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OFFICERS OF THE SCHOOL, 1928

Isabel Bates (Head) Aileen Thompson · · { Marjorie Sherris Kathleen Hoare

Prefects . .

Committee Girls . .

Lorna Richards Florence Colquhoun ( Shirley Wooler Mary Bland Prue Smith Rita Berry

Orderlies :-Form V.a

Davina Bates Jean Ballantyne Madeleine Pyne Aldwyth Jones

House Prefects

Lorna Richards Mary Bland

House Orderlies . .

Frances M'cCann Marjorie Shirtcliffe { Prue Smith Betty Baxter

Captain of Tennis

Kathleen Hoare

Captain of Netball

Isabel Bates

Games Committee

Prefects Committee Girls Form Members: FormV.a: Muriel Hutchinson Form V.b: Gwen Clarke Form IV.a: Madeleine Pyne Form IV.b: Marjorie Tingey

Games Secretary

Marjorie Sherris

Editor of Magazine

Isabel Bates

Sub-Editor

Marjorie Sherris

Form V.b Form IV.a Form IV.b

CONTENTS Page. IIOOL 1-'l-'l .ERS 01-' 'l'Hf; l�DlTORIAL I TRODU 'TORY \ E. R I<: ::; 'HOOL NO'.rES l�XA UN AT10N BOAJW'FJR '' NOTE BI HOP 01" MELANESlA' VlSI'L' G IDE OTJ<:; THE BAZAAR A TRIP T O'rJRA nrn DRILL COMPETl'fJON 'J'H.E �'Rf!; H PLAY .. THE COLLEGE DANCE :F 'ORMS 1 V .a. A D IV .b P AR'rY HOOL PARTY LOWEU

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EDITORIAL.

Once more our School Magazine appears, and ar-rain has every girl responded weU to the appeal for contributions. A particularly pleasincr feature is th number of. poet:, especially amonr-r the boarder., who have sprung up amoncr us unawares. A school ma"'aziue i. s ntiaUy a chronicle of :chool life -a spu.r to the enthusia.-m of pr seut pupils and a remind r of who have gone from the school past and happy days to tho into a wid r phere. It should prove a bond between Old Girls and their school, setting forth in its pa"'es the life they knew so well-the triumph an 1, mayhap, failures of girl and Form and House. And not only has this been in the minds of those who have had the selecting of the articles, but they have also endeavoured to give readin 17 of a wider inter st to girl. and parents alike. 0

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Many of the contributors are to be complimented 011 their improved standard of work; th other arc r minded that ame r snlt enthusiasm and per everancc often achiev th as great talent. And though there has been uo wond rful trip to Mt. ook this year to stimulate hiddeu genius, and eveu despit the fact that three times have our port.- (always an item of int re t to Old Girls a· well a to the School) been po tponed the Editors tru t that No. 21 will prov to be a. popular arnon" all as was last year's magazine.

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.sful year roll.· by 1'he mor w a.ppr b ncl What "rave responsibility Mu. t on our task cl p n I. How many want. our IU.t"nzine Is called on to supply; What various tasks, 'ti · qui kly We ll eds must atisfy.

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And as each volum runs it. course om · ever new demands F'or fr sh invention. fr sh recourse Of brain and heart and hands. And yet our work is daily one Of wideninrr interest; And every year brin• 7 S heartier cl1eer, Fre h laurels and fresh zest. That all who read the .M.C. Our task should realise: With fuJl and loving sympathy W ck no higher prize. Merrily tart our late t one. All you expect you'll find it. nt y ar We've tried to make this pr Ont.·trip all years b hind it.

M. M. (Rimn TT011,·r).

SCHOOL NOTES. Each y ar hrino- its hang s. La ·t· l.hri:tmas ' ". · part: d with Miss t wart an<'! Mi ·s Hearn , Mi ·s axton, Mis� Templeman, and Mi,. Bradshaw. The two form r wcr returning to Eng-land, th two latter going Horn onl.v for a tim . Tn their pla.c s w • welcom d Mi· T.Jon y, Mi .. Harris. Mis· Thomp. on, Miss Benham. Mis.- mith an j Mis.- P11r has. Mi.. Taylor, soon aft r the t rm bcn-an, fo11nd h 1·s If -fore d to r sign owing to ill-health. vVc ar rn11 h hoping- wr shall have h r ba k at t. Marg-ar t'.- 8ome da.v.

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M.i,', Hannam is now r .'pon:iblc for all th mu ·1 · in t.h • ·chool a:. i:t cl by two of ber former pupil , Miss haw and Mis: Brue . Tn order that tb musi should b • carried on nndrr the be ·t conditions, two Mu:ic Room hav been mad• out of part of the Pavilion ,rncl a new piano bour•ht. The Kind r"',ll't •n and Form I. a.r • having lessons in ar training, tim , value of note., ancl o forth, to h lp them in their work later on. Th Cooking 'la s i · held in the kitchen at Little St. Mar,.,ar t s. '!'hanks to the .rr nero. ity of the ChristchurcJ-1 Gas Co., it ha been pos. iblc to purchase a" ew World 'Gas 'oolrnr. 'l'bi · has been fixed in the annexe, and is a great joy and h Ip to Hie Cookin•� lasses. resar in the Mr. Beresford gav, selections from Juliu · S hool Hall during tbc second term. The fact that he gave his recital dr s. ed in a Roman toga added interest to th • scenes. The anterbury Acclimati ation Society set an Essay omp tition on New Zealand birds. Unfortunately the Senior cbool did not compete, but Form II. rose to the occasion, 'bcinu much interested in bird life. Prizes wer awarded to Betty Johns Beatrice Flower, Dorothy Hervey, ,Joan Ander son, and Ruth hapman. The ccretary of the Navy League kindly invited a num ber of the s nior pupils to a scrcenjno- of the film describing the 'four of the Duke and Duchess of York in New Zealand. The invitation was "ratefully accepted, and the film much enjoyed.

Our gratitude is due to the Editor of th ' We•kly Pres.·" that w are able to insert a photoo-raph of the .-chool taken from the air. ot only doe· tb • school itself show clearly, but also the two oth • r houses we have u d-th one ix1 Arma�h tr t, and the other in 'ranmcr qua re. whi ·h now forms 1 art of th ath (lral Grammar chool. \ volley J.,oard h11.- b n •re t I on the chool grounds, an I will b a h lp to tho.-c who wish to improve at tennis. An a.-phalt court has be ·n I ut dowo at th Hous th,. boar ler.' may be abl to have more practi c.

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n unday, pt mhcr 30th, at t. lJuk '.· hurch, tbl' followin 00 w re onfirm d :-Mary Root, .lison oop ·r Lucy Denton, lison Gough, Beth Green, ,Jean Gebbie, Barbara lngli , Aldwyth Jone·, ylvia Pow II, Norah hand Marjori1• oil r. 'l'in�cy. J an , ·1·r ctcr, Betty

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Archdeacon ''a� lor o-ave a s ri •s of much-appreciated lantern slides during Iloly W ek, and later an account of the Un.iversitie ·' 1ission in ' ntral \.friea.

'l'hree new balleno-e 'up.- have bc•n 6i\·cn thi. year for the sports. 'l'h • kind donor· ar fr .. L pham (for 220 yards I under 15 year.·); ·Mr . ''hompson (I' r 440 yards under l:i years); Form V.a (for High Jump und r 13 year ). Janet hallen o -c up in Storry has al o pr . ntecl a beautiful memory of her moth r. 'l'hi.- cup. whi h will be given at the prize-giving, js to bC' awarded for Essay work. and will be held for a year by the best es.-ayist in the chool. Last year our very kind fri ml Mr. D. Hoar gav all the small cups for the sports. It wa. don• . o qui tly that we dicl not realise his gen rosity for n •arly a y'ar ! 'Ihi · truly kind action cannot o -o unreeorcl tl, and w hc.r off r him ou1· mo t sincere thank . C.hrissie Talbot has on hvo oeca.-ion.. •nt us money with which to buy om thing for the School, the. •lcction to be left to our discretion. We have bou ght a reproduction by tli> Arundel Society of '' 'l'he Ordination of , . t pben, '' by ] ra Angelico, and thi now hangs on th • walls of th • Hou.hapel.

EXAMINATION SUCCESSES. Matriculation, 1927.-Marjori 13 •st v4 p ·r cen L, Muriel Brown 47 per c·nt., Betty Flint 54 pc1· c nt. Marjori Sherris 56 per cent. ( 'ix subjects taken-ov r 50 per cent. gained for each.) ('l'wo others gainerl ov r the required 4v per cent., but in each case failed by a f w marks in one subject.) 'l'he highest marks obtain cl were: English 63, History 6 cience 54 French Latin 57, Maths 56, Music 77. 0

Music: The Associated Board of R.A.M. and R.C.M.ntre Advanced Grad , Practical, Marjorie hirtcliff: Lo al Rudiment· 'l'beory. Marjorie hirt liff. Trinity College of Music.-J I i�her l.;o •a I, Practical, Betty 'l'ipping- with honours; Hiµ-her Local. Practical, Rnth Lu h; Junior Local, Practiea I Daplrn Moffat· lntermedia.t, Theory, Ruth Lu ·b, with honour · Int rm ]iat 'I'h ory, B,tty Tipping. Miss Shaw who teaches at the chool, and who i. a pupil of Mjss Hannam. g-ain d h r L.'L'.C.Ti. with the hig-hest marks i11 Christchurch. M. Pitts a pupil o:f her aunt, {iss Pitt . who is oly ·even t en year. old. gained her A.T. .L.

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BOARDERS' NOTES.

