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rf!ethoJijl LADIES' COLLEGE CLAREMONT W.A.

METHODIST LADIES ' COLLEGE

Claremont - W.A.

1959

SCHOOL OFFICIALS

EDITORIAL

SCHOOL CALENDAR

LEAVING RESULTS .

JUNIOR RESULTS .

ALLIANCE FRANCAISE RESULTS

MUSIC EXAMINATION RESULTS

SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

CLUBS

HOUSE ACTIVITIES .

INTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

OLD GIRLS' ASSOCIATION NOTES .

PARENTS & FRIENDS' ASSOCIATION .

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SCHOOL OFFICIALS PREFECTS

H elen Don (Captain ) Judith West (Head of Boarding House)

Valerie Grant-Smith (Head of Day Girls) W endy Wright Viv ienne McCaulay Hazel Davey Norma Bedells Helen Wakelam Margaret Cuthbertson Judy W alker Bethany Slokes Mary Urquhart

HOUSE OFFICIALS

ATHENS Judy West (Capta in ), Norma Bedells (Vice-Captain)

SPARTA Valerie Grant-Smith (Captain), Janette Smart (Vice-Capta in)

ROME

TROY

Margarel CulllherLson (Captain ), Margaret Jolly (Vice-Captain)

Helen Don (Captain ), H azel Davey (Vice-Captain )

BOARDING HOUSE l'UEFECTS

Judith West Wendy Wright Judy Walker

Mary Urquhart Helen Wak elam H azel Davey

SCHOOL PREFECTS

Standing: B . Stokes, V . M acaulay. W . Wri~ht. J. W a lke r, H . Oavey, M . U r Quhart , H . W ake lam. N . Bedell s.

Sitting: M. Cuthbertson. H . D on. Mr. W . Shepherd. J . West. V . Smith.

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During the past ten years our College ha been slowly but sleadily transformed into one of the most modern Colleges in this State.

Our numbers have greatly increased over this period, a nd it has been necessary to build add i lional classrooms for accommoda tion. Two new classrooms were built in 1957, a nd dur ing the 1958-1959 summer vacatirm furlher extensions were made. The uld gymnasium gave way to two more classrooms, a nd our new gymnas ium is an ultra-modern Recrealional Hall. s ituated between the major building and Stirling Highway.

The Junior School ha ' a l;;o shared in the expansion. The principal's former residence has been relinquished a nd the g ir ls now have complete possession. The c lassrooms are downstairs and the dormitories upsta irs, and the building has been na med "La ngsford House."

The Gertrude Walton Memorial Library continues to give pleasure to all g irls; a quiet place to study and to obtain fiction and reference boo ks.

The school grounds have been remodell ed. The old hockey field has been enlarged, and another made, so that now more than one match can be played at the same time. Two new tennis courts have been provided and much more lawn is now established. We have a modern tuck-shop to supply us with necessilies and with sweets.

I hope that in the near future we may be able to speak of "our swimming pool" as another of these great improvements to our College.

A former Presic1ent of t he Parents and Friends' Association, whell presiding at one of the early meetings of the Association s tated tha t there was no reason why Methodist Ladies' College, Claremont, could not become t he finest Girls Coll ege in the world .

We have fine buildings, but we can envisage a school with ideals as well as good buildings. OUi' teacher ' desire for us is, healthy minds in healthy bod ies and that we should strive to be loyal to t he idea ls of the school. They wish us to be straight-forward in our dealings with others a nd to have confidence in our own efforts. We should s how friendliness and have considera tion for others, knowi11g 1hat it is not "our school above all," bu t "our school to serve all."

Let us go forward in the belief t hat we can ma ke our College the finest in the world, and carry our ideals to a wider scope beyond the school.

We ac knuwl edge with gratitude our indebtedness to Mr. Shepherd, our principa l, fOl' his effort.s a nd foresight. We wish him a very happy tour abroad next year, a nd a safe retur n .

JOANNE GORDON

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HELEN DON

School C apta in 1959

THE COLLEGI AN D ecember> 1959

JENNY LIGHTOWLER

Dux of Schoo l. 1958

Decembe)', 1959 THE COLLEGI AN

F e brull,ry

IO-School commences. 13- Annual mee ting P. & F. Association . 14-New girl' concert. 20- Annual Meeti ng O.G.A. 27- Swimming Sports .

Boarders' weekend.

March

7- Boarders' Film. 19- Debate : Rome v. Troy. 24-- - Debate' pana v. Athens. 25- Communion Service in library a1 R a.m 26- School breaks up. 27- Good Friday. 3I- School resumes at 9 am.

April

4-Tennis Tournaments begin. Boarders' Film.

7- Debate: Rom e v. Athenl>. ll- O.G.A. Sports Day at 2 p.m. 1 Debate : Sparta v. Troy. 17- Boarders' weekend. 1 Boys' Public School ' Rowing Regatta. 18--Boarders return at 7.30 p.m.

1959

24-Junior a nd Leaving Examinations (h1 Term ). 26- Boardel's' Film. 27- Primary Examinations begin. 28- Debate : Rome v. parta .

May

3- Commonwealth Sunday. 5- Debate: Athens v. Tray. 7- Term ends at ]2.30 p.m.

May

26- chool beg ins. 29- Welcome to new pa l·ents.

June

6- Boarder ' Film. 7- Music Club.

ll- Sport v. P.C. (Home. ) 12- Debate v. P.C. (Away. )

TERM 11

16- Half-yea rly exam for 1. 1. 2nd. a nd 4th Years. 19- Junior Form Dance. 20- Boa rclers' weekend to 9 a.m . Monday.

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25- Sport v. P .L.C. (Home.) 26- Debate v. John Curtin. (Away.)

July

2- Sport v. St. Mary's. (Away.) 4-Boarders' Film. 5- Boarders' service at Claremont Church. 9-Sport v. St. Hilda's. (Away.)

1D-O.G.A. Younger Set Dance. Debate v. Sacred Heart. (Away.)

11- Boarders' weekend. 13- Mid-term holiday. 19- 0ver eas Mission Film. 23- Sport v. P.C. (AwayJ 25- Boarders' Film. 30- port v. P.L.C. (Away.) 31- Boarders' Dance.

Boarders' weekend to 7.30 Sunday.

A ugust

3- Junior and Leaving trial examinations. 6- Sport v. St. Mary's . (Home.)

Boarders' Film. 10- Junior School examinations. 13- Sport v. St. Hilda's. (Home.) 15- Boarclers' day off, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. 20- Second term pnds.

eptember 14-Boarrlers return. 15- Term begins. 1 P. & F. Meeting.

TERM III

19- 0uting for Premiership Teams. 25, 26 and 27- Fellowship Camp at Rockingham.

October

2- 0.G.A. Dinner. 3- AlIiance Francaise Examinations.

Boarders' FIlm. 4-College Sunday. 6- Annual Sports Day.

Langsford House 10.30 to 12.30. Senior Sports (pos tponed).

7- how Day. chool Sports continued.

Boarders' weekend to Monday 8.45 a.m.

DecembeT, 1959

13, 14- Practica l Music Examination. 17- Quadrilateral Sports at John Curtin. 2D-Methodist Conference Overseas Mission Meeting. 22--0pening of recreation hall. 23- Practical Musie Examinations. 23. 24- '·Richarcl nf Bordeaux" in recreation hall. 26- Practical Music Examinations.

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30- Scholarship entries close. 31- Boarders' Film.

November

3- St. John's Ambula nce Examinations. Boarders' weekend to Monday 9 a.m.

7- Entrance Scholarships Exa minations. 14-Boarders' Film. 23- Junior, Leaving and Senior examinations. 25- Junior School exa minations begin.

D ecember

4- Boarders' short weekend to Sunday 5 p.m. 5- P refec ts' Dance.

Carol Service. 7- Boarders' Party. 8- Speech Night.

LEAVING RESULTS 1958

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Heather Boas0.- English, History, Maths A, Phys iology & Hyg iene, Music (D).

Julie Chapman.- English, French, His tory (D ), Maths A, Maths B, Phys ics.

She lley Chester.- English, Geog ra phy, Maths A (D ), Maths B, Phy ics, Chemistry.

Glendar Dcwar.- Eng lish , Physiology, Economics, Art. Patricia Doust.- Eng lish, Geography, Maths A (D), Maths B,

Biology, Physiology. Bethel Erickson.- E ng lish, History, GIO'ography, Maths A (D),

Maths B (D), Biology, Physiology. June H awksley.-English, History, Geography, Maths A, Maths B . Wendy Hudson.- English, History, Phys iology, Economics . Caro l Ipsen.-English, Geography, Maths A (D ), Math. B, Biology,

Physiology. J oyce J acobs.·-English, History. Physiology, Economics (D), Music. Jennifer Johnson.-English, History . Maths A (D), Maths B,

Physics, Chemistry. Robin J olly .- English, French. Histor'y, Maths A (D) , Maths B (D) ,

Phys ics. Christine Jones.- English, Geography, Physiology, Art. Jennifer Lightowler.- English, French (D) , German. History (D),

Math A, Biology, Economics. Lona Lush.- English, Hi ·tory, Geography, Maths B, B iology, Art of

Speech. Meryl Lynam.- English, His tory (D), Geography (D) , Biology,

Phy iology. Economics (D) , Music. Delys O'Connor.- English, Geography. Maths A, Maths B. Jennifer Newby.- English, History, Geography, Biology, Physio logy,

Art (D), Music. Carol RobinsC'!l .-English, HistOl·Y. Geogl'aphy, Chemistry. Biology,

Economic. a ndra Sainken.- English, F renCh, History, Maths A. B iology, Art

of Speech (D).

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Wendy Small.- English, Geography, Economics, Physiology, Art (D). P a m ela Stark.- E nglish, History, Geogr3phy, Physiology. Margaret Ell iot-Smith.- English , French, History, Geography,

Math A, Biology, Physiology. Claire TeJfer. - English, History, Geography, Physiology, Economics. Janice Tonkin .- English, History, Geography, Biology, Physiology,

Economics. Elizabeth Torrence.-English, History, Math A, Economics, Mu. ic. Leoni e W a kel am.-English, History, Maths A (D), Maths B (D),

Physics, Chemistry, Art (D). Rosemary Wilderspin.- English. History, Maths A, Maths B,

Chemistry, Act of Speech .

JUNIOR RESULTS 1958 Brooke, B. K ., 7. Bulstrode, M. E., 8. Carr, W. P. , 5. Clarl<e, H. L., 8. Cocks, K. W ., 6. Davies, J. , 7. Dunn. H. M. , 7. Edinger, D . G., 9. Erickson , R, 8. Fletcher, E. A., 9. Highet, M. L. , 8. Jeffreys, L. J., 5. . Jones, G. M., 7. Kelly, S. A., 8. Long, R, 8. McNaught, H ., 9. MUl-dock, Y. B ., 8. Norrish, B. G., 8. Q 'Reilly, P. J ., 8. Pay ton , M. J., 10. Rayner, J. D., 7. Rees. J . F., 8. Rlldyard . W . E., 8. Silbert. J. L .. 8. , incl all ·. J . M., 8. Smith . P . G., 7. Sorensen, J. A., 6. Barker. E. M .. 6. r.ampbell , M. M., 5. Eggers, C. L., 5. Harris. P. H., 7.

Hicks, E. A., 8. Jones, J. E. , G. McIntyre, C. M., 6. Mason, H . E ., 6. Menz, G. E., 5. Nockolds, V. A ., 7 . Osborne, H ., 7 . Pearse, P. L., 6. Perry, C. L., 7. Perry, J. M., 7. Phelan, R, 7. R itchie, M. S., 6 . R itchi e, S. M. , 6. Suwyer, V. J ., 5. Steph a n , N. L., 6. Sulton , D. M., 6. Squire, C. E ., 8. Teakle, J. L., 8. Teasdale, J. M ., 8. Tonkin, R F., 7. Eddy, P.F., 5. Green. B. I. , 7. Hazlehurst, S . M. , 8. Joll, A. L., 8. Lawrence, L, 7. Martin. L. M .. 7. Morgen, G. E. , 7. J\1u ir. M . E., 5. Schell. W. W .. 6 . Smith. F .M. , 8 . Viv ian, G. P .. 6.

SCHOLARSHIP HOLDERS 1959 A. M . Lowe Scholarship.- Julie Smith, Grade VI. C. M. Nelson Scholarship.- Holly Rudyard, Grade VII. Cou ncil Scholarship.- Holly Stark, lA. G, E . Rowe Scho)arships.- Dianne Wrig ht, IlA ; Judith Wetters.

IlIA.

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Wesley Trust Scholarshlps.- Roslyn Long, VA; Mary Urquhart, VIA.

Scholarship for Resident of Cla remont.- Naomi Devlin, l A. Entrance ScholarShips (3 years): Leonie McCormick IlIA, 1957 ;

Barbara Vincent, IlA, 1958; Gillian Ranson, lA, 1959. O.G.A. Scholarshlp.- Helen Hazelhurst, lA. M.L.C. South P erth Schola rship.- Gai Swanson, VB. For Winning Government Scholarship.- Toni Rees, lA. Barclay Scholarship at University of W.A. (3 years).- Jill

Tilley, 1957.

ALLIANCE FRANCAISE RESULTS 1959 Division IIb.- J. Pollard (D) first place, J . Gordon, B. Norrish,

V. Smith. Division III.- J . Sinclair (D), J. Kerr, L. McCormick, F. Moyle,

J. Rees. Division IV.- D. Wright (D) , prize winner, W . Berry (D) , P. Heron

(D) , K. Negus (D), B. Vincent (D), L. Bickerton, W. Clarke, L. Douglas, H . Goodwin, D. Harvey, R. Jones, A. Mortimer, P. P earse, T. Rees, C. Silbert. We s hould like to congratulate all these g ir ls , in pa rticul a r Jill

Pollard, for attain ing s uch excellent results .

MUSIC EXAMINATION RESULTS 1959 PRACTICAL

Seve nth Grade Pat Aq uino--Honours.

Sixth Grade Hazel Davey- Pass.

Fifth Grade Alison Woodman- Pass.

Fourth Gr'ude Christine Hornsby- Credit. Meryl Slop Credit. Cheryl Cook- Cred it . Dorothy H a ywood- Credit. Lyn ley MidI·· -Credit. Susan Fry- Pass. Faith Ma nning-P ags. Wendy Hutchins- Pass. He len Lai ng- Pass.

Third Grade

Auc!t'ey Manning- Credit. Jennifer Snurgeon- Credit. Elizabeth Sandil a nns- Cred it. Lvn Johnson- Credit. E!izabe1 h S ulliv Ft '1-· · (;redit. Kerry Foste r- Credit. Sue Sinp Credit. Gale Hanrlmer- Crec!it. Roslyn B lac kmore- Pass.

Norma BeJells- Credit.

Margaret Pay ton- Pass .

Beryl Buller- Pass. L ::J is Tonkin- P ass . Robin Hodgson- P ass. Ma rgare t Dolev- P ass . D ia ne P earse- P ass . H elen Ward- P ass. Ma rion Schillin ~-Pas Gi!lian Wa tts- P ass Lee Schcll- Pass .

Kaye Solomon- Pass . Heather Lehmann- P ass. Patricia Sutherland- P ass. Jocelyn Johnson- P ass. Heather Flowers- Pas . Carol Brownley- Pass. Carole Cooli ng- Pass. Jan Allanson- Pass. Janice Hortin- Pass

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Second Grade

Ann Jackson- Credit. Lorraine Timms- Credit. Mollie Bassham- Credit.

First Grade

Suzette Lindsay- Honours. Ngaire Duffield- Honours. Coral Garn- Credit. Wllma Goldsmith- Credit. Hazel Pearse- Ct'ed i t. Jane Williams- Credit. Judith Whyte-Credit. Hea ther Whyte- - Credit. Maureen Smith- Credit.

Pre liminar:r

Joy T horn- Honours '/0 . Karlena Lewis- Credit '!c. Pamela Oxbrow- Credit %. Jane Williams- Credit %. Beverley Lilburn Credit

Fifth Grade Fay Sirl- Pas

Third Grade Cheryl McLeod- Honours. Lois Tonkin- Honours. Audrey Manning- Honours. Second G rade

Janice Hortin- Honours.

Ilse Schenk- CI'edit. Kay Webb--P ass. Heather Lamont- Pass.

Rae Warren- Credit. Janet Lofthouse-·Credit. Cheryl Lewing ton- Credit. Maureen Myles- Pass. Betty Fry- Pass. Lynette Oxbrow- Pass. Gwenyth AlIen- Pass. Jennifer Davies- Pass. Lorraine Webb- Pass.

Cheryl Bbkeley- Credit %. Marlene Frees tone- Credit %. Joa n Henderson- Pass . Olive Squire- Pass.

%. Sue Toomey- P ass.

THEORY

Cheryl Cook- Cred it. Wendy Hutchens - Credit. Sue S ippe- P ass.

MUSICAL PI'~RCEPTION

Fourth Grade Alison Woodm an - Cred it. J a net Cherry- Pass.

econd Grade Betty Fry- Honours.

ART OF SPEECH-EXAMINATION RESULTS 1959 PRACTI CAL Sb:th Grade Judith Kershaw- Honours Margaret Groom- Credit

Fourth Grade Freya Moyle-Credit Maris Palmer- Credit F a ith Manning- Credit Beverley Pope-Credit Lexie Cameron- Credit Lois Tonkin- Credit Lesley Richardson- Credit

Heather Scanlon- Pass Helen Wakelam- Pass

Elizabeth Sutherland- P ass Jeanette McLean- Pass Colleen Scott- Pass Lindley Lewington- Pass Beryl Buller- Pass Elizabeth Driscoll- Pass

Theory results not yet to hand .

SCHOOL AalVITI ES SPEECH NIGHT 1958

T he Annua l Speech N igh t fo r 195&, on T uesday, 9th December, was once again held outside the libra ry, with paren ts a nd fr iends occupy ing the seats on the lawn in f ron t.

Mrs. Dettm a n, Mr. S hepher d. Mr. H . Dettma n our Cha irma n. a nd other distinguished gues ts, as well as t he School Choir occupied the platform.

The progr a mme commenced w ith the sing ing of the hymn "P raise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of Creation," a nd wa followed by the Lord's P rayer by t he School Cha pla in, the Rev. S . Slater. The specia l choir then presented three chora l items : "Lullaby Carol", "Chr ist is born , Hi Name Praise" a nd "Chr istmas Carol". T his wa followed by t he r'eports read by four prefects. J enny L igh towle r s poke on the In terstate Visit, Heather Boase on the Schoo l F ellowship, Sand ra Sa inken on the In ter-House Com petitions a nd J a nice Tonkin covered the In ter-School Activit ies. T he Deba ting Shi eld was pr esen ted by a represen tative of the W.A. Deba ting Socie ty to Pam ela S tark, 1he leader of the premiers h ip debati ng team . •

P a tl' icia Aquino a nd Margaret Pay ton presen ted a p ia no duet, " Wa ltz in A Fl at Major, " which was followed by four items by Miss Bird' verse- peaking g roup : St. L uke Cha pter 2:7-20, "The So li tary Reaper," "Where Sha ll I Find a White Rose Bloomi ng?" a nd "The Adven tures of Isobel."

