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ADAST JANUARY 2005 NO. 107 The GEELONG COLLEGE COMMUNITY

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Letters to the ED ITO R Malcolm Riddle's recollections (continued ftom Ad Astra Io6)

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ow, a furrher adjustmem for shy young Malcolm, who was men imroduced ro boarding at Coll ege.

I have been nostalgically impressed with the wo nd erful phorograph o n the inside back. page of the Keith Humbl e Cemre fo r M usic and Perfo rmin g Arts Appeal bookl et.

This was quite a wrench for the I4 year old me, findi ng himself a member of the resident community, with its trappings of name tags on possessions, routine evening study periods, an obligation ro conform ro ringi ng bells, sleep in a large dormirory, take cold showers every mo rnin g but one (when the residue of heated bath water the night before was carefully meted out in turn ro each dormirory till it ran OUt) and so on.

T he view of th e side of th e rower, and the front entrance ro tl1e College reminded me of those far-off days, when, in me late 19 4 0S I had a bed in me very closest upstai rs dormirory ro that entrance. T hat room can JUSt be seen between th e leaves of tl1at old tree I frequently saw, boili by daylight and in the mysterious, cloudy moonlight.

Evening study was held in a large room set apart in OUI house (called Warrinn) across the 'cow paddock' from the main school. Any boredom experienced during th is nigh tly silent stim had little alleviation, except perhaps noti ng me regular coughs which emanated from a small an nexe set off the study area, peopled by a House Master who laboured under me nickname of 'Boop'.

For my generation, tl1e roo m exactly inside the doo r, the window of it to the left of me recem brick wall and suppo rtin g co lumn was well and trul y occupi ed by the late, ubiq ui ro us Carl Ipsen, Master of Senior House, a m an of firm Anglican co nvictions, some charm , and a very stron g sense of his authori ty. In my day, 'Crag' Ipsen was ass isted by a young John Hunter, a junior M aster, who had a very soft, firm voice emanatin g from lips covered by a slightly ginger haired m oustache.

ReverendJ Donald Bleakley (46), Queensland

Boop chose ro supervise me study room from behind a semi-closed door, which made me noise 'boop' when closed hence me nickname. Bm the imerest was ro record me nun1ber of coughs Boop made, which signified anomer sip of the fine whisky he imbibed thro ughom the long sh ift. At each cough, a small army of boys made yet anomer dot on meir pad. The count over me rvvo hours was ro see if a record number of 'sips' occUIred. The usual count was at least 80. 'Dormirory feeds' were the go from time ro orne, but house masters usually knew whar was up after ligh rs Out because mey found themselves somewhat noisily scrunchi ng mro ugh sugar, scarrered at strategic poims along tl1e passages . Not a very smart ploy for sure. The main misdemeanour, however, invo lved me whole of the studem body in \)(i'arrmn H ouse one moonlit night towards the end of final rerm, 1933 . In the early hours of the mo rning we all piled om of the fire escapes, which gave ready access ro the grounds, and, racing across ro the mai n school quadrangle, proceeded ro tUIn on the huge fire hoses srored there, directi ng a steady Bood ro the rop srorey where it was known the residem masters slept. Someone even rang the quadrangle bell in some SOft of defiam act. Confusion erupted, as rivers of wasre Bowed through bedding, bookshelves, and even began running down the stairs of me hisroric Gothic edifice. My abiding memory was being marched back ro bed silently by an ominously simmering, damp ser of masters, no do ubt planning reuibmion , which duly emerged later mat morning.

1871 Senior School building

MaLcolm Riddle (33)

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Internationalism and Global Citizenship Page 6-9

Magnificent MusicalsThe Origins of the 'Jvlusical' at Geelong College Page [6-17

Geelong Collegians at The Great "War Page 26 Numerac), at Campbell House Page [0

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We//ness and Goodness: A Lifetime of Values ecently tho usan ds of swdents allover Australia slanlmed shut cheir school books, fondly imagining cheir VCE, o r its equi vale nt, to have been the greatest tes t of their li ves. Many also assumed that their final year exanlinations would forever sh ape cheir destiny chrough che tertiary choices chey opened, or didn't open up. These assumptions are boch true and false. Norwichstanding the intense pressures yo u and, dare I say, yo ur families - have endured along che way, che VCE is cenainly not che biggest test of your li ves. Indeed, as we are often told, in six monchs' time, you may hardl y remem ber what yo ur E TER sco re was . Nor wi ll it ou tcome forever hape, or necessarily co nstrain , yo ur future as any number of possibilities will likely emerge over time an d enable different pachs to be trodden. The VCE may well have been tile biggest hurdle yo u have had to face to date, but infinitely more important for yo ur fuwre life than the E ITER score yo u finally achieve is che perso n you have become as yo u leave this school: tile skills and knowledge yo u take with you, che critical attiwdes you have developed towards life, yo ur character and resilience, the kinds of relationships you enjoy wich family, friends and ochers, and how seriously yo u consider learning. These are cile ultimate arbiters of the p lace you will take in th e wo rld, not the course yo u settle on for next year - imponant as this may be. Everyone will be asking you - what are yo u go ing to do? How many times have you angu ished over this in me loneliness of your bedroom or in conversations with your family and friends? It might be law at Monash, design at RMIT, teaching at Deakin , business at Melbourne, an apprenticeship nearby, or a GAP yea r ab road, to give yo urself space. Wh ile it understandably make yo u feel important to be asked these questions which relate to a new and exciting adult world, it can also beco me a little annoying if you have, as yet, few id eas at all - especially when the choices yo u make today are unlikely to be bindi ng in the future. Life has a knack of not always unfolding according to pl an . What a re you going to do? Well, doing yo ur best would be a good sca rL ..

A deeper and mo re searchi ng qu estion mi ght well be: what kind of a place wo uld yo u like Austral ia to be? \X/ hat kind of a fut ure do you envisage for yourself and your ch ildre n in !O to 20 years' time? Wha t quality of life do yo u hope for - not JUSt aspire to personal ly but hope for collectively, as fu lly-Hedged Australian citizens? These are pressing q uestions for which yo u may not have ready answers and yet che way you are, and th e choices you and your fr iends are making, especially from now on, wi ll have a real effect, cumulat ive ly, on what Austral ia becomes as a nation. It is not u ue that yo u, as indivi du al membets of society, have no infl uence. We have all seen from two recent elections, bo tll here and in the United Scates, tllat just 2% of voters ate al l it takes, in the final analys is, to determi ne the political dynamics of a country an d, in the case of superpowers like the United States, th e ve ty course of history itself. As you scart looking o utwards, as indeed you must as yo u take yo ur leave of this school, you begin maki ng commiunents to me wide r wo rl d. Inevitably,

I wish I had been mo re genero us to o thers. Money is a m ean s to an end. But li fe is th e end po im an d h ow yo u decide to li ve it, in clud ing th e jo b yo u ch oose, not only serves yo ur own material a nd spiriwal needs, it also h as an infl uence o n th ose aroun d yo u. It is imeresti ng to note, in this regard, how so me counrr ies are more scaws or money driven chan o chers. Scan di nav ians, in ge neral, a nd Norwegia ns, in panicul ar, val ue differem ki nds of jobs that are considered of infe rior importance in co unu.ies like Englan d, fo r exanlple. T he same Norwegia ns also live, o n average, one year longer chan cheir debt-burdened Btitish co unterparts. Na ti onal well-bei ng can also be shaped by social attiwdes, whi ch go we ll beyo nd materi al co ncerns. In deed, th e way yo u treat peo ple is another comm it ment you will make. Society an d ch e workplace require differe nt ski lls and q ualities, and the man ner in which yo u relate to colleagues, cl ients and fellow citizens will infl uence che way they, in wrn, operate, respo nd an d ul timately perceive chemselves,

70 % of Australians aged between 15 and 20 undertake volunteer work, which is a very encouraging indicator of positive social attitudes among our emerging young adults. however insign ificam you may think you are in the broader schem e of th i ngs. Your choice of job will be one such commitment. Will it depend on the size of the pay packet? Hopefully nOt, as money will most definitely purchase many possess ions and pleasures but will not, ul timately, guarantee your happiness . No one on the thresho ld of death is heard to say that they wished they had made more money during their life. They may well , on the other hand , murmur - r wish I had spent more time with my fami ly.

no t JUSt yo u. Collabo rative wo rk practices and val ui ng the ski lls each perso n brings to th e tas k not on ly lift p todu ctivity in the wo rkp lace bu t also pal pab ly enhan ce the cohesiveness a nd se nse of co ntentme nt expe rie nced w ithin th e comm uni ty in gene ral. Rela ted to this is yo ur dai ly social behavio ur: g reetin g som eo ne cheerfull y in tile street, not ge ttin g wo rked up if the pe rson in fro nt of yo u is d ri vi ng toO slowly, taking yo ur place pa ti ently in a qu eue, offering to help o ut if someth ing is a m issthese a re all signs of a healthy d ispositio n towards yo ur fe ll ow citize ns. Yo u w ill be

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What are you going to do? Well doing your best would be a good start. .. from advances in cience and technology and that we are all qualified (0 participate in the values debate because we make value judgments and choices every dar of our li"e .

Reconciliation Assembly

amazed at how important these seemingly small gestures of self-restraint and generosi ry are - and how catching they can be. On a more general level, a recent survey has found that 70% of Australians aged between I5 and 20 undertake vo lu nteer work, which is a very encouraging indica(Or of positive social attitudes among our emerging yo ung adults. Another interesting characteristic of the new 21st century is that adulth ood in developed countries is beginning later. In a recent feature art icl e in The London Times entided 'Now Adulthood is starting at 30" it was reporred that research in the United Srare and the United Kingdom had found that less than one-mird of 30 year-olds pass three conventional tests of adulthood - cOlllpletion of schoolin g, leaving the parental home and atta ining Financial independence. IF a Fourth testmarriage and paremhood - is applied , (his Figure falls eve n Further. The chall enges confronting you are mu ch greater than those people of my or yo ur parents' generation had to face when we began our adult li ves, at a time when th e world was much more stab le and predictable, edu catio n had defined paranlerers and e nd points, caree rs were set For life and fami li es tended (0 sray more together. Where will yo u be in 12 years' time, and what kind of a fanlily co mmitment do you intend (0 make?

A noted academic, Richard Eckersley, of m e ANU' Narional Centre for Epidemiology a nd Population Healdl, has JUSt published a probing book called 'Well and Good: How We Feel and Why It Matters', in which he deals with the question of whether life is getting bener or worse in general. Having travelled through many parts of dle world a a yo ung man , he has spent much of his adult life rhinking and writing about the meaning, purpose and qualiry oflife in mod ern We tern sociery. He peeks at future cenarios for Homo sap ien. On rhe one hand, he co nsiders rhe developments in co mputer, gene and nano-rechnologies which so me Futuri tS believe could, by the midcUe of this ce ntury, u her in a period of change of such speed and on uch a scale that it might end in human obsole cence, transformation or tran cendence. On th e other, he examines th e 'di eback' sce nar io which argues that the in evitable ourcome for any species that beco mes so domina nt is that it destroys th e Earth's biological di ve rsiry. Bo th developments, he points out, a re piau ible ex pectations within the nex t 50 years. How will we - or rather yo u, deal with th e e extreme po ibilities in yo ur liferime? For hi part, mirroring ro a certain ex tent whar I have been at pains (0 onvey roday, Ifr Ecker Ie), believes thar th e solll(ion to th e future will come more From changes in moral value than

His closing advice (0 the reader i -and 1 quore - " (0 cheri h intimacy, participare social ly, e ngage politically a.nd belie\'e spi ritually". And for tho e who want (0 contribute (0 changing the world for the berter, he advocare me Fair hare International 5, 10, 5, 10 rule: giving away at lea t 500 of your income (0 wonhy cau e , redu ing dependency o n resources by at least 10% , pending at leasr 5% of leisure time in volunta ry work and raking democratic action (0 corre t bad practice at least 10 time a year. Ambitiou it may be, but thi virtuou rule has a n appealing impliciry, and if you were all seriously (0 con ider applying it rhe cir umsrances of your live permit, then \\'e. at this hool, from where your journey into adulth ood has begun, (Ogether \\ ith your parent, would urel), feel that the enormo u re pon ibiliry of rai ing and educa ting you during the e fir t 1 year of your life, ",ill prove (0 ha e been a mo t re\\ arding adventure indeed -- and, in the final re koning. a real plus for rhe world. And so, (0 conclude on rhi note of optinLi~m. I oFFer you all rhe b t ",ishe of rhe ollege For a fruirful, con rm ri\'e and Fulfillin~ life. i ltur

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Dr Pauline Turner, Prif/C/p.zI

Global citizenship is one of the empowering themes of the College's recently developed Strategic Education Plan. The main objective of this theme is to develop a stronger international and cross cultural focus in our programs, outreach and practice.

