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. '-..:::i., , .g. l* c- rJ d ,"1 1.f. l{. ) . HIGH TIDT THE MAGAzINE oF THE vnUAUSTOTT/N HIGH SCHooL December,1953

Headmaster:Mr. C. E. BROOK, M.A., DIP.ED. Senior Mistress:Miss A. B. BOARDMAN, M.A., B.ED., L.MUS.

Mr.J. c. couey(hes.), Mrs. M. J. M. La^mbie,Mr. J. E.caubrie, Mr A. G, Spilsbury, Mr. E. Matthewson,".""flx1'il?3t:;lffj:Mrs. Cr. R. A. Ducrow, Cr. E. S. Loft, Cr. H. J. Mclvor, Mr. S. G. Garnsworthy, Mr. H. C. Brett. Stoff .Miss F. E. Craig, T.T.C., D.T.Se. Mr. W. C. Head, Dip.Etl. .Miss M. Ifilleen, M.A., Dip.Ed. Mr. T. I. Itent, D.T.SC., C.M.B.H.I. - Miss H. J. Gordon, B.A., Dip.Ed. - Mr. F. Farmer, A.T.C., D.T.Sc. - Miss W. Peach, B.A., Dip.Ed. Mr. T. W. Keogh, 8.A., Dip.EC. . Miss S. Tierney, Dip.Mus., L.A.B. Mr. J. F. Tonge, 8.A., T.P.T.C. Miss C. H. Turner, Dom. Arts, T.T.C. Mr. R. H. Cowban, 8.A., D.p.Ed. . Miss H. M. Randall, Dip. Phys.&l. Mr. B. C. Osborne, 8.A., T.T.C. Miss D. f. Pittard. Mr. H. I. Owen, B.A. Miss E. M. Becroft (Secretary). - Mr. A.'Wesson,8.A., Dip.Ect. Mr. A. H. Cock, 8.A., Dip.Ed. Mr. W. G. Mepham, M.Sc., Dip.Ect. Mr. G. M. Crowl, B.Sc., B.Ed. Mr. J. It. Cardifi, B.A., T.P.T.C. Mr. L. J. Archer, 8.A., B.Com., B.Ed. Mr. G. A. Jones, B.Sc. Mr. T. E. Walsh, T.P.T.C. Mr. R. G. Wlson, B.Com., Dip Ed. Mr. A. J. Bradshaw,'8.A., Dip.Ed. Mr. I(. J. Coldicott, 2nd year B.Sc. Mr. G. S. Bullen. Trade Certs. Mr. E. A. Grieve (Caretaker). ' Prefects Beryl Swalwell, fsabel McVean, Margot Elliott, Marlon Williams, Mabel Paterson, Marjorie Morris, Shirley Binney, Wendy Womersly, Byelyn Barclay, Dorothy Hope, June Radford, Margaret Colquhoun, Brian Hogan, Douglas Massey, William Hodge, Alan Carter, Alan Howes, Neil Armstrong, Brian Dann, William Hocking.

House Captains DINGOES .. Judy De Lacy Edward Barnes KOALAS .. Joan Lee Alan O'Meara POSSIIMS .. Robbie Curtis Geoffrey Mayne WOMBATS .. Ann Richardson Ilen Green.

Form Captains V.. AudreySouter Barry Campbell IIb . Ester Curtis IVa . Jean Becroft Jack Piggott IIc . Lynette McGregor fan McDonald IVb . Alma Mayer Brian Edwards IId . Glenis Aaron John Dundon fVc . Valerie Bray IIe . Wilma Grifiiths Geoffrey Harry IIIa . Nanette Wise Ronald Colemarr Ia . Helen Johnson I{en Parker IIIb . Margaret Stewart Keith Claughton rb .. . Helen Corby IfIC . Elizabeth Barclay Ic . Lynette Smith John McOonville IIId . Margaret Fischer Thomas Parry rd... . Pauline Simpson Charles Paton lIIe . Margareb Stubbs Mervyn Clark Ic . Eu.genie Stevens Alan Biggs IIa . Sandra Currie Owen Calvert

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"'I'lrcre'sa tide in the affairsof men Which taken at the flood, leadson to fortune." SHAKESPEARE.

Thirty-two yearsago, the first magazineof School of All," and hcre it will remain as the Williarnstorvn High School was pub- long a.s it is preserved to kindle our lished. I)uring the time that has elapsed ntelnones. since then there havc been periods in which If you are satisfiedwith the result then the publication of a magazine has been we are, but if vou now, or in the future, neglected. This issue, however, is the fifth conre to treasure this, then it is truly a consecutiveone since 19+9. "Fligh Tide" for us, our aim having beert The Editorial Staff of this Coronation achieved. Year Volume have attempted to plan a B.A.H. nragazine u'hich differs individually from those of prei,'ious \ears. Disregarding the clesirefor uniqueness,all Committees have aimed for the same resutrt. It has almost become a tradition to produce a treasured memoir for students and staff, a pleasant recollection for ex-students,and an informa- tive record for parentsand friends. N{ost of the production and articles of 'l'ide" "I{igh are the responsibility of the stnclents,so that it becomesa real reflection of our lives at school this year. The high standard reachcd b,v our predecessorsis difficult to equal, and to surpassit, a great deal of co-opcration is required. We, then, are grateful indeed to all those who have assistedus in our atternpted task. There are some who are capable of being of greater use than others, but it has been the co- operation of all which has produced the combined efiort necessaryto publish "High Tide," I9r3, which we hope caters for all. Ifere within these two covers,printed on each leaf, lies the Williamstown High School, its staff, students, joys, sorrows,suc- MAGAZINE COMMITTEE cesses,and failures. Ilere are found the in- From left: K. Jones, B. Hogcn, M. Poterson, dividuals and activities which have added Mr. Cordiff (Stoff Adviser), J. Becroft, B. vet another vear to the age of the "Best Swolwell, l. McVeon HIGH TIDE

which during past years have supplied us Head-lWaster'sReport lvith students who have distinguished them- selvesin class and in sport, and who have In 1914 the \Viiiiamstown lJigh School provided some of our nrost outstanding pre- was openecl in the builcling formerlv occu- fects and housecaptains. As ex-studentsthey pied by the \\zilliamstown Grammar School, have carried our traditions into many and for thirtlr-nine vearshas provided secon- branchesof the professionsand of industry. clarv education for a large area. Studerlts travelledfrom St. Albans,Albion, Sunshine, I, personally, regret that, in the near Altona, liootscrav ancl Werribee, and with future, we must lose the co-operation and the increasingdemand for higher education the support of the Council of the Citv of the attendance graduallv increaseduntil it Footscrav. Their representatives on the reacheclthe record of 846 this vear. School Council have alwavsworked energeti- 'l'he callv for the advancementof this school, and original school designedto acconrmo- their contributions to the scholarship fund date Williarnstown students onlv has been have helped many desen,ingstudents. cnlargedor) sevcraloccasions, and so compre- hensivewas the planning,and so carefulthe To the new high schoolsat Footscrayand supervision bv the School Council that, Albion we wish a successfulopening and a u']rile most schools were overcrowded, this Iong and illustrious career. school was able to enrol almost all qualified In the short spaceof two yearsour school students, and to function smoothly without will revert to its original function, a Wil- the overcrowding ar-rdthe dispersion of stu- liamstown l{igh School, with all its students dents experienced in most metropolitan enrolled from the Williamstowl district but high schools. 'l-he with a reputation built up during its thirtl'- increase in the number of students nine years of serviceby head-masters,stafi requiring Secondary education, the heavy and studentsat the school and carried on by erpenditure on travelling grants and the in- those ex-studentswhose achievements in the convenience of long journeys to and from academic world, in the realms of sport school were strong arguments in favor of and the establishmentof new schoolsin the met- in the fields of social service have gained ropolitan area. To meet the demand in the honor for themselvesand for the school. area served by the Williamstown High Our motto, "Hold Fast," and the tra- School,new schoolswill be built at Footscray ditions that go with it have their roots in and Albion. \Ve will, in future, not et-tt6l the past but they are living in the present any new students from the Footscray, Sun- and their care is in our hands. We, staff, shine or Albion districts' Those students students, ex-students,Council and parents already in attendance at this school will re- must, by co-operation,lo,valty and diligence, main with us, for it will take at least trvo keep alive those traditions that have been years before these schools are sufficientlv handed on to us so that tl'rey will extend organised to take senior students. their influence and enableus to impro.',:ethis It is with deep regret that we hand over school before handing it on, in our turn, to these districts to the new schools, districts others. \"}-l

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secondrow: Mr. r. '. *""?,"'^h,:'il,:t'i;ril;.l"ih.t:I. xi.lli,?l,tMr.L. r. Archer,-Bullen,Mr. H. r. Owen, Mr. A. Wesson, Mr. W. C. Heod, Mr. A. Green, Mr. G. M. erowl, Mr. G. S. Mr. R. G. Wilson, l-t{t. B. C. Osborne, Mr. T. A. E. Wolsh, Mr. F. Forrner, Mr. R. H. Cowbon. Front row: Mr. A. J. Brodshow, Mr. J. K. Cordiff, Miss C. H. Turner, MiJs F. E. Croig; Miss D. l. Pittord, Miss B. Boordm.on, Mr. C. E. Brook (Heodmoster), Miss H.-J. Gordon, Miss-'M. Killeen, 1''ti" A' ^ti:',i: f," "',:"i,fii. I ::lliil,; ill': Iil "8;lkl i; i; "1; *L",".' ". THE STAFF interests.We congratr-rlateMr. Kent or-rhis Although in srnallernumbers this year, promotion. the Staffhave completeda fine 1'ear'swork, We alsofarewell Miss Gorclon,Mr. fone$, inspiredby the-experience_dleadership of N4r. Keogh, and Mr. Cowban, our sports- Mr. Brook and Miss Boardman. master. At the end of last vear we farewellecl PREFECT'S' NOTES Misse-s Abbott, Orr, Beglev, _Brvan, Aubrey, In a quaint little brick shack in the girls' and MesdamesWhiting and Bunrs; also yard of W.H.S., twelve beautiful,intelligent, Messrs.Charles, Treacey, Cauchi, and Rob- industrious, and highlv respected senior inson.We welcomedduring this 1,ear,Misses girls reside. At each recessand lunchtime, Peach,Gordon, Becroft, and Messrs. Crowl, repeatedknocks on the prefects' Iittle green Head, Owen, Coldicutt, Bullen, Wesson, door herald the arrival of trembling juniors and Cock. Miss Hill, an exchangeteacher in quest of sparelocker kcvs, worried House from England,was with us during Term l, Captains searching for brooms, brushes or and Mr. Hounslow,who arrived at the be- shovels, or girls of all types, shapes and ginning of the left for vear, the Continent sizesin pursuit of some unfortunate prefect at the end of Term 2. This year,Miss to open "Pound" and sell back their missin,o, Turner rejoinedthe Staffafter a trip abroad. books before sonle dire punishment falls to Next yearour SeniorMaster, 1\{r. Green, their lot. will become Principal 'fhis of the Springvale year we have succeededin setting High Schoolafter six yearsvaluable scrvice an excellentexample to any other intelligent here. We congratulatehim and wish hirn student chosen for our exalted rank in-the evervsuccess on his appointment. future. If your head begins to increase in 18 yearsago Mr. Kent becamea member size as you first pass the threshold of our of the W.H.S. Staff. Since then he has Prefects' Study, "quit quick!" becauseonce provedhimself to be a helpful and compe- inside you become fetch-and-carry,monel'- tent teacher,and also a man of varied lender, carpenter - in - charge of wrecked HIGI{ TIDE

PREFECTS Stonding: J Rodford, E. Borctov, B. Hogon (Heod Prefect), A. Corter, D. Mossey, A. Howes, N. Armstrong, W. Hodge, B. Donn, W. Hocking, D. Hope, M. Colquhoun. (Heodmoster), Sitting: W. Womersleyf M. Morris, M. Willioms, l. McVeon, Mr. Brook Miss Boord- ,ion (Senior Misfress), B. Swolwell (Hesd Prefect), M. Elliott, M. Poterson, S. Binney. lockers,and general"slushy" to any single dent, will uphold the prefectorycustom of one of the other 821 studentsof the sup- "the customer,sorry cornmoner,is always posedlvlower class,who, in their school right," if everyou becomeone of the chosen career,have need for a part-timeslave. race. Pleasetry not to show anything but 'Ihe boys' groupof unfortunatesnumber dignifiedcalmness wihen an impertinentpet eight this vear.The additiouof a "Common of vours,in either junior or senior forms, Room" (Room 21) appearedto be a good breaksmore than, say . . . uh . . . ten times prospectand advantagefor them; however, a day,small rules like the wearingof hats,or by this time it is famousfor lockedsessions the eatingof dinnersin the street,or takes of misled boys, and as a public brawling it into his or her headto tearthrough the for- stadium or truly "common room." bidden corridor and up stairwayswith any t'Roonr," What with "Yard," "Street," credible sort of imitation of a full-sized and "Gate," duties,the boy prefectsare not rvhirlwind. only harassedbut trtterlyconfused. As they B.H.,I.l\{cV., V. stride the yard daily they command great NEWS FROM TFIE EX-STUDENTS' respectin everyquarter - well at least they ASSOCIATION command. One of theit virtues is their consistentpunctuality at Combined Pre- 1953has been for us a successfulvear, fects' Meetings socially if not financially. We lost some Althoueh at tines they seemedto lose a members,but fortunately we gained new little of tfreir hard earneddignitv, especiallv ones. We were rather disappointedin the when Form III boys considerthe prefects' number of pupils who, on leavingschool, hair to be a little dry, they tried throughout did not becomemembers of theW.H.S.E.A. l95l to seta goodexample and persuadethe 82 studentsleft W.I-I.S.at the end of 1952, boys of W.H.S. (by fair meansor foul) to and by the end of April of this yearonlv 17 joined beiomeangelic and co-operativestudents. of this 82 had our Association.We hope that you who are leavingthis yearwill Finallv, we "honoied" ones - (both varieties)sincerely hope that you, the stu- join in our activitiesnext year. HIGH TIDF

You can see by the following reports that THE EX-S'TUDENTS' REVUE u,'e have been successfulin our sport and The pocket Oxford. Dicticnarv, which we Revue. Flowever,this is just one part of the trsed for Leaving Finglish,defines a revte as W.H.S.E.A. We have a film group which "a looselv constructed play or series of I'roldsscreenings regularlv, and even ventures scerles or spectacles depicting current into producing a film of its own. We were events." The Ex-students have produced plersed to seeso many of the present pupils four such "ioosely constructed plavs" and attending the monthly dancesat the Foots- havc found them- good businesi - raising crav Torvn Hall, and we would like to see over f,,200, most of which has gone, or will vou at our hikes and picnics,too. go, to the school. But to us, the Revuesare 'fhe far more than a business proposition; to Old 8oy5' Basketball Team has just some thev have meant the maintaining of completed a successfulseason in the Olvm- old friendships and the making of nevl; to pic l3asketballLeague, both off and on the others, the gaining of confidence ancl a conrt. Twenfv matches were contested and facilitv of self-expression;and to all, a although the Old Bovs' won 13 of these rnaturing and broadening of the personality. they were unfortuirate in missing the finals This has not been confined to a small on a percentage basis. Bert N,IcKee and clique r-rf enthusiasts, over one hundred |ohn l\4urrav were the main point scorers, people have been essociatedwith the four with tlie latter throwing a record nurnber of Revues. twentv points in the one night. Horv cloes the Revue do all this? Let's Other members of the team who u'ere take this vear's Revue, "Pie Are Squared." well known at school in recent vears are A Productlon Committee was selectedat the Clive \\/est, Frank Daw, Alan Ritchie, Alex annual meeting of the Ex.studerrts'Associa- and fohn Coplar:d. tion. This Committee co-opted sonremore Cornpeting in "B" gradein the Wornen's members, and settleC down to find the Re- Hockey Association, the Exies, uncler the vue a theme, a nanle, and a producer. Edgar capable leadership of N,Iar,isGovan, ended Seppings,a member cf the cast for the 1952 a very successful season as runners-up. Revue, was appointeclproducer. Under his During the season the team suffered the leaclershipthe group worked on the theme loss cf several old pla1,er.s,but fortunately of a countrv square dance champ. who be- we were able to securethe useful servicesof ccmes Lord N{ayor, saves the Olympic two members of the school team. Games for l\4elbourne, and then, fed up with it all, gces back to the bush. This was Helped bv their keen spirit, the Exies woven into twentv-two original scenes of gained position on the ladder. Plaving Pal- sketch, ballet, ar-rclmusic, and named "Pie ladians in the serni-finalthe team combined Are Squared." "Pie Are Squared" because remarkablv well to run out easy winners, the hero is a square dancer, moved in social the sccre-being 4-1. The grand-finalwas circles, and the show, like most pies, was pial'ed against U.H.S. and the Exies, not rather a mixed bag anyway. At this stage, plaving as well as the previous Saturday, eleven people were rvorking on the show; \\,'eredefeated 3-2. elevenpeople had a man ellous time working However, they feel that if they acquirethe together,'working in groups, working till all servicesof a coach, with extra training thev hours on all eveningsand odd Sunday after- will continue their steadv progresstowards noons, r,r'orkingto put the script together. the 1954 Premiershipand inciusion in "A" Finally we had it, neatly bound in 58 pages, grade. the bare bones of the Revue. The work of The Best and Fairest Trophy to which the Production Cornmittee now divided in- the team members vote every Saturdav,was to casting, and production, and business aw;rded to Gu,cn Hodge. nranagement, and stage construction. HIGH TIDE

Circularswere sent to Ex-studentsand a then will proceedto the famousYale Uni- castingmeeting was held. AII who attended versity where he will be attached to the were.given parts, newcomersand old - in medicalsection for sometime. somecases the script wasaltered to exploit F-ollowingthis, he rvill travel to England, the particulartalents of some. Castingwas and re-visitCambridge University where he followed by t scoreof rehearsals- where qualifiedfor his doctoratein 1949-50. all the castgot to know eachother and their parts thoroughly. Meanwhilehundreds of EXAMINATION RESULTS-I952 weekendman-hours were being put into the INTERN,IEDIATtr CERTIFICATES set building. A fortnight beforethe perfor- Passedin nine subiects:Christine Bates, lnances, held on the which were 4th, 5th, foan Hartley, Isabel l\{cVean; Audrey' and 7th of September,all activities were Souter,Beryl Swalwell,Marion Williams, transferredto the Mechanics'Institute. The Kenneth Green, fohn IIanson, William setswere assembled, lighting waswired, and Hodge, Alan Flowes, Henry Theunissen, the producerrehearsed his castwith careful Blian Hogan. attention to stage movements. Dress re- Passedin eight subiects:Shirley Binney, hearsalscame all too sbon, and then the NlarjorieMorris, N{arianRourke, Kenneth threeperformances. Our total audiencethis Beever,Barry Campbell, Roy Coram,Ronald vear.as in others.was over six hundred - Gill, Alex Hry, Alan Hogg, McCartv, over six hundred people went away foseph who Douglas Nicholson, Grant Nicoll, Ian sayingthat they'd seena jolly good show, Petherick,Ian Smith, Collins, Lorna and that they'dcome again nextyear. What foan Dickie, I\4argaretFloward, Lnnnon, about next year? Well, that is why I am fanice LorraineN{orris, I\{argaret Downing, Margot writing this - it reallydepends on you who Eiliott, Green, Yvonne Rollinson, are leavingschool this year. To live, the |oyce BeverleyRussell, Sylvia Tunnecliffe, Wendv Revuesmust be fed with a streamof en- Womersley. thusiasmand talent.and vou arethe source of this stream. Pased in sevensubiects: Ronald Arms, Ncil Armstrong, William Burns, Hedlev EX-STUDENT IN THE NEWS Caswell,Albert Hamshare,Peter Hollibone, f)onald Rawson, Ritchie, Norma Dr. F. R. Hird, a formerpupil of Wil- Colin I. Cummings,Rae lVlitchell,Frances Moves, liamstownHigh School,and sonof the Head Edith Teacherat the South Williamstown State Gloria Robertson, Stark. School,has been awarded one of the coveted Passedin six subiects:Clark Bryant, fohn Fulbright Scholarships. FIick, Barrv Lawson, Douglas Massey, Elsum, Zelma Ile hasan outstandingrecord. After being Dorothv Atkinson, /oar-r Gwenda Rick, attachedto the Educationl)epartment for Means, Robbie C)'Neill, a tirnehe becameinterested in Biochemistry. Norma Smith. He attended the lVlelbourneUniversity to LEAVING CERTIFICATE graduateas a Bachelorand Master of Ag- riculturalScience. He won four Exhibitions, Pased in sevensubiects: Anita Bridge, Noel Clark, I{ilda Taylor, GraemeSmith. and was twice winner of the Sir fohn and Lady Higgins Scholarshipfor Sciencestu- Passedin six subiects: feanette Brown, dents in the Commonwealth.Before leav- IVlargaretHalbert, Neil David, I)ouglas ing for the United States,he held the posi- I{enderson,Don N{cDade,Ian Porter,Brian tion of SeniorLecturer in AgriculturalBio- Wall. chemistryat the MelbourneUniversitv. Passedin five subiects: Wilma Bock, After his arrivalin Los Angeles,Dr. Hird Brenda Christorphine, Mabel Paterson, will visit severalimportant universities,in- EvelynPhillips, )udith Stone,Lenice Trask, cluding San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Eileen Wandell, MargaretWegener, fanice Chicago,Washington, and New York, and Yates,fohn Barclay,'AlanBucher, William HIGH TIDE

