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Loreto Con\len t, December, 1913 . Marv 's Mount, BallaraL
HALLARAT :- /OHN FRASER, PRINTER, ALEERT ST.
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PAGE A Mother's Letter to Her Children 5 Editorial 7 A Mosaic of Jubilee Wishes 9 Chris Kevin (a Tale of 1839) 11 Patriotic Mosaic of Heroes aml Heroines 14 Make Sure of Prayer 16 Cootamundra 17 Along the Goldfields' Line 18 School Chronicle, Loretto Abbey , Mary's :\Iount (Part I.) 20 A Letter from Calcutta 22 Answer to the Letter from Calcutta 23 A Van Dyck Evening 24 A Welcome Home to His Lordship :\lost Rev. Dr. Shiel 25 Literary Evenings of 1913 28 A Geographical Expedition 31 School Chronicle 32 Foreign Notes and Correspondence 40 A Welcome t'J His Grace the Coadjutor .\rchbishop 43 School Diary 44 School Chronicle, Loretto .\ bbey, Mary's Mount (Part 11.) 45 Nlemories 47 Convents of the I.B.V.:\L in Australia 55 In Memoriam 56 Results of Public Examinations 57 List of .\dvertisers 61
OUR I LLUSTRA TIO NS
For our Illustrations we are indebted to the .kindness of the following Friends a nd Pupils, whom we thank most gratefully : 1. His Lordship Most Rev. Joseph Shiel, D.D . The Community, Loretto Abbey. 2. The Grotto of Lourdes. Maggie Hogan (Mrs. Murphy) 3. In the Recreation Grounds-Archery. Annie Hogan. 4. In the Recreation Ground-The States. May Riley. 5. On the Broad Walk. Kathleen Dixon. 6. St. Cecilia's Hall, Loretto Abbey. The Misses Thompson. 7. St. Cecilia's Hall (looking towards Stage and Orchestra. Mr. Fraser 8. Piano Back Screen (Art Work). Annie Hogan. 9. Groups in Gronnds. Community Loretto Convent, Dawson St. 10. Two Groups. Central Catholic Training College. The Community 11. Loretto Convent, Albert Park . The Comnmnity. 1.2. Loretto Convent, Hamilton, Victoria. The Community. 13. Three Views from Loretto Convent, Nonnanhurst, Sydney. The Community. 14. Four Views from L oretto Convent, Kirribilli Point, Sydney. The Community. 15. Our Indian Girls. Loretto H ouse, Calcuaa.
\\"e also thank :\Ir. :\!arks, who gives each year a valuable prize, for a handsorne Gold :\Ietlal, his gift for 1913.
II ~A Mo\her's Letter to Her Children,~
s.s. " :\Iooltan," near Aden, rst December, 191 3. My Dearest Children,- .~ o~d call s them to Himself, and they hear HE\', manv ,-ears ago, I promised \\ell done, good and faithful serrnnt ,1· ou a n -a1inual letter fo r the en t:"r in to the joy ot the Lord!" ' w"Euca lyptus Blossoms" so lon g 1 he \1· ord welcome reminds me dear as I \Y as able to write one, I thought I c!1 ildren_, of the welcome that I a1;d the should, long ere this, be where letters :\uns \nth me, missed bv not beina able are nei ther \Hit ten nor recei,·ed. Yet to reach Ballarat in time -to ce l e bra t~ with here I am writing to >· ou , of all places in you the Feast of Our Lady of Loretto the world, from the Red Sea near deso \Ve did our best to secure berths for o u~ la te-lookin g Aden- \\·here, because the ra ther large party; but, although we ap trees \\·ere cu t down and none planted in plied as early as July, ,,-e could not suc rneir place, the \Yant of rain is so felt ceed un til we at last got placed in the tha t ,,·ere it not fo r some ancient reser s ._ s . " \Iool ta n "-a splendid boat. It is a voirs, or tanks-still in good presen a t10n dr sappomtment to ha\·e to arri,·e so late -the inhabitants would be badly off for almost Christmas Eve when vou will all tresh water. These reservoirs ar-e called be a:vay for the h o lid~ ys. It-was a dis "Solomon's Pools," although what Solo app01ntment, too, not to be able to stay mon had to do with them is not quite for some time at our dear Convents en clear! One thing is certain: Aden is a route; but truly life is full of disappoint- warning to Australians to preserve their 21ents, as you will find when you a-row forest trees. This is my eighth visit to 1lder- and the right thing to do f;, to Aden, and e1·e rv time it has been a new neet them bravely, and to accustom your wonder to me ·h ow people could choose sel1·es from your earlv years not to a ive to li1 e in su\h a place for the sake of way to brooding o,-ef' "what might have getting a little more money, rather than ~een "-or to useless regrets that can 111 some of the beautiful countries of 111 no wise mend matters-but in the Europe, \\"ith less of this world's goods. spirit of Faith, and Hope, and Lo~e strive What a mount of mere money could repaY to ha\·e tha t child-like trust in God ' years of life spent there! - ' " That hears a Father's •·oice in all, T here is one thing in Aden, thouvh, Directing for the best." thaL merits our a dmiration; it is the heroism of those who, for God's dear and pray sake, sacrifi ce home and country, with " For the peace of a perfect trust, all their beautiful surroundings, in order T hat look s a\1·av from all to teach these poor children of the East That sees I-I.is Han.cl in every'thing, to know God and all that He has done for In great events and small. " their immortal souls-and to gi\·e them Your prayers, dea r children, and those the blessed hope of the beautiful home of so many good and holy people offered He has prepared for them in the fair fnr us tra\·ell ers, ha,-e been graciously land of Hea,·en, if they lead pure and heard, and our voyage has so far been holv lives in this world. wonderfully good. We have met with The only recompense these heroic men nothing but kindness on sea and land and and women look forward to is the g-lad if we could have accepted all the i~vita welcome they will receive when ou r Divine t1ons from Convents in the Old Land to EUCALYPTUS BLOSSOl\IS.
go a nd spend a little time in each the dren, esp~cia ll y if they are poor and very New Year would be far ad\·anced b~fo r e youTJg. God grants their petitions very we a rrived home. Here let me mention quickly, I believe. tbe kindness of E\·a and Bessie Gilchrist And now, dear children, a lthough I ~ J old .\fary's Mount pupils, now in London'. have already th a nked you for all your ---=-:< '•ax::--::--- They met us on our arri\·a! in June and prayers, cards, and spiritual bouquets, I KV! EDITORIAL. /\S:X as_ one of our I;:uns remarked- " did ~ ve ry~ wish to do so a gain, fo r your remem thmg for us -takmg us uo our kind brances of your old absent ..\Iother hostesses, the :\azareth Nu ns a nd look- touched my heart, and in my thanks I 111~ after busin ess matters for' us. They in clude not only my children in Victoria, HE "Blossoms" of 19q, m kindnesses. Mo ther Provincial insisted were to the fo re also wh en we \·isited but equally you, my children, in New stead of makin g its ap 0 1'. gi\·in g "a party " to her young enter London on our wav back to Australia South Wales, in West a nd South Aus pearance amid the " tintin tainers. O nl oo k ers - ~uns and Yisitors taking several of ·our party of yo ung tralia, in Queensland, Tasm ania , and New abula tion" of jubilee bell s, were delighted with the scene in the Con people to s_ee the s ights of London, and Zea land. I had hopes of being able to does so now, with an \·ent gardens , when the terrace slopes accompanyrng us from and to the boat. thank you in person on a rrivin g in Aus apobgy for its late a rrirnl. were co\·e red with tiers of bright-faced Julia Yo ung, Naomi Bell a nd Emil\' tralia ; that cannot be now for some time \lanv and \·anous are the children. The little ones on the last row, Freema n \\" ere also \\·i th us \\"hi le Lena as, before we meet, Christmas will h av~ reaslm s \Yhi ch could be a l seated on the soft green Irish g rass ma de Donnell y ( \Irs . Coghlan), he;self too ill to come a nd gone, and a new year will leged fo r tile delay, but we a p icture of happy, expecta nt childhood, come, sent her little son to see us and ha\·e begun. I sha ll in the meantime pray shall not occupy \·a]u able a nd t he_1· fully appreciated the da inties , ..\Ii ss Susan Garnn-Duffr e\·er faithful most earnestly tha t the Divine Babe of space with a li st of ex which were ma ny a nd \·arious. This open came from ice to ..\Iars.ei ll es to spend ~ Be thlehem may bless you all, your cuses. Instead, we reh · air banquet will remain in the minds of few hours with us . parents , Yc;> ur homes, all whom you love on the kindness of ou.r the _1· outhful g uests as a Yery pleasant S t . ..\Ii chael, on whose Feast \Y e beaan with hanpmess of the truest kind- that reade rs , \Y ho know well that for so a uspi memo r_1 · of the Jubilee. our long journey last .\fay, has taken He, the Source of our j oy, may enter your cious a n occasion as Mother P rovin cial' s On the 24th, our kind Bishop honoured good care of us. You know he is a hea rts anJ dwell there, bringin g with Hirn Diamond Jub il ee, we should not ,,·illingly the da_1 · here by coming to say Mass in friend of our dear La d\"s Institute. Just ti1at peace and content which. all passing have been fo und wa nting. our Church , a nd, as the diary mentions, before lea\·in g Irela nd,·I ha d a letter tha t Joys of tnis world can ne\·er give . As to the actual Jubilee Day, a subse paid a grand tribute to her whom we ga\·e me much pleasure, telling me tha t quent a rticle chronicles where it was 1·enerate as our \.Iother. Her return to a number of poor little children in one I am, as eyer, though a little weary of snent b_1· the Jubilarian, while our school the ..\!Jother House, Lore tto Abbey , Ra th of our Irish Com·en ts would sa v 200 Hail the watery highway, diary notes its quiet celebration here. farnham, was greeted by a second cele Mar) s e\·ery day until they l;eard that Your affectionate old .\1other in }...\1.J., Was it not what th e French stvle " a little bration of the Jubilee, one item being, as we were safely landed in Austra li a . l attention "-a courteous act ~n the nart might be expected, a concert of high have g reat faith in the prayers of chi!- MARY J . GONZAGA, I.B.V.M. of " our beni.!Sn God," to a rrange that· the musical excellence. Now you may ask memorable day should be passed by dear \Vhat has Aus trali a done? She ma\' be Mother Prm·in cial in Loretto Abbey, trusted to do her duty, a nd although Gorey, Ireland- the \·ery Com·ent where ..\fother ProYin cial's la te arrival prevented sixty _1 ·ea rs before she presented herself the ca rrying out of the festivities planned as a postulant ? Yet another act of in her honour, clerical and lay friends, graciousness was that Aug us t 24th was "ogether with past a nd pr·esent pupil s , one of the days of the annual Retreat, and ha\·e contributed towards a testimonial so ou r loYed Mother spent the a nni,·ersary which will help towa rds the carrying out according to her heart's desire- in undis of our :VIo ther's cherished desire- the turbed communion with the Hea completion of the buildin gs of :'lfary's venly Spouse for Whom she has so .\!fount. This testimonia l will be pre zealoush · laboured. The communih· sented at the close of the La di es' Retreat of Gore:y, however, were by no mean·s on January 9th, when many old friends disposed to allow such an occasion and pupils will be present. to pass unnoticed- a nd a t the close The music of Jubilee bells will be heard of the Retreat the eYent was right in our conYent home in the course oi 1914, royally a nd lovingly celebrated. Being when we shall celebrate the Silver Jubilee rncation time, the boarders and pupils of of the Episcopa te, together with the Gol the Day School were absent, therefore the den Jubilee of the Priesthood, of our kind only pupils who took part in the r·ejoicings Father and Bishop, His Lordship of Bal were the poor children of the National larat. Each year adds to our debt of School-childre n especially dear to the g ra titude to our generous benefact or. heart of our Mother Provincial. This was The visit to "The Grange," noted in the another of our Divine Lord's courteous chronicle, and the valuable prizes fot EUC ALYP TUS BLOSSQ ;\I S.
Chris tian Doctrine presented by His Lord pupil of Ra thfarn ham se nds an entertain ship, a re a mong the kindly proofs of in ing account of the Indian tribes of the t erest shown in the p upils of Ylary's :.\'lount territory now ~ all e d Argentina- these this past year. We reta in a g ra t eful re also, we \\' ithhuld fo r the present. membrance of ea ch fa,·our. In the ea rly part of the year our wri ters An event which ca used mu ch regret were shy of appearing in print---'then wa s the depa rture of our kind friend, se,·eral took co ura g e, and the result i;, Most Revereud Dr. Shiel, for hi s Diocese the " .\Iemories, ' which, we know, will of Roc kharnpton ; but \Y e know that ab touch a chord 111 mail\' a heart- fo r wh at s ence will not lessen his interest in .\lary's subj ect could be more in keeping wi th the .\fo unt- a ta ngible proof of his remem· spirit of our Ju bi lee number! They form bra nce is a la rge, beautifu lly tin ted photo one of the soecial features of this number g raph of His Lordship, sent by himself. of the " Blossoms," another lbein g the The g ift and the thoughtfu lness of the Foreign \ -otes a nd Co rrespondence open donor a re highly \ a lued and fu ll~ - appre ing up a n All-Red-or, rather, in con ciated . sideration of our time-honoured uniform As to our contributors . - Se\·eral in \\'e should sa ,._ a n All-Blue ro ute of in terestin g articles from foreign pa rts , fo r tercourse, by -an in terchange of ideas be which we a re most grateful, ca me too t ween the pup ils of the Insti tute the world la te for the "Blossoms ," a nd fo r ,-arious o\·er. The a ccoun t s of national heroes reasons we haYe put them a side , to use a nd heroines, writ ten by compatriots , are them on some more fi tting· occasion. In of special a dva ntage to Australi ans in the not es on the Vi enna Eucharistic Con that they g iY e a reality to the studies of g ress, so kindly sent from the Com·en t of His tory and Ge o graph~-. the Institute, St . P o.lten, Au stria , the Ou r Editorial began with J ubilee writer gives deta il s of the part ta ken by n ::i ti ces ; it ends with a Jubilee ' "'· ish. .\fay women in the g reat celebration. These our d ·:c a r .\1 0thn be spared to spend many notes will be of especial interest in an a Christma" in the Old Home, and may ensuing number of our maga zin e, when these years be marked by ble:: o:: ings and Australia will be making her plans for the graces-the selection of which we leave Eucharistic Congress to be held in the to the Immacul a te Oueen of :,.far\''s .\fount capital of the .\lfother S ta te. -tu Jw r, wh om the- poet a ddres-ses as A second contribution which will be " Suppli a nt Omnipotence !" Yaluable la ter, comes from T s in ~ta u, China , from a sister of His Lordshi n of To ea ch kind reader and contributor RocKn a mpton- a Nun on the Chinese ..ve extend the wi sh of- " A Bright and ..\!f ission. From Buenos Ayres, a form er Marr» '.'\e w Yea r!" ~losson1s..__ , . DEC E M BE l<, 1913.
A Mosaic of Jubilee \Vishes.
HAT is my jubilee wi sh for e:n.mple , these young Au s tralians may Re\·e rend :\! other?" In s ta nd fi rm to the principles Reverend \·aried tones thi s query .110 ther has so a rdently inculcated, that h a s b e e n echoed they may desen-e t o be g reeted hereafter through the schoolrooms, by the wa rm vvelcome of tha t :vi other, each one feelin g how whom the)· now g reet with jubilee heartily she wi shes our choruses. riear Ylother all g ood Lalla .'\apthine wants Re1·er·end Mother gifts, yet realisin g only to see some of the fruits of her untiring too well tha t her thoughts zeal without waiting for hea\·e n, a nd ac are " hardly to be cordingly hopes tha t she may li ve to see packed " in to the strait her present hopes and prospects carried ening bounds of a mosaic to a most successful issue. With a view frag ment_ In conse- to furtheri ng such prospects, :\iiarga ret quence , this year's " mosaics " truly de Doherty wi shes the blessin g of good sen ·e their title, so \·aried a re they in health to Re\·e rend :\Iother and all her fo rm and siz e. Some, believing that " the community, and prosperity fo r the whole nearest the lips the cl osest the heart," Institute of the Blessed Virgin Ylary . ha \·e tendered one warm wi sh, none the By the time our magazine is published less sincere for its brevity, while others the fir st part of :\!Jay Riley's wishes- that felt tha t all they could say would still be our :\fother ma y return from the " Isle of inadequa te to com·ey the breadth and Saints " w·ith renewed health and laden depth of their sentiments . with blessin gs- will, we trust, be ful- Honour to dignity, our worthy head, ftll ed, while her e xtended wis h fo r th e !viary Ba ker, fir st voices her 'Nish, tha t realisation of her e1·e n · desire, will , in the King of kings may on this memora ble some part a t least, be accomoli shed. occasion let fall a shower of diamonds, F rom Eileen Beirne there comes a com- the choicest g ifts of His hea\·enly trea prehensi\·e wi sh fo r health, wealth, hao· sury, as tokens of gra titude from all the piness a nd prosperity, in which she is ha ppy Au stralians wh ose pri\·ilege it has joined by Lill a Tietyens and Annie Hogan. been to ha\·e lived under the g ua rdianship Remembering , however, that Fa the r of our belm·ed Mother. She wishes fur Faber says, "For the most part, pros ther, th a t fo llowing the lode-sta r of such perity is anything but a token of God's :ro EUCALYPTUS BLOSSOMS. EGCALYPTUS BLOSSOMS. If love," we are glad to see that Sybil Done We feel that Una Ryan must have heard ley, together with Maisi·e Steele, }.!fay " Oh, scattered far o'er other lands, much of our Mother from our old girls, united heart of your de\·oted Australian Brave kindlv Irish Nuns and true, McMahon and Aubre Robertson, consider Eileen and Ethel, vvhen she says that her children. T hough they were unable to \\'ho s~ faith -has seen the outstretched hands Reverend Mother herself the best judge fond wish is that Reverend }.IJother may join personally with the children to whose Of children in these southern strands, of desirabilities, and accordingly send live at ~tiary's Mount, continuing her happy lot it fe ll to be fi.r_ st m tendering Old Ireland' s heart goes out to vou !" as their wish-" I wish you all you wish great work, so as to see the diamond their aood wishes to you 111 the \·ery con- You also know, dearest :VIother, that <> . yourself!" jubilee of the first foundation of the In ven t where sixty years ago you ga\·e your the young hearts of your little Australians Camille Tietyens wishes health and hap stitute of our Immaculate Mother in Aus life to God, you know, dear }.lfother, we went out to you then, as they do now,. in aladsome, loving wishes, for piness, and the wherewithal t o furnish tralia. were with them in spirit. 0 houses for promoting happiness, adding, Dreaming of " the excell ent years to Though th ey sang to you and yours:- A happy, happy Jubilee! "and many postulants, provided I am not be," for the fair land of the Southern among the number." An omin ous paren Cross, Rita Russell wishes all that could thesis, Camille! be desired for the ten Loretto houses al What a truly beautiful wish we hear ready established, while another patriotic from Marie Collins, voicing, we feel sure, little Australian, Weenie Napthine, hopes the loyal Loretto spirit of her Niother and that some kind person will give Reverend sist·ers. We mu st give it verbatim: Mother the means for a fou nda tion in the "·when you get to heaven, may not one bush. Where, Weenie? of your children be missing, but may they Marie Conolly, Gladys :vlcDonald and be there to welcome their kind, loving Mavis Englebrecht send congratulatory and beloved Mother." messages for the Dia mond Jubilee, and Thinking also of the "everlasting wishes for good success in every under years," Nora McCormack wishes a ll the taking. happiness of heaven to our dear Reverend Paula Niornane and Bonnie Atkyns wish Mother, while with an eye to the present, that this Jubilee may be a time of especial S=. =KE=V=lN=(A=T=a=le =o=f=l8=3 Kathleen Bell s·ends a grand wish for joy happiness for Re\'e rend Mother, with all (=~*=C=H=R=l 9=.)=~=, ) in this life. "May you live," she says, her friends, old and young, and that in "' to see our Abbey a magnificent pile the eternal Jubilee these same friends (In this Jubilee Number, this little weatherboard cottag·e, the pe tit~on, the the finest in Australia- and while enjoy may add to the joys of heaven. sketch fo unded on the history of the unexpected arrival of Father Patnck Geo ing perfect health and happiness, see your A really beautiful wish to be realised earliest days of our Victorian capital, may ghegan, O.S.F., the buying of the roof T 0retto children become women per in the" beautiful country over the range" not be out of place. Though the tale 1s less store for a temporary chapel; all fected!" comes from Mollie Elliot. It is that the fanci ful the facts are h1stonc. The these fi.nd a place in the annals . of our· The wishes of Mollie Farrell and Maisie Mother of so many devoted childre n of long, a~x i o us waiting for a priest, t~e State, and of ·the Catholic Church m Aus Hopcroft are for the proximate and re Loretto may be met and welcomed into rosaries offered m Mr. Peter Bodecm s tralia.) mote future in the completion of Mary's that land by the many souls whom she Mount, and the highest happiness in has influenced and assisted in their jour heaven. ney thither. The wish granted, what a Breathing sincerity in its loyal expres glorious cortege will accompany that spoke either of sorrow or of dissipation. sion, Dorothy Fitzpatrick's wish is that triumphant entry! ULLO, Chris! I didn't know you had left Syd "Whither bound?" he a_dded, for Reverend Mother may have a very long, Blanche Winter sends a pretty, child Ste\·ens was trotting along trymg t_o keep very bright, very holy life, attended by like wish, that for every good work done ney." The speaker was a little man, with a pace with the long_strides 1 and Chns. had success in its many undertakings, and on earth, dear Reverend }.1other may have onlv left his tent m a va111 endeavour to through length of years, may our devoted a rose in her crown in heaven. •'/L'..~ round, good - natured walk awa\· from his own thoughts. , Mother see "Loretto Abbey" the foremost "I wish you all that you wish your face and rosy cheeks. """-I mI , which belied the streaks "Up to.Peter's .. You know him, don t among girls' coll eges in Australia. With self " is the comprehensive wi sh o~ Alice c of grey 111 his curly \'OU? Peter Bodecm, the French carpen thoughts of" Alma Mater" past, present, Collin s, while Maxie Robertson wants a I ter. You didn't think I was soh o,n ~ · hair. The man ad- and future, Ada Mickle sends her wish high place in heaven to be reserved for Frenchies, did you? Well, _it 1sn t ~ ~ dressed. turned quickly that through the intercession of the Reverend Mother and all her friends. R Frenchies exacth-, it's the k1dd1es. He glorious Queen of Lor·etto, Reverend Kathleen Dixon, Nina Keyes, and Hilda and welcomed him with a hand-grip that would belongs to your · religion ~not a bad_ re Mother's throne in heaven may be sur Mickle hope that Reverend Mother may liaion, either. I'm thmkmg Peter 1s a rounded by all her Loretto children. live long, and then go straight to heaven, . ha\-e brought tears t o many eyes. n~al Catholic, if there ever was one. Any Delma Tory hopes that this memorable where Marie O'Brien hopes she will have wa\· the kiddies all go to his cottage Jubilee may bring Reverend Mother all a bright and glorious throne; "one," says " Good old Stewns !" he said; " I didn't expect to see you in either." ab~~t half-past seven for the Rosary, and that is compatible with long life and hap Queenie Sussman, "which is to be very N~elbourne, I time myself to arrive just before they piness, while Kathleen Fitzpatrick and near that of our great God Himself." He smiled down from his six feet of mus cular manhood, and the smile lit up a break up, and they scramble fo_r my Violet Ryan trust that all the grand de Many and varied as they are, dearest f~ce \o lJi.es. Will you come up? It's a bit late sires of that life may be fulfi.Ued. Mother, you have our wishes from the young still, but with tell-tale Imes which 12 EUCALYPTUS BLOSSOi\IS.
