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SCHOOL SPEECH DAYS.

XAVIER COLLEGE.

WORK FUR THE VEAU.

DISTINGUISHED EDUCATIONISTS.

In the pieseiicc oi a distinguished galhei ing the annual speech utght and dislilbu tiou of pu/cs took place at X.ixiei Gollete last evening On the pl.itloim was Al eli

bishop Mnnnix who pie sided, and «ho dis tubuled the piues. Al eli bishop limden, ot liobait, the piefect ol studies (the Bcv. 1'alhei Montague), the head in.i-.toi ol .Studie} Hull (the Bex Fathei AIcGultm), the piesident ot the Old Xaxieuan Associa- tion (Mi. li Gonnell}), and Di l> Ksan 'J'he annual icport ""us lead bv the icetoi (the Hex. I'alliei I -\ O Buen) I itbei U lb ion said -

I have inútil plia«inc in pi (sunni,, .''( ki hool icpoit foi t'lsW tin diihtult titiiCh thiough «hidi Ausli lill is ptisHiii, Ins 01

couist iffectcd \uvici Hit school loll is not so luifet Jh it iibed lo be-bovvevei

it is not less than it was in 10)1 mil wt ? inccrolj piuj mid hope tint In titi Units ate comme, foi ill of u« J luvt yeal Min pithv with the Miiiistci toi Ldticitioii in ins effoits to seeml tiluici monetiii in-

sistance fi oin tin. Ki eil body of pal cuts that take advantage of Ins schools Ue is not nuking that tins be given fiom ni} momo of benevolente oi chuiitv-as the temi« jio iindu stood-he thinks tint people «bo ne ublc and in uiv of thtni ut «-eil able, should eopctnllv it a tune lil c this, pij moie foi «hit thev mc getting Ja oui own efforts m the iiiliiiinistiution ol Xaviei to balance Hit biitlnel, to make. end« meet to live within oin menus, J have becu mueli tncomaged bj the sacuhces that mmj of om patents luve made «id aie making foi the education of then sous nt Xavier 1 hope the bojs of this gcnouiion are mindful of those bauihccs ind J hope thev «ill nevci folget them

While spcikmg of the school roll it is giatifying to notice the cvci inciciisinc, niim beis of feons of old Xavienans on the loll

Ibis jcii nt \aviei tv civ bov in five is the son ol an old \ivicimi mid next jen «e hope to cm o I two ginndsous ot mi old \aviemu 1'aients of Intuit \av lunns should ontci their bov s ns soon is possible

I hey should not be satisfied with one oi two iciis in which it is cften impossible «nd usually difficult to get uiv thing hie » ti ne Xnvnei spnil and foitnalion the numbei of applications ki intiintc ne\i mi is so fir more than salisficloij ind I am pleased to snv they aie mostly loi the pieparatoiv school I allici Montague whose outstanding vroik is head ma&tci of Bmkc Hall is «eil known to jon, «as brought up this vtm to the bij, school to lake over the important position of pi ef- fect of studies lo his pi cderessoi, J ithcr Louis Loughnan, who was cilled to the lectorship ot his old school, Riverview Col lege Sydncj «e offei heatly congiatuh lions and vv ish lum many jears of successful labour 1 athel ^Montague s place at Burke Hall «as taken bj an old Xavienan, ¿athol Tom 0 Mara but ill health unfoitunatelj cut veiy short his head mastcislnp This misfortune brought bick to \av ici Pither McCuitin an old Xaviei identity but one blessed with perennial youth oue «ho, in his daj - and it has been a long daj succeeded in knomng personallv cveij bov

that was cxei at Aavier and xxho now re

joiecs in ti arning man} souths xvhose fntheis he trained befoie them lo tile Tather "VIcCui tin's phoe xvitb our voting Jesuits in Ssdnev xve had to give 1 ithei Gonlon om row nig mister for sexcnl vciis and his place on the teaching staff w is filled b} I athci Johnston recent)} ordimed and a lnotbei of the lector of Corpus ( hristi College In the publie e\ammatioiis held in Dcecmbci 1031 and 1 cbruai x UV

our boj s secured m the intermediate ex- amination 20 pnsses and in the lennis ex «mination 13 passes Among those lattei were 26 honours and second place in the State in English In the recent !N ewin ii n scholarship examinations Xaxier box6 won two resident scholarships ind two e\hibi tions The formel xveiexvonbv Bau y Mu! vane} seeming (list nhce m 1 in opean his torx and bv Clixe Sheahan fiist plice ni I ntlish biston the litter bx Colin MeLem and bx Thi] Tv an who secured fhet place in titgonomctt v ind calculus Colin McLem won ilso the second prt/e of the ßhakcspentmi Society rximination

Real Object of Education

The i eil object of education is not to |

tiamabox for i pirtieulni cMmmation ot cvea for a particular post oi piofcssion its object is to hain lum toi life to train him to do his duty lo God to Ins fellow

men and to lnmscli Henc the object of studv is not meich to get on as we sa}, but bx geltine. on to be bettei able lo

do this duty Now this einnot be ade qtntelv done 1] nt from lehgion religion tells us whit these duties aie md shows ns hove we mix do them Hence ive speak of rcbgiouh education ind realise that edu ration cannot be leal unless it is lehgious \A hat we must te ich oui pupils is-ind Uns has ilviivs been the Jesuit tradition n> education - tint ithgion is something which enters into the whole of then lives i-omething which colours ill then thouglile which modifies then aspects ol hie mil the things of life and which makes them better soundci men just becmse of tin« Founder judgment w hieb it gix es them 1 f religion can bo mide to do that, it becomes a leahtx not onlv in itself but »s i factor m celtic ilion

Succoss in Sport

In spoil we luxe had 1 think a success ful } eai 1 u football wc tied loi the piemicishin xvitb Geelong College AA eslo}

ind Scotch-a lalhei unsatisf icloi} final icsult certainly-but this sear theic xvas little to choose betxeeu the teams of the

six public schools Before the boat nee the

ntics declared that there weir onlx two trews to be considered-Mclbouine Gum mar School and \axicr-xxilb i slight nx

ourmt, of the foimer But the} icil oneil without Geelong Grimmar xxho lowed i magnificent heit to beit us bx a third of i length in the fastest licit 01 the dix lu nicket xxe did not win anv in itch but we were b} no mc ins dn,c.riced i* the scoies will show M e lost one match b} one run and two others bj 6i)iall margins We xieie (hird m the fiml result in (he athletics meeting in which Mr McCaffrej a record perfornnnce in the open halfmile was the itdmittedls outstinding event

Oui best thinks no due ind belo pub Itelj tendered to those gentlemen who with much lnconxenience and sicnfice of time

helped U6 in the coiehing of the various I

teims Mi Mark Shei-whose name is now a household one in \a\ner-nvns in detitigible again this }cai in the loxvmg ind the football His brotbci Mi William

Shea and Mi Bob Wright similtulx in the Athletics and Ah Bei t Gobell in the wicket We acknowledge pniticulail} the lojal help which oin old boxs have feixen and are nlwaxs lead} to gixe in ovei} blanch if spoil 1 be} deem it i duty lo offer then services and T cm asstue thom xxo jipprecnte this spirit ven much

the most notable event of 1032 was, ol rombo, the appointment early this jeal of T athel Ronald Hayes to the Bishopric of Rockhampton, and his consecration soon nltei m St Patnck's Cathedral by the Archbishop of Melbourne Xavier-present ind pist-«as thrilled by this news, and hastened to be among the first to offer its heart} congratulations and sincere good wishes to the hist old Xaviemn bishop Bishop Haves «as at Xavier foi si\ vcnis, Irom 10001911 In those vents he vv is nlwajs pioinment is a boy ns a stnduil

lind an athlete and in lus last vi i he w is laptam of the school 1 was hoiriiicd to leam tint in the eves of ono little boj his gleitest met it «is that ho j,ot colours in foothill cnrket lovon* am! atblcM«»

lo the Hon Bede Chlloid and l.oloml Hai old Cohen «e visit gi eitel sue

. ess tli m has attended the eliot ts oi mini n modem stitesniin Ihe foi uni this veai ivis appointed Govern, i m the Bahamas ami the lattei i "\lmisi, t m ihe picscnt Vic! ot nu V ile Government W welcomed bael to \ustiahi this veai Di

'loin Knie, «ho it toi i i 111 ni el sp m1 wotk ibtoid iftutiu I with i h| I in i tollu« ship oi the IiOVll Collect 1 Nil

tcons \t tin L'nivcisile i n old bov s linvi dom will

lim memoi i ii ehipel eiininitl e (I I lu Old \ivicitin \ss((iition li is I ,ii I,iisv Ulis ven Hiev hue looted Hu dil) el in tilis mid it pit sent «oiknuii ne 1 usv . oniplelinc the tucl pointing When lins is completed Um c\tcum will hive bein i ompleted mil it is tin puseiii inlentii n and hope ol tin" (oniunttoe to hnvi the e li a pel icidv i 0.1 use bel on this lune twelve

months

Late Mr Adamson

I e innot i lose this lop it wit I out ti itlei

rnee to the ¡.K11 li ss winch the pul lie schools ol A li tori i and indee 1 the xvhvlc education ii lue of Aictom ii 1 Vusttilit

luxe »list lined by tie de ith oi til it rnttd old min Mt I A Ailanis-in lato heil mästet ot AV cslcv His death was u t t sin puse the stn puse is lint he lix eel n long Ile dud in linne s as lie would line wished, foi his i luel nnxjitv while he was sid) conscious w is tint he should be well enough to ittend his li-n public unction in vitstiah i-the AVcsliv speech nihill on lue lix last lit nioie thin IO voais Mi Ad Hilson hid been icttvelx nnd honoiiiablv ist-oeiated with Hu eiiitsi oi ed mat ion as heil misiu e»t VV i sloy foi oyr-i SO vents is i lum man ii the Iii a I Alasteis Assoit ilion and is i nu ml ii it munx e hu ntl nil Leauls he was m the vin tonnent (f relue I Uti li ii ulivilx I was puxilcced lo meet linn on only i lew o calton* hut m Ins inmniinv it wa* im

fonMblc not tu 1 câline that hole wa- n

man of varied tulture and wide scholarship a religious man a. deep tlunlrei a shievvd obseiver a fearless speaker ibove all yeal educationist that he «as a lovei of bojs with a kindlj and fatherlj sjmpathv

md I nghshman ti ough he «as i gieit Austi ilnu Alanj refeiet the unfoitunite illness and the consequent weakness that made his rcsignition impeiative and none moic so than his fellow head masteis Mmij old \av íerians vv ill i emcinbcr a period « hen on the field of sport W cb!ej w as on te p and \avici «as at the bottom and thev «ill lenitmbei the letteis fiom the head mistci of ^ eslev to the lector of \nvicr mid the messages of sjmpithy nnd encour ufcoment thev bl on Jil

It lb also with deep le^iet that we lefei lo the death of Ali Al V Hansen late dueeloi of J din allon in this Stole Hi« untimely ilepmlnie has left a leeling of sic it loss not nieielv to those interested in edut ition pihcv and a linnnstratioii but loi th innnj whose esteem and fiiendship he hail won As fal bael a 30 jeais igo he was favoui iblv known lo in mv hcie it \aviei follei.c and lalci when he became nispcetoi imdei tin desistí ttiou v. t his kindness and helpfulness weie nnfiihug Ile (.lined fit hunscll the confieknee ot Mintsteis and the lov ii stippoit of lho«e nndu linn And so it is Shit lodi} \ «

lona bevnils the pis ing c1 i gieat p lbhc oIIimiiI mid his niiiH filends nie the p oiei

foi Ills Us

Prize and Distinction List I. Monmir h Hie prize IW -

Dux of tilt Sclinol (the pie iclent ol tin Old .aliénant, pri? plc-ldent 1 "J " VIr 1 ""

Connolly)-Clive Shi alian

he Old Aaviemtis \ssocntion 1 nyes-D

Intermcellate-A Inlin Mahn Dux of Intel

illile-II lohn Billings Dux of Grammar U - Dough, lluxion Dux of Li iminji Iii-Pctei "loote Dux oi (.ranimai TIj - lohn Nohn

Hie Demi Vlunliv Aleinoilal Pn/o for l.eIÍL,iou*

luiow le-eliri -Colin AIcLeun

Hie Veiv Hey Ir Kectoi s l'ii/e foi Holigious

nowleil.'c -Aljunce Clarke

Tile viln- l-rjnccs Qniik 1 oundation Pn/o

Helie-lous knowledge - Intermediate V -llavmonil " I i Intel mediate 1)-VMUlnni Vfooie Grammen

Trevor Connolly (.rummai Iii llrlan V\ ii dion Grammar Ila VIiu lluehe»

ii Di samuel Muiron Prize foi I nrjllsli Lan-iuge and literaluie (Honours C1 i~s) - Colin

io Mliauce lruncaii-e PrUo for 1-rench (Honours

eins«) -Colin Mclean

The Xavier Pri/e foi Con-piouou- Influence In

i life of tin school-lohn tlviion

I lie C eralcl Crosbie Prue for I-anguages (Latin

and Freneli) -Colin Aid oin

The Dr lohn Cbrol.ic.ueh Prize foi 1-uiopein ilistoi-x*-Cave Sheahan

The Dr Nell Crowley Cup (ixy inled lo the box who lins best combined studv mil Hiott)-Bairx

Miilxani

i leen Mu shall Pn/c for Geoguplic -lohn

Mnhei

L semoi Débale (the Ven lliv 1-1 fieetoi i 1 pi I/O - Vmlrevv Vnd

Hie Puno (Mi« Viiïhliet | i l-l ) - Maurice

1 iv loi

Iii Piano (Mis. Alsops in/ )- David Pill

Violin (Sll willlitn Mallinson s ilize)- lellj

HtlssO

Oi chest ia (Hi William Mallinson t prize) -

Dai lil Pitt

spoken I ntrli-h (Mi Noinnii Wislei « I nres) 3Iaurtce luylot, Petei Aioote 1 unios llaslett

Dancing (Alons B Slow esk I s priret) -Cohn

Alcl^an, Hugh Aloore

Ph}8lcal Culture (Alons R Slaw esk! s pnrea) - Ronan AlcAllnii AVllliam Harri-, Unan Co-rrrovo, VuBtin Lev, lohn Mornane William Statt, Ralph

AV hitehcad

Iroph} (given by Airs Af Tjrnon for the best all-round cricketei) -Austin Lev

Hatting Averages-Senior- Vugtin Lev buniol

-li Cohen

Rovvllnir Avenges -Senior-stephen Hender-on Junior-John Tunings

Archbishop Mannix said that all xvould join with the master m expiessing îegiet at the great loss sustained by the community

in the deith of the mastei ot Wesley aud I the dncctoi of Education

MELBOURNE GIRLS' GRAMMAR.

WüKk UP rIHE \ekr.