Cbloe Noble (Year £2) wit/; an orphan at the Agape orphanage for HfV sllffirers

Colfege students and !loff with Sltlfffroll1 the Colleges sister school i 11 Bangkok, Tharn Udom 511ksa 3 Elepbollf training i11 iI]e northern region o/ClJIang /11m 2

Some work has already been done through subjects such as Geography and LOTE, and through our 'sister school' program. We have developed relationships with schools in Shanghai in China, Chantilly in France, Bangkok in Thailand and more recently, Copenhagen in Denmark. Following are reports on three contrasting overseas, curriculum experiences that took place this year.

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srud enrs an d hail and fo r ,<!..l,,,-,,_ - 'J"'" ro o ur slsre r 1001 th e Triam Udo m uk a schoo l in cenrral Ba ngkok. This visir enabled us ro ceme nc ou r fri endship w irh the raff a nd srud encs ofTri am an d ro co ncinue ro fosrer lin ks with th eir cultu rall y ri ch communi ty. Through rheir home sray accommodari o n, o ur srud enrs gain ed a very real insighr inro Thai life and an o ppo rtuni ty ro 'fosrer a friend for life' . Since our return ma ny stud encs have co ncacred each oth er. Th e staff and rh e stud enrs we re showe red with typical Thai hospirali ty. Our week spenr in Ba ngkok was a hecri c blend of wirn ess ing the dail y o perari o n of rhis large and academic school wirh visits ro norable places including rhe Grand Palace, Emerald Buddha, Royal Milirary Yachr C lub, Kan chanaburi a nd Ayurhaya. Given our busy schedule, ir was fascinaring ro no re rhar

pa rricipanrs cou ld sri II find ene rgy ro exerci e rheir bargaining kill in the wide array 0 hop and marker srall found in rhe surrou nding iam quare region. Our seco nd week in Thailand was spenr in a very differenr commu ni f)', in the Norrhern region arou nd Chiang lai. T he slower pace, more remperare weathe r, enviro nmenral focu and a wide range of acriviries provided a real CO!1(rasr ro our rime in Bangkok. We used rhe Prem Cenrre, an inrernarional boarding school, as o u r base. tudenr we re fasc inared by rheir elephanr ([ai ni ng sess io n. D u ring our visir ro a local governmenc orphanage and rhe Agape orphanage for H N sufferers, we we re challe nged by the scale and severity of uch social p robl ems thar T hailand faces . We wi m essed rh e ongoing wo rk of gove rn menr and non gove rn me nr orga ni arions in wo rki ng cowards al leviaring th ese pro bl ems. Our fi nal days

in Thailand \vere p~nr in rhe Norrhern 1\ (ae Tung hill rribe region wirh pleasurable and challenging acri\iri~ u has rrekking and whire warer raf[lng. \'(fe returned home having

shared a vef) diver e and enjoyable experience of Thai culrure and en\·ironmenr . The experience deepened rhe tudents under tanding of cultural diver if)' and challenged rhem co con ider rheir role as global cirizen . The College will welcome a group from Triam Udom in 0 cober 2005, when we will be able co reciprocare rhe ho piralif)· we enjoyed whilsr vi iring Thailand.

Leonie Brown, He/ld ofGeograph)

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Denmark Denmark is a maritime natio ane Q place is funher than an hour s d ri·,'t: ~;om the sea. Much of the coast is do m inatec dunes and heath land and the gen I;,' roUi '.g hills are not far above sea level-in faa, o n occasio ns we travelled on roads that were below sea level. The co untry abounds with mediaeval churches, renaissance castles and well preserved 18th century fishing vi ll ages as well as renowned museums and histOric treasures. The Jutl and Peninsula connects D enm ark to the European mainland and the CQumry has 406 islands, about 90 of which are inhabited. Mosr of D enmark is a low land of fenile farms, beech woods and hea lh er covered moors, wirh farming and fishing imporram to rhe eco nomy. D enm ark has also distinguished irself as a leade r in lh e field of ap pli ed d esign in si lverware, glass, furniture, porcelain and hom e e1eclronics.

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RO<;enborg palace gave us the building programs of as well as an opporruni """'~~ ~ '" dazzling collecrion of D an ish Cr jewels and rhe Round Tower, used as an asrronomical observatOry is curre n tly used by amareur asrrono mers. A canal tOur of I yhav n afforded wonderful views of open hagen wirh irs magn ificenr co pper sp ires, resro red gabled tOwn houses, rhe new Opera House and rhe Lirtle Mermaid. A visit to Copenhagen Carhedral, Ti vo li and [he famous troger ensu red [har we also experienced rhe beauty and livelin ess of [he ca pital city, Copen hagen.

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enma rk ng ship museum , e a nd rh e cha nging o f [h e guard a[ Am ali enbo rg Pa lace. T he generous hospitali ty of our Danish friends and rile derailed p reparari o n a nd pl annin g en ured th a t rhis wo ul d be a mem o rab le to u r. We loo k forw3 rd to recip roca tin g when rhe Da nish fo rb31i tea m visir Aust ralia in th e fu tll re.

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China After 3 days in Xian. we proceeded [0 j anj in g. the' outhern capital'. anjing wa home to beautiful parks, an enormou bridge over rhe mighty Yangzi River. and, in a eemingly familiar trend , many O rreer seller, as well a huge depanmen t re with rheir De chairs. h'ahlighr heave nly m for many of us was the ma oleum of a n Yar- en. De pite rhe incredible amoum of stai r , we made ir [0 th e rop for an amazing view over the city of I anjing.

Ie's diffi cult [0 say wha t o ur expeccations of C hina were - but no doubt. as al l of the seve ntee n srud em s and [wo teachers wo uld ag ree. th e eighteen days we spem there exceeded all of the m . Litd e co uld we have know n. as we sat drearily slum ped in our chairs at smoggy Melbourne airporr at Gam , dl at we were abour [0 em bark on the unforgettable, incredible trip of a lifetime. The amazin g ex perience began in Beijing, where we saw the Great Wall. the Imperial Palace/ Forbidden C ity. the Summ er Palace, Beijing Zoo, the Temple of H eaven and Tiananmen Square. For ma ny of us the Great Wall was th e hi ghlight of the entire crip. F[Om th e picturesque Badaling Pass, we walked a small section of the incredib le stru cture. Viewing the wall as it scretches away along mountain [Ops into the distance, gave us a cleare r knowledge of th e wall's massive scale. Ie was h ere and in Beijing's other incredible atcracr ions that we were first ' introduced [0' and smoth ered by the street sell ers. who were very keen [0 use their vast English ski lls. "H ello, water! Postca rd! watch-bag-Rolex! " This instal1ciy forced us [0 put our 3-4 years of Chinese into practi ce, as we bargained and negotiated o ur way through the hordes of sellers, which aU wOLJd surely agree, was great fun .

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carv ings in the sides of rh cliffs. Luoyang was th e ci where we were introduced [0 of Buddhism through mings a nd sta tues. We also visi d a park which was so big, it had ir wn zoo. In rhe park man y of rh e sru r played a mass game of 'hacky-sac . wirh so me of the locals. "Aiyol " exr s[O p. rhe city of X ia n. We had the privilege of seeing th e incredibl e en[Ombed terracorra warriors. Thousands of statues were built [0 guard the [Omb of th e first Emperor and amazed us wi dl their inrricare derail and grandeur. Afterwards we pur our Chinese skills and recemly acquired bargaining experience [0 the res t in a small market ours ide rhe Emombed Warriors. We also visited th e incredibly long, Xian ciry wall. which scretched o ur in [O the distance. 39 km around th e ciry. Other highlights of Xi an included the Great Wild Goose Pagoda. as well as the Bell and Drum Towe rs.

ext was th e love ly city of \'(i'uxi, in which we aw more amazing gardens. a nd sailed on the magnificem Lake Tai in a traditional G masted fishing boat. In Chinese tandards \'(i'LLxi is t Ir I tiJlmuch bigger tha n eelong. We received many amazed , es locals who probab ly l-la t _ _..... "...... seen [00 many We rer p pie previously. We also had our first chance [0 buy the infamously cheap DVD .

insight imo the \\ay\ of hools. It certainly made u reali e ho\\ luckr \\C arc If [hat we return home at 3.30, n -.,0 - the hine e slLIdenr \'0 incredibl} hard. \\ hich, \\e nOli comribute to their amazing Englih kills; purring our Chine kill to hame! At lasr it \\a. . e to go home. wledge that cultural awar and honzon had all been thoroughlr erended. lany of u are alread; looking forward to rerurning to hina in the near future. On behalf of all wdenrs and parem , we thank ~Ir oghill and ~ I r You fOr their amazl

Carl DickellS and cephen Green (Year II)

Finally. we ca ught aIlorher train , rhis rim e [0 the enormous city of hanghai. Here, we spem 5 remarkab le days, trave llin g by the highlyefficiem hanghai subway. Hi ghlights includ ed the amazing Pearl of the Orient TV Tower, th e surrounding Bund. the Yu Gardens, a cruise on the ri ver, the enormous markets, and of course, o ur sister- chool. De pite spend ing JUSt one afternoon in the modern campus, we made new friends. a nd had a uniqu e

The Ceefollg College Chilla rOllr grollp

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A Oh, nothing really.

We just played games,

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And what did you do in class today, darling? Visirors ro umeracy lessons in any of our classrooms at Campbell House wi ll cerrainly see lors of games being played. They wi ll see children engaged in a wide range of small and large group acrivities (wirh varying levels of teacher involvement), and ar other rimes independent rasks. They will see lors of icy pole sticks, blocks, counters, dice, shapes, bead frames, cards, dominoes and all manner of measuring equipment in children's hands. They will read teachers' and childrens' recordings of rheir numeracy experiences in any number of forms - on rhe whiteboard; on wall charts around rhe room; in a scrap book or journal; in printed digiral phorographs; or on a compurer. They will hear ralk before, during and afrer every activity - somerimes teacher directed, somerimes nor; as children make sense of whar rhey are doing; share their knowledge with each other; draw together rhreads linking rhar day's game or acrivity wirh pasr activities and prio r knowledge; and celebrare their own and each orher's new knowledge and experience, by looking back over 'how we did rhis last rime'; or by asking each orher ' is rhere anorher way we could find rhi out?' They will hear laugh ter; rhey will hear children arguing and debating over the best way ro complete a puzzle, or which srraregy ro use ro solve a problem; or they will hear the most delicious sound of all: "aaallhhh ... " as one child 's explanation ro the group as ro how he or she solved a problem or used a srrategy ro win a game becomes apparent ro others. The umeracy program at ampbell House i centred around ' hands on' learning experiences carefully planned by reachers ro meet each child's individual needs. At the beginning of each year, every srudent is allocated 'one ro one' time with his or her teacher for a umeracy Inrerview, where the reacher is able ro glean

Natalie Collerr and Bronte Panckridge work on their numeracy games

specific info rmation abou t each chil d's level of ach ievemenr and fu ture needs in all the areas of numeracy. Each child 's um eracy Interview is builr upo n at rhe beginni ng of each fo ll owin g school year, provid ing reachers ar CampbeU H ouse wirh a valuable profile of each chil d's ski ll developmenr du ring the imporranr forma rive year . The Numeracy program involves an d engages each and every child in the process of learn ing an d using strategies w make sense of number in rhe wor ld around rhem. Ski lls and strateg ies are experim en ted wit h, co nsolidared, learnr and reinforced in a var iety of ways whi ch place them in a mea n ingful 'real life' conrexr for rhe ch ild. Open-ended rasks (w here a variety of correcr answers may ex ist) chall enge ch ild ren w d raw on past experiences, w use a variety of strategies, w 'pool rheir reso u rces' with othe r studenrs, w test and rere t their merhods unti l th e co rrecr o ne is chosen, and w Ii ren w (and rry fo r rhem elves)

srra regies empl oyed by o thers, providing rich an d val uable o ppo rruniti es fo r children w app ly learnr skills and d eve lo p new srrategies. Playing (Working!) in a c1im are whereby learning tal(es place in a fun , relaxed serring, children feel ftee w rake risks, wres t rheir ideas, wapply th eir kn owled ge and skills in an immedi are and co ncrete way, lea rnin g w ith a nd fro m each orher, su ppo rted by rh e teacher. So, rhe nexr tim e yo ur child says 'We just played games', ask him o r her 'Whar did yo u lea rn ?', and 'Did yo u have fun ?' I hea r. ..I fo rge t I see ... a nd I reme mb er

r d o ... and I un de rstand Anci.ent Chinese Proverb Andrew McKie and KeLly Watson, CampbeLL House Numeracy Co-ordinrltors.

