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TABLE OF CONTENTS.itonnd the School.Opening of the Tennis Courts. Trinci;^'s Seport and Balance Sheet. Guide Jiotes. liews of theiOldl Girls.Prize Short Story, Destiny’* Door.

ABTIOLES AND SKETCHES. Changre.Hidden Treasure.Kew Gardens.Hiidng Back to Make-BclicTC. Moments with Handel.Koscnisko.The FesllTals.FareweH.Flying—A Fancy.The lin n et.The Ironhark.

yEBSE.The Tramp.The Cooing of, a Dore. In the Park.A lilghtmare.Tools If. ■

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ILlUSTiBATIOIfS.Fort Street Public School, 1871.Fort Street Model Public School, 1901 Fort Street Girls’ High School, 1932. Dr. Bradfleld addressing the Pupils. The Captaiufand Prefects o f [1932. Busy Bees.Presentation of Championship Cups.

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FORT STREET GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOLNOVEMBER, 1932.

FABER EST SUAE QUISQUE FORTUNAE.

The Staff.

Principal: Miss COHEN, M .A ., B .S c .

Deputy Priiicijial: Miss BLUMB, B .S c .

Department of Englisli:

M iss TURNER, B .A . (M istress) M iss MACKAY, M .A .Miss MOORE, B .A .Miss MOULSDALE, M .A .

Miss PURCELL, B .A .M rs. ROBERTSON, B .A . Miss WICKS, B .A ., B .E c . Miss WINGROVE, B .A .

Department of Classics:Miss H EW ITT, B .A . (M istress). Miss PATÉ, B .A .

Miss SIMONS, B .A .

Department of Mathematics:

Miss L ESSLIE , B .A . (M istress). Miss NICOL-MURRAY, B..A.Miss H ARRIS, B .A . ’ Miss SWAN, B .A .

Miss WESTON, M .A .

Department of Science:Miss BLITMB, B .S c . (M istress). Miss COWIE, B .S c .Miss CHEETHAM, B .A . Miss CRAWFORD, B .S c .

Miss PUXLEY, B .S c .

Department of Modern Langiiages:Miss W EDDELL, B .A . (M istress)Miss .HARDERS.M iss MURRAY, B .A ., L .e s .L . , D r.

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Art: Miss TEA R LE.

Music: M rs. JAM ES.

Magatine Editor: Miss TURNER, B .A .

Magazine’Sah-Edito r: Miss WINGROVE, B .A .

Magazine Business Manager: Miss MOULSDALE, M .A .

Captain, 1932: BERYL LAMBLE.

Miss REEVES, B .A .M rs. PiYAN, D ip. Besancon U niv. Miss SPENCER, B .A .

Needlework: Miss COUSINS.

Physical Culture: M rs. G R IFFIN .

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FOR STREET GIRLS’ HIGH, 1932.(B7 courtesy of The GoveiRmeat Priater),

THE OPENING OE THE TENNIS COURTS.On the m orn ing of W ednesday, A ugust; S ls t, the sp irits of every F o rtia n

ro se w ith the sun . W ith eager expectation we had aw aited the g re a t event. Not a cloud m arred the beauty of the blue sky, and on th is sunny m orn ing w G' ©njoyed all the sa tis fac tio n 'o f rea lised am bitions.

All, the m orn ing we h u rried to and fro like busy ants,' dusting , po lish ing , decorating , till every th ing w as spick and span and all the h idden beau ty of th e g rand old school w as b rough t in to ev idence.

A t la s t the longed for afternoon arrived , and, w ith the k ind ly sun beam ­ing down upon us, and the school flag flu ttering gaily in the breeze, we lis ten ­ed td the perform ance of the o rchestra , which, heard th rough the loud speak­ers, sounded quite p ro fessional.

T hen the v is ito rs a rrived and w hen a ll w ere com fortab ly sea ted and th e atm osphere tense w ith excitem ent, the cerem ony opened w ith the sing ing o f th e N ational A nthem . Thisi was followed by a sh o r t address by M r. G. R . T hom as, the D irector of Edudation, who acted as cha irm an . M r. T hom as spoke in apprecia tive te rm s of the w onderfu l e ffo rts of a ll who had helped in tra,nsform ing the ugly, broken s tr ip of land in to the beau tifu l v is ta w hich sp reads before us to-day.

Misä Cohen then read in a c lea r voice the rep o rt andj balance sheet, an d we listened to the sto ry of the rea lisa tio n of our cherished h o p es . T H um phan t- ly Miss Cohen announced th a t we h ad a sm all ba lance ini hand „w hilst every d e ta il of M r . D ellit’s delightfu l p lan had been carried , ou t. T he rep o rt m ade us rea lise w hat a trem endous am oun t of w ork had had to he done to produce th e fine tenn is co u rts in the place of the ugly boulders over w hich so m any people trod during the H a,rbour B ridge ce leb ra tions.

The C hairm an th en read the apologies of m an y friends who found it im ­possib le to a ttend the function . The Lord M ayor and Lady M ayoress, M r. and . Mrsi. S. W älder, deeply reg re tted th e ir inab ility to he p re sen t on accoun t o f im port'an t business which, a t the la s t m om ent, dem anded th e ir a tten tio n .

We then listened to the fam iliar voice of our old friend. D r. B radfield, who h as so often show n h is friendsh ip in a p rac tica l w ay. D r. Bradfieldi declared th a t hei w as delighted to 'assist us and th a t a ll th a t he and h is s ta ff had done w as due to Miss Cohen’s encouragem en t. D r. B radfield concluded his speech am id h ea rty acclam ation , w hich betokened our sincere app rec ia tion of h is in - ya luab le a s s is ta n c e .

N ext we heard isisuing from the loud speakers a c lea r young voice, w hich spoke ea rn es tly of D r. B radfield’s aid, and B eryl Lam ble p resen ted him w ith a sm all token of our esteem and apprec ia tion .

W innie C utler then spoke in h e r charm ing w ay of the happiness ye t to be derived from the courts, and expressed the school’s th an k s to the other' g en tle ­m en to whom we owe so m uch, M essrs. D elllt, C arro ll and W allace, who re ­ceived sm all m em entoes of our ap p rec ia tion .

In an in te res tin g address; M r. Clyne, M .L .A ., spoke of th e benefit of sp o rt w hich m ust, of necessity , be com bined w ith study and he w ished us m any happy ho u rs on the new co u rts .

M iss Blum e then expressed in w ords the sen tim en t w hich w as glow ing w ith in Us a ll—th a t of deep g ra titu d e to Miss Cohen for h e r u n tirin g in te re s t in the beautification schem e.

The scene now moves to the gates of th e tenn is courts, re sp len d en t with, red and w hite ribbon . “And now sits Elxpectation in the a ir ,” a sn ip of the sc isso rs and D r . B radfield has, a t one and the sam e m om ent, opened th e co u rts and unveiled the tab le t se t in the w all of the courts; com m enorating the w ork of the pupils, p aren ts , friends, staff, ex -pup ils, the E ducation D epartm en t and the Sydney H arb o u r B ridge staff.

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D r. B rad iie ld (A ddressing th e P u p ils on the occasion of the O pening of the T ennis C ou rts .(By cou rtesy of The Sydney M orning H e ra ld ) .

A fter p a rtak in g of re freshm en ts , the v is ito rs w ere show n over the school, and many,' a h e a rt sw elled w ith pride when, exhib iting “the g lo ry th a t is F o r t S tr e e t .” The dav ended, and a peaceful happ iness pervaded us—“F in is co ronat o p u s .”

—E nid S m ith (4 A ).

The E d ito rs have m uch p leasu re in p rin tin g the fu ll tex t of D r. B radfleld’s speech and the R eport and B alance Sheet p resen ted by Miss Cohen, on A ugust 31st.

Dr. Bradfield’s Address.Mr.I Ross Thom as, Miss Cohen, Ladies, G entlem en, and G irls of the F o r t

S tre e t H igh School, the bevy of b ra in s and beauty who adorn the B ridge H igh­w ay:

The s to ry o f each one of us is an adventure , g re a t or sm all, as we s e t ou t on our life’s jou rney to discover ourselves and the secre t of ou r p e rsona lity , the ch a rac te r in us w hich does and dares as it leads u's fo rw ard in o u f a t ­tem pts to overcom e our lim ita tions a,nd a tta in our ideals w hich I endeavoured to weave in the design of the Bridge and its approaches, sim plicity , beau ty , service, a re su re ly exemplified by these tenn is cou rts and garden dream ed of by me some tw enty years ago, w hen locating the B ridge Avenue on th e h igh g round along P rin ces S tree t. W hat w as then m ore or less a slum a re a has been tran sfo rm ed in to a beau tifu l h ighw ay w ith th is h is to ric building, w ith these co u rts and garden , and w ith the pupils of the school adding charm and in te re s t th ere to .

Bradfield, in E hgland, especially its school, is w idely know n; m y wife has hopes th a t a sirn iiar school m ay be estab lished in th e N orthern Suburb ca lled a f te r u s . Bradfield H ighw ay, link ing the City w ith th e N orthern Suburbs, has F o rt S tree t School on the City side aaid various p riva te and public schools a s ­sociated w ith i t on the n o rth e rn side. I have preserved the am enities of these schools, tak ing care th a t the B ridge and its approaches w ould be no d isfigure­m en t in the landscape, and by system s of subw ays under the roadw ays on the N orthern and Southern A pproaches, have provided safe access for the school p u p ils .

In ca rry in g ou t the w ork on the n o rth e rn side, I w as alw ays thank fu l w hen the holidays w ere over because when we w ere b lasting , n o tw ith stand ing the heavy rope m ats placed over the areai, sm all fragm en ts w ould so a r skyw ards and) th e children , a lthough kep t ou t of the danger zone, would endeavour to ca tch the fragm en ts as th y fell, and the g irls outvied the boys. F o rtu n a te ­ly, none of them w ere h u rt, and they did th r ill to a new gam e of “c a tc h e rs .”

The fo resigh t of Miss Cohen, the ass is tan ce of your p aren ts , teachers , friends, and the E ducation D epartm ent, likew ise the desire of th e B ridge S taff to m ake som e am ends for the inconvenience of access w hich had to be caused to the school for severa l years, have b rough t these courts and the' beau tifica­tion of the school g rounds to fru itio n .

I know of no school w hich has a m ore convenient or beau tifu l se ttin g th en F o r tjS tre e t. The tenn is and baske t ball courts w ill add zest to your studies, on them , you g irls of F o rt S tree t and the ones who v/ill succeed you, w ill le a rn to p lay the gam e of life, and in your w ork and in your, p lay will' sp in th is pld w heel of ea rth about, a ss is ting in the developm ent of A u stra lia w ith a ll th e po ten tia l pow er for good w hich a n educated and enligh tened w om anhood can exercise w hen jou rney ing along the Road of L ife.

A poem, “The Road of Life,” w ritten by Phyllis" G urney W right, w as pub­lished in the S a tu rday li te ra /y page of the “Sydney M orning H e ra ld ” SiOma years ago—

“Follow we m ust th a t long, lone road.W here F a te has se t our fee t;

And each of us has a sep a ra te path.T hough often the-pathw ays m eet. f

“Follow we m u st the w inding road.W ith courage in our eyes;

W hile we h ear the h ea t oi a m illion feet On the p a th w here duty lies.

“N earing the end of the long w hite roa.u,W e w alk a t a slow er pace;

B ut w ith w eary eyes on the b righ ten ing skies,We w atch for our M aster’s fa c e .”

A nd thus the end crow ns the w ork, and it is. the w ork th a t m atte rs , no t th e m en or women who do it! W hen to-day is bu t a m em ory, these cou rts and school g rounds w ill be a source of p leasu re to the m ultitude who pass a lo n g the H ighw ay, and, th en as now, the g irls of F o r t S tree t w ill hum an ise and add lu s tr e to the p ic tu re .

I t h as given m y v/ife, m y daugh ter, and m yself a sincere p leasu re to be h ere to-day a t the opening of these courts—my w ife’s favourite flower, the n a s tu rtiu m , has found a place in the g arden .

I t is now my priv ilege to cu t the ribbon and declare the cou rts open for p lay , and to unveil the tab le t w hich com m em orates th e ir estab lish m en t. May these p lay ing g rounds be the pride, and ever afford p leasu re to the g irls of th e F o r t S tree t H igh S choo l.

Miss Cohen’s Report and Balance Sheet.

M r. C hairm an, Ladies and G entlem en and G irls:

I have m uch p leasu re in p resen tin g to you a rep o rt on the w ork w hich has been, done on th e land, w hich w as recen tly handed over to the D epartm en t of E duca tion by th e H arbou r B ridge au th o ritie s . To review the position ch rono­logically , th e land w as prom ised some years ago to the E ducation D epartm en t lo r the use of the H igh School in exchange for an a re a w hich was' resum ed a n d now is p a r t of Bradfleld H ighw ay.

F o r several years th e w ork in connection w ith the B ridge A pproaches cau sed us g re a t inconvenience, bu t now we a re reap ing a rich rew ard —fo r the w onderfu l fron tage th a t the school possesses m akes its position second to none in .th e S ta te . W hen we re tu rn ed to school a t the beginning of 1932 we found th e new a re a of land lon one side of the en trance , rough ly levelled, as it w as th e in ten tion to e rec t tw o ten n is cou rts th ereon .

The p lans fo r these courts w ere p repared by the G overnm ent A rch itec ts’ D epartm en t, and on A pril 6th I received a le t te r from the Chief In sp ec to r oi Schools enclosing the p lans, s ta tin g th a t the proposed w ork would cost £961 an d th a t no money w as availab le fo r th is pu rpose . M r. Davies, who w as a t th a t tim e M inister for E ducation , had previously v isited the school, had given m e perm ission to collect m oney if possible from the g irls and th e ir pa ren ts , a n d had ¡promised to se t aside a ce rta in sum of m oney for doing up the p lay g round . I t w as difficult to know w here to s ta r t, a s obviously i t w ould be no e a sy ta sk to ra ise the necessary m oney.

I t w as a t th is tim e th a t I w as fo rtu n a te in m eeting M r. B ruce D ellit, who w as m uch s tru c k w ith the possib ilities of the situa tion , and rea lised th a t w ith a p roper schem e the fron tage could be m ade a beau ty sp o t such as w as need­ed fo r a school so conspicuously s i tu a te d . I could never adequately express to Mr.. D ellit m y g ra titu d e and th a t of the g irls for the in te re s t he took in the w ork, and fo r the beau tifica tion schem e w hich he drew up for m e. H is w ater co lo u r p lan , w ith its trees, sh rubs and law ns w as a g lorious su rp rise , and charm ed a ll those who saw it . I t gripped the im agination and m ade one feel th e ab sd lu te necessity of doing a ll th a t w as in one’s pow er to convert it in to a re a lity . I am pleased to say th a t th e schem e h as been ca rr ied ou t in its e n tire ty and in a few“ years , w hen th e tre e s have grow n, ou r g rounds should

look som eth ing like M r. D ellit’s beau tifu l p lan .

I am su re th a t D r. Bradfielcl was cap tivated by the p lan for sh o rtly a fte r he saw it he au thorised th a t w ork should be com m enced on the re ta in in g w alls . The men s ta rted on the w all betw een the two tenn is cou rts on A pril 28th, 1932, and when th is wa.s finished it seem ed as if one side could be puc in order, for by th is tim e, the fund w hich had been opened, w as grow ing and th ere was sufficient money to p roceed .

The w ater service was the nex t consideration , and a suggestion was made by the fa th e r of one of the g irls th a t possibly some m en would- give th e ir lab- our, and thus effect a considerable reduc tion in expend itu re .

M r. W allace, one of the Supervising A rchitects of the Public W orks De­p a rtm en t, who had been responsib le for the p lans already draw n was anxious th a t som ething should be done in th is way, as the condition of the grounds w as a d isgrace to the C ity. He said th a t he w ould be w illing to draw up the specifications and superv ise the w ork if some of the p a ren ts w ould come 'on a few S a tu rdays and erec t the w ire n e tting round the c o u rts . A dozen m en volunteered , and I am su re when you inspect the c o u rts , you w ill say th a t the w ork is a c red it to them and to Mr. W allace. We w orked for eigh t Satu rdays a lto g e th e r , and we all have p leasan t m em ories of those days. I t is a p leasu re to deal w ith people who take pride in w ork well done, and I am su re these vo lun teers fe lt the g rea tes t sa tisfac tion in doing th a t w hich w ould stand for m any years , w hich would give p leasu re to succeeding genera tions of g irls, and also would repay to the school in som e way all th a t the school was giv­ing to th e ir ch ild ren .

