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T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S.

Round the School.A Page for Guides.News of the Old Girls.

VERSE.Dawn at Dora Creek.On a New Road.Simplicity.Then and Now.A Lament.The Magic Touch.My Island.Fireside Fancies.The Sea.

PRIZE SHORT STORY Spanish Gold.

PROSE.The Origin of Port Jackson. Hidden Beauty.

The Prefects’ Message to the School.The Blue RoomA Visit to the Museum.The Women of Kenya.A Visit to a Castle.A School Day in Palestine.A Menial Task.Peter’s Ice Cream Factory.The Teachers’ College Library. An Errand on a Dark Night. Christian Union Camp. Wombeyan Caves.Twilight.Lapstone Hill. *That History Exam. Photographs of Miss Evans, Miss Moulsdale,The Prefects of 1930.

VOL. I I I .-N o 6. MAY, 1930. Price One Shilling.

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No. 2 Brownie, for pictures 2 j x ins. Price, 16/6 No. 2a Brownie, for pictures 2 | x 4jins. Price, 21/6

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£200 to be D istributed in P rizes16 Competitions Open for School Girls 18 Competitions Open for School Boys 22 Competitions Open for Boys & Girls

The School Children’s Handicraft Competitions at GRACE BROS, grow greater each year— and the Exhibits submitted for the decision of the adjudicators have reached an exceedingly high standard, and speak volumes for the unrem itting care and attention that is so evidently bestowed on the children by the various Teachers interested in the different competition subjects.

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TME MfSanZIMEOF THEFORT STREET GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL

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F A B E R E S T SUAE QU ISQU E FO K TU N A E.

TJie S taff:

P rin c ip a l: Miss COHEN, M .A., B.Sc.

Itep iity P rin c ip a l: Miss BLUME, B .S c .

B ei)artm en t of E ng lisli:Bliss TURNER, B.A. (M istress) Bliss BIACKANESS, B.A.Biiss BIOORE, B .A .Bliss BIOULSDALE, M.A.

Bliss PURCELL, B A. BIrs. ROBERTSON, B.A. Bliss W ICKS, B .A ., B .Ec. Bliss WINGROVE, B A.

D epartm en t of Classic«:Bliss McMa h o n , M.A. (M istress) Miss PATE, B.A.

Miss SIBIONS, B.A. Miss WILSON, B.A.

D epartm en t of M athem atic«;M iss LESSLIE , B.A (M istress) Miss BAYLEY, B.A.’Miss BEDDIE, B.A.Miss H A RRIS, B.A.

Miss NICOL-MURRAY, B.A Miss SWAN, B.A.Miss WELCH, B.A.Miss WESTON, M.A.

D epartm en t of Science;Btiss BLUBIE, B.Sc. (M istress). Miss CHAPMAN Miss CO W IE, B.Sc.

Miss CRAWFORD, B.Sc. Bliss PUXLEY, B.Sc.

D epartm en t of M oderi: L anguages:Miss WEDDELL, B.A. (M istress) Miss HARDERS.Miss BIARKS, B A .Miss B-IARTIN, B.A.

A rt; Miss TEA RLB. jVeedletvork; Miss DRURY

Miss MURRAY, B.A., L. es L., D r. P h il M rs. RYAN, D ip. B esancon Ulniv Miss TURNBULL, B .A .

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M usic: Bliss W ATTS.P hysica l C u ltu re : Mrs. G R IFFIN

M agazine E d ito r ; Bliss TURNER, B.A.M agazine S ub -E d ito r: Miss WINGROVE, B.A. Magazine B usiness M anager; Miss MOULSDALE, M A C aptain, 1930: MARY HOWARD. ' '

MISS COHEN, M.A., B.Sc.

Our New Principal.

A t th e beginning of the School Year Miss Cohen w as w elcom ed by Miss B lum e on behalf of the staff and pupils, and cong ra tu la ted on h e r ap po in tm en t to F o r t S treet.

The School’s new P rin c ip a l has had a d is tingu ished career, bo th scho lastica lly and p ro fessionally . She g rad u a ted dn A rts , w ith F irs t-C lass H onours in M athem atics and in Science w ith th e M edal and F irs t-C lass H onours in Geology and M ineralogy. Miss Cohen had th e honour of being the first w om an s tu d en t to be aw arded a T ravelling S cholarsh ip by th e U niversity of Sydney.

On h e r re tu rn from C am bridge Miss Cohen en tered the D ep artm en t’s se r

vice in 1S12 as A ssis tan t M istress of M athem atics a t th is school, and has since held w ith honour to th e D epartm ent of E ducation and herse lf, the positions of M istress of M athem atics, F o rt S tree t; D eputy P rin c ip a l, N orth Sydney; P rin c ip a l of W est M aitland and P rin c ip a l of S t. G eorge G irls’ H igh School.

Miss Cohen, in the course of a happy speech w hen rep ly ing to the welcome accorded her, rem arked th a t she was p leased to see bn the staff, so m any form er colleagues and n o t a few form e r pup ils .

The school w ishes Miss Cohen every success and happ iness in h e r WM-k.

ROUND THE SCHOOL.

The Staff.—We w ish to con g ra tu la te M iss Blum e, who h as been associated w ith the schobl for so m any yeprs, on h e r p rom otion to the position of Dep u ty P rincipal.

Miss H erlihy , a valued m em ber of th e E ng lish staff for m any years has a lso been prom oted, and we w ish her success a s D eputy of W est M aitland G irls’ H igh School.

We welcome to the staff m any new memibers. Miss W eddell, the new M istress of M odern L anguages, and th e M isses Moore, M oulsdale, C raw ford, M ackaness, M artin and W eston—the la s t fou r being fo rm er pupils of the School.

The Ada P iirtridge P rize , w hich is aw arded to the best ■“F b rtia n ” cand idate a t the Leaving C ertificate Ex- am inaticn , w as won th is year by— Gwen. M archant.

The Mollie T hornh ill P rize , w hich is aw arded to the best “F o r t ia n ” cand idate a t th e In te rm ed ia te C ertificate E xam ination w as won th is year by— D oris Roy.

H onours a t the L eaving Certifiidile E xam ination w ere gained by the fo llow ing p u p ils :—

E ng lish—F ir s t C lass: Gwen Mar- ch an t; Second-C lass; Irene Shack- c lo th .

L a tin .—Second C lass: E lsie Howie.E rench .— Second C la ss : B lanche

B io \.n , Aza C hild.-Uatiieiuatics.—F ir s t C lass: Aza

Child, P hy llis W ylie.C hem istry .—F ir s t C lass : Gwen M ar-

ch an t (only g irl in S ta te ) ; Second C lass: C orrie Saunders.

B otany.—.F irst C lass; B eryl Wood (firs t), K ath leen F e rr is ( th ird ) ; 2nd C lass: Joan C arr, M argare t Cox.

T ra in ing College Scho larsh ips ten able for tw o y ea rs w ere aw arded to the follow ing p u p ils ;—A za Child, Gwen M archant, Phylli-; W ylie, E lsie Howie, B eryl Wood N ance W eir, B lanche B row n, Jo an C arr, K ath leen F e rr is , Je ssie B ates, M argare t H od- ne tt, Joan D alzell, E m ily B roadhead , M argare t Cox, Louie P ausey , Gwen Tollis, Nancy C aldw ell, Peggy H olds- w orth , E na Roden, M innie C arter, N ellie M cKevett, Joyce T issing ton and E na 'W hite.

E ileen C ordingly and M arjorie Moore who passed th e L eaving C ertificate E xam ination in 1927 w ere also aw arded Scholarships.

U n iversity BiU’sa rie s w ere won by Gwen M archant and A za C hild.

U niversity E xhib itions w ere aw ard ed as follow :

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F a c u lt j of A rts : Gwen M archan t. I 'a cn lty of M edicine; C orrie Saimd-

€FS.I ’a c iiit j of Science: K ath leen F e rris ,

N ance W eir, P iiy llis W ylie.The Hiiine B arbour P rize , aw arded

to th e fem ale candidate of a S tate School who gains the h ighest m arks in the A u stra lian H isto ry section in the In te rm ed ia te E xam ination w as won by M iriam Ross of la s t y e a r ’sm e.

T echnical Sciio larsh ips.—S cho larships tenab le for th ree years in the A rt C ourses a t the T echnical College w as aw arded upon the re su lts of th e In te rm ed ia te E xam ination to M arjorie P o tte r and W ilcie G rou t.

J'lie S hakespeare R epertory Society of New South W ales offered a p rize fo r an essay on ‘ M acbe th .” K athleen F e rr is (equal w ith M. Q uinn of N orth ' Sydney G irls’ H ig h School) w as aw ard ed F ir s t P rize in th is Com petition.

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MISS EVANS, B.A.A t th e end of 1930, Miss E vans, B.A.,

who had been assocciated w ith F o r t S tree t fo r m ore th en tw en ty years , and who had been D eputy P rin c ip a l ever since the estab lish m en t o f th e H igh School, w as prom oted to be P rin c ip a l of W illiam S tree t In te rm ed ia te H igh Schoo l.

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best w ishes of the staff and pupils of th is school, lo r they fu lly app rec ia te h e r devotion to du ty and h e r in te re s t in them individually and collectively .

Miss E v an s’ successfu l teach ing career a t P o rt S tree t w ill be long re m em bered by the pupils who w ere fo rtu n a te enough to be m em bers of h e r c la sses .

MISS EVANS, B A .

SPEECH DAT.The p ic tu re w as indeed b eau tifu l.

R olling law ns of rich em erald green, h e re and th e re gay sp lo tches of colour w hich w ere form ed by beds of b r ig h t and f r a g ra n t flowers, a blue sky above, in th e background an h isto ric stone bu ild ing and in th e foreground th e flitting figures of w hite- clad schoolg irls p resen ted a p re tty scene to the passer-by . The day was W eonesday, 17th Decem ber, 1929, w hen th e Speech Day of th e F o rt S tree t G irls’ H igh School w as held in th e C onservato 'rium of Music.

L ong lines of g irls filed in to the big auditorium . To every P d rtian , Speech Day is a day w hich com m ands rev e rence. The lofty ha ll surrdiunded by la rg e and m agnificent p o rtra its , the

sloping ais les, the p resence of old g irls and friends, and th e huge stage a ll seem so fa r aw ay and y e t so in tim ate .

Among those p resen t on the p la tform w ere Miss P a rtr id g e and Mrs E llio tt, td whom bouquets w ere p re sented , M r. E llio tt, th e Chief In specto r of Secondary Schools who honoured the school by presid ing and M r. ■ Clyne, M .L .A , who' spoke to us d u ring the m orn ing . Much to th e reg re t of the school S ir D aniel Levy w as un able to a tten d on account of illness.

The proceedings opened w ith the sing ing of “The B est Schdol of A ll .” The C hoir u nder th e able d irection of Miss W atts enchanted the audience w ith th e ir deligh tfu l sing ing .

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B ut there was an atm osphere of sadness in the g re a t ha ll, fo r th e la s t assem bly in th is room had been the farew ell to Miss C ruise, ou r fo rm er beioved H ead M istress. The sorrow fe lt also a t th e im pending loss of Miss E vans added g rea tly to the g rav ity of th e g ir ls . Miss E vans, how ever m ust be con g ra tu la ted on h e r prom otion to th e position of P rin c ip a l of W illiam S tree t In te rm ed ia te H igh School. D uring the m orn ing the C aptain, Jessie B ates, p resen ted Miss E vans w ith a farew ell g if t from the School.

Miss E vans, du ring the course of the proceedings read the re p o r t of the sch o o l’s excellen t w ork and play d u ring the y ea r.

M r. E ilio tt, in his address, g ra te fu lly acknoTvledgsd the very p rac tica l in te re s t the Old G irls ' a re show ing in th e ir school, in the w ay of su b s tan tia l g ifts and special prizes.

Mrs. E llio tt very k ind ly p resen ted the prizes and life-saving aw ards, and spoke grac iously to each recip ien t.

The g irls sang “Come P o rtlan s, P o rtian s A ll” followed by the N ational A nthem as a close to Speech D ay and every g irl p re sen t loft w ith m em ories and im pressions w hich w ill alw ays rem ain very dear and precious.

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PR IZ E L IST , 192«.

YEAR V.

D iix : -4za Child, Gwen M archant (e q u a l) .

E ng lish ; Gwen M archan t.H isto ry : N ance W eir.L a tin : E lsie Howie.A ncient H is to ry ; P a tty W atchornï 'rc n c li ; Gwen M archant, E lsie

Howie (prox . a cc .)G erm an ; B eryl Wood.M athem atics 1 (H onours) ; Aza

Child.M athem atics I ; P hy llis W ylie.M athem atics I I : Aza Child.M echanics ; Aza Child.Chemisti*y; Gwen M archant.B o tan y ; B eryl Wood.G eograpiiys Jean Thirgood, N ance

W eir (prox. acc.)A r t: Jo an C a rr.P h y sica l C u ltu re : Jessie B ates,

C larice K ennedy (equal).E conom ics; P a tty W atchorn .

YEAR IV .

D u x ; L ily G ray, Mauxine D eer (prox acc.)

E n g lish : Isab e lla S tephen, L ily G ray (prox. a cc .)

H is to ry : E unice B row n, M arion D allison (prox. acc.)

L a tin : W ilga Johnson.A ncient H is to ry : M uriel Cam pbell ET'ench: W ilga Johnson .G erm an ; Jo an Bro'ady, G race

H enderson (prox. a cc .)M athem atics: A lm a L assm an . M athem atics I I : A lm a L assm an. M ecluiiiics; L ily Gray.C hem isti'y : E ileen Ju rd , I r is C larke

(prox. acc.)G eology; Jean C am eron.B o tany : M arion D allison, Cecily

B eckw ith and E unice B row n (equal) (p rox . acc.)

G eography; E unice B row n, M arion D allison (prox. acc.)

A rt: Mavis Robbins.N eed lew ork ; H elen Colquhoun,

L ilian A ckland (pix)x. acc.)P hysica l C u ltu re : E unice B row n. E conom ics; Joyce B annan.

YEAR I I I .

D ux : D oris Roy, B etty G ray (prox . a cc .)

E n g lish : Ivy Beadle.H is to ry : Jean W right, P hy llis W eir

(prox. acc.)L a tin ; Doris_^Roy.F re n c h ; D oris Hoy.G erm an ; M iriam Ross, I r is T ate

(e q u a l) .M alhem atics I : D oris Roy. M athem atics I I ; D oris Roy. E lem en tary S cience : W inifred

R o'naldson .G eography: E m m a Molloy.A rt: Jean P o tte r.M usic: E lsie Poole.N eed lew ork : P hy llis Seym our,

V erna H arvey (prox. acc.)P hysica l C u ltu re : M oira C rittenden ,

D orotlw Colem an (e q u a l) .

YEAR I I .D ux ; B etty Scott, V era P ausey

(p rox . acc.)E n g lish : M arie B arn e tt, Mona '

R avenscro ft (p rox . ace.)H is to ry ; B eryl S taples.L a t in ; B etty S c o tt.G reek ; B etty Scott, M arie A ria

(prox. a cc .)F re n c h ; M arie A ria .G erm an ; S h irley MoYris. M athem atics I : V alerie D awson,

M. M cVicar (p rox . acc.)M athem atics I I : B etty Scott. F lem en ta ry Science; Gwen McCon

ne ll.

Weograpliy ; P ea rl Fox, W insome K obinson (prox. acc.)

C u ltu ra l tJeograpliy : Mona R avens- c ro ft.

A r t ; M arcelle M ourant, Maisie R ichards (p rox . acc.)

M usic: Ruiby W alker.N eedlew ork : R u th W addington,

M arcelle M ourant prox. acc.)N eedlew ork (one period o n ij) ;

Sylv ia D u rs t.P hysica l C u ltu re ; M argare t McVicar

SPECIAL PRIZES.

M ethod ist; E unice B row n ,1; Madge N icholson, 2.H eb rew ; E n a R oden.

M ary C orringhaiu P riz e ; Jo an N etting . ,

llE E SAVINH AWARDS, 1929-30.

YEAR I .D u x ; D oraine Thom pson, M argare t

D ircks (prox. acc.)E n g lish : H ea th e r W illiam s.H is to ry ; M arie R ussel.L a tin ; Mavis W ilson, L oraine

T hom pson (prox. acc.)E re iich : M argare t D ircks, D oris

O dgers (prox. acc.)Cieriiiaii: D oris O dgers.M atheiuatics 1: D orothy W ilson,

M arg are t R oberts, D oris Odgers, F lo rence H ow m an (th ree equal) prox. a cc .

M athem atics 11; L oraine Thom pson, D oris O dgers (prox. a cc .)

E lem en tary S cience: P a tr ic ia P a rk e rtleog ruphy ; M argare t H a rk n ess .C u ltu ra l (leog rap iiy : M arjorie

W ordsw orth , A lexia Seym our p rox . a c c . )

A r t: F lo rence H ow m an, H azelD alziel (p rox . acc .)

N eedlew ork (one period c la s s ) ; G race H ancock and M argare t K elk (e q u a l) .

N eedlew ork : Gwenda F e rr is . M arg a re t H ark n ess and M ary L auder (equal) (proix. acc.)

M usic: Irm a R ich te r.Physical C uK ure: Norm a Scott.

A w ard oi J i c i i i : v loiet bim pson, V alerte K im beney , jra u ic ia uow li- shaw , H elen t,o iqunoun .

