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9mm EDITORIAL COMMENT
A school magazme ts an Important record of the Me of a 3%?" school here are the details of academtc successes, the sporr tvng xtures. the cultural actitnttes, and the tun and comr pantonship of the year that has passed As you read thtough the accounts of games lost and won plays discovered and directed. music presented and enjoyed vistts and visttots, achtevements and plans tot societtes and
clubs. you wtll be aware ot the dwetstty ot Interests wtthtn the school. and the enthusiasm and enjoyment which is characteristic of school life Although the varied activtttes in the school are at great value Board 01 Directors, and Staff 2 In the opportumttes which they offer for indtvtduat devetop- ment and the way In whtch |hey may introduce many gitts Matriculation. Taalbond. Music to interesting areas at enqutty. there is a common tactm which Examination Results 3 may be the most Important value of 311' the sharing of suc~ cess and tanute wtth other members at the group Leammg Pretects 1985 4 to sattsty mdwtdual needs wtthin the context at group Speech Day: Headmaster s Report 4 endeavour. and caring about the successes and failures of Address by Professor N Welsh 8 mhers. is an tmpottant part of education, 1! we understand Prize Giving 1985 10 education to be learmng t0 ttve In many or the reports. and most cleatly tn the personal Academic Awards 1935 10 writmg. thete \S evidence that the wttters are concerned not Junior School: Standard Five 1985 11 only Wllh the school community. but also wtth the tatget comr Headmtsttess's Report 12 mumty ot the peopte of South Africa and the problems of that Prizegiving 1985 14 complex society It we are learning to care. and to share within Interhouse Drama 15 the schonl. then thete ts hope that we W! contmue |t) Care and to share the bene ts at an enrtchmg educatton School Play: The Mikado 16 Music 19 Excuxsions 22 Reports: Head em 27 EDITORIAL COMMITTEE Heads ot Houses 27 s R c 32 Edttur Mrs C Tedder Library 33 Chapel 33 Sub Editors Mrs M Grodnet Mrs P Etlts Alexandra Choir 34 Economacos. Susan Toms ArtEdttm M15 .1 Hughes Mtstl Stmmonds Nicola Regan Clubs 36 Asststants Isa Shwartz. Robyn Eaton. Angehquc Btuwer Sport: Swimming 38 Karleen HechterrSchuttz, Susan Johnson Deborah Watlets Diving 40 Horse Riding 40 Tennis 41 We would |th to thank everyone who has provtded Copy Squash 43 hetp and encouragement patttwtatty Ettzabelh Francis. Susan Netball 46 Maude and Mary van der Riet who have been responstble Cross Country 46 tot many ut the .tttttmtat pILturES whtch Me have mctuded Hockey 47 Open Day 4445 Front cum Ntcalu Hogan An and utetaty Section Back Cover Ce/em Cumtt Junior School 49 p 80 'St/tndretu' lattetnttgtm Senior School 59 Old Girls' Association Chairman's Report 85 News 86 News (tom Exchange students as
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Members of the board, and sta
Board Members Admlnlsnauve Sta Mr P K Lovzdly [Chmmmnl Mrs J Heums. Admmmrauve Secrelavy Mrs E Faber Mrs H E Jayes HeadmasIev's Secmavy M15 (3 Franks Mn P A MangoId Jumor School HeadmIslmss' Sacrexery Mrs MM GIbsnn Mr J A Rogan F/BSA Busmess Manager and Secrelavy Io |he Board Mr G B Hobbs Mvs L Szanlon Bursav Mrs D Ramke Mrs M TyndaII Bursav's AssIsmm M15 N Scan Mvs v WIHIamsan. SchooI Secretary
M. P A Tulhs M L E van Vughl Miintenance Su Mr E G Whncun M. R Murray, ESIaIe Manager Mr P G A anmon Mr R d) BlzsIo
Headmaskex Juniol School Staff F J K Summonds. BA Hons (anmersmndr, Tmnsma! Teazhers HIgher Headmxsuess Mrs B Wallon m (London! Dplomu We HeadmIsIvess Mrs E v Maumm mm : Teachevs' Highev Dvplomn 5am Amen. M15 M Graham. anm Teacher; CenI/Icale IGmhamsmwnI Senim School Sh vEe Headmlslress Mrs J A Barker. Tvansuua Teachers' DIpbmu M15 D J Ede BA Hons Post Graduate CertI/Icale In Education (London) M55 K M Claonn 11m) Serum Mislress Mrs PL Covdes TD m PEI Dunlermlme Couege. Aberdeen Ms; 5 McCallum. Transvaal Teacher; DIploma HIghEr Dtploma m Edurauon Mrs G H Cubey. NNEE Senior Aisls bnl Mrs PE Cunmnglon. Transvaal Teachers nupIama Mrs R Thcvmoanmnh pm Ed PE (Cambndge InmmeI Mrs L Franz. Tiansuaul Teuchers' DIpVom-z Ms 5 Harwood. TD (Camlmdge) Ms A M Aaneby, B Educouovl {Bzd/ord College! Mrs R J Nouvse. Transvaal Teachevs' nghey Diploma Mrs C Early BA (Wllwatersmnd) Transvaal Teazhers vaher Dipama Mrs I M Radka. Pvaary Teachers Cem/Icale (Neu Zealandl Mrs H C Baulle Transvaal Tearhers' Hy." DIpIoma Mrs G P RushIon. B Mus Hons lWIIumxersmrIdI Mrs M M Bruwer. EA (Witwalevsrandl. nghu DIp'oma m Educouon (Nam!) Housemisuess Mrs D Murphy Mrs c A cIeaI, MA Islasgum HIgher Educalmn DIDlonm {UNISAI Malron Mrs N Bulges; MISS v A Davidsan. BA (Namu, Hons {Rhodes}
Mvs P L Ellls. BA UED {Namn Pan-mue Staff Mrs G E s Gregowwskl. LUCT Mrs McAldndge. 7THD Mrs H M Heyns EA IuNIsAI rmnsunaI Teachevs' Higher DIp/Dmu Mrs M BaneI. BA. Transvaal Teachers Diploma Mrs J D Hughes. An Teachevs DIplomu NDD Mr: L BovVand BA (Nam!) Ispmn and Drama! Mrs M F Km. IJzencIée es Lenres DIp'émée D Andes Supérveures. DIplbmée M. P Clay IVIshnI de I'Ecole de pvépamnorl d9 pra/esseurs d2 Francms a IEImngzv BA Hons Mrs A M Fener. as: (Nazan Mr K LIzwIs. T Cert (Londorm DID Maths mans) Mr M Goodgoll. BA Speech and Hearmg Therapy (Wuwatzrsmndl Mrs.M s Mayne, BSc Hons (London) Mrs M Grayev. Can an Ed (Moray Housewm Phys Ed (Dun/emlhnel BA Mrs M MoigendaaI BA IuNIsA). Transuaa' Teacnevs HIgher Dvploma lL/msal (LIbrananJ «Gamma; Mrs M Gmdnen EA Hun: (ucr) 5m, DSE (School lemnumhp) Umsa Mrs M L Ovsmond, m IWItwaIevsiandlI TmnsuuaI Teurhers' Higher DIpVomn Mrs E M Harrison PT II IGmhamsmwr-I My J P Kym EA InubImI. STC Iclasgow/ M55 Holmes (BaIIeI) Mrs C H Tedder. BA Hons (Nam) HED IWImmIemund! MISS s Holch. UTLM (CenoI Ms K Webb. CevII/Icme m Educauon lSheI/Izldl Mrs G Jacksun. Transvaal Teachers Hngher DIpIoma MISS J M Williams ES: Hons H DID Ed IwIIwaIeysrnndI Miss A Kenyon ITypmgI Mrs D F YaIea. LCST MCST 162mm! S(hoo (1/ Speech and Drama! Mn J F M LiIman. B Mus Hons IWIIu/nlevsmnd) Mrs E Voung. LUCT, UTLM Mrs J Laurens. mam Cem mle (London) Mrs J MacKay. IPmnaI (.TCL Lady Warden M155 G MIIIer, 3rd year a Mus Sludem Mrs T Lawns, mp Ed PE (Cambndge InsIIIuIN Mrs M 6 Moms. TmnmaI Teadlevs' HIgher 0mm Housemlslress Mrs E I Hubee Mrs P Pearson (Squash) Old ng Malmn Ms E IangIey Mrs M Schmaman, BA. Diploma a; Remedml Educauon (w-mmmmud; New ng Manon Mn» E I Hubble M: I. 5 Shem; ARMCM (FIme) Rahal MaIron Mrs J Hagen Mrs J E Summonds. Mgr. anary rmhm' DIpIoma IAns and Crans] Canem Mrs s Fucheué Mv J F Smym, Cm Mam RAM Lundun IFIuIe, Pnccolo Chambe: Musxd Assmm Housekeeper; Mn 5 Sum st E J suydum, Tmnsuaa Teathys' DIpIoma Mrs G E Cramh M15 E SwanepoeI Transvaal Tearhers vaher DIpIoma Sanalonum sIsm M Harmon M15 P Terbrugge Transvaal Teacherx' vahev Dmroma My; B Tom5. AGSM IsIngmg) Mrs R Wm. DIpVoma 0/ Foods and Cookery 111 Mrs M Vouug. 55¢ [Rhodes] HED (Wuumlersmndl
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Examination Results
Matriculation 1985 Royal Schools of Music 1934 L Andersan-Morshead. A Amen, X Aylolis, C Benson, L Bruschi. Practical Instrument Grade C Caracandas, C Darby, D De Manila: [Distinc on m A Hemmg Plano Gr 7 1 Mamemaxics'l. S D-xon, T Du Preez, G Elhennyon, K J Evans. C Loveday Piano Gr 7 M Faber, P Falconer. A Fleming (Dislinchons in English and L Bruschi Plano Gr 6 A(rikaansb, E Francis. M Gawilh {stllnc un in Biology]. E Ftancis Plano Gr 3 Merit J Greenhalgh, A Heron, K Holmes {Distinction in Mathematics ' D. A How PTano Or 3 G Hyslop. J Jones (Distincxion in Accountancy'), E Knighl. V Mather PTano Gr 3 P Knight. E Leach, C Loveday, P McCalL V Phi dis, D Pickard S Toms PTano Cr 3 Dis nc on (Dislinclion m Typing'). M Purcell (Distinction in Geography). s Toms Smgmg Cr 5 I Schwanz. s Snedden. F Southern, M scaplelon (stlinction in Add Mathematicsl, T Talmage-Roslvon (Disnnavon m Biologyl. ; 253% pm Dug Jumov Division J v d Col" [Distinc on in Mathematics), M v d Riel. N Whehle C Strauss Plano Gr 2 {Distinction in Accoumancy), J Wilson (Distmcnions in English. Afrikaansv French. Biology and History). K Wolfe, A Young, Theorencnl Grade T Gillman 5 School Leaving Cenl cates T Euler 5 A Badenhom. C Dodov N Dunlop, J Flew, T Mannhardl, S Preve 5 L McManus, T Palma. T Tolken. L AmblerrSmilh. M Cuwan, H Labum 5 N FraserrValenline J Wilson M Hugginson 5 K HechterrSchulz 4 Full Marks ' smndard Grade T Poppa! 4 E CouttsrTroner 3 s Huddy 3 Full Maxks A Gekis 3 Full Marks 'I nlbond Results 1954 (pub. Feb '85) Theoretical (June 1985} Grade K Grayer 5 Laer Afrikaans Taaleksamen S Toms 5 Hoér Graad met L01. C Benson, D de Marillac, A Fleming L Fleming 5 Ho'er Grand A Amen, x Ayiolis, L Bruschi. 5 Dixon N Dunlap. T du Pveez. G Etheringlon, M Gawith. .1 A Greenhalgh, F Southern. Academic Awards 1935 T TalmageVRoslwn. J van der Com. M van der Riel. N Wheble. Colours, c Simon J Wilson A Fleming c Caracandas M Stapleton M Higgmson Gewone Graad, L Ambler-Smnh, M Cowan, c Darby. c Dodo. s Toms T Gullman K J Evans. M Faber P Falconer, E Francis. A Heron. K Holmes. | Leong M Bause 6 Hysxop. .1 Jones, E Knighp P nghl. c Loveday, T Mannhardl, .1 Edge P McCall. L Morshead, A Phulpun, v Phihdis, D Plckard. M Purcell. Rerawards A Bruwer J Raedon. x Schwanz. s Sneddenv M Stapleton. T Tolken N Valenr s Toms J Meares Tine. Julie Wilson, K Wolle, A Young Jenny Wilson T Walton s Huddy Hoér Afrikaans Tualeksomen Hal] Caloms K Hecmepsmuu Hoér Graad. J Agouridls, L Bosman, G Brankin, J Burman. s Cunr F Somhern s Mahoney daris. .1 Faber, E Hughes. M John. K Morshead. N Popper. V Quan, M van der Riet c Whnelord K Ramke. s Reynolds. K Rogan. T Savage. E ScolL c Thomas. L Hemmg K Meyer v Wrighlon s Maude R Rocha B COUHSVTIOHEI T Bvuwer Gewone Graad v Allais. F Bulbulia, 5 Crankshaw. K Demelnades M Gawilh s MEMunay J Dodo. H Farthing. c Jackman, s Jardine. T Jenkins. 5 Joubm M S(aplelon D Woods M Kala. C Kenyon P J Kirkby. M Langlands. M Long. 0 Man M Purcell N Fem ms. M Rose, P Scherf. N Scon. H 5mm. A Tedder. LTremeer. P Symons J Voerman Rerawards M Holland M Gawuh M Purcell Re awards T TalmagerRoslmn A Young c O'Dowd J van der Co"! G Love A Economacm w Atkinson D Cooke R Baum P Passmore L Barker D A Drury G Gmmhal Mm Badges E Leach F 50mm J van der Com K Wvlson B CouusVTrouev
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Prefects 1985
am you Ann Hmmng. Marga»: Fume (Head 0/ mm Tm Roman Mm mm der Hm {ChapeV mm Mmbem Mmm- Mrddlsww Duwnadu Mnr llar k'ad olbelbume) Amanda meq ma Mouheud 1. mmm ng ( upm smmm/my mnswr vem Gum. . nrmmgmn Imn! mu. lenm/r'r erm (Vice Head Head u/SWCJ Mvgan Comm Mead Gm HmIo/Ilmau Mr r S mnumds 1m: (3mm Vche Head Hendu/M Jner/ luhe WMHm (llund m AIme Horkev rupum
SPEECH DAY
151 Nuuember 1985
Headmaster s Report
On behalf of the s|a and gl s | welwme you an 0 our 1985 You win nouce that our seatmg arrangements are dl erem rhls Speech Day We are particularly pleased to have Pmr and Mrs year some 9M5 m Forms One Two and Three are smmg m [he Newne Welsh as our guests of honour nus year Mr Loveddy Wm (omdor adjacem «3 «he hall Even Ihough mew are omside. [know be saymg more aboux Pro! Welsh In his vmroduchon late: on m that the; m be able 0 hear cveryrhmg I can assure |hem Hm the proceedmgs. but I do want me and Mrs Welsh to know how a3 they pmgmss through the school so thew tum wm Come m del ghted we draw have |hem With us tonight Mrs Welsh has mover mm the haH Huwever. all pnze wnrmrs are seated m he a long association wnh me school which goes back m |he nmu mm. and ns may provide an addmona mcennve for when she was a pupil and then Head Gul Prof Welsh. we am achievcmem looking forward to your address. and we are moat grateful to you Should nus new dndngemem um prove sansfdctory and should Mrs Welsh, for agreemg m presem me pnzes we rummuH to have mum , m accommodahng everyone who
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wishes to attend this function, we are considering using the Lindet talented. and for this i am indeed most grateful, She IS going Auditorium at the Johannesburg College of Education This is overseas to extend her educational experience. On behall of the a magnificent venue which will provide comfortable seating school [ wish her much success in this venture, However, I am sure you will agree that to be on home giound Mrs Appleby leaves us alter two years service to go to New is a decided advantage. Zealand. She has taught Biology, Physical Science and Geography at the middle school level and she has coped ex We started the year with four new appointments: Mrs M Bru wer tremely well with the dilliculties of working in both the Junior joined the Afrikaans staff, Mr K Lewis the Mathematics depart- and Senior Departments. Teachlng adolescents is not an easy ment, Mrs T Lewis took over as Lady Warden and Mrs L Scanlon task. and I have been very conscious of the understanding way replaced Mrs Rieckho as School Bursar. 1n the second term Mrs in which Mrs Appleby has handled her pupils We wish her well M Mayne joined us to teach Mathematics, and Mrs M Jordan On an occasion such as this it would be most remiss of me not and Miss E Conidaris substituted for Mrs P Ellis and Mrs P Cor- to mention Mrs Murphy who, even though she is not a member des respectively while they were away on long leave, Miss J of our Senior School staff, has had so much to do with so many Williams has been on leave this term. and Mrs Mayne and Mrs of our pupils. She retires at the end of this year alter 25 yeats Ferrer took over her work whilst she was away service to the school. as Housemistress 1n the Junior Department At the end of this year we shall be losing the services of three We thank her (or her contribution and wish her much happiness members of our academic staff: Mrs M Keet, Miss V Davidson in her tetirement However. before Mrs Murphy leaves. she has and Mrs A Appleby. Mrs Keet s retirement marks the end of 31 kindly agreed to relieve Mrs Langley as matron of the Old Wing years service to St Andrew's and at a time such as this. one is while Mrs Langley is away in Australia for the lirst two months Very conscious of her remarkable contribution. She was respon- of next tetm sible for the introduction of the Language Laboxatory at the school, she was a prominent member ol the French Matricular Returning now to the beginning of the year I am pleased to report tion Syllabus Committee. and fat the past twelve years has been that our 1984 maniculahon results were the best on record. Fony~ chairman of the HMC French Subject Committee, three candidates entered this examination and to: the fth year She has seen the change in approach to French from what was In succession there weie no teilures The overall average age regarded as a fairly easy option to Mathematics in the 1950's and gregate achieved by the class was 65 per cent. and there were 60's, to one of the most demanding subjects in the differentiated 14 distinctions at higher grade level. and 23 at standard grade system of education, She has argued with educational authorities Three of our candidates achieved A' aggregates Lisa Bosman when she has disagreed with their views and policies, and through with tour distinctions, and Lyn Tremeer and Katherine Regan her tenacity has brought about significant changes to syllabuses. gainhd two distinctions each setworks and methods of teaching, At all times she has kept the Academic achievements during the year have continued to be Tricolor' flying, through het deep commitment to her subject good. Susan Toms and Ann Fleming were placed in the top Iwenr Mrs Keet has been a challenging teacher: I have been veiy cone ty candldates in the English Olympiad. and Monique Stapleton scious oi the breadth of he! approach in the classroom was one of the three girls placed in the group of 98 nalists in Academically her pupils have always done well. but they have the Mathematics Olympiad There is no doubt that the girls are leamt so much more than academic skills from Madame Keet. responding well to the academic challenges in the various sub They have learnt about France as a whole: the way at lite. the jects. and with the extension of the Loewenstem Block, we ate customs, the history and geography and they have also been indeed fortunate to have every facility available for our pupils brought into contact with the world at art, theatre, music and Of panieulat InlerES| has been the development of Computing film. Through Mrs Keet's wide and varied interests, girls have m the school This year all girls in Forms One and Two have been encouraged to think tat beyond the language itself. and I had an opportunity to attend classes in Computing on a regular am quite sure that this is the key to Mrs Keet's success basis. These classes have been run by Mrs M Young and the Logo Tonight we pay tribute to an outstanding educationist. ene who system of instruction has been tollowed Mt Lewis has been run has made a significant contribution not only to St Andiew's, but ning venous programmes on a club basis (or smaller groups oI also to the Private School movement and education in geneial. girls Significant development in the subiect takes place at the We shall miss her direct manner, her intellect. her keen and Stan oI next year when all girls in Forms One. Two and Three forceful argument. Mrs Keet, we thank you for your service. (or Will have a double period at computing each week. We have ac what you have meant and what you wtil continue to mean to quired 13 BBC computers and these Will be housed in the new so many girls, past pupils. and members of stalt We wish you Computer centre in the room below the Library. the happiest and most fulfilling of retirements. A most exciting and worthwhile curriculum has been devised tor Miss Davidson has been at St Andrew's tor the past tout years, girls in the school from Standatd Two to Form Three, and [ have She has pioneered and developed the teaching of speech and no doubt that it Will be a considerable success Girls in Forms drama as a matriculation subject in the school, Like Mrs Keet, Four and Five will also have an opportunity to work on come Miss Davidson has succeeded through her enthusiasm Ior her puters as Mr Lewis's teaching ptogramme will be such that he subject. She has recognised Its value lot all girls, not only the will have lime to assist pupils who are particularly interested in
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acquiring Computer skills theless. meaningtul contact has been established with Mania Pula in Botswana and tour at out girls spent a weekend there When it comes to summing up the extra-cutriculat activities at last term. This term tout Maru~arPuIa girls spent a tew days with the school. all I can say Is What a yearl . We really have been us at St Andrew's We have also been able to establish contact Very busy Indeed and In a wide range at ttelds. with St Chad's School in Jane Futse In response to an appeal [n the first term I think of our continued success in the Inter-ngh tot sports equipment from the Headmaster at St Chad's. Mr Peter Swimming Gala at Ellis Park. and then. at the end of tetmi ot Anderson. out girls ptovided 25 hockey sticks The girls of St the productlon of 'The Mikado For the foul1h yeat running we Chad's are now able to piactise this spott. M. Anderson is will- achieved second place in the gala. and this was once again done ing to speak to Our girls about St Chad s, and I hope that I may through the determination of the team rather than through the ability at any individual stars. The Mlkado' was a delight. and be able to take a group of our pupils to visit thisschool next year. I am indeed grateful to Denice Ethetington for returning to the school to take on the responsibility at producing this show. Het With all the activities in the school it is most important that a balance of approach be maintained. I sometimes hear from magical touch could be seen in every detail of the production. parents and girls, land in most cases this comment relates to those and those who were involved were challenged to the utmost girls who are not fully involved). that there is too much pressure through her enthusiasm and encouragement, at St Andrew's. This statement I cannot accept, particularly when The second term also contained its highlights: Andtocles and i see that most girls cope with a full and Varied programme of the Llon' achieved third place in the annual school RAPS festival. activity Again I must point out that out philosophy is based on the hockey team maintained a good position in the A league. the tall and integrated day. All aspects oi education should be and two services ol Thy Kingdom Come' wete prepared tot covered' academic, sporting, cultural and social It is through this transmission in August and October on the SABC broad programme that we believe our pupils will be best prepal'ed tot lite Through the variety oi experiences they will leam to ex- This term. too. has not been without its highlights , on the first ercise judgement, to identity that which is at merit. and to assess Friday we entertained 150 boys from St Alban'st St John's and situations with maturity. St Stlthlan s at a most successful social and fashion show The I am sure that there are times when pressures do build up. and somal was the brainchild of the SRC and was a happy and Sue- it is undet these conditions that children must learn to cope. Often cesstul evening Since then out Form Two and Three classes have it is the anticipation of pressure and the continued use of the word been away on trips to the Drakensbetg and Kimberley Both that allects a child tat mote adversely than anything else. in ad- groups have reported back to patents and have shown the value dition patents and the peer group sometimes make demands on of these excursions Our Confirmation Service on the 19th Oc- pupils which should not occur during the school term While com- tober was most meaningful and impressive. and we still have our mitment to school should not be absolute for the twelve week Catol Servlce and Christmas Eve Service on television to look period. it should receive the gteatest attention. How I disapprove forward to of the busy. rushed, long weekend with its many kilometres of While all this has happened the work of the various Houses in travel and the promise of a hectic time! Then the pupil's return raising funds for their individual chantles should not be forgot- to school is marked by a state of utter exhaustion. in which the ten Selbome had a most enjoyable Games Momtng in aid at puplls ate unsettled by all that has happened and unable to cope Meals on Wheels. Fatvar had a Sktp Along' tor the Guide Dogs with the remaining part of the term [believe that halHerms are Association. Milnet went to the Flea Market' to raise tunds tor family times when it may be possible to go away occasionally the AVVII Elizabeth Home. and Athlone had a Dog Show' in aid tor the odd day at two. but certainly not on a tegulat basis and at Little Eden In all. an amount of over R6 000 was raised by not for great distances unless there are special reasons. The halls the girls term is a time tot telaxailon, a time to be together, to tead, and The various lovms have been involved in social setvice through to think. not to be involved in a ttantic social scene at parties, the SRC The Form II class collected Easter Eggs [or distribution tilms, and outings to children in hospitals at the end of the titst term. and then colr Unfortunately distractions also seem to occur at weekends when Iecled food for Operation Hunger at the start at the second tetm girls are often rushed off their feet. Preparation needs to be done. The Form lV's arranged a delightful tea party for senior citizens but there should be time for lamtly tennis. Visits to relatives and who came to the afternoon performance of The Mikado. Some friends. to art exhibitions to the theatre and cinema, and to at our Form Ill's went oft to Innetdale. an 508 Village on the museums Weekends should also provide opportunities for girls way to Vanderbijlpark. a lew weeks ago to arrange a morning and boys to get to know one anothet. but in an organised and at att and painting. The Form V class has assisted with the sponr controlled environment, smshlp of a Black pupil's schooling, and girls in Form One ate I realise that I may have wandered off the point in my effort to at present arranging a visit to an Old Age Home, explain why some girls may feel pressutlsed We must accept In terms of contact between schools, it has been a source of great that there are academic pressures, and that these will increase disappointment to all at us that we have not been able to con- over the years As teachers we ate ambitious tot our puplIs and tinue our association with Aurora High School in Soweto. Never we want them to do well That does not mean that we ate
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aiming at achievement at all costs On the contrary. as I said a daily commitment we pray to: peace in South Attica. some previously, we are aiming at the balanced development of every of the prayers having been written by our own pupils. The SRC child in the school to her fullest potential. We all know the solur is concerned about conscription and the defence budget Perhaps tion to pressure that is planning and Self'dlsclpllne. It is a paradox school leavers in future will see opportunities for social service that to be free one must be disciplined and the sooner pupils in the year prior to going to universtty In our pupils we have realise this the bettei. How tortunate you are to have such a vaiier the intelligence. understanding. Compassion and commitment to ty ot activtties and opportunities available to you. Think of the make South Africa a better place for all our peoples number of bored people in this world. youth in Britain with no Job opportunities, the number of students in this country who are unable or not allowed to go to school. Take your opportunities I conclude by thanking all those who have supported me in my in both hands. do not look backwards OI sideways. but be resolute work this year. the chairman and members of the Boaml my staff. in your determination to achieve to your fullest potential. the Parents' Association the Old Girls Assoclallon. and you. the girls of St Andrew s A particular word at thanks must go to the And now we look to the year ahead Our building programme pretects who have been ably led by Megan Gawith, in the Senior School is complete and each teacher and form has Our matriculation class leaves us in {our weeks time. some girls its own classroom Our sporting facilities are excellent. though to study at university. some to teachers lvamlng colleges. and it is possible that we may adapt two oi our tennis courts to: com- some to technikons and allied institutions A lew will have the bined tennis and netball usage. Opportunities in computing will good fortune to have a year off before continuing with their be available to ally studies: Megan Gawith will spend six months in Oxford. Terri 1986 will be a year of consolidation, but as a community theie TalmagerRostron l5 going to Australia as a Rotary Scholain Vania is no doubt that our responsibilities to other people in this counr Philidis is going to British Columbia. and Nichola Dunlop will try will be far greater than ever before Our childien are fully aware have two months as a short term AFS scholar in Italy, Our two of the tragedy that is taking place in South Africa at present, and Visiting scholars will be returning to their home countries Jenny I know that we as a school wull respond positively to the Rathbone to Queenslandl Australia and Lorena Lepe to Chile challenges. Already members of staff have been involved in pm- Finally, [am sure you will all join With me in wishing our matricular vidlng tuition for pupils from two High Schools in Alexandra who tion class much success in their examinations which start on have not been able to attend lessons for the last six months, As Monday.
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Speech Day Address
by Professor N Welsh I wish to congratulate the statf and girls on mainta ing the high pulse once it has started Otherwise you would keep on seeing standard of excellence that has come to be associated with St the previous image when you are looking at a new one. Every Andrew's. I especially wish to congratulate the prize winners tor single cell and connection ts vital. [ hope that you are not now their hard work. dedication and brilliance. and wish you all every similar to the student at University who walked around the Camv good luck for your tonheoming exams pus with the letters BAIK printed on his T shirt, When asked what You may have heard the story of the nurse. twho had not gone they stood for, he said Boy. Am 1 Contused' to St Andrew's! who had to write an anatomy exam in her first [ can now compare you girls with the rods and cones. Imagine year Her answer was as follows that you are the rods and cones as I have described: The body consists of the branium. the thorium and the ta) Like the rods and cones you cannot be replaced. abominable cavtty (bl Each and everyone of you is not only important but essential. The branium contains the brain. 1c) Whatever is said or done by you. affects those around you. The thorium contains the heart tdl What you do now in uences your next step And the abominable cavity the bowels, of which there are tel And your previous actions In uence your present ones. 5 7 A,E l O + U It) Finally, it you are damaged or destroyed the value of society 1 want to look brie y at the past and compare it to your present around you is permanently atteeted. Situation In 1920. Miss Fletcher transferred the school from I thus wish to stress the importance at every single one ot you Parktown to Bedford Park as it was then called, The First World on your surroundings no matter how important or unimportant War had Just ended In 1922 a serious strike occurred in Johanr that you feel you are You can influence someone every day by nesburg on the mines. The sound of rifle tire could be heard on your actions or words. It is up to you to develop this gift to your the surrounding kopptes and the girls were in danger. maximum. 1n the school, Miss Fletcher had gone overseas and had died sud» Secondly, you have the privilege of attending St Andrew's, with denly, and a new headmistress in Miss Cheetham had to be suds all its attendant advantages Perhaps it is easier to talk about those denly appointed, hardly qualified academically tor the post. who are not privileged rather than trying to detine the word. Approximately 30 years later. when my wite and her three sisters Contrast yourselves With those less fortunate than you. particularly were at the school. the Second World War had already ended Black children A lot of them attend schools where there are no Many girls had lost a father or a brother A new Nationalist facilities no desks or chairs insuf cient text books, no electric Government came into power. The school entered a new crisis light, no facilities at home for studying, no games, where a ten with the retirement of Miss Cheetham and a difficult three year nts ball is an unheard of luxury where 40 children will be sitting period tollowed. until Miss Neave was appomted, beginnlng a on a floor In a classroom. At present, there are more Black new era children attending school than the White population as a whole, It is now 35 years later and the school is attaining a standard and most of them have little hope of being subsequently employed in all spheres. higher and of greater quality than ever before because they have no opportunities, Then you realise what under Mr Simmonds, Yet outside the school, South Africa is in privilege means a political turmOIl 7 passmg through its worst crisis ever One of the interesting things that 1 do is to assist in interviewmg Just as your predecessors had to face lite and its crises, so school leavers who wish to enter into medicine at Wits Universi» will you when you leave school, How are you gotng to do it? ty. We know what their academic status is, but we want to know t can think of two ways that [ want to discuss with you. 1 want more about themselves and theirextracurricular activities, whether to talk about your importance and in uence on your surroun- it was debating society. tennis team, hockey team, music, hobr dings Let me start off by giving you a medical analogy. and be bies and so forth Forms are Completed detailing their extracurr ing an Eye Specialist it has to do with the eye ricular activttres. Black students have few activrties to tilt in, This The Retina is the tissue that lines the inside of the back oi the is when you realise what privilege means eye It is similar to the lm in a camera. because it is here that Well. where do you fit into this the process ot vision starts, When light trom an object enters the It is certainly not your fault that you are privileged It has been eye. tiny cells called the rods and cones are stimulated, There given to you And 1 don't advocate that you should feel guilty are 125 million rods and 6 million cones Everyone at them is about this or that In sympathy, you take the law into your own important. Electrical impulses are set up and these are lransmit~ hands and go on strike or burn down classrooms, You have to ted along the optic nerve to the brain where vision is initiated use your privilege to everyone s advantage. The rods and cones connect up in an intricate way with other It's easy for those 0! us who work in hospitals. We are dealing cells in the retina These connections all influence each other so wrth ilI-health, disease, malnutrition, tragedies involving every that the electricity is channelled in the correct pathways Certain strata of society, And so, in our daily work we are working with things happen In these thrOVctrcuits which are essential tor ettir the less anllBQBd whether it be their health or other Cirr dent vision It rods or cones die ott they are irreplaceable and cumstances But not all of you have the opportunity or the desire vision is affected Side connections control the electrical impulses to work in this sphere, Prince Charles, the most privileged at all, from owing in the wrong direction otherwise everything you look said on TV that he had no job. He tried to serve people and it at would have tuzzy edges Other connections block out the imr was a way of life And so with you, privilege means responsibility.
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ll means you have a responsibillly in other ways Io give back anything unusual Yes she said I can see Ihal you are wearr something lo others, nol once but lhroughoul your lile. You can my contact lenses He was delighted and sad Quite nghl and do Ihis in many malenal ways but mosl imponamly, you can slan tell me. how did you know? Well Su' she replied ll you had by developing a sense of sympathy, mterest and a feeling of com- ears you would be wearing glasses ' passion to (hose less fonunale than you, and you can make this So you can see (hal life is not quue so Slmple as It ls made out a way of life. These are quali es lhat St Andrew's teaches you (0 be Sir Francls Drake said: There mus! be a beginning of any great And nally. the best gift (hal you have received from your parenls. matter, bu! Ihe continuing to (he end, until Ihoroughly nished. besides their love and affecucn. islhe gill of education Bul educar yields Ihe true glory.- lion should gwe you more than just a malvic Educatlon should I wish to lell you a story, since many of you, when you leave provide you wilh the abllity Io have the freedom 01 thought. of school will have to attend inlerviews for jobs, [1 concerns three speech. the ablllly (o Crlliclse. to learn nol Io accept the mun- girls who went for an interview. They were «old not to comment dane. the exhonahons ol polmcians on the Chairman's problem because he suffered from a severe Edward Levi, former President of the Universuy ol Chlcago 7 disability and was Very sensitive He had no ears. a University lhal has produced 53 Nobel Pnze Winners 7 puts The rst candidale was asked by the Chairman if she noticed u lhls way: anything unusual about hlml Oh, yes, Sir' she said, Your suit 1! requires lhe examination of pxoblems of our lm. could not possibly be made in Johannesburg It must have come free from the necessity of appeanng to be relevant. from Savile Row. Quite right said the Chairman, very pleased or popular or even. finally correct From thus kmd lhat his disability had nol been noticed. The second candldale of pursuit. will come lhe few vdeas which will change was asked by the Chahman if she noticed anything unusual about the world ' him. Oh yes she replied. Your lie is ltalian. Again he was pleased. Thank you very much for allowlng me the privllege of addresy The third candidate was asked the same question. Do you nouce ing you tonight.