Mr . S hepherd the n gave the P rincipal's Report on the academ ic­a nd sporting ac tivi t ies a nd building projects of the School through­ou t the year. Pupil s of the ba llet classes presen ted lh ree ilems: "Swedish Da nce," "Ballet Solo" a nd "Russia n Dance."

At this stage, the Cha irma n, M r . H . Dettma n, addressed the gathering, and Mr. Dettma n d istributed the pr izes. T he whole school sang three i tems : "Song of the Mus ic Ma kers," "Loudly Pt'oclaim" a nd "Australi a, 0 Thou F avoured Isle," which were followed by the Nationa l An t hem .

T he Speec h N ight marked the e nd of a highly successful a nd meri torious year for the School in a ll fi elds of ac tivi ty a nd com­pe1ition- a n achievem ent which a ll can hare WIth pride.

J ENNY LIGHTOWLER, Head Prefect, 1958

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THE JUNIOR FORM DANCE F rom the very f irst day of the second term, the Junior Form

Dance was the m ain topic of conversation a mongst the g irls from 3A, Band C. Every day, and prac tically all day, for the three weeks before June 19, dress designs, materials a nd frocks were discussed, 'blind' dates were hurriedly a rra nged for those concerned, while those of us who had decided upon our partners had nothing to worry about in that respect.

At last Friday, June 19 arrived, a nd for most of us it was t he slowest six hours at school we had ever experienced! During the afternoon the g irls from the three J unior forms were permi tted to decorate the hall for thc long awaited even t.

At abou t 8 p.m. the girls, accompa ni ed by their partners, began to arrive at the College where t hey were met by Mr. a nd Mrs. Shepherd. The ha ll looked very gay a nd colourful ; it had been decorated with streamers, balloons a nd flower' , w hich were very effective under the lights .

The dancing continued until 10.30 when a most delig h tful s upper was served which was enjoyed by all , especially our boarding friends. After supper, one or two more dances were squeezed in before the hands of the clock solemnly poin ted to 11.30 when it was time for us to depart.

I am sure t he dance was thoroughly enjoyed by a ll those who attended, a nd w ill a lways be remembered by the form mi tresses a nd girls in t he Junior form of 1959.

HOUSE CAPTAINS Troy : H . Don . H . D avey. Athens : J. West. N . Bedells .

PATSY AQUINO, 3C

Sparta : V. Grant-Smith , J . Smart . Rome : M . Cuthbe r tson . M . Jolly.

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COLLEGE SUNDAY This year College Sunday was on October 4 and as is customary

the Service was held at Wesley Church, Perth.

The Church wa>' filled with a large congregation of parents a nd ex-schola rs who joined together with th e s t lJden1. in s ing ing thc' firs t hymn: "0 Love of Goel, How Strong a nd Tr ue ."

The opening prayel was deliven~d by the president of the O.G.A. and the students of South Perth M.L.C .. who a" usua l joined us a t the service, recited Psalm 98. The old Tes tament Lesson, taken from I Samuel 17, was read by the captain of South P erth.

After the singing of the T'e Deum, the r eading of the second lesson , which was taken from Ephesia ns 6, was ma de by our school captain, H elen Don.

The school cho ir, ably conducted by Miss Jamieson , sang "Brother J am es' Air", a fter whi ch the College Chaplain led the congrega tion in prayer . During th e s inging of t he next hymn, the collect ion was taken up by the prefec ts. the proceeels to be donatee! to the Rice Bowl Appea l.

After another item by the choil ', Cl vel'y insp iring sermon was g iven by Dr. K. E. Mortimel" who is now at the Uni versity o f Western Austr a li a. Before coming to this State, Dr. Mor-timer and hi s w ife spent many years as miss ionaries in Ind ia , Africa a nel Indones ia.

This service was one of the most impl'ess ive ever helel , and I am sure this was felt by a ll those present.

HELEN McNAUGHT, 5A

ASSOCIATE PREFECTS

Back Row: M. Jones. H . Morcombe. J. Niven. S. J arvi s. L . M athews . Front Row: S. Chance . M. Jolly. K . Pat roni. J . Sm'lrt.

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SWIMMING SPORTS The annual swimming sports were held at the Claremont Baths

on February 27, which was considerably earlier than usual. There were 39 events and the a im this year was to cater for girls below the championship standard and to g ive them a n opportunity 01 partaking in the house competition.

The keen competitive sp irit and the general closeness of the scores throughout made it one of the most successful and exciting carnivals ever held. The final result was in doubt right up to the last race, where Troy gained the necessary four points to ensure a victory from Athens.

The final scores were: 1st, Troy- 137 points. 2nd, A thens- 133 points. 3rd, Sparta- 129 point~ .

4th, Rome-lOg points. Three members of the W.A. Diving Association gave a n ex­

hibition of diving which included some courageous work by the 11 year olel Robin Braelshaw from the high tower. The two seniol" members of the team, Mrs. Pra nce and Margarel Ann Johnson. very kindly consented to judge the divillg competition. Sue Pepper. Elizabeth Dri coli and Sandra Kelly were the winners of the under 14, under 16 and open diving events respectively.

The records for 30 yards freestyle and backstroke, 12 years and under, and the 55 yards free. tyle and backstroke, under 14 years , were broken by K. Mathews and G. Mounsey. Vivian MacauJay also broke the 55 yards breaststroke record in the open championship.

The champions of the sports werE': ­Open- Vivian MacauJay. Under 16- Elizabeth Driscoll. Under 14- Gail Mounsey.

SWIMMING

L. to r.: M. Jolly, V . M a c a ulay, P. Gra nt-Sm i th , H . Grionbly, G. Mounsey. E. Driscoll , M. Dundas ,

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The schools taking part in the inter-school relay were St. Hilda's, St. Mary's, P erth CoJlege and M .L.C., the winners of both sen ior and junior relRYs being St. Hilda's.

Part icul a r thanks should be given to Mr. Carter who was a most efficient starter, a nd to thE paJ'ents a nd members ot s taff who also helped to contribute to the excellently organised sports meeting.

MERRIL BULSTRODE a nd HELEN McNAUGHT, 5A .

ATHLETIC NOTES A number of m a jor amendments were m ade to this year's

Athletic Sports. The Barclay and Langsford House Sports were held on the moming of October 7. The competition between the Houses was very keen a nd very cl03e, a nd ma ny fin e r esults were achieved . Ka therine Mathews is specially to be commended on her outstand ing performa nce in winning t he Junior Championship. Cheryl Lewington being second. The high jump was a n even t of great interest amGng the juniors a nd was event Ucllly won by Cheryl Lewing ton with a jump of 4 fee t 2 inches.

The Scniu}" School were sched ul ed to beg in th e il' sport s in the a fternoon , but owing to adverse wea ther conditions , the meeting had to be pos tponed a fter t he march past, which wa won by Troy, in both Senior a nd Juniol' sections. On Friday, however , the whole school turned out in force, plus their masco ts, to cheer their Houses on to victory. To encourage competition a ncl to have a carry-over of a t hie! ics to future years, fi rst a nrl second div islOns were intro­duced into Championship events, thus eliminating the age g roups. Though this was ·.o!xlra worry fol' the HOllse officia ls , the idea was a n immedi a te success.

ATHLET ICS

Ba ck Ro w : M. Sippe, P . AnSlell . V . Ma ca ul"y . Front Row : W . Anqell. S. Chester. D . Pe"se .

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The weather was excellent and a number of records were broken. In the Open division. Helen Don threw the javelin a distance of 90 feet 2 V2 inches. smashing the previous re COl d of 69 feet. In the high jump, Vivienne Macaulay a nd Helen Don drew for first place each with a jump of 4 feet 7 % inches, Vivienne being awarded first place on a count bac!<. The gl'eatest number of records were broken in the Under 16 division where the competi tion wa the strongest. In the jumping evpnls, Shirley Chester won the hop, step and jump with a record of 32 feet. being closely followed by Diane Pearse who jumped 31 feet 10 inches. In the broad jump Diane Pearse and June WiIliams tied for first place with a leap of 15 feet. In the high jump Lois Tonldn broke the record with a height of 4 feet 6 % inches . In the running, Shirley Chester brcke the reclJrds for both the 100 yards a nd 75 yards, fir"t division.

The hurdles were lowered this year to 2 fee t 8 inches for sen iol's and 2 feet for juniors. As we now have our own hurdle th is event was run off much more easily and Diane Pearse now holds the record fol' the under 16 championsh ip, firs t division.

A t the end of the day, the final resu lts were announced. In totalling the scores Langsford House results were tal<en into account, a nd for the fifth time in uccession, Rome emerged triumphantly, closely folJowed by Troy, Athens and Sparta. The Open Champion was Vivienne Macaulay followed by Peta Angel!. Wendy Wright won th e seco nd division. Shirley Chester won the Under 16 clivi!>ion. Sue Red<:lift came first in the second division. In the Under 14 championships, Roslyn Edwards won by a very big mal'gi n from Healher Lamont.

Our warmest appreciation is extended to Mrs. Don who pl'esent­ed the trophie:; and to a ll mislres~es for the ir help and co-operation.

MARGARET CUTHBERTSON . 6B

"COLLEGIAN" COMMI TTEE Back Row: W . Stevenson . M. P ay ton. J. Gordon ( Ed i tor' ). B . Stokes.

B. Norr·ish. Front Row: M. Grooll1 . H . Scanlon. J. Kershaw. G. Kiddie. J. Rees.

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THE OPENING OF THE RECREATION HALL P erh a ps the mos t im portant fun ction of the 1959 sc hool year

for our Coll ege \'\ias the officia l opening, on the afternoon of October 22, of the new Recreation H a ll - a long cheri!;hed dream which has at last become a l·eality.

During t he afternoon, before t he actua l opening ceremony, visitors were a ble to inspect the new gymnas ium a nd patro:l ise the s ta ll s which were se t up in the grounds .

A t 1.45 p.m. thE:re was 8. clre!;sm aki ng parade: in t he old Assem bly H a ll in t he main schoo l block. T he garmen t pa:'aded ranged from sports clot hes to eveni ng cJ{Jthes a nd the models ranged from twelve years old to s ix t«?en years old. The comme(,tator WClS I-lelen McNaug h l.

Several c lassrooms wel'e used for exhi bitions of th e Langs­ford House g irls' sewing, sen ior a nd jun ior art, k ni LU ng, basketry a nd lea th erwol'k.

At 2.45 p.m ., we (the gir ls) assem bled in t he courtyard; [!'om there we proceeded to the p laces prov ided for us in front of the gymnasium . As we waited, t he offic ial party took its place. At 3 p.m. t he ceremony began.

The ceremony was opened by the s inging of the National An them, a hymn, "0 WOl's hip the K ing," a nd a prayer .

Mr. S hepherd welcomed t he Lord Mayor of P erth, Mr. Howard, the new P resident of t he Methodist Con fere nce, Reverend S. H. Saggers, a nd other m embers of the offic ia l party and told us about t he pl anning, fina ncing a nd bu ild ing of the Recreation H all .

Beginning wi t h men t ion of the inadequa te fac iliti es of t he old gymnasium situa ted on the cliff, which was convertpd in to ' add i-

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tional class rooms fou r years ago, Mr. Shepherd spoke of the difficulty in chou ing a suitable site for a new gymnasium. Tlw problem was to prevent blocking the view of t he school from Stirling Highway, yet for the building to be as close as possible to the main school block without the activities in the ha ll be ing a disturbing element.

Speaking of the nature o( the building, Mr. Shepherd told the gatherin g that at first only a small hall was contemplated. On re­viewing the various purposes it was hoped to erve, it was found that something bigger was desirable, as with the increasing numbers in the College the old hall was rapidly becoming in­adequate. Further , there was the growing problem of change rooms a nd the storage of sporting equipment . At this juncture Mr. Shepherd wished to extend grateful acknowledgement to the Education Departmen t, the F aculty of Education of the University of W.A ., Mr. Jones, Mr. Bosisto, Mr. Kovacs, 'portsm aster at Christchurch, Mr. Robertson of the Y.M.C.A., a nd our own sports­mistresses Miss J egus t a nd Miss Stevens, (or their valuable assist­ance in the initia l planning of the Ha ll.

As t he planning a nn buildIng progressed it was necessan to m ake a l tera tions to the basic project; Mr. Shepherd extended grateful thanks to the arch itects, Mr. Bennet a nd Miss Alien. fOl' t heir c()misten t courtesy a nd skill in interpreting the new icleas.

Thanks weJ'e also exended to Mr. R. Bosisto. the College Secretary, for the manner in which he has carried ou t the financi llg of the building, his untiring efforts a nd the amount o f time he has devoted to thl;' hu il ding.

In con ideri ng the equipmen t necessary it was found Lhat t here were a numbeJ' of articles which hitherto had not been con­sidered. Mr. S hepherd expressed thanks to Mr. J ones, Mr. Kovacs. Mr. Robertson, Miss Crawford of the University, Miss J oll , Mr. Norton of the P arents a nd Friends' Association, fo r their advice and efforts to obta in the correct equipment. The fin a ncing of this \Va<; undertaken for the Parents a nd F r iends' Assoc ia tion undel' Mr. Paterson in 1958 and Mr. Moyle in 1959.

Mr. S hepherd then spoke of the reorga nisation a nd im prove­ment of the playing fields and said that the first offi cial function in the haIJ would be the an nual school play, this year "Richard of Bordeaux," which was be ing presented on the 23rd a nd 25th of October.

In concluding, Mr. S hepherd referred to the Memorial Rose Garden which was to be pla nten at the Stirling Highway end of the Recreation Hall , presented by Mr. Eckersley to commemorate the services of a school carpenter, Mr. W . C. Henley- a deep and s incere tribute to a man who was "not ashamed to own his Lord or to defend His cause."

After the P r inci pal's address the choir sang a hymn, "Land of Our Birth." This was fo llowed by the Dedication Ceremony led by the Reverend S. H. Sagger -, a nd the Responsive Praver in w'1ich everyone present took part. Everyone stood for the Act o f Dedica­tion and the following prayer.

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This cerem ony was followed by the Lord Mayor's address and the official opening of the H al l. In his address, Mr. Howard ex­pressed his interest in m ovements for the provis ion o( sporting a nd recreational facilities for the youth of W.A. Glad thFlt t he new Hall was to be devoted to all forms of recreationa l art, Mr. H oward said this would g ive benefit in the broadest possible sense.

"I am very interested in sport," con ti nued Mr. H oward. "because I believe it is a bsolutely essentia l if we are to enjoy a bala nced outlook in life. Today there is increasing liberty a nd leisure in our you thful circles, more than ever before. These needs must be taken up ... we have got to no something a nd con­cen t t'ate as well on a hig h spir itu a l outlook." Mr. Howard con­s idered these aspects a nd problems were not fully recognised by families or civic organisations.

In concluding, Mr. H oward addressed the students assembled before him : "This building is being dedicated to your use. Regard it alway , every time you en ter, as a fitt ing agen t for the cultiv­ation of these things which malleI' m o t a nd al'e o f utmost import­a nce to your future welfare." He then opened the Hall a nd the offici a l party inspected the building.

A welcome afternoon tea followed the whole ceremony. The fare provided for the official party wa placed on a table in t he new ha ll. Other vi itors were served in the boarders' diningroom.

From 1he stails a nd th e a fternoon tea a pproximately £150 was made. T hese funds will be used for buying more equ ipment for t he new gymnasi um.

So a nother dream for t he improvemen t of our Coll ege ha become a reality. In the near future we hope for further improve­ment in the form nf a swimming DOOI. With a ll the s upport thal Methodist Ladies' Coll ege is being g iven we ha ve no doub ts t hat this dream will r a pidly become a reality.

GLENICE KIDDIE a nd LYNNE SULLIVAN, 6A

THE SCHOOL PLAY This )eal' it was decided that, instead of producing a comedy.

a play on a more serious theme would be presented. "Richa rd of Bordeaux" by Gordon Daviot is a (wo act play

relating the reign of the om what unsuccessful King Richard lI . T he play opens in the year 1385 in the Royal Pal ace of Westminster. Richard at th is t ime is a boy of ninc1 een years a nd has to rely !;rently upon his v('ry ambitious uncles for help in administrative dut ies. In 1389, after years of accept ing advice, Richa t'd insisted that he was of age a nd therefore had 1he r ig ht 10 share in the f!;OVern­ment of his country.

Richard was a pacifi ·t and detested ~var. Aftel ' YE-al'S of seeking peace w it h France he became more independent a nd ruthlessly cruel. He became autocl'a tic, l'evengeful a nd feared by his people.

Henry of Lancaster. whom Richard ha d exil ed, returned to E ngland a nd raised an army to oppose Richard. Henry produced. with assistance from other nobles, a deed of a bdica1 ion which Richarcl was forced to sign. The exac1 details of Richal cl" death are

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unknown, but he was sent to Pomfret Castle and was never seen again.

The theme of the play was effectively sad and the change in Richard's character from a fun and fashion loving boy to an earnest, dejected and broken-hearted man is very obvious. The death of Queen Anne is the turning point in the play. After this, Richard rejOlces in displaying his power, and brings about his own downfall.

Many thanks are due to Mrs. K eeley who produced the play with much enthusiasm, to Miss Sanderson for her hard work with costumes and to Miss Jeg ust, our most efficient stage manager.

The business arrangements were in the capable hands of Mrs. MaUhews.

I am sure that every member of the cast e njoyed presenting this play.

Roma Tonkin must be s[Jeciall y commended for her part a!> Thomas Mowbray which she accepted a week before the perform­ance. Our sympathies are with Roberta Spicer, who was una ble to take part owing to illness .

Cast (in order of appearance) :- Maudelyn, Bryony Norrish; First Page, Camille P erry ; Richard n , Sandra Chance; Anne of Bohemia, Heather Scanlon; Duke of Gloucester. Judith West ; Duke of Lancaster, Janette Smart; Sir Simon Burley, Janet Jones ; Duke of York, Merryl Bulstrode; Michael de la Pole, Penny Grant-Smith; E a rl of Arundel , Helen Wa kelam; Robert de Vere, Earl of Oxford , Rob in Burnett; Mary Bohull, Countess of Derby, Wendy Carr; Agnes La uncekron, J aqueline Davies; H enry, Ea)"] rJf Derby, Son of La n ­caster, Rosalind Phelan; Thomas Mowbray, Roma Tonkin; Sir John Montague, Robin Erickson; Edward , Earl of Rutla nd, Son of York, Catherine Squire; A waiting woman, P a nicia O'Reilly ; Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury, Megan Sutton ; Men in the street, Maureen Campbell. Margaret Pay ton. Thea Ladyman; Women in the street, Kerry Doust, Helen McNaught; Second Page, Meredith Day; Lord Derby's P age, J aqueline Rees; Doctor. Wendy Rudyard.

SANDRA CHANCE, 6B

BOARDERS' DANCE THE LONG AWAITED DAY

The long-awa ited day draws nig h, The g irls beg in to prophesy.

(Except for those who cannot find a da te to take, but have a ·'blind".

My partner has just got the 'flu, He cannot come, what shall I do?

Ring Scotch, Aquinas, Wesley, Ha le, P 2rhaps invite some Uni. m a le?

Maybe Ian, or possibly Rod? Each of them is a decent ··bod."

We may not creep, or stand in a trance, We hope our date knows how to dance!