I canno t estim ate the value of the w ork th a t w as done by these men, as I am su re th e ir unselfishness in giving up th e ir S atu rdays was an incentive to o thers to do th e ir sh a re in o ther w ays. In connection w ith th is w ork, I w ould like you to notice the ingenious plum bing schem e. In s tead of runn ing the pipes underg round we used the bottom ra il of the su rro u n d s to the courts for th e w ater, and thus saved 800ft. of piping as well as the add itional lab ­o u r. T his was M r. C arro ll’s idea. M r. C arroll w as Superv ising E ng ineer in ■charge of the w ork on the Southern A pproach to the Bridge, and th ere fo re r e ­sponsib le for the w ork in our grounds, and h is techn ica l know ledge and sk ill w ere in constan t dem and. ft w as very fo rtu n a te for us th a t he and Mr. W allace w ere so. in te rested in the schem e and so generous in th e ir help . The w ork of necessity was splendidly done w ith such m en as these to superv ise i t .

The levelling of the ground on the left hand side of the en tran ce wag nex t au tho rised by D r. B radfleld and for some w eeks we cheerfu lly endured the noise of the jack ham m ers cu tting out the rock as we rea lised the wondferful advan tages we would soon enjoy. T his cou rt has been tu rfed , and the g irls a re eagerly looking forw ard to playing baske t ball on it nex t season .

The d ra in ing of the tennis and baske t ball co u rts was a serious problem , as the school fund, by th is tim e, w as considerab ly depleted . We are m ost g ra te fu l to the D epartm en t of E ducation for com ing to the rescue a t th is ju n c tu re . An a g ric u ltu ra l d ra in w as laid a ll round the c o u rts . The frö n t p layground has been done up, the garden ing staff have w orked for m any days and p a rt of the cost of the rockery w as defrayed by the E ducation D ep art­m en t. We are extrem ely g ra te fu l for such help, especially w hen it was understood from the outset, th a t ow ing to the expense involved in the a lte ra ­tio n s to the Assem bly H all, no fu r th e r money w as availab le .

The 400 feet of rockery adjoin ing the courts should look beau tifu l in a few m o n th s . We are .greatly indebted, to the D irector of the B otanic G ardens for supply ing us w ith p lan ts for the rockeries as well as trees to r the fro n t g a r­d en . In thisi avenue we have p lan ted L agunaria P a te rso n i a lte rn a te ly w ith O leanders, and a t the end of the b ask e t ba ll co u rt a re two T ris tan ia C onferta, w hich w ere p lan ted on A rbor Day by the Lord Mayor and Lady M ayoress (M r. and M rs. W älde r).

S trange to say the w ork w hich w as s ta rted firs t was no t finished till la s t —v iz .: the surface of the tenn is c o u rts . A fter m uch consideration , i t w as de­cided to w ait to see a new cou rt w hich w as being laid a t the W hite City by the ■W. R . C arr C onstruction C om pany. A very favourable rep o rt w as g iven about th is court, so the o rder v/as given to th is firm, and the su rface seem s to be a ll th a t was claim ed to r it. We have a five y e a rs ’ m aintena.nce guaran tee , so

our tennisi w an ts should be m ore th an sa tisfac to ry . Most h a rd cou rts need co n stan t ro lling aiTd w ate rin g . T his e lastom astie pav ing needs no such ca re and, being w aterp rco f, the cou rts can be played on im m ediately a f te r ra in .

M eanw hile it w as necessary to have money to finance these schem es, and it w as very p leasing to have such a splendid response to the appeal m ade la s t M arch. The p rincip le of d irec t giving proved m ost successfu l and £100 was ra ised by th is m eans. I w ill read th e balance sheet show ing how the m oney was collected and expended.

IIALAISCE SHEET SCHOOL IMPKOVEMEAT FUM) August 31st, 1932

R eceiptsTo D onations—

- Pup ils . . 45 15 0E x-Pupils 24 10 3Staff 20 12 6F rien d s . 9 3 4

fv' Com petitions-

k P e r Schools’U niform sL td . 4 9 6

P er M rs. W ar-r e n .......... 2 13 0

P er M rs.H owse . . 1 18 6

P er M rs. B ar-to n . - . . 0 12 6

P e r Mr.D avies . . 3 17 9

P e r M aryH ow ard 0 10 0

Sale o f 'S w e e ts , etc

100 1 1

r-lay—School D ram aticS o c ie ty ................................

C oncert, p er Miss Sim m ons and M rs. C orner . . ..

W axw orks E xhib ition (2D) H isto rica l E xhib ition (ID ) M id-day D ances, p e r Y ear

V .............................................E xcursion , per M rs. Cor­

n e r ......................................School A ssociation Fund

previous to 1930 . . . ■ School A ssociation Fund

14 1 316 3 0

13 3 3

14 8 51 12 91 0 0

2 15 8

0 18 0

106 0 0

112 0 0

£382 3 5

E xpend itu re S tandards and R ails fo r courts, taps.

W ire N etting . F ittin g s for

S tandards and R alls . . . .

G ates for tenn is courts . . . .

105 15 321 9 5

13 7 6

1 16 0

Sand and C em ent . . . . F ittin g s for ten n is nets! . . T im ber lo r posts, seats,

e tc ..........................................R o c k e ry ...................................Surface of ten n is courts P a th s around ten n is courts Turfing b ask e t ba ll co u rt

and law ns ......................Sundry E xpenses . . . . .. B alance in hand ...............

142 8 23 8 91 1 0

4 2 345 0 0

110 0 015 0 0

50 0 09 18 41 4 11

£382 3 5

F . COHEN, M .A ., B .S c ., P r in c ip a l.

I t is m ost g ra tify ing to rea lise th a t a ll th e accounts have been paid and th a t we do no t owe a penny in connection w ith th is w ork . B u t we do owe our g ra te fu l th an k s to very m any people. F irs tly , to D r. Bradfleld, fo r w ith o u t h is in te re s t and influence p rac tica lly no th ing could have been d o n e . The foundations and re ta in in g w alls w ere a, necessity and w ould ce rta in ly have cost m ore th a n i t w as possible for us to c o lle c t. I w ill never fo rg e t m y re lie f and th e genera l excitem en t w hen we a rriv ed a t school on A pril 28th to find th a t h is m en had rea lly com m enced w ork . I had had several in terv iew s w ith D r. B rad ­fleld before th is ; som etim es p leasan t, b u t a t o th er tim es ra th e r d ep ressing

ones. I th ink he even tua lly rea lised th a t we w ere help less w ithou t him , and th a t a s the p a ren ts and pupils w ere w illing and anxiousi to do th e ir b est: the m ost would be m ade of w hatever help he could give us.

The sp irit oivco-operatlon, and goodw ill th a t has been evoked th roughou t i^ no t the le a s t p leasing fea tu re . E veryone connected w ith the job has been in te re s te d the w orkm en, no t the leas t of all, and to them we a re g ra te fu l for w ork well done. The m ateria ls bought have been of the best, and su b s tan tia l d iscounts w ere given to u s by the various firm s concerned .

I find it difficulfi to exp ress in w ords m y g ra titu d e and app rec ia tio n of a ll the w onderful help we have had from so m any people. M essrs. D ellit, W al­lace and C arroll, as I have a lready sta ted , have rendered m ost va luab le se r­vice—as' also have the p a re n ts who erected the su rro u n d s to the co u rts—the m others who kn itted jum pers, d ressing jacke ts, e tc ., for prizes for com peti­tio n s; th e City Council w hich supplied filling fo r the co u rts ; M r. Sym onds of

W ASHING U P A FTE R T H E PARTY, AUGUST 31st.(By courtesy of The D aily T e le g ra p h ).

the C om m onw ealth F o itian d Cem ent C o., who donated half a ton of. cem en t; the ex -pup ils , s ta ff , p aren ts and pupils w ho responded so generously to all appea ls ; and the E ducation D epartm en t. The co u rts rep re sen t m uch m ore th an p laying fields. They stand for all tim e as a m em orable exam ple ofl co­operation , goodwill, k in d lin ess , Icya lty , g eneros ity , and th a t w onderful sp irit w hich is P o rt S tree t.

No one though t th a t in four sh o rt m onths the dream of y ea rs w ould be lea lised . and th a t tenn is courts, gardens, law ns and rockeries- would so soon be ac tu a l ta c ts .

As P rin c ip a l of the school. I desire to place on reco rd the g ra titu d e of the pupils, to all those who have so generously helped and m y th an k s to the g irls fo r the splendid way they responded to a ll my appeals. The en th u siastic su p ­p o rt and k indness show n by so m any people have rea lly been rem arkab le , and h w ill alw ays look back on these few m onths w ith happy reco llec tions owing to the -w onderful k ind liness and generous help th a t I have received from one and a ll.

SUBSOKIPTlOJiS TO THE TENNIS COUKT F IN D .

Miss Cohen g ra te fu lly acknow ledges the follow ing subscrip tions w hich she has received since A pril 20th. T his lis t includes donations received since the, com pletion of the balance sheet, and the fu r th e rs sum s of m oney hav& been, expended on a law n m ow er, hoses and o ther garden ing n ecessities.

£ s dA m ount p reviously acknow ­

ledged ................................... 43 5 5M r. B . P a r k e r ..................... 0 10 0M r. A . D. Shaw . . . . . . 0 5 0J>r. B . B . D u r i e ................ 0 10 6Miss M. B a r k l ...................... 0 10 0Miss H . J a m ie s o n ................ 0 10 0A dditional Sale of Sw eets,

Y ear I ................................. 0 6 8M r. T . W . H o o d .............. 0 5 0M rs. S te lzer ....................... 0 5 0Miss M. D e la n e y ................ 0 5 0Miss H . B o u r n e .................... 0 C CM r. & M rs. A . H . N athan 2 0 0M r. In sp ec to r Davies . . 0 10 0M r. D. M a c k ln n o n .............. 0 2 6M rs. Jacobs . . .v ■. •• 0 4 0Miss J . A r n o t t ...................... 0 5 0M r T . W . C larke . . . . 0 5 0M rs. C o l e ....................... 1 10 0D r. N. G o r s ............... 0 ^ 0Miss N. Caldw ell & friends 0 4 6Miss W . J o h n s o n ............... 0 10 0Y ear II , A dditional Sale of

Sw eets . . . . . •• ^ ^Miss P . Cohen (B ridge „ „ „

Y ear IV, Sale of Sw eets, &c. 2 11A n o n y m o u s ............................. „Miss M. R iv e tt , nU na Gibson (ten n is party ) ^ 2 6M rs . C o o g a n ................. • • (. r nM rs. A. B . P h illip s ^ 0M rs. Shiels ..................... „D r. I . B row n ..................... n 5 74A T ennis P a r t y .................... « 9 6M iss C. S aunders .,. . . •• °Y ear 1 n , Sale of Sw eets 1 19 10 Miss B . F o u n ta in (B ridge ^ ^

................... ... *'D orothy T uck (Social A fter- ^ g

n o o n ) ..................................... g r 0

M anly G irls, per M. M cVicar 0 6 6M iss D. S y m o n s ................ i in 0M rs . A . K • J ones - • * a i o cM rs. Barton (Competition) 0 12 6Dramatic Society P lay . . 13 J ^Miss M. N o w e l l ................. « 1« »M iss E . T h e a r l e .................

£ 3 dM rs . M e r r ic k .......................... 0 10 6M rs. A. C. F r i t h ............... 0 3 O'M r. H . J . M eldrum . . . . 0 10 0-Miss N. P a r s o n s ................ 1 1 0<C oncert, p er M rs C orner and

Miss Sim m ons, A .T .C .L . 14 8 5-M rs. H owse (C om petition) 1 18 6D ebating S o c i e t y ................ 0 17 5-Gwen C u rran (T ennis T ou r­

nam ent) .............................. 0 14 O'Joan W arren (C om petition) 2 13 0-Y ear V (Sale of Sw eets) 0 18 8M r. H . E . B r o d ie .......... 0 ®B. Gamble and H . Rose

(T ennis P a rty ) . . . . 0 11 O'Miss S . S t r o n a c h .......... ® c nMiss D . D e r r i n ............ 0 &Y ear V, D a n c e s ................ 2 15 8Y ears V and IV (Sale of

Sw eets) ............................. 1 5 O'M rs. C u rran (E uchre P a rty ) 0 17 6Special C ollection—F reegiv-

iiig W e e k .................... 1 ^ ®ID H isto rica l E xh ib ition 1 0 0C om petition (M ary H ow ard) 0 10 O'School U niform s L td .

(C om petition) ................ 4 9 6M r. H . A. S e r g e i ......... 0 5 0Miss M. T u rn e r ................ 1 0 O'C om petitions, per M r.

D a v ie s ............................. 3 17 9'O .G .U . M usical Society . . 0 7 3'I r s . A p p e l ....................... 0 10 O'Joan B r o d ie ...................... 0 10 0Miss M . G olding (P ic tu re

Show) . . ............................. ^E xcursions 3 6 0-2D W axw orks ...................... 1 12 9M r. B r a n c h .............................. 9 10 0D onations from the S taff 12 16 _ 6M rs. Savage (C om petition) 0 7 0D r. M. B e n tiv o g lio ........ 0 10 0Sale of R ib b o n ............... 0 14 6Miss C hapm an ..................... 1 9 0School C o n c e r t ................ 12 0 0’P ro fesso r M. Clai’ke . . . . 1 1 0

£183 17i 11

AROUND THE SCHOOL.The S ta ff:—We a re very p leased to welcome Miss M ackay to the S ta ff.

Miss M ackay cam e to uis In Ju ly as a re liev ing teacher and has rem ained w itli us ever since.

THE DEBATING SOCIETY.U nder the p residency of N orah M acK enna the m em bers of the Dtebating

Society have d iscussed m any in te re s tin g sub jec ts th is h a lf y ea r.The sub jects of the five debates, w hich have been, held, w ere: “T h a t th e

g re a te r oppo rtun ities offered to the w om an of to-day have no t b rough t h e r g rea te r h app iness” ; “Should A u stra lia su p p o rt seven P a rliam en ts?” ; “M ach­inery is an enem y to m ank ind” ; “As civ ilization advances happ iness de­c rea se s” ; and “The pow er of the Navy is g rea te r th an th a t of thel A rm y in W a r .”

The n in th annua l debate w ith F o rt S tree t B oys’ H igh School took place in th e A ssem bly H all, on F riday , Ju n e 24th. The sub jec t debated w:as—“T h a t a C ap ita listic S tate is p re fe rab le to a Socialistic S ta te .” The G overnm ent w as su p p o rted by the g ir ls ’ team —C athie Sykes, N ancy S tu a r t and W innie C u tle r . The boys w ere rep resen ted by M essrs. Sundstrom , Jacobs and S h arp . M r. R . G. H enderson , M .A ., very k ind ly ad judicated , and a t th e close of the de­bate announced th a t the g ir ls ’ team w as v ictorious, having! gained 289 points to th e O pposition’s 250. The debate w as a ttended by M r. Rose, the cap ta in and prefec ts of F o rt S tree t Boys’ H igh School, F if th -y ea r g irls , m em bers of our' D ebating Society and as m any m em bers of the Staff as could be p re sen t. The v is ito rs w ere a fte rw ard s en te rta in ed a t a fternoon te a by the p refec ts and sen io r rep resen ta tiv es of the Society and w ere then show n over the sch o o l.

The re tu rn debate w as held on F riday , Ju ly 15th, a t the Boys’ School, P e te rsh am . The sub jec t fo r debate w as “T h a t co u n try life is fa r p referab le -to c ity l i f e .” T he g irls Were rep resen ted by the sam e team , w hile the Op­position v/as upheld by M essrs. Sharp , Sundstrom , and Jacobs. To our g rea t deligh t the girlsi won by 2 po in ts . M r. Solom ons, M .L .C ., adjud icated , and sa id th a t the debate w as of a very high s tan d a rd . A fter the debate our op­ponents en te rta in ed us a t a fternoon tea and then show ed us th e ir school, thus b ring ing to a close a very enjoyable a fte rnoon .

In conclusion, on behalf of the m em bers of thg D ebating Society, I w ould like to th an k Miss T u rn e r fo r the u n tir in g in te re s t she tak es in a ll ou r ac tiv ­ities .

—ENID SMITH, S e c re ta ry .

BASKET' BALL.T his year P o rt S tree t is proud to hold the “A” G rade B asket B all Shield

fo r the firs t tim e, w inning i t from N orth Sydney and Sydney (High Schools, w ho to ge ther held it fo r 1930. (T here w ere no' com petitions in 1931).