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SPEECH DAY
lst November 1985 Prize Giving
FORM PRIZES (Far Mg/vcxx unamge nggmgal! 11m SUBJECT PRIZES Mn Form v ole GENERAL KNOWLEDGE mg the yEav7 Englllh Arm Wemmg 5mm Genenl Knowledge Plixe Form I cho a Fermi Th! Slumturd Bunk Englvah Pnze Calhevme O Dowd Fonn ll DalerAmm Dru Ah uzns Jenmlerw son Junlo! General Knowledge mu Fuml lll Lumen Barkev Ami; Malhewxon Cup LanavJane kaz Foxm [ 1 Susan Toms French Jenmler W son Faun v Jenmver wnson Camry" Lock Cup Gengnphy Megan szuh MUSIC PRIZES Emnnmn CUP Greatest Conlllbutlon In School Mutlc AGGREGA'IE szzs (Average Aggregate o/over H|smry Jenmler wnmn (Throughout Jumor and Senior School) 75 1a m Forms 11:, IV and v and over 50% m Fonm Ingnd dc Kok ane Ann Flemmg I and "I Mnlhemn cs Momque Slaplelon Eluabelh Fiancvs Form I thppa Symon; The Malhemancs Cup [Flonlmg Megan Gawnh Mary Houam Trophy) Form In Sarah Preveu Mdmonal Head of Choir Bngxd Coulls Tmuer Malhemntic: Momque Slap em Maigavei Purcell Fom- Iv [Sahel Leong Physical 5cm. Momque Smp exon SPEECH AND DRAMA PROGRESS/DILIGENCE PRIZES , Mom Mw/vz e Sam 1mm- Guinevere E(hermglon Cem/mares mology Jenmler Wvlson Hodgion Tvaphy Form I Emma mm; [ngnd Mmt Sarah Home CamphuHPm slam Maud Lyndsay Ecanamlcs Cmo yn Doda ALL ROUND SPORTSWOMAN OF 111}: YEAR Lem VlavgmMumn Km Hopk-y Kenwaod va Mus! Juhe Wvlson Amwabe Cooke Amanda Jane (Donamd by Kenwood Thom) Theresa Tolken Wa lev: Nah Wan [momma Mnlha An Ll 10 s: Andvcan STANDARD FIVE Std 5x me mw: 11mm w, m j gm; Kw; O(hm Dnlr Jnrkson lngnd Gum. An lama mum 3m More Now"! Kmv Rem, Tan n dn Rorlm Capeh: Middle ww: "mm eel: to ngrm Mn 6 Rmhmn Pm Dem Vunesm Drckson Karen Gurdmw S(ephame Hanan Tam Gyllmon Nvmlmm Wrgener Emma mm Back row: (from felt m ngm/ Rsberm Appleby Tanya Wn lmms Wendy Gone bamaruhu Fhmgw Anqehque Barklnmwv mane Glover Sum!) York Std 5y me low: Urom w: m gm; Dabble Whue Rebeca: Mrlvenn, HAzubelh Ramrmg. Samh Moms Claudm (ran Vugh! Clare Maude. Trarev sham," dedlz mm: [lvom 14/. m ugh!) Mrs A Appleby Kmrmnno Mouogeraa Angela Nmm Terése Walker Jen nv/er Austen 0mm Andm m. Joanna Goodman Lamar runngrmm Back row: mam Veil Io ugh Nmru o Hare Angela Gnlhno Vanesm Yam; Lemme mm W Agata Renderkr Dmna Wayland Candaze Hm s: 4nd>enn 11 Junior School Headmistress s Report 1 985 in his address at the Headmasters Conference in Grahamstown is keenly contested. this year. Mr Dennis Silk (Warden of Radley College) outlined Mrs Morris has instilled considerable enthusiasm among her Stanr tor us the fundamentals which. in his opinion. constitute a good dard Five Mathematics class this year. On September 24, six girls school He began With what he termed an elusive quality. that participated in a Math: Fesi' promoted by the Mathematics of atmosphere Atmosphere includes the reactions of our Association of South Africa. St Andrew's Junior School hosted children to school and their presence and in uence in it. the spon teams from Auckland Park. St Mary s, Pridwin and Ridge Beth taneous courtesy of our children: the teelings ot openness. and Ratering was considered to be the best pupil among those girls the sense ot purpose within our school. In writing this, my report participating. On 16 October, ten girls entered the 1985 Junior for 1985. 1 think back on those essentials that Mr Silk mention- Mathematics Olympiad for Standard Five pupils. ed as being the tundamental qualities of a great school, and ] Our Jmiior Choir has been as active as ever. Mrs Toms' en- look at the children within our own Junior School with a deep thusiasm knows no bounds and the girls enjoy every moment sense of responstbility in the realisation that we are educating the at the time spent with her. The girls have been part at the con- citizens ot tomorrow. those who might in tuture years become gregation in two recordings made in the School Chapel by SABC leaders of the society trom which they spring. TV for the programme Thy Kingdom Come. The Choir is due i do not relish statt changes and it is always with sadness that to Sing at the marriage service of Roslyn Wilson, an old Andrean, we bid tarewell to familiar taces However, each at us has a uni- on 23 November, and on 26 they will both entertain and sing que contribution to make within a school and we were happy with a group of elderly people at the Edenvale Old Age Home. to welcome new members of staff during 1985. Mrs Hodson was October 4 was the day of the Prep Schools' Choral evening at taken seriously ill during the Christmas holidays. Unfortunately St Stithian's and torty-two Juniors were among the more than she has not been able to return to us but we are delighted to see three hundred voices that delighted the audience with their singing her recover her strength and to know that her interest in the school of Botany Bay and Bolero . Kerry Ochse sang m the Chotister has not been diminished I am most grateful to Mrs Jackson and of the Year Award' through the RSCM early in the year. She Mrs Terbrugge who agreed to share Mrs Hodson's teaching load was placed second in the Junior Girls Section. at very short notice We were joined m January by Mrs van den The highlight of our second term this year was the concert given Berg. Mrs Franz and Mrs Grayer, In July we welcomed Mrs Har- by the girls from Standard 1 to Standard 5 in the Senior School wood and in September. Miss Clayton joined us after Mrs Robln' Hall, The programme consisted of: Little Boxes' and Cindy't son iett prior to the arrival at her baby. sung by the Standard 1 girls a one act musical rendering of The We entered the second phase of out expansion programme this Troian Horse' by Herbert Chappell, in which all girls in Standards year January saw the opening at two new classes. Grade Two 2 and 3 participated: and the Standatd 4 and 5 girls staged the and Standard Three and we were able to accommodate children story of Daniel and his thtee friends, Shadrach. Meshach and who had been on our waiting list for some time, From Standard Abednego m a play entitled lt's Cool in the Furnace' by Butyl Two upwards. each class in the school has been introduced to Red These girls were privileged to be invited to repeat their per~ computers through Logo We are indebted to Mrs M Young, tormance at St Catherine s Church, Bramley. as part at the family whose enthusiasm has been so infectious. Communion Setvice on October 6 and at St Margaret's. Bed- During the August holidays the maln entrance to the Junior totdvtew, 0n the evening oi Sunday 17 November School. the Boarders' Common Room and adjoining classroom The girls and their parents continue to give very generous sup- were converted into our new Libraty and Resource Centre, This port to our charity tund-raising. Once again. our major contribu- is perhaps the most exciting ongoing venture we have as yet tion was to the African Children s Feeding Scheme In July, the undertaken, and il is gratifying to see so many children enjoy girls handed the sum of R3 679,60 to Sister Molete and her young the facilities II offers We are indebted to Mrs Grayet, our companions who visited us trom Alexandra township. In Librarian. and to Mrs Mallinson for their initial research and their September. the girls brought old toys and dolls which are to be subsequent enthusiasm and hard work in the organisation of this renovated {or the children oi Little Eden tor Christmas. Our col- new project Our new Grade 0 classroom is also nearing lection 0t toys at the 1984 Carol Service was sent. through the completion Diocese ot Pretoria, to the children in the community at Jane On 31 July. we sent two Standard Five pupils. Sarah York and Furse Hospital, Beth Ratering, to the [nter-Ptimary Schools General Knowledge Our links with the South Airican Council for English Education Festival organised by the Bramley Rotary Club. Mrs Grayer has continue to be close. In the Creative Writing Competition we sub- taken the older boarders to the Johannesburg Public Library. mitted twenty entries. Clelia Gallizio's Haiku Verses and Sarah Angela Nairn was asked to 10m participants from other schools FitzVGerald's The Storm' were placed among the top eight and in a Literary Fun Quiz organised by the School and Children's seven in the Senior and Junior Primary Sections respectively. interest Group at the Southern Transvaal branch of the SA In» while Angela Naim's Faraway Places' was a runnerrup in the stitute tor Librarianship and Information Science. In order to en Senior Primary Section. Merit Certificates were awarded to Em~ courage General Knowledge within the schooL questions are set ma Black, Sarah York (Std 5) and Liesel Barker (Std 2). 1n the (or homework on a Friday evening as a variation from English Choral Speech Festival. our Standard Five Speech Group gain- preparation. The [nlerHouse competition at the end of each term ed an A+ symbol for their seven minute condensed rendering 12 SI Andrea" of lt s Cool in the Fumace'i We entered a group from Standard directions. not every girl is going to be good at games. However. Two this year. They chose to recite Oleg Popov, The Clown'. I am becoming more and moxe aware of the high standard of As in past years, the entire Standard Five Class entered the an- sportsmanship among our girls They recognise the effort made nual spelling competition our objective was to gain experience bytheir peers and give credit to! it; our strength lies more in team rather than to win! Nevertheless our results were most encouragr spirit iather than in the success at the individual. This leeling of ing in view of the fact that we do not gear our learning of spellr working together has been apparent in our tennis league matr ing towards the competition. Twenty-two girls received awards ches, our swimming galas, and it came to the fete during a special and Agata Rendecki and Debbie White are to be congratulated Games afternoon' which Mrs Thorntoanmith organised against on being awarded Gold Certificates for their perlect papers Kingsmead during the winter term Giils from Standard Two to From 10 to 27 June this year, Mrs Simmonds held an exhibition Standard Five played hockey. tennis and netball, using the of Junior School Art work in the Williams An Block at the Johan- facilities of both schools We won. we chew and we lost matr riesburg College of Education All girls whose work was displayed ches, but the joy was in participating and this all girls did with were invited to the opening evening and it was an exciting ex- heart and soul, to make the afternoon a success worth repeating. perience for all concerned, Two weeks later, many Fatheis who As we approach the close of 1985. we anticupate the busy weeks went Shopping at Sandton City will have seen their portraits on ahead with examinations, Open Day. the Carol Services and Final display, We are fortunate in having Mrs Simmonds on our staff: Assembly. followed by sad farewells We wish our Standard Five she encourages and somehow achieves the highest possible stanr girls a happy future and thank them for their contribution to the dards hom our young artists, besides getting to know their in- Junior School over the years, Mrs Appleby leaves us to Join her dividual personalities. husband in New Zealand. We wish her and her family God Once again our older girls went on tour during the wintei term. Speed'. I have not as yet mentioned Mrs Murphy In my report This year we decided to simplity the organisation of our Stan- since [ felt that it would be appropriate to leave this to the end. dard Five tour and the girls went to Tshukudu only. spending Mrs Murphy has been at St Andrew's twenty-five years She is the entire week in one place. They concentrated on the ecology a pillar of our Junior School: a dedicated and supportive member and geography of the environment, As always, the Standard Four of staff with an unfailing memory: a gentle lady with a sense of classes enjoyed and bene ted enormously from theii week at humour which we have enjoyed and will miss and a lriend to Fernwood. lam convinced that much of the success of these tours us all, Mrs Murphy plans to retire and will live with her family depends on the preparation that is done beforehand and we owe in Bryanston, so I feel there is no need lot us to say more than Mrs Appleby and Mrs Nourse a debt of gratitude for their enorr Farewell, Mis Murphy and thank you for twenty-five years at mous efforts in this respect. your love and dedicated setvice to all the St Andrew s family . Many of our girls achieved good results in the Scholarship Ex- My last word of thanks must be to the parents, the girls and the amination held in May this year. A Major Scholarship was award- staff of the school. and to Mr and Mrs Simmonds and the Board ed to Ingrid Gooch while Terese Walker was the winner of the at Governors, Thank you all for you! friendship and support and Parents Association Award, for the hard work which each one of you contributes towards Eveiy child In the Junioi School participates in sport although making om school what it is. we are very aware that. since children's talents are in dilferem s: Andvcali 13 JUNIOR SCHOOL 27th November 1985 Prize Giving STD 1 51D 4 Cern me [or dlhgence m an 5mm; Angelique Barkhmzen 30% and Auammem Hayley Conpev 30 9» and Enghs/I Claue Bosman 80% m Commenry Nicole Robemon Cemlicaxe m drlvgznce m a 30% Fallma Maya! Mulhnmuuts Jenmler Lund sub/ecls Angela Nalm 80% Kathleen wmm ongress m Alnkaans Melame Townsend Cembcaie luv dvlvgence m a Omsmndmg n ogvexs m (1 subjects 7 subiecls Debbie Whne Namlve 1yndaU L am/ (ule [or Dvhgenre Vldonz Pmudlock Ceru/umte 1m dvhgerlce m an Cerulvmle /or commendable memuemem m Cem/Acale 1m Drhgence lemda Euler subreds Vanessa Vouens bvghs/v A/nkamn and Mmhemam , Karuna Lala Cem/me /m an round progress Adele S(rombeck Music Cup (a: comnbuuon In Music Cern/vmte [or exgmphny wmmg and near press" Louise Elmngham tune" a] an work 7 Bremen Whanon Cem/me /or a round urogress Kaxhaune Summeiley Cenlllcake to. prom In Music Cem/Amle for vmpmued :Iandavd m a sub/ecls 7 Keny Ochse Melissa Calm Progress In Mmhmam Barbara Purcell cmmcm lo! prom" In Music Cern/Imle /or good pragvess especial! m Peneuemnce Tracey Anne Mulls Tracey Shahnm Malhemanc: 7 Svmone Farah Cenmcne (ox contribution to Music 5n) 5 Hennella Hawson STD 2 «30% lngnd Guoch SACEE Swllmg competltlon Cenl cne 50% and Anmnmem Juhd Money 80% Texése Walker 10m: 517% and Englvsh Samamha Wehcn 80% Euzabem Ramrmg Dehbve White 8096 Donna MchHu Enghsh Emma Black SACEE Spelllng compe on Cenmcate A/rvkamls Kusxen Movgendaa mass cmmar Sub/ecl: Bronwen Meklev Enghsh Ehzabem Ralermg Agaxa Rendeckl ngrexx bamamha 2 Roux Mulhemmvcs Terése Wa ker Tenms Certi cate rm geneval program 7 Sandra lnlelhuuse A(hlone Wengzyek Mathemaucs Embem Ratenng Singlei champlon Claue Glover Doubles champion Dandy: Andevson & Cem mle [or 80% m mum: Subyerrs 7 Mathemunm C audm van Vughl mane Glove: Lvusel Bavker Sham Gall Txnphy cm Ihe mun improved A/nkuanx Wendy 6W Iennls pllyel Emma Blzc 'Denrdm Andevson STD 3 Progrexs m A/nkuum Kym Reed Hoxsely Cup for Gymnan loe year am. and Arndemvr extalkmce aneu ng Culmml 5mm» lnqnd Gooch Debbie wm» 80% and Arademvr errcllem e Geovgva mm 80% and Arademvr exn'lk-che Mvchdle van Vuul u llmaw Nlcole Normal Txophy (0! best an lound swimmer n. Sid 5 Clmre mom A/nkauns Progress Pm Joanna Hunand Hmory Emma mack Nzedlewoxk Cup AMone Cem/vcme /.;r (Mrgenrr Budget Joiner Grugmphv Ange d Nalm 51d 4 Genenl Knowledge Shield Cemlvcma /or many Bavbam Kn 509nm Terése Wa ker Kalhvyn Meklel Cem/mma m progves: Moygan Bngga Suente Kevw Ochsc lnmhouu Genelal Knnwledge Farrav Cem/mm /ur prugvess ngh McLeod quress Leanne 5m ng Muy Hunk '[lophy lo! Englhh m Std 5 Cum/vmm [m progress Omslmv Kuobbs Cm/mxe /m dvlvgenre «ml Tevése Walker prowess m Alukaam Nlcole Norval Michelle Sun Trophy on Icndemlc unim- Cem/mnla [or proa'e» m menl In sm 5 Engnsh Kullwano Mo oge oa Ingrid Gaoch/Terése Walker E lclency Cup Axhlone 14 51 Andrea" Interhouse Drama Competition Selbome: Sylvia Plath: A Dramatic By directing, I have gained a most rewarding experience One Whlch will neverleave my memory. and one thCh I loved every minute ot even Portrait it there were moans and groans The blood jet is poetry Klrsten Meyer There is no stopping It The evening of October, the 25th, proved to be both exciting and surr Athlone: Pawns prising when Selbcme was awarded three out of fuur trophies. nobody When I found Pawns I was drawn to it because the atmosphere was could have been more astonished than we were The last time we had so compelling The play Issttuctured .n a way that allows the characters won the award for the best play was ttue years ago. when Jean Gair tyes. and the families of whtch they ate a part to develop The Ideas and ballets the older sister of Shana Gait who shaved this year's Best Actress award ot the characters were clear and believable 7 tt ls a play which holds with Lexie Von Honei produced the play, Producing a play Is dettnttely not as easy as ll appears to be Choosing Interest tar an audtence. and dvaws them into a sympathetic understanr a play on behall at one's house is only the hegtnntng ot a long, nerve- dtng of the characters. The most dt tcull task the cast had to face was that of being men 7- we racking experience. By the tlme I chose my play, I had read about 500 had great dtlticulty m achlevlng convincing hand movements and even ditterent plays. at which I could prohahly have directed only a dozen with tn sttttng like sturdy tarmtng men! confidence! It is of utmost importance that one chooses a play which holds In dtrecttng the play I was trying to brtng out the contrasts between the one's personal interest. peasants and the soldiers. and the ordinary men who have to light the Why SylVIa Plath? Well, I enjoy poetry and I enjoy Sylvia Plath s poetry. politicians' war The peasants could not believe that they would have espectalty her imagery and language When I came across the senpt ot to kill other men. Their tncredulity formed a strong protest agatnsl the Sylvia Plath: A dramatic portrait', I knew that it was just what I wanted, senselessness of war. a combination of bath dialogue and poetry, a little long, perhaps, but exciting and challenging I saw the character of the sergeant as one which is typical 06 any soldier in any war. Hts apparent tront is that of a strong man who has no leelr The seven weeks we spent working on the play were both satlslymg and ings. Drunk, he drops his guard He knows only too well what It means tiring. People become shorHempered at times under strained Cit' to kill, and to deny his own leelingsv cumstances, and I am very thankful to my cast tor thetr tolerance and At the end ot the play. when the sergeant ts killed by the peasants. I control when their producev seemed to be on the verge at a netvous felt that we were being shown some rather bitter hope for humantty 7 hveakdown All of them are very special people, and it was wonderlul we do not have to be pawns, we can respond to our own morality to watch them develop and get to know more about each other and My cast were very supportive they provtded many suggesttons and com7 themselves as we explored the Me and works of Sylvta Plath It was ments about what the play meant to them as they brought it to lite on wonderful. too. to gain the support othtends and the members at Selbotrne stage It was important tor me to know that my cast were Interpreting Houses lhelr parts in ways that were meaningful tor them. and to see that there When Tanya Liesel. Shana, Lexie and Emma stepped on stage to begin was an interactton between the cast as they built up the characters in their nal performance, I knew that parts at myself had stepped up there response to comments trom each other with them. Their nervousness had become my nervousness. their lines I thoroughly enloyed doing this play. and getllng to know my cast so well my lines When Emma rectted the nal poem and said. in the words oI Katherine Owen Sylvia Plath, We have come so tar, it Is over" I knew that tn spite ot the Inevttable end of the production. I had gamed a great Insight into the character of a very talented poet. and that through that experience. Farrar: Poetry Programme I had also gained a tar greater Insight myself Celute Currht lwanted to use poetry in my play because I felt that it was a very power Iul medlum, as evety word ts tmpovtant and emotional I hked the Idea 0! wan but this ts an overworked and tired theme. so I declded to try Milner: Ernie s Incredible Illucinations the theme ham 3 dillerent Vtewpotnl Although It was essentlally men s poetry. I interpreted it hem a woman's polnt ol vtew. because I telt that It started with these daydreams women are olten underestimated In times at war A daydream cl a play tull oi Iun. excttement, imagination and one which I learnt a lot ttom this experience because I had never tully realised the involved most at Mllner Thts daydream came true when I found Er- extent at the hardship and suttenng expenenced unttl I had to try to nie s lneredlble llluctnatlons . analyse the feelings that the poet was Ilylng to portray I think the cast Then, [ wanted to create yet another daydream With this play A daydream t'elt this as well Another value to both the cast and me was that we had {or the actresses, for the audience, and of course for me 7 whether this not onlyto understand and feel the poetty ourselves but we had to par came tvue to others, I do not know, but Ior me it certainly did tray the teeltng tn the performance. and by doing so, let them share the Rehearsals were spent with a sense oI tun, and with very hard, |Iring feeling with us work 7 ending either with me in a panic or wtth hystertcal laughter The Another area that I gained lrom was my expenence in dealing with peer cast wurked as one unit. always willing and tree to give ideas. they were ple in that kind at posttton and atmosphere. It taught me a lot about supportive, lull oi tun, always ready to work and great to work with relationships By the time the 19th of October came. we had done all we could and I wanted my audience s attention from the beginning of the play rlght were ready to take ott we took all and were rewarded with the laughter to the end so that my message was clear in every single person's mind lrom the audiences the trophy for the best set and Sandra Januwttz (Err war ts senseless and sad A lot otpeople asked why the play was so short. met, Kerry Williams (Mum), Jacqui Blount {Auntie} and Nthati and thls was the reason I can only hope it succeeded Mashesh (Doctor) were commended tor their acting Heidi Haenderdos SI Andrean 15 THE MIKADO dwecuun 01 mg dramauc scenes while Barbara Toms. as won as sangmg one o4 me leadmg roles. named the chorus and (he sungeya playmg the other major pans S: Andrew s |s fommate m having a Headmas|er who enyoys sungmg and who has had some volce [raman 50 he was an automanc choice for (he Mikado The o|h2r male leads were played by members of the Johannesburg Chamber Chou Any Operetta wou d be very dx zcuh to stage thhoul lhe pWeasr mg ma e voxces The chorus was made up 04 gins and membeys of 5K3 {mm Si Andxew's and under [he expen guvdance 01 Barbara Toms reached a penecnon 0| pedormance which was pule pleasme m hear Lyndon Johnson was again responsxble (or {he se| and Me cosmmes and both were desmeucolly sauslymg Trymg to get a large Chums to 5mg and move togelher must have been an almosl daunrmg pyospeu but Demce Above Kalvsha [Bavbara Toms) ddee: her rm luv Koko (Ian Milne) E(hermgton and Glenda Falconer managed (his mom Clare Loueday and Shelly Nunes as mos! succesdu y The chorus was bo|h colourfu pan of the chem: and well dxsclplmed. moving efltctemly on and A personal view off a very dv tcuh sage set whvch happened to be sldnhng and designed thh unusual angles and cambers as well Gilbert and Sullivan are well known «or the mo soug~ however pmmly performed. mlmde The set was demgned wnh a projeclmg apvon popuwar tunes whxch they cveamd during thew and bluv me move servous Issues which enabled me prmapa (hammers (o ge| on own hme. bm nm being pan 0mm gevmmnou The Mikado ls Loncemed wnh authomy and wnh |he acnon. dosely washed by the audience I(md u hard m room to men works PX 16 5: Andrea" The evening's emanamment could no| be faulted and I do congratulate all those who were mvolved m producmg such a professional show P L Ellls Ladmx m mmlmg chmmmg mm exruemsm be/am um wtddmg PmI-smg [Megan Gawrtm Ihm'ng Mm Plsh-Tuih [S mon James} Gentlemen o/Jup n (ersmn Mam Helen Labmm Pnuh-Bah (Sean Lowery mum w news to NankI-Poo mm Yum Vum : m m m: m Koko .8me ladwes m ummng prepanml (0, [ha mam IAmmuM Young Jammie! Wm 5mm Gm and M Ami Lmbmmu 5: Andrew 17 CAST NankI-Pon Malcolm Elvalmen Plsh-Tush 5mm" Jame.» Pooh-Bzh Sean Lalvme: Ko-Ko 1m. Mme Yum-Yum chulo Raga" PII -Slng Megan 0mm Peep-Bo Gumeume Emevmglon Kmsha Barbara Toms nu: Mikado Frank Simmonds CHORUS OF MEN CHORUS OF WOMEN K Bat! D Cubey C Emma" s Gum: c Clea! T Euler R Emon s Gmr , F mm: T Gyllman H Hey": K 0.1mm" P lns/v L Hmm _ H Lubum H Hoendevdos x PA Lem s Muddy V N Lmdsny Labu J A Llebman 8 Long J A L»bem c Laveday s Mahoney s McMmm,- N MbeHe K Meyer A Pmpun N Maahexh T Pepper 5 Nunes M Purcell c Sclnkkerhny A Scho/neld M van «w R151 A Smyrnandx ., T mm c Smyrnonds K Webb v Tucker A non Hom- J Wm] K Wvlson r A young (I Undeximdhzs: M vagmmn R Rothu s Tonn Dixec on Damn) Er/wrmqlon Mus|cal Dimuon Barbara Toms Plano 6mm. Gregomwskr 0'5 " 5' 9 T "" \(unrvum (Mum Rugan) pmrmv) rm ( Mmu 0n Flum Maw, Fromm: NanIu-Pno (Mulrolm Chatmmr Desxgn Sel and Cunumes vamn Mum. Movemen: levda Fuh mwr WW PW ? WW" 1 "m Make-np De sn Wm [)m vdson mph "d N'" 'P°° Stage Mnnlgqmenl Venn) Damdwv) Glendn Um) om: 52 Conslmcllon Ra/hmro m Blow) Roger Murray Front 0! House 42:. Hmlms 18 s: Andrean MUSIC Eulogy to fat In |he Bvble we are told u{ the lean years and me 15 yeavs and m analogy 0' least or [dmlne manilests use m «he lives of every one of us There are good days and bad days successm years or dv lcult years people who like us. pm ple who don't and happy memones or sad ones Within the Me 0' a school there are also \ean or Ia| years and mus caHy speakvng «his has been a very. Very m year {or m Not 7 2! me haqen to add 7 ml the 1985 mamculanls were overwexght but because they weye so heavily Helen Labum loaded With musicmns and musvmans 0! a remarkably high s|andavd Most of «hem started to 12am musur when they wexe m the Jumov Glyndwv Gregnmwskl school and almos all of them (how 0 conlvnue wnh (haw lessons nght through m we end o( their schooling Qulle a few have maslered two or more msnumem and have kept mm up even in [hen excepuonany mm mm Form year Bekxe commg «0 5| Andrew s, I mugm in my own home. my pxaclvce mcmding pupt : 0( all ages thoul exception my mamrulamm and university 5|uden|s savd that. dhhough meg were unable hrough pressure 04 mher work to devote enough me to music. yust genmg away lmm mew books and playmg the mm. [or a whne. had a decldedly Aheraneuhc effect on them In 1ch one o( my pupns produced beuer woyk dm mg h|5 |as| slx mumhs a! school than he had a| any hme before and sun managed m dclwve 3 (yrs! class pass with a dlghnc lon m mathema cs Prod sumw. mm lo play an m7 shumem a er hours 0( dxscxphned s ludy al a desk, can take you om oi younell dud ls ax relaxing as n Is benehc al The 1985 Form V mucman: have undoubde ly (ound pleasure and mum pleasure to others |hrough 0w medmm of musm and W bend ; lho batkbone n4 0m uxtellem (Mm In \thI Music Deyartmenl 1985 they hm accvued WIH be many 1n 19mm. they huy have huen wowed m evevy srhool mum Flule 7 M, I smog Mr J Svmzh have gwen a greal {led} m 10 mm} mmugh w whxch has needed the enndmmn mm mm Violin M p cm mm ablhly «a play an mstrumem and 7 perhap: musm pvowdes Guitar Mr M (?quoH mm more ssgmmam 7 rhmugh then readmes» We have emoyed um ym. wnh thm m I am Recorder M, c (3 mm» Io pu| «hm abxhly lo the mst where and whenevev sure am have enyuvvd ku .mmcm qmuudmg Singing Am I? Town requived If we needed somebody m may lhe mm m w mm mm mm surcoss m lm Piano and Orchestra M :3 Grugunm «N hymn and a voluntary m chapel or wanted mmm :IHd mm mm Hwy \va go on shmmg w Piano Mu F Yumvg Mn 0 Rushmu sulovsrs and duemsb lur |he emenalnmem 0! me pleasuw m mm whu wr n [w as perimmms Mrs r Much My.- _/ IH/mmw school when mud members of stall were busy 0r hstmmrw mdrkmg papers at w and o! Kenn he Form Glyndwr Gregomwski vx were alway~ mez; «0 help They have played '01 all me dramahc produchons whether H1050 were musuak 0| snmgm plays and they have. 4m the pa [9w yvdn. [wen the streng v beluml Ihe Inmtmme mum' compmmnn and .xv mm , m Senior Ho use Music Competition 21 June 1985 ADJUDICATOR Brian Judge ACCOMPANISTS Edna Young GUEST ARTIST Jack Mcmmy Glyndwr Glegomwsld a(rompumed by 5mm ram PIANO Duns MILNER M v d Rim L Bruschl Humyanmv Dom n 1) Mayo: BRAHMs FARRAR M Gawilh T Glllman Allmro 1mm Sonam n 0 Mom! MOZART ATHLONE s Toms J Gmenhalgh Vols»: Noble, No 3 SCHUBERT SELBORNE C aneday A Fleming I un'wl \ Dam. WALTON INSTRUMENTAL SOLOS MILNER E Flancis Flule Ningm [mm Smmm N.) n UCHNER FARRAR A Scho eld , Violin mm.» /mm hnnnm m 1; m MW VIVALDI AIHLONE D Cubey Oboe Am, N.» 2 /rom Pumm m G Mayor TE! EMANA SELBORNE M Holland Guim Andmm Up 45 No .3 50R ENSEMBLE MILNER E ancis Fluke M van der Rm , Wang Am Mum BACH GOUNOI) FAR A Simmonds v : n mm C Simmnnds Viano Hw SmMNW BRAHMS A 5 Tom, 1 Walla". D Cubey THLONE Vucnl Trio rm» m. Mum [mm Hmm ! A} 6an! HUMPERDINCK SELBORNE N Rogzn A Flute c Loveday ?iano 1:1,";me nosstc PIANO $01.05 MILNER N Kll|an 3,, er Dummy ROXRUROII FARRAR M Gawinh mm W ( P 1' EACH ATHLONE P Slubbs Hm)! Drmu HHMA'\.\ SELBORNE A Heming mum M. 2 < Rsuww MILNER T Emachi Iimm' Wrmw No I SCHUMABS FARRAR T 6mm" mum, DWLI R ATHLONE J Greenhalgh Mm m Ii Mm» L HOMN SELBORNE C Loveday hmlmm mm. m; z 5} ms wmwm HOUSE cnoms mu Haw mu ~mq ) wriwm /mm W mm: x: muwn' vnuruhh m [Wunu'nr mw In mum Hmu' u rm hm m m m'o/xwl m n.» u M; qu ( mnlurmm m on mm MILNER FARRAR ATHLONE SELBORNE 1 mm 1 mm, 5 1mm M Mmm 1 [mum M ("mu i mm n. 14mm, M n (I RM M llmwumw r Imam 211 s; Andman Junior House Music Competition 28 June 1985 ADJUDICATOR Anne Carroll ACCOMPANIST Gillian Rushton GUEST ARTIST Gall Millet CHOIR MISTRESS Barbara Tums Piano Dun. ATHLONE H Hnwson/D WW1. 