1979

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The

ANNUAL MAGAZINE

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Hebron School

1979

Pri:n:ter: .Allets Printers

Editor : R.R. "W'a.llls

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Table of Contents

Staff and Students 1

Examination Results 10

Principal's Report 14

Junior School Headmistress' Report 16

Health Report 17

School Diary 18

Sports Section 22

Original Contributions 34

'News of Former Students 82

News of Former Staff 90

Howlers 92

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

The editor particularly wishes to thank Miss Usha Peters who typed the bulk of the manuscript, and Miss Jones and Mr. Wallis who took most of the photographs.

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Miss Ba t eman ' s

Twenty - Fifth Ann iversary at

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Mr . lngleby' s Birthday Cake

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General Brown with Salvation A rmy children at Hebron

'' Tell it Like it is" Presented by Seniors in Union Church

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STAFF AND ST.UDENTS

,, Seven years and six months ! " Humpty Dumpty repeated

thoughtfully. ,, An uncomfortable sort of age. Now if you'd asked my

advice, J' d have said' Leave off at seven' -'but it's too late. now.''

- Lewis Carroll-

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HEBRON SCHOOL (as from January 1979)

Exe cu. ti ve Council

Mr. R. Bissel I B. Sc. Chairman Mrs. P. lrons,ide B.A. Secretary Rev. G. M . Butterworth B Sc., B.D., M. Phil. Mr. A. Chote Mr. A . Faszer B.Sc. Mr. J.C. lngleby M.A. (Oxon) , Dip. Ed. Mr. G. A. Wallis B.Sc.; Di·p. Ed .

Senior School Teaching St:aff

Mr. J.C. lngleby M.A. (Oxon), Dip. Ed. Mr. G. A. Wallis B.Sc., Dip . Ed.

Principal Deputy Principal

Miss J. S. Adams Cert. of Ed. Miss A. 0. Bateman C. of Ed. Miss M. Barton B.Sc . (Hons .) Dio. Tchg ., Dip. Ed. Miss J. G ii be rt B. Ed. Miss M . C Harris B. Ed . (Hons. Cantab) Mr. M. D. Kemp N Z. T. C. Carp. Business Manager Mr. A. King B. Ed., D, C. G, Dr D. J. Mobley Ph . D. C, Eng . Miss P.H. Osborn S. R. D. Mr. S. Pattemore M. Sc, (Hons.), Dip. Tchg. Mrs R. Pattemore BA. Mr B. K. Shipsides B.A. (Hons) Miss C. Sugden B.A. (Oxon). Mr . A. J . Taylor B.A., Cert. of Ed . Mrs B. M . Taylor Mr. J . D. Twynam-Perkins B. Ed. Miss D. Wag land B.A . (Hons.), P.G.C .E Mrs R. R. Wallis M.A. (Hons.), Dip. Ed. Mrs. White Mr. Enos

Librarian

Junior School Teaching S t a f f

Miss M. M, Jones Tchrs. Cert.. Dip. Theology Miss J. S. Adams Cert . of Ed Miss M C. Harris B. Ed. (Hons. Cantab.) Miss S. Baxter Cert. of Ed . Mrs. L. Twynam-Perkins Di p. Pr im. Ed . Miss M. M. Jones Tchrs . Cer t., Dip . Theol ogy Miss D. Sloman Dip. of Teachin g. Miss D. Eves Tc hrs. Cer t .

Headmistress Standard Six

Standard Five Stan dard Four Sta ndard· Three Sta ndard Two Stan dard One.

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Boarding Staff

Mrs. S. F. lngleby S. R. N., S. C. M. General Supervisor Miss C. G. Gibberd R. C. N. Selborne Housekeeper Miss R. Wilkins Lushington Housekeeper Miss P. Osborn H. N. D. I. M., S. R; D. Assistant Housekeeper Miss E. Wilson S. R. N., S. C. M. , Nursing Sister Miss U. Marshall Senior Matron & Selborne Supervisor Miss M. Barton A Level Girls (Selborne) Miss C. Sugden A Level Girls (Selborne) Miss G. Homewood Junior Girls (Se I borne) Miss J. Fowler R. M . N. Treetops Girls (Lushington) Miss M . Dawson S. R. N , S. C. M. Sunshine (Lushington) Mr. Taylor A Level Boys ,, Mrs. Taylor A Level Boys ,, Dr. Mobley Senior Boys Mrs. M ob ley Senior Boys

" Mr. J . D. Twynam-Perkins Inter Boys Mrs. Twynam-Perkins Inter Boys " Miss P. Verhaeren Silverdale Boys

" Miss V. Moss S. E. N. Gardens' Boys "

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Dip. Coll. of Ed . Secretary Miss. M . Jackson Miss U. Peters Mr. J Thomas Mr. Nanju B. Sc.

Assistant Secretary Accountant Assistant Accountant.

Medical

Dr. Claire Joseph M . B., B. S. Dr. Lt. Col. Chhabra B. D.S.

School Doctor School Dentist

On. Furlough

Mr. & Mrs . Davie s Miss Rosa lie Scanla n

~ Miss Ruth Allen Mr. & Mrs. Pain

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RICHARD PEACH (Tribute by Mr J.C. lngleby)

I first met Richard Peach thousands of miles away from here in London, We met in the front room of a little downstairs flat in Balham and we were talking about Richard's coming to India. It was tremendous that from the very moment I met him it was clear that he had this reality about what God wanted him to do with his life. I often conduct interviews and I'm not always aware of .this dimension but I was in this case right from the start. Richard knew what God wanted for his life. He knew that at that moment he was in the centre of God's will and that that will was leading him to India. We just had to ,· talk and share about that possibility with him. Of course that led to him coming to India this August and rather typically, · I think, of Richard, he came a few weeks early, before he was required by the School, so that he could take part in preaching the Gospel to students down on the plains; a ministry which he had already been involved in a year previously. ·

When he came to school, I must admit one of the doubts I had in my mind , (and one has doubts about every new person who comes to jDin a community), was that he was more interested in preaching the gospel and working amongst college students than he was in being a staff member in Hebron School. I underrated the man. He brought to all his work a care and an attention to detail and a concern which proved that he felt that the work which he was doing in the school with his colleagues and the students was as much God's call for his I ife as anything else that he was trying to do.

He was a quiet man. In a way h'3 wasn't very easy to get to know or at least it took time, but there was a depth in his relationships. He did everything very carefully. To go through his notebooks, just to go through his lesson preparation books, is to encounter a man whose life was given over to the careful and methodical service of God . He didn't believe that his life was ruled by chance. He believed that God was directing his life in every. thing that he did. And that is perhaps the most important tribute that I want to make to Richard. I've said it already that I had the impressions, W3 all had the impression, of a man who had given his life over to God and who knew what God wanted from him, and was willing and obedient to do that.

Now you know, much more important than what a person does is what a person is. And it wasn't long before we began to love Richard, because of who he was, what sort of a person he was. He was kind an d gentle, un­hurried, unworried, loving, concerned, prayerful, thoughtful,- all these things. And he was very, very concerned to share his faith in the Lord Jesus with other people. It was tremendous to hear him pray. It was tremendous to hear him minister to other people. There was a reality in his life which was expressed in a very simple way; I am very conscious that we only knew a

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very little bit about Richard. When I looked at his papers, one of the things that impressed me tremendously was that his address book was absolutely crammed full with the addresses of people whom he wrote to regularly. From his first arrival in India he had the practice of preparing a prayer letter to keep his prayer partners in touch, and you feel that if we could put together the testimony of al I those people; al I those people, family, friends in his Church and fellow students, they could tell us so much more about Richard. so much more that was deep about him, that perhaps we never discovered. It is wonderful to think, isn't it, that God knows Richard, knows him absolutely, and that now Richard Rnows, even as he is known.

I was meditating, even before the events of Monday, on a verse in Isaiah 8 where Isaiah says that he and the children whom God has given him are living messages to the people. You know that is what Richatd was like. He was a letter which God wrote to us. His life was a living message from God to everybody whom he met. Just a waek before he died he ministered to us in the staff meeting, at.one of our staff devotionals, and he spoke on the passage from John 14 which we read together. He spoke about the peace of God which Christ has given us, and which can garrison our hearts, and of course the wonderful thing was that he lived that, he exemplified it. It wasn't just words for him, his own life demonstrated that peace of God which passes understanding, that calm, that serenity which God alone can give in a person's life.

You might say to me, "He was a young man. He was twenty-four . He had so much to live for. There was so much potential there What a waste that he should die.'.' I don't think God looks on it like that, and I don't think that we should look on it like that. In that same verse in Isaiah that I quoted it is very wonderful the way that Isaiah presents himself to God. He says, "Here am I and the children whom you have given me. "And in the New Testament in the book of Hebrews, those same words are given to the Lord Jesus Christ. And it is as if the Lord Jesus is saying to His Father, •·Father, here I am, and here are the children whom you have given me: Here is Richard. I have finished the work, "says the Lord Jesus," which you gave me to do. And he has finished the work which he had to do, and I am bringing him now to you, Father . I am presenting him to you in My Name.'' I am telling you that when the Lord Jesus called Richard to India that He had in his mind , and you wi II forgive me for being dramatic, a certain day and a certain place and a certain lake. He knew what was going to happen and he claimed Richard for Himsolf on that day.

Now what shal I we say to God at this time about Richard Peach, that lovely man . Where is Richard now? He is in God's presence. God's glorious presence as it says in Jude 24. The Lofd Jesus has presented Richard fau!tless in God's presence. A nd what is Richard experiencing now? It says quite clearly in that same verse. He presents us to God with exceeding joy. His is the joy at this time although ours may be the sorrow. And our response ? We can only give glory to God, the God who is the same throuqh all ages, the God whom we worship, the God who had a plan for Richard's I ife, and who took him to be with Himself. We can only praise Him.

STANDARD ONE

Daniel Lydia Devaraj Simon Devaraj Stephen Doreswamy Dhakshinamurthy Houston Ann lngleby Katie Jaswanthkumar Vikram Mukadam Ali Polster Asha Polster Daniel Thomas Basi I R. Vadera Sonali

STANDARD THREE

Balasingam Vijaian Behal Shalin (feft Nov.) Butterworth Daniel Doreswamy Jyothi Jaswanthkumar Chitra Marsh Eric McKenzie Joh n Mitsumori Tami (left Nov.) Paul Tom Philip Suresh Porte r Judith Ramanathan Rekha Rijavec Natasha Sal ins Swarthik Saunders Paul Scott Mark Simonetta John (left Nov .) Thomas Priti Wal l is Elizabeth Winkler Heike

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School 'Roll (JANUARY 1979)

STANDARD TWO

Hawthorne Kathleen Jenkins Michael Jiffri Farah Joseph Stephen Kawski Stefanie Latham Michelle Li I ley Anette Mani Cameron Moosakutty Pervas Popplestone David Sharp Miriam Staehalin Mathias Thomas Lisa Thomas Sara Timm Angela Watson Janine

STANDARD FOUR

Christmas Phi lip (left Nov.) Dalzel I Emma Doran Terrille Gifford Roger Hawthorne Sharon Ironside Beth Anne Jenkins Stephen Khemka Sidharth Ma in Jonathan Meadows Michelle Mitsumori Nobuo (left Nov.) Ninan Anne Ramachandran Pravin Scott Nicholas Wainwright Andrew Webb Melinda

Archer Nicholas Bryant Andrew Butterworth Sarah Cheeroth Sajeev Christmas David (left Nov.) Houston David Jacob John Jacob Rebecca McKenzie Ian A Polster Andreas Rajah Satish

Arokiasamy Yolanda Behal Kavita (left Nov.) Brannan Scott Butterworth Simon Chote Kelvin Darrel I Lawrence Doreswamy Shunmugham Elder Keith Gifford Arina Gillette Daniel Godavitarne Tissa John Koshy Joseph Shirin Khemka Seema

Archer Francis Baggot Philip Birch Cynthia Bryant Abigail Busaidy Adil Daniel James de Silva Rohan Doran Michael Fernando Kamini Ironside Cathryn Jacob Ann Jacob Elizabeth Joseph Jasmine Larsen Naomi Main Elizabeth

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STANDARD FIVE

Ratos Ari Reid-Thomas Alistai r Sankar Raj Staehal in Annakaeth i Timm Tina Wainwright David Willey Andrew Watson Pa me la Winkler Irene Yashr Mohamed

STANDARD SIX

Locke Justin McCabe Ian McCririck Marit McKenzie Bruce McNeilly Gordon Polster Martin Porter Lloyd Ray Marion Rijavec Mojca Saunders David Tozer Susan Wallis Robert Willey Stuart Watson Anne-Marie

STANDARD SEVEN

Martin Paul Nadarajah Lakshmi Paul J. Paul Ramanthan Radha Ramanathan Radhi Rees Ian (left Nov.) Shead Jonathan (left Nov. ) Simonetta Russell (left Nov.) Spikin Harvey · Swanson Donald Reid-Thomas Janet Varuqhese Anita Witchalls Jaremy Wyatt Andrew

Adams Karl J Behal Sonia (left Nov.) Bennett Douglas Prasaci Bradford Nicol Brannan Mark Faszer Catherina H. Ferry Fiona C. Jacob Michaeline V. Joshi Ashwin Lilley Andrew J. McCririck Karen Main Jennifer J. Marsh David R. Ninan John V.

STANDARD EIGHT

Owen Jayandh M. Parmar Michael Paul J. Ann-Shereen Porter David J. Ratos Anthuan Singh Zora Somers Johny F. Turakhia Keran Watson Paul R. White D. Janet R. Wigglesworth Karen Willey Neil J. Yeomans Daniel P.

STANDARD NINE

Adams Stuart N. Archer Timothy R. Baggot Sarah Balasingam Shantini Chote Paul W. Daniel Joseph George Krishan Ironside Allan P. Joshi Saira E. John Cherian Langton Joy A . (left Nov.) Larsen Sharon Marsh Katharine S. Nadarasa Thirusenthil

Ambalavanar Devadarshan N. Arokiasamy Audrey S. Benham Harold L. Bhaskare Paul Busaidy Hafidh Cheeroth Salim Crowden Daryl B. Crowden Graeme J .

Nettur Shanita A. Polster Kamala Polster Katharina Selvaratnam Anand (left Nov.) Simonetta Lisa L. (left Nov.) Timm Andreas Tutton David N. Tyman Rachal J Tyman L. Sarah Webb Melanie Willey Kathryn Witchalls Nigel G. Young Joanna

STANDARD TEN

Nadarasa Thirukumar Naik Raoul Nettur Shobana E. Perera Curtis Philip Renji Polster Dorothea E. Ray Catherine. Shead Andrew J. (left Nov.)

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DHAYA~ AN PAULRAJ Darling is such a ron-.antic

JOHNNY LAWRENCE A pukka "old fruit ' ' is our Johhny; His speech is all cultured and pommy: If you want information On any location, Just ask him-it's bound to be crummy.

He drives all the girls her;; quite frantic: He continually tries To flirtate with his eyas-His intentions, in fact, are gi gar.tic!

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INDRA KUKATHAS Indra is tempted to swoon Over heroes in her Mil Is and Boon, But her brains and her charm Are enough to disarm Grumpy teachers,who soon change their tune

<Jrade Jwelve

JANET TOZER Janet is nobody' s fool , And nothing can fluster her cool ; When faced with a bomb She ju!>t smiles with aplomb: The phlegmaticest girl in the school.

GEETHA MENON

KARYN IRONSIDE Karyn is madly in love With Prince Charles ; she gets in a huff If we ever mention This bona of contention-That this Crown Prince is rather a scruff.

There was a young beauty called Geetha Who wasn't a very big eater: Her diminutive size Resulted in cries Of "Comme tu es mince, ma petite! "

ANNE MARTIN A bashful young lady from Ooty Whom Hacko considers a cutie, When he's away She pines through the day

SUSIE KUKATHAS

Our brilliant professor to be Outshines us. all , for you see Although she's called " kuku" If you take a look-ooh, You'll find she's as brainy as three!

Like some soppy Victorian beauty.

WILLIAM HACKING Hacko founded our popular bar, Though his main interest by far Is not in this can-teen, but in Anne;

REGINA PHILIP The teachers can never berate Re;iina for working too lat·:J: She turns out the light Like clock-work each night Between half past seven and eight,

But what are their plans now? Aha

Grade 'Jhirleen

ANIL KURUVILLA Anil is the deop - thinking sort (His philosophy's mostly self - taught) But apart from this crap He's quite a nice chap Though he's usually profour1dly in thought.

BETTY DANIEL In our class there's a budding musician Who, when it comes to her work cannot

listen, But concerning the piano Or her jazzed up "Hosanna" She performs with the utmost precision.

RAE LANGTON

A studious maiden named Rae Concentrates on her work every day­But concerning p, E. (Her weak point, you see) Her efforts cause Slug great dismay.

Elder Allison C. Gillette Rachel Greenwood Stephen M. Jacob Jacqueline S.L. Kaur Sharan Jeet Kukathas Uma Martinhs semary

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Singh Rhea Timm Elke D. Varughese Susan Webb Mercedes Weesner Jonathan White Helen E.

STANDARD ELEVEN

Birch Linda F. Cheeroth Sheila Chote Graham Daniel John Daniel Vijendra Darrell Carolyn Joy Faszer David L. Ferry Alasdair T. Ironside Bronwyn John Grace (left Nov.) Kaur Kiren Jeet Kukathas Jothi Lanqton Stephen R. Louis Joyce

STANDARD TWELVE

Busaidy Dagmar C. (Left Nov .• ) Ironside Karen Kukathas Indra S. Kukathas Sushila Lawrence John Martin Anne Philip Regina Tozer Janet R. Menon Geetha Paulraj Dhayalan RD Hacking Wi II iam

McManus Andrew Marsh Elizabeth Osborn Joy F· Parmar 'Gina Parmar Frankie Reinhardt Sharon Smith Hazel Swanson Grant Tyman Patrick J. Weavers Andrew Weesner Nanette L. White Barry Wigglesworth Judith M.

STANDARD THIRTEEN

o'aniel Elizabeth Kuruvilla Anil Langton Rae H

Jayanti Banerjee:

Karan Bil imoria:

Dagmar Busaidy:

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G. C. E. 'f?esults 197 8 Standard Eleven

Biology (G), Lan qua 1e (A), Literature (B) French (B), Physics (C), History (E), Mathematics (B). (One subject already passed)

Biolo gy (A), Chemistry (C), Language (A) Literature (A) . French (B), Geo;i raphy (B), Physics (B), Mathematics (A) .

Art (C), Biology (E). Language (C), Literature (B), Geography (C), German (E), Mathematics (D). (One subject already passed)

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Miriam Dartnall-Smith: Biology (E), Language (B). Literature (A), (One subject already passed) ·

Katharine Gill:

William Hacking:

Karyn Ironside:

Bobby John:

Indra Kukathas:

Sushi la Kukathas:

John Lawrence:

Ann Martin:

Paul Martin:

Art (B) Bio logy (A) Language (A), Literature (A) French (D), Geography (B), Mathematics (C) (Two subjects already passed)

Biology (E), Language (B), Literature (C), Geography (C), (One subject already passed)

French (B), Biology (E), Literature (A), H istory' (D), Mathematics (C) (Three subjects already passed)

Art (E) (One subject already passed)

Biology (B), Chemistry (E), Language (A), Literature (A), French (B), Geography (B), History (C), Physics (E , Mathematics (B). (One subject already passed)

Language (A). Literature (A), French (B) Geography (C), Mathematics (B) . (One subject already passed)

Biology (C), Langua ge (B), Literature(B), Geography (C), History (E), (One subject already passed)

Biology (C), Language (B), Literature (B), French (C) Geography (C), German (C) . (One subject already passed)

Biology (A), Chemistry (B). Literature (A) , Language (A), Geography (A), History (C) Mathematics (A). (Three subjects already passed.)

Brian Moffat :

Kevin Parer.a:

Barbara Pitzer:

Sh'Jbara Rao:

Maynard SchraJ:

Andrew Smith:

Mark Thurston:

Janet Tozer:

Peter Wiig:

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Biology (E), Langua ge (B). Geography (E), Physics (E), Mathematics (C), (One subject already passed.)

Biology (A), Chemistry (C), Language (B) , Literature (B), Geography (B), Physics (A) M<1thematics (A), (Two subjects already passed.)

Biology (B), French (B), German (A).

Biology (E), Lanquage (B), Literature (D), Geography (E), (One subject already passed .)

Langua ge (A), Geo:iraphy (E), (Two subjects already passed)

Biology (B ), Langua qe (B). Literature (E). French \C), Geogra phy (C), Physics (A), Mathematics (A), One subject already passed)

Language (C), (One subject already passed.)

Language (A), Literature (C) , French (C), History (D), Mat hematics (D) ,

Language (C), Geog raphy (E) , Physics (E), Mathematics (E) , (One su bject a I ready passed .)

