REGISTERED BY AUSTRALIA POST PP 53615500023 news@pulteney No. 104 Term 1, 2013 CONTENTS UPCOMING EVENTS From The Principal 3 Wed 29th May Founders Day and Pre 50 Reunion War Memorial Room 4 one ninety 6 Thu 6th Jun Soccer Club 30th Anniversary Dinner Head of the River 11 Sat 15th Jun Old Scholar Dinner Rowing Camps 12 Music 13 Tue 18th - Wed 19th Jun Junior School photos International Women’s Day 13 Sat 22nd Jun Venture Club Wine night 1st X1 Perth Trip 14 Art 15 Fri 26th Jul Whisky Dinner Rungie Cup Swimming Carnival 16 Archives 18 Sun 18th Aug Long Lunch Senior Sports Day 19 Fri 23rd Aug- Sat 24th Aug Winter Intercol Intercol 20 Middle School 22 Fri 20th Sep Business Breakfast Kurrajong 27 Fri 18th Oct Golf Day McKinnon Parade/Pulteney Athletics Meet 32 Venture Club 34 Tue 5th Nov Melbourne Cup Luncheon Prep 35 Mon 11th Nov Remembrance Day Ceremony & Chapel 41 Reunion Community 42 Sun 1st Dec Friends of Pulteney Yr 12 farewell dinner In Memorium 43 Wed 4th Dec Speech Night Around The Traps 44 New Advertising Campaign 45 Fri 6th Dec Carol Service Sundowner 47 2002 Reunion 48 Pulteney Crabs Family Day 49 Cover: Megan Molony, Head of the River Editor’s Note: The aim of the newsletter is to keep you informed of life at Pulteney. I value your input so if you have any articles or suggestions, please contact me on 8216 5504 or by emailing [email protected] Advertising in news@pulteney is limited to members of the school community and many of those who advertise are generous sponsors of the School and I would encourage you to support their businesses if the opportunity arises. Mark Bourchier 2 FROM THE PRINCIPAL Reaching across time performances at a number of venues, responded to those higher callings. Pulteney’s history is one aspect of the including the Power House Museum. Yet, in The Pulteney War Memorial Room, School that constantly astonishes me. these wide ranging experiences for current now, is a significant link to the ideals of While the daily focus is on the students of students, the embrace of Pulteney’s former education where “we seek not to follow the day, there are ever-present reminders, students, is evident elsewhere. Closely, the masters, rather we seek what they compelling ones at that, to bring to mind the Year 12 Drama class of 2012, as Old sought.” The School motto intones “oh the enriching past. The cycle of reunions Scholars, performed a highly acclaimed prosper thou our handiwork’. All who and events that commemorate the School’s reproduction of the Breakfast Club at the are now at the School gain from the past past students are an integral, and accepted, recent Fringe Festival to twelve sold-out deeds of those who journeyed before us part of the School’s heritage and ties. shows. The involvement of current students and this latest publication of the news@ They pair, yearly, to broaden and link more in a live, public and commercial show was a pulteney will ensure yet another marker to people, past and present. learning experience for all. the outstanding work, achievement and It would be expected that a School in its endeavour of many, today and yester-year. The important and sustaining links 166thFROM year would THEbe continually PRINCI reaching PAL between the School and Old Scholars, aside across time, extending the experiences from the Breakfast Club, is demonstrated of all who share its life. In the School’s in the continuing success of the Old contemporary times the day-to-day lessons Scholar sporting teams. There are presently of learning may have variation in delivery seventeen teams, and likely, an eighteenth but the intentions to create long lasting with the addition of volleyball this coming knowledge and greater awareness of self winter: the influence of newly-minted Old remain. In recent times the academic results Scholars providing the impetus for this E.A.Groughan of the SACE students of 2012 give comfort new Old Scholar sport. Pleasingly, too, on the hoped-for learning experience in the School continues to hold promising the classroom. With two students, Vinay conversations with Adelaide City Council on Athreya and Lachlann McArthur, achieving development potential for the parklands. perfect scores the leading edge of our Any success on the discussions will be of departing students was sharp indeed and considerable benefit to all the students the futures of all the 104 students very and Old Scholars who use the parklands. promising. Undoubtedly, the chance to extend Beyond the classroom there is also Pulteney’s reach would entail a substantial much scope. In sport, this summer season financial commitment I anticipate that past, there were sixty teams representing the benefits would entice many to assist Pulteney and 11 rowing crews on the the School. In