The “A” team showed good form th ro u g h o u t the te rm and won every n ia tch , “B” g rad e p layers a lso played very welly w inning the first tw o m atches and being beaten only by one po in t in the o th ers .

The team s cannot sufficiently th an k M rs. Griffin, who is responsib le fo r th e ir tra in in g and for arousing the en thusiasm of the' g ir ls .

A nother in te re s tin g m atch w as a sack m atch, played a t C entennial P a rk , betw een the “A” and “B” team s.

Now th a t we have the new tu r f cou rt we expect g re a t th in g s from the- team s of 1933.

—BERY L LAMBLE (C aptain)

HOCKEY.H ockey s till proves to be a very popu lar w in te r sp o r t. Once again,: I r e ­

g re t to say, ou r a ttem p ts to gain th e shields have n o t been crow ned w ith suc­cess . H ow ever, both team s have played enjoyable gam es, a lthough the joy o f v ic to ry has n o t been o u rs .

The school is fo r tu n a te in poss,essing a num ber of p rom ising ju n io rs who should , in th e n ea r fu tu re ; becom e s tro n g and re liab le p lay e rs . T hus i t is w ith g re a t confidence th a t We w ish the team th e very best of luck th rough th e seaso n of 1933.

On behalf of th e g irls I should like to th an k Miss W icks and Miss W eston fo r th e ir very valuab le help in coaching us.

—W IN N IE CUTLER, C ap tain .

TENNIS.The opening of th e new ten n is cou rts has given us a sp lendid opportun ity

o f becom ing efficient exponents of the gam e. D uring th e p a s t years F o r t S tre e t g irls have been a t a d isadvantage because of th e lack of practicdy bu t now th e co u rts a re com pleted we should produce m any cham pion p lay e rs .

W e re g re t to say t r a t th is y ea r we have been unsuccessfu l in ou r a ttem p t to w in the shield, b u t ou r team s have nevertheless played good gam es, and n e x t y ear we should be serious riv a ls of Sydney H igh School—the w inners of th e shield fo r th e p as t few y e rs .

I w ould like to th an k M iss Sw an and Miss Moore fo r the g re a t in te re s t th ey have tak en in, the tw o team s; and I w ish the fu tu re team s th e best of good luck and hope th a t very soon both tenn is sh ields w ill adorn the w alls of F o r t S tree t.

—MABIE BARNETT, C aptain .

ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE EXAMINATION.The follow ing g irls w ere successfu l in gain ing prizes' and’ d ip lom as.

P R IZ E S —2nd G rad e :—2nd P rize : Rose D ruker. C onversation: Rose D ruker.3 rd G rade: 2nd P rize : Joan F ra s e r . C onversation : M aria B oldini.

DIPLOMAS—2nd G rade: Eve B ornstein , Rose D ruker, Jo an Jenn ings, V era P au sey ,

B etty S co tt and C atherine Sykes.

3 rd G rade :—D orothy Bieri, M aria Boldini, Joan F ra se r, C larice H am ilton , P h y llis Jones, Gwen M orris, Gwen P itten d rig h , H ilda S ands, V eronica T horn - h u ry and N ance Scott.

4 th G rade: Eva K arp in and M ary M urray .

THE REFERENCE LIBRARY.

T he R eference L ib rary is open every T uesday and .Friday a t the eleven o ’clock recess, fo r the purpose oli lending books to the know ledge-seekers of F o r t S tree t. I t is noticeable th a t the g irls who a re eager to avail them selves of th e sp lend id in te res tin g books in the L ib rary , m ostly belong to the U pper S ch o o l.

So m any volum es, dealing w ith all sub jects, have been s;dided to th e shelves—and th ere a re yet m ore to be catalogued—th a t F o rt S tree t w ill soon h av e to en la rg e the accom m odation fo r th e books!

We should like to d raw the a tten tio n of the Senior G eography c lasses to th e fac t th a t m any excellen t geography books have been included in th e ad ­d itions .

Our th an k s for these add itional books are due to M r. C ram p fo r h is b ro ch u re on “W illiam C harles W entw orth ,” w hich the In te rm ed ia te c lasses w ill ap p re c ia te ; to M r. S . D avies for the A ldine ed ition of “The F aerie Q ueene” in five volum es; to Miss B lum e lo r “D alziel’s I llu s tra te d G oldsm ith” ; to Miss T earle fo r “H arm sw o rth ’s H isto ry of the W orld” The follow ing have been added by the School A ssociation—Y ear Book of A usti-alia; 'H ardy’s D y n asts ; Lawsc-n and h is M ates; “Shall we Jo in th e L a d ie s ’ (B arrie ) C aval­

cade” by Noel C ow ard ; "E ng lish C ostum e” by C alth o rp ; “l i I M ay” by M ilne; “The T ravels and L e tte rs of Lady M ary W ortley M ontague” ; “T he L u re of L ondon Tow n” by Sophie Cole; “E rew hon”- by B u tle r; and finally “M em oir of P leem ing Jen k in ” by R obert Louis S tevenson.

B .J .

KENT, SHAW,

P . DIRCKS, P , McLEAN

)) L ib ra r ia n s . ))

THE CHRISTIAN UNION.The school b ranch of the C hris tian U nion has, th roughou t the year, been

ca rry in g on the good w ork of the M ovem ent under the able leadersh ip of Miss. L esslie and Miss S pencer.

On th ree occasions we have been fo rtu n a te in hav ing such speakers a s Miss R ivett, P rin c ip a l of the London M issionary Society’s H igh School in 'C al­cu tta , Miss Joyce, a trav e llin g sec re ta ry of the A .S ,C '.M .,, and Miss D ocker o f th e Sydney U niversity W om en’s S ettlem en t in R edfern , to address our m eet­ings.

As a re su lt of Miss D ocker’s v is it seven of our m em bers, accom panied by Miss L esslie and Miss Spencer took fifteen little g irls from the S ettlem en t to the Zoo, w here they spen t a very happy tim e.

Our m em bers a re m ost en thusiastic in providing c lo thes lo r litt le J u n e H arw ich of the H av ilah Home, whom o u r b ran ch has adopted .

JOYCE -iinHATMORE (4 C ),

VERSE SPEAKINU COMPETITION.

T he successfu l com petito rs a t the recen t V erse Speaking C om petition h e ld u n d er the ausp ices of the T each ers’ T ra in ing College w ere the follow ing: —

Grade I; M Pound and W G arrard , h igh ly com m ended.

Grade II; H . Sands and E . H unt, h igh ly com m ended.

Grade III: R uth W atts, second prize ; E nid Sm ith, very h igh ly com m ended.

EMPIRE HAY.

On May 9th the school assem bled in the new A ssem bly' H all to c e le b ra te E m pire Day and P oundation D ay. M r. Cram p, M .A .,-S eco n d ary School In ­spector, p resided a t a very p lea san t function, a t w hich excellen t speeches w ere m ade by Miss R adford, H ead of T ra in in g of the G irl Guide M ovem ent, and M r, Clyne, th e M em ber fo r th e d is tr ic t.

T he speeches m ade by C athie Sykes and B eryl Lam ble on th e sub jects o f W omen s P a r t in the E m pire” and “Goodwill am ong N ations” respectively ,

reflected th e g rea te s t c red it on them selves and the school.

Po llow ing the tim e-honoured custom , the P refec ts o f 1932 offered prizes fo r th e best essays w ritten on E m pire Dayi. The sub jec t se t fo r the Lower" School was “The Sun Never S ets on the B ritish E m pire”, and M ary R obinson (3D), w as th e successfu l com petito r. “The Bonds of E m pire” w as th e su b jec t s e t fo r the U pper School, and Joyce Shaw (4A) won the prize .

THE FICTION LIBKARY.The re p o r t of the F ic tion L ib rary is ex trem ely sa tis fa c to ry . The( School

A ssociation g ran ted five pounds fo r th e pu rchase of books, and th is su m w as the m eans of securing a fine collection of th irty -th ree new novels, inc lud ing — “A L an te rn in H er H an d ” w ith its sequel, “A W hite B ird F ly ing” by Bess A ld rich ; S ab a tin i’s ‘B ardlys th e M agnificent” and “ S ca ram o u ch e’ ta le s of rom an tic P ra n c e ; ,a recen t w ork by Ian Id riess , “F lynn of the In lan d ; P r ie s t­ley ’s “Good C om panions” and th e beau tifu l rom ance of Don B yrne “M esser M arco P olo” . Among th e re s t a re the w orks of m any popu lar au th o rs , inc lud­ing—Jeffery F a rn o l, P e te r B . Kyne, G eorgette H eyer, L . J . M iln and B aroness O rczy.

The g irls , too, have been generous and have donated m any books in o rder th a t the lib ra ry , w hich th ey have patron ised th ro u g h o u t the year, m ay be in ­c rea sed . B ut no F ic tion L ib rary can ever be too big, so we hope th a t th rough th e com ing y ear the con tribu tions w ill be as m any as in 1932j.

)I . BARNETT,G. HANNAFORD, ) D . BOSTON,B. MORRIS M. G ILLIES,V . STOCKTON

)) L ib ra r ia n s .))

GIFTS.B arb ara H in ton , w ho passed th e L eaving C ertificate E xam ination of 1928,

h a s p resen ted the School w ith an etch ing of the gates and th e foun ta in in its fo rm er position outside th e school g round . Such a g ift is m uch apprecia ted , especia lly a s it is B a rb a ra ’s own w ork—and i t is now hang ing in the L ib ra ry .

M r. R uthven, M anager of th e R esum ed P ro p e rtie s D epartm en t, has show n h is in te re s t in the School in a very p rac tica l way, by th e donation of a v a lu ­ab le p ic tu re of th e School as it appeared in 1871.

B eryl Lam ble w rote a le t te r expressing th e th an k s of the School, b u t we ta k e th is oppo rtun ity of publicly thank ing M r. R uthven fo r the g ift of th is h is to riq p ic tu re .

To M r. R uthven we a re a lso g rea tly indebted fo r a p lan of the p re sen t a lig n m en t of the s tre e ts in th is d is tr ic t from K ing S tree t to the H a rb o u r B ridge w ith a sketch of the fo rm er alignm en t super-im posed . T his is a v a lu ­ab le g ift from an h is to ric a l po in t of view, and th e School ap p rec ia tes M r. R u th v en ’s th o u g h t and g ift.

THE PARLE CUP.

The P a rle Cup aw arded annually to the g ir l who is successfu l in th e sk i­in g race of l i m iles a t K oscuisko, w as won th is y ear by B eryl Lam ble, and M r. P a rle m ade the p resen ta tio n a t a School A ssem bly.

AN ENTERTAINMENT.

T o obtain funds fo r the pu rchase of gard en tools and a law n-m ow er (for w e now have a tu rfed baske t-ba ll court, of w hich we a re very proud) M rs. Griffin and M rs. Jam es organ ised an evening’s e n te r ta in m en t in the School A ssem bly H a ll.

The various item s w ere h ea rtily applauded by the p a ren ts and friends p re s e n t, bu t the m ost popu la r w ere the excellen t dances by F o u rth Y ears,

th e Second M inuet, in w hich J . Bell, J . M cPherson, MJ. A ngel and P . Booth ■danced so w ell, th e G avotte in w hich D . W oodrow, E . Pearce, G. O’Dea and G. Sim posed so charm ingly , u nder M rs. Griffin’s capable d irection , and the Sex te tte of V iolins in “La S e ren a ta” and “A R everie” tra in ed by Mrs Jam es.

The O rch estra a lso afforded m uch p leasu re by its varied item s, and w hen we rem em ber th a t it w as only o rgan ised by M rs. Jam es in A pril of th is year, we cong ra tu la te the perfo rm ers on th e ir ach ievem ent.

This w as no t th e ir first appearance , for they had ass is ted a t a concert in Ju n e , and had provided the m usical p a r t of the function a t the O pening of ■the T ennis C ourts .

TH E TWESTY-SECOIVI) AAiVUAL SPO RTS.

"The old order changeth , y ield ing p lace to n e w .”

In s tead of holding our sp o rts on two afternoons as fo rm erly , we sp en t the w hole of i riQay, la m xiugusi, a i the Sydney Spores G round. I t was a g lorious ■day an d everyone w as dengn tea w ith tne new arran g em en t.

The School w ould like to take th is opportun ity of offering i t s th an k s to th e officials, M essrs, anepnerd , n e ilin g s , G n in tlis ; K ent and C arro ll; and also to the m em oers of tne s ta i i wuo lielpeu to m ake the sp o rts su ch a success.

R aces w hich proved very popu lar w ere the new novelty races, th e ob­stac le race, skm -tue-snake and tne crow hop, and everyone w as delighted w hen g in s becam e en sn a red in the net, one of the “obstac les,” and stru g g led in vain to free them selvs. How h ea rtle ss we< som etim es are!

T he Senior and Ju n io r C ham pionships w ere very exciting races th is year, the ru n n ers-u p com ing very close to the w in n e rs . Miss Cohen presented- the Senior Cup to R u tn H a rris and the Ju n io r Cup to M arjorie B aldock.

4A w as overjoyed a t w inning a ll the ba ll gam es, it being' a very unusual occurrence for one class to c a rry off th is tr ip le v ictory .

T hanks a re due to M rs. Griffin, who w orked so h a rd in connection w ith th e sp o rts , and to C larice K ennedy who spen t so m uch tim e tra in in g the ru n - .n e rs .

F o llo w in g 'a re the r e s u lts :— "

School C ham pionship (100 y a rd s ) ; R . H a rr is 1, P . Sm ith 2, J . Foley) 3. Tim e, iz, i / b a e c s .

Ju n io r C ham pionship (75 y a rd s ) : M. B aldock 1, J , Iro n s 2, R.> D avies 3, l i m e , b 4 /bsecs.

17 Y ears C ham pionship (75 y a rd s ) : J .F o le y 1, M. R avenscro ft 2. Tim e, 9 secs.

16 Y ears C ham pionship (75 y a rd s ) : R . f la r r i s 1, J . S tro n ach 2. Tim e, 9 secs.

15 Yearsi C ham pionship (75' y a rd s ) : P . Sm ith 1, P . D ircks 2. Tim e, 9 1/5se e s .

14 Y ears C ham pionship (75 y a rd s ) : J . Iro n s 1, M. B aldock 2. R . D avies 3. Tim e, 9 4 /5secs.

13 Y ears C ham pionship (50 y a rd s ) ; I . F a llsh aw 1, H . Odman 2. Tim e, 7 l /5 se c s .

12 Y ears C ham pionship (50 y a rd s ) ; V. H ands 1, M. Love 2. Tim e, 7 1/5 secs.

Old G irls’ R ace (75 yards) ; C. K ennedy 1, J . U tting 2, P . G raff 3. Time, 9secs.

U pper School R elay (400 y a rd s ) ; 3B,. T im e, 55 2 /5secs„L ow er School R elay (300 y a rd s ) : 2B. Time, 42 3 /5secs.T unnel B all: 4A. Tim e, 31 4 /5secs.O verhead B all: 4A. Tim e, 35 2 /5secs.U nder andl Over B all; 4A. Time, 50 2 /5secs.

Skipping R ace; P . SmiLli. T im s ID l/5 se c s . „ nvJu n io r Skipping R ace; I . T a lls ta w 1, M. Baldaclc 2, N. K idd 3. T u n e .

7Jsecs.O range R ace: J . K ing 1, M. B a in e tt 2, J . *FolBy v.Ju n io r O range R ace: E . Darvies 1, J - K elly 2. Tim e, 22 4 /5secs.Sack R ace: M. McVicai-, V. Dai^snn 1, J . S tronach 2. Tim e, 6 4/5s3CS. Ju n io r Sack R ace; J . M adsen 1. E . D am es 2. T im e, 6 2 /5secs. S k in -the-Snake; IB .Crow H op; W . B eattieO bstacle R ace: J . Foley 1, R . H arris S, P . D ircks 3.

On th e follow ing M oaday 3B w as delighted to receive the P q in t Score Shield, w hich had been w or by me h a rd -work of th e ru n n e rs in th a t c lass .

—L .T . , ( lA .)

Miss Cohen p resen tee the C ues to M. B alderk [Junior, Cham pion) and R . H a rr is (S sn lc r CSiampion) or. Sports D ay .) I

(ISy e e a ite sy nf The Sydney M orning HeralcD .

THE DRAMATIC SOCIETY.T he D ram atic Society genera ily m eets on T hursdays, bu t since o ther im ­

p o rta n t events took place on m any T hursdays la s t te rm includ ing the v is it of F rau le in B einhorn, we w ere able to have only one m eeting^ w here F ifth and F o u rth Y ears en te r ta in ed us by con tinu ing to read S heridan ’s play, “The R ivals” .

