School Annual of the J.B. V.M. in Australia
Registered at the G.P.O., Melbourne, for transmission by Post as a periodical. December, 1957 ror~to
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" T ache, toi, d'etre uaillante et bonne - ce sont !es grand es t qualites des femmes. " t -Fenelon. i I I "/)ece111Cer l .9:i 7 I 1 i t I t 1 •.•~t 1 - l - l - fl -l l -.-t l _ l __, __ .._..~---- · - · ~--- 1 --- · - · -- 1 - 11 - 11 -1 1 _ 1 __1 _ 1__ ._ ll- Cl- I·:·' The Novitia t e : In the right foreground is the m a in Convent building, to which the Novitia t e is joined by a covered w a y.
Looking towa rds t he Harbour from a balcony. The Bridge is in the ba ckground on the left. [Kindly photographed by R ev. R. Nolan.
The Novitiate of the 1.8.V.M. (Loreto), Australia, at Loreto Convent, Normanhurst, Sydney. - tl-t l-l)- t)- 11- ll- ll_ O _ ll- tl- t lo+!• -r·- ··-··-·- ··-·-·- ··-·- ··-· i i i I i I i i MARY W ARD Foundress of the I B.V.M. I I I i I ( 1585-1645) i i i i i i I I i i I i i I I I Editorial ... i I i I The Loreto Federation of Australia is to hold its second i i i annual conference in Adelaide in November. Reference to its i I programme is made on another page of this magazine, which 'i i I I goes to our readers under the patronage of Our Lady and of the i Venerable Mother Mary Ward. i I i I The theme of the conference is THE LORETO GIRL IN THE i I WORLD TO-DAY-a theme that should appeal not only to Loreto I I Old, and present, Girls, but also to the parents of all our pupils. I In its wider implication the theme means, of course, THE I Ii I CATHOLIC WOMAN IN THE WORLD TO-DAY. i I I i W e shall be pardoned if we1give our attention to cultivating, I i with care, our own plot so that we may contribute a valuable I I I I crop to the general harvest of good works in Australia. We i should often bring back our minds to the fundamental truth, i I that we DO good by BEING good. At least .we shall make a cell I I I of good living in a materialistic world. i I i I In every State in Australia Loreto Old Girls are an encour i I aging influence in civic life. That is one of the reasons why I I I the Loreto Federation should be a rallying point for all our past i I pupils. The forthcoming conference in Adelaide, with its i promise of a thoughtful interchange of ideas, will touch not only i I women educated at Loreto, but the whole community of Catholic I women in Australia. I I - I ·:·~- ) - ) - \) - l l - fl _ l _ f l - l l - tJ - 11 -~~ ) - ) - l) __l _ f) - ·) - l) -~ l l - ll - ll - ll - ll - f~ - \) - ) - l ) - ) -~ ) ~~~u.-..·:· l-·--·--·- ··- ··- ·- ··- ··-··- ··- ·- ··- ·- ··- ··- ·- ·- ··- ·- ··- ·- ·- ··- ··- ·- ··- ····-·- ·- ··- ·- .. - ·· - · -- · -·--i,~ I CONTENTS 1 ~ , EDITORIAL . . 3 I Ii THE LORETO FEDERATION OF AUSTRALIA 5 I i PICTURES: MARY'S MOUNT, BALLARAT 6 i I SCHOOL VIGNETTES 8 O' r Lady of Altoetting. The Fathers' Club, Marryatville. I A Garland of History (celebrating Kirribilli's Jubilee). I School Diaries. I PICTURES : LORETO, DAWSON STREET, BALLARAT 16 ~ · THIS AUSTRALfA: 21 I The Salvado Saga, by M. lVI. Aiden, l.B.V.M. I I Speak for Australia. I (Address given at the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce) . I Other School Contributions. I PICTURE: LORETO, PORTLAND 27 I THE HOME CIRCLE . . 28 I PICTURES: LORETO, NORMANHURST 30 I TRAVELLERS' TALES 34 PICTURES: LORETO, KIRRIBILLI 40 MEMORY PICTURES 45 PICTURES: LORETO, CLAREMONT .. 51 VIEWS AND OPINIONS .. 53 FROM THE EDITOR'S ANTHOLOGY: 58 I Horses on the Camargue (illustrated by Mary Nathan) I PICTURES: LORETO, NEDLANDS 59 INTERESTING PEOPLE: 62 I Cinema Report from Madrid. I I My Missionary Brother (the Rev. H. Hendricks, S.J.). Group-Captain Cheshire, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C. Letter from David Wilson Fletcher (English author in India) School Contributions. 70 I 71 76 Loreto's Interest in the Dalai Lama of Tibet. Greeting from Princess Shanti of Nepal. I Goodbye to the Cedars. I Loreto (I.B.V.M. ), Mauritius. I I PICTURES: LORETO, TOO RAK 81 I AMONG OUR OLD GIRLS: 90 I Reports from the Associatiom. I I The Loreto Free Library and the Theresian Club. I I A World of Books by Philippa O'Leary, B.A. I I PICTURES: LORETO, BRISBANE 95 I PICTURE: ST. MARY'S HALL ...... 99 i I OBITUARY 100 ! L---·--:~:~ .=~~~:.~=~:~~. ~. : . :::~:::.~:.~ . __ _:_ __ J LORETO The Loreto Federation of Allstralia
REPORT FOR 1957
Upon r eading the Third Annual R e port of the Federation early this yea1· His Excellency the Apos tolic D elegate to Australia, Dr. Romolo Carboni, wrote to u s in flattering term . In his le tter h e said "The firm link be tween the past students of Loreto Convents throughout Australia is an example and an inspiration." This statem e nt is a great compli ment lo such a young body, and it also sp eaks highl y for the manne 1· in which the Federation was estab lished and illustrates the ready co-ope ration and lively interest on aJl sides which have assiste d u s in Adelaide.
During 1956 the Federation ask ed its m e mbe rs and aJl present pupils to pray for Lore to in India. A special day- August 15th- was set aside for this pur po e and the i·esponse to our r equest was most grati THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE LORETO fying- 1850 past pupils and 14.75 present pupils FEDERATION offered prayers for our s pecial inte ntion. Of this BACK ROW: Mrs. Bryan Rofe (W .A.), Mrs. Ansell Britten J ones effort His ExceJlency said in his le tte r, " I was delight (Mary's Mount), Mrs. V. A. Hart (Kirribilli) , Miss M. Murray (Brisba ne), Mrs. J . Pian to (Marryatville) , Mrs. F . K elly ed to note that special efforts for the Miss ions in (Normanhurst), Mrs. RI. Harman (Dawson St.) . India were made during the past year. The mis FRONT ROW : M iss J . H oll a nd (Executive Officer), Miss R. B. Rice North (President), Mrs. K. M. O gglesby (Treas urer), Mrs. sionary duties, obligations and privileges of Austra D . R. Coles (Toorak) . lian Catholics towards the countries to the near North and towards Asia arc becoming b ette r known and appreciated. Congratulations are therefore deserved The second conference of the Federation will be by the Loreto Federation in spreading the awareness h eld in Adelaide in November of this year. The of the essential missionary c harac te r of the Church." the m e of the Confere nce which will be dealt with This year the spiritual aim of the Federation is to in a series of talks and discussions will be "Th e pray for aJl peoples oppressed by Communism and Lore to Girl in the World Today." The various talks again August 15th has been set aside for tha t pmpose. unde r this h eading will be " H er Place in the Home., The appeal for the n ew Novitiate at Norman to be given by a delegate from Brisbane. " Her Place hurst which the Federation sponsore d among the in Church Activities- h er public and private activ constituent A ssociations brought in a total of ities" (Dawson St.). " H er Role in Community and £2,636-0-2, the individual donations being: Civic Affairs" (Weste rn A ustralia ) . " The Creative Arts in Her Life" (Mary's Mount) . "Th e Catholic \Vcste n1 Au£tralia .. £ 330 19 3 Student" (Normanhurst ) . "Th e Career \Voman .. Dawson Stree t, Ballarat 181 0 0 (Kirrihilli ) . "Th e Catholic Woman in PoliticE-·· (Toorak ) . " Her Apprecia tion and Participation in Brisbane .. 50 0 0 the Liberal Arts" (Marryatvillc). Marryatville . . 50~ 18 7 The suggestion that a section b e set aside in the Toorak . ... £1119 2 4 magazine for reports from the past pupil associations Normanhurst .. 34.5 0 0 came from the F ederation. The ed itor r eceived thi ~ Kirribilli ...... 100 0 0 idea with graciousn ess and enthusias111 and this is the The code for the b ehaviour and entertainment first edition of the magazine to have this section. W e of young p eople drawn up at the Melbourne Confer hope that the magazine will nov,r find its w ~v into the ence was circulated to all Past Pupil Associations and homes of those past pupils throughout Australia and Parents and Friends' Associations connected with our even be yond our shores who have not the interest of Convents with suggestions for spreading its message sons and daughters at Lore to. as widely as possible. W e hope that the combin ed RITA B. RICE NORTH, influence of all our m embers and the pare nts of President. present pupils themselves wiJl in due course be fell North Adelaide, in society. South Australia. 5 LORETO ABBEY, MARY'S MOUNT, BALLARAT, VICTORIA
MATRICULATION, LEAVING AND INTERMEDIATE CLASSES BACK ROW (left to right) : J. Tweddle, ] . M cAlpine, ] . Knight, A. Limbert, S. Mackenzie, M. Baker, J. Faulkner, G. Willis, T. Lechte, C. McSwiney. THIRD ROW : A. Saunders, J. Willis, G. Gourlay, N. Fay, E. Fraser, H. OBrien, C. Rice, M. Burchell, M. Savenije, M. R eynolds, J. O 'Loghlen. SECOND R OW : J. Carroll, N . J ess, J. Gurry, J . Hurley, A. Doney, M. Coburn, M. O 'Loghlen, F. Joyce, R. Fulton, ]. O'Callaghan, W . Pritchard, V . Sheehan. FRONT ROW: M. Halligan, ] . Oliphant, M. Thomas, M. Shanahan, C. Burchell, S. Hayes, G. Rice (Head of School), M. Hayes, M. McCormack, C. Reidy, H. Powell, ] . M cGilp, P . Puli. PREFECTS BOTTOM: SUB-INTERMEDIATE, SECOND AND F1RST Left to right : G. Rice ( H ead), M. O 'Loghlen, T . Lechte, H. YEARS (See Names Page 2'0) O 'Brien, C. M cSwiney. 6 LORETO ABBEY, MARY'S MOUNT, BALLARAT, VICTORIA
TOP: 5th & 6th CLASSES & JUNIOR SCHOOL (See Names Page 20 ) BOTTOM: KINDERGARTEN 7 School Vignettes OUR LADY OF ALTOETTING The greatest glory of Altoetting in Bavaria is certainly the shrine of Our Lady. The little town is about sixty miles east of Munich, and has a long history, reaching back even to the Roman Empire. Its Christian history may be traced back to the year 700 when St. Rupert erected on the site of a h eathen temple, the little seven-sided chapel which to-day is the seat of Our Lady's greatest sanctuary in Bavaria. The ancient statue of the Mother and Christ child was said to have been a gift of St. Rupert himself. The shrine has b een through many vicissitudes during the centuries; but even the devastation of the Thirty Years War seemed to pass it by. Mary Ward's nuns (the English Ladies as they are called in Ger many) opened a school there in 1721; they still occupy the same house. (Several nuns of the l.B.V.M. in Australia have been educated there, in cluding M.M. Perpetua of Normanhurst, and M.M. Consiglio of Ballarat) . After the expulsion of the J esuits in the 18th century, the nuns of the l.B.V.M. were, for a few weeks, the only religious Order left in the town. As a writer remarks: "That they survived is a tribute to the value of thei1· work." The shrine which adjoins the convent remains what it has been during the centuries: "a place clearly chosen by God to be a source of consolation, and by His Mother to be a fountain of graces." For several years now it has been in the care of Capuchin Fathers. The town received added lustre when one of their number, St. Conrad, was canonized. The nuns of Loreto Convent (l.B.V.M.), Nor OUR LADY OF ALTOETTING manhurst, are now the happy possessors of a copy, Centuries have passed, dear Mother, twenty inches high, of the famous statue. It is not a Since your image first found rest "black Madonna" : the present dark colour of both In Altoetting's loving keeping- Mother and Babe is due entirely to age, and to cen You-her dear and honoured guest. turies of candle-smoke. The actual statue in Altoet People thronged to give you welcome, ting is twenty-six inches tall; the original one must Kings and peasants, sick and well- have been stolen in the early centuries, for the onP. All received your queenly blessing there now is of 13th century design. The donors of All were drawn within your spell. the statue to Loreto, Normanhurst, are Mr. and Our dear Foundress prayed before you Mrs. Streber, of Sydney, who brought it back with And that we might do the same, them after a recent trip to Europe, as a graciou!' You have sought Australia's shore line tribute of friendship to the nuns with whom thei:: Oh, how lovingly you came! two daughters are being educated. You have followed us dear Mother; Sydney. 1.B.V.M. Can a mother leave her child?- You have crossed the trackless ocean, Yo11 have braved the storm winds wild, Nnw at last you're home among us, SONGS I LIKE Oh. what welcome shall we give? How rejoice to have you with us? I like the song of the kettle LP.t us cry "Oh, Mary live!" As it lazily sings on the hob In those far off olden countries, I like the song of a bird Kings and Emperors vied in zeal As it circles the sky above To b estow on you fair jewels I like the lap of water Symbols of the love they feel. As it washes the golden sand We have nought of golden treasure, But only the song of my mother But our hearts' love we resign, Fills my heart with love. You in turn will give us J esus, JUDITH LEY (12), Jesus, Jesus, Thou art mine! Toorak. Normanhurst, M.D. l.V.B.M. 8 LORETO
THE FATHERS CLUB IN ACTION AT MARRYATVILLE* (To commemorate the "creation" of the new "No more oranges and lemons, no more mandarins Playing Field-lawns and terraces with landscaped and plums!" background) But the Fathers somehow didn't seem to care. On Sports' Day in 1955, the Committee of the Fathers' Club made an instantaneous decision : THE As they worked with pick and sh ovel, as they plied GIRLS MUST HAVE A NEW OVAL. The long the need y axe sti·etch of asphalt had se1·ved its te rm; but numbers They had VISIONS, and they were no idle dream, had increased very rapidly, so there must be lovely They were left unmoved by comments, as they viewed lawns, whe re the girls need not " fca1· the spills." the awful wreck The months passed and we knew little of the That once h ad been an orange grove serene. planning behind the scenes; but the fathers went But the climax came weeks later, wh en it came to into ac tion in November. Trees came out, and the burning off, old orange grove was soon an unsightly scene. Even A task they had to tackle in the heat, when the work was at an advanced stage, comments You should h ave seen those Fathers facing flames were still spicy. After heavy rain, the usual question and heat and soot was : " Have you seen the swimming pool?" But they worked on with a spirit h ard to beat. Ah, but wait! Though the day was a Good Friday, when they On the fourteenth of April, in brilliant sunshine, needed to be tidy, our guests gathered for the formal opening of t he They were black from boots to eye-brows from the Playing Field. There wa a breathless hush when, smoke, as the first chords of " God Save the Queen" we re They were FASTING, they we re thirsty, but they struck, the National F la g was slowly raised, followed would not take rc fre ~ hm e nt by the Loreto banner (cent re) and the gaily-coloured For they treated their discomfort as a joke. House p ennants floated from the te rraces. Owing to his r ecent illness, our beloved Arch A new hack gate! A roadway! A bull-dozer on the bishop was unable to be present; but, in the presence scene ! of the Mayor and Mayoress of Burnside, and over And a m an who knew just how things ought to he, one thousand guests, the R everend T. Barden, S.J ., H e began before the dawning, and h e needed declared the Playing Field open. frequent warning After the sp eeches m ade by the Pres ident anrl For h e would not stop for breakfast, lunch or tea! other m embers of the Committee, the p eople watch ed an enthusiastic display of rythmic movements a nd When we saw the eal'lh in ridges piling up against dance . Congratulations were offered to Miss the fence, Hogarth who has r ecently returned from abroad, and T here were Q UESTIO ERS who murmured "Why whose new ideas were welcom ed . Middle School and is tha t?" Junior Scho w ] events were kilfulJy prepared Ly Mrs. But the m an who bore the BURDEN did not stop to Tilly; and a very interesting feature was the High answer why land Fling danced to the accompaniment of the Bag But alone and unassisted m ade it flat. pipes- these were played by Miss Grecnh,1111. The Mothers Club, with helpers, saw to table All the grading, and the seeding and the sanding decorations and prepared and served afternoon tea we re his care to all. T hose who ·watched the endless washing up, Then teams went into action once again, the procession of trays, packing of crockery, etc., know For non-stop groups of workers there were odd-jobs why the Mothers have decided to wear a "comfo1·tablc by the score, pair of shoes next ti me." And the President was the re to lead his men. H ere we descend- o r ascend- from prose to An I C INERATOR blocked them. Why not move verse : it would indeed be ill-fitting if the Fathers it further down of this er a were left " Unhonourcd and unsung." To a corne r wher e it really can' t be seen? From the verse you will learn ju t how things were ow I clo not care a penny, when I say that Mr. K - done during those two years- May, 1955- April, Solved the question when he whispered "Paint IT 1957. green!" There wa excitement at Loreto for the word had Oh the hammers and the sawing and the mixing of passed around cem ent That the Fathers' Club had made a MIGHTY PLAN, As the trellisses and walls appeared in sight. I t would take the i1· time and la bour, and their bank All the sprinkle 1·s were in action from the dusk until notes by the score; the dawn, But the Fathers all were in it to a man. And fathers worked on far into the night. But one thing damped their ardour as they worked They began IT in November when the days wer e away with zest, getting warm, For illness claimed a tried and trusty FRIEND While noisy lamentations rent the air But in spite of weeks of anguish , when their hopes * See photo on page 70. fell very low Continued at foot of next page. 9 LORETO MARRYATVILLE MEMORIES 1956-1957 JULY 1956: FEBRUARY, 1957 : We were disturbed and stirred by Father We rejoiced to find new faces, new shower O'Collins' talk on China. Seniors startled their cm·tains, a face-lift to the Leaving Classroom, a Cahra hostesses by appearing in Bombays, hats, foot· physical culture mistress, and warning notices in ba11 socks and boots al a "crazy" basketball match. elegant print. W e pick up Koola-pole sticks. Their opponents' ea rly-Vi c toria~ s, bonnets and high MARCH: heeled wedding shoes provided the feminine Louch. Art Exhibition in town rushed by boat·d ers. Pipe burst in Honours room at 3.00 a.m. Carola and Practices for opening of new Oval proceed apace. Helen h eroines of the Flood, and won us a genera] Sixty Four IDollar question, " Who broke that Club?" sleep. Vivid parodies of Jane Eyre and Macbeth Polio injections! Hydrogen P eroxide preparation in brought tears Lo our T eacher's eyes. Sweets from St. Science Laboratory resulted in twelve Blondes, twelve Ann. Y.C.S. Day of R ecollection at Rostrevor. disintegrated pinafores and possibly, twelve Yul AUGUST: Brynners. Wendy, Alison, Judy, Mary Liz, Rose Mr. Rofe adjudicated Debate " War with mary, two Pa ms, and three Sues consecrated Children Russia is highly probable in this Generation." The of Mary. ayes had it- hope they arc wrong. R ewarded for APRIL: staying in on 15th August, b y the " Winslowe Boy." Congratulations to Caroline our new Head Mr. Hossick from U.S.A. looked us over and found and all Prefects. Customary rolls missing from tea. us a "Full-bt·ight lot of Scholars !" Beauty and Gone rocking? Oval declared opened by Father humour combined Lo make the "Ma
They hoped to have him with them at the end. And the House T eams with the ir colours, as they And we know it added greatly to the joy of Opening faced with hearts aglow Day, Eve1-y item in that wonderful display. When they saw him take his place among the rest, And the word ran round like magic, " Do you know ow the world may have its WONDERS, and we that George is here?" hear that they are seven! And it seemed to give each man an added zest. But those who make this claim are out of date ! For once they see the OVAL they will say without a You should have seen the bunting and banners and doubt, balloons! That the number must be raised at last to EIGHT. You should have seen the crowd on Opening Day, A. (Marryatville) . 10 LORETO LORETO, PORTLAND: SCHOOL DIARY JULY: 19th.-Why did the Diesel take an hour to climb 26th-Mother Superior's feast-day! We performed our hill? And even then it h ad to be pulled by an "The Roses of St. Dorothy" in her honour. engine. AUGUST: FEBRUARY: 6th.-Fath er Brennan C.SS.R. gave us a memorable llth.-Returned to school; a few new children; retreat. He developed our devotion to St. Gerard. regrets to find that Mother J . Carmel had gone to lOth.-A pleasant surprise-The film of St. John Ballarat and that Mother Gabriel was very ill. Bosco as a welcome out of retreat. 15th.-During the holidays the Harbour works had 15th.- F east of the Assumption-We had Exposition progressed greatly; the main breakwater had of the Blessed Sacrament. The altar was beautifully lengthened and widened. decorated with pink blossom. 23rd.-We were all very sad to hear that Mother 22nd.-The mayor, Cr. Frost, in his robes and wear Gabriel had died early on Saturday morning; we ing the n ewly-acquired mayoral chain, addressed us remembered how she had always taught us to wear the and presented a copy of "The Land of the Southern Brown Scapular. Our Mass was offered for the repose Cross" to the school. Lois, our Head, received it (and of her soul. wished she had sat nearer the front when called upon.) 27th.-The film of "The Tale of Two Cities" pro 29th-"Pride and Prejudice" was enjoyed by all. duced varied re-actions it set the Middle School to 30th.-Class places, marks and the Holiday Hymn! playing French R evolution and it provided the Inters. 3lst.-Those travelling by train set out at 6.40 a.m. with a valuable background for their study. No tickets could be found and the diesel made a special MARCH: halt at our crossing. 17th.-After Mass the boarders walked to Far SEPTEMBER: Rocks. As Mother Edmund had arranged for a Shell 26th.-Theory Exams. Collecting Competition, we hunted busily for exhibits. OCTOBER: That afternoon Mother Carmel judged Elizabeth 2nd.-Violin Exams-Of greater interest to 1st and McCabe's collection to be the best and most artistically 2nd Year was their long awaited reward, a picnic and arranged. barbecue on the beach. Noela tested the sincerity of 18th.-We sang a t Mass today in honour of St. Patr'ick. her friends' affection by offering them "damper." A special filming of "Richard III" was attended by the 6th. and 7th.-The Annual Flower Show was held local school-children; we admired, and shuddered at, in All Saints'. Most of the boarders entered exhibits in Sir Laurence Olivier's realistic performance. the posy section, some won prizes. During the after 20th.-Beverley Lovell elected Sports Captain, noon, the town band played on our lawn; later it was Josephine Fitzgerald her assistant. the setting for the final of the Princess Competition. 24th.-The Parish Picnic at Narrawong Beach. Helen Cunningham came first. Each boarder was adopted by a family. What an 12th.-Music exams-We met the entrants in exchanging of experiences that evening. various states of composure. 26th.-We have enjoyed a plague of house-crickets. 20th.-The r esults came to hand and all felt They jump through the Chapel window, sing at in rewarded for their labours during the previous months. opportune times, and infest the Intermediate Room! 25th.-Father Shelley paid us a surprise visit. As APRIL: the day wore on, h e sensed the tension in the air and lst.-Great disappointment this morning to find hurried us off to the Parish Fete, a function where that Mother Catherine had returned t o Toorak. Who children can have Afternoon Tea! will render First Aid to those stung by bull ants? Who NOVEMBER: will encourage the Young Explorers? lOth.- L eonie Mulcahy made her First Holy Com 3rd.-A pleasant surprise! Mother Superior r e munion in our chapel. We sang suitable hymns. turned, accompanied by Mother Berchmans. 17th.-The F ete! after a busy morning, we took up 17th.-Barbara Baxter won the Goal-throwing Con our places at the various stalls. Those selling the t est. Lucky Envelopes were the first to be free. 18th.-Home for a few days. 22nd.-Thanks to the wireless, we were able to 25th.-Attended a Requiem Mass for the soldiers at fo llow the Olympic Games. The most exciting events All Saints'. Later the Inters. made a wreath and took were the swimming ch ampionships. it down to the Triangle where the town pays honour to DECEMBER: the fallen. Still later, we went to· the Far Rocks where 4th.-Beginning of the exams. we boiled the billy and toasted sandwiches. lOth.-As usual, a full programnie for Loreto Day. MAY: "Gypsy Colt" was a film w hich appealed to all; though lst.-Our May altar was decorated with Easter the day was cool, we enjoyed a swim. Five were Daisies, tawny dahlias and autumn leaves. No proces received as Aspirants to the Sodality of the Children sion on account of the wet weather. of Mary. 7th.-The photograph for the magazine was taken We entered Hi e poster competitions h eld locally t o today. We expect good r esults as there was no sun, no "Put Christ back into Christmas." Several of the wind, no rain! posters and essays won prizes. (Continued on Page 13) 11 LORETO
LORETO, TOORAK: THROUGH THE MISTS OF TIME WE RECALL 1956 MARCH: JULY: Father Norbert, C.P., conducted the Retreat for the A fitting opening to our year's activities was a Middle School and Seniors. Owing to the expansion of Gala Film Preview in aid of the new Novitiate. Was the school fourteen prefects were elected this year: it built for anyone here present? Diana Bow en, Ann Curtis, Edwyna Fitzgerald, Suzanne Mary's Mount paid us a visit. We spent a lovely Loftus-Hills, Gabrielle Adams, Margaret Reid, Mary day and had some enjoyable basketball matches. Doyle, Cynthia Dethridge, Elizabeth Wimpole, Norma The Dog Show! They were everywhere, tall small, Daley, Pat Warry, Sandra Robinson, Lisbeth Clowes, fuzzy, wuzzy, sweet-tempered .... ! ? Never have one Philippa McClelland. Also House Captains: Diana unless it is for the Missions. King, Diana Lord and Diana Bowen. Tennis Captain AUGUST: Diana Lord and Sports Captain Norma Daley. Mother Superior's feast day occurred on the feast On St. Patrick's Day the seniors joined Genezzano• or the Assumption. We had Mass and Com and C.L.C. to sing Mass at the Cathedral. munion followed by a most enjoyable buffet breakfast. Matrics. spent a delightful day at Mary's Mount~ . Everyone presented Mother with a handknitted article We travelled by bus but found ourselves "horse!" of clothing for the P oor and then our entertainments. APRIL: Xavier Social. We sent representatives. The Paschal Moon shone down on an inspiring pre Y.C.S. Night. A great night graciously presided sentation on the front lawn of the "Way of the Cross" over by Reverend M. Chamberlain. It was good to by the Matrics. The large crowd looking on were meet formally as Y.C.S. and remind ourselves that that deeply moved. is what we really are. After looking at our lives Intermediates gave several performances of their seriously in papers and discussion, and hearing an Passion Play. Excellent acting for s uch young address from Father Chamberlain, we had an enjoyable aspirants to the stage . .. . Easter Holidays. Social. The famous "special choir" sang at the Easter SEPTEMBER: Ceremonies at St. Peter's Church, Toorak. Children's Vacation begins. Oh joy! Third term. P arty.-and much else. Mixed doubles Tennis Tourna OCTOBER: ment! Miniature train which mostly overflowed with Culmination of the year's sporting activities was passengers-our Umbrella tree in the centre of the Sport's Day. The honours were carried off by St. lawn must have been dizzy at the end of the day! Theresa's for the fifth year in succession, followed by Merry-go-round! Lucky Dips! etc., etc. and the raffle St. Gertrude's and St. Michael's respectively. of a T.V. Set combined to raise £1 ,1 00. G.T.V. 9 sent a NOVEMBER : televisor to capture the gay scene. A Television Set arrived. A gift to the School Members of the Marian Sodality took part in a BUT its use is strictly limited. The Olympic Games general meeting at Xavier College. distracted us a little from our work. Result of the MAY: Shakespeare Society Competition-second place in the Reception of Children into the six sodalities com State awarded to Felicity Wakefield-Kent. menced the May Day celebrations. The annual pro DECEMBER: cession and crowning of Our Lady's statue in the Work! Work! Work! Public Examinations. Felicity Grotto followed. The day was perfect. again! This time she won the Irish History Prize. Youth Sunday. One hundred Loreto girls marched Retreat for those leaving school. with other school children through the city to St. Dancing display on the Front Lawn. Grecian Patrick's Cathedral where w e said the Rosary, listened Dancers, P easant Girls, such grace and beauty! to a sermon by Y.C.S. chaplain Father Chamberlain, Jubilarians Concert: final tribute to those leaving and were given Benediction. Exams.! school who have been at a Loreto School for seven Singing at Quarant 'Ore was the best ever during years or more. this year's ceremonies. "Gilbert and Sullivan" was Prize giving completed another year. Once again shown to finish the term on a bright note. several young ladies with tear-stained faces and red JUNE: eyes bade farewell to the place so full of pleasant Second term. Prefects and House Captains show memories, and thus faced the second phase of their off their newly decorated blazer pockets. The pride life. What does the future hold? and joy of the school are the new craft and dressmaking 1957 rooms. They are painted pink and grey with teal blue FEBRUARY: lino on the floor. Bright curtains decorate the Returned to school for a rest after an invigorating windows. Our new coach Mrs. Schaeffer, is very vacation. Everyone returned looking charming in her enthusiastic. blue poplin frock. Looking about the school we found Basketballers bade a fond farewell to the old several rooms painted, fluorescent lighting in the class en-tous-cas court, the whole playground has been rooms and passages: as for St. Cecilia's Hall-shining asphalted. new floor and royal blue chairs. Picture night at School raises £100 for the Missions. Everyone enjoyed "Conquest of Everest." Mountains of marshmallows, fudge and adhesive toffee Thirty lovely debutantes visited the school before sold and stuck extremely w ell. going on to the Loreto Ball. This time next year! (Continued on foot of P age 13 ) 12 LORETO DEBATING AND WAITING INDIAN DANCING IS A HIGHLY A n ew experience for the pupils of Loreto, DEVELOPED ART Cavendish Road, was the recent debate against the "Wh en the world. was very youn g, Brahma, the boys of ViJlanova College, run by the Augustinian Creator, invented the art and. science of the dance. Fathers. We had, of course, had various inter-class Then he taught it to the sage Bharata, and Bharata debates before, but this was the first public appear taught it to the Divine Beings who taught it to man." ance of the eu rprisingly successful t eam. So says the ancient legend, and. indeed ancient The subject in question was the controversial treatises reveal that classical dancing in India was a statem ent, "A \Voma n's place is in the home." And highly developed art with its technical rules some as if to disprove this the numerous mothers, aunts 2,000 years ago. I was fortunate enough to see two and sisters present, comprised about half the audi of the greatest dancers of India, the man "Shivaram," ence, a fact later turned to advantage by both sides. and the girl "Ilbotam bi," at school last May. Each team boasted of three speaker s, who were each It was a wonderful experience, one of sincerity given eight minutes to set forth their points, (a rather and complete devotion to a classical art. It is said gruelling test for inexperienced debaters, though the that Indian culture and indeed India h erself cannot boys were b y no means inexperien ced! ) At the con he properly understood and appreciated without an clusion, the first speakers were allowed three minutes adequate acquaintance with Indian Dance, through to sum-up ; and then all that was lacking was the which the artistic genius of the Indian p eople has rlecision of the adjudicator, an English master of a expressed itself in a manner which is as effective as it leading Public High School. is rich and varied. It might h ave been hard to imagine of what our The hands of the dancer, and his body and face, three representatives were thinking, while they expreios every shade of emotion, and every idea h e awaited the all important decision, but from reliable wishes to convey to his audience. The whole verse resources it has been gath ered that, surprisingly, drama of the dance is recited in music, to the accom their thoughts were centred around what had taken paniment of native drums and various musical place during the past hour, not around what would ini,truments, while the actor-dancers, who never move inevitably be decided within the next few minutes. their lips, vividly interpret the play through amazing Three slightly stunned and crestfallen girls movements of the body, facial expression s and thought over carefully prepared addresses they had eloquent hand gestures. All this m eticulous tech deliver ed. They really had built a convincing argu nique is k ept in perfect rhythm with the music. The ment for themselves. Their speak ers had expounded result?