A u stra lian ijio iize C ross: H elen M acUonald, Joyce S tennouse, P a tr ic ia C ow ilshaw .

iuisu'uictoii's C e riilica te :—O^iveLam bie, N athalie E asy, N ellie F inney , H elen Colquhoun, B eryl Lam bie, E n id G lasson .

B ar to B ronze M edalliou; M uriel N o lan .

B ronze M edalliou: B . Lam bie, E . G lasson, N. E asy, R . D uukley, N . F inney , J . Stennouse, J . Broady, M. W atson, E . G oddaru, B . G ray, D . Colem an, B . A rm strong , L . A rnold,F . P a tte rso n , B . M cKenzie, M. P au li, J . M ort, H . H aldane, E . M ackie, J . Sm ith, E . H o llander, j . N etting , L . Moody.

Prolicieiicy C eriilicate L ab e l; M.Brow nie, M. B alm ain, M. C hapm an,H . Soutar, L . O 'R ourke .

Prolicieiicy C eriilica te : N . Scott, N .M cKenna, A . Bleri, B . P au li, W . H am m erton, J . F o rs te r , L . G rim sley,I . W alsh, G. Coles, B. McKenzie, D. C raw ford, 'V. Reid, M. G ately, L . R obson, P . Q uirk, B. K ent, G. Mad- docks, F . P a tte rso n , B . H o llander, M. P au li, L . Mpody, J . Sm ith .

E lem en tary CeiTilicate: N. M cKenna,G. Maddocks.

M rs. Griffin and these successfu l candida tes a re to be co ng ra tu la ted on such a sp lendid record.

G eneral P ro lic ie iicy :(a) The -Ada P a rtr id g e P rize ; Phyllis

K a b e rry .(b) The Mollie T hornh ill P rize : Em ily

H ughes and L ily G ray (equal).Sport Prizes;

(a) P resen ted by P o r t S tree t Boys’ H igh School: C larice K ennedy.

(b) P resen ted by Miss C ruise; H elen M acDonald.

P rize fo r Low er F rench , p resen ted by Miss E vans: K ath leen P e rris .

Scripture Prizes:Presbyterian (S crip tu re and S horter

C a tech ism ): N ance W eir and Sophie S tronach (equal) 1; Phyllis W ylie, 2; P hy llis W eir, 3.

T ext H un ting : B etty S co tt.

-HISS MOLLSDALE.On F eb ru a ry 2Sth, F o rt S tree t G irls

w ished Miss M oulsdale au revoir, for a f te r forty-five long years of service, tw enty-six of w hich w ere spen t a t th is school, she left fo r her w 'ell-earned holiday abroad.

O ur C aptain, M ary H ow ard, on behalf of the school g irls w ished Miss M oulsdale a very happy to u r th rough E ngland , the C ontinent and South A frica, and presen ted her, as a token of ou r esteem , w ith a very nice tra v e lling ru g and a book stand.

M argare t M cCandless as a rep re sen ta tive of the g irls Miss M oulsdale had tau g h t m ade a very fine speech.

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causing g re a t lau g h te r by ca lling to m ind trifles and in tim ate passages betw een th is teacher-friend and her c lasses, using some of h e r w ell-know n p h ra s e s .

A nd la s t bu t by no -m eans le a s t Miss M ohlsdale h erse lf spoke to us. She to ld us about som e of her experiences du ring her ea rly teach ing days. The only way she could go to the tiny bush school, to w hich she had been appointed, was on ho rseback and on her a rr iv a l she found she had to teach a c lass of about tw enty-n ine g irls and boys, some of the ihoys being no t m uch younger th an herse lf. Miss M oulsdale p ra ised th e conduct and

though tfu lness of F o rt S tree t G irls and

MISS MOULSDALE.

so we a re a ll very p leased to know she ca rr ie s p leasan t m em ories of m any g irls , som e of whom to-day are tak in g th e ir p a rt in the world, and holding Im portan t positions.

On the m orn ing Miss M oulsdale sa iled, m any g irls and teach ers g a th e red round the back porch and waved farew ell as th e N aldera drew away.

OLIVE LAMBLE.

T H E F K T 1 0 > LIBK A K Y .

This y ea r the m em bership of the F iction L ib rary has increased , and we a re very glad to welcome th e F ir s t Y ears who have joined.

T here a re very m any good books in the lib ra i'y and we a re su re th a t those who do no t belong a re no t aw are of the p leasu re to be derived from re a d ing such books.

The F ic tion L ib rary is open in Room 9 every T uesday and F riday a t m orn ing recess.

J . W RIG HT, I L . TOTTENHAM, ¡L ibrarians

T H E D RA M A TIC SO C IET Y .

As yet the y ear is young, and the D ram atic ' Society has had only one read in g . On th a t occasion the F if th s read m ost d ram atica lly some scenes from “E m m a” by Jan e -Austen, and th e ir perfo rm ance w as enjoyed by a ll, even the youngest m em bers lap- p rec ia tln g th e sub tle hum our of th is c lever w om an novelist.

A play is in p rep a ra tio n for p e rform ance a t the end of th e te rm under th e able coaching of Miss P u rc e ll.

On -April 10th, th e F o u rth A'ear m em bers w ill read scenes from “F a n n y ’s F ir s t P lay ” w ritte n by B ern ard Shaw .

The Society extends a h ea rty w elcome to th e new m em bers and is p leased to' And th e re is m uch ta le n t am ong them .

SYLVIA DALTON,S e c re ta ry .

THE SWIMMING CAKXIYAL.

The day, fo r w hich m any F o rtian s had tra in ed so rigo rously and to w hich the en tire school had looked forw ard d u ring the lohg sum m er m onths, nam ely th a t on w hich the annua l sw im m ing carn iva l w as to be held , daw ned c lea r and fine.

I t w as an ideal daj^ for th e event, and as old K ing Sol m ounted in to his v as t dem esne he m ust su re ly have sm iled a t th e sigh t of the happy faces of a ce rta in 700 schoolg irls as they h u rried up “yon w ell-know n h il l” flaun ting th e ir gay ribbons in the sportive breeze.

Slow ly the m orn ing lessons passed ; even m ore slow ly “craw led” the tram s on th e ir w ay to Co'ogee; and even still m ore slow ly did the m inutes tick by on th e A quarium clock u n til a t last, w ith the first “ G o!” the first sp lash as th e g irlish form s cleaved the w ater, and th e first b u rs t of encourag ing cheers from the onlookers, th e sw im m ing carn iva l comm enced.

The excellen t sw im m ing of H elen and Jean McDonald contrived to keep

bo th the Senior and Ju n io r Cups in th a t fam ily , w hile m any o th e r g irls w ere a lso b rillian tly successful, those, how ever, who w ere n o t a s fo rtu n a te as the p lace w inners m u s t be com m ended fo r th e ir good w ork and sp o rtsm an sh ip .

We w ere deligh ted to welcome C larice K ennedy who gave us a b r illian t exhibition of diving and sw im m ing .

Much of the success of the C arnival Is due to the splendid help g iven us by M essrs. Griffiths and H ellings and th e exce llen t o rg an isa tio n of M rs. Griffin.

T he prize w inners w ere the follow ing :

School C ham pionship (100yds.) H . M cDonald, 1; J . B roady, 2; J. M ort, 3.

17 Y ears C ham pionship: G. B ills, 1; E . G cddard, 2; M. Nolan, 3.

16 Y ears C ham pionship: J . N otting, 1; J . B roady, 2; I . B urdon, 3.

15 Y ears C ham pionship: H .M cDonald, 1; J . S tenhouse, 2; S. D alton, 3.

14 Y ears C ham pionship: L . T o tten ham , 1; M. C larke, 2; F . P a tte rso n , 3

Ju n io r C ham pionship: J . McDonald, 1; N. Scott, 2; J . Sm ith, 3.

13 Y ears C ham pionship: J . M cDonald, 1; N. Scott, 2; E . P au li, 3

12 Y ears C ham pionship: L O ’R ourke 1; D. W ilson, 2; L . Robson, 3.

B reas t S troke C ham pionship: J . M cDonald 1; V. Sim pson, 2; J. B roady 3.

B ack S troke C ham pionship: H . M cDonald, 1; J . B roady, 2.

Ju n io r B reast S troke: J . M cDonald 1; L . O’R ourke, 2; J . Sm ith, 3.

Ju n io r Back S troke: J . Sm ith, 1; M. P au li, 2; L . O ’R ourke, 3.

Senior' C ham pionship (33yds.): H . C blquhoun, 1; E . G raham , 2; B. G ray, 3.

Ju n io r C ham picnship (33yds.): E . M arsden, 1; B . Lam ble, 2; C. P a rk in son, 3.

In te r-Y ear R elay : Y ear II , 1; Y ear IV, 2; Y ear 1, 3.

Ju n io r V. Senior R elay: Ju n io rs . D iving C ham pionship: J . S tenhouse

1; L . O’R ourke, 2; D ..D iam ond , 3.Ju n io r D iving: L . O’R ourke, 1; E .

M arsden, ,2; N . Scott, 3.Object D iving: A . Sim s, 1; D.

D iam ond, 2: N. E asy, 3...R escu e R ace: P . Cowlishaw, V. Sim pson, 1; J . B roady, J , M cDonald, 2; 0 . Lam ble, A. Cam pbell, 3.

Ju n io r R escue R ace: J . R uss, M. B alm ain , 1; B . Lam ble, — . G lasson 2- T . T u rn e r, M. M cCormack, 3.

S ix-O ar-R ace: J . N otting, V. S im pson and H . Soutar, 1.

Old G irls’ R ace: C. K ennedy, 1; G. Owens, 2; B. W atson, 3. don, 3.

Balloon R ace: P . Q uirk, 1; I . B urdon, 2.

JOYCE W ILLIAMS, 3A

'IHE DEBATING SOCIETY.T his society held its an n u a l m eet

ing on M onday 24 F eb ruary , w hen the office-bearers fo r the y ear w ere e lec ted. The re su lts a re : M arion D alllson, P res iden t, Sylvia D alton, S ecre tary , Y ear R ep resen ta tives, Joyce, B aiinan, D orothy Colem an, Jean fittin g and Jessie S tu a r t.

The first debate was held on T h u rs day, 6th M arch a t 3.45 p.m. In th e Old G ym nasium . The sub jec t w'as “T hat i t is B e tte r to Equip O neself Socially th a n P h y s ic a lly .” The G overnm ent w as successful, gain ing fo rty -n ine po in ts to the O pposition’s th irty -o n e .

The second debate wa.s held on .April 3rd T he sub jec t wa.s “T hat Dis- a rm en t is no t in the B est In te re s ts of the G reat P o w e rs . ” The G overnm ent won by a m arg in of two, ga in ing forty- six points ag a in s t the O pposition ’s forty-four.

Miss Cohen received a le t te r from the S ecre ta ry of the U niversity W om en’s D ebating U nion, challenging us to a debate, so a team re p re sen ting th e School vail be very p leased to su p p o rt th e s ta tem en t “T hat the A m algam ation of N ew spaper Companies is co n tra ry to the Ideals of Dem ocracy ’ a t the U niversity , on May 15th.

SYLVIA DALTON,S ecre ta ry .

THE SPECIAL CHOIR.

Since the la s t issue of our M agazine, the Special Choir has d istingu ished itse lf on tw o occasions.

The firs t w as a t our -Annual Speech Day. w hen th e beau tifu l sing ing of th e C hoir w as m uch apprecia ted by the la rg e audience.

The second occasion w as on M arch 19th, v 'hen a section of the Choir v is ited David Jo n es’ and sang a t th e P ac ific R o tary C onference. The singing, w hich cam e as a su rp rise to the aud ience, form ed a p leasan t in te rlu d e in the m orn ing ’s p roceedings and the g irls w ere h ea rtily co ng ra tu la ted on t^hsir fine perform ance.

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M em bers have se ttled down to e a rn e s t w ork w ith an en ro lm en t of n early a hundred , and we hope th a t th e usual s tan d a rd of the Choir w ili be m ain ta ined .

THE CHRISTIAN UNION.The C hris tian U nion has spen t some

very in te restin g F rid ay afternoons th is y e a r . Miss L esslie and F ifth Y ears have been studying the Bible, u sing the tex t book “The New Society’’ and have found the study very heip- fu l and in te re s tin g . F o rtu n a te ly we have been ab le to extend m em bership to F o u rth Y ears and a new circle has been form ed w ith Miss M ackaness as lead e r.

At the sch o o lg irls ’ cam ps held in J a n u a ry a t G oulburn and H azelbrook, F o r t S tree t had tou r rep resen ta tives , who enjoyed them selves im m ensely and a re looking fo rw ard to th e next, to w hich we hope m ore g irls w ill be ab le to go.

On F riday , 21st M arch, the Rev. M r. S hortt, who has spen t some tim e in A frica, gave an address on “The G irls of K en y a” w hich w as g rea tly app rec ia ted .

On S atu rday , 14th June , a S choo l’s Day w ill be held a t T horn le igh . We hope th a t F o r t S tree t w ill have m any rep resen ta tiv es th e re .

D . BRABYN.

FORT STREET (URLS’ HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION.

The above is the nam e of the new o rg an isa tio n w hose w ork is to adm inis te r the School’s funds. All pupils a re m em bers and they have elected the follow ing as th e ir rep resen ta tiv es : M. D allison, J . B roady, T. Bowen, M. M cCandless (sec re ta ry ), L . Cuneo, P . McLelsh and L . O’R ourke, M ary H ow ard , the cap ta in (ex-offlclo).

The staff is rep resen ted by the P rin cipal, the D eputy (ex-officio), the tre a su re r , Miss W eston, and the M isses C hapm an and T u rn e r and M rs. Griffin.

A WELCOME TO THE “FIRSTy e a r s .”

W^hile we “F re s h e rs” a t F o rt S treet, v;ere lU hard a t w ork on the m orning of the 11th F eb ruary , a F ifth Y ear en tered our c lassroom , and invited us to the “Old G ym .” for the two la s t periods of the afte rn o o n . We w ere asked to come provided w ith a w riting pad and a pencil and sandshoes.

F eeling very expectan t and excited.

We F ir s t Y ear g irls , a rr iv ed a t the “Old Gym.” T hen we rea lised th a t we w ere being w elcom ed to the g ran d old school of F o r t S tree t.

We had to m arch th ro u g h a liv ing a rch m ade by F if th -y ea r g ir ls—all sing ing “.For they a re jo lly good fe llow s” and c lapping to keep tim e w ith th e ir singing.

The cap ta in of th e school and p re fects, g ree ted and, w elcom ed us, exp ressing the w ish th a t we w ould love cu r scliool.

Then we had ra th e r a novel com petition , our pads and pencils be ing used to secure the nam es of p re fec ts . The one who m anaged to g e t the m ost s igna tu res , in the given tim e, won th e prize . T hen we a ll jo ined in gam es and fe lt th a t we w ere p a r t of the school.

Afi.er the gam es. Miss Cohen spoke a few w ords of encouragem en t and ad-

, vice, ask ing us, a t a ll tim es and in every th ing , to do our best to b ring honour to our sch o o l. She also i>resen ted the prizes to’ the g irls , who had been successfu l in the d ifferent com petitions du ring the a f te rn o o n .

A fter re freshm en ts, k ind ly provided by tbe sen io r g irls , the g ran d finale cam e w hen we a ll joined in the sing , ing of the school seng “Come Fo'rtians, Fovtlans A ll. ”

We F ir s t Y ears ail agreed it w as a deligh tfu l veelcome to the G rand Old Schoo l.

JOAN .FINNEY, IE .

THE REFERENCE LIBRARY.The opening of the R eference L ib

ra ry to r an hour a fte r school in the charge of an E ng lish M istress is an innovation w hich has been m uch ap p reciated by F ifths and F ou rth s, and on m ost afternoons th e lib ra ry is lu ll to overflovnng.

A g rea te r num ber of g irls th a n usual a re tak ing advantage of the re gu lations th a t they m ay take books out for a slio rt period—T uesday to F r iday or F riday to T uesday—and the lib ra rian s a re kep t very busy on those mornin,gF a t recess.

The lib ra rian s would be p leased if g ir ls who avail them selves of the libra ry would bring flowers to m ake it look b rig h t.

M. BURNS, IM. McCANDLESS, jL ibrariansD. PAMPLIN, 1

B. SCHWARZLOSE, |

The School w ishes to cong ra tu la te C larice K ennedy, a fo rm er pupil and cham pion a th le te on adding yet o ther reco rds to h e r long l is t . A t the Sydney C ricket G round in .January . C larice succeeded in low ering the w orld ’s reco rd foi 80 m etres hu rd les by doing the d is ttn c e in 12i second; she a lso b roke th e A u stra lian recced fo r 60 y a rd s hu rd les, 8 3-5 seconds.

p resen ted tw o v ery beau tifu l b ra ss ja rd in ie res , a handsom e b rass vase and a n unique copper floiwer-trough, w hich a re m uch adm ired and appreciated .

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The School is g rea tly indebted to th e F ifth Y ear G irls of 1929 who have

In the C om petition recen tly p rom oted by M r. S tu a r t Doyle in connection w ith the p ic tu re “D israe li” , Maisie B ark! won th e firs t prize (£5) and Lily Gray, L o rra ine Cuneo and L ily M orris v,'ere aw arded cchisolation prlzea.