11mm. zmd nmwm CARSE SELBORNE c Jackson/J Moxley Berreusc BARRATr FARRAR c Knohbs/L de Sousa Sprmq 5ng BARRATI MILNER .I Reh/R Appleby London s Bummg BARRA1T INSTRUMENTAL AND FOCAL soLos A lHLoNE K Ochse (song) When Dames Pmd ARNE SELBORNE L Ellringhlln (song) Cradle Sang BRAHMS FARRAR G Black (song) Tho Gm Whn kacd Dummy FOLKSONG MILNER A Heyns (Recorder) Lumm TRADITIONAI ATHLONE B Meklex 16mm) Andanemn CARCASSI SELBORNE B Purcell (song) When Ouer Sunm ths MOLLER FARRAR c Knobhs (song) Hush a bye GAELIC LULLABV MILNER N Pun (long) Happmex; SCHUBERT rum) soLos MHLONE D Wnyland Mnmer m a BACH SELBORNE C Jackson Ramdrnps DILLER QUAILE Flmm L de Sousa The BEN: ng am THOMPSON MILNER D Georghlou A" {he Byrd; DILLER QUAILE ATHLONE H Hawson Anegm MOZART SELBORNE B Purcell Ambeaquv BURGMULLER FARRAR G Black Amy") Modmm DIABELL] MILNER J Rein rm: Dmmng Emr THOMPSON ATHLONE M van Vugm Walurpou! ,IOUBERT SELBORNE J Moxley mm [m Mommy DILLER QUAH L FARRAR r Shal m Malmh MAVER MILNER A Rendecki Andante m /\ BERTN nous: CHoms ATHLONE (3de 801an Km SELnoRNE Bolero Bolam, Rm FARRAR Ho m m Bolnuy Km MILNER 9 Hundred lem Bomuy 8m GUEST ARTIST Gall Mulex am. 5mm No 5 (m mm mm Pmm) 7 2m! memvm AHL'gru 5; Andrew 21 EXCURSIONS Standard Five Form One Tshukudu Game Lodge Cheetah Park and Crocodile Farm The tourney to Tshukudu was leng|hy and rather hoL so the cool poet and shady lawns Crocodile were a wetcome slgh| as we turned oh the dus- Ugly, ty road tnte the Lodge We were greeled by Mrs From tts scaly tail to the end 0/ its mouth 7 Sussons and Mt Sussons and the boys. Ian and The mouth that ts open s / y. Chrls and o|her members at then household Waiting Maggt. the Stubbom watthog; Umtaan. an or /ar an un/orlunale UI'SIIOIV phan monkey. and Jerry. an adult male gttatte The water npples gently over the 'Ogtllke gure. who Ihtnks he is human Scalyt dark 7 The gtrls loaded theh tuggege onto an open Em! truck andt accompanied by Jerry, were taken A heady cunning eye ts ctewty Instb'e, to the open boma near a nver whtch was to blinkmg occastona y he thett home tor the week. They dtscoueted m the sun |ha| they had to steep around a fire and mke Suddenly 7 snap' tums a| keeptng wa|ch 7 rather a daunttng pro- The laws slam shut to reheat a sly grt'vt sped ahet seemg rhinoceros and hearing stones A cat sh wngg'es hopetessly, of the antmals on the (arm! Then, I watch m amazement Alter a deltctous supper, they were prepared to It swims swt/tly Io shallow water. face the hardships ot the ntghl and they suon Finds :15 young dtscovered that |he ground was tndeed hard and and gives up tts catch to them night sounds most dtsturbmg' Journeys to the Crocodiles 7 outside loo were stopped alter someone heard Maybe not so ugly alter a . a hon' just outside the 'boma" Surpristngly. Mary Holland evelybody was awake when called at 5.x and quite ready to: a walk Fottttted by a large breakfast. we set 0" lo: a The Cheetah Park day and night at the Biyde River The gtrls had I laugh. to sel up camp next to the ttvet and cotlect wood As I remember {or the due 7 but never the wood of the lam~ The look upon your face hone tree because it causes headaches 7 before When you rocked up and saw |hey could enjoy a swlm in the met The black dots We then split mto |wo groups and went walkr Spotted on tawny yeuaw tng along the ttvet We enjoyed seetng a lamtly Btaet Jelly Beans m Yettow Custard" ot hippopommus. hut wete nervous ot the (athei You said who bellowed loudly a| us But ugh! then. All these outdoor activtltes were accompanied Icould only slate by lectutes on nantre or conservation or game At the hungry crealures tatmthg {mm Ian 01 Chns who have had a Showmg tremendous amount ol experience. their The ntght at the tWEr was lnllowed by tectutes sharp and a tttm al base and a ntght m the boma' teeth whtch was by now tathet |ame hm attet the Tanya Cunln teat outdoor: On Thursday we made casts of antmat Spoor and prepared nets tor a hettwptet gameeatch whtch was to take place the lollowmg day That ntght we» spent m a dry ttverbcd end when the moon was almml lullt the animals roared and called loudly thh sttght {eeling o( telte! we greeted the dawn that would take m all home It) the secunty 0! Johannesburg Out gttlc had to (ace many new sttuahons and Cope wnh new. chatlengmg expenencest but they accepted these challenges and enjoyed the tune spent a| thts tematkahte place R Noulse 22 5: Andrea" Form Two The Drakensberg some impressions Bushman A stampede of St Andreans head acmss the moonln park m the woods They spread ouL headmg on in two's and |hlee's Then they nd themselves alone \n Ihe trees. hoping mm me shadowy shapes conceal the forms of thew friends You can hear rusthng \eayos. whispers. grunts and shouts of pom as people lall mm unseen dllches or ho es. or stub then \025 on locks and mots As you won wuh you! hear! thumping and ex cuemem makmg you pm (or mam you hear on omay r21 drscovery as a |eacher imds anomer vicnm You hope mat n xsn tsomeone from your \em Suemly you slink 1mm tree m tree crouching a5 a torch shynes m your dnecuon You hold your mam. you sneak across an open space. lwlgs crack under your lee" you're sure that hey' heard you Under Cover agam. you smvle and head on You can see mem nuw. they're smmg m We table nered lhe markel on tenure. buy «here They shme thew Iorches near you One 04 them u somethmg \hey don't know about Hands up and wows «owards you Agam you Thu gruesome doom was dreamed up hold your bremh 7 but the vxcnm is someone by three opporouny kmony moms whom 2 59 you never would have suspeded o(he mg m malem enl Whai I: W the A mad dash |akes you to your \ent You wan umu you are sure you haven'\ been seen, them Japanese cry n u (he 32.5 km walk you scramble myougn the (2m aps to THE GORGF 1 Huurorogy 2 anuq m we bus 07 odyenuno Io hl'gm Reliel washes over you. you WA in amicvpar 3 (:oormg o/j (1/127 o long walk non for anolhey member 0{ your mm A body wriggles and :cvambles m Gvggling. whvspev Nighl-time 4 Gengrnplw _ moron: smdy Cruny Mme toes 5 Roarmg Lum' Smmg gun and 'Humqu wm/ mg. you wan [or the rest Amva known m Mn Wm Mn; MacI'nh um ami Thmkmg 01 mo snow Mrs Hem The walk to the Gorge win [ sulvwe mo mgh! The Japanese may \hmk (hat \hey have cov ()1 WM I dye o( 4 th s Ammuu 2'1 Form Three Excursion to Kimberley Dunng September. Mrs Hughes. Mrs Cleal and Sketchbook WANTED, Mrs Boulte took the Art. Geography and Ht5|0ry tmpressmns girls to Kimberley The dry and lonely bush that is typtca} ot the 9.. 40 Active and Sober Ion. Kavoo made a barren backdrop .n sharp conr trasl to the pack at stngmg hvely girlswho were able tn Bids and Shut; makmg thetr way to what most at us considered In! a dorp~ M' mm Our titst day was hecttc. with most of the em- phasts on Geography We vtstted the Jan 1: mm: mm. Kcmpdorp dehydration plant and the Vaalr "" mutual; Hans tmgatton scheme Both were htghly me tereshng and gave us great tnstght to the l wm meu buw economtc and water problems at our country Adverttsemenl m n tomt newspaper We amved at the Youth Hostel that eventng, u/ the Itm! where we had supper [ought over beds and Sal talkmg and eatmg tnto the late houts ot the ntght The tottowing day. we teamt a great deat about Kimbertey itsell A tour of the Bulttontem dtar mond mute the Open Mme and McGregor Museum involved industry. hls'ory ecology and fun all rolled tn|o one The Open Mine Museum was genevatty the most emoyed ot the day's exV eutstons. With MS quaint and ctedttabte reconstructtons 0' houses. bars and a church, the whole town held a 'otd Westetn appeal. Vtctomm Bknrh and tt ts set against an atttactton that is hard to by Karen Stewart beat 7 the Btg Hole Out test day was the mosl relaxtng We were spltt up tnto two groups One group went to the Wllham Humphrey Art Gettety. whtte the othets wandered through the Duggaanmnm Museum Thu museum IS untque. tn that tt boasts |he only photograph: ot native tnbes 0| Soulhem Attica. untouched by we5|em tn tluence. apart (tom a cotlectton tn Bntatn Attet tunch at the Youth Hos|eL we trekked out to Magerslomeln. and reenacted the htstonc battle between Boer and Bnttsh There was no dectslve mow Its members at both patties refused to rite no matter how many ttmes |hey had been shot' Our dtlferences were forgot ten. though when we were treated |u a deltcious Open mm Museum tea at Mauntztontetn by SUSHI Johnson The three teachers who accompampd us are to be cottgratutated lot thew wtlhngness to help and mun at San! me man DR to advtse whenever necessary the" endless pa w «WM; wommtw- wt or we mm» (mm um mm Hence thh Our mustc, and Ihetr ovgantsatlon that mmxtmm tta- DEA, tw made the whole mp run vety smoothly On Our tau ntght. we had supper at the 'Satan saw» u mm 7-4 m hm hm w mm Grtlt', provtdtng the rtght ending to a tour tn whtch we learnt about penpte. camaradevte and a very rich pen 0! Our hemage, m Ktmbettey, (which tsn'l ||IS| a dam attet all t lete Holme thmtmuem Htgtttmt .wtm'tmmttt by Jane! Hughes 24 St Andrenn The clock tower mm; hm hm nnm/Erred mm m- ov gmul m m Kunbwlm to m open w mmcum Wur mnespondenn Iunm Hugrm Helen Baum and Chmrme wear The mr'morva! 10 me Hrghkmd Rrgrmr'm on a kopme near Mugé vs/mucm Laure Hmker and mam Gouda $nm~ Nye my home My Kunberle; 5: Andvmm 25 Form Four Grahamstown Festival PossTbTy The thhhghT 0T my year was The Grahamslown TesTwaT Fm a week m JuTy abouT mne hundred s|udem§ from AH over (he (ounr Try were ThnveughTy immersed m The ,oys oT Enngsh The progyamme was mlchse and thhly stimulahng, Thanks (0 The hard work of members of The 1820 Foundahon Ihave a ways hked Enghsh. but my TnTeresT was roused by The Festvva lh schooTs. one musT geT Ihrough d syllabus and There Ts aTways The pressure oT exams m The hack of our mmds The mam purpose at The FesTwaT is lo presem Enghsh [or Tlsbeauty and as a means 0T expresslon oT Tdeas and emohom There were TecTTTres on The mamc selworks. whvch were move ITke meer Sliy TeeTures Than school Tessens There was a wlde range oT dyamd. langing Tram The thhTyr charged Om Die STIMe |e Verhreek , on The life 05 Breyten BreyTenbach. T0 David. an ex Kym wTTsrm shone Gmr Kmen Grayev and lnend m The La T/emu Conference ubevam school musTcaT wnlten In SouTh A(nca Apart from The Pesnval programme, [really ew La Verna 1985 were pu| In|o groups and had [0 cut euT PIC' Joyed The peopTe I mer Because There .s such Tures (mm magazmes to lorm a colTage whlch a hrgh demand Tor The avaTTabTe places. only The pomayed The way we Teh keen Enghsh enThusTasTs pachpaTe T was very In a greaT pHy ThaT so many people Took SomeThmg else ThaT brough| us a very close lucky |o be Tn The Top TTTTeen as we sTayed askance and smile uncomforTabTy a| The menr was The exuhanT sTngmg. When we started TogeTher To. The mam pan. and soon {ound we non of La Verna weekendy because IT 15 no| a nothlng could smp us' | don'T |hmk Mrs Toms had a surprlsmg number oT mTeresTs m common weekend [or The 'Holy buT [or anyone who Ts muld belleve TT' OI course The maTe vovces added eager To lerun aboul other people and |heir (221v Tremendous resonance We caUed ourselves Club 15 and IT was almos Tngs abTmT many aspeas eT hfe and rehglon TT On The Saturday momlng. at The crack oT dawn a pTTy T0 he puT TnTo our Tmal order on The Tast Teaches one To hsTen and To accepT The other some of The boys deched ThaT TT was Toggmg day We 52TH keep m Conlad We had so much mm oT view. and n Teaches one To run one's TTme' ATTeT having water Thrown aT us. we were |o say To each oTher ThaT we gm very lmle sleep, own vTews aaoss If: an expeneme I would no! dragged om oT bed and mken jogging We were and whenever we see each tube! agam we Tend have mused Tor anyThmg cenainly wTderawake and raving To go she. that m cam; on where we Ian o IT was ST Andrew s mm m yea! |o hosT The La IT was really a weekend TuTT 0T .oyTuT acuvuy IT IS a great pny ThaT .T Ts so hard Tor 3. Andrew\ Vema Confemce at The Loch Vaa] Th2 >|X gTrls There was never a bonhg momem Mrs YaTes who represented ST Andrew's weie Shona To anend Although we geT a |<>| 0! The actual and the staff were extremely To evam and I Gan, KTm WTTson, Susan Toms KTvsTeh Gvayer. matenaT from The GrahamsTown FesnvaT aT The hope, enjoyed Themselves as much as we The Jacqui Edge and T We were accompanied by The deparTure (mm each orher when we re|um vahveld Fesmdl. There [ 3 go much whvch can Two members Of 5m . Mrs Yales and M15 Toms ed |o ngsmead was a Teavlul one and we .m. never be creaned Tn Three shun days IT was que All The sehheTs eongregeTed aT Kingsmead where medTaTeTy began Tu organlse a reunion \0 see a shark |() go home dT Thu: every day aT (ha we mel Father Rowan from St MarTm's He was each other agam as soon as possrhTe The thyer TresTueTT 1 key)! wammg To go and Talk responsuble Tor {he mhgvous sTde 0T The trip. he strangers we had been had become a doselyr To Cluh 15' ame Then veachons To The vanous T5 3 mmaykable man kn Team 7 vebels and nerds 7 the unuy was ems 7 even Though I (0qu guess as we We ah clambered omo The bus Teavmg the Tug Tmplegnable IT was a weekend nevev To be geneyauy egreedT The wheTe sme oT The FesTival gage N) The chaps \0 son ouT Everynhe was feelr Tovgonen. an opporlumty m a mum Tug raTher apprehenswe and awkward bur soon Kerry Gilmour TS some|hmg very harrT To he To a descnphon we began To mm and chal There was a variety hm very speaa and real once you have felT TT 0! people (mm The rebels m The nerds We had Everyone I know who was Them has been venous opporlumnes l0 Tmermmgle When we changed JusT a Wle because 0( T! 1 am really had To swop (ables a| awry meal and shave graTefuT That I was allowed To go rooms thh someone Irom (mother schoo The oespne my Tnathy To puT .mo words my [set sme seemed IT) grow sTrungey eveTy mmuw mgs about The FesTwaT. T am sure ol one Thmg We had venous >essTons eath day whlch were 1am prepaved (0 90 To any TehgThs (0 he There exTremeTy eanCthg and shmuhhhg T Thmk [he agam nexT year' most enmyed TopTe rhaT we derhssed was Quo Sue Toms vadxs meamng wheve are we gomg') We decussed whcve Ts South A(T Tna 90mg" We 26 ST Andrea" REPORTS Headgl rl, Alhlone, Farrar, Milner Selbome Headgirl As 1985 draws to an end, | [Ind ll hard to belIeve Being headghI has been an ennchmg and m7 m Ihe Athlone guls who approached every even! |hat my schooldays are dwindling IapIdly away valuable expenence, |hrough thchl have lealnl wnh a gram deal 01 enlhusiasm [keep on remembevmg (he wise old sages ol and gamed a Iol I have constantly been thrown The hm mm oI the year was lhe gwImmIng Mame Ielling me In moments of despal n Form mlo unexpected snuanons and lound myself gala and dIvIng compelmon where Ihe Alhlone One Come on 7 school days are |he besx days havmglo deal wiIh lemlymg clvcumstances for IesuIcs Ied us lo belleve IhaI hm Ialcnls lay m of your IIIe Enjoy IhemI How IuIIy I apprecvale whi eh I had been complelely unprepared But olher dIrechons The luck 01 success wa those words now' quh the warmth and encoulagemenl ul all Ilwe however noI due to a lack ol hard work and This, the last year of my schoolmg al SI Anr girls. prelec's and stall. |hese momenIs 01 her dedIcalIon Ounhdnks go to Lisa Morshead and drew s, has been IiIIeeI WIlh many exemng evems mr have seemed lar Iessawesome Ihan I mighl Jenny Jones who dId evevthIng posyble Io eh IhaI have delmllely made n Ihe pInnaeIe of my have antipraled and. In fact were ol|en (uurdge our teams school career. As always, the spml and enr transformed Inlo colourlul and happy The slngmg pIaclice (or Ihe gala Lleayly benemed Ihusiasm wIIhin this school have played 3 mar expenences our choIr we achIeved second place In the choIr Ior role In hIghlIghlIng Ihe peak events oI a Very Thank you 7 each and every member 01 this compelillon The overall resull 04 the muse successlul year lnlerrHIgh introduced me lust beaunlul school 7 (or makmg lhIs year the compemvon was LlIsappoInlIng. and we once of our many achIevemenIs wnh our fixsl ever wonderlully enjoyable «xpenence I( has been agam hmugm up The real Sue Toms aha Tessa win in the dlvmg compelihon. The 5me Megan anm. Ewe! dud eh excellem Iob m (raInInQ lhe chow. generated at the gala continued Io (low through m Ihem we say Thank youl' the school. canying us Io Ihe mamc dance, |he I he remaInIng sporllng even|s saw u, lmIsh m. wonderfully exciIing Mikado the Fashxon Show m Ihe senon netball compelmon. ,eeoud m the and Soclal and Ihe numerous Joyful Inlerrhouse Athlone 1quon nelhall tompemmn. hrs! In Ihe In'evrhouse acIIvmes squash tompeullon Ieunh m the Inlerhouse alhleIIc compeIitIon. and second In lhe hotkey We have lound H very dvlllcull lhIs year |o lollow compenmon Ihe loolsleps eI our Illusmous predecessor; who 1 would We to congratulate KIm WllsK)rl on be, won Ihe ellIcIency compeulmn <0 many hmes. Ing chosen for The Transvaal under 16 B equaslx hut mm wax no lack of spun and camaradene Ieam I would hke |0 lake Ihb oppmlumty m )hank Katy Owen (01 all her hard work In producing our house pIey She has chosen a challengmg Iopic (or our aclresses Io presem ThIs year. as m Ihe pasl Athlone med money (or LInle Eden We held a dog show whvrh was a greal sumes: I would lxke Io thank all those me Megan naumu who made Ihe evem pessIbIe specval Ihanks go and Me [0 Mrs Orsmond (01 all hev havd work In arrangr Ing me dog show and all her supporl and en Louragemenl thle our head of house. Mlss WIlIIams, was on long leave We were able to raIse a sum lolal of R1 230 00 wluch we were proud m present (0 lhe home s: Andman 27 [ personally (eh. end I hope I speak (or all the members 0! Athlmw. met me had a verv mp py and muoyablc year Iwould hke u) mm Mlss wluuams and all the mm {or me: help Good luck for (he (mum. Athlone Julie Wilson Farrar 1985 brougm a new He and energy mm the school in «he form 01 Farvar House Establish 2d at the hegmnmg of (his year Fanav has sel om to prove herseH |he gvea|es| house 0! all The llrsl major evenl o! the year. wda the Inter house gala A er many (old. but cheerful earr ly morning hammg sessions ahd numerous war cry prachces \he muchrammpated day- amv ed Unfonunatley Farrar 7 not too well endovr ed wl|h diving [elem 7 skaned o m thvd place But |his dxdn t dlsheanen our little red devils who dud a Iamasuc lob m pulllnglhe house up lofllsl place. and at the end of the day Farrar walked away wuh n5 filst ever trophy Many (hanks \o Robyn Eaton [0! all the 2mm she put into orgamsmg our learn Congratulations Lxsé Jerome and me U15 relay leem for breakmg FARRAR House 1955 Iecords House Mllueu: Mrs Hughes The second term saw the approachmg muslc Flm Head: Megan anuh compelmon My thanks go lo Tabb: lelman for all the hard work she pm into |ramlng our hoarse warcned vmceslo sing something a Imle more muslcal man 1 sad 3 BOOM'E'Cthk' 'bOOm'V Some people may \hlnk u Impossible to get devils |o sing hke angels 7 but Tabbl succeed ed. and al the end 0! |he evemng Farm was awarded the cup «or best choir Nexl was the mleI-house squash {allowed by the Ihlngs (av more gemly and ended up m mud hockey and netball Unfortunately our results posmon Milner mam always match our boundless energy and Wuh |he drama compelmon and general Paoman fever hu us hard thls yea! and n cerr enthusiasm and we were forced to surrender knowledge shll lo come, we have lots to look lainly showed where M\]ner was concerned these Inles Io Selbome But when the exam forward to and great expeclanons as to our nal Looklng back over me evems of (he year makes resuks came out. Farrar was on lop agaln |a wm posiuomng m the ef ciency compemion, me realise wha| fun n has been bemg caplam both grades and commewdalions I would like to thank every membe! of |his really of lhe most bnghtly coloured house In the n was durlng this Ierm mm Fanar embarked on wonderful house for makmg my year as house school The 1n|voducnon of (he new hause Farr us Iundmsing campalgn For me. |hls prayed Captain 50 enjoyable A special Thank you' goes rar. also proved Io be challenging and very was one of the most wO hWhlle and rewarding |o Mrs Hughes for all her help and support. and excxling Ihmqs mm we have done as a house nus year Ihe spim and enthusxasm she has genermed The mlerhouse dwmg competmon was Very On 18 May, 70 lalher hOY 'lEd bul enthusiastic within Farm! compemwe but. wuh Chanlelle Muonv we gwls gathered up then skipping ropes «o raise And thank you each and every one of you me couldn'( go wrong Congrawlanons |o her for money for the Gum Dogs Assoclahun «or (he lle devils. «or all the energy and vigour you have winnmg As usual there was much early momr Blmd A er two hours. wnh many sll" muscles. put Into Eslabhshmg Ihis the glea(es( house in mg SWImmmg trainmg bevore Ihe gala. and smches and relieved smllzs. we remed. having We school I know al mes u may have been breakllmes were lllled wuh warrcries coming raised R2 688,00 dumcuh to ignore your pamollsm |owards your from various pans of the school However. Farr The third term slaned o wnh an excmng Spans prevuous houses, but as lounder members you rav s devils proved to be too strong lor us and Day Fanarstaned Ihe anemoon on very well. have done a great 10b and made a lemlic conr we rimshed |he day m second place Ourlhanks leadmg by 25 pomls Em unlonunalely. we mbmlon to Farrav And remember don'l Iel go to Mary van der Riel [or the effec ve work dECldEd that novehy even|5 were perhaps for mem mess wlth the hen cos the best don't she dld m organismg our swlmmers more enjoyable than the real thg Aner wmnr messl We had some viclones m the first lerm but we ing the walkmg races hands down. we (oak Megln Gawm. lost ground a| 012 end with too many 28 5; Andrew housemarks and too lew commendationsv so wete not placed very high in the house tetthgsv lN l ERHOUSE CDM'PEImON RESULTS 1985 We lmpvoved slightly in the second term and brightened up many a cold wmtet's day with out bright yellow ties. The highlight ot the term was Alhlone Farm Mllnu Selborne the music competttlon which we won, to the gteat delight ot all us 'paomen', 1t seems that Cmu Chantry Junlor 2 3 4 1 pac»men are better in music than they ate in 5mm 4 1 3 2 hockey, but I d nevertheless llke to thank Ingrid Ktattt tot otganistng the teams and [or Muckey Jumm 2 4 3 1 generating such enthusiasm among the playets Sentov 2 3 4 1 The interrhouse netball ended off the second Netball .Ihhtut 1 2 4 3 term with much excitement Unlortunately the Semor 4 2 1 3 sehtot netball players must he getting too old lot this sort of energetic sport, luckily (or them Tcnnk .luhtot 4 3 1 2 the junior team managed to win then section Semor 4 1 2 3 which put Milner in second place overall. The house was placed second in the inter-house sq...»- 1 3 4 2 competition at the end of the tetm. The third tetm began with the lnterhouse athletics whete s,m- my 4 3 2 1 we reluctantly conceded victory to Selbome by Swimming 6.1. 4 1 2 3 two points, Congatulations to Hayley Mannr hardt tot winning the senior Victrix Ludorum. tmnt- 4 3 2 1 The next exciting event took place on a lovely warm Saturday morning in one of the bustest Mute 4 2 1 3 places in Johannesburg the Flea Market We were there to raise money for the Avril Elizabeth cutout «neulun Home and we managed to do that very suc~ 0-11. 2 3 1 4 cesslully with everybody enjoying it immense- ly. We ate all very gratelul to Miss McCallum who thought up the wonderful idea and who organised It all let use Term Pulllonl tot Etncmlcy Curl Well. the term hasn't ended yet and them are Mhlone Fame Mllnet Sethome stlll some Competitive events to take place We're expecting great things in the intevrhouse nut rent 3 2 4 1 mama competttton and hopefully we ll he able Suold n.- 2 3 4 1 lo gain some points in the general knowledge quiz as we should be crammed with knowledge Third rm. 4 a 2 t after the exams, Emetehey Shkld (19:5) 4 2 3 1 Now I would ltke to thank the house whlch showed support enthusiasm and yea! optimism at all times You are de nitely, In my biased opi~ niont the greatest Above all. my thanks go to was lucky to maintain third place at the Gala! competthon. Miss McCallum and the staff who gave me and On the last day of the lust tetm we managed We managed to thee R1 658,96 hy havmg a the whole house such warm support to win the cross country wtth a resounding Fun Day which included a wheelbarrow race Llnzl Brunch! Tiddley-PomPomrPom! We ended the term and the tinalé at dunking heads m tubs of cold by mavehlng away proudly with the Ef ciency watet in metal to get an apple. I would like to Cup thank Mrs Webb tot making the day posstble and Selborne In the second term we maintained a rather low let the suppo she gave me. The money we profile on the housemark list, and, although we have raised will be presented to Meals on Selbome has had an exhilaratlng year of dldh't manage to win the Hockey. ot the Net~ Wheels' whtch pnwidesfor the aged and needy. t tiumphs and victories; we managed to live up ball or the Music Competltion. we canted off As the third tetm draws to a close, Celeste Cur to our theme of Asterix and Obellx, The Cane the Ef ciency Cup agaln. ht. is hard at wetk producing the play Sylvm quemrs'. Mrs Ellis has been a wonderful {mm During the third tum Jushne Brooke and Plath: a Dramatic Pomait and 1 hope that thls at rnaglc potion' and kept the spittt and power Karleen HechterSchulz were our stats at the wlll he an excitlng end to out successtul year. of post ve thinking high. throughout the house. Interrhous! Sports day. They broke the Juhtot Well. my llttle Conquetottu good luck (or next At the lntet-house Gale, the cheer leaders look- and Senior high lump tecetds lespecttvely, and yeax, keep up the lanlas c splrlt and keep the ed spiff in that blue and white smped trousers, the Form Two relay team also managed to bleak colour blue ying high 111 be thlnklng at you, blue shalt; and white vests, Now that there has a recovd Justine won the Victrlx Ludotum and give it all you've got! been another house added to our list. Selbome Selhome nished the day by winning the Davlnn tte Mutuu Sl Andrea" 29 The School is going to the dogs VV 1 Amvme s dog mm» ma: :1 mm day /m mus! mu somemm n W hard 10 remember who mm your best mm 2 Is thaw a h831d795$ d dug mm} 3 um m dwsumlt )vx/me:hPJudqes 4 www.smwn mm dds (he Epw ; Farm / a , achequessprmmm'dm My, Gum , V 19 mm Vgnmp «Phnmgmp» M zumh , , 'Nve onmr :m 51 Amlwan lnterhouse Events These are the 122: mu: mu ,umpea hopped shu/ ed, 3142de Is anyone am there on our srde Gobble gobble a" om trouble , MHner': PAC marl Come ON Selbome. dank drown now chhora Dunlap 90mg m at lhe deep end 51 Andrea" 3: SRC 1985 «Hm Row? [um Mmm-aa Celexle Cumn Mary mu 41m tht Tam lalmugt' Roman Lrsé tlenmw. Mora Steam! (Mtddle Row; Kym Wvlsnn Kerry June L uons Gummwre tmemgmn Megan comm Itm Ann Irebmmm thontRuw/b1rs,tlluqfxe.~ Mr: I) Ifde Jenm/m wtrmn Mr I Snvmwrmd: MM 5 Mmauum Mrs: v Doutdxon SRC REPORT 1985 cottectmn and also .n gomg om to two orphanages at Easter to hand out Eastereggs Form 1 tsgomgmentertam etdeny peoptethvsterm lwould 1985 saw the hrst e ectvon campaxgn tov the SRC Gtrts were a hlt bashlut kae to express my |hanl Highlights The SRC Newspaper EDITORIAL COMMITrEE Second mu: L-R Celeste Currm Jean van dev Cow Paula nghl Ktm Wolle th low: Ansty Economacos Susan Johnson Tern Talmage Roslvon Namhe Horme Ncbtmlu Mbeue Highlights has had a very successful and eventful year Un- could enter their creattons in either the casual has a wtde selection at upstardate tnlormatton fortunately, atterthvee excellent issues Emma weav or evening wear secltons and win large Many new books have been bought lhts year. Leach dectded to resign as Editor and Htghllghts cash prizes and magazmes are recewed regularly As well came under new management. 1 would like to thank the Htghltghts Edttonal as The Star', we have xecently started receivV I dectded to introduce a Htghllghls Edztonal Commlttee for all thelr hard woyk and ideas. I ing The cmzen' Commtttee In order m involve as many gttls as hope that next year wul see Htghlighls even bigr I would ltke to |hank Mr Stewatd for hts were interested in the newspaper's planmng and gel and better than it was thvs year generous donatlon of Art at Work, layout A Cummtttee of mneteen enthusiastic Ten! Roslmn Many thanks are due to Mrs Longslnnes. who bnght ltghts' set to work on our ttrst issue Editor helped the library to survtve' while Mrs Gmdttev The newspapet was dtvided into pehbcaL spons was away I would also Itke (0 thank the cultural. entertamment. and fashion and beau- Library Report llbranans for then enthusiasm. and espectally ty sections wtth an editor and asststanl edttors Mrs Gtodner, for all her haxd work thhoul her in charge of each. In addtuon, edttovs and assts~ the library would not have been as spectal as Ianl edttors were appointed (or advevttsing and 1985 has been a sttmulallng and htghly sucV tt has been this year markettng, tinance and layout cesslul year lor most of the Ltbvanans and Amlnd: Vaung Our ltrst issue was a very exctting one in that especially Sue and me The library has been we were able to get two exclustve Interviews alive wtlh many exctting dtsplays. and interesting Chapel Report one wuth Bishop Desmond Tutu and the other amcles For tnstance. Sonya Mahoney and mtth Mts Simmonds In our secnnd issue we Rozanne Rocha arranged a display on owls concentrated on the school's very successful while Alex Economacos stopped the traf c with The Chapel and all Its surroundmg acltvttles Soctal and Fashion Show, Also included were her arttcles on the hean have continued much as usual (hts year The numerous jokes and cartoons, puzzles, recipes Some calltglaphy done by the Penn us has been services during each week are planned and cons and sport. Both the Headgirl. Megan Gawith a show piece The ann ll art class also p707 ducted by the gnls wtth Mrs Toms s asststance and the Chairperson 01th: SRC, Jenny Wilson vtded the library with stained glass ptctures. and our Saturday mommg semces are cons were regular contnbutors which did much lo brighten the hbmy's ducted by various vislting mtnismvs as well as In order to encourage support team the school. entrance. our School Chaplain. Father Ian Anderson we decided to tnlroduce a pnze for Reporter at The library ls very popular [01 class projects. and Father Anderson also conducts |he Commumon the Year and Article ol the year In the second much work as well as readlng vs camed but here sewice held on Tuesday evenings issue we had the Htghltghts Young Designers' The news sechun ts kept up to date by Itbranans Dunng the second term. the Reverend Davtd Compelmon where asplnng young destgnevs twhen they remember) and the careers sechon Cook led a Mtsston team constsltng ot lan 5: Andrew 33 Anderson Clare Nyte and Karen Abrahams Durmg the week the team conducted att the mumtng s ervtcea wtwh Included ahon ptays and varted 7mm; ot mustc lthtnk that school serr vtces can tend to become vety rtgtd m structure and we therelore wettumed then new tdeas dud suggeattmw mt vanattons at these sevvtces The team also held lunchtime dtscusslons tor the dayrgtrls. around the theme [9 there a God" Durtng Sutptuw lessans thh the team we were tree m dtscuss or ask questvom about any rettgvous mam that concerned us Each every mg the team held sesstons [or the boarder; and towed (hem tor supper Gut; were dtso able to 522 members 0! the team mdwtdua y The Mts stow ts an tmportant event m the school because u mtroduces vanum pergpuchvea ot rehgton that mtghl otherwise go unexplored In the second term we were also asked by the bABC to host two tetevtslon sevvtces tor Thy ngdom come Guns and then parenm were mvtted lo torm the congregation and our usualty orderty chapet became chaottc when both 0t these same, were recovded on one Satuyday mnmtng Howevev the novettyotpdmupatmg m the makmg 0! a telewon progmmme made the occaston d pteasanl and successtul om: Attendance at the Commumou seyvvces held uach Tuesday evenmg has not been very pro mtstng Concerned abuut the atttmde towards these sevvtces . but not wishing to make them compukory m any way. we attempted to stavt SENIOR SCHOOL CHOIR (Eighlh mwt Ann Smmnmdx me Hemmg Tv'xsa Poppy! a new dtscusston group that woutd attenuate thh (Sevenlh roll!) Helm 'nhtlrn Shana Gw Rommw Rodta Celeste Cumn Theresa Warm Son," these weekly servmm The new group. Insrght, Mu/vtmct dtscussed toptci such as Fatth heatmg. and (smh row) ctme Louedan Tesm me, Susan Faun Prnmppnrmh Clatrc Stmmond: K2»; Polmcs and the Church and saw videos on The Gttmour Karma He'r/twv Schultz Atmmdm Hawmu Shroud 0/ Tunn. The Promtse o/rhe Vetd and (th row) Ann Hemmg MnnqueHamson NaltnhalJndsaytnbO FIewMosten htgnd Dv Kubtev Ross tatktng about death and dymg L nchvrwi Htmbeth 5mm SkumbtnoBengam I Ihmk that these meetings could be very (Faunh row) Lu mm!» Kmtmw (3mm Komennmwamu KarenEou Debumh Cuoke Angela Ar valuable m pruvtdtng the opportumty tor guts nun r wen wmm to dtscuss contmvevslat rettgtouc hSUK Sh Om any (Thirdmwl PmHmaSmbb) Mugtm mutt Amanda Votmg Ameay NlhanMavhestv Atmmdm vtewputvtt and to see wdm yetanng to rehgttm nmmmmm mmmmnmruwou LunaJa/va Ptkp {Second mwt Toma cw and therefore 1 hope that they Wt commuz next 16mm m. m M thule Htggtuum Sarah Campbell Pm SheHv Nunes year wamw mmm (Mtvmm PuaAmwlms DovrasCubey tFtrsk mwt 40mmta$rhottm1 Smut! Gotm Mn Grmuvottskv Margaret Purcell Mrs fovm in October thts year the new Btshop oi Johan mmmm s. ttmng \ouurtlu Mmttv tvesburg Btshop Desmond Tutu. (unturned 22 guts who had been prepared 1m thetr Com matlon by Father Amterstm Btshop Tutu ad dvessed a \arge congregahon ut' the parents Choir Report Godparents 1mm. and (newts at the Can second term. was the ma cl Rev Ne . me rst dtdales Hts warmth amt humour made the iErr woman to pruach m ourchapel She ted us m me a Very etunyable occasmn and ms wvlt Th2 11m mm tor the Seasoned mumhms at me a very meanmgmt service mgness to be a stage prop and pose to; chotr was not verv busy We mum stngmg t the ~ecnnd term the chotr sang Htgh Mass wuh ngsmead Chou a! one otuur rhapc er 6| 5| Maw s Cathedral n was a new expenente photographs durtng Ihe ted atterwardg. vtces and then at one 04 then Chapel survtt es endeared htm to ux at} tor many at the new chow members to feel then Marv van dz! Riel m addxtmn to our own vegular >2rvtct 5 MOKES dtsappcanng mm the vast area around Most of the Chou mg m The Mtkado. them Sullwau's score was a challenge to u, all. one The Chotr Festtval at the Llnder Audttonum rer wmch demanded a to. 01 ltme. energy and qutred hard work but u was worth u The most woe enjoyable part at u was probably the settmg 01 nw hughhght of the chapel wyvtcos m the Psalm 128 whtch an the chem of the 'M St Andrew Head 0T Chow T womd sTsh hke \0 Thank MTs Toms Mys GyegorowskT and MT Tems lov rhevr un'admg enevgy and suppon 1T has been a veyy busy. happy yan MaTgaTet Purcell Junior Choir The kmy (Tee shong Jumov Chou rehearse; onh onee eaeh week lam TomheTe m haxmg Mrs Edna Voung as The regulaY accompamsl The girls brmg a (veshness and ehThusTesm (O The JUNIOR SCHOOL CHOIR musTe |hey Team and ahheugh Thee do no\ haw {Buck vow) Candace HewTTT Jenm/EY Auslen Agam Rendeckr Lemme 5m" «mg Vanessa Youem The demandmg programme (T The Serum chm Angela Galhnu DeTrdTe Anderson uTano Wawend |hey neverTheTese haw many opponumues To (Faunll Tow) STephame Horton, Camerme Cumynr Kullwnno MoTTogeToa Weed,- Goue Joanna Good 9m pTeasuTe wTTh Then smgmg man Terése Walker HeTmeTTe Hawsun Tanya wTThTTms énmh ka Barbara Plum mum Tow} cTeha Gerhm NTeeTeTTe Weyener Venem DTehseh Rebeca: Applet); Lowe Elmngham. One 06 The annual thhITghTs TOT The pas! me Luanda Andersun. Tanya 0; me Aluxandm Haw: Joanna Lee yeavs has been The choirs peTTTCTpaTTeh Th The (Second mw) Kamerme Meklev Chm 8057mm. Sarah Mmhs Tracey Ann MTTh Armmm HTmTeT 81m! Pm PrepeTeTory Schools ChoTr FesmsT 3! 