KOOKABURRA 1954

THE KWKABURRA.

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LIST OF CONTENTS

School Prefects

Editorial

Principal's Report

Importance of Royal Visit .

The Traditions of the " Black Watch"

Opening of the New Building

Cot and Relief Funds ................. .

The School Service

Empi re Youth Sunday

The Tempest

Modern Languages Concert

Prefects' Notes

Choir Notes

Boarders' Notes

Guide Notes

Form Notes .

Library Notes

Club Notes

The Music Club

The History Club

Kindergarten Notes

Hous e Notes

Hock ey Notes

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SCHOOL OFFICERS, 1954

PREFEC'IS.-Wendy Addis (Head Prefect), Beverley Bird, Ma r garet Clifton, Tasma Clifton, Margaret Cook , Jennifer Gollan, ,Dall as Milbank, Patricia Murphy, Enid Nicholls, Jenny Raison , Jane Rose , Lesley Stone, Robin Thomas.

HOUSE CAPTAINS.-Carmichael: Glenys Angus; Ferguson: Joan Thornton; McNeil: Priscilla Hodby; Stewart: Norma Nunn.

DEBATING CLUB.-President, Wendy Addis; secretary, Jenny Gollan; committee : Jenny Raison , Lesley Stone, Felicity Seale, Jeanette Dunkley.

MUSIC CLUB.-President , Margaret Cook ; secretary, Enid Nicholls; committee: Margaret Clifton, Margaret Sherwood, Jill Bird , Margot Brown.

HISTORY CLUB - Pres ident, Pat Murphy; secretary, Tasma Clifton; committee: Helen Purdie, Mary Alexander, Penny Ward , Shi r ley Ireland, Jennifer Grose, Penny Dures.

FRENCH CLUB.- President , Robin Thomas; secretary, Helen Purdie; committee, Mary Alexander, Audrey Heterick, Nola Buckie, Anne Roberts, Joan Lado, Barbara Lutz.

LIBRARIANS.- Bridget Adamson, Shirley Ireland.

MAGAZINE.- Editor, Margaret Cook; sub-editor, Jane Rose; committee: Wendy Addis , Robin Thomas, Bridget Adamson , Jeanette Dunkley, Joan Stewart.

PREFECTS

L . to R. ( s tanding): J , Gollan, M. Cllfton, L. Ston e , D. M Hbank, B Bin! , M. Cool{ , P Murphy. L. to R. (sitting): T. Clifton, J. Ros e , W. Addis , Dr . S umm e rs , R .. Thomas, J. Raison , E. Nich o ll s .

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K<JDKABURRA

DECEMBER, 1954

The year 1954 has been a momentous one for P.L.C. , for in this year an impressive new science block comprising two laboratories and a lecture theatre have been erected, and a start has been made on the long-awaited Carmichael Hall.

Formany years P.L.C. has been the Cinderella of the secondary schools of this State, as far as buildings are concerned, although its scholastic and sporting records have been of the highest.

The Carmichael Hall represents the summit of our aspirations regarding buildings, for, however, true it may be that buildings do not make the school, a really fine hall is a symbol of its dignity and tradition.

Although most classes are at present still housed in the wooden classrooms, the buildings themselves are hardly recognisable, wearing as they do, smart coats of cream and green, and being walled with clear glass louvres instead of the old canvas shutters. Only the old laboratories and the gym have yet to have a face-lift.

However, fine buildings are not everything and they alone will not carry us through in the years to come. It is for the pupils of the future to make sure that the high reputation of scholarship and sportsmanship, and, above all , of honour and fairness, earned for the school is not lowered.

This year has been a momentous one not only for P.L .C., but also for Austral;a , because in this year a reigning monarch set foot in this land for the first time. In honour of the , visit of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh, it was decided that this year's issue of the "Kookaburra" should be a Royal Visit issue and a competition was held for the best special cover. Judged solely on artistic merit, Margaret Clifton's was the best, Elizabeth Sherwood's second, Susan Copping's third, and Shelley Brownson's fourth , but it was found that the most practicable design for a m ag azine cover was SI:Jelley Brownson's. Hers, therefore, forms the cover of thi s i ssue, and Margaret Clifton's is shown inside.

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PRINCIPAL'SREPORT,1954

Th·s is P.L.C.'s 40th Annual Speech D . . . , . from the small school of some 50 pupils in SI S a t a r Perth, to the present one of 520 pupils 'th .t tlc c t , Nor th and numerous buildings, at Cottesloe. ' WI I s extensive g r ound s

In the matter of buildings, the development policy of th a ras beenH continued. The new ablution block and . m ayson ouse have both 'mproved d . a ' accotmmodation. The pavilion classrooms :hing schoolrooms,. had been shdutters into clear glass ms1 e an out have made the tt · completion next year. Further to be dable to report its

Such externals do not mak h 1 b · . are certainly conducive to bett e a se oo ' ut. pleasmg surroundin gs considerably to keep the bhulildinlgs h e lp

Th h. hl' h Ig eve e Ig Ig t of first term was of h . . · Majesty the Queen and the Duke of of He r some disappointment at the cance11at'on of m d ere was on the Show Grounds owin . ass .emonstr at wn certainly had a closer and g to the polio outbreak, the child re n

marched to the beastc oofo 'tpresentded a spectacular appearanc e as it · Is one rum.

The scholastic record of the h fields. Of 24 Leaving candidates 20 in many more distinctions each and f 6 · 3 J . • 0 em w1th o n o r 11 with the m · ' 0 umors, 46 obtamed cc rtifi ca l' 's apart from 15aximum numl ber of subjects. In the Alliance Fr a n passes m ower grades we h d th . · • Division I two of h ' . a ree candid a t es for standard so i;'isor: sufccessful. This exam is abov e L eaving a er or congratulatiOn that w e h cl 1 out of the twelve passes in the State. a wo

In Music exams there were thr H the various Practical grades and thee and t e n C red it s in in Musical Perception. This an? e ig ht C n ' ci i t s a choir for the Musical Fe t· l' ' or e rst tim e W<' nt <•rp I and awarded fourth pl s It was given favour a bl e c·omn wn t

Speech exams, all o f

Twenty-three girls took th M th 1 < c 1 · the Health De t t .· e o ercraft course co nclu <" t <' cl by par men , and all passed the 17 · · and 4 with Credit p W d . exams, w11 h llon ours part in the daer scotrmtg 100 % Som e of thc•s < ' g irl s l ook mons ra wn at the Royal S I . 1•1 Office course in Tele h . 1ow . H ' l'os l this year and 24 girglsrap Ie andd Telephonic knowl d gr wa s <'onlllll lt' d . receive certificates.

. The passmg of examinations is by no m e an ti b t th r g o111 o l c·d llt '.t· on, u exams do serve as a periodic t e st o f· s tand n nl , : 1111 t Pag e 6

such, have a useful place in any scholastic system Naturally in th e secondary department the Junior and Leaving loom large but I should like to impress on parents particularly- so that they in turn may impress on their girls- the importance of keeping up to standard throughout the course and not considering the actual year of the public exam as the only one in which solid work need be done.

Even if the recognised aim is nothing more than passing, say, the Junior, the course in most subjects covers three years' work and the first and second years are just as important as the third. Successive Junior Forms bewail the fact that they did not work more thoroughly in their sub-Junior years, but successive subJuniors rarely profit by their predecessors' experience. Even allowing for the considerable improvement in work which many girls show during the Junior year, owing to an 'mproved attitude, it is very unlikely that a girl who does not obtain a pass out of the sub-Junior will achieve a pass in the Junior.

On the other hand, when the work is conscientiously and consistently done during the first two years, there is no need for any feverish pressure and consequent overstrain at the end, and the socalled evils of examinations cease to exist. Anyone who passed by P.L.C. the afternoon before the Junior and Leaving began this year would certainly not have noticed any examination strain in the grotesquely clad figures on the tennis courts, as the sub-Leaving boarders entertained the Junior and Leaving boarders at a fancy dress tennis tournament.

Unfortunately, owing to the polio outbreak, the first term sporting activities were considerably curtailed . The Life-Saving Carnival, individual life-saving tests and also the Edwards, Mursell , and Slazenger Cup competitions in Tennis were cancelled, but by second term conditions had returned to normal. This year there has been an experimental return to inter-school competitions in Hockey, Basketball and Softball. The P.L.C. teams acquitted themselves well, winning the Basketball and being runners-up in the Hockey.

In the inter-house competitions McNeil won the basket ball, Stewart the hockey, Carmichael the tennis; McNeil and Stewart tied for the soft ball, and Stewart won the athletics J. Bannistel' was Champion Athlete, with J. Vincent as runner-up, and J. McGregor, Junior Champion.

The various school clubs have functioned very well, and the committees have gone to a lot of trouble to organise varied programmes or arrange for interesting vis iting speakers from time to time.

A total of £320 has been contributed to Cot and Relief Funds , which are tangible evidence of the school's training in social servicf'. From the Cot Fund donations have been sent to the Children's Hospital, and to Byford Children's Home, Sister Kate's Home and other local charitable institutions for children. The first call on Relief Fund is £13/2/6 to each of our sponsored children overseas. These have now been increased to eight. A special article in the s chool magazine this year has given some account of the circums tance s of these child_ren, and extracts from letters show the joy our p a r c els brin g t hem . Two food and two clothing parcels have aga in b ee n se n t to ea ch child .

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Representatives of the school attended the Univcrsi ty service m St_. George's in April, Empire Youth Sunday, and a combmed Student Chnstian Movement service in Ross Memorial Church. Our own annual School Service was held on August 15th, when Ross Memonal Church was crowded with present and past pupils. service _was conducted by the Rev. J. Green, who has been actmg Chaplam throughout the year while the Rev. J. MeMaster was enjoying a well deserved holiday in England. I should like_ to thank Mr. Green for the time he has devoted to the school durmg the year.

Two boarders were admitted to full membership of the Church this term and two confirmed in the Church of England.

The school has taken part in various interschool events in the course of the year, apart from the usual sporting items and debates. In an interschool Music Recital was organised by our !VIUSIC Club. m which each of the participating schools contributed In third term P.L.C. representatives attended a s imilar evenmg at Perth College. Some of the dancing experts became nymphs and three had small parts , in the very successful Scotch performance of "The Tempest" last July. We also contributed a_nd Esperanto items to the interschools Modern Languages Evemng m the Burt Hall. These evenings, organised by the Modern Language Teachers' Association , were a great stimulus to oral language work before the war and are now being revived.

Th e most important visitor to the school was the Moderato rGeneral of Austral i a, the Rt. Rev. F. W. Rolland, O B.E., M.C. , M.A , who was good enough to spare us part of a morning durin g his very short visit to W A.

Miss Wendy Nash gave a lunch time recital in the gym shortly before her departure for Europe; and a representative of the Shell showed the film "The Back of Beyond." Both were greatly enJoyed by the school.

. During the year we have received several gifts of book s for the hbrary, a copy of Dr. Blackall's book on West Australian wildflowers, an assorted collection fram various people movin g hou se , and, m_ost appreciated by the younger chi l dren (not always at the nght time) , a complete series of Billabong books.

Carmichael Bequest Scholarships to the value of £700 have be en awarded as follows: - Boarders: S. Ireland and G. Low e £40 ach· E. and S. Lukin, £75 each; Janet Johnston, M . de Castilla: J. Stimson and 0. Robinson, £25 each; S. Johnston , £50. Day girls: D. Dawson , J . Stewart, M. Brown, J. Vincent, J. King, 1:25 eac h ; B._ Baird, B. Sloane, G . Hill, E. Baker, M. Teasdal e, J. E lli s, K. Wilson, E. Scrymgeour, D. Fauckner, £20 each; N. Harvcy , £15 . Carm1chael Bursanes: P Paterson, £30; Jenny Watson , 1:10 MeN il Bursanes: P. Pottinger, £20; J. Pilmer and G. Fallon , 1:10 -:'a ·h. J\11 are tenable for one year and in all cases diligenc e and g nC'r'al attitude are taken into account as well as actual acactC'mic achievement

protracte d inquiry and negotiation we have at last Sll<'ceeded m gettmg supplies of a fine gingham in Black Wa[('h Tnrt ;rrr pattern for a summer ';lni form dress. This will rep lace' 1IH ' fm 1 11 headcloth d:;ess. The material is obtainable at the sc h ool orr ty :rrul the office Will be open at certain times durin g the holidays 10 "" ""

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it. With this new dress there will be a return to black walking shoes for both summer and winter. Girls under 5ft. will wear fawn socks in summer and bla ck in winter; taller girls, fawn stockings in s ummer and black in w.nter.

In conclus ion, I should like to express my thanks to the teachino- office and house staffs fo r their loy al support throughout the and the Council for all the time and thought they have put into the furtherance of the interests of the College.

THEIMPORTANCEOFTHEROYALVISIT

Not very many months ago almost the entire populations of two great Dominions and num ero us British Colonies went crazy over a young English woman and her tall sailor-husband. Peopl e thronged the streets to see t hem pass, great cities were lit up magnicently at night in the ir honour and people all over the world, by means of newspapers and radio, followed in their h ea rts and minds these two young people in their journey from one end of the earth to the other.

Yet Queen Elizabeth II is but a figurehead, her c onsort but a helpmate in her arduous public duties; s h e has no real constitutional power; if the last powerful monarchy in the world were to fall tomorrow this would not ev en seriously disrupt the business of government in England or in any other country of the Commonwealth.

However, this is most unlik e l y, as at a time when thrones ha ve fallen or are falling all over the world, the British monarchy has probably nev er been so popular. This was demonstrated by the tremendous reception given to th e Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh wherever they went on their Commonwealth tour this year.

This is not only because the Queen is an attractive young woman married to a charming man of her own choice and possessing two delightful children; it is mainly because of the British attitude to the Crown. All people must have some object of heroworship. This is obvius from the glorious careers of such m e n as Alexander the Great, Caesar, Napoleon and Hitler. The British have the same tenden cy but they go about it in a more unemotional , traditional way. As they respect and admire their ancient castles and orders of chivalry, so they respect and admire their hereditary monarch. They have set their monarch almost, it seems, on a separate plane from themselves, and they have a love and respect for the Throne which endures regardless of whoever occupies it at the time.