T his te rm , how ever. Second Y ears showed th e ir sk ill a t d ram atis ing by read ing Lady G regory’s sh o rt play, “The P o t of B ro th .”

The plays w ere read in the A ssem bly H all, w hich has proved to be very usefu l as th e position of the stage provides experience for the readers , w hile th e size of the h a ll is a good te s t for th e ir voices.

On behalf of the Society Miss P u rce ll produced “M ilestones” for th e g irls ■on the la s t day of the term , ending in May. On the first T uesday a fte r the holidays, i t w as repeated in th e evening for the p a re n ts . An accoun t of the perfo rm ance ap p ears e lsew here.

A lthough the Society has m any m em bers, new com ers a re alw ays w elcom e.—KATHLEEN CARR, S ec re ta ry .

ARHOR DAY.F riday , Ju ly 29th, 1932, w as the first A rbor Day ce leb ra ted a t F o r t S tree t

w ith in th e m em ory of the p resen t pup ils . We w ere very fo rtu n a te to have w ith us on th a t occasion A lderm an and M rs. W älder, the L ord M ayor and Lady M ayoress of Sydney.

A fter a sh o rt cerem ony in the A ssem bly H all, a t w hich M r. •Hicks, the A ssis tan t D irec to r of E ducation presided, and speeches w ere m ade by the L ord Mayor. M r. Clyne, (w ith a few rem ark s by D r. Bradfield) and B eryl Lam ble, the m ost im p o rtan t p a r t of the function began , lo r trees w ere p la n t­ed by the d istinguished people m entioned above, and by M rs. B radfield.

F o rt S tree t g irls w ill no t soon fo rget th a t deligh tfu l day and the honour clone to th e ir school by such d is tingu ished citizens.

MILESTONES.The play “M ilestones” w ritten by A rnold B ennett and E dw ard Knoblock,

produced; a t the end of the la s t te rm under the capble d irection of Miss P u r ­cell reflected g re a t c red it on the ac to rs and producer a like . All ithe players' ap p ea red to live th e ir parts , ac ting w ith the g re a te s t exp ression and depth of feeling .

The cast was well selected . Y'vonne Spiegel in the difficult ro le of G ert­rude w as rea lly splendid, Irene H alle t tak ing the p a r t of the o ld lady, M rs. Rbeadi played ex trem ely well, L oraine Thom pson as E m ily w as m ost convinc­ing w ith her n a tu ra l sim plicity of m anner and speech . Rose p o rtrayed by H ope Downes was a charm ing ch a rac te r, both as the young g irl and la te r as th e old m o ther. Joan R uss m ade a very good appearance a s Sam Sibley.

K ath leen C arr, who successfu lly undertook the p a r t of John Ithead , a t f irs t th e en th u s ias tic young lover, th en the en te rp ris in g experim en ter, and la te r the' ir r ita b le and conservative old fa ther, w as perhaps the leading figure in the p lay ; w hile W in n ie 'C u tle r as Ned Pym k ep t the audiencol in fits of la u g h te r . T he o ther p layers also deserve h ea rty co ng ra tu la tions for iso w ell su s ta in in g th e ir p a rts .

O ur special th an k s a re due to the efficient stage m anagers, L esb ia W right, D aphne B oston and H elen A rm strong , who behind the scenes did all th a t w as n ecessa ry and to May H ooker and M arjorie B alm ain who w ere in charge of th e ligh ts .

T H E CAPTAIN AND PR E FE C T S, 1932.F ro n t: 0 . Shaw , B,. D am ble (C ap ta in ), W . C u tle r (S en io r P re fe c t) .

B ack R ow ; C. Sykes, W . B eattie , E . B o rste in , S . B row ne, B . Scott, N . H a rv ey , M. McVicar.

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I t is in te res tin g to note on com paring the above pho tog raphs w ith the one appearing ' on page 6 of th is M agaziae th a t the g rea te s t ch an g é is to he o tse rv ed in the g rounds.

The bu ild ing erected in 1815 to serve as a M ilitai’y H ospita l w as handed over to the E ducational A uthorities in 1849 and has heea used as a school ever since. One of the tw o hpen colonnades in 1871; has Deen closed; in by 1901, and both have d isappeared in 1932.

A sad blow is dea lt to trad itio n by the ta c t th a t the .Ig tre e in th e fro n t of tne school does not appear in the photograph of 1871.

PO RT STR EET MODEL PUBLIC) SCHOOL. 1901. v(By courtesy of The Governnaent P r in te r ) .

S hirley Coombe and Peggy D unbar sang “Ju a n ita ” in a very pleaising m an n er , and M argare t M eldrum played the inc iden ta l m usic.

In add ition to being an a r t is t ic success, "M ilestones” w as a lso a financial success, fo r the proceeds from the evening perfo rm ance am ounted to £13.

—.P .R ., (4A ).

®HE CAPTAIN AND PREFECTS FOR 1933.On O ctober 31st, the F o u rth Y ears elected the C aptain and P re fec ts for

1933. The follow ing wtere chosen to c a rry on the h igh trad itio n of F o rt S tre e t: E n id Sm ith (C ap ta in ), Meg K elk (Senior P re fe c t) , A isla B inns, Peggy D ircks, R u th H a rris , D orothy Irv ine, F ran ces McLean, B lanche M unro, L ora ine Thom pson, and Lesbia W rig h t.

FIFTH YEAR’S PARTINO GIFT.T he F ifth Y ears in o rder to m ark th e ir app recia tion of th e ir happy arid

bu sy days a t school, donated fram ed en la rged pho tog raphs of th e school in 1901 and 1932. Such g ifts a re m uch apprecia ted by the m em bers of the staff a n d the pupils of th e school.

THE MAKY CORRINGHAM PRIZE.

M ary C orrlngham a t th e beginning of the year, offered a copy of “A C en tu ry of Jo u rn a lism ” as a prize for the best sto ry w ritten by a F o r- t ia n . Jo an F ra s e r (3A) w as the successfu l com petitor, and h e r sto ry , ■“D estiny’s D oor” ap p ears below .

DESTINY’S DOOR.She could no t have told you why th e key a ttra c te d h e r . I t had alw ays

b een a th ing a p a r t from her o ther possessions—som ething to be k ep t and fondled and adm ired . W hen she played a t sto ries i t alw ays had a p rom inen t p a r t . To her, it opened the gate of th a t dear d ream land of w hich it was, a p a r t , and i t appeared in a thousand, thousand sto ries of g a llan t k n igh ts and fa ir ladies, of rom ance and adven tu re , un til a t la s t she cam e to fo rg e t a lto ­g e th e r its hum ble o rig in as th e key of a b roken bu reau , and toi connect i t p e r­m an en tly w ith th e sto rm -bea ten castles of her N everland.

A fter a tim e, she tire d of kn igh ts and ladies, b u t the key still held firs t p lace in h e r affections. E ver in h e r dream s, g re a t doors loom ed up before her, bo lted and barred , and alm ost frigh ten ing in th e ir gloom y sp lendou r. T he key w as c lu tched in h e r han d . She tu rn ed it in the lock, heard a g ra ting , g rin d in g sound, curiously fa in t and far-aw ay, and knew th a t the doors w ere opening^. B ut fu r th e r th an th a t she never knew , or saw lo r a m om ent, and d id no t rem em ber. Of course, she w ondered abou t it, and to h e r i t seem ed th a t behind those doors lay her fu tu re . She w en t even fu r th e r and w ondered w h e th e r she w ould ever find th e door th a t th e key fitte d .

She looked to le f t and r ig h t as she w en t along th e qu iet subu rban s tre e t, s c ru tin is in g the doors—com m onplace doors, each the sam e as its ne ighbour—. th ese she passed quick ly by—qu a in t little doors se t deep in g re a t stone w alls— these she reg a rd ed w ith m ore fav o u r. S urely h e r “Door of D estiny” w as like those, she though t, for the key w as so sm all, and th e fu tu re so vast, so m ysterious! B ut as she en tered the city, th is occupation seem ed less, fa sc ina t-

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• and her d ream s. H ere the g rea t signs about the doorw ays laughed to scorn th e idea of a m ysterious fu tu re . “Life is w hat you, m ake it,” they g rinned a t h er, these ' fan ta s tic signs—she heard it in the c la tte r of the h o rses’ hoofs, she saw i t in the glintingi of the h a rb o u r about the busy w harves—and she began to ha te Sydney, w ith a fierce, un reason ing h a te .

B u t one day they moved—not to an o th e r laugh ing , jeering city, b u t 'r ig h t in to the country , for they w ere going to tak e over a fa rm . I t w as w ith a th r il l of excitem ent th a t she packed in read iness for the rem oval—and w ith h e r she took the key.

The new house w as w hite—a g laring , p itiless colour, like the w hite of the ■dusty road and of the few clouds in the b lue sky . And suddenly, as she looked a t it, she sawi in m em ory th e signs of Sydney—crude w hite, m etallic blue, h a rsh and unsym pathetic as th is heat-scorched coun try side . The though t

•d is tu rbed h e r a little ,, in sp ite of h e r hopes. Once in the house, the fam ily com m enced to p repare a rough-and-ready m eal, lo r they w ere all of them hungry , bu t she sto le off alone w ith the key in her hand .

She passed up the s ta irca se , hard ly noticing th a t it c reaked beneath her 'w e ig h t; past the p lain brow n doors of the second floor room s, as y e t un lock­ed, for a lthough th is was, she to ld herself, a “voyage of d iscovery ,” she did no t look to le ft or r ig h t. She w as hard ly .'aw are of the shadow s in the co rridor, the g lim pse of b lue and white as she passed a window, th ree steep narrow s te p s a t the passage-end—^and then she paused . Opposite her was a tiny red

• door, old and broken and sagging on its hinges, yet curiously , undeniab ly a t­tra c tiv e . A lm ost m echanically she in serted the key in the lock . She tu r n ­ed it, and a fte r a little push ing and scrap ing , the door opened. She took out the key and w ent in .

In her dream s, the finding of the door had been the end of everything!. B ut now th a t she had found it, life, ra th e r bew ilderingly, w ent on, leav ing her puzzled and he lp less . One th ing she know she m ust .do, and she did it: she c lung despera te ly to the little room u p s ta irs—w ithou t reason or excuse, sim ply know ing th a t nobody m ust en te r it—nobody bu t herse lf. A fter a( while, they le t h e r be, though the room w as alw ays som ething of a m ystery . P e rh ap s they though t th a t she would fo rg e t the silly whim, and) leave th e little room neglected, but, if so, they judged w rongly, to r ta r fromi t i r in g 'o f i t , she spen t m ore and m ore tim e in the little room .

H er m arriage , even the b irth of h e r li tt le tw in sons, failed to tu rn her a tten tio n from her sec re t. They often rem em bered w ith dull resen tm en t, th a t she had no t been th e re to w ish them good-bye, long /years a fte rw ards, w hen they rode aw ay to the w ar, th ree of them , husband and sons—had no t even been a t the gate w hen the one cam e back—alone. H er life was dom inated by the little room w hich nobody dared to en te r .

Some though t th a t she had m oney hoarded there , and som etim es h in ted a s m uch to h e r . She did no t deny it—sh e sim-ply sm iled a little w earily and m ade no rem ark . And so the rum our grew , u n till a ll believed it—all, th a t is,

•excep t O livia.

Olivia w as J im ’s dau g h te r—Jim , who had come back down the road alone,, to te ll of a fa th e r and a b ro th e r le f t “som ew here in P ra n c e .” She w as no t beau tifu l, bu t th e re w as a vague charm about h e r eyes, som ething sw eet and elusive, like m usic in the n igh t, th a t m ade her lace an a ttra c tiv e .one. Olivia w as cu riously fond of h e r g randm other, and she fe lt th a t the little room con­tained no w orldly tre a su re . And she h e rse lf loved Olivia m ore th an anyone else in the fam ily . She fe lt vaguely th a t, in her place, Olivia w ould have done

- ajs she had done, th a t Olivia sym pathised w ith her, though sh e had never heard ■ of th e key.

Then one day she fell ill, and before evening she w as d ead . I t looked as ■ though th e m ystery ofi the room w as to be solved a t la s t . I t w as J im w ho took th e key from her table, and w ent u p s ta irs to th e litt le room , follow ed by'^the re s t. Olivia w ent, too, though she ha ted the th o u g h t of p rying, as it w ere, on som ebody e lse ’s sec re t.

In fro n t of the door they paused, as she had done so 'lo n g ago, and Jim unlocked the door. They pushed it open and crotyded in—and then stopped; aston ished , fo r the room w as em pty . No, no t em pty—an old cha ir s to o d 'h y the litt le w indow opposite the door, bu t th a t w as a ll . .

An ang ry m urm ur arose from the group a t the door. She had been de­ceiving them , then , w ith hei h in ts a t tre a su re , laugh ing a t them a ll . The- li tt le 'ro o m w as no th ing but a hoax .

One by one they w en t aw ay . Olivia could h e a r them tram p ing down the narro w s ta irs . And w hen the la s t one had gone, she crossed to the w indow . Below h e r stre tch ed the road, dusty w hite betw een the tre e s . O livia sta red dov/n a t it . W as th is connected w ith the' sec re t of the! li tt le room ? Then, a s if in an sw er to h e r question, a m ocking laugh cam e to h e r from the ro ad . She s ta rted , foiv. below her she saw a m an on horseback , rid in g tow ards the house . He w as a s tran g e r, yet he seem ed fam iliar, for his h a ir w as s tra ig h t and black, and. h is eyes la rge and dark , like O livia’s ow n. T hen suddenly the fa in t tro t, t r o t” of h is h o rse ’s hoofs died aw ay a ltoge ther, and he d isappeared . Below th e w indow rode th ree m en in khak i—one w ith his- b lack h a ir s treaked w ith grey , the o thers only boys.

As one of the younger m en slow ly past, Olivia recognised her fa th e r. Then they too d isappeared, and a m an cam e rid ing alone along the darkened road . O livia recognised Jim again , bu t older and sadder th an the' boy who had gone aw ay w ith his fa th e r and h is b ro th e r—and, in a flash, she unders tood . The sound o6 the h o rse ’s hoofs grew c lea re r as the m an passed by, and cam e to a stop, she thought, outside the door of the house.

Olivia tu rn ed aw ay w ith a sigh . D usk w as fa lling on the road .

CHANGE.

The shade of Convict No. 117, who had been tran sp o rted to A u stra lia for- s tea ling a leg of m utton, had ju s t re tu rn ed to Shadow land, a f te r hav ing v isited Sydney for the, tim e since 1815. “Yes,” said he to h is felow shades, “th ings have a lte re d . You should ju s t see the tram s and ca rs in the s tre e ts of Sydney to-day!) And to th in k th a t when I lived there , it w as only a desolate spo t w ith th a T ank S tream ru n n in g th rough the m iddle of it! W ell, a fte r I had roam ed abou t a little . I though t I w ould go to have a look a t a ce rta in stone w all % helped to bu ild . M acquarie, w ho w as G overnor a t th a t tim e of' course declared th a t it would stand fo rever. A nd so I m ade my w ay to the site of the w all. B ut it w asn ’t there ! Not a vestige of th a t s to u t w all could I see! T h a t d idn’t su rp rise me m uch, for I never did believe M acquarie’s s ta te ­m en t concern ing its du rab ility , b u t 'i t w as w hat I saw in its p lace th a t am az­ed m e. '

“ S tre tched out in fro n t of me lay th ree large pieces of c leared land . On tw o of these som e g irls w ere p laying tenn is, and w hen I saw them , I realizecT th a t the spaces w ere tenn is co u rts . B ut those g irls! You should have seen the energetic w ay they dashed ab o u t. In my day, w hen g irls played* b a ttle ­dore and shu ttlecock it w as a very languid game, bu t th e re . . . . H owever, to re tu rn to m y s to ry . Behind these courts, I saw a g re a t s tre tc h of rockery , fu ll of flolwers and p lan ts . I s.tood stock still, s ta rin g dazedly a t th e scene, for, as you m igh t expect, it w as ra th e r a shock to me to see th a t scene of beau ty w hen I had been looking for an old stone w all. J u s t then , a boy cam e by, and as he could no t see me, of course as I w as invisible,' being a shade, he- w alked rig h t th rough me! T h a t w as the la s t s traw , and I re tu rn ed as quick-- ly as I could to S h adow land .”