- beautiful, simple and touching. forcefully, and fulJy, the evils incurred by working In order to become a proficient and "finish ed" wives, the moral and social obligations of women, Indian dancer, the boy or girl has to go through at and the marked economic disadvantages resulting least ten, and sometimes twelve years of training. from their absence in the home, but now they had When they em erge at last, they are complete masters been brought suddenly to hard reality. of self-control, and can move any part of their body The cutting remarks of their merciless oppon by a singular effortless movement. ents (the boys) had r eally done their duty, tearing at "Ibotomi," a striking}y beautiful girl, with the firmly-cem ented arguments and tumbling seemingly dark skin and hair of an Indian, comes from Mani fool-proof examples. The cunning thrusts of the pur, and ther efore specializes in the dancing of that hitter, cynical male tongue h ad finally left not even State. H er dancing has an air of unsophistication the remotest shreds of confidence fluttel'ing. All about it, and a graceful serenity which evok es the that remained was r esignation and the pleasurable sublime and the romantic. In one dance Ibotomi warmth which remains after a hard. haule, even if ti es n early two hundred b ells at h er ankles, and only of tongues and wil s. Then came the adjudi throughou't the dance, moves either all the bells or cator's voice: only certain ones as she wishes. "A victory for Loreto by two points." Although it might appear to u s, · as a weird and JUDITH HAUPT (17) , Brisbane. useless art, it is also one of fascination, education and beautiful sentiment. Senior Debators, Denise Hart, Elizabeth O'Neill, WENDY ANNE GUNSON, Kerry Bates, and Intermediate Wendy Gunson, Leonie Toorak. McKernan, Elizabeth Finlay, were victorious over St. Patrick's College. A most enjoyable night. (Continued from P age 11) Gala preview of "The Barretts of Wimpole Street" lOth.-"A h orse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!" at Metro Theatre, in aid of the building fund, caused This could have been the cry of Ann Maling today as much excitement, especially for those who glided up she awaited the arrival of Binkie, per goods train. the red carpet before hundreds of spectators. Very 13th.-Fine weather so we honoured Our Lady of successful evening. Fatima with an outdoor procession. The "special Choir's" services were required at St. 16th.-Volunteers' names soon filled up the spaces Peter's for Quarant 'Ore. And so to the rest of the and we had a grand tidying-up·. Holiday hymn and year that lies before us. farewells next. Then homeward-ho! DIANA BOWEN, MARGARET CUMMINS AND JOSEPHINE Toorak. FITZGERALD, Intermediate. 13 LORETO SCHOOL DIARY, NEDLANDS 1956 12th.-Second Polio Injection. We were veterans JUNE: in this field and had no cause for fear. 5th-Back at school with admirable resolutions for 13th.-Divfsion I faced the ordeal of French Orals. the new term! However we were cheered up in the afternoon by "The 9th.-Leavings and Subs went on a geography Rivals" at the Playhouse. excursion along the Swan River. 17th.-The Leavings saw "King Lear" well acted 13th.-Seniors began their Retreat, and were im by the University Dramatic Society. pressed by Father Murtagh's forceful talks. 25th. and 26th.-Leaving French Orals . . . No com 16th.-Breakfast at school to end the Retreat. ment! 24th.-The Pet Show had to be cancelled because 30th.-Leaving German Orals ... Still no comment! of heavy rain. NOVEMBER: 30th.-We lost our first Basketball match of the lst.-Leavings and Juniors spent a day in Retreat season to Osborne. with Father Nugent of the Carmelite Order as Director. JULY: 9th.-Loreto Day and crowning of Jubilarians. We Sth.-Our first debate against Aquinas College-on admired ourselves and others in the Loreto film; also Automation and Hire Purchase! To our amazement we saw an interesting film of the New Guinea Missions. won. llth.-We sang at the First Holy Communion. llth.-We were liberated for half a day to hear an 18th.-N.C.G.M. and Y.C.S. Conference at Vic. Orchestral Concert. Square for those leaving school. We received several 14th.-Congratulations to Forms I and II for their helpful talks about the N.C.G.M. and Catholic Action. victory in Basketball. It was energetically played! 19th.-Alliance Results! On the whole not too bad! 15th.-The long postponed Pet Show at last took 25th.-We were privileged to sing at the opening of place, and was the usual "howling" success. the new chapel at the Sunset Home for Old Men. The 16th.-We were visited by Mr. Rourke, the school Mass was celebrated by His Grace the Archbishop. Inspector. 26th.-Leaving and Junior Examinations begin. 17th.-The Seniors were moved by "Heaven Over DECEMBER: the Marshes," the film story of St. Maria Goretti. 5th.-Prizegiving by Monsignor Moss. Congratula 21st.-The Prefects' Dance. Despite some last tions to all who received prizes. minute worries it was a success. 6th.-Holiday Hymn and Holiday for eight weeks. 22nd.-We heard "Osborne" win a hard-fought debate against St. Louis College. 1957 25th.-The Diocesan Inspector, Father Bourke JANUARY: visited us. 9th.-Exam. results were good. Congratulations to 27th.-Seniors went to a Cadet Dance held in the the L eavings on their hundred per cent. pass. new hall at Aquinas College. FEBRUARY: AUGUST: 12th.-Back to school. Is it really eight weeks since Sth.-Exams! we were here last! llth.-The Mission and School Fete was a success 25th.-First Softball lesson. Discover it's harder thanks to the nuns, parents and "old girls." than it looks. 22nd.-We saw the film "Julius Ceasar," and gained a clearer idea of the Play. MARCH: 23rd.-Holidays! Another term is over. 6th.-Monsignor Moss re-erects the Stations in our beautiful newly painted and furnished chapel. SEPTEMBER: 11 th.-Back to school. APRIL: 14th.-First P olio Injection. 6th.-Excitement is running high. Our tennis team 15th.-Sports Day was as much of a success as has been successful in the School's Tournament and the ever, thanks to the help of the nuns and parents. Mursell Shield graces the Hall. 17th.-Junior Domestic Science exam. Had the Sth.-Father Dynon S.J., gave us an interesting smell of food ever made anyone so hungry before? lecture on the J esuit Indian Missions. 25th.-Perception Results. Fortunate musicians 26th.-Leaving Geography _class enjoy themselves, have one less subject to get for Leaving or Junior. and take pages of interesting looking notes on a Geography excursion with C.B.C. Highgate. OCTOBER: 29th.-Prefects: Jill Clune, Head of the School. 5th.-Rose early to sing at a 6.30 a.m. Mass for the Barbara Cranfield, Kathleen Dwyer, Patsy Miller, beginning of the Forty Hours Exposition. Margaret Rintoul, Bernice Coffey, Rosemary Carroll. 6th.-Not quite so early this morning! "Les Francaises" had breakfast at school and then gloomily MAY: departed for the Alliance Francaise Exam. lst.-The altar looks as beautiful as ever to-day. 7th.-Sang at the 9.30 Mass on the last morning of 2nd.-Girls enjoyed themselves at Aquinas Dance. Quarant' Ore. (Continued on foot of Page 15) 14 LORETO
A GARLAND OF HISTORY nor Phillip landed, the Ships' Dock of Kareening Cove, Blue's Point from whence the first ferry service This year is very special to us for it is the was run and Miller's Point where the first flour mill Jubilee Year for Loreto Convent, Kirribilli. There was erected in the early days. fore it naturally calls forth some account of the SALLY BELAIR and VERONA GREENWAY (5th. Yr.), background, the beginnings and all the troubles that Kirribilli. went with the foundation of Kirribilli, which, inci dentally, is an aboriginal word for the Spanish word LORETO CONVENT, CLAREMONT: Carabella, meaning a bask et of flowers. SODALITY ACTIVITIES The Loreto nuns first arrived in Sydney in 1892 and went into residence at Randwick. After securing The Sodality of Our Lady is the prime movement a property for a boarding school at Normanhurst in in the school. The council for 1956 was: June Hunt, 1896, the nuns wished to obtain land in order to President, Mary O'Hara, vice-president, Susan establish a good day school. The nuns' prayers were Watkins, secretary, Christina Magee, treasurer and rewarded by a magnificent site for the foundation of librarian. a convent and school, now known as Kirribilli. During the year the Sodality visited several Kirribilli was only one of the many schools Catholic Institutions. The visit to St. John of God's founded by Mother Mary Gonzaga Barry who not Hospital was of great interest. We were shown over only figured in the foundations in Australia but every section of the Hospital, including the operating represented Australia at an international meeting of rooms; the nursery, the wards, the laboratories and the I.B.V.M. at Rome in 1900. The new location made x-ray rooms. A most enjoyable after-noon tea was an admirable position for a day school. The house provided by the nuns, to whom we were grateful for itself had been owned by generations of Milsons, the pleasant visit. one of Sydney's old colonial families; but when the The afternoon at St. Joseph's Girls' Orphanage Loreto nuns moved from Fern Hill to Carabella was another success. A large supply of sweets soon Street both the house and the property passed into attracted many eager friends. We were shown the the hands of the Heaton family. To-day at Kirribilli, dormitories, classrooms and domestic science room we still have with us Mother Philomena Heaton, who which were all most beautifully kept. The children has been the heart and inspiration of our school then entertained us with dancing and songs. W e during the past fifty years. It was Mother who were all deeply impressed with what we had seen. figured prominently in the constructions and exten The Annual picnic this year was to Garden sions of Kirribilli. On to the small but solid build Island. We went by launch and sang most of the way ing, erected by the Milsons, a verandah was added in partly to pass the time, but mostly to keep our minds 1922 and the hall in 1923, and the chapel in 1929. off the persistent rocking of the launch. The islarl"d The Grotto of Our Lady at the end of the drive, was disfigured by the bush fires, but it still provided was donated by the ex-students of 1926. In 1951 the plenty of fun. We tried our hand at steering the nuns acquired a large and spacious home owned hyt launch, on the return trip, but, pot being apt pupils, the Thom family; it has been renamed Saint Mary's we soon surrendered the whe!il nack to the skipper. and provides a comfortable domicile for the small This year the Sodality wilr .visit the Old People family of boarders. at Glendalough, as well as other institutions. From all angles the Kirribilli Loreto has pro To belong to the Sodality of Our Lady, and to vided for many girls an excellent education, despite take p"art in its activities, has· been the aim of every the woes and doubts that have beset them at times. girl in the past, ·and we hope that this tradition will Not only in education, but in the field of sport live forever in "Osborne." Kirribilli has been outstanding producing many a Message for Ann Shanahan, Claremont: Please champion especially in tennis. Kirribilli is sur pardon the omission last year, Ann. Yet our inten rounded with beauty, and from its tower many his tions were good : witness, your name in the Index! torical points can be seen: Sydney Cove where Gover- (Ed.)
5th.-We join the ranks of young people of the 1956 British Commonwealth Sunday March and sing at the CHILDREN OF MARY (Consecrated on December 2nd.) Confirmation ceremony in Holy Rosary Church. Rosemary Carroll, Bernice Coffey, Kathleen Dwyer, 9th.-The Holiday Hymn echoes again. Challis Connell, Jennie Healy, Marcia Holman, Erica JUNE: Johnson, Margaret Rintoul, Adrienne Shea, Laine 4th.-Second Term-An aroma of fresh paint! The Novell. Leaving room is practically unrecognisable-we are JUBILARIANS- thrilled with its lovely pastel shades. Barbara Allen, Barbara Cranfield, Patsy Miller, 12th.-Seniors go into Retreat conducted by Father Adrienne Shea. Crispin. O.F.M. FIRST COMMUNICANTS- BARBARA CRANFIELD, MARGARET RINTOUL Kathie Ahern, Maureen Adams, Pam Beaton, Mary and ROSEMARY CARROLL Jane, Hamilton Brown, Maria Brown, Jennifer Beaton, Loreto, Nedlands. Jo Mary Cullity. 15 LORETO, DAWSON STREET, BALLARAT, VICTORIA
A GRADE TENNIS TEAM
( LEFT): M. B ergin, A. S utherland ( B allar at Schoolgirl Cham pion 1957), N . D onnelly, L . Gemmola.
TOP: SENIORS (See Names Page 20) BOTTOM: SECOND & FIRST YEARS 16 LORETO, DAWSON Sl'REE'l', BALLARAT, VICTOii°IA
PREFECTS (LEFT): J. Kerrins, N. Donnelly, K. Hayes ( H ead Prefect), A. Sutherland, M. Bergin. GRADES 3, 4, 5, 6 FRONT: M. Torpy, D. D ' Arcy, R. Williams, M . Bedford, E. Flynn, C. Ward, M .. Panarello, M . Duffy, C. Birch, G. D ' Arcy. SECOND ROW: H. Brooks, P. H arm an, P. Cook, C. Callaghan, S. Nich olls, M . Quinlan, M . Lore n sini, L. Raine, G. W ard, A. Rice, A . Hulett, C. James, R. O 'Neil, J. Lynch: THIRD ROW: C. D owney, ] . Diamond, L. Hay, J. Morrison, D. D ohlie, J. Bryant, L. Hanrahan, E. Kennedy, S. Howard, C. Evans, D. Mark, C. Hogan, R . Barry. FOURTH ROW: J. Fulton, A. Tobin, M. M. Flynn, S. Morris, ] . Braybrook, M. Pittard, R. Adamson s, S. Upma1is, M. Diamond, M . Nic holls, B. Porter, R. Birch. BACK ROW: M. Bong1orno, E. Cooke, ]. Walschots, G. Brooks, J. O 'Loughlin, G. Muir LJ. S k inner, G. L c rcn s: ni. F. Cook, H. P ittard, M. Ha.:ntz.
TOP: GRADES 3, 4, 5, 6. (See Names Page 20 ) BOTTOM: JUNIOR S-CHOOL 17 LORETO OLYMPIC GAMES, 1957: Some Memories THE OLYMPIC FLAME (As seen by a Queenslander) The air of expectancy over the assembled crowd was broken by a ch eet·, for a white-clad figure had entered the arena, bearing the symbol of all that the Olympic Games stands for, the Olympic Torch. And what fin er example of manhood could be found than Ron Clarke, who represents the Olympic ideal. The feelings of all the world were voiced in the cheers that accompanied the torch as it made the last lap of its long journey from the birthplace of the Games : Olympia, Greece. What a long history this torch has. It was used as early as 1495 B.C. at the Panathenean games in Athens when m en on foot and later horse back competed in a torch race on the evening of the first day of the Games. However its modern counter part was not run until 1936 at the B erlin Games. But the Games of those days did not have the same significance as the Games of today ; the relay from Olympia to Melbourne, a distance of 12,741 miles, aroused world-wide interest. . The flame was kindled with due ceremony by Greek maidens at the Temple of H era on ~he Pelo ponnesian Peninsula from the rays of the sun with a burning gla£s and wood shavings. Then the flame was carried to Olympia on November 2nd, 1956 and from there through Corinth to Athens. From there THE KINDLING OF THE OLYMPIC FLAME the flame was transferred to an amphibian aircraft The early morning. rays of the sun strike a concave and transported 8,500 miles to Darwin and then to mirror in the ancient Olympic stadium and light the Cairns where a relay of the finest athletes was ready torch held by the kneeling Greek m aiden. The other to carry it to its destination- Melbourne, 2,831 miles girls a re in the brown tunics of Spartan girl athletes. away. Every runner was to complete his run, a mile, in less than seven minutes and although adverse weather conditions were encountered this schedule cases which have brought racing shells and canoes was strictly adhered to throughout the relay. from all parts of the world and which are piled high Through the tropical foliage of the north, the around the boatsheds and on the lawns opposite. wooded terrain of southern Queen sland, the rich These cases are spattered with directions in foreign dairying lands of the Northern Rivers, the industrial languages and some are addressed simply: " To the area of the Hunter Valley, the bustling metropolis of Olympic Games, Melbourne." Just across the path Sydney, the Olympic Torch was carried to its goal. is a smaller, smartly painted grey case, and stamped While the torch was borne by runners for nearly across the top in red is " John B. K elly, U.S.A." 3,000 miles from the East coast of Australia, it had an All around there is a hive of activity as rowers escort of soldiers. It was all a fitting and exciting unpack their boats or prepare to go out training. It preparation for the Olympic Games in Melbourne. is an amazing sight to see the differ ent nationalities KAYE BARRY (14), intermingling, their brilliantly coloured track-suits Brisbane. outstanding in the sunlight. There are groups of people clustered around the few rowers 'who have OLYMPIC ONLOOKER ventured outside, whilst others, thinking perhaps The large bus bearing the brightly coloured sign that they have signed enough autographs for one '.'Olympic Special" grinds its way to a halt outside day, talk to the onlookers from the refuge of the boat ,one of the boatsheds, and this acts as the signal for sheds. many onlookers to mob the emerging rowers and Huge, bear-like Maurice from Italy who attracts canoeists in the hope of obtaining their autographs. children like the Pied Piper, has his usual gathering O~e or two who are anxious to begin training force as h e sketches and signs autographs, delighting their way through the eager crowd, while the re everyone with his infectious smile and the smatter mainder good-naturedly accept their fate- the fate ing of English he has learnt since his arrival. of .the famous- and are delayed many minutes sign The Japanese Eight has just arrived, the ing au~_ograph ppon autograph. majority in one of the "Olympic Specials," two on , This is the scene before me, only three days to small, shiny bicycles, and the coxswain and coach the beginning of the Olympic Games, and four till on a motor scooter with the "Rising Sun" painted on the actual rowing events take place here on Lake both sides. This crew is from Keio University, W endouree. I am sitting on one of the huge ,packing Tokio, and each member is at least able to speak a 18 LORETO little English and write his own name in English. ones for the officials and judges ; e recti ng t he fla g After the Italians these Japanese arc favourites for poles from which the flags of seve nty- e ight nations their restrained good humour and impeccable were lo flutte r in the breeze ; marking out the course nlannc rs. for the rowers and clearing and 1evc l1 ing the shores Lake \Venrlourcc is dressed for the occasion. of the Lake. A small j e tt~' or pontoon was built from Stre tching along the southe rn bank at the finish of which the winne rs would receive the ir med als- add the course is a set of stan EVENING Jn a p eaceful verdant valley the re nrstlrs a quie t Following the c urve of tlw left hank of the billahong. A ge ntle c vPning breeze softly animates wate r-hole we come across a stre tc h of swa m p whr rr the s lee ping wate rs causing an ove rhanging hough to can be seen some of the hirrl-lifc of the hush. also dip in a graceful c urt sy. Around it s <'dgcs the foliage taking their e vening refreshnwnt. Coc k a t oo ~ arc to reaches out to touch the ripp.ling wate rs. be ~e en by the doze n amo ng I h e hran c h e~ of t lw .It is evening and this, the hush wate rhole, is a trees surrounding the swamp; and on i t ~ edges arc permane nt re ndezvous for tlw hush dwe llers. Look m yriads of the pink-breasted gal a hs, nal i ve ~ of th e carefully amongst the unde r-growth anrl yon will warme r parts of Australia. The y stru t aho ul discove r numbers of hush cn·al ur c~ who have come ch eekily, shaking their h eads and pass ing on th e ir down lo the billahong for their eve ning drink. A rlaily goss ip. A fli ght of the long-legged but extre mely slight move me nt in tlw unde rgro wth sudde nl y rcveah graceful Burgundy- birds comes glid ing a nd ~ w ee p · a solitary wallaby. lfrad poised , he sniffs the air and ing down through the dusk. Sweeping in effort lessl y cautiousl y looks about. him. Finallv convinced that and majestically 011 the ir broad wings and gracefull y he is safe he advances and after one. more quick sur skimming the surface of the silent wate rs they eomc vey of the su rronnd ing bush b e nd ~ his head and to r est. at last. drinks. With a noisy splash the platypus ente rs his A bove the m all, birds, r e ptiles, and an imals, the natural habitat, the water, for an eve ning swim. kookaburra sit s, a brown snake dangling grotesquel y Heads. are raised ne rvousl y and the n lowrrcd again from the branch beside him, arHI la ughs a t th e bush, as their several owne rs decide that. all .is wcl I. Ove r its creatures and thr whole wo rlrl in ge ne ral. Dusk yonder by a tall c ucal ypt trrc I Sf'{' a famil y o r deep ens into N ight. kangaro<:>s, the bi~ old fathe r kangaroo peering around mtc ntl y belore leading his family down to ANNETTE DAVIDSON (16) , the wate r's edge. Dawson Street. LORETO A SKIT ON THE MATRICS Coburn, Mary: This year Mary's budding genius O'Loghlen, Margaret: How well does this "Dream for Literature burst-she transformed Milton's "Para lady" fulfil her obligations! Each spare (or are they dise Lost" into "Melton-Paradise's Boast." (Mary is a spare!) minute is spent dreaming of the tropical sun keen inhabitant of a small country town-Melton!) of New Guinea. Doney, Annette: Annette, a day-scholar, and one of Rice, Gabrielle: Gabrielle, as our Head of the our two intelligentsia, is a light 'midst darkness to us School and enterprising Sports Captain, combines boarders, especially concerning foreign affairs (i.e. strategy with pleasure when she marches the A and B "affairs" generally "foreign" to boarders). teams on to the court! "Rise up," she says, "and play!" Lechte, Therese: Being one of the soloists in "The Tweddle, Julienne: Julienne's wide ·variety of Pied Piper," Therese is very keen on singing-so much interests rarely fail to cheer our Matric. room; whether so in fact, that the effects of the Retreat showed it is Rameses II in "The Ten Commandments," or Speed themselves in song. car racing in America, Julienne is an expert. Willis, Gabrielle: Last by Alphabet, certainly not McAlpine, Joan: Joan, our other intelligentsia, is least-Gay is continually garbed in a green cloth of lean and lanky; she lacks only one thing-the pince-nez! hope for this or that. O'Brien, Helen: Helen is our dutiful day-scholar MARGARET O'LOGHLEN (16), prefect, always making sure that the younger children, MARY COBURN (16),. bring and wear their outdoor shoes! Mary's Mount. MARY'S MOUNT, BALLARAT (See Photos Pages 6 and 7) SUB-INTERMEDIATE-SECOND AND FIRST YEARS BACK ROW (left to right): C. Faucus, J . Auer, M. Fay, V. Dicken son, H . Monkivitch, M. L. Crowley, H . Hughes, A. Keating, M. Jenkins, B . A. Purdie. FOURTH ROW: J. Bolleman, D. Raper, M . Keating, K. Wilson, E . Ryan, A. Buckley, M . Troy, D. Shanahan, D. K eating, H . L echte, G. M c Genniss. THIRD ROW: J. O 'Callaghan, B. Carlyon, J . :(;>ale, K. Timmins, E . Besemeres, K . Pickett, M . Tudor, S. Peel, J. Griffiths, L. Holmes, M. Frawley, A. Faulkner. SECOND ROW: G. Barker, L. Podger, K. O'Callagha n, A. Sparks, J. Bennett, S. Lubransky, M. Creati, L . Latus, M . O ' Connor, K . Dibdin, P. Hayden, L. Jenkins, A. Mountjoy. FRONT ROW : H. Bilson, S. Bateson, A. Smurthwaite, P. Meerbach, M. Dunn, J . Buckley, M . Nunn, J . Gurry, M. Carter, F. Freeman, M. A. Geraghty. FIFTH AND SIXTH CLASSES AND JUNIOR SCHOOL BACK ROW (left to right): J. Coghlan, M . Jenkins, H . Kearney, F. F aulkner, N . Hug hes, R. O 'Grady J. Powell, P. Hayes. THIRD ROW: M. Smith, J . Hunter, A. Bell, D. Ramsden, M . Row ands, G. Landy, H. Hager, A. Co;,lan, K. Jackman. SECOND ROW: A. Hardy, A. Rowlands, M . Briody, G. Duffy, J. Chatham , B. Hayden, S. Joshua, M . Holmes, P. Summons, F . Jones. FIRST ROW : J . Bilson, M. Hollins , E. Briody, S. Garvey, S. Martin, G. Hayes, J. O 'Grady, M. Creati, B. Chatham, L . Mize, J . Rinaldi. SITTING : B. Hayden, H . de Graaf, P. Hunter. KINDERGARTEN S. Dickenson, P . Favoloro, L . McNamara, D . Hanrahan, M . Trelevan, J. Byrne, M . L. M cCarron, J. Hutchison, A. de Graafe, L . Hoopmans, I. Szamar, C. Lewis, M . Garvey. IN FRONT OF SWING : J . Faulkner, P. Elliott, M. Koopmans. DAWSON STREET, BALLARAT (See Photos Pages 16 and 17) SENIORS FRONT LEFT: F. Kincade, M. Fransen, M . Donovan, M. Bergin, K . Vinecombe, M. Ridsdale, B. Goodwin, C. Ridsdale, M. Darsy, K . Strachan, H. White, B. Matthews, A. Re, B . Adamsons. SECOND ROW: A. Hynes, C. Callaghan, C. Kennedy, F . McLeod, D . Paddle, M. O'Sullivan, R. Wilson, M. Morrison, R. Pittard, V. Kincade, ]. K'errins, L . Gemmola, J. Ritchie. THIRD ROW: M. Barry, N . Leyden, A. Davies, M . Tuppen, K. Hayes, M. Hynes, G. Sherritt, V. Bogner, R. Allan, M . Taffe, S. Nicholson, M . Cooke. BACK ROW : D. Keogh, B. Reidy, N . Donnelly, M. Reidy, A. Sutherland, A. Davison, P . Grace, A. Bradley. ABSENT : M . Cooke, M. Butler. SECOND AND FIRST YEARS FRONT LEFT : C. Doyle, M . Cooper, P. Salter, D . Wilkie, K . Coughlan, J. Findlay, E. Brisbane, C. Strachan, N . Morgan, D. Gemmola, D. Taylor. SECOND ROW: J . Underwood, M . Matthews, D . Corbett, P. Stapleton , U . Raine, A. Nester, J. Hanrahan, E. Nolan, S. O'Neil. THIRD ROW: M . Schaper, J . Johnson, F . Keating, P . Conroy, M. Wood, M. van Haandel, P . Webster, H. Bryans. BACK ROW : M . Scott, C. Ryan, M. Barry, I. Upmalis, P . Webster, P . Callaghan, M. van Haandel, B. Chan, L. Duggan. JUNIOR SCHOOL FRONT ROW (left to right): B . Hulett, G. Torpy, G. Jones, G. Keating, S. Butler, R. Boyd, B. Ratcliffe, K . Halliburton, A. Birch, T. Porter. SECOND ROW: P. Kearney, J. Cook, J. Taylor, M. Winckins, S. Heintz, H . Sprini:, I. Gulbis, M. Stahl, M. Lorensini, M . Cann, M. Egan, R. D'Arcy, D. McDermott, N. Tierney, P. Tobin. THIRD ROW: A. Panarello, E . Condon, B . O ' Loughlin, C. Prunty, H . Harman, J. Morrison, D. Jackson, H . Murray, A. Bongiorno, T . Calnin, M . Ratcliffe, B . Flynn, C. Hay. FOURTH ROW: D. McCulloch, N. Gavin, P. Callaghan, B . Duffy, B. O'Loughlin, C. Beecham, M. Porter, M . Webster, D. Gallagher, J . Matthews, M . Ward, M . Sherritt. BACK ROW : P . Woodford, F . Bongiorno, B . Scott, B. Smith, S. Strachan, G. Carrigg, G. Cann, J . Bryant, M . Kearney, M . Powell. 20 This Australia THE SALVADO SAGA (By Mother M. Aidan Parker, I.B.V.M., Loreto Convent, Claremont) Last vear I was ask ed to translate Dom Salvado's npproached the altar owing to the crowd of Catho Memoirs, 'written by him in Italian and presented to lics and Prptestants who had come to hid u s a Jong Cardinal Franzoni, Prefect of the S.C. for the Pro farewell, which they thought would be ou r last. pagation of the Faith. They were then translated There, kneeling before the picture of the Mother of into French and widely circulated in France. It seem" God, exposed fol" veneration, we intoned the Litany however that onl y one, or p erhaps two, copies of the of Loreto, the Salve Regina and the commem ora French edition are to be found in Australia. Mv tion of our glorious Patriarch, St. Benedict. After imagination and enthusiasm were so stirred by thi.s an inspiring sermon, His Lordship blessed us an d gifted , saintly and h eroic Benedictine, that I wrote gave u s the kiss of peace. As we went from th e to His Grace Dr. Prendiville, expressing surprise that church we saw that bright moonlight had taken th e a work of such interest should n ever have reached the place of day. The Bishop and a numerous crowd Australian public. His Grace ask ed to see the trans accompanied u s for some distance with the driver s lation, was pleased with it and r ecommended it to the of the h eavily pack ed wagons which Captain Scully Editor of the R ecord for publication as a serial, put at our disposal." expressing the hope that later it would b e publish ed FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH THE BLACKS in book form. After a difficult journey through sandy soil ARRIVAL OF DOM SALVADO IN AUSTRALIA they finally arrived at a r eservoir about six miles away On January 6, 1846, Dom Salva do with a com from the Scully settlem ent. Next day they began to panion, Dom Serra, arrived in Australia in a party of build a hut. In the evening a few blacks appear ed , 28 missioner s whom Dr. Brady (first Bishop of approached the r eservoir, lighted a fi re and P erth ) had gathered in Europe. Six Sister s of stretched them selves out to sleep. They looked su s Mercy for the convent at Victoria Square, P erth, were piciously at the monks who put on a semblance of also on board. In Salvado's Memoirs the past comes gaiety; when it was too dark to work they sang a5 to life in a panorama: the arrival of the frigate, the they were accustomed to sing in their monaster.ies. ch eers of the crew as the missioners were taken Then they lay down on a bed of dry leaves, but the ashore in the ship's boats. " Ther e, in the presen ce of thought of their n eighbours banished sleep. Next a crowd who had assembled on the shore, we chanted morning the blacks disappeared but r eturned in th e an Ambrosian hymn as an act of thanksgiving for evening in far greater numbers, this Lim e armed our safe arrival." Then the trip up the Swan River from h ead to foot, and camped closer to the hut. An to Perth, and the mee ting with more ch eerful, joyful othe 1· sleepless night; but still nothing happen ed, crowds, after which Dom Salvado's fine voice intoned and in the morning the missioners continued build the T e Deum. ing. Suddenly a troop of black s appeared, carrying The town of P erih was chiefly native forest wooden javelins. The monks approach ed them smil where frogs croaked loudly in the trees and cloud.,; ing and offered tea and sugar. The blacks p aid not the of mosquitoes wer e a ve ry r eal inconvenience. Black s slightest attention, but went and sat round the r eser· roamed the streets and looked suspiciously at the voir. " \Ve consulted among ourselves the best way whites "whose vices they had already begun to Lo meet them , and decided to prepare cak es and t ea learn." in abundance; and with some plates filled with su gar THE MISSIONS to approach them eating from the plates and off er Shortly after their arrival of the missioners in ing the black s some of what we were eating. W c P erth, it was decided Lo follow the blacks out into knelt down and begged the Most High to bless our the parts whern they wern most nume rous. The endeavour, and then advanced all together with th e Benedictines, including Dom Serra as Superior, three food. At once they took up their arms, while t he Brothers and Dom Salvado were assigned the Central women and children began to yell and tak e to fl igh t. Mission towards the North-wes t. It was well-known But we, continuing to eat, made a sign to them t o that the blacks in that r egion were hostile to whites, put down their arms. Again, we begged them to and there was the further difficulty of getting pro accept our food . . .. In a few minutes there was a visions through the d ense bush. A certain Captain scramble for the smallest particle ...." This was t he Scully, whose settlement was on the outposts about first of many bloodless victories gained b y the mis 60 miles from P erth, suggested to DT. Brady that the sioner s, who soon had them working with them. locality round this settlement would make a go•od DOM SALVADO'S CONCERT l N PER T H mission. H e also offered to take their belongings in Before two months had passed the monks cam e his wagons that were returning from Perth. So that to the end of their provisions ; a trip to P erth was was their first mission journey. the only solution of their plight. So Dom Salvado The send-off is described by Dom Salvado : "Each set out on foot with a friendly native. B y the time of us having made all preparations : crucifix on they r eached Perth, the priest's shoes wer e so broken breast, breviary under one arm, staff in hand, we that h e was almost hare foot. Dr. Brady could make set off towards evening for the Church where the only one suggestion: that h e should give up the Bishop awaited us. It was with difficulty that we Mission. But this was some thing that the missioner 21 LORETO shrank from doing. After asking alms for the mission twenty acres, which they cleared; they then la id the from both Catholics and Protestants, the thought foundations of the Mission which they named New suddenly came to him of giving a piano recital, for Norcia, thinking of the birth-place of St. Bene h e was a gifted and trained musician. The p eople dict. vied with each other in h elping: Governor Clarke Stories about Dom Salvado, his Homeric de e d ~ lent the Courthouse hall; a Protestant printer did and hardships, were the pride of a generation of the poster s and programmes free of cost; the Angli Australians. On one of his j'ourneys Lo P erth in can clergyman (without being ask ed ) sent lights midwinter he had to cro ~ s the Avon. Its waters wen• from his church and his sacristan to look after them; swollen and had spread over the flats for over a mile a J ew distt·ibuted the tickets and invited all the prin from its channel, concealing the bush track , so cipal families. Then: "On the 21st May I presented that he completely lost his way as h e d1•ove his myself before a packed house in the ordinary dress bullock wagon. One of the oxen turned, fixed his of a Benedictine. My tunic reached only to my eye on him and shook his head. Dom Salvado, as if knees, and from that down fell in fringe of rags. My addressing human beings, said: " My friends, if yo11 black trouser s were patched with pieces and thread don't know the way, neither do I." Then h e loused of different colours; my shoes had parted company the rein; shortly after, the same ox turned his h ead with their soles so that my toes were touching the and eyed him. With a swift prayer to the Most floor. Added to that a beard of three months' growth Holy Trinity for guidance he turned his oxen to and unkempt, the skin of my face and hands copper retrace their steps. After five miles of uncertain colour, almost like the blacks.... My performance going, during which h e walked p eering into the was greeted with loud acclamations and repeated water s for a sight of the track, he found his way and clapping.... But my heart had no share in these completed his journey without further mishap. But demonstrations, for I thought only after my four bre every journey to Perth had its hazards ; and at this thren who were dying of starvation. After three distance of time we can only marvel at the courage whole hours of music and applause, by which I was of this valiant Benedictine. confused, l made my bow to the audience. 