for you if you wanted to join them, but if llail, Queen of Heaven. the Ocean Star, you have nothing better on, it is vvorth Guide of the \Yand erer here belo\\' ! seeing the kids. I say, you should just Thrown on li fe's surge, 11 e claim thy care, hear them sing." Save u s from peril a nd from 11·oe. \!other of Christ! Star of the Sea ! ~ Chris. did not answer, but let the little Pray for the 1\'anderer, prar for me. \ man rattle on. He was lonely, and glad How long was it sin ce he had appealed of any compan)·; glad, too, not to .be to tha t Mother's hea rt? He COYe red his .~ asked to make com·ersation. He tned fac.e with his hands, and a cry for help g once to sa\· that he was not exacth· a pierced through the golden splendours if. Catholic n o ~v, but the words stuck in.his around the Royal Throne, a nd a :dother !-<"' throa t . He had a feeling that Ste,·ens a nswered, and pleaded for him . would be shocked, and he did not want to Stevens was standing in the shade of " hurt anybody. Had he been asked yes the old gum tree, surrounded b1· children, .s terdav what church he belonged to, he wh o scrambled fo r the good ·things he
T hey would not approve his change uf The setting sun made a golden lacework Iife. He had thrown up his good position on the brown cloth, and the boy touched in the Sydney Government. Good ! He it lovingly. Father Patrick was prepar smiled bitterly. It was reeking with con ing him for his fi.r st Communion. vict business, tickets of leave, and orders .. My son!" Ch ris. started back a nd for punishment. Now, here he was, a sta red stupidly. He was b ack in Aus blacksmith. He rolled back his shirt tralia waiting for the boat to come in . s leeve and felt the muscles swelling as he No, it was in. He could read the name bent his arm. How well had the crack the "Paul Pry." The passengers a nd oarsman of his college been trained for seamen were landing, and this- surely this work. Well , it was h onest and clean. this was Father Patrick. "You are a Ah ! this was a letter from mother, sent Catholi c, I think, my son, or your face on from Sydney. He looked tenderly a t belies you. " Chri s regained a little of the delicate writing- his self-JJossession. "I am a Catholi c, " My dear Son,- Fa ther. I am Ch ris . Ke\·in . Aren't you " It is so long since we heard from you. Father Patrick- Father Geoghegcn?" I read your last letter over and over "Chris . Kevin- young Ch ris. Ke\·in, of again. I am sorry you fmd your work Dublin? Go d bless my soul! God has so dull. Won't you be careful, dear, of sent you to help me, Ch ris . I am not that dreadful Australian sun. expected. I heard there were many " I hope you keep away from the convicts Catholics in .VIelbourne without a priest, (the bad ones, I mean), unless you can and I volunteered. Can vou direct me to help them. They say some a re quite in a free lodging for the ~ight ?" nocent. The spirit of Irish hospitality was " Perhaps you would like some money to awakened. " I a m sorry, Father, I cannot get some more furniture for your rooms. ask you to honour me. I have only a tent This is all there is in the money-box at at pr_esent. But there is a hotel her-e present, but I shall save some more. which I think will suit you. We shall ma ke Mind you let us know if you want a ny all the necessary arrangements. I t is t hing, and we shall send it at on ce. near the roo fl ess stor·e, which, they say, "Are there many priests in Australia? is to be bought for a church. Have you You do not tell us of any you have met. heard of the petition for a priest, signed I am so anxiou s to know. by the chief Catholi cs here, and now on "Have you a good doctor?" etc. its way to Sydney?" and so on, with a mother's yearning No, he had not heard, and the Catholic love for her darling- a boy to her still, citizens fast gathering around him spoke needing every loving care. wonderingly of t'he coin cidence which Chris. strolled along by the harbour. had led him to volunteer for their service, The soft evening breeze brought back his just when their sore need had made the m childhood again . Ah ! why did it bring cry for help . But Chris . did not call it a this vision now? It was whispering coincidence. In after year s, in his many among the leaves of Dublin elm s . Be talks with Father P a t, he would say, n eath the leafy bough walked two fi.gures "God sent you for the second time to save in earnest converse. One, t all and up me from myself." And Father Pat would right in his brown Franciscan habit, the answer, "He sent me when you a nd other a mere lad, school-bag slung over Stevens were ready to help me in His shoulder, as he asked eager questions, wo rk " and li stened with a world of earnestness m his eyes. They sat down together. ACACIA. EUCALYPTUS BLOSSO:'vIS. is
jnstance, that he was known actually to be living in this land of the sunny South ." turn back from a sail up the Da rlin g :VIarie Connolly and :.Jina Keyes join in rather than di sturb their ft shin g nets. making Pete r Lalor their ideal embodi Our Tasmanian, Dorothy Fitzpatrick, ment of a "great man," because of the considers herself justified in her choice enthusiasm and courage he showed in standing fo rth as the leader of the men Patriotic Mosiac of Heroes and Heroines. .0 f Tasman, since he has conferred a last .ing benefit on generations, past, present, who fought fo r the rights of the miners . and to come, by his discoYery of the tight They rejoice that our Golde n City gra te little island, of which she proudl y asserts fully commemora tes his memory by the fine statue which stands in a commandrng herself a na tive . Delma Tory, like :\lary Baker, makes spot in this fair city of Ballarat. Ma rio n ;\Iiller Kn owles her heroine, sin ce When qu estioned on the subject of her hero, 2violli e Elliot hardly knew to whom HE second questi on pro ma n undoubtedly claims her admiration she is so staunch a supporter of Catholi cism, as is seen by her poems, and in the she wou ld gi\·e pre-eminence in her posed- " Who is your and sympa thy, Diver Hu I:>a hes J who J crowded gallery, but ft nally her lot fell on . whole-hearted devotion to Catholic 111- Australian hero or hero t_l10ug h ignorant of mining operations, de- Captain Scott. ine ?"- was calculated t o ~1b e r a t e l y a nd successfully ri sked hi s life terests a nd charities. After much considera tion Una Ryan de Ali ce Collins has as her hero one " to call fo rth the patriotic 111 his attempts to save a miner wh o had cides that the la te Cardinal :VIoran is her fame unknown ." He is a man who, in sentiments of all. Natur been stranded in a fl ooded shaft fo r days. a late mining catastrophe, ftnding that his a lly it involved the neces Su rely, vve m1gh t " pu t him down " as hero, because of his vigorous defence of hi s Church, his beautiful works on \·arious mate was among the missing, returned to sity of fust asking our " one who IO\·es his fell ow-men!" the mine, and truly heroicall y lost his seh·es : "What is a Without hesita ncy, Sybil Doneley de subjects , a nd his practical charity to the sick poor. She heartily j oins with the own life in his courageous attempts to hero?" The g reat Ameri clares tha t she has but one hero (and he sa\·e his friend. We conclude tha t he is can Archbishop, His 1s not an Aus tra li an) in the person of Reye rend M. J. O'Reilly, C. :VI., in his ad dress to ou r fair land in his memorial the " Vereschetti" whom Oueenie Suss Grace the l\/Ios t Re\' Cardinal _Newman_. P-erhaps, however, we man also regards as her he;o. erend Doctor Spalding, may be 1ustifi ed 111 claiming him in pa rt, ode- " Thou wilt not let him die- th yself art Weenie Napthine introduces us to a came to our assistance smce by the mfluence of his magnificent \·e ry youthful present-day personage of in defining the term as " one of the few works , _h e lives m the heart of many an young- And youth can gauge the wo rth of a her own acquaintance. She ackn Jwledges men in_ whose company it is possible to Australian, and _srnce, too , it is with his him as her hero, "for he onl y g-ets six thmk high thoughts in a noble spirit." motto and h_1s 1d_eals that our youthful tru·e man. Men like thy pioneers, who la ughed at pence pocket money e\·ery Saturday, and The heroes and heroines selected, there ~ewman Society 1s fast developing. We spends it on a drawing-book." An a rtist death, for-e, _d o_ not necessarily possess the char watch its growth with the keenest in of the future you might think- but hear actens tics of heroes of ft ction nor are terest, since some of o ur old girls are al Giants with hearts of flame and arms of steel, her to the end ! "He ftlls this book with they confined merely to times past . ready members of the newlv-inauaurated scraps, and sends it to the Ch ildren's In reply to the que ry Mary Baker says soCiety,• and perhaps some o- f our I:>pr esent Who tower supreme . Such was the Cardinal! Hospital. " H e is already an a rtist, and ".Why, I have fully a d ~ze n in the present number are destmed to s well its ranks. promises to become a master m the life both heroes and heroines," but of . :Vfaisie Steele a nd May :\ifc:VIahon join Australia ! he was worthy to be thine ! Thou wilt not let him die!" School of Charity. the number, she singles out "our 111 ~ a k111 g Kendall-au r premier poet The loyal-hearted ftdelity of " Jac key ," Australian Adelaide Proctor " ;\farion their hero; Maisie, because "he has made The noble apostoli c spirit of the great Fa ther Da mien has captivated Blanche Kennedy's companion, has won the heart Miller Knowles, as her esp'ecial hero the bush_ Ji\·e ," while :\fay admir-es him for of },fayis Englebrecht, and thinking of his ine . She justiftes her selection not the sentiment expressed in these lines- \t\ .i nter's admira tion. Though he was not an Australian either by birth or by the wanderings on the Ba rcoo, a n anonymous only by her heroine's possession of " I have sinned a nd suffered. contributor has made a hero of the literary talent and of influence which she I, ha\·e sought ...... scene of his life-work, perhaps he may cl aim a space in our Australi an gall ery, " fizzer" who has endea red himself to all so wisely is wieldin g over the hearts of T o rule my life with g oodness readers of "We of the Never-Never." She young Australians, but also by the actual And shape it to my thought." sin ce by his heroic li fe he has fired many a generous young heart with noble ideals chooses him on account of hi s manly practice of her high ideals, by which she Nora McCormack's spirit of investiga e nergv and heaHhful gaiety. It was his sta nds forth as an e xample of true tion leads her to choose Sturt as a true of self-sacrifice for " Christ's little ones," be they the poor, the neglected, the suf breezy" Here we are again, boys!" which womanhood, devoted to her Church, to hero, for the courage displayed in his ex announced the glad advent of the mails to the land of her birth, to that of her ances plora t10!1 s of the dreary -i nterior, knowing fering, the out casts, or e\'en the unfor tunate leper! Also, his life's \York was the exiles of the "Neyer-Never Land," tors, and to charities. '- > he did, that his discoveries would not whil e his "So long, chaps!" reconcil-ed Lalla Napthine and Margaret Doherty be of personal beneftt, b ut realising the carried on so near our shores th at we feel his right to be included amon g our heroes them to the dreary months of wa1 tmg take Henry Lawson as hero because he fact that future genera tions would reap till they should again hear his merry voice the harvest . She is seconded in her choice is assured . has immortalised our hom~land of the Three of our patriotic companions, as harbinger of commumon with the South. Lalla a nd '}ifargaret are enthusias by Gladys :VIcDonald vvho admires the friends "down South." The further jus tically patriotic. enterprising captain, 'not merely on ac Aubre Robertson, Violet Ryan and Annie H ogan, choose Captain Cook as their tiftcation of the choice lies in the dea th of Our Westralian, May Riley, confesses count of his successful explorations but this historic character, whose last cry that she has ne\·er indulged in the intel because of the kind-hearte d co nsider~tion hero, since, "but for him we might not lectual hobby of hero-worship, yet one he displayed for the na tives, citing as an 16 EGCALYPTUS BLOSSOMS. was-" Don't mind me, boys; save the s tandard of the Institute of the B.V. mails!" He attempted hi s hazardous trip .VIary, but also because she has ever during the fl oods- once too often. shown a motherly devotion to God's poor." Kathleen Bell's choice of her heroine So here you have our Australian heroes, forms a fitting completion to this Jubilee men and women, and musing over their Mosaic, since she selects our beloYed traits perchance there too will come Mother herself. "If dying for one's coun " hints of the proper craft, tricks of tool's try be heroic," she sa_'·s, "then surely true play," and thus by the light of their continual self-sacrifice for God is most ideals, our life's work may ever be enlight truly so. Our Reverend 1'Iotner Pro\·in ened and in spirited by their conviction cial is therefore my heroine, not only be that the " best is yet to be " in the land cause she headed the pioneer band of where there are none but heroes and Loretto nuns who came to Australia, thu s heroines! planting in the southern continent the
Art thou still 1·oung, and dost thou glance along Life·s o pening patlrnay 11·ith a timid dread ? :\lake sure of pra,·cr. tlwnce be thy co ur:ig·e feel, And in the midst of strife thou shalt be strong. Or do the yea rs of middle lifetime throng In all :ibsorbing force round thy heart and head? .\fa ke sure of orayer ! Our .\faster erstwhile said, "One thing sufficeth, 01·er-care is wrong." Or ha st tlrnu reached old ag-e·s t1Yiligh t drear? .\lake s ure of prayer. The die is not yet cast, In sight of port san k many a 1· essel fair. If thou dost hope-and hope supposes fear If thou dost hope for Goel and hea1·en at last. In life in dC'ath , make sure. make sure of ~ 11 ~;,,, UAR\ S. MART~ ~======4 1~~'== CO=O=T=A=M=U=N=D=R=A=.=- ~l~ The Gateway of the Ri\·e rin2 . OOT A:VIUNDRA, situated but for Cootamundra and its fellow-towns. on the upper basin of the Sydney and 2'd elbourne would soon lose :\I urrurnbidgee River their li fe and Yigour. . about 60 miles from First you see the rail way s tation. It is ~~.>..JY ~-~ lordlv Kosciusko, is on a fi ne structu re, for Cootamundra 1s a .l-0 ~i• /Jl~T\1 · the ·great southern line \·ery busy commercial centre- the nucleus ~ r1 ~ ~~ ~ ' of New South Wales, of many branch lines. Next, I will show ~ 1I ~/Jl l' . · midway between the two you the busiest qua rters, where you will l ~ · cap1tals- :Vldbourne and hear the contin ual din of machinery. · ~ Sydney. '.'Jow that the These are the four fl our mills , the soap l ~//; position is. made cl ear, ~ e t and butter factories- nine in all. ~ .) ~ me g n·e yo u its earl y his- Next, let us look at the buildin gs: . tory. Banks, Tow n Hall , Schools, Ch urches, Years ago, Cootamun Hospitals , Presbytery, etc. I a m sure ·dra was the bed of a lake, na med you wi ll admit that the Presbytery is a "Lake Coora mundie," around whose fine building, of which the Catholics ha\·e waters the fier cest tribes of blacks reason to be proud. are supposed to have dwelt. As we see, Cootamundra is acknowledged to be Cootamundra and Cooramundie are both one of the best laid out towns on the typical a boriginal names. In the course southern line, with its wide streets of time, this lake gradually dried up, lea\· bordered on both sides by a\·enues of ing the soil once co\·ered by water, a \·ery beautiful trees. ferti le plain. The discO\·ery of a road If you are weary of viewing the town, over the Blue Mountains by Bl axla nd, come out beyond, and see what gifts of vVentw orth and Lawson, was the fir s t na ture Cootamundra may claim. On step that led to the opening up of the e\·ery side rich fi.e lds of corn, wheat, oats -countn· bevond. and lucerne stretch before you, all ripen Hume arid Ho\·ell, in starting their ex ing in the rays of our Austral sun. What pedition, adopted this route, but instead a sight for the specula tor in the resources of continuing straight forward, turned of the Great South Land! their course west. Eventua ll y the Lachlan After our wa nderings, let us rest by was di scoYered, a nd then the Murrum the g reen hillsides, there to listen t o the bidgee. Cootamundra comme morates the murmurings of the seYeral brooklets, Yery track once foll owed by Ho\·ell, now fringed by wattles. Just imagine this no longer grass-grown and wooded, but scene in "September the Splendid," when the busy street which bears the name of each tree is boldly flaunting its golden the disco\·e rer, H ovell-s treet . clustering blooms, for you must know Besides battling with the ordinary ha rd that our district is the home of the most ships incident to earl y settlement life, beautiful wattle Australian fl ora pos CorJ tamundra became the haunt of bush sesses -Cootamundra wattle. ranging gangs. Once the little town was Having viewed some of the works of left in peace, howe\·e r, it began to pros Nature, a nd admired the enterprise of our per steadil:·, until, a t last it reached its town, let me express my hope that even important position as "Gateway of the the most con servati\·e :VIelb ournian or Ri\·erina ." Sydneyrte among my readers will agree Come, just for a da:·, and \·isit the that Cootamundra is no mere outpost, in Cootamundra of the present. teresting in it s "outback " peculia rities, If not already com·inced tha t other but one of the many country centres which places as 'Nell as the breathless capitals are so acti\·ely promotin g the de\·elopment have life and energy, I trust that even this .Jf our :·o un g Commonwealth. cursory survey of our town will convince Fa rewell , Cootamundra, for a time! you of the fact, and will re mind you that MAY MAC :VIAHON. EUCALYPTUS BLOSSOMS. 19'