An in the C ity was about learning, student independ ence a nd building expertise over time in a discipline. It was abo ut teas ing OUt pro blem . W hat do I feel and think about th e city? What w ill my idea be fo r a piece of art? How wi ll I use th e different m edi a of art to represent my idea? What can I discover about art in M elbourne?

An in [he C ity focused on wo rking w ith o thers a nd wo rkin g alo ne. Ie gave stud ents opportu niti es to th ink throu gh ideas and persist with those ideas to adueve excellence. It was a new prog ram whi ch offered 25 Year 9 stud ents the opportun ity ro pan icipate in a week long art project in th e heart of M elbo urne. Students worked in a high- ri e building di ago nal ly o ppo ite Sr. Pa ul 's Cath ed ral. T his la rge room, wit its attaching small roo ms, was transfo rm ed inro an art ist's studi o. 'he i. ·chen became a d arkroo m , one of th e sm all roOI

Photograpbing public smlptllres

captured th e dynamic activi rhe q ry through digital phoro ollag , tex tile, paintings, d wi gs, 11. ed media \ orks, \·ideo and black and wh ite p ~ o ography.

Ir group 2.8 crober. 111 , ctlon H e re are so me of their comment A stlldent working with Elise Frtlser at City Cite

Learnin g for myself a nd by myse lf. ben painting my individL a l project, I learnt how much paint 0 u e and I lix, what olour t e. etc. A nd how we have learnt - nor ' u r ei g cold, bu bening oU[ there and learni ng fo r yourself. Ha nd on ex ce \Va a lot bener. I have learnt so many things! Erst of aliI learnt how ro take a tram! 1 alo learnt how much art i al l around the 1\ lei bourne cit) ar a. 1 gOt the chance ro view o me of thi ... amazing culpture and the "-\an Ray exhibi tio n. 1 also learnt heaps about arr ir elf - how to u ere hni al names, w har it mean and how ro use ir myself ro the highe ( porential! I mean, I hardl y knew w hat texture wa before rhi ! I've learned abo u t phorography, developing phoros and Photo hop. I kn ow now that I need ro \ ork our exactly what I'm doing before I start. I work berter in si w ation where I'm in control to a errall1 exte nt. I k now peop le 1 work well with and people 1 don't. M y indi vidual piece rook me a \ hile or about 3 constant day 0 th.n it was a lo ng process l I used many merhods, rhey included rra ing. line wo rk, cha rcoal use, colo ur chalk/ rayon, erc. exr year we are planning ro exrend rhe rt in rhe ie; e\.perien by offering rwo addirional program. They will be History in th ie; .md eography in rhe iry. Each program \ ill have imiLlr. hand -on dements, a nd give stud e nt opporrunirie ro d velop idea \\ irhill rhe 'e diciplin s so rh ar they can experience real under randing, and c?\.plore rhe: L1i\· r 1(\ and chall enge of a different environment.

!11m] Preece, Art Teacher

NUARY 2005

Sporting Developments and Successes

2004 Girls ISt VIII crew

Sporr at the Geelong College is an integral parr of me educational experience. Sporr is a vital component of a well-balanced lifestyle, and we attempt ro mirror societal expectations by providing a broad range of suitable activities for our students. Our program is reviewed regularly ro ensure that it is consistent with contemporary trends and provides a balance be(\veen healthy participation and competition . As a result, a numbe r of initiatives have been implemented, including sporr-specific strength and conditioning programs, and girls soccer, diving and water polo have been introduced as new spor(ing choices. Alongside (hese initiatives, the College places great imporrance on the maintenance and improvement of its high standard facilities and using techno logy ro supporr the future development of traditional sporti ng programs. Examples are the ins(allation of an electronic scoreboard for u e in our football, athletics and cricket programs and new cricket netting facilities for safer practice and public prorection on Mackie Oval. Performance review sof(\Vare is being u ed in a number of SpOrts [Q analyse swdent ' team play and individual skill development. This provides a wonderful

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learnin g roo l, wh ere swdents can see where improvement is required an d (hen practi ce wi th fresh goals and indicaro rs in mi nd . To mai ntain (he high q uali ty of coachin g wim in o ur sporring programs, we are ensuring mat curre nt an d fu wre coachin g staff have spo rt specific accredi tat io n th ro ugh th e Australi an Coaching Coun cil, and th at all coaches are qualified in first aid. Specialist coaches of m e hi ghes t sta ndard are recruited ro implement best p ractice.

water Polo Wate r polo in o ur deep-wa ter pool has becom e a very po pular spo rt. Wi th a yo un g and vibrant team of coaches, the stud ents have developed the ir skills in an enjoyable atmosphere. Altho ugh (h e sp'on is phys ically demandin g, the Coll ege now has (\VO boys and (\VO girls teams competing in the APS competiri o n o n Sarurdays, and mo re rece nciy, a juni o r sq uad training o n Friday mo rnin gs. Bo th rhe Open boys an d O pen girls (earns reached th e gran d fi nal in their respecti ve co mpetiti o ns. T he attractio ns of a sho rt season in pring, a co mpetiti ve team sporr an d th e elevatio n of the profi le of wa ter polo as an Austral ia n sp o rt in the Olympic Games have led ro an increase in interest w ithin the school.

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Girls Tennis Following a very close second place in th e Associared Public Schools v Associated G rammar choo ls tennis championship, our girls 1st team won the Victorian All chools Tenni C ham pi onship held in Melbourne. The comperirion, organised by Tennis V icto ri a, was to determine the chanlpion girls and boys tenn is schools and involved the winn ers from the vario us school competition groupings. We were representing the AP and Penin ula Grammar (winners of the APS/AGSV cup) was represeming rhe AGS. Our girls were undefeated throughout the day. T hey played Geelong's C lonard College in the final, wi nning this match to be crowned Tennis Victoria C hamp ions 2004-

Weights Room With the increased awareness of preventative medicine in training, and understanding how a good 'core strength' program can help athletes avoid injury during their season of sport, The Geelong Co llege has placed even more importance on the phys ical preparatio n of students involved in the co mpulso ry sporting p rog ram. The E.B. Davies Weights Room , previously the province of rowers, has undergo ne significant changes to prepare it For use by a wider range of groups within the schoo l. Man y students find themselves under the ourstandi ng care of personal trainer, Mr Talli Reihan a, a Former international rugby player and current strength and condi tio ning coach at the Geelong Football Club. His knowledge and expertise, combined with that of our dedi cated PE. Staff, ensure that the students have access to rhe lates t and best training routines and rehabilitation programs.

Rowing In the past decade the success of Geelong College rowing crews has been outstanding. Borh the boys and girls 1St VIII have enjoyed great success in state, national and APS regattas . Since 1999, the girls 1St VIII crews have collectively won numerous state ritles, one national tide and placings in several others, three APS regattas and back-to-back H eads of the Schoolgirls regattas in 2003 and 2004. This sustained success has increased the populariry of the SpOrt of girls rowing, particularly with our junior rowers. Once hooked, the girls becom e involved in a physically challenging and fun-filled ream SpOrt that allows for great personal development throughout a well-structu red season.

Girls Soccer While boys soccer enjoys unprecedented growth in the numbers of junior playe rs across the nation, girls are catching on Fast and taking up the sporr wirh as much enthusias m as tlle boys. The Coll ege introd uced girls' soccer as an APS SpOrt for the first tim e this year For Year II and 12 girls. Whilst social and 'Fri endly' games had been organ ised in pasr years against local schoo ls, the move into the AP competition has lifted the profile of this wonderFul sport. Senior girls now enjoy the option of participating in one of four competitive Sports in rhe Winter season-netbal l, basketball, hockey and soccer. Soccer is a physicall y demanding and skilfLLi sporr that req uires co urage and determin ation in order ro improve. There will be Further development in girls' soccer in 2005 with a Year 9/10 ream , and hopeFully, a Year 7/8 team starring ar Preparatory choo!.

Mark Cherrtie), Director ofSport

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THE LARAPINTA TRAIL 2004 EXPEDITION Cycad smdded gorges, painfully cold wa rerholes, sun blisrered peaks and a surprising, vibrandy flowering desert were rhe specracular focus of rhe Geelong College Explorarion Sociecy's recem July advell[ure into Cenual Ausrralia, wesr of Alice Springs. The Co ll ege expedirion followed rhe challenging Larapinra Trail rhrough rhe anciell[ fo lds of rhe Wesr t--1acdonnell Ranges for over 150km fto m rhe splendid isolarion and grandeur of Mr Sonder and rhe erpell[ine Gorge in me wesr to [he wide sandy bed of rhe H ugh River. The expedirion parcy of sixreen sru d ems, fo ur accompanying sraff members and rwo su p porr sraff avoided rhe more accessib le pa rrs of [he Trail near Alice Springs and Sim psons Gap and insread, explored rhe mo re rugged rou res funher wesc. This demanding journ ey across a srony, arid, wilderness resred rhe en d urance, fimess and good humour of al l [he parrici panrs bur by journey's end ar Birrhday Ware rh ole rhe collecrive sense of achievemell[ was profound . Wim monms of fimess uai ning, food prepararion and gear packing beh ind us, we commenced our journey ar G len H elen, besid e (he Finke River. \X"lalking wes(v,rards, we leEr (h e Finke headwaters behind us, head ing toward s rhe dominating form of Mou m So nder o n rh e skyline. In our way stood many creek crossi ngs - mostly dry bur a few cOll[ai ning wa(er-sreep,

Rest stop at the Hllgh Gorge

Students: Michael Barson, Tom Chmnpness, Charles Crowl, Ben Fagan-Nolan, Emma Grt/)\ james Gray, john Heard, Haydon Holmes, Tom jenkins, james Lannan, Nadia Lightfoot, Ollie Nam, Emily Paton, Amelia Rayson, Stephanie Smitb, Amy Yollng. Staff. Rob Kayler- Thomson, Call Lannan, DOlllla Lannan, /V/ary Preece, Heather Smith, Roger Smith

rocky ranges, prickly spinifex and unforgiving hard ground undern earh our fee r. The day walk ascenr of M o unr Sonder was rhe firsr of a numb er of highli ghrs. Wirh sweeping 360 views from m e eagle-cresred summir, o ur group felr e1arion as we surveyed a landscape of wildly serra red ran ges ro llin g toward s rhe ho rizo n . Ove r rh e foll owing ren days we we re to enco umer many simil arl y rem arkable scenes as we climbed up an d ove r apparendy neve r-e ndin g ridges o n a dail y bas is. On each occasio n we would inevitabl y descend from rh ese exposed pea ks imo o ne of rhe sreep go rges rhar could eas ily lie hidd en ro rh e cas ual [["ekker. These gaps ptovide safe passage mrou gh rhe ranges and prorecr tlle preci o us wa rer rese rves rha r supp o rr rh e fragile ecosys rem o f (his arid land . Th e gorges - fill ed wim rich ro ck red s and [he deep green of rhe prim eval Cycads, supporred a w ide vari ecy o f w ildlife, coolin g breezes, rock-fall m azes fo r us [Q trave rse and tll e ever-p resell[ feel ing rh ar rhese an cienr ro cks have bee n walked up o n fo r rho usands o f yea rs. T h e expediti o n parcy co mm enced rhi s adve ll[ure w irh va ri ed levels of ex peri ence, bur ove r rh e for mi ghr [hey becam e very skill ed in nor ju r su rv ivin g, bur co-operaring effec(i ve ly as a g ro up and enj oying [hemselves imm ensely in rhe ourdoo rs. Pri o r to rhis rrip , ve ry few if any of rh e rud ell[s wo uld have slep r so soundly o n rocks in a creek bed , ca rri ed heavy comainers for more rha n a kil o m etre to avo id rhe ras re of bo re wa rer, awoken to howlin g din goes, manicu red fee r so ca refull y to avo id o r reli eve blisrers, co nqu ered a ' razorback', cooked a feas r from dri ed vege rables a nd nood les, risen ea rl y to ir o n a cli ff ar sunrise, sa r in a rree to ea r lun ch, wa lked ar a fas rer rare [h an a fo ur-wheel dri ve suppo rt ve hicle o r d eli ghred in burning cru el spinifex . Th e suppOrt of r Philip' o ll ege in Ali ce Sprin gs was al 0 we lcom ed a nd rh e ex pedirion ers co mpl emem ed rhi s ge neros icy by raising and d o narin g ove r a rhou sand doll a rs to rh e Roya l Fl yin g Doctor Service in a fi rrin g legacy to Sir Fra ncis Ro lland , a fo rm er C ol lege Prin cipal , whose ea rli er effo rrs had bee n cru cial to (he fo un dario n o f rhe Ausrrali an Inland Mi ss ion. T he sp iri r of exp lo rar io n remains srro ng ar rh e College.