0 God, Born Lo a life of affluence, endowed with gifts I thought within myself, that I should ever have and graces beyond the 01·dinary, a scholar and a dreamt of giving a concert in public." scientist who sat in Council with leaders of the British Empire as they de bated the Native Question BENEDICTINE MISSION ESTABLISHED Dom Salvado was instrumental in bringing many AT NEW NORCIA people round Lo see the essential dignity and possi Dom Salvado explains in his memoirs: " Experi l::ilities of the Natives. H e spent aJl his life from ence has shown us that it would be much better to early manhood in their service, working, living anc: found an establishment or mission to accommodate often starving with them. He lifted their h earts to the natives who wished to settle and he instructed." God, and all the blacks who came under hi$ influe11 1.,e A suitable place was found on the bank of a river were happier because of him. some miles away. The Government granted them What a subject for an Australian film! AUSTRALIAN FORESTRY I suppose I have always known about Limber, as among the giant jarrah and karri trees in the rain I was born thirteen years ago in the very heart of one forests there. In the Gippsland District of Victoria, of New South Wales largest State Forests. It is called h e became an expert at heaving the Lowering gums Unumgar, and lies around the foot of Mount Lindsay which produce our finest hardwoods. He has told on the Queensland border. My father came there me of the many indigenous timbers of all classes lo r ecover from the turmoil of the War, and we which A ustralia possesses- hardwoods and woods lived with my grandparents, in the peaceful sur suitable for furniture and fine work. How h e r esent roundings of a timber camp. P.O the widespread, indiscriminate clearing, which Everyone who knows about timber, knows of had so drastically depleted the forests, but h e pointed my grandfa< her L es Mcintosh, for timber was his out the vast changes which have been brought about very life. It gave him his livelihood, and it provided by the Forestry CommiEsion; it protects the forests, his leisure. H e loved every tree in the forest- the and ensures the future supply of timber for us, for many eucalypts : grey gums, red gums, blue gums, it sp ecifies which trees may be cut, and which ones spotted gums- the stringy barks and turpentine, the must be left; it appoints patrols Lo protect the brush box, colonial pines, mahogany and the beauti forests from fire, and arranges for the constant re ful wood of the red cedar so prized by lovers of good planting of young trees. The Forestry Office1· also furniture. Whenever I think of timber, I think of asrnsses the amount of royalty to be paid on aU the him for his whole life was devoted to it. H e worked Limber that is cut, and this revenue provides for with it, and h e made it his sport. the services of the Commission. The Commonwealth As a young man h e was apprenticed Lo a master Government also has a Forestry Department, which builder and h e learned how to build houses, which - conducts research, and trains foresters. must always depend on timber for a g1·eat part of While we lived at Unumgar, huge trucks passed their construction. In his desire to explore all almost continuously taking loads of sleepers for the forests, he travelled to Wes tern Australia and worked (Continued on Page 26) 22 LORETO I SPEAK FOR AUSTRALIA (Address given by Ann Curtis, Loreto Convent, Toorak, at the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce, July 1957) I speak., for Australia, of a IJ lands the last and pared to fight to end the lice nce tyranny and to win ye t the first: last in point of discover y, first, in point a vote to win the right of equal c itize nship for all of existe nce. I sp eak for a land that is prodiga l in me n, that A ustralia, the golden-land, might not have it s wealth of resources, yet hard, grasping and cruel first and second-class citizens but tha t all sh ould he in droughts, floods and the vast fli stanccs themselves. one. So the 'fifties' saw a vote for every man- by I sp eak for a land that is unique in its stone-age secre t-ballot- and soon a vote for women . And animals and vegetation and yet, in advance of the the next decade brought the Selection Acts, the rest of the world in it s conditions of Jiving, not just atte mpt to give equal opportunity to a ll. The l a nd for the privi lcged fe w but for Eve r yman. Australia was not to b e the preserve of the few wealthy ... the m ys te r y and the challen ge ... What shall l squatte rs, but the small m en , too, we re to have the say of h er? ch a nce of a small farm and his own firm hold o n the I shall sa y first how she la v unknown, undis land. P e rhaps this move ment failed: perhaps it was covered, as if . forgott e 11 hy the jrnwe rs that design the hard land itself defeated the small farme r anrl history. Dutch , Spanish and Portugese navigators maybe except in ve r y fertile areas like the Murray must have sighted h er in the 8ixtcenth, seventeenth Valley the small farmer cannot survive as a t ype in and e ight eenth cc11turies. But the land k ept h er Australia, but who sh all say that th e ideal- equal secret and it was no t until 1770 when James Cook economic opportunity for all whoever h e be- is dead landed at: Botany Bay and explored the eastern coast in this land of om·s ? Only to-day it is translated into line that his favourable re port of conditions the re twe ntie th centm·y te rms: Soldier Settlem e nt, partly, led to the first settlem e nt at Sy dn e ~' in 1788. hut more esp ecially, in free T echnical Schools, Uni SETTLEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT \"f'rsitics, Scholarships to train even the poorest boy But, the paradox agt1i11 , the la nd of de moc racy ~ o tha t, given only the ability, he may rise Lo the top began as a prison for Eng land's nnwa ntefl m en. A nd of his profession. This is the A ustralia 1 speak for the land nearl y destroyed the m. Precariousl y sclllcd a land where more than half the h omes are occupied between the Blue Mountains a11d the sea, they founfl by their owners or p e rsons buying them h y instal the soil poor and barre n- the c rops died, drought m e nts. Where else in the world, except perhaps in arA unfarniliar sca >' ons puzzled the men from the U.S.A., has the son of the poo1· fa mily suc h oppor Northe rn H e m i ~ phcr c . Y r t our la11d was horn of tunity open befo1·e him, even to the highest office~ this struggle. From these eady diffic ultirs co m e ~ 111 the la nd. the inflomit a ble spirit of the Australian. NATION HOOD For they crossed the Blue Mountains and hard And then, I speak for the Australia that is proud on the step s of the co11vi c ts, th e frcr-sc ttlc rs, squatte rs of he r nationhood: I sp eak for the nation that, in a opened thf' land. Free-hooters they were, setting out way, made h e rself. Not for h er to re main as sh e had with the ir floc k of sheep a nd thr ir laden hulloc k deve lope d, seve n separate, pelly States, de pende nt on wagons for tlw new vast expanding horizons before the Crown . As the twe ntie th cen tury approach ed, them. J speak for these m e n wh o h e lped to make the sons of the pioneers fired to the vision of a united Australia wha t she is- the proud achievem ent: by Australia, laboured to build a free, strong, demo men and women who have dai·ed all dange rs, h a nl cratic nation in the south. Of course, there were ships, loneliness. They ope ned up the inte rior, west difficulties, of course the leade rs knew some little wards even o ut to Bo urke a nd the Weste rn Plains, of the dange rs that lay ahead of the n ew nation in south to Port Phillip, north to the D a rling D ow n ~ . the new wodd of South East Asia. But they accepted Eve n today, our wealth mainly comes from the the challenge and they rlared to build. land. Our stations produce thirty pe r cent of the Indeefl , the first Acts of the n e w Common wealth world's wool. R cfri gera t ion o n ships as we ! I as ne w inspired the world. It was Judge Higgins, architect processing methods nwa n that A ustralian beef, lamb of the new Arbitration Cou1·t, wh o declared to the and mutton appears on tables throughout the world, world our de te rmination to huild, in the sphere of and our wheal and dairy producr, too, h elps feed the worke r-employer relationship, ·'a ne w province for people of Europe. lndet:d due to the varie ty of our bw and order.'' And so i I is: 111 Austra li a, as in climate, the range of agricultural products is ve r y few other nations in the world, ever y worker is guar wide. A hard soil , hut ri c h soil, thi ~ it was that wa ~ anteed a basic wage be low which he may not he paid. conque red by our pioneers. Holidays, sick leave, hours of wo rk, overtime pay. GOLD compensation for accide nts, all of these are sure for But in the 1850's a m~ w note was heard, the cry him. N owhere else in the world may it h e claimed of the common man. Gold hro11 ght adve nture rs from that the ordinary worker s' inte1csts are so well served all over the world, thousands of thc 111 , and they began with C hild Endowment, Baby Bonuses, Free Hos to challenge the old aristocratic world of squatte r, pital, Medical and D e nta l Services and elaborate Governor and convict. Men who mi ght pick up a Social Services. More important, pe rhaps, nowhere fortune at the hlow of a pick , de mande d now a right e lse in the world has there b een so little violence and to share in the govcrnn1e nt . This was the m eaning hatred b etween employer a nd wo1·k er. Trade U nion of Eureka ; the common man showed h e was pre- re presentatives and employers mret to!!."e ther as 23 LORETO equals, fundamentally are all working towards the First, we will continue to b e, to defend our proud same goal. Even strikes are rather evidence of the h eritage, our standards of living, our democratic workers' power than angry protests against their way of life. Faced with the challen ge of our vast, inferiority. undeveloped land, Australia was the first British It is for this Australia that I sp eak, a young country to announce a full policy of planned migra country, still underpopulated and undeveloped. With tion in the post-war p eriod. In the p eak year 1950, our wonderful and largely untapped r esources, em total of 174,500 migrants were received and to date ployment is assured for all prepared to work- New over a million have com e to Australia since the war. hydro-electric and irrigation sch em es (like the H er e, helping to d evelop gr eat national projects gigantic Snowy River project), the great Northern such as the Snowy River Sch eme-and providing Territory Rice Growing venture, hundred s of enter much needed labour, these men and women, in prises from hunting for Uranium to pioneering the building Australia have rebuilt too their own live centre, all call to the young people of vision and shatter ed in the ruined cities, the prison camps of energy, all promise them the reward of h elping to war-Lorn Europe. build this great south land, all h elp them to raise Until the present almo t one hundred per cent even higher what is already perhaps the highest A n glo-Saxon , Australia is growing increasingl y cos standard of living in the world. mopolitan, gaining as U .S.A. gained in the nineteenth Even our triumphs in the field of sport seem to century. The n ew skills, cultures and abilities of the reflect the spirit of achievem ent, of sheer physical many r aces sh e admits into h er way of life. courage. Our nation has a mere nine or ten million AUSTRALTA AND ASIA yet our tennis players conque r those of U.S.A. (with '·A way of life" that is what Australia mainly its one hundred and f ifty millions) . Our golfers carry sland for- a way of liberty, of equality for every off the British Open Championships, our swimmers man of plenty and of peace. This, we believe, is o ur aro acknowled ged the world' best. I sp eak for Aus best defen ce. So, while we a1·e not n eglecting con tralia, the land of the great outdoors. ventional defen ce (witness our deep commitments to WARS AND THEIR AFTERMATH S.E.A.T.0.- £190,000,000 was our rlefence budget for But I speak , too, of a nation that has known this year) it seem s that our best defence is this, our World Wars, known them and met their challenge way of life. For p e rha p it is our task to bring this with h eroism. The n am e Anzac has passed into way of liberty, of equality, of plenty and of peace, legend since that dawn at Gallipoli n early fifty years to an Asia which has fo1· o long known only oppres ago, and the sons of the first Anzacs fought and died sion, tyranny, famine and war. in ever y theatre of the last world war- Greece, Crete, It is a task de manding vision, courage and a Tobruk, E l Alamein, the Kokoda Trail, all of these measure, p erhaps of h eroism. But already we have names resound with the fame won there b y t11 c sh own that we are prepared to give, to share our dauntless valour of our m en. riches with our Asian n e ighbours. Under the But the last War h as ca t a long shadow on this Colombo Plan we have alread y trained over a million Australia. In the last ten years the world we know students, and the Bankok Conferen ce made it clear h¥ gon e. T h e Asia we once knew is d ead : trange that Asian powers accept Australia as the one aid frightening powers begin to move in the lands so European-style power wh o m they can trust, b eing of near to us, old and violent a pirations to nationhood the ir world, immersed in it. among our Asian neighbours stir and wak e anrl I stand, ther efore, for Australia, which is per move uneasily. Ten million m en and women of the h aps, the k ey nation in this great crisis of our day, E uropean civilization, we live amongst two hundred the reawakening of rhe East and the retreat of the million Chinese, Indians, Japanese, Indonesians, West. Is a n ew synthesis to at·ise, a n ew world culture newly conscious of them selves and their destiny. made of the mingling of the best in both worlds? W hat is the future to b e? I sp eak for the And shall Au tralia not be the ground on which Ea t Australia that lives unde1· the challene;e to h er very and West shall m eet and find new understanding. existence, that dares to look ahead and plan to m eet I speak for the lan d at the centre of the destinies the challenge. of the world, Australia. THE NARROWS BRIDGE A year ago, our lovely Swan The Narrows are more narrow now, Flowed blue beneath the sun; And huts are strewn around; But things are very different And the graceful swimming pelicans Since the new bridge was begun. Are no longer to b e found. They planned and they plotted, They tell us, when it's finished, They enlisted foreign aid; 'Twill be a beauty spot; The surveyors mapped the foreshore, But the lovely swan of yesteryear And dredging pipes were laid. Will never be forgot. Mound upon mound of squelching mud JACQUELINE BIDDLES (Junior Public), Claremont. Was laid upon the bank; Note: A bridge is being built over the narrowest And rotting piles of algae grew part of the Swan River, entailing much reclamation So slimy, green and rank. and dredging of the river. 24 LORETO SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE: "White Sails" SYDNEY'S NEW OPERA HOUSE. - Drawn by Ann-Marie Bakew.21! (Kirribilli) The unsightly, old, i·ed-brick prison, now a tram it, because of its unusual and outstanding shape; shelter on the h eadland of Benelong Point, looking while many like it just because of this. One of its towards Fort Denison is soon to be replaced by its many merits is great simplicity of arrangement. much younger, more modern and daring sister - The winning design has been kept low, the Sydney's n ew Opera House. The results of the Inter outer walls will be of stone to blend with the site national competition for designs have caused inevit atmosphere, and it is roofed by three shell roofs, one able controversy. over the main auditorium, one ove1· the smaller The assessors' opinion runs thus " We have been auditorium and one over the public refreshment and impressed by the beauty and the exceptional possi office areas. The shells are parabolic in shape; in bilities of the site in relation to the Harbour and we 1·his form the construction is light and strong; a are convinced that the silhouette of any proposed number of minor shell roofs cut into the major shell, building is of the greatest importance. We feel thus keeping the overall h eight reduced, producing strongly that a large and massive structure, however a vaulted appearance. practical, would be entire ly unsuitable on this parti Externally the shells will be finish ed white, cular site." whilst the sandstone walls will be natural. The The design of the now world famous architect, concourses enclosing the auditorium will provide for Joern Utzon is something quite original. It is unique full. enjoyment of the beauties of the harbour, and and gives the impression of " a wonde rful piece of the lights of the city, whilst internally the sh ells sculpture, deliberately placed, to be seen from all will be accoustically treated and so also the walls. As points of view." for colours . . . the ceilings of the shells will be It is worth reite rating how fortunate we are in treated in colours to develop the feeling of r ecrea having a suitable site. Fine, ready-made sites tion: the foyers may have gold ceilings and possibly are virtually unobtainable in most capital cities; cherry-red walls, and the main ceilings will have and invariably have to be created with much effort colours, such as deep blue, to enhance h e ights. and expen se over a long period. The popularity of MARY BASELER (4th. Yr. ). the Opera House design rises and falls. Many dislike, Kirribilli. CENTRE OF THE COMMUNITY "A simple th!ng of knotted pine small Catholic Community soon built a church at And corrugated tin; " Shoreham and it is the one that stands there to-day. John O 'Brien. One of the oldest families of land-owners, the The Shoreham Church stands on a hill aboul Harns, can remember their grandparents describing a mile from the sea sh e ltered by pine and cypress the ir drive to church by horse and huggy when Mass trees. Its knotted pine walls have only a simple was said every two months. beauty, but to the Shoreham people they hold a But the Sunday morning muster has not changed wealth of history. since the early days buggies ; traps and jinker s have Many Irish p eople settled at Shoreham in the given place to fla shing automobiles and utilities. The J880's. The town was included in those days in the priest still has a long way to travel and although parish of Bri!!hton, a m e re seventy miles away. The (Continued foot of Next Page) 25 LORETO A WORLD RECORD reward on his h ead. In New South Wales a farmer Yes, the world's greatest wire-mesh fen ce is collected £300 for shooting a lone killer. ' nearing completion in dingo-plagued Queensland. Thin ~ ew cage gives great confidence to many A 3,500 miles long cage, it will hold back the dingo an Australian farmer. Starting six inches below the hordes which cost the State about £3,000,000 a year ground, it contains three feet six inch es of rabbit in sh eep and cattle. Inside the banier will be about mesh topped with three feet of " marsupial" net. A 300,000 of Queensland's 670,500 square miles. It similar fence is proposed for western New South wiJl enclose some 18 million sheep and more than Wales between twenty and thirty miles long. But 640,000 cattle. the task to hring the diniio numbers down inside the The giant project will cost neady half a million barrier won't be easy. However , we shall hold the pounds- m ere pin money compared with the State's World's R ecord for a long fence. MARY ANITA EDGERTON, Toorak. estimated annual loss b y dingo killing of almost 500,000 sh eep plus cattle in uncounted thousands. BRANDING Next to droughts, dingoes are the greatest menace to sh eep and cattle raising in Au stralia. One When I was little, branding was a great event lone dingo can cr eate losses of thousands of pounds to us children. It still is. We lived on a Cattle to farmers and grazie rs. Our dingo population runs Station in the North West. My father u sed to get into many tens of thousands purebred and cross his. team of horses and m en r eady, about half bred. H e infests all States except Tasmania. white and half black , sometimes mainly black. Scientists say that the dingo is the world's most T_h ~ m en used to pack the saddle-bags with pro perfect dog. He does not kill just for food, h e kiJls v1 s10ns, food and ropes and whatever else they just for the sake of killing. He may attack a flock needed. When all was read y, they went on their of sheep at night killing only one for food, but way, usually for weeks at a time, muste1·ing cattle. tearing down 20 to 30 others that eventuaJly die of Mother n eve1· knew when m y fathe 1· was going to Llood-poisoning. com e h om e. Then, one FIFTH ROW: L . Lyons, K. Klifford, A. Carroll, B. Cunningham, E. M annes, B. Lovell, M. Cummins, C. Uebergang, N . Holmes, N. Hudson, B. B axter , D . Lyons, M. Holmes. F OURTH ROW: ]. Kearney, J. Joosen, ]. W oolcock, A. Mating, J. Allwood, T. Dennett, W. Wilson, M. O 'Hallor an, M . Carr, D. Fredericks, L . H udson, A. Carden, P . Milgate, S. Blake, S. Galvin. THIRD ROW: F.. M cCabe, D. Preece, K . Walsh, F. Luehman, ]. FitzGerald, C. Fahey, C. Mosing, M. Connell, G. Purcell. M. Nansen, H. Cunningham, E. Connellan, A. M. O'Brien, I. Broderick. SECOND ROW: A. Sutton, J. Condo n, ]. Oborn, T. Bostock, E. Pogony, M. King, G. Sutton, M . Connellan, ] . Deane, C. Kearney, M. M cCabe, L. Deane, C. Campbell, ]. Loftus, M. Tierney, V . Fredericks. FRONT R OW : G. M iller, R. Condon, ]. Miller, G. Smith. H. M c Nair, M . Stewart, M . Hadinich, E. Broderick, G. Price, M. Bennett, J. Preece, L. Parker, M. Hallam. ABSE NT : J. Cannon. L . D yson, C. Oliver, T. Caffrey. LORETO The Hoine Circle THE CATTLE MUSTER " Oh, where am I." T had a terrific pam m my leg (What might h ave been)* which shot through m e like a knife. "My h ead- what has happened?" r awoke at daybreak and immediately realised A nurse \Va~ ben d ing over me, a11d my par e nt ~ that something exciting was to happen. Oh yes! were there with very anxiou ~ faces. to-day we were to have a general cattle muster out "You'r e in h ospital, Anne. You'll be all right in a in far paddocks and cut o ut every beast that was to couple of weeks. It was that fall you had yesterda)'.: be branded. What a wonderful day was ahead of You ought to thank God you're alive at all, when .. , me ! Springing out of bed I qu;ckly dressed and " Thank God," T muttered. " Dad did you get went down to the kitchen. A lready the whole that steer ?" hoi:se was astir and the m en were saddling 1heir The eyes of the three people bending over :rm., mounts. In about fiv e minutes I. was with them me t. and smiled. and we were ready to starl. " Thank God," rh cy said. The sun was just rising over the distant hills. ANNE WALSH (4th. Yr. ), and a ci·isp breeze blew the smell of dry, parch ed N ormanh urst. grass into our faces. We gave our horses their h ead 8 *Anne admits that none ~f her mustering experiences as we galloped over the dusty ground, leaving the has been so dramatic. homenead far behind us. In about an hour's time we reached the gate leading into the cattle paddock and the horses were just as excited as ourselves. SHEARING TIME "Now boys," directed Bill, our tall lanky over Shearing time is the busiest, most nerve-racking, seer, "we'll split up, There are seven of us h er e. but also the most enjoyable time of the year for AU right Jim, you, Noel and Anne ride along this ever y man on the land, but it is even more interesting boundary fence until you reach BulJagreen Dam ; and fascinating from the point of v iew of a city p er th en cut across to meet the r est of us. \Ve'll scatte r son. B eing a city p er son m yself, who has b een across towards Munnell boundary. If you have any caught up in the wave of excitem ent that sweeps over trouble coo-ee. You should be all right though , as a sta tion at sh earing time, I can fully appreciate it, they are pretty quiet cattle. Right-oh then !