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The Hutchins School MagazineVol. XXIII DECEMBER, 1946 No.2

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School Officers, 1948

VisitorThe Right Reverend the Bishop of Tasmania

Chairman of the Board of Management:Very Rev. H. P. Fewtrell, M.A.

Members of the Board:L. G. Murdoch, Esq., LL.B. H. D. Erwin, Esq., B.A.W. R. Robertson, Esq. F. H. Foster, Esq., B.C.E.G. F. Sorell, Esq., LL.B.

THE STAFF

HeadmasterPaul Radford, M.A., Oxon., B.A. (Melb.)

Assistant Masters, Senior School:W. J. Gerlach, B.A. R. H. Keon-Cohen, MA., LL.B.,0. H. Biggs, B.Sc. Dip. Ed., Dip. Coin.L. A. Hickman, B.A. F. J. WilliamsC. C. Bayes B. G. Nichol, Dip. Phys. Ed.

R. L. James, B.Sc.

Assistant Masters, Junior School:C. A. S. Viney (in charge) E. J . ChapmanG. A. McKay, B.A. Miss G. Lucas

Part-time Staff:Thos. Layton, F.J.C.A. Miss J . BattK. Jarvis Miss J. Debbie

The Hutchins Sub-Primary School, Sandy Bay:Miss E. M. Burrows (in charge) Mrs. E. J . ChapmanMiss R. Lane

BursarR. L. Collings

Captain of the School, and Senior PrefectM. C. P. Courtney

PrefectsJ. W. Heckscher J. T. RenneyG. Page-Hanify M. J. RushC. R. Pearson D. B. Scaife

Probationary Prefects:M. W. Clennett A. J. HayB. T. Edgerton K. J. HughesR. B. Glover R. J. Thompson

Captain of the Junior SchoolW. J. Cooper

Sports CommitteeThe Headmaster and Staff

M. W. Clennett C. R. PearsonM. C. P. Courtney J. T. RenneyJ . W. Heckscher M. J. Rush

Cadet Corps:Officers: Cdr.-Lieut. C. R. Pearson (in charge)

Cdt.-Lieut. K. H. Wood

Scout TroopG.S.M.: Mr. E. J. ChapmanSM.: Mr. T. A. S. Atkinson

A.S.M.: Mr. Robin Read

Magazine Committee:Mr. 0. H. Bigg (Editor) D. B. ScaifeM. C. P. Courtne 7R. J. ThompsonJ . P. Morris R. S. Valentine

Dramatic Society Committee:J. W. Heckscher (Chairman) M. S. GibsonD. E. Scaife (Hon. Sec.) J. T. RenneyR. J. Thompson (Hon. Treas.) G. T. StilwellB. G. Butler K. H. WoodS. Davis

Literary and Debating Society CommitteeJ. T. Renney (Hon. Sec.) J. P. MorrisP. W. Bloomfield G. Page-HanifyB. G. Butler R. J. ThompsonJ. W. Heckscher

Library Committee:D. B. Scaife (Librarian) R. B. GloverP. W. Bloomfield J. W. HeckscherB. G. Butler J. P. MorrisM. W. Clennett G. Page-HanifyM. C. P. Courtney J. T. RenneyA. R. Cumming G. T. StilwellR. D'A. Cuthbert R. J. ThompsonB. T. Edgerton

School CaptainsFootball, Cricket and Tennis: Athletics: J. T. Shelton

M. C. P. Courtney Rowing: D. B. ScaifeSwimming: M. Jolley Cross-Country: A. J. Hay

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THE ECLIPSE OF THE SUN

HE recent eclipse of the sun affordeda considerable amount of interest to

the scientist and an opportunity to theamateur astronomer to indulge in hishobby. Unfortunately, in Australia, theeclipse was only partial and what madethe position worse, the sun was, for themost part, obscured by clouds. Never-theless, it is understood that some valuablemeasurements of various radiations fromthe sun were obtained, although, as thisnote is being written, the results are notyet published.

As everybody knows, an eclipse of thesun is caused by the moon in her revo-lution round the earth coming at certainperiods between us and the sun. Owingto the fact that the plane of the orbit inwhich the moon revolves does not coid-cide with that in which the earth revolvesround the sun, the eclipse, as it was illthis case in Australia, is generally onlypartial. For a total eclipse, the moonmust be in an exact line between thecentres of the sun and the earth, andthen some of the most magnificent of allnatural phenomena are witnessed. Buteven in a partial eclipse, i.e., when onlya certain portion of the sun's light iscut off, an observer, apart from thescientific investigation of solar emana-tions, may find interest in watching thedark moon projected upon the brightbackground of the sun.

The veriest novice can see that themoon, as it passes across the face of thesun, appears as a completely dark screen.This is a direct visual proof that ourearth's satellite emits no light of its own.He can see also that the moon frequentlyappears jagged or serrated, which indi-cates the existence of lofty mountainranges on its surface.

But it is when the eclipse iscentraland the moon is in such a position asto appear to present a diameter whichis equal to or slightly greater than thatof the sun that a picture of extraordinary

beauty reveals itself. As soon as the sunis covered the light known as the Coronaflashes into view. An atmosphere of atomsand electrified particles surrounds the sunto a distance of hundreds of thousandsof miles, and the Corona is this atmos-phere seen by the light of the hidden sun.

At its inner margin this halo rests upona ring of crimson fire known as theChromosphere. This ring completely sur-rounds the sun, and, from time to time,throws up great columns of gas whichrise to enormous heights at a speedwhich reaches many hundreds of thou-sands of miles per hour. These great jetsof gas are called the Prominences of thesun.

It is recorded that, in 1880, one pro-minence when first seen at 10.30 am.was about 40,000 miles in height. Duringthe next hour it continued to soar up-wards until it reached an altitude of350,000 miles. Then it broke into fila-ments and gradually faded away, untilby 12.20 nothing was left.

Sir James Jeans gives a picture of aremarkable eruptive prominence seen in1928 which in less than two hours attaineda height of 567,000 miles above the sur-face of the sun. So that that mightyuprush must have travelled at the averagerate of 300,000 miles per hour, or wellUP to 100 miles a second, and must surelyhave presented a spectacle both awe-inspiring and impressive.

There seems to be a very close analogybetween these coronal streamers and thespots on the sun. From the streamerselectrified particles are shot out and travelin all directions. After a journey of aday or two through space some of thesereach the earth, penetrate the atmosphereand produce Auroral displays. Later,they form the electrified layer knownthe Heaviside layer, which reflects ourwireless waves earthward and enables usto hear wireless stations thousands ofmiles away.

Hutchins! Hutchins! grand and fair!The only School we serve;

For thee till death we'll do and dar.,And nought can make us swerve.

Refrain:

Let your voices ring, lads!'Tis the old School's due;

Sing her praises, sing, lads—Hutchins! Hutchins! tried and true.

Thy name adown the ages pastThy sons salute and cheer;

And so shall we while life cloth last,With lips and lives revere.

We learn thine ivied tower beneathTo play the game of life,

And know they only win the wreathWho strive in honour's strife.

May all thy sons prove ever true,Whate'er their gifts and powers,

That man may yield to thee thy du',Beloved School of ours.

Words by J. W. Bethune

Music by J. Scott-Power



HOW TO REACH THE MOON

Of the' making of books on atomicenergy there is no end. It is scarcely a-exaggeration to say that the booksellers'shelves are packed with books bearing,directly or indirectly, on this subject oron subjects closely allied to it. Most ofthese books are written by men who areauthorities on the branch of physics withwhich they deal; but some are writtenin more detail than others, and theirinterpretation of the facts of modernphysical theory is more within the grasof the average man.

From this standpoint the best we haveseen is one entitled "Atomic Energy inCosmic and Human Life," by the cele-brated George Gamow. Dr. Gamow,born in Odessa, was educated in theUniversities of Leningrad and Gottingen,and afterwards worked in Copenhagenunder Niels Bohr and in Cambridge underRutherford. He is now professor ofTheoretical Physics in the George Wash-ington University, U.S.A., and has donemuch pioneering work on the theory ofthe atomic nucleus. Many books on thisand other scientific subjects have comefrom his pen, the most notable of whichis "The Birth and Death of the Sun,"reviewed in these pages in June, 1943.

Not the least interesting part of thepresent treatise is the clear and succintaccount Gamow gives of how energy canbe released from atoms, either suddenlyin explosions or, for practical purposes,in a more gradual and steady stream.Our best method, he says, forusingatomic energy lies in producing it fromnatural uranium at giant central powerstations, and in delivering it to placewhere it is needed in atomic storage bat-teries made of radioactive elemenrThough the high cost of this energy andthe constant leakage of atomic storagebatteries will probably never make 'practicable to put such motors in passen-ger cars which spend most of their timeparked in the, street or standing in thegarage, it will certainly be used in all caseswhere a constant supply of high poweris needed regardless of cost.

One of the most exciting applicationsof atomic power to which we can lookforward is the possibility of constructinga rocket ship which defies the forces ofgravity and flies out into space for avisit to the moon or to the planets of oursolar system. The main difficulty in

using ordinary chemical fuels in inter-planetary communications lies in the factthat the energy of these fuels is not suffi-ciently concentrated. In order to fly outof the earth's gravitational field a rocketship, like any other object, must acquirea speed of over six miles per second.

A rocket flies ahead because the gasesejected from its rear give it a re--similar to that given to a gun whe-shooting out a fast projectile. The velo-city of the gun is much smaller thanthat of the projectile, in the inverse ratio,in fact, of the weights of the gun andprojectile. Thus, if a rocket ship ejectili-gases is to have a speed of six miles persecond, the total weight of ejected mate-rials must be at least ten times the weightof the rocket. It is calculated, therefore,that-at the start of the journey the fuelload must form more than 90 per cent.of the total weight of the ship.

But, if instead of chemical energyatomic energy is used, it is estimated thatthe velocity of self-repulsion of the re-acting materials increases several thou-sand times and reduces the mimimumamount of fuel in a space-rocket fromover 90 per cent, of the total weight toless than one per cent. Thus, a rocketship weighing, say, ten tons, can fly outinto interplanetary space using onlyabout 100 pounds of fuel, an amountcomparable to that used in one atomicbomb. This gives a sufficiently condensedenergy source, and, as Gamow points out,the total fuel needed could be carriedaboard the ship by one man.

Of course, there are other obstaclesto be surmounted before an excursionto the moon becomes feasible, but thecontrol of atomic energy is a definitestep forward in that direction.

A PROBLEM FOR THE SCIENTISTS

The cause of mental abnormality inchildren is one on which, up to thepresent, there has been no general agree-ment. Prodigies, for example, are suffi-ciently numerous to justify scientificinvestigation by doctors or psychiatristsinto the physical origin of these strangedeviations from type. Some members ofthe medical profession say that they arethe outcome of abnormal glands, whilecertain other people believe that prodi-gies are reincarnations of the dead. Butwhatever may be the cause, authenticcases of marvellous feats of intellect

and memory in young people are wellknown. A few of these cases may beworth repeating.

Christian Heinecken, in 1721, talkedwithin a few hours of his birth at Lubeck.When a year old he could repeat passagesfrom the Bible. At two he could answerany question on geography, and couldspeak Latin and French at three. At fourhe was a student of philosophy, but hedied at the age of five.

William James Sidis, the Americanwonder child, could read and write whenonly two years of age. At eight he wasable to speak French, Russian, English,German and some Latin and Greek. Ateleven he lectured on the fourth dimen-sion in mathematics to a gathering ofprofessors, but at 25 he was earning only£5 a week in an office, and he died at 46.

John Evelyn, the seventeenth centurydiarist, entertained a twelve-year old pro-digy, the son of a Dr. Clench. Pepys waspresent to help to examine the boy, andEvelyn has recorded that the task utterlyexhausted them. The boy answered themost erudite questions while admiring theparrot and the paintings in the room.The questions ranged over the subjects oflaw, history, geography, mathematics andastronomy, and the boy knew all theanswers. But history does not record thefate of Dr. Clench's prodigy son.

John Philippe Baratier, born in 1721,could speak German, French and Latinat four. At five he translated the GreekBible, and at six he became a member ofthe Ecclesiastical Synod and of the RoyalAcademy at Berlin. He became a doctorof philosophy at 14, and died at 19.

James Crichton, in the sixteenth cen-tury, took his M.A. degree when he was15. While a boy he could answer his pro-fessors in any of twelve languages, buthe was killed in a brawl at 22.

Musical prodigies, however, are pro-bably the most numerous:

Mozart composed minuets before hewas four, and at six was playing Bachbefore the Emperor Francis I. He livedonly to 35.

Beethoven played in public at eight,and his work was published two yearslater; Hummel gave concerts at nine;Schubert was a composer at eleven;

Chopin played a concerto to an audiencebefore he was nine; Samuel Wesley playedthe organ at three and wrote an oratorioat eight.

Mendelssohn, Brahms, Dvorak andRichard Strauss all showed remarkablemusical genius at a very early age.

Equally astounding are many of theprodigious efforts of memory which his-tory records. In this respect Lord Macau-lay is an oft-quoted example. Once, whenmaking an afternoon call with his father,Macaulay picked up Scott's "Lay of theLast Minstrel" for the first time andquietly read it when his elders were en-gaged in conversation. When they re-turned home he amazed his parents byreciting the whole of the poem withouta single mistake.

Even obscure persons, otherwise un-known to the world, often perform re-markable feats of memory. For instance,it is said that a young miner who livedat Newcastle, in England, purchased acopy of Spenser's "Faerie Queene" inthe morning, and before evening he wasable to repeat the whole of the poem.Those who have read the Faerie Queenewill appreciate the magnitude of theminer's achievement, though this storymay be apocryphal.

OLD- BOYS' SUCCESSES

Notable successes have recently beenwon by many old science students of theSchool. The following are a few of themost outstanding. The names are inalphabetical order.

F. P. Bowden, D.Sc., F.R.S., has beenelected a Fellow of the Royal Society ofLondon. This is one of the highesihonours that can be conferred on ascientist, and is granted only for emi-nently successful work in some branch ofscientific research. As far as we know.Bowden is the first Tasmanian to achievcthis distinction.

Brigadier E. M. Dollery, O.B.E., MC.,is now State Military Commandant ofTasmania, one of the highest offices inthe armed forces of Australia. Thisappointment is the crown of a successfulmilitary career. Incidentally, Dollery isnow President of the Old Boys' Asso-ciation, and takes great interest in theprogress of the School.

PREFECTSStanding: M. J. Rush, C. Page.Hanjfy, J. W. Heckscher.

Seated: J. T. Renney, M. C. P. Courtney, The Headmaster, D. F. Scaife, C. R. Pearson

Assembly NotesSINCE the last issue of the Magazine

we have been honoured by quite alarge number of visiting speakers atAssembly. We derive great benefit fromthem, for they inform us on many aspectsof life of which we would otherwise knowvery little.

Early in June we were fortunate inhaving a visit from Dr. Farrow, of theEgyptian Central Mission, who gave usa very interesting talk on Iran. Duringthe stay in Hobart of "The Old Vic"Company we were extremely lucky inreceiving a visit from one of the cast, Mr.Charles Heathcote, He told us of thehistory of "The Old Vic," and gave somevery interesting advice in regard to acting.In the same month Mr. B. C. D. Jones,of the British Council, gave a vivid ac-count of hf5 in Iraq.

During the United Nations Week inJuly we were honoured by visits fromtwo foreign representatives, Mrs. Alsate,wife of the Philhipines Consul in Sydney.and Dr. Ussmann, of the Republic ofIndonesia. Both speakers gave very in-teresting talks on two countries whichwere very different from each other. Mr.Alsate himself was to have spoken, but,unfortunately, he was indisposed at thetime,

On August 3rd Mr. Charles Walchgave an address at the special assemblyfor the Foundation Day of the School.In October Mr. R. Smith spoke on cricket.His advice was valuable, and was receivedwith appreciation by all keen cricketers.Being a member of the Australian Boardof Control, Mr. Smith was able to givefirst-hand information on certain Aust-ralian Test cricketers, Also in Octoberwe received a visit from Miss Hayman,.Federal International Guide Commis-sioner, who spoke on the poverty andsuffering which was being experiencedin Germany, and especially the sufferingof the children.

In November we were addressed byRev. Coghlan, of the Christian SocialOrder Movement, who spoke on the' workof the C.S.O.M., especially in regard tothe raising of funds for the relief ofdisease. Later in the month the Schoolwas addressed by Mr. L. G. Murdoch,of the Board of Management, who spokeon the art of public speaking.

We would again, this year, like toexpress our appreciation to the Dean,Very Rev. H. P. Fewtrell, for giving anaddress in Assembly each Thursdaymorning.

J.P,M.

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L. G. H. Huxley, M.A., D.Phil., hasbeen appointed Professor of Physics inthe University of Adelaide. A formerRhodes Scholar, Huxley did a brilliantcourse at Oxford and has since donevaluable researches into the structure ofthe atom.

Arthur Smithies, MA., LL.B., Ph.D.,has been appointed Professor of Econo-mics in Harvard University, U.S.A.Harvard is generally considered the great-est university in America, and one of theleading universities in the world. Smithiesdid science at school, but later, as aRhodes Scholar, switched over to Econo-mics and had a great career as a studentin this subject in England and America.He has for some time been head of theEconomics Branch of the Bureau of theBudget, at Washington, and his promo-tion to Harvard marks him out as one ofthe chief economists of the United States.

