TheALOYSIAD Magazine of St Aloysius’ College ‘Excellence in Education’ Issue XXXIV • Autumn 2003

FAREWELL Rev Fr AV Smith SJ 20th Headmaster of the College 1986 – Term I, 2003 From the College Council

Thanks to Father Smith SJ strong in the whole school community and the staff committed and professional. n behalf of the members of the St Aloysius’ College Council, past and present, it is timely So we say thank you to Father Smith SJ and wish Oto record our thanks and gratitude to Reverend him God’s blessings for the future! Father Smith SJ as he completes his long and Members for 2003 extraordinary term as Headmaster of the College. Council members at the commencement of 2003 are In accordance with the wishes of the Provincial, Father established the College Council in 1993. Since Reverend Fathers John Eddy SJ, Ross Jones SJ, then he has shared with Council members his plans, Brendan Kelly SJ and Brother Ian Cribb SJ. perceptions, hopes and aspirations for the College and Mrs Jo Lonergan (Chair), has greatly facilitated the development of Council’s role Mr Bill Clark (Deputy Chair), and governance functions. Mr John Churchill (SAC 1971), Father has sought to enhance the profile of the Sister Marilyn Kelleher, SGS, Council within the school at every opportunity, publicly Ms Natalie McNamara, recording the presence of members at events and Mr Jock Murray (SAC 1966), ensuring that the College community is aware and Brother Paul Oakley, CFC, informed of the Council and its role. He has been most Mr Brendan O’Loughlin (SAC 1987) generous in the time and effort devoted to the work of and Mr Eric Goodwin. the Council and in recognising and acknowledging the Officers of the Council considerable expertise and talent of all its members. Reverend Father Anthony Smith SJ I think all my Council colleagues agree that it is a (Chief Executive Officer to end Term I), privilege and an education to serve on the Council and Mr Laurie Byrne (Bursar), and to have served under Father Smith’s leadership. Mr John Curtin (SAC 1974) He leaves a happy school, at the leading edge of the (President of the St Aloysius College Foundation) independent school sector, where the Jesuit identity and the St Aloysius’ College mission statement underpin all Mrs Josephine Lonergan AM its endeavours, where the sense of connectedness is Chair

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Australia Day Honours List The College extends it congratulations to the following members of the College Family who were honoured with awards in the Australia Day Honours List:

Josephine Lonergan Jim Dwyer (SAC 1964): (Chair of the College Council and Past Parent): “Awarded a Medal in the General Division of the Order of “Awarded an Order of Australia (AM) for services to Australia (OAM) for services to the law, particularly education and the Community, particularly through the through the provision of legal advice relating to intellectual Australian Parents Council and a range of educational property and trademarks, and to the community as a organisations”. Mrs Lonergan has been the Chair of the fundraiser for charitable organisations”. Jim, through his College Council since 2000 and a member of the Council work at Allens Arthur Robinson Solicitors, provides pro since 1996. bono legal advice to the Sir Donald Bradman Foundation. Paul Robertson (SAC 1970): Andrew Robb (Past Parent): “Awarded an Order of Australia (AM) for services to “Awarded an Order of Australia (AO) for service to the children’s health and welfare through the establishment and Liberal Party of Australia, to politics as a contributor to administration of the Financial Markets Foundation for policy debate and development, to effective advocacy for Children, and to the Community through church and regional Australia, primary producers and the community”. educational organisations”.

2 From the Headmaster

t is time to say goodbye. At Easter I hand over the paraphernalia of head mastering to our Iincoming Heads, Rev Frs Jones and Middleton SJ. I look back over the eighteen years with a sense of gratitude for the wonderful years that I have enjoyed at the helm of the good ship Aloysius. I have drawn much inspiration from the icons who have been Headmasters before me. I am the twentieth Headmaster of St Aloysius’ College and I have held the position for eighteen years. There is a sense that I have been forever in this role. It is time that I should be gone. There is an inner peace that my time has run out. I look to the future – but not yet! My assignment beyond 2003 has not been determined. For the rest of the year – after some sabbatical leave – will be as a member of the community of Canisius College, the Jesuit Theological College at Pymble. I am looking forward to a slower pace of life – for a while! My thanks go to so many over so many years. Indeed I have been blessed by the friendships and associations carved out in the hurly burly of a busy school. My work has been made easy by a College Council composed of considerable expertise and acumen shared selflessly on behalf of the College. The task of education has been made lighter by a I am a firm believer that this College will go from parent body who have not resiled from their God-given strength to strength. I know and value the competencies task of first educators of their children. The mission has of the two Jesuits who are following me – Ross Jones been shared by a professional and competent body of and Chris Middleton They are not neophytes in the men and women who have chosen to be teachers at a business of education. It is my prayer that they will time when the profession of teaching is not always quickly come to appreciate that St Aloysius’ is not just appreciated. My duties have been made all that more a school but a culture and that this culture is imbued easy in knowing that there are a dedicated group of men with an indomitable spirit. and women, not teachers, who serve this school wonderfully in their multifarious talents in So it is with a certain sadness but with much joy that administration. I wish you, in whatever capacity you take advantage of the wonders of the Aloysian family, God’s richest The job has been made easy by a body of young men blessings. who continually exhibit those signs of a Jesuit education – that they be competent, men of compassion, with a conscience that embraces the less fortunate of the earth. And the vision of school has been nurtured by an Old Boys’ Union that has appreciated the work done on Rev Fr A V Smith SJ their behalf in the school’s history. Headmaster Recently I was asked to choose a symbol that might best reflect the role of Headmaster. As I waded through imagery discarding one metaphor after another, I came The College Family would like to extend our deepest upon the one which I believe best suits me. It is that of sympathies to Rev Fr A V Smith SJ on the death of his the juggler! The task of a Headmaster is to essentially mother, Kathleen, in Perth on 17 February 2003. keep the balls in the air. The more balls he has in the air Our prayers are offered to Father Smith’s father, Paul and the better juggler he is. Every juggler will occasionally all the members of the Smith family. drop a ball. It is his task to retrieve the ball and put it back into motion. Now it is time to hand the balls over.

3 From the Foundation

Preparing the new interior of the Canisius Room Capital Development carried out by the College over this period have directly benefited the students at the College. The works has been spread over the three campuses so every boy from Year 3 to Year 12 has enjoyed the fruits of our labours.

Working on the new cloister near the Canteen

he latest stage of the redevelopment of the Middle School (Years 7 – 10) Building was completed over Tthe recent Christmas Holidays. The day after the College broke for the holidays the builders moved in and eight weeks later, the day before school returned, they completed the work. This phase of the redevelopment involved the construction of a Pastoral Care – Chaplaincy Centre, the The new Canteen before fitout renovation of two Science Laboratories, the construction of a new Canteen and the renovation of the Canisius Room. The valuable and ongoing support of the entire College This project was part funded by the College Foundation. Family will ensure that we are able to provide our boys with The 2002 Annual Giving Appeal raised over $100,000 for the the best possible educational facilities. project. The 2002 New Parent Appeal also raised valuable Thank you to those people who supported the funds for this development. Foundation in 2002. Your support has made this phase of the This work brings the total spent by the College on redevelopment a reality! Capital Development since 1992 to over $18 million. All the

Erecting the new glass awning above the Canteen Inside one of the two Science Laboratories that were renovated.

4 College Foundation Thank You! he College and the Foundation would like to thank the following Old Boys, Parents, Staff, Past Parents, TGrandparents, Widows of Old Boys, Suppliers and Friends of the College who kindly made a gift to the College Foundation in 2002. Your support has made the construction of the Pastoral Care – Chaplaincy Centre and the renovation of the College Canteen, Canisius Room and two Science Laboratories a reality. This list does not include those people who made gifts prior to 2002 and nor does it include people whose pledge to the Foundation Building Fund was completed prior to 2002. To each and donor, large and small, the College thanks you for your support. Your ongoing support of the College Foundation will enable us to make the College a better place for current and future generations of Aloysians.

Annual Giving The Foundation Annual Giving Appeal gives every member of the College Family (Old Boys, Parents, Staff, Past Parents, Grandparents, Widows of Old Boys, Suppliers and Friends of the College) an opportunity to make an annual gift in support of the College. Donors can support the Foundation Building Fund (for new Capital Developments at the College), the Foundation Library Fund (which provides new materials and learning aides for the College Libraries) or the Foundation Bursary Fund (which provides Bursaries to boys who, due to their parents financial situation, would not normally have the opportunity to attend the College. Sir Gustav Nossal AC CBE (SAC 1947) kindly agreed to be the Patron of the 2002 Appeal and he wrote to every member of the College Family in June 2002. The response to the Appeal was excellent with over $105,000 being donated.This was the most successful Annual Appeal ever conducted by the Foundation. Foundation Building Fund Mr & Mrs X Droulers (SAC 1947) Hon J Kearney QC, KCSG (SAC 1938) Mr & Mrs R A Pelletier (SAC 1936) Mr R L Ellis & Mrs M Kearney Mrs K Philip Mr & Mrs V Aboud Mr & Mrs D H Emanuel (SAC 1962) Anonymous Mr J J Playoust (SAC 1949) Mr & Mrs S Addicoat Mr & Mrs R M Evans (SAC 1945) Dr E Kertesz (SAC 1969) Mr H J Polin (SAC 1936) Anonymous Mr & Mrs R Fechter Mr & Mrs C Kiely Mr M J Punch (SAC 1951) Mr & Mrs A Alexandrou Mr & Mrs C M Fehon Mr & Mrs P M Kiely Mr & Mrs C Raper (SAC 1985) Mr & Mrs E Ardasinski Mr T Felton (SAC 1951) Mr & Mrs G A King Mr & Mrs W E Rathborne (SAC 1965) Mr & Mrs A Baumgart Mr D J Finegan & Ms H Vidot Mr & Mrs M G Kirkby Mr A Re (SAC 1986) Mr & Mrs C E Bellhouse (SAC 1924) Mr & Mrs M Floro Mr C Kitching (SAC 1981) Dr J S Roarty (SAC 1941) Mr N Bennett (SAC 1946) Mr P F Flynn (SAC 1952) Mr & Mrs S R Knight Mr A Robertson Mr & Mrs J Bergin (SAC 1957) Mr B Foley (SAC 1958) Mr & Mrs F Landers Mr P J Robertson (SAC 1970) Mr & Mrs J W Blundell Mr & Mrs J Fox (SAC 1938) Mr J Law (SAC 1948) Mr & Dr D Ronzani Dr & Mrs G Boffa Mr & Mrs J Fox-Smith Mr & Mrs D Lawrence Mr D J Rothery Rev Fr J H Boland (SAC 1932) Mr G Freeman Mr & Mrs G Leahy (SAC 1944) Mr I Russell & Ms K Withall (SAC 1948) Mr J F Bourgeois (SAC 1959) Dr P Freeman (SAC 1968) Mr S Liu (SAC 1989) Anonymous Mr & Mrs S J Bowles Mr & Mrs N Garling (SAC 1983) Mrs J Lonergan AM Mr & Mrs R T Ryan Mr & Mrs R Buckingham Mr & Mrs D Gastin Mr J Low (SAC 1989) Mr & Mrs G San Pedro Mr & Mrs G J Bulters Dr L E Georgeson OAM (SAC 1944) Mr T C Makinson (SAC 1940) Dr & Mrs H Schaafsma Mr P Byers (SAC 1932) Dr G Gibson (SAC 1945) Mr M Maloney (SAC 1965) Mr J B Scroope (SAC 1942) Mrs P Cahalan Anonymous Mr A C Masson (SAC 1988) Professor A Shannon AM Dr & Mrs A P Cahill (SAC 1935) Mrs L Gillis (SAC 1940) Mr M E Masson (SAC 1995) Hon. Mr Justice T W Sheahan AO Mr David P H Chan Mr B Gilmore (SAC 1943) Mrs P Masson & Mr R J Masson C & B Investments Co P/L Mr J Charteris (SAC 1940) Mr P Golden (SAC 1969) Mrs G Maury (Mr & Mrs CS Shum) Mr & Mrs R Chen-Chow Mr & Mrs L J Grech Mr & Mrs D P McCarthy (SAC 1944) Mr & Mrs B Smith Mr & Mrs E Cheuk Mr & Mrs S Gregg Mr & Mrs M P McCormack Mr V Smith (SAC 1937) Professor D J Chisholm AO (SAC 1957) Mr & Mrs P Gunawardena Mr & Mrs D G McCreton (SAC 1979) Mr J P Southwell-Keely Mr & Mrs C Chow Dr G V Hall AO, KCSG (SAC 1932) Mr D J McLeod (SAC 1948) St Aloysius College Old Boys Union Anonymous Mr D K Hamilton (SAC 1943) Mr & Mrs A McSpedden (SAC 1974) Mr & Mrs D Steindl Mr M R Cockburn & Mrs R Crowe Mr G T Hannan (SAC 1963) Mr & Mrs M J Merven Mr & Mrs D Stevens (SAC 1982) Mr M G Cooke (SAC 1972) Mr & Mrs M J Happ (SAC 1985) Mr & Mrs E M Meyer (SAC 1943) The Hon Mr Justice T J Studdert QC (SAC 1952) Mr & Mrs R T Corpuz Mr & Mrs T D Harrison Mr & Mrs G J Michel Mrs L P Sullivan & Mr D P Williams Mr B A Crawley (SAC 1995) Mr & Mrs P A Hatten Mr & Mrs R Mimmo Mr J Suter Mr J V Crawley (SAC 1996) Dr & Mrs B T Haylen (SAC 1970) Mr A J Moon (SAC 1987) Dr & Dr G Sutton Mr & Mrs P Crittenden Anonymous Mr & Mrs P G Murray Dr P W Tait Mr & Mrs M G Crooks (SAC 1985) Mr & Mrs R J Henness Anonymous The Hon Mr Justice Thompson (SAC 1952) Dr J Cunningham (SAC 1988) Mr & Mrs P K Hennessy Dr A M Nicholas (SAC 1959) & Mrs G M Thompson Mr P G Currie Mr & Mrs J S Horan Professor Emeritus Sir G Nossal AC Mr G Thong (SAC 1984) Mr & Mrs S D Davidson Mr & Mrs J T Horder CBE (SAC 1947) Mr L B Timmony (SAC 1931) Mr C S de Bhaldraithe & Ms V Howard & Mr W Taylor Mr & Mrs D O’Connell Anonymous Mrs M M Feehan Mr & Mrs G Jarrett Mr & Mrs B O’Loughlin (SAC 1987) Mr & Mrs E Uy Mr D J Dignam Mr & Mrs B J Jenkins (SAC 1976) Mr & Mrs M O’Loughlin Mrs G J Veersema Mr & Mrs K F Dixon Mr & Mrs A G Johnston Mr G O’Neill (SAC 1956) Mr J J Walsh (SAC 1944) Mr & Mrs M Dobson Mr R F Johnston (SAC 1987) Mr J J O’Neill (SAC 1940) Mr V M Walsh (SAC 1948) Mr & Mrs M J Donohoe (SAC 1967) Mr & Mrs B Jolley Dr K O’Shannessy (SAC 1960) Mrs S Weress Mr J Doran Mr & Mrs F Jordan Mr & Mrs R Paul Mr & Mrs D R Westaway

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Anonymous Mr & Mrs J M Hartigan Mr & Mrs I A Pavey Ms J Galbraith & Mr M Harvey Mr N H Widjaja & Mrs B N Handojo Mr P Haylen (SAC 1979) Mr & Mrs R A Pelletier (SAC 1936) Mr & Mrs R Gilchrist Mr & Mrs C Wilkinson The Hon J B Hockey MP (SAC 1983) Mrs R Rose Mr & Mrs D V Goldrick (SAC 1949) Mrs J Wilkinson & Ms M Babbage Mr P Russo (SAC 1982) Dr P Goldrick (SAC 1984) Dr W L Williams (SAC 1940) Dr R Honner (SAC 1952) Dr J H Seymour FRCS, FRACS & Mr & Mrs N Hill (SAC 1938) Dr E Wong (SAC 1983) Mr J N Hortle & Mrs B Tan Mrs M Seymour (SAC 1940) Dr S F Ingate (SAC 1974) Mr & Mrs K Wong Mr J Jenkins (SAC 1940) Mr & Mrs T Sheahan (SAC 1934) Mr P Irvin Mr & Mrs M Wu Anonymous Mr & Mrs J Shek Mr & Mrs A M Lavan (SAC 1970) Mr P G Wyatt (SAC 1963) Mr & Mrs P Kevans Mr & Mrs C S Shum Mr & Mrs G Leahy (SAC 1944) Mr A T Yap (SAC 1987) Mr & Mrs C Kiely Mrs S Y Soohoo Mr F H Lee (SAC 2000) Mr & Mrs K Yee Mr & Mrs A Kinnear (SAC 1983) Mr & Mrs L Sudarmana Mr & Mrs C Madden Mr W J Young (SAC 1928) Dr & Mrs A Knox Mr & Mrs R J Suffield Mr & Mrs A McCallum Mr & Mrs P I Lim (SAC 1979) Mr & Mrs J Sun Mr & Mrs D G McCreton (SAC 1979) Foundation Library Fund Dr & Mrs L Macken (SAC 1983) Dr P W Tait (SAC 1973) Mr K McDonald (SAC 1944) Mr G J Bailey-Hindmarsh (SAC 1948) Mr & Mrs L G Mackey Mr & Mrs A P L Thomas Ms S McElhone Mr P Barr (SAC 1970) Dr T J Macnaught (SAC 1961) Mr P A Thompson (SAC 1948) Mr & Mrs G Milosavljevic Mr M G Boffa (SAC 1982) Dr B T Martin (SAC 1989) Mrs C Waddle The Hon T D Monckton & Mrs J Mr J F Bourgeois (SAC 1959) Dr F Martin AM & Mrs M Martin Mr & Mrs P J Wilford Monckton Mr & Mrs M C Bullen (SAC 1972) Mr J L McBride (SAC 1939) Mr A T Yap & Ms L Yulisna (SAC 1987) Mr & Mrs S R Murtough (SAC 1942) Mr & Mrs W P Burton (SAC 1944) Mr & Mrs D G McCreton (SAC 1979) Dr & Dr P P Youssef Mr C H Norville (SAC 1944) Mr & Mrs M H Carew Dr J G McGirr (SAC 1977) Mrs J Nysen Mr & Mrs J Chalk (SAC 1980) Mr & Mrs R Meagher Foundation Bursary Fund Mrs J Parker Mr & Mrs G R Chapple Mr & Mrs D Morgan (SAC 1974) Mrs G E Addicoat Dr R Pirola OAM & M Pirola (SAC 1951) Mr J Doran Mr P T Morrison (SAC 1974) Anonymous Mr & Mrs T J Quilty (SAC 1971) Mrs G Elkington & Dr J Muller (SAC 1940) Anonymous Mr D P Reed (SAC 1989) The Late Mr T Elkington Mrs J O’Brien Mrs D Bottero SAC Mr P Evans (SAC 1964) Ms C O’Connor Dr M Branley FRACO, FRACS (SAC 1979) SAC Class of 1967 Mr R J Flitcroft (SAC 1976) Mr P M O’Donnell (SAC 1978) Mr & Mrs A Coulton Mr & Mrs A G Slattery Mrs C Goldrick Mrs M O’Loughlin Mr & Mrs J F Curtin (SAC 1974) Mr I G Walton Dr & Mrs V Guerrera (SAC 1978) Mr D C Parle (SAC 1947) Mr J Doran Mr T N Williams (SAC 1988) Mr D I Hamilton (SAC 1948) Mr G Parry (SAC 1956) Mrs J Edmonds Rev Fr W Wright PP (SAC 1970) Foundation Building Fund Pledge Donations Each year the Foundation approaches new Parents to the College and asks if they will make a gift to the Foundation Building Fund (which funds new Capital Developments at the College). The fees at the College are lower than at other equivalent schools because the College does not include a capital component in the school fees. Funds for the construction of new Capital Developments at the College are raised through fundraising and the return on investments from previous donations. Pre 2001 New Parents and Friends Appeal The Foundation would like to thank the following people for their generous support of the College in 2002 through their pledge to the Foundation Building Fund. Mr & Mrs J Agius SC Mr & Mrs T Elkington Mr & Mrs K Leung Mr & Mrs D M O’Hara Mr & Mrs R T H Ang Mr & Mrs C M Elliott Mr & Mrs S D Levy Mr & Mrs J O’Rourke Mr & Mrs P J Bardos Prof & Mrs G R Elliott Mr & Mrs P Lindsay Mr & Mrs J G Oehlers Mr & Mrs J P Brady (SAC 1970) Mr & Mrs D A Esdaile Mr & Dr E Low Mr & Mrs N Owen Mr & Mrs G J Bryant Mr & Mrs F Esparraga Mr & Mrs R J Lumley Mr & Mrs R R Pearson Mrs S M Buchanan & Mr R E Norman Dr M L Eutick & Mrs C M Shearer Mr & Mrs I D Maclean (SAC 1961) Mr & Mrs R J Pelletier (SAC 1968) Mr & Mrs T G Caristo Mr & Mrs A Farmakis Mr & Mrs N Malek Ms D Pellicer Mr & Mrs A V Chan Mr & Mrs J Fletcher Dr A C Marel Dr & Mrs R D Perry Mr & Mrs B P K Chan Mr & Mrs A & J Francis Mr & Mrs J A Martorana Mr & Mrs F Pirrello Mr & Mrs E C Chan Mr & Mrs P N Geldens Dr J A Masson (SAC 1979) Mr & Mrs L Power Mr & Mrs M D Chavez Mr & Mrs L L Geor Mr & Mrs B F Maurel Mr & Mrs R Quek Mr & Mrs C Cheng Mr M Happ (SAC 1985) Anonymous Mr & Mrs I Rockey Mr & Mrs E Cheuk Mr & Mrs T D Harrison Mr & Mrs T S McCabe Mr & Mrs L I Rozman Anonymous Mr M Healey & Mrs M Hamilton Mr & Mrs P McCawe Prof W Sadurski Mrs Daisy Cheung Mr & Mrs D J Hoon Mr & Mrs M A McConnell Mr & Mrs J A Santarosa Mr & Mrs R Chua Mr & Mrs B Hyde Dr & Mrs P J McGoldrick Mr & Mrs J L Santo Mr & Mrs V M Cleary Mr & Mrs A V Jaroszewicz Mr & Mrs J McLenaghan Mr & Mrs B W Scarfe Mr & Mrs A J Condell Mr B J Jenkins (Sac 1943) Dr & Mrs P H McNeil Mr M J Schneider Mr & Mrs P Coolentianos Mr & Mrs D N Judge Mr & Mrs P McNevin (SAC 1971) Mr & Mrs D D Scott Dr & Dr M J Cooper Mr & Mrs S Kalamae Mr & Mrs A V Mills Dr & Mrs I R Sewell Dr & Mrs M G Cooper Mr & Mrs J Karbowiak (SAC 1979) Dr & Mrs P F Moore Mr & Mrs C A Shea Mr & Mrs A J Cowle (SAC 1977) Mr & Mrs D King Mr R G Morris Mr & Mrs P J Shepherd Mr & Mrs C David Mr & Mrs P J Kingston Mr & Mrs B J Mortimer Mr & Mrs G Shuttleworth Mr P M Dawson Mr J Koumarelas & Mrs K L Dundas Mr & Mrs P M Moses Mr & Mrs J P Sinclair Mr & Mrs J E Dennett Mr & Mrs H Lardner Mr G Muldoon Mr & Mrs B J Skinner Mr & Mrs D A Dixon Mr & Mrs A Lavorato Mr M J Neylan (SAC 1966) & Mrs P A Dooley Mr & Mrs M C Smith Mr & Mrs B M Egan (SAC 1967) Mr & Mrs A Legrand Mr & Mrs P Noone Dr & Mrs M J Stevens Elkington Consulting Pty Ltd Mrs J A Leonard Mr & Mrs M J O’Callaghan Mr & Mrs R J Suffield

