland, Switzerland, Greece, " C o m in* through the Rye", Flower Girl, R i p Van Winkle, w e r e all r e p r e s e n t e d . If o u r " B l o s s o m s " p e r m i t t e d i l l u s t r a t i o n s , I s h o u l d a t t e m p t a s k e t c h of t h e last n a m e d i n d i v i d u a l ; as it does n o t , 1 shall try to d e s c r i b e h i m or r a t h e r h e r . I m a g i n e a v e r y d i m i n u tive p e r s o n , w i t h silvery locks a n d flowing b e a r d , d e s c e n d i n g a b o u t a y a r d , a n d m a d e of tow. H e w e a r s a r o b e of c r i m s o n c l o t h r a t h e r d i l a p i d a t e d , boots (No. 10) e n s u i t e . As I b e f o r e m e n t i o n e d , o u r R i p was d i m i n u t i v e , so o n e of t h e large b o o t s a n d be p a r t e d c o m p a n y . O u r g r a v i t y was p u t to a serious test b y seeing t h e w h o l e p a r t y , i n c l u d i n g R i p , a d v a n c e to r e c i t e a most t o u c h i n g piece. D u r i n g t h e r e c i t a l t h e b e a r d fell off, b u t a f t e r a struggle, it was r e p l a c e d . T h e l i t t l e o n e s r e c e i v e d great a p p l a u s e f o r t h e i r aoiree, a n d it was pron o u n c e d a b r i l l i a n t success. T h e i r i n g e n u i t y in gett i n g u p t h e c o s t u m e s was r e a l l y w o n d e r f u l , cons i d e r i n g the scant w a r d r o b e of p l a y c l o t h e s w h i c h we possess. A n d n o w f o r t h e F i r s t Division. T h e i r e n t e r t a i n m e n t r e p r e s e n t e d a soiree fifty y e a r s l a t e r , a n d s h o w e d a g r o u p of aged s p i n s t e r s a s s e m b l e d to t a l k over old t i m e s at L o r e t t o . E a c h a n c i e n t d a m s e l r e p r e s e n t e d o n e of t h e little ones w h o h a d t a k e n p a r t in t h e f a n c y dress b a l l , a n d t h e i r a t t i r e was most artistic. T h e a m a z p m e n t of t h e little ones was

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NEW WING OPENED AT LORETO, CLAREMONT, W.A. (4th June, 1961) H i s L o r d s h i p , B i s h o p RafTertv, of P e r t h , addressed t h e l a r g e g a t h e r i n g of p e o p l e , and gave a brief o u t l i n e of t h e f o u n d i n g of t h e I n s t i t u t e of t h e Blessed V i r g i n hy M a r y W a r d in 1609. He p o i n t e d out h o w t h e w o r k of t h e e d u c a t i o n of girls was g r e a t l y r e s t r i c t e d at t h a t t i m e . Since it was i m p o s s i b l e to b e g i n in E n g l a n d . M a r y Ward s t a r t e d h e r I n s t i t u t e in w h a t was t h e n k n o w n as F l a n d e r s , n o r t h of F r a n c e . T h e w o r k p r o s p e r e d , was i n t r o d u c e d i n t o I r e l a n d in 1822, a n d a f o u n dation was m a d e in B a l l a r a t in 1875.

the f u t i l i t y of e d u c a t i o n w i t h o u t religion. Educational a u t h o r i t i e s a n d p a r e n t s a l i k e a r e t u r n i n g , or p e r h a p s m o r e c o r r e c t l y , r e t u r n i n g — t o t h e inculcation of r e l i g i o u s b e l i e f s a n d p r a c t i c e s as a step t o w a r d s solving s o m e of t h e p r o b l e m s i n h e r e n t in t h e p r o p e r t r a i n i n g a n d u p b r i n g i n g of c h i l d r e n . . . . I he a p o s t o l a t e of t h e Sisters was based on t h e belief e x p r e s s e d by t h e late P o p e P i u s X I I in h i s encyclical on " C h r i s t i a n E d u c a t i o n , " w h e n h e w r o t e : " E d u c a t i o n essentially consists in p r e p a r i n g a m a n f o r w h a t h e must be. a n d f o r w h a t h e m u s t do. h e r e b e l o w , in o r d e r to a t t a i n to t h e s u b l i m e e n d f o r w h i c h h e was c r e a t e d . " . . . T h e D i v i n e T e a c h e r H i m s e l f h a s s a i d : " W h a t d o t h it profit a m a n if h e s h o u l d gain t h e w h o l e w o r l d a n d s u f f e r t h e loss of h i s s o u l ? "

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ANGLO-INDIAN PRIEST You will be s u r p r i s e d to h e a r t h a t m y b r o t h e r , Eric, is l e a v i n g on t h e 16th of May f o r R o m e , where he will assist t h e A r c h b i s h o p - e l e c t of R a n c h i , Mgr. P i u s K i r k e t e r , S.J., at his c o n s e c r a t i o n by O u r Holy F a t h e r in St. P e t e r ' s on Pentecost S u n d a y . . . Then h e will visit M i l a n , T u r i n a n d N a p l e s b e f o r e firing to B a r c e l o n a and M a d r i d . F r o m t h e r e h e goes to G e r m a n y , a n d h a s been invited by Cardinal K o e n i g ( w h o was in C a l c u t t a last y e a r ) to Vienna. H e a t t e n d s an I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o n f e r e n c e at Cologne; a n d next h e r e p r e s e n t s t h e A r c h b i s h o p of Calcutta at t h e M i s s i o n a r y E x h i b i t i o n in D u b l i n . He will r e t u r n to B e l g i u m a n d H o l l a n d f o r ten days b e f o r e v i s i t i n g m y a u n t a n d several cousins in L o n d o n . MM., (Loreto House, Calcutta).

Mother M. Michael, I.B.V.M., of Loreto House, with her mother and brother, Mgr. Eric Barber.

EDUCATIONAL SEMINAR SPONSORED BY THE BRITISH COUNCIL IN NEW DELHI

W h e n P e t e r d e H a y e a r r i v e d in 1931, B a t h u r s t Island h a d almost been rebuilt. This incredible lay w o r k e r s p e n t t h e r e m a i n i n g t w e n t y - f o u r y e a r s of his l i f e on t h e i s l a n d a n d t h e m a g n i f i c e n t c h u r c h , s k i l l f u l l y a n d l o v i n g l y b u i l t , was h i s c r o w n i n g achievement. I h e w a r b r o u g h t f r e s h h a z a r d s to t h e i s l a n d w h e n J a p a n e s e fighters s w o o p e d low over t h e mission, m a c h i n e - g u n n i n g e v e r y b u i l d i n g . Since t h a t t e r r i b l e disaster, h o w e v e r , B a t h u r s t I s l a n d Mission h a s seen s t e a d y a n d s u r e progress. If B i s h o p Gsell c o u l d r e t u r n , In; w o u l d see t h e r e m a r k a b l e results of t h e seeds h e sowed so long ago. ELIZABETH COUSIN, (Sub-Senior, Brisbane).

W e w e r e a m o n g t h e 165 d e l e g a t e s selected f r o m over five h u n d r e d U n i v e r s i t y P r o f e s s o r s f r o m Nort h e r n a n d E a s t e r n I n d i a . T h e t h r e e P r o f e s s o r s cond u c t i n g tlie s e m i n a r w e r e sent f r o m C a m b r i d g e . T h e y w e r e : Dr. D a v i d D a i c h e s ( w e l l - k n o w n l i t e r a r y c r i t i c ) , P r o f e s s o r L. C. K n i g h t s (an a u t h o r i t y on S h a k e s p e a r e ) a n d P r o f e s s o r Asa B r i g g s ( H e a d of t h e H i s t o r y D e p a r t m e n t at L e e d s U n i v e r s i t y ) . T h e s e m i n a r was most i n s t r u c t i v e a n d we feci that we w e r e v e r y f o r t u n a t e to h a v e s u c h an experience. W e r e t u r n e d f r o m t h e s e m i n a r in t i m e f o r t h e reo p e n i n g of college on t h e 13th J a n u a r y . O u r new college b u i l d i n g is r a p i d l y n e a r i n g c o m p l e t i o n . T h e two grand pianos are a welcome a d d i t i o n : one for the Students' Common Room and the other for the c o n c e r t - h a l l . T h i s y e a r we a r e u s i n g t h e l e c t u r e r o o m s on t h e f o u r t h floor; a n d t h e L i b r a r y is o n e of w h i c h a n y college c o u l d b e p r o u d . P r a y t h a t o u r h u n d r e d s of s t u d e n t s m a y h a v e a good s p i r i t . C o n d i t i o n s a r e c h a n g i n g r a p i d l y a n d we h a v e a g o l d e n o p p o r t u n i t y b e f o r e us. I a m still in c h a r g e of t h e S t u d e n t s ' U n i o n . W e h a d a g r a n d l e a d e r s h i p c o u r s e f o r t h e m at H a z a r i b a g l i last O c t o b e r . M.M. (I.B.V.M.) Loreto College, Calcutta.

PORTRAIT OF A CHARACTER As a small c h i l d I l o o k e d i n t o t h e f a c e of m a n y a p e r s o n ; I gazed at all m y e l d e r s in a d m i r a t i o n , but n o f a c e left s u c h a n i m a g e of t r a n q u i l l i t y in m y h e a r t as his. His f a c e was a s m i l i n g o n e , t h e w r i n k l e s r o u n d his d a r k eyes s e e m e d to b e but a f r a m e g u a r d i n g his t w i n k l i n g eyes. H i s s i n c e r e f a c e was n o t o n l y e n g r a v e d in my h e a r t b u t in t h e h e a r t s of all. His s i m p l i c i t y was b e y o n d this w o r l d j u s t as his e t e r n a l h a p p i n e s s will be. It s t r u c k m a n y how t h i s m a n c o u l d lose all g a i e t y to listen t e n d e r l y to t h e w h i m p e r of a small c h i l d . Y e a r s a n d y e a r s flew b e f o r e 1 again saw t h i s m a n a n d t h o u g h I k n e w six y e a r s d o not d i s a p p e a r w i t h o u t a trace, h e h a d n o t c h a n g e d . His h a n d s m o v e d in g e s t u r e as we g r e e t e d h i m , a n d his s t r o n g f a c e , w i t h p e r h a p s a f e w m o r e w r i n k l e s , sent d o w n g r e e t i n g s to us. K i n g s a n d p r i n c e s I k n o w n o t , but vshat g r a c e was lovelier t h a n h i s ? You see, t h i s m a n is a p r i e s t , a F r a n c i s c a n M i s s i o n a r y . * FELICITY PARER, Sub-Senior, Brisbane. * Fr. F e r d i n a n d ( P a r e r ) , O.F.M.

BATHURST ISLAND F i f t y - f o u r miles n o r t h of m y h o m e t o w n , D a r w i n , lies B a t h u r s t I s l a n d . I n t h e n o w p e a c e f u l surr o u n d i n g s of t h e mission of t h e " I s l a n d of C h i l d r e n " , it is n o t easy to c o n j u r e a p i c t u r e of e a r l i e r d a y s of p r i m i t i v e v i o l e n c e a n d c r u e l t y . D u r i n g t h e e a r l y days of its d e v e l o p m e n t , t h e mission was flattened b y cyclonic w i n d s a n d t i d e s ; it h a s b e e n p l a g u e d b y d r o u g h t y e a r s a n d m a c h i n e - g u n n e d by Japanese war planes. On J u n e 11th t h e mission c e l e b r a t e d its 50th a n n i v e r s a r y . Let us t h e n , at t h e t i m e of t h e celeb r a t i o n s of B a t h u r s t I s l a n d ' s J u b i l e e , recall a f e w h i g h l i g h t s of t h e r e m a r k a b l e c a r e e r of t h e f o u n d e r of t h i s m i s s i o n , t h e l a t e B i s h o p Gsell.

"JOE" I w o u l d like to sing a t a l e of an " u n s u n g h e r o , " a h e r o we b u m p into every d a y , f a l l o v e r e v e r y m o r n i n g and m a k e w o r k f o r every t i m e we s l a m a desk. T h i s h e r o is called b y m a n y n a m e s , J o e , T o m . D i c k or H a r r y , " D a d d i o " o r " S h o w e r c a p . " H e is a w o n d e r f u l m a n , f o r w i t h o u t h i m Loreto, K i r r i b i l l i , w o u l d fall to r a c k a n d r u i n . E v e r y b o d y relies on h i m and h e f u l f i l s his r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s w i t h o u t a t h o u g h t . If he did h a v e o n e , c e r t a i n l y n o b o d y would h e a r of it. A l r e a d y late f o r class a n d o v e r - l a d e n w i t h b o o k s , 1 u s u a l l y meet h i m on t h e n a r r o w b a s e m e n t stairs. H e is u s u a l l y c a r r y i n g an u m p i r e seat, b r o k e n b y s o m e o v e r - a n x i o u s a n d o v e r - w e i g h t u m p i r e , or a c r i p p l e d c h a i r o r a b r o k e n desk. T h e o u t c o m e of t h i s m e e t i n g is u s u a l l y J o e s m i l i n g l y s t e p p i n g aside,

T o d a y t h e s u n w a s h e d coast of t h e i s l a n d sweeps b a c k to a n e a t c l u s t e r of mission b u i l d i n g s surr o u n d e d b y h e a v i l y s h a d i n g m a n g o trees w i t h a b a c k d r o p of t a l l c o c o n u t p a l m s . W h e n , as a y o u n g C a t h o l i c p r i e s t , fired w i t h m i s s i o n a r y zeal, B i s h o p Gsell l a n d e d at B a t h u r s t I s l a n d in 1911, t h e island was i n h a b i t e d by wild a n d p r i m i t i v e natives. As B i s h o p Gsell b e g a n to win h i s s p i r i t u a l a n d m o r a l b a t t l e ; t h e mission began to take shape. T h e n in 1918 d i s a s t e r s t r u c k . A monsoonal c y c l o n e r u s h e d into t h e i s l a n d , d e s t r o y i n g every building and smashing down every carefully p l a n t e d tree a r o u n d t h e mission site.

L O R E T O a quick t h a n k s f r o m m e as I h u r r y p a s t u p t h e stairs. I h e n t h e f i n a l c a l a m i t y of a n o t - t o o - g r a c e f u l swallow dive i n t o tlie p a v e m e n t on my p a r t , a n d J o e saving t h e day b y c a t c h i n g m y p e n a n d p e n c i l s b e f o r e t h e y can d i s a p p e a r d o w n t h e d r a i n . J o e is w o n d e r f u l f o r fixing c h a i r s t h a t a r e s q u e a k y or decks t h a t h a v e f l i p p e d t h e i r lids o n c e loo o f t e n and n o w f i n d (hey h a v e n o n e to flip, a n d j a m m e d or screeching b l a c k b o a r d s . J o e is a q u i e t , g e n t l e m a n , w h o is p a t i e n t a n d h a r d working. 1 h o p e I h a v e not o f f e n d e d h i m in a n y way! b u t I w o u l d like to t h a n k h i m f o r his h e l p a n d quiet s o l i c i t u d e a n d to tell h i m he is not so inconspicuous as h e t h i n k s , b u t a v e r y i m p o r t a n t p e r s o n . PATRICIA SCOTT-YOUNG, (4th Year, Kirribilli).