Term I. Valete.-Kitty Dixon, Diana Huie, Muriel Brown, 'hrista bel Smith, Doris Gardiner, an Zohrab, ,Jean Burges:, Mary Robinson and Adele Nicholl.. \Li on Gough and Annie Hill became day girls. Salvete.-Mary Bland, Kathleen Bland. Ruth Lu ·h, 1 ancy Talbot, Mary Boot, Barbara lngli ·, ,fcan and Eileen , trcctcr, Joan Roll, Taney Brown and Olive Jones. When we arrived at "71" this year we found our family had diminished from forty-two to thirty-two. ·However, w·, determined to make up for the deficiency by our good a11d briWant work. In place of Mi:s Kitson our former Matron, w welcomcrl Miss Evans. Two new Mistresses came to reside at "Little St. Mar �aret's," Miss Smith and Miss Loney. 'rhree .famous Russian musicians came to Christchurch early in the term. Although we had only just begun the term, Sister Catherine allowed the seruors to go and bear them. 'I'he Recital was in the horal Hall. Well may our music teachers have r joiced, for we were so impressed by the marvellou. harmonies which issued from the violil1, piano and 'cello that we re. oh•ed never to waste a minute of our practice time. We had been back at school just a fortnirrht when Prue mith came up from S. Hilda' to , tudy physical culture. The time flew so quickly that almo. t before w• realised we Jrnd been back at school. we found ourselves speeding J10meward in our :everal trains for the Easter Exeat. Al though we all love school, we thorourrhly enjoyed being home again. 'rhe time does not wait for holir1ay-makers how ver, and soon we retumed to hristchurch. On Anzac Day we attended a most impressiv · n·ice in Urn athedral. Mr. Jone· continued hi sinr,ing classc ·. The fir, t vcn ing in spit of our apprehensive fear of singing sharps as ·flat·, or vice versa we soon were enthusiastically . ingin,rr '' Bound for the Rio Grande.'' One Saturday everal of the , ...irls went, to \Vil ling Park to :ee the Secondary chools' hampion ·hips, while the remaininO' ones climbed up to Victoria Park and spent a very enjoyable afternoon in the exhilarating air and bright sun shine.

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At half-term we begau our dan i11g les ·on·, un ler th • supervision of Mi s Loney. lnrn..,ine bow we looked forward to W,ctn ·day night, wh n the mao-ie .'trains of ' 'est Vou " called us to Charlestor1. We al·o l•arn•d th )ale Blues, Fox trot, and 192 Waltz. Generally on pico ie o-round.

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vVe were very plea ·cd wh 11 .Pru 'mith was promoted to Honour. Gym. Th re are now three of ou.r o-jrl in that illtvtriou · circle, for Marjorie hirtcliffe and Lona. Richards have been in the '' circle of the stars ' since last year. Miss Amy Evans an l Mr. Fraser Gancre the famous singer·, n-ave recitals in the · ew 'onccrt Hall, which we all enjoyed imm nsely. We felt very splen lid in our new white coats. W c are all very grateful to 'anon Wilford for. his kind ness in corning to take services in the chapel especially as he has so much to do. 'rhe term was a. very busy, eventful and happy on , and as the w ather "Ot much colder, and as the holidays wer due, we packed our summer attire, said au revoir to tennis. and three cheers for next term and N •tball.

Term n.

We all arrived at the 11011s aft•r our holidays looking very fit, prepared for hard work, as th' exams. w ,re looming ahead. M. Blan 1 P. mitb and B. 1 axtcr w re made ord rlics to help tbe other privil "Cd m mb 1· .•

On our arrival we were r•ri vcd to h ar that Miss Evans had had an operation, and wa · unable to r turn until Aur:ru t, hnt we w re w lcomcd by urs Rutter wh valiantly came to us at the ·I v nth hour and a t d Hs ma1ron until Miss Rvans'.- return. ""\Ve were orry to h •ar that Cathie Ma donald was unable to return this year owin!! to illne: ..

The gard n wa · rohb d of some of it· atlorning f at11res t b, old willow tre with the hollow trunk, that ah�ays jn. trig-ucd the majorit of tbe imaginativ boarders, wa cut <lown. . numb r of J ar tr es add d 1"o th · pil of fir •wooci. 0

Nora hand, Mary 13 ot, I arbani Ingli .. Betty Voll r. ,Je:m 'tre tcr and ··yJvia Pow•ll w r prcpar cl for confirma tion, which wa · held <1t thr brginning f th third t rn1.

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'l'bi · term we w nt to a seri s of l ctur h-ld in Lb' Library. ome of th · le tur s wnjoycd v ry much.

We went to h ar Moiseiwit · ·h, and aw . truck we watched tapering fingers fla, h over white k y.-, makincr u. feel v ry small in the musical world.

'vVe went to two of the ltalian op ra·, " arm 11" and "Rigoletto." We enjoyecl both very much but p rhap, "Rigoletto" wa. the favourite.

We were all very grateful to Miss Hannam, who enter tained us so mauy evenings, and in a most inter sting way helped u · to cultivate musical a.ppr ciation.

The Netball match, Boarders v. Day Girls, wa · played at the end of the secon I term, and although the Boarders put 11p a very plucky fight, th re ult was a win for the Day Girl·29-22. Both winners and losers r ceiv •d joyfully boxes of chocolates given by the Sisters.

As our funds were running hort, it. was decided to :pend the last Saturday in a way that would cost u. nothing, so after lunch we wended our way to explore Dean's Bush, accom panied by Sister, Mis. mith and Jove, but when we arrived at the gate a notice greeted us-'' No do•Ys allowed," so poor Jove had to remain outside. v

V e cheered the last eveuing by actin•Y in an impromptu manner, but nevertbekss with . ucees. the amusin "' short pla, v "The Dear Departed.'

Th end of term arrived, and everyone said good-bye to 71 Papanui R.oad anticipating an enjoyable three weeks' holiday.

Term III. J

' 'he third term-how th yenr flies. We all cam back lookir1g forward to a w·trm fine 1erm, full of cv nts including the .·ports and lots of tennis. [ma<•inc- our joy when istcr inform cl n · of the half-m<1dc tenriis court a.t th bottom of thL' �arden. Our mi11cl. ft w to <·arly rnornin� g-am s w, would enjoy. At the n l of the · ·ond term we Los!. fo1tr of our f llows. Patti White, Mary Por;;, v il1, hona Ba. .- tt and 1:uri I Brown. but three of tho. e empty b d.- havl' b en fillccl by 01u· periodi cal boarders, the ed�le_y und our small junior fr m Littl 1. Mar�arct ·, Yvonn !ringer. 0

After w had b •en bnck about wow ks lh • co1trt belong- l!Jn 1o :\1r. Carr.,·. and on which 'istcr and all of u had .:i. t

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such Jon...,i11g eyes. was \·ery kindly lent to u · in the afternoon after school. Our danciac, lcs 011s nded half-way through the term. At th • la t les ·on som • of the older boarders not taking danc ing came a a very great treat. The Yale Blues, Waltz and l<'oxtrot were d monstrated by ·ome of the girls. We are all "'rateful to Mi. s Loney and h r accompanist, Miss Youn"man. The day before the rrirls were confirmed, Miss Loney took seven of us along th ummit, from the Kiwi to Mt. Pleasant. We arrived at the Mt. Plea ant Accommodatio11 Hou e xceedingly thir ·ty and quite tired. On the 'l'uesday following Lorna was ranked among the absent, and m1til Mary Bland was made a Prefect the Orderlies bad to carry on the rrood work of Lorna as best they could. \Ve have only been to umn r once, and we we1·e there for so short a time that we were hardly able to visit the special nooks, found in the first term. We came back early, because of a mu ical ntertainment we were going to at Be"" 's in the venin". 'l'hi. was very interestinrr. Th · workin.-,s of the Duo-.Art Piano were explained, which i. really a unique piece of machinery. If only the school had one. We also heard some very beautiful orche ·tral records, mo. tly from Gilbert and Sullivan's opera . 'l'hen cam• Yisiting aturday, which, it is needless to say, we all enjoyed. ister very kindly allowed the Orderlies to "0 to the ollerre oncert in the •vening. The next week was a v ry busy one for all, as the bazaar was to be on the aturday. 'l'he weather was evidently un ettled, and the bazaar was th r fore h lcl at school, and was none the le. · a success. Last atnrday we had caus to be v ry pi-oucl of our •locution crirls because of the splendid actin" they put into the "Pri.nc s. and the Woodcutter." This was part of a matinee b Id in {i s O ray' tudio. There were al. o other plays and some dancin". At pr• ent we are a.ll lookirw forward very much to three day. of •�aiety at exeat. After that we have hard work and xams to look forward to. Most important of all is that Marjorie, our matriculation boarder, i sucees ful. We all wish her the best of luck and hope she keeps up the reputation crained for the boarder· by foriel Brown la:t year. 'fhen omes Xmas.

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THE VISIT OF THE BISHOP OF MELANESIA. One day during the first term on arriving at .-chool we heard that Bi hop Molyneux of Melanesia, was coming to pay us a visit. We were all assembled in the hall, and were ·itting wait ing patiently for him to arrive. Pre ently we heard. cars stop outside the front door. ilence rei"'ned, althou"'lt not for many seconds, for as soon as his head appeared in the doorway the clapping bc"'an, and we did not ·top until we were compelled to by our own hands. Bishop Molyneux entered the hall escorted by Bishop West-Watson, and others. Bi. hop West-Watson introduce<'! him to u , and told him of our interest in his work. First of alJ Bishop Molyneux thanked us for our help, which must be very little iu such a big area. He went on to explain about the natives. He explained that they lived in groups, some on one island, and some on another. He told us that it took him at lea ·t a year, and sometimes Ion" -•r, to go round to all the islands, that he went in a boat from place td place, as there is ho other way of travelling. The schools are not very different from ours, to which both the boys and girls go. They have their lessons, and they learn how to make things that will be useful to them during their lives. Their lists of requi.-ites are nevel' very lenathy. The) usually consist of .-ome material which they wrap round their bodies for clothing, and a cake of soap. 1'he work that is done in Melanesia is of very great help. but we did not reali e that they were hard up for help and money until Bishop Molyneux told us . o. M. H. (Konini).

GUIDE NOTES.

Term I. 'l'ing-a-1 ino·-ling (at the front door). Quick, Miss West Watson' here. Is our room ready (not that it isn't any other time), As our Captain entered , ·he noticed that several of our faithful Guides had left-Kitty Dixon, leader of Pukaki Patrol, and also Company-Leader; Muriel Brown, Tui Patrol Leader; and a great many more of les er degree; but some

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recruits joined to keep our ompany goinit. Th se girb; 11· r Mary an 1 Kathleen Bland, Mary Boot, Olive J'one ·, Joan Roll and Nancy Talbot. ('l'he form r had lwr s cond clas.· and the latter her tenderfoot.) After our first mcctin<>, whi h went off very w II inde d, we held a "Court of Honour' decidin" at it to make 'athie Macdonald leader of Pukaki Patrol, anrl Franc s Mc aun Leader of 'l'ui Patrol. Thi.· term five of us work d very hard for the Ambulance Badge, Miss arney very kindly coaching us through all the difficult pas··an-es, an] doinn- her b st to an ·w "r the most trying questions (and many of them too .) that were a ·keel her. Finally, at the end of the fifth week, Mr. Graham and Miss F. ooper came to examine us and we, Lorna Richards, Frances Mc 'ann, Maire Ilunrrerford, Audrey edgl "Y and Muriel .Jenkins, all passed thus doin•Y credit to our 'ompany. This year we did not hold a Guide bazaar, but all gave a donation instead. A much better way, so we thought! Towards the end of term III. of 1927 the Guides of the orth Division meet in S. Mary's Schoolroom, in order to pre ·ent Mi s tcwart, our late aptain, ,vith a bandba.-. as a token of esteem. 'l'his term concluded with us all going home to carry out our Guide resolutions. (l hope everyone did.)

