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PINJARRA SENIOR HIGH 1971. PRINCIPAL Mr« S. Lucich9 B.A., B.Sc., M.A.C.E. PRINCIPAL MISTRESS Mrs. M. Dougherty DEPUTY HEAD Mir. J. J ewell, B.A. ? D. I. P. j E„ D. PREFECTS SCHOOL CAPTAIN HEAD GIRL Malcolm Abbott Julie Morphett George Turvey Elaine Thurkle Robert Tuckey Bethwyn Hicks Bruce Scott Erica Parkin Stephen Wilson Sally Payne EDITORIAL C 0 M M I T T E E EDITOR.• Jamie Proctor BUSINESS David Ellis Mervyn Stewart SOCIAL Linda Cahill Rodney McGrath SPORTS . Jan Crockenberg Terry Wooltorton LITERARY Susan Robinson Peter Lampard GENERAL Dennis Smith Jim Worsey ILLUSTRATIONS Gray Porter FROM THE PRINCIPAL MRe S.P. LUCICH B.SCo B.A. MXC.E, ' It is ray privilege to add comments to the SPECTRUM. We were always told that we could not put the clock back and to do this would be tantamount to a. blasphemous interference with the divine order of sunrise and sunset. Yet clocks have been cheerfully put on and back since 1916 in the United Kingdom with the knowledge that the interests of the community were thus being served. The appearance of this paper is warmly welcomed and it will serve the interests of the Pinjarra. Senior High School Staff and Student body. I would advise our contributors however: observe closely and, before you write, think in words instead of in vague or careless pictures. Only then should you put pen to paper. One should practise constantly, for it must be borne in mind that a clear and effective style cannot happen of its own accord, One learns to think by thinki ng - to write by writing and nobody can be taught to be creative Avoid the long editorials and long short stories - the dachs- hunds of literature. Lepend upon it, no one need be too much cast down by the discovery of his or her defficiency in any faculty of the mind. What tells in life is the whole mind working together, and the deficiencies of any one faculty can be compensated by the efforts of the rest, One can be an artist with- out visual images, a reader without eyes, a. mass of erudition with a bad elementary memory. In almost every subject your passion for the subject wi 11- save you. If you only care enough for a result, you will almost cert ainly attain it. If you wish to be rich, you will be rish; if you wish to be learned, you will be learned; -if you wish to be good, you will be good. Only you must, then, veally wish these things, and wish them with exclusive ness, and not wish at the sane time a hundred other incompatible things just as strongly. S.P. LUCICH PRINCIPAL EDITORIAL After somewhat of a battle Pinjarra Senior High’s first; school paper for some 10 years is finally published* Being the first paper for some years we, the Committee, had little to work with so far as past successes and failures go and it is hoped that the readers will not be discouraged by lack of polish in production and will continue to support the paper as it grows in style and grace. It must be remembered that we had only a limited budget on which to work yet still man aged to finish out of debt and worry. This, in itself, is re markable when it is considered that bigger, wealthier and more experienced Senior High Schools of this state have come out hundreds of dollars in debt. As editor, I received some severe criticism from all sides during the paper’s preliminary stages. Much of this ctiticism referred to the Committee’s and especially my somewhat conservative attitude. This,This I think, is unfounded at the paper contains some extremely modern and conscientious modes of thinking on the part of our contributors. The literary section is clearcut evidence of the Committee’s opposition to conservatism. Something hampering our hopes for a quality premiere was the lack of support given us by the Upper School Students. During the last year the school really came of age withthe starting of construction of new rooms and additional facilities, many of which are now completed. The school is now fully geared to use all newly acquired modern amenities and the signs are healthy for our school so far as growth and stature go. The nami ng of the paper proved to be the most difficult task set before us. After weeks of deliberation we finally decided to name the paper "Spectrum” meaning the Diversion of Thought. The title is in line with our hope that you finish this paper thinking of the problems of the world and how these can be over- come. The quality of work from the placegetters in our literary competition was very high. We were overwhelmed by the response and help given us by the Second Years who contributed a great deal to the paper. This augurs well for future years when these students will be running the paper* Finally, we would like to wish all those connected with this school during 1971 all the best for next year no matter where they are• JAMIE PROCTOR G E n eE r A L NEWS During this year a number of awards and contests have been won by students attending P.S.H.S. 