THE AVERAGE SCHOOL-GIRL T h e a v e r a g e school-girl, does s h e r e a l l y exist? Or is s h e t h e n e v e r - t o - b e - f u l f i l l e d d r e a m of t h e leaching profession? P l e a s e do not c o n f u s e t h e word " ' a v e r a g e " with an e q u a l l y m i s l e a d i n g t e r m , " I n t e l l i g e n t " , f o r in A u s t r a l i a t h e r e m u s t be m y r i a d s of i n t e l l i g e n t schoolgirls, b u t t h e a v e r a g e schoolgirl seems to b e a n u n s o l v e d m y s t e r y . T h e M a t r i c u l a t i o n Class of M a r y ' s M o u n t w o u l d present a p r o b l e m f o r a n y w o r t h y s t a t i s t i c i a n w h o was s e e k i n g t h e " a v e r a g e school-girl". We are twelve in n u m b e r a n d e a c h o n e is c o m p l e t e l y different in t h e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s w h i c h most interest statisticians. A n n , o u r H e a d P r e f e c t , is a p e t i t e five f e e t a n d one half inch, a f a c t w h i c h does not i m p a i r h e r great d i g n i t y ( a l t h o u g h always b e i n g in t h e f r o n t row can b e c o m e f r u s t r a t i n g ) . She has s h o r t b r o w n hair w h i c h is u s u a l l y r u f f l e d by h e r i r o n h a n d of authority, s t u d i o u s b r o w n eyes a n d a s u p p l y of learned w o r d s . A n n is o u r s t a r at E n g l i s h a n d fares not too b a d l y at G e o g r a p h y a n d F r e n c h . Rosalie, o u r b u d d i n g Picasso, is o u r a u t h o r i t y on the m o d e r n age — it is q u i t e a m a z i n g t h a t so much " j a z z " c o u l d be " w r a p p e d " i n t o such a tiny person. R o s a l i e is i n d e e d a n " a l l - r o u n d e r " , h e r many i n t e r e s t s i n c l u d e M a t r i c u l a t i o n , Art, a n d Music, Ballet a n d " T h e S e n t i m e n t a l B l o k e " . B i r u t a is l o o k e d u p o n w i t h r e v e r e n t i a l awe, f o r she h a s survived t h e g r u e l l i n g m a r a t h o n she is doing second y e a r M a t r i c u l a t i o n . Beneath her golden locks (most u s e f u l as Alice in W o n d e r l a n d ) lie u n f a t h o m a b l e stores of k n o w l e d g e of t h e c h e m ical a n d m a t h e m a t i c a l t y p e . B i r u t a ' s voice is h e a r d to a d v a n t a g e in t h e d a y - s c h o l a r s ' l o c k e r - r o o m w h e r e her stern c o m m a n d is always p r o m p t l y o b e y e d . Glenis, e n e r g e t i c Y.C.S. S e c r e t a r y a n d P r e f e c t , is the l e a d i n g light of t h e G e o g r a p h y Class — is she a b a r k e r , a-baca or a " w a b b i t " . H e r c h e e r y f a c e is always a c o m f o r t w h e n o n e is f e e l i n g blue. A n n e B u c k l e y is o u r p r o f i c i e n t w a t e r - s k i e r a n d at school is q u i t e like a fish o u t of w a t e r . S h e also throws a j a v e l i n w i t h t h e skill of an O l y m p i a n ; other s p o r t i n g interests i n c l u d e r i d i n g a n d basket-

ball. N e e d l e s s to say, A n n e is o u r S p o r t s C a p t a i n . W h y does she always h a v e s m o k e in h e r eyes? H e r h o r s e is " S m o k y " ! R h e t t a has a flair f o r c o m e d y , a n d i n c i d e n t a l sound-effects. In o u r play r e a d i n g s , t h e " M a d Hatt e r " is u n s u r p a s s e d as t h e G h o s t of H a m l e t ' s f a t h e r , and Shadow, b o t h before and after his watery death. O u r o t h e r art s t u d e n t is M a r y . Being a d a y s c h o l a r , s h e is t h e solace of t h e enclosed m e m b e r s of t h e class w i t h lu;r u p - t o - d a t e b u l l e t i n s 011 t h e c u r r e n t a f f a i r s of B a l l a r a t . Her weekly expedit i o n s to S.M.B. a r e t h e h i g h l i g h t of t h e week h e r h a i r is l i k e t h e seasons, it seems to k e e p c h a n g i n g as t h o s e A u t u m n leaves w h i c h float past our window. A n n e t t e , we a r e p r o u d to h a v e in o u r m i d s t , t h e fastest girl in B a l l a r a t school a t h l e t i c s Open C h a m p i o n ! H o w o u r s p i r i t s soar w h e n we b e h o l d o u r c h a m p i o n in f u l l flight! B u t a t h l e t i c s a r e outm o d e d in w i n t e r then in b a s k e t b a l l , we witness h e r ?kill at g l a c i a t i o n ! P e k i n g e s e dogs a n d f u n n y stories a r e t h e princ i p a l i n t e r e s t s of U r s u l a , o u r c o m e d i a n . Haven't y o u h e a r d t h i s o n e ? T u e s d a y s a r e h e r delight Ursula a n d d r i l l a r e s y n o n y m o u s as she e n t e r s i n t o t h e d r i l l spirit w i t h h e r e a g e r s p o r t i n g e n e r g y ! S i n g i n g class also t h r i l l s U r s u l a as does s p o r t , w h i c h s h e c o n s i d e r s " t h e o p i u m of t h e p e o p l e " . F r a n or " F r o o k i e " — w i t h a r m s o u t s t r e t c h e d in h e r t r a d i t i o n a l G r e e k pose, is an a r d e n t s t u d e n t of G r e e k h i s t o r y . In t h e r e a d i n g - r o o m she p r e s e n t s a p i c t u r e of p e r f e c t s t u d e n t s h i p as she p o r e s over s o m e g i g a n t i c t o m e ; u n f o r t u n a t e l y s h e lacks t h e d a r k - r i m m e d spectacles. J u l i e is a n e w c o m e r to t h e class this y e a r , b u t nevertheless she has been completely "acclimatised" a n d is d e e p l y " m a t r i c i a n " in s p i r i t . S h e is o u r girl of t h e big o u t s i d e w o r l d f o r she has lived in B u r m a a n d tells us h a i r - r a i s i n g tales f r o m lh«> B u r m e s e N i g h t s ( m o d e r n version of t h e old A r a b i a n N i g h t s ) . T h e n t h e r e is t h e p o o r w r i t e r h e r s e l f , b e n t with t h e t h r e a t of eleven l i b e l suits h a n g i n g over h e r . Is s h e a v e r a g e ? W i l l s h e risk p r o s e c u t i o n f o r not telling t h e t r u t h ? No, s h e is " s h o r t b u t not s m a l l " a n d h a s g r e a t difficulty w i t h t h e Matrie. r o o m c h a i r s — t h e y a r e f a r too h i g h ! She is not part i c u l a r l y b r i g h t at a n y s u b j e c t a n d has secret yearnings t o b e called P r u d e n c e a n d do a b s o l u t e l y nothing but o b s e r v e t h e actions of h e r classmates and w r i t e of t h e m with a b s o l u t e s i n c e r i t y . M A R G A R E T BARRY, (Matriculation, Mary's Mount).

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Below: GRADES II, III, IV & V B A C K R O W (L. to R . ) : P . M a r t i n , J. J e n s e n , M. A h e r n , V. S i b l e y . M. S n o w b a l l , S. M e e g a n , P. G r a v e , 1'. Brain, S. Moran, C. Alien, .1. M e e g a n . S E C O N D R O W : S. B l i g h t , C. Clune, C. M c C o m i s h , S. K n o w l e s , K. T r e s i d der, Y. Sibley, J. E l l i s , M. L. M c C a r t e r , H . C a s t e n e l l e , M. L. B a k e r , J. B u r n e t t , M. Rehu. D. B r o w n .

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THIRD ROW: J. W h i t e . M. Clune, J. Moore, J. F o r n e r o J. T o o h e y , J. ()' I)onoghut C. M c L a u g h l i n , S. D o b s o n , M. R. M a l l e t t , M. M c D o n a l d , K. S z y m a n s k a , B. Heave> J. M c l n e r n e y . F R O N T R O W : G. M e e g a n , .1. C o n n a u g h t o n , V. B i r m i n g h a m J. Allen M. P o l l e d , K. A. M c l n e r n e y . ABSENT: G. H a r t l e y .

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Scenes I Have Loved THE HORN, MT. BUFFALO A b i t i n g w i n d blows over t h e m o u n t a i n , t e a r i n g at t h e snow g u m s a n d p u l l i n g at tussocks of grass. A h i n t of snow is in t h e air. W h a t a d a y for mountaineering! The Horn, a huge outcrop of g r a n i t e , rises f r o m B u f f a l o , a n d gives t h e m o u n tain a i r its five t h o u s a n d , six h u n d r e d a n d f o r t y five feet. A d a r i n g c l i m b , w h i c h e n t a i l s l e a p i n g f r o m r o c k to r o c k like a m o u n t a i n goat, a n d skirting crevices, t r e a c h e r o u s b o l e s a n d o t h e r obstacles, can be u n d e r t a k e n by w o u l d - b e H i l a r y s . T h e p i o n e e r spirit of g e n e r a t i o n s rises to t h e f o r e , a n d 1 follow on u p t h e w i n d i n g patli w h i c h m a r k s t h e first stage of t h e c l i m b . Puffing over boulders and mounds, the slightly disconcerting s o u n d s of coat b e i n g r i p p e d by t h o r n y b u s h r e a c h m y ears. T u r n i n g , 1 discover v a r y i n g sizes of h o u n d s t o o t h c l o t h a d o r n i n g v a r i o u s t h o r n s on bushes. Hut in t h e f a c e of t h e c o m i n g t r i u m p h — h o w c o u l d such a s m a l l t h i n g even h i n d e r progress? My boots w o b b l e f r o m s t o n e to s t o n e , a n d I pull at moss, w h i c h c o m e s a w a y in m y h a n d s . A n d n o w t h e s m a l l p a t h p a l e s i n t o insignificance b e s i d e the p r e s e n t c l i m b i n g c o n d i t i o n s — l i t e r a l l y c r a w l i n g f r o m r o c k to r o c k . I l o o k o v e r t h e side, a n d gaze g i d d i l y d o w n a two h u n d r e d f o o t d r o p . " H o w a t t r a c t i v e t h a t valley looks f r o m u p h e r e " , r e m a r k s a n a d v e n t u r o u s f e m a l e n e x t to m e — H o w a t t r a c t i v e t h e valley looks f r o m d o w n t h e r e , I think ruefully. I press on. At last t h e s u m m i t is in sight a n d 1 s t a r e in h o r r o r as in f r o n t of m e is r e v e a l e d a r o c k ledge, a b o u t n i n e inches w i d e , f a s h i o n e d f r o m t h e sides of t h e g r a n i t e . It is b o u n d e d b y a n insignificant p i e c e of w i r e - n e t t i n g — incorrectly t e r m e d a f e n c e . A n i r o n rail a c c o m p a n i e s this — a n d o n l y o n e t i n y f a u l t — its s e c u r i n g c e m e n t is crumbling! T r e m b l i n g , I p r o p e l myself to t h e v e r y t o p . Success! T h e s u m m i t ! Conquest! " H o w m a r v e l l o u s , " I gasp, t a k i n g in t h e glorious, r u g g e d p a n o r a m a — all m o u n t a i n s . J u s t m o u n t a i n s . Happy world! PHILIPPA SIMPSON, 16 Years, (Toorak).

ION A PASSION PLAY W e h a d r e a d m u c h of t h e c e l e b r a t e d " I o n a Passion P l a y " a n d so we w e r e d e l i g h t e d to accept an u n e x p e c t e d i n v i t a t i o n t o witness t h e o p e n i n g perf o r m a n c e in the " M y e r Music B o w l " . T h e p r o d u c e r - n a r r a t o r s p e a k i n g b r i e f l y at t h e P l a y ' s c o m m e n c e m e n t , t o l d us t h a t t h e e n t i r e cast was amateur, representing different religious d e n o m i n a t i o n s a n d v a r i e d w a l k s of life. T h e first scene o p e n e d w i t h t h e d r i v i n g of t h e sellers f r o m t h e t e m p l e c o n t r a s t e d w i t h t h e c u r e s of t h e b l i n d a n d p a l s i e d beggars. T h r o u g h t h e a c t i n g of t h e " C h r i s t u s " , w i t h h i s s t r o n g r e s o n a n t voice, o n e c o u l d a p p r e c i a t e t h e m a g n e t i s m of O u r L o r d ' s personality, especially during the t r i u m p h a n t Palm Sunday procession.

F o l l o w i n g on, we saw h o w f e e l i n g was w o r k e d u p against C h r i s t by t h e P h a r i s e e s . I n a n a s s e m b l y of t h e p r i e s t s , h e a d e d b y Caiplias, J o s e p h of A r i m a t h e a a l o n e a r g u e d a g a i n s t t h e P h a r i s e e ' s plot to m u r d e r J e s u s a n d t h u s r e t a i n t h e i r p o w e r over the people. At this stage, J u d a s a p p e a r e d a n d v o l u n t e e r e d to sell his Master f o r t h i r t y pieces of silver. In possibly t h e m o s t vivid scene of t h e p l a y we witnessed t h e Last S u p p e r , p r o f o u n d l y m o v e d by O u r L o r d ' s h u m i l i t y in t h e w a s h i n g of t h e A p o s t l e s ' feet, His s o r r o w at J u d a s ' b e t r a y a l a n d a b o v e all Ilic G i f t of H o l y C o m m u n i o n . T h e p l a y m o v e d on to t h e G a r d e n of G e t h s e m a n e — - O u r L o r d ' s Agony t h e r e , t h e w e a k n e s s of t h e A p o s t l e s , a n d H i s b e t r a y a l a n d c a p t u r e . T h e n followed t h e d r a m a t i c scenes in w h i c h C h r i s t was q u e s t i o n e d by Caiplias, A n n a s a n d P i l a t e . W e were taken with the c o n d e m n e d Christ along t h e W a y of t h e Cross. W e fell w i t h H i m , comf o r t e d H i m t h r o u g h H i s M o t h e r a n d M a r y Magd a l e n a n d like S i m o n h e l p e d H i m c a r r y His cross. T h e t a b l e a u x f o r m of t h e way to C a l v a r y lent it an air of grief a n d m a d e t h e a u d i e n c e a c t u a l participants. T h e last act — those last t h r e e h o u r s of O u r L o r d ' s m i s e r y r e v e a l e d t h e t r a g e d y a n d r e a l i t y of t h e C r u c i f i x i o n . W e w i t n e s s e d O u r L o r d ' s giving His M o t h e r to J o h n a n d t h e rest of t h e world a n d his f o r g i v e n e s s of t h e p e n i t e n t t h i e f . D e s p i t e v a r i o u s c r i t i c i s m s of t h e p e r f o r m a n c e , t h e f a c t o r t h a t p r o v e d to us t h e p o w e r of t h e p l a y o v e r t h e s p e c t a t o r s was t h e m a n n e r in w h i c h t h e a u d i e n c e left t h e g r o u n d , in silence, c o m p l y i n g with t h e N a r r a t o r ' s r e q u e s t , t h u s i m p r i n t i n g t h e scene of t h e C r u c i f i x i o n on t h e m i n d s of all. W e ourselves h a d m a t t e r f o r t h o u g h t that would f a r o u t l a s t o u r t w o - h o u r t r i p b a c k to B a l l a r a t t h a t night. FRANCES JENS & ANN SMURTHWAITE, (Matriculation, Mary's Mount).

THE MARY LILY / saw a pretty lily That by the roadside grew. The land was very hilly. But it looked all bright and new. It made me think of Mary, For she's to pure and sweet, And though she's high in Heaven, I pray some day we'll meet. She used to live in Nazareth. But when she went to God She left a lily seedlet In every path she trod. 1 hope that there will always be A little lily there. I call it Mary's lily And try her life to share. JANNEKE IiEVERS, 11 Years, Grade VII, Marryatville.

L O R

E T O

HONG KONG

trees, t h e r e is a c r i s p c r a c k l e u n d e r y o u r f e e t , f o r t h e r o a d s a n d s i d e w a l k s a r e c a r p e t e d in t h e s e tones, too.

H o n g K o n g is s e p a r a t e d by a n a r r o w s t r e t c h of water f r o m t h e b a r r e n hills of t h e C h i n a m a i n l a n d . In 1841, t h e B r i t i s h C o l o n y , w i t h its excellent h a r bours, w a s t h e h o m e of o n l y a f e w h u n d r e d p o o r f a r m e r s , f i s h e r m e n , s t o n e c u t t e r s a n d p i r a t e s , b u t by 1954, this f r e e port h a d b e c o m e h o m e a n d source of l i v e l i h o o d f o r m o r e t h a n 2 j m i l l i o n i n h a b i t a n t s .

G l o r y V i n e t r a i l s its c o l o u r e d leaves e v e r y w h e r e , on r o a d s i d e , h o m e s a n d g a r d e n trellis, a n d t h e small town fitly c e l e b r a t e s an A u t u m n F e s t i v a l . Many city folk a r e to b e seen at t h e w e e k e n d s , d r i v i n g or w a l k i n g , j u s t e n j o y i n g t h e w a r m b e a u t y of Adelaide's Hills.

A l m o s t a m i l l i o n of tliv i n h a b i t a n t s live in Victoria, H o n g K o n g ; a n d a n o t h e r m i l l i o n live in t h e r a p i d l y g r o w i n g citv of K o w l o o n on t h e o t h e r side of t h e h a r b o u r . H o n g K o n g itself, m e a n s " f r a g r a n t harbour*. K o w l o o n is an a n g l i c i s a t i o n of t h e Cantonese for "nine dragons" t h e r a n g e of h i l l s that r u n l i k e a s e r r a t e d r a m p a r t a l o n g t h e n o r t h e r n edge of t h e h a r b o u r .