LADY ARGYLE PRESENTS PRIZES

School Extension Fund

I he annual speech daj of the Alelbouine Chut eli of Lugland Gills Giauimui behool ¡south a.arra was to have been held in the behool grounds j esterdav of tu noon Owing to the unfavourable «eather bowcvti, the ptoeeedingb hud to be transfened to Met

ton Hall Lady Aigvlc and mcmbeis of the school council occupied seats on the platform and the gills of the school and parents mid fneilds fully occupied all the beating accommodation m the hall The school anthem wab finelj suug by the «hole school and other songs which vveie reudcied included foin Chechoslovakian folksongs In the absence ot Archbibhop Head owiu¿ to the funeral of Mt L A Adamsou taking place Unit afternoon, the chau was oecu Cied bj Aichdeicon Lambie who, m a

rief addicts spoke of the importance of propet speech and directed special atten- tion to the parngiah in the head mistress s report about the intention to try to mise the i.1 000 necessaiy m connection with the purchase sonic jcais ato of Pheha Grim «ade Houce bj direct giviufc next veai, inthci th in bv means of u tete oi ba/am He congi atulated the Jitad mistiess upon a splendid vem s work it the behool

Lath Arg}le in ptesentme, the pri7es, sud that sho «us delidited to be piescnt She -wished all connected «ith the behool a metiv Chnstnias and i blight îicw \eai

Head Mistress s Report

Ike heid mistress (Miss K A Gilman Jones) in the couise of hei íepoil said - Jn piesenling the report for the 20th iear of the school as a chutch school and uiv l"th v ear 16 head mistress I hnv c to record that we hive nt,ain had a veiv lull school 1 was at tault iu accepting quite so mnui entiles tor 10Ô-' but it i« i little dilhcult to estimate nunibcrb as in the last two oi three veers theie have been a good man} git lb «hose pments had given pro visional notice and thou have found hap pilj, that thej weie able to send them back foi inothei veai 1 have got the middle school numbers down a little for next j ear mid I know 3 still have i few vacancies foi childi en m the piepaialoiv school and foi

boarders

J ho public c\amiiialion íesultB though not so good as in the previous veai weie about up to the uveiagc Jet gmncd thou intcimediate ceitificite while '0 otheis passed in foin five oi si\ subjects Iwcnlv eight fciils obtained then leaving teitifíenle and otheis including those who had al lead} passed the cvaniin ition passed oi obi lined honouis in vanous subjects Gwen Aloiton won i Government senior sclioln ship mid Mollie lenv yiined the domestic science exhibition Two of this years pris hive won non lesident eih bitions lo Janet Clnrl e Hall - -Mollie Icrrj ind Rachel 1 ariel lu October the whole avml able school s¡i| fot the diocesan diviuitj e\ammntion Oi the 1-17 guIs who bat 40 obtained fnstcliss honouis I j cf them with more than 0j pei cent oi marks and two with 100 pei cent

Of the 10 open seholuships given bj the school five weie avail ible mid nt the et:

animation held m Xovembei 70 cindidiitts competed foi them J he following aw ni ds weie made -Council nnjoi Beltj Gent boarders Heathei AIcLiv minoi Judd h A ance Ruth Inner June Ale nu Iheie «eie it least six otheis whose pipers weie veiv good indeed Maij McKenne was awarded one of the councils scholarships for duughtcis ot fallen soldiers \l the beginning of the vcar the Jessie "Vott memorial seholaislup was divided between Nauij Cuthbertson and Alaigmet AleCut

cheon

The games îecoid is i good one l<or the fust time foi lb }etus we have won the baseball piemieislup xvith how et er, onlv two points more linn Geelong G I" 0 fi's In tennis we shmed second place Hie (wo Guide tompinies hive done xeiv coot! xvoik this vin lorn niembeis oi thesenioi compinx hixing gamed the

all lound coid 'Hie Red Cioss encle lins again done an excellent vcai s woik Hie A ictonan lunioi Tied Cross is just 10 vuus old ml we weie one or the hist eiielcs to join up Iho debating society Ibis xeu his (oncintnted on tnlei house i Hhoi than lutei school debites TI ts uiteiostini lo lind that debiting societies ne being foimcd in in ineieisin, nuinbei c1 guis' schools uni this yon ne I id i nuntint ol (hil

len"es li otu boj s ind nils' schools only a lew ol win h could be u ipted I lu music ilub which is um intiuly bv the "ills li is dum epn t ml ollie tout xvotk f-lxtng ibxut ID she H t u _i unities dating lliexcvt Hu most intmstine. boin, . Hieb pio^i mi nu AV e hope in M ve ii ti bivi i si hoc I cc meit is it is somi time sinu we bid mc Hie lleeiv md Immun elis t« condu tod bv A[|is I i ml linds hnvc nut i toni nee I mel hoi pupils did will in the I ullin ix ullin liions

Shakespeare Da>

\\ i milt n der »(un lum tin i mi ii uistoin with 11 ..m d t, slnl ispciie Div

Instead ot having i u h loi in oi In use pt odin hil. sholl scenes f, oin one 01 his plnvs the school di nu nu s-ipietv pi odin ed

\ Aliilsinnnii i \ijits Di pun on his bullid iv m tie ,.1 linds it Plidia tiiun wide Iii use 1 his w is i i liutiuin» peiloiui

nine toi wini li vu think Miss li one Webb liso Aliss von Uecheuel Aliss Gtoi,e Di rievd md ill «ho helped Unfoitiin lttly the date dished with the special Gul Gindi somer in tin eiilhciliil \\ c must in oui this dash in fiituie The out dom stace is eil tiiinlv veil mliittivi mil it vv is mum ii that the leeenl iripiisition ni it should siin"cst out of doo, plivs but wi di mt intend lo do all oui plavs (In re- is that would sciioiislv limit ns in mu choice of pi iv s

Ihe piepnnitniv sdio, I iindci Miss Veil md he r »ntliusiasti, still li is eonlinuiil to dostcidv hill «oil I lu "ii ¿inphv loom

ind I in ti in li ive iiilikd (.iiatlv ti the inlci

ist oi the gioginphy lessuns 1 ho loi in ii sppeeli ti nulli, wolli begun In Mus Webb in the seinen dassts will be evtended to the In«pi form« next veai

Hu I'm ont«' Association ha« ueen most

helpful m x-auous wa}s 'Iho three meet- ings held during the }eai provided oppor- tunities foi parents and teachers to meet each other, as well as giMiig stimulating discussions on important questions-Gul Guides (Mjss Baifus), speech »arning (Miss Webb), and religions education m the home (Mis Head) Ihe association gave thiee much appictiated gifts to the eehool-10 garden seits, a clock for the hall and one of the prizes for all round excellence

Man} mothers w orked x er} hard to make the three parties n success, and by their generositx, both with their sei vices and with then inouej, made it possible foi nil ticket nionev from all three pin ties to be paid direct!} into the h\tension 1'und I should think this is something like a îeeoid 'Hie actual tmoiint fiom the thiee pai ties was C3M Theic weie also sex eral smallei amount« from entei taminents and a consideiablc sum in fulfilment of pi onuses made ol du eel contributions, also a sub- stantial balante fiom last xeni We were thus able to pax the 1932 £1 000 asked foi bv the council fiom h lends of the school, and hue i voi} small bilance towaid the 113.Í quota Alan} patents .tud old Gram mai ians Icel tint it xvould be a reil economy ot efloit and lunds if the 1933 £1,000 could be laiscd bv direct giving instead of lux nig a luge fete such as we had m 1010 'lhere must be neill} 1,000 fuends ot the »chool besides those who are abend} contilbuting in fulfilment of their promise of annual subscriptions foi the xears 1030 34, who would be willing to give an axeiage of L\ each Some mi} bo able to give mote and otheis less but if each friend would give what he or she is able we could get the sum leqmicd without a gieat elïoit 'Iheie is no doubt thal not only do fetes cost the oi^omseis a good deal, but also thev inexi

tablx mteifeie xxith the ie0'ular loutiue ol the school and m the intoie=ts of school work I should be giatcful if the money could be laiscd w ithoul nnv kind of ba¿aai

Respect for School Unifoim

ion niothetb have been so splendid in vom coopeiation in everj thing that con eerns the welfare of the school that I mu suie vou «ill not tike it amiss n I isk foi voui fuither cooperation m one mat- tet that is not quito universa lj satisfac ton at the piesent time vu respect for the sdiool umfoiin I frequent!} find that i tiri s school hat foi instance is so sliabbj thal her mother would not dream of lefing liei wein it when ¿oing out with her and

vet she i= content to let her weai it to come to school in and to wen the school badge on it Ac.ain the tunic is t sports (,unncnl ind theie is t lezulilion length foi ii-just ibovc the Ince < iris who mc vomg enough and smill enoudi lo wem such i gai ment ior (.encrai wcai maj, of coiuse do «> but gills who aie too bit, foi this should wear a skii t 01 dress of suitable length and chance into a tunic foi gjmuastics and games Respect foi school unifoim does

stand foi something quite viluable in the tiaimnt, of the guis \ gentlewoman is alwajb as particulai ibout her morning diess as about her i irtv fiocks She diessco suittblv for the occasion and hei plain work a daj dress is distinguished bj its neatness and bj its suitability foi the occasion Girls should be trained early to apportion their dress money sintabl} to piovide the necessaij even daj things first and then to see how much is left over for the more ehboiate clothes and etceteias

J he Old Gianiminans Societ} has con turned to give two scholaiships to diughleis of a fallen soldier and has taken a big share in piovidmg the dueet contributions tow ai ds the ccleusion fund 1 here ire now hnnche6 of the socictj in Adelaide fwhere Mrs Ii«in otherwise Miss Edith Alorn«, is piesident) in Western Australia and m Sj dnev

I cannot elose m} report w llhoul making lefercnce to the fact that the school woild ot Victoria is losing no fewer than fixe of its leaders this icar of whom foin have dehuitc links with this school Mr ?Admi sou whose creit woik for education both in his own Wesley Gollcge and in the com munit} generall} is too well known to need comment served for some xears on oui school council and xie greatl} ippreciated having the benefit of his wisdom and ex peuence (Mr Adamson died aftei the report was written ) Ali Buntine, xvho is noxv letiimg fioin the puncipalship of Caul held Ginmmai Sehool was also a xalued member of out council and finance com mittee for man} }ears

We S}inpüllute doepl} with oui ststet school at Geelong in the approaching re tnemeut of then devoted and mncbloxod head mistress Miss Lisie Alones Miss Alorros xvas imthcmatics mistiess m this school in its eirl} dav s mil was foi one jcar acting head mistress durine the ab sence of the Alisses Moins lhere was much hmenlation when she left to become the first head mistress of the Geelong Girls' Gi unmar School in 1906 The iffec tionate esteem in which she is still held by lier old Melbourne girls is shown by the numbei xvho have sent their daughtcis to her from all paits of Austrnln To each head of a school is ¡riven the jox of making some definite contribution to the epn ililli) giowth of the school, but it is impossible to estimate the debt such a school as the Ueinntage owes to its hist head mist less Hei influence will long be a power for good m the State through her giris

Aliss EthclwA n wyr xvho was for sex en jems second mistiess m this school and acting bead mistiess during ni) ibsence m 1010 20 ind who left us in 1024 to become head mistiess of Ballarat C JJ G G S liisie signed, and vi e knoxv hei loss is keenl} felt there Hie fifth resignation is that of Miss Chiistina Montgomer}, head mistress of the Alclboume Jlifcli School foi Girls since its establishment as a separate school Miss Alontgomery his been a colleague of mine on the Council of Public Tdueation and the registration committee and the improved status ot women teachers in the Lducation depaitment owes not a little to her Her succession Alr-s Llewel}n was science mis tress on our staft for four jeir« xy-lien she fiist cime fiom Lngland and left us to become one of the inspectais of secondary schools AA c w ish all those vv ho are ! etinng ciei} happiness in their leisure after strenuous jons oi woik m the "most

poor!} paid and most iichlv rewarded ' pio

fession

Prize List

Hie i)ii7e list was os follow* -

lf<paratorj '.fhoal - Porra I -llonojr Pure Peggie Ban Trope** Prizes Sheila Ball Joan Kirkpatrick, Mice Mark Join Officer ihirlev Pirron inn Ricketson, Vían Stevenson I-orm Ile-Honour Prizes Dlan Uhton, Judith Sharp Progress Prize Margaret Mallei Sewing Prize Margaret Bojd 1 orm lib-Honour Prize lilli Ui "coonil Standard Pirres Beth Lording, Nanci Lording Iluth Willi uns, Progress Pilze Jean Mailer Sew lue; Prize Shirley Walker Form Ila-Honour Prizes >>anctte Green Margaret Iviiot i llzabcth Hann, Patricia Wright Second Standard Prize \anci Stephens Progress Prizes. Vllson Cnj, Patricia While «ewing- Prize Olive liol »fall 1-orm Remove 11 - Ilonom Prize Mar- garet Bruce Second Standard Prize Elsie W11

Progress Prize Peggie llllght Sewing I rizo Margatct Drucc Vorm Remove V -Honour J rizes Han Michaelis, Barbara Stolen, Loslcj Wenzel Second Standard Prizes 1 Icanoi llen rlqucü, Margaret Mellor, ¡Since Simons Slaiie Stahle 11-ogress Prize LiHin While Sew- ing Prize .Mice Steuurt

Upper ccliool - St Cecilia s House -Honour Prizes Lma Anderson, Gi Um Baute Ruth I arrer, Dorothy Gidcr60n, Join Haines Nancj James, Margaret Norris, Phyllis itobertson, (.wen Tenv

Judith Vance, Hains Wood Second Standard Prizes tnid Bojlt, June Robinson, Helen Stören St Illida s House-Honour Prices Palrlria Atchi. son, Sheila Davies, Pauline Duncan Betty Gent, Patricia Hamilton, Margot hent Hughe», Alison Knox, Marjoiic 1 Orel Philippi Ploltcl Renee liudd Second Standjrd Prize Helen Vndrews, Marion Brown, Dorothy Door!}. Helen Drum- mond, Itosemarj Hamilton Charts Osborne les sic Smith batley 1 liompson H Joan s House -Honour Prizes yivienuo Abraham, Joan Clark Vlerial Clailt, June IlalKjard, Marcia Jack, Joj James, fianov Loo, Marj Lording, Marjorie MciialTev, Nona Nanson Margaret Osment Roi-a

lind Hawson, Joan lto"ersin, Llleen Webster, Vlaigaret Webster Second Standard Prizes Wini (red Ashton Norma Hurdle Mun ieeville Nanev Siilclltle Vorm Uppci IV - Second Slandard

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GEELONG COLLEGE.

