THE MAGAZINEOF TH E

F O R T S T R E E T G I R L S ’

HIGH SCHOOL

V olume V., No. 17 O ctober , 1959

The Magazineof the

Jort Strfft ®trls’ High SdinolOCTOBER, 1959.

FABER EST SUAE QUISQUE FORTUNAE.T H E S T A F F .

Principal : Miss L. WHITEOAK, B.Sc.Deputy Principal : Miss F. FINCH, B.A.

Department of English :Miss J. LEMM. M.A. (Mistress). Miss L. GILMOUR, B.A.Mrs. G. AHRENS, B.A. (N.Z.) Mrs. K. GOSCOMBE, B.A.Miss J. BAKER, B.A. Miss K. O’SHANASSY, B.A.Mrs. D. BURGESS, B.A. Miss H. PALMER, B.A., B.Ed. (Melb.)Miss F. FINCH, B.A. Miss G. J. PETERSON, B.A.

Department of Modern Languages :Mrs. M. PATTERSON, B.A. (Mistress). Miss M. O’BRIEN, B.A., (W.A.)Miss C. BLAKE, B.A. Miss H. PALMER, B.A.Mrs. H. CONLON, B.A. (London). Mrs. J. ZUILL, B.A.

Department of Classics :Mrs. M. LLEWELLYN, B.A. Mrs. J. ZUILL, B.A.

Department of Mathematics :MIDDLEHURST, B.Sc., Mrs. V. KING, B.A.

leave). Mrs. E. LAWSON, M.A.BURTON, B.A. Miss N. LEAVERS, B.Sc.GREEN, B.A. Mrs. F. MORRIS-YATES, B.Sc.

Department of Science and Geography :

Miss R.(on

Miss E. Miss E.

Mrs. B. MURPHY, B.Sc. (Mistress). Miss J. BIRCH (South Australia). Mrs. O. .CLEARY. B.Sc.Mrs. M. FAULL, B.Sc.

Art: Mrs. R. AUSTEN, A.T.D.Music : Miss D.

Miss L. GILMOUR, B.A.Mrs. D. OAKLEY, B.Sc.Miss P. SOUTHWELL, B.Sc.

Needlework : Mrs. S. PLOWMAN. MUNROE, Dip. Mus.

Physical Education :Mrs. J. SYMONDS, Dip. Phys. Ed. Miss S. PAYNE, Dip. Phys. Ed.

School Counsellor: Mrs. J. McFADDEN, B.A.Magazine Editor: Miss G. J. PETERSON.

Business Editor: Miss J. BAKER.Student Editors :

ANDREA LOFTHOUSE, JANET MALONE, LESLEY TITTERTON.School Captain: JEAN SLATER. Vice-Captain: MERYL EVANSRegistered at the G.P.O., Sydney, for transmission by post as a periodical.

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Towards the end o f Second Term w e w ere saddened to receive the news o f the death o f M iss Renee M idd lehu rs t, our M istress o f M athem atics and an ex-Fortian.

Miss M idd lehu rs t, w ho w as a p p o in ted to Fort Street G irls' H igh School a t the beg inn ing o f 1958, decided, a fte r a year o f ind iffe ren t hea lth , to go ab road on leave. She w as due to return to du ty a t the end o f th is year and w e w ere looking fo rw a rd to hav ing her am ongst us aga in . Her death in Chicago on the w a y home, w as a sad conclusion to her tr ip , w h ich , according to her letters she w as en joy ing to the fu ll.

Both sta ff and pup ils w il l miss her cheery presence. During her short term here she endeared herself to us a ll, w ith her ready w it and her co-operation in a ll the activ ities o f her old school. W e w il l ho ld her in happy rem em brance.

STAFF CHANGES

A t the com m encem ent o f this year, w e Staff and g irls found it d ifficu lt to realize th a t M iss Dey w o u ld no longer be w ith us here a t Fort Street. As an o ld Fortian, an active m em ber o f the O ld G irls ’ Union, as Mistress o f English and H istory and fin a lly as Deputy- M istress she rendered inca lcu lab le service to the school. Her qu ie t efficiency and her understand ing o f the problem s o f both sta ff and pup ils endeared her to a ll. We w ish her happiness and success as Principal o f Riverside Home Science High School.

Two other m em bers o f S taff o f m any years stand ing w ere also transferred . M iss J. Burton o f the N eed lew ork D epartm ent and Miss M . Kent-Hughes from the M odern Language Staff. To both w e ex­press our app rec ia tion o f th e ir un ­sparing efforts in a ll school a c tiv ­ities and our best w ishes fo r the future.

C ongra tu la tions to Miss Denham , now Mistress o f Languages a t W ile y Park G irls ' H igh School and to Mrs. M orrison, w ho has been appo in ted to the position o f M is ­tress o f M athem atics a t Sydney G irls ' H igh School.

To Mrs. Linden and Miss Sum- m erh ill, both o f w hom have re­signed from the service, to Miss Shockley and Mrs. W rig h t w ho were transferred to other schools w e extend our best w ishes.

Since the com m encem ent o f the school year there have been a d ­d it io n a l staff changes. Mrs. Rowan returned to England, Mrs. D unlop resigned. M iss C alf, a fte r a b rie f period, w as a p p o in ted to the U n i­versity S taff and Mrs. Towers w as transferred to Cremorne High School. It w as w ith regret th a t w e fa rew e lled them .

CAPTAIN AND PREFECTS, FORT STREET, 1959.Standing, (left to right): Diana Pauli, Ditta Bierling, Anne Mautner, Wendy Turner,

Dawn Burness, Lynette Howes, Dorothy Flanagan.Seated (left to right): Deirdre Shapter, Jennifer Govett, Jean Slater (Captain), Meryl

Evans (Vice-Captain), Joan Stephenson.

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We are pleased to w elcom e to the staff, Miss F. Finch, our new D eputy-P rincipa l, Mrs. V. King w ho w as w ith us in 1957, Mrs. M. L lew ellyn, an o ld Fortian, Mrs.

P low m an, Mrs. Symonds, Mrs. Conlon, Mrs. M orris-Yates, Mrs. Burgess, Mrs. Faull and Mrs. O a k ­ley. M ay they spend m any happy days w ith us.

THE PREFECTS’ MESSAGE

W ith our fina l year a t Fort St. d ra w in g to a close and w ith on ly a fe w m onths to our Leaving C erti­ficate E xam ination, w e, the C ap­ta in , V ice-C apta in and Prefects o f 1959 shall soon be hand ing over our responsib ilities to our succes­sors.

In our m odern w o rld there are un lim ited oppo rtun ities fo r those w ho are prepared to accept res­pons ib ilities . Leaders o f m ankind come from men and w om en w ith w isdom and v is ion w ho accept res­p o n s ib ility fo r the ir decisions and w ho do not g ive an evasive a n ­swer w hen a d irect one is required. To such men and w om en go the lo ya lty and a lleg iance o f the masses w ho are qu ick to assess the m an's character and w orth by the s tra igh tfo rw ardness o f his actions.

Young Portions have the ir res­pons ib ilities too. A lth o u g h not qu ite so im p o rta n t in w o rld a ffa irs they are very im p o rta n t in the m ou ld ing o f young characters.

There is the responsib ility to teachers and prefects— to plan

your pa rt w o rth ily in the school un it — to enhance the school's reputa tion and to carry your share o f responsib ility in your ow n class.

A t school, both in the classroom and on the sport's fie ld , you share w ith your school fe llo w s the res­p o n s ib ility o f m a in ta in in g the good nam e o f the school, a good name gained by the hundreds o f Portions w ho have preceded you.

As the Prefects o f 1 959, w e have done our u tm ost to m a in ta in the high standards fo r w hich Fort Street has long been fam ous.

W hen you leave school and stand on the threshold o f your career, rem em ber there is still room on the top o f the ladder o f success if you have the w ill to w o rk and the character to accept your res­pons ib ilities and to d ischarge them to the best o f your a b ility .

We w o u ld like to thank Miss W hiteoak and the Staff fo r the ir encouragem ent and help du ring our years a t school and the g irls fo r the ir co-operation du ring our prefectship.

SPEECH DAY

Fort Street G irls ' H igh School A nnua l Speech Day, held as usual in the C onservatorium o f Music w as a g rea t success. It w as a tte n d ­ed by S taff and students, accom­panied by re latives and friends. The proceedings commenced w ith an excellent rend ition o f the School Anthem by the School Choir led by Miss D. M unroe.

We w ere indeed pleased to have acting as our cha irm an, the Deputy Director General o f Education, P. G. Price, Esq., B.Sc., w ho gave the first address o f the day, before c a ll­ing upon Miss W hiteoak, our Prin­c ipa l to present the A nnua l Report. This showed w h a t a successful year 1958 had been.

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The s ing ing o f N orm an G ilb e rt’s "B e a u ty " and "H ere Sir— Flowers, S ir” , com posed by M ontague Phil­lips w as much apprecia ted .

A very in teresting and am using address, by W . H. M aze, Esq., A s­sistant Principal o f Sydney U niver­sity w as tho ro u g h ly enjoyed by a ll present. The choir then sang "This Little Babe" by Benjam in Britten, and Eric Sm ith's "Love Came Down a t C hris tm as", w hich w as fo llo w e d by an address by the Hon. A. Sloss, Esq., M .L.A. The w o rk and p lans o f the Parents and C itizens’ Associa tion w as outlined by the President, M r. J. R. G illam .

The presentation o f prizes w as

fin a lly reached. The prizes were presented by Mrs. Price and the sports trophies by Mrs. Sloss. We are very g ra te fu l ta them fo r the ir p a rtic ip a tio n in our Speech Day. A vote o f thanks g iven by M a r­gare t Harris, School C apta in , and seconded by Jean Slater, the C ap­ta in -e lect, expressed apprec ia tion o f the presence o f our offic ia l guests and vis ito rs w h o every year con­tr ib u te so much to the success o f the day.

Speech Day 1958, concluded w ith the tra d it io n a l "Com e Port­ions, Portions A H " and w ith the N a tiona l A nthem . This b rough t to a close another year o f hard w ork, exam inations and much pleasure.

PRIZE LIST

All Proficiency Prizes, other than the Fanny Cohen Prize (Dux of School) and the Mollie Thornhill Prize (Dux of Third Year), have been presented by the Fort Street Girls’ High School Parents and Citizens’ Association.Dux of School (Fanny Cohen Prize)—

presented by the Old Girls’ Union: Adrienne Muir.

Second Proficiency Prize: Helen Pauli.Third Proficiency Prize: Annette Cum-

mine.Dux of Year IV: Peggy Adamson.Second Proficiency Prize: Lyn Hughes.Third Proficiency Prize : Betty King.Dux of Year III (Mollie Thornhill

Prize): Elysse Craddock.Second Proficiency Prize: Marlene

Wheeler.Third Proficiency Prize: Wendy Elson.Dux of Year II: Piret Sturm.Second Proficiency Prize: Barbara

Smith.Third Proficiency Prize: Pamela Wil­

liams.Dux of Year I : Rosamond Wood.Second Proficiency Prize: Elizabeth

Sindel.Third Proficiency Prize : Janet Upton.

Special Prizes.

Ada Partridge Prize (Best Pass inL.C. Examination, 1957): Janet Senior.

Weston Memorial Prize (Best Pass in Mathematics in L.C. Examination, 1957): Robyn Bayliss.

Emily Cruise Prize (Best Pass in His­tory in L.C. Examination, 1957): Janet Powell.

Annie E. Turner Prize (Best Pass in

English and History in L.C. Ex­amination, 1957): Margaret Gil­lam.

Old Girls’ Literary Circle Prize (Best Pass in English in L.C. Examin­ation, 1957): Margaret Gillam.

Renee Gombert Prize (French and German IV ): Peggy Adamson.

Major-General A. C. Fewtrell Memor­ial Prize, (English and History, Year IV and Year I): Delma Wil­liams, Rosamond Wood.

Dr. J. J. C. Bradfield Memorial Prize, Year V. (Chemistry): Lyndell Evans.

Dr. J. J. C. Bradfield Memorial Prize, (Combined Physics and Chem­istry Year II): Piret Sturm.

A. M. Puxley Memorial Prize (Biology, Year V ) : Marilyn DeLaney.

Bishop Kirkby Memorial Prize (His­tory, Year II): Marilyn Gillam.

Jean Blackburn Memorial Prize (Eng­lish, Year III): Pauline Govett.

Miss Moulsdale’s Prize (Combined Physics and Chemistry, Year III): Elysse Craddock.

Special Prize Donated by Coral Lee (Latin, Year II): Piret Sturm.

Special Prize Donated by Coral Lee (German, Year II): Judith Salter.

Special Prize donated for Best Contri­bution to School Magazine : Senior School: Judy Hunt;Junior School: Alanna Maclean.

Prefects’ Prizes for Empire Day Es­says :

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Senior School: Linda Ashford; Junior School: Andrea Lofthouse.

L’Alliance Française Prizes :Grade 5: Nancy Brennan.Grade 4: Peggy Adamson.Grade 3: Ruth Bailey, Denise De- War, Leonie Pullen.Grade 2: Anne Flesselles, Barbara Johnson, Tamara Rubin.Grade 1: Janet Upton.

Special Essay Prizes :Police and Road Safety Council Competition: 1st Prize (Senior Section): Wendy Boyd.

Flealth Week Essay :1st Prize, Group IV: Karen Kit­chen; 2nd Prize, Group II; Carole Killick; 6th Prize, Group III; June Wood.

Poets, Poetry and People :Prize for Illustrated Verse; Louise Muller.Prize for Essay: Helen Johnson.

E. A. McTier Prize (Royal Aust. Hist.Society) : Joan Glen.

E. A. McTier Prize ( 1958 Dickens’ Eellowship Essay Competition): 2nd Prize: Lyn Hughes.

Old Girls’ Union Membership: Mar­garet Harris.

Elizabeth Cayzer Prize : Margaret Harris.

Inter-House Debate Cup: Gloucester. Royal Commonwealth Society’s Shield

for Public Speaking: Port Street Girls’ High School.

Royal Commonwealth Society Schools’ Public Speaking Cmpetition :3rd Place in Senior Section: Robyn de Groote.2nd Place in Junior Section: Nar- elle Walsh.5th Place in Junior Section: Ruth Bailey.

Milton Copp Prize (Most improved player in Tennis Coaching (jlass); Sue Pauling.

C. of E. Scripture Prizes (Presented by Rev. C. Letts):4th Year : Ann Coxon.3rd Year: Leonie Pullen 1st Year: Patricia Tortonese.

Proficiency Prizes Donated by Parents’ and C itizens’ Association.

YEAR V.English : Margaret Harris.History : Margaret Harris, Jennifer

Albertson.Latin : Annette Cummine.Mathematics I : Helen Pauli. Mathematics II : Rowena Marsden. General Mathematics : Annette Cum­

mine.Physics and Chemistry ; Adrienne

Muir.French ; Annette Cummine.German : Karin Schirmeister.

Geography ; Jann Gilchrist.Music : Merica Moser.Art : Jennifer Albertson.Needlework : Robyn Sharpe.Physical Training Certificate ; Barbara

Brown.YEAR III.

History : Elizabeth Haworth, Roslyn Walker.

French : Dale Myers.Latin : Elysse Craddock.German : Karin Reinhardt. Mathematics I : Elysse Craddock. Mathematics II : 'Wendy Elson. Biology : Jennifer Parkes.Geography : Diana Harry.Music : Jeanette Buchanan.Art : Robyn Canacott.Needlework : Wendy Elson.Physical Training Certificate : Jan

Robson.Certificates.YEAR IV.

English : Helen Johnson.History ; Delma Williams.Latin : Lyn Hughes.German : Krista Abramowski, Peggy

Adamson.Combined Physics and Chemistry :

Jan Sherbon.Chemistry ; Peggy Adamson.Biology : Margaret Robyn Christie. Geography : Delma Williams.Music : Fay Parry.Mathematics I : Peggy Adamson. Mathematics II : Peggy Adamson. General Mathematics : Robyn Wiggins. Art : Carole Killick.Needlework : Elizabeth Taylor. Physical Training : Jan Sherbon.

YEAR II.English : Barbara Smith.French : Piret Sturm.Mathematics I : Piret Sturm. Mathematics II : Piret Sturm.General Mathematics : Anne Mellen. Biology : Jennifer Olson.Geography : Wendy Abbott, Kay Arm­

strong.Music : Marilyn Sparks.Art : Wendy Abbott.Needlework : Kathleen Hughes. Physical Training ; Beth Hansen.

YEAR I.English : Patricia Ryder.Latin : Janet Upton.Erench : Janet Upton.Combined Physics and Chemistry:

Margaret Gourlay, Sylvia Barber, Rosamond Wood.

Mathematics I : Megan Young, Judith Timbs.

Mathematics I I : Rosamond Wood. Geography ; Sylvia Barber.Art : Sylvia Barber.Needlework : Sylvia Barber.Physical Training : Elaine Carrington.

LEAVING CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION RESULTS 1958

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The numbers following the names indicate the subjects in which the candidates have passed in accordance with the following statement :—

1, English; 2, Latin; 3, French; 4, German; 5, Mathematics I; 6, Mathematics II; 7, General Mathematics; 8, Applied Mathematics; 9, Modern History; 10, Ancient History; 11, Combined Physics and Chemistry, 12, Physics; 13, Chemistry; 14, Botany; 15, Biology; 16 Geography; 17, Economics; 18, Music (New Syllabus); 19, Music (Theory and Practice); 20, Art; 21, Needlecraft and Garment Construction; 22, Home Economics; 23, Accountancy; 24, Agri­culture; 25, Geology; 26, Woolclassing; 27, Physiology and Hygiene; 28, Zoology; 29, Greek; 30, Italian; 31, Chinese; 32, Hebrew; 33, Japanese; 34, Russian; 35, Dutch; 36, Descriptive Geometry and Drawing; 37, Woodwork; 38, Metal­work; 39, Farm Mechanics; 40, Theory of Music; 41, Sheep Husbandry and Wool Science.

The letters “H ( l ) ” signify first-class honours; “H (2 )” second-class honours; “A” first-class pass; “B” second-class. The sign “o” denotes those who have passed in the oral tests in French, German, Italian, Russian or Dutch.