THE MARY CORRINGHAM PRIZE, 1929.T here w ere m any en trie s for the

p rize offered by M ary C rosslngham fo r the best sh o rt sto ry w ritten by a

pupil of the school. Joan N etting of 3A w as the prize w inner, and her sto ry “Spanish Gold” is p rin ted below .

SPANISH GOLD.T here w as an a rtic le published some

years ago in one of the Sydney papers, in w hich a w ell-know n h is to rian dec la red th a t the ring-ho les found in the rocks a t Rose Bay w ere m ade by S pan ish or P o rtuguese ships w hich careened th e re . These ships, he said, had been here long before Cook, and aiihou.ah th ere w as no definite record of th e ir voyages along the coast to w ards the n o rth there was conclusive proof th a t they had v isited P o rt Jack - son .

one afternoon , w hile the ra in fe ll in to rre n ts , and the w ind shrieked and to re across the s tr ip of low -lying coun. try , th e ir ta lk tu rn ed to the early d iscoverers of the A ustra lian Coasts.

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We w ere d iscussing the p robabilities of th is s ta tem en t one n igh t no t long befo re the m idw in ter holidays. G randfa th e r, who is nearly eighty years old, and who has sailed a ll round th e w orld in the old w indjam m ers, w as prom pted to give his theo ries on the sub ject, theo ries which in the end w ere to prove co rrec t.

H e to ld us of a w reck he had e x perienced w hen rounding Cape H orn in the “A nne D u th ie .’’ In spite of the heavy sea runn ing , m ost of the crew m anaged to g e t ashore, w ith enough food to la s t them for som e tim e. H is sh ipm ates, including a Span iard nam ed Sancho, had litt le to do th roughou t th e long, d rea ry days, bu t to lie by the fire and te ll of th e ir adven tu res in o thers p a rts of the world.

They had erected a rough shelter, big enough to hold them all, and there .

Sancho w axed eloquent. He told his com panions th a t a t home, in M adrid, h is fam ily had reco rds of theip a n cestors, w hich s ta ted th a t they had explored the coast of the “T e rra In cogn ita ’ ' and had careened th e ir ships in a bay haiibour, w hich as fa r as he could m ake out, w as Sydney H arbour.

T here w ere two sh ips, he w ent on, but one, leaving the h arbou r before the o ther, ran into bad w ea ther and w as w recked on a reef of rocks not very fa r n o rth bf the careen ing p lace . A few of the crew m anaged to get to the beach, tak in g w ith them som e food and some treasu re . A few days la te r, the o ther ship, sailing no rthw ard w as hailed by her un fo rtu n a te com panions, and a t leng th m anaged to take them aboard . H owever,the big sea th a t w as ru nn ing m ade it im possible fo r the m en to take th e irtre a su re w ith them , and they had to leave it in the little sh e lte r-h u t they had erec ted .

G rand fa ther said he w as g rea tly in te rested in Sancho’s sto ry , and know ing it would p lease us, he had to ld it to prove to us the tru th of the a r t ic le .

The s to ry wa^ s till ru nn ing th rbugh my m ind when, a fo r tn ig h t la te r, I

stood on the verandah of our bungalow

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a t Long Reef, looking ou t across the tree tops to w kere the waves w ere tum bling and foam ing ag a in s t the rocks .

A ll day long the though t persisted , and as I lay on a g rassy knoll a t the very h ig h es t po in t of the headland, and traced th e rocks fa r ou t under the w ater, I began to w onder w hether th is w as the reef on w hich the Spanish ship w as w recked, In my im agination I could see the sw arthy S pan iards as they left th e ir sink ing vessel, and roiwed th rough the seeth ing sw irling w aters to the beach . I could see them unloading th e ir food and ill-go tten tre a su re , and tram p ing along the beach to find sh e lte r .

Id ly I w ondered w hether the beach looked the sam e then as it did now . Did those high sand-h ills topped w ith the coarse, w iry g rasses, even then glow when th e sun w as h igh above them ? Did the bush strag g le down to the edge of th e sand? W ere th ere flocks of b lack sw ans on the lagoon, in whose still w aters the trees and h ills v/ere reflected? But the san d h ills—they m ust be very old if they w ere here w hen the Span iards cam e. How did they come to be there , anyw ay? W ei'en ’t they no t m ade Iby stro n g w inds p iling the sand into heaps and adding m ore and m ore to them ? Then, if th e beach w ere flat w hen the S pan iards cam e—perhaps they had left th e ir tre a su re w here one of the h ills now sto'od; for if there was any th ing to ac t as a foundation, ‘ the sand would soon pile up . Oh! if only a strong easte rly blow would come and uncover it!

F o r nearly a week these thoughts w ould not le t me re s t. E very day I w ould look out across the ocean for signs of a gale, bu t I w ould see the sam e sp a rk lin g b lueness th e th in lines of v 'h ite foam along tiie beach and the soft, cream y sp ray of the waves to ssing and dancing on the reef.

Then, one day, as I pulled my skiff up on the beach, and tu rned to go, Joe, & fisherm an’s son cam e up and offered to pu t it in the shed, because the g lass w as fa lling and he expected a heavy blow from the ea s t.

Leaving Joe to pu t the skiff aw ay, I h u rried back home, stran g e ly elated, for now, if the wind w ere stro n g enough, th e re w ould be a good chance to recover the tre a su re . F o r I w as su re it w as buried undernea th one of the sandh ills . I said no th ing to the o thers, how ever, bu t fre tted round the house ti ll th e fu ry of the w ind ab a ted, then , p u ttin g on m y coat I m ade m y w ay th ro u g h th e trees and cross

s tre tch e s of m arshy , sw am py g round . W here the trees ended, there had fo rm erly been a g rassy bank, bu t now m e sand was piled high aga in s t it, and I was forced to climb over the top of it .

Once on the beach, it w as easy to im agine the v/reck, for the ro lle rs rea red th e ir foam -flecked heads, thundered on the reef and ran seeth ing up the beach . The sand was sm ooth and flat. Surely th a t sm all sandh ill looked a trifle sm a lle r . E agerly I ran fo rw ard , and there , in the sand, was lying a rusty , well nigh unrecognisab le object, bu t I knew from the sm all pow der pan and sh a rp tr ig g e r th a t it was an old flin t-lock. A ru s ty cu tlass and a cross-hand led knife nex t m et my gaze, and as I scraped the sand aw ay to get a b e tte r view of them , I uncovered a b lack object, shaped like a helm et, w hich I rig h tly guessed to be m ade of silver.

S till digging, I cam e across the re m ains of w hat w as probably th e logbook of the sh ip . The pages had long ago ro tted and decayed; the lea ther cover was mouldy and falling apart, and th e b rass clips on the co rners and a t the back w ere ta rn ished . D ark p laces in the sand showed w here cloth of some descrip tion had ro tted aw ay; a lthough fu r th e r down I discovered som e sm all sc raps of canvas, in a w onderful s ta te of p reservation .

B ut the tre a su re ? Surely it m ust be nearby . Those ru s ty old knives w ere no t tre a su re . I began scoeping aw ay the sand w ith renew ed vigour, bu t it w as a hard and, tirin g ta sk . Then Joe, com ing along the beach, hailed me, and I asked him to help m e. W lien he saw the ru s ty gun and knives, he w as as eager as I, and a fte r m uch sc rap in g and digging, th ere ap peared above the sand the co rn e r of an iron box. F ran tic a lly we pulled and tugged, and a t leng th b rough t to lig h t the ibox, ju s t a sm all box, it is true , bu t rem arkab ly heavy.

We m anaged, how ever, to c a rry it home and there we had little difficulty in forcing open the ru s ty locks. In it w ere tw o piles of Spanish gold and two piles of E ng lish .

We w ere g rea tly excited, and so w ere the o thers w hen they saw it . Joe and I divided the E ng lish gold betw een us, b u t our fam ily kep t the Spanish gold as a m em ento of ou r d iscovery and as G rand fa ther said, a proof th a t Spanish buccaneers w ere the tru e d iscoverers of A u stra lia .

Jo an N otting.

THE ORIGIIN OF PORT JACKSONThe Sun had long since slipped

down to its n igh tly res t, bu t there lingered y e t in the w estern skies, a ruddy glow, w hich th rew into re lief the bold outline of the h ilis , upon the slopes of w hich the velvety shadow s of n igh t w ere fa s t stealing . H ere and there , a w hite sailed yach t skim m ed across the t /a te r s of P o rt Jackson , hom ew ard bound, like a pu re v/hite dove flu ttering above a field of purp le blue tu lip s , g racefu lly sw aying in the evening breeze . O ccasionally a fe rry boat w ended its v/ay across the expanse of w ate r a t which I was gazing, from a cliff a t N eilsen’s Bay. I was am azed a t the glory of the scene before me—so typ ica lly A ustra lian , yet w ithal a fit p layground for the gods them selves. And, stand ing there , I cried ou t in to the gloom about me.

“0 , th a t I m ight delve in to the h isto ry of P o r t Jackson! 0 th a t the cen tu ries m ight ro ll back, and reveal to me the m ysteries of fo rm er y e a rs !” In an sw er to my appeal, a sou thern breeze m urm ured th is sto ry in my ea r.

“Once, m any thousands of years ago', th ere dw elt in la ir A ustra lia , land of sm iling b lue skies and sun-k issed pastu res , a m onste r in the form of a d rag on . This g rea t body w as en tire ly covered w ith brazen scales, w hich p ro tec ted him from the sh a rp e s t of w eap o n s. As he breathed , fire, w hich w ithered a li life w ith w hich it cam e in contact, sho t forth from his m outh and n o strils , and a dense vapour, w hich choked a ll who cam e n ea r him, rose into th e air, com pletely hiding h is evil, g litte rin g eyes and g lu tto n ous jaw s. T his m onste r used chiefly to ea t sh a rk s, and was especially fohid of a species, now know n as the grey- n u rse . The dragon w ould crouch for hours a t a tim e by the sea, h is g rea t head overhanging the cliffs, ready to swoop upon h is p rey .

Now, i t chanced th a t, w hen the gods and goddesses g rew tired of dw elling on M ount Olympus, and of receiv ing the hom age of the civilized w orld, thfsy would com m and a sh a rk to be lashed to th e ir sh ips, in o rder th a t th ey m ight be dratvn th e m ore quickly across the seas to A u stra lia ; fo r they dearly loved to v is it these shores, to revel a t b reak of day on th e ve rd an t p lains, w hich we A ustra lian s love, to bathe in th e c lea r ru n n in g s tream s w hich glide th rough our dim fo rests , and to

re s t a t noon tide in the shade of a eucalyp tus, and lis ten to the songs of illusive river nym phs.

H ow ever, since the a rr iv a l of th is fire-b reath ing dragon, th e peace of our beau tifu l is land home had been s h a tte red . EveiT living c rea tu re , from shore to shore, had been e ith e r c ru sh ed to death by its g re a t claw s, or scorched by its b rea th , and every p lan t and tree had been w ithered, w hile the nym phs had ceased to sing, and had fled into the gloo'my underw orld , reigned over by K ing P luto , so terrified w ere they by the d ra g o n ’s ho rrib le roar, w hich ro lled from h illside to h illside, like a clap of th u n d er echoing and re-echoing across the heavens. B ut w orst of all, th is fea rfu l c rea tu re had caugh t and devoured all the sh a rk s in the seven oceans of the w orld, so th a t the deities could no longer trav e l m ore quickly th an m orta ls.

Several a ttem p ts w ere m ade to rid the w orld of th is scourge. Zeus sen t a fam ous G reek hero to slay him, but so te rrib le w as the s igh t of those huge claw s, th a t the cham pion fled in te r ro r . Now it m ust be adm itted th a t the G reek w arrio r had been sen t to m eet the m onster p a rtly as a re su lt of Zeius’ jealo'usy. B ut H ere, seeing her favourite in im m inent danger, sen t one of h e r hand-m aidens to help h im . B ut even th is ass is tance could no t p reven t the d ragon ’s fiery b rea th from scorch ing them bo th . Though they w ere no t suffocated, they becam e, a deep bronze co lour. And th e ir descendan ts the A u stra lian aborig ines s till re ta in th a t colouring.

Several heroes perished, before the Goddess of W isdom suggested th a t they should tu rn the m onster into a g re a t s tre tch of w ater, w hich w ould no t only g rea tly enhance the beauty of th e ir is land playground, bu t would also libera te a ll the sh a rk s w hich he had sw allow ed, and perm it them to' become again th e sea-horses of the gods.

T his suggestion w as acted u p o n . One day, as the nm nste r had taken up his custom ary position on th e cliffs, Zeus changed him into’ a very deep and beautifu l h a rb o u r. T hat is w hy P o rt Jackson con ta ins so m any sh a rk s .

Now, w hen you see a t su n rise th e gold g lin ting in its w ate rs , you w ill realize th a t i t is the reflection of the d ragon ’s b razen sca les . A t evening, the p lacid w ate rs ca tch the glow of

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the d ragon ’s fiery b rea th , and reflect i t . And the m ists w hich rise from it in the early m orn ing hours, a re the vapours w hich the dragon used to

b reathe forth , now freed of th e ir poisonous qualities by the w ashing of the waves th roughou t countless ages.’’

“BEGRA” 4A.

DAWN AT DORA CREEK.

W hat joy it is to wake a t ea rly morn,To see the dewy freshness of the

green.To take a w alk before the day is born.In to the m orn ing a ir so c lear and

keen.

A stilly silence hovers over a llMy step , I tea r, the sleeping ea rth

w ill wakeF or echoes answ er loudly each footfall,.As slow' tow ard the stream m y way

I tak e .

Upon the soft g reen banks, am azed I stand.

C harm ed w ith the beau ty th a t I hei-e perceive

The w ater m irro rs both the sky and land,

So c lea rly th a t m y eyes I scarce believe.

.And there across the stream , as e a s t I tu rn ,

A p ic tu resque old bridge s tan d s bold clear.

And all the sky behind it seem s to burn

W ith flames of colour sp read ing fa r and near.

The tree tops sh im m er in a golden light.

The stream beneath reflects the colours gay.

The a ir is filled w ith fe a th e r’d songste rs bright,

All n a tu re w akes to g ree t the daw ning day.

A gi’ea te r joy now th rills my h e a rt anew.

The joy of life ’.ha t sunsh ine gives to a ll;

.Another day has daw ned: w hat can Ido,

To answ er M other N a tu re ’s s tir r in g ca ll.

M .B ., 5B.

SIMPLICITY.Of a ll th ings Life m ay give to me I a sk for bu t S im plicity .To sim ply live, and th ink the sam e. And covet no t the m ask of Fam e.A cosy sea t in a fire-lit nook:A sim ple ta le in a w 'ell-thum bed book.

A garden sm all, to v/ork and tend: The loving k indness of a friend .The know ledge of a v icto ry won:The m iracle of se ttin g su n .All these a re spice of Life to me,AVho look bu t for S im plicity .

ELSA HOLLANDER, 4B.

THEN AND NOW.Two footm en ta ll, a coach and four To take her to the shop’s g re a t door; A little page in velvet clad,To do a ll th a t Mlladi bade;Y ards and yards of silk and lace.And patches fo r her p re tty face—

W hen Miladi w ent ashopping in the eigh teen th cen tu ry .

A chauffeur, uniform ed in g reen To m atch her s ta te ly lim ousine; T hree yards or so of crepe de chene, And stockings, w ith a silken sheen; Pow der and rouge she n e ’er forgets. Nor yet the box of c ig a re tte s—

AYhen Miladi goes ashopplng in the tw en tie th century .

ADÈLE B IE R I, 4A,

ON A NEW ROAD.B eneath the H aw kesb’ry ’s calm blue

wave,The S p irit of the R iver,

S ings so ft and low, a little dirge.T hat m akes the reed-beds quiver.

E ach m orn ing ere K ing Sol aw akes.The dew -drenched leaves to dry.

The w illow s shed g rea t c ry s ta l te a rs ;They weep for days gone by.

F o r m an, w ith p rogress his one aim H as bu iit a g re a t New R oad;

H as sh a tte red p a r t of N a tu re ’s R ealm , D istu rbed h e r qu ie t abode.

And so, beneath the rh e S p ir it of the

S till softly sings a And still the reed

But day by day, and inch by inch. The Road has c rep t a iong;

The hills still echo m durnfu lly The Spade’s destructive song .

Now stream s and s tream s of Sydney cars

Glide end lessly a long;And birds gaze sadiy at the spot

Where once they chanted song.i

B ut m an surveys his w ork, con ten t H is eye a lig h t w ith pride,

.And sm iles tr iu m p h an t on the place AVhere w lllow -trees have sighed .

H aw kesbT y’s blue. R iver, little dirge ■beds qu iver.

“MARGOT” 3A.

A LAMENT.In days of old. w hen k n ig h ts w ere

bold,•And h a ir w as long and flowing.All k n igh ts did w ear a lock of h a ir W hen in to b a ttle going.F o r thus, they said, th e ir lady’s head Should in the fight in sp ire them .And w hen the face they had laid low All m orta ls should adm ire them .

B ut now a t F o rt w hen scho lars ought To study all th ings righ tly ,Bach pupil th ere who has long h a ir Oft feels it tugged m ost tightly ..A little g irl w ithou t a curl Some silly p leasu re seeking.The livelong day w ill s i t and play.The tem pting tre sse s tw eak ing .

“VICTIM ” 5A.

THE MAGIC TOUCH.I t is so very sw eet to dream .

And golden visions rise ;I seem to feel a m agic touch

And see w ith o ther eyes.