So as the longed-for day approaches, His daughter to dance a fa ther coaches.

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The long-awa ited day unives, Our homes a re busy as beehives ..

Dresse:;; pressed and ' hoes cleaned, H a ir was hed a nd new s tyl e preened.

Seven-thi ety, the cloOl'-bell rings, I hUITY to do my last few things.

A g la nce in the mirl'Ol', my li pstick's on. My seams are straight, now le t 's begone.

The car-ride's short , we're at the dance, Just see how a ll the coupl es prance.

Ovel' there, where the fl ash -bulb pops The photographer waits while a coupl e s tops .

At ten-1 hirty, when SUppCl' begins, Over many faces pJ"eact wirle gJ"ins .

Supper is ovel', the music resumes, Feet a re lagg ing a nd time zooms.

The m edley starts, the music s lows, oon we'll be leav ing with our' beaux.

The long-awa ited clay is past. I wonder how it we nt so fast.

D ecemb 1', 1959

T he memory will linger, though the e nchantment 's dead, Its image wi ll remain, ever in my head.

The mus ic a nd the decora t ions, Together with the pJ"epal'a tions

All serve to bring to ,mnd One g lad ev('ning left behi nd,

The photographs have just arrivect . Now I wonder how I contl' ived

To get that look upon my face, I didn't kno\\ tha t. frock s grew lace'

That da nce i ' over, but th et'e's next yea l"" To anticipate w ith loves a nd fears.

BRYONY NORRISH ROBIN ERICKSON, :l A

THE NEW GYMNASIUM When I first came to M.L.C. the gymnasium, as the building

was called, was an open fronted affa ir with som e wall bars a nd a horse, a nd som e otheJ" misce llaneous equipment. There was a lso a piano which had seen better days. A few years ago this building was convertecl in to two c lassrooms a nd s ince then t here ha" been no room for physical training a nd wet-day activ ity.

This situation has s ince been remedied as the College Count:il agreed on building a new gym, whi ch g rew daily under our admiring gazes.

It a ll began when the bulldozel' came in on the 8th March a nd work commenced. One of the big lemon ~ums had to go a nd also the big hedge which seemed so much part of the g rounds, As the walls rose WE' were amazed b~ ' the s ize and th e fi ni sl ,ed building is woncledul.

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It is 77f t. x 40ft. in t he ma in fl oo r space w ith ; 1 ,; tage dep th of 20f t. wi th a proscenium open ing of 25ft.

The front wa ll is g lass, with a fin e w ire mesh. The ceiling is in blackbutt a nd has been left in the na tura l colou r, and has acous tic materia l above to lessen the noise. T he floor has been covered wi th a hard plastic coating a nd is non-slippery.

Overlooking the ma in ha ll is t he mistr esfes' ba lcony opening into the ir office a nd cha nge rooms.

T here is much new equi pm en t on order a nd some of this h as a lready a rrived. O n the opening day, 22nd Oc tober, a display was g iven by Mrs. J olI , a lso a demonstr a tion badminton ma tch . Two badminton cour ts can be fi tted a nd a lthough a li t tle s hort w ill s till be used to great advantage.

T here are two cha nge rooms under t he stage a nd these are eq uipped with showers . There are a lso big s torage spaces for sporting cquipmen l.

T he firs t socia l even t, held in t he gym wus the School Play, " Richa rd of Bordeaux" on the 23rd a nd 24th October. At the end uf t he yea!' we hope to ho ld t he P r'e fects ' Da nce in t here.

J UDY W AL KER, 6A lVIA RL E NE ST OKES. 3B

OUR PIONEERING CLASS O UI' 2nd Commercia l F orm, consis ting of eighteen Sub­

Juniors, may go down in the his tory of M.L.e. as a pioneering class. T he definiti on of a pioneer is "one who prepares the way for

o thers to follow," a nd as fa r as we know this is the first time that a class a t M.L .C. has been tr a ined in commercial subjects. Unlike most pioneers, however, we did not have a struggle at the beginning. All our equipmen t is suppli ed by the Coll ege, a nd we have expert tu ition.

Instead of the usual schoo l desk~, our room has nine specially made tables each of w hich is long e noug h fo r t hree typewriter s in ac tion. When not in use the m achines, our pride a nd t he envy of many non-commercia ls, are kep t cevered in "pigeon holes" which form a sma ll cupboard a bout t h ree feet hig h , extend ing a long one side of the room. Agains t t he wall on the oppos ite s ide are steel lockers for our boo ks.

Scripture, E nglish, Arithme tic, Socia l Studies, Typewriting a nd H ome Science are su bjects which we all s tudy. A lt ernative courses are S hortha nd, Book-keeping or P hys iology a nd H ygiene, Art or Pottery. Of course, we a lso have periods fo r s port , s ing ing a nd library.

Perhap~ OUI' favouri te subjec t has been Typew r it ing, because the com ple tion of a page of perfec t wo rk g ives each g ir l a feel ing of havi ng accomplished som eth ing really worth w hil e. Tou(;h typing is not as easy as it may seem to those w ho can "type w ith one finger. " Grea t concen tr at ion a nd careful finger cont ro l are neces­~ary, a nd a perfec t copy can give a satisfy ing sense of achie~emen t.

We hope th at t his pionee:r ing class of OUI'S has proved itself sufficiently wor thy to be incl uded in the Second Year classes of futu re yea rs.

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POTTERY This year as a pioneer class the g irls of Second Commercial.

who don't take art, have beel1 fortunate in being able to take Pottery as a subject. We learn this craft from Mrs. Crowe, every Tuesday for three periods . We have a s pecia l room vhich is used for Pottery. Clay is worked up a nd put through a pug-mill before i t comes to us to use in clas.; to ma ke something worth while. We first started off by making pinch bowls. The clay is firstly wedged. It is thrown down on a wedging table several limes, to remove the air bubbles. If t he a ir bubbles are not ta ken out, the article would blow up in the kiln. \iI[hen we have wedged the clay s uffiCien tl y we work it into the desired shape. To ensure a smooth s urface, we rub it over with slip which is clay a nd wa ter, this will a lso r emove a ny cracks that m ay be in the ar ticle. The bowl is then left to dry for a pproximately ten days. It is then taken home by Mrs. Crowe to be fired. The work is fired in a kiln, which is like a very hot oven. It is left to be fired for twelve to s ixteen hours until i t reaches a temperature of 1l00° C. a nd then it is left to cool for about 24 hoUt's and then bl'oug ht bac k to school. The article is then dipped in water for a second or two, a nd then painted a nd g lazed a nd taken back to be fired agaIn . Glaze g ive the ar ticle a shiny and smooth surface and makes it waterproof. When th e ar tic le i;, fired for the second time af ter g laz ing, it comes out of the kiln with a g lass-like covering.

Some of the things we have made this year are toby jugs. plates, brooches, orna ments a nd other useful ar ticles for the house.

When the kiln is being fired it is necessary to watch .t c losely at regular intervals, until it reaches t he desired temperature.

We are pleased to say that we now have our own pottery kiln at the school a nd hope to learn how to use i t soon.

This term Mrs. Crowe very kindly invited us to her place to see the kiln a nd the Potter's Wheel. We left the school on Tuesday morning so as to arrive at t he time school commenced. On arriva l Mrs. Crowe met us and showed us to a room where there was t he kiln and the wheel. W e firstly looked at the kiln, it is a large silver box. The walls are very thick to keep the heat in . It has a door on the front which can be opened but not while firing . On front of the door is a very sm a ll hole that you look th rough to see that everything is a lr ight. After we had looked over the kiln in detail we then were very CUt'jou abou t the wheel. Mrs. Cl'Owe gave us a demonstration firstly, a n d then each g irl had her turn. We found this very excit ing a nd interesting. I'm sure we all enjoyed ourse lves with MI's. Crowe Rnd it wa. really Cl wonderful experi ence to use a Potter's Wheel.

We should like to thank Mrs. Crowe for her understanding help , and for a llowing us to use her wheel.

:vJERLE FLAVEL & LYN WHISSON. :2 Corn .

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COUNCIL On August 10 the girls of Second Commercial F orm a nd Mrs.

Forrestal had t he pleasure of attending a meeting at the Claremon t Muni('ipal Council. T he m ee tings a re held fortnigh tly on Monday nights. W e arrived there abou t twen ty past seven . All members a nd vis it ors had to be seated at twen ty f ive past seven. Ml·. B l'own, the Town ClE'rk showed us in. Around t he room there are large photos of previous mem bers of the Council. Th is, I though t, m ade the room look busines like. W e were then shown to our seats .

T hir teen m embers a t tend the meeti ngs, the Mayol', Town Clerk, Assistan t Town Clerk , Building S urveyor a nd nine Councillor. On the nigh t w hen we were there, t h ree Councillors were unable to attend, so they sen t their apologies. We wer e seated opposite the Councillors. Th e meeting started at ha lf past seven. First of a ll they welcomed us to Lhe meeting. Then we were introduced to t he mem bers of th e Council. Each mem ber addressed the Mayor by calling h im "M·r. Mayor". The Councillors were spoken of as "Councillor," a nd t hen the sur na me fo llowed. T hey first dea lt w ith problems of cor respondence, pla ns a nd other bus iness concerned with t he Suburb. Som e people wrote in a nd asked fo r dona ti ons. T he Town Clerk r ead ou t each letter to the m em bers before the matter was discussed. T he Mayor may as k a ny of t he Councillors what they t hink a bou t it . T he Mayor in most cases has fi rst say T he Assis ta n t Town Clerk ta kes down differen t points t hat have been said d ur ing t he even ing. T here were also invitations to d iffer­en t meetmgs . O ne of the Counc illors is a buil der in privatE' l ife, so if a nything came up about buil d ings, he would k now much more abou t t he matter.

T he Counc illors a nd the MayoI' are not paid for doing the dif­fere n t th ings t hat need attending to. The Town Clerk, Ass istan t Town Clerk a nd B uilding S U1'veyor are paid by the Counci l to do this task. Each subject was most interesting a nd I am su re that we a ll cam e home w ith much clearel' minds of w hat Loca l Govern­men t is a bou t. If you have a cha nce t o attend one of t hese meeting'>, take t he opportunit y, a I can a'5Sure you it is most interesting. Before we left the meeting the F orm Capt"a in t ha nked the Cou ncil on beha lf of the g irls a nrl Mrs . Forrestal.

UNIFORM NOTES FOR 1960 A new Gymnas ium ou t fi t is to com e into use next yeaI'. T his

resembles t he Spor ts t unic in colou r but is made like a playsu!t wit h elastic in t he legs.

This is to be used for P hys ica l Tra ini ng lessons in t he gym­nasium, a nd fO l' Athlet ics. The Sports t uni c is retained for sports­hockey, basketba ll , softball , etc.

All summer hats in fu t ure are to be worn t urned down all l'ound.

The bottle -green ra incoat is com pulsory. Boarders must wear the regulation gaberd ine coat, bu t day g ir ls may s ubstitute a green mackintosh ( non-p las tic).

Blouses w it h fused collars are permi tted, a nd encouraged for senior g ir ls. but sh irts m ust not he worn as blouses.

Th{' Ch oir' photogra ph ed olltsid{' WesJe:v Churc- h on the oeeas ioJl of R arhar a Jon{'s' w edding.

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CLUB NOTES CHOIR

At the beginning of the year Miss J am ieson took up the positiun of choir mistress and ince her arrh'a l we, the members of the choir, have been extremely busy.

Early in first term the choi r was invited to s ing at the wedding of Miss BarbaI'a Jones, a n ex-schola l' uf M.L.e. We sang "Hdi l to the Bride" a nd "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring." Later in the te \'l11 we sang at the Boarders' Service in the Claremont Methodist church a nd in the Festival of Perth. At this lat te l' Festival, the Langsford House choir sang "Bessie the Black Cat" a nd "Boot, Saddle to Horse and Away" a nd were _ uccessful in ga ining third place in their division. They al 0 sang the sam e items at their concert together with "Eal'l" One Morning" a nd "Lull aby" by Brahms.

In second term the Senior Choir pnu.: tised th~ hymns aI,rl psalm for College Sunday which was held at Wesley Chul'ch , Perth at th<:: beginning of third term . We a lso practised var ious songs for a broadea. t.

Third term is the bu iest of a ll the terms for the choil·. At the moment we are practising for the Overseas Mission ervice, the opening ceremony of the new Recr eationa l Hall, peech Night a nd the Carol Service.

On behalf of t he Choil' we would like to thank Miss Jamieson a nd our pianist, Mis Conway, for theil' excellent work in making this :-:eClI ' so enjoyable for t he members .

KA Y NI CHOLLS. HIB

THE DRESSMAKING CLUB On Octobel' 22, the opening day lor the new gymnasIum, a

fashion parade was held in t he hall. This parade is held an nua lly by the g irls of the dressma king classes. All t he clothes modell ed are made by the g irls, who are instr'ucted by the Teachers from the S tanley Schoo l of Dressmaking.

There are two classes , one on Tuesday a fternoon. the othel ' on Wedne day afternoon.

The g irls are taught how to dnll't palterns a nd cut them out, a nd can therefore make any design th ey wish . While som e girls like to make the latest designs such as ha rem, tr'apeze lines 01'

hig h wai ts, others prefer gathered 01' p leated sk irts with a plain bodice; pyjamas, housecoats or playsuit ·. There are Cl number of extremely attractive blouses made a lso, t he majority being long s leeved with a wide coll ar.

There are numerous types of materials appearing in the classe including cottons , poplin . linen, ny lon, atin, broca'l:le, taffeta a nd wool. The multitude of colours and designs ra nge from pastel shades to bright reds, oranges a nd greens . Floral cottons are very popular for pyjamas and housecoat. The lates t sa tin-finished

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cottons with either pa isley prints or flor a ls on a white background a re favoUl'ed by m any g irls.

A number of gi rls busy themselves with party froc ks a nd m ore formal dresses, especia lly when ther e is a school dance in the near fu ture. T he popular des igns <Ire full skir ts fitted a t the wa ist w ith princess- line bodices or harem skirts gathered at the waist, the bodice fit ted with a boat-shaped neckline a nd tiny se t-in sleeves .

Some extremely attractive summer dresses have been m ade. Looking very cr isp a nd cool is a candy-s triped a fternoon dress . White, in a pla in gathered skirt a nd fitted bodice, a lso appears refreshingly neat.

In second term a numbcr of very smart win ter d res 'es a nd skirts were made.

The dressma king club has been a n outstand ing s uccess this year as it has been in previous years. I would like to t ha nk on behalf of a ll t he members of t he club t he instructors of the Stanley School of Dressma king for t he excellent tuition we have received.

GWEN J ONES, V A

POTTERY On behalf of t he members of the Pottery Club I would like to

express my thanks to Mrs . Crowe for her helpful advice a nd gui dance throughou t the year.

The clay used for the various articles we have comple ted in the past terms has been either provided by the school or brough t from t he properties of so me I)f the g b' ls. S uch objects we have con­structed are punch bowls, modelled figures, Toby jugs, salt and pepper shakers, crocus bowls, ash t rays, a nd figures fro m press moulds.

Any of the above mention ed ar ticles must go th rough these various stages befor e it can be r ecognised as completed. Fi rstly the clay must be wedged until no a ir buhbles a re v isible when it is cut. Acciden ts will occur dur ing the fi r ing if the clay is insuffic iently wedged. After undergoing a drying process, the a r t icle is "fired" in the biscuit oven, "biscui t ware" being the nam e g iven to the a r ticles a fter the first firing . The " biscuit ware" is pa in ted in various designs a nd t hen is g lazed. Next it is r e fired in the k iln which is the fin a l process ancl the art icle emerges com ple te.

V ALE RIE P ATSOY ANNIS . V A

FLORAL ART AND LEATHER CRAFT T he yea r opened wi th about sixteen g irls joining the F loral At·t

Club. O n the f irs t day we ma dc s houlder sprays a nd pos ies for trays.

Becom ing more a m bitiou. we made decorations for en t rance halls, waiting rooms a nd larger ha lls. Later, we collected driftwood for con temporary art. One of the outstanding decora tions was a small sapphire blue vase, having drif twood and climbing ivy at tached to i t . Autumn, a lso was not for gotten, as it prov ided us with the very attractive virg inia creeper. Dead Art gave us much fun , collec ting a nd converti ng nu ts, r eeds a nd old br anches into in triguing and colourful bowls.

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This club was replaced by a grea ter dema nd for lea ther cra ft. We m ade use ful a nd unusua l a r t icle a mong w hich wel'e: kni tt ing bags, belts, moccasins, t elephone book covers, book ma rkers, luggage la bels, key rings a nd purses o f a ll ciescrilJtions: even sma ll ones fol' the threepence on Sundays,

Embossing orig ina l des ig ns gave a n added interest, a nd we a lso co loured a few a rtic les, (We hope wc d ici not spill too much Raven Oil on the benches,)

I g uess, however, we are no t very popula r w ith th e choil', a:" we of ten provide compe tition ha mmering fas tene rs int o purses a nd wall e ts.

I am quite s ure wc coul d no t have do ne so much 0 1' experienced 'uch a ha ppy lime had it not been fo r the unfa iling enthusiasm o r M iss Sanderson, our teachel'.

J ENNlFE R SINCLAIR. VA

THE PRINTING CLUB Our pl'inting club whi ch is organised by M rs . Murgan is vel'Y

in teres ting . We learn how to ma ke lino cuts, from w hich we m a ke prints usm g either pr inter 's ink 0 1' pos tel' pa int. T he most im portant thing learnt in the clu b is th e se tting of type a nd th e oper'a t ion of the school pr ?'>S , T his year our ma in projec ts we re the printmg of the tickets for the La ngsford Hou e D isp lay a nci t he senior schoo l '~ play, "Richard o f Bordeaux," Ther e is a great deal to be learnt a nd a lot of pa ti ence is needed to set type an d operate the press s uccessfull y,

At the e nd of second term , we vis ited P aterson Bl'okensha P ty, Ltd , pr inting laf' tOl 'Y a nd each :,::i rl m ade hf'r own Il ame on H

linotype m achine, T his was quite s impl e as it is , imil at' to typing . Some things of inte rest wc saw were s pecia l type be ing made C1 nd se t fOl ha nd bills awl [Jrogl'ammes, magaz ines a nd colou red illus tra ti ons be ing print ed a mi papel' be ing cut to s ize ,'1 ncl s tapled.

DIANNE BA RRlE , l C

THE FIRST AID CLUB The Firs t Aid Club com menced fO!' t he fi rs t time thiS year, UncleI' the keen superv ision of S is ter Rayworth the clu b wa~

g iven a good s ta rt. E ach week we e ither s tudi ed theoretical work. or spen t t he a fternoon app lying ba ndages a nd slings to the supposed cuts a nd breakages on our par tn ers,

T owa rds t11C' e nd of each t t' rm examina lion~ have bce n he ld ao, the ma rks from these are necessary for t he I'esult s of the fin a l exam at the end of t he yea I', On Novem ber 3 examiners from the Royal P erth H os pita l exami ned us on our ora l a nd practica l work, a nd g irls s uccessful in passi ng eac h will hold a First Aid Cer t ificate,

I n send ing a li st of lhe marks att a ined in the Firs t Ai d Exam­ina tion, Mr, Hilton, secreta ry of t he St. J ohn Ambul a nce Assoc ia ­tion, made the following commen t:-

"You will see by t he mark ings that t he gi1'ls acqui red a n ex­cell e nt knowl edge of Firs t Aid whi eh mus t obvious ly re fl ect on the

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ability of the tutor, Si ter M. Rayworth. The Matron certainly im­parted the knowledge very well for the girls to have done so weil in the examination and on behalf of the St. John Ambulance Asso­ciation I would like her to be commended."