But the British monarchy is not only important because it is the only one among the Powers and because it has such a strong hold on the imagination of the people, but a l so because it provides the bond between the various members of the Commonwealth. Th e British Commonwealth of Nations consists of a number of countries, most of them peopled by the British race, each of which is a separate self-governing nation Their one bond of union, apart from all being free democr.acies on the pattern of the United Kingdom . is the fact that they all acknowledge as their own parti ·ular monarch , the Queen of England.

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Each of these countries is now a separat e ntit y , (' nlitl d t O> make its own laws, to enter into trade agre m nts w1th o th er countries independent of Britain's arrangements , to d_cc la1 ·c or not to declare war, whatever Britain may do. However, 111 orciN I h a t the free world may present a united front to preser ve 1l s d e mocratic way of life , it is necessary that the countnes o( th ommonwealth should have some link with each other. That th e

Crown provides this link cannot be doubted by anyone who observed the tremendous welcome given to the Royal Couple in his own c ountry and who realized that exactly the same warmth of welcome was given to them in each of the widely-differing countries of the Commonwealth which they visited. In each of these countries there are the same feelings of affectionate loyalty to the Crown and of particular interest in our young Queen which provides a common focal point for their people so that they are drawn more closely one to the other, as brother-nat:ons under one head.

It is important, too, that the Queen should know something about the different countries which are governed in her name. She is Queen of Ceylon, New Zealand and Australia just as she is ·Queen of England, and so it is right that she should see the lands and become acquainted with the customs of the far-distant peoples over whom she reigns.

Moreover, it is right that the people of her distant realms should have a chance to see her and her husband. It stirs up their loyalty to the Crown and it is this loyalty which keeps the monarchy in its position as the central and binding force of the Commonwealth.

Certainly the Royal Visit was an immense success, not only outwardly, but also in the deeper things which it achieved. It brought the Queen into touch with her people at the opposite end of the globe, it gave the different countries of the Commonwealth a sense of brotherhood with each other to feel that they had each been hosts to their monarch, and it strengthened the bonds of affectionate loyalty between the People and the Crown which is the basis of our idea of constitutional monarchy.

P.L.C.ANDTHEROYALVISIT

P.L.C. was represented on several occasions at functions held in honour of the Queen.

The entire school saw the Royal Progress along Stirling Highway. For this occasion the girls were marched down from the School, led by an able drummer, Margaret Clifton. The Royal car was preceded by police escort and dignitaries of the State and Commonwealth. All had a wonderful view of the Queen and Duke, who gave the girls a special wave . It was an exciting moment which we will long remember.

As head prefect of P L.C. Wendy Addis was invited to the Women's Reception at the University. Here, the Queen was p r Esented, on behalf of the women of W .A ., with a book on Western Australian wildflowers.

For the ceremony of the Elizabeths, i.e. a girl with the name of Elizabeth was nominated from every school to plant a tree, Elizabeth Anderson was chosen, but unfortunately this event was c ancelled owing to the polio epidem!c.

Norma Nunn, as a Queen's Guide, attended the Garden Party at Gove rnm e nt House. Jane McNeill and Jane Stimson represented P L C. Guides in a Guard of Honour for the Qu ee n

Apart from thes e "individuals, and th e offic ial vi e w of th e R oyal Pr og r ess by all th e g irls in the S c hool, m a n y s aw the Qu ee n e lsewhere, a nd s h e will re m a in fo rever as a h a ppy m em ory.

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THETRADITIONOFTHE"BLACKWATCH"

RoyalHighlandRegiment

The Black Watch, the oldrcst of the six Highland R e giments , was raised in 1739.

The original task of the R eg iment was to keep order and peace in the Highlands and to guard the Highland-Lowland bord er.

The dark tartan worn by the Regiment was especially de sig n ed for it in order to avoid any possible jealousy that mi g ht ha ve ar isen from choos ing an existing clan tartan. This dark tartan , toget her with the original role of the Regiment, part of which was to kee p watch over the Highlands, gave it the Gaelic name "Am Freiccadan Dhu," which means Th e Black Watch.

In 1882 Queen Victoria honoured the Regiment by granting the Royal Stewart red tartan to be worn by the Pipers of th e Regiment.

The Black Watch h as fought in most of the great battles fought by the British Army since its first battle at F onteroy , in Flanders in 1742 .

The Queen Mother is now the Colon el-in-Chief of the Black Watch Regiment.

Affiliated Regiments h ave been formed in South Africa, Canada , Australia and New Zealand , a nd all have nobly uph el d th e traditions of the R e d Hackle

The Regimental March es of the Black \Vatch are: -

(1) The Garb of Auld Gaul.

(2) Blue Bonnet s Fro' over the Border.

(Con tri bu ted )

THEOPENINGOFTHENEWBUILDINGS

The opening of the n ew buildings on Wednesday, August 18 , 1954, was a day of excitement in the h is tory of P.L.C. Th e celebration was to take the form of a gym and d a nce display The morning was grey and cloudy , and very worried discussion s were goin g on as to whether the rain would hold off until our display was over. Afte r ten weeks of practice our rhythm work had slightly improved and Mrs Carter and Mrs. Rose were really wondering if we were such clumsy elephants as they had thought!

The Moderator commenced the ceremony with prayer, after which we all assembled on the tennis courts. The first dance on the programme was the "Teddy Bears' Picn ic," by Classes I and II. , This was a simple step, and contrasted with the final dance, "The Tango," by the Leavings and Sub-Leavings. By this arrangement Mrs. Carter showed the audience the progressive steps suitable to different age groups. Other dances were : "The Daisy Polka," by Standards IV and V; "The Irish Jig," by the VI's; "The Country Dance," and "The Sailor's Hornpipe," done by the VIIs ; " Carnival" and an "Indian Hoop Dance," by the sub-juniors ; and " The Mexican Hat Dance," performed by the Junior forms.

The Council was seated on the large balcony of the Junior School building, and about four hundred parents and friends sat

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a long the length of the t e nnis courts which w e re an eff ect ive settin " f or the dances , being similar to an amphitheatre . b Mrs. Carter arranged the programme s o that there were no ?reaks between each item. The weather durin g thi s p e riod had Improved, the wind had dropped and no rain fell until all th e dances had finished. Owing to lack of t ime and the dampness of the ground, the table of Swedish exercises which was to have been performed by Senior classes had to be cancelled. The colourful cost umes were made from crepe-paper sewn over Speech Day

OPENINq OF NEW SECTION OF P.L.C.

MR. P. J. BARBLETT (left) procurator, holds umbrella ov e r th<> head of Right Rev. the Moderator HAROLD PERKINS, B.A.

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frocks. Each girl made her own costume but credit must go to Mrs. Carter for designing them.

After the display afternoon tea was served and many parents later toured the school which was open for inspection. Miss Pollock's class displayed original and unusual works of art in needlework, knitting, painting and drawing. Miss Norris's handwork classes displayed excellent needlework and handcraft in the Art Room. Other exhibitions were held in all the classrooms,. the Junior School and the laboratories. Miss Pollock's cartoon of P.L.C's efforts for the "Save the Children Fund" was much appreciated.

COTANDRELIEFFUNDS

As in previous years the School has made large donations in the form of money grants, food parcels and clothing to unfortunately-positioned children living overseas. A brief outline of the conditions and life in which these children are surrounded will help readers to fully appreciate their need and gratitude at being helped.

But first, how is the necessary finance obtained here at School? A large proportion is given voluntarily by each child. Two representatives are chosen in each form who are responsible for collecting the money from their class. These funds are enlarged by the proceeds of periodical "tuckshops." To produce a tuckshop all members of a certain class bring edible goods to be sold at lunch time .

When the school offers to sponsor a child the "Save th e Children Fund" sends particulars of some family with a or son whom they consider would benefit by our help. If the introduction makes special reference to the child's lack of warm clothing or nourishing foods, a parcel is sent at once to her, independent of the customary money grant of £13/2/6 per annum. The following particulars were sent when we first sponsored an Austrian girl in 1953.

"Annemarie Schrebitz, born on the 4th of February, 1941, is an only child. She lives with her father and mother in a single room , damp, and without a separate kitchen. Her father has been ill for many years with open T.B. and almost all the time is confined to his bed. Her mother, too , is infected with T.B. and she is too ill to really do any hard work. In spite of this, however, the poor woman is forced to work for others as a cleaner for a monthl y wage because they are so terribly poor. Their income is no t sufficient for food - not to mention clothing. Mrs. Schrebitz is a very diligent woman and in the evenings she sews · and makes clothes for herself and Annemarie from good parts of old clothing which she has to r ip up first. Annemarie is a sweet girl, intelligent, open-minded and good, always willing to help others. She is quiet a nd very earnest because she has seen so much misery and bitter need through her father's illness. One of her wishes is to learn some instrument as sf1e is very musical, but this her parents cannot a fford. Annemarie is a child well deserving of help, especially as s h e is in danger of contracting tuberculosis ."

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Our sorrow at the death of Anne's father early this year may be fully understood. We have sent her both a food and clothing parcel within the last few months. In one of Anne's letters she writes: "Many thanks for the money which I have received and with which my Mother has bought me two flanne l sheets for my bed, and flannel for a night shirt. Mother would not have been able to buy me these things if you had not he l ped so generously."

Another sponsored Austrian child is Margarethe Liedl, one of six children, the two elder girls are now grown up. The father, a former employee of the Austrian Railway Company, now receives a small pension. The entire family live in a flat which, though spotlessly clean and tidy, is so barely furnished that the four children have no beds of their own but sleep with their parents. They are often unable to provide sufficient food for the family, while such necessities as clothing, bedding and linen are almost entirely beyond their means. We have sent Margarethe one food and two clothing parcels this year.

A French child in our care is Eliane Roux. She lives with her parents and two brothers and sisters in Paris. Unfortunately her father is a sick man and frequently has to stop work and undergo expensive treatment. The youngest child has died since our sponsorship began. Eliane is also under the supervision of a doctor who says she must have more nourishing foods. The family have at last found a place in which to live, but so far have been unable to buy the necessary bedding and linen.

In a letter dated 12th May another French child writes:

"I have been sick with a fever and ask your pardon for not thanking you immediately for the sum of money which moth e l.· received. With this money I have bought three pairs of socks, a pair of sandals and a bathing costume. At the end of school it will be necessary for me to spend a month at the sea because I have glands. I thank you w ith all my heart for the parcel which mother got in Paris. Our situation is very sad, my father abandoned us several years ago and mother has to keep me and my brothers and sisters with the family allowance."

The School is at present sponsoring eight children, four French, three Austrian and one English fami}y in which two girls share the yearly £13/2/6. To all of these children at least one food and one clothing parcel has been sent in 1954, and in some cases more than one.

The sponsorship money am c unts to one hundred and five pounds with an extra twenty pounds paid for food parcels. All clothing l1as been brought by the girls; also several skeins of wool. These are only eight unfortunate children receiv i ng help - may others think of the vast number struggling day by day in want.

THE SCHOOL SERVICE

The Annual School Service this year was held, as usual, at G.css Memorial Church, West Perth, on Sunday, August 15th, the :3unday nearest the school's birthday. In the absence of Mr. McMaster, who is in England, the service was conducted by Mr. Green, who has been relieving him as school chaplain this year.

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The service, which was broadcast, began with the singing of the Sanctus followed by a prayer.

Hymn 259 was then sung, after which Margaret Cook read the Old Testament lesson, Psalm 8. Mr. Green then gave an address to the Sunday School children.

Hymn 39 followed, at the conclus ion of which Mr. Green led us in prayer. Wendy Add!s then read the New Testament reading, taken from Luke 10, the story of the "Good Samaritan."

Hymn 17 was followed by Mr. Green's sermon which was on "personal relationships." He reminded us that the state of world peace is largely dependent upon our regard for, and consideration towards, one another.

The school choir then sang the anthem "0! for the Wings of a Dove." We were joined by the congregation in singing the school song "Land of our Birth," and finally the prayer "God be :n my Head" was rendered by the choir.

Thus ended another memorable and successful P.L.C. school service.

EMPIRE YOUTH SUNDAY

Since 1937, Empire Youth Sunday has come to have increasing significance as a day set apart when young people in all parts of the British Commonwealth are linked by a common act of worship and dedication.

On May 30th of th is year a party from P.L.C. attended the Empire Youth Sunday Ceremony. Many were disappointed that the march past on the Esplanade had to be cancelled owing to bad weather. (This may, of course, have been due to the fact that we wanted to show off our much-practised marching). Instead of assemLling out of doors, the various groups gathered in the Capitot Theatre, where first of all an introductory address was given by Dr. J. L. Rossiter, Chairman of the Associated Youth Commi ttee. His Excellency the Governor, Sir Charles Gairdner, then spoke about the purpose of Empire Youth Sunday. He also read us the Queen's message, to which a reply was read by a representative of West Australian youth. The message - - one of loyalty and respect - was warmly applauded. The programme concluded with a Flag Ceremony presented by the students of the Training

When the ceremony ended, the various groups left the theatre and went to special Youth Services at their respective churches.

The P.L.C. contingent went to St. Andrew's where, during the service, a Roll of Honour for those members of the P.F.A. who died in World War II was unveiled by Mr. Watson.

THE TEMPEST

As I sit here , looking at the blue sky and fleecy clouds outside, my mind is taken back to a scene in complete contrast with that of my present view.

Many of you who visited the Assembly Hall on July 22, 23 and 24 would probably recall this scene of thunder, lightning, rain and g eneral bedlam!

Yes, it was the opening to William Shakespearo's "The T e mpest" - a play in which 12 P.L.C. girls took part. I don't think Page 19

any of those girl s will ever forget it . They took the part of either nymphs or goddesses - despite the disbelief of their form mat es and other friends. The nymphs took the i r part in all seriousnes s, rehearsals being held now and again in the back of Sub-Leavin g classroom. The goddesses obliged by standing (?) in for an y absentees.

Slowly, as these three fateful nights approached, twelve girls became a little apprehensive - "would they fall down?", "would they remember it all?", "will I sing properly?". No! they didn ' t think so!

Their dressing room, being shared by six young shapes, resembled the Sub -Leaving classroom in one of its worst moment s Every night, despite the fact that dressing was started at 8 o'clock, crowns were still being thrust onto heads and make-up was being smudged two hours later, a quarter of an hour before they we re due to go on!