Adler, M. IB, 3B (o), 9B, 15B, 16B, 21B.Aitken, P. M., lA, 3A (o), 4A, 7B, 9B, 11 A.Aitken, D. L., IB, 2B, 3B (o), 5B, 13B.Albertson, J. G., lA, 9H (2), 15B, 16B, 20A.Anderson, M. J.; IB 3B, 7B, 9B, 15B, 16A.Ash, J. E., lA, 3B, 5A, 6A, 13B. 15A.Badcoe, J. E., IB, 3B, 15B, 16B.Baikie, J. E. lA, 3A (o), 7B, 9B, 15B, 16B.Bates, Nancy, 1H(2), 3A (o), 7B, 9A, 11 A, 19B.Begley, C. À.; lA, 7B, 13B, 15B.Blain, H. C., IB, 3B, 5B, 6B, 13B, 15B.Brassington, B., IB, 7B, 9B, 16B.Brennan, N. M., lA, 2H (1), 3 H ( l) (o ) , 7B, 13B, 19A.Brown, B. J., IB, 9B, 15B, 16B. 20A.Brown, S. E., IB, 3B, 7B, 9B, IIB, 16B,Buchanan, B„ lA, 3B (o), 7B. 9B, 16A. 19H(1).Byrne, M. L., lA, 3A (o), 9B, 15B, 16A.Byrne, P. J., IB, 7B, 9B, 16B, 20B.Cameron, V. A., IB, 3B, 5B, 6B, 9B. IIB.Casey, C. J., IB, 3B (o), 7B. 9B. 15A, 16A.Cash, M. M., IB, 3B, 7B, 9B. 13B, 16A.Cawley, S. R., lA, 3A (o), 5B, 6B, 13B, 15A.Clancy, K. T., IB, 7B, 9A, 15B, 16B.Clifton, D. M., IB, 15B, 16B. 21A.Colquhoun, M. A., lA, 3B, 7B, 9A, 13A, 16A.Cummine, A. E., lA, 2H (1), 3H (2 )(o ), 7B, 9A, 13A.Delaney, M. R., lA, 3A (o), 5B, 6B, 13B, 15A.Dilli, A. M., lA, 3A (o), 7B, 9A, 13A, 16A.Douglas, D. A., IB, 2A, 3A (o), 5B, 6A, 13B.Evans, L„ IB, 3B, 5A, 6A, 13A, 15A.Everett, M. J., lA, 5B, 6B, 9B, 11 A, 20A.Fitzpatrick, R. E„ IB, 7B, 9B, 16B, 19B,Frecklington, J. I., lA. 9B, 15B, 16B. 21A.Frey, D. M„ 1H (2), 3B (o), 5B, 9B, IIB.Gilchrist, B. J„ lA, 9A, IIB, 16A, 20A.Goodman, K.. IB, 3A (o), 7B, 9A. IIB, 16B.Goodsell, G. K., IB, 3A (o), 7A, 9B, llA , 16B.Gotham, B. A., lA, 2A. 3 H ( l) (o ) , 5A. 6A, llA .Hall, M. A„ IB, 2B. 3B(o), 7B, 13B, 16B.Harris, J. L., lA, 3A (o), 7B, 9B, IIB. 16B.Harris, M. A., 1H (1), 3A (o), 4A, 7A, 9H (2), 13A.Hasett, Meryl. A., IB, 15B. 16B, 20A, 21B.Hunt, H. R., IB, 7B, 9B, 16B.Hunt, J. A., lA, 7B, 9B, 15B, 16A, 20A.Junor, A. M., 1H(1), 2A, 3A (o), 5A. 6A, 13A.Kitley, D. G., IB, 2B, 3B (o), 5B, 13B.Langshaw, L. R., IB, 3B, 7B, 9B, 15A., 16B.Lardner-Smith, L., lA, 3A (o), 4A, 7B, 11 A, 16A.Last, E. A., lA, 3A, 9B, 15B, 16A,Laughton, D. A., IB, 3A (o), 4A, 9B, 15B.

Lovelace, H. E„ IB. 9B, 16B, 21B.Lupton, A. M., lA, 3A (o), 5A. 6B, 9B, 13A,Macbeth, Y. F., IB, 2B, 7B. 9B.Mclnnes, G. E„ IB, 2B, 3A (o), 5B, 6B, llA . McIntosh, J. H., IB, 3B, 7B, 9A, 15B, 16B.McSullea, H. E., IB, 3B, 7B, 9A, 13B, 16B.Marsden, R. K„ lA, 2B, 3A (o), 5H (2), 6H (2), 13B, Mercer, R. C„ IB, 3A (o), 7B, 9B, 15B, 16B.Mercier, D. R., IB, 3B, 7B, 9B, 15B, 16B.Miller, K. M., IB, 3B (o), 7B, 9B, IIB, 16B.Miller, W. M., IB, 3B (o), 15B, 16B.Milne, P. H., IB, 3B, 7B, 9B, 15B, 16B.Mitchell, B. L., IB, 7B, 9A, 15B, 16A, 20A.Montague, J. M., lA, 3B, 7B, 9B, 15B, 16B.Morgan, N., lA, 3A (o), 7B, 9A, 15A, 16B.Moser, M. M., lA, 3A (o), 4H (1), 7A, 15B., 19H(1). Moulton, E. M., lA, 3B (o), 5B, 6B, 9B. IIB.Muir, A., lA, 3 H ( l) (o ) , 4A, 5A, 6A. 11H(2). Munday, R. E„ IB, 3B (o), 7A, 9A, 13B, 16B. Munns, J. I.. IB, 3B, 7B, 9B, 15B, 16B.Norgate, M. J., IB, 3B, 5B, 6B, 9A, 13B.Parjel, R„ lA, 3A (o), 4H (1), 5A, 6B, 11H(2). Pauling, S„ IB, 3B. 7A, 9B, 15B, 16B.Pauli, H. F., lA, 2A, 3A (o), 5H (2), 6H (2), 13A. Pavett, R. J., lA, 3A (o), 9B, 15B, 16B.Payne, H. M., lA, 3A (o), 5A, 6A, 13B, 15A.Peare, R„ IB, 3B, 7B, 9A, 16B.Peterson, J. G., IB, 3B (o), 7B, 9B, I5B, 16B.Pierce, M. S., IB, 3B, 7B, 9B, IIB, I6B.Plant, S. M„ IB, 3A (o), 7B, 9B, llB , 16B.Pollard, M. M., IB, 2B, 3A (o), 6B, 15B.Pyl, Titia, IB, 2A, 3B(o), 5A, 6A, 13B.Ramsay, D. E., lA, 2B, 3B (o), 7A, 9B, 13B.Ritchie, R„ IB, 3B, 7B. 9B. 13B, 16B.Saar, M., IB, 3B (o), 7B, 13B, 15A, 16B.Saunders, R. J., lA, 2B, 3A (o), 5B, 6B, IIB.Saxby, O. M., IB, 3B, 9B, I5B, I6B.Schirmeister, K„ IB, 3B(o), 4H (I), 7B, I5A, I6B. Scott, M. E., IB, 3B, 9B, IIB, I6B.Sharp, R. A., IB, 3B, 9B, I5B, I6B, 2IA.Smith, M. F., IB, 3B(o), 7B, 9B, 16B, 19H(I).Steel, J. P„ lA, 3B(o), 7B, 9H (2), I3B, I9H (2). Tanner, V. F„ IB, 3B(o), 7B, 9B. IIB, 16B. Thompson, D. S., IB, 3B (o), 7B, 9B, 15B, 16B.Thomson, B, E„ IB, 2B, 3B (o), 5B, 6B, IIA.Unw in, C. P„ IB, 3B, 9B, 15B, 16B.Varljen, P. M., IB, 3A (o), 4B, 7A, 9B, 13B.Vicary, L. D„ lA, 3B, 5A, 6A, 9B, 11 A.Walker, J. A., IB, 3B, 5A, 6B, 13B, 15A.Walsh, L. K., lA, 3B (o), 9A, 15B, 16B.Whelan, J., lA, 3A (o), 4B, 7B, 9A,Williams, J. D., IB, 3B, 7B, 9B, 16B.Wolfe, J. L., IB, 3B, 9B, 15B, 16B.

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INTERMEDIATE CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION RESULTS, 1958

Ackerley, L. E.; Aitken, G. W.; Albertson, D. M.; Aley, K.; Amery, M. J. Anderson, C. A.; Ashworth, S. M.; Atkins, E. N.; Avery, J. M.; Bailey, R. M. Baker, J. I.; Bathe, M. A.; Beachley, H. D., Berrick, P.; Black, M. M.; Bland, H C.; Boddy, L. F.; Bow, J. M.; Branch, M. A.; Brown, C. A.; Buchanan, J. S. Buckley, E. A.; Burt, C. J.; Campbell, G, M.; Canacott, J. R.; Gann, J.; Carpenter P.; Casey, B. Y.; Cheesewright, B. A.; Chidgey, B. D.; Chilton, J.; Coates, E. A. Cochrane, E. J.; Cohen, E. R.; Comans, R. E.; Cooksey, P. E.; Cooper, M. K. Corlich, M. L.; Craddock; E. M.; Cruwys, J. A.; Davey, H. M.; Davis, B. E. Davis, E. H.; Desjardines, C. A.; Dewar, A. D.; Doherty, R. G.; Doyle, C. Doyle, J.; Dunphy, V. G.; Durbin, B. A.; Elson, W. E.; Emerson, Y. M.; Evans C. M.; Ewings, L. K,; Eyre, J.; Fallowfleld, S. H.; Feast, H. N,; Fletcher, J. M. Franks, Jill, M.; Gunn, E.; Hailstone, J. D.; Hankin, M. C.; Harris, G. B. Harry, D. J.; Haworth; E. A,; Hector, L. E.; Hill, S. E.; Höhnen, P. R.

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Hopewell, L. A.; Howard, C. J.; Howell, S. E.; Gent, S. M.; Gillett, A. J. Glassick, A. L.; Goff, J. C.; Goodman, C.; Gordon, J. A.; Gosden, A. C. Gould, J. B.; Govett, P. M.; Gowen, L. M.; Graff, C. I.; Crigg, M. M.: IllingworthD. B.; Inman; J. E.; Irvin, M. A.; Johnston, M. E.; Jones, L. E.; Kalucy, L.Keane, E. F.; Keys, J. W.; Kilkeary, G ., A.; King, J. P.; Knowles, V. A. Lambert, J. R.; Lavington, V. R.; Leinassaar, C.; Lett, D.; Lindsay, R. B. Lofthouse, J. A.; Lord, E. J.; McCarthy, M.; McClure, C. D.; McDowell, M. J. Macgregor, R. D.; McKenzie, J.; McPhillips, K. L; McSullea, C. M.; Malcolm, M N.; Malone, J. K.: Meinrath, R. R.; Melville, S. L.; Meyer, Sandra, M.; MinisterJ. H.; Morosoff, H.; Myers, D. S.; Nicholson, M.; Parkes, J. A.; Parkes, Z. R.Pash, P. J.; Patience, V. L; Pavett, L. M.; Pearson, V. M.; Pert, S. G.Pigott, M. E.; Pullen, L. M.; Read, L.; Rees, L. D.; Reinhardt, K. L.; RichardsonB.; Ridge, E. M.; Robinson, C. R.; Robson, J.; Ross-Smith, C. J.; Ryan, J. A. Ryan, P. M.; Scilley, J. M.; Shaw, J. D.; Singer, A. E.; Sinka, M.; Smith, K. M. Smith, L.; Smith, L. R.; Sm5dh, R. D.; Spence, K. P.; Stephenson, C. Stephenson, M. A.; Stewart, P. K.; Stobbs, P. A.; Strokon, I.; Swanston, L. A. Symons, C. J.; Taylor, R. E.; Thomson, J. A.; Thomson, W. C.; Todd, E. M. Tollow, J. K.; Tonkin, J. J.; Tuck, R. H.; Verellen, E. E.; Villis, N. L.; Walker R. M.; Walker, S. E.; Wark, B. M.; Warren, W. R.; Waugh, F. E.; Wayland, P. L. Wheeler, C. L.; Wheeler, M.; Willcox, L. N.; Williams, R. M.; Williams, S. L. Williamson, J. G.; Wilson, W. J.; Winspear, L. M.; Wood, J. E.; Wood, R. W. Young, M. H.

INTERMEDIATE BURSARIES TENABLE AT FORT STREET GIRLS’ HIGHSCHOOL, SYDNEY.

BURSARIES AWARDED ON THE INTERMEDIATE CERTIFICATE, 1958.Bailey Ruth M. (Fort St. G.H.S.); Dekis, Maruta (Marrickville G.J.H.S.);

Dewar, Alexandra D.; Evans, Carolyn M.; Haworth, Elizabeth A.; Hill, Suzanne,E.; McCarthy, Merilee; McKenzie, Julienne; Pearson, Valerie; Pullen, Leonie M.; Tonkin, Judith J.; Wheeler, Carol L.; (all Fort Street G.H.S.).

LEAVING CERTIFICATE AWARDS

A d a P artridge Prize fo r best L.C. pass by a Fort Street G irls ' H igh School cand ida te : A drienne M uir.

Em ily Cruise Prize fo r best L.C. pass by a Fort Street G irls ' H igh School cand ida te in H istory : Jen­n ife r A lbertson.

A nnie E. Turner Prize fo r best L.C. passes in English and H istory by a Fort Street G irls ' H igh School can­d id a te : M a rg a re t Harris.

The O ld G irls ’ Union L iterary Circle Prize fo r best L.C. pass in English ; A nne Junor.

The W eston M em oria l Prize fo rbest L.C. pass by Fort Street G irls' H igh School cand ida te in M a th e ­m atics : Rowena M arsden.

LEAVING CERTIFICATE HONOURS.

English, First Class : A nne Junor (4th in State), M a rg a re t Harris.

Second Class : N ancy Bates,Dav»/n Frey.

French, First Class : A drienne M u ir, Nancy Brennan, Barbara G otham .

Second Class : Annette Cum m ine.

G erm an, First Class : Karen Schir- m eister (2nd in Stcte), M arica Moser, Reet Parjel.

Latin, First Class : Annette Cum ­mine, N ancy Brennan.

Com bined Physics and Chem istry, Second Class : A drienne M u ir, Reet Parjel.

M athem atics I, Second Class: Row­ena M arsden, Helen Pauli.

M athem atics II, Second Class: Row­ena M arsden, Helen Pauli.

H istory, Second C la ss : Jenn ife r A lbertson, M a rg a re t Harris, Joy Steel.

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M usic, First Class : M arica Moser, Barbara Buchanan, M a rg a re t Smith.

Second Class : Joy Steel.

COMMONWEALTH SCHOLARSHIPS, 1958.

A itken , Patricia M .; A lbertson, Jenn ife r G.; Ash, June E.; Bates, Nancy; Brennan, N ancy M .; Buchanan, Barbara; Casey, Caro­lyn J. A .; C aw ley, Suzanne R.; Col- quohoun, M a rg a re t A .; Cum m ine, Annette E.; Delaney, M a rilyn R.; D illi, A lb a M .; Douglas, Deidre A .; Evans, Lyndall; G otham , BarbaraA . ; Harris, Jud ith L.; Harris, M a r­ga re t A .; Junor, Anne, M .; Lardner- Sm ith, Leonie; Last, E lizabeth A.; Lupton, A ndrea M .; M arsden, Row- ena K.; Moser, M arc ia M .; M u ir, A drienne ; N orgate, M a rg a re t J.; Parjel, A. M. Reet; Pauli, Helen F.; Payne, H eather M .; Smith, M a r­ga re t F.; Steel, Joy P.; J. de V. Hunt.

UNIVERSITY COURSES.

Arts : N. Bates, J. Hunt, J. W helan,M. A d le r, M. Scott, B. Buchanan, M. Harris, M. C olquohoun, B. Last, S. Pauling, A. Junor.

Science : Sydney U niversity — A. M u ir, J. Ash, R. M arsden, H. Pauli, R. Parjel, R. Saunders, H. Payne, A. Lupton.

U nivers ity o f N.S.W. — T. Pye,K. Sch irm eister.

Pharm acy : M. Saar, S. C aw ley, J. Harris, D. Douglas, R. M unday, D. Ramsay, L. Lardner-Sm ith, L. Evans.

Physio therapy : A. Cummine.

M edicine : M. Moser, N. Brennan,A. D illi, C. Casey, M . de Laney.

TEACHERS’ COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS.

A itken , D.; A lbertson, J.; A n d e r­son, M. J.; Baikie, J.; Bates, N.; B lain, H.; Brown, B. J.; Buchanan,B. ; Byrne, M. L.; Byrne, P.; Cash, M.;

C lancy, K. T.; Everett, M .; F itzpat­rick, R.; Frecklington, J.; Frey, D.; G ilchrist, B. J.; G oodsell, G.; H all,M . ; Harris, M .; Junor, A .; Lovelace, H.; M acbeth, Y.; M clnnes, G.; M ars­den, R.; Mercer, R.; M ille r, K.; M it­chell, B.; M ontague , J.; M organ,N . ; M unday, R.; M unns, J.; N or­gate, M .; Parjel, R.; Pauli, H.; Payne, H.; Peare, R.; Peterson, J.; Pierce, M .; Pollard, M .; Pye, T.; Sharp, R.; Sm ith, M .; Steel, J.; Tan­ner, V.; Thom pson, D.; Thomson,B.; U nw in, C.; W helan, J.; W o lfe , J.

ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE EXAM INATIO N RESULTS.

Grade V. P. A dam son, K. A d le r,B. A lto rja i, A . Coxon, K. Cun­n ingham , V. M arsden, R. Pog- more, J. Stephenson, R. T rim ­mer.

Grade IV. M. A m ery, J. A very, R. Bailey, B. C hidgey, D. Dewar, R. Doherty, W . Elson, H. Feast, C. G oodm an, E. H aw orth , M. Johnston, E. Lord, M . M cCarthy,C. McSullea, D. M yers, Z. Parkes,L. Pullen, L. Rees, K. Reinhardt,C. Ross-Smith, K, Smith, L. Smith,J. Tonkin, B. W ork, M. W heeler, R. W illiam s.

Grade III. S. A dam son, A . Bray- bon, S. B reakw ell, M. C harles­ton, E. Crane, E. Czako, R. Evans, A.FIesselles, J. G len, B. Hansen,K. Hughes, B. Johnson, L. Junor,M. K ing, J. M a rlin , T. Rubin, J. Salter, C. Schetrum pf, P. W il­liam s.

Grade II. L. C am pbell, K. C hristian,R. Evans, M . Faull, S. Firth, L. G oodw in , M . H anna, C. Kuusik,S. Lewis, A . McLean, B. Pog- more, E. Sindel, M. Smith, P. Tortonese, R. W ood.

Grade I. B. Bailey, K. Bowler, R. H illie r, M . Luckhurst, F. M cKen­zie, C. N ew m an, R. Pepperday, J. Pullin, S. Ryan, D. See, E. Sejkora, A. Smith, P. Steiner, I. Zevnick.

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S C H O O L N E WSFAREWELL DAY, 1958

First years — have you ever th o u g h t now th a t you have begun the five years o f H igh School, just how it w o u ld feel to experience your last da y o f those h a rd -w o rk in g years th a t lie ahead ? I can assure you, as w e Fifths approach th a t d ay , it is not a fee ling o f ju b il­a tion — fa r from i t ! It is a day w hen the school-w eary m inds o f m any g irls reminisce a b o u t the years they have le ft beh ind them , o f the friends they have m ade and o f the fun experienced w ith them — in other w ords, the best days o f th e ir life I As th is d a y is rea lly o f sentim enta l va lue to the Fifths, it is the du ty o f the Fourths each year to m ake it a rea lly m em orable one w hich w il l rem ain fixed in the ir m inds as long as possible.

A lth o u g h the Farewell Day is accepted by the rem ainder o f the School as it turns up on the ca len­dar, a g rea t deal o f hard w o rk and p repara tion is entered into the com plete program m e by both Fourth Years and th e ir teachers. Food, the m ain prob lem , has to be som ething special and o f first q u a lity fo r such an occasion,- enter­ta in m e n t m ust o f course be as o rig in a l as possible and d iffe ring com ple te ly from th a t o f the pre­vious year. Last, but not least, decorations are to be as festive and p le n tifu l as possible.

A t the early hour o f 8.15 a.m ., the Fourths, resplendent in the ir b r ig h t cotton dresses and w earing h igh heels instead o f the usual school un ifo rm , a rrive h idden be­h ind parcels o f a ll shapes and sizes. From the m inute they enter the school they m ay be seen run­n ing back and fo rth to the Gym. extrem ely busy. U nfortunate ly , w hen the m inu te ly organised pre­pa ra tion is fin a lly pu t to test, it does not app e a r to be so m inute,

bu t is a lw ays fin ished in tim e fo r the cerem ony itself. M eanw h ile , everybody is looking tw ice a t the e legan tly and fa sh io n a b ly dressed Fifths, w ho last year appeared m a in ly in the p o p u la r chemise, w h ile a fe w were brave and a t­tem pted to look self-confident in a "sa ck ” .

As m any pup ils as possible li t ­e ra lly squeeze into the H a ll, w here Miss W hiteoak, the D eputy Head, members o f the Staff, and various other personalities, are seated on the stage. Miss W h iteoak opens the cerem ony by read ing the te le ­gram s sent by num erous O ld Girls and previous teachers, often from a ll corners o f A u s tra lia and even from overseas. This is fo llo w e d by speeches, choir items, and the sad­dest event o f a ll, in m y op in ion , the investiture o f the C apta in and Prefects-Elect, w here a fe w tears are shed behind the scenes. F inally, the H all is filled w ith the w ords o f the tra d it io n a l school songs, fo l­low ed by the noisy "c la p p in g - o u t" to the sing ing o f "For They Are Jo lly Good Fellow s” .