Possible Marks 120 Judy Wetters Barbara Walker Margo Edwards June Young Lesley Richardson Adele Sorenson CUlian Watts Elizabeth Sutherland Lois Tonkin Helen Laing Margaret Burbage Lexie Cameron Marlene Jones Beverley Harris Camille Perry

116 Katherine Hales 116 June WiIliams 115 Shirley Chester 114 Jeanette McLean 113 Rosalie Hart 113 Wendy Angel 113 Kaye Halbert 112 JiIl Stewart 112 Maureen Campbell 111 Helen Ward 111 Kerry Doust 111 Helen Os born 110 Faith Manning 110 Cheryl Cook 110

KERRY DOUST MAUREEN CAMPBELL, VB

PUPPETRY CLUB

108 107 107 107 105 103 103 102 102 100 100

98 97 92

Thi:; year the puppetry club was conduct ed on the bClCk lawn outside the ID classroom.

Under the supervision of Miss Jegust we have constructed numerous puppet charactel's and ha ve found this an absorbing a nd interesting pastime.

Firstly, using plasticine, t he head of the puppet is moulded into a suitable form. Next. papier-mache is glued onto these moulds and left to harden. The plasticine is then prised out this g iving a hollow, hard papier-mache head form. A small piece of wood is fixed onto the back of the head, into which screws are placed. Strings are later fastened onto these screws which enables us to work the puppet. The back of the head is stuffed with paper. then covered with papier-mache.

The body of the puppet is made from materiCl I which has been sewn togelhel' and stuffed. Into spaces which are left for the neck, arms and legs, curtain rings are sewn. The legs and arms, which consist of small wooden pieces, are loosely fixed together by string . They are then attached by leather straps to the appropria te curtain rings. The heans a re then painted.

At present we are busy learning scripts fOI' the play "Alk:e In Wonderland" whic!1 is being produced for the end of the yea I'.

The club wishes to take this opportunity to thank sincerelv our mistress, Miss Jegust, fol' the help she has g iven ClS thl'oughou"t the year. I am sure all members of the Puppetry Club have found it most informative and enjoyable.

ROSL YN EDW ARDS, lE

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THE WILD LIFE CLUB This year we have been on two m a in excurs ions. During first

term of this year the Wild Life Cl ub visited the Perth Town Hall to see the Water Life Show. There we aw many unusual fis h, incl uding Siamese Fighting Fish which wet'e very vivid in colou r . Al~o there were many types of goldfish . a few gilgie and a blow­fish. Films were being hown but most of our g irls had to leave before they star ted .

In second term we went on a nother excurs ion to Butler's 'wamp. The excursion wa!> held after the May holidays. All the g irls

wore their gym tunics a nd sandshoes. Although there wasn't much to catch or see. as it wa;; the wrong season, we saw some b la ck swans a nd water hens. A few toadstools were found a nd about thirty ga mbus ia fish were caught. To finish the day off properly Toni Rees fe ll in, getting wet up to her wai t.

The Tuesday before Arbor Day we went to have a look at the Ire s w hich were p la n ted during the May holidays.

On wet days we have talks abou t Australia n a nima ls, insect · or shells, which have heen prepared individually by t he club members.

On the shelves in t he laboratory there a re quite a number of jars of all s izes which conta in sm a ll a nima ls a nd insects preserved in m ethylated spiri ts a nd formalin. Most of these have been broug ht by m embers of the biology classes or g irls who belong to t he Wild Life Club.

All the gi rls have been down the cliff quite often to collect bamboos a nd to look for insects a nd other things of interest. The bamboos were collected for a shade house w hich was buil t near th e laboratory for the use of the Biology classes.

Some days we go on scavenger hunts a nd have to find various !:Irticles such a a feather. a beetle, a spide r a nd a compound leaf.

We would like to take this opportuni ty to thank Mrs. Row­botham , the mistress in charge of our c lub, for her int eresting in. truc tion w hi ch has m ade this year a n enjoya ble one for us.

J ANICE LUMMIS. IIB

LIBRARY CLUB NOTES T his year has been a n extrem ely 5uccessful one itll' 'Jur libral·Y.

with nearly three hundred new books included. We would like to tak e this opportuni ty to expre s our tha nks to t he O ld Girls' Association for a g ift of £50; J acky a nd Toni Rees 120; a nd three wonderful American children's boo ks from Mrs. Davis Rein who is a n ex-scholar.

In the past five years. over two thousand new books have been added, building up the reference sec tions for History a nd English. The Senior School m a kes exten ive use of both t hese sections " nn we thank Mr . CampbeJi for cho()s ing th.~se bo(,ks.

THE GERTRrOE WALTO]\"" MEMORIAL LIBRARY

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The Junior and Fiction sections are also in extensive demand especially by the younger g irls, and books from these shelves seem very well read indeed judging by the pile of men dint; (hat accumu­lates in the work room.

Our club this year has consisted mainly of senior g irls and on behalf of them all, I would like to thank Mrs. Campbell for her help and encouragement.

JUDY WALKER, VIA

THE FOLK DANCING CLUB This year the Folk Dancing Club was once again supervised

by MI's. Moore,. At the b2ginning o[ the year, Mrs. Rudeforth played the piano [or us but, as she was unab le to come every Tuesuay. Mr. Shepherd asked K ay SolomOil to play [01 ' our danc2s. The club is held al Barclay House,

Mrs. Moore has taught U~ num 2rous kinds of da nce. including "The Ace of Spades," "Rufty Tufty," "The Mountain March," "If All the World were Paper," and "The Black Nag." Under Mrs. Moore's patient and cheerful coaching we have mastered the art of various Country Dances and we ;luve definitely all improved as the year has gone by. I hope th a t in the future we wi ll remember the many da nces we have learnt.

On behalf of all. the girls in the Folk DanCing Club 1 would like to take this opportunity to thank Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Rudeforth a nd Kay Solomon for the most enjoyable year which they have provided for us.

FRANCES BINNEY, lA

THE BASKETWORK CLUB This year th e Baske twork Cluh has been very active' and every

member h:'ls made Cl large variety of mode'\s. At (he b2g inning or the year each g irl made a small fruit

bowl. Although we were confined to the one object, nevertheless we were a llowed to use a numbe r of our original ideas which resulted in many gay and int eresting bowls. Our imaginative scope was further broadened with our next models which were va rious types of trays. While some g irls preferred I"ectangular shaped hases others chose round or oval bases. Most ot t he weav­ing was done in a pattern Known a, "whaling". Three strands of cane are used in this method.

We were a llowed to choose what Wf' would like to ma ke [or our next model. Most of us made eithe l' a sewing basket or a waste-paper basket. To brighten the cane work we used coloured plastics as well. These were done in Cont inental style weaving. Other girls decided to make pot-plant containers. They used plastic-coated cane which a lthough it is ra th er ex~ensivc' is ex­t r emely attractive.

At the moment, a number o[ us are making flower baskets. We agai n used the "Wha ling" method. These flower baskets have a base of approximately four inches in diameter and when com­pleted , ta nd almost e ighteen in c h e~ high .

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I would like to take this opportunity to thank, on behalf of the members of the club, Mrs . Edwards and Mrs. Va n Wyck for their great patience a nd extremely valuable a nd he lpful advice. I am sure every girl has thoroughly enjoyed our successfu l yeal ' a nd that they have ga ined much ex perie nce in this int.e res t ing and constructive hobby.

BARBARA VINCENT, HA

CONTINENTAL BASKETWORK This io: a very inter esting hobby. There are many things which

we are a ble to make including for ins ta nce, drinking coasters, pot plant s t a nds, lamp s hades a nd trays.

Surrounding the tops, many attract i\"e Qdges m ay be done. Coloured plas tic woven between th e ca ne makes the object much brighter in appearance. Also coloured transfers add to t"he appeal'­ance a lthoug h a large transfer may a ppear overdone.

A colourless Liquid ma~ be obtained to v~~rn ish th (' ca ne a nd the base. Two c().1lings are gc"ner81ly s uffi cient .:tnd help g reat l~ to g ive the cane a g lossy finish.

There are m any differen t types or plastics rang ing from a vel")" line round plastiC to a co loured tubing which m ay be cu t into quarte r inch pieces a nd threaded onto the cane. Ther e is a lso a flat plastic cane which can be used for weaving. This looks ex­tremely attractive if i t is done with two or' more different coloured canes. This is mainly used in making pot plant stands , scone trays a nd sandwi ch trays.

On beha lf of the g irl s in this dass I would like to thank Miss Wheeler for her he lp in making it a vel'y interesting year.

WENDY COLE MAN . He'

THE DRAMA CLUB This year the 1)1"3ma Club was succes"f"ully run by Mrs. Waddy. We began the year with theory work. Mrs. Waddy taught u S

such m atters as how acting a nd drama originated a nd the different types of plays which exist. Aftel' learning that "acting is a n art to conceal a n ar t ," we commenced on some prac tica l work. The girl s were instructed how to speak flu ently a nd walk correc tly on the stage. We practised thi. continua lly by acting shal' l plays ann imaginary scenes.

On Shakespeare Day, which was held in 'c (;ond term . our rlu!. prod uced two ac ts from "Julius Caesrll'." The rema inder of the term was taken up WIth concentrating all the various movements 01 hands a nd arm s as IVell as the ar t of s itting a nd walking.

Towards t he end of the term we studied the differen t rnoocb and how to interpre t and expr ess them. on the s tage. We a lso had a tape recording m ade of our individual voices as we read oul adver tisements. Much m elTiment r esulted when the r ecordings were played back to us.

Third term was spent mainly concentra ting on a Nativity Pla~' which was produced on Carol Night a t. the e nd of the year.

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'With such a n enjoyable a nd s uccessful yea l' behind us, wc s incerely express our thanks to Mrs. W addy for the time a nd patience sh e has devoted to the club.

ROBIN ERICKSON, VA WENDY CARR. V A

THE KNITTING CLUB T he Knitting Club has on1y recently been started a nd has

nineteen mem bers at the moment. Girls a re knitting things such as cardiga ns, jumpers. dolls

clothes , stoles, cushion covers, a nd m a ny other a rticles. Mrs. H a nsley, who introducerl this club, helps us wnen necessary

a net corrects a ny mistakes m ade w hen we cannot do so ourselves. Som e of t he girls have attempted to knit doyleys o f a foreig n

pattern , w it h Mrs. Ha nsley's help. Others have learnt lo make a type of woollen cord suitable to attach to cushion covers, or round the hemline of rope petticoats.

Some g irls have been taught by Mrs . Ha ns ley to knit t he E uropean way, which was quit e complicatecl to us a t fi r st, but is now quite ea.;;y.

The Kni t ting Club has been very helpfuL a nd use ful tu us a ll this yea r, and we should like to tha nk Mrs . H a nsley fOI' her time a nd patience.

A. MANNING, lIB

JUNIOR DEBATING NOTES Debating in the Junior Club this year has proved a very in ter­

esting a nrl entertai ning pastime. The subjec ts of the debatf!s ranged from " The System of Government in Russia" a nd "Nuclear Tests" to the less serious subject that "Marbles should be made a n inter­school sport." Besides these club debates we had several intel'­school debates aga ins t St. Hilda's, PL.C .. Perth Collcge, Guildford and Scotch .

We are a ll very grate ful to Miss Carter for g iving us her help and tuition. W e did not, by a ny means, win a ll our inter-school debates, but undau nted we are quitf' pY'epared to cha llenge other schools next year.

JENNY KERR, IlIA

THE BOARDERS' FELLOWSHIP In 1956 at the req uest of a number ,of g irls, it was decided to

hold a voluntary fellowship m eeting every Wednesday ni gh t. Since that time we have held t his m eeting r eg ularly.

The a im of the fellowship has been to cha lle nge each girl tu the cht' is ti a n life, 10 g ive each girl an o{)portun ity to expl'ess her faith a nd to gain a grea ter understandi ng of t he Chr istia n Fai th .

The m eetings are varied, taking the form o f favourite hymn sing ing , Bible studies, question time, re lig ious recordings a nd films , as well as talks from v isiting speakers w ho have come from all walks of life. Members o f the F ellowship a re encouraged t o participa te.

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In connection with the Boarder-s' Fellowship we have held a camp every year which has been enjoyed by all who have attended. This year we held our camp at the Crippled Children's Holiday Home at Rockingham.

I would like to take this opportunity of expressing everyone's thanks to Mr. Shepherd and Miss Nelson for a ll they ha ve clone for the Fellowship.

PAT HARRIS, VB

THE SCHOOL FELLOWSHIP When the F ellowship resumed at the beginning of the year the

Billy Graham Crusade was soon to become a reality . With this in mind it was decided to begin a Prayer Meeting. Prayer is one of the most necessary constituents o f a Christian's or Christian body's life. Some students with Miss Nelson had for a long time wanted to start one. They decided that this new active interest in the Crusade was what was necessary to foster interes t and participation in it. So for the whole of the year the Prayer Meeting has met on Wednesday mornings in Miss Hill 's room. The attendance has not been great but we pray that in years to come this meeting will become what it should be, a vital part of the school's Christian Witness.

The Cl'usade did have Cl grea t effec t on us a ll a nd a number 01 new members have he lped greatly in the witness of the fellowship. It gave us all a new vision of the power of Goel and the power of prayer.

The Boarders held their Fellows hip camp at Rockingham dur­ing the second weekend of the tel'm. Many more day girls than previously attended. Rev. A. Green was the speaker. He, his wife a nd children s tayed with us for the weekend.

The witness of the Green family impressed a ll :Jar ticipants at the camp and I'm s ure it will be a long time before we forget what a Christian familY really can be like when Christ is its centre.

Throug h the first and second terms the fe llowship meetings were addressed by visiting speakers. Then in third term we have had study groups.

Altogether this year has been one fu ll of ac ti vlti e-.. We art' deeply grateful to Miss Nelson for her guidance durin!! t he year and to Glenis Herbe!'t and Rosly n Long for their accompa niment on the piano. Those of us who are leaving the fellowship of the school wish the best to those who will carry on the school fellow­sh ip which is such a necessary part of this Christian school.

H. MORCOMBE. VIB

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Barclay House new s tar ts In Grl:l rl e I. Our younger mem bers a re both indigna nt a nd hurt if r eferred to as being in the Kinder­garten, even though they a re not a ll a t the same level.

We wer e very happy to w{' lcome Atha nac, who came from M.L.C. Melbourne, Cyn thi a, Georg ina, J eanie, Mary and Julie, who returned to the North-West at the end of the f il's l term. Cla ire came a t the beginning of the middle term a nd Kalhe rine i" our mos t recen t m ember .

F or the fi rst t ime the Barcll:lY House g irls have been pu t into the four School H ouses- Athen , Rome, S parta a nd T ray. There was gr ea t excitem en t about this, especia lly as we go t our' gr een, red, yellow 01' blue g ird le . We a ll enjoy wearing th em on spl' rls day, twice a week.

We have been wor king ha rd a ll through t he year . A number of exciting t hings have been happening to us. On lhe

las t day of the fi rst term , Mr. Shepherd s uggested a vis it to the Gertrude Wa lton Memoria l Libra ry . We walked up quie tly, had a good look a round, and saw the river from the big windows. We looked at ma ny books conta ining beau t iful pic tures . Talking of books, we were thr ill ed wi th the ones added to our own library in May.

A t t he end of the second tel'ffi the Ba l'clay House g il"ls, who learn ballet, took pa l't in t.he ba ll e t section of t he Langsford House Concert. We were very pleased to see how pretty they looked in t he ir costumes.

Early in Oc tobEl' we joined with La ngs for d House to have our own spor ts . This meant we had ma ny m ore races th an befOl·e.

One day during th e firs t. term we watched a bulldozel' anive. push down the hedge and uproot some trees. Nex t th e ground was levell ed. Trenches were dug out a nd foun da tions la id. Gradual ly a building grew. On Oc tober 22 we saw our lovely new Recreat ion Hall opened hy thE: Lol'd Mayor df Pel'lh . Wc .verc vel'y hapflY to he t here.

WISHING I wish I was a busy bee, To fly from tree to tree. I'd coll ec t the necta r fl'om the fl owers. And spend so ma ny happy hours.

I wish I wm, a ~utterfl y small. So people could ha l'dly see me a t all. I would sit on a leaf a nd sun myself, And say "How do you do" to each pas~ in !;: e ll'.

JENIFE R COCK, III

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THE FAIRY I know a little fairy ,

Who came to !; tay with rnI'. We were playing hide a nd seek,

When she hid behind a tree.

D ecember, 1959

I lookefl for her for hours a nd hOUl'S, Undel' bushes a nd a round the fl owers .

After a while she ran back to me, When Mummy called us in for tea .

NOLA KlTCHER. III

MY PETS I l ove m y pe ts at home, AI though they some times roam ; And now I'll tell you what they a rc. Before I go a long too fal'. Ethel a nd George a l'e ducks so smal' t Who never like to be apar t, Dusty's our sheep-dog, who's full of fUll.

She loves to have a very fast run. Benny, OUI' budgie, the li1st of a ll , Stands on his pel'ch a nd gives us a call.

ANNE S ARAH. III

MY PAL I have a beagle hountl

Whose na me is Ba nbury T a rt , H er tummy r eaches to the ground.

She's finished her dinnel' ocfore 1 star t !

She's ta n a nd black a nd white, And when she goes to dine.

She eats her dinner a ll in onc lut e. But best of a ll . she's mine'

SUZANNE COLEMA , III

MY GARDEN I like my li ttle garden .

Its full of fl owers gay. I weed it, a nd hoe it,

And chase the sna ils away.

Sometim~'s t he weeds g row qu ic kly, And the ro<;es feel so prickly.

But when they a re in bloom, I pick them for m y room.

V ALERIE DA VIES, IIJ

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LANGSFORD HOUSE NOTES Throughout 1959, Langsford Hou 'e has had a most successful

year, and our numbet's have increased considerably since our own Junior chool started.

To begin the year, Katherine Mathews broke two records at the swimming carnival. In the middle of first term we received a new plastic globe to help us with our geography. Two Junior school basketball teams played matches against. SI. Hilda's, in which the "A" leam tied and the "B" team won.

At the beginning of second term Ngaire Dllffield won a State­wide es ay competition. This was a second success in this competition, as it wa a lso won by an M.L.C. girl from Langs ford House in 1958.

In June a choil' trained by Miss Jamieson , sang in the Schools' Music Fe tiva l, and ga ined equal third place. Second tl?rm he ld man~ interests. Excitement ranged high as the Junior school concert approached. F everish work and preparations were made in order to produce an enjoyable concert. At the close of the programme, everyone who had contributed to the concert felt well rewarded , and the fI8 proceeds were donatcd to the new Ref' reation Hall.

We have adopted a Slow Learners' Group as our pet charity and helped with a ~tall at the annual Fete. We were able to donate' 35 parcels which sold for £2 a nd a cheque for £7/ 2/ -.