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lJ. C. E. Examination Results 1978

.STANDARD TEN (Present Standard Eleven)

Linda Birch:

Sheila Cheeroth:

Graham Chote:

John Daniel :

Carolyn Darrel I:

Vijendra Daniel:

David Faszer:

Alasdair Ferry:

Bronwyn Ironside : Kiren Jeet-Kaur:

Grace John:

Jyothi Kukathas:

Stephen Langton:

Joyce Lou is:

Andrew McManus:

Elizabeth Marsh:

Sam Martin:

Frankie Parmar:

Gina Parmar:

Sharon Reinhardt:

Hazel Smith:

Patrick Tyman :

Andrew Weavers :

Barry White:

Judy Wigglesworth:

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Mathematics [B]

Mathematics [A]

Mathematics [AJ

Mathematics [A]

Mathematics [D]

Mathematics [B]

Mathematics [A]

Mathematics [B]

Religious .· Studies [CJ

Religious Studies [BJ

Religious Studies [BJ

Religiou~ Studies [BJ

Religious Studies [CJ

Religious Studies [C]

Religious Studies [CJ

Religious Studies [AJ

Re I ig iou~ Studies [BJ Mathematics [A] Religious Studies [BJ

Mathematics [A] Religious Studies [BJ

, Mathematics [CJ Religious Studies [A]

Language [CJ Mathematics C] Religious Studies [BJ

Mathematics [CJ

Mathematics [AJ

Religious Studies [EJ

Religious Studies [CJ

Religious Studies [CJ

French [A] Mathematics [A] Religious St udies [A]

Mathematics [A] ,

Mathematics [CJ

Maihematics [CJ

Religious Studies [E]

Religious Studies [C]

Religious Studies (A]

Religious St udies [CJ

Religious Studies [BJ

Religious Studies [CJ

Religious Studies [CJ

Religious Studies [ BJ

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Passes in Music Theory Examinations November 1978

Grade 8

Elisabeth Daniel

Grade 5

Joseph Daniel Bronwyn Ironside

Grade 4

Uma Kukathas Elizabeth Marsh

Grade 3

Sarah Bag.gott James Daniel Ann Jacob Jo Kukathas Keran Terakhia Jeremy Witchalls

Grade 2

Philip Baggot Rohan deSilva Fiona Ferry

Elizabeth Main Jayandh Owen Shereen Paul Radhi Ramanathan

. Stuart Willey

Grade 1

Yolanda Arokiasamy Paul Chote Elizabeth Jacob Naomi Larsen Radha Ramanathan Janet Reid-Thomas

Passes in Music Practical Examinations October 1978

Pianoforte

Grade 6

Broriwyn Ironside Andrew Shead-Merit

Grade 5

Elizabeth Marsh.

Grade 4

Jatnes Daniel Wma Kukathas RosemaryMartin Shereen Paul Jonathan Shead Karan Terakhia

Grade 3

Shantini Balasingham Carolyn Joy Darrell Cathryn Ironside Jennifer Ma in Kathryn Marsh

Grade 2

Philip Baggott Paul Chote ' Rohan deSilva Catherine Faszer Rebecca Jacob Radha Ramanathan Radhi Ramanathan

Grade 1

Yolanda Arokiasamy Philip Baggott Cynthia (Cindy) Birch Elizabeth Jacob Paul Martin Shobana Nettur Shanita Nettur Jayandh Owen Janet Reid-Thomas

Clarint

Grade 4- David Faszer

Flute

Grade 3-Joy Langton

Trumpet

Grade 3- Paul Bhaskare

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Principal' s Review

I should say at the outset that this is not the Principal's Report for 1979. That will be given on Parents• Day. In order to give myself a little .more time and in order to allow the Principal's report to be a little more up-to-date on the day of its delivery, the Editor has kindly allowed me to replace the Report with a review of the year. Of course, much of the material will overlap, btit this review will follow a more chronological pattern than the Report will,

The June term is the shortest of the year and often the most enjoyable though not necessarily for that reason! Though we do have the GCE exami­nations to keep us busy and the departure of the XI and XIII to make us sad, there are compensations. This year (1978) we had a really outstand ing drama festival, the annual school sports for juniors and seniors, a most pleasing music concert, and original and successful fancy dress parties to finish off the term. The schoo I sports were moved from <he February term to the end of the June term as a preparation for the Inter-School sports which are now in September rather than April.

In fact the Inter-School sports started off the new academic year with a bang and the term continued at a similarly hectic pace. There was an encouragingly large A level intake and in general a full school. The busy rhythm of the school's life was violently checked however on October 2nd with the death, in a swimming accident, of Richard Peach and we had scarcely recovered from this blow when Ooty was involved in the disastrous rains of November 4th, with much loss of I ife in the town as well as damage to property. The school was also affected, the Sunshine/Treetops block was severely damaged and the children had to be evacuated, the water supply was temporarily wrecked and the huge stone wall behind the kitchen came down; These are the abiding memories of the term. and yet there was much to be thankful for. Thornton Wilder's "The Matchmaker" was universally acclaimed as one of the best Hebron drama productions ever and two lovely Carol Services at the end of term brought a welcome sense of order and serenity,

The new calendar year and a new fine-weather term, as well as the refreshment of the holiday gave everyone a fresh dose of courage for the new term (the February term 1979). So did the arrival of new staff, and the opening of our A level block at Se I borne together with the new Art Room and Home Economics ro1m at Lushington. We kicked off with the Mock GCE's, a reminder to > I and XIII that this is their crucial year. Now we are approaching Easter and Parents' Day. In the meantime the school has been troubled by the suspension of several of the students for ser ious mis­demea nours and our hope is that this incident, along with other t rials that have characterised the year 1978-79, will make us realise that the strains and difficulties which we all face from time to time are meant, not to make us despair or give up, but, under God, to learn lessons and to go on to greater things.

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The academic life of the school, at least in the pub I ic eye, tends to be dominated, rather unfairly, by the GCE results. These were fairly good in the summer, with some specially good results in Standard X and in one or two of the Arts subjects, but some disappointing results for our first two A level candidates. The November entry proved very worthwhile and the re­sitters did encouragingly well. Preparations for the new CSE exam are going ahead and our first entry is planned for this May. The music exams this year unhappily coincided with the events immediately following upon the death of Mr. Richard Peach. Results were nevertheless encouraging.

Outside the classroom there has been much that has been enjoyable. In addition to the big events already mentioned-drama, Inter-School spo1ts, Carol services etc, - the school has continued to thrive in many areas; Shalom the school holiday house near Coonoor and the bungalow at Kalhathi on long loan to Hebron, have been well used . Weekend excursions, socials and coffee-parties are a commonplace. Staff and students won golden opinions in the town for their participation in flood relief work after the November storms, and this term the Asian Studies group has been involved in further social action in the town. We have a new Student Council, which is already providing positive leadership in a number of areas. Then there are all sorts of sporting occasions-soccer. cricket, hockey, tennis, badminton, athletics, basketball, swimming, gymanastics, cross-country, ranging from 'fun games' to the Inter-school fixtures and eve n including a French cricket tournament!

We have continued to be well-staffed this year and at present, apar t from a slight shortfall in the music department, we have a full team. We have also continued to appreciate the help of friends in town: Mr. & Mrs. Jenkins at Union Church, Rev. and M rs. John White at St. Stephen's and Rev. and Dr. Joseph. Dr. Joseph is the school's consultant doctor and we have greatly benefited as a school from her skill and experience.

Reviewing a year , ·even in this rather cursory fashion, awakes many memories, not all of them pleasant ones . It is true of life and certainly true of Hebron that surprises, good and bad, can come thick and fast. However we do believe that there is a constant factor; the goodness and faithfulness of God. This encourages us to go on with whatever it is that God has entrusted to us to do.

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Hebron .Junior School Annual Report 1978-79 ,. -

This is our second Parents' day in our new setting, for it is over a year since the Junio.rs ·moved up to Ooty, and we are now getting a new generation' of children-and of staff-who have not known Coonoor days and the place where the moon gate still proclaims Hebron School.

The Juniors have appreciated many things here with the Seniors. It is good to see brothers and sisters chatting together in family groups. And they haye been able to participate in or enioy observing Senior activities, for instance they have the opportunity to watch older boys anci sometimes even the Principal playing in football matches; they have become expert critics of football and cricket; and their interest being aroused, St. 4 boys were thri'lle.d by their initia.tion into competitive football when they played against St. 4 at Lawrence School. They also saw something of the Seniors' skill at Sports a week after our own Sports Day on July 14, which was a happy afternoon. Later in the year St. 4 upwards went to the Inter - School Sports in which 7 Juniors took part, including two little girls from St . 3, Juniors have also had the opportunity of taking part in Musical and Drama progratmmes. The Musica·1 Concert on 25th July included an item, The Snow Wolf, performed very well by St. 4. and Swinging Samson, by St . 6. Our Fancy Dress was another happy occasion on the afternoon of 28th July, and that evening we saw the first series of plays of the School's 3-night Drama Festival. On that first evening, St. 6 performed an excerpt from the play 'Toad of Toad Hall'. (Some of those actors will now be in the Senior School's Parents' Day) On the other evenings the oldAr Juniors were to watch some of the other plays, · Another event which the Juniors and Junior School teachers were able to attend for the first time was · the Leavers' Service at the end of June. The Carol Services, too, although .they were separate services, could be attended by some pupils from both parts of the School. This year the Junior School Carol Service took a different form in that it was held in Church, instead of in the Scool hall, it took place on Sunday morning instead of Thursday afternoon, and it included a mime performed by St. 6, accompanied by Christmas songs which covered the whole story of the Nativity. I think it was appreciated by all who were able. to come at that time .

The Bonfire for November 4th and other proposed events about that time were washed out by torrential rain in an eventful weekend in which members and friends of the schodl were wonderfully preserved on the roads and at school, where the stone wall behind the kitchen fell without casualities or damage to buildings, the great monkey-puzzle tree had to be felled and this was accomplished safely, and cracks which appeared in the new dormitory block occasioned us to move the children to Montauban for the remainder of the term-a privilege which they enjoyed, giving them an advantage over Gardens and Silverdale. tn the holidays half of the bui I ding was demolished to relieve weight on the other part, which now accommodates Tree Tops girls, whilst the children of Sunshine Dorm had to be moved into the Senior Girls Day- Room in the main building.

3ur.ior6 at Cf>Lay

The New Play House

Playing with the Rabbits

The proposal now is to build a new two-storey dormitory block on the ..J- site of the present hospital, and Tree Tops dormitory will. be taken over as the

future hospital. Hospira I seems to be an ess =rntial i'nst-itution, as last term about 50 junior children (half the school) suffered from Mumps, the previous term there were several cases of flu, and a year ago a Measles epidemic affectin g many children. We've had a few cases of broken limbs something in which Standard three seem to specialise but that can probably be expected with such activity ,which these .children enjoy.

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We have kept the House' Point Sy stem going from Coon'oor days, but now Eagles are known as Golds and Falcons as Blues Points are given for academic work and for Dormitory Routines, also for swimming and Athletic Sports .

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The competition has been very close this ·year, and particularly this term when there have only been 2 or 3 points difference in a week's total.

Blues have usually done wal I at Swimming but Golds at .. Athletics, and in the classroom. This year so far, the positio:is have · been reversed­unti.1 the blues won the smimming sports!

Altogether we seem to have had a busy -year, the 80th since Hebron first started in Coonoor. And looking through the Log book I was interested to discover that I must be teaching a dau ghter of a former prefect. not from 80 years ago but frqm 20 years ago , I wo.nder if children gf present pupils will be here in another 20 years.

· +lealth Report April 1979

The over-al I picture for the current year has been better than the previous year, in that we have had only one epidemic. We had a very virulent type of Mumps during the August / November term. Some of the chi I dren were , ve ~ Y, sic~ but thankfu I ly a 11 made a very good recovery.

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We have had one case of German Measles one case of appendicitis and many cases of inti uenza.

The 9 .. eneral health of most of the children is good . The routine medical examinations have enabled us to · pick up some minor ailments. Early treatment gives a much better chance of cure.

There have been the ·usual number of minor accidents. We are most grateful for the protecting care of the Lord our God. The saving from more serious injury of Rosemary and Graem3 Wallis when they had their spill from the scooter, is a further token of the good hand of the Lord our God upon us and we are grateful.

It is good to have regular visits of Dr . Claire Joseph. '(Ve are very fortunate in having Dr. Joseph as our school doctor.

E. Wilson

JUNE

JULY

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School · Diar4 J978 1979

3 The Leavers' Banquec is held for Standards Eleven to Thirteen, with Standard Ten acting as hosts.

6 G. C. E. examinations begin.

7 A party of students attend St. Hilda's production of ''Arsenic and Old Lace."

18 A group of Hebron students present the musical "Tell it Like it is" to a packed congregation at Union Church.

23 The Leavers' Service is held in the school hall. The following awards are made:-

Scholar of the year

Sportsman of the year

Sportswoman of the year Special Prize for outstanding contribution to the School

Paul Martin

Dan Sinclair (for the third corisecut ive year) Sushila Kukathas

Dan Sil'lclair

7 Mr. Chaeroth takes photographs of each class in the school.

14 Junior Sports Day

21 Senior Sports Day

25 Students from Standards Four to Thirteen take part in a musical concert.

28 Following the Junior Fancy Dress Party, the opening night of the Drama Festival is held with 'Mag ic in a Mirror' by Standard Seven and excerpts from 'Toad of Toad Hal I,' by Standard Six.

29 The Senior and Inter Fancy dress parties:

31 The second ni ght of the Drama Festival inc ludes· 'The Spinsters of Lush,' by Standard El even , two French plays by Sta ndard Eight, several other amusing sketches also by Standard Ei ght, and la st but not least the musical ' ' It's getting Late' ' by Standard Ten.

AUGUST

AUGUST

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1 The final night o ftthe.Dr ama Festival includes ''A~gustus Does His Bit," "Sorry vyrong Number." qnd "Riders to the Sea," by Standards Eleven, Twelve and Thirteen, and several Pinter sketches by the Staff. ·

3 The · school yea·r. ends at noon.

TERM ONE

22 Boarders return. ,. =:

23 Classes are resumed.

SEPTEMBER' ,·

2 Following two days of heats and field finals. Inter School Sports Day is held at Wei I ington under clear skies. Hebron girls finish fifth, boys seventh.

8-11 'An S. U. Camp ~ t Quiet Cor'ner, Mavanhalla ·is attende·d by boys from many Nil g iri Schools, six boys being from Hebro~.

15-18 Fourteen. Hebron girls, Mrs. Jenkins and Mrs. Wallis are among those attending the S. U. Camp for girls.

15 A party from Hebron attend a concert by the Madras Chamber Orchestra .at Anandagiri.

29 Mr. and Mrs. Twynam Perkins and the Davies family _ OCTOBER 8 accompany A Level students on a Geography and Biology Field

trip to Mandaparn.

2 Outings are arranged for all the School in celebration of Mahatma Gandhi's birthday ;

3-5 Hebron Students ta ke t hei r practical music examinations. I ;'~ .~,}

5 The funeral service of Mr. Ric t) ard Peach is he ld at Union Church .

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1 The schoo l d rama clu b presents 'The Matc~maker, · a tremendous success.

: ···<: :~:$c:4::,,)l.\\.(;yci'o'n·a·br'in'gs heavy rain td Tamil Nadu, resuWng in over v· ··,,.,,_?; ::,r· mhet'l"''de~l:hs' in the Ooty'd.rstrict.·· -

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6 School examinations begin.

7 A party of about thirty students. -helps· in floo~. reli:ef work in Greenfields. This work continues for the remainder of the term, mainly on week&hds. ':

A party is held to welcome Misses Adams, Barton. Harris; Sugden and Verhaeran, to welcome. back Miss Wilkins and to farewell Miss Reid, also the Davies family and Miss Scanlan leaving on furlough. The staff take this opportunity to farewell Mrs. Hill on her return to New Zealand after many years at

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13 G. C. E. examinations begin.

:.: ,·,,; ·· Jj," Santa Claus gq_te-cra~hes into the Junio.r Christmas p~rty.

18 ·The Senior Christmas party' includes a pantomime of "Snow '--r-- •t<1,• :White and ~he Seven Dwarfs - and their friEmds.~

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19 The Junior Carol Service, centring around a mime of the 'k .•. :-:<.J ~;.~:~,Christmas story is fol.lowed in the evening by the Senior Carol

Service which culminates in Vivaldi's "Gloria;."

21 " •Term ends·.at noon.

JANUARY 1979

·1 • .:;:: .· , i · i•.30. Boarders return

31 Classes are resumed.

FEBRUARY

1 General Arnold Brown of the Salvation Army visits the school.

2 Mock G. C. E; Examinations begin.

14 Valentine's Day. In the evening the staff celebrate Mr. lngleby's birthday and Miss Bateman's twenty fifth year of service at Hebron's. An entire generation of Breeks-Lushington - Hebron Students has reason to be thankful for this gifted and dedicated teacher. The Pattemores, Taylors, Mobleys and Miss Sloman are also welcomed on this Occasion.

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17 S. U. Inter-School Social is held at Queen's Hill, Kotagiri.

MARCH 9 The A Level students go down to Masinagudi for the weekend.

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' r5 · The -Junior School attends a specjal showing of "Tom Sawyer." APRIL

Hebron is r'espor\sible for 'the S. ·u. service ~t Lawrence 'school.

· ,:~ .. '' 6 Senlot scliool Swirrimirig Sports: Gold House 394t BlueHouse325f . ~ . . .. . . . . . .

il _7 S. U. Song Service at. S~. Ge<?rge's Homes! Ketti

10 Junior School Swimming Sports: Blue House 221 Gold House 13t ,;l .1. , "1.

12-17 Easter Camps

23 Dress Rehearsal for Junior Concert at 2 p. m.

24 Schools' Performance of the Senior Concert at 2 P! m.

25 Visitors' Performance of the Junior Concert at 2 P! m.

Visitors' Performance of the Senior Concert at 7 p. m.

26 2 p. m. Junior School Parents' Day Concert

7 p. m. Senior School Parents' Day Programme

27 Parents' Day - interviews - Meeting.

School closes at noon.

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SPORTS \ .·

'And does - the one - that wins - get the crown?' Alice asked, as V\,lell as she cpald, for the long run was putting her quite out of breath .

'J?ear me, no! ' said the King. 'What an idea !'

'Would you - be good enough - 'Al ice panted out, after running a Irttle f1..1rther, '-to stop a minute - just to get - one's breath?'

'I'm good enough,' the King said, 'only I'm not strong .enough.'

-Lewi s Carroll.

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Sports Report Jone 78 April 79

FOOTBALL

The school team, Hebron Hotshots plays every Friday against local football teams. The team is made up of boys and staff. Our playing ' record is be low:

Played

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Won

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Drawn Lost

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Top scorer is J.C. fngleby with 50 goals.

For

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Against

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In the Inter-school tournament .we only entered a supersenior team. The tournament began the day after the August holidays. Our b<;>ys did well to only narrowly lose.

INTER SCHOOL SPORTS

The athietics meet took place in early September. Despite just having come back from holiday our team performed well. We did not win any cups or medals. But we did give of our best. Once more we performed very well in the hurdles events. Notable performances were given by Andrew Weavers and Lisa Simonetta.

HOCKEY

In the boys' tournament the super seniors played an excellent game to beat St . George's . In the semi-final they were unfortunate to lose by 1 goal to Stanes. Our other boys teams tried hard but were knocked. out in the early rounds. The big success in Hockey was once again our Junior girls team. For the third year in succession they won their tournament. The Super senior girls were runners up in their Tournament.

BADMINTON

We took part in the boys tournament for the first tima. We did not win but Harold Benham showed himself to be a valuable player.

BASKETBALL

In the boys tournament we performed well without meeting with any success.. The girls . tournament was a rather sad and upsetting occasion and is probably better forgotten.

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CRICKET /.

We have had an interesting season with some exciting house and class matches. Our Inter-school record may not be brilian:t; but alt three of our teams did manage to reach the semi final of their

·.·· toumarrients; Probably fhe'high point of the intet school g~mes was · the inter teams defeat of Lavi/ranee. Fc>r'eritertaininent, for exi::'itement, for skill, for na ii biting tension, nothing equalled the recent staff ,stt,1~,e,rit matc.h'. The Sti'JJf gave an .. y,ryparallel!:ld. perfo~maru;:,Jf in the 'art and techniques of cricket on losing by a sadly miniscule margin of H> runs. The students played'' tolerabl{ well. Outstanding performances were given by Miss . "catqh of the century" Eves, Mr. Taylor, D. Ambalavanar and A. Timrri. 1 J.C. lngleby playJd a very impar~ial game as umpire.

frt many ways th is report does see·m rather apo.loget.ic, with· r~spect' to our inter school performances. It would give me great pleasure if f could say we had won each tournament we entered. We did not. It doe~ hqwever giye n;i~ great pleasure to say t)lat we competed and in every competition wet 'gave

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J. p. Twyna.111 Perkins . . ·' . . . -. ',\~

The. Inter ·~· School Sports One day Miss Jones said to Mr. T. P. that we could be in the athletics

club because they were very good at running.

So we tried very hard they said for one self's. Then the day came. . ., ' . ~. .

We dressed up in blue tops and shorts with a number' at the back of cir~ ~OP~i .We went in the school bus to the, sports ground,, and 1 put are tt:tmgs m the tent, then we were called for are race. · We· were very sared when the gun went of. Then we ran as fast as· we could but came second last.

We were very sad because we were second last but at least w.e were in the marching;

We were happy that we were in the marching. ,, . .,

~ethanne's brother and Mel ifl~a;s two sisters. were in the sports.

Our mothers and fathers were very pfeased with us. ;.

We were very tierd after are races. Then 1 went back home for the ~ weekend. 1 was so tierd that I fell asleep. As soon as my head ·was on my: pillow.