Term n.

'l'his tenn ·tarted as all Guid term· lo-Guides ready to work like 'l'rojans to do their very be ·t for th ir ompany and those around them. After . veral meetings whispers and rumours "Ot around amon:_:rst the non-Guides of th "House" raturally som of th •m that we were ha.vin .-, an enro'lment. did not know what this meant, so some of us, following out our third Guiel law, told th m. o on fin ni.-.ht, with . miling fac . , ·potless uniform: and shoe:, a net brilliant trefoi Is, we greeted Mr:. tu ·tholme and M1·s. Hay. Aft r in pection for which needless to ·ay, w r c iv cl full mark:-w forme I a horse-. ho , with frs. tudholme, Mrs. Hay and Mr . '\Vest Watson at t·he top a11d with th lour-party on th ir right. Then 1'h enrolment be rr an. 'l'hose enrolled were Olive Jones. ybil Whittaker, Mary Boot and Daphn dgley. After thi ,vas oYer Mr . tudbolme told u: some d • Jio-htful Scotch storie an] then Mrs. Hay told u.- about her tay at Foxlea:c. Now it. wa · our turn to ntertain them, so w ang them ome . on". and round.-. which w re very much appr ciated by them. Then we .-howecl th m how to "skin th · snalP." the fat ones <7 tting through this tim !

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Sad to :ay, this term 'athie Macdonald was not able to r turn to our happy family, a.s he developed rheumatic fever. I nth Lush joi1Pcl at· half-term, thus keeping up the number in our 'ompany. everal of 011r rrirl. w 'nt for bad"es and passed, after working very hard for them. Those who pa;·scd their Ilealtb Badge were Lorna Richards, Maire Hungerford and Audrey edgley. Lorna Richards also pas ·eel her Athlete's and her 'Jeedlewoman '.. Congratulations to these people!

Term m.

pon returning we found our 'ompany minus three Guides-Patti White, Leader of Kiwi Patrol; Sbona Bassett, lluia's second; and Muriel Jenkins, s-cond of Tui Patrol. This term at every' mectin•" we J1ave a Mor ·c test, so that we may know bow w, progress each week. Our ompany Leader mad a ladder and of course our aim is to gain the lop rung. Many hav succ eded already.

At our first" oul't of llonour' this term it was decided mak Joan Roll L ader of Pukah.-i Patrol, and Maire l Lungerforcl Leader of the .I, iwi also that each Patrol should take a turn at an-an"'ing a competition for one Guide Digbt. • o far thes competition have proved very successful, and mak the time fl. as if it were on wb cl'. '!'his term we have learnt many n •w on..,.s and rounds, so now we have a larger supply than ever to entertain our visitors witl1. "Lif• saving" also has be n on the List. Many of the '· suppos cl to be" dummi · ari ·e from the floor looking more lead than alive after their rourrh u. arre, but nevcrthel ss the 7th bristchurcb Company ar det •rmined to rro into the world j)t'epared for au. F. . (Rata House).

THE BAZAAR. 'l'h i y ·ar w' were unfortuna tc in that the annual bazaar 1111d lo bt· postponed, and in tcad of havinrr it durinr• the u 1 ,,.111d l1•r111 ;-1. u:11al we held it on October 20th. W,· h11d int•1Jtled to have a g-arden fete, but owinrr t·o tl1P. w, 1 11 I hn t 11 iH plan had to be abandoned, and tbe baz<1ar was 1,!'ld i11 1 h,· S(•hool l [all. WOl'I

l<:11rl_ in th morning rnistr sse.- and girL were hard at H\'lt i11' Olli f h ,jr goods and cl coratil1g th ·tails.

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ln tbe afternoon there wa a large attendance of �arents and friend.·, children who made a dash for th . weets stall and the clip and older people who ought more useful purchase . 'l'be sweets ·tall, in the hands of Kowhai House , looked most attractive decorated with yellow paper, and large branches of kowhai, on which r po· d wis -lookin"' owl of yellow and green paper. Dai,nty bouquets and boxes of sweet tempted the buyers, and ·oon this ·tall was sold out.

Another stall which was despoil ·cl of its 0 oods very quickly was the cake stall, of which R.imu llouse was in charg,. This Honse also had the packets which are always popular with both children and parents.

The produce stall, over which Rata House presided, sold everything from sausage rolls to lemon honey. The goods were set out most attractively on a background of red, while overhead strings of peanut men ..,ave a finjshing touch to the stall. Matipo House, in charge of the work stall, had a large number of very pretty and useful articles, including dolls, coat hangers, shoe trees, aprons, garters, and powder-puffs. This stall, which was besieged with buyer all the afternoon, did very well indeed, selling the «-•reat r part of its wares.

The flower stall, which had been allotted to Konini House, was literally a bower of flowers. Konjni members had worked bard all the morning collecting these returning from trips in car. and on foot, laden with the spoils of many .-,ard ns.

The handkerchief stall, in the bands of Miss atchel and Miss Youngman, wa · as popular a cv r, and did a very -good business, while the children's fuvourit stall was the dip, in charge of Miss Helmore.

Durinr, the afternoon tea was s rv •d by the Prefects and Committee Girls, under the sup rvision of iiss Loney. 'l'he tables, in the Art Room and IV.a room, w r prettily lecorated with yellow and mauve flowers.

At about 4.30 vi ·itors havinr, b -�un to d part, . tails counted their ta kin"',, and in a short time the erstwhile market-place wa' reduced to an ordinary drill hall, and the Art Room and IV.a w re restored to normal. M.

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A TRIP TO OTIRA. foch excitcm >nt and enthusiasm was witnessed on the 'hristchnrch railway station on Monday, 1ay 7th, when thirteen s lect member.' of V.a, with their form mistress, Mrs. Wat.'011-Brown and Mis. mitb, a s,mbled to catch the 8.20 a.m. train en, route for an a lvcnturou · journey to Otira.

Porters, father. and broth •rs a.lik wer seen hustling a ·ross the bridr•e with case.·, parcels and piles of blankets, nearl. as lar o -c as th m.-clve , to the carriage of t. Margaret's (' II g, pupils, utt rinc, si,.•b · of rcli fas the train puffed out.

scenery on tb jolu·ney across wa. · magnificent, the 11ow- ;:ipp d. mountains, and the bt'idges uncl r wJ1icb rushed H11ow wat'l'S. made u.· almost dream we w 1·e in Switzerland. L about 2.l!'i p.m. we anived at our destination, and wt•rt• 111 t by a kindly carrier, who h lped u · to di ·pose of 1111 r I 111..a.:ag ·, mid ga v, som of 11s a ride, while tb rest of us 111,•1·,· ohlig- · 1 to walk. about a mile to t'h hut we had dreamed of for :-;r) long;.

II 1 ,Hl a su111-!· little place, consi. ting of three rooms (two ht'drouni:; and a large dining-room and kitchen combined), and, as wt• Wl'l'l' l�1t r inform cl, wa · commonly known by the Otira

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p Abov , ' The Bee H.ive, ' or tb '' Old people as '' 'l'h P•rhap· th• "Bee Hive" was the 1110 t appro\faids' Rest. priate. We each took turns with the cooking, two ot us wrre responsible for the cookir1g of •ach day. '!'he meal.· on the whole, were a •reat success, altbou rh two of the family had a very sad experience, for, when cook ino- the breakfa. t one moroino- tbe chop· flew out of the pan into the fire ·ide, on top of and cv •n into our ·hoe· which had been left there to dry. However they were promptly picked up put back into the pan, and afterwards remarked upon as "quite tasty.' Every day we went out on xpeditions into the bush or over the hills. Having thorou r •hly explored Otira, about tbe fourth day we decided to tramp over to Arthur's Pa ·s and back, a dis tance of about eighteen miles altorrether. ever befor had any of us seen anything more wonderful -the waterfalls mountain peaks, running stream· and steep gullies were glorious, and words would fail to describe them. Coming home we sudd nly obs rved tiny little lights by the wayside, which, as w grew clo ·er, di·covered were millions of little o-low-worm ·. On Saturday evening we patronised the local pictures, which were held in the town hall, about as large as the average person's drawin r r-room. On Sunday, our chimney r�fus •cl to b hav • it. If and per sisted in blowinrr smok and smuts into our one and only dining-room, and all ov r th thoroughly xa pcratcd cooks, so most of us made our way down to th hot l where we w re welcomed by a nic hot dinner. Our one 0loriou. we k pas ·cd all too quickly, and alas! the day of our d parture arriv •cl-a cold, wet morning. with the streams all in flood. We arriv cl at the station soak cl but fortunately a blazin•" fire welcomed us and we were abl to iry and warm our ·elves. 'l'he 1.20 p.m. train bore us homeward, away from one of the most enjoyable holiday spot.· w have ever visited, and for many years to come we will look back to those day and say''l'hey were great days and jolly clays, In the be ·t form of a II. ' B. 'l'. (Rimu Hou e).

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THE DRILL COMPETITION. We had our Drill ompet.ition on the 17th Au.-,ust, only a week before we broke up for the September holidays. The eventful day was pr ceded by ru ·hed practices in the hall at every free half-hour. M.i ·s Loney also took two practices with each house, which helped us tremendously. Miss Wilson, of the 'l'echnical CoUe .- ,e, and who came out from England only a short time ago, very kindly came to judge and to pick the winning House. On the morning of the 17th the Heads of the Houses had to draw for the order in which they should drill, Rimu, Konini, Rata, Matipo, and Kowhai being the order in which they came. In the afternoon everyone came looking very neat and trim. The first and second Houses stayed outside, while the other three and the staff sat in the drill hall taking up as little space as pos ible. After marching, running, skipping, the table consisted of introductory exercises in fil�s, followed by an agility in lines across the room, each line jumping over a form and landing in a. different and more difficult form as the older girls took their turn. The exercises after this break were those for strengthening and stretching the abdominal ham-string and lateral mu ·cles. These performed to the best of our ability, we divided into sections at the horse, ropes, and the wall bars ready for vault·, rope climbing, and hand stands. Section work is new to us all this year, and we now get many more turns at each set of apparatus. The section work finished, and the apparatus put away, we formed two line. in the centre and marched out. ,vhen each House had done its best the girls were lined up, waiting impatiently for the readinr, of the marks. Then Miss Wilson addressed us, but knowinr, how keen we were to hear the results, she waited till we knew_ who had won before she spoke to us about our work. Matipo was first Kowhai second, Rata third equal with Konini, and Rimu fifth. 1relling us some little details in our drilling which sue had noticed, Miss ,v.ilson speciall y mentioned our control. 'l'hat wa · cer tainly something to be plea ·eel about, control being a very important feature of physical training. In the address Miss Wilson included some sound advice. --.:.Ve were all very grate ful to her for this and for so kindly coming to judge. To continue with our good work, we marched out of the hall, the winners to be congratulated and a hearty "Better luck next time ' to the others. P. . (l\fatipo House).