But something must be said for these girls' intentionsthe number of "Chaucers" and poetry books found floating around amidst cocoa and coffee was most encouraging!

However, those three fateful nights came and went. Incidentally, I don't think the girls quite realise that the play has completely finished, because I still hear strains of "Ceres, most bounteous Lady," etc., issuing from their classroom.

You wonder how the author (?) of this article obtained thi s interesting information on the f emale characters? - You see, I w as one of them.

THEMODERNLANGUAGESCONCERT

For the first time since the war the Modern Language Teachers' Association held their annual concert . It took place at the Burt Memorial Hall on the 6th of August. Four schools took part (all girls!!) to form a most successful evening.

The programme was short, but interesting and amusing (for those who could understand it). It began with a well-performed sketch by St. Hilda's School. Methodist Ladies' College did two short items- a poem and a song, both with actions. A simple German play (the on ly one) was produced by Perth Modern School, which also represented the languages by German and French country dances in national costume.

Now we come to the great linguists from P.L.C The sixth s tandards did very well in singing the little-known Esperanto Antliem. Then came the last item- the great "La Farce de Paquin Fils," produced by M;ss Hope and performed by Sub-Leavings. Congratulations go to the stars, Bridget Adamson and Anne Roberts. In this play an amusing atmosphere was created by many unrehearsed incidents.

After the final bow the sub -leaving performers immediately proceeded to eat the remaining property food, only to find that the cu r tain rose again for the National Anthem. The pianist said, "Sing up , girls!" so sing we did, despite mouthfuls of sausage, lettuce and biscuits.

PREFECTS'NOTES

As there has been an increase in the number of girls in the school this year, so there has been an increase in the number of Prefects.

The twelve of us signed the Prefects' Book on the first Friday after we returned to school and resolved to become the best prefects ever- but we soon found that certain sections of the school had other ideas.

We commenced the t e rm in the old Prefects' Room, and because of the generous forethought of our predecessors we did not have to worry about new curtains, painting, etc. However, Robin did donate some new baize which looks most attractive on the tables. Our first meeting was held about a fortnight later. To this one we invited Dr. Summers, Miss Major and Mrs. Cusack, and although it was a 1·ery tight squeeze we all managed to enjoy the afternoon tea.

Towards the end of the term we attended the University Service in St. George's Cathedral- the service was most colourful and impressive.

Jenny Raison, the 13th, joined us on the last Wednesday of the term, and was just in time to help us with the arrangements for the School Dance. This was held early in second term and was most enjoyable , and I would like to thank all the mothers who came along to prepare the delicious supper. I would also like to thank all the Prefects who co -operated with me in the preparations beforehand.

Early in second term great activity started in the Book Room. B y peeping under the door we could see great holes being patched, Pag e 21

so we decided that we must be going to move into new H.Q's. We did so eventually , and even this room appears too small. One improvement was a large cupboard into wh ich we could put our books, but as Cliffo occupies every one of the shelves, th e rest of us have to leave ours lying around the room ! !

One thing about th e n ew room that we soon found out was that the walls were not soundproof-our singing was not appreciated- in fact it was thought rather painful!!

Again this year all the Prefects have gone through that thrilling ex perience of supervising preps. Strangely enough th e Junior s are a bout the most notorious of the lot , and not the Sub-Juniors.

I seem to remember some tyrants polishing our floor early in the year, but it was so badly done that we decided we were better housewiv es ourselves.

We have , as usual , been kept busy collecting all th e rubbish lying around the school and putting them into Pound. How evE.\' , as most of the articles were unnamed , we found good use for t h em as dusters and polishing rags. Mrs Cusack came forward with the brilliant suggestion of collecting all the "empties" and selling them to the grocer. We did this and added a large sum to our mon ey-box.

Folly is to be congratulated on her fine attempt to establish a garden - she even went as far as buying pansies and planting them

HOUSE CAPTAINS

L. to R.: P. Hodby (McNeil), J. Thornton (Fergusop), N. Nunn (Stewart), G. Angus ( Carmichael).

MAGAZINE COMMITTEE

L. toR. (standing): R. Thomas, J. Stewart, B. Adamson, J. Dunkley. L. to R. (sitting ) : J. Rose (Sub-editor), M. Cook (Editor), W. Addis. P age 22

but, alas, people tipp e d hot water on them, and with one thing and another they just didn't survive. Perhaps next year's Prefects will be ab le to pick flowers from their own garden, instead of raiding the school beds.

The School Service was held on the last Sunday of second term The lessons were read by Margaret and Wendy , an d the others managed not to drop the collection plates.

And now as the yea r draws to a close our short reign as Prefects is nearly over. With the Leaving looming up we are making good reso l utions to do all the work we haven 't done already, and join in wishing everyone the very best of luck in this very important term.

CHOIRNOTES

This year ha s bee n quite successful for the choir and more ambitious than usual because we entered for the Music Festival and sang at the Town H a ll on the night of July 16th There were 35 girls in this choir. Miss Hutchinson put a great d eal of time and work into coaching us and Miss Dorrington accompanied us . This was our first attempt at anything like this and I really think we did justice to our sc hool. We were encouraged by the very good report we received from the adjudicators. Two days before the Music Festival Miss Hutchinson gave the girls a party in the gym, to which we invited Dr . Summers and Miss Dorrington. We had a few games, then a d e lic :ous afternc.on tea . Ever yo ne enjoyed themselves (particularly the boarders! ).

For the Annual Church Service this year the choir s ang "0 for t h e Wings of a Dove" and also two or three descants for the hymns .

THE FESTIVAL CHOIR

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When we returned to school at th e beginning of the year we found that the new dormito ries and ablution blocks in Finlayson House were still incompl ete- h ence no increase in the number of boarders. We welcomed 14 n ew g irls at the beginning of the year and several others came in du r in g the year. There were also several new members of s t aff , but two of th e m left us during th :; course of the year.

The highlight of first t erm was our bus tr ip into P e rth to see the city lights for the Royal Tour This came as a very pleasant s u rpr ise to every one of us , an d we would like to thank D r Summer s for making this trip possible.

During first term fi ve seniors went to a te nni s party given b y the Prefects of Christ Church. Altho ugh the tennis was not of a hig h standa rd we cer t a inl y en joye d it very much. Earlier a group had attende d a film evening at the Peppermint Grove Tennis Club The ne xt day saw var ious would-be tennis players ex ploitin g Road's and Roscwa ll' s tactics on th e te nnis courts!!!

Th e sen' or boarders h ave again this year taken part in th e vario u s c hurch gatherings, as well a s S .C .M . meetings at Scotch Col lege. Several girl s been admitted to the Presbyterian Ch ur ch and some confirmed ln the Church of England.

It was fortunate fo r us that there were no Swimming Sports at the beginning of the year. Goodness knows how w e coul d h ave raised a t eam' 1 ! However. the Hockey was quite diff ere nt, an d our t eam defeated the day g irls by five goals to one- a crushing defeat!! This year we ha ve been w ell represe nt e d in all the School Teamsex cept the Basketball- th e r eason being that the majority of our rugge d types play hockey.

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We were brokenhearted to see that the "relics" had been taken down and replaced by the most recent modern art. We would like to thank Dr. Summers very much for giving us something else to gaze at dur ing our mealtimes.

Third term has now started with all the usual good resolutions. Let's hope there will be no blackouts or epidemics to disturb us. We all join in wishing everyone the very best of luck in the forthcoming exams.

This year has been an eventful one for the Second Cottesloe Guide Company. There has been a gratifying number of new recruits; so many in fact that a new patrol, B lu e Cranes, has had to be formed. New Patro l Leaders and Seconds have taken over during the course of the year owing to the resignation of several P .Ls.

Great enthusiasm has been exhibited by most of the company with regard to tests. Quite a number of Guides have passed their Second Class and others are working hard for this award.

Our chief thought for first term was the Queen's visit. The Guides over 14 took part in a Youth Rally on Monday, in which the Queen took the salute. In preparation for this there were numerous marching practices and we hope that our marching impressed the Queen.

We were all disappointed when our Guard of Honour in King's Park during the Royal Progress was cancelled because of the polio epidemic. However, we were pleased that we were allowed to wear Guide uniform when we saw the Queen w ith the school on Thursday.

Several of the company had special opportunities of seeing the Queen. Norma Nunn , as a Queen's Guide , attended the Garden Party on Monday and Jane McNeill and Jane Stimson were chosen from the company to form a Guard of Honour for the Queen at Government House on Tuesday afternoon.

A training centre for Guiders is to be built in the bush near Lesmurdie. It will provide valuable training for Guiders as well as an excellent camp and hike site for Guides. Fo r the first time a public appeal for funds has been made by the ' Girl Guide Association. The company is endeavouring to raise funds. During second term we had an extremely successful tuckshop at which we raised nearly £8. On our 31st birthday a parents' night was held where we displayed various aspects of the practica l side of Guiding , and patrols gave items .

With second term nearly over we are preparing for a camp to be held at Paxwold and we all hope that third term will be as happy and eventful as those just passed.

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FO RM NOTES LEAVING

This year we started off with the same laudable ambitions as do most Leaving forms, but ideas of lifting, by example, the conduct of the lower school to a previously unknown high plane began to dissolve after the first few weeks.

We were amazed to see on the first day that the traditional home of the Leaving form was in the throes of being completely rejuvenat e d and we were temporarily relegated to the science lab Here we lived for about a fortn i ght in peace and harmony only slightly impaired by groans from the back benches. Great was the rejoicing when we "flitted" to our beautifully-painted classroom, although there was a certain amount of grief at relinquishing the ancient desks of the Leaving form to the Sevenths in favour of slightly smaller ones which were more easily fitted in.

Owing to th e unfortunate epidemic of polio, there were not many class activities in first term, although naturally everyone became very excit ed over the Royal Vis it which furnished us with conversation for many weeks. Early in the term, however, we were able to attend the Univers ity Dramatic Society's presentation of the "A ntigone of Sophocles," which had previously been explained to us by Doctor Summers. Part of the class went on a Frida y night, the rest on Saturday night and all seemed to derive great enjoyment and benefit from it.

The penny concert at the end of the term was immensely success ful, mainly owing to the participation of the boardin g members of the sta ff. The two Junior forms , Sub-leaving and Leavin g eac h presented an item , Leaving's item consisting of the dramatisation of two songs, "Daisy Bell" and "Riding down from Bangor." Few who saw Folly sitting on the stage looking so cool, calm and collected would have guessed that the last stitches had been put in her dashing black beard only a few minutes befor e.

No soo ner had second term arriv ed than the school dance was upon us and problems of partn ers, frocks and supper beset us at every turn. The number of girls who thought they would be different an d bought yellow material s for their frocks was amazing! Still, the general effect was extremely cheerful. Everyone voted the dance a huge success and felt that all the ir efforts had been amply rewarded. Needless to say, the teachers breathed sighs of relief wh e n it was all over, having vainly tri ed to command our wandering attention and direct our daze d m inds along the straight and narrow path for all the preceding fortnight of the term. The most to be p itied was Dqctor Summers, who had to struggle through reams of the 'drivel' we had written that morning in our English exam., when our minds were too occupied with visions of beautiful frocks, soft lights and sweet music to be able to give more than a passing thought to Chaucer and Browning.

We have done very well with our fund contributions this year, under the able direction· (?) of Ann and Nicky. We are all agreed that the bogey of unemployment should never dog their footsteps. 'The Taxation Department would no doubt be eager for the services

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of two such renowned money-grabbers. Our tuckshops, too, have been very successful, and we have gained quite a lot of money for the funds in this time -honoured fas h ion. ·

In second term Mrs. Carter arrived to take over gym lessons and the day after the first of these most of the Leavings were seen rubbing various parts of their anatomies and complaining loudly of stiffness.

With the Sub-leavings we performed a 'Tango' on the tennis cou rts as part of a programme of dances connected with · the official opening of the new b ui ldings. We had great fun and excite ment, both in the learning of this dance and in the making of the costumes. There was to have been a gym display as well as the dancing, our part in which was to have been the performance of a Swedish table of P.T. exercises and some rhythmic exercises,. but, unfortunately, this part of the programme had to be cancelled owing to heavy rain.

With the coming of third term we have all returned from our holidays fighting fit and more or less prepared to gird up our loins and work so h ard in the last few weeks that we will mak e up for the laziness of the rest of the year.

Our thanks go to Miss Major who has been admirably patient with us and who has been so helpful and kind as to make our classroom almost a "home away from home" to us. However far we may be scattered next year we shall never forget her interest in us and her understanding even in the face of our many misdeeds.

We wish the best of good luck to next year ' s Leaving and we hope that they will have just as happy an d interesti ng a last year as we have had.

SUB-LEAYING

That doubtful privilege of compiling the form notes of one's class has fallen upon two of the sub-normal Sub-leavings

Under the fiendish gu idance of Mrs. Cusack we have sailed through this year with flying colours, with Joan as our efficient Form Captain.

The continual cries of "Cot Fund?", "Relief Fund?" were successfully carried on this year by Barbara and Margot.

A welcome is extended to Ann, Heather, Joan and Robin ·the la test additions to our flock.

The swimming sports were cancelled during fi r st term because of the outbreak of polio, likewise our display in honour of a visit of the Queen and the Duke.

The main event of the year, namely the school dance, was voted a huge success by "all and sundry."

As usual during 2nd term we reverted (?) to childhood and, laden with "Tootle the Train", etc ., we proceeded to make our way to Princess Margaret Hospital. Several of us were not surprised to find lipsticks decreased in size, and our gloves mangled beyond l'ecogn it ion while our minds were entranced by Goldilocks eating puddings! Nevertheless we hope that next year's Sub-leavings will have as much plea ure as we did on these Saturday afternoons.

August 6th was a night to be remembered by all those who attended the concert held by the "Modern Languages Association" Page 27

in Burt Hall, Perth. Sub-leaving once more lived up to its notorious .reputation with the play "La Farce de Paquin Fils," which, without Miss Hope's frantic efforts, would have been a jumble of pidgin French and actions!

. This year we received a great surprise when 12 young g i rls ·come goddesses and nymphs, were given the chance to bring out their hidden talents on the stage - assisting with Scotch College in "The Tempest."

Friday, the 30th July, saw many of our number, with other classes, off to a beautiful performance given by the Vienna Boys' Choir. Choir practice that afternoon seemed rather flat!