importance in themselves. But now, W·e are now not far from Kalgoorlie, what station a re we approaching? It is a nd in the distance there is the race Along the Goldfields' Line. Coolgardie, and here the train comes to course, an oasis in a desert! The course a full stop. It seems very quiet at this is a real picture, a true work of a rt, with hour, and looking at the staid little mining its lawns and richly-designed flower-beds . town, there is nothing to tell us of the But we are not near enough to see and ap great commotion it once caused in the preciate its beauty. Stretching along the hearts of that large influx of people who back of the course a re the mines. Just poured in daily, some on bicycles, others think of the thousands of men who are HAT a troublesome jour The next place of importance 1s in coaches and waggons, some even therein employed! We ourselves have no· ney before me, and how '.' ~ortham," situated about three hours' tramping; but all in quest of the hidden time for thought at present, fo r here is dull and uninteresting it Jou rney from the metropolis. Northam treasure. None heeded the inconvenience Kalgoorlie itself! The express is punc will be!" says a tra \·eller is. the chief centre of an agricultural dis they suffered, as long as they reached tual, for the clock marks 5 to 9. Kal who has just boarded tnc_ t, and steaming out of its station, the their goal, so buoyant were their hopes of gorlie is certainly up to date, with every the 5 o' clock express en tram works its way through a charming modern convenience, splendid public amassing wealth. route from the beautiful a nd picturesque country, and, as may be Ten minutes later, we are speeding on buildings, churches, and fine wide s treets. capital of our Western expected, peaceful homesteads, amid our journey once more. Our excitement The majority of houses a re wooden, but State for the golden city sm1lrn g orchards, golden crops, and broad becomes intense, for are we not nearing look neat and bright with their pretty of Kalgoorlie. It is green paddocks, greet the eye. home, with all its joys and surprises ! gardens and lawns ; for since we have the easily perceived that the But shortly after this stage is reached The whistle warns us that the station is water scheme, all the gardens, despite said grumbler has not darkness graduall y prevails a nd we can in view. It is Binduli, which is merely of the summer heat and accompanying made ·the trip along the but see. the dim outlines of ~parse l y-scat interest as a pleasure ground for picnics dust-storms, are able to thrive and bloom Goldfi-elds' line in com- tered timber; but these trees are not on public holidays, etc. It boasts of one luxuriantly. overburdened with leaves. Now we re So now our querulous fellow-trav·eller pany with our merry band of school-girls, hotel and about four houses. returnrng home for vacation from Loretto tire fo r the night, and the fortunate Kurrawang comes next, and there on has reached her destination. Has she Convent, Osborne, or she would not giv·e among us are soon asleep. The majoritv the line are rows of trucks, loaded with fo und the trip dull and uninteresting? expression to such sentiments. Dull! of_ us, however, wake up at every station wood, ready for despatch. A large pro We certainly have not. but how so, when listenina to the chatter with the query, "Where ar·e we now?" ' portion is sent as timber for the mines in of W.A_. natives, which, s; characteristic Towards midnight we hear the cries of MAY RILEY. ally bnght and ·enlivenin g, distinguishes the porters, " Sou them Cross! Sou them Kalgoorlie and Boulder Block. them rn whatsoever State they may Cross!" and probably, lying awake in the roam ( ?) . sleepers, a voice from the next compart "Uninteresting!" If you exercise your ment reaches our ears. The speaker is power of observation only a little my relating to a fellow-travell er how some friend,_ there will be much to occupy'your years ago he visited this goldfield. It was attention. then '.3- new rush, and thither many were At fir st the scene is not very Yaried; just wendrn g their way in eager search for the usual aspect of suburbs and familiar gold and fortune. Now, though its best gardens, but crossing over the "Swan" days are over, there is life in the old place we come upon the pretty little town of yet, and it has regarned a considerable Guildford. One of its roads leads to Mun amount of its former vitality by reason of daring Weir. From this weir the Eastern the_ ~ecent "Bullfin ch" discO\·ery in the Goldfields, in the midst of the Great Vic v1cm1ty. But at this juncture the tor!an _Desert, obtain their water supply, speaker's voice is drowned by the noise of which 1s earned thence, hundreds of miles the express moving out of the sta tion "Providence seems to have given, in our day, by mea ns. of pipes. These pines may ~ and we are left to picture to o ur se l ve~ a great mission to the Catholic Press." seen runnmg parallel to the line. Notice the early days when no train traversed Pope Pius IX. that they are covered with earth to form these regions. a mound, but at the point wher·e each Sleep generally claim s her share of pipe is joined, the iron is left uncovered. the ~1ght, and on arising early in the "No Catholic home should be without a weekh· This is, doubtless, t o facilitate repairs. mommg we feel alert when refreshed bv Catholic paper. It is unfair to the young people.; Towards six o'clock in the evening we a welcome cup of tea, and are ready to in the lon g run it must be injurious to anybody, survi;y the country through which we are young or old, to read day by day, the anti-Catholic -co me in sight of the "Serpentine Falls," press and never to see or read the other side." which never fail to e xcite due praise in passrng. The whole aspect is different wrnter, but m summer, alas! there is from that of _the previous day. \Ve fl y /-!is Cr are, the Coadjutor Arrhbishop oj Metbourtte. nothing to praise, by reason of there past seyeral s1 drngs at 1rreaular intervals being little or no water to fall! bearing truly original nam~ s , yet of littl~ W sc~~LE. ~ ======~ ,~ ~.:i==~~~PART ~r. ===~.J
1 1th, IC) 13. - School re- render as best they could Irela nd' s :\'ation al open eel ; nearly all the old girls Anthem. The hockey match postponed to came back; "·e m issed some Easter \\'eek. old hces, and greeted many . March i qth.-Beautifu l ceremonies of Holy nell' ones. \\ eek began. i-- cb. 1~t h . - \\ 'e had a long \[arch 2oth.-Holy T hursday. \\"e \\' Ore "·hite sleep, then ro se cag er to see dresses for procession. The Altar of Repose "·hat changes had taken place ":as beautifully deco rated. Fath er Duffy offi s in ce the holida ,·s. ciated. Many of the girls \\·e re a ll owed to ri se F eb. r.1 tl1 . S-c hool \\'O rk in full s \\·ing. to make the Holv H"our from eleven to t\\·elve. :\larch 21s t·- Good Frida\-. The usual touch JC eb. r 5t h. - \\'e ,·otcd fo r the ing cerem o ni es, and the m eeting for prayers a t l lead of the school, and the .l p.m. at Calvary 1n the darken ed cloister. four councill o rs th i ~ morning. .\farch 22 nd.- Hoh· Saturdav. After th e im l n the C\T ni ng H. e,·c rend prcssi\'e ceremon ies of J·fo]y \\'eek. \\"e prepa red :\ I other read out t he results. for t he Joyous " Regrn a" a t t\\·eh-e o'clock :\Ian· Bake1 is our H ead. T he councillors at Flo\\ ers adorned the altars once aga in - b e ll ~ present are Sybil Doneley, i\largaret D oh erty, pealed mo re g ladly tha n ever after th e s il ence of Eileen Beirne and Camille Tietyens. ReHrend the last three days. After the R egina, Easter "Mother "·hen in vesting the councillors \\·ith holidays began . badges' spoke beautifully of t he spirit in \\·hich Easter .\\'eek.-It is particularly in joyous thev should cl ischarge their duties. se'.1so ns we tee! the ab sence of our friends, a nd F eb. 17th.-The a nnual picnic fo r those \\· h o this year \\'e h ave to r egret the departure of our returned on the right day took place. \\'e took krn d fo rmer chaplain, F ather O ' ~ e ill , \\·ho has lunch \Yith u s, and after "·alking o n the shores left us to return to hi s homela nd "of saints and of the la ke and in the beautiful Botanic Gar scholars." H e expected to spend this \\· eek in dens \\" e "·ent on th e la ke in a steamboat. As the Eternal C ity. \\'e shall ever retain a grate there' \\·as a p ia no on board \\·e had music. fu l m cmo ~v of the kind interest sho\\ n in our F eb. rqth.-H ad our first physical culture "·elfa re bv F ather O 'Neill. l esson ; \\e
AttenYards h e came into the sch ool to see u s. i\Iay 1 Ith.- Mr· Goll again ga,·e us a musical Sa int Josep h is our kind Bishop' s P atron. treat; the time p assed all too rapidly. The Visit to the Grange. l\Iay 16th.- Dress baskets, etc., greatly in April 3oth. - To-day being S.:\l. Catherine's evidence. Home for the h olidays ! feast day, it has been a d:-iy of great rejoicing for all of us. Our e\·er kind be nefactor and LALLA NAPTHINE and EILEEN EEIRNE. father, J\lost Reverend Dr. Higgins, catered most generously for our happiness by a rran g The "Chronicle" has fo llo1Yed our school ing fo r u s a vi sit to the Grange. Ha ving ch ar year up to the First T erm Vacation. Since tered a tram for u s, he journeyed 11·ith us out our return, ire m ay say- to Sebastopol. \\·her e, as u sual, a \\·a rm 1Y elcome .a \\·a itecl us from our g ood friends. th e clear "Calmly ou r ha ppy days have fiO\Yn, uncounted Nazareth N un s. in their fl ight, The Grange is indeed a fin e pile, parti cularly And, as they fle11·, they left behind a long-con 11·hcn \\·e con sider the fact that it has gone up t inuing light. " in such a short time. It is, of course, of verv modern structure, "·ith large, a iry rooms , fitted The chief e1·e nts which broke the e\·e n tenor of with all conveniences. The church pleased us school life bei ng as follo11·s :- very much, and must b e a great boon to the June n st. -Feast of St. Aloysiu s·- Our d ear .congregation of the district. Reverend \! other h;is left as her representative To the west ot the buildi ng s lies the fa rm another cli ent ot her g lorious patron, so we 11·ith its fi elds for agriculture and grazing, the haYe 11·ishcd " A very happy Feast " to o ne who shed s for co1\'s , and m a ny other buildings \\·hich is bclo1·cd bi· all ol d Loretto children. We had the boys delight in , and kno11· all about. \\'ork a hol icl a,-, \jut spent it quietly, our thoughts on the farm is superintended by an expert, \Ir. frrquently turning to our \Iot her in Ireland. Reid, a nd the boys 11·ear the air of kno11·ing fu ll July 22nd.- Our little fri ends at St. Anne's "·e ll the importance that the 11·ork in hand bears School celebrate their patroness's feast by a on their after-life, so attend to it earn estly. 11·h ole hol icl a,-, \Y hich 11·e t ry to m a ke enjoyable After our tour of in spection , 11·e 11 ere ,·cry fo r them. This vear we entertained th em with kindly entertain ed at luncheon, and then fol gramaphone recoi·cl s \\·hile they had th eir party, lo11·ed g-ames. After expressing our delight after which th ey entertained us by a little con with all we had seen, and th a nki ng sincerely, cert . at 11·hi ch the ju,·eniles \\·ere greeted by we returned home feeling once aga in that 11·e much applause. were quite unable to express in any 1Y ay our The next di1·ers ion \1·as a series of races, and gratitude to these g ood ~un s \\·ho haYe now the little 1Y inners \\·e re delighted \Yith th eir a second time been our g en erou s hostesses. prizes. \Jary Ba ker, as sergeant-m ajor , gave And as to our re,·ered hther and prelate, :\Iost marching exercises, and at the close of the Rev. Dr. Higgins, this is yet o ne more item to happy time \ !oth er \Iary Aloysiu s ga,·e each be added to the Jong list of kindnesses which little one a pi cture as memento of St. Anne's 1\'e shall ever look back on 11·ith Joying grati Day'. tude. The closing days of July saw us in Retreat. \ [av 1st.- Our Blessed :\Jothet.. s month. The Rev. Father Campbell, C.SS.R. who was our guide usuaf processio n, a nd the crO\\'lling of Our through the desert last year , helped us in our jour Blessed Lady as Our Lo,·ely Queen of \fay '. ney again this year. Under his kind and experien :\fay 5th.-Our clear Reverend ;\[other, :\I. :\I. ced guidance we spent t hree happy clays, and came Stani slaus a nd M . M . de Sales left this evening forth determined, with God's Grace, to do our b,· the Ad elaide express to join their boat, S.S. utmost to become true daughters of the Church and '":'.fal11·a. ·· Reverend :\Lother. delayed by one in the words of our revered Bishop-"to stand bv call or another, came to the school door at the Christ!'' ' last moment and \\·avecl bre 11·ell to u s. \Ve August 2-tth ·-The Jubilee Day of Reverend receiv ed later a lovely little letter, written in :\Jother Provincial ! His Lordship Dr. Higgin< th e train , telling u s how grieved sh e had b een celebrated \ .l ass this morning, and afterwa rds by the hurried depa rture. It was like our kind spoke be:rntifu ll y of our dear l\[other. H e pic l\Jother to think of u s in the midst of importa nt tured in g- lo11·ing terms the grand l\'Ork sh e h as claims on h er attention. \\'e sh all m iss h er accompli shed in our la nd, a nd bidding u s "be beautiful in structions. follO\Y ers of ·her, as she is of Christ,,. drew ver y l\Iay Sth. - The F east of the Glorious practi cal conclu s ions for u s in our preparation Arch angel, St. ',Iichael, and therefore the Feast fo r our li fe's l\'Ork D ay of our Reverend \Loth er Gener al, Rathfarn The g lo\\·in g \\·o rds of our kind B ishop in ham, Irela nd. Our travellers embark at Ade spired u s 1rith rene\\·ed determination to be laide to-da,- i\[ ay St. :\fich ael protect a nd \\·orrhy Loretto children , and thus bring joy bring them· safely tci their desti nation ! to OU r cJ c:U \ f Ot her. ====--~--- A LETTER FR OM CALCUTTA .
Loreto House, Calcutta, . .\la y .\l on trio n has had se1·eral interesting September, 1()13· Journeys, but says that from Cuttack to Puri s tands out b.est in her mem ory. It took p lace Dear Little Australian Friends,- dunng the time of one of the Hindu festivals. Every compartment n·as tull of pilgrims, a nd \\'e arc going to try and tell you about som e it seemed as though the \\·hole Hin du popula of the things \\-e h;n ·e been a mused at and in !1_on of India had set ou t to vi s it the sacred c ity. terested in \\·hen tra velling in India. \\"e a re I he \\·omen \Yere dressed 111 gaudv costumes g irls \\ho are a t school in the pla ins, and som e ;\ncl \\·ore a ll the ir jc\Yellery. \\'he n the tra in of us ha,·e had to go more than a thousand got to Puri. they pus hed each other out of the m iles in ord er to spend a holid ay at some hill carriages in hopeless confusio n, b ut the ir hus station. .\Jay Vaugha n sa ys that though th e bands soon came to the rescue, and thev \\·ent journeys a re tiring, there is a lways a great o ff to the different places of \\·orship. G ladys deal to interest a nd to amuse one as n· ell. .\ /asters and Trixr :\l ac.\Iahon h Art Soiree-Third Di\·ision. N order to pre\·ent our de considers the trouble in rnh·ed in anything \·o ut seniors from being that conduces to ou r ad\·antage. surprised a t our ventur At 7-45 p.m., the Thirds , attired ~' ing to gi\·e an entertain quaintly, as Du tch maidens , made their ment during Lent, we appearance on the stage, a nd com·ersed wi sh to remind them re fluently in German on some work of Van spectfully, th a t t o -d a~· is D.1 -c k. The curtain then rose a nd the pic Laetare Sundav. For th e ture was presented to our admiring gaze. benefit of n.on - Latin Of course the com·e rsation wa s transla ted schola rs we mention that in part in the introdu ctory address, for the "Laetare " means, "Let henefi.t of the non-linguis ts a mong us . us rejoice." The fir st picture shown was that won All are invited to St. derfull y a ttracti1·e group of the rnuthful Cecil ia's Hall at 7-45 p. m. bride and bridegroom wh ose marriage to spend a short tim e with Van Dyck and was to cement an a lli ance between Eng· the Third School. As we shall not detain la nd and Holl and. You could scarcely you long, perhaps it may be as well for ha1·e belie1·e d tha t the nine-\·ear-old Prin the chauffeurs to wait with the cars. cess Royal before you was ~Ia x i e Robert The Third School, son; nor that the young Prince could ha\·e :VIarch 2nd, 1913. been other than the famous portrait of In response to the above inYit ation, the William of Orange, so perfect was :\Tina members of the upper di\·isions wended Keyes' dressing a nd a ttitude . The their wa~ · to the H all a t the appointed original canrns of this tableau was for hour, ha\·ing gi\·en the chauffeurs the rears the cherished possession of English directions suggested. There was a feel Royalty, until Willia m III. tra nsported it ing of pleasant anticipation in the air, fo r to the la nd of its a rtist, where it still we knew from experi ence that an artistic adorns the Ryk's Museum of Antwerp. tr·eat was in store for us. We have se\'e In th e second picture shown, Paula ral times been the privileged spectators i'viornane made a most successfu l Hen of similar displays, when, through the rietta :\Ilaria. Standing clothed in white medium of tableaux \'i\'ants, we gazed a nd silver, with pink bows a nd ribbons , on the masterpieces of art. her hand resting lightly on the table, In the centre of the stage is a large her fi. g ure stood fo rth from the ma<>sive frame within which are grouped the frame of the picture, a miracle to the un· figures of the picture, their grouping initiated how such a representation of and costume being true to the minutest her, with whom Van Dyck's twenty-fo ur detail. The touch of an artist is visible portraits ha \·e rendered us familiar, co uld in the posing, costume, colour scheme, ha1·e been fashioned out of drapings from but especially in the play of light; and our "play trunks." Here, as elsewhere, the low murmur of admiration which when light a nd colour so blend in their g reets the rising of the curtain , when the sheen, you must confess "Things are not picture in all its perfection stands out in what they seem. " the da rkened hall, is a tribute to the The origin al of this portrait was the aristic skill which directed the arrange fir st of the series this artist, by appoint· ment. It is al so a heart tribute of gra ti ment to King Charles, painted of his tude, for we realise all the care that is Queen, who, though not renowned for taken to culti\·a te our sense of the singular beauty, possessed the graces aesthetic, and to g i\·e us refin ed and and dignities befitting a daughter of the elevated ideals of art, by one who never Bourbons, and wa s a fi.tting consort fo r EUCALYPTUS BLOSSOMS. the kingly Stuart. This picture now rests its particular excellence. with Lord Wantage, being the sometime The last of the pictures shown was- The possession of the Dukes of :\farlborough. .\J:irchesa Balbi, the mother of the three Durmg \ "a n Dyck's earl.'- career he rhildren presented. Eileen Connoll y was spent some time at Genoa, where one of our .\Iarchesa, sitting in a great chair the noblest families of the time was that almost m·erwhelmed by her hea\-y dark of the Balhi. It \Yas here, th ::: refore, he green robe, and by the g lory of her gold painted the most fan~ o u s group of chil embroidered sleeves. The pensiYe smile dren e\·er pamted fhe Three Balbi. which plays about her lips in the orig inal, · .\lfarie O'Brien, I\:a thleen Dixon, and shows that here is to be found a sterling Hilda Mickle were our little Cenoese. human heart. Dorchester House, in Eng Marie, as the eldest, copied quite happih· land, boasts of this famous work, but we the na i\·e consciousness of personal ini might ha\·e belieYed it our own posses portance which is the dominant note in sion, so beautifull;.· did the li ghts illumine this picture , marking, as it does, the Yen· and emphasise the central figure of c;eno summit o f childlike ha uteur. Behind ese fa sh ion. her stood the two younger Balbi , one With a farewell to the .\farchesa, we arrayed in sable \ eh·et, with gold facings. bade fa rewell likewise to \"an Dn-k for a It is tile wonderful combin a ti on of time, and unwillingly quitted -t he hall , colours in thi s picture -now to be seen in feeling that we had made a new friend in the English l'\ational Gallery- which fills the \Y orld of a rtists. Such friends a re it with scintill;iting light, a nd sn fo rm s trull· w"rth heing culti\·a tecl. ---1A \Velcome Home to His Lordship, MOST R.EVEREND DR.. SHIEL. -~~~~~~~-- "His Worth was Warrant of His Wel come" PlUL of this ,-ear was made cipient of the episcopal purple. gla d for us- by the return We tried to banish the th ought of the of our former Chaplain, tear that must ineYitably ming le with our our kind and reYered welcome, as we de\·o ted our hearts and Father, now His Lordship, energies to the preparation of an enter .\Ios t Re\·e rend Doctor tainment which would express our g rati Shiel. It was an occa tude and esteem for one "whose worth sion of triple rejoicing; was warrant of his welcome." \Ve knew w1e celebrated not onh· but too well that this would be attempt the return of a true ing t!t e impossible, sin ce no concert of friend t o Loretto after a ours could conYe\· to His Lordship Dr. length;.