Drgg, KennethPeake, |ohn Peckham,Alan NOTE TO CONTRIBUTORS Strachan,Michael Wainstein. The Editorial Committee wishes to Passedin four subiects:Beverley Hamp- thank all thosewho sentin contributionstd ton, Robin Wylie, Max Libovsky, fambs "High Tide." It is regrettedthat lack of Morton. spacehas preventedthe inclusionof many SCHOLARSHIP HOLDERS_I953 articles. Thanks are also due to members Nursing Bursaries:fean Becroft,Ludmilla of Forms 5 and 4C, who helpedto type the Rasumowska,Valmai Robinson, Diane copy for publication. Skinner. SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHS - TeachingBursaries: Leaving fohn Han- The photographsof the Staff, the sports son, Douglas Nicholson, Brian Hogan, teams,and the schoolofficials included in Shirley Binney, Nlargaret Hartley, Audrey this magazinewere all taken ,by Mr. T. Souter,Ivlabel Patterson. Kent. We take this opportunity to thank Matriculation Dotrglas Henderson, him for his assistance,for the time he spent, Donald McDade, Anita Bridge, )eanette and the troublehe has takenwith his work. Brown. funior Scholarships:Ronald Amor, Eve- lyn Barclay,Wendy Cations,Robbie Curtis, House Notes Kry Fitzge5ald, Ronald Gill, Kenneth DrNGO HOUSE NOTES (crRLS) Creen, Greig, Dorothy Gullock, /ohn The Dingo girls have completeda verv Marion Homei, Doirothv Hope, Thelma successfulyear. With Delacy as our Hope,Marilyn Lois Kirk, Beverley Iudy fohnson, popularHouse Captain, and CarolMclntyre Lambie,Isabel McVean, Alistair Parkin, Ian as her capablelieutenant, we have been Petherick,Keith Smith, Spencer,Bervl fean well led throughoutthe year. Swalwell, Lindsay Swalwell, Kathleen White, Marion Williams. In the House Swimn-ringSports, Dingo Free Places:Robert Anderson,Marjorie girlsgained an overwhelmingsuccess in win- ning their aggregate,and also the Grand Anstee,fridith Bailey,fudith Bennetts, )ef- Aggregate.Much credit is due to ancl frey Bird, |udith Bridge,Neil Bucher,Brian |udv Dann, BeverlevDodds, Rae Dundon, Mar- Carol for this success. We also carried honors. got Elliott, Alan Gillespie,|ohn Hanson, off the in soft- ball during both seasons.Of Alan Howes,Graeme |anes, Kenneth |ones, the School SoftballTeam, eight of the members fudith Kent, FloraN{clvor, Marjorie Morris, were GraemeMurdock, Lvnette O'Toole,Sandra Dingoes. The Hockcy Team, having eight Shaw,Nancy Smith,lr-.t Stronell,Wendy gitls frorn the two School Teams,won the Ustick. . Hockey Cup for the first time since 1947. Ex-students:Christine Bates, Wencly Dingoeswere not quite so successfulin the Womersley,Roy Coram. basketball,although they had five members AssociationIndustries: William Hodge, from the junior and seniorteams. They Alan Hogg. came fourth. Four girls from our Housb City of Footscrav:Kenneth Beever, Barry gainedplaces in the SchoolTennis Team. Campbpll, Richard Minns, I.tdy Delacy, During the last term the Dingo girlspr?c- Ausma Ozalens,fune Radford. tised very hard for the Annual HouseAth- City of Willizmstown: Neil Armstrong, letics. \A/e performedvery creditablv,but Albert Hamshare,Douglas Massey, Douglas were"pipped at the post" by Koal'asby ong Nicholson, Donald Macleod, Elizabeth point. We eventuallvcame secondin the Biddick, Lilian N{organ,Tatiana Pavloff, Grand Aggregate Yvonne Livermore, Valerie Bray, |arrice All the-giils wouicl like to thank bgth Learmonth, Robert Mclachlan, Frank Iudy and Carol for all their hard work and Granger,Alan Hutchinson,Alan Stevenson, leadershipand we would like to see fudy BeverleyN,{allet, }ohn Johnston. carry the Parker Cup from the stage on 10 HIGFI TIDE

SpeechNight. Our lerderswere aideclby includingthe Captain,Margaret Colquhoun. Miss Hill in the first tern, and later bv Mi. Six girls representedKoalas in the Hockey. Owen, both of whom we would like to Koalas finished first in the inter-House thank for their assistanceduring the year. iunior and seniorbasketball. l-}ris was due T. llope, Form 4A. to the tearnworkof the girls, and especially DrNGO HOUSE NOTES (BOYS) to foan and Yl'onne. The hockey teams came second,and the softball teamsalso Dingo l{ouse under the leadership !h. performedvery creditablv. of T'ed Barnesbegan the year with high In conclusionwe like hopesof doing well. The only shadowcist would to thank our I{ouse Captain, acrosstheir hopeswas that from the "dark Vice-Captain,and House Mistress, horses"among the first formers. However for leadingus throughso successful a that soon dis-appearedwhen \&'ewon the )'ear. SwimmingSports at Footscray. D. Hope,Form 4A. At the other summer sports,tennis and KOAI.,A HOUSE NOI'ES (BOYS) cricket,Dingoes did not do very well. Per- hapstiris wasbecause nanv of the cricketers This yearthe Koalaboys have tried very werein the schoolteams. hard to win back the covetedParker Cup. l)uring the secondtenn we proved that Once again we have had Mr. |ones for we were capable of better performances. House N{aster,while Alan O'N4earawas The numberof playersfrom Dingoesin the elected l{ouse Captain, and "Dick" funior and Senioi Football Teams was Murdockas his assistant.Neil Armstrongbe- greaterbv far than in anv other of came unofficial magistrate,and soundly 'fhe tlre Houses. Dingo House'Teamsalso did "thumped" anvonewho daredto eat their well so that we won the football. Iunch in HouseAssemblv. Secondplace in the Athletic Sportswas Koalasdid not start the year vew well. another praiseworthvperfornance bv Din- Although we had four members of the goes.Although we werestrong in individual SchoolSenior XI in our team (includingthe events,Dingoes, beaten onlv twice in the captain),we could only manageto finish team events,finished on well. third in the cricket competition. However, Our thanksare due to thoseofficials, and we managedto get secondplace in the i\4essrs.Osborne ancl Walsh, who workedso tennis,and fir'e nember.sof the Houserep- hard to makethis a successfulvear for us. resentedthe schoolin this sport. Bill Hodg., For- 5. After somer,'ery hard trainingand a "pep by qood KOALA HOUSE NOT'ES (GrRIj) talk" I\{r. fones, Koalascame a second in the House Swimming Sports. This Koala girls have verv vear had GraemeSherman put in a lot of hard work capableleaders in Lee and Yvonne |oan and was a greathelp to the houseofficials Livermore,who were assistedbv Miss Kil- in picking the team. leen. Our girls trained enthusiasticallv,and In the winter sports,Koalas fielded a \/ery' swamwell to gain secorrdplace in the Girls' strongfootball team with our Captain,Alan Aggregate. O'Meara, doing a largeshare of the work. Our Athletic teamsdid their best with We had representativesof the House in the natural resr-rlt- first. The bol's alsodid both the Seniorand |unior XVIII's, and their best anclwe came first in the Grand after manv hard matcheswe forcedour way Aggregate. into secondposition on the ladder. Mabel Paterson,Barbara Phillips and As the datefor the HouseAthletic Sports l\'IargaretColquhoun represented our House drewcloser, manv Koala boys began training in the SchoolTennis Team. I\{anv of the for the sports.When the sportsdid arrive, schoolbasketball plavers came from Koalas, we were given a great start by Neil Arm- as'did most of the SecondSoftball Team, strong,who won all his jumpingevents. The HIGII TIITE il other boys quickly pressedhome the advan' To N,liss Peach, our extremely popular tage, and when the final results were broad- Flouse Mistress, who has aided the House cast, and Koalas were announced the win- officials in every possible respect, we sencl ners, the boys chaired Alan O'N{eara from special thanks, for she provided us with an the ground. example of true Flouse lo1'alty. On the whcle, Koalas have had a very B. Swalwell, Fonn 5. successfulvear, but thanks should be given to Alan O'lVlearaancl evervole who helped POSSUM HOUSE NOTES (BOYS) make Koala's effort torvards winning the If ycu happen to seea boy with a handful Parker Cup sr,rclta grand one. of papers reporting to Brian Hogan, don't '{A. \l/crrv, he's not doing it becausehe likes it, K. |ones, Form he was probablv caught misbehaving during a Pcssum House meeting. FOSSTIN{ IIOUSE NOTES (GIRLS) Brian has been cluite an assetto Captain Geoff Mavne and Enthusiasm has always been the kevnote his deputy, Rcn Ccok, thrcughout the l'ear. of all Possttms'activities, ancl this vear has The first ftrnction of the year was the proved to be no exception. The untiring Swimming Sports. The bo,v-sswam well, but eftorts of our popular l-Iouse Captain, Rob- weren't good enough, and had to be satis- bie Curtis, and her efficient Vice-captain, fied rvith third place. Darrel Briggs swam Beverley l)odds, have roused the same en- well and won three events. thusiastic spirit of hard work and fair play Possum bovs usually do well at cricket, that has always distinguished the Possums. and this vear is no exception as we are lead- Hopes for the Parker Ctrp were dimmed ing up to date. Anderson and Mavne repre- after the House Swimming Sports.Although sented the school in cricket. all competitors had tried their best, we were The same gcod forttine that followed us onlv able to fill fourth place. in cricket was lacking in football. The boys Possumswere verv well representedin all tried hard, but the school teamswere a drain the inter-school sports during the winter on the Ifouse teams. Consequently they term. However, no cuPSwere won bv Pos- were weak. I\{. Bouchier, N. Bucher, G. sums in the inter-house matches, although Mavne, T. Parry, R. Cook, I.Heriot, l. tlie Softball Team were runners-uP for the farrard, Robertscn, and N,{oricewore School Softball Cup. The Basketball Team found jumpers. Brian Hogan, Ian Petherick, and that other Illouse teams were stronger than Alan llowes represented Possums in the they were, for thev eventuallv gained .third School Hockev Team. place. Some of the hardest matches of this The pcor effort at football was compen- J'.rt't hockey seasonwere fough_tduring the sated by a win to the Tennis Team. By House matches. T'he final results,however, defeating Koalas in the final rnatch we placeC Possums fourth. gained the victory. At the approach of the athletic sports, all The Captains of the school' Tennis, the Pcssums trained enthusiastically. In Hockey, and Athletics came from our House. finished once more in spite of all efforts we The funior cross-country [un was held fourth position. Our congratulations go -to previops to the seconcl tenn break. Alex all the tompetitors in the other Houses for Boicos took seconcl place for the House. the fine cornpetition they provided. Later on in tlre vear Ken Duffv took second Detennination to reach the top in some place in the intermediate, while Geoff direction resultedin the Possums'supremacy Mayne, Ian Petherick, and Brian Hogan in Yard Dutv. Althoush this is one of the took first, second, and fourth placings re- unpleasrnt tasks available, Possums un- spectively in the Senior event. doubtedly lead the other Houses in cleaning Finallv came the Athletic meeting. The the vard. boys ran ryell in the individual events, but t2 HIGH TIDE

fell down in the irnportant team events,as gained equal secondin both hockev and a resultfilling fourth position.Possums quite basketball,but the softball team, unfortu- 'easily took first and secondplacings in the nately,occupied fourth place. In the inter- shot-put. schoolwinter sportswe had representatives The school u'ent to Essendonfor the in all teams,including three captainswho Combined Athletic Sportswith Ian Peth- were,Margot Elliott for hockey,Evelyn Bar- erick,Seronas Urbonas, Brian Flogan,Geoff clat' for softball,and Anne Richardsonfor ,Mayne, and Darrel Briggs es competitors junior basketball. .from our House. Our popularand efficient At the llouse Athletic SportsWombats House Captain is to be congratulateclon werein third place,but for the fifth time in I'risfine sporting achievementsthroughout successionwe won the marching.Congratu- the season. lations to all girls who enteredthe sports. Like the other Houses,Wombats alsohave woMBAT HOUSE NOTES (GIRLS) their championathletes, some of whom are Under the guidanceof our House Cap- Evelyn Barciay,who ran brilliantly in the tain, Anne Richardson,and Vice-captain, inter-schoolsports, \4argaret Stewart, who Pam Townsend,and with the help of our won the high jump, and alsorAnneRichard- House N{istress,I\{iss Tierney, Wombats son, who entered and did very well in all were able to give keen competitionto thc the eventsat the FlouseSports. other Houses.At both the Swimmingand All the girls of Wombat Flousesincerely Athletics,Anne encouragedand helped the thank their HouseCaptain for her wonder- girls in their daily practices. ful work, and hope that next year,either At the SwimmingSports we gainedthird win or lose,Wornbats will continue their place. During the winter spcrt seasonwe wonderfulsportsmanship.

HOUSECAPTAINS Stonding:E. Bornes(D), A. O'Mesro (K), G. Moyne (P); K. Green (w).

Sitting: J. Delocy (D), J. Lee (K), R. Curtis (P), A. Richordson (w.). HIGH 1'IDE 13

woMBAT HOUSE NOTES (BOYS) marching, much to the envv of the other Wombats had as their House Captain Houses. this year,Ken Green,who carriedout his On behalf of the House I would. last. but responsibilitiesvery capablyand was a qreat not least, like to thank onr House Masters, supportto the House. N{r. Keogh, N{r. Head, and Mr. Alan Cock, This vearwe havenot been as successful for the way thev have rnanaged the House on the iporting field as last year when we this vear. carriedoft the ParkerCup, but there cer- Cood work Wombats, and congratula- tainly has been no slackeningoff of team tions. spirit, due to the greatsporting manner in B.I.D. which everybov ' in the House has carried out his duiies. Sport The first big sporiing event of the vear THE GIRLS' TENNIS TEAM -T9'} was the Swimming Sports,where we unfor- This year,although our girls did not win tunatelyonlv gainedthird place. The ten- any matchesagainst the other schools,each nis resultswere also very disappointing when girl plavedto the bestof her ability and did insteadof gainingfirst placeas the bovshad not losehope until the lastpoint wasscored. in the last"three years,we finishedlast. With Margot Elliott as captain,and Bev. The cricketdisstill beingplayed off asyet, Dodds as vice-captain,we plaved our first but so far the boys are running in third matchat MacRobertson.Our first pair won position. The cross-countryrun hasalso not I0-2,our secondlost 1-10,our third lost 5- y'et been finalisedas the Seniorand Inter- 10,and our fourth pair Iost 6-10.The final mediatesections have still to be run. scoreswere 32-22in MacRobertson'sfavor. In the football the bol.s finished third, Our secondmatch wasagainst University and it wasmainly through the effortsof the on our home courtsand here the final re- juniorboys, with Bob Dunne ascaptain, that sults were 40-18in Universitv'sfavor. The we did not finish last. individtralscores were 8-10against the first At the athleticmeeting the Housefinished pair, 2-10 against the seconclpair, 6-10 third in the total aggregate,but for the againstthe third pair,rvhile our fourth pair fifth year running we managedto win the alsolost to the older girls with 2-10.

TENNIS TEAM Stonding: B. PhilliPs, M. Morris, M. Ross, M. Poterson.

Sitting: B. Dovies, B. Dodds, M. Elliott (copt.), J. Becroft, M. Colquhoun. L4 HIGH TIDE

The next match played against Essendon at home proved to be a defeat for tts too. ancl the result was 74-26 in Essendon's favor. -fhe outstanding plaver was Ber.'. Doclcls, who did a magnificent iob playing first pair with fean Becroft in winning three otrt of four sets. Our last nratch, plaved at Coburg, proved to be close,as the resnlt was 32-28in Co- burs's favor. Ttre setswere l0-8 to the first, the"seconatoiF'>-tO, the third won l0-4, ancl the fourth pair lost 3-10. All the team rvould like to ioin in thank- ing Miss Peach who gave us so much of her valuable time and energv in preparing us for the matches, and our only regret is that we could not repay her by winning at least one of our four-nratches.

SENIOR BASKETBALL SENIORBASKETBALL TEAM We played our first match against Mor- Stonding: L. O"r, tt"ut-ot" (copt.), ,.I;". dialloc on Mav l3 at Mordialloc. Although Sitting: B. Dodds,M. Stewort,V. Broy, A. Hoy. the team plaried u'ell and were in the lead in the third quarter, we could not catch up IUNIOR BASKETBALLTEAM to N4ordialloc;the final scorebeing I0-ll. Underthe leadershipof MissPeach, and On Mav 27 \Uiliamstown High plaved onr captain, Anle Richardscn, the |unior Hampton Ilieh at Han-rpton. Play was very Basketball Team picked up considerablv constant for the first quarter ancl the score frcm last year. The keennessand co-opera- was even. In the next two quarterswe ivent tion of the plal'ershelped us to win the first rvell ahead. In the last quarter the school and second matches, the former against spirit was high and our tearn, plaving at its Mordialloc, the scoresbeing l5-ll; the latter best, defeateC Flirmpton; the final score againstHampton, scores14-lZ. Thesegamcs being 20-17. were ven/ evcn as slrown by the scoreresults. The third match was against Coburg on As weil as victories. vou have defeats.and |une 17. The play was fairly even for the althctrgh we had the will to win, we were first two quarters. In the third quarter the outclassedby a faster opposition. Scorei team's play was excellent, but we were un- were Coburg 21 to Williamstown 8. .Again able to defeat Coburg; the final scorebeing at U.tI.S. a nlore experienceCteam rvcn the l r-19. victor\,,scores 29 13. Essendonalso rvent on On fune 24 we playsd UniversityHigh to u,in, i9-9, after a very tiring game. The School at \A/illiamstown. Although the match against N'IacRobertsonwas an irr- girls playedvery well throughoutthe game, terestinq garne all rorind for bcth plavers University proved to be a strongerterm; and cnlcokers, but N{acRobertson won by finalscorei being 10 22. one gcal, rvhich was put through seconds On I"ly I rve pla-vedEssendon High befcre the final whistle. School at Essendcn. Although we led It was arrangedfcr our |unior and Senicr throughoutthe game,in the fcurth quarter Teams to piav the Footscrav Girls' Schcol. Essendoncaught up and defeatedus in the The funioi Ter* was determined to win end. after their tinforttrnate defeats. It \,vasa foan Lee, Form 4C. hard game because of the unple:sant 'IIDE HIGH 15 weather,but Williamstown, learning from The first competitivematch of the season previousrnatches, played n-rorelike an ex- rvasplayed at Coburg on fune 17, u,hen, periencedtean than they had before,and still in our top form, we defeatedthe home came through with a win. team by 5 goalsto 2. The team againchooses this opportunitv Our first home match,against University to give our thanks to Miss Peachfor the I{igh School,was a really crushingdefeat. splendidjob shehas done for us throughout As the Captainof the U.H.S. team wasa the season. memberof the Victorian InterstateTeam, B. Barclav,Form 3C. and the rernrinderwere mainly of Matricula- tion standard,there wasa greatcontrast to our team,with memberscoming even from secondand third forms.The scorewas ll-1. Still in the depthsof despondencyon fuly l, we weredefeated by Essendon,6 goalsto 1. Then againstMacRobertson Girls' High School, on the Sth, we plaved our last match of our competitiveseason at home, and oncemore lost, this time 3 goalsto 0. Although we won only one of our four competitivernatches, tlre team fought well u'ith the trLreWilliamstown High School spirit underthe leadershipof N{argotElliott and Ber,vlSvralwell, our captainand vice- captain. To finish the inter-schoolseason we playeda socialround of wintersport matches ;gainstFootscray Girls' School.The Hockey Tearl had a very enjo,vableday and won the rnatch 5 goalsto 0. After the matches,all the teamswere given refreshmentsin the schoolByn, and we hope that the match will be returnednext vear. Miss Boardman,our \/erycapable coach, deservesall our thanksfor her untiringwork JUNIOR BASKETBALL TEAM in preparingus for our matches.Our thanks (coPt. Stonding: J. Bennetts, A. Richordson ) , also go to Miss Ferguson,who gave us D. Wolkerdon. 'fuesday valuablehints at our practices. Sitting: Y. Show, B. Borcloy, G. Lyle, 8. Mojerovskis. SECOND HOCKEY TEAM FIRST HOCKEY TEAM This year the hockey group made an Our inter-schoolmatches began with a earlvstart. On N{ay13 we playeda practice practiceon \{av I3 at Nfordialloc.Although match againstMordialloc on their home the u'eatherwas cold we had rather a warm ground. We lost I goal to 0. Four weeks tirne, with the resultingscores in Mordial- later, on fune 10, we plavedanother prac- Ioc'sfavor - 3 goalsto 0. tice match, this time againstFlampton at A fortnight later,on the 27th,we went to Hampton. Neither team scored. I{arnpton fo; anotherpractice match. That A week later, on fune 17, we started day rvegained our first victorv with a score matchesin real earnestby playingCoburg of 6-0, even though the match ended in at Coburg. \['e won this match4 goalsto 0. drenchingrain. The follou'ing week we played U.H.S. at 16 HIGH TIDE home. In this match we were badlv de- home, and we went down to another su- feated 8 goals to 0. On |uly I we piaved perior team, the score 2 goals to 0. Essendonat Essendon,and were again de- The team wishes to thank Miss Board- 'l-his feated. time the scorehad improved- man for her helpful advice and coaching 5 goals to 2. The final match was plaved throughout the ttttot'a. againstl\4acRobertson Girls' High School at Bates. Form 5.

I st HOCKEY TEAM Stonding: T. Hope, K. Heod, l. McVeon, M. Poterson, J. Johnson. Sitting: P. McKeown, L. Costo, M. Elliott (copt.), B. Swolwell, N. Kroezen, G. Monoghon.

2nd HOCKEY TEAM Stonding: L. Rosumow- sko, M. Hyde, Y. Donel- fon, K. Ttace, C. Botcs, Z. Brown. Sitting: B. Homewood; J. Klemm, N. Solt, S. Binney (copt.), F. Mclvor, B. Dovies, R. Curtis. F i

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I st SOFTBALL TEAM Stonding: M. Fischer, L. Allowoy, M. Morris, J. Becroft. Sitting: R. McLeod, J. Delocy, E. Borcloy (copt.), C. Mclntyre, G. Dovies.

FIRST SOFT'BALL u'cek saw a ver1,gu.tr home game aqainst This vear the team had a very successful Universitv Fligh School. After a keen tussle season. Ccached bv N,{issCraig and Miss \\,/.If .S. were beaten 7.6. The next match f{andall, u'e beg:ur a nlor€ inrproved side. W.H S. clefeateclEssenclo:n 9-4. On fulv 8, Two practice matchcs carlv in the term, the final match, N,IacRobertsonhad a con- agairrst N,forcliallocand Hanrpton respec- i"incing victort' 7-2. tivel1,,resulted in a double v,in for Williams- The team takes this cpportunity to sin- town. cereh' thank tire coachesfor their help and On )une 17 schoolmatches began. In the first match Wiiliamstown ran out easv vic- advice throughout the seasolt. tors, de.ceatingCoburg 20-.1.The follou'ing E. Barclar',Form 4C.