Con LflnlJfln, Archives rind Heritage Officer

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I954 Central cA"ustralia

Expedition ~union

I954 Geelong college trip to the 'Centre: Bock - Left to right: Bill WOod, Stewart McArthur (sick with scurvy) Geoff Barber, Geof/Wills, jllS!in Pennefother Front - Left to right: Bmce Lloyd Robert Robinson, Eddie Kayser and Alex Gray

I954 Expedition reunion - Top, westem side oft.lolITlt COIlf/or- Toll)" Douglas, Bruce Lloyd, GeoffBarber and Max Neale

In May 1954, Mr Ben Keith led a College expedirion co successfully explore rhe three Cenual Australian deserr monoliths of Ayers Ro ck, The O lgas and Mt Connor. An earl ier, September 1947 attempt had o nly reached Me. Connor. Members of the 1954 parry were Messrs Firth, Burke, WardJe (Masters); Max ea Ie, Geoff Barber, Ian Blair, Harley Dickinso n, Tony Douglas, D avid Ebbels, Gordon Ennis, Alex Gray, Michael H erman, Eddi e Kayser, Frank Keach, B E Lloyd, F S McArthur, Roben Nas h, Justin Pennefather, R G Robinson, Tom Sutherland, G C W ills and W A WWood.

One or twO things see med co have changed over this time. EndJ ribbons of bitumen have replaced [wo wheel, rough or boggy tracks. Thi yeaI we rode in reliable, comfortab le and econo mical ve hicle in tead of three temperame ntal , unreliable, rough and thir ry ex-army blitz truck , named Bertha, Lena and Maria (the sco re van).

Fifry years late r, six of the original parry and their wives returned co these sites. O n 10 July 2004, Geoff and Pat Barber, Max and Margaret ea le, Bruce and H eather Lloyd, Geoff and Diane Wi lls, Bill and Heather Wood a nd Tony and Margot Douglas h ad a reunion d inner at Yalara.

ow, Ayers Rock and The Olgas warms with thou and of rourist daily. Then , th ere were JUSt a few rough cracks and almost no-one about. Then, it was dossing down for the freezing nights berween the trucks, unhaved and unshowered For weeks, living on a di et of dry or dehydrated ood. This time it was camping with full anl enities and dining in sryle quire often . We all had rhe greare t time, remini cing around the camp fire, wirh rhe odd reading from' hip's' diary helping co fire up rhe old memorie and relive a great advenrure.

Diary extracts

17 May 1954

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6 june 1954

'Wirh [wo our of the three tru cks broken down, one in Ali ce a nd one ar Si mpsons Gap (with mu ch of the Food) and most of us in Ali ce, we were given 5 shillings for lunch. As a steak cosrs 8/6 (without eggs) we managed co get enough co eat by pairin g up, bu ying 3 helpings of spaghetti on coast between [Wo. I shared mine with 'Wizze r' (GeoFf Barber).'

'After Mulga Park, the Fuel consumprion was quite high over this forry mile screrch. Berrha, 3mpg. Lena 5mpg a nd rwo wheel drive Maria 8mpg. Thirsry work! '

, rill weary after yesrerday' 21 hour and 41 mil e trcrc h, we had a anry old brea.kfast wirh blu ter of driving rain. Temperamenral as eve r, Bertha ju r wouldn't tarr. Aft r man~' artempt it wa decided co to\\ her. . . L na had difficulty pulling Bertha up me - rhe hilb cowards Ballarat, 0 [aria had to help OUt by pushino ftOm behind on -e\'eral oc a,ion~. Ballara t to eelong tOok r\\o hour, and quit a crowd at th e H om,e 0 - ]uild where we tOwed Bertha to Re t In Pace!

25 May 1954 :.\fter crossing the main north-so uth road near G ran ite Downs and headin g cowards the deserred Todmorden station, we came across th e Reverend Fred M cKay sh av ing beside the track. H e talked abo ut the A. LM. and Rolland House in Oodn ada tta, named after the Former Coll ege Prin cipal, Sir Francis Ro lla nd .'

31 May 1954 'The cramped conditions For nine boy in rhe e short Blirz rru cks in fine wemher i colerabl e, bur coday it rained a the rarps were rolled back, meaning co tal enclos ure for rhe occupanr . H av ing leFr 'Snags' Srewarr McArrhur in hospi ral in Oodnadatta wirh curvy meanr one less in rhe other rruck. Trying co find a comForrable po irian among drums, boxes, baggage and orher people' limbs For hours on end is impos ible.'

Tolly 'ChiP' Dougliis (lO)

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The ellSr of rhe I944 production foumrhe

Magnificent Musicals,: The origins of the 'Musical' at Geelong College.

he skills mat raok former Geelon g College sru dems Guy Pearce ra H ollywood and musician Chong Lim inco musical composirion for television and film developed as parr of a long uadirion of public performance ar Geelong College. These rradirions of creariviry in m e performing ans com menced soon after rhe School's establishmenr in 1861 and sporadically evolved rhrough rhe nin eteemh and early rwemieth cemuri es. Wi rh rhe Glee Club and rhe whimsical hyperbole of Gilberr & Sullivan in rhe lare 1930S, rhey marured inro an exuberanr drumming of appla use chac srill resonaces raday.

The fas hionabl y rirled Glee Club of 1934 was rhe gifced offspring of rhe College Dramaric C lub. Ie became responsible for rile rise and presenrarion of a sryle of inregrared musical producrion char was ro em errai n a generarion of srudenrs and fasc inare rhe cirizens of Geelong in an enduring love affair wirh Gilberr and Sulli van from 1938 ro 1958. In D ecember 1934 rhe school magazin e Pegasus had bravely imroduced irs firsr 'Music' secrion and nored che forming of rhe Old Coll egians C hoir. Bur ir was wich rhe founding of rhe House of Music in 1935 by rhen Prin cipal, Francis Rolland thar che performing arrs marured into a viral and pivotal ro le in the life of rhe School.

'Schoolboys presenr Iolamhe wirh ve rve and skill.' headlined rhe Melbourne Argus in 1944· Ir conrin ued, 'Fa i ri e rri pped abo U[ rhe srage of rhe Plaza Theaue, Geelong, ronighr when Geelong Col lege G lee C lub gave a spirired presenrarion ofIolanrhe ... before a packed house. The Fairies were all schoolboys bur so well did rhey rake ro rhemselves rhese sprirely personaliries rhar ir was alm osr impossibl e ro derecr rhe unfairylikc characrer iscics ge nerall y amibured ro rhe yourhful sch ola r. '

In 1936, Roy Sh epherd was appoimed as the new M usic Direcror - a posirion he used ro expand on rhe earli er wo rk of Mess rs Lester, Ipsen and Wilso n, who in 1935, had ab ly prcse nred th e first G lee lub performance of rhe opererra The Monasrery. Tragically, Shepherd ' work wa cur hort by illness. Rolland rh en appointed a newly employed music mas rer named George Logie-S mirh as Direcror of M usic in a move rhar had immediare a nd profound repercussio ns on College mu sic and rhea rre performance. Roll and , in an arricle in T he Ausrralasian

explained George Logie-Smich's success: 'The popular conceprion of music masrerlong haired , sruffy, fussy, and inclined ro be old womanish , does nor go down ar all well wim boys. They appreciare music and arc mu ch better when ir co mes from someone who speal<s rheir own language and who looks and acrs like a human being.' George Logi e-S mirll immediately formed a percussion band, a school orchestra and a new junior choir, and in 1938, he ser ro work o n produ cing Trial by Jury, rhe first of rhe G lee Cl ub's G ilbert and Sullivan operettas. These performances were ro form an ourstanding legacy for th e School. So popular were rhese Col lege Glee Club productions rhar ricker qu eues a nd sold our signs were fea rures of th e a nnual evem s. The Glee Club was far more than simply a school dramacic soci ery - ir was a ralemed frarerniry of dedicared perform ers. Irs success also owed much ro anorh er crearion of Francis Rolland, rhe HOLlse of Gui lds, which inirially supplied a range of supporring services such as sers, ri ckering, broch ures, Ayers and progranls and supporced mu ch of the behind rhe scenes produ crion.

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The ninereemh cemury approach ro music and drama ar Geelong College however was a very differem educarional proce s ro rhe one we know roday. In 1863 College Principal , George Morrison's Annual Repon record rhar music and si nging [Urors were regular visirors and rhar a piano for individual tuirion was available. The Annual Reporr irself was presemed wirhin rhe comexr of a display of cholarly excellence in which elocurion, dramaric readings and scenes from comemporary plays were acclaimed fearures of rhe progranl. From rhe chool's foundarion , public performance rhrough drama, music, so ng, debare, orarory and presence was a viral discipline for rhe Geelong College srudenr. Ie was early acknowledged rhar leadership rraining required rhe abiliry ro perform ro an audience. The 1861 Annual Speech Day arrended by many of Geelong's leading cirizens of rhe day, fearured a 'M imi c Parliamemary Debare'. The 1867 Speech Day included a complex Minsrrel performance involving American Civil War and Plamarion so ngs in whar musr have been a very ropical image of rhe conAicr 0 recendy ended. Var ious references during rhese early years ro musical evening and cho ral si nging arresr ro a cominuing imeresr in performance. Irregul ar musical evenrs were comp lemenred by performances from vis iring musicians and dranurisrs or joim evems wirh orher schools. Around rhe rurn of rhe cenrury rhe Mid-Wimer concerr became a regular, annual fearure. Ironically, ir was the perceived rhrear of Russian invasion rhar indirectly prompred rhe firsr formal musicians group - rhe Bugle Band, under Drum Major Sergeam Rashleigh. It was formed by 1890 nor long afrer rhe inrroducrion in 1885 of Cader Unirs under rhe Empire CaderTraini ng Scheme. This Bugle Band and irs successors - rhe Drum and Bugle Bands, Brass Bands, Preparatory School Fife Band and Pipe Bands were ro provide musical support in a far wider range of serrings rhan simply cader drilling. Accounrs of dramaric and musical performances in the early years of rhe School are skerchy, bm by rhe rime rhe Morrison's privare school re-enrered the fold of rhe Presbyterian Church in 1908, drama and music, while nor yer parr of rhe cmriculum , had ar leasr become regular fearures of School life. The 1909 Mid-Wimer Enrertainmenr included a small orchesrra and a Comedi erra emided Ehl Whar is ir? By 1909, rhe School magazine Pegasus nores rhe involvemenr ofMr Worth's Junior Singing Class. This growing inreresr and ralenr culminared in rhe firsr shorr-lived College Dranlatic Sociery of 1913. Their producrion ofWhar Happened ro Jones? reveals a rapidly changing School jusr prior ro rhe Firsr World War. The War however, was to bring rhis early creative renaissance ro a birrer end. The rrauma of World War I impacred on rhe College for years, bur afrer Francis Rolland's appointmenr rhere was a renewal of performance enrhusiasm. Pegasus reported in 1919 rhar dle Drum and Bugle Band formed in rhe previous year sounded like rhe laresr 'Jazz Band', although ir is uncertain whedler rhis was srared with opprobrilun or supporr. In 1921, rhe firsr idenrifiably inregrared Musical appears in rhe Camara Trial by Jury direcred by Caprain Dundas . The May performance in Morrison Hall was so popular rhar a repear public performance was held in July ar rhe Mechanics Insrirure Hall. In 1923 wirh rhe formarion of a new Dramaric C lub, Pegasus imroduced a regular heading 'Dramaric Emerrainmenr' in irs comems. Im ages of casrs of Vice Versa, 1924 and 1928 and Privare Secrerary in 1927 reveal a growing confidence in rhese producrions. The new Preparatory School was a lso a leader during rhis period wirh Miss Trumble direcring Alice in Wonderland, 1923, Perer Pan, 1924 and War r Babies in 1928. Of parricular significance was rhe firsr Preparatory School performance of excerprs from Gi lberr and Sullivan' fikado in 19 2 7 und er rhe ririe The \Xfa ndering Min rrel. Thi was a period in which joim performances invo lving rhe Preparatory and Senior Schools occurred each yea r. 0 e-\Tired was the Principal rhar in 1927 he propherically opined thar, "Geelong College promises ro become a ne r of singing bird " alrhough adm irredly he was merely prai ing "rhe bringing fonh of cwo chool so ngs"- rhe Foorball Song and rhe chool Song by Ken G Mclnryre.