·: sojourn in the Shiel the depth arid sincerity of our affec homeland; but also his re tionate g ratitude and appreciation. cm·ery from a long and St. Cecilia's Hall accordingly donned serious illness, which now seems to us festi\·e decorations for April 11th, and as the tear which mingled with Ireland's did its best to second our choruses of smile of welcome to her son ; and then, "Welcome," when the long-looked-for too, most heartily did we rejoice in that evening at length arrived, and with it the an opportunity was a t last afforded us of worthy guest of the evening, accompa congratulating in person the recent re- nied by His Lordship of Ballar at, and 1111 EUCALYPTUS BLOSSOMS. many clerical friends . After Reverend vest and to the devoted fl oc k ready to \\ elcome Mother and the nuns had warmh· bid the the p;1 s tor sent by H.ome. \\·e may not the n repine, for our loss is a ~======.~-~ fi.r st welcome, our orchestra, u-nder the gain to others- and \re s hall not lose vou , m y able baton of Yrr. W. Gude, opened the lord, for true are the " ·ords of the poet " ·ho entertainment by a brilliant rendering of tells us that when we speak of paths ctiverging, Volti's "Operatic Wreath." It then fell we, in our \rea kness, forget t hat On e is the road \\ e tr;l\·el, a nd One the hom e we seek. to i'vlary Baker, in her cap acity as ''Head God-speed you, fathe r and friend, on your of the School," t o be the privile :;.; ed mouth co nsecra ted \\·;1,·. Take 11 ·itl1 rou our earnest piece of the foll owin g addr·ess :- heartfelt "is hes for rour hap]iin ess, a nd the assurance that your m emory " ·ill be e,· er grate fullv cheri shed in Loretto, a nd that the pupils TO THE RIGHT REV. JOSEPH SHIEL, D.D ., of :\Jary's :\fount \\ ill treasure among their m ost BISHOP OF ROCKHAMPTON. pleasing recollections of school days the thought of vour fatherl v kindness. \\'e kno1\· \rell that :\Iy Lord,- cli s.tance cannot alter your interest in Lo retto, The community and pupils of 1\Iary·s :\Iount but tha t it 11·ill remain ever firm and true a!1d unite in offering you, Loretta's bnd, revered unchanging. Thus united \\·e s hall journey on friend, a loyal. true and grateful \\·elcomc and till. guided by th e One untirin g \\"atcher, the ve rv sincere and hea rtfelt congratulations. One unfailing }l and, \\" e r each ;ct las t our One l\;Ianv events, sad a nd plea s ing, h ave occurred d cu fath en a na. since, ·in April, 1()1 2 , \V e b ade you fare\\·ell as God-s p eed you , my lord. ;\[ay St. Joseph, you set out on your long journey, our good Protector of th e Church, protect you. :\-J ay " ·ishes and prayer s following you across the Erin's mi ssion arv s;i.ints watch ove r vou. :\[av ·O cea n. Our Lady, Help. of Christians, pl ea·d for you :d a il after mail brought us tokens of remem 11ith her D ivine Son \\.ho has chosen ,·ou to brance ''hich not only kept us in touch "·ith be a shepherd of His flock . · your movements, but which proved that even amid new '"- ~ '"' ~ Loretto was not fo rgotten . Loreto Abbey, Mary's :\Jount, Ballarat, These acts of thoughtful kindness 1vere highly 28th :\Larch, 1q13. valu ed , and added to our deep debt of gratitude or favours previously received. On a table near His LordshiT) of Rock Then came the sad news of vour illness and the anxious time "hen your 11fe hung in the ha mpton were arranged the gifts from balance. The danger passed , and ghddened Re\·erend Mother and community, and by your restoration to health, 1ve were able to from the grateful Loretto children :- The rejoice at the honour paid you by Our Holv a ddress, a handsome cloth of gold Hume F a ther the Pope, in selecting you to be .Bis hop -of H.ockhampton, and "·e " ·ere with you in ral Veil and ca se, and some of the articles spirit, mv lord, when in the Church , \\·here used in episcopal ceremonies, suitably in fifteen vears before you h;i.d been ordained a scribed. Precious indeed would be the priest foreve r, you ·were now rai sed to the metal that would be fi.tly emblematic of 11 Episcopal D ign ity and received th e plenitude -Of the priesthood. the durabilitv of our reverent sentiments \\"ith plea sure \\·e have looked forward to of gratefol affection. The address, which the day when it would be our privilege to wel was bound in book form in purple leather, <:ome you, mv lord , "·ith the affection due to a will be a lasting souvenir of our Abbey father and the reverence due to your high office ; now the anticipation has become realisa and Church, since in it appear a photo tion and we rejoice, but yet, my lord, in our graph of the Church and a hand-painting joyful celebration of your return there is a of the Abbey. The fl oral design, also the note of regret, the tear and the smil e a re work of a Convent artist, is truly typica l mingled. for it is hard to sever ties of grateful friendship. However , this evening, no shade - shamrock and e ucalyptus showing forth of sadness must cloud our 1v elcome, which must bravel y. needs be all brightness; a nd, my lord. \\·hether The rismg of the curtain immediately your thoughts turn to the past , dwell on the after re\·ealed a picture of Greek maidens, present, or look to the future, thev find subject of gladness. As an Irishman you must rejoice garbed in flowing robes of roseate hues, HIS LORDSHIP, MOST REVEREND JOSEPH SHIEL, D.D. that, before you left Ireland, you saluted the joyously waving garlands of roses. The da wn of her freedom , " its glory was tipping blending of li ght and colour formed a the hill-tops, and the long night of sorrow was gone " : then the consciousness that your return tableau, exquisite in its damtiness , to Australia is ha iled bv a h eartv welcome in breathing the \'ery atmosphere of joy, in the va rious districts wh.ich have been blessed keeping with the "Welcome Song," in by your zealous m ini stra tions must be a joy to which the vo ices of Grecian and Austra you as a priest ; whilst as a Bishop you see a wide field of labour opening out before you, lian maidens united in bidding welcome to and your angel, with rays of hope in his radiant the guest of the evening . eyes, lifts his hands, points to the ripening har- This song and tableau served a s an in- II EUCALYPTUS BLOSSOMS. troduction to the dra ma tic items of the nane, as Elymas, a Christian-from the enter tainment- scenes from "Andros of example of whose 1·irtues Andros has Ephesus." The fir s t scene int rodu ced us been been led to em brace the faith- is to Lydda, an Ephesian lady, whose friend graphicall y describing the ne ve r ~to-be ship with Andros, a young nobleman of fo rgotten day when his human eyes be rank, leads them to discuss confidentially held the Ch ri st, the Son of the Living the doubts b,· which both their minds a re G0d, a. e- He stood by the bier at Nairn. disturbed . " Here, again, Andros is j oined by Lvdda , They a re dissatis fi ed with the worship already a Ch ri s tian. The scene ended of the gods, a nd yearn for something with a tableau of our Blessed Lady, whose higher. Sybil Doneley took the part of beautiful title, "Mater Ch ri sti," is so Lydda- " diYinely fair "- while :VI a rie Col closely connected m our minds wi·th the li ns appreciating highly the nobility of city of Ephesus. Kathleen Bell had the the character she was to impersona te, honour of impersonating Our Blessed entered heart a nd soul into the part of :Vlother, and while the tableau continued, Andros, the high-spirited, ideali stic and a beautiful "A\'e :VIaria" was sung by enterprising Creek. our choristers . The orchestra was next heard to ad Lea\ ing the Grecian city behind the vantage m Beetl1 0,·en's ":Vlinuet and curtain, the orchestra then struck up the Trio," a nd again in a selection , " Ba r e\·er-welcome "Irish Airs," and with all caroll e, :" from Offenbach's " Tales of H off due deference to the discriminating musi ma nn. cal taste of the a udience, perhaps this At th e conclusion of these items the pro1·e d the most appreciated musical hall was darkened, a nd our a t tention a r item of the e\·ening. In the last chorus rested b,· th e ·we ird strains of "Danse we all joined with full hearts; it was Macabre:" which roused our sense of the the anthem of our "Alma Mater" praeternatural in preparation fo r the en "Queen of Loretto." suing scene, where Arachne, a witch, was seen in her darksome ca\·e . This abode His Lordship of Rockhampton then rose was illuminated only by intermittent and replied in feeling terms to our ad fl ashes of g ruesome light from the tire dress. He said that the tear and the burning beneath a bubbling cauldron, a nd smile indeed strove for mastery in the here Arachne prepared her incantations. feelings called forth by our words and en "By the pricking of my thumbs," she too tertainment, but that he would ever evince judged "something wicked this way the keenest interest in Loretto ; ever hold comes," in the person of Aratus, an in memory the many kindnesses he had enemy of the noble Andros, in quest of received from the time of his first ac a charm . Terrified by the aspect of the quaintance with Loretto nuns in his minis cave, he beat a hasty retreat, when his tra tions as curate in the South :VIelbourne request had been g ranted. Eileen Beirne parish to this very night; and would ever made a most successful witch, her fiendish carry with him pleasant recollections of la ugh being particul a rly e ff ecti,·e in main the many happy hours spent within t? ining the weird, yet fascinating attrac Lorett-o's walls , not the least of which tions of this scene. In striking contra would be this evening's entertainment. dis tinction to her na tural character, good His Lordship, the Most Reverend Dr. hearted :VIaisie Steele played the part of Higgins, also spoke in his usual happy the ,-i!lain ·to g reat ad Yan tage. ,·ein some g racious words, and then It was as a happy relief to this scene asked as a favour that we would keep our tha t the Juniors greeted us by an Austra programme in practice, to be ready at lian chorus-" The Kookooburra," and for any time to repeat it wholly , whe~ we a time you might have imagined yourself should hear that any of the young pnest s early ash' in our beautiful bush, so per· there present had been raised to episcopal feot was their imitation of the mirthful dig nity ! friend of Australians . Thus ended our eYentful evening, a!I A pianoforte duet then introduced us our hearts uniting in echoing and re-echo to the third a nd last scene of the play. ing the words of the address - " God It was laid in a garden where Paula Mor- speed you, my Lord!" 1~L ---- Literary E\Jenings of 1913. ~~I ~======SE=N=IO=R=.======~~I (A budget ot memorie s by this morning's before us as we inspected "St. Cyr," and post, just as 11·e \\'ere collectrng the contribu tions of our Club members, made us deter heard its pupils, so qnamtly attired in mine to shorten our articles, an d be true to their brown se rge uniform, wi th dainty the maxim " Honour to 11·onh," for memories cap a nd apron, declaring that they felt of 101 3 m~ s t surely give place to mernorir" " as if the\· had en tered Paradise"! which go back two drcades or more. The exquisite stagin g of "Racine" in terested us g reatly, while no less impres si1·e was the scene of its author, kneeling at the chapel door, pouring out his UR literary evenings of thanksgi\·ings for the success of his work. ,. the past year have been ..:::; " The Mystic Unfathomable Song," in ""' spent walking a ll too which Dante "burn s into his glowin g ~ rapidly through wide enamel the figures, which he lm·ed and 5 gardens, rich in blos hated," was not beyond our ambition. --= soms of song and story. :VIa n · Baker has taken notes from an .. 'v\le merely noted the essa'y on the " }.lfadonna in Dante," but ::r_ beauteous blooms, pro space forbids a reproduction . We can .5 mising ourseh-es a fre not refrain, howe\·er, from quoting some if:. quent return in after lines of the inimitable prayer:- " life, when we could ~ ' ·Here, thou, to _u s, of cha rity a nd love, ":;"' drink deep draughts of Art as the noonday torch ; and a rt, beneath , .._ their fragrance at To mortal man, of hope, a Jj,·ing spring. ~ greater leisure. At the . . . Not on ly him \\'ho asks , ~ Thy bounty succours ; hut cloth freely oft very entrance of this garden, we culled CIJ an unpretentio us bloom, in a short, well Forerun the asking. \\'hatsoe'er may be = Of excell ence in creatures, pity m ild, ..!. Some of our e\enings \\" ere enj oyably true signifi cance might fl ash upon our .spent in reading a transbtion of th e "inward eye." Two days after this eYen earliest epic of modern languages. ing, one of our enthusiasts declared tha t CarniJle Ti etyens has g i\·e n us <111 iuterest she had already re-read this masterpiece in g account of the life and ex ploits of the six times, and promised herself yet sixty Cid, iJlu s trated with extract s fr om the times six such readings. baJl ad, hut \Ye must pass on to th e plea J\:atli leen Bell's admira tion fo r our great s ant break in our regula r readings, occa Catholic poet has made her furnish us sioned 1i _1· an e\·ening with th e magazines with a thoughtful apprecia tion of his of our fo reign com·ents . Thei r perusal works . She dwell s expressly on the ex succeeded in reanim ating the " esprit de quisite word-painting in which Thompson corps" exi sting among a ll Loretto pupil s ; exceJled, a nd on the soul-stirring address whil e the account of the mission a t :\loro of the :\faster to the trembling soul in pai, in th e Sunderbunds, fi ll ed us with the" Hound of Heayen ." pride in the great work of Cha rity our nuns are there accomplishing fo r the little .. All 1Yhi ch I took from th ee, I did but take, Hindoos. A packet from Bucharest bring :\ ot for tll\- ha rm, But ju;; t tliat thou might' st seek it in :'l fy :-trms. ing us notes on Roumanian heroes and All 11·hi ch th)- cl1ild' s mistake, heroines, claimed our attention on an Fanc ies ;1 s lost, J h a1·e stored tor thee at other occa sion. \\'e read thes·e with much home. interest mingled with admira ti on for the Ri se, clasp m y ha nd, and come! " wonderfully neat caligraphy, fo r which ·each wa s remarkable; while the communi And now at the cl ose of the year, as we cations from our Hungarian Sisters had a look back o\·e r this garden of "exquisite ch arm all their own . thoughts, exquisitely expressed," we realise how refreshing and inspirin g it is La st, but far from being the least de to be li fted out of the mundane interests ·1ectable object of our s tudy, was the of this work-a-dav world into such an beautiful, daring, and rich imagery of atmosphere, and as we bid it adieu, it is Frances Thompson's greatest poem. with a k eener, deeper feeling for the- After the first reading of "The Hound of Heaven," we felt somewhat o\·erpowered. " Beaut,- of holiness, and holiness of beautv. ·we felt that we wanted to take it wi th us Burning in on e g-reat fragrant flame of love into the" bliss of solitude ," that there its to11·ards God." JUN I 0 R. OR the pa st year we haYe realms of gold ." The literary world cer been li\·ing among tainly seems golden to us. When, then, it g iants in the world of was sugges ted that each of us should heroes. \Ve ha Ye write a few words on any one of our watched Cuchulain as heroes, or th eir exploits, we had great he shortened his road scope for selection. by hurling hi s baJI, dart Paula :'ll ornan e chose to tell us ho11· Cuchu and spear one after an L1in g ot hi s name. She informs us that in the other, and then b\- mak d;iY s of King Conchobar of Clster, his little ing a run, catch]ng all n r- phe 11-, Scta nta . ran from home to the court, .. 11·here all th e chiefs had a h a nd in bringing in his hand before one him up ... O n one n ight the king supped 11·ith of them reached the Culain, the great smith of ulster ; but h e forgot ground. \\'e ha\·e fol- the nephe 11-, 11·hom he h ad directed to tollow lowed the Cid in some him. Consequen tly. Seta nta, h ad to face the hound , .. 11·hich had in him the strength of a of hi s ad\·entures with the :\Ioors ; liYed hu ndred. .. There 11·as a mighty struggle, but with Siegfried, the h e. roof the :.Jibelungen Seta nta gained the Yi ctory. Poor Culain \\' as -lied, and with other mythical heroes, and smitten 11·ith grief fo r his loss, and said, " There is no g ood 11·elcome for you here; you we haYe e\·en re\·elled in the frolics of took from m e a good m ember of mY house eh·es and goblins; so feel justified in stat hold.· · The bo1· Setanta then declared that ing that "much ha\·e we trayeJled in the until h e had re;ired a hound to equal the one E~CALYPTUS BLOSSOMS. slain, " l myself 11·ill be your 11·atch-dog." The Cid claims a large share of notice, . rT~~ E ~ ~~ Henceforth, therefore, he bore the name of and has quite m·ershadowed poor Roland. Cuchulain, 11·hich means ' 'The Hound of h~==A=G=eo=g=ra=ph=i=ca=l="=pe=d=iti=on=·=~~~ Culain. '' After placing him in history, Weenie J'\apthine leaves the narration of the In the course of our tra1·els 11 ith this earlv "curious e\·ents" concerned with him to S the adventures of the pre sen ing perishable goods by the ex Irish hero, the 11·a r of 1rnrcls among the "Great Explorers" in clusion of air, much after the manner in 11·omen of Clster 11·as the cause of much amuse her sister club-members. Accordingly, ment, but no extract could do justice to its Queenie Sussman and Bonnie Atkyns re search of geological which we of the present generation deal worth. The next contribution from the lore of mmd us of Ba,·ieca, the gallant steed and geograpl11cal know with surplus fi. sh and fruit . Should any Ireland comes, then, from Alice Collins. To which helped Rodrigo to gain his \-ic ledge, might otherwise of our readers fail to follow the last state keep the humanity ot ·Cuchulain before u s, she be lost to posterity , we ment, we giYe as a clue this saying of the relates an incident during the \\'ar of the tories. Bonnie particularly emphasises Bro11 n Bull of Clster. Since none of the men the successful ruse by which on the day crave a small space in Canadians, "As for ou r fruit, well, we eat of Connaught 1\"a s match for the champion of after Rodrigo's death the Spaniards, by the " Blossoms " for the what we c.:t n, and we 'can' what we Ulster, hi s "friend and fello11·-pupil," F erdiacl, strapping his dead body to his horse, once following sketch of our 'can't.'" Ha\·ing walked on for some dis 1\"as chosen to measure arms 11·ith him. l\atu visit to the " Black tance, the course of the river made sud rally, F erdiad did not 11·ish to fight, but ;.l eave more fo llowed him to battle and again of Con n;i.ught ''sent the satirists to him, that struck terror into the Saracen. Ba\·ieca Gorge," where we found denly a marked deviation, which was ex they might make three hurtful satires and did not long outli\-e his master, for- Nature had become the plained by the presence of a bluff or out three hi ll -top satires on him," if he refused to handmaid of the Junior jutting cliff of a different character from come to the Ford. Fercliacl, therefore, came, " It 1Yere ;i. shameful thing- Pupils; fi.rst causing a the surrounding country. ' ' since it 11·as better to fall by spears than That peerless Ba1·i eca s hould e1·er be bestricl We examined with interest a fertile satires." Reluct;i.nth·, the combatants met, By any mortal but Bi1·ar. " river to be formed and and each performed - g-rc;1t feats, but in the then removing the waters, lest they tract of land formed by the deposit of silt end Cuchulain ' s spear pierced Ferdiad. J-1 is :\Iarie O'Brien's admiration for this hero .should impede the closer investiga at the foot of this cliff, and named it dying cry 11·as, " 0 I lound of the beautirul rests mainly on his charity to a poor leper "Coral Flats," owing to a peculiar coral feats, it 11"as not right that you should ki ll tion of its bed. Prosaic mortals me,"; 11·hile Cuchulain lamented, "0 