The opening of the new buildings on Wednesday, 19th August, has called forth much making of frills, etc., plus much wiggling of hips!

With the Church Service looming on the horizon we must postpone our writings until this time next year when we shall have another year's knowledge behind us, and hope to write something more worthy of the renowned Leaving class Meanwhile - time off for halo adjusting!

JUNIORI

Although in the throes of "Junior Jitters" we have still managed to s ta y alive and enjoy it. At the end of first term we put on two one-act plays and, although no film producers spotted us the senior school did. From Jack of appreciation of t h e D;amatic Art we were not overwhelmingly received.

Miss Hope has been kind enough to see us through th e year t hough sorely tried at times . . Margaret-Anne Gallash and Lynette McBride ably handled Cot and Relief funds .

Miss Hosking made arrange m ents and accompanied us ov er the \Villeta Biscuit Factory. It was most interesting and w e (bei n g the age we are) appreciated the free biscuits.

We were fortunate enough to hear the Vienna Boys ' Choir while they were here, and also to hear Wendy Nash befor e she sailed to England for the furtherance of h e r studie s.

Hurrah for Christmas holidays, the Junior safely over!!!

JUNIOR11

Here we are with third term looming up and our Junior a pproaching.

At the beginning of 1st term there was much talk of good resolutions. Three hours' study each night and only going out on e n i ght a week. But, strange , to say, it faded out after the first few weeks Even so, we are receiving comments of "How's your study going?" or "Don't forget the Junior" from diff e rent parts of the Senior school.

Sue Lukin and Geraldine Brayshaw are our representatives for Relief and Cot Funds and first term they gained the highest amount of money for each fund. I have a feeling 2nd term will tell a different tale. Anyway they would have made marvellous tax collectors in the 18th Century

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English and Maths A are two subjects we all ought to pass owing to the continuous driving of Mrs. Cusack and Miss Hosking. We are all grateful to the teachers who, with untiring effort, have tried to drum knowledge into our wooden skulls.

The usual Penny Concert took place at the end of last term and our Form put on two short plays, one a song in action and the other a very humorous poem.

Our tuckshop was a touchy subject for a while but after Miss Hosking's "penny system" (which was a penny fine for talking in line and in the Gym., as well as dirty shoes and holes in stockings, an d cases in the classroom), the funds started to grow once more.

At the end of second term, Junior II participated in the display which marked the opening of the new school buildings. We were all apprehensive as to how the "Mexican Hat Dance" would turn ou t.

We hope to do as well in the hockey match as the basketball which we won 16-4 against our rival form, Junior I. Congratulations go to all those girls who were in the tennis, hockey, or basketball teams and to all the girls who gained their tunic and pocket colours.

Our thanks go to Miss Hosking who has stood up bravely to the strain of having to cope with us throughout the year.

I wish every girl in the form best of luck for her Junior, and I hope next year's Juniors will have just as happy a year as we have had.

SUB-JUNIOR"P"

1954 started off very well , with Mrs . P er riment as our form mistress.

Brenda Sloane was elected form captain and Deirdre Simpson and Jennie Wilson as Cot and Relief funds representatives.

The most important event of the ye a r was the visit of our be aut iful Queen - Elizabeth II. We were all disappointed that the school children's function, which was to be held at the Royal Sh owground, was cancelled. However, we were able to see her as she passed near the school on the last day of her v isit to Western Australia.

First term ended with a softball match played against SubJunior S. The game was well supported by the rest of the class and ended in a win to us.

During second term we spent an enjoyable morning at a special concert given by the Vienna Boys' Choir. We also went to a spe cial screening of the historic film "Conquest of Everest," which w as held at the Cottesloe Picture Theatre. L

At the end of second term we attended the School Servic e hel d at Ross Memorial Church, West Perth.

Our funds were greatly increased as the result of two successful t uckshops .

.'we are proud to say our class was well represented in th e school tennis, softbaH, hockey and basketball teams

We thank our teachers for their help in preparing us to face the " Junior" year of 1955.

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SUB-JUNIOR"S"

This year Sub-junior "S" started well under the gu idanc e of Miss Swan.

We were very lucky in the second term in having the chance of going to the Capitol Theatre to hear the Vienna Boys ' Choir which we all enjoyed very much.

Sub-junior "P" had a victory over us in softball in the first term. We had hop ed to play a basketball match against them but this could not be arranged, so we must hope for the best n ext year.

Altogether , this has been a successful year in spite of all the homework, hard work, and our minds wandering on to other m atte\'S of interest.

We wish to thank all the teachers who have put up wit h us all this year.

SEVENTHSTANDARDS

1954 began very well for VII K, with Mrs. Kay once mo re as our form mistress.

As we are now out of the Junior school we are trying to behave like seniors, but it is very hard for most of us.

Second term has been quite enjoyabl e despite the work a nd exams, for we started hockey and basketball. We played an inter-seventh hockey match at the end of the term Our score against VII W was 1-all and the score against VII T was o ne off-side goal all. Both matches were very exciting, and were highlights of the term. Congratulations to Diana Chase for gainin g a place in the "A" House Team.

Second term we also started Latin and German for the first time. We are not quite sure of them yet, but we have heard encouraging reports that the Sub-leavings love German. W e onl y hope that we don't have to wait until Sub-leaving before w e a lso begin to love it.

We have had some wonderful outings, including the W.A. State Ballet (in which Joy was dancing), the A.B.C. Orchestral Concert, the Vienna Boys' Choi r and a special school screeni ng of "T he Conquest of Everest." We also enjoyed the lunch-hour recital given by the well known young pianist, Wendy Nash.

In our House singing, Stewart came first and McNeil second. Two members of this class were in the choir for the annual school service at Ross Memorial Church.

We have not kept the good resolutions of hard work that we made at the beginning of the year, but we have had a lot of fu n, and we would lik e to thank Mrs. Kay for her pat ience with us. We. do hope we have not driven too many of our teachers crazy . VII K would like to wish all the Junior and Leaving candid a t es the best of luck in their exams.

VIIT

At the beginning of this year we welcomed Miss Thomson as cur form mistress of VJI T, an d we are very sorry to hear that she will be leaving us at the end of this term.

This year our tuckshops have been very successful.

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During first term we were thrilled by the visit of Queen Elizabeth II to W.A., for which we were given a public holiday and we, in this class, made sure we saw as much of her as possible.

Then, during second term, we were very fortunate in being taken on several different outings with the other two sevenths,. which included a very good film and two concerts.

This year, owing to a greater number of girls in the seco ndary school, we sevenths were unable to attend the Annual School Service. However, there was enough room for the l uck y boarders.

At the beginning of the term we were very glad to have Mrs. Carter as our new gym. mistress, and with the help of Mrs. Rose, they planned a gym display for the opening of the new buildings, in which our class is taking part by doing the "Sai lor 's Hornpipe" and competing in some ball games. So we hope everything will b e a great success.

Good luck for the future, VII T.

VIIM

VII M commenced the year very well with Miss Marshall as form mistress. Penny Walsh was electe d form captain and Margaret and Rosemary were elected Cot and Relief funds representatives.

At first we had a lot of new girls in this class whom we were ve ry happy to welcome.

At the e nd of first term we were very regretful that Miss Marshall had to leave us.

At the beginning of second term our form letter was c hanged to VII W as we then welcomed Miss Wheatley as our new form mistress.

During second term we were introduced to hockey and basketball with the other sevenths, and at the end of term en joy-ed ourselves very much in competing in the inter-seventh hockey matches.

We also enjoyed our outings with the other two sevenths a great deal, and only hope for more very soon . \Ve think we have been very fortunate this year, and even now we are having fun practising for the opening of the new buildings, for which we will do a country dance

We conclude by saying "Success to the Sevenths" and join with the others in wishing the Junior and Leaving candidates good luck .

LIBRARYNOTES

The librarians this year were Shirley Ireland and Bridget Adamson.

There were a number of regular readers , the majority of which were boarders , with a good proportion from the VIIths.

For each book a penny was paid, and so far about 30/- has been collected

A generous donation was given to the library by the Cottesloe picture theatre as a result of an afternoon's entertainment supplied by them.

At the beginning of the year many new books were bought, a few dealing with the .Royal Family.

The library has a wide range of books, suiting all different tastes and ages

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CLUB NOTES (l

Unfortunately this year, debating is not as popular as it has been during the last few years. Many girls in latter years had become enthusiastic, and had built up two strong teams. to compete against other schools, but now there are few who are interested enough to debate without any "push ings and shavings." Because of this lack of interest in the school most challenges from other colleges have had to be turned down, but much to our disgust, as soon as a Boys' College emerges on the horizon to challenge us, our members flow in with surprising steadiness!!

The first Debating Club meeting was held on March 15 and a number of people were called upon to give impromptu speeches so that the junior and senior teams could be chosen. On April 6th we were challenged by St. Hilda's and our junior team consisting of B. Adamson (leader), A. Roberts and B. Richards showed great promise for the future, considering the little practice they had had, as it was their first effort at a prepared debate. The senior team was • in a state of chaos due to a misunderstanding between an impromptu debate an d an impromptu speech, but after an agonising 20 minutes of mental frustration in the St. Hilda's library we sall'ed forth with flushed, determined faces to put forward our "community effort." Although the day was not victorious we certainly gained by the somewhat uncomfortable experience.

The second meeting was ·held on Ju ly 19th. This was a most successful and interest ing debate between two teams and the best speakers were Penny Norwood, Diane Dawson and Margaret Clifton.

I would like to thank Dr. Summers and Mrs. Cusack for adjudicating the teams and for pointing out the errors and the good points of the speakers to help them w ith future debates. I would also like to thank all those who co-operated with us in debating and who have helped our club to be a success.

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This year it was decided that , in order to revive flagging interest 'in the clubs, the meetings would be less frequent, but with longer and better programmes. In accordance with this there was only one meeting of the French Club he l d in first term, and two in second term. ·-

The first meeting was extreme l y well attended and a long and pleasant programme of plays, songs and competitions was presented. If the singing of the "Marseillaise" was a little off key it may be excused by the reflection that our voices were a little rusty from many months away from the intricacies of the French National Anthem.

In second term we were lucky enough to have the opportunity ·Of seeing two French films, "La Chevre de Monsieur Seguin" and "Palais Royal" which Mr. Snowden very kindly presented to us in the school gym. They were delightful fi lms, and we thoroughly enjoyed them, although most of us would be ashamed to admit how . little of the narration we really understood .

Our third meeting was held on July 12th, so we marked France's national fete day with a short ta lk by Joan Lado about the Juiy 14th ce l ebrations in Morocco and by listening to a record concerning this nationa l holiday. Later we l istened to records and Dr. Summers gave us a very interesting talk about l ife as a student in Paris.

This year, for the first time since the war, an interschool modern languages concert was held in the Burt Hall, Perth For this concert , Sub-Leaving presented the extremel y amusing play -wpich they had put on at the first French Club meeting. Congratulations go to the entire cast, who put on a very fine performance, and particular ly to Anne Roberts, who had the leading role.

All our meetings this year have been well attended, and we are particul arly glad to see the enthusiasm of so many of the younger members. We would like to thank Dr. Summers for her support and f or giving up so much of her valuable time to attend •our meetings.

Our sincere thanks go also to Miss Hope,' who has ·put a great deal of time and effort into the French Club and who has been wonderfully patient w i th our shortcomings, such as the tendency to drift into English during the meetings.

Well , it only remains for me to wish next year's committee the very ' best of luck. We are sure that they will do a very fine job :and t hat by t h eir and that of those who follow after them, :future generat ions of P.L.C.-ites will go forth speaking a French <Of Parisian purity.

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This has been a successful year for the Music Club owing to far greater interest than iast year being shown by the majority of the school.

We held less meetings than usua l this year and we trie d to vary them as much as possible. We had only one meeting in firs t term, at which afternoon tea was supplied. R. Mayrhofer opened the programme with a most enjoyabl e violin so l o. M. Clifton playe d a bracket of waltzes on the mouthorgan, and to conclude the programme several records were played. Two competitions held d uring the afternoon were eagerly contested.

The first meeting in second term was conducted on the same lines as the Music Festival but instead of the contestants being adjudicated, votes were taken from the members of the audi ence. Of those divis ions voted on F. Sea le and J. Bird won the und er 18 duet; F. Seale won the under 16 piano solo (H. Fletcher was not competing); and J. Stimson won the under 13 piano solo. I n the Festival itself P.L.C. was quite well represented in t he final s and semi-finals. Congratu lations go to H. Fletcher who gained first place in the under 16 piano solo, and to R. Mayrhofer who came second m the under 14 v iolin solo.

Our next meeting was the highlight of the year On Monday, July 26th, instead of holding our usual afternoon meet ing we arranged an interschool rec ital for the evening. Representa tives from Modern School, Scotch College, Wesley, M.L.C., S t Mary's and Perth College came and each contributed to the programme. The representatives chosen from P .L.C. were M . Sherwood and M . Clifton . All the items were thorough l y enjoyed even though the gym shook when the three representatives from Scotch College Pipe Band gave their item . At the close of the recital supper was served in the Sub -Leaving cl assroom. Altogether the even ing was voted a great success.

We would l ike to thank· a ll those who h elped us to prepare the · gym and supper room and especially Wendy, Jane, Geraldine and Sue f or their marvellous co-operat ion.

At the l ast meeting of second term Jill Harr ison came and gave · us a very interesting ta lk on the bassoon. She expl ained the instrument and to illustrate its "comical" tone she played several pieces. to us. She encouraged the girls to learn woodwind instruments , and· already we have noticed a flute among Margaret Clifton's many·

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possessions! We felt very honoured to have the only woman bassoonist in Australi a at our meeting.

it has been a very successful year for the Music Club. The committee would very much like to tha n k Miss Hutch inson for her untiring efforts towards the club. Without her wonderfu l co-operation we could not have had such a successful year.

I wou l d like t o thank the committee for their wholehearted support th is year and to wish next year's Music Club all the best of luck.

"History repeats itself," so once again you are fo r ced to read this screed of bygone days, which relates to our great achievements of 1st and 2nd term History Club meetings

-We really have been thrilled to see such large at t endances (due to artistic advertisements) and to have such ardent support on all occasions.