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\1 irh rhe esrabli hmem of rhe Hou e of ~fu ic rhe 'modern era' of performance and rhearre emerged and rhe inregrared 'mu Ical' became a major rheme from 1935 unril rhe presenr. The e ollege mu icah' vere publiclyacce ible performance , u ually presenred O\'er everal ntghrs, in public rhearre uch a rhe Plaza or rhe Geelong The:me wirh an accompli hed and profe ionallooking casr and a well-direcred orch ua. From rhe 1960 rhey di\'er ified parricularly wirh rhe inrrodUC[1on of [u ic and Thearre rudie co rhe curriculum. There were man~' ioinr production wirh [orongo Pre byrerian iris ollege in rhe 1960 and 1970 oye' Fludde in 1962, The Barrered Bride in 196+ furrher developmenr \Va rhe a\ ard winning EOl Ro k Ei. reddfod of rhe mid 19805. More recenriy, madeu in 1993, The Pyjama arne in 1999 and God pell in 2004, characreri e rhe \ariery and ambirion of eelong College producrions. Wirh rhe consrrucrion of rhe Keirh Humble entre for t-.lu·ic and rhe Performing Arr a new phase in rhe Geelong ollege" crearive life will open. The new Cenrre \ ill ensure rhar rhe ralenr a nd pirarion of rhe [Udenr and raff of rhe eelong College will conrinue co be en ouraged and enriched.

Con Lannan, Archives and Heritage Officer Archivists Note: The Geelollg College is parriclllar(), illrereJrl'd ill 'lcquirillg photographs, programJ, tickets and ephemera relating to dranlt7 and nJllSic pelformances, especial0' ojthose pelformallCeJ prior to 19-10 or llfter 19S . OJspecial interest are all)' sound recordings orji.lms ojallY College pl'rfonlltllluJ prior to tbe 1990 S and particularly ojan original Glee Club pl'lfomllll1Ct'.

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The Keith Humble Centre for Music and the Performing Arts I am del ighted w repon (hat w date, donations and pledges w th e capital appeal for the Keith Humb le Centre for Music and th e Performin g Arts have reached just over $1 million. W e have, therefore, achi eved our ini tial target, bu t at $8.5 million th e cost of the buildin g is higher than original ly expected. We have decided w co ntinue the Appeal into 2005. A sincere thank you w th e many supponive and genero us donors in our communi ty who have recognised the importan ce of music and drama at the Coll ege and helped us w reach this stage. A num ber of people have indicated that they wo uld like w give, but have not done so yet, and there are others who have not had time w think about it at all. If you have not yer made a donation , please co nsid er supponing this wo nderful project. T he new buildin g and th e facilities it provides will make such a difference w College music and dranla students, members of staff an d the wider music and dranla commun ity in Geelong. C hequ es payable w The Geelong College Building Fund are fully tax dedu ctibl e. Building work has commenced and the Keith Humble Centre is beginning to ttlke shape on the comer ofAphrasia Street tlnd ClLtremont Avenue.

One of th e musical highlights of 2005 w ill be a fundraising Gilbe rt and Sul li van Concen and reuni on supper on Saturday 19 March in Morrison Hall. Ie will feature current students, recent past students and m embers of the Glee C lub performing wgeth er. All proceeds will go w th e Appeal, specifically w the nam ing of the music auditorium(he George Logie-Smith Auditorium. Carol Barnard, Director of Community Relations and D evelopment

Wonderful Wurlitzer The pipe organ to be installed in the music auditorium of the Keith Humble Centre for Music and the Performing Arts is a unique instrument, classified by the ational Trust (Victoria). Built in 19I7 by the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company of America, it came to Auseralia as their demonstration organ for this country. Ie was the first Wurlitzer to be exported anywhere overseas and remains one of the (WO or three oldest existi ng organs made by this company which produced over 2,000 pipe organs. Eventually they were sent to every English-speaking counery as well as the Cominent and one to Japan . They were more expensive than others of comparable size because of their very high level of construction (for example all contacts were in sterling si lver) and finish. This particular organ served its demonseration purpose in Sydney for ten years until purch ased by O swald C Hearne, a well-known Ceelong citizen, for installation in hi hom e Montana, The Esplanade Ceelong, where it remained for lhe next fifty-three years. The organ gave pleasure ro th e many who played it at Montana, including distingui hed organists such as Dr A E Floyd and William

(later Sir Wi lliam) McKie, who went on to become the organist at Westminster Abbey. All who played and heard it remarked on its to nal beauty. Ie was the first private residence o rgan in Australia to be broadcast, this being in 1930 over ABC station 3LO . During th e Secon d World War, concens w raise funds for Red Cross and other causes were held at the house, the organ being the focal point as both so lo instrument and accompaniment. When Montana was sold in 2001, the tru tees of rhe 0 C Hearne Estate were prevai led up on by Alan C lover (36), on-in-law of the late C H earne, w offer the organ as a gift w The Ceelong Coll ege. On hearing of this, the school enthusiasticall y accepted and Mr Max Currie arch itect of the Humble Centre, wa able to make provision for a chamber to house the instrument which will play in w the music audiwrium.

Resw ration, funded prin cipally and generously by O ld Co llegian Bert l~agg (29) who is a devotee of the Wu rl itzer organ, and his wife Ruth , wi ll include a solid state co ntrol system w replace the original re lay (which, however, wi ll be retained nonoperational for its hisw rical significance).

Many hundreds of small 'motors' have already been re-Ieathered and it is intended w refurbish and French polish the bea utiful Honduras mal10gany console. At present, the organ is in sto rage in M elbou rn e. W hen return ed for instal lation in the n ew location it wi ll be in first class co ndition. Alan Glover (36)

HOUSE OF GUILD was the yea r Kingsford Smith was lost on a tr ip (0 lI1gapo re, Mao Tse-ru ng ended his long march (0 Shensi P(Ovin ce a nd Lawrence of Arabia d ied after a mo(Or cycle accidene in England. It i also the yea r in whi ch Sir Francis Roll and was Prin cipal of The Geeeiong College and w ith vision es tablish ed the House of Guilds a a place w here boys at that time cou ld spe nd their spare hours in crea tive pursuits of va rious kind s. O ve r th e years many College stud ents have known The HOG , as it has become fondly know n, as a place that offers sanctuary fro m the academia of schoo l life a nd the rigors of sporr.

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In 2005 th e House of G uilds wi ll celebrate its 70 th Birthday, still an active pan of th e Geelo ng Co ll ege but in a far different format (0 the one wh ich Rolland es tab lished and names such as Jo hn Bechervaise, Fred Elliott a nd Donald Webb led for many years. Wh ilst the core business of the House of Guilds co ntinues (0 be creativity and the active acqu iremene of skills, th e learning environm ent is far different in 2004 compared (0 1935. Originally located in Talbot st, the House of G uilds shifted (0 its present location in Aphrasia st in 1980 after the genero us beques t of Mr Austin Gray. T he Austin Gray Centre was designed around the old prepara(O ry school and has now establish ed itself as a centre of creative excellence in a number of fields. Located at the Hub of th ese creati ve subj ects is th e H o use of G uilds. In [980 the then chool Principal Mr Peter Gebhardt in association with the school co un cil and the fami ly of Mr Austin Gray made a decision th at b(Ought signifi cant cha nge (0 the HOG. In a first for edu cational institutions, th e HOG wa opened for members of the publi c whom upon payment of a small fee were ab le (0 use th e faci lities of the HOG. Since th at time, over 830 peo ple have joined the HOG and made an enor mous va ri ety of objects, (00 numerous (0 mention. Peo ple from all walks of life have entered its doors, as we ll as g roups from Karingal, H eadway, Nelson Park and th e ourrhouse. The lea rn ing e nvironment in which our stud e nts have bee n ab le (0 be a parr of has bee n uniqu e in Australia n educa ti onal e nvironm ents. Of co urse it would be imposs ible (0 not strike one or twO characte rs a mongst that 830 who have become members over the past 25 years. One ma n ha come (0 symb olize all that the HO sta nds for. H e i a man who inspires all who use th e HO G, a man Few have the pleasure of meetin g and eve n Fewe r have the pl easure of knowing. Mr Joseph Jea ns will be T02 yea rs of age on th e

House o/Guilds member, M r joe j eans and Year 12 student, Anthony Cillch

... The HOG) as it has become fondly known, as a place that offirs sanctuary from the academia o/schoollife and the rigors o/sport. 22nd D ece mber Z004. For a man who was born in Syria in 1902, who never wene (0 school, who was appre neiced at 7 years of age and now speaks ove r 7 languages Auenrly, Joe h as inspired co untless Co llege students and is admired by all w ho come ineo coneact with him. Jo e's knowledge has not come from the classroom, nor the ineerner. It has come f(Om books a nd the u nqu enchable desire for knowledge about the world in which he lives. It could be sa id that a 'normal' 102 yeat o ld is either in th e hi (Ory books and a d istane memory (0 the few who remember them. Jose ph Jeans is a living his(Ory, a lesson from the past and a rea on for the futu re. Joe i not yo ur average [OZ year o ld! H e drives (0 Queen land o n his own at lea [once, if not twice a yea r, vis its the HO at least twice per day, has this year moved into a new unit and recently updated his [976 Gemini ro a Holde n four wheel drive. H e gave up making at 9 0 and now on ly partie one friday night per moneh! Hi mind and body work ro [he tun e of a person half his age. Joe ha been a regular face at the H G now for man y year, offering words of wi dom and counsel (0 tho e who e nte r the HO in pursuit of creative

excelle nce. Hi co u n el and knowledge are second (0 no ne, as i ti ng man)' rudene with w o rds that guid e a nd nu rture. This yea r has also ee n the u lmination of a unique assoc iati o n betwee n a o llegiJn and Joe. Anthony ia h ha bro ught to the H ou e of Guild ove r th e past fo u r rea rs hi unique ch a racter a nd like Joe ha arn~ued Jnd delighted man y adults a nd rudene with hi attirude [Q life a nd learni ng. Both ind ividual dra\\ on th eir pa io n fo r u ing their hand [Q xpre the inne r workin g of their 'o u!' Tmbolizing the core ex pre io n of e\'ery man .lIld worn n . tVl ay their legacy [Q the Geelong ollege be .1 [Qle rance [Q the value of craft man hlp dut ofte n [[a n pire time, <lnd th e imporrance of place uch a the H o u c of ui lds that allo\\ the e values [Q be reati\ dy c' prced.