2nd SOFTBALL TEAM Stonding: B. Murphy, D. Hoslett, S. Currie, M. Purins, M. Worren. Sitting: B. Phillips, B. Best, V. Ashmon, M. Colquhoun (copt.), N. Rowe, T. Povloff. 18 HIGH TIDE

SECOND SOFTBALL Armstrong, Dann u'on 10-5 (4tn pair). The first two practice matches of the The second match u'e plaved at Univer' season,which we won, u'ere plaved at Mor- sitv whcre we met a mrrch stronger combi- dialloc ancl llampton. This gar-eus confi- rration in Universitr''sfirst tearn. Although dence for the n'ratch against Coburg which lve drd our best *i. *'.t. "trouncecl," tf,e u'e also wcn, the scorebeing 20-6. scorebeing 40 15 in onr opponents favor. 'l'he next ntatchesagainst Universitv High, |ohnston,Amor lost 4-10(1st pair). Essenclonancl Nfacll.obcrtson\\,ere lost, the Nicholson,Coram lost l-10 (Znd pair). scores being, for Universitr,Iligh, 1-15,and fcnes, Armstrong lost 3-10 (3rd pair). Essendon,4-6. Flardman,N{urclock lost 7-10 (4th pair). We u,oulcl like to thank Miss Craiq and The next matcl'r \\/e playccl at home to N{iss Ranclall for the coaching and idvice Essendon,and after an exciting match we thei' havc givcn us. rn'entclown by 5 games.The scorewas 35-30. Amor lost 8-10(lst BOYS' TENNIS Johnston, pair). Nicholson, Coram lost 6-10 (Znd pair). This vear the bovs' tennis team played Armstrong, Smith iost 6-10 (3rd pair). four matchesof which we only won one. We played University 2, Univetsity 1, Essendon Hardman, Murdock won 10-5(4th pair). and Coburg in that orcler. Our fourth and final match against Co- -fhe first match at horne against Univer- burg was also exciting. with Williarnstown sity,'IJigh School's seconclteim rvas rather againbeing the losers. The scorewas 30-28. one-sided. The scorc \ /as 40-11 in our |ohnson,Nicholson won l0-4 (lst pair). favor. Hardman, Coram lost 3-10 (Znd pair). |ohnston, Amor won l0-3 (lst pair). N'{urdock,Srnith u'on 10-6(3rd pair). Nicholson, Coram won 10-3 (Znd pair). Dann, Markavic lost 5-i0 (4th pair). Hardrnan,N{urdock won 10-0(3rd pait). Douglas Nicholson, Iiorrn 5.

TENNIS TEAM Stonding: K. Jon€s, R. Corom, J. Morkovic, B. Hordmon. Sitting: G. Murdoch, R. Amor, t. Johnson ( copt. ) , D. Nicholson, B. Donn.

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SENIOR XI CRICKET PREMIERS Bock row: K. Green, J. Honsen, D. Mossey, W. Hodge, G. Moyne, K. Poton. Front row: R. Anderson, A, Corter (copt. ) , Mr. T. Keogh (cooch), D. MoclEod (vice-copt), E. Bornes. Absent: A. O'Meoro, T. Ferris.

SENIOR CRICKET the u'inning runs corning in the last over of the dav. The final scoreswere, U.H.S.-all This year the Scnior Cricket Team hacl out for 90, W.H.5.-6 for 91. Doug Massev a very successfulseasoll altd became un- -6 for 29, including orle "Hat Trick," defeated premiers for the first time orl bowled verv well, while Ted Barnes, 36, was record. Although we werc a year younger top scorer. than most of our opponents we were ablCto We then plal'ed Essendon l{igh School, clo so nuch better than expecteclbecause of winning cornfortablv tl-rroughthe efforts of our team spirit, the leadershipof Alan Car, Ted Barnes, 50 n.o.; 5 for 21, and Doug ter, and Ted Barnes' efforts with the bat. Massey,79n.o.:7for9. Final scores,E.H.S. Our first match was against Northcote -all out for 54, W.FI.S.-2 for 89. High School, at Northcote, and, much to Our lasf nratcl-rwas against Cobtrrg on everyone'ssurprise. we defeated them, the the Fearcn Reserve. It was actually a final, final scoresbeing, N.H.S.-9 for 70, W.H.S. 'fhc as Coburg, up to this match, were also un- -Z for 49. star of the match was Tecl clefeated.Although thev were all out to wiu, Barnes, rvhose82 runs in 52 minutes was we pro\red too strong, the final scoresbeing, the highlight. Hansen-3 for 16. ancl fohn W.H.S.-7 for 101, Coburg-a1l or-rtfor 87. Doug Nlassey-5 for 23, were the best D. Macleod, 39 n.o., and A. O'Meara, 29 bowlers. lr.o., were top scorers,while D. N4asse,v-Z The following \\'ednesclav we plavecl for 19, and Ted Barnes-6 for 34, again Universitv High School's Secondsat New- bowled well. port. We u'ere again victorious, the scores At a Victorv Dinner held after the season, being,U.H.S.-10 for 74, W.H.S.-3 for 98. T'ed Baruesand Doug N'{asseywere presentecl Ted Barnes,50,again batted verv well, ablv u,ith trophies for batting ancl bowling re- assistedby Donald N'Iacleod,29, and Doug spectivelv. Also, every tnetnber of the team N,{assev,21 ll.o. T'he lrest bowlers were was presente:l with a badge. Alan Carter Alan O'Meara-4 for 19. and Doug Masser'- was a verv capable captain, arld the tean-r 3 for 15. would like to thank Mr. Keogh for his Our next game, plaved on their own oval, helpful coachingancl untiririg interest in the was against Universitl' Fligh School Firsts. team' It was the most exciting nratch of the seasoll, I). I\{acleod, Form 4A. 20 HIGH TIDE

JUNIOR XI CRICKET PREMIERS Bock Row: S. Aird, R. Colemon, R. Ferris, D. Anderson, K. Smith, G. Rogers, J. Mocleod, t. Stevenson, L. Bornes. Front row: J. Jorrod, D. Word (copt.), Mr. T. Wolsh (cooch), R. Moy ( vice-copt. ) , J. Heriot.

IUNIOR CRICKET rvl:ereu'e finisheCeasv winners. The batting honours went to Stan Aird. T'his year the funior Cricket Tearn had 14. and Roi a very successful season and were equal Coleman, 14. Daryl Warcl bowled verv well premiers with Universitv High School. and finished up 5 ior 8. Other bowleri were Bob Mav-2 for 3, and Robert Ferris-Z for 3. Our wins were lnainly due to our co- The Trophv Winners operation on the field, ancl tire fine leader- were as follows: ship of our captain, Darvl Ward. Daryl W'ard-Bowling Trophy. Ron Coleman-Batting Trophy. Our first match rvas played at Newport, Bob N{ay-Fielding Trophv. where we managecl to lcrape home by 9 runs againstNorthcote High School.Batting Specialmention gces to Mr. Walsh who honors went to Darvl Ward. 16. Best did a wonderful iob of coaching the team bowlcr was Bob Mry, who took 6 for 14. on to a premiership. Final scores were. Northcote. 33. ancl Bob N{av,Form 38. w.H.s.,42. THE BOYS' HOCKEY TEAM The second match was played against the T'his i'ear the bovs' hockey team was the strorrg University team at Spotswood,where strongest we have had since the team's we werc beaten by 17 rurs. The best bats- incepticn in 1950. Our training list com- men were. Darvl Ward. 12. and Ron Cole- prised sixteen boys, most having played man, 9. Herioi-2 for 7, N{ay-Z for 16, and hcckev previouslv. The captain of our team Ferris-Z for 8, were the best bowlers. was Brian Hogan and our umpire-coach, The third match was played at the Fearon Mr. Crowl, both of whom performed their Reserve. We wcn this by 9 nrns against duties conscientiously. Essendon High School. Tire main run- Nine matches were played during the getters were, fack |arrad, 8 n.o., Stan Aird, season,of which W.H.S. won four, lost four, and Keith Smith, 7 each. Wickets were and drew oire. The leading goal scorer for taken by lleriot-3 for 13, Ward-} for 7, the seasonwas Bert \,'anloori Others were ancl May-Z for I L The final scoreswere, Keith Smith, Alan Howes and Ian Peth- E.tI.S.-all out for 42 to W.FI.S.-all out for erick. ;1. Although not attempting to fully explain The fourth rnatch was plaved at Coburg the reasons rvhr' \\ie lost against various

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teams, it is true that those schoolswho de- Throughout the )err the team playecl feated us were almost invariably schools in consistently, and although their shength the matriculation classes.Follow.ing the past will be depleteCne;t vear, rve hope there years' tradition, we plal'ed the girls at the rvill be plentv of new plai ers to build a end of the second term, defeating them five strong side. to nil. A. Ilowes, Form 5.

HOCKEY TEAM Stonding: A. Stonley, J. Powell, D. Munro, A. Howes, l. Petherick, B. Von Loon, K. Beckin- sole, M. Clork. Sitting: B. Hogon (ccpt. ) , G. Titter, Mr. Crowl (cooch), A. Hom- shore, K. Smith.

SENIOR FOOT'BALL NOTES first match of the scasonat home, provecl C)nceagain, for the secondseason in suc- too strcng for the visitors, Brighton Cran - cession, nlar. Faster to the ball, the Senior X\/III completed-of a suc- surer in the air and cessful yerr, winning five out the nine with a smooth-functioningcentre line, the uratchesplaved. bo1's registered their sccond win for the season,final scoresbeing 4-B(72 On Mry 13, Wiliamstown travellecl to points), to 1-4 (10 points). Nlordialloc where thev opened the season with a good win. .Nert With 1 mor" stabilised - match, play'edat Essendonon func attack, a winning ruck, and fast, open-winriing, plal. 10, proved to bc r;ne of the most bitierly orr tactics, thev had no trouble in fought matches of the season. T'he Wii- thc final score being l0-8 (68 -weekpoints) t" liamstown, bovs, harnpered by the small t-1 (7 points). T'he following the ground, which restricted their tactics of fast, boys travelled to Ilampton wheie thev met open football, and the fact that many of the with.stiff opposition.The match wasbitterly boys were below form, accounted foi tlre de- forrght from the start. ancl Williamstown feat. A feature of the game rvasthe shock- were unable to cope with the hard bumping ing kicking for goal bv Soth teams. Not less tactics of the home team. Rain in the'las-t than J4 shots were made for goal,75 of them quarter made the visitors' task harder, but being points. In a clesperatelast quarter the nevertheless visitors the bovs fought it out hard un- _just,could not nrake up the leeway, til the final bell, rvhen the scoreread M.H.S. failing by l7 points. Final sCores,E.H.S., (52 points) 7-10,to W.H.S. 4-4 (30 points). 612 (48 points),to W.H.S ., 3-13(31 points). On |une 3, Williamstown playing their WeCnesdav, fune 24, saw Williamstown 22 HIGH TIDE

suffertheir worstdefeat of the seasonat the don, the lads really showed their superioritv lrandsof the strongNorthcote cor:rbination, in all positions of the fielcl and handed out who werefaster to the ball and with a team- "a real bath" to the visitors. Establislring a rnate alwal'sbacking up. Northcote hacl big lead in the first half, Williamstoiln little difficultvin wirining,,.or., at the final forged ahead to an easv win, scores beinq bell being it-tO (76 to 3-t (19 3-ll (59 points) to l-Z (8 points). foints), -I'he points). long-arvaited-formatch against Co- The followingWednesday, the Williams- burg High took place at home on Wednes town boys, flat out to redeemtheir high day, August 19, having been previouslvpost- reputation which had been shatteredthe poned three times. \Villiamstown, playing previousweek, really turned on a brand of grand football in the second half, camc from behind to defeat the visitors football by thrashingthe Matric. bovs'long of who'werc UniversitvFligh. IJigh markingand inclined to pav too much attention to tl'rc kicking werea featureof the big win, fina1 man instead of the ball. Williamstown. scoresreading 12-17 (89 points),to 1-4 (10 rnatching the visitors with speedand weight. poiuts). always looked impressivewhen they movecl forward, whereas the visitors alwavs struck The next rnatch on full' 8 at Olympic trouble with the strong Williarnstown cle- Park was againstN{elbourne High. The fence. Coming fronr behind W.H.S. won .strongM.H.S. bovs,aided by the good play 5-5(35 points),to i-8 (26 points). of the centre-man,gave the visitors' back- All rnembers of the team are to be con- line a torrid four quartersof football. Not gratulated on the wa,v in which they co- tundaunted,the Willianstown boys fought cperated u'ith one another, and in the man- back through a winning ruck and roving ner in which the young and small p'lavers division,but could not get past the half- tackled their bigger opponents. A special forwardline. Final scores.not a true indica- 'fhank You! to N'Iessrs.Keogh, Head, ancl tion of the game were, lVI.H.S.9-14 (68 Cou,ban for their untiring interests in thc points),to W.Il.S.4-5 (29 points). team, and their wonderful help in arrange- l{eturning to the big WilliamstownOval merrt of rnatches,coaching, and umpiring. on fuly 27 for their returnmatch with Essen- N. Arnrstrong,Form 5.

SENIOR FOOTBALL TEAM Stonding: E. Romon- ski, G. Romonski, L. Fordhom, L. Eost, A. Hewelt, T. Bornes, R. Minns, G. Moyne, R. Cook, A. O'Meoro, G. Murdoch. Sitting: T. Parry, W. Hodge, R. Amor, A. Corter, W. Hocking (copt.), Mr. Keogh (cooch), D. Mossey, N. Armstrong, P. McCon- ville, M. Bouchier, K. Jones.

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Stonding:-R. R. Dunn, 9' Loqon, Anderson, !' elfiott, l. Butler, D' Morice, P. Russell, f'l' Wotioce, W. Jurge- loit, D. Robinson' Sitting: B. Gollogher' R- At-thut, K. Porker, J' Heriot, R. MoY, Mr' Wolsh (cooch), J. Jor- rord, S. Aird, G. Rogers, M. bousins. Absent: D' Word (ccPt.) .

Dvs<,r1put Coburgin a hope- FOOTBALL Trvo- goalsby IUNIOR f.rr \\rithout the brilliant ruck Brighton Gtantnat' i"titl"ti. not Asainst Mordialloc, ,vork' of May, Williamstown would bbys,we had fairlv .nJfrotth \\iilliamstowtr il;;; won. The final scoreswere' Coburg .rtu nui"t, bnt the better handball of l-Iantp- Williamstowu' )-6 (74 points),defeated !f tco good for \\'illiamstowll' by ton proveci O1'Og poi"ts). The goalswete scorecl surPrisir.igl-v ei Wtttlatnstouru,,Essendor-r br,ron z', uraia 2, Ai;d, and Logan' The being, Williamstotl'tt f)yson' clefeatedus' the scores tr.rt oltt.rs of this matchwere Ma,v' to Flsscndo"ffi (21points)' i-j fZf points) 'Iarraid,'and Ileriot' Both teanrs wcre fairlr' even' but Essendon final matclrWilliamstown defeatecl rallied Itt the ilJ; tiijftt eclge. \\/illiamstown had Fligh ou our o'6/ngroll4- Uyj*9 but it was University "fairlv in the 1a'stq,talter to score 1-1, ,f t6, a even gane' The final Our tcro late; ]issenclon lr''on bY 3 points'-f)trnn' ""rft Williamstown, 4'6 (30 points)' to and ;;;;.t, goals werc scorecl bv E'lliott, 2'6 (18 I\'{a1'' Univcrsit.r, ' Points)' ii;i't the be-stplavers being Dunn ancl RoUinl)\'son, Form ZC' Wil- In the match against Northcote' to goals' but onlv BASEBALL NOTES liamstown dtove straigiit Team clid verv \\rilliarnstowrt then went This )ear the Baseball ,-egistctc.lI point. trttmber of inex- 1-z to o' rhen it was ail ,".1i, co'nsideringthg - ;?;;;hi;r,.ia' rve fielcled' thev scorccil4'4 in the next 3 uerictrceclt-- Plaleri Xoritt.ote; match was against Footscray final icoresbeing Iriorthcotel4'4 O.r. fitit ;'.t;;i.;t, scoreclotir first I'ictorv' the to \'\'iliamstowrt1'Z (8 Points)' Tech., ancl we i'fi['p"lttts), W.II.S. 7, to I1'T'S' 6' Our 'I'he goarlrvas scorecl br'\'\tarcl' the best ;;; u.i"g againstF resultedin the being \\'arcl arrcl\Ia1'' ;,;"t matcli playeX^ ,.ord - w'H"S'"I''S'- 1, to F'T'S' Z' home ground' after a verv following-- b" Coburg's W. d'erw'helminglvclcfeated N4ordialloc evenfirst q.rriter,CobtirF were a fey points * W'H'S' 26' leacl' High School,tht teiuit being rfrl^a. Uiittian.tstorvuthcn took the nratt! us at io-"v.n.s. t. otrr next try: *"t. leaclingbv onlv a fcw poir-rts Eltham Lui aitother victory. We defeated three-quarter' time' of w'H'S' 1Z' to tu'o Hl;i. School,#ith ttotes I^ iit. n"tt qtrartcr'Andcrson savccl of goal' E.II.S.5. C,rU.,tgattacks'right in the teeth 24 TIIGH TIDE

In the ccmpetitiongames rve did not fare victory and we can hope that our standarc so well, for our only successwas against for the Combined Swimming Sportsis ai E.H.S. The scoresfor the seasonwere - good. W.H.S. 5 to E.H.S.4. To the Sports Master, Sports Mistres, w.H.s. I to N{.H.S.10. N{issCraig, and othermembers of Mr. }one. u'. W.H.S.I to M.H.S.2. staff who organisedthe sportscarnival, expressour appreciation.Also to thosever'. W.H.S.8 to U.H.S.12. ^cii,'e ttre*be?sof Form 5 seen chargini Our th'anksgo to N4r. Bradshawfor his from end to end of the pool ladenwith cap, helpful coachingand umpiring during the and resultslips. season,and to Donald Macleod,who proved Our thanksalso go to the FootscravCitr a vcrv capablecaptain. Council, the stafi of the FootscrayCit, R. Ar-rderson.Fcrm 4A. Baths who judged the diving eve.tls,auc: the Victorian backstrokechampion, wh< thrilled us with an exhibitionof the racins stvle'F'inalbackstroke. resultswere - DK P \\' GIRLS ll0 60 27 50 BOYS 84 50 66 4l Aggregate 194 lr0 93 9- I.McV.,Fonn 5.

COMBINED SWIMMING SPORTS On N{arch 20, Williamstown met Mordi- alloc, Eltham, Essendon, and Hampton at Olvmpic Pool in the C Scction of the High Schools'Combined Swinming Sports,which werc startedwith the first event at 12 noon, rvith quite favorable rveather. During the clav records were broken, three by Hampton, one each by Essendon and Mordialloc, ancl two by Williamstown. Our records were the girlst 12 years Back- stroke(20 metres),won bv Vivienne Hughes rvho cut the time frorn 15.2 secondsto 14 scconds,and the girls' 12 vearsrelav race (80 nretres),the tirne shortened from 56.4to 55 BASEBALLTEAM seconds.Other event winners were De- l' fudv stondins: s' G' Bird' Lacy (15 and over freestyle),C. Paton "t",1::"j;oj.-"*' 1,ears (bovs' I I and backstroke and Sitting : D. Mocleod (copt. ) , R. Anderson, D. vears under Robinson, P. Dessent. freeitvlc), incl R. Green (boys 13 yearsand over diving). I{OUSE SWIMMING SPORTS We were luckv this vear in seeinga swim- f'he ir-rter-housesports were held at Foots- ming demonstration b,v Australia's Olvnpic crav Baths on Wednesday, N{arch ll, in reprcsentative, Iudy lol,' Davies, who was briiliant sunshine. The siclesof the pool preparing for competitions in Vancouver bv \\1crecrowded with enthusiastic supporters training swiins of eight miles a day. decked in House col

b.__,r.'--. 1IE iF iI ,t ]E "E ff HIGH TIDE tF I Games;Brian Lawrenceand Gordon Lewis, (W), Intermediate;and Graham Hill (W), t: interstatechampions; and Clive Morton, and Daryl Briggs (P), equal funior cham- l, now a vetelan,but previouslythree times pions. I AustralianChampion. The displayincluded The successof the meeting was largcly "swallow" dives, pikes (backwardand for- due to the effortsof our SportsMaster, Mr. ward), and back dives, with all types of Cowban,and $p61tsN4istress, Miss Craig, somersaultsand twists. and, on behalf of the students,I wish to The Presidentof the High SchoolsAsso- thank them. ciation,on our behalf,thanked the dernon- FI. Caswell,Form 5. strators,the organisers,the Baths Officials, and the competitors.Arnid deafeningcheers SOCIAL SERVICE - he announcedthe final resultswhich were Social Serviceefforts this _vearfollowed Hamp. Ess. Will. Mord. Elth. closelyon the lincs establishedin previotrs Girls: 68+ 89+ 49 4, 14\ vears,each classadopting some partictrlar Boys: 105 67 67 29+ 18 charityto assist. J-otal: 173+ l5l+ ll? 74+ 32+ On the whole it can be statedwith satis- I. McVean, Form 5. faction that pupils co-operatedto raise a considerableamount for their objectives. HOUSE ATHLETIC SPORTS A departurethis \,earwas seen in a recent An interestingfeature of this vear'sAth- effort of Form JC, which has produced,up letic Sports was the fact that competitors to date,one issueof "Blotter," a Form news startedintensive training several months be- sheet, which found so many readv pur- fore the sportswere scheduled to takeplace. chasersthat the supplycould not satisfvthe This was-mainly due to the foresightof demand. The proceedsof the salewill be our capableSports Master, NIr. Cowban, dcvotedto helpingthe N,IelbourneOrphan- who arrangedfor fihnsdepicting the various age. methodsof training to be shownto the stu- Apart from regular collectionsin cash, giving a dents, thus welcomeimpetus to "Toffee Days" were the rneansgenerally their efforts. taken to supplementfunds. Those pupils The meetingwhich necessitatedthis pre- who made and sold toffees (and their liminary training washeld at the Williams- parents)desen'e a specialmeed of thanksfor town Oval on SeptemberJ0. House spirit their work. wasat its zenith, in faultlesscon- the track At the end of Term 2, Forrn4C produced dition and organisation As the the perfect. a concert which manv declared was the it becarne the day progressed apparentthat "best y€t," and which did much to supple- strongestHouse, Koalaswere the although nrenttheir funds. The eggappeal of Wil- they were closelypressed by the tenacious liamstown Hospital was very satisfactory. Wcmbatsand Dingoes. This has becomean annualappeal. As always,the highlight of the afternoon Manv pupils contributedto the newest wasthe HouseMarching. This waswon in appeal,the Fund for Mother traditional style by the Wombats who Queen's and Infant Welfare. notchedtheir tenth consecutivewin in this event. The Fifth Form pupils, following prece- dent, organisedvery effectivelya stamp ap- The resultsof the meetingwere - peal,and havecollected many thousandsof DK PW stampsthis vear. ]OI lOZ 90 GIRLS 58 The summarybelow showsthe resultsto BOYS 80+ 98i 69 69 date of eachForm's efiortsfor this yearup TOTAL 181+ 200t rz7 rr9 to earlv Novernber: The boys'championships were won by Savethe ChildrenFund, Form 5, f,,10/18/1. Neil Armstrong(K), Senior;Kevin Binnev Yooralla,Fornr 4A, f,ll/18/1. 26 HIGH TIDE

liootscrayllospital, Form 48, f-2/I0/5. an excellent 4ft. 8in. for the Open II::' Blind Babies,Form 4C, f"lLlll/7. Iu*p, Beverley Dodds, 16 years 100 ra: sprint, Evelyn Barclay, 15 100 farnesNoble Funcl,Form 3A, f,,ll/ll/10. years r'ar.- and Margaret Fischer, who equalled t Tally-HoBo1,5' Flon're, Form TB, L7 /10/9. record of 12.7 secs. for the 14 years I , MelbotrrneOrphanage. Form L8/I0/4. 3C, yards. Williarnstown, through the excellc:' Blind Babies,Form 3D, f, 5/I0 /4. work of these girls, had now capturecl t: . Berry St. Foundling Home, Form lE, lead by some 5 points, unfortunately losr:.- L7./5/r0. this lead during the afternoon. liootscrayl{ospital, Iiorm 2A, f-4/8/5. In the nert 13 eventsWilliamstown n., OrthopaedicHospital, Iiorm ZB, f,\/19/3. able to register onlv one first, although u, Berry St. Foundling Home, Form ZC, captured a place in everyoneof those event. f.; /r /-. One excellent performance among thc... Blind Babies,Form 2D, L3/I2/10. events was Doug Massev's sft. Zin. fr : SpasticChildren, Form ZF, f.l/10/7. secondplace in the Open High fump. Th. WilliamstorvnIrree Kindergarten, Form lA, lead which u,e had gained rvas now sloul' f.3/8/rt. slipping from our grasp,but in the event. WilliamstownHospital, Form 1B. f,,5/2/2. up to afternoon tea, Williamstown registercci N4ethodist Babies' Florne, Forrn lC, six u'ins and a placein 12 events. Bob Mar'. f.r7 /2/4. rvin in the 14 yerts High lu*p at 5ft. 2&il a splendid effort. So too were those of WilliamstownHospital, Form 1D. f,l/10/6. was Urbonas in Open Weight Putt Footscrav Free Kindergarten,Form lE, Seronas the f.3 (36ft.7iin.) and the girls' 15 yearshocker /r/n. and basketballteams. In the next event camc Let us expressthe thanksof the School perhapsone of the best performancesof the to thoseForm representatives and organisers afternoon. After weeks of training the girls' who have done so much to organisethe Senior Hockev Team was rewardedwith not SocialScrvice efforts year. during the onlv a splendid win, br-rt also a clear-cut N,Ir.Cardiff. record of 1 min. 42 secs. CONTBINED ATHLETIC SPORTS Essendon,at this staqe, still helcl their On Monday,October 26, Williamstown, slight leacl,but competition was still as keen ever, ar-rdthe bovs of the along with five other schools,travelled to as Senior Relar' undaunted, EssendonSports Ground for the "C" Sec- Tcant, u,ent clrrtdetermined to tion Combined Athletic Sports. TTre rvin. All four mcmbers, mnning excellentlv, weather,although quite warm and hrrmid, were ll'inners in the record time of 43.6 secs. wasperfect for competition,and an excellent This win, however, h:rd little effect on the track auguredwell for good times. Four placings, and although Ian Petherick cap- recordswere broken during the afternoon, tured a good fourth in the Open Mile, just threegoing to Williamstown. Essendon had enough points to give them a r,vell-clesen'edwin. \\rilliamstown opened very quietly and did not get their first win until GraemeIfill Final Aggregate - camehome fast to win his under l l vears 75 yardssprint. Followingstraight on, Eve- 8r lyn Barclay, running brilliantir', coasted VzEje home to win her 15 years75 yardssprint in FEH E fl3 fi E the recordtime of 9.3 secs.Williamstown, ;rEif;5 now settlingdown to battle out the honors with Essendon,carried on the goodwork by Girts: i, 84 54 24+ 7:l+ 106 capturing 7 firsts in the next 17 events. Boys: 25+ 103 83 16 67 76 Among thesefirsts were MargaretStewart, Total: 46i 187 137 40t 14012182