E. C. R. Spooner, D.Phil., D.Sc., alsoa former Rhodes Scholar, is now Pro-fessor of Mining and Metallurgy in theUniversity of Adelaide. As a studenthe distinguished himself in Chemistry,and has done much experimental investi-gation into sub-bituminous low-grade coaldeposits.

H. C. Webster, D.Sc., Ph.D., F.Inst.P.,some two years ago, became Professor ofRadiation Physics in the University ofQueensland. Webster was trained atCambridge under some of England's mostillustrious scientists, and his professorshipis the reward of much successful researclwork in Radio-Physics.

The School offers its felicitations toall these gentlemen. They are nobly main-taining the traditions of Hutchins, andsetting new standards for future genera-tione.

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Senior School: Brewster, R. G.; deLame, R. J.; de Lame, I. M.; Russell,M. D.; Webster, K. A.

Junior and Preparatory School: Bryant,G. C.; de Lame, P. R.; Ferguson, D. R.;Grant, F. J.; Hamilton, J . W.; Jones,G. D.; Kelly, R. M.; McDowell, I. j.;Parsons, G. F.; Russell, A. J.

Dalco, B. A. (1947); Dargaville, P.J . ( 1946); de Lame, I. M. (1948); deLame, P. R. (1948); Everett, R. J . ( 1941);Jack, I. H. (1944).

I1flI4WE have to acknowledge receipt of the

following magazines since June,1948, and apologise if any have beeninadvertently omitted.

Tasmania: Church Grammar School,Launceston.

Victoria: Scotch College, Hawthorn;Melbourne Church of England GrammarSchool; Trinity Grammar School, Kew(2); Geelong College; Geelong GrammarSchool; Ballarat College.

New South Wales: Sydney Church ofEngland Grammar School; The Armi-dale School; Knox Grammar School,Wahroonga; The King's School, Parra-matta.

West Australia: Guildford GrammarSchool; The Hale School, Perth.

South Australia: Collegiate School ofSt. Peter, Adelaide.

Overseas: Bedford Road CollegiateInstitute, Saskatoon, Canada.

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TT is disappointing to note that thelending library has not received as

much use these last two terms as it de-serves. The good reference library alonewarrants more use. Perhaps it is becauseboys are too busy studying for the, ap-proaching exams to absorb any moreknowledge. However, the magazine sec-tion continues to be very popular, andthe library is never empty at lunch time.

New books added to the reference sec-tion this year include several books ofcollected essays by Hinner, Benson, Jonesand Osbourne, several new historicalbooks and a few war novels.

It is interesting to see that the novelsof Johns, Byrne, Sabatini and Hatfieldcontinue to top the popularity poll. Therehas also been great demand for "JardineJustified" and Getting Wickets" from ourcricketers, and "Tales of Mystery andImagination" and "Sea Prison and ShoreHell" by the more sombre minded.

It is to be hoped that the library con-tinues to be built up by the addition ofnew reference books, and that soon theSchool may have as complete a referencelibrary as possible.

D.E.S.

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Random Ramblings by a Staff Reporter

N the recent French oral exams con-ducted by the Alliance Francaise, most

of our boys passed well, and J. Biggs,G. Woodward, G. Southwell and J. Lakewere prize winners.

Since the last issue of the Magazinethere has been only one competition con-ducted by "Le Courrier Australien." Thistook the form of an essay in French ona famous French Composer. We wereagain successful. Prizes were won byJ. Morris for an essay on Debussy, andG. Page-Hanify for an essay on Gounod.Our boys have now gained prizes in everyin every competition conducted by thispaper for a period of five years.

The Parents' Association has recentlypurchased a fine Harmour and Heathsound projector for the School's use.Two screens are provided; one is to beinstalled permanently in the Hall, and theother is a collapsible type for use in theclass-rooms. This 16mm. projector is all-Australian and up to world standards,including the lens by one of the world'sbest manufacturers — a local firm itsHobart. We are very grateful for thismost generous gift.

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Mr. Len. Nettlefold, an Old Boy ofthe School, has generously defrayed thecost of a new racing four. We are in-deed grateful for this gift, the formalpresentation of which will take placeeither at the end of this term or at thebeginning of the new year.

The Boarders, in particular, are verygrateful to Mr. Charles Walch for hisChristmas present of a Batinton set.It will do much to enliven week-ends andprovide healthy and vigorous exercise.

We regret to announce the resignationof Mrs. E. J. Chapman from the staff ofthe Sub-Primary School. Her place willbe taken by Miss Hilary Morgan, whocomes with experience in Melbourne atLaverton, Scotch College and Ivanhoe

Grammar School. We extend a cordialwelcome to her, and wish her every hap-piness with us.

Following the resignation in Septemberof our former Matron, Miss G. Hardy,O.B.E., the position has been filled byMiss L. Bailey, whilst Miss C. Matthewshas been appointed Housekeeper. MissMatthews comes from Adelaide, havinghad experience at the Presbyterian Girls'College and the Collegiate School of St.Peter.

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We were sorry to learn of the resig-nation of Miss M. Hough, our highlycompetent and co-operative typist, whohas gone to Sydney to live. Her placehas been taken by Mrs. J . R. Greene, towhom we extend a sincere welcome.

At the beginning of the second terma Benevolent Fund was launched through-out the School. Every boy contributeseach week, and the sum is collected bythe Form captains to provide a largepool from which allocations to variouscharities are decided from time to t.me.

It is very difficult to see into the lockersat the end of the top corridor in ChristCollege, so it is suggested that a powerfullight be installed so that it would illumi-nate that very dark end, and save timewhich is spent in hunting for books inthe dark.

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The stage in the Assembly Hall hasbeen successfully remodelled and hasproved to be more convenient and better,both from the point of view of the actorsand stage hands and that of the audi-ence. It was designed by G. Salmon.who is to be congratulated. The Parents'Association bore the cost of the work,and we express our sincere thanks tothem for this great improvement.

During United Nations' Week theSchool was well represented at the U.N.O.Mock Assembly at the Town Hall, in

both the Security Council and the Gen-eral Assembly. It was a very interestingevening; the Security Council debatedthe Atomlc Energy Control problem,while the General Assembly dealt withmany other questions. Delegates fromother nations were present, and there wasa large audience.

On the Lighter Side

All the activities have been disbandedduring the third term, and the periodon Monday occupied by enterprisingmasters, while the one on Friday isfloating with, what seems to us, the vari-ous teachers enacting a game of "grab."Maths, usually wins—enough said.

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The craze of fireworks, started in someof the lower forms, has necessitated aware-ness and correction by the Seniors, butwhen the position became desperate (withmany close shaves with the Staff) theoffenders were prohibited from continu-ing their cracker occupations.

Care also had to be taken during theathletic season, when "athletes" wereshowing their form by hurtling recklesslyaround corners and taking their, andother people's, lives in their hands bymaking 100 yard dashes from assembly,through the crowd, to Christ College.

The French orals for VIa and b wererather popular, after they were over, be-cause Hutchins wasn't the only Schoolrepresented, and they (whichever wayyou like it) took up some time. The, pub-lic also complained about Hutchins boysstreaking through town to get back toSchool, knocking many over in theireagerness.

At the time of writing the whole Schoolis cutting outside activities to a mini-mum (big though it may be) in preoara-tion for the Mysickerlating, Fool'sFloored and internal exams. The mastersseem just as nervous as the students forthe former two.

Hopes have been expressed that a cer-tain new cream car, a frequent Visitor tothe School, would have an argumentwith the Old Tree on the way out, so thatthe car would resemble the owner's pre-vious motorbike, which is very muchmissed about the School.

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On entering Christ College after dinnerwe are usually hit by an overwhelmingsmell—the result of some horrible experi.ment in the Chem. Lab., where de L., W.and P. concentrate on manufacturinghideous fumes, no doubt intended to"lay out" the whole Senior School.

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Everyone is getting a little annoyedat the people who keep on depriving theSchool of its fine tubular fence, on thecorner of Barrack and Macquarie Streets,usually with a car or trolley bus.

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One member of the School claims tohave suffered a badly sprained anklefrom tripping over some object aftercrossing the road from the bus. On closeinspection, however, the cause was foundto be a minute car, from which one ofthe Staff extricated himself. Everyoneis warned to watch where he is walking.

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Much to many experts' regret, slidingdown the precarious banisters in ChristCollege was banned just when competi-tion had started between the old handsand the newcomers, who were becomingadept at shooting around the hairpinbend.

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Full useuse was made of the two days'sunshine during the test exams, when theSchool was crowded with almost nakedboys doing everything but "swot."

R.S.V.

Above: Mole (J. R. Clark), Toad (G. Page-Hanify),Producer of the Play (Mr. K. A. Jarvis), Rat (D. B.

Purvis), Badger (J. T. Renney),Below: G. W. Salmon, who designed and executed stage

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Above: Policeman (R. J. Thompson), Judge (J. W.Heckscher).

Below: Phoebe (H. M. Thompson), Marigold (A.Gibson), Washerwoman (D. U. Shepherd), Barge-woman

(R. S. Valentine), Nurse (G. A. W. Renney).

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Dramatic SocietyrJHIS term has seen the temporary Toad of Toad Hall

abandonment of the Senior Societyto enable members to. pursue their "tedi-ous tasks." However, Mr. Jarvis has beenkind enough to allot some time to us.Every third Saturday night those whowish may attend extra dramatic classes,with practical demonstrations on "StageCraft," "Voice Production" and "Make-up.

Before our major production, the stagewas considerably altered. The prosceniumwas brought forward about five feet,leaving two feet protruding. This gavea large acting stage behind the curtainand considerably enlarged wings.

PARENTS have continued to take alively interest in the activities of their

Association and in the welfare of theSchool. Meetings of the Executives havebeen well attended, and members havehad the benefit of full and frank dis-cussion with the Headmaster on a,varietyof subjects, including the School curri-culum, examinations, home-work and themethod of awarding prizes.

The most important event in recenttimes was the fair, which was opened byLady Binney on Friday, 19th August.For many weeks our Honorary Secretary,Mrs. Johnson, and a devoted band ofhelpers organised the stalls, and the finalresult of their efforts was most gratifying.The gross receipts amounted to £286, in-cluding £10 donations to Food for Britainand approximately £6 worth of equip-ment for Chauncy Vale. The support ac-corded to the fair by parents and friendsis very much appreciated, and it wasencouraging to see a number of newfaces among the helpers.

As a result of the fair we have beenable to purchase and present to theSchool a Harmour and Heath talking filmprojector, which cost £212. The Head-master kindly arranged a demonstrationof the projector at the conclusion of thelast meeting of the Executive, and thosepresent were convinced that the Schoolnow had a valuable asset, both for edu-cational purposes and for increasing theamenities available to the boys. £20 has

The Literary andPatron: Mr. W. H. HudspethPresident: Mr. H. D. Erwin

Hon. Secretary: J. T. RenneyCommittee: G. Page-Hanify, K. J. Thompson,

P. Bloomfield, J. C. Morris, F. W. K. Hume,T. Edgerton.

the time of writing, the House com-petitions are not yet finished, there

being one debate in both Senior andJunior sections to be completed; and asforecast in the June issue of the Magazine,the competition has been particularlykeen, the result still being uncertain. Thestandard of debating in both sections hasbeen higher than for several years, andthe adjudicators, Mr. H. D. Erwin forthe Senior, and Mr. Williams for theJunior, expressed pleasure on the fluencyand arguments of the speakers. The firsttwo debates in the Senior competition

been provided for screens for use withthe projector, and we have contributed£20 for alterations and additions to thestage, £20 for additional School prizesand £36 for library books. These dona-tions have cut deeply into our financialresources, so that in the forthcoming yearwe will not be able to relax our efforts.The Headmaster still has a formidablelist of requirements which we considerit desirable to provide as funds becomeavailable; foremost in these is a portablefilm-strip projector, which can be pur-chased for £25.

A general meeting of the Associationwas held on 13th September, when theguest speaker was Mr. Phillips, of WesleyCollege, Melbourne, who spoke on "Frillsof Education and are they Frills." Mr.Phillips gave us a most instructive andconvincing talk.

The recent reduction in the petrolzation has caused considerable difficultyin providing transport to enable boys totake advantage of the facilities providedby this Association at Chauncy Vale. TheExecutive would welcome any assistanceor suggestions by parents in overcomingthis difficulty.

During the year our relations with theBoard of Management, the Headmasterand Staff, and the Old Boys' Associationhave beers marked by a spirit of confi-dence and cordiality.

E.J CS.

Debating Societyhave resulted in wins for School andStephens over Buckland. Thus, the re-sult of the Senior competition will not beknown until after the final debate.

Near the end of second term, the annualdebate between the Old Boys and thepresent scholars was held. The Old Boyswere represented by Mr. J . Driscoll, Mr.D. Baker and Mr. J . McPhee. TheSchool team was J. Renney, E. Butlerand C. Page-Hanify. The debate resultedin a win for the Old Boys, 115 to 102.

Although the Society has not beenoverburdened with members, those whohave taken part in its activities haveshown interest and keenness to developtheir public speaking, and it is to behoped that those following on will realizethe value of the training which theSociety affords in this respect.

J.T.R.

The Society presented its major pro-duction on the 6th and 7th of August.This was the full-length play, "Toad ofToad Hall," adapted from KennethGraham's "The Wind in the Willows."The whole of the second term was takenup in the extensive preparations for thisplay. Perhaps the main worries were thetongs and choruses, which we perfectedwith the indispensable help of Miss Carterat the piano. While some of the costumeswere from our own wardrobe, those ofthe miscellaneous fauna of the cast werekindly lent by the Repertory Society. The

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efforts the success of the play would havebeen nil.

The Desire of all Nations

This term has been devoted to theJunior School production, "The Desireof all Nations," a play in a prologue andfive acts.

The prologue commences with Angelstelling of the downfall of Adam andEve, and the entry of sin into the world—God, at this stage, seems to have desertedthe world. The first act, entitled "Godcomes to Egypt," tells of Joseph's inter-pretation of the dreams of Pharaoh. In

the next acts, "God comes to Babylon,""God comes to Greece" and "God comesto the World," trace the evolution of ourreligion, culminating with the birth ofChrist. The production is interspersedwith Christmas Carols from the Juniorchoir.

Members of the Senior Society willassist with the make-up and stage manage-ment. The decorative panels are designrdand painted by G. L. Salmon.

Miss Phoebe Batt is responsible for themusical direction, while Mr. Jarvis is thedirector and producer.

R.J.T.

Left: Weasels, Stoats, Rabbits andFerrets.

Science ClubRight: Stage and Property Hands:A. R. Cumming, G. T. Stilwell, S.Davis, D. Hume. In Front: K. H.Wood (Stage-manager), R. D. Cuth.bert. Not in Photo.: A. J. Hay

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play necessitated several extensive scenechanges and a considerable number ofprops, notably a caravan, all of whichwere executed by members of the Society.G. L. Salmon must be highly commendedfor his perfect set designing and painting,while K. Wood and S. Davis were mainlyresponsible for prop, construction.

The play tells of four animals, eachportraying a set human type. The cur-tain rises on Marigold sitting by theriver bank, busy 'phoning her animalfriends. She falls asleep and dreams thestory which forms the play. It centresaround the bombastic Toad, who is nevercontent with what he has, and is alwaysafter the latet "craze." After a littletrouble with the wildwooders he buys amotor car (several, in fact) and ulti-mately is brought before the tyrannicalcourt for stealing a car, speeding andcheeking the police. He escapes fromprison with the help of the jailer'sdaughter and a washerwoman, and aftervarious escapades, emerges from the riverto be taken in by the sympathetic Rat.His friends, who have failed to reformhim, tell him that his house is over-runwith weasels and other nondescript ani-mals. The four, armed to the teeth,force an entrance by a secret tunnel,

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At the finale, the whole of the cast re-appear in colourful pageantry, and thecurtain falls on the cast silhouetted inthe background, while Marigold is beingawakened by her nurse.

The cast, including back-stage handsand outside helpers was:—

G. Renney, A. Gibson, J. Clark, B.Purvis, J. Renney, G. Page.Hanify, J.Golding, J. Morris, B. Butler, P. Law-rence, M. Gibson, D. Scaife, R. Thomp-son, J. Stopp, J. Heckscher, H. Thomp-son, D. Shepherd, D. King, D. Parkinson,P. Heckscher, W. Halley, R. Valentine,I. Hull, A. Kemp, R. Davis, P. Hay, P.Parsons, D. Gibb, W. Cooper, G. Rad-ford, 3, Rankin, P. Simpson, R. Jones,T. Keen, T. Loney, A. Goodfellow, G.Woodward, G. Stilwell, A. Hay, K. Wood,S. Davis. G. Salmon, B. Aherne, D. Uhr-J-Ienry, T. Bowden, M. Clerk, A. Brown.J. Ferguson, J. McIntyre, A. Hirst, M.Chen, B. McDougall, J. Thompson, G.Perry and D. Waich.