BethAnne Ironside and Melinda Webb

·Standard Four.

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There was so much cheering you couldn't hear each other. It was Hebron against St. Hilda's . The St. Hilda's came late so Hebron team were getting impatient. When they came they started the match straight away. It was a good game. Both were playing wary wel I . It was 0-1 for Hebron.

Hebron were :lose to getting another goal but went right past. It was very irritating and the groan of disapointment through out the place was very noticeable. The game continuod· and some vary good defence work was d9ne in both Teams. At one sta ge the St. Hilda's team was very near to getting a goal, a very fast and skiUed save was done by our goalie. Everyone gave a sigh of relief and a few members of the team from St. Hilda's muttered a few nasty words under their breath . The game went on and five minutes._ before half time Hebron scored an easy goal. Then the whistle. blew for half time and the two teams went to have a well earned rest.

The game began a.gain and you could tell they were tired and it began to get a bit boring. The playing was bad an.d both teams looked fed - up. The fans who were so noisy in the beginning began to drift away, until Hebron tried a lost effort. St Hildas weren't ready for it and the winning goal was scored. Hebron had won!

Cindy Birch. Standard Seven

The hockey match took place in Lawerence on 13th October. Everyone sat down patiently watching the match. Suddenly Lawerence shot a solid goal and soon all the Lawerence players were gathering together hugging and cheerjng. But it was not the end yet . Hebron started getting very vicious and our hero James Daniel soon got us a goal. So the score was even.

One Lawerence player was playing very we·ll and was about to shoot a goal but managed to stumble over some stones, After that disaster the players fainted of shock. Meanwhile Hebron's crowds were screaming and cheering.

At one stage Hebron was allowed to shoot a goal but t .he half time whistle went.

Soon the game started again and Hebron and Lawerence were playing extremely well. Lawrence tried a goal but lucky for us we had our best goalie keeper Keran Turakiah. With his help Lawerence did not get a goal.

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Many peopl:i fainted in this game. Mostly Lawrence players from sho-ck. Th~ cheering went on and now the score was three to . Hebron and -r~ five ·to Lawrence. Then the score went up to three still to Hebron and seven to Lawrence. ·

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Soon . there was another whistle for another break. A short period, and Hebron were making sur.e they knew all Lawerence' tricks. This break was because one of Hebron's good players got hit on the knee. It was a sad moment. Mr, T. P. fainted from this reason. Now Hebron had no hope . but 'he game went on .

. Hebron suddenly caught up and the score was six to Hebron and seven 'to Lawrence. · ·

There was· only about three minutes left.

The ball was now at the Lawrence goal but Hebron tried so hard to get the ball in the goal. · that at last they made it. The score was eight to Hebron an·d seven to· Lawrence.

Now we must thank our Hebron team. with· of course James o·an·ie I our hero player, Harvey Spikin, Adil Busaidy, Aswin Joshi, P. J. Paul, Arch Jr, Jeremy Wichalls and many more. Now our cheer.

·. HIP, HIP, HURRAY!

Radha Ramanathan

Standard Seven

When we ·played Lawrence football we went to Lawrence by a hired bus which wasn't much bigger than our school one. When we got there we didn't .know what tq do or an·ything. In fact the school was so big that w..e hardly got to the pitc·h. ·

When the game started we didn't find them as good as wa had expected.

I wc;is left inside defence and I played quite well. All the defence played quite well, but the .forwards couldn't play wall because they were not used to the pitch. The Lawrence people got a goal in extra time and won 1-0.

After the match we had a good tea. The Gardens guys had a team and they went Hrst and we waitedfo~ the bus to pick us up. · S,orpe ·guys plciy.ed basketball and ·others sat ti 11 the bus came anc;:I took. µs back to :s·chQob. -,

Gordon Mc Neilly Standard Six

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<Jtllint} into the Swimming. Pool ' .

One day after school when it was compulsory swimming and ·1 was playing football (luckjly I had .a cough and did not have to go1 I decided .to go to the swimming pool. When I got there most people had got their grubby selves in the water some were already on the side wishing they hadn't gone in, and some were wishing they would go in · but they had no courage ; There were of course people enjoying themselves in the water, I don't know how they could though. Soon the teacher in charge told two who hadn't got in to get in "but its too cold" came back the answer. " I am going to count to ten and if you don't go in you will be given some assistance, 1,2,3. "Eager people moved nearer. ' ' 4,5,6" "can we push 'em in now'' . "but it_s t_oo cold, but, please, but, but " splash and that was that. After a minute or so later one was enjoying himself and the other who I reckon was more sensible had come straight out and said he'd rather be murdered.

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Gordon McNeilly Standard Six

Cricket . 1979

This year was the first time Hebro'n had· a Super Senidr Team. It" was a pretty good team even though they had a lot of trouble getting a team together because of the shortage of players. The Super-Seniors played only one game and that was against Breaks.

The team was captained by Gra.ham Chote ably assisted by Andrew Weavers. The Super Senior team had to coach themselves. The game against Breeks was a close game . Hebron lost the game due to the lack of batting talent by the late batsmen. The game was interrupted by rain just after Breeks had finished batting. It was carried on the next day.

Scores

Hebron 110 all out A Weavers 18 P Tyman 15 T. Nadarasa 13 J. Daniel 13

lost to Breaks 136 all out. P. Chote 6 wickets for 46.

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Inters.

The Inter team was a strong team and a lot was expected of them.

The Inter team was captained by Darshan Ambalavanar and assisted by

Stephen Greenwood and Andreas Timm. The team was backed by Mr. Wallis,

Their first game was against Lawrence and Hebron beat them by one

wicket, though they nearly lost it. This is the first time Hebron Inters has

beaten Lawrence.

Scores

Hebron 62 for 9

(A Ironside 18 not out

D. Crowden 15) beat Lawrence 61 all out

S. Greenwood 5 for 19

D. Ambalavanar 3 for 31

Their next game against Rex Higher Secondary and in this game we were beaten badly being all out for nine! The game was lost mainly due to the lack of batting talent by the batsmen; The one good aspect was the good bowling and fielding by Hebron.

Scores.

Hebron 9 lost to Rex Higher Secondary 68 for 8

(D. Ambalavanar 4 wickets

S. Greenwood 3 wickets).

The Inter team had a friendly game against Blue Mountain. We won

convincingly winning the game by eight wickets but we carried on batting

for a few more overs .

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Scores

Hebron 98 for 3 beat Blue Mountain 61 for 8

(L Nadarasa 30 D. Ambalavanar 6 for 30

A. Timm 26 retired

P. Chote 18 not out

S. Greenwood 12)

The Junior Team

This yea r the Juniors had a good team and they did very well in their games . Their captain was Paul Chote; he was ably assisted by Neil Willey and Ashwin Joshi. The team was coached by Mr. J D. Twynam-Perkins.

Th eir first game was against Stanes. They won this gama pretty easily by six wickets.

Scores

Hebron 53 for 4 beat Stanes 51 all out

(N. Willey 18 , P. Chote 14, H. Spikin 10) (A Joshi Tfor 16).

Their next game was against ·Lawrence. Lawrence were a very good team and they got a hi gh score. Hebron batted well but slowly. They had 3 overs left and 110 runs to score when it started raining so Hebron conceded the game to Lawrence by declaring.

Scores

Hebron 50 for 4 declared lost to Lawrence 159 for 3

(P. Chote 12, H. Spikin 14 not out) (P. Chote 2 for 82)

Their final game was a friendly against Breaks, They won this game very easily by 64 runs.

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Scores:

Heb ron 109for 5 beat Breeks 45 at! out .

(A . Joshi 38 not out, K. Turakia 33, P. Chote 25)

(A . Joshi 5 for 14

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P. Ch ote 5 for 24)

D. N. Ambalavana r

N. Thirukumar

Our game against Rex Higher Secondary, started in very good spirits . Our ·mighty captain D N. Ambalava nar walked out for the toss and the Rex captai n tossed with a 50 p. coin. We ended up with fi e lding; Our fielding was absolute ly unbeatable . Curtis took a catch at sl ip off the batsman

· reducing their number. I took a catch_ d.iving and then taking a beautiful catch. Hafidh took a catch, but that was only cause he couldn't get out of the way. ·

At the end of 30 overs they had 68 runs and only 8 wickets had gone.

Then came our turn to show skill at batting. Mr. Wall is said "Go get em boys; you can beat them. Our opening batters walked on to the field, not a care in the world. Andy and Curtis. Andy our sta r batter came out a minute later for a " Go·lden Duck.'' When our mighty captain Darshan N. Ambalavanar want in we were the mighty score of "2". He went out second bowl he faced [lousy] . When the eighth batter namely D. C. went in

. he brought the score up to six and then went out, thus making him top scorer with four runs. When we were a.11 out we had nine runs.

Our three records were:

1. No byes were let through.

2; Al I out for 9 runs.

3. Al I out in 9 overs. Daryl Crowden

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"And the Rain Came Down •• "

· (A commentary of the game against Lawrence in cricket.) It was a sunny day when our bus trundled down the ghat to St.George's

"it was ~n awe inspiring sig~t. . . ·

Our Captain went out to toss with their captain and we lost, but they took batting, which suited us fine ,

Our team strode onto the field and then the opening batsmen came in. After a tough and tiring fight, finally they were all out for 61 runs in approximately 26 overs.

Our opening batsmen came on the field, Andy and Curtis, with Mr. Wallis' words in our ears, telling us that we should win!! Easily??? Andy hit a four off the first ball, but on the last ball he got bowled. The runs crept up but so did the wickets until it was 14 for 3. Then who should appear? Our mighty Captain Devadarshan Niranjen Ambalavanar or D. N. A. and he hit a four on the first ball and came walking back on the next ball. A little while later our score was a great 21 for 8, 'Utter Rubbish, but we kept on -going. Suddenly it started to rain and the rain made the ground slippery and so their bowlers couldn't bowl very well and the score became 45 for 9 with Daryl our ninth man out, when the ball hit his bat and was caught. But our last batsmen hit away merrily and got us 62 runs for 9 wickets. It was a great game, and it played a lot on our nerves and the tension was really strong.

A Song about our Defeat by Rex. (Anon)

.(To be sung to the tune of: A wise man built his house upon the rock). The sun came up and the runs went Down, The sun came up and the runs went~, The sun came up and the rurs went ~. And THEY walked out victorious. -

A Song about our Victory over Lawrence (Anon)

(To be sung to the tune of: A wise man built his house upon the rock.)

The' Rain came down and the runs went up The rains came down and the runs went up The.: ra ins came down and the runs went up And ~marched off Victorious!

Curtis Perera.

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French Cricket

French Cricket has become a craze this last term and Mr. T. P. has even 'organ ized a tou rnamen t. The tournament is for teams of four and for singles . I have gone in for bot h and i n my team I have P. J. Keran and Jayandh. So far we have got to the semifinal and we have beaten two other teams. I think that the craze will ke ep on to the end of this term like marbles did last term but I don' _t think it ' ll start again next term.

StaGG Cricket Jeam A Pre-View

Francis Archer Standard Seven

8. K. Shipsides: is batting first on the staff team with Mr. G. A. Wallis. He claims he had a sleepless nigh t and he -has no finger nails left. Our -"champ ' '_ in this sport touched the ball a record of three times an.d is hoping to beat· his record and achi evad a rem arkable score of 5 runs . He will not be wearing his usual white sun hat as· it got mouldy when he wrapped a half eaten coconut in it last year.

Mr. G. A. Wallis: The longlegged sports champ in our school whose career is drawing to a cl'ose. His playing may not be up to standard this time because a well aimed ball somehow managed to hit him straight on the knee cap, leaving him with one black, knobbly knee.

J, Twynam-Perkins: the red-haired superman is at his be st, after a year of training inter school sports comp~titors. Today, he is expected to wear his chick pink with orange sunhat to gq·with his red, ginger · hair. I do not know if this is to attract- Miss -Bateman's attention, but have reason to believe so. In past soccer" matches he. has returned home to his wife with a hole in his sock where he kicked the ball too hard. She wonders what it will be this time. ·

M. "Dare'' Kemp: This beard~d handsome young man is sure. to attract the two gir ls on the opposing team! His own made cricket bat is dreaded by the oppos it ion. It contains: strong springs, wic;ie blade and sandpaper surface to get the shine off the ball. "We" dread him as opening bowler.

Miss C. "$logger'' S,urJden : This pers:On has just begun her career in test cricket. Time will t e 11 how sh ti goes throu gh the year. She proved her batting skills on the fi nal pra~tice before the match that she is a capable batsman.

R. Wilkins; And the .ball goes for a six and so- does · the Reff's head. Nol She doesn't get burnt that easily, she' s just blushing.

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(From left to right) Mr. Wallis, Miss Eves, Mr. Twynam-Perkins, Mr .. Jenkins Miss Wilkins, Mr. Shipsides. Mr. Taylor Miss Sugden, Mr. Pattemore, Dr. Mobley

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Dr. Mobl~y: a hawk about to swipe th·J ball. Shoulders forward, hunch back, ready? Duncan's sun liat perched on top of his head. "Come on daddy-long legs, let's make a run!

B. Jenkins: In the Oxford Dictionary "Jinks" is sai.d to mean "act of eluding". It was said he tried to elude. playing cricket but his wife entered him for the game. He follows in the steps of the late Sir Donald Bradman (Australia). His fielding in the outfield is magnificent. One should't miss this game.

A. Taylor: One incident I think I should recall. Mr. Taylor, wicket­

keeping for Hebron Hotspots once was doing an exercise while the ball was hit over the midwicket fence. He began to touch his toes and his "trousers" couldn't withhold the pressure and so solit. But fortunately the ·keeper had a needle and thread and so very embarrassingly asked the first slip to stitch the t rousers up. He is a very capable 3rd slip fielder (when of course Miss Wilkins is not there) and "accurate'' bowler.. (Oh! no! another wide!)

Miss D. Eves: is the latest tennis champ. Will she make it in cricket as well? Will the fact that she is a rounders fan help her? Don't forget to run straight ; Miss Eves. Irish people often tend to get things mixed up and the wrong way round.

Mr, S Pattemore with eyes I ike that I guess it's hard to keep them on the ba 11. Wi 11 Mr. Pattemore .get as "engrossed" in .the game _as he .do.es in Physics. We are all waiting to see if. ' he has improved a~ before he never really used to be thrilled with cricket especially with other · passing "fancies".

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Katharine Marsh & Andreas Timm

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·. SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

'The horror of that moment, .. 'the King went. on, ' I shall never, never forget!'

'You win though: the Queen said, •if you don't make a memorandum of it/

Lewis Carroll .

o ·uling, on 1nahalma (jandhi' s 'Birthdav

On Monday we are not going to class. because we are going for A picnic and we are going on a tus and all th~ classes . are going to dHferent places and we are coming back at teatime and some are coming back at 4'clock ·and some are _coming back at 5'clock.

Sara Thomas Standard Two

'Jollowing, the Ooty Cyclone

The monkey puzzle tree fell bown. Thane are a lot of prickles . -l go to sleep at Montauban. It is fun .

. We have a new day room. I like it. It is fun in the day room.

Janine Watson Standard Two

The wall has fallen down. Shall I tell you why? (Yes) there was a storm

jhe Christmas 1Jarly

Stephen Joseph Standard Two

On wednesday we had a Christmas party and we all had a balloon. And when we had our food, father christmas came and gave us all one present. And when we were all eating we had biscuit and a sweet and some mixture. And when Father Christmas came we ran after him into the big hall.

Lisa Thomas Standard Two

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c... r. Kathleen Hawthorne Standard Two

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Katie lngfeby Standard One

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End 06 'Jerm 1

. vye had a .midn!ght feast and with snooper napkins. We saw the sound of music aAd Miss Eves was funny and Miss Dawson ways funny.

_ I saw the knock out games and Miss Dawson was knock out. She was hit on her hed .

A 'Jilm

Michelle Latham Standard Two

We saw a film about mounfain c·limbing and tow men were climbing up _; the mpuntain. They slept on the mountain and the night came. · · ·

They .went to the top of the mountain .

I liked it.

Wen it was morning they got up. Stefanie Kawski

' Standard Two

·.A 'l.9isil lo an Animal Jarm

One day in March 1979 we went to an animal farm. This is what we saw We saw the Champion bull of South India his breed was friesian. He weighe·d 1,000 kg. They do not milk the cows by a machine. They milk them by hand ' After seeing the cows we saw the pigs. We saw baby piglets and a big boar • there. And there was a pig's paddling pool! And the vet ther.e Mr. Ramaswamy . showed us around he was very .kind. And Mr. Olingam is the farm manager.

Chitra Jaswanthkumar, Standard Three.

':Jhe 'l.9isil lo the J)ower Station

On Tuesday we did geography and we learnt how electricity can be made by water. This is called hydro-electric power •. To day after we decided we should go to a hydro-electric power station. So the next day we got some lunch from the kitchen and water in our water bottles. And we got .in the bus and waited for Miss .Baxter. When she came we went off on the bus. How happy every o_ne was. We sung songs. Al I the way there unti'l .Miss Baxter got fed up and said, "be quiet." We went on further up to Lawrence school, the 'I felt a bit sick soon we stoped and the driver said "coffee'' and I thought he meant we were going tO have coffee. But then he

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climbed out of the bus and took berrys. Every body ha nded them around to have a look . Th e Mobl ies were good company, especially Duncan with his toy crockerdil e. Tina pinched Ali ster 's cap, which took a great tro ub le get ting back. Every body spoke different languages. Tina spoke a bit of Hindi , I and Raj spoke Mulayarlem, David Speaking Tamil, Andrias spoke German but poor Andrew could only speak English . When we got there it,was very hot and a per.son showed us around the building. The re were hu ge machines producing electricity . Then he showed us the turbine and how it w c:x ked. Then he showed us a man showing all the power houses and tha pipe l ine carryin g the water to the power houses. We went down some steps and saw the waste water gushing down. We went and had some lunch, it was tasty. After that we played hide-and seek. After a bit we went to the blocked part of the dam where men w are choppin g rock and there were little puddles . We saw tadpoles and frog spawn. Miss Baxter called us and when we got to the bus w e went tired and exhausted. When we got back we continued with games as nor mal.

Our Qreat

Our Great Hike started like this:-

Hike

Sajeev Cheeroth Standard Five

On Saturday the 24th March, we went to Pykara. First the jeep took some of us to the bus station from school apd others walked ti II the jeep came back. Most of the standard sixers walked.

After about one and a half hours in · the bus, we got out at Pykara. We walked fo r solT)e time, thon we came to a big flat rock which jutted out into the water making a smal I P.ool. Some of us caught tadpoles and others paddled ~ Miss Jones and Miss Sloman. took pictures of the rapids. The water was so .beautiful and the sound of the water was like thunder .

After some time we picked up our things and went walking on slowly, the water was get softer and the flow was not so much . Soon we came to a bi g tree. We had a biscuit each and Bethanne went right to the top of the tree and lots of others I ike me tried to get up, but could not. W e stayed there for 15 minutes and then we started to move on, until we came to a muddy bit.

Miss Fowler asked Miss -Sloman to hold her hand, · because she had a firm grip. So Miss Sloman did and suddenly she put her foot back and landed in a very muddy bit. We all laughed at her. When . my turned came to cross , I landed in another muddy bit on the otherside. Mi·ss Sloman !aught at me, for what I had done. Anyway it was good fun. We had lunch at the same place. Anna and I sat under a big tree and never noticed that there w ere ants. Suddenly we felt the ants crawling. I was in such a shock.

Again we started. off after I unch. Ti II we came to a very flat bit of rock Lots o(us paddled and some went over the bridge. This bridge was so shaky that we had to hold on. By this time the water was · getting softer. It sounded I ike miniature water falls.

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Soon we were on our way aga in throu gh bushes and forest til I we came to the darn. Miss Fowler explained to us how i.t worked, The bus stop was not far awa..; , When we came to the bus stop , we had our tea and took the bus back. We sa ng songs in the bus. It was great fun . I enjoyed the hike very much .

School Easter

Yolanda Arokiasamy. Standard Six

Camp

Every year for Easter we go camping. Last yei:ir we went to Shalom. Our whole inter dorm was divided into groups and so we set off by bus from Ooty to Coonoor. We r·Jached Shalom at dusk, and started to help put up the t er ts. By then it had alrea dy started to rai n, w a ll at last all the tents were put up and we had our supper, and went to sleep in the tents . In the middle of the night it started raining heavily. All of us were thoroughly soaked and had to go into the little bungalow all cramped up. In the morning the rain ceased so we had breakfast out doors. The sun shone, our dorm master organized some games which were lots of fun. Al I of us were famished so we had lunch and started on our way back.