Philip Taylor, H£'(ld of Fill£' lIl/d .-lpp/red An \'('ardm of rhe H OIISt' afGllilds,

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Pavement artist, Bany Drinan works with Campbell HOllse stlldents during Arts Week

Shalom College (Townsville) student works witb Year 10 students Alexandra Brown and Emma Jackson

5 Oscar award winner, Adam Elliott witb Year 6 students dllring Multi-N/edia week at the Preparatory School in July 6 Lallrie Adm and PallIa Konteb' (Bay Flvl) interlliew teacher Michael Panckridge dllring the Preparatory School's Illfulti-media week

3 Don Macmillan (41), guest speaker at tbis year's FOllnders' Day Assembly with School Captain, GeoJJi-ey Heard, Scbool Vice Captain John-Palll Nicolo, School Vice Captain Kirsten Ulmer and Prefect, Andrew Chidzey

7 Norm Stanley fi'om Narana plays the digerido for students in Helicon Place

4 Age journalist, Farah Farouche works with Year Kent Lin during tbe Year 9 Cutting Edge workshop

8 Playwright, Ross N[ueller works with Year 9 Drama students

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STAFF A hallmark of Bill's thitTY five years of se rvi ce ar The Geelo ng Co llege has been tbe co nsistency of his care for the well being a nd developmenr of the you ng adolesce ncs in his care as teacher and Home room teacher at the Prepararory School, and the gen uin e inrerest he h as show n i.n these yOWlg people as they marure and become senior srudencs. T he sinceriry an d warmth of mese relationships is apparenr when year level reunions occur or w hen Bill encou nters former srudencs. Bill has given unstinring service in the disciplines of Mathematics, Art and Visual Communi cation, and has contrib uted signifi camly ro me developmenr of curriculum initiatives and enrichmenr programs in Mathe mati cs. His contribu tion ro the leadership of the Prepararory Scho ol h as been clearly idenrified in me many coordin ati ng roles that h e has undertaken, as H ouse Master of Minerva and his ongoing assistance with the SRC.

BILL JENNINGS

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The co mmitm enr and loyal service mat Bill has dedicated to The Geelong College has bee n co nsistent an d unwavering and will be long rem embered by bocll staff and srudem s. We wish him well as he embarks on a new and excitin g phase of his life, with time ro enjoy m e delights of his grandchildren and spend more time with his fanlily.

Over me years, Bill's keen inrerest in spon and outdoor education has been suongly demonsuated by his participation in the Outward Bound

CoraL Turner, ProfessionaL Administrator

Mr Warren H arr is has had a wide range of teaching an d admin istrative experiences during his thirry one years at The Geelong College. He was appoimed as a yo un g teacher of Mathemati cs in 1974, the same year that the school became co-educatio nal , by Principal, Mr Peter Thwaites. H e has subsequentl y worked under tl1l"ee more Principals, all of whom recognised his co nsiderable talents as a rigo ro us educator. It was Principal , Mr Peter Gebhardt in 1977, who suggested mat Mr Harris should become a Chem ist ry teacher; a role that he has conrin ued with distinction for me ensuing years umil his retirement.

becalTl.e so cons uming that h e relinquish ed the H ead of Science responsibiliry at the end of 1998. Mr Harris has been called on to fiU val·ious aceing positions from time ro time, incl uding Acting H ead of the Se nior School for Pal·t of 1987 and Acting Director of Curriculum durin g 1989. H e has been a member of m e Senio r School Administration TealTl. since 1990.

During mose early years of teach.ing at clle College it is notable that Warren coached three sports a yea r - cricket, cross country running and athletics - and at the age of 42, he embraced baseball with an emhus iasm that spilled over into the College. For several yea rs up to 2002 he coached the gi r1s' JSt softball team.

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program, his rol e in developing and co-o rdin ating the ini tial Auscanl p, and trips wi th srudents ro Srradbroke Island, Central Australia and more recen cly to D enmark. Alongside this commi mlem ro physical act iviry has bee n his un waverin g dedi cation ro the development of yo ung footballers at The Geelong College. Bill has coached a football team at me Preparatory Sellool each year, with clle sam e comm iunenr, encl1Usiasm and suppon for m e players and watc hed wicll pride as many of these yo ung sportsmen developed into strong and skilful players .

Tn the late 1970S Warren was appoimed as H ead of Shannon House, a position that he enjoyed until 1988 when he becam H ead of the Science Departmenr to focus more exte nsively on hi love of Chemistry. In 1989 he added VCE Co-ordinaror ro his brief. Th is ro le

I anl sure that h e will be rem emb ered by his srudenrs for his extraordinary ge neral knowl edge. "Useless pieces of irrelevant informa tion," as he called mis attribute, resulred from his passionately wide readin g. Furtll ermore his inimitabl e capaciry to address all iss ues h ead o n and to "tell it like it is" ens ured that his stud enrs were neve r left in any doubt about how things should be . Warren H arris will be so rely missed at the Seni o r School for his wit, humaniry and dedicatio n to the task. We wish him a lively and stimulatin g retireme nt a nd hope that he wi ll also enjoy more leisure w icll his wife, V iv, (w ho has also taugh t at var ious ti m es at th e Co ll ege) and his fami ly, M ichelle (89), Catherin e (91) and Stewa rt (94).

Margaret Lethbridge, Head o/Senior SchooL (WeLfare)

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John W Kenny BEQUEST chool holidays and John used ro tay with our fami ly at' ewberry Hill ', a fi herman' conage abo ut 2km on the Melbourne side of orrento, which we used ro take every ummer. I have a memory of John reading in a hammock. The hammock gave way; John did not lili: hi and head from hi book but at on the gr co ntinued reading. John and [ used ro wirh D avid Bonh\ ick at ha\ ing Point, r.lerung. The hou e had a private water frontage and

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wa clo e ro heaven. Jo hn was a good cholar. He \\as merhodical, nea t and precise. Hi favourite ubject was histo ry. H e alway ropped rhe clas in bookkeeping. H e had a di taste for cricket and football and rarely attended compul Of) practice. H e was a very good wimmer. r.!r Aclom , in charge of ph)' ical training, examined every boy to ferret our uch defect as Aat feet or protruding houlder blade. He recorded Joh n as being a perfect phyical pecimen.

I remember John as having a much wider knowledge of rhe world than 1 had. onversation with my parents wa confined ro ropics which the), thought would be of intere t ro ch ool children. John, I believe, di cu ed current affair wirh hi mother and family friends. His resource rood me in good tead w hen I wa asked ro write for the Pega u m aga2ine about chool vi it to opera at Hi Maje ry' . To review the performance was quite beyond m e. John handed me <llit of appropriate co mm ent which found their way into the m agazi ne. An exrract: "1\ Ian)' heard l\1adame

Mr John Kenny died on 2 June 2002 aged 82 years. He was an internationaLry recognised coLLector ofantiques, particuLarry Chinese porceLain and gLass. He Left an exceedingry generous bequest of $400,000 to The GeeLong CoLLege Foundation, and in accordance with his wishes, the Foundation has created the John Kenny Bursal)1 Fu.nd. It wilL enable the schooL to offer pLaces to worthy students fim17 fl wide range ofbackgrouncls who would not be abLe to attend The GeeLong CoLLege without some financiaL assistance. The CoLLege is extremery gratefitl to John for his thoughtfuL and generolls gift, which wilL make a reaL difference to those stl/dents who are fortunate enough to receive a John Kenny Bursary. John board ed at the Co llege from 1931 ro 1936. H e left in Ocrober 1936, hi s inte rm ediate year, now Year lO, in order ro take up a po iti on in th e office ofTh os \'{fhite c Co, chartered acco unrants. Mr Whire was sa id ro have already tri ed o ut seve ral predecessors ro Joh n , but non e

I have a memory of John reading in a hammock. The hammock gave way; John did not lift hi h ad from his book but sat on the grass and continu d r ading. of them measured up ro hi high standard. A co ndition of Jo hn leaving before rhe end of rhe year wa rhat we would sir for hi s intermediare certificare ar the 1936 public examinarions. This he did , and passed. Having one's intermediate cerrificare wa , in rhose day , regarded a a qualificarion for enior clerical or accountin g job. fy brorher, Bob and I weJ1[ down ro rhe ollege in 1932. John and I becam e clo e friend. I can'r remember mu ch of whar we talked abour bur rhere wa an end Ie s Ao\ of conversarion. We vi sired one anorher during

Au rral aloin rhe 'Flying Our hn1.ln' in whi h he a ng wirh grear power a " nra. The pinning ong wa vef)·li\·ely ompared \ irh the eerie rone f rh b,ulad of the Flying Dutchman." '\ e saw a great deal of him in rhe imm-liiat po r-wa years and he \\ a, be t 111,ln ,It n1\ wedding in 194-. ·\lan Doug!.1 , lohn ,lIlcl I lun hed togerher even \\e~k fr~m I'ro lIJ1[il the [9-0 .

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Year 1 solar car team at Scienceworks Fom left: Allgw Sellel; Alexander Carr and Tim Cleary

Year If Drama students work on their costl/me design for their production ofLift 011 Mars

3 Year 11 'Impressionist' Art excursioll to Airrys Inlet 4 Phil MyIOJ; Head ofFille and Applied Arts, works with Year 3 students during Arts ~ek 2004 5 Mr Michael Betts (6) presents the Peter Betts memorial trophy to flotballCl; Andrew Banjanin (Year lI) at The Geelong College v Geelollg Grammar Ist! football match

6 Earlier tbis year, Prime Afinister, Jobn Ho ward and Stewart McArtbur (51) Federal M emeber for Corangamite met students, Eliza Elliott (Year 12), Luke Dickens (Year 12) and /vlelody Abikbair (Year 11) at tbe Geelong Gallery 7 Jon Arrigo (Year 12) sits on bis 'swing cbair' which won tbis years Furnisbing Industry Training Award, obtained first place in the Secondary Scbools Design and Technology Section ofthe 2004 FUl7lisbing !ndusny Training Awards. JOIl was also named Austmlasian Designer oftbe }'em'for 2004 for a new outdoor product - tbe first time II secondary school student bas even been nominatec!' let alone won

8 AP. team repusmt,ltll'(J ilt the \I'llter ,/)(Irt Drnner -from left: Louise '/;I),lor dlld JW1CoI Kay Hockt!) , with Dr Pallline Timur. Prill";p,,,, ::';m1fJ Dt'TtllJS Hock") and Rosie Clm'stmsm {,Verball B.lck row from left: HtlIfllsh Troon (Footbal/), ',,,,iI, \I}'III I Hockt!)} dna TrIStan Afoumjo), (Football" 9 OlympIc gold met""list. Dreu Gllln U'uh \md,.\lcL.lrf) (lear 11), Amelia Rayson (l~.lr 111, HUll FlIII.Ig.111 }mr II), Scott ttllhams n~oIr II}, JO/lTl Linke (ledr Ill, wum O'Rourke (lear II), (mil> Per/mls ( }~.Ir 91 College TOil IIIg stlldems at the launch ofthe United tt"l Corpor.lte Cup.

Geelong College Cfldets. Cflrdillifl Pflrk. [909 (sic) L to R Siftillg 111 fi"Ol": L. . SlIIith (k); CL. Yo llllg(k); C Dflrlot Wln-e: A .D . GUlln Stflnding: C H. LfltlfI(k}; ;'C . /{'l1Jfil1f1n(k); R.S. Sword; G. CD.Reid. (k) - killed in fiction. Idel1fijicfltioll find Donfltion: All'Istl'lir Dllnn. Engll'll1d.

tzI 1£ -{real tII~ H isrori an, Janl es Affieck is compiling a regisrer of all Geelong Collegians who served in me 1914-1918 War and me SOUdl African War. Your help is needed in this valuable project widl any srories, phoros or memorabilia that you may have heard, seen or know of relacing ro Geelong College servicemen in the Grea t War. Of particular interest is information abo ut th ose who served in th e British Imperial Army.

T he fo llowing list includes servi cemen for whom litde informarion other than birm details has been located. Also included are so me who served initially in the AIF, rhen transferred ro the Imperial Army. If yo u can assist please contact th e Community Relations Deparmlem or the Archivist at the Geelong College. Telephone: 5226 3III.