We are much indebted to Mr. Jarvis,who devoted his whole time in the pro-duction of this play, and without whose

DURING the second term, work wascarried on as usual in both the

Physics and Chemistry laboratories. Earlyin the term we were addressed by a rep-resentative of Commonwealth IndustrialGases, and we were told of many inter-esting aspects of the work. The followingweek we were privileged to visit theworks, and were shown many of themachines used in the production of indi-vidual atmospheric gases. In thy, weldingand cutting room each member of theparty was allowed to cut a piece of steelwith the oxy-acetylene torch. Some inter-esti1ng properties of liquid air were demon-strated, and we were then entertained toafternoon tea by members of the staff of

DURING the second half of the yeareleven meetings have been held, at

which exhibitions and talks have beengiven by the President, D. Pitt, C. Oliver,K. Tanner and B. Coombe. Coombe'sexhibit, kindly made available by hisfather, was of special interest being alarge collection of rarely seen miniaturesheets. Too many of our members arecontent to let a few do the work, theirsole interest, apparently, being to selltheir duplicates at the weekly auction.This is not in the best interests of thehobby, and some changes in our organi-sation can b6 expected next year.

the factory. The whole afternoon provedmost instructive and enjoyable.

Later in the year our progress wasrather impeded by an influx of new mem-bers who "emigrated" from other clubsowing to cessation of activities.

The Hobbies Exhibition brought tolight those of our large number whowere really keen, and our thanks andappreciation go to them for their efforts.

With the proposed new set-up nextyear, and with a more carefully selectedteam of enthusiasts, we feel that the, Clubis headed for better things.

K.H.W.

The Club was well represented at theHobbies Exhibition, there being a widevariety of displays. Those ranged fromthe general hotch-potch to sets of com-memoratives and an almost complete setof Queen Victoria "Penny Red" platenumbers. There was also a good displayof first-day covers.

We wish to thank the Board of Man-agement for subscribing to the "Aust-ralian Stamp Monthly," four copies ofcach issue being received. These arefreely circulated amongst our membersand are greatly appreciated.

G.T.S.

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O.C. Detachment: Cdt.-Ljeut. C. R. M. PearsonPlatoon Commander: Cdt.-Lieut. K. W. H. Wood

C.S.M.: W.O. ii J. T. RenneyC.Q.M.S.: S/Sgt. K. B. Glover

Platoon Sergeant: Sgt. B. T. Edgerton

DURING the year 1948 the HutchinsSchool Senior Cadet Detachment has

grown, not only in size, but in enthusiasmand proficiency. At the beginning of theyear the Detachment was very weak innumbers, but has now reached the verysatisfactory total of forty-eight. The natu-ral consequence of this increase has beenthat the majority of members are first-year recruits, the training of whom ha3required more than the normal concen-trated effort of officers, warrant andnon-commissioned officers, in order to fit themto take their place in the Detachment, andthe visible result achieved is such thatall concerned can look back with well-earned satisfaction on the :esult of theirefforts. The present standard of efficiencyin the Detachment proves conclusivelythat the instructors not only knew theirjob, but, what is of equal importance,could impart their knowledge to the re-cruits.

During the year the Detachment hasnot only been instructed in the InfantryTraining Syllabus, which in normal cir-cumstances takes the whole year, but alsoin specialised work, such as the 3-inchmortar, the Vickers gun and signals, andhave a solid grounding in these subjectson which to build. This change has donemuch to instil and maintain greater in-terest. Many training days have beendevoted entirely to training films whichare provided by District Headquarters,and give more of a material outlook onthe cadet's training. The cadets them-selves are now beginning to take pridein their uniforms, and rigid inspectionson all parades have emphasized the im-portance of this part of a cadet's training.

Cadet Camp, Brighton, 1948

The eight-day voluntary camn, 14th-21st August, was held at Brighton, at

which all members of the Detachment,with the exception of four who weregranted leave of absence, were present.

The training was of a varied nature,and included field exercises and nightcompass marches which met with generalapproval of the cadets. The Headmasterhonoured the corps with a visit, and in-spected the camp as a whole. Othervisitors were Lieut.-Col. Pitt, D.A.A. andQM.G., and Major Barker (G.S.O.),H.Q., 6 M.D., who inspected the trainingand the camp closely.

O:m the Sunday morning the HeadTrophy Competition was held, and ourcongratulations are extended to Queens-town Junior Technical School for win-fling it. Since the war the cadets havehad included in their camp syllabus asports period which is held every after-noon, and is very popular with all mem-bers.

The Officers' and N.C.O.s' School atFort Direction, in January, 1949, is to beheld for the purpose of fitting cadets whoqualify for a promoted rank to instructin the home training of the same andfollowing years.

The Detachment was honoured andinspired by an inspection by the Com-mandant, 6th Military District, Brig. F.Dollery, who is an Old Boy of the School.He praised the Detachment on their finedisplay, but regretted the fact that therewere so few in the Detachment.

Unfortunately, after having had a verysuccessful year, the Detachment is losingall its officers, warrant and non-commis-sioned officers, and a number of cadets;this means that from the remaining cadetswill have to come the leaders for theensuing year. Those members of the De-tachment who have given so much ti-reand thought to the welfare of the unitduring the past twelve months are natu-rally very much concerned with the future,and realise that unless a very concertedeffort is made by the old members of theDetachment, and ably backed by the

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All officers, warrant and non-commis-sioned officers and cadets who are leavingSchool at the end of 1948 look back with

G.S.M.: Mr. B. J. ChapmanS.M.: Mr. T. A. S. Atkinson

A.S.M.: Mr. R. G. ReadWingate Patrol: P.L. G. Page-Hanify; Second,

J. R. ClarkP.L.s of Boy Scout Troop: Cooper, Madden,

Hanslow

eJIHE main topic of conversation amongscouts all over Australia at present

is the Pan-Pacific Jamboree to be held atYarra Brae, Wonga Park, Victoria, fromWednesday, 28th December, to Sunday,9th January. Nine of our Group, fiveSeniors and four Boy Scouts, hope towelcome the New Year from camp, andalthough our applications have not yetbeen formally accepted, we all expect tobe able to attend. Unfortunately, theTroop will be somewhat split tip; sometravelling by L.S.T., others by S.S. "Tar-oona." Scouts fronsas far afield as Canada,India and Malaya will be there, not for-getting, of course, Lord Rowallan, ChiefScout of the British Commonwealth andEmpire. So those of us lucky enoughto go should have an unforgettable time.

Over the November long weekend aJamboree test camp was held at Berriedalefor all Southern scouts, and, undauntedby rain, we enjoyed an excellent weekend,camping under Jamboree conditions. The

TOWARDS the end of last term,owing to the overflow of the Drama-

tic Club, we gained many more members;this caused us to migrate, for one meeting,into a larger room than the little onewhich had accommodated us comfortablybefore.

This term we have, unfortunately, hadvery few Activity Periods. We spent mostof these studying the life cycles of manydifferent species of insects. The Head-master kindly displayed to us some ex-cellent examples of these various speciesfrom his own collection, and pointed outto us the ways they differed from eachother.

pleasant memories of the good times theyhave had together as members of theHutchins School Senior Cadet Detach-ment, and, in saying au-revoir, wish theDetachment every success in the future

C. R. Pearson, Cdt.-Lieut.O.C. Detachment

only person not to enjoy himself fullywas probably the Q.M., who had a torridtime trying to collect our tents fromamongst fifty or sixty identical ones.

One Friday night, recently, we were-visited by our old S.M. and G.S.M., B.W. H. "Cubby" Stephens, M.B.E., whois doing great work with the EducationDepartment. He is one visitor for whomthe welcome mat is always spread, whichreminds me that we are also glad to seeany old scouts who would care to come

It is pleasing to note that there arenow over sixty boys in the scouting move-ment at Hutchins, and the re-formationof the Cub Pack last year has been suchan outstanding success that we expect todo even better next year.

The Scout Notes this year, however,end in a tragic note. It is with deenregret that we record in our Log Bookthe accidental death of H. Warlow-Davies.He served the Troop, first as a see,",then as P.L., and for over a year as Act.S.M. Leaving the Troop, he joined theR.A.A.F., where he served with muchdistinction. After the war he joinedA.N.A., only to meet his death in theill-fated airliner which crashed into Mt.Macedon.

The remaining periods were spent de-ciding what we should put in the HobbiesExhibition. We finally decided that themost interesting and successful way tocollect the necessary exhibits would be tospend a weekend at Chauncy Vale, im-mediately preceding the Exhibition. Thiscamp, unfortunately, was postponed, butin its place' some of us hiked up thefoothills of the mountain to the JunctionHut. Despite the weather, which wasdamp, we collected many interestingspecimens of lichen, fungi and orchids,thus fulfilling our mission.

A.G.

THE annual Exhibition of Hobbieswas held at the School on Saturday.

9th October. The Exhibition opened withan impressive display by the School CadetDetachment. Brigadier Dollery inspectedhe Detachment and in his address Com-

plimented them on their showing, andexpressed regret that the Detachmentwas not larger. Brigadier Dollery thenformally opened the Exhibition in theSchool Hall.

The exhibition of woodwork and lea-therwork was of its usual high standard.The clay pottery was also excellent, es-pecially that of the younger boys, butit was unfortunate that the pottery wasunglazed, demonstrating the drastic needfor a kiln at the School. An interestingexhibit demonstrating the three stages inmoulding a plaster-of-paris figure, theheads carved from stone, and the othersculpture work were also quite good. Onthe stage in the hall there was a displayof Junior School art which was of every high standard, some of the paintingsshowing an artistic maturity beyond theyoung artists' years. Much admired wasa beautifully embroidered stool made byAndrew Kemp. Much credit is due toMr. Viney for his artistic arrangementof these exhibits.

A good display of stamps was exhibitedby the, Stamp Club. Russell showed acollection ofstamps of St. Vincent andolder British colonies; Pitt, a completeset of Australihn commemorative stamps;Darcy, a set of first-day covers; and thePresident, Mr. Biggs, showed an almostcomplete set of Queen Victoria "PennyReds." There was also a good generaldisplay of stamps of U.S.A., Germany,Great Britain and Norfolk Island.

The Natural History Club's exhibitionaroused quite a lot of comment amongvisitors. A garden of well-selected mosses,lichens and fungi, as well as orchids,various types of leaf galls and fossilswere among the exhibits.

.ALTHOUGH, in the third term, theMusic Club was able to hold only

three meetings, it did not prevent theClub from covering a great deal ofground in the musical world.

Unlike last year, a greater number ofthe lesser known works of the composerswere heard. These included works of

There was the usual display of tents,signalling lamp, axes and other Scoutequipment.

Remove A had a section displayi---,school work and hobbies, and there weresome working models made from Meccanosets. Especially good were' the aeroplanemodels of Philip Heckscher.

A centre of attraction in the hall wasthe model of the Theatre Royal, completewith scenery and props, which was usedto stage a puppet show during the after-noon. The model was made' and workedby Andrew Kemp.

Also much admired was the display oarc by individual boys. Grahame Salmonshowed a collection of excellent water-colours. These landscapes, of Hobartscenery, afforded yet another proof ofthis young artist's talent in this field.John Clark showed a group of surrealistpencil drawings which showed a lot ofability.

Interest in the Science Club's exhibi-tion in the Physics laboratory centredmainly on Kyle Woods' attempt to pro-duce sulphuric acid by the lead chamberprocess, and on Salmon's successful at-tempt to manufacture, glass by strikingan arc between two carbon electrodes insand. The cathode ray tubes run byTurnbull also attracted much attention.

A display of school work, of exception-ally high standard, was shown in theJunior class-rooms. This afforded theparents an idea of the work done by theiryounger children.

During the afternoon, at the, back ofthe School, a physical education displaywas given by Junior boys. The boys weretinder the instruction of Mr. Nichol, andthe exercises and games were not pre-viously arranged.

Afternoon tea for the visitors was pro-vided in the School library, and thanksare due to those parents and friends whohelped to make this part of the functiona success.

Dukas, Warlock, Grieg, Saint-Sacs-is,Humperdinck, Schubert, Wagner, Ravel,Brahms and Chopin. However, majorworks played included a symphony ofBeethoven, one of Haydn, "The Gondo-liers," by Gilbert and Sullivan, "Peterand the Wolf," by Prokofieff, and the 1stPiano Concerto of Liszt.

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SCHOOL HOUSE BUCKLAND HOUSEThe programmes were arranged bythe President, and by Biggs Jr., Butler,Courtney, Lange, Morris, Rush, Shep-herd and Scaife. In the way of informa-tive talks, the President gave a lecturetteon the history of the modern piano,illustrated by records.

The Club was unable to exhibit at theHobbies Exhibition, and after a long dis-

WTE have been askedBroadcasting Con------

details of broadcast talks to be givenduring the next few weeks.

Second Series: "Heredity and Man."Dec. 20—"The Application of Genetics

to Domestic Animals."Dec. 27—"The Application of Gene-

tics to Man."Jan. 3—"How Do Twins Come About?"

Third Series: "All Work and No Play?"Jan. 10—"The Problem of Increased

Leisure."Jan. 17—"What Does Leisure Mean to

You?"Jan. 24—"What Leisure Could Mean

to You."

Fourth Series: "Fuel?"Jan. 31—"Coal Shortage—The Wolf

at Industry's Door."Feb. 7—"What Does the Coal Miner

Want?"Feb. 14—"Our Other Fuel Sources."

Colours: Blue, Black and GoldHouse Master: Mr. R. L. JamesHouse Captain: J. T. RenneyVice-Captain: C. R. Pearson

Captain Cricket: J. T. RenneyCaptain Swimming and Football: A. J. Harris

Captain Athletics: C. R. PearsonCaptain Cross-Country: A. J. Hay

Captain Tennis: D. W. StruttDebating Representatives: H Thompson and

G. Page.Hanify

SINCE the last issue of the Magazine

Stephens House has lost its advantagein the competition for "Cock House," andfinally had to admit defeat at the handsof School House. Although the finalresults are not yet available, it is obvious

cussion it was thought inadvisable toplay anything during the Exhibitionitself.

During the year several more volumesof the Columbia History of Music werereceived, and the Club would like to thankthe Parents' Association for financingthis fine set of records.

the Fuel Problem be

Fifth Series: "What's Your Solution tothe Growing Social Conflict?"

Feb. 28—Mr. J. A. Ferguson, M.L.A.,Secretary of the Australian RailwaysUnion, will present the case forunions.

Mar. 7—Mr. Mark Woollett, businessexecutive, will outline employers'proposals.

Mar. 14—Mr. Wallace-Alexander willpresent the proposals for profit-sharing.

Mar. 21—Mrs. Eleanor Glencross,President of the Housewives' Asso-ciation, will state the housewives'attitude.

Mar. 28—Mr. K. J. Yates, of the Co-operative Institute, will give the casefor co-operatives.

April 4—In this broadcast experts willdiscuss questions arising from groupsreports on the five preceding sessions.

who has won the competition. StephensHouse congratulates School on its win.

In the football we lost to both Schooland Buckland. The cross-country, thisyear, was marked by the number of ent-ries, both in the Senior and Juniordivisions. We congratulate A. Hay onwinning the open race.

In the standard athletics, where theattendance of all is required, the responsewas far from good. Although SchoolHouse won the day in the Inter-Houseathletics, we were heartened by the ex-cellent performances of our under-agecompetitors. We look confidently to nextyear's sports.

So we say farewell to another year;and those who are returning next year,play hard, but fair, for the House.

Colours: Light Blue and Dark BlueHouse Master: Mr. R. H. Keon-Cohen

House Captain: M. C. P. CourtneyVice-Captain: J. W. Heckscher

Captain Cricket, Football, Cross-Country, Tennis:M. C. P. Courtney

Captain Swimming, Rifit-Shooting and StandardAthletics: B. T. Edgerton

Captain Athletics: J. T. SheltonCaptain Debating: J. W. Heckscher

IN the last issue of the MagazineSchool were called on to make this a

-red-letter year by ALL boys giving oftheir best in the House competitions. Itis pleasant to know that once again weare Cock House, but in the main this wasdue to efforts of the "A" House boys.This fact was born out by the result ofthe Standard Athletics, where we wonthe "A" but failed miserably in the 'B."

The football, played in mud that flul-lified science, was the most notable ofthe "A" House contests. With only fourmembers of the First XVIII, School dida grand job in defeating the big Buck-land team. Stephs. offered little oppo-sition, although they seemed quite power-ful on paper. Our success was wholly dueto everyone giving of his best, and team-work.

The other "A" House contests showedSchool superior to both Bucks and Stephs.They were Cross-Country, in which Ed-gerton ran second; Athletics, in whichShelton, Heckscher and Firth coveredthemselves with glory; Tennis, in whichthree of the team were members of theSchool IV; and Rifle-Shooting.

In the "B" division, Bowden won theCross-Country in fine style, otherwise,except for the Tennis and Rifle-Shooting,we were woefully weak.

This was not due to any lack of "stars,"but a lack of keenness. So chaps, for thesake of those who put School on topthis year, next year make a big effort tokeep her in that position, as she wouldfeel rather out of place in any other.