6 Mr A M Sunderland Dr W L Tierney & Dr S M Tierney Dr & Mrs P A Wells Mr & Mrs A K Young Mr & Mrs D Tagle Mr & Mrs R W Tobias Mr & Mrs D A Wunder (SAC 1970) Mr & Mrs A Zenon Mr & Mrs C Z Tan Mr & Mrs M T Tsang Mr & Mrs C Yee Joy Mr & Mrs M J Zwar 2001 New Parents and Friends Appeal Thank you to the following parents who made a gift to the Foundation as a part of their pledge to the 2001 New Parents and Friends Appeal. Your ongoing support of the Foundation is appreciated. Dr & Mrs S Allnutt Mr P Cornwell & Ms C Rice Mr & Mrs D Huang Mr G Munday Mr & Mrs D Sweeney Ms M Armstrong Mr & Mrs M N Eather Mr & Mrs G Jones Mr B A Nettleton Mr V P Sweeney (SAC 1972) Mr & Mrs M W Birrell Mr & Mrs S Fan Dr & Mrs N Kuk Mr & Mrs I A Pavey & Mrs J Pastega Mr & Mrs R Brennan Mr & Mrs G Favaloro Mr & Mrs W Lam Mr & Mrs J P Prosser Mr R Talas & Ms E Quinlan Mr & Mrs P Bryant Mr & Mrs F A Giugni Mr & Mrs M Mahoney Rev Fr P Quilty (SAC 1954) Ms J Taylor Dr & Mrs T Carroll Mr & Mrs B Grundy Mr P J McAuley Anonymous Mr & Mrs P Tumminello Anonymous Mr & Mrs B Ho Mr & Mrs I S McLean Mr & Mrs M P Sindone (SAC 1972) 2002 New Parents and Friends Appeal The Foundation would like to thank those families who made a new pledge to the Foundation New Parents and Friends Appeal in 2002. Your support is greatly appreciated. Mr & Mrs T Barakat Mr & Mrs C M Fehon Mr & Mrs P McKenzie Mr & Mrs G San Pedro Mr P J Bedson & Mr & Mrs F W W Fong Mr & Mrs M G McMahon Lt Col & Mrs M Shephard (SAC 1981) Mrs L Gan-Bedson Mr & Mrs S Gatehouse Mr & Mrs G Milosavljevic Dr B C Smith & Dr C A O’Connell Mr & Mrs D G Blues Mr & Mrs C S Greaves Mrs A Murray Mr M J M Smith & Ms D P Skopal Mr & Mrs K Chan Mr & Mrs M W Harte Mr & Mrs D V Murray (SAC 1966) Dr & Dr R M Sorial Mr & Mrs D J Chick Mr W C Hilder Mr & Mrs G O’Hare Mr & Mrs J Spiteri Mr & Mrs C Chow Mr & Mrs A J K Hioe Mr & Mrs M J O’Hare Mr & Mrs J J Stapleton Mr & Mrs P F Cordi Mr J N Hortle & Mrs B Tan Mr & Mrs D J Parker Mr & Mrs L Sudarmana Mr & Mrs J F Curtin (SAC 1974) Mr & Mrs D A Klarich (SAC 1979) Mr & Mrs R S Pearsall Mr & Mrs P Tapp Dr & Mrs T D’Netto Mr B K S Koh & Mrs E Wong-Koh Mr & Mrs B A Pirola Mr & Mrs R A Tesoriero Mr & Mrs P J Darwell (SAC 1981) Mr & Mrs W Krygsman Mr & Mrs G W Plummer Mr & Mrs S D Tracy (SAC 1980) Mr & Mrs D H De Jager Mr & Mrs M S Lam Mr & Mrs K Poon Mr N H Widjaja & Mrs B N Handojo Mr & Mrs R A de Waal (SAC 1980) Mr & Mrs P I Lim A & D Rahme Constructions P/L (SAC 1981) Mr W M Wilson & Mrs S Park-Wilson Mr & Mrs M Dobson Mr & Mrs L G Mackey Dr & Mrs G Riisfeldt Mr & Mrs P M Ellis Mr G Masters & Dr N Bolzan Mr M R Rush

Wyalla Seat Appeal The following people kindly purchased a seat in the Wyalla Auditorium in 2002. Their names and those of their son(s) will be placed on the honour board located outside the Auditorium. Mr & Mrs B M Egan (SAC 1967) Mr M E & Mrs A Lasky Mr & Mrs R J Pelletier (SAC 1968) Year 6 and Year 12 Library Appeals Each year the Foundation approaches the parents of boys in Year 6 and Year 12 and encourages them to make a gift to the Junior or Senior School Library to mark the time their son has spent at the College. Books purchased with the gifts have a bookplate wit the name of the boy and his years at the College placed on the inside cover. The names of the boys are also recorded in the leather bound Valete Books located in each of the Libraries. Year 12 Library Appeal Mr & Mrs V H R May Mr & Mrs A J Cowle (SAC 1977) Mr & Mrs M D Hunt Dr & Mrs P J McGoldrick Mr & Mrs P M Dawson Mr J Johnson & Mrs S S Nash Mr & Mrs D A Addington Mrs L G McKenzie Mr M de Cure & Ms S Ryan Mr & Mrs D N Judge Mr & Mrs R M Aldridge Mr & Mrs G P Muldoon Ms F de Mestre & Mr M N Walmsley Mr & Mrs A E Jullienne Mr & Mrs P W Baxter Mr & Mrs I A Pavey Mr & Mrs R Dietz Mr & Mrs M Morrow Mr & Mr & Mrs M A Buhagiar Mr & Mrs D J Payne Mrs G A Elkington Mrs G Munday Mr & Mrs E Cabrera Mr & Mrs A P L Thomas Mr & Mrs T Farrelly Mr & Mrs G Nicholson Mr M R Cockburn & Mrs R Crowe Mr & Mrs K W K Wong Mr & Mrs G Favaloro (SAC 1970) Mr & Mrs M O’Loughlin Mr & Mrs P J de Gail Mr & Mrs D G Wood (SAC 1965) Mr & Mrs P Flint Mr & Mrs C Osborn Mr & Mrs A J Durant Mr & Mrs S J Gageler Mr & Mrs L N Patsalos (SAC 1977) Mr & Mrs D Fabricatorian Year 6 Library Appeal Mr & Mrs J Gandar Mr & Mrs R J Pelletier (SAC 1968) Mr & Mrs R Fechter Mr & Mrs G Abraham Mr S Porcaro & Ms N Ackarie Mr & Mrs K Fennell Mr & Mrs M S Angus Mr & Mrs C Goldrick Mr D J Finegan & Ms H Vidot Mr F J Argent & Mrs O Stosic Mr & Mrs M A Gomes Mr & Mrs J P Prosser Mr & Mrs A J Foley Mr & Mrs N Armitage Mr & Mrs J P Grech Mr D A Radam (SAC2001) Mr C Gellatly & Ms S R Wilson Mr & Mrs A Bouris Mr & Mrs S Gregg Mr & Mrs A J Rahme (SAC 1981) Mr M D Healey & Mrs M A Hamilton Mr & Mrs R Brennan Mr & Mrs P Haire Mr & Mrs G San Miguel Mr & Mrs M P Heinz Mr & Mrs P Bryant Dr & Dr R D Harris (SAC 1984) Mr & Mrs J A Santarosa Mr & Mrs P K Hennessy Dr & Mrs T Carroll Mr & Mrs J M Hartigan Mr & Mrs M T Shortis Dr M & Dr W Kalceff Mr & Mrs G Casey Mr & Mrs P F Hatten Mr & Mrs M C Smith Mr & Mrs A D Kennedy (SAC 1969) Mr & Mrs R A Cavanagh (SAC 1976) Mr & Mrs G H Holmes Dr & Mrs M J Stevens Mr & Mrs A R Leonard Dr M J Cooper & Dr A Vasic Mr & Mrs P M Horn Mr & Mrs R J Suffield Mr & Mrs D Macreadie Mr P Cornwell & Ms C Rice Mr & Mrs B G Hunt Mr A M Sunderland & Ms J O’Keefe

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Year 6 Library Appeal (cont’d) Mr R Talas & Ms E Quinlan Mr & Mrs H Torv Mr & Mrs C Yee Joy Mr & Mrs P Sutton Mr & Mrs P Tapp Mr & Mrs P C Tumminello (SAC 1972) Mr & Mrs P Youseff Mr V P Sweeney (SAC 1972) & Mrs J Pastega Mr W Taylor & Ms V Howard Mr & Mrs D Veverka Bequests The College would like to thank the following people who kindly remembered the Foundation in their will. A bequest to the College Foundation is a lasting way of remembering the College and ensuring that the education we offer at St Aloysius’ can continue for many more years. In 2002 the Foundation received the following bequests or income from the following estates. We would particularly like to acknowledge the bequest of the Late Dr Jean Cull, widow of Dr Frank Cull (SAC 1937). Her generous gift to the Foundation Bursary fund will ensure that many boys will gain the benefit of an Aloysian education for many years to come.

The Estate of the Late Len Masters (SAC 1922) The Estate of the Late Dr Frank Cull (SAC 1937) The Estate of the Late Joan & Harry Chisolm (SAC 1923) The Estate of the Late Alastair MacKerras (SAC 1944) The Estate of the Late Ted Benbow (SAC 1934) The Estate of the Late Brian Anderson (SAC 1956) The Estate of the Late Dr Jean Cull The Estate of the Late Roma Flynn

Every effort has been made to ensure that these lists are accurate. Anonymity has been respected when requested. Please advise the Director of Development, Mr Murray Happ (SAC 1985), if any alterations or corrections need to be made to this list. Any member of the College Family who would like to make a gift to the College Foundation or who is considering leaving a bequest to the College is asked to contact the Director of Development, Murray Happ (SAC 1985), on 9929 4692 or via e-mail: [email protected]. All discussions will be held in the strictest confidence. To every donor and supporter of the College Foundation we thank you for your ongoing support. Your support indicates a desire to be an active participant in the future of our great school!

A M D G JOSEPH VINCENT ANTICO 16 September 1943 - 5 March 2003 It is with great regret the Foundation announces the death of Mr Joe Antico, a Past President of the College Foundation and Past Chairman of the College Parents & Friends, Association on 5 March 2003. Joe and his wife Louise are Past Parents of the College (Michael SAC 1985 and David SAC 1989) and passionate about all things Aloysian. Joe was one of the driving forces behind the establishment of the College Foundation in 1989 and remained active in the affairs of the Foundation until his death. The College Foundation would like to extend its deepest sympathies to Louise and their children, Sonia, Michael (SAC 1985), David (SAC 1989) and Nicole. The College has lost someone who worked tirelessly for all things Aloysian. His love and passion for the College was evident in everything he did. In his work as President of the College Foundation, Joe raised funds for the betterment of the College and to provide improved facilities for current and future generations of Aloysians. Our prayers are extended to the Antico and Maniscalco Families at this sad time.

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3 students were named in the all-rounders list (achieving 90 or above in 10 or more units): David Beirne (SAC 2002 HSC Results 2002), Dominic Carew (SAC 2002), Patrick Tai (SAC 2002). The College had 119 boys sit the 2002 HSC. We had 5 students placed in the top 10 students in 3 ● We recorded 117 “mentions” in the subjects: Distinguished Achievers List 2 Unit Studies of Religion - David Beirne and Benjamin Sloman ● 3 students were listed in the All Rounders 1 Unit Studies of Religion - Jeremy May List (scoring over 90 in every subject) 2 Unit Ancient History - David Beirne ● 28% of boys scored between 95 and 100 in the UAI (universities Admission Index) UAI results: ● 56% of the boys scored over 90 in the UAI Our results were analysed by independent consultants. Their report states in part: ● 95% of the Class of 2002 were offered places In 2002 the College achieved its best results in the past 8 at Universities years. (Please note the consultant only had access to the last 8 years data). This was the third successive year of improved HSC results for the College. The median UAI Score was up 2002 HSC Results: in 2002 to 85.5. 26% of the boys were placed in the 95-100 he Class of 2002 have received a fine set of results in percentile band and 56% were above 90. the 2002 HSC. The College was pleased with the The 123rd Dux of the College was Davis Beirne (SAC Tresults achieved in 2001, having 82 in the 2002) who received a UAI of 99.95. Distinguished Achievers List. The Class of 2002 have done 3 students had a UAI above 99 and 23 had a UAI above exceedingly well achieving 117 in the same list. This is a 95. These results are strong and reflect well on the work of particularly strong result from our 119 candidates. students, teachers and the supportive culture at St Aloysius’.

Highlights: General comments: The class of 2002 have done well across the board. They have Analysis done through the Catholic Education Commission achieved in the Sciences, Humanities and the Creative Arts. indicates that there was a significant value-added component Some of the significant features include: based on the comparison performance to the School A strong performance in Mathematics; at all levels. The Certificate, which these student did in 2000. General Mathematics average was 15.40% above the state I am sometimes amazed at the wide range of average. The results in all other levels of Mathematics interpretations that differing people place on results. were also impressive and reflect creditably on staff and Certainly the picture at St Aloysius’ was muddied somewhat students alike. by inaccurate material published in the Daily Telegraph on The Sciences were once again one of the strongest Boxing Day. While there will always be individual students performing subjects with excellent results in all disciplines who are disappointed, the overwhelming impression I have The achievements in Studies of Religion, in both the one gained from students of the Class of 2002 is one of pride and and two unit courses, were outstanding. In the 1 Unit a sense of achievement. Course 26% of the candidature were in Band 6, compared Recent information from the Universities Admission to 8% in the State. The 2 Unit results were even better Centre indicates that 109 Aloysians form the Class of 2002 with nearly 40% in Band 6 compared to 7% in the State. (95%) have been offered places at University. These are remarkable results, which as a College Of course this is not a time to rest on laurels. I am community we celebrate. meeting with all Heads of Department to analyse results and Ancient History performed very creditably with 25% in identify ways that we can further improve student outcomes. Band 6 compared to 10% across the State. However we are not, I believe, simply focused on HSC The results in Extension History and Extension II results. The College mission statement and purpose is to English were also very pleasing. Both these subjects educate the whole person. The Class of 2002 are a fine group require a great deal of independent work and the of young men of whom we are proud. The Class of 2003 have submission of a “major work”. Pleasing is not only the already evidenced a generosity of spirit and willingness to strong results but also the relatively large numbers of participate in all aspects of College life. We will endeavour to students undertaking these rigorous subjects. provide the best possible learning environment for them, Both Japanese Continuers and Extension Japanese classes without being tunnel-visioned. achieved excellent results. In the Continuers Class, 3 of the 4 students were in Band 6, the fourth missed out by Mr Neville Williams one mark! Director of Curriculum

9 Fr AV Smith SJ: 18 Years - 1985-2003

Christmas tossing the Rev Fr AV Smith SJ raises salad - always a change the Aboriginal flag on from sausages Australia Day 1988

1987 - Jesuit Community

Fare Thee Well, Rev Fr Tony Smith SJ s we bid farewell to the great man at the helm of ‘The College by the Harbour’, the salutes and tributes flow with memories of eighteen years. Whether known as A 1986 - 4th XV Rugby ‘Fr Smith’, ‘Father Headmaster’, ‘AV’, ‘Anthony Victor’ or ‘Tony’, he has brought everlasting memories in his hallmark of being a ‘Man for Others’. students’ classes, to Staff/Council/Headmasters’ meetings and to fly the flag as a member of many other organisations, A Perth boy and student at St Louis Jesuit College, he including the Catholic Education Commission and the joined the Jesuits in 1965 to study in Melbourne, was Combined Associated Schools. His confidence in speaking ordained in 1977, became a boarding House Master at St (‘just give me an audience’ he says) was such that he never Ignatius’ College, Riverview from whence he studied at wrote homilies or speeches, known for their profound Fordham University in New York. As a relatively young humour and depth, with the exception of the Annual Prize ‘officer’, he came to St Aloysius’ as Deputy Headmaster in Giving speech which was completed at one minute to twelve 1985 and became Headmaster in 1986. as the guest of honour would arrive at 12 noon. (‘We do our Fr Smith set the compass from then until now on a direct, best when our backs are to the wall’.) adventurous, faithfilled journey on the high seas. The ‘Four Forever ready to charter unknown waters, Fr Smith’s C’s’, characterised in Jesuit Education, of contemplation, building of the fleet portrayed his vision for the development competence, compassion and conscience were to be his of his students. The purchase of the Milson’s Point Public guiding stars. With this direction, he was to have a rippling School and extending it into a fine Junior School for our effect upon all that he dreamed for the College and beyond. young students created a ‘safe harbour’ and exciting learning Fr Smith’s attachment and expertise in technological environment. The development of Wyalla preparing Years 11 advances created a constant challenge to keep ‘the crew’ and 12 for tertiary education, the Conference Room for abreast of the everchanging world of computer science with Council meetings and functions, the new Learning, Art, the latest equipment and depth sounding. He, himself, Music and Pastoral Centres, the schools oval and sporting created volumes of ‘charts’ in the form of newsletters, reports, facilities all came with the same vision of new horizons. Each reviews, references, Mass booklets and letters. year as the HSC results were considered, Fr Smith could His resounding voice has rung clear from ‘first bells’ at always say ‘St Aloysius’ is the best Catholic school in New 6.30 am at Masses in the North Sydney area – thence to South Wales’.

10 The stained glass window in the College Chapel

Inaugural College Council gathering at Terrigal

The Junior School was opened and blessed on a 40- degree day in February with the Aloysius’ school community and many guests from educational institutions and community associations. The staff were reeling at the end and suggested the school was now complete – ‘Now I’m going to build a bridge’, said Fr Smith – and he did! – connecting Wyalla and the middle school. Let us not also forget the waves of contention and negotiation he handled to ensure the College did not find itself at the bottom of the harbour by the building of the Sydney Harbour Tunnel. A forerunner in the belief that ‘at the heart of education is the education of the heart’, Fr Smith established the Peer Support and Tutor systems, together with a meaningful Chaplaincy, which have developed into the extensive pastoral care network available to us today for students, staff and parents. The creation of the stained glass window in the College Chapel, together with the installation of the organ and Stations of the Cross, has enhanced the reflective and spiritual dimension at the heart of the College. Fr Smith’s greatest friend and companion is ‘Tess’, his German shepherd. On the occasional few days break, they travel to stay with friends in the country. Tess tells us that her boss is a man of many talents. At the farm, he can supervise digging post-holes, mustering cattle (some choose not to seek his direction), planting trees and erecting fences. Tess also Rev Fr AV Smith SJ relaxing

In his Priestly duties

Rev Fr Smith SJ at the Annual College Prizegiving

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With staff in Wyalla grounds Rev Fr AV Smith SJ

Farewell to Wyalla 1992

College Council Dinner 2001

Jesuit congregation at Riverview ➠ Rev Fr AV Smith SJ and Bishop Peter Ingham at a Confirmation Ceremony in the College Chapel

tells us of the surprise of those at interviews in the late – sporting events (alongside coaching his basketball and afternoon when she has appeared from underneath the rugby teams), debating, cadet camps, musicals, parent, staff Headmaster’s desk. and Old Boy functions. He chose to serve platters of There have been times of rough seas and calm waters. In delicacies from the galley at parent occasions ensuring he crisis situations, deaths and desolate patches for so many, Fr spoke with everyone present. Smith has been the anchor of spontaneous and heartfilled As Captain of the good ship Aloysius’, he has had many support. His priestly role brought many celebrations of decks to administer and many crewmembers to guide and baptisms, weddings and blessings and his weekends were support. The introduction of the College Council and often filled to capacity in helping with Mass supplies for College foundation some ten years ago brought the highest parishes. He attended every occasion in the College calendar calibre of men and women to share leadership and friendships

12 Father with his beloved mate Tess Rev Fr AV Smith SJ and his family

2001 - 15Bs Basketball

Class of 1948, 50th Reunion

Rev Fr AV Smith SJ with Peter Ainsworth and Tony Carroll (friends)

in engineering education for the lives of young men for the future. Whichever deck Fr Smith has taken watch on, the wind has been brought into the sails with his engaging enthusiasm, interest and affirmation. Wherever he goes, one can hear "I gotta tell ya", "Goodonyer", "Excellent". His great sense of justice brought his support for those in the bowels of the ship, both in Sydney and beyond. Very dear friend, Fr Smith, you have brought us to the crest of the Aloysius’ wave for all you are and always will be for the Aloysian family and community. You set sail with our deep gratitude, affection, love and prayers for smooth seas and voyages ahead. So you leave your boats behind! Leave them on familiar shores! Set your heart upon the deep! Follow always with your Lord! Mrs Ailsa Gillett Headmaster’s Secretary 1986 - 2003

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The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award - A Royal Visit t was a right, royal occasion: literally. His Royal Highness, The Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, had Icome to Government House in Sydney to present Certificates of Recognition to sixty-two people in recognition of their outstanding service to The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme. All but two of those invited had been volunteers in the Scheme for at least the past ten years; most, however, for much longer. Two had been serving the Scheme since its inception in NSW forty years ago.

Despite being in the worst drought period in NSW in HRH The Duke of Edinburgh with Donald Maclurcan one hundred years, this day it rained. Duke of Edinburgh’s (SAC 1999) after presenting him with his Gold Award at Award ceremonies seem to ensure rain. On all but one other Government House occasion, rain has forced the Gold Award ceremonies I have attended off the lawns of Government House into the Teaches how to set specific goals and achieve them shelter of St Stephens Church in Macquarie Street down Leads one to evaluate oneself in relation to others the road. Develops self-reliance and independence This ceremony was held in the sumptuous ballroom of Develops leadership qualities Government House with its ornate ceilings and cornices, its Broadens one’s personal boundaries delightful “dress circle” above its southern end to Develops team-building skills accommodate a small orchestra, its tall windows opening onto the eastern colonnade with a view across a splendidly Leads to formation of close and mutually dependable designed and maintained garden to Sydney Harbour. friendships Teaches one to accept new challenges On the stroke of ten, the Prince entered. Despite all the recent upsets in the Windsor family, this man seemed Develops a respect for the environment and an removed from them all. Relaxed, observant, he thanked and awareness of the interconnectedness of all creation congratulated each recipient. One woman curtsied before Develops greater mutual respect through less formal him. “I’m from Britain”, she told me later. Another marched teacher-student relationships and stood to attention. He was in uniform and from the Air Acts as a stepping-stone to achievements in later life League. As each recipient was being introduced to him, Enhances future employment prospects something of his or her years of service and the benefits Introduces one to challenges in situations one would not perceived to be afforded by the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award normally encounter were read out. I found these perceptions interesting. Their Presents young people to the community in a positive claims for the Scheme included: light when so often they are presented negatively Develops self-confidence Results in the making of positive contributions to the Provides good training in initiative general community through service. Develops self-discipline Educational writing is full of exercises in rhetoric and Reveals previously unrealised talents unsubstantiated claims, but my own long experience with hundreds of young people whom I have assisted through this Award Scheme validates these claims as discernible outcomes in many cases. In his address, Prince Edward related that his father, HRH Duke of Edinburgh, never told him anything about the Scheme, which his father had introduced to the world’s young people. He came upon it while a student at the Gordonstoun School in Scotland when he tired of the seemingly futile expeditions each year up and down a mountain, then camping on flooded sites on the insect- infested west coast. He sought something more varied, more challenging, more interesting “What you’re looking for”, someone told him, “is the Duke of Edinburgh Award Mr Luke Rex, (SAC 1992) one of the many volunteers Scheme”. Indeed he was, and he went on to achieve its and former Aloysians to assist on expeditions highest level: a gold award.

14 The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme was introduced at St Aloysius’ College in 1988 by Mrs Alison Nicholls. At the end of the following year with sixteen boys enrolled, she resigned to live in the country, and I volunteered to coordinate it. Now, thirteen years later, it is time for me to hand it over to someone else. My most satisfying memories are those of witnessing boys from our College delighting in the pleasures of living simply in the landscape, enjoying its beauty, playing in the river, sharing experiences and stories around their camp fires and being happy with less. What each of them really gained, though, is for them to tell. Nothing could have been achieved without the many former students and staff who generously assisted me to conduct the thirty or more training expeditions, which we ran for nearly six hundred boys. Peter Clifton-Smith (SAC 1999); A Duke of Edinburgh’s Generously they gave up weekends and in many cases took Award Assistant Instructor leave from work without pay. This energetic, relaxed, good-humoured Prince seems a fitting person to oversee the Award’s future and those of the half million young people enrolled in it throughout the Commonwealth. As his sport he took up “royal tennis”, a game invented in the 12th Century, played indoors on courts one-and-a-half times longer than those used in the modern game. Currently, the world champion is, you guessed it, an Australian. Prince Edward came to prefer this game to Rugby where he was always a prime target of the opposing teams! Delicious canapés and quality beverages were served to us outside on the colonnade by stewards in white coats with gold buttons while a relaxed and affable Prince mingled among us, posing for photographs on request. It was only later that the Sydney and London paparazzi and the television camera crews were allowed in to do their thing from behind the confines of a red-corded barrier. Mr Rob Schneider (SAC 1958) receives a certificate honour- ing his work with the Duke of Edinburgh Scheme from His Royal Highness, Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex. The College congratulates Mr Schneider on his award and thanks him for his co-ordination of the Programme at the College over the last ten years. I would like to pay tribute to the following Old Boys of the College who, over the years, have helped make the Programme at St Aloysius’ College one of the most successful in Australia. Peter Buckmaster (SAC 1988), Luke Rex (SAC 1992), Michael Hahn (SAC 1994), Peter Clifton-Smith (SAC 1999) and Brian Molloy (SAC 2002) have generously donated their weekends to ensure the current generation of Aloysians have the benefit of the Scheme. It has been a privilege to be connected with a Scheme, which offers such fine challenges and opportunities to the young. My reward has been setting hundreds of boys on this path of self-discovery and adventure but it was nice to have my efforts, along with sixty-two others, so graciously and royally acknowledged. Brian Molloy (SAC 2001); A Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Mr Robert Schneider (SAC 1958) volunteer Master In Charge – The Duke of Edinburgh Scheme

15 From the Registrar

Seb Robertson (Year12) taking a prospective family on a tour of the College.

their parents for this afternoon. Some Year 6 Junior School parents from last year felt that they were unfamiliar with the workings of the Senior School, so it was a good opportunity for them to have a look around. The boys and their parents were shown around the College by their Year Co-ordinators and any last minute questions were Tom Grace (Year 12) demonstrating his abseiling skills answered. at the Open Day as a part of the Cadet display.

elcome back to another new year. 167 new students Wcommenced at the College this year – 128 in the Junior School and 39 in the Senior School. All Orientation sessions have been completed and the boys have settled in well to their new routines. The year started with a tour of the College for all new Senior School students and their parents on the afternoon of the day before school started in January. For the first time, our Year 6 students from 2002 from the College came along with their parents to join the new boys and

Prospective parents chat with senior boys at the Rugby display.