On August 19 the girls of Grade VII were invited to visit the Slow Learners' sehoo1 at Innaloo. A very warm welcome was ex­tended a nd all fel t t hat the visi t was well worth while.

The cold weather in winter made us appreciate the handsome new heater which was g iven to th e school by the Par'ents' anci Friends' Association.

As an end of term treat we went to see "The Princes' and t he Swineherd" at The Playhouse, and thoroughly enjoyed the present­ation.

The bOal'ders had the first outing of thil'd term with their picnic in King's Park. Grade VII joined the r est of the school in attending a performance of "Midsummel' Night's Dream."

This year, LangsfOl'd House held their own sports on the morn· ing of October 6. In spite of threatening weather we were finished by lunch time. Junior School results carried on to the totals scored in the Senior sports. We also had our own championship cup. This was won by Katherine Mathews of Sparta, runners-up being Cheryl Lewington of Troy and Marie Kennedy of Rome. Troy was fir t. followed by Rome, Athens and then Sparta.

W e have continued our Junior Fellowship meetings this year, holding them in Friday's lunch hour.

Positions of houses for citizenship marks are Troy 114, Sparta 94, Rome 88 and Athens 82.

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Our monitors this year have been H olly Rudya rd, Ngaire D uf­field a nd Gweny th Allan .

Whichever gr ade we a re in, we are a l l looking forwa rd to a no ther ha ppy yea r in ] 960.

HOLLY RUDYARD N GAIRE DUFFIELD ROBIN COLEMAN CAROLE SALES

GRADE 6 - 1959 CHERRY is bra iny as brainy can be, She likes to do His tory and Geography . DIA NNE is a lmost as quiet as a mouse, And woul d like to play tennis fo r Langs foni House. E LIZABETH'S favour ite subjec t is Art, And som etimes in dress parades s he will ta ke pa rt . FR AN CES loves ballet- she twists a nd she tw ir ls, She once made a ballet t roupe ou t of we g ir l . HELEN is new, bu t we know s he likes ~pelling, And in this s ubject s he 's a lways excelling. You 'll a lways fin d J ULIE a nd J OY where the l'e's fun , J ANICE is sports capta in- how s he can run! You 'll a lways find J ULIE S. up a t th e top, And J OCELYN a nd J O AN play the ir mus ic non-s top. KERRY and K AY love Acting a nd S peech, Kay likes to m ake fun , a nd Ker ry to pr each . The g irl who likes horses is K AYE (with a n "e") , And K AREN'S the gIrl who loves T V. MARNIE likes swimming--she dives in thE sea And MAUREE N some day a n a ir -hostess migh t be! RO BYN likes helping to keep our room nea l. ROBYN H . likes to h ave plen ty to eat. SHARYN likes mos t things in work a nd in play, SUSAN would like to pa in t horses a ll day . SUSAN McL. likes horses a nd stables Much better tha n read ing a nd wr iting a nd ta bles. This is our cIa s--twen ty-two as you ~ee, Healthy a nd ha ppy a nn busy are we.

THE CRASH OF THE FLYING SAUCER It was a fine s unny day in the sma ll a nd peaceful low n of

Mulgarup which is a few miles a way from the Macdonne l Ra nges . Li t tle d id the inhabita n ts know that a bou t a qua r ter of a m ile away a flying saucel' had (, l'ashed a nd in it were two unconscious Martia ns. Bo th of them were wearing s pace s ui t, but the cr ash had smashed the head gear a nd left them both unconscious.

Gradua lly t hey came to. "Oh , my aching body," g roaned Oz, who was the eldel' of the

two. " I a m sure you can't be lL badly hurt as I am ," said Mino taUl' , holding his head in agony. "My head feels like a footba ll."

S lowly they went over each pa r t of the ir bodies in t Ul'n to ma k e . ure there wer e no bnnes brokf' l1 .

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"Tha nk goodness haven 't a ny bones broken," ~aid Minowul, "Have you?"

"No," replied Oz, "1 don't think so, but 1 do know that 1 am practically starving,"

"So am 1," agreed Minotaur. "Let's see wha t we can sa lvage from the wre;:k."

"1 hope there are some tins of dinosaur stew sti ll ed ibl e," remarked Oz from the depths of the ruined saucer.

"And t here had better be some grass juice or we'll d ie," said Minotaur. Between them they managed to get enough su pp lies to las t for two days, a nd when they ha d eaten theil' fill they began to look for some things to build anothe:' flying saucer with, as the.\' wcre anxious to get back to Mars before their nitrogen ra n out,

"I don't think we' ll find a ny thing to make a n engine or remote contro ls with," sa id Oz. "So I'll try a nd fix the oIel engine,"

"Whilst you're dOIJ''ig that I'll see if I clln brc'ak a nd stl' ing togethCl' those old boards which are lying over th ere," said Minotaul'.

When they had com pleted a somewhat r ickety flying saucel' they were blasted in to ~pace from some radio-active rock which th cy found.

HOLLY RUDYARD, VII

A STORM One nig ht last week as 1 lay in bed, A telTible storm raged overhead; The wind was blowing a nd the thunder !'Oiled. 1 lay there. hi vcring but not with cold.

The wi nnows rat tl ed a nd the c1lJUI's lJlew to. And 1 wondered what in the world I' d do If the chimney fell or the house blew down But nothing happened a nd a ll was soun d.

Next morning 1 wakened and to my l'eli ef I found things quiet a nd a ll as leep, I think 111 the future if 1 hear a storm I'll pull up t he b la nke t s a nd keep very warm.

SUE KEKWICK, VII

AN IMPRESSION There ar very rew places which appeal to me more than

Fremantle Harbouc. If you approach it by boat up through the Moles thE setti ng sun makes it look like a painting. The water is usua lly very calm a nd still , a nd it looks a picNre with a ll the ships anchored a t a stand sti ll. As you move a long you pass uncleI' two brid)!es at the o ther end of t he harbour. One, a railway bl'idge, comes fir t and the other is a traffic bridge. Having pa sed unclel t he e, you a re then sailing u p a really beautiful river- the Swan, with a ll its twists a nd turns, everyone with its own differen t 5cenery, everal childre n';; colleges overlook this beautiful river. A sugar refinery is a lso a longs ide t he rivel". Peppermint Grove, one

44 THE COLLEGIA N D ecembel', 1959

" I' Western Austral ia's mos t exc lus ive suburh:;, ~tand!> out very clearly with its modern houses. This suburb firs t go t its na me from a ll t he peppermin t rees which line the stree ts. The scene i onc t ha t con tinua lly cha nges as you round each bend.

One can well imagine the feelings o f Capta in S tirling as he saiJ ed up thls magnificent river of O UI'S. It was he who na med Freshwa ter Bay, a n inl e t on the r iver. But remember, there is onf' s igh t he was denied. Tha t is ou r new bridge, which is be ing con­struc ted across the N;uTows, a nd w ill be nam ed a fter t he st.retch of wa ter it spa ns. T his bridge is no t complEted ye t, but wilt be very shortly. It will be one o f g rea t beauty for whiCh Wes tern Aust­ralia has lon e; been wa iting . All'eady we tan see that a s lupenclou a mount of work has been put into its g igantic s truc ture. All Wes tern Austra lia n people have great hope for the fu ture of our Ha rbour a mi t he Swa n Tl ive! '

CA ROLE S ALES. VII

TURNING ANOTHER CHEEK A r ich jeweller in P a ris kept a la rge Alsatia n clog na med PielTe

to g ua rd his shop, as m a ny thieves would have s ucceeded in s teal­ing va lua ble jewels had i t not been for him.

Most people liked Pierl'e very much bu t they wel'e careful not to a nnoy him in ~ase he sprang upon them a ncl bi t them . H owever, t here were two boys w ho hated Pierre. These wer e the jewe ll er's a pprentic:es who had once tried to steal a watch from lJ~hind t he count er a nd had been ca ugh t in t he act by Pierre. Now they were pla nning a revenge against him.

"We will ha ve to get rid of tha t dog," s ta ted one w hose na me was Louis.

"Le t 's dr ive right away from here a nd dump him,' su.ggested the o ther one, Fra ncois.

"H e will only come back again ," argued Louis. " I know--tie a stone to his neck and t hrow him in th e r iver."

So the two boys waited till early morning a nd th en cap tUl'ed Piene a nd forced him to a b l'idg~ wh ere they tied a s tone to h is neck with a rope a nd pushed him into th e river. As Louis leaned forwa rd his foo t en tangled in tht> rope a nd he was dragged in too.

"H elp!" yelled Louis. "Save me, I can't : wim." "What will I do ?" thought Fra ncois despera te ly. " I can' t swim

either a nd if I jump in I migh t drown." Suddenly a s ha pe of a dog a ppeared swimming towal'Cls Loui;; . "Why, it's PielTe !" gasped Fra ncois . "He is going to save Louis.

The s tone couldn't have been heavy enough to weig h him down." As Fra nco i wa tched, Pier re seized Louis by t he co lla r a nd he ld

him up un ti l som E' m en in a boat rescued them both . The two boys wer e very asham ed, a nd back in the shop with

Pierre watching them closely, t hey tolc! their mas ter wha t they had rlone.

"We'r e very sorry," apologised Louis. " It was really my fa ult beca use I sugges ted dr'owning h im."

"It seems to me you are both to bla me. But te ll me, why do you dislike Pier re so much ?" asked their m aster .

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"He saw us try ing to take a watch from behind the countel'," admitted Francois .

"r see," repliect their m aster. "I think t hat both of you have learned your lesson a nd that you won't try stealing again . You may stay with me If you prom ise not to ste;J. l or be unkind to Pierre."

"We promise," r epli ed Fl'ancois a nd Louis . And from then onwards Pierre wa' t reated very kindly by the two boys .

NGAIRE DUFFIELD, VII

THE SHILLUKS OF THE UPPER NILE AND THEIR STRANGE HEADDRESS

On the East Bank of the Upper Nile, near the westem border of Abyssinia, there is a strange race of pEople called hilluks. They are tall, generally about six or seven feet high, with jet black s kins and seldom wear any more c lothing t han a small piece of cloth over one shoulder.

The S hilluks look even taller thar. they really are because of their custom of dressing their ha ir in ta ll peaks and horns a bove their heads . To hold their hair in place, they use a paste made of materia ls which we would think the most unpleasant mess imagin­able, but the Shilluk dandy co ns iders it the m ost delicious perfume. In fact, before calling on the g irl he in tends to marry, he will haVE his ha ir d l'essed in this fashion, then smear the same smelly paste a ll over his body. When it is done the ha ir is not touched for weeks. The Shilluks even sleep with their necks resting on small wooden trestles, so that their hair will not be disarranged.

Another interesting point about the S hilluks is that the hair­dresser a lways arranges the ha ir on two men's heads in the same fa hion. He does this because they hav{' no mirrors, a nd thus each man, by looking at his com panion's head, is able to see how smart and attractive his own loo ks,

The Shilluks have no money, and pay fo l.' evel'Ything in barter. As the usual price of having one's ha ir dres5ed is a sheep or a goat th e barber's work is expected to last a very long time. No Shilluk would ever think of washing his ha ir at the expense of taking it down.

The Shilluks are very fond of holding great tribal dances which many scores of warriors attend . In these dances they imitate hun t­ing 01' figh tin~ sC'~n es, but som etimes they become so excited that they forget the dance is not supposed to be in earnest. Then, somE of t hem g ive and receive painful wounds, a nd often a numnet' of the da ncers have to be ('arried home.

VIKI ANDREWS, VII

ADVENTURES WHILE INVISIBLE FOR A DAY Joe Crinkle was a magic ian who, unknown to any living

creature, was working a plan to commit some of the g reatest robberies ever hear d of. Joe had recently begun working with a firm whose interes t wa insurance. H e became good at the job and soon learned where the money was stored.

Joe then completed his plan which was to hypnotise others so they would be able to see ne ithet" him nor his -activities. His

46 THE CO LLEGIA l': Decelllber, 1959

motive was of cour e to become wealthy. He wondered what would be a good way to begi n his scheme. He decided on picking pocket Fi rst h mixed with a cl'owd of people using his hypnotic power. P eople were unaware o f his presence. His first v ict im was a young woman who was s pe nding m oney on various luxuries.

"A h!" thought J oe. "She' ll do." Putting his ha nd in the> pocket o f her loppe l·. he discovered a

purse conta ining fifty pouncts . "This w ill clo [or now," he i.hought. A the day continued, Joe committed m Ul'e smell I I"Obbcril'.· and

no people seemed usp icious. Returning to the Insura nce Compa ny, J oe hurri cct to the store

1"00m ancl slole the whole of the money which was exac tly two thousand pound. Running quickly, he returned lo hi s home a nd wi thout using hypnotic power he dashed back lo the Insura ncl' Company. Find ing th e m a nager o f lhe company J oe informed hi m that his mother was dyi ng a nd wished him lo go 10 her.

She was lhree hundred miles a way. The manager gave consent for Joe to go to his m ot h r

J oe's next m ove was lo go to the bank and. using his hypnotic power h E robbed the bank loo.

Meanwhile the young wom a n and lhe Insura nce Company had reported their losses to the police. The po lice unders tood that neither of these had suspected a nything. It must have been a very clever thief. A the police clecided to call al the Insura nce Compa ny t he manager told them that one membel' of thp fi r m would not bp pI'esent.

"Who is that?" asked a con. table "A fe llow by the na m e of Crinkl e," il nswered the managel'. He told how Joe had had to go to vis it hi s mothel'. "We'll question the rest o[ lhE: firm," sa id the con table. Afterwards the constables went to the Insura nce Office but

none of the firm knew a ny th ing ahout t h robbery. Meanwhile Joe had committed more robberies. That night hp

had a dream that the police wel 'c on his lra il. Wh l'eV~)' he went he a lways cam e in cont act with the police.

The next day he couldn 't remember how to use his hypnotic power. Try as he mi ght he couldn ' t find out how lo use it. After a while he tartect to panic. H e realised that he would have to disappear from the country quickly. H e would have to spend practically every penny he had stolen 10 pay his fare to America.

The police however, had decidpd to search thl'Ough Joe's hom(' as he might have been delaycr\ on hi jc·urney. Therefore they were not surprised to find him at home. Joe tried to co nvince them that he had been ctelayed but he gave the wrong reason why he had to go to the coun try. He said that hiS father was ill ins tea d o f his mother. The police told him he had to ld th e firm his mother was ill. Joc tr ied to push his way oul of the lrouble bul made blunder upon bluncler. The police lold him lo come lo Ihe police sla tion. Unknown to himself, Joe had given himself away by som e of lhe thing h e had said. He was tried on a lie detector a nd was round gu il ty. He had to spend three years in pri on.

BEVERLEY LILBURNE, VII

December, 1959 THE COLLEGIAN

LITTLE CHILDREN Every morning from their beds, Little children raise their heads, To come and play with me all day, To laugh and sing and be so gay.

Every nigh t beside their beds, Little children bow their heads, To pray to God, for a lovely day, And always in their prayers they say "Thank you God, that I am gay."

SUSAN HOLLIS, VI

BOARDERS' NOTES

47

Our school year began with an enjoyable Saturday afternoon's swimming at Leighton.

On March 7, the Sub-Leaving and Leaving girls went to Perth to have hair-cuts and buy new frocks, for that night was a big night- the Social with Christchurch.

One week later, the Junior form g irls were equally excited, as their Social with Wesley took place. This was very s uccessful and many girls discovered eligible partners for the Junior form Dance.

We had many enjoyable films on Saturday evenings. These were screened in the hall. \Ve have laughed and cried at "Tammy", "Doctor in the House" and "Reach for the Sky." A lovely supper prepared by Sub-Leaving girls after the sereening of "Tammy" was enjoyed by all. This simultaneously acted a , a contribution from these g iTls towards the Gym.

During second term, the Second Years enjoyed a hike from Roleystone to Kelmscott. Although the day was rain . it by no mea ns dampened their spirits!

On July 31, the Boarders' Dance was held in the Hall, a nd once again tremors of excitement were felt throughout the Boarding House. Everyone enjoyed themselves immensely, and some of the g irls with blind-dates had a better time than they had expected.

At the moment we arc a ll looking ahead r a ther anxiously to the Junior, Leaving and end-of-year' exams.

Good luck to you all, Boarders! YVONNE MURDOCH, VB

48 THE COLLEGIAN Decem bel', [959

HOUSE ACTIVITIES

FIRST TER M

~\Vimming: Tl'oy 137; Athens 133; Sparta 129; Rome l1 i9,

Softl.ta ll : 1 Athens; 2 Troy ; 3 Rome; 4 Sparta,

SECOND T E J{ M

H od{t!y: 1 Athens; 2 Rome; 3 Tray; 4 Spal'ta,

Basl{ptha ll: 1 Tray: ~ Athe ns, Sparla (Drawn): 4 RomL',

T HIRD TEHM

Athl pti('s: 1 Rome: 2 Troy: 3 Athens; 4 Spal't8,

TWO, FOUR - SIX? In 1927 the [OW" school Hou, cs Athens, Rome, Spal'la dnd Tl'OY

- were instituted a nd thence forwa l'd have been used in a ll chool activities up to t he present day , As the s ize oC the school has increased 0 have the number of g irls in each House, and the need has arisen for two new Houses,

This, which m ay a t first sight appeal' as a bl'eak i'l'Om the tradition of the school , must eventuate, if the size of the Senior schoo l is soon Lt) become 500, The que tion is whetiler or not 10

inaugurate these Houses next year, Three names have been suggested--Corinth, H.hodes cl l1d Carth­

age; these names may sound strange at first but , I feel, would soon become commonplace to the g il'ls, The system of s ix Houses woulcl have many advantages as far as competition is concerned. In the wimming and athletic sports a competition between six Houses

would be far more exciting, as you would even have to f1 g hl l a ga in fourth posi tion,

In hockey, soflbalI, tennis, bas ketball and deba ting much mOl'e responsibility would be laid upon each individua l g irl , as there would be a greater number of g irl participating in all games.

The outcome of this suggesllOn is yet 10 be decided, but the debating society ha kindly offered to debate the question in front of the whole school, in order tha t a ll views m ay be represPllted ami under 'toad.

In conclusion I would like to say that whetilel' Ol' not thesp new House!! ar e instituted th is yea,,, when they cIa eventually come into being the school will have p8ssed a milestone in its histo!"y,

J, WEST, VIA

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INTER·SCHOOL ACTIVITIES LIFE-SAVING

CERTlFICA TES t<;1 t' lIl l'lI ta I'Y: Hobin Dicks, Bal'bm',1

H enwood, Dia nne Hendct'!>on. Naomi Devlin, Christine lat­tery, Rosem ary Oddie.

Inte rmediatl' : Suzanne NClsso. Profi<'ie nc)' : COI'al Garn.

LIFE SAVING AWARDS Kl'OlIze M edal : K. H a nson, D.

H CJl(]prson . F. McCallum. E. T horpe, F . Manning, S. Kcl, ­wick , J. W ard, R. McKee, L. Day, F. Taylor, S. S lee, J. Allan, H. Cullingworth, B. Bl'Own, G. Oevlin, D. Harvey. R. Hodgson. H. Rudyard, J. GOI'don, H . Dunn, G. Mounsey . . . Pepper, A. Klein, P. Broom­ha ll , J. Waters, L. m cll ey, A.

ockolds, L EdwHl'ds . Ba l' : ~. H 11ghes.