After a round table dis cuss ion the knights decided for our first meeting to have as the guest speaker Mrs. M. Box. Mrs Box had recently been to the third World Conference of Ch ri stian Youth held in Travancore, India She told us there have been two other such conferences- the first held in Amsterdam in 1939, the second in Oslo, Norway . These conferences are sponsored by such organizations as A.S.C.M., Y.W .C.A., Y.M .C.A. and Wor l d Council of Churches, and the value of the confe r ence as far as she was concerned was hav ing the opportunity of living together with all peoples, hearing of their domest ic and personal probl ems.

At the close of t he meeting many interesting souvenirs from Mrs. Box's trip were handed a r ound. ,

Our second meeting was held in the form o f a quiz,' on the 28th of June, and we were pleased to welcome Miss Hope , Miss Swan and Mrs. Perriment.

The howler of the afternoon was "Australia ga ined Federation in 1066"! (We all make mistakes!)

On the 2nd August we were very f ortunat e in having Mrs. Kaye as our guest speaker. We were also pleased to welcome Doctor Summers, M iss Hope and Miss Swan and again a large number of s upporters.

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Mrs. Kaye spoke on "The Dutch as Drainers and Reclaimers." We were taken back to 5000 B.C. when the first inhabitants of Holland began with their spades to build the famous dykes.

We have had much pleasure in delving into the records of previous history clubs and we feel if the same spirit is kept up, the clubs and those who attend will benefit greatly.

Never let it be said, "Never was so much owed to so few by so many." Everyone do her bit,; never leave the work for just a "few."

For those next year who will have the responsibility of the History Club- the best of luck. Our thanks go wholeheartedly to Miss Hope for her help and support at every meeting.

KINDERGARTENNOTES

Tho' we are the youngest of all, Some of us are growing quite tall.

We do some work and can sing a song, And are perfectly happy the whole day long. We play on the bars and on the swings, too, And have a good time on our see-saw new.

We are sorry we can't write you any more, 'Cos we are little , you know- just fourBut we'll always do our best

With you and the rest

To make girls of P.L.C.

A happy sight to see.

SUMMERS HOUSE

HOUSE NOT E S

MR.D.J.CARMICHAEL

Mr. Donald J. Carmichael was one of the eight men who first decided to develop the tiny school in Palmerston Street, North Perth, into the Presbyterian Ladies' College.

He was elected Treasurer of the Council, and later Chairman, and he did much for the raising of funds for the school.

When he died in 1941 Mr . Carmichel bequeathed £40 ,000 to the school. Half of this was to be the capital for Carmichael Bequest Scholarships, awarded annually and of varying value. The remaining £20 ,000 was to be used for the erection of a school assembly hall, but owing to wartime restrictions the Carmichael Hall is only now being erected.

In the report of the college to the General Assembly in 1918 occur these words: -

"His colleagues in the Council feel that mention must be made to the Assembly of the services that have been rendered to the cause of education in our Church by their treasurer , Mr. Donald J .. Carmichael. He has brought to laborious duties ever since the start of the school, an ability, patience, and enthusiasm that are beyond all praise, and what e ver may be the lot of the school in days to come, the success that so far has attended it must be intimately associated with his name."

These words are s ur ely high praise for the man who did, and gave , so much for th e schoo l to make it the success which it now is.

Standards I. II, III , IV and V are now occupying the new Junior School in McNeil Street We are very fortunate to be in such a beautiful building with large , bright, airy rooms.

We were glad to welcome Mrs McCausland and the girls from the Branch School at the beginning of the year.

Towards the end of last year the g ir l s of the Junior and Main Schools had a combined Sports Day. This proved a very successful as well as an enjoyable afternoon for a l l.

Parents and girl s were given an opportun ity of inspecting the new school. The school has two radio sets so that all the classes are able to listen to the- Broadcasts to Schools , and we also have a strip projector from the Branch School which will give added interest to many lessons.

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Everyone was very disappointed that the first big sporting event of the year- the Swimming Sports- had to be cancelled owing to. the polio epidemic.

The house softball was therefore played in 1st term. Unfortunately there was a noticeable lack of interest in this game, especially among the seniors. We came last in the senior softball with bad defeats in all matches.

It was an altogether different story in the under 14 softball , where we went through all matches with very convincing wins. There was a large number of good, young softball players and this looks very promising for the future years. It is a pity that the older girls cannot be as co-operative and have as much house spirit as these younger girls. In the final, Carmichael came third.

Congratulations to Stewart for again winning the open tennis. We finished third, narrowly defeating Ferguson. There was a lack of really good senior tennis players, but our team sprang some unexpected surprises on the other houses in one or two matches. However, we will hope to have our revenge in third term with the Page 37

under 16 team. We look to the under 16 team to compensate for our senior team losses.

The first term work marks were very satisfactory, with Carmichael leading in both exam and term marks by three points. Very few girls lost points. Schoolwork is one thing to which all girls can contribute house points . Even if we do not win the Sports Shield, we should be able to win the Work Shield It is up to every one of you to try to hold our lead.

As usual when it comes to ground cleaning, the same few regularly help. I would like to thank Barbara Baird for coming early every morning. The Juniors and Sub-juniors generally m ai ntained their reputation of only coming out under compulsion. At the end of first term we were in third position for grounds. However, in second term we were allotted the best grounds and this should help to improve our marks. If only all the girls would help every morning it might ens ure our becoming Champion House.

It do es not look as though Carmichael can produce any n i ghtingales. In first te rm we only came third, which is not nearly good eno ugh. However, in second term the Leaving class managed to come an equal first with Stewart. This is the first time in five years that a singing class that I have been in has come fi r st- we made history, I am sure. The other classes also did well in their singing.

Although our chance of winning in hock ey was very low, we were determined to try ha rd . In the "A" team we relied on Judy Bolton to sco re the goals and she did very well desp i te inexperienced support. Our team played very well against the strong opposition and I would like to thank each player for the help given me. Even though the two VIIs who were playing were nervous at each match they gained valuable experience and improved towards the end of term. So keep it up and you will be a great asset to the house next year.

It was decided to inau gurate "B" house hock ey match es comprising young beginners and the rest of the seniors. The "B" team proved more successful than the "A" team, by winning two match es out of the six.

The results of our bask etball have not been exactly brilliant this season. The "A" team has won two matches , but I am afraid the "B" team has not even managed t hat. Our outstanding play er was Lyn Copley and we could not have done without Jill Bird, who threw 99% of our goals. At this stage I would like to thank Beverley Bird for her good work with the basketball teams.

In third term we have the all-important Athletic Sport s. Carmichael is lacking in senior ath letes, so the only alternative is to wi n all the ball games. This requires a lot of house spirit and 1 am sure that you will all measure up to t he task that is set before you. At all times jus t remerpber our motto, "Play the Game," and the best of luck for the futur e to you all .

MR. J. M. FERGUSON

It was in 1934 that the House of Ferguson came into being The man after whom it was nam e d was born in Dundee, Scotland, in 1842. Th e same year he came, with h's parents, Dr. and Mrs. Ferguson , to Western Australia. He was sent back to school

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-at St. Andrews, Scotland, and then went to sea Later, Mr. Ferguson had his own sailing ships which traded with China, Japan and Australia. After he married, he left the sea and commen ced the firm of J. M. Ferguson, Timber Merchants. He was a great Scot and helpe d a great deal with the starting of P.L.C. and Scotch College. Mr. Ferguson was always in the forefront of the work of the Presbyterian Church. He died in 1924, aged 82 years, after having lived a wonderf ul life. He was a great man, very quiet , but full of kind deeds and thoughts for others.

Because of the polio epidemic, this year the swimming sports were cance ll ed and we began the term with softball- something at which Ferguson apparently does not excel.

However, I am sure both th e "A" team and - 14 team played their best and if everyone tries hard next year they should improve. Congratulations to Stewart and McNeil on their win.

As yet, Ferguson has not produced any budding tennis players and we only managed to come fourth, but I am sure the team did their utmost and special thanks go to Lesley for all her he lp. Congratulat;ons again to Stewart. We are expecting great things from the junior team next term.

Once again Ferguson has done very well in the baske tball. The "A" team was und efeated, having one draw, and the "B" team was also undefeated but drew twice. Keep it up , Ferguson, and see if you can do as well next year.

Coinc iding with the bask etball was the hock ey in which we came third, thanks to Lesley's stout efforts again. We seemed to have bad luck with Sue and Joan out for a few matches. Once again, congratulations go to Stewart.

The lea st said about work the better. Again we are coming last and I thi nk a much greater effort on the part of all girls in Ferguson would not do any harm.

Even if you cannot gain points for the House, see that you do not lose any. Also be careful of your gym uniforms as we cannot afford to throw away marks by laziness or untidiness.

The results of the singing in first term were quite close. Ferguson came second, and in second term we came third. Learn your words for next term's competitions and best of luck.

The results of the grounds were satisfactpry, Ferguson coming .a very close second in first term and winning in second term. This is very pleasing but it is always the good old regulars who do the cleaning. How about some other girls coming out and pulling their weight, and seeing if we can do as well next term.

Best of luck in the future to all those who are doing Junior and Leaving Certificate examinations. Thank you for your co-operation and heip throughout the year. Think of our motto, Ferguson, "Toujours en droit," always for the right , and remember this now and al so when your school days are only dim memories.

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MR . N. McNEIL

Mr. Neil McNeil was one of a group of eight men from whom originated the idea of founding P.L.C. Not enough stress can be laid on how much each student of the school owes to Mr. McNeil, together with the other four guarantors, Mr. Carmichael , Mr. Stewart, Mr. Sharpe and Mr. Ferguson. Mr. McNeil was also a councillor, and for many years did splendid work in this sphere.

McNeil House and McNeil Street were both named after him, and a McNeil scholarship has also been founded. This was not originated by Mr. McNeil himself , but by his widow, who made· over to the school £1,000, the annual interest of which is used to provide scholarships for boarders and daygirls. The school will always be grateful to the donor for this wonderfu l generosity.

MR. J. STEW ART

Mr. John Stewart was born in Glasgow, Scotland , in 1869. H e came to Australia as a young man , and, after some years in commerce in Sydney, decid e d to try his fortune in the West. He came to Fremantl e in the mid-nineties and set up a trading company under his own name. In this he prospered, taking an active part in the communit y.

For some years he was president of the Chamber of Commerce , and , being interes ted in politics, was for a short time elected to the Legislative Assembly for the constituency of Claremont.

He was, however, more interested in charitable and educational works, and amongst other activities served on the Councils of the Red Cross, Scotch College and Presbyterian Ladies' College, the latter of which was certainly not the least of his interests, he being one of the founders.

He di ed in 1927, and Stewart house was named in his honour.

BUAIDH NO BAS

Owing to the epidemic of polio the swimming sports were cancelled and softball was played instead. These matches resulted in a tie for first place by McNeil and Stewart , followed by Carmichael and Ferguson. The senior team won all of these matches and the junior team, although not as successful, should do well in the future as there are several promising players in it who should improve greatly with further experience.

The inter-house tennis competition resulted in another win for Stewart; however, McNeil did well to come second. Congratulations, Stewart, on a fine

In the second term our hockey team came second , Stewart once again gain ing first place. "B" team matches were played to encourage the beginners and these were won by Stewart with McNeil second.

Stewart and McNeil gained equal second position in the Basket·· ball. Special thanks go to Judy who took charge of the basketball successfully; also to Helen and Audrey who assisted her.

Although we do not seem to have any future Melbas in McNeil we won the s inging in first term, and came second to Carmichael in second term.

The term and exam marks have not been very good as we only managed third place; h owever, there is still time for improvement.

The less said about the grounds the better, as we came last in both first and second terms. The same few people clean the grounds every morning and these peopl e are mostly from the Sixth and Seventh Standards. Further co-operation in cleaning the grounds would be greatly appreciated by future house captains.

In conclusion I wou l d like to wish all those taking part in the Athletic Sports the best of luck; also to those taking Junior and Leaving at the end of the year.

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"PER ARDUA AD ALTA"

Th is year owing to an epidemic of polio the swimming sports ·were cancelled, also there were no lifesaving awards taken through the scho ol. Instead softball matches were arranged. Stewart fought hard and we were very pleased when we tied with McNeil for 1st I wish to congratulate both teams on their splendid effort

Aga in our senior tennis t eam proved too strong, as all members were in a school team , and had gained experience during the season. The under 16 team have ,yet to play in third t erm, so I shall take this opp ortunity of wishing them the best of luck.

Tha nks to the Junior School the ground marks were brought up in first term and we managed top position Th e addition of the church grounds proved to be too much for Stewart last term, although I must admit the paper wasn't half as easy to find in the long grass. I would like to see a better result third term.

After last year's results of the singing I thought we would do quite well this year, but unfortunately in first term we found we weren't the nightingales we we re supposed to be. Congratulations to McNe il on gaining first place. Second term the singing marks were very close for each of the four houses , and we found we were gradually gaining control of our vocal chords. Congratulations to Carmichael.

Once again Stewart won the hockey after many exciting games. This ye ar we managed to find enough junior girls to make up the eleven for a "B" house team. This team has also given Stewart firm gro und for the years to come. Everyone played well , but D. Dawson, G. Bathurst, J. Clark, W. Clark and R Holmes deserve a special mention for the effor t th ey put into the "B" team.

Our ba sketball team d ' d quite well by coming third. Many .thanks to Robin Thomas for copin g so ab l y with this problem. ConPag e 41

gratulations to Ferguson, who came through the s e ason with fl y ing colours.

Th e work marks for first term were very promising and I hope the b e st effort possible is made by every girl during the year . Ste wartites have shown quite a lot of House spirit in this fie ld

Athletic Sports have yet to b e held and I am sure eve ry g irl will pull her we ight and keep up the excellent record which was set last year.

Good luck to all taking Junior and Leaving Certificates. If y ou a ll continue to show the House spirit you have given Stewart dur ing the year I am sure y ou will do we ll next year

This year, for the first time , the new oval was able to be u sed and prove d to be a great asset as everyone was able to have m o r e practice and "B" team House rr.atches were able to be played .

The winners of the Inte r- s chool Competition were p r e se n te d with a shield. The matches w e r e a ll very closely contested a nd resulted in a win for Perth College wtih 22 points, closely foll owed by P.L.C. with 20 points.