The New Parent Information Evening was held the following day on the first evening of school. Reverend Father Headmaster, Deputy Headmasters, Registrar, Director of Development and Parents and Friends President welcomed approximately 250 new parents to the College. Our annual Open Day was held on Sunday 9 March and as usual it was a great day. Many new families visited The College String Quartet plays for guests in the the College to see the various sporting activities, art and College Chapel. craft displays, library displays, drama and music

16 Students and prospective students learning Japanese The College Jazz Ensemble entertains the crowd in the calligraphy in the Language Room on Open Day. Quadrangle.

productions, the cadet display, science, mathematics and two years prior to entry for applications for Years 5 and 7. language laboratory demonstrations. Debating and public Applications need to be into the College by January of the speaking was held as well as activities in the computer entrance examination year. To obtain an application form laboratories. Thank you to all those parents, students and and prospectus or to find out more information about the staff who gave up their Sunday to help make the day the College, please go to our website www.staloysius.nsw.edu.au. success it was. The Admissions page has all the information you need about enrolment. Alternatively, you may contact me on Entrance examinations have all been held for 2004 and (02) 9955 8872. for Years 5 and 7 for 2005 entry. This year we had approximately 600 applicants who had their name down to Mrs Anne-Maree McCarthy sit entrance examinations this year. Offers of places will go Registrar out at the end of June.

A prospective student tries his hand in the Weights Room under the watchful eye of his parents and Mr Sinclair Watson from the PDHPE Department.

The annual Bursary/Scholarship examination took place in March this year and applications are being processed. The College does not participate in the ACER Scholarship Examination. If you wish to put in an application to the College, our intake years are Year 3, 4, 5 and 7 with a smaller intake into Year 11 if there are vacancies available. All boys need Families taking a break from Open Day in the grounds to sit an entrance examination in the year prior to entry, or of Wyalla.

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Arsenic and Old Lace parts and so newcomer Matthew Mazza and old hand Will Clark (Mr Bumble in “Oliver” 2002) took on the roles. To fill the (performed by The Comedy Team) March 26th to 28th only female role left I invited Naomi Wells from Loreto Kirribilli he St Aloysius’ College Comedy Team presented “Arsenic to play Elaine. She had earlier performed in our production of and Old Lace” on 26 – 28 March 2003 in the Great Hall “Lockie Leonard” (2002) with great comic flair. Tof the College. Only two of our Year 12 students went in the cast – Stuart Smith as the evil Jonathan and Grant Donald (Captain Of Drama 2003) as Dr Einstein. Other Comedy Team members, Daniel Clayton, Dom Dwyer-Hutchinson, John-Paul Mockler and Joshua Rathmell took up the roles of Mortimer, Teddy, Rev Harper and Mr Witherspoon. This left the way open for a number of new members to join the team. Nick Perkins and Geoff Clifton-Smith of Year 11 played Officer O’Hara and Teddy. Martin Bailey, Tom Pigott, Rory McDonald and Patrick Schneider of Year 10 played Mr Gibbs, Officer Brophy, Lieutenant Rooney and Officer Klein.

Officer O’Hara (Nick Perkins Year 11) has a captive Audience in Mortimer Brewster (Daniel Clayton Year 11) with Jonathon (Stuart Smith Year 12) and Dr Einstein (Grant Donald Year 12)

When Joseph Kesselring first presented his play “Bodies in the Cellars” to Broadway producers in 1940 it seemed unlikely that this tale of horror - and truly, macabre accounts of torture were to be found in the script – would go on to become one of the funniest plays of the twentieth century, launching the concept of Black Comedy along the way. With a name change and featuring Boris Karloff in the cast, it opened on Broadway as “Arsenic and Dr Einstein (Grant Donald Year 12), Teddy Brewster ( Dom Dwyer- Old Lace” in 1941. Hutchinson Year 11) Aunt Abby (Matthew Mazza Year 10) Aunt Martha In 1944, Frank Capra directed a movie version with Cary (Will Clark Year 10) and Jonathon Brewster (Stuart Smith Year 12) Grant, Raymond Massey, Peter Lorre and Josephine Hall. Though Grant believed that he overplayed his character, With a short run this term up to the performance date, there Mortimer, the film was also a tremendous success and has was no time to loose and rehearsals had to be tight and lines ensured the immortality of the play. down fast. After a certain amount of struggle with the lines, only two weeks working on the actual set and two sports injuries we It seemed a fitting prospect for a St Aloysius’ College major made the opening night. It was a moment of great satisfaction production, with a large male cast and suitability for whole after weeks of going to auctions and scouring the city for family entertainment. I made the decision to do the play in 2001 costumes and props by the mothers and myself that as the curtain when we were building our large two-story set for “Noises Off ”. I opened on our spectacular set the audience gave an ovation. (By knew the set would also be perfect for “Arsenic and Old Lace”. Saturday night they were clapping each act.) Along the way it also served for “Bats” and was rebuilt for “Oliver”. This time it had another make-over by consultant Set After a tentative Thursday night with some rushed lines and Designer Mr David Marshall-Martin and was converted into a audio imbalances, the Friday and Saturday night performances Brooklyn ‘Victorian’ style manor with the help of Old Boy Nik were a triumph for the cast and the crew. They really did capture Kirby (SAC 2001) and 2003 Grumitt Scholar Michael Brown. the style and culture of the 1940’s and entertained the modest audiences with their crazy antics and bizarre characters. A When casting was carried out last November I had an open number of people commented on the professional standard of the mind as to whether boys or girls should play the aunts. Two of performances. our Year 10 boys gave wonderful auditions for these character The show was also a triumph for Mr John Tzantzaris and the Stage Crew. Stage Manager and Lighting Designer Kalev Kalamäe, Deputy Stage Manager Stephen Woodward, Assistant Stage Managers Keiran Perry and Jason Rushton, Lighting Designer Patrick Griffiths and Props Managers Leigh Tuckwell and Nick Salter did a sterling job of running the show. They were ably assisted by Patrick Carr, Nick Horvath and Sam Hewitt. And of course thanks to Rob Schneider (SAC 1958) from the College Drama Department who was there ever ready to step in and help. Thanks Rob, I hope we have continued to maintain the high standard of Performance that you have established at the College over many years. Aunt Abby (Matthew Mazza Year 10) and Aunt Martha (Will Clark Mr Peter Gough Year 10) welcome Elaine Harper (Naomi Wells) Head of Drama

18 Student Representative Council he Student Representative Council (SRC) for the year 2003 hopes to shape up as being a great one. TUnder the guidance and co-ordination of Mr Livingstone, the SRC aims to promote the views of students and actively encourages students to become fully participative in school life. Congratulations to the following boys who have been elected as representatives for 2003: Chairman: Eugene Macey Deputy Chairman: Andrew Emanuel Captain: Thomas Borger Members of the 2003 SRC on the roof of the College Vice-captains: Christopher Chase, Jeremy Curtin The SRC body of 2002, under the leadership of Ben Treasurer: Lu-Wee Koh Muldoon (Chairman, 2002) was highly successful. They achieved many goals such as: The introduction of a SRC notice board to inform students of past/up-coming events; and endeavors of the SRC Sponsoring 2 children from ‘World Vision’ Organisation of the ‘Breakfast club’ The Aloysius Dance (years 8-10) Fundraising events Organisation of Aloysius’ day The SRC body of 2003 hopes to further improve on that of last year by raising the profile of the SRC to new heights. We will maintain those initiatives from last year and try to further develop new ideas for the school and Left to right: Jeremy Curtin, Eugene Macey, Andrew Emanuel, students. However, the main focus for this year will be the Tom Borger and Christopher Chase, members of the 2003 SRC organisation and running of various activities, celebrating Executive on the roof of the College. and recognising 100 years of St Aloysius’ at Milson’s Point. This is a celebration lasting a whole year - Year 7 beginning July 2003 till June, 2004. Therefore, the SRC in Alistair Hunt, Ted Talas, Peter Robinson, 2003 will be organising events for its part of the year, while Henry Cornwell, Stephen Williams the SRC body of 2004 will have to continue with what has Year 8 been set in motion. Daniel Almond, David Lindaya, Sean Hilder, The 2003 SRC will try and uphold those goals. The Jeremy Marel, Alex Duncan SRC is primarily about: organisation of school events, promoting charity appeals, contribution to school Year 9 planning and improvement and providing extensive Phil Smith, Patrick Yeoland, Harrison Grace, opportunities for student leadership and initiative. It is a David Telfer, James Johnston student body and hence it is up to the students to help us Year 10 achieve things the school community desires. Alexander Hunter, Michael Kennedy, Nicholas Halter, Eugene Macey (Year 12) Ben Rush, Michael Scollon Chairman, SRC-2003 Year 11 Nicholas Stapleton, Tim Scarf, Stuart Munro, Dominic Dwyer-Hutchinson Year 12 John Chase, Paul O’Byrne, Ashley Fontana, Andrew Little

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Welcome to New Teaching Staff Senior Boarding House Master at St Stanislaus’ College and Director of Formation in Fiji with the Vincentian Fathers. e welcome the following new staff to St Aloysius’ His teaching discipline is Religious Education and English. College for 2003 and look forward to their Winvolvement in this collective endeavour of Catherine Lukin Ignatian Education. Before coming to St Aloysius’ Cath Lukin’s last teaching post was in Sweden. Prior to that she held positions at The Carmel Amasi BA Dip Ed (Sydney) Armidale School, Tara Anglican School for Girls and De La Carmel was acting Languages Other Than English (LOTE) Salle College, Caringbah. For six years Cath and husband Coo-rdinator at Christian Brothers High School Lewisham Brendan, a music tutor at Aloysius’, performed and studied in 2002 and previously teacher in charge of Languages at outside Australia, mainly in the USA and Europe. We have St Scholastica’s Glebe. Carmel joins us as a part time had many exciting opportunities and made some wonderful LOTE teacher. friends. The Lukins all frequent the music department, with Julie Besnard BA (Hons) Dip Ed (UNSW) 16 month old Dominic quickly becoming a bit of a celebrity, Julie is a French National, having moved to Sydney to and loving it! complete tertiary studies in French, Spanish, Latin and Christine Messer B Ed and B Teach (UTS). American Studies. For much of 2002 Julie taught languages Since 1995 Christine’s teaching career has taken her from at Newington College and joins us in 2003 as a LOTE North London to Villawood East Public School and Atlanta, teacher and tennis coach. Georgia. She has previously held positions as a Year 4, 5, 6 and support teacher. Her teaching discipline is Primary Patrick Cameron (SAC 1987) KLAs and Religion, the major area of study, History. Patrick is an Old Aloysian (SAC 1987) and since leaving school has completed a teaching degree at ACU and had his Lindy Montgomery B Mus Ed (piano) (Conservatorium), own life coaching consultancy business. Patrick returned to B Mus (Hons)(voice)(Sydney). the College as a temporary member of staff in 2002 teaching Lindy comes to St Aloysius’ College from St Catherine’s Religious Education and in 2003 is a homeroom teacher of (1995-1997), Ascham (1997-2002) and the Conservatorium Year 7 and PDHPE teacher, as well as being Assistant Year of Music (1990-2002). Previously, she has held positions as Coordinator of Year 8. Junior Music Specialist, Senior School Music Teacher, Choir and Band Conductor and Musicology Tutor Robyn Chin BA, Dip Ed, Cert.RE (Macquarie) (Conservatorium). Robyn joined the staff of St Aloysius’ College as a casual teacher in 2001 and for much of 2002 was a temporary Claire Shepherd B Ed (Primary), Dip Mus (UTS and member of staff teaching Religious Education. Prior to her Conservatorium) employment here, she taught at Melrose High School, ACT, Claire joins the College as Junior School Music Co- from 1999-2000, Domremy College in 2000, and for part of ordinator. Previously she has taught music, ESL and been a 2001 at Utahlay International School, Guangzhou, China in freelance musician and music teacher, having worked at 2001. Robyn’s teaching disciplines are Geography and Carlingford West Public School and Jung Chul Junior Religion. Robyn is also a fluent speaker of Mandarin, having English School, South Korea in 2002. studied at the Xian Foreign Languages Institute and the East China Normal University. John Tzantzaris MA (English Literature), BA and Dip Ed (English/Drama) (Macquarie and Sydney). Cristina Gomez Grad Dip Ed and Bachelor of Theology. John joined the College as a temporary and relief teacher in (ACU, Catholic Institute of Sydney, Strathfield, UTS, Sydney). 2002, after a long stint at St Pius’ X College, as a Convenor Cristina is a teacher of Mathematics and Religion, having of Senior English Programs and Assessment, and Convenor studied at ACU and UTS in Theology and education, after of Drama. His specialty area is English Literature. commencing an engineering degree. Her practicum experiences were at Mount Saint Benedict Pennant Hills, Paul Van Der Meer Dip Teach and B Ed (ACU). Oakhill College Hills, and St Andrew’s College, Marayong Paul comes to us as a Year 6 teacher from Christian Brothers’ in 2002. High School, Lewisham where from 1997 he was a class teacher and Religious Education Co-ordinator. Paul Harkin Paul joins the staff as an English and History teacher, having Sinclair Watson Dip Ed, BA (Human Movement Studies) taught previously at St Patrick’s Strathfield and in Brunei, (UTS). prior to a business venture. He returns to St Aloysius’ College Sinclair comes to St Aloysius’ College from Granville Boys’ to pursue three passions - teaching, rugby and cricket. High School where he was a PDHPE teacher 1999-2001. In 2002 Sinclair was an Under 15’s rugby coach at the College William Irwin BA (Social Science) and Bachelor of Theology. and in 2003 joined the staff as a PDHPE teacher, also Bill taught at St Stanislaus’ College, Bathurst from 1980- looking after fitness and weights programmes. 1983 and 1987-1989, and the Pacific Regional Seminary, Suva, Fiji from 1998-2002. He previously held positions as a

20 Staff Recruitment - An Ignatian reflection teamed with staff from Saint Ignatius’ College Riverview with a view to conceptualising their experience. Perspective Staff are given insights to the story and life of Ignatius, his aintaining and developing the Jesuit identity of our spirituality and the legacy of his formation of the Jesuits in school depends on the careful selection of such Schools. An introduction to the meditations and prayer Mpeople as these new teachers and on a programme experiences of Ignatius emphasise reflection as a part of our of appropriate formation in the Ignatian Charism and custom of prayer, both in our lives and in their teaching. pedagogy for them. Their induction programme covered not From the outset, Jesuit schools stressed the development only the administrivia and minutiae of our context, but more of critical analysis; the skills of analysing, evaluating and significantly an understanding of our Charism and the communicating, rather than knowledge for its own sake, and charter of expectations of an educator in the Ignatian so we seek staff of this same ilk. Education in our context is tradition. New staff were led through an interpretation of seen to be apostolic. Ignatius sought to educate young men to what we understand of Jesuit Schools in the Ignatian work for the betterment of others. For this they needed to be tradition; namely, to erudite, clear-sighted, generous and influential. Today the Desire to do the will of Christ and in our actions to bring same qualities are sought both of our students and of the His Kingdom alive. teachers who guide and form them. Jesuit schools today seek to sustain a tradition which has Be witnesses to charity and service in helping and honed many to be fine instruments of God in the service of working for others. others; men of contemplation, competence, compassion and Be involved in a conversation, between God and us. commitment. Seek and to find God in the experiences of our everyday The Characteristics of Jesuit Education (1987) is the life. blueprint for what we provide for our students at St Aloysius’ Our Jesuit Heritage is introduced to new staff as being College. In its nine main characteristics, as laid before our alive in many facets of our daily rituals: new staff as their barometer for measuring our success as an Ignatian educational community, Jesuit Education - Our mission statement 1. Is world-affirming, assisting in the total formation of Our motto each individual. It provides for a religious dimension Our patron that permeates the entire curriculum, apostolic in nature, promoting dialogue between faith and culture. Our crest 2. Insists on individual care and concern for each person, Our method of teaching emphasising activity on the part of the student and Our discipline processes encouraging life-long openness to growth. Our service programme 3. Is value-oriented, encouraging a realistic knowledge, love and acceptance of self and providing a realistic Our pastoral network knowledge of the world in which we live. Our faith 4. Proposes Christ as the model of human life, celebrating Understanding what it means to be a teacher in the faith, prayer, worship and service. Ignatian context is to be open to the pedagogy of reflective 5. Is preparation for active life commitment, serving the teaching, so that we consider these five key questions when faith that does justice. It seeks to form “men and preparing to engage our students: women for others”, manifesting a particular concern for Context What do I need to know about my students in the poor. order for me to teach them well? 6. Is an apostolic instrument, in service of the Church. Experience What is the best way for me to engage them as 7. Pursues excellence in its work of formation and a whole person in the teaching and learning witnesses to excellence. process? 8. Stresses a lay-Jesuit collaboration relying on a spirit of Reflection How can I help them to be more reflective so community among all members of the community. that they more deeply understand the 9. Is a “system” of schools with a common vision and significance of what they have learnt? common goals, assisting in providing the professional Action How can I create an environment where my training and ongoing formation. students are positively challenged and changed We wish all our new staff every encouragement as they by their learning? settle into the Aloysian community and look forward to a Evaluation How can I create the reflective space for my prosperous collaboration and contribution for many years students and myself to decide how we can do to come. things better next time? The process of formation for these new teachers Mr Sam Di Sano commences with this induction and continues with days of Deputy Headmaster

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The 2003 Father , Son and Old Boys Mass at the College Oval Student Mass Today was going to be a day to get to know each other and learn how to handle possible incidents of bullying and he first student mass for 2003 was held in the harassment. The teachers that accompanied us were Rev Fr middle of the Vocations Week. We were fortunate Radvan SJ, Mr Cameron, Mr Norton (Year 7 Co- to have all members of the vocation team present for T ordinator), Ms Chin (Assistant Year 7 Co-ordinator), Mr the mass. The students took an active role in all facets of the Corrigan, Mr Gould, Mr Meagher, Mrs Norgrove, Mr Mass. Sebastian Robertson (Year 12) prepared the Homily Zolezzi and Mr Di Sano. based on the theme of “You don’t know what you’ve got until its gone”. Sebastian and Tim Karbowiak (Year 12) When we arrived at school we went to the Canisius organised the other sections of the Mass that require Room and were split up into six groups. In each group we student input. These were the prayers of the faithful, had one Year 12 Prefect who would be with us for the day. offertory and the choice of contemporary music. Their names were Tim Karbowiak, Nicholas Chan, Christopher Chase (Year 12) opened the Mass introducing Sebastian Robertson, Liam Byrne, Paul Marouzeky and the theme and thanked the students for the excellent Dan De Zilva. We later got on our buses and made our way attendance. to Oxford Falls. Then when we got there we went straight up to the oval for about ten minutes just to release a bit of energy. We then went to the basketball court where the Year 12 Prefects played a few games with us. We then just talked to each other and got to know everyone better. After recess we went back up to a room where all the groups were to have a chat about bullying and harassment. Mr Gould spoke to us about what we were there for and Mr Zolezzi addressed us about how to handle the death of a loved one. When Mr Zolezzi finished, Mr Di Sano told us about how to handle bullying. He told us how we should report it always. Later he put on a video that showed us a boy who is a victim of bullying. To end the day we all went back up to the room and had a few prayers that were lead by Rev Fr Radvan SJ. One boy The student Mass was the largest number of students we from each group lit a candle and another boy said a prayer have experienced at a student Mass for a number of years. that was based on belonging, which was the theme of the The refurbished Canisius Room made a great setting and we Reflection Day. Finally, the day came to an end. We had all were fortunate to have Rev Fr Radvan SJ bless the new Year learned something about belonging; bullying, grief and best 12 Eucharistic Ministers. These were John Gabriel, Tim of all had a great time. Karbowiak, Nicholas Chan, Nicholas Yap, Sebastian William Abraham Robertson, Michael Halpin, Lu-wee Koh and Eugene Year 7 Macey. Another Student Mass is planned for Term III. Making the transition into Year 7 can sometimes be a daunting Year 7 Reflection Day task, but it is hoped that days like this can help make that transition a little easier. he Year 7 Reflection Day can best be described by one of the Year 7 students, William Abraham. His Tthoughts highlight the student’s enjoyment and the relaxed nature of the day!