A weekend at Shalom

Rohan de Si Iva Standard Seven

We set out after tea o n a Friday afternoon, we had to go in groups of five by bus, and 5 guys could fit in th ·3 landrover including Mr. & Mrs. T. P. When we rea ch0d lower Coonoor half of us piled out of the windows the conducter appeared and forced us back in! From then we had a long walk in the mist, but it was a lot of fun as we were jumping around in the bushes and getting l0st. By this time it was ge tting dark finally we heard the engine of the landrover and th en slowly it appeared out of the mist, turned around we were heading back to Shalo m, that was a real scary experience it seemed we were going to fall of the cliff. After t en minutes of cautious driving we reached Shalom, It was pitck dark by now, and Mark and I had ·greatrtrouble putti ng up the tent with one hurricane lamp, this was partial lybecause we had about three pegs. Finally all the tents up we had supper; it was good. Then Mr. T. P. said ''OK to bed" Someone said "what if it rains," . We argued and talked about this for quater of an hour. the decision was that we knock on the door if it began to rain, In be d (th·3 sleeping bags) it was cold and the pillows were our clothes . about two or three hours passed, the tell tale patterin g of water against cloth woke me up. I tried not to pay any atten­tion but · it grew louder and loud er till it came throu gh! By this time mark was awa-ke the whole of my sl eepi ng ba g was soaked. we collected our stuff and scamped, but somehow w e couldn't find all of it. There were two. streams through our tent becausa it was on a slo;J9 . We . charged out to

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the hut and knocked on t~e door, waited and knocked again, now we bashed against the door with a stone. The rain was coming down in buckets! Ten minutes passed, fifteen minutes passed and finally wa were let in by a "half --s-there'' Mr. T .. P. The hut was to its capacity now 11 guys after acout five more minutes every one had piled in except the guys in the landrover it was jam packed, like sardines and everyone was wet. The main problem was no one had some thing warm to sleep in the remaining hours, so we did as best as we could, three people to a blanket. Conversations like this was common "Look ashwin you've got moi e than half and me and Karl have got nothing!'• Gimme thats my blanket.'' Mr. & Mrs T. P. couldn't believe it so many guys in the hut. As soon as dawn came every one was out trying to make a fire to dry our clothes. Finally we united and made one big fire with the dry wood we had. Socks and shoes were right next to the fire and heavier stuff on the floor a few yards away. Mr. T. P. had the bright idea of tying a rope above the fire to dry blankets and sleeping bags. I had to tie it up finally getting it up a high branch· Anthuam comes along as jolly as ever (with Adil} So they start fooling around with the axe Al I of a sudden everything came down in a huge "Plop" The moron had cut the rope!!

·During the morning we played games involving crawling thrOU'Jh those smelly tea bushes. Then we· had I unch and we had such an amount of leftover we didn't know what to do with it all. Finally we decided to roll it.up in balls and throw it down the cliff. Some Characters like Zora were saying ''Oh ther'll be a guy down the plains and he'll be hungry and all of a sudden delicious "lush" food appear and he'll say Oh good yummy" We all laughed at this babyish joke. Then Mr. T. P. "abracadabrad" some fire ',..--works and we all fired them it was great fun! Then the part of going came, everyone had left except Mrs. T. P. and Mark, Niel, Ashwin and I. we were talking about the fun we had. Some how it was good to be back and get all our dirt of, but some how not. It just seems so exciting living in our element!

Our Unusual Easter

Johnny Somers Standard Eight

" Why on earth do we have to go to a dump I ike Masinagudi" seemed to be the class complaint for weeks before Easter camp. We grade ten girls, feeling very indignant that we were the only senior class not going to the seaside,were bundled in the bus and bumped all· the way down the ghat into the jungle. ·

After arriving at the tourist bungalow we went dow·n to the lake· and had a swim. - On the way back, Mr. Martin heard that there was an elephant wandering around in the jungle. We all set off in the d_irection that we supposed the elephant to be in. Judy·i;ind I decided.that we wouldn't like to meet the elephant face to face an<;f be made into· strawberry jam for the elephant's tea and ~o scurried ·off back to the.tourist bungalow; feeling sure that we would be quite content with the details of the elephant hunt, from

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the others, They didn't find the elephant but came back late for tea, of which there was very I it tie left because Judy and I had decided we needed a bit of refreshment. ·

The next day a filming director staying near us, who also happened to be a friend of Miss. Henry's, invited us to come and watch some filming. We all hopped into their jeep and went down to the filming site. Unfortunately there wer e no filmstars there yet so we wandered gett ing in everyone's way; At lunch time we were served with a beautiful meal after which we were driven up to the tourist bungalow ;

The next day we were invited over to the fil.ning director's place for supper. We listened to music and talked till very late. Arriving back at the tourist bungalow we w ere confronted by a sleepy, red-eyed Mr. lngleby who grumbled and growled at us furiously as we chatted and giggled our way in.

On Monday we were invited over to Vickey's place, where there was a big swimming pool, and W 'J had a good swim. On the way back we met Vi nod Mehrer, a Hindi, fil°mstar

After saying our fond goodbyes we got into the bus and travelled back to school. Our Easter camp cert a inly turned out better then we had hoped .it would. ' · ·· ·

Easter Camp at

By Elizabeth Marsh Standard Eleven

Canna11ore

Wa set off for Coimbat ore railway station with the Grade Eleven co-eds ·a -~d the Grade Nine boys. Few mishaps befell us 0 :-1 that first part of the iourney, the only in ci dent worth mentioning being the elevens' meat falling off the top of the bus and being run into the road before we knew what it was-even the container was bent into a masterpiece of twisted aluminium.

On arrivin g in Coim batore we parted with the Eleven coeds who took the train to Mandapam. Our pa r ty with Mr. Kemp and Mr. Shipsides waited for our train, which was to arrive at nine-thirtl; it arrived at ten and what follow­ed was I ike an extract from a ru gby scrum because I was the smallest in the party, I was the "passage maker," while the bigger guns, namely Frank, Andrew, Patrick and Alasdair filled up the spaces which I tore open.

We managed to get all the hampers of food on and sat down in the crowded compartment to mop our forahaads and relax a little, then someone said, "Where 's the wate r?" PANIC-Two of the larger boys raced down the platform, followed by a stream of abuse by porters and vendors they retrievec the pesky canteen and back o :i to the train just as it started to move but i1 was a false alarm, only anoth ,_H carriage being shunted on. The train finall·y pull ed out at ten thirty, and wa were off!

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We di dn ' t ge t ·much sl eep that night, because it wa s a · coal train and the wi Qdows w o uldn ' t close, so we ended up with soot matted in our hair and our pillows and in our eyes. We got out at virtually every stop during the night for a coffee and dosai-by morning we were swamped, gorged and tired.

We arrived in Canna r. ore at about five thirty in the morning and haggled with the proprietor of " Choice Seaside Hotel " for about half an hour while Step,her.i Greenvvood cursed at the fire-ants which took a liking to his legs and rear! The mana ger finally consented to take our mo ney on a daily basis and not all before we had sta ye d there which was what he had wanted orig inally.

· From then on •I ife was idyllic, except for the long walk t o the beach every day-goi ng t here was fine, it was just coming back with sea-salt in your hair and on you r should ers and sa nd between your feet that mad e life uncomfortable.

The main ms thod of transp ort was by auto-rickshaw--at one tima we managed to ge t about ten of us on one by saying " Uncle dying " I Ser::rum I Secrum·! ' ' The vehicle had about four inches clearance from the road!!

Our greatest hang-out in Cannanore was "Hotel Gowrishankar " which sold fresh lime drinks for sixty paise and fruit-salads for fifty!

In one hotel "The Casino'' we had to wait for half an hour to get half ·a roast chicken; which, by the time we got it, looked as it must have been roasting for a week!

Finally, after much midnight swimming, sunbathing/ burning and fishing we got back onto the Coimbatore bound train , arriving about an hour and a half late and got the four o'clock bus up to Ooty where we arrivedJin our home away from home (cough, cough) Hebron!

The Matchmaker

Stephen Langton Standard Eleven

There was a lot of ·work to be done-perhaps too much and thus. at the beginning to the first term of my year in Standard Eleven when the cal I was sent out fo r ac t ors· for a new ·play called "The Matchmaker" by Thornton Wilder, I let it pass unheeded. Rather I thou ght, I should quietly bum ble a long · get ti ng my· work done. But t hen , burst ing into my dul I-pleasant self-cent red worl d came the good Mr . Shipsides or Dr. B.K. as he is k-nown. He ac;;ked me to try out the lead part that of a Mr. Horace Vendergelder a Mwchant of Yonkers. a smal I town north of New York. So I, not knowing how to say no, did the opposite. ·

Back R r,w; Centre Row:

Forth Row:

STANDARD EL~VEN 1978-79

Grace John, Hazel Smith, Joy Osborne, Gina Parmar, Jo Kukathas, Nanette Weesner, Joyce Louis Stephen Langton, Carolyn Joy Darrell, Andre-v Mc Manus, Sheila Cheeroth, D:ivid Faszer, Elizabeth Marsh, Barry White, Bronwyn Ironside, Graham Chote Grant Swanson, Judy Wigglesworth, Frankie Parmar, Kiren Jeet-Kaur, Alasdair Ferry, Mrs Wallis (Form Teacher), Andrew Weavers, Sharon Reinhardt, John Daniel, Linda Birch, Vijendra Daniel (Absent: Patrick Ty man)

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After a liltle while I began to get into the feel of Vandergelder, an eld erly florid and choleric gentleman and got to know the characters, Ermen· ~Hade his niece, Hoe, the barber, Barnaby and Cornelius. the two clerks and Mrs . Dolly Gallaher - soon to be Mrs. Vandergelder, I began to apprecia1e tMe humour - subtle and otherwise and enjoyed being Vandergelder.

The rehearsals wen·t on and finally, too quickly the line learning ·dead-1 ine came along and I still did not know mine - an embarrassing situation because Carolyn the leading ladyand all the ac·tors knew their lines almost perfectly. So I got down to work and learned; that took two days. Now the finer parts of the performance could be practised and perfected. Then, one week . before the first~ performance Carolyn Darre l I developed a back trouble and went into hospital with a slipped disk. As one can imagine we were all in a terrible fluster-a situatinn on ly amended by Mr. Shipsides' placing of Karyn Ironside that worthy veternn1 with an in,cre-drit>le gift for learning lines--in the par t .

However that brought on :a whole new set of problems, I had been ·used to Jaaning -- as it ware - on Carol·yn because of her superlative knowledge of the script but that was no longer possible with Karyn. So I learnt i anew to qet my words ri'ght and adapt to a new acting style. But -wa . got on and, the t:asic elements learned, grappled with the finer parts of acting-­where and how to stand, n11 ance s of ·expr-ession and good, clear ·eAl:lnciation. The first performance was ac.tually the d(ess rehea r. sal -- the first time. when we would all do our bit-in costumes, using the proi:ier· props a1;1d be in ,

<II" front of those glaringly malevolent stage · li gm ts. Actually, I was· rather . put out ,. it seemed in my biased opinion that -everyone's costumes fitted bu,t · mine. But that was simply because I had longer legs than the. ,hemourable · producer.

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That first evening mar-chir.i] onto the siage witlii my' g~ee,m; 1 1brqeadre -. dressing gow.1, hi gh - heel boots, white cricket trousers, maroon shi'rt and white cravat, I was .strange·ly co nfident. I enjoyed my part and · I .was · going to let the audience _do so too. I launche~ -out : ,.. · ·. · · ·

" I tellforUrn. hu ndradth. ti-me, you will never marry Ermengarde'' I was · rewarded by two and a half hours of the most enjoyable. s.usp.ensa · I ~ hacl experienced .

The 1 story. ·is a .. r·ather- . comi;i ~ex ". one· o.f love a!ild . g r e e d an·d· is basically a farce . Vandergelder aided by Dolly Levi is co.Uf·tirrg ·.a . Mns . . Molly; Ermengarde elopes with Ambrose Kemper, Cornelius and Barnaby go 'off to New·York- (unoiff icia1ll1y) . an€! . 'the. w liole' • thiin@ c: d·e~eloJl);es· .in:to •. a· series of hilarious encoumters amd;nea!I' enc.ounters at. Mrs. Molloy's-Ha·t. sho~;. at the flarmonia Gard en:s Re s;ta,l!.lran·t and a fina I showdown and happy, ending at the home of the buxome Flora Vanhyson. Finally ther.e are fou·r · couples, three of whom are engaged-Yander.g·elder and Levi , Cornelius Haelde·· and lre.ne Molloy; Ambrose and Ermengarde, and Barnaby and Minn.ie-the Hat millineress's assistant. The title of course is refer.ring to M(s:. Levi who wilfuJl.y wr.ecl«s Vandergelder's .co.ur:t ing Mrs~ · Mollov and the imag,in-ary Ernestina Simple and steers herself into :marryi mg hir;n~

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The four performances were to the school, to outside schools and to visitors and although the schools' one was rather a drag, with the polished acting of Karyn Ironside as Dolly Levi, the calculated non-conformity of - .(: Rae Langton as Mrs Mo:loy, the hilarious antics of Graham Chote, alias Cornelius Hackl it was highly successful; of course too, Barnc:by played by an endearing Adil Busaidy, and Ambrose by an equally comic Hafidh Busaidy rendered a higher side to the play with Kathy Willey as M innie Fay also helping with screams and stifled horror at some of Rae's choice remarks . All in all it was a huge success and we all re a I I y enjoyed ourselves enormously.

Alasdair Ferry Standard Eleven .

Report on the Andhra Flood Relief

Union church ·organised a ·short trip to the Nav::imber 1977 ~yclone devastated areas of Andhra Pradesh during our last August · Holidays. We · decided to go on the trip along with two senior staff members Mr. Shipsides and Mr. Kemp to be joined later ty Mr. Wallis and Pastor Jankins.

The main purpose for our visit was to see how the various relief projects were doing, especially E. F. I. C. 0. R. (Evangelical Fellowship of lndia Committee on Relief) to which the church had generously donated Rs. 5,000 · for the construction of one of their many new homes. We were also asked ~ to do all we could to help relief workers as well as to encourage them in their tedious work. ·

We arrived at Dindi where Mr. Graham Griffiths-an old student of the school (now working with OXFAM and Salvation Army) welcomed us.

Mr. Griffiths lives in a small compound in the village called Dindi. His ' house' is a single room hut made with bamboo sides, a thatched roof and a mud floor covered with cow dung. Inside the compound there are four rnore of these huts - two of whi.ch we inhabited-a roofless bath - house. a

1 r a ·;d a store - house. The "Toilet" - neither walled nor roofed, was situated outside the compound's 50 m. perimetre and offered a wide and scenic view of the surrounding villaJe ! There is .no running water or elec­tricity in Dindi, although there are now a few water, pumi;>s which have · been installed after the cyclone.

M r. Griffiths lives a hard life in Bindi . He is all on his own, the only white man for many miles around. The nearest town where anything such · as milk, eggs and bread can be boaght is about twelve kilometres away, over a rough and frequently muddy road. He often has to miss his meals and so ·has about five eggs for.breakfast. (The eggs come from his own chickens which are reared in the compound). The, nearest main town, Vij ayawada, is 120 km . away and Mr. Griffiths has to go often; In fact , in the four days tha t we were t here, we went there and back three times, Fortunately, Mr. Griffiths has a diesel jeep to help him with his work .

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' That night, we did not have a very pleasant sleep as we were kept awake by tha multitude of rats which lived in the thatch of our huts; Mr. Shipsides was especially disturbed, when he awoke in the middle of the night to find dozens of rats running over .and around himl.

The fol lowing morning-after a breakfast of two e g g s each (!)­Mr. Griffiths took us to see a cyclone affected village about five km. from Dindi. Before the tidal-wave flooded the village, its population was about three hundred·. Today there are just over a hundred people left . Every­thing· from their homes to their padi fields was lost. They are now I iving in tents on acres of plain sand washed in by the tidal-wave which had come inland as far as seven km . However, new brick homes are being built for these unfortunate families. These new homes are very small and consist of only two rooms -- a living room (4m · x 2m.) and a kitchen (2m. x 2m.) One just cannot ima :i ine a family of about six living in them. But there are no other alternatives, Bricks and cement are very scarce and cost a terrific amount to be transported to these areas. Sanitary conditions are poor and there are mosquito - infected swamps near the houses. It is going to take a long time to get these people back into suitable living conditions. Their fields have also been ru'ined by the salt brought in by the tidal - wave. and this may take years to clear.

The next morning, our plan for the day · was to take 500 bales of clothes. which had just arrived from the U. S. , and distribute them among the villages.

But, we didn't get far with our plan because the jeep necessary for distrfbuting the clothes, broke down. So first , we, with great difficulty, managed to drive the jeep up the back of the lorry and started on a three hour journey, to a town where the spare part could be acquired. During the course of the journey, we ate fiva kilos. of grapes and a number of corn on the cobs (our lunch and our f i rst meal of · the day). Mr. Griffiths is vefy fond of grapes! We arrived at the town, only to find that the part.was not ava ii able there and we would have to go to Vijayawada to get it. So we went the re. but it meant anot her four hours of Journeying in the jeep on top of the lorry! · ·

As we had a number of hours to spend in Vijyawada while the jeep was in the work-shop, we went to a restaurant to order our dinner. We amused ourselves by ordering the most strange items on the menu. One item ordered , was a heal th-drink called " My fair lady!!"

. After spending about two hours in th!.l restaurant, we found out that the jeep wouldn't be ready until the next day. As Mr. Griffiths was keen on returning to Dindi that sama night, and had borrowed an Indian Red-Cross landrover for this purpose, we did so, and arrived at Dindi around 12.30 a.m.! As soon as we got down Barry went straight into OUR hut. This is his account of what happened.

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"The huts are rr.ade with one large pole in the middre to support the roof. As it was very dark and I couldn't sea a thing, I had to go caref.ully tecawse of the danger cf bumping into the pole. But although. l -r.. missed the pole my foct kicked something soft on the floor. To my great sJrprise it emitted rather lcud grunt ! I thou ght that it must be cne of the people from the compou nd sleeping there and went to my bed to get a torch. In the torch's beam I saw to my horror that ther-e w\3re- two men ·in the room who had their ha nds tied behind thair backs to ,the pole. I smell ed some-thing that too strongly resembled liq.uor, anc;J, saw the · red eyes- of one of the men . Although knowing I was safe while ·t·hey were tied up. I got out of the hut rather fast. On reporting my experi ence to Mr. Griffiths, he . found out and told me that one of these man was a drunkard and the other · a madman awaiting punishm ent for trying to steal rice from the storn-house.

After four days of these adventures, we w ent to another village called Chinthavaripalam, where Mr Lilley works. Along the route wa s-aw many signs of the dreaded cY:c lone. Solid steel electrical posts in the middle of rich green, newly planted padi-fields,.were bent over like match sticks. There were many roofless and crumblad buildi ng s, twisted metal aerials on bufldiogs, and even some buffalo carcasses left to rot on the side of the road. We also passed through many naw housiAg areas being built by releif agencies, one of which is C. A. F. S. A. (Church's Al:.1-xilliary for Social Action). Others are Oxfam. and E. F. I. c. 0. R.

When we arrived we saw the vii.lagers buil.ding houses. that leaked more impressive than the .()11es w,e had seen on our '•tour." with Mr. Griffiths, These houses have curved tiles whicn. because of the angle they are placed at, can withstand most cyclonic winds that may come because these tiles were not available in the district the villagers had to learn how to make them. Today tile - ma.king is a major income for this village. Each of these Rs. 5000 houses .are divided into four parts, each family having one part. A total of twenty - six house·s were being built . While there, we worked with the villagers, building these houses . We pulled trailers filled with sand and tiles, loaded and unloaded the trailers, filled in foundations, threw tiles on the roofs and d i,d various ·other jobs. · ·

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During our visit, we met many a strange character and learnt many new things. For example, there was an old lady who seemed to be the ''granny ' 1

of all lhe people around us. She shouted at every one, including the little children. She kept a watchful eye over our party, and once even appeared simultaneously at two places. She really had the look of a secret agent, sci we nicknamed her "007.''

This is Viji's account of a new exp~rience.

Mr. Shiµsides and myself had the pleasure of being bathed by the officia·I "water carrier ." (Of course it·was an "Indian bath·" one where we had our underwear on,- A •'French ba_th'' is a bath without any clothes · on} We had the bath by a we ll and the guy p0ared t he wall's water over us, half a.bucket at a time. He· seemed just as amused as we were, and got so .carried away. tha!t after I had practically dri·ec:l ~yself, he pou.red a whole bucket-fulil of water over me! Mr. Shipsides and he thought it was a @reat Joke!! •

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The next day, while the others were busy doing the same chores as the previous day, Pastor Jenkins and Viji, accompanied by a few members of the EFICOR team, drove to t he village of Stuartpalam. This is another villa ge which EFICOR is sponsoring. Before the cyclone these villagers lived in 'humpies' (mud-huts) but now each have got a small plot of land, communal water pumps, their own simple thatched houses and their own meeting hall. We had come to Stuartpalarn to give the villagers young coconut trees to plant in front of their huts. Each family had a couple of trees and altogether we had brought eighty. Pastor Jenkins and myself also planted a few. I was so taken up with their old-fashio ned water pump that I decided to go and see how it w orked. My opportunity ·came when 1 ·saw an old woman with two buckets coming to pump water for her new coconut plants. I gave her a friendly smile and started to pump for her. It was quite fun pushing and pulling the long handle up and down . But hardly had the two buckets been filled, when another old lady came up with her buckets. So I decided to keep pumping and to my horror I soon knew I had .... hosen the wrong time to try out the pump. Befo r.e I knew it. o ld women and young children began linin g up to take this opportunity of getting their buckets filled When I'd fi nally finished pumping non-stop, ten minutes later, I felt like watering myself.