T h o u g h t h e s u n sets a n d rises a g a i n f o r a n o t h e r d a y , t h e leaves a r e p a i n t e d f r e s h l y w i t h a new v a r i e t y of A u t u m n tints. E v e n if W i n t e r m u s t c o m e , we k n o w that A p r i l a n d M a y of n e x t y e a r p r o m i s e s ano t h e r f e a s t of N a t u r e ' s r a n g e of golds a n d r e d s a n d browns. JANE PROPERJOHN, 11 Years, Grade VII, Marryatville.

Between Hong K o n g and Kowloon the ferries shuttle busily backwards and forwards f r o m early m o r n i n g till late at n i g h t , w h i l e i n l a n d , m o v e a seemingly n e v e r - e n d i n g p r o c e s s i o n of vehicles, old and m o d e r n c a r s of e v e r y d e s c r i p t i o n . R i c k s h a w s are t h e oldest t r a n s p o r t a t i o n w h i c h can be f o u n d along t h e w a t e r f r o n t a n d a few s e d a n c h a i r s still exist. F r o m K o w l o o n R a i l w a y S t a t i o n ( w h e r e in h a p p i e r t i m e s , o n e c o u l d b u y a ticket to C h i n a , Siberia a n d R u s s i a ) , it is p o s s i b l e to r e a c h t h e h e a r t of t h e New T e r r i t o r i e s in half an h o u r . On the i s l a n d , r u n n i n g on its o w n s p e c i a l c a b l e t r a c k is t h e P e a k T r a m w a y , r e a d y to w h i s k t h e t r a v e l l e r to t h e quiet p e a k to h a v e a g l i m p s e of t h e beautiful h a r b o u r .

A HOLIDAY THAT I HAVE LOVED T h e t r a i n w h i s t l e gave a n i m p o r t a n t blast, a n d in a flurry of f a r e w e l l s , 1 e m b a r k e d on t h e most i n t e r e s t i n g a n d c o l o u r f u l h o l i d a y of my life. My d e s t i n a t i o n was C a i r n s , w i t h its s p e c t a c u l a r views a n d m a r i n e life a l o n g t h e G r e a t B a r r i e r Reef. The t r i p l a s t e d f o u r d a y s a n d d u r i n g t h a t t i m e , I m e t m a n y new f r i e n d s a m o n g t h e o t h e r girls, w h o w e r e on t h e g u i d e d t o u r . At last, on J a n u a r y 14th, we a r r i v e d in C a i r n s . All was h u r r y a n d b u s t l e , u n t i l we w e r e e s t a b l i s h e d in t h e hostel w h i c h was to b e c o m e h o m e f o r t h e next six days. E v e r y t h i n g was e x c i t i n g l y n e w , t h e houses built u p on stilts, t h e s u d d e n , t o r r e n t i a l d o w n p o u r s of t h e " w e t " season, a n d t h e l u x u r i a n t , t r o p i c a l p l a n t s .

S h a n Ki W a n , a n d A b e r d e e n a r e t h e m a i n fishing p o r t s a n d we c a n find an u n u s u a l a n d r o m a n tic setting, w i t h c l e a n l i n e s s a n d d e l i c i o u s f o o d suitable to b o t h E u r o p e a n a n d C h i n e s e tastes in t h e latter. E x c e l l e n t fish d i s h e s p r e p a r e d in t h e C h i n e s e m a n n e r a r e a v a i l a b l e at t h e floating r e s t a u r a n t s .

Next d a y , we b o a r d e d a q u a i n t old t r a i n , w h i c h took us h i g h in t h e m o u n t a i n s to t h e B a r o n F a l l s . T h e s e m a j e s t i c falls s e n d t h o u s a n d s of tons of w a t e r c a s c a d i n g i n t o t h e r o c k y gorge below e v e r y day. I b i s sight b r o u g h t a m o m e n t a r y h u s h , a n d t h e n , w i t h o n e a c c o r d , c a m e r a s c l i c k e d i n t o action a n d soon e v e r y o n e was b u s y " s n a p p i n g " the f a l l s f r o m d i f f e r e n t angles.

New T e r r i t o r i e s can b e r e a c h e d by t r a i n or car. H e r e t h e m a i n o c c u p a t i o n is f a r m i n g a n d t h e chief p r o d u c t is rice. A b o u t 18,0(H) tons of r i c e is g r o w n a n n u a l l y , w h i c h , a l t h o u g h <piite insufficient, is a u s e f u l c o n t r i b u t i o n to t h e c o l o n y ' s f o o d s u p p l y .

T h e h i g h l i g h t of t h e t o u r was o u r t r i p to G r e e n I s l a n d . W e set out in m i d - m o r n i n g on t h e f e r r y , a n d r e a c h e d t h e i s l a n d a b o u t an h o u r l a t e r . W e w e r e t h e n t a k e n to t h e U n d e r w a t e r O b s e r v a t o r y , w h e r e we l o o k e d r i g h t out into the b e a u t i f u l u n d e r water world. Brilliantly-coloured fish swam l e i s u r e l y b e t w e e n w a v i n g f r o n d s of s e a w e e d , a n d c o r a l of e x o t i c h u e s . T i n y fish d a r t e d in a n d out of b r i g h t shells a n d rocks. A f t e r w a r d s , we looked d o w n on this f a n t a s t i c world f r o m a b o v e , in glassbottomed boats.

DOROTHY CHAN, (Sub-Senior,

Brisbane).

AUTUMN IN THE HILLS OF ADELAIDE H o w v a r i e d a n d b e a u t i f u l a r e t h e tints of A u t u m n ! Few b e a u t y s p o t s can rival t h e A d e l a i d e H i l l s in the glory of A u t u m n , w h i c h is at its h e i g h t d u r i n g the m o n t h s of A p r i l a n d M a y . A t A l d g a t e , t h e leaves are p e r h a p s t h e most b e a u t i f u l of all.

Next d a y we b a d e " g o o d b y e " to C a i r n s , a n d b e g a n o u r j o u r n e y h o m e . As 1 s t e p p e d f r o m t h e t r a i n , f o u r d a y s l a t e r , I k n e w t h a t this i n d e e d h a d b e e n m y most m e m o r a b l e h o l i d a y — so f a r !

T h e Ash tree, w i t h its g o l d e n yellow, c o n t r a s t s with t h e c r i m s o n R h u s , w h i c h m a k e h a r m o n y w i t h the L i q u i d A m b e r ' s r e d s a n d b r o w n s . As you w a l k through the glorious arches f o r m e d by the leafy

GENEVIEVE DUFFY, (14 Years, Mary's Mount).

t L O R E T O

SYDNEY COVE AND BEYOND

HAW PAR VILLA — Singapore T h e f a b u l o u s " T i g e r B a l m G a r d e n " or " H a w P a r Villa was b u i l t in 1930, a n d is still p r i v a t e l y o w n e d by t h e h e i r s of t h e f o u n d e r s of T i g e r B a l m . I n t h e c e n t r e of H a w P a r Villa a r c two h u g e white pillars covered with Chinese script. These a r e m o n u m e n t s e r e c t e d in m e m o r y of t h e late Mr. Aw B o o n H a w a n d his b r o t h e r , Mr. Aw B o o n P a r , w h o o w n e d the T i g e r B a l m a n d a f t e r w h o m it gets its n a m e " H a w P a r V i l l a . " I he clay figures in e a c h t a b l e a u r e p r e s e n t d i f f e r e n t C h i n e s e Legends. I h e r e is o n e of t h e " L a u g h i n g B u d d h a , " w h o is r e g a r d e d as t h e G o d of P r o s p e r i t y , always r e a d y to give a n d h e l p . C h i n e s e P h i l o s o p h e r s say t h a t a n y m a n w i s h i n g to b e c o m e a m i l l i o n a i r e m u s t first d e v e l o p in his p e r s o n t h e s h a p e of t h e B u d d h a . H o w well we k n o w t h a t o n e s u c h s e l d o m b e c o m e s r i c h , let a l o n e a m i l l i o n a i r e ! It is i m p o s s i b l e to see e v e r y t h i n g in o n e d a y . I h e o t h e r s most i n t e r e s t i n g , in m y o p i n i o n , a r e " T h e T h r e e Elixir Makers" and the "Sinking Ship." T h e f o r m e r shows t h e m a k e r s of m a g i c pills. T h e e l i x i r s they p r o d u c e e n s u r e e t e r n a l life to those w h o t a k e t h e m . T h e l a t t e r is t h e s t o r y of a g r a t e f u l t u r t l e . It h a d b e e n r e l e a s e d f r o m c a p t i v i t y w i t h t h e n a m e of its l i b e r a t o r e n g r a v e d on its shell, \ e a r s a f t e r , this m a n ' s s h i p was s i n k i n g , b u t t h e t u r t l e c a m e a l o n g just in t i m e to save his b e n e f a c t o r . MARGARET GERKE, 11 Years. (Grade VII,

Marryatville).

THE SINGING VALLEY In the valley of the flowers Where the roses bloom in bowers, And the dainty orchids dance along behind. Callers there a welcome meet. As they tread with careful feet, The paths that only nature-lovers find. At the dawning of the day When every bird is gay, And happy little children often throng, There is music in their singitig And the valley's all a-ringing With the melodies and gladness And when the evening sunset Paints its glow one cant forget, There are fairy bells a-t inkling Every bird flies to its nest, Flowers and children go to rest, To the lullabies

of memory

of their

song.

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moon play

dolphins the Bay.

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long, low line of against the tide,

far from

glen.

and the little

silver

seas that

weathered

sweep side.

stretch

stone

of seas move

moonbeams

and

shore

waterfowl night.

sedately

inland

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ferries Pinchgut

glide from Light',

And

guardians of seas shadows creep.

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and

sleek,

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kindly scars;

mantle

night

conceals

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of the

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streams

towards

the

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the golden eye,

arch

of steel

brings

lights

reveal

the

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is shining, long

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of saltbush

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alike

heaven

and earth

1 see the heat-haze bare,

lifting,

lagoon,

plains

where

of dust

that

round

the

the lean, waterholes.

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as I watch stirs,

earth,

infinity.

isn't

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as I dream,

cluster

a strange

elation

and this my spirit

flowing

of a nation

that

a cloud

the heartbeat veins.

are

coming,

blood

phantoms,

plains

then I see them rolls—

life

rivers

western

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of cattle

the

wonder

are lost in vast

the stream

1 feel my plains,

rolls

shifting,

is Australian

city's

changing.

and

the

western

mirage there.

lines

sea

background

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long

grey

challenge

too, where

Where shadow's of the come and go;

darker

the

returns

the

where

of lights

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fast

meet

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across

stands

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rising

on the

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is slowly

in the

hers;

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her

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JANICE URDANOFF, 12 Years,

PATRICIA THOMAS, 14 Years,

Grade VII, Marryatville.

(Form IV, Dawson Street, Ballarat).

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HONOURS AND LEAVING B A C K ROW: M. A rend, M. Doherty, D . K o c h , M. Mueller, R. K e a r n e y . T H I R D R O W : B. B a r tels, S. Keats, J. P e o p l e s , R. D u m b , P . M u r r a y , C. K i n g , A. B u r r o w s , L. C l a n c h y , P. B a r n e t t . SECOND ROW: S. L a m b e r t , M. M a d i g a n , B. T h o m p s o n , M. F r y , Y. S p e n c e r , C. Goldie, M. G l y n n , K. Prescott, L. v o n Niedermue'.Ier, J. McClure. FRONT ROW: H. N a u l t y , M. A. Honner, J. Nolan J. W a r k , P . Gundy, A. Morcom, L. George, S. D o h e r t y , M. J o h n son, D. S c h u l t z . ABSENT: A. Griguol, C. W a l s h D . Crotti, P. McLaughlin, M. McNamara.

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B A C K R O W : J. B r a z e l , J. D o r i a n , H. C o a t e s , P. T n i" n b u 1 1, R. O'Grady, F . O ' L o g h l i n , M. T e x l e r , 11. S t o t t , M. McClure. 4th R O W : P . M u r n a n e , P. Reilly, R. T y l e r , ,J. M a r s h a l l , P. Gregerson, P. King, E. O'Brien, Y. Bazzica, V. C o a t e s , E. V i d o v i c . T H I R D R O W : J. C a l len, V. A n g o v e , M. McClure, E. Moloney, C. McAnajiey, J. O'Kelly, P. M a d i g a n , J. H a m i l t o n , E. Kerr, P. Fried. SECOND ROW: G. G e o r g e , R. Richards, K. J o n e s , N. B u r d o n , S. K e n n y , C. .Jackson, S. S m i t h , J. M o n k s . R. H a r t , H . B e r t r a m , S. W a r d . FRONT ROW: J. F r i e d , M. B e a c h , K. Dane, P. Young, K. B a r r y , J. F l a h e r t y , P . Ryan, R. K e r i n , A. R e g a n , E. D o h e r t y , M. T. D u p u y .

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BACK ROW: S. A l l w o o d , C. A l l w o o d , J. Properjohn, S. Furlani, S. S p r i n g b e t t , J. C o r l e v i c h , M. M u r r a y , J. Thompson, R. K o e l s , A. A n d e r s o n . THIRD ROW: K. O k r u t a y , C. H a r t , M. Brazzale, P. Pierce. J. D o d d , S. H a n n o n , D. V i l i u n a s , I. F a r k a s , H . C a m p b e l l , A. K e l l y , A. D a v i n e , M. Shanahan. SECOND ROW: M. M o l o n e y , E . G r e e n , A. Gray, A. McAnaney, M. S u l l i v a n , K. F u r s t , B. O'Donahue, V. H a w k e s , B. McTnnes, C. M a r s h a l l , J. F r e e m a n , P. M i c h e l s . F R O N T R O W : .T. L e h m a n n , E. P e r d e l w i t z , P. G l u y a s , A. Baulderstone, T. Jordan, M. K i n g , K. A n t a e f f y , C. G e r k e , K. Lowe, S. B y r n e , G. Q u i n n , H. Salier. ABSENT: L. ITender-

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GRADE VI B A C K R O W : V. P h i l l i p s , J. G u n s o n , S. D i t t y , J. S p r i n g b e t t , C. G r a n t . F O U R T H R O W : E. K e a t s , D. f . a n g ley, J. R y a n , D. J o h n s o n , A. M. G i a c c i o , M. H a n c o c k , J. Chappie. L. R o d i g h i e r i o , R. H e y s e n . T H I R D R O W : M. W a l s h , R. S a n d s , S. J a m e s , T. Chandler, M. E l w o o d , A. M a r k u n a s , F. Spry, II. A l d e r m a n , D. H o m e , A. D e s t r e e . S E C O N D R O W : M. J o s e p h , C. W a l ters, P. Burden, P. D o h e r t y , G. Castenetto, S. Quinn, M. Keen, B. N . B r a d y , J. W i n c h e s t e r , J. Perdelwitz. FRONT ROW: E. B a u l d e r s t o n e , D a v e y , C. A n d e r s o n , L. W h i t e , S t e p h e n s , J. K e l l y . ABSENT:

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GRADE V BACK ROW: .1. Buchanan, H. O ' L e g h l i n , S. L a n g e , S. Colbran, S. Springbett. FOURTH ROW: 1*. M u l h e a r n , T,. M a r s h a l l , R. K e n n e d y , P. V a u g h a n , I'. D o n n i n i , J. S m i t h . T H I R D R O W : J. W h i t e , .1. Scol'.in, J. Behrens, P. Dal I'ozzo, M. Gough, E . Coles, S. Randall, S. K e n i h a n , C. A n d e r s o n . SECOND ROW: J. Tobin, S. D a r w e n t , R. C a v a n a g h , D. E v a n s , S. A11 wood, C. M c N a m a r a , A. Hoey, E. J o r d a n . ('Iota. C. C o o m b e , Brady.

GRADE IV B A C K R O W : L. Strut hers, C. W i l son, A. Colbran. M. W a l t e r s , L. D a v e y , P. R e g a n . THIRD ROW: J. H e n d e r s o n , M. J o h n s o n , A. M a c k i n t o s h , J. C l a n c h y , ('. Coles, A. S m i t h , E. E d w a r d s , G. Giaccio, S. F u s s e n . SECOND ROW: M. Klemich, C. Rrady, A. C a m p b e l l , D. Crookall, M. A t k i n s o n , M. W h i t e , J. M a n s field, J. F i e l d s . FRONT ROW: ,1. H e a r n s h a w , R o f e , J. S t a l t o n , M. Bovver.