5T Denny Dare Jarksml Daphne GeovghTou Kerrvorhw EeTTTTdTTET/Tey STTThTahs College From smau begmmngs The (From loll!) nethe Whrle. Tmcey Shahml Karen Mngrey, Kmhevme Jenhm Mn is Tom Lha Szokola. gaTheTth has grown |o Tnclude nme (hows hem NomlTe Pon Lauren Barry, MeTehTe Sam The Johannesburg Privale Schooh Eseh ehe" performs one or Two TndmeeaT Ham: and The massed cholrs 5mg 3 number or songs theh. Tm The pas| ThTee yeals. have been condueTed respechve schools sang |oge|h2r under The ex» sang as a combmed chow and IndideuaUy IT by RTeher Cock TT Ts a mesT excmng expenence peTienced baTon oT RTeher Cock was emeg To smg wuh oTheT VOICES and under To heaT appvomea|ely Tom hundred ehThTTen The SATV recoldlngs marked lhe end of |he a diilerent Londuclor Smgmg wilh such conhdehce and wTTh ohwous second Terms Tunehens la! The chow. They were Oh Quote 1% we sang a! The Cunhrmanon enyoymem EspecTaHy memomme was Then per super '0 do. and I Thmh aTTeT havmg seen Them Service whvch was cd by BTshop Desmond lormance oT The Flanders and Swanh song. A broadcasT on TeTeVTsTon. ThaT They were possTbly Tum. H was a memorable servvce and the (hon Transport 0/ nehghT ['Hold Verl} TTghT pTease The besT services we have had recorded They Teeny emoyed sihgmg (er TT TING TING") are always Tuner when recorded Tn The chapel The lollowmg day The chow sang a| 5T Frarmg' In May The gTTTs sang a! The TmTTaTTon 0T M wim The TesT otThe school and congTeganon (or Church. Parklowh where we sang Bernayd Healher Jayes, Twho represemed The [Tons suppon Rose's S! Andvmn 15 CLUBS Senior School ponant because they enable us to see Varied We saw some excellent movies. ranging horn mas oi wildlile and |heit adaptations to then the all~time classic West Side Story' to lhe Computer Club einrOnmeHL tn 3 way which we cannot In' Oscarrwinning Terms ct Endearment' (during vestigare practically at school The Videos on the which 100's of tissues were put to good use'l Whtie Rhtnos. the Gtant Pandas and the Low The comedy Some Like it Hot' starring Marilyn The compete. club had lie lirst meeting on e dulozi Game Reserve enabled us to see conser- Monroe was very entertaining and so was Altred Febnlall} etenmg tn the Junior School compul ev Valion protects in operation even though we Hitchcock's thriller Psychn The last movie we mom Twenty git ls attended and (or the tolloWr cannot participate actively In them ourselves saw was a bit ol 5 culture shock {or us gtvls who mg tout weeks thew were given e briel mtroduc» Among our guest speakers this year was Mrs were used to the sensation and splendour cl tton to the BASIC computer language on the Hewson who came to talk to us about Beauty Hollywood s movies, The world at Apu . an [nr Ataris Since then two Similar courses have been Without Cruelty's campaign. She showed us a dian film directed by Sataiit Ray was de nitely held every term and there have been other graphic Video about the etiects oi testing not the kind of movie we expected or thought meetmgs concerned with word-processlng and cosmetics on animals. as well as the results 0! we wanted to see. but it turned out to be a using muSIC programs on the BBC computer the fur trade and the use 0! animals in laboratory tremendous success. We were fascinated by a In add lon to the evening meetings, many girls experiments The discusston whtch followed iilm that was so diKerent from the usual runs booked time on the BBC compute! m the Senior showed that many at us telt strongly about cruel- at the cinemas 7 and we were pleased to have school in the etternoons The use of a lighl»pen ty |0 anlmals and subsequently applied tor broadened our understanding at various fiim~ tor design has been very popular membership to Beauty wtthout Cruelty . tng techntques and to have seen a ditierent style Stnce September the situatton has changed In the second term Peter Johnson showed us tn directing we now have 13 BBC cqmputers complete with a (rim on the Antarctic which dealt With the kinds Many. many thanks to Madame Keet tar dtsc drives and colour monitors in the Senior 0' wildlife (ound in the Antarctic and lheif habits orga ng Ftim Club And also to Barry Rouge school and also there is much move opportunity as well as details at an expedition which had {or gtvmg up his time so often to come and for *hendeon exptlience The cunentevening set olf to study Me in the Antarctic We all enr speak to us I would like to wish Madame Keet course has been Itmtted to 13 girls but each one toyed discussing varlous envtrehmentai points lots at happiness next year when she leaves St has a keyboard lo herseli and a speually writ. With him after the him. One ol the issues raised Andrew's Film Club is gems to miss you. ten 'Bastc Tutor' complete with example drsc, was the proposed Camel race through the Madame' so she can learn at her own rate With only ocr Okavango. This discussion resulted in us almost Mime Faber castonal help ham 3 teacher There IS also a set writing to the Camel organizers to try to per oi worksheetsto help with wovdrptocessing (or suade them to abandon the race because it anyone who wants to learn that would have been devastating to the ecosystem St Andrew s now has at very Iayge settware oi the Okavango Swamps We were relieved Junior Science Club library ot educational programs. ranging trom to hear that the race had been called 0" anyway material suitable '01 Standard 1 to worked ex The htghllght ot the year was our night mp to amples m maihematlc$ at Higher Grade Matric the Johannesburg Zoo Night excursions have Thls year we have had tremendous lun while tor Standard 10 revvston The latest addition 13 iust recently been introduced at the Zoo and we increasing our knowledge oi the world around e progyam which helps gtristo wnte mustc which were amongst the lust people to expetience one us Mtss Williams and Mrs Appieby presented wtti also print out the sheei muSIC when you ask otthem During this unusual. but excittng venr us with some very interesting and enjoyable pro- il [0 More educational programs are being add- ture, we were introduced to the ntghtrliie' oi blems to solve ed regularly. and [hey are available to any girl the nocturnal antmals in the Zoo These antmals We made strange shapes out 01 potatoes and who takes the trouble to seek them out ranged item bush babies and hedgehogs to nails. we made cardboard parrots and tried to When the new Computer Centve opens in leopards. antbeavs and tackels We were given balance them all in the pursuit oideducttons January. the main tunction oi the computer club a slide'iecture on types of nocturnal antmals and about gravrty We experimented with melting will be let those gtrls m Standatds 9 and 10 who their adaptettons tt: a nocturnal way ot lite and glass. and pulled it into twlrls and threads to see will not be including computing on thelv normal atter our walk through the 100 we entoyed how far the heat wtli stretch it Iimetable refreshments around a tire The trip was very Another evening at science taxed our Ken Lewis successful and I hope that the Conservation mathematical abtlittes as we used our calculators Club will be able to return to the zoo sometime in very tnvnlved calculations tn order to term in the future words The next stage of this acttvrty was a race [would like to thank Mrs Orsmond to! her sup» to complete the crossword oi scienti words Conservation Club port and guidance throughout my Chairman The activity 1 enjoyed most was the 'magic ship [hIS year wnting' using various chemicals. among them Mary van 1121 Rte! lemon juice. we wrote secret messages on With |he decision to introduce clubs on Wednest paper. When heated. the papet produced a day evenings in addition |o the usuat Ftlday multircoloured message evenings. we have managed to meet almost For us, the message tram science club has been three times every term Film Club Eureka' Duringihese meetings we have seen a number Dale-Ann Dnny oi Video: on such IOPlt: as White Rhinos. Diagonihes. Giant Panda) and Ihe Londolmt Ftlm Club had over 60 members this year, whlch Game Reserve Iihmk that these Videos are im meant that it was one 0! the most popular clubs 35 5: Andrea" Literary Society During (he rst term we held lunchhme dtscusr SIOnS In preparation tor the English Olymplad and Keith Mayker spoke to us about Athet Fugatd In the second |erm we saw the film 0' To Kl a Mockingbird and In the third |evm Michael Gardinet came to ottsottss Wopko Jensma's poetry with us The English Olympiad was o valuable exV petience because ol the many differences bet ween the Olymplad and an ordinary test The amount at work you do ts determined by your Pottevy submt ed by Jenntler Jones a: par! o/ her motwancn, and the teachers are not allowed to work [oY her momtutahen exammmtan Quest Club give much help However, there were |o|s ot discussions during breaks whtch were exnemely usetut tor channetltng our ideas and 1tstentng to The evening that we spem wtth Mtoheet 0er Que5| Club vs a club whtth deals wIIh genelal olher points 0! view. diner tn 3 prehmlnary study ot Jensme s poelry Issues that are of mterest to us members Thts Keith Maykev, explained Absurdist Theatre to has opened many doors to us stt year tt has been sad to note tha| there have been us. In particular, the tnlluence It has had on Marv van der met very lew members 01 IhIS club Fugard's works This was tasetnattng as tt enable Susan Toms The head 01 the club is Mrs Ede and she has ed us to look at the sel plays [mm a new angle Ten! Raslron pvoved to be a soulce ot enlhustasm whtch has We watched a video of People are Living Thete' made membership wonhwhtle Some 04 the wtth vVonne Bryceland the same evening club's a(llvllves thts year ate as toltows Fugard has a very hardshimng style, and we In the ltrst term we alrended an tmer-school found both talk and lm very thought Pottery general knowledge qulz 1n the second [Elm we provoking. went along to support two gnls [tom the schoot The black and while version 0[ To KT 5 Mock who were pattictpattng tn Htstory Speech Comr ingbtrd' portrayed the characters of Scout, Jam The pottery classes underwem great changes petitton and later tn the Ierm we watched the and Amcus Finch, and Tom Robinson wtth a this year, but they have provided us wtth a very movie AH Qutet on the Wesmrn Fyom' Finals vtbtant Vttahty The humour and ptetudtces of challenging and sttrnutattng pertoet ly, tn the third term we had a speaker, Dr MOP the Deep South were handled warmly and Sen Firstly. Mrs Greenhorn left us and WE would Ivke ris thjoen. who gave a talk and showed shdes sttively. Although the soundrttack \S uneven to thank her (or he! enthustastic contribution to on hts recent tnp to Russta stter so many years, the tthn remains a superbly the classes In het place came Mrs c Ventet and These expenenees have an proved to he tn- atmosphenc evomtton ot the novel we soon became eomptetety tnvolved in out valuable 7 so come on everyone. Quest Club mastetpieces yet agatn ts the m Club I was born 26 July 1939 in ventetsdom Secondly, the section of (he an room which had Klm Wilson Hound mysel/ m a situation been reserved as a pottery area was panilionv ed on to steete a sepetete potlery room Mrs SrC.A. Wopko Jensma c Ventet has very generously donated 3 tot et Wopko Jensma ts by no means a convenlional' new equvpmenlt which wtn be put to use tn the South African poet It would. perhaps. be more room. Once agam the year has been a rewardmg one appropttate to refer to him as an artist. because A htghhghl ofoux year was [he excurston (o the tor the members ot SCA Early tn the year we he manlages to combine his uency tn many Johannesburg Techmkon Here we were shown had a number ot guest speakers In thts thttd term languages ttncludtng English. Atrtkaans. and a the ceramics department The was ot great in we have had a senes ot talks on the Holy 5pm! number 0| Iownshtp dtzlects) as well as his own terest to on the guts and gave us a gtirnpse ot For us the year has Included many sneeesstut graphic an and photography into hts poetry the wlde scope or Cemmtcs events includmg a braat to start the yeav. com- Although Jensma's poetry reveals hts bitterness We would also Itke Io thank Mrs Meyer who mittee dmners wtlh other SCA s and a day's and trustyatton at the situation in South Atnca, takes the Frtdey ctass, tor her very tndtvtduat conterence a| St Mary's dealtng wtth The there is anolher important tactor that adds value and creative contributton Thanks also go to Mrs Greates| Commandmente to his poetry, Wopko Jensma ts a whtte Hughes tot helping wtth the time at the ktltt dur- In our services and especta y the eventng Atrtksansspeoktng Soulh Atrtoan who was, .n. ing the week We have all emcyed out work prayer, we have alt learned the vmpunance and deed. born tn Ventetsdot-p. His poelry provtdes this yeart and we hope that our teachers have power ot prayer The year has ptsoed an em- hope and tnspttatton tot all South Attteens, tn also derived pleasure lrom our efforts phasis on player and wtmessmg Thts was en. |hat he \5 able to llanscenl ractal and SOCIBI bar» Jennllel Jones couraged by the Mtsston tn the second terrn tiers. whtle at the same time captunng the air Thts year SCA has had more contact wtth Sane llludes and emotions ol the South Attican nan tttre Umon and we hope thtswtu eonttnoe along wtth the enthhstasrn and smcenly o(SCA tn the (ton as a whole new year Ntehoh Dunlap 5t Andrean 37 Seniox School Swimmxng Team (mm rotu/ L R Ann stmmmm I(ayrey Mavmhmdt. Mary mu 111:7 Rter, Toma Mummm: Emma Jenkma. Clavre Stmmond: thHtpa Hulden (Fourth ron/ Phttnpn Symon: Juannme Cmnshaw. Brenda Austen Knsten Meygr Slarev Maud L155 Jemnw Yvette Grexlé erale Marta 1 ! mm mm Itnca Folly ,mme Brooke. Nndme Barnard, Ingnd Km/II Emnwyn Comm Nora Watt Inqnd Wolson (Second row] Venty mm Janet Han Belmda Barnard Kuthevme Holmes. Angelvque Emmet Atmmdm non Hom- Wundu Atktnsr m Sabmlo Rove : Fvedsncka Hudson Jam- RM um: row! Hanté Jammy ./0 Am Grre-Ihalglv 1M Mmshead «Cupmm/ Mrs ThorntonvSmnh, JMm/sr Jam Tmry Rudhng Theresa Waylon Senior School Swimming Report Tmmtng and Mrs Thomtoanmnh are synonvmous' Andrew's swtmming team went on (he moooove Mrs Thorntoanmtth. However wtthout her there would have been no team no tmmmg, no Mrs Cordes and the team went down to East London by train The trip gala: and n0 Inlerrvah was grea| Inn and we amved In East London with overmled stomachs. M's Thormoanmtth. th her enthustasttc coachmg and support. helped The follnwmg day we swam a gala against Clarendon High School, who butld up a team whxch had conhdence and atamtna The team was very also hosted us We won |he tvxluve and went on to swtm m a Provtncta] suppomw and emhustas c and showed that: abihties long before Inter gala that evenmg Girl; entered tndwtdual events and we entered [Ive Htgh m venous Fuday and Satuvday gatas against whoo s Sunh as S! mama Into the tmat relay event On Sunday everybody relaxed cm Cen Mary s Parktown. ngsmead. Brescta Rosebank and Roedean {ral Beach and se| oft home that evemng w-th |anned faces wtm the Support at the school. swtmmmg team and the general arr Betng swtmmtng cap'atn made me enthustas c about the success of the mosphere on the day, Inter Hugh was again a great success and St Anr team and u was great |o atlam that success Good luck for next Veal Swtm drew's for the fourth successm year. achteved seamd place mtng Team. and remember. when: here is water. swtm' Now (or the highlight On the 28th February Ihts year. the St Lisa Matshead 35 St Andrean Junior wammlng Tum Eurkmw [L R! Camenne Cumw Angela Mum Dmvm Wayland Avvgulu GuHmo V(mmxu Vom-m Jcnm/pyAusm Vnmsm Mega» lonmm Goodvmzv: wmw Hmm 4vaw SumMnnoww Umre Hommu Snmlv l/ 6mm Btzrhnml urw (U(xm Gram Lur ndn Andwson Jevm/erl,u:vd unrmquzllwk Jumwme Gmmumw Fenlland Mus 3n: mm Hva Osbome Nndm Da emos Kulhemm Jenkm Km: Slangu! Bermrv Karkwmwr, Mawonne mm Heimdn I re» Nummu Tom 1w WWW 2min)".- Mmcene Rm: Morgan Briggs JulmAvm Pl'mxv Tmmyn awn Mm! A rv mdcr Bramuen Wham" Lva love Shannon mm rm Caera Nam N((o'c Robenxan merow SwobhanDawson Jcnm/NAh'xamlm Mam mmmm [71'de Andvvvm Mn! rm: AlmmndeeLnS Mew Conn lanw Funnm M?NWW Ncop/Hlon Junior School AI «m» and or me «vs: term we mHnwmq qw s :vrewed Mm Awnvd» {0v mmmmg Std 2 5m a Swimming Report 1 qum A Hows M A rum 8 PmreH our m gala [ms year was a league gal.) swum agaum Sandungmm Cynhlevw 5 Jauamrr and cow Mann Our gwls med extremely haul and lhe (max resuhs were Cohn r R(szw Mann 72 Sandvmgham 58 s« Andrews 52 and cmdene 17 Std 3 51d 5 meg m bad wealher our second gm was canccHed N De/Iwm n Amlmaxm rCupHm)! I he mm! league gala 00 (he season was mm m Bmm ey The learn «um am M tangy: r (?me We mdeed and we won wnh RU pomts [oHowed bx, Bmm e» Wm 47 pomn am! K Slengt Falvmoum wvlh 40 pomts We ememd 9 gxrlg 1m lhe lmel area Mala Alex Hevus mv<15arthu|v s: Andwmv 39 Showjumping On Ihe 3rd Augus| 1955, St Damd s College he d [hen annual mAetrschoo! horse show Iwas pleased |o lmd m we had enough tale ! amongst us |o enable us m enter St Andrew's recevved a mud place m me even! against nineteen olherteams Thus was the 75 yednhm 5 Andrew's has been in (he placings The (earn members were Rebecca Waddell. Nlmm S|eward. Lyn Reed and Shana Snedr den wnh lehan Shedden as Ieserve The compenuon was run over Iwo rounds and «he |eam wnh me fewest lauhs were (he wm hers Rebecca on her horse Be Brave and ch01a ndmg Purple Pira|e. both rode well and each compleled two clear vounds Lyn had an unmnunate round ndmg Toa§| Mas er but she also rode well Gillwan dxdn ! have to compete as all me team members wexe present My own horse. Easy Money, gave us anmher clear round I hope after (he «eam s success Hm year, we Wm D|v|ng Team connnue (0 enter the companion in me years Szcnnd mw Judy Ann L brm Alexandra mm Hone to come Juslme moke Rebeuu Greenhalgh The show was extremely we run and 1| was Hm mw Chamglk' Mw/on Nmmra (nmrop, Mr» J lovely to see some gxrla om St Andrew s who Lauren; 7mm mam came awong on me day to supper! us and carry our banner fol us, Diving Shona Snedden Holders of TUI & Jo burg 1935. and another yea! o! vmlorybr me 5. An Colours for Sport drew s Dlvmg learn Once dg m me hm hours 05 machce 1mm our duvets and pauence [mm um coache, pm 0 The mgr. glandard of diving al Sv Andrew swas appamnl m the Imer house Dwmg Compemvon early m the year Aher an excenem pmormame lrom everyone Alexandra Von Hone umuorb and ChameUz Muon {semn were awarded [he Cups. lov om place and the compelmon wa~ won by M ner House To prepare (0! Interergh w commued m lraln mlensxvely The day was one 0( great mmsmn and exulemenl Age gruup by age group s: Andrew's wok [he waoxm ]n ma undev 15 age group A Von Hone took um place and J me seumd 1n lhe under 16 age group T Rudlmg rook hm place and J Brook mnlh 5| Andrew's was m m place «0 gvve |he swxmmers a good «an Throughom me day the encouragement and Suppoyl 0( our coach Mrs Mum. M's Von Hone. «he warn molher' and me games 5m kept us 90mg Second mw Kmv WNW; (Squaw Mmm Steward Showlumplng team We would a" like to thank Mn Muon and M [R quh Shelley Nunes (Squash! Judy Ann Lmem Second mw Rebeca: WnddeH, Nmola Steward Von Hone wllhom whom we know we could mmmg; Hm row Gvan Snedden Shana Snedden Lynn not have achveved what we dlzl Fun mw Chaana Muon 10mg; June Wvlsun Reed Nlchnla Dunlap {bquuml Ingnd Kmm lHorkey) 40 5: Andrea" Junior School Tennis Tennis Report T ne W3 Tmms Leaguc mm WV mom; [mwmd m Mm wwminm en musmm b\n wk 3 (cvlam nmmml n! nepydalmn m mmv m um yu ahw: ma p awd [Qagu maM\e_~ hMme Howm mm a mmvmx lvumnw w m» "mam honueaumeuwdown and amwmmumm lhup dvehb ganmph»Min move mmmum Thu mm mm m {ulhuu A B n Avulumm 24 r Gram 1' mm 24 1 Sum Kw M Rr'qu & : Ilmman M! \ 0m. & K Iwn um r mumm :4 T da H Capelu (: Ha I: a; M v qum Remm P Warm K 5167mm FIRST TEAM LEAGUE RESULTS AE Bra: H A Jun A 41 22 Ben! I(Umbrand! MM 17 It) Real Dunueqan 3 ? 34 Ben! Bsd/nrdwew x 051 m m {)0qu 12 31 Beat JOMIHHL'murg am [03! m (Elunhu/r'. 15 dS (m! m Gh nhn/e [ml m huru m » 2 ) 38 [,ml m lavvnmum Z7 36 mmmunmm . mnmwmwmpwmmmwunamm Rmu||~wew 4)» mm, Sing|es Doubles .szd 3n M 19% M 5mm :4 K Sremlw 51d 4 C Bosvvmn c Bowmn ac M r v um 51d 5m. (3 'sum 1) mama" zc c Clam» A Tennls Team Tm. s ngwmandnoummimn lodumdexhe>6h00b5mqk>m1d Dmlhleyxhdm Standing Culbw m 0..qu I)mrdru Amtmm am uuw Mn r» um.» mans were m r muly mnmvded 1n m» Singles nal, mom hm: Black m '; 5mm Mnrgqu m.gg. mm 5mm two (In Numb cm, )dli .3 o o 2 b .4 m m Double; hum. Anduhmw um! m neat thk and \'m\ qum .u K NR 04 3x) (.5 A vmwdw mdlrh we) mam durmg mp M 0va! mm). ngamx Nugwwml m mam hemg :eleded [rum 5mm : 4 The team M. m 1011st 1 c 3mm" VCApmm) & c Cmayar 2 M I van Ovr e XL P Wl) l\ .i K Junkm & J [um] RCSEYVVQ H Hawgnn V Pvmn mi The mm: W.» a mmmdmg w 4m 3: Amlvew» we won mm 47 1b Tm: remauung [our League nmches were p ayed m rm mm mnn m mm mm Chas Buck and van Vught mm pmmomd lo m A leam MW .19 Room Calm and Culaym rep accd Ihn-m m m B mam A 5 Boat Cvmdene 4x 15 Rem ng Dam x2 31 Bed! Sandnnqham '{3 30 Real Bmm m 49 H On Saluydav 2m September 10 nmmm permuted nw daughwr: and www: pluymga Round Ruhm ummmmuu m: wmnchnup v \m M, Dvmu and ma wuh Mrs Bnggsand Morgan {vmshmg second 0va one game mm m wmneh As lhvs wa< a gm: suctess and momuthv wunwd m mvwm :v M» (imam m arrange anovhev Mmhevs mu! Dauqh ev» [mum mnrmng m bv mam 0n mm dav mh November P Cordes B Tennis ham Standing Kathemve mm; Leanne Scot! ng, rmmu mm Candace Hm" Mvs p Cnnlas Suted Maw lane mm um: Michelle van Vugm 5: Andrew) 41 Tennis A Team (Second row/ Cavohne vahavdson, lngnd Km/[l Jenm/er erson Kvm Bnqgs (From my Juhe Wleon Mn. Corrie: [harem Tolken (Captam) a Team (Serond row] Wendy Arkmmm Jacquerme Needham Angela Carrwnghl, Kym /4150" [From mw/ {Iamrm dz; Manlior [Caph-Im), Mr: Cordes. Hnnlé Jerome One a! me hughlvghts cl [he «enms seawn is lhe annual match Agamsl me om 6M5 Once again .m- Old cm; learn proved a powerfu one and w m: me A team 4&33 The 13 learn managed V0 wm Wm we store 47-34 Ihe games were assay comesled and good hard [Ennis was anyoyed by an The Semor sxngm Champmsmp was won by Theresa mm and «m- Jumnr 5mm C}uamp\onshxp by era Briggs Theresa mm and Ingnd mm were me wmneys 0' the 52mm Senior School Tennis Report Doubles wmle m- Jumor Double, was won by Kn Bnggs and Camlme Rxchardmn The mm; |eam< had a very successlm year w h me n Veam aduvevmg me m uveran vesuH m me and a [he ms: mrm. lhe (ollowmg awards were made the league and wlnmng ol \he Homing new The mm; mm ,1, loHow» h l cr ours [w award? 7 Theresa To keu and Ingnd Km"! Hal! colours (re award] 7 Juhe ston A man. a mm c Ream Menl badges 7 Davmz de Marlllzc. Jenn eerlson Angela Can T Tolken (Cupmm/ wngh me Wvlson Hanlé Jerome, Kua Bnggs and Cavohne n (12 Munl ar [Cuplan M Bums? (captum/ I Km/[x 11 Jerome Richavdson Juhe WHSOH P Holden Congvazmaxmns go to an hese 9le A Canwngh! K Gdnwur Jenm/er ston K wyrm w Barnard On behallolall [he Ienmstearm lwomd hkemmank MrsColde: K Bnggs w Alkmmn [0v an her ,uppon and encouragemem Ihroughuux the tennis 3 5mm reason c thhmdxon J Needhum R baton s Wu, vaIqu I would m m wvsh me 1985 (enms leams noon! UCK The {ma mun; ol me Tennis League 1985 were D team E Iezm F team Schouls A 3 c D E F s Gm [Laptaml s Huddy played: ((uplmnl I, Leny 5: Mary: C Kullsoumdm M Pm" A Simmonds 26 55 34 47 25 56 a9.32 26755 32749 k Jenkmx 1 Maslavsan P Symom Roedean 35 46 51312 39 42 49 32 4734 35 46 s RoveHr 1 vaka 5 Hmsa ,Iuppe 50 31 4s 35 6120 51 20 5714 A M de MarvHat A Ray Juhe l earhng ngmeaa 51 20 40 41 a6 25 50 31 55 23 54.27 C Svmmondx J Km .1 Young ng Damd 39 42 27 54 35 43 45 35 54 27 ~ I Warm r Leuzh Brescra un/muhed un/nmhed mv/muhvd 54 27 49 32 4932 Theresa Tolken 42 5; Andrea" Squash s1 Andrew s squash has made good pmgms lhmughoul me year The inxeyesL emhusmsm and par llcipanon or me 9111; has mcreased kemendcusly nus 111121251 was obvious in the mxer house squash mm pemlon when each hcuse entered lwo Ieams con 515mg 01 [our playevs each The school squash warm have done exueme y wen (h1s season as we came second In vhe \eague, 1mm warns [05mg only one match Weu done 10 an m players We are 3150 proud (hm m 01 our players managed lo gam Transvaa colours Congrmmanms go (o K1111 Wllson and Shelly NW: 1m makmg lhe Transvaal under 1513 5,112 The annua squash compemlon W run very a((vclemly and our [hanks go 10 our coach Mrs l,ew1s(or 311 he! oygamsmg Th2 wmnev 01m: senmr compemmn was June When and (he Junior sechon W won by Shaw Nunes Spemal mm; go lo M15 Heynsh): aH her suppon and Encouragement Wroughou! me year Well done 10 all phym and best 01 luck 10! 1he (ulurp' June Wilson Under 19 151-1 and mw/ 1, R D9bomh Puma Mn 1.91111: My,- Hem Isabel 1mm, Rem : 95 9 mm ">111 M( nla vhmme s: Andmuu 11: 1711911111119 A won 1 0 111112 Wm" mm mm 11.11 111111: B 1051 3 1 Nonmrvew A won 3 1 51 Marlyn: A 1mm .7 1 Sandnnglmm A 11m. «1 a 1.11mgm A man 3 1 St Mary's 13 1mm .1 1 Resull U163 League S1Am1w s 115 511mm} 12 won 4 n [dermule A mm 3 1 nndrmgham A la»! n 4 11m Pm A 1mm 3 1 Ewmmun A 1mm 4 a Mondem A dn n z 2 (iremvsuiy 13 mm! a a Wmmdgu A won :1 1 Under 15 (Serond 7011 MN 1 1m: 50.110116 MK 11 Hews 11 «n: mm) Angvhque 1111mm Km. Mm 5119111 Mum Anmm 43 OPEN DAY The openmg 01 the Soudhevm Block m Fehruary was a gab magma 1m |he school Ram hovered namuuy m the background uuu] am the Ceremony had been commemd and an our guesls had enjoyed the e» hvbmons and demonstranom m every department .n we school Parents; o der sMers. many (rmnds and ex pupvlg vxsvted me schoo and obvious 1y enjoyed the opportunity of 529mg 5 me new dasaronms and equip mam We wens pleased «0 see many old gms mdmgmg in mp5 0! noslalgxa How [hm hm]! exammdtmns have lo<| (heir lelror and nowheye m m grounds vs m othnunds' 1 The Compulw room Mm m hands on [0v hommr berm 0.2mm Comm" am mm ngm Luw Ennrb: and Chum mm 13601911! 1 2 Shaw Kruger ml 4mm; Curmuym wmrnm m MM MarCann :2 mehnr lore. Uhne McLean [mm mm and Darwin mman 4 IngeuoulwnguesseahuuIongyou mvrlumm/nnhgexploslon Karin" Herhler 5mm, Km! Wm I(nbe! Lenny and Home Jerome mdu qemscven n/K Speculuhon MMS Mm CuHm-n m m» backgmund 44 5; Andrea" 1 Evan «hon! has a ekermn or Iwn m m run honrd Cinne Sumvvomix and Immm Waum pose h): wow and a/m mew wmdxmg \mdw: m m m B oroqy mmmm- 2 Jacquem Edge (de NeH Mew map reudmg mum Geagmpm Room 5: Andrew 45 Netball Inter-house Nelhal] ma: momugm emm ed by an who wok pm Athletics um L eav Not bmng a man)! span m the ghoul. n .s p aled mom on .. inendly man on a cumpehlwe mew n seems as though me. house mmm has become xwrmem» Vhe «mhusmsm m lhe pwawrs more Khan mom Slgmhtam m lnlev house compemlcn m schom made up m: m» 3ch o! a m» wave} 0! gm 7 as weu wm xlve new house me. mm :5 a 0! more com w; a feu Imsmd mm along Ihe way pemmn as more people ave gmn Ihe chance m Unlovmnmeh u was um possib e Iomgame a malch mmpm mm anomur :clmo vowards me and DI Ihe second A new even! 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Mcie 0rd 1 x s: Andman 49 GRADE TWO A Japanese Party Well done Nick Trip to the Moon On Tuesday my class and I had a Iover CapIaIn Polly was a very bad pIraIe and was Once I went to pIay with Maria I was walkmg Japanese dmner We pu| cur kImOnOS on and greedy He had a thousand crew Thecvew had m Ihe big garden and I quIckly shot up and I then we seI Ihe table Our teacher cooked Ihe to go up the sandy shore They had Io dig and went to the moon I met a IttIIe green man and dinner m a wok Then she pul vege|ables In and dIg 5.x hoIes a day One day one oI the crew he sand to me. Hello. my name Is Moonface some soya sauce The dmner was called a found a map He ran Io the boat He bursl m My name .s Eugeme. I said He sand Io me SukiyakI Some 04 us had umbrellas and some to lhe caplaIn's cabm Look. look, Hound a map would you like to come to see the whole moon oI us had cushIons We talked politely. It was sand Nick Set to wovk Io (ind the treasure Wail. and the whole world Oh yes please I Just knew the lovelIesI day at school I ve ever had said Ntck. what II It IS nothmg Look hrst at the you wouId say Ihat and I went |o see the whole Malia Barman map CapIam Poll Iooked aI the map He look- moon and the whole world I Iold Maria Good ed very very eXCIIed. It Is the map Io show Ihe gramous chIld, you must have made a yoke sIIver yewels. Nmk got Ihe rest 01 the crew We Eugenie Tancled are going to Imd Ihe )ewels So NIck got the rest of the crew (or m long days He looked and Iooked The next day NIck found (he sIlver yeweIs They were rIghI up on Ihe shore Capr My Pirate Adventure Iain Pol] saw] to NIek you may have extra {mm the Ireasure The Witch s Broom One day I asked my mother II I could go and Natasha Walker see some piraIes No, she SaId. ll Is Very A much had e broom dangerous Just then a knack came on the door A broom, a broom It was my daddy He saId. hello and said would She ew at mght you Itke to come and see some pirates. II was My sea adventure She ew nghl out a] 5.5;" a trap The vaates had caught hIm and wanted One dark mght Io ca|ch us | saId yes M was time lo go at l Me and my friend wenl m a heat I sald I see She had such a frtghI o'rlock II was really goinglo be an adventure a whale 1 wassolnghtened I grabbed my menu Her cauIdmn had gone We were in [he mIddIe of the sea A|1|he pirates The whale washuge Hetried onump m He Her speII went wrung pointed |heIr guns and swovds They took us was bashmg Ihe boat The sea began Io get She got on her broom I0 3 nave under the Sea After 700 years Peter rough, Then Ihe boal began Io wobble Then And went up In the moon Pan came and saved our lives We were run the watercame m II was cold Itold daddylo Tessa-Lynn Huddy hung away when I smelt Iue The ptraIes were get a buckeI. Daddy got Ihree buckets. We each commg and had sel (us to our boat Peter Pan get a buckel and Iook the water out. I told daddy had three bombs He threw them all and the |o say stop |o the whale but he dId noI. Then pnrates were dead We were all saIe at home daddy dropped the anchor It you stop I will give agam you some knl! The whale stopped We gave Charlotle Rabolapl him some kaII and he swam away GeorgIna Auld The Magic Pol Trouble in the Playground One day I was walkmg lsaw somelhmg brown II wasa cooking pm It had a sad and uegIace One day I took my friend the elephant Io school h was a magic cookmg puI IsaId haIlo pot I'm Some boys said elephant thI you play wIlh us not called pol [am called Fas|er lam a magic Yes I thI play wuh you. send elephant I took pot. but you mus| never put me on Ihe (are You hIm to |he playground, He began to knock the musl jusl say plemy and there wIII be plenty et swungs and jungle gyms down My teacher said (cod I went home and puI hut! in my mom he was a nuisance so I had to take hIm home. I wem Out and toId my Mother lwent back Mr Jennlfer Alexander to my room and I said plemy' In a mInuIe Ihe pot had made H and we all had supper Nichola Penlland-Ellis 50 5! Andrea" STANDARD ONE Wimer wlnd blows Water [reezes Dry skm People hurry. Teeth chatter Ammnls sleep Whne Snow. Icy roads Knees knock. Numb ngers Doors creak I(ICIES [all Ho! chccolate Cracklmg Irres. Lang walks. Runny noses 1th [S wlmerl My Dreams Blonwyn Wharton Some dredma ave pleasam Some dreams are (x sm I am sv unpleasam Ionce had a pleasam dream ahoul Friends alovest Ilwed in mlsloresl The ammals were Frlendsare mere [0 help you and [0 share your all my inends We played many games l ale problems Frlends ale playmates It you did not wlld slrawbemes and Other (mus, I drank waver have a fnend you would be vevy bored Do you how a sprmg Ilwed m a Heerhouse m a Wlllow have an lmagmaru Mend" l do My besl lnends nee Some mlce who Ilved near an oak lree F: ave Marcelle and Delrdre my next door sewed me a golden dress. a headband made neighbour My dog ls a [nend lo me so KS my oi whl e dalsies and yellow dallodlls and Silver cal My Teachers name ls M15 Gvaham She slippers They were so kmd lo me and they also vs a helpmg lvlend A book ls also We a (xiend broughl me cheese and honey Someumes we lo me especlally when I am lonely sat on the sol: grass and daysdreamed Suddenr Eellssa Pascoe ly I woke up and mm was the end o! my dream I tell so dlsappolnled Fatima Mayat [I l cauld Fly H I could fly I would feel as free as an eagle Me brushlng my teeth by Hayley Cocpev Nrmle Iwould soar \hxough vhe an and «eel a5 llghl a5 Robmsmv and Krvslen Anderson alealher Iwould dadgelhelree tops lwould look at the church smeple and best 01 all I would wave lo my lnends When I grew med. l would perch on a nearby (me Oh wouldn'l ll be (hull mg .l I could (ly Hayley Coopel My Cottage When I [me In a cottage Me musmng my teen: by Remade e Hm Menssa Ishull keep w my cottage Calm and LurlHe Co(hmne Two lazy ladres. Three bug brllygoats. Four lnncy llshes. FVUE slzzlmg sausages. slx preny pnmroses Seueu dalsy ducks. 