Fercliacl. whom he once met when riding. Not only might doubt this statement, and see like ,-egetation that abounded there. you were betrayed to your death; you to die, 1 did he dismount to help the unfortunate in the "Black Gorge" merely a Here signs of se\·ere bush fi.res were to be living. Our parting for ever is a grief leper, but he brought him to his own channel for draining the surrounding 1isible. for ever'. " table, gave him his own bed, and so de .country, but we do not blame them- they Soon after this the fi.rst habitation was \\"e fo llo11"ed "the Hound " as long as the served the vision he beheld that night, have ne\·er been " ]. P's.," and know not 1 each ed. It was near the junction of the " hero-light " shone above him, and then bade when a glorious knight appeared to him by '' lnt d :: li cate touches, imperceptible fi.r st tributary, where another fertile tract him fare11·ell as " the three times fifty queen::; and said:- that 101"ed him heard him singing the music to the untrained eve, Nature reveals her had been formed. The course of the nver w:1s now studded with several picturesque of the Siclhe." " I am the holy Lazarus, I come to speak 1Yith _self to her ardent' devotees, fl oo ding the thee; mind with exquisite pleasures, the just islands; one especiall y a ttracted our at Lea\·ing Irish Litera ture, 2\faxie Robert I am the poor leper, thou s::wedst for charit1·: reward of earnest endeavour, to scale the tention on account of the curious appear son takes us back over our Grecian There shall be honour 11ith thee in battle and rugged heights of the :\!fount of Know ance of a cliff of silted strata. In this Mythology in her account of the exploits 111 peace, Success in all thy doings and plentiful in ledge. part of the river the banks, now much of Theseus. She gi\·es special place to crease .. , Unfortunately, we were pre\·ented from lower, were deeply undercut, and the his adventure with the Minotaur of Crete, approaching the very source of the nver overhanging cavern-like rocks, covered a ided as he was by the fair Ariadne ; and What a contrast it was on lea\- by a band of armed trappers, but near its with a wealth of golden \·egetation, pre to his triumphal return to Athens, when , ing the Cid to come to "Goblin head we noticed the canyon-like aspect of sented a beautiful sight. The discoverer howe\·er, he forgot to hoist the white sail i\farket" there to watch the goblins, the banks. One rock ,-ividly streaked of the "sea-fowls' ·eggs was now of victory. His aged father, seeing a "racing, whisking, tumbling, hobbling," with red and brown, recalled what we had triumphant with a second wonderful fmd black sailed \·essel hm·e in sight, cast him as they call ed to us ever, "Come, buy; heard of the "Yellowstone Park." We - viz., a shark's tooth, which she ex self from a cliff and perished. What ter come, buy"! .also saw here some good examples of tracted from a piece of crumbling rock, rible and life-long remorse was the result Now we ha,-e told you of our literary "faults." One member of the exploring by many delicate strokes of the geological of Theseus' one act of forgetfulness ! wanderings of r 9 r 3. Next year, per party discovered what she called a nest hammer. Her suggestion that this Siegfried's dragon-broth bath, which cnance, we may have to dig somewhat of sea-fowls' eggs in the cliffs. The r.est pointed to the possibility of our present made him proof against sword thrusts, below the surface to reach the gold; but (who bad not the glory of di_s covenng river co urse being an old uplifted marine has captirnted Hilda Mickie's sense of after the pleasant evenings we have spent them) were inclined t o be sceptical._ But plain was received with scorn, until the wonder. But if he only knew about the with our heroes this year, we "greet the all differences were soon forgotten 111 the "rest" chanced on other specimens of a linden leaf, he would have taken a unknown with a cheer," as we look for interest caused by the discovery of traces submarine nature (such as sardine tails second! ward to our meetings in r9r4. of prehistoric inhabitants. A closer ana herring bones), when all agreed that examination of one of the remams the impression might not be altogether (a metal object much indented _and unfounded. We now met the second tri -covered with iron deposit), mclmed butary, at whose junction there was a us to think these inhabitants must land formation resembling the country at have been a highly civili sed race, the junction of the Neckar and Rhine; with a knowledge of the art of then for a long stretch the river flowed 32 ECCAL YPTUS BLOSSOMS. rn a g orge with high rocky banks , thus s heep and cattle, m e t our gaze on all strengthening the impression of a revi\·ed sides , and held us in attention and silen ce river. As th e r i\er a pproached its lower for quite- a minute ! Reluctantly we course, the banks became low, and tore ourseh·es from the enchanting sight, showed the \·arious degrees of weathering and our lagging fo o t ~ t e p s , s timula ted by usuallv discernible in a mature riYer. the thought that dinner hour was long Billabongs , separated from the parent pas t, and we were far from the farm, our s trea m b;: long , low s trips of country, home for the da , .. abounded, and on e ither side s tret ched In the ca mp, ·as hour after hour s tole wide pla rn s of well -cultirnted land. on, and broug ht n o sign of the wa nde rers , On pursuin g our winding course, we hea rts throbbed with anxiet\· for our arri\·ed at-oh ! la ng uage r: annot ex safety, and when at leng th the. echoes of press our tli oug hts- :fo r truly we s tood our gentle \·o ices were born e on the even on the famed suspension bridge of New ing breeze, great was the rejoicing, and York in miniature, from which a scene a ll crowded round with eager inquiries , of mag nific:en ce burs t on our astoni shed and ]O\·in g fears concerning our welfa re gaze . All nature seem ed cl othed in loye - fears speedil}' al\ a;:ed, by the manner liness- high, O\·erhang in g cliffs , O\·er in which we a ddressed ourseh ·es to the which the wild rose wrea t.l1 e d itself in rich s umptuous banquet of country dishes then luxurian ce- for s trf t ching field s clothed so temptingly displayed before our in their dainty s pri w:; attire nf ,-i, id green. hungry eyes . "Sic transit gloria rnundi" bearing the promise of a rich han ·est, - e\· en the grea test poet cannot alwa\·s peaceful farm s \Y ell stocked with grazing ' c> rnain 0 11 tli e s ummit of P ci rna ssus . The Grounds, Loretto Co1n·ent, E lamang. l'\ eutr?l ll<1v in dista nce. SCHOOL CHRONlC LE. --- -~"'=-=- LORETTO CONVENT , PORTLAND . Apri l 1s t. - rather Cain· ~ return from his \·is it to the H om eland. \Ve \1ere all outside F eb. 6th.- Back at school again. The rcad1· to 1\ elcome him back. Father Cain gave greate r number arri\·ed bv the e\·cn1ng train us :t 1·c n · interesting account of his travels. at 8 o 'clock. '\f a nv old faces \\·ere missing, \\.(' all \\Tote a n essay on his lecture. Before a nd :t fc \1· ne 11· girls \rcre to be see n. ki nd Father o·Kane (1\·ho had been suppl1·ing F eb . 2o th.- The Garde n Fere in aid of the fo r F athe r Cain ), left u s, \IC g:l\'e him a Co1we nt took place at the sho\\. ground. and present. \\·e \1·e nt in the atternoo n. Ther e \\·ere seve ral "fav 2nd.--F ea st of Ascens ion. \\'e had Ex stall s - a fan cy stall , a lo11y stall, a frui t s t:1ll, positi.o n of the Blessed Sacrament in our own and refreshme nt s t:dls. Iittle chapel. The altT een at S o'cloc k. \\·c h ad Expos ition of the Blessed IJO\\·s on our coll a rs , a 1id \Y e had l\l' ass in our S ,rork. T en children \\·e nt in, and all passed. One of our Easter joys "as that of welcom Highest marks recei,·ed. <)<). ing back to Austrcdia our clea r kind tricncl , Oct. 1qth. -The Results of ~Iu s i c Exams. Father Cain. He entertained u s 11·ith an ac T e n childre n \\Tilt in. and eight passed. count of hi s tra 1·e ls . \\'ith 11·hat breathless in ~O\". 2 1s t. - Theon· l{ esults. Fi,·c children terest 11·C' l istene cl to his stories of the Old \\·e nt in for them. one recei\·ed ho nours, and \\.o riel'. \\'c reali sed as \\·e listened \\·hat a rn·o passed. young na tion 11 e 11·e rc. Our hearts thrilled l\01-. 21nd.--\\.ent to Gon·rnment P addock \\·hen h e assured u s that after Erin. the Gem this aftern oo n ; a beautiful s.prin~ · d:w ; gath · of t he Sea . Austra li a \\·as. of a ll he had seen, ered \\·ild rnses and m;1ide 11 hair. The grass the la nd of hi s cho ice; \\·ith its laughter-lo1·ing 1r;1s carpeted ll'ith dainty \\·ild 1·iolcts and but a nd generous [JC'op!e; its broad expan ses and tercups. The little boys of St. Al o ~ ·, iu ,; College freedom from olcl-11·orld con1·cntio ns. spent th C' afternoon securing specimens tor J)uring ~l a ~ · ire h a~\ De1·otions in honour of '.\ature ;;t ud~-. but returned in time for ;i g ood Our Blessed Lacl 1-. a:icl thc1· 11 ·erc more fe n ·en t lunch. \\·e fo und some g oose-berry bushes, and t h;1n usual. as 11·e asked our Immaculate ()ueen gathered enough to h;we a pie, \\·hich \\·e en to gua rd and protect our dea r Re,·erend ~ L other joyed \ "C r\" much. The da~· \\·a s beauti fu l- so o n her lo ng journey hom e. and brin~· her back beautiful t hat it reminded us of K enctall's \\·ell safely to us. Rei·. _\J other·s ,·is it o< to us are k11011·11 lines o n l\01·ember in Au :< tra lia: land1i1arks in o ur school hi sto1T. \\·e lo1·e to ;ee her, ;incl gather round her. ·for \\·c fee l she '· She is the \\·onder \\·ith the g olden "·ings , takC' s a s pC'c i;d in terest in each one of us. \\"e· \\"ho laYs one hand in Summc1"s. one rn regTettcd that thC' _\l ount Gambier raihYa\' Sprlng"s ; \\·a s not completed. otherwise 11·e 11·ould h a1·e About her ha ir a sunset radiance g lo1rs; had the p!C'a surc ot seeiog her passing o n her Her mouth is s ister of the cl c1n· rose; \\ ay to Adelaide. And all thf' beaut,· ot the pure blue sk ieo< Has lent ir:; lustre to lle.r soft bri.,·h t eyes. ·· About thin,· little ch ildren made their first ll o l ~· Communion on Corpus Christi, and at D ec 3 rcl. - ~l o ther ~J a r~ · Xa1·ier's F east. - t he close of the Paschal season ire had the Display of );cedlc\\·ork. Dra\\·ing a nd P a int Fon1· !lours· Adoration. ings. School terms \\·e re changed this yea r, so [Our little P ortland friends \\·ere ;1gain first August found us 11·o rking hard re,·ising fo1- in the fi eld \\·i th their contributio ns to\\·ards the T erminal examinatio ns. \\'e united in the "Blossoms. " thi s Year a budget of spirit \\·ith a ll Loretto children in Australia in essays o n 1· aricd topics.-\\·e \\·ere tempted to 11·ish inl!· dear R everend :.\lother a ,-ery h appy in sert some of them , particularly the Yenturc jubilee on the 2,+ th. \\'hat a joy it must ha ,· e of cight-1·car -o ld Brian O'Keefe. in his " Por been to he r to s pend the da,· 11·here she de\'oted poises in P ortla nd Bay ... but the demands of herself to God 60 years ago! The 2qth 11·ill space a rc in exorable this year. \\·c thank Yida. be Ion!(' remembered as the c[ ;i,- on 11·hich se,-e Doroth,·. Brian. Leo. a nd all ou r anonymous ral of U o' tried our s kill in cooking. There contributors for their ,·en · nice cssaYs. and \\·e \\·as a competition in cake m aking. and table ha,·e put thrm aside for som C' future. occasion.] setting. Some maiden e ff orts were rewa rded in the former, a nd the Seniors beat the Junio rs h)· one ,·ote in the latter. Our holida)·s \\·ere too short, and durin,[(' LORETTO CONVENT, HAMIL TON. th em a ,·ery ~ u ccess ful mission \\as gi,·en by Feb. ,+ th fo und near!,· e1·ery one of last year's the P assionist Fathers. \\"hen school re pupil s back at schoo l. Some nc\\Tom ers joined opened the o ne topic 11·as the Concert. which is our ranks. \Y e \\·ere ,·en- sorry to hear that given annua lh- b,- the children of St. ~ Ian-"s 2\Joth cr _\J a r)· Barbara 11·;is Je;n:ing us. ' Tis School. 1t 1i·as : as u sual. a g reat success. said, that to youth, old F ather Tim e mo,·es _\[u sic and needle 1Y o rk examinations fo ll o11·ed slowh-. :\ot so at Loretto, Ham ilton. The quickly in its tra in , to remind us t hat li fe must year s· gn a ll too fast. \\'e feel thi s as each be 11·o rk a s \\·e !l as pleasure. Ho11·e,·er. \\' Ork ,·ear 11·c :niss the old fam ili a r face . Regret had its o\\·n pleasure in this in stance, as all tor old friC'nd s makes us loo k askance at the 11·c re successful at both examinations. new. ln a short time. ho \\·c1·er, ire 11·oncl er The F east of St. Stanislaus th is ,· ear 11·ao< ho11· 1\' c e1·C'r thought thC'm nc\\'. a red letter daY in the an na ls of lfamilton. It Vera _\h11·son. 11·hose succcs;; 1n December •• a,; _\ I. _\]. J. ·Stani slau s· first feast daY 11·ith at Junior Public 11 e all ha iled \\·ith delight, us. Secret preparations 1yere in progre-ss for has relucta nt!)· said good-bye to u s. some days beforehand. and on the e,·e the· St. P atrick's Da,· cl ;l\\·ne cl at last. I 10 11· school 1r :1s decorated in heliotrope and green. many cager eyes scanned the he;n ·ens on that The lo nged-for day came at last. The Juniors clay of days. " \\'hat means that da rk horizon ° 11 ere greatly excited. as they had a surprise Docs Dame Xaturc rcalh- mc:-tn 11·hat that in the form of a p l a ~ -. And. indeed. it 1rns a leaden sky portends ?" 11·e a nxiou sh· asked. surprise to see ho 11· 11·ell each acted her part. "for this is our picnic cla,· to the \\'annon." A ,-a ried programm e was gone through in the Our \\' Orst fears \\' ere r ealised, alas! for morn ing. and atter a magnifi cent lunch we though the ra in kept off till mid day the spent the afternoon dancing and pl:wing afternoon 11·as cold and 11·et, a nd we 1rere not games. \\'ith this 11·e encl our ch ronicle, a be able to Yisit the glorious Fall s 11·hich make fitt ing endinir to a Yery h appy year, a nd we the \\"annon one of the beauty spots of the wi sh cl ear R e1·erend l\fother a r e1T happ1· \\'estern District. Christmas and a loving 1\'elcome h ome. 34 EUCA LYPTUS BLOSSO :\J S. LORETTO CONVENT, NORMANHURST. entcrtai11mc nt is the reading of the Jubilee Ode. ======~ ,~ " poem illustrating the 1.if e and deed s of .the SYDNEY, N .s.w. neroine of the daL Ouamt s ketches or pa mt in g·s intersperse the ve rse, to. depict the .scenes Feb. 5th.- Ash W e dn es d ay~ An oppressively described therem . T h e evenmg ends 1nth the hot and sultry d ay, endmi:r as our Sydney 1 i1;1r ing lines of "A Song for the Blue.·· com .days so often do, 1vith a blessed relief 111 .the It P " ~l: d )) ,. an old a ncl .101-.ll c.hilcl of Loretto, and even ing. cam e in the shape of a rous mg i1w a1 i.1bh· 'Ung 1nth spint by the whole storm followed bv a cooling do"·npour. So ,.;C"f 10ol. · we s t ~rte d off on -our year· s course refreshed luh·.-Aftcr .\l icl11·inter occurred the sm all-poll bv the welcome ch ange and strengthened by ,; :.:r.:. resulting in quarantine for .Sydney and subduing L enten thoug hts . . 11·h o!t's;il c 1·a ccination for its inha bitants. Oh, April 16th.-The annual Garden I: ete at the ~ the tiresome vacci nation clay s, 11·hen the (]u es 2 ·Convent of :\Icrcy, \\ a1tara, proved, as u sual. t'on. ·· Ha1·c YOU been don e? .. ·· Ho\\' ha s yours .s a n agreeable divers ion. lt \\ as ope!1 ed by l-f1 s t;tke.n ?.. 11a s .repeatecl ad n auseam. How re ;,.. ,,. Grace the :\lost Re1·ere11d Dr. K elly, who ::l li eved 11·e 11·ere 11·he n it 11·as all 01·er, and 11·e 11·ere ....< 0 spoke feelingly of the \\·ork of the Sis.ters for 1.< 1: m al once more. ....< u the Foundlings. The children entertained u s ;::, >. Sept. 8th. Our La dy ·s .Birthda)-, and the. :.) .t:J la te r 11·ith a :\Iaqio!e dance, s kilful!,- arranged cq ,n ing of 5pring- : these furnished the t.he.me of .and carried out. \\·e rene"·ed acquaintance a be 1ut'ful ser,non l.!·i ven us a ft er Benech ction by ;'.:) ~" with all the 1vee o nes, especially the hlack R'.· 1-. Ric:1;1rd .\lurphy, S.J .. Hector of Laroia. ~ babv. :) 5'" Truf~· - ~i a v 1st. - \\'e \\·e re honoured bY an archi ~ -::: ·cpiscopal and an episcopal. visi.t in the first .. C :«'Y \\.inter hath g one like a 1v earisom e "'0 week of :\Ja1-, each resu!tmg 111 a 11·elcom e guest, ~ holidav. Hi s' Grace :\l ost Re1·erend Dr. K elly, And. behold. fo r repayment and His Lordship, :\lost Re1·erend Dr. Shiel. September com <-,; in 11·ith the wind of the \\'est . both seem to understand the schola rs · pro.1·er And thr Spring in her ra im ent. bial " pining tor a play-day .. , As 11·as .fitt111.~. - K endall. we kept Hi s Grace·s h oliday on St. :\lichael .~ Feast- :\!av 8th. " P our passer le temps. S f' pt. 20th . A con test 1n basket b;ill, long ·each division in turn enterta ined the rest of ;in d st rPnuou'h practised. \\';JS played 1vith the school. Some capital impromptus 11·e re much zest and suppressed excitement. A tennis forthcoming, charades. ;rnd 11·hat. not. racket 11·as the prize gi1-e n by lot to a 1 WHERE WE BOIL THE BILLY. 37 ECCALYPTUS BLOSSOMS. EUCALYPTUS BLOSSOMS. present. \'~)U 1\·ould he s urprised ho\\' \\·e S C' pt. 1:'t. - \\.o rking hard for the Jubilee s tudy, practice, a nd do :i ll thrngs natural_ to LORETTO CONVENT, KIRRIBILLI, . D ec. 1oth.-Gre.tt d1 s.1ppo1ntment. A wet Bazaar. \\·hich is to take place on the 20th of Loretto girls , as tf the \\·cather were 1ust I- east of L oretto- r.1111 and thunderstorm. SYDNEY. this Jll Ollth. ordina ry, as in European countnes. Our _d <1 ily Feast thor~ughly enjoyed, notwithstanding Sept. ~ o th . - Th e long-looked-fo r day h ;is ar- deasure m a kes up for the great hcat-;--·v1z. , ,a \;eath_c r. Dis play_ ot \rnrk in the afternoon. . F eb. -1th .- On returning to school, Tuesday, ri1·ed: grand preparations h a. Ye b een m ade. ; 1\·im in the ha\', in the cool of the e\·e111ng. \\ e I arntrn~ s . and pomt-lace \\·ork much admired. School looks \·ery p;ctty \\·tth Y June 27th.-A scholastic day. His Grace, The Oct. 25th.- Armed with hammers we set off \lost Reverend Dr. Carr, Dean '.\IcCarthy, to Studley Park on a nature study excursion. Prior Kindelan, Fr. Collins, :\fr. Bowditch, Mr. :'llr. James \\·as in charge, and we learned a Slattery and some other gentlemen spent the ;;reat deal about the rocks and g eological struc morning in the College. They visited the ture oi the di strict. School, saw a Criticism Lesson, watched the Kov. 1st.- Excursion to Heyington-geologi students at manual \\Ork , and the Kindergart cal , g eographical and botanical. ners at their occupations. ] uly 7th.- -Professor Tucker lectured on :'\ ov. 6th.-Those of us 11·ho heard John " The Future of Poetrv ·· before the Past 'll cCormack to-night could find no adequate P upils' Association, and -we highly appreciated 1rnrds to describe his singing to the rest. It the privilege of being present. 11·a s something ne\·er to be forgotten. July ioth.-A large party of u s \Yent to the :\01·. 8th.-Excursion to Fairfield. This time Auditor_ium to hear H err Goll again. It \\·a s 11·e go armed with pond-nets and billy ; but a delightful evening. there is so much to be seen that only a small July 1qth.- '.\lr. Benjamin Hoare ,·ery kindly proportio:1 of time goes in fishing. gave us an afternoon of recitation- \\·hich m ade u s ask for more. \\" e hope that he \\·ill come ~m -. 12th- qth.-Great flutter in Retristra again, and give u s a Shakespeare afternoon. tion Circles. Practical examinations going on tor three d;iys. To-da~· 1Y e elected the College Councillors 'lliss 1. Jones, Head of the Colleg· e , with l\[isses '.\ov. qth.-The r esults ;ere knO\Yn-eighteen 'llcPhce, Clearv and Dohertv as Councillors. pa ~sc d freely a nd one provisionally. \\"e are July 2-tth. - 'i fr. Bo\\·ditch -l ectured on Cardi glad and thankful for such fine results. So nal Ne\\·m a n before the :'\e\\·man Society , and far onh· o ne second vear student h as been the majority of u s 1Y ere there. f" xamined. but 11· e congratulate her, too- ?diss Augu,;t 15th .