MAR OI 7cHIË\KWi,NI

TEACHING PHYSICAL COURAGE

GILLCAG lliursda} - Xht annual speech du ot the Geelong Colleté was held Uns îftenioon the cb iirinin of the school council (Ali 's B Hdimltou Calvert) pie oídme, As ociated with him on the plat foi m was the Iïicjit Rev .Ross McLean Modtiatoi 01 the Piesbyteuau Church ot A'ictoiiu J he Behool prizes for both the senioi nie! pieparator} schools were dis tnbuted by the Rex John AtncKenzie ehaiunan of the education board of the Prcsb}teiinn Church xilnlc Dr A I Pillow (president of Hie Old Collegians .Association) piesented the sports prizes

.An interesting exent nfter the distribution of the sports pu/es xxos the piesentation to Liudsay li is ctl eiptain of the school s cuckot ami football teims of an auto giaphed enclôt bit beiung the names of the list vuotrahan temi to visit Lngland IJie bit was owned by Ali A Dixid xvho eNpiesscd the wisli tint it should be pie senled to Ilissett in appieciation of bis fine spoiling qualities foi the .school

Air Hamilton C iii oil in his iddie» sud that the }eat hid bceu one ol tile ii ost outstanding in the school s histoi} J he ptepaialoix school had beeu made d sepai

ate institution undei Ah (. unpbell and in the senioi scliool it had been a -xeai of achievement The full benefits of the buildine. plan bad been leihsed The old collegians liad continued lo tendei xvondei

ful help and the} could continuo to help if the} would assist in piovidmg axenucs for emplo}ing boys xvbo weie leaxing

school

Hie Rev J ilacKen^ie in in address on Counge said that all people did not possess phjsicil com age but that type of couripc «as being developed in the public schools In the field ot spoit the bojs were taught to oveiconie fen and leal n to play the gime foi the sal e of the game It was not sufficient to have phvsi

cal couiage Thev hld to hive moral courage the strength of conviction thal would cause them lo siv j es 01 no iccord hil, to their teachings and then knowledge lof the rights mid wrongs of things After

leivnng school the boj» would hnd thein selves confronted with difheultieB which would make it necessaiv lor them to mike decisions and thev should be guided bj the teachings at school mid have the courage lo stand to them Then theie w is 6pnituil couiage dollie had po=sibly indulged in da} dreiming and spiiitinl coinage would assist them to carry out those di ennis just as a } oung schoolfellow ot his bid done in ícgnrd to mission woil in \fuca Mini} of the bojs had iheadv Mvcn then heirts to God Thev found it not so difhcult to follow Him while it school because of the en vnonment but outside thev would realise tint it vvis not so ensj llowevei if thev trusted in God thej would find that thev would have the stiength to einv out their gi eat ideals in life Ali "UicKenzie con gralu'ated the college on its veai of pro gi ess and foi the inrliience foi (.ood tint it was eNeicising in the community

HEAD MASTER'S REPORT

Buned Tieastue

ihe head nnstet (the Kcv J \\ J ol

land) said -

Oui Gov ei nment is so coniu ned at the thought of liozeu capital, monej ljing idle in the banks, that it has iloatcd anothci loan to bung back into use these buned bunk deposits It is fio/en eapjcitj that is the diead of the scboolmustei I he main task of a school is to awaken mid fostei talents and to inspuc their owncis to use them foi the good of the community

1 01 centunes sehoohimleis have been dis contented with tile lesulls of then oiloits Lxperunents involving new subjects und new methods are ncvei cndiu0 Behind thom all is the fcai of fiozcn capacity

these experiments ale slowly niovnife the centre of the educational woild the con fereuces and the magazine ai tides ol this jeal revell a definite approach of the radical and conseivative wings ot cduct

tional thought to«aids each olhci J hose who formellv preiched the full hbcitj ot the child to express himself have graduallj

become convinced that the Unlit needs lar I

more guidance than the} had supposed, if he is to have a self xxoith expicssing w hilo on the pai t of bead masters of some of the oldest public schools in England theie is in outspoken dissitistaetion xuth the evlicmelv academic course of study de manded fiom boxs who arc not destined loi the uiiixersit} 1 think we can si} th it neath ill oin senioi bo}s leave the college with keen minds and with i de- sire to take au intelligent jntcicst in things that maltet But some do not and of those x\ho do arrive at this promised land too man} have lequncd the spurs or de ten lion and of examination lo ur^e them thiough the wilderness Bo}s who ire not developing their resources are a buiden upon a masters conscience Ile wonders w hut the reason is Doe-, he expect too much from a^ crnge grow nig box s ' 1 n ex ei y subject at a certain stage must the nox eltx and the inteiesi be succeeded h} i peuod of boiedom' How fat docs pin steal de velopment rctaid nicutal giowtb' Is the temblé passive resistance of human inertia it its beight it anv putictihi period" Is otu tjpc ot education quite unsuitable foi eel tam tjpes of box9

1 must thank the members of the teach nig Btaff foi then eftort to solve these liddies, and tor then eagerness to nnpioxt in eveiy possible wa} the eiheicucv oi the classtoom teaching An} piogress that ve make m this dueetion, and aux change in the curriculum is the îesult of thin ex pericnee then unselfishness and then to opeiation but xve masteis nie nciei 6atis fied with piesent achievement

Broadening the Outlook

1 know, oi couiac that m a public school the chssroom is onlj one side ot educa tional aetivit} theie arc many hocieties which cal! out talent mid ouginul think ing, there is also the naming that icspou sibilit} tan {.ive the qu lillies that Hue spoit can fostei the new mteiests Unit visitots bung to the school, the broadening of outlook md pvnipathv caused bv colleté friendships und =o on Hut if w e fail in the chssroom vve fail We have failed even though i hov passes his evaininutions if vve have not awakened befóte he leaves some cipacitv foi hind and honest thinking loi mci c knowledge ts soon foi gotten if not levised It is the spiut in which the knowledge is icquiied that is the impoitant thint not the knowledge itselt Ihe boy vv ho h is once felt the tliull of .1 clcai appieheiision ol new until, who has had the joe ol thinking his wiv thioufeh to the solution ot difheult piublenis is not hkel} It, lu lonUni wuk i hie in which he is hut the echo ol the list poison he has

nut

Mut belou dmdiiit, who oi whit is to I I mu let ehssiooni 4.111t.nin 11 is light li su tint theie 11c .definite cases wheic the nci¿iii"tl npicitj, is e uised bj pmelits win, do not distinguish snflicientlv dead} be lu ten e\ ullin itiuii pas»in0 and edtie ttion I honistlvcs russel bv ciieiiinstauecs pei

li ip line woiiv beul 111 istcis into putltnt,

then boy into m exaininntiou tonn bclou lit is pillule ciiuul.1i fcl it A'ou eui of emitse ptislt boys thtoucji in examination luton then time bul onlv bx siciilicing thin munis If it is then list veil al si hool the} leave with all demic lol fuithei ?utilicelunl iilvnuie stilled li tltex pass to hiehii ilisics llien tluuugli lminiutiuty ot mind lliev lind tltcinsehes out ol tiicn depth ¿tow liopile-s ot undo standing whit is tin-lit md w isti in the lu0bci

chssthc veil tluv slictilil luxe spent tiu-l Itttblv in t li wet A. cm i mimi bl line the school bond in clioul tnclntv nu this 1111)101 lim iii puents md nimble In u| m.is Ins in iln nilputs Linlni h iste nnd te

lu lilon .in bulb i nenin - ci tale lil '

I cn it, the li iv nie lut in tin i c n I believe undi velopid t iii nt iw illili, its

summons V\ i bau in i lu -, moi -, h i, |.

ilsu Mum hbiilv lo v in tin nu > ic ilium \\ i i innot .ulul, ii min li with tin woik

dun 1 In tin I uiviisilv im ii- i nu um i

ex IP nun n Hut lot liovsvvlic I ii ivy tluv

will ililli ce, to lb, I llix.lsitv tin -eh, oil ho ml oi tin individu li sib ,1 uni 1 | n

x lili i iciii-c mim Munni mu- I I i i tit , llllill wi luvi it ptisilil Hie bow d is living lo dcsipii a ¿mci ii in uliein ilu ii liixuv siihieel inteinliil im boy- m only

model uti matliemntic ii abihtv I wish' that ihci could do a simikii Hung lui

school science J he piesent mathematical course foi non inuveisitv bovs is like u lad dei willi good bottom lungs lendeiod use less foi lick of higher ones The leaving phvsics syllabus also seems too academic for the ci dinar} scholai 1 should like cvei} bov who is doing no special scientilic subject to have a }eai at least of geneial science alter passing his inleimediate ex animation and that loi two reasons lirstlj beciuse science holds a gi eat place in modern life and secondly because it holds too great a place

"Wonderful and Dangerous" Age

Vu, ire bv ng in nn agc wondeiful and dangerous and its vvoiideis and daniels me wc all know laigelv the icsult of le seaich work and its piuclical applications If ages c in be said lo specialise oui era i» i specialist in science i. boj has missed i gi cat chance of sharni0 ni a vital cv peiiencc 01 the hum in spirit it he leaves school with no knovvledfce ot scientific method no inteiest iu scientific discoveij and no idmn allon for the mastcis oi ev peiimeiil «ho have it u t,ieat cost fought mankinds battles against i0noiance and diseise I hit is the hist leuson vvhv bojs should h ive some know ledge of whit science i~ but the y ci j fact tint this is a scieuti he ate me ins tint to the unbalanced mind science seems everything Othei side« oi life just as much i puit oi human ex penence are belittled oi ignoied altogelhei

If otu bov s get it school no tiue idea of what science is, the will ceitmnlv get t tuhe one elsowhcic Ihe scientist in his liboiatoiv maj be discoveinig valuable ti uth but the mau m the street is blinded bj the fumes that come out of the windows I meet joiiul. people on mv holidays «ho with no inteiest ni science have inhaled the floating ideas about it that peimeate oui ultuosphcic, ideas «Inch thej cinnot put into «ords but which have powei to suffocate then belief in fice will aud the things of the spirit Anv bov who wants to see life whole must be helped to fight against the one sidedness of the ige m which he lives One of the services that public schools can lender to this age is to give science its tiue setting acknow ledging both its tiiumphs and its limita tions Ihe chuich schools stand for re ligion as well as for science, foi what is cteinil is well as for what is transient A public school science master will not lead his scholais to think that there is no othei avenue to truth than scientific method 01 that scientific tuith is all the ti nth theie is

Liniititioiis of Science

M m does not lue bv nnteiial bl ead alone 'science cannot possibl} c,ive na all the lililíes bx which men lixe It cannot even t,ixe ns a icason for scientific iceixitx cannot tell us whx we oughl to seek lu tiulli xxbx luxone ought to do nix thin,. It eiu "ni tis no tendance in the coutiol ot the uiousieis it cieatc« eau mcasuie oulj xxint can be ineasuicd and oi the natuic even of mcasuiable things cannol tell Us xei} much as the gleitest scientists xv iib then fane modesty ire the hist to acknowledge It is t,ood toi the bo} s sense of piopoitiou lo be taught that science in the narrow seiiEe will never satisfy his whole personality that long aftei the intellect has discarded his present science textbooks as out of date the 13th chapter of fust Corinthians will be felt to be true b} the hunnu heart ' \b for knowledge it will be superseded but faith and hope and love last on these thiee, and the greatest of ill is love We are living ouiselves without xvaiting for tbe schools bond lo dnw up a s}llabus for a leaxnig touise in science of a lind cal etilitod to create a life long interest in this gi eat eld of human entcrpuse Accord mg to i well known scientist iu}one pos sessed of the patience and leisme to xxatch

cricket match md bufhtient intelligence to solxe a eiossword puzzle is competent to m il e quite definite contributions to scientific icsciicb Cerlun branches of science owe much to the thorough woik of

amateurs

lo sublimate euuosilx xxe must make the laboiatoiv and the lecture loom places wheie students deal with things the} îeall} xx mt to do and lo know about \A e bax e ichiexcd i good deal m this direction in the junioi school but xxe w- mt to go fuither cn the sime lines

1 do not see «hv the èainc pnuciple could not be applied to i leimig clas= Even if it be invpo sible foi bojs to gi asp all the processes bj which idvanced know ledge is attained the results of the pro cesses can be made ol fascinating interest bj the few scientists w ho cm vvi ite is « eil is thev can cvpci intent The stoij oE the stms and ol the atom the wondoi of the plmt and animal lue round ibout us the win and whetcfore of the movements of the dynamo the aeroplane tbewneless or vvhatcvei the bojsmav be inteicsted in can affoid i wise teachei the opportunilj of showing the vital put plived bv the seien tifie method in the discovery of ti uth Our senior science masteis are at present con sideling a leaving subject on these lines ind me iddmg the books to the bbrmv tint sucb. a course requires We hav e other changes undei discussion but peihnps enough has been said to show you that ,chool maslcis aie as concerned is patents when bojs seem to reveal no tilent 01

havnv levealed it at one stage bul} it al anothei Oin bojs must take with them fiom school intellectual inteiest oi some

kind if thev aie to face vvoik or unemploy I ment without mentil deteriontion We do not know vii it problems will couironl \ustiiln 20 veai s hence but thej will icqune foi then solution both that honcstv tow aids things winch we call science ind that honcstj towards God and mun which we call ichpon

1932 -General

\ he id mastci has to deal with so minj sides ot life that be is fai more aware oi w lint he does not do thin ot what he does He is indeed toi túnate if be cm depend upon his fellow woikeis loi tho thoiough curving out of then more special I ised work buch has been mj happj lot Lverj mau and woman on evctv staff seems to have the inteiest 01 the school it heait and I am deeplj giateful 1 must also thank the mcnibeis of the council and especially the chun man loi the great ion siderutioii thej hive always extended to me 1 coniess that I looked foi «aid with many fcais to this icai knowing ho« maiij bov s destined foi the college could not pos siblj come But oin circle seems to have widened nnd the vcm biought us not i decicnse but n large mciease in boardcis though not in dav boys Hie new lunioi House especiallj is vcrj much m demand ind wo have no i egrets that we built so delightful a home for the joungest bov s Anothei dot mitoi v had to be opened in the Jiinioi House The sixth dass vv is again

erj laige and necessitated the seeming of an addition ii scnioi mastei Mr C G ''hinkfield "\I A who made college lustoij in the le founding oi a voluntary cadet corps has left us and is going to Caiey Baptist Grammat School llr K B Lestci "U \ , the senioi mathematical mnstci of the Sjdnej Chinch of longland Gi animai School, has taken his place

Examinations 1931

The outstanding ex eut of the } eil xx is the winnini, bx D S AAood of the most x ilti able Unix ei sit} scholaiship open to A te tomn sehoolbo}S-the Shell Scholaiship AAood had already va on in open scholaiship at Oimond a benior Goveinment bcholai

ship and the Geelong College Oimond prize ind the Old CollegtQnb CNit sclioluship The numbei of honours ol tamed xx as 3a I think the lai(,est ovei vxon bv the school Hie following bo}b obtained honours -V Vndiews V Barnet 1 Coulstock L DaAidson C } illnw J 1 nci X Hendv G AIc\cn7ic E AIcLean G JNotmin \ Shannon R "imith, D Watson D AA ood Ij \ouni, The following passed then leax nig exanun ition-Y Andiexvs R David son C Cotton <A Darbx D Duft} Iv Hendx M Leslie \ Alaitin \ AtcAdim R Alele m I Pattison It Rinl m O Shnxe AV bims D A\ atson T \oung and 2á bo}s passed their intermediate examina

Determined Teams

In spoit the college Ins bad a xvoudeilul xeai Although the health of the school has been as usual excellent mel the isol i

tion hospital dooi has not been opened, we h.ixe uevei hud so maux slnins and acti dents and disappointments xvilh the teams The ciew bid to low a box who had nexci been in u lowing eight till i week hetoie the nee The tooti) ill It un had some of its best plaxei« out all the season mel otheis injutel in exctx mitch 1 xen the tucket leam lost it- xviekct keepit toi the hist two i,irais But such thm.s do happen uni the bey ncxei suiuudcicd to eiicumstnnccs Inste id thex tune is close ns could be to xx minne the championship both in cueket mil toothill uni lowie! then bcM nee ici ni nix xeuis lo bnvi

i,iine tliiciic.il tin tnilet so i on without the lo-s ol i ni nib ml in the s ,n,c xcti to bo ciiuil ptetnicls m li tbill is no stn ill ulnixcment 1 he uiniiitii. t un c une httli in the combine 1 s|ctts I tit -li inP,i uo |(v, dctit min iti in iii m oui thei te mis | l,P »nieles tonnt» ehimi niiislni won te i tlu.