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"THE FRENCH PLAY. '' Athalie.'' Early thi year, at Mademoi ellc .- ·ugcrestion, we started a Fren h 'lub. 'l'he bright r Fr nch const llation · of V.b, V.a and IV.b met one 'l'ucsclay-m1d so the rcle des Intrepid . " ,.va · formed. 'l'hrc is no doubt that w "Intr'pide " believe that "Pour reuissir il faut de l 'audace encore le l 'audace et tourjours de l'audacc.' W fully prov d this when we attempted to present Racine\; 'Athalie. ' last July on the gala night of the crcl Francai.·.

'l'his trag dy was written at th r q11 ·.-t f Madame de .Mau1tenon, and was act d for tb fir:t time by the young la.die. of aint- yr before tb king, lJOUis aint- yr wa · found cl by Madam d · Maintcnon for the daughters of poor 11oblem n. lt is now a military c U Je, and Saint-Cyr, where in y ars gone by ( x ept on f stiv occa ·ions) it wa a serious crime for any but the kin� ;ind Royal Princes to ent r, i. uow filled with l• ran , 's fut urn offic r.-. The clink of spurs and th wavin� r d-tipp, I I l11ms hav repla cd the swish of silken ·kirts and th flowin;..: ·11rls.

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"Athalie" has been called Ra in 'fi 'ch•f cl ocuvr ." It is taken from the Scriptures, based on th story ot lh ·trug 17 1e between Atbaliah and J hoiada, th hig-h pri st who has brourrht up J·oash with his own ·hildr •11 u11clrr th name of Eliakim. Atha.liah ha· a dt· 11clf 11l dr am. whi ·h haunt. her and dri e her to nter th 'l' mpl' wh re sh · s ·t·s Eliakim and he r corrni s in him th child who app ar d in hcl' dr 0 am. takes a. faDcy to bim and. in. ists on having him. J hoiad;;i r fuse: and Athaliah storms th Tempi·. The L vitc , in Rtruct d by th • Hirrh Pri st. rcsi ·t her, and sh is put to death. , Toash , ow that be will always follow the t a.cbings of the High Priest and is then ·l'owncd and 11p1 ars before hi. o,·erjoyccl people. 'I'he performance was to b at th Li tJe 'l'hcatre, 'a.nter hury olleg , and jn th aftern on f the g-r at day we bad our r h arsa.l tlJ re. Tb sol mn sil n c of that eat of ]earn ing- wa: rudely broken wh n rrirl. in the dio-nified garb of High P1·ic. t, and Levit with ven rabl white and black beards ran to a.nd fro, laurrhinrr merrily at one another, presenting a spectacle not at all in a. cordance with the parts they w re to take. Whrn YCD1ng- cam , the curta.i11 'ro. " (it wa. r ally drawn asid ') 011 a s ene which had the true Biblical

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atmosphere. 'l'he captain of the Queen's ••uard was convinc ingly big and manly; the only fault that could be found witl1 the young maidens, in their white and gold robes, with flowing hair, was that they suffered slightly from "une extinction de voix.'' Athali occasionally forgot to be wicked and fierce, but then she . nffer 1 from stage fright, an infirmity which inclines l to Jrnmility and softened voice. ' 'be Hi•�h Priest, fearing that bis memory might fail him, quietly read from bis tablets, thus adding to his cliµ-nity and causing us all to envy bis calm demeanour. At the end of the evening the presentation of an inkstand, complete with container for reel and blue ink, and calendar, was made to Mademoiselle, and we were very happy to know that we could uot have chosen a more pleasing or more suit abJc gift. Y. R. (Rimu House).

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THE COLLEGE DANCE. \.. mo t enjoyabl dance was given by the S.istcrs in July for th members of]< orm · VI., V.a and V.b of St. Margaret's and hri t 's College. A number of Ohl Girls and special friends of the school, who were the guests of the evenincr, made it quite like "old times.'' The drill hall was tran ·formed into a brilliaut ballroom, decorated with evergreens, balloons and rosettes of the school colours, and th lio-bt were artistically baded. 'rbe fit· t and second form rooms were u ed a· the sittiug out rooms, where ice-cream was ·erved between dances. Supper wa,' served up tair · in the .Art Room, and IV.a and III.a rooms, each room being decorated in a distinctive colonr, pink, orange or purple. After a f •w hours of dancing the happy party was brought to a clo e by the singing of ''Auld Lang Sync.'' A. T. (Konini House).

THE IV.A and IV.B PARTY. Forrru IV.a arnl. lV.b were very fortunate in I.laving a party thi.· year. It took place in the second term, and each member of the form was allowed to invite a f'rien<l.

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Consequently, when the night fixed for the party arriverl, very many ,.,aily-cla.d figures could be seen entering St. Margaret's ollege. Dancin", competitions and games contributed towards the evening's amusements. Prizes were given to the winners of the competitions, and ,Jean Stevenson-a visitor-and Beth Green-a member of St. Margaret's-won them. Alma Chamberlain-an "old girl "-was presented with a needle work box in appreciation of the lar"e amount of work she did in making the evening a success. Supper was served at about !J.30 p.m. in the Art Room, which was decorated with pink crepe paper, in the form of streamers and flowers. After the repast dancing was resumed until 10 p.m., and then various parents and brothers called for their daughters or sisters as the case might be. 'l'he majority of the guests had a very pleasant evenin•.,, and were loth to leave the scene of their enjoyment. M. W. (I< owhai House).

LOWER SCHOOL PARTY. On arrivinrr at school one morning we were all greatly excited when Sister told us a party was to be given for II.a, III.b, and III.a. For a few days I'm afraid to say I ssons were neglected, as we all looked forward to the party. On the evening of the party we arrived at school full of excitement. After takinrr off our coats we all gathered together in the hall. All around the walls were advertisements of cars, tooth pastes, bread, coal, and coats, etc., and we found that we had to rruess what the advertisements were. It was rrreat fun. After the competitions we had dancing for a while, and some of the elder girls, who had come to help, danced with us. Then we all joined in a birr circle and played twos and threes. The floor was very slipp •ry, and wh o we tried to run we slipp d all over the hall, which, of cour e, added to the fun. We also bad to walk around the room to the music, and the elder rrirls put large squares on the floor, and if we stood on a square we had to sit down until only one rrirl was left, and sh won a prize.

Aftel' ll'C fini:-;h cl that 1ram we play d musical bumps and when the music stopped we sat on th floor, and the one that sat down la.-t had to go out. \1/e play cl a few more .r,ames, and th n all went in to supper, which wa. serv d in the Art Room. It was beautifully decorated with flowers and coloured streamers of pink and green; v ryone thought it was very pretty. 'l'her were all kinds of good thin,., to eat, and lovely, refr shing drinks, which w re very much appreciated after the hot games and dancin<,. After supper we had more games and dancing until a few of the girls' parents began to come for them, as it was getting late, and the "iris who won prizes were given them to take home. All agreed we bad hail a "ery pleasant evening. P. M. (Rimu House) .

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* THE JAZZ BAND.

During the third term of tbi· year it was decided by Mis Hannam to organise a jazz band amon ,., st the boarders, so accordingly we all went in. trument-hunting at the various music i;;bop., and after exasperated shop assistants had been thron"h the entire stock, procured an assortment of in.-trum nt ·. Thereupon queer nois b gan to issue from every room, i;;howing that some musical instinct was be,.,inning to stir in dark depth·, but the result was a request that they should only be played on Thursday night, the night ·et apart especially for our monopoly. After what eemed to be a,.,e,· Thur day came, and all as ·cmblecl in hi,.,h spirits for the historical occasion o.f our first practic . We ·pent sonP hectic moments beating out bars of. mu ic for the benefit of our idea of time, which, I may say is not very exact. Then came our fir ,t renderin<? of '"l'hr Blind Mic " which wa.· not v ry encouraging, but with. more practice one was able to di. ting-uish what the tune wa . The various kinds of in trum nts consi t mainly of the gazoo type. W • have one long and bu ·iness-like trumpet, which l"csembles a miniature trombone, but which does not produce quite :ucb voluminous sounds. We have uot heard much of the :wanee whi tie and th · iren, but when they do tak part in our selection· I think they try to . ee which can make the mo,·t noise. or reach th(' highest note. We al o hav

:A a ca11ary, which warbles mo. t d •li g- htfully. and is quite approrriatr for one of our pie .·, call d "ln a Little Old Garden.''

During 1'11 playing- of '·Tile llnnf·ing 'ong" the vmbals clash with gr at f •n·onr, tb' triangles ring out with bell-like cl.ea mess, while th castanett •s lap furiou. ly cl ui·ing thci r a Hotted part. . ,vc u. ually group our.-clv s aro1m l lh pi,rno. but it J,as been found n ce.- ·ary to mak a larger cir le on 11ccount of th nearness to the ear of th accompanist.

One of our valiant memberR manipulates the violin, aud giv s q::iite a path ti rendering of h •r solo, althongh it hai, not quite reach •cl the :tage of an exact imit·ation of Kr isl r. The banjo, ukul ·I and tin whistl e form th · rcmainin"' trio, and although they make a v ry gr at effort to accompany us tunefully, th y !,till n cl a goocl d al of practice before they can become expert in the art.

We have to thank Miss Hannam very much fol' "'iving up such a lot of her preciou time and coming to the house to help us to imbibe some knowledg- of .how a jazz band should be played. T 111n snre all th c,irJ. ar · very grateful to her for it. M. S. (Kowhai House).