5.9m bent books. Nl ne sharp shells. Ten lemme lenms players Eleven popular puppies meme lasly lens and One blessed baby m a basket Simone Farah S; Avvdreavl 51 STANDARD TWO The Seagull A(mxs me rand The Seagull A( ms: (he set: soars mm Spread her black shawl Hunlmg Imbmcmg all A" M She lunched Ouer Duvkneu had armed (he wrid Sarah Fitl-Gerald uuu orenn / Hm mm am www m m puwm n ong um A5 I! srreed ea um unvk mm mm» mm m {he ,Iumor Pmmm mm and 5cm. umm SAC Cream Wnlmg Compennon / pvevcmg y to as male, {he shermen look up They y up on m (1 cm The I/edglmgs cry our [mm me "95! Wm. mew beak: ugh! open The wave: cmsh on [he rocks a was qutel Sp|der |n a web All lha! can be heard Lvm anm we Hie hmd screeches Commg [row the seaguus Samantha Welton Cats See the kmen on the wall Spomng all [he Ieaues that [all theved leaves One, (mo. three Spldzx m a Web From the lo/ty elder nee Genemeue Eli s Crunches. Slrerches The Storm Paws and dons Dmmous clouds roamed overhead He's nothmg much but [m Darkness embraced the earth And two round eyes 0/ blue The wmd howled A 9mm pun- Trees moaned and groaned A Nudge! mew Thunder mmbred. Cals nghlmng ashed Heather Osborne Tenants 0/ mm Burs! from the heavens Floodmg houses Desnoymg gmdens Homlymg Tamiymg The storm IRSV. Liesel Baikal Spldel In a web 4 The 51mm vetwued 0 Men: Award m we SACEE Cn-mn/e Wnlmg Compelman I 51mm» Simpson \\ WE! \m', I \ u ll '\\ :39 Cats Cats have paws * S and very sharp claws They ve round and [at and enjoy enlmg rats Spldu In a web They prounce Phyms Foray and bounce and have mm: Iur The Night But I love :I when a car vahghl was ludmg last. can pun Mystenous shadows appeared Genevieve Ellis She dtd not make a sound Slowly she crept Samantha Wells" 52 St Andrew: STANDARD THREE A Balloon A Spell to Change the Weather The balloon Wrtrhes mumbre N511: nuv/HL as Make {he Lauldron bubble a bwd The ng Breath 0/ a 5mm) rmrds 55 3:) mm 5: MN 55511 /onn, doesnv gel 05! Flash 0/ hghlmng But :Uddem u AM Ah anmmng' u Thunders mono" 555;)5 Eubble wvlh the magvr pomm Ir: Bot] and bubb c, gone Make big trouble Ha Ha Ha Up Bevelley Hill! Up A Spell to make Things Disappear Frog's Veg: pops Toad's eye Kim Stzngel The thI/ of lhe wmd as 55 goes by Kleure Tongue o] a snake Gee! vs me New Van dye son Shadow 0/ the moon War 2552 dug skyn Cook 5: and bake En erke aan uerdwyn (he 551w of a spoon The mu 01a dog Erum vs dye Hem uan we grond. The blue 0/ 5m» sky . A i Waar a5 die blomme groer The nose of a hog. En al dve msekte me, and lhe Chevy o] a p52 Condusvon It worked «555' Tara Raeside Elou 15 dye Hem van dve hemel. 55% Waar dye uoélmes dram En dle wmd mam Roe: vs dve Hem van n mos DH 5 die moovsle. momste Hem Georgia Black n Dag by die Silkus Sounds in the Kitchen Veylede week he ek an my bmer Pvet na die The swlmg of bacon and 2395 sukus gegaan Mammle he! (wee kaanjles The whvslk 0/ the kettle gekoop By d5e mu, 5m ens spnngmvehes The dmkmg 0/ mam,» gekoop Ons he! dye hamwovse, olifame leeus Waxev gluggmg down the :mk honde en perde geslen DIE hanswors Bozo Thee are (he sound: I hear from me kudwn he| 'n bord op 'n ander hanswors Se kop wmre I he m bgd gebleek Due honde het om dle 510256 Ullika Sundh gehardloup Gedurende dm pouse he| ons mm dye hansworse gepraul Ons m ook roomys en kuemrank gekoop By dye Slrkus hel ons dye pevde en dye ohlame geslen Daama he! on: 51565 En almal ges5en 7 A Castor on plant outside the artroom oMame houde. leeus. hansworseen perde Du Nalmha Km was dle emde van dw Slrkus 0575 he d5! haw Beverly ng genvet Juhe Youem Jennller Wedgwood 5: Andrew 53 STANDARD FOUR Panats One day when I was helping my Ieacher sIapIe Talkatu e and colourful her papers I sIapIed her thumb Io me paper sze a smk gmmuphmw I wem for walks on the goII course wvth my MlXFd thh a mmbow Izachar and we rode on some horses from the gables Camels Now I am tall and medmm In weIghI m Std 4' Cnmrls are {he dcsevrs IvaImuIl [do a lot 04 mm aclivilies such as swimming. vagmg people across an (wen baUeI. the VIolln. the plane the xecorder and I 3Ingk)r1un lam m me Chou and I am IovIng Chameleons II ThaI Is abouv all. eXC p| Ihav I am quile huCy LIIIIe coIour processor Barban Purcell dekmg lhe canh Clelia Gallizio CMIn mums Ha h. Umsm (Lew 4mm I.) be pubhshnd oImIg mm Hm wk n[ quN umev PInaIIsM III the Samar anau Serum» o/Hm oulh A/mnn Oubooi (mm [m Mghm hhtmlmn Cwnmw WmInQ Stowe Hem Ouboni ( mnpmmu Wat he! ,y In Ion mond e OI Limericks Nnu sien ek. There was a young lady mI/ed Chine DIS Pa 52 skomI/ Who [ell UI/u Imge pIAYpll' more I! mod on her Im- Hy he! gvslev )Ieeldag And made her :ay OIII' Daamour gesaekv And mm was me end of poor Chme Hy saI bme kwaod wees Them was an nId xpmsmr 1mm Klegg Oubom WI] me me skuen Ieruggee me Who had a Commuallv bothermg leg Hy w d hé She Ion II (II Ia Hy hardlnup mm toe. And went on a last Om du meg m bére The arthrmr oId 4mm from Klegg 11k he! dIe skngn lalerm Ma se blnmluin geUInd Them was a young srhoolboy mum John Pa mas kwaad Who happened Io be an 2mm Maar roe 2k Ivom ueneI waar Ouboov me skoen Hr saw me pqu-e gebéve her. And m m a fiscal Her hy bagm Iag rImI late ex comm mum John Michelle de Bmyn Slums ouhke Oubom Alexandra szns My Life Until Now An Autobiography of Barbara Purcell lwas bom on [he lhIrd cl March, 1974 When I was born I was very pink wilh black haIr I My Train Trip screamed :1 Im when I was hungry Iwm rather A: I pay my [are mm lmk/Ing cows. (M W. blue eyes Iwa. an dIen baby when I lhe b2 : nng out as loud a: ran be. was awake I sIepI que a Im and I sucked my The Hams engme sum; umh a roar. thumb I was born on a mum Off we go! /\s I Icarm to mow mound my mum became vamer anxmm because I was d ways dmng Then as we mossed [he bndg? 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[mks en vegs, Leaves Heen en weer, Rusnmg m the IUIIK Jung dye wuehge IIevkeer kae a VIrvaan Indy». FIetse. busse, Iomes En mmms SIIk dress AImaI/aag. En Ioelers blans Cacti Gwen. geeI en VOOI The greyIsh grew) planls W12 Is dye onge/uksproov Thar gmw m [he aesm Gee my eeyder dIe pIaus LIke pmrushvans Rusng. sm En mom Michelle de Bmyn Karen Midgley Hoe My Kama! aan die Brand An autobiography of Victoria Geslaan hat Beanie on was ncgcruur m due aand op 5 November I was bom in Zambia, al the KI Wc GeneraI en ek hev m my kamer naby me venster 92va HospnaI on 19 December. aI midmgh' II was en werk. 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Hay. krm 2k mkom) Hulle dram hul ruggr en pram mal Imlge ople mama Wasmasm'm' masmus ene Sum hne me kns mndmaal Pa uns Hulls lag en skrcvu m Muwm I Hmn mm mm mm Mm! mmmm 5mm m Amlnmn w A Long and Uncomfortable Night Die Vakansle was so nangenaam [wanted to know all about life, thent Lile to me The ames flickered as the wind blew through Hierdie vakansie het ek bale geniet. Ek het na seemed so big and long and a little «tightening the dry nyet bed, The night was silent excepl ons huis .n dIE Seychelles gegaan and 00m Jan would always have a proverb or tor the occastonal call at a night lay. [it the heart Die weer was voonre lk en die sort hel elke dag two to tell me or else his own simple philosophy at the Alncan bushveld In a dry riverbed were geskyn Dle see het so geskltter van die son se would comfort me a little my lamily [sat next to the live and listened to strale Elke dag het ek op die sttand gesit, Ek When you're fresh and young. boy. lite seems the deep breathlng at its members Around us hel ook bale geswem Die see was bale lekkev so huge, too huge to imagine, but when you're was a protective barrier at acacm branches, My en kalm en so helder dat ek al die visse onder old like me, life, well, life is necessary and all sleeplng bag looked warm and inviting The die water kon sien. necessities have their end. It's the same, my boy, wind blew through my hair and the matenol of Ek hel bale keer Vlr skulpe geduik Ondev die as when you trace the patterns in the sand, on my tvacksuil. making me Sl llVel As I climbed water is die seelewe fantasties Dit was bale lek- the beach, knowing that tomorrow they'll be Into the bag, I heard the sharp sound of a bat ker om a1 die vtsse van versktllende kleuie Ie gone ' and I shivered agaln In the sleeping bag, it was sien swem en die merkwaardige kotale te bekyk. We would go to the market where he would cold and my pillow IeIt as it it had a sheet oI Ek het n paar baie mooi skulpe gevind van buy snuff and ], coloured suckets. Often, we ice on ll A rock dug into my back and I moved allerhande kleure en gtootles Die mooiste skulp would go to the harbour and in'slt the lisher men until it was out at teach Alter a while, my eyes wat ek gevind het, was 'n heel skulp and watch coloured children deftly gutting sh closed and l drifted into what seemed a peaceful Ek. my ma. pa, broer. suster an 'n paar yi-Iende We would vlsil the nearby farms and get sleep. hel 00k op 'n berg gaan ptekniek hou Dle berge koeksustevs and rusks lrom kindly boerevrou With a sudden iolt I woke up, That rock was in die Seychelles is nie bale groot nie, maar die Then one day. I went up to his little hut It was still digging Into me, I placed move wood on the natuurtonele is piagtig Alles IS net green home strangely empty. I ran to Jacobus. whose eyes lite. the night was Icy and l was glad to reenter en plante met 'n paal vrolike. gekleutde were solemnly qutet and avoided mine my sleeplng bag. I dozed agaln but was awaken- blomme Ons het op die berg mndgeloop en Where ls he. Jacobus7 Oh please. dear God. ed by a [rightful sound All at once I shivered daar vis gebraai Nadai ons geéet het, het ek not 0am Jan, not my dear Oom Jan. and sweat prickled my back. My ears were prickr en my bmer gaan slap. Ons het oak in een van l tan blindly. stumbling to the beach. fighting ed and my eyes darted lrorn bush to bush. Had die wateryaIIe geswem Dil was net soos 'n to hold back the tears There were no marks the noise been a growl or had it been a roar swemhad Ons het ook bale Wilde aatbeie on the clear sand and I heard the words clear No one else had stmed so it was ptobably just gepluk en 'n tett daatvan gemaak Dlt was n ly, When you trace patterns in the sand on the my dream, There It was again An almightytoat bale lekket dag beach. you know that tomorrow they'll be gone, which seemed to shake the pots, the ground, DIt was 'n bale aangename en interessante Goodbye. my Mend, goodbye the earth and the heavens I lay dead still, listens vakansie. Michelle Hello ing The roar was tollowed by a chorus al Yvette Gleulé laughter Hyena? Had there been a klll" Had Wenner van die Vorm I Opslelkompelisle one at my tamily been grabbed, I looked and saw the bodies were all there and breathing Etchings A long and uncomfortable night The noise continued and I remained awake I His name was Johannes a typical beer with I woke up, suddenly frightened by the loved the bushveld but this was a bit much. his lelt hat, old pipe and velskoene, brown. I nightmare The gurgling sounds at the under Never before had I heard such a frightful noise think. He was my bes1 companion. apart from world still echoed in my ears. the metallic tumb- Slowly the notse died down My heart was still Shadow, my dog. He was the only one who Ilng of heavy chains and iron doors still hung pounding and I tell tired But I could not sleep. really unders100d or cared. And so I feel I must IileIesst In the an The starsladed and the sky started to bvighten tell you his story, I could taste the daxk clammy nght ait as it I could teeI the dew on my sleeping bag and He loved carving 7 or etching as he called it. drilted through the window, The llghtntng made my pillow was wet item it. I tell so tired and my He would set out his tools on the little table and the trees look stiange and threatening, the trees back ached Item the hard ground. The horizon hum softly as he traced his delicate patterns and I see every day suddenly become the people was tinted with colouy Slowly It became a brought knots ol wood to lile. He called them o(the underworld, clawing at my window The brilliant orange I did not see any more ol the impressians cl lite and explained that he must thunder bellowed curses at me in loxeign Atrlcan sunris nslead I dntted into a much put some 0! the world into his work heme he tongues wanting. screaming cutslng sounds. needed deep sleep, died He was also deeply religious and loved The rain poured down, making scratching Slnh C-mpbeII-Pln carvmg scenes out at the Bible. His tavourite noises, 01 was it the scurry at the lizavd people figure was the Virgin Mary and he o en carved I crept funhev into my blankets hoping to nd her warmth and comfort, but there was none. All Boy, he said, Eoy, ia. my old Pappie always I lound was a cold, hard, statched sheet, I was told me, it you do a job sony you do It nghl. sweating but was strangely cold and frightens Then he would smile. and tell me stories at the ed. Humbled for the light but I could not reach Boer War, or else local tribal tales Every evens it, strange cold wisps ol air wrapped themselves mg we would play a Irivtal game which became around my mist and crept up my am I a ritual and meant so much to us. in those days, shivered and pulled it quickly back. He would then toss my cheek lightly and send Out the window the storm was pasng and the me home to a place that both I and Shadow rain anIy pattezed now. The lightning and thunder hated. We looked Iorward ta tetuming ta Oom sappedanddiemoanaeptawsybetandttehils Jan the next day when we would stroll along to give way to die sun and the new morning. the beach and talk about lite, and other things. suaey Maud 60 SI Andvean n Besoek aan die maan DI: kompeIIsie was In dIe Am 52 uIIgawe van RuImIeI/aan 2000' geddveneer Dye vraag Waaruu Is the mean gemaak" wax ~n moeIlIke vraag. maar ek her diI 32H ungedmk My ant womd wda, kaas Wonderhke nuus 2k hen gcwen' 0.9 prys was 'n reIs na dye mad loe Ek hex my spesIaIe ruImIepak geknop an we was ek voovberev om (e gaan Ek en dIe ander pdssaslers Im m u gloat vuurpyI gekhm an Inc was ons wag D): was 'n inIere~san|e rcls en na Iwee uur Im ons geland Ons her aIgekIIm en Im me man begm onder seek Ek he! my ele km. waIer en beddegned saamgeneem Ek her gesukkel 0m le loop om dat ek m 'n gewigIose IoesIand was nu was oorweldIgend om deur dye kratcrs Ie loop en na n rukkle heI ek voov 'n grooI groan muISge' slaan Hy hm pers 02" 'n Iang neus en klem IIQYDOI oormes op 5y kop gehad Hy heI my genooi om 5y gesm. wa' m 'n klein huIsve ge- woon het. IE omrnoeI, Die hele woonplek was van govgonzalakaas gebou Ons Iwee heI baie plel gehad 2n hy her my deur allerhande rmmtetonnelsgelei. Een keer he! ek verdwaal, maax ek het net smkkles kaas 99291 Ice ek hanger geword heI My vrIend ha my gevmd (3115 net betyds om aarde me Iemg I2 gaan Ek her almal gegroel en toe ek my voet op dIe eersle Irap van die vuuxpyl s|| V Bmmr, ag nee, nou moel ek skool Ioe gaan Phlllppa Symons A lainy day Silvery drops [0 from me sky and land wvth a Pam patler am the green grass 0; eath Clommg u m 5mm Then a Ioud dash a] cymbals Sound In the an A5 hghlm'ng and thunder dash and SIlvery drops la in torrents lmm brack. angry clouds Yvette Grellé Joseph bring in the dinnet "Joseph, bung m |he dinner. Yes, bec Joseph walked m at my command wuh an amp Don'I answex me It s your lauh admII II and Illuslla ons 1o! 1 :2: book ly plaxe, and laId II down In front of me As I |hen go and geI m2 $ome food ' In, Judy Amy 1mm (Geugmpm) and mum glared aK IL I heard my stomach rumbhng I was 165 not my Iauh you can starve as far as I care Sneddm IGeugmpIuI (Form Tm hungry. you Can sIawe Where IS the food? I asked Joseph as he stood SLAM Joseph. Iurned dennquem, ran cm as them wnh a duII, Impassive lace lasI as he could. sloppy old wrmkled and grey There IS no load m the cupboard] he answered H.s eyes mm mm tears. and Ms large nose 5an You dIdn'I buy enough last momh ' ed. He van out Into Ihe road in m dirty bIack Why dldn'l you IeII me Iha ' shoes :0 mm a lasI moIorIsI sIIghIly drunk who You didn't tell me lo |ell you swung 4mm one me o( Ihe road to the other MusI I (ell you to tell me when you need Iocd" Joanna Young 5: Andrew 61 FORM TWO A Mistake A Poem to my Parents Samson looked at hm wa chI u was only me They he together. peace/tu o clock There was enough hme (or hum (0 90 My /arher's mm draped carelessly am «or a mic H2 hopped onto his bIg green mound my mother's wmsl h(yde He had bought u wnh ms salary two They look relaxed m sleep, momhs ago He (eh veyy happy He at LeasI had the nervous crease: and hues an enjoyable Job To go To each mommg He have left them quickly paned hws pocket to make sure |ha| his They rook youngen somehow pass was «here Luckvly n was Suddenly a pohce van meeched m a slop m My dad has dose to my mother. 4mm ol him and mm poucemen jumped 0u| breammg heamly One was a black man and ma omer (me whue I Me In; breathing The one asked (or my pass and a3 he was pullr I! .s a reassunng sound. mg u out 04 his pocke| (hey grabbed hvrn and He looks hke a ImIe bear. threw Tum roughly mm The van H s bscycle hIs ha" a willed followed a ey mm. I! landed night on lop at him and hIs body curled up In sleep and one M the handlebavs jabber] him m the Ike [0 Se? hIm hke this. eye The doc! dammed shut crushing Iwo of wddIy and ImeabIe his lingers He COMM {22 hvs eye slamng |o swell Yes my dad IS very IoueabIe UP My mom has quietly hesvde Ium The van smpped and The doors were yanked IlIke Ihe way she sIeeps open Samson was mugmy pulled um and She rea/ly cmuys her sIeep and 11 shows dragged nun (he bmldmg Book mm" the white Hey whoIe budy seems m relax, ponceman said. while The black policeman and smooth out dragged hum m a cell A3 he was pushed into [Ike (2 m: lymg m the sun |he ceH he [2H heavily to his knees The oor She makes sIcep look so mvvlmg was com and hard Hus (Ingels ached. In: one I just wam to cuddle up eye was 50 swollen he couMn I open n and his rvghl beude her knees were now brlnsed and Very pdmm Bur I won z, The door opened and Samson looked up The m Ieoue [hem lying there. man smndmg mere told him (0 gel up and mm a peI/ec! pmr he was (me to 90 II had been a mxstake a (aw ashlar: n! rmslaken \dennly Samson hnbb ed um and Mandy Stanek slarled pushing m, bicyrlc home Eileen Walker Vensters Agter n muur sender Venslers voe] 'n mens 5005 n gevangevw n DIel aglex «ram me| 'n baie To my Parents klem vem|er|ue hoog m dw muux waardeur by Dear Mom and Dad 'n stukkye blou lug ken Sven. he! vw 5y (nekoms Do WI. remember nw 1wa mark 1mg hoop m w sml The pom w. W and I fell Bme Iank gcladc. voor g as omdek LS, hel the Do you remember arm mmlsc 52 hulle geen vcns|eys gehad om I do dm wcevs'oes ande u" w hou me DVQ ryk mense w maluiheke kamele he| Iang. non, 00p vens'ers I vz-ml'mhe-v the Benton Spuvklm gonad HIerdeur kon dTe soldate 0p hul vyande when l was swk m bed 5km N09 lam VS Ioodhgvensmvs omweyp There was Iuw m Hm! park] alymw glas 109 a] 'n \ang [yd bekend was Du I :wm l: kw! (ldama na due hcmemde gebrandskilderde Thuuk w, Inr .wmng Im' to bed vons crs ge|e| Hlexdle venslers was dlkwels When I Wu: smrml vomswllmgg um die Bybel Die llgslrale wa| deuv huHe geakyn hm, hm hulle pragug laa| ka Ja ymI mnv nol mmumbw But I (In vensters gee Vir ons me net llg, vars lug an n musumnonB In! a sol book unstg mu. maar kan oak skuonhexd skcp In 1qu Am mm IIgwImm um! Law Jare guledv he! the Japanners lyspaplcr gemaak rum [{kuw l/\ Murwmnw Mun» Urumm /\IIII en dsl «\5 vens|ers m hulle huvse gebruik Nou Ann Simmonds :5 Mile not m me on (empels |e Vinde. wan! dn maak dvc llg base swak Die madame Japan hers mdak gebvuik Van gm nc| 5005 (ms mense m (he Wesm Vensms he| gm|er en 9mm gewmd Imqm um mnderne hoe gcboue vandag .n (he ,mde mu 62 m Avvdwmw van glas gemaak word Dle dakrlolrvloer already ling lnID (he CInemas where WERE glasvenslers voer Ilg en wavmle na binne log, they? maar gewoonhk maak hulle me oop me I glanced around m desperation My heart sklpr Gee vir my nel my 00p Vensler waardeur ped abeal There wilh (helr backslo me there bloelselrgegeurde vars lug anaal. waar die wmr they were, nexl Io the escaIanIs l edged closer. djie saggies waal en dIe smgende voéllyies vry then one at lhe gIrls spun round crashlng nghl en .mgend the blame van dIE heme] invlleg Inlo me ll wasn'l anyone I knew I wished (he DilevAnn mum ground would open under my Ieel Mumblmg Dee! wanna uan dve ./umor Onslelkompelme apDIogles. I resumed my Iormer lookout posmon Perhaps n was lhe wrong day (he wrong lIme ,, Meet me al Sandlon. next lo Ihe licket n Lewe sander musiek boolh, l remembeled that very dislinc y Now 'n Lewe sander muSIekI Ek kan my dil ampel whal7 [I they had forgollen. whal would I do7 me voovsleI nIe Dil ls soos n Iewe sonder Ilg Mum and Dad were ml at home. Honor of hop o! geIag, 5005 m boek waaxvan due leasle bladr mls, I would have lo walch the meme. ALONE sye weg Is 0.; 5005 'n boom sander green, Another ve minules llcked slowa by Then two heldex blare (amIIIar heads appeared m the mass mm llowV Muslek I5 belangrik omdal dll 'n mlddel Is om ed down |he escalalors I slghed: I waved. you gevoelens JDU harlseev ohou blydskap. un 'Sony we're late, I hope you don'l mlndV (e druk DIS 'n middel van kommumkasle Iussen Noy no problem at aII.' I had, handlng [hem thew and en jonk damp, crumpled (Ickels Mensa druk huIIe gevoelens en gedagles um deur Bronwyn Cowan mlddel van muslek Sender musiek sou genleé soos Beelhoven Bach en Mozarl me 'n pIek In em geskledenls gehad he! me Deur musuek word oud en Ionk swan en Wu, Mother vyk an arm, vnend en vyand. Verenig MusIek Saturday mgm duskrimmeer nle, dn Is 'n presenl om le My malhev stands over lhe bed waardeer In dIe Ieenwoordlghmd van musxek lekiy'she whispers. word alle rasse dxsknmmasve en vooroovdeel Have you cIeaned your teem? opsygeskuvl, Have you washed your face Sender musiek slerwe dIe dans As hIerdIe Iwee Have you hung up your clothes" noodsaaklike beslanddele m ons Iewe slerweu ls geen mens volmaak me dan Is daardle mens I don I wan: to answer net '71 halwe mens. sander n rilmlese. klopr I hear her bu! Ipretend not lo I know that my clothes are Iymg on lhe [Iom pende hart. Muslek ls noodsaakIIk w dIe 921. v" gevoelens And that I hauen'l cleaned my [ace en gedagles 'n Lewe sondev musIek ls me 'n lewe me She mes lo auracl my attention ogom Tanya Bruwer wmkl. am you meel any mce chaps Iomgw Deelwermer van dIe Jumor OpsIeIkumpelIsve Myface Isgomg red andlpush y Into my pIIIow And try no! lo bum our Iaughmg The Ilgm IS ltered from my room Waiting As Ihe door 15 somy closed Ow.' Somelhing sharp yabbed me .n ma hollow And my mother walks back :0 hey mom of my back. Some people have no consvdera- Al the 2nd 0/ Ike passageway non for o(hers" I (houghl grumpily I lumed lo stare al all the laughmg unlamihar laces around Now [feel gmlly that I didn't answer her. me There was snII no sign oI lhem. They weve Bu! mm doesn t provoke m2 ten minutes Iale Into hangmg up my domes lllus1nlions lo! a unvoxk I was shoved Into |he lmy brlck |Ickel boolh An Nlcole Losinsky by Rebetm GreenhaIgh [BIoIagW assislam scowIed al me from behmd her glasses Polmo WaIIers IBIolagy) and sulklly asked how many Iickels I wanted Three.' I snapped Ishould have been asham- ed OI mysell, bu! I dIdn'l care. I walked Iowards me café ouIckIy, leaned agamsl Ihe waIl. and lixed my gaze upon me escalalors People were 5: Andrea" 63 FORM THREE Epitaph Across the veld, on the far side. walked a figure, a man, Hts shadow tell and poured over the dry thatch grass. as his feet moved swiiiiy among the underworld noises ol insects and the crunching of gravel, He was a shovt man, but strong, as any leader oi his people must be, His sturdy lrame, old, but not set, the muscles Haunted, sinews of his limbs He stopped a while, squinted black eyes across a land whose vtblancy, life. strength, is felt in the soils and heard in the birds. seen in the pet» pie. HIS land siietched imm a great we. in the North, to the small Ylvet in the South and his caitled grazed in the East. where the sun rose and the grass was sweet He was wealthy in land and cattle His people iiiied in peace and good faith In their language, he was Strength He walked and he came to small tended elds and there, two women were kneeling He sauntered on, to huts where children played, mothers worked and babies cried and women sang. He moved close by these peoples smelled the dust and sweat of their day's labour. saw their tired faces, black eyes, heard the rhythmic click oi their speech He sat and was attended to and he knew his people in good laith. When men came With baubles from beyond the river in the South, he turned then away, The land is not mine to give he said, It belongs to my sons and my people also. It is not my business to trade that. to which ] have no right. The men went away and did not press further. His peo~ ple had hides and wood and drums and had no need for the things that come from the South. He was a gentle man, with children. He led his people wisely and with a dignity that seeps out at Africa and that sits rightly on the shoulders at a leader. His land guarded his people and they tended the brown loamy soil With a care that comes tiom dependence and loving. The wind that brings the rain and the sun that smacks the forehead and shoulders cheekily and the snake that bites the hasty boot, were all their brothers. They pro- spered in the green times and died like iiies when the sky hung. a dry. ctuel blue above the" heads. In time, the chtel had many wives, thus. many sonss As land does not beget, many took their wealth in cattle and lett their people to build a new strength and become demigcds elsewhere, The newer children of the home. left also, moving horn the land that wasthelvs, to the South, in search of paper wealth, The chief could no longer keep them from these temptations, lot the soil had become and and sour and water had not loosed it and wet It and replenished it and it was like the dry tongue oi a thirsty child. So |he drums [ell into disrepair and the hides and the wood rotted and the people from the South no longer came with their shiny stones. Somewhere. in the ctties. there are plaques to: Great Men oi Ahica. but there is not one for this man His grave is not a stone pyramid. but a fallen tree on the Altman veld. Natllle Holme This essay was highiy commended in the senior section olthe Essay Competition Ek was daat! Toe die hootpriesters van ans dorp vir my gevta hat, om vii hulle 'n goat kruis te maak. het 2k geen vvae gevra nie Ek was net baie dtuk dat hulle vir my, 'n klein skrynwerker gevta het Hulle he1 sell vir my kom sé, hulle het me net 'n boodskap gestuut nie. Ponn ol olllln: Rach- by Susie Johnson Pumllt nl mums. Long by Lyn Reed 64 Si Andreun Ek hat dadehk met die voorbeveldmg begin. Ek hex self die soon ham gekies en self die boom aigekap Al wal Ek wou doen, was om due mocis|e km: [E maak, ek wou nie ears week wie daaraan sou slerwe me. Di! was me belangnk nie Ek was net 50 opgewonde dal belangnke mense vir my gevra hen dal die kruis die beske zen sou wees. wat 2k coll gemaak he! Die pnesters hat 'n week later var my kom besoek om le vra hoe d mel die werk gaan. Hull: he! ook gesé dal dn bme swaarder moes wees omr dal dil vir daavdie malman Jesus van Nasarel was en dat hy di| self moes dra Hulle hm gesé dat Hy gedink ha dal Hy die Koning van ale Jode was. Ek het snam mel hulle danroor gelag en gespot. Toe die grool dag aangebreek hel. hex 2k d vir die laaste keer gepoliloer 2n blink gemaak en d1: lyn oorgegaan om te sxen dat daar geen fame wasme Ek hetselfs die spykevsskerpergemaak en hulle hex .n due sonllg. gevonkel. Toe die pnesms gekom hat, was daar n 9mm gevaas en duxsende mense was daar. Een man me( n wil wk en mel 'n kroon van dorings om 5y kop hat vorenloe gekom Ek he! gelag an op hom gespoeg ne! soos die ander me use gedoen het, maav hy hat net w my gekyk en niks gesé nie. Toe hulle hom daardm midday gekrmsig her, was ek daar en ek kon my Wonderlike kruis sien wal swan (een die horison uitgestaan hel. en ek was so (rots daamp Toe die wéreld swangeword hel en almal rondom my sk|elik begin huil en skreeu hel, kon ek ne( sé: Kyk na die kvuis, due Wonderlike kruls. kyk na die kwahten van die houk self en d\e (yn werkmanskap. maar nlemand hat belanggestel nve Hanlé Jalollle Stray King On so]! padded paws He slinks slowly through dark streets suemly moving along in his mysmy world Oh small noble beasll You have glided down alleys Past mashing, pas! poueny You have step: in your satin dustbins And serenaded the moon You have walked past hunger And glawmg street lights. And yet. indif/eremly. You move euer onward In your soll. tawny dank. Think a] me, curmmg majesty And my washrng mo Remember me. free lord. When your wandering days are through. You graciously wear your Crown 0/ m'ne hues Today 7 in my poor alley, Tomorrow 7 in the nch streets 01mg mum. Melnnle slum: Pnnnn o! Rebecc- Waddell by Penelope Passmare Pomau 01' Sun]: Johnson by Roxanne Rocha 31 Andrew! 