In!>tl'uctOl" S Cel'tHiea tt' : B. Hincll ­c liffc, M. Groom, E. DI'iscoll, H. Dunn, M. Dundas, W . Stcvenson .

Profi!'i t' lley CI' I·tifil'a te : H. Oddie'. K. Malhew~, R. H odgson, S. Nasso, S . Gordon, .r. Tl'cs ise, C. Brown ley, L. Sche ll , L. Marshal!. A. Pearce, C. Slattery, 11. Rud­Yeli d, D. Barrie, S . Kckwick. J. J oh nson , C. Sale's. M. Yewel 's. K. Stark , L. Atkinson, M. Kenne'dy, A. ol'cnsen, B. Buller. L. Hall.

R eslIscita tion C e I' t if i (' ate: A. Peal'!'c.

, ·, 'a b ' l· S a fe t y Cl' I'I-Hiea tc: M. Crawfol'd, J. 0 1'1 ', G. Melca lf. C. Moil', _ Duffield, '. H o llis, J_ Middl e lon, M. Edwarc1s, A. Pearse.

Interml'd ia t e Sta l' : F. Taylor. G. Mounscy. J. Ward. L. Day. S. S let'. C. Brownley, L. Schell, F. McCallum, D. Henderson.

50 T H E COLLEGI AN December, 1959

T his year has perhaps been the most succe"sful ever in this sphere, five girls com pleting their I nstructor's Certif icate. Special thanks go to Mrs. M. Christie, Chief Instructor for .. he R.L.S.S .. for her excellen t and pat ien t work.

TENNIS NOTES C hllmpion sh ip, 1958.-U nde r 14 : Paul ine Bignel!. Open : Helen

Don. U nde r 16: J udy West.

The tennis se:lson this ye;:( l' proved a most enjoyabIf' and successful year for all who participated.

In t he S lazengel Cup our team, consisting o[ Jucly West, Margaret Anderson, Pat Harris and Wendy Carr, defeated Loreto Conven t but then wen t on to be defeated by St. Hi lda's in a very exciting match, but congratu latio ns once more are extended to S1. Hilda's.

However, in the Independent Schools' competition in which P.C., P.L.C., St. H ilda's, St. Mary's a nd M L.C. competed, we once more brough t home the Shield . At. the end of the second round Perth College, M.L.C. and St. H ilda's were equal first, so it was decided it would be far more sat isfactory tal' all conccrned if a final match were played. In the breath taking final our team- Judy West, Margaret Anderson, Pat Harris, Wendy Can, Lefk i Mathews. Helen Barton, Gwenda Don and Merrilyn Barrett - defeated P .C. by t he very narrow marg in o( 1 game.

Many thanks are extended to M iss Jegu31 (01' hCI' excellent work in training the team a nd may we soon see the Slazengel' Cup onee more on our ~helf .

TENNI S TEAM

Left to Ri g ht : Ly n G ray, P . H arris, H . Bart o n , M. An derson. J . West ( Capt .), W . Carr, J . Re es, L . Ma the w s.

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Best of luck in the future, g irls. We should also mention that Hele .... Don, our Open Champion,

was unable to p lay due to a knec injury.

HOCKEY NOTES For the first time it was decided this year to include the "B"

team in the hockey premiership. This meant, much to OUI' good fortune, that for every match played by the "A" team, four marks should be allotted, and by the "B" team, two marks.

The "B" team went through t he season undefeated and in the final match drew with St. Hilda's . These girls deserve much credit for such a victorious round, and they assisted greatly in the retaining of the Premiership.

The "A" team fought hard t hroughout the season, but were defeated in the first round by St. Hilda's. In the final match played against St. Hilda's, which decided t he Premiership, our girls acquitterl themselves admi rably and drew 1-l. This gave a joint victory to St. Hilda's and M.L.C.

St. Hilda's must be congratulated on the very good games they played; as always our closest rivals.

Here also Miss Jegust d serves many thanks for the excellent training of OUI' tell ms. She was a t a ll rimes re<.dy to pU 'h us on if we were likely to g ive up hope.

Combined Premiershi!l between A & B Teams 1st M.L.C. & St. Hilda's, 39 points each . 3rrl P.L.C .. 24 points. 4th P.C. , 20 points. 5th St. Mary's.

"A" TEAM

J. West , Captain (R.I. & R.H.B.): A very capable leader. Played on the ha lf back line, early in the season, but later returned to the forward li ne whcre her experience and sound pos ition play lent purpose to the forward line. A mature playcl". with excellent stickwork. A fine performance. Colours 1959.

Pat HUl'J'is, Vice-Captain (C.H.B.): Dominated the centre pos ition and nullified most opposing attacks through the centre. Good stickwork enabled her to keep the initiative, and well directed passes to the forwards kept them in attack. Made some timely saves when the de fence was undel pressure. An excellent perform­a nce. Colours 1959.

Lyn Gray (C.F.) : Mastered the change from R.W. to this position well. With good ball control , excellent stickwor k and speedy foot­work was able to pierce the defence a nd score. Leading goal SCOrel" w ith 10 goals . Lyn's game has matured this season, he has worked ha rd a nd has earned her succe s. Colours 1959.

Hilda Morecombe (Goa lkeeper): With speedier clearances and improved kicking ability. Hilga made many good saves, particularly when faced with a lone effort and was unbeaten in this regard. Hilda has a big match tempe!'ament and rose to the occasion when needed most. Colours 1959.

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Hazel DH\"ey \ R.W. & RH.B.): Commenced season we)! on thf' R.\V. , but was needed in the half back position. Overcame a loss of confidence early on due to an acciden t, g raclually regained her best form a nd played strong ly. In the hnal match was ou tstanding. Has a strong left hand lunge tackle and ctrive has improved. Good work . Colours 1959.

Hf-Ien Telfer (L.F.B.): First year in the " A" Team, acquitted herself well. Helen has a thoughtful approach to the game, g radually mastered this p05Jtion. Developed a ter.acious tackle, and a much stronger drive than early on a nd played outstanding games in the finals. Colours 1959.

Janette Smart (L .W.): First year in the "A" Team, played t his difficult position well. Worked hard to acquire good stickwork, developed the scoop shot to good purpose, and scorect 7 inva luable goa ls. A very good season. Colours 1959.

n:ert'y Doust (L.H.B.): First year in the "A" Team, played we ll up to standard. Has a :.; trong ririv\o and tackl e, with a sound under­s tanding o t position play. Supported the forwards well and defended strongly. A very good perfol'mance, Colours 1959.

Diane Peal'se IR.W,): A natural RW. with p lenty ot' speed, has an excellent pick up with a very trong drive. hot. fol' goal wel'e sometimes inaccurate, but worked hard for the side, and with further experience, will develop int o a fine player. COIOU1'S 1959.

Helell Bartoll (RF.B.): Newcomer to the "A" Team, Has an exceptionally ;:;trong clearing drive, which reached the fOlwards on more than one occasIOn. Combi ned well with L.F.B.. has good tackling abil it y, but clearances need to be faster, A very good -;eason's work. COIOUI'S 1959.

Then Lad~'man (L.I. ): First year in the "A" side, played th is difficult po<;itien well. Althoug h lacking l1<1t1Jral speed. Then made up for this, with excellent ball control. Has the abi lity to stop the ball well and is g radually developing a useful pa s to t he r ight. Workect hard for the side a nd will improve, Colours 1959,

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"B" HOCKEY TEAM

Va lel"it' Smith, Captain (L.I.): Worked hard for the team and "et a high standard of leadership. Played some strong games, stick­work and circ le work improved as the season progressed and posi­tion play was sound. A good performance.

ROllla. Tonkin, Vice-Capta in (L.F.B.): Stick work and positioll play well developed. Has a strong tackle, and a good clearing drive.

eeds to guard against the desire to relax when the ball is not in the defensive area, and to increase speed of movement-- but a tower of strength on the back line. -

Maxine O'Donnell (RF.B.): First year in the "B" team, played well. Combined well with the RF.B., has a strong tackle and an excellent clearing shot. Needs to increase speed of movement ami avoid a tendency towards a casual att itude at vital moment<; . Promising.

Palll Prowse (L.H.B.): First year in the "B" team and did well. Tackled with determination and fed the forwards with well directed passes. Stick work needs further work, particularly the use of re­verse stick. Position play showed improvement. A good perform­a nce .

Gwen Hastings (RH.B.): Played excellently in the first row1c1. Tackled strongly, passes to the fOl'wards were well directed. Played too far back at times and so covered too much ground, but a tire­less worker. Much improved.

J. R k h tf' I' (C.H.B.): A forceful player with good anticipation and a strong tackle. Has excellent fi ghting qualities. Passes to the forwards were too strong at times . Stick work and general gam e much improved.

E. Su the rla nd: Speedy left wing, showed ability for this posi­tion and made good progress. Picked up the ball quite well from cross passes, but needs to improve stick work, footwork and speedier d isposal. Promis ing.

P a lll Ha lTis (C.F .): Leading goal-scorer for t he "B" team. Worked hard for the side, and stick work is well developed. Must g uard aga inst the tendency to wander from the centre position, but P a m's contribution this season wa a valuable one.

Helen Raynor (RI.): First year in the "B" ranks played with tremendous vigour. A natural forward with a grea t deal of poten­tial. Stick work lacks finish and more control is necessary, but this player made many open ings for the other forwards and thor­oughly eaT'ned her place.

S hil'le,Y Chester (RW.): Fast, with a good pick up and alway:; in position. Made a very good entry into the "B" ranks. eeds to improve work in circle area, but a very sound contribution.

Merelyn Ban ett (L.I., reserve): Promising in this or the R I . position. Stick work is excellent. Needs more experience, but a natural ball player who should go on to develop into a very gooct player.

Maria n Jones (goalkeeper): Played some excellent games, de­fended trongly. Kick improved as the season went on. As only five goals were scored against this team, and they were undefeated, it speaks well for the defence and the goalkeeper. Good work.

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"A" BASKETBALL The bas ketball season t his yea r was not as s uecessful as Jas l

year's of which we were Premiers, however there was very good play throughout all matches and the compe tition was excellent.

The compe tition began we ll for us when we defeated P erth College ra ther easily in our f irst ma tch. Our Juck soon changed however , a nd the following two matches agains t P.L.C. and S t. Mary's were bot h lost. Mrs. Tyler was then called upon a nd under her coaching the team a t Jast began to improve with t he resul t that we d id not lose a furthe r match but we d id draw a game with P .L.e.

At the close of the second a nd fina l l'ound S t. Mary's were t he winners ot the compe tition wi th P .L.C. second and M.L.C. t hird . This year fo r the first time, both "A" a nd "B" teams' scores wer e counted for t.he P remiership and this im proved the ~tancbrd of play in the "B" team a great deal.

Ma ny thanks a r e due to Mrs . Tyler who coached u for the great er part of t he season a nd wit hou t whose help I'm sure we would not have done as well as we did .

Respective resul ts throughou t the season were as follows :­

M.L.e. d. P .e. St. Ma ry's d. M.L.e. P .L.C. d. M.L.C. M.L.C. cl. St. Hil cJa's. M.L.e. d . P.C. M.L.C. d. St. Ma ry 's. M.L.C. drew wi th P .L.C. M .L.C. d. S I. Hilda's.

"A" BASKETBALL TEAM CRITICISM

W. WI'ight (Capt.): Al ways r elia ble in defence. A very fas t a nd energetic player with excell en t ba ll sense. Needs to be a littl e mOl'e careful at t imes though in d irect ing hel' throws.

H. Don: H a nd les the bal l very confidently a nd jumps well [0

take high pa ses. Must be car eful not to rely too much on taking the ball over hel' opponent's head. Goalthrowing sound.

L. Mathews: A fas t , L'elia ble player who dodges well a nd ha ndles the ba ll well. However , goalthrowing is not a lways accurate .

L. Simpson : A very good attack player but inclined to "give up" too easil y. M ust concentrate on developing her defence play.

M. Stokes : A promis ing defence player. Jumps we ll a nd in ter­cep ts high passes br illiantl y at times. S till must mark her opponent with more determina tion.

J. Williams: A fast a nd a lert cen tre player whose play has shown considerable improvement dur ing the season.

G. Don : Has done well in a new position. P lays w ith determina­tion bu t still needs to dir ect he r throws !11Oi'e car efull y a nd to be careful not to obs t r uct her opponen t.

R. Ha.rt: Did not com plete the season. Play needs to develop mor e speed a nd vitality if standard is to improve next season.

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" B" BASKETBALL H. Wal{e lam (Capt.): Played cons istently in defence a nd cap­

tained her team well. N . Pcarse : Played well t hroughout the season a nd com bined

well wi th Helen . Goalthrowing good. H. McNallght: Play im proved during the season. Goalthrowing

very accurate. C. Sqllit'e : A good, reli able attack w ing. M. Sippe : A very pr omis ing pla yer who ha ndles th e ball well

and di rec ts her passes carefully. H owever, play lacks the speed necessary in "A" team compet ition.

v. Macalllay: Could have ach ieved more success if she had pu t more into the gam e r igh t from the begini ng.

L. McCOl"ll1a ck: A very p 'om is ing defence player, hut progl'ess was hinder ed by insufficient practice.

Tha nk, are a lso due to Mrs. Revell who gave up much of her time to coachi ng the other teams. We hope she enjoyed it as much as we did.

DEBATING CLUB NOTES "OF MANY THINGS"

F Ol·tunately we were not limited to the subjects suggested by the Walrus, but had a divers ity o f topic to argue during our House, social and League de ba tes.

The commoner to the Roya l F a mily, Science a nd P hilo 'ophy, Morali ty a nd La w , a nd Geogra phy from t he Occiden t to the Orien t were included in th e subjects in tu which we delved w ith the purpose

BASKETBALL TEAM

Back Row : G. Don. H. Don . M. Stokes . J . Willi a m s. Front Row : L. Simpson. W . Wri9ht . L. Mathews.

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of retaining the hig h standard of debating which had been achieved by our predecessors in this field .

The House Debates were so evenly contested tha t three of the Houses divided leadership honours- with a number of promising young debaters Rome could well be in the van next year.

T he fact tha t the preponderance of this year's Hou e riebatel's came from the fifth for'm a ugurs well for a continuance of succes" in Social amI League debates during 1960- !et's hope our confidence is not misplaced.

At this juncture I feel that I s hould refer to the excellen t advice and wonderfully ympathetic assistance given to a ll debaters by Miss Storman. There is little doubt that her experience and a bility to give us pointers ha.;; accounted for outstanding Sllcces in both Social and League Deba tes this year.

Results for the year were as follows: -Social Debates, to the time of publica tion : three succes es and

on e loss. League Debates : We have been fortunate enough to continue

OUI' successes of 1956-57-58. Our three deba tes in this knockout compe tition were as

follows: -1. versu P erth College. "Tha t every thing in th e world should

be upside down," in which J. Rees, H. Davey a nd H. Scanlon successfull y affirmed.

2. versus John CUI·tin Hig h School. "That television will be a blessing to Western Australia," wherein H . canlon , M. Urquhari a nd J. West negated ably.

In the final rlebate against Sacred Heart I: ol lv<'n t , "That the trade treaty with J apan should be rescinded," we were represented by J . West, J. Rf'es a nd H . Scanlon. In this debate ve we",' fOl·t una te indeed 1.0 defea t a very compe ten t t earn by the narro\\' margin of two points. with the result that we retaineci the 1-\5':0(,: , ) '

t ion S hield whi ch remains wi 1.h us for the four-th ucc'!ssive year . "Mult a op tima fecis tis Semper ea deam facitatis!"

JACQUELINE HEES, V/\

DEBATING CRITIQUE T he standard of debati ng thi~ year has recH'hecl I he level t'[

t he three previou~ years a nd till the Shield I'emain~ \\"I lh the chool. Six g irls have ecured their colours: -

Heather Scallion has lived up to her repu ta tion of irrepressib le third speaker, Hnc1 has done very good work in th a t capacJty in the Premier team. The adj udi ca tors expec t much of hel' in the future.

Judith 'Vest has done solid work loo, a nd h a~ co nfounded oppos ition by the sheer force of her log ic. S he was a member of the League Team.

Hazel Davey is a clear s peaker with a pleasant address and she has given valuable service as a member of the Premiership learn .

Jackie R ees ha been a n effi cien t secretary g iv ing much time to her job. She is Cl sound a nd convincing debater who has met Witl l

success in the school team. W e expect much of her next year.

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Mar:y Urquhal·t has a pleasant voice and together with her ex­tensive general knowledge a nd logica l approach, has a lso contri­buted to the winning of the Shield.

R.osalind Pheia n is a strong deba ler with a convinc!J1g mannel·. She has participated in interschool debates a nd ha rendered valu­able services in the organisation of the club.

Altogether the team has done well and has ga ined much poise' and by its re earch work ha~ acquired much valuable knowl edge.

PREMIERSHIP TEA In Septembel·, t he annua l Premiership Tea 'vas he !d 10 cei<:' ­

orate the end of this yea r's sporting round. Present were all girl s who represented the school in the "A"

Hockey, Tennis and Debating Teams, and a lso the "B" Hockey Team which was included this year for its being instrumental in helping us to share the Premier hip with St. Hilda's . We were glad to have with us Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. and Mrs. Moyle, Miss Jegust, Miss Stephen and Miss Storman.

All partook o( a thoroug hly enjoyable meal in the common room, transformed for Ihe occasion by the introduction of a heavily'

DEBATING T E AM

Back Row : H . Davey. J . West. M. UrQuhart. Front Row : R. Phel an. H . SC~l1lon. J. Rees .

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laden table literally groaning under the weight of good things to eat.

Aftel' the last possible morsel had been eaten, Cl !ribute was paid to Miss Jegust and Miss Stcrman for their work in coaching the Hoekey and Debating teams respectively, an:'! Mr. MoyJe, President Parents' and Friends' Association , presented the girls with their medallions and spoons which had been donated by the Associa­tion.

To round off a memorable evening. the teams then proceerieo to the Metro Theatre to see "The Journey" starring Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr.

JUDY KERSHA W . VIB

SOFTBALL HA" Team and Colours.- H. Don (Capt.) , R. Tonkin, J. West,

T. Ladyman, D. Pearse, K. Doust, L. Gray, M. Stokes, H. Davey.

The HA" team were undefeated Pl-emiers. This has been a most succe sful year. The only match in which any team was defeated was the "B" match against P.L.C. Our very sincere thanks must g;o to Miss Stevens for her help and encouragement.

SOFT BALL TEAM

Left to Right: J. West . K . Doust , M. Stckes, H . Davey, H. Don (Capt.) ,

R . Tonkin. D. Pearse, T . Lad Yll1an, L. Gray.

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THE STORM I did my watch past headlands and reefs and stayed on duty

till 1 o'clock when I went below to get some sleep, leaving my relief on duty. At about 2.30 J was awakened to "Crikey, she's blow­ing on deck!" and blowing she was. It felt like all the cyclones of the devil joined into a maelstrom of fury centred at driving "Linda" ashore- the sea was bubbling and seething like an inferno of boiling lava. Terrific gusts of wind swept the deck mixed wi th spray and blinding rain. There was no moon- no stars, only angry clouds and an infuriated sea.