How beau tifu i is a ll I see!’Tis sacrilege to te ll

W hat elfin pow ers show to me. W hen un d ern ea th th e ir spe ll.

I t is so very sw eet to dream W hen though ts a re fa ir in m aking—

B ut w hat can ever co u n te rac t The b itte rn ess of w aking?

ELSA HOLLANDER, 4B.

THE SEA.Som etim es th e sea is a p layful lad.

T ick ling the silver san d s .P lay ing w ith shells and seaw eed.

T ossing them w ith his h ands.T his is the sea on a sunny day.

“W hat a f( aceful s e a !” the people say .

Som etim es, th e sea is a cross old m an, B eating th e g ray-brow n san d s .

T um bling th e shelis and seaw eed. S trik ing them w ith his hands,

-An an g ry sea, on an ang ry day, “W hat a cross oid s e a !” th e people

say .BARBARA W HITNEY, lA.

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MY ISLAND.(W ith apologies to D oro thea M acK ellar).

The love of city h u stlin g Of crow ded tram s and tra in s .

Of shopping and its w orries 'Ts ru nn ing in your veins” ;

A love of varia tion ,E xcitem en t! . . . . is your p rize ;

“I know , bu t canno t sh a re it.My love is o th e rw ise . ”

I love a tiny is landSet in H aw kesbury seas,

A kingdom of D am e N ature A home of honey bees;

Surrounded by g re a t m ountains T hat sw eep tow ards the sky,

W herein dw ell fea thered choirs. W hose songs resdund on h igh .

A t daw n, K ing Sol sheds o ’e r it iHis first, soft w ak 'n ing ligh t;

And ev’ry lin g ’ring n ig h t elf.H e (luickly pu ts to flight;

The flow’rs a ll so ftly w hisp’ring Bid each wee e lf to creep

Inside th e ir f ra g ra n t pe ta ls.A nd there , ti ll dusk they sleep .

W hen Evening w rap t th e is land In her em purp led dress.

The zephyrs send soft w h isp ’rings To linger and ca ress ;

Then w hen the L am ps of H eav ’n L igh t up the s k y ’s g re a t dome,

’T is then th e wee folk w ander, ’Tis then the wood elves roam .

A go lden-hearted island Set in a golden s tran d

“A ll you, who do no t know it. You wi l not u n d e rs tan d ”

T bo’ I ’ve seen m any g lories ’N eath o ther sapph ire skies,

My day-dream s a ll lie hidden AVhere a tiny island lies.

“MARGOT” 3A.

FIRESIDE FANCIES.The leaping flames they come and go

In a qu a in t old fireplace b righ t. They dance and g litte r , g leam and

glowAnd sp read th e ir ra d ia n t ligh t.

On ra iny days and d rea ry days The flames a re leap ing s till;

They p rance and play th e hours aw ay And h e a rts w ith joy they fill.

-Ground the fireside cosily Our fancies s tra y and roam ,

The flames a re w h ispering rosily T h ere ’s ju s t no p lace like hom e.

W hen tw iligh t o’e r th e w orld doth fa ll And the s u n ’s la s t ray s a re s tream

ing,The fireside fa irie s softly call

-4nd I go back to dream ing .FIR E FL Y , 3B.

HIDDEN BEAUTY.D uring the M ichaelm as vacation I

had the p leasu re of spending a lovely day on the N arrabeen L akes, or ra th e r , up Deep C reek.

We arrived a t the boat-shed fa irly early , and w hen a good ligh t boat had been chosen, w ere soon skim m ing up th e lake w ith an easy sw ing.

I t w as ju s t a lovely day, b rig h t and c lea r, w ith an exh ila ra tin g sa lty breeze tc blow our h a ir and bring to life our slum bering energy .

At the P o in t a long s tre tc h of sh a llow w ater extends half-w ay acro ss the lake, so round th is sand bank, m em orab le fo r previous experiences, we sailed and then en te red th a t sm aller, sheltered lake in to w hich flow N arra b e e n ’s th ree lovely C reeks, Deep, Middle and South .

As Deep Creek w as to be honoured we accordingly steered n o rth -w est and then quickly ducked our heads as we floated under the little b ridge th a t

spans those calm deep w a te rs .The very best p a r t of our tr ip was

before u s . G liding up the creek, we gave ju s t a pull now and th en to keep our little c ra f t s tra ig h t; fo r it was too beau tifu l, too s till, to be sp lash in g and squeak ing (for th e row -locks needed o iling ), am idst th a t so lita ry h e a u ty .

W ithout a ripp le on its g lassy s u rface, the w inding creek s tre tched aw ay before us, and each pebble and shell on its w hite, sandy bottom co!uld be as p la in ly seen, as though no w ater w as "en tly sm oothing them and w earin g them away.

P ish w ere in abundance; schools oi the K’'v e ry in h ab itan ts of those peaceful w a tw s glided by like shadow s deep dow'n; and sofught refuge in the long brow n riv e r weeds w hich sw ayed in patches n e a r the b a n k s . M yriads of t\ny fish, from a q u a rte r to one inch long, sw am n e a r th e su rface olf th e creek all th e way along, and now and then the g leam ing body of a b igger fish flashed in th e su n lig h t a m om ent and then fell in to its w atery hom e a g a in .

As w’e proceeded up th e creek , th e foliage become th ick e r and m ore beau tifu l, for it now grew in a m ore secluded spot, c lo th ing the sides of the high h ills above us and descending to the w a te r’s edge. S lender palm -trees b en t to adm ire th e ir verdan t h ead dresses, reflected in th e still w ate r below ; gnarled and naked gum trees, silvered by age and th e w eather, overshadow ed the fa iry -like c lu s te rs of sunsh ine th a t covered the w attle trees, and the young gum s w ith th e ir red tip s and pinky tru n k s w hich len t w arm th to N atu re’s w onderful colour schem e; all conspired to form a p ic tu re w hich will live long in my m em ory

Looking on th e w ate rs ahead we could see, as in a m irro r, the h ills on

e ith e r side of us clothed in a ll th e i” beauty reflected in the creek- even th e fe rn s grow ing on the m a ig in of th e w ate rs found th e ir co u n te rp a rts once again.

Soon a fte rw ard s we landed and boiled our billy. D uring lunch , one of us suddenly exclaim ed, "Look! W hat is th a t in the w a te r? ’’ And th e re we saw a b lack th in g poking up from the w ater, accom panied by m uch w rigg ling and com ing fa irly quickly, s tra ig h t to w ards u s .

I t did no t take us long to discover :h a t it wad M r. Snake who w as honouring us w ith a ca ll. Q iuckly we each seized a stick frofn the pile by th e fire and stood w aiting foV him to land. T h a t wns a m ost u n fo rtu n a te day fo r ou r v isito r, b u t such is life . A fter w ards we found th a t we had sp read our tab le c lo th over ou r unhappy fr ie n d ’s(? ) hom e, b u t th a t som eone had been fore-seeing enough ju s t to wedge a stone in to the ho le before sp read ing th e clo th—perhaps som e un p leasan t conseqTiences w ere thus nvi'’’dod .

Then we went for a walk, perhaps T should sav for a climb and gathered flowers and at abofut 4 o’clock began our return trip.

W hen we bad left the creek behind us, and had re -en te red the b ioad expanse of lake, co n tra ry to ou r expectation« we found th a t th e w ind had dropped and the w ate r w as as s till as a sheet of glass, b lush ing in the ligh t of the sink ing su n .

So the hom e-com ing was a splendid one. .lust a« we stood on th e sands and looked back over the lake, th e sun slipped behind th e m isty h ills on to an am ethyst couch, and th e s ilv e r lake g radua lly darkened un til pathw ays of of light fell ac ro ss its gloom y bosom, from th e hom es by its shores,

S , STRONACH. dB.

A MENIAL TASK.Now I rea lly do like darn ing , dnee

I have se ttled down in a com fortable sp o t. Now, don’t laugh, you young ladies! Does no t a nice, n ea t darn appeal to' your w onderful m athem atica l eye. B ut w hat is th a t com pared w ith th e feeling of doing som ething usefu l? 1 'hink of the w onderful tim e you can build w onderful castles, you can now a rra n g e those ideas fo r th e s to ry w hich h as been p e rs is ten tly knocking a t you r b ra in for w eeks. Or it you

are tired , th ink of th e re s t you can give your m ind a f te r your h a rd day’s toil a t school.

And when ydu have finished, you can rea lly enjoy th a t th r illin g book about “C aptain B lake in the W est In d ie s .” I t is rea lly a w onderful feeling to know' th a t a ll is in o rd er; th a t you have n o t to d a rn th a t little hole before you go to school in the m orn ing .

“D ora D alhousie” 5A,

TH E CAPTAIN AND T H E PR EFEC TS, 1930.Rack R o w Eli-vp Gcdriarfl Em ily H ughes, E unice Brown, M aurine Deer,

V era Sw ain .F ront Row: Gwen Bills, Alcia FoOke, M ary H ow ard (C ap ta in ), E thel T hearle

Joyce M artin .

THE PREFECTS’ MESSAGE TO THE SCHOOL.

H igh above the c ity stands an old brow n bu ild ing . To m any it is m erely an h is to ric edifice, bu t to the gen e ra tions of school g irls who have pa.ss- ed th rough its ga tes on the path of leai'iiing, it m eans m uch m ore. W hen they left school they m ight not have passed th e ir final exam inations b rillian tly , they m ight never have shone on the hockey fi( Id or tenn is court, bu t they had gained m u c h ; they had learned how to p lay a losing gam e as well as a w inning one; they had le a r n ed how to he cheerfu l in the face of d isappoin tm ent. W hen they bade fa re w ell to the old school they bore aw ay from h e r m uch m ore th an a know ledge of M athem atics o r L a tin ; deep in th e ir h ea rts they bore the “S p irit of the School” w hich never w ill, never can, fall them . To these g irls we owe m uch, they loved every stone of her, they bu ilt up h e r trad itio n ; it is our

duty, ou r privilege to m a in ta in it . Let each of us striv e our h a rd e s t to prom ote h e r g lory in the rea lm s of sp o rt and lea rn ing and endeavour to fu lly app rec ia te w hat she m eans to us now, and w ill m ean to us w hen o u r school days a re m erely golden m em ories, so th a t, when, a t ou r la s t Speech Day, we sing,

“Come F o rtian s, F o rtian s alt,A la s t tim e le t us g a th e r .’ ’

it m ay be w ith m ingled joy and scir- row —sorrow th a t we a re leaving h e r and joy th a t in ou r hum ble w ay we have lined up to h e r trad itio n s and added a li tt le to her honour.

To the new F irs ts and F o u rth s we extend a h ea rty welcome and hope th a t th e ir tim e a t F o rt S tree t w ill be as happy as bu rs has been and th a t they w ill jo in us in try in g to m ake 1930 a g lorious y ea r fo r th e school.

THE BLUE ROOiM.

"See, d arling , th is is Old F a th e r T im e. H e is ju s t sending aw ay th is poor little baby and saying he h as to w ait to r ten years . ’’ As she spoke th e JLiOvehest-One-in-the-W orld showed me the p ic tu re ."O-o-oh, M ummy,” I said , “i t h u r ts .”

"Yes, d a rlin g ’’ and the L oveliest One lifted me to h e r lap an d held th e book open . I fe lt h e r so ft h a ir on my cheek as we b en t over the beautifu l p ic tu re .

We saw an end less v is ta of sapph ire colum ns w ith an occasional pearly- tin ted sea t betw een them , a ll em braced by a soft, clinging, blue m ist. On the rig h t a p o rta l stood open, show ing th e w hite and gold sa ils of a ta ll- m asted barque ris ing above a rosy, billowy cloud. On the th resho ld stood an old, old m an, ben t beneath the w eight of the cen tu rie s . On one side h is flow'ing w hite robes and beard w ere tin ted w ith p ink from the clouds of daw n, w hile th e b lue m ist caressed th e o ther side, m ingling w ith th e p ink . The sh a ft of rad iance from th e open door shone upon two or th ree colum ns, m aking them gleam w ith a pearly sheen, and the lig h t softly touched the fo rem ost of a v a s t th rong of ch ild ren who filled the endless blue h a ll . All w ere gazing a t the g racefu l galley, isdme eagerly p ressing tow ards it, w hile o thers hung back. Several childre n w ere try in g to push a little w eeping p layn ta te forwa:rd to tak e his

■q)lace in the barque beside h is com rades, of whom, some w ere pointing to an object—th e ea rth —w hich they could see in the d istance, w hile the othei-s w ere gazing longingly back a t th e B lue Room, w eeping and w afting k isses to those left beh ind . -Yt the

door a re jec ted little one was tu rn in g aw ay, sad ly tra ilin g h is tiny blue bag, while a ta ll, m ajestic figure—one of th e g u a rd ian s of the ch ild ren—was stooping to co m to it h im .

Soon a f te r th a t day the L oveliest- O ne-in-the-W orid passed ou t of my life and no th ing was le ft to m e bu t the m em ory of the so ft touch of her h a ir a s we gazed a t the beau tifu l p ictu re .

Long y ea rs have passed over me since then , years m w hich 1 played happily and perform ed the litt le tr iv ia l task s w hich can scarce ly be called "w o rk ”, and years in w hich I took my place w ith o th e r ch ild ren a t school. And a ll th rough these years I have been read ing book a lte r book, seeing p ic tu re a lte r p ictu re , ever seeking the d ear B lue Room th a t form s my only link w ith th e L oveliest One.

T his afternoon I found it .I was read ing M aeterlinck’s charm

ing play “T he B lue B ird ,” and cam e to “Act V, Scene 3; The K ingdom of the F u tu r e .” T hen suddenly I fe lt rha t stran g e , b itte r-sw ee t sen sa tio n th a t m ade the te a rs sp ring to m y eyes on th a t d is ta n t a fte rnoon w hen th e L oveliest One to ld me th e s to ry , and showed m e the p ic tu re . H ere w as described every deta il of th e sam e dear old Blue Room, th a t h as alw ays been m y sw eetes t m em ory— ‘The im m ense h a lls of th e A zure Palace, w here th e ch ild ren w a r th a t a re yet to be b o rn .” Yes, th e very .same!

I often w onder if the L oveliest One has becom e a g uard ian of the children in the Blue Room, lo r on e a rth she loved a ll ch ild ren

MYTYL, 5.Y.

A VISIT TO A MUSEUM.Slow ly, yet w ith determ ination , I

m ounted the s tep s of the A u stra lian N ational M useum, College S tree t, Sydney . Behind, I h eard the joyous voices of people p icnic-bound; in fron t, the m eta llic c link of tu rn s tile s . I head , ed fo r the tu rn s tile s and passed w ith in, w ondering if I w ould m ake a h u r ried exit, o r leave as slow ly as I en tered , only en riched w'ith a deeper know ledge of n a tu re .

Oh! I s ta r te d . W herever was I? 'fw o lions and a lioness crouched, sn a rlin g , before me, th e ir a tten tio n cen tred o’n a cobra, w hich was s ittin g com posedly on a rock, aw aiting the fight of life.

L eaning forw ard , I found a b a r r ie r h indering my p rogress and th en I rea lised th a t the figures w hich confron ted me w ere only cleverly stuffed figures. On tu rn in g , I w as faced by a

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display of sea-leopards, pengiuns and o ther in h ab itan ts of the cold, bleak, po lar reg ions.

I then en tered the A ustra lian an im a l section of the m useum . H ere, “old m a n ” kangaroo m unched th e g rass con ten ted ly ; ring -ta iled ’possum s hung head dow nw ards from th e tree-boughs; w a te r-ra ts , p latypuses, w allabies and o th er an im als w ere a ll po rtrayed in th e ir various modes of life.

I then w ended my w ay to the native exhib its from Suva, F iji and o ther is lan d s . As I w ent, I g lanced w ith a s lig h t tim id ity a t the skeletons of the g igan tic miammoths, mjarked, “Now E x tin c t .” Those w ords w ere re -a s su rin g and I passed a long .

In the native q u a rte rs , I fe lt drow sy, bu t w ith an effo'rt. I pulled m yself to life ‘on rem em bering w here I w as, bu t

. . . w here w as I?M ud-huts w ere on a ll s ides. Native

po ttery , m ost beau tifu lly w rought, lay sca tte red n ea r the doorw ays. In the d ir t a t my feet, li t t le brow n naked bodies, fro licked w ith p leasu re . Then, women, th e ir h a ir done queerly—some w ith it hanging in th ick braids, o thers w ith it m oulded in to cu rious form s by c lay—ra n from the hu ts , snatched the ch ild ren from the ground and ran back a g a in .

W ondering, I w alked down the roughly-hew n s tre e t and stopped before, w hat to me, seem ed like a tem ple. .4, figure, c a rv e l of wood, and h ideously pain ted , adorned e ith e r door-itost. In side th is w eird s tru c tu re , w as a s till m ore hideous figure, w ith its m outh cu t in a hypnotizing g rin .

Before the figure, w ere th ree men, who sw ayed from side to side, and then , as though seized w ith convulsions, they bea t on th e ir chests and then in the air, w ith th e ir hands.

D rum ! D rum ! W ith a s ta r t. I r e coiled: comin.g down the s tre e t w ere hund reds of g ro tesque figures. T heir fea tu res ho rrid ly d is to rted by sh o rt bones w hich p ierced the ea rs and

nose, they approached, m aking te rrib le g rim aces, stam ping w ith th e ir bare feet in the d u st; waving nu lla-nu llas, sp ears and s im ila r w.?apons fiercely or c lang ing them on th e ir sh ie lds. Above th e c lam our cam e the steady m onotonous sound of the drum , calling men to defend th e ir v illage . W ar!