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IE iF tg HIGH T DE 27 t: li li t: At this stage it is only fitting that we of l? miles in 9 mins. 20 secs. K. Duffy, lr should pa,v n r,vell deserr,'edtribute to our Possums, t' wassecond, and B. Smith, alsoof t. Sports Nfistress,\{iss Craig, Sports N{aster, Possums,u'as third. t IVIr. Cowban, our Tearn Caplains, Evelyn Norv the I most important group, the : Barclay and Brian Flogan, and all those Seniors,were assembledand despatched members of the school staff who devoted so with 2* miles to run. Owing to circum- I much of their sparetime to the training and stancesover rvhich I had no control,I was coaching of our team. Last. but not least, a not presentto seeG. Mayne win, but I arn big "thank you" and "well done!" to all of told that he won comfortablv from I. the team members who put up such a grand Petherick,both theseboys are Possums, with showing againsttheir opponents. R. Arnor, Dingoes,filling third place. N. Armstrong, Form 5. This result was especiallvpleasing, as all Our reporter, Neil Armstrong, has threeboys had spenta greatdeal of tirne in omitted to mentron that as our boys' senior preparationfor the race. chanrpion, he himsclf entered and won the When the final aggregatewas calculated boys' senior 100 vards and 220 yards. Also it wasfound that the result wasthe closest as winner of the boys' senior hop, step and for rnanyvears. The agqregateis calculated jump, with a distanceof 40ft. l0in., he carne on the averagefinishing of the boysin each close to the seven vear old record of 44ft. IJouse,with the lorvestscore taking first 7Iin. made bv fohn Coleman, the Essendon place. Dingoesand Possumswere separated footballer. Our congratulations go also to bv the narrorvestof margins. Doug Masser,,winner of the senior broacl The final resultswere - jump with a leap of 17ft. ll?in. DKPW Ecl. funiors 3rd lst Znd 4th 45.5 THE CROSS-COUNTRY RUN 4r.7 4).4 45.9 Intermediates lst 4th 3rd Znd Friday, On August 21, the boys made 33.9 46.1 40.0 18.8 their wav to the Williamstown rifle range Seniors Znd 4th lst 3rd biggest for the single event of the botr' 40.15 5r.75 36.19 42.5 sporting - run. vear the cross-country As Grand lst 4th Znd 3rd in previous ),earsthe event was to be run in Aggregate 39.8 46.5 40.0 42.4 three divisions: funior, Interrrediate, and Senior. R. Gill, Form 5. Soon the funior section rvas under way, and the cornpetitors in the other two sec- Actiaities tions gatheredto rvatch the finish. The win- THE SENIOR SOCIALS ner, |. Dundon, of Dingo House. concluded TERM I. in fine stylewith A. Boicos,Possums, second, The afternoon prior to the First Term ar-rd M. Knight, Koalas, third. Dunclon's Senior Social was verv busv. With the assis- time was 7 min. 24 secs. tance of N{r. Grieve, Form'5 and the prefects 'Ihen Secondslater, before solne of the |trniors prepared the floor for the big e'u'ent. had finished, rain began to fall steadilv. It acting on N{r. F armer's advice, the tra, soon becameob'n'ious that the rain had come ditional decorationsof baskets,streamers and to stay,and the remaining two sectionswere flowers were arranged so effectively that it postponed until the follou'ing Mondav. was difficult to recogniseroorns eleven and Again the bovs brought their gear, and twelve. again the run was postponedbecause of rain. From 7.30 p.m. onwards, chattering Finally after a long break, because of the ladies and gentlemen (students) danced orI school sports,the cross-countryrun was held. to the floor to the music of an excellent two- The winner of the h'rtermediate section, piece orchestra. Se'n'eralof last year's pre- Bob Mav, of Dingoes, completed the course fects were welcomed and also seven mem- HIGH TIDE

bers of the staff. Alan Carter was the wiirner Ball was a successin every way, and man\ of the lucky ticket and the Bill Hodge-fean new partnerships were witnessed amonq Becroft combination was victorious in the both pupils and- stafi. Most of the teacheri first Monte Carlo. Then a most enioyable were present and thoroughly enioyed watch, supper was provided by the prefects. This ing the dancing of the senior pupils or taking gave everybody the cpportunity to discuss part in it themselves. who M . . . . camewith and whoT. . . . was As usual, the senior members of W.H.S. going to escort home. However, the scandal were well represented throughout the even- was cut short as last l ear's head prefects, ing, some of the girls barely recognisablein Douglas Henderson and Margaret Wegenet their new finery, and the boys quite dashing commenced the Snowball Foxtrot. The and debonair (???). The orchestra engaged second Monte Carlo was won bv Richard for the evening, the "Millionaires," did an Minns and (Top Secret). excellent job in providing the music neces- At 10.30p.m. the noisy gathering (bv no sarv to the dancers. All who were present neans subdued cr tired) made their wav to agreedthat we were very fortunate. In this the appiopriate means of transport. I won- delightful atmosphere of soft lights and der who had the longest walk home? sweet music we leave the Senior Ball and TERM 2. enter the supper hall where the second The SecondTerm Senior Social,although funior Ball is in progress. not attended as well !s the first, far sur- Here, the juniors danced to their own passedit as a sociableevening. Twelve mem- band and had a very good time. Although bers of the staff attended and thev appeared the hall was smaller as much noise came to thoroughlv enjov themselves. The Hope forth as did from the seniors' hall. twins had apparentlvplanned to have a night "Maud," Form 5. out for Dorothv possessedthe lucky ticket and partnered bv Alistair Parkin won the JUNIOR BALL "Lucky Spot," while Thelma's integritv en- The old grev building of Williamstown, abled her to track down the six film stars in well knorvn to local residents, reverberated the amusing novelty. The Monte Carlo once more to sound of happy laughter and winners were Alan Howes and Kay Head. excited whisperings. The date was |uly 15, Mr. Cock and Beryl Swalwell commenced and the occasion the Williamstown High the Snowball Foxtrot. Naturally this was School funior Ball. under observationwhen scandal'wasbeing Those of us accustomed to seeing the discussedon the following morning. Also damsels dressed in long dresses,and the how R . . and E . . . had gazed at each gentlemen in neat suits were in for a sur- other all night. prise, for as the juniors took the floor for During both socialsthe advice and assis- the cpening chorus, the checks of tartan tance offered by Mr. Green were greatlv ap- shirts caught all eyes and turned them to preciated. . . alsothose previouslymentioned the swirling skirts and frilled blousesof the who helped to make very successfuleven- squaredance belles. Square dancing has be- ings, both financially and socially. The come so verv popular in N,Ielbournein the Third Temr Social will probably not be last vear,that a funior Ball in squaredancing held at the school, for it is organisedbv the stvle was very fitting, as well as being a ex-students. ncveltv. Brian Hogan, Form 5. Thanks to Madame Bindlev's patient tuition, the juniors knew everymovement of TFIE SENIOR BALL the intricate sqtraredances, and from their On fulv 24, 1953, another great school smiling faces one could tell that they were event took place in the form of the Senior enjoying themselvesthoroughlv. The exhi- Ball. Manv ex-students and teachers at- bition set danced "Avelon" so well that tended and'enjoved a happy re-union. The thev were encored. The "square Dance HIGH TIDE

Waltz" was also a popular feature on the the social life necessaryto cornplete their program, and the pattern created by the developrnent.Later, clubs were iormed for swirling skirts of the girls was very effective. girls,and eventuallysome mixed clubs were As is the usual custom, there were the formed. solo items on the program and they were __ Fifteen yearsago Bob Gardner,a former well appreciatedby the large audience. De- Victorian Parliamentarianand leaderof the sewing special mention were the exhibition Y.M.C.A. rvhobelieved that it washis dutv of the rhumba by Lynette Smith and Brian to help the less fortunate, took a walk Wallace, and the solo dances by Yvonne through the slum areasof Fitzrov and Col- Partridge. The other soloists Gale lingwood. Herehe sawdrunken ,rr.r,, swear- Chalmers and Brian Dann excelled ing .)_ them- women,-poor homesand, worst of all, selvesalso. Brian sang"The Golden Coach," children without any playgroundfacilities, while the four floral bouquetswere presented plavingin_the dirty streeti This last sighi to the Mayoress, Madame Bindley, Miss promptedhim to d-osomething in provicling Boardman, and Mrs. Collev, the representa- opportunitiesfor thesechildren to exercis6 tive of the Parents' Committee. Adele their talents. Flowever,he wantedit to be Roberts was the soloist for the final waltz, by meansother than charitv. after r,vhich the pupils left the floor. For The CongregationalChurch at Hawthorn manv there rvill never be another |unior decidedto start a youth club and the sum Ball ln which they will take part. For them, of ten shillingswas donated. From that however, are the hrppy memories of their small beginning,vision and enterprisehave ]unior Balls, their first long frocks, and producedassets worth f,20,000. suits, the excitement and the nervousness on the big night, and the expectations for The realisationthat it is evervone'sre- next vear when they will be seniorsattend- sponsibilityto improvesocial conditions has led to the foundation ing the |unior Ball as spectators. But al- of variousclubs in the suburbs, though the dancersand soloistschange from 9.g:,rt PalmerStreet, Collingwood, year to vear as juniors become seniors,the between200 and 250children and teJnagers tradition of successful balls remains un- attend. Agel at all the opportunity cl-ubs broken at \Arilliamstown High School. rgnge to* four to twenty-6aroyeais, with the different age groupsattending on dif- I\{.H.P. terentnrghts. THE OPPORTUNI'IY CLUBS A leaderat one of theseclubs has to take an interestin all who attend, RotarvClubs' Youth Week, and to be able Duringthe to cateradequately for their needs.parents each school in the \A/illiamstown district haveto be encouragedto sendtheir children was invited to send two representativesto a,Jong.One of the triggestproblems facing a dinner given by the Williamstown Rotary the opportunityclubs-is that of persuadin[ \Arilliamstou'n High School was rep- Club. children to attend. Although d6linquer,.| resented bv the head prefects. is said to be lessenedbv the influenceof At this occasion,the visiting speakerspoke I9"!h clubs,it is.almost impossible to bring on the origin of the opportunity clubs and 99% of the delinquentsinto contactwitf, the work these clubs accomplish in provid- the clubs. Attendance is not compulsory ing for the less fortunate children of the and thereforethose who attenddo so6f thei. slum areas. own free rvill. Conditions in the poorer areasof England At the club they areable to enjoyoppor_ many yearsago stirred clergymen and social tunities in an atmospheredifferent iiom workers to do something for the care of their own home life.- Howe\/er,a certain the boys who were seen loitering in the standardis expectedfrorn all who attend. slum areas. Clubs were started to help these Difficult youngstersare handled according boys by giving them constructive work and to their own particularsifuations, and onli 30 HIGH TIDE

on extreme justification u,ill the leader put Presentations anv children out of the club. SENIOR XI: Batting Average, T. Barnes; A big problem is in educatingthe children Bowling Average,D. N{assev. to standards other than money. The IUNIOR XI: Batting Averagc,R. Colenan; leadersendeavour to instruct and encourage Bowling Avcrage, D. Ward; Fielding, the ,voungstersto a certain moral and re- R. May. ligious standardon broad religious principles. During the evening, B. Smith, Mr. B. The work which has been so beneficial to N,Iassey,Brian Hclgan, Ken Beever,and I\4r. the underprivilegedyouth of our own slum |ack Carter provided entertainment and Mr. areas is comparable r,vith the youth work K. Coldicutt showed us several interesting carried out in other countries such as documentaryand sporting films. Britain, America, and Sweden. Althouglr K. Form 4A. little publicity is given to this valuablework fones, there is no cloubt that it is one of the most CADET NOTES needed developmentsin ail the ,vouth move- T'he Williamstown l{igh School Cadet ments. Ccrps has completed a most successfulvear B.l.S.,Form 5. under our C.O. Keogh. This vear saw the change from the title Caclet Lieutenant, to VICTORY DINNER Under-Officer, in regard to cadet officers. Thursdav, M"y 19J), Victorv On 5, a The difference is in the fact that the latter Dinner was held in the Talbot Hall, Wil- rank is not a cornmission from the Oueen, liarnstorvn, to celebrate the of a winning rvhereasthe other was; the badge of rank premiershipb,u both the Senior and |unior lras been altered from a pip to a diamond XI's. The guestsof honor were the mem- 'Ihe pattern wo\/en in cloth. three officers bers of the victorious teams two with their rvho qualified at the Officers' Course last coachcs,Mr. T. Walsh and Mr. T. Keogh. fanuary were, Under-OfficersFlodge, Hock- Arnong the visitors were, His Worship, ing, and Flowes. Cadet Lieutenant Massel', the Mavor of Williarnstown, Cr. A. I. B. r,vho retained his rank from the previous Deaconj Mr. A. |. Foll,ler,Presiclent of thc vear, supervisedmost of the activities of the Williamstown Cricket Club; N{r. F. W. Corps, and took manv of the parades. Locker, Presidentof thc South Nfelbourne Our activities through the year were sup- Mr. P. Cricket Club; Bentlev, coach of the plementecl by severalrange practicesin the Carlton F-ootball Cltrb; N'Ir. K. Flands, cap- earlier part of the vear, which were held at tain of the Carlton Football Club; and Mr. the nearbvWilliamstown Rifle Range.These Iar-r world famous Australian fohnson, included a "field day" during fulv, when all cricketer. the cadetsfired both the Bren machine gun Mr. Brook expressedhis pleasureat the and rifle. On these occasions,and also at our teams' r'ictories as it is the first time that school parades, we sincerely thank W.O. both Senior and funior XI's have been Condon and W.O. Duncan for their assis- premiers in the same year. All speakers tance this year. wished the teams the best luck in 1954. Under-Officer Howes. Mt. I. Carter, father of the captain of the Ser-riorTeam, apologisedfor the absenceof N,IILDURA CADET CAMP his son. Alan. who was in Williamstown Over 800 cadets from all parts of Vic- Flospital recovering from an operation for toria, looking forward to the annual camp, appendicitis. Don Macleod, vice-captain, left Spencer Street Station, at 8 p.rn. on deputised for Alan during the evening. Tuesday, September 8, for Mildura. F-inallv,after a very pleasantevening, the The lads were not long in adjusting them- presentationsrvere awarded to the outstand- selvesto their conditions. For beds, the for- ing playersof the teams. The trophies were tunate ones had a choice of either the seats awardedbv Ian fohnson, our Test cricketer. or the luggage,and becausethe lights were

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too bright, thev made lampshadesby draping in the davsto follow spreadit throughout jackets over the lights. When the excess the unit. energy of most boys had been expended, We arrived at Mildura early the next sofne boys had a ferv hours sleep. rnorning,tired, but curiousas to what the At the first streaks of dawn, we awoke to da1'heldin storefor us.The first yearcadets see the sun rise slou,ly over the gum trees. did not know just what to expect,as the Finally we arrived at storiestold of other camps Mildura and were 'Io werereallv hair- taken by bus to the camp near the aero- raising. our surprisewe were put into drome. After mess (breakfast)there was the "real" parlourcoaches and sentto the camp, long task of issuingstores. It was most amus- aboutfour milesout of Mildura.The camp ing to see small cadets stagger under the had in it a \A/RAAC scllool for charming ),- weight of a bundle of bedding. At 1700 womenwho seemedto keepclear of all the hours (1.30) there was a medical inspection cadets. The schoolswere given blocks of after which we were given a health and huts, divided into rooms r"J-tetetwo could hygiene lecture. At this lecture, cadetswere sleep on collapsiblebeds (which really told of the importance of their personal stoodup to their name)that wereprovided. cleanliness in the camp. As well as this, The rooms had lights with "shocking thev were urged to be clean in thought, and switches,"and one in evervthree rooms had, throughout their lives to preservefor them- nine tinresout of ten, an "out of order" selvesand others a good environment. That powerpoint. evening, everyone u'as glad to go to bed, Near the carnpwas the Mildura Airfield, after their tiring day. which wasused by commercialairlines, and Besides the routine work of the camp: a "Tiger Moth," which causeda greatdeal there were special activities. During the of interestas it swoopeddown on the air- weekend there was a bus trip to Merbein field and seemedto take off againwithout and Wentworth. On two nights there were landing. demonstrations of flares and mock battles, The camp had all the modern con- and on Saturday morning there was a veniences,including uncontrollable showers, range practice. On Monday morning, Wil- freezing one minute, boiling the next; a liamstown High School Unit, and that of canteen, newspaperstall, and a picture Camberwell High School were chosen to theatre. ont a special mancuvre. This was in carry The cadetN.C.O.'s and C.O.'s made sure for an examinationof N.C.O.'s. preparation the unit wasin order,but we are surethat mancuvre, the officer in charge After the more efficientwork could havebeen carried wav the unit worked congratul:rtedtrs on the out by these people if the Melbourne to action a success. together to make the N,IilduraMail had been cancelledfor that Too soon the last dav came. This was week. spent in checking stores. Late in the after- Our daily routine consistedof driltr,lec- noon busesarrived and took tts to the train tures,films, and most popular of all, field- where,after a verv succesfulcamp, we waited craft, which dealt with formationscamou- for the train to begin the long iourney home. flage,and the filling of rifle barrelswith dust. Under-Officer W. |. Hodge, Form V. An interestingfeature of the camoufl.age Iesson was that the branch you always VIEWS OF A lst YEAR CADET seemedto lean on was a dragonlizard. The Diesel tooted its whistle and hauled Perhapsthe most humourousof all events the Mildura express, carrying "our little at Mildura \4rasour night mancuvre. The cadets," out of platform 4 at SpencerStreet unit wasdivided into two sections,one being Station. Nothing exciting happened on the the attackersand the other the defenders. journey, except that no-one slept, and our The defendershad to hide, and camouflage "dear'' Cadet Lieutenant caught the'flu, and themselves,while the attackers attacked HIGH TIDE

with the aid of a flarepistol's illumination. der, causing him to rush madly across"No Everything rvorkedto plan except that the Nlan's Land." attackersthought they were the defenders I'he food at the camp was very satisfac- and ceasedto attack, with the defenders tory, except for the gumleaves added to the holding, I for one, unusual and painful stew for flavoring. positionsover a long period of time, while On Tr.resdav,September 15, we left for waiting for the attack,and trying to dodge home, and after another sleeplessand riotous the flamingcartridges, which alwaysseemed night of travelling, we reached Melbourne to land on top of a poor nnfortunatedefen- and school again.

CADET OFFICERS AND N.C.O.',s Stonding: Cpl. Belt, Cpl. McLochlon, Cpl. O'Meoro, Cpl. Bornes, Sst. Moyne, Cpl. Wit- tick, Cpl. Ptice, Cpl. Edwords, Cpl. Morendoz. Sitting: Sgt. Donn, W.O.ll McLeod, V/O Hocking, U/O Howes, Copt. Keogh, Co./Lt. Mossey, V/O Hodge, S/Sgt. Hogg, Sgt. Corter.