N ow is the m om ent every Fortian w a its five years fo r — the pleasure o f r in g in g , w ith a ll her m igh t, the "w e a p o n " o f her past lessons — the siren, and, if a v a ila b le , the rusty o ld bell. A t th is juncture o f Farewell Day, the Fifths, Fourths and Teachers retire to the Gym. to enjoy the feast. Firstly, how ever. Miss W h iteoak proposes the toasts and " th e " cake is cut and tasted by a ll. The Fourths then clean up the mess w h ile the ir guests (minus the teachers) engage enthus iastica l­ly in a Scavenger H unt, then return to the H all aga in fo r some rea lly en joyab le en terta inm ent.

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the ir w a y dow n the much fa m ilia r path, they are u ndoub ted ly le ft w ith a happy and co lourfu l picture o f the last day w ith the ir fe llo w Portions — a da y tru ly to be re­m em bered.

Barbara Hynes, 5B, (Gloucester).

THE FIRST YEAR PARTY.

The party g iven by Fifth Year, to w elcom e to Fort Street the large num ber o f new g irls, w as held this year on February 13th. A t the end o f sixth period. Fifth Year form ed a guard o f honour and clapped the ir guests in to the ha ll.

The M.C., M eryl Evans, in tro ­duced the C apta in and Prefects, w h o w elcom ed the g irls to Fort Street. A fte r an am using gam e to te ll the unsuspecting newcomers w h a t not to w e a r to school, the tra d it io n a l "Pass the Parcel" and "A u to g ra p h H unt" were p layed. Then a w elcom e break w as made fo r refreshm ents, provided by the hostesses.

Fifth Year ended the afternoon w ith the school w a r cry and it is hoped th a t th is day began a happy five years fo r a ll new Portions.

M egan Bull, 5B, (York).

AN ZAC DAY.

On Friday, 24th A p ril, the school jo ined in the C hildren 's Anzac Day

celebrations. A party consisting of C apta in , Prefects and representa­tive body o f pup ils a ttended the cerem ony a t the W ar M em oria l in Hyde Park. The rem ainder o f the pup ils listened to the proceedings on the rad io and jo ined in w here- ever possible.

EMPIRE DAY.

The British C om m onw ealth of N ations celebration w as, as is cus­tom ary, in the hands o f the Pre­fects. The annua l essay w rit in g com petition w as held, the prize­w in n in g essays being published in th is issue o f the m agazine.

The top ic chosen fo r th is year's celebration w as "The Story o f Em­pire to C om m onw ealth , and Its Future." Speeches w ere m ade by Jennifer Govett, w hose rem arks d e a lt w ith “ The O ld E m pire", by Jean Slater w ho spoke o f the trans­ition "From Empire to C om m on­w e a lth " and by D orothy Flanagan w hose top ic w as "The Future of the C om m onw ea lth ".

Ruth Lindsay w hose speech "I Speak fo r A u s tra lia " w as consid­ered the best speech o f a g ir l com ­petito r in the C ham ber o f Commerce Public Speaking C om petition , re­peated her speech. The p rize -w in ­ning essays o f Peggy Adam son and Anne Yates w ere read to the Senior and Jun ior assemblies respectively.

NATURE'S STREAM

No rushing pace, just gentle flow On its way the stream doth go Around the meadows, large and small.Spying gum trees, so strong, so tall.And happily chuckling to all the things That were brought by nature of silvered wings. To all who pass, a happy sigh,A sweet hello, a faint goodbye.And on it goes envied by all.So grand a memory and yet so small.

—LORRAINE SPENCER, 1C, (Kent).

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A C T I V I T I E STHE ACTIVITIES OF THE DRAMA

CLUB.

In Drama Club th is year w e have learnt, thanks to Miss C alf, m any th ings concerning voice pitch, p u p ­pet m ode lling and the a rt o f m a k­ing up a face to characterise the pa rticu la r " ty p e ” o f person oeing portrayed. We have been busy also w ith a p lay, verse-speaking and the p a in tin g o f scenery, not to m en­tio n costume m ak ing . W e are ab le to meet re g u la rly every W ednes­da y a fte r school, th rough the efforts o f such people as Miss C a lf, w ho , hav ing been transferred has con­tinued to g ive her tim e to us; Mrs. Towers w h o has n ow le ft the school. M iss Lemm, w h o has been o f g rea t assistance w ith both p lay and verse speaking , and Mrs. Bur­gess w h o has replaced Mrs. Towers.

D uring Education W eek, the p lay , a m ost unusual poetic story, is to be presented and w e feel th a t w ith the help w e are receiving it can be no th ing b u t a g rea t success. The verse-speaking, too, is ^m ost in teresting and consists o f a voice choir w ith h igh , m edium and low pitched voices producing one v/ide- ranged "v o ic e ” . This "v o ic e ” p ro ­duces m ost unusual and c'ever effects. In one o f the poems g irls are w o rk in g puppets w hich have been m ade by various mem bers o f the group.

We have a ll enjoyed do ing this w o rk im m ensely; and once more th a n k you — M iss C a lf, M iss Lemm, Mrs. Towers and Mrs. Burgess.

V irg in ia Lavington, 4C, (Gloucester).

MUSIC.

This year the C hoir is m aking considerab le progress under the u n tirin g gu idance o f M iss M unroe, w h o has sacrificed much o f her tim e in her efforts to better the standard

o f the Fort Street Choir. The Choir members also w ish to extend the ir thanks to our accom paniste, Joy W ilson, w ho w il lin g ly devotes her va lu a b le tim e to p la y in g fo r us.

A fte r com peting successfully in the C ity o f Sydney E isteddford 1958, the C hoir a lso sang a t Fare­w e ll Day and Speech Day. This year the C hoir took part in C om m on­w e a lth Day ce lebrations and w ill a lso pa rtic ipa te in the concert to be held during Education W eek.

A large group o f g irls from 2nd, 3rd and 4th year, and the music classes have attended the fou r school orchestral concerts w hich have proved very en te rta in ing and in teresting. We w ere very pleased to hear th a t Jenn ife r Irw in has been chosen as a vocal soloiste, w ith Fay Parry as accom paniste, to perform a t the Com bined Secondary Schools’ Choral Concerts. We congra tu la te these g irls and a lso Delma Steel w ho topped the State in the 3rd G rade "M usica l Perception” exam ina tion . For th is accom plishm ent Delma w as pre­sented w ith seven guineas and a go ld m edal by Sir Bernard Heinze.

For the past fe w m onths w e have been concentrating on the selection o f songs fo r th is year's E isteddfod w h ich takes place in September. The C hoir w il l compete in the State Juvenile C ham pionsh ip s ing ing "L inden Lea” and "Lo ! C ountry Sports !” and in the G irls ' Choral C ham pionsh ip w ith " In Early Green Sum m er” , and "H a rk to the M erry B irds!” We are p a rtic ­u la rly g ra te fu l to M iss C unn ing­ham o f the M usic D epartm ent fo r the va lu a b le criticism and assist­ance w h ich she has g iven us w ith these songs.

On b e h a lf o f the Choir w e w o u ld like to th a n k Miss M unroe fo r the interest and enthusiasm she has shown in im prov ing our standards and convey our sincere app rec i­

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ation to her, trus ting th a t the Choir w ill have fu rthe r success in the com ing Eisteddfod.

Elysse C raddock, 4A , (Gloucester).Joy W ilson, 4C, (Gloucester).

THE TAPE RECORDER.

Frequent use has aga in been m ade th is year o f the tape recorder presented to the school several years ago by the Parents’ and C itizens' Association.

A series o f A.B.C. ta lks on the texts set fo r Leaving and Inter­m ediate English has been recorded fo r la ter p la y in g to the classes con­cerned; and so has a series of background sessions in troducing the new Fourth Year h istory syl­labus.

French and Germ an senior d ic ­ta tio n broadcasts are also recorded fo r Fifth Year students.

We have now a considerable lib ra ry o f recordings selected from broadcasts m ade in past years. Those o f perm anent va lue are re­ta ined and those not required fu r ­ther are replaced.

A special tape contains record­ings m ade by the school choir d u r­ing the past three years and per­form ances by music students sel­ected to perform a t inter-school concerts.

The increase in the num ber of pow er-po in ts a v a ila b le in class­rooms is m aking the recorder easier to hand le and it w il l be possible to use it more to record pup ils ' voices, d ram atic program m es and language classes.

A group o f g irls in 3A constitute a Critics' G roup w hich listens to recordings and makes a com m ent on the ir contents and usefulness.

Students from Second Year w ho qua lifie d as tape recorder oper­ators th is year are Elizabeth Sindel, M egan Young, M arika Bosca, A dele Fraser, Christine Cotis, Pat Perry, L. E lphinstone, Kaye Telfer and Jud ith Hale.

DEBATING AN D PUBLIC SPEAKING.

D ebating, under the leadersh ip and gu idance o f Mrs. Goscombe, has occupied an im p o rta n t position in the school activ ities. A Fourth Year d e ba ting group has met each Tuesday and has received m any va lu a b le hints on d e ba ting p ro ­cedure. The school has been repre­sented by tw o d e b a tin g teams.

The Fourth Year team entered the In ter-H igh School D ebating C om petition. Those ta k in g p a rt in these debates w ere Beverley Chid- gey, D iana Harry, Ruth Lindsay, Janet M alone and Jud ith Tonkin. The team w as successful in w in n in g tw o o f the three debates. The topics w ere “ A dve rtis ing is essen­tia l in m odern li fe " , “ A us tra lia should a llo w a lim ited num ber o f Asian m ig ra n ts ” , and “ W om en should receive equa l pay w ith m e n ", and our opponents St. George G irls ' H igh School, N orth Sydney G irls ' H igh School and Sydney G irls' H igh School respec­tive ly . We w ere defeated in the last debate by a na rrow m arg in .

A Fourth Year Social Com m ittee led by Patricia Höhnen, w ith her helpers, Elizabeth Gunn, M orag Bathe, Jud ith Thomson and Patricia Ryan, has a b ly a ttended to the arrangem ents in the ha ll and to a fte rnoon tea.

A Fort Street team has been entered in the C ity o f Sydney Eis­te d d fo d . We w ish them every suc­cess.

The Fifth Year team , Peggy A dam son, Laurel Hughes and Jean Slater, debated a g a in s t Fort Street Boys' H igh on the statem ent, “ It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved a t a l l " . The boys w ere v ictorious bu t a ll en­joyed the annua l tra d it io n a l event. In Second Term w e shall meet them aga in and a ll hope th a t revenge w ill be ours.

In Second Term a d e b a tin g com ­petition w as held fo r Fourth Year

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classes, the cham pron team in this g roup being 4C. This is be ing fo l­low ed by a Third Year com petition , the w in n e r o f w hich w il l meet 4C team .

Third Term has been chosen fo r the Inter-house com petition w hich w as w on last year by Gloucester's team — Janne Sherbon, Jeannette Buchanan and Ruth Lindsay.

Public speaking is a lso an ac­tiv ity o f the d e b a tin g group. In this sphere w e w o u ld like to con­g ra tu la te Robin de Groote, N areile W alsh and Ruth Bailey w ho w on prizes in the Royal C om m onw ealth Society’s com petition and w on fo r us a d e b a tin g shield w hich w e in ­tend to defend th is year. O ur team s are Janet M alone, Christa G oodm an, Patricia Höhnen and D iana H arry in the senior section and Beverley C hidgey, Sylvia A dam son, A nn Braybon and M a r i­lyn G illam in the jun io r. W e w ish them a ll success.

C ongra tu la tions to Ruth Lindsay w ho ga ined 4th prize in her d iv ­ision in the C ham ber o f Commerce Public Speaking com petition . We w ere g la d o f the o p p o rtu n ity to hear Ruth's speech on Empire Day.

D iana Harry, 4D, (Bradfield).

l.S.C.F.

The Inter-school C hristian Fel­low sh ip is a w o rld -w id e o rgan is ­a tion , and is a ffilia te d w ith the C h ildren 's Special Service M ission and the Scripture LJnion, w ith a record o f over h a lf a century o f w o rk am ongst young people. The m ovem ent has spread th roughou t C anada, C hina, Ind io , South A frica , N ew Zea land and the British Isles, and in N ew South W ales alone, there are over 160 groups. The a im o f the l.S.C.F. is "To know Christ and to m ake Him k n o w n ".

E ighty-six I.S.C.F'ers belong to the Scripture U nion, and m any w e a r the badge w hich sym bolizes "T hy W ord is d Lomp unto my feet and a Light unto m y p a th ".

This year our l.S.C.F. has been g re a tly blessed and sp ir itu a lly strengthened as a result o f the B illy G raham Crusade. A greater interest in l.S.C.F. has been shown by a ll, and w e w o u ld take th is o p p o rtu n ity to w elcom e any For- tians to jo in w ith us in our l.S.C.F. activ ities and m eetings, w h ich are held on a Tuesday lunchtim e in the H all.

V is iting speakers since the last report, include Mr. Thitchener, w ho spoke on C hristian Love, D avid Harris and Robyn Mercer w h o spoke on God, our Sin, and Sal­va tion , Miss Robson — H ow can w e be sure ?, and the Rev. D avid Davis w ho ta lked a b o u t the Scrip­ture Union.

Since the end o f last year, w e have been p riv ileged to have our ow n C ounsellor, M iss Susan Sand- ra l, w ho w as w o rk in g a t the B illy G raham office. H owever, on Friday, 26th June, Miss Sandral le ft fo r S ingapore on “ S tra theden” to take p a rt in a U niversity m ission over there, so Miss Payne is now acting as our counsellor.

A very successful house party w as held from June 19th to 21st a t "E ltham P ark", M t. V icto ria . Miss Sandral, as Leader, w as assisted by Miss Payne and ex-Fortians, as officers.

This year, a g roup from our l.S.C.F. a ttended the l.S.C.F. Rally in w hich our team , Delma Steel, Robyn Harris, Joan Glen and Rose­m ary M itche ll missed reaching the fina ls o f the S.U. Q u iz by one point. We congra tu la te them on the ir near success.

On the 27th June, a b o u t 18 o f us a ttended a Social Evening a r­ranged by C anterbury H igh, and a ll enjoyed the tim e o f fe llo w sh ip . Fort Street w as also represented a t the C om m onw ealth Youth Sun­day Service in M ay. C om ing events are Education Sunday in A ugust and the S.U. Rally in July.

O ur apprec ia tion fo r the W ed­nesday m orn ing Church Service a t

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St. P h illip 's goes to the Rev. Letts. We w o u ld also like to thank Miss W hiteoak fo r her support and understand ing th roughou t the year, and fo r her perm ission to use the m icrophone a t our m eetings.

W endy Turner, 5C, (Gloucester).

The I.S.C.F. house party was held a t Eltham Park, a cluster of log cabins set am ong the gum trees a t M t. V ictoria .

In spite o f the m any clouds th a t gathered in the sky and o f the freezing cold, the snow, th a t we so eagerly a w a ite d , d id not fa ll.

Studies on "K n o w in g " , "G ro w ­in g " and "S h o w in g ” in the C hrist­ian life w ere taken by the leaders— Miss Tout and Miss Hughes — both old Portions — and Miss Sandral. These were a g reat help to a ll.

We set o ff on Saturday fo r M t. P idd ing ton w here we barbecued sausages w h ich , despite g rit and d irt, were tho rough ly enjoyed. From there we proceeded dow n a g u lly lined w ith tree ferns and then clam bered up a precipitous ladder to a huge cave w here we sang w e ll-kn o w n hym ns w hich echoed th rough the m ountains.

On Sunday, w e a ll aw oke w ith aching lim bs, but had fu lly recov­ered in tim e fo r the Church Service— our fina l m eeting together.

A ll too soon w e had to pack up to come home and to say au-revo ir to M t. V ic to ria , hav ing spent an exceeding ly rew ard ing w eek-end.

Barbara W ark, 4A , (Gloucester).M errill Am ery, 4B, (Kent).

THE “ ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE” ORAL CLASSES.

If you ever w andered into room nine on Tuesday a fternoons at 3.30, w e re n 't you surprised to find several Fourth Year g irls there, speaking French ? To satisfy your curiosity, w e are the interested students w ho attend the "A llia n ce

Française" ora l classes. O ur teacher, Mrs. W inn , is very pa tien t, and, w h ile s triv ing to im prove our French, w e have enjoyed ourselves im m ensely.

O ur lesson begins w ith a "d ic te e ", w hich w e then continue to transla te , and note any new vocabu lary. A fte r th is, the ta lka tive members o f our class have a chance to answ er the questions w hich Mrs. W inn asks us.

A t the end o f First Term, w e en­joyed lis ten ing to records by p opu ­lar French singers.

We a ll feel th a t w e have bene- fitted from these oral French classes.

Jennie A very, 4A , (York).

THE LIBRARY.

O ur school lib ra ry has functioned w e ll this year p ro v id in g in fo rm a ­tion and en joym ent fo r m any. O ur thanks are due to those g irls w ho have w orked u n tir in g ly in co-oper­a tion w ith the L ibrarian to m ake everyth ing run sm oothly. This has been a rem arkab le year because o f the num ber o f Second Year g irls w ho have ra llied to our assistance, cheerfu lly and re lia b ly ta k in g charge o f sorting and pu tting a w a y books, m aking cards and m aking sure overdue books are returned.

Particular m ention should be m ade o f Joan Cooper, Jud ith John­ston, Annette W heeler, Pat Torton- ese, Ing rid U ibo, W endy Fade, J ill Smith, Denise G raham , M a rg a re t C larke, A lanna McLean, Lorraine Sharpe, Carol Craney, Robyn Far- m ilo , Cheryl M a rtin , Elizabeth Shelley, M arlene N oonan, M aureen Yates, and Stephanie Coom ber, as w e ll as Carol Partenon, Beverley Cole and Sue M ellen from Third Year.

A m ong the new books placed on the shelves are :

"W o rld H istory o f A r t” — Cheney; “ O ur W iden ing W o r ld "— Ewings;

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"The C hanging M a p o f A s ia ” — East and Spate; G eographic Ency­c loped ia ; "In tro d u c tio n to M usic" — Barnstein; "A D ictionary o f M us i­cal Them es"; "Y ou and the Law "; "H o w to S tu d y"; "The W o rld 's G reat R elig ions” — Life.

The prob lem o f space fo r ex­pansion is a very real one as the shelves are a lready fille d to cap­acity.

We w o u ld like to th a n k the Par­ents' and C itizens' Association fo r the ir generous help w hich enables us to purchase so m any o f the w o n ­derfu l books now ap p e a rin g on the m arket.

Ruth Bailey, 4A.

CHILD CARE COURSE.

Eight Fourth Year g irls from our school w ere chosen fo r the Child Care Course th is year. W e had m any va ried and in teresting lec­tures concerning the care o f young ch ild ren , such as, the care o f teeth, p laytoys, and possible behav iour problem s.

D uring the M a y vacation w e v is ited a T resillian hom e (for sick babies), M a rg a re t Reid O rthopaed ic H ospita l a t St. Ives, D a lw ood Home, D a lm ar and the Eleanor M acK in­non Red Cross Home. A t these places w e assisted in the o rgan is ­a tion o f the ch ild ren , am using them and he lp ing a t lunchtim e. These w ere very he lp fu l days and w e learn t a g rea t deal from them .

W hen the results o f the course w ere g iven on 20th June w e found th a t everyone had g radua ted . Three o f our g irls , Kerry M cPhillips, Rosetta M e in ra th and Jan H a il­stone received special m ention fo r th e ir bookw ork.

On Friday 3rd Ju ly the presen­ta tio n cerem ony, w h ich w as a t­tended by Miss W hiteoak, w as held a t the Blood Bank in York Street. M atron Fall from King

George V H osp ita l, presented the certificates. The n ig h t w as one we

shall never fo rg e t as w e fe lt th a t w e had achieved som ething fo r ourselves and our school. A bouquet w as presented by one o f our Fourth Year g irls — Anne G ille t.