THE DRAMATIC CLUB. Very eagerly-awaited ar th Friday afternoon in Dalton weeks, for then the ixth and Fifth Forms assemble in the Art Room, under th direction of Miss Smith, for the meeting of the Dramatic lub. W !;tarted our club about the middle of the first term, and a· w • arc all very k n and enthusiastic, our meeting.· ar u.·ually well al't nd d. Our fir t play was "Arms and tbe Man,' a hnmorou. little sketcb by Bernard Shaw, and though we w re natura.Uy too shy at fir t to mak th most of our part:, we bavc gradually crrown u ·cd to "lettiocr our elves go, and try to live th part·.

Marjorie berris, a.- .-ecr tar y, giv s out the parts, and thus each 0·irl is abl to hav a tum at r acling. All the plays we have clone ·o far arc mod rn plays and we arc t-l1orougbl_y enjoyin"' them. Among thos w hav read arc "'l'hc Rehear al,'' a skit on ' /[a beth ; '''l'h Old Rull''; "The Pric of: 'oal"; "Th Little Man"-it1 which great amu. emcnt was cau. ed by ·om almo t unpronounceable long words; "Th Ph ilof;opher of Bntterbiggin. and '"1.'he

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Hi·hop's Uandle.·ticks." \Ve arc now reading Galsworthy'.s "'l'h-• Silv r Box." which w are fiudiog very inter stin fl' . /1 Dramatic Club i.- something we bav be n wantin rr for a Ion{)' time, and w • are all very grateful to Miss rnith for enabung u · to bav • one, and for f!i\ ing up her time to us. We hope that it will be k ·pt up next year, and thus become a school institution. '. W. (Matiro Hous ).

THE VISIT TO THE DEVONV ALE DAIRY. "I ban-s back scat." ". o, we've got it." "You can't hav it. ' "We'v got it going up-you can have it coming back." ucb were the ound.· b ard em rgiu.-. from a pack of school n -irl pati ,ntly waiting for the bu. in Victoria Square. The sio-n l{ miles to Belfast, h ,tped to raise our excite m nt, upon near.·in n - ou1· de ·tination. Ou the steps of this well-krrown dairy i;tood the manager, who greeted us with a broad . mile. First of all, he to cool down our hifl'h spirits, led u into th r om, wherein was th engine us d to cool the milk. 'l'he great attraction io this room was th white dust, like now, on th, •ngiu . Naturally, we all wanted to foci this snow! xt we proceeded upstairs-or an aµoloo-y for 'tair -to the pa teuri io n - room. Herethe milk is hoisted up by elec tricity, put into the pasteuriser-a larg vat (covered in) witl1 bu n -- revolving coils containiucr hot water at temperature of 140deg. ];-, _ for 30 minutes. Then the milk i · pa· ·ed through a pipe to a cooler ov r which it trickled into Yats. 'l'h • cooler consisted of a ·et of pipes containing water at 0cleg. F. at the top, th n brin • at the bottom at 40cleg. F. Thus the milk i rapidly cooled to pr vent entry of germs and destruc tion of vitamin'. Wh • n th milk bas entered the vat a lever is turned, and the milk bottl es air ady in a crate underneath, ar filled, and th, tops arc clamp cl on by machinery. At this point of our urv •y the mana 0·er informed us that they were g-ctting a new machine which automatically fill cl and sealed t·he bottles. After this we wer taken to s c· wh re the milk containers -not ans. W<e mo t milkmen hav -but bottles! clean, !';t rili eel bottl 'S, were kept and wash cc.I. Here we aw a crat of boUles have their tub. 'l'he bottle bave a metal fram put round their n cks to k ep th rn secure in their crat . 1'h crate n xt runs along rail., into a trough at

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J 0deg. F. An electric brush is put around the in ide of eaeh bottl to clean it, the lever turn the crate upside down over jct!, of boilincr water, then they are taken by a trolley to a sterilising oven where they are kept at 220deg. F. for 30 minutes. 'l'h n they are taken out and packed upon trollie. and a large cloth thrown over them to keep out dust. Now they are r ady to be filled a"'ain. Follov,ing this, we were taken iuto the freezing chamber. Here we saw wh re and )1ow the milk was kept cool at 40deg. F. Here to our great surprise, we w re each pre ented with a four-ounce carton of cream! Now that we bad seen the inside of the workshop, we ,vere taken out ·ide to see where, the cows were kept. Outside the manager pointed out their farm: to us. Then we went to a shed where an experiment was bein"' carried out, with three or four cows. sually their �ows, which are of the Guernsey ,Jers ">' cro ·s breed, are fed in the open in summer, and in winter are •�iven hay and mangolds. In thi. shed eacl1 cow bad a stall, and was criven dry fodder all the winter. The •ow. are milked and fed in this shed and are never taken out one all winter. Whether you think they get enough vitamins. in their food and bodies throurrh staying in these sheds all winter is a question for yon to an wer ! We noticed in this shed that the quantity of milk •a.eh cow gave was put down on a chart eaeh clay. Next we aw the cows being milked. Every morning the cow. are groomed, and every time before they are milked they are wa ·bed. 'I'he cows are milked by hand, because th manager found that they could not keep machines clean enough for their satisfaction. Th milk is always pnt through six: strainers (on, of fine gauze) before it goes into the pasteur iser. We ended our interesting visit by goin" into the room where the furnace to supply the steam for cleaning all l utensils was. ' 'he . team is pa ·s cl ·through pipes to different parts of machinery, in order to clean them. Thus we left the Devonva le Dair) fe ling- as though we· had at last learnt. omething abo111' where our miLk came from. F. . (Rata House).

OUR BRILLIANT EFFORTS. ·William Walpole abolished :lavcry and was callee! the children' friend. 'l'he American olonists wcr not allo\\"ed to xport articles unle tb y fir t went to England.

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Generally som one take. u: the first <lay (at. chool) until a teacher comes and takes ns from ou1· parents. Ilere is where th trouble generally starts. The teacher puts 11s :into an emptied desk where there arc a )!r at number of chilclr n all workinrr. Macbeth :aid ther were two meals, and th • second courRr waR the chief nourisher. Lady Macbeth said "I do not know wbat you mean." Do you wond 'I' she mad this r mark A new l'ranslation for "Ne, qua ro liberos meo.- i. nter feceris" js, "I pray you do not interfer with my lib rty." nfortunately, if we allowed such liberty in translation our classics would hardly reach th r quired standard. "Th re wa.- one donkey that I fell cl cply in lo,·c with. · This n eds no comm nt.

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OLD GIRLS' NOTES. The "Old Girls' " Rem1-ion was 11ot held in May, as ha been cu tomary in the past, but a meeting of pa t pupils was arranrrecl for on t. Margar t' · Day, November l6tJ1. The followincr is a list of the v•nts:N ov m bcr lGth-Fi r:t Ev nsong of the .l<'estival at the with an \d lr s.- by th Bishop. :-i1. Marcrar t Day7.30---Corpornte 'ommunion at the School. .15-Br akfa ·t. 2.30--- onclu ion of chool ports at the Hou· by \fternoon. Tea. 3.3 Tennis Match versus Prese11t Girl.·. 6.0-'l'ea. 7.30---General Meeting.

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A. these have not tak n place at the time of writing, no report ·an be made of them. 'l'h bed in t. Georg 's lio:pital, for which the "Old ·irJs" undertook to ollect £100, is now paid for. Amounts oil cted :192<-i £v4 9 11 44 16 11 1927 24 15 9 192

£124 2 7 We w r • again responsibl • for the wcet Stall at the . Hoare, M. Morten, B. Market on Oetob r 2nd and 3rd. Norri · I. Graham, B. 'l'homa: and . l urcha: :leeorated the -tall very prettily with pink an] purpl , and undertook to sell the .·weet collectecl. The am un realised was £16/14/-. The following ent ontributions or donation.- :-Mary Hamilton Rita Hall M. 'lem ns J. Lee, .F'. mec, G. Dysart R Ruther ford . Pox D. l •nni , I. Hi Iii r, R. .Atkin ·on, A. Langdale ! rnut A. 'urragh. ' 'mith. l. M:cVinni D. ardiner, M. J liatt, L. Garden •r. A. hamb rlain, f. Brown, -�L Adley, F. C'ambridg J. Gray, . La. c 11 s, B. orris, M. Morten, B. '.l.'homas, '. Talbot, I. Whitt B. 'layd n, JC .Dixon, Muriel Brown. . Iloar l. Ja•rrr r B. 'l'elford . Anc1rew., B. Mac donald D. Le tc, M. Hog�, ' . .I 11rel.las, E. l<'irth I. Graham, N. Nutt 'f. Kcbbl "'bite R. l<'ra�r, B. Helliw LI, E. Gebbie. 0

Several other . ent ·w ls, but omitted to name the par 1�. Vv · ar<' therefor unable lo aelrnowledg by name hC'rc.

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NEWS OF OLD GIRLS. Edna Pirth has l'cturn, I from England A.R. .1\1.

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brissie Talbot gaill d a ilver Medal for the hio-hest mark, obtained at the 'l'imaru ntre for A.'1 . . L. Only fom out of the twenty-six who •nter I pa, se 1.

Avice Hamilton, First S ction B. c., Zoology :i: .llfl Botany. Betty Flint passed th fir:t year'.· term. at

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'ollege.

Hope Purcba · has completed her cour. • at the Froeb I In f"itute, England, and is now in Northern India.

Hcl •n Irving is tudying mu 'ic at the Royal London.

'ollege of' Mu 1c.

orah Nutt is a Probationer nt the Bowen Wellington.

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• Joye, GoMl'ey and orah Friedlander are helping in the l<'ree Kindern•arten. 1\foll y Hankin i·· teach in" ai Amb rl y Hou ·c School..

Mollie Templeman ha.- gone to En ,.,. lan l and hope to study Art at outh Kensington. At pr s nt :he i unable to I ave horn ow.in < ? to ha, inn- broken her leg .

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.-her is a Probationer at

. Geor <Y e's Bo·pital.

Betty ''homn · is learning gar lening under Mr. Rutb 'l'urner obtained an Advanc > d Gra(le �ehool of A rt.

Sheilah 'l'obin obtllined a lioh:-;t· En,.,lanJ.

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E.Lizab th Lance ha· ..,.one to Eno-land for a trip.

.__ tella Purebas is t •aching at

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Mona Hind pas:ed her final'- at the Honour.-.

bri.-tchur ·h Hospital with

Lila Gal'rliner has pas:ed h r ' B" Pharma y

xamina.tion.

Beatrice 'l'elforcl i.· a Probationer at the Public lio pita!.