I.S.C.F. NOTES Tecornafor the older boys.Other activities What is the Inter-SchoolChristian Fel- include hikes, Saturdayevening meetings, lowship?I.S.C.F. began in Victoria in l9)4, and an annualParents' Meeting. and now thereare over90 individualgroups This growing youth movement teaches in secondaryschools throughout Victoria. fesusChrist asSaviour from sin,and empha- This non-sectarianmovement, by the cour- sisesthat the depth of Christianexperience tesyof the Principal,and the sanctionof the in a personis shownby his actions,words, EducationDepartment, cares for the spirit- and attitude. ual and moral welfareof young people. W. I. Hodge,Fonn 5. The Williamstown High School'sboys' The girls' I.S.C.F.group in our school, group meets at lunchtime every Friday for under the leadershipof Mrs. Angus,meets prayerand Bible study. The meetingsthis in Room 12 evervTuesdav lunchtime. We yearhave included a film, "Dust or Destiny," have had severalguest speikets, and a com- and a visit from Mt. I. Thompson,M.Sc., bined bovs' and girls' meeting,when Mr. the Director of the AustralianInstitute of Thompson, an archeologist, proved the Archeology,whose subject was "Archeology Bible to be historicallycorrect. and the Bible." Besides having Iunchtime groups, the During each vacationthere are campsat I.S.C.F.also holds drawing-roommeetings, popular holiday resorts,and in August of whose games,choruses, hobbies, talks, and this year there was a ScienceWeekend at supperare enjovedbv all. At the end of

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term holidayq campsare held; in summer taken to our billets at the UniversityHostel, they areheld at the seasideor undercanvas, wheremost of the studentsdoing the sum- whilst in the May and Septemberholidays mer school conrsewere staying. Later we theyare held in guesthouses in the country. were taken for a drive through King's Park. KathleenWhite, Form 3A. Preservedas a heritagefor the peoplefor all time, King's Park is the city's greatest TRIP TO WESTERN AUSTRALIA pride. It coversthe summit of Mt. Eliza, On Tuesday,fanuary 6, 1957,Essendon and hasan areaof over 1,000acres. Most of Aerodrornewas thrown into confusionas a it is still in its natural state,possessing all I massof blue and gold blazersand bobbing the fragranceand charm of the bush. Panama hats made its way through the Beautiful drives,however, have been made waitingroom and out towardsan aeroplane through the Park, and the frontage over- l boundfor WesternAustralia. Naturally, any- looking the river has been laid out with one from W.H S. would have realisedit lawns and flower beds. King's Park is a wasjust Mr. Walsh off on anothertour. sight never to be forgotten. The boys smiledcheerfullv at the photo- Now began the strenuouspart of the graphersand newspapermen, hard at stared tour. On Saturday,)anuary 10, at7.30 p.D., the two hostesses,and then boardedthe we left Perth and travelledby train to Nar- plane. T'he flight to WesternAustralia was rogin,a small town 100 miles south-eastof one of the manyhighlights of the tour. Be- Perth.We arrivedat 3 a.m.,and so we did tween I\4elbourneand Adelaidewe passed not rise till late the next morning. That overthe N,{t.Loftv Ranges,and by the time night we performed"The Paragon,"one of we reachedAdelaide we thought we were our two plays,and by the time the per- seasonedair travellers.Holever, some of formancewas over and we wereall packed the bovs. who had had milkshakesbefore to leave,the time wasabout I.00 a.m. As the trip, werenot feelingwell. our train was not arrivinguntil 3 a.m.,it Soon after leavingAdelaide all forms of looked as though we would spend two vegetationceased to exist. The luxuriant hourson a railwayplatform. But Mr. Walsh greenof Victoriawas exactly the oppositeto worked wonders. I{e obtainedpermission the color-rrof the barrenand desolateplains for a sleepingcar to be left outsidethe plat- of South Australiaand Western Australia. form so that we could go straightto sleep Slowlythe trip becamemonotonous, for in in it, and when our train passedat 3 a.m., whichever direction we looked we saw the guardsimply hooked us on to the train. nothingbut the sun-bakedarid desertof the The next morning we arrived in the city NullarborPlains, and not anvthingthat even of Albanv.-Wewhich is built besidea beautiful resembleda clump of trees.' harbour. weremuch at homeat Albany Finallv,after about four hours,the country -it rainedfor most of our stay. graduallv resumed its cloak of green, and On Tuesday,|anuary 13, we left by bus soonwe had our first sight of Perth. for Katanning, a small town that sufiers Perth, the capital of Western Australia, many hardshipsowing to the shortageof is picturesquelysituated on the SwanRiver, water. We again put on "The Paragon," 1 twelve miles from the river mouth at Fre, and on the following night we went to a mantle. The main centreof the town is set danceheld especiallyfor us by a youth club. out betweenthe Swan River and the main Needlessto sav.manv of the bovswere home I railwaystation, and thereare many beautiful late that night. public buildingsin this section."This city At 7.30 the next morning we left for is comparablein beautyto the most beauti- Bunbury,which is only a few miles from a ful citiesin the world. beach,io that we had an excellentchance On arriving in Perth, we were met by to go swimming. On Monday, fanuary19, members of the Rotarv Club, and were we put on "The Paragon"in the hall of the 34 HIGH TIDE

Bunbury RepertorySociety. The boyswere By one o'clockit vvasall over,We u'ci. very interestedin the hall, which had been again just plain ordinaryVictorian school convertedso that it could be usedfor any bovs.who had left behindsome of the mos: type of sceneryor lighting. friendly and hospitablepeople we had erc: The next morning we verv r-rearlymissed met when we left the State of Westerr. the bus to Perth.but fortr-rnatelvone of the Australia. boys delayed the driver until we were all K. |ones,Form 4A. present.When we arrivedin Perthwe were taken to Scotch College,where we were to GIRL GUIDE COMPANY stay. This year'sGuide Companyconsists of 28 Guides.We havehad a successfulyear. On Wednesday, 21, we started fanuary 17 recruitshave been enrolledthis vear;6 our tennis tonrnamenton the grasscourts girls have receivedsecond class badges, 2l of Scotch College,but in the eveningwe? proficiencybadges have been awarded,ancl put on our first performanceof "The Hotrse- one "Little HouseEmblem." rnaster."The next night someof the boys went to tlis N{ajesty'sTheatre, and after We havebeerr engaged on manyactivities. including a visit to GovernmentHouse. seeingfessie Mathews' Shorv,N{r. Walsh took them backstageto n-reetthe starsof the The Guideshad an excellenttime. We rverc play. entertainedbv the Armv and the Navv,who showedus nany interesiingthings. Another On Frida)', Z), we again put on January excellent trip was to our Headmistress's "The Paragon,''and did not get home till home at Ferny Creek. This year's St. after midnight. At 4 a.m.Saturday morning George'sDay washeld at St. Paul'sCathed- we were up again and on our wav to the ral. We were verv fortunatein havingthe airport to catcha planeto Geraldton. Governorpresent at this service. had a late breakfastand At Geraldtonwe This vearwe had a party to celebrateour then spentthe rest of the weekendplaving "1st birihcla1,."Everyone present enjoyed Mondav and tennis and swimrning. On this evening.We alsoplanted a Coronation both and returned Tuesdaywe put on plays, treein the schoolgarden for our Coronation by plane to Perth on Wednesday,fanuary eftort. We havehad manv toffeedays, ice- 28. skatingtrips, camps,and mvsteryhikes. Weclnesdav We stayedin Fremantleon We all wish to thank our Captain,Mrs. afternoon begair night, and'on Thursday we Trist, for the time shehas spent in training of the trip that everybodyhad been the part tls. - home on waiting for a sevenday trip S.S. N,{argaretStubbs. Orontes. On Thursday,Fridav, Saturday, and Sun- ORCHESTRA NOTES dav,rve did nothingbut lazein deckchairs, When the orchestra assernbled at the eat ice-cream,slvint in the ship'spool, and beginning of the year it was found that deckgames. On Monday, plav someof the sel'eral of thc previous 1'ear'smembers had Februarv7, u,e berthed at Outer Harbour left, and the orchestrahad to start rebuilding and spent the day in Adelaide. We went almost from the beginning once again. to the picturesin the evening,and then What heart 'have a breaking task this must caught a train back to Outer Harbour. been to our very keen and competent Irirrallv,on Wednesday,February 4, at 8 leaders, Mr. Tonge and Miss Boardman, a.nr..u'e passedthrough the Headsand be- who, receiving very little encouragement, garrthe final stageof our journeyby eoing battled on, and finally after months of hard up Port Phillip Bay. We had completeda work and practice succeeded in bringing most successfultour, and had contributed their small band of intending musicians to a hugeamount of moneyto charitvfrom the the standard where, on the night of Friday, proceedsof our plays. Augst 21, they were able to perform credit-

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ably amongorchestras from other schoolsat Mond,ay, August 24, W.H.S. orchestra pre- a friendly musical evening conducted at sented our own concert front the stage of the Williamstown Town Hall. The program "lT.1'*:l ournumbers were r.",, ou, p.r- was augmented by the appearanceof Mr. formance ranked highly among others heard Rov White, Australia's leading french horn that evening. A very fine tribute to I\{r. player, and the orchestrais indebted to Mr. Tonge and Miss Boardman. After the White for generouslygiving up his time to school orchestras had eirch renclered their appear at our concert, and also to all those f individual items they combincd together to who attendecland gave us their support. form one huge orchestra, and uirder the Now, as the end of 1953 approaches,the ( baton of the guest conductor of the evening, members of the W.H.S. orchestraare look- ) Mr. Clive Douglas, gained much valuable ing forward experiencein hou' a s1'mphonyorchestra is to 1954and all that it may bring conducted. as regards new ilembers and further im- in The experienceand confidence gained at provements the orchestra. Melba Hall proved invaluable when, on K. Beever,Form 5.

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CHOIR CLUB NOTES Pauline Barrow, who were our excellent 100 to 120 golden-r'oicedgirls form our pianistsduring the year. On behalfof each choir club, rvhich meets every Thursday girl we would also like to thank Miss afternoonin room 12. Nliss Tiernev con- Tierney,who hasbeen very patient with us. ducts out tuneful singing(occasionally to A. Richardson,L. Nelson,V. Robertson. the accompanimentof guns as the cadets THE SENIOR EISTEDDFOD CHOIR on their miniaturerifle range). practise This yearthe SeniorChoir attaineda very This vear,for the first time, we took part high standard,and once again won. thb in the SingingFestival, which was enjoyed choralsection of the FootscrayEisteddfod. by everyone.At presentwe are practising Our heartiestcongratulations go to Miss for our SpeechNight iterns. Tierneyfor her untiring effortsin preparing Our thanks go to fune Radford and us for this great success.Congratulations -

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must also go to the girls for the hard work Martin is in chargeof the funior Red Cross they put in to uphold the name of the T\{onthlyMagazines. School. We hope that in future yearsthe Choir will maintain its high reputation. During the yearwe havesaved milk bottle tops and stamps,and we would like to thank fudith Bailey,Helen Grieve, Form 4A. all who havehelped us to collectthese. Th.y IUNIOR EISTEDDFOD CHOIR are sent into funior Red Cross Head- This choir was composedof 28 girls of quarters. Form lB. Under Miss Tierney'sexcellent Almost every Thursdav, two or more guidancewe practisedfor somemonths at girls have gone over to the Hospital to give lunchtimesand after school. fruit, flowers,and magazinesto the patients. On the night of the Eisteddfodwe went We have had three toffee days, and the to the FederalHall. Iiootscrav.There were the nine choirstaking part, someof which sang nloney raisedby thesehelped to pay for very well. The two songswe sang were, cotton for the girls to knit facewashersto "Come down to Kew In Lilac Time," this give to the hospitals.Also this monevwas was our own choice, and "The Music used to buy clag, ink, films, pens,photo- Makers,"a compulsorysong for all choirs. graph corners,and such things that are A tenseair enteredthe hall as the judge neededto makeour folio to sendto Switzer- rose to announcethe winner. We were land, to a funior Red Cross Circle there. thrilled to hear "that first placegoes to Wil- This folio hasin it suchtopics as Melbourne, liamstownHigh School." Productsof Australia,T'he Earlv History of After our first excitementhad died down, \Villiamstown,the GreatBarrier Reef, Earlv the judge continued by saying that the Australian Wild- \Milliamstown High School Senior Choir Explorers of Australia, had alsogained first placein their section. flowers, and many nraps, photographs, illustrating these When the eveninghad finishedwe sang samples,and diagrams, topics. This folio rvill soon be completed, "For She'sa |olly Good Fellow" to Miss and wehope, in time, to receivea similarone Tierney,and the funior Choir presentedher in Switzerland. with a lovelylace handkerchief. from the Circlewe sendit to Thursdav girls have been The funior Choir would like to saythank Nearly e\/ery you to Miss Tierney for the time and learningabout Home Nursingand First Aid, patienceshe took in training us. We also and one day thel' put on a short play about had our own accompanistfor the Eistedd- snakebite and its treatment.A short while - fod Paulirle Barrow, who plal,ed excel- ago,two of our girls went to representour lently. Circle at the ZndAnnual Conferenceof the Iudy Pounsett,fill Whitzell, Form lB. funior Red Crossin Melbourne. JUNIOR RED CROSS During the year,girls have brought old Our |unior Red CrossCircle has had a story books from home, and these books verysuccessful year. We have 31 members. have been cleanedup, somere-bound, and Firstlv, we were under the leadershipof we are rnakingthem into a small librarv for Miss Boardman,but as shehad to leaveour the childrenover at the Hospital. club, Miss Peachis now our leader. Elaine We would like to thank Miss Boardman Loft is our President,Marion N{oonevour and Miss Peachfor their help throughout Secretary,and Betty Barclayour Treasurer. the year, and also our Presidentand Sec- On the committee we have fudith Lee, retarY' Ilelen Corby, and Pam McKeown. fune P.M. -

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THE LIBRARY CLUB cheaperand more interesting. All these Under the capable supervision oJ IVIr. togethermake the CameraClub one of the \\/ilson, the members of the Librarv Club best clubs in the school. have had another successfulvear. The aim Frank Granger,Form 4A. of the club this year, as in other vears,has been to educate students in the running of CHESS CLUB a library. During 7953, the membersrnaintained Each Thursdav afternoon. the ciub's the high interest of former vears in the seven members meet in room 5 to repair, club. Therewere a few new members,some catalogue and bind books. A good deal of of whom wcre taught the game bv Mr. u,ork is done each week in keepinq the Hounslow,who n'asin chargeof the club. library and its books in good order, so as to The rest of the membersimproved their allow students to use it during their library technique and ability, and evervonehad periodsand lunchtimes. nany interestinglrours of chess.A com- petition was startecl, but unfortunately Again this year a substantialamount was could not be completed.The membersare spent on the purchase of new books, rang- looking forward to an even better time in ing in type from fiction to the latest books the coming of knowledge. )'ear. L. Swalwell,Form SA. The floral decorationsseen in the librarv at various times during the year were pro- THE DEBATING CLUB by the girls of Form the libran, vided 5, This club, instituted cluring third term being their Formroom. last vear, has graduallybecome more ancl In conclusion,the membersof the Librarv morelethargic, owing to the lack of support CIub woulcl like to thank Mr. Wilson for from the rest of the school. The club hacl the way in which he has so capably run the a gooclattcr-rdance last year,but manv of referenceancl forrn libraries throughout the its membersleft the schoolor clriftedawav year, and also helped to make our club to other clubs. When the 1953 session period a success. stai-ted,onlv four peoplevolunteered, three A. I{amshare,Form 5. of whom were rnemberslast year. This CAMERA CLUB meansthat the club's activitieshave been restricted,and manv of Mr. Archer'sideas The Carnera Club has, this vear, in many havenot been put into effect. Theseideas ways reached its aim, rvhich is to bring will be discussedlater. about a better understanding between the photographer and his camera, thus helping Although such a sn-rallattendance has him to take better pictures. naturally disappointedMr. Archer (our Our successfulvear is ahnost entirelv due supervisor),he hopesfor more interestto to the untiring aid given to us by our Ctub- be displayedin the club next year. The rnaster,Mr. I(ent, who has preparecllectures presentmembers, although restricted in their ar-rddiscussions. which have helped us to scope,have had manv interestingtalks and gain better results from our cameras. With debateson the affairsof today. I do not the aid of his slide-projector,he has pointed think that any of the membershave re- out almost everv photographical fault, and gretted joining this club. Unfortunatelv, shown how it -iv be remedied.Occasionally there are three fifth-formers in the club, we have visited the projection room, where which meansthat only one memberwill be nrovie films have beerr shown portraving left, unlessothers join. If not, the result many photographic principles. will be a cessationof the club. We have had numerous visits from a As an enticementto the membersof the Kodak representative,Mr. V. M. May, who present(1953) third and fourth forms, I has sold,-and shown, us many interesting shall put forward the following advantages processesby which we may make our hobby and idealsof the DebatingClub - HIGH TIDE

l. To develop a good public speaking We commencedthe year with a few stanceand speech,i.e., to teach members to one-act plays. These consistedof both speak well, clearly and slowly. The advan- humour and drama. A trip to "Dial M for tage of this is, that nearly all the people are Murder," at the ComedvTheatre, was dis- called upon, usually more than onie in their cussed,but unfortunatelv,Mr. Walsh had lives, to speak to others in an official to attend to the training group. The four c,apacity. If the speakeris good, then he or or fir'ebo,vs left, after the recruitingfor the she can convince others of the strength of physicaliraining group, found th"emselves the suggestions.It can also help in"one's spectators. promotion. _ Hor.vever,thel'organised quizzes and plays 2. To increasethe mental capacity of the betweenthemselves, and giined mucli en- members. This gives the people a better joyment from acting two or three parts grasp_ on affairs, widens their scope of almostat once. thought, thus enabling them to consider all In conclusion,the boys appreciateMr. anglesof a matter before making a decision, Walsh's assistancein helping them gain and allorving an trnbiased decision to be so.Te_experience in stagework, and they made. wish him e\/er)'success in his difficult task. A step towards tliese are the debates ]. |arrard,Form 3D. during clubtimes, also afternoon and lunch- FIRST AID CLUB tirne debates(although not in useat present, 'Ihe these will be planned if there is sufficient First Aid Club, under the guidance support for the club). of Mr. Crorvl, consistsof about Z0 bovs, rvhomeet in room 21. During year The are a natural develop- the we _aclvantages havelearnt the theoreticaland ment of the ideals. Support this club, it-'s practicalside of first to your own advantage. aid. We have been taught all the variousworkings of the body,and effectsof Shimmen, Form [ohn 5. cliseaseupon it- \Ve havelearnt how to treat GIRLS' DRAMATIC GROUP injtrries,and how to makeand use bandages. During one This vear the Girls' Dramatic Club has club period, N{r. Crowl arrangeda visit to held its rneetings during club time in room the WilliamstownNurses' Home,where we were 10. In the first term N{iss Hill was our showna skeletonand drarvingsof the bone Club N{istress, and under her helpful structureof the body. Our thanks are due guidance \\'e learnt how to spgak niore to our capablein- strtrctor,who enabled'us to furiher correcth,,ancl move more easilvon the stage. our knowledgeof first aid, and errjoy Mr. Cock our club became our Club N,Iasterwhen periods. Miss Hill left us at the end of term one, and N. Wallace,Form 3A. under his superr.ision we acted "Oliver Twist." FILM CLUB Il the third term we have continued to In our more dignifiedmoments we call act plavs during our club periods, and have ourselvesthe "Film Club," but actualllt spent many interesting club times in this "Odd Girl Out" club would suit us bettei; nlanner. for u'e rvere culled from junior girls who, Our thanks are due to the teacherswho by a cruel stroke of "broadcastfailure," have aided us in our production of plavs this missedjoining the club of their heart'sde- year. srre. So Miss Killeentook pity on us,and very BOYS' DRAMATIC GROUP organisedus into a 'fiIm";Elaly club, mainly The Dramatic Group has had a verv easv the ScienceCIub and the Cameri tirne this year, as Mr. Walsh was kepi very Club sharingwith us the "theatre." Here !usy_ with the physical training group for we have sp_eltmany hrppy club periods, the Queen's Pageant. viewinguseful and interestingfilms, Iots of HIGH TIDE them of a scientificnature. In conclusion strangeeffect on the former tranquil atmos- we wish to thank Mr. Coldicutt, who as phere. operator,has been the soul of patienceand A substantial kindlinessto us. arnount of knitting is usuallv done, but the amount of energy put into conversation THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY exceedsbv far the energy used irr the effort of knitting. For eight yearsthe Williarnstown High SchoolHorticultural Society,or Gardening IUNIOR SCIENCE CLUB Club, has carriedout invaluablework for 'fhe ScienceClub was the school.Part of this servicehas been the |unior formed with the idea of promoting the boys' "beautification"of the tennis court, llew interest in sc-re_nge.This year, under the lawns at the front entranceof the school. able guidance of. Mr. i\4epham, the aim has been partlv and generalclearir-rg and maintenance. achieved. As Presidentof the Society,I would like Each to thank Mr. Green, our chief snperl'isor, Thursday aftemoon, a boy brings a prepared and all the boysfor their grandjob. paper on some subject. These tilks have been verv interesting and Form 4A. helpful. The fohn |ohnston, offices of President and Secrelary were occlpied by bo1,s THE HOMEI,OVERS'CLUB who had prepared papers, and these were changed every week. The Homelovers'Club, under the guid- anceof Miss Turner,has a membershipof One member brought along his micro- scope, 32 this year. and we were able to examine various insects and leaves under it. Together with As the interests of the members are papersand experiments,we havJhad a very varied,we work in smallgroups doing such interesting year. hobbiesas knitting, sewing,gardening, craft work, and soft toy rnaking. Once again we would like to thank Mr. Mepham for his kind assistance, Someof the membershave given talks on and to wish their interests,and one afternoon, Miss the club everv successin the future. Turner gave us a demonstrationof skin Ron Mayer, Form lA. glovemaking,which wasvery interesting and educational. TI{E STAMP CLUB Our meetingshave been very enjovable, We have had a successfulyear under and our thanksgo to Miss Turner for her the leadershipof Mr. Tonge and Mr. help and guidancein the running of our Wesson. During the first four months we club. had severalcompetitions, with prizesfor the B. Lambie. winners. We had two displaysby fohn THE KNITTING CLUB Ashton,the first on his map collections,and EveryThursday afternoon, a smallgroup the secondon the Coronation. We also of girls,supervised by Miss Craig,spends a had another display and talk by Graeme quiet (?) half hour in room 7, for the sole Barclay. purposeof knitting. We wish to thank our popularPresident, To acompanyus in this blissful period, "Bunger" |amieson,for the way he carried arethe distantstrains of musicissuing from out his duties. Thanks are also due to all the Musical AppreciationClub. However, membersof the committee,who carriedout thesesweet strains are usuallydrowned by their duties under difficult circumstances, the SchoolOrchestra, which in turn is lost for the increasednumbers this year madeit to the resoundingnotes of the girls' choir, hard to arrangethe program so that every- and the three togetherhave a particularly one had interestingclub periods. HIGH TIDE :tt