After the planting of the trees wa took a little tour of the villa ge and found that most of the villa gers had settled down nicely wi t h a few live.: stock and a small ve getable patch at the back of their I ittle plqts of land . On finishing our t o ur, Pastor Jenkins felt he should take a little service and we had one in their me eting - hall. The messa;ie was translated by one of the EFICOR men. After the service many of the old and infirm villa ;ies came to Pastor Jenkins to ask him to place his hands on their head for a blessin g. We found tha t ma ny of these folk needed medical aid badly but due to the unavaila bility of doc tors and other medical staff, the cli n ic could on ly be he ld once a week at Chinthavaripalem. But because it was some ten kilometers between the t wo villages most of th e poor people at Stuartpalem found they were una ble t o go to Chinthavaripalem for this medical treatment.

Returning late in the afternoon that day from Stuartpalem, Mr . Lilley took us to the Indian Ocean for a dip!! (The s3a is just over five k. m. from Ch inthavaripa I em).

Our visit to Andhra was a short one. But we had seen enou gh. Hund­reds of acres of land lost and covered with salt . families separated either by death or illness; men, women and children labouring nine-ten ho urs a day wi,h minimum wa ges but, above all, we are g lad to say, that there have been ma ny who have come to know the Lord through the vadous Christian missions and organizations.

Vijendra Daniel Barry White Standard Eleven,

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The ·November Catacl4sm

Tne Ooty floods in the early days of November 1978 left Ooty in a state of devastation and it is st ii I suffering from it.

On November 4th the rain lashed down and the wind roared all around the small town of Ooty. On the Saturday evening there was a stream about three feet deer> running in front of Salborne drive. Water was just streaming through the town sweeping away small huts and shops, killing many people and animals. The water all flowed towards Ooty lake. When that was full instead of goirig out at the end it started flowing back into the town because there was a blockage at the other end of the lake. Finally there was so much pressure on the blockage that it gave way and all the water rushed down the val lay sweeping away smal I villages. However none of us knew it was this bad and went to sleep thinking it would be over shortly.

We woke up the next morning with the sound of rain above our heads. We could now see what had actually happened during the night to the peace­ful I ittle town. The cultivation fields were ruined. The soil had been washed on to the roads as well as the odd potato and cabbage I Trees and shrubs which had been knocked down by the storm were lying all over the roads. The traffic had come to a standstill. The roads and ghat were blocked by landslides and rockfalls. Electricity and telephone wires were lying on the ground. We had no electricity or water supply for the next few days. Evidence of soil erosion and gully erosion were also to be seen.

The worst affected areas were the low lying ones like Greenfields which is near the market. Here many people were drowned and houses had caved in. People had lost everything; their money, their houses. their clothes, their crops and their only means of income. They were so shocked about it all that they didn't start cleaning up but just waited around for someone to do it for them.

It was still raining on Sunday afternoon but all the same relief work started. Some students from Hebron went to help. There were. also nuns and other young people helping by distributing food, clothes and cleaning the houses out. Ooty had begun its long journey to recovery.

In Lushing ton there was also quite a lot of damage done. The bank behind the kitchen fell down but luckily didn't damage the building. A part of the classroom bank also fell down. The worst damage was done in the Junior Girls' Dormitory Block. The bank started slipping and huge cracks appeared in the building so that it became unsafe. The JUnior girls had to move to Montauban until repairs were made. A few trees also had to be pulled down because they were unsafe.

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The whole of Ooty was in a terrible state. The roads were all blocked and had to be cleared . Help had to come from somewhere so the people

'.\.: looked to the government. The government was ve ry slow to move so other societies began to launch flood relief funds, Clothes and blankets were provided for the really needy people . Aid was coming from all parts of the country. Inoculations against contagious diseases were carried out so that there would be no problem of disease.

Ooty was facing the task of getting back into normal routine , but it still had a long way to go . Altogether over 300 people w ere killed by the November Cataclysm.

Ooty is still working on tidying up the place in time for the "season'' so that it will be in top trim, and the programme will be able to be carried out as usual .

Rosemary Martin Standard Ten.

'Jht 1niss Hebron C.onltsl 1979 The master of ceremonies, William Hacking, opened th e programme,

which was held on Saturday night March the 24th, to select a Miss Hebron and a Miss Congeniality. The judges asigned this hard task were; Mrs. B. Taylor, Mrs, L. Twynam-Perkins, Mr . J.C. lngleby, Mr. M. Kemp, Mr. A. King and Mr. B. K. Shipsides.

The contestants, five from each class, first appeared in casual wear. Susie Kukathas and Regina Phillip commented as the contestants walked up and down the aisle.

Then there was an interval of twenty minutes when Mr. J . D. Twynam­Perkins cut the ribbon to declare the new canteen, "Willanne's Ca bin", open. Also during the interval the contestants changed into formal clothing an.d appeared before the audience as before. This being finished th e jud ges decided on the finalists. The f inalis t s were Elizabeth Main from Grade Seven Cathy Faszer from Grade Eight, Kathy Willey from Grade Nine. Uma Kukuthas from Grade Ten, Sharon Reinhardt from Grade Eleven and An ne Martin from the A levels. Four contestants chosen fo r M iss Congeniality were Michaeline Jacob from Grade Eight, Saira Joshi from Grade Nine, Kathy Willey also from Grade Nine and Linda Birch from Grade Eleven . All of those chosen for Miss Hebron and for Miss Congenial i ty were interviewed by the master of ceremonies while the decisions were made.

Miss Bateman first gave a ribbon, a certificate and a bouquet to Miss Congeniality who was Linda Birch. Then the moment everyone was waiting for came as Miss Ba f eman crowned Sharon Reinhardt Miss Hebron and presen t ed her with a ribbon, a certificate, a bouquet and a cake . The evening was ended with a short skit from Mr. B. K. Shipsides and Mr. M. Kemp.

Linda Birch Standard Eleven

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Asian Studies Asian Studies in the past has always dealt with teaching various aspects --!'~

of Asia, whether literary, reli g ious, tribal, military, or linguistic, with of course special emphasis on India itself; there has not usually been a great deal of time devoted to work on a more practical level.

The course was in fa ct introduced be cause many people w e re making the rather disconcerting di scovery that a life-time in India, particularly when much of it is spent in an insular environme nt I ike. Hebron, does not neces­sarily make one an expert on all things Indian; and in fact many school l eave rs were return in q home em barrassing ly i gnorant about quite elementary facts , such as the difference between an lrula and Kurumba , or between an HSC and an ISC. Asian studies was brou ght about in an attempt to remedy this situation .

Circumstances forced us into closer contact with the community around us with the advent of the Novem ber '78 cyclone . The A S. Group was utilized as a mopping up squad, cl earing houses from the l iquid mud which had invaded over the thresholds, up to a l eve l of twelve feet in places, and attempting to clear streets of sewerage and silt . As a result of this dxposure the school realized its links with the community, and this has been followed up this ter rr> in our A.S. course; the slant has been on studying socio-economic problems of India today, o ne of its main thrusts being an actual involvemen t and discussion of what goes on in O_oty itself. Three main areas were looke.d at: an orphanage, run by World Vision, a slum tenement and small scale industries.

The orphanage we studied with a view to understanding mo re of what could be done for the deprived in India in this Y aar of the. Child (By the way India has the largest child la bour force in th e world, consisting of 164 million) One concrete .result of this visit is that the student council has taken up an active concern in this orphanage, which cares for thirty-three children from poor backgrounds. The council has arranged for the school to give the children a meat meal once a week, vyhich is a 100% increase on what they were receiving from the orphanage's mea gre kitchen.

Our encounter with the slums was a fairly shocking one . The whole complex officially named "Grace Cottage," is known locally,ironically enough as "Disg race Cotta ge''. It houses approximately 500 people in about 70 small housing units; the houses are for the most part fairly typical shanty huts, with an area of about 7' x 10'. in various states of disrepair. We noted too, that the drainage and sanitation f.acilities were extremely poor, while the water supply consisted of a solitary tap for the needs of the whole area.

Using a basic questionnaire we gained entry into people's houses and into portions of their I ives. One mother brought us into her home where, in the darkness, she I iberally swatted her 10-year old daughter as she re­counted the sad tale of how this unfortunate girl refused to eat the free lunch provided by her school. ..... Hebron parents please note! It's not really surpri­si ng she was so upset-her family was receiving only one income of Rs. 150 per month, with which to fill ten hungry mouths.

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Most of the families had only one meal a day, of rice and dal. We noted that many children were dwarfed because of malnutrition. That is-if we could see them. For in Grace Cottage itself, darkness fell upon us. The smell was revolting and th.3 darkness oppressive. Once a hotel, Grace cottage now provides housing soace for 20 famili es, fully equipped with no electric lighting, no window area and no ventilation. Only when some of the residents kindly lit some of their precious oil lamps were we able to see gleams of brass dekchis and cooking utensils. It was really staggering to see how carefully the people living this da rk mole-like existence kept their tiny rooms, and how proud they W9re to show us their humble possess-ions; in all it was a sha t tering experience. ·

A less emotionally gruellin g afternoon was spent interviewing those involved in small scale industries of one kind or another; peanut vendors, eucalyptus-oil sel ler.s, garland sellers and pan-wallahs to mention a few. We again used questionnaires, and some interesting information was ascertained; Ooty does not have a high mi grant pooulayion and in fact many peanut vendors were continuing in the same trade as their grandparents had. Earn­ings were generally fru gal: Rs. 5-10 a day would be the avera1e range among street wallahs. Some were in debt to the governmant already because they could not keep up loC!n payments: for example after only a year 011e particular chai stall had run up a debt of Rs. 2,400 to Ooty Municipality; the situation would seem to look somewhat hopeless for this unfortunate man.

Asian Studies this t erm has had. in general, a high level of sfrnulation supported of course by an ever increasing library of Politico-Social Analyses with fascinating titles like, "The Meaning of the Indian Experience," "The Development Debate,'' ''Religion" , "Culture and Development"-eachvolume a reading must tor any modern conscientised parent. And with five more weeks of term to go, society eagerly awaits the next shocking revelat ion from our General Research On Poli t ical Econometrics Headquarters as we delve into the murky depths of Ooty, and grapple with more continent-wide societal issues.

Rae Langton Standard Thirteen with C. M. Sugden.

THE STUDENT COUNCIL The Student Council began functioning at the beginning of February.

Made up of fourteen students from the Senior school. its aims are to imp.rove the I ife of the students here at Hebron, and to get them more involved in social outreach in the community.

According to popular vote.the greatest good done so far by the Student Council is the installation of a snackbar, the Willanne Cabin, opened on the evening of the Miss Hebron 1979 contest.

But we have also attempted to help support two children's homes by having a vegetarian meal once a week and giving the money which would have been spent on meat t o buy meat and protein foods for these children.

With the participation of the students and the encouragement of the staff the Student Council has begun to flourish , and we hope to serve the school, and Ooty as a whole, in a greater capacity in the years to come.

Karyn C. I rans i de Vijendra Daniel .

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Student Council 'Representatives STANDARD SEVEN

STANDARD EIGHT

STANDARD NINE

STANDARD TEN

STANDARD ELEVEN

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PREFECTS' REPRESENTATIVES

STAFF REPRESENTATIVE

Dona Id Swanson Lisa Jacob

Johny Somers Karen Wigglesworrh

Allan Ironside Melinda Wobb

Hafidh Busaidy Rache I G i I lette

Gina Parmar Stephen Langton

William Hacking Janet Tozer

Karyn Ironside Vijendra Daniel

Mr. John Twynam-Perkins.

Puppets for Parents Day The play we are going to do for parents day was decided on by Miss

Adams. It is called Snow White and Rose Red. Miss Adams bought the material in the town and then she made some patterns. These were drawn on the material and the boys cut them out. The girls did most of the sewing and stuffing but the boys helped a bit. When we had sewn the parts to the bodies , we made sure they were abfe to bend easily and Marion embroidered the faces and other people put on the hair.

Miss Adams made some more patterns, this time for the clothes and we sewed up hems, sewed lace and sleeves on and also ribbons . When the clothes were finished we put them on the puppets. We still have to do the stringing and the carpenter is making the crossbars. The people who are working the puppets have to learn how to work them. The scenery has to be painted and we are going to use a towel rail covered in cloth for a stage. Miss Adams is writing out the play at the moment and we wil I rehearse every day. Sound effects will have to be taped and then everything will be ready.

Anne-Marie Watson Standard Six,

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ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

' When I use a word, Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone; 'it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor Jess.'

'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean different things.'

'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master -that's all! ... ...... .. . ... ... ... They've a temper, some of them, -particularly verbs, they' re the proudest-adjectives you can do anything with, but not verbs; however, I can manage the whole Jot !'

- Lewis Carro//.

To Spain

One day there was an old ship going to Spain. and it had jewellery on then it saw a pirate ship and they were scared then the pirate ship bomed at the other ship then the people came out in ragged · clothes then the pirates knew that it was an old ship so they stopped the fight and the ofd ship got safely to spa in

Sara Thomas Standard Two

Kathy has a wiggly tooth And the bird are singing today to-morrow it is ure assembly.

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Miriar,n Sharp. Standard two!

In my home in Kera la I have a Sunday School and the Sunday School is every Sunday after lunch and Sara Lisa and me give sweets to the other children and in the sunday school we have bun and a banana and I live in a viflige and I I ike it there at my Grandtmother's house.

And my mummy and Daddy are in Liverpool and they are both doctor's and I think in two years they are coming to India. And in the holidays I

,. went to Liverpool and It was snowing there and I was cold there and when ~ the snow had melted it was slippery there and I like it there.

Priti Thomas Standard Three

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In Kashmir we go on a shikara across a river. And you can get a shikara to the swimmingboat and have lunch 0 .1 it and go swimming or do water-sking or go on a surf board and you can go camping up in Pa'gam and you can get food there and we have a three story house in winter we make a snowman.

Judith Porter Standard Three

My home is in Cochin, My Home's name is Preetdin. We have got a garden at Home and a cat comes for food . The cat sleeps under a tree . I have a mother and a father and a brother at home. My father works at Bela ;i ic fisheries Project . Somtimes He goes out at sea on a ship. My mother works at home and my brother goes to school.

Natasa Rijavec Standard Three

There are four people in my family. I have a bi g house. Some rooms are guestrooms. We have five ra bbits and two doves. Tha cou ntry is called . Utraula. It is a small country. But we live near Lu cnow Our house has an upstairs. Mrs. and Mr. T. P. lived upstairs. We live down stairs. We come from Germany but most of the time we live in India.

Heike Winkler Standard Three

My home is in Malaysia and I I ive in port klan g and My daddy works in po~ t klang. We have two cars. One is li ght blue and the o ther one is white. We have two T V. They are both black and white. My daddy is a doctor. There are six people in our house. My dad and Mu two sisters and me and uncle Raja I ingam and My servant.

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God is the King, He wears a crown we will sing to the king of the town .

Chitra Jaswanthkumar Standard Three.

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Once there was a Frog ca I led Fred do he lived in a pond but he was sad because there was a beautiful Fairy called tipto~. Fairy toptoes maid asked him why he was so sad. He told her she said I will see and asked fairy tip toe fairy toptoe said if he does two things that please me I will marry him. The maid said I will tell him so she told Fredda Fredda then thought and thought then he had an idea he asked the weather clerk what the weather would be like. the old clerk said stormy weather stormy when asked Fredda at tea at tea thank you said Fredda and went home he laid the table for tea and told of the fish to tell fairy tiptoe and her maids for a ride on the pool Fairy tiptoe said I will come when she was in her silver boat She was passing Freddo's house the storm blew up her maids called Fredda to come and save them Fredda ran out and dragged the boat to his door brought them in and gave them the lovely tea then she said I will put three necklaces by an open window you must take them without making a noise I will mark them to prove that they are mine okay said Fredda okay. By this time the storm went down and they went home. Fredda took the pearls that night and showed them to tiptoe she made him handsome and married him the next day they then lived happily.

'Jht j)ragon

Emma Dalzel I Standard Four

There was once a happy little village called the Emrald city. They had no trouble at al I except one day. One day a dragon came. He found a cave and then he went to sleep. In the morning he went down to the village. When they saw him coming they felt the first touch of fright. They fled into their houses. When the dragon went to his cave, Monday went to tell the king. "The king said" we will start battle tomorrow. The next day every one was up early. The soldiers were lined up. Then they were ready to start. It was a long journey. Soon they got there. The people were want­ing to start battle right away. Then the dragon came out of his cave. The man rushed away The k ing and monday were the only once left. So they raced at him. The dra Jon b9gan to huffle and blow fire out of his nostrels. Then soon it started scratch. Then soon the dragon lay dead.

Sharon Hawthorne

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Rogering the Mongooly

Mongoolys are very helpful things . They are very shy at first, but when they get to know you ti=ley a ver-y nice things. I have not seen one, but I have talked with one called Rogering. Once upon a time Rogering the Mongooly was having a niC'e time f!)laying hide and seek, when his head got bumped on a tree. When he got up -again he didn't k11ow where he was. He looked around him and found he wa·s in a car Soon he was dumped out of the car into some burning wood. Then as quick as lightning he darted out of the fire, but as soon as he got out someone picked up a log he was resting on. He Jumped off it and ran away to find the other Mongoolys, and to play hide and seek. On the way home he was resting on a log and it got left alone .

B-eing a Mollusc

Jonathan Main Standard Four;

Inside my shell it is nice and warm. It is dark when I go right into it. The seaweed is everywhere that I can see. The rocks are very nice to live on and I see lots of other Molluscs. I have been attacked by fish lots of times. It is very comfortable in my shell. I like the taste of plankton. I often went for a walk with another Mollusc. Sometimes I was attacked suddenly, so I had to spin round and round so fast that I got dizzy. At night it was scary with fish knocking on my shell.

Elephant

Thumping giantic legs Like four tree trunks Plump and thi.ck Thundering on a house . Tail on both ends. Giant Stone Like a bridge over a river Hairy fleshy elephant.

Jonathan Main Standard Four

Sidharth Khemka Standard Four.

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One night I went for a walk in the woods when I was deep in the woods jt looked as if the trees wer!3 bending to say why <)re you here . I jµst went on into. the woods. I was lucky I had brougl:it my torch. some Qla.nkets a pillow and some food to eat. I had decided to go to th3 other side ' of th'e wood when suddenly a tree picked me up and threw m~ in the air. I don't know where l landed but I found it was warm . I Jooked around and 1·saw the most curious sight I ever saw. There were little people all over the pl9ce. Many crowded round me and yelled, "Howyou come here,'· and.others yelled. "Where you come from.'' I thought, they can't speak as well as I can. · Then suddenly the one who was at the very front said "Oui~t.' ' and <)II the peopl~ were very silent. Then he said, "Come to my palace you are very.welcome." So I went with him to his palace. It was made out of mars bars and looked scr1:1mptious. The man saici, . "I am their king and here is my wife all the other .people are my children ." None of us will never die until Mars Bars the maker of this planet dies," interupted his wife. Then he gave something like ·a pill which would make me small and come and ask him for another pill when I wanted to be big so I took the pill and was small. Then I lived for many years there . I I ived on the pla nets of MARS BARS.

Up, Up, and Awa4

Pamela Watson Standard Five.

One fine day in spring I was born a small nest I ing weak and helpless . Every day I was fed five t imes . The n I got big. And my mother taught me how to fly . I used t o say to myself up, up and away that always cheered me up . When I got bi gger and very grown up I would soar through the sky, seeing the wor ld like an ants world. Sometimes I would land and then take off feeling free and happy feelings of delight would creep through my body and I would look down on the t.iny world. Looking for lambs and things to eat. Over the tree t ops off to France. Over Paris and back to the mountains. With my nest feeling glad as I settled down to sleep,

I' m an Eagle I I ive up in the mountains I have a five foot nest

Sarah Butterworth Standard Five

When I take off I saw through the ai r. glide swiftly through the air .

can reach over the mountains. love t he cool feeling ride the white fluffy ghosts in the sky

The sun sh.ines on my gold feathers When I see my prey I fold my wings and drop I stick my tarons i_nto my prey and take it back to the nest .

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)he 11ew World I was only a small chiid of 8 when it all be;Jan, we started out in the

Mayflower, quite a big ship . Wa sailed southwards that would add a lot of miles to our journey and several days wa had a lot of calm d~ys but then although we were trying to avoid storms wa ran right into one. Everybody was scared andmy mother was begining to be sea sick. I went on deck men tried to tell me to go back but I couldn't hear them. 1. was frightened when a bjg wave nearly washed me off the ship. Then after the storm my mother and lots o·f other peqple got sick, but non dead. I nursed my nother and got her what she wanted. My mother had to sign some rules to say she woul,d obey an.d keep them. Finally land was sighted. Whan we Were on shore 'we fiq;t said a prayer of thanksgiving, then we began to cu~ down frees to build huts. for it was winter. We were always afraid that Red Indians would attack, but they didn't. Sann, many more prehitans like us had come and we lived happily forever after us the Pilgrim Fathers.

My Dream

Sarah Butterworth

Standard Five.