- we even more than the aver age country pe i·son, hecause should be back at this gate by one o'clock for lunch." the process is so entirel y n ew and breath-taking if \Ve started off while Bill gave directions to the vou are not used to it. others. We each rode in different directions, 1. . First of all there .is the preparation which entails assuring them I would be allright by myself. "We'll a.s much work from the women as it does from the show them we're not ba bies," I whispered to men, for the re are beds to make up for the sheare rs, Shannon, my ch estnut pony, and patted his neck. and extra provisions to be procured , while the m en At this Shat; non gave a hoarse whinny in reply and arc yarding and mustering the sh eep, and separating we set out on our task. I, who was only ten, did the sick sh eep from the r est of the :flock. not realise what was in store for m e. When all is r ead y, the shearer s arrive, strong, A scattered mob of Herefords lay under th•' rough m en, who do not care for much but the money wilgas, and as we rode up they moved out. they are going to earn, and who in Queensland are "I'll take them over to the corner and cut out still rather rebellious. The grazier has to be the calves we want from ther e," I thought, urging extremel y carefnl of what he says in their presence, Shannon into a canter to tail off a couple of because they can be treacherous, if they think they stragglei·s. Soon I had them all jammed into a corner have a grievance. at our mercy. Moving quietly between them, I had For a spectator , the process of shearing is every calf separated just under an hour. Suddenly very interesting, although it may be strenuous for a steer broke from the mob and careered past m e the sh earer ; but h e usually works well, as h e is paid towards the calves. A t the ame time I galloped for the number of sheep h e sh ears (except if it looks after him, rousing every muscle my horse had. I like rain ). Then h e loiters with his work, because caught up to him and shouldered him around the sh eep cannot be shorn when they arc we t, as the finally heading him back to the mob. wool is highly inflammable. In such cases the "I'll soon be as good as D ad ," I thought feeling sh ea rer is paid b y the day until the rain ceases. very proud of myself. After the sh eep are horn and drafted, many Then- oh horrors! A nother steer had broken property owner s think it wise to dip and drench their from the other side and was making straight for that sheep, and immunise their lambs while they are close thick scrub. I spurred m y horse and again we shot at hand. After sh earing, there begins another rush, off on a mad chase. Through the timber we and visitors, such as I , feel in the way, but there is galloped, the beast k eeping well ahead. I was always work to be done. In the afternoons, everyone gaining on him. A little faster Shannon- please goes down to the sh eds to see what stage the men's boy- we were shoulder to shoulder at last and I was activities have r each ed , and although the men are waiting for a moment Lo turn him- now .. ... rather rough , when one of them sees a woman 28 LORETO coming, he quickly warns the others, to refine their the station, and John, accompanied by the other speech. B y the time the women arrive, the re is not students, all clad in their " decent black," stepped on a mention of a harsh word, but I always think what to the Melbourne platform for the first time in three a relief it must be when we go. years. From the station to our home it was not And so at supper , in the evening everyone is difficult to find a topic for conversation and on happy and discusses the day's doings, over a very arrival h e was taken on a tour of inspection. After appetizing m eal, for it seems to me that the more the house cam e the garden- then we all gathered to work the p eople out \Vest do, the more they enjoy it, try and catch up on his three years' absence. even though they know that " m en may come, and .JOCELYN WILLIS (15), men may go" but the work goes on for ever. Mary's Mount. CHRISTINE CLEARY (15) , Brisbane. MEMORIES OF MY HOLIDAYS The first memories of my holidays are of going THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY HOLIDAYS away. Mummy calling from the verandah "Judith ! Have you packed that ming-blue jumper? Roger! Holidays provide a very welcom e break from Where is your yellow wind-cheater? Sue ! Put that work for all- esp ecially boarders for whom holidays silly skirt away and help me." On this happy note we mean " home" ! My last holidays had many high set out for the b each. lights that added to the usual joy ; for instance, there When we had arrived and the rush was over, I was the ride to Dromana. slipped down to the beach and saw a sight I shall never As the train drew in alongside the Frankston forget. The sun h ad sunk below the horizon, but the tation, m y sistei·, Gay, and l clambered out and pink clouds were still suspended above, as if waiting collected our bicycles. With great spirit we started in anticipation of a n ew day to come. But the large off for Droma na with twenty miles of " ups and clouds above were already half grey as if in mourning downs" ahead of us. For a sh ort while it seem ed to for a day gone by. As I watched, the last of the sun's be easy but soon the p edals went around with less rays had filtered through the clouds to rest soft and vim and I started to puff and pant- the road appear pink on the water, making it a purplish pink, and ed to be endless. Then the car, with the rest of the on the other side a dark blue. Then the moon came family, passed us and pulled up, and Father asked, out, and while the sea near the horizon retained its 'IDo you want to get in?" That e tLl ed it- we would rosy tint, the sea near the shore became silver-a scene never " give in", le t alone "get in" ! Aftei· two, long, of the utmost peace. hot hours, we glided through the front gate and were .JUDITH LEY (12), given a hearty welcome by everyone. Toorak. A few days latei· we d ecided to climb "Arthur's Seat" up the " telegraph track," which is fairly diffi LEARNING TO DRIVE cult, being strewn with boulders and sli ppery gravel. One hot Decemher day, m y brother and I were After a lengthy walk, we arrived at the foot of the returning from our block in the bush. We were in a Mountain- and then we began. Cautiously we tractor to which was attached a trailer, loaderl with climbed over the first boulder- then on hands and posts. As we drove along the main r oad to Merino, knees we scrambled up the next gravel-covered slope. we saw smok e clouds some seven or eight miles away. It was no easy matter, for every step towards the top, A car pulled up beside us and the driver b egged my we seemed to slide down two! Eventually the summit brother to join in fighting the distant bushfire. was reach ed and the view of the bay left us speech Quickly h e jumped into the car a nd I was l eft in less-but not for long. Looking through the tele charge of the tractor. After pushing this, pulling scope the " Rip" could be clearly distinguish ed and a that and moving everything moveable, I still could faint outline of Queenscliffe was discernable. or not m ake it start. Finally I thought of the brake. course, refreshments had some place, while we sat I let it come up slowly and the tractor advanced. down and tried to distinguish our hou c among the I am sure that I could have walked quicker blur of buildings at the foot of the mount. The than we were goin g but I wa frightened to touch downward trek was somewhat faste r and with a nything else in case I was unable to stop it. Many tumbles laughter and no breath , we finally arrived at car s passed me and they must have wondered why I the bottom. was creeping along. I was grateful to b e moving at Other memories are of drives; one to Cap e all. Schank, a steep cliff, on whose n1 gged sides the Finally I saw our lane ahead and thankfu1ly I picnic bask et was gravely enrl an gercd, another to the turned off the main road. Now that I was out of the Ocean beach at Rye and Sorrento, and so the days continuous line of traffic I felt tempted to go a little went by. But there was a day even more looked to faster. I began to touch the various levers again anfl.. and more enjoyed than any of these - John's day after pressing some thing down and moving the gear home. to three, our speed increased. At last, to m y great John is the eldest of the family but h e has been amazement and relief, tractor, trailer and self missing from the famil y circle since he entered the arrived home safel y. Novitiate at Strathficld, anrl now, this was to be his FAY LUEHMAN (14), first day home. The " Spirit of Progress" glided into Portland. 29 LORETO CONVENT, NORMA HURST, .s.w. (Top Left) THE "A" TENNIS TEAM: ( L eft to Righ t) : Anne H artigan, D enise Hall, Barbara Roche. Stephanie Tilbrook. Sue H artigan. (Top Right) PREFECTS: FRONT ROW ( L eft to Right) : J. Partridge, M . O"Keeffe, S. H artig an ( H ead ), S. Tilbrook. BAC K ROW : G. H ill, M . M cEvoy, L . Purcell, S. Cunningham, D . H all. LEAVING CLASS: FRONT ROW ( L eft to Right): J. J asprizza. S. Cunning ham, .J. P artridge, D . H a ll, S. Hartigan, J. Cunning ham, l\ll. O ' K ecfe, A. H a rtigan. BACK ROW : J. Passm or e, M . M c E voy, L. Chan, B . Roche, M . B eerworth, P . Quinn, L . Purcell, G. Hill, S. Tilbrook, M. Webb. ABSENT : E. K . Green. Inset: The School Refectory. 30 LORETO CONVENT, NORMANHORST, N. S.W. THIRD YEAR CLASS: FRONT R OW (Left to Right) : C. Ryan, M. Burch, G. Partridge, ] . Gates. SECOND R OW : E. Beerworth. C. Mill er, M. O 'Connor. L. Doneley, C. Streber, L . Curran, D. O 'Br ie n, P. Conduit, P . Crimmins, ] . Ireland. THIRD R O W: P. Goodwin, K. Mc Neill, J. Morley, R. Doherty, ]. Harris, M. Dalgarno, B. M cPhee, M. Hansel, L. Ward, J . Laing, D . Prince. BACK ROW : A. Vitou, K . R ichardson, S. Lenehan. P . Jasprizza. M. Jago, K! . Nash, P . Co nnell, S. Seigworth, D. Owens, F. O'Neill. ABSENT: G. K earney, D. Stevens. FOURTH YEAH CLASS: FRONT ROW ( L eft to Right) : M. L. Meacle, K. M iller. A. Chan. C. Glass, P. Felton. SECOND ROW : P . Basha. K. Cheeseman, A. Keating, A. Crim· mins, A . H ansel. THIRD R OW : A. Dynon, J. K. Green, D. Poirrier, P. Reardon, W . Hill. BACK ROW: M. Do nnelly, C. Taylor, P. M cDermott, A. Walsh, R. Montagu, N. O 'Brien. ABSENT: H . English, D. Prendergast, M. C. Streber, G. Pirola. LORETO CO NVE T, ORMA Il RST, .s.w. SECOND YEAR CLASS: FRONT ROW ( L eft to Right) : A. Dunstan, L . Ferrier, B. Chan B . Rohan, J . McDonnell, R. Partridge. SECOND R OW : J . Rudd, K . Moroney, J . Flanagan, A. W ebb, M. Dan, H . O ' Neill, H . Cutcliffe, K . Ireland, A. H aJJ , S. Alsaker, M. Meaney. THIRD ROW : L . Stephens, J . Cohen, A. Dureau, M. E . P riebe, E . W ilds, R. Stracha n, C. Stevens, R. W a tte!, J . Hick ey , M. Reilly, J . Noonan, M. W ernard. B ACK ROW : M. Mulhearn, S. Jasprizza, W . Rowe, B. Connell, K . Knight, M. Ca nnon, D. Berrim an, U . Meynink, M. Clifford, D . Byrnes, M. Lochrin, C. Peterson. \ ABSENT : J . Brandt, J . Marshall, A. Mawson. FIFTH & SIXTH CLASSES: F RONT ROW ( L eft to Right): C. Abbott, K. Morton, F . Tully, K. Ashbolt, S. Myerson, J . W ernard. S E COND R OW : C. Gear in, A. T ome, E . Mc Namara, D. Dureau, J . Megna, C. Gardiner, S. H a nsel, L . Schroder, M. Huxley, B. Carter. THIRD ROW : S. Turner, K . H artigan, M. Jones, M. Crowley, E . Wellens, M. Carter, M. Shepherd, P . Merkelbach, K. Cobby, c. H enderson, C. Locke. BACK ROW : J. P owell, B. Kevin, D. Darke, G. Stevens, R. Burch, M. Meynink, J. Loneragan, M. Brady, P . Haseler, C. Noonan. ABSE NT : G. Brady. B . Black. 32 LORETO CONVE T, NOJtMA HURST, N.S.W. FIRST YEAR CLASS: FRONT ROW (Left to Ri ght ): L . Curtis, M . Sal va t, D. M c Millan, J. Spil- lane, E. L e nehan, E . Chan, A. Nelson, H. Archer, A . Stern, F. Cohen, J. Clarke. SECO ND ROW : K. K eat ing, M . Williams, J. Pear son, P. Poirrier, J. Carter, A. Lyons, E. Stalley, K . H ore, R. Stevens, E . O xenham, P. Walsh, A . Drake-Brockman. BACK ROW : S. Clifford, E. Rogerson, C. Turner. S. N eylson. C. Gooden, S. Forg ham, P. Brennan. JUNIOR SCHOOL: Percu ssion Band : BACK ROW : B. Burns, V. Abbott, M. Parsons, R. Dutriez, M. O'Con nell. SEATED: V . Mar shall , A. M adden, B. Richardson, V . Rubensohn, B. Tif. fin, L. Kevin, K. M c Ke n z i e, G. Ryan, K. McNa mara, C. Brown, J. Green. Kt N E E L I N G : L. Brennan, J. Boul ton, M . Spiers, S. Petter. ABSENT : M . Gearin, M. Mc- Quellan. Recorder Players: M. Parsons, A. Par sons, A. Burns, R. Robinson, M . Burl it t , C. Schadel, V. Hill, G. Berriman, C. Brown, L . Bren nan. M. Gamble, C. F orgham . KNEELING JN FR 0 NT : L . Gamble, P . Con duit, A. Gamble. P. Wheeler. ABSENT: B. Z i eh Ike, D . Stuart, M. Bath urst. 33 LORETO Travellers' Tales FLIGHT INTERLUDE A. TO BROOME The "Tea" was a classic. Admittedly it must My sister Robin and I left Perth Airport at h ave been very difficult to cope with all the extra S.30 a.m. bound for Broome via Geraldton, Carnar people. After tea we decided to see the Town (of von, Lcarmouth, Onslow, Coo1awanyah, Roebourne which we had formerly seen quite sufficient ) . Nea r and Port H ed]and. the pier we m et other fellow passenger s "Seeing the After one and a half hours we landed at Sights" and di ~ mally considering the approaching Geraldton, then on we went to Carnarvon, whei·e we storm which may hold u s up further. We were stripped off our cardigans and folded up the rugs. forced back to the hotel b y great streaks of forked Off again- the soil below begins to take on a hot ]ightning and heavy drops of rain. \Ve seated our Lurnt-sienna-red tinge, and tropical rain clouds are selves at a table in the lounge and played canls and, banking up on the northern horizon. Learmonth is the Hotel's 'pride and joy,' a home-macle m etal r adio·· sizzling, 115 degrees. Not a tree in sight, a few ]ow gramme amid h earty protests from the pilots who hills to the wes t, the worke rs' buildings anrl the oil get it day and night. It was late but we could not rigs in the distance. Next stop: Onslows- a think of going to bed b ecause of the noise and h eat. banen spot with its air-strip of hard cora], (once Then the electricity blacked out- ten minutes of it the bed of the sea) . Passen gers squat under the went on-off-on-off. Som eon e lit a match and we shade of the wing or Jean against the corrugated iron made our way upstairs to our room. In the pitch sh ed which h ouses the refueling plant. We do not blackness we fumbled our way to the bathroom, get out at Coolawan yah (a Station ) . When the air wher e by some miracle we managed to find the taps craft door is · opened we are sti·uck b y a and have a shower without breaking our necks . .. blast of h ot air. The hostess stands at the door fumbled back to our room and so to bed. The noise tryin g Lo k eep out th e swarm ing flies. The mail is from the bar was terrific- the electricity came on and unloaded and sh e thro,vs a handful of badey sugar with it the radio-gramme, which some kind soul had to a group of children standing b y the plane; in tuned in upstairs. A light from the verandah shone return one presents her with an armful of glorious straight into the room, so we got a few papers and Sturt P ea. books from m y bag and started to r ead. Off went the Over Roebourne the star-board engine suddenlv light ... we lay back, two minutes pass and on go the lets out three te rrific h an gs a nd vibrates horribly lights, out come the books, off go the lights. The Robin and 1 grin hopefull y at one anoth er. This was crowd in the bar started to sing; the Proprietor broke something we had alwa~ longed for. The passenger up the party and we slept. beside m e clutched his safety belt and sank lower At 3.15 a.m. we wer e awakened. \Ve dressed into his seat. T he Hostess announced that we would quickly and went downstairs- Robin chose to go not land at Roc bourne but fly direct to H eadland. h ead-first, but on inspection we found h er to be on]y The starboard prop had slowed right down, and now slightly damaged. Passenger s greeted one another the port engine began to feel the strain as the plane with croaky "Good mornings." The pilots anived sw ayed Lo k eep course. W e landed at H eadland and we settled ourselves in th ~ bus and proceeded to while ambulance, fire-truck and manned-extin the air port. In haH an hour we were in the aircraft, guish e rs stood b y; but we came down without further settled into our seats. NO SMOKING. FA STEN trouble. SEAT BELTS ... The props whirl and we taxi to In the H eadland waiting-room passenger s who the end of the strip ... we are off. The plane slowly had not said a word during the whole trip started rises into the northern stars. It is something that 1 a nimated conversations. \Ve awaited the diagnosis of have experienced often , hut it n ever ceases to impress the trouble. After a bout an hour the Captain walked m e with its magnificence and beauty- which each over to us, looking as if h e was going to break some time seems to be more stupendous than before ... awful n ews. "Well Kids, it looks like we'll be here JULIE MILLER (Junior Class) , for the night." h e announced. Robin and I exchanged N edlands. pleased looks- groans from the other passengers. We r ummage about in the cock-pit to find our B. FROM MALAYA cases and manage to drag out a few odd garments 1. At last it came, that day which h ad hung through the securing rop es, stuff them into an over our h eads like a black cloud ever since we had already full travelling bag, and proceed in the arrived home eight weeks ago- the day we had to M.lVI.A. bus over the seven miles of marsh to the town leave our loved ones and travel back to school in .... . and the Hotel where we were shown into a Australia. room about 6 x 9 ft., into which two beds and a How we arrived at the airport, we n ever knew. wardrobe were cramm ed. It was just 5 p .m. so we We only had a dim recollection of saying goodbye t.alkcd with some of the Hostesses who were stationed to the maids, the dogs, the cats-to everything. The there until tea. actual drive wa ~ just a hazy m emory. At the airport 34 LORETO we moved as if in a trance- trying pathetically to GREEN FIELDS IN A BROWN LAND appear happy, and inwardly praying that the awful mome nt might be put off. The road from D erby runs past som e of the strangest shaped Boab trees and ant hills you could Soon we we re told to embark b y the official ever imagine. They k e pt u s intereste d a nd amused unfeeling voice which came through the loud sp eaker all the way to a rather obscured fork .in th e road. - " Would all passenge rs for the 10.30 plane to Singa We turned left and saw quite sudde nly, str aigh t in pore, F li ght 10, p1case board the plane immediately ." f1~ ont of u s, a sight that would cause anyone not We said our last goodbyes. Big lumps came into Pxp ecting it to rub his eyes. our throat ~ anrl it was almost imposs ible to sp eak. Indeed, we didn' t want to. The tears would p ersist " Wher e a re we, in Australia or Greece? .. Some in pricking the back s of our eyelids and we had t o one ask ed th is question w h en he saw before him thi$ blink furiously to k eep them hack. big stone building with a triangular roof a nd m any Once on the plane, we tried to get windo w-seats majestic pi Il a r s like the P a rthe non. My uncle so tha t we could have last glimpse of o ur p arents a nd d esign ed this place for his h ouse a t the F it:troy ric <' fri ends. The ste warrless came around smilin" ch eer farm whe re h e has been ex pe ri menting for the past fully, with a bask e t of harleysu gar. W e f e lt~ a lmo ~ t five years. Some nuns who were r ecently passing an gr y. Why shoulrl sh e ~ mil e? This was not the through told him it would makf' a wonderful time to srnih•. WP don' t have much time to follow monaster y ! up this train of thought, for at that moment the About seven miles from the " Parthe non,. ove r a engines wer e r evved up. They ra n for a few 1ninutes flat, thickl y grassed flood plain, lies SNAKE CREEK. and then we taxied slowly ac rnss the tarmac for quite It is on the banks of this c reek tha t 80 acres of a distance. \V c turned a nd b egan the journey hack sturdy, dark green rice stalks crackle and hiss a ~ tlw again- gathering speed and more sp eed- until, sud hot N orthern sun encourages the swaying h eads to denly we we re airborne. swell and turn to gold as they ripen. B elow u s we could see the huge airport, a nd in The rice fi eld is divided up into plo ts of several front of it a splash of colour that indicated whe n • acres, around which lie wate r channels tha t fl ood or our parents were. Our h earts felt like breaking. drain the rice. Three t yp es are grown: ZENITH, COLORO, MAGN OLIA, which h ave so far produced 2. lL was 8.30 p.m. and the re were about six ty of ver y high yields. Last year's Coloro p a tch gave 100 us left on boa rd the " Charon" as sh e lay quie tl y along hush ells to the acre- and that was in d rought con side the fl eserted dock at S ingapore. W e had arrive d ditions. This year's y ield is exp ected to lw higher . from A ustralia on the school ship. The S inga pore children had b een m e t, but we Kua la Lumpur, So far our Kimberley district h as been purely Penang, and lpoh-it.cs had to wait till morning b e pastoral, for which r eason close1· selt le ru e n t has not fore we wo uld arrive h om e. been possible th e re. lt has long IJ ef' n known that \Ve were up a l a bout fiv e a.m. the n ext morning rice would grow in the N orth, hut it was n ecessary to fini shing off o ur packing. W e w er e too excited for prove that a rice industry could he esta blish e d . This breakfast. A t 6.30 a .m. we struggled off the ship it is now believed , has been done ; and we hopp with our cases which weighe d two tons (o r so it that rice as a pioneer crop will set a solid fou ndat ion seemed ). The morning was g rey, cold and drizzly, for othe r agric ultural progress in tlw Nor th. but our spirits wPre not in the least dampen ed . The The State Government has shown its faith in the airways bus was waiting, so we clambe re d on and project b y carrying out su c h important work as the settled down to a one-ho ur drive to the airport. e rection of a we ir at the junction of Snak e C re{' k an d Soon the lights flashe d o n : " Fasten seat the Fitzroy Rive r, and huJJdozing obstacles from the belts." Then te nsion gre w and we pressed our creek be d so that water can flow freely into the noses Lo the windows calling out with delight as we channel for pumping ove r the paddy fi e lds. sighted the racecourse, the swimming-pool, and then our own homes. The top s of the p alm trees came Ther e have b een many diffic ulties to overcome. nearer. Soon we cou lei see the little wooden huts and such as learning lo cope with the diffe re nt p ests that the workers in the paddy fi elds. gather and play havoc with the g reen fc{'d ; so me of these are kangaroos, grasshoppers and w i Id hi rds. At long last the airport was sighte d. It was a F e ncing can more or less k eep out the kangaroos, and new one- we'd ne ver seen it b efore- and it lived up an automatic cannon whic h boo ms at r ep: ula r in ter to our ever y expectation. \Ve could see our parents vals helps Lo scare away the birds. waiting n ear the tarmac. The poor ste wardess had to use force to k eep u s seate d. As soon as we felt the Marke ts are n o trouble, as the greate r part of jolt that told u s we we re on Le na firma once more, the human race still lives on a basically r ice die t. we dash ed to the door a nd almost jumped out The quality of the Kimberley i·i ce has already been before the step s were brought. W e tore across the tried out on oriental p eople in Darwin and Broome. tarmac, some falling in their haste, and thre w our They pronounce it as Lop quality, and so far as rice selves into waiting arms. W e were Home. is concerned, the orientals are hard to please. PATTY BROCKER (Sub-Leaving), ROBIN MILLER (Sub-Leaving), Claremon t, W.A. Nedlands. 35 L6RETO ESPERANCE NORTHAM AND A STORY Along the Gr eat Australian Bight, sh elter ed b y We were driving slowly along the main road of numerous islands, lies the natural heart-shaped Northam looking for our brother, Paul. H e had gone harbour which is the port of E sperance. The name to the army camp with his school a week earlier. It has a link with the p ast, for it was in 1792 that two was now Saturday and, as soon as we had picked him French sh ips sailed into the bay, after one of which up we were going for a drive through Northam. I the bay was named. saw him beside a shop and father stopped the car Esperance, although the natural port of the and h e got in. goldfields, was known to comparatively few people First we had a look at the Avon River which until widely publicised r ecently, owmg to an flows through Northam. It had rained during the last American Syndicate. The Chase Syndicate has month so that the river had risen high. There was arranged with the State Government to take over and sand banked up on both sides. Then we had a look cultivate a vast area of land in the district. A few at the football field. It has lovely gr een grass with years ago, because of a d eficiency in zinc and copper, trees around it. the land was u seless, but by the addition of these AH my father's brothers and sisters were born m etals it h as become suitable for farming. at Northam and, as we went over the main bridge, Esperance has had h er share of false starts since my father told u s this story : One stormy night, when the Dempster brother s first settled ther e in 1863. the river was about a foot from the banks, my Auntie With the gold rush es in Kalgoorlie h er population was born. My Grandfather went for the doctor. He rapidly increased, but sh e had no railway, and the had to go over the river and, as he went, h e was completion of the line between Kalgoorlie and Free walking in a few inch es of waler which was flowing mantle put an end to the good times. over the bridge. H e reached the doctor and told him In 1920 land was cultivated for farming in the about the bridge and so the doctor went by another Mallee district, between Norseman and E sperance, bridge. When m y grandfather went back to the and the link up of the railway between Norseman bridge, it was not ther e- it had b een swept away and Salmon Gums enabled wheat to be exported from since h e had crossed it. Esperance. Unfortunately the depr ession in 1930 SUSANNE SOMERS (Grade VI), made it difficult for the majority of farmers to r e Nedlands. main on the land. During the last few years the population of K\VINANA Esperance has increased immen sely. People are attracted to it not only as a commercial venture, but I was surprised one day when a friend also as a p leasure and holiday r esort. The scener y ask ed m e, " What are the oil wells like at Kwinana, is of great beauty and the climate is soft and mild. do they drill much oil?" Before proceeding I must JANET HOGAN, (Junior Public), reveal that m y friend is from the Eastern States. I Claremont. was amused at h er question, but remembered in time that politeness forbade m e to show what I felt. LAKE CAVE I proceeded to explain to this " other-sider" that B efore us a gaping hole about a hundred and Kwinana is not an Oilfield. It is an Oil Refinery. twenty yards in diameter, surrounded by rock and The oil is brought from the Middle East. The R e shrubbery- this was the entrance to Lake Cave. Tall finery distiJls and processes more than three million karri trees, so numerous in the South W est of our tons of this crude oil a year. When it has been pro State, swayed grandly in the breeze. Down the steps cessed to b ecome refined oil, it is distributed to dif to the bottom of the hole we walked along a well ferent industries in Australia, New Zealand and the beaten path. F erns and small light trees hung limply Middle East. The R efiner y produces also motor over it, brushing against us as we passed. spirit, k erosene, gas-oil and fuel-oil for the u se of Around the sides of the main opening other dark Australia and New Zealand. These products are caves were to be seen. Into one of these, Lake Cave, taken by ship to the Australia Ports. we were to go. Down into the clammy darkness we The Kwinana R efiner y is tremendous. Over a descended, then on till we came to a brightly lit cave, vast expanse of flat land one sees large tanks of almost in the centre of which was a large pool, fed by various sizes and huge pipes looming up. The actual an underground stream. Many interesting rock for R efinery is surrounded b y a towering fence, and a mations surround the cave. Ther e are tiny pools too p erpetual flame leaps from one of the furnaces, which and a popular " Wishing W eB," which is difficult to can be seen night and day for miles around. reach. The district of Kwinana covers a large area. It Later the guide turned off all the switches and consists of three towns-Medina, Calista and we marveJled at the orange glow like the colours of Kwinana, all gay, colourful and modern. The the sunset with which the Cave was ilJumined. The district is named after the wrecked ship "Kwinana", artificial lighting seemed commonplace when the which has lain ther e for years, and has given the switches were on again to light our way from the area its name. " Kwinana" is an aboriginal word Caves. meaning "pretty maiden " . WANDA HARRIGAN (Junior Class), GILLIAN EVANS (Leaving), Nedlands. Claremont, 36 LORETO FIRE AN EARLY SETTLER'S COTTAGE The day of the big fire is still indelibly imprinted \Vhile staying at Augusta we made m a ny excur on my mind as clearly as though it were yesterday. sions. One of these was ve ry inte resting : On t he A wave of sympathy whe n we r ead a n ewspaper other side of the Blackwood R ivcr was an old h ouse. report of a bush fire is the str011:r.ce t emotion most Until a few months pre viousl y an old lady had lived people will expe rience; but the ll' ;rible tragedy and there all her life, but now was forcf'd to li ve on t he stark terror it inspires; can only be felt by one who mainland on account of old age. We hired a hoal has experienced il s te rrifying impact. and rowed to the othe r side of the rive r. We moored This day of the big fire began as any other our boat at the je tty and walked up to the old h ouse. ordinary day in the wheat country. The silence It stood amongst large gum trees. The flooring hangs heavily in the languid air until a gentle wind of the ve randah surrounding the house was rotten , from the south sets the ripening ears of wheat many window panes wer e broken . The door of the nodding; through it. runs the broad ribbon of th .~ main house was Jocked but we peered in a t the win main road. dows. In the centre of the living room was a large I was on the verandah of m y host's h om e, con table on which we re broken glasses a nd u sed cups templating the peaceful scene, whc 11 a low. purring and saucers. By the fire place was a rock ing c hair. sound disturbed my reverie. A hig saloon car flash ed and on the 111anll e-piece we r C' a candk st ick allfl by and disappeared into the distance. But inside the family portraits. nearest field lies a glowing cigar butt. The brccz C' The room for the hired man was clo!'e lo lhl' freshens for a moment, the butt glows red and a bl.i.~ k house; the walls of it were so deca yeil tha t one had spot appears on the nearest stalk .. Anothe r gust of only to lean on them to make them give way. T hey wind, and the scorched whca•. bur ~ l ; into Ha me. we re made of chaff, cardboanl and wood, a nd we rf' The n ext ten hours are a grim nightmare. Within lined with n e wspape r. Some of the ne wspapf' rs were a quarter of an hour the count1·y-side was a scem.' of years old and we had fun reading histo rica l it(• ms. orderly confusion as m en flocked from their occu pa Outside ther e was a w ate r pump and a n earthc n1 tion& Lo combat the eve r increasing menace. ln this ove n for making bread. The othe r buildings sur vast and unreal panorama, fire fight e rs try to stem rounding the house we re a harn, pig-sty and the advance of the flames. Tired relays of swea ting. machiner y shed containing a buggy and h a nd plough . grimy men r e turn to the house for a brief refresh The deserted home had a certa in m ysterious a ir ment and then r e turn to the raging inferno. about it. One felt that at any mom e nt a gh ost of an By this time, night has falle n and the now harm early settler might appear, pe rha ps the sh ade of Mrs. less fire became a thing of beauty. The leaping dark Molloy or e ve n Fanny Bussell. red flames sent showe rs of sparks cascading into lhe ANNA CHRISTINE HEALY (Sub-Junior ), air. A solitary gum tree, ablaze from top to bottom, Nedi ands. towered like a beacon over the scene ; r ed-hot bits of THE UNUSUAL CATCH ash floated over the fire like so many thousand fire \Ve have a beach cottage a fe w miles to the rnuth flies and over all lay a thick pall of grey smoke. of P erth, at Long Point. \Ve always h avt' a wonder ROSEMARY CARROLL (Leaving), ful time ther e b ecause of the good swimming and Nedlan.ds. fishing. The collage is only ahout a hund red ya rd s AN ISLAND PARADISE from the b each so we prac ti call y live in the water. One morning m y young sister, Patricia a nd l ran Cockatoo I sland is in the Buccaneer Archipelago, down to the beach for a quick swim. The wate r was about 1500 rn ilcs north-cast of P e1·th. It is steep a beautiful blue-grce11 and was as c lf' ar as g l a s ~ . and rugged, rising 400 feet above Yampi Sound. Splashing around we noticed a b rown o hjel'l, fl oating Everyone of the thirty-five tropical-style homes just below the sur face in the shallow water. 11 has glorious views of deep blue water, dotted with looked Jike a rusty piece of ti11 - u11til 1 saw that it the reds and purples of o th e r small islands. A was swimming. l sent Patric ia 10 the ho use to ge t the community garden in the centre of the township gidgie, with which J thought I would spear the fi sh. is a bright splash of colour, with its creepers flanked A few minutes later Patricia appeared with D ad and by coconut palms, bananas and paw-paws. the gidgie. Dad r ecognirnd the fi sh as a stingray. The main event in the lives of the 150 p eople H e cautiously followed it al ong the d1ore for a who live on the island is the sailing of the motor few hundred yards, because if Dad spea red it from vessel, "Yampi Lass," the only m eans of transport, the wrong position it would ~ \vi s h its long, sp iky, to Derby, nine ty miles to the south. Veteran poisonous tail and could c ut off Dad's legs. T hen islanders do not talk of weeks or dates, but "it is Dad threw the gidgie al the stingray. Lt was stunned so many 'Lassies' ago." for a few minutes. so we we re a ble to drag The Cockatoo I sland house wife has plenty of it from the wate r. A few spear-fishe rm en wer e leisure and many wome n have become experts at standing about watching the ope ration , hecause it was fashioning delicately-tinted coral into lamps and quite unusual for stingrays lo he in so close to th e other ornaments. The children are a fine advertise shore. Dad was justly proud of himself as he h anded ment for the island, for these young mountaineers out pieces of the stingray for bait lo the spear-fish er can scramble barefoot up the steepest cliffs. m e n ; but we ate the edible parts ourselves. MAUREEN RYAN, (Sub-Junior), Claremont, LESLEY LOGAN (J unior Class). Nedlands. 