N ow th a t w e are q u a lifie d , w e w il l do the much looked fo rw a rd to vo lu n ta ry w o rk in C h ildren 's homes, as m em bers o f the C hild Care A u x ilia ry o f Jun ior Red Cross.

Jan H ailstone, 4B, (B rad fe ld ).

THE SCHOOL ASSOCIATION.

The School Association continues to m eet re g u la rly to discuss school problem s and the requests o f the pupils.

The office-bearers are as fo llow s: Secretary, Ruth Bailey; Represent­atives, Jean Slater (Captain), Laurel Hughes (Year V), Lesley H opew ell (Year IV), Sylvia A dam son (Year III), Sylvia Barber (Year II), Laurel M cG ill (Year I).

DONATIONS.

C harities W eek Collections were d is tribu ted as fo llo w s :

Rachael Foster H osp ita l, Royal A lexand ra H ospita l fo r Children, C ripp led C h ild ren ’s Society— £10 each. Jun io r Red Cross, Red Cross Society, Bush Church A id Society, A u s tra lia n In land M ission, Legacy W ar O rphans— £5 each. Far W est C h ildren 's Scheme— £15. C h ild ren ’s M edica l Research Foundation— £60. S tew art House— £40.

EXCURSIONS.

D uring the year parties o f g irls have v is ited the A u s tra lia n M us­eum, the Technological M useum , the A rt G allery, and the W eather Bureau.

A tr ip to W a rra g a m b a Dam w as organised and a v is it to Lucas Heights proved very in teresting to the senior science students.

Third Year g irls w ere g iven the o p p o rtu n ity o f a tte n d in g John

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A lden 's production o f “ A M id ­summer N ig h t's D ream " w h ile Fifth Year had the o p p o rtu n ity o f see­ing "Ju lius C aesar" a t the Eliza­bethan Theatre and "G re a t Expec­ta tio n s " a t the U niversity Film Centre. A ll g irls agreed th a t these productions proved very he lp fu l.

An A pprec ia tion .

The lights s low ly d im m ed and the chattering o f a thousand schoolg irl voices w as hushed. A ll w as black. Suddenly, a high pitched unea rth ly note echoed from w a ll to w a ll a round the theatre, g ro w in g in in tensity as it descend­ed the scale; . . . reaching its lo w ­est po in t, it ended in a crash o f m ystic thunder w h ile a ll eyes, a t­tracted by a flash o f lig h t, rested on the visage o f Ju lius Caesar.

This w as the d ra m a tic opening experienced by Fifth Year pup ils recently w hen w e w e n t to see Hugh H unt's p roduction o f “ Julius C aesar". Throughout the p lay, the a ir o f the m ysterious w as a p tly portrayed by "b e h in d the scenes" sound effects, a lth o u g h , I fo r one, found the thunder in the street scenes to be perhaps, a little h o l­low . Very effective a lso w as the cloud effect, created by some ex­ce llent lig h tin g , on the backdrop o f the stage.

The stage m anagem ent w as un ­ob trusive and efficient, such as w hen a te n t scene w as qu ick ly changed in to a rocky h illto p by the up w a rd rem oval o f the tent. M any o f the scenes w ere s w ift ly run on in to each other w ith o u t a break, to a llo w a co-o rd ina tion o f fhe p lo t; so th a t, com bined w ith excellent scenery, props and costum ing these effects produced a w o n d erfu l a t­m osphere fo r the actua l p lay. For one or tw o hours, I rea lly fe lt the m ental environm ent o f a d ic ta ted Rome, the m oods o f the people and the ty ra n n y o f a Caesar.

This creation o f atm osphere w as q u ite im possib le in the theatre o f

Shakespeare's age. C erta in ly elec­trica l sound effects and lig h tin g had not even been invented and the versa tile stage, as w e know it, w as not then in use. I le ft the theatre fee ling th a t I had seen a production w hich the sp irit o f Caesar seemed to pervade and w ith w hich Shakespeare w o u ld have been more than pleased had he a ttended.

Leslie Batley, 5B, (Kent).

Excursion to Lucas H eights.

N e w ly escaped from the tension w hich had enveloped us du ring the exam s, w e Fourths lig h t-h e a rt­ed ly boarded the bus last Decem­ber, bound fo r the A ustra lian A tom ic Energy Com m ission Re­search Establishm ent a t Lucas Heights. O ur destina tion lay 20 m iles south o f Sydney, in an area devo id o f any signs o f c iv iliza tio n p ro b a b ly id e a lly suited to the p u r­poses o f the A.A.E.C. w hose func­tions concern the production o f rad io -active m ateria ls , the deve l­opm ent o f practica l uses o f a tom ic energy (for indus tria l and other purposes) and other scientific re­search. The research program m e o f the A.A.E.C. is a im ed p rim a rily a t deve lop ing new types o f pow er reactors fo r fhe economic produc­tion o f pow er from nuclear sources, s tudying problem s to do w ith large- scale use o f rad io -active m ateria ls and the production and use o f rad io -active isotopes.

The estab lishm ent, spread w e ll ou t over 160 acres, consists o f clean, m odern and im pressive bu ild ings . Perhaps the m ost con­spicuous o f fhese w as the heavy w a te r m oderated research reactor, easily d is tingu ished because o f its irregu la r shape and d is tinctive w h ite colour. A m ong other b u ild ­ings w ere the labora tories, w o rk ­shops, a bo ile r house, a liqu id m etal labo ra to ry , an efficient con­tro l labo ra to ry and the lib ra ry .

This last w as unexpected ly o rn ­am ented a t the entrance w ith an

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enchanting litt le fish pond, rather strange in th is w o rld o f atom s. The lib ra ry conta ined m any articles o f scientific and eng ineering interest and some on the peaceful uses o f a tom ic energy and nuclear pow er. The book stock w as estim ated a t 3,500 volum es.

Instructiona l film s, screened in the Conference Room., served as an e d ify in g en terta inm ent, the film s be ing title d : "T a g g in g the A to m ", "The M aster Slave' , "C r it ic a lity " and "A to m ic A ge Farm er” .

Construction w o rk a t Lucas Heights began in 1955 and the firs t c ritica lity tests were success­fu lly carried out early in 1958. In A p ril 1958, the R ight H onourable R. G. M enzies o ffic ia lly opened the Research Establishm ent and set the Reactor in opera tion . U n fo rtuna te ly w e d id not understand fu lly the h ig h ly technical opera tions in p ro ­gress, despite k ind exp lana tions by the w orkers bu t w e d id apprec­iate the w o rk being done by those interested in the study o f the atom and its uses to m ankind .

Betty K ing, 5A , (Kent).

A V is it to W a rra g a m b a Dam.

Tow ard the end o f last year Fourth Year g ir ls m ade an excur­sion to W a rra g a m b a Dam. We met early in the m orn ing a t C entral, and from there w e n t in a chartered bus. This w as an excursion to

im prove our G eography know ledge and as w e passed th rough various places w e noted the land fo rm s and activ ities.

The d istance to W arragam ba Dam is over fo rty m iles from Syd­ney so it took some tim e to arrive as the 'bus w as not qu ite equal to speeding. We passed th rough Parram m atta a long the Western H ig h w a y , past Prospect Reservoir, th rough St. M arys and fin a lly turned do w n the road a t Kings- w ood to W a llac ia . Here the th o u g h tfu l d rive r stopped and w e a ll jum ped ofF, stretched our legs

and bought food from a nearby shop.

A fte r a short tim e we clam bered aboard the 'bus. A fte r this refresh­ing break w e soon a rrived a t W a r­ragam ba w here we w en t to a lecture ha ll and were g iven free lite ra ture and shown pictures and m aps o f the place . . . The lecture over, we w ere taken to the picnic area in the v ic in ity o f the sports ova l. Here w e eagerly ate our lunch.

It began to sprinkle so w e boarded the bus a g a in and passed th rough the to w n sh ip w hich has a com bined to w n ha ll and p icture theatre, post office, police residence, fire b rigade , school, churches and other am enities as w e ll as accom m odation fo r the 3,500 em ployees and the ir fam ilies .

We v iew ed a w e -in sp iring struc­tures and fin a lly saw the dam it­self, w here men w ere w o rk in g . Across the dam is a suspension b ridge onto w hich some g irls w a lke d to o b ta in a better v iew . H owever, if by chance you d is like heights, never w a lk on a suspen­sion b ridge. A las ! the end came a ll too q u ick ly fo r the ra in w hich had been th rea ten ing a ll day now came d ow n in a de luge, so it w as one m ad rush back to the bus.

We learn t much a bou t W a rra ­gam ba Dam w hich w as constructed to meet the ever-increasing w a te r consum ption. The structure itse lf is h igher than the A .W .A . b u ild in g and tw o o f its tow ers stand h igher than the H arbour Bridge. The d a n , recognised as one o f the purest supplies o f w a te r, has m any in te r­esting features.

The journey home w as a happy one despite tiredness. We thank Miss G ilm our and Miss Birch very much fo r a rra n g in g such an in te r­esting da y and fo r m aking it a success.

Lynette C raddock, 5D, (Gloucester).

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A V is it to St. P h illip ’ s.

Near the com m encem ent o f the B illy G raham Crusade in Sydney we were p leasantly surprised by the news th a t a ll the Protestant Scripture classes were to a ttend a service a t w h ich M r. Roy Gustav- son, a m em ber o f the B illy G raham team , w as to speak. Since the num ­ber o f g irls w ish ing to a ttend could not be seated in the Assem bly H a ll, M iss W h iteoak k ind ly gave her perm ission fo r us to attend the service held a t St. P h illip 's . So, on Thursday, 20th A p ril, a neat p ro ­cession o f Portions m ade its w a y to St. P h illip 's . There Mr. Gustavson illus tra ted in a very capable and in teresting m anner the text : "Whosoever calle th upon the name

o f the Lord shall be saved".Every g ir l's a tten tion w as centred

on the po in ts raised in his sermon and w hen it w as com pleted, th o u g h t-p ro vo k in g w ords still rang in g ir l's m inds. I am sure w e w o u ld a ll like to thank M r. Gustavson fo r com ing to speak to us, p reparing us fo r the days o f the Crusade in w h ich m any o f our g irls came to know the C hristian life as the ir ow n.

Denise D ewar, 4A , (York).

ESSAY COMPETITIONS.

Pupils have entered m any o f the essay com petitions du ring the past tw e lve m onths and have been suc­cessful in securing prizes and com ­m endation.

M a rilyn G illam o f 3A shared the first prize — the F. A . M actier Prize in the Royal A u s tra lia n H istorical Society Essay C om petition. The sub­ject o f the essay w as "M ilp a r in k a or Boyd Town ". M arilyn w as also successful in a slogan com petition organised by the M ilk Board, her prize being a tr ip to the Snowy River Scheme.

In the U nited N ations essay com ­p e tition— the top ic "S lavery and Inhum an Treatm ent ", Joan Glen secured second prize and Sylvia Adam son th ird prize. Joan also subm itted an essay "Im pressions o f the Japanese Trade F a ir", fo r w hich she received a go ld w atch.

Messages o f loya lty to the Queen w ritte n in connection w ith British C om m onw ealth Youth Sunday were composed by m any o f the pupils. Those o f B rig ita A tvars, Jennifer Readford and Ruth Bailey were fo rw a rd e d to the selection com m ittee.

A PESSIMISTIC DREAM OF TEN YEARS HENCEThe morn was fine I gazed dispirited Out of a window whichOverlooked a backyard, a paddock and one shed.Two children walking En route to school,Played for a moment, thenWent on to teachers, playmates and to rule.I looked afterWanting to go insteadOf looking at the sight whichWas only a backyard, a paddock and one shed.A voice within said,“Not for you, dreamer,Your youth is over” andThat this was true, this fact so cold I knew.So I stand.And gaze dispirited Out of a window whichOverlooks a backyard, a paddock and one shed.

—ALANNA MACLEAN, 2A, (York).

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39th ANNUAL REPORT OF FORT STREET OLD GIRLS’ UNION,

MARCH, 1959.

Since last year the O ld G irls' Union has been active in various w ays. From the social aspect the functions have been successful but not so financ ia lly .

The A nnua l D inner held in O cto­ber 1958 a t C ah ill's , E lizabeth St., w as w e ll a ttended.

This function brings together Portions from a ll w a lks o f life , from the earliest scholars to the latest ex­fifth years.

Judg ing by the ga y chatter the D inner is a very ha p p y a ffa ir. O ur guests o f honour on th is occasion w ere M arlene M atthew s (Mrs. W il­lard) and June M aston (Mrs. Fer­guson). The fo rm er enterta ined us w ith her account o f the Empire Games a t C ard iff, an d the latter, o f her tr ip to the C ontinent w ith some o f her charges.

As usual the flo ra l decorations w ere p rov ided by the present day students. The Com m ittee do a p ­preciate th is love ly gesture.

A t the A nnua l M eeting in M arch 1959, the Com m ittee w ere d isa p ­po in ted a t the sm all a ttendance of m em bers and prospective m em ­bers. This is the m eeting w here w e expect to recruit our new personnel fo r the Com m ittee. A lso to hear v iew s from the younger members and to collect the subscriptions to keep the Union func tion ing .

W e w ere pleased to see the new curta ins, donated a t the previous year's m eeting, insta lled in Miss W h iteoak 's room . O ur presentation fo r 1959 to o k the fo rm o f some new pictures.

The A nnua l Ball held in A p ril a t "The Trocadero " w as a social suc­

cess. N ine debutantes escorted by mem bers o f the Scottish Regiment m ade a charm ing picture as they w ere presented to M a jo r General Sir George W ooton.

There have been theatre parties to Ballet and Stage Shows but these have not proved pro fitab le .

In September 1958, w e launched a Spring Fashion Parade a t The Feminist Club. O ur m odels w ere the younger mem bers o f the Com ­m ittee and com pere Shirley Dobbs. Jantzen sw im suits and p la y suits were fea tured. Later, a fte rnoon tea w as served and general con­versation confirm ed the success o f th is function.

In N ovem ber w e w ere pleased to m ake the acquain tance o f the fifth years. They w ere g iven the o p p o rtu n ity o f learn ing som ething o f the a rt o f m ake-up by a repre­sentative o f Elizabeth A rden, be­fore pa rta k in g o f a fte rnoon tea.

The Union is a lw a ys looking fo r new mem bers and w e hope to see some new faces in the near future.

FORT STREET OLD GIRLS’

LITERARY CIRCLE.

This g roup meets re g u la rly in the Royal Botanic Gardens a t 2 p.m . on th ird Sunday o f the month from February to N ovem ber and is under the ab le leadersh ip o f M iss Eva Duhig.

The course th is year is va ried , w orks by E. Linklater, Rebecca W est, Robert Graves, Boris Paster­nak, R. G ary, G. Camus, J. Ro­m ains, Saint-Exupéry, A dele W ise­m an, Upton S inclair, and V irg in ia W o o lf are being discussed. There have been interesting discussions w hich have been very much a p ­preciated.

N ew m em bers w o u ld be w e l­comed to increase the num bers to enjoy the discussions. For fu rthe r in fo rm a tion contact the Secretary a t 1 Broughton Street, Drum m oyne.

H ilda Bourne (Hon. Sec.)

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OLD GiRLS’ UNIVERSITY RESULTS.

Ex-Fortians appeared in most o f the U niversity lists a t the end of 1958. We offer our congra tu la tions to a il.

M irja m Stiel g radua ted in M e d i­cine w ith Second Class Honours and the D agm ar Berne Prize.

Jud ith A nderson, Louise Frankel, Betty Randall and Janice S pow art g radua ted in Arts w ith Second Class Honours in English, Educa­tion , Psychology and French respec­tive ly .

A t the com pletion o f her th ird

year science course, Patricia Turner ga ined d is tinc tion in Advanced Zoo logy III, the H aswell Prize fo r Zoo logy and w as offered the G. S. G aird Scholarship. This she rejected to accept a position w ith theC.S.I.R.O.

Christine D obbin w as aw arded the George A rn o ld W ood M em oria l Prize in H istory I, and Diane Dawes the A lv ie G arvan M em oria l Prize in Pharmacy I.

In the Faculty o f M edicine m any o f our ex-Fortians continue to do w e ll. Laurel H arvey and M a rg a re t G illam being ou tstand ing .

FORT STREET GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL PARENTS

AND CITIZENS’ ASSOCIATION.

The Association has w orked con­tinuous ly and co-operative ly since the last School M agazine w e n t to press. Its m ain objective has been to p rovide various am enities fo r the school and pup ils , w hich the members trust have been both pleasing and beneficia l.

W ith the financia l support g iven by parents per m edium o f the envelopes issued each m onth, the ou ts tand ing single item provided by the Association du ring th is year, has been the replacem ent o f the w orn rubber floo ring on the stairs and land ing , and in the Entrance Hall.

A d d it io n a l grants m ade by the Association, s im ila r to those of previous years, em body the Gen­eral L ibrary, Science and Language Libraries, and the Proficiency prizes aw arded annua lly .

Repairs and the replacem ent of w ire ne tting around the tennis court w as a lso carried ou t by the Association.

The Ladies' A u x ilia ry has achieved another successful and

harm onious year o f ac tiv ity . As in previous years, the new mothers were w elcom ed a t a luncheon held in February, and the Tuck Shop on Field Day w as conducted w ith g rea t success.

Association members together w ith the Ladies' A u x ilia ry , a r­ranged the Farewell Fifth Year Dance in December last, w hich once a g a in proved a most e n joy­ab le evening and g rea t success.

As am enities in m ost schools are ob ta ined th rough the source o f Parents and Citizens' funds, the continued success o f th is Associ­a tion can on ly be m a in ta ined by the u n fa ilin g support o f parents and the co-operation o f a ll pup ils to bear in m ind the im portance o f the m onth ly envelopes being taken home and p ro m p tly returned to the school.

The Association w ishes to thank parents and pup ils fo r the ir sup­port and co-operation th roughou t the past year.

N. M alco lm , Hon. Secretary.

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Miss Elsie Ferguson, the first capta in o f Fort Street G irls' H igh School and fo r the past eighteen years, a supervisor on the staff o f the Physical Education Branch has now retired. We, the sta ff and g irls take th is o p p o rtu n ity to express our app rec ia tion o f the fine w o rk she has done and to w ish her a ha p p y retirem ent.

Robyn Smyth o f 4B has been chosen to take pa rt in a film being prepared fo r the Jun ior Red Cross Centenary; Robyn herself w il l not appear but her voice is being used in the c o m m e n ta ry m a d e by the school g ir l.

As a result o f the p a rtic ipa tion in the Furniture E xhib ition, our A rt g irls w ere presented w ith a de­lig h tfu l picture w hich now hangs on the w a lls o f Room 12.

A rt scholarships w ere aw arded to tw o g irls, Jennifer A lbertson and Ethel Keane as a result o f the ir w o rk in the Leaving C ertificate and In term ediate respectively. We w ish both g irls success in the ir careers and offer our congra tu la tions.

M erle Corish w h o passed her In te rm edia te a t the end o f 1958, w on a bursary w hich entitles her to a secretarial course a t the Technical College.

A group o f 3A g irls, Joan Glen, M a rilyn G illam , Pamela W illiam s, Penelope Eddy, Robin Lidbury, have been ta k in g pa rt in spe lling con­tests over the broadcasting net­w ork. Their progress has been fo l­low ed keenly.

A pprec ia tion .

The death o f M r. Summerhayes o f the M e tro p o lita n Business C ol­lege w as noted w ith regret and we w ish to express our sym pathy to those connected w ith him and also our app rec ia tion o f his interest in

the school and his support in the adve rtis ing section o f our m a g a ­zine.