Colons: Maroon and WhiteHouse Master: Mr. WilliamsHouse Captain: M. J. Rush

Vice-Captain: M. W. ClennettCaptain Football, Athletics and Cross-Country:

M. J. RushCaptain Cricket and Tennis: M. W. Clennett

Captain Standards: J. GoldingCaptain Swimming: M. JolleyCaptain Debating: J. P. Morris

Captain Rifle-Shooting: R. B. Glover

THIS year has not been a successfulone for Bucks, but it has shown the

fighting spirit possessed by many of us;it i our belief that, although not com-petitively strong, individually we provedour worthiness in many events. Duringthe football season Buckland had sevenplaying members of the First XVIII, andseveral in the Seconds. Unfortunately,School House were a little too strong, butour presence was undoubtedly felt, forthe final scores were:

School, 6.2 (38 points)Bucks, 4.2 (26 points)

Cross-country runners to do well wereGolding and Clennett; both were mem-bers of the inter-School team. Congratu-lations, chaps. Steves certainly surprisedus in winning the Athletics, a most credit-able effort; Bucks rallied well consideringour limited number, and good perfor-mances were turned in by Rush, Goldingand most of the younger runners. Fromthe totals received in Rifle-shooting it isclear that Bucks were well off the target.

At the end of the year we will belosing most of the prominent membersof the House, namely Rush, the HouseCaptain, Clennett, his assistant, and mostof the senior chaps, Glover, Jolley, Pal-freyman. It is evident that most of theyoung athletes coming on will seriouslythreaten the opposition.

It is the belief of Mr. Williams, Rushand Clennett that all boys, whether theywon or lost, gave of their best. To allthose returning we say, "Come' on, Bucks,"and to those leaving, "Good luck fromBucks."

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Cricket 18 10 2Swimming 2 18 10Football 18 2 10Cross-Country 18 2 10Athletics 18 10 2Std. Athletics 18 10 2Tennis 18 10 2Rifle-Shooting 18 10 2

Totals 128 72 40

School Stephens Buckland

Cricket 12 1 6Swimming 1 6 12Football 6 12 1Cross-Country 1 6 12Athletics 1 12 6Std. Athletics 1 6 12Tennis 12 6 1Rifle-Shooting 12 6 1

Totals 46 55 51

Grand Totals

School 174 pointsStephens 127 pointsBuckland 91 points

A. COLTS' team has been formed frompromising junior boys who will be

returning to School next year. It ishoped that these boys will form thenucleus of, next year's Firsts. They al-ready have one win to their credit, de-feating St. Virgil's in a practice game.It is hoped to arrange more outsidegames to give these lads much-neededmatch practice.

The following abbreviations are used:Cricket, C; Football, F; Tennis, T; Ath-letics, A; Swimming, 5; Cross-Country,C-C.

First Colours—M. Courtney: C, F, T, A; J. Hecks-

cher: C, F, T, A; M. Rush: C, F, A;A. Harris: C, 5, F; M. Clennett: C, S, F;T. Edgerton: F, C-C, A; A. Hay: F,C-C, A; D. Strutt; 5, F, T; J . Golding:S, F, C-C; C. Pearson: F, A; J. Renney:F, C; G. Reriney: S, F; M. Jolley: 5, F;R. Read: C, F; M. Gibson: C, T; P.Mitchell: 5, F; J . Vautin: C, F; R. JThompson: R; A. Cumming: R; D.Scaife: R; B. Cuthbert: R; M. Darcey: R;W. Hume: C; R. Smith: 5; D. Fisher: S;B. Aherne: 5; D. Hume: F; D. Pitt: F;A. Jack: F; J . Shelton: A; B. Johnson: A.

Second Colours-Rowing—B. Butler, K. Hughes, A.

Hay, J . Morris and J . Biggs.

Cricket.—R. Read (1947), C. Pearson,B. Johnson, D. Hume, P. Bloomfield,T. Brain, M. Wills, P. Trethewey, D.Strutt and R. Hopwood.

Swimming—B. Stopp, M. Lucas, B.Brook, W. Halley, G. Salmon, R. Smyth,P. Jones, C. Smith, D. Jackson and D.Salter.

Football.—R. Glover, G. Page.Hanify,R. Thompson, A. Palfreyman, J. Clark,R. Hopwood, K. Hughes, W. Halley, B.Johnson, R. Evans, D. Fisher, D. Scaife,J . Thompson, T. Brain, R. Smyth, P.Trethewey and M. Douglas.

Cross-Country--A. Cumming, I. Had-rill and M. Clennetn.

Athletics.—R. Firth, G. Renney, A.Park, H. Shepherd, W. Ellis, J . Golding,J. Cooper, A. Graves, I. Madden, R.Terry, W. Hadley, J. Thompson, J . Millington, K. Smith, B. Coombe, A. Gibsonand J. Lake.

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Captain: M. C. P. CourtneyVice-Captain: M. Rush

'JIHIS has been a disappointing seasonfor Hutchins, and one of fluctuating

fortunes. In the first roster match againstS.V.C. we were defeated by 10 pointsafter a hard game in which we led formost of the time, but were unable toplay through to the finish. In the secondround, after a match in which the leadchanged on several occasions, we wereable to reverse this position and win by3 points.

This success led us to think that wemight win the premiership after all,especially if the team produced the foot-ball it had displayed.. Unfortunately, inthe next match against Friends', it playedanything but the best, and was defeatedfairly easily. This made it necessaryfor Friends' to defeat Saints in the re-maining match if we were to have anychance at all. Had this happened, allteams would have been level and a furtherround would have been necessary. Saintsmade no mistake, however, and Hutchinshad to be content with second place.

The last match of the season was a veryenjoyable one against an Old Boys' XVIIIin the annual Past v. Present match.At half time all players adjourned forafternoon tea. This was most enjoyable,but the ill-treated stomachs of the Pastteam could not recuperate as quickly asthose of the Present boys, who thusfinished off the season with an easyvictory.

Second XVIII

Captain: G. Page.HanifyVice-Captain: Fisher

The season was a very patchy one forthe Seconds, for one Saturday we wouldcombine well, and the following matchexhibit almost total lack of cohesion.Somewhat smaller in stature than SecondXVIII's of other years, especially in theforward lines, we were immediately at adisadvantage, especially against the muchlarger S.V.C. team.

However, even if we were not alwayssuccessful, it was pleasing to note thatthe will to win was ever present, andkeenness never abated. The team, on anaverage, was also younger than usual,which augurs well for, if not next season,then the following one.

HOUSE FOOTBALL

In the "A" House matches, whichwere played at the Queenborough Oval,School House easily won both of theirmatches and Bucks won the third game,giving School the victory over Bucks,with Stephens third.

In "B" House, School were againfavourites. They met Stephens in thethird match, both having defeated Bucks.Stephens played very well to snatch aone-point victory from School, givingthem the win in "B" House, with Schoolsecond and Bucks third.

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FOOTBALL TEAM(Master-in-charge: Mr. G. A. McKay)

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FTER a series of elimination matchesthe team for the inter-School com-

petition was finalised to Courtney, Strutt,Gibson and Heckscher, with Shelton asreserve. The second pair were havingtheir first season as members of theSchool team, and possibly through lackof experience were unable to clinch vitalrubbers in the matches against Friends'School.

Finding a weakness in Forster's play,Strutt adopted very sound tactics in ex-ploiting it, with the result that he wonhis singles matches. Courtney, the cap-tain, made too many mistakes in hissingles matches, but dominated the playin the doubles. The School, sufferingdefeat by Friends', gained second placein the competition. Results:

Hutchins v. St. Virgil'sCourtney and Strutt defeated Connelly

and Jefferys, 6-5, 6-1.Gibson and Heckscher defeated Cun-

ningham and Kennedy, 6-2, 6-2.Courtney lost to Connelly, 6-1, 5-6,

3-6.Strutt lost to Jefferys, 5-6, 6-2, 4-6.Gibson defeated Cunningham, 6-4,

6-5.

Heckscher defeated Kennedy, 6-3.6-4.

Hutchins, 4 rubbers, 10 sets, 77 games.St. Virgil's, 2 rubbers, 4 sets, 53 games.

Hutchins v. Friends'Courtney and Strutt lost to Traill and

Forster, 4-6, 3-6.Gibson and Heckscher defeated Grim-

wade and Macdonald, 6-5, 6-5.Courtney lost to Traill, 2-6, 5-6.Strutt defeated Forster, 2-6, 6-4,

6-3.Gibson lost to Griniwade, 6-4, 2-6,

1-6.Heckscher lost to Macdonald, 4-6.

1-6.Friends', 4 rubbers, 9 sets, 75 games.Hutchins, 2 rubbers, 5 sets, 54 games.

Hutchins v. Friends'Courtney and Strutt defeated Trail!

and Forster, 6-5, 6-5.Gibson and Heckscher lost to Grim-

wade and Macdonald, 2-6,.3-6.Courtney lost to Traill, 2-6, 0-6.Strutt defeated Forster, 6-4, 6-2.Gibson lost to Grim.wade, 3-6, 3-6.Heckscher lost to Macdonald, 6-4,

4-6, 4-6.Friends', 4 rubbers, 8 sets, 68 games.Hutchins, 2 rubbers, 5 sets, 51 games.

TENNIS TEAM(Master.in-charge: Mr. W. J. Gerlach) Absent: J. W. Heckscher

Hutchins v. St. Virgil's cumbed to the greater steadiness of A.Courtney and Strutt lost to Connelly Gibson in one semi-final. In the other

and Jefferys, 1-6 3-6. half, Terry and Bowden emerged toGibson and Heckscher defeated Murray contest the semi-final, the former win-

and Cunningham, 6-2, 6-1. ning at 6-5, 6-5. The final betweenCourtney defeated Connelly, 6-3,6-5. Gibson and Terry was a match of longStrutt defeated Jefferys, 6-4, 6-5. rallies. Gibson made less mistakes andGibson defeated Murray, 6-4, 6-3. won, the score being 6-3, 5-6, 6-2.Heckscher v. Cunningham, 6-5, 3-6 Congratulations, Gibson.

(unfinished). A major upset occurred in the firstHutchins, 4 rubbers, 9 sets, 61 games. round of the open championship whenSt. Virgil's, 1 rubber, 3 sets, 50 games. Heckscher, playing soon after a bout of

HOUSE MATCHES 'flu, was comfortably beaten by Vautib.This year School showed superiority. The other "seeded" members of the

and by winning both "A" and "B" divi . School team reached the semi-finalssions, comfortably secured the Chas. though Gibson only gained victory overDavis Cup for House tennis. Stephens Shelton at 6-3, 5-6, 6-4. Courtneysecured second position in both com- easily accounted for Vautin and Struttpetitions. for Gibson. The final provided some good

SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS tennis, but Courtncy, wisely selecting theThe sixteen entrants in the Under 15 opportunities for a net attack, ably vol,

championship provided some close leyed his way to victory at 6-4, 6-4.matches. P. Trethewey, who accounted Congratulations to Courtney, 1948 Schoolfor a strong contender in P. Jones, suc- captain and champion.

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SENIOR ATHLETICS TEAM(Master-in-charge: Mr. B. G. Nichol)

House Athletics

CROSS-COUNTRY TEAM(Master-in-charge: Mr. C. C. Bayes)

Cross-CountryWTEATHER conditions were much

more favourable this year for therunning of the House Cross-Country race,and both Senior and Junior events pro-vided excellent fields and close contests.In the Senior event School were first,Buckland second and Stephens thirdIn the Junior event the result was Buck.land, Stephens and School. The Seniorchampionship was won by Hay, of Ste-phens, with Edgerton, of School, second,and Courtney, of School, third. In theJunior event Bowden, of School, wasfirst, Smyth, of Buckland, second, and J.Thompson, of Buckland, third.

ALL-SCHOOLS

The team trained assiduously for theAll-School event, which was run over thenew course at Elwick, and finished sec-ond in the teams' race to a well-balancedSt. Virgil's College team, to whom weoffer our congratulations. Due to aheavy sporting programme, Courtney,Heckscher and Gibson withdrew from theoriginal team selected; this was unfor-

tunate but inevitable. First colours havebeen awarded to Edgerton, Hay andGolding, and Hadrill, Cumming andClennett have received Second colours.

STANDARD Athletics is one sport inwhich every boy can earn at least one

point for his House. Results, however,show that there are still far too manyboys not pulling their weight for theirrespective Houses. Results:

School 18 (7.94 points per boy)Stephens 10 (5.8Buckland 2 (5.0

School 1 (4.78 points per boy)Stephens 6 (5.0Buckland 12 (6.5The possible number of points per boy

in "A" House is 13, and in "B" House,12.

HE House sports were held on Tues-day, 19th October, at the North

Hobart Ground. Rain on the previousday had made the tracks heavy, but thisdid not deter Stephens House, whoseyellow singlets seemed to be consistentlyout in front, especially in the, under-ageevents.

Final results were;Open Under-age Total

Stephens 10 12 22School 18 1 19Buckland 2 6 8Our thanks go to Mr. H. D. Erwin,

who kindly consented to present the ' W.J. Parker Memorial Cup to the winningHouse.

Results:Under 14 High Jump: R. Firth (Sc.),

1; B. Madden (B.), 2; B. Coombe (B.), 3;D. Lord (Sc.), 4; W. Ellis (St.), 5.Height, 4ft. 11 in.

Open lOOyds.: J. Shelton (Sc), 1;J . Heckscher (Sc.), 2; M. Rush (B.), 3;C. Pearson (St.), 4; S. R. Valentine (St..),5. Time, 10 3-5 sees.

Under 16 lOOyds: G. Renney (St.), 1;J. Cooper (St.), 2; I. Madden (B.), 3;

R. Smyth (B.), 4; R. Johnson (Sc.), 5.Time, 11 3-5 sees.

Under 15 lOOyds.: A. Park (Sc.), 1;R. Terry (St.), 2; W. Halley (St.), 3;R. Bowden (Sc.), 4 J. Thompson (B.),5. Time, 11 3-5 sees.

Open 880yds.: M. Courtney (Sc.), 1;D. Pitt (St.), 2; A. Hay (St.), 3; T.Edgerton (Sc.), 4; M. Rush (B.), 5.Time, 2.12 3-5.

Under 16 Shot Putt: G. Renney (St.),1; J . Golding (B.), 2; D. Hume (Sc,),3; H. Shepherd (St.), 4; R. Smyth (B.),5. Distance, 32ft. 92in.

Open High Jump: A. Hay (St.),' 1;P. Mitchell (B.), 2; D. Strutt (St.), 3;R. Read (Sc.), 4; M. Jolley (B..), 5.Height 5ft. 2in.

Under 16 Long Jump: H. Shepherd(St.), 1; G. Renney (St.), 2; I. Madden(B.), 3; R. Johnson (Sc.), 4; D. Tinning(B.), 5. Distance, 16ft. Zin.

Open Hurdles: J. Heckscher (Sc.), 1;R. Read (Sc.), 2; M. Jolley (B,), 3;G. Page-Hanify (St.), 4; M. Clennett(B.), 5. Time, 17 sees.


Under 14 lOOyds.: W. Ellis (St.), 1;J. Millington (B.), 2; K. Smith (B.), 3;J . Biggs (St.), 4; R. Firth (Sc.), 5.Time, 13 secs.

Under 13 lOOyds.: A. Gibson (St.), 1;J. Lake (B.), 2; D. Lord (Sc.), 3; N.Levis (B.), 4; R. Latham (Sc.), 5. Time,13 2-5 secs.

Open 440ycls.: M. Rush (B.), 1; C.Pearson (St.), 2; M. Courtney (Sc.), 3;D. Pitt (St.), 4; A. Paifreyman (B.), 5.Time, 55 secs.

Under 16 Hurdles: J . Golding (B.), 1;B. Purvis (St.), 2; D. Hume (Sc.), 3;R. Smyth (B.), 4; R. Johnson (Sc.), 5.Time, 15 2-5 secs.

Open Long Jump: B. Johnson (Sc.),1; J . Heckscher (Sc.), 2; P. Mitchell (B.),3; G. Page-Hanify (St.), 4; D. Pitt (St.),5. Distance, 18ft. 9in..

Under 15 Hurdles: W. Halley (St.), 1;R. Terry (St.), 2; A. Park (Sc.), 3; G.Southwell (Sc.), 4; M. Douglas (B.), 5.Time, 12 2-5 secs.

Under 16 High Jump: J . Golding (B.),1; D. King (St.), 2; D. Purvis (St.), 3;D. Hume (Sc.), 4; J . Lord (Sc.), 5.Height, 4ft. 8in.

Open 220yds.: J . Shelton (Sc.), 1;J . Heckscher (Sc.) 2; C. Pearson (St.),3; R. Valentine (St.), 4; P. Mitchell (B.),5. Time, 23 2-5 secs.

Under 16 220yds.: J . Cooper (St.), 1;G. Renney (St.), 2; J . Golding (B.)3I. Madden (B.), 4; D. Kirby (Sc.): ', 5.Time, 25 4-5 secs.

Under 15 220yds.: A. Park (Sc.) 1;R. Terry (St.), 2; W. Halley (St.), 3;J. Thompson (B.), 4; H. Calvert (Sc.),5. Time, 26 secs.

Open Shot Putt: M. Rush (B.), 1; G.Renney (St.), 2; W. Hume (Sc.), 3;K. Wood (Sc.), 4; M. Clennett (B.), 5.Distance, 33ft. 4in.