college be \ 1 Hissctt I i-t ecu «is not

i competid loi in I'IjJ Without se "ipi

thpttc coiching au I i line selmol spun we should novel be ibl, le, Liv, the Ini^c t -ehool- i (.nile it ill I lu I cloie to tli

Icuidiosol ill le nu- in ill spelts -unoi nul

junien and in tlu> ti mis iiiiuei i liions and uiiisi ilui elie, ii» It sliniir pe i li ii s be I pi mil on ieimil tint in 10« the college

iliadi its high, st u nu - i le mil it- ludiest iniliv ubi ii sun, m publie s, hool Hld et ^hi one bein, live wicket- lol 4JS tun- Hld 'the othu 21,iiiiis 1 mulle «c -hoitll like

to i\|,|e- in nil cm si-ui sehe« Is oin ,th ml s lui tin Lieu gime- thee "ni tis '«bethel ve, won cn ln-t tile in I li ml s lei ithi wini u in, min- ii tin -t li all b,v

» 111 ,ivcn ovcisight in then _iinc- mil lie, one ve is lut i ut ni tin uilil I lu ts Uni

Idavs win hil,,I with matches oi nil div

exclusion- to the i ounti v el lune, i ow s "n

the mu

1 Vniiuus Activities

V\ t Icmls ti, mu societies I,, pin linn

paît in our bo}s' education The debating society has cei tarni} done so 1 don't know it it is a common thing for ball the boxs in i school to belong to a debating societv

but that is the case with us In all 130 boxs actual!} took patt m the debates In-tead of having one school temi getting all the inter school pr ictice a different team was chosen foi each major debate Mi Henderson and Air J Campbell gaxe much time to the sociot} The photo giapluc club has shown moie xitahtx this yen md is now trxnig to laise funds to pi ox ide a camel i to take moving pictuies toi the new college cincmatogiaph Hie club owes much to the xisits of Air W J Poiter The cidct coi ps is now in chnige oi Ah Lambie and is a real part of the college life The council has decreed that exerx bo} oxei 14 xears shall be a member unless Ins parents haxe some definite objec lion, feeling that the intense hatied of xvai does not make us safe norn it, and that ex er} public school bo} should be piepired to defend his home and country The school pipei " 1 he Pegasus ' in its last issue i cached a xer} high stnndiid Its original contiibutioiis xxeie lntcie-ting to minx icadcis not connected with the school

Ali Irsen has done wondeis with the help oi the bojs in leoiganising the lend ing libral j and reference hbnrv behave provided the bojs this }ear with a large additional leidingroom well supplied with good mncaznics It serves also is a pic turc galler} It is splendidly root lit and shows the pictures off to advantage AYe aie holding exhibitions from time to lime of pictures new and old The dramatic socictj helped bj Airs Aieakm and some good friends in the town and bj Air Ipsen staged very successfully a pla} b} Milne nevei previousl} acted b} amiteurs Part of the proceeds went toward the reference libral j a depaituient of the school that is alvviys demanding fresh outlav Van ous tilted musicians have visited the school each team and done something to give the boys an appreciation of what music mems It is impossible to judge iceuratelj to what extent thej succeed W e are greitlj in tlebted to many able leetuieis who have come and helped to bioaden otu outlook and to several Univeisitj piofessois, who hive «tay ed at the college mid had informal talks w ith the boj s The Bible study circles conducted bj the bojs themselves hive continued thioughout the jear Aranous societies i ise and fall as the v ears pass thev githei round some enthusiast ind deciv when he goes But the fotmation and oiginisition of new clubs bv their success oi by then fiilurc it e teach ng the bov s prictical lesson- in otginisation md com

mumu life

Old. Collcgiins

Ou old boxs doing» aie cbioticlel nile fully thin befoie m The Pcgisus md I shall theiefore idd little heie AJui} ii them ue lnxing difiieult times ind ne standing up to i long stiain not, without anNiet} but xxitbout bitterness AAe ne Ëroud of them At xanous unrreisities

dmbnrgh Gnmbridge London and Mel bourne-we are worthil} repiesented R P Bo}d is still iddin0 moic letters to his name it Edinburgh Neil McKmnon is doing cxcellentl} at Cambudgc where he has just been joined bx the duN or list veai C Talla« A. recent senior prefect D Hicl s has begun his medical caieei bj obtaining honoms in four of his subjects J he following bo} s haxo obtained degrees in Afelbourue -R S Blair J S Bonnin K J Cito T G Hogg AIB B S J? S Bonum securing lust iluss in obstetucs second in surgei} and Murd in medicine C P C Reill} ob^Iti d his B Comm degiee J 1 Keavs h'f B C T ax ltb second class honours mel Iv f? Afelnlxre lus AI A

with first class honoui6 in Liighsh Hie old bo\= reunion xxis one ot the most successful in the xx av ot numbers ind of en thusiasm that T can remembei The list of the old collevians xvho haxc died during the }ear contains some well known names In their honour we shall stind They ire -Jimes Johnstone 1S69 Challes Hope 1870 Tohn Gillespie 1871 J H Connoi 1S74 Willum B Cumming 1874 Andrew Leitch 1S74 A D Guthrie 1SS1 T D Blur W10 Allies AAT Philip 1910 L 1

AYilhamson IDA) \nd xvlnle we slmd w e shall ilso honoui the name of Air AI P Hansen the late director of Lducation who being hunselt a public school bov and a public school mastei xxas ible lo bring the public schools and the rducation de- partment into the happiest rel ttionslups Vl«o I should wish to pa} i tribute to the menrorj oi Air L A Adamson ot Wcsle} College He was i min of gi eat powers winch were îreel} placed it the disposal ot the boxs whom be loved

Legacies and Gifts

AAe have received this veai a legicx of ¿C3 300 fiom the estate oi one old bo}

lames Bovd mother of £1000 from the cstite of V D Guthrie and a third of £iOO fiom the estate of i friend oi the school Airs Arenters The first and the last amounts are definitel} for scholarships These legacies haxc pi ox ed. of the greatest xalue to linny boys Txen xnth them we can help onl} a small friction of those xv ho applx foi scholarships Paients oi countr} boxs in fiom high schools are anxious!} looking to us to help on their sons educa lion All their saxings are m the land There is no income thev want full boirdin= 'cholaiships and three such scholitslups gixen ex er} xeir each tor i temi of three }en xvonld use np all the interest fiom the Bo}d bequest We can onl} hope tint is the v cars pass the finances of public schools will be placed on a bettet footing ind embie them to accept an} box ot dis tinct pt omise whatexci his pirents means

ni i} be

.V v iluable bursarv was again giv cn hj Ali Alephun teiguson Tor the fifth voir i sum of £°00 vv is given bv in anonymous fnend toward the pav nient of interest on on debt \nothet £o0 vvus given bj the Alisse Holland foi the sime purpose on condition tint in old (oljegian give the simo amount An mionjinous old collegian piompth iccepted the chillenge I have ilso lo thanl «everal anonjmotis relations and friends of boys who have provided the full fees fn pupils whose pirents could not do so \ sum of £200 given bj Miss D Slnnnon some veil s igo for i similar pui poi=e provided its last bursaij this veir Ml gifts to the school made in such times is these mc rionblj nppieciated

Interesting Gifts

Gilts to the library include i comp'ete set ot the vi oiks of Captain Man j at the gift of Dr AYelteiihall and n set oi the llistonans History ot the AA odd We have to thank the Atoinson famil} 101 pre- senting to oin museum some articles intci

cstiug both in themselves and on account of then associations Another gift which has historj ittached lo it and which will punctuate the histor} of the school foi many t,cneritiotis lo come is that of a fine old ship s bell discoveied and piesented bv Ali A \ Shannon and tastefully bracketed in the quadi ingle bj Air L Tin st The bell was cast almost in the sime leir as thal in which the school yviiB built

Ihe bojs have not only leceived Thej hive also given Tb* following cbinties have been helped bj <iiiect giving-The TV testant Orphnnage the Kilmany Puk Home the I ree Kindergartens of Geelong the Tjncinploved Bovs Cciitie ni AVcst Gee- long for which the Geelong Grammar boys have done so much the flying doctor ot Northern Austriba the Blind Vsvlum J i om the Public ¡schools Chantv Inn! neath all chanties concerned with chil- di cn hive been assisted

\nother year of school is over a veai m i happ} world surrounded bj a woild of ttotible Bov s who are leaving school te day aie passing from one woild to the othei taking with them the couiage leaint on the plujing fields the concentoation learnt m the classroom bunging reinfoice ment T li list lo the best element in the

community

Prize List

1 ir/it Divibion-lorm lower V - Dux H O Mclvciuic 2 \ a Sutherland 3 D H Duff}, 4 Pt VV K rionev combe íorm »liddle V -Dux 1) H M UarU, 2 Al Al C Howells 11 C C Steele 4, O C CopstieK j It 1) Watson, ii 11 1 I escott Torm Upper Ali-Dux, J V, Crawcour ,. C 1 Cole J C 1 CooVci -I, V L Lucas, 5. 1 H AiicUv C \ V tamp bell 7 VV P Heit ie ->< I Plus on - rnrm Upper Vi-Dux r II Davidson 2 IS A Pen' nlfc ' O li Sloane i I VV le"je 5 D V

HlKSins b 1 O Hirst 7 f! A Uanly spei ul irlze E II WolltT Form Lower Al -Dui I C Slater .' II \ 11 Weltcnhnll I II J llioro l,ood 1 J AV It Houston o 1 L Mulgan C J roirle} 7 H I Glover S 1 I Inliom Form Honour V I - Liiglisli aid History C. (. C AIcheti7le I'livsies and Gliemlstiv II L «In -ni lev I hiid Uhltlon-»crliturc ln/e (ne t>entid bv tie Hex tynon VVlicelei) N I Seither land (I nsent d I} Hie Iiesbjtcrian Climoh) s U I Reid Hie Mlle-plc tacrii ture Pilze» li \ Gumming I! I! Aitken li V Hvett Diiwine, li in (iic-emled hy VIr V I Vu lei

soul J Vaultx Debating society I ibes-Senioi (lieenied I v VIr !- B Hamilton Calvert) I

Aouur Met Improved sicJkr (prc-ente I Iv ti e liead mast r) h It Hendy Music I rize (ire milly VII « t llUn) D V Cumminj, The \ilhur soull VI moilal Pilze (preutel li Alle, smith) li V Haley Hie ten and Roi I illo v llmur V I) lion Ion Dr Cn« Iv arne V|e uoilal line I) v\ Use i Ile Vr"us Prize ( ( \ tim Dux I tie c llene lir-nl-d li li e pr .id ni of the Ol I ( eel ne LnlleLrlai s Vs

ci II Dr X t I illo ) t, ( C Vliktnzii

PREPARATORY SCHOOL

HEAD MASTER'S KEPOH'I.

Ihe beul mastei oi the Geelong College Picpaiatoiv (school ( Mi. Leslie Uinipbdl)

in his lepoit saul -

It i- nut nu lnlcntiDii to nail a lull io pott ot the' i-dioul's actinia- loi 19.1J but illili- ale- (Hi tain points which might be

ini'iitioncil

Lniolmciil -1 he iqiiniiu, ol tin pio-ent Mai hiought with it a simla mci ease- m um liuinbc i -. and when one (onside-i- the slic-iiiioii- times thiuugh wind, the lountij i- |,|ssing, thuc is i etison to be- thankful thal It «-is neil a den ease. I fed -nu-, howcvci that the ntimbets would be ¿icale i il paient- onie stopped to think

ot the advantages to be gained bj an carl} association with a school of this t}pe The child has the advantage of absorbing much of Hie best tiadition of the school at a time when his mind is most impression able, and when he passes to the senior school he feels that ne already is paît of it and not - strauger cuterrag a strange

land

Behgious Trmning -The assembly eich morning is still the ccntte of the religious life of t le school foi hei e the did} i ound even of the smallest begins with a sei vice of pii}er thus inculcating m the minds of the bo} s the idea of leveience Scripture lessons have been conducted each week b} the Dimcipnl

School Work-It is vcij desirable that parents should realise that the woil of the school is so ai ranged that there is no bieik whatcvei when the boj passes from the piepaiutorv school to the semor school

During the jem evei j cffoit has been made tlnoughout the school to laj solid found! lions consistent with a sound education loi the mantlet m which this Iiue been aone wo ne decplv indebted to Alisses \\ inning Band mid Gault It is site to

-iv that then fiist and last thoughts hive|

been foi the welfare oi those committed to I then einige

bpecial Gla «es -CU'scs in yoice pioduc tion and singing hnve been conducted bv Ali Atacdowell The woik ni pmnastcs

mid caipentrj has been well up to »tin ,

dard

Grounds-Aluch his been done bv the schon) council to improve oui mounds gencialh Bul the most lmpoitant impiovp nient fiom the point of vic« of outdooi activities his been the completion ot the cricket and footbill oval AA e have ic quired plajing fields much bejond our ex pectations and to the council vve wish to evpiess our gratitude

School Sports-Enthusiasm has mai kel the year s îecord in sport In cricket foot ball and tennis intei house and intei leam contests have taken place Mhletics cn giged oin attention for i consideriblc peuod of Temi III and theie yyas keon competition both foi the Ghainptonsh p Dip and the House Cup Orgnmsed swim ming has been coined out dining summet terms with the lesult that min} swimmers have been added to our number Some lo oi *>0 bov s hope to gani then ccitificites

Other Interests

The social side of the school lue has in eluded all dav picnic» in charge of the stiff and the xvonder evening ot the xeai the principal s fane} dress p n tv The School Pipot has encomaged the effoits of novel

isis nnd poets In oidei that oui boys should become moie comet san I xvilh v in ons actixllies in the lndustunl woild we have continued our visits to difTeienl worl s AAe hive in this w v} leceived much valu lble inloi m ition tot which we ale dee pi) indebted to C cclong s mm} manufuituiiug

fil nu

Needs of the Sehfol-Undei this beni

m" no doubt }ou xrtll ii licipatc ñudnip i formidable list oi lequiioinents These peihaps could if need nose be piodnced but xy hit I xnsh to nnpiess on the many wellwisheis of the sehool is the tact that we need then moial support then inteieot in all that is of the school then beni tv co

openlion and lastl} any criticism which is of i constructive nature It i» quite eel tam that if idequalelx supported m this wi} this school must produce bovs of mole tlnn iv erase eihbie sons of xyhoni xou should be justly pi omi

Prize List

lorni I-Dux C It Cook loini III-Dux 1 M Dickms Form Lovei rv -Dux p H Hall 2 R Ixill Form Mid He IV -Dux R D 1 urnell 2 R R Aitken Torm TJnei lAh - Dux D J Dennis 2 J X Aitken I oim Upper IVn-2 II A! Clarke Dax ot the Ftepaiatorv Sclool (piesented be Ali« 1 <; Hayyi o) II G lîadçei

TRINITY GRAMMAR SCHOOL.