65 Rugby Time Daar ls mense wa ek ken wal mal oor rugby \s. 5005 my pa. en niemand Is so mal daamor as It Is a by nie As dear 'n wedstryd op 'n Sakerdagrmddag m Kaapslad 04 Durban of Bloemlontem plaas- Sunday summer's evening vmd dan verlrek hy Kaapslad 06 Durban of Bloemfontein me Hy kyk nie na die lelevisle nie. As old man sell as die wedsnyd venoon word. Hy Him in 5y klein vliegmvgle en gaan na 5y Weslvyd Ice Dil reads his paper. maak me saak 04 me gesm ander planne gemaak hm me he faces the sun and As hy regng me kan gaan me 7 as \emand doodgegaan he! dan sil hy voor die Ielevisve met knows 5); billong. Coke en naamies en kyk opgewonde na sy wedslryd his leuow men, Niemand mom praal nie, net by an as iemand praat, dan is daar moeillkheid Hy skreeu en skreeu en as een Van 5y span Ie|s verkeerd doen. raak hy geweldxg kwaad en hy gooi nanjveskille Felicity bends over her na due telev , om dxe man raak (e gooi philosophy. She sighs My ma skreeu vlr horn omdat hy die Ielevlsie vuilgemaak heL en dan 15 dear weer meer moeilikhmd An elecmc lamp omdat hy lets belangriks germs he! Du maak me saak of dn rustyd is nie, hy hel die advenensles mm; gemls} a shadow [ram Sy span dyuk 'n drie en dan moel my ma baie vmmg alles Wat waardevol 5 ml die pad kry, voor- her glass of milk da hy ma! word en alles break Hy word ynderdaad mal an by spring heenAenrweer. klap 5y hande onto the man skveeu en 9001 weer naavqieskxlle. Hy [s "a 5005 n mal mans Die hale Salerdagmiddag gaan She makes small pens have dramalies verby. Sy span, Noord-Transvaal. hel gewen en m d|e res van die week pvaal marks on her text hy oor mks anders as rugby nie. Saterdag kom en hy .s weer meg na 'n wedslryd 0! Van! dye |elevisie om daama te kyk . The man Tanya-Lisa Coucamkls lclds the page and. nds tomorrow's wealher with a grunt stowry the sun slips gently YHIO the envelope olsome other's day. He stands and gates a while at his view 7 a towering and uaned silhouette of bnck then goes mdoors The m[nule hand of the man's erecmc clock spnms Felicuy umngs her delicate hands and pulls her plastic chair :0 as to sit more comfortably and utter: so/llp TAme glue me nme! Nalalle Halme A word A word describes a concept an idea. I: gives an oullme lo Imagmanon A ckle since of a vocabulary that can be changed and mampuluzed. By use!) It is meaningless but strung together with Section or a bl ck and mm: phalagraph extendzd by pencil Iechnlques by Julie Peallmg other sequences 0/ letters, it takes on a form to be 66 5! Andrea" mrerpvered, understood and esnmmed, Ma wovds My ma daaxdw woord beleken soveel w my am dn moeillk 5 cm my gedagles daamor .m have dEII'nitl'ons according to (e soneer Sy. die persoon wa| swangerskap en pyn deurgeleei he! om my m ehe wereld le brmg their (Present) posmons, 5y is nemand wa| lag en hull 2n raas sing en werk en allerhande socme dmge doen In the care/ur My ma, mel haar blonde hare en manage gesxg. haar gvoenbmln 02 w amper bhnk wanneer maurdmg hands 0/ me artist 5y kwaad word. haar ronde mend waann wn tande dvkwels un van hul skuylmek kom 5y dveel farm a cloak gereeld, Dir help 50 war as wa( ek kan sien. mks Ek go we dat dvt haar sou pas as 55; me swank with Which to drape zhe Ideas of word me, maav ek is nie daarcor bekommerd nlev man. 5y is ge'imereseerd in klere en kookkuns, boeke, mense musvek. dle leatev en kwekery 5y hen NaulIe Holme 'n liefde v" plame 5005 ek nag not) in ander gesien he! me sy kan emglels 1am great an 5y doen dil mel smaak Dikwels slen ek heal in die (um op haay knlee besvg om haar mm om te Lamppost spit. mel grond aan haar hande en in hear naels en ek wonder o( 5y reghg gesond van versmnd ls A drunk clambzrs up a lamp post. 5y doen graag dmge Wat my vreeslik imleer Soms praat sy aso( sy aHes wee! wal dear \e wee then \s: soms lmsler 5y me na wa| 2k Vlr haar uenel nie Sums maak 5y my kamer skcon en dan kan slides ek mks vind nie Soms ts 5y so praktves dat ek WH skree of hu of IEB na haav gool down, Ons is game vnende: soms lé ons op haav bed en giggel Om Boy George 0 Desmond Tutu of Clutchmg msanely die grappies wat 1y In tydskn e vmd Ons baklei ook d kwels cor skool ol kére s 04 ander kindelaguge at the post as dinge. maav ek glo d|s gesondv It Ek weal nie waar ek sou wees sander my ma me. 5y gee w my 'n goeie voorbeeld van hoe om shdes past his eyes Ie leaf en dink en kmders great [9 maak Sy maak na|uur||k foufe (dmk ekb maar ek (r005 myself I walk past and his broodsho: eyes hy m daA dn d|e eerste keer Is. dal sy kinders gram maak. en elke slap Van me Iang pad bung nuwe /ocus on me lesse. wat soms duur geleer word, en ons akwee hanseer maak He begs me to slop the world. then um hls Die geheim vs om ruimhamg (e wees en am (e leer aanpas soda! yulle m mekaav se lewe kan head mpas Ek hoop dat ek dh met my kmdexs sal doen. wam ek glo dat n goeie vriendskap mu mu and drinks zhe sky. ouers bme belangnk is, Imke a cloth and map hvs brow Natalle Holme Army Economacns Black and white picture A grayish smudge on whue paper Showing? Well. anything really, If the lines were men dz/med Ir mvghl be different 7 but they're not Buvldings, silhouettes o] darkness Cobbled passages 0/ light between bricks A line stretched between Saggmg shghury A gure stands arms outstretched Asking for help I m no! sure I'd best leave. Son}: Mahoney My raincoat smelt of ish Dawn. The beglnmng cl new life. Of a new day, o( a new hope. The dew sparkled on me dying grass. The lazy sun was making a weak anemp |o wake up and shine The au was fresh, (aimed by cow manure. I trudged through the gley grass whh my heavy. black rubber boots, crushing the plant Me under my lee| h was dnnlmg and the cold wound its way through my clothmg umil I Ieh numb, My black raincoat sluck to me. I clap! over to the dam wall. through the barbr wire fence and mm the bushes Tranquillity, silence and peace reigned I heard the (aim [mgr ing of cowbeus, The buds chirped and sang m the olivergrey trees Frogs 51x11 cranked Iheir Section 013 blink and whm photoguph mended by pencil lechnlque (continues) by Lyn Reed 5: Andrew! (:7 mating caIIs m the rushes The sky trickled from caused. I want them to remember my smite, my the honzon and movement began In the watet Iokes. my energy my love {or Me that l med I moved silently. connecttng hooks, batts. gut. to share wIth others and my tttumphs and I dropped my rod into the water and wailed, Epitaph successes The whtte on the horizon slowly changed to pale In memory of our onmg warm, generous Isuppose they had to puI m the bit about born yellow. to orange. to transparenI and taded daughter. Jeamne Ltebenbevgy bom Thursday and dted, it Is customaty. but theyteally sound blue Itook off my raincoat lwas hidden tnthe 25 September 1969. who dted on Fnday 25 bushes. hIdden Irom my pray I walled wtth par slupld Why can't they call tt tst cry and Izsl September 1985 We thI aIu/ays love you ' smtIe ot somethtng like that I hate the word hence. The trees emerged IrOm then ntght the Star Septemberl gloom My Iingexs went cold and numb The dead as well. It sounds so morbtd. so cold and It says I died on a Fttday It ts funny. lalways dull That's not what death ts about Idon twant buds stopped Slnglng The hogs stopped callr looked Iolwald to Fttdays They were the end people to tell others that I am dead, I want them mg. The balk on the trees was old The bran- 0! the week and oI school and homework They to say that I am dreaming ldon't ltke the idea ches were gnarled They reached out thetr wete the hegtnnihg 0! [he weekend, ot entoy- of pulIlng down the dates etthet I want them hands to me The cowbeIIs rang louder and Ing myselt and at havmg hm Ialways thought to say Born a Thursday's chIId. dreamed a Fn- dose! The bushes hIssed at me IteItttapped I would tabs on a Monday ot Wednesday or day's ehttd' As the Saying goes. I had tat to go. l was sunounded by grey bush and wne tenee something otdtnaty ltlte that IstIII do. but let the test at the way I am going I dtdn't many like ttshtng. I had onIy come to It wasn t pamtult dytng I mean It wasn't a totally to be lovmg and gwmg admtte the scenery 7 the glamorous scenety new experience Itke people are always Ialktng Jeanine Llebenberg IteIt scared. I wanled to tun away Item the prob- about etlher It was more like lalltng asleep Iem No one would take over 0! hold my toe those lew moments before you dtitt otl mto IteIt a mg on the end of my IIne People started space. becomtng one wtth etemtty The dulltng shouttng at me advtce I dtdn't want to take of sounds and smells all occur In those lew Hesitantly I pulled at my Itne. The ltsh began moments and then you become forever I was Back Street to struggle and tight I had to choose whelher aIwzyS Scared ot dytng. but now I tealtse that Bad: Street. grey and dull. to Iel it slip or not. I should have. bul I dIdrI'I there is nothtng to be atratd 01. II isjusl a stage dttt red tmck smothered It struggled lot Its ltle twtsttng. tutntng. jump- of passtng ltom matettal to space, onto a new with gnmy soot mg. thrashtng It ttted so hard In its slmggle. heIter way It's a beautitul peacetul moment that Irom ChImneys spoulmg It gave tts lite as It plunged tnto the net. getttng can only happen once m a Itletime black smoke tangled. trapped and thrown onto the gtass It I mlssed out on 3 lol ol the good |hings In Me was left lying there, suttocatmg lt breathed hard, I never knew what H was like to be mamad, have Washtng hangsy dnps but no air reached Its btain. Its tatl kept tlap- children. grow old orbEIng sentte Forthat mat- whttet than grey. ptng ltom stde to stde. Itying to move. Itytng [eh I never even knew what It Is like to be 5th greyer than black to live ltutned around to lace the watet The teen Sweet stxteen they say Do you become on Ines stretchtng IIappIng notse on the dry grass began to cease sweet at IS It the end 01 being sweet. lknowI forever. Why hadn't I let tt go7 I had watched while the was never sweeI Nerone could ever descnbe small, stteam-Imed, SlIVer body had ended Its me assweet. Itdidn't ht Iwasn't the type, They Snll small vome a] poverty Me He1t disgust building up inside me Iplacr say I was Iovlng Was I reaIIy" At times maybe. offers a pIamttue pIen ed the dead Itsh on my tatncoat to carry home IO my parents. my brother. maybe even my to a clean dza/ world I tell gutlty The Itsh had had a chance Io live. close lttends, but not to everyone [ was ttevet beyond and I had not glven it As I walked home, my Iovtng towatds my enemtes Dld they tealIy think HeIen Lahl n clumsy black boots crushed lite beneath them lwas Iovmg or dtd they tust put It here to Iook and my duty, black raincoat enclosed my teed etIeettye I was never teaIIy warm when And The ltsh began to sttnk [ would have to cut tt generous I don't thtnk so somehow Dtdn t open and remove the mute: item the body anyone really know whal l was Iike How could My taincoat began to stink too It was cone anyone who knew me well. haye descrtbed me tammated It was like guilt It grew and le ! as warm and generous II I could have written becoming larger, eattng away. rotten. sttnkmg I| . But then [can t now canl Oh well, at It clung and hung on, It wouldn't go away until least they spelt my name ngI I cleaned iI out. It had to be cleansed, the slench IIIke the we thI always love you' at the end had to be removed, My tatncoat would have I teaIIy believe m that part and the same goes Io be washed and cleaned so Ihat I couId weat to them from me [don t want them to cry over tt. new, agatn me lovever The Inst lew weeks oI teats were Iremembered the way the fish had {ought and enough to sattsfy my ego. now I want people ItnaIIy gweh up It had meet. I had med to totgtue to remember me with a Smlle on their laces. I myself know now that they cared tot me lwant them Deborah Walters to Ihtnk at all the good thmgs that I didv I waM them to target my moods my Iemper. my housematks my failures and all the other thmgs I dIdn t do I want them to forget the hurt I LItm-ettt lnIII-l by Vtvgtlllo Cul/ndms 65 SI Andrea" FORM FOUR We Walked tn Silence Outstde his small apartment. he scrabbled tn hIs pockets lot his key and The red dust stuck to out sweaty bodtes as we walked In a heat so hot opened the door Stepping mslde he looked atound at the tamthat tut. that we could see it undulating in hem of us nttttte. but the room teIt sullocalmg He catelully opened the ltd ol the The cicadas and other insecs chirped, whined, and buzzed in thetr red oak plane whtsh had belonged to hts gtandlathet and tan htsttngets monotonous way under an Intense, clear sky 7 as harsh and unyteldtng across the smooth Ivory keys As he lllled hts ltngets ttotn the Iteys. he as the sttenee between the girl and mes Out nonrwatds wovds hangmg tn nottced wtth dtsmay that hts ltngetttps were Ihtckly coated wtth dust the alt watttng to be said gvound against each other almost audthly. He Climbed the stairs. his uneastness and despondency Incteasing In an imagined sound the metal against metal Our individual pnde and his mom he slumped Into an armchair The sunlight lilteted through the stubbomness controlled the sound necessary to make these words Into net curtams and made patterns on the green cavpet. The mom was bttght the reality they begged to be. and exuded a cettam charm, but Peter had long stnce ceased to nottce tt We walked on in silence He rose and walked to the small bathroom down the hall. There was It hadn't been my tault we were ,ttst all so dtttetent 7 and we all had a haggard tellectton tn the mtnor. tt pulled open the cabinet doot It took dilferent loyalties. [knew this, and I longed to reach out and hug het the met from the cabmet and teteased the sharp blade Four tingets curled and tmgtve her 7 but my pride, and my pride in my pride, prevented thts atound the blade. and impatiently the shirt sleeve was tolled up expos- I thought of the nightclubs and the mustc. the clothes and the people. tng tts loveatm It placed the cold sharp edge at the blade agamst the the laughs and the bad ttrnes It all seemed so plasttc, artificial 7 abs pulsating vein in his arm As the blade pteteed the slttn. the reflectton surd in these desperately natutal surroundings. ltoze and stated at htm I knew neither at us would ever have wttItngty Iet ourselves get into this The image tn the minorchanged a young boy stated back at htm There situatton uncomtottably together and apart. But somehow tt had was a bnght yellow balloon tn the grubby ttst happened and now we walked on tn stIence He had been so proud of that balloon Hts mother had suggested that We wete both so young 7 whete did such a big emotion come Item? he tie the stttng ol the balloon around his finger. but he had Insisted that 1 telt tndignant towards the melodrama ot the situation. but I could not he would hold the stung ttghtly. The balloon had bobbed above his head deny it or lessen tt 7 it was tust there. and he keptglancmg at the balloon he held Captwe. Asthey had walked Breathing was di icult. the hot, stilling air and the dust scratched my dty home his hand had grown ttted ttom holding the string so tightly. and throat Sweat prickled my tIesh and l was beeonttng mute and mote a sudden gust 0! wind had jerked the balloon trom his clenched lingers, imtable The teats had welted up tn hls eyes as he had watched the yeIIow balloon I glanced ovet at the girl 7 my onesttme best tnend, She, too. had been drill laztly out at teach About three metres above his head, as the balloon looking at me through the comer of her eye The moment our eyes met rose h.ghet, it suddenly butst. loudly was electrtc. Qutcttty, we both looked away again Peter. startled out of hts tevene. glanced clown at hts Wrtslt the drop 01 The misunderstandtngs. the petty tt-tsults. the mishaps had all butlt up blood oozed onto the surlace of his skin. a red dtop against a blue vetn to this When is enough When Is too much? It became harder to like the ted balloon in the blue sky remember the bad times 7 the good. only. came through. Wendy Atkinson Again the reality at my problems and the even greater reality of the suts toundtngs tuxtaposed It was time for me to be gone Ltzatd-ttke. my eyes darted stdeways I dropped the bread roll back on the tray and began to Scrummage through A teat spatkled on her cheek To me that teat was a jewel I wanted the cupboard to Iteeze it and take it and keep .t Lennet. my name rang agatnst every pot In the kttchen. *Ptck up the Istopped, turned atound and hugged het unttl she grunted We Smtlecl btead toll and nish It. why do you always eat hall at something and as the teats ptopped, almost hissing on the scorched earth. then put the other half back7 wtth each tear, the unspoken words evaporated I don t do that otten? And we walked on in stlence No. that s why there was a hall-eaten apple In the ltutt bowl thts mommg ' Tabitha Glllman (WInner a/ Sentot Essay CampehttottI [shoved the test at the bread mll In my mouth: pushed It Into my cheek so that I could answet 'Sovry.' and tan out the kitchen wIth the pot hll' He Watched as it Came Nearer tmg my legs He watched as it came nearer, the bright red balloon. dancing on the A law days later I heard mom and dad talking in the bedtoom wind He tilted his head back and followed its path across the startltng 'Eut. Davtd. she does need to learn how to behave. she needs to learn blue at the sky He had an overwhelmtng thee to grab hold of tt and 7 soctal gtaces".' y with ll The balloon seemed to be tetotctng tn tts Iteetlom. ln .ts Itght I see. and you think a good school In Johannesburg would be best? easy movements across the sky Yes Oh dear ldon t want her to be away lmm the latm. hut l dt) {eel Slowly the balloon rose and he squtnted Into the sun as he watched tt It would be best tot he!) get smaller and smaller and become a speck tn the sky. and then My bed suddenly felt cold and everything around me became so dear nothing at all to me. it was as though I was gotng to dte and needed to savour every As he stood and watched the chtldten on the swings, hts mind dntted lttlle thtng I loved the farm and my (arm ttiends I had nevet thought back to the day when his challenging cty had rung out. loud and clear before how hottible It would be to leave it all above the shouts and scteams ot the chttdten atound htm. Nohody can I ttted Io (omlort mysett by saying I wasn t teeny leavtng the lalm and swing higher than I can Watch me, I'm the bestI would be back hometot the holidays Anyway I somehow liked the Idea Who s the best now? he thought bitterly. l've been tett behind: the Swtngs at having soctal graces attd ptactised wavtng my hands 'glactously' when don t hold any seetets to sueeess Int me now ' ltallted. I stopped this when mother told me that I had developed a habit As he walked out et the patk gates a gust at thd picked up a greasy. at shootng lnvlslble tItes tom sheet at newspaper. and, as tt swttled around hts teet. he teIt the I left the country by ttatn and amved in Johannesburg to statt a new hopelessness enautt him tettible ltle One night I walked along the cold white contdors Into the bathroom tended Emma's wounds, slowly vemoving her unttonn There hom her bated on the far side were the rest of my dotmltory. They stood In a Ilesh. Emma was bleeding Joseph held Emma in ms strong brown arms semicircle around Samantha. who was walking around stamplng her and he consoled her, talking softly to her all the hme. Their little children feet. With her legs bent, holding her hair In ptgtatls She was imitating scurried around WIth hightened white eyes, They nudged each other and me The rest roared with laughter I slId back to hide mysell behind the murmured Umama ene Indaha mama? She was crying and lying so still, wall but Gillian noticed the and nudged Samantha A sIIence tell and That night Joseph returned to the house, the kitchen was filled with dire the mass turned towards me I looked down at my toothbrush and began ty pots and there were floors to cIean He must not lose his 10b! All the to fiddle wtth the bristles I felt each bristle dig into the tender skin while working in the kitchen, Joseph worried about Emma, she had been underneath my nail, Then Samantha broke the silence We were )ust badly hurt. imttattng a new poprsinger. he's aquI' The group dispersed hack to the He was angry, as he washed Emma s blood ett his hands and put on dormllory. his whtte waitet's gloves. But As I entered Joseph managed a smile when Madam the dormitory, I tugged my tetsey over my head I pulled called Joseph, bring in the dinnetv' the soft woo! over my lace to htde myself, I studied the uneven rib of Angellque 3mm my yevsey: mom had knitted It lav me It was so different trom the other girls Jerseys. theirs were machme kntlted They had bought them In shops Comer seat In tact all my clothes were different to theirs I wore farm dresses which were made by The bus sailed out of sight in noisy silence Peter awoke, shlfting under Gran out of IIeraI matenal Theirs wete bright and the welght of the sergeants fashionable. they wore the sort head For a moment he stiffened, remember- of clothes I Imaglned grownup people ing: then, realising he was inconspicuous in the back comer, he grinned in They had a number at pairs at htgh heeled shoes, 3 colour tat most at his companion. Much better company asleep he thought out ts, [ had He turned onIy one pair of (lat leather sandals to peer through the wtndow Atter prolonging taking on my Around them the landscape was coming jersey. I turned to the girls. the girls aII to Irte again, the oblique sun soltening the qutckly harsh outlines and turning turned away (mm me and pretended to be occupied with odd the winter gvass to gold. Iobs. [put on my pyjamas and got into bed and turned to lace the blank Peter looked around the bus Most of the passengers wall were still asleep, Near the tram a temale arrn swung down around a srnaII boy. HIS arms, I lay awake a long time Imagining everything to he ganging up against still determined to carry him down me The shadows on the walls the aisle, clutched at the air as he were signalling to one another, saying disappeared behind the chairback. Pete! smiled. and loosened his tte how naive and odd I was The street lights outside the wtndow winked tn agteementv around hts neck [t was (Ime tor me to he gone. There was someone else awake A few seats ahead, Llesel Starker her hair swung across her cheek as she bent to listen to the older woman next to her, Peter caught the Image Joseph, bring in the dinner of fine sculpted features as she turned. He picked out her voee horn the engine-growl. low and with an undercurrent at Joseph was a black laughter, man. who worked In a large farmhouse He was as though the sun shone through It a man. but the wealthy owners called him their houserboy . Joseph did For once, day had come as a veIIef Usually night gave him an extra dimen- not mind his Iaee was always cheerful, and he entoyed doing thingsfor sion, was a deeper and darker extension of himself In contrast, this had othetpeopIe Joseph also had a wite, Emma, whom he loved very much been abrupt and glaring and who worked He remembered .t in overhnght jolts and yevks. in the kitchen, prepanng meals. He Imagined her night, he! Iace empty with dreaming. Together Joseph and Emma cooked and Her hand on the (leaned continually and stayed seat was neat, bUSlneSS~IIkE rather than beautitul up Iate into the night tor madam s panies'v That :5, until one day, when As though aware at his eyes. she turned around and looked at him The madam had a very large party tor which she had to hire extra cups. saucers tace matched the hand To hIs surprise, her expression reached him and plates It was to be a grandraftair' Joseph and Emma worked hardev somewhere Inside, so that his smile spread from his than ever. for mouth, to the cor this special occasion Joseph cleaned and decorated the nersof hIS eyes She blushed, wtthout dropping her eyes He indulged house. and later served the guests whiIe Emma cooked and cooked tor himself in the moment The policeman was about lorty. she probably the hungry people. When the guests Iett early the next morning Joseph thought he was Peter's tather The sInwtng ot the bus wrenched him back and Emma s job was not done, they had to clean up after the ganda air to reality They were nearly Everything there. had gone weII and madam was pleased, that :5, until she The buildings mse around them, carving hoIes counted the hired in the wtde expanse of cups, saucers and plates A large quantity had gone sky wtyty he nudged the sergeant Item sleep. In the objectivity ot missing' Atter this dtscovery cans ot Joseph and morn Emma' echoed through mng Peter IeIt something like compassion tor hlmv grey and tired attet the house. Yet, the cups could not be found Finally Madam with the the long night words Yau IUS| can't trust them turned on Emma Emma satd that she The bus squeaked gradually to a halt. The city had not enveloped them, its VeII taken them but Madam would not listen, alter all Emma had ot smog testing Iestgnedly over the morning He walked to the door washed them alongside the sergeant, who was The still tumbling with exhaustion Baas then came In and Emma was dragged outside and tied to the He stopped, as they went out side by side The back of hls |ruck gtrl looked up, heIt exv With his stambok the Baas hit Emma over and over pectantly Come on! he growled beside Peter. agatn BIood stained the shreds of her untlovm each time he hit her and off balance, the Ierk drew Peter out over the street He could Emma tell to her knees, whimpenng Atter all you have to teach see it com' a diny Ing, He watched her face, helpless, as his [all to the rough tar was broken thief a lesson Joseph watched and pleaded, [nkosi, Basie, please, Emma by not take the cups the tug of the eteaming cutts, Ilnking htm to his escort ' The Baas did not Iisten and Joseph could not help Susan Toms Emma. When the Baas was ttntshed, Joseph took his wtfe down, gently loosens James, bring in the dinner ing the tight rope bands tied around her uptaised wrists He carried het The picture was the list thing that caught my attenhon as I walked through carefully totheIr hut where he laid her down on thetr bed Slowly Joseph the door It drew my eyes away trom anything yet undtscovered tn the 70 St Andrew: entrance hall, I was staymg In a house Iha' beIonged lo a nch Inend of my moIhers, She IhoughI II would be a good Idea Io geI away Irom me almosphere that S(III pervaded our house aher father's death My new surroundings were very unlamIIiar and I suppose .I was onIy natural me. [should allach myseII Io some|hing wnh a by oI IamIIIamy The poman resembled my la|her: aIlhough dIIIerenI In Ied|uves. lhe face pomayed (he same composed. dIgnIlIed an and Ihe eyes which heId a certam slrenglh m Ihem. sparkled a mm M adventure Yes. my Ialher was aden mmus. always Iooking (or a new challenge I slIII remember mm morn mg. the alarm clock woke hIm a| about Iour o cInck. I knew he had been awake aII mghl, urgmg Ihe me by and bnmming wnh excuemem He IefI an hour after Ihat 7 H was Ihe Iasv Iime ! ever saw huh I wakhed hIm from behmd as he eagerly cIImbed m and pIaced hIs nIIe rm Ihe back 525A 0( me car They were headmg (or We mounlams II was Iarer me nexI day m we heard he wouId no| be IeIumIng I was In|errupted In my thoughts when my hostess caIIed [or me m my pack m my new room As I elepped carelulIy up Ihe wooden sieps thrh curved nexl Io the wall, I sensed mat Ihose eyes 5 watched me from behind I was grateful |o reach lhe second landing. so IhaI I couId move quIckIy our 06 mew mew My hosIe» Ie me M m poml. sayIng I should call II I needed anthing. and uy I0 get a good niehrs sIeep as she had a surpnse lor me m 12 mommg I had been Iussed eve! since my amaI and aII I really wanted to do was be anne My bedroom overlooked an area of cleanly cuI gm» and neat hedges A buner y Ilined duzIIy (hrough Ihe window and om again We Immedlale surroundmgs had a serenlly about |hem so that I dId leel calm and safe Beyond the gavden Iay vast. dark expanse, oI whal Ihey caIled «heir hum Img grounds' I was Iold that I had been given Ihe mom wnh Ihe hesI mew Th2 nexI morning I was awoken wIIh |he crack of a buIIet followed by loud shneks and helpless calls I Looked oulsIdeJusI In me to see a Iarge bnrd pIummeIIng Ilke a s|one |0 earth The bullet shots echoed agaIn and again In my head They plagued and lolmemed my ImagInatIon I saw my Iamex in Ihe same desperaIe sItuatIon The hideous Image of {he bIrd mggered o Images ol death 7 peepIe were mnmng everywhere. IIoIdIng Iheu hands no |her moths. and acreammg wnh (error I was confused and muddIed and hoped lha| I wouId awake m Imd II had aII been a mgmmaxe Instead, I found myself cowenng on Ihe IIoor wIIh my anus wrapped ughny over my head I suddenly lelI embarrassed but couId noI neI my$eII (II me thoughts IhaI plagued my mInd When I looked em 01 me window. me hunters were just emergmg on horseback Ivom the darkened expanse They seemed 10 Carly wnh them a leeIIng 0| saIisIaclIon and pnde due Io Iheir succes: I IeII sIck once agam bu| I was drawn bank by sanIIy remmdlng me that Ihe creamre lhcu named om wIIh Ihem. dnppmg wnh blood and hangmg IImp Im an unsnung puppet was only a bud A onIy a Ide I screamed k) myseII DInnev "we came and |we1ve «gums were seem: at regular InlervaIC m a long |able, The convelsa on was IImIted Io Ihe IamIIy business deaIs and the day's hum thch led In an outcvy OI 'Sorry 5' (hat I had Slam so late and hadn'I accompamed Ihem as It was meant to be a suvpme' am] a IreaI' for the day I was looking Iolward Io 569mg (he meaI WhIch was Io be provlded as .I would be my IirsI proper IIIIII IQ sInce I had amved James. bnng In |he dmney' commanded our host Through the door came lhe pIucked Iowl decora|ed so elaborately Iha| H was barely VISK' bley but I could stIIIsee a (race oI dign y in i|s sIumped Iorm Once agam pained cnes wrung Ihrough my ears and as I Iuoked up I saw how [he IIghI played genuy on Ihe pomaII |ha| hung by Ihe door I excused mvseIl from me IabIe , I was no longer hungry Bicyclzs m \II K'oIIm" lunlw M(Ncrsnn Amlvnm 1quva mm (7mm Nicola Regan 5 I hluuv 71 For Sale breeze ts blowtng the lace curtatns In a kttchen teallsatlon began to seep through her; the I tove anthue shops thh the smell ot pohshlng wmdow teallsation that to those she loved she had wax and old oak and |he sound at docks Ck' 'None 0! them are tor sale. you know' She become a mere void; the realisation that the cor- mg cut of tune Somewhere m a corner an old walked back to the door quIeHyt putttng the ner seat had become a place lot theiI dtscard- gentlemen wttt be Standing. In saI|-andApeppEI 'closed Stgn m the wtndow. and pulling down ed irritations. And as her body became numb trousers. wtth suspenders. and wearing a black the bltnds agamst the hard wood. the children laughed in rIbbon bothe and real gold cut'Hinks He thl Catherlne Schlkkerling play he pettshmg his glasses with a whtte Sllk handr Celeste Cunin kerchtet bu watchtng you caretulty out of the come! ot his sharp eyes Because he doesn't Comer Seal reatty want to sell anythtng m hts Shop The hard oak chair that stood in the comet was And no Plath I Watktng along a pavemenl et a big ctty wrth last uncomfortable: uncomfortable to stt in and unr No Plath I Cars and bnghtly tlashmg ltghts advertistng twetve comfortable to look a| Perhaps that was why my words do not make magic: dtHerent products. Hound one such shop. tuck- she had never patd any attentton to it. Nots that they do not tem/y ed away amongst the concrete and perspex, was until rt became hers So why your shivers? The Intertor of the httle shop was warm and dark Lately she had nottced herself growing older I cast her spell. and slightly mus|y. permeated wtth the smell of Her sktn had become yellow as It thirsted lot Still so young. young. lavender and chamomtle tea, The shop seemr the sun It pulled at her Joints and sagged in And no Plath I ed crowdedt wtlh the unde ned edges et |he between Her face had become lined and sad Celeste Currin objects mergtng and swaymg, There was heavy and she no longer med to patch It up with make turmtute: a stately oak wardrobe, wuth poltsh- up Where her eyes had once sparkled they Never ed brass handles, an elaborate tourrposter bed were now misty and distant. Never tell at aromauc tamboti wood, wtth heavy green And other people nottced. too When the the morning that vetvet cunams had back by heavy gold cords, ehttareh pulled at her sktvts the adults pulled I love you stood m the oppostte comet to a highly polishs them away. their (aces stem and lvownmg. And she may tum jeatotts ed sttnkwood desk. separated (tom the other when she contrtbuted to the conversatton. she and chase away the Sun ttems. standing stuttly against the wat]. boasttng could feel them only half listening. and so she Jun jorget about the evening: Its ivory Inlays A coppev kettle sat squatly bestde became quieter She knew she was becomtng sunsets are too beautifut the oak wardrobe and a set at beaten copper unpleasant to be near, she could smell the to pans seemed suspended. m the semi darkness. musky odours using from her body and could leave behind Your words above the kettle A set at brass tenders Qltmr taste her butter breath Some pan other was rot~ they are [Ike moonbeamst meted terntty, bttI warmly. besrde a grandtather ttng. she decided Some internal organ was stluer kvsses delttleted at midnight. clock which chimed solemnly. out at tune, dtsmtegratmg slowty, emrtttng these homble I keep them Even though the shop seemed tull, there wasn't smells and leaving somewhete wtthtn her a dark to hang as much else. onty a stlver mirror. with the stlver and heavy void Then they gave her the Chen rackets around my heart comtng ott m patches. In a dark wooden heme. Whenever thew were Iamily gathenngs Celeste Ciln'in and a tew brass ornaments everyone would draw up their Chatts Into a kind The forms blurred as | waIched them, seemed of ctrcte but she would be left on the outskirts. Looking Back to move and speak The creaktng oi the oak. bew dered and uncomfortable and a(ratd Io The things I've always wanted to say the swash ot the velvet curtains, sendtng ttp complatn because her presence tmtaled them keep clouds of dust. and the rhy|hmic chtme of the and she had become a nuvsance So she sat dnp- old clock The forms swelledt receded, and atone m the corner Itslentng silentty to the 9th swelled agatn, towering above me The lumttuve laughtet and chattenng that accompantes youth onto the pages seemed to be swtmming m an old world at And wtthermg, very slowly behmd me mosphere around me. dancmg tn strange Itlttng At night she would dream that she was sttting nnd smudgmg the words movements, The Itght seemed to change, grows In her comer seat with her wrthering body and Ihaue said tng dtmmer then brighter, gtving |he whole room her wvthertng mtnd. She dreamt that her sktn Instead the .mpressron at movmg, The semirdarkness was shrinking and too small for her bones It took hotd ot the abreast transtarmmg themt pulled and pulled, tauter and tauter until tt split And I'm looking back , creating an unreal world. a test comer of |he and slid away lmm her tramework onto the keepmg m touch past. floor. The notse level in the room rose as the checkmg the back copies They seem to speak to one, don't they? The chtldren laughed touder and loudet and as the overlooking the mtspttnls gentle votce startled me The lady had sott whtte adults spoke more and more 'uriously. Her Jaws hair and appte cheeks, Her eyes were a sad snapped open and shut In her effort to draw 0/ thmgs I have atwaye wanted to say grey. and her hands worked the srtk handkerr thetr a emton to her but the room was too noisy chIeL threadtng It tn and out at her Imgers. and |hey dtd not hear She could feel herself And I'm Ieammg to count again IWIstIng It around her hand Her dress was grey, becomtng losstltzed like some prehtstovic 1 2 ltke her eyes, and sttghtty wom at Ihe elbows dtnosaur And 5H" the people did not see, Soon 1 2 3 frayed at |he cutls and collar She smelled 0! It became dark and they lett the room and sit keeping a [Ingerspace between apple crumbs and Mac an a cool day when the she could Ieet he! bones tummg to stone The each word (tahtmuest 72 5t Andvean And they're smudgmg me dnps due m\ddag was ek 'n permon wa| alles in die and they re dnppmg me smudge: lewe gehad ha. klere. kos 9214. 