--\\" e celebrated :\ I. :'II. Barbara·s Be~ s i e o·su!livan, of Bruns 1\·ick. jubilee in a quiet \\"av on this glorious Feast. :'\m·. 15th.- The Feast of St. Gertrude being t'he Armin Literarv Club had a most success the birthday of the head of the Coll eg e for this ful evening-" Olcf Tales o.f the East." The Year. :'lliss T. Jones, \\·e celebrated it b,- deco colouring, dressing, and a rrangem ent contri rating h er place this morning-, but \Y e. are to buted much to the success. c a party to-morrow evening in honou1 of August 1Gth ..- Being the F east of St. Roch the event. The Nature students set out for we had !\lass at eight o'clock, and so secured :\laribyrnong at S.30 a. m., and only returned both :\lass a nd a long sleep. at 2 p.m. August 2-tth .- The Second Table entertained the College, 1Yith a good guessing game, a :'\ov. l{)th.-The F ea5• of St. Elizabeth is to little music and light refreshments . in the be a free day, but Diploma students \1·ill hardly S enior school. avail them 3eh·es of it, as their examinations August 25th.-Second T erm \\"rittcn Exam · begin on "'.\iov ember :qth. inations began. >.'ov 22nd 1Yill be the last excursion dav for August 2qth.- Home for 2nd Vacation'. this year. \\'e 01y e '.\Ir. J ames many thank.s for Sept. 16th.-The Vacation ended. Rumours hi s kindness a nd his enthusiasm. of Criticism Lesson s and Retreat mingle. Lat t er seems onh· rumour. :\ov. 25th 1•;ill be the last day for Rev. Fr. Sept. 26th._:_Third Table entertain the Col T. O"D11 · ~· e r ·s lectures. \\'e thank him cordially Je g e at a ()uotatio n E1·ening, \\·hich passed off fo r all the help he h as given us, and for sacri Yerv successfullv. fic ing to u s so much ot his busy time. Sept. 28th.-\\"e go into R etreat to-night, a ftn St. :\ [ ichael' s Procession, and the Hoh· From now until the vacation begins, we Angels 11-ill guard our coming out. Father j. shall ha1·e examinations on all sides. RYan. S.J .. is to conduct the exercises. - · ay s uccess attend us all ! Oct. 2nd.- " It \\·as a real Retreat'. " cried a youthful enthusiast. 1·o icing the sentiments of · h this year many of us lay aside all. "the t · s of a child," and the next will Oct. 18th.---The second Councill or (:'lliss '.\I. .\lcPhee) had a birthcla,- to- cl ay, and a concert sec us takin,., ur place as women in the 11·a s organised in \\·hich her exploits \\·ere cele world, keeping souls for Christ in the brated in song a nd ,- erse. A party of us \\·ent Cafh oli c schools. to the matinee for schools of King Henr\' V. It 11·as a re1·elation of Sha kespeare to most of \Iav it be ours" to shine as stars for all ·us. e ternfty "! EUCALYPTUS BLOSSOMS. 1(~~ foreign Notes and Correspondence ~d.] on a hrm tooting. Se1·era l girls ha\'e regular of all she admires is :,1iguel Ce l"\' a ntes, the correspondents- a pupil of Loretto, Simla; a darling ot all Spanish hearts. ~~ Sicilian maiden , l\larietta, 11·ho wrote first. from L eaving our home-lands to come to - our the I Spain. " In enthusiastic \\·ords she recou.nts greatest g lory 11·as his noble sense of justice the 11·o rks of Isobel, d1splaylllg for our admHa 11·hich so endeared him to his people. tion her many noble qualities, h er natural dig The role of icl e;il heroine is accorded by nity, her firmness,_ and her fervent p iety. F er Danica Radosavljevic to Saint '\larga ret, dinando also receives his due m eed of pr:use. daughter of King Bela lV., who despis ing both lt 11·ill rejoice our correspondent to learn tbat rank ;ind riches, retired into the solitude of Isobel is d ear to many a young Australian, the cloister to devote herself 11·holh· to God. who beholds in her an ideal type of noble After a life ot heroic sanctit)", '\Iargaret died \\' omanhood. a r th e age of t1\·e nt)·- nine, on the islancl ll'hich The note of n ationalitv is immediately and bears h er name. :rn d where the ruins of her markedly struck ·by ou·r Hungaria n sisters, convent m a1· still be seen. pupils of the Institute of the Blessed \"irgin '\Lary Bergman 's hero is the fir st King of '\Ian· Buda-Pesth. in their selection of three llungary, the great Saint Stephen, 11·ith whose ~ai nt ~ and three ll' arriors tram the roll ot Hun deeds Church histon· makes u s famil iar. \\'e gar)"s heroes: The choice of Borhel): Edith, ,;hare .\lar~ "s admiration for this truly grand falling on Attila. sho11·s u s ho11· many-sided :ue king. and can quite understand that " he 11·iil vie 11·s of historic cha racter, and explains the ne1·er be fo rgotten 11·hile a Hung a rian heart fact that he is the h ero of many an old-time beats.· · talc po rtraying only good qualit ies. 11 hi le \\'C St. Elizabeth of Hu11garl' is the 101·ed heroin e th ink of him as the "Scour.ire of God. ' She of '\Ian· Trautmann, and .\lary 11·ill rejoice to tell s us of his ambition to emulate the Romans", kn o1\' th:1t' th e dPar 'ain t is 11·e ll kno11·n to u s , .a nd in form s us th:tt .. he surpasses them.,: and in gratitude for a f; 11·our received, her .asking for the hand of Honori;i, s ister of ,; tatuc s tands in a ni <:- h e 01-c r our Sacri stv Valentian, a nd modestly requesting half the door. while another beautiful st:\tue occupies Empire as h er dower ! The march of im·asion ;111 important pos ition ;n our Cloister, in 11·hi ch 11·as Attila's retali ation for the Emperor's memun · of a lineal descendant of this dear refu sal terminated at the gates of Rom e. which saint ....:t he young Countess Elizabeth \\'olff citv 1\'as spared onl1· at the pra)·er of the then ~t e tt e rni c h !H.. l.P.J. ll'ho li1·cd and studied in reig-ning Pope, Saint Leo. After rccountmg our Abbe,- in 18()8 . The Counte;s di ed at se;i the great e1·ents in the life of her hero, our in 189q, but is e1·er gratefully and lo1·ing·lv correspondent tells u s of his 11·a rm-hearted rememberecr by her m a m· fri ends at .\fary's g enerosit)· to all who took refuge rn his .\Iount. '\Ian· 11·ill no11· understand that distant domi 11 ions. a nd that after his death Ill .15 3 Ballarat feels· particularly bound to honour her A.D ., " hi s rem ain s 11ere enclosed in three clear saint of Hungary. coffin s and buried in the ri1·e r Tisza, so that The very interesting papers from Roumania. no huma n being should 1\'alk 01·er th e remains no11· so prominent in hi story, g i1·e us clear in of the b eloved and honoured king of the dication s of national temperament: and we H.un s." Our little H ungaria n 's admiration for sympathi se ll'ith Constance Borcescu in her her h ero is iustifi ed b1· the fact that Attila. the choice of OltC'a, as ideal heroine. O ne incident E tzel of leg.endary lore, is a f; n·o urite hero in cited might indeed haY e been ta ken from earl\' German litera tu re. th <' life of a Spart:1n m ;uron of old. though it There is a ring of triumph in the account :f shines fo rth in the a nnals of Roum:inian his her hero ... a great. bra1·e and strong man. tnrv as one of th e mam· noble deeds of this Nicholau s Zri1wi . giY en bv Gu;zti Bangh;1. true Christian 11·omau.: J One night during the He ll' as the son ·of that 1-fu ngary 11·hose task laY Turkish \\' ars. Oltea he;ird a loud knocking at in protecting the Ch rist ian nations from the her :lll c C' stral castl e. I !er 1·o ice rang out : Turks . and \\·hen in 1566 A.D. Sulejman for ' \\'hat is tl11· 11·ish . strangC' r ' For thou a rt not the seventh t ime i111·aded that la nd . )iicholaus ri11· "on StC'ph cn. 11 ·ho is bra1·el)· fighting 1\·as charged 1Yith a small fortress b,- 11·h ich th e :1tpinst the Turkish fo e. But if thou be reall v Turks must needs pass. Fiftee n assaults 1\·ere n~y son. my Stqihcn, return to the fie ld , die made on this one fortrf'ss, but at b st th e inner fo r ,-our countr,-. and 1·our g ra1·e s ha ll be portion ot the building took fire, an d Nicho l a u ~ tfo11·er-st rc1\'n ~.. This noble 11·om:rn takes ber and his men fo und it impossible to rem a in 't;lnd in the roll of Roumanian h eroines as the within their fort. "Attiring them selves in s ilk true stamp of :1 p;1tnoti<:- m:uru11 . and nh·et. a nd filling their pockets 11·ith gold. Const;rncC' Popescu makes Consta ntin Bran thev sallied forth to sho11· the Turks ho11· no bl·: ,· 01·:111, 11·ho figured so prominenth· in the long Hungarians could die... In the desperate dr:1w11 -out 'dussulman 11·ars, her hero, and de struggle for life a nd death 11·hi ch en su ed. 7.rim·i '.· lare,; t hat her pen is utterly poll' e rl ess to do was wounded in one leg, but continued to fight justice to the gra ndeur of this noble cha racter. on his knees t ill his death: but Suleim an 11·as 11·ho ahC'r being caiJtured by the Turks . stood killed, and the br;n·ery of this deeph: r e l igiou~ l;:>ld h· fo rth lik e the '\Iother of the '\Iachabccs ireneral sa,·ecl Hunga ry from thi ,; terrible to ,;('(. C';irh of his three sons fall dead a t his en emv. fC'ct rather than deny their Christi an faith. '\Iargit K ampis extol '< King '\Iath ias Hu nyadi ~ Jl ..\ t each Lita! blo11 he ·uttered his " Fiat," and ---surnamed "th e J u st, ··-1Yh o reigned in the 1,h en hi s 01 ~ · n turn came, died sa,·ing, " .\Lav fifteenth centurv. and organi sed the famous 1·ou be conv 111 ced Constantin Branco1·an dies F ebruary 5th.- School re-op ened. Greeting are all very proud of th e good result of our of friends and stories ot Christmas doings. labour. .\farch 17th.-The first break in school li fe. \Ve heard .\lass in the Cathedral, and then Shortly after the Bazaar .\father .\Iarga ret waited for the procession, ll'hich formed imme .\Iary invited the stallhold<'rs to a party. Tea diately after .\[ass. Our ~ ·o ung e r members h ad 1\·:1s served in the refectory, " ·hich 1\·as lighted .. the privilege of scattering snowy rose p etals be by pi nk fairy lamp s, and cand les 1,·i th pink fore the Blessed Sacram ent. shades. The ta bl es "·ere decorated \\'ith fl o wers. of the same tint, a nd a beautiful pink rose was April 1 7th .- \\'elcome to our kind and re,·e rencl friend, .\lost Reverend Dr. Shiel, just re laid in each place. Aftcrn·ards all repaired to turned from his vi sit to the home lan d, to take the school room, \\·here each recei1·ed a ,·ery pretty gift. T he party \\'ill be long remembered up his ne\\· duties as Bishop of Rockhampton. b,· all. The concert cons isted of se,· eral choruses of wel i ·September 17th.- The day after our r eturn .... ~ come, orchestra l items, scenes from "L;iuren .·' ) tia;.. and "·elcome bv the li ttle ones. Both from September h o lid a ~ · s. th e school 11·as visited . ' Hi s Lordship of Hockhampt'on a ncl 11i s Lord by Hi s Grace, the .\ lost Reveren d Dr. !\Tannix, s hip, .\lost l{e,·erend Dr. Higgins, m ade ,· er ~ · Coadjutor Archbishop of .\l elbourne, and their kind speeches, t ha nking us for our entertain· Lordships, .\ lost Rel'. Dr . .R. e,·i ll e, Bishop of \ meJJt. Bendigo, and .\lost Rei-. Dr. Dunne. Bishop of .\fay 1oth.-Some of our g irls had the joy of \\ilcan nia, guests of our kind B ishop. " ·ho ac attending Herr Ecl1, a rc! Goll's concert, a nd, compan ied them. A hol iday 11·a s ;1 ccord ecl in honour of the d istinguished 1·isitors. needless to s ay, they \\· ere in an ecstasy ot de lig 1,1 a ll next day. Octob er :>ncl.-The Fe;ist of tl1e Ho! )· Angels. '.\l ay 1/th. - The much-ta! keel of Retre;it be The m embers ot the Sodalin· celebrated the feast by ::t party in the Arboui·. :.i.,' gan. .\Jass \\'a s celebrated at seven o'clock by October :> .+th .- On this el m· 1\·e celebrated "· the Rev. Fr. O'D"·~· e r , S.J. \\·e spent three .\!other .\la rgaret .\ lary's Fe:i.st. LORETTO JIBBEY, MARY'S MOUNT, BALLARAT. ~9 ~~~~- Schoo I Chronicle- Part 11. Septembe r 13th.-Exchanging holiday expe ri October 27th.- A red-letter cl ay for the Holy -c nces a ft er second term ,·acation ..\l elbournia ns Angels ! Their Sodalitv holidav. All \\ho h ad made a dress basket parade to the dressing secured four " Prix cl ' Honneur ·,, cards 1\·ent to rooms after the e,·ening train. see the Art and FanC\· \\.ork Exhibition in the September 15th.-Began to rehearse our en :\lecha nics'. · te rtainment in honour of His Grace. the Coad October 3oth.- L a y Sisters· F east. We gave jutor Archbis hop of . ~l e l bourne. them a concert in the evening and had some September 18th.-\\.elcome to 11 is Grace, the a musing clram;itic scenes. ' :\lost Re\·erend Dr. ~I a n nix' A short account ::\ o\·ember 1s t.-Feast of All Saints! The day of ou r entertainment occurs in previous pages g lorious, so 11e had the long-anticipated " dav of our magazine. at the F a rm,' ' ~fount Rowa n , \\· ell knon-n to September ~ 1s t.- \\" e \\·ere pri\·ileged to ha,·e all former girls of ~ iarv ' s :\ lount. \\" e thor 1-1 is Lordship, ;\lost R everend Dr. Higgins, cele oughly enjoyed the fiv e· mile 1\·alk , a nd wer e brate ~l ass in our church this m o rning. He ready fo r the tempting lunch pro,·ided for u s on aften\·ards s poke very beautifully to us, a nd our arrival. Our more intellectual sen iors we nt .agai n tha nked us, as he himself e xpressed it, fo r a g eographical excursion to the Black Gorge tor helping him to ente rtain h is honored guest 1\·ith Sis te r ~[. Catherine, 1d1ile \\·e explored ·Of the [Jre\·ious \\· eek- at th e cos t of our re q uarters nearer at h a nd, a nd read and ch atted turning to school a fe\\. days earli er. \\" e 11·erc a t 1\·ill '' hile 11· e toured the farm domains. After reminded tha t cl e\·otion to cluty--11 herher to God, a most enjoyable d erful facial exp ression ot on C' "breathless 1rith .. The prophcc1· of com in g freedom in the last adora ti o n.·· \\'e 11·crC' apprised of man~· intn li nes is on t he. c1·e o f fu lfi lment, and ' E rin ot estin g facts of t he artist of the Jmm:iculate Con. the 11 ·a iting heart :rnd 11·istful C) "<' ' stands fort l1 ception. b1· Eileen BcirnC', and ·· ThC' 1:1m1cr in queenl y bc:1u ty, re:lch· for the moment when G irl,' " 11·ith its exqu is ite blendi ng of li g h t a nd Eng land. nob l~ - rC'pai r ing p;1st \\Tongs, 11 ill take colour. 11·as the t:ihlcau "C' lected from th<' 1uirks her b)· t he hand. :i nd lead her to her o ld plac\' of ).lurillu. The geniu;; of ··the pa inters amid the n;ltions. Then. ancl not ti ll then, \\·ill painter· · 11·as d escribed to us in gl011·ing te rms the bittC'r feud be ended.·· bY ).[an- Ba ker. 11 ·ho d11clt espcci:i lh· on \"cla s .-\nd 11mr. a s 11·c end our school year , it is qi.1cz· espec ia l gift of seeing· colour i"n the dcptl1 1Yit:1 m;im· a thought of the f; 1;-t approaching of atmosphe re. 1-J is ' · La d~ - 1Yith the Fan" \\·as cl :1)· of g l;idncss. 11·hcn the gates of ).l ;1n"s the n s ho11·n. Jn in trnduc in g u s to some of t h<' .\l ount 11· ill o pen to 11·ekonw o ur dea r ). !other m any 1rorks of gen ius of 1rh ich F ranct· c:-in l'ro1·inc i;il ;ind hr-r companions. One 11·orcl at boast. Eilee n BeirnC' t r:i ced the intlucnce of kast. to those ge·11C'ro1ts Irish S isters, 11·ho ha1 ·c· F landers :ind Burgundy o n he r ;i rt u ntil t lw madr ,o noble ;1 O'acr iti cc in quitting h ome a nd reign of Louis \:I\· .. 11·hcn th e throbbing countn· to come to us . :ind 11·ho. 11·ill th at rla, n:ltio n:d li fr produced ;i n;iti ona l school ot :irt: make i1cqua intance with our .-\bbey. \\"hat ca i1 11·hile I..: at hl r•en Bell told u s of Ch:irdin . 11·ho we say but .-\ lm·ing, hr-artklt 11·elcom e '. 11·ent to h ornC'- li fe fo r his in spiration, ;iml ar One· 11ord mor(' to t hos(' l: icl ie·s 11 ·ho a rc ac cordingh· ILh left :is hi s rn astnpi C'ccs such compan1· 111g l< e· 1·nC'1id ).l or her. ). l a~- Sunny 11·orks :ts ··Crace hdor(' ).1 ,•a ls ... and ··Li Austra lia. t rue tP its n:1me·. pro1·r- itself a land Gom·crn:rn tl'... .It- 11·;is th is Lit te r 11 ork 11·hi ch of gl:1cl1H·ss a nd s unshi11<' fo r the•m . 11 ·e 11·crc p ri1·ileg«·d to see. :in d ;il l 11 ·c rC' .- h:irnicd b1· the da intiness of :itt itucl C' aiicl dr:1pe ry. no le ss \\"e congrnlulale two of their number, graduates tl1a n Ii~ - the· cklic:1te· pl:11· of li g ht ;rnd ;d1acl 1· of the ~\at10n a l Cniversity , Dublin , on their recent \\·hich char;ictcrisC'd t hi s picture. success in gaining the Hig her Diploma of E duca " The Broken Pitcher·· 11·as t he next t ;i hlcau ti on, Hncl incleecl , our congratulations must extend presented- the· 11 ·o rk or l. reuzc, \\hose Lime rest· to the ma ny Irish Loretto g"irls who are the reci chiefh· on the c ha rm ing gift he possessed of pients o f degrees. .-\t the last meeting for the con painting girls · heads. The o nlY q1ithct 11·e ferri ng of cl egre.-s, one of them was admitted as could a pply to the closing tableau of ou r de )laster of .-\rts: thirteen as Bachelors, gaining lightful evening 11·as -exquis ite; for truly, the eleven h onours between them; two as Bachelors of original of David's " ).fad am e R ecam icr. ., m ust Science-both h onour calH\iclates, while the H igher be most " ·ond erfully attractive . 11·h en our re Diploma of Educa tion was conferred on five. presenta tion of it. could be so pleasing to us. As we b ad e adieu to \ Iadam e Recam1er. \1·c Our affectiona te congra tula tions go out said an un11·illing fa rewell to ou r a rt evenings of 191 3, " ·ith m a ny a g rateful 11i sh to our a rt to former pupils of :\fary's :\fount- Brides mistress. ;incl verv sincere than ks to one of our of 1913 :- To Lu c _1 · O'Donnell (i\Irs. Two old girls, Cec ilia· ).[dliniman, who ha d a dded mey), :\Jollie Xewton (:\Irs. Oswald Cogh to the c harm of our c 1·cn ing b\· some truly la n), Hilda Carn e_1· (:\frs . Tom H ogan), beautiful musical items. D cccml)('r 1 Hh. - I Ii ~ GracC', the ). lost T{ c,._ :\:rnc_1 · Roxburgh (:\Jrs. :\Ieredith), and e re nd Dr. ).l a.nnix. sa id .\lass in our church Dais _1· Coghlan (M rs. O'Sullernn). this morn ing. I le is e n route fo r Horsh :1rn . Om congratula tions extend to former D eccmb<'r q t h.-Prcparntions for D istribu pupils of Loretto Day School, Dawson tion Dai· to-m orro 11·, 11·hcn our orchestra 11·ill lw h eard to ach·antage in the o\"f'rturc, " Lutspicl. .. street- To Sheil a :\Jann (:\Irs. Kelly), a nd d e B cr iot·s '·Scene de Jh ll et. ·· as 11·e ll ;1s wh om Loretto Com·ent, Norma nhurst, the e,·cr 11·clcornc " Intermezzo.·· from ).fas also claims as a past pupil; Leah Fraser cagni's "(;11·ali c ri Rustic:111 i." Ou r ch oristers ( :\Irs \Icinerne_v) and Eileen Warner are to gi1·C' u s " T ru st in the Lo rd ."" from (:\Irs O'Leary). "Elij ah,'" :incl as the concludi ng item. after severa l rf'c itntio ns. " AYe ). f;iri:1 Loretto'." Our wishes mu st fl y far and wide- to \\"e a re indeed grateful to ). li ss Coulter. 11·ho Tasmania, Adelaide , :\Ielbourne, Balla rat, has ta ke n so m uch trouble 11 ·irh our elocutio n. a nd o\·er the seas to Hilda in her Vir a nd the occas ional treats afforded u s 11·hcn she ginian home. To each and all we say- recited for our in s truction, and muc h to our d elig h t, pron~d t ruly rc1·elation s of the e locu tiona n- a rt. Abbie Henness1· re1·i1·ed the " We wish you abundance of God's good memoiT of a n old poem, " Patience,"' to be grace, found !n " The Spirit of the Nation," peculia rly DaYs- lit with the Light of His Holy interesting 11011·, 11·he n, as the fore11·o rd says- · Face." A friend is a person who helps you to the best that is in yourself. Christianity has been too often in what seemed deaclly peril that ~======!d we should fear for it any new trial now, -NHWll! A~. ---=~"°• ' KZ/: MEMORIES. [The special feature of our magazine in this memorable Jubilee Year, is to be the subjoined series. of Memories, gleaned from former pupils now scattered in varied climes. Some have boldly affixed their names to their contributions, while others have preferred to conceal their identity, yet, by their allusions, have enabled us to place them hi storically! ] INE are quite "ancient history," tions, so that we looked upon her as quite extending to the time when " we our own mother. And she was a mother ill were seven" seven Nuns and wh o had such a kind and sympathetic seven of us children. Mary's ~fount then interest in all our joys and sorrows, great was only an ordinary dwelling-house, set and small. She would take time and in the midst of a beautiful garden. Where trouble to mend a little child's broken the Senior School now stands was a soft toy as if it were the most important thing green croquet lawn, bordered by beds m the world. It gave her great joy when of bright fl owers. From the st one \·eran she could add to our pleasure. dah on the north and east side of the On the fir st Jubilee Day-August, 1878 house (part of it is now the oratory), a - there were great rejoicings. Mary's pretty view of the grounds could be seen, .