SOONihUSS OF WORK

APPROVAL FOR EXAMINATIONS

Univeisity College Scholarships

In his addicss at the minni speech night of Trinit} Grammar School at the Haw thorn Town Ulli last night -Vrchbishop Head icfcrimg to «chool ideals smd that the late Air Adamson had cndcavomed to develop the chanrteristies 01 Lnelish gentlemen as he had known them Thev should also set before themselves tint ideal

\ gentleman it his best loved libcitv md íespected others He could not foi ti it leason be sdhsh ne was strong bit kept his btiength in icsetve never usine, it to the huit ol others Ile also had i tiained mind ind vv is at heart a Clui«linn There were mm} people «ho admned the chut eli in a distant sort of «iv andwlo were not puling their weight in church affairs Ile ip] oiled to pments to do then pait ant to the scholais to determine also to do the i share To di} thej weie eenfionled not mcrelj bj apath} but active hostility to the Cliuich to Christianity

and to the source of its mspnation He could not do his «oil alone but mii'l have the support ot Chustiiu people Tnnitj Gi unm-ii «us the onlj «chool having i dnect link with the cathcdi ii

which he believed was one of the best out- side 1 ngland

V hi gc attendance of puente ind friends which filled the hall enjoved a piogianime of songs and phjsicil cultuie The presi dent of the »chool council (Ah \ O Henty) xx is in the cban

3 he head mastei (Ali T Simm) stud - I hue the honoui to present the 30th an nual repoit of the head master of Tunitx Giammar School and m} own 10th ícport 1 want to descube the 30th xcar in the schools histor} is nn ailinn able }oar of progress In July the secondirv mspec tots appointed b} the Unner itx of Atcl

bourne xisitcd the sehool in responso to oin application for the npptov if of the school nt the leaving pass staj-e as well as at the intermediate stage and T am hnppv to say the recommendation of the ins) ec tors was thal the school should be fullv approved at the «chool leivmg stuge xvith the cNception onl} of litnch and dnwing and foi ill subjects at the intermediate stage This i« a récognition b} the lau xeisit} on the ucommendatton of a le sponsible bodv of the standaid ot om xvorl ind the piofessioml stntus of the members of the stall As 1 baxe ko often pud it is n rational s} stem w Inch prox ide» tint masters ma} certif} when a bo} his i cached a standard, not mci el} on the ii

suit of one elimination but bx any test which lull} sitisGe» pinctismg members of the teaching profession \ fuithei pioof of the soundness of the xvorl being clone m the school ii furnished bx the site cess of two of cur boxs in the» lecent I ni xersitv college entiance scholarship e\

animations C S AlcCutclieon the tap tun of the school, won i nnjoi rrsident schohiship of the value ol £05, at Queen s College, ind H G Bleaklev the Aux of the school wis awarded a council sdiolai of the value ot J-50 nt Trinity College The successes of these two boys me most cn couraging AlcCutclieon s success tomes at the end of a schol life spent cntu elj vv ith us Bleaklcj's success light thiougli his school life has been most marked He, too is a splendid workei Ile finished his first v ear of honours bv obtaining foin second class honouis and the oller of a fice phee at the TJniveisit} Since 1922 six i esulent schohishirs and two exhibitions hivobeeu won at '1 unity College and one nnjor soholaiship at Queens College ind two Government senior scholarships and six flee

places at the Uinveisiti

Qualifying for Leadership

Almost ex ci} ven spice I have been bend muster of this school 1 have urged trom this platfoim the tremendous xaltie of the last }eais at school An} boy who has the oppoitiiDitj of the leadeislnp of 300 such votin,, tois as xxe haxc at Ininti-it there is my po'sibibl} ot his taking such nn op portnmtv-ought to seize it with both hinds And this applies not onl) lo boxs v ho aie seeking help in their Univcrsitv couiBus bx winning scholaiships, but to bov s xvho nie ¡.oin,- into the business vioild I think all the biggei md moie enlightened busiues, finns in Afelbouine agree that the best li lining lot ultimate success is for a bov to spend his 17th and ISlh veils not m huttvtng od to compete loi un ofliee box s post but in quality ui" foi ¡ondoislnp in the biggu xvoilti outside the sehoel bj hind work md lendeislup xvtthin the st hoi I 1 \ci} boy who bus done this dining nu lind m isteislnp has made "'ood and I uni always plnee such bov s to gteatei advantvc thin I ran it btv who Ins tncielv git his inteiniedntc oi his limn,, piss exittniu i

tion It is not t bil ot tisi foi anyone

tell me tint tluv line been w11 nil th it links- , bnv letm» cheo] it Hi lu will net get 1 chineo 01 employment be

cuise oi ceri un w iel ic-uinions m mc

Hide of bt_' busii (s.s men m this e oin niiiiiitv winch it is mv pi iv iii je to know lin- i- empli Hu illv not inn I plead with von not to li t tuns is to then tut in o eli ince winken vuur li-nhiuon to invest toi them the sound e ipili1 ni i boyhood spent undi i condition- tint vv II gin tin m tin 1 e-l dunces el tin lull development in lil t von- ii Um pi i son ihtv I vin ii the linding ni the ino in- to do thw if th only tune when vi ni hoy s can piofit bv it pu -cut- s) p, m1 ililli, uliu- just now v on will be well ii pud linni the i loinious'y in iiiiscd i ot in n nom tin soundest ir-vc-t

mont von ian po-siblv m ike foi thom I lie nnd toi tinned mon in modi in hfi i- -,e gleit tint vve musí is a lommiiiiilv in i' e lull ii-, of the sph mini school- th it lino been built up in tin- stm nnd I pit id loi i Huvintioii ot lins iut no1 onie Iii my own school but lol all oin pilbil, -(hool- 1 think thou is pent ncfil it tin pi osent time nut to ahum bov s ibout tin possibility ot (hen not being ible to gol

posts The bo)s hate îesponded m my opinion splendidl) to the calls 101 sam lice that luxe been made upon them is upon their parents I consider that tbeie is a spirit of earnest lesolution to tackle and to solve the tremendous pioblems and to oxereome the w eaknesses of our economic sx stem, xvbich the present xv oriel crisis ha« revelled The solution of those problem xx ill come not bv making the rising genera tion feirful of not being able to eirn a living, but bj conxmcing them thit the problems xuli onl) be solxed b) courage deteiminntion, and knowledge Thtie never has been a time therefoie when it is more important for bo)s to u e even minute of theil school life xy lselx and w eil A\ hat fills me with satisfaction is to b

hove that our boxs xxiii use to the n 1 cxcix opportunity xou can gixe them \i the result of our final exnnunili n j t completed "O boxs haxe passed then mt i mednte cNa-ninition and fixe haxe q ni fied foi entunee to oin sixTth torm wind should theretoie neNt xeir be the b pee

siNth tint we luxe had The stanch 1 of woik ni the intcinndiite lorni this ve i lils been -o high tint the stiff look c

waul with gi cut mtcre t to nest vex t

chool leixlip pass ind honoui woil

Educational Tour

I oii=ht to iclei to oui educational te i

pi on aie all no« I think, famihm wuk I the gene-tal plan oi these toms, and 1 ure i I not paiticulause in iegaid to oui m

this jem moie than to sav that we liad i must rVlightful time in a uevv way tot in oh boaid the very beautiful pa-senger vessel t the Adelaide Steamship Compinv tin Moonta, which does a round trip cadi week fiom Adelaide to Poit Lincoln, and then lound the landlocked waters of Spencei Gulf, icturiniig to Port Lincoln and lo Adelaide at the end ot six days. Iigurc aie sometimes deceptive, but it "does coince some idea of the magnitude o: the ta-k accomplished to say that vve have =p« it neadj six months travelling U,000 inilcv und stay inga dav oi two, sometimes longo ni 50 cousideiable centres of population There arc 400 names on the 11 lists, ¡epic senting 2b0 individuals Merely to spend such a length ot time in tiavelhng. and t« see so man} places, would bring some cor sidcrable addition to anvone"0 know led?

But it is the peculiar natuie of oui visits which has made- them bo valuable Vi have not onlv, visited the places «e hae

lived in them. We have been taken in shoit periods light into the eonimuniiv life, and wo lune had the privilege oi t tieniendotis amount ot teallj lnendlv ntei

com se

lue jen l'r>2 hi- been ihe most sin e - fill j cn ni the school m the mattet

gallie- \\ i wen piennoi- and chain' n in tcnni- -iiund ni nickel thud in fui ball and athlcln mil equal fouilii ii

s»iininin¿ onlv one sixth ol a point bellin i the Uni ii school \- eve aie net k- i, au undue piopoition ol oin lug¿ci hen We oinilit to do vei} well indeed next vci

I am pleased to be able lo sav tint 1 hie, an.tnged lol oin -enioi eiicketers next cn to have the advantage ol the coichin,. , Jir. JI L. llendij, the international crick

tot, who will be at the school on lath 1 el, mai} and twice a week thereaftei dum,. the cricket season. Duung the last turn we have had quite a numbei ot gatlici hil. ot patents and friends at the sdiool On Julj 20 vve had a very helptul parent tonferenee. in which parents met mcminn ol the stall and discussed the pu lied i pioblems of then own bojs At the mi

lerncc a resolution «as pa-sed decidir,,, to form a parents' association, and i com mutee was appointed to diaw up i eyn stitutiou the- coninuttce mci and i ecu stitution «as diaftcd, accepted at a m thor meeting on 17th August ami pu li-hed ni the Ati¿ust i-siie ot the ' Mm

It wa« decided to call the body the li nun

Giannini School Parents and rricu'« ; Auxilian Ihe hist work undcitikei le j the auviiiaij was the tunning In a lidies

committee of the bridge evening iii cn j icfcrred to iu connection with the c1,if, | scliolar-hip fund Tuitlier catherines , parents and tricuds have taken phoe i ! the two athletic sports meetings (noll j

ol them unhappily somewhat niaircd be 3 bid wcithci), and on 'old boes' die I

which happens to fall on the tiitt J ii"» |

d iv ni Nov cmbci. {

Scholars' Exhibition

On Xovembei 20 we had a \ iv jouci CNlubition ot the out 01 school inteiesis u the bo)e. 1 he idea arose out of a i li

giaplue exhibition aftei our hist ulu

tional tour Scveial other leading -dun have since flattered us by copying i

eN.miple in this matter 1 hive mci j develop oui own exhibition on the Inn laid down bv the late L)r Sindeison li i master of Dundie, who made a prnil

of holding what he cillcd convci*azionc .it which eich bov in the »chool was invii

to let the lest of the school and pjuiil aud friends into the secret ot his o i

main interest m life We have li i bteiai), di-matic, and musical eoinji

lions anil perfoimanees, wooer«oik ml bookbinding, a gieat elixeisitv ot um k1 collections oi stumps ind coins, cuiiutt

catds and nnlchbox tops, and this i i time even skulls lvvo enterpiismg I v

constructed and drove ronud the - In I oval an ingenious uiotot-car Hie \o i enteitiuied us with some ot then ebne j nil altogethet the bo} s have bunour. <; ; b) letting its into the seciet of their i tuests Hie stau oi the piepam t sehool conceit ed the idea ol lctti i~ t

pu cuts of their boxs see and hen wh t thex do in the oielinaty course ot iii

school lue Hie leaders sent out oiei tin own si=natuies, a compelling imitation i

their patents who icsponded abno-t to » man and a woman, and we spent on rim da) evening, Sth Dcccmbei, one ot the In]

picst nichts it has ever beeu mx pnvilc,.. to put in Undei the chairmanship

one of the leadeis the voungsters wu

entutl} natuial and peifectlv chu nun. in songs and in unison, trio, and solo in tations. Around the walls were disphu diavvmgs, models maps, pittuns, nattu study work, and the hand woik md en t x ort which tnaiks a modem prepainton school I think 1 am light in saxiug tint ever)bodx thoioughl) enjO}cd ind ippu tiated the exhibition, and would wi-a m to convex congi ululations nnd thinks t -Mr Mitchell, Miss Lambie md Ali s \\ i

lot a happy idea splendidly cirrieil e t \\ c lollowcd tins b¡ jet anothei ¿uhr nig at the school last Patiirdav when nun oi otu fi lends hoiiottied us bv -st 11 tin nn bom or so in «oci ii lomu-c i n ii

lawns oi Kobeits House. 1 thmk main oi von even now do not know xx li it te iii beautiiul giounds we have at the -ck

and 1 hope that next xear we ma) be ii1 to iepc.it, on pet baps a mote conti mm date, the pleasant gathiung th t we

had. !

Ml tins brin= me lo «hat I j irt 1 v «ant to say to vou nt this great g ti

of wellwidieis of tin school I In c foirc-d to tin round i'-cot,niti n oi 11

Gi iinmiit School us a pul Ii 1 ol

staudin« \!j i leal ot i pubh c1 mi institution 101 the allioimd i meut oi the spnituil moni n tel t

physical and ioei ii lite nt b v in v 1 1 a council ot public spirited men 1 i t

wtllwisheis head m istei aid st ii I liojs and the piesent boys loin in I

libetute und single-minded pntnci 'ii I mi happy to sty that cveiv bov It I t the ccl ool last }eai is now ni r-nitl v i mel I think thev me all doing well

givnii, sutisfielion but I want i few i l lol boys who are leaving this vin Ii

can help in this nutter bj tc'lin, nie

openings 1 can ptobiblj find the ngl bojs T must acknowledge the kindne of the Kodak Companj lu sending two

their othteis Jil Potter ind Mi Uki to nistiuct the bovs md in ] reselling camel i to cneouriae the woik ot the bo

next veai lutiitv was the irrst hool visited in this «av bv Alt Porte! vho

eouitcsj and ellieiencv ale iinniling i I gi path ippieciated I ollci think i I hell to eveiv niemhei oi my stiff cisil 1 tlliiil tin best staft tint the »dill

cvci had It is impossible lo tliiïeiei tint

between them because eveiv mau ai i cvcij woman has given lingiudgiujv ti best that is in them 1 must he vcv

mention one betiuse ho is the ucw mci

bei on the stuff this year, and le n-s he has brought his depirtment et lu teaching of eommeicial wik to i lu I slandaid of ifhciencv I icier to Ah 11 leuce He is one ot tin stifTcst ni ni

ol examination pipnis m coninieiciil «d jects tint 1 have nut in a long ex¡ euer of them Put lu li is piovcd th« e tint if ii mun In ,vvs his subje t ai I u ti ich it no stand ud ol piotiei n v

loo high to derna no norn bov s 1 i

thev will ihviv lisp to uiv sinndi 1 ti !

i muster eilectiiclv set up

Otu ol otu old boxs Mi haul ^i n Il A »on oi the head mästet bis bri piominenl among a group it old In 5 the \ssoelitccl tiianimii ¿chook who hi established u pel muni til Alclboutnc Lt xersitv inniji loi tlie Assented Oi liniu Schools ut Mioich un where t sue cf tim ti its his been pin chased and kitchu slot cn am uni open au dining loi ni hive bein eui ted V c imp is to be held in Hi

new iptti tets fiom the 3id to the 11th ii I du liai x next Assocntc Piolessoi U 1

A\ oi d is the c han min ol the kioi) ii el his | it in i h i ol lund woik in the " le tests if the boy s oi the et mimili scholl ^ est et lix muncon we hid a xeiv lull

lil tie li ii in, up iiicmoiii at the hi null s h ol u St Uti it y s 1 ist Kew Huí

ti! little "ills miele i the uti oi seven well is loy s lum linn oi live md u|

vv n 1 VA c ic pit Hull it lv J id t" Inn nun beys li tnsipuin, ttoiu th 11 in li s h It 11 e ni un iu| it itotv s 1 k1

II) 11« illunie, t ne M ve u 11 il t d nisi is lim w istibhshcl tin li I" '? | VI punte 1 ml to i Heul es1

i cut i mon su tittil ti i se1

I V (Ollllll li.lu li

v Icr-iiuini, t lieu di

ile i ii I cl H Dm | iel ' in lu chill ut I il M h »1 <

(Continued on Next Pago )

SCHOOL SPEECH DAYS.