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B A C K R O W : J. D a l v , P. Z i e s i n g , T . A n d e r s o n , A. B r a z z a l e , M. R o b i n s o n . T H I R D ROW: M. K e n n e d y , M. .Tarrett. H. J o s e p h , A. K e n n e d y , A. B r e w e r , M. H a r e , M. Giaceio, D. Allen, P. B l a c k w e l l . S E C O N D ROW: l>. P o w e r , M. King-, P. C e s c a t o , S. P i c k h a m , V. H o r v a t , M. H e y s e n , S. K l e m i c h , D. B e r t r a m . F R O N T R O W : M. W i l s o n . M. von der C a m m e n , S. R a p h a e l J. T a y l o r , C. R e g a n , S. Lamprilt, C. E e a n e v , J. B o y d - T u r n e r . A B S E N T : S. R u n d l e , .T. Cain.

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R A C K R O W : J. W h e e l e r , ,J. N i c h o l a s , C. A n d e r s o n , J. K e n n e d y , .1, K e n i h a n , L. P r o p e r j o h 11, C. C r e g a n . S E C O N D R O W : C. Allen. M. S h a n a h a n , A. B l e n c o w e , B. J o s e p h , A. W a l s h , T. I n k e n h a r g , J. P a e c h , P. K e l l y , A. T h o m p s o n , M. Chappie. F R O N T R O W : A. >1. G l a e t z e r , E. D u l u k , S. H e n d e r s o n , R. R a n g e J. P o l o m k a , R. B l a c k w e l l , C. B o y d - T u r n e r , S. Dalziel, M. B r a d y . A B S E N T : E. L v n c h .

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Fancy gratefully, he came towards me and embraced me w i t h great t h a n k s . 1 k n e w n o w , t h a t A h m a d was s a f e a n d m y w o r k was almost finished. MICHAELINA HAN, (4th Year, N o r m a n h u r s t ) .

THE AIR HOSTESS ANI) THE SPIES D u r i n g m y life I h a v e h a d m a n y i n t e r e s t i n g adventures, but the most thrilling experience o c c u r r e d one n i g h t w h e n I was an air hostess. 1 h a d been asked b y a G o v e r n m e n t official to s m u g g l e a ten-year-old P e r s i a n P r i n c e across t h e b o r d e r , to an u n k n o w n isolated oasis in t h e S y r i a n Desert. T h e a i r c r a f t on w h i c h I was t r a v e l l i n g was leaving in half a n h o u r a n d , i n t h a t half h o u r , I h a d to d e c i d e o n a p l a n to get m y a s s i g n m e n t d o n e a n d it was v e r y risky. I stood t h e r e p u z z l i n g o u t h o w I was to conceal A h m a d w h o was d e p e n d i n g e n t i r e l y 011 m e to h e l p h i m . I s u d d e n l y h e a r d a m e n a c i n g voice, a s k i n g m e if 1 was t h e hostess 011 t h e a i r c r a f t w h i c h was to e m b a r k in five m i n u t e s . T h e m e n w e r e thickset, b u r l y c h a r a c t e r s a n d w e r e g l a r i n g at m e in a t e r r i f y i n g m a n n e r . I n e r v o u ly a n s w e r e d " Y e s " a n d h u r r i e d oil". As 1 r e a c h e d t h e d o o r of m y r o o m 1 slowly t u r n e d t h e k n o b a n d w e n t in to m y little f r i e n d . H e was s i t t i n g 011 t h e sofa s m i l i n g at m e . I gazed at h i m f o r a f e w m o m e n t s a n d t h e n a n e x c e l l e n t idea o c c u r r e d to m e . I w o u l d dress t h e P e r s i a n P r i n c e i n t o a sweet little girl of t e n , t r a v e l l i n g a l o n e . 1 d r e s s e d h i m in a p r e t t y b l u e f r o c k a n d a p a i r of p o i n t e d b l a c k shoes. I m a d e a b l u e bow f o r his h a i r , a n d w h e n 1 h a d f i n i s h e d , I l o o k e d at h i m . H e m a d e a b e a u t i f u l little girl, a n d w h e n h e looked in t h e m i r r o r he smiled h a p p i l y . Suddenly I heard the announcement that the a i r c r a f t was to e m b a r k in five m i n u t e s a n d t h a t all p a s s e n g e r s w e r e to b o a r d it. I began to p a n i c a n d w o n d e r w h a t m y next s t e p w o u l d be. I h a d n o t o n e second to lose, so w i t h f u l l s p e e d 1 r a n to see if t h e w a y was s a f e • • • Hut just as 1 t u r n e d r o u n d t h e c o r n e r , I h e a r d f o o t s t e p s b e h i n d m e . 1 was s h a k i n g , but 1 said to m y s e l f , I II walk at a s l o w e r p a c e so t h a t 1 m a y see w h o is f o l l o w i n g m e . P u r p o s e l y I d r o p p e d m y h a n d k e r c h i e f a n d p i c k e d it u p as I g l a n c e d backwards. T h e n I k n e w w h o t h e y w e r e — "Spies'". T h e y w e r e l o o k i n g f o r t h e P r i n c e . O n e of t h e m e n g r a b b e d b o t h of m y h a n d s a n d t h e o t h e r stood in f r o n t a n d asked m e w h e t h e r 1 h a d seen a b o y of ten t r a v e l l i n g a l o n e . 1 was n e r v o u s a n d 1 could h e a r my heart t h r o b b i n g loudly. But s o m e t h i n g t o l d m e to b e c a l m , a n d w i t h q u i v e r i n g voice I s a i d : " I h a v e c h e c k e d 011 t h e p a s s e n g e r ' s list a n d n o boy of t e n is t r a v e l l i n g a l o n e across t h e b o r d e r . " T h e n , t h e y let m e go a n d w a l k e d a w a y h u r r i e d l y with a n g r y e x p r e s s i o n s 011 t h e i r faees. A n x i o u s to see if m y c h a r g e was still s a f e in t h e room, I breathed deeply and entered. Smiling

THE LEGEND OF OUR DISTRICT As w e live in o n e of t h e m o s t b e a u t i f u l d i s t r i c t s in Q u e e n s l a n d , t h e N a m b o u r d i s t r i c t , it is not surp r i s i n g t h a t t h e A b o r i g i n e s w h o w a n d e r e d over it, t h o u g h t that it was b e a u t i f u l , too. M a n y " m o o n s " ago, t h e r e existed t w o t r i b e s of A b o r i g i n e s , o n e w h o s e chief was N i n d e r r y , w h i l e t h e o t h e r was led b y C o o l u m . F o r s o m e t i m e t h e y h a d b e e n q u i t e f r i e n d l y t o w a r d s e a c h o t h e r , but t h e n N i n d e r r y b e c a m e j e a l o u s . W h a t u s u a l l y causes j e a l o u s y ? O f t e n it is g r e e d o r h a t r e d , but in this case, it was a b e a u t i f u l girl — M a r o o c h y , a m e m b e r of N i n d e r r y ' s t r i b e . N i n d e r r y t h o u g h t t h a t C o o l u m was b e i n g too f r i e n d l y t o w a r d s M a r o o c h y w h o was d e s t i n e d to be his w i f e . O n e night w h e n tin; m o o n was h i d d e n b y c l o u d s , C o o l u m c r e p t i n t o N i n d e r r y ' s c a m p a n d stole M a r o o c h y a w a y . S o m e of N i n d e r r y ' s b r a v e s disc o v e r e d h e r a b s e n c e , a n d went a f t e r h i m . As C o o l u m ' s t r a c k s c o u l d h a r d l y b e seen in t h e d a r k ness of t h e n i g h t , it was a l o n g t i m e b e f o r e Nind e r r y c a u g h t C o o l u m a n d his braves. In t h e e n s u i n g b a t t l e , b o o m e r a n g s a n d s p e a r s soon t o o k h e a v y toll of t h e p a r t i c i p a n t s . U n f o r t u n a t e l y , C o o l u m ' s h e a d was sliced oil' w i t h a s t o n e axe, a n d as it flew a w a y , it c h a n g e d i n t o a m o u n t a i n , n o w c a l l e d B u d e r i m . T h e rest of t h a t p o o r u n f o r t u n a t e man's body forms Coolum Mountain. N i n d e r r y s u f f e r e d m u c h t h e s a m e f a t e , as he wa« g a s h e d in t h e side b y a s p e a r , l i e also c h a n g e d i n t o a m o u n t a i n , w h e r e his gash c a n still b e seen 011 its slopes. Y o u ask w h a t h a p p e n e d to t h e lady c o n c e r n e d ? A h ! that was v e r y sad, too. B e i n g so d i s a p p o i n t e d in love, s h e went u p to t h e B l a c k a l l R a n g e s , w h e r e she c r i e d h e r h e a r t o u t . H e r t e a r s a r e still flowing, in t h e f o r m of t h e M a r o o c h y River. When her mother heard about Maroochy's death, s h e t h r e w herself i n t o t h e sea, t h u s f o r m i n g Old W o m a n I s l a n d , a r o c k y but p i c t u r e s q u e piece of l a n d , j u s t oft" t h e coast n e a r M a r o o c h y d o r e B e a c h . T h i s is a tragic story, d o n ' t you t h i n k ? H o w e v e r , it is n o t so t r a g i c n o w , as all t h o s e m o u n t a i n s , t h e r i v e r , a n d i s l a n d , a r e p a r t of t h e p a n o r a m a b e t w e e n Noosa a n d C a l o u n d r a . Being so scenically b e a u t i f u l , t h e y b r i n g w e a l t h a n d p o p u l a t i o n to o u r d i s t r i c t , a p t l y n a m e d t h e M a r o o c h y Shire. ELIZABETH SCHNEIDER, (Sub-Senior, Brisbane). 72

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girl a n d b o y " f o r w e a k a r e we iu o u r h u m a n e n d e a v o u r to e a r n t h a t p r i z e so " w o r t h y t h e winning". PATRICIA HICKEY,

" L o o k at t h e s t a r s ! L o o k , look u p at t h e s k i e s ! " — w h o c o u l d resist s u c h a p r e s s i n g i n v i t a t i o n ? Let us a c c e p t , and sec w h a t c a u s e d t h a t i m p e r a t i v e cry. O h ! It is u n d e r s t a n d a b l e : — " L o o k at all t h e firefolk s i t t i n g in t h e a i r ! " S t r a n g e h o w we h a v e overlooked t h e m so o f t e n b u t t h i s t i m e we c a n n o t l e a v e ; we a r e held in " t h e circle c i t a d e l s t h e r e " . Gerard Manley Hopkins, our lift operator, has t a k e n us t o t h e h i g h e s t f l o o r ; we a r e c o m p l e t e l y e n r a p t u r e d by his merchandise.

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FREEDOM O n e , two, t h r e e — a n d so it b e g a n all over a g a i n , t h e c o u n t i n g of steps — and t h e s e s t e p s w e r e leading to f r e e d o m . O h . s u r e l y we a r e n e a r t h e b o r d e r n o w , it c a n ' t be f a r away — thought Maria — but nevertheless she k e p t 011 t r y i n g n o t to f a l t e r .

Yes, o n c e a g a i n we h a v e c a u g h t H o p k i n s ' contagious d e l i g h t ; a d e l i g h t b u i l t on t h e s t r o n g f o u n d a t i o n s of a d e e p , c o m f o r t i n g a n d beautiful t h o u g h t . In his p o e m , " T h e S t a r l i g h t N i g h t " , h e h a s a g a i n p o i n t e d o u t t h e b e a u t y of G o d ' s c r e a t i o n a n d t h e n t h r i l l e d us w i t h t h e t h o u g h t t h a t " H e is inexpressibly more beautiful Who created all t h i n g s . " W e a r e given an a r r e s t i n g a n d s t r i k i n g l y u n u s u a l view of t h e sky at n i g h t — t h e stars, which are " b e a u t i f u l exceedingly", were to H o p k i n s a n d a r e n o w to us n o l o n g e r self c o n t a i n e d b e a u t i e s but merely the w r a p p i n g a r o u n d an u n i m a g i n a b l e B e a u t y . W e a r e l i f t e d to such a p i t c h of excitem e n t a n d e x h o r t a t i o n b y this t h o u g h t t h a t t h e tant a l i z i n g s t a e m e n t , " a l l is a p r i z e " , m a k e s us f e v e r i s h f o r success in t h e c o m p e t i t i o n a g a i n s t ourselves. T h e " p r a y e r , patience, alms, vows" seem a poor p r i c e f o r such a " p u r c h a s e " . W e w e r e n o t so r e a d y to p a y t h e m o n c e — w h y so e a g e r n o w ? Perhaps we a r e r e a l i z i n g a n d c o m p r e h e n d i n g f o r t h e first t i m e t h e v a l u e of t h i s " p u r c h a s e " .

S h e w i s h e d s h e c o u l d sink i n t o tin; snow and die as so m a n y o t h e r s b e f o r e h e r h a d d o n e , b u t n o s o o n e r h a d s h e t h o u g h t this, w h e n h e r eyes nu t t h o s e c h i l d i s h eyes of h e r six-year-old son, V e n d u l a ; a n d t h o s e eyes b r o u g h t b a c k t h e t r a g i c m e m o r y of h e r h u s b a n d . H e h a d d i e d f o r his C o u n t r y a n d F a i t h : t h e C o m m u n i s t h a d r e p o r t e d h e died f r o m t r y i n g t o e s c a p e , b u t s h e k n e w all too well t h a t was n o t t h e r e a s o n . A f t e r b r a i n w a s h i n g h i m t h e y left h i m in h i s cell to starve, with o n l y r a t s f o r c o m p a n y . A f r i e n d of his w h o s h o r t l y a f t e r this h a d got h i s f r e e d o m , r e p o r t e d t h e i n c i d e n t to M a r i a , t e l l i n g h e r h e w o u l d d o all in h i s p o w e r to get b o t h h e r a n d h e r son o u t of C z e c h s l o v a k i a away f r o m the terrorizing Communist regime. T h e s e t h o u g h t s of h e r h u s b a n d ' s c o u r a g e gave h e r s t r e n g t h a n e w . A f t e r all s h e h a d to live l o n g e n o u g h to get V e n d u l a over t h e b o r d e r i n t o Germ a n y , f o r h e r h u s b a n d w o u l d wish it. She hated leaving her own country and friends; t h a t is t h e o n e s w h o h a d survived t h e t e r r o r . T h a t was all a cruel n i g h t m a r e n o w ; h e r life was heg i n n i n g a g a i n hut this t i m e t h e r e was a little b o y t o begin w i t h h e r . As t h e s e t h o u g h t s w h i r l e d t h r o u g h h e r h e a d h o t t e a r s b e g a n to roll d o w n h e r c h e e k s — t e a r s m o s t l y f r o m s h e e r e x h a u s t i o n ; it was r e a l l y t h e first t i m e she h a d cried since t h e d e a t h of h e r h u s b a n d .

In " S p r i n g " , a n o t h e r of H o p k i n s ' p o e m s , we again find n a t u r e stencilled against a spiritual t h o u g h t . " N o t h i n g is so b e a u t i f u l as S p r i n g " t h i s s i m p l e s t a t e m e n t does not h a v e its f u l l i m p a c t until we see " w e e d s , in w h e e l s , s h o o t long a n d lovely a n d l u s h " or " T h r u s h ' s eggs t h a t look little low h e a v e n s " . It is an e c h o w h i c h does n o t diminish but " d o e s so r i n s e a n d w r i n g t h e ear"* t h a t its v o l u m e i n c r e a s e s w i t h each b e a u t i f u l line of t h e octet. O u r p i c t u r e of S p r i n g is t h e n level with t h e t h o u g h t next based on it.

But s u d d e n l y t h r o u g h t h e b l i n d i n g tears, she saw t h e s i g n a l a h e a d ; t h e y w e r e w a i t i n g ; h e r n u m b e d f e e t p u s h e d on a l i t t l e f a s t e r , w h i l e h e r a r m s c l u t c h e d h e r little b o y a n d t h e f e w belongings s h e was a b l e to b r i n g — t h e icy w i n d cut a g a i n s t h e r f a c e hut n o t h i n g m a t t e r e d n o w .