We once decided to go hill climbing. The hill was only a mile away. It was renowned for beautv. It was 1200 feet up . I got some money. Got some food put in my bag and set off. It .was a hot sunny day. I caught the bus and paid the money. It was a bumpy ride through the country side. ·1 got of . the bus a few minutes later. The hill was quite a bit away. When I got there straight away I started to climb the hill. It was fun . Half way up I thought I was at a great height. What was it going to be I ike when we got to the top. At about 1000 feet I fell into a valley. I was quite dazed when I stopped. I looked up the sky · 1ooked the colour of peach. I walked on. The trees looked like chocolate. I came to a pond with a boat at the side. The water was made out of lime juice. I fell down my face in the ground my tongue touched the floor. The soil tasted I ike I ike hundreds and thous­ands, very tasty. There was a carrot sticking in the ground I pulled it tasted of toffee. I was amazed and full. I went to the boat, I took a ride. While I was quite in around the middle of the pond I fell in, then I struggled and felt dizzy I heard my mother say "B·reakfast ". My eyes opened. I found my self in bed.

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. One day I was riding on a fast racing horse through the wo'ods. Sud­denly I noticed that I was not riding a fast horse but a slow fcit pig. · The pig suddenly roll over and it was a big snai I. I got such a frigli:t that I ran off. I cam to the edg.e of the world. But I didn't notice that. So I fell down. Sudd~nly I ~ell on something. · I looked about and · then~ was a sign~ It said Welcome to us. I thought, "What does that mean?" . 1 looked again and I saw that it said "Welcome to the shops of bra ins and bones." I' went along anp saw two shops. There were men making bones and brains. I tho'ught I would buy another train. So 1·went r.ear and saw that they were not selling bones and brains but meat and vegetables. Everything · changed so suddenly. It was very funny, Then I came to a crown. It suddenly change­e'd into a wheel and went rolling down the road. I ran so fast ·that I didn't see the wet mud. I jumped in it and suddenly it changed into ·a s~ony road. I turned around and ran the way that I came from. But I found myself turn around again . I saw the wheel again and ran after it. I ran after it and fell into a riv~H . Then I woke up and I knew that my sister had put wat.er on me, but I knew that it had been a dream.

Lunch at Hebron

Irene Winkler Standard Five.

Oh when can we go for lunch? I'm star'(ing. Its a pleasure to hear Miss Baxter say "Give your maths l:.ooks in." There she just said it. I'm going up to the dorm to wash my hands . Better hurry because there ·goes the bell. You can hear that noise of people talking every day. "Yes I will do fish in the pot with you, Irene.'' Oh no there comes Miss Fowler I think we're going in yeah! I wonder what's for I unch. Shh please! Quiet fo'r grace. Now you can sit down. Oh good its rice and curry yum. What a noise. We'll soon be on silence. " I have a hanana What do you have Sarah? "I have an orange ." I'll wait for you. Good ·your finished, Lets ask .if we can go. ·Excuse me please Miss Fowler. Yes you can go remember its tuck today!

Our Qang

Reeba Jacob Standard Five.

Andrews and I decided somethings in Coonoor. One of them was never do something without consulting the rest of the gang .

The rest of our Gang was Danny, Bruce, Fan, Saunders, Simon and Martin.

Our hide out was a huge pit covered with brambles and ferns But when w~ moved up here we had to find a new one.

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Andrews and I were climbing trees when we noticed we were climbing the tallest tree in the woods we were near the top when we noticed to our surprise that the branches grew in such a way that we could lie down there and so couid the rest of our gang, and to add to our delight it was litered with birds feathers so it made a fluffy mattress . Every day we went there without telling the rest of our gang. We built walls and a roof Then we water proofed it with plastic.

When Saturday came we showed the rest of our gang and they thought it was lovely.

Soon we made a larder and we stole food out of the dinny and put it in -tHe larder. Then we hid there and slept there till the end of term, stealing food out of the dinny when we needed it.

Then we went home and it was the best term wa had ever had.

'Jhe Cawing Crow The cawing crow is waiting in a tree

Alistair Reid-Thomas Standard Five.

His beady black eyes wander greedily over the lawn His jet black feathers stand still as stone He has spied.a movement in the grass. Suddenly he lurches of his branch flies down Then he picks up a big pink juicy worm It's rubbery flesh wo bbles in his strong cruel beak with a SNAP the worm fal Is into two pieces The crow has killed its prey.

Pollution

What is the world comming to With dirt smoke and diseasfl To make you cou gh and sneeze And not even a cool breeze To drive aWfJY the smell

Old grubby houses look d ismally down On to the street and on to the Town The Fo'g seems to· cover the city With a blanket of pity As it comes lower down.

Alistair Reid-Thomas. Standard Five

· Anna Gifford Standard Six

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Marian Ray Standard Six

Robert Wal!is Standard Six

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The Future School

I would I ike the future school to be I ike this. The school would tie built on a hill, but instead of having to walk up a drive, there would be a chair lift which took you up. There would be escalators in all the buildings and lifts if you prefered them. ·

The dormitories had thick carpets on the floor and there would be lovely spring matresses on the beds. You would have no matrons, and could stay up as late as you wished. Tuck boxes will be kept in lockers and you can go shopping or to Ooty Lake every Saturday. • ' ·

There will be two big swimming pools, one for summer and one for winter (which was heated). The school will also have a marvellous gym. In it there will be trampolinss, bars and rings for swinging on, ropes for climbing up and many other things.

For games there will be indoor pitches. Games will be optional, but 1 think most people will take them. There will be matches every week.

The school will have stables with 20 horses. Every week each person will get a ride. Certain people will have the priviledge of looking after the horses.

In class we will have the same amount of every subject each week, and when you have finised you will be able to do anything you like. If you need anything for your class work, you wil I just press a button.

For meals you can have anything you want, sausage rolls, pork, pizzas, pavaloves, choclate eclairs, apple pies. strawberrys, chocolate ice cream, peaches, apricots, cream cakes; cream biscuits, jam tarts, trifle, jelly and anything else you wish for.

That is what I think a school should be like.

M4 Electric School

Anne-Marie Watson Standard Six

My school is called the Electric School. We are all alowed a motor bike and o..ir own mini he! icopter to play with. If we warit to change class rooms, all we do is press a button on our desk and the chair, the desk and everything on it (the desk and chair is on a platform) will go through a trap-door to the classroom which you want to go to. If we are naughty, the teacher takes away th~. electrical system and we have to struggle to our feet .and stagger to the place yve want to go to. The teacher only has to press a button, and an electric pencil will spring up and write on a piece of card which is insted of a black board. The pencil can read the teachers mind.

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There is also a sort of loud speake.r which can also read the teachers mind . and do the talking for her. The teacher doesn't mark the work. She just leaves it and another special machine called a corrector, marks it. If we are sick, the nurse gives us a lovely kind of jelly which makes us wel I instantly.

In the class room, everything is lovely. .Our desks . are made of very strong plastic . Inside the desk when we open the lid, there are fats of little drawers. We press a button and a(l electric pencil .comes into our · hands before we even have t ime to see the drawer open and shut. All we have to do is click our finger and a I ight com.es on. Everything is very easy. We are all very free. We never have to do any boring things like going for long half mile walks. We only have to go by helicopter or some sor t of electric trans­port • Well I'm running short of time and I must close . The bells just gone .

Trees Tree o Tree . Your shady branches cover me You keep me dry in the monsoon You let me climb to see the moon I have fun exploring you And your shiny leaves Glisten in the dew.

Tall and slender Strong and firm Changes as the Seasons turn

Green and brown One birds nest I I ike trees The very best.

Marion Ray Standard Six.

Robert Wallis Standard Six.

Shirin Joseph Standard Six

~orse Racing.

" And number two takes the lead. The one people thought was a weed · But here comes a horse with I ighten ing speed, The one people thought was a weed Bet your money on him m' Lords • Of opposition he' ll make suds." Horse - racing don't ar f take your wit The commentator's always a twit. He cheers one horse, And then another, Screeching like an old Grandmother ;

Jeremy Wi t challs Standard Seven

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Marian Ray Standard Six

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WISH

I wish I could find out what is farther away than the farthest planet; 1 wish I was on a country farm with horses everywhere. I wish I could go swimming in a nice big warm swimming pool. I wish I did not get headaches. I wish I was in Australia. f wish I was the tallest man in the world. I wish Liverpool won the European Cup every year. 1 wish I had a motorized go-cart. t wish I could blow up a bridge. I wish I had a big farm. I wish I could swim the channel. I wish I was a millionaire. t wish I was the brainiest in the class. I wish I was bionic 1 wish girls weren't scared of boys. I wish I could be in the Olympics. I wish I coulci go to space. 1 wish you could get decent posters in· Che I la rams; I wish we had longer holidays. I wish I could go home. I wish I could see my Mum and Dad . I wish I was a black Grizzly bear. 1 wish I was playing my Brown violin . I wish I was good at sports . 1 wish the birds were big and long. 'I wish we had no school. I wish I could not wish. l wish Mr. Shipsides' green sweater would fall of his shoulders. I wish there were a new girl next term. 1 wish I was a red breasted bird. 1 wish I had green hair. 'I wish we could tali< after lights out. ·1 wish it was the holidays. ·1 wish there were no books. 'I wish I had a magic ring . . I wish I could read this.

Class Poem · Standard Se,ven

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Murder in the Kitchen

I walked into the kitchen in Hebron School. I had heard of th~ murder the.re, but I had never dreamed of such a shambles. There were rotten tomatoes messing up the floor, squashed potatoes, onions and whea.t every­where. 1here were overturned tins on the lower shelves and a ruined .bacon slicer. It was hard to believe that while we watched Miss Hebron and all the other stunning beauties walking up the catwalk. an unsuspected person was absolutely ruining the kitchen.

I stood surveying the scene, wondering who could have killed Miss Wilkins. Miss Bateman had gone over to the kitchen just after the show and had found it in this mess. She had fainted at the sight however later said that she saw the leg of a man disappearing through the hatch just as she entered. Surely it couldn't be one of the staff. Miss Wi I kins' body had been found crammed into a wheat bin. As I saw all this I determined to try and find the murderer.

The most I ikelv suspect was obviously Miss Bateman. However. it does not seem likely that she would want to murder Miss Wilkins. The man's leg points to either Mr. T. P., Mr. Taylor, Mr. Wallis or Mr. lngleby. The murder, Dr. C. Joseph said, was committed at about 4-30 in the afternoon Miss Wilkins was in the process of making biscuits. The biscuits already made were found to be safe but the mixture was poisoned. A knife was found missing from its c;:ise and a' pair of blood smeared plastic gloves in a bucket of blood stained water. No finger prints were anywhere for the murderer had already considered that, that was why the gloves were soaking.

A few days after that murder Miss Bateman was found dead. She had died in a more peaceful way than Miss Wilkins. Miss Wi I kins had been slashed across the throat but Miss Bateman was simply poisoned. Then classes stopped. As many kids as possible were sent home but a few had to stay. Among those few were most of Standard seven girls: Lisa, Jasmine, Ann, Cathy and Abigail had gone home but there were no spare reservation anywhere else. Most of the standard seven boys went though all the staff stayed at Selborne or Lushington but the students stayed in Selborne.

Suddenly we received the news that Mr. lngleby was murdered and Miss Jackson seriously injured. She was immediately sent to hospital in Mysore. When she recovered consiousness she was repeatedly saying "Taylor,. Taylor, Mr. Taylor."

Nobody took any real notice of this as they thought it just shock. When she came back to Ooty she was put in Sel borne. We students were allowed to visit her. (By now all of the staff had moved to Selborne.)

As she grew better she kept on saying '·Taylor'' again and again. She got blood poisoning and also died.

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After she also died I began again to take up the case. I remembered her saying "Taylor" and thought '•May be she saw Mr . Taylor doing it." I told Mr. Wallis of my suspicion and he agreed I might be right. He decided to look into the case. We told no .. one of ouf suspicions in case we were wrong . . My doubts were confirmed when Mr. Wallis was suddenly killed. I ~old Mrs. Wallis what we thought and sh~ -brought i.t up at the staff ·meeting ~

Mr. Taylor was arrested. He admitted he was guilty an_d . ""'.as to be hanged soon.

Elizabe-th Ma in Standa~d Seven.

Editor's Note : As Mr . Taylor was the English teacher who set the essay, one might say that he received poetic justice.

The Christmas Holida4s Trincomalee

We spent one long weekend at Trincomalee, this is a natural harbour on the east coast of Ceylon. On the way we saw a big elephant at work moving a big tree which had fallen across the road. It was a long journey and it took nearly al I day. The next day we took a boat and went out to see the various islands dotted about the harbour. We saw two ships which had been in the same place with:Jut moving for six years, one had been abandoned and the other needed repairs. The harbour is big enough and deep enough to take any ship in the world. When we stopped on one of the islands we ·tound some very strange shells and bits of cannons and other interesting bits and pieces. By the time we had finished our time in the boat we were frozen as the sun had gone in, the wind had blown up ard icy waves kept washing over us, but we enjoyed it thoroughly. In the evening we watched the sunset and then went for a swim. The next morning we saw the village boys fishing on what is left of the jetty (as twelve feet of it disappeared in the cyclone). We set off back in the afternoon after having had an enjoyable weekend at Trincomalee ;

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} . P,~e ,9f ~he r!hin.gs tha;t •revolt me most, is when stupid lad.ies go abo.ut abso.IJ,1 t _1y· c.~~te _<;i;· 1_ n make up, They .go. abou.t smothere,d in .this ghastly bloo,d red I ipstick and purple eyeshadow which they coat on themselves from their eyebrow..s .. ~md eve11 under their eyes sometimes. Th.en to make thelT)selves fool< eyeil''more repu'lsive they put 0 .1 false eyelashes and ghastlif. marune nailpolish on their inch long finger nails, and the thir.g that makes feel sick "i's when they put on cheap perfume which smel Is I ike Miss Fowler's New Zealand poni:f':S c ream mixed with scrambled egg and detol. I can't bear it when ·they d'.d ~t,hat -an d it is also very, very, very, very irratating when, after decking themselves up like Miss World they actually think they look pretty!! UGH!!!

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Rats are one thing that' revolt · me. Horrible, furry creatures! Al I their doings are horrible: nesti ng in corners and holes, eating the next day's supper or something if he can ge t iota tbe Jarder, scurrying about with their snake I ike tails writhing behi nd them. If I fall asleep in the garden, and suddenly woke up, the rustle of their body is sharp in my ear and my mind is sick with the knowledge that they were somewhere about. Why can't rats be as nice as mice?

Snakes can be aqually horrid. Long, cold, spiteful "things." Some snakes are beautiful. I don't exactly know which type . B·ut some, big ones are terribly horrible. I hate it mostly as it is poisonous. Pythons especially are nasty! Rattle-snakes only scare me with their noises. But their fangs are perfectly sick colour as well as shape. Usually these fangs are only two inc.hes, but , the way the snake suddenly shoots it out, it gives me the impres­sion that

1Me fangs are much longer than they ar~!

Frogs; poor 'things, I think they look stupid. I hate it when they look innocent.and pretend to do nothing, when they are exactly waiting for the m·osquitoe or whatever insect in front of them to settle down.

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· today I'm sti 11 living

Lakshmi Nadarajah Standard Seve.n · ,

Cathy Ironside Standard Sev1m

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Redesigning the Scholil's· Sport Facilities To improve and redesign the school sport!; facilities we col:.lld have lots

of things. First of all we could make the hall into a place ' ju~t ... tor assembly and plays and so on. I Would make a ne"vli · g:ymnasium and the peoJjle ' who were really interested in qymnastics could "do it. Inside the gym I· would have beans, trampoline, rings and other gymnastical equipment. Then concrete the short cut so that people could go skateboarding down whenever they wanted instead of down the classroom verandah. · ·•

The swimming pool could be bigger and it could stay where it is· at the moment. The bank of the right could be pushed hack so ·that there wil I be en<;>ugh room to enlarge it. Then t_here c?uld b~ . an i11do~r svyimming J >0ot This could be made flatter so that 1t coukJ be converted mto ·a baSket ball cum tennis court. •• · ·. · c .. · •'

The foot ball pitch could be used as a hockey and football ' .pi,cn. · The bottom pitch could have several games. The. small court could be aside foot­ba Ii or 'hockey. There could be two volley ball courts and a netb;;il(cotlct on

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A skating rink could be made at the bottom .of the drive. The· ol~ hall ~ould be used for a badminton court as well.

Swed <Jerms 't •'Good night! Sweet germs." . , . "Good night, Jo's Good night every one!..'. ' "Good night, Miss Homewood'' ''Snorel Snigger! Whistle.'' "Jo! Shut-up!'" "Sorry Miss Homewood" "No talking!" "Yes , Miss Homewood"

Sha'reen Paul Standard. E'ight.

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"Hey you guys! We'ed better go to sleep or otherwise we won't get a late night on Saturday!"

"But I'm feeling bored, and when I'm bored I get homesick.'' "Aw, paw Jo!'' "Girls! I told you not to talk! Go to sleep!,' "Miss Homewood! Could you shut the door please?"

... "What a day! I hate people watching me have my nose drops put in. · Last time it went all over my face.'' -

·'Well if you wouldn't kick and make such a fuss, it wouldn't happen. I don't mind if you lie on my bed arid kick the wall but I do mind · if you get nose drops all over my 'bed." ·

"But, Katie, it tickles, so much ..... .... " "''Jo, I thought I told you to shut up." "You did Miss Homewood." J'Well, do so then."

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. ''Er.: .•.. Katie~ rve been siCk!" ''I know Jo, I heard.'' ·

· "Will you come with me to tell Miss Homewood?" "I will." "Thanks, Sarah:·· SLAM. "What was that?" ..

Silence! Miss Marshall come in, Jo and Sarah following heur:. She turns .on the I ight.

"Now. where have you been sick Jo?" "Over here, Miss Marsha 11." '•My dogs! Oh no! J.o you'd better wash them!" ''I will; Sorry Katie:~ "It's all right. Did any get on my bed?" "Nol" "Phew'' "Now Katie, would you go in top bunk and let Jo go in the bottom?" ~ ·Never! She'll be sick all over my bed?" "Jo, you take the mat out! I'll pull your mattress down!" ~·o. K. Miss Marshall."

Everything has been cleared away. Jo is in bed. Miss Marshall switches off the light.

"Do you still feel like being sick?" "No Miss Marshall.'' "0. K. Go to sleep. I'll see how you are in the morning;"

J)eact at last.

Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr ! '·Drat it! The rising bell," "Is everybody awake? Jo? Shantini?" ''Yes, Miss Homewood." ''Now to go back to sleep.'' "Jo! I heard that! Katie, Be ready for your practice!" •'But Miss Homewood, it's at twenty past!'' •·Miss Homewood, you slept so heavy last night? I was sick so Sarah

and me came and banged on your door. Than we looked in and you were fast asleep; Then I slammed the door and you didn't even wake up.

"Both the grade sevens and eights know they should come right in and shake me. Liza was sick last night."

"But we're not sevens or eights." . "Jo, stop mucking around and get ready.'' ''But its only seven.''

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"Sigh! Katie be ready on time for your practice." ''Yes, Miss Homewood. Bye. Er .. ... . has anyone got a pair of socks I

could borrow?'' "Sorry!" •·Jo?" "Ya, I guess so . Look in my drawer!'' ''Oh! It's 0 . K ... . l've found my own!" "Shantini, you"d better get up!'' ''I will.'' •'You'll be late for your practice and you won't tidy up! ·' "I will.'' . "Er ... has anyone seen my music book. Sarah, have you?" "No." "It's my lesson today and I'm already five minutes late for my practice. "Jo have you seen it?" "No!'' ''Katie, why aren't you at your practice?" ''I can't find rny r.usic book!'' "Miss Homewood ., "Just a minute. Jo! Katie, where did you have it last?'' ''I don't know.'' ''Is this it, by any chance?" "Sarah . you're a I ife saver! Bye everybody!"

Cross Purposes

Katharine Marsh Standard Nine.

This conversation is of two deaf old ladies trying to have a conver­sation. One lady is tryin g to talk about how good her husband was, while the other is talking about her terrible cat :

"My husbanq was a dear! He was a .. ... .. .... ' ' "A scamp! He used to eat all the neighbours' cats' food! He was a ... . " " ... marvellous piece of art. Why, when he was in the house he was

just a .. •.. " " .. . . mischievous scoundrel! Once he leapt up onto my table and

knocked down the ink all over my ..• . .'' ·· quiet man who did all hi? work quickly and accurately! When he was

in the office at his .. . •• '' .. . lovely clean carpet . Oh, I was so angry, that I picked up a ... " ••• "table, the boss would enter and before he could say 'Get to work'

my husband was .. .'' " .. . a stool and flung it at him! Then the poor dear cat was ••• " '• ... at his work, writing like a .. .'' " •.. a dead, bloody thing all covered in blood. the ... " "mad monkey! I loved him so much, my dear •. .'' "idiotic, wretched thing! It's dead now and my last word: it was a •.• " " •. . perfect unbeatable •.. " " •• . smelly cat!" " •.• husband, but then fie died!''

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If I could onl4 ............... : ... ..1 My wish: 'If I could only be as tough as Tarzan.' It all started in class on day. It happened so suddenly that I did not

realise it was coming to I ife.

Soma superhuman force made my hand shoot up and ask if I coufd go to the toilet. I rushed inside and started stripping off my clothes. My cotton underpants had been miraculously changed into leopard skin ones. I was Tarzan ! ·

I streaked off through the trees, headed for Mukerti. I was there in less than ten minutes. I had perched myself in a ta I I eucalyptus tree and the langurs (monkeys) around me chattered to me pleasantly.