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MUSICAL APPRECIATION CLUB hordesof curiousboys who stamp pastthe This year, olrr N{nsicalAppreciation Club cloor,we have a mostenjovable forty minutes rs under the leadershipof Mr. Head. With evervThursday afternoon. his help and recordswe trv to appreciatethe K. Ilead, Form 5. better ty'pesof music. Usually Mr. Flead supplies the records DIARY. 1953 that we are to hear, although occasionallva TER\,{ I. group of girls will bring their favorite record- F'EBRUARY: ings for the rest of the girls to hear. These Jrd- Hundreds of smiling new faces recordshave to be censoredbv N4r. Heacl scr u'elconed to our school today, including that no "fohnny llay" slips into the pro- thoseof N{issPe:rch, N{iss Hill, Mr. I{ead, gram. N4r.Bullen, Mr. Owen,N,Ir. Hounslow, Mr. Sonre of the music u'e have heard this Colclicuttand N,{r.Wesson. vear includecl selections from svnrphonies, 4th- Backto organisedsport for forms2, iuites, ballet nrusic,comic and giauh opera. 7, 4, and 5 - headachestodav for Miss Lately, rve have listened to conplete record- Craig and Mr. Cowban,who are in charge ings of operas.At first the thought of listen- for 1953.Congratulations to this vear'snew ing to a whole opcra, sung in Italian or prefects. French, dismavedmost of us, but N,Ir.IIeacl 5tn- Our qtradranglethronged with girls wisely told us the stories of the operasbe- and bovsclamouring around teachers, who forehand. As a result, many of us fotrnd *,eresoiting and allottingclubs. The cadets, that operaswere not as uninteresting as rvc newrecmits and battle scared (sorry, scarred) had previously thought. veterans,rnarched away at the call of the We have seen a few filns, all belonging bugleto beginanother year's drill and field- to a series,"Science in the Orchestra." We craft tuition uncler Captain Keogh. found these filns very interesting, and our (Rurnourshave it that in 1954Mr. Crowl, thanks go to Mr. Coldicutt. who put them one of our new staffmembers, will leadour on for us. soldierbo1's.) Despite the unnrusicalsound of the P.T. gtfr- First assemblyin the "quad." Our squad training outside,and the noise of the schoolhas grown to 831pupils this vear.' 42 HIGH TIDE

1Zth- Lockers clistributed. We hale 24th- Lest u'e forgct! At the Tou'n Flall practicallv settled into thc olcl school todav we held our Anzac Dav sen'ice,during routine. rvhicjr I\4r. Brook gave ns, "first hand," th[ MARCH: story of courageand lovaltv of the Australian Znd- Assembll, todav in the Williams- "Diggers" at the landing of Gallipoli. torvn T'own Hall where prefects,house cap- 27th-- Examinations! That dreaded tains, and form captair-rs,were presentecl diseasehas enveloped our schoolin cloudsof with their badges. miserv ancl gloom. 3rd- Religious Instruction cornmencecl NIAY: today. l Sth- A week's freedom. 9th- Labour Day holidav. First clay free this tenn, and everyoneagrees we'\'e earnecl TERN{ 2, it. 26th- Leacl on N,lacf)uff! Back to the 11th- House Swirnming Sports toclavat toil and grind. Footscrav Baths. Congratulations to Dingo 27th- First inter-school match - asainst ccmpetitors, and thanks to the organisers Nlordialloc. Boys' teamswere successful,btrt and Baths officials. tlie girls were sadly defeated. 20th- Third, fourth, and fifth fonners cheered our competitors as thev swam into IUNE: third position at thc Combinecl Swirnming Zncl- First holidav this term. Melbourne Sports today at Olvmpic Pool. Certairrlv au is a blaze of lights, with flags flving frorr impror.'ementon last vear's placing. e\/erypole in all British Dorninions. "Lottg 24th- World-wide nourning for Queen Live Queen Elizabeth II." l\'Iary, the Dowager Queen, who, through 3td- Inter-schoolrnatches against Flarnp- her nobilitl' ancl righteousness,earnecl the ton - girls' teams on top today. affectionate title of "Grandmother Eng- 5th- Ex-students' Coronation Bail. A land." number of our seniorbovs, acting aspartners hits 25th- Williamstown Fligh School for the debs,looked surprisingly "grown-up" the news with a clouble cricket premiership in dinner suits, complete r,vithbow ties ancl -an for seniors,arrd a drau' outright win the rvhite gloves. for the junior team. "follv good shovt', "Roval Heritage" what?" l lth- School attenclecl Theatre (T'he APRIL: :rt the Hovts Shore todav. special Coionation film which was to be lst- "April Fools' Dav," lvith the ttsual screenedfor schoolchildren had not arrived.) repercussions,left our school in a rather "tops1'-[11y1"'state. Nothing serious hap- 15th- Something rei'olutionarv in the pened, except the apparent disappearanceof school curriculum toclart. Our Monday morning assemblvu'as helcl in the Ernpress an entire senior French class. 'heatre. f 3rd- First of fir'e claysof perfect peacc. We'd welcome the "Easter Btlttnv" altv 17th- Coburg teams defeated todar' - time. girls once again on top. 8th- It rvas too good to last. Back to 22nd- Beryl Swalwell and Brian Hogart, school with the "exams" looming up. T'hc our tu,o Flead Prefects, accompanied Mr. holiclavsrvere the calm before the storm. Brook to the Williamstown Rotary Club 22nd- An trnearthll' hush has settlecl Dinner, where nanv local schoolswere reP- over the school. The rooms are spotlessand resented. strange,sinister figures stalk the entptv corri- 24th- Inter-schoolmatches toda-v,against dors. Mr. Brook jokingh'assuredus that in- Northcote for the bovs,ar-rcl Universitv High spectors don't bite, but thcre is no hartn for the girls. (Boys' teatns won, but girls' in being prepared. teams' scoresunmentionable.) x\;-- I il

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25th- French Art Exhibition for senior inter-form basketball cup, and also to the form - Oh! La La, Mon Dieu! Voila! and cadets who arranged a display for the other such expressionsheard throughout parents. the morning. Mes amis,have you everseen 27th- Boys' team versus girls' team an- an "abstract"painted with suchabstraction? nual end-of-season hockey match. Final f uLY: scores- four goals to nil. (Well, they're supposed to be the stronger sex.) The lst- Necks craned to see "sk\,-writers" casualties resulting from the match in- leaving their smoke-trail messages. The cluded one black eye,eleven pairs of bruised girls' teams toclavplaved Essendon,and the shins, and eleven exhausted plavers. (All bovs' turn came to plav University High. female.) 8th- Magazine Committee rvent to the Senior Social tt._va Nlexican Hat State Theatre to see"A Queen is Crowned," with the Ex-students. I)ancc after a hockey match, ancl vou'll knou' how sonre of us felt. Prefects wish l ith- Ball-a ncw idea altogethcr. funior to thank staff uremberswho svmpatheticallv Sriuareclancers in colourful costumescircled pushecl us through intricate dances with the floor, bowed to their corners, and en- such little regard for their tingling feet. thusiasticallyclappecl the individual items. 17th- The rvhole school today saw "A 28th- 4C girls gave three sessionsof their end-of-term concert, which included Queen is Crorvned" at the Empress. This was the film we wcre to see on the llth of sketches,recitations (by Barbarafowelt, who this year achieved fame in Elocution fune. With us, \\1ehacl some visitors fron-r the the Williamstorvn Girls' Dornestic Arts Competitions at Ballarat), and a fashion School. parade. 24th- Mr. Cock, latest addition to thc Reports were given out, then studentsand staff, sallied forth in great style in a brilliant staff set out for their homes - we hope Mr. crimson jumper, on an ancient, spluttering Cock reacheshis hone safelv, for evervone "motorbike" to the cheersof the majoritv of sau'the manner in which his "chariot"' leapt the pupils and staff. One male rnember of on its rvay. staff was heard to cxclaim with a sigh, "Ah - the price of fame!" TERN43, SEPTEN{BER: 7th- Spring has come, the birds are AUGUST: singing, and the flowers are blooming, as 7th- It's on again - Exams! Gloom re- u'e cheerfully rvend our way back to slaverv. flects upon faces of pupils and staff alike, 8th- The cadets have deserted Lls for as the cloud descends. canp in sunnv Mildura. 14th- Correction Dav holidav - marks sooll. 9th- First practice for the Athletic Sports. lTth- The resultsare out. Our winning l4th- It was announced at Assernblvthat Eisteddfod choirs travelled to the citv to- Bcrvl Srvahvell,our Head Prefect, had won day, under the guiclanceof Miss Tiernev, to Rotarv Essay celebratetheir second successivevictorv. the Club competition. 19th- Ceneral tich'up in preparation for I5th- Welcome Jrome to the Armv. parents' dry. Thc last of the basketball 25th- The school assembl.u-,for the first semi-finals were plaled off today. time since |une 15, was held at school, to 20th- Open dav at our school. We werc enable us to have marching practice. This raidecl by sixth-graders frorn Spotswoocl, afternoon the bo1'5' jumpirrg et'ents were Newport, North Williamstown, and South held at the Newport Oval. Williamstown State Schools this morning, 29th- Becauseof the deluge of blinding but welcomed our parents this afternoon. rain and hail (practicallv snorv), the sports Congratulations to 4C girls, winners of the u'ere postponed. HIGH TIDE

OCTOBER: gained a First Honourable lvlention in 2nd- The House Athletic Sports at last. Poetr,v,and the girls,Honourable Mentions in their sectionsof Dictation. Further con- l-his 1'earKoalas won the total aggregateat the Williamstorvn Cricket Ground. gratulationswent to Tim Kotak,who gained an HonourableMention in the examsfor 6th- The annual egg appeal for the Wil- German. Tim deservesextra praise, because liamstown Hospital closed today, ancl bv the subjectis not taughtat this school.and fair means or fowl (sorr1',foul), we collected he madehis own preparations. nearly a thousand eggs. During the assembly,Mr. Marx, a rep- l ith- This week the ntagazine photo- resentativeof the Williarnstown Rotarv graphs are being taken, and also at recesses, Club, presentedfohn White and Ron pupils are paying their shillings to sign their lVlatthewswith the first and secondprizes names in the Queen's Coronation Anpeal in an essavcompetition, concerned with the Book. Fourth Form excnrsionto the Newport lgth- United Nations Week - at As- Pou'erHouse. sembly todal', sir members of the senior 3rd- WelcorneCup Holiday, todav was forms arrangeda program to show how the crowdeclwith studv for senior pupils work of the Association afiects us. final examsonlv a fortnight off. Z0th- N4r. Bradshaw hits the news by I lth- ArmisticeDay: our two minutes attending the reception for N4r.Nixon, Vice- silencewas held in the quadrangleafter Mr. Presidentof U.S.A., in his capacityas Presi- Brook had remindedus of the reasonfor dent of the American Ex-servicemen'sAsso, rememberingArmistice Dry. 'BIot- ciation in \/ictoria. Todav, the first edition of the 3C 72nd- Todav. a revolutionarv action in ter' wason salein the schoolprecincts, for our "High Tide" preparations - a stafi a very srnall charge. We congratulatethe photograph was taken at 1.2.50p.m., to the girls on their successfulattempt to publish accompaniment of the ancient strains of their gossip-sheet. "Why were thel' born so beautiful" from 18th- |uniors start third term examsto- the most daring of the senior pupils. dry. 23rd- The Combined Sports postponecl 20th- Seniors'turn. "Our fate is with the becauseof rain. Gods." 26th- Williamstown took second place 27th- Frenchand Latin pupils of Form in the "C" Section of the Metropolitan 5 were the only studentsleft at schoolto- High Schools' Sports, coming home with day. Reason:teachers working hard correct- three of the dav's four records. ing papersare too worried to look after all Zgth- Pat Lyons, Barbara Dargaville, of us. N{argot Bunnet and Lillian Morgan were DECEMBER: congratulated today, on attaining Nursing 8th- Lastminute preparationsfor Speech Bursaries. Night. At 8 p.n. tonight we all assembleat the Williamstown Town Hall for the 30th- Cross country run held todav after presentationof the Flonour Awards for tu,o previotrs attempts were postponed be- sport and exanination results to senior cause of weather conditions. pupils. NOVEN,{BER: lzth- SpeechAfternoon for FormsI and Znd- At assemblvthis morning,Mr. 2. It's their turn to receiveHonour Cards Brook congratulated Brian Hogan, Beryl amid cheersof proud parents. Swalwell, fean Spencer,and Elizabeth Bid- l8th- Today all senior studentsreturn dick for their fine effort in the annual from part-timejobs to collect their Report Alliance F-ranEaiseexaminations. Brian Books. The entire school,accompanied bv ^'\:

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HIGH TIDE smiling teachersabout to leavetheir worried FIRST IMPRESSIONS frowns for nearly two months, march Hurrah! the bell has rung, now we can raggedly to their respective rooms to go get our hats for our first assemblyin the celebratethe end of Term 3. After the En-rpressTheatre. Forms'picnics, we shallreceive our reTrorts, and escapefor six weeksfrom schooldis- What's that; no hats. cipline. And we are to assembleon the basket- To thoseleaving our High Schooltoday, ball court. Busy little chatterings are going we give all our best wishesfor successin on. Evervone has heard so much about this their chosencareers, and to thosereturning theatre and its various "nick names." I to add to their alreadyabundant knowledge have never been there before, and can't in 1954,we wish them to have as happy a imagine what it's like. time here,as we ancientFifth Formershave Good, we're moving off. Under the ramp had during our stayat WilliamstownHigh at the station, over the road. What's that School. ahead, goodness, don't have to I. McV. surelv we go into that. Is this the theatre? Hmm, no more than a shed to look at, no paint, THE MAG. COMMITTEE hardly. Ndv,it's got a gate, and a door. Thursdavafternoon at three, On I wonder what it is like inside. I'll soon If vou shouldpass our way you'd see know. A group of six who're alwaysworried, And one who's unperttrrbed,unflurried. It's certainly stuffy. Oh, what nice seats. I just can't wait to The latter is a sourceof strength sit in then'r. To the six,who oft berateat length, On articleswhich haven'tbeen dor-re Ah, I can finallt''sit in one. Hmmm, kind By unfortunatejuniors in Form Or-re. of dusty. Now I can have a look around at this They moan of poetryunwritten theatre. By thosethe musehas not yet smitten, lovely lights. And though they'renot so keen on Bvron, What designson the And a lovely sceneon eachside They must admit his verseis inspirin'. of the stage. And it's got holesin the roof. I wonder Which can't be said for much of ours, how they'd get on if it rained. Although we strivefor hoursand hours, Time to begin. Where'sMr. Brook ancl And scratchour headsto find a line the prefects? Oh, there they are now, That fits the sensebesides the rhvhe. coming down the aisle. And havinghauled across the mat, The orchestramust have practised hard at Those who in P.S. just sat, the Anthem. And neverwrote a singleline, What destructivechildren the school Of poetry evenas bad as mine, own, and yet thereare someperfect angels They realisethat they omitted bv what Mr. Brook is saying. To do the same,when time permittecJ, Ah: Mr. Brookhas finished, and we'reto And Mr. Cardiff on the scene, havea ferv n-rinuteswith Miss Boardman. Bemoansthe fate of our magazine. Now we can go from this stuffy place, But we can hope that all our toil, but thereare still many rnoreweeks in which And extravagantburning of midnight oil, we will enter it oncemore. Will resultin a reallygood "High Tide," I supposeit is better than stayingout in The Mag. Committee'sjoy and pride. the cold' though' M. Paterson,Form 5. E. curtis. Form zB. 46 HIGH TIDE

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THE QUAD as "the stinks rooms." They certainly justifv this epithet, for, entering, is "The as it is affectionatelyknown, on one Quad," greeteclb), tlte delicateodour is the living, beating heart of the school. of amonittm sulphate, finds junior One may ascertain the tempo and atmos- or that some Eir-rstein hasturned on the gastaps. Ilowever,these phere of the day bv merely studving this roomsare generallvinapproachable because beat, by feeling the pulse at one of the rnain of the rugbyscrum outside boys'Iockers. arteries,or bv entering the heart itself and the becoming part of its life. Next door is the old music room, horne The main arterv is the "sacred" staff of nany h.ppy mernoriesof sweet song, corridor, jealouslv guarded by prefects and punctuatedby the sound of marchingfeet teachers alike. Remember the illicit thrill and clappir-rghands from nearbyP.T. classes, )'ou experienced,when, as first formers, von of our own productionsof G. & S. operas, rnanaged to sneak through. You were of our vouthful popularteacher . . . Now we notorious criminals, hats pulled down, have our music lessonson the other side collars turned up, proud of your crine . . . of the quad, accompanieclby the First Conr,'enientlv placed, just through this Form basketballers'shrieks of joy, and the corriclor is the'senior Locker Roornl where tumpire'snumerous whistles. anything happens, fronr squaredancing and At the other end we find rooms I I and conga lines, to the playing of trains, and the 12, rvith their memoriesof junior dancing eviction of juniors -- and homework. lessons,of N,{adam,of senior socialsand Though of late we have been enjoving magnificentart exhibitions. . . the decaying splendour and polygenarian Nearat hand is a room soundingharmless luxury of a local picture house, kincllv lent 'tis enoughto the innocent and uninitiated. us each N4onday, in the quad that as- Room8... sembliesrte us.tilly helcl. Happily, the com- fort of plush seats, the romantic lighting, In the centre of our civic squareis the and the senseof novelty (we also listen to objet d'art, which has provided the sole the orchestra!)quite obliterate any nostalgia amrlsementof nanv periodsof the "yottnger we may feel for the quacl'scold discomfort. set," exiled from the halls of learning to reflectupon their sins,and to repentof their For assembliesin Our Quadranglehave an indescribablefascinations, like cold showers u'ickedness. a la Spartan,and Dim Sims. Have \/ou evercor-rnted the holesir-r that On the masculine sicleof the quad is the grating? IVIeccaof the Scientists,known colloquiallv D.l.G., Form 4A. .I ;i

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THE SANCTUM As is well known, our Magazine Com- mittee also work (?) in the Pavilion, rvhere This year there has been an innovation- thev are unpopular with the occupants. tl-rePrefects' Pavilion, beneath whose portals Thev take too much time. and are the cause pass onlv the mighty and the great, our of it . girls har ing no train prefects orl respected(?) girl prefects,and Form girls. 5 Thursdavs. Altogether, although our pre' Formerly the Senior Pavilion, the foolish- fects try to keep iny interlopers"out, I c16n't nessancl recklessnessof 4th formers in vears reallv think any of them next will be- gone bv have been supplanted by that of 1'ear grudge its new tenants the luxurv of the this year's prefects. "Prefects' Pavilion." In winter, r,vhilethe common, or grr.lan, Locker-Room Du'eller. Forn-r4A. seniors freezein the Siberia of Roorn 7, the prefects (ancl others) srvelter in a smoke haze behind the r,r'itrclou'sof their sacred AN UNWELCOME GUEST dwelling. I hear that thev burn sandwiches \Ve had receivecla telephone call from a over their fire, when thev are not toasting relative in the countrl', which announcecl their toes, scorching theii socks, or riddin[ that she intended to stav at our house for themselvesof their rubbish. an indefinite period, rvhile she was in Mel- The prefects also have their lockers in bourne. At regular intervals she forces her there. As theseare on ground level, the view presence on nnwilling relatives, eats them must be soneu'hat surprising (and un- out of house aud home, criticisesei'ewbody dignified) through the u'indows at fir,e to and everything,and then leavesthem to lick nine in the morning. Those lockersused to their wounds, and clean up the mess after be extremely untidl'; I wonder if thev'r'e her departure. Unluckilv, she had pickecl changed. There must be some over: think us for her next victims. how convenient these must be, in which to She arrived the nert morning r.vith arl store keys, throw refnse, and hoard lost (or absurdly large amount of luggage; plus a mislaid) propert,v. The prefects are also the violin. With much efiort we ilanased to proud possessorsof a cupboard, which is, no look agreeable,and if it hadn't been for the doubt, used as a large, general locker. violin, we might have rnelloweclto the point Past generations were also rather noisl', of feeling agreeable, for she informed us and from observations,rumours, and reports, that she was leaving after three or four darts. I gather that the ne\\r occupants have not Her plaving, at its best, u'as consiclerablt' changed the reputation of their sanctum. below ai'eragelat its $'orst, it was execrable. 'I'hat When M-- clancesu'ith a chair, in place of violin selclomleft her hands. It added ?, singing lessonsarc given free (I hope), or to our discomfort, becauseshe had a most when the wholc band squareclances around disturbing habit of playing it during the the table, the builcling is liable to shake, night, to soothe her nerveswhen she could someu,hat. Presurlablv, the piercing shrieks not sleep. She was very fussy about her which also startle the rest of the school, as food; severalfoods shc would not eat at all; they pass are not heralcls of murder, but she could not even bear the smeil of them simply an appreciationof somebrilliant pun cooking. So we ate what she ate; which by some more hurlourous rnember of the meant that we were restricted to a diet company. rvhich consisted entirely of pork salrsages, Besidesthe plar',a lot of work is done in fried potatocs,rice pudding, and very strong the Pavilion, as Form 5 do their private Limburgcr. study in there, ancl,being only hqman, thev She had an extremel-vpessimistic otrtlook probably do their forgo"tten-hofnework i; concerning all matters of illness, and took a there, hastilv scribbled by those whose morbid delight in talking about her opera- arrival is not announcedbv the siren. tions. tiqually abominable was the fact that