W e w o n d e r " W h a t is all this j u i c e a n d all this j o y ? " T o H o p k i n s a n d n o w to us this S p r i n g , every S p r i n g , is a r e p e a t e d g l i m p s e of G o d ' s u n t a r nished c r e a t i o n . It is n e w , f r e s h l y c r e a t e d a n d t h u s hears m o r e v i b r a n t l y t h e b e a u t i e s of its C r e a t o r . It is "a s t r a i n of e a r t h ' s sweet b e i n g in t h e beginn i n g " as we a r e s t r a i n s , h o w e v e r f a i n t , of t h e "Sweet B e i n g ' w i t h o u t b e g i n n i n g . I n o u r y o u t h w e are t h e g l i m p s e of G o d ' s u n t a r n i s h e d c r e a t i o n — m a n w i t h o u t sin. H o p k i n s realizes, a n d h e l p s us to realize, t h e u r g e n t n e e d of C h r i s t " t o h a v e , get b e f o r e it c l o y " this " I n n o c e n t m i n d a n d M a y d a y in

T w e n t y m i n u t e s or so l a t e r s h e was in loving a r m s — s h e h a d m a d e it to f r e e d o m . S t r e a m i n g t h r o u g h t h e trees of (he f o r e s t was t h e g o l d e n s u n l i g h t . M a r i a fell o n t o t h e f r o z e n e a r t h to give h e r t h a n k s ; t h e s u n l i g h t fell across h e r f a c e on to s o m e t h i n g g l i t t e r i n g in h e r c l a s p e d h a n d s — it was a C r u c i f i x . CATHERINE GARDINER, (4th Year, Norinanhurst). 73

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FIRST YEAR I Left to R i g h t : BACK R O W : J. M a c l e a n , M. T. A l t o m a r e , M. W a l s h , C. P r e n d e r g a s t , M. S a l t e r i e , P. M c N e v i n . S E C O N D R O W : .1. H a r t i g a n . M. B u c k l e y , A. Holden, <'. O g i l v e y , B. S c o t t , M. K e n n e d y , S. S m i t h . T H I R D R O W : E. S l o c u m , T. T r i g g s , K. S h e l t o n , .M O'Brien, K. H o g a n , M. H e n n e s s e y . .T. S h a n n o n , B. B r o w n . F O U R T H R O W : K. Shiel, C. H o l m e s , S B i d d u l p h , J. Kelly, A, R i d d i n g t o n , S. M c G r a t h . Is Holm, L. A B S E N T : M. B r o g a n

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M a t t h e w s , J. H e n d e r s o n , S. L a m b r i o k , A. H u g h e s , T. M e e h a n , B. B e s t . F. T i e r n a n , J. B y r n e , I. F e t h e r s t o n h a u g h , J. M c C a u l e y .

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ROLL CALL, 1961 FORM VI R. A R N O L D J. A N D E R S O N M. B Y R N E J. C O L E M A N E. D O N N A N R. F A R L E Y M. F U N D E R W. G R E E N Y. v o n H A R T E L M. H I L L P. H O P P E P. L E W I S W I L L I A M S J. L E Y H. L Y N C H C. M A N N I N G M. M E L D R U M I. O ' B R I E N H. O ' D O H E R T Y I. O E H L U M A N N J. O ' R O R K E L. P I T T C. R U S S O L. R Y A N A. S I N N A. SLATTERY B. STEVENSON A. T I E R N A N J. WILLIAMS D. W I L S O N M. W R I G H T

POST J. M. R. E. B. S. M. H. D. M.

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ANDREWS COSTIGAN CORBY CURTIS DUCK FORSYTH GRAHAM LECHTE O'BRIEN ROCHE

FORM V S. D. C. E. F. E. S. E. P. M. A. S. F. C. M. G. M. K. J. L. K. M. L. p. H. J. M. H. S. S. R. A. L. M. M. P. H.

ACTON ALESSIO ANDERSON BURNES BURRELL CONNELLAN DAILY" DALY DWYER FLYNN GALBALLY GLOVER HENNESSY HIGGINS HIGGINS HOGAN TAYLOR JAQUINOT JOHNSON KELLY LEAHY LITTLE LYONS LYNCH MCCLELLAND MORT McDAVITT L. M E R R I C K NAUGHTON NIXON PERRY PITT RADCLIFFE RYAN St. E L L E N VIRGONA SIMPSON WILLIS

FORM IV GOLD R. AHERN J. B O W D E N M. B O I L E A I T S. BURKE I-:. C A M P B E L L L. C R O S B I E E. D A I L Y E. DELANEY

M. D I C K S O N B. D O N A H O E S. F L A N A G A N D. G A Y J. G U E S T E. HAMILTON A. I R E L A N D S. K E L L Y P. L Y I N G M. L Y N C H M. M O R R I S O N M. M C C L E L L A N D A. McCOY <;. MURPHY F. S I N N 10. S T E W A R T M. T. S W E E N E Y R. TIERNAN A. WOODWARD C. Z S I Z S M A N N

FORM II GOLD J. A. P. K. S. E. B. A. J. M. L. G. M. IC. S. N. E. E. G. S. M. A. M. G. M. V. P. M. J. A. J. C.

FORM IV BLUE J. ADAMS R. B I N N I N G A. C A R O L A N G. CLAYTON M. D U C K E. E D G E R T O N A. F I L C O C K P. G A L B A L L Y D. G A R D I N I F. H A Y D E N M. H E N N E S S V E. H 1 R S C H C. K E A R N E Y M. K E E N A N V. L E E J. M A G G S A. MIDDLETON M. A. N O R M A N A. N O O N E P. O ' D A Y K. P R K I C P. S I M P S O N S. S Y N M A N T. W Y N H O V E N

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FORM III M. B. G. C. M. B. C. M. V. M. P. A. N. P. P. A. P. D. S. B. S. A. A. K. A. M. M. M. D. J. A. M. B. J. P. M. T. M. K. J. C. H. C. C. L.

ADAMS A1RD ANSTEE BARNES BARRETT BOILEAU CAHILL DAILY DOUGLAS A. D O U G L A S EDGERTON HAIGH JAQUINOT KOCH LEY M. LYNCH MAHER McCANN McCAULEY McENCROE L. M O R R I S O N NICHOLLS O'BRIEN O'COLLINS O'HARA ROBSON SCHAEFER SHEAHAN SMITH SWEENEY TIMEWELL WALKER

C. A I R I ) ANDERSON ARCHBOLD ARNOLD COLEMAN CONQUEST CURTIS CONNELLAN CORBEN DALY DOWLING DONNAN EDGERTON FETHERSTONHAUGH FARLEY GALLAGHER GILBERTSON GILLON GODFREY HILL HOARE HUGHES JOHNSTON JOHNSON LEE LEONARD MANN MCDONALD MCSWINEY MOLONEY MORRIS SON MORT NOLAN OLDFIELD O'SHAUGHNESS Y M. P A R K E R PETRAITIS T. Q U I G G SMITH STARR TONER VAUGHAN VIRGONA ZAETTA ZAETTA

FORM I BLUE M. J. L. S. C. J. O. C. H. Y. J. H. C. G. M.

J. A L S T O N BELL BURRELL BUXTON DUCK GORMAN HARRISON JOHNSTON MAGINN NICHOLLS SIMPSON VALE WILKINSON LEE MCCAFFREY

FORM I GOLD M. A N D R E J. B U R N E B. B U X T O N E. C A L D E R J. C A L L E R A. C A L L A G H A N E. C H A N G G. D O N A H O E E. D O Y L E V. E L L I S E. F E T H E R S T O N T I AUG H G. G A R T L A N V. G E R B E R C. H A L L

G. J. C. P. M. M. M. M J. F. E. A. S. E. E. J.

HAYES HODGKINSON JOHNSON KNOWLES LEJMAN E. M c C A R D E L McCARDLE MCCLELLAND McCOY McENCROE O'BRIEN PENNEFATHER RYAN SKENE St. E L L E N WATERS

GRADE VI S. S. S. S. M. S. L. T. M. M. C. D. J. C. J. J. J. R. S. A. C. A. J. S. H. M. C. J. E. H. D. J. M. E. M. P. A. P. J.

AHERN ARENDSEN BIRD BRYCE CAHILL CALLANAN CLANCY COATES CONQUEST COX CRAIG DOYLE ENGLAND FAKHRY FINK FLANAGAN HAYDEN HILL GUNN JONES A. K E E G A N KNOWLES MARKS MIGHELL MOONEY MORAN MORRISON O'COLLINS O'KEEFE ROCHE SCHRADER STARR STARR St. E L L E N L. T I E R N A N WALSH WARD WATT WILLIS

GRADE V BLUE P. A H E R N A. B E S T C. BRY'CE M. L. CONNAUGHTON J. FETHERSTONHAUGH C. G U E S T J. G A L B A L L Y J. H A M I L T O N A. H O L L Y W O O D A. J U N O K A S K. K E L L Y A. K E V I N M. K I F T J. M c C A N N M. M c C A N N M. MCCLELLAND N. MCDONALD E. M c Q U E E N - T H O M P S O N C. M O L Y N E U A. M O R T E. O ' B R I E N M. P A C I N I E. P E P P A R D E. R Y A N M. R Y A N N. S C H A R P D. S t . E L L A N H. TIERNAN K. T I M A R E. T H O M A S J. W E L L S T E D M. W I L C O X

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S. A. B R E H E N Y B. B R IS T O W A. OA HI LB A. C A L L A N A N J. C H A M B E R L A I N L. C L A Y T O N M. C O G H L A N P. C O L E M A N G. D O U E Z A. E N G L A N D W. G E R B E R j. HUGHES R. J O H N S O N B. L E A R. L E C I 1 T E S. L O M B A R D G. M A N S O U R M. A . MARZORTNI M. M c E N C R O E I. M c C A R D E L N. N A G L E F. P I T T A. R E I D J. R Y L A N D R. R Y A N J. S K E N E H. S H E A H A N Angela SMITH Adrienne SMITH S. S T E W A R T S. A. W A L K E R S WALKER A. W R I G H T

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GRADE IV K. A L E S S I O M. A I R D K. A L L E N H. B O U R K E J. B O U R K E V. B R O W N J. C L A N C Y A. C O D O G N O T T O J. C O N N A U G H T O N V. C U R T I S D. D A L E A. D E V L I N M. D Y N O N S. E V A N S I). G I L L l>. J O N E S E. J O S E P H S. L E W I S M. L. MeGLADE J. MATTHEWS L. MA H O N J. O ' B R I E N J. O ' S U L L I V A N M. S A K A C S F. STEWART (SWEENEY B. T A R A N T O M. T I E R N A N V. T I E R N A N 10. W E B B J. W E L L S T E D

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ANSTEE ARENDSEN BEST BRISTOW BROWN BROWN BUXTON BYRNE CAHILL CALLANCHINI CALLER COGHLAN COGHLAN CROSBIE DYNON DW YER ENGLAND F L A N AG A X FURNELL GARRETT

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GRADE II BLUE E. B A R T L E Y M. A. BOURKIO A. B Y R N E M. C A R R O L L J. C L A R E B R ( ) U G H M. C O O K E M. D A L E J. D Y N O N M. F A K H R Y V. G R I G S B Y J. H E I G H T S. H O P P E N. H U G H E S M. J O N E S K. K E V I N D. L E Y R. L O D G E J. M c C A N N C. MA H O N P. M A R T I N M. A. M O L O M B Y S. M O R A N A. O ' S H A U G H N E S S V S. S. P I Z E R J. S C H L E S I N G E R B. S T A R R G. S T E W A R T J. S T E W A R T

GRADE II GOLD J. B A R R Y M. B E L L J. B I R D M. B R E H E N Y (i. B R O W N L. B U T L E R M. D W Y E R P. E V A N S J. G L O V E R A. H E N N E S S Y K. HOG A N H. K I E R N A N M. L. L E C H T E T. L E W I S J. M c C O M B E J. M c C O M B E J. R Y L A N D I <. S M I T H T. S M I T H ('. SINN K. S M I T H ;\r. W A L K E R s. W H E L A N B. W I L S O N H. W R I G H T I. S U L L I V A N

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Bird, M. C a l l a n a n , E. C a l a n c h i n i , A. Carroll, P. C h a p m a n , M. C o n n a u g h t o n , C. C o n q u e s t , R. D a l e , F . D o y l e , E. D w y e r , G. F e t h e r s t o n h a u g h , K. F r a n c i s , J. F o r r e s t , S. Galbally, R. (Jill. T. Gill, C. G o d f r e y , P . H a r r i s o n , J. H e a t h , A. H e i g h t , S. H o l l y w o o d , D. H u n t , M. K e l l y , G. K i e r n a n , J. L a m b r i c k , J. L u p s o n , V. L y n c h , S. Marron, A. M a r t i n , P. M a t t h e w s , J. M o l o m b y , F. Mo'.yneux, P. M c C a b e , D. O ' K e e f f e , S. P a r k e r , M. L. P a r t i n g t o n , P. P e n e f a t h e r , A. P i t t , J. R y a n , A. R y a n , A. Scally, V. S k e n e , J. S w e e n e y , T. T a y l o r , D. T i e r n a n , M. W a r d , C. W h e l e n . C. W h e l e n , R. W i l c o x , M. W i l k i n s o n , K . Willis. C. W r i g h t .

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B A C K R O W : C. K e n n e d y . M. C e s c a t o , D. M o r i a r t v , M. J a n u s , P . P a g l i a r o , P. Crookall, K. D a v e y , P. W h e e l e r , P. B o v l a n . W. L a v i s F O U R T H R O W : A. P o l o n s k a , J. E v a n s , M. A. R o f e , M. K e e n , C. A m o s , L. C a r e y , C. Conlin, S. B a u M e r s t o n e , P. K e l l y , J. J o r d a n . T H I R D R O W : C. W a l s h , H . B e h r e n s , F. T e m p l a r , J. D e s t r e e , G. C h a p p i e , C. S m e r d o n , J. O'Grady, A. K e n i l i a n , N . T r e l o a r . S. K i n g , T. A m o s . SECOND ROW: B. M a r s h a l l , R. P a n i z z a , T. E v a n s , T. P a c k h a m , J. B a k e r , J. S e x t o n , V. H a r d y , K. V a u g h a n , S. Millar, M. H e n d e r s o n , A. C o t t o n . F R O N T R O W : A. D a r w e n t , M. W a l s h , E . C a v a n a g h . P. F u r l a n i , S. K e e n , K. L a n g e , T. D u l u k .

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B A C K R O W : R. N a u l t y , T. P h i l l i p s , S. L y n c h , A. B l e n c o w e , P . AVheeler, S. W h i t e . T H I R D R O W : D. B r o w n . M. W h i t e , M. K e n i h a n , C. V e n u t i , S. D a l z i e l , M. Scol'.in, M. V a u g h a n , S. M o r i a r t y , A. W a r d . S E C O N D R O W : S. C a v a n a g h , D. Crotti, C. S e x t o n , C. N i e l s e n , S. D a v e y , J. H a y , R. W i l s o n . C. T e m p l a r , M. B r e w e r . F R O N T R O W : L. B l a c k w e l l , A J a m e s , M. J. K e l l y , G. C o t t o n , J. H i c k e n , C. Reid, A. T r a b i l s i e , J. B a u l d e r s t o n e , B. G l a e t z e r . A B S E N T : M. S h a n n o n .

Top: SENIOR AND SUB-SENIOR F R O N T R O W : , J . G o o d w i n , R. S c h u h . S. L e n n o n , P. A n d r e w s , L. N o u d , D. Chan, E. C o u s i n , A. G a r d n e r , C. L e w i s , M. S t e w a r t . S E C O N D R O W : K. M c D e r m o t t , E. S c h n e i d e r , C. H o o k e , J. Millar, L. Brait'.ing, R. J o s e p h s o n , J. C o f f e y , L. M a r t i n e z , B. W e n t , G. G e i t z , K. C o n d o n . T H I R D R O W : J. Mi'lar, B. T a s s e l , P. M o r r o w , R. O ' S u l l i v a n , P. S h e p h e r d , A. B r i d g e , M. G i b s o n , D. Goddard, A. L e t h e r e n , G. Gibson. B A C K R O W : P . Cook. C. Monro, J. B r o a d , S. Cooper, M. K e n n y , F. P a r e r , T. P a r e r , M. M a r l e y , P . H i c k e y , D. A h e r n , S. H e m p e l . ABSENT: M. B o w e s , E E v e r e t t , C. K e l l y .

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JUNIOR PUBLIC F R O N T R O W : A. H e a l y , C. Carter, Z. T r e v e t h e n , M. Owen, L. Fallon, B. W i l l i a m s , M. Schmidt, P. S w e e n e y , H. N e w m a n , C. Browne. S E C O N D R O W : A. Bate, J. McCormack, J. Daly, B. H e a l y , A. D e n n i s , J. E v a n s , J. H a n m a n , P. E v e r i n g h a m , M. L e t h eren. T H I R D R O W : E. Griffen, A. Hegarty, E. Palmer, M. Parer, J. Gregory, W . Scully, P. Quinn, N. Josephson, K. McCallum, .J. T a y lor, B. S i m p s o n . B A C K R O W : M. Griffen, J. F a n n i n g , N. Condon, S. Magoffin, D. Ryan, M. Stuart, W. H a u p t , P. S t e w a r t , R. W i n s h i p , J. B o y l e , E. S t u b b s . ABSENT: P. Gann.