22 Vocation Week Seasons for Growth he Jesuit Vocation Team visited St Aloysius’ easons for Growth is a loss and grief programme, College during the week of February 17-21. which helps young people to understand and TMembers of the team were Rev Fr Steve Curtin SJ, S manage significant change and loss they may Rev Fr Minh Tran SJ and Mr Sacha Bermudez-Goldman experience. Understanding and managing loss experiences SJ. Rev Fr Curtin SJ is the current Director of the Jesuit can be painful and confusing. Seasons for Growth is an Mission Office in North Sydney; Rev Fr Minh SJ was educational process, which teaches skills of how to cope ordained a priest last December and is finishing his with loss. theological studies in Melbourne; while Mr Bermudez- Some losses in life, which may occur, include, Goldman SJ is also completing his Bachelor of Theology in Melbourne. the loss of a parent or significant person through death The team felt warmly welcomed by the students and by the staff and really appreciated their hospitality of the the loss of a parent or significant person through College. divorce or separation The Vocations team talked to all the Year 11 Studies changing home Of Religion classes and also to the four Year 6 classes in seeing less of your friends; changing friendships the Junior school. They also met one-on-one with a not knowing what the future holds number of Year 11 students who wanted to talk further getting caught in the middle of arguments about some of the things they had heard in class. unemployment of a parent The team also addressed the teachers at their staff briefing and the whole of Senior School and Junior School Research indicates that if grief and loss issues are not at their respective assemblies. Fr Minh presided at the first addressed then student’s academic performance can be student Mass of the Term; the Mass was very lively and adversely affected. Mrs Bev Smith made two presentations dynamic and well organised by the Year 12 Students. in Term I. The first was on Tuesday, February 25 and the second was on the Wednesday, February 26. Mrs Smith The main aim of the visit was to bring to the fore the has been involved with Seasons For Growth since its topic of Vocations, and in particular of Vocations to inception, when the idea of an Australian programme to religious life in general, and Jesuit life in particular. The address the loss and grief of children and adolescents was belief is that when students are planning for their future first mooted. they make decisions on the information and experiences they have had. Some of them may actually have a call to The presentation for the parents followed on from religious life, but don’t think about it or don’t entertain the lessons taught to all students across the curricula. Both the idea simply because they know little or hardly anything Junior and Senior School have been delighted with the about who religious are and what they do. We truly believe response from students in choosing to be a part of this very that for some religious life or following a Jesuit vocation is important pastoral care programme. the best possible way that some of the students can live their lives and become the persons God has created them to be. Parents and Friends So in the talks to the students the team talked about warm welcome from the Parents & Friends for the process for applying to enter the Jesuits, about their 2003. period of formation, about the different ministries and A apostles they are involved in, in Australia and the world. On Saturday 8 February approximately 750 people In the one-on-one interviews, the students asked attended our Commencement Cocktail Party. A wonderful questions for clarification or for further information to evening was had by all as we renewed and made new learn more about Jesuits or other possibilities for life in the acquaintances. future. On Tuesday 25 February some 70 class parents and co- The team was impressed with the level of maturity of ordinators gathered together at the College Oval, sharing the students, their respectful questions and demeanour ideas and organising upcoming functions. and the deep faith and spirituality that some of them We are looking forward to Term II and celebrating showed. That the students perhaps don’t ‘talk’ about God Mother’s Day on 8 May at the College Oval. Our Card Day in day-to-day conversation, does not mean that there is an will be held on 19 June also at the College Oval. absence of faith; on the contrary, for some God is very It has been a busy but happy start to the year and I am much a part of their lives. looking forward to meeting many more Aloysian parents. Mr Sacha Bermudez-Goldman SJ Mrs Debby Edwards, President Jesuit Vocations Team

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Swimming: Basketball: he College fielded its strongest teams for many years for or the first time in many seasons, the 1st V will not Tthe Combined Associated Schools (CAS) place in the top three of the competition. The team is Championships at the Sydney International Aquatic Fcurrently in equal 4th position with Knox Grammar Centre. At the end of the Carnival the Team was placed who they play in the last game of the round. The College fifth, being beaten into fourth place by CBC Waverley by has been blessed in the past having players of the quality of 24.5 points. It is worth noting that the Team improved Martin Mikulicin (SAC 2002), a member of the Australian greatly on its 2002 performance, gaining an extra 103 points Under 20’s team and Matthew Unicomb (SAC 2002), a above last year’s result. Ten new College records were set at member of the NSW Under 18’s team who have been the the meet and a number of boys set personal best times when backbone of recent teams. This was a rebuilding year for competing. basketball at the College. Coach, Mr Andrew Svaldenis has At recent carnivals, the senior team secured 2nd overall done well to produce a competitive outfit, which during the placing at the Oakhill College Carnival finishing behind course of the season reached the semi-finals of both the Trinity Grammar School but well ahead of Barker College Kings Cup and Trinity Knockout Tournament. The team and the host school, whilst the Junior School dominated the has won 2 CAS games against Barker College and strong Knox Grammar School invitation. Knox Grammar. Mr Martin Tenisons has replaced Mr Steve Badger as In the inaugural playing of the Rev Fr A V Smith SJ Master In Charge due to the latter’s unavailability to Cup between the College and our brother school, St continue in that role. Ignatius’ College, the 1st V won narrowly and fittingly 48- 46 to secure the cup for the first year. Our other A teams have had their share of successes Cricket: during the season. The College is looking to further develop verall, this has been by far the College’s most the basketball programme to ensure that we can produce successful in many seasons. All senior teams have teams that can match those successful ones of Osecured numerous wins and are well placed to past years. finish in the top three of each of their various competitions. A number of Old Boys are assisting as Coaches this Our junior teams too have been most competitive especially season. These include Joel Carmody (SAC 1999), Matt at A Level. Dolce (SAC 1999), Dominic Pelosi (SAC 2000), Ivan Yau The 1st XI are poised to come in the top three of their (SAC 1998) and Tim Skippington (SAC 1998). Michael competition with one game remaining in the season. The Swain (SAC 1999), Ed Binnie (SAC 1998), Marshall Dunn team has posted 4 wins and 1 draw from 9 games played. (SAC 1999), Paul Anguita (SAC 1999), Alex McGlynn The team began the season magnificently with a trial win (SAC 1998), Ed McGlynn (SAC 2001) and Anthony over St Ignatius’ College followed by CAS wins against Gould (SAC 1993) have been helping the College Cranbrook School, Barker College and Trinity Grammar. Basketball programme by refereeing matches this season at A mid season slump saw the team relinquish first placing various venues, both at home games and away matches. but they found their form at the annual Jesuit Carnival in Adelaide beating Xavier College Melbourne and St Tennis: Ignatius’ College Athelstone on two occasions. he College hosted a highly successful Jesuit Schools The Captain of the 1st XI, Scott Butcher (Year 12), and Tennis Carnival at Tennis Cove during the Mark O’Reilly (Year 11) both scored centuries on tour and Christmas holidays. We entered two teams with the were selected in the Australian Jesuits Schools Cricket Team T 1st IV defeating St Ignatius’ Athelstone for the first time. along with Pat Lindsay (Year 12) and Ian Skinner (Year 11). We lost however to Xavier College narrowly in both Half of this year’s team will be backing up next year in what matches. St Ignatius’ College, Riverview, remained promises to be a great 2004. undefeated throughout the carnival. The College would like to congratulate Patrick Lindsay The 1st IV, despite the absence of all available players, and Paul O’Byrne on their selection in the CAS 1st XI team. has remained more than just a competitive force in this The 2nd XI, 10A’s and 9A’s too have produced some year’s competition. The Team beat the previously great team and individual results. Aaron Hickey (Year 10) undefeated Waverley College by seven sets. It was scored 94 and 137 playing for the 10A’s early in the season Waverley’s first loss in over twelve months. whilst Michael Bryant (Year 9) collected 120 in the 9A’s 200 Individually, John Ganderton (Year 12) made the semi- run tie with Trinity Grammar. finals in singles at the NSW Schoolboys titles and was A number of Old Boys of the College are presently selected in the Combined Independent Schools coaching teams including Sam Ayling (SAC 1999), Chris 1st IV Team. Ricketts (SAC 2000), Vinoo Jose (SAC 1997) and Adrian All age groups have had their share of success with the Danieletto (SAC 2001). 8A’s and B’s still undefeated after nine rounds.

24 For the first time, discuss has been introduced into the programme to compliment javelin. The team will spend some time at the NSW Academy of Sport over Easter in preparation for the CAS Carnival on May 17 at Homebush. Chris Chase (Year 12) has been appointed Captain of the team and he will be well supported by vice captains Tom Borger (Year 12) and Phil De Mestre (Year 12). Rugby: r Steve Zolezzi and myself will take charge of this year’s 1st XV. May I take this opportunity to Mthank my friend, former playing colleague and former staff member of the College, Mr Rob Sawtell, for the time and effort he put into many years with the 1st XV. Rob Members of Firsts Waterpolo 2003 produced numerous outstanding forward packs and was Back Row: G Egan (vc), R Smith (c), J Owens, J Petzold. respected amongst all CAS coaches. Centre Row: T Kuiters, D Pasfield (vc), T Hatten, Mr Frank Clarke, Master In Charge of Rugby, hopes to T Miller (NSW Rep). further plans put into place last year. The successful Front Row: M Edstein, S Nolan-Coach (SAC 1999), Queensland Tour incorporating the Opens, Under 16’s and N Stapleton, R Ellis, N Bateman. Preps will be an annual event. A season’s launch will take place at the College Oval on Thursday 22 May to which all Waterpolo: supporters of SAC Rugby are invited to attend. ith two rounds to complete, the 1st VII are Following the huge success of last year’s event, the currently in fourth placing with nothing Second Annual St Aloysius’ College Rugby Lunch will be Wseparating the top schools. The team recently held on Friday 30 May at the ANA Hotel. The cost of the convincingly beat second placed Trinity Grammar 12-1 sets. event is $110 per person (including GST) and all funds Old Boys Sam Nolan (SAC 1999) and Alistair Dalzell (SAC raised at the event will be directed to supporting and 1999) are in charge of the Opens with Master In Charge, Mr developing Rugby at the College. A booking form for the Tony Hall overseeing the programme. Lunch is included in this edition of the Aloysiad. For Todd Miller (Year 11) was announced only recently in further enquiries about the Lunch, please contact Mr the Combined Independent Schools 1st Team and Under Murray Happ (SAC 1985) in the Development Office at 16 NSW Team. Nic Bateman (Year 10) was chosen in the the College on 9922 1177. CIS Development Squad. Our Under 16’s and 14’s have had It has been decided that the College will send a 1st XV limited success this year but will benefit from the Rugby Tour to Ireland, England and Scotland in January involvement of Old Boys Tom Bateman (SAC 2001) and 2004. This tour will prepare the team for the 2004 season, Damon Birrell (SAC 2002) who are coaching in these with high hopes that we can win the CAS Trophy in what grades. will be our 125th Anniversary. A number of Old Boys will be employed to coach both Volleyball: in the Junior and Senior School. he 1st VI have secured their first ever summer premiership. The team, under Old Boy coach Ed TBinnie (SAC 1998), are undefeated and have been highly impressive this season winning most games Important Sporting Dates: decisively. Many of the boys will back up for the winter Saturday 17 May CAS Athletics at Homebush season with hopes high that they can repeat the effort. The Saturday 24 May Rugby v Kinross (away) 2nd VI and 3rd VI are also in the top two positions in their Soccer Gala Day v Knox competition. Saturday 31 May Rugby and Soccer v St Ignatius’ College (away) Athletics: Friday 6 June Rugby and Soccer v St Pius X College (home) r Justin Langley is the Master In Charge of Saturday 14 June Rugby and Soccer v Athletics for the coming season. Mr Clayton Sydney Grammar School (away) Kearney, Head Coach, is back on deck with a Saturday 21 June Rugby and Soccer v M Newington College (home) number of outside professional coaches along with Old Boys Donald Maclurcan (SAC 1999), Matt Dwyer (SAC 1997) Saturday 26 July Rugby and Soccer v Cranbrook School (away) and last year’s Captain of Athletics, Patrick Jones (SAC 2002).

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Soccer: Scott Butcher 1st XI 111 v St Ignatius’ Athelstone Mark O’Reilly 1st XI 109 not out v St Ignatius’ Athelstone ver the December period, two Opens Soccer Teams Patrick Lindsay 1st XI 6 for 52 v St Ignatius’ Athelstone from the College travelled to England on a three- Ian Skinner 1st XI 5 for 28 v St Ignatius’ College week tour. It was a highly successful endeavour O Riverview both on and off the field. The 1st XI won all games bar one Angus Ryan 10A’s 6 wickets for 8 runs v Cranbrook School against Jesuit and other schools. A fuller report appears Jerome Dorisamy 10A’s 3 wickets for 6 runs including a elsewhere in this edition of the Aloysiad. ‘Hat Trick’ v CBC Waverley Mr Eduardo Moerbeck will coach the 1st XI again this Patrick McCabe 10A’s 5 wickets for 6 runs v Barker College year and with the experience of the tour, it should be a Martin Waller 4th XI 5 wickets for 27 runs v Barker College highly competitive outfit. Mrs Caroline Linschoten remains Ben Tweedie 9B’s 3 wickets for 10 runs including a as Master In Charge. ‘Hat Trick’ v Cranbrook Like rugby, the soccer season will kick off with a season’s Michael Borovika 4th XI 100 v Barker College launch and the College is keen to employ suitable Old Boys Michael Bryant 9A’s 120 v Trinity Grammar School to coach both at junior and senior level. If interested, please Simon Danieletto 8B’s 5 wickets for 15 runs v CBC Waverley contact Mrs Linschoten or myself at the College. Tennis John Ganderton Semi finalist in the Singles Competition of the NSW Schoolboys CAS Competition Tournament Round 1 Saturday 2 August Selected in the NSW Combined Independent Schools Rugby and Soccer v Cranbrook School 1st IV Team (home) 1st IV 7 – 1 sets victory over CBC Waverley in the CAS Round 2 Saturday 9 August round. Waverley were previously undefeated. Rugby and Soccer v Barker College (home) The 8A’s and B’s are undefeated in the CAS Competition Round 3 Saturday 16 August after 9 rounds. Rugby and Soccer v Knox Grammar School (away) Swimming Round 4 Saturday 23 August Graham Purcell (Year 10) Rugby and Soccer v CBC Waverley (away) Placed 3rd and 4th in three events at Nationals Round 5 Saturday 30 Augustt 1st in the 14 years 400 metre Individual Medley at the NSW Rugby and Soccer v Trinity Grammar School Championships (away) 4th in the 14 Years 400 metre at NSW Championships * Please note the CAS Debating Competition follows Sam McConnell (Year 8) 1st in the 12 years 100 metre back- the Rugby and Soccer draw but is held on the preceding Friday night. stroke at the NSW Championships College Swimming Team 2nd placing at Oakhill College and our own invitational carnival. Student and Team Sporting Waterpolo Highlights: Todd Miller (Year 11) Selected in Combined Independent Schools 1st VII Under 16 State team he College would like to congratulate the following Nic Bateman (Year 10) Selected in Combined Independent on their outstanding individual or team achievement Schools Development Squad during the summer sport season: T Volleyball Athletics: 1st VI CAS Summer Premiers (undefeated). It is worth also Matt Walker (Year 10) won the triple jump and was placed noting that the 1st VI did not drop a set the whole season. Third in the hurdles and long jump at the All Schools Athletics Championships. Wheelchair Sport Chris Suffield (Year 8) was appointed Captain of the NSW Basketball: Wheelchair Team to compete at the Nationals. Chris has The 1st V were Semi Finalists in the Sydney Kings also been selected to represent Australia in the Power Tournament. They defeated Scots College and The Kings Hockey World Cup in Berlin, Germany in July this year. School in early rounds. Surf Lifesaving The 1st V defeated St Ignatius’ College 48-46 in the Chris Ashton (Year 12) has won the Ron Hammond inaugural Rev Fr A V Smith SJ Trophy game. Trophy as the most outstanding Junior Boatman at the Cricket: North Cronulla Surf Club. Tim Scarfe 2nd XI 151 not out v Cranbrook School Aaron Hickey 10A’s 137 v Trinity Grammar School Mr Paul Rowland (SAC 1973) Paul O’Byrne 1st XI 127 v Barker College Director of Co-Curricular

26 Jesuit Tennis Week Our third game was versus Xavier College. After a strong start, Xavier crumbled under the weight of the St Aloysius’ t Aloysius’ College hosted the 2003 Jesuit Tennis Week attack, lead by Patrick Lindsay (Year 12) who snared six wickets. from January 12 to 15 at the Tennis Cove Centre, Castle Cove. Apart from the College the three other Australian Despite winning two games from three, our net run rate S ranked us third in the competition, thus we missed out for the Jesuit Schools, St Ignatius’ College Riverview, Xavier College Melbourne and St Ignatius College Adelaide to attend this second year on playing in the Finals. In what was a two-day sporting tournament. game, we played our hosts for third place in the competition and managed to convincingly win the game. Scott Butcher (Year 12) A number of parents billeted the visiting players. Special and Mark O’Reilly (Year 11) scored centuries in the game, thus thanks must be given to Mr and Mrs Lalic, Mrs Ganderton, putting the result beyond doubt. Mr and Mrs Tierney, Mr and Mrs Doyle, Mr and Mrs Switzer, Mr and Mrs Walden, Mr and Mrs Lee, Mr and Mrs Horder, The headmaster of St Ignatius’ Adelaide, Rev Fr Greg Mr and Mrs Juresic and Mr and Mrs Streaten for their efforts O’Kelly SJ AM managed to arrange for all the teams to be and support. presented to the Governor of South Australia, Her Excellency, Marjorie Jackson – Nelson AM at Government House. St Aloysius’ College fielded two teams of players. The First IV (comprising of John Ganderton, Ross Lalic, Conor Tierney, Following the reception, we then toured the famed Adelaide Tom Doyle, Mark Switzer and Andrew Hurley) and the Second Oval and attended the formal end of competition dinner at the IV (comprising of Eugene Macey, Dominic Haylen, David Lee, Bradman Room. Carl Juressic, Grant Streater, Mark Horder, Mark Walden, Four of the 1st XI players were selected in the Australian Mathew Watson and David Murray) Jesuit Schools Cricket Team. We congratulate Scott Butcher Both teams played with distinction with the First IV scoring (Year 12), Patrick Lindsay (Year 12), Ian Skinner (Year 11) and an excellent win over St Ignatius’ College Adelaide. Three of our Mark O’Reilly (Year 11) on their selection. We also congratulate players were named in the Australian Jesuit Tennis team, John Scott Butcher on his appointment as Vice Captain of the Team. Ganderton, Ross Lalic and Conor Tierney. John Ganderton was Paul O’Byrne (Year 12) was named as the Best Fielder of the undefeated in singles during this tournament and was also Tournament by the Umpires. named Captain of the Australian Jesuit Tennis Team. Jesuit Cricket Week – Aggregates The tournament could not have been conducted without the assistance of a most supportive group of parents who were there everyday helping with catering and many other activities. Thanks Name Year Runs Innings Wickets again to Mrs Ganderton, Mrs Lalic, Mrs Doyle, Mrs Lee and Mrs Switzer. Scott Butcher 12 132 4 1 Mr Terry Watson and Mr Paul Rowland should also be Paul O’Byrne 12 58 4 0 thanked for the work and support during the tournament and in Tom Borger 12 31 3 0 the lead up to the event. Mark O’Reilly 11 126 4 0 The visiting players enjoyed the sight seeing and other activities organised by the billeting parents. The Dinner held at Ian Skinner 11 75 4 8 the College Oval was a memorable event with well over a Joseph Clarke 10 42 3 0 hundred people attending. These are special occasions and provide an invaluable chance Tim Scarfe 11 11 2 0 for the students to meet, socialise and compete against other Patrick Lindsay 12 75 4 12 Jesuit schools. The unique character of each of the Jesuit Colleges was evident throughout the whole event. The players, John McCormack 11 25 2 0 parents and visitors all welcomed the opportunity and thoroughly Phillip O’Byrne 11 4 1 9 enjoyed themselves. Aaron Hickey 10 20 1 0 Mr Stephen Russell Andrew Hurley 11 25 2 0 Master In Charge - Tennis Sebastian Robertson 12 17 2 4 Jesuit Cricket Week 2003 Hugh Ronzani 12 6 1 2 he 2003 Jesuit Cricket Week was hosted by St Ignatius’ Adelaide. The four Australian Jesuit Schools; St Aloysius All in all, the Tour was a great success and very much enjoyed TCollege and Riverview from Sydney, together with Xavier by the players. The Team would like to thank the parents and College in Melbourne and our Adelaide hosts were set to do battle family members who made the trip to Adelaide for the over a week for the winner of the Jesuit Cricket Competition. Tournament. St Aloysius’ had the largest number of parent On arrival in Adelaide we were scheduled to play Riverview. supporters present at the competition. The support and On the day, Adelaide put on a 40-degree plus day and despite encouragement of the parents and families was very much Russell Skinner (Year 11) taking five wickets, we lost this match. appreciated. I am pleased to advise that this was the only game we lost during the week of competition. The following day we played St Mr Michael Rogan Mr Greg McKenzie Ignatius’ Adelaide, in a game that we easily won. Coach of the 1st XI Manager of the 1st XI

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Members of the College Soccer Tour to England and Scotland in the Foyer of Australia House in London. The Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, His Excellency Michael L’Estrange (SAC 1970) is standing seventh from the right in the front row. UK Soccer Tour Report assiduously to raise funds, organise our fantastic tour gear and support their sons (financially and otherwise!). To Mr n December 19, the St Aloysius’ Soccer Tour party Eduardo Moerbeck (First XI Coach) who trained the boys returned to Sydney, weary but in high spirits, after in the weeks leading up to the tour (at times in 30+ degree a highly successful tour of the UK. Two teams O heat) and led the teams on the pitch to such success. played nine fixtures in total, many against fellow Jesuit Thanks also to Co-manager Mr Nicholas Thill who gave Colleges in England and Scotland. By all accounts the tour strong direction to the boys off the pitch, running around was most rewarding. Experiences gained on and off the often behind the scenes to ensure that accommodation, pitch will reap results in the forthcoming season and meals and allowances were all in order. The efforts of these beyond. The boys have come back not only better players two gentlemen contributed greatly to the tour’s success. but also more mature and resilient individuals. Lastly to the boys themselves, who were excellent Tour highlights include attending three Premier ambassadors of the College and their families. The players League games, a tour of Celtic Park and a visit to Old were ably led by Tour Captain, Chris Chase (Year12) and Trafford. The boys benefited from a private coaching on field Captains, Luke Marshall (Year 12) and Ashley session by a former Premier League youth coach and a Fontana (Year12). The boys were highly regarded by their skills demonstration by a Premier League aspirant. Our hosts and opposition alike. I was impressed by both their Jesuit hosts were most hospitable, with Mount St Mary’s sportsmanship and deportment. (Sheffield), Stonyhurst (Lancashire), St Aloysius’ (Glasgow) and Wimbledon (London) key stops on our It was an honour and a privilege to play a part in the journey. A final highlight was the tour of Australia House 2002 UK Soccer tour. I hope that the opportunity of a in London, graciously hosted by Old Boy of the College, lifetime bears fruit both on the pitch and in the lives of His Excellency Michael L’ Estrange (SAC 1970), each of the boys. Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. Mr Antony Sindone The Tour ended in London with sight seeing and Manager shopping. The First XI were undefeated in England, succumbing only to their Scottish namesakes. The Second XI gained much valuable experience that will bolster their strength in season 2003. Much credit must go to Mrs Caroline Linschoten (MIC of Soccer) who worked tirelessly behind the scenes. Among many other responsibilities, it was Mrs Linschoten who organised much of the Jesuit itinerary. Gratitude to Rev Fr Smith SJ and Mr Paul Rowland for their ongoing support of Aloysian soccer. It would be remiss of me not to thank three more groups of people. Firstly the parents, who worked Members of the Touring Party before their departure.

28 UK Soccer Tour Report Linschoten. Her tireless efforts, with the help of the parents, ensured we had a fantastic trip. Her preparation n Thursday 28 November 2002, 27 players, 2 of match fixtures, liases with the tour company and parent Managers and 1 Coach departed on what would body were done almost single-handed and each boy is be a historic visit to the United Kingdom. Little O eternally grateful. To Mr Eduardo Moerbeck who gave up did the 30 representatives of St Aloysius’ College know many of his Sundays before the tour to coach us along that they were about to be part of one of the most with three weeks away from his family, his hard work has successful overseas tours in the College’s history. Over the taken us to where we are now and his efforts rewarded in next 21 days a 1st XI and 2nd XI team would play nine the CAS. To the Managers Mr Nicholas Thill, and Mr games of intense physical and high quality soccer, with Antony Sindone for accompanying us and ensuring we remarkable improvements each game. always had food to eat and somewhere to stay, along with Before the tour had actually begun, the players their invaluable comments from the sideline. To the parent themselves had been involved in early morning fitness committee and all parents for all their support in helping sessions and Sunday night skills practice in preparation for to prepare a great trip. The sponsors for the tour booklet the journey. The hard work and dedication shown by all must also be thanked for their invaluable contributions to players proved to be fruitful on the pitch with the 1st XI St Aloysius’ soccer. To Rev Fr Smith SJ and Mr Rowland losing only one match during the Tour. The 2nd XI for their ongoing support of soccer at the College and although not as successful held their own on the park, attendance at dinners and matches. often going down by only a goal. Our opening fixture against Birkdale School is one many of us will never forget. Playing on a pitch situated on a hill with sheep paddocks surrounding, the firsts beat our opponents 4-2. Luke Marshall (Year 12) starred with a hat trick and star defender Paul O’Byrne (Year 12) having a run at striker, proving to the Coach and onlookers he belongs at the back. The 2nd XI, up one nil at half time, let the game get away as conditions deteriorated and opposition experience showed. Throughout the trip there were some formidable performances showing the class that the team possessed. Some of the score lines were as follows. A 7-2 defeat of one of the most prestigious schools in England, Stonyhurst, 7- 1 against Wimbledon College in the 1sts and 8-0 in the 2nds. The for and against record for the 1st XI after five games was: 20 goals for and 10 goals against. A remarkable Members of the Soccer Tour in London. Tower Bridge is in the achievement, especially considering the small number of background. games played. A memorable game would definitely have to Lastly to the boys themselves who shared an be the final minute victory over Sharnbrook with scores experience they will never forget. Each boy was a locked at 1-1 for most of the match. wonderful ambassador for the College on and off the field. Yet the tour was not just non-stop soccer. As a group The Aloysian spirit was evident on the pitch every match we visited numerous destinations all over the UK. Oxford, and will remain with all those we came in contact with. Cambridge, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Particular thanks must go to Vice-Captain Luke Marshall Coventry, Sheffield, Manchester, Lancashire and London. (Year 12) and 2nd XI Captain Ashley Fontana (Year 12). Both boys excelled in their positions leading the boys in Highlights included Old Trafford, Celtic Park, Elland true style. It was an honour to be part of this tour and all Road to watch Leeds play and see Harry Kewell score those involved will remember our time spent together for directly in front of us, and a training session with ex- many years to come. Watford Premier League coach Tony Johnson. The Blue and Gold forever! The boys as a group bonded superbly, becoming good mates thus, improving our soccer. The quality of Chris Chase (Year 12) performances on the field and behaviour off the field were Tour Captain second to none. The Tour puts the squad in a great position for season 2003 with CAS premiership hopes well within grasp. On behalf of all the players thanks must go to the Master In Charge of Soccer at the College, Mrs

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72nd CAS Swimming Carnival Our Younger Swimmers’ Night his has been a challenging season for our swimming team. First, their coach of past decade, TMr Steve Badger, retired as Master-in-Charge of Swimming. Second, with his retirement we lost our access to the North Sydney Olympic Pool for training. Third, the special pre-carnival, Christmas holidays’ swimming camp at Thredbo so painstakingly organised by Mr Steven Loomes had to be cancelled due to bushfires in that region.