A fte r a fe w short weeks w ith us a t the com m encem ent o f the year. Miss L. C a lf accepted a position on the staff o f Sydney U niversity. In spite o f the g rea t am oun t o f w o rk invo lved in her new position she continued her w o rk in connec­tion w ith our Drama Club. We a p ­preciate very much her selfless a t­titu d e in devo ting her fe w spare hours to assisting in the production o f the items fo r our Education W eek concert. Thank you. Miss Calf.

An in v ita tio n to v is it the John Bodkin annexe a t Royal Prince A lfre d H osp ita l, w as extended to any o f the g irls w ho are interested in Physiotherapy. Tw enty g irls , ac­com panied by the ir parents ac­cepted. We are g ra te fu l to the Physiotherapy Association o f A us­tra lia fo r th is oppo rtun ity .

In the “ Poets, Poetry and People" com petition Helen John­son o f Fifth Year w on first prize fo r her essay, “ The M ag ic o f Poetry" w h ile Robin C anacott o f Fourth Year received high com ­m endation fo r her illu s tra tio n o f a poem. Robin chose to illustra te Peggy A dam son 's poem, “ The Rose" w hich w as published in the School M agazine last year. We offer our cong ra tu la tions to both o f these girls.

A t the end o f Second Term a Teenagers' Talk w as arranged by Keith Smith, w e ll know n to rad io listeners. A group o f g irls, Pamela W illia m s, and M a rilyn G illam o f 3A, Elizabeth Lord and Jud ith Tonkin o f 4A , and Carole K illick, M egan Bull, Sue Ezzy and Diane Lipscombe, a ll o f Fifth Year took part. The top ic w as, “ W ork, Play, Religion and H om e” . Recordings

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were taken to be broadcast a t a la ter date.

We w ere de ligh ted and honour­ed to be notified th a t Elizabeth Lord o f Fourth Year had been sel­

ected from a group o f g irls from the Secondary Schools, to m ake a presentation o f a bouquet to Prin­cess A lexand ra on the occasion of her v is it to the School's D isplay. C ongra tu la tions Elizabeth.

PREFECTS’ EMPIRE DAY ESSAY COMPETITION

PRIZE W IN N IN G ESSAYS

The Senior prize w as w on by Peggy Adam son o f 5A, and the Jun ior prize by Anne Yates o f 3D. The Senior top ic w as "H o w has the British Empire become the Com ­m onw ea lth o f N ations ?" w h ile the Juniors de a lt w ith a country, m em ber o f the British C om m on­w e a lth o f N ations w hich they w o u ld like to v is it w ith a v iew to strengthening the fa m ily ties.

Senior Essay.

H ow has the British Empire become the C om m onw ealth o f N ations ?

The ta le o f the g row th from British Empire to C om m onw ealth o f N ations is one o f the most fa s ­c ina ting and am azing o f a ll h is­tory. It te lls o f the m atu ring o f an idea l, o f the evo lu tion o f a con­stitu tion , o f the g row th o f to le r­ance and freedom . It te lls o f a change w hich w o u ld never have taken place if B rita in had not early in the h istory o f the Empire, learned a very im p o rta n t lesson — force w as not sufficient to keep her co l­onies. This lesson w as ta u g h t by the Am erican Revolution — a co l­ony w as lost, bu t the lesson its loss ta u g h t Brita in gu ided the early g ro w th o f the Empire and w ith o u t it the C om m onw ealth m igh t never have been fo rm ed. Because o f the lesson, B rita in w illin g ly granted self governm ent to those colonies w hich, in the m id-n ine teenth cen­tury, asked fo r and were capable o f it.

A t the beg inn ing o f the tw e n ­tie th century, the Empire consisted o f a g roup o f se lf-govern ing nations, n o m in a lly under B rita in 's rule bu t ac tua lly held to her by no ties w hich could not easily be broken. Critics o f the Empire be­lieved th a t these ties w o u ld be broken in a crisis, bu t they were proved w ro n g w hen the First W orld W ar resulted in u n pa ra lle led co­opera tion between the nations of the Empire. Instead o f being w e a k ­ened, the bonds were proved strong and indeed became stronger.

The First W orld W ar, how ever, d id reveal the Empire's g rea t weakness — Brita in could declare w a r on another nation on beha lf o f any o f the Dom inions and could m ake law s w hich a p p lie d to them . The D om inions w ho had, a fte r the w a r, a tta ined nationhood , ta k in g pa rt as separate in d iv id u a l nations in peace treaties and in the League o f N ations, w an ted the ir n a tio n ­hood to become law . This question w as fu lly discussed in a series o f Im peria l Conferences w hich fo l­low ed the w ar, and fin a lly in 1931, the Statute o f W estm inster gave a ll the Dom inions a lega l position as “ autonom ous com m unities w ith ­in the British Empire, equal in status, in no w a y subord ina te one to another in any aspect o f the ir dom estic or externa l a ffa irs , though united by a comm on a l­legiance to the Crown and free ly associated as m em bers o f the British C om m onw ealth o f N a tio n s ". The C om m onw ealth had come into

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being — bu t m any changes were to take place before it became w h a t it is today.

It had been believed th a t the bond u n itin g the C om m onw ealth o f N ations w as the fac t th a t they shared one m onarch, bu t th is sup­position has since been proved untrue. Those nations w hich were colonised by British people, w ith an English culture and English tra d itio n s were w illin g to be ruled by an English m onarch. But those nations peopled by Asians, speak­ing Asian tongues, w o rsh ip p in g Asian gods, d id no t w a n t an English k ing. Ind ia w as the first country to voice these fee lings, and Brita in showed her greatness by a llo w in g Ind ia to become a repub ­lic. Since th a t tim e other C om m on­w e a lth N ations have become re­publics and one, M a la ya , has a separate ruler. The bonds o f Com ­m onw ea lth are fa r greater, fa rmore w o rth w h ile than a lleg iance to a tem pora l monarch. They are bonds o f to lerance, o f freedom and o f trust and the monarch stands as a sym bol o f these ideals.

Just as the First W orld W arproved the strength o f the Empire,so the Second W orld W a r proved the strength o f the C om m onw ealth . A g a in the nations o f the C om m on­w e a lth un ited , g iv in g free ly o f the b lood o f the ir men and the tears o f th e ir w om en fo r the cause o f freedom . The w a r proved a lso the f le x ib ility o f the C om m onw ealth , fo r Eire rem ained neutra l w ith o u t d ra w in g to herself any fee lings o f i l l-w ill. A fte r the w a r, Eire w ith d re w en tire ly from the C om m onw ealth a g a in w ith o u t any ill- fe e lin g . A ll se lf-in terest had d isappeared from the a ttachm ent between Brita in and her colonies — or ra ther sister nations — and the w ho le Com ­m onw ea lth w as w o rk in g together fo r the com m on good.

Today the C om m onw ealth in ­cludes m any d iffe re n t types o f countries — there are autonom ous nations ruled separate ly by the

Queen, republics, and separate k ingdom s. There are also m any countries w ith o u t se lf-governm ent — colonies being educated to a t­ta in se lf-governm ent w hich are, one by one, ta k in g the ir place w ith the Dom inions or w ith d ra w in g from the C om m onw ealth as they a tta in the a b ility to rule them ­selves, m andated territories w hich are backw ard countries placed under the C om m onw ealth 's care by the U nited N ations to be edu­cated un til they can govern th e m ­selves, protectorates w h ich are re­ceiving m ilita ry protection and ec­onom ic a id from the C om m on­w e a lth . A ll these countries are be­ing educated in governm ent, un til some d a y they w il l become nations w ith the p riv ilege o f rem a in ing w ith in the C om m onw ealth or the rig h t o f w ith d ra w in g if they w ish.

In a w o rld o f unrest and hatred the C om m onw ealth is a sym bol o f peace, and fr iendsh ip . Surely w e m ay hope, tha t, as the years go by, it w il l continue to expand, con­tinue to im prove, continue to spread over the w o rld its message o f to lerance, o f freedom , and o f trust, un til every nation in the w o rld realizes the w orth o f these ideals, un til perhaps the w ho le w o rld be­comes one vast C om m onw ealth o f Nations.

Peggy A dam son, 5A.

Jun io r Essay.

To help strengthen the fa m ily ties between C om m onw ealth coun­tries, I th in k I w o u ld choose to stay w ith a fa m ily in Ceylon. Life in Ceylon is an exact contrast to the life and culture w e know as A ustra lians. It is exotic, shrouded w ith the m ystery th a t a ll Eastern countries possess.

This is the m ain reason w h y I have chosen Ceylon. It is so d iffe r­ent, its culture and re lig ion , its people and its general w a y o f life are so in tr ig u in g to me, and, I am sure, to a ll people o f the W estern w o rld .

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Ceylon is a country w here East meets W est, w ith o u t e ither c lash­ing bu t rather u n iting . The C in­galese people still retain the ir age- o ld customs and culture, but g ra d ­ua lly , m odern m ethods o f a g ricu l­ture and production have been introduced into the ir lives.

H owever, like a ll countries, Cey­lon too has her problem s; fam ine and poverty sometimes strike her people; floods and hurricanes lash her shores, bu t she battles on.

If I stayed w ith a fa m ily in Cey­lon, I w o u ld consider m yself as an am bassador o f g o o d w ill on beha lf o f the A u s tra lia n people, even if I w ere on ly a hum ble tourist. I th in k it w o u ld be my d u ty to present a good im pression o f the A ustra lian w a y o f life and m y u p b rin g in g . 1 am convinced, tha t, by courtesy, good nature, friend liness and by

observation o f another country 's law s and rules, one is fu rthe ring one's ow n country 's prestige.

It is also my op in ion tha t, by presenting an exem pla ry picture o f A us tra lia I w o u ld be instrum enta l — in how ever s ligh t a w a y — in un iting in a closer pact A us tra lia and Ceylon as firm er sister-coun­tries in the British C om m onw ealth . W ith England as the head o f the C om m onw ealth , as a m other, and A u s tra lia as a sister, I p ray tha t, by understand ing and help in peace­tim e, w e m ay assist each other in tim es o f d ifficu lty as true members o f the British Family.

I feel th a t such a v is it as I have proposed w o u ld help in b rin g in g a b o u t th is ha p p y re la tionsh ip , even if on ly in a sm all w ay.

A nne Yates, 3D.

MENTAL GYMNASTICS

Clock strikes nine Now, is the time,Will I remember those equations clear ?OrWill they just disappear ?Oh those butterflies How they flutterI am so glad this exam’s not oral ’Cause I am sure I’d stutter.O h! Here comes those papersIf I were an eighteenth century missI could easily have the vapours.B u t! Alas and Alack time has passed by Woman, (bless her) takes her place in every field.Oh, myTake a grip on your pen No more daydreams And, do question ten.

—RAE HALVORSEN, 4C, (Bradfield).

AUTUMN LEAVES

In a maze of colour and movement.Autumn leaves are whirling by.Swirling, twirling, the season unfurling.Etchings on an azure sky.

—JOY PULLIN, lA, (York).

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S P O R TS W I M M I N G

THE SW IM M ING CARNIVALS.

O ur A nnua l S w im m ing C arnival w as a g a in held a t Coogee A q u a r­ium Baths. Kent w as successful in w in n in g the House C om petition w ith 80 points w h ile Gloucester w as second w ith 66 points. York ga ined 42 points and B radfie ld 36.

The M eek's S w im m ing Cup, aw a rd e d to the g ir l w ho ga ined the most points in our ow n carn iva l and the C om bined High Schools', w as w on by Pat W oods, Kent, The cup fo r 110 yards cham pionsh ip w as w on by Jan Robson, G louces­ter. The ju n io r cham pionsh ip cup w as aw a rd e d to Robyn Skinner (Gloucester).

The results o f the carn iva l were: School C ham pionship : Jan Robson; Jun ior C ham pionship : Robyn Skin­ner; 16 Years C ham pionship : A. Coxon; 15 Years C h a m p io n sh ip : J. Robson; 14 Years C ham pionship :

13 Years C ham pionship : 12 Years C ham pionship : Jun ior Breaststroke : B.

Breaststroke Backstroke

R. Skinner;L. Taylor;P. W oods;Battin; Senior M urray; Jun ior

: D. : P.

W oods; Senior Backstroke : A. Seward; Jun io r Butterfly : P. Woods,- Senior Butterfly: J. Robson; Jun ior D iving : C. O ’ Keefe; Senior D iving: K. M cIntosh; Jun io r Relay: G louces­ter; Senior Relay: Gloucester.

A new event, the Cork Scramble, proved very popu la r, a t the con­clusion o f the carn iva l.

O ur g irls com peted in the Com ­bined High Schools' S w im m ing C arn iva l and swam w e ll but un­fo rtu n a te ly d id not reach the finals.

LIFE-SAVING, 1958-’ 59.

Once aga in num bers o f Portions proved them selves to be very cap­ab le life-savers. A lth o u g h the school w as not qu ite as successful as in previous years, several g irls ga ined m a jo r aw ards.

A w ards o f M erit were ga ined by R. Stevens, R. W alker, W. Turner.

Bars to Bronze M eda llions were ga ined by R. Stevens, A . Coxon, D. F lanagan.

Bronze Crosses were aw a rd e d to R. Sutton and P. W illiam s.

Bronze M eda llions were gained by 15 g irls. In term ediate Stars by 5 g irls. Proficiency Certificates by 8 g irls. E lementary Certificates by 54 g irls and Resuscitation C ertifi­cates by 54 girls.

Gloucester w on the Inter-house Life-Saving Banner th is year w ith 137 points, fo llo w e d closely by Bradfie ld (127 points), York (126 points), and Kent (109 points).

C ongra tu la tions !

A T H L E T I C STHE SCHOOL SPORTS DAY.

O ur 59th A nnua l Sports C arn iva l w as held on 12th June a t W aver- ley O val.

This year, in a d d itio n to the usual events, three more were in ­troduced. They were the Jun ior and Senior Long Jum p, Hurdles and the March Past.

During lunch tim e, the Fifth Years d isp layed the ir prowess at

fo o tb a ll in the g rudge match o f the season, the "F ort Street Terrors" ag a in s t the "S a in ts ". The w o rld - fam ous celebrity, Sabrina, gave the kick-off, bu t she w as fo rgo tten in the stam pede w hich resulted when it w as announced th a t Elvis Presley had arrived a t Mascot.

The M arch Past w as the last event on the program m e, and w as a very im pressive sight. The fou r teams, a rranged in Houses, m arch­

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ed a round the ova l eac.i p roud ly bearing the House Earner. They paraded before the ¡jc ig e s , and then ;ined up in :he centre^ fac ing the g randstand , w i i e Miss V^hite- o c k thanked the o rgan ise 's , p a r­ents and teachers, v/bo m ade the d c y a g rea t success, cong ia tu la te d the com petitors c n a f in a lly an ­nounced the House v/ihich w o n the M arch Past and tfie e 't ir e C arn iva l.

The March Past ivos v/on by Kent, fo llo w e d by Y c ik , and Brad- fie ld . Eight po in ts wrere ^ y e n fo r firs t place, s x fo r second, and fou r fo r fh ird .

Kent a lso w o n the C arn iya l w ith 95 points. Gloucester cams second w ith 82 points, B radfis id tn i 'd w ith 67 points and Y ork fou rth w ith 57.

G loucester g a in e d ths Ball Games Trophy a fte r the usua. ex­c iting fin ish, fo llovyed oy B iad fie ld , Kent and Yo.'k in tn a t o rder.

The Final Results w ere : School C ham pionsh ip ; M. Black (B.); Senior High Jum p : W . Blanch (G.); Jun ior High. Jum p : T. H am ilton (B.)r Jun­ior .ong Jum p: T. Teasdale (Y.); S en iw Lone Jum p: M. Black (B.); Shot Put ; R. M cG regor <K.); Discus: J. S 'e rb o n ¡G.); Jun ior O range Race N. Blain (K.); O range Race: J. Shsroon (G.); Hurdles: C. O 'Keefe ’ K.); Jave lin : L. Tay o r (K.); Jun ior C ham pionship : P. Conksey (G.); 16 Years: A. Seward (K..; 15 Years: V\. B-ack (B.l; 14 Yeers- P. Cooksey G.); 13 Years: L. M cG ill (YJ; 12

Years : S. Drewson (Y.:; S k ipp ing Racer J. Robson (G..; Jun ior S k ip ­p ing Race : P. Cooksey IG.); Senior House Relay: Gloucester; Jun ior House Relay : York.

Bes" agg rega te fo r tvs'o carnivals: O pen Senior Cup: M . Black; Jun io r Cup: P. Cooksey; Jun o r Cham pion- d'.ip: .’ . Cooksey.

The Combined High Schools’ Open Charipionsfi-p won by MarHyr. Black — Ferì Street Girls' High School.

THE COMBINED HIGH SCHOOLS’ ATHLETIC CARNIVAL, 1959.

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The C om bined High Schools' A th le tic C arn iva l w as held this year on the 14th and 15th July. On the first day on ly the com peti­tors a ttended and w ith this small band to cheer them on the g irls a ll d id the ir utm ost, some o f them do ing very w e ll and q u a lify in g fo r the fina ls on the second day. These w ere D awn Burness (javelin), Jan Sherbon (discus), N orm a Blain (Junior O range Race), Pam Cook­sey (Junior Skipp ing), M arilyn Black (C ham pionship o f H igh Schools and 15 years), the Open Relay team , the C apta in Ball team and Toni Teasdale (Junior Long Jump).

The w ho le school a ttended on the second day w hich w as fine and sunny fo r the firs t tim e in a few years. The h ig h lig h t o f the day fo r a ll Fortians w as the w in n in g o f the C ham pionship o f H igh Schools by M a rilyn Black. This w onderfu l achievem ent is no more than M a r i­lyn deserves fo r the tim e she spends tra in in g and the sporting s p ir it w ith w hich she a lw ays enters into school sports. M a rilyn also ga ined second place in the 15 years and w as a m em ber o f the Open Relay team . Pam Cooksey also d id very w e ll, g a in in g fourth place in the Jun ior S k ipp ing Race.

A lthough our fina l po in t score w as not very h igh, fo r the ' good results w e d id achieve, thanks are due to Mrs. Symonds and Miss Payne fo r the ir tim e and energy spent in tra in in g the girls.

WINTER SPORT.

As w e ll as the usual hockey, baske tba ll, and tennis, three new sports — a th letics, g o lf and squash — have been introduced th is w in ­ter. O n ly a lim ited num ber o f g irls are a llo w e d to take the la tte r tw o sports and so the Fifths have been given the priv ilege.

A t both Jun ior and Senior sport, hockey, basketba ll and tennis team s have been organized fo r House com petitions w h ile the First Years have special tennis coaching. Gloucester so fa r is ta k in g the lead in the w in te r sport Inter-House com petitions.

A group o f abou t th ir ty g irls, accom panied by Miss Payne, spend the ir sports a fternoons out a t the E. S. M arks A th le tic O va l, M oore Park. Here they have the o p p o rtu n ­ity to tra in fo r those events included in the C om bined High A th le tic C arn iva l, w hich are h u rd ling , sp rin ting , discus, jave lin , and shot put.

Miss O ’Shanassy very k ind ly takes a group o f Fifth Years ou t to M oore Park each M o nday to be instructed in g o lf by tw o profes­sionals o f the gam e.

Last bu t by no means least is squash, a very healthy, in v ig o ra t­ing and, m ig h t I add , w e ig h t-re ­ducing gam e. A b o u t th irty g irls, accom panied by Miss Birch, go to the very m odern N orth Sydney squash centre each M onday where they spend a m ost en joyab le a fte r­noon. There are e ig h t single squash courts and each pa ir o f g irls oc­cupies a court fo r h a lf an hour, du ring w hich tim e a b o u t fou r games m ay be p layed. Miss Birch, w ho is a good squash player, is a lw ays ready and w illin g to g ive the g irls a gam e.

On b e h a lf o f the Fifth Year g irls I w o u ld like to express our a p p re ­cia tion to Miss W h iteoak, Mrs. Symonds and Miss Payne fo r m a k­ing it possible fo r us to en joy these new sports and on beh a lf o f the school I w o u ld like to thank Mrs. Symonds and Miss Payne fo r the support, tra in in g and encourage­m ent they have g iven to us th roughou t the year.