The world surrounding us was a colossus of enormous cuding waves tearing at us under a leaden sky near enough to touch, a nd dirty like a valley of fog. There "vas as much spray as air, nothing near the ship but the how] of the wind and the crash of the seas pouring on deck. There was no rest for "Linda" a nd none for us-­she tossed, he pitched, she stood on her head, she sat on her tail. she rolled and she groaned.

Just as we were beginning to think that this was the end, the fury seemed to drop out of the wind, the seas came in at a less acute angle, Hopetoun jetty hove in sight, and we were behind the shelter of the I'eefs.

The wind now swung due west and had ea ed to below gale force, practically dropping to a gentle breeze shortly after we tied up. Some of the boys went ashore but my partner and I stayed aboard. As a precaution we had put out extra mooring lines pIu our' anchor chain to bollards on the jetty.

The wind eased off, then within ten minutes a howling South­Easter struck us. The three 3in. mooring lines snapped like string as two of us wenL forward to investigate. We jumped onto the jetty to rig new lines when an extra squall came. We were nearly blown into t he sea a nd the anchor chain snapped with a crack and slid like a black snake across the jetty. My partner jumped aboard to start the motors and I made a dive for the end of the chain, just managing to get three turns around the bollard before the chain ereased to the last links.

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In the meantime the sea was whipped white like a heet of foam, the air was thick with spray and the ship seemed to be driving her­~elf piecemeal as she crashed hel' whaling pieces and gunnel to matchwood against the jetty piles,

The Cl'ew came l'unning down Ihe jetty as Ihe wind l'ose to a new inferno and waves crashed in from all sides, The blinding, stinging rain made it difficult to sec' and the fury of the wind seemed to incr'ease in intensity as seconds flew by.

Fl'esh lines were quickly swung across and one of the local fellows ran ashore for a wire !'Ope and we all stood by, hoping against hope that Ihe rope lines and anchOl' chain would not crack again.

Then the winch and staunch ions up forward went with Cl cms!"! and only the chain held her again. Lines were run back to the mast and made fast and then the wil'e rope arrived and made our moor­ing secure.

Meanwhile the torm seemed to be gathering in intensity we had forgotten how it was to be dry ann the ship seemed 10 be getting smashed to pieces.

The night wore on and so came the clawn- what a tangled mess everything was- the after boat smashed to smithereens, a small hole high in the bows, the forward winch and stanchions torn out and everywhere a tangle of broken lines and fioating debl'is.

We pulled off, wired the anchor onto the broken chain, rigged a second anchor with rope ann moored inside the reef, which is where we , tayed for the next five days.

THE CITY The city is a busy placC', Of traffic moving at a pace, And people dashing to and fro , To get to where they wan t to go.

JEN Y TANLEY, IB

There are horns and whistles and l'acing feC't And carts that go jolting down the street, The squealing of brakes of loaded buses, And c!'Owds of people that form the crushes . Everywhere in the city are noises, Give me the country with sweet-smelling hush 's , And birds that sing, and bees tha t drone, Oh! How I am long ing 10 be at home.

LYNDLEY LEWINGTON. 3B

THE BILLY GRAHAM CRUSADE What a wonderful feeling to be one of the 40,000 people on

their way to the showgrounds to hear Billy Graham, the great Cru­sader for Christ. After months of preparation and prayer DJ-. Gra­ham was to addres the crowd for the last time before boarning his aircraft at midnight for Adelaide.

When everyone was eated the cboir of 1,000 voices sang "Blessed Assurance" and Cliff Barrows invited us to join in . Mr.

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CleaveI', M.P., then read Psalm No. 1 and the Rev. Tom Binks led us in prayer. Beverly Shea, great gospel singer of the Crusade. sang "It Took a Miracle" and later "How Great Thou Art."

After various speakers, the long-awaited moment came and in a quiet reverent atmosphere Dr. Billy Graham stood up to speak.

For an hour he held the vast audience spellbound while he pre­sented to them "The Sermon on the Mount." He took his main text from Matthew, chap. 7, verses 13 to 14. "Enter ye in at the trait gate: for wide is the ga te and broad is the way that leadeth to de­struction, and many there be which go in thereat. Because strait j<;

the gate and narrow is the way which leade th unto life, and few there be that find it." He then preached a mo t inspiring sermon on what we needed to do to accept Christ as our Living Saviour.

It was a wonderful sight to see 2,500 people move slowly and reverently toward the dais to make their decision for Chl'i t. As the choir sang "Just as I am" counsellors spoke a few words to each one and gave them literature to help them when they returned home. I am sure all present felt the power of God had been wit­nessed that night.

SUE HALBERT. IB

BOYS' DREAMS The adults see only a sack

Slung on a tree's low branch. But for a child- a stallion wild

Is saddled at the ranch! His six-guns might be WOl'n and old,

His holster tied too hig h, But he will ride across thf' plain

And bravely do or die. His grubby feet no st irrups tind.

His jeans are full of hol es. A sil vel' saddle can he see

As his bough sways and rolls. His rope is short, and very worll.

But in his mind it's good, And he can rope the wildest ca lf

That on his ranch h as stood. - Only a lonely little boy

Who's making up a gam e Can make a ranch fmm bush and dust

And wooden stallions tame. MARIAN JONES. RA

SINGING Isn't singing funny! When you considel' what it is, it is \'ery

ha rd to understand its influence over people. Singing is the production of the careful co-ordination oC the

lungs, larynx and mouth. It requires control of the expiring air with an almost instinctive mastery of the ever-changing tension of the vocal chords. coupled with I"he co-ordination of the mouth cavity.

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lips, tongue and the resonance of notes. Perfect singing is a prac­tised art.

All this seems very far from the crackling, croaking sounds which come from our bathroom on most mornings or the wailing which issues from the wireless and which the announcer informs you is Elvis Presley.

Which of these is real singing? The croaking from the bath­room, Elvis Presley's wailing, Beverly Shea singing of the glories of salvation, Jenny Lind thrilling her audiences throughout the world, or Johnny Ray panting to his fans . They are all singing i:l their own form. Even the lady who stands behind you and nearly blows you away, or Clive next to you insisting on singing his own tune. Whoever it is, wherever it is and however badly or well it is done, s ing ing is still singing.

This is the secret of the power of singing. It is the reason why you sing on a spring morning; in the coldest night ; to a baby; to your love ; when you are happy, frightened, sad or triumphant. Singing is the expression of emotions which always have and always will be fundamentally those of love, fear, joy and sadness. So wc will always have something to !'ing about, even on the day of judg­ment.

H. MORCOMBE, 6B

A CAUTIONARY TALE Penny filled her fountain pen

One morning fine and bright, But, thoug htless, stopped to chattel' then,

And foresaw not her plight.

For when her desk she opened quick. The ink she did not see,

And then did Penny's consc ience prick How care less one can be!

The ink it ran in violet hues, And splattered a ll the floor,

But Penny, trembling in her shoes. Made wiftly [01' the door!

Poor Penny's with the very few Sent to detention, for

How Cl bottle-top to screw She nevel' knew before.

The moral of this si lly tale Is sure ly very clear:

Screw tight your bottle-tops; don't fail, Or trouble shaJl be near!

GlLLIAN RA. SON. lA

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A BOY AND HIS DOG When the sky is dark and grey,

When the dawn is gently creeping, There on the beach they stand,

A boy, with his playmate a dog.

They watch the sea as it rises, As it slowly falls away.

They see the ships on the horizon Coming hurriedly into the Bay.

They walk along the seashore, Looking at the many shells.

They watch the fishermen casting From the rocks they know so well.

Gradually, as the sun climbs higher, The grey clouds roll away.

Together they go on homeward To a house not far away.

MOONLIGHT When the moon is high

And the stars are bright, Twinkling like little lamps

In the long dark night, Under' the high wavering palms,

By the silver sand-fringed pool,

E. DRISCOLL, 3B.

Where the grey owls hoot in the distance, Where the breeze is calm and cool,

Young lovers lift their heads, And then they see on high

The fleecy clouds like raging foam Race swiftly o'er the sky.

Overhead the breeze is creeping, Little birds in their nests are sleeping.

Beyond the palms something gently trickles, And out from it the water slowly ripples.

The stars begin to fade, And the moon drifts away,

All the world seems to be deep jade, And then comes the beginning of another day.

LOIS TONKIN, 3B.

THE LEGEND OF BA TU CA YES

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About ten miles from Kuala Lumpur, the capital of MalaY::l, there is a small range of mountains honeycombed with caves. It has a religious significance to the Hindus a nd a legendary one to the Malays. This story tells of the lege.ds. Apart from the legend that is attached to them, the caves themselves are remarkable. To

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get to these caves you have to be a good climber, a you have to mount about three hundred and ten steps to reach them. Once a year, on a certain day, Hindus from all ovel' Malaya as well as tour­ists climb these steps, each one having his own reason for doing so.

The story is that about three centuries ago, omewhere near these caves, in a small hut, lived in extreme poverty a mother and her son named Ali. Ali was the apple of his mother's eye. So her heart was heavy when one day he told her he was going away to seek his fortune . But he told her that he would return as soon a he had found it, and that then their worries would all be over. It was only this hope that kept her alive during all the lonely years that followed.

Meanwhile Ali had reached the neighbouring State of Negri Sembilan on foot. He was very tired and hungry. He walked on searchi ng for some kind person who would take him in to their house. Suddenly he saw a faint light. He followed it until he came to a small hut. He knocked on the door, but just as the door opened he fainted. When Ali recovered he found himself looking up at the wrinkled kindly face of an old Malay woman. He told her the rea­sons he had come so far and he told her also about his mother. He asked her whether he could stay with her and said he would pay for his lodging by doing jobs around the house. Being old she agreed to have him. So Ali stayed with this old lady and he became a wood­cutter.

One day while cutting wood near the palace of the Sultan of Negri , he saw the most beautiful g irl he had ever seen and he fell deeply in love. Tha t night he asked the old woman (who was the servant of the princess) who the girl was that he had seen. From his description the old lady realised that the gil'! had been the prin­cess herself. He asked her w hethel' she could arrange a meeting for him. The old lady was shocked as well as frightened, for the penalty for a common man having seen the face of a royal princess, as yet unmarried, was certain death. Ali said that he would pre­tend that he was a prince from a distant land . He pleaded so hard that the old lady, who was very fond of him, ag reed.

Luck was with Ali. Just as he approached the palace the nex t day the princess, who had been walking in the garden, suddenly slipped and fell into a deep pool. Ali rushed to the rescue. The prin­cess was rescued and Ali was taken before the Sultan. Ali told the Sultan that he was a royal prince from a fa r-away count"y, He asked the Sultan for the hand of his daughter. The Sultan who had taken a s trong liking to this good-looking, brave young man , gave his consent. As a wedd ing dowry the Sultan gave Ali half his king­dom and also made him his heir to the throne,

Having found such fortune Ali became very proud and forgo t his mothel' , who was still wait ing for her beloved son . One day Ali, his wife. and a company of servants went on holiday in their royal ba rge . They sailed up the river and stopped where the caves stood. The village people were very excited when they saw the royal barge, a nd the story of the arrival of the prince and princess came to the ears of Ali's mother. The description of the prince was all she neederj to know that this was her son. She thought that he, having found his fortune, had come to take her away. She made some cakes she knew her son loved and wrapping them up in a banana leaf she

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took them with her to see her son. She came to the barge and asked the sentry whether she could see the prince, her son. The sentry looked at the old woman and her dire poverty and thinking that :;he must be a mad woman tried to chase her away. But she would not leave. So persistent was she, that the sentry who was kind-headed, was compelled to tell the prince. Ali looked out and saw his mother, but her appearance and dress made him feel ashamed of her and he denied that the woman was his mother. The princess was kinder and she went to speak with the old woman, but Ali forbade her to leave the ship. To save his conscience he sent some money by the sentry and told him to give it to the old lady and chase her away. The sentry took the money and gave it to the woman and told her what the prince had said.

She looked at the money and tears rolled down her cheeks. Then her heart hardened and with a look of disgust she threw the coins at the barge and said, "If you are my son, then may Allah turn the barge and everyone in it to stone." Then she saw the cakes she had brought and which she had momentarily forgotten. She threw them at the barge and turned her back on the barge and began walking. As soon as she did so the ship and everyone in it turned to stone. A few months later the old lady died all alone in the small hut.

The river can no longer be seen but in its place is the small range of mounta ins. People say that somewhere in Batu caves (which is, by the way, the name of the place, "Ba tu" meaning stone) the barge and the figures of stone can still be seen, but ex­actly where nobody knows. Some of them declare that they have seen it a nd the story is true. But the people who claim to have seen it never seem to be able to locate it again. Whether you be­lieve the story or not is left entirely to your imagination.

JEGALUCKSHUMY JEGASOTHY, GA

TO A TREE o thou great wonder of creation, Who dost tower o'er the daisies fair, Seeking the blue heavens above, Striving to reach that wide expanse Which even the flutterin g dove Cannot clasp. Who but One Could cause thy foliage to dance In the gentle breeze. No one but He Could mould thy form to be A picture of wond'rous beauty, A delight to the human eye, A joy to the lonely heart. We can but marvel at thee, And wonder at thy Creator and ours.

ROSL YN LONG, 5A

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SUNSET The sea breeze eases itself gently away from the ocean and

spreads out to bring freshness and relief to a hot dry land. The sun sinking majestically in the west exudes its beautiful, colourful fairy lights, which dance down from the sky in beams, to swim and glimmer on the foamy waves before disappearing into the deepest depths.

After the setting of the golden orb the earth becomes bathed in an eerie and greyish cloud, which seems to call to all the spirits of the night, who come to haunt all of us in some stage of our life.

This gloom, however, does not remain for long as the moon rises, shining forth in its celestial rays and letting us know that we have someone watching over us as we wend our way to dreamland.

WENDY WRIGHT. 6A

THE BLUE MOUNTAINS "Katoomba, N.S.W." is written on many souvenirs. Thi town,

high up in the Blue Mountains and about sixty miles from Sydney, is a tourist and holiday resort. A short distance from the town ::t

concrete platform has been constructed at a suitable place for the use of sight-seers, and the view from this point is amazing.

The loneliness and immensity of the mountains- some ending abruptly in very high, rugged cliffs, others rolling into the distance a nd at last merging into the blueness of the sky- is inspiring.

On the left is a ridge of flat-topped mountains, uninhabited except for occasional group of hikers, while in closer proximity stand those marvels of nature "The Three Sisters," rather barren ou tcrops of rock.

In the valley below is a small house surrounded by a patch of cleared ground. Most likely this is some farmer who earns his living in that way and enjoys his solitu"le.

However, the most breathtaking sight is straight downwards­almost under your feet. From this dizzying height the trees below have an unreal, toy-like quality about them and the air around you has a clearness and a purity not found in the lowland.

A first visit to these mountains is an experience to be remem­bered, as the great height and tremendous panorama cannot be v isualised.

JILL POLLARD. 5A

TH E CAT The night was dark and quiet ; the black cat moved in silence,

barely visible even as a shadow. Her yellow eyes g leamed, and the pupil seemed stretched to its limit, a black blob circled by yellow and black again. Her damp. triapgu]ar nose twitched in a sensitive

niff and she stopped to look behind her. Immobile even to the tin of her tail she starerl. then abruptly,

lithely, she turned around. Her tail flicked in excitement and she moved slowly forward with the stealth of a panther, flanks low to the ground; she held her victim with a hypnotic stare as she im­perceptibly moved on .

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A twig snapped; the cat froze; like a child playing statutes sh stayed rigid without one muscle moving. Her victim remained un­disturbed, so she relaxed and stole on.

The little rabbit was nibbling the dew-covered grass in a rhyth­mic fashion- nibble, nibble, flick- nibble, nibble, flick; with each flick his long ears waggled. Perhaps he just wasn't thinking, or perhap he was dreaming of lettuce leaves, but he did not realise his danger until the black shadow fell from the sky, a ball of claw a nd teeth , then it was too late.

The cat broke his neck in one amazing split second and took him by the neck to carry him. She lifted her head up hig h so that she would not trip over him and she trotted off towards her lair.

She entered the hollow log quietly and dropped the rabbit just inside the opening. Her eyes pierced the gloom, and she saw her five kittens heaped upon one another for warmth. Her soft call woke them and they blinked s leepily at her. As they woke they bega~ to clamour and run towards her for food. She retreated to the fa r side of the rabbit and the kittens came to it all in a rush. They smelt the blood, and soon, with the aid of the cat, five sets of baby teeth were tearing at their first flesh food.

The cat lay to one side and watched them purring contentedly, pausing now and again to lick the blood of the baby rabbit from her paws.

MARIAN JONES, 6A .

STARBRIGHT My Grandfather's horse was pure white, So he earned the name of Starbright. He lived in a paddock all on his own, He carried his master to church and home, And took him to town on market days Helping the household in m a ny ways.

Once my g randfather went away And came back home the very next day. He had new boots and new breeches as well. For Star bright he'd bought in Busselton A brand new saddle and bridle that shone.

My Grandfather had him newly shod And packed him in like a pea in a pod On the back of a truck with other stallions, And the train took them off to join the battalions.

Starbright came back from the First World War, Healthier still than he'd been before. He'd carried Generals, Field Marshals a nd Kings Who'd fought with guns and spears and such things.

His son that he s ired on his return Had a coat like the silvery waves of a burn. He was foaled on the hour of midnight- just! So mv Gra ndfather called him Stardust.

G. DEVLIN, 3B

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THE SUN Deeper and deeper it sinks in the west, Lower and lower descends to its rest, But rest it is not for shortly it will

Dece'mber, 1959

To the rest of the world its brightness instil , Painting with beauty the fairy white cloud, The king of the heavens, majestic and proud. Higher and higher it climbs in the sky, Faster and faster it s lides the hours by, Bidding you rise with its wandering beams, Touching with warmth and ending your dream, Kissing the flowers, your window outside, Promising beauty and grace to abide.

WENDY HUTCHINS, 3B.

A BOY'S FEAR The dancirg rays of sunshine's light Are swallowed up by pressing night. The shadows of illusions spread And haunt the lonely child in bed.

The curtains move across the sill, The child sits up with strength of will. The bush outside shows specks of white T hat dance in eerie s igns of night.

His stealthy steps make for the door Over the cold and glassy floor. He boldly leaves the dark bedroom, Retiring to his mother's room.

DANCING FLAMES Imagine a unset of red and gold, These two colours may also mould The dance of the fire. The flaming partners are shy to start,

M. GROOM, 6B

But once they begin, theirs is an art of dancing beauty; A flaming desire, To fascinate watchers and to inspire. They flicker and flutter with rhythm and ease, Their noise i a sparkle, a sound made to please A1J on the earth as they watch in the nig ht. Watching and wondering about this great light.

The world without fire would have lost all its glow, No longer the radiance, warmth to bestow. A sky without stars, a tree without leaves, Thus the earth would be shorn of the beauty it weaves.

P. O'REILLY, 5A

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SCHOOL DAYS When teacher went out of the room one day We decided that mischief we had to play, So taking som e tacks, som e s tring and a broom We set about fixing the old school room.

The bucket was balanced so well and so sure, To catch the person who opened the door. The s tring was hung about halfway down So no one was blamed for strangling the c lown.