(Continued )

from old pi enan tor} school bo)- ind li

inn von will make known the facilities

«vailihl. it M Hil ill's where Mis Mit1 7insl(. i« lol nfc ven sound woik

Prize List

nu c1 tie-eh ni II G D'eiklei (presente 1 bv «' 1 K Vlernttl Rhode- I'rlie- L S Mrtiiterieo li te enteil be the president of the ii-,nell I O llelllv l-sq ) I omi IIOllOIII VI - Cínlom-L S VleLtltih.cn rl in Form

p V I I 'im 1 's« Al-Dux-II 1 lull»! li m I r.rm-1 0 Vlonk rd in Form->l VI X~Mli (Iro nl0vl I" J'e lircnts <lnd 1-riends iunhivl i"'m V-l)n\-V V Cohn (the in erf H nie <- n mc men ti |iri7e) Jnd in 1-orni ii McNeil rl ill ronil-l I Dale lillicur i'.-t « Vljnlu Iv L O binnu lormli {,],!_[ 1 t In (.Hu lenv Vtcie lilli Wv uno

Biner I it« 1 resented I v 1- P Wv um l-l) "l ill ro m-L s Dunnee ititi lil I unit-J A

n r lion ur I rire-J I- Urevibter Diviiiilv £ _F s Dunnee Form Ali-Dux-1' It RrMt (in Min Henderson inenurinl prm rrt.eiiteel bv Rev K T Henderson VI V 0 10) {?.din lunn- I Dlnlii Jnl in Form-Ii lol «on Hcnour rra-0 C Lambie Dix mil) 1 iw P li llrett form IV -llux-P 1 Dm (tie ylire-I Io eil Hut munonii pri-c presuiteil hv llrs C 1 i uirovvs) 2nd m I omi-J hist

PKHARvTORA SCHOOL

Dax of Prc| iritory School-V\ s Herbert (IIip Archdeacon Ilniiilcy dun pri«) Hilóles In?, - Pm-aratore school-M S Hull (puseiited 1 v Vlr= riliïcmld Vloorc m inoinoij of tlic lue C|lun r F Fit7ceraiil Moore) > omi IV i--_in 1 ni rcrm-M s Hill 3rJ '" form-H t Spie Honour Prizes-H I Pacilil I li Comers PniDiti Prize-W G Brett Form Upper IV b - Dm-V L Hens-haw (tile Laurence Oiilliilii memorial r nze presented bj Jins tit74,enld Moore) ïnl in lirra-It T fehelincrduic ord m Form-h I Menzies Divinity Jil»--V 1 Benehme Form Uieeor IV b- Dux-II llelierbj Jod In Form-J B Carter In] In 1 orm-1) 1

Clark Divinité Prize-It Bellerbe Form III - Uux-I) Cobbie (tile .lames 1 orbes Kosh memorial rnze rn-H-nti 1 bv the I irents and h neilds iuvllure) 2nd ill 1-orín-O Just old ni Form C C Giw Honour Pn/.e-t C Figer Ilivimtj Frue-D nbbie l-oiin li-Dux-I) 1- V

Bi'cht -nd in Form-G ruckci ard ni 1 inn H 1 Menzies Hoi our 1 me-IJ Bi-cr Divmitj Ïrlie-I) > \ Bright I orm lib- Put-.\ John

¡on Form 1 -Dux-T Gillies 2nd in horni Î. k coehill ird in Foiiu-le L S Dickinson Honour 1 nze-R Bcetliim Diviintj Pnze-I

special Irirs-Hoiese Competition-Tile Chai

Wise shield-Merritt House Vcrinn Collin Xmz Vlemoml Kísiv l'ri7es - I ssav on Vustriln Ik» Ijnd o( Oppirlunitv -C i> VtcCutolimi Tne Jack I ' glee M monal Prw-ll I ilk ikl e l eardel on Ihe vote if the isindcs) Ciplaitl li the School-c. s vue utcheon (piosentcei be V J l.l-eli Hq) Iditor of the Vfitre - C s yicdiHhoon li resented In Ü I G V ) liest CoMTlbJlion to Hie Jlltle -V 1 1-lkc h iwctilcd be a fiifi'd of the sch ol) HiUish - Form lass V I - i* O Monk (Hil (.coree Clneiice Arnold m mornl 1'ii'e) 1 ndlsh Litcliluii - Form V -h C O s| ünn (the Xoeillo Ussher oemornl pri7<?) French - Foiiii V - I I Hubert im I mi \1- I It Cimpbell (pr scaled le i Henil "e turu liislorv (Hie Hil, Iv ie nieiuouil putt»)-form IV -K W «umnioiif linns IV i

¡n, ¡vi,- It Hodec Vient ii Vlilhmi lie -bonn U_J V ink FirmVb-1 Blum 1 omi IV - 1 H Pinli loiiiw IV i mil IVb -V C hidion Ulie llaiuhl Vlcock memon ii pri7*< presented l>> Mrs li I Vliuek) Wriling-rona

?vn_.F I X,\ebii,m lonn IV -M II Comers (presented le Mr in 1 Mrs carbon) Foi m Hi- ll s Herb rt (r resented be Mr mel VIrs

scholarships-Found ilion bollol irslnt s -Iorm Pa<. VI-II 1 Toii7cl Iorm V-\ V Col ii j. rmiT-I I Colin 1 omi "V li -P II Brett lora IV-I luff Clere,! Si li ,1 nsTitps -B, mi ¡nc-X ( Poll 1 N VI 1 milli G V Xel on rtf,_r s Dunne G C Uimble 1 1) 1 ceick tuniiiee v li lan-lnps - V B Hunt (Wen Hiev

llom Cutlil school) btanlev Cockburn Hliott SIolarsl i| -1 F Heute Uaiidal Ml irk ?seliclii

ih p-lo bo iwarileil Lmvirsitv College I iituncc

erolarlip 1112 - liiniU Collcce Council clohrl I (£oO)-H G bl iklij IJueins Col

It"e Jlai r He nient beuolursliip ( i-do)-C -s | llcCutciieun !

KIMOM.

"Heroism of Youth "

'Theie is nothin,» which we tin ippeal to with more coiilidence than the heioism of louth snd Mr till} AJ t, A at the annual speech nicht of the I niton i Pics bxtenm Girls behool it the Al i eui lowu Hall last night The} ne tbout to em bark on i win Id which will be moie ililli

cult to hie in th in it his been foi at lent «qtnilct of a centiuv J hex xvill be tailed on lo make bli, decision to soit out the good hoin the bad 1 ife will not bo i continu us hohda} Ibex will need leal leroibtn to in ike the i idle ii lelju tuients nhieh 1 behexe xxiii bo ntccssii} He acido 1 tint the two qualifie liions nins aix for lutine citizens weie i keen sense of civic rcf| onsibilit} andan ibihty lo ichicve ? bettei billinc between tin new ideus ind the ol 1 1 eel nt y ni s luxe ecu the tcmovil of ilmost all bul ici s bunn,? the ni} to public i uuis fot women he Coll f*nuer! iddiessttu the t,uls It is uitci

e«ttng to speculate whit }Oii nie gome, to

VIr Giax tongi.itulated the school on ils ine lecoul foi the xe.u iAIi ¡X G ll.tll, a membci of the school council, asked foi support in the foi malton of a patents' us locution next xeai 'Hie Moden.itoi-clecl of the I'rosli} tei um Chin cb uf A'lclona (the Hex li \\. jMutiinl.it) who is also pi es1

dent of the school council, picsided fsou^s, rh] thmle c1 inces, md a one act phi} pie lento! b} the pupils xtcic .ippiciMttd b} the large audience.

Head Mistress's Report.

The brid mistiess (.Miss J AlcC'oxx.in) lairl -lîefoie leading ni} lepoit 1 vv.inl to 13} that we have accepted xxith deep legiet the reniement of the Ilex. I\ J Murdoch from the position of ellan man of the school council, and Ali. G. Steele from the council We shall miss them xei} much to- night The Piesbxteuan C lim cb of A le- tona wishes to add to the nuinbci on the tchool council, winch now consists of the Rex. K \V Macaulay as chaiimnn, the Jlex A Yule, the Hex. ti. Adams, Ali. Haswell, M UK Mi B G. Ball, Di. A W Bowman, Mr. 1' Foi m in, and Mr. llcClelhnd

Tins is the 36th innual íepoit of Tuilom Frcslnteiiin Gills' Gi animai School, and the second which I have hld the pi iv liege (if presenting \t this time ot the- ven people wish their fuends hcilth vveilth anti ImppinesH Xovv, in a book I ii id ic teiitle the following idea inlciestcd me 'Ihe i|iicstion is asked 'Whit is he lilli ' Health is the dtict of light doini: of doing that winch will enable us to enjov ill oin faculties uni eveieise all om lunetions ' As vou know, oin motto is Do what von «le doma- " but vve also want to be sine that whit we aie doing, what the ern Is ale doing, is that which will ti am them to eujov nil then faculties and to evctiise »II thin functions both now and in the futmc

Also verv iinpoi tinl to us ill is that uiv thine, lint lnndcis should be chillunie I

fcotnc of von ni ij feel tint von hive leen doing enciicji ot that durine, these times In ordci to ciiij out tins um the school curriculum is bioid and the sihiul ictivi tie» yen viried and here I nudit mention «s illusti ttion of mj point two new pn/cs fivcu bv Di How m in one in the sub

mteimcilnte class ind one in the min

mediitc foi spoits and studies A\ c know that the Kids will vilue this teuf,

ntion of the all lound vvorkei On the inteliectuil side our stindud has been maintmied and the vvoik ciihninitcs in thit done bj the Rirls at the public ex munitions \n extension of the woik in domestic science will be taken next veil

«s there will be i school leiving class as well as the inteiniednte winch has been losuccefstul m the pist

In music then weie 11 eut nos for the public mu6ic examinations with 100 pei

tent passes consisting of five lionoui pisses (one m pinte 1TI ind two ni ¡.nile 1\ )

fmir ci edit pisses and two pisses Hie numbci of entries lins incieiscd us we nie rncouriging Hie joungei pupils is well us the oldet to take the examinations Hie definite t-oil of i public exumnntion is food tinmine, for them, c,iv nie, them conh dence ni facing a test of then work A nbinct organ his been acquired m oidct that c mitty gnls especially may have the oppoituiutv to loam in insliumciit winch tlev mu In cilled upon to nlav it ser reef in some ol oin sm illei countiv th lidies

Hu vc u we acini bad i phvsii ii cullin o (lisphv and von will see a little eil the i ik to mi ht Ali Jinx is lo be congiatu libel on Hie woik done bv thefciils Unity cirls onloied foi the sewing ( \nuunutions ths yent uni ill passed Ni\t xeir n hitliei c.1 ide sewing and diessninl tug tlnss »ill le fi unod puncipillv foi gills ni the nhmlcimediale class Jliss lastelliss Jinioi ilincing ehss lind Alt Slaweskib srinnr (Ins will be continued next xeni

loin 1 ussell in the senioi class bus won the gold medal not only foi the 1 intona rlass but in conipelilion willi all M Ilihrnii s school elnsses

Success in Sport

In spoit wc hive won the piuatc schools' tent i puuieisliip Uic ))iixnte schools tafk ii ill ) leinniship and cune second in 1 i lull AV e i| pícente the woik clone li Mi u II it i VS jud lot the tennis team and h s conning c1 iss One of out spoits mi-ticsscs this xcu has been Olwen Banks an old I mu in in and daughtci of au old rintoiuui Wc thank hot toi till the eheei

fell Sluice she Ins done for us this }eii, anil wish bil success m bei enirci ¡is a

mise It is not possible to speak at length if ill the i Hut activities - tile conllllnil mr; I i mil i billig the I intiinun exe Hie 'lelititu and imbin spe ikine, suinly li is lent xiiv utivi lins vin md uni mid « I ml ii i,o di tin bnu lils In In dum 1 horn lins monis cn sell i \pussinii St mc li tun lionel cine dilute iluiilu 'he vi n

«"1 wc hive bul visits flinn and xisitul Hie debiting te tins of Vlelbouuii dills Ihgli School (.him h of I ngliind di mun ii behool nnd ( umbel wi II di munn Si hool it At the debito with the boys of ( um oern.cll Gummi ii School Ali tonkin xv is .o plciEed with the summing up done bt

Jessie Scovell that he gave a special prize

foi that effort

Duiing the veil the girls gave two small entertainments at the school the proceeds fiom which weie used to buy books foi the school libiarj X wish to think all the ofhco-beiiers the prefects md heid pre feet foi the excellent work thev have dope foi the school during the jeir Inch veil iiiinj girls leave their school life behind thom ind tike up varied inteiests and icti

vities Of the gills vdio left school at the end of last vear six have taken up ofllee woik others ire at the 1 mily "SlcPhei-on Lolleep the Homecrift Hostel the Umvei

Mtv and so on Ihev and the gil 1b who hive us this jeir hive our best wishes foi the futuic Wc hope thej will all join the Obi 1 uiloui His and so keep in touch with the school nul its fot mel pill ii I should like to mention heic the splcn ltd Ii inline peiloinnnce given bv tile Old Iiutonun» it the Comedj Ihcitie this je ii fiom which thej mide i piont of lillie than i.So which was divided between tin "Melbourne Hospital tnd the Old Jin connus schol uship fund

lo Miss Burston is held of the staff ind to ill the other members of the staff I give my best thinks not only for their ictuil teiching woik but for then share in the whole life of the school "Miss li ene Webb md Joan Webb hive been given i V cat s leiv c of absence is thev w i-bed to hive i jen ibiond Wo are sorry not to hive them with us to night but then bo it iiled on luesdiv AIiss Mai key will tike the singing next veai, ind "Miss Scott Sim monds will continue "Miss Irene Webbs work "Miss Smjthp also is having i j ear abroid foi study We sav goodbye with legtet lo Miss Thom who has been at Tinton! foi lo veirs We wish her sue

e>s and happiness in her new woik lo "Miss Blooic AIiss Wilkinson Whyte ind AIiss Binns vve also wish to sav goodbye ind good fortune "Next year we arc to idd to the st iff Miss Isobel "Mackie B «¡c

to the science side of the school AIiss Bikei Al -V foi milhemitics ArissRjiuet

for primary work and AIiss Aloirt Pje foi ait work thioughout the school

For Miss Hudiston and mjself I desire to thank most heiitilj those piients md friends who have given special help diiiinc the jeir At the iccent evening given bv the piepiiatorj school we were vcij pille ful to Airs Alichne Alis ?v.dinis and Mr and Mis Schmitt Airs Angliss too is ilvvivs n friend m need to us 1 wish to thank Airs Powell Ai is Sutton Airs Tit chett AIiss Tinctt I)i Wishart lil Bow min Air AHxivell Al TI R mel Ali Ion

jin for pii7cs given bv them and Air

Ihomis foi his gift of a cup foi the singles tennis cliimpionslnp I wo spicnl pi 1res have been given for Sciiptuic this veir bv the Presbv tel nu Chut cb of A letona ind foi these wi think, tin education bond of the Chinch To ill pirents friends ind cirls T wish \ merry Chiistmis and the hippiest of Xpvv A eirs