From the club-house cam e m ore m e n . In the club-house each m an had his own room w herein he kep t a m em ento of each hunt, the sku lls of his enem ies and h is w eapons. These th ings show’ed his ab ility as a hun te r, h is prow ess as a head-hun ter and, according to h is w eapons, h is sk ill as a w arrio r.

“P lease do no t lean on the ca se s ,” said a voice and I rea lised I w as still w ithin th M useum w’a lls .

Tim e was passing quickly so I h u rried to the m ineralogy cham bers, and I w as en rap tu red w ith the sigh t of p riceless diam onds, opals, m oonstones and gold exh ib its . The sun stream ed th rough the w indow s and playing on the jew els enriched th e ir rad iance a hundredfold.

L a te r on, lifting th e covers off some cases, I w as su rp rised a t th e ir conte n ts . L ittle bu tterflies, large b u tte rflies; briili.i.nt bu tterflies, d rab b u tte r flies; they w ere all th e re . Blue, gold, black, every colour of th e rainbow was rep resen ted . M oths, too! some m easured half-an-ilrch, o thers tw elve inches acro ss .

W hilst d rink ing in the beauty of these n a tu ra l exh ib its and th ink ing of the risk s taken in the jung les of .-\frica, Ind ia and Amazon to obtain them , I w as again rudely d is tu rbed— th is tim e by the bell pealing cu t c losing tim e.

W ith a sigh. I re traced my footsteps to the door and w alked slow ly ro the pavem ent as the g re a t iron gates clanged to', sh u ttin g ou t the public u n til the n ex t day.

JEAN UTTING, 3D,

‘IT.’We a ll get it ; the youngest and the

o ldest, the c leve rest and the du llest, th e m ost p lacid and the m ost n e rvous; We a ll get “i t . ”

T ake the g irl who does passab ly well in th e In te rm ed ia te ; the w orld is tu ii of rose coloured possib ilities; hopes a re b u ilt upon hopes. She th inks H onours and A ’s in the “L eaving” a re

to be had for the ask ing . Of course she w iil take four honours; w hat a pity she cannot take m ore! F o u rth year passes m ore or less ga ily ; then the firs t fifth y ear te rm m akes h e r th ink th a t she w ili try fo r seven A’s only . No doubt she will ge t them . By the tim e the Leaving b rings its ta le o'f woe, she hopes she w ill g e t seven

p asses . A fter th a t n igh tm are has passed leaving its tr a il of despair, she is n o t rea lly dow nhearted . B ut—then she gets “ i t . ”

Now tak e th e g ir l who gets seven A’s in th a t p re lim inary sk irm ish . As fou rth y ear p rog resses she becomes en th u s ias tic over h e r w hrk . D uring th e first fifth year term , she decides to try fo r a few honours, m aybe four second class h o n o u rs . W hen THE exam , a rriv es, she is hoping for four firs t c lass ho'nours. A fter i t is over

she is no t quite so op tim istic . But she too gets “ i t” a t the sam e tim e .

And now the w eak g ir l who only ju s t “sc rap ed ” over the half-w ay hurd le w ith four B ’s . She m akes u]) h e r m ind to w ork h a rd e r and then

she will pass in every sub jec t; maybe w ith an A o r tw o. She laughs and hopes At the end of the first te rm of h e r la s t y ear she does hope she w ill pass in a ll . Then a t the w inning, o r very hften the losing, post, she feels she MUST pass in four sub jects, she w ill p a ss . The L eaving tru ly leaves h e r less ce rta in of the re s u lt; bu t she gets “ i t ” , too, a t exactly the sam e tim e.

“I t ” ! W hat do we get? W hen?W hy th a t w eak feeling abou t the

knees, in th a t m om ent w hch is e te rn ity ju s t before we sc ru tin ise th e re su lts .

Ah, yes! We ALL g e t “i t . ”“D ora D alhousie” 5A.

THE WOMEiN UF KENYA.

The g irls of the Union sincere ly desire to th an k the R ev. J . S h o rtt for the very In te restin g ta lk w hich he gave a t the m eeting of the C hristian U nion on F riday , 21st M arch. He has only recen tly a rriv ed from South A frica and cam e to te ll us som ething of the custom s and the mode of life

of the g ir ls in the p a r t from w hich he cam e.

In the course of hs ta lk , he told us th a t they love to beautify them selves,

and so they pierce th e ir ea rs and by co nstan tly pu ttin g th icker s tick s into the hole, en la rge it so m uch th a t by ilie tim e th a t a d ie pound jan-. j a r will fit in, they a re proud and happy . Also we learned th a t th ey a re no t very fond of ba ths , and w hen they do wash, i t is in raw cas to r o il. N eedless to say, they gleam and shine beautifu lly , and one can sm ell them quite a d istan ce aw ay .

The women a re often trea ted m ost c rue lly by th e ir husbands. They a re ac tu a lly no th ing m 6re th an slaves, m arried fo r the sake of cooking th e ir h u sb a n d ’s m eals and doing a ll m ann e r of h a rd w ork th a t he should do. Some of them who live h igh up on the h ills have to clam ber down each day to th e r iv e r fh r w ater, and if they have any babies, they m u s t be taken too.

Often women have as fa r as ten m iles to w alk before they come to the river, and then w ith th e ir little squ irm ing babies on th e ir hip, and th e ir p itcher fu ll of w ater on th e ir heads they have to m ake the tir in g hom ew ard journey.

Young g irls who become C hris tians suffer g re a t c ruelties, even to r tu re , a t the hands of th e ir re la tives because they refuse to becom e in itia ted into a tr ib e . W hen the C hris tian m issiona rie s w ent to South A frica they found out som e of the dreadfu l cerem onies th rough w hich a g irl o r a boy had to pass before becom ing a m em ber of a tr ib e . I t is com pulsory to become “ in itia ted ” some tim e during the early te e n s .

Because those who a re m em bers a re no t allow ed to hold converse w ith or be n e a r anyone who is no t, th e ir e lders do all in th e ir pow er to pu t the ch ild ren th rough th e various tr ia ls . C ohsequently the g irls endure severities w hich th e ir g re a t new F a ith alone helps them to bear.

In conclusion the Rev. J. S h o rtt ap pealed to us a ll, who enjov the p riv ileges of civ ilization and C h ris tian ity w ithout persecu tion , to help those g irls in th e far-aw ay land of A frica.

S . S ., 4B.

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A VISIT TO A CASTLE.

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H aving visited m any fam ous and beau tifu l p laces du ring the holidays we looked as it w ere for fresh w orlds to conquer, and it was because of this th a t one of ou r p a rty suggested , if possible, a v isit to th e g au n t bu t p ic tu resq u e old castle a t B ungan H ead.

T here , is only one road round the cliffs to the castle and as there is no re tre a t we w ere undecided as w hether to leave the car on the main road and w alk, dr w hether to drive. But too la te , F a th e r had tu rned the car and we com m enced our perilous a s cen t. The cliff side is very rugged and covered w ith a dark , th ick scrub, and a* each tu rn of the narrow road my s is te r and I expected to encounter some evil sp rite s and banshees, th a t is, if th ere a re any in our sunny land, bu t we overcam e our fears and gazed w ith fasc ination a t the blue Pacific, w hich un like its nam e, was dashing s tro n g ly ag a in s t th e ju ttin g cliff with a dull, hollow ro a r . One la s t te rrib le bend during w hich we hold our l)reat’.i and th r ill w ith in tense excitem ent, and then we com m ence our upw ard climb and a t la s t reach th e castle .

The m assive s tru c tu re is slow ly decaying, as the w ild breezy w eathers felt by it a re te lling th e ir ta le . Its crum bling stone w alls a re covered w ith geran ium s of red and pink, and these w ith th e beautifu l g reen m ounta in s in the background and the azure sky overhead m ake the scene a very glow ing one. Over the m ain cen tra l tu r r e t h igh above all, a Union Jack w aved s tro n g ly In the fresh sea breeze, and w hat could be a m ore su itab le p lace to fly the good flag? T urn ing our step s th rough the archw ay, w hich had once rep resen ted a fine en trance , we stum bled over the uneven cobble stones, th rough th e wild garden , which w as no th ing bu t a profusion of c reep e rs and b lossom ing roses, and up severa l flights of steep rock steps to the re a r of th e castle , w hich as fa r as we could a sce rta in w as the only en tran ce in to the castle itself.

The castle was ap p aren tly occupied, lo r the in te rio r room s which we .saw th rough the wide doorw ay, w ere fu rn ished in a very m odern and luxurious fash ion . In repcnse to ou r ca ll an old c a re tak e r appeared , w ith a te a pot. She said th a t she was so rry to inform us th a t owing to the castle now' being occupied, to u ris ts w ere no longe r show n over it, and then she d isappeared as s ilen tly as she had come. To me th is new s cam e som ew hat as a re lie f for during the discussion, I had been view ing the iron ladder des titu te of ra ilin g s (the only m eans of access to the tu ire t) w ith some m isgiv ings. As we re traced oi.r steps, we noticed s ittin g in a hidden p a r t of the garden , a crow d of m erry m akers, w earing som breros and strum m ing lazily on gu ita rs , the m usic from w hich w as w afted to us on the breeze.

H ow ever, the w'Onderful view from the cliff m ade up to r any d isappo in tm en t on our pa rt, and for a long tim e we gazed about us . To the south lay “Long R eef,” w ith its one g rea t long a rm s tre tch in g but in to the g lorious sp lendour th a t deepened th e blue of the acean . F u rth e r sou th we saw M anly, clothed in the m ysterious colours of the su n se t and fu r th e r south s till, w as “South H e a d ” w ith its r e volving ligh t th a t guides th e m ariner safe ly across the lonely sea .

To the n o rth w ere m any w hite beaches, w hich the grow ing shadow s fllled. Two sharp cliffs .--.tooil n it conspicuously—th e en tran ce io the H aw kesbury R iver.

To the oast a so lita ry s ta r g lim m ered in th e beau tifu l heavens.

B reath ing a sigh I took a la s t lin g e ring look a t th e old castle , w here according to trad itio n the flag had been lowered a t s u n s e t . F illed w ith the beauty of ou r su rround ings , we clim bed aboard the car and w ith the engine gen tly pu rring , we continued our way round the c llfts into the ga thering dusk below u s .

L . W RIGHT, 2A.

A SCHOOL DAY IN PALESTINE.I w as th ink ing how v/onderful it

w ould be if I could rev is it m y old coun try and see again my friends and school, w hen I heard som ebody c a lling me and looking around me I saw

to my am azem ent th a t it w as my old chum R ae. I had no t seen h e r for five years since the m em orable day when I left P a les tin e and th e fac t th a t she w as ask ing me to w alk w ith her

to school re a lly su rp rised me very m uch . W hen I saw how ever the sam e old c lassroom s, th e fam ilia r faces of g ir ls and m aste rs , I soon rea lised th a t 1 w as rea lly back a t my old school— B etdsp te r A lvanot (G irls ’ G ram m ar School), and th a t Rae a t my side was no t an im ag inary figure a t a ll.

We w andered about the fru it g a r den ; trees su rrounded us on a ll sides —olive trees , alm ond, m ulberry and pom egranate trees , g rape vines and lo tus tre e s . Oh, how, g lad I v/as to see th a t fam ilia r s igh t again! We iCimbed up high on one of the trees, d iscussing school affa irs until we heard the bell r in g and rea lised th a t it w as eigh t o 'c lock . F crm ing our linos in fro n t o f the of th e school— ju s t as we do a t P o rt S tree t, I thought —we m arched in to ou r c lassroom s, big g ir ls and little g irls , g ir ls in the ‘m ack lika a leph ’ (C lass A) and big g irls in C lass C and se ttled down to w o rk .

Our first lesson happened to be teva (botany) and our m as te r took us out in to the ad jo in ing fields w here daisies and poppies galore gree ted u s . I t was a very in te res tin g lesson, the m ore so because w hile we w ere finding out about roo ts, the b irds w ere supplying us w ith th e m ost exquisite m u s ic . The hou r flew only too quickly for the bell w as ring ing and we bad five m in u tes’ recess .

Our nex t lesson w as itam bd t (physical c u l tu r e ) . We en tered a large hall, I'v.ilt a f te r the fashion of the Rom an build ings, vhere Miss L iv lngstg re , the only lady teacher, w ith the exception of the sew ing m istress , d rilled us and tau g h t us dancing . Then cam e re cess fo r about 15 m inutes so th a t we, th a t is, Rae, Sho'shana (R osam und) and m yself clim bed up one of the trees w here som e b ranches ju tted out, form ing a little tab le and c h a irs . This w as our sanc tum ; h e re secre ts w ere w hispered and new gam es inven ted . As we looked do\^n below us we could see the big g irls in two's o r th rees re peating th e ir lessons aloud and though we som etim es looked w ith envy a t them yet we v.'ere g lad th a t we w ere s till ju n io rs and had n o t the w orries of these sen io rs . They w ere p riv ileged persons fo r they w ere tau g h t th a t w onderful E nglish language, though 1 doubt w hether they knew as m uch E ng lish a s a Second Y ear know s F ren ch ,

I t was 10 o ’clock when we nex t en te red the classroom and Adan B ytan (M r, B ytan) was tak in g u s. The le sson w as i r r l t (H ebrew ) o r g ram m ar.

H ebrew is a very beau tifu l and a n cien t language though verbs, adverbs aiid p ronouns a re ra th e r boring as in any o th er language . We therefo re welcome the n ex t lesson w hich w as divrey ayam im (h isto ry) T hough it dealt m ainly w ith the h is to ry of the Jew s in P alestine , yet we w ere tau g h t h is to ry a lso . The lesson, of course w as in H ebrew for th a t is th e la n guage commolnly spoken in Palestine , in the sam e way as E nglish is the lan guage in A u stra lia .

H ot d inners a t home! I t m ay sound .strange to you bu t we did n o t th ink it. At noon the d inner bell ran g and the whole school w ent home not to re tu rn to lessons till tw o o ’clock.

T here a re no tram s in P a les tin e and no ’buses w here we lived so th a t we had to trudge home, bu t we did not m ind. The though t of going home was too p leasan t to be spo ilt by such tr iv ia l th in g s . And besides, som etim es we w ere lucky enough to' m eet the cam els, com ing in .from some ne lgobu ring to w n . 'When we had finished our m eal—a good ho t d inner —we re tu rn ed to school w here we en joyed ourselves by p laying such gam es as hop-scotch, sk ipp ings, h idings, chasings and o ther qu ie ter gam es (ju s t like my A ustra lian friends, I though t).

R e luc tan tly we m arched in to the classroom to be g ree ted by the sigh t of sew ing bags. Now, sew ing is b ea rable as fa r as m aking a ga rm en t goes, b u t considering I had begun in my first y ear m aking a p rac tice piece on which a re included hem s, tucks, fancy stitches, frills , d arn s and patches and was still w orking on i t in my fourth year, you do' no t w onder th a t I was tired ot it. At the end of th e long lesson, for so it seem ed to me, *be bell ran g for an o th e r five m in u tes’ recess. I t is the custom in a P a les tine Public School to' give five m in u tes’ freedom a t th e end of each lesson . In my opinion It is a good custom .

Chesbo'u (arithm etic) wa th e la s t lesson th a t day . We had to se t ou r own questions and woe betide us if they w ere below the s tan d a rd . T his m ethod w as ra th e r In te restin g and th e follow ing is ju s t an exam ple of a questio’ I se t: M other bough t 4 doz. eggs; she paid 4d. fo r 9 eggs. How much did she pay for a ll th e eggs? I w ill leave it for you to find the a n sw er to th is sim ple question .

At 4 o ’clock the welcome sotind of the bell reached my ears and I pu t my books aw ay, rea lly p ity ing the seniors v,-ho stayed a t schol till 5 o ’clock . I lo itered oto m y w ay hom e feeling very

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pleased w ith m yself and quickly finishing my tea I joined my friends out in the open, w here we played m any gam es by the lig h t of the s tre e t oil lam i and the shops around us, w hich w ere open till quite la te a t n ig h t. I t w as no t till M other called me in to do my hom ew ork th a t I rea lised th a t i t w as 11 o d o c k .

T he scene suddenly becam e b lu rred

—MHiy? W hat w as w rong? Ju s t a m om ent ago I was p lay ing w ith my P a les tin e school friends and now I was s ittin g in a room wdth piles of books in fro n t of m e. W ith d ism ay I re a lis ed th a t it was only a reverie , and th a t I had not even begun my hom ew ork.

L ite is c ruel som etim es!BILLAH, 2A.

A LETTER FROM THE UNIVERSITY.A pril, 1930.

D ear G irls,L e d iires have begun once m ore and

it is a joy to be back in the old fam ilia r places. The rou tine of U niversity life does not go bn from year to year a s school w'ork does—continuously , for usua lly th ere a re b reaks a t the end of each y ear in courses and su b jec ts . And so each academ ic year is a new due in m any sen ses. C hanges in labora to ry w ork a re fe lt m ost by those people who do any Science subjects, for so m uch of th e ir tim e is spen t th e re . And the old ‘la b s .’ w here so m any long happy hou rs a re spen t hold poignant a s sociations th a t a re very dea r.