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the she was one of those peoplewho yearn for prise,-expected Dad came in with two letters, the "good old days" when children were one from the Bank, and another handwriting. After obedient, iazz was frowned upon, and eggs one in a very ladyJike wereninepence a dozen. we all had guessedwho it might be from, it and gave an exclamation of F'orfour dayswe enjoyedthe companyof Dad opened "Oh!" he groaned, "vour great-aunt this unusual person. On the fifth dav she horror. coming down to town, and has de- departed,amidst a flurry of hats,coats, and Lyla is for a couple of days!" dresses.We gave an involuntary sigh of cided to stay relief, and felt the deepestsympathy for Great-aurtt Lyla is dreaded by evervone the next branchof the familv on which she at our place,because she has a very good eye, was going to inflict her gloomyperson. and an extremelv sharp tot-tgtte,which she I sent to the station f.K., Form 4A. doesn't fail to use. was to meet her, and on the way back was bombarded with questionsabout the health VESPERS of her dear Florrie and Bill, my sisterGlenl's, The last soft breath of eveningkisses my cousin foan, George, and even t!9 dogt The purple-clotidedhills, I iold her that we were in the nriddle of And strokeswith velvetglove preparing for the holidays, but she didn't rvould be much The small and tenderrills ieem to think that there difference in the house. That crossthe silent meadow. 'fhen we attived at the house. The cara- In the still forest,trees keep vigil van was in the front garden, and evervone Where the sleepywild flowerssigh, in the street seemedto be in it. Great-aunt horrified gasp, and marched And grassesbend with love Lvla gave one irito the house bv the front door (which had To touch the goldeneye been left open in the confusion), and put Of sweetlysleeping daisies. her bass in the front bedroom. She sent rne for-Dacl and Muttt, but Daddy was the God's creaturesnow are turned to rest, onlv one that was visible in the caravan,so The rabbit to its warren, I only took him. He was dressedin _avery The bird to featheredbed, clirty pair of shorts and only a singlet on The fox to barren cavern, the-top of hirn. Aunt Lvla took one qlance to be in And horseto hav-strewnstable. at him and said: "As you seem rather a mucldle, I think I'll stay at Mary's urged her to And I must turn rnyselfto rest, instead." Of course everyone stav, but she declined, so the house was Must bid the world goodnight. ricl'of its "Unwelcome Guest." God, grant me restful sleep, Ketrt, Fornl 4A. And keep me in Thy night, |udith Until the sun awakensme. M.H.P. SHIP\vRECKED 'l'he stortnv sea was raging about the had been tossed AN UNWELCOME GUEST small wooden raft which about the Pacific Ocean for eight davs. One moming the whole hotrsewas in a Peter fones, a votlng boy of twenty-two, had pickle; we were packing the caravanin been shipwreckedjust ofi the coastof South preparationfor our holidav in Port Fairv. America,near the Cocos Islands. Everyone was very interestedwhen the Peter had almost given up hope when' postrnanarrived, because of the letter Daddv suddenly, his feet struck something ha-rdt was cxpe.-at"*from the Bank. To our sur- Still dazed bv the thought of having lar-rded HIGH TIDE

on dry land, he looked around the island, THE CORONATION which seemed to be deserted. The beginning of the Coronation Dry He now beganlooking for some food, and wasa gayone for QueenElizabeth II, whose protection from the wind and rain. He duty it wasto undergosuch a hard task. found some palm leaves and stout sticks, On the morning of |une Z, 195), the dnd he began to build a small shelter,about Queen rode to her Coronation,cheered by seven feet Iong and five feet high. After he people from all over her Commonwealth. had added the last few palm leaves and T'he processionwas from Buckingham sticks,he stood up and looked satisfiedwith Palace,through the Mall, then on to West- the little shelter he had made. minsterAbbey. With the surrounding treesstill wet from The serviceinside the Abbev was venrt the rain, and the sand very soggy, Peter irnpressive.The Duke of Edinburgh *r-t began walking up the long white beach, the first man of the realm to pay homage worn out and tircd. He had not had a good to his wife and Qtreen,with the symbolic meal for eight days. kiss on the Ieft cheek. Prince Charlessaw While looking for food, he found a bush the homagepaid to his mother. covered with red berries. He plucked up The Coronation wasglittering pageantry, encugh courage to put one in his mouth neverto be forgottenby young or old. and as it tasted all right, he pulled out a M. Harris.Form 2. small torn handkerchief, and put a handful of berries in it. OUR GIRLS It had been three months had since Peter Six little schoolgirls, arrived on this tinv island, and it was verv In Form 48, Ionely for him, with no companv but the They are as u'ell behaved birds, sea, and whispering of the trees. As anv 1'oucould wish to see. Peter was alwayson the lookout for ships of any sort, and one particular day he was |udy, who is a housecaptain, walking along the beach when he heard a And N{ac,who is her vice, faint sound of a ship's motor. Peter rushed Each week bring someflowers along the beach, waving his shirt, hoping all To make the room look nice. the time he rvould be seen. The captain Peckydoes her duty too, was standing on the bridge of the ship when F'or when she doesthe dustin', Peter was sighted, and after about half an Everybodychokes for hour, Peter was sitting by a blazing oil fire, air And out the roomgo bustlin'. sipping hot coffee - at last he was on his way home. Natalie pulls the windowsdown, Lynette E. East, Form IE. And lets the fresh air in, Then shecollects the classroll, THE SHEARER Duty done,she's free from sin. Across the thirsty deserts, And to keepthe girls in order, Along the dustytrack, We presentAIma and Pat, An old man slowly wanders, If anvone misbehaves, With his "swag" upon his back. They knock thern to the mat. His shearingdays are over, And so in our hrppy Form room, He dreamsof pleasantrest Six little girls you'll see, In the peaceof his old homestead, Behavingthemselves so proper Now he's given of his best. The teachersclap with glee. Ian Walker and Alan Girvan, Form lB. The Captain,Form 48.

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A TRIP TO BOGONG HIGH PLAINS Next morningbreakfast rvas at eight,and During the secondterm holidaysof this then most of us split into small groups, year,a party of four boys from Williams- eachattempting to fihd his, or het, o,rlt "ski- town High went up near the Kiewa Hvdro- legs." The most noticeablefeature of ski- electricscheme on a ski-ingtrip. We were il& from a beginner'spoint, is the easy to join a party of school teachers(which gliding motion one quickly gatherswhen turned out to be not sucha miserablepros- ski-ingdown a long slope,and the sudden pect after all!) at Beechworth,a country knowledgethat you are not going to stop towri about thirty miles from Wangaratta. beforepiling into a clump of bushes.Then is the time for you to take a dive into the We left Nlelbourneon a Saturdaymorn- snow. It's quite an exhilaratingfeeling - ing, and arrived in the early part of the unlessyou happen to fractureyour ankle, afternoonat Wangaratta,.where we caughta assomebody in the party did. bus for Beechworth. Here we waited till Allan Howes,Form about eight o'clock that night, when Mr. 5. Crowl, the organiserof the trip, arrivedby car from N{elbourne,ancl took us to the home of one of his relatives,about eight miles awav. \,Ve passeda reasonablvgood night's sleep in a potato shed, and next IMPROMPTU morning had a good breakfast,generously VERSE givento us by the peopleliving there. Mr. Our lives are like the Oceans. Crowl then droveus into Beechworth,where Full and flowing, free and deep, a convoyof carswas formed by other mem- Strong, glowingly potential, bers of the party. The carsmoved ofi just Savage,raging in the storms, after eight o'clock,and after an interesting ride we.arrivedat Mt. Beauty,an attractive Serene.Changing as the tide. township, made more so by the signs of We ride the crestof a wave, developmentw'hich seemedto be there in Nay, we are the foam-topped the shapeof largebull-dozers, earth-moving Ever-risingwall of living water. equipment,and newlyerected houses. This townshipis the headquartersof the Kiewa The breakersfling themselvesonto the Hydro-electricscheme. reef, The cars were left here, our skis being Rashly, passionately,cruelly, placedin a bus waiting to takeus up to the Selfinflicting fatal wounds, creep home snowline.When all our gearwas on, we took dying our seatsand settled down to a most in- To the compassionateOcean, Creator, terestingride over the very tortuouscourse Loving parent.Ultimate, o'erwhelming the unmaderoad took. A]l-oblivion. Death. The walk from the bus terminus to the chaletwas very long, and verytiring. It was There thev rest awhile. thence return overtwo and a quartermiles in distance,the again',refreshed time for the W.H.S. sectionvarving from For a fresh assaulton their enemies, two to two and a half hours. the rocks" When we draggedourselves into the hut TowardsEternity thev will conquer we madeour beds,and proceededto adiust theserocks, ourselvesto our new surroundings.We Then rest in the calm bevond.till the had dinner about two hourslater, and then end of Time. most of the party went to bed after pre- paring for skiing the following morning. D.l.G.,Form 4A. .I I

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THE LYRE.BIRD Crying,"Buddy! It's cold in here!'' We creptthrough tlie denseundergrowth IIe lookedlike a manwho had spenthis days - as quietll' as we coulcl, whispering to each In the land of the icy snows other everv now and again. For icicleshung from his whiskers, The numerous forest noises of the birds And bicvcleshung from his nose. singing, and the manv small anirnals f'hen out of a brown paperparcel, scampering along the boughs overhead, Which he had tucked under his arm. drowned the noise of the twigs snapping He drew out a queerJookinggadget, under our feet. Said,"T'his'll keep us warm! The morning was very fine, and although It's the latestthing from America, the thick boughs overhead made a heavy To easeyor-rr chilly despair- lacing of foliage, a sunbeam darted through We call it'The Housesof Parliament,' the dark green leavesand mottled the grass Becauseit's alwaysfull of hot air!" below. 'Twas We trudged on, orlr cameras over our wdrm as toastin the staff room, shoulders, when, suddenlv, quite near, we Tho' the skv wasgrim and grey; heard the sound of a kookaburra's laugh, ' The skyrvas a drippingwet blanket; the whip-bird's crack, the bell-bird's tinkling, Did the teacherscare? Not they! and the raucous note of a cross saw, then Warm and cosy,thev snuggledup tight, the wcod cutter's axe rang through the As snugas bugsin a rug. forest. And the stafi room baskedin its glorious We more silenthi wound our way towards warmth, the sound, because we knew this was the And the teachersbasked in fug. subject of our search. When coming to a sunny glade we beheld But among the teachersa traitor lurked, a sight which I shall always remember. With evil designson his fellow, There, majestically strutting up and down On the scienceroorn shelf, a bottle stood- on his rnound, was the lyre-bird we were so Its contentsa brilliant yellow. anxiousto see. A little thought; a little cxre; 'fhe As if knorvinghis audiencehad arrived,he dastardlyplot unfurled- spread out his magnificent tail, the silver Sulphurwould burn in the presenceof air, shining in the sun like the dew drops on And sulphurdioxide would chokethe world! the treesaroutrd. We witnessed a performance that con- At zero hour on the following day, tinued for over a qr-rarterof an hour, while The staff room door burst open, he danced, keeping time with a cluck- And out shot a choking,discouraged Yank, irg sound, and the delicate steps accom- Closelvfollowed bv N{r. Cowban. panied with the sounds of the variottsbirds Out of the windowsand through the walls, of the forest. Iiven out through the chimn€y, When at last he proudly strutted into Staggeredthe teachers,with cupsof tea, the foliage, we were delighted with the Crying"Buddv!" "Heavens!" and "fiminy!" concert we had seen, and we went home very happy indeed. Oh, cold, cold, is the men'sstaff room, Vivienne Hughes, Fonn 28. Bleak and black is the day; The little room is cold as the tomb- And, by hookey,it's stayingthat way! 'THE NTENSHEW BOMB f'he next man who passesthe tlrreshold, 'Twas With a parcelcausing alarm, fiftv below in the stafi roorn, Will go out prettvsoon through the window, The day was dark and drear, With his headtucked under his arm! When a frost-bitten Yank poked his nose irrside, |enniferMann, Form 4. HIGH TIDE

WHAT IS IT? Trigonometry!! Its sweet, soft, mellow sounds echoed I should have got thru. through the old house,and so-pleasing to In my brain I stored the eit *.t. they, that all who heard it Theorems,and energyoutpoured felt disinclinedto go about their work, but In gatheringa hoard to stop and listen1o this instrument,that Of knowledge, see*ed to be playedby fairy fingers. But now I'm iust bored. It was old, not that this rnadeany great I've snored, difference,but seemedto giveit a delightful, And I've "drawed" mvsterioussound that seemedto be telling The Supervisor, the world of all the wonderful things of Like Mona Lisa. Heaven. I've written verse, To the restlessit gave Peace;to the The worstof the worst, isnorant it gave learning; to the blind it (Of Eutherpeherself g"avelight, and whoever heard it must I am curst). I readthru my paPer benefitfrom it. 'twas When it rapped out some recklessRus- But almost blank, sian dance, *ttd the fingers seemedto be Then the bell rang, and mY small flying over the strings, all listeners were hopessank compelledto danceand be merry. Weigheh down by *y PaPer,into the When a rocking lullaby flowed out over 1ank, dank, bottomlesstank the air, everyonebecame drowsy, and the air Of failure.Thank Heaven,a failure's was still, and the world was envelopedin no crime For holidays,and a "next time." peace.- A violin. Vivienne Hughes,Form 28' D.l.G., Form 4A.

EXAMINATIONS THE MYSTERY OF THE MIRTHFUL MEN The supervisor'sPacing around,, Though^tsin Heaven,eves on the If you are settling down for_a thrilling ground. drama- relax. I'll admit that the incident My thou.ghts_areof home, of a is mysterious,but its effect aPPearsto be roaring fire far more comical than tragic. However, And a libriry book (not of the higher sinceyou havecommenced the article.read Mathematics,or geometry), on and draw vour own conclusions. And crumpetsfor tea, It all commencedaround the vicinity (I'm hungry,vou see, of the staff room ("Men's" of course), 'mist And just "dead" with ennuie) during a sixth period, grey I've failed in Maths B of va-pourbegan to form. This createda (I could get fiftY-three), little \,,ttz and a casualinterest from the But, oh, woe is me, surroundingclassrooms. IJowever, W.H.S. half a I couldn't do suddenly sprang to life, as about It, I neverknew dozen ied-faced,spluttering male teachers It. I'm oh, so bluc staggered ottt onto the porch, almost (Everytirnethe obviousrhYme, hiliiious with laughter. Otrr curiositv-soon hugg' But pink, I think, changedto anxietyas we gaPgdat the bv this Is too, too new). billowing, black clouds which were exit' And it's all through time pouring through everyopen frantically That horrible IVIathsB. In ihe meantime,were the men of the-"f?9"?- I'll everrue attempting to rid the school doubled It, till I ceaseto woo You'v-eguessed it, no! Mr. K- was Mr. O- were Its mYstery. up in laughter,Mr. W- and \j tf! I

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in the samecategory. Mt. I- staredwith a Enjoy it. Yellow,I love it. Watch it minglg supposedly"critical eye.'' (Allow me to lovingly complimentyou, sir.) Althoughneither con- \\,'ith the still wet, live crimson,forming demningnor praising,Mr. C- watchedthe a halo of mirth aronndthe sun. proceedingsthrough the windowof Room I Orange,.the ga1',laughing, warm ravsof with eagerinterest. That was, of course, lnetrlness, when he could seepast the thirty-oneheads Swimming,enjovment, and dayson the of Form 5. beach. Suddenlythere was action! A secondMr. Now mix someblue, but only a little; only C- arrivedon the scenel After chuckling a little ambitionand longing; evilly, he coveredhis nosewith a handker- A little's sufficient;it's so strongand vital. chief,which he drew from the pocketof his Paint in thoserare gleams, like lost greydustcoat, and rushedheadlong into the inspirations, rnurky blackness.Was the man mad? (I Cloud it with yellow.Green's dull, yet so arn gettinga little out of my depth at this restful juncture.) Once there,he thrust up all the (Gayestreflection or pensivefelicity?) windows within reach,and then staggered N{ixtureof opposite. out while we searchedthe horizon for the Green the majority, foreground,the plain; staffroom, which, by this time, had almost with but an disappeared.Still ttte men roared with Occasionalrelief, here and there a touch Iaughter,amidst the disappearingvapours. of magenta. This puzzling pose lasted until the bell Red and blue in the palette. Glorious soundedfor recess. purple. It is The resultof this prank (?) wasthat the Circumstance,pomp and it's pathoswhen rnen had to have their tea and biscuits muted; (slops)out on the porch that afternoon, Paint the depthsand the mountainsand surrounded by the "knowing" eyes of long, lonely shadows.Sorrow. sniggeringstudents, some of them having Lift the lights. Standback and admireit. been fortunateenough to have seena first It's finished.It's mine. classmystery acted before their eyes. D.l.G., Form 4A. Brian Hogan,Form 5. ADVENTURES MASTERPIECE ON THE HIGH PLAINS In the palette,colour, kaleidoscopic rhap- sody. Chaotic,pregnant elements. As the two children, Phil and Helen, On the paper,order, premeditatedglory, watchedthe dismal rain fall, they decided chosensplendour, Man's Free Will. to get their boots and mackintoihes,and sneakout of the Mix the coloursas volr'life. rnay.Thev are the old mansion.Once outside, verysubstance of they could wander about the -birdsplains and Water waitsrne in the palette,clean, clear, pick wildflowers,and feed the that and coldly passive, flew about their headslookins for tit-bits of Colourless,as all things indispensable, bread.The rainwas easine d;wn now,much and useful. to the children'srelief. Add some pure crimson,the red glowing After walking a few hundred yards,Phil colourof pleasure, bent down and tugged at a bit of rope. Lovinglysplash it on the r,vhitevirgin paper. Strdder-rlythe earthsplit, and a trap doorwas Thrill in it. Delightful.Red. This is the sun. revealed.Pulling it up, they looked down Yellow, the ioyful colour of happiness; a darktunnel. Climbing down a ladderPhil mix it strongly,it's bright and socheerful, got out the little torch he alwayscarried in Slopethe board gently, sweepa skv down his belt. Gripping Helen'shand he led the the page.Glorious, way along the dark tunnel. They heard a 54 HIGH TIDE

booming sound,and thought it soundedlike ones. After a month, the little ones will the wave crashing on the shore. Minutes leave the nest, and join their parents on the later they saw light ahead. Hurrying to- perches. AII these factors, plus their wide wards it, they ascendedfrom the cave and colour range, make the budgerigars THE stood on the yellow sandsof a little closed-ir-r most attractive cage bird. cove. All was verv peaceful in the surrshine, Len East, Form 48. which now had come out. Sea-gullshacl their nests in tire high clifis surrounding TTIE NEWPORT POWER HOUSE them. T'he sea was calmer now, so thev The Power House is divided into two decided to fish for in little rockv crabs the rnain parts, one supplies local electricitr', pools, and after having a very hrppy time, ancl the other supplies the Victorian Rail- they started off for hon-re. A little while waYs. later. thev climbed the cliff and carefullv On entering the building, you at once put the tiap door back into the place. notice the cleanlinessof each.room. The Two hrppy but tired children got into walls are all covered in cream tiles, while bed that night. Phil said: "Let's go to- the dynamos and machines are covered in a morrow, will we, I{elen?" But he got no polished, green covering. The onlv disturb- reply, for shc was sound asleep, drearning ing factor is the noise,a steadythrob, which about the r,vonderfultime they would have echoes throughout the building. at the secret cove. 'fhese dynamos are driven by stearn, Marilvn NlcKenzie. Form l. which is received from the tremendous boilers mounted in the basement. Thev are A HOBBY fed with a steady stream of briquettes and During the last fifteen to twentv vears, coal. This fuel, during its burning, gives off the breeding of budgerigars,better known a black carbon dust which is eliminated in as "love-birds," has become a universallv two ways. The oldest method is to pump popular hobby with many people, both the hot air and dust through water, and young and old. These birds make ideal then on out through the chimnevs. The pets for everyone - they are livelv, active water retains the dust, which is pumped out in climbing and flight, rather plavful once into darns,where it is dried and then carted thev have gained confidence and lost all away. fear of humaus, and are easily catered for. The new method is to pass the carbon To finger tame, you take a young bird dust through two electro-magnets,which from the nest before it can feed itself - attract the dust, Ietting the the hot air pass. this, of course,rneans you will have to feed On reaching the roof, you realise the hirn by hand. Possiblv this is one of the enormous size of the building, for it is quickest and surest ways of getting a bird possibleto see the whole peninsula of Wil- finger tamed, but sometimes it is a \/erv liamstown, which seemsdwarfed. laboriousbusiness. Leaving the roof, we travelled bv lift Once a "Buclgie" is finger tamed, it is down to the basernent,where we saw the half way to being a talking "Budgie." ([ great boilers. We were given coloured must point out, however, that thev merely glasses,for the fires were too glaring to look mimic their owner, who might say, "Pretty at with the naked eye. The fires are fed by loeyi' which the bird would repeat.) large bunkers above them, which are filled Budgerigarswill breed at almost anv time by a machine like an escalator. of the !'ear. If you make a note of the time We left the building to examine a large when tl-rehen seemsto remain permanently rnachine which lifted the loaded coal trucks, on the nest, only coming off occasionally and emptied their load into a shute. Fron for a feed, and add 17 daysyou will have the there, the coal was taken to large bunkers, approximatehatching dale bf the first voung mentioned earlier. HIGH TIDE

The next building we entered was the WHO'S WHO AT W.H.S. pump-house,which pumped the waterfor Who \4'ascaught napping in the Men's the boilers. The water is taken from the Den (printer'serror), Staff Room?(Perhaps Yarra,and clearedof all foreignmatter. We it u'as"OWEN" to the exhaustingmorn- were told that fish rvereoften caughtthis ing.) way. The pumps were not working at the Who are the four girl prefectswho are time, but it could be seenthat thev had neverearlv? (Ask Mr. Cardifi-Form 5 Form terrific suction. Master-ai ,voutown risk.) new Who is always referring to some mis- Outsidethe building thereare manv 'bunnv"? apparatusesbeing installed,such as a big behaving student as a (These power transformervvhich will supply new typesof studentsare very rare here.) areaswith electricity. Who are "Gabba and Spenser"?- 44. It was time to leave,but we could have Who waits underneaththe ARCHERs (He spent many more hours in such an interest- for latecomers? is a verv activemaster. ing place. He ought to be, with the continuousarm exerciseshe receives.) |ohn White, Form 4F.. Who are the eight bovswho are givena This articlewas the winning entry in the wide berth eachh-rnchtime? (I believethev competitionarranged by the Williamstown now have the "bending" fever.) Rotary Club, after the fourth form bovs Who is "SARGE"? (No cluesrequired.) House. toured the Newport Power On Who is S.W.A.L.K.?(Originated at the Marx, representativeof November2, N4r. a Cadet camp - student?of 4A.) the Williamstown Rotary Club, presented Who is the man with the barrow?(The White and Ron Matthews with first )ohn Iatter seenonly on rare occasions.) and secondprizes, promising that if our boys "Rustv"? continuedto entersuch excellent essavs, the Who is {Neither student nor - Rotary Club woulcl contintte to arrange staff vet.) tours to local industries. Who alwaysasks whv? (Seea Form 5 Ed. English period!) Who was the student who had the "nerve" to askMr. Cowban whether or not OUR FIRST ASSEMBLY IN A HALL he was Clark Gable, at the SeniorSocial? To the theatrewe are off today, (Ary similarity betweenthe two gentlemen With plenty of things we want to say, is purelycoincidental.) Our first assemblvin a hall. Who arrivesat the new buildingaHEAD We'll hear about the nearingball. of the studentsto welcome latecomers? Who are the three film stars of the All seatedin the plush-redseats, W.H.S. stafi - "Dagwood," Bob Hope," The orchestrawaiting for their beats. and "Spike"? standsand sings, The schoolqtrietly Who wasthe lady teachercaught wander- Mr. Brook, the prefectsbrings. As ing dazedlyaround the schoolwith a "First Of schoolactivities, lvrongs and.rights, Love" comic tuckedunder her arm? We're told beneaththese gleaming lights. Who would faint with the shock of a And next week we'll be off oncemore, Form 5 chemistryexperiment that worked? To sight again its rvell-wornfloor. Who werethe two teacherswho causeda stir by enteringthe "Elopement" Race at Back to schoolwe once more go, the House Sports? (Two good sports.) With variousirnpressions, as if a show Who buys the stock of half a shop Of our first assemblvin a hall. (almost) to satisfy his mid-dav appetite? Where we heardabout, the nearingball. (Member of staffwho carrieshis breadboard, E. Curtis.Form 28. loaf of bread,etc., under his arm.) HIGH TIDE