Prize List

l'nntUüP' School -General excellence Doiothj Pettigrew Ltorctbc, neatness, and arithmetic, Jem Crawford, history and Fnghsh, J um Cuming, mthraetic, kngliah, histon, Marjorie Itali, lund work and writing, Jojce Bell, homework nnd handwork, '»holla Thompson, general excell. nee, Miirlcv Adams, Rood work m knglieh, biston, íaegrapliv, Jean Campbell, loan Htehett mt mo- il ti prize for (.merni excellence, conduct, leider r-lnp, si ort, Vc (gift oí Mrs A FHcli«tt), Madge \occt dinting ifrift of M 1rs K lascelles) Low Monger >st!ier Mover, improvement in diucmg (Sift of Miss K lascelles), \udrcv Mad un , do tution (gift of Mm« Smythe), M leva fcdmundf», nhvMcal culture (gift of Bjelkc PttcrbCn), Jean

Cmvford

Middle behool - I\a.-0\er SO per cent in four subjects, Murlc\ Hut, over SO per cutt in four subjects Patricia, stillman, over 80 per tent in f>ui subjicts, Normt Coles, Seiiptun, bbirltj Bur, ¿ewing, Hie Graham, dnwmg mid Imud

work Norm i Coles

l\h-t.uieral excellence in seven subjects and sppcnl S i ture stiuh, Helen Uiurth, good work m h\e hiibjteift Tat Champion good work m four wbjut». Man Beale, Scripture, Man Beale (rench vocahulan, Mm Belle, sowing, Pit Cham lion dnwmg, Man itandell

V-Genciil e*cel lenco in fuc subjects Merle (iuld»morth\ good work in five Mibjects, Margaret Jilxnor Sí ripture, Margaret Watson sewing Mar jone N apiti drtwinj and handwork Svlvn Nowack, junior plivt-ical culture (gift of Bjelkc Pt tersen) Heather Irnlavson

B -(jfnerul excellence in all i-ubjccts Freda Harper, general cxtcllenco in nil subject'-, M ii j Mater, general excellence in all subjects, Jean \nden>on general excellence in all biibjects, Lnci Mercj, Scripture Min Slater, improvement, M<n\n Rogers, Mvving, Fav Maekrell, drawing, loin Parkinson General Science Practical Book (fclft of Mwi Cunninghim) Hjlih Bank*

S mor School -C- Central excellence in eight Mibjectrf Margaret Mcclelland, excellence in four subjects (HitrlWi, Latin, trench historv) Bee Wishart, ma the t na ties and Latin, Hiz-ibeth Wood ^cnpîure, Mir^aret Mcclelland dnwmg (gift of Mi«.* \ -Wilkinson Wlote), Kuth Adams genenl information Mirgarct Mcclelland pingie ii cul ture (gift of BjeUe Pt teran) Hearcv Smith

1> - emeral txcellence in ill subjects (gift of Mr», button), Barbara Johnstone, general extel lout in four fiubjectn, Noel fussoll, general a d líente in four subjects B. tt\ \ule «-crlplure (klft of Reí li \\ MiciuUv). BetU "iule

1 hi «leal culture (gift of Bjelkc Peleretní, ftac

Webb

V Kb-Genenl t \cellence Mirv Cameron pene r 1 cvecllonie lulie Austin, Latin ml l>onch Vee line VII eis biolopj md peomctrv Beni Vmlersiu iluwinp (tilt of Vti=s J Wilkinson Vllnli) Xinie Wills physical culture (sift ii lljoll i Petersen) VI irjorn Hire Scnpture (fei't ol Bee IÎ V Mu ml iv) VI n-jorie Hire

Commercial Cliss-Commercial work kjatne Fellowes

Sp cial l'lizcs-Srriiliire (pift of Genenl Ve

setnhij) Vlarpiret Bevan (I) ) Scripture (plft of Ginini Vsseinblv), Dulcie-Deans (V 1th ) (.cnonl intelligence (gift ot Jlr Vlaxwel! VI li K ) Vlisoit lteittj tor studies and sport (pitt ol Dr Ho» min) Xincv Bowman (C ) for studies nnd sport (put of Dr Bow mm), Noel Fussell (D ) oripinil poem (the Vire. VV islnrt memorial prize)

Jessie Seoeell home readlnp (Hie Mrs Wish irt llieinoml prl7.e) Vlire Cameron Eiiipuip (pitt of Vliss Join Webb) Jc^ie Scovell, dcbatinp (pift if Mrs Powell) Jiss-lo y-cmell public speakllip (pift of Mrs Pewell) Jovcc liomin, special de lltin_ prize (pift ol H Ij. Tonkin Esq ) Jessie Srovoll speech Iraininp (pift of Miss 1 Webb)

Vlarjone Hare daneinp (pill of M Bibron) Noel Fusoell peopraphj (pift of riielmi Jarrett) Xanc> Wills drcssmakinp (pift of Miss Macharcv) Beni Vndcrson elocution (i,lft of Miss smvthc)

Sheila Bronlfoot pimoforte (pitt of the music stiff) Fdmo Gnnt pianoforte (pitt of the music staff) rimiec Loekl art pianoforte (pift of the music «ttitT) Coral Griv music progress (pift of the music statD Annie Irevorali music prepress (pift of the music staff) Alma Fraii(7 inter module harmony (pitt of the music stuff) Ililli

leen Til em s

spoils Prizes-Prepariton School - VHrpot Hoe eil I.ois Monger, Peppy Cronin Honor Man in Vudreu Vliieture Junior lennis Champion Vfii"ot loenll Senior Tennis Cinmpion-Phillis Hal per Doubles lennis C luminous - Gwen Thomas Vpnes Dent Private Schools Basketball 1 romicrship- Cup and penn mt Private Schools lennis lYemierslup-Cup ind pcinnnt

p,of«|-- Sybil Church Xnnce Drnbam neither lie I helps Hirpei Vlarçnret Vlicuilie lean sieeenit lossie «ewell School Captain - Vlar jorio Hare

Dux of School-Sibil Cliurcii \\ innei of ïïctisc Cup-Ower

MLYIONC GIRLS' GIUÏIMAU

_ t Inciease m Eniolments '

I ho numil speech nisht of the Alentone |

Girls Giammii School wis held m the Mentone Recreation Hall last night Aflci i prop mime of phjsicil cultuie soul, s and dinces by pupils of the school Alis T A Tonkins wife of the piesident of the school

presented the pnzcs Ah Jcnl ins pie

sided

The heid mistress (AIiss B Johnston) in her repoit stated lint the jenr had been successful bcjond ill expectations There Ind been an unusuillj large nrimbei of cn rolments 65 having pissed through the

school this j eui 22 of these being new I pupils 1 he numbei of bo irders had doubled since I isl veai and the school wis now iblc to cill itself definitely a botudiug school It was an ideal place for t,nis, with its litige grounds and nearness to the be ich It wis intended next veai to in dude shoithand and typevviitmg in the (Uiiiculiim so that a business couisc could lie piovided foi those gills who desned it Aftei eonsultition with Ali Atkinson of

Ihe Aigus' staff who gave valuable nil vice a school lnifca/ine had been estab lishcd md theie hud been a copious supply ot conti lbutions

'J he school achietcd ouliitainlinK Miccess in the public examinations, Viiginiu Catron, Bcttt Hodges, mid huleen Johnston obtuin MIK their liiteiincdntc coi tinc-ites «hilo Muijorie t oflot passed in file subject' I Isic 1)milson in two subjects nnd isanct White m one subject I bene Mere eight out of 12 pisses m mathematics-au un usualh hvh pciccntiiKc foi the tcbool

An aifiociition was foiincd last nionlh bj bi\ ¡in Is' M-hools-Cam bei well Gills Gi mi m ii ilnntiiiRtoiter Kilt Hinton, St Pctei's Shelford, and the Mentone Gills' Gmninni

Kegnlai mulches in bnskcl ball anti tennis would be plated nexl -.c-ii and much bene ftit from inleieouise willi the othei sehoolt, tins expected

Jfoie thun 50 woollen jiiiinents title knitted by the girls and taken to the 1'iiik dale habt health contle, tthcic thet ttcie clihtiibuted bt the sihter in chaine and Bteatb nppieciiitccl b\ the icctpienls T'aicels ol clothing books ic had been ptlten to charitable oigiiustilions, the school cnclcat oin mi; to detelop in the "'lils a fechlin of ipsponsibililt to«aids then less foriuiute biotheis and ststens

'Hie Old Gills' Vssociition bul been teij itclite and iipint fiom then soci ti and eliamitie ti oik lim li id "nell a s-eholnship t line 1 it 1,12 10/ im two tenis \n cutt mee e\ unintitioii w is held nt the s-c-hoeil cm llccrnibu ! Iheie wire lit) iiindiil itis Not iii I'u som, bein, tilt

I III IC W is 111 111 "I lit III id lill I I, opPI lill II hil wet u p neills uni tcuhiis s, t lui L i nh inipht uuiliist md (h, , tim I,, t te i lo fostei this in linne s hool p units iss,,n tunis hid bun foi mod ve lui h inincil it hclpin" tin si hool in i veiv possible w i\

llu tnni w is pone vv hen i p ni nt s mt( lost in his childi en s sdiool lite ended whin (he school bill ve is paid I hue was plenty of scope foi stub in asKici ilion in Men tone, and it leipuied onlv i little oignnisi

tion to mike it a verj powerful factor in

the life of the school

Prize List

Kindergarten Gifla - -Ukinson 31 Trinco, D , Tirkes, S Dalillof, S., H hating, 1' , ¡sutherland, I Crowther, J , Bowen P , Kirkpatrick, J , Vbralntn S , Burbridpe P , Dawson J , Dawson, JI Johnston S (physical culture pnzej

Pri7.es -House 1 (dnncinp prize), Fj>gram, J , Kennon, II , Wiltshire I , Wall, C

IHb-First Honour Prizes - Cartmell, P , Coles, J , Jenkins D, and Pigdoii, J , credit pri70, Atkinson, It , credit and handwork prîtes, Wat son, P

IVb -tower-Hutton B first honour prize, music prize, music certificate Pipdon A first honour prize. Mian, 1) , improvement prize, Ciscy J sewinp prize

IVb bppir-rir»t Honour Prizes-I ergiison B Hipinbothom, B Jenkins, H Merson X , phv sicnl culture and seeemp prizes A Vlarleyrana

IVc-First nonour Irires-Cnsee P Cooper

D Daeidsnn B Smith II Tinner P dancinp, Beine eli s sewinp Toppinp I , old girls prize

uni first honour 1 Nichol

Va-First honour prize VI Kelley first honour prize and president s cup J1 Vtjrtorona held mistress s prize X VI uriott improvement prize, M Smchin, plijsical culture prize, E Kfldford

Rojal Iifesaelnp «oCle|VS ywar|s _ 1 lernen tire Certificate-Brnd, s , Holland L , lladford,

E

Proficiency-Benwell, S , Madford 1 Cooper, D , Tanner, P, 1 erpu-on B Uiginbotliom !'

ST CAMERLNh'S TOORAK.

USING ONE'S BEAINS

Importance of Thinking

Mj sleep on the fiont bench at jVuiha ment latei to night will be all the sweeter foi my hatmg cnjotcd tour thoioughly en jojable speech night tonight said the Attouiej General (Mi .Menzies) when he distubuted the pu^es at ¡st Citheuues speech iiic,hl nt llie Pialuan J on n Hall list night In his address he deilt with whit be described as the grot e much discussed and much misundcistood question of cdu

cation

He eltsei ibed it ds a mist ike to dit ide hmmnttt into two pal ti. ind to sa} that some people wet o icudcmic and some pi le tical lhere was not tciy much to boist of in berne, j i ictical or in lut mg i decree What should feite cause for pu Te was not mci el} the acquisition of. some formal odu cation - such is an excellent Juench iccent which tiould be undcistood intwhoie ex cept in Trince - but the learning bott to use the bruins we possess

How nnnv people reill} know how to think \lt Menues »mel If ton «ce a (.loup of pet s ins pultun, then beads to ,-ethci mil t liking it is sife nine times out oi ten to «it that the ti emile, lctuaik wat, Ibet tell mc-How m my people are gome, thiouc.li life like soundinc, boiiel« echoing the thouBhts of otheis* 1 fool con \incod tint the communitt is lull of these Ihettellme people J bei tell me Smith is the linn to tote for or J he} tell nie ¡smith s w tfe lo cs mouc} it bridge -and so the} ,.0 on is mere phouogi iphs on which someone else s records arc being

pi ij ed J hose w ho go to n good school

nml on lcating it become a bounding bonni lil e that ire letting their school dow n There i« little eicuse for the bots or gul« who lutin,, been tiught to think with their own binns decide tint it is too much of nn effort to think ind leite it to the othei s

Plain Drosses Advocited

In hei addicss the pnucipal (Alis» Ruth Langltj) said that ni the last jcai the school had been divided into tom houses instead of two Hie need foi kcenet com- petition in class and spoil had necessi- tated the change It was ii new ventine, and the íesult has been suiprisuiglj good," the repoit stated "A .house sense' has been developed, and the gills of the school realise- the lesponsibibtj of membership m then house 'lhere is a bettei sporting feeling in the school, because thoo is ntl opporttimly for each membci to stoic for hoi house Junior tennis: as well as senior compete, and the little folk ino extra oiditianlv keon."

AIiss Linglcy emphasised the iu>ed for simple plcMsiiies for growing girls, and the need foi a ceitnin amount of quiet- ness and more sleep "Little girls in di esses to then feet mid vv eating satin shoes are not able to play the- old-fashioned game of bide-and seek, because they cannot run about dressed in these uiifauuliai long skills" the lepott continued "Do not tike lioiu oin children their ihililhood 1 hey have, vve hope, many jems jet in which lo be gtovvn up and in which to enjoy the privilege of weiring long chesses

' t lulih en at school do not give sufli iient tune to readme;. It is tiovvdc-d out ol then byes According to statistics, Austi.ilian bojs and girls reid less than the jouth of othei lands, and then stan dind ol lending is lower. Ruskin sav s that childi en glow by .ldniuation and love Think foi a moment of the diss of book young Austiaha is reading' We prav that she niiv not become like the heioines of the modeln novels. Initiée and implóte vom gills to lead the gieat books about gi eat deeds and gieat men In these books the issues nie not confused - evil is iccok nised as sue li, and good is shown as lovcij" and ol good ic-poit, not as dub and tin mteiesting. Banish from om gills the un- pleasant mid soi did liles of some- ot the modem novelists, and it would idd so nindi to their inlet est if those aboul thom could tilk of the elim act eis in the best books That would give otu girls such splendid

ideals.