One of the changes w hich brings w ith it a tinge of sadness is the ab sence of faces which we have known and loved fo r so long. Jessie A nderson has left us to teach a t N eutral Bay In te rm ed ia te G irls; and Mary G allagher at W illiam S t. w ith Miss E v a n s . Rene M iddlehurst too is teach ing .

E nid C arpen te r g raduated w ith first c lass honours (first place) in P sy chology, wanning w ith it the U niversity Medal and prize . Enid also won th e F ra n k A lbert P rize for A nthropology and second-class honours in E n g lish . B essie B atm an g raduated w ith first-c la ss honours in E nglish (2nd place) and in A nthropology, and M uriel H oldsw orth and Jean C halm ers each second-class honours in O rganic C hem istry . K a th . M cElroy, .\nn ie D reves, M aureen O 'H anlon and Ivy W estfalen also g radua ted : w hile Es tie Cohen, ttio le t A nderson and Mavis Swyny liave com pleted P harm acy . A nna Hogg gained destinctiou in Philosophy I I .

I t is a g rea t joy to have Jessie B ates and tv/elve o th e r Forti.ans. icclud ing E ileen C ordingly and P hy llis K aberry

of previous years , here am ongst u s . The P o rt S tree t ran k s a t the 'V arsity never lacks re c ru its . L ike thei tide th a t never fa lte rs—d ear ones pass on aw ay from us, bu t the recu rrin g tide brings in fresh vigour and en thusiasm w ith each opening y ea r. I t serves to rem ind us of the tid e ’s g re a t lesson of quiet constancy , and persistence in a ll endeavour.

D uring the ‘Inog vac.’ the In te r-V arsity Sw im m ing C arn ival was held a t A delaide. Sydney won, w ith 36 points to 6 by the runners-up . M arjorie Moore and Olga Sangw ell in the Sydney team scored heavily, M arjorie w inning the P o in t Score Cup. Bravo P o rt S treet!

Olga com pleted e igh t of her ten A rts sub jects in two years and is now a t tile Law School, w here first > ia r law sub jec ts will secu re her B achelor of A rts degree, and se t her w'ell on the w'ay in her study for the Bar W ill Olga be the first Fo rtla ii woman b a rr is te r? We send her our h ea rtie s t w ishes.

I t is such a littie w'hile since we of our year ieft ou r beloved school and yet ou r tim e here a t th e ’V arsity is well nigh done. We hate it to finish, it is so very joyous. The w ork is in te res tin g because we a re in te rested , and the tim e is ever too sh o r t. L ectu res a re tiresom e som etim es, but th a t is no t alw’ays our fau lt. We do our best to encourage the m ore tedious lectu res , o r a t leas t the new studen ts do, by app lause and stam ping w henever such an in te rlude is possib ie. Then we continue the speed tes t, to teco rd a sentence here and th e re of w hat they say, and la te r on in the year we m ake a fa ir effort to' in te rp re t fo rm er abbrev iations and anno ta tions. -At leas t th a t is, how poor people w ith ju s t a little ‘grey m a tte r ' m anage . T rue s tu d en ts—and th e re a re m any even P o rt S t. ones—w ork

consis ten tly and solidly a s you do, and like you also, ge t good i-esults.

All innovation th is year adds to the g lam our and a tm osphere of ou r A lm a M ater. The V ice-C hancellor has decreed th a t a ll U nderg rads sha ll w ear academ ic d ress to a ll lec tu res , so the quad. Science Road and the o ther way- fa res , as w ell as lec tu re room s and lab s , a re "re sp len d en t” w ith gow ns. W e have been told th a t it is only an o s ten ta tio n . P e rh ap s it is, b u t we like it .

We send once m ore our g ree tings to the school we know and love. Our w ish above a ll th ings is th a t P o rtian s of to day a re as happy in these firs t /g lad days of youth .as we w ere and a re .

B est of a ll schools live long! Our F o rt S t., bu r joy, o u r longings a re .for thee! y / " '

W ith best w ishes,ALICE SM ITH .

GIKL GUIDING.On the fro n tie r of Ind ia is sta tioned

a corps of so ld ie rs know n as the “G u ides '’ w hose business is to p re ven t the hostile tr ib e s acro ss the b o rder from invading In d ia . T neir ta sk is no t easy . They have to be le ad y to tu rn ou t a t any m om ent, n ig h t o r la y , and set ou t bn horseback s ta rs o r by the sun, to m eet the o r on foot, finding th e ir w ay by the enem y. They have to clim b m ountains aiu . do long w eary m arches over the p la in s m aking bridges and roads as tney go, and they tak e a ll so r ts ot risk s and do all so r ts of jobs to m ain ta in peace in Ind ia .

W hen th e Boy Scout M ovem ent was organ ised , num bers of B ritish g irls w anted to p lay th e new gam e w ith thfcii b ro thers , so they inven ted fan- ta r tic uniform s and cerem onies for them selves and began so zealous.y to a p e the boys th a t th e ir p a ren ts and m any o thers held up th e ir hands m h o rro r and w ondered w hat th e w orld w as com ing to . Soon people began to rea lise th a t the g irls w ere in e a rn est so in 1911 Miss B aden-Pow el. and o th er ladies began to o rgan ise them in to a sep a ra te m ovem ent. We adopted a new nam e to r our very own, and w ith th is nam e, “G irl Guides we adopted as cu r ideals the trad itio n s of the Ind ian "G uides"—service, loyalty , courage and fitness .

Since tliiose days, guiding has stead ily grow n un til now th e re a re gu ides in every councry. They a re no t a ll called "G irl G uides,” bu t the “G irl S cou ts’’ of -America, the “E c la ireu ses” of F ran ces and m any ■others whose nam es we can ne ith e r spell no r pronounce have the sam e ideals and look to the sam e C h ie f s - L ord and Lady B aden-Pbw ell—as do th e guides of the B ritish E m pire . We

a ll form one g re a t sisterhood , including P rin cess M ary and rep resen ta tiv es o t a ll c lasses, creeds, coun tries and co lours and even the leper G uides ot Ind ia .

L ike the G uides who gave us our nam e we try to be alw ays p repared to give service to o th e rs . T hrough our B row nie and Guide days we play jo lly gam es to build up our m inds and bodies and tb le a rn all so r ts of th ings from first aid to bee-keeping, from tcym aking to pathfind ing . And we try alw ays to look) ou t fo r any th ing we can do a t home, a t school, in any and a t any tim e to m ake th ings a little easie r o r a little m ore p leasan t for o th er people. Everyone know s abou t the fam ous “One Good Deed, bu t it seem s a p ity to stop a fte r doing one good tu rn , so we try to rem em ber th a t “one gobd tu rn deserves ano ther and to keep on lending a hand all day and every day . Most of us can find only little th ings to do, such as picking up a s tra y piece of paper in the p layground, b u t we all hope tb::^_ have the chance of doing a big th ing ' like saving a life som e day, and we^do o n r best to p rep a re ouselves to seize the big chance by try in g tb seize all th e little ones th a t can so easily slip by, if v/e do no t keep o u r eyes wide open .

W hen a g irl know s how to play a losing gam e cheerfu lly , to be loyal to a ll around h e r and to be ho n est and tru e in every th ing she has le a rn t how to be a tru e guide—the k ind of person who never grum bles a t h a rd sh ip s bu t does her best to find a way th rough o r over o r around them and helps a w eaker sp ir it on w ith her, in short, th e k ind of peson you w an t for a fr iend . Guides try to lea rn the way

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to lig h t a fire v/ith w et wood, one m atch and a cheery sm ile, to keep a child healthy and happy, to know a .sparrow from a m agpie, to m ake and m end clo thes, to see the beau ty th a t m ay be found, in a ll th ings, and to know the F a th e r W ho m ade th is beau ty . T here a re m any o ther th ings a guide m ay learn , bub w hether she can do a ll of them or only one, if she can do nothing but give a sm ile and a friend ly word, she wdll be of use in th e w ider w orld a f te r she has left school, and her tra in in g has no t been in vain .

Of course we do no t s it down w ith large , w eighty volum es, lea rned looking spectacles and m icroscopes to stu d y a ll the th ings th a t go to the m aking of a good guide com pany. Oh dear, no! W henever we can we a ll go together to some bushy place w here we play exciting w 'oodcraft gam es, s ta lk b irds and try our hands a t outdoor cookery, often w ith s ta r t l ing re su lts (who rem em jters the tim e when the s a lt was pu t in the tea in stead of the peas, or when a g rilled chop, a crisp , brow n dam per and a billy of tea w ere hopelessly m ixed?) Som etim es we a re lucky enough to spend a week in cam p, and th en wo can spend m ore tim e on these activ ities, and we can have w onderful h ikes and sw im s and do hosts of o ther th r illin g th ings, while each perfec t is ended by a perfect cam p fire. W hen wfc canno t go ou t of doors we spend an hour or two to ge ther in a club- room w here we play jo lly gam es and sing jo lly songs and do as m any o ther “guidey” th ings a s we can .

Guiding is open to every g ir l over seven years ot age . One need no t w ear a sk ir t to become a guide, fo r ou r -American s is te rs alw ays w'ear bloom ers and m iddies for cam ping! In Sydney there is a com pany of guides who a re e ither deaf and dumb o r blind, and they a re so proud of th e ir badges and un ifo rm s. These g irls a re am ong the m errie s t a t our

gu ide functions, for guiding gives them a g re a t link w ith m any o ther g irls outside the w alls ot th e ir institu tion . C rippled and m en ta lly deficient ch ild re n a t hom e or in hosp ita l m ay sh a re in gu id ing . The hours do no t seem so long and w eary to the child who canno t ru n about o r even w alk like o thers when she know s th a t a ce rta in h o u r w ill b rin g h e r a cheery v is ito r to play w ith h e r and show her new han d ic ra fts and help w ith the old o n es . E ighty-one y ea rs is the p resen t

age lim it for a guida or ran g e r ( i .e . sen ior guide), bu t th is lim it w ill be extended as soon as som eone in o u r ran k s has eighty-tw o candles on h e r cake!

The most p leasan t th ing of a ll abou t guid ing is th e friendsh ip it b rings. iNo guide need ever feel lonely, fo r guides everyw here a re h e r friends, and w henever she tr ie s to do r ig h t in the face of difficulties she w ill succeed because th ere a re over h a lf a m illion guides in the w orld to back h e r up . The boy scouts and g ir l guides and s im ila r o rgan isa tions a re doing as m uch to bring about w orld peace as the League of N ations, fo r th e ir m em bers in a ll coun tries a re g row ing up in friendsh ip , an d when all men a re b ro th e rs and citizens of the world, w ar w ill cease.

G. G ., 5A.

( ; n i ) i : n o t k s .

1st F o rt S tree t Company has been very active since the la s t issue of the M agazine.

We ended 1929 w ith a b reak ing-up party , a f te r school on D ecem ber 16th.

Then we w ent in to cam p a t a lovely spo t a t Camden, beside the river and it w as an ideal cam ping site . We all though t th a t the week from Decem ber 27th to J a n u a ry 4 tb , was the sh o rte s t we had ever experienced.

On F eb ru a ry 17th we had a gam es’ afternoon to welcome Guides from o th er Com panies, who a re new to the school th is year.

We had to say good-bye to our lieu ten an t on F eb ru a ry 26th, so we had a farew ell field-day a t C astle- c rag w hen we p resen ted Miss M illard w ith an engraved eversharp pencil and a d iary as p a rtin g gifts.

Most of la s t y ea r 's office-bearers joined a sen io r p a tro l w ith view to becom ing R angers, L ily G ray tak ing the position of Com pany L eader. New oifice-bearers had to be chosen from the ju n io rs to take th e ir p laces. The new leaders a re : V. Reid, W . T arilton , L. Ir ish and M. K elk . T heir seconds a re : J . Jenn ings, E . Cam pbell, B. P a lm er and B . M orris.

B etty G ill w as appointed tre a su re r , M arie Johnston lib ra rian and M argaret K elk sec re ta ry .

M. K EL K .

NEWS OF OTHER COMPANIES.A t p resen t th e re a re m ore th an 80

G lides a t P o r t S tree t, rep resen ting 14 d ifferen t com panies.

* =i= *The 1st E nm ore G irl G uides form ed

a Urownie P ack severa l w eeks ago . T hey now have 23 ch ild ren , about tw'elve of whom a re in un ifo rm .

H: * *On S atu rday , 22nd M arch, th irteen

G uides from 1st A nnandale w ere su c cessfu l in passing th e ir Sw im m ers’ B adge. E viden tly no t a case of un lucky th irteen !-tc * *

1st "Leichhardt Guides spen t a m ost enjoyable tim e in cam p a t Camden d u rin g the C hris tm as ho lidays. Who would no t be a G irl Guide w hen there a re such th ings as cam p and such places as C am den?

^ Si *Should anyone w ish to know w here

th e m ost de ligh tfu l picnic sp o rts a re in the neighbourhood of Sydney, let h e r ask a G u id e . 1st P iv - Dock seemto favour P a rs ley B ay.

Sc Ik *On T uesday, 1st .April, th e L ane Cove

D is tric t Guides held a sw im m ing c a rn ival .

* * *Guides from Chatsw ood, R y d e , E a s t

wood and G ladesville com panies w ere in cam p togeth i r a t Law son a t the beginning of the y ea r. (Everybody had a w onderful tim e; fo r on the m oun ta ins th e w alks a re deligh tfu l and the a ir is inv igora ting . E ach n igh t Camp P ire w here s tu n ts w ere acted, a v as t ring w as form ed round th e and jolly songs sung w ith a ll the enthusiasm of you th .

tie * *Several g irls from 1st G ladesville

passed the L aundress and D om estic Service Badge early th is y ea r. They a re a lso w orking h a rd fo r th e hosp ita l and the poor ch ild ren of the d is tric t.

* !|C *Cam den seem s to have been a very

picflular (place fo r cam pers d u rin g the holidays. 1st D rum m oyne R ange rs and G uides sp en t a fo rtn ig h t there n ig h t feas ts and pyjam a parades, no t and cam e back fu ll of ta le s of mid- to m ention green eff’anges and casto r o i l .

* * *On th e eve of s tr ik in g cam p the

G uides a t L aw son w ere honoured by a v is it from Lady David who enjoyed the Camp P ire Im m ensely and who en te rta ined the ga th e rin g w ith one ot h e r de ligh tfu l sho rt s to ries .

EMILA’ HUGHES. 5A.

A FIELD DAY.W ho says th irteen is an unlucky

num ber? C erta in ly no t Miss D rury or the tw elve F o rt S tree t G uides who w ent fo r a fteld day to N ational P a rk on S atu rday , 29th M arch. W hen in th e tra in o u r eyes scarcely left the w indow s for a m inute, as we whizzed aldng th rough the bush p u tting m any a b ird to flight.

W hile d iscussing a t N ational P ark , th e road we would take , the S tation M aster, evidently p ity ing us w alking th ro u g h the bush w earing b lazers and top coats, gave us perm ission to leave them in h is oflice. T hus we se t out a long th e tra c k w ith ligh t h e a rts . AVliat beau tifu l scenery m et ou r eyes a t every tu rn , the d is tan t sea and sand h ills , the silvery gleam of the riv er w inding its w ay in th e gully below o r th e beau tifu l, g reen-clad h ills ide . A little brow n snake obliged us by slid ing acro ss ou r p a th and rem ain ing a t the side of the tra c k to be adm ired.

Avhilst sc a g s te rs flew from tree to tree, revelling in the b rig h t sun ligh t.

We w alked on un til an ideal spo t was found w here we could spend the day . Shady trees over hanging fiat rocks m ade excellen t pa tro l home, and a big log w hich had fallen ou t into the river afforded a perfect sea t from vihich to dangle o n e ’s legs in the w ater. The riv e r looked so enticing w ith its cool deep w ater, th a t m any v.'ere the reg re ts th a t ba th ing costum es had been left a t home.

Woud c ra f t gam es w ere played and enjoyed by a ll . B ut a long w alk th rough the bush and gam es stim ula te healthy appe tites so fires w ere lit and exciting d inners o'f po tatoes and chops or sausages w ere cooked over glov,'- ing em bers in the tru e bush way and tho roughly enjoyed.

A fter a paddle off the log, for the bank was very slippery as several guides prbved a t the expense of a w et

ting , m ore gam es w ere played and wood c ra f t te s ts , such as sta lk in g and track ing , passed .

F o r afternoon te a “P o rt S tree t F an c ies” won the day, so guides se t to w ork and soon cooked and a te golden hrow n—though in som e cases ra th e r b lackened—roll.s filled w ith b u tte r and jam .

The w alk back to the s ta tio n was soon accom plished to the tim e of m erry guide tunes , and the guides en te red the tra in w ith only one reg re t, th a t was th a t the day had been a ll too s h o r t .

B. KENNEDY, 5C.

THE LITERARY CIRCLE OF THE OLD GIRLS’ IJMOA.'The C ircle began its y ea r’s work

w ith the annual m eeting on M arch 2 7 th .

Much reg re t w as expressed a t the res igna tion of G race Santos from the position of S ecre tary which she has held since the inception of the C ircle fo>ir years ago . Not a litt le of the C ircles success has been due to her excellen t w ork in th a t capacity .

The C ircle m eets a t the W om en’s Ciub on the second and fourth T h u rs days in the m onth a t 7 p .m . All ex- Foi'tians a re w elcom e. Anyone des iring any fu r th e r in form ation m ay obtain it on application to the new S ecre tary , Eva Duhig, S t. George G irls’ H ign School.