'These included Gary Raston (4P), John Pedersen (2A) 9 June Hannay (2A) and Claire Leach (2C)<. REPRESENTATIVE AT PHYSICS SEMINAR During the August holidays, Gary Raston (alias Yuri Rastanov) attended a Physics Seminar at the Institute of Technology in Perth. Gary was selected from entries all over the state. The seminar was based on a book called "Exploration of Science", a copy of which was presented to each person who attended. The snninar consisted of morning lectures and afternnon practical sessions. In these practical sessions, they used much expensive equipment, including a mass spectrometer. It should' be noted that this and other equipment was, recently destroyed by fire. (???) WINNER OF STATE-WIDE MATHS CONTEST John Pedersen, of 2A, won a prize of $25 in a state-wide Maths contest. John’s entry was on the investigation of the properties of prime numbers. The entry covered about nine pages. This was a great achievement for John as ha had to compete against older students who were in 3rd year. u WINNER OF ENGLISH COMPETITION U June Honnay, of 2A, won a state-wide English competition, with an entry expressing her views on helping the Aborigines, For her effort Juno was. awarded $50 worth of books. A.copy of her entry can be found in the paper. WINNER OF SHELL PRIZE Claire Leach, of 2C, was awarded the Shell Prize for this year, Claire was awarded this prize as it was felt that she was the most community minded and industrious worker in second year, Claire has since been presented with a book - "Sea Shells of Australia". x x xxx x \a/E IMVAD5O 2 SPECIAL SECTION DEDICATED TO THOSE INDISPENSABLE MEMBERS OF OUR SCHOOL (These are meant in no way to offend) TEACHERS Teacher Awards Best Dressed Mr. Shepherdson Most Suave and Debonair. Mr. Sumi ch Best "Sidies" Mr. Tait Most; One-Eyed Mr. Baker Best P.A. Voice Mrs. Dilley Model of the Year Mrs. Grist Wittiest Mr. Tait Best Woodwork Teacher Mr. Mack * Notice Mr. Tait’s effort in winning two awards - Mr. Tait we salute you. Special mention must also go to Mr. Mack, who only just scooped the pool in the Best Woodwork Teacher award. Teacher Songs Songs Dedicated to the Pinjarra Staff 1971• Mr. Tait "Thank You for Just Being You" Mrs. Hicks ."Devil in Disguise" Miss Holbrooks ’’Spice of Life” Mr. McGarry "Boom Bang a Bang" Mr. Milward .."Grandad" Mr. Bilham "Oh to be in Old England" • Mrs. Morphett ."Bus Stop" Miss Burkett .’’Surfer Joe" Mrs Kretchmar □ "Those Were the Days" Miss Falls "Push it' to make it Go". Mr. Mack ..’’The Push-Bike Song" Mr. Arkle o .."Ballad of Easy Rider" also "Leader of the Pack" Mr. Warman "Me and You and a Dog named Boo" Teacher Songs (cont.) Miss Newport ’’Boots” Mrs. MacRoberts ’’Toast and Marmalade” bliss Clements ’’Girl Friday” Mr. Baker "If I were a Carpenter” also "I Only Have Eyes For You BARRY” Nr. Stephens "Monsieur Du Pont” Mr. Brown ’’Mrs. Brown You’ve Got a. Lovely Daughter" (Son) Mrs. Turner "Run, Runrtuii, You Better Run” Ties. Glass "Silence is Golden" Mr. Richards "Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang" Mr. Shepherdson. "Sweet and Innocent" Mr. Sumich "Hey Girl Don’t Bother Me” Mrs. Bain "Follow That Star” Miss Kennewell ’’Take a. Letter Maria” Miss Brooks "I Told the Brook" FIFTH YEARS Top 24 Malcolm Abbott "Ride Captain Ride" Robin Fisher "ly Curly Headed Baby" Efrem Gamba "Hair" and "The Autumn of My Life" Graham J enkinson "Rubber Ducky" Bill Lambe "You’ll Never Get to Heaven" Benzil Morrell "Gitarzan" Ray Nanc arrow "Friday in my Mind" Roy Seery "Sleepy Joe" Bruce Scott "Little Red Rooster” Robert Tuckey ’’Roll out the Barrel." Geurge Turvey "Never on a Sunday" Stephen Wilson "England Swings" Fay Chilestt "Sweet Charity" Sue Gieve "Give it to Me" Sue Hammer "Chewy Chewy" Beth Hicks "Yellow Submarine” Janet Jones "She Come in Through the Bathroom Window" Janece Kern. "Sweet Fea" Top 24 (cont.) Julie Morphett "What Am I doin’ Here?" Erica Parkin.. "Running Bear" or "Look Before You Leap" Sally Payne "Did You Ever" Gay Pell..• "Let me tell you about the Birds and the Bees" Susie Thomas "If You Knew Susie" Elaine Thurkle "Chic-a-Boom" FIFTH YEAR QUOTATIONS 1e "We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at' Stars" - Leaving Students 2.