GRADES V tv v i F R O N T R O W : A. H i c k e y , A. B e h a n , G. Hardy, C. W e b b , M. A n d e r s o n , C. Carrick, C. N o will. S E C O N D R O W : E. S t e w a r t , M. D e n n i s , L. S t e w a r t , C. Doyle, M. B r a s s i l , P. Sydes, S. Garrett, 1'. O'Callaghan. THIRD ROW: K. Connor, C. P r o u d m a n , M. Maher, C. Enderby, D. Foley, C. P a n e k , D. Kunde, C. H a n d a syde. B A C K R O W : R. Corbett, C. Murphy, B. Spiers, N. F e e l e y , M. B o s z n a y , J. B r a d ley, K. E a s e y . ABSENT: D. Elridge, C Murray, E. M o n a g h a n .

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L e f t to R i g h t : B A C K R O W : A. Carlile, F . M a n o l o p o l o u s , R. C a l l a h a n , A. M e a d e , E . Terrill, .1. B o n g i o r n o , S. C a m p a n a , M. R y a n . T H I R D R O W : J. Bell, C. C o l e t t e , .1. M o s s , J. T h o m a s , M. S k i n n e r , J. Gurrie, S. C a m p a n a , C. S t r a b e u s z , A. S u t h e r l a n d . S E C O N D R O W : J. A r m s t r o n g , K. R o s s e , M. J o n e s , M. G a l l a g h e r , A. E c k e l , D. G a v i n L. R o s s e r , M D ' A r e y , M Iafrate C. D u r a n t e . F R O N T R O W : K. F i s h e r , A. M. M a l l e t t , J. Birch. L. J a n s e n , J. B i r c h , M. P r u n t y , K. M c l n e r n e y , N . F i s h e r , J. B i r c h , F. G a l l a g h e r .

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B A C K R O W : A. L o u g h l a n d , M. S l a t t e r y , B. Milne, L. K e l l y , M. P o w e l l , B. L i e u t e n a n t . T H I R D R O W : C. H a w k i n s , A. I n g l i s , J. Churchill, E. R e d l i n g e r , P. L ' o y d . R. J o n e s , P. V a n d e r v a e r e , M. H u r l e y , D. G u n s o n . M. B u t t e r w o r t h , H. S i d a w a y , L. F a y , D. C o r r i g a n , M M c N a m a r a , W . B u r k e . S E C O N D R O W : J. S w i f t , J. D a v i s , J. H u r l e y , C. P o w e l l , D. C a h i l l , R. C h u r c h i l l , N. M c C a f f r e y , N . M c M a n i s , A. McGregor, A. B u t t e r w o r t h , J. C u n n i n g h a m . F R O N T R O W : P . Skellern, J. F l e m i n g , J. M c N a m a r a , N. S i v e r s t s e n , W . R y a n , M. H a w k i n s , J. K e n n e d y , R. S a f t i c h , J M a c ' u r c a n , P. E l m e s . A B S E N T : M. W e y l a n d .

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B A C K R O W ( S t a n d i n g ) : M. Morrison, M. L a v a n , L. P e l u s o , L. P a r m c n t i e r , N. B u r k e , J. P e l i e t i e r , C. H i c k e y , J. Y o u n g A. T a n g n e y , A. M o r g a n , R. Grant, K. C h a r o d y , D. S c o b i e , L. C o u r t e n a y , J. J o n e s , B. M a c l u r c a n , M. D. M c N a m a r a . S W o o d s , R. Coy. M I D D L E R O W ( S t a n d i n g ) : T. M o r l t a , T. S c h r o d e r , M. M a c l u r c a n , S. S l a t t e r y , R. M c C l e e r v , L. P e r c y . KNEELING: R. C o u r t e n a y , R. D o c k e r y , G. Golden, J. R i o r d a n , M. Golden. F. B u r k e , J. C h e s t e r , M. L. W h e l a n , J. B u r k e . F. M a n f r e d i n i . S I T T I N G : D. L a v a n , J. H e w i t s o n , M. J. B a t e m a n , J. B e n n e t t . M. S t a y n e r , R. B r o w n , M. L. B u c k l e y . A B S E N T : J. Dillon, B. M a t h o n , A. S a l t e r i , A. S u t h e r l a n d , E. W h i t e , M. F l y n n .

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B A C K R O W : .T. F a y , H. C a s h m o r e . S E C O N D R O W : G. R o b e r t s , M. Hall, J. P a r l e , K. F a i r e r . T H I R D R O W : C. G r e g g , E. O ' B r i e n , A. M c H u g h , T. O'Rei'ly, H. S i d a w a y , S. S t i l l i n g , F. S i e v e t s o n , S. G a r d i n e r . F O U R T H R O W : S. E m e r s o n , D. W a l l , C. D u s s e l d o r p , C. D a v o r e n , M. F i n l a y s o n , P. C h a p l i n . K. S k o g l u n d , A. P e r r y . F R O N T R O W : M. H a r d i m a n , H. L a F o n t a i n e , E . W o o d , E. S t a n d e n , C. V e r n o n , C. L i e u t e n a n t , P. P e a c o c k , M. T. Mo'loy, U. N e u m a n n , G. R v a n , K. M c D o n a g h . ABSENT: G. S o r o s z c z e e k .

CLAREMONT

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(See Photo Page 56.)

B A C K R O W : P. D u n p h y , S. L e a h e y , R. S t u m p e r s , M. K e l l y , R. N e t t l e t o n , . T . Tilley, P. S m i t h , M. Brake-Brockman, S. H o p k i n s , P . W o r n e r , E. W o r n e r , P. F a r r e l l . S E C O N D R O W : J. B e l l e m o r e , M. L o b a s c h e r , M. H a d f i e l d . M. CuMity, P. C o c k s , C. E a s t o n , G. W o o d h a m , M. A h e r n , M. S m i t h , J. L e u n i g , E . S a i n t , F . Chadd. T H I R D R O W : J. L e e , E . J o h n s t o n , P. Grey, M. D o l i n , M. T y s o n , N . de P i e r r e s , V. H a n s o n , G. R y a n , P. M e e h a n , M. A r t i l a r i s , N . B e l l e m o r e , S. M c N e i l l , E . H o p k i n s . F O U R T H R O W : C. G a l l a g h e r , T. B a h e n , S. J e n s e n . J. K e e l y , P . W h i t e , E. C l a r k e , A. Miller, M. D u r a c k , S. S m i t h , A. Ladomirski. FRONT ROW: A. M c N a m a r a , D. A g n e w , H Congdon. A B S E N T : P. S i m p e r .

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B A C K R O W : M. B o u r k e , L. R y a n , S. Cordwell, J. B o u r n e , D . H u g h e s , C. D o i g , L. O'Neill. SECOND ROW: .T. M e e h a n . L. Grinceri, B. J o n e s , L. K o e h n e , P. K i t t l e r , J. Harrold, S. L e e Q u a c k e n b u s h , T H I R D ROM 7 : M. O'Connor, Y. Clarke, M. M c P a r t l a n d , G. M o r r i s , J. Giles, E . Morris, W . L o r r a i n e W i l l i a m s ,

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J. H a d f i e l d . D. N e w t o n .

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R y a n , M. F a r r e l l y , I. H o p k i n s , D. F i n c h , S. H a m m o n d , P . A h e r n , S. D r a k e - B r o c k m a n , G. S i m p e r , M. L. D a v i d s o n , R. B a k e r , C. B r o a d b e n t . S E C O N D R O W : D. K e l l y , S. D o l i n , P . L e e , S. H o p k i n s , L. B a k e r , S. S e w a r d , G. R o b i n s o n , M. Cullity, D. H a m m o n d , R. D u r a c k , D. M a h o n e y , M. H a w k e , T. T i l l e y , C. M u r p h y . F R O N T R O W : S. M c A d a m , A. H a w k e . M. B r i s b o u t , M. L. H a w k e . J. B r i s b o u t , D. O'Dea, M. B e l l e m o r e , M. O'Dea, C. S m i t h . ABSENT: R. A h e r n , M. Gurtler, M. T i l p e y .

BRISBANE

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F I R S T R O W : D. P u ' l a r , J. B u r t o n , G. S a l m o n , A. K r e s s e v i c h , T. S t i b e , P. O ' S u l l i v a n , M. Cork. SECOND ROW: B. S t a r k , P. M u r p h y , A. H i g g i n s , C. K e n n e d y , M. H a r r i s , P. H a r g r a v e s , A . M a h o n y . THIRD ROW: C. A n d e r s o n , M. L a k e , M. D w y e r , G. L i t t l e , P . R a y n e r , R. F e l m i n g h a m , M. Kelly. F O U R T H R O W : D. P e a r m o n . M. Connor, D. Connell. S. H i c k e y , R. W i ' l i s , M. D o y l e , C. C a s e y . B A C K R O W : C. C r o u c h . G. M c W a t e r s , B. H o o k e , P . H e n l e y , T. G u n n i s , L. H e i s e r , M. A n d e r s o n , J. P e a r m a n . ABSENT: K. B y c r o f t , D. M c C l u s k y .

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F R O N T R O W : S. G r e e n u p . G. B u l g a r e l l i , A. S i m s , S. M c D o n a l d , K. H o d g e s , P. C h a n , M. T u l l y , M. N o w i l l . S E C O N D ROW: H. W e n t A. C. Tully, R. S p e n c e r , I. do R o z a r i o , D. P e a c h e y , V. M a t t h e w s , C. R e d d y , D. D a l t o n . T H I R D R O W : M. A d a m s k i , C. S o u t h e r n , P. S m i t h , S. H i l d e b r a n d , J. Carrol, M. A h e r n . E . B r i d g e , G. K n e i p p , D. F a l l o n , J. do R o z a r i o . F O U R T H R O W : F. D r a k e , M. K e l l y , L. K u r t z , W . S e x t o n , H. J o y c e , M. R. M o o n e y , C. D o y l e , J. v a n E l t e n , M. M a v o r , P. D o y l e . D . D u f f y , L. D o n n e l l y . B A C K R O W : G. S a m s o n . B. B e i m e , G. F l e t c h e r , P. Allen, K. W i l l i s , K. C u m m i n g , P. C o r b e t t , J. S t u b b s , K. L e t h e r e n . A B S E N T : S. Curr, R. A n n i n g .

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A m o n g O u r Old G i r l s THE PASSING OF THE LORETO FREE KINDERGARTEN

Loreto Commercial College, South Melbourne (formerly the Loreto Free

It was suggested t h a t t h e b u i l d i n g b e still d e v o t e d t o c h a r i t a b l e p u r p o s e s a n d t h u s evolved t h e idea of u s i n g it f o r a section of y o u t h now pressing!} in need of all we can do f o r t h e m the young a d o l e s c e n t s , in t h i s case, t h o s e w h o do not go on to a S e c o n d a r y School.

The Loreto Free Kindergarten, South Melbourne, \ ictoria, w h i c h f o r so m a n y y e a r s f u n c t i o n e d as t h e Social Service A c t i v i t y of t h e P a s t P u p i l ' Association, has become the Loreto Commercial C e n t r e a n d f o r m s p a r t of t h e a l r e a d y e x i s t i n g E d u c a t i o n a l E s t a b l i s h m e n t of t h e I.B.V.M. of S o u t h Melbourne.

F o r s o m e y e a r s m a n y girls have r e m a i n e d on at S a i n t s P e t e r a n d P a u l School t h o u g h t h e y h a v e c o m p l e t e d t h e P r i m a r y C o u r s e . T h e y a r e given a C o m m e r c i a l t r a i n i n g a n d a c o u r s e in D o m e s t i c Science a n d D r e s s m a k i n g , as well as an e x t e n s i o n of basic school s u b j e c t s . It is p r o p o s e d to t r a n s f e r t h e s e girls to t h e v a c a t e d K i n d e r g a r t e n b u i l d i n g f o r the present. H e r e they could develop m o r e i n d e p e n d e n t l y as a p o s t - p r i m a r y u n i t a n d in t i m e , more adequate provision might be available for t h e m . T o m e n t i o n o n e i t e m : W i t h little a l t e r a t i o n , a good l i b r a r y is e n v i s a g e d w h e r e d e s i r a b l e reading habits could be cultivated.

T h e reasons for the transfer and the feelings of s o r r o w w h i c h a c c o m p a n i e d t h e closing of t h e K i n d e r g a r t e n a r e a d e q u a t e l y e x p l a i n e d b y t h e foll o w i n g e x t r a c t s f r o m t h e l e t t e r w h i c h M o t h e r Provincial w r o t e t o t h e Pact P u p i l s on t h e o c c a s i o n : My Dear Past

Kindergarten)

Pupils,

As y o u k n o w , t h e p r o b l e m of m a i n t a i n i n g t h e Loreto F r e e K i n d e r g a r t e n has become an acute o n e over t h e past y e a r or so. I n c r e a s i n g costs a n d o v e r a l l d i m i n i s h i n g c h i l d p o p u l a t i o n in S o u t h Melb o u r n e h a v e led to t h e belief t h a t t h e e f f o r t s to r a i s e t h e c o n s i d e r a b l e a m o u n t of finance n e e d e d , a n d to p r o v i d e t h e v o l u n t a r y assistance r e q u i r e d in a d d i t i o n to t h e p a i d staff, a r e not justified at p r e s e n t in this cause and c o u l d b e e x p e n d e d m o r e f r u i t f u l l y in o t h e r d i r e c t i o n s .

T h i s c o u l d b e a field w h e r e a p o s t o l i c e f f o r t s on t h e p a r t of o u r past p u p i l s w o u l d b e a r m u c h f r u i t h e r e a n d h e r e a f t e r . You could h e l p w i t h volunt a r y services, o c c a s i o n a l or r e g u l a r , in m a n y ways ( d i r e c t c o n t a c t is so v a l u a b l e f o r b o t h h e l p e r a n d h e l p e d ) , e.g., talks, d e m o n s t r a t i o n s , supervision, e s c o r t e d t o u r s , etc., etc. I please o f f e r ideas if t h e s c h e m e is c a r r i e d o u t ) , e n r i c h i n g t h e r e y o u n g people intellectually, culturally, and spiritually. W h a t a w o n d e r f u l c o n t r i b u t i o n it c o u l d b e to a

M u c h t h o u g h t , i n v e s t i g a t i o n , a n d discussion h a v e b e e n c a r r i e d o u t b y s o m e of t h e p a s t p u p i l s closely c o n c e r n e d w i t h o u r a f f a i r s — those on t h e spot in M e l b o u r n e h a v e d o n e a lot of w e a r i s o m e w o r k in t h i s m a t t e r . T h e result is a decision to d i s c o n t i n u e the Kindergarten. 86

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its first i l l u s t r i o u s P r e s i d e n t , t h e l a t e Mrs. J a m e s A l s t o n , R . I . P . , t h r o u g h a succession of g e n e r o u s and zealous Presidents, and Committees, benefactors, a n d t r u s t e e s , to t h e office-bearers a n d h e l p e r s of t h e p r e s e n t d a y , h a v e b e e n filled w i t h a d m i r a t i o n at t h e vast yet u n p u b l i c i s e d c o n t r i b u t i o n s of Loreto Past Pupils, and friends, financially, and in t h e yet m o r e p e r s o n a l g i f t of t h e m s e l v e s in service. T h o s e a r e t h e tilings t h a t h a v e b u i l t u p t h e t r e a s u r e in H e a v e n a w a i t i n g o u r d e a r P a s t P u p i l s a n d B e n e f a c t o r s as G o d calls t h e m out of this l i f e to e t e r n a l l i f e . "

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T h e r e is u n i v e r s a l r e g r e t , of course, t h a t L o r e t o F r e e K i n d e r g a r t e n is closing. N o o n e sees, u n m o v e d , anything stemming f r o m our dear and precious past goinjr out of e x i s t e n c e , h u t you k n o w w h y it is so. M o t h e r G o n z a g a e s t a b l i s h e d t h e K i n d e r g a r t e n to m e e t t h e n e e d s of h e r d a y ; s h e w o u l d c e r t a i n l y wish us to t r y to m e e t t h e n e e d s of o u r s , involving a d a p t a t i o n s , as it does. A l l of us w h o h a v e b e e n going t h r o u g h t h e r e c o r d s of t h e K i n d e r g a r t e n f r o m its o p e n i n g u n d e r

THE LORETO FEDERATION OF AUSTRALIA* "TIIY NEIGHBOUR AS THYSELF"

1. " H e i r s to M a r y W a r d " P u p i l s ' Association.