\fount had grown meanwhile, dormitories and also of Lake Wendouree . At that and school buildings having been erected time there was only a low picket fence in on the ground now occupied by the beauti stead of the brick wall , and the trees ful Church. (Later on these buildings were not yet planted on the borders of were carried-ves, carried round to the the lake. A favourite resort on hot days north side and the schood raised up, a was the beautifully sha ded wi llow walk, wonderful fea t, above the dormitories. where is now the Novitiate building. A This second story has since been familiar conservatory stood between it and the to generations of I oretto girls as the house, which the German gardener kept Boarders' Refectory.) For dear Rever always well stocked with beautiful pot end · ~ fo ther' s Silver Jubilee Nuns and plants, which served well for decorative children had worked co:' amore, and many purposes on feast days. How we loYed friends un;~ "' cl in their gu:::: d wishes, and the old place, and the happy days we sent valuable presents lr, ti1e evening spent there! For the Nuns made them a most successful en1ertainmt>nt was all such happy days, even though more gi,·en in the school, and \': as long remem and more busy with serious school work bered with pleasure. My !:.r ightest as our numbers increased. Our chief memory of that happy day was the sight pleasure at the recreation hour was t o of the counsels, a nd helpfu l suggestions to a id us in stood, a nd the lepers· squints 11·hich , of old, building up our characters. I-l o\\· 11·c u sed to allo1Yecl t he a ffli cted outca sts to 11·atch the High listen , a nd ho 11· regretful 11·e frlt . 11·h en the ..\! tar, 11·ithout enda ngering t he congregation hour 11·as 01·er '. Our :\! other 11·as so 111 earnest, 11·ithi n. From these circumstances. o ne can a nd did not stop 11·ith li p :tclv icc, bu t made form som e idea of the age of such churches. even- cndea1·ou r that 11·e should not .on ly li sten T hi s is a digressio n : but J 11a11 t you a ll to but ·drin k into our hearts that ~1 · h1 c h she so sec th ese cl ea r old p laces-long neglected, but much 11·ished to impress on u . 1- 1rst and fo re no1\· re1·erently cared fo r by a generation which most, I remember , sh e recommended. prayer is g i1·i ng b ack so many 11·a ncl erers to the Faith. ~1 b ove e1·erything , loya lty to the teachmgs of Hoh · Church, ahy ays to be. oursch·es . . true To keep to m~ · recoll ections. These scenes d 1il dren of Loretto, 11·ith noth in g of deceit o r remind me parti c u l a r!~ - of the cla ss in to 11·hich a rti fic iali ty in our manner. . . :\! other :\I. h.i li an t ric·d to instil :rn understand " · P rav for :1 ri ght understancl111g rn ;ill in g of t he most ob1·ious form s of architecture. t hing s .. ·.. I can hear her say again , and I . kn1111· .\ h childhood's ideas IY Cr<' limited . practically, to each succeeding g encraton sh e. h as said the to. the Ionic, Doric, and Cori nthian modes. a s same, :end J kno11·. to_o. olcl -t1me girls there are, exemplifi ed in the publi c buildings of lla\l arat ah1·ays ready to connrm the every 11·o rcl of h er nevcr dreaming of the 1Y o nderful rang<' l should who ·k nc\\· the secret of all happness. And \\·e find in England, <' 1·c n, from , say, the pre must e1·c r look back to h <' r 11·1t h tenderness and h isto ri c hut circle"' of (;rims- pound, to the affect ion. and gratitude in our hearts. tor Ill churches :ind c;istlcs of solid , simple, Roman the m::uw trials a nd confli cts 11·e h ave all had to o r S:txon co1btruction, the mightier )/orma n , race it \\:a :; not her fa u lt if \\·e kne 11· not 11·h ere .to gorgeou s Goth ic, and <'laboratcl)· plan ned Tudor turn for :t icl , a nd 11·hat to do to come ou t n c c 1stles, ,,·ith little of th<' grim fo rtifications tors. :\011· that she is the especial ·hero in e of earlier years : cl o11 n to our magnificent By ,if this hour .' may she, as som e small r eturn zant ine \\·estminster C ithC' dra l, ,;till in the for a ll hn goodness to u s, be assured that. course of decoration. inten1·ovc n 1r ith the cl1 :1m on cl c1 1-c lct of her Agai n I seem to han· 11·;rndcrcd . but I am jubilee, is a circlet of g:r:H eful hearts. And. sti ll thinking of each m ember of that class in °\[other cl ear, may th ey st ill be m your keep ing. 1800-l can't bcli c1·e i,t so long ago, a nd 11· a nt for one, at least, still cra1·cs your holy pray t: r ~, to 1nitc it l fJOO. :\laucl ie ..\lay , L ena, Agnes a nd humbh· joins "·ith the many rn off en.ng G riffin ( R. 1.1' .), :\ lary Sto kes. :\fay :\Ic?\'evin, h eartfelt co.ngratulations on this g reat occas10n :\lillie Olsen, Kittie ll ourrigan, and all the rest of your diamond jubilee. " of ~ ·o u '. Do )·n u rem cml)('r our argument as to - ROSEMAl t hrill _thence gi,·en to the study of g eography Of cl ear R e,·erend '.!other h erself, from ·children'.· The little group rose, and came fly pranks n o1\· occasion me many a sm ik , e\·en and h istory a s noble, God-leading sciences, in memory's exhaustless picture gallery, ju st three ing, en b loc, to\Yarcl s us, wreathed, cro1n1cd 1Yith the ir retri bu tion, \\ hich at the time \\·as terdepend e nt, insepa ra ble, be\\·itched them ,,·ith typical devotions s hall I cite- to the lonelv to and chained \1·ith golden ft01Yers such a pic a nything but pleasant, a nd all former danng the beautv of a drama. little ones, and to the respons ible sectio·n' of ture ! los t its glamour ,,·hen 1\·e became crestfallen 1 h;ffe ·heard model lessons and lectures on elder g irls. Another memory. A s tormy e\·ening, ,,·ith pen itents. . literature, and slipped back in thought to our ~o one hut those who had been " little ones" lo\1·ering 1\'ind-blo\\'n clouds s1\aying overhead. l-1 01\· delectable were the Sunday cvenm g,; literary evenings, wh en \\·e read, discussed and could know h ow feeling ly one could enter into their In the grey light, seven o r eigh t g irls paced \\'he n the elect of th e school, \1ho h ad secured lived \1·ith our authors and their works. Alice childish griefs and " ·o rries, and ho1\· m am· a the othern·ise deserted path s-thi s \\·as the last good conduct cards, \Y ere all O\Y ed to stay up till in \\.o nde rl ancl first, perhaps, Little ~ e ll, a nd sorro\1· \\'as sobbed out to · the one \\ho \1·as even ing of R etreat-our hearts full of though ts half-past eight, a nd there in a cos,· corner of -Ot hers of Dickens· child studies, or Bovie in ,·en · truth a mother. Again, \1·ho am ong u nexpressed, s in ce no sound but the 1\·incl broke the schoolroom, lis ten -breathlessly to '.!other 0-R ei ll~ .-s poem s, with s id elights from Carfrle us can not look hack to the "going-home talks " the solemn s il ence. Then a sudde n smothe red Joseph Dorothea's \\·ondrous stories of lords and and K endall. H 011· oh en these literan · feasts as guiding lights eithe r to keep our feet aright exclamation from my companion brought me ladies, of knights and dames- and, too, thnllmg gave u s material for our monthlv soi.r ees, to in the s h ort freedom of holiday time, ot to direct to :tttention. I fo ll o11ed her gaze ; the p- rey lnclian talcs' To '.Jother J . Dorothea, also, which one division in vi ted a nother, of which our path aften\·arcls 11·hen, as R everend ?IIother cloucl curtain had roll ed bacl' trom just one 1H~ I ittle o nes 11 ere indebted for many an extra t he juniors' una ided productions (though often emphasised , ,,.e \1·ere " home fo r good. " All spot in the 11·ide expanse of a ngry s ky, and half-holiclaY, or s urprise picnic in the bush, more origin al than artistic ), we re not the least I can say is that they exercised a moth er· s o\1· n right across t he blue thus exposed, there h u ng ,,·hen much to our cl el ig h t, she \\·ould come \Yi th appreciated. l{ O\\. m a ny, I wonder, remember influe nce. a cross ot black'. F or one moment \1·e held u s o~ exploration expeditions. from \\· hich " ·e their " Je\1·ish evening," the outcome ev icl enth \\·e, \1·ho in our you nger d a,·s lis tened \1·ist .our breaths - frozen into inaction , and then . inva riabh· returned laden \1·ith b lossoms and of the enjoyment of Old T estam e nt s t~ri es \1·hei1 full y to tales of the '.lothe r-Iiouse, R athfarn .\Iary repeated the s ign 011 her heart- an omen' tern s. · they u ndertook to dramatise the Plagues of ham , 11·hencc our Kuns had brought the tradi \ \·hn k 110\\'S ? Road G ulh·-so call ed from the T hornleig h Egypt'.'.'. tions ,,.e fruardecl so proudly, reali sed that we I could go on indefin itely. I 1rnnrler 11·hy just road 1\'hich · 1\· inds p icturesquely in and out Our brightest days? School holid ays, of 1\' erc chil dren of a 1rnrld-11·id e in s titute. The the little ha ppenings seem to fl oat to the top hern·een hig h \\'al ls of tree-covered rocks on one course, loo ked fon1-;1.rd to, and planned for enthu s iastic sp iri t of loyalty in our teachers \\·as .of m v mcmon- songs '. The bigger things are s ide and deep gullies on the othe r, is one of the ,,·eeks ·b eforehand, and a ll too s hort to contain not lost on u s, and so \1·e clung to the time -deep. dO\\·n - thc beginnings of friendships that prettiest of bu shy spot s, and the scene of many the realism of all the \1·ondrous schemes. honored customs, as we did to the "blue,·· in .ue still S I\ eet to m e, the thoughts of the great a :1 enjoy:1ble picnic. I fere, near :t great cave, ,,·e Of these, pre-eminent \1·ere the Feast of Loretto the 1rnrds of our old song -- Feast cl aYs , triumphs and failures , losses. and. built our fi res, boiled our billy, :-ind drank true a nd the Feast of St. Aloysius, a nd unique in above ali. the e\·ergrO\\·ing Im·e fo r the ;\uns, gull ies, 11·here the only glimpses of s ky \Yere tn many 11-;1ys the holiday for "Welcome ou t of ' We' re proud of our colour, a nd think it grand such faithful friends. mothers and sisters in 'bilh· tea· '. HO\\ 1\'e lo\·e cl the deep, green Retreat. " K ever \1·as laughter more gav, never To belong to Loretto's Royal Band, 1·e n · truth '. God on h k no1\·s 1\·hat l 011·c the be seen through the \\·aving branch es 0\·erhead. did tongues 1y ag more briskh· than after the \\.hose uniform s thrived in a distant land, gra.ncl-soulecl 1rnmen · 1\'ho helped ;ind guided R everend '.Iother' s F east a nd other special three davs' s ilence. 11·hich fo rrne cl such a haYen Thn"e h undred \' Pa rs ;1 go. (L .) me. ever reacly 11·ith s)·mpathy :incl appreciation occasion s \1·crP generalh· celebrated \1·it h som e ot rest, ·cutting off th e little sch ool 1\0rries or for m\· fall s a nd uprisings. I \\·as a ' con dramatic items, the inva ri able success of \1· h1 ch <'ares incident t-o the rest of the vear. Such a VI I. trary ·11 cc beas rie, · but l am so grateful to 1\·as due to the indefatigable zeal of Sister '.I. ne11· beginni ng, and such generous resolutions, remember the lm·eh· common-sen se 11-;1\· in Augustine, in its preparation and rehearsal, <:rowned. perhaps, by en trance into a SodalitY , '.J argcry Flemming begins by acquainting ,,·hich m,· ,·agaries \Yere h andled. l haYe inuch \\·hich latter it em \\':.ts often a sou rce of great with ribbon and meda l, and a higher sta ndi1ig us 1nth the numerous attempts she has made indeed to thank these clear friends for. l t is amusemf'nt to the actors. in the little social 1rnrld of school, 11·ith a n ad at consigning " '.Jemories ,. to paper. " I h an:: no1\· many ,·ears since I became a Loretto i:ri rl , O li1·e Carter, '.luriel Crommclin and Dorothy CONVENTS OF THE I.B.V.M. IN AUSTRALIA. VICTORIA: Loretto Abbey, Mary's Mount, Ballarat. Loretto Convent, Dawson St., Ballarat. Loretto Convent, Albert Park, Melbourne. Loretto Convent, Portland. Loretto Convent, St. Michael's, Hamilton. NE \V SOUTH WALES Loretto Convent, Normanhurst, Sydney. Loretto Convent, Kirribilli. 'NEST AUSTRALIA: Loretto Convent, Osborne, Claremont. Loretto Convent, Adelaide Terrace, Perth. Loretto Convent, West Perth. SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Loretto Convent. Norwood, Adelaide. Central Catholic Training College, Albert Park, South Melbourne. Results of Public Examinations IN MEMORIAM. IN THE Convents of the 1nstitu te of. the Blessed Virgin Mar)?. - ---1. 9 1. 2 ---· ---- Grief was general throughout Australia .\!lay the bra\·e, bright spirit rest in when on the 22nd May it became known peace, is the prayer of the grateful hearts that the Very Reverend Patrick Keating, of Loretto. LORETTO ABBEY , MARY 'S MOUNT, ELEMENTARY DIVISION S.J ., had passed away after a very short Piano: Misses B. Sinnot (distinction), E . Sin not, BALLARAT E. Molloy, Connie Resso, l\'I. Walsh, A. illness. Loretto share d fully in the sor Taylor , C. Lyons, 1\1. H odgens, I-I. Blanch row, for Father Keating had ever proved Earlv in the vear we condoled with University of Melbourne field, K . Cox, A. Brown , M. Miller, E . Crowley THEORY OF MUSIC himself a kind friend, and had won the B l"s~ie' Loughli n: 2. fo rm er puoil, or. the Violin : Misses E. Morris and C. Adair Grade III. Sybil Doneley gratitude and \·eneration of the members death of hl"r good :nother. As we miss Mollie Farrell Singiug: Miss M. Nevins of the Institute of the B.V. Mary, many our dear departed ones at Ch ri stmas more Maysie Hopcroft of whom have had the privilege of mak than at a nv ,) ther time we renew now our Delma Tory PRIMARY DIVISION ing Retreats under his direction. They Nora McCormack expression.s of sympa.thy. Bessie's sor Piano: Misses V. Hussey, V. _Mu rray, M. Hoga1~, still recall many of his pithy sentences, V. G lad,·s l\IcDonald now :-11 ust be mingled wit!1 gratitude for Grad~ l\'J uriel Atky ns s. Lauricella, E. McGoldnck, D. l\lcCormack, some touched with humour, and contain the memon· of such a mother is a JOY, Kathleen Dixon M. McCormack, K . O'Donnell, A. Monk ing a vvealth of practical sp1fituality. and a help- on the upward wav. R .I.P. PRACTICAL Violin: E . Crowley, Q. Nevin During the ea rl ~· days of Regis tra tion Grade III. Sybil Doneley - which were also the ,early days of the ::\ Iaisie Steele Melbourne Un iversity Training College, Albert P ark- Father Maysie Hopcroft To the relations and friends of one oi Delma Tory Grade II. Piano Miss E. G uilfoyle Keating was frequently consulted on Mollie Farrell Harmony Teresa Kehoe scholastic ma tters, in which he was an the early pupils of Dawson-s treet, :.Vlrs . Nora l\1cCormack Mungovan (Maggie Brophy), we also re· Alice Collins JUNIOR PUBLIC authority, and the help was always given Grad~ IV. in his characteristically genial and cour new the assurance of deep sympathy. All and R.A.M ., London KATHLEEN MOLLOY - Algebra, Geometry, teous manner which enhanced the value Ballarat, we may say with truth, mourned Associated Board of the R.C.M. Arithmetic (D) , Geograph y (D) . 1913 EILEEN COX Geometry, Arithmetic, Algebra of the favour. her dea th. To the poor it was a calarnit;. May McMahon for Mrs. Mungovan was the worth/ Higher l!i".i~ion (D), Geograph y, French (D_). The peculi ar note of F ather Keating's Lower D1v1s10n Eileen Connolly MARY McCARTHY-Anthmet'. c• Algebra, Geom oanc tit\·, it seems to us , was a sunnmess, daughter of a mother remarkable for her Gladys MacDonald etry (D), Geograph y, Draw'.n g. a brightness, which appeared to be the tender charit\· fo God's sufferi:ig mem Maxie Robertson NELLIE HASSETT-Arithmetic, Algebra, Geom bers. R.I.P. , Eleme~tary Division Kathleen Dixon etry, Geograph y, French .. outcome of an unselfi sh di sposition, and Muriel Atk y ns MARY O'CONNOR. E ngltsh, History, Geo- of a bra \·e . cheerv. soldier-like derntion " Queenie Sussman graphy, Drawing to Christ' s cause. . Somehow he and Blessed Thomas :.fore seemed to have This year, too, has seen the death of a Melbourne Institute for the Advancement of Plain had much in common, in that ·each, look former puoil of :.1ary's Mount, Anme Need lework ing on earth merely as the road to heaven, O'Connor (Nlrs. Kennedy)-a young wb:: LORETTO CONVENT, DAWSON ST. did not a ll ow passing e\'ents to cloud the and mother, who, on her last visit tr:. Grade I. Viva l\lurphy, Leon Byrne, l\'Iarj_or!e sunshine of the heart . 1913 Hehir Mollie Landrigan, Leona Kelly, L1zz1e :via ry's Mount towards the close of r 9r~ . Davev', Rita Miller, Kathleen . O'Keane, Very true are the wo rds spoken by His was a picture of health and happines 3. MUSIC RESULTS Marg'eryHayden , Lilla Lynch, Phyllis Walke~, Grace, the Archbishop of Sydney, a t the Go d called her, and she bowed SL t'.tem that her Theory-Misses E. Cox, J. Moore, May Brown and Hilda Magill, F.ileen l\I~Gold~1ck, Frances and happy for them that the record he memo:y will be affecti0nately cherishe d in B. Mulrooney Kelly ,Mavis McCormick,K1tty .o ?onnell Vera had written on their memories was ripe her Alma Mater. R.I.P. SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS Fitzgerald Agnes Fraser, Bessie Smnott, Mary in personal sanctification and spiritual Cox, Kathleen Adair, Eileen Molloy, Madge victory." HIGHER DIVISION Toomey, Sylvia Mc?hail, Vera _De la;1ey . Piano-Misses V. Willis and A. Conlon Grade III. Connie Russo, Mavis !'1 Co rm1 ~k , Singing-Miss E . Guilfoyle Mollie Scarfe, Dorothy 1';tcCor.m1ck , Mom~a LOWER DIVISION Miller, May Mill~r, ~m1ly Smnott, Nellie Piano - Misses F. Delaney, V. McManamny, N. Moloney The Institute prize was won by Leona K~ ll y. Mulligan, Q. Neyi1;1 . . _ Phyllis Walker, Mary O'_K eane, Maggie Walshe Violin- Misses T . W1lhs (d1stmctton), V. Delaney and Mary Ramus obtamed honors, and K. Griffin EUCALYPTUS BLOSSOMS. EUCALYPTUS BLOSSOMS. 59 LORETTO CON VENT, PORT LA ND ELE::\IENT.-\RY GRADE ,\'or wood (co11ti1111ed.) Osbon1e ( co11ti1med.) Dorothy Bou eke, R enie :\Iurphy, University of Melbourne B ou~ke, ::\I e ~cia University, Music 1913 Musical Examinations Universities of J\lelbourne, Ethel Tnmmell-R1tchanl PRACTICAL Sydney, Adelaide, Tasmania, Queensland Ml'SICAL EXA:\IIKATIOKS, 1913 LOWER Dl\' JSJON Grade IIJ. S. :\IcKeough PRACTICAL Philomena Bryant, Enid Goldrick Grade VI. Pass : Kathleen Coffey, Dolly Gold Grade I V. E. Stott, E. Daly stein Grade VI. Passed: Elsa Sleeman, :\lary Wright, HIGHE R l_lIVISION Grade V. E. :\laegraith, K. Andrews :\Iona l\Iills Gra.cle IV. Theory. Honours : Eileen O'Reilly :\I. Brewer, Kathleen Donne lly (D). THEORETICAL :Hollie :\loseley Grade V. Passed: Daisv Sleeman Grade I\'. \V. Leah y, E. Devitt Grade IV. Passed : Gertie O'Donnell n.;TER::\I EDETE GRADE Grade V. A. ::\IcKeouglt , F. :\lcKeoug h , Clara Associated Board R.C.M. and l{.A.M . London Grade III. Passed: :\lay Fahey, Olive Bourbaucl Clare Bryant, Eileen Brewer North, E. :\'eil, E. :\Iaegraitlt PRACTICAL EXAMINATION THEORY ( Ho11ours). Associated Board of Royal Academy and Royal Advanced Grade. Piano: Lily Kavanagh, G ladys University of Sydney Grade V. Passed: Daisy Sleeman College, London. 