AN EXCURSION TO PETERS’ ICE CREAM FACTORY.

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E veryone in F ifth Y ear Econom ics C lass looks back w ith p leasu re upon its excursion to P e te rs ’ Ico Cream F a c to ry .

A fter a rriv ing a t th a t place in w hich is m anufactu red the delicacies so dear to th e h ea rts of m any, we stood in g roups around the m ain gate , p a tien tly w aiting an escort, and in the m eantim e, w atching w ith in te re s t the lo rries being loaded w ith ice-cream and d riven aw ay .

Our patience was soon rew arded and a l te r being relieved of ou r bags, we follow ed our guide. A fter fa lling down som e unnoticed steps and clam bering up o thers, the m ain 'build ing wiis rea ih ed .

T here seem ed, by the way, to be s ta irs everyw here They w ere not ju s t o rd inary s ta irs . They v/ere alm ost perpend icu lar and very w inding so th a t they w ere alm ost sp ira l s ta ir- ca.ses.

We w ere saved the pain of having to clim b up them , how'ever, as we w ere taken up to the very top of the bu ild ing by a lift which, a lthough used for c a rry in g good and baggage served our purpose very w ell.

On the roof was an innum erab le collection of pipes con ta in ing a c ircu la ting s tream of am m onia, as our oblig ing guide to ld us.

Over th e pipes fell a p erp e tu a l cascade of w ater, its purpose being to cool the am m onia, w hich was conducted rig h t down to the ice-cream m ixture , freezing it, and thus help ing in its p roduction .

A fter very carefu lly m aking our way down one of the s ta irc a se s (w atching in aston ishm en t the m anner in which the em ployees rushed up and down them ) the nex t floor was reached . T here ‘'s m a k s ” were being m ade.

The rich, th ick ice-cream pouring into the c ircu la r packets w'as g rea tly adm ired and the speed of the g irls em ployed was rea lly rem arkab le .

The ea ting of a “sm ak” caused a delay on th ia floor bu t as it was a ra th e r w arm day, none of us seem ed to m ind.

We nex t v isited the lab o ra to ry . I t appeared very much like a science room w ith its row s of d ifferent fluid- con ta in ing tubes, and w as a very in te res tin g place, bu t as our esco rt explained th a t he was no t very well acquain ted v/ith the queer-looking a p p a ra tu s there , w hich buzzed om inously when certa in sw itches w ere tu rn ed o r , we soon filed ou t th rough the doorw ay.

In th e n ex t room w ere la rge vats con tain ing ice-croam in its u n f r is h e d s ta te . A Ladder w as placed ag a in s t one, so th a t we m ight in spect the rich

cruam , and though it w as a ra th e r p recarious m eans of clim bing, we a ll succeeded and viewed th e ice-cream .

O ur in te re s t w as aw akened when, a little la te r, a la rge , heavy door was unbolted and we w ere to ld to e n te r . We w ere g ree ted by a ru sh of icy- cold a ir . Of course, these w ere the freezing room s. B locks upon blocks of ice su rrounded u s. A fter a few m inutes, m any of us w ere sh ivering , and we w ere all ra th e r g lad to be ou tside ag a in .

P erhaps , the p a r t m ost enjoyed by the excu rs ion is ts w as the v iew ing of th e ice-cream m oulded in to m any diffe re n t sh ap es . They w ere rea lly b eau tifu l. A basket of luscious fru it, a ll in n a tu ra l colours w as one of the m oulds. P u ss in Boots, w ith a know

ing expression on his face, com plete w ith w h iskers s a t very cosy-looking in h is boot, even though it happened to be m ade of ice-cream .

We would have liked to have stayed th ere longer, b u t the in tense co ld drove us ou t.

We nex t w atched th e “Chocolate- Coated Ice C ream B ars ,” being m ade, and a fte r enjoying one very m uch, we v 'ere inform ed th a t ou r inspection of the factory had draw n to a close.

We found our bags nea tly piled up, and a fte r solving th e ow nersh ip of the d ifferent bags, we cong ra tu la ted ou rselves upon th e enjoyable afternoon we had spent and the know ledge we had o b ta in ed .

J . H.AlR R IS, 5C

‘̂THE MERCHANT OE VENICE.’

On S a tu ru ay afternoon . 15th M arch, th e g irls of T hird Y ear accom panied by Miss T u rn e r and Miss W lngrove a ttended a perform ance of "T he M erch an t of V enice,’’ a t the C onserva- to r iu m . All w ere keenly in te rested in th e production of th is p lay—the reason being obvious to T hird Y ears.

B assanio, a friend to A ntonio and suitolr to P o rtia , d ischarged h is ro le very ably, and the c h a rac te r of the m elancholy Antonio w as apprecia ted by a ll . T here w as no m ore beau tifu l scene than th a t betw'een the love- strick en IjOrenzo and his beau tifu l J e s s ic a .

The p layers m ost ably ca rried ou t th e ir part(3, and th e lead ing lady, P o rtia and h e r m aid, N erissa, filled th e ir p a rts very p lea san tly . Shylock, a rich Jew , deserved special cred it, to r h is c h a rac te r w as very w ell sustained . G ratiano ca rried out h is p a r t to p e rfection and caused m uch lau g h te r.

The lyric “T ell me w here is fancy b red ,” w'hlch w as sung by B ryson T aylor, was enjoyed by everyone.

In conclusion it w as decided th a t a very enjoyable and in s tru c tiv e a f te r noon had been sp en t.

FLORA CARROLL, 3C.

THE COMBINED GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOLS’ SWIMMING CARNIVAL.

M arch 14th. How m any F o r t S tree t G irls rose early on th a t eventfu l ITri- day m orn ing to see w hether th e re w as th e rem o test chance of a b reak in the w ea th e r. How m any of the sam e g irls w ere d isappo in ted . D uring b reak fa s t, and in th e tra in m any and varied w ere the rem ark s m ade by these g irls to any one pa tien t enough to listen to them concern ing the never-ending ra in .

B ut no m a tte r how vigorous w ere th e rem ark s , s t il l no change in the w ea th e r fo r the b e tte r w as v is ib le . D uring m arn ing school teach e rs r e

prim anded g irls , who w ere lucky en ough to be n ea r a window, fo r looking outside to see if th e re w ere any signs of Old K ing Sol d iscard ing his c loaks.

All w ere excited w hen it w as tim e to leave for the D omain B aths, and although it w as ¡still ra in ing , w’hen we a rrived a t W oolloomooloo, o u r sp irits w ere no t perm anen tly dam pened; th is w as proved la te r in th e a f te r noon w hen v.'e cheered ou r g irls oin to v ic to ry .

F o rt S tree t as u sua l held h e r p lace am ongst the o th er schools, and al-

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though m any w ere cold ex ternally , in te rn a lly every F o rtlan was aglow w ith excitem en t. Never before in the h is to ry of F o rt S tree t have such victo r ie s been won, never has she carried £.11 before her as shei did th a t day. R ace a f te r race w as w on ; not only first p lace but very often two places w ere gained .

The chief v ic to rs of the day w ere H elen and Jean M cDonald. No p ra ise is h igh enough for these tw o splendid sw im m ers, especially Je a n . Jean broke fou r records, which is a m ost cred itab le perfo rm ance seeing th a t she w as in m any races follow ing a l m ost im m ediately upon one an o th e r. H elen too, sw am rem ark ab ly well, and broke the reco rd for the 15 vears cham pionsh ip . H elen also helped to b reak the record of the 200 yards r e lay race for ihe Solomon Shield, Jean M ort, Joan Broady and Jean McEtonald being the o th er th ree g ir ls who ac com plished th a t w onderful fea t.

We offer o u r h earty cong ra tu la tions to Lois O’R otirke one of o u r splendid ■Fist Y ear sw im m ers, Norm a Scott and Lois T ottenham who also pu t up some cred itab le p e rfo rm an ces .

F o rt S tree t coticluded its eventful day by w inning the two shields, viz.; Solomon R elay Shield and th e P o in t Score Shield ; F o it S tree t scored 104 po in ts and Sydney H igh (second) 36. T his is a reco rd to ta l of w hich our school should be very proud .

To M rs. Griffin we accord; a very h ea rty vote of th an k s for h e r u n tirin g

coaching of bur g irls , th u s eu su tin g such success.

The follow ing is a com plete lis t of the p laces gained by our school:

Solomon R elay R ace Shied: H elen M cDonald, Jean Mort, Jo an Broady and Jean M cDonald.

12 years C ham pionship; L. O’R ourke, 1 .

13 years C ham pionship ; J. M cDonald, 1 (re co rd ); N. Scott, 2.

14 years C ham pionship: L . T o tten ham , 2.

15 years C ham pionship: H M cDonald 1 ( re c o rd ) .

16 Y ears C ham pionship: J . N otting, 1; J . B roady, 2.

Ju n iro C ham pionship: J . McDonald, 1 re co rd ); N. Scott, 2.

B reast S troke C ham pionship; J . M cDonald, l ( r e c o id ) ; V. Sim pson, 2.

Ju n io r Brea"’t S troke C ham pionship: J . McDonald, 1 (reco rd ).

Back S troke C ham pionship: H . M cDonald. 1; J . Broady, 3.

Ju n io r R elay: N. Scott, L . T o tten ham . L . O’R ourke, E . M arden, 1.

R escue R ace; N. F inney and J . Broady, 1; V. Sim pson and P . Cowli- shaw , 2.

Ju n io r R escue: M. B alm ain and J . R uss, 1.

Six O ar R ace: H . M cDonald, J . Mort, J . Broady, 1; V. Sim pson, J . N otting, H . Soutar, 2.

Ju n io r D iving; L . O’R ourke, 1.Total N um ber of Pb in ts, 104 (record)

D. P . , 4A.

rA VISIT TO THE SYDNEY TEACHERS’ COLLEGE

LIBRARY.One W ednesday afternoon tow ards

the close of th e te rm in Deceihber, 1929 a very happy band of F o rt S tree t G irls set out w ith Miss T u rn e r and Miss Cowie to v is it the T e a c h e rs ’ College L ib ra ry . Joyce K olts, an old F o rtlan who is on the lib ra ry staff there , m ade such a v is it possib le.

W e arriv ed a t th e College to be m et by Joyce who lo s t no tim e in in tro ducing us to the in te re s t of th is L ibra ry . W e were first of a ll show n the L ib ra ry as it ap p ea rs to o rd in ary m em bers of th e college. I t consists of a very large room w ith m any tab les, shelves w hich hold books very m uch in dem and, new periodicals and m agazines, and also in som e very fine g lass

cases encyclopaedias and d ictionaries. T his room is fu rn ished w ith com fortable easy ch a irs and beau tifu l c a rp e ts and rugs w hich m ake the room ap- liear the m ore delightfu l because they a re no t a rran g ed form ally , b u t a re placed ju s t in th e position w hich show s up the p a rtic u la r beau ty of each ru g . A round the w alls of the L ib rary hang m any beau tifu l pain tings and deligh tfu l p ic tu res p resen ted to the College. One of the m bst b eau tifu l is one w'hich w as p resen ted by the Sydney G irls’ H igh School and Joyce expressed h e r desire th a t one day in the n ea r fu tu re an o th e r p ic tu re would g race those w alls bu t would b ear a. d ifferen t in scrip tion including the

nam e “F o rt S tree t G irls’ H igh School.’’ N othing could be m ore p leasing to Joyce and th e host of o ther P o rtian s in te res ted in the L ib rary th an to w itness the p resen ta tion of such a gift.

W hen we had been en ligh tened concern ing th e very m ysterious system on which the L ib rary is catalogued viz: "T he Dewey System ”, we divided ourselves in to groups averag ing two o r th ree and w ere in troduced to o ther p a rts of the L ib ra ry . One room w hich occupied the a tten tio n of m any was th a t in w hich w ere kep t portfo lios of p ic tu re s . In th is room every conceivable sub jec t w as illu s tra ted by p ic tu re s . H ygiene, h is to ry , geography and S c rip tu re w ere only a few subjec ts of the lai’ge num ber w hich were rep resen ted . These portfo lios may be borrow ed like o rd inary books and m ust su re ly be a g re a t aid in teach ing sm all ch ild ren whose a tten tio n is a lways a ttra c te d by a p ic tu re of any k in d . W ith carefu l hand ling these portfo lios should la s t for a very long tim e.

The "B row sing Room” also appealed to the m inds of m any, and m ore than one g irl, I am su re , could im agine h e r

se lf curled up in one of its com fort

able, easy ch a irs w ith an in te restin g book, aw ay from a ll th e noise and b u rden of the City.

We once again re tu rn ed to the m ain room of the L ib rary and th en made our acquain tance w ith th e “S ta c k .” T h is is behind the L ib rary cham ber, an d no one, except the lib ra rian s them selves, is allow ed to en te r th rough Its th ick ly padded doors . The “S tack” con ta in s the bulk of the L ib ra ry ’s books. In it th e books a re a rran g ed on double-sided s tan d s ju s t as in o rd inary lib ra r ie s . The s tan d s a re cons tru c ted of a m a te ria l w hich is fire- puGof and the floor is m ade of very th ick sem i-tran sp a ren t g la s s . T he g lass, to p reven t slipping, is covered w ith rubber m a ts . The “ S tack ’’ is six sto reys h igh and con ta ins a few' hund- c red thousand books.

We wish to th an k Miss G allagher and Joyce (both F o rtian s) for the very enjoyable afte rn o o n . The la tte r , as you know, has taken a very p rac tica l in te re s t in o u r School R eference L ibra ry , and is ca ta logu ing it on the Dewey System , and for th is service the School is g rea tly indebted to her.

D. P . , 4 .\.

AN KRKANU ON A DARK NIGHT.

"Y es,” said the D octor, as he cam e slow ly from baby 's room "I am afra id sbe is very ill, and m ust have the pow ders w hich I have p rescribed for h e r a s soon as p o ss ib le .”

We w ere holidaying in th e country w hen baby fell ill, bu t I was soon ready to begin my jou rney . How I d readed th a t lonely w alk to the little tow nsh ip . The n igh t w as cold, and very dark , bu t I decided to be brave.

W hat could I do? B ut 1 rem em bered the fra il little form a t home and I h u rr ie d on—to find th a t my' im agina tion had led m e to fear a harm less old je rsey cow .

By now, the ligh ts of the country tow n w ere ju s t v is ib le . I began to run , and soon a rrived a t a sm all s to re . B rea th lessly I handed the p resc rip tion to th e aston ished s to rek eep er.

My b ro th e r ad.msted the hu rrican e lam p w hile I h u rried ly donned my b laze r. T his took bu t a few m inutes, and soon, w ith the D octor’s p re sc rip tion in m y pocket and th e lam p in my hand I w as able to se t o u t. I hu rried o n in the s tilln ess of a cold n igh t. The lam p cast shadow's on the ground before me as I v /ent. Suddenly I saw a shadow , and then , close by the n a r row' track , I heard a ru s tle of leaves.

Joy fu lly I realized th a t half my jou rney was now over, and I patted the litt le w hite parcel in my pocket confidentially , as I w alked a long .

My joy was only m om entary how ever fo r on looking up a t the big gum close beside me I ¡beheld a sigh t w hich would have terrified even the b raves t of m essengers—a skeleton dangling ju s t above m y head .

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I stood, rooted to the spot, fa r too frigh tened to scream or yet to run to

some place of sa fe ty . i h eard a s tran g e flapping sound also, bu t by now I was too frigh tened to ra ise my head to see vrhat the s tra n g e object w as.

Im agine my te a r w hen the .figure hailed me—im agine my re lief when the figure had finished spee’u n g . The m ysterious vmrds w hich cam e to my aston ished ears w ere sim ply “My k ite ’s

up here again , p lease help me pull It dow n. ’’

W ell, every g irl is no t blessed w ith b ro thers bu t I happen to be one of th e lucky ones. I helped my b ro ther ou t of his difficulty and. togetl e r we ra n hom e. N eedless to say I did not te ll my b ro th e r of my adven tu re , for w hat sym pathy could I expect?

ENID SMITH, 2A.

CHRISTIAN UNION CAMP.On Ja n u a ry 27th, a band of 67

th a t they would not m iss the tra in , of w hich they la te r found there was' no possib ility , as it le ft an hou r late! E ach cam per, on h e r a rr iv a l a t the sta tion , w as presen ted w ith a nam e p la te on w hich w ere w ritten her nam e school and y ea r.

These C hris tian Union Camps a re held in J a n u a ry of each y ea r. T here w ere two cam ps th is year, one a t H azelbrook and one a t the P re sb y te rian L adies’ College, G oulburn . At these w ere rep resen ted m any of the schools and colleges of Sydney, the num bers rang ing from the hordes of N orth Sydney to the one and only r '- p resen ta tiv e of o th ers .

In the tra in , a t first v;e ta lked to each other, bu t soon found old friends am ongst the o th e r schoolgirls and w ith the aid of nam e p la tes m ade new ones. The jou rney w as brigh tened by th e sing ing of such c lassic songs as “On Ilk ley Moor b a r b a t.”

W hen we left the tra in a t G oulburn We piled our luggage on to a lo rry and se t o u t. We F o rtian s w ere perfectly a t home on th e w ay to the College fo r th ere was a hill, no t n early as steep as o u rs .

W hen a t la s t we a rrived a t our destina tion , trave l-s ta ined and w eary, we enjoyed a few m in u tes’ well earned re s t under the trees on the law n for we though t th a t we had “w alked” some d is tance—a few days la te r we w ere to find th a t we had m erely gene for a s t r o l l .