As we w a t c h t h e t i d e of n a t i o n a l i s m surge across t h e f a c e of t h e e a r t h , t h r o u g h A f r i c a a n d across Asia to t h e n o r t h e r n s h o r e s of o u r own cont i n e n t , t h e f a c e of o u r n e i g h b o u r b e c o m e s e v e r c l e a r e r and m o r e m e n a c i n g . W e k n o w — we h a v e k n o w n since we w e r e in t h e J u n i o r S c h o o l — t h a t o u r n e i g h b o u r is all m a n k i n d , b u t u n t i l t h e last t w e n t y y e a r s or so. o u r n e i g h b o u r was m o s t l y a f e l l o w c i t i z e n , a C h r i s t i a n , o n e t o w h o m it was not difficult t o be k i n d . If we w a n t e d a d i f f e r e n t k i n d of n e i g h b o u r we had to t r a v e l to seek h i m . It is a d i f f e r e n t world t o d a y — it is s m a l l e r ; o u r n e i g h b o u r s a r e n e a r e r t o us, we m u s t k n o w that the t h i n g s t h a t affect t h e m affect us we a r e indeed our brother s keeper.

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2. " M e m b e r s of tin* C a t h o l i c C o m m u n i t y " — L o r e t o C o n v e n t Past P u p i l s ' A s s o c i a t i o n . Hallarat. 3.

" C i t i z e n s a n d P a t r i o t s " — L o r e t o Old Union, Marrvatville.

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4. " L a y A p o s t l e in t h e Business or P r o f e s s i o n a l W o r l d " — L o r e t o T o o r a k Association. 5. " I n d i v i d u a l s w i t h t a l e n t s to d e v e l o p " — L o r e t o Past Pupils' Association, West. Australia. 6. " W i v e s a n d M o t h e r s " — Association, Brisbane.

Loreto

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7. " A d v a n t a g e s of t e r t i a r y e d u c a t i o n f o r g i r l s " L o r e t o N o r m a n h u r s t Ex-J5tudents' U n i o n .

Look at t h e Mission M a g a z i n e s w i t h t h e i r call of " C h r i s t o r C o m m u n i s m " . W h i c h will Asia c h o o s e ? Does not t h e a n s w e r d e p e n d v e r y m u c h on you a n d m e ? W h a t c a n I d o — as a L o r e t o girl, as a citizen, as a m o t h e r , in p r i v a t e a n d in p u b l i c life — to h e l p m y n e i g h b o u r , to show h i m the Way, the T r u t h and the Life . . .

8. " C i t i z e n s of t h e W o r l d " — L o r e t o E x - S t u d e n t s ' Union. Kirribilli. JOYCE FULLAGAR, Hon. Secretary, (Brisbane).

LORETO PAST PUPILS' ASSOCIATION BRISBANE

T h i s , we feel, h a s w i d e a p p l i c a b i l i t y , a n d h a s t a k e n on even g r e a t e r s i g n i f i c a n c e as we b e c o m e m o r e a w a r e of t h e s c o p e a n d a i m of tin* f o r t h coming Ecumenical Council.

The y e a r b e g a n with o u r u s u a l R e u n i o n , w h i c h was f o l l o w e d by t h e L o r e t o Ball. T w e l v e c h a r m i n g d e b u t a n t e s f w e r e p r e s e n t e d to His G r a c e Archb i s h o p Sir J a m e s D u h i g , by t h e P r e s i d e n t , Mrs. C. M. D o n o g h u e .

T h e p a p e r s , e a c h p r e p a r e d a n d p r e s e n t e d by a d e l e g a t e f r o m e a c h of o u r Association M e m b e r s , u n d e r the following subtitles, are —

T h e A s s o c i a t i o n h a d c a u s e to he p r o u d of tin; f a c t t h a t t h r e e of last y e a r ' s d e b u t a n t e s , H e l e n P a r e r , Dorothy Owen and Diaan Stuart, have entered the L o r e t o N o v i t i a t e at N o r m a n h u r s t , and R o s e m a r y Missen, a d e b u t a n t e at this y e a r ' s b a l l , h a s j o i n e d the F r a n c i s c a n M i s s i o n a r i e s of M a r y .

* As this report gees to press the programme for the Fourth Biennial Conference, which is to be held in Brisbane this year from 25th to 28th August, nears completion.

T h e A n n u a l R e t r e a t was given at t h e C o n v e n t by F a t h e r B y r n e , O.M.I., on 7th May. T h e l e c t u r e s were of interest a n d assistance to t h e l a r g e n u m b e r of m e m b e r s p r e s e n t . MOYA HICKEY, Hon. Secretary. (+ See Photo Page 88.)

The T h e m e selected for discussion at the Conference — "Thy Neighbour as Thyself" (ref. Matthew xxii. Verses 37-39), was chosen f r o m m a n y suggestions received from our constituent members. A symposium of eight papers each dealing with a different aspect of life and our responsibilities toward our neighbour. 87

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E T O b l o n d - h a i r e d girl. S h e was a l a w y e r , w h o h a d s t u d i e d in L o n d o n . H e r f a t h e r was a d o c t o r , w h i l e h e r m o t h e r seemed a d o m e s t i c saint. T h e r e , in t h e m i d s t of t h a t p o o r , b a r r e n little village was a f a m i l y w h o s e s t a n d a r d of c i v i l i z a t i o n I h a v e r a r e l y seen e q u a l l e d . W h y was t h e d o c t o r t h e r e ? My S p a n i s h is not good e n o u g h to k n o w , but w h e n h e i n t r o d u c e d us to his p e o p l e I t h i n k I b e g a n to u n d e r s t a n d . O v e r s t r o n g coffee at t h e i n n , we m e t h i s u n l e t t e r e d p e a s a n t s — but t h e i r sons w e r e n o t t h e r e . O n e h a d f o u r boys at t h e U n i v e r s i t y of Madrid. T h e y had become a very p r o u d people. ^

The names of the Debutantes

(Brisbane)

T h e E n g l i s h a r e always t h e butt of j o k e s . In N o r w a y , we c a m e u p o n an E n g l i s h m a n — t h e perfect c a r i c a t u r e . His l i m p h a i r h u n g over his h o r n r i m m e d glasses. His l o n g s h o r t s a n d s h i r t w e r e m i l i t a r y . T h e r e h e sat in his c a n v a s deck c h a i r d r i n k i n g a c u p of tea. W h o knows what he s o u g h t t h e r e ? W e forgot h i m q u i c k l y as we forgot t h e old N o r w e g i a n f u r t h e r 011 w h o l o o k e d a f t e r a p e t r o l p u m p n e a r L a e r d a h l . He k n e w n o t h i n g of cars, b u t h i s eyes w e r e glazed w i t h age a n d his h a n d s w e r e t w i s t e d . H e was a l o n e t h e r e a m o n g s t t h a t big r o u g h scenery.

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BACK ROW: Gwenda Casey, Miriam Dieudonne, Robin Greeves. S E C O N D ROW: Moira Finnimore, A n n e Owen, Sandra Morrow, W e n d y Greenup. F R O N T R O W : Mary Consin, R o s e m a r y Missen, Sue Barer, F r a n c e s Cleary, Mary Buddy.

J u g o s l a v i a is t h e most c o n s i s t e n t l y beautiful c o u n t r y in m y w o r l d . Its c o u n t r y s i d e is p e a c e f u l a n d still. W e s t o p p e d t h e r e o n e d a y by a r u i n , a m e r e s k e t c h of a p l a c e , w i t h o u t w i n d o w , roof or floor, a relic of t h e d a y s of classes in society. W e m e t a h a p p y m a n t h e r e , w h o k e p t s o m e f o w l s in t h e r u i n . H e s p o k e to us in five l a n g u a g e s , but we c o u l d not u n d e r s t a n d . W e w e r e e d u c a t e d , y o u n g a n d f r e e , b u t h e was old a n d i g n o r a n t , living in a c o u n t r y t h a t smiles w i t h a false s e c u r i t y .

RANDOM MEMORIES I h a v e a b o x of c o l o u r e d slides, but t h e y show n o p a t t e r n in m y travels. W h e n I sat d o w n to w r i t e w h a t I h a d b e e n a s k e d to w r i t e , my e x p e r i ences s e e m e d as h a p h a z a r d as m y p h o t o g r a p h s . T h e n , m y p e o p l e b e g a n to isolate t h e m s e l v e s , a n d 1 b e g a n to t h i n k of all t h e i n c o n g r u o u s p e o p l e 1 h a d met in l o n e l y u n i n h a b i t e d places, all t h e r e f o r d i f f e r e n t reasons, u n k n o w n t o m e .

T h e Susten Pass in S w i t z e r l a n d is a v e r y h i g h pass. I d o n ' t k n o w how h i g h . It w a s eight at night w h e n we r e a c h e d t h e t o p — b u t still light, w i t h a b l u e snow-hazed lightness. O u r c a r was a l o n e o n t h e pass. Crags, s n o w - s o f t e n e d l o o k e d d o w n on us. T h e r o a d h a d h i g h walls of ice. W e s t o p p e d of c o u r s e , to c a p e r r o u n d in t h e snow. It was still. A l i t t l e p o n d h a d f r o z e n over a n d a b l u e cloud h u n g low, b e l o w us, over it. T h e n out of t h e snow hills c a m e a m a n . H e was a small m a n . an I t a l i a n n o m o r e t h a n five f e e t h i g h , w i t h a big shovel. It s e e m e d to m e , since t h e r e was n o h a b i t a t i o n t h e r e t h a t h e h a d c o m e to sweep t h e snow f r o m the mighty Alps. * * *

N o w 1 h a v e s p o k e n of t h e h e r m i t s 1 feel c h e a t e d , f o r 1 c a n n o t tell you of t h e p e r f e c t l y s u n g Mozart Mass we h e a r d b e f o r e a b l a z i n g r e d b a c k d r o p in a n u n h e a r d of village in G e r m a n y 011 P e n t e c o s t S u n d a y , o r of t h e e i g h t y - f o u r c a r a v a n - s t r o n g g r o u p of A m e r i c a n s we m e t in D e n m a r k . T h e y h a d c o m e overland f r o m South Africa and disorganized the f e r r y s y s t e m of t h e i s l a n d s of D e n m a r k f o r days. T h e n t h e r e was t h e t i m e we c a m p e d u n k n o w i n g l y o n a rifle r a n g e in Yugoslavia, a n d w o k e to t h i n k we m i g h t be m o d e r n m a r t y r s . ¥

F a r f r o m the real and solitary world there were of c o u r s e t h e f a s c i n a t i n g c r o w d e d cities f r o m w h e r e t h e lonely p e o p l e h a d fled in t h e h o p e that in t h e h i g h c o u n t r y t h e y m i g h t be " s u r p r i s e d by j o y " . N o m o r e of t h e m .

S p a i n is a v e r y p o o r c o u n t r y , w h e r e t h e r o a d s a r e b a d . The second class r o a d s a r e worse. W h e n we l i m p e d in o u r sick c a r i n t o a r e m o t e village in t h e S p a n i s h h i l l s n e a r t h e P o r t u g u e s e , we e x p e c t e d n e v e r to l e a v e a g a i n . T h e r e w e r e a b o u t o n e h u n d r e d p e o p l e t h e r e , but no o n e k n e w e n o u g h to r e a l i z e t h a t we s p o k e E n g l i s h . Then suddenly, f r o m n o w h e r e , c a m e a well-dressed, s o p h i s t i c a t e d

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Suddenly a tense hush came over the crowd, the f a n f a r e of t r u m p e t s s o u n d e d a n d t h e g r a n d p r o cession c o m m e n c e d . T h e e l a b o r a t e c o s t u m e s of t h e P i c a d o r s , Q u a d r i l l o s a n d T o r e a d o r s s p a r k l e d so b r i l l i a n t l y t h a t t h e y r i v a l l e d t h e sun's s p l e n d o u r . T h e Toreadors stepped f o r w a r d , bowed and then t h r e w t h e i r c a p s to t h e P r e s i d e n t . T h e P r e s i d e n t gave t h e s i g n a l f o r t h e first b u l l t o b e r e l e a s e d . T h e afternoon passed quickly, with t h e spectators a p p l a u d i n g l o u d l y if a t o r e a d o r p e r f o r m e d valia n t l y — b u t h i s s i n g a n d s h r i e k i n g h y s t e r i c a l l y , if h e t o r m e n t e d t h e b u l l o r s h o w e d signs of c o w a r d i c e . T h e h e r o of t h e d a y was A p a r i c i o , a y o u n g t o r e a d o r w h o e x e c u t e d b r i l l i a n t f e a t s — flowers, h a t s a n d s t r e a m e r s w e r e s h o w e r e d o n h i m b y t h e spect a t o r s , as h e was c a r r i e d f r o m t h e a r e n a .

S a t u r d a y m o r n i n g at Aries, a little R o m a n town in t h e s o u t h of F r a n c e , is t h e b u s i e s t d a y of t h e week — it is t h e m a r k e t d a y a n d all d o w n t h e m a i n street t h e v e n d o r s a n d c u s t o m e r s b u s t l e a b o u t t h e stalls, s e l e c t i n g delicacies f o r S u n d a y s d i n n e r . T h e sun b e a m e d down through the yellowing leaves on t h e c a r e f r e e t h r o n g s in t h e b o u l e v a r d e cafes. A n a i r of e x c i t e m e n t a n d l i g h t h e a d e d n e s s c o u l d be f e l t in e v e r y street, f o r t h i s was t h e last week-end of c u m m e r . S o o n t h e leaves w o u l d be f a l l i n g a n d h i g h s p i r i t s w o u l d be s u b d u e d by t h e f r o s t s or t h e cold M i s t r a l w i n d . Posters at every c o r n e r a n n o u n c e d t h e last " G r a n d C o r r i d a " of t h e season. O c c a s i o n a l l y s m a l l boys p l a y i n g at bulll i g h t i n g d a r t e d in a n d out a m o n g t h e t a b l e s a n d the men.

T h e c o r r i d a over, t h e t h r o n g s p i l l e d out on to t h e streets a n d n e a r b y cafes. T h e w h o l e t o w n c a m e alive. G a y r e v e l l e r s s w e p t f r o m c a f e to c a f e , t a k i n g t h e i r i n f e c t i o u s l a u g h t e r a n d song as t h e y w e n t . A g u i t a r i s t w o u l d b e g i n to p l a y t h e s t i r r i n g S p a n i s h music and a dark-haired young Spaniard would dance the Flamenco. The delighted French joined in, t h e i r fingers o r c a s t a n e t s in t i m e w i t h t h e m u s i c . E n d l e s s l y t h e y c e l e b r a t e d t h e t r i u m p h s of t h e d a y — on a n d o n t h e y w e n t , t h e i r s p a r k l e c h a l l e n g i n g t h e l i g h t s t h a t f e s t o o n e d t h e trees. In t h e wee s m a l l h o u r s , t h e y w e r e still d a n c i n g d o w n t h e a v e n u e s . G r a d u a l l y t h e i r e x u b e r a n c e b e g a n to wilt, t h e w e a r y figures d r i f t e d into t h e n i g h t a n d silence e n v e l o p e d t h e old t o w n .

B e f o r e long a sleek b l a c k c a r d r o v e d o w n t h e s t r e e t , a s h o u t w e n t u p a n d i n a m o m e n t t h e car was s u r r o u n d e d by e a g e r y o u t h s . T h e y r a n b e s i d e it all t h e w a y t o t h e h o t e l in t h e s q u a r e , w h e r e three very proud, spruce young m e n alighted from it. T h e b o y s c h e e r e d lustily, f o r t h e h e r o e s h a d a r r i v e d — t h e w h o l e t o w n h a d b e e n a w a i t i n g these world-renowned toreadors. S u n d a y d a w n e d s u n n y a n d still, p e r f e c t w e a t h e r f o r the c o r r i d a . By f o u r o'clock t h e streets w e r e f u l l of a n x i o u s m e r r y f o l k , m a k i n g t h e i r w a y over t h e c o b b l e s t o n e s to t h e a n c i e n t R o m a n arena. E v e r y o n e was h a p p y — l a u g h i n g , s i n g i n g and s t r u m m i n g g u i t a r s . T h e b u b b l i n g v i t a l i t y of t h e s e p e o p l e , in t h e i r vivid a p p a r e l , i n f u s e d l i f e i n t o t h e old grey b u i l d i n g s a n d w o r n cobble-stones. The girls w o r e s t r i p e d s k i r t s w i t h crisp w h i t e blouses a n d c h i f f o n head-scarves. T h e m e n , n o less d a s h i n g , b r i g h t e n e d t h e i r d a r k c l o t h e s w i t h r e d scarves k n o t ted r o u n d t h e i r t h r o a t s a n d h e r e a n d t h e r e a j a u n t y F r e n c h b e r e t . T h e b a b b l e of f o r e i g n voices m a d e t h e atmosphere more thrilling and cosmopolitan. Many S p a n i a r d s c a m e across t h e b o r d e r f o r t h e e v e n t , a n d f r o m P a r i s a n d o t h e r p r o v i n c e s t h e r e was a g r e a t e x o d u s of t h e F r e n c h . Soon t h e a r e n a was f u l l , t h e l a u g h t e r a n d singing c o n t i n u e d , e n c o u r a g e d by the r h y t h m i c P r o v e n c a l a n d S p a n i s h m e l o d i e s r e n d e r e d by t h e m u s i c i a n s .