If w e w mt our t oung people lo he mot e coiuteous and thoughtful, and if these tir tues aie to be inculcated the} must be in sistecl on in etery home and school I hoticjitlessness must be cheeked nul un giicious mil uc,lj manners mtisl bo depic cited Religious training must be in m lcc,i ii put of oui school life - the out st indine, tirtues of wonunhood truth punt} and honour are the îcsiilt of proper religious trnning "

Iho report stated that in 1032 thete weie 245 names on the school roll - the «une numbei as in 1031 - and enrolments tor 1031 were tci} promising In the ex munn tions six tjirhs obtained tenting ceitificites six pisset ni foin ledting subjects, 14 ob tnneel lnteintcdinte certibcites md 16 pissul in single subject* St Cntbcune i nuked second to Jtctton Hall in the re suits oblmied bj secondart church com 1 ni} and pntate schools In Decembei 5S gills cnteied foi the leatmg honouis kit nil, piss mel inteimediite eximinations Al the 10!1 exiinmationh the following ob tmied honouis -Jot Bell Fin opean and liittisb biston "\luieaiet Wright drawing and ] lench licit} Langmoie teographv

Iîoseni irt Wught Trench driwmg and I nghhh Afngiuct Pence, 1 ncjish Pinn pc in biston Alice Dcaset English 1 dit li Pill ilición rnejish Ti euch ruiopeni his toi t and lent tug pass lb ltish lustoi t Bettt

tomlins Luiopeiin histoit 1 ngllsb and leiMiig pas« ph}sical science

I bp lepoit iiraised the leidusbip ic Inbtliti and conscientiousness shown bj the beul of tile school (lieda Connollt) and the gnuiet. captain ( Midi el I ink) nnd announced Hint the beni of the school in 1011 ivoulcl be Lucille Stephens with Pi tupia Campbell as games ciptani

' I ho old pi is of St Catheune s ne doing woik in cteit form of soeiil scmce pal

tuulaih through the gills' guild it the \ oung Women s Christian \ssoeialion, and bt toiuntccr woik in the flee kindergai

tens ' the repoit added The recent reeoicl it the Unneisitv is -Margnct Peterson first jear massage at tho Utmersit} Beth Saul mid Dorothj Anketell second teir massige Margaret Neil Smith passed et cry subject and gained bel second year medí

cine Tot Bell sat foi first jenr nits but the lcsults are not out tet"

Prize List

KINürnaxItTUK-Shirley minson, dux: sing inp (gilt of Madame Dannevip) Frances Cordh. 2nd form prize, music (gilt oi Miss Helm) April Barrnclouph, propress prize; speech training (gift of Viiss Ford). Jocelyn Bottomlev, 1st form prize. Bettj Benelt, 1st form prize. Sunday Brent, sew- ing (gift of Miss Stone). Gwen Trescovvthick, music (gift of .Miss Helm).

lVc-Audrej Gullett, dux; elocution (gift of Viiss Ford). Sheila Mccallum, honour, tons Nettleberg, honour. Helen Mcr-e, honour; elocu- tion (gift of Madame Dannevig), phjsical culture (gift of ¿Ir. Hajcí). Noel Burston, honour, «bj,, lev Sturrork, honour. Eli/abolli White, reading ((rift of Miss Kord); needlework (put of Viiss Bishop). Huth Colman, writinp; drawing (pift of VI ps Harper). Wende Hejwood, French. Yvonno Dewcj, arithmetic. Suzanne Ptjles, pro press, ilrawinp (gift of Viiss Harper). Judith hosier, elocution (gift of vtadimc Dinney ig)

Antoinette» Madden, elocution (gift of .VI idatne Dmnce Ig)

IVIi-.Xelliin Meer, dux (gift of Vin Ballliell); eloiutlon (gift of Vlndnue Dannevig), dancing (gift oí Miss Brenan), Donald.! Picken, 2ud honour; elocution (gift of Madame Dannevig). Vi irv Bottomlej, 3rd honour. Judith Bet, speech training (gift of Miss Ford). Leslie Brown, drill (gift of Mr. line-) Hnid Johnson, nature study (gift of Mrs. S Jljer); drawing (gift of Miss Ï). Haiper) Vlnrj Joskc, music (pitt of Miss Pillars) Anthea Cuiiiiliipliam, music (gift ol Vltss Helm). Mnrparcl Anderson, sewing (pifl of Mrs. Kvuns). Mary Cljincr, progress (gift of

Miss Clarkson).

IVa - Patrien Watson, dux (pift of Miss Calo). Dorothy Johnson, 1st honour (pift of VIrs. Kttux); poograpliv (gift of Miss Curr). Vloiru Cresevlik 2nd honour (gift of Mrs. billin in) Pmelopr Little, milln- stllde (gift of VIIss Clillkson). (¡wonda Carnee, dielinte (gift of Misa Vtintci). Sboih Ciro, elocution (pift of VIIss Poní) Dorothy Cordon, diawing (gift of Vtiss Hitter) lunn Moss, elocution (pift of Madame Dniiuielg) Pamela t.lovd, eloiutinn (gift of Mud une Dannevig).

Hizel Ieonird

\i - tusón Humer iln\ Ccifl of Mr» Mlitiso

initie (Rift ci Ml-s MiUlirli) l'ilrtiln ttisl, 2nd liunoiii, ilnm il mllun luire- llinlu. lui honmir (.-ift of Mr« W itson) liri li lull lill lillimur s"/ctt. h mi li un iel (.ill if Hi*, llisl.r) "um.; (oft of Mis H, m| ni pin »li il

ullin c rilli, it. t|, Iii I,¡ml ,,11 iloiillliin l.-ifl f Mi 1 uno linn, i i. I Min WiHcin dum III. ("lit of Ml-s ||p ,,.,)

t li Iii mi u tile ii Iii,«cn ,| ,\ | v)f, ,il tile milln.». 1) «lu nut i (Lift of ti,, ttmt.r)

I li nil Iii II lill 1st h nom (.Hu of Mi« « I'k lu) II min Minn ¡ni honour (gift of Mrs I nmii ) Ultimi Muk, lnil,ii (u-llt of Mi.« ililli«) sr-« iii.- (.ifl if Mu. I roulhri) 1'ltliril II in. mt. nml ii ills (eut of Misa lle-ter) Di ma «-te lill n« Rpircli luinin- l.-lft of Mt«i lord) Mur.iir-i Vu Minimi iim«ic (¡jiff of Mt« Helm)

llr-cortm lilli, pliislcnl culture (çlfl of IVin llj"l|.i IVmi»fn) MarRnrct Cot. plimcil culture

certifícale Joan Vanderkelen, music (gift of MIfs Cullj) Joan VIcDonald, special divinitj prize (gift of Miss Vv inter) , ,.

V b-Prudence Kimpton, dux of form (equal), divimlj (gift of Mrs Svdnev Myer) Beth Paxton, dux of form (equal) 2nd phjsical culture (Bjelke Petersen) Vlarjorie Vlack, form prize (gift ol Mrs Creswick), music (pift of Miss Harris) II««» Bennett, form prize (gift of Mre Ung) >n,,er'c Downes captiins prize (gift of Miss Mien) Henrietta Lang, composition (gift of viiss Lang ley), art prize (gift of Miss Hester) Vileric Crowther, nlgebn (gift of Miss Vilcn) Mun Adims, phvsical culture (Bjelke Petersen), dnmatic art (gift of Madame Dannevig), music (gift of Miss Allen) June Bennett, speech train lug (gift of Viiss Ford) Beverly Buttfield, ort

prize (gift of Miss Hector)

V i -I'eggv Burston, due of V i (gut ot nn> i

Warhnd), theory and liirmonv (eift of Viiss Mitchell), intermediate pa's <*rtlficatc for music Marpnret Dewez, 1st honours (-,1ft of Vira hiddle), elocution (gift of Miss îeancv Ford) Bett} Tate 2nd honour« Juliet Kiddle, special prize for excellent form work (pift of Vlr Colin Templeton) Glader Warland, geographj pnetical work (gift of Ml«, MeCnw) dnwmg (gift of Miss He-tor) I'atricia Campbell, elocution (gift of Madame Dinney ig)

Jov ce Clark, music (gift of Miss Spooner) Margot Ardlie, theory and harmony (gift of Miss Pillais)

mtTmedlato pass certlficite of music, dincing (dit of Mi»» Montgomery) Vvrall Wheeler, dnvving (gift of Viiss Hester) Phyllis Hiller, violin (gift of Mr Mallinson), music (gift of Miss Biddv Allen) Shirlo} Pratt dramitic ait (pift of Vladamc Dannevig) Betty Tompkins eirimatic art (gift of Mídame Daimce ig) «oma Hocking 1st In phvsicil culture (gift of Mr Hay) Joan Giddy 2nd m plijsicai culture

Va2-Dorothy Bnnigwanatli dux (gift of Mrs

Landale), commercial principles (gift of Xlis« Vaughan) Vudrej VVvso, 2nd honour (gift of Vtrs 1-iskcn), music, physical culture cerlmcate Ibel Vlurraj 1rd honour progress in music (gift of Miss Adderlej) sowuig Bcttine I isken, form prize Mollie Murray, music propre-*» in music (gift of Viiss Adderley) Pat Wenzel, charac terisation (gift of Madame Dannevig)

Ma-(Pass)-Betty West, dux (gift of Mr and Mrs Best), physical culture medal (gift of Vtessrs Bjelke Petersen) Vfane Walker, second honour (gift of Miss It Flluison) Jojce Satchell, third honour (g"t of VIrs Coimollv) Pat Lilis fourth honour (gift of Viiss Hines), art prize (gift of Mis» Hester) Peggj Friser specell li euch (gift of M Houel) cup for French cssav (gift of Mrs Linse'l) Margirct FvfTc, specnl I-reneh (gift of M lionel) J; rica Burston art (gift of Miss Iles ter) Xorma Wood, best geography pnielicai book (gift of Viiss McCravv) Valdi Roberts boarders' prize (gift of Miss Wilson), art (gift of Miss

Hester)

Vin-(Honours)-Vudrej link 2nd honour (gift of Mrs lilis), biologj (gift of Dr Maxwell) I reda Connolly, third honour (pitt of Mrs bil

mon) music (pift of Miss Pillars) Vlarj Newell, botany (gift of Mrs Maxwell) Judith Burston, ruusii- (pill of Miss Mitchell) speclil prefect s prize (gift of Viiss Connollj) Jem Wood bioloij (pift of Viiss loskc), dux (gift of St Catherines Old Girls) Vudree I-ink, cup for 1-nglish eswj (Cift of Miss C Shepherd) Audrey Hnk md l-rtda Connolly, prefects prizes bv vote of ire foots md staff (eifl of Jliss VV ¡Ison) Mnrj "Newell cup fo- most reliable girl (gift of Miss Vi Olli

cei)

Sports Prizes

Tumoi It nins Prize (gift of Mr VV ii on) binn Mien Intermediate lennis Prize (gift of Vlr

Wilson) Poverie} Hill second Senior Tennis Irize (gift of Mr Wilson) Vudrce Wise Hrst Senior Tennis I rizo (gift of Mr Wilson) Hen netta Ung tumor Tennis Championship (gift of Vlr» Caro) Snzcttc Fincham Senior Tennis Champí mship (gift of Mrs Douglas Stephens) Bett} W ost senior Doubles Championship Belle West and Olwcn Gifford lnterhou«e Tennis Blair House (captain Judith Burston) Bieehall Chain pionship (gift of Vlr Olive Campbell) Pat Camp Lu li Jnterhouse Baseball Templeton (captains semor Pat Campliell junior tonn Caro) Hockcj Championship (gift of Vlr Clive Campbell) Vnd rev í ink and Gwen Kose Inter house Hockej Bhlr (captain Margaret 1-j ile) Basket lull Cham pionship (gift of Mr Clive Campbell) Pat Camp bell Inter house? Bisket lilli lenipleton (cip tiins senior Pat Campbell Junior, buzettc I in chain) Jorm Gaining Highest Vverape X Ia (captain V alda Tioberts) House («lining Most Points for Miganne Contributions Teilbrido (cap I un Audrey V ink) Girl Giming Moot Points for House I uellle Stephens Host All round Sporl luiuor I orn i Caro Best Ml round sport -Senior

Pit Cimpbcll (gift of VIrs Cuiiningh mi) Cock House Our lenipleton (ciptain, Pat Campbell)

UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL

THE MODERN IM.

Professor Osborne's Faint Pi aise.

The Melbourne Town Hall was ciotvdcd last night on the occasion of the 23ul un nii.il speech night of the Unlteisity High behool The clean of the facultj ot medi- cine of the Melbourne UniterstU, Prolessoi W A. Osborne, presented the honour eei tific.ntes won by bojs and gula in the jeal» work, and l)r. Ethel Osborne picscntcd the spoits aw aids 'J be repoit of the pi incipal (Mi. M. Stanton Sharman) was wai inly ap plaueled, and the programme, m which the school band, the senioi girls' ebon, the school aeio club, und Miss Jean Ulalling p.ittictpateel, was enthiibiastically re

cettcd

Profcssoi Osborne sud tint he held the highest opinion of the Ijimorsiti students who carne to lum fiom the Unitcisilj llic.li behool not merely on account of their knowle lte but bt lcison of certain mor ii qualities which distinguished them lie was not of those who held u» then hands m desvian it model n j ou th the gul ot to dat was mci mp ii iblj heilthipr in bods

mid thuefoie in mind thin the pil of a generation ago ( ipplatise ) He nab not so sine of the modem boj-foi be knew

boys would be boj s - (laucjitci)-and be confessed to hating been hunselt extiemcly lnischictous is a bo}-(laughter)-but he bebet ed if ter all tint the boj of to di} was bctlei educated and he wis. inclined to sit too th it he conducted himself a litlle better (Laughter and applause ) Ile hoped lint educationists would netei allon anything lo detract fiom one of the finest attributes of the Austrah in bot that splendid anility which he canted with lum into manhood The Geiinun boy has i better educational grounding thin tou ' he told the bo} s vt school Ile obtains m education compatible antli that of i B V at a uniteisity heie The 1 lench boy his

in instinctitc artistic grace of action the 1 ncjish bot-I suppose I bad better be caretul w hat I sat now is-A\ hat ' He is better dressed (Laughter and applause ) Hie Australian boy s characteristic is his manliness (Cheers) It is neccssait to wain the education untlioiitics agiinst lim riel ebinge "iou cannot muhe education entlieh n pleasure \ou must go tlnongh the null-and tint is whit makes tin diiîu euee between the self made man and the edueileil man ' (Appliuse) Professor Osborne sud that be ti usted thal no poh tical 01 depditmental jugcjing would put mt check on the Iridition tint hld been begun it the Melbourne Unitcrsit} High Sehool (Applause )

Principal's Report

the piincipals íeport showed thal the attendance had leiched the total of SoO this jen At the public ex immolions 102 had gmied the intei mediate arid iii) Hie leanne, certificate, 21 first class 7S second class 77 third class honouis, and equal foi the exhibition in economics «ere the sue cesses at the leaving honouis stindurd 1 our senioi Government scholaislups and ten fiee places were awarded lo pupils of the school The University Council exhibí tions to the University High School pupils weie gamed bj lim i Steele and lohn Dick son In the combined spoils the school gnncd li ti opines Hie Chnstiin Union wis conducted by the Revs Peike and Pim and a chinch pnade wns attended bj ovei 200 pupils Hie most flouiisliing acti

vities othei than sport aie the debating societj which won all Intel school con tests, the oichcstia, the militan bind the aero club, the wireless club and Ihe school diamatic club The social sen ice given by the school and the separate forms was a yeiy gratifjing featuie of the schools work Very material help hud been given to the Oithopodic Hospital the bush fire fund, hospital e¡,g appeals and to the van ous kindeigadens and distressed children Hie Jimioi Red Ctoss League was a veij

ve b idv

Mi Shannan continued - I he school assemblies including a Bach lecital bj Mi

Lmdsaj Biggins are a bpecnl feilure and the old pupils und the patents aie kept in touch with the school b} means of old pupils' dat, house dnjs athletic spoils, and a school concert in the low n hall

Hie Old Pupils' Association i» a hie in stitutiou contiollmg the Green and lan Dramatic Soeiett the btinplionj ou bestia the hint guide nickel club football inctii

poli! m amateurs lucióse, and bihcbill teams the womens hoiket V g