A fter being w elcom ed by th e Camp M other (M rs. B ennett) and th e Senior Officer (Miss L esslie) we w ere a s signed our room s and spen t the re s t of the tim e before tea unpack ing and

m aking the acquain tance of ou r room m ates. Then we w ent to ou r first cam p tea—tru ly a novel experience. One does no t ea t one’s m eals in peace a t cam p though, on ra re occasions betw een try in g to rep re sen t the baby th a t has “gome down th e p lu g h o le ’’ and show ing how one saved one’s life in the afternoon one sn a tch es su fficient nou rishm en t to w ard off the pags of ex trem e hu n g er.

A fter tea. Miss L esslie briefly o u tlined the p rogram m e for the week and explained the purpose of the Camps Then we w ent to the B ungalow and sp en t a happy evening, sing ing cam p- ig songs and then hym ns.

L igh t o u t” w ere a t ten and s tr ic t(? ) silence was observed till 6 so nex t m orn ing . .At 7.40 a .m . th ere w ere

physical j e r k s ” in w hich all p a rtic ipa ted . The object of these exercises w as to m ake one feel fit and fresh , bu t how a fte r ru n n in g round the large law n th ree tim es or so could one be expected to feel as fresh a s a daisy? A fter “physical je rk s” follow ed a few m in u tes’ devotion and then b reak fast, which, like a ll the o th er m eals, w as enlivened by “s tu n ts ” I t IS no th ing unusual to be called upon w hen m usic ravenous by th e fresh m orn ing air, to sing “T hree Blind M ice’ to the tune of “A nnie L a u r ie .”

A fter bre.akfa£ t we tidied our loom s in p rep ara tio n fo r inspection Then followed S tudy C ircles, a n d ' for an h o u r we w ere divided in to groups of ten g irls who w ith a leader, discussed V ® Q uest of

Prom eleven to 12.30 th ere w as free tim e, w hen the w ise ones sough t a shady tree w ith a book, b u t the

energ e tic sp irits sought th e tennis co u rts and played th e re in defiance of Old Sol who w as doing his best to

-scorch them .E very afternoon we w ent for a walk.

W ith o u r nervous constitu tion sh a t, te red by the iong y ear of hard , and p erhaps even d iligen t w ork behind us we sough t re s t a t Goulburiv bu t we found it n o t. H ave you ever seen the W ar M em orial a t G oulburn? If no t you will no t be able to fu lly app rec ia te the noble effort m ade by some seventy v a lian t sp irits on the a fte rnoon df J a n u a ry 21st, in th is y ea r of g race, 1930. S etting ou t about 2 p .m ., we com m enced w ith lig h t h ea rt and s tep . We re tu rn ed w ith ligh t h e a rt h u t heavy s tep . The M em orial is a t the top of a hill, m iles from the College. I would no t vouch fo r the exact num ber bu t fo r days a fte rw ard s my legs suggested te n . And ye who have clim bed Sussex S tree t, and th in k th a t you know a h ill? H ark en , I w ill en ligh ten you—you have never even seen one . Up! up! ever up! we w en t. W e did no t c a rry “a b an n er w ith a s tran g e device,” bu t w'e should have done so . B ut though the clim b w as long and s teep the re s u lt w as w ell w orth w h ile . T h e view is sim ply m agnificent. Before u s lay G oulburn, and behind the h ills closed us in . The breeze w as fresh and our sp irits and inc iden ta lly our b rea th revived.

A fte r te a th e re w ere s tu n ts on the law n and th e re su lts of room inspec' tlon w ere read o u t. Those room in spec to rs see every th ing from a towel p ro tru d in g from beneath th e pillow to a speck of d u s t on the floor.

L a te r we w en t to the Bungalow and each n igh t a d ifferen t officer gave a ta lk . On the S a tu rday n ig h t a g irl from each c irc le told v/hat the m em

bers of th e c ircle had gained from th e s tud ies and p resen ted th e difficu lties w hich had a r ise n . On tu n - day n igh t. Miss L esslie sum m ed up a ll th a t cam p had m ean t to us in a few beau tifu l w ords.

All o u r afternodns w ere no t spen t in such stren u o u s w alks as, the one w alked to the W eir and seated under the bridge in the drow sy sunsh ine to the m em oria l. One afternoon w'o listened to M aori folk ta le s and the ever-deligh tfu l poem s of A . A. Milne. A nother day we “did” G oulburn . O ur p a rty w as m uch moVe fo rtu n a te than the re s t . I t w as no t a case of th e “early b ird ” b u t of the la te . We arriv ed la s t p rac tica lly e|veryw>here and such being the case w ere show n th e reco rds of the b ir th s , m arriages and deaths of the d is tinc t for n ea rly a cen tu ry . On S a tu rd ay afternoon we held a spo rts m eeting a t w hich g re a t .am usem ent w as caused by th e “W ow ser's W o b b le .” No one can hope to un d ers tan d th e in tricf cies of thiis m eans of p rog ress w ith o u t a p rac tica l dem onstration . F riday n ig h t saw the tr im bedroom s tran sfo rm ed in to such vary ing scenes as harem s, nu rse rie s , and even heaven, w h ils t the sedate (?) occupants w ere d ressed accord ing ly . P e rh ap s th e m ost re a lis tic ch aracte i'isa tion w as th a t of the lunatic asy lum . We w ondered if th e inm ates had had previous experience.

W hen Monday m ornig cam e we re lu c tan tly le ft cam p. In the space of one sh o r t w eek we had grow n to know so m uch m ore of life, and m ade so m any new friendsh ips th a t I am su re th a t th e re is no t one of us who does no t wish to a tten d m any m ore such cam ps.

M. DEER, 5A.

WOMBEYAN CAVES.

As tree-c lad tops cam e in to view and th e so ft influence of the bush becam e a p p a re n t once m ere, I gazed w ith in te r e s t on th e road w hich led steeply down to a b lue, m isty valley below . H igh flung cliffs bordered the p e rilous descen t and a w ild profusion o'f ju ttin g rocks and h a ir-p in bends s c a tte re d th e w ay . -\bou t us seem ing tro p ica l beau ty held reign , and a t la s t

a f te r m any bum ps and jo lts the ear b u rs t in to th e valley—one of sm ooth verdan t, ro lling p a s tu re s . T hen a rocky ascen t th e o ther side a ttra c ted me—m any rough hew n steps and a tiny dobrlike hole—the en tran ce (and a very insignificant one) to W ombeyan C aves.

N ext m orn ing we ven tured w ith a guide in to th e cold d a rk opening of

th e caves; a w inding passage (lit by e lec tric ity ), w ith a cold dam p w all g ree ted us an d m ade a co n tra s t w ith the beau ty w hich lay ahead .

Then down, down m any sto p s—a t las t, a w orld—artis tic a lly li t by electr ic ity —the parad ise o i c ry s ta l and co stly jew els—n atu re in her suprem e love liness .

Oh those m inute exquisite ly -cu t shapes, these took a m illion years to form —th is is su re ly a panoram a of beau ty and w onder. The en rap tu rin g diam onds an d sapph ires g litte red in a thousand m inute sp ark les , then, cau g h t by the silky a ir w ere flung into innum erab le , fllmy ligh ts, w hich m ounted in to a crescendo of colour so g lo rious, th a t I though t no t of one th ing excep t th is—before m e.

Oh, how sordid seem ed the w orld—■ how tr iv ia l com pared w ith th is heaven on earth ! \ o poet could describe th a t w onder—th a t 1 saw . No person could ap p rec ia te the g litte rin g beauty so bew itching in its soft haloes, w hich glow ed and burned like living lights.

Oh, how m any perfectly m oulded p innacles w ere th e re—like sym bols of a deity on a tem ple, they s tre tched to th e sky ever po in ting . Yet, the tin ie s t piece of s ta la c tite w as a m asterp iece, here a few pieces like tiny pearls or

te a rs of a babe. A gain—a wide flung diam ond shaw l lit to c lo the the form of a goddess, like a c a rp e t of jew els o r flowers, and aga in such form ations —so delicate th a t they rep resen ted the so fte s t m usic.

O thers seem ed to bring one to te a rs and o th e rs to joy—they w ere like living em otions of hum an life, clo thed in the ra im en t of heaven . T hen as I gazed, en rap tu red , th e rocks took liv ing form s—each sp read g litte rin g w'ings and, as each passed me, in my im agination , it gave a m essage to the w orld—th en aw ay, its duty done. As I gained the en tran ce of the caves once m ore, I sighed and passed intoi the blinding sunsh ine .

The song of th e b ird had lost ha lf its beau ty to me, they w ere passion less com pared w ith the P a rad ise I had ju s t seen, and as I gazed a t th e c rim son seas and lakes of the su n se t—it seem ed to m ock me as though say ing— your w orld, a place of b itte rn ess and so rrow —H is w orld, glory un to ld .

I w alked slow ly down the tu rfed slo'pe and in th e tw iligh t—when one is n ea res t to God—I saw a lonely rook fly into the su n se t and I th o u g h t of the happiness of departed souls.

MONA RAVBNSCROFT, 3B.

TWILIGHT.

r1 love the daw n of a sum m er day.

E very th ing is so fresh and c lean . As the day advances, th ings grow m ore and m ore beau tifu l till, w ith tw iligh t, the clim ax is reached.

T w ilight! there is poetry in the very w ord and how m uch m ore in the tim e itse lf! Can hum an h e a rt w'ish for an y th ing m ore beau tifu l th an a beau tifu l sum m er tw iligh t? 1 am never so happy as w hen, seated t y the sea when the day has gone and th e n ig h t no t yet come, I w atch the shadow s lengthen and d ark n ess creep slow ly dowm.

W ith th e w ind in the p ines and the m u rm u r of the waves for com pany and a volum e of poem s—th e poem s of R u p ert Brooke on my lap— I have a ll 1 w ant, and ye t a feeling of sadness com es over m e, a feeling of sadness

th a t I cannot, and would not, dispel. As I w atch the d is tan t head lands grow dim and fade in to n ig h t’s obscurity , though ts of the day’s w ork come to m e. W hen 1 a ttacked it I w as hot, tired , and perhaps a litt le frayed bu t now, under the influence of the peace, th a t pervades all, only the beauty re- m a.ins.

A t tw iligh t m an sem s so sm all, a speck on the horizon, a dot in the G reat P lan , E ach m orning we aw ake fresh , vigorous and fit fo r the to il of th e day . Some days seem as though they cannot, m ust no t, d ie . B ut a lw ays they w ear aw ay and we a re left w ith only th e b eau tifu l m em ory of them . As tim e builds up h is h a rr ie r a ll th e u n p leasan t th ings a re ban ish - <;d and only the p leasan t rem ain .

So it is w ith all m a n ’s w ork . M ighty em pires have risen , and in the early m orn of th e ir ac tiv ity it has seem ed th a t they wlould la s t fo r ever, tm t they have fa llen and as the years ro ll on, we forget th e vice and the ciuelty , and rem em ber only the debt th a t m ank ind owes to them . W hen we th ink of G reece, i t is no t to th e ir pe tty w ars th a t ou r though ts tu rn b u t to th e ir tem ples, th e ir poetry , and th e ir love of beau ty .

w as a t tw iligh t th a t R u p ert B rooke left th is w o rld . As the p u rp le shadow s slipped dowm on the rocky isle o t Scyros, h is soul was w inging its way u p w ards. W hat m ore perfec t dea th th an th a t? w ith the sun s ink ing and harm ony everyw here.

I th ink th a t I should like to' die a t tw iligh t, so th a t my soul m ight go out w ith the la s t g leam s of d ay ligh t. I t

As the darkness deepens and the ligh ts peep out, 1 pack aw ay m.y though ts and re tu rn home, ready lo r an o th e r day of to il and hardsh ip , an o th e r evening of peace.

"DEMMEL” 5A.

LAPSTONE HILL.

A fter c rossing the N epean one clim bs the g lorious Lapstx>ne H ill, trav e llin g on good roads only quite re cen tly opened to the pub lic . T his hill is so-called because w hen th e convicts w ere firs t bu ild ing the road acro ss the B lue M ountains in th e tim e of G overn o r M acquiarie, they found m any stones shaped like a cobb ler’s lapstone and th is kind of stone m ay still be found there , sm ooth and water-w’orn as, a lthough a t p resen t th e p lace is a s teep h illside, a t one tim e it w as a riv e r-b ed .

am ong the m any gum trees w ith huge pines here and th e re . C harm ed by the view the m o to ris t g lides a long and round to the c irc u la r drive in fro n t of th is enchan ting hotel, w hich m ight well be called the w onderland of the M ountains.

H ere he is on the heights of L apstone a t firs t bew ildered, la te r a s to n ished, to th in k th a t th is d e lig h tlu l spo t has no t been discovered e a rl ie r .

Som ething new, som ething b rig h t —a prom inen tly s itua ted sign—L apstone H ill H otel—alm ost d raw s the p ass in g m o to rist a long the fine gravel approach , ligh ted up a t n ig h t by s ta te ly road ligh ts placed on e ith e r side

Below him is a m ost w onderful view fo r m iles around , of th e coun try w hich he has ju s t trav e rsed —th a t is, if he se t ou t from Sydney—w ith P en rith in the d istance, and w hat seem s ju s t below, m any sm all farm s on e ith e r side of th e beau tifu l N epean edged w ith its s ta te ly tre e s .

OLIVE LAM BLE.

THE OLD GIRLS’ UNION.

Since a rep o rt w as sen t to the las t issue of the M agazine only tw o functions, b u t c e rta in ly m ost enjoyable ones, have been held by thq U nion. On S atu rday , 1 4 th D ecem ber, about th ir ty old g irls en te rta in ed P o rtian s w ho had ju s t left school. T h t Union is very g ra te fu l to Miss EJvans fo r a llow ing th e School to be open fo r the occasion, a lso to th e m em bers of the staff by w hose k indness afternoon tea

was served in the staff room . Members of th e Union m et m any in tend ing new m em bers and a p leasan t a f te r noon was sp en t investiga ting to re cen t additions to th e school. P a rtic u la r in te re s t w'as show n in th e filing cab inet pu rchased fo r the lib ra ry .

One of the m ost successfu l functions th a t has been o rganised by the Comm ittee w as th e farew ell held in hono u r of Miss M oulsdale. One hundred

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a n d six ty old g irls g a thered a t the “M ary E lizab e th ” Cafe on the a f te r noon of F eb ru a ry 15th. Miss Mduls- dale, on a rr iv a l, w as p resen ted w ith a bouquet w hile shoulder posies w ere g iven to Miss P a rtr id g e and Miss Cohen who w ere p resen t as guests of the U nion. I t was Indeed a p leasu re to have am ong us M isses Blume, T u rn e r, T earle, W atts and H a rd e rs . O ur P res iden t, Miss Golding, extended to Miss M oulsdale the good w ishes of the U nion and presen ted her w ith a s tr in g of c ry s ta ls and a crocodile handbag con tain ing n ine sovereigns, each one rep resen tin g a happy m onth o f Miss M oulsdale 's tr ip ab road .

M usical item s w ere rendered by m em bers of the Union and a song by Miss W atts was g rea tly ap p rec ia ted . At the conclusion of the function Miss M oulsdale bade farew ell to each m em ber in person . On the day of Miss M oulsdale’s d ep a rtu re from Sydney the Union sen t a b ask e t of fru it and flowers to the sh ip .

We a re now looking forw 'ard to a large re-union a t the E leven th A nnual G eneral Meeing o be held th is m onth w hich m arks the com m encem ent of an o th e r financial, and, we tr u s t , happy and successfu l y ea r.

GLYNN STAYTE, Hon. S ecretary .

THAT HISTORY EXAM.

I t w as the m orn ing of the very m uch-dreaded h is to ry exam . I awoke feeling fa th e r ill and nervous, for the n ig h t before I had v isited the ta lk ies, leav ing my h is to ry book a t home by itse lf . I m anaged to ca tch the early tr a in (a very unusual occurence), and w ith a deep sigh I took my ba tte red h is to ry book from my bag .

W hen my friend boarded the tra in I consulted her on the sub jec t of “likel y ” questions. She gave me her opinion, and once m ore I began to read and on a r i tv a l a t C en tra l I fe lt very proud of m yself for I had learned the an sw er to one question .

W hen I a rrived a t school I appealed to my “ lucky ’ com panion who had lea rned all the theorem s on the p re vious day’s geom etry p ap e r. The questions .^he suggested seem ed very poss. ible, so I w alked up and down the p lay ground in a la s t fran tic endeavo u r to lea rn the an sw ers .

A ciaug sounded in my ea rs and to m y ho rro r i recognised th e call of our did scnool bell. W ith “good lu ck ’' ring ing in my ears 1 en tered the exam, room and took my se a t. W hen the paper w ere given out, I g lanced a t them w ith the u tm ost d ism ay to r i could answ er only one q u es tio n .

1 finished the paper early , and a t la s t the fam ilia r “Tim e i.s u p ’’ broke th rough the silence . T here followed a ru s tlin g of p ap e rs . I handed in my bundles and left the room , m y feelings tov/ards my " lucky” com panion being none too frien d ly . H ow ever, I soon calm ed down w hen I learned th a t she had fared no b e tte r th an I, and to g e th e r we sa t back awmiting the re su lts .

The re su lts of th is exam. I shall not te ll you, bu t you m ay guess th a t m ine w ere fa r from b rillian t.

MARIE B.4RNETT, 3A.

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