Under 14 Hurdles: R. Firth (Sc.), 1;J . Millington (B.), 2; B. Madden (B.),3; A.. Gibson (St.), 4; D. Lord (Sc.), 5.Time, 12 1-5 ses.

Under 15 High Jump: G. McCreary(St.), 1; J. Thompson (B.), 2; G. South-well (Sc.), 3; P. Trethewey (St.), 4;P. Jones (B.), 5. Height, 4ft. 6in.

Open Mile: T. Edgerton (Sc.), 1; M.Courtney (Sc.), 2; A. Hay (St.), 3; R.de Laine (B.), 4; M. Clennett (B.), 5.Time, 5 mm. 1 sec.

Relays-Under 15 (4 x llOyds.): Stephens, 1;

School, 2; Buckland, 3. Time, 54 2-5 secs.Under 14 (4 x lloyds.): Buckland, 1;

Stephens, 2; School, 3. Time, 59 secs.

Under 16 (4 x lloyds.): Stephens, 1Buckland, 2; School, 3. Time, 51 secs.

Open (4 x 220yds.): School, 1;Stephens, 2; Buckland, 3. Time, 1 mm.43 secs.

COMBINED SPORTSThis year saw the revival of the Com-

bined North and South Athletic Com-petition after a lapse of 27 years. Asonly one competitor could be selectedfor each event, as compared with two inprevious years, competition to gain aplace in the team was very keen.

The sports were held on Saturday,6th November, at the North Hobart Oval,under almost perfect conditions, althoughrain the previous day had made thetracks slightly holding.

Final points were:Launceston Grammar School 142St. Virgil's College --------136Hutchins School -- ---- ---- lO4,Friends' School ------------104Scotch College ------------29St. Patrick's College --------24

No one can deny the success of thesesports, and it is hoped that the privilegeof a trip North next year will giveadded zest to training.

Best individual efforts from a Hutchinspoint of view were those of J . Shelton,in the Open lOOyds. (equal record) and220yds.; J. Heckscher, in the Open 120yds. Hurdles; and R. Firth, in the Under14 High Jump (record). The HutchinsOpen 4 x 200yds. Relay Team broke therecord.. Results:

Under 14 High Jump: R. Firth (H.S.),1; Lucke (G.S.), 2; G. Pullen (S.V.C.),3; B. Turner (S.P.C.), 4; H. May (F.S.),5. Height, 4ft. I lins. (record)..

Open lOOyds.: J. Shelton (H.S.), 1;W. Murphy (&S.), 2; A. Harttett(S.V.C.), 3; G. Dawson (S.C.), 4; P.Russell (S.P.C.), 5. Time, 102-5 secs.(equal record).

Under 16 100yds.: R. Hood (G.S.), 1;A. McGuinness (F.S.), 2; M. Bresnehan(S.V.C.), 3; G. Phillips (S.P.C.), 4; G.Phillips (S.V.C.) and G. Renney (H.S.),5. Time, lisecs. (equal record).

Under 15 lOOyds.: R.. Chapman(S.V.C.), 1; J . Scott (G.S.), 2; A. Park(H.S.), 3; G. Peacock (S.C.), 4; K.Turner (S.P.C.), 5. Time, 11 secs.(equal record).

Open 88yds.: J . Street (S.V.C.), 1;Grimwade (F.S.), 2; M. Courtney (H.S.),3; R. Griffin (G.S.), 4; 3 . Currie (S.P.C.),5. Time, 2 mm. 5 1-5 secs.

Open High Jump: D. Kirkwood(S.V.C.), 1; A. Hay (H.S.), 2; A. Wal-ton (F.S.), 3; W.. Craig (G.S.), 4; J.Lyons (S.P.C.), 5. Height, Sft. 4 ins.

Under 16 Broad Jump: A. McGuin.ness (F.S.), 1; H. Shepherd (H.S.), 2;R. Hood (G.S.), 3; G. Phillips (S.P.C.),4; A. Stewart (S.V.C.), 5. Distance,17ft. 8ins.

Open 120yds. Hurdles: J. Heckscher(H.S.), 1; N. Counsel (G.S.), 2; A.Walton (F.S.), 3; Cox (S.P.C.), 4; P.Mtlburn (S.V.C.), 5. Time 162-5 secs.

Under 14 100yds.: A. Gunther (G.S.),1; G. Benjafield (S.V.C.), 2; W. Nor-quay (S.P.C.), 3; H. May (F.S.), 4; W.Ellis (H.S.), 5. Time, 11 4-5 secs.

Under 13 looyds.: B. Cullen (S.C.), 1;B. McCann (S.V.C.), 2; J. Munnings(F.S.), 3; P. Grierson (G.S.), 4; R.Cornish (H.S.), 5. Time, 12 1-5 secs.

Under 16 loOyds. Hurdles: M. Bresne.han (S.V.C.), 1; J. Golding (H.S.), 2;M. Read (F.S.), 3; I. Trethewey (G.S.),

4; J . Connolly (S.P.C.), 5. Time, 14 2-5secs. (record).

Open Broad Jump: R. Noble (F.S.),1; W. Craig (G.S.), 2; D. Kirkwood(S.V.C.), 3; J. Lyons (S.P.C.), 4; B.Johnson (H.S.), 5. Distance, 19ft. 6ins.

Under 16 High Jump: B. Scott (G.S.),1; P. O'Brien (S.V.C.), 2; J . Golding(H.S.), 3; M. Read (F.S.), 4; G. Kirk-wood (S.P.C.), 5. Height, 5ft.

Open 220yds.: J. Shelton (H.S.), 1;W. Murphy (G.S.), 2; A. Hartnett(S.V.C.), 3; R. Noble (F.S.), 4; M. Kers-lake (S.P.C.), 5. Time, 23 secs.

Under 16 220 yds.: R. Hood (G.S.), 1;A. McGuinness (F.S.), 2; M. Bresnehan(S.V.C.), 3; B. Gibbs (S.C.), 4; J.Cooper (H.S.), 5. Time, 233-5 secs.(record).

Under 15 220 yds.: R. Chapman(S.V.C.), 1; J. Scott (G.S.), 2; A. Park-(H.S.), 3; A. Clennett (P.S.), 4; IL

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Cousins (S.P.C.) and Peacock (S.C.), 5.Time, 23 3-5 secs. (record).

Open Shot Putt: J . Burn (G.S.), 1;P. Hindrum (F.S.), 2; M. Rush (H.S.),3; P. Milburn (S.V.C.), 4; S. Grubb(S.P.C.), 5. Distance, 36ft. 14-ins.

Under 12 lOOyds.: P. Grierson (G.S.),1; J . Wilmshurst (S.V.C.), 2; D. Bennett(F.S.), 3; J. Sore11 (H.S.), 4; G. Currie(S.P.C.), 5. Time, 13 secs. (equal re-cord).

Open 440yds.: B. Forster (F.S.), 1;M. Rush (H.S.), 2; N. Counsel (G.S.),3; L. Emery (S.V.C.), 4; G. Dawson(S.C.), 5. Time, 53 4-5 secs.

Open Mile: J. Street (S.V.C.), 1; T.Edgerton (H.S.), 2; J . Grimwade (F.S.),3; D. Hardstaff (S.P.C.), 4; P. Rae(G.S.), 5. Time, 4 mm. 54 2-5 secs.

TRAINING for the 1949 Firsts gotaway to a good start early in May,

and we have already covered over twohundred miles. Enthusiasm has run highdespite the weather, which has beenfreezing, as only those who have venturedout on the Derwent at five o'clock inmid-winter know. Even a forced swimabout June did not dampen our zeal—perhaps it was the consolation of knowingthat we were accompanied by one whowas fully dressed—shoes, socks, hat - -and even the pipe. We covered aboutfifteen miles on a very enjoyable day'souting with this year's Firsts when werowed up to Risdon.

Perhaps the greatest event was whenwe towed the new racing four down fromthe wharves to the shed. It has been onorder since 1939, and is a beautiful craft.We are very anxious to take it out, butwill not do so till next year.

Relays—Under 13 (4 x llOyds.): S.V.C., 1;

G.S., 2; F.S., 3; S.C., 4; H.S., 5. Time,56 3-5 secs. (record).

Under 15 (4 x lloyds): G.S., 1;S.V.C., 2; H.S., 3; F.S., 4; S.P.C., 5.Time 51 secs. (record).

Open (4 x 220yds.): H.S., 1; F.S., 2;G.S., 3; S.V.C.. 4; S.P.C., 5. Time,1 mm. 35 3-5 secs. (record).

Under 14 (4 x lloyds.): G.S., 1;S.V.C., 2; F.S., 3; H.S., 4; S.C., 5.Time, 52 3-5 secs. (record).

Under 16 (4 x llOyds.): S.V.C., 1;FS., 2; G.S., 3; S.C., 4; H.S., 5. Time,

48 secs. (record).

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Plans for our training were mappedout this term and include a race at theNew Norfolk Regatta and a trainingcamp for both crews.

The crew would like to thank all thote'48 rowers who have given us so muchhelp in filling vacancies at a moment'snotice and generally aiding us. We wouldalso like to take this opportunity to ex-press our appreciation of the time setaside for us by Mr. Keon-Cohen, whowas with us all through the winter forover a hundred miles. We also wish tothank Mr. T. Darcey, who has coxed usout and given us many important tips.

The Seconds started well this term andare very enthusiastic. Not to be outdone,they also "bottled," in November offWrest Point, but have settled down welland are now eagerly anticipating atransfer into the "Argo II" from the"tub."

"What, thou speak'sr drowsily?Poor knave, I blame thee not; thou art

o'er.work'd."Only when more contributions for the

"Spasms" are asked for is the full signi-ficance of this quotation brought out.

The year has been a varied one forthe Sixth. As usual, we are to the forein the realm of sport, but with suchdashing athletes as "Mick," "Max,""Jacky" and, of course, "Buddy," this ismore or less to be expected. We haveprovided seven of the First XI, seven ofthe First XVIII, three of the First crew,two of the Cross-Country team, two ofthe First Tennis team, five of the Aths.team and we must not forget our solitaryswimmer. No mention will be made hereof our achievements at our studies, as ourresults at the end of the year can bedepended upon to speak for themselves.We might add, however, that we havelearnt our share of very neat and elegant—nay, artistic—in fact, beautiful proofsduring the year, but seldom do we trythem the way "youse" did them.

We are informed that an excellentexample of antithesis is, "Black menfought one another on the coasts ofCoromandel and red men scalped eachother by the Great Lakes of NorthAmerica," but we should like confirma-tion of this. Also, after much research,one of our scientists wishes to report thatbromine has an extremely beneficialeffect on handkerchiefs, and recommendsit for the removal of all stains. Results,unfortunately, are not guaranteed.

We pride ourselves on the most uniquerubbish-tin in the School. Speaking fromexperience, it can be used for any pur-pose' except holding rubbish. I have itfrom a reliable source that the greatimprovement in goal-kicking shown bysome of our number was mainly due tothe tin, as was also the fine fielding ofthe First XI. Amongst its varied list ofaccomplishments the tin seems to possessa strong attraction for blackboard dusters,whilst it usually manages to mystify cer-tain of the staff as to its whereabouts.

Thanks to our weekly Biology lesson,we are now in a position to explain whystreptomycin grows on the top oftheVIa bookcase. We can even guess whygrasshoppers in the Gregorian phasecause a plague in New South Wales andnot Tasmania, though doubtless BassStrait has something to do with it.

The blessings of this basely mechanicalage are making themselves felt in theform of a diesel engine which regularlyinterrupts our work. One of our numberremarked that it reminded him of Man-byrnong, whilst another vehemently do-nted that it in any way resembled theexposition of "Woodie" Herman's EbonyConcerto.

Once' more the exams, draw perilouslycloser, so "come dear children, let usaway." We must return to the grind-stone.

As always,"Vivit Post Funera Spasmus"

—or do they?

FIIERE we are at the end of yet anotheryear. Someone has mentioned that

examinations will be held soon, so thatour former good intentions to do somereal work have now resulted in franticefforts to gain the necessary knowledgefor promotion to the next class. To acertain master, most of us appear to be"boneless wonders," while another masterhas termed us "oojahs," yet despite theseremarks and the teasing of anothermaster, we live quite happily.

Like most boys, we enjoy sport better

than work, and in that department takea prominent part. Golding ran well inthe inter-school cross-country and securedFirst colours for his effort. Several boysfigured in the inter-school athletics. Wecongratulate Golding and Shepherd ontheir performances. 'Tis rumoured theclass has a Seconds crew enjoying train-ing and other things.

Rainy weather and sickness havehandicapped our sport this term. Mosthave managed to overcome the sicknessin a short period at home, but to Barrie

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Purvis, who was forced to hospital foran operation, we extend our sympathyand best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Finally, we would like to ask the fol-lowing questions:-

1. Who is the Queen?Z. How does one wash for gold in

N.S.W.?

3. Why is the Inter, such a goodswimming class?

4. Are most of Shakespeare's playsterrible tragedies?

5. What master is liable to have fruitplaced on his desk in November?

6. Are the English fair copies writtenin Greek or double-Dutch?

7. Will the Inter, class have a picnic?

1. Who is Durgess and what did hefind in the tennis court?

2. What i5 an obstructionist?3. Who "Nicks" our of P.T.?4. What does ARDMONA mean?5. Which master grows peach tress

from stones?6. Who is the Invisible Man who drives

cars through shop windows?7. What does "la pomme" mean in

Fifth Form argot?

8. How many Pitts are there in YANGYANG?

9. Who is the mysterious P.B.?10. What is the meaning of the, formula

BJ = CO - OP?11. Where does "Eskimo" get his fish

stories from?12. Who knows all the short cuts?In concluslion we wish everyone a

happy Xmas and all success in the forth-coming examinations.

Fifth Form Frolics

. ANOTHER School year is drawing toits close, and most of us are sorry,

for, in spite of lessons, exams, D.T.'s andand other plagues, we have really hadquite a good time. We are grateful toour Form Master, Mr. Hickman, for hisinterest in our welfare, and his readinessat all times to do anything for the"Form." Our thanks are also due to ourCaptain, J. Lord, and our Vice-Captain,R. Bowden, for the kindly yet efficientway they have managed us.

We were very sorry to say good-bye toPeter Dargaville, who went to live inMelbourne. One master is believed rnhave been almost inconsolable, thoughit is rumoured that "Benny" tries hardto make it up to him for Dargie's loss.

A hearty welcome to Michael Russell,who comes to us from England. We hopehe will be very happy here. Keep ongoing, Russ.!

We are proud of our sporting prowessthis year. Don Hume got his Firstcolours for football and cricket, and R.Pitt, running seventh in the Housesports, was chosen as an emergency forthe Combined cross-country team. Inthe Inter-House sports, Bowden won theJunior cross-country and J. Thompsoncame third; W. Halley broke the Schoolrecord for hurdles under 15; R. Firthwon the high jump under 14, and in theCombined sports he broke a ten years'record by jumping 4ft. 113ins. W. Elliswon the lOOyds. under 14, and G. Mc-Creary the under 15 high jump.

Congratulations to M. Lucas on passingan entrance exam. to the Flinders NavalCollege. We hope he will be among thosefinally selected.

At the end of last term the Fifth playedInter, at football. This was a most ex-citing match. An 80 mph. gale we'blowing, and most of us kicked amazingdistances. Every few minutes the balllodged in the tallest trees surroundingthe ground. However, thanks to Jack-son's tree-climbing skill, the game wasnever interrupted for very long. In spite

of all our efforts and J. Heckscher'sfriendly umpiring, the Inter, were toogood for us by seven goals, although wehad them worried several times duringthe game.

Our class-room is surely one of thenoisiest in the School—the noises comingfrom outside, bien entendu. What withlawn mowers and Mr. Jackson's lorriesrunning very slowly down hill with along drawn-out scream of brakes, the dinat times is terrific. Recently, a driverdecided to park his lorry full of lives,tockjust outside our windows. A certain calfin that lorry registered in no uncertainterms its unqualified disapproval ofeverything we were being taught.

It grieves us to report that our Captainlet us down badly by falling asleep at theend of an exciting period. As the nextperiod was French, his awakening wassharp and sudden.

Recently a sensation was caused by thedisappearance of our duster. Anotherwas obtained and it, too, vanished co---pletely. Despite a lightning search of theChrist College block one dinner hour byDetective-Inspector Brain and his min-ions, no trace of the missing dusterswas found.

Our "champion" pig-breeder is tryingto rival B. J. at spectacular performances.He claimed that he could drive betweena certain pair of trees at Taroona with-out hitting either. The result was amaz-ing. The horse kept going, the sulkystopped and the champ., after somesuperb gyrations, landed in the nearestpuddle.

Lately, a cracker craze swept the Fifth.We had a glorious time until one boythrough one dangerously near a master.Since then they have been banned, andW.J.G. treated us to an eloquent dis-course on the "dangers of pyrotechnics."

Professor Woodward of Myrtle, Dirc:-tor of our Brains Trust, has compiledlist of questions which have puzzled ou'best brains for months. Other Forms areinvited to send in solutions.