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SOFTBALL

This year Fort Street has been ab le to enter tw o team s in the S aturday M orn ing S oftba ll C om ­petition — one in A reserve grade and one in Jun io r B.

Both team s have com pleted the first round w ith on ly one de fea t and are in firs t place in th e ir res­pective grades. We are g ra te fu l to both Mrs. Symonds and Miss Payne w ho have g iven up the ir tim e to come out to M oore Park on Satur­day m ornings and to rem ain a fte r school to coach both teams.

The second team w hich com ­prises a ll new players — D. Kal- im a, D. B iddlecom be, M. Power, J. Stupart, S. Drewson, J. Scott, T. Van Hassett, L. Gore, L. Spencer, S. Bennett, C. M cVean, S. Ford —

is g a in in g experience in each match and congra tu la tions m ust go to it on its success.

The first team — J. Garlarvd, B. Holmes, K. W illis , J. Buchancn, L. Read, L. Boddy, B. Taylor, J. Sher- bon, D. Burness — is proud to be the 2nd school team to have reached A reserve grade (the fo r ­mer one in 1957, be ing ano ther Fort Street, Team).

We th a n k the school fo r the new equ ipm ent as neither team could have done so w e ll w ith o u t it.

HOCKEY.

Under the gu idance o f Mrs. Symonds a hockey association w as form ed th is year, o f w hich V iv ien Cansick is the Secretary and Lor­raine Ewings the Treasurer. We are

SOFTBALL TEAM.Back row, standing (left to right): K. Willis, J. Buchanan, B. Taylor, D.

Burness, L. Read.Front row, kneeling (left to right): J. Sherbon, L. Boddy, B. Holmes, J.

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D, Pauli, R. Walker, S. Spindler.Front row, seated (left to right): W. Silver, C. Anderson, J. Govett,

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gra te fu l fo r the assistance given ■b y both these g irls to the associ­a tion .

This year Fort Street entered three team s in the Saturday m orn­ing com petition , tw o in B grade and one in C grade. A ll team s have done w e ll considering our hand icap o f not hav ing a fie ld nearby on w hich w e can practise. A fe w jun io r mem bers o f the th ird team have shown g rea t prom ise fo r the fu tu re and w e hope to see them do w e ll next year.

O ur school w as asked to nom ­inate players to try out fo r a State team bu t un fo rtu n a te ly w e were unab le to pa rtic ipa te . H owever, Fort Street took pa rt in the Country C arn iva l w h ich w as abandoned la te r in the d a y o w in g to ra in , but the team p layed qu ite p leasing ly.

On the 27th and 28th o f June the School G irls ' Hockey C am p w as held a t N arrabeen N a tiona l Fit­ness Camp. A ll five o f the girls w ho represented us had an en joy­ab le tim e and returned w ith a better know ledge o f the gam e o f hockey.

We are g ra te fu l fo r the new equ ipm en t p rovided th is year and to Mrs. Symonds and Miss Payne fo r spending tim e in he lp ing to im prove our standard o f p lay, it is to be hoped th a t w e shall see m any new faces next year w hich w e hope w il l be a successful year.

TENNIS.

The school tennis cham pionships are being p layed du ring Second Term, bu t o w in g to the large num ­ber o f entries fo r the three cham ­pionships, the Jun io r Singles and Open Doubles C ham pionships have ye t to be p layed.

H owever, the Open Single C ham pionsh ip has reached the fina ls — Jan Robson and W endy Boyd being the tw o finalists.

Tennis coaching w as aga in a v a ila b le th is year and w e are pleased to have Mrs. Thelma Long,

a fo rm er A u s tra lia n cham pion, as coach. Classes are conducted fo r Fourth and Fifth Years on M onday. On Thursdays, First Years are learn­ing to become cham pions from ex­cellent coaching by Miss Capp.

A t M oore Park, Inter-house matches are being p layed in w hich com petition is keen.

Last year a party o f g irls from Fort Street, accom panied by th e ir Sports’ Mistresses, M iss Payne and Miss Shackley, w e n t to W hite C ity to see the heats o f the N ew South W ales Tennis C ham pionships. The group saw such w e ll know n p la y ­ers as N eale Fraser and Rod Laver from A us tra lia . Barry M ackay from the U nited States and Luis A ra la o f Spain. Everyone had an en joy­ab le a fternoon.

Table tennis has taken a more im p o rta n t pa rt in the sporting ac­tiv itie s o f our school th is year than ever before. A new scheme fo r recreational gym nasium periods has been introduced fo r the senior pup ils and m any find it m ost en­joyab le to re lax (if on ly m om ent­a rily ) from the ir studies w ith a good gam e o f "p in g -p o n g " .

The school ta b le tennis cham ­p ionsh ip w as held during the firs t term and the num ber o f entries w as h igh — over seventy g ir ls from a ll years. The matches w ere w e ll organised and the tou rnam ent ran sm ooth ly to its conclusion on the 5th M ay. C om petition w as keen, and a fte r a close m atch (23-21, 21-12) Colleen Smith (G.) succeeded in w in n in g the fina ls to become school ta b le tennis cham ­pion fo r the second year in suc­cession.

BASKETBALL REPORT.

This year the S aturday m orn ing Basketball team s have had heart­ening successes.

The Jun ior Team — Denise H odgins (Capt.), M aureen O 'Brien, G loria H o p p itt (Vice-Capt.), G ladys Lambert, Leonie Coutts, D orothy Seville, Carol Ashton, Cheryl Buck-

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BASKETBALL TEAIVLBack row, izandng (left to right): B. Hansen, C. Ho\»-atd, C McSTlea,

R. Chris’i;.Front row, kneeling (left to right): K. Taunton, J. Newton, L Hetherirgton.

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ley, has lost o n ly tw o o f seven matches p layed so fa r and w ith these prom is ing results should reach the sem i-finals o f the ir com ­petition .

O ur Senior A Team, Robyn Chris­tie (Vice-Capt.), Clare McSullea, Beth Hansen, Lurline H etherington, Kay Taunton, Carol H ow ard , J ill N ew ton (Capt.), has com pleted its round undefeated and if the g irls continue to show present fo rm , should w in the com petition .

O ur Senior B Team has lost on ly tw o matches and w il l p lay Parra­m atta in the sem i-finals. B. team m em bers are M a rg a re t Irvin (Capt.) V iv ia n n e M arsden (Vice-Capt.), Jenn ife r Parkes, June Lankford,

Jud ith A rm strong, Karen Rhein- hard t. Sue W a lke r and Pat Ryan.

A ll three team s are practis ing hard fo r fo rth -com ing sem i-finals and a ll team m em bers have shown them selves enthusiastic. We are g ra te fu l to M iss Payne fo r the keen interest she has shown and the tim e she has set aside to tra in and advise us. — Thank you. Miss Payne!

On M ondays and Thursdays the regu la r House com petitions are be­ing p layed a t M oore Park. A l­though fe w matches have been p layed o w in g to conflic ting events on sport days, G loucester is lead ­ing a t present, fo llo w e d by Brad- fie ld , Kent, and York.

MEDITATION

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I often wonder as I sit, and think and think and think, just what it is that makes us fit into this tangled world of ours.Could it be God, this guiding hand which prompts us with such fitting ease to do the things we ought to do and not the ones which ought to please ourselves ?

Still I ponder as I write, and think and think and think,it may perhaps fbe something quite unlike the picture in my mind.It must be God for none but He could know us well enough to phrase our lives before us, in a way which seems so clear it merits praise to Him.

—RUTH LINDSAY, 4A, (Gloucester).

MODERN

Monkeys in space;Dogs to the moon;A few years ago Men in a balloon.In a hundred years time When they’ve settled a planet. The old world will be left With no one to man it.

—ROBIN WOOD, 4C, (York).

EDUCATION WEEK SCHOOL CONCERT

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This year a concert representing a num ber o f school activ ities w as tfie m ain feature o f Education W eek. Two m atinees enabled the school to see the perform ance and a large and enthusia tic audience o f parents and friends w as pre­sent a t the tw o evening concerts.

The School C hcir opened w ith t^e N a tiona l Anthem fo llo w e d by d e lig h tfu l selected songs. Miss M unroe conducted the choir and -o y W ilson w as accom paniste. A gym nastic d isp la y o f Box and M a t W ork by an A dvanced Gym rtastic G roup fo ib w e d . These a g ile g irls were tra ined by Mrs. Symonds and M s s Payne w h o w ere also responsible fo r the pro- dcKCtion la ter o f three Dances frcm G rieg 's “ Peer G yrrt". D iana Brem introduced the dances and the audience obv ious ly apprecicted tiiese tw o items, illus tra tive o f the physical education enjoyed by the g irls.

Jenn ife r Irw in , accom panied by Fay Parry, sang Delius' “ The H ig h tin g a le ” , the solo w hich she had been chosen to sing a t the Secondary Schools' Choral Con-

cerf e a rlie r in Educcticn Week. Fourrh Year g irls then ga^e someVersa-Speak rg and Fujopetryitem s, w hich ''onged f 'c m rhe old b a lla a “ The Barring af tb.e Door ' and V ache- Lindsay's live ly “ C ongo" to W. B. genitb"‘The C'Oths o f Heave'^’ . Tha Yerse- S pecking w cs conduc'ed cy Eíi2 - abeth. Gunn and tne ooe.ms were selected, ana b e chc ir la rge ly tra in e d by Miss C c if Ih e lastitem before n terva l w a s a gr^oua o f Germ an songs by Fojrtm Yeor g ir ls i r apprcrpriate one a in a c tv s costum e. Sue M e lv ille cccom - pan ied the s r ig in g a rd M 'ss Bbkje w as trie producer.

French Fo‘k Songs anc carais openaa the second haH^ o f the progrom m e. 2A class p 'e s e rte d s p im ir g and hun’-ing songs and Frend", and Frenc'n - C c ra c ia n caro 's A ccortpan istes w e 'a M«>ira Bush and Deim a Steele lard S tepnanie Coom ber, Sandia M ac­D onald and & in d ra Selden p layed ■Recoinders. M s s Palmar vves the procucar.

The c los i“ig tern w a s a p lay procucad by Miss Cahf, w h o w es

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w ith us fo r a short period a t the beg inn ing o f the year bu t w en t on to the French D epartm ent a t the U n iversity o f Sydney. During her stay w ith us, M iss C a lf had started the D ram atic Society on "The Poetasters o f Ispahan" by C liffo rd Bax, and the school is g re a tly in her debt, because she continued to come to w eek ly re­hearsals, a fte r ta k in g up her new position. There were seven parts in the p lay and fo r each there w as a p rinc ipa l and an under­study. W ith the exception o f the s ta r-p a rt o f H a lla j, the public le tter - w rite r, w hich w as p layed on a ll occasions by Elizabeth Lord, tw o d iffe re n t casts appeared a lte rna te ly , and acqu itted them ­selves a d m ira b ly . The p lay w as pronounced a g rea t success from every po in t o f v iew . The O rien ta l backdrop w as much adm ired . It w as the w o rk m a in ly o f Robyn Canacott, w h o w as assisted by Laurel Pavett and C arolyn A n d e r­son.

The D ram atic Society w ishes a g a in to acknow ledge how much o f its success is due to Miss C a lf and also to the help o f Mrs. Towers and later, o f Mrs. Burgess a t re­hearsals. M iss Baker and Judith Tonkin w ere in charge o f the e f­fective lig h tin g arrangem ents, w hich d isp layed the b eau tifu l costumes to fu ll advan tage . The g ir ls and the ir mothers are to be congra tu la ted on the dressing and the p u ppe t-m ak ing , and w e are g ra te fu l to the C anacott fa m ily fo r the loan o f the puppet theatre and help w ith the s tag ing o f the p la y and to M r. Brem, fo r help w ith the ad justm ent o f the cur­ta ins. Four Fifth Year g irls assisted w ith the curta ins — Carole Kil- lick, Diane Lipscombe, Sue Ezzy and M egan Bull •— and there w ere m any others, both sta ff and g irls, w ho helped m a te ria lly in our e ffo rt fo r Education Week.

A REVUE OF SB’s PRODUCTIONOF “ PYRAMUS AN D THISBE” .

On W ednesday, 19th A ugust, a t lunchtim e, 3B gave a m ost en­joyab le and refreshing in te rp re ta ­tion o f “ Pyramus and Thisbe” from Shakespeare's “ A M id su m ­mer N ig h t's D ream ".

Each o f the perform ers p layed her particu la r pa rt w ith obvious fee ling and enjoym ent. However the sudden appearance o f M oon­shine (Sandra Funnell), com plete w ith thornbush, burn ing lantern and Trixie Horn, added d is tinctive v ig o u r and life to the p lay. Trixie, a Pom eranian, d ischarged her part nob ly, show ing fe w signs o f t im id ity or s ta g e frig h t a fte r the firs t m om ents o f her entrance w hich electrified the p layers as w e ll as the view ers.

The audience w as w on by the, sp irited characterization o f Pyra­mus (Roslynne Bell), Thisbe (Sandra Breakw ell), and Prologue (Julie Featherstone) w ho a ll d is ­p layed pa rticu la r ta le n t, th e ir en­uncia tion be ing clear, though the ir English accents w ere broad.

Leonie Cum m ine, as W a ll, also gave a com m endable pe rfo rm ­ance, w h ile Duke Theseus (Rose­m ary Sutton), H ippo ly ta (Barbara Lewis), Herm ia (Anne Phillip), Helena (Ellenor Thorp), Lysander (Erika Czako) and Demetrius (Kathleen Dunham ), m a in ta ined the required look o f bored am use­m ent th rou g h o u t the piece.

To M a rg a re t Fraser is due the in d u b ita b le success o f the cos­tum es; her w o rk as w a rd ro b e m is­tress is apprecia ted by those she helped to change into nobles or rustics.

The perform ance met w ith much praise, fe w criticism s, and a u d ib le enjoym ent.

— Jacquelene Tyndall.

— Barbara Johnson.

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C O N T R I B U T I O N SW inning Entry fo r Best Contribution in the Senior School.

OILFIELD.

If there is magic in the songs of Persia;The wine and dances of Bagdad; the nights Of story-telling; purple velvet, blood, and nectar;Allah in a mosque of gold.Is there not magic in a muddy oilfield ?Should not the derricks spurting filth and flame.The steel construction cables, dynamite.Have the same wonder, being also Persia ?The Sheik who sits on silken cushions.Honey, incense, opal, jade,The flying horse, the black-skinned genie—All drink this gritty earth-won petrol.It is their god, it is their gold.Strange, that the Arabian Nights should come to this.

—PEGGY ADAMSON, 5A, (Kent)

Best Prose Entry from Senior School.

A BOX FULL OF TOYS

I can rem em ber m yself a t abou t the age o f five, w ild ly excited at the prospect o f a tr ip to a sana­to rium to see my o lder sister, w ho w as there a t the tim e, suffering from tuberculosis. We were in Germ any; refugees from w ar-to rn Latvia w here the Russians were now w a lk in g dow n the streets th a t m y m other had once loved. We w ere fa r from rich in Germ any, and th is tr ip w as a rare and w o n d erfu l th ing fo r a sickly little g ir l, accustomed to the dreary apartm ents w here we stayed.

I had on a little w h ite coat, m ade o f some kind o f fu r, and I rem em ber th a t I go t it very d irty on the w a y up to the sanatorium .I w as aw estruck as I w a lke d into the b ig b u ild in g , a long the echo­ing corridors and th rough the long w ards w ith the w h ite beds on each side o f a w id e passage. But my spirits returned w hen I saw a huge box o f toys a t the fo o t of m y sister's bed. Losing interest in my sister com plete ly, 1 began to

have a w o n d erfu l tim e de lv ing into th a t box; and w h a t a treasure trove it proved to be, fo r m y p a r­ents had tried to m ake m y sister's illness as p leasant as they pos­s ib ly could. There w ere teddy- bears, do lls, toy tea-sets, every­th ing a little g ir l could possib ly w ish fo r and a fte r I had taken the very last toy from the box, the floor a round me looked like a ch ild 's concept o f paradise.

But I w as not a llo w e d to enjoy m yself fo r long, as a ll too soon the v is it came to an end. We w a lke d back th rough the echoing corridors and the long w ards w ith rows o f pale, curious faces until w e came to a huge ha ll. Here there were w h a t seemed to me to be thousands o f ch ildren, seated a t w ooden tab les, ea ting hot b is­cuits or buns o f some sort and d rin k in g m ilk . I w as very im ­pressed more by the smell o f the food than by any th in g else, I feel, bu t w hen w e w a lke d out in to the garden I w as rendered speechless.

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Tall pines soared up to w a rd s the b lue sky and the grass w as green and lush. It w as a b e a u tifu l s ight

and one th a t has rem ained w ith me a lw ays , just as has th a t w o n ­de rfu l box fu ll o f toys.

— Christa G oodm an, 4A , (Kent).

W inn ing Entry fo r Best C ontribution in Junior School.

THE DESERTED HOUSE

M o o n lig h t has lent you a little o f your fo rm er splendour, old house w ith the ta ll, tw is tin g ch im ­neys o f another era. As I came a round the bend in the d rive , you looked a lm ost b eau tifu l w ith your fram e o f da rk , sw aying poplars and m o o n lit s ilver law ns. For a m om ent I d id not realize th a t you w ere em pty, m erely a facade, a w o rn -o u t relic o f a by-gone age. Then, the illus ion vanished, and I saw th a t the law ns w ere unkem pt, and the w in d o w s w ere m erely d a rk holes, th rough w hich the ris­ing w in d w h is tled eerily.

Empty . . . a mere decaying relic o f another d a y . . . a useless shell . . . A re you? As I w atch it suddenly seems to me th a t you are still a live and loved. The rust­ling o f the leaves seems like the sw ish ing o f a silken pe tticoat; a hare, running across the silver la w n , is a d a in t ily g racefu l poodle. Is th a t the so ft p lash ing o f a fo u n ta in , or is it m erely the q u ie t­ly fa llin g rain ? The w ild w a ilin g o f the w in d in the tree-tops is like a fid d le r 's music. A re there han d ­some lords and gracefu l ladies dancing in the old house to -n igh t?

W h a t ta les you could te ll, old house, if you could speak I Tales o f a past genera tion , a lm ost fo r­gotten now — a generation w ho

still had tim e fo r elegance, a gen­eration w ho loved grace and stateliness.

Lovely o ld house ! The m oon­lig h t, sh in ing on a broken pane o f glass, is suddenly reflected back, and you seem to be a live once more. W ho is up there in th a t room ? Is it a young g ir l, excited and b e a u tifu l, s lip p in g on her silken crino line , and setting her d iam onds in her h a ir in pre­pa ra tion fo r her firs t b a ll ? Is it an o ld m an, s itting in so lita ry state before his bedroom fire, s ip ­p ing a glass o f cranberry w ine , and resting his g ou ty leg on an em bro idered foo tstoo l ? The lig h t g row s d im . Could it be a n igh t- lig h t, set there fo r a little boy w ho w as a fra id o f the d a rk ? Is he ly ­ing up there, now , in his little trund le bed, com forted by its steady g lo w ?

I s ta rt fo rw a rd , but suddenly, the moon d isappears behind the clouds and the illus ion vanishes. You are once more an o ld fo r­gotten house, decaying a w a y in the lone ly w oods . . . suddenly I turn , and stum ble a w a y , fo r the w in d in the trees has become a d irge , and the tears are starting to m y eyes . . .

— Joan Glen, 3A, (Kent).

Best Verse Contribution from Junior School.

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CAT AND TIGER

Here a tiger, silent, fleet.Moves steady-eyed upon his prey. Thread of gold in jungle gloom. Destruction marks the tiger’s way.Here a cat, beneath the roses. Suddenly sees a questing bird.One swift leap, a flash of grey;No more the warbler’s note is heard.Cat and tiger; cushioned tread.Cool, green water for their eyes. Cat and tiger; suave and smooth. Where the difference but in size ?