Oliver Loomes (Year 11) after winning the Division of the 50m Butterfly

was our younger swimmers’ night. Sam McConnell (Year 8) is a modest, unassuming young champion, who set school records in three different strokes (freestyle, backstroke and butterfly) and gained two first places and a third in championship events. Graham Purcell (Year 10) in the U15, currently holds records in the State Championships for 200 and 400 freestyle. On the night he gained third places in the 100m Free (championship), the 50m Back (championship) and the 200m Free (Division). Vincent Stokes (Year 8) in the U13 won the division of the 50m Free and the championship of the 100m Free, with Chris Sudarmana (Year 6) winning the championship of the U12 50m Free. Stefan Prendergast James Boyers (Year 12), Captain of Swimming, gets set (Year 7) also performed most creditably in the U13 with for the 50m Freestyle two third placings. James Boyers (Year 12), the team’s Captain, swam with courage and determination gaining However, our boys’ performances in the pool show a creditable thirds in the open 100m and 200m Free. Ten different story. Last year we did not get a single first place school records were set on the night. With these younger and only one second. This year Aloysians gained six firsts swimmers beginning to enter the senior ranks, we may no and four seconds. longer have to settle for fifth place. Knox won the Carnival Mr Martin Tenisons was appointed swimming coach most convincingly taking the title from Waverley who on Mr Steve Badger’s retirement. Having been coached have held it for the past ten years. for ten years by Don Talbot, he brings an impressive Mr Robert Schneider (SAC 1958) record of achievement both as a swimmer and as a coach. He represented Australia in the Commonwealth Games in 1962 and in the same year received the NSW Combined High Schools’ Blue for swimming. As a coach at St Patrick’s College Strathfield, his squad won the NSW Independent Schools’ Association Championship over five consecutive years from 1995 to 1999. No longer having the convenience of using the North Sydney Olympic Pool, our squad has been training at the excellent new facility at Lane Cove and has been most grateful to Monte Sant’ Angelo for allowing them to use their new pool complex prior to the CAS. Despite Oliver Loomes’ (Year 11) second in the U16, Vincent Stokes (Year 8) stares up at the scoreboard after 50m freestyle and first in the Division of the 50m Fly, it winning the 100m Freestyle Championship

30 2002 – 2003 Swimming Season he recent 2003 swimming season was the best for the St Aloysius’ Swim Team since the highly successful Tyear of 1997, when the team achieved third place at the CAS Championships. For the first time sine the 1997 CAS, the St Aloysius Swim Team gained points, and whittled a 100 point deficit to Barker in fourth place to a mere 25 points. The night was a tremendous success, and thanks to the success of the junior years, was a success that looks like it will be repeated in years to come. The recent CAS is not the only measure of success for the team. The recent season, on the whole, was a season full of achievements. The season began with our Annual Invitational Carnival, which we held at North Sydney Pool. Part of the large SAC cheer squad at the Carnival The team hoped to gain victory in the meet, but with a improved performance, achieved second place behind a had hoped to win this meet, the massive Trinity team beat us, massive Trinity Grammar School team, a team that would go although victory over Barker was a positive on the night. on to beat CBC Waverley at the CAS Carnival. The next carnival was the new Trinity ‘Skins’ meet, held at Trinity. The Bearing this victory in mind, the St Aloysius’ College carnival was a sprint form, with elimination heats. While swim team headed to Homebush for the CAS Carnival full of there was no point score, there were a number of wins on the confidence. night, in a different racing format. The team’s final meet for The night began very well for St Aloysius’. With a large 2002 was the Annual St Patrick’s’ College Dual Meet, where cheer squad at our backs, the team finished the freestyle we travelled to compete with St Patricks, in their 33m pool. events only 3 points behind tied Barker and Waverley, in Again, in a measure of the team’s strength, we defeated St fourth. Records were broken throughout the night, and more Patrick’s, a feat the team has not achieved since 1998. With wins were recorded than the last two years combined. In a high spirits, the team ended 2002, looking for a big 2003. performance highlighting the team’s ability, the Opens Relay achieved third, after five years of coming 6th. However by To focus the team, and bring the group of boys together, nights end, we had slipped somewhat, but were still close to the swim committee, with the help of Mr Rowland, Barker, as we placed fifth, 25 points behind Barker who were organised a Summer Holiday Training Camp, to be held in placed fourth. the alpine village at Thredbo. It turned out to be a night where school records would be Everyone was smashed. In all, 10 new records were established. Chris excited at the Sudarmana (Year 6), in the Under 13 years, broke both the 12 prospect of a new years 50m Freestyle and Breaststroke records, Sam venue for our McConnell (Year 8) broke the Under 13 years 50m Freestyle, usual summer Backstroke and Butterfly records. Vincent Stokes (Year 8), camp, which in also in the Under 13 years, established a new 100m freestyle recent years was record and a boy new to the school, Stefan Prendergast held at the (Year 7), broke the Under 13yrs 50 breaststroke record. Southport School In the Under 15 years, Graham Purcell (Year 10) achieved in Queensland. new records in the 100m and 200m freestyle, and Oliver Bad fortune ruled Loomes (Year 11), in the Under 16 years, broke the 200m out the Thredbo freestyle record. camp, as massive These performances, along with a large increase in second bushfires gripped and third places, lead to the team achieving it highest point the snowy score since the 1997 CAS Championships. The most mountains and encouraging point to come from the night was the put an end to best outstanding performances of our younger age groups. It was laid plans. in these younger age groups that St Aloysius’ competed extremely well against the bigger schools, such a Knox Undismayed, the Grammar and Trinity Grammar. It is in these younger age team began 2003 groups that the future of the team lies, and with such great with the Oakhill performances one must say that the future is bright for St College Aloysius’ swimming. Invitational, held at Baulkham James Boyers (Year 12) It says it all! Hills. Again, we Captain of Swimming

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Rugby Report can be directed to [email protected] t Aloysius’ College Rugby is set to go from strength Yours In Rugby to strength this year right through from Year 3 to Mr Frank Clarke SYear 12. Master In Charge Rugby Some things to look for include: SAC Triathlon 2003 Season Launch will be held this year on Thursday 22 May at the College Oval. It was a wonderful event last he annual SAC Triathlon was held early on Sunday year uniting Junior and Senior School rugby families and 16 March. As dawn broke, the competitors and players it will become an annual event. Guest Speaker and Ttheir sleep-deprived supporters began to gather at catering arrangements will be in future newsletters. the picturesque Balmoral Beach location, which is now firmly entrenched as our event venue. Following the success of last year’s inaugural Rugby Lunch, the Rugby Committee is pleased to announce that The Mayor of Mosman, Councillor David Strange, set another lunch has been planned for 2003. The Lunch will the field on its way shortly after 7:00am. Ahead of them be held on Friday 30 May at the ANA Hotel Sydney. The was a 700m swim, 8km bike ride and 5km run. Those who Guest of Honour is the Chief Executive of the Australian know the local topography will realise that, while the swim Rugby Union, Mr John O’Neill. Bookings can be made is flat, the bike & run legs contain some very testing hills. on the flyer enclosed in this edition of the Aloysiad or by Well done to all competitors for a very enthusiastic contacting the Director of Development at the College, participation! Mr Murray Happ, on 9922 1177. Funds raised from the Lunch will be directed to the ongoing development of Rugby at the College and to support the 125th Anniversary Rugby Tour to Ireland, Scotland and England. 1. Opens Pre-Season Skills Camp will be at Ulladulla during the Term I holidays. This is an intense period of developing skills and unity amongst the Senior Rugby players in the College. 2. Queensland Rugby Development Trip has now become an annual event after last year’s trip being such a resounding success. The tour enabled the boys to learn new skills and importantly it gave the squad a great chance to bond. Once again in July, 66 boys from Opens, Under 16s and Under 12s will be travelling as a united Aloysian force for a week. Mr Newton and Damian Pasfield at the conclusion of the 3. Provision of Training Equipment for Junior School Triathalon Rugby players is in place as a result of funds raised at last year’s Rugby Luncheon in August. This The event went off without any major incidents. The equipment as well as the increased skill levels of this fact that the rain held off until all competitors were home years coaching will benefit the Junior School Rugby was a blessing. The large crowd that had assembled Players. witnessed an event that has undoubtedly developed into 4. Further Developments for Under 14 and Under 15: one of the highlights of the College Co-curricular Large squads will be participating in a 2 match trip Calendar. to Canberra in the School Holidays mid-year. It was great to see that the word is getting around and 5. St Aloysius’ College 125th Anniversary Rugby Tour we are attracting competitors from other Schools (Loreto, to Ireland and the UK will be taking place in January Riverview, Monte, etc) as well as relatives of those with 2004. It promises to be a great learning experience connections to St Aloysius’ College. The more the for the Opens boys selected for this Tour as merrier! The almost perfect race conditions enabled some representatives of the College with brother Jesuit very impressive times. Colleges in Ireland, Scotland and England. Line Honours (Team): 6. St Aloysius’ College Rugby Website will be 1st James Boyers, Tom Borger, Phil De Mestre operational early Term II. Check the College (all Year 12) 42 min 30 sec Website at that time to see the link. 2nd Oliver Loomes, Paul Fortuna, Daniel Antico Any correspondence regarding Rugby at the College (all Year 11) 43 min 22 sec

32 In closing, I would like to acknowledge the fantastic support I received from the following Staff, Students and Parents: Ms Robyn Chin (Staff ) Registrar & Results Ms Heather Carr (Parent) Results & Registration Mr Dan MacKay (Staff ) Timekeeping Mr Peter Gough (Staff ) Road Safety Mr Rowland (Staff ) Co-curricular Support Mr Jamie Dibble (Parent) Marshall Year 10: Tom Piggott Year 12: Seb Robertson, Andrew Emanuel, Lu Wee Koh, Tim Karbowiak, Nick Muller, Paul O’Byrne, Matt McCroarey, James Woodward, Chris Yee, All in a days work! Carl Sullivan, Jeremy Curtin and Paul Marossezky There were many standout performances on the day, Mr Laurie Newton with several boys dominating their age groups. Newcomer Master In Charge - College Triathlon to Athletics Justin Hunter (Year 9) took out the 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, Shot Put and High Jump in the 14’s House Athletics Carnival age group; Matt Walker (Year 10) continued to impress, gain the annual House Athletics Carnival was a breaking the long standing College high jump record and colossal success despite the number of rain winning the Hurdles, 100m, 200m, and Long Jump in the Ainterruptions throughout the day. 16’s; Jono Owen (Year 11) blitzed the Under 17 years and Open Shot Put records to put him on track for CAS victory. This was accompanied by outstanding performances by all runners. The highlight of the carnival was beyond doubt the final relays. With double points up for grabs and all houses within reach, it was left to which team could dictate. Unfortunately for Owen House, a win in the open relay could not secure victory, with Campion House coming from behind to claim second, enough to take home the Patty Moran Plate for Inter-House Athletics. Thanks must go to Mr Rowland and Mr Langley (Master in Charge of Athletics) for their organisation and the teachers for ensuring each young man had a time when they finished. Christopher Chase (Year 12) Captain of Athletics Justin Hunter, Year 9

It began early for those game enough to tackle the 3000 metres (or 7 3/4 laps) around ES Marks track at Kensington. Endurance champion Damian Pasfield (Year 12)took line honours, followed closely by Phil de Mestre (Year 12). The Year 12 house Captains; Eugene Macey, Seb Robertson, Alex Guidera and Simon Mulvey initiated war The College congratulates Campion House cries for those in the stands in an attempt to psych up their (Red) on winning the College House fellow house members. competition for the first time. The 2002 Following the hurdles, the sprint events were run, with competition was decided on the result of the a little middle distance for good measure. Each boy on the Year 11 Debate between Campion and Ogilvie day ran with pride and it was comforting to see so many - Campion’s victory handing them the trophy partake in numerous events, all aspiring for their House to for the first time. be victors come 2.45pm.

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Junior Level Japanese - Extension Course unior Level Japanese Extension Course is held at lunchtime twice a cycle. It is an optional course for Jstudents of Year VII and above who wish to strengthen their practical conversation skills. Through situations and topics, the course participants learn natural expressions without worrying about the grammar.

Members of the College Fishing Club on Jeffreys Street Wharf

St Aloysius’ College Fishing Club t has indeed been many months since the words ‘Fishing Club’ echoed throughout the hallowed halls Iof the College. Finally, like the phoenix from the ashes, St Aloysius’ Fishing Club Mark II has been established. The Prefects of 2003 have re-established this great Student initiative. Clockwise: Mrs Teruko Sharif, Mathew Tan, Mark Slaven, Once again the ideals that Fishing Club stood for will Joel Mortimer, Joe Sheehan, Damian Morini be recognised and upheld - the bonding of students from various age groups through a common hobby, the fine Year XII Japanese students 2002 did extremely well in sportsmanship that is the boast of this noble sport - and the HSC Exam. Their average marks in both Continuer’s perhaps a fish or three to tilt the scales and set the records. Course and Extension Course were above 90%. The students at such an excellent standard have not only a large With a new structure and a fresh and energised volume of vocabulary but also the skills to manage the leadership - headed by “Captain” Paul Marosszeky (Year authentic expressions. Authentic expressions are learned 12) and “First Mate” Grant Donald (Year 12), the through lively situations and scenes. The course provides prospects and expectations of Fishing Club 2003 are high. such opportunities to the participants. The challenge is there to those who answer the call. Mrs Terri Sharif Yours in Fishing Languages Department Paul Marosszeky (Year 12) ‘The Skipper’ Tutor Groups Outing

AMF Bowling, Hornsby fter a long three periods at school, the boy’s from Miss Robinson’s Tutor group set off together Atowards Milson’s Point Station. After all the tickets, lollies, chips and drinks were bought, we boarded the train to Hornsby Station, along with friends from other tutor groups. We arrived at Hornsby Station at 12.50pm, followed by a brief walk down to the bowling centre. After much ado, buying two games, getting shoes and ordering a meal for lunch, we entered our names on the scoreboard and let Mr Steve Zolezzi with the “Skipper” of the Fishing Club, the games begin. Paul Marosszeky (Year 12) and “First Mate” Grant Donald After bowling a few balls each, the winners began to (Year 12). emerge really quickly. They obviously had the right

34 the first Friday that school returned. The College Captain, Thomas Borger welcomed everyone for another year and reminded us to place our trust in God as the Aloysian community was facing much uncertainty with drought, bushfires and the possibility of war. Rev Fr Smith SJ was the main celebrant and Rev Fr Radvan SJ and Rev Fr Schneider SJ were co-celebrants. The music department, under the leadership of Mr Michael Hissey, brought us some lively music for our energetic start to the year. An important aspect of this celebration is welcoming all new members to the community. The students are welcomed and the new staff are presented with a candle Miss Robinson’s Tutor Group at the Hornsby Bowling Centre and blessing from Rev Fr Smith. We all hope that the new technique happening for them! But not all the fun and members of our College community will undergo a energy was used up, as the food we had ordered arrived journey at St Aloysius’ College that will be full of many very quickly. We enjoyed a relaxing break, allowing our wonderful experiences and one that is touched by God. knuckles to adjust from the awkward bowling position Chris Suffield Captains NSW back to their natural forward position. t the tender age of 13, Chris Suffield (Year 8) will After an improved second game, with probably up to Captain the NSW Team at the National three times as many spares and strikes as the first, we Wheelchair Sports Competition, which will be found our rhythm. Some groups opted to have the bumper A held in Melbourne between April 18 – 28. bars pulled up, and some even tried out the baby bowler, hoping for an easy strike, but usually to their Chris will Captain the team over 10 days, through disappointment. However, the fun quickly wound down three sports that are played at the competition – hockey, when we had to finish up early, in order to catch our soccer and rugby. These games are specially adapted for respective trains from the station. people in wheelchairs. Tutor outings were very successful this Term, as they Chris will then go on to represent Australia in Berlin, usually are. This time around, we spent a great deal of time Germany at the Power Hockey World Cup from July 6 – outside school getting to know each other better, and went 13. Two years ago when they played in Minneapolis USA home feeling very happy and laid back. the team came eighth and they hope to improve their placing at this year’s competition. Patrick Shephard Year 8 Chris was diagnosed at the age of three with Muscular Dystrophy and has been wheelchair bound for the past two years. It is a degenerative disease, which leads to the gradual and irreversible wasting of muscle. Despite his illness, Chris is a vibrant member of the College Family and can be seen whizzing around the College and Kirribilli in his chair. The College congratulates Chris on his appointment and wishes him and the teams the best of luck in the upcoming competitions.

The Tutor Group between sets.

Opening School Mass Chris Suffield (Year 8) with a he Opening School Mass in the Senior School was rugby ball in an occasion when as many students and staff as preparation for the Tpossible were crammed into the heart of our National Wheelchair College. The growing numbers in the Senior School Sports Competition. means that celebrations in the Chapel help to create a (Photo courtesy of tightly knit group of Aloysians! The Mass took place on the Mosman Daily)

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Social Justice ocial Justice has always been an important ideal central to a Jesuit education. The General of the SJesuits, Very Rev Fr Peter Kolvenbach SJ says in The Characteristics of Jesuit Education, that our Jesuit School should be producing “a well-rounded person who is intellectually competent, open to growth, religious, loving, and committed to doing justice in generous service to the people of God.” St Aloysius’ College is determined to ensure that Social Justice plays an important role in our Jesuit College. This year we are beginning to restructure and ensure that the best efforts are made in a more coordinated approach. The SRC presents a cheque for $600 to the Red Cross Firstly, a Committee has been formed. This group is a Drought Appeal wide umbrella group for a number of very important organisations and fundraising activities. The Social Justice Project Compassion group includes roject Compassion is the main fundraising program St Vincent de Paul Society administered by of Caritas Australia, the key aid and development Rev Fr Iain Radvan SJ. Pagency of the Australian Catholic Church. This year St Aloysius’ is conducting a whole school campaign. Amnesty International run by Mrs Sharon Connolly. Year VII is in charge of the organisation of the campaign Community Involvement lead by Mrs Hannah Norgrove. and in the Junior School each class is responsible for their Raising money for various charities such as Project classes efforts. Compassion, the Jesuit Refugee Service, etc The theme this year for Project Compassion is The St Vincent de Paul Society meets every Monday ‘Freedom from Slavery.’ The campaign focuses on the at lunchtime in Room 178. Amnesty International meet countless millions of people around the world who are every Wednesday at lunchtime in Room 179. All students slaves of poverty and oppression. are encouraged to join these groups and assist those who To launch the programme the school is symbolically are less fortunate than ourselves. feasting to prepare for the Lenten season. On Tuesday 4 March or Shrove Tuesday as it is known, the Junior school Amnesty International will be eating ‘Pancakes for Compassion’ and in the senior mnesty International at St Aloysius’ College in school ‘Donuts for Dignity.’ The day will not be a huge 2003 has been brought under the broad umbrella fundraiser as costs are high to run such events but to Aof the Social Justice Committee. This Committee remind us how lucky we are before we begin Lent. also includes the work of St Vincent de Paul and During each week in Lent students will be given the Community Involvement. We have a group of very opportunity to donate money to Project Compassion and dedicated and organised boys who give up their spare time for families also to send in their contributions. The last to help organise the letterwriting sessions and raise money. day of the school Term, just before the retreats, is to be The group meets every Wednesday at lunchtime to discuss devoted to a sacrifice day where students may choose to business and issues and write letters to governments on survive that day on a limited diet. behalf of people who are suffering human rights abuses. Mrs Hannah Norgrove One of the first decisions we made this year is to Project Compassion Co-ordinator continue the Amnesty ideal of protesting about the use of torture and the death penalty throughout the world and Meeting St Ignatius Nights for New that human rights abuses continue despite any wars that are happening at the time. We have already written to the Parents Chinese government on behalf of a man held in detention eeting St Ignatius Nights took place in the first without trial for designing a website that contained three weeks of school occurring on the Monday criticisms of the government. Our focus campaign for this Mand Tuesday nights. All new parents to the term will be to get more Years 7-10 students involved in College were largely broken into their son’s class groups. the group and to make people aware of the use of child I would like to thank Mr Sam Di Sano, our Deputy soldiers and child labour throughout the world. Headmaster, for his very interesting and professional Mrs Sharon Connolly approach to portraying St Ignatius, the characteristic of a Amnesty Convenor Jesuit Education and the distinctiveness of an education at

36 St Aloysius’ College. Also, I would like to acknowledge my approach to teaching. If we equip students with the the generosity of Mrs Jenny Monckton, who each night requisite knowledge and skills to find out things for turned up to help lead the Ignatian prayer, the Examen, themselves, and render them competent to fish in the vast and to help explain in practical terms the meaning of it. oceans, which are rich in educational resources, we The wonderful success of the nights will mean these significantly empower them. Much, much more nights will be repeated for all new parents next year. The productive than simply telling them or giving them College hopes that after a number of years all parents will information. have experienced this introductory session and have a This perspective on things led me to take our Higher greater insight into why they have sent their son to a School Certificate Drama students to one of Sydney’s Jesuit College. truly great libraries, the Fisher Library, at the University of Sydney. Even its name reinforces this philosophy. Here Peer Mediation they were all taught how to access all of its varied eer Mediation has long been a vital process at St resources: the undergraduate library, the research library, Aloysius’ College. Usually consisting of Year XII the electronic resources, the microfilm and microfiche Pboys this programme aims at creating an effective collections, the video and CD libraries, the periodicals’ path for student disagreement solutions without involving library. Then each student was provided with a any teachers. bibliography of the playwrights we are studying this year In the aim of providing a more solid foundation and greater experience to these mediators the very wise Mr Steve Zolezzi entered a few select Year XI boys into a peer mediation training competition, called SCRAM (Schools Conflict Resolution and Mediation) in the hope that these boys would continue on to be the most advanced and effective peer mediators ever to be available to the College. The competition was intense and well fought. Each round would generally consist of two feuding parties (two people in each team) and also two neutral mediators, all of who would be from St Aloysius’. The preparation was long and strenuous as the team would try and prepare, for as long as four days, for the coming round. Each round contained a new problem that the team would mock argue and resolve over a ninety-minute period, all the while being assessed by an outside judge. The team entered participated in the early rounds but Nick Walsh, Zac Norman, Chris Lobascher, Huw Rabone, unfortunately did not make it through to the finals, having Nick Mueller and Matthew Hatton (all Year 12) in the quad lost in the Semi-Finals. Overall, it was a learning curve for at the University of Sydney on their research day. all of us involved and even now we are sure that the experience will help us serve the school community in a and assigned specific articles or books to find and positive way as we become fully-fledged peer mediators in photocopy. the coming year. Guided by a friendly, courteous and helpful library Edward Hastings (Year XI) staff, our students tracked things down and photocopied Terence Hatten (Year XI) their findings. By the end of the day, we had collected a Those involved in the SCRAM Programme included: Josh comprehensive set of resources on each of the texts. These See, Edward Hastings, Terence Hatten, Michael Mendel, subsequently were read, edited and distributed in booklet Daniel Clayton, Dominic Dwyer-Hutchinson, Paul Sullivan, form to each student. John-Paul Mockler, John McCormack, Joshua Rathmell, Toby What impressed me was how worthwhile the students Messina (all Year XI) and Mr Steve Zolezzi (College said that they found the experience to be and how Counsellor) as Coach. diligently they worked. Many expressed their intention to return again to research other projects in other school Drama Students’ Research Day at the subjects. I went home satisfied that another group had University of Sydney learned to fish and could continue on their own to gain sustenance. ive a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him how to fish and you feed him for life. It’s an old Mr Robert Schneider (SAC 1958) Gbut wise adage and one, which has always guided Drama Department 37 Senior School

Opening School Assembly good in people. On leaving school I travelled first to New Zealand where I worked in ski fields, fishing boats and farms. he opening school assembly in the Great Hall set a It was then onto Mexico, Canada and America where I wonderful atmosphere and tone for the beginning of worked on oil rigs and worked with delinquent kids – part of the year. After starting with a prayer we heard from T the reason I ended up teaching. the Director of Curriculum, Mr Neville Williams. He spoke about the fine HSC results obtained by the students from the The idea of cycling across Australia stuck with me. So Year of 2002 and then challenged all students to set their while in London I bought a bike. (I had never ridden more goals on reaching for excellence. than 20k before in my life). I rode a bit around England, Sweden and Norway and then flew back with the bike to The guest speaker of the Assembly was Mr Mike Key, fulfil the goal by riding from Perth to Sydney. I had set a goal Science teacher of the College, who took last Term off on and felt a tremendous sense of achievement in accomplishing Long Service Leave to complete a cycling trip from Broome that goal. to Sydney. An extract of his speech follows: So at the end of Term III last year the next instalment “Father Headmaster, Staff and Students. I feel honoured began. It was off to Broome to extend and partly repeat the to address you today. Life is a journey. A journey to be journey. Some people asked why? And I guess it was because enjoyed and savoured. I have been asked today to share some I wanted to do it. Dreams and goals you need to hang onto of my journey with you. and make them happen. Part of this journey started when I was 14 or 15 and a On 10 October I left Broome in Western Australia and friend from down the beach had just travelled with his set off into the furnace of the Kimberley and Pilbra regions. parents by car across to Perth. Along the Nullabor he had It was not smooth sailing. The first roadhouse Sandfire Flats seen some cyclists. was 323kms away. The temperature was 45oC + and a hot So we hatched a plan to cycle across Australia someday. headwind blew across the Roebuck Plains at times limiting Well the friend moved and I lost touch but the goal of cycling speed to little more than walking pace. The water I carried across Australia remained. was hot and felt like it burnt the back of your throat. At the When I left school 25 years ago I did not have a real good end of the day I had drunk 8 litres of water but was quite impression of people nor the future of the world. We seemed dehydrated, I had covered 140km for the day. I cooked a meal to be poisoning the planet and I tended to not look for the but could not eat it. I felt so terrible. I was questioning my sanity and laid down on the ground sheet feeling quite miserable. I looked up to see the most magnificent sky and made a decision that I would not ride through the heat of the day but ride of a night. At 4am I set off heading for the next rest stop 80km away and almost out of water. When I arrived a couple offered me water, people offered me rides. It is this kind generosity of people that make you see the goodness in people. Problems continued on the journey – I broke spokes, I got punctures but as tough as it got the generosity and kindness of people always shone through. There were some beautiful experiences – like being on the road at midnight riding with a full moon lighting up the landscape. The magnificent sunrises and you have already travelled 100km and the glorious sunsets, and beautiful countryside. The amazing lightning storm on the Nullabor followed by the torrential rainstorm that flooded the tent. These areas of the Nullabor got about half of its annual rainfall in about 3 hours and a substantial amount of it ended up in my tent! Other highlights were the Nullabor cliffs – 80m drop to the ocean and as school of about 25 dolphins, which frolicked there for about 20 minutes. The Great Ocean Road with its strange and unusual bays and rock formation. The wildlife on the journey was amazing – thousands of kangaroos unfortunately many on the roadside dead. I raced an emu for about a kilometre – how fast does an emu go? I was doing 28kmph and only just keeping up with it. Home at last! Mr Key at his Sydney home after his ride from Dingoes, Echidna, feral cats, lizards and too many snakes for Broome WA to Sydney. my liking.