37 LORETO PENGUIN ISLAND tive, insisted on many pauses and r eceived as many prod s. However as they came to the r eed they D uring lhc M ay holidays which I spent al Safety assumed the immobility of sphinxes. The rush es Bay 1 went across to P en guin I sland with a ~e w here reach ed to my n eck and from them hundred s friends. We took lunch wilh us. Instead of gomg of cobwe bs laced lhem selves in my hair, over m y over in a launch , as we expected , \Ve we re supriserl face and even down m y hack! to ec a large "Army Duck " coming for us. Thanks chiefly lo the dog, lhe cattle again moved lt was quite a chilly and windy cl ay; lhe sea w_as off at a steady pace. It wa now dark. 1 despaired ch oppy b ul lhat m ade liule differ ence to the big. of k eeping the bull with the othe rs ; besides, be ing strong " Duck." A kind friend had to]~ us the best black , h e could no longer he distinguished from the places to swim and lhc places to look I OL encroaching night. Soon afler a rrivi ng we went for a swim in a The h erd sedately plodded on but refused to lovely spot sh elte1· ed from th t> wind. Then we had huny. I began to think that the family might h e lunch an d starlecl lo explor e. worried. I could see the silvery lake on eithe1· side T he lo tal len rr th of the island is only a mile and and hear lhe lake-birds' cries. Suddenly, a whole mass it~ width is onl v l~ alf that. \Ve set off for the caves, of smalJ green discs appeared on m y right. F ear En route lhe ~if anager of the i land called to _u s to eized m e until I r ealized they were the eyes of a look at a b a by p en guin which h e had found. H e was 111,ob of wethers. keepin.,. it to show visitors because lhe p en guins do B y this time J was not quite sure where l was. no t co 1~1e out during lhe day! fn the evening they so I let Trixie follow h er own way home hut I was nol emerire and calch fi sh for tea. sorry lo see the h eadlights of the family car approach O ne side of the isl and is e ntirely diffe rent from ing. I unsaddled Trixie and let h er go ; she was the other. The one on which the :Manager and his rubbing noses with the other horses when we· stopped wife live is well sh eltered from the w ind, and the sea outside the h-uness-room. if. calm, wh er eas on the other side the re is much wind. JANET McANANEY (16), After admiring the p enguin we proceeded to the Marryatville. caves at the far end of the isl and. \Ve found one cave which cu t throu gh Lo the opposite side of the A SING SING ON NEW GUINEA iblanrl. Alon g the b each we found many sh ells and other things Lo inler est u s. \Ve scaled the steep cliff Last year I spent m y Christmas holidays in and in th e li ttle cr evices we could sec that hundreds Kainanlu, in lhe Eastern Highlands of New Guinea. of sea-gulls h ad availed them selves of the sh elter. and had a wonderful time. One of the most inter est We rcl u rned to the Seulem ent for afternoon tea ing events of m y stay was the Christmas Sing-Sing, a 11 d af ter h avin g sp enl a most enjoyable afternoon which was attended b y natives from miles around. prepared to r e turn Lo the "Army Duck .'' The preparations for the " Sing-Sing" began ESME STEPHENSON (Junior Class), several days in advance. It was to h e h e ld on the Nedlands. airstrip, this being the most suitable area in the dislrict. It seem ed a strange mixture of primitive and modern to have this cele bration in such a place! TWO TRAVELLERS Care was taken to arrange the " Sing-Sing" during " ll was a dreadful journey. Their salt m eat the time when there would be few planes expected. was nearly gone; they had only flour and what they As most of the people came from dislant villages, could sh oot ; and they had Lo r ow against the slrong a long row of bamboo and grass hut-type sh elter s curren t tha t had borne the m d own-stream.'' In 1829, was erected along one ide of the airstrip to give th is was Sturt's r eward for following the Murray to prolection in case of h eavy rain, and to provide a its mouth, b ecause the mudflats and sud a l the outle t place for r est. As the time for the " Sing-Sing" g1·ew of Lak e Alexandrina prevented his re turn to Sydney near, excitement mounted, and the coming festivilies around the coast. were the main topic of conversation. From lime to I closed P orlus' "Australia Since 1606" and gazed time, groups of n atives would arrive, singing loudly oul of the sludy window smiling as I thought of m y as they came, and bringing with them pigs intended recent experien ce on the shore of this same lake. for the feast. It was not unusual at this time to find O ur cattle, on a five mile p eninsu la jutting into at the door a native in magnificent ceremonial dress, the lak e, had become reslless in the cold, windy who had come up to the house hoping to be admired weather and, b y way of compensation , they began to and lo have his photograph taken. treat them selves to a p recious g t· een pasture not Early in the afternoon, we went down to the design ed for them. The fences which would norm airstrip in a Landrover to watch the proceedings. ally h ave prcvenled this banquel had been wash e r! We were surprised lo see the many hundreds of away in last year's floods, so I decided to int e rrup~ natives who had assembled in so short a time. It was the firsl course, if possible. amusing lo see the widely differing styles of Secure in a wind-proof jacket and mittens, 1 was clothing. Some wer e dressed in full ceremonial soon mounled on m y horse Trixie. The cattle moved attire, with Bird-of-Paradi e plumes in the ir quile well at fi rst, lhinking perhaps that even h ead-dresses, and wearing shell and hone orna daintier far e was in store. The bull, never co-opera- m ents ; while other s wore their usual mixture of 38 LORETO European and native dress. Their bdght clothes The ca rs we re a IL age,;. Some were- modern stee·I made gay splash es of colour against the green grass :se dans and other s dated back to 1930 with canvai' of the aii·strip. As we drove along the side of the hood ~. Out on the d Pserl ed stn'cl lwo goals (one. strip, han INSET: PREFECTS (SEE NAMES P AGE 88 ) TOP: FIFTH YEAR BOTTOM: FOURTH YEAR 40 LORETO CONVENT, KIRRIBILLI, N.S.W. THIRD YEAR CLASS: FRONT ROW : A. M . Johns tone, G. L each, P. Prendergast, A. Rear don, L. Wangman, A. Fitzgerald, J. Mo ulder, M. Burnet t, M . Laws, A . M. Madden. SECOND R OW : C. Holt, J . M c Coll , J . Hind, R. Barrett, G. Shelton, L . Earl, J. Cashmore, H . Smith, C. Smith, J. D!air, R. Dateman, M. Dura ck. THIRD ROW: K(. Barlow, J . Hardiman, P. Hardyman, K. Forrest, C.M cDonagh, C. H ayes, M. M ooney, J. Guign;, T . Shiels, M. Walsh, H. Mornane. BACK ROW : J . Byrne, R . Rowla nd, R. H enry, A. William s, C. Burke, C. Davidson, D . M c Caffrey, A. Devine, J. Ald io, V . Sar!c, I.I. Scholf:eld, J. Rowley. SECOND YEAR CLASS: F RONT ROW : J. Day, V . McEvoy, L . Murphy, J. O ' Hanlon, M . O 'Hanlon, L . Clapin, J . O'Neill, P. Reilly, S. Knight, M . O'Mara, I. P alotas, J. W yndham. SECOND ROW : M. W ared, W . Travers, E. W a lsh, V. O'Gorman, J. Burton, G. Demeulem eester, A. Borthwick, A. Kelly, P . Flynn, E. Bartlett, H . Crampton, C. Mazza, P. Earngey. THIRD ROW : H. Mag uire, G. M cGrath, T . Mc Caffrey, M . Scott, D. Cleary, B . Minogue, S. Rich, B . Batema!1, D. Burke, P. Papallo, R. Bellair, C. Morath, H . Lowery, M. Power. BACK ROW : T . Ro!£e, J. Southen, S. Dickson, M. Honner, E. Sheerin, A. Loughland, C. Allen, A. M. Dwyer, B. DeMeur, L. Regan, K. Wilson, C. Inglis, L . J ohnstone, E. Sullivan. LORETO CONVENT, KIRRIBILLI, . s .~ . FIRST YEAR: FRO NT R OW: S. D uncan. P. L eonard, H . Diver, A. Devine, G. Ryan, V . Bagot, C. Earl, E. Gallery. SECOND ROW: M. Dennett. S. Durant, P. Sherlock, R. Rowe, E. Simpson, M. Redding ton, H . Beaton, P . Shelton, T. Prendergast, M. Gannon. THIRD R OW : M. Fealy, N. Byrne, D . Johnston, M. C. Beckman, K. Tracy. C. M agney, C. Burke, G. Hickey. J . Stinson. M . Donoghoe, P. W atson, V. Sarks. BACK R OW : A. Donnelly, M. Nelson, R. Creagh, L . Shiels, M . Mc Ginty, G. M cKinstry. ] . M cDonag h, A. Boland, H . V ernon, C. Ehren burg. 6th CLASS: FRO NT ROW : M. M. Kidman, R. Yewdall, G. H ellmrich, J . Walsh, E . Buckley, C. Maloney. M. Willis, V. Paris. SECOND R OW : P. Scott-Young, E . Skippen, E. Shaw, M. Owen, P . Holmes, C. Cahill, R. Murphy, E . Shannon, M. Allen, S. Parmentier, P. Murray. THIRD ROW : D . O ' Donnell, J . Thompson, C. Scott, G. Sutherland, A. B owne, J . Ford, M. O 'Reilly, C. Hadden, A. Fileman, E . Spies. E. Matthews. BACK R OW : D . Hewitson, L. Clinch, C. Strong, M. Courtenay, C. Flynn. C. Nagy, C. Campey, S. Mulally, J . M. Fowell. 42 LORETO CONVENT, KIRRIBILLI, N.S.W. TRAN SITION, GRADE I. AND GRADE II. FRONT ROW : B. Swift, N. Caesar, B. Malloy, P. Sidaway, B. H ickey, M. Hunt, S. Manchoulas, L. Maclurcan, S. Skellern. SECO ND R OW : K. Nagy, C. Byrom, S. Murray, K. Limerick, A. Golden, A. Finlay son, ] . Hawke, A. M essara, M. Bates, P. Buckley, ] . Harper, A. Calligeros. T HI RD R OW : H . Mc Manis, C. Seymour, A. Kidman, T . Perry, M. Armstrong, H. Slat tery, S. Cahill, M. Dick, C. Cahill, D. Vander vaere, M. A. Newton, C. Kennedy. BAC K RO W : S. J ohnson, A. Punch, E . Cor rig an, N . Lieutenant, C. Parmentier, A. L. Maloney, ] . de Tihanyi, S. I ngli s, G. Miller, S. Corrigan, L. Buckley, S. Fahy, A. Bye. 5th CLA SS: FRO NT ROW : J . Barrett, C. N ysen, D. Morrow, C. Collins, M. Campey, G. O ' Don nell, T . Clarke, P . Harkins. SECOND ROW : V. Emerson, D. W hittey, S. Doyle, H . M cDonald, ]. Burkitt, M. H ickey, C. Seagoe, T . Comrie-Thomson, S. Callen, M. Hawke, S. Stokes. TH IRD ROW : L . Rich, L. Fraser, S. Young, G. T racey, N. Loughland, A. M. McLuckie, S. Bradley, S. Rowe, K. Mac Naught, D. Maguire, P . L eonhard. BACK R OW : G. Amerio, K. Collins, D. Plasto, P . Buckley, R. K night, E. O 'Brien, S. H olt, D. L ieutenant, C. McC!eery. LORETO CONVENT, KIRRIBILLI, .s.w. BOYS. TRANSITION, GRADE I., GRADE II. .. BACK ROW: D. Burke, W. Dusseldorp, C. Ball, P. Golden, P . Bruce, T . Purcell, B. Courtenay, D. Hall. SECOND ROW: A. Churchill, P. Fleming, J . Snelgrove, G. Marton, M. Cafarella, R. Chisholm, J . Pelletier, S. Kennedy, C. Maclurcan, j. Scott. FRONT ROW: J. H all, G. Bateman, A. Kennedy, P. Koenig, C. W alsh, D. Skellern, R. Morrow, D. Merkel, R. Inglis. ABSENT: P. Watson, M. Caesar, J . Goddard, C. Talbot-Blaker, K. Regan, B. Buckley, D. Newton. ABSENT, GR. III. & IV. : M. J ones, ~. Dusseldorp, J. Fay, J . Merkel, M. L . Pelletier, M. Hall. ABSENT, GR. II., I. a nd TRANSITION: M. Bowyer, C. Haw k ins, E. Palotcos, M. Snell, S. Murray, A. Hawkins, S. Lloyd, P. Elms. GRADES 111 & IV. FRO NT ROW: j. Kelly, j . Caesar, C. Prendergast. H . Sidaway, P. Gibson, M. T . Molloy, j. Fay, A. Neumann, M. A. Perry, A. H olden, P. Horan, C. Lieutenant, S. Hind. SECOND ROW : E. Homan, S. Skippen, A. Co urtenay, M. Willis, J. Gain, P. Chaplin, E. Standen, T . O'Reill y, M. Burke, B. Brown, E. Slocum, M. Salteri, M. K ennedy, C. Long, M. M. Flynn. THIRD ROW : M. De Fina, M. Purcell, L . Galiungi, F. Sidaway, M. Murphy, M. Burke, B. H olmes, R. Plasto, S. Cayley, K. Goddard, R. Zanelli, H. Lubrano, S. Emerson, B . Scott. BACK ROW: C. Dusseldorp, P. Donnelly, B. Neuma nn, A. Fay, C. H olmes, C. Slattery, C. Armstrong, M. A. Buckley, K. Ryan, M. Hardiman, K. M cDonagh, K. Sheil, L. Malo ney. LORETO Memory Pictures PONTIFICAL HIGH MASS The appointment of Father James \V. Gleeson Scott, S.J., who presided at the Ma~ s, approached thP D.D., as Auxiliary Bishop of Arle laide to his Grace Altar, a nd the Very Reve rend .I. Goldfinch, C.M. and the Archbi5hop, Most Reve rend Dr. Beovich , D.D., acolytes. . Pt. D., brought great jov to tlw Cat holi e Communitv In the procession down the len!!lh of the court, of Adelaide, parlicularlv to th<' children, h eca u s~ Hevl"'renrl Fathers T . B a rden, S .I ., E. i\Tulvihill. and Father, as Director of E ducation in the Archdiocese L. Faulkner, preceded His Lordship, who was vcsled for sevl"'ral vears, had bccom C' tlwir revered friend. for Mass with crozier , mitre, p: l ove~ , sandals and His Lo.rd ~ hip 's <'On s<'c ration was solemnised on buskim. May 2ht. during the first te rm vacation, when man y Befor<' the appearance of the Bishops. thP of the children had returned to th<' country homes. the childrPn we re requcslNl lo rC'mai n silent in pre· Therefor<' an opportunity wag iriven to .thPm to paration for Mass, and immediately His Lonl~hip honour His Lonlship by allending his first Pontifical appeared the " Hymn lo the Church" was sung. High Mass. on June 7th. Through out the Mass tlw revcn' tll sil ence of so many The l\frmorial Drive Tf'nnis Courls were ch osen thousands of chi Id ren was most im prPssive. IndP('d. as the sit e for the <'f' re rn on y. This proved an ideal it was a tre mendous experience to I)(' in that great choice, for the a<" corn111odatio11 of the chilrlrcn in a,.,:p mhly of Catholic Youth. participating in Chri~t\ three laq.~ e stands facing a m a in eourl, r esulted in an Eternal Sacrifice. impr·e ,-~ iv e cornpaclrwss : 1his threw into re lief the A bout a quarlc·r of an hour· after Mass, tlw Head irregular blocks of colour for111 ed by the various Pr·d°<'ct of St. Jgnatius' Coll ege p resP11tcd His Lord uniforms. ship wi th a Spiritual Bo ut[ltCI, for whi<" h ~ach child The altar, placed al 1lw far e nd of the court, was had offered three J\lassc,;, thrcp Hosarics, three clearly visilile to all in th<' stands. The strul"' turc visits to the Blcss1' d Saeramenl , and a s pecial Daily erected over it was adorned wi I h white and go lei Prnycr. F0Jlo wi11 g this, a pupil of St. J oseph"s satin, ils effect be ing he ighte11<'d hy 1he surrounding Highe r Pri111ary School, handed His Lol'flf'hip a gift green ve lvet of llw lawn. of L700 con tributed li y all the children. In tha11ki11g The choir of one 1hou:;and, seven hundred thern Bishop Gleeson mcntioncll that a great part of children, togelher with tlw sluden ls of St. Francis THE PEARL EAR-RINGS inl'( ahout Sunday buses. A large milk van drew 11p o utside a shop. The driver was disinl1 Tf': A TRIP TO ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL Twelve o'clock however , saw us boarding the " Lady F er guson" ferry, and five minutes la ter, regret One day our school was ask ed to send a small fully we reach ed Kirribilli wharf. contingent of pupils, not too deeply in the world of ROSALIND BATEMAN (3rd. Yr.), study., to attend sole mn High Mass at the Cathedra1. Kirribilli. The Mass was to celebrate the opening of the third annual convention of the Catholic Press Association EARLIEST MEMORIES of A ustralia and New Zealand. At times my earliest m emories seem clear, Soon we were in the ferry steamer chugging numerous, fascinating and exciting; at others my across the beautiful waters of Sydney Harbour. We m emory is a blank and it seems that them is only the were far too thrilled with the beautiful scenery present. around us to feel sea-sick. The blue waters sparkled Memories come Lo me in fragments like a collec like fairy lights as the beaming sun played upon tion of jumbled p hotographs thrown at random into them. The lawns and parks we re green and brown; a box. I can r emembe 1· how immense things around with Admiralty house to the left, the Harbour Bridge m e seem ed sometimes. overhead and " The H eads" clearly visible in the faint At one time l can sec (or feel ) myself running mist of th e morning. The breeze was cool and re down a big sloping green lawn ; around the edge of freshing as it whipped the sea-spray into our faces. it among rocks are huge masses of h ydrangeas. This is Sydney when I was a very little girl, but Sydney Soon after nine o'clock we reached Circular itself is not a connected p.icture to m e. Quay and there, after collecting our bearings, we Fragments of trave ls come to m e. In a train, I overworked the turnstylc, until we wer e all on the threw a silver spoon out of the window into the open other side. From Circular Quay we caught a tram d esert n ear Ooodnadatta. My mothe r thinks I could Lo St. James' Station. We crossed Macquarie Street hardly r em embe1· this as I was barely two, but I feel via the underground subway and then proceed ed in myself that I can. At any rate I recall some faint threes to the front steps of the Cathedral. stirring of conscience over this, as the spoon for some reason or other was precious to m y mother. I felt once again, the majesty of St. Mary's A pair of tiny r ed shoes, a pink bath, a soft toy Cathedral as we entered through the Western doors. lamb, a broken string of beads- such things are The Altar was almost shining in its white beauty hardly m emories because, like the broken b eads, I compared with the subdued splendour and magni cannot thread them upon any string but they lie ficence, of the high vaulted ceilings. The Cathedral somewh ere impresesd on m y babyhood. seemed vast, silent and holy, but we knew it was little Boarding school at a very early age- I was five compar ed to the One Who dwelt within. when I first went to Lore to, Toorak, yet this seems to We were ush ered lo the front scats and we stood m e in the r ecent past. Melbourne on \Vinter days as the procession of Clergy began to walk towards with bare trees and long, long tram lines will never the Altar. Firstly walked His Eminence Cardinal fade from m y mind. Gilroy, A rchbishop of Sydney; then followed Once I rem ember sitting in a hotel dining room Bishops, Archbishops, Pdors, Priests and altar boys considering a m enu as though I could read p erfectly, all looking very splendid in the ir silks. But I could and ordering 'fried sole.' l thought I was going to not repress a smile, at the familiar sight of cadet see on the plate what I had h eard about the day trousers, p eeping from under the altar boys' lace. before at a Christian Doctrine lesson. I was disap pointed. It looked like a fi sh . Solemn Mass began with its lovely psalms and PERPETUA CLANCY (Sub-Leaving), prayers sung by the priest and answer ed by the choir. Nedlands. The priest incensed the altar, and his Deacon and Sub-Deacon; then His Eminence; lastly the altar boys THE CALL OF THE GHOSTLY GUMS turned and incensed the people. The Mass moved With a whirl of hoofs and a ringing neigh, on to its climax at the Consecration. The priest The filly was out of the yard-and away raised the Rost; and silence filled the whole To the ghostly gums, that fringed the side Cathedral, a peaceful, restful, silence in a very busy Of the treacherous waters no boat could ride. world. T h e occasional sermon was preached by Bishop John Freeman (Auxiliary to His Eminence The rocks stood out in the gathering gloom Cardinal Gilroy). As the filly drank, where the wattles bloom After the Mass we noted in a group- Cardinal Her thirst soon quenched, the filly grazed Gilroy (Archbishop of Sydney), Father J. G. Mur 'Neath the ghostly gums, as the s unset blazed. tagh, M.A. (associate Editor of " The Advocate), Archbishop Carboni (Apostolic Delegate), Mgr. R. When the moon crept high, a beam of light Collender, P.P. V.G., Prior G. P. Clery, 0. Cann Caught her resting. It was night! (Editor of "Th e Scapular"), Bishop Freeman, Father The possums swung through the silvery trees D. O'Connor, S.J. (Editor of " The Messenger"), Mr. That rustled gently with every breeze. ]. Kelleher (Editor of " The Catholic W eekly," DIANE WILSON (12), Sydney). Toorak. 48 LORETO POINT OF DEPARTURE The train left the s tation There were little houses, w ith s teep roofs, hudrlling Bearing the people in rows, not neat, but of different and jumbling b elow. shapes and colours; Above and beyond them was the sky, Tired people wrapped in hazy s moke and packed into Blood red and black, pink and gold, yellow and blue. lighted boxes I didn't want to think anymore. Disinterested and uninteresting. I up-e nded my mind and e mptied it, and just sat, like I looked through the only open window into the clear everyone else. evening air: Hands, pink-tipped , fine. The sky was lemon, w ith a pencil of dark cloud shooting Hands blotched, coarse. upwa rd. The black and white papers were not cha n ged by these We s kimmed through a field sown with shiny steel borders. planted in parallel r ows. A pipe, a cigarette, a tuft of hair in the wrong place. Suddenly it was cut off by a wall, pushing itself up to A coat, a shoe with no mate, a rasping cough from some my window, its advertisements blurring past. sore throat. Then, just as quickly, there was the misty river. Are these really people, with thoughts like mine? Lights s hone into it from the banks Or just packages going from point to point, And dark little beetles with bright eyes hurried past With nowhere to go when they reach the last point, by its side. The point where there is no return. The atmosphere inside the box grew heavier. Poor people! My eyes watered and I looked outside again. Stop and think. There was nothing there. Wake up and think. Clear your minds and think. We we re in a blank, dark void. For what does anything, everything m ean, A train went past, What good does it do, if you cannot think? Almost hurting with its s peed, its light, its noise. Where will you go when the present is no more? Thoughts passed through my mind lik MALLEE TOWN You know when you an· in the Mallec, the air is rive r are the vmes, dotted with dark patches of the different- warmer, sweete r and quiete r. The re is orange groves, all bounded and woven with the no wind to speak of, it is warm and still ; and a frag shining water in the channels the red soil is h eavy rance of scrub and mu]~a , all hot in the sun, comes up and dark now with wale r, the garden s are flooded, out of the sandy soil. You take your first breath of making the most of the wate r aftn the long dry it as you turn along the channel. The narrow strip summer. of waler is blue-gree n, and running fast. There is a In the town, the main street divides into two, the pump working near the bank. dusty, sandy road turning into clean bitumen and a No u se looking al the houses yet; these arc the t rec-borde red ave nue. J usl before the road changes suburbs, modern, ramshackle, co rnme rcial. The olfl is a little house with sun burnt shingles, always full home, the old homesteads arc furthe r on, in the of life, with children using .it as a large scale doll's bend of the rive r. And now the road goes north, house. through the flat paddock s of Milgwa past Sandy At the othe r e nd, the road goes on followin g the Hill. You are n early there 11ow, in home waters; course of the river, back into the trees. Life goes on , the Golf Club is just down tir e road, with its sandy the river goes on, but it is quie t h e re. The re is som e little holes. On the bank, the river below is blue, thing they miss elsewhe re, in this country town. the afternoon sun shines in yo ur eyes, and ahead of MARY DUCK, you on the cl iffs high are the pumps of Billabong. Toorak. The road goes down again, hack to the trees again. There are only three miles of Billabong running (Continued from P age 50) along the rive r and te n miles hack to a little sandy * [ Shaken by influenza. the ed it o r could n ot decide where to creek, nearly always dry. p ut this ferocious little tale: The B e nd is a land for c hildren. They crowd This A ustraha ' SUBU RBA N PASTIM ES the sand bar " beaches," they play on the creeks, they School V ignet tes :' T HE DOG SHOW sail in the billabongs. They grow up straight and The H om e Circle ? OUR PETS brown a nd happy the re; they learn lo love the Travellers· Tales ' HOLD-UP AT HAWTHO RN BRIDGE water. The best childre n wear the oldest clothes. In teresting People' GA BRI ELLE AND HER FRIENDS Their faces am clean and tlwir knees are dirty. They Among Our Old Girls ' POISE AT A DOG FIGHT can do anything. Then a sudden tho ught came: Isn' t that o ld Rab? Surely Stretching awav from tlw south bank on the no t still ali ve and in Hawth orn ! - Ed . l 49 LORETO SATURDAYS CANTERELLA (After a Country Race Meeting) About two doors down from the Princess Theatrn Do you remember the day, in Spring Street there is a funny little door jammed Miranda? into the old wall, on which there is a dull brass plate Do you remember the day? acclaiming a something-ologist within. It is in this And the rushing and the fretting door at ten to four on a Saturday afternoon, go Of the punters and the betting, several people, among whom is myself. And the clerk of the course on his lovely white h orse, The first room is a modernized reception for the And the crowds that gathered from afar? - ologists; I pass that and then down dingy corridors And the cheers and the jeers of the would-be profiteers with terrifying rooms on either side that can only be Under the threat of an ominous star? classed under one word- slum. It is like climbing up Do you r emember the day, Miranda? a ladder or rather, I should say climbing down a Do you re member the day? ladder, each one degree worse. There is no longer And the cheers and the jeers of the would-be profiteers tattered linoleum on the floor as I reach several Who haven't got a penny, dilapidated outhouses and weave m y way around And who aren't winning any, them and their rubbish bins. Eventually, I reach my And the opening gates and the din? destination, another outhouse, this time, but much And the thunder as they whirl and the swirl bigger than the others. Of the field interlacing, There is a sound of castanets and heels within. Pacing, Obviously I am late again. I push open the old Chasing. yellow door, and promptly put my foot down a crack Vtatch them as they're racing, in the boards on the other side. What I see would he Cracking of the whips as they spin a strange sight for any newcomer. Pushed down one Out and in- end of the room is one of the greatest assortments of And the fatal win of Rising Star! 'junk' I have ever seen. Old sofas stacked one on the Do you r emember the day, other and cupboards and basins rusting. In the Miranda? cleared bay of the room are several people in Do you remember the day? different attitudes. Two girls in tights, with black Never more; skirts over them, stand fa ce to face and practice com Miranda, plicated turns. One is a pretty little English girl, the Never more. other a striking Czeck. A dark Spanish boy in black My pockets are now too poor: h eeled hoots practises his castan ets. A tall frail girl And the litter of cards on the floor. concentrates on her 'pas de houree, jetez's'; and two No sound other Spanish girls are lacing up their high heeled In the walls of the stalls where palls shoes. Defeat Having prepared myself, I join the practising Of the fl eet Burumbeet on the ground. squad, until Carymina, our teach er, calls order and No sound: class begins.... But the boom Thus, my Saturdays. Of the judges' decision like Doom. PHILIPP A McCLELLAND, LEAVING CLASS, Dawson Street. Toorak. (With apologies to Hilaire Belloc) A DOG FIGHT * There, under the arch of Hawthorn Bridge, is a asking us all around, "Did you ever see the like of huge mastiff, sauntering down the middle of the this?" causeway as if with his hands in his pockets: he is A crowd soon gathered: the terrier held on. "A old, grey, brindled, as big as a fully grown merino knife!" cried Bob and a small hoy gave him one. sheep. H e put its edge to the tense leather; it ran before The other, a small thoroughbred white bull it; and then- one sudden jerk of the enormous head, terrier, with already one victory to his name, makes a sort of dirty mist about his mouth, no noise- and straight at him and fastens on his throat. To my the bright and fierce little fellow is dropped, limp astonishment, the great cr eature does nothing hut and dead. A solemn pause ; this was more than any stand still, hold himself erect, and roar- yes roar, one had bargained for. I turned the little fellow a long serious, remonstrative roar. He is muzzle_d ! over, and saw h e was quite dead; the mastiff had His master, studying strength and economy mainly, taken him by the small of the back like a rat, and had encompasEed his huge jaws in a home-made broken it. apparatus constructed out of leather of some ancient He looked down at his victim appeased, ashamed sort. His mouth was open, his lips curled and amazed, sniffed him all over, stared at him, and, up in rage- a sort of terrible grin- his teeth taking a sudden thought, turned round and trotted gleaming ready from out of the darkness; the trap off. across his mouth as ten se as a how-string; his whole GABRIELLE ADAMS, Toorak. frame stiff with indignation and surprise; his roar (Concluded on Page 49) 50 LORETO CONVE T, CLAREMONT, W.A . SENIOR SCHOOL Prefects FRONT ROW: D. Mc Phee, G. White, S. Meagher (Head), M. O 'Connor, E. Calder. SECOND ROW : M . Dodd, A. J ones, A. Holbrook, G. Hors fall, S. Routledge, I. Goerke, D. Ollivier. LEAVINGS AND SUB LEAVINGS (Centre) FRONT ROW : C. Dunphy, S. Routledge, E. Calder, D . Bateman, D . Mc Phee, S . Meagher, G. White, J . Gads don, D . Ollivier, P. Brocken. SECOND ROW: S. Noble, G. Grieve, j . Petterson, A . Meehan, T. Fitzpatrick , S. C r a n s t o n, M. Dodd, M. O'Connor. THIRD R OW : G. Evans, M. Barden, J . Durack, K . Valen tine, I. Goerke, E. O'Neil, M. Hayes, B. Burgin. FOURTH ROW: M. O'Neil, H. L ockyer, A. J ones, E. O 'Connor, G. Horsfall, J. Hopkins, K', Lavan. F I FTH ROW : L . Ryan, D. Hurst, A. Castenelle, D . Clarke, C. Cunningham, A. Stanley, A. Holbrook. THE RYAN FAMILY (Bottom Left) (Bottom Right) JUNIOR SCHOOL FRONT ROW : J. Stokes, D. Orr, P . F lynn, P. Murphy, P. Orr, M. Bahen, D. Farrelly, J. O 'Halloran, M. Winship, T. Hawke, J. Hulsewe, A . M ahoney, P. Mahoney, J. Lawrie. SECOND ROW: G. Baker, P. Farrell, P. Dunphy, M. Hawke. THIRD ROW : P . Stokes, S. H opkins, S. MacNeill, P . Delfs, J. Delfs, E. Johnston, J. Micheilides, E. Clarke. N. Bellmore, M. Kelly, R. N ettleton, J. Tilley. (Continued Below) FOURTH ROW : P. Baker, P. H opkins. A. H awke, J. Cullity, P. M organ, E . K eely, S. Farrell, E. Hopkins, M. Farrelly, G. Ryan, M. Hicks. FIFTH ROW : J. Hadfield, C. Cocks, P . Adams, M. Farrell, E. William s, S. Marshall, V. Lumsden, A. M cBride, P. Orr, M. Gardiner, S. Farrar. SIXTH ROW:' K. Dobson, L. Robinson, M . Adams, S. Hogan, J . Stokes, L . Ryan, J. Harrold, S. Stewart, V . Stewart, J. Meehan, M. Holbrool\, l)J;:VEN').'H ROW : J . N j ~ IJti n ga JI, S. Meyer, M. Wright, S. Gallagher, C. Daly, D. Hughes, N. Teague, J. Monk. LORETO CONVENT, CLAREMONT, W.A. TOP: JUNIORS & SUB-JUNIORS FRONT ROW : G. O'Loughlin, D . O 'Donnell, P . Drake-Brockman, M . Quinla n, R. W antling, J . Connell, J. Carmichael, C. O 'Halloran, M . Slattery, L. M c Namara, P. Canny, S. Dodd. SECOND ROW: A. Ventouras, M. Zilko, B. Bessen, J. Agnew, L. Hamilton, M. Connell, P. Shanahan, J. Barden, B. Indermaur. THIRD R OW: ]. Hartigan, J . Piggford, F . Ryan, C. Wish art, K. Turner, C. Noble, P. O 'Connor, T . Les lie, S. Ryan, A. F itzgerald, A. Shanahan. FOURTH ROW: V. Meehan, M. Payne, P. Jones, C. Dobson, ]. Bid dies, R. Watkins, N . M cMahon, M . Dimond, J. B ull. FIFTH ROW: E. Dymond, J. Hogan, V. Leeson, F . Ventouras, C. Flynr., E. Prendergast, J. Hanson, B. Ni cholls, A. M. Lennon. SIXTH ROW: R. Lorrimar, H. Devane, J . Atkinson, M. Singleton, H. Humphries, J. Davis, S. Allen, L . Brennan, A. M. McAuliffe. SEVENTH R OW : G. Fitzgerald, M. M eeha n, H. Downes, M. R. Dunphy, A . Ahern, M. W iese, M. Ryan, S. Tomlinson. BOTTOM: MIDDLE SCHOOL FRONT ROW (left to right): P. Wrig ht, T. Logue, E. Clarke, R. O'Halloran, C. Wilkinson, M. Curran, T. Beckett, N . Collier, L . Hackett, Y. Antoine, S. Wood, S. Connelly, M. O 'Halloran, C. Clarke, S. Bridgwood, K . O ' Loughlin. SECOND ROW : R. Garnett, E. Ahern, K. Lumsden, B. Hynes, B. Drake-Brockman, A. Farrell , T . Atkinson, M. Ladner, M. Ladner, M. Boddy, A. M. Baker, A. Harrold, M. O 'Halloran. THIRD ROW: L. Nettleton, R. Gannon, K. Parnell, C. Bridgwood, A. Rossiter, A. Wheeler, E. Ryan, D. Sullivan, L . M cM ahon, R. M a rshall, B. Stewart. FOURTH ROW: R. Winship, M. McM ahon, N. Ryan,]. Lavan, J . Keena n, S. Glynn, J. Flynn, M. Lanagan, S. Vallantine, T. E ngelbrecht, F. Curtis. FIFTH ROW: T. Hughes, L. Miles, V. Skeet, J . Keeling, J. de Rooy, ]. Ridley, N . Clarke, C. Pozzi, M. B rennan. SIXTH ROW: L. J. Crommelen, L. Evangelisti, J. Beckett, M. Barrett, C. Macdougall, N. Connell, J. Cuming, j . Clark e. BACK ROW : E. Collins, D. Cocks, A. Davis, M. Maunsell, B . Weise, S. W eise, A. Hindley, J. Byron, L. Logue. i\BSENT : B . Page, M . A. Demarte, J. Hagan, J. Lloyd. Views and Opinions I THE CAUSES OF DELINQUENCY commitling petty crimes just for the excitement of it. The problem of J uven i]e Delinquency Joo m s . But of all the causes of Juvenile Delinquency, I large in the public news to-day, because of the alarm Lhmk the most important is the widespread drift ing number of teenage children who appear before from God and religion in a great majority of homes our courts on charges of dishonesty. In ever y age to-day. · ~here have been problem children, but why is it that SUZANNE CHAPPLE (16 ) m the 20th century, with all its wonderful illveulions Brisbane. and its rapid progress in ever y sphere of ]earning, we are so affJicted with juvenile d elinquents. ANTIQUE SHOPS . Perhaps we arc justified in saying that the Ove r the ages, man has forever been imbued Umtcd States, with its T elevision and modern enter with the urge to acquire r elics and art pieces of tainments, is suffering more from its enoi·mous num ~ygon e eras. Unfortunately, the modern collector bers of Juvenile Delinquents than any other nation. is able to realise few of his dreams. But although he is worthy of note that the first Juvenile Criminal It may n ever hope to enrich his home with the rare Court was establish ed there in 1901, with Benjamin works of art, assembled by such a man as Rothschild Lindsay as the first judge. The principle of this desire may s?mewhat appeased, by the court was that d elinquent children should he treated hi ~ ~ e pl e a s ur ~ gamed from v1 e w111g these treasures in the public not as criminals, but as wards of the state n eeding museum. Many of the museums have assimilated aid and en couragem ent. the pa?t hundred years, the huge .Many events and happenings are blamed for the ov ~ r colJection~ bmlt up during the R enaissance and the seventeenth causes of J uveniJ.e Delinquency. The£e m ay h e true, and eighteenth centuries. hut at the root o{ all the trouble is the modern home. A casual observer, while strolling through the Bishop Fulton Sh een, one of today's most popular crowded byways and arcades of the city, will invari speakers, suggests that most of the unrest in society ably come across d ecrepit looking antique shops. to-day, ~ au se d b y juvenile crime, is owing to three F ew people are able to resist the lure of the faded types ot parents, who can be classifiefl as the three sign, " W e sell genuine antiques." D's. On a dark Victorian table, amidst one hundred There is the doting parent, whom we have often odds and ends, such as thimbles, pincushions and met. T eachers know only too well what to exp ect snuffboxes, _y ou are just as likely to find a partic11 - from the doting parent, the first day the child is larly beautiful sea-sh ell. Shells especially lend c.nrolled at sc ~.ool . There must be no training on them selves to decorative purposes. In the eighteenth little Johnny, 1{ Mummy is the doting parent. The century, they were a ?ource of inspiration for designs child who is brought up in such a home, learns to for 1~1rror s and ~ hair backs. They also provided get anything h e wants from his parents. So the early ~natenal for the nmeteenth-century cameo carver. It training in self discipline is Jacking; and when it 1s from nature, which supplies us with such beauties comes to a really serious crime in the teens, the chil Of course it will be a little difficult to level the 'VHAT THE MONTHS OF THE ground; Mount Eliza will take quite a bit of gelignite t~ r e n~ovf' it, and some p eople will probably be YEAR MEAN killed 111 the operation. But HORSES ON THE CAMARGUE * Drawn by Mary Nathan, P ast Pupil Normanhurst In the grey wastes of drea.d, H eading his course for home, Th<' haunt of shattered gulls w hPre nothing moves Though sixty foreign leagues before him sweep, But in a shroud of silence likP the dead, Will never rest until he breathes the foam A nd hPars the native thunder of the deep. l heard a sudden harmony of hooves, A nd, turning, saw a/cir But w hen the great gusts rise A hundred snowy horses unconfined, A nd fosh their ang<'r on these arid coasts, The silver runaways of Neptune's car W hen th<' scared gulls career with mournful cries Racing, spray-curled , like waves before the wind. A nd w hirl a.cross the waste like driven ghosts: When hciil and fire converge, Sons of th<' Mistral, fleet The only souls to w hich they strike no pain A re the w hite-crested fillies of the surge As him w ith w hose strong gusts they love to flee, And the w hite horses of the windy plain. Who shod the flying thundPrs on their feet A nd plumed the m with the snort.ings of the sea; T hen in their strength cind pride T heirs is no earthly breed The stallions of the wilderness rejoice; Who only Tumnt the verges of the earth T hey feel their Master's trident in their side, A nd only on th<' sea's salt herbage feed - A nd high and shrill they answer to his voice. Surely the great w hite breakers gave them birth. With w hite tciils smoking free, Long streaming manes, and arching necks, they show Their kinship to their sisters of the sea - For when for years ci slave, A nd forward hurl their thunderbolts of snow. A horse of the Canwrgue, in alien lands, Should catch some far-off fragrance of the wcwe Still out of hardship bred , Carried far inland from his 1uitive sands, S pirits of power and beauty and delight Many have told the tale Have ever on such frugal pastures fed Of how in fury, foaming at the rein, A nd loved to course with tempests through the night. H e hurls his rider ; and with Zif ted tail, ROY CAMPBELL. W ith coal-red eyes and cataracting mane, * Marsh near the m outh of the Rhone, France. 58 LORETO CONVENT, N EDLANDS, W.A. (Ab()ve) LEAVING & SUR-LEAVING BACK ROW : R. Ca rroll. J. Clune (Head of t he School), B . Cran field. ECOND ROW: P. Miller, K. Dwyer, B. Coffey, M. Rintoul, J. H ealy. RONT ROW : J . Quirke, R. Mi ller, A. Edgar, P. Clancy, M. Joyce, K. R.ley. CENTRF: PREFECTS WINNERS OF THE MURSELL S HIELD BACK ROW: K . Dwyer, ]. Clune ( H ead of the School) , B. Coffey. D. Whiteley, A. Edgar, ] . Clune, B. Coffey. FRO NT ROW : P . Miller, R. Carroll, B. Cranfield, M. Rin toul. (Coach: Mr. S. Edwards) . TOP RIGHT: SUB-JUNIOR CLASS BACK ROW: M. Donaldson, K. Wilmink, L. Durack, A. M c Mullen, S. Rowe. SE COND ROW: S. W a llwork, P. M arkey, D. O'Donohue, A. Sheridan, D. Ralston. BOTTOM LEFT: FRONT ROW: M . Furlon g, P . L:thgo, A. W orner, A. C. Healy, T. Elliott. J. Quinn, H. Smith. THE CHAPEL ABSENT: C. Fountain. LORETO CONVENT, NEDLANDS, W.A. JUNIOR PUBLIC CLASS (Top Left) . GRADES IV and V (Bottom Left) FORM III (Top Right). FORMS I and II (Bottom Right> (SEE NA1"1"ES PAGE 88 ) LORETO CO VENT, NEDLANDS, W. A. GRADE I. BACK ROW : M. L. Treven cn, C. M cComish, G . H artley, C. Anderson, M . L . McCarte1. SECOND ROW : M. Snowball, R. Anderson, V . Hanson, D. Brown, P. W orner, H . Cherry, J. Ellis, M. L. Baker, G. Beaton. FRONT R OW : M. Hitchman, B . Colbert, G Pinakis, P. Fuller. ABSENT : P. J ohnson. GRADES II. & IU. BACK RO W : R. Nicholas, M. Adams, M. T . J ensen, J . Beaton, J . Ryan. SECOND ROW: R. Moore, J. Seward, D. Barker, M. Brown, C. Ahern, J. J ohnson, J . Cha1>pl e, B. E lli ott. FRONT ROW : ] . Quinlan, H . W alsh, M. J. H a m ilton-Brown, J . Montefiore, E. Triverios, C. M c Carthy, L. Fuller, Y . K urz, M . R. Miller. INSET : P . Bea ton, D. Cole. CONFIRMATION GROUP BACK ROW: J . M cDonald, S. Somers, E . Palandri, S. Edwards, P. Wright, M . Adam s, C. Brophy, E. Donnan, H . Ralston, M . Wilm ink. THIRD R OW : C. Keog h, J. Castanelle, K . Elliott, D. Smith, P. Adam, S. Franetovich, P. D aly-Smith, J. Bonser, P. F erg uson, D . Ralston, D. Colvin, J. Baker, S. Boyd. SECOND ROW : L. O 'Hara, B. Ireland, W . B aker, A . Nicholas, A. D o nnan, L. Brophy, P. Walsh, J. Logan, M. Burnett, C. Wri gh~, D. Riley, j. Slade, J. M. Seward, D. Sheri dan, K . Kee. FRO NT R OW : C. Fuller, J. Byrne, P. Healy, R . E lliott, K. Durkin, M. Lithgo, C. Bonser, G. Adams, M . O'Keefe, G. Stewart, J. Brown, R. Hitchman, M. Grieve, M. Colbert. 61 Interesting People CINEMA REPORT FROM MADRID Overseas secular papers tell us that U.S. film producers are making at least ten major pictures in Spain this year, representing an investment of 25 million dollars. The report adds that Madrid has supplanted Rome as the cinema capital of Europe. This cinema boom in Spain is public knowledge in the secular world. Less publicised is the remarkable fact that for over two years several of Hollywood's top script-writers have been preparing texts for Father P eyton's fifteen new film s - half-hour films in gloriou colour - on the Mysterie3 of the Rosary. The actual filming is taking place in Madrid, so ideally situated for Biblical landscape scenes and with sunny skies for colour photography. The finest talent in Spain has zealously joined forces with their American associates. The studio in Madrid has an atmosphere, that sets it apart from an ordinary Hollywood studio. Each day begin with Holy Mass so that all - technicians, actors and directors - will have the spiritual help they need. One hundred and eighty acto1·s and actresses, representing some of the finest talent in Spain, are taking part. The role of Our Lady in the Joyful Mysteries will be portrayed by Dolores Cantavella, a humble Spanish girl from the mountains of south eastern Spain. She was chosen from among five hun DOLORES CANTAVELLA dred Spanish girls ; and it was a tremendous risk Joseph Breen took, in view ·of h er complete lack of actor. Like the hundred of Hollywood stars who experience; but it was one that has paid dividends. have been co-operative in the world-wide effort to Dolores photographed beautiful1y and was the restore family prayer in every home, Senor Vilar essence of sweetness and gentleness, taking direction and other prominent actors and actt·esses of Spain and trying to compreh end this new world in which and Portugal have backed Father P eyton's pro she suddenly found h erself. Through the weeks, gramme with their professional talents. Virgilio Dolores has g1·eatly changed without losing any of h er T eixeria, celebrated Portuguese actor, will he seen lovely simplicity. From the speechless little girl ~ h e as John, the beloved disciple. has blossomed into a creature full of vivacity and fun. The face of Christ will never be seen in these She is beginning to realise she is becoming famous ; films; the part is being played by two different men. her pictures have appeared in n ewspapers and maga The spirit of all the actors and actresses is exempli zines all over the world. fi ed in the following incident which occurred on thP Dolores lives in a little house, typical of that area film set: w ·hen the scourging was taking place it of Spain, with h er mother, father and two sisters. At was impossible to fake 01· camouflage the blows, and first the family were not at all pleased to see Dolores the actor who was taking the part of Christ accepted suddenly launching into the film world; at one point the tenible beating without once wincing. At the they even came to Madrid to bring h er home. But end of the day when the director sympathised with wh en they saw that sh e wa being guided and pro him over the many painful welts on his back , his tected, and saw the work of the filming they re turned ~ imple reply was : " J e us had more" . . . When the home, satisfied that Dolores would com e to no harm. soldier was to hit Christ on the face during the She is staying with the Loreto nuns at the Colegio of crow11in g with thorns, the director showed how to the I.B.V.M., and she begins every day with Mass and take a blow so as not to feel its full impact; but the Holy Communion in the convent chapel. We need acto1· simply said, "Why not just le t. them hit m e ?" ha1·dly add that sh e says her rosary. P eople who Those who know him intimately say that this man have seen h er acting on the screen in the Joyful has a missionary outlook on the part he is playing. Mysteries say that she is a director's casting dream He hopes that out of his own suffering during the come true. scene of Christ's Passion, the world will come to love In the Sorrowful and the Glorious Mysteries Christ more. Our Lad will be played by the Spanish actress, (Compiled in Sydney, p artly from an article in Maruchi Fresno. The important part of St. Peter will the American Loretto Rainbow signed by "IBVM, be played by Antonio Vilar, celebrated Spanish Spain.") 62 LORETO MY MISSION ARY BROTHER 1 I ho u1.d1 L a ;; I n ·adwd t h f' !' ml of m y ;; ix teen-m ii !' Dutch. This missionary son seems to h ave b Pen trip uphill from Ran<'hi, th <' rc must be happie r ways d estined for the Socie ty ~ f J esus, as his mother (who of vi sit in/! a ho$pital than h v l!e tting sick. The bright 1Ee d a few years ag~ in Spiney) hoped that he new bricks of tht' i\landar Ho;; pital ros!' lw fore me would be bo rn on the 31st July, the frast of St. in striking contrast to it s rlra li surro undings. I was lgnatius. His hirthclay is the 28th July. His saintl y mounting tlw ste ps, wlwn a ri ch Ar nc rican accent a nd loving moth e r must now rejo ice over his dedi('a l 111arl e m e ;; tart: ''Sun· is hut around he r.-! '" Lt was e d a nd gene ro us life. followed h~ - the unexpecl!'d a ppar111 o n of S ister HanR m a tric ulat ed at St. ll!natius' Colkgc, River Franc is, who a l that moml" nt ro unded tlw corne r 10 vit'W (Sy APAWl'HEID lN SOUTH AFRICA atte nd. Tlw Catholic M ission schools arc tho,:e that arc f<'d i11 g it 1110:' 1. Indeed , the Church in South lt is no t 011 ly a n un-C h ri stia11 pol icy: i I louks A frica need s all your prayers a11d sacrifices. very much like a d eadl y vc ril to the W hile nice in So uth Africa. lts application to th(' scl111ol ,- i ~ h av in g Lo re to Con vent, M. d e S. (lBVM ) a deplorable 1·ffccl. A lready it is estimated that Pre toria. (forme rly in the community of Nlary"s over a million native childre n ha ve nu sd1ool lo Mount, Ballarat. A ustralia) 63 AUSTRALIAN MISSIO ER IN I DIA Top Left: The Rev. H Hendricks, S.J. Top Right: Missionary Pupils. Centre: At De Nobili Col lege (Poona). Bottom Left: F a ther and Son. Bottom Right: Receiving the Mission Cross. 64 LORETO Group - Captain Cheshire, with Loreto Nuns of the Darjeeling community, two of whom are Austra· lians. The two children, boarders at the convent, are the daughters of Group-Captain Cheshire's friends, Mr. and Mrs. D. Fletcher.* *See letter below. GROUP-CAPTAIN CHESHIRE. V.C .. D.S.0.o D.F.C. We had Britain'e wonderful V.C. airman h e re would you ple ase take over?" Cheshire smiled, rose in early March. HP mad e' a fonr davs' retreat with Nagri Tea Estate, man. Since your article appeared, his work has widened Darjeeling, and progressed. He now has nineteen Homes, seven 14th March, 1957. oi them in India. I am not a Catholic, Pam, although My Dear Pam Byrne, I have two little daughters at Loreto, Darjeeling; but since meeting Leonard Cheshire I shall gladly do You will b e surprised to get this letter I exp2ct, everything in my power to further his cause. but it comes to you for a very special r eason. A copy of "Loreto" was lent to me by Mother Marie Antoinett:; I wonder what you are planning to do after you of Loreto Convent, Darjeeling; it conta ined your im leave L oreto? Leonard Cheshire has a great need for agined int2rview with Group Captain Leonard Cheshire, dedicated nurses who would be prepared to join him in V.C. . . . Mother Antoinette* had a particular reason this great work of relieving suffering all over the earth. l have been privileged in being able to write to some for lending it to me at t hat time. You see Group of the fine people who have offered him help, and on Captain Cheshire himself had arrived to stay with me his behalf advising them what they can do to best serve. for a very s hort visit, that day, and she knew that he It is a pleasure to write also to you, and tell you that h e would like to see what you had written.** It is a wonderful thing to meet anyone like Leonard feels yours is the sort of article which will help people Cheshire. I hope that one day you may have the chance to understand a little better, the reasons and the hopes to meet h im yourself, Pam. Yesterday I took him in which now lie behind his motives. my Land Rover down from the great foothills of the Yours sincerely, Himalayas to see him set off for Singapore. Now that he is gone and I have had time to realise the impact DAVID WILSON FLETCHER. of his extraordinary personality, I feel that I s hould * Mr. Fle tcher's eulogy of M. M. Antoinette Hughes let you know that you have summed up his background is omitted. and aims with remarkable accuracy. He is a truly great ** See Loreto magazine, 1956. 65 LORETO THROUGH JOURNALISTIC EYES DOWDEN BACK : wh ere, after a brief p au se, h e insp ected a Guard of Antarct ic Scientist r eturns. I ntrepid, stable Dick H on our p rovided by the three Services. Central Min Dowden studied Scien ce 1951-4. Made his m ark as isters and m embers of the diplomatic corps were S.R.C. represen tative 1952-3. W as radiophysicist with then introduced to him. This formality over the th e Austral ian N a tional Antarctic R esearch E x Dalai Lama m oved towards the Buddhist monks. p edition to Macquar ie I sland, 1955-6. They bowed to him. Then h e ascended a rostrum Honi Soit (Journal of the Students' R epresentative where h e was introduced to the assembled p eople. Council, Univer sity of Sydney) A pril 4, 1957. T h e Dalai Lam a said that h e was happy to be in Then followed Dick's article from which we cull India and grateful to the Government and the people one p aragraph : Desp ite the weather , Macquar ie is a of India for the r eception they had given him . . . . p h o tographer's p ar adise. Ap art from the rugged The Statesnuin (Calcutta d aily paper ) beauty of the island itself, first-class photos of birds 25th November, 1955 are remarkably easy to get. The alba trosses are both See page 76 of this issue of Loreto. beautiful anrl huge ( the W andedng Albatross has a AP ARTHEID I N SOUTH AFRICA : wing span of 17 feet ) , yet one can walk (or rathe1· clim b ) r igh t u p to them and even pick them up and A rchbish op McCann of Cape Town was one of arrange th em like fl owe rs i n a vase. Move him out the fi rst to condemn the governmen t's proposal to for a be u er back ground, have him look a little more force a colour bar on m any churches. H e was fol to the right, and so on ... lowed by A rchbishop Hurley of Durban and A r ch See Loreto m agazine, 1956, p . 26. bish op G arner of Pre toria. They stated that all Catholic church es in South A frica would remain DALAi LAMA IN D E LHI: open to all races. Said A r chbishop Garner : " W e BIG WELCOME AT ATRPORT have n o N ative or E uropean church es : they are a11 CHEERING CROWDS ALONG ROUTE Catholic church es." All the Protestant churches Never befo re h as Delhi witnessed such a l arge h ave ranged them selves beside the Catholic leaders. gath erin g of saffron-robed B uddhist m onks as (Universe, March 15, 1957) crowded th e airport. T her e wer e Buddhists from Concerning the government proposed to prevent Nepal , T ibet, Sikkim, Burma, Malaya, Ceylon , and N atives from aUending W hite Universities : If Mr. even some fro m U.S.A. Strijdom did not intend to convey a n ew threat to As the Dala i L ama ligh ted from the plan e the the univer sities in his sp eech at Pre toria, h e should cr owd shouted " D alai Lama ki jai." The Vice h ave said so; for the speech as delivered implied a Presiden t, D r. R adh akrishnan, and Mr. Nehru were ver y obvious threat. the first to r eceive h im b y offer ing the t raditional (Rand Daily Mail, J ohannesburg, A pril 9, 1957) scarves. Gently holding him b y the arm, Mr. N ehru an d D r. Radh akrishnan escorted him to a sh amiana, See page 63 of this issue of Loreto. VINNY D'CRUZ Last year , our Y .C.S. week ended on a good :n ote, and Man. T h e Church is Christ and m en, embody when the R eligious Assistant invited an Asian ing the unity of E ternity, space and time. Such is unive rsity student, Vinny d'Cruz, to come to sp eak the splendour of the Church , and our vision of it. to us on L ead ership in Catholic Action. Neve r h as As opposed to the Christian vision, ther e is the any p erson m ade such an impression on m e, because vision of the Communists, extending only over space his sim ple but lively manner of speaking conveyed to and time. The degree of fervour it can produce in his au d ien ce what h e wanted to say. its adher ents, gives us Christians much food for Vinny r eminded us that we are leader s of thought, and ought to spur us on to k eep always Cath olic Action, which is a " particip a tion by the before us our eternal d estiny, since Communists are laity in th e h eir archical ap ostolate" (Pius X I ) . striving after an earthly paradise, an impossible Livin g as we do in groups and communities, we dream. simpl y cannot h elp influencing one ano ther all the Since we had Vinny's talk, there has been a r e time. W hat we say about the nuns, sports, exam s, awak ening of enthusiasm for Y.C.S. in the school, girls or fil ms, h as its effect on o the rs who ar e listen which we attribute largel y to the inEpiring ideals which h e put before us in his talk on Leader ship. ing. JOSEPHINE SIMMONDS (18), Y.C.S. leader s, h e said, must be the true leaders Brisbane. among the studen ts. T h ey should not be chosen from th e p refects or the Senior Class only ; and not from th ese group s a t all, unless they are r eal leaders. NEWS FOR THE AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL E ach leader sh ould h ave a vision, which, as it is the SOCIETY: The Emancipists were the sheep and goats Christian vision, is three dimensional, extending led over the Blue Mountains by Governor Macquarie. over space, tim e and e ternity. In time and sp ace, we RUM MARRIAGES: The nobles became wealthy by ar e workin g out our eter nal d estin y. Christ is God piracy, marriage and other fraudulent means. 66 LORETO ARCHAEOLOGISTS A. As we11 as the many artists, poets and composers, as a Legionary's spear" it goes northwardR. Wat ling who~e names have gonl' down in the vast ho1oks of Street was almost certa inly the route which Julius hi~tory , then• is a group of people ahout whom we Caegar took in 54 B.C., ·and which the Emperor hear not nearly enough. Without courageous archaeo Claudius look nearly a century later. We have to logists we would know very little of the early race ~ . I hank L eonard Cot I rell an E. LECTURE ON UR OF THE CHALDEES On similar ta blets were written their laws which were accorded a place of special h onour and prom F ew of us had the opportunity to study Archae inence in the cultural structure of Mesopotamia. The ology, but since an inter esting lecture we had on the Legal Code placed all p eople equal before the eyes subject, many of us would like to study it. Beautiful of the Law, and taught them respect for private slides showed us wonders of pre-historic civilisations, property, literature and science. chiefly of ancient Mesopotamia. They threw a n ew light on the Old T estament. \Ve felt ourselves on more familiar ground when Ur, the royal city of A braham was mentioned. it From the slides we learnt that uninteresting In ther e was a temple dedicated Lo the Moon-god. It looking mounds were found to conceal as many as forty differ ent buried cities. Only archaeologists was because the people of Ur were so intent on wor can discover from pieces of jutting masonry and shipping this god that God ordered Abraham to broken potte ry secrets hidden for thousands of years. leave the city. Ur itself was by np means a small Before excavations can begin specialists in Archae city. Its houses, which had flat roofs, had between fourteen and twenty rooms. W e all thought that ological History, Potter y, Draftsmanship, and bathrooms wer e modern additions to the home until Photography are need ed. The modern technique is we saw that each house had its own. to divide the site into squares with ridges for walk ing between these squa res. The two men allotted to It would be impossible to tell all the interest each square have to make the excavations by hand mg things that we learnt during that hour. lest damage be done to any ruin that may be there. W e spent some time afterwards gazing at some of W e arc inclined lo belit1le the Stone-age Man the treasures that have been recovered. Many were but is h e r eally as primitive as we think? \Ve were the questions that we asked as wc examined such astonieh ed Lo find that pillars seventy-nine feel high, household articles as the tiny oil lamps an d wonder beautifully carved and decorated, have been dis ed how they could give sufficient light. And we covered. Many of his drawings which have been tried to decipher the strange signs on the writing uncovered show that h e was quite civilized , for his tablets. P e1·haps one day we may h ave the writing which consists of separate signs for words or opportunity of making som e discoveries for our syllabics is a complex procedure. Accurate Mathe selves as there is still a huge mound that has not been matical tables and even P ythagorous' Theorem have touched. been found on the clay table ts which were used at KATHLEEN HAYES (15), this time. Dawson Street. THE MUSIC CAMP, FRENSHAM, 1957 During January this year, 1 spent a fortnight le LL ers, sunbaked or talked. At five iu the evening, with one hundred and forty girls and boys at the there was a cocktail concert given b y the campers National Music Camp, which, for the first time, was and usually chamber music of various types filled held in New South Wales. The association had the programme. It was amazing how the different rented "Fren sham" at Mittagong, where the beauti groups formed and produced really delightful music. ful surroundings increased the joys of a fortnight's One duet which particularly attracted my interest music-making. was a composition for bassoon and double bass. It was really fascinating, being quite out of the ordinary The atmosphere is very friendly and informal at way of chamber music. camp and everyone is made feel "at home." The campers were divided into three orchestras- West, It is very interesting to meet all the tutors and Bryant and K enned y, and the students gave two a really wonderful opportunity for an y young people, orchestral concerts and two chamber music recitals for even among your fellow campers you meet some for the public. The tutors gave two chamber music amazing p eople. The first p erson who comes to my programmes which were very much appreciated as mind at this point is Ian Cooper, one of the boys at the tutors comprised twenty of Australia's first class camp. Ian is only nineteen , yet h as his diploma of musicians- m en such as Lindley Evans, Ernest piano and organ, plays the trombone in the first Llewellyn, Lloyd Davies, Stan Roberts, Gladstone orchestra- yet he is stone blind, and has been from Bell, and of course, Australia's conductor, Professor birth. John Bishop. The ladies were very well represented My stay in Mittagong was one of the most at camp too, to m ention a few: Otti Veit, Audrey enjoyable holidays I h ave spent and I was very sorry W alklate and Sybil Copeland. to leave at the end of the fortnight. THERESE LECHTE (17), The pivot around which each day revolved was music- music for all- but never at any time was it Mary's Mount. boring. The morning was devoted to orch estral practice and tutorials ; but after two o'clock, one TOO, TOO ACCURATE: Four-year-old (managing was free to sp end the afternoon ad lib. Some formed chamber music groups, others went for hikes or a her decade at the family rosary during a bakers' strike): swim, while the rest went down the street, wrote Give us this day our staley bread. 69 THE NOVITIATE, LORETO CONVENT, NORMANHURST As seen from the fron t lawn : Novitiate in the middle ba ckground. Looking towa rds Sydney a long a western balcony. Looking f rom western ba lcony over the farm, tow a rd s the Blue Mounta ins. View f rom a ba lcony showing a g roup of N ovices in the g rounds. They ca n see the Sydney H a rbour Bridge. 70 LORETO CONVENT, MARRYATVILLE, S.A. TOP: PREFECTS BOTTOM: FATHERS' CLUB Left to right: PREFECTS: LORETO, MARRY ATVILLE, 1957: FRONT ROW: Therese Jungfer, Caroline Harris (Head of School), Jill Brady. SECOND ROW : Mary Hannan, Anne. Kennare, Sue Scantlebury, Judy Phelan, Janet Stott. BACK ROW: Helen M cCarthy, Anne Halloran, Deirdre O'Loghlin, Judy Sykes. MEMBERS OF LORETO FATHERS' COMMITTEE, MARRYATVILLE. FRONT ROW : Messrs. J. Kerin, H . McEwen, J. Tennyson-Woods, D . Kenny, G. Scantlebury, G. W alters, J. Walsh, R. Ward, 0 . Atkinson. BACK ROW: Messrs. J . Kelly, R. Burden, G. Gregerson, P . Heysen, G. Tunbridge, L. Doyle, N . Springbctt, R. Naulty, W . Riches. ABSENT : W . Buchanan, K. James. 71 LORETO CONVENT, MARRYATVILLE, S.A. The Assembled School (433 pupils) on Sports Day. LORETO CONVENT, MARRYATVILLE, S.A. HIS LORDSHIP, MOST REVEREND J. W . GLEESON, D.D., Titular Bishop of Sesta and Auxiliary to the Archbishop of Adela ide, immediately after his consecration. VIEW OF CONVENT FROM NEW PLAYING FIELD, LORETO, MARRYATVILLE. Below: Sports Day. 73 LORETO CONVENT, MARRYATVILLE, S.A. . - - . ~- . ... .a.. ~· ~ • . - ; ~ T-,-t-- 1 .. .;. w.-~ "" ...... - ...... " ..... -·- -.I Scenes on the New Playing Field. (cont. from page 75) S. RANDALL PREPARATORY (Girls) C. WILSON P. CORNWELL J. SCOLLlN llf. ATKINSON J. CLANCHY S. DARWENT J . TOBIN J. BAKER D. EVANS C. CASTLE PREPARATORY (Boys) M. GOUGH (Boys) M. CONNER J. GUNSON M. BOYLAN M. CRAY S. CLAVER A. HOEY N. BROWN L. EDWARDS J. FOUNTAIN K. JAMES J. BYRNE J . FIELDER P. FRIED L. JORDAN M. KELLY S. FUSSIN C. GLAETZER M. KEENE G. FUSSJN M. KLEMICH R. HEYSEN C. KENIHAN J . JOSEPH A. McINTOSH G. HORNE R. KENNE DY R. PANIZZA P. REGAN C. HORVAT C. McNAMARA 1\L RICE S. SPRINGBETT l. KELLY P. MULHEARN P. WALSH L. STRUTHERS S. POWER H . O'LOGHLIN C. WINCHESTER S. UNI ACKE A. ROLLER LORETO ROLL CALL, LORETO, MARRYATVILLE, 1957 LEAVING HONOURS J. HAYES H . NAUTLY 1\L JASIAK R. HlGGINS H . NOLAN J . JOHNSON J. BRADY M. A. HON NER E. O'BRIEN P. JOHNSON M. HANNAN M. JOLLEY JJ . QUINLAN S. K EELY C. llARRTS H . KEN NEDY A. REGAN f. KRUMINS If. McCARTH Y J. KEARNS P. REILLY A. LAFFAN J. STOTT E. LAMBERT R. RICHARDS C. McCARTHY C. LUNN A. RICHES F. 1\ITNARELLI LEAVING C. MATHEWS P. ROWELL C. MUELLER A. ANGOVE P . McANANEY Y. SPEl'llCER G. NAULTY P . CAUG HT A. McCARTHY 1-1. TAYLOR E. O'CONNOR If. DOHERTY A. McNABB R. THOMP!::ON A. P ACKI-IAM C. DOYLE I'. .