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HIDDEN TREASURE.Men often speak of the Seven W onders of the W orld—the A ncient W orld;

in m odern tim es there a re seventy tim es seven, and seventy tim es seven aga in . Yet a ll the pow er of K hufu the E gyp tian and sk ill of P h id ias the G reek canno t com pare w ith th a t of a drop of w ate r. N ature, the m aste r-bu ilder, has rea red upon the earth r 'g rea t m onum ents of such m ajesty th a t the P yram ids of Gizeh a re as atom s beside them ; she has filled them w ith passages m ore baffling th an those of the P y ram id s ; she has fashioned in them scu lp tu re m ore m agnificent th an any th ing w rought by th e hand of P h id ias. And th is eigh th w onder of the A ncient W orld, fo r it is very, very old, is Jen o lan . Jeno lan Caves! The nam e suggests a p ic tu re en tire ly alien to any th ing A ustra lian , as we usua lly know it . We a re tran sp o rted beyond th is w orld to one of darkness, m ystery and silence, w here a m illion s ta rs flash ou t a t w ill in dazzling b e a u ty .

The tr ip to Jeno lan is one of excitem ent a ll the w ay. Our rou te takes us in to the m ountains w’here w'e find the acm e of A u stra lian h igh land scenery wild, rugged, im pressive, im m ense. The tra in tak es us as fa r as Mount V ictoria, and then follow s a th ir ty -s iJ m ile drive to Jen o lan —the drive of a thousand cu rves . The la s t lew m iles a re the m ost exciting of, a ll . F rom In ­sp ira tio n P o in t we see the road, a yellow ribbon, fa lling reck lessly down the m ountain-side, and in a little w hile we find th a t we have descended the road, even m ore reck lessly s t i l l . A sh arp corner, a sw ift rush , and we dash p as t the Blue L ake under the G rand A rc h . The th r il l of firs t en te ring th e G rand A rch is alm ost indescribab le . One m om ent v.'e a re in the cool darkness, th e nex t in the w arm ligh t w here the Caves H ouse nestles in a sun-bathed space com ­p le te ly su rrounded by high rocky w alls .< I t gave me the im pression of to ss­ing th ro u g h ..the rap id s of a riv er and then, floating in to the sw eet se ren ity of a calm pool beyond.

The G rand A rch hides the en trances to the caves—such in trig u in g nam es as the R iver Cave, the Tem ple of Baal and the O rient a re on the notices th e re . N ear by is the D evil’s Coach H ouse, an o th e r tunne l-like cavern of m ajestic p ropo rtions . The floor is litte red w ith huge boulders, ps if h is P lu ton ic M ajesty had show ered them th ere in rag e . P rom the Caves H ouse a sh o rt w alk up the h ill-side leads us to the gracefu l CaiTotta A rch, a square-topped o p en in g 'in the lim estone w'all, th rough w hich we can see the B lue L ake w ith its w eeping willowis, the w inding road u n til it rounds a spur, and p a r t of the rugged valley clothed in woolly fo liage—a perfec t p ic tu re in an unique f ra m e .

Our first caves inspection , we a re told, is a t n ig h t. 0 the w onder of it! To set out down the road beneath the s ta r-sp an g led sky, to race th ro u g h the G rand A rch w here a cold w ind su rges up to m eet us, and to a rr iv e a t the door of ano ther world, w ith an unknow n path before us!

■For the m ost pa rt, the Caves are form ed of g ro ttoes jo ined by passages and steps, and m ore s tep s . The caves a re like s to rie s in a house; th ere a re th ree or four floor levels w hich have' been re linqu ished by th e riv e r un til i t reached its p resen t position in th e R iver Cave. A lways we a re rem inded of th is w onder-w orking pow er by the lines of mud, m ark ing fo rm er levels.

The co n tra s t of stepp ing from the dear un tidy A u stra lian bush land to a kingdom of c ry s ta l su rp rises is overw helm ing. We troop ' along a n arro w passage, an iro n -b arred door confron ts us—solem nly we pass 'tlniOugh and its c lang echoes eerily behind us; the m orta l w orld is no m o re l : Then to begin .

No Im pression is so vivid as the firs t. We are led in to a g ro tto ih p itch darkness, then it is flooded w ith lig h t w hich p lays upon the sc in tilla tin g w alls and deepens the m ysterious shadow s. I t .m ust be seen to be understood , for I have scan t pow er to describe it . N ature is as moody as any tem peram en ta l a r tis t, for beside a w ork of im posing beau ty th e re m ay be a s ta lagm ite re ­sem bling a m onkey or a ro o s te r. She p lays m any tr ick s w ith those; s ta la g ­m ites . I t Is fasc ina ting to pick out figures am ong them . B ut ma.ny of them are very definite, such as the M adonna and Child, the T hree Sisters^ and the D utch V illage.

T housands of s ta la c tite s cover the roof and s ta lagm ites ra ise th e ir tie red form s from th e floor . BYom slan tin g ceilings showers- of shaw ls h an g down, d raped in folds so fte r th an the finest s ilk . Some are snow w hite, o thers d a in tily p ink, and o thers have re g u la r bands of deep co lour. On a sloping

w all g re a t cascades m ake th e ir im m obile way to the floor. F ro m a d a rk opening, canopiesi d rip d a in ty s ta la c tite s over th e ledge. And a ll ofl these a re form ed of pu re cry s ta l, b rillian t, sp ark ling , e th e rea l. A nd las t, bu t no't least, of th e p rinc ipal fo rm ations a re the m ysteries (a sc ien tis t w ould ca ll them h e lic tites) m ysteries in the tru e sense of the w ord . W hy do they assum e such fan ta s tic shapes? W hy m ust they begin life a s a perfectly no rm al penden t fo rm ation and th en delibera te ly tu rn round and go back again . W hy a re they alw ays p u re w hite even though grow ing from a red m ud bank? I t seem s th a t these questions w ill never be fathom ed.

Several of the caverns a re rem arkab le fo r theiri sizo. One is th e aw e­in sp irin g C athedra l of the Lucas C ave. The ligh ts here- a re no t very b righ t, in keeping w ith the n a tu re of the p lace . On the le ft is the im m ense “ch o ir” and the “p u lp i t .” T he guide allow s us to clim b up to th e cho ir and w hen the ligh ts a re pu t out, th e age-old cham ber resounds w ith the song of c lea r young voices. “Now, w a tch !” says th e guide, and suddenly before us, ou tlined in tw ink ling ligh ts—the Gothic C athedra l w indows, reach ing from floor to ceil­ing .

T hen th e re is the R iver Cave w here the c lea r g reen w aters flowV seem ing very shallow , bu t in some places fo rty to six ty feeb deep . W hat s to ries its gua rd ian sp ir i t could te ll! T ales of feverish flood-time, of ceaseless labour! We a re am azed by the m iracu lous reflections in the w a te r , a t one end the su p erb Sham rock reflection, h a lf in the rock and h a lf reflected in the w a te r.

We are enchanted by the Tem ple of B aal, a huge cham ber of O rien ta l sp lendou r. Two g re a t a lta rs sp read th e ir m assive p roportions iiti th e cen tre , one w hite, one re d , upon the w all the “A ngel’s W ing” , in th e roof a dome w hich is the san c tu a ry of B aal h im self, a brow n s ta la c tite peering in to the dep ths below .

We h ear the guide noncha lan tly po in ting ou t far-fam ed sti'u c tu res—the B roken Colum n, the G iant Shaw l, the m inare t, delicate pink, m ade a ll the m ore s tr ik in g by its background of d a rk mud; and we pass on to m ore m a r­v e ls . Before we have finishing gasp ing a t one, we a re ' led on to ano ther, so th a t by the tim e we leave the cave we a re lim p w ith s tu pefac tion . Such tra n s ie n t g lories, stim ula tive of such aw e and em otion, a re inconceivable; yet they ex is t. T ru ly it is h ere th a t we f i n d ................

“ . . . . tongues in trees , books in the ru nn ing brooks.Serm ons in stones, and good in e v e ry th in g .”

—JOYCE ROGERS (5 B ).

KEW GARDENS.Kew G ardens, situ a ted oh the river Tham es in London and in the county

of Surrey , a re beau tifu l and in te re s tin g . They a re beau tifu l in lilac tim e, as A lfred Noyes, the poet, te ll u s . B ut hisi call, “Come down to E ew in lilac tim e, it isn ’t fa r from London” has no t the sam e signification now, as K ew G ardens a re now London—G rea te r London—having been absorbed u n d e r the G rea te r London Schem e.

T here is a lso an o th e r adm irab le season—b lu eb e ll tim e, and the m agnificent s ig h t th a t the b luebells m ade w hen in flower w ill never he e rased from my m em ory, a lthough it is five years since I' le ft my hom e a t Acton, n ea r Kew G ardens. U nder th e big leafy trees and up th ro u g h the m oss-covered and dam p ground, the b luebells force th e ir w ay in; the ea rly S p ring and m ake a

p ic tu re th a t is c h a rm in g .

In Kew G ardens a re to be found tre e s from alm ost every coun try in the w orld, an d th e nam e of the tre e and its co un try or origin, a re a ttached ' e ither to the tre e itse lf or to a sm all board n ea r by.^

M ention m ust be m ade of the flow ering sh rubs—th e lilac , the laburnum , w hich has a drooping yellow flower, and th e rhododendron w hich is similar! to th e

azalea, except th a t th e sh rub grow s abou t ten or tw elve fee t h igh and the flower is la rg e r . -

A lthough Kew Gardens, a re la id ou t so w ell and kept- so trim , th ere are p laces w here ch ild ren can rom p and w here p a rtie s can p icnic to th e ir h e a r ts ’ co n ten t. H ere th e ch ild ren rom p in thei new -m ow n hay, and feed the young ducks an d goslings on th e lake, as the ch ild ren do in C entennial P a rk .

In som e big trees in th e G ardens th ere a re a few brow n sq u irre ls , which a re a lm ost tam e, and w ill come ou t of th e ir h id ing-places and, take peanuts ou t of the hand of a v is ito r if every th ing is q u ie t. They a re p re tty litt le an im als w ith th e ir brow n fu r and bushy ta ils , and m uch more» beau tifu l than th e silver-g rey sq u irre l im ported in to E ng land from A m erica and found in hundreds in the trees of R ichm ond P a rk and the ad jacen t Com m ons.

Besides the num erous trees from foreign coun tries found grow ing in Kew G ardens, th ere a re a lso m any flowers and p lan ts from all p a rts of the w orld th a t w ould no t th r iv e a t a ll if no t k ep t in an a tm osphere s im ila r in tem p era ­tu re to th a t of th e ir native coun try . In one large g lass-house, w hich is k ep t a t the tem p era tu re of trop ica l A ustra lia , a r e to be found alm ost every k ind of p lan t th a t one w ould find grow ing in N orth Q ueensland . H ere, b an an as may be seen ripen ing , and flow ering orchids, tree -fe rn s, palm s and c reep e rs a re grow ing in rich profusion in a dam p and w arm atm osphere like th a t found in th e ir native s ta te . To E ng lish people, the a tm osphere in this^ g lass house is oppressive, and th e ir s tay in th is place is very sh o r t.

A t one side of the G ardens, and n ear to th% rose gardens is a very ta ll Jap an ese pagoda, w hich is for o rnam en t and not,'for use.

T here is one very long lake in Kew G ardens w hich has m any beautifu l p u re w hite sw ans on its surface w hich a tt ra c t the people as m uch as the flowers do.

A dm ission to these beau tifu l gardens is one penny, consequently g rea t crow ds avail them selves of the g re a t p leasu re of going th e re . At sunset, no m a tte r how late , the keeper rings a bell to call a ll the people ou t. And they come ou t feeling th a t they have been w ith—

“Love in Sum m er’s w onderland And oh! so n ea r to L ondon !’

—MARY PIER C EY (2D ).

HIKING BACK TO MAKE-BELIEVE.One early sp ring m orn ing no t so long ago, I stepped ou t into my garden

to see it the sun had yet r isen . Of course it had, m ore th an an h o u r p re ­viously, bu t it w as a child ish fancy of mine- to try to w ake early enough to see the sun r ise . As I stood gazing sleepily a t the sp a rk lin g g rass and flowers th a t looked like fa iry cups of wine, a s tran g e little fea r began to c lu tch a t m e; how m uch longer w ould it give me joy to w aken early to see th e sun rise , to feel the fresh m orn ing a ir blow the sleep iness from my eyes, to nestle my b are fee t in the cool w et g rass?

I do notj know if it was a n a tu ra l stubbo rnness to w hich I had alw aysbeen a, victim , or if it was an e a rn e s t fea r of the g rea t wide w orld aw aiting me, th a t m ade me sh rin k from the idea of grow ing up, and cling fran tic a lly to tlie e a rlie s t m em ories of my childhood and to my old ways, try in g no t to change or grow aw ay from the idea of grow ing up, and cling fran tic a lly to the e a rlie s t m em ories of my childhood and to m y old ways, try in g no t to change or grow aw ay from them

Suddenly I w as aw are of a g re a t red rose nodding inv iting ly to me as the w ind ru s tled th rough its leaves. C rossing the garden to the laughing rose, I found a leaf p inned to the bush by a th o rn and on the leaf was the follow - ingi n o tic e ;—

“If any m orta l now h ik ing to the city of “Old Age” w ould care to hike hack for one m ore glim pse of th e v illage of “M ake-believe,” le t him follow “S to ry land R oad” as fa r as “H um pty D um pty’s W all” w here he w ill find fu r th e r d ire c tio n s . ”

I w as very excited, for the notice seem ed to have been pu t th ere especia l­ly! fo r m e. I h u rried ly opened th e gate and stepped ou t on to the country ro ad and th e re to m y rig h t lay “S to ry land R o a d .” I t w as a s tran g e little w inding tr a c k ru n n in g th ro u g h fields and little w oods. I had no t follow ed it fa r befc re I cam e to a big w all, a round an old house and there,f h igh on the w all, s a t H um pty D um pty.

“P lease s ir ,” I said, te ll m e the w ay?”

“I am h ik ing back to Make B elieve,” would you

H um pty D um pty b linked down a t me and directed me on to Miss MuffeCs co ttage, and th e re ''I w ould be d irected fu r th e r . I th anked him and continued m y h ike . Soon I en tered a litt le wood, and follow ing the tra c k I found a little house bu ilt beneath a sp read ing tre e . A t th e door I found little Miss M uffet ea ting h e r curds and w hey. The charm ing little lady sm iled a t me and w hen I, asked h e r the w ay to “M ake-believe,” she led me out of the wood and bade me to follow th e tra c k over the fields un til I m et Boy B lu e .

So on I w ent th rough the fresh g reen fields un til, round ing a bend, Ifound Boy, B lue s ittin g under a hay stack . He nodded drow sily w hen he sawme and w aving hig hand down the track,, he told me to follow it un til I found B o-Peep. I w as beg inn ing to w onder how m any m ore old fr iends I m ust m eet before I reached “Mlake-belleve,” b u t still the tra c k led me th rough p leasan t fields, and a lthough the w ay seem ed long, yet I enjoyed the sunsh ine and th e tw itte r in g of b ird s .

Suddenly, how ever, as as I m ounted a litt le h ill, th e re helow me I saw B o-Peep. She seem ed pleased to see me and, ch a ttin g p leasan tly , she led me th ro u g h the valley and up the h ill on the o ther side. T hen po in ting down in to the n e x t valley, she showed me the little v illage of “Make B elieve”, n e s t­ling quietly in a co rner of it .

T hanking Bo-Peep, I «aid good-bye to her and w andering down the p a th , I reached “Make B e liev e .” I t w as a p re tty little v illage w ith crooked s tre e ts and tiny houses a ll se t in im m ense g ard en s . So big w ere the gardens and sm all th e houses, th a t the w hole tow n resem bled one large ga rd en . I m ade m y Way to one end of the tow n, and found a ce rta in litt le house in its own big' g a rd en . Somehow my h e a r t bea t a litt le fa s te r as I opened th e gate and w alk ing up the p a th knocked a t the door, and a lthough I do no t know how I knew , I ju s t fe lt th a t th is w as m y own little house.

In answ er to my knock, a. teddy bear opened the door and invited me in . L ead ing me in to a ha ll, he w en t to seek h is m istre ss and in a few m om ents a s tran g e litt le g ir l w as inv iting m e to s it down w ith her in the draw ing room . We ta lk ed for a long tim e, th is litt le g irl and I . . . ta lked about o ther days and o ther litt le g irls whom we both seem ed to know , b u t soon I found th a t we did no t hold quite the sam e opinions oii m a tte rs and as I gazed a t h e r l i t t le p ink cheeks and shy eyes, I knew th a t it w as too la te to lam en t over “g ro w in g hp ” a n d to try to evade it, fo r a lread y I could see the dreaded

p rocess had begun .