The Voice of Remove AJ

'HE number of boys whose voicesare beginning to lose that "first fine

careless rapture" makes us realise thatwe are coming to the end of our firstyear in Senior School. This term wewe have certainly not disgraced ourselvesin sport, although in class it has beennoticed that clouds have, on occasion,,chased themselves across the usuallybeaming faces of our masters. Let us hopethat the examination results will bringback the sunshine.

In sport, Park, Smith, Gibson, Mil-lington, Lake and Coombe all ran forSchool in the Combined sports. Darceyis to be seen on the river coxing theDerwent Rowing Club to victory.

We took over a complete exhibit duringactivities day, and mingled in the crowdsof visitors, pretending not to hear thenice things they said about our work.Heckscher's models and Bloomfield's artwere good, even when judged by RemoveA standards.

Park and Harris having (to our relief)been excused singing, spent their timemaking lockers and shelves in the room.Our growing class library can now hedisplayed. The Parents' Association kindlypresented us with a set of encyclopaediaswhich have been well read and are going

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WHO'S WHO IN THE JUNIORSCHOOL

Captain of the School: W. J. Cooper.House Captains.— Nixon: I. Joyce;

Montgomery: D. Gibb; Hay: W. J.Cooper.

Captain of Cricket: W. J. Cooper.Captain of Football: A. Hirst.Captain of Athletics: W. J. Cooper.Fiction Library Committee: D. M. Gibb

(Chairman), W. J . Cooper. R. H. Put-den, A. Lord, M. J . Chen, D. Martin.

Reference Library Committee: H. F.Foster, D. A. Waich, B. G. Kemp,

to be missed next year when we go tothe Fifth Form.

And so a happy Christmas to all, andmay we do even better next year.

Things we would like to know:-1. Why is Parkinson always so eager

for term to start?2. Did the Latin class appreciate the

efforts of the carpenter who wasPARKed at the back of the room?

3. That the shortest distance from agiven point on a ladder to theground is a vertical line (we willtake that for GRANTed).

4. Will the, Mount Palomar telescopebe able to pick up the HeavenlyTwins?

5. Who wrote the song "Roll, Jordan,Roll," and does he?

6. What is the Riddle of the Sphinx,"and Who Done It?

7. Are Roosters fond of Radishes?8. Do the mouse eat the missing pens

and pencils?9. To whom was the poet referring

when he spoke of "the rightfultons of Lake and the Rodneys yetto be"? -

10. To what Smith is the poet referringwhen he says "His brow is wetwith honest sweat"?

Clubs.—Chess: P. Hay; Hiking: W. J.Cooper; Index: H. Burbury; Stamps: A.Kemp; Wireless: E. McDougall; Puppets:G. A. Verrell; Model Boats: L. P. Rice.

Form NotesREMOVE B

PJHIS year Remove B has had a veryhappy time' under the watchful eye

of Mr. Viney. Bill Cooper and ArthurHirst, our captain and vice-captain re-spectively, assist him in his work.

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This year we have been well repre-sented in sport. Cohn von Bibra gained aplace in the victorious School swimmingteam, while Bill Cooper, Robert Cornishand John Sorell ran in the Inter-Schoolathletic sports.

We were also well represented inJunior School sport. Twelve boys playedin the cricket team, fourteen in the foot-ball, and thirteen in the athletics, whichwon the R. 0.. Mather Shield. We heldthe captains of all these-Bill Cooper,athletics and cricket, and Arthur Hirst,football.

Three boys, John Sore!l, Peter Parsonsand Donald Gibb, sat for the JuniorBursary at Albuera Street. Seven notablessat for the Newcastle and Board Scholar-ship at School.

Most of our boys are in our play, "TheDesire of all Nations," which is beingproduced by Mr. Jarvis.

Last term we collected £7 for theU.N.A.C. Appeal. We also collectedmoney during the Lent period, and withit we support two boys in New Guinea.We wish these boys a very-happy Christ-mas.

During the' year we have done somevery interesting projects. We are helpedvery greatly by our own reference library,which has been moved to our Form room.

Each week we listen to the healthbroadcast by "Medico," and "The WorldWe Live In,' by Professor Browne.

At the beginning of this term RemoveB classroom was changed about quite abit.. Our lockers were divided and placedin Remove B's old class-room, which isnow our cloak-room.

In conclusion, we wish all our readersa merry Christmas.

FOURTH FORMHE year is drawing to a close and all

of us are looking forward to theChristmas holidays. We have had a verybusy year, both in work and sport, andare looking forward to a well-earned rest.

Mr. McKay has been our Form Masterthis year. He has made us work veryhard at times, but on other occasions wehave had quite a lot of fun.

In sport we have been fairly well rep-resented in the Junior School First teams.Brammahl, Goodfellow, Kemp, Tinker-Casson, Webster and Loney have all beenmembers of the First XVIII, while Tinker-Casson and Kemp played for the FirstXI. In athletics, Brothers, Goodfellow.Brammall, Gough, Kemp and McDougallwere members of the team that won theR. 0. Mather Cup. Brothers and Mc-

Dougall did especially well, each break-ing the record for the event in which heran. Congratulations to Brothers andMcDougall.

At the moment all minds are on theresult of the D. H., Harvey ScholarshipExamination. Although only eight ofus took part, we are, all interested to,know who will be the lucky boy.

AN ALPHABET OF FORM lilaA is for Alderton, who doesn't like swim-

ming;B is for Button, who's usually grinning.C is for Cumming, whose sums won't come

right;D is for David, who worries all night.E is for Ellie. Oh! What has he done!!F is for Foghorn, how base, he has gone!G is for Geoffrey. Why mustn't he talk?H is for Horsey. Why doesn't he walk?H is for Hull, who is jealous of Howard;I is for Ian, who has just wriggled on-

ward.3 is for Jimmy, who simply loves running;K is for Kenny, who never stops mugging.L is for Leader. Yes, Henry's there

watching;M is for Millar, who day-dreams while

walking.N is for Neville, a "champ" to the core;0(h)! Why does Butch make faces galore.P is for Perry, who knows all about cars;Q is our question. Did Moore write on

Mars?R is for Richards, please open the door;R is for Rice, who knows how to draw.S is for Shearman, of Micky Rooney

fame;T is for Turnbull and his growing pain.T is for Thinribb, who loves catching

flies;U is for you sir, who eats all the pies.V is for Verrell, who must shake his

head;W is for Walker, who squawks even in

bed.W is for Williams, a sporting young bore;X is for Xmas, which we never ignore.Y is for You, whom we never may meet;Z is for (Z) Xylophone, and the end

of our treat.Compiled by Form lila

FORM [JIbW7E are the smallest Form in the Junior

School-just twenty-five of us. Ofcourse, we think we are the best be-haved boys, but we are not sure whetherMr. Nichol thinks so. We have threeboys who have come all the way fromEngland. We hope they like us. Ourfavourite lesson is Social Studies. Thisterm we have learned about Other Peoples

Houses, We really know quite a lotabout the world.

We were glad that Chen and Hodgmanwere in the football and athletics teams,and Brodribb, Martin and White in theathletics.

We enjoyed a visit to the Wild NatureShow, and thought the mountain devila very queer creature.

We are now looking forward to a visitto the museum and a picnic . . . HappyChristmas to all from IIIb.

INTER - JUNIOR PUBLIC SCHOOLSPORTS

HUTCHINS School retained the R. 0.Mather Trophy when the annual

athletic sports meeting of the HobartJunior Public Schools' Association washeld at the North Hobart Oval, on 26thOctober.

This year's athletic team excelled them-selves, and this in spite of the fact thatour representatives in the Under 14events (as anticipated) proved to be farbelow standard.

We have an exceptionally large andpromising young crop of sprinters, chieflyin the Under 10 group. To comment onall the events would take up for too muchspace. However, Neville Swan's feat inwinning the Broad Jump Under 12, wasparticularly meritorious as it was the re-sult of sheer grit and determination. Twofactors which go a long way in acquiringa knowledge and technique of the difficultand arduous process by which the practiceof field and track events can lead to-wards perfection, and a love for, notonly the oldest, but the best of games.

The most creditable performances wereby our Relay teams, who really worked asteams, to win four out of the five relayevents. The most stimulating (whichpromises well for the future) were ourwins in record time of the Under 11 andUnder 10 Shuttle Relays.

In the individual events W. Cooper,J. Sorell, N. Swan, T. Brothers, D. Mc-Dougall and J . Grant promise well, andwe should hear more about their athleticachievements as the years go by.

Final points were:Hutchins School ,.. 921St. Virgil's College 653Friends' School ........65St. Peter's School --------55

Results-Championships-Under 14: G. 'Pullen

(S.V.C.), 1; H. May (F.S.), 2. Under13: W. Cooper (H'.), 1; C. Campbell(F.S.) and T. Barker (S.P.S.), equal 2.Under 12: J . Sorell (H.S.), 1; N. Swan

(H.S.), 2. Under 11': D. O'Neill(S.V.C.), 1; T. Brothers (H.S.), 2. Under10: D. McDougall (H.S.), 1; L. Nolloth(F.S.), 2.

Under 14. 100 yds.: G. Pollen(S.V.C,), 1; H. May (F.S.), 2; D. Dela-ney (S.P.S.), 3. Time, 12 secs. (record).220yds.: G. Pollen (S.V.C.), 1; H. May(F.S.), 2; G. Rogers (H.S.) and McKen-na (S.V.C.), equal 3. Time, 27 2-5 secs.(record. Hurdles: H. May (F.S.), 1;T. Hughes (F.S.), 2; Clerk (H.S.), 3.Time, 11 4-5 secs. (record). High Jump:D. Cracknell (S.P.S.), 1; G. Pullen(S.V.C.), 2; H. May (F.S.), 3. Height,4ft. 7ins. (record). Broad Jump: G.Pollen (S.V.C.), 1; D. Delaney (S.P.S.),2; D. Cracknell (S.P.S.), 3. Distance,1 5ft. 23ins. (record). Relay: S.V.C., 1;P.S., 2; S.P.S., 3. Time, 56 3-5 secs.

Under 13.- lOOyds.: I. McDonald(S.P.S.), 1; W. Cooper (H.S.), 2; R.Cornish (H.S.), '3. Time, 13 secs. (equalrecord). 220yds.: N. Graves (S.P.S.), 1;R. Cornish (H.S.), 2; W. Cooper (H.S.),3. Time, 264-5 secs. (record). HighJump: C. Campbell (F.S.), 1; S. Findlay(F.S.), 2; J. Chapman (S.V.C.), 3.Height, 4ft. 3ins. (record). Broad Jump:T. Barker (S.P.S.), 1; B. Olbrich(S.V.C.), 2; W. Cooper (H.S.), 3. Dis-tance, 14ft. un. Relay: H.S. 1; S.P.S.,2; F.S., 3. Time, 58 secs.

Under 12.-75yds.: 3; Sorel! (H.S.),1; D. Bennett (F.S.), 2; N. Swan (H.S.),3. Time, 10 secs. lOOyds.: J . Sorell(H.S.), 1; D. Bennett (F.S.), 2; N. Swan(H.S.),.3. Broad Jump: N. Swan (H.S.),1; J. Allison (F.S.), 2; G. McWatt(S.V.C.) and J . Sore!! (H.S.), equal 3.High Jump: J. Chapman (S.V.C.), 1;D. Gibb (H.S.) and G. Parker (S.P.S.),equal 2. Relay: H.S., 1; F.S., 2; S.V.C.,3. Time, 611-5 secs.

Under 11.-75yds.: D. O'Neill (S.V.C.),1; T. Brothers (H.S.), 2; J . Upchurch(F.S.), 3. Time, 10 1-5 secs. (record):lOOyds.: A. Brothers (H.S.), 1; D. O'Neill(S.V.C.), 2; J . Eastwood (S.P.S.), 3.Time, 13 2-5 secs (record). High Jump:A. Doyle (S.V.C.), 1; C. Lester (F.S.),2; K. Brammall (H.S.), 3. Height, 3ft.lOins. (record). Relay: H.S., 1; S.V.C.,2; F.S., 3. Time, 43 1-5 secs. (record).

Under 10.-75yds.: L. Nolloth (F.S.)and J. Grant (H.S.), equal 1; D. Mc-Dougall (H.S.) , 3. lOOyds.: D. McDougall(H.S.), 1; D. Smith (S.P.S.), 2; L. Nol-loth (F.S.), 3. Time, 14 secs. (record).Relay: H.S., 1; S.P.S., 2; F.S.,3. Time,44 secs. (record).


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THE ANNUAL JUNIOR SCHOOLATHLETIC MEETING, 1948

The annual Athletic Meeting was heldthis year on 15th October. Athletes atHutchins are unfortunate in that theyfrequently have to compete, not merelywith each other, but with the weather aswell. This year the weather was so badthat most of the preliminary events hadto be run off under anything but idealconditions. Fortunately, Sports Day itselfwas a splendid day, though the track wasrather heavy. In spite of these handicaps,however, performances were of a fairlyhigh standard.

A unique feature of this year's sportsmeeting was the hoisting of colouredflags of the three Houses on a flagstaffby the Result Board Steward on thecompletion of each event; the order ofthe flags representing the position of theHouses in regard to the House Trophyfor athletics.

This year the House Trophy was wonby Montgomery House with 701 points,closely followed by Hay House with 68points, and Nixon House with 39-i points.Results:

Under 9.-75yds.: Hodgman (N.), 1;Brodribb (M.), 2; Chen (M.), 3. Time,111-5 secs.

Shuttle Relay, 4 x 75yds. (2 boys under9, 2 boys under 10): Montgomery, 1;Hay, 2; Nixon, 3.

Under 10.-75yds.: Grant (M.), 1;White (M.), 2; McDougall (H.), 3.Time, 11 secs. 100yds.: McDougall (H.),1; (Talker (M.), 2; White (M.), 3. Time,14 2-5 secs.

Under 1l.-75yds.: Brothers (M.), 1;Goodfellow (M.), 2; Elliston (H.), 3.Time, 11 secs. lOOyds.: Goodfellow (M.),1; Brothers (M.), 2; Elliston (H.), 3.Time, 14 1-5 secs. High Jump: Gibb(M.), 1; Brammall (N.), 2; Gough (M.),3. Height, 3ft. 8ins. Relay (4 x 75yds.):Montgomery, 1; Nixon, 2; Hay, 3.

Under 12.-75yds.: Sorell (H.), 1;Swat (H.), 2; Clerk (N.), 3. Time,10 1-5 secs., iOOyds.: Sore11 (H.), 1;Swan (H.) and Minton-Taylor (N.',equal 2. Time, 13 3-5 secs. Broad Jump:

Sore11 (H.), 1; Swan (H.), 2; Loney(M.)'3. Distance, 12ft. 7ins. HighJump: Clerk (N.), 1; Fergusson (H.)and Minton-Taylor (N.), equal 2. Height,3ft. 7ins. Relay (4 x lloyds.): Hay, 1;Nixon, 2; Montgomery, 3.

Under 13.-lOOyds.: Cooper (H.) andCornish (H.), equal 1; Lord (M.), 3.Time, 13 2-5 secs. ZOOyds.: Cooper (H.),1; Cornish (H.), 2; Lord (M.), 3. Time,28 2 secs. Broad Jump: Cooper (H.), 1;Cornish (H.), 2; Boyes (N.), 3. Distance,lift. 81ins. High Jump: Hull (M.), 1;Cooper (H.), 2; Fergusson (H.), 3.Height, 3ft. 9ins. Relay (4 x lloyds.):Hay, 1; Montgomery, 2; Nixon, 3.

Open.-lOOyds.: Blacklow (M.), 1;Hirst (H.), 2; Geen (N.), 3. Time, 132-5 secs. ZZOyds.: Rogers (N.), 1; Black-low (M.), 2; Hirst (H.), 3. Time, 32secs. 70yds. Hurdles: Blacklow (M.), 1;Joyce (N.), 2; Banks-Smith (H.), 3.Time, 11 2 . 5 secs. Broad Jump: Black-low (M.) 1; Joyce (N.) and Nettlefold(M.), equal 2. Distance, 12ft. 9-;E ins.High Jump: Blacklow (M.), 1; Joyce(N.), 2; Geen (N.), 3. Height, 4ft. 2ins.

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CRICKET

Our team played two rounds of matchesagainst the other three Junior PublicSchools of Hobart. We were successfulin winning only one of these games, butall matches were closely contested andsome good individual performances wererecorded. Banks-Smith, Cooper and vonBibra were our outstanding boys.

At the time of writing this report theHouse Match roster is under way.

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FOOTBALLOur inter-School football record this

year is not very bright for we won onlytwo matches out of six. The House foot-ball was very well contested, with HayHouse taking the honours.

A.H.

Davis (Durgess)-"The tattered outlaw of the earth,Of ancient, crooked will."

Shelton (Shocks)-"Youth now flees on feathered foot."

Evans (Taffy)-"He can root up an oakWith a whisk of his nose."

Woodward (Myrtle) -"He leapt to arms unbidden,Unneeded, overbold."

Heckscher (Minnie)-"Which are more full of fate,The stars or those sad eyes?"

Hadrill (The Cad)-"Of what is he thinkingBetween those wide ears?"

Smith (Colvin)-"Wee, sleekit, cow'rin', tim'rous

beastie."(P.S.-The creator of the above pre-

fers to remain anonymous).