'Dr John Bell D SO (Boer War & WWI) Robert N ichol Black °Kerslake William Cocking Jack Leslie de Gruchy D enni s Andrew W illi am Dougall #*G eorge Fl eming Walrer Gibson Lesli e Ern est Grace #'<J D H arper H erbert Hall 'Kenn eth Goodall H earne RJ H odgso n "E Spencer Holloway ' Ashby Arthur William Hooper "G eo rge Howa tson Jam es Dunlop Jackson

Hugh Webb *James Gerald Worrh (Master)

L Johnson XHarry Talbot Joh nsto ne Alexan der Mackenzie R WMi ller W J Mor rison Edward Murray Rev A C Newbury Henry Keating Brook Paul Phillip Galloway Pullar Clarence Thomas Robins Geo rge Tasman Skin ner A V Smi th Arthur Maurice Snow A C Srock H W (Horace ewron) Stro ng "'Cha rl es Gordon T imms MC Geoffrey Selwyn Walker

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The CoLLege is also specifically seeking photos ofthe following servicemen. Alick Allardyce John Bell John Ernest Pushman Bowring John Murray D av is Alfred Warre n D ean W illiam Aitchison Ferguso n John Stawe ll George Stanley W illii s Geo rge Sranley C harles McPh ee George Francis Mo ir

George Buchanan Munro Charles Frederick Reeve H C H Rob errso n H enry Jam es Duff Sharp Fran cis John Shrimpron Charles Cecil Srodan Charles M erton Srodarr Charl es Gordon Timms H enry Stephen W radlal

Archives and Heritage Volunteers T he Geelong ollege is es rablishing a volu m eer suppOrt group ro assist in organising, researching, locating and exhibiting herirage materi als relevant ro T he G eelong oll ege. IF you have an imere t in the Co llege's hisrory, kill s in indexin g and researchin g or simply waIl[ ro pu rsue a schoo l related resea rch project, th en join The Geelong oll ege Heritage Gro up.

The first garherin g of me gro up will be on Tuesday 25 January at 5.30pm in Davey House, T50 Noble Street, New rown. All iIl[ere ted parents, tudenrs or Old Coll egians are welco me. Enqu iries ro Co n Lannan (H eritage and Archives Offi ce r) or Caro l Barn ard (Direcro r of ommu ni ty Relat ions and D eve lo pm ent). Ph o ne 5226 3IH email c1 annan @geelongco ll ege .vic.edu. au

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Old Collegialls re-linite at Ben Miller alltl Fiolla Nelso!/J weddillg. Back roll' from IrJi: Jeremy Miller (96), Jason COllnel1 (93), Ben Miller (93), Tim Joyce mzd JOllatboll mzor. From row from Left: Kate Nelson (98), RebecclI Yo llng, Fiona Nelson (95), JlIll ie Klligbt (nee Bail 95) and E/Iy Yo ung (95)·

Third from lrJi: \'(Iilliam Dolley (2002) WtU a member oltbe sliccessjit! Victorlall A Fellcillg Team winlling tbe National Title ill AdeLaide in OctobeJ:

3 Pamlylllpliall Richard Colman (2003) shows his gold medal to Campbell HOllse stlldmu. He won tbe T53 800m event and set anew Pam0'mpics record in r! rhens.

HERE n) there FIORAN BOURKE (92), was a m ember of rh e gold m edal Jan Juc Surfboar crew winning rh e W o rld Surf Lifesaving C hampio nships in Viareggio , lealy in Seprember. JO CK BROMELL (50) and his wife Ros, spenr rim e recen riy ar rh e G luepo r Reserve, owned by Birds Ausrralia, working as vo lunreer rangers. D UNCAN MACKENZIE (55) is C hai rm an of rh e M anagem enr Comminee of th e Reserve. TIM COLE (78) has recenriy raken up an academic appoinrmem as Senior Lecrurer in ri1 e D eparrmenr of Biochemisrry and Molecul a r Biology ar Monas h Universiry, Melbourne. PETER COX (70) relo cared ro Seymour twelve years ago and owns the Seymour Berra Elecui cal srore. Perer is married ro C hrisrin e and has th ree sons and one daughter. H e is very invo lved in local commun iry and service clubs. WILLIAM DOLLEY (2002) was a member of rhe Vicrori an A Fencing Team whi ch wo n rh e N arional Ti ri e in M en's Epee in Ad elaide in O crob er. REVERE D BILL EDWARDS renewed his con mcr with ri1e Pirj anrjarj ara C hoir, which he rrained during his minisrry rh ere fro m 1958 ro 1980 . In 1966 he rook th e C ho ir (rh en kn own as rhe Ernabella Choir) on a rou r ro Melbo urne, Adelaide and eve ral provincial rowns, including Geelo ng, where rh ey perform ed ar rh e Plaza T heatre following an eve ning meal ar the College. Bill maimained coman w irh E rnabella when he lecrured in Aboriginal Srudies ar rh e SACAE a nd Un iversiry of So urh Ausrrali a, from 1981 ro 1996. In recent years rhere has bee n a resurge nce of im eres r in rh e Pirjamj arj a ra hoir and rh ey were in vired ro sing dur in g th e 200+ Adelaide Fes rival of Arrs. Bill co nducred rh e perfo rm ances in Pilgrim C hu rch and in ri1 e Adelaide Tow n H all where rh ey sang before rh e premiere of Perer cu lrhorpe' Req ui em. In 1988 Social Science Press pub lished Bi ll's An I mrodu crion ro Abo ri ginal Socieries, w hich was used as a

rexrb ook in u ni vers iries a nd schoo ls. A revised ediri o n was pu blished in February 200+ In his reriremem Bill spend a lo r of rime inrerprering fo r rhe Pirjan rjarjara peop le in hospirals and co urtS; playing re n n is and gardening. JI M FERGUSO (37) has bee n made an H o no rary Li fe Me m be r of th e 2/ 9rh Ausrralian A rm o ured Regi menral Group Associarion . TIG GRIFFITH S (71) and GARY THEWLIS (66) have recenriy celebra red rwenry years in business rogether. \X1ith rh e sread y growrh and success of rh eir Jo hn D eere gro unds care dealersh ip in Geelo ng, rhey a re open ing a second dealership in Colac. JARRAH GU RRI E (98), with fe llow film - maker Ge nevieve Bailey, won me G eelong 'Sh oo r Ou r' Film Fesri val and also rhe [5 /15 Film Fesrival. T heir win nin g sh orr fil m was n amed Ind i. DAVID KARM O UCH E (48) performed in rhe leadin g rol e in T he M ikado wirh rh e Ballarar C ho ral Sociery a nd rhe Un iversiry of the Third Age C ho ir. H e hopes ro pe rfo rm in rile Geelong C ollege G ilben and Sulli van co ncen on Sarurd ay 19 farc h, 2005. The indo mi rabl e HARVEY LADE (38) has made a marvellous recovery fro m al mo nella poisoning. Nrer a period of u n o n cio u nes in inren ive ca re, fo llowed by several monrhs in hospiral , he has bou nced back a nd i curre nri y undergoing rehabili ra rion so he can play go lf agai n. JO AS l EA (94) has be n reaching English in Japa n fo r several yea rs, b ur had ro rer urn ro Au rrali a du e ro ill ne . Jo nas was recently th e grarefu l rec ipie nt of a bone ma rrow rran plant mer rhe Bone Marrow Donor In rirure was ucces fu l in fi nd ing him a marching donor in Euro pe. H e is now fee ling we ll , and livin o in M elbo u rne. MARK MCCO AC HY (94) ha been workin g fo r Parh ca re in Colac as a medical scienri r for over rhree years. H e is engaged ro Claire rew::lrr a nd rh ey will be married in Decembe r.

ALLAN MCD O ALD Q (50) re eive an ho no rary Docror of u \ \ recencl} in rec gninon o f se rvices co th e la\\", co Deakin Uni\'eriry and co rh e co mmu ni C)'. After lea \'ing The e long College he ob rained a Bachelor of L1.\\· degree in 195 from The Uni\'e r iry of ~ Idbourne and joined the Viccorian Bar in 1961. In 19-- he cook silk an d became re nowned for his (rial and appell are work. H e \\"as appoinred a~ a Judge of the upreme COllft in 19 and rerired in 2.Oo:!.. H e has made a con iderab le onrribu(ion co arhl e(ic an d was recogni ed in 2000 \\"irh an Ausrralia n pon to-Iedal. Between [991-2.002 Allan chai red rhe D eakin Univer iC)' chool Ad visory Board an d played a le::lding role in developing (he Univer iC):s LLB degl e. AMAN D (C DO lALD (2000) has almot co mpleted her BApp c in Bendigo, majonng in Bio rechn ology a.nd Emironmenral 'cience. M URRAY t-.l CL (60) ha been appoinred Ausrralia n Ambas ador co Japan. He cook up re iden ear rh e AuStral ian Emba~y in Tokyo In ovembe r. JIM MA RE D (7 5) and \\ ife 'all}, PH lL MARENDAZ (69) and wife Lee-anne caught up wirh WARREN PE D (-- ), PET ' R OlO M O (73) an d on, 0.\arrhe\\ recently. Th e}' we nt o ut on H ong Kong Harbour 111 Pere r' yJ ht and rhen had dinner ar rh asa bla n a Res rauranr on Lamnu I,l.md. AL I TAIR RO LAl D ( I) has been ,Ippoinr~d Head ofTimberrop ar edong Gr,lmm,lf, chool. T ERRY iTE R ( 3) ha r '(end) rerired from his Balmo ral pro perty and i, no\\ li\ ing .lr Ru sell' Bridge on .1 null 'r f rop '[(\. MAND lOT (93) i, \\ orklI1g ,b ,111 O ccup ati o nal T h 'rap i r for B,\fWon H ',llth ,mJ \\ as marr ied r D ,I\'id [ ennl,on ,u .I,m.1u In Fcbrua r) 200+ The larc N R..\I N \\' ETr 0:H.\ l l ( -9 had a lifel o ng inrere, r III blI'c! ' ,md \\,1 ' .1 k "11 uppon 'r o f Bird -\u, rr,tli,l. \\ ith th ' ,b'l~t,llI~e o f rhe 010 rl11.1n \\ crrc nh,IlI l·ound.uil)ll. the

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sevench and final volume of the illustrated Handbook of Australian, ew Zealand and Ancarctic Birds will be published shortly. T his will complete a significant, sciencific treatise that [ orman envisaged and supported fro m 1989. The lorman Wetten hal l Foundatio n co ntinues lorman's pas ion for co nservatio n of the livin g environmenc in Australia. WVAV. nwf.org.au T REVOR WIT COMBE (68) has been teach ing English in kindergarten, elementary schoo l and ro adult business classes in Taiwan for twO years. He is al 0 learning Chinese Mandarin.

Births Congratulations ro the fo llowing famil ies on their new arrivals: JANE ARMSTRO G (94) and Adam Coli icote - Sophie Lewis on 3 Ap ril 2004. MELINDA BALD (NEE WIGGS 88) and her husband Matthew - a son, G us H arper, on 20 December 2003, a brother fo r Zachary. They have moved from Ivfelbourne and are now living in Bellbrae. SHANELLE BISKUP (NEE J ONES 92) and her husband Peter - their first child, Harley William on 20 May 2004KERRlE BOWER (NEE SOWERB Y 93) and husband David - Emily on 29 February 2004. NAT BRALEY (NEE NlESSINGER 88) and h usband Mark - H arriet's lime sister, M illicenr Lucy on 17 November 2003. HELENE BUTLER (NEE CAME RO 78) and husband Garry - a daugh ter, G race H elene on 25 June 2004; a little sister for Raymond, Emma and Madeleine . SNv1ANTHA CALLAN (NEE RAITRAY-WOOD 82) and husband Davi d - Anna Margaret, a baby sister for Charlie, Pippi and Edward. HAMISH CAMERO N (87) and wife Zoe - Aljce Rose Upjohn on 22 July 2004. BRUCE DOERY (78) and wife Samantha - Dougal Derek Henry D oery on 2 July 2004; a brother for Arabella, Geo rgia, Edwina and Matilda. MATTHEW DUNSTO E (88) an d hi s wife Laura - son, Spencer Jo hn \XTilliam on 28 June 2004. SIMO FLOWERS (90) and wife H elen - daughter Brianna Jade on 19 May 2004. DARYL GREEVES (85) and wife D onna - Zachary James on 22 Apri l 2004; a li ttle brother for Campbell. ANJA HANJE (87) and her parmer Jarl Friis - their first son, Tope. T HORST EN HANJEN (83) and panner Anita Olsen have a three year old so n, N iels. MELISSA HOARE ( EE BELL 89) and husban d Matllew - a son, W illi am Barry on 30 November 2004JAC K HOBBS (84) and wife Kimbe rl y - daughter Scarl err Wesro n H obbs on 10 Ju ne 2004; a little sister for Jam ie and Matthew. T IM JARMAN (90) and Toni - son W illiam Timothy David on 4 December 2003. SIMON JARMAN (91) and Livia - so n Oscar James on 29 Apri l 20 0 4.