1913 Lukin , E. O'Reilly Grade JV. Obtained H o11ms: Isabel Murray. SEl\JOR PliBLIC EXA'.\IS, DEC., Inte rmedia te. Piano: Mollie Moseley (Honours), Passed: Gertie O'Do1111 ell, Amelia O'Brien 1912 Licentiate Associated Board R ..-\ .}l. and R.C.L. Dorothy Smith (Honollrs), Kathleen Lovell, }liss Elsa :\Iarshall-Hall, L ..\ .B. VJOLIK \\'i11ifred L eonard Janie Lukin , Gladys :\1eagher Highe r Division. Piano: Thelma L loyd Gracle V . Passed: Olive Bourbaud DEC., 1913 PR .-\ CTIC AL Singing: Eiieen Daly, Melba Mitche:J Melbourne Institute of Needlework, 1913 Marcia Ganlrner, Kathleen Byrne, \V erbie Riley Inte rmediate Grade. Pianoforte, \V. L eahy Lowe r Division. Piano : Kathleen Castieau, Verona Grade I. E ileen Brown, 99; l\Iay Devlin, 98; Higher Division. Pianoforte , E. Lane Cathie, Florrie Golian, Ebie Scott, :vrollie Lorna Gaffn ey, 9.S; Imelda Cu;kellv 97; Lower Division. \'iolin, D. Lamerto n (Honors). Shaw Elsie \\'right, 9-L · ' Lower Division. Pianofo rte, V. Lamerton, A. \'iolin : Erlith Castieau, Rose M' Aleer Grade II . Dorothy Gleeson , 98; Elsa Sleeman 94 :\le K eough Elem e nt ~ry Division . Piano: L eila Colenutt, M. Grade III. Vida Thomson , 87. ' Elementary Division. Pia noforte, Carmel O'Leary Lloyd, Alice Cornwall, Ivy H a nnah, Mary ·Grade JV. Agnes Gleeson , 98. LORETTO CONVENT, KIRRIBILU, Primary Division. Pianoforte, .'I.. Callery (D.); Leeson, :\lamie Holt, Eileen Johnson, Rita SYDNEY Passed, :\I. Slattery , :\I. Pick, Clem Plunkett, Shenton, Olga Stenburg :\I. Wright Hai p: i\Iollie :Vloseley University Examinations Violin, E. Daly Violin : Sylvia Goossens THEORETIC .\L Primary. Piano: Distinction s - Clara Holt, M. LORETTO CONVENT, HAMILTON JL\' IOR Local Centre Rudiments. \\'. Leahy :\iorgan. Passes Nlarjorie Bannan, Barbara Junior Public EVELY?'° COKE~ILL-Pass: French. H onours: Cooling, Lorna Davidson, Dolly Darbyshire, :\1.us1c, Algebra, _-\ri thmetic, English, English N. Lovell, Eileen Rodriguez, K . Threadgold VERA :\I:-\ \\'SOX. Passed in Arithmetic, Algebra, History Engltsh, H istory, G eography a nd French Violin: Gladys Jackson VEROl\A COKERILL-Pass: French Arith WINNIE \~HITE . Arithmetic (D), German (D), metic. H on ours : ::\Iusic, E11g lish 'History LORETTO CONVEN T, OSBORNE, Results of Examinations of l\'lusic in Theory Pa_ssed 111 Algebra, Geography, E nglish (D), English, Alge bra ' History AMY O'< 'OKXOR-Pass : Arithmetic, English, CLAREMONT, PER l'H and Practice, 1913 :\ICSIC French. H onours: Algebra. Junior Public Examination THE ASSOCIATED BOARD Lily :\Iiddleton, Senior Trinity College I. GEXER.\L !-IONOR LIST Theory. Intermediate L ocal Centre . Pass: M. Universities of Addaide and Melbourne :\litcheil Grade VI. A. Milla ne, K. Strachan, I. Scullion, :\lelba :\Iitchell (Prize Winner) Second Place Hig h er Division . Honours: Kathleen Lovell , 141 M. ~1oran, :\1. Ferguson, :\I. Symons, K. Edith Castieau, 21st Place m arks Harnng ton LORETTO CONVENT, NORWOOD, S.A. Gladys :\Jeagher, 82 ncl Place Pass: Gladys Lukin, Janie Lukin, Dorothy University Examinations, 1912 Cavanagh , Gladys Meagher, Eileen O'Reilly, Institute of Plain Needlework, Melbourne II. SPECIAL HO:\OR LIST :\1 ollie :\loseley SEXJOR PUBLIC M. Murphy, I. Scullion, J . Hoga n , K. Millane, English Literature. :\Ielba :\1itchell , Edith Lower Division. H o nours: O lga Stenberg, 138 M. :\1oran. B. REYXOLDS (completed). Passed in English, Caslieau marks. Jessie Martin, Do1othy Smith History, !'la ne Geometry and Perspective English History. Gladys :\lt:agher, Seventh Place Pass: Eva Wen lock Drawing. Greek. :\Ielba :\litch ell, F1rst Place L ocal Centre Rudiments. Gladys Jackson, Kath V. RENWICK. Passed in English Literature, Edith <·astieau, F ourth Place leen Castieu French, Plain Geometry and Perspective Latin. :\1elba :\Iitchell, 3rd Place, r dith Sch0ol Rud1111e nts. Florrie Gollen, E. O'Brien, LORETTO CONVENT, NORMAN HURST Drawing. L astieau, 17th Place Ivy Hannah French. Edith Castieau, Sixth P lace Primary. :11ollie Shaw, :Mary Leeson, E. Johnson, Associated Board R.A.M. and R.C.M., London JUi'\IOR PCBLIC Algebra. :\lelba }litchell, Eighth Place Ve rona Cathie, :\lay R yan, :\Iary Martin, M. THEORETICAL EXAl\1INATIOXS A. CU:\IMIXS. Passed in English Literature ;1: ELB.-\ :\IITCHELL. Honours in Gree k , Latin, Holt, Do ris \\'ollff, Sylvia Goossens, K. Shiel, French , German, H istory, Geography, and Algebra a nd English Literature. Pass, His ,\, LOrn\\'all, :\luriel Rodriguez, L. Colenutt, H .A RNIONY Sohd Geomotry, tory, French, Arithmetic r\. H aywood, :\Iarie Lloyd, Mollie Hampshire, ADVAK1 ED GRADE M. MORRIS. E ng li sh Literature French Ger E. Suliivan, F. Scott Kathleen Byrne EDITH CASTIE.-\U. Honours in Greek, Latin, man, History, Drawing, (l\lo~lel and' Solid English Literature, French. Pass in History Practical Examinations THEORY Geometry) . and Algebra UNIVERSITIES OF MELBOUR.' R udime nts of Music. Chrissie Stephens Intermediate Grade. Pia no: Emmie Draper, Chrissie Stepheus LORETTO CONVENT, ALBERT PARK, Higher Division . Piano: l\fay Broderick DAY SCHOOL Lower Division. Piano: Doris l\leras Violin: Carrie Jones LIST OF ADVEf By Special Appointment to His Excellency, Lord Brassey, K.C.B. Corner Mair and Yuille Streets. 'PHONE 306. above Haymarket W. E. LONGHURST Criterion Machine and Steam Bread Factory and Flour Stores Pure White Machine-made Bread. Vienna Bread by Steam. Limewater, Milk, Wheat meal, Alta, Rye, Patent Extract of Malt Breads. King of Breads : MALTO-PEPSIN-Areal Digestive ·white Loaf delivered daily by DUST-PROOF Hygenic Waggons, in Ballarat and District. . . Also Steam Baked Vienna Bread, the only special pla nt for this brea A TRIAL SOLICITED Orders for Cake and Pastry of every description attended to punctually. Terms-Strictly Ca.sh. ADVERTISEMENTS ADVERTISEMENTS. 1 'tl'Ci1bolesale IDrugotst an~ IDf spensing C:bemist ... The Newest and most Attractive Styles 'lv • Cornell 402 Sturt Street, Ballarat.. ------IN------PRESCRIPTIONS dispensed at moderate prices by W. CORNELL, Regd. Chemist. For the Largest Stock of Brushware (Hair, Tooth and Clothes Brushes) go to W. Corne I I. For Perfumery, Toilet Soaps, Sponges, \Vashing Gloves, &c., Blouses go to W. Corrie II. Tableau Lights for Prh·ate Theatricals, Tableaux, &c. Costumes, Dresses, and Special P:rices for Schools, Public Institutions, Halls, &.c. ------.A..'I'------~ Special Attention paid to all Orders received through the Post. s N 0 w s These distinctive garments are made by SNOW'S-a guarantee that they are perfectly cut, faultlessly finished C. Marks & Co., and MOST MODERATELY PRICED WATCHMAKERS and JEWELLERS NATIONAL MUTUAL CHAMBERS Corner . BALLARAT. Lydiard & Sturt Sts. GET RID of that mistaken notion that anything will do for the Garden. The Out door Department deserves the thought and lrno wledge of the skilleJ Landscape Architect jll s t as much as the Indoor Apartment that of the Builders' Architect. WE have the Knowledge and Experience, Smart Coat and and are able to make the best use of the Voilene Frocks Skirt Costumes some nice designs and made by our Miss Natural Features of your Grounds. colors to choose from. Ramsay from The blouse is Maygar Navy Coating £5 5 0 Plans and Estimates given, and a staff of style with set in slee ves trimmed with Val. A pretty Frock made EMBROIDERED WHITE Tussore or Competent Gardeners kept for all Garden or Guipure & finished from White ground, SPONGE CLOTH , on e Wht.Jap. Silk £3 19 6 buttons. The Skirt as Striped pig ue in one piece frock beautifully works. designed. piece style-as design trimmed Guipure Ins. Navy or 25/- to 35/- ed at 1 5 /6 & 1 6 /6 and buttons, 55/ - Brown Silk £6 10 0 Do you live in tl:'e .co~ntry 7 Snow's will .send ,these gar1~1ents GEO. SMITH, Nurseryman, Carriage Paid anywhere in V1ctona. Your money back if you re not satisfied BALL AR AT. JOHN SNOW & Co. Pty. Ltd. BALLA RAT F. w. COMMONS Tel. 260. SCULPT 0 R. "TYLERS" THE POPULAR BALLARAT DRAPERS ; : ::: LADIES' MILUNERY This important section of our When it comes to Household business is now under new Drapery, Our stock is second to management, and patrons can none. Write for patterns for your purchase with the full confi new dress materials. dence that they are getting the very lateat fashions combined with moderate prices. W ritt: for our Illustrated Catalogue and Price List We pay carriage on everything In the show room will be to any part of the S~ate of found all that is new in Ladies' Victoria, return money tf goods Ready - to - wear Costumes, prove unsuitable. Blouses, Skirts, Oust- Coats, etc. Also a very choice collec tion of Ladies' Lingerie, Corsets SPECIAL NOTICE- and Fancy Neckwear, etc. \V e beg to intimate that we. have been fo rtm1ate in securing th e sen ·1ces of MISS BARRATT who is so well an d favorably k nown throug h o u~ Ballarat and district as a capable Costmm ere. Any or Complete Cem etery l\Ionumen ts, Mural and Public Mem orial \Vork in Gran ite, Marble, Stone, Bron ze, and Art Meta l. Sculpture, CarYi 11 g, E ngraving , Masonry, &c., executed by skilled craftsmen on the \Vorks. R ecou1men "Chelmsford,'' 10 Dawson St. S., BALLARAT ~:======~ Pianos Organs Sheet Music And all Musical Goods T. MORRIS, You Buy Better at J. They stock only genuine world renowned makers' 306 Sturt St., Ballarat. Instruments that ha ve reigned popular for the last 50 (Right next Tun bridges' New Arcade) years and over. See testimonials from the world's leading authorities in catalogues free for asking. Reputation is the best guide fo r buyers. List of Agencies-Bluthner, Ronisch, Schwechten, TELEPHONE579. ' QUALITY Brinsmead, Broadwood, Hopkinson, Gors ·& Kallman, SHOES itnd BOOTS. Albert Fahr; Carpenter Organs, Bell 01-gans. Variety is Great; Prices art: Small. Personal Supervision of all Business. Our Tuning and Repairing Department is manned by experts under the supervision of a prac You will find an ever changing newness in tical Piano and Organ maker. The latest labor-saving Stylish Shoes and Boots at devices an d best material enable us to turn out best work at lowest prices. No instrument is too bad for GLEN'S to renovate. Estimates Free T. MORRIS', 306 Sturt Street 3 STURT ST. BALL AR AT. ADVERTISEl\IENTS. ADVERTISEMENTS. Coulthard's ~The Cheapest Drapery Store* Balla rat Business College IN BALLARAT IS The School for Big Results -----·-·~···--- Cowdell Tonne_! Ellis' Is au. I 11stitution quite Jistiuct from other B . II & practica l Seb o;)], based on the Principal 's J6 ~1 s. 1n ess Colleges. It is a select a n d . - ~ ea r s actua l bt1s111 ess experience 1 h e Office attach ed to the Colleg·e su )}ies th . . . . . C. T. E. BRIDGE ST. Tram ll~th o d s, a nd each student on iradu~l i o n i; e t r~lq~1 s n e trarnrng in actual business Corner BALLARAT Terminus o ce expen e. nc:e "-an importa'nt consid t.en 1 ·]er to cla1111 to ha \·e had " pre,·ious era ion " ien seekrng a position The .Subjects include Shorthand, T . . · Business Correspondence and all ~~~wri~m~, Book- keeping, Penmanship No matter what price you see goods ad\·e rtised lesson starts the term at any time (d!r usme~s Essentials. The first travel over the Railways at half rates. y or evening), and country students you can always Employer's Liability Accident & Sickness Public Risk Fidelity Guarantee 0. ID. Palmer &Go. Burglary DISPENSING CHEMISTS, l\la ke a Speciality of a ll Prescription work . Plate Glass ..\11 the latest Drngs k ept in stock . Depot Fi re for learling drug houses. Agents fo r leading makes of Surgical Dressings and ..\ ppliances Telephone 170. Palmer's CARRAGEEN FOR Coughs, Colds and Influenza Ballarat Office: The best of all Coug h Remedies. A few doses q ui ckly gives relief. Bottles, ls. 6d . and Zs. 6d. Mercantile Bid gs., Dana and Armstrong Sts. H orse , Cattle, and Dog Medicines in Stock . Parcels forwarded to all parts of the States. D. D. FITZGERALD, Local Manager. 31 Lyd iard St. Ballarat ADVERTISEMENTS. ADVERTISEMENTS. THE CITY SWEET STORE SIMPSON'S Is stocked with the very best English, Continental , American and other confections Book Arcade -the ~est and purest of their kind. It is the largest Sweet Store in the City, and is patromsed as a repos1toff of all that is delightful and pure in confectionery. BALLARAT. The sweets are contained in air tight canisters and beautiful boxes , untouched by 411 Sturt St. hand and free from contamination. Picture Factory- 44 Lydiard St. We specialize in deliciou s ice cream and satisfying drinks of the most healthful and refreshing kinds, which are served in rooms installed .with evervthing essential to For BOOKS, cleanliness and purity. · A trial visit or postal orde; will convince you. STATIONERY, FANCY GOODS, Phone 470. J. R. DRAPER, 719 Stu rt St., Ballarat CROCKERY, ORNAMENTS, GLASSWARE, DINNERWARE, ~ro\Jincial lbotel TEA SETS, POST CARDS, IRWIN'S Lydiard St. N., Ballarat Phone 436 IMMEDIATELY OPPOSITE RAILWAY STATION ------'W'E ARE PICTURE FR.AMERS------ ORDERS BY POST RECEIVE SPECIAL ATTENTION. ESTABLISHED 5'7 YEARS The Leading Ironmongers and Importers. BALLARAT AGENTS- Orient Line of Steamers. McCormick Farming Machinery Australian Tessilated Tile Coy. Mount Lyell Manures. Peerless and Page Cooking Stoves. Perfection Oil Stoves. The Newest and most up-to-date Hotel in the City. 50 Bedrooms. BALLARAT. Electric Light throughout. Moderate Tariff. Telephone 289. F. REID, Proprietor. . Sturt St., ADVERTISEMENTS. AD\'E RTISEMENTS. Art \Vall~paper Warehouse JAGO'S J.A. Reynolds BOOT PALACE PAINTER, PAPERHANGER, AND Comfortable Popular at --- PICTURE FRAMER --- Footwear Prices H ave your painting, paperhanging or decorating done by us. We do Jago's Shoes are the best in only the best of work and submit Victoria. Jago's Buots are just estimates and designs free. Compe as good. Lively attention to tent workmen sent to all parts. your wants. All goods of Write, 'Phone or Call. We g uar Sterling Value and Comfo1t antee complete satisfaction. A large assured . Special and prompt assortment of superior oil paintings attention to all College require etc. to beautify the h ome or fo r ments. You will be pleased presents, at lowest possible prices. with Jago's Footwear. Tel. 417 Inspection cordially invited. Pict ure ?. Iouldings of every description J. A. R E Y N 0 L D S Ballarat Boot Palace 28 STURT ST. BALLA RAT 1 07 and 1 09 L YDIARD ST., N. BALL AR AT. QUEEN VICTORIA POULTRY SALES EVERY THURSDAY. - - -- Telephone 488. ----- SQUARE Sturt St. AUSTRALIAN BAKERY Stephen Wellington GOLDEN CITY HOTEL FUR.N!SHINO UNDERTAKER Corner Sturt and Dawson Streets 80 BRIDGE STQEET 923 Sturt Sti"eet No. 432 STURT STREET (Opp. Hospital.) BALLARAT - -Opposite Golden City Hotel-- (Late Mclntyres.) 317 Lydiard Street --38&-- ? i rs t-class Accommodation for Boarders ai1d Town and Country Hearses, Mourning Coaches, and every Funeral Requisite Visitors . on Hire. Funerals Fur ALEX. nished in Town or Country. The Favor of yo11r Recom Best Brands of Wines and Spirits Caterer, Baker, & Pastrycook. mendation is requested. Picnics, Banquets, and Socials Catered for on Shortest Notice. Catering a Specialty. Terms Moderate. A Trial Respectfully Solicited. No connection with any other house of Mrs. H. L. Pobjoy, --the same name in the trade.--- Proprietress. ADVERTISEMEN T S. AD\'ERTISEMENTS. DARLING & CO. G. WARNER and CO. Th RAILWAY STATION General Ironmongers and Iron Merchants. Farmers and Graziers' Requis ites a Speciality. e Delivery Co. ARMs:~~!~\T. TELEPHONE 566. r··~·-;.. c~ -- ~--- ...... ,,.., Railway and Corner Armsti"ong and Dana Sts., BALLAR AT OARl/NC ·& C!! Genettal Gattttietts H Best DELIVERY Service. All Trains m et and the prompt This Easy Chair 0 delivery of lugg a g e u g oods, and ror gour New Home s parcels E is c The old Victorian idea of stiff, made a t - 0 straight -backed c hairs has gone !._··-----···-·-~ ---~ SPECIALTY M out. People reco:.; n1se that an F p easy chai r is an actual necessity u AUSTRALIAN STORE in the home. R L IX . ' We show here a very good N BRIDGE STREET E example of what a n easy chair SADDLE-BAG 'S B. W. HRGEB'S I ~ should be -graceful. comfo rtable, 70/- Is the premier House for fi rst ualit \Vh. l . . T roomy, we ll made a nd fairly cheap. I mported a nd Colonial \ Vines,qalso y ts A CARD. ~~,? cf, ~l/ei ~;) ~ ------1 ADVERTISEMENTS. ADVERTISEM ENTS. 32 STURT STREET WILLIAM P. LINEHAN'S E. T OWl & C0. BALLARAT Books and LIST OF -~~ PHARMACISTS. • \\'e make a speciality of Dispensin g Physician's Prescriptions according to Australasian Catholic Series the principles of advanced Pharmacy, and select the best obtainable drugs Presents and other School Manuals for a ll our work. TELEPHONE 246. \\'hen YOU want a book of an\· INCLUDING description or when vou are ii1 SPECIAL FACILITIES FOR D EALING \ VITH POSTAL BUSINESS. doubt as to what will make a APPROVED READERS T. M. HANLON, Proprietor. suitable present, ask E \\' 1 ;-..: S'. (Two doors fr om COCR !ER Office.) Their stock of this class of FOR THE goods is such that we can give you just what Y OU want at a Catholic Schools of Australasia. very re3so1iable price. You are invited to wa lk th rough ou1 store (Authorised by the Australasian Plenary Synod) and inspect our lovely goods. 1905. H. Symons Shop by post, every attention, J. prompt despatch. FAMILY J. EWIN S, WHOLESALE AGENT: BUTCHER Ballarat's 81G BOOK STORE WILLIAM P. LINEQAN Gommonwealth Bakerry 111 Sturt St., ~1~ BALLARAT School and College Supply Stores, 309·311 LITTLE COLLINS ST., MELB. Meat and Small Goods of every Chas. Briant, description of the very best quality. WINDOW" BLINDS Have you tried Manufacturer of ~ Moderate Prices MALT BREAD, Prompt Attention Butler&. Co. MEAL BREAD. roman &Cato's A Trial Solicited Man ufa.ctu.:re:rs of The BEST SMALL GOODS Delivered ----- to ANY PART. ------Telephone 282. ---- VENETIAN & WIRE BLINDS & SHUTTERS Delicious 1/3 TEA ? Macarthur St. Ballarat Cnr. Dana & Ascot Sts. BALLARAT Verandah Blinds in best English and American Some day you possibly will ; and Duck a Specialty. Also then you will find it equal to any Fancy Holland and Linen Brand fo r which you may be paying 1/6 or 1/9. THE BIG STORE Blinds with Lace and \\'e are largest importers of I n ser ti on or Fringe. FINE TEAS in the Commonwealth \i\l rite for our Estimate, a1H! the reason win· our Tea is so DAVIES and CO., enclosing sizes and par good and so cheap, is that 1t is HARRY ti culars. Sa tis f action sold d irect to you for CASH ONLY Grand Show Now On. Novelties of the hour imported direct from guaran teed. Est. 30 yrs. We have no Middleman's Profits and no Bad Debts to provide for. leadin g Manufacturers. The Millinery Most Equisite-The Mantles and Factory-714 STURT STREET Costumes Superb-The Dresses and Fancy Lines are the very height of Fashion at HARRY DA V IES & Co's., the Popular House of the City --- Near City Fire Brigade ---- M<)RAN & CATO City Address- 24 LYDlARD STl~EET ALEXANDRA BALLA RAT SQUARE STURT STREET Op!J. George H otel. BALLARAT I ADVERTISEMENTS. Mrs. HINCHCLIFFE LADIES' DRAPER, The Cheapest House in Ballarat for Millinery, Costumes, Blouses, Underclothing, and Baby-linen. Sturt St., BALLARA T. GEO. STRONG & SON THE POPULAR FOOTWEAR EXPERTS. 0 W.J. Parry 218 Stu rt Street Que~~Ps ~:!tue ~ All the Leading Manufacturers of the Plumber, Gasfitter, State are stocked by us. Bostock's and Clark's English Footwear Slater, Bellhanger, Stocked in a variety of Shapes. Hot and Cold Water Fitter. All Work under Personal Supervision Address, Wear the S.S. Brand of Footwear. PHONE 403. GEO. STRONG & SON, Sturt St. BALLARAT \\ 819 Stu rt St. BALLA RAT Permewan, Wright & Company, Ltd. River and General Carriers, Forwarding, Customs, and Commission Agents. BRANCHES I N ALL THE PRINCIPAL TOWNS OF VICTORIA AND N.S.W. ---HEAD OFFICE--- 1 78 WILLIAM STREET MELBOURNE