light of the 1921 Nicholls Torrens or West Lakes. The adventures of building becoming a retreat for a number the 1st XI cricketers to Perth earlier this of possums there appears, already, an year, coupled with the most recent Perth acceptance that the parklands and the trip by the senior girls’ netball and softball School, are easily linked and not only by the teams, extend the reach of Pulteney fields named to honour Pulteney people, students. the South Terrace pedestrian overhead, itself a 1974 addition, but also any number Last year’s ground-breaking international of memories of those who played on those expedition to Nepal is soon-to-be followed, grounds. in several months, with students travelling to a conservation park in Zambia. The The most recent commemoration of two anticipated reciprocation of children from rooms in Allan Wheaton House to honour both Nepal and Kathmandu coming military service of Old Scholars, however, to Pulteney is an exciting prospect. gives a permanent reminder of the deeds, Furthermore, there has been significant achievements and courage of former fund-raising for the visited communities to students. The Pulteney War Memorial complement, and extend, the charitable Room, linked with the Queen’s Room, are endeavours towards the Magdalene replete with honour boards of service and Centre that are a mainstay of the students’ memorabilia. Both rooms are reminders of community service. the legacy we have inherited from the sense of duty bound in the values and selflessness In the arts, the School’s concert band of courageous people. Pulteney is fortunate will travel to Sydney, mid-year, giving to have, among its number, many who have 3 WAR MEMORIAL ROOM Bob Cowper and Dr Groughan A pleasant sunny afternoon When Queen’s College closed at the appreciated by future generations. We hope end of 1949, a number of its boys came to soon, to commence research to allow us to on April 26th saw 120 guests Pulteney, and so began a long relationship. replicate for Queens Old Scholars, what we gather for the opening of the Who might have thought it would develop have achieved for Pulteney Old Scholars lost Pulteney War Memorial into the bond we share today? Queens Old at War in the form of individual tributes. Boys have donated funds to establish the The illustrations for the stunning frieze Room and the Queens Room. Queens College War Memorial Scholarship in The War Memorial Room were drawn by at Pulteney. To date more than $140,000 The Pulteney War Memorial Room Kym Buckland, and his work on the project has been subscribed to this tax deductable houses the WWI and WWII honour rolls is supported by a grant from the ANZAC fund. and a fledgling collection of artefacts from Day Commemoration Council. The project all wars. Most importantly it also is home Queens magnificent WW1 honour roll has been strongly supported by Hutt Street to individual framed tributes to the 111 is housed in Christ Church Hall in North Photos and we are very grateful to Kym and Pulteney Old Scholars killed at war between Adelaide. Last year Queens Old Boys Alan. the Boer War and Afghanistan. commissioned Pulteney Old Scholar, John Pfitzner, to create an exact replica as an Mark Bourchier, The research for this project has been Honour Roll for those who served in the Director of Community Relations enormous and is ongoing. We have yet Second World War. This equally magnificent to locate photographs of some and new board now hangs in the Queens Room in information is coming to hand continuously. Wheaton House. Simultaneously, we have been gathering information for the construction of a The opening of the Queens Room, post WWII service memorial, our next big in honouring the memory of Queens project. Old Scholars, will further build the links between the two Schools. In addition to The War Memorial room will offer housing the WWII honour board the room the opportunity for current and future will be a repository of their artifacts and generations of Pulteney Students to learn records, the nature and variety of which of the contributions of their forbearers we expect will grow over time. The Room and indeed, will enhance their awareness will ensure that the memory of Queens and of the value of the support they provide the significant contribution made to South to Legacy, the Repat Foundation and the Australia by it’s Scholars, will continue to be RSL. Students from grade 3 upwards will Lt Col Jack Gregg (1972) and Wesley Hatcher (1953) visit the War Memorial Room and an age appropriate range of research projects is being prepared. We propose to arrange for senior students to record interviews with Old Scholar ex-servicemen as part of their research projects and for this material to help grow our Archive collection.