38 We are educated in the brain, as required, taking part in lessons, classes, homework, and are assessed in this matter at the end of our schooling, in the HSC. As a part of this schooling, we are educated in the arts, with music, drama and visual arts expanding our minds, and our expressions, educating our senses. Sport and PDHPE takes good care of our physical development, which helps us to understand the way our body functions and how to look after it. We are educated in the art of speaking, with the art of speech, and a large and successful debating unit. And, people who know what they are on about, namely the Jesuit fathers, educate us spiritually. Mr Key at the head of the Great Australian Bight in South Australia. That is as far as schools generally go so far as education is concerned, but St Aloysius’ takes it one step further, In many respects the people you encounter make the educating us in the way of service and being ‘Men for Others’. journey and this aspect of my journey has not changed in 20 years. There was a couple in a bus who would pull along side As a part of our compulsory curriculum in Year 11, it is you as you were riding along and hand out a muesli bar. required that we complete a minimum of thirty hours of Another couple who I encountered three times who would community service. No other experience has opened my eyes, pull up to see you were okay for water and have a chat. and my heart so much as being a servant of people. I also learnt a lot from the volunteers I worked with. They taught There were inspirational people like Phil – in his 30’s, me that service to others is an important part of being who had a stroke 10 years ago and was paralysed down one human, and is an integral part of humanity. side of his body, who rather than sit at home and feel sorry for himself, was cycling around Australia. Shue, a Japanese While it is important to be an intelligent, well-rounded cyclist with cerebral palsy, which made it difficult for him to young man, it is imperative to be an intelligent, well-rounded ride straight. All out having a go. young man capable of loving, and helping fellow human The British cyclist who had ridden through India, Nepal beings, if we are going to be complete men when we leave this and Tibet and from Darwin to Port Augusta, about hall at the end of year twelve. 29,000km, when I met him. He tells stories of running Many of you may recall the red headed rascal, Ben Frost border crossing at 3am in sub zero temperatures. (SAC 2001), who left in 2001. By the time he had finished In travelling from Broome to Sydney I cycled 8,300km his schooling, he was addicted to community service, and had but as with most tasks when you break it down into completed close to one hundred hours of community service, manageable pieces 100-150km and before long you have with no intention of stopping. He was seen among other covered 1,000km, 4,000km and then all too soon you are back schools as a figurehead for community involvement, as a in Sydney. model student for others to be compared to, indeed, he is a fine Aloysian. St Aloysius’ Old Boy and Australian of the I enjoyed the trip tremendously and figured that if you see Year in 2000, Sir Gustav Nossal AC CBE (SAC 1947) is an old bloke cycling round Australia in another 20 years and another name that comes to mind of those who have gone on possibly 20 years after that you will know who it is. to serve the community after school. He is well known May you enjoy your journey through school and your life throughout the world for his work in the field of medicine, journey. namely in antibody research, and also in the fight for Aboriginal reconciliation. He is another marvellous example ollowing Mr Key was the School Captain, Thomas of what our school is all about. Borger, who also gave a very inspiring speech. I feel These are just two examples of many, who have left these FThomas truly captures the reason why you would want hallowed halls, and gone on to serve the community. The to send your son to St Aloysius’ College: book “Men For Others”, launched late last year, is a publication “St Aloysius College is the finest school in Australia, and containing details of all those Aloysians who paid the has been since its inception one hundred and twenty four ultimate sacrifice for their country in times of war. So there years ago, one hundred of which have been on this site in are many, many people who have been associated with this Milson’s Point. Jesuit philosophies along with steadfast staff school and become ‘Men for Others’. members have proven to be a successful formula in preparing Last year Miss Bryant, inaugurated the Social Justice young men for life. Committee. This group made their presence felt with lunch For nine years now I have been a part of this school, and time forums in the Wyalla Lecture Theatre during which I have experienced the workings of this successful formula. prominent members of the community came and spoke on From a very early age, I have been taught the value of being issues such as asylum seekers, the poor and homeless, and the an Aloysian. Being Aloysians, we have been educated in all government. On Thursday nights, a group of them would facets of life, sculpting and shaping us into complete human venture out into King’s Cross to serve and converse with the beings. homeless men and women who spend the night at St Canice’s

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Hostel. It is amazing what can be learned from these people respect for themselves and others, there is no other school who society pigeonholes as homeless, helpless and worthless. quite like ours in the nation. I assure you they are men and women, like you and me. They But may we remember that this school has two major fac- have thoughts, desires and needs, and if we are to be the next tors that influence it other than the students. They are the generation of society’s movers and shakers, then we should parents and the staff. The contribution that these people give pay attention to these minorities, who are in dire need of our to this school community is so great that without these two respect, help and affectionate love. bodies, this school would not function. There would be no At World Youth Day last July, Greg Egan (Year 12), athletics, no education, no spirit, no Aloysius’. They are a Chris Yee (Year 12), and myself were lucky enough to attend major factor in why this school is where it is today. The exam- the final Mass, celebrated by the Holy father, Pope John Paul ple in service that they show provides us with great leads to II, at an old aerodrome, attended by eight-hundred- follow and great examples of how to act. thousand-people who braved gale force winds and a lot of And to our Headmaster, Fr Smith, he has been serving rain. During the Pope’s sermon, he said many things, but the school for an epic eighteen years, which is longer than all there was one thing that stays in my mind. He said: but a handful of all the people sitting in front of me have been “The future is in your hearts and in your hands, God is alive. He will be leaving us at the end of this term and I am entrusting you the task, at first difficult and uplifting, of working sure that when he leaves he will be missed. His “good on ya’s” with him in building a civilization of love.In your quest for will remain forever etched in the minds of all who have been justice, in the promotion for peace, in your commitment to in contact with him over these past eighteen years. Fr Smith, brotherhood and solidarity, let NO-ONE surpass you!” thank you. I heard that, and I thought: ‘St Aloysius’ is pretty much As I look out across this hall, I see young men bursting there JPII!’ with energy, full of talent and potential. And while we are already the finest school in the nation, we will never be the The spirit that every school in Sydney wants to have, the best unless our talents and potentials are fully realised. We community atmosphere that schools nation wide yearn for, will never be complete humans unless we attempt all facets of the calibre of students that we produce, and will continue to life. Get involved in athletics, music, arts, debating, lan- produce, something that a lot of schools can only dream of, guages, swimming, the social justice group, amnesty, not just we have. We have found what it takes, what ingredients to to have a go but also to contribute to the activity, and to gain add, and the right mix of everything to produce complete and something from it. compassionate human beings who are willing to venture out and show the world how it should be done. May we be better humans, reaching out to those in need, and may we show love and respect to all people we come This school is renowned throughout Australia for our across, just like our patron, St Aloysius’. educational prowess, our musical talents, our hard working sporting teams, our sound spiritual and religious To all the new staff, new boys and the Year VII’s, wel- programmes, our view, our family atmosphere, and last but no come. I hope, and I am sure, your time at St Aloysius’ will be where near least, we are known for our boisterous Blue and as enjoyable as mine has been. Gold army that belts out loud, noisy and energetic cheers that This year let us get involved in school life, and let us can be heard echoing through the valleys surrounding our realise our goals. This is the finest school in Australia; I rate home ground, “The College Oval” in Willoughby. none higher, But let us never forget that we are ‘Born for In last years HSC, we had incredibly impressive results Greater Things”. with one hundred and seventeen names on the distinguished I would just like to finish by reading the prayer to St achievers list for 2002! For a class of less than one hundred Aloysius’, please listen to the words and the meaning they and twenty students, this is a truly remarkable achievement. hold. At CAS swimming and athletics also, the roar of the Win for me St Aloysius’, by your prayers, Aloys army, as one of their own takes to the blocks is Grace from God that my youthful years, something that just has to be experienced to be understood. Like yours be dedicated to His greater glory I will always remember James Nakkan (SAC 2000) finishing In whatever manner of life or occupation 1st in the opens relay at CAS athletics in 2000, and the roar He calls me to. from the crowd at the realisation that St Aloysius’ had Help me, as you did, to renounce everything reached the dizzying heights of second place, ahead of the Which comes between God, and myself much fancied Knox, and Trinity outfits. It was just Above all, my own self will. incredible. And by your example, Inspire me to live, Competing at CAS athletics since Year 7, I can happily Not selfishly for myself alone, say that St Aloysius’ is what no other school is, it is a family. But in care and service The appreciation and praise that you receive from the crowd, Of all whom it is in my power to help. your peers and your teachers, when you represent your school at any level, is like no other support you will ever experience St. Aloysius’ …Pray for Us! outside of your family, it is marvellous. St Aloysius’ is a com- Thomas Borger Year 12 munity in which all students get along and all have a common School Captain

40 Honour the past … Invest in the future.

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PDHPE Day n Friday 21 February, Year X participated in a series of workshops held by a variety of Ocommunity groups which included the following: Lisa Edmonds Paralympic Wheelchair Presenter (Silver Medalist), Mental Awareness (MIEA), Trent driving School, combat aerobics and Yoga. The day was a most informative and enjoyable day and from the many positive responses from the staff, presenters and boys I think we have fulfilled our aim of exposing the boys to the many positive PDHPE learning experiences available from our local communities. All of Year 10 is to be congratulated for their behavior throughout the day. Angus Ryan (Year 10) experimenting with a Yoga position Current statistics other work related conditions developed as a result of The relevance of days such as our PDHPE day become working in safe or inadequate conditions. increasingly pertinent as current research states that currently in Australia: Thanks again to all those involved in the year ten PDHPE day, I look forward to a fantastic year with a Suicide amongst adolescent males increases each year renewed enthusiasm from the boys leading up to by 1%, with 3 males deaths to every 1 female death, opportunity of each boy selecting the course for the due mainly to higher accident and suicide rates. Over Preliminary Year (Year 11) in 2004. the period 1979-1998, the suicide rate rose by 40%, with the male rate around 4 times higher than the Mr Simon Board, Mr Sinclair Watson and female rate. Mr Patrick Cameron (SAC 1987) PDHPE Department The increase in drug use is also on the increase in Australia with the death rate from drug dependence in 1998 almost five times higher than the 1979 rate, with one in five males and 1 in 10 females aged 18-24 years found to have ‘substance use disorders’ (harmful use or dependence). One in five individuals will suffer from some form of mental illness in their lives. Rates of depressive disorders are 3 times higher for young females than males. 25% of 14-19 year olds and 39% of those aged 20-24 years were regular or occasional smokers. Death rates for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples were found to be 2.8 times higher for males and 2 times higher for females. These statistics represent some of the many key 2002 Under 13 Fencing team came 3rd in the State. Left to right; Grant Elliot, Morgan Ferrier, David Donato, community indicators which through our current Year 10 James Zwar, Coach - Jeff Gray PDHPE course we are able to introduce discussion, debate and then continue to consolidate opinion, knowledge and experience toward further study of the Year 11 and 12, 2 unit HSC course. The PDHPE course plays an integral role in highlighting and investigating many societal strengths and weaknesses, which are influenced by social, political, cultural, economic and physical factors. A practical example of this can be seen through the following: Women from migrant families tend to have low paid jobs, limited opportunities to learn English and inadequate working conditions. These factors may lead to poor health among many members of the entire group: for example, chronic RSI, back disorders and

42 Gifted and Talented Students at Self nominations - made easier when specific programmes are advertised and open to the whole school - well-hidden St Aloysius’ College talents can be discovered this way. ince my appointment at St Aloysius’ College, I have been pleasantly surprised to see the incredible range Standardised tests Sof fabulous co-curricular activities on offer to meet IQ tests - including tests which are designed to minimise the needs of all students, including the gifted student culture or language bias, eg Ravens. population. Common General Characteristics of a Gifted Child; However, it is vital for teachers to be able to identify Is a fast learner gifted students in their classroom, especially if they are to provide them with appropriate opportunities to extend Learns with little or no instruction or help and enrich their learning experiences. Understands the meaning of adult conversation The Learning Support Team is aware that there are Began talking earlier than usual many gifted students who have not yet been identified. Knows a lot of words and uses them correctly in Identification is vital so that ways to support their learning sentences needs in the mixed-ability classroom can be investigated. Is interested in reading So what does the term “gifted” actually mean and how can we identify gifted students? Can sit through hearing a long book and likes to hear it again Gifted children Has a good memory When we use the label “gifted” we mean people of well- above average intelligence. Just as there are people of well- Picks up songs quickly and repeats them accurately below average intelligence whose thoughts and feelings are after a few hearings very different from that of the general population, so too Will attempt tasks which he knows in his mind how to there are people of well-above average intelligence whose do but which he cannot yet do physically thoughts and feelings are also very different - more Puts puzzles together easily complex and of greater depth. Shows a long attention span for stories or conversation Giftedness is a different way of ‘being’ and this difference affects a gifted person throughout their entire Discusses ideas in detail life. Children who are different from the norm and who Has a sense of humour therefore experience many things in life differently need help in understanding why. Therefore, it is important to Has a vivid imagination discuss intellectual and emotional differences with the Shows interest in complex issues gifted child. Is interested in problems beyond his age or experience Helping a gifted child to understand their giftedness level focuses less on the label and more on the accompanying behaviours eg quick learning ability; sensitivity to others’ Is very observant problems will not make the child “big headed”. On the Is impatient or easily bored with routine tasks contrary, it will prevent the child from equating better learner with better person. Prefers older playmates Enjoys speaking with adults How does St Aloysius’ College identify children as being I would advise all current parents to contact me at the “gifted”? College if you believe your son is gifted, as the earlier that Behavioural checklists - there are many lists of we are able to identify his talents, the sooner we can characteristics that students gifted in one or more areas implement programmes that will assist him. may exhibit. Parent nominations - via parent questionnaire as to the Miss Linda Maher child’s characteristics, interests and home achievements at Head of Learning Support time of enrolment, and an openness throughout the student’s time at the school for the parent to raise concerns and highlight any discrepancies between home and school performance. Peer nominations - with questions such as “who would you turn to with such and such a problem?”.

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The welcome page of the College Intranet Site.

Computers @ St Aloysius’ College Fibre Optic Cables attaching workstations to servers, t Aloysius’ College acknowledges that computers are CD servers providing networked resources, an essential element in education and work. To Intranet access, provide users with a comfortable and efficient S E-mail for all staff, computer experience we have redesigned and improved our network infrastructure. The 21st Century was a Wireless activity in designated areas, rebirth for Information Technology (IT) and many An Administration Database to maintain information changes have been made. on students and the community. Computers are now available at all three campuses and The IT Department’s most recent project is the are networked via cable or wireless systems with live College Intranet. The Intranet site is designed to provide connections to the Internet continuously. The internal resources online to the College Community and workstations are networked providing students the ability prepare the students for university. An intranet site is a to access information or print from any computer at all Web site that looks and acts just like any other Web site, three campuses. but the security surrounding an intranet fends off The Main features of Information Technology at St unauthorised access. It is password protected and only Aloysius’ College include; available to the College Community and not the general 6 dedicated computer labs supporting all Microsoft public. Remote access will enable students the ability to platforms, view homework online, submit homework online, view information on Co-curricular activities and other school 2 MB SHDSL link to the Internet, related matters. Library computers at both Junior and Middle schools, In addition individuals have remote access to their Multimedia Lab, network Home Directory that is used for personal storage. The St Aloysius’ College intranet can be accessed via a Science labs networked, link on the home page of the St Aloysius’ College website Microwave Link connecting Junior and Middle (www.staloysius.nsw.edu.au). campuses enabling the Junior School to access the Mr George Angel Internet and other resources, IT Manager

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hen I discovered I was awarded a Grumitt late February. I have met some great people and had a Scholarship at St Aloysius’ College, I was fantastic time so far. Wexcited to say the least, at the prospect of I am looking forward to experiencing the Senior traveling round the world to take part in such an School in Term II and hope to see more of this beautiful experience for six months. Despite the fact that I had country during the break. spent 10 years at St Aloysius’ College, Glasgow, I thought When I return to England in July, I will be going to that surely life at our Aloysian brother school in Sydney Bristol University to study a 3-year course in Geography. would be completely different. However I was to be I am sure I will enjoy the rest of my stay in Australia. proved wrong as from the outset it became apparent that a Everyone has made me feel so welcome, I really feel at friendly atmosphere and welcoming nature of both staff home at St Aloysius’. and pupils were common bonds that these Aloysian schools share. I would especially like to thank Rev Fr John Grumitt SJ for the opportunity of being a Grumitt Scholar and to In term one I have been assigned to the Senior School. Rev Fr Smith SJ and Mr Lobo for making my time at the My main task is to act as an aide in French classes – a job College so enjoyable. I find interesting and enjoyable. Moreover I tend to cover some classes for absent teachers, which is quite a Mr Ryan McGill challenge. Indeed, trying to control a class of thirty 2003 Grumitt Scholar boisterous boys is tough in itself but add a Scottish accent into the equation and it becomes even more interesting! It has amazed me how inquisitive the boys are with regards to all things Scottish. Furthermore I lost count after the The social event of the year first few days of the number of times I described the taste is fast approaching! of haggis and detailed implicitly how I was not friends with ‘Groundskeeper Willy’ from the Simpsons. When I am not answering Scottish questions I also THE WINTER help out with Year 7 Tennis and the Chess team. One of the highlights of my time so far was the Music Camp at SOLSTICE BALL Collaroy where Choral practice and touch rugby went hand in hand. I enjoy the variety of jobs I perform as this 21 June 2003, 7pm week I am helping out with the set design for the drama In late 2002, a group of ex-Riverview and Loreto production, Arsenic and Old Lace. students grouped together to work on a major When I return home I am going to Edinburgh fundraiser for the Jesuit Refugee Service ( JRS). As University to study French and Politics but I am sure I will a result, the inspiration of a Winter Solstice Ball was have an eventful few months ahead of me before that if the first half of the Term has been anything to go by. born. Derived from the ancient theme of ‘light emerging from darkness - truth emerging from Mr Michael Brown 2003 Grumitt Scholar ignorance’, solstice is a fitting theme to the Black Tie fundraiser. Grumitt Scholarship The night promises to be one of great entertainment and is an excellent opportunity for ustralia, what an awesome place and what an opportunity I have been offered through the young people to band together to raise awareness AGrumitt Scholarship Programme. For eight years and funds for a worthy cause. I studied at Stonyhurst College in the heart of Lancashire, For further information, please contact England now a co-educational Jesuit school. In Rhetoric Amelia Babos on 0438 697 252. and Poetry (the equivalent of Years 11 and 12) I studied Geography, Economics and Biology. At Stonyhurst I was involved with the 1st XV rugby, the 1st XI Soccer and I was also a Senior Under Officer in the Cadet Unit. Since arriving at the College in January I have been attached to the Junior School. My duties include assisting the teachers with their programmes and three mornings a week I have groups of the Year 3’s for reading which is a great experience. I was also lucky enough to be involved in the College Music Camp, which was held at Collaroy in

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I am delighted to report that nearly all our boys have had a smooth transition into St. Aloysius’ and all the feedback I’ve had from parents has been most positive and encouraging. Within the first three weeks we’ve had successful ‘opening’ events such as Information Night for new parents, Commencement Mass and Cocktail Party, Parent Teacher Information nights, summer sport trials and a most enjoyable Swimming Carnival with participation by most students in the Junior School. I would like to thank the staff for their super effort in making it possible for this school community to make such a fine start to what promises to be a rewarding and productive year. Mr Martin Lobo Head of Junior School Mr Van der Meer with some of his Year 6 class. Rev Fr Schneider SJ Celebrates he beginning of the school year is always a busy and a Double exciting time and 2003 hasn’t been an exception. As TI write this I am reflecting on the first month of the Term – the joys, the anticipation, the jitters, the novelties from the point of view of staff, students and parents. It’s been a very special time for the students and their families who are new to the College. The Junior school is full and a bit in that we have 333 students having welcomed 130 new students into our school family along with two new members of staff in Miss Claire Shepherd (Music) and Mr. Paul Van der Meer (Year 6 Teacher). We also welcomed Miss Linda Maher as Head of Learning Support a new position within the College (Years 3 – 12) with responsibility for catering to the varied learning needs of all our boys. We are eagerly awaiting the completion of the office set up for the new “Learning Centre” that will house the “Learning Support” team within the Junior School. The Junior School welcomed our Grumitt Scholar for 2003, Mr Ryan McGill from our brother Jesuit School, Stonyhurst in England. Ryan joins our GAP student, Iain Rev Fr Geoff Schneider SJ Gray, from the Dolour Academy in Scotland. Both Ryan or Rev Fr Schneider SJ who avoids the limelight like and Iain have proved to be a tremendous asset to the Junior the plague, the last three months have been School with their enthusiasm and great work ethic. They excruciatingly painful in that he has found it next to assist the staff in miscellaneous ways in and out of Class and F impossible to keep out of being the centre of attention. The our boys have two very impressive role models in them. College Family, his Jesuit brothers and his family in Melbourne came together on many occasions to celebrate two major milestones in his life. Firstly on December 23, 2002 he turned 90. This was followed by his 70th Anniversary celebration as a member of the Society of Jesus in January 2003. Fr Schneider has been described as a ‘living legend’, an ‘icon’ and a ‘Mr Constant’, and those of us who have had close association with him, especially the Junior School staff appreciate his enormous contribution to this College over the years. He has taught literally generations of Aloysians. In the early 1960’s and throughout the 1970’s Fr Schneider was associated with this College firstly as its Sportsmaster and then as Head of the Junior School. In the early 1980’s he worked at the Catholic Education Office in Leichhardt Miss Claire Shepherd with some students in the Music Room. as an advisor for Religious Education in the Archdiocese of