I gazed around at the beautiful scenery and at the lake. It shone like a glowing emerald. On the shore I saw a hippie couple talking to each other and admiring the scenery. As I glanced their way I saw a buffalo charge out of the bushes straight at them. I shouted out, "Buffalo!" The both turned their heads alertly and spotting the danger, stood up. They were stood on a piece of rock that protruded over the lake surface. There was no way out for them. The man gained his wits quicker than the g irl and seeing their fate, he cried, "D'ive!" Both of them dived instantaneously. The buffalo tried to stop, and nearly succeeder!. He skidded to the tip of the rock and then slowly toppled over into the path of the dams open sluice gates.

It was only when this tableau was over that I regained my wits. I ran to the ~hare and dived. It was the girl whom I reached first. She clung onto me like a baby clinging to its mother. I deftly swam her to the shore. When she recovered, I started after her boy friend. He was harder to tackle with due to the fact that he was heavier and closer to the sluice gates. I laboriously swam with his unconscious body to the shore. After we had given artificial respiration he recovered.

Immediately I sped off through the trees and was back in the toilet in eight minutes and soon had my clothes on.

As I ·entered into class. Mr. Shipsides raised his voice, "Joe Daniel, I have never known anybody who takes thirty five minutes to go to the toilet." The class roared with laughter. I said, "If I only hadn't been Tarzan!"

Jndustrial ~own

Smoke rises high from all of the chimneys And litter. weeks o!d, lines all of the pavements. Some indifferent dirty washing hangs on a line And some filthy street urchin, chuckles on his way.

Joseph Daniel Standard Nine

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Factories, polluting all around, enshroud the town With an unmarked blanket of grey; A grim, depressing cloud, that coats everything, Living or unliving, with despair.

No I ife throbs amongst the peoplti, All dead, they carry on li11ing; The factories churn out some obscure commodity; The workers themselves, obscure in bleak surroundings.

All coated in a grey depressing gloom, All shadows moving in a grey world; Al I .striving for an unknown goal, All trapped in a grey nightmare.

An Earl4 Call

Harold Benham Standard Ten

In my young and foolish days I once tried to baby sit a miniature naturalist. Actually I had to stay in that menagerie for about three days and spent my nights in the company of a hamster, a gervil , two nondescript looking birds, a pair of toads and a stuffed fox who brooded over me from the top of the cupboard when I tried to sleep. Or.e night after tucking the naturalist in with his pet white rat, and retiring myself, the normal beady little eves of the fox ·grew r,ven smaller and beadier . I couldn't stand it any longer; I got up from bed, squared my shoulders, strengthened my resolve and took a firm step towards the cupboard. As I was taking my firm step however, a cage got in the way, I tripped over it, landed on the toad tank and fell with a crash to the floor .

I opened my eyes there were some large brown eyes looking into them. These eyes moved away leaving me with an uninterrupted view of the beady little eyes on top of the cupboard. There was a scuffle in the corner and then the large brown eyes were peering at me again. I steeled myself for pain and stood up , unfortunately none came . It was quite disappointing having nothing to show for my long suffering.

"The toads are dead." the nature-lover crooned. "Can we look for some more now." It was a statement not a question.

Now it's just not my idea of fun to go out at two o'clock in the morning and look for some toad in a wet, misty marsh. I said so, very firmly, but with a trace of kindness in my voice - just to show him who was boss. His lower lip trembled, he turned soulful eyes towards the upturned toad tank and a tear spilled down his cheek. He's very good at it, and it fools me every time. I told him to call me up next morning and we·d both have jolly time looking for toads. I went to bed and dreamt of fun jolly times looking for toads in a wet, misty marsh. I imagined myself a frail old woman racked with pneumonia.

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At precisely the most heathenish hour of four thirty the next morning there was a crooning beside my ear (I had not said how early, he crooned smugly). The naturalist had learned that most animals are soothed by this noise but he hadn't learnt that this was not the case for an irritable human at four thirty in the morning. However I gave him one of my patiently sweet smiles and got dressed.

It was cold outside and I was hungry, I wasn't allowed any breakfast because the toads w ou Id go away otherwise. I hoped fervently that they had gqne anyway. After splashing around the marshy g round for half an hour I wished that such a thought had never entered my mind. He refused to leave until we had found a toad . Sudden ly there was this croak; my heart would have leapt to my throat if I had let it I shone my torch at the sound, there was another croak-ah! music to my ears! I lowered myself down-there it was. I stood contemplatin g its fine features for several moments; the smooth slimy skin, the prominent chi n, the bul g in g Hanoverian eyes and the most beautiful expression of" I am yours!"

I grabbed him, and missed. I lun ged forward and grabbed again. I toppled and fell, but I had him! I stood up, muddy-but triumphant. cold-but victorious and wet-but with a toa d. I lifted him high feelin g lik9 the statue of I iberty. I brought my offering humbly to the leader of the expedition. I knelt on bonded knee.

"Your toad," I said. I waited humbly for kin g ly approval.

"Toad? That's a fro g." he replied, scorn ringing in his voice. Con­tempt for me. Me!

I wept.

And so the vigil continued, but the precious enthusiasm that I had was gone forever. I felt tra g ic every little while as I oaushed and my imag ination conjured up a picture of that prominent chin, the bulging Hano­verian eyes and the most beautiful expression of "I am yours" •..... the picture of the rejected .. .......... ! find it hard to say ......... .. . Frog.

In the end he found two toads •..••• nothing compared to mine . We returned home as the sun danced and the mist rose; he gloating, I dazed, bewildered.

Jo Kukathas Standard Eleven.

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:Jhoughls on Ceavint} ~ome

You clamber on to the train, kiss Mum and Dad, rush to a window and start yelling bye. There isn't much time for thought. You \/\latch Mum and Dad running along beside the train tH I the end of the platform and then give your final wave and shout your final good-bye. Settling down on the hard bench you wonder when supper's going to be. Its ten o'clock at night and you are leaving the city of Secunderabad going south to Bangalore.

You sigh. Remember that dress you were going to make and that shop you were going to visit. W~ll. maybe next time. You star.t thinking over the holiday and reminisc ing about the lovely time you had at that 1ake. 'Remem ber th11t party? That was fa ntastic fun Then you suddenly remember all the times which weren't so much fun - that week in bed with flu, that crash on the bicycle and your legs still .sore. That reminds you of something­have you got the note sayi ng you can be off games for a week or so? Oh no, you forgot it. It must still be lyi ng on the piano in the sitting room. You sigh a deep long drawn - out sigh.

Try read ing, you tell you rself; you pick up a book and read a few sentence s. Someone asks you what you are rea ding. You mumble something and start reading from where you started before. Some one st eps on your toe. You jump and shriek and t hen set t le down and start reading from where you sta r ted before. The n you wonder what mum and dad are doing . You look at your watch. on ly t en-th ir ty ; mum and dad should be ... .... .. .. you doze off . Sudden ly someone yells, "Suppertime.'' You si gh. You're not hu ngry any more. All you get is soggy sandwiches. Just thi nk-if you were home you mi ght be having some lovely rice and curry or some beautiful Yorkshire pudding. Someone shoves the sandwiches under your nose and you take one anyway. Yo u don't like it; your mou t h feels dry and your eyes feel watery. There ' s already a lump in your t hroat there is no need to add a sandwi ch to it . St i ll you ca rry on eating. Finally you finish your sandwich. You heave a great si gn of relief.

You start reading again from the same place that you started at before. Wow, you congratulate yourself on the fact that you have finally got past that page. You put your book down because you don't feel like reading .anymore.

The train comes into a stat ion. Noise, racket , cries of "coffee, ca-a-fee" ring loud in your ears. Your thoughts become a mess of m ixed up feelings and emotions. Your long ing to see your friends again but you ' re dreading seeing your enemies. You ' re missing mum and dad. Well you decide as you settle down to go to sleep everything will sort itself out ••••••••• you hope;

Elizabeth Marsh Standard Eleven.

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moving, ':Jloust in 'Jndia For a long time, we were planning to change house, moving out of the -f

city, Bangalore, to a. rural Indian village, seventy miles out of Bangalore .. It was 1965 and the roads . were scattered gravel, here and there, so, the trucks which might have been able to move our furniture and luggage couldn't drive in the Indian road.

We thought about how to move our belongings but our smal I car could hardly fit our family, let alone our belongings. Outside the bungalow in Bangalore. we heard a creaking and an uneven creaking at that. We looked out of our big porch screens onto the quiet road, and saw a bullock-cart ;that would be just the thing, we realised.

We went a week later to the Bullock-cart agency by a bicycle rickshaw; an Indian friend of ours went with me, as he knew all the best known bullock agencies. We cycled for nearly an hour till we were out of Bangalore and we went from one field of rice , to the next field of ragi and then to the public meeting place under Woonshimmara (a certain type of shady tree). Finally, after meeting many Indian "friends" we found a man who owned an ox-cart which he wasn't using that was lent to him by his brother-in-law's, cousin's wife ' s father who really did own it when he borrowed it from some distant relative who didn't know who had borrowed i t from him. That was one ox-cart, but we needed three! We got two more vary quickly, because the first man knew all about borrowing and who to borrow from.

With three ox-carts sitting outside our gate, we waited for our car , a ten year old Austin {black in colour), to be fixed; in a month it was all ready, only we needed to tighten all the bolts that the mechanic had forgotton to tighten .

Then we hired fou r coolies as the ox -cart drivers wouldn't help us, to load our stuff onto the oxcarts . My Indian friend and I would travel on the oxcarts while the rest of our family and dog, would travel by tt10 small Austin .

Before we all departed (two weeks after loading the ox-carts) , Dad asked the ox-cart drivers how long it would take and how much money fo r food we'd need . So the drivers answered, "We will come in one day. all the seventy miles". So Dad did some translation so as to expect them two and a half days later .

The Austin left and we followed. About two blocks away from home, Raj, the second ox-cart driver wanted to see e friend for five minutes, so we waited for an hour until we sent Kumar the third ox-car t driver to , look for him, and half an hour later he came back with a group of friends and Raj. The friends, about ten of them al I piled on the ox car t s, for a ride to a place on our road, but in Bangalore. Unfortunately they led us off our road to a place we'd never been and it t ook us two hours to find the correct road , Just as the first day was finishing we got out of Bangalore, our destination with only sixty six mi les to go.

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The next day, we had risen before five in the morning, to get a good start. Wa had been going for a mile when Prasad our first driver wanted some early morning coffee, so we want down a village to a coffee shop, but since we were going so fast, fast enough to ovar-take a seventy year old man with walking stick, Kumar hit a pot hole in the road and his axle broke. so we spent all day and all the next day fixing the axle. Now we had taken three days to get five miles out ot Bangalore. so to cut the story shorter, I will tell you of an average day of the ten it took to get the rest of the way to home. In all it took thirteen days to go the seventy miles.

On the seventh day we made our ave raga of seven mi las per day and during the course of the day this happened. We got up early at 5 o'clock as usual and, as usual they had to have a five minute coffee break which took two hours, then, since we had to go down a long steep hill, we spent another hour putting on 'Automatic' brakes which is a log of wood tied onto both wheels. After this, we spent another hour drinking coffee and at 9-30 started down the hill; at the bottom of the hill, Raj felt sleepy so had an hour's nap, while my friend Kanaka and I took -the brakes off. Up the next hill took half a d·ay, I'm sure but after that it was semi-flat all the way.

We stopped for 'cow's rest' and 'driver's rest' and 'Parangi's rest' (-that is me, they insisted that I being a foreignef and not used to the heat shou Id rest).

We drove into the night, till one o'clock in the morning t-o get our average of seven miles.

On the thirteenth day at aboi...!t nine o'clock in the morning the driver beat their oxen into a run in order get them looking tired so as to have an -excuse for coming late.

I saw our house with its tiny windows and crumbling walls with pleasure instead of disappointment, b_ecause after the bullock cart ride any­thing was luxury, even when I stepped on a scorpion when I was inspecting my bathroom, really an outhouse.

The ox drivers stayed for a couple of days and started off. Raj got a mile out of Kanahale (our village) and became a permanent resident. Prasad '.90t to Bangalore a month later but Kumar stopped somewhere in the middle,

David Faszer Standard Eleven

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"The use of travailing is to regulate imagination by reality and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are."

-Samuel Johnson

A Visit to Kanyakumari The rickety of old bus juddered through the flat coun.try-side somehow

managing to keep intact. The roads were patched, uneven and seemed .to have more potholes than tar. I sat, sore, in my seat and longed for Kanyakumari.

On either side, there were dry fields, deep irrigation tanks and dark green clumps of tall, stately palms. On the far horizon one could see the bottom end of the Deccan Plateau culminating in a series of small, barren, rock foothills. They resembled huge granite termite mounds, round and scarred by the years of erosion .

We had, by now passed through several dusty , depressed vi II ages and they had conveyed their feel in gs to us too. It did not help. The journey had been a long one - all the way from Kottayam via Trivandrum and we had seen much of Keralc>'s beauty. But we had also felt much of her roads-the bus seemed to lack any form of suspension: the driver too appeared to want ~,~ to drive as fast as the old crate could possibly move.

At last we rolled down another dry, sandy hill and suddenly, the sea materialized in front of our expectant eyes. It rolled, vast and blue on the rocky shores of the cape and thundered down on astonished pilgrims and sun-glassed tourists on the beach. But a 11 was not over. Our I uggage had contrived to disintegrate and I now had the unpleasant task of putting it together again before we could get out. I swung my rucksack on . A muffled curse carried over from the seat behind and when I looked around I saw an astonished but very angry Indian passenger behind me-rubbirag his nose!

Very carefully I took the cases out and put them on the pavement, An eager, gesticulating little man raced round the corner and presently my sister and I were waiting in the blazing hot Indian afternoon sun as Miss Wagland went off to survey 'one hotel.'

That evening at about five o'clock, having showered and changed we set off on a walk. Kanyakumari, we discovered, consisted of one main street. a beach road, and several back streets and allyways leading to all sorts of dubiously commercialized placesjlhere were two big hotels-the Tourist Bungalow and Kerala House, many smaller lodges and a teeming (or so it seemed) congregation of smal I restaurants. Along the very tip of the Cape ~-was large temple and an Ashram had been erected on a small offshore island -almost a stack

77 ··-'.,. This contrasted very grea.tly,with my imaginary picture .. of the place.

Somehow, over optimistfcally - I had not reckoned on s.mall wandering herds of pig~, nor for the various shacks and hovels inevitable at any Indian $ettlement I had fonQly imagined that being one of India's biggest tourist attracti'ons the Government would have made it into · something reaf'ly go-od .. ·1 had naively pictured a smaller, bett~r maintained place with a swimming beach and plenty of modern conveniences and catering to a very large extent to the pampered European. And so I was totally ·unprepared for .what I actually encountered. .

A fl.oliday in Cadakh

· Alasdair Ferry Sta.nda'rd Eleven

I come from Australia but for thirtee n years of my life I have I ived in Jammu and Kashmir State, in the North of India and about sixty miles from the Inda-Pak. ceasefire line. I live in a very small village called Batote which is situated about seven miles from the longest land-slip in all northern India, Batri Narsiri.

For many years my father and myself wanted to go to Ladakh, more commonly called" Lesser Tibet." It had been a closed state entirely except for the military who sent massive convoys up and down a I most thrice a week.

The people who live in Tibet had often immigrated to the more "Hospi­table" Ladakh. When the Chinese took-over Tibet proper, thousands of refuge.es emi grated from Lhasa, the Capital of Ti bet to Leh, the capital of Ladakh. I always imagined Tibetans as cruel, ruthless, mean and evil people , something I ike Ghengis Khan or Atila the Hun .

The way I imagined Ladakh, mainly because people had imm igrated there, was that it w ould be like an elevated basin-flowing with mi·lk and honey ...... the only things that Ladakh exported were apricots, apples and pears, surely ,by these exports, I reasoned the land must be green and undula­ting and fresh.

- Finally, after many years of waiting, the border was opened and tourists could pass during the August holidays . •. . the only time when the road is not snowed or iced over. Inn ineteen-seventy six we tried to go ud there but could not get past our town Batote because Batri - Nars iri had slipped from the incredible amount of rain it had received during the June­July monsoon .

. The next year's August Holidays went much better and, · <1lthough ihere .we.re no buses up tq Srinagar the capital of Kashmir, wa hitched a lift j·n a furniture burdened truck and travelled the one-hundred and twenty miles on the roof, just above the cabin, where the spare tyre was kept! We got a.wfully sun-burnt but got rid of it easily as we swam off our Houseboat '' Shahzdde" in Na;iin Lake, Srinagar. Two days later we began the two day journey up to Leh the capital. We travelled till lunch-time and stopped at a refreshment town Sonamar g. From here the bus turned up the side of.the glaciated valley and finally we crossed "z-,zila Pass" at twelve thousand odd feet; we went over the pass and we were in Ladakh! It was like another country-or should I say, another planet-there wasn't a blade of grass on the mountains, and that's no exa ggeration. Our Sikh driver was slightly influen­ced by alcohol so the two thousand feet drops didn't bother him much! He swerved around the hair-pin bends 11\!ithout slackening his spead and when we went around a bend winding to the right I was over the edge of a cliff because I was sitting in level with the driver in the front of the bus!

We spent the night in Kargil and got a second shock-the people ware incredibly friendly-we decided to take an afternoon walk and found an apricot tree-one of the few along the Tital Rivar and wondered how wa could fetch some. We walked around the farm house, waited for the repri­mand-it never came-and when we got to the fruit laden tree a police-man was helping himself; we asked him if we could and the aged septuagenarian said between munches, "Yes this is a very good tree, help yourself". So we did. Next morning at about six we got on the bus and went through the most desolate country I've ever been through , it was worsj than the Kabul Gorge and far worse than Southern Turkey. Steep mountains shot up to twenty five thousand feet with al most sheer drops down to the Indus Gorge which we followed all the way to Leh. When we got to Leh, after passing a range of thirteen and a half thousand feet; my father got altitude sickness because Leh is an average of twelve thousand feet . We stayed with him for ·that night and looked after him. Next morning he was wel I enough to go up to the monastery; again I was reminded how wron g I was in thinking these gentle people could be like Genghis Khan. We were shown around the monastery by the head Lama and afterwards we ate Tibetan cheese and drank green tea. When we went down to the market we asked for one kilogram of apples and with that one kilo gram apples we received half a kilogram free, just because the shopkeeper rarely saw foreign children!

This holiday was a leswn to me in that it is very foolish to form opini­ons before you know the whole story: it is far better to regard anyone you haven't met or anything you haven't seen as neutral.

Stephen Langton Standar.d Eleven.

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The Prodigal Retold

This tale here is old and with tima has acquired a formidable wardrobe of some hundred thousand var.iations; sometimes he is an ex-convict, . some­times a young man, at others a boy. Sometimes he comes back to his w .ife, sometimes to his parents, and sometimes to God. It is always different but it is always the same. For always he comes back.

Once upon a time there was a boy of the American Plains from a poor farm-house and when he was fourteen he ran away.

"If there's anything happening it's in New ·orleans". So he went to New Or leans. Yes, that's the place where Joe Louis and his gold trumpet sweat honey-music all ni ght long. Yes the place where the lights were briglat and garish, an unlashed flood unnaturally, unashamedly sweeping .aside the dirty darb<ness, strings upon garlands upon wreathes, of bulbs, a sparkling funeral procession aimlessly wandering through the avenues. Y13ah, the joint where the g irls chewed gum and talked fast with a heavy husk under the breath and sort of cut you funny looks and then throw back their long hair and sort of slink off like cats, you know.

He didn't have much money after paying the truck driver what was demanded, but wanderin g the gaudy straets clutching a worn-out rucksack, his sole possessi-on; his heart thumping, his throat dry, he suddenly forced coura ge to enter a bar. They threw him out sometime in the late night, drunk and he sta gg ered about, punch-pleased, until he knocked on this door and Joe Louis h imself opened up and let him sleep on the floor,. When he w oke up he found it was not Joe Louis but some retired boxer who hadn ' t seen a trumpet in all his beat-up life The old pu gilist gave the boy something to Bat and set him on his way. That was pretty neat but after. then things got ug ly . W a ll eve ntually he got this job worki ng at a horse stable. scooping up the du ng that sometimes was dried and that was hard work and som etimes was hot and steaming and that was easy . They were all b lack, the owners, or the guys in charge, and they didn't pay him but gave him food and that was okay except sometimes they mixed in a lot of horse gramme which was for the horses and not a man but you can't compla.in can you? Finally it was the smell that changed things. Dung smell all soggy and fresh. It reminded ·him, when it happened, of something ch oking and there was this constriuc­tion in his chest when he remembered back home his pa hadn't too much but now and then he would afford a man's help for tossing hay and then doing what he did now that's scoop.ing dung . · .Twenty cents . Holy cow. t wenty ·cents! Enough to give a man a crick3d neck from sticking up his nose in pridal I It.happened when the owners, the gu.ys ·in charge that is, got filthy drunk one day and filled their hands with the wet manure he had heaped aside. That was okay but then they cal led him a white slug and sloshed it over his head. He wrote back:

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Dear Pa and Dear Ma ,

Don't ask me where I'm. f'm coming back. I guess by now you got other plans. Suppose you don't mind hang a towel from the left window upstairs. Please but don't if you don't want to.

But that was okay in the end because they were stone-drunk that night so after he had washed he stole some crisp money and made off. He posted the letter and two days later boarded the bus, clutching his soiled rucksack.