The shadow s w ere fa llin g as the litt le g ir l and I shook hands a t the gate a n d I tu rn ed som ew hat sadly hom ew ards, looking back every few! m inu tes to w ave once m o rs . I do no t rem em ber the hike home, bu t I reached there la te a t n ig h t and c rep t in to bed w ithout anyone know ing. S trange to say in th e m orn ing no one asked w here I had been the day before!

—“L ittle Jack H o rn e r” (3A ).

MOMENTS WITH HANDEL.Handsel! The very nam e of “th e p roudest sp ir it th a t ever w ro te m usic”

su g g es ts th e m ajesty , d ignity and peace w hich ch a rac te rise the w orks of th is g re a t com poser, loved m ost of all, perhaps by Etaglish peo p le .

F rom childhood! days, G eorge H andel loved m usic, bu t h is fa th e r did no t sy m p ath ise w th h is am bition fo r a m usica l ca reer, and so, in the m iddle of

th e n ig h t the tiny boy w ould creep up to the a ttic , and th e re on the clavichord w hen the house w as w rapped in slum ber, he w ould p lay to h is h e a r t’s con­te n t.

In ordeh, to p lease h is fa th er, H andel took a course in law and m a tricu ­la ted in 1702, but th is could no t sa tisfy him and sh o rtly a fte rw ard s, a lre a d y recognised as a m usician of exceptional ta le n t in his home tow n of H alle , he s e t out, for one of the m usical cen tres of G erm any—H am burg .

A lthough H andel is know n ss the g re a t m as te r of o ra to rio , he gained m uch success in the p roduction of h is o p eras ; m any w ere w ritten in G er­m any, I ta ly and E n g lan d . “A lm ira” and “R odrego” a re p ro m in en t t i tle sam ong th ese . In I ta ly H andel won m any friends, no t only th rough h is wonderfu l music, h u t because of h is fran k n ess , s in ce rity and courtesy , becauseh e w as a gen tlem an .

T hen in 1710, th is fam ous m an crossed the C hannel to E ng land , w here life w as a t first a severe stru g g le for h im ; opera had been in troduced in to th is co un try only a few years p rio r to his a rriv a l, and the opera w hich H andel brought, being of a d ifferen t ch arac te r, m et w ith g re a t opposition . ' The lead ­ing lite ra ry m en of th e tim e, A ddison and Steele, gu iders of public opinion, a tta ck ed him and P op e 'co u ld no t un d ers tan d h is w orks. B ut H andel did no t know w hat it was to be beaten, he continued w ith h is p roductions and very soon, people began to app rec ia te h is m usic . “R inaldo” w as accorded a h ea rty recep tio n .

In even the sm a lle st th ings H andel’s w ill alw ays p reva iled . 'The fam ous I ta lia n soprano , F ran cesca .Cuzzoni, w ho w as to play the leading p a r t in one of H andel’s operas, when she refused to ren d e r th e opening song, found h e r­se lf bodily seized by a w ra th fu l m an who th rea ten ed to th row her o iiP o f the w indow . S ignora Cuzzoni consented to sing and won im m ediate and la s tin g fam e.

I t is in te res tin g to le a rn th a t in S t. P a u l’s, the fam ous C athedra l of London, it w as H andel’s p rac tice to p lay upon the o rgan a fte r the evening s e rv ic e . W hat an in sp ira tio n to stea l in to the shadow s of the d im ly-lit C athe­d ra l and th e re to find solitude and the “peace w hich the w orld canno t g ive” w hile the g re a t m usician w as expressing th is peace and deep joy in the s tra in s of h is im m orta l “L a rg o .”

H isto rica l in te re s t cen tres round the req u es t th a t H andel should w rite an ode to ce leb ra te Queen A nne’s b irthday and he com posed h is “Te D euin” to m a rk the sign ing of the Peace of U trech t. W hen George I cam e to the th rone H andel w as n o t in royal favour, b u t h is m usic played to th e k ing, w hen p lea su rin g on' th e Tham es, so charm ed his ear, th a t he', w as reconciled to the com poser. These w orks a re know n as the “W ater M usic .”

A nd then H andel w rote th e o ra to rio “E s th e r”—th is w as th e firs t step ou th e road to im m orta l fam e as th e g rea te s t of th e w rite rs of o ra to rio . M any o th er com positions followed, am ong w hich w ere: “ Is rae l in E g y p t”, “Sam son” ‘S au l” and “Ju d as M accabeus” . H is w orks w hich derive th e ir them es from the Bible, and p o rtray the s tir r in g ch a rac te rs of Jew ish h is to ry a re am ong th e g re a te s t tre a su re s of church m usic .

H andel, too, w as a m an of moods and if perfo rm ances did n o t p lease him , s to rm y scenes w ould ensue . The in d ica to r of h is tem per w as his. w ig, if i t seem ed to nod p leasan tly , a ll w as sa fe ; b u t if no t—all knew th a t a s to rm waa im m in en t. Anyone who dared to offend a t such a c ris is w ould w itness a •cloudburst and som e peacem aker would seek to pour oil on troub led w aters , w ith “H ush, H andel is in a p a ss io n .”

The g re a t m an, a fte r m any stru g g le» and d isappo in tm en ts won the h e a r t of E n g lan d . The lo ftiness of the subject, th e m agnificence and d ign ity of the

■expression, appealed g rea tly to th e people and th e E ng lish lea rned to love H an d e l and his m usic.

By 1741 H andel had com pleted “T he M essiah” w hich is th e best know n and the best loved of all h is o ra to rio s . EVery y ear a t C hris tm astide , lE nglish peop le eagerly look fo rw ard to “The M essiah .”

In to th is 'o ratorio a re woven m any of the in sp irin g p rophetic passages o f Isa iah , a s tr ik in g exam ple is th e solo, “He sha ll feed H is flool^.” T he m usic w hich accom panies th is passage is very appealing , because of its sim plicity and sincerity , and because like the w ords, i t is so expressive of th e love' an d ten d ern ess ofi th e Good S hepherd .

In d irec t co n tra s t to passages such a s these a re those m agnificent songs of thanksg iv ing—songs th r illin g w ith tr iu m p h an t joy and p ra ise . W ith the- g ran d es t of a l l these , th e “H a lle lu jah C horus” th e o ra to rio is b ro u g h t to a close—a g lorious ending sign ifican t no t of despa ir bu t of hope, no t of defeat b u t of v icto ry .

T ow ards th e end of h is life, H an d e l’s s ig h t began to fail, and a lthough a t ­tem pts w ere m ade to save it, he becam e blind in 1753 w hen about 68 years o ld ; b u t th is did no t rob him of h is deligh t in h is m usic . H e continued to- conduc t perform ances^ and one of h is com positions w ritten d u ring h is b lind ­ness “Sin now sh a ll ra ise h e r h ead” (an addition to “Ju d as M accabeus”) is; considered to be one of h is b e s t w orks.

Q uite suddenly in 1759 the g re a t com poser passed aw ay . H e w as buried in the P o e ts’ C orner in W estm inste r Abbey—a la s t token of th e esteem and deep regard! oT the" people w hose h e a r t H andel had won by h is im m orta l w o rk s .

-^ C .S ., (5A) ..

THE TRAMP.

I had scram bled up a h illside,I had tum bled down a valeside,I w as tram p ing in th e lig h t of early

m o rn ;And my boots ’m ost had no sides in,1 m yself w as all un tidy ;I w as w eary and fo rsaken and fo r­

lo rn .

I was w alking, ever w alking A lw ays th ink ing , never ta lk in g ;I w as lonesom e in th e so litude of

daw n;And I fe lt my g a it grow heavy,I w as hungry , too . A lready I w as spen t, and needing res t,

I w as w orn .for

A nd the b irds th a t guessed my story ,.W histled though tfu lly , “Oh glory!'H ere’s a m an who; seem s to t r e a t us.

a ll w ith scorn!For, in th e beauteous, th ings in life.He seem s to see n o u g h t else but

s t r i f e ;And he seem s to w ish he never had '

been bo rn ” .

B ut on I trudged , unheeding,•For, in sooth, I w as sore needingThe tru e com fort of a m ate, in whom

w as bo rnThe fierce desire fo r w an d er-lu st;A m all in whom I w ell could t ru s tA m an, who dead, I could s ln c e re ly

m o u rn .

B u t a t la s t I stopped m y d ream ing ;S topped m y sco rn ing and m y schem ­

ing.And rem em bered th a t I w as a tram p ,

fo rlo rn .In sore need of food and clo thes, sir.So I plodded on, though grum bling

th ro u g h th e m o rn .PEGGY DUNBAR ( 3 0 .

THE COOING OF A DOVE.

The gen tle cooing of a doveT ran sp o rts m e '^ar, oh, fa r away,

Unto wide, spacious gardens, w here The ch ild ren p lay w ith lau g h te r gay;

W here th ere a re law ns of ro llin g green. And lovely flowers a re everyw here;

W here w ate rlilies softly dream .And qu ie t pa ths lead here and th e re ;

W hera sw ans upon a lak e le t glide.And b irds sing ever, w ild and free ;

W here foun ta ins shed th e ir c ry s ta l sp ray Upon w hite m arb le s ta tu a ry ;

W here an c ien t trees give w elcom e,shade;W here happ iness re igns over all,

And doves a re cooing a ll the day In G ardens, by an old sea w all.

-M ARJO RIE YEO: (4B ).

IN THE PARK.

W lien I am w alk ing in the park I ’m as happy as a la rk ;

I laugh and dance and skip and sing. A nd play a t ba ll and every th ing .

I feed the ducks w ith b its of b read — They like i t so, the gard en er sa id ;

The garden , decked v/ith flowers gay,I look a t a lm ost every day.

“Squeak” (2 B ).

A NIGHTMARE.

I d ream t la s t n igh t of a yellow tree.W hich had red leaves, ’tw as a s igh t to see. B eneath it s a t a m an of wood,W ho w as sing ing as loudly as ever he could, O f*tinkers and ta ilo rs and so ld iers and all. Of a p rince who w ent, to a fancy-d ress ball. And ju s t as I w as ab o u t to scream I, awoke and found it w as only a dream !

—“Squeak”, (2 B ).

TOOLS.

The a r t is t took h is pencil. I t Avas stubby as could be,B ut it traced a lovely p ic tu re th a t the w orld rejo ined to see.The poet dipped h is pen-nib—’tw as a cheap, corroded th ing .Yet it scra tched a charm ing ly r ic 'th a t the w orld rejo iced to s ing .The bu ilder plied his trow el. I t was fa r from being new.B ut it laid the bricks and m o rta r till a lordly m ansion grew .Ah, pencil, pen and trow el! You have frequen tly displayed How w ill can win achievem ent w ith exceeding little a id .Yet in life ’s m arke ts, in, its p layroom s and its schools.F o lk g rum ble: “I could p rosper if I had som e b e tte r to o ls .”

—B .K , (4A .)

IF .(W itli apologies to R udyard K ip lin g ) .

If you can do F ren ch proses w ithou t e rro r,And no t be looking up the w ord for “cake If you can do A nalysis and P ars in g W ithout a little , or a big m isteke.If you know w hat acid H .C l. is.And don’t th in k th a t i t ’s H 2S04.I f you le a rn th ro u g h o u t your H all and Stevens,T ill you sim ply can ’t know any m ore.If you to il th ro u g h W arner and th rough M artin ,And know each date and every single reign,H you have heard of F red e rick B arbarossa ,And don’t go th in k in g h e ’s the K ing of Spain .If you u n d ers tan d H illa rd and B otting,A nd alw ays g e t each L a tin sen tence righ t.If you know your ten ses and, declensions.A nd know what} verb to use w hen you say ‘ m igh t.If you go to your exam inations W ithout the s lig h tes t signs of pan ic fear,If you can do your p ap er quite co rrec tly W ithout sad sighs of “W hat sh a ll I p u t here?Then, you should su re ly be in a m useum And tied to you a huge, w hite cardboard label,“The g irl who alw ays know s a ll home and school work.T he only one, in a ll F o r t S tree t, th a t’s a b le .”

—JOYCE THOMPSON (2 B ).

THE COMBINED HIGH SCHOOL SPOUTS.The Combined Sports w ere held on F riday , A ugust 26th, a t the Sydney

C ricket G round F o rtian s tu rn ed o u t in fu ll force w ith cheerfu l h ea rts and an optim istic outlook. I t w as a dull, su ltry day ; b lazers w ere d iscarded for th e m ost pa rt, so th a t everyone had quite a sum m ery ap p ea ran ce . M any schools w ere rep resen ted and a s a re s u lt the excitem en t w as in tense and p arty feeling ra n h igh . Wfe had been given perm ission to tak e our new banner,, and th is h igh ly pleased every F o rtia n . F o r a b an n er la rge enough fo r every- ond to see seem s to give the b a rra c k e r a s tro n g m oral su p p o rt. I t a rrived In due course, and tvas draped over th e edge of the g ran d s tan d .

The program m e opened a t 9.30 a .m . , the firs t event being h ea t 1 of the o range race . T his we w on. The m orn ing w as sp en t in ru n n in g off heats, and F o rt S tree t’s nam e often appeared upon the b lackboard . We owe a. g rea t deal of th is to C larice K ennedy, who gave up h e r tim e to tr a in the g irls for these even ts . The In te r School R elay was ru n ju s t before lunch. F o r t S tree t gaining! second place.

A fter lunch, to our g re a t joy, R u th H a rr is won the C ham pionship of the H igh Schools. A litt le la te r we w on the overhead ball, and then R u th w on th e 16 y ea rs cham pionship in 9 seconds, thus, equalling th e reco rd . MTien th e la s t even t w as over the various schools w ere p resen ted w ith th e ir tro p h ie s . The P o in t Score Shield w as w on by Sydney H igh, F o r t S tree t com ing th ird . The Ju n io r Shield w as deservedly gained by T a re e .

The sh ields gained by the schools in th is y e a r’s com petition fo r hockey^ ten n is and baske tba ll w ere also p resen ted . F o r t S tree t, w inn ing th e “A”" B asketball Shield, no t having lo s t a m atch during th e w hole se a so n .

E veryone then departed hom ew ards feeling th a t the day had been well spent, the s tan d a rd of b a rrack in g being high, and all events keen ly contested^

Our re su lts w ere as follows.:—

In te r School R elay : F o r t S tre t, 2,C ham pionship of H igh Schools: R uth H arris , 1.O verhead B all: F o rt S tree t, 1.17 Y ears C ham pionship: Jean Foley, 2.1& Y ears C ham pionship: R u th H a rris , 1 (equals re co rd ). 15 Y ears C ham pionship: P hy llis Sm ith, 1.Shipping R ace: P hy llis Sm ith, 2.

JOYCE SHAW (4A ).

REPORT FROM THE OLD GIRLS’ UNION.The firs t six m onths of the y ea r 1932 have proved very successfu l for the

Old G irls’ U nion. The m em bership has increased from one hundred and tw en ty -e igh t to one hundred and six ty -four, and each m onthly m eeting h a s been very well a ttended .

T he firs t function of the year w as a Supper P a rty held in honour of Miss W atts on May S th 'h t the W om en’s C lub. Agood m usical program m e had been arran g ed . Miss W atts also sing ing severa l songs, and a very enjoyable even­ing w as sp en t. T his w as follow ed on June 16th, by the A nnual B all, held in con junction w ith the Old Boys’ Union, and th is also proved a g rea t success both socially and financially, and we w ere able to donate to the School tow ards com pleting the furnishing! of the A ssem bly H all stage, the sum of £18/16/11, our share of the p rofits . '

F o rt S tree t sen t along six tab le s to the Combined H igh Schools’ C ard P a rty held a t the H orseshoe Cafe on Ju n e 29th, and a s a re su lt of th is evening, £4/5/3 was ra ised for a ch a rity .

On Ju ly 20th one of the h app ies t of oiur re-un ions w as h e ld . A “B ack to- School N ight’’ was arranged , and once m ore we donned our old school uniform s and badges, le t down our hair, and fell in to line in the new A ssem bly H all to p a rta k e of such gam es as tunne l and overhead ball, com m unity singing, e tc.,. follow ed by a picnic supper. T here w as a reco rd a ttendance a t th is m eeting, and it has been suggested th a t we endeavour to m ake th is ' an. an n u a l func­tion .

Our A ugust m eeting took the form of a C ard P a rty held a t th e H orseshoe Cafe, on Monday, A ,ugust 13th. T here w as an a ttendance of elghty-one, and ■as a re su lt of the) evening we w ere able to forw ard a donation of £5 /5 /0 to the R achel F o rs te r H osp ita l.