46 Sydney. Fr Schneider is a staunch supporter of the Junior introduced a new science program, called Primary School and it is not surprising to find that at St Aloysius’ we Investigations, which was developed by the Australian have not only a Classroom dedicated to his name but also an Academy of Science to meet a pressing need in primary inter-house football competition and gala day held annually education. Sir Gustav Nossal AC CBE (SAC 1947), an Old called the Fr Schneider Cup in recognition of his loyal Boy of St Aloysius’, has penned the foreword to the text. support of the Junior School sport. Another Jesuit School This programme has given the boys a more hands on with which he is closely associated is Xavier College, approach. The goal of Primary Investigations is to sustain a Melbourne. As well as being an Old Boy of the school, Fr student’s natural curiosity by encouraging them to explore Schneider was a member of staff at both of its Junior School their surroundings and improve their explanations of the campuses, Burke Hall and Kostka Hall in the 1950s and world. It involves co-operative learning as the boys work in early 1960s including a stint as the Headmaster of groups of three with a manager, a speaker and a director, all Burke Hall. with specific responsibilities for the outcome. The Year 3 to I have known Fr Schneider for the last 23 years. He is Year 6 programme involves investigation into balance and an amazing individual. He is a man of few words but decisions, energy and investigation, systems and analysis someone who lets his actions speak for themselves. Strong and patterns and predictions with sub-strands of work ethic, loyalty and simplicity are his trademarks. As constructing and testing, problems and solutions, design Chaplain of the Junior School for the past 20 years, he has and efficiency and constraints and trade-offs to name a few. been a perfect role model for both staff and students alike. Teachers and pupils alike have given very positive feedback He is a man of deep faith and as someone who lives his life on the new programme. Miss Busuttil (Year 4.2) organised to be full by always endeavouring to do the right thing, he the very popular visits by the ‘Labs on Legs’ company that is admired greatly. We congratulate Fr Schneider on his provided a very entertaining and ‘hands on experience’ for 90th birthday and thank God for all the graces and blessings students in the area of investigation and process. He has showered on us during Fr Schneider’s 70 years of Our HSIE scope and sequence has been revised and faithful service to this College as a member of the Society includes a number of BOS units on current issues, of Jesus. government, democracy, cultural studies, identity and Mr Martin Lobo values, communities, colonisation, people and beliefs, places Head of the Junior School then, now and tomorrow, discovery of gold, state and national parks, good and services, needs and wants, and Junior School Curriculum Report global connections, highlighting social justice and intercultural understanding. s a result of evaluation and reflection of curriculum issues, the Junior School curriculum had undergone The challenging UNSW Maths, English and Science Asome changes in recent times. The outcomes based Competitions were once again undertaken in 2002. We also approach has now been embraced in all KLA’s, (Key entered 60 boys into the UNSW Writing Competition for Learning Areas) where teaching and learning, and assessing the first time with Chris Chan (Year 6) and Adam Pasfield and reporting focuses on student centred learning and (Year 7) receiving High Distinctions. The task was to write supports the belief that students learn in different ways, a review of a new children’s television show. Nine having diverse and preferred learning styles. To this end we Certificates of Distinction and 15 Certificates of Credit are now reporting all our KLA’s in outcomes. were also awarded to students at the College. Teachers are involved in continuous assessment, both Three hundred and thirteen boys took part in the Maths summative and formative. Assessment takes places in many Competition with Alex Donnelly (Year 6), Kieran Kishore forms, with exams and tests at various intervals. Anecdotal (Year 6) and Thomas White (Year 6) receiving High records, work samples, role plays, peer assessment, Distinctions, with a further 52 Certificates of Distinction discussion, speeches, observation, checklists, projects, rating and 82 of Credit. Three hundred and five boys sat the scales, journals and self-assessment, to name a few, are also English Competition with 31 Distinction and 91 Credits employed to evaluate progress and report on outcomes. awarded. Three hundred and twenty one boys took part in These forms of assessment allow for the diverse learning the Science Competition with Zach Parker (Year 4), Patrick styles of our students and are a welcome addition to pen and Carroll (Year 5), Simon Ojong (Year 5), Kieran Kishore paper testing and the content driven, knowledge acquisition (Year 6), Francis Gageler (Year 7) and Michael Brennan of past systems. Outcomes-based education is done in (Year 7) earning High Distinctions. There were 46 Stages: Stage Two outcomes are covered over two years in Distinction and 85 Credits also awarded. Grades 3 and 4 and Stage 3 Outcomes are addressed in In 2002 we entered two teams into Tournament of Years 5 and 6. This allows for individual’s rates of Minds. The team that undertook the maths engineering development in achieving the range of outcomes over a two- challenge consisted of Jack Oakley (Year 7), Tom Hall (Year year period and to move beyond if they are ready. 7), Michael Favoloro (Year 7), Sebastian Lush (Year 7), The Science KLA has been reviewed and we have made Joshua Hindmarsh (Year 7), Hugh Keane (Year 7) and some alterations to our scope and sequence format. We Thomas O’Donahoo (Year7). They had to design a very

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pleasing with 89% of our boys in Year 5 in the top two bands for Literacy and 87% in the top two bands for Numeracy. In Year 3 we had 70% of our students placed in the top two bands for Literacy and 89% in the top two bands for Numeracy. Of the 111 boys in Year 5 who sat the PWA we had 77% in the top two bands and in Year 3 75% of boys were placed in the top two bands. Whilst these are excellent results we will use the analysis provided to further inform our teaching practice and setting of goals for the current academic year. In 2002 we introduced a Portfolio system for each student in the Junior School. This being the initial year we experimented with various criteria and evaluated these and have decided upon set criteria for its use in the Junior School. The portfolio system has a variety of uses, not the tortuous machine that sorted ping-pong and tennis balls least of which is to showcase samples of work which into certain categories accompanied by music and drama. demonstrate evidence of progress or outcomes achieved; as This team went on to being runners-up in their category. well as opportunities to assist with parent-teacher Our second team entered the social science challenge and interviews; as an evaluation tool containing contents that had to dispose of nuclear waste from the frozen north and are specified and scored (exams, projects, tests); an while they were also outstanding they competed in a much opportunity to reflect growth and development over time. larger pool. This team was made up of Adam Pasfield, Ted The portfolio is a blue display folder with the school crest in Talas, Tom Smith, Tom Riisfeldt, John Slaven, James gold and will serve as an indicator to students of their Argent and Taylor Dent (all Year 7). This was a very endeavours and progress. worthwhile and fun venture for both teams and their co- ordinators, Mr Scott Hardgrove and myself. . We acknowledged our academic prizewinners, first, second and third in aggregate at the 2002 Annual Prize During the 2002 academic year Mrs Johnson co- Giving. Congratulations to them all. A special mention ordinated the Maths Olympiad over a period of 20 weeks ought to be made of the Dux of each year – Robert in Terms II and III. Fifteen boys in Years 5 and 6 met on Darvall (Year 3), Simon Ojong (Year 4), Tom Riisfeldt Wednesday mornings before school to do practice (Year 5) and Adam Pasfield (Year 6), as well as those who questions and previous tests. Every four weeks there was a received recognition of achievement, application and test with all marks being tallied toward individual and team commendation. marks. Our top three performers, Adam Pasfield, Michael Favoloro and Kiernan Kishore were recognised at our end Each class teacher undertakes to program for a KLA of year assembly. Other participants in this very within their grade and four of those teachers support me by challenging Olympiad were Mark Bedson, Steven De taking on the overall responsibility for their KLA in the Souza, James Yee Joy, Tom Smith, Angus Dawson, Ben Junior School. (Science Miss Busuttil, Maths Mrs Johnson, Sweeney, Laurance Fan, Nathan Kuk, Marcus Hoon, HSIE Mr Hardgrove and English Mr Paul Van de Meer Matthew Youssef, Thomas Porcaro, Luke Vererka and who has replaced Mr Kevin Herbert in Year 6). These Edward McKenzie (all Year 7). A number of our talented teachers assist in scope and sequence planning for each mathematicians attended maths enrichment camps and curriculum area, organising excursions or incursions, workshops during the year. disseminating information and current developments in their particular curriculum area. During 2003 we will be Gifted and Talented Weekend Workshops were offered introducing the new Maths Syllabus K-10. We have been to boys in Years 3 to 6 at various times and venues involved in reviewing this syllabus and I look forward to its throughout the year. The workshops catered for a wide introduction as I feel it is a positive step forward on what range of interest with some diverse and challenging was already a very good syllabus. A syllabus has a life cycle activities. We participated in The Nestle Writing of between ten and fifteen years and the one in current use Competition, Oz-Spell and Poetry Competitions with was launched in 1989. Nicholas Plummer (Year 6), Oliver Bouris (Year 7) and Mark Sindone (Year 6) being recognised for their entries in In 2003 we continue to develop our curriculum, our the Nestle Competition. Angus Dawson (Year 7) was professional goals to pursue excellence in teaching and runner-up in the district Oz-Spell final and Partick Noonan learning: to propose Christ as a model of human life, and to (Year 7) received an award in the Dorothea Mackellar promote lifelong learning and spiritual growth in all our Poetry Competition. endeavours in the Junior School. Years 3 and 5 undertook the BST in Literacy and Mrs Caroline Byrne Numeracy and PWA tasks with results being sent to parents Head of Curriculum in October. The results of the BST and PWA were very Junior School

48 Junior School Sport particular) swimming a fantastic meet, our boys should be commended on their combined performance on the night. n what has been a very busy first term for both staff and teachers I would like to congratulate all CAS Swim trials boys for their involvement in the Junior School O Congratulations to all Michael de Gail (Year 5) and Chris sport programme. From all reports all boys are arriving at Sudarmana (Year 6) who were selected in the CAS the correct grounds and have wasted no time at all settling Swimming Team. Both boys swam remarkably well and into a new school and/or a new team. Boys are to be now progress to the next level of trials at the Sydney commended for the wearing of their uniforms with pride Aquatic Centre. Well done to the other boys who and for their enthusiasm in the various sports. competed for the College but were not successful in A suburb performance by all basketball teams since the progressing. start of Term I. Well done to the tennis teams showing unbelievable form at home. Some narrow losses to Knox in State Nipper Championships the cricket shows the work that needs to be done in the Congratulations to all boys who competed at the State lead up to the next summer season in Term IV. Thankyou Championships on 1 March. Both water and beach events to the parents who assisted in some capacity on the were contested resulting in several of our Junior School weekends and for those parents that have expressed boys receiving medals in their chosen discipline. interest in assisting in the future. Well done to all boys for such a fine start to the year in Rugby and Soccer Preparations the various sporting spheres with most of us now looking Preparations for the upcoming winter season are well forward to what the winter season holds. under way at the Junior School. Trials have already begun for the Prep 1sts, 2nds and 3rds in both Rugby and Soccer. Knox Invitational Swimming Carnival Trials for the remainder will take place in the last three The Junior School Swim Team competed at the Knox weeks of Term I. Since the beginning of term our new Grammar School Invitational Swimming Carnival very Year 3 class have been participating in ‘how to play’ successfully, gaining First Place. Well done to all boys in sessions in their sport time on Friday afternoon with Phil their individual races and relay teams respectively as we Thompson (1st XV Captain and SAC 2002) employed to won all of the age relays. introduce the boys to Rugby. Mr Nic Boys (Year 4.1 teacher) will be taking the Prep 1st Soccer side this year Riverview Invitational Swimming Carnival and I will be taking the Prep 1st Rugby side. Early in In this mid week carnival we fielded our largest squad yet, Term II both teams will go on tour, travelling to Canberra with over 55 boys competing at this carnival. Individual for our annual pre season trial games against Canberra performances by Paul Sindone (Year 4), Michael de Gail Grammar and Tudor House Bowral. Boys in all teams (Year 5), Chris Sudarmana (Year 6) and superb will also have the opportunity to attend fitness sessions 3 performances by our relay teams resulted in first place for mornings a week to ready them for the 10 week Rugby and St Aloysius’, only to move down to second place after a Soccer season. technical disqualification in the ‘Open Age’ relay. Well done to all boys on their efforts and performance at this Term Two Dates For Diary carnival. 3 May Barker Invitational Athletics Carnival Normal Winter team sport trials The Kings School Invitational Swimming Carnival 10 May Shore Invitational Athletics Carnival While we were not as successful in this carnival as the Normal Winter team sport trials others in the swim season a special mention must be made 12 May JSHAA Athletics Carnival Homebush to the boys that competed at this carnival. Out of the eight 15 & 16 May St Aloysius College Junior School invited schools, including girls schools, we had the Canberra Rugby and Soccer Tour smallest team due to swimmers being sick on the night, 17 May The Kings School Cross Country and others attending the CIS Trials. This though did not Carnival hamper the efforts of the boys with several boys putting up 23 May St Aloysius College Rugby Launch their hand to fill in the races in the various age groups. College Oval Special mention to Paul Sindone (Year 4) who swam in two relays, and his own individual races (with a waterproof 24 May Round (1) of Winter Sport cast on his broken left arm) and to Alex Agius (Year 5) Well done to all boys for such a fine start to the year in who did the same (minus the cast!). Despite not being the various sporting spheres with all of us now looking their preferred stroke the boys did not think twice when forward to what the winter season holds. asked who wanted to fill in for the boys absent in butterfly, Mr Trevor Dunne breaststroke etc. With the girls schools (PLC in Junior School Sportsmaster

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Mr Herbert (SAC Staff 1975 - 2002) retires ate last year Mr Kevin Herbert, veteran of the Junior School, decided to retire. He has been Lrepository of the corporate knowledge of the College and an anchor point for many in the school particularly in the Junior School. In statistics alone Kevin’s record is impressive, 28 years in the one school, nearly 1,000 Aloysius College students and 2,000 parents. He outlasted 5 Junior School Headmasters and several Senior School Headmasters. Invariably when a teacher retires after a long time he is compared to the famous film and book “Goodbye Mr Chips”. A film from another era, which I can only faintly Mr Kevin Herbert in 1989 remember however, I do remember the affection that Mr Chips was held in, as is Kevin. In a society where teaching On staff Kevin was kind and considerate and always is much undervalued to come across one who has ready with one of his many sayings. Kevin has a prodigious dedicated his life to the profession with zest and memory for names and faces for example if you ask Kevin enthusiasm is great to witness and be a workmate of. a question like did you teach x? The answer will probably The famous German writer Goethe once said “A include the person’s name, his sisters’ names and his teacher who can arouse a feeling for one single good parents’ names and possibly their birthdays. He is sorely action, for one single good poem, accomplishes more than missed but at last report Kevin was following his passion he who fills our memory with rows and rows of natural for medieval history with his usual gusto. objects, classified with name and form.” This was the sort Mr Denis Doherty of teacher that Kevin was. He was able to see through any Junior School Staff student’s defensiveness to appreciate the core of that person’s goodness. His main effort then was to emphasise this positive about the particular student in his care. Kevin has given great service to the noble profession of teaching Parents of Past Students and he has carried it out with panache and aplomb. With Kevin not prowling the corridors in the Junior n Sunday, December 8 2002, we had a very School anymore, we will not hear the some of the familiar Ospecial Mass in the Chapel at 6pm followed by sayings that often ricochet around the school. Such a Cocktail Party on the 4th Floor, to farewell Fr AV sayings as: “Excuse mEE!” “His knibs” and the oft said “A Smith SJ and to have our Christmas POPS scholar and gentleman” and many others. Celebration. The Mass was different, thanks to the Wahroonga Priory Choir and Richard Perignan who Kevin was fascinated with history and readily passed conducted and played the new organ for us. that enthusiasm. On one historic occasion his class performed the entire history of Italy from Romulus to We presented Fr AV Smith SJ with a collage of Mussolini for a Junior School assembly. It went so long photographs taken during his 16 years of the that many speculated they would have to sleep overnight. Association which he instigated in 1989. He has We were thankful that he decided not to include the 55 been with us at every POPS function. We will miss Governments in Italy from the end of World War II! him, but look forward to continuing our relationship Despite this the students appeared to like what they were with the new regime and wish him well in his next doing. Kevin communicated his enthusiasm. appointment. It was the biggest crowd so far with just over 100 people present. Thanks to all those In the 28 years of teaching there has been a lot of who came along and made it such a good night. change in the profession and like all of us Kevin had to struggle with this change. He seemed to get to stage where For information regarding POPS, call me any he kept what worked for him and his students and time after 6pm on 4975 4376. Our next Mass will be embraced what he thought he could accept. In this on Sunday, June 15th at midday followed by a manner he steered his course through many changes in sausage sizzle on the 4th Floor. Invitations will go curriculum, attitudes and so on. On one particular item he out closer to the time. has achieved in the space of few years a spectacular Pat Kennedy transformation from “technophobe” to credible skills on POPS Co-ordinator the computer. He now handles emails like a veteran; he has his own computer and Internet connection.

50 SAC Father’s Choir sometime composer. He performs regularly with a popular small jazz group at many of Sydney’s top hotels and night-spots n the last edition of the ‘Aloysiad’ we showcased the and has traveled the world, including the Mediterranean and St Aloysius’ Fathers Choir, also known as “SAC the Choir”! Caribbean, as an entertainer on P&O cruise ships. He has also IWhat we did not report at the time was the close affiliation of played organ and piano on a regular basis at a number of the Choir’s Musical Director, Paul Haire, with the beginnings of the Sydney churches and is also no slouch with the guitar! College. Paul’s marriage to Annie in June 2002, has only slightly Paul Haire is the great grandson of Arthur Barlow (SAC curtailed his performance schedule and, thankfully, he still 1883) who was Dux of St Aloysius’ College in 1883. The finds time to put the SAC Fathers’ Choir (“SAC The Choir”) Barlows, of course, have a long and distinguished association through its paces. Perhaps Annie has a soft spot for the Choir, with the College since Arthur first entered the portal of St because it performed at their wedding! Kilda House, Woolloomooloo, in 1879. His final year, 1883, coincided with the move of SAC to the Bourke Street, Surrey “SAC The Choir” owes any success it has achieved to the Hills, site. endless patience and professionalism of Paul Haire. This extends to his exceptional work in creating amazing harmonies. We are indeed fortunate to have as our musical director a person of such sensitivity, talent and generosity of spirit, with the added bonus of a unique affiliation with and affection for the College! With thanks to Basil (SAC 1943) and Helen Storey (nee Barlow), Paul’s uncle and aunt. Mr Bill Clarke Member of SAC The Choir

College Triathalon ongratulations to all those brave boys who challenged the course (and the rain!) at the 2003 College CTriathlon on Sunday 16 March at Balmoral Beach. Members of SAC The Choir at rehearsal. Paul Haire is standing The Junior School winners were: third from the right Team Event: Gold Medal: Tim Kirkby (Year 6) Arthur’s sons, Frank, Geoff and Len (Paul’s maternal Paul Sindone (Year 4) grandfather) attended St Aloysius’ in the early part of the 20th Mark Sindone (Year 6) Century at around the time the College finally settled at Silver Medal: Tom Conroy (Year 6) Milson’s Point. Tim Geldens (Year 6) Paul Haire is the third of six children of Ron and Anne Tim Rowland (Year 6) Haire (nee Barlow). The Haires have a large property at Wee Individual Winners: Waa, NSW which is still operated by Paul’s brothers. Because Gold Timo Blundell (Year 5) of severe sight impairment Paul was sent to Sydney to St Silver John Stapleton (Year 6) Edmund’s School for the Visually Impaired at Wahroonga, when he was 11 years old. He boarded at the school and The Junior School students have really embraced this continued to do so until he was eventually accepted to attend fabulous event over the past few years and no less than 40 boys St Leo’s College under a newly introduced integration participated in 2003. programme. A big thank you to all those long suffering parents who had their eager young tri-athletes at Balmoral at 6.00am ready to After completing his HSC Paul was accepted by the NSW take on the world. Many of these parents participated in their Conservatorium of Music to undertake a music degree, which own categories (Mr Blundell, Mr Kirkby and Mrs Geldens he completed with distinction. He subsequently applied to do taking home medals for their efforts). a Degree in Musicology and initially found it difficult to gain entry, due possibly to his sight impairment. Paul would not Every boy who completed his section of the event was take “no” for an answer and persisted with his attempts to be indeed a “Champion”! admitted to the course. Eventually, he succeeded and not only There can be no doubt that the negatives of early morning completed the course successfully, but received the drama were far outweighed by the positives of greater self- Conservatorium Medal for his troubles. esteem and team spirit. Since graduating with distinction Paul has taught piano Well-done Aloysians one and all. Congratulations also to and music theory to many hundreds of young students. Indeed, Mr Laurie Newton and his team who, once again, organised he continues to teach an intellectually disabled young man, the triathlon. having begun doing so when he was just a small boy. Greg Marinan Paul is also a very accomplished performing musician and Junior School

51 From the Archives

1903: St. Aloysius’ College – third site at Milson’s Point Early 1900s: Milson’s Point ferry wharf, clock tower and arcade leading to tram terminus. Photo courtesy of G.L. Johnson. St Aloysius’ College Celebrates numbers would rise and ensure the long-term viability One Hundred Years at Milson’s Point of the College. 1903 - 2003 In January 1903, a property near the wharf at fter twenty years at its second site in Bourke Milson’s Point was rented from Dr James Cox, Street, Darlinghurst, the College was once physician and academic. Bounded by Upper Pitt Street, Amore facing a crisis. The future of the College Jeffrey Street and Campbell Street (now known as seemed uncertain due to constantly fluctuating student Kirribilli Avenue) and adjacent to the Jesuit church, St. numbers, due in part to the district being perceived as Mary’s ‘Star of the Sea’, the new location had many unsuitable by some families. At a time when other advantages for the Jesuit community. When the Sydneysiders were still preoccupied with the effects of College doors opened in February 1903, there were the 1890’s depression, the Boer War and the changes in thirty-seven boys present. All but three were loyal society as a result of Federation, the Jesuit Fathers were Bourke Street students forming a link with the earlier discussing the pros and cons of closing down the life of the College. Reverend Father Thomas Fay SJ was College or moving again to a more suitable site. The appointed as Rector, the only Old Aloysian to hold that decision was finally made to relocate the College to the position in the history of St Aloysius’ College. After lower North Shore, a developing area well served by three years, the College purchased the residence from trams, trains and ferries. It was hoped that student Dr Cox for four thousand seven hundred and fifty

1903: View of Circular Quay photographed from the College verandah. Note the tram depot on the present Opera House site.

52 wondered? A few phone calls and letters later, I received the great news that Bill Hickey’s models are safely stored in the Powerhouse Museum – somewhat fragile, but still in existence. This photograph originally appeared in the 1924 Aloysian. The models pictured were painstakingly made by Bill Hickey and his friend Jim Connolly and Rev Fr Thomas Fay SJ, Rector, third from right, front row, with the first group of students at received commendation Milson’s Point. in the 1925 Sydney Society of Model and pounds. A week after opening twenty-three more boys Experimental Engineers’ exhibition held at the Sydney had been enrolled, validating the decision to move to Town Hall. The Curator of Air Transport at the Milson’s Point. Powerhouse Museum assures me that these are the same models now held in their collection. Postscript to ‘Men For Others’… Mrs Gerri Nicholas he legendary ‘Murphy’ and his law has prevailed College Archivist since the launch of Men for Others: St Aloysius’ TCollege Roll of Honour, Boer War to Vietnam War. Several family members of those Old Aloysians who lost their lives in the various conflicts, have contacted me about new information, including letters written from the front and family photographs. One amazing letter came from Peter Hickey, son of Squadron-Leader Bill Hickey, a WWII DFC winner, telling me that about forty years ago he remembered seeing models of aircraft made by his father as a schoolboy on display at the now defunct Museum of Technology in Ultimo. What happened to them I The Models made by Bill Hickey and Jim Connolly in 1924 ✁ ORDER FORM: Men for Others: St Aloysius’ College Roll of Honour, Boer War to Vietnam War I would like to order ...... copies of Men for Others at $35 per copy (including postage and handling).