Greg and KIRSTEN KILPATRICK ( NEE GREEN 91) - son H arvey C raig Kilpatri ck on 4 Ma rch 2004. T IM OT HY KNIGHT (90) an d wife Peta so n MaA'weli T imothy o n 25 April 20 0 4. RUTH LEGGE (NEE DO UG H ERTY 94) and husband Tim - second son Lachl an D avid o n I April 2004; a brotller for Zachary James . ANTHONY LEIGH (90) arld wife Sharl non - H arriso n Ma.'-",vell on 30 Jarl uary 2004; a bro th er for Maddison Keelyn. JAMIE MCCONACHY (93) arld his wife Fiona - daughter, Geo rgina Alice on 22 July 200 4. FERNE MILLEN (96) is now the phorograp her for Surfcoas t Living magazine and resides in To rquay. ALISTAIR MILLER (92) arld his wife Bronwen - Mackenzie John on 5 O crober 2004; a brother for Lily. DANIEL MUHOR (92) arld wife Lisaa so n Xavier W illiarll on 29 March 2004; a brotller for Jordan. ALISON STEELE (86 NEE LEI GH ) arld husband, G reg - Erin Vicroria on 18 September 2003; a sister for O livia and Wilson. PAUL SCHRAM (89) and wife Kylie - Zarl i on 17 December 2003, a sister for Jayden . JASON T H IELE (85) and wife Trudi - Greta Mar'guerite on 31 M ay 2004; a sister fo r Tom . SIMONE TODD (NEE MOORE 99) and husbarl d Yin - a daughter, Sophie Paris on 18 August 2003 in Geelong. A sister for Joshua Hayden and H amish D ylan. GREG T UCKER (81) and wife Julie (Staff) - Mia Elizabeth on 5July 2004; a little sister for Nathan. KERRl WILLIAMS ( NEE M c C O NACH Y 85) and husband Alan - a daughter, Emily Elise on 5 November 2003 .

KATE LEA (91) married Garry Wallace in the USA in Apri l 2003 . They are now back in Austral ia, living in Torq uay. SIMON MITCH ELL (92) married Carli Ro ulston o n 10 Jan uary 2004. BEN MILLER (93) arl d FIONA N ELSON (95) we re married on 17 April 2004 at St Peter's C hu rch, Daylesford. JACQUELINE MORPHY (90) m arried C hristop her Smith at T he Geelong College C hapel on 3 April 2004. ANDREW POOLEY (94) arld Joan ne M cRae arlno unced their engagement on 9 Ju ne 2004. ALICE SHAW (NEE T REVASIG S 95) was married to Leigh Shaw o n 28 Sep tem ber 2003. HELEN TARR (80) maITied M ichael H off on 19 February 2004 at the Torq uay bac k beach. T hey live in N ewtown with fi ve of their eight childre n. KATE WATCHORN ( N E E ARMST RO N G, 93) marri ed Robert Watchorn on 5 April 2004 in Palm Cove. G uests incl uded ALLISON WEDDING (97), BEN ABBOTT (97), GEORGINA HART (96) AND NICOLE RUGGERO (91) . Kate and Rob live in Katherin e, No rthern Terri to ry and they are both teaching at McFarlane Primary School.

Deaths K (Keith) RALSTON (30) G (Graham) M CRABBE (53) R (Rob ert) TREADWELL DAVIES (41) P (Paul) M CAKE (90) P (Paul) LLOYD DIXON (63) S (Stewart) S DOW (37) K (Ken) F FORSYTH (38) H (Howard) J GLOVER (29)

Engagements and Marriages

J (Jean) GIBSON (Staff)

JACINTA ARNUP (96) married D avid Twaits on 9 O crober 2004 at Christ Ch urch, Geelong.

J S (Stan) ILLINGWORTH (31)

ADAM BECKWORTH (94) married Penny French at The Geelong Coll ege C hapel on 29 May 2004. KIM BLAMEY (86) married Rod Morris on 26 June 2004 at St N icholas Seamen's C hurch, Wa rrnambool. REBECCA EGAN (88) marri ed James Telfer on 19 D ecember 2003 in Adelaide. They are now livin g in Mackay. SARAH GILES (94) and BENJAMIN FITZGERALD (94) we re married on 12 D ecember 2003 at We rribee M ansion. WENDY GREEYES (85) marri ed Mark Mi ll er on 13 December 2003 in Anglesea. EMILY HAM ILTO N (95) and Al exander O strowski ann o unced their engagemellt on II Jan uary 2004. ICHOLAS JARMAN (94) and EMMA SEARS (94) arlnoullced their engagement o n 31 Jul y 2004T IMOTHY KNIGHT (90) married Peta Fun sto n on 12 Apri l 2003 at C hri sr hurch, Geelong.

N (Norris) F HOSFORD (27) P (Peter) J HURREY (58) D (Don) R T MACMILLAN (41) REVEREN D J A K (John) MCLEAN (26) G (George) T NEWTON (26) M (Michael) W NEWTON (86) I (Ian) J OPIE (55) W M (BiU) ORD (26) S (Stuart) E RANKIN (Pas t staff) J (John) S SILCO CK (39 )G A (George) WALTER (28) R (Rob) J WATSON (57)

We regret that DAVID C DIXON (54) was Listed in this coLumn in Ad Astra NO.I06 instead o/PAUL L DIXON (see above). David C Dixon is aLive and weLL.

WeapoLogise to both fami Lies fo r any distress this error may have caused them.

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Obituaries WILLlAl'vl HOWARD (Beattie) STEEL died on 5 July 2004· H e boarded at the College from 1933 ro 1937 and was one of its mo t brilliant swdel1ts. His school njclmame, resulting from his reading the part of Beatrice in 'Much Ado about othing', stayed with him for the re t of his life. Beattie studied under twO legendary mastets, Tammy Henderson (science) and E B Le ter (mathematics). He was dux of the school in 1936. In his final year he gajned 1st c1as honours in six subjects and in three of them won the exhibition . (the highest marks in the state.) H e went on ro the University of Melbourne, res iding in Ormond College and graduating in both artS and science. During World War II , he carried out essel1tial work in optics. After the war, he studied at the Sorbonne, where he received his Docrorate en Sciences Physiques in 1953. He rewrned ro Sydney and, from 1953 ro 1985, worked at CSIRO ational Measuremel1ts Laborarory gaini ng an international reputation in optics and interferometry. His achievements were not widely lmown in Australia because his field was very special ised. After his retireme nt from CSIRO, he continued ro teach an d work as an honorary professor at Macquarie Un iversiry for another fifteen years. He was the first chairman of the Austral ian Optical Society and for many years, president of the Internatio nal Comm ission for Optics.

His awards included the 19 5 Mee ledal of the Optical Society of Am erica, awarded every twO years ro a person 'who exemplifies th e thought that optics trans ends all boundarie -interdi ciplin a ry and internation al alike. ' The ociety acknowledged his contribution ro man y international organisation a well as his technical achievement in diffractio n theo ry, interferometry and optical design . The usrralian Optical Society, on news of his dea th , resolved ro rename ir premier award ' The Australia n Optical ociety WHo (Beatti e) Steel Medal .' Beattie always kept his paning gift from the technical scaff at CSIRO - a model \ ith the inscription , ' Opti cs is Light Work. ' H e i survived by his wife Emily and by his children , Anron y and Catriona.

Alan Douglas ( 32), Ken A itken ('34) STUART RANKIN was employed as groundsman from 1935-1961 (Break of 5 years \'V'a r ervice) and as the College's fourth Head Ground man and Curaror from 1961- 1983. Related by marriage ro Geelong College's first C uraror Hugh MacKay who came out from Scotland with Rev. Alexander Campbell the School 's founder. Hugh's uncle Edward Rankin was the second curaror and a noted G eelon g Football Club player.

T here i a 'cute' ph oro of wart Rankin \\ ith Ian Redpath and a bab) lawn mo\\er pre ented ro w art by the then chool aptain rula Reed in 19 . The ollege' actual hor e-dra\\n lawn mower i reputed ro be I n the eelong H eritage emre.

Con Lannan 1B 0 joined The eelong ollege lib ra ry tafFin 1972, initiall) for one year. he retll rn ed n ine \'ear later in 19 1. Jean \\a a m uch loved and ~'alued member of the tafF who e co ntribu tion ro the library wa~ made with co n cienti o u ne " a good 11atllre and a deli ghtful en e ofhumouf.

\'V'b en Roger alen needed an a . istant in the Aud io Vi ual ection of the Library, Jean \\ as chosen, even tho ugh he la ked knowledge of th e tech nical ities im'oked. Roger says, 'thi matllre lady gritted her teeth and mastered the tec hnical mon ter be oming a virtuo 0 o n th e machinery, while retaining good humo ur a nd di gnity'. Jean di ed o n 13 D ecember 2003. he \\ ill be re membered by th o e who worked with her.

Jane H onman, Roge/" a/ell and Pat \,('ood

Old Geelong Football Club Seaso n 2004 for th e OGs had many rughlights and some disappointments. Both the firsts and reserves reached the finals. Captajned by James Kjlpatrick, th e Seconds team included several Old Co ll egia ns, Rjchard H erd, Greg Allen , Daniel Salter and Rob ert Kjlpatrick, who played a big role in the team's success during th e year. Their first final was played agai nst La Trobe University. In fine condirio ns rhey defeated the ladd er leader by three goals, earn ing a week's break and a Spot in th e G rand Final. The eniors played Ivan hoe/Ass umption in a cut-throat, first semi-final and recorded a solid, co nfidence boosting vicrory. Preliminary Final day dawn ed full of excitement For the Se ni ors. At half time OGS were within strikin g di tance, but a ten goal blitz by opponent Old Carey in th e third quarter das hed the hopes and as pirat ions of th e entire club. And so ended th e se nior ca mpaign for the yea r. The following week the rese rves went down ro La Trobe in atrocious conditions, ending th e season end on a very disappoiming note.

The momentum that started in 2003 cominued thi year and there is much ro look forwa rd ro in 2005. The comribution of many Old Geelong Collegians is a major facror in th e success of the club. Players such as Tom Betts, Nick Betts Mat Goldsworthy, Jame Hope-Johnsrone, Jamie Bell, Justin Fitzclarence, AI Munroe and harlie Fairbairn are a credit ro their old school. Off the field, there were twO major highlights. The first was a wonderful day at Como Park in April when OGs hosted a curtain raise r AP practice match between the Geelong College and Geelong Grammar 1 t XVll1 sides . It enab led the enior squad from both school ro play on the OG s home ground and forged closer link between the lub and the chool . The second highlight wa the celebration of th e Club's 50th Anniversary. A parlding, black ti e evem was held at Crown Casino with almo t 500 past and presem players, official , supporters, parents and repre ema tives from Geelong ollege. The team of the half- emury was announced. ongratulations ro currem College teacher, Mark [ eeld , who was named as Vice Captain.

The Old Geelo ng Football lub wi he ucce and good luck ro al l eelo ng ollege tudent co mpl eting their V E thi year and invite all leave rs inte re ted in pl aying foo tball in 2005 ro join th e O Gs. Th e foo tball i ompetiti\'e and rewarding, th e cam a rade ri e is trong and the ocial a tm os phe re i welcom ing ro all new me mbe r . IE i very im po rtant ro , that th e proud traditi o n of eelong olleoe pa rttclpa tio n co ntinue an d prosper .

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