Th e "B" team had a v e ry successful s e as on and was not defeated in inter-school matches.

The Sub-junior and " C" t e am s had matches a gain s t M.L C , P e rth College and St. Hilda s, and judging b y th es e r es ul ts t he · future "A" and " B" .teams should be of a high s tand a rd.

Other matche s were played against O ld Girls, Christchurch, Princess May, Nedlands Boys , Training Coll e ge , and Unive r sity, with varying successes.

Th e Boarders v. Daygirls match was played on the last Tuesday of the term and although both teams had d ifficulty in findin g players it was a good match resulting in a win for th e Boarders 5 -l.

W e would like to thank Mrs. Oldham for ' taking a par ty of boarders from the "A" and "B" teams to watch the Metropoli ta!l teams playing. This was especially interesting as several P L .C old girls were playing .

The highlight of the season was the match against Cardi nals, an A grade team, and although we were somewhat disconcerted by Mrs. Oldham, who played for the Cardinal s , we managed t o put up a very good fight and af t er a very close gam e were defeated 3 -2.

This year "B" team house matches were play ed and w ere a great encouragement to the beginners

The House Competition was finally won by Stewart , foll owed by McNeil, Ferguson and Carmichael.

We would like to ·thank Mrs Oldham and Mrs. Cusack f or· their perseverance and untiring efforts in coaching the teams , a l so' Miss Baird and Miss Hosking who assisted in umpiring.

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Pocket Colours were awarded to G. Angus, E. Nicholl s , L. Stone, M. Clifton , A. S'imps on, J . Stewart, J. Lugton, S. Stewart , N. Nunn, J. Raison and P Hodby.

Tunic Colours were a warded to P. Pat e rson, J . Cl e m e nt s, M . Johnston , S. Paterson a nd J . Robins.

HOCKEY CRITIQUE "A" TEAM

P. Hodby (R.H.) (Capt.): A very good defence half . H as a perfect roll-in and good stick-work. Is a player who shows cons iderable promi se .

A. Simpson (C.F.): A commendable centre with good posi ti on play. Combin es w e ll and is quick in circle.

J. Lugton (R.I.): A very promising player. Combination wit h R.W excell e nt Us es her head, and is usually a best play er.

J. Banniste •· (R.W.): Plays a speedy attack game. Has a nice hit when cont ro ll e d . Should develop into a go od player .

K. Hitchings (L .I.): Plays well when on her game. Stick w o rk developing. U ses wing to a dvantage.

J. Stewart (L.W.): An inconspicuous but very re li ab le pla y e ::Plays position w ell and is f a st

S. Ireland (C.H.): An enthusiastic player. Has dev e lop e d e xcell e nt push-strok e . Is capable of hard-hitting.

L. Stone (L.H.): Pl a ys a reliable game. Position pl ay an d habit of swinging play to right , excellent. Tackles well.

"A" HOCKEY TEAM

L. to R. (standing): E. Nicholls, J. S'tewart, L. Stone, S. ll'eland, A. Simpson, G. Angus. L. to R. (sitting: J. Lugton, K. Hitchings , P. Hodby (Captain), M. Clifton ,, J. Bannister.

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E. Nicholls (R.B.): The most dependable "A" team player. Has a good tackle and clears well. Co-operation with R.H. very good.

G. Angus (L.B.): Possesses a hard hit and nice stick-work. Played herself back into form and has potentiality.

M. Clifton (G.): Has a strong kick and hard hit. Has made many difficult saves. Also suited for a half or forward.

"B" TEAM

N. Nunn (L.B.) (Capt.): An excellent captain. Plays a reliable defence. Good anticipation and nice hitting.

S. Rosier (C.F.): A very determined and keen p l ayer, possessing hard hit and speed. Very useful in circle and should prove a strong player.

J. Robins (R.I.): Plays a useful game. Has fighting qualities, is speedy and combines well.

J. Clements (R.W.): Plays well when on her game. Is also suited for full-back. Ball-control improving.

J. Gollan (L.I.): Has a beautiful hit but inclined to be inaccurate in goal-shooting.

S. Paterson (L.W.): Has developed into a very useful wing. S tick -work improvi ng and using head more.

J. Bolton (R I.): A speedy attack player. Ball-control spoilt by method of holding stick. A usefu l goal-shooter.

J. Raison (C.H.): Has proved an invaluable C.H .. Good position play. Feeds forwards well, and cool playing has defeated many attack moves.

S. Luldn (R.H.): A reliable wing-half. Tackl es well and is seldom beaten. Developing nice roll-in.

L. Wilson (L.H.): Plays a n ice defence game. Uses head , and should develop into a us eful player.

P. Paterson (R.B.): A useful goalie or F.B. Clears well with hard hit. After settling down in a match plays a nice game.

S. F. Stewart (G): A fighting goalie who kicks well and is not afraid to come out. Her outward confidence is a great asset.

RESULTS OF MATCHES

"A" Team

P.L.C.

V. P.C., 3-1, 0-5.

V. M.L.C., 3-5 , 4 -2.

V. P.M.S., 3-0, 2-4.

v. St. Hilda's, 4-2, 4-1.

v. Fremantle Hosp ': tal, 4-0.

v. Nedlands Stat e School, 3-3, 3-8.

v. Princess May High School, 3-0.

v. University, 1-3.

v. Training College, 1-5.

v. Christchurch, 6-2.

v. Old Girls, 3-4.

v. Cardinals, 2-3. "B" Team

P.L.C. V. P.C., 5-0, 9-1.

V. M.L.C., 3-0, 5-1.

V. P.M.S., 4-0, 2-1 .

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P.L.C v. St. Hilda's, 5-0, 5-5.

v. Nedlands State School, 7-3.

v. Princess May High School, 3-1.

v. Training College, 2-3.

v. Christchurch, 1-1.

v. Old Girls, 5-2.

The softball season was quite successful, but we only played a few matches on account of the polio epidemic.

The School "A" team consisted of P. Hodby, J. Raison, J. Thornton, J. Cockle, M. McCrae, S. Lukin, J. Bannister, M. Clifton, J. Gollan, J. King with L. Wilson, S. Cameron, S. Rosier, J. Powell, P. McDona l d and P. Jaentsch assisting in emergencies.

The first match was played against M.L.C. but as the result of a mistake, the open team played their "B" team and P.L.C. won 23-1. The -15 team lost 13-7 to M.L.C.

The following week P.L.C. played St. Hilda's. This resulted in a victory for St. Hilda's 16-14 in the open, while our -15 team won 49-8.

The next match was a return match against St. Hilda's which P.L.C. won comfortably, the scores being 12-5. The -15 team also had a comfortable win by 23-10. ,

The same week we also had a return match against M.L.C., this time with the co r rect teams playing, P.L.C. winning 12-3.

We are indebted to Mr. C. Puckett for the invaluable help he gave us during the season and to our coach, Mrs. Rose.

The House softball was enthusiastically contested with McNeil and Stewart coming a draw each with 22 points, Carmichael 18' an d Ferguson 10. Congratulations McNeil and Stewart on your good efforts.

No colours were awarded.

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During first te r m the "A", "B" and Junior team s played several matches against St. Hilda's and M.L.C. The success was varied but the teams played very well. Against M L.C., the "A" team and No. 1 Junior team won very convincingly, eight s ets t o nil and seven sets to one respectively. The "B" team, whic:1 pl ay ed at M.L.C. were narrowly beaten

Against St. Hilda's the tables were turned - the "A" team t e am being defeated four s ets to two and the "B" team winning five sets to three. Against St. Hilda's we played two Jun ior teams

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and although the No. 1 team was beaten four sets to two, the No. II team (which was playing as a very new and inexperienced team) won their match four sets to two.

Unfortunately the tennis programme for 1954 was upset very early in the year when the Slazenger Cup, Mursell Shield and Edwards Cup competition had to be cancelled because of the polio ep idemic. However, these were, in part, compensated by the inter-school matches arranged to take their place.

Late in first term the senior house tennis matches took p l ace. Stewart emerged the winners, followed by McNeil, Carmichael and Ferguson. The matches were of a fairly high standard.

The "A" team which would have been the Slazenger Cup Team comprised: Wendy Addis (Captain), Margaret Clifton, Priscilla Hodby and Kay Hitchings.

The Mursell Cup Team: Lesley Stone (Captain), Shirley Ireland , Jenny Raison and Glenys Angus.

The Edwards Cup Team: Toni Hill , Judy Bolton , Mardi McCrae .and Sue Rosier

No pocket or tunic colours were avvarded.

The basketball season was again successful, this year P.L.C winning 28 matches out of 40 played.

The "A" team was successful i n winning the C.G S.S.S.A. Shield. This team began the season well by defeating P.C. 45-14 and kept up the good work until we met St. Hilda's - that game resulting in a draw.

At this stage 1 we played the traditional Old Girls' match, a good game, which also ended in a draw.

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Next we played the inter-varsity team, which is at pr ese nt playing in the Eastern States, but they proved too strong for us. A return match against University again proved their superiority over us by their winning 33-12.

The destination of the shield depended on the last match of the s eason against St. Hilda's and P.L.C. was successful in winn ing this 25-22.

The "B" team also had a successful season, being beate n onl y by P.M.S . 26-22 and University 27-9.

The "C" team, -15 team and -14 team also had . succe ssful seasons losing only one match, two matches and one matcl1 respectively.

On behalf of the basketball teams, I would like to thank Mrs. Rose for ably coaching us throughout the season. I would a lso like to thank Mrs. Clugston and Miss Pollock for helping ou t in emergencies and Mrs. Davies for umpiring the vital match betwee n P.L.C. and St. Hilda's. We are also indebted to Mrs Carter for a ll the valuable information she gave us during the season.

Pocket Colours were awarded to: M. Cook , H. Purdie, J. Tho rnton, J. Powell, L. Copley, D. Milbank , J. Vincent, J. Cockle and A. Heterick.

Tunic Colours were awarded to : Ange la Vincent and L y n II/IcBride.

THE WINNING BASKETBALL TEAM

L. to R. (standing): J. Vincent, D. Milbank, L. Copley, J. Powell. L. to R. (sitting): H. Purdie, J. Thornton (Captain), M. Cook.

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ATHLETICS

The annual inter-house athletic sports were h e ld on Tuesday , October 5th, commencing at 9.30 a.m.

The morn i ng was rather cool, but as time went on it became very warm, and lemon drinks , provided by the Sub-leavings, wer e in great demand.

Because it was held in the middle of Show week there was 'l larg e attendance of country parents, as well as those from the city. A ltogether the conditions were ideal for the breaking and establ i shing of records.

Congratulations go to Perth College for winning the first event of t he day, the inter-school relay. Their time was a record of ·37 4 -5 seconds. Our own team came a fairly close second, with St. Hilda's and M.L.C. following.

Records equalled were the 75yds. under 14 won by D. Gribble of Ferguson in 9 4-5 secs., and the 50yds. under 13 in 7 secs equ all ed by M. Teasdale.

Several records were broken, including the 50yds. under 16 won by J. Robins in 6 2-5 secs.; and Margaret Clifton of S'tewart aid very well to break her own record by throwing the softball 178ft. 9hns. In both the open house relay and in the under 14 rel ay records were broken. Stewart came first in the open rela y '\Vith 26 seconds and Carmichael came first in the under 14 relay wi t h 27 1-5 seconds.

As usual the last event, the Boarders versus Day Girls versus ·Old Girls, was the highlight of the day. In spite of the Boarders' lust y cheers, Day Girls were victorious, closely followed by the Boar ders. Old Girls came third, with the old Old Girls bringing up t he rear.

There was much jubilation among the Stewartites when the fina l points were announced. Congratulations to Stewart and t8 Norma Nunn, captain of the Champion House; their total number Of points being 136. Second was Ferguson with 125 points, leading Carmichael and McNeil with 110 and 88 points respectively.

C ongratulations go to Julie Bannister of Stewart for being Ch a mpion Athlete with a total of 16 points. Also to be congratulated is runner-up, J. Vincent of Ferguson, with 10 points.

The following girls, too, have our congratulations: G. Bathurst ·Of S t ewart, the under 16 champion with 11 points, and runner-up J. Robins of Ferguson who had a total of 8 points.

Everything taken into consideration, the day was a great succ ess for everyone and our thanks must go to all the officials wh o gave up their time and were so good as to come along and -ens u re the success of the meeting.

The Junior inter-house athletic sports were held nine days later, on 14th October. Again the weather was ideal, and again the Sub-leaving drinks were in great demand , mainly by the compet ito rs , although there was a very good attendance of parents.

The first event of t he day was the inter-school flag race under 12. Congratulations go to our P.L.C. team who came first, establis hi ng an inaugural record of 56 4-5 secs. Perth College came Pag e 49

second followed by St. Mary's third, and M.L.C. (South Perth) fourth.

During the course of the morning 13 records were broken and two were equalled.

The fifth event of the day and one of the most important was the Kindergarten race, under 7, won by Rosalie James who established a new record of 5 2-5 seconds - a future champion athlete coming up. However, all of them received a trophy in the form of a few handfuls of peanuts each.

The competition was very even all the way through, and it was not until the last race that the Champion House was decided.

So the congratulations now go to Carmichael first, with a total of 94 points, closely followed by Stewart with 89, Ferguson with 77 and McNeil with 63 points. Congratulations also go to G. McGregopof Carmichael who was under 14 champion

Naturally it was with considerable joy that the Junior School took the rest of the day off. The school was unusually silent during the afternoon. Strange?

In the way of inter-school athletic competitions this year, P.L.C. has also done very well.

A team comprised of D. Gribble, G. Bathurst, J. Bannister and J. Vincent was sent to St. Hilda's on 1st October to compete with several other schools in the Open Circular Relay. Although P.L.C.

ATHLETICS

Bannister (champion athlete), J. Robins.

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only came fifth they all ran very well. The team which ran in ourown sports was a team of six- two under 14, D. Gribble and A .. Ward; two under 16, J. Robins and J. Bannister; and two -open , J. Lugton and J. Vincent.

On the same day an under 12 Leap Frog and Dive team did very well to come second at the P.C. sports.

On October 15th, at St. Mary's, we were fortunate enough to win yet another event, the Pass Ball Open, and on the following day our Overhead Ball team was victorious at M L C.