MysteryThat justly famous and indefatigable

sleuth shop, the prefects' study, has beencredited with an unsolved mystery. It hasbeen filed under the heading of the "wire-less wireless." Although magnifyingglasses and third-degree methods wereused unsparingly, the culprit, like thesugar in our tea, is still an unknownquantity. One theory put forward wasthat the "wadio fwequency was all wong."This could be so, for, as the "Shadow"says, at 9 o'clock every Friday night,"Who knows?"

SupperFor those readers of little or no nous,

the following is a description of thesupper-time rush in the boarding-house:

As the prefect taking prep, puts awayhis pen and picks up his books, all work(?) ceases. Faces one would usually de-scribe as bovine light up with eager ex-pectation. Toes seek footholds for asudden push-off, and bodies sidle to theuttermost edges of chairs. The prefectopens his mouth, but the words, "Youcan go now," are drowned in a babel ofsounds and cries that would make ajazz convention sound seraphic.

First to reach the door is "Dr. Cyclops,"sho makes a stirring sight as he flat-foots it down the passage, his beautifullygroomed hair streaming in his wake."Shocks," who is close behind the maddoctor, provides a striking contrast ashe bounces along on his toes in anprovedsprinting style, his flowing beard givinghim a faintly patriarchal look.

When the turn into the common-roomis reached, "Cyclops," unable to slackenspeed, continues after his nose andcrashes into the wall. Fortunately, mostof the shock is absorbed by the overcoatrack, so the wall escapes unscathed. Thisleaves "Shocks" out in front. It is hardto pick second, as the rest are in oneseething, fighting, biting, kicking, shout-ing, struggling mass. Ah! But somethingis leading the mob. It is no single person.What can it be? Is it? No; but yes! itis a stomach, and it is closely followedby "Curly" Best.

When this conglomeration reaches thesupper-room it slowly gives up thestruggle and forms a queue in whichspent forces are gathered for yet anotherstrenuous attack-one upon the supper.

A Visit to the Study

Although we boarders are nothingbut "typical Australian larrikins," wehave among us one of a nobler strain.One of "The Poets." His claim to famefollows:

He's wielding his cane like an overseer,Through patience and practice long,And standing outside I tremble with

fearAt the sound of its whistling song.In a second or two he will open the

door,With a creak like a funeral dirge,And I'll enter in silence and bend to

the floor,While emotions of fear through me

surge.The remaining verses of this poem

may be had by applying at W. Hume'snew address of "The Mantelpiece,"Room 9.

Ave Atque Vale

Since the last Boarders' Budget thehouse has been rather cramped by thearrival of four new boys. When groupedtogether one would think they were afar greater crowd.

These newcomers are welcome, how-ever, for next year many of the "oldbrigade" will be big business men, "RoadScholars" and the like, so new blood willbe badly wanted. To those coming backit is hoped next year will be an enjoyableone, and that those leaving will alwaysremember the few (some cynics mighteven say the very few) moments of hap-piness and horseplay they have had esboarders.

'H D( H flD 9 DPT H Hfl.JDLH}LI ).LllU)

What is life if full of care, Looking through a poetry book someWe have no time to stand and stare; time ago the following definitions ofNo time to stand beneath the showers "notorious" boarders were filched:-And soak and soak and soak for hours?As any boarder will tell you, life with-

Wills (Maxie)-

out leisure would be as incongruous as With monstrous head and sicken-

Wills without a voice. ing cry."


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ItemsThen my courage backs me up again.

I wrench the door open and almost in-audibly chatter, "Who's there?"

I see a dim outline of a man beforeme, and when he answers I recognisehim to be the milkman, who says, "Ican't find your cat in this dark, mister."

D. M. Gibb, Remove 13

FRIGHTIt is a dark night, with wind and rain

prevailing, as I lie in bed listening andthinking.

As I listen, I hear a faint noise. Isit imagination? No, there they are again.Would they be burglars? I decide that itmust be. I creep downstairs, grab apoker, and creep to the back door. Atthe doorway I hesitate, as if in fear.

Prefects

THIS issue nearly appeared under the

heading of "Pelicans' Pars.," but asPearson and Rush comprise but a smallproportion of the prefects, such a titlewould be misleading.

Rush was the outstanding prefect of theterm when his attempt at pearl-diving inthe Derwent was splurged across "TheMercury" as a near-fatal accident. Heis back to normal (physically) once again,however, and is considering forming an"Ice-berg Club" in Hobart.

Heckscher let the coming exams preyupon him; his nerves stretched, strainedand snapped under this truly horribleordeal. He has been recuperating for thepast week in a nice, soft bed, and "swot-ting" Dorothy L. Sayers and JohnBuchan. To quote Pearson, "How ishe, eh?"

Pearson has become, a little prema-turely, a Channel orchardist. We cannow expect a marked increase in codlinmoth and apple cores from that part ofthe world. But, knowing of his indis-pensability to the football and athleticteams, he paid the School a short visitto be in the photos.

Renney was responsible for a broaden-ing of our literary field by presentingthe study with two "westerns" and abook of short stories by Guy de Maupas-sant. The "westerns" were great, and

THE GIRL OF TODAY

JLEANT against the wall and watchedthe dancers gliding round and round

and roundSuddenly a couple stopped. The girl

vigorously pushed the boy away fromher and swiftly walked to a seat at theside of the hail, sat down, put her coatover her shoulders and started smokinga cigarette.

At this cavalier treatment her rejectedswain's jaw dropped alarmingly. Then(he seemed used to such situations) hegave a wry smile and edged his way offthe floor. About two minutes later I sawhim cornering a bend with great gustoand a new partner.

Now this incident could show ma---things. The never-say-die attitude oftoday's youth. The choosiness of themodern miss, or such a situation as thiscould be used as an advertisement forsoap. But I shall use it to illustrate the"Girl of Today."

For instance, never before since mencould club women and get away with it(and the women) has a girl been able todismiss a suitor in such contemptuousfashion in a public place. Never beforesince the world began would a partnertake such treatment so calmly. And evenmore shattering, never before have younggirls smoked in public.

All these facts show girls have changed.It would be foolish to think that any onegirl is the average type, for every one hasat least slight differences. I have dividedthem into three sections that on the sur-face look as far apart as the poles,although I suppose under their skinlike all women before them, they are verymuch alike. Here are my three divisionsof today's girl: the Career Girl, theMantrap, and the Plain but Honest (toohonest) type.

By a career girl I mean the type whopassed her Matric., at fifteen or sixteenyears of age and was either a terrific sportor an utter failure. She is now at theUniversity taking, amongst other sub-

jects, chemistry, physics and biology. Shewears glasses, close-cropped hair and acigarette in her mouth. By the way, theseintellectuals are the only species of femalewho smoke for enjoyment and not effect.She is either flat-chested or mountainous,rarely the eye-catching in-between. An-other distinctive characteristic of theintellectual career girl is that she swearsand means it.

I do not include typistes and milk-barattendants as career girls; to any manof experience the reason is obvious!!

Then we have the female I have namedas the "mantrap." This type of girl hasto be blessed with a better than averagefigure and looks, but she must have thatintangible something that attracts men toher like moths to a flame. To makethemselves even more desirable they spraythemselves with scents of potent smelland name. When hollows appear beneaththeir eyes they fill them in with powder,and if the lips start to wither with theyears, lipstick is the revitaFizer used.These "mantraps" live until about thirtyyears of age by being escorted and paidfor night after night by young men ofmoney and very little brain. At thirtyor thereabouts they make a supreme effortto infuse a little warmth into their selfishsouls, and snare some foolish person andhis money for life.

But, like the poor, we always havewith us the plain but honest type ofgirl—the decent but uninspiring sort.The kind of girl one pours one's troublesto when jilted by the latest. However.once our shattered morales are patchedUP, we once more venture into the wildshoping fervently to feel a sharp tug atour pockets, signifying we are trapped.

If, to get the girl of today, we combinethe types described, I would say that thefollowing description would be fairlyaccurate:

She would be slightly cynical, inde-pendent, but hoping for someone onwhom to be dependent. Until she foundthis person she would contemptuously

RED RYDERRed Ryder's a Western,A cowboy you know;He's good with his listsAgainst all his foes.His horse is named Thunder,A fine, glossy black;He never does blunder,And always comes back.His companion's Little Beaver,A Red Indian child;His pony's named Papoose,And so very mild.

E. M. Lillei', lila

THE UNLUCKY FISHERMAN

As I sit in my boat on the Murray,And cunningly cast Out my line,

I imagine myself at breakfast,With a cod that suits my design.

But the fishes are not very hungry,Or perhaps I have the wrong bait;

Something must happen shortly,Or nothing I'll have on my plate.

Ah! Now I feel things are moving;A tug, a pull and a jerk—

But all I catch for my labourIs a worn-out, discarded old shirt.

Mark Chen, Remove B

Pars0we've been told that de Maupassant istoo, so we are rightly very grateful toRenney.

Page-Hanify, Renney and Heckscherwere three of the "stars" of the School'spresentation of "Toad of Toad Hall."All three were first-class. Courtney, Rushand Pearson also merit high praise fortheir suave and polished ushery. Mr.Jarvis, the producer of the play, wascomplimented on his faultless choice ofboys for the right parts.

Puzzling prefects is the queer pronun-ciation Rush has for "Clerk." He insiststhat it should be said "clurk" instead of"clark." Is he ashamed of the name?

Even our Brains Trust, Hope(ful)Hanify couldn't explain the phenomenon.Maybe Courtney will be a Goodfellowand solve the problem.

Out of this year's inhabitants of thestudy, only Hanify, possibly Renney andHeckscher, will return next year.

We who are leaving wish them and nextyear's prefects the best of luck, and asa proof of our esteem offer them awell-tried formula for a liniment thatsoothes tender ears and bruised gums.This recipe will be left in the found-money tin, weighted down by the solitaryhalf-penny that has been collected thisyear.

M.C.PC.



dismiss all ideas of marriage. She wouldput beautiful clothes and personal plea-sure before most things in life. Shewould have a fear of poverty and age,but no fear of men. In a tight cornershe would be superb, but nine times outof ten would have a crying fit after theordeal was over.

In other words, the girl of today knowsA the answers and is proud of it, butdeep down she would like to think thatthere were some questions she could notanswer.

M. C. P. Courtney, VIa

ON MOWING THE LAWNLAWNS, like women, are fickle crea-

tures. Women must be petted, lawnsmust be mowed. Just as there is an artin playing Don Juan to the female kind,-so are there mystic practices associatedwith the ancient rite of mowing a lawn.But, before I introduce you to thesepractices, there are one or two rules con-nected with the times of the year at whicha lawn can be- safely mown which youshould first know.

In the first place (if you'll pardon myjargon), never cut a lawn in spring.The reason for this is obvious to all gar-den lovers, but in case you are not oneof that breed, I shall explain my reasons.In spring, when a young man's fancylightly turns to love, the grass is com-mencing to shoot—not bullets—but smallinoffensive grass shoots. Now if oneruns a mower over the green verdure atthis time of the year, in all probabilitythese tender shoots will be hurt andseverely damaged by the ordeal. So,if you want a good lawn in the summermonths, do not cut it in the spring.

My second word of advice refers to-winter mowing. Should the weather liftsufficiently that the tangled growth oflawn can be seen to invite one's ow'attention and one's neighbour's commentabout "these ill-kept lawns," then resistthe temptation to mow it, or your well-meant efforts might leave fatal results.As any horticulturist will tell you, inwinter there are young roots growingfew inches below the ground which couldquite easily be damaged by the wheels ofthe lawn-mower, thus preventing furthergrowth. Therefore, let your grass gro -wild during the winter.

Now that summer days are here againand the urge to work in the garden fallsupon one, and realizing also that fore--warned is forearmed, let me present thefollowing words of advice. Grass, ittsummer, is struggling for moisture

through lack of rain, and should theresistance of the grass be further weak-ened by cutting is, leaving open gashesthrough which its life's blood may slowlyseep out, then bare patches and dead,withered grass will be the result of yourpains. So, if you wish to destroy yourgrass, cut it in summer.

In autumn the leaves fall from thetrees on the ground beneath, and ifyou run a mower over it at that timeof the year, excess acid juices are libera-ted from the cut and deciduous leaves,rendering the soil acid, and destroytthe nutriment of the grass. Need I sayany more? The moral: d0 not cut yourlawn in autumn.

Finally, if these arguments fail topersuade your paternal guardian that thelawn does not need mowing, then all islost, and it only remains for you to goout and take your medicine like a man.

C. Page-Hanify, VIa

INCOGNITO

was the most unsoldierly new mem-ber of his regiment in World War

II. Older than most of the recruits, eventhe Labour Battalion for which he hadenlisted, he seemed in many respects tobe the rawest of the raw. No one knewhim, and he breathed not a word of hispast. He made few friends, though thosehe made seemed to see something in himwhich held them closer to him than mostso-called cobbers. However, even his cob-bers thought him aloof and cold, con-sidering the way in which they werethrown together in the military life of thebarracks near Darwin.

None could say that he was a hero,or had any aspirations to qualify as one.And certainly he had little chance tobecome one in a labour battalion com-prised mostly of old-stagers and youths.The only noteworthy thing anyone eversaw him do about the camp was onedaywhen the mongrel of a dog which thcamp had adopted as a pet was in dangerof being obliterated by a -10-ton bull-dozer, he leapt under the very caterpillarsto save it.

About a year after his joining up.word was received that a dug-out Generalfrom Sydney was on his way to carryout a routine inspection of the camp.The officers began to get busy. The troopswere warned to use spit and polish oneverything before the parade which theGeneral was to inspect. "Barnacle Bill,"as they called old Smith, seemed "fed-up"with the prospects of such an inspection."I've had 'em before they begin," he

told his best cobber. But as the inspectionhour approached he found enough in-terest to ask what was the brass-hat'sname. On learning it he suddenly be-came more silent than usual, and slunkaway.

The hour of inspection arrived, andthe General went around the camp andworking-parties to see them at their jobs."Barnacle Bill" was laying some railwaysleepers when the General came up a-him, but Bill kept on with his work, andhad his back to the General. But theColonel of the battalion liked an occa-sional man to confront the General forcloser inspection. "Smith," he called,"the General would like a word with you."Bill turned slowly to face the General."Good God, Smith, what in Heaven'sname are you doing here?" the astoundedGeneral exploded. Bill could only smile."Why, do you know, Colonel, this manwas in my regiment in World War I."The Colonel looked surprised., "And,"continued the General, "I have jollygood cause to remember him. You see,Colonel, he happened to save my life."Then, turning sharply to Smith, he said,"Yes, and look here Smith, I've a dressparade for the lot of you soon, and ifyou don't wear your V.C. ribbon, there'llbe a deuce of a row!"

D. Thomas, Inter.

NO CHANCE

MARMADUKE Smith was a cowardand a bad character. He was born

a coward, but his character had been inthe process of deterioration for sometime.

His father was a very respectablegentleman, manager of an importantbranch of his firm's trading banks. Hewas worth a considerable sum of money,too. The money was to go to his otherson when he died, his wife having diedearlier, some little time after Marina-duke's first gaol sentence for breakingand entering.

You see, Marmaduke gambled when-ever he had enough money to play pennypoker. Thus, - his funds intermittentlyrose- to moderate heights and fell toconsiderable depths. In short, he foundhimself heavily in debt. In the lattercase he found it necessary to obtainmoney by illegal means. He always paidhis debts, for it was made clear to himthat if he didn't, he would "disappear."

But now he was in the clutches of agang who operated throughout Aust-ralia. 'Louie the Fat' told him: "You've

got two weeks to produce that thousand,and don't try to 'disappear' yourself.. Youcome and see me every other day, elseI'll tell the boss to send the boys afteryou, see?" "Yes," gulped Marmaduke.

He was desperate now. How couldhe get so much money? Fantasticschemes grew in his head only to berejected, until he thought of his relatives.Here was more than a thousand, couldhe lay his haisda on it! But it could notbe stolen; the only thing to do was tokill his father, and his brother, too, sincethe money was to go to him. Murder!But who was it to be, someone else orhim? Which was the easier to evade, thegang or the police? Marmaduke de-cided to evade the police; he had nochance against the gang.

He went to see someone who couldhelp him. "Smoky," he said, "I want youto make me a time bomb, to go off at7 o'clock tomorrow night." That waswhen his two relatives always playedchess together in the sitting-room. "You'llhave to make it in a hurry, I want ittonight." "That's alright," said Smoky,"I've got one, it'll only take a few minutesto set, but don't drop the thing or you'llblow yourself into the middle of nextweek. Just be careful with it."

That night Marmaduke's relatives wereout, luckily, so he came in the pantrywindow to plant the bomb. While gettingin, however, he dropped his torch andsmashed it. He groped through variousrooms, trying to find the sitting-room, forhis memory was foggy and he had notbeen there for years. At last he cameup against a door he recognised by acurious ornament on it. The sitting-roomat last! Now he had only to find thatloose board, which he could remembercomparatively well, and put the bombunder it. His victims would have nochance of knowing it was there, hethought, as he took the bomb from hiscarefully padded pocket.