\ll C l!ALAN I::Y E. VIDOVIC A. PARTRIDGE J. Fl SJ-IER M. ~ I ORTARTY ~ 1. TEXLER M . PlERCE R. GREE N C. ~ 1 U RP l - fY lll. REGAN A. HALLORAN M. o·co N ELL GRADE VI A. R E CLLY M . llARlllSON S. l'lERCE J. SINCLAIR R. l S ENSTE I N B. l'RES\OT'I' V. AN \.OVF. J. SKERRITT W. JONES T. QUINN M . BAKER E. TOLLODAY T. JUNGFER I'. R IC ll A RDS M . BEACH M . T URNER J. McKI::NZl E E. RI C l! ARDS II. B E RTRAllI J. U HDANOFF A. KELLY D. ROVE N. BURDEN J. WALSH A. KENNARE S. ROY A l. L DOH ERTY A. LAWRIE II . S HANNON 111. T. D UP U Y GRADE III D. O'LOG l lLI N ~ I. M . S~ 11Tlf J . FRIED G. BOYLAN S. l'ARIS ll M. STOTT A. GRAY i\ f. BRANDON J . PHELA N I.. T ll Oi\'IPSON I '. GRE ;ERSON 1\l. T. FOUNTAIN P. l'RIDlf A~ r J . TTl YER J. HAMlLTON A. HAYES M . REILLY S. T UNBR IDGE R. HART J. HIGGI NS S. SCA T l. E IH ' R\' A . lJTIAl.Dl S. KENNY I. l fUSSTN W. S PRl NG llETT P . U PTON R . KERIN S. JAMES J. SYKES A. \\' AI.SH M. KIN G M. J01 ES S. WIITTE J. v\llLLI AMS I'. LANE C. JORDAN n. WOOD I'. MADIGAN K. JOSEPH INTERMEDIATE M . MALAG S. KELLY J. MARSHALL J. AR~ 1 STR01\G FIRST YEAR B. KOJ.DOWSKI E. MAT! U KAS E. MADIGAN E. flAR N' ETT C. ABBOTT M. A. McCLURE M . DENN ETT R. ARNOLD M. MUNRO-FORD ~I. J . McCLURE B. :MU RRAY M. BLAC KS llA\\' I'. BARNErr K. MOOR E J. BROOKS C. BRAZEL P. NEAGLE P. ~v1 0 R C0 11t J . O'LOGl-ILl N B. BROW N I '. BRO\\' N J . O ' KELLY A. HURLEY l. CO NN OLLY T. PANIZZA F. O'LOGl!LlN S. PERDELWITZ G. CAMERON D . CROTTl S. PRINCE Y. CHENE S. DOHERTY J . PROPERJOlll\ P . RYAN E. Sll-fU llfA N E. CULSllA \\' J . E D\\/ ARDS C. SHANNON V. CURTAI N L. GEORGE M . SHEEHAN C. SHEA P. S H E RIDA 1 R. DORA T I. GLASS S. SMITH ll. DORIA N M. GLYNN M . STEBE RT S. SPRTNGBETT B. WHEELER E. DOYLE C. \.OLDIE I'. TU R NBULL I.. FIELDER A. GR IGUOL R. TYLE R GRADE II (Girls) J. GLYNN S. ll Ai\11 LTON S. WARD C. ANDER SON J. GREEN M. KEEN D . \V E Bll L. HA NNA A. KEN TH AN E. BAULDERSTONE D. H ENDERSON' D. KOC l f GRADE V G. BREW H . JOSEPH S. LEN NON B. NET.SO N -BRADY D. KEATS R. LUMB A. AN DERSON P. BU RDEN K. AN TALFFY R. KEATS A. ~ l cCUS KER J. DAVEY B. KENNED\' P. Mc LA UG HLI N C. 11 AKbR S. D ITTY J. LAWTO N M . McNAMARA A. BAULDERSTONE P. DOHERTY P. T.O NERAGA :\' A. MORCO M M. BRAZZALE C. HAMLIN J . l'vfARTl N M. M U l':I.LER Y. HUCKT.E Y U. JTA J\'COCK J . McANANEY M . NI C ll OLAS S. BYRNE R. J-I EYSEN S. McEWEN L. VON N TEDERMUELLER lf. CAMPBELL R. H OCKI NG H. CAPPELLUTTI A. ~ l cTNERNEY K. PRESCOTT D. H OR NE L. MOORE M . PRETSS M. DALLE NOGAR E M. JAMES A. DlT PUY S. JAMES R. ~IOORE M. ROT.T. ISON 1 C. MORIARTY R. ROSE I. FARKAS D. JOH SO N E. NEAGl .E C. RYDER J. FREE MAN M . JOSEPH R. POWER J.. SECK l-:R P . GLUYAS J. KF.LLY S. POWER A. SEXTON K. HAKENDORF R. KNOWLES M . PRITCH ARD S. SMTTll L. JONES L. MARSHALL M . SHANAHAN P. STACEY T. JORDAN V. Pl-IILLTPS M. STRATMANN C. SULLIVAN A. KELLY L. RODlGHIERO G. TRELOAR P. U PTON C. KIT,EY J . RYAN 0. TURSKY C. WALS H C. MARSHAL L J. SPRlNGBETT V. TURSKY A. WEBSTER C. McDONALD M. WALSH P. VAIL B. MclNNES C. WALTERS V. WALSll GRADE VII B. MEAD G. WINCHESTER E. WEBB B. BARTELS M . MURRAY (Boys) J. W E IR Y. BAZZICA E . P E RDE LWITZ E. WOODS B. BON D J . PROPERJOI-IN M . ABBS M . ZADA ]. BROWN C. SMITH A. BAILEY L. CLAl\' CHY J. THOMPSON B. CORNWELL SECOND YEAR 1-1. CO ,\ TES D. VILIUNAS 1\f. FRIED J . ANDERSON A. DALY C. WHITFORD 1\ L GREGERSON A. BAN KS J. DORAN P. LAFFAN D. BARRY J. DORT AN GRADE IV R. RICHARDS M. BAU LDERSTONE J. FT.ATIERTY K. BARRY-MURPHY I'. RICHES FORSYTH J . SCOLLIN M . BYR N ES '1.1 . E. BEACH J. SCROOP M . CLANCT-TY P. FRIED A. M. BLACK G. S ll ERIDAN V. CLANCJIY M . FRY M. NEL SON-BRADY S. WALSH H . CROUC H M. GORDON M. BRADY J . WHITFORD N. CUN?'\ I NG ll A~f R . HALL J. BROWN C. DAGT.E ISH M. JOH NSON \!. BU RDEN GRADE I (Girls) E . DEMPSEY C. KING ]. CO NNER M. DOlfERTY P . KLUG S. DALZIEL C. A N DERSON M. DOYLE M. MADI GAN L. Dr GUTSTO J. BREHENS J . DUNN P. :MAY NARD R. EVANS G. BRADY A. DUPU Y J . McCLU RE I'. GlllBONS S. JJUCKLEY M. EDWARDS C. McE WEN L GIESECKE A. CA MPBELL G. FITZGERALD R. MTCl 1ALANNEY M. TTAKENDORF C. COOMBE R. GLY NN J. M ONKS S. I-TOLD CR OFT (Concluded on Page 74) 75 LORETO The I.B.V.M. Overseas LORETO'S INTEREST IN THE DALAi LAMA OF TIBET When I wrote to our good friend, Mother M. An toinette Hughes, of Darjeeling, for some items for our magazine, I did not expect the two personal letters which you are about to read. One is from the sister of the Dalai Lama of Tibet, the other from his niece; both girls are pupils of our nuns, and the letters are from Loreto Convent, Darjeeling, with the date, April 17, 1957. Like Loreto children all over the world, they begin: Dear Mother. The Dalai Lama's sister (aged 16) writes as follows: You may like to know something about our family: I have' five brothers and one sister. My eldest brother is a Lama in Co-Co-Nor (Sanking); the second brother stays with us in Darjeeling and his wife and children are also here. The third is the Lord Chamberlain to my fourth brother, the Dalai Lama; and the youngest is only ten. He is the Nagri Rimpoche, the head Lama of Lathak; the title means the re-incarnation of the The Dalal Lama of Tibet (seated) with his mother, brothers and two last Lama bearing this name. My sister stays at home sisters, and his niece (extreme left) photographed at Government House in Lhasa and helps my mother. Delhi, during a visit to Mr. Nehru. (See accompanying article and letters). When I came from Lhasa to Darjeeling about 1950, I rode a horse for about sixteen days along very rough mountainous roads. My sister with her two children The next day the Dalai Lama's mother (who is my was with me, and we had ten servants. We spent the grandmother) and her family paid a special visit nights in little mountain villages till we reached to Mr. Nehru and his daughter. We had tea and we Gangtok which is the capital of Sikkim, and we left left some presents for them. Then some photographers the next day for Kalimpong. We remained there from wanted to take some snaps so we went out into the October 1 till January, and we attended the school garden and were photographed.** On the following where lovely nuns taught us. This was our first meeting day we set out for Agra in Mr. Nehru's train. This with Europeans as our country was closed to all except train was very comfortable and had thirty compart Tibetans. In 1951 we came by car to Darjeeling and ments, each consisting of five rooms and three dining cars. The train was pulled by two engines both in the road over the rivers and up the high mountains was the front. The Dalai Lama stayed in the compartment beautiful. We did not understand English then; but in the centre of the train. in seven years Khando (who is my sister's daughter and almost as big as me) and I can both talk and read Eng The day we arrived at Agra we did not go anywhere, but stayed in the train. Next morning we lish well, and we like our school very much. Some time later I shall write to you more. went shopping and in the evening we went to see the Taj Mahal. Then we went to see the Red Fort at Agra. Your little Tibetan friend The next day we set out in the same train for Benares; PEMA YAPSHI. when we arrived there we went to see the relics of Lord Buddha, and had a boat trip down th~ river Pema's niece, Khando, tells of a unique trip she Ganges. We also went to Madras, Mysore, Bangalore, had recently:* Poona, Bombay, Mussoorie, Naini Tal, Darjeeling ... This is a small account of my journey around India and Calcutta. In my next letter to you I shall tell you with my uncle the Dalai Lama of Tibet. From Bag about all these places. dagra, the airport at the base of the mountain, my Yours sincerely, KHANDO (age 14 years) grandmother, my mother and Aunt started for Delhi [As our readers know, Buddhists revere the Dalai a journey which took six hours. In Delhi we met the Lama as a re-incarnation of Buddha. He is the supreme Dalai Lama; we first paid our homage to him, and then ruler in Tibet and is worshipped as a god. In spite had a good day's rest. The next day a man brought us of the extraordinary conditions of his life, now, at the a programme to follow for the day. It began with a age of twenty, he is an interesting personality, friendly luncheon party at the house of Mr. Nehru, the Indian and well-educated. The German explorer, Heinrich President. The President sat beside the Dalai Lama. Harrer, who was his tutor for a few y.ears in Lhasa, It was a perfect Indian meal with all kinds of curry and gives an endearing portrait of his ch aracter in the book, sweets in little silver bowls and we all enjoyed it very Seven Years in Tibet. - Ed.] much. After the luncheon party we went to look at the presents from the Indian Government to the Dalai * See page 66. Lama. They were beautiful but the one I thought the **Photograph on this page. best was a yellow motor car specially made for him. Loreto, Sydney. Mother M ...... I.B.V.M. 76 LORETO GREETING FROM PRINCESS SHANTI OF NEPAL Loreto Convent, Darjeeling 27th April, 1957. Dear Mother, I think you would like our country. It is Nepal, and there are great mountains with snow all over them between us and Tibet. This year my sisters, brothers and I were late coming back to school in Darjeeling as our father was touring East Nepal and having some tiger and bear shoots. Sometimes we have gone hunting on elephants, and we three girls have been on the same animal on a fine, large padded box which is tightly strapped on. We have seen many tigers; and Biren dra, Sharada and I have each shot a tiger. In May of 1956 when my father was crowned The daughters of King Mahrendra of Nepal. (See accom King in Kathmandu we children were sent for, and panying letter from Princess Shanti). They are boarders our secretaries and attendants took us home, first at Loreto Convent, Darjeeling. Photo taken in the by car to Badogra, and then in our own plane to Nepal. The journey down the mountains took three convent garden. hours, and the plane took one hour. All those days at home were full of rejoicing. Many p eople from England and America were there. We children had Some day, dear Mother, I shall write to you from a part in everything and enjoyed ourselves for two my home in Kathmandu, Nepal. weeks. Then we came back to school. My three Your little friend, brothers are in the Jesuit College, St. Joseph's, in Darjeeling, and my two sisters are here with me. SHANTI SHAH. GOODBYE TO THE CEDARS There is always a deep sense of sadness in the feeling assured of high life and hospitality. The passing of old friends. The three magnificent trees, thick, green branches above them were full of bird Cryptomeria J aponica*, that for eighty-seven years families that paid their rent in song: mynahs, black towered high on the front terrace of Loreto Convent, birds, tits of all kinds, honey eaters waiting to sip Darjeeling, are gone. They had caught the admiring nectar in cherry blossoms and rhododendron. eyes of every visitor since they were ten feet high. They had kept guard - though eventually a threat THE WOODMEN ARRIVE - over the building and the changing population of children and grown-ups, during years of calm or The fate of the cedars was often discussed among storm. In the good old days when transport con us, and most of u s knew in our h earts that they were a danger to the convent and all in the vicinity. sisted chiefly of ponies - and unpredictable Bhutia ~' hen engineers and foresters inspected them, we ones at that - their sheltering branches gave a tie knew by their report that the woodmen would soon up as good as any stable. But every March in the arrive. The experts said: "Too top-heavy! Too high winds they used to fling tons of loosened foliage old! Too near the house! Chop them down b efore into every available drain. Then, in the Monsoons, they chop through that pile of stone!" And though the choked-up waters seeped through the walls of there was much to be said for their Gothic beauty both church and convent; and in those windy and summer shade, a party of woodmen arrived under times they had given to the whole brigade of sweepers the direction of Brother Drohnic, S.J ., with ladder s~ hours of toil in clearing up the withered rubbish. ropes, axes, saws. They began, on the central tower But the school children must often have been grate of old "Green Glory." Within a few hours the terrace ful to the barrier they provided as these little blue was piled high with massive foliage; and the strip clad marauders slid down the garden banks, to re ped trunk, more than half severed, was roped high appear with fists of scarlet rambler and golden broom. up and drawn in tug-of-war fashion by a team of ser ... Under the spreading cedar shade humbler life vants, in the exact direction of Kanchenjunga. Just found a home: mosses, ferns, orchids, vacciniums - at 3 o'clock it crashed: one green mountain spire not one of them paying rent in any way, but just saluting a high white comrade. 77 LORETO A NEPALI ROBIN HOOD haps the noblest cedar in all the woods around.... On the following day the woodmen drew a tape But fear and mystery filled the air since yesterday's round the girth of the North Monarch, and declared strange experience; and a firm conviction prevailed it over five yards. The head woodman stood near that n ever any more should a tree he felled without the base, a Nepali Robin Hood, with furrowed face the presence of a J esuit. Messengers and urgent and deep-set eyes, well used to gauging h eights and phone calls brought Brother Drobnic to the scene - lengths of spreading boughs. One end of a rope coil with Father W est, for good measure. The axe-work he wound round his waist over a broad maroon banJ over, our dhobies and cook s were enticed into the of cloth, which held at easy reach a hatchet and a pulling team. Remembering yesterday's affair, ever y sharp sickle-shaped blade. His blue trousers taper face was stamped with agony. Two bearers repeatedly ing to his bare feet tightened round his ankles in made the sign of the cross; but the front man, un concertina folds; and, though he earned his living nerved at last, jerked his grip from the rope and by the hacking and crashing of Himalayan trees, hib bolted for his life. Did anyone h ear Brother's ex voice, even in giving orders, and his manner were as clamation? (It was not in English. ) Then came gentle as a child'11. his firm order: " Towards the snows! PULL!" With magnificent grace the lofty spire bent and came THE SECOND CEDAR FALLS gently down with just the faintest murmur of an The Nepali mounted the ladder and stepped anthem as if curtsying to the noble company of warily from one mossy limb to another; then with white friends farther north. the free end of the rope he tied himself to the main - M.A. stem. Every stroke of his blade severed a branch, Lore to Convent, right, left and below him, till he reached the blunted Darjeeling. top that had several times, in hurricane and cyclone, * Native of North China. been ruthlessly struck off and flung near the portico. When all was cleared, a cable, stout enough to draw THE KOALA BEAR any Atlantic liner, was fastened round the bole, while a reinforced team of pullers at their station drove I saw a koala bear an enormous iron rod deep into the ground. The And he had very grey hair. order was, that the pull was to be southwards towards I saw him climb a gum tree the plain, not towards the snowy and majestic Kan And I could see him clearly. chenjunga and Everest. Something sentient in the But as it was growing dim cedar must have revolted against a pull towards the I could barely see him. plain; because, no sooner was the order given, when The mother koala took him away on her back, an unearthly grinding and explosive noise from the And the little koala bear looked like a sack. roots was accompanied by a wild leap into the air by I hope I see him again, that little koala bear, the cedar. Flinging itself skyward it dragged with it The one with the black nose and all the grey hair. the tug-of-war team, bewildered and yelling with MARIE THERESE JENSEN (7), terror. They hurtled through the air in the angered Nedlands. monarch's wake, for fifty yards, as it thundered to destruction down the hillside towards the North A GEM OF WISDOM W est in one tremendous salute to Everest. There is a street, THE FALL OF THE QUEEN A busy city Street As yesterday's post-mortem on the North Mon Of lanes and alleyways arch had revealed a cavern eight feet deep into the Of fire-hydrants, parking meters roots, we felt we had been protected by a watchful And red letter boxes. Providence. With a narrow rim of bark and wood Here is a street. which did work as a trunk the whole contents ~ere A grey, straight street like white paper pulp. What indeed had saved lis Of trucks and vans on those wild cyclonic nights? But the woodmen Of trams and trolleys cared not about this. What really shook them was Of clanging bells that wild journey through the air. The Kitmagars Of whistles ran away ne>L to reappear. Exhausted with fear they Sirens, car horns probably thought that their absence there and then, And in the midst ..... as well as on the morrow, could reasonably be A horse and cart. ascribed to a funeral of some near and dear ancestor. A chinaman and cabbages. Fresh woodmen were commandeered for the Crypto A wrinkled, wizened face meria, called the Queen. This morning she could Of a man. have stood for Mary Queen of Scots or Marie An Plodding hooves toinette of France. High up, seventy-eight feet, her Of a horse. sunlit diadem, where till yesterday the radio aerial A Gem of Wisdom had caught the world's news, swayed above her In this uncertain world. flounces of gleaming emerald, making her a picture MARGARET REID, of readiness, not for disaster, but for a minuet, ·per- Toorak. 78 LORETO CONVENT (I.B.V.M. ), MAURITIUS 1. Mauritius. 2 and 3. Ordina tion of Priests. 4. Baptism of Chinese. 5. Mother Provincia l with Refugees. LORETO LORETO (I.B.V.M.) MAURITIUS T h e Loreto Convents in Mauritius are among Mauritius. The French Airways courteously pro the oldest Loreto missionary enterprises, dating as vided, so that golden wheat and purple grapes were they do from 1844 when eight nuns arrived there laid on the Mission altar before the ceremony. from R athfarnham to make a foundation. As thev Among the congregation wer e several Loreto stepped from the boat, tired and bewildered afte.r nuns who were particularly happy as three of the their long voyage, they must have cared little that young priests were their past pupils and one of them the beautiful island was known as the " p earl of the a nephew of one of the nuns. Later in the week the Indian Ocean." But they soon learned to love and priests said Mass in the various Loreto convents. One appreciate its beauty. There are now six flourishing of them , the Rev. Michael Bouille, of Curepipe, wrote Houses of which the chief are at Curepipe, St. Louis, in an article for the Loreto Missions : "Inexpressible Quatre-Bornes and St. Pierre. joy wells up in the h eart of the newly ordained priest It is not an easy mission field as there are so as he goes up for the first time to the altar of God many races in the island. Some parts are almost who giveth joy to his youth. The joy is p eculiarly wholly French-sp eaking. Then there are the poignant when the priest says his first Mass in the English , Indians, Chinese and the coloured natives. convent chapel where h e made his first Holy Com Our n uns are doing good work in all their centres, munion." entering fully into the Catholic life of Mauritius. The present Mother Provincial (M. M. Dominica ) BAPTISM OF CHINESE kindly sent u s the photographs which we have re Recently Mgr. Liston, Bishop of Port Louis, produced. We shall devote this article to a descrip b aptised fifty Chinese at Loreto, Port Louis. Our tion of the pictures : picture shows only a few of the newly baptised, photographed with a Chinese priest and some of the MAURITIUS, FROM THE SEA nuns. The priest was ordained in Rome ; h e looks We cannot h ere see the brilliant blue of the h appy to he with his friends. At every convent there Mauritian sky; but the branch of flame tree in the are enthusiastic centres for the Propagation of the foreground is a familiar sight in Sydney and Bris Faith. From Loreto, Quartre-Bornes, a nun writes to bane and other sub-tropical parts of Australia. say that as sh e looked from her window one day at Flame trees are the glory of Mauritian flora, and the the school children playing, sh e was surprised to see Route Royale, lined with them, is a magnificent sight a Muslim child doing the collecting and receiving a in a dry summer. In the middle right of the picture contribution from a Hindu Boy ! can be seen a small figure; that must surely be Pieter CUREPIPE AND REFUGEES Both- the n am e given to a p eak which resembles a boy, book on knee, slouch hat ·on head; there are Curepipe is the Head House of Loreto in some who say that h e looks like a king, brooding over Mauritius, and the nuns are well known for their the islan d . hospitality. W e show a group of refugee novices and postulants fl eeing from the Communists in Vietnam ORDINATION OF PRIESTS AT THE SHRINE OF and are on their way to Madagascar. They belong to MARIE, REINE DE LA PAIX the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary. Let us hope Mar y Queen of Peace! ... Under this title the that they have found a happy home. Their sweet, Mauritian s erected a statue and shrine at their serious faces show that they possess a spiritual largest p or t, P ort Louis, during the Second World strength which they receive from God's love. I.V.B.M . Australia -M. War. Mgr. J am es Leen , then Bishop of Mauritius, promised Our Lady to make this shrine if the island was saved from Japanese invasion, then imminent. THE LITTLE LOST PUP Mauritius was saved, and there stands this lovely H e crept in from the street to shelter on the statue gu arding the port. Since its erection sixteen wide verandah. His bedraggled tail hung down years ago it h as become the focal point of Catholic between his legs as if it was ashamed to be seen out. life in Mauritius; a place of pilgrimage for: Workers He was little more than ten inches high, with a black on Labour Day, the Sick on the Feast of Pentecost, and white coat, his soft brown puppy eyes looked al children on the Feast of the Sacred Heart- and for us so pleadingly, appealing to us not to send him many other Catholic gatherings. The statue is of out into the cold, )Vet, rain again, that we let him Our Lady h olding a globe in h er hand, and appearing stay there, huddled down in the driest part of the as described by St. Catherine Laboure: "Her feet verandah. He was a little cocker, and looked well were restin g on a ball . .. sh e had h er hands r aised fed and groomed. H e was definitely not any old to the level of the waist in an easy fashion, and her stray, but someone's cared-for pet. eyes were r aised towards heaven . ... " On the feast of the Assumption last year five This was confirmed the n ext day when we young Mauritians were ordained priests at the shrine proudly returned him to his owner, a very anxious where they co-celebrated and co-consecrated with small boy who had passed a sleepless and lonely Mgr. Langavant, Bishop of R eunion. Wheaten bread night without his much loyed " Pal." and wine of the grapes are needed for the Sacrifice JILL HEENAN (J,unior Class ), of the Mass; hut neither wheat nor grapes grow in Nedlands. 80 LORETO CONVENT, TOORAK, VIC. TOP: PREFECTS (See Names on Page 12) BOTTOM: MATRICULATION MATRICULATION: A. Acton, A. Adams, D. Bowen, J. Cashmore, E . Clowes, L. Currie, A. Curtis, N. Daley, C. Cynthridge, M . Doyle, M. Duck, G. Ermacora, V . Feely, E. Fitzgerald, P. Goodchild, D. Hart, B . Hill, D. King, S. Loftus-Hills, M. Lynch, P. McGuiness, M. Reid, S. Robinson, P . Warry, E . Wimpole. 81 LORETO CONVENT, TOORAK, VIC. LEAVING A.: E. Bailey, K. Bates, L . Brenna n, L . Broderick, R . Calder, P. Curtis, M. Ditchburn, M. Doyle, H. Dwyer, L. Frederico, T. Furphy, J. Gilbertson, J. Goulding, B. Graham, M. Holt, P . Mc Clella nd, P. M cDermott, M. May, J. P a lmer, J. P etty, S. Spring, M. Serong, M. Warry, D. Deloffre. LEAVING B.: S. Brew, Y. Calli!, J. Everitt, P. Flynn, S. Gooden, A. Patterson, D . L ord, J. Mc N amara, J. Montague, F . Moore, E . O ' Neill, C. Russo, J. Wright, V. Wakefield-K ent, J. Whitehead. INTERMEDIATE: G. A cton, G. Brennan, J. Doyle, M. A. Doyle, A. Duggan, M. D evine, M. A. Edgerton, L . F erguson, M. Frederico, E . Finlay, H . Grimes, W. Gunson, S. ]aquinot, K . Jens, C. K elly, S. Keenan, C. Kuhlmann, E. Lee, ]. Leonard, E. Lewis, A. Lynch, P . Maggia, K . Murphy, G. Mc!-larg, K . Mcinerney, P . Mclnerney, J. M c Namara, L . M cKernan, P. O gge, D . O 'Brien, C. Melville, R. Robinson, A. Ryan, H . Stokes. LOR E TO LORETO CONVE T, TOORAK, VIC. SECO ND YEAR : A. Brogan, M. Bush waller, I. Calli I, R. Corby, J . Coleman, E. Curtis, B. Duck, S . Gorey, W . Green, M. Hill, P. H oppe, F . Jens, J . Ley, H . Lynch, C. Manning, I. O 'Brien, H . M. O 'Doherty, J. O 'Rorke, B. Pinnuck, C. Russo, A. Slattery, D. Wellstcd, M. W right, P. Lewis W illiams, D. Wilson, K. Gorman, S. For syth, D . Alessio. TRANSITION : P. Boileau, R. Calli!, M. Cos tigan, A. Dia mond, C. Everitt, M. Graham, E. Ireland, M. O cclcshaw, B. Pearson, M. Roche, B. Stevenson, M. A. W allace. S U B - INTER M ED IATE: J. Anderson, D. Bar rett, S. Bar rett, J. Altschwager, A. B urns, M. Bryce, M. Byrne, M. Clancy, A. Corben, M. Duck, A. Egan, J . Fakhry, G. Farley, j . Feely, M. F under, K . Gil christ, V . Glover, S. Guest, M. Gurry, S. H oppe, M. Hanly, T . J ens, M. K ing, S. K nowles, J. L arkins, M. L ewis - W ill iams, M. Lig htfoot, M. A. Lynch, J. M arsh, S. Mornement, B. Mc Guiness, S . Maggia, H . M u r p h y, B . M c K e c h n i c, A . O 'R orke, M. Palfy, L . P itt, S. Resch, C. Roche, A. Sinn, J . Sullivan, S. Arm- stro ng, Y . V on H artel. 83 LORETO CONVENT, TOORAK, VIC. FIRST YEAR : S. Acton, C. Anderson, F . Burrell, E. Daly, P. Dwyer, M. Flynn, A. Galball y, S. Glover, G. Taylor, Y . Tomlinson, M. Jaquinot, K. Johns ton, J. Kelly, E. Kuhlmann, L. Keiran, M. Lyons, L . Lynch, P . McClelland, C. Mc Namara, ] . McDavitt, S. Nixon, S. Perry, M. A. Norman, H. Mort, R. Pitt, A. Radcliffe, K. Scarff, P . Simpson, M. St. Ellen, M. V irgona, S. H empel, A. Goyder, E. Burns. PREPARATORY : J . Adams, R. Ahern, R. Binning, J. Bowden, S. Burke, M. Carolan, D. Clancy, G. Clayton, L . Crosbie, E. Edgerton, S. Flanagan, P. Galbally, D. Gardini, D. Gay, P. Gilbertson. J. Guest, E. Hamilton, E. Hirsch, A. Ireland, A. J ens, S. Kelly, J . M aggs, M. McClelland, A. M cCoy, M. Morrison, A. Middleton, P. O 'Day, C. Simpson, F. Sinn, E. Stewart, M. T . Sweeney, S. Synman, G. Virgona, C. Woodward, J. W alsh, M. Mort, A. Filcock, C. Callil, C. Zsizsmann. 84 LORETO CONVENT, TOORAK, VIC. GRADE V .: B. Anderson, P. Astley, M . Coleman, B. Conquest, C. Curtis, M. Daly, P . Dowling, N. Edgerto n, P . Fetherstonhaugh, D. Gillon, S. Godfrey, F. Hayden, S. H ore, A. M. Hughes, M. Jens, K . Johnson, A. Johnston, K . Koch, A. Lees, C. Mann, M. Mann, M. McDonald, A. M iklos, J. Molo ney, A. Morrison, A. M ulvaney, B. Nola n, J . Oldfield, P . O 'Shaughnessy, M. T. Q uigg, J. Robertson, K . Smith, J . Starr, J. Timewell, C. Toner, C. Virgona, C. W impole. GRADE IV.: J . Adam s, P. Anstee, S. Barrett, M. Brogan, F. Bryce, L. Burrell, J. Buxton, G. Byrne, B. Cahill, D. A. Coleman, L. Edgerton. M. Jaq uinot, M . J ones, J. Junokas, C. L echte, S. Ley, L. Lyn ch, N . M . Lynch, E. M cCann, G. McCauley, S. M cEncroe, C. M iklos. M. L . Morrison, S . Mort, C. N icholls, M. O 'Brien, G. O 'Collin s, M. Peters, V . Robson, C. Russo, A. M. S carff, P . Schaeffer, J. Smith, A. Sweeney, J. T iernan, A . Tierney, C. W alker, M. W arry. 85 LORETO CONVENT. TOORAK, VIC. GRADE III.: J. B ell, A. Bleechmore, S. Buxton, E. Calder, J. Chapman, E . Doyle, V . Ellis, H. Fetherstonhaugh , S. Funder, V . Gerber, C. H all, C. J ohnston, P. Knowles, M. M. McCaffry, M. E. M c Ca rdel, J. Mc Coy, F . McEncroe, Y. Nicholls, E. O 'Brien, A. A. Penne· father. J. Simpson, E . Skene, H. Vale, C. W ilkinson. M. J. Als ton, M. L. Ebstein, J. Hodkinson, M. M cCardle, A. Bushwallcr. GRADE II. : S. Ahern, S. Arendsen, S. Bryce, M. Cahill, S. Callanan, T . Callea, J . Cook, M. Cox, P . Devine, D. Doyle, C. Fakhry, J. Fink, J . F lanagan, R. Hill, A. Jones, A. Knowles, B. Midgley, S. Mighell, H. Mooney, C. Morrison, J . O 'Collins, M. R oche, J . Starr, M. L . Tier nan, A. Ward. J . W illis. S. Bird, C. Craig, M. Conqest, M. Foley, T . Harford, E . O ' Keefe. 86 LORETO CONVENT, TOORAK, VIC. GRADE II., BOYS: J . Anstee, J. Bowden, D. Codognetto, M. Craig, G. Dwyer, R. Gardini, R. Hoppe, P . J en:;, R. K ::owies, J. O'Brien, J . Peters, E. Sinn, S. Chapman, T. Houston, P. Meehan, F . Villiers. GRADE IA: A. Best, S. A. Breheny, B. Bristow, A. Callanan. L. Clayton, P. Coleman, G. Douez, W. Gerber, C. G uest, R. Johnson, B. Lea, R. L echte, J. M cCann, M. McCann. I. McCardel, M. McEncroe, F. Pitt, A. Reid, J . Ryland, J. Skene, A. Smith, A. Smith, D. St. Ellen, S. Stewart, K. Timar, S. A. Walker, S. W alker. GRADE I., BOYS: B. Bushwaller, R. Doyle, P. M. Dwyer, P. Dwyer, D. Galbally, A. M cCauley, G. M c Kechnie, J . M'd gley, J. Nolan, M . O 'Shaughnessy. GRADE IB: A. Cahill, M. L. Connaughton, M . Fajdiga. J. Galbally, C. H atters, A. Hollywood, A. Junokas, C. Kelly, E. McQueen Thomson, C. Molyneux, A. Mort, M. Pacini, E. Ryan, M. Ryan, H. Tiernan, M Wilcox, E . O 'Brien GRADE IB .. BOYS: P. Alston, M. Barrett, A. Crosbie, L . Coleman, P. Gardini, J. Irelan d, L. Lynch, A. Mighell, C. Sinn, B. Smith, P. Stewart, F . Stirling. 87 LORETO CONVENT, TOORAK, VIC. KINDERGARTEN D. Marks, A. Devlin, G. Moly neux, G. W alker, E . J ose ph , T . B ell, D. J ones, P . Craig, ~ - Alessio, J. H amilton, P . Ahern, V. Cu rtis, A. Foley, S. A rend sen, P. M. Buxton, P . J aquinot, J . D owling, B . K iern an, M. Dwyer, B. M cCardel, N. Hoppe, M. R . Sinn, M. Best, T. J. R esch, J. Little, A. Flanag an, M . Sakacs, C. Kloppen borg, D. Dale, A. E n g la nd, J. F or rest, T. Starr, G. O ' Keefe , A. K evin, J. P eters, J. Hughes, J. F etherston haugh, J. A. Connaugh ton, R . H odgkinson, M . V ale, M. R ennie, L . Ma ho n, G. P it t, P. F. R eid, J. K earney, S. L ewis, A. Cantwell , N. Coleman, C. Lethr idge, M. Best, S. McCauley, R . B urke, H . M c Cardle, B. Tierney, M . D y no n, G. H y de, A. Codogno tto, A. D wyer, J. Dy non, H. M cKechnie, M. T ierna n. LORETO CONVENT, KIRRIBILLI, N.S.W. (See Photos Page 40) PREFECTS (Left to right) : V . Greenaway, A. B ra nnan, A. H ellmrich , A. M . B akewell, L . Dussel dorp ( H ead) , M. Bond, J. B ergin, E. S heil. FIFTH YEAR CLASS (Left to Right): F RONT ROW: M . L . W ales, A. Hellmrich, G. P age, A. M. B akewell, M. Coll in g ridge, H . M cGow an, F . Muller. B A CK ROW : A. Brannan, E. Sheil, M. Bond, B . Collet, L. D usseldor p ( H ead of School), V. Greenaway, S. Bellair, P . K elly, J. B er g in. FOURTH YEAR CLASS: F RONT R OW : H . Creig hton, M . Perrottet, J. Henry, T. Hendricks, P . Sherwood, H . Ga nnon, A. Stubbs, S. Burke, G. H ogan. S ECOND ROW. A. Ma rshall, M . Bradley, K . Tate, S. Clapin, J. Sea goe, D. M c D onald, L. Brown, M . Fitzpatrick, H . Ritchard. THIRD R OW : M. Anderson, M . P render gast, M. B ellhouse, R. Casey, M. D o nnelly, J. B ald ing, J. Hamilton, M . Haseler, M. A. B orthwick. B A CK ROW : G. Stack, A. H ockey, B. B ray, M. Clark, J. King, S. Chad w ick, M. Ritchard, M. Tracy , N. M adden, D. R oche. LORETO CONVENT, NEDLANDS, W.A. (See Photos Page 60) JUNIOR PUBLIC CLASS BACK ROW: R. F ogar ty, E . Stephenson, C. O ' Hara, J. Boy d. THIRD ROW: T . Tully, L. H anson, M . M ayho, J. M cD onnell. C. Bodek er, E . Cogan. SECOND ROW : S. R idge, G. Slater , W . H arrig an, M. Durack, J. Miller. F RONT R OW : R. F er g uson, D. Whiteley, P . Robins, L . Logan, J. Heenan, D . Healy , G. Fuller, V . Colbert. FORM III. B A CK R OW: H . Stephenson, Y. Wilmink, M . Adams, J. Brophy, S. Edwards. SECOND ROW : A. Colbert, M . Leahy, J. Randell, P. Wrigh t, C. Brophy, S. Gould, M. Russell, V . Morris. FRONT R OW: P . Adam, E . Donna n, J. B onser, W . Hanson, J. Mayho, P . F er guson, M . M c Carter. GRADES IV. & V. BACK R OW : M . O ' Kl ecfe, C. B o nser, C. Wright, A. Ward, M. Coffey. THIRD R OW : S. Sheridan, J. R ehn, R. E lliott, S. Baker, S. B eaton , M. S ullivan. R. Moore, J. Byrne. SECON D R OW : C. F uller, C. Bonser, J. Freeman, W. B aker, L . Broph y, G. Stewart, M . Colbert, F . George. FRO NT R O W : D. Elliott, P . Healy, D . Sherida n, L . O ' H ara, J. M. Sewar d , C. Keogh, N. Mo ntefi ore, S. Ellis. FORMS I. & II. B A CK R OW : M . W ilmink, J. Slad e, J. Baker, D. Colvin, R. R ay nor, E. Palandri, P . Daly-Smit h, S. Franetovich, J. Durkin, S. M cMullen, G. A dams. SECOND R OW: K. K ee, A. W alser, R. Hit ch man, K . E lliott. H. R alston, D. Smith, S. Trevenen, S. Som ers, J. Castanell e, J. L ogan, B . I reland, M. L ithgo. FRONT R OW : M . Grieve, T . Sumner, A. Nicholas, S. O" Donoghue, M . B urnett, A. D o nna n, K . Durkin, E . K east, S. B oyd, D . Riley, J. Brown, J. M cD onald, P . W alsh. 88 Among Our Old Girls LORETO CONVENT, BRISBANE Weekly Luncheon of the Executive of Past Pu pils' Association. BOTTOM LEFT: O ffice- B earers: L eft to right: Miss E. Smith, T reasurer; Mrs. B. J. L ewis, President; Miss Geral dine Fitzgerald, Secretary. New Library at Loreto, Cavendish Road, Bris bane. Furnished by the Past Pupils at a cost of £ 1,400. BELOW : Debutantes presen ted to His Grace Archbishop Duhig at Annual BaU, 1957. BACK (left to right). Roslyn Rhodes, Helen Tur- nock, Elizabeth Nowotny, Sheilah Farrer, Nathalie Stuart, J an M cDonneU. FRONT: Judith Rowe, Pamela HempenstaU, Monica Moore, Zoe Gallagher, Desley Kelly , Margaret Elsen-Green. LORETO BRISBANE Dear Member s, CRADDOCK, Mrs. J. (B ET l-I GORR lNG) DALY, Mrs. M. C. (EI LEEN GREEN; Marryatvi ll e) DILLON, Mrs. P. (DENISE McAULIFFE) Your Committee was d elighted when their ])X)NELEY, Mrs. E. (LY N CHALLANDS) su ggestion that a portion of the Magazine be made DOOLEY, Mrs. D. J. (MARIE COLLOPY; Melbourne) available to the Past Pupils was endorsed b y the DRUERY, Mrs. L. (JOAN KENEALLY) FITZGERALD, GERALDINE Federation and accepted b y the Editor. As sp ace is FITZGERALD, KATHLEEN lim ited it is impossible to give any p ersonal items of FORDE, CLARE (Toronto, Canada) FRTSTIY, HELEN ( Nonnanhurst) news this year, but if you all signify your desir e to be FULLAGAR, J OYCE k ept in touch with your Alma Mater and your old GALLAGHER, Mrs. C. ( l\I ADELEJ NI': WE iil . Claremont) GOODWIN, JANICE sch ool friends b y ordering a copy of the Magazine, GREEN, ELIN it m ay be possible in future yeat·s to expand this GREEN, MARGARET section of the Publication. GREY, Mrs. J. (MARGARET CONNOLLY ; Norma nhurst) GUNNIS, Mrs. L. (JI LL lfA NMAN) A record number of our girls 'came out' at our HAvVKINS, Mrs. J. (WI N I FRED LESLIE) H AYES, D. Debutante Ball this year. (See p icture on page 88.) H AYNES, MARGOT T h e young people and their parents and friends had HICKEY, Mrs. W. J . (MOYA DOYLE ; T oo rak) KENNEDY, BARBARA h ad a m ost enjoyable evening. The function for the KENNEDY, KATH LEEN more m ature m embe 1·s- our R eunion Dinner- is KIRBY, P ATRICIA still in the future at the time of wt·iting this letter , LAJ STER, JOAN LEW IS, M rs. B. (MOYA \VELLER) b u t we are all looking forward lo a pleasant evening LOVE, Mrs. P. ( J'AULA WEBB) ren ewing old friendships and comolidating new. MON.