It is certain that all those who practised hard for these various activities and also those who supervised them, were amply rewarded by their respective victories, but even if they had not been so successful, they would surely have been satisfied with theknowledge that they had played the game, for -

" ... it's not for the sake of a ribboned coat, Or the selfish hope of a season's game,

But his Captain's hand on his shoulder smote'Play up! play up! and play the game'!"

EXAMINATIONRESULTS

The following girls passed in the Junior and Leaving Certificate Examinations held in 1953:-

LEAVING

Pat Bailey

Judy Becher

Judy Black

Margaret Constantine

Ann Cooke

Bev Gardiner

J ocelyn Gollan

Janet Aberdeen

Bridget Adamson

Susan Baird

Jill Bird

J an et Bremner

Margot Brown

Shelley Brownson

Nola Buckie

Rae Burton

Patsy Casey

Jennifer Copley

Carlisle Crosby

Ray Cullen

Diane Dawson

Jillian Dry

Jeanette Dunkley

Janet Halliday

Bev Hamilton

Jane Knowles

Erica Lenz

Jeanine McColl

Barbara McCooke

Beris Mazzucchelli

JUNIOR

Valma French

Jenny George

Delys Greenwood

Kay Hitchings

Shirley Ireland

Margaret James

Rhonda Jordan

Barbara Lee

Geraldine Lowe

Lynn McBean

Julie Macfarlane

Elaine Mackintosh

Jennifer Mayrhofer

Pam Middleton

Margaret Murray

Patricia Pottinger

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Sylvia Murray

Janet Pearson

Jan Perrin

Julia Richardson

Jenny Seed

Gay Unmack

J ane Richards

Barbara Richardsorr

A nne Roberts

Felicity Seale

Hilary Skitch

lone Stewart

Joan Stewart

Delys Temby

Margery Thomas

Diana Turnbull

Deborah Venn

Pru Vincent

Penny War _ Judith Wilson

Margaret Wilson

Joan Youngbe r g ..

D. Aldred

B Allan

L. A ng e ll

P. Bailey

S. Bat e

J Becher

Jen Black

Jud Black

N. Bolton

D. Banner

J. Br emner

J. Be ss ell-Brown

G . Burley

R. Burton

P Casey

J. Chadwick

B. Cleme nts

M . Constantine

A. Cooke

J . Copley

J. Corbett

S. Craig

D. Chapman

G . D ry

E. Drys dale

C. Foulds

L Fraser

V. Fr ench

J. Abernethy

E. Alcock

J. Anderson

P

. Anderson

R. Andrew , J.B.

E. Andrew, J .B .

M . Andrew, J.B.

J. Angus

A. Arnold

P. Armanasco , J.B.

S Armanasco, J B.

E. B a ird

A. Baird, J.B.

P . Baird , J.B.

G Bartlett

K. Bate , J.B.

J . B e nnison

D. Billing, J.B .

E . Black , J.B.

R. Boundy

H Boys , J B.

VALETE,1953

B Gardiner

J. Ge or ge

Sally Glau e rt

Joc Gollan

D. G r eenwood

J. Halliday

B . Hamilton

S. Harris

U. Harri s John Hooke

R. Hooper

Malc olm Hordern

W . Ilberr y

I. Jackson

R. Jordan

D . Kerr

S K e rr

J. Knowl e s

Michael King

E. Lenz

J Macfarlan e R. Macdonald

E. Mackintosh

L. McBean

J McColl

B. McCook e M. Maughan

B. Mazzucchelli

SALVETE,1954

P. Middleton

M. Mills

H . Morgan

J. Morgan

M. Morrell

M. Murray

S. Murray

S. Orgill

J Pearson

J. Perrin

J. Richards

J. Richardson

J. Seed

H. Skitch

J. Spiro

D Temby

M. Thomas

Christopher Thomas

H. Thomas

M. Tyler

G. Unmack

D. Venn

E. Vince nt

J. Wilson

E. de Witt

J. de Witt

J. Youngb erg

J. Brannelly, J B.

E . Bedford Brown , J.B .

J . Brownson

B Burgess

D . Burnell , J .B .

M . Campbell

A . Carroll

S. Carson

J . Cato

A . Cessford

D . Cessford

S. Chandler

M. Chellew, J.B.

J . Clark

W. Clark

P. Clarke, J.B.

M. Close , J.B.

J . Cockburn, J. B .

J. Collie, J .B.

J. Combley

J . Courtney

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C . Crooks , J.B.

S. Crook s, J .B .

K. Day

M. Dann

D. de Vos, J.B.

T . Dicks , J.B .

S. Duncan

J. Easton

J. Edmunds

V . Edwards, J.B.

J. Ellis

G. Fallon

0. Fauckn er, J .B.

P. Flynn

A. Forehan , J .B .

J. Fouman , J .B.

A. Fraser

L. Glasson , J.B

S. Gooch , J .B.

M. Gordon

L. Graham

C . Gr e en .

G. Gri e v e

M. Grove

M . Halbert

L Hall e tt , J B

K. Hallett, J .B.

J . Hanna

M . Harris , J.B.

N . Harvey

R. Hitchings

J . Hines, J .B.

S. Hadgson

V. Humann

D. Irel and, J.B . H. Jackson

D. Jackson

R. James , J .B .

S . Johnson

J Johnston

S. Johnston

L. Johnston , J .B . J. Johnston, J.B.

A Johnston

M. Jones , J.B

T . Jones, J.B .

S. Kennedy

M. Keys, J.B.

C. King

J . Kirton, J.B.

G. Kruse

C Law , J.B.

E. Liddell

A. Liggin s

J . Li g ht

M . Loader

J. Lugwn

M . Lynn , J.B .

J . MacKillop

J. Mackintosh

J. McGee

W. McKay , J .B.

R. Macle a n

E . McDou g all

J. McCulloch

W McCulloch

L. McKird y

R. McKird y

P. McLe nnan , J B

J McLe nnan , J.B.

R. McLe nnan

W. Millington

S Miln er, J B.

E. Moffat

E. Moffat

J. Monteath , J. B.

Lea Morrison , J .B.

J. Murph y

Ma v is Palm er

Margaret Palm er, J.B.

B. Palmer, J .B.

J. Park er

W . Parkin s on

A. Pater son

V . Pidgeon

J. Pottinge r R. Powell

J. Pugh

J . Purdie

P. Richmond

R. Robin s on

L. Robinson, J .B .

G . Ruse, J .B .

M. Ruttle , J .B.

P . Ruttle , J .B.

M le Rutte , J.B.

S. Sande rcock

H. Sharp

M. Shepherd, J.B .

S. Sheridan, ' J B.

R. Sherwood, J.B.

D . Solomon

S . Stewart

D . Stewart

J. Stoddart , J.B.

P. Sykes, J B

L. Symons , J .B .

M T e a s d a le

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J". Telfer, J.B.

E. Thorn

A. Thomas

V. Todd

C. Todd, J.B.

J. Townshend

B. Turnbull, J.B.

G. Turner

G. Vincent, J.B.

J. Wain

S. Waldeck, J.B.

H. Walker

N. Walton, J.B.

L Watson

J. Watson

R. Watson , J.B.

J. Wauchope

P. Whittaker, J.B.

R. Whittaker, J.B.

M. Whittaker, J.B.

K. Wilson, J.B.

SCHOOLDANCE,1934-1954

The first School Dance was held on December 8th, 1934. As the school only consisted of about 125 girls the dance was run by the 25 Senior girls. This great event, marking the first School Dance ever to be held, took place in the gym. Personal invitations were unheard of, and instead a group of boys from Scotch College formed the partners- when they danced!

The band consisted of a piano and one other instrument, the gym being bedecked with streamers for this great occasion. With great gusto the evening began. The first dance was one where each person was given a paired card to find his partner. At this critical stage Dr. Summers was called to the phone and on hanging up was greeted by the Head Prefect, frightfu lly upset as no one was mixing; all the boys were standing under one light while the girls inhabited the seats of the opposite wall. After a gentle talking to from Dr. Summers, expl aining that they simply must join in and enjoy themselves, they immediately dived for a partner and the rest of the even ing proceeded uneventfully; the supper being prepared in the gym cloakroom and served in the gym.

Scotch gave a retur:n dance, the senior girls refusing to go unless Dr. Summers accompanied them. They all became panic stricken {)n nearing the door, but after taking a deep breath they entered to find the boys in the same predicament. The following year this now annual event was again conducted; this time five boys from each of the boys' schools were invited- Hale School did not answer the invi-tation and when Dr. Summers inquired they explained that they had far too many persona l invitations to worry about any others. This bre aking away from the ordinary routine formed the idea of each girl ask ing a partner. During the war years these functions were discontinued and when again resumed the boys received personal invitations.

This year, the 20th since the first School Dance, was run by the Prefects and the Myola C}ub was hired for the occasion. The numbers were slightl y larger to the extent of 76 couples, so that it was quite impossible to move during the Flirtation Barn Dance. Printed programmes (plus pencils) were supplied to each person and the band was four piece instead of two. The frocking was slightly different than twenty years previous, ballerina length being the most popu lar with a. minority of long frocks, whereas the fashionable trend at the first school dance was sl im-fittin g party frocks!!!

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

PASSINGPARADE

"Pretty Micky"

"Scratch My Back! "

·"The Dream of Elwin"

"You can't see the freckles for the jam on her face!"

"St. George and 'The Dragon' " .

"Put another Nickel in "

"That of her smyling was ful simple and coy"

"Flower of Malaya I cannot stay!"

"Gentleman Jim"

"It's in the Book!?"

"Money, Money, Money!"

"Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend"

"The Donk- ee Serenade!"

"We never talk much, we never have much to say!?"

"Abba gabba gabba gabba!"

"You can't try that on me!"

"Ful wel she sang the service divyne"

"She rose the tallest of them all"

"Cockles and Muscles!"

TENLITTLESUB-LEAVINGGIRLS

Ten little Sub-Leavers, talking in their line; Mrs. Cusack hopped one- so now there are nine.

Nine little Sub-Leavers; all so ornate; Jan tried a "Robbering"- so now there eight.

Eight little Sub-Leavers; none'll go to Heaven; Patto's partial to the "Glew"- now there are seven.

Seven little Sub-Leavers; Fraser's in a fix; Handsome boys are passing by- now there are six.

Six little Sub-Leavers; exams must soon arrive;

When "Iris" sees the Chem. paper- there'll be only five.

Five little Sub-Leavers; once there were some more; Jeanette's gone a "birding" - so now there are four.

Four little Sub-Leavers, mostly don't agree; Gerry sat on Susie-now there are three!

Three little Sub-Leavers, don't know what to do; Flick was in a "Tempest"- now there are two.

Two little Sub-Leavers; life's lost all its fun; Nonie took to drinking spiders - now there's only one.

One little Sub-Leaver; getting ready to run; They'll soon know who wrote all this- then there 'll be none!!

THE"GWAMBYGINE"CAVE

This is at "Cave Hill," Gwambygine, six miles south of York, and was discovered early in the history of this State. The first published reference seems to have been that of Ensign R. Dale of the 63rd Regiment. In a chapter referring to the exped ition to the "Eastwa rd of the Darling Mountains," in August, 1831, Dale states:

"In the neighbourhood of our bivouac, and for some distance around, were large masses of granite; in one of them we discovered a cavern, the interior being arched and resembling in appearance, an ancient ruin. On one side was rude ly carved what was evidently intended to represent a figure of the sun. This spot appeared to be used by the natives as a place of worship."

George Fletcher Moore also gives the following description:

'At its extreme end is a round figure, supposed to represent the sun, with the impressions of open hands around it. It appeared to us as if the rock had been covered with reddish pigment, and that the impressions had been formed by the friction of a stone on the rock This cave is supposed to be a place of worship, but I know not why, as the natives do not appear to have an object of veneration, nor is there any indication of a path l eading to it."

Writing under the name of "Polygon," P. Hasluck (The West Australian, August 30, 1930) wrote:

"There are no signs today of the rays that Dale described outside the circle. The most perfect specimen among the drawings is a left forearm and hand low down on the wall below the circle. This was outlined on the rock in red. It may have been done, as Moore suggests, by preparing a background of red and then rubbing away the colour with a stone to form the picture."

To the left of the circle are two perfect im pr ints of left hands. These are done differently. The hands are red , as though, as the old fable said, hands dipped in blood had left the i r marks. Other fainter and damaged drawings of hands are here and there. At one time the circle may have lieen surrounded by them.

Mrs. Clifton, the owner of the property, informed our expedition party that from what information she had been given, it appeared that the natives were nervous of the area and regarded it as the home of a Jingee Jinge e, or de vil.

The cave faces to the east and is a typical weathered hollow in the granite, In depth it is no more than seven or e igh t feet, about ten feet high and forty feet l ong. At the south end is a small recess, and in this are the paintings. Possibly other native work on the west and north walls has been removed by weathering.

Turning to the paintings themselves, the central figure is as described by Hasluck. No tr ace of the rays mentioned by Dale can be seen. There is no carving. Surrounding the circle are stencilled hands. The most ' remarkable of these is a wrist as well as a hand, the whole being 11in . long. It is about two feet above the floor of the cave and is of the stencil type. The natural rock gives the hand shape, while around is the red ochre outlining it.

Above this comes the circle some four feet from the floor and then above the circle a_re two hands, which may be stencils, but are possibly done by dipping the hand in ochre and pressing on the wall, a printing method. In other words, the palm and fingers, instead of being natural rock, are red in colour.

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. Furt her to the right are faint marks which may be other hands, w/h!le along the base is what appears to be a strip of faintlycoloured rock which may represent remnants of some drawings.

- M.C. CL.)

KWINANA

The shores of Cockburn Soun d were descr ib ed by Captain St!rli!'g as the best anchorage on the western coast of Australia. W1thm two years, in this very place, will be a £40,000,000 oil refinery owned and operated by Australasian Petroleum Refinery Limited.

. _Kwinana refinery, which will be capable of processing three tons of cru?e oil yearly, will produce various products, mcludmg motor sp int, kerosene, gas oi l and fuel o il. An appreciaable portion of the Austral ian and New Zealand markets will be supplied with these products, a part of which will be shipped by ta?ker from the refinery. Other oil will be pumped along specially laid pipelmes to existing installations at Fremantle. A total personnel strength of approximately 1,000 will be required to man all departments of the refi nery.