,Joan

av.illc, wbo ha· been cloinJ \ .A.O. work at Hanmer, is g-oiu,... to Wellington for trainin:; at t·hc Public .Hospital.

EUa 'l' mpl:i: r i a 'i. t rat Bow

Edith 0:,?ilvic i.- al ·o a � i!st 'r Wellington.

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Marriages.

Joao Jluj to '. \.\. Vennell. Pc,.,.gy B nnctt to E. JI. mith. Marjorie ancarrow t·o B. 'hambers. Mabel Craw haw to 'l'. Kensington. Peggy W bb to W. E. Hunt. 1gaire Hunt to E. atchell. Mary owlishaw to G. mith. Ruth Derritt to B. . Ruthei-ford. Grae Gardiner to mith. Rosie \tkinson to -. McKeo,vn. Lucy Heney to I. F. '. 1 Lamilton. Ailsa Kembl to I. Fagan. Jean Leach to \. G. M. 'hristic. Engagements.

i[ary Vine •nt to J. Bi:hop. Katbleen Hadfield to JC Hardie. Betty orris to It. Fi:h. Ma1·y Stepb ns to H. E. Tggo. Ali on tephens to H. 'ordery. Births.

Dorothy Ricard, nee San ]ston, ha a son. Judith Morton n'e Matthias, ha a daughter. Audrey 'ott e rill ne racroft Wil:on. has a son.

LETTER FROM MOLLIE TEMPLEMAN. Hirrhfi Id, Mount Dear Sister Winifred

ebo, Taunton.

We have now been 111 En,,land nearly a month, and so much has happened sine we left N w Zealand that i. t is extremely hard to know what to write first. . The trip iu the "M:arama , from \V llinrrton to ydney was awfully ro11 <rh, but from th n onward· we had a perfect journey. We pent ei 0 ht da_v : in ydney and enjoyed every moment of it. 'l'he Harbour is bea11tiful and oue rroes every where in little ferr ies. ju t a: much a· one < roe· in trams in Christchurch. We al. o spent two cb1y. in \dclaicle and Fremantle anct fiv in Melbourne. It was most terrifically hot, and we all agreed that ydney was th mo. t int re. ting Au.-tralian town.

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l ruit is wond'rfully cb •ap: Grape· 3d. a lb., oranges 14 a 1/-, and pineapples f:or 6d. It took us .·ix. days to get to 'olombo (we pa·· d the Coco Islands quite close on the way), and I think it is the mo t picturesque and delightful place I have ever ·ecn. The natives and the native quarters are so interesting. We motored all round the towu and outskirts and went into a Budclhi t Temple, where the native r,uides first remove ones shoes. ·we lid a little shopping, and a great deal of bargaining, which is great fun, and a never-ending husiness in many cases. We all went in rickshaws from the town back to the boat, and until we sailed watched the natives loading and selling wares at the boat'. side, also little brown kiddies diving for tbreepences-they will not go in for pennies nowadays. \.Ye had a. \" ,ry happy time on board and l wish I could always travel, so much did we enjoy the trip. ◄

Vv, saw Mount Sinai in the distance, and the spot where Moses is supposed to have crossed when we were in the Red ea. The weather was delightful; we even wore coats there, and when we landed in Port aid. We had some heavy tropical rain when we left Colombo, but luckily it only lasted a few hours, and we played deck ,,,ames and danced as if nothing had happened. We had a clear run throu..,h the uez anal, and did not tie up once. Luckily we ··aw it all by daylight, but very nnfortunately only . aw Port Said by night. It is very inter cstin.-, but the natives are dirtier and more unpleasant than anywhere else. 13argai11ing with them wa · worse than awful. 'l'J1e little children sit down on the footpath.- and do conjuring tricks with great skiU, but they learn at a very early a..,e to be extremely cunning. We stayed up till we sailed at 4 a.m. to see the exit of the harbour and the de Lessep's :tatue. We then had three days before we reachecl M.alta. \Ve :aw dozens of little light.· scurrying- aero ·s the harbour, Aliema, and they turned out to be little gondolas comin.., to take u.· from the boat to the . hore. Valetta, the chief town, is built practically o.n tbe top of Sliema, in fact one can go up in an electric elevator, but w hir cl a "gari, ' a small four wheeled buggy with a hood and curtains. Everytbin.., has bell in Malta, and 1·hey all ring at once horse·, cars, dogs, ..,oats, and the 1rnmerou.· churches. It i · a very pretty and fa cinat inr, place, with hi. toric intere:·t.. 'l'he houses Jiave little iron balconie. and door. and ..,reen shutters and the Palace and Opera House have orang tre s in green tubs by the doors. It had street of steep teps, and the goats are led roun l and

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milked at Hie doors. Th fortification· arc wonderful. anc.l the whol · pla shin s mo ·t beautifull.v in the moonlight. as it is built ·hiefly of a white .lime ton . \,\ e wer very sorry to leave there, as it wa,· so differ nt from • verything lsc. '!'here wcr fourte n battleships in port and on was "11 .M. '. Ea..,le,' of which w • hav h ard so mu ·h r cen1 ly. Just before we pas ·ed Gibraltar these fourteen hips had overtaken u ·· and were drawn up in battle formation for a sham war. Stran" ly enough T aw th picture, in the gazette at a cin •ma last night. Th Portu••uc e and pani h coast looked b autiful, with lovely •Yreen fields dott d here anrl 1here. W cro s d th Bay of ] i cay in comparati, calm. arrivin" in Southampton on Sunday, May 18th. l

' 'he drive from outhampton to here was beautiful and T love the 1uaint buildinc,s and thatch-roofed cottage:. W like England imm nsely, and w ather and a very "OOd tim .

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We w nt to Ex ter la.·t we k anc.l went over the athe dral, which T think i · perfectly wond •r.ful and so vast, one could not really see half in one visit. We also saw the astle ity wall. irnd tb remains of' th My cousin, i\[ouica, an 1 l dccorat d th fon1· for Ea ter Day, anrl th whole burch wa.- so b autiful; it is ,. ry old, ,rnd it wa q11it• funny to hav• a box-lik pew. 'l'b Art chools ha,· holidays now, b11t next t rm J am stay-in" here in Taunton a.- I hav so mauy r lations to visit and w are going to Torquay .for a fortni"ht in May. 'l'hen we are all goin•� to 'London wh • r • I hope 1o ·tay and :tudy. At the moment w • ar making all ioquiric. pos ible, so that I may hav • the b st w cno � t. T am clctrrminecl that I hall have at lea·t a y ar there. The primros s and wild flower. ar lo,·cly, and this o·arclcn a pi ture, e p ially the or·hard with all th blos. om. Mother aT1cl Monica send th ir IOVl', and hope with me that you have a happy yenr s work. I hop l have not bored you with this egoti tical letter. T remain, �,our lovin�

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MOLLIE 'I'EMPf.,EMA

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TENNIS NOTES. Term I., 1928. "'vVe w ·re n·ry fortunat in losin o - only thr·e of our last year's team. hcnc thi · tennis senson has b en very successful. I ' 'he first mat h f the season was against the staff, when the team won by 30 games to 19. The staff were repre.,ented by Miss Lon y, M·ss Jlo:-1re, Mi.-s atchcll and ·Miss Ilelmore. On April 14th 1 lw tenm journey 1 to Amb rley for the day, where we playr I ;i h•nm from Amb rl y House. We were a"ain vietoriou.- h.,· -> games to 4-4. 'l'hc anr111nl rnt'r- chools 'I'ournament was held at Wild .ing Park on the three aturdays befor Easter. Our "A" team nter cl and wo.n every •vent po.-sible. Marjori herris won the hampionship ingles, Kathleen Hoar and Mnrjori • herris won the Handicap Doubles, while Kathi en Hoar and M. L. Shand (St. Andrew's ollege) were the winn rs of H1 Handicap ombincs. Term III. o far this term, that We hav l being against th I rgy. ''he School won by 57 games to 55. 'l'hc lergy w re repr seated by Mr. de Lambert, Mr. Malden, Archdeacon Ila�gitt, Bishop West-Watson, Mr. Maclaverty, Mr. Acheson, Mr. Moffat, :rnd Mr. Norris. Later in the term we hope to play against Amberley House, Ran••i-Rnru, and with St. ndrew 's ollege v. The School.. Criticism of ''A'' Team. Kathleen Hoare (captain) has improved gt· 'ally this term. hould try to be st acli r and improve her backhand st-rokes. Marjorie Sherris (vice-captain) is a good all-round player who should do well when she improves her net play. Marjorie Shirtcliffe is inclined to drop her racket-head in �ro11ncl strokes. If this fault wer • corrrcterl, she would show marked improvement. Be�y Tipping is far too erratic. hould ke p her shoulder down wh n making a forehnnd drive. TTcr backhand is d i8t inctly weak. Merla Munns. ervic is far too weak. Ground strokes often hit had throu�h fa.ilure to watch the fli,.,.ht of the baU. Prue Smith. 'rechniqu of backhand drive incorrect, con. equ ntly the stroke is purely clefen ive. he lacks judrrm nt in coming- np to th net.

Shirley Wooler's r •ame needs to improve greatly in order to keep her place in the team. Aileen Thompson. If ber service was steadier ·h would be good. ls inclined to drop her racket head in ground strokes. General Criticism. Net play throughout th team i weak, and needs to be taken far more seriously wh n practisin cr . The modern doubles "ame is played with each couple working for the attacking net position. Match play needs more thought in pickinl! out the weak spot.· in the opponent.' play. G. M. L. K. H. H. ( aptain)

NETBALL NOTES. Nineteen hundr c1 and twenty-seven has bee11 a highly successful ·eason. 'rhe ''A'' team won, and the '' B'' team tied with the Convent. for the grarle shield· in the Association matches. Altbou rrh only two of la ·t year's "A" team mem bers were left, a number of good players came to the fore, both from among the "old" girls and the new-comers to the school. The "A' team conte:t for the shield was keen. Thoucrh the first two matches resulted in draw: the school team, after an exciting and well-fou crht game in the last round with Rangi-Ruru, wa. placed half. a point ahead of T chnical, the leading team. W st lligh chool default cl the la:t match of the season. and t. fnrµ-ar t'i- was cl elar cl th winn r of the shield. The "B' t am. with th, exc •pl'ion of the 'oll\·cnt match wa unbeaten. Marjori Shirtcliff wa th only ea ·ualty. In the third match she injured her ankl , and wa · unabl to play for the r st of the season. The only non-A sociation match phiyed \\·a.- with Ambcr ley, at St. Margaret's grounds. Criticisms. ''A'' Team. c+:r.-Marjorie Tingey. fa inclin cl to rely too much on her jumping power , and not enough on doclcrino icle way.. Has made a promisinc r be crinning. A.-Betty Tipping. Though not always clependabl , ha. played a crood 0 ame wh n the team mo t needed it.