'n moo} huvs en bale vriende and I'm trying so D\e vowgende dag hex ek weey |evuggegaan om so horn we seek Du was n koue dag ah ha «wee so desperately to [And uur he( ek yaks m n donkey hoekve gesven Du you het my laa| n! Toe 2k nadev day.) he! ek die vm] among brum kombevs hevkcn Ek bet my hand the records 0/ my exvstence uIlges|eek om aan horn «e raak, maa! «oe 2k 5y o e slen hel ek dn gou weer weggeuek Sy You never gm me roses oé was koud en heellemal \eweloos only rang on days mm were cord Lynn Fleming when 152 had lmzen me keyhores shut and locked the wmdows to our souls n Gehed vi! Ons Land Ours. Onse Vadery they say, U hat hmme mom land w Ons gegee en Ons )5 a slow death maak haar vul Ons bun haay God want era s Celeste Cur n goo} ons ons vungoed In plaas van aw sagte gras IS daar paplele. bouewsen phs ek In die nvleve The difference (to V) an m we see is daar noolyungoed en chemlese 1: 15 omcml velspilling 0 God. beskerm due mm plekke wa| Thus |Ime next year you will be nog nie dew menshke hande gebuxt ,5 me Beskerm die skoonheld waaivan Ons st) dkaels gone Verges! en the dime m huHe na|uuvhke omgewV No more sweet purple ings Ons velrull vars xug \m xookmis en die Ver sweet lessons vlakms vir grys stede on,» gum suydeAmka Se sweex smxles skoonhetd weg Salt tears Help (ms assebhel 0m cor dve versknkhke will not smudge me won droogte (e kom Verander die versengde aarde (ms hme. soda| plume weer oorvloedhg 5 me was Acnmg was never so dt lcuk variang na die koel stmomples 2n dle kleurVoUe blomme Lam d e damme weer \o} wees Stuur Things around here WI change. y" ons dye nodwge vecns vvr due droé caste en I Sald die dorsuge Ame. wan! wr have mense be eken They wvll have to be different die reen hul bestaan Celeste Cunln Kyk asseblle' 00k na dle mense van (m5 land. die Swanes. die Blankes dwe Kleurhnge en the Aswan: Sny ons van dm yoomordeel wag. wam n Onvergeetlike Gebeurtenis dn veromsaak haat en mxsverstand Help Ons Sy gram bruin oe he! na my gekyk en ek het vera op d|e oombhk 0m deur hlevd e moe vke sktehk gewee dat hy my ssen soos ek veghg vs Ayd IE kom. sender oorlog o{ gewe d Maak van Ek he| skulrhg gevoel. wanl 5y geslg het w my ons Ilefdevn e mense. God soda! dear me on venew da ek n seusugnge en gemene persoon nodlge bloedvcrgleung s me Help dye mvmslers is Noon vamevore. of daama. het ek \emand Van ons land am amwoordu ur the bum onlmoet was my 50 goed kon yemaan me Ek vraagsmkke waarmee hulie mom r1291 [2 \lnd he! aues verslaan sender dm hy emgias w my Gee vvr hulle dle moed en die wushmd om Smdr gesé he| A(rika na vrede {e kn Ek he! skxehk kwaad geword en hom wegge En hastens. Hem. verge ? a dw mense xan Jaag Hy hm verby my geloop en due ou bruin SuwdrAfnka Gee WY om hoop da mu land 59 kombevs slywel om horn Ioegedraav problem? unemdehke 5d! uuwerk Seen on: Kom mugy Kom assebhef (erug Ek vs jammer assebhei. wan! ons Sal probeer om mu lmwns Ek ha dn nie bedoel me" ha 2k geskreeu, maar en en: {oule \e verbcm ek was (2 law, wam hy het weggehatdloop en ln U naam om n hoek vevdwyn Ek het horn probeer aglerr Amen volg. maav by was névcns m vmde me Robyn Eaton Tamg by my huls he| ek plobeer Vergeel maar ewe keel he! ek weer 5y oe geslen en sues weer (mthnu Ek het bmne myseH gesoek w xets wa| The jacaranda m Tmuu (1mm yrmm OM gear! was. maay daay was mks m2 Voor dam OM wing entrance zu Oana mmuusun mm Um" s: Avmman 73 The warm creature ol InusIc. «ms and perfumed unwers cuyled around, pressmg mu 3 comm table place Is (2ther an added my ribs Then II sank down agamsl my shoulder blade: and wcnl Io sIeep aI |he bonom of my soul Igazed nappIIy at me Iendev (Hy. wuh IIs mIIIIIIn fragmented Iwes Who cares? Someone does Sue Toms The crickets continued to chirp the heat 0! the long night 1| had been a scorchmg hm day The evemng had come and the bushveld was recovenng From |he Intense heat OI me sun. now sinklng sIowa hehmd an ouIcmp Isak ten wrapped up In the MM aIr He wIshed he could escape and shed II hke a skm In Ihe distance Ihere were suman and he knew IhaI |h2 weld was mmlng alive aka: a sIeepy begmnmg The cnckets Soon broke ouI mm a shnII song Isak had been up near Ihe border {or over a momh He had |05| Hack of (he cIvIlised world and us Iaws and order He had Iearm ln estima|e mm: (mm Ihe posmon oi the sun He dId noI need books (0 I2" hIm how to survive H2 and Ins Ihree (ompamons had Ieam| |his the hard and: by NImIa Ram way out oI necessny They IeII a close In' (Imdcy wIIh the hush now They understood her Who cares? dIIon bum IIs Tran vumMed IIIIIcIousw I III a Inomenl the dl erem moods and Intenhons They could so my wm around us I Iw car IIIIIIIgIII III llwm cmwded wIIh homogoers III IIII. rcpt ~udden changes thch might shock an was (I IImneI III hgm Wlllnn lhe Inky Mame», dusk and the harsh scam III bodies Machmcs oumder ~ur\'( $SIVe \amppos is swmgmg bngh y toward: (any Ihe cIIy s mood. III (mm qme y uvodmg II: and IIIckmg helund The 'l he baSIC m unmg they had received was nmhmg war (II me mad IdIIIIIaIIII. Imd ruwlllellwm Imps wIIII m In CI)VI IparIsoI\ wnh the waI experience Lek Io under us was .III me expwssmn um Ihouths walur IIIII wIIII angry emptv pmkensana oilxers {end for themselves Ihey had IeamI lhe an of "mm. and | curled ,IoepIIy l0 Ihe w. 10w IIIIIIIIIed WIIII lcar 0| (th/L'S I resumed [he HVL K was a (leap aurvwal as opposed to the {mamy 04 (16th Their ache In me. am. wmmbw Imms. sIIIIIIIIug IIIIIIIII as (Irerenqnws beInw "II: ears had become aIIuned to bush noIse. (hen mg how lhe dusuuv IIIgIII 0| Ihe ¢me camp IIIIII I rewmcd [he now 0( Can. IIIe now III dzws and (lhswlvcd the sharp Image senses sharpened Io delect Ihe slughtest IoreIgn (II my brolher III me years govenung me w. the aIIImIIII pump presence Many a Iime they had saved their deklwdy The long dee lmI-k was a IIIIIsnaIL-II (II mm mm barkmq dogs I resenled "19 pm skms usmg 0.ny men came oI smell In the Immt nse {ung IIIqIII mu walkmg SI BIuly. sows carduIly locked III I've We ~ Ipp0d. Thal evening however, Ihe four men were unnoticed In Ihe dIssocIaIeII nmzl. IIIIIIIII/ agunws III lhwr mIIIsI .veu me. (rapped sIIghIIy more relaxed II was easy Io become ab past me wmdnwhamvd Iwm of II mIIIIon III me la! IIIIIIII blood Wm bcarmg me home Johuvgen sorbed mm me rhylhm oI (he chupmg chCkeIs sInqu III wvmlou/s hdldlk ed In a sctund I IeII the «ah (I a IIIIIIm lonelv pm) Isak watched his Compamons swayIng 92me in pruumously mm the sum I Juws u IIIII ple IIIImI mm (mwdcd sepdmlmn (mm (0 (he noIse He {eh suanger uneasy as marl some gazmg mmugh me III mu sIIIw wk opped (0 \el a red rum blood (2 no» hwmhmg (IIyI wdmng wukeIuI II II was aImosI too loud He felt IhaI they were (0r (lawn I .m (my mm The rddm WWII III Ihe meme, (1 Ion relaxed. olfguard. but consoled himseN wIIh nqueII poopIe sIeepmg. Iorgouun In yvUow dmwsy wamI love song I was aware or ihe II pculmgrwdlled the knowledge Ihat lhe cncke|s would szIch o moms I-IIIIdveII. Iher (Imam quIII wIIuI sIIqumImg me. washmg ouI Ihe In |he presence of danger, He couId noI geI nd Ieasmg [ImL mm (I dance 01 Changmg Izmpo aw. My Im mIIIIIdEII m m expression OI nhhe sIck IeeIIng churning m hIss|omach He Around me. people were [mm and dvecl (Iva man wu had passed m7 UTE mum (lIcked Imlab y at a mosqullo and drew chon. A man stI on the sxeps of a comm. hvad III Ins 'l'he ongmz gmeeII 0va mm CoIIm, who sang Jerky squIQQIes In Ihe sand vah a suck ImmIs HIs domes were nonhur nrh nor phor on hced ewly. and we mmod on under endless Night had descended fully and the small group IIHheshadowhghl Aslwd chenl hhlnteh ud [IILkIng Slreklhgms I leaned baCk. III gIImpse .I of men was veIled In blackness They knew [he I braced mysell for his gm or anger buI IIIs (2w perslslem wars between Ihe skyscrapers logIc oI havIng a onch as |he only source 01 IIghl eyes showed nn cmuIIon The blue» oI bone and As the nexI stmetlamp caIIgIII my gave and drew But. tomghl, the velve|y blackness dId not comr carved emey skm were de wnh (he vIgour III II down. I saw a Idcarandd Irce. purp v srcmed ( 74 5: Andrew: The nocturnal insects were busy and lot 0 he instead oi gotng lo places that can cause so was usually St George comlng to the rescue and knew that elephants were on the move He much dissatisfaction The answer must be that slaying the dragon while the maiden swooned recognised their slow, heavy gait. The nearby dragons entoy sptthng lne and llnd every op- In the background. Looktng at medleval pictures river slipped by, swirl, then still, swirl, still. The portunity to do so 0! the weedy St George: and the weakrkneed pattern . it was unusual. He could not recall One cannot place the blame lot this heated maldens. Igenerally leel rnost sympathy tor the the new swwling sound. His heart ,umped as hehaytonr entirely on the dragons We ate sue dragon It was this myth that resulted in dragon he prodded his compantons They listened. jected to the lull range cl specimens whose ex becomlng a word at abuse normally applied to heads uplifted Bodies were lenses crouched. amples we tollow. on telewsion each night The ladies acting as chaperone to young women [sak tingered his holster as he led the short pro~ leniales generally have immaculately groomed when lhey first entered society cession forwards They took shelter behind an scales and long red talons ready for any The young men tended to object to the advantageous river rock, The river was clear, emergency The males have the llery tempers chaperone's presence The ldea olcruelly also nothing moved. The strangeness moved from and moral standards as hollow as the caves that came {mm the Vlkmgs lrom then longboats, his stomach upwards It took over his body as the more pnmltive dragons would inhabit. which they sailed while golng around ravaglng it spread by all his bloodvessels They walted. The world is so lull ol dragons leven encounlet Northern Europe were nicknamed dragon Then from their left, a solitary gure rose Isak them in my own house on occasions The words boats. saw only the listing at a tall object. lnstinctively Where have you been? as l stumble in the front The Eastern idea ot dragons is vety dillerent he gave the order to tire. A short volley of shots door a few hours alter midmght. 'Jusl look at They are regarded as beasts ot tnttntte wisdom llew across to the nverbank A [tightened ery this mess" as she wades through the contents which must be treated wtth great respect In was heard, Then the smashing al clay. The 0! my humble abode or Tum that dreadlul nolse Chlnese legends the dragons often demanded crickets stopped and there was silence agaln. down" asl savour my tauourite song, can be tribute (mm the villages but In return they pros Feeling that the danger was over, the toursonie as hot as any dragonspeweti re, tecled the villagers t'rom raiders They tended moved towards; reliel was apparent and they As ailhcult as it IS to admit. we are all dragons to live in caves htgh up In the mountains, They strode confidently to the river's edge. by nature. I can recall many lnmdenls when l are still very much a part ol the Chlnese culture The moonlight shone on the face at a young have sized up my lernale opposltton looklng. in and dutlng celebrations papet dtagons are cons girl in a ghostly manner She lay peaeelully Her disapproval, at thelr atttre from top to me. I have situated and tamed by a numbe! ol men who eyes stared innocently upwards, glazed. gasped ll'l shock on many ooeasions and uttered run In wlde curves down the streets so the Alongslde her a tall water jug lay broken. lsak [ would never do that" I have smiled warmly dragon seems almost allve. lelt a hollow pit In his stomach He bent over at people s laces and frowned at their backs tell- A third type ol dragon has emerged ln recent the river and was sick lug my nelghbout of all that person's laults. Each years They are to be lound .n lantasy science The night noises returned The crickets con- human's tongue could give the llertesl lurnace hctton They generally petiorm the duty at glanl tinued to chirp tn the heat ol the long ntght a bit of competitlon, but at ttmes being a dragon steeds easily able to y a man over vast Robyn Elton can be fun distances They are highly lnlelllgenl and can Susan Maude communicate wtth their owners lelepathreally They can also move hont one place to anothev Dragons many mtles away in seconds by going hetween'. At the mention of a dragon. the picture at a Dragons These dragons do not use thelr ame to devour huge scaly beast with long claws and spewing Dragon 7 the word suggests mystery and people but instead to devour manklnd's lire comes lnto one s mind We should. adventure lt brlngs to mind ancient legends. enemies however, also Conslder the dragons en tales ol chivalty and herolc deeds. tunes when However people Vlsuallse dragons and whether countered in daily he men were conquerors and women swoonlng or not they actually believe in them, dragons I have, on many occasions, gone into a cold maldens It also suggests slvange mystenes wtll always represent mystery and adventure in sweat antlcipating the next lesson at school which man and all his sciences cannot penetrate, people's mlnds They represent something that when the teacher was a dragon. She was usually beasts aluned to nature and her secrets, draw- no amount 0! serenlitlc theory can provtde, plump and would make a grand entrance with ing thelr strength lrom wtthin themselves, not some quallty that twentieth century man has the smell ot perlume enough to knock the from weapons lost strongest ol the human race out, ll, at any time Most people have a general taea what a dragon Catherine O'Dowd during the lesson, anyone shnwed stgns ol locks llke though they have never seen one boredom or 'strayed attention they would be They visualise a huge tourrlegged beast covered subtectea to a cold stare hem those heady eyes in scales It has a long. thick tail, long claws and and a flow of words from that permanently sharp. bladerlike teeth. Horns are optional drooping mouth. One would always leave such Dragons also tend to have long noses with pro- a class teeling like the survivor of a major nounced noslnls through whteh they breathe volcanic etuption. lne. They have two vast wings. generally People In the hotel and enlevlainmenl bustness sproutlnglrom lhelr shoulders. The ovetall \m' encounter dragons all the ttme, The arm is to presslon is one of great strength and savagery please customers but this, at tlmes. can be very People lend to be a llttle luzzy about thelr ongtns dif cult. A crease in the otherwise immaculate but will probably say they are remnants (rent the bed. Iate' room service or rowdy neighbours can days oi the dinosaurs send the dragons out at then caves spewing are Western mythology portrays dragons as cruel at all mortals in sight, I often wonder why these heasts who carried out and presumably ate, dragons don't remain In the safely at thelr caves beautttul young maidens The end result at thls s; Andrean 75 Five Form ... that was the year that was FORM FIVE Hands worry because he realtsed how precartous hts sttuattort was to him. My mother always told me to look at people's hands. She said they would Often I worried that [ was not a son. Pa needed a son who could tend tell me everything I wanted to know, So. I look at your hands lady. to the lands and together they could talk 'ptaasstalk'. It was not that l They are heauhtuiiy manicured. Their silky skin is sttli tree oi creases and was inadequate. it was lust that l was made to teel inadequate Ma always [admire the long nails you've palnled so earetully and deliberately in told me that a woman baked and sewedy her place was in the home a striking red How I envy that magni cently cut dtamond WI ttch rests I irked to play out tn the open air. to rtde the cows and to swim in the on a thin gold band around your slender linger. 0h lady you are the reservoir 7 now deprived DI water 'I can learn' I would tell Pa and Ma ptcture ot elegance as you deal the cards and call your suit but in vain. A woman's place is tn the home' How thtsinturiated me. Ah. but I need not look much closer to see your hands are lazy They I longed to help Pa and to make him the Pa we used to know hut It was have seen no hardship. no dirty dishes or ttlthy bathtubs Life has dealt like pleading with a stone wall, you a good hand Tan' Sara grew \II She began to sutter irom lack oi oxygen, i came upon Yes, Me has been easy Nanny brought you up and Mummy and Daddy her one day while she was sttltng in her chair. I had brought her her usual were there to give you presents Finishing school in Switzerland was oh. tea and mosbolletjtes Her chair was rocking taster than usual, her lace so bortng. and as you elegantly covered your yawn wtth your hand. husr was blue and her eyes that stared were even more dead than usual: wrin- band number one walked trtto your itIe Today tt's husband numberthree kled. her arthritic-bent hands clasped to her throat These tits were many and your tourth diamond But Harry has been good to you He made but they were shortlived We pleaded with her to stay in bed but she hts mtllton years ago and just last week he brought home another Corns would only shake her old head and contlnua to Sit and to rock and stare puter tor the kids. [t was Tan' Sara's teatime once again I came out onto the steep. gave Somewhere inside you. something doesn't teel right As you tlash your her her tea and as usual 1 sat on the stoep and like her stared in hope dtamonds around tn trttItal talk about your latest hairdresser and that of seeing what she never bored at It was then that [ heard. through the adorable little boultque you found yesterday. you are restless Budge and great silence, the snapping ot twigs and ieit a slight breeze Through this tennts parttes are starting to bore you, Soon you'll have to nd something great silence a black cloud rapidly approached It seemed to he devour- else to entertain your indolenllyrseavchlng mind in order to convtnce mg the sun and the stark landscape As it grew nearer I realised that it yourselt that you are really living lire. was not an evtl sptrtt sent by God but ratn [t was ratn sent by God that But you are blind. lady Your blinkers of riches htde you trom reoitty, would give us strength and lite You'll never see that the world ts not here only to indulge you, So. lady, How it tamed It was a good rain All the cattle notsily moved about in eat your cucumber sandwich. dab the corners ol your mouth with your they kraals One could sense then happtness and reitet Trees hertt and iaeeeaged napkin and play the hand you have been dealt dry branches snapped with the strain Marne Faber It was then that I looked at Tan' Sara Her eyes were now closed and her head dropped to one side On her tace was a smile Her lips were no longer creased but the wrde smtle had ironed out the wrinkles and In a Great Silence I Hear Approaching Rain she smiled smoothly. Tan Sara sat on the sleep in her agetng yellow~wood chair. monotonously Ashley Heron rocktng She was old now and had lived many years tn thts and, dry country the Kama There she sat. her grey strands ot hatr scraped into a thinning burl on the back at her head Staring eyes, so Iamtitar wtth Dit is Weer Lente the dry. heatrlntested landscape Not olten did she speak, only an occar Die windjte wal gewaat het. was nie meet koud nte. maar warm. Ek het stonal So ,a, my ktnd' This was sad in a sott. breathy stgh, opgekyk en gesten dat die lug hie meer daardie koue, onvrtendelike hlou When I looked at Tan' Sara I knew that this was a person who had IivV was me. maara die sagter hlou van die lente Die amandelbloeisels r ed. There was so much she kept wtlhtn her agetng head. yet so little daardte dapper aankondigers van die eerste warmte Van die lente het she chose to tell us ot her past Tan Sara now lived a Me of roultne vIr my gese dtt ts weer Iente! En ek. wat nou ook die sekurileil van dte It was almost too dttttcult to tmagine that she had lived a ItIe other than wmtermaande by die huts moet Verlaat am my ete weg m die wereld that she now liveds sitting in her chair thatr like her. had also begun to te gaan vtnd. kan dtt ook binneVin my hoor skree dit ts weer Ierttei show the marks ot passing time. dunking her punctual tea and toothlessly vtr my stmboliseer die ierrte vryheld dis dte vryheld van my klere haakte sucking mosbolletjies But I knew. I knew that there was more to her bene wat bruin in die son kan brand. voete wat weereens dte blote grond than what she chose to show How I longed for the day when she would onder hulte kan yoel; disdie vryheld van my hondye, wat nadatsy haar not tust sit there unsmillngy starlng and rocking wtnter mantel uerlor hetr soos 'n pasgeskeetde lammerttte rondspttng, Fa had ben to the dorp to get tresh supplies. Sometimes he ltad to go En daatom voel ek dat dtt nou weer Iente in my Iewe ts. nmdat ek weer to the big dorp' v Cape Town 7 to get the really important things that n btetjte van dte vryheid Wat aan my loegeken word om tn 'n indtvidu were needed {or the farm. the things could not be obtained at the winkel te ontwikkelr gaan waarneem Vry van die skool. vry van die huts. saI in the dorp' I worried tor Pa because he was showing signs of rapid ek Vry wees om nuwe dlnge te ondervind en nader aan daardie somerr ageing and Ialtgue God torotd that he should be transtormed mto a tyd vart my iewe te greet mysterious, eetomot-ph like no Sara But I knew why Pa worried. and Dit IS weer Iertte as ty die grond rulk. rutk ,y. dis warm Die saoie wat Ma knew too Together we worried and together we prayed Ior ratn that diep under die grand butte berelk van die son hulle winterslaap geslaap would transform our land and our Pa For {me years It had not tamed het. voel olit ook en huiie begin groel 7 do die begtrt van n nuwe lewe a good tam, A good rain was wha| we needed it we were to continue Diere voel ook dlé Ius om nuwe Iewe tot stand te bring en hulle drang {arming Pa's brother Hendrik, had offered Pa a job in the 'htg dorp word geseeh met bevrugting. waarin huwe lewe skuti Die sjokolade-eters Thts made Pa feel very unstable and Insecure because (arming was hts van Paaslees. wat in die lente in Europa geler word. stmholiseer ook lite How could he pull up his roots and plant them to toretgrt ground hterdte nuwe hoop. hterdle nuwe lewe Ek beset dat ek nou Innerltk wal They would not grow, No. Pa would never do this but it 5 made Pa moet greet. 2k sal van hierdte postsie van mag wat 2k by die skool 78 St Andrean p Iose graag ek I; Wat Rakn die AI beklee, Jennller sal See Jollex 0/ hon Am. (Wanner N.P Indi erencz Lipshck lls BeaIs Flashing Abandoned Feel Doublerbe'l Hitchrup Watch The She LI/e They Break- ash lndIuiduaIIly An UnI/oymuy Hus But Easy FIeeh-hpeness And She Con/omuty, A I Trout Iyenm In Mynad The EnIeId And Sparkhng n uevblom seek 'hy her wal is summer's wees. wele the /Ihe u/ eppIe FIemmg van is her deurmekaarspul, the an siouches Is her van oI rush bares [0 poeIry wou ken call i ver die 7 ek the her the moek heady of uan Ioumuin cigarette waarheen my daI boredom assert re rebeUIon die Wyk umue Lh evary Winger mm! 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I So Mould My Here Can That The wuh New Ican Movement Before Wilhm A Has The true In Weary The Yet want am am strange the a those over Iaughmg enmely completely over ImIe aftermath to Icy mmd Ihe humg unseen a small slap be uoId been uncertam Sp"! Is thought hoIdmg I me be cupped to touch words gleams heart the small parlner on gm Iwmg can thIs whitely bhgm way Humg me and my anymmg hoIIow me Look words, under reach anthmg has genIIe m and compleueness memng as waxer, and insubslance and dancmg be my I 1522 ghI of air a achmg ahue my place mus! Iaughmg [renew IIIIed a o/ the that day hands a] slow thousand a an at and Ihe uamshed heau numb skm murmuymgs Ieepmg Ilgm Indeasvon ths m S ars storm w." take n mm hss gIadhess fthe of whhhng day Searchmg Over Here Men Question Appeamnee 0! Bemg 0/ Exlstence Thai Denymg DIsbehe/ As The WhIch The To To Can The Journey Ann Exvstence The Trurh The That The Where That anne m had alone passmg dle The IoId she (hose oI eoaguIaIed her movements Her had had every|hing she ed IusIenmg sat and and wnh had help pain! what and |he reveal what whh |o wnh scmlchmg bus Imle debate are |haI gone on/y sImpIe |he heau IeII Impressive mlormed xemembered packed and hs|ened souls. honey |he them heard governmem Is Is Fleming hex on and [INS around engme physlcal even baby landscape the hope nde matter stumbhng without rest. end they WIII Io lhcker lhe nowhere bosom hulh the emplmess. on an aehed ahead. build Ihem and women thew In :haI oI into wm her had back newrbom pahenny wnh (Xylng Io would |c elemvty hIdden and Ihem and her mmds Ihe dvawmgs agony were a 0/ make peeI oon go suymg he and gnevances been hundIes and manning better not oIImaI Ihe expectahon bundle seaL Never h [he Reality around smng m crea|ed (ha! be e S(anng drowned gIadIy closed even day n envIsage Io Iheur for a moving monotonous clu|ching Me was long Ihe an Slowly m before m and Panemly Sophla when thew the and In when fomme hIs hIs her wnh vacamly only and Great one. a parceVS fares |o be Obediendy (he promlses new new suII arms had they pamslakmgly hex SI hIs was the her a her Ihe She Inn me loo Iand Whhe new m Andvenn whne place Me. she bIg chaner om were H131 Iquenng so (houghIs husband growhng going the securing 04 ax had had oI home words Ieh so a| men along mghl. bun Baas gave my coal mvlk She had hm Ihe she seI hII so of [0 79 cleantng out her hut Ptoud and erect had she bale kos eet nle en het bate pyn verduur. Pa authuvtttes ave stnct there cltmhed the slaw; ol the bus and telused |o he| tog noott moed opgegee nie Hy het werk Old 1 ever tell you? It was a long black nrght then watch a: the tasr hu| drsappeared hehmd the toe gegaan totdat dre dokter horn verbled het and [ was waiting lor him. The tin door never horizon Only she had hottced when the pro om te gaan. moved and I never heard the gnnd ol the latch. lemon and secunly ot the mouuram ranges and Toe ons uilvind dat dte kanker tot by sy llay there and moved close lo your daddy, but valleys gave way lo a llal bleak expanse. whrte slukdetm verspvet het en hy me meer goecl tron his body too was cold and wailingy expectant those around her (hailed med and consoled praat me. het dit hom me ontmoedig nie. Hy Then the man came He came and said that each other The mvles and mules ol emptmess het 'n llullpe om 5y nek gedra waarmee hy ons they musl take my Simon away for breaking the seem to llcw ttuo her and she closed he! eyes kon onlbled om tets vtr hom aan te dra ol te rules and having a slegte \nvloed' on the other How many days and mghts they travelledy doen Ons het besel dat hy sou stetl en Pa he| boys. And I warned hrm But young boys like Sophia could nor be sure Ttme seemed to ehr dtl bale goed aanvaar Hy het 'rt stevker gelool that. they don't know their minds and want to shroud her and she oated wtlh the monon ol deur sy siekte ontwtkkel en ons hele gestn het be Itke the while people So I thanked the man the bus. adnll and alone Someumes she was nader aanmekaar gegvoet' and he told me 1 could Visit htm here But I don't aware of bnght lights as they travelled through Pa se s|erk wil om Ie lewe en later sy aanvaar know where, These boys deserve ll, Llslen cute; and rowns, accompamed by rhe cuxious ding Van die dood het my baie diep geraak. 1h slslen when your legs have grown long and your stares ov slony glances ol \hose that hrretly dre lange twee taar Van sy versknkltke Iydtng het Iongue can make words, don't make a became aware ot thetr presence and just as hy nie vir eeh oombhk ontedelik geword me. policeman angry. Don't hurt me ltke the raprdly (019m them Hy was nog vol wuskrag ne| Voordal hy geslerl I wonder who this old man with the wnnkled Their arrival jerked her abruptly back to reality, hetomdat hy, ure voorsy dood. Nagmaal saam cheeks IS coming to vistl A grandson like A sharp nasal voice in her ear barked inslrucV met ons predtkant, my ma en broer gentet het. Stmon Perhaps he: jusl come for the ride 1 trons and they were qutckly herded oh the bus Wie kan nle deur dié sterky moedige man diep don't think he has money like that to waste Dazed and reeling trom hunger and lallgue she geraak word rue7 though stumbled forwardy clutchmg her baby, Her eyes Fritll Sau lun The red dust from the ground is so loose and cast downwards. she suddenly became aware dry [can teel it weaving through my hair and that |he women next |o her had ceased their mm my 5km The blue sky oulslde \s slained and excued chatter and a cold silence had descended adiny lilm hldes tt Butrt rsthere I want to reach upon them Thts was soon replaced by a lam! my son. but Ihere is yet another bend in |he mumbling whtch rose. as t by one accord, In|o road, an angry roar Whrle the others sloody shoulmg. Mothet to Child Gutnevere Ethertngmn vatng and pteadmg, Sophra walked lovward. The tourney \5 long now and the bus is lull I placed her bundle on the llat expanse before am weary and my muscles want to sleep but her and began to search (or wood wtlh which my head says No. someone Wlll lake your |o make a shelter thtngs' So I stt thh ll'us burden ol blankets and Terri Rostmn body all folded to and out. My hahy. my legs cannc| hold you tor too much longer and we have sllll a long way to go But sleep now and dream ol sweel lhlngs like when we go back home to gogo and when you start Io say thmgs. Then you can 90 k) school like Davld does and Dit hat my Baie Diep Gelaak you can learn and you can teach me Dre gebeunems wat my bate dlep geraak het. The bus keeps moving up and down and the was toe my pa ontdek het dat hy kanker het va||le5 and tins and voices and bodies all ltll up Du was me die ein|like stekle wet my geraak he| my head. These strange people are pushed so me. maar dle mamer waarop my pa, asook die close to me. on me and I don'leven knowlhem hele gesm. dte situaste verwerk en aanvaar het. So [ shall hold on to you my baby and keep you Ek was op daardie sladtum twaatt )aar oud err warm here There Is a lamtllar small about me was hog te )Onk eh onetvare om dre tmpllkastes I always nohce rt when my husband comes Van dle stekle te verslaan Pa was s.e|t en hy home m the evenmg Then I le|ch water tor htm sou goquou herer word Sy kanker was nie .u and he washes and it goes But there ts no water 'n gevordevde sladtum nie en my ouers het here even to drink so I canno| wash myselt It besluil dot my pa besualing sou ondergaan seems \0 till all my senses and [ want to dram Pa moes eers 'n kletn operasle ondergaan Die ll out of my head dokler won seker maak dak dle kanker me al lhope he Wlll he Walllng at the end 0! this long 5y slukderm berelk he| nie Gelukklg hel dit me bumpy road lshall look lor ht; whrte smile and Die beslrahng het nie gewerk me eh Pa moes hts limp among the other boys there But I bate pyn verduur omdal 5y wand. as gevolg van wondet ll his smile will still be white or whe|her die bestroling, noon genees het nie Dle kanker he wvll sltll be limpmg He won't have seen hts het verspret Hy moes nog 'n operaste Imle sisler yet and I wonder if he has even heard ondergaan en sy een long rs verwyder Pa het about you My lerters were long and descnbed teen dré tyd bale gewlg vetloox Hy kon nle meer your shiny sktn and your charcoal how. but the 30 5t Andrea" Form Five 1985 Now [Seventh Ram) JEnm/EV Jones Movgavet Puma" Elsa ngm Tame Manhardl Juan van der COW Lrsa Ambler Smnh Geraldvn! Hyslop Tem Tamage Rowan (Sum Row! Km) Wolf! Amanda PmeoL Mary mu def Riel Isa Szhwanz Paula nghr angaret Cowrm Lxsa MacMmmx (Hflh Row! Clare Loveday Jo Anne Greenhalgh Peru Falconer Susan Dxxon, Ehmberh Harms Arm Nemmg Jumne Hnedon Nicola Valentine (Fourth How) Amanda Young Putnam McCaN [Asa Morahead Carolyn Dodo, Vumu thdvs Shana Sncdzlun Claudxa Caracandas (Thud Rum) Fnlh Somhem Mama Faber fumal alma. Deborah P ckovd AngelaAmoH Dawno de MunHac Nuluhe Wheble Trary du Preez (Second Row} M: Wvlson Kuthevme Harms Charmagne 5mm Ashley Fran. Gumeuere Llhenngmn Km Jone Elm": Mam Dunlap Momque Staplelmv Therésa To ken (Fwy Howl Xemn Ayvom Jenny Rathbuna L nzw Brushrh: Megan Gawuh Jenmler erson Chevy: Darby Emma Lead! and then 7 1978 Mary Alan dam: a-ck: M s Lamb TemRamon Gumeveve Exhermgmn Angelallancock Jeanne Mandel! Ann Flemmg Gad Kmmchmm vaa Pears Ehzabekh Francis Anthea Mlddle: Jame d9 WOW. Thevem Tolken Kamleen Hnlme: 3mm; 3mm Endge! uan Owls Janene de Whey; Andrews Lergh Mom. June Flam: Tama Munnhardl Noehne Fvsher Km Walson Colleen Wn wn r/umvve Knuggs Megan Gawuh, HarlmeH Lvm Amblev Snmh s: Andrean 81 In a great silence I hear temlytng hatt whtch Witt break my new