S u m m e r was over — t h e c o r r i d a was finished f o r a n o t h e r y e a r — t h e t o w n s f o l k w o u l d r e t u r n to t h e i r n o r m a l r o u t i n e a n d p r e p a r a t i o n f o r t h e cold d a y s a h e a d . The silent walls, t h e e m p t y a r e n a , t h e old c o b b l e d r o a d s , so g h o s t l y in t h e m o o n l i g h t , app e a r e d j u s t as A r i e s m u s t h a v e l o o k e d t w o t h o u s a n d y e a r s ago. T h e d e s e r t e d a r e n a s e e m e d n o w just as if J u l i u s C a e s a r a n d his c o u r t h a d left it, a f t e r a t h r i l l i n g d a y of w a t c h i n g his R o m a n g l a d i a t o r s in t h e i r c h a r i o l - r a c e s a n d t h e i r contests w i t h t h e Gauls. PATRICIA MACGROARTY (Past P u p i l ) , (Loreto,

EX-STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION, RE-UNION: Rev. M o t h e r C l a r e a n d t h e C o m m u n i t y w e l c o m e d 120 P a s t P u p i l s at t h e a n n u a l R e - u n i o n in F e b r u a r y w h e n t h e r e t i r i n g P r e s i d e n t , Mrs. J. M. T u l l y , was t h a n k e d f o r h a v i n g d e v o t e d l y s e r v e d our Association on a second occasion as a most e x p e r i enced a n d g r a c i o u s P r e s i d e n t . O u r T r e a s u r e r , J o a n Sievens, was w a r m l y t h a n k e d on r e t i r i n g f r o m t h i s p o s i t i o n to a h i g h e r c a l l i n g in {he N o v i t i a t e . T h e Office-bearers f o r 1961, w h o s e n a m e s a p p e a r b e l o w , were w e l c o m e d a n d 25 a d d i t i o n a l Exs t u d e n t s v o l u n t e e r e d to act as Social C o n t a c t A i d s i n m a k i n g k n o w n , p e r s o n a l l y , f o r t h c o m i n g events.

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COMBINED CATHOLIC COLLEGES: T h e a n n u a l Mass f o r c o m b i n e d C a t h o l i c College E x - s t u d e n t s , f o l l o w e d b y a d i n n e r at David J o n e s ' R e s t a u r a n t , was h e l d on 7th M a r c h . O v e r 800 a t t e n d e d , L o r e t o N o r m a n h u r s t b e i n g well r e p r e s e n t e d by 61 E x - s t u d e n t s . At a G e n e r a l M e e t i n g of t h e 38 Colleges' r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s last m o n t h , o n e of o u r E x - s t u d e n t s , J u l i e H a r r i s , was elected Assistant H o n . S e c r e t a r y , a n d y o u r P r e s i d e n t bec a m e o n e of six V i c e - P r e s i d e n t s of t h e C o m b i n e d C a t h o l i c Colleges" E x - s t u d e n t s ' Association. 89

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e r e d at t h e T h e a t r e R o y a l w h e r e Googie W i t h e r s s p a r k l e d t h r o u g h Somerset M a u g h a m s c o m e d y , " T h e C o n s t a n t W i f e " . 100 seats w e r e sold.

O n t h i s h a p p y occasion, 7th A p r i l , 25 d e b u t a n t e s w e r e p r e s e n t e d to Col. M. A u s t i n , D.S.O., and Mrs. A u s t i n at M a r k Foys' E m p r e s s B a l l r o o m w h e r e t h e 610 guests — a h a p p y m i n g l i n g of y o u n g a n d notso-voung — r e n e w e d m a n y s c h o o l d a y f r i e n d s h i p s .

FUND-RAISING: A f t e r c o n s u l t i n g M o t h e r P r o v i n c i a l , t h e Association d e s i r e d to m a k e d o n a t i o n s to be u s e d in l a y i n g o u t g a r d e n s a r o u n d t h e n e w N o v i t i a t e . £200 h a s b e e n sent to M o t h e r S u p e r i o r f o r this p u r p o s e .

LORETO SCHOOL FETE: S a t u r d a y , 29th A p r i l , was t h e d a t e f o r t h i s a n n u a l e v e n t at N o r m a n h u r s t . T h e Ex-students were p l e a s e d to c o - o p e r a t e w i t h t h e P a r e n t s & F r i e n d s ' Committee, by serving afternoon tea; about thirty m e m b e r s assisted, b r i n g i n g d o n a t i o n s of s a n d w i c h e s a n d cakes.

COMMITTEE FOR 1961 President: Mrs. J o h n T a y l o r ; Vice-President: Mrs. B. F a r m e r M a l o n e y ; J o i n t H o n . S e c r e t a r i e s : Mary McEvoy, Priscilla Felton: Hon. Treasurer: A n n e C r i m m i n s ; l i o n . Asst. T r e a s u r e r : M a r i e C l a r e S t r e b e r ; H o n . Social S e c r e t a r y : K e r r y C h e e s e m a n ; Asst. H o n . Social S e c r e t a r y : Sue M a g n e y .

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O n e of t h e o u t s t a n d i n g f e a t u r e s of t h e Associat i o n s activities f o r 1961 has b e e n t h e very active p a r t p l a y e d by t h e y o u n g e r m e m b e r s .

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was E x p o s i t i o n of t h e Blessed S a c r a m e n t f r o m 10 a.in. till B e n e d i c t i o n at 5 p . m . T h r o u g h o u t t h e d a y a c o n t i n u o u s s t r e a m of old s c h o l a r s c a m e to t h e c h a p e l to p r a y .

At t h e A n n u a l D e b u t a n t e Ball t w e n t y - o n e girls w e r e p r e s e n t e d to L a d y P h i l p s b y I IK; P r e s i d e n t of t h e A s s o c i a t i o n , Miss J o a n H o l l a n d .

T h e Association was a s k e d b y t h e M a y o r of Burnside to e n t e r a c a n d i d a t e in t h e "Miss B u r n s i d e " C o m p e t i t i o n f o r t h e N a t i o n a l H e a r t C a m p a i g n . Miss W e n d y S p r i n g b e t t was L o r e t o ' s n o m i n e e a n d s h e a n d h e r y o u n g f r i e n d s o r g a n i s e d a d a n c e on J u n e 2nd a n d r a i s e d n e a r l y £100. D o n a t i o n s b r o u g h t t h e total to £140. Mr . J. M a r s h a l l ( M a r y G r a y ) helped W e n d y and her committee, and arranged the supper for them.

On P a s s i o n S u n d a y a r e t r e a t f o r y o u n g e r old s c h o l a r s was c o n d u c t e d by t h e Bev. B. S h a n a h a n . T h e r e was a large a t t e n d a n c e a n d t h e old s c h o l a r s a n d t h e n u n s a r e v e r y g r a t e f u l to F a t h e r S h a n a h a n f o r bis r e a l l y i n s p i r i n g talks. It was d e c i d e d by t h e c o m m i t t e e to h o l d a d a y of p r a y e r f o r v o c a t i o n s f r o m old s c h o l a r s , on S u n d a y , J u n e 18th. w h e n t h e r e 90

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I h e i d e a of giving t a l k s on c a r e e r s to t h e s e n i o r girls was i n t r o d u c e d sonic y e a r s ago by B i d d y N o r t h , w h e n she was p r e s i d e n t . T h i s y e a r two series ol t a l k s h a v e b e e n given, t h e s p e a k e r in e a c h case b e i n g an old s c h o l a r w h o is w o r k i n g or h a s r e c e n t l y w o r k e d in t h a t p a r t i c u l a r field. T h e first n i g h t ' s s p e a k e r s dealt with university courses—Mignonne H a n n a n ( L a w ) , Helen Fisher (Science), Joan Holland ( A r t s ) , Mrs. J. P i e t e r e k ( P . S a n d f o r d ) (Social W o r k , Medicine, P h y s i o t h e r a p y ) . T h e s p e a k e r s at i h e second series of talks w e r e Mrs. J . L a i n p r i l l ( A i r H o s t e s s ) , Jennifer Glynn (Librarianship), Creina Krause (Secretarial and Office W o r k ) , P h i l i p p a Richards (Laboratory Technician), Clare Gray (Nursing), Mrs. W . B y r n e (Anne Scantlebury) (Domestic Science).

W h i l e 1 was s i t t i n g in t h e s t u d y d o i n g m y C h e m i s t r y h o m e w o r k , 1 h a p p e n e d to look o u t t h e w i n d o w . T h e scene t h a t m e t m y eye was t h a t of t h e C h a p e l a n d m y t h o u g h t s b e g a n to d r i f t to t h e y o u n g girl w h o h a d h e l p e d to h a v e t h e C h a p e l built. 1 t h o u g h t of t h e d a y w h e n C o u n t e s s E l i z a b e t h W o l f f - M a t t e r n i c h h a d c o m e to M a r y ' s M o u n t . I p i c t u r e d t h e shy y o u n g G e r m a n girl of t w e n t y - t w o w a i t i n g in t h e p a r l o u r f o r M o t h e r G o n z a g a , t h e R e v e r e n d M o t h e r of M a r y ' s M o u n t . S h e was very b e a u t i f u l w i t h a d i s t i n g u i s h e d air a n d a c h a r m i n g p e r s o n a l i t y . S h e w a n t e d to stay at t h e c o n v e n t to i m p r o v e h e r E n g l i s h , she said, a n d in r e t u r n s h e would teach German.

M a r r y a t v i l l e Old S c h o l a r s h a v e b e e n p r i v i l e g e d to m e e t M o t h e r P r o v i n c i a l on two occasions this y e a r . In J a n u a r y M o t h e r D y r n p n a a n d s e v e r a l o t h e r L o r e t o n u n s w e r e in A d e l a i d e f o r a Congress of R e l i g i o u s O r d e r s . W e w e r e p r i v i l e g e d to m e e t , too, several r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s of o t h e r religious o r d e r s w h o w e r e guests at M a r r y a t v i l l e . M o t h e r P r o v i n c i a l was also p r e s e n t f o r t h e talks 011 c a r e e r s .

M o t h e r G o n z a g a , w h o h a d t a k e n an i m m e d i a t e l i k i n g to E l i z a b e t h ( w h o m s h e did n o t k n o w to b e a C o u n t e s s u n t i l a w e e k later, w h e n a l e t t e r a r r i v e d a d d r e s s e d to " C o u n t e s s E l i z a b e t h W o l f f M e t t e r n i c i r * ) a c c e p t e d h e r offer. All at M a r y ' s M o u n t loved E l i z a b e t h , a n d t h e n u n s w e r e d e l i g h t e d to k n o w this direct d e s c e n d a n t of S a i n t E l i z a b e t h of H u n g a r y .

B i d d y C l a r k s o n and H e l e n D. M c C a r t h y h a v e organised a m a n n e q u i n p a r a d e and the annual dinner, w h i c h m a n y c o u n t r y m e m b e r s a t t e n d , to b e h e l d in S e p t e m b e r . I h e final f u n c t i o n f o r t h e v e a r is t h e C o m m u n i o n B r e a k f a s t , f o l l o w e d by t h e A n n u a l M e e t i n g , in O c t o b e r . Ihe

Association

C o u n c i l of W o m e n , Peter

is a f f i l i a t e d

with

the

Mrs. K e v i n H a r m a n

M u r r a y being our delegates.

A f t e r a y e a r at M a r y ' s M o u n t , E l i z a b e t h f o u n d s h e h a d a call f r o m God to t h e r e l i g i o u s life, a n d she w o u l d h a v e e n t e r e d t h e n o v i t i a t e i m m e d i a t e l y h a d not M o t h e r G o n z a g a a n d M o t h e r S t a n i s l a u s b e e n so firm in t h e i r decision t h a t s h e m u s t r e t u r n to G e r m a n y f o r a f e w m o n t h s , a n d t h e n c o m e b a c k to M a r y ' s M o u n t if she still felt s u r e of h e r vocation.

National and

Mrs.

supported

v a r i o u s c h a r i t a b l e a p p e a l s , e i t h e r b y selling b a d g e s or b y giving a d o n a t i o n — T h e C r i p p l e d

Children's E l i z a b e t h was r e l u c t a n t to go, but on M a r c h 15, 1899, s h e left on h e r j o u r n e y h o m e . H e r l e t t e r s c a m e s a y i n g h o w s h e m i s s e d Mary's M o u n t a n d t h a t she w o u l d soon see t h e m all again. But Elizabeth was n e v e r to r e t u r n to Mary's M o u n t . S h e d i e d at sea 011 t h e 26th A p r i l f r o m p n e u m o n i a .

Association, C a t h o l i c C h a r i t i e s A p p e a l , T h e N a t i o n a l Heart Campaign. E a r l y t h i s y e a r w e a c c e p t e d w i t h r e g r e t t h e resignation of o n e of o u r m o s t loyal c o m m i t t e e

members,

R i t a B. Rice N o r t h , n o w Mrs. B r i a n O ' K e e f f e .

Biddy

is a past p r e s i d e n t of t h e Association

past

p r e s i d e n t of t h e L o r e t o F e d e r a t i o n of A u s t r a l i a .

She

and

W h e n t h e will of C o u n t e s s E l i z a b e t h W o l f f M e t t e r n i c h was r e a d , it was f o u n d t h a t she h a d l e f t £16,000 to t h e b u i l d i n g f u n d of t h e C h a p e l at M a r y ' s M o u n t .

is n o w living in M e l b o u r n e . Office-bearers Holland;

for

1961:—President:

Vice-Presidents:

Moira T a n d y ; S e c r e t a r y :

Miss

Joan

Walsh,

Miss

Mrs. J o h n L a m p r i l l ;

As-

Mrs. A l t o n

sistant S e c r e t a r y : Miss H e l e n M c C a r t h y ;

—

So this b e a u t i f u l y o u n g girl, w h o was so loved by t h e n u n s a n d c h i l d r e n at t h e A b b e y , p r o v i d e d t h e m w i t h t h e C h a p e l w h i c h n o w is t h e p r i d e of all at M a r y ' s M o u n t . Today, in t h e cloister a n d in t h e f r o n t p a r l o u r h a n g p h o t o s of o u r g r e a t benefactress—Elizabeth, Countess Wolff-Metternich.

Treasurer:

Miss C r e i n a K r a u s e ; C o m m i t t e e M e m b e r s : M e s d a m e s J. M a r s h a l l , J. P i a n t o , P. M u r r a y , K . H a r m a n ,

P i e t e r e k , M. Rice, P. K e l l y , Misses J. M o l o n y ,

M c C o r m a c k , M. B e n n e t t , J. G l y n n , D. R o f e , A. McFARREL

C a r t h y , I). O ' L o g h l i n , H . M c C a r t h y , B. C l a r k s o n , II.

DOUGLAS,

(Leaving Class, Mary's Mount).

D, M c C a r t h y , M. M u r r a y , S. S c a n t l e b u r y .

Father Peyton visits the Mission and shakes hands with a pupil teacher and Mrs. X, an old pupil, now a teacher. A Loreto Sister in the sewing room.

The new Church

Someone not very sick

The native nurses in the hospital

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COWIE,

SOUTH

AFRICA

INDEX Adams, M

Franetovieh.

Angus, S

Fry, H

O'Brien. R

O'Donogliue,

O'Hare, K

O'Loghlin, F

O'Neill, H

Barry, M

Gardiner,

Bevers, J

Gerke, M

Bilson. H

Goodwin, J

Bonser, J

Bourke, A

Han, M

Braitling,

Hamilton,

Brennan,

Hayden, P

Hickey, P

Hitchman, R

Hoeben, A

Burke, M

Howard, S

CalliL

Jens, F

Chan, D

Josephson, R

Cohhy, K

Brophy,

Burchell,

O'Reilly,

Coghlan,

Colvin, D

13 32

Pearse. H

Properjohn, J

Reilly, B

Rochford,

Kenny, M

Loneragan, J

Lynch, H

Scarff, K

McCabe, E

Douglas, F

Dully, G Duggan, C

72 P.

Simpson, P

Skinner, D

Stapleton,

Diamond, J

64 51

Stevens, G

Thomas, P

Mclver, H

Turner, C

Marley, M

45 UrandoiF, J

Matthews,

Walsh, C

Megna, J F

Smurthwaite,

Qiese, S

Scott-Young,

Cousin, E

Edwards,

Parer, F

Schneider, R

Galhally,

O'Flahertie, J Barker, G

Broad, J

Page

31 Membery,

Farrell, A

Morton, K

Fileman, A

Mount joy,

Williams,

W i l l i a m s , P. L

Willis, M

Wright, P

43 A

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