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Old Boys News company specialises in corporate and private wine events, wine appreciation courses, wine list development for the Bruce Bland was awarded a Knighthood of the hospitality industry and tours to leading wine regions. Rhys is French Legion of Honour in 1997, by the 1959 a former lawyer with a post-graduate degree in Agricultural French President, Jacques Chirac, for services to French Business from Roseworthy College a part of the University of Industry. In 2002 Bruce self published a book of Adelaide, majoring in Wine Marketing. Rhys is also a philosophical one-liners called “Why is it So?” Since retiring member of the Australian Society of Wine Education. Rhys from full time work, Bruce has become a volunteer teaching writes actively about wine in a number of publications business skills to remote Aboriginal and Torres Straight including Australian Good Taste magazine. He has also Islanders communities. He also manages to find time to travelled extensively in the wine regions of Australia, New travel annually with his wife and sons, Philippe and Sebastian Zealand, France, Spain, USA, Canada and Chile and is (both at Sydney Uni), to Europe. fluent in Spanish and French. Professor Bruce Brew is the Director of Murray Happ and his wife Catherine had their second child 1972Neurology and Neurosciences, and Chief on 4 January 2003. Edward Murray John weighed 8 lb 10oz Investigator at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney recently and was 54 cm long. Edward is the brother of Annabelle aged announced a breakthrough in stem cell research that may result two and a half. in many of the symptoms of multiple sclerosis and brain Justin Healey owns and manages The Spinney diseases such as meningitis and encephalitis being eliminated. Press, an educational publisher specialising in “The results are preliminary but convincing,” he said. The 1987 books on social issues. Justin and his partner Georgina have a study has been going for two years so far with adult stem cells two-year-old son, Finn. from both mice and humans being tested on mice. The process so far has shown that primitive stem cells are capable of Matthew Draheim and his wife Lisa, have just developing into any type of cell. The next step will be to see 1988had their first child, Thomas Matthew. Thomas whether the newly formed brain cells were functional and was born on 10 November 2002 in Melbourne where capable of producing myelin. They are still several years off Matthew works as a Sales and Marketing Manager for Nice application to humans, but it is believed that the technique will Pak Products. Thomas is to be Baptised by Rev Fr Michael be more beneficial to new sufferers of brain diseases, as the Ryan SJ in the Xavier College Chapel. older the disease or damage the weaker the signals in the brain, Will Berryman is working in the Media Division at SBS and therefore the new cells can’t develop to their full potential or be recently bumped into classmate Pierre Huetter at Parliament as successful. Professor Brew said “The fact that we are able to House in Canberra. Pierre is the Secretary of the Trade Sub- use adult stem cells in this way is extremely important in the committee of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign development of effective therapies.” Affairs, Defence and Trade and works from Parliament Gary Higgins and his wife Rhonda own The Daly River House. Mango Farm Tourist Park in the Northern Territory. After Greg McCreanor is a professional singer and leaving school, Gary worked as a computer programmer for 1989has performed throughout Europe and the State Bank of NSW, then Rothmans before joining the Australia as a classical soloist. While developing his musical Commonwealth Government and working at the Royal Mint career, Greg also obtained a Business Degree from UTS and and the War Memorial. In 1986 the family moved to Darwin has worked in the IT industry. He has been singing for a 2-year contract. Seventeen years later they are still living professionally for the past seven years and on a full time basis in the Territory! After working for the Northern Territory for the past two. Greg and his wife, Sandra, have a 4 year-old Public Service for 12 years, including two years as son, Jack. Commissioner for Consumer Affairs (a long way from computing!) Gary and Rhonda purchased the Daly River Stephen Reilly is following in the footsteps of Mango Farm Tourist Park in 1998. The Tourist Park is 1990his brother Matthew (SAC 1992) by releasing located on the old site of the Jesuit Mission called Uniya. his first novel, Ninety East Ridge. Gary has made contact with the Jesuits to enlist their support Christian Griffiths and his wife Karen had their in getting some Government grants to preserve what is left of 1992third child Andrew on 5 December 2002. the Mission ruins. The Park is a tourist resort and working Andrew is a brother to Georgina (3) and Oscar (2). Paul is a mango farm. Gary also does weather reporting for the Bureau Senior Constable with the Queensland Police Force and is and is often quoted on Landline (ABC TV). Gary assures us stationed at Cloncurry near Mount Isa. that any Old Boy travelling to the Territory will be assured of a great time if they pop in to see him. The Resort has some Andrew O’Loughlin is the Head of Physical of the best barramundi fishing in the country! 1996Education at Chase Academy in Cannock, England. Andrew has lived in the UK for the last two years Reno Aprile and his wife Ranee had their and reports he just loves those Pounds Sterling! 1983second child, Marcus, on 20 December 2002. Ken Hall married Zara Campbell at St Mary’s North Sydney Marcus is a younger brother to Reno. on 23 November 2002. Ken’s Groomsmen were his brother, Rhys Connery has established The Vine Press, Michael Hall (SAC 1992), and Damian Reid 1985Sydney’s leading wine consultancy. The (SAC 1997).

54 James Donohoe and Brian Molloy (SAC 2001) Class of 1983 - 20-Year Reunion have been accepted for Officer Training at the 1997 he 20 Year Reunion for the Class of 1983 will be held on Royal Military College, Duntroon. They commenced their Saturday 2 August 2003 in the function room of the studies in January 2003. T Willoughby Hotel, Penshurst Street, Willoughby. The CAS Theodore Lynch SAC 1997. Graduated with honours in rugby match against Cranbrook School at The College Oval Veterinary Science from Sydney University in December will be the warm-up to the night (the Oval is a comfortable 2002. Theodore is now practicing in Hamilton in south-west walking distance to the reunion). Invitations will be sent to Victoria. current College addresses. Please contact Lewis Macken if Don Maclurcan has been named Young Citizen you have any updated addresses for any Old Boys. Phone: 1999of the Year by Mosman Council. The award 0401991712, Email: [email protected] recognises Don’s involvement in the local community together with his fundraising run from Perth to Sydney last War with Iraq year for the Fred Hollows Foundation. he College is aware that a number of Old Boys are serving Twith the Australian Defence Forces in the war with Iraq. Due to security restrictions we are unable to name these men. Class of 1973 - 30 Year Reunion We can advise readers that Geoff Thompson (SAC 1986), an ichael Morgan and his committee are planning this ABC Television reporter, is currently attached to the United important reunion for early September. If you have States 1st Marine Expeditionary Force on the outskirts of Mchanged your contact details since the last get- Basra in Southern Iraq. We ask you to remember Geoff and together, please email Michael at MichaelMorgan @ntp.com.au. the other Old Boys and pray for their safe return home. Details of Date, Venue and cost will be sent out at the end of May. Advance Notice A Reunion for all Old Boys living in Tasmania and Victoria will be held Class of 1977 - 25 Year Reunion in Melbourne later this year. A date and venue is yet to be finalised at the time of going to print, but it is likely to be held at either Xavier ll members of the Class of 1977 are advised that the 25 College or Newman College (University of Melbourne) in October or AYear Reunion will be held at the Old Boys’ 2003 Annual November. Dinner. A number of tables have been set aside for the Class For further details, please contact Murray Happ, of 1977 members. For further details please call Vin Goldrick Director of Development at the College on 02 9929 4692. ✁ (SAC 1977) on (02) 9267 7311 w.

Aloysius’ in Brisbane Name: ...... Address: ...... he Old Boys Union and the College are pleased to advise that a Reunion for all Old Boys living in ...... Postcode: ...... TQueensland and Northern NSW will be held in Tel: ...... H ...... W Brisbane on Friday 1 August 2003 at the Brisbane Club, I commenced at SAC in Year/Grade: …………... in 19.…...... 241 Adelaide Street, Brisbane commencing at 7.00 pm. It and left in Year/Grade …...... …...... in 19/20 ……....…...... is hoped thatAMDG either the new Rector of the College, Rev Fr Ross Jones SJ or the new Principal, Rev Fr Chris I completed/would have completed the Leaving Cert. /HSC in: ...... Middleton SJ, may be able to attend the Reunion (this E-Mail: ...... will be confirmed when they commence duties in ❏ Enclosed is a cheque early April). (made payable to the SAC Foundation) for $……………. The cost of the event is $75 per head including drinks. On Saturday 2 August the Wallabies play the South ❏ Please charge my ❏ Amex ❏ Bankcard ❏ Diners African Springboks at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. Old ❏ MasterCard ❏ Visa the sum of $ …….…….. Boys living outside Brisbane may like to make a weekend out of the trip and attend the dinner on Friday night and the Test on Saturday night. Rugby tickets can be purchased through Ticketek in 131 931. Expiry: ...... Name of Card:...... Invitations will be sent to all Old Boys living in Queensland and Northern NSW in May. If you are aware Signature: ...... of an Old Boy living in this region who may not receive Please return the completed form to: an invitation please contact the College so we can arrange Murray Happ, Director of Development, St Aloysius’ College, for one to be sent. Alternatively please complete the 47 Upper Pitt Street, Milson’s Point NSW 2061 or attached form and return it to the College. fax 02 9929 6414 or [email protected]

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Obituaries Peter was married twice, first to Eveline (pictured with Peter above) and Diana (deceased) and leaves four sons, he College is saddened to hear of the passing of the Warwick (SAC 1968), Mark (SAC 1973), Paul and Peter. following Old Boys and Staff member of the College. T Peter died of the progressive effects of dementia from which We ask you to remember them and their families in your he suffered for the last 5 years of his life. prayers; He will be missed by his family and by the many who Peter Bergin OAM (SAC 1944) knew him and loved him. Peter Bergin (SAC 1944) Warwick Bergin (SAC 1968) was a larger than life [email protected] character, a raconteur extraordinaire, a king of Rev Fr Anthony Walsh SJ radio when radio was King, a pioneering TV presenter, a Those who knew him were sometime actor, a public certain he would outlive us relations consultant, a all. But Reverend Father tireless charity worker, a Anthony Walsh SJ, has father of four sons, a joker, a proved us wrong, one last friend to everyone and time, by dying. Peter and Eveline Bergin everyone’s friend. He was a quintessential Peter was a local lad, born in Jesuit who taught generations Sydney to Josephine and Edmund Bergin. He grew up in of young men at St Mosman with his two siblings Eddy (deceased) and younger Aloysius’ College, then St sister Betty. Like his father, Peter went to school at St Ignatius’ College, Riverview, Rev Fr Anthony Walsh SJ Aloysius College where he became something of a ham to think freely and question actor performing in school plays and Gilbert and Sullivan often. He did so without a operas. An ominous sign! skerrick of righteousness. He was renowned for his piercing wit and revered for the brevity of his morning Mass. He enrolled in the Marconi radio school, which led to a long 38-year career in radio and television. He was an on- He had been pondering his death for decades. The air personality for 2GB, 2UE, 2SM, 2UW, 2KY, 2CH and friendly inquiry “How are you, Father?” was often answered a newsreel commentator for Cinesound-Movietone. Peter with the blunt response: “I’m dying.” Yet although he was was a DJ, newsreader, compare, variety show host, rarely seen without a Benson & Hedges Special Filter in scriptwriter, producer and director. For Peter, the highlight mouth, and often with a gin and tonic in hand, few took his of his career was in the late ‘50s working with the late, self- diagnoses seriously. After a recent visit to hospital for great and peerless radioman, Jack Davey. At the height of a sore throat, his doctor asked him if he would mind his radio fame his fans affectionately knew Peter as disrobing for examination. “How far down does the throat “the Voice”. go?” he retorted. Once he had a microphone in his hand and often to the Anthony Walsh studied law at the University of chagrin of his family, there was no way of getting it away Western Australia and joined the Society of Jesus in 1954, from him. He was a storyteller, a joker and a performer. He aged 26, after a short stint at the Perth Bar. His enigmatic loved working a crowd whether it be on radio and television and private character meant that little was revealed about or in a shopping mall or private function. his family. His father was a lawyer in Perth and he is survived by three siblings: John, who studied medicine; his For four decades Peter worked for charity. If he was twin, Frank; and Gretchen, affectionately known as asked he was there. For this unrelenting commitment, he “Biddy”. was awarded the Order of Australia Medal in 1997. It was an award that gave him immense pride. The charities for Walsh arrived in Sydney in 1959 to begin what would be which he worked included: Spastic Centre, Heart a lifelong devotion to teaching; his first class was in Foundation, Food for Babies, Cancer Research (Knights of economics, at St Aloysius’ College. He studied theology at Charity), Little Sisters of the Poor, Margaret Reid Canisius College, Pymble, in the mid-’60s and spent his Orthopaedic Hospital, Manly District Hospital, Australian final year of Jesuit training at St Beuno’s, in Flintshire, Brain Foundation, Torch Bearers for Legacy, Quadriplegic Wales. He was ordained in 1965. Paraplegic Association, Boy’s Town, Spina Bifida After returning to Perth, where he taught at St Louis Association NSW, NADOW, Royal Institution for Deaf School for a few years in the late ‘60s, he settled at St and Blind Children, Women of the Year, Country Women Aloysius’. He was Deputy Headmaster of the College in of the Year, Variety Club, Rotary Clubs, Lions Club, NSW 1976 and 1977. He moved to St Ignatius’ College, Ambulance Service, Police Federation Youth Clubs, Police Riverview, in 1980, where he taught modern history and Chapel/Wall of Remembrance Fund. English - but could have taught anything.

56 His classes were always entertaining - even the larrikins however, that I share a story from our school days that sat transfixed, fascinated by his tales. He was immensely provides an insight into the calibre of our fellow Aloysian. well read and had eclectic taste: copies of The Spectator, the Early one morning in 1989 (we were in Year 10) I trials of Cicero, the novels of P.D. James, various editions of received a call from Josh. Josh was very keen to know when Fowler, Brewster’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable and Butler’s I was leaving for school that day. I queried him on the Lives of the Saints adorned the shelves of his office urgency and he explained that he needed protection from He craved informed, well-reasoned debate and had little the Year 11’s. Josh had an acid tongue and quick wit – it respect for blind agreement. Historical inaccuracies were seemed that both had finally caught up with him. certainly not tolerated. He was a man of substance - of Josh and I met out the front of my house at 8.45 (at the concrete propositions. His intellectual discipline ensured time I was living in Jeffery Street, Kirribilli). Josh lamented that he always retained the trust of his confidants. that the wrath of Year 11 was finally coming upon him for He was a lifelong student of the classics. He encouraged the years of verbal abuse and insolence. A Year 11 had his students to question anomalies, engage in critical finally had enough of his constant taunts of “pass it hog” analysis and to attack problems from another perspective. during lunchtime basketball that he was going to teach him He told them to strive for greatness in a world where a lesson. Further word had quickly spread of his imminent mediocrity too often reigns. demise and several other Year 11’s also thought that my best Walsh revelled in argument and would brush aside even mate was truly deserved of a beating. the most vitriolic discourse with an incisive pearl of wisdom, Somehow Josh managed to elude his predators on the usually delivered in verse. Yet his eyes would glow when his way to school through sheer luck and a burst of pace that premise was queried: he was the most attentive listener. But would have left Matt Shirvington red faced – and then always the master of subtlety, he would never aim to morning tea arrived! As some of you might remember the convert, only to convince. lower quadrangle corner was where the Year 10s gathered, An office philosopher, Walsh would often ask: “How do while the Year 11s looked down on us from Level 2. Josh you know when you are old?”. The question begged for a had already been marked by some of the Year 11 scouts. recondite reply, but usually - like so many of his Then what seemed to be the whole of Year 11 started down propositions - rendered his visitor silent, pondering the the stairs (a sight that truly amazed me). I told Josh to stay impossible. close and if things got out of hand he was to swing like “You are old when regrets take the place of dreams,” he crazy. A few of the other bigger boys of our Year also did not would say. Walsh stopped dreaming about the possibilities take too kindly to the infringement of Year 10 turf. in this life some years ago. Moments before what appeared likely to be the first ever “all in” between Years the bell went - we all had a bit of a laugh Walsh devoted his life to God and the service of others. and Josh sighed with relief. In so doing, he was able to open the doors of perception for countless young men, and inspire them to devour the world Unfortunately for Josh though the peace was short lived. at their feet. As we walked towards the science labs on the ground floor a couple of Year 11s nabbed him and barrelled him up in the He had no children of his own, of course, but it is fitting corridor. They came from everywhere - about 20 of them. I that so many called him Father. was the only Year 10 in the vicinity. Then suddenly it was Reprinted courtesy of the Sydney Morning Herald, on! The first few blows had Josh up against the wall but Josh 25 February 2003 stuck his head down and started swinging like crazy - down goes one Year 11, then another. Luckily Mr Wally ‘Wild Josh Iliffe (SAC 1991) Bull’ Collins saw the frenzy and literally threw several Year 11’s in the air to get to Josh. It is an honour to be asked to write about Josh Iliffe – Wally was livid at what had just occurred and wanted my best mate since school. I the instigators persecuted. Wally got another teacher to was fortunate to see Josh watch us and found Father Smith SJ. Father Smith arrived alive for the last time in the and systematically removed anyone who was not a monitor Sari Club in Bali just excluding yours truly. For the four scapegoats and myself moments prior to the things were looking glim. But when Father asked Josh what explosion. As always, Josh happened he quipped “ it is my birthday and the boys simply was smiling and having the got a bit excited. What Father is the problem?”. Father time of his life. There are so soon resigned himself to the fact that without a victim there many experiences you share was no case and we were all free to leave. with your best mate in your This story highlights how Josh, in any circumstance, would display the characteristics of a person with whom Josh Iliffe life that choosing one is difficult - especially when it people wish to be associated. Josh had it coming but took it is to be printed in the Aloysiad. I thought it appropriate, on the chin, literally, and blamed no one for his

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predicament. He instantly earned the respect of not just of was recently honoured in Gerri Nicholas’ ‘Men for Others’, me but the Year 11’s. having died when a hospital ship Centaur was sunk in 1943. In the ensuing 15 years I had the honour of knowing a Godfrey started at St Aloysius’ in 1944. At that time his man who would stick up for his mates, display courage, family lived in Dee Why. Godfrey was a good student, honour, bravery and loyalty, love his family and friends - particularly in History and Business Principles, the former basically be the type of person that people wanted to be. an enduring interest and the latter the basis of his career in When Josh was killed we all lost an Aloysian anyone of us the insurance and finance sector. would have been proud to be associated with. Sport was of no interest to Godfrey, although he did like He was the beloved son of Peter and Yvonne, brother of bushwalking and indulged this interest with several Trent and Nicky, brother in law to Phil and Uncle to classmates. Writing was also an interest and each long walk Matterson and Dan. I struggle with all of those close to him was followed by a written account, sometimes in poetic to come to terms with the fact that I will no longer be able to form. depend on him in the physical world, but I truly believe that I He had a good sense of fun, performed in a play for the will see him again and that he does look down on all of us - 1947 Speech Night; he was a keen debater and an my Aloysius upbringing has given me that. I am also fortunate interesting conversationalist. that had I not been involved with this incredible person the Godfrey gained his Leaving certificate in 1948 and last 15 years of my life would have been a lot less “lived”. immediately joined Colonial Mutual Life, of which firm he I would like to pass on my thanks to the 1,000 plus remained a loyal employee until his retirement in 1991, people who attended his Memorial Service in the College having reached the position of Mortgage Manager for NSW. Chapel. To see so many Aloysians filled Josh’s family and He married Jennifer Reynolds in 1961 and went to live myself with a lot of love, support and pride. A special thanks at West Pymble. He is survived by Jennifer, four daughters, to Father Anthony Smith SJ who provided Josh with the six grandchildren and his brother Laurie. ultimate send off. Father is the consummate professional and a great Headmaster, he will be sorely missed at St Aloysius’. Godfrey was a loyal friend and kept close ties with a band of classmates. He was a keen Old Boy of the College Patrick Byrne (SAC 1991) from the day he left to the most recent meeting of the I left the Sari Club in Bali approximately one minute before the Gonzaga Society and the Launch of ‘Men for Others’. bomb exploded. I am often asked what it was like, which invokes Godfrey’s interests outside his family included the NSW images of hell, pain, suffering, fire and death. I did my best to Military Historical Society, the Royal United Services assist those injured or dying at the scene. Institute of NSW and the Model Soldier Society, of which Trying to work out the best way to deal with the situation he was Music Director. has been the most difficult thing in my life. My emotions have Godfrey’s chosen parish was West Killara and it was ranged from helplessness, anger, revenge, frustration, depression from there his family and friends, including a number of and sorrow.Most of all I dwell on why? Old Aloysians, farewelled him at a Requiem Mass on 18 I cannot come to terms with why anybody would March, one day short of his 74th birthday. intentionally do what they did to innocent people they did not Vale old friend Godfrey and God rest. know, especially to Josh and my five other Coogee Dolphin David Hamilton (SAC 1948) mates. Nevertheless, I will not be deterred from creating some positives out of our enormous loss. It is the least that I can do for six great Aussie blokes and the other 81 Australian victims. Richard Hall (SAC 1953) I am hoping to raise enough money to build a gym (where ichard Victor most of the boys spent their time) for all non-profit organizations Hall (SAC 1953), and sporting associations in the local community to utilise. It is who has died my way to ensure my mates names and that of our club (Coogee R after a long illness, Dolphins) lives on forever. It is also the only positive way I can ended his days as he show the perpetrators responsible that they have not weakened us lived them, with very as Australians - they have simply made us stronger. little cash in his pocket I am asking as a fellow Aloysian for people to please take the or the bank, but with a time to look through the web site I have helped build wide and eclectic mass www.coogeedolphins.com.au, pay a tribute, make a donation of friends who admired and hopefully assist our club and the victim’s families to heal. his political acuity, his Richard Hall historical knowledge Godfrey John Bailey Hindmarsh (SAC 1948) and his engagement in Australia’s national conversation. odfrey Bailey-Hindmarsh was a second generation Throughout his adult life, he was an exemplar of old Aloysian. His father Laurence attending 1899 – republican virtue, which put selfless service of the res G1903 and his uncle Bernard 1915 – 1916. Bernard publica at the top of one’s goals in life. He often applied the 58 Shakespearean accolade, “He has done the state some Clem Lloyd in Background Briefings, a collection of John service”, to a person he admired. Now it can be said of him. Curtin’s wartime off-the-record briefings of journalists. In Abandoned by his father, who disappeared into New 1994 he won the inaugural James Joyce Foundation Zealand, he was brought up by his mother, Phyllis. All his Fellowship, which included a residency at Trinity College, life Dick liked the phrase, “it put fruit on the sideboard”, to Dublin. denote work that brought a little luxury. It pointed to a His books were about policemen, criminals and spies, straitened boyhood. In those years he formed the lifelong written with dash and insider knowledge. He got on well habit of reading; you rarely saw him without a book. with knockabout coppers, who trusted him with their From school at St Aloysius’ College he went into radio secrets. His penetration of the spy world ambience journalism and then worked for newspapers and The accounted for the success of two espionage thrillers, Bulletin. Enrolled in arts at the University of Sydney, he Costello and Noumea. It is a regret that he did not persist became a leader in the Newman Society groups and found with this genre. But there were always calls to write other there a comradeship that was lifelong. There, too, he books on other topics. absorbed a philosophy that would colour his whole life. Put Dick had contributed a chapter on Aboriginal history to simply, it taught that a job’s value did not lie in how much Frank Stevens’s pioneering Racism in Australia and had you were paid - work should be vocation, a service to the never lost his interest in the field. When “black armband community. history” became fashionable as a pejorative term, he pulled together a lifetime’s research and wrote swiftly Black In 1968 he was appointed Secretary to Gough Whitlam. Armband Days. More than a collection of essays on related The story of those heady years of Whitlam’s march to power themes, it is a powerful meditation on racial, sexual and await their telling in Dick’s forthcoming biography social prejudice. He followed this with an investigation of Whitlam. For the Secretary, it proved to be a five-year the Windschuttle thesis, which appeared in Peter Craven’s postgraduate seminar, expanding his mind and sharpening Best Australian Essays 2001. his political expertise. Government won, Dick moved sideways, to Aboriginal Affairs and then to Secondary The year before, Craven had selected for inclusion in Industry, where he was adviser to the congenial Jim Best Essays 2000, Dick’s introduction to his Sydney: An McClelland, a friend for life. Oxford Anthology, perhaps his most lasting book. In it he displayed the wide reading, capacious memory and He was a founding member of the Australia Council’s intellectual generosity, which his friends treasured. Literature Board, which held its first meeting in March 1973. It was a distinguished board, including Geoffrey It is the book of a lover of Sydney, someone who had Blainey, Elizabeth Riddell, Manning Clark, David Malouf, walked its lanes and streets, smelt its air, known its highs A.D. Hope, Geoffrey Dutton, Nancy Keesing and Richard and lows - someone as unique as himself. Dick believed Walsh. To be made a peer of such people was itself an that in writing about a person’s work, as in a book review, accolade. you should quote some of his words, to give the flavour. So let him have the last word here, from the Sydney anthology: When Neville Wran became Premier of NSW, in 1976, he appointed Dick to his Cultural Affairs advisory body. “A city is more than the sum of its setting, its landscapes, Here, his longest lasting achievement was the Premier’s its buildings. It lives in its people, their conflicts and Literary Awards, developed in concert with Donald Horne. contradictions, their crudeness and their subtleties, their Copied by other states, the NSW awards remain the richest achievements and their failures, their virtues and their vices. of such annual prizes. It lives in this past and present. The visitors come and go, but the authentic voices of the city, in the end, come from At the same time, Dick was appointed to the NSW its people.” State Library Council, the overseeing body of the state’s Rev Fr Edmund Campion public libraries. In 1980 he was elected president of the Reprinted courtesy of the Sydney Morning Herald, 25 March 2003 council, a position he held through annual election for four years. His closeness to the Premier ensured the building of a new general reference library for the State Library of New Eternal Rest grant to them O Lord, South Wales and the relocation of the Mitchell Library. may perpetual light shine upon them, may their Souls and all the Souls Meanwhile, he was getting on with his writing. Much of of the faithfully departed Old Boys of the College, Rest In Peace. it was evanescent - speeches for politicians, briefing papers, book reviews, magazine articles and the like. He ghosted St Aloysius, pray for us! books for Mick Young and Jack Hallam and, an early graduate of the NIDA playwrights’ course, he saw two of his plays produced. Twice he collaborated with friends on a book: with John Iremonger for The Makers and the Breakers, an examination of the 1975 constitutional crisis; and with

59 let your memories guide the future Remember the days that you spent studying at St Aloysius’ College that helped you develop throughout your life. The lasting friendships you made. Seeing the city develop and grow from the windows of the College. Being a part of a College sporting or co-curricular team. These memories remain not only with you but also for many others since and will do so for generations to come. St Aloysius’ College has been educating young men in Sydney since 1879. As the College approaches its 125th anniversary, we ask you to consider remembering the College when you prepare your will and leave a legacy that will benefit the generations of Aloysians to come. By doing so you will assist young men with an excellent academic education. Your gift will be allocated to whatever you specify. This may be in the form of a Bursary to support a needy student, the Building Fund to enhance the physical developments of the College or the Library Fund to provide more academic resources for the boys. If you would like further information on the College Bequest Programme, please contact any of the following;

Murray Happ (SAC 1985) on 9929 4692 Rev Fr R Jones SJ on 9922 1177

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