seedl» (at the increase In the pnIIutton at out environr approaching rain tngs and brutse my §ktn7 ment. The great South Nncan sky has gone black I've I hear approaching rain It's hopeIess to prevent (bt the cumulative age of the geotdehaped been watching tt since Iunchttme 7 it s been it now. I know. so don't waste your [Imev I want ptahet we inhabit. thtough many shades Was tt ever that cloudless to say All we can do now IS hope. hope that (CD the ow at water over the surface of the blue at a Highveld morning? The clouds are It thl he ratn whtch Will gtve those few reforms ground: heavy now. expectant. at their blackest. a chance to gtow and not hail that destroys and ten the tesulttng byproducts et cloud manipula- 'Typtcal htghveld thunderstorm: my lather says washes away out hopes and dreams All the tiong, and Happened every altetnoon tot years when I signs are pointing to hat! 7 UItenhage, 1e) the denstty ot the atmosphere in ptoporhon was a kid Blackened up around Ihree - It was Crossroads and Soweto weekends. Do I stand to the tatto between the mass at the earth hhd agatn by six and we d go and play seceet' and face tt. or run tnstde and the lunar body atttacted by it, Dtdn t you ever thtnk 7' [ wanted to ask. but Will a rainbow appeal and show us a path the particles of nitrogen. carbon dioxide, 0» he. , he'd thtnk the stupid. Didn t you Ever through to the future? Will the great South ygen. sulphuric acid, sulphur vapour, carbon think that nature was ttytng to teII you Atheeu sky eyet be blue again? It was once thtesutphate, phosphoglycetol and all lhetr somethtug° though we might nol remembett South Alrica allotrophes have absorbed various particles by The trees have stopped moving now The wind was beautttul thl tt be line by stx7 filtration and therefore re ect light rays et a larger that congregated the mighty clouds IS qutel. tor Jenn er Wilson wavelength. shorter ttequency and gteatet a moment. It s a deathly hush as they say. The tThts essay was htghty cummended in the essay see energy The di tactton and tetractton quotients trees stand tall. Immovable proud, [ leel thetr mm 0/ the Ltlemry Cumpehhon I ate theretete hlghet and this subsequently resuhs magnlltcence and I shudder m tunhet combinations at the products resulting Didn t you notice] I want to ask 'thcse years tn a distribution of . when the sky was changing Colour" Didn't you On the pavemnm men looked up The thought Wlshed tt had not been so energetic nottce Shatpevtlle and Langa? Where was the thoughtfully and raced through this barrage 01 words trying blue sky then when the sun set over Soweto? THE SKY [S GROWING BARKER DAILY' to escape thetv missile qualtttes It had tust been The wind was mating. but you didn t hear It oh the pavement men looked up thoughtully exposed to the Iogtcal reason tor the shortage Mandela Btkot tt named their voices. the votces Was it really datket') The thought hppted ot Euteka's tn the twentteth century 01 school chtldten You ve stlenced that wmd through them 5H and. coming to the mind at It amved at the gates in time to take its place and you're standtng him like the trees. unbenr a young otttcial. tt stopped Fotced tnto a amongst THE IN THINGS and panted dtng and proud Don't you know the storm Is response he began. breathlessly while It waited The commtttee. tt stttt coming? Well. granted I ll admit that It Is dark. darker knew was a slight stereotype at youth. but they I can teeI the power at the earth I ve never telt than before. Wen. now. you can't say dalker". att represented each other anyway so close to the eatth betote - ctty dweller that because to say It's darker", well. then, you have What's it to me. hey? I am I ve studied electricity and cIoudrtotmation to compare it with somethtng and as we don't It's got no go"t man! and wtnd ['ve studted it. but never experiech have yesterday's sky betote us right now and What's It taste like? ed tt Onty the power and mtght ot a you can't qutte capture the shade 01 any sky on The thought was bounced around. the response thunderstorm has made me realise this hlm, we . then, then you have nothing to com being. as usuat, Varted and uIttmater indtttevent. So, you've studied 'THE NATIVE QUESTION pare it With Right7 And ti you really want to The thought sighed It was 'oId news' by now in typed Iettets and block capitals. I want to say. be finicky about this whole thing, dark" is and tadtng rapidly. With its own thought that So you know why it's a pmhtem and how It telattve tn ght" and who set up all the laws one twenty-Iout-hout cycle was enough lot it. should be solved But you've cityrdwellers delv» of telattvtty7 tt accepted tts liqutdatton gratefully and tng into something you don t understand Get Not sure whether It was sattshed or not, the Vaporised close and teet the power at what is happening! thought decided to obtam at least a second opI' Mary van tie! met The bttds have gone now and the great Silence nion In doing so .t came up agatnst 'Hold on Is complete They've even tett the htrdetahle tutt a mtnute Let'slook atthtscatetulty Doestlreal Slille klag ot seed which I have nevet yet seem empty ly want to be darker" We shouldn't declare it Ek uerlang 'n sielerus They know the storm is coming Can they smell darker, or tome It to he darkev unless It teatty Waaruit geen Itefde I| too" wants to he and If It does. we must Iet It. Has My mag wank, I want to shout out In the silence, They't/e stop- anybody bothered to ask NV Waavutt dtz Iewensleed ped taking you! load too now Mandela won t The thought pvetented not to be delved Into too Sal uerdamp speak now , your batt is worthless ' They're deeply and meandered Ont testmg every so En 5005 'n wasem var! 'n wattmg toe. like the birds, expectant, teartul. o(ten The baby lelt the thought tickle its toes, Dood htddeh away. but hopetut .. waiting tor the vain bu| was enyoymg the cuntempIatton of what Sal uerdwyrt theat apptoachmg tam Qutcw Run tot covet' those white wisps tn the sky above him would Gee my my men: You ll get soaked" my mother shouts Gather aetuatty taste like and dtd not want to let their Van 'vt rustende hart - the clothes, close the wtndows, take the plants environment bother him Die emosies wat nor my tn RUNI But I stand, Wattan The thought was too constdetate to tntenupt this Spoel thl M be the Htebnngmg. soaktng tam whtch contemplation permanently and ieettng Smag na out garden needs to start tts summer growth? enetgetic. decided to btatnstolm a more suscepr 'n Donkere Will it tevttattse at! those ptattts that have been ttbte vtcttm, with the result betng Rus dormant tn the silence? 01 thI It be thunderous, Eureka' I've got I As a result 0| Amt Fleming 82 St Andvean year. RESEARCH ESSAY Mbuyiseni Oswald Mtshali [n 1974. Philip Berkinshaw was quoted in New Nation as saying ihei magazines and ilieiary miieisms were seni back lhere aire three ways ihai will draw black and while Iogelheri One is co Mlshali s posmon. llhmk. is a very diilicull one He is a black man, hav operation in a job, game or war, another is ihe gesture oi Caring and mg io iwe in a whiie man s sysiem His poeiiy is in English and has oilen the third, is dialogue Within this dialogue is literature and wnhin |ha| been Crlllcised (or iis Siruclufal inadequacy. His commenl was ihai he its mos1 distilled and poieni form. poetry. accepis (his as valid CHIICISm He believes in innovaiion in the sense lha| Mbuyiseni Oswald Mlshali has been described as one of |he mosl exV (mm ihe English language. ihey have crealed (heir own idiom He likes cilmg ihings Io have happened on ihe South Alncan poetry scene «or the ease oi expression in the English language Zulu words are cumbevr a number oi years' by Guy Buiiei and as a mlxmre oi raCIal hiiy. Ahieah some and is write a pidgeon Zulu would he a prosiiiuiion oi his language, vhelmic and European sophistication in New Nation. HIS work is unstructured as ll allows him more freedom vimhoul ihe resiiricr My iirsi impressions oi Mi Mishali. were ihose of an extremely giiled man, lion oi metre and ihyme'. wiih a wonderiul sense oi humour and a natural empathy wiih his aur He can be compared Wlih Charles Dickens, in that he exploits the same dience and his surroundings. He mentioned laler, (hat he had been ape 'reservoll oi bouigeoiss gum and is a socially involved novelisl He gels prehensive oi coming to Si Andrew s as he could not amicipale how he his message across with ConSIderahle punch and a gieai deal a! his Irony would be received is very eiieeiivei i0! example. ihe use oi Biblical words. Blessed are ihe Oswald Mishali was born in 1940 in Vryheidi lo schoolrleacher parenls. meek ior they shall inheril ihe eanh ' from An old man in church He is a Zulu and (he oldest but one of live sons and a daughter The He has io iiy \o expose a woiid in while people ihai ihey know ex.sis, mission school he attended would not allow him to use his Zulu name. but know nothing oi His poeiiy is poignant and touching as ii is so in Mbuyiseni. so he was known as Oswald Joseph MIshali HIS Zulu name iimaie and the subject matter lies close to his bean in her inh odutuon means bring him back and was given to him by his Grandialhen a to his anthology. Nadine Gordimer writes Township bully, voadganger, wllchdoclor aria healer Aiier his birth. Nyanga threw ihe bones and ap» elem diunk. eheuiieiii. nightwalchman. he sings oi all ihese. and oi then patently one went astray. His grandfather said that he would go (o a dIS' other. collective identity in ihe ciiy. as elemal suspect 7 for being poor. isni place and iheiihe Gods musibiing him back to his people, Oswald ior being black wanls io be known as Mbuyiseni Oswald Mishah so ihai his people win Religion plays a large ioie in Oswald's poetry and lie His masi louching in) he see that he has a Zulu name. poem on religion is his An old man in church This poem seems a mockery of the purpose oi religion The old man is devoied. he is Oswald had hoped to (ollow his brother to Roma University bu! insiead. we he came to Johannesburg, in 1958 io work. His hisi iob was at a primers piompied on by ihe promise oi God In ihe closing oi ihe poem. and and after that. he worked (0: a baker, the OK Bazaars and then. as a are shown the irony of his beilei. a maierialisiic. superficial aiiiiude messenger for a company in Braamlonleiny where he earned a hlgh wage. the aim lack oi communicaiion and comion given by ihis routine 52F Eighi rand a week man. Mlshah is quesllonmg |he menis of such a religion He goes on After five years, he landed in jail alter a theft al work We were all in oihei poetry to question ihe reality oi heaven and hell and ihe moral grabbed by ihe cops . my riisi iasie cl isii. He was ihen held a| the values oi our somely. for example. in A voice [row the dead and This Fan lor live monihs before being acqumed. He says ihai he found himseii kid is no goal siudying people. wondering whsi made them so hard They were so i want my heaven now. lacking in compassion. Poeiiy was ihe only way [ could express my ex- heie on earth in Houghion and Parkloum periences. my hopes and disappomlmenls. I had been an easy going a mansion chap. not concerned with ihe next person or his suiiering two cars ur move He Wrote a poem My meiamoi-phosi Whlch he ieeis describes ihe change and swing semams ihai has come aboui in him since his prison experience isn t that heaven" he said thal lheire is a large amoum oi cons 'Once When asked Io comment. I was a sapling of a boy lradlcllon in ihis country There are people who pmclaim \o be Chiis- hans bui do unehiisiian lhanS. and ihsi Chrishamly in «aims ol educar luxurialing m the garden of adventure against races 0! o|h2r colour and watered by the mebriating shebeen Imp hon. is oilen enioised by discrimination He goes on (0 use an e eciive meiaphoi, hi mois' running wild in oidei iiadiiions Growth Fund and iei| (0 21min pleasure. which provided load. (or knowledge He then describes Mir Mlshali became a messengei {or the National was bom Unlonunaieiy. she died. and in prison, The bleakness, (he impoieni de ance oi these people in 1969 (he year his daughter his time you have is made very clear, ihe overall ione is grey and ihen nally he comes iheii second child. Celiwe was born in 1972 Celiwe means wrote a poem called The birth ofour daughter lo a state of acceptanoe, where he denies the pleasures cl his earlier youih. been asked for' Oswald wonder and responsibilny of parenthood. and has become more an adult. The poem ends 28:2 69, In it. he combines ihe has and [zed my hunger io read Wise hindsighi and makes a comment on ioday's Society Today he daughters and a son oi ihiee to dreami and to erIE' (our childreni ihree influenced in his earlier hie by his Oswald lays Very heavy suess on educa an. 'An educeiibii; he says. Mr Misha" says ihai he was giesiiy how io cope wnh English leacher, a German min She encouraged her pupils io see ihe 'is nol a diploma or a degree, bui a melhod of learning Counn y zine oi the world ' He sees ihe only real relevance Di words and characters by dramatisalion The children were ihe problems ol ihis problems oi South Africa as equal education for all This given incentive to be creaiive and Oswald says, i realised ii was someihing solution |o ihe he does iiol believe in Ihe pnvaie school immense pleasure. He started submiiiing poetry does not mean. however, that lo be enjoyed. ii gave me be given a chance io beiiei lhemselves. ailm an anicle appeared in Purple Renosrey posing the sysiem. bul ihai all people should lor publication educahon He ieels ihai ihe piesem educa onal sysiem Clueshon. Why don'i Alricans wrile poetry He look ihe plunge and [hrough proper is geared wwards (reahng a work(orce. noi promolmg sent some of his work. Sunsel was accepied and (he addresses oi other lov blacks s: Andvcnn £3 Indlvvduahsm There ammowpemleducanon hesays onethansop Hlear your heart loudwmg :ongs m the memona! sevmres where you presslve and one |hal promoles mdmduax [hmkmg The laner :5 me lype cetebmxe he envlsages (or a belter Soulh Alum. a South Alncd 01 \he {u(uw Mme you celebrate the passmg 0[ your Comrades When questioned on the black youth. he says mm [here are many. [or whom H vs (00 me m make aNempK to cave Many Hm youths ml Amandla Amandla Amandlu' Ngawelhu that n IS too late \0 talk lo whues. that we have beans 0' smne, lhav H Power Powev Power To the people" \s a wasw o( nme These are «he chxldren «hm bum books, so cunmg Ihemse ves 0 from know edge and undemandmg These (m: \h:: ch dren Mr Mushdn s commem on his poelry ls. I (1y m arouse feelings a ngm, mm are dangemus, |hat enjoy sgnorance. «hat you cam reason wnh «0 make us bener human beings |hmugh understandmg. through respea thal Cannot dvsungutsh bemeen nghl and wrong We asked about how {or mix o(hey. mespecuve a{ race, colour or creed Whemer I succeed he ys- Vxewed by (hege youths. he yepI-ed, The cymcs and radvcals thmk or no! 7 I am not the Judge 0| me as an anachromsm. others. as a madman an outcam Or an Objed New Nanon vs quoted as saying that Alncan poetry vs a mug Lradmon. oi cunoslty I accept all lhese r0123 copmus smdem and uncelebrated . then. Mbuylsem Oswald Mtshah Is He sees dparthevd as a 5mm sys|em one my has resuhed m hardened «he epxtome m A(rlcan poetry and ms work stands as a monumem w people. (hm has created 'youngsms that are monsters. a regime mac |he snuggle 01 this. our breakmg Counlry. our South Ainca has caused vlhteracy bmemeas and violence Iv has taken away «he dlgmty Na alie Holme Form Ill ol um black people He «eels that me resuhs at today s 500er W! aHec| South Alnca (av mm the luture. that \he development 01 a nonrracia} Blbliognphy 1 Mbuunem Oswald Mrshalv socvew 15 powhle. where \ower mvddle and upper classes WI be deter 2 Shnckvng Vnsrths , Jenn Marquard mmed namany. nm by Law He pays mbuxe m |he snuggle 04 h» peophe 3 New Nous" January 1973 7 mm Berkmdmm m lhe poem The mgmg gcneranon 4 Sunday Iwmmmmem , Dome" leu n 9 11 1970 Isarme your heanressness. 5 Sunday 7mm, Calm" MagaIme 23 Mm 1972 , Doreen Lem 1; Forward to 5mm: Ola Cawmde [mm m .V ad ne Gordvmw 1 mm m awe of your brauew 7 $an a/a Cmvhvde mm. and I 52nd my knee :0 m: s/mnc a/ your :Veud/smew 8 Irwe/rmnm The music block w Lynda Mnsterson (Form om 34 5: Andrea" OLD GIRLS ASSOCIATION Chairman s Report Because of out many lund-ralslng actlvltles held during the past and Mrs Keet was gwen a wok We were sad tt) say goodbye two years. the Old Girls Assoclation was very pleased to pre but we wish them all a happy and lullllllng retlrement In the sent a cheque of R25 000 for the Chapel Organ On 3rd May School Versus Old Girls matches In 1985 well. the Old Glrls 1985 at a cocktail party hosted by the School, we handed over once again had fun! In the hockey they did not tare too well. the money to Mr Peter Loveday. Chairman of the Board As but in the tennis they gave a good account ol themselves you can imagine. it was a proud moment for all who had work On Saturday 17th May 1986 we want to revive old memories ed so hard and hold a day similar to the old St Andrew s Day picnic We Orlce again our catertng team has been extremely busy With are hoping to have hockey and tennts matches. and to mtroduce Sharon Walters ably guiding us. we catered (or the Loveday wedr squash Perhaps lathers. husbands, daughters and Old Girls will ding in December 1984 and the Packam weddlng in Match 1985 be part at the teams We appeal to all you sporty. and nonrsporty in September we were approached by the Junior Schaal stall people to assist us In making this day a great success Should to cater (or a farewell luncheon for Mrs Murphy This was a relaxr you want to participate tn any of the events. please contact Lor~ ed and enjoyable tunetton. na Franz at 532702 or Joan van Vught at 8033665 One of our main fund raising events this year was the Race Day. With the pressure atl providlng tunds tor the Chapel Organ. we once again held at Goslorth Park. 200 guests were invited and are now able to provide more general gttls We gave lhe Junior all who attended felt it was a grand day. The ladies were all exV School money tor a music centre. tape recorders and Other tremely well-dressed and to nd a winner for the prize ol Best necessary Items We also recurtained their relurbished Medla Dressed Lady was very dif cult. Assisting us was last year's wtne Centre ner Louie Stuart and lhe unanimous wtnner was Heather The Old Glrls had a windlall ol R11 000 this year The School. Carstensen. who won an outfit from Sheeva having kept thls money in trust for us for some years. altered The Bridge Drive in September was held at lnanda Club 36 tables it back to swell our lunds Thrs money will lorm part of the Burr were sold and a delicious tea was prepared and served by the sary Fund tor whlch we are consistently raising money We feel Old Girls It was delightful to see famillar faces at this tunction this will become a necessity in the luture. to assist prospective Dawn Ramke handed out the prizes However. as much as we Old Girl parents enjoyed the change at Venue. many agreed lhat the next Brtdge You may like to know that we have 576 Old Girls as members Drive should be back at School 7 people so enjoy returning to Only a law are able to parttctpate tn the activities that the coma the beautiful surroundings of their youihl mttlee arranges, i would like to suggest the Old Gtrls in dttterent A new innovation this year was the Parklown Walk on 5th centres get together at least once a year to: a luncheon. tea or November Initiated because of the torthcoming centenary of cocktail party, This. [think would be such an enjoyable way of Johannesburg. the Old Girls went on a gulded walk along historic keeping tn touch Should you want to get a group together. please Jubilee Road. past Roedean and Sunnyside An informatlve and wrlte to us 7 we would be delighted to help somewhat tiring morning was enjoyed by about 30 ladies, enr The members of the committee this year have been' Sharon ding with a light luncheon in Houghton Walters, vlcerchalrman, Joan van Vught has the unenviable posir The St Andrew's Dinner late in November was a Chrlslmas alr tlon oi secretary. Sue Glover. Treasurer, Des Black, Dulcle Franr lair. again with a scrumptious dinner cooked by the Old Girls, cls, Lorna Franz. Karin Welton and two new members, Jen Ewer and lively entenainment provided by Mike Crouch and his band and Glynis Taylor To these ladies 7 each at whom works hard In Nevember the Parents Association held a gall day 7 the Old in a speclal way their husbands and our many other wllling Girls sponsored the 18th hole and helped man the 19th hole helpers, a sincere 'Thank you' Then continued support and enr We had to bid farewell to three well-loved members of staff this coutagemenl has made 1985 a year to remember year Mrs van Rensburg was invited to tea m February and the The Old Girl committee wrshes you. and your lamlltes. a peaceful Old Girls presented her with a lovely black bag Mrs Murphy and and fullllling 1986, Mrs Keel were entertained in November, The Old Girls gave Mrs Yours in lriendship, Murphy money towardsthe televiston set glven her by the School. AnnevMaI ie Moore s: Andtenn 85 Old Girl News Births condolences rm lhe lvaglc death 01.1.9" young Comsc 1n Aslrophyslcs av lhe Depanmem cl Sandra Magm (Joubml 7 (wm daughters 1n daughter Aslronomy a\ UCT where she 15 1he only Apnl 1983 Dwd m England 7 Dummy Black aged 85 who Honours S|udenl. and revelling in Ihe anennon Dmy Slyle 11.231) lwms 7 a boy and gm ... had been an aches: and law. ller uuvamg hey Helen van Rensbnrg (Kolschmggl who IE 81 November 1984 .11 husband [or many years. became a very Andrew's in 1976 got her Jumur anary Beverley Turpin (Tullvs) 7 a son .n Decembev soughtraller drama (emhey Her great lnend Teachmg D1ploma a1 JCE maprmg in South 1984 Audrey Nolan (Hoylel also dved 1m; year 1.. Solho and Speech and Drama Aller Ieachmg Judnh £11.51. (Brebnorl 7 a son m January 1985 England lor a whlle she realised her real love was South SW Broekman 1133.1...) 3 sun In February Wes| Alnca/Namlbla In July '80 she look a 10b 1985 .31 Halal. camp 1n Elosha as .112" Girl Friday' Merry! 13mm. [Monon) 7 a con in February General News In November '81 she married Errol van 1.. anr lhock Rensburg and now has (Wu Chlldven, a daughm. Lisbel Laubscher (Grmakerl 7 a |h1rd daugmer Madeleine Maison who now lives In England, Neschka aged 3 and a son Byron nearly 1 She .n June 1985 v1sv|ed South Alrma (I115 year and saw old 51 An and her husband now work a\ Okaukeuw Jane Henderson (Hobbs) 7 a son ... July 1985 dvew s lnends Monxca Clmch and Fay Maskell Reslcamp whmh .5 11.2 Admvmslralive Centre 0! Jenny Hart (51.0.11) 7 a daughter 1n September Madeleme 15 an Illusmous aulhoxess Alter leav7 Elosha She loves .1 up .hem. even belongmg 1985 ing s. Andrew s m M155 Cheemam's mg... she lo lhe area Kommando and doing he. dunes 5.2113 Pendle (Pardmll 7 a daughler ... look a degree m Phllosophy at 11.2 Sorbonne [or 11 September m walk... m Pans and sludved Hlslovy 01 An and Lxleravure Flona Manse (Collmsl head glrl of 1962 would Anne Welss mwelrmmac) 7 a Son 111 October in Munich, She wro|e for the Rand Dally Mail. 1.1.2 .o organise a 25 year reumon and is look 1985 (11!! a Column lor the Cape T1mea for (we years mg for addresses ol he! classmates Should you Helen van Rensburg (Kmsrhmgg) 7 a Son 111 and was a freelance Journalist .n Pans She 15 be able lo help, please wme lo Flona at 71 Island January 1985 m E1051... married wvlh one gen Madeleme has had many Drwe Rye. New York 10580 or 11) us .31 Box books and stones publlshed on several 1117 97005 Senderwood 2145 Engagements leleshng sublecxs ranging (mm The 1,.le and The Edmislon Q1vls Iwe evemlul lives Sue. Calhenne Comnmos lo Peler Henderson Times of Lady Anne Barnard. Memovrs o] a now de Ibanez lwes m Sannago b... spends NW... Maasey .0 Len 0.1.0.. French Poodle [Neuev Kvssed Pam Goodbye weekends and holidays on one 04 me... (arms Jenny Rubens lo Colm lo S(rapbook 01.1.5 Cape She .5 also .n lhe all over Ch1le She has 3 sons and a daughler process 01 preparmg 7 other works and 3 01 ha and has become very Spanish She .5 a wonder» many plays have been produced Her 1.1m Mad ml (lower arranger and (eaches «ms and also Marriages dalena won a Golden Laurel Aware for |he Besl does |he owers 1n the Soull Alncan Embassy Jesslca Loveday lo Pele! Cromey Fllm 01 1956 at |hc Edinburgh Fesnval Her slsler Anne Holmng 15 mamed lo the 0.11 51.1mm 1., Dave Gmm Madeleine has said she W W to lmd tune (0 Novwegmn Consul ... Johannesburg has |wo Jane de Kock to Amhony Asher mm a specual mete on m. thoughts on s. An daugl ers, speaks Norweglan and does 3 lol ol Dlane Rudlmg 10 Gram Campbell drew's when she was lhere 7 please .ry emerlainmg lor her husband Madeleine Sue Smhrln (Rosenbergl has been the Deaths Jane Nichols haa completed her degree m Chairlady ol' the Alncan Cl-nldren's Feedmg Lady Margarel Wedderspoon (Macken ael who Physvcs a. UC I and .5 now doing an Honours Scheme (or several years now and arranges was a. s. Andrew s lmm 1925 1033d1cd 111 England Herslsler. Jean 0111.55 7391 died m June 85 a er a shorl illness, in stoma To Peggy Grmaker. 1.2. daughters Kann and mag. and (hen 1am.1.e, our smceve con 111.19. , rm xhc passlng away 01 M. Ola 0....519. In August Tr) Anne Hollung and Sue de Ibanez (Edvmslon) our condolences on 11.2 loss 01 11.2.. mmher In November 1984 Felmly Prommlz (.1..1.....m1 196(77197lld1ed lrdgvcally ... July Deepest sympdlhy 10 he. 1.... band. 2 «ms and pmms Condolences mo '0 Yvonne (Bany) Avmsl long and ana Bulchm on me loss 01 11.2.. husband and s|epfalhcv D. Tom Armsnong. Healher Emavy (Wilson) 193771940 (had of came! 1n July To Rosemavy Johnson (Rylaml) m (amlly. our 86 S. Alidwan many excellem fundrraismg achvmes (or them Des Black (Rosenberg and Gall Schwartl (Lawson) are on her communee The 1965 mam: class had a 20 year reumon lunch m Augus( They managed |o contact everyone. wnh Sue W1gham (leon) commg lrom mebabwe and Sue Partridge (Haslem lrorn Natal, Yvene de Marillac (Bulge) was vmed |h2 Besrpreserved' gwl' Jenny Roberts 15 1101119 Honours .n compmev science at UCT She will be cornan (0 work in Johannesburg m 1986. Sue Mannie 15 workmg (or a reinsurance mm in Cape Town but imends gomg 10 London an dlooking «or a ,ub mere Lindsay Ward-Able has commemd her General Nursing at (310012 Schuure done her midwifery (mals at (he Johannesburg General and Is working |her2 al presem Sandy Julyan has completed her BSc Now mg m UCT and then worked In Nevada as an aquan' 10 a Qrweek old baby Monica Brink (Bany) keeps very busy 7 when she 15 not bemg a Commvssxone! in me Scouls 01 Brown Owl (or the Browmes. she mlghl be leachmg calhgraphy or busy d1 her favoume hobby 7 smockmg _, for whvch she has won many pm: and would km 10 [each any S1 Andrew's gnl/Iady who may be mlevested Ann Bush {Lindsay} has 1115! been to England where she saw her smer's (Sheena F1051) two suns 0112 and 10 who have} from Hong Kong 10 school In England evevy mm Pam Bush Spem a large pan of 1985 domg a Iamasuc and unlorgeuable mp through Afnca m a Landmver wnh (hree (nands , read about her advemures m our hrs! newsleney o( 1980 May-Claile Tanance was at schoo1 here {mm S(andard Five 1976 lo Mame m 1981 She has Jun comp1e1ed her B Sc Physiotherapy 31 W115 and she will be lakmg up an appomlmem at Coronation Hospnai next year Wease Old Gwls , keep you! news commg 7 we love pho|os mo 7 prelexably Mack and mm Send n 311 10 Box 79005. Senderwo d 2145 News of ex Staff Many old 9111s wm remember Mm Nlbs' (Kay Mblock) mm greala echon She who gmded |hem1hroughthe Grades and Inhoduced them to me Faraway Tree' and 115 attendant characters Many an cxpedmon was undertaken (mm "12 Grades mom m the Iascmanng (we (the large yacaranda above me lhh pond] and many a man gurs hean beat >11 mm annmpar non of me gnomex who Jusn m.gm be 1mkmg m me bvanches When she Ieh 31 Andrew's Miss Nlblock went to me Junior 5mm 01 Chehenham Ladves' cm lege as second 1n command and (mm 196271972 she laugh! a1 Edgbasmn High School unm her mmemzm Several parcms ,un correspond wnh M155 N1block. a er approximately 25 years absence (mm s: Andrew s, um 15 cenawy a mhute ahd Hockey Mm" 7 0M Gm; V, 5mm. an ind1cahon 01 her popmamy 1 Hm", rurlhmq and M(mmu Mmhm Should anyone care 10 mmaa her. her addres~ 2 1mm dc anrHuL Jm w Wm Hmm- wm- vs 7 51 Dennh House. Manor Close. Edgbastnn. 3 50mm Muvsm'arl mm <*va rm,» mm mm: mm anx B'ham 816 ONE Eng1and EXCHANGE STUDENTS Lorena LepeI AFS Student from Chile. 1985786 IS Ihc muel beaunlul place I ve em seen The (Mean l5 warm and dear A year eI new In (or me Is endIng how, and I mu»! say mm IhIs WIII Ihere IS Iover phosplmrescencc m mgm In wInIer II shows and they he a year (I my He that I wIH never imgm Bemg an exehayge smdem ImgeI aboul the Crabbmg and \Ialer skIIng and skale on Ihe tenms Cour! and coming (mm a country m whlch Ihe cunme Is eompIeIer dIlIvreIII Instead or skI m Ihe rnnummm whmh are 0th 30 mInuIes away was very dIlIereIu and speaaI we aIse wsned e plan: LaHed Lake Shasm wheve we Iwed on a heusebeaI II was hard to adapt m lhIS new worId mm Is 50th Afnca and I Ihmk and (ha .3 Im 0| (Ishmg and water skImg TheI was a Ieyer hoIIday (hat II has been here m SI Andrew's (ha! I have Ione mesI oI Ihe um Some OI Ihe eIdssee at sthool are Inn 7 Ihe maths and me BIulogy have I have apem most or Ihe yem m seImoI Iherelore n was here where I been reaIIy :mevesnng I have emoIIed Ier nIghvrciasses and awe Ieemed |o 5peak Enghsh heueh about the System ol Ihe sehooI and mm mechames and hen Ienguage E pay me Iees for Ihose by workmg on Imporldnl and mesI demaudmg ul aII how Io communmale wIIh pew e wovd pmeesem and domg genemI seuevanaI wovk a(Iey school The pIe Someumes u was hard for me he undereland m m say somemmg meehems has been mu 7 us :0 yaIMymg |o gen a car 10 work The hm all Ihese dilhculhes helped u) make my Wm mos! Interestmg ,md W Ienguage Is mugh. by a man who Isdedé MySIgteys peggy aha Ann. (asclnaung gr) wuh me so we meme on each oIher at home Peggy IS a physlcal I was very lucky «0 he m a Ieyer IamIIy mm helped me (1 Im and m a lhelapm. she and Ann are older than I am and are aIweys dolng beauthI seheoI. ver dIflerem m mme. but In thch peupIe cared abom someIhIng. so I have a busy ume gemg places wnh Ihern me In ChIle I amended a coedueanmhal seheoI we had :0 wear Ihe The meenngs wnh Ihe other RoIary sIudems have been AWESOME me umform IhaI all Ihe scheme In |he eourmy use At home mey are sum. I've meI such super people Imm Indla and Denmark and )us\ evarywhere but nm We here and I knowthat mmenme I broke some mIes wIIhouI 7 I have a long Im 01 IoIks I ]us( have [0 mm In all Ihose coumnes knewmg. bun peopIe undersIood and rhaI wa~ me besI II's goIng Io be really hard m say goodbye m aII me wonderlul mends I was also lucky m seemg a ImIe hu er Somh Afnca and bemg abIe Io I'ye made and Io Ieaye my Iammes m Januaxy eyen though I m Iook attend a goyemmem seheoI thch helped me a lot Ie see dI erenr pee mg forward us some good hm sunshme agam pIe and Iherefore Io undersIand 50th AlrIcaII people II anyone yeadmg AhIS has an eppmmnuy [O "y a Remy Exchange Iake lIhInk the mesI Impenem conclusxon (he. I have made dunng \hls yea! my advIce 7 go 1m m OI Ieemmg about another wunuy. another culvule and another peopIe. Is Hm I have aIso Ieamed abouI my own mmmy. euIIme and peepIe. and none of nhem e better Ihan the other one. Ihey am Just dIHerem Fmally I would We Io gIve the «hanks m eyeryhedonrhemg part an Impendm pd". III my expenence and Im bcmg so me m havmg me here I w.II mISS you. Chm Ahson Tedder Rotary Exchange Student lo Portland Oregon 198586 I have )eamed one word lhat desehhes my expenences IhIs year AWESOME Irs many fun hemg here. my Immhes have Iaugm me a Ior aboul me IoeaI hIsAory and hayeIakeh me In some veryheauMuI pIeees I've done qune a IoI oI skImg (Ihe Iemperamres are already 0° c m Neyemhen and rye even mum e ngy bear om Sam Bear's paw pnm was 50 hm IhaI I was glad he hadn't eIsyed around m meet me My presem IamIIy Is Ihe Donkles I sthI he wuh Ihem II" Chnsmms In , my IIosI lther Is e doctor m Ihe IoeaI lmsmlal IIe hm ananged (or me :0 wak h some operaumh Ive reaIIy emoyed IhaI I aIse IWI a guIded IemdmemIIhI ImspudI wnh me head oINeme Surgery That weswme Iour' I enynyed watchmg a gallbladder 0110mm) . hm I Imd m Iake a m IIe weIk about haII way through I Ihmk than me smeII (ma me exam mem go! a ImIe too much I Lame hack Ier Ihe pIIHIng luck mm sewmg up though Dunng Ihe ~ummcr I wem on a wemIquI ('yI'IIIIg (ma campmg Ulp on me Islands m we Sound near Seal e rhe hosl ldmIIy I Ms W aHow ed me lo go Io Vancouver [0 see our Inehd IVI/ ReII Ihm mewum IIm IIo m Hm II IM» I mm w IAIN Imm mbm hm swam (hum) mm III)! 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