-\GbJAN, NELL MOOR E, MONI CA 1956/ 7 has seen the establishment of a Life MURRAY, M rs. T. JJ. (DOR IS DORAN; Normanhurst) Mc DONNELL, JAN Membersh ip Sch em e. To d a te nine m embers h ave Mc l NNES, MARGARET becom e Life Members and the Association is now McKINNON, M rs. A. (BETTY \V l':B ll) the proud owner of 120 S.E.A. Variable Interest O'MAHONEY, ELIZABET H O'SULLIVAN, MARGARET Stock, thus laying the foundation of a permanent O'ROURKE, MAY in come for the Association. When the income h as OWEN, Mrs. H. (DOREEN PARER ) PARER, CAROLYN assumed sizable p roportions there is no doubt that PARER, SllEJ LA the th en Committee will h ave some worthy cause to PEARMAN, .Mrs. L. ( BJ L L Y B I NN I NGTON) espouse. POWNALL, ~ ! r s . A. (MARY McCORMACK) QUI LTY, Mrs. R. In accordance with the wish of the F ederation QUINN, DEN ISE we h ave endeavoured to promote inter est among our RILEY, Mrs. H. (HELEN HOLMES) RHODES, ELIZABETll m embers in the study of international affairs partic ROESSLER, Mrs. L. ( MARY P I GOTT) ularly in r elation lo the students h er e under the R OSENBERG, Mrs. J. (BETTY H OUSTON) ROWE, JUDITH Colombo Plan. A t our Annual Meeting in N ovem R UTLEDGE, RUTH ber we were addressed b y the President of the SALMON, Mrs. B. (UNA AFFLECK) Overseas Students' Assoc iation, Mr. Zinel A bidin of SM l TH, Mrs. E. J. (ALMA ANDREWS; Adelaide Tel. , Perth ) SMI TH, Mrs. G. 0. S. (JEAN DESH ON) Malaya, who told us of his country and its n eed s. SMITH , PHILI P PA Senator Condon B yrne gave us a most enlightening STEW ART, Mrs. A. (ERICA BINNI NGTON) STEWART, Mrs. E . J . (SHiRLEY HOLMES) instruction on the 'White A ustralia Policy' at our STEWART , MARY March Meeting. Several of our m ember s have STUAR T, Nathalie SvVEENEY, Mrs. B. (LAN'.\'AH MACROSSAN) entertained Eastern Students, the largest gathering SYDES, l\frs. (MARGARET HOLMES) bein g at the home of Mrs. J. Rosenber g, when Miss TERRY, l\Jrs. D. (TH OMASI NA TERRY) Mary Stewart showed pictures of her trip to E ngl and T I E RNAN, Mrs. R. H . ( DIANE BURKE; Kirribilli) TULLY, Mrs. F. D. (ANN MACROSSAN) an d the Continent. TULLY, Mrs. H. (MARY ROSS) \Ve are pleased to report an ever-growing interest TURNOCK, HELEN WEBB, JILL by P ast P upils in ever ything Lore to. W e have a r e WILLIS, Mrs. R. L. (MARY S M IT l-I ; Mary's Mount) cord nmn.ber of financial m embers this year. You W I LSON, JEANETTE will n ote from the list that quite a lar ge p er ZEMEK, MAUREEN centage of financial m ember s a re 'foreigner s.' W e Committee : President Mrs. B. Lewis, Secr etary are givin g m aiden names of our married m embers Geraldine Fitzger ald, Treasurer Mrs. E. J. Smit I~ , as we think this will en able r eaders, both in this Members : Mecdames C. G allagher, D. McFarlane, G. State and other parts of A uslralia, to identify 'mis Wilkinson, J. Rosenber g, Misses J. Fullagar, P . O' Sul laid' friends. livan, J. Emerson, E. Nowotny. ADAl R, ROBJ N Trustees Mrs. C. Gallagh er and Miss Mary ANDERSON, Mrs. IV. (LEONA S L ATER) Stewart. BROAD, Mrs. E. (ELAlNE O'MARA) W e send gr eetings and congratulations to the BRLDGE, Mrs. R. L. (NOREEN RUNDLET ; Calcutta, Jndia) South Australian Association for their able handling BROWNE. Mrs. 1-l. V. ( MARY HERBERT) BRYAN, Mrs. A. (SYBI L DOUGLAS) of the F ederation's affairs during the past two years CARRlCK, Mrs. S. (ANN KENNEDY) and our best wish es to their successors. CASPANEY, COLLEl':N LORETO PAST PUPILS ASSOCIATION, CLAXTON, JENN IFER COTTEE, Mrs. T. (BARBARA MURP HY) Brisbane. 90 LORETO LORETO PAST PUPILS, MARRYATVILLE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA A corner of the Garden Party held by Old Scholars' Association in the grounds of Loreto Convent, Marryatville. DEBUTANTES M eredith Sykes, Colleen Mahar, Rosemary K enny, Marie Jones, Anne I senstein, Mary N aulty. Josephine James, Isobel Laing, Anne M cEwen, Janice Mulqueen, Patricia Shanahan, Margaret Foster. l\'IARRY ATVILLE The Garden Party: On Sunday 28th April, 1957, In the official party were : The Lord Mayor and the annual reunion of the Old Scholars Association Lady Mayoress (Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Philps) ; Rt. R ev. was held, taking the form of a garden party. The Mgr. J. A. Gatzerneyer, V.G. ; V. Rev. T. CosteJJoe, girls were received on arrival by Mother Superior, S.J.; V. Rev. Michael Scott, S.J.; Rev. J. Batch elor, Mother Rosario and the President, Mrs. John Pianto. S.J.; the president of the Old Scholars' Association, Presidents of Dominican Convents, Mercy Convents, St. Dominic's Priory and St. Joseph's Convents Old Mrs. John Pianto, and Mr. Pianto, Miss R. Brigid Scholars' Association were invited guests. Afternoon Rice North, president of Loreto Federation, Mrs. K. tea was served on the lawns, and a happy time was lVI. Ogglesby; Miss Helen Devi tt; Misses Winifred spent amongst the nuns and their past pupils. Bene Lang and Natalie Hurne Phillips; Mr. and Mrs. John diction of The Blessed Sacrament in the Convent Kelly; Mr. and Mrs. D. A. E. Kenny; Dr. and Mrs. Chapel brought to a close a pleasant 1·eunion. John D. Rice ; Messrs. Ian Hannan, Phillip Walters, At the Burnside Town Hall on May 2, Loreto R. MacMahon and Bruce Cook. Old Scholars held thei1· annual ball. The hall was Hostesses were Mesdames J.M. Glynn, P. Brooks, beautifully decorated, large urns of autumn-tinted foliage, gladioli, dahlias, etc., being used for the stage A. Anderson, Misses P. Green, P. Bermingham, and and foye1·, blue and gold cellophane bows (the school E. Malone. colours) adorned the pilJars and flat bowls of flowers Decoration conveners and helpers included Mes centred the party tables. dames Henry Kennedy, H ector Pick, Afton Walsh. The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress (Mr. and P. Brooks, J. Glynn, W . H. Nicholas, J. V. O'Loghlin, Mrs. J. S. Philps) received the debs and their B. Rofe, L. J. Reilly, G. Mattie, A. Anderson, E. partners, who were announced by the president of Hume Phillips, and Misses D. Pick and P. Green. the Old Scholars' Association, Mrs. John Pianto. The debutantes were trained by Miss Dorothy Slane. 91 LORETO DAWSON STREET, BALLARAT The Building Fund at Loreto, Toorak, is to b enefit by the co-operation of the Old Girls' A ssoci This year has been a very successful one, both ation and the Loreto Parents' Association, this year . socially and financially for the Past Pupils Associa Already more than £1130 has been raised. tion of Dawson Street. Western Australia. In April of this year, Louise Our R e-Union was very well attended- many Arndt was married to Harold D elany of Melbourne memories were revived of the year s spent at the in the St. Thomas More College Chapel. It was the Convent. After the m eeting, Miss Maureen Bruty first wedding in the n ew chapel. showed moving pictures of her seven months trip Last May, Janet McComish was married to overseas with h e r mother. Her comm entar y was Henry Wall work, neph ew of Mother M. Michael and extremely interesting and sh e had a refreshing way Mother M. Anne. of telling the story of what had impressed her most. . Early in the year a recital was given by twlo The R e-Union concluded with B en ediction in the students from the Melbourne Conservatoriurn, Susan School Chapel. Tilley and Louise Arndt, with Josephine Dunphy, in The Annual Dance was again a great success. aid of the 'Osborne' Building Fund. This year the supper was catered for by the Com During the year Marie Albrecht left for the mittee, who were also responsible for the artistic Eastern States to meet Augustine K eenan. They are decoration of the Hall. going to the United States, where Marie will continue Our Retreat this year was given by Father h er nursing career at the New Deaconess Hospital in Dunphy C.SS.R. It was a wonderful day and I think Boston. young and old alike, received much h elp in their own Another two of our past pupils left Australia spher e of life from Father's talks. this year with their husbands. They are Valerie This year has been saddened somewhat b y the Jackson nee Johnson who has gone to South Africa, death of our dearly loved Mother M . Rose. She will and Mary Thyssen n ee B endon, who is living in South be greatly missed at Daw1i0n St., but we hope to make America. h er memory live forever in the minds of all pupils, One of our past pupils who is doing very well b y erecting a School Hall in h er honour. At the at the University is Mary Dwyer. So far she has moment our activities are centred on launching a obtained a distinction in eight units. This is Mary's "£1 a Brick Appeal." final year. M. PIERCE, Visiting A ustralia at the moment with h e r family Hon. Sec. i:> Pat O'B yrne (nee O'Hara) who for some years has been living in Ireland. TOO RAK One of the first things that met the NORMANHURST editor's eye in the report from Toorak was the Normanhurst ex-students are proud to share in unobtrusive m ention of their contribution to the the contributions to the Loreto Magazin e. We take Novitiate Building appeal: They gave the the stage a little sh yly, as there is so much to tell, proceeds of the Film Premie r at the Metro Theatre, yet our activities follow a regular pattern from year Malvern, h eld in July, 1956, under the distinguish ed to year. patronage o.f His Excellency, the Governor of Vic The Novitiate building is now an established part toria. The r e port states : "Socially and financially of the school, and we no longer look with wonder at the evening was an outstanding success. It se1·ved not the long, modern exten sion to the main school, as only to raise funds for the Novitiate, but also to we hasten up the Drive for our R e-union or Annual bring to the attention of representative members of R etreat. the community the work of the Loreto Nuns, who This year, our Association gained thirty-three dedicate their lives to the service of God and to n ew m embers, perhaps a record. Many country girls, education." as always, from far-away country towns and country The 1957 Loreto Ball was h eld at the Palais de properties with unpronouncable names. Dance, St. Kilda on the 1st March, and was attended In July we installed an amplifying system in the by His Excellency General Sir Dallas Brooks K.C.B., school grounds for sports and outdoor activities. K.C.M. G., D.S.O., Governor of Victoria and Ladv We expect at least 100 girls to attend our Annual Brooks. Thirty debutantes, including twe nty fr01~ Retreat on Sunday, 1st September, and on that day Toorak and ten from Mary's Mount were presented we shall present Mother Superior with a cheque. to His Excellency and Lady Brooks. The official We look forward to the Loreto Federation meet guests were r eceived by the Preside nt of the Associ ing in Adelaide and pledge our loyal support to our ation, Mrs. J ohn F. Dynon, assisted by the Vice school and all activities of the Lore to Federation. President, Mrs. Adrian Wright. These inc1uded the As last year, we shall send a donation towards the President of the Loreto Federation, Miss Rita Rice Novitiate Fund. We Lender our sincere appreciation North; the President of Mary's Mount Past Pupils' to Mother Superior, Mother P erpetua and the Com Association, Mrs. K. Byrne a nd the President Past munity for their never failing interest and support Pupils of Loreto Convent, Dawson Street, Mrs. Gurrie. in all our activities both personal and within th e The proceeds (£655) were donated to the Loreto ex-Students' Union. Free Kindergarten. P. R. CAHILL, President. 92 LORETO THE LORETO FREE LIBRARY AND THE THERESIAN CLUB The Loreto Free Library is one of our good Not only do these girls ca11 at the careless homes works that goes its way in comparative obscurity. to take the children to Mass, but they often have Since 1947 it has bee n incorporated in the Theresian to go in and dress the children. They have wonder Club which has its Sydney headquarters at St. ful and con soling stories to tell about these children Vincent's Hospital. whose parents rarely go to l\'[ass; in most cases, one When the War obliged the Old Girls of Loreto partner is a non-Catholic. (Normanhurst and Kirribilli) to close the doors of One incident centres round a boy who is their Children's Free Library in Woo11oomooloo, it now studying in Sydney to be a priest. When h e was a happy thought of Mother Provincial (Mother was a boy at the state school in the city, a Theresian M. Colombiere) to hand the books over to the catechist had him in h e 1· instruction class once a Theresian Club. The Loreto committee gladly week. He was a Catholic with a Protestant father agreed; they felt that their work would thus not and a careless mother. After his primary education have been in vain. The one interest of the h e moved on to a State High School, all the time Theresians is the welfare of needy children- chiefly k eeping in touch with the Theresians. One day as Catholic children in broken homes or attending h e knelt in a church praying, the parish priest state schools. noticed him and ask ed him quietly if h e could do So that Loreto might still share in the work they anything for him. The boy looked surprised, and attempted to do for those child1·en, Mother Provincia·t stammered out: " O Y es, Father , I want to be a ask ed the Superiors of Normanhurst and Kirribilli to priest." donate £25 each as an annual gift to charity. The Superiors gladly agreed, and the Theresians write SEWING CIRCLE, NORl\'lANH'URST PAST PUPILS with much gratitude each year to thank for the £50 they receive *. For th e interest of our readers we print a sample statem ent of expenditure. It is for the year ending March 1957, and reads: 1956 March Films on Mass and Sacraments* £27 11 0 April Books for Instruction Class 7 0 0 May From Annals (MSC) Office: Copies of Annals and cards for preparation of table in sick room 12 9 0 July From Catholic Central Library, The Sewing Circle celebrated its Silver Jubilee in Melbourne : Books for Children 2 0 0 1956. For the past year or so it has been meeting at August Books, explaining the Mass St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, through the kindness Books, explaining the Gospels of the Teresian Club* in loaning their rooms on the (Knox trans.) First Friday afternoons. These meetings are pleasant re-unions - attended mostly by grandmothers and Books explaining the Bible grand-aunts. How gladly would we welcome any in (Bible Today) 10 4 0 ter.ested sewer or knitter! Parcels of clothing are December Books for Children 1 2 6 sent to: Foundling Home, Waitara; St. Anthony's In Medals, Beads and Books 4 3 6 fant Home· Old Ladies (garments sent for distribution to the Da~ght e rs of Charity); Blind Boys at St. Ed- 1957 mund's Home, Wahroonga. February Books about St. Therese 2 4 2 In the accompanying photograph are som e of the members at work: Books for Instruction Class 4 11 2 B. Butler, D. Tully, M. W atkins, B. M cAlary, K . Rodgers, P. *A 16 mm Projector had already been bought from Clarke, A. Fehon, E. Hughes, C. Sears, C. Curtin: Absent members are: E . Burfitt, M . Carter, M. Kelly, E. Goldrick, E. Lord, K . Loreto donations. It is taken to the various Parle, M. Polin, E . Steabben, R. Stratton. centres of Theresians in Sydney industrial suburbs. AN AUSTRALIAN ARTIST AND HIS WIFE IN SPAIN ... While we were in Spain we went to Avila - birthplace and home of St. Teresa. It is a fascinat ing, old walled city, fu]] of historical treasures. We also stayed in Toledo which attracted us in every way; the whole little city on its rocky hill is still full of the atmosphe re of the Middle Age3, and the cathedral is magnificent. When we were in Seville, Theresians be again and again we viewed that marvellous Gothic ginning the Sun cathedral. In Cordoba, I was glad to find that thP. day l\'lorning (Continued on Page 94) 93 LORETO A WORLD OF BOOKS By PII'ILIPPA O'LEARY, B.A. (Past Pupil, Normanhurst ). When I first became interested in librarianship books, phamphlets, pictures and maps of Australia and began to attend classes at the library school of and the surrounding areas make up a library of the Public Library of New South Wales, I looked on Australiana unique in the world. this institution and its staff with revernntial awe. In accordance with the terms of the wills of these I hardly da1·ed to hope that with no pi·evious two donors access to these collections is restricted to experience and a scanty knowledge of library tech scholars with a definite need for them. The main niques, I would be admitted immediately to the section of the Public Library, the Gene ral Refer staff. ence Department, however, is open at all times to My tentative application was accepted at once, any member of the public who enters the Reading however, and even before the results of my prelimin Room. P eople living too far away to visit the ]ibrnry ary library examinations were known I began work are cate red for by the Country Circulation Depart as a library assistant. Three years of working at the ment, which sends boxes of selected books on loan Public Library has r emoved some of m y exaggerated to depots in country areas and deals with referencP veneration of it, but has only increased the affection questions and r equests for specified books from and interest I began to develop as a Library School country hon-owers. Occasionally our services go even student. further afield. A Chinese r eader who has just com T he Public Library of New South Wales had a pleted his studies for a Maste r of Architecture's beginning that must surely be unique in library Degree noted down m y address the other day, so that histor y. In the early settlement of New South on his return to Singapore, where library work is Wales the scarcity of books caused the officials and relatively undeveloped, h e could still have access to public men of Sydney considerable inconvenience. information from the books in the Public Library lri 1821 a group of leading citizens decided to pool of N ew South Wales. their library r esources. Each drew up a list of Like most large general reference libraries, the the books in his possession, the lists were consolidated Public Library sets itself the now impossible goal of into one and the initials of the owner placed opposite maintaining a collection covering all impurtant the title of each book. development in every field of knowledge. This inventory served as a catalogue and This ideal, which many libraries could r ealize enabled prosp ective readers to borrow the books they some hundred years ago is now unattainable to even required before a public library existed in Australia. the largest libraries owing to the huge volume of Five years later the collections of some of the printed materials being produced today. men who had taken part in this scheme were brought However, though all important material on every together to form the Australian Subscription Library subject cannot be acquired , up-to-date informatio~ - a very exclusive private lending library to which can be found in the library on almost any topic. One members wer e admitted by ballot. Fines were exact of our readern, a Sikh, once told me that h e had ed from tardy borrowers according to the size of learned more about his religion from books in the the hook overdue, and many of the volumes in the Public Library than he could find in India. Public Library today still hear the bookplate of the I am often asked whether library work becomes Australian Subscription Library. less inte res ting as time goes on and the novelty wears The book collection was purchased by the off. But I can trnthfully say that in three years of Government of New South Wales in 1869 and b ecame working in a library and studying librarianship there the Free Public Library of Sydney, later r enamed the have been few dull moments. Dealing with readers' Public Library of New South Wales. It has grown queries is full of inter est and variety, and the spirit steadily by purchase and bequest to its present size of teamwork among the staff lightens routine. of over half a million books. The library is deeply I find that helping readers to get the greatest u : e indebted to two great benefactors, David Scott out of the resources available makes librarianship Mitchell and Sir William Dixson whose collections of a worthwhile and satisfying profession. huge Moorish Mosque (now a Christian cathedral) quez - it was almost unbelievable. The Prado is a looked exactly as I expected from photographs : i huge and magnificent gallery - the pride of Madrid recognised at once the hundreds of striped columns. and all Spain. We stayed at Granada too, and spent days wandering . The Spanish people arn very friendly and help- through the Alhambra and the gardens of the Gene ful - and what courtly manners ; no Rock 'n' Roll riffe. We looked with interest at the very windows or Bodgies there ! A r efreshing place altogether. wh er e the Catholic sover eigns proclaimed their con Dorothy Griffiths, quest of the Moor ~ . Spain is really lovely and full .. . . * Harley Griffiths, son of the late Lexie Griffiths, , of romance and history. and nephew of M. M. Loreto, Normanhurst. One· of In the Prado at Madrid we had a veritable feast his recent paintings was bought by the Sydney Art of art: there are some glorious Murillo's ther e ; and Gallery. H e has also held a successful exhibition: in as for the room with the forty-nine pictures of Velas- Brisbane of paintings done during his recent trip. 94 LORETO CONVENT, BRISBANE, QLD. Top: Sub-Senior, Junior. Bottom: Form III. and Sub-Junior. INSET : PREFECTS : STANDING: Mary Josephson, llladonna M cAulliffe, Judith Haupt, Judith Ahern, Marie Price, Patricia Hickey. SITTING: J osephine S'mmonds (Head of Day School), Carmel Ryan (Head of Boarding School). 95 LORETO CONVENT, BRISBANE, QLD. Top: Forms 1 and 2. Bottom: Grades III. & IV. 96 LORETO CONVENT, BRISBANE, QLD. INSET: The Willis Family - Kathleen, Anne. Mary and Judy. Family tree as follows: Margaret (Brophy) M ongovan-Mary's Mount ; Kathleen (Mongovan) Smith-Dawso n Street: Mary ( Smith) Willis - Toorak. On the right are Angela and Bette Bridge. Family tree as follows: Mrs. Cones-Rathfarnham; Mrs. Danzen-Calcutta : Mrs. Rundlett-Calcutta ; Mrs. Bridg, - Simla. (ALL ARE LORETO HOUSES.) LORETO LORETO, BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND SENIOR CLASS R. KELLY ;\f. CASHEL Y. O'MARA J. HAUPT M. LUDDY N. CONDON M. W I LLI S Al. McAuLl FFE M. E. :McCORMACK F. DRAKE K. HANCOCK C. RYAN R. MI SSEN J. FANNI NG R. GUTHRIE J . SHntONDS S. MORROW P. GANN C. MURRAY A. OWEN E. GRIFFEN F. STEWART SUB-SENIOR H. PARER JI L GRIFFEN K. PRESTON S. PARER A. HEALY J. AHERN C. SKEHAN A. HEGARTY GRADE II J. CLEARY B. STtIN IL HEALY J. DRUM M. RANKIN K. HODGES R. CORBETT r. HAM ILTON J. WALSH N. JOSEPHSON D. ELDRIDGE P. HICKEY A. WINSHIP K. McCALLUM M. ANDER SON P. HOLMES J . McCORMACK C. MURRAY A. JEFFR1ESS Absent R. McCULL AGH C. HANDASYDES 11!. JOSEPHSON C. BOWES L. McW ALTERS 11 !. WI L LIS S. )°OYCE B. PENDERGAST M. O'SULLIVAN P. NORT ON-.W ILLSON P. KELLY M . BElRNE M . PARER G. HARDY P. MlCHELL P. QUI NN ll. H ARRI S 1-1. McC.\ USLAND FORM III n. SI M PSON JI. O'SULLIVAN A. l\fcCORM.\CK T. ARNOLD R. TIERNAN B. TAYLOR JIL McANULTY S. BALDlE M. OWEN A. !lfcDONNALD P. BROWN ll. WILLIAMS PREPARATORY E. NOWELL G. CASEY 11 1. BRASSIL M . PRICE M. CIOTTI Absent L. GRACE 1\I. ROACHE K. CONDON GIOVANNA KOWA LCZYUK R GERECK f M . ROTIERTS S. COOPER E. MO:'.\'AG H AN S. SHAW M. ELDRIDGE N. M URRAY R. WILLETT A. GARDNER JUNIOR A. i\!cNULT Y Absent L. HANCOCK P. ALLEN P. F l T T ON P . HI CKEY D. BRI DGE J. MURPHY G. RUDW1 CK ~. GEJTZ B. BEIRNE M. OUANE S. CHAPPLE E. KEARNS ). CARROLL I'. STUART ~L lllURDOCK R. LAMB K. CUM MING C. 'vVEBli JUNIOR M. O'BRIEN C. DOUGLAS S. KELLY K. POULTON A. ELDRIDGE K. llOT OSM K. TIARRY D. R OACH M. KELLY I '. H ANDASYDES J. CATIP E. SPRINGER L. KURTS L. RODGERS M . CHRTSTOPHERS IJ. TAYLOR S. McDONALD T. KEN\\'AY B. CLAXTON Y. T H OMAS V. MATTHEWS D. CLARKE-RYAN C. CLEARY A. T I ERNAN M. NOWWILL M. McCORMACK S. COOPER J. W H ITE C. PRESTON T. HONE M. CRAWFORD K. WILLIS A. NELSON L. DUKCAN FORM II P. CORBETT J . HIGG I NS 0. FEGAN P. ANDREWS A. WHITE D. POWNALL 11!. HICKEY L. BRAITLING B. McMASTER D. i\IcCALLUM M. HITZKE A. BRIDGE J . J EFFRJESS J. BR OAD GRADE IV GRADE I M. KENT P. CONNOLLEY C. KERLIN L COUCHMAN A. BEH AN B. LeBROCQ J. COFFEY I'. BALDIE K. CONNOR S. DOUGLAS S. CHRTSTO P HERS D. :FOLEY L. McCOSKE R i\ T. GUTH RIE A. HARBURG C. MILEY A. H ICKEY C. HOOKE M. McNUL TY P . SYDES P. MOLLER J. KELLY S. McNULTY M. lltURPHY A. MONAGHAN P. McCOR MACK C. CARRICK K. NOUD C. NOWILL P. MORROW M. STIRLING L. STEWART D. OWEN V. JOHNSON A. NELSON M. OWEN C. PANEK D. REDMOND T. NEYLON C. TESSIER G. HONE S. RUSHTIROOK R. O'SULLIVAN M. MURRAY H . MURRAY P. SI1\f;\!ONDS F . PARER A. W ILL IS T. PARER A. WILLIS D. STUART M. MONAGHAN KINDERGARTEN C. TAYLOR 111. ROACHE T. W.-\LLACE E. RlJDWICK J. CARRI CK J. ZACKA M. STEWART GRADE III M. CROFT P. SHEPHERD C. ALLEN C. STEARMAN Absent W. WILSON V. CLEEVE I'. \\.'EBB M., FOGARTY R. JOSEPHSON G. CONDON L. HARRIS M. BAKHASH D. NORTON-WI LLSON SUB-JUNIOR Absent J. DELA:'.\'EY E. WILLIS M. DIEUDONl'\E M. BOWES D. J OSEPHSON J. W iLLIS M. EDi\IONDSON C. KELLY K. MONAGH AN C. LOVE F. CLEARY J. GOODWIN K. ROACH K. H IGGI NS A. CT.ANCHY D. GODDARD K. HOGES R. FOLEY M. FlNNIMORE B. KEI.LEGH ER P. ROBI NSON M. FOOTE FORM I S. HEGARTY J. CONNOR \V. GREENUP C. BROWNE T. KENWAY C. CROUCH P. llEALY J. BOYLE C. HALL R. DESHON C. JOl'\ES C. CARTER ll. SYDES J. llkCAFFER'I Y LITTLE GREEN WA VE Little green Wave with lace on its edges Little gr een Wave with gay sunbeams dancing, F lits in and out of gay se·aweed hedges, With the White Horses playfully prancing, Peeping so slyly through white coral ledges. Up at the seagull laughing and glancing. L ittle green Wave does just as it wishes, Splashes and slithers all over the fi shes, Little green Wave soon now you'll be sleeping, Filling the rock pools as if they w ere dishes. Off to your deep ocean bed you'll be creeping, While the great Mother Sea has you safe in her keeping Little green Wave with r ibbons and laces, Sometimes it loiters and sometimes it races, LEXIE GRIFFITHS Sometimes it's chased and sometimes it chases. (See P age 94 ) 98 ST. MARY'S HALL, MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY, PARKVILLE, VIC. BACK ROW : Mary Collins. Margaret Coleman, Rita Deveny, Sue Tilley, Marie Drew, L oretta Diviny, Deidre Moriarty, Mary Calwell, Margaret Riggall, Judith Walsh, Felicity Wakefield-Kent, Denise Flaherty. M IDDLE ROW: Mary Conroy, Betty Lenaghan, Patricia Joyce, Margaret Smith, Jocelyn Gorman, Marie Louise Uhr, Barbara Benson, Jeanne Gorman, Judith Hill, Jennifer Hoy, Margaret Biviano, Patricia Coutts, Helene Wood. FRO NT ROW: Annette M cSwiney, Mary Morrissy, Gwenda Miller, Betty Mulcahy, Mai garet Murphy, Janet Byrne, Colette Christie, Betty Hoy, Rosemary Gorman, Christine White head, Jane Ahern, Faye Fallon. ry bright and fast moving Mr. Borovansky who has done great things for us in hall<'t- Don Quixote. T1rn tradi1io11al red costumes helping to develop a Ballet company. H e has not wrre worn by Brian Ashbr idgc a11d Rowena Ja<'kson only created a great interest in Ba llet but has also wh o danced this rl clightfnl Ballet. trained several leading Australian ballet dancers. Then at last the curtain went u p once more for The late Miss Frances Scully was another of the Swan L ake. As Margot Fonl<'y11 rlarwe d with the view of promotin g local inte rest in balle t there was w m ething n ew; each dancer gave a dif and as a medium for advanced dancer s, who have ferent interpre tation of h e r role. The short balle t passed thci1· majo1· exam s. U ntil now, the re was no e nded and the crowd clapped tirelessl y. future for such talented students, who did not want During the interval I thou ght how familiar was Lo go overseas and continue their studies. The aims this scene. How m a n y last nights I had watched! of the group arc to form a link be tween the student Tow;uds the end of " The Taming of the Shre w" of dancing and the professional; to enable the boxes were passed along the rows. Each p erson took stmlents lo gain a knowledge and understanding of several streame rs and passed the box along again. establi:- hed classical ballets, by trained productions, T h e play concluded and the v arious m embe rs of wh ich in turn broaden their technical knowledge in the cast took their bows. When the two principals the execution of the more difficult ste p s. appeared, hundreds of streame1·s fluttered to the So the Group hopes that regular performances stage. Then we all stood for the national anthem and will help to develop the sensitivity of ea1· and eye, the curtain was lowe red fo1· the last time. n eeded for the full enjoyment of ballet's entrancing My mind flash ed back to the present as again music, its drama and its constantly changin g pictures the theatre darken ed for the n ext balle t "Nut and pattern s. crack er." . This ballet was ver y lovel y with the most MADONNA McAULIFFE (17) , magnificent part comin g at the end, the difficult Brisbane. and brilliant Pas de D eux of the Sugar Plum fairy C. BALLET IN MELBOURNE and the Prince. The .flashing turns, foue ttes, and the It was nearly the time now, Lhe great orchesLr a lifts, enraptured everyone. Again the last night of was settling down, the theat1·e light had been a season was crowned with streamer s. dimmed a nd all round there we re hush ed whisp ers. ANNE MclNERNEY (15) , Then from behind the curtains the conduc tor ap- Marryatville. 46 LORET O