—LAURA McGILL, lA, (York).

ESCAPE

As I sat w ra p p e d in the d a rk ­ness o f the room I tried in va in to th in k o f a w a y to escape. The door w as on ly a fe w feet aw a y; yet w hen I considered the num ber of people I had to pass before I could reach its freedom the d is ­tance m ig h t w e ll have been miles.

M y firs t p lan w as to rise q u ick­ly and dash fo r the door. It w as a bo ld scheme, bu t seemed a t th a t m om ent to be my on ly hope. A las, as I tried to put the p lan into opera tion I found m y feet to be firm ly w edged ag a in s t some piece o f fu rn itu re and the a tte m p t had to be abandoned. I now had not on ly to reach the door bu t also to move from m y present position w ith o u t d is tu rb ing the other people in the room.

I w atched the ir still in ten t faces and w ished fe rven tly th a t I had never in truded. The w h im th a t had b rough t me here had passed and I realized the d iffcu ltie s in leaving th a t I had heard others speak of.

The last hope o f escape w as to ease m yself out o f the sm all space

I w as occupying and to slide q u ie tly across the floor. Fate, h o w ­ever, w as ag a in s t me, fo r in try ­ing to move as noiselessly as pos­sible I co llided w ith a sm all tab le , upsetting its contents on to the floor. In despa ir I gave up the a ttem pt. Escape w as im possib le, the on ly a lte rna tive w as to m ake m yself as inconspicuous as pos­sible in th is new , uncom fortab le position.

The m inutes passed b rin g in g no re lie f. In fact, I had resigned m yself to m y fa te w hen suddenly a voice excla im ed ;

"Ladies and gentlem en, w e in ­te rru p t th is p rogram m e to bring you a special message from our sponsors. Your p rogram m e w ill continue in just a m om ent” .

W ith joy and re lie f I sprang from the floor, regardless o f the fu rn itu re and people. Never be­fore had I been so g ra te fu l to a te levis ion com m ercial or so de te r­m ined to buy a packet o f th a t product the very next day.

— Lardine Kalucy, 4A , (Kent).

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THE THERMAL POOL

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In the Southern A lps — more p a rticu la rly the C um berland P lat­eau, nestling on the side o f a m ounta in , just o ff the Snowy M ounta ins H ighw ay, is the Yar- ra n g o b illy Caves House — no t so im pressive a b u ild in g as Jenolan Caves House bu t serving a s im ila r purpose. It is surrounded by old English trees w h ich , in autum n, are clad in th e ir red and go ld tin ts and cover the grass w ith a rich ly coloured carpet o f the ir leaves.

Beyond the Caves House, a short bu t steep w a lk in g track leads to a therm al pool. C ontrary to m y expectations th is w as not a mud hole. Instead a hole o f abou t tw e lve to fourteen fee t square is cemented to fo rm a sm all sw im ­m ing pool fille d w ith clear w ater. W hen I pu t my hand in the w a te r, I found it qu ite w a rm , bu t not hot as I m ig h t have expected ju dg ing by the steam w hich rose from the w a te r. A lth o u g h it w as

then fa s t app roach ing m id -d a y the a ir w as still very fresh.

A th ick b lanke t o f dead leaves surrounded the edge o f the pool and then trees and bushes covered the steep slopes round us. There w as h a rd ly a stir in the air. A ll nature w as s ilent and still except fo r the continual flo w o f rushing w a te r running do w n a sm all creek from the pool. This silence w as most rudely broken w hen a fr iend d ived in and sprayed us w ith w a te r. Im m ed ia te ly the m irro r surface o f the pool w as broken and the sh illing piece w hich w e had seen a t the bottom o f the pool d isappeared. The next ten m inutes w ere spent p a tie n tly w a itin g un til the w a te r calm ed do w n and w e w ere ab le to find it aga in . It w as a t last rescued.

But tourists are forever tra v e l­ling on and w e had to leave the pool to continue on to K iandra.

— Heather M orris, 5B, (Bradfie ld).

A BEACH

W hite sand. U ndu la ting , crash­ing w aves. Seaweed. Shells. M ixed in a tum ultuous w o rld o f m ove­ment. A beach.

Rollers o f fo a m in g tide , toss and break upon the smooth ex­panse o f shore and then d w in d le back into the jaw s o f an oncom ­ing fu ry . A g rea t a rm y o f le v i­a than w h ite s ta llions beseige the peaceful beach; is defeated. O n ly the dead rem ain, dum ped on the w e t sand, strewn haphaza rd ly over the ba ttle fie ld . A varied col­lection o f m ultico loured seaweeds, shells, b luebottles and d riftw o o d . Relics from another w o rld . Some are on ly w ounded and w ith the next w ave are sucked back into the ba ttle . But the ba ttle never

ceases. It w astes itse lf in to Eter­n ity. M onotonously. R hythm ically.

But peace reigns in the w a rm sha llow s o f the rock pools. In these s tagnan t pools the w a ve rin g w eeds come to a rest and en joy the pleasures o f the m id -d a y sun. Life seems to cease. O n ly the calls o f the soaring gu lls in the azure above, the restless breakers and the so ft w h ite sand tr ick lin g be­tw een sunburnt toes. W arm sand. Soft. Churned up by foo tp rin ts .

M ere ly to lie here w as enough to catch a fleeting g lim pse o f Paradise. A Paradise o f sand and gu lls and w aves and sky.

— Louise M u lle r, 5B, (Gloucester).

GREAT MOMENTS OF HISTORY

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In 1815 du ring Lachlan M ac­quarie 's period as G overnor o f N.S.W. a new b u ild in g appeared on C a llo w ’s H ill. It w as erected to serve as a m ilita ry hospita l but in 1849 it w as handed over to the Educational A u thorities. It w as one o f the firs t undenom ina tiona l schools in N.S.W. and w as known as Fort St. M odel School.

It w as situated in the fine resi­den tia l qua rte r o f Sydney and w as surrounded by the residences of m any o f Sydney's w e a lth y m er­chants. In 1855 the M acquarie portion w as the on ly part used fo r the school a lthough it w as d iffe r­en t from the m ain b u ild in g as we know it today. The ground floor had a long stone-paved corridor running a long the fro n t o f the b u ild in g w ith open arches w hich have since been glassed in. In this corridor o ld -fash ioned receptacles, in w hich the g irls placed the ir lunches, w ere to be found . This corrido r has since been converted to form pa rt o f rooms nine and ten.

The grounds o f the school were very d iffe ren t then from those w hich w e now have. Tall iron gates guarded the entrance to a long avenue w hich led up from the street. O utside the gates w as the school fo u n ta in w hich has since been m oved into the grounds. The long avenue w as guarded by a ta ll brick w a ll.

The streets w hich surround the school to d a y are very d iffe ren t from those o f the 19th century. Essex Street w as know n as Gal- low 's H ill Upper Fort St. has been sw ept a w a y to a llo w fo r the b u ild in g o f the Bradfie ld H ighw ay. W ynyard Square w as an unfenced piece o f w aste ground on w hich drays w ere parked. The present St. P h illip 's Church w as still being b u ilt w h ile the rem ains o f the o lder church stood on the land

opposite. These ruins rem ained there fo r m any years un til the site w as cleared and a sm all tr ia n g u ­la r pa rk w as made.

The o rig in a l Fort Street un ifo rm w as also qu ite d iffe ren t from th a t o f the present day. The tie and ha tband w ere d iffe ren t, the la tter being a sim ple corded b lack " b e lt ” ribbon , tw o inches deep w ith a large w a ra ta h em bro idered in w h ite and red silk w ith the in itia ls F.S.M.S. w ritte n thereunder also in w h ite silk.

In 1851 the pup il-teacher sys­tem w as introduced a t Fort Street and the la test European educa­tiona l methods w ere em ployed. Pupils o f Fort Street became fo re ­most in m any spheres du ring this tim e and the honoured name w hich Fort Street now holds w as ga ined p a rtly because o f the g reat achievem ents o f these early For- tians.

The firs t qua rte r o f the century saw the deve lopm ent o f Fort St. Boys' H igh School and in 1916 the boys m oved to the ir new b u ild in g . From 1920-29 Miss E. A. Cruise led the g irls 'school "th ro u g h all the ¡oys and sorrows o f school l ife " . Miss F. Cohen fo llo w e d in her footsteps.

During the tim e w hen the H ar­bour Bridge w as being b u ilt, part o f the school grounds w as resumed to a llo w fo r the Bradfie ld H ig h ­w ay. The school fo u n ta in w as m oved inside the grounds and the long avenue w as abolished. Two tennis courts w ere b u ilt a long the fro n t o f the school (only one now remains) and these w ere opened on W ednesday, 31st A ugust, 1932 by Dr. Bradfield.

A fo rm er headm aster w ro te an artic le in 1889 "th e school has a name fam ous th roughou t A us tra lia and I set ou t on m y task fu lly determ ined to m a in ta in a ll its g rea t trad itions . Fortians o f the

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past have now handed on the torch to us. M a y w e, Fortians o f to -d a y and to -m o rro w , carry it w ith honour. M ay w e have the d e te rm ina tion and fo re s ig h t o f the school's fo rm er g re a t headm aster.

The years to come can prove to be even more g lo rious than the past."

— Sylvia W est, 5B, (Bradfie ld), and

Rhonda Stevens, 5B, (Gloucester).

AN ENGLISH SCHOOL

On m y firs t da y a t W ok ing G ram m ar School, w hich is e q u iva ­lent to an A u s tra lia n H igh School, I w as p laced in the charge o f tw o g ir ls in m y class w ho w ere to look a fte r me and show me round. I w as to ld th a t I w as in Lower 5A. This w as confusing, as it is not fifth year, bu t th ird year. There w ere seven years. Upper Thirds, Lower and Llpper Fourth, Lower and U pper Fifth and Lower and U pper Sixth. In an English school there is no In term ediate Certificate, bu t pup ils sit fo r the G.C.E. or General C ertificate o f Education a t fifteen to sixteen years o f age in the U pper Fifth fo rm . This qua lifies one fo r a reasonable position , b u t to go to a U niversity, one m ust stay a t school ano ther tw o years, and take the A dvanced G.C.E.

There be ing on ly six hundred and tw e n ty g ir ls a t G ram m ar, w e had on ly tw e lve senators or pre­fects, and six officers or sub-pre­fects, w h o carry ou t bus and tra in duties.

School d inners cost five sh illings a w eek. This w as reasonable as w e had a tw o course m eal, m eat and vegetables, fo llo w e d by des­sert. These meals ranged from a ra b b it stew, roast chicken, salad to chocolate stodge — a m ixture o f flour, w a te r and chocolate, w hich w e had every Friday. N ever­theless w e a ll survived ! H owever, if one preferred to take lunch, one d id not have to sit outside as w e do in A u s tra lia , bu t ate in the Home Economics I. room , plates being p rovided by the kitchen.

The syllabus covered more sub­jects than does the A ustra lian syl­labus. O ur class studied English I, English II, M aths. I, M aths. II, or General M aths., Science and B io l­ogy or Physics I, Chem istry and B io logy, French, Latin, H istory or G eography or G erm an, w ith per­iods fo r gym . and sport. We had to take seven or perhaps e igh t subjects fo r the G.C.E.

School started a t 9.00 a.m . w ith prayers, hymns and a b ib le read­ing to open and start the day w e ll. We then had tw o periods before and a fte r break and three a fte r d inner — school fin ish ing a t 4 o'clock. We then had abou t fou r hours prep, every n ight.

The school b u ild in g w as very m odern w ith central heating th roughou t. The gym . w as w e ll equ ipped w ith a ll m odern a p p a r­atus, and the change room had tw e lve up -to -da te showers. A p a rtitio n d iv id e d the gym . from a m agn ificen t ha ll, w hich w as ex­cellent fo r our school dances. A ll the grounds around the school w ere grasses w ith p len ty o f trees and garden beds. We had nine tennis courts, three being grass, three hockey fie lds, six basket b a ll courts and a cricket pitch.

W e had m any clubs in the school such as ra b b it club, g irl guides, choir, de b a tin g , d ram a and horticu ltu re society.

The th ing th a t I w as rea lly am azed a t w as the am oun t o f interest they took in A u s tra lia , fo r w hen I entered m y fo rm room, staring a t me a ll a round the room w as A ustra lia ! A u s tra lia ! During

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W im bledon they had the w ho le d ra w up w ith a ll the A u s tra lia n s ’ names in red, then there w ere a ll the paper cuttings p inned up. They w ere also interested in cricket, sw im m ing and the A us­tra lia n athletics. I a lw a ys had to voice m y op in ion on the A u s tra ­lians. On the other side o f the room w as A u s tra lia n h istory and geography. It w as not as though

they w ere do ing it fo r school w o rk , they w ere genu ine ly in te r­ested in A ustra lia .

But now I am back on A us­tra lia n soil and I have to ge t used to the A u s tra lia n schools aga in w hich I th in k are as good or even better than some English schools.

— W endy Silver, 4C, (Kent).

FIRE

"F ire !" the merciless w o rd rang th rough the forest. "F ire !" The others could see it now , high red flam es leap ing to reach the sky. The sun w as bea ting dow n re len t­lessly, as if to a id the m onster as it w e n t on its devasta ting w ay. C rackling, lick ing the ground , the m onster gathered strength, shoot­ing orange sparks in to the gum leaves, w here they w ere k ind led ; so the m onster increased its forces. Birds in the treetops sensed the app roach ing danger and flew from the trees, on ly to be met by the m onster on a ll sides. They sank d ow n , exhausted. Great y e l­lo w tongues o f flam e trave lled s w ift ly th rough the grass leaving behind it parched, blackened earth, w h ile the brothers, the red sheets o f fire, licked up the old trees and

endeavoured to jo in the ir fa ther. Sun.

O f the people w a tch in g , some w ere w eep ing , fo r, a lthough the ir homes w ere untouched, they fe lt fo r the b eau tifu l forest, the sad o 'd trees s tand ing , u tte rly defenceless, in the m onster’s path. Others, w a tch ing the g rea t m ajestic flames carried a long by the w in d , could not but he lp fee ling very sm all and ins ign ifican t beside these sheets o f fire. There is som ething bea u tifu l a b o u t fire, som ething w hich takes our breath a w a y and makes us m arvel. Some people can see it bu t others can on ly see the destruction. Some o f these w atchers d id see it, and w ent a w a y m arve lling .

— N are lle W alsh, 5B, (Kent).

GREEN ISLAND

“Come away, away,” a voice of sunshine is calling to me.To a gold encircled haven in a warm Pacific sea.There’s an island there awaiting with a coral reef around And the waves are breaking on it with so musical a sound.Through the water I can see the rambling coral garden spread.And bright hued fish weave in and out like bees from bed to bed.The graceful palm trees wave their fringed fronds above the waters reach. Bananas and pale orchids grow beyond the yellow beach.Dark cool jungle with thick twined vines that blot out sun and sand. Narrow winding tracks between the trees which cross this tiny land.A minute speck in an ocean great yet I ever hear its cry,“I shall come again, I shall come again”, I whisper in reply.

—JUDITH LINFOOT, 5D, (Bradfield).

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MOUNTAINS

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S tro lling in a secluded va lley deep in the heart o f the Blue M ounta ins, I realized th a t m oun­ta ins possess an elusive charm w h ich is very hard to capture. Some im p e llin g force d raw s d a r­ing men to c lim b them in peril o f th e ir lives w h ile hum ble A frican tribes w o rsh ip the g rea t K ilam an- jaro , be liev ing it to be a god.

The Greeks believed th a t the ir gods lived on M ount O lym pus, a lo fty peak w hose sum m it w as nearly a lw a ys obscured by clouds. M a n y legends and tales o f da ring exp lo its centred around m ounta ins h a ve been h a n d e d d o w n th ro u g h the ages.

A lth o u g h the H im alayas are re­garded as be ing the m ost te rr ify ­ing o f a ll m ounta ins, those to w h ich w e in A u s tra lia are accus­tom ed are just as aw e -in sp iring and b e a u tifu l in the ir ow n w ay.

Have you ever clim bed a sm all peak and fe lt the exh ila ra tin g rush o f cool refreshing a ir upon your flushed cheeks, and exper­

ienced a fee ling o f achievem ent ? To see, stretching fo r m iles around, a panoram a o f ris ing and fa llin g scenery — now c lim b ing in rock­faced fo rb id d in g cliffs, then fa llin g in to lush d e w y va lleys; to behold in the m orn ing , a t firs t the p ink slivers o f approach ing d aw n creeping shyly in to the sky; and to w atch the fiery sun cu tting it ­self upon one o f the high b luffs and sp illin g in to the va lle y be low .

M ounta ins have persona lity — they can be austere, fo rb id d in g , bu t also in v itin g and elusive; ta u n tin g an in trep id m ounta ineer and fin a lly destroying him by a l­lo w ing him to fa ll into a ya w n in g crevasse — a tra p fo r the unw ary.

M any th ings have been said a bou t these ‘ 'p la y th in g s o f G od” , articles and books have been w ritte n abou t them . H owever, to me they w il l a lw a ys rem ain as rather shy personages — anxious to m ake friends w ith those w ho understand them .

— Jean C hilton, 4A, (Bradfield).

AN EASTER CUSTOM

A u stra lia , being a young coun­try , does not have any centuries o ld customs as in m any o f the European countries. In the sm all Balkan State o f Latvia, Easter w as celebrated w ith m any age- o ld customs w hich are d iffe ren t from those o f other countries and are very in teresting. This is w h a t happened :—

It is Saturday n ig h t and a ll the household chores have been f in ­ished. The m aids are hurry ing a round, fin ish ing the decorations, w h ich consist o f greenery and branches o f pussy w illo w . W hile a ll th is bustle is go ing on, the young ch ildren ga ther a round the o ld g randm other, and beg her to

te ll them w h a t is go ing to h a p ­pen th a t day. Here is w h a t she relates . . .

" A t sunrise our ancestors w en t to the river to bathe and w ash a w a y the w in te r 's heaviness, as the w in ters in Northern Europe are very long and very cold. The young g irls w ashed them selves in egg w a te r in order to stay young and b e a u tifu l, because eggs are the sym bol o f life and the sun.

“ On Easter Saturday n ig h t the mistress o f the house bo iled m any eggs, so as to rem ain popu la r w ith her household, and also to have a large flock o f cows next year. The fo llo w in g m orn ing w hen the m aids had la id the tab le , the

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mistress inv ited everyone to b reak­fa s t w ith a tra d itio n a l song. W hen a ll the household had sat dow n a t the ta b le they sang :'W hy has the tab le crooked legs? N ot from silver, nor from go ld , But from hard-earned b re a d .’

"Then the neighbours and friends started a rr iv in g and sang; 'O pen the gates, open the gates. A nd let the egg-gatherers in :So th a t blessings m ay come.W ith the guests into the room .’

“ They a ll gathered around the tab les on w hich w as the tra d ­itiona l Easter b reakfast— coloured eggs, fresh bread, peas, pastries, home brew ed ale and m ilk . A fte r b reak fas t a ll w e n t on to the next home to bless it and its in h a b it­ants. This w as a good o p po rtun ity fo r the young men to look over the e lig ib le young ladies and chose the ir brides.

" ffo w e v e r, the most im p o rta n t o f a ll the Easter activ ities w as the sw in g in g . The young men m ade the sw ings and hung them on top o f a h ill. These sw ings could not be m ade from just any w ood — pine w ood w as not su itab le be­cause it creaked too much — and the sw ings could not be hung on cu ltiva ted fie lds, because then not crops, but weeds w o u ld g ro w there fo r three years.

For hang ing the sw ings up, and sw ing ing the g irls, the young men

w ere rew arded w ith coloured eggs, socks and gloves, w hich were a ll useful to them . Every­body had to sw ing because then the crops w o u ld g ro w and m os­quitoes w o u ld not bite in summer.