Who is the greatest"basher" on the most havemodern desks, and in all rooms, staff? (It would be a very closefinish.) contemporarypaintings have been hung. Who is "basher," another well-knownto "Ballarta," the school magazineis pub- both staffand prefects?(His nick-namewas lishedannually, and eachterm a news-sheet, derivedfor an entirely differentreason.) or gossip,as it is calledlocally, is printed. Who composedthe Possum "Victon' Chant"? (A very popular teacherwho is Their progressiveheadmaster, Mr. G. A. alwaysHANKering for a baseballpremier- Daws, believesin encouragingsports that ship.) can easilvbe carriedon after leavingschool, B. Hogan,Form 5. e.g.,golf and tennis. Other sports,such as hockey,basketball, football, and cricket, are A VISIT I'O A COUNTRY HIGH also verv much enjoyed. Inter-houseand SCHOOL inter-schoolmatches are played,the latter with other countrv high schools. As at During the first term holidays,rve visited CamperdownHigh School,a neat,rnodern, Williamstown, the House svstemoperates, one-storevbuilding, set in ideal surround- but insteadof cupsbeing awardedfor each ings. Built in 7942,as a higherelementarv sport, mostlv .shieldsare presented. school,it wasrecently raised to the statusof We rverevery glad of the opportunity a high school. This seemsonly fitting, as to look aroundanother High School,but the the attendanceis steadi'lygrowing, and there are plans to build another floor on visit was onlv informal, and we would top of the existingbuilding. suggestthat partiesbe conductedthrough T'heschool at presenthas a roll of about other High Schoolsof interest,e.g., Mac- 300boys and girls,and the pupils comenot RobertsonGirls' Fligh School. This would onlv frorn Camperdown,but alsofrom areas lead to better schoolsin Victoria, for stu- quite a few milcs distant. It is servedbv dentsand teachersalike. six bus servicesfrom different directions, f).H., f.K., Form 4A. which makesit obviousthat many students must come from out-lyingdistricts. A featureof CamperdownHigh School HELP WANTED! is the lovelygarden, tended by pupils. The N41'Musewill chooseand air his viewswhen flowers were at their best when we saw he thinks fit. No, I them, for the chrysanthemumswere in full Call him up and there he stands bloom. The str-rdentsrecently designeda with mischiefin his large crown from gold, white, and red eye. chrysanthemumspressed into sand,and this I want a poem for the Mag, I pleadwith decoratedthe main street of the town for winning smile. many days,and was an object of beauty "It can'tbe done- it's my half d.y - vou'll and interestto local residentsancl visitors have to ll,'aita while." alike. "But reallv Muse. vou can't do that - The schoolcontains an art room with a they'ie counting on our rhyme." proiector and puppet theatre, a cookery He turns his back and waiksawav - "fust centre, sewing rooln, commercial room, call someother time." sloydroom, and library,as well as ordinarv So now I sit and rack my brains- I classrooms;these are mostly prefabricated thoughtlwasapoet, rooms. It catersfor Forms I to 6. It also job possessesanother attractivefeature, which I'd heardit wasa chancey and now, makesother schoolsenvious, and that is a my dears,I know it! cafeteria.All roomsare tastefully'decorated, Marl' Hoskin' Form 3A'

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PACK IT UP assembledin front of the school. It looked I wasskimming over the pagesof an old as though he was going to be late again! "Wo[rall's Magazine,"when I found one He had been late three times in the last of those useful domestic articles which fortnight,and his Form Masterhad warned urgedthe readernot to be frustratedwhen him that if he waslate again,he would get packing. . "fust sing a little songas you a thousandlines. set about your task,snd you will find that As he hurried towardsthe gate,a prefect the task u'ithout much trouble loomed up in front of him, and said slowly, l':u.,,O"On "What, late again,Bill? Cripes,I wouldn't As I wasdebating on the practicalappli- like to be in your shoes." cationof the aboveadvice, I sawthe much- "I don't supposeHE is aursythis morn- travelled"Bachelor" pass bv. I hailed him ing?"said Bill hopefully. and askedhim to have a drink with me. "No suchlLck," replieclthe prefect. Whilst talking about this and that, I asked "I wantedto go to the picturestonight. liim to give the do's and don't's about Lookslike I'll spendhours writing out lines packing,for the benefit of those students for him," groanedBill. intending to go on a holiday. I did not This statement melted the hard heart realisethat he had becomea poet. of the prefect,and, after a quick look over Here is what he said - his shoulder,he said,"Well . . . er . . If "When I start my packing,I vou're quick you could hop into the Iine Make a braveresolve to trv. rvhilemv back is turned,and no one would To do the job in neatand'tidy manner, be any fhe wiser." But it hasto be confessed, "Gee whiz! Thanks," said Bill, ancl he Though my rnotivesare the best, fell into line with the other bovs like a I cannot claim to be a skilful packer." flash. "It is verv strangeto think Secondslater, a well-known figure ap- How mv suitcaseseems to shrink pearedon the stepsoutside Room 20. The verv moment that I start to pack it; "Forward,Forrn 48," he commanded. Then I hy into a rage, Bill gavethe prefecta warm smile,and Unbecomingto my age, strodepast his swornenemy, his headheld And start to belt the wretchedthing and high. banqit." (All charactersare fictitiousand haveno "'l'emper doesn'thelp rne much, referenceto any person,living or dead.) What I need is an expert'stouch, K. fones,Form 4A. But alas it's just the thing I'rn lacking. So thereis nothing left to do CROSSING THE LINE But to make up one or two. No doubt e\:cryonehas heard of the I ",{ l,arge paper parcelsto completemy pr.\: Equator. Surely they have also heard of rng. the ceremonyassociated with "crossingthe N4arianNlooner', Fonn 4C. line," which is performed on every ship which crossesthe Equator. ESCAPE! Our ship,the "M.V. Somersetshire,"was (The action takesplace in and about slowly approachingthe Equator,which ac- W.H.S. at 9.0 a.rn.) countedfor the bustleand hurry on deckas Bill glanceddesperatelv at his watch,and the nativecrew preparedthe pool. Inquisi- ran harderthan everdown the streetwhich tive childrenpestered their parentsand the leads toward the school. He turned the crew with questionsabout all the prepara- corner,and stoppeddead in his tracks.A tion. Iow groanescaped from his lips, for, to his Their suspensewas shortlived,because horror, he saw that his form had already soon after lunch, adornedin bathing cos- t HIGH TIDE tumes, thev noisilv assembled on deck to brother car racing,but thev didn't mind him await the arrival of King Neptuue, the old racing motor cycles. King of the Sea. Soon he arrived, and it The day m1' brother would arrive horne was a gaily-dressedretinue that faced the coulcln't come quickly enough, but on the children. King Neptune wore a grassskirt, sunny morn of December20 he camehome. and on his sea-tveedlocks perched a crown. As I saw the long, green, monoposco racing In his hand he held a trident. The rest of car being lowered down by the colossal the court were clressedin various costumes, cranes,evervthing else was lost to my eves- ranging fron neck-to-kneebathers to bikinis. all I could see was this sleek Maserati. The guardiansof the court, the policemen, wore bathers, and on their heads-eachwore There were shutters being clicked, and a fez. the camerasbeing shot at us. As the car One by one, the children came before rvasbeing torved through the streets,people King Neptune's Court, and were given sen- stood and looked with their mouths open. tences,which were- to be ducked twice, or That night, Ken and I were tuninq and thrown from policeman to policeman and polishing it; then I changed the old tvres then ducked. The policeman grabbed the and put on racing tvres. I asked him what victim and sat him on the edge of the pool, the hurrv was, but he only grinned, then smearedhis face with shaving soap, which said that he had entered it in the Australian was applied with a broom, and then shaved Championships on Boxing Day at Fisher- witlr a huse cardboard razor. When this men's Bend. We had six davs to get this was ouer, the "criminal" was then tossed car doing one hundred and eightv .ttilesa.t backwards into the pool. hour, because we wanted to beat all the This was enjoved by all except the racing cars in the race. vounger children, who were frightenecl.The The day fina'lly came, and the fuel was highlight of the day was when-some un- put on the truck that had been lent us by /ere suspecting members of the crew \ tlie Yello'uvExpress Co. for the purpose of grabbed, and thrown fullv clothed into the trar-rsportir-rgour car. pool. I\tlv school friends were there watching After the ceremonv evervone was pre- rne proudlv push this long green racer onto sented with a certificate, which had been the track. We were greeted with feverish duly signedby King Neptune. clapping from the sidelines. The flag went Audrey Souter, Form 5. do\A'n,and the starter gunned the car down the straight, but the other cars held the SPEED KINGS lead. Ken was in sixth place when he came As I packed m)' books into my bag for irr after finishing the twenty-seventh l^p. the last time, I heard mv pals asking each He yelled to me to advance the spark and other what they were going to do during change the t),res. \[re both worked the summer vacation. I said that my brother feverishlv as the car stood there. the motor would be coming home from England, and still ticking over. bringing a straight eight cylinder Maserati Ken gunned thc car back onto the track, with hirn. [Ie had purchased it from Reg. ancl the deep throatv rr,rmblewhich issued Parnell, the famous English speed driver. from the dual exhaustsleft a haze of dust. The boys thought I was joking, but it He soon picked up his position, but the didn't worrv me, becausethey would hear long, red Alfa-Romeo still held the lead. about the new 180m.p.h. car that washeing The driver of the Alfa looked rakish and imported into Australia by the Wittick daring, but with our car at full throttle, brothers. The car would be driven first by doing what I thought about one hundred my brother, Ken, and later by myself. and ninetv m.p.h., Ken u'on the race by a Our parents didn't like the idea of my length. HIGH TIDE

I beamed when Queen Elizabeth pre- beds, two chests of drawers of polished sented the cup to Ken, together with the wood, trvo chairs, a wardrobe, and a tele- prize noney; then as soon as the Queen phone. Each private room has the same, walked aw?/, Ken greeted me with a great ercept that there is onlv one bed. hug. The clay room has writing and occasional Robert \\/ittick. tables,comfortable chairs.and lounges with rubber cushions. A feature of all the rooms THE NEW FOOTSCRAY HOSPITAL is the curtains, which have a great varietv On a piece of waste lar-rd,where children of colours and patterns. Venetian blincls are once flew kites, an iurposingbuilding now at all the windows, and all the rooms have stands the New Footscrav Hospital. attractive vases of flowers. Small. night Serving the areasof N{aidstone,Footscrav, lights are set rrear the floor in each room so Yarraville and Kingsville, it fulfils a long- that the nurSecan u'ork without disturbing felt want of the people of these districts. the patientsat night. Its 213 beds will also relievethe congestion Back on the ground floor we were shown in other metropolitan hospitals. the X-rav rooms, which, aithough nbt then We were taken over privately by one of. fully equipped, were extremelv interesting. the staff, who showed us parts of the AIso on this floor are the doctors' consulting building that the ordinary visitors woulcl not rooms. The nearby dispensary,with its rows see, such as the boiler house and the dis- of bottles of chemicals,was very interesting. Pensary. Here we saw a very accurate beam balance that would make Mr. green with envy. Our guide met us in the foyer, whose fones In the little cubby-holeswere labels - the flower-decked entrance is a feature. The lotion, the mixture, the ointment, etc. attractive reception desk here is made of natural \l/ood, and on it stands a "William Also on the grourrd floor are the doctors' Tell" collection box. Otr the foyer is a sitting rooms and dining room. The nurses' small milk bar for the refreshment of visi- sitting rooms are alongside, and naturally, tors, but it was not open when we saw it. their furnishings are not so expensive.Even To go upstairs, one has the chqice of stairs the staff of cleaners and boiler attendants or the lift. We chose the smooth-working eat in a special dining room at the back of lift, where we saw one of the many hospital the building, with a waitress to serve them telephones. (nothing but the best!). Unfortr.rnatel.v-,onlv the third floor had In the boiler house we saw, naturally been opened at the time of our visit, but enough, the boilers. One of these is auto- we enjoved looking at the babies in the matiC but the other two have to have the nursery (,vou mav guessthat our partv was amount of coal in them regulated. The mostly female). On this floor, opposite the hoppers feeding the boilers are automatic, Iifts, can be found a glass case containing doing awav with the laborious shovelling of rnodern surgical instrunrents and those of coal. The dials and garlges showing the the last centurv. The finely polished instru- prcssure of the water and the amount of ments of today look almoit'artistic against heat in the boilers were intriguing. These the older meat chopper (?), etc., rlpon which provided a check on the boiler attendants one of our party thought she saw blood- far more accuratelv'than any supervision. stains. Neatly arranged in their case,these Our next stop was the telephonist'sroom, nraclean interesting, if gruesome,display. where can be found the control boarcl for In the public wards of the third floor the whole hospital. The person on duty there arc four beds, each with a steel locker, showed us how to take calls, but we did a small chair, and one wardrobe between not prove verv apt pupils. The amount of two beds. In the intermediate wards are two clicks and annoying little noises which ac- 6l HIGH TIDE

company.each 'had call would, I think, become to leave tedious. 'fhe the cornfortablervarmth of the yery machinerv which pio_ hospital, duces and I decidedthat if .u., t had to these noises fills , ,oo*, ancl one to hospital,there was no better place wonders how it could even be F: visualised. ttran orrr own FootscrayHospital. Passingonce nrore through the fovcr, u,e 'fhelma Hope, Form 4A.

THE BREAKWATER PIER

Th€ stone woll which todoy comprises the root of 3.i-{- Ereokworer pier, Williomstown, \f,os con- structed by convict lobor from the pe nol hulks, os wos olso the tide house. r h e commemorotive stone, "A.D. | 855,,, wos recently removed fot sofekeeping by the Trust, tor consideroble devefop_ ment work is now tokiig ploce ot the pier to pro- vrce berths for oil tonkers.

THE PENAL HULKS OF hold-ups,and murders WILLIAMSTOWN becanrealmost every_ ' dav occurrences.Crime flourished. This has beencondensecl from an article b)'A. The conditionsof the packedprisons ancl H. Cook,which ,pp.rr.Jin the Nov.- stockadesindicated an uigent need to fincl Dec. issue of the pfrt oi U.tUo,,rr,. extra accommodationfor the increlsing Quarterly . . . lnnrbers of _pri.sonersurrder control, until i Australia was first settled to provide a l?1g.,_centrally-placed prison could be estab_ vastgaol for the overflowfrom th

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proximatelythe sarresize. Also on the same Another punishrnentemploved on the deckwas "'-fhe Box" - z+ft.long 2ft. wide, "Success"and the "Sacramento"was the 6lft. high, which wasoccupied bv refractorr' "shower-bath"- a room just largeenough prisonersfor up to 30 days. Thei' onlr' for a man to standinside. Unlimited water left "The Box" at night, to sleepin their couldbe releasedover him, and it is claimed cells. on the recordsthat a man wascured of lock- The convictson this hulk were chained jaw bv this treatrnent. in pairs,were allowecl only one hour's exer- Both the treatrnent and the prisoners ciseon deck eachday, and thev performed were rough. The brutality and squalorof no work at all. the conclitionswould shockany presentday The need for more hulks brought the observer. The hulks became particularly "Success"(with accommodationfor 130 unpleasantif they shippedwater, or sprang "passengers"),the "Sacramento"(l28), the a leak.Little wasdone to irnprovethe minds "Lysander"(300). ancl the "Deborah"(80), of the prisoners,or to relievethe terrible into use. monotony of solitarvconfinement. This alloweda form of "graduation"to be Communicationwith civilians was followed. The "President" held prisor-rers stronglyprohibited ancl rigidiy enforced; but for termsof one to threeyears, the prisoners this rule proved ineffectivefor the men all wearingirons. When vacanciesoccurred working ashore.On weekendnights, rela- on the "Success,"men with the bestclaims tivesand friendsleft messagesunder stones for removalwere "promoted." Thesemen on the Point, wherc the prisonersfound then workedin the quarries,learning the art 'them duringthe day. of stone butting. Many public works at I\4urclerwas not unknown. Prisoners Williamstown,including the PenalDepart- beingtaken by boat to the Point, ki'lledthe ment'sPier at GellibrandPoint, which later boatman,and unsuccessfullytried to'escape. becamepart of the BreakwaterPier. were These men were from the "Success,"and built by the convicts.The stoneworkof the prisonersfrorn this sameship were respon- Pier is an excellentexample of the stone- siblefor at leastone other murder. masons'skill. Another existingmonurnent The appointmentof Inspectorof Penal to their work is the Tide GaugeHotrse at Establishmentsin Victoria had been given the Pier. to |ohn Price, a rnan greatly hated and Graduating from here to the "Sacra- fearedby the convictsfor his strict severity. nento," prisonersshowirrg due penitence As Price mingled fearlesslyamong the and industrypassed to the "Lysander."and prisonersworking on the Point, they set on then to the land stockadesat Collingwood him with stonesand shovels. The severe and Coburg. injurieshe receivedspeedily brought about The "Lysander"also receivedfirst offen- his death. This incidentadded impetus to ders,short term prisoners,and sickprisoners, completionof PentridgeGaol, wherelarge while the "Deborah" housed mainlv sea- numbers of convicts could be adequately men2who were usuallyfreed to ioin depart- housedand supervised. ing vessels. The penalhulks at Williamstown gradu- Men continuallytried to escapefron the ally fell into disuse,so three of the hulks I hulks, and the irons were necessaryto re- were converted for servicein other direc- i. I strain the violenceof the prisoners.How- tions. The "Deborah" and "Lysander"be- ,I.l ever, men still escapedfrom the irons bv I came torpedo store-shipsat the Naval P cutting awaythe rivets,or ovallingthem tiil Depot, Fishermen'sBend, and were finally t they could slip the irons overtheir ankles. brokenup in 1885. Punishmentswere mainly restrictedto The "Success,"used for some time as a solitary confinement and restriction of reformatory,and then as a store-ship,was rations, for the use of the lash and the bought by speculatorsin the 1870's,and cat-o'-nine-tailsrvas prohibited oh the hulks. fitted out rvith everyconceivable instrument HIGH TIDE

of torture. Thus equippedby the owners master of Williamstown High School in as a "convict ship," the "Success"was in- r92t. tendedto make a fortune from the curious t<** of the world. THE GOOD OLD DAYS In Sydney,people objected to the display, "Alas! this pen is quite inadequateto and scuttledthe ship in the Harbour. She describethe gloriesof that most glorious was raised,taken to Englandto remainon weekendat Shepparton." the Thamesfor somevears. until sheeventu- ,<** . ally sailedto New York. During the First "Lack of spaceexcludes mention of other World War, this former penal hulk ended school activities that have helped cast a her usefulnesswhen she came to grief on glamourof poetryover the somewhatprosaic ice in the Ohio River. routineof the work-a-dayweek, and rumour The period of the penal hulks is a blot hasit that someof the "best wine" is to be on our historicaldevelopment. Today, free kept for the last few days." men treadbriskly along the roadwayswhere *** convictsonce shuffiedin despair;the area Even in 1921,aspiring writers were urged whereonce the penalhulks iay, resoundsto - "Aim at conciseness,not diffuseness." busy developmentalwork. IMPROMPTU VERSE 1957? Persons,Forms, and Houses, "The speakersdwelt on the need for Such diffusiveelements, greateraccommodation, and, aboveall, for Competitors,keen rivals, the addition to our school building of a Completelyindividual. largeassembly hall." Let one ideal,one leader, No, you're wrong! 8th l\tlay, 1921, Irrevocablycombine them, opening dry of the Williamstown High In its strengthwe find the unit. School. We certainlymake rapid improve- The School. ments! Cour-rtries,States, and Nations, xx* Isolated,widespread. PAST GLORY Thesewould give their lifeblood, -fheir "We, asa high school,are justlv proud of elect, ev'n have they given our fine swimmingrecord. The initials of For the ideal that combinesthem. 'We our schoolcould well stand for Have An idealand a Queentransmute Swimmers."'Since that year of 1921,for- Their diversenatures. Thus the mvstic tunes have changed,and we, the students unit, of. I95j, might indeedsay that the initials The Empire. standfor "We Haven't Swimmers!" D.I.G. An exampleof the outstandingperfor- MY CHOICE mancesthat our predecessorsestablished - I know what I would like to be, "We put up a recordfor high schoolsin If they would leave the choice to me, gaining thirty Bronze Medallions - the I'd be a teacherat this school, highest award of the Education Depart- And teaqhrny classthe Golden Rule. ment.'' There would be, oh, so much to do, >F** With history, spelling, fractions too, GUESSWHO? I'd work all dav and do mv best "Anyonecould judge by theradiant beam To fit my pupili for their teit. on our headmaster'sface that our schoolwas And when at Jastthe day was o'er, holding its own." I would relax and think no more, It could quite easilybe Mr. Brook at the Of tiresomechildren and their noise, CombinedAthletic Sportsthis year,but the Of gigglinggirls and noisy boyt. report wasreferring to Mr. Gerity, the head- B. f. Arnold, Form lB. a I

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THE FIELD GUN GUESS WHO? The subject of this sonnet is the gun The:e is only one form like us in the school, rear which liesat the of the W.II.S. tennis Fortr'-three girls who observe everv rule. court. \Ve neverread T'he sombreshadows of the shelteringtrees comics,our choiceis the best, Surroundthe wrought and rusty wreck's Preferablv textbooks, orlr favourite, Poet's remains. Quest. Cramped,crusted, crouching clown on Our heads are quite fiiled with poetical creakingkuees, matter, Forgotten?Yes! but free from mortal pains, So we never descendto nere idle chatter. Rejoicingin a langLridlife of ease. We walk to our classesrvith dignified grace, Where now the slenderslants of srirrslope hi profound silcnceand with statelypace. through, Some teachcrsseem not to have noticed this "Dig" A preparedher for her final test, virtue, Ancl like a lover he to her did woo, But we know our just readers seeit, As sheher servicerendered for his cause. can "ne peux-tu?" Nou, in her barrenbarrel rests a nest. But still resoundthe screams,the strife, We are all striving for connrercial careers, the roars. O--rr skill wiil soon banish the business Of r,'ividdavs far gone,but ever near - man's fears. Then as mv mind meanders,here I pause, Bv now there is oniv one Form this could be, To find her in her featsso bold ancldear. The scholarlr', well-mannered, delightful B. Hogan,Form 5. 4C. Carol Raeckc,Iiorm 4C. 46 GIRLS OF IB Here is a ston'. Which I'd like to tell, Of forty-sixgirls, THE BRILLIANT FORM Who are all doing well. Our Form is 18, Brilliant is the Form lE, At the best schoolof all, Thev are beatrties,can't yoll see? And we'd like vou to knou,. There are Captains,he ancl she, Wc are pror.i.lof it all. Who belong to Form lE. is renorvned, Our fame t I'm srue vou'll agree, N4r. O. is our Form Master, tt fun and laughter, ,-i| Wherr our Form won first prize, He makes us rvork with 'c{ And a cup, fiddledee! F or he likes us to go faster, I 'Cause Our Forrn room is bright, he knows u'hat's coming after. And with flowersso gay, We trv to learnlessons, N{r. II., we have for French, And studyeach dav. Clasps his hands until they clench, Can anyonesee the haloswe wear, For he just can hardly wait, Though thev don't alwaysfit, For the howlers we translate. We are surethey are there. At singingand spcrt, This is the end of Form lE, You surelvmust see. Not another vear we'll see, That Williamstown High School's As this brilliant Form lE. Best Iiorm is 1B. fanicePreston, Form lB. B], D. Fletcherand f. Lee.