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C.A.-Marjorie Sherris (,·ic -captain). A hard-working centre; has play d steadily throughout the season. .-Prue Smith. To be a really good centre needs more con :istcnt !fort towards the end of a match. Has dir ctecl the attack of the centre succe sfully. '.D.-Lorna Richards. \ st ady ccntr player, especially use ful i11 defence. D.-Dorothy Green. With more •xperience should do well in thi.· position. G.D.-Isabel Bates (captain). \ quick, hard-workinai defence who Jrns made a good captain ofi the team. ''B'' Team. G.T.-Kathleen Hoare (captain). booting disappointing at times. Dodcrincr crood Ras been a good captain. A.-Gretchen Sargent. ,Jumps well, but shooting is too erratic. '.A.-Jean Gebbie. A promising centre. Ilas good jumping power and useful ideas. C.-Muriel Hutchinson. Has played steadily and combined w 11 "ith the other centre". '.D.-Fay Cowper. Play lacks confidence, and· therefore attack is weak. D.-Merla Munns. Has played a good game-marking could b" improved. G.D.-Nancy Green. Plays an untirin� game-should mark her oppone11t more closely. Marjorie Shirtcliffe has ability, and .-honlcl make a good centre but tir s far too easily.

''A'' Team.

Versu,'l 'l'echnical High ehool onv nt Rangi-Ruru West hristehnreh 'l'echnica l 'on, ent Jijgh ehool Rangi-Ruru West Christchurch

First Round. Grouml. Result. Date. Home Drew 16-16 June 6th Drew 15-15 Away June 13th \way Won 15-6 June 27th Hom, Won 27-15 July 4th Horne Won 37-2 July 11th Second Round. Away Lost 15-13 July 18th Home Won 22-8 July 25th Home Won 22-12 August 4th \way Won 20-19 August 8th Won by default

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''B'' Team. First Round.

Versus. Sumner High School. . Rangi-Ruru High School Convent Bank'. ollege West hristchurch Technical Normal Avonside High School

Ground. Result. Won 23Home Won 1 -12 .Hom Won -3-13 Hom• Away [;oi:;t 20-15 Won 46-2 Ilomc Won 22-12 Home Away Won 15-11 Won 15-10 Hom Hom Won 14-13

Date. June 6th .fune 13th June 27th J't1ly 4th July 11th ,July 19th July 25th Aurrust 1st August 8th

Won 34-10 Won 28-12

.Atirru t 4th August 4th

Non-Associa.tion Matches.

"A" 'l'eam v. Amberley "B" Team v. Ambcrlcy

Home Home

Home Matches. First Rou:nd-Senior.

Matipo v. Kowhai-Matipo won. Second Round.

Matipo v. Rimu-Matipo wou. Konini v. Hnta-Ra.ta won. Final.

Matipo v. Rata-Rata won.

First Round-Junior.

Rimn v. Hata-Rimu won. Second Round.

Rimu v. Kowhai-Rim11 won. Matipo ,·. Konini-Konini won. Final.

Rimu v. Konini-Rimu won.

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

'l'hc 'ports thi · y a r w •r postpone I twice on account of the weather. 'l'hc Flat an] T I.clay rac •s were run off on the la. t day arrang-ed, whil the oth r events are to take place 011 L Margaret· ·s Oily. H suits up to dat, :100 yflrds 11nd r 13-1 B. ('hapman, 2 . E owell, 3 W. Davis. 220 yards under 15-1 D. Green, 2 P. Mackie 3 P. Upham. 220 yflrds (open)-1 I. Bates, 2 G. larke, 3 F. Cowper. 100 yards (open)-1 G. a.rg nt 2 I. Bates, 3 G. Clarke. 100 yards nnder 11-1 J. teele. 2 �- Buchanan, 3 B. Flow r ;:ind 11. arg nt.

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100 yards under lf 1 D. Green, 2 S. Holm ·s, 3 P. Mackie. 440 yard. (open)-1 F. owper, 2 I. Bates, 3 P. Smith. 440 yards under 1:i-1 D. Gre •n, 2 . Holmes, 3 P. l pham. Junior Hon e Relay-1 Konini 2 Rata, 3 Kowhai. enior Honse Relay-1 Koniui, 2 Rimu, 3 Matipo.

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ST. MARGARET'S COLLEGE CHALLENGE CUPS. The following- list of ballenge ups may prove of intereRt. Formerly a up held for three years in succession was retained by the holder, who replaced it by a new hallenge Cup. Tn this way some old a.-sociations of th school were lost. In future the hallenge ups are not to be retained by anyone holding them for three year·: instead, a . pecial cup will be given to the holder. aunders hallenge up-For the Uou�·e which gains most nior events. Presented by Mr.. aunders points in in. 1920.

Junior Hou,; C'hall •nge Oup.-For the Douse !!a.inrng most points in , Junior C',·ent... Presented by the School in 19:.0.

CuU\, iek Challenge Cup.-For th enior !louse Relay Race. I resented by Canon. and Mrs. Cnllwick, 1921. Rima Fraer 'halleuge up.-For the Junior Ilon. e Relay Race. Presented by Rimn Fraer. 1921.

Holm s

hall nge up.-F'or the girl who g-11ins moRt points ip 01 en bampionship ev nts. Presented l y Mrs. Holme: i11 ]912. R place] by Mrs. Blanch. Replaced by Molli and Gwen Rankin in 1924.

andston. Challenge Cui .-For the girl who gairn; most points in under 1- Chflmpion. hip CYPnfs. PreRcnted by Mrs. flndston, 1913.

Grace Chall ,ngc Cup.-1• or fh �•irl who g-aim, mo.·t points in tbe under l� Championship vent:. Presented by {i .. Grace in l!H2. Oamnon- mith Challen� C'up.-For th · girl who gains most points in tb under 11 v uts. I r sent •d by Mrs. Cameron- mith in 192 .

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Cranmer House up.-For the crirl who gains most points in under 9 \·ents. Presented by Mrs. Bloxam, 1919. Betty Macdonald on- hampionship up.-For the girl who crains most points in open Non- hampionship e, enti,. Pre:entecl by Betty facdonald. 1924. Forwood

hallcno-e 'up.-440 yards open. Pre ·ented by Mr. Forwood, 1917. Replaced by Mary Vincent, 1920.

Graham

halleng up.-220 yards op n. J. '. Graham, 1923.

Presented by Mrs.

Gould

balleng up.-100 yard Geo. Gould, 1919.

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Pre ·ented by Mrs.

Shand

ballenge up.-High jump, op •n. J. hand, 1924.

Present cl by Mrs.

100 yards Junior hallenge 'up.-100 yards under 15. ented by an anonymous donor, 1925. Thomson Francis

hallenge up.-440 yards under 15. Mr. Thomson, 1928.

Presented by

'ballen•"e Cup.-Rio-h Jump, under 15 (oriainally given for Form Drill; chan"'ed to high jUJDp Chal lenge 'up in 1928). Pr sented by Joyce and Gwen Francis.

Lee Challenge np.-100 yards under 13. Lee, 1919.

Presented by Mrs.

Mary Hogg Challeng Cup.-220 yards open handicap. sented by .Mary Hogg in 1925. Upham Challenge up.-220 yards nnder 15. Mrs. Upham, 1928. V.a 1928

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DAWN. !;be rame from the beavcnlv portals, Bringing to us the ligbt, Alter the duRky night. Bringing to us a lovely mornThat beautiful one we call tho Dawn.

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THE WORLD OF NOTES. Mr. and �irs. mibre,·c two ,·cry old peopl · with . hort white hair.. end th ir great g'ranfl- hildrcn, 'l'he Quav rs, to Miss Crot hct'. s hool. whc'rc th y learn t"im · and expression.

'l'hc childr n\; name. ar Guisto Quaver, s,mi-Q11avcr, Demi-Semi-Quaver, and cmi-D •mi-' mi-Quaver. 'l�.he,y tall have l.011� black bair and arc so alike that their nur ·e, Miss l\:linim, always ti · on bow on 011isto s hair, two on mi's, three on Demi- mi s, and four 011 ' mi-Drmi- 'cmi 's, so she can listin�uish one from anot"h r.

1t is v ry. ad to se • poor littl '·mi-D ·mi- 'emi runnin" to school with h •r sisters becau: she has to tak • eight times as many steps a Gui ·to and fonr tim s as many as mi, and ven twi a· many as D mi- •mi.

'l'hese st1·an�e peopl all own rest sig-ns, so that when ver th y see their own sin•n they are entitled to a re ·t; but al.as! poor little Demi- mi i.- wor8t oft ag-ain, becaus hi. rest arc ·horter than all the other'. fr. a·nd l\Irs. S mibreve \\"alk Lento, Miss 1.inirn walks _\fodcrato Onisto Piu 'l'osto, 'emi Presto. Demi- emi Velocc, and emi-Demi- mi Pr-stissimu.

Miss 'rotchet. who matches her name to perfe •tion, gives th ehildr n a "time" lesson first. 'L'hcy all stand in a Line and march down th, s ·boo!, taking their resp ctive teps all in the sam tim and if Miss 'roch t places a marble on their heads they lrnv • to jump into f-hc air after every st p; but if the marbl • accidentally roll. off th •ir heads and in front of them th · Quavers have to wnit for half a b •at, and wo • betid anyone who makes a mistak · wh n Mi.·s 'rotch •t has her funny little bat, shaped lik · a upsid • down, on, b cause ·he stamps on the floor with rag' and som •tim s ti s two of the 11ot .- toge h ,. to mak • 1"11 leading one tacet. Then they hav the Expn•s.-ion I sson. \Vhe11 th y see a pp. on th blackboar l they ·rcep ,1bo111". an l wh •n they see fortissimo they stamp their frC't.

Oc asionall,y Miss 'rntchet writ ·s a ·eaten • on the board, e.g-.," eque giojoso g-razioso not1 staccato ma macstosu a tempo poi largo er scendo on brio:-;o furioso fff ten poi taeet." Then th Quav rs follow on at on e joyou.-ly, grace fnUy, and not in a detach cl mann r, but majestically, th •n . ing, ,raduallv getting- louder until th>y �•r • as loud as possible and they hold on as long' as they can, then are siJ nt. TJ1en, as these lessons are ov r, they (.!O horn· tempo comodo.