F o r Septem ber we concen tra ted on th e firs t p roduction of the Old F or- tia n s ’ D ram atic Society, th is being “The Young Idea” by Noel Coward an d staged a t ;St. Jam es’ H all on Septem ber 20th a n d 21st. I t w as a very enjoy­able p lay and m em bers of the cast have to be co ng ra tu la ted on th e ir very fine ac tin g . The Old G irls’ Union certa in ly did th e ir fa ir sh a re of tick e t selling , and as th ere w as a good a ttendance a t each perform ance the D ram atic Society should have sufficient funds to ca rry them on u n til n ex t year.

C ur la s t function was the A nnual D inner, w hich w as held on W ednesday, O ctober 12th, a t th e W om en’s Club, and th is, like our previous m eetings, m e t w ith every su c c e ss . T here w as an excellen t a ttendance of Old G irls, as well as past a n d p resen t m em bers of the teach ing staff, and the g en era l opinion w as th a t it had been one of the m ost enjoyable d inners ever held by our U nion.

The m em bers of the Old G irls’ Union g rea tly apprecia te the In te res t taken in th e ir ac tiv ities by Miss Cohen and m em bers of the s ta ff of th e ir old school, and fully rea lise th a t a g rea t deal of the success of these functions w as due to th e ir h ea rty co-operation .

We are certa in ly p leased w ith the re su lts of the p a s t six m onths, and hope a t the A nnual G eneral M eeting in M arch to be able to re p o r t th a t th e r e ­m ain ing h a ll year has proved ju s t as successfu l. We are also looking fo r­w ard to nex t y ea r w elcom ing a ll the g ir ls who w ill be leaving F o rt S tree t this;

y ea r as m em bers of th e Old G irls’ Union, and as the L eaving C ertificate E xam ­in a tion is d raw ing n ea r we wo'uld like: th rough the m edium of the m agazine to w ish F ifth Y ears th e very best of luck .

JEA N N. JACOBS,Jo in t H on. S ec re ta ry .

LETTER FROM THE UNIVERSITY.The U niversity ,

13/10/32.D ear F o rtian s,

Once m ore the year is d raw ing to its close and the cloud of exam inations hangs over u s . E veryone ca rr ie s books and papers, and ap p ears fa r m ore sober th a n a t th e tim e the la s t le te r w as w ritten . H ow ever, in sp ite of; ou r w oes we s t il l foun(^ tim e to enjoy tho roughly the W om en’s College Mask, in w hich Amy C arpen te r p resen ted a deligh tfu l p ic tu re as the handm aiden. R um ­our, who sum m oned th e g rea t women of h is to ry from th e G reek tem ple, se t a g a in s t a background of t r e e s .

/As each w om an advanced across the law n, h e r deeds w ere described ,

by th e “Sybil,” w hose b lack d rap e rie s form ed a d irec t co n tra s t to the sim ple w hite robes of R um our.

T he evening w as p a rtic u la rly favourable, and g ray -c lad G reek m aidens danced g racefu lly before the tem ple ; the w hole scene being illum inated by so ft lig h t.

In te re s t is being show n in c rick e t now th a t th e hockey season is over, an d M aurine D eer is becom ing quite profic ien t in th e a r t of bow ling, to, w hich she occasionally devotes an hour when, F rench and L atin au th o rs be­come too w earisom e.

We F o rtian s a ll send our g ree tings to you and w ish those s ittin g fo r the In te rm ed ia te and L eaving C ertificates every success, and have for them a s tro n g fellow feeling .

—MARION. DALLISON, A rts I I .

FORT STREET OLD GIRLS’ UNION LITERARY CIRCLEThe L ite ra ry Circle held its m eetings th is y ear a t the Ohelsea Book C lub.

T w elve m eetings w ere held betw een M arch 10th and O ctober 27th. Follow ing th e usual p rocedure, th e f irs t and la s t m eeting, took the form of a social even ing . The C ircle has a m em bership o f 35. D uring the year 18 new m em bers w ere enrolled , and 10 resigned . The average a ttendance a t m eetings w as 16.9.

A considera tion of th e m odern tendencies in prose and verse, il lu s tra ted by E n g lish and G erm an w rite rs form ed the basis of th e y e a r’s course of s tu d y . 'Tire follow ing papers w ere re a d :—Aldous H uxley—M rs. W illiam s; Jam es Joyce— M’issi E . D uhig ;T he S itw ells—Miss A. B ieri; B ridges, F lecker (A. E . H ousm an)—Miss H am er; Thom as M ann—Miss M orley; W asserm ann —M iss C. .F a rre ll; L eonard F ran ck —Miss G. S an to s; PeuchU vanger—Miss N. •Craw ford; Ludwig—Miss J . T h irgood . Very g re a t in te re s t w as show n in the w orks of the au th o rs se lected fo r special study, an d each paper w as follow ­ed by a very lively and in te re s tin g d iscussion .

A play read ing w as g iven of N. C ow ard's “C avalcade” by m em bers of the C irc le on Ju ly 14th.

A sy llabus com m ittee, consisting of M isses T u rner, M orley, F a rre ll and H uhig has p rep ared a p rogram m e of w ork for n e x t y ea r. I t is in tended to s tu d y m odern Czeck, A m erican and Ita lia n li te ra tu re .

The Circle has had a very successfu l yaer, show ing an in crease in m em ­b ersh ip and in the average a ttendance , upon la s t y e a r’s figures. Much of th e c red it for th is m ust be a ttrib u ted to the un fa iling zeal of Miss T u rn e r, the- P res iden t, and Miss Morley, th e V ice-President, to both of whom the Circle w ishes to offer its appreciation lo r a ll they have done in fu r th e rin g tlje in te re s t and p leasu re in the m eetings.

-EVA DUHIG, H on. S ec re ta ry ..

A LETTER FROM THE TRAINING COLLEGE

D ear F o rtlan s,

T each ers’ College,U niversity G rounds,

11th October, 1932.

’The year has a lm ost passed and lo r m any of us the end of tw o happy years, a t College is in s ig h t. U n fo rtunate ly , we can n o t rem ain a t College indefin ite­ly, and so we m ust p rep are to m ake re lu c ta n t farew ells and pass on to m ake room for o ther F o rtla n s . I am quite, su re th a t th ere a re m any F o rtian s who a re experiencing the sam e reg re t a t the thought of p a rtin g from the old school and from the friends who w ill rem ain there .

Our h ea rts a re even m ore saddened by the th o u g h t of the approach ing final exam inations—a sadness also shared by p resen t day F o rtia n s . H aving left m ost of the w ork to the la s t week, a lte r the m anner of s tu d en ts , th e re is an a tm osphere of e a rn e s t concen tra tion in the College, w hich is no t to be found a t th e beginnin'g of the te rm .

T here a re s till som e F o rtian s who have no t been appointed to schools, bu t we do hope th a t good luck w ill favour them in th e n e a r fu tu re . O ur owh. fa tes re s t on th e lap of the gods, b u t we a re determ ined no t to allow the un ­quenchable sp ir it of F o rtia n s to be dam pened.

D espite th e u n ce rta in ty of the fu tu re we have had a very busy y ea r. T here have been num erous en te r ta in m en ts such as m usical com edies, plays, concerts, in addition to the u sua l spo rting activ ities, w hich included a v is it to A rm ldale T each ers’ College, and F o rtian s have show n a keen in te re s t in th e se .

T he Fifths, and T hirds a re pu tting on th a t final sp u r t lo r the com ing exam inations. We w ish them every success, and we feel su re th a t they w ill do th e ir best to uphold the nam e of the school.

Good luck to every F o rtian .

—EUNICE V. BROWN.

GUIDE NOTES.G reat w as the excitem ent of the G uides When they heard th a t a rra n g e ­

m en ts w ere being m ade lo r a field day w ith Miss D rury in the sp rin g v aca tion . The long looked-for S a tu rday arrived , and we spen t th e day a t C heltenham . N atu re gam es w ere played before tea , and w ere enjoyed by a ll . A campi fire ligh ting cerem ony w as held and soon the flames w ere M azing m errily . We sang songs, and during the evening badges and service s ta rs w ere p resen ted .

Many of the Guides a tten d ed lec tu res to r the sick n u rse badge, and all m anaged to convince th e exam iner th a t they knew the d ifference betw een m easles and, chicken-pox and could recognised o th er com plain ts. W hile these lec tu res w ere ini p rogress th e T enderfoo ts w ere busy w ith the kno ts , w histle s ignals and track in g s ig n s. They w ere eager to be enro lled , b u t e ircum - stguices postponed th a t g rea t day till the firs t S atu rday in O ctober.

N oithbridge, the scene ot a previous hike, w as our objective. As we m ade our w ay to our destina tion all eyes w ere on the w onders of n a tu re fo r th ere Was a' com petition , w hich w as to be won by the p a tro l recognising the g re a t­est num ber of b ird s and flow ers. W onderful to re la te—the T enderfoo t P a tro l topped the lis t .

D inner w as an exciting m eal and m any were» the cu linary fa ilu re s of those " who w ere no t accustom ed to th e a r t of cooking w ithou t any “pots and pansj” A c lea r stres.m w ound its way to the ocean, b u t we soon m ade it m ud­dy in ovr efforts to be tidy for the en ro lm en t. Singing p rac tice had ju s t end­ed w hen M rs. M ather a rrived and the cerem ony com m enced. A fter e igh t Guides had m ade th e ir th ree-fo ld prom ise, we listened to th e account of a cam p a t­tended by P rin cess M ary and G uiders from every co rn er of the globe.

Tea w as a g re a t success, despite th e fac t th a t the fire w as alm ost ex­tinguished by th e w eeping of tw o fa ir m aidens, caused by the sm oke.

Sheer enjoym ent w as the keynote of the ga th e rin g round the cam p fire th a t n ig h t. Miss Skillen to ld us an exciting sto ry about the gods o f old, and jo lly songs, som e accom panied by actions, w ere sung . We w ere a ll so rry w hen G ran t us T hy Peace” ended the day.

T he Guides have been fo rtu n a te in having lan d given them a t T u rra - m u rra -fo r a cam p site . A successfu l sw ee ts day w as held to h e lp to sw ell th e funds for the im provem ent of th a t site .

Our reg u la r m eetings have ended fo r th is year, b u t we a re to- en joy m any hikes before C hristm as, and th u s ca rry on the in te restin g work, th a t u n ite s the “League of N ations of to -m o rro w .”

-JEA N SM ITH (5B) .

THE OLD FORTIANS’ DRAMATIC SOCIETY.The Old F o rtia n s ’ D ram atic Society w hich w as form ed a t the end of

M arch recen tly gave its firs t public perfo rm ance.

The Society w as fo rtu n a te in ob tain ing th e serv ices of M r. J . B . Moss, a memberl of the- teach ing s ta ff a t the B oys’ School, to a c t as p roducer. M r. Moss, in the face of considerab le difficulties, w as able to m ake the Society’s p roduction of the “Y oung Idea” on Septem ber 20th and 21st a m ost no tab le su c c e ss .

As a m ark of apprecia tion of M r, M oss’s help the ca s t of th e “Young Id ea” p resen ted him w ith a silver c ig a re tte case a f te r the second perform ance of the p lay .

The Society is open to all Old F o rtian s who a re in te rested in d ram atic w ork and play read ings a re to be held a t 8 p .m . on the th ird W ednesday in th e m onth in the W aiting Room of the D epartm en t of E ducation , beginning

■on M arch 15th, 1933. New m em bers w ill bet m ost co rd ially w elcom ed.L . DECK,

11 S tafford S tree t, S tanm ore .

KOSCIUSKO.To the w hite-clad h ills ou r flag w as carried , and th ere b enea th the

U nion Jack i t flew proudly during F o r t S tre e t’s so journ a t the fam ous h o te l on " th e roof of A u s tra lia .”

I t w as splendid to see it un fu rl in the m orn ing and w atch i t stiffen in th e cool b reezes th a t sw ept down from “K osciusko’s side” ; and i t w as s t il l m ere splendid to be able to se t out, and pass in to a land of cream - like w hiteness each m orn ing .

Up the road, the gay laughing crow ds w ould go, a m otley band of b righ t, vivid co lours; th e ir voices ran g ou t on the c lea r a ir a s such spoils as rap ie r-lik e icicles w ere brandished , and delicate diam ond form ations, ‘•w rought in the silence of the n igh t," w ere found in litt le g ro ttoes.

Ski-ing on, the K erry w ould soon be passed and th en lofty h ills , pu re slabs of w hiteness ag a in s t the perfec t blue of the sky, stre tch ed out on the rig h t. F ar, fa r above, sm all figures could be seen v en tu ring up the snow y slopes and soon, on w atch ing them , they could be seen flying do'wn again , as though the m agic skis had w ings.

T ru ly it w as a m agic sport, for it com bined th e poetry of action and speed . T here a t D ayner’s Gap the gen tle slopes of so ft snow w ere like w hite, b illow ing clouds, over w hich sped m any M ercuries in silen t, g lid ing m otion. F u r th e r on, the P la in s of H eaven offered a land, of enchan tm en t and poetic beau ty .

h h e re in th a t w orld of pure, u nsta ined w liiteness, the th r il l of sk i-ing aw aited one. Tne sw itt gnde aown, topping eacn rise to go down the nex t w ith doubled speed, m aae tn e w oria uasn py, and in one's h e a rt tn ere seem ed to ring a veritab le paean ot joy . n o w ting ling was the th r ill of it, how ex­h ila ra tin g the keen a ir as it s tung one s no.striis and b rushed one's Hair back from the tem ples!

T hen tobogganing too was exciting ; to lie flat and see the w hite g lis te r­ing sp a rk le ts come dashing up a t one s face, and the snow -clad w orld go re e l­ing an d rock ing a t a sickening pace about one—yes, th a t w as th r illin g too!

A t the end of our short, sw eet s tay the sp o rts w ere held a t D ayiier’s Gap,

in w hich all the school pupils p a rtic ip a ted . A fter various novice races, and re lay races, the cro ss-coun try race w as held in the afternoon in w hich the v ictor. B eryl Uamble, b rough t renow n to our school again .

On th a t n ight, the la s t one a t K osciusko, p arties , num bers one and two, held a fancy dress ball, and never before, m any said, had costum es so b r i l­lia n tly orig inal, or hum orously s trik ing , been seen . Then, a f te r chang ing to o rd inary evening d ress ; the prizes for the sk i-in g races w ere d is tribu ted and the m anagem en t w as ex trem ely lib e ra l.

The m orrow heralded our d ep artu re , and a f te r m uch h asty au tog raph ing and snapsho tting , we assem bled in the to u rin g cars for the jou rney back to Coom a. As the la s t “good-byes” and dusty ring of our w ar cries d ied aw ay, ■n-e rap id ly passed th rough the, hotel gates, and soon, dear K osciusko w as h id ­den from our reg re tfu l gaze.

T hus passed all too quickly a charm ing ho liday . B ut its m em ories of 'spo rtiness, you thfu lness and tu n w ill live for a long w hile . No m a tte r how long we m ay stay a t K osciusko, in la te r years , it could never be as sw eet as th a t sh o r t s tay w hen we proudly took our flag and w ere pupils of F o r t S tree t school.

—“D ow nski,” (oA ).

THE FESTIVALS.

PA RT I.

W ith a sh in ing face and h a ir combed tig h tly back I would, ru n to d isp lay p roud ly my new clo thes to Shoshanna and R ivka, and to see w hether th e irs w ere a s p re tty —the v an ity of childhood! E veryw here a round me, m en and w om en—they too d ressed for the occasion and going to .the Synagogue—w ould be g ree ting each other, “L ’shana to v a !” “A H appy New Y ea r!” Everybody w ould be happy and sm iling . I t w as New Y ear’s E!ve. T o-n igh t the New Y ear w ould be ushered; in : to-m orrow the ram ’s ho rn w ould proclaim it—and I r e ­m em ber how we ch ild ren w ould contrive to And room in the Synagogue fo r th e im p o rta n t occasion, for it w as too good to be m issed .