T he day wore on, but no one appeared They wanted to go, for lunchtime ha<;l neared. They dare not move, for tacks they had str ewn All around the o ld school room.

The windows were locked, and the glass wouldn't break, And sitting so still was like a toothache; When outside the room footsteps drew near, The teacher was coming, g ive him a cheer.

They tried to tell him but it was too late, The bucket cam e dow,', with all it could take, Then the string twisted round a nd we heard a great yell , Then there was silence and down he fell.

But in the next sec. he was up like a flash , Those tacks, they hurt, gosh could he dash! Around the room he raced like ten bears, And the poor little kids hid under their cha irs.

Take warning though, my girls a nd boys, There are others who will go through such joys ; But now we have a new headm as ter I t hink we'll work a darn lot faster.

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R. HART, 5A

DUPALVI or

THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS A long time ago there was ruling over the isla nd of Ceylon a

k ing call ed Raghavan. Unfortunately, Raghavan was a tryant. His heart was filled with

wickedness and his reign with ev il doing. He tortured all his sub­jects a nd kept some as slaves in his palace. If anyone ever d is­pleased him or disobeyed his orders he was at once put to death . His heart was as ha rd as a stone.

His people lived in terror of what might happen to them so they prayed each day for guidance and for deliverance from t his cruel king. God heard the prayers of all the people. However, H e thought that he would give this mercil ess king a few opportun ities to reform his ways. God sent His prophets and m en of wisdom upon the earth to talk to the king about his cruelty, a nd to make him

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forsake his evil ways. All this was done in vain. The king ignored the advice and pleadings of the prophets and wise men, and put these good men to death .

Having disposed of the prophets, he became all the more wicked and vicious. At last God could no longer bear to see the agony of His children. He sent down His son, Subramaniar, who was the God of War, to fight the king. God's son challenged the king to fight and thereupon took out his bow and arrows. The king who had magical powers was not afraid of any man. He did not know, how­ever, that Subramaniar was God's son.

Subramaniar then shot his first arrow ; Raghavan, the king , changed his form into that of an elephant. The second arrow struck him, and this time he changed into a lion. As Subramaniar shot hi next four arrows, the king still survived by transforming himself each time into the form of a tiger, a deer, a snake and a dog. Sub­ramaniar never gave up hope of killing this wicked king. Now he shot his seventh arrow. The king was in the form of a cock and this was the last form his magical powers allowed him. This was the arrow which struck him and the cruel yet mighty king fell dying.

It was then that King Raghavan realized what a tyrant he had been. He repented, and recognizing Subramaniar as God's son, he implored for forgiveness. He then asked Subramaniar to grant his last wish . This wish was that all subjects and the generations to come should celebrate that day each year, and pray to God that they might not be as evil a person as he had been during his reign.

That is how, annually, Hindus celebrate that day somewhere towards the end of October. A fortnight or 0 beforehand the people make a variety of Indian cakes, and sew new dresses for the family, and new window curtain . They give the house a "spring-cleaning " and the day before the festival day the old curtains are replaced by the new ones.

On the morning of the great day everyone is up by six o'clock. They have a head-bath, dress in their new clothes, and go to the temple. On returning from praying they have their breakfast.

While the mothers are busy cooking for lunch, the children, dres ed in lovely new clothes, put a little of the variety of cakes on a tray together with some fruits. They cover it with a clean cloth and take it to the homes of friends and relatives. Such a tray­ful of cakes and fruits is given to neighbours and friends . The neig h­bours, if they are Hindus, in return end their cake by their chil­dren to the houses.

It is the children who enjoy it more than their elders. This is obviously natural as they have not enjoyed this festival as many times as their parents have. They show off their new dresses and suits to their friends . They have balloons and some other toys to play with .

At night the steps of the houses are decorated with lights . Small earthenware pots are filled with oil , and a wick put into them. This wick is then lighted. Then the entrances are decorated with such lighted pots. The children play with sparklers. They light the sparklers , throw them up into the branches of the trees and watch the sparks spraying out and glittering through the leaves.

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Friends and relatives visit the houses in the evening. It is not only Hindus who pay a visit but people of other nationalities who visit their Hindu friends on this day. Thus ends the great day of re­joicing. The story of how it came about is passed from generation to generation so that it may always be celebrated.

KAMALADEVI SELVANAYAGAN, 6A

BROWN PAPER It was raining heavily that July evening, and wet trees swayed

under the street lamps. The street was deserted, except for one man, who seemed to be walking painfully slowly towards the corner house. His face was white, very white, and expressionless. From under his arm a small parcel protruded, showing sticky, wet brown pa].Jer. The time was well after eleven, a nd 1he sky appeared very dark. As he walked, there was something eerie about him for his footsteps gave no echo in the lonely street.

Margot, who had just seen twenty-seven winters through, finished closing the blinds and windows, and turned to ma ke her­s~lf a hot drink, when there sounded a knock on the door. For a fleeting second, she appeared startled, then continued with what she h3d been doing. The knock came again- rather peculiar, like someone tapping with a piece of wood or cane. Cane! The word shot through her like fire. It can' t be him! It couldn't possibly be. Why, she hadn't heard that sound for five years now. It was on a night like this too-

There had been a thunderstorm, the lightning had been dangerous; for as she opened the door, a black, charred body greeled her- yes, her own hu band, killed at his doorstep, the night of their anniversary.

Again the knock came, but very persistent this time, and there was a trace of agitation in it. Her hand reached for the knob, but the na usea in her throat overwhelmed her, and she drew back in fear. Then for ten minutes there was silence. Margot strained her ears, but no sound could be heard, except the wind.

Thankfully, she turned away, and was just about to turn off the light, when she heard a scratching sound at the door- a sound too familiar for even her to ignore. A key was being fitted into the lock, a nd only one other person she knew, had had the other key to that door. But surely that was destroyed that horrible night?- or was it? The handle was now turning, a nd slowly, very slowly, the door was swinging open. For a flee ting second she saw a white, scarred, ugly face, then a brilli ant flash of lightning a nd a crash of thunder was the last Margot remembered.

The cold wind on her face awoke her, and she pulled herself painfully from the floor , where she had collapsed. Quickly she glanced outside, but all that greeted her was the wind- and one piece of wet, brown paper, flappin g idly again t the fence-post.

R. HART, VA

72 THE COLLEGIAN D ecember', 1959

This yem"s O.G .A. activities have ueen very pleasant and relaxi ng now that a ll a nxiety as to t he raising of fmance for the Library Fund has been lifted.

The important business at the Annual General Meeting, held in the Gertrude Walton Memorial Library on Friday, February 20, was the election of officers for 1959. With Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd and Margaret Way as Patrons, Alison Vincent was elected Presi­dent (her re-ejection indicating how much her services are appreci­ated); Vice-Presidents, Dolores McClelland and Grace Crawford ; Secretary, Olga Graham; Asst. Secretary, Ruth Beal; Treasurer, Meryl Gibson.

Beverley O'Connor was again President of the Younger Set, with Cherryl McClellanc1 and Janice Tonkin as Secretary and Treasurer respectively.

Our Treasurer reported tha t after a ll debt had been cleared, there was a credit balance in t he Library Fund of £53 which, it was decided, would be spent on books for the library. The 2/ 6 increase in the ::lubscriptions, made initially for the Library Fund, is now directed to the O.G.A. Scholarship account. It was decided to raise the capital of thi::l Scholarship from £300 to £900, thus ultimately allowing a scholarship of £40 per annum. A £30 scholarship is to be pa id for the next year, but it is now t he a im of the O.G.A. to raise £100 annua lly to be added to tbis capita l.

The meeting unanimously agreed to make Miss Con a life member of the Association in recognition of her very fine service to the school.

This meeting also decided that non-financia l members of more than two years duration would not receive notices of current events of the Association.

The evening saw the year's activities begin on a happy note a nd Mr. Shepherd again indicated his interest in the O.G.A. and made us feel that we are a vital part of the school organisation.

Subsequent activities began on April 11, with the annual Old Girls' sports day. It was most disappointing that rain interrupted the sports, but we much appreciated Ml·S. Shepherd's readiness to conduct those present over the new building~ at the school.

On April 14, seven debutantes from M.L.C. made their debut at the Seven Stars Ball. We werE' glad to see so many of our Old Girls m aking their debut on this very successful night.

A very pleasant Presidenfs At Home was he ld in the library on May 2.

Thanks are due to Betty Arnott, Bonnie Croker, Elsie Heaton and Ruby Lefroy for the most successful Jumble Sale yet held by the O.G.A. This was on May 7, and we certainly know who to see if we need organisers for further sales of this nature.

Congra tu I a tions lad ies! A most enjoyable morning tea was held in King's P ark on May

14. Although the time of day does rather restrict the attendance

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there were enough members to make the hour or two together most enjoyable.

A somewhat similar affair was held, during the lunch hour this time, at t he Adelphi Hotel. on July 11. We were glad to see a few more of the working g irls were able to be present at this time.

The Younger Set dance was held in St. Lawrence's Hall, Dal­keith, on July 10, and from a ll reports was very enjoyable. Members of the older committee again rallied in their usual efficient way to provicle supper for the younger members.

A most entertaining film even ing was held in the library on August 8. Films on this occasion were presented in a very well organised manner by Mr. Wilson, showing his trip back to England after a number of years in Austral ia.

A second luncheon party at the Adelphi was held on September 3, and although the number present was rather small, it was none the less enjoyable.

The annual dinner was held on October 2. Over 100 Old Girls were received by the President in the front entrance hall before pro­ceeding to the library for hors-d'oeuvres before dinner. The dinner was held in the dining room which was appropriately decorated for 1he occas ion by Grace Crawford. This was a very happy affair and seemed to be thoroughly enjoyed by al l. The toast to the school was given most adequately by Jenny Lightowler. Captain fol' 1958. Mr. Shepherd, in his reply, welcomed a number of Old Girls who have this year joined t he Staff. We were told of the new Recreational Hall's erection and invited to attend the opening on October 22. After coffee in the library, those present were taken over the new buil ding, which is indeed a very lovely hall. I think m a ny of us would enjoy the last few years of our school life over again in the light of the many improvements and additions in recent years.

On the Sunday of the same week, October 4, t he College Sunday services were held. At 8 a.m. in the library, about 40 Old Girls and present girls attended the commun ion service conducted by the College Chaplain, Rev. Slater, ass isted by Mr. Shepherd and Mr. Carter. In the afternoon Wesley Church was crowtled for the service in which our president gave the first prayer.

A second morning tea is to be held in King's Park on November 26, and we are hoping for a lovely sunny day a nd a record number of M.L.C.O.G.A. members .

The Annual Tea for those leaving school at the end of this ye:lr will be held a t the school on December 6. Our president takes this opportuni ty of welcoming these girls into the O.G.A. and we hope that many of them will become active members of the Associalion . The Carol Service will be held on this evening and all Old Girls are invited. This service ends our activities for the year.

Margaret Wright, daughter of Norma H ighem, has been awarded the O.G.A. Scholarship for this year.

Once again we must express OUI' sincere gratitude to Ml". and Mrs. Shepherd for the interest they share in the O.G.A. and for their courteous, understanding and friendly co-operation with the committee.

We are very glad that our Secretary Olga Graham has had a six weeks holiday a nd hope that she is benefiting from t he change.

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A Happy Christma to you all. Congratulations are due to the following Old Girls who have

recently been married. Dorothy Murray (1955) to James Boxall. Judith Halbeet (1955) to Rubert Nichols . J ennifer P eet (1955) to Raymond Alderson . F a irly Button (1952) to John Galvin. Sylvia Butchee (1954) to David F oulkes. Betty Gibson to Bill Godfrey. Lois Milner (]S53l to Ronald Wilson. Barbara Jones (1953) to Peter Melsom. Vicky Sweet (1955) to Cecil Reid. We have word of only six engagements, a nd we congratula te --­P am Gibson a nd David Savi lle. Diedre Dewar and Richard O'Brien. Judi th Ley and Paul Graham. Maxine Howe a nd Cedric Muller. Dawn Nalder and Max Hulbert. Elizabeth Small and George Barnetson. Congratulations must a lso be g iven to the following coupl es who

have become proud parents recently--June a nd Robert Filmel" (nee Hancockl - a son. Cynthia and Bill Kocke (nee P earce) - a son. Judith and John Falandr i (nee Woods) - a son. Margaret Merry (HUI) and Rhonda Browne-Cooper (Gibson)

each have a daugh ter. In t he scholastic field , congratulations are due to-Enid Sedgwick, who has completed her Arts Degree and is now

doing honours in German. JiIl Tilly, who passed first year Science with t hree distinctions

and a pass. Kay Crawford, Marjory Sawyer, Dianne Sides, Barbara Bevan

and Arlene Sutton are a ll working towards an Arts Degree. Dorothy Stevens a nd Dmnne Eddington are both in the Educa­

tion faculty with the accen t on Physica l Education. Rhonda Whi tehead has completed her physiotherapy training

and is now working at the Hollywood Repatriation Hospital. Rhonda leaves in February, 1960, for a trip to England via Rome- for the Olympic Games.

Kay Bartlett and Janice have both completed the ir nul' ing training a nd are now staff nurses.

Some of our Old Girls who have recently been travelling are­Margaret Mawson, who has just returned from s ix months

touring England a nd Scotland. Margaret Temperly has been to Malaya. Judith Gadsdon, J eanelte Wall ace and E ls ie Heato n have been

to Singapore. On her return, Elsie married Gordon Murray. We were glad to hear of Betty George's new appointment as

Senior Sister at Graylands Day H o pi tal. Ann P ope (Ada H awkins), who is now Lady Pope, has r ecently

visited P erth from her home in Adelaide. Ann's husband was kmghted in the last Birthday Honours.

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Ann Prowse is now teaching a t Cla remon t. a fter a year a t P emberton. We cong ra tulate Ann on her appointmen t to th e demonstra tion school- the younges t teacher ever to be a ppointed Wp

a r e told . Nice work Ann ! Mrs. J ohn F ewi ngs (Fra nces Wood house) was in W .A. r ecentl y

from South Australi a. Fra nct's was visi ting her s is ter , Mrs. Giddco n Nankivill e (Phyllb Woodhouse) of Wubin . Fra nce has t wo da ugh ters a nd a son a mI was accompa nied on her trip by hel' younger daughter.

Pal"entj and Jl"iendj

Ajociation P n lsidl' lI t: Mr. R. E . Moyle .

Vice-P reside nts: Me5srs. K. Mc a ught a nd K . ChelTY.

Sec reta ry: M r. G. Sla ter.

T reasurf> r: Mr. N. Devlin.

( 'ommi t t ee: Mesdames R. Gran t-Smith , M. Hayes, C. K le inig, J. A. Mercer, R. J . Moir, R. Nasso a nd D . Woods; Messrs. A. J. Anderson. J . K. Highe t. J . H . Macaul ay, F . Norton, C. G. Pa lmer , G. H . Playle a nd T. E. Robinson.

Coun t ry Rt'presl' lI tati\"e : M r . S. W. Erickson.

Staff RI'llreSentatin ' : MI'S. M. F . W arne.

Hon, Audito rs : Messrs. W . J enner a nd J . H . Macaul ay.

Tha nks to the continuing res po nse of pa r ents to the invitatio n to acce pt members- h ip o f the Associa tion , the s trenuou'" individuul e fforts to r a ise funds m ade sor.1e year s ago a re no longer necessary. It is considered that the presen t m e thod is no t onl y more equitable but more in keeping w ith the d ignity of the College, a nd it is ve ry pleasing to the Committee to know tha t par ent s ;.{enera lly hav!' accep ted the principl e involved.

Actua l expendi ture from our fun cis during the yeal' ha beer. compa r a ti vely m odes t bu t we are heav ily committed in our under­taking to provide gymnas ium equi pm ent for the new Recrea tion H a ll wh ich was offi ciall y opened hy th ':! R ight Honourab le the Lord Mayol' on September 22. As mod rn gymnas ium equi pmen t is very expens ive, prot racted d iscuss io n w ith a uthorities in this fi eld wm, necessary to ensure tha t OUI fund" would be spent to the greatest adva ntage. In this we we re fortuna te in being a ble to dra w on the experie nce of our Commi tteema n M r. F . Norton, a n ex-S ta te gymnas t, who gave m a ny hours o f his t ime in effor ts to this end .

Earlier in the year it was thoug h t th a t OUI ' fun ds would be a dequate for the furni shings required bu t on obta ining quotes it became a ll too a ppa r ent th a t no t only would we ha ve no surplus fm' assis ta nce in o ther fi e lds but th a t we would find it necessary to

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defer some of the payments until addi tiona l funds were avail a ble. F or this reason our only o ther expenrli t ure was incur r ed in pr o­viding four m ore heaters for College c lassrooms.

T he socia l ac tiv ities of th e Association have been conf inecl mainly to t hose conducted in conjunction with the gener a l mee tings held each term . E xpress ion of opinion by membeJ's of the Commi t tee gave the impress ion t hat most pa ~ents, part icularly the males, regard purely social gatherings as mor e of an obligation tha n a pleasure i n v iew of which it was decided t hat it woul d be w ise to refra in from attem pting any organisa tion a long these lines.

T he vocal e nter tainment which followed the second term meeting was of the same hig h sLa ndal'd we have lea rnt by ex per­ience to expect of programmes a 1 1'a ngecl by Mr. G. Playle a nd pro­vided with their customary cour tesy by m embe rs of th e Guild o[ Young Ar tists.

A lthough i t cannot be r egarded stl'ictly as a soc ia l ac ti vity, t he address delivered by P rofessor M. Aus ti n on some aspects of h igher education, w hich fo ll owed the genera l mee ting held earlier this term , provided much food for serious 1 houg h t a mong the large gathering o f paren ts who aUended . T he Association very gratefully acknowl edges the ready rcs pon"e of the P rofessl)\' 10 Its I'cflu es t [or his gui dance on th is s ubject. It was particula rl y pleasing to no te that a number of the senior s tud ents displayed s ufficie nt interest to attend for t he purpose of hear ing his address.

The Commi ttee proudly I'ecords the inva luab le ass islU ll ce g iven in the Co ll ege t uck-shop by lady mem bers of t he Associa t ion undel' the g uida nce of Mrs. McNaugh l. It is no t our des ire or int ention to draw a ny com parisons wi t h effol'ls made by s imil m' sub­commi ttees in previous years : suff ice it to say tha t t he high standard -et by Mr s, S hepherd has no t been lowered this year, a nd 10 th e ladies generall y a nd to M rs. Mc a ught in par t icul a l' the Assoc ia tion tender s i ts s ince re t ha nks .

Before "The Collegia n" a ppears again the Principa l will have cover ed m a ny thousands of mil es in his projec ted v is it to the Old World on study leave a nd we w is h both him a nd Mrs . S hepherd a very pleasan t voyage a nd safe return , Mem bers of the Commi ttee have had a n opportunity of more tha n pa, ' ing at:quain la nce wi th the Principal a nd his wife a nd we can assure o th er less fortuna te parents tha t the Coll ege may co un t itse lf pr ivileged to be un del' the cont ro l a nd g uida nce of this very huma n a nd s incere ma n.

Paterson Broke nsha P ly. Lld .. 65 Mu r ray Streel. Perth.