The refinery site is considered a lmost perfect for the purpose. The whole stretch of 17,000 acres forming Cockburn Sound is virtually landlocked and offers splendid facilities for manoeuvring at any stage of the tides the monster 32,000-ton tankers that will berth at the port.

Kwinana oil refinery will process crude oil from the Middle East. !he_ crude oil will be discharged from tankers berthing at the Jetti es th rough three independent p ipe l ine systems each of 1,000 tons_ per _capacity. This will be discharged into storage tanks 5 million gallons apiece. From the annual input of 3 million tons of crude oil, the refinery will produce 2,800,000 tons of refined products.

. Complementary with th e building of Kwinana refinery, the . State Hous ing Commission is developing a townshrp 2 mi l es m l and. The towns ite wh ich will be known as Kwinana will contain four neighbourhood units- Medina, named after one_ of the early ships bringing settlers to W .A. The building -of a vanety of attractively designed houses was commenced in 1952 for refinery and other workers. Building was well advanced on a second_ neighbourhood, Cal ista, also named after an early immigrant sh iP: Shops are being built and also a theatre, gardens with a commumty hall, and kindergarten will be erected. A school site of 12 acres is planned and in the near future will be developed

To lmk the townships and the refinery with Fremantle and Perth an 11-mile controlled access highway is to be constructed.

A few miles from Kwinana a 20 ,000,000 gallon res ervo ir to SUJ?ply water needs of both the plant and new township is bein g bmlt. Water and electricity have been supp li ed to both sides.

F?rty years ago, when she renamed a small freighter, little did the _wife of the then Premier of Western Australia, Mrs. Scaddan, realise tha t she was uttering prophetic words as she said "I name you Kwinana, and may your enterprises bring wealth and to the people of Weste:m Australia."

DALLAS MILBANK, Leaving

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"OFFTHESCREEN"

"This Happy Breed" - P.L.C. "No Resting Place"-School. "From Here to Eternity"-Homework. "Assignment Paris"- French homework. "Gone with the Wind" - Any clues, Friday 11.30. "Nature's Half Acre"- New Biol. Lab. "Remains to be Seen"- Physiol. dissection. "Anything Can Happen"-Sub-Leaving Chem. "Battle Circus" - Tuckshop. "Hunted"-Owner of unnamed article. "Room for One More''- Girl in Un ited bus! "The Cruel Sea" - Cancelled Swimming Sports. "Operation Secret"- Teachers' item ld. concert. "Folly to be Wise"- Consumer of Dom. Sci. cookery! "Sound Barrier"- Wall of our classroom!!

"NOTA

Sub-Leaving

ONBEINGAGOALIE

(With apologies to Waiter De la Mare)

All winter through I crane my neck, My eyes and ears both strained, My aching limbs all bruised and sore And chilblained feet all pained.

At one time in a maze of legs With pounding heart stood I, I stood upon the turf so hard And waited for the p l ay.

And as I watched the battling teams

The host of players roll, And scattering clods of earth aside In effort for a goal.

And something in my soul awakes With eager eyes I watch, The goal for girls and tackling foes And my puffing hockey coach.

I watch her pacing just behind The clashing teams and know, It is for her I have this place And everything I owe.

Soon shall I gaze across expanse

Where once lay grassy plain

Which my untiring watch has saved For victory once again. Page 58

GERALDINE LOWE, Sub-Leaving

WHAT'SINANAME?

(A v e ry Junior Medley)

After a dreary day at the LEDGER, the CLARKE makes a BOLTON leaping the BANNISTER, sets out for the RIDGE of the HILL, with it STALLWOOD, GREENWELL and BROWN UNDERWOOD, from where one can LUKIN the direction of the WEIR beyond the MILL. There the river forms a great EDDY where the "FINNEY folk" dart; on the BANKS the BELL BIRD is heard; a WHITE PIDGEON flies high and the ROBINS sing. Where coul d on e find a ROSIER scene for a KING to LOVE?

THETANGO

Nowadays th e denizens of Leaving form room clap their hands over their ears with shrieks of anguish whenever there drifts from the direction of the radio one of the many odes to the tango.

. "Don't ever talk to us about tangos again," they groan, and with good cause .

We were drifting along on several different clouds, dreaming of holidays, pre's dances, careers, everything, in fact, except the tango, when suddenly, like a thunderclap burst upon us the rea lization that very soon we were expected to emulate lively, graceful Latin-Americans tripping lightly and unfalteringly through the steps of this much over-rated dance.

At once , panic!

The. frantic lunch-hour rehearsals on the classroom platform; chantabl e comments on one another's dancing-"No, you stupid IdiOt, the square before the corkscrew"; the hasty racking of brains before beginning a new step under the eagle eye of Mrs. Rose; the hurried consultations about costumes- "The ruffles are two and a bit inches wide and the sleeves three-quarter l ength," "What colour IS my blessed cummerbund? It would be red when I've only got bluepaper," and "My hat looks more like a pancake than a hat but it will have to do."

The teachers wonder where such and such a g irl could have been the night before, to be slumbering so soundly in her chair never dreaming that she, poor child, had sat up to the "wee sma's'; sew ing two inch ruffles on her sleeves or indian-inking her pancakehat.

So, although most of the Leaving form lunch-hour discussions centre. around visits to such and such a country in future years, there IS one land we are determined not to set foot in. Yes, it's Latin America! R.T., Leaving

SMITHMINORAGAIN

SCRIPTURE? HISTORY?

Question: Who was Abraham's wife?

Answer: Lincoln .

Question: How did J oan of Arc die?

Answer: J oan of Arc died holding in her bosom a piece of steak.

Question: What did. Alfred the Great do?

You know all about this because you told us, so I am not gomg to tell you.

OLDGIRLS'NOTES

At the annual general meeting this year a full committee was elected with Mrs. H. Nash as President. Christine Dods has since then taken the place of Claire Briggs on the Council as Claire had to retire because of ill-health.

Jan Kortlang, Joan Pilmer, Shirley Spencer and Shirley Stevens were the four Debs from P.L.C. at the Seven Stars Ball. Mrs. Nash entertained guests and Old Girls in a lounge reserved for the Association.

An "At Home" was held at the New Junior School. Tennis was played through the afternoon and tea was served on the upper balcony of the school.

The launch "Dauntless" was hired for members and friends to watch the Boat Race. This trip was very enjoyable except our party did not have morning tea and the launches on either side had most attractive parties. Next year perhaps we'll have our own "party."

A Junior Members' Dance was held at the Nedl ands Tennis Club. This was so popular it is hoped to make it an annual event

A Jumble Sale was held in the foyer of the Cottesloe Picture Theatre. The Piano Fund benefited by £21 and now stands at £269 / 12 / -. The proceeds from the Seven Stars Ball also went to the Piano Fund.

The Old Girls co -operated with Matron in providing afternoon tea for about 700 guests who came to the opening of the New School Buildings. A letter has been received from Dr. S'ummers thanking all our members who worked so hard and gave so generously.

The School's Birthday Dinner had the record attendance of 130 members of our Association. It was very pleasant indeed to see so many country people among the crowd . Mary Nunn was the dinner's brightest and best grandmother- against some fierce competition. Mothers and daughters at the dinner were: Mrs. Bonner and Diane, Mrs. Smith and Pame l a, Mrs. Murray with Pat and Sylvia, Mrs Hale and Sally, Mrs. Knowles and Jane. The guests, Dr. Summers, Mrs. Cusack and Mrs. Hutchison, were received by our President, Mrs. Nash. A cheque for £5 / 5 / - for the School Library was handed by Prec Johnston to Dr. Summers . Prec is carrying on the wonderful work done by her sister Edna Slee as Country Vice-Presi dent.

Four people have paid Life Membership fees this year, ma k ing the tota l 32. A l together 163 peopl e are financial for the present year and our general account stands at £85/14/3. The Committee wish to record its thanks to Mary Shepherd for the great amount of work she does for the Association. Two hockey and one basketball team from the Old Girls played the Present Girls at s 'chool ·one Saturday. Honours were about even.

The Committee hopes that all girls leaving school this year will become members of the Old Girls' Assoc iation.

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,ENGAGEMENTS

Margaret Stewart to Pell House; Una Prater to John Rogers ; Joan Harrison to Alwyn Smith; Jonnene Stokes to Malcolm Nicholas; Verona Baron-Hay to Peter Green.

MARRIAGES

Helen Maitland to Peter Turpin; Joan Stewart to Brian Carlin; Margaret Cusack to Alfred Atkins; Joanne Gibson to Frederick Bullock; Merle Kell to Brian Dunlop.

BIRTHS

Linley Wansborough (nee Murphy), a daughter; Bea Keogh (nee Cooke), a son; Berwine Barrett-Leonard (nee Cook), a son; Anne Seward (nee Giles), a son; Val Rees (nee Black) , a son: Anne Cornish (nee Maitland), a daughter; Lynn Cook (nee Owen) , a son; Meg Lejeune (nee Thomas), a son. * * *

Merrilyn Johnston, daughter of our Country has been chosen to train as one of Australia's Equ estrienne Team to compete at the Olympic Games.

Pat Burns is in England studying at the London Conservatoriun1 of Music.

Beverley Palmer is in England

Margaret Summers is in England.

E. F KNOWLES, Hon. Sec

IN MEMORIAM

The deepest sympathy is extended to the husband and children of Mary Wiesner (nee Drake-Brockman) who was a widely-loved member of this Association.

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PASSIONPLAY

In 1633 plague raged in Bavaria . When the dread pestilence spread to the little highland village of Oberammergau, the Elders of the community met toget h er and made a vow to perform the trage d y of the Passion of our Lord every ten years. From that hour, we are told, not a single person died of the plague. Oberammergau has kept its sacred oath.

1950. The train from Munich chugged into the Ammer valley and pulled up, in the early afternoon , at Oberammergau. Peter, the repentant thief in the play, smilingly dealt with our lugga ge. He was bearded , with porter's cap set jauntily on hair falling to his shoulders. A child of about ten years showed us to our lodgings. We thought him a boy, but could never be quite sure. He wore short leather pants supported by the decorated braces so typical of Bavaria, but his flaxen hair hung well below his shoulders. No make-up or disguise of any sort is permitted in the play, so beards and long hair must be grown. We soon became accustomed to thE: .sight of bicycles ridden by men with long hair streaming out in the breeze. Mary Magctalene, for instance, was chosen especially because of her very beautiful red-gold hair. "She hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head." All characters in the play must be above reproach morally, and Mary, the mother of Christ, is always an unmarried girl.

Beaming, and making signs with his hands, our young courier -of doubtful sex led us to the house of Frau Hochenleitner . Eight English-speaking people were lodged in this comfortable private house. Our hostess was a cultured woman of great charm and was never too busy to answer questions, advise us about sightseeing and to translate into English the German words on the postcards we bought. The resources of Oberammergau are severely taxed in accommodating the thousands of people who come from all over the world. The Passiop Play season lasts from May to September. Thus, unfortunately , everyone is limited to a two night stay in this lovely little village.

Oberammergau lies in a broad flat valley surrounded by mountains. A tall needle-like peak, the Kofel, surmounted by a cross keeps eternal guard. It is enchanting to walk about the little twisting streets. The walls of most of the low , broad-gabled houses are decorated with colourful frescoes. Refreshments are served on the footpaths at little tables covered by checked cloths. Every nation on earth seemed to be represented in the happy milling crowd. The atmosphere of gaiety and goodwill gave one new hope for this sad , war-torn old world. Anyone who spoke our lan guage chatter to us as to old friends. Every Englishwoman we met seemed to be looking for "a decent cup ot tea." The Roman Catholic Church, w ith its fairly tall tower and cupola, dominates the village and contains many priceless treasures. The quaint little Protestant church is a charming but austere contrast. We visited art galleries, exhibitions of wood carvings and many shops. The latter remained open till late at night. The villages of Oberammergau were producing exquisite wood carving long before the first Passion Play appeared. Today, creations of the Oberammergau craftsmen, of infinite detail and loveliness, may be found in churches in most parts

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of Eu ro pe. On a more modest scale, little angels about four inches high , playing different musical instruments , were tenderly appealing. The " A l te Post" in the market square is of particular interest to touri sts. It is owned by Anton Preisinger who takes the part of Christ in the play. He has a cted ·in the Passion Play since the age of 10, w hen he took the part of an angel.

T he following morning a cannon report reverberated through the v alley . It was the signal to assemble in the Passion Theatre . Frau H ochenleitner hustled us off like good children with rugs and cushi ons. The play lasts a full working day: from 8.30 a.m. to 6 p.m .. with a break for lunch of two hours. The auditorium is roofed, but t he stage is open to the sky. When the tables of the money-changers were overturned in the temple, doves flew up into the sky a n d away. It raine d once during the performance, but the player s s toically continued.

T he play opened wit h a choir of 50 men and women, in classical costum e, filing on to the stage. There were 16 acts, eac h preceded by a prologue sung by the choir , and by a tableau vivant, usually taken f rom a scene in the New Testament. The opening scene showed Christ's entry into Jerusalem on an ass, surrounded by child ren waving palms and shouting "Hosanna." Many of these children were displaced people of Europe, given this signal honour as a g es ture of goodwill. From then the whole story of the Passion unfold ed till the final moving Resurrection scenes. The Crucifixion was n o mean ordeal for Anton Preisinger. Apart from a small footpiece he had no other support . Actors in the past have been known to fa in t . Perhaps the most impressive piece of stagecraft was the reverent lowering of Christ's Body from the Cross. A length of white m aterial was taken under His arms and and over the crossbar t o support part of His weight as He was gently lowered to the groun d.

T he Passion Play closed with the choir singing a triumphant "Hall elu jah" and we filed out into the street amid thousands of peopl e o f all nations, dazed and solemn.

In 1933 Leo Weismantel wrote-

"And when throughout the world, Faith droops, when nation wars against nation, laying waste the eart h in r uin black, throwing the brand of war into the last refuge of peacethen will our Lord plant. as a tree, the Play in Oberammergau; so that the sons of men, wand'ring homeless through· dreary wastes, may come to this, our tree, and rest beneath its blessed shade, to hear the tale of Him who is the Way, the story of the bitter need and death of Jesus Christ, our Lord "

PHYL MARTIN