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Miss 'rotchct has on her door a notice which ·ta.tcs '' Miss 'rotchet, L .. O.M., t-•acher of rhythm, time and expression, is willing to impart any of her ·Markirt knowl clgc to anyon in t.he "P •opt 's W or lei." K. B.(Kowhai House).

LIFE TRIUMPHANT. 'l'hc po··t lay on hi8 ued, too weak to even ·tl'llg.,;le against the f,clin!! of I eath which was stealing over bim. He wa · unconscious of the .-truggl which was «oing on above hiR restless form, for th • po.-session of his spirit. The An.,el of Death want,d tb' .-pirit of the poet for his own. So a.L·o did the A.ugel of Life. Said 1 eath: "If he comes t·o m , 'tv,ill be u •st for l1im 1 for until h lcav ·s this earth the beauty of his works 11·ill not bt' r alis ii and appr•ciated!"

"Yes" r spondcd l,ifc, that is so, but if be die:-; 11' will not be able to do better work than hit·hert 'o It has done, f:or ai;; he lives h will grow in xp rience, and more scope will open out for him, while if he dies he will never be able to do mor• wonderful work which will touch th h art·s of all mankind. For, af.ter all, be is but youn .. ,.; he ha. not yet Lived his allotted span of years; he is only nin and thirty, with almost the whole of his life before him." "Silence! cri d a new voic , and the ngels turned to s" an old man, armed with a scyth • and hour-glass, standing upon the thre ·hold of the room. " ii 'ncc, I say: cliq you hope to dispose· of the spirit of this man without my consent, 'annot old Father Time up,;et all your plan:, cannot Time do a,nything?" Hii,; voice rose triumphantly as h · .-aw the look of dismay whi ,11 rose to his listeners' faces. ' Yes yes, I had for;.!Ottcn 'I'im , " murmured Death.' but then Time will pass." "Have yon not triecl to secure yon man s spirit befor • his time was pass cl." Death bow d his head i11 m11t pa.·.-ecl." asked life.

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· Wb n he is famous," was the onl.y answer, and Time stalked out at the door, l •aving Life the victor. l•'rom that hour tb • poet ,.,.rew better, fot· althotwh Death had laid his chilly hand upon his brow, Life and 'l'ime hail beaten him off and blessed him, with ·ucce s and the joy. of lif and happiness. E. R. (Konini Hou.,e).

MY PET PONY. The colour o.f my pony is brown. It ha a long tail. I have a ride on her once a day. I feed her at ei"'ht o'clock every morning. Later on in the day I catch her and put her saddle and bridl.c on and away we both �o. W speed over the paddocks till we come to a wide stream, then my pony gives a strong spring and she lands on the other side. After a whil we turn back; my pony likes going home, .-o she goes much fa ter. ,v11en we arri\"e home, I take off the . add I and tnrn her out into her paddock to feed and rest. On cold ni�hts l givr her chaff to cat, and 1 put h r ·o,·er on. My pony was giv •n to m on 'hri. tmas Day. My father gave me the pony, and my mother gave me th . addle and bridle. H,. M. (Rimu House). * *

THE LITTLE GNOME. Once upon a tim th re lived an old gnome. His name was Littl e Gnome White Beard. H had a long white beard that nearly reached his littl feet. One day Little Gnome ,vi.1ite Bearrl was very angry because hr had lost a lot of thin.-.s that day. He had lots of children. There wa.- a little boy and a little girl, which be thought was a lot, and he had a wife as well. Little Gnom Whit Beard was an rr ry sometimes anrl kind other timt> s. H was always kind to his wife and children. (Rata Hou e). N. V. aged

WHAT HAPPENED ON BETTY'S BIRTHDAY. It wa 'hristmas time in England. And it wa. Betty's birthday on the 3rd of December, and Betty was goinrr to have a party. Bett) was very xcited that nii?ht; he could riot go to sleep for a. Ion" time. That nii?ht Betty'· mother was

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busy writin..., invitations to Betty' friends. She had twenty to write while Betty was in bed. At last the day came for the party. Betty wore a clean white muslin frock with flowers worked on it. Some time after that her mother took her to the nur.-ery and told her that she was not to come out till her frjends came. Betty did not like staying in the room by her seli,. o she opened the window and got out. She did not know there wa. a swamp in the •Yarclen and thinking it was grass she trod right in the middle of it. Her mother heard her cry and came to see what was the matter. he took Betty in, and put hPr t·o bed instead of letting h r have the party.

P. S. (Rata House).

HYACINTHUS. Ohl thou immortal frien I, friend o.f' jmmortal God, 'l'hou art dead, thy Life cut off by Jove, whose rod Of life and cl ath sweeps by, like to a reaper's knife, \Vhich cuts, and spares no bud however younrr the life. Be:rntiful thou wert, thon whom Apollo loved. Oh! Hyacinthns and oh. perfect friend! thou proved 'l'o this hard world of sin how good a friend could be, So that a god could mourn and weep alone for thee. Oh ! Hyacinthus thou deserv 'st the flowers that grow pon the earth, just where thy true red blood did flow, 'l'he flowers that by Apollo's hand did spring and bend l Jn memory of a perfect ove, a perfect friend .

. E. (Kowhai House).

THE OAK AND THE RUSHES. An oak once near a pond dicl grow, lt watched the sparkling waters flow, lt heard the whisp'ring breezes blow, Oh happy oak ! The oak was proud and grew up tall, Jt, thourrbt itself the best of all; .Alas! pride •Yoes before a fall! Thou foolish oak!

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Well on the brink of the pond there grew Some rushes which the wind blew through, 'l'be oak despised tbe:e rushes too, 0 luck I .-s oak! One day the wind blew fiercer, colder, 'l'be world that day seemed a••es older. But the oak, it stood up traighter, bolder, 0 hawrl1ty oak! The rushes to their si ters say: "'l'he wind blows very cold to-day, It is not in. the least like May," nhappy ru be·! · 'If we r:e riot wronrr a torm will rise, Heavy clouds will fill the skies, W c 'll bend our heads if we are wise," 0 happy rushes. Ere long th · irusty torm descendeu, But to the wind the rushe bended, So after, when tb storm was ended, nharmed the rushes stood. 'l'be oak before had stood up straiirbt, Its roots w re firmly seal 'd by Fate, Alas! now when it was too late, It tri d to bend. 0

And when the ·-torm bad passed o'er, 'l'he rushes stood ·traight as before, But the oak, it stood up ·traight uo more0 foolish oak. . B. (Matipo House).

A WARNING. Litt!• .-.irl knocks at the Sixth l<'orm door; 'l'r mbling, enters, yes cast on the floor. Hush! Hush! nigg r who dares! Elizabeth \nn bas run up the stair·! "One step at a time-you lrnow that·s ri,,ht" Elizabeth Ann got a terrible fri<•ht, ·when, ncv ,,. suspecting a prefect wa · near, That bad littl · girl dared to miss out a stair .

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o sacllv and sil ntly 'Lisabeth stood 'l'r�ing ,;er b st to look humble and good. "R alJy," .-he thought, "I don't thiuk it fair 'l'o b • punished like this for just mi. sing a stair.' ow, humbled in spirit, she turned to the door, Vowing her best to be goocl ev > rmore, For she knew what would happen if she e'er again dare To defy the Head Prefect, and miss out a stair!

S. W. (Matipo House).

BLOSSOMS EVER. January brings the hollyhocks tall, 'l'hat gracefully rest on the old high wall. 1n February beautiful roses bloom And help to brighten the dull, grey room. March sweet pea are ever so sweet, W ind-blO\\ n petals are at our feet. April 11..;t >r::; the summer rcgrettin", J,oi:;ing t h 'ir prime in the first Autumn wetting. May hrin!;S a shy little violet peeping Thro th "'l'e n leaves that. seem to be sleeping. •Jun(• hrin�s 1h snowberry sweet-wee white thing llclpin!; to ·he •r u.- thro' winter.'s col :I. ting. ,l11ly lh • R1ylo·a, 'O brave and so blue, Bra vi11;..( I hl' froF-t and the snow all for you. A11,,11st the· laffodo\\ndillies appear, 8ringi11" s11 h glacln s.· and joy ancl such cheer. cptrmb 'r jap ni 'a drcs. e · the branches, n11g ballroom· for fairie.- to hold tl1eit· aay dances. Octoher bringF- pansies, their sweet little faces Looki11;..( up at- 11s with funny grimaces. November th1· ;..( Id r rose, wondrous and white Makes of t h • t r s a most glorious . ight. December th' lili s, arrayed in their isplcndour, Bring with tl1'm wishes of lov' tru 0 and tender. , . J. (Matipo House).

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BELLS. You wouldn't think that ther 's a difference In the pealing of a bell: With its ding don", ding don" dinging, But the Boarders always tell. When it': early in the morning, And a bell peals forth a tune !<'or the early morning practice, 'fhen it ':s not thought such a boon. The dressing bell at seven o'clock Awakes the sleeper's car, Ther 's a hurry and a skurry Whil th bathroom is still clear. The breakiast gong peals out a long And all-inviting strai_n, . In march a troop of hun<.,ry souls, A ton" and eag r train. A b ,[l 1 o get prepared for ·chool Does not receive the same, For willin" feet see fit to lag, Or stay to end a game. The last bell rings out loud and long, l'i. peal both dull and gay, For :leepy heads ju t long for bed, But we enjoy the day. M. B. (Kowhai .House).

ARITHMETIC. Arithmetic always tangle my brain, And somehow with ink my fingers I stain; While out ·ide the ky is calm and so blue, And in. ide ·. it 1 with :sum.- I must do. Th figure· all jazz_b_efore mine eyes, And pity no whit my troubled ·i"bs. Tutorial arithmetic, by Workman, you know, 'fhe. eedlin"S of knowled"e refuses to sow. P. F. (Matipo Hotlse).

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FORM IV.b. i\ ·,., for Alicia-one of the twiu.-, II':- for Beth who has many sins. (' ':- for Captain, who looks after the room, I)'

for Dorothy, who lunches at noon.

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r r Gym, which we all adore,

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f, r Helen, who is never a bore.

ror Isobel-the brainiest one.

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f r .Tean who is full of fuu.

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for I nthleen, who studies her looks,

for I JOrna, who talks about books. tor Marjorie. who cannot do drill, f I' 1 ra. who never is still.

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l<ona-a dashing young dancer. Nii irley, who in exam. passes. '1'11 i who has taken to glasses. I lysH1'H about whom w have read,

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