Ten days passed—ten solem n days w hen n e ith e r feas ting nor m errim en t was allow ed. On the la s t of those days we w ould ju s t finish an' exce llen t m eal w hen th e sun w as about to se t. The w hole tow nship w ould be hushed and sad . All w ould be d ressed in w hite and people, some weeping, o thers sad and contem plative, w ould be s ilen tly w ending th e ir w ay to the Synagogue, a ll e a rn e s tly seeking God’s pardon fo r the sins of m ank ind . Now th a t I have- grow n older I rea lise th a t a t le a s t one day in th e y ear m ust be se t_ ap a rt in th is busy w orld of o u rs to m ed ita te on all th a t we have done during the year, and to try to atone to r the w rongs we have com m itted . T hen I could n o t find a reason w hy we should f a s t . W as i t m erely to p u n ish our bodies physically,, or th a t we m igh t w ith a c lea red b ra in th ink m ore seriously so that*'we m igh t be w orthy to be called in “God’s Book of L ife .” Yet as 1 listened to the “K oll N idre” sm all as I was, and despite th e ta c t th a t I w as no t allow ed to fast, I rea lised how sad and solem n w as th is 'Y om K ippur—th is Day of A tone­m en t !

A nother week past, a week spen t in busy p rep a ra tio n and by the end of th a t tim e a beautii'u l Succoh or T abernacle had been erec ted in the ga rd en . H ow well I rem em ber the p rep a ra tio n for it! An A rab w ould bring the greens,, w h ils t we ch ild ren vied w ith each o ther to see who could decorate h e rs best w ith ballooim—hom e-m ade—a d irty job, w hich I tho rough ly enjoyed—and the new season’s’ fru its , to r a t th is tim e of the year P a les tin e is a r io t of beau ty w ith the fru its and the b lossom s. M oreover I have a dim reco llection of: l i tt le bo ttles filled w ith scen t dangling from the roof. I rem em ber seeing the palm b ranch , the citron , the w illard and the m yrtle b ran ch used as decora­tions, or ra th e r as sym bols of ou r life, w hich m ust b’e “ righ teous like th e palm , f ra g ra n t like th e citron , pro tective like the w illow and hum ble like- the m y r t le .”

H e re in the Succoh we w ould have our m eals, and if good I would; even be allow ed to sleep th e re . A week of joy and freedom , w hen s to ries of the Is ra e lite s dw elling th e ir ten ts or “Succoh” as they crossed the d e se rt in to th e Land of th e ir F a th e rs , w ould be recalled by the e lder people and even by us ch ild ren too.

The eigh th day w as Sim cha T orah or the R ejoicing of the Law, a5 day of special joy, because the read in g of the P en ta teuch is on th is day finished and com m enced ag a in . I rem eihber how we ch ild ren , proudly holding coloured “foonan”, w ould w atch w ith deligh t and joy sedhte old Inen dancing an d jig ­g ing w ith the law s of Moses, lovingly clasped in th e ir a rm s— in God’s p lace of w orsh ip . I w ould bend over and reverently* k iss th e scro lls , a t the sam e tim e feeling quite grow n up and im p o rtan t. A few m ore holy days and th e season of fesitivity—the P en tecost—w ould be over. School w ould re-open and life w ou ld 'becom e o rd inary again u n til some tw o m onths la te r . C hanukah o r D edication w ould come to com m em orate the tim e w hen the Jew's, led by Ju d as M accabeus, having defeated the G reeks res to red to the people the r ig h t to w or­ship in the T em ple.

At school we w ould be told the w onderful sto ries of C hanukah—how those- b rav e heroes re-ded icated the Tem ple w hich th e ir enem ies had defiled and re l i t the sacred lam p, using a sm all fiask of olive oil, of sacred and special p re ­p a ra tio n —how in s tead of only la s tin g a few hours, it jiad b u rn t by a m irac le of God fo r e igh t w hole days by w hich tim e m ore had been p rep a red . We w ould be tau g h t special songs, som etim es sad and som etim es fu ll o f joy and p ra ise . One song I rem em ber d is tinctly , i t to ld the sto ry of b rave “G hana and h e r seven so n s”, how they w ere all sacrificed, even the youngest, a child of six, because they w ere tru e to th e ir fa ith and w ould no t kneel to and acknow ledge- the idol w hich th e cruel foreign k ing w orsh ipped .

E very n ig h t w ould be seen a t each window a chanukeo, consisting of e igh t cand les—a candle fo r each n igh t—tw inkling b rig h tly and fu ll of hope. M other w ould say a b lessing over each candlè , and I w ould w atch h e r fa s ­c ina ted . Som etim es I w ould be lifted up and allow ed to lig h t one; ,th a t would' alw ays m ake me happy and co n ten ted . So th e days w ould pass u n til th e e ig h t can d le s had a ll been l i t ; e igh t to sym bolise the e ig h t m iracu lous days.

Purim ! Only those who have, lived in P a les tine w ill know" the m agic of th a t w ord . Everybody know s th e sto ry of Purim , how Queen E sth e r w ith the help o f M ordecai, h e r uncle, saved the Jew s from destruc tion w hen H um an drew •‘lo ts” (purim ) in order to se lec t a day for the; execution of his p lan to kill them . Everybody w ould rejo ice and ch ild ren would sound th e ir “g ra g e rs” th e w hole tow n would again pu t on its festive a ttire and ch ild ren , m essengers of th e ir p aren ts , would be seen ru nn ing from house toi house ca rry in g cover­ed dishes, d ishes fu ll of sw eetm eats and goodwill g ree tin g s . We would he handsom ely rew arded, and perhaps it w as because of th a t o r because of the fac t th a t I w as help ing in; the gaiety and festiv ity th a t I used to love being a m essenger.

A t n igh t a n a ir of m ystery pervaded the tow n; p rep a ra tio n s had been m ade lo r w eeks previous to P u rim . D isguised com pletely in m asks we ■‘,fa ish te le rs” w ould v is it friends and if we w ere no t recognisedi and k ep t our m ir th under contro l, we would ^gain he handsom ely rew arded , both m a te ria l­ly and in p raise , I rem em ber how I a lw ays dressed in boys’ clo thes, and how I w ould do every th ing in my pow er to behave like one. My am bition was to he a boy th a t n ig h t. Nor w ere we ch ild ren the only ones toi en te r into the jo llity of the festival, the ‘'grow n up s” too would th row off th e ir everyday se rio u s garb and he m erry .

—B. MORRIS (4A ).(To be co n tin u ed ).

FAREWELL.

“Tim e flies! The sw ift hours h u rry by and speed u s on to u n tr ied w a y s .” A las! the tim e has come for us, yet another, F il th Y ear, to say farew ell, for we rea lise th a t the inevitable hour is upon us and soon the gates of F o rt S tre e t w ill close behind us, as pupils, lo r the la s t tim e.

As we a re leaving her to take our place in the w orld, w ith the fu tu re be­fore us like an unopened book, we a re fired w ith the h ighest ideals and an ever-deepening determ ination to uphold h e r trad itio n s and to honour the nam e w hich F o rtian s have so g lorious won lo r her in the past, and we tu rn to th e School and th an k h e r th a t she has fitted us lo r the g lorious adven tu re of Life -—th a t she has given us a purpose in life, and the m eans of achieving our end, fori we know th a t it is w hat we have learned a t school th a t is going to c a rry us th rough the w orld . .From h er have we learned a sp ir it of "iellow fee ling” and a desire to be of service to o th e rs . Above all she h as given us th e nam e of F o rtian s of w hich none can rob us, it is ours, and, going, we ta k e it w ith us.

We feel th a t we have very m uch to th an k F o r t S tree t for, b u t m ostly , perhaps, lot; the friendsh ips th a t have been form ed and cem ented during our schooldays h ere—friendsh ips th a t have been a g re a t h e lp to us in the p as t— friendsh ips th a t a re going to be a g rea te r help to us in the fu tu re .

We have loved every m om ent of our school-life, the five g loriously happy years sp en t w ith in her noble w alls . Of course, we have m ade b lunders—and reg re tted them —b u t we have learned to rise each tim e we fa ll. Some of us have never shone in c lassroom or on the sp o rts field, b u t we have le a rn ed a .great lesson, lo r F o r t S tree t h a s tau g h t us to “p lay the gam e” w ith tru e sportsm ansh ip , w hich is b e tte r th an v ic to ry . As we leave we take w ith us no th ing th a t can dim the happy though t of our schooldays.

How we a re going to m iss h e r oniy those who a re leav ing and those who have left, know and un d ers tan d ? You who a re rem ain ing , you to w hom we a re handing on the dear old School, we hope th a t you m ay le a rn to love h e r as we have done, to live . up to her trad itio n s as we; have tr ied to do—to give her the honour th a t is h e r due and to do your u tm o st to bu ild up the fu tu re g rea tn ess of “the b es t school of a l l . ” Before we leave the school we w ould no t fo rget our teach e rs w ho have played a very g re a t p a r t in m aking ■our school-life w hat it has been . Over and over aga in they have proved

them selves our friends, and to them we w ould say ‘ Thank, you! As, we go out in to th e w orld we w ill c a rry w ith us p leasan t memoi-ies of our teachers and a desire to live up to th e h igh s tan d ard th a t they have se t for u s .

W ith g ra titu d e in our h e a rts We how in hom age to our Alma M ater, and say “Vale, F o r t S tr e e t .”

“Though long w e’ll m iss the s ig h t of her Our h ea rts w ill no t fo rg e t .”

—NORAH MACKENNA (5A) .

FLYING— A FANCY.To th e m ore ad v en tu ro u s and h ig h -sp irited person, flying is a w onderful

dream , an am bition to! ch erish in our s to re of id e a ls . B ut do no t le t us s it and dream of th is m agic mode of tra v e ll in g ; b u t le t us tr a n s fe r ourselves to- th e sw ift-m oving w orld of 2032 A .D .! Now our dream is rea lised ! W ho c a re s now if we m iss the tra m or a re unab le to ca tch our usual tra in , because we a re detained a t school? All we have to do, is tak e our p a ir of litt le w ings,, p lace th em on our b ack and off we s ta r t . Up, up, in to the sky! W hat free ­dom we enjoy! We do no t envy the b irds, w ho fly quite close, peeping w ith inqu isitive faces a t th e gauzy-w inged c rea tu res , occupying th e ir positions in the b lue sky . On, on we glide, w hile below us g re a t bu ild ings a lm ost stop our fligh t by loom ing up unexpected ly in th e d is tan ce . I t is a busy day to -day . Now the sky is becom ing crow ded w ith a reop lanes and policem en and w inged m others p ropelling th e ir peram bu la to rs, th rough th e air, and h u nd reds of o th e r flying fo lk . As we glide 'on, th e crow ds becom e th in n e r and now we a re a lm ost alone in th a t stre tch in g expanse of b lu e .

Below us, the w orld is changed, and posted up on a huge sign is the- 2,000A.D. As we fly on, day soon fades and now, w ith th e approach of n igh t, th e s ta rs above lig h t up our way, w hile our own w ings, ligh ted w ith tw o little lam ps, w arn people of ou r ex is tence . In fro n t, an o th e r sigh show s c lea rly . I t reads “1980” . Sw iftly we glide- th rough the sky“ and soon th e m an a t the sw itchboard in V enus tu rn s ou t the lig h ts in the sky . P i-equently we come upon an ea rly flier, w hile wte propel ourselves th ro u g h the now gaily -tin ted” sky . T here! A nother notice read ing “ 1950!”

O ur w ings have som ew hat changed . No longer do we fly easily a long b u t have to pu t a ll our s tren g th in to keep ing a lo ft. W e m ust h u rry . B ut w here a re we going? T his th o u g h t has n o t en tered our m inds. T here in fro n t, is an o th e r sign m arked “1940” . S till We keep on flying, and so the day beg ins to w ane and our w ings a re becom ing heavy hn d p a in fu l. W hat is th a t no tice fa r ahead? Can we keep up? We a re nearing th a t Im pressive sig n ­b o ard . W hy! W hat does it say?’ Oh! Our w ings a re fa lling and we a re de­scend ing to the e a r th . As we fall, how ever, we catch a glim pse of thati s ign ­b o ard . I t says “1932” . Oh! I had quite fo rgo tten ! W e have only been p re ­ten d in g ; and have flown back from th a t w orld of a /h u n d re d y ea rs to com e.

—KATHLEEN MUNRO (H A ).

THE MINUET.“In a q u a in t old shadow garden s tan d s a shepherdess o f carven stone,”

w ere the w ords of th a t hau n tin g old melody w hich w ere w afted sw eetly th ro u g h th e a ir . In to th e cool of the s ta r ry sum m er n igh t a li tt le fa iry w andered d ream ily to the sp a rk lin g fountain , w hose dancing sp ray seem ed to th ro w m yriads of c ry s ta l-c le a r globules to the velvety heavens.

The song continued, b u t the fay no longer listened , fo r th e m oon had risen , m ellow and golden. I t filtered th rough th e s ilen t tre e s -and on to th e odd stone te r ra c e s—th e re to shine upon th e tw o m arb le figures stand ing , m otion less b enea th a c reep er w all.

The fay gazed ou the scene in w onderm ent, and slow ly the two sta tu es m oved. The gen tlem an ca rried th e lad y ’s w hite fingers to h is lips and led h e r to the old sund ia l. H ere they ta lked together for a long tim e, fo r th is opportun ity of living cam e bu t once a y e a r .

The fay was conscious th a t som ew here a b ird com m enced to s ing . A t th is both lovers moved to a little paved cou rt yard , su rrounded by rose gardens, and com m enced to dance a sta te ly m inue t. As the clock chim ed two, the dance ended. Sw iftly and no iselessly the p a rtn e rs re tu rn ed to th e ir p laces and assum ed th e ir accustom ed a ttitu d es .

The fay slipped aw ay in the d a rk n ess . The voice had ceased to sing and she rem em bered how like the b ird ’s voice w as to th a t of the s in g e r’s, w ho had told the p lain tive sto ry of the sto len try s t . Sw iftly she rea lized th a t h e r vision of the lovers’ dance had been b u t an idle d ream .

N evertheless, her im aginative m ind m ade h e r h e a rt ache fo r th e tw o lovers keeping th e ir endless vigil in the “qua in t old shadow g a rd e n .”

—P . CORNER (2A ).

THE IRONBAEK.One day a b ird flew over the fo rest and as i t flew it dropped a seed from

its 'bill. Down to the ea rth floated the seed and w as buried deeply. T hen i t began to grow and soon a sm all shoot appeared above the ground, and as the days passed it g rew and grew .

Not long a fte rw ard s in th a t sam e place th e re w as a proud young sap ling try in g to im itate the a iry g racefu lness of a b ird by w aving its lim bs in th e soft b re e z e s . As it grew, older it expanded and w as soon a s tra ig h t, ta l l iron - b a rk tre e of unusual c ircum ference . I t had a hard , tough b a rk and under th a t b a rk w as a h a rd e r and tougher wood.

In th e sum m er, m en cam e and aw akened the echoes w ith th e ir axes and saw s. W hen they saw the proud iro n b ark stand ing a litt le a p a r t from the o ther trees , they im m ediately decided th a t they m u s t have it.

(Pear clu tched a t th e h e a r t of th e huge tre e . Surely they w ould no t tak e him aw ay from h is beloved fo rest! These men, how ever, did no t know , no r w ould they have understood had they know n, th e feelings of th is g re a t iron - b a rk .

They b rough t a saw and com m enced to saw aw ay a t the m ighty tru n k of th e handsom e tre e . Soon it fell, w ith a h ea rtren d in g groan , to th e g round . T he w hole fo rest seem ed to be in sorrow and show ed its sym pathy a t losing such a fr iend . The o ther trees and in th e ir tre e language they m u tte red d a rk th re a ts a t these m en who w ere so unconcernedly chopping off th e b ranches of th e g ian t tre e .

V ery soon the Ironbark , w ith severa l o thers, w as loaded on a d ray and firm ly bound, b u t even th is secu re binding“ did no t stop the tre e s from being jo lted and bum ped as they w ere dragged a t a c raw ling pace ' a long a none-too- wide tra ck , ridd led w ith r u t s . Twice, the dray w as bogged and th e m en w ere very vexjed, say ing m any uncom plim entary th ings about th e ro ad . T he trees w ere rubbed ag a in s t each o th er despite the rope w hich bound them . I t w as, indeed, a very d iffe ren t sensation from th a t of sw aying to and fro w ith the w in d .

A t leng th they a rrived a t a la rge paddock w here th e re w ere a num ber of o th e r tre e s . H ere they w ere to ssed roughly to th e g round w here they lay fo r about a week un til m en cam e to cu t them in to len g th s. They w ere then p u t th rough som e v e ry ' u iip leasan t processes and em erged in slab s ready for ra ilw ay sleep ­e rs . Men soon pu t them in a new ra ilw ay line and m ade them secu re .

■Our friends, the ironbark , spen t the r e s t of h is life thus, and w hen la tr a in roared over him he could only d ream of the peace of h is qu ie t fo res t hom e.

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