"A n o th e r custom w as fo r every­one to go and d rive the birds aw ay. This invo lved c lim b ing a high h ill, s ing ing , and then th ro w ­ing a specia lly m ade rod dow n the h ill. It w as believed th a t w hen they w en t b ird -d riv in g a ll the bad luck and illnesses w o u ld be driven aw ay.

A fte r th is the young men and boys w o u ld com pete in a gam e w ith hoops. Those p a rtic ip a tin g w o u ld d iv id e in to tw o groups and ro ll the hoops a t each other. The losers w ere those w h o a llo w e d a hoop to get onto th e ir side or w ho upset the hoops. Those w ho w on were once more rew arded w ith eggs, gloves and socks by the m aidens.

“ W hen the sun began to set, the young g irls w o u ld ga ther and start to dance and sing, soon the young men joined them , and a ll w o u ld pass the evening in song and dance, t i ll they w ere tired. N ext m orn ing they w o u ld have to rise early and go a b o u t the ir d a ily chores, rem em bering the fun and eagerly a w a itin g the next Easter."

— M irdza Kains, 5A, (York).

THE ROSE AN D THE M AG NO LIA TREE

It is so sweet, so soft and pure,A rose so dreamy and demure.Its pretty head nods to and fro In the sun, not in the snow.But its petals like snow can be.Just like the white magnolia tree.The magnolia tree stands tall, aloft To protect the rose’s petals soft.From the wind, the sun, the rain. Which try to strike it down again;But the rose will always be Happy, near the magnolia tree.

—JOCELYN FISHBURN, 2B, (York).

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“ W ATTAMOLLA"

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This is the nam e o f a sheep and cattle sta tion, in south-west Q ueensland, w here I stayed d u r­ing the Christm as ho lidays last year. A lth o u g h not very large, w ith its seven thousand acres, W a tta m o lla appeared enorm ous.I w as rather surprised on learn ing there are m any la rger properties in the same loca lity . Tw enty miles to the fro n t gate sounds a long w a y . H ow ever, as one has on ly to go there once or tw ice a w eek, fo r the m a il and bread from the S id ing, it makes qu ite a p leasant tr ip , passing th rough und u la tin g h ill country, th ick ly w ooded scrub­land and often vast stretches o f barren p la in .

As I w as there in summer, it w as unp leasan t to go fo r m any long rides, ow ing to the fac t th a t tem peratures w ere in the hun­dreds a ll day. It w as so hum id a t n igh t, one could bare ly sleep and w as forced to sit outside, w ith the fa in t hope o f fee ling the re lie f o f a gentle breeze. U sually, the

on ly tim e one fe lt like ea ting w as a t dayb reak, w hen it w as con­s ide rab ly cooler and more com ­fo rtab le .

The country-side w as so barren and parched th a t the cattle and sheep w ere m ustered and had to be hand-fed in pens, near the house. This, in itse lf w as an a rd u ­ous and d isa p p o in tin g task, be­cause large num bers d ied d a ily . To m ake m atters worse, bushfires w ere com m on and everyone had to do his u tm ost to prevent the ir spread ing , by cu tting breaks in the grass, and trees, w here pos­sible.

I realize th a t a lthough I w e n t to "W a tta m o lla " a t the most un­p leasant tim e o f the year, I w as ab le to see m any o f the hardships w ith w hich country people have to contend, as w e ll as the w a y in w hich they tackle these numerous hardships. Looking back on m y h o lid a y , I th in k I rea lly had a most en joyab le and exciting tim e.

— M ered ith Power, 3D, (Bradfield).

FROM A HILLTOP NEAR KIAM A

The top o f the h ill w as reached and the v ie w th a t met our eyes w as b re a th ta k in g ly b e au tifu l. The h ill d ropped a w a y in fro n t o f us to a s ilent va lley . A lazy river m eandered over the smooth stones, th read ing its w a y th rough the da is ied m eadow s. The fa rm ­land plots w ith th e ir various col­ours m ade a huge pa tchw ork q u ilt spread over the uneven floor o f the va lley . A fe w fa rm houses w ere do tted here and there sur­rounded by orchards w hich flo u r­ished in the rich brow n earth. In the background the tree-covered

m ounta ins rose into the m ist w hich rested lig h tly upon them.

As w e looked closer w e noticed a fe w cows knee-deep in the lush fie lds o f clover. Sheep clustered around the ta ll ghostly gum s and overhead the sheep-like clouds d rifte d across the sun-w ashed sky. The grass w as covered w ith pea rl-like drops o f dew w hich g litte red in the early m orn ing sun­shine.

This w as a scene o f rura l tra n ­q u il li ty and na tiona l heritage.

— Roslyn W igg ins , 2C, (York).

THE GRASSFIRE

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Blue gums interlocked overhead and m ade a royal ro a d w a y fo r anyone w h o cared to pass th a t w ay. But not m any w h ite people had ventured into th is pa rt o f the country; fo r th is w as the real bush- land w here w a llab ie s , kangaroos, and 'possums could be seen in droves and considered it the ir ow n p riva te land.

The heat w as oppressive and under the shade o f a w id e oak, w hich must have been a t least three hundred years o ld , some kangaroos were lazing. The te m p ­erature w as w e ll over the century m ark so w ho could b lam e the 'roos fo r staying there.

In the branches o f the trees, m ulti-co loured birds lifted the ir th ro a ty voices to heaven and sang in the m ost harm onious tones.

The leader o f the 'roos, a g ia n t red, stood up on his h ind legs and tw itched his nose in the qua in test fash ion. A ll sounds had ceased and a ll an im a ls a like had smelt— DANGER.

The an im a ls were g ro w in g rest­less and panic spread. Then an a lm ost inaud ib le crackling sound reached the ir ears and they knew they were now up ag a in s t the ir

m ost d e a d ly enem y — FIRE —W ith fire comes the breath of

death , its long fingers clutching a t any th in g in its path and seek­ing to destroy. Fire runs every­w here; up trees hundreds o f feet high reducing them to mere to o th ­picks. It spreads — spreads — spreads.

The an im a ls had one desire. Their instincts to ld them to find w a te r, and so, panic-stricken, they fo rged fo rw a rd together. It w as the surviva l o f the fittest and the w eak stood not a chance.

In a short space o f tim e the countryside had been m iracu lously transform ed. In place o f the lush, green grass, scorched w aste land extended and here and there a fe w odd trees stood grey and g a u n t ag a in s t the blue horizon, being a grim rem inder o f w h a t had happened here.

Some an im a ls w ere fo rtuna te and reached w a te r in tim e but some were not and lay in the ir g raveyard never to fea r aga in .

Perhaps h a lf the popu la tion w as w ip e d out, bu t other gener­a tions w o u ld come and listen to g randpa tell the story o f the d is ­astrous grassfire.

— Kay Edwards, 2B, (York).

THE CHRISTMAS TREE

Golden stars that shimmer On the green fir tree Little beTls of silver Tinkle merrily Candles softly glimmer In that dark and gloomy room Balls of blue and crimson Make the branches bloom Presents are for one and all Some for you and me Dreams are tied with tinsel On the little Christmas Tree.

-RUTH HILLIER, lA, (Bradfield).

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PRESENT, PAST OR FUTURE ?

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The Present, Past or perhaps the Future ? I'd love the chance to choose betw een them . The Past ? M aybe I'd go to A ncient Egypt to see its kaleidescopic w onders, or Greece, to see the shaping o f the cold, m arb le s ta t­ues th a t are le ft to rem ind us of her g lo ry. O r fa rth e r fo rw a rd — the Romans and the ir m igh ty , conquering arm ies — the Danes, the A ngles, the Saxons, the N or­mans — on marches tim e t i ll w e reach the Renaissance and little

ships are sa iling , sa iling out into w id e , unknow n oceans to find new , undream t o f lands. The Tudors, the Stuarts, on, on, past the French Revolution, N apoleon and V ic to ria , t i l l the present is w ith us ag a in . But ahead lies som ething fr ig h te n in g — the om ­inous, unknow n fu tu re w hich w e a ll m ust face, w hich w e cannot escape. I'd like to live in the Past, bu t I m ust live in the Present, a lw ays, go ing to w a rd s the fu ture.

— A lanna M aclean, 2A , (York).

LOST IN THE DESERT

The sun shines down on desert sands,You crawl along on knees and hands.Your tongue hangs out, your throat is dry, ■While up above the vultures fly.You sight a pool, you stumble on Until you’re midst the ghoulish throng Of skulls and bones, so bleached and white. You crawl away in tortured fright.But when the burning sun goes down. You sink so slowly to the ground.Endless darkness grips your mind.Perhaps no one will ever findYour bones, and others of your kind.You slowly, very slowly die.While up above, the vultures fly.

-PATRICIA SEYMOUR, IC, (Kent).

THE SOUTH W IND

(Translation of an excert from Ovid’s version of the Great Flood)

With dewsteeped wings, the South Wind forward flew:His features dread, in pitchy darkness shrouded.His white beard laden with the falling rain.And dark storm clouds upon his brow were resting.From wings and breast were trickling drops of water.When—crushing the low clouds with his broad hand,A crash of thunder sounded in the upper sky.From where the rains, to earth, in torrents fell.

—MARILYN GILLAM, 3A, (Kent).

DREAMS IN THE FIRE

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In the embers of the Are One sees strange patterns M ystic! Of far-off places China and Japan And exotic eastern ports Of wealth and luxury.In one small fire.

—SUZANNE CRADDOCK, 2D, (Gloucester).

BEFORE THE STORM

The roaring waves are lashing the cliffs,Darkness is drawing near,The ships try boldly to brave the storm.While the sailors hide their fear.The gulls are shrieking in doleful tone.The sky is turning grey.Clouds collect in a great black group.The storm is coming this way.

—VALERIE PAGE, lA, (Kent).

GUM LEAF

Long and slender, faintly curving. Gently tipped with red — and green. Delicate structure, simple beauty Yet it is a thing unseen Amid a hundred others.

—LEONIE PRESS, SB, (Kent).

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h is s tr e n g th h ^ th e la b o u r in v o lv e d in w r itin g

hoohs.

3 n W o d e r n 3 i m e S ^ o u d o n o t n e e d to

tra n s c r ib e a booh, aS p r i n t e d boohs on m a n i^

su b je c ts a re r e a d i ly a v a i la b le a t . . . .

THE ASSEMBLY BOOKSHOPW e can re a d ily supp ly a ll your T e x t-b o o k Requirements.

You are inv ited to brow se am ongst our w id e range o f books

w hich includes . . .

TRAVEL - BIOGRAPHY - FICTION.

BOOKS FOR THE YOUNGER SET.

GENERAL LITERATURE - THEOLOGY.

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CONTACT

THE ASSEMBLY BOOKSHOP^ E d u c a tio n a l a n d g e n e r a l (JEoobse H ers)

4 4 M A R G A R E T S T R E E T , S Y D N E Y

Phone BX 1020 ------------ Box 5023 G.P.O.

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'HE NICEST 61 - IN BANKING !

There are opportunities for young ladies in interesting, well-paid positions in the Bank o f New South Wales, Australia’s largest trading bank.

The “Wales” is one of the most highly mechanized

banks in Australia and it will train young ladies entering its service as accounting and ledger machinists at its own school. Other interesting positions include stenographer/typist, clerk/ typist, and general clerical duties.

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Excellent conditions and amenities• Good salaries based on age and educational standard.• Higher than award salaries are paid to girls with special ability.• An active entertainment society encourages sporting, dramatic,

library, and social activities.® Congenial working conditions and friendly staff relationships.• Three weeks’ annual recreational leave and liberal sick leave on

full pay.• A generous non-contributory medical benefits scheme.• A special superannuation scheme.

Applicants, who have passed the Intermediate Certificate or who expect to pass this year, are invited to apply now to the Manager at the nearest branch or to the Stajf Inspector, Bank of New South Wales, 341 George Street, Sydney. There is no entrana examination.

B À N K :io i:: : :œ

FIRST BANK IN AUSTRALIA

G R E A T A U S T R A L I A N \ N S T I T U T I O NSRA5904A

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Australian Mutual Provident SocietyAustralia’s Oldest and Greatest Life Office

Assets Exceed £400,000,000

CAREERS ARE OFFERED TO—G I R L S L E A V I N G S C H O O L

3rd, 4th or 5th Year StandardMinimum quaiifications : Intermediate Certificate with Passes in

English and Mathematics.Excellent Salary and General Conditions of Service.

MARRIAGE ALLOWANCE -------- FIVE DAY WEEK

Write or Telephone for Application Forms and Specific Details. Telephone BO 530 (Extension 317) Mr. L. G. Brooke

Australian Mutual Provident Society8 7 P I T T S T R E E T S Y D N E Y

C R E A M E R Y

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SUMMERHAYESSHORTERhand

A “ MUST” in the M odern W orld !

Quick, accurate, legible note-taking by the new easy-to-learn, logical system of—

S u m m e rh a y e s S H O R T E R h a n dAs a hobby, for personal use in other studies, or as an essential for an administrative or executive career.A PLEASANT STUDY OF GREAT VALUE

Results have shown that Summerhayes SHORTERhand is able to ensure a student

a 20 w.p.m. higher speed than would be possible if another system of Shorthand were studied—and that 20 w.p.m. is a great help to high efficiency.

Girls about to enter University may enrol for the Long Vacation Course commencing 11th January, 1960, for SHORTERhand and/or Typing. Several Long Vacation students reached a SHORTERhand speed of between 60 and 80 words per minute.

ENROL NOW

METROPOLITAN BUSINESS COLLEGESUMMERHAYES HOUSE, 6 DALLEY ST., SYDNEY — BU 5921

TENNIS CO A CH IN Gby

MILTON COPP(Official Coach New South Wales Lawn Tennis Association)

(Member of N.S.W.L.T.P.A.)

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PRIVATE LESSONS AN D CLASS TUITION

SPEC IA L COACHING CLASSES H ELD DURING SCHOOL H O LID A YS

Address :

1 2 B E A U M O N T S T R E E T ------

Phone No. : FU 7415

R O S E B A Y

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You are leaving school...THERE IS AN INTERESTING AND WELL PAID JOB FOR YOU IN

. L . C .Head Oflks: Victor! 3 Cross, North Sydnev. Phone: XB 0433.OR 4 T —SYDNEY OFFICE:

CNR. MARTIN PLACE AND CASTIEREAGH STREET PHONE: 3 0328.

At the M.L.C. OfRces you will work in the most congenial sur­roundings with every amenity. The work is interesting and in­formative— there are generous salary scales. And there is every chance of promotion, depending on ability.

The M.L.C. needs intelligent girls for responsible jobs. Why not call and see the advantages the M.L.C. has to offer? You would enjoy working for the M.L.C.— Australia's most rapidly expand­ing Assurance Company.

THE MUTUAL LIFE AND CITIZEN S' ASSURAN CE COM PAN Y LIMITED(IncorporatecJ în N.S.W.)

MLC.63.FP

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BOYS! YOUR CAREERis in the

N.S.W . PUBLIC SERVICEYou can qualify for permanent employment with an assured

future as :—BOYS : Clerks or Survey Draughtsmen.GIRLS : Clerks, Office Assistants, Shorthandwriters and Typistes,

Accounting Machine Operators.BOYS AND G IR L S -------University Trainees in a wide range of professions.Teachers’ College Trainees preparing for Primary or Secondary

school teaching.APPLY NOW TO—

YOUR SCHOOL PRINCIPAL OR CAREERS ADVISER, or

The Secretary,N.S.W. Public Service Board,

Box 2, G.P.O., Sydney.

HAVE MUSIC ALWAYS• RECORDS — A ll types, a ll speeds.

• SHEET MUSIC — Everything fo r the student.

• PIANOS — The w o r ld ’s finest.

• INSTRUMENTS — Com plete range.

• TV & RADIO — A ll lead ing makes.

4 1 6 G E O R G E S T R E E T , S Y D N E Y — BL 1641

“You Get the Best at Nicholson’s”

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A Book For EVERY

Boy & Girl

A t your school you have a "S tudent-O perated" School Savings Bank. It enables you to develop, whilst a t school, the saving habit which will help you to success and happiness now and in later life.

I t shows you how your money is accounted tor, carefully checked and recorded.

When you leave school your account may be transterred to an ordinary account a t a local branch o f the Commonwealth SavingsBank.

It is im portan t not only tha t you learn how to earn money, but also tha t you learn how to save it. Otherwise you will end up each year no be tter o ff than when you started.

OPEN AN ACCOUNT NOW WITH YOUR ••STUDENT-OPBRATED’‘ SCHOOL SAVINGS BANK

OINWEALTHBANK

SB.89A.74

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Chosen for the young girl— a smart, reliable ROYAL Wateh

W herever you go, yo u ’ ll be proud to w e a r your Royal. Choose from our large range o f fu l ly jew e lled Swiss Royal W atches priced from o n ly £ 9 /1 9 /6 .

Choose a ll you r je w e lle ry needs a t Angus & Coote — D iam ond Rings o f exquisite beauty and guaranteed va lue .

EVERYBODY'S JEWELLER

^ n g u s A . C oote500 GEORGE STREET, SYDNEY — Ph. MA 6791

Branches at PARRAMATTA and HURSTVILLE

PelifcioMf

M m m i v i !

M S M I V E N S

P U R E I CE CREAMTry som e NOW!

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D A V ID J O M E SFOR SLhVIC I BO&«4

the funic that grows with the girl

Your daughter will get twice the wear from a Radley tunic! Only fadeless, hard-wearing fabrics go into their making. They've extra-value features like deep fhree-inch hems and liberal seams that let down; yokes fully lined throughout; armholes are taped for extra wear. Seams strongly overlooked to prevent fraying.

Made exclusively for David Jones', Radley tunics are guar­anteed to be the best value for your money.

Girls' Youfh Centre,Fifth Floor, Elizabeth St. Store.

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p r e d a t io n

‘d k e d d i to r widkei to acLnowted^e the

aidiitance wkicL ik e k a i received ^rom

^lAJkiteoak, tke m em keri o j tke a n d tLe

S t tiden t ddJitofi. S p e c i a l m ention ii m ade o ^

W ie . idaker, tke ¿duiineii d d i to r a n J o f tke

m em keri o f tke ¡p k i^ iica t ¿dducation d idepartm ent

u/koie prom pt a tten tion to tke iu k m ittin ^ o f

iporti in form ation ii m uck appreciated. U o tke

S t u d en t ddditori, ^ S n d r e a S o f tk o u ie , ^ a n e t

^dldaione a n d cJleilie dJitterton, a n d to tke

d d o u ie d a p ta in i wko co llected contrikutioni,

tk a n k i are due.

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CAREERS REGIN AT THE M.R.C.M.B.C. training will equip you for inter­esting, rewarding and lucrative positions. M.B.C. students have a reputation for efficiency and reliability in Australia and overseas.

Highly qualified teachers are in charge of every department and M.B.C. offers the following secretarial and business courses : —

The Flame of Worthy Purpose

METROPOLITAN SECRETARIAL DIPLOMA COURSE— open to g irls

o f Leaving C ertificate standard and approved In term ediate g irls.

Course includes Summerhayes SHORTERhand or Pitman Short­

hand, T ypew riting , Bookkeeping, Office O rgan isa tion , Business

Correspondence and Economics, A p p lie d Psychology, Speech and Deportm ent.

M.B.C. SECRETARIAL CERTIFICATE COURSE — 9 m onths — open

to g irls o f In term ediate Certificate or h igher standard . Includes

Summerhayes SffORTERhand or Pitman Shorthand, T ypew riting ,

Bookkeeping, Business Correspondence, Postal Regulations, Office Routine.

M.B.C. FULL BUSINESS COURSE — Summerhayes SHORTERhand

or Pitman Shorthand, T ypew riting , Bookkeeping, Spelling and

W ord M eanings, Postal Procedure and O ffce Routine.

O ther Courses include Accountancy, S tenography, Bookkeeping

M achines, Electric Typewriters.

RESERVE N O W FOR 1960 IN SECRETARIAL COURSE.

Full Details on A p p lica tio n . — BU 5921.

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