A well dressed old man with an expression of constant concentration, made painful by his rhino-horn glasses, sat by him. The sort of guy who liked things prim and proper you know, I ike five cents for the razors, fifteen for the extra paint, fifty for the hamburgher special and if the price's gone up well we'll just have to do without. Well, maybe all the fidgeting and nail-biting went on for too fang and just got on his nerves because he suddenly grabbed the boy's knee like a vice or like ma throttling the neck of some poor chicken whose 'Time for the Judgement of All Flesh' had come.

"Sonny," he said, "what's eating you?" Then the boy. close to tears0told him. He told him how scared he was 'cos maybe the towel wouldn't be there or maybe they'd forget or think he'd be coming the next day or maybe it was indecent hanging out a towel where all could see it especially since his family was good and respectable not I ike the O'Connors or maybe the bus would go too fast and he wouldn't see or maybe he would imagine a towel.

"That's all?" the man said looking at him through his severe glasses . . , Okay. You kee.p quiet. I'll look and tell you what I see. You keep mum. Now that a deal?'' ·

The boy nodded his head. He sat stiff as an unused trombone I ike a student next to a teacher of fearful aspect. So it was , rolling plains, swaying fields, meandering rivers, until suddenly the boy caught his breath.

"It's the second bend from here", he whispered hoarsely, "the fifth place." He buried his face in his arms.

The man adjusted his glasses. He cleared his throat. "Well,'' he said, "well, nothing yet. I can see a grass bank stretching. Oh, yes you are right there is a house. No nothing . The fifth you said? Yes you said the fifth. Oh, yes, the second, the third. Yes. Ah the fourth. Now where's this fifth? Fifth did you say? Fifth? Oh yes, indeed, There is a fifth. How strange now. How eccentric. Indeed. positively intriguing. Thers are blankets over the roof. There are curtains, huge yellow things, over the trees. And bedsheets over the lawn . There are towels round the trunks. And lots of people, oh maybe twenty, thirty up front. They're waving. Now, are they laughing or crying? Laughing, I presume. They must have run out of material because they've used pink toilet paper to dress the barn. You're right. On the window-."

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From all over the bus there were loud cries of astonishment punctuating the excited hubbub of wonder. The boy was glad; somewhere Joe Louis and his gold trumpet were playing a welcome tune and he didn't want anyone to hear his weeping.

Anil Kuruvilla Standard Thirteen

Fruehling Auf Der Heide Gruen warden die Baeume

am Anfang des Fruehlings. Schnell fliegen die Wolken

ueber Erde und Meer. Und in dem Holzhaeuschen

beim Fenster sitzt Heidi. Die Strahlen der Sonne

im goldenen Haar. A. King

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NEWS OF FORMER PUPILS

'/don't understand you,' said Alice. 'It's dreadfully confusing.'

'That's the effect of living backwards,' the Queen said kindly: 'it always makes one a little giddy at first-'

'Living backwards!' Alice repeated in great astonishment. '/ never heard of such a thing!'

'-but there's one great advantage in it, that one's memory works both ways.'

'I'm sure mine only works one way,' . Alice remarked. '/ can't remember things before they happen-'

'It's a poor sort of memory that only_ works backwards,'the Queen remarked.

Lewis Carroll

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Hebron Reunion in Canada

On August 19th 1978 twenty - eight ex - staff, studen,ts, parents and friends, gathered together in Oakville, Ontario (on the outskirts of Toronto) fo~ the first Hebron reunion in many years, in Canada. . _ .

Due to the courtesy of Dudley and Eva Coles, the love ly Salvation Army Hall was made available for this nostalgic event. There were sent imental momentoes such as Hebron Gleanings, old ties, badges, berets, etc. To create the feeling of ''The Good 01-d Days!" Indian sweet meats were provided while we made new•'old acquaintances." By way of slides, shown by Thelma Sargent and Ted Lloyd, we were taken back to the Nilgiris to reminisce and to have a good laugh.

Mrs. Coles excelled in preparing us a delicious curry and rice with all the trimmings. We ate as we haven't done since leaving Hebron.

After dinner, we heard up-to-date news about the changes in Hebron from Danny Sinclair, who just finished his "A'' levels and returned home six weeks previously.

A reunion wouldn't be complete without the singing of "Deo Supremo', and it was unanimously agreed upon that another reunion is a must - this time on a larger scale. Tentative thoughts now are for the ' ' 79" reunion to be held sometime in August. We would like to hear from anyone interested in being at the next reunion, with your ideas and preferred dates.

More details about the reunion will follow as plans materialize.

A special vote of thanks goes to Eva and Dudley Coles, Heather, Howard and Graham for all they did to make the reunion a roaring success.

If you know anyone who might be interested in attending the next Canadian Hebron Reunion, please let .us know, with . addresses if you have them.

And if you can, do plan to take your vacation in the . l'oronto area in August so that you can be with us for the time of tel lowship .at the next reunion.

You can write to Heather Coles, 460 Tower Drive, Oakvrlle, Ontario; or Cathy Sinclair, 14 Luella St;, Scarboro, Ont., or Thelma Sargent, 263 Pharmacy .Ave .. 407, Scarboro, Ont.

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Canada

Wendy Birch is in her second year at Briercrest Bible Institute and may be

going to lndia 'with a Christian musical team this year.

Marilyn Birch is now Mrs. Richard Schlitt and is now living in British Columbia. She and Richard have been accepted by 0. M. F.

The Burton family, is living in Aurora, Ontario. Janice is in Grade 12 and is

interested in computer programming. Cindy is studying in Grade 11 while

Brian and Charlene are in Grade 10.

Dudley and Eva Coles are active in the Salvation Army in Oakville. Heather

is working in catalogue merchandise in one of the major department stores in Toronto. Howard and Graham are in Grades 13 and 11 respectively and

are both very ac t ive in music .

Marshall and Muriel (nee Wilson) Dunn have three children ·and are living in

Burlington , Ontario. Mary (nee Wilson) Howitt is a doctor, and lives with

her family in Guelph, Ontario.

Jim and Sharon (nee Sinclair) Frew and their two sons I ive in Scarborough

Ontario .

Susan Grady is affiliated with the United Church of Canada, in Toronto and hopes to work full time with them.

Dougie and Terry McHarg - are in grades 10 and 12 respectively, and are living in Agfocourt, Ont. They are both very active and doing well in the sports world .

Myrna Nemeth '- was married to Jim last September., in British Columbia . Heather Coles flew out to attend the wedd ing.

Cathy Sinclair - is a secretary in an insur-ance company and Danny is slowly

·settling down to life in Canada, though still missing India .

Ferdie Tozer - is now majoring in Aviation technology in Durham College at Oshawa, Ont. He is doing well and produces a good stream of high marks.

Bruce Worrall - is working on a farm in Maple Ridge, B. C. and is evidently enjoying the wonderful Canadian way of I ifel

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United States The Brandows

~obby Rae is mother of two in Kalamazoo, Michigan; Douglas is still studying in Chicago ; Cheryl Rae is writing a column for the Child Evangelism Magazine, and has other writing assignments.

Cindy an-d Sharon Erick son are in Bob Jones University in So. Carolina.

Ruth Ann Gille tt e is nursin g in So. Carolina. She became engaged to be married to Mike at Christmas time.

Becky Hamil t on is at Vernard Bi ble School and toured in the _U.S. A. with a musical g roup from the school.

Steven Friebel is in his third year at Prairie Bible Institute and hopes to go over to Turkey with Operation Mobilisation in the summer.

His sister Dorothy is married and on the staff of Prairie Bible Institute. ·

Gordon married Nancy Hetherington in December; they I ive in Vancouver, and Gordon is an aviation mechanic .

Dilip Nirody is studyin g at Brigham You ng University, Utah , and seems to be quite happy there.

Ruth Powdrill took a break from her nursing in England to attend brother Sam's wedding, last summer, in th e States. Ly d ia is in Ke ntucky Mountai n Bible Institute .

Dorothy (V ine) was married in May to Crai g Cook, an executive with H. C. J. B. They have visited Canada (Craig's home) and New Zealand (Dorothy ~s) but live in Miami, Florida.

The Schra g Family

George, who is married and has four children, is working in the engineering department of a company in Moundridge, Kansas.

Grace is also married and has two children. Faith and her husband have a

farm near Wichita. Duane has completed two years at Wichita State Univer­sity, but is hoping to transfer to Oregon St ate University because of its excell­ent school of journalism. He is particularly interested in photo journalism.

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Joy. Virgil and Maynard ara at Grace Colle;ie of the Bible in Omaha. Joy (now married) is finishing her third year in piano; Vir;:iil has completed two years in music, but has had a year off workin;:J, before returning to his studies in the fall.

Maynard is enjoying music classes, and playing the trombone. He is also taking piano and drum lessons.

Peter and Susie Wiig are both continuing with their studies. Pdter is in a family style Bible lnstitut3 in Alaska whila Susie is in her final year at Biola, taking a communications course.

The U. K. and Eire

'Peter 'Bennett is married. He and his wife Elizabeth I ive in Hami I ton, Scotland.

Miriam Dartnarl-Smith is enjoying life in England where she has a job as a dental receptionist.

Priscilla German came from England for the Hebron reunion in Toronto and to attend Marilyn Birch's wedding held in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Cilla is an occupational therapist in Surrey.

Paul German is doing a B. A. (Hons), course in Business Studies at Oxford Polytechnic. He has met Philip le Sueur, in his second year studying Chemistry at one of the Oxford Colleges.

Linda and Kathy Gill are homesick for India. They miss Hebron and their friends. Linda is in the fourth form and Kathy in the sixth at Walthornstow Hall in l(ent, the same school Gill Wilson is in. They enjoy a holiday in India over Christmas and hope to return in the summer. Kathy plans to go nursing when she has finished her A levels.

Paul, Sam and Alan Martin havs settled well into their respective schools in Cambridge, and Paul is finding plenty of opportunities for drama.

Jenny and Karen McCormick are taking their 0 and A level exams (respectively) in June, after which they hope to come out to India. Karen hopes to train as a nurse.

David McManus is at Nottingham University, studying Theology and Sociology. He is still enjoying playing the violin (with local orchestras) as he has the opportunity,

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The S.tockley family

Ruth now a student nurse at Westminister Hospital was invited . tQ BUCkingham Palace to receive her Gold Award in person from the Duke of Edinburgh on 29 March.

James is now manager of city Farm No 1 of Inter-Action, a semivolunteer group assisting city communities.

Philip is in his final year at the University of Norwich taking a degree in Development studies. He is also editor of the magazine "Contrad ictions: Helen is in her second year of Hotel Catering and Housekeeping at S. E. London Tee., Lewisham.

Huoh Tyman is working in Guildford Boat House. He plans to take a course in Mechanical engineering

Jeanette Wilcocks (nee Vine) is married to a graphic designE;H and they live <ibout 30 miles out of London. They have two children-Sara, now aged 3, and <l baby of one year.

Janet Williams visited the school in July-August and was able to stay at Selbourne.

Christopher is doing well at school and is particularly interested in journa­.lism as a career.

New Zealand The Brieseman Family in Christchurch are all studying hard and

doing w ell. Lyn and Nigel are now through second year of 8. A. and B. Engi- . neer ing respectively.

John Chote is still living in Hamilton. He is now lead singer with a Christian group cal led Soul Purpose which has toured prisons and hi gh schools . Shirley has settled in well with her fost er family in Rotorua. She is nursing, followin g a visit to the family in Ooty in February.

Wendy Atkinson (nee Pettigrew,)is sti ll living in Auckland. Her two boys .are doing well at school and youn g Georg ina growin g fast.

Iris Durney (nee Fritschi) lives riear Kaitaia on an 8 acre property. He.r husband is a Secondary School teacher and they have two children, Liesl. 5 .and Karen, 2 years . Iris works part-time as a sister at the hospital.

Roy Mathias, with the rest of h.is family, visited India over Christmas. Ro,y :gained outstanding results in the national School Certificate (fifth form1

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examinations, with over 90% in Mathematics, Physics · and Biology. He was chess champion of Auckland Grammar school last year.

Mr, & Mrs. Vine visited India last year and had many opportunities to meet old friends and to travel. Elsie with her husband and small daughter have moved to Hamilton where her husband works in the college library.

Australia

The Coventry Family

Judith is married with a one year old daughter, Catherine. Margaret is a nurse at Q M . H. in Adelaide. Sue has started a midwifery course after returning from a world tour which included a coupl e o f months in Israel. Jonathan works for Telecom, Aust ralia and David is in busi ness college i n Adelaide;

John Garlick is studying mechanical engineering and Michael electrica f engineering at the Queensland Ins t itute o f Technology ; Bruce now a sixth former, is doing very w ell in his studies. ---

Doug las McNaught and his wife are in North Queensland on an Aboriginal Mission station . Eliza bet h and her husband and daughter live in New South Wales on an Agricultural Resear::h Station.

Robert Morris is in Perth, completing a course in Psychology, then proceeding. to post graduate work i n criminology at the University of Western Australia .

Jonathan and Andrew Shead went to S. U. camps over the Summer . Th.eyare living in Carl ingford, Sydney, and attend school near their home.

Margaret Smith is taking medicine and Geoffrey architecture at University.

Jayanti Baneriee is doing an arts course In National Junior College in Singapore. During her first two weeks at the college, she was selected tc:» speak in an elocution contest and won first prize. She is happy at the college although she misses Hebron.

Peter Daniel is involved in church work. He hopes to go to Biola College in september.

Bobby John is enjoying his motor mecnanics training in a technical college .

Shoba Rao .and her family pJan -to·move .,t9 the U. K. later in the year . :· Shoba -leeks forward t.o mee ~ in g up with . Hebron friends 'there , where . she hopes to take a secretarial course . '

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Daqmar Busaidy is · 1earn .ing Arabic at ·a convent in Jordan . She goes to 'a German Institute three times a week tb keep· up her German , and iif'alsd taking EngHs~. f?.. Level by correspon<;lence. She writes that she is missing Hebron . . . , • . '· . .

Saudi Arabia Francis Pospisal is working wi t h the U.S. Army in Saudi Arabia as a medical technologist. He visited India in October and gave an interestin·g talk to the Asian Studies class on his experiences.

India and Nepal

Karan Bilimoria gained direct entry into the first year of the B. Comm. (Honours) cou'rse at the Indian Institute of Management and Commerce, a college of Osmania University, Hyderabad . He took the main role in the college play last year and has also represented the college in debating and quiz ·contests. He plays lot .of tennis and squash at · Secunderabad club and aims to enter the state junior team by the end of the year .

A.nnette Britten (nee Mc Naught) is married to a fellow doctor and they are working with the B. M. M . F. in Nepal. They have one child .

Dennis and Ariadne (nee Fritschi) Fountain are working in Delhi for B.M.M.F. Their main work is among students and recently they with their two sons, have been at the U. E. S. I. study centre in Highfield. Kotagiri.

Rod Gilbert and his wife Ruthie with baby son are S. U . workers based in Poona. Following their furlough in the U. K. we look forward to their visit to Nilgiri schools from July to September .

Gillian Homewood, S~ephen Pattemore and Alan Taylor join the ranks of Hebr-0n students who have returned to the school as staff mem­bers. Other ex-students now on the staff, include Valerie Moss, Maqorie Dawson , John Twynam-Perkins and Rosemary Wallis.

Nadeera Moosakutty is in Kodaikanal, and is due to graduate shortly . She has come up to Hebron several times recently for sports. Nadeera likes Koda i but writes, "You don't know how much I miss and l9ve Hebron, and I appreciate everything that school did for me. "

Suresh Ni rody is due to complete his B. Sc; in Chemistry and Physics this April, and then hopes to study for a degree in Chemical Engineering at Mc Gill Univ~rsity, Montreal.

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Staff News Australia

Jeriny Hindman· in Tezonia, · Victoria-writes that she is involved in p·lay.ground planning, parent education programmea and day tare. She was in a car accident some months back, and sustained a whiplash, but is now hack to work full time and hoping to resume sport.

Kath. McCarthy who visited India and Pakistan over Christmas writes, "It was a delight t~ b~ able to come back and. see friends again. _The _Hepron grounds l:lnd buil~ings do look rather .beauttf.ul''. . · · ..

Isabella . MacKay is enjoying her nursing in P0'tth where she ,lives: 'with her sister.

Avis Neuendorf in Carleton (Victoria) recently visited in India where she had a super time of fellow-ship with many .friends. we appreciate her help in Hebron while she was here.

Joan Peake lives in Brisbane. She recently spent some time visiting friends in India, and it was lovely to se her at Hebron.

Joan (Marshall) Scells and her nusband and 2 children are living in Brisbane.

New Zealand

Sylvia (Bramley) Carrol and her husband, Barry, are happily married and living in Huntly. where Sylvia works in an office of a college.

June Mason recently moved into her own flat and is enjoying her teaching of little children in Raumati, N. Z.

Joy White lives with her mother in their lovely seaside home in Takaka. She keeps wel I and is kept busy with her teaching. She spent-her holiday during Au g ust in Queensland where she stayed with Joan Scells (nee Marshall) in Brisbane. She also took a trip up to Ca i rns and visited the Barrier Reef. While in Brisbane Joy rang the Adams family, Brian, Kathy, Robert and Keith, who have been I iving in Brisbane ·for two years.

Rev. and Mrs. Enright now I ive at 27, Patrick. Streat, in semi retirement. Currently Mr Enri ght is President of the Baptist churches of Canterbury and Westland and this plus a garden keeps him well occupied. Last year · they visited Australia and met many friends from India-Joan Seel ls, the Fritsc;:his, Barclays, Nappers, Coventrys, M u llins, M cMillans and Ki rkwoods . Mary Coventry has visited thc;m rec ant ly on her way home after two years in Bible College in Los Angeles. They would love to welcome any who are visiting Christchurch, ·

~ocelyn McDonald is teaching near Warkworth inthe primer. standa rd but has been troubled with pains in arms ahd shoulders. She ha d a 5 week holiday in Suva in August and . hoped to vis.it the . Gospel Schools _ whe r~ she used to teach. . ·· · · · ·

Ru t h Grey and Dr. Robinson are enjoying their home in Whangaparoa and are keeping well.

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Condda Mar~ar~t .Ehns ·is tea·cli'ing at Briarcrest · Bible lrfStirnt.e,

~gnes Queck ha.s a d9ss. i~ her_ hometow~ of Co~ldale, . Alberta,

Ted and AH~e Lloyd li~e' in H~milton, along with David who is in .Grade 9 at

SWestdak.e Htgh. School. Ted teaches in Park Ave. Academy (Christian Day·

chool) m Burlington.

Agnes ~ac Donald (Aunt Doily) is I ivlng in Nesbitt Lodge (a Sr. Citizens Lodge) m Tor13nto and ·loves to recall Hebron days.

Thelma Sargent works for ari insurance company coding d~tail fcrjnp~t in.to the computer. " •

United :Xing,dom Kathleen Byers and her mother & sister I ive in Girvan, Scotland. Kathleen is kept on her toes with her class of youngsters as wel I as her Sunday School work, which she enjoys very much.

Christina Hunt, who is engaged . to be married in August, is teaching at ·Gordonstoun in the meantime.

Edna Jones has recently moved into her new flat and has started a new job, working as a cook for 20 elderly people. She has a Sunday School class of 14 little girls which she enjoys. She is living in Chippenham, Wil t s.

Marqie Nye lives in Gillingham, Kent where she has a class of energetic students.

Marq Pearson . is still living in the U. K. with Margie Nye. At .last wdting she was awaiting a work permit extention from the government. '

Daohne Rousham keeps busy, enjoying herteaching of craftsand administering one of the Adult Education Centres in Harlow, Essex. She spent five weeks last summer in Nigeria where with 17 others, she went to some of the remote areas to encourage believers. She writes of an open door to the gospel and .a real need of teaching the young believers, ·

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Norma Tallett teaches and enjoys her group of children at school in Kingston on Thames. She works with ·physically handicapped youngsters.~

We were sad to .hear. that 8ut_h HYJ .~s: father died last year. Ruth now I iv.es with her mother and continues her work as a district nurse. · ·

Winifred Beattie writes that Joy and David are very happy at school and in the top groups for everything. Ruth is doing well and is a happy baby.

John is busy teaching and finds the S. U. in the school _particular+y encouraging.

Graham and Yetta Pain write that ;Dariel is no\/\( at school and the family -is readjusting to I ife in England. They have a third son, David born in April.

Past and prese~t staff and students remain in contact with the - Da.~lingfamily and Miss Hall. · We at Hebron are all grateful . for their continuing interest

and support.

1ttp_al A number or Hebron ·staff enjoyed meeting The Wood F_amily in P.okhara

over Christmas. The three older children are at school now and doing well. They are all looking forward to furlough in New Zealand in May.

Howlers

When Henry VIII took the Pope away it was like a bottle of lemonade had been shaken up and the top had been taken off. An underground protestant had been working .

William, when he got to England, didn't know any Latin and refused to even attempt learn ing the language.

The churches had a !ot of staglass windows in .

Shakespeare wrote the famous saying , "A Kingdom, a kingdom, a kingdom for my horse."

Kshatriyas are wor r iers and kings .

Pre-~chooler: At Sunday School we learnt about Shadrach, Meshach, and Anorak.

The reason why t he Circus didn't come:-

" The elephants are still in the aeroplane and they can 't land .''

The English were allowed to trade with the South Sea Bubble .

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