He opened the door, walked confidentlyin, fell over a case of books, and as theLomb went flying from his hand he re-alised . . . -

(The End)I. P. Phillips. VII,

ELGAR

SIR Edward Elgar, who died in 1934,was perhaps the greatest English

composer since Purcell. Following Pur-cell, English music ceased to rank withthe foremost music of Europe, and duringthe Victorian era, was at its lowest ebb.



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However, at the beginning of the twen-tieth century, English music was begin-fling to see the light of day again withthe advent of Elgar.

The great composer was born in 1857.His father kept a music shop, but wasunable to afford a musical education forhis son. Although the young Elgar didnot have a proper musical education,his music did not suffer. He had occa-sional lessons on the violin, but wasmainly self-taught. His organ playingin a Roman Catholic Church, followed byplaying the bassoon in a wind quintetand conducting the band of the locallunatic asylum gave him a great know-ledge of scoring and of musical tech-nique. Perhaps Elgar's music would nothave been as great as it was had he beengiven all he wanted. The hard roadto the top often produces greater thingsthan from a man who did not have towork and struggle to get there. I thinkthis is so in the case of Elgar.

The fact that Elgar lived until 1934,and wrote the greatest of his works soonafter the turn of the century, wouldenable one to class him as a moderncomposer. The term "modern" in musicis ambiguous; a modern composer ma"be one who is discovering new ways ofexpressing himself, or he may be onewho, although modern in relation totime, is conservative in his ideas. Elge'belongs to the latter type of composer.He was not an original composer, hepreferred to write in the style of thanineteenth century symphonists. How-ever, he did not imitate these; no onebut Elgar could have written his music.

Elgar's music displays a certain amountof pomp. Neville Cardus has said, "Thereis usually a touch of the ceremonial inElgar's music, it is either Opening orClosing something. Elgar's emotion isfrequently a public, not a private emo-tion." This aptly sums up one side ofElgar. An example of this side of Elgar'smusic can be found in his symphonies.

He could also write music which waspersonal in character, for example theEnigma Variations. This work shr-''Elgar as a human being. Quoting Mr.Cardus once more, "In the Enigma Varia-tions we find Elgar the man of the worldof sane human relationships; he depictshimself among his friends in his mostoriginal work. Here is the Elgar knownby the few who were allowed to get nearhim."

And yet another side of this remark-able composer is the religious aspect of

his music. Elgar could be deeply religious;the Dream of Gerontius—a setting tomusic of verses by Cardinal Newman—depicts him in this aspect, and the secondmovement of the Violin Concerto is verydevotional in character. Actually, theViolin Concerto would do to sum upElgar's qualities. The opening theme ofthe first movement shows us the Elgarof the pomp and ceremony; the secondmovement, the religious Elgar; and por-tion of the third movement, the personaland intimate Elgar.

Edward Elgar has done much to putEngland back on the map in respect tomusic. The symphonies and orchestralworks are able to appear on concert pro-grammes with the works of Beethovenand Brahms, and not be "dwarfed instature."

J. P. Morris. VIa

WORDS

WHAT a strange subject. I must becrazy to hope to write on "words."

Now I come to think of it, it is a sillysubject . - - especially English words.

Who ever heard of a bird soundingthe same as a herd, or, for that matter,-a rush to the bush is entirely differentfrom a rough cough. Getting a little con-fused? Yes, so am I. What a sillysubject.

Then there's a fair fare, but not asore saw to soar; they're just the same.In Hobart you might easily say, "Whatabout a rein on the rain's reign?" Well,that's notwrong, but it doesn't seemright . . . which is what I am tryinto point out.

You have to remember that the farmerhas to shear the wether whether theweather is good or not. It can still beapplied to a ride on a raw door, or inLou's shoes. You may say the flute shootsnewts, but it really is quite stupid whenwe go on with such as queer fear of thebier, and fun with one's young son.But they aren't as bad as some otherconcoctions such as keys, quays, freeze,bees, seas and skis. What a silly subject.

The case of raise, bays and blaze isjust another phase in this strange collec-tion of absurd words called the Englishlanguage. If they are spelt the same,they are pronounced differently; if theysound the same, then they are sure to bespelt differently; and if they are spel-and sound the same - . . something iswrong.

It seems to me to be difficult enoughJ ust to work out how to spell and pro-nounce this language without somebodyinventing a subject on it to teach inschools.

(P.S—I suppose some half-wit willwrite an absurd composition on this sub-j ect one day . . - there are people likethat, you know).

R. S. Valentine, VIb

INK

JN approaching such a controversialquestion as ink, I realise that I shall

be laying myself open to attack from ink-lovers throughout the world, but, never-theless, my endeavour will be to give mycandid opinion on the matter.

Ink has caused more trouble than theserpent in the Garden of Eden; yes, andI even venture to say that there willalways be trouble in the world until inkis recognised as Public Enemy NumberOne. Officially, the dictionary defines inkas "kinds of writing fluid for writing orprinting," but behind those innocentsounding words lie evil and sinster mean-ings. Why! William the, Conqueror wouldnot have invaded England had he notseen it inked on the map.

Many a happy home has been brokenby the ink which poor, unfortunate menhave spilt on their wives' best tablecloths.Then again, who would not be annoyedwhen he sees this horrible black substance(I dare not mention its name) runningall over his taxation returns. In some ofthe minor dramas of life ink has playthe part of chief villain; for instance.many a schoolboy has been punishedfor inky work. Undoubtedly, ink is thegreatest problem of our modern era, andno decent citizen should rest until it iswiped off the face of the earth.

By the way, in case you do not know,last night a blotting-paper manufacturerrefused me his daughter's hand in mar-riage.

K. Webster, Inter.

POLONAISE

FREDERICK Francois Chopin was bornon February 8th, 1810, in Zelazowa

Wola, near Warsaw. His family was ofFrench origin, but, in spite of that, hehas become the most vivid exponent inmusic of Polish nationality..

His first musical training was receivedfrom a Pole named Zwina, a passionateadmirer of J . S. Bach. Prince AntoineBadziwill then took an interest in him,and gave him a good education at one ofWarsaw's leading colleges.

Chopin's genius admitted him to thebest circles of Polish society, at that timeunrivalled in Europe for its liberal ap-preciation of artistic gifts. Chopin, how-ever, unlike Strauss, never strove to be-come a popular composer. His worksspeak of the salon, not of the beer-garden.

At college he received a thorough train-ing in music from Professosi JosephElsner, Director of the Conservatoire ofWarsaw. His debut as a pianist took placein Vienna, in 1829, and he was imme-diately acclaimed as a genius. In 1831he left Vienna to visit London, but wasso captivated by Paris that he settledthere. From 1837 his health began tofail, and he finally succumbed to tuber-culosis in 1849.

Chopin's music is always expressive andmelodious. The study in E major containsa supreme example of melody, and thePolonaise in A major and the much ill-treated Polonaise in A flat major betraya strongly patriotic nature. Chopin alwaysrecognised the short piano-piece as hisbest means of expression. His two Con-certos, though very melodiouus, are sadlylacking in orchestration, a subject whichhe never entirely grasped.

Chopin's only equal as a pianist washis great friend, Franz Liszt. We areindebted to a distinguished English ama-teur for the, following description of hisplaying:

"Imagine a delicate man, of extremerefinement of mien and manner, sittingat the piano and playing with no swayingcf the body and scarcely any movementof the arms, depending entirely upon hisnarrow, feminine hands and slender fin-gers. His delicate pianissimos were ofindescribable effect. Even in energeticpassages h scarcely exceeded an ordinarymezzoforte. His playing, as a whole, wasunique in its kind, and no tradition of itcan remain, for there is no school ofChopin the pianist, for the obvious reasonthat he could never be regarded as apublic player, and his best pupils werenearly all amateurs."

D. Shepherd, VIa

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OBITUARY

IT is with regret that we record thedeaths of the following Old Boys:

—H. Allison (19034,620), H. A,Dawes (1875-826), E. W. Hickman(Queen's), D. P. Studdard (1928-2,937), P. B. C. Walch (1885-1,145),H. Warlow-Davies (1932-3,168).

ENGAGEMENTS

ATKINSON, T. A. S., to Miss FrancisA. Read.

BEZETTE, I. G., to Miss P. Crisp.BURBURY, P. S., to Miss H. Tuck.CHAMBERS. D. M., to Miss Mary

Sweetingham.DOWNIE, G. C., to Miss G. E. Hynes.FYSH, W. L., to Miss Elizabeth M.

Freeman.HORNSBY, R. J., to Miss Betty P.

Fyfe.

KENNEDY, John, to Miss Lorna P.Brewer.

McINTYRE, R. J. S., to Miss PatriciaM. Finlay.

SCARR, James, to Miss PeggyWatson.

MARRIAGES

ABBOTT, Dr. N. D. G., to Miss Jos-celyn Butler.

GRAY, G. S., to Miss H. Davis.HAMMOND, G. G., to Miss Marjorie

Scott.LACEY, John F., to Miss Mary L. P.

Johnston.MAY, Rev. John L., to Miss Barbara

M. Orton.ROBERTSON, G. W., to Miss K. P.

Lord.SEATON, P., to Miss Dorothy Cal-

vert.SHEA, L. L., to Miss Enid Jacob.

STAUNTON-SMITH, M. R., to MiseFaye Batt.

TAYLOR, D. R., to Miss Jean Irwin.THOROLD, John, to Miss Barbara

Archer.TUNBRIDGE, John H., to Miss S.

Stearnes.WERTHEIMER, Arnold K., to Miss

Norma D. Stranger.

BIRTHS

ASHTON-JONES.--To Mr. and Mrs.G. Ashton-Jones: a daughter.

BENNETT.—To Mr. and Mrs W. T.Bennett: a son.

BOSS-WALKER.—To Mr. and Mrs.G. Boss-Walker: a son.

BOWERMAN.—To Mr. and Mrs. W.P. Bowerman: a son.

BURBURY.—To Mr. and Mrs. DavidBurbury: a daughter.

BURBURY.—To Mr. and Mrs. Geoff.Burbury: a daughter.

CHALMERS.—To Mr. and Mrs. R.H. Chalmers: a daughter.

CHAMBERS.—To Mr. and Mrs. T. I.Chambers: a son.

COLE.—To Mr. and Mrs. L. Cole: ason.

D'ANTOINE.—To Mr. and Mrs. L.D'Antoine: a daughter.

DOBSON.—To Dr. and Mrs. J. Dob-son: twin daughters.

DUDGEON.—To Mr. and Mrs. D. G.Dudgeon: a son.

GIBSON.—To Mr. and Mrs. GeorgeGibson ,a son.

GIBSON.—To Mr. and Mrs. J. L.Gibson: a son.

GROVES.—To Mr. and Mrs. EwartGroves: a son.

HALE.—To Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Hale:a daughter.

HUDSON.—To Dr. and Mrs. R. J.Hudson: a daughter.

HURBURGH.—To Mr. and Mrs. M.Hurburgh: a daughter.

MACLEOD.—To Mr. and Mrs. T. H.Macleod: a son.

MILLER.—To Mr. and Mrs. C. M.Miller: a daughter.

McKAY.—To Mr. and Mrs. G. A.McKay: a daughter.

NICHOLAS.—To Mr. and Mrs. AlanNicholas: a daughter.

PHELAN.—To Mr. and Mrs. F. J.Phelan: a son.

PHILLIPS.—To Mr. and Mrs. JohnB. Phillips: a son.

RICHARDSON—To Mr. and Mrs. H.E. Richardson: a daughter.

SARGISON.—To Mr. and Mrs. AlanSargison: a daughter.

STEVENS.—To Mr. and Mrs. GeoffStevens: a son.

TAYLOR—To Mr. and Mrs. J. M.Taylor: a son.

THOMPSON.—To Mr. and Mrs. J. G.Thompson: a daughter.

TYSON.—To Mr. and Mrs. G. M.Tyson: a daughter.

WALCH.—To Major and Mrs. R. F.Walch: a daughter.

WARLOW-DAVIES.—To Mr. andMrs. Warlow-Davies: a daughter.

WILSON.—To Dr. and Mrs. W. W.Wilson: a daughter.

GENERALRecord prices for Stud Merino Ram

sold in Tasmania were obtained byJohn M. Taylor at July sales.

For the Inter-state Amateur Foot-ball Carnival, E. E. Rodwell (Capt.),K. E. Cossum, W. L. Fysh and N. M.Jack gained selection in the twenty-three players. Rodwell, unfortun-ately, had to withdraw on account ofan injury received a few weeks beforethe departure of the team. W. L.Fysh was then appointed vice-cap-tain. R. W. Vincent was the managerof the side.

G. H. R. (Ron) Marsland awardedU.S. Bronze Star Medal, in recog-nition of gallantry during the war inthe South West Pacific.

Henry W. Brammall awarded 1stPrize in The Australian BroadcastingCommission's feature competition.Title of the entry was "WhalingUnder the Midnight Sun." It will berecalled that H.W.B. shipped with aNorwegian whaling expedition to theAntarctic before the war.

P. B. Walker has been admitted tothe degree of Bachelor of Law, bythe Tasmanian University Council.

Amongst the Accountancy studentswho passed in subjects in the lastexaminations the following Old Boysnames were noted: H. C. P. Cuthbert,B. Sampson, G. B. Plummer, N. J.Ruddock (1st Tasmania CommercialLaw, Paper 1, Commonwealth Insti-tute, Final), H. J. Whelan, L. J.Brooks, R. B. Walker, F. J. E. John-son, E. Hawson and D. G. Dudgeon.

H. J. Solomon is a Vice-Presidentof the Law Society, whilst new mem-bers of the Council are M. Bethuneand G. G. Blackwood. The Treasureris D. M. Chambers.

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I. C. C. Butler is again Rear Com-modore of the Royal Yacht Club ofTasmania.

South Hobart Cricket Club Presi-dent: H. C. Smith.

Admitted to the Bar: C. G. Brett-ingham-Moore, G. W. Colman andP. B. Walker.

Successful at the August elections,Rouse of Assembly: W. A. Bethune,F. Marriott, W. Jackson, H. W. Strutt(Queen's).

D. K. Brain has been appointedAccountant of the Hobart Branch ofthe E. S. and A. Bank.

J. J. Cowburn won the New Nor-folk Golf Club's Championship.

E. E. Ward has been elected LifeMember of the Royal Hobart BowlingClub, whilst J. Lord has been re-elected President.

L. F. Benjafield, formerly Rectorof Ulverstone, is now Rector of Glen-orchy.

In the recent North v. South Tennismatches, the following Old Boysgained selection: R. Harrison (Men's"A"), W. Ohisen (Captain) and L. J.Brooks (Men's "B").

Dr. L. G. A. Huxley, RhodesScholar 1923, joins Dr. E. C. R.Spooner, at Adelaide University. Len,who has been associated with atomicresearch in Australia, has been ap-pointed Professor of Physics.

Included in the officers of the Tas-manian Farmers' Stockowners' andOrchardists' Association ar: Presi-dent: H. H. Renolds; Vice-Pres-dents: C. J. Parsons, K. Madden, D.J. Burbury, D. F. Calvert, G. A. Dick,T. A. Frankcomb, H. Gatehouse.

R. L. Gorringe and H. J. Whelanwill again be members of the crew of"Tassie Too" in the Albert andForster Cup Races.

During November A. C. (Picker)Newton was in Hobart.

Whilst we regret recording thepassing of Old Boys, it is realizedthat our time must come. However,the death of young Old Boys is alwaysunfortunate. This time we record thedeath of Harry Warlow-Davies, whowas the captain of the A.N.A. airlinerwhich crashed into Mount Macedon,Victoria. Advice has also been re-ceived that D. P. Studdard, a P.O.W.in Malaya, was another who failed tosurvive Nipponese treatment.

Life Members added to the roll are:T. A. S. Atkinson, L. J. Lazenby, R.

P. 1km, N. B. Foster, S. E. A. Pixley,H. Ellis, C. M. Miller, E. V. Terry,J. H. Lucas, N. E. Johnson, T. GYoung, R. H. 1km, A. G. Ramsey, H.0. Harris, R. Kennedy, J. A. Smithand C. A. Bennison.

ANNIVERSARYThe ANNUAL GENERAL MEET-

ING was held on August 30th. ThePresident, Mr. C. E. Waich, presided.

The Annual Report referred toMembership, (which had shown aslight falling off), Branches in otherStates, Activities (which are reportedelsewhere), Finance (Capital Accountstood at £1,405), the future of theSchool, the fact that the Committeehad been in constant touch with theBoard, and the apparent apathy ofOld Boys. The Annual Report of theOld Boys' representatives on theBoard of Management was read byMr. H. D. Erwin and referred toStaff, scholarships, finance, improve-ments and major repairs, Schoolattendances and examination results,also to School Sporting successes.Both reports were discussed togetherand a motion was carried to the effectthat the incoming Committee shouldconvene a Special General Meeting ofmembers to discuss the financialposition of the School.

Election of officers resulted:-President: Brigadier E. M. Dollery,

O.B.E., M.C.; Vice-Presidents: Messrs.C. E. Walch and A. B. White; Hon.Secretary: Mr. H. W. Vincent; Hon.Treasurer: Mr. F. J. E. Johnson;Committee: Messrs. L. G. Chambers,A. E. Gibson, R. J. Hornsby, W. M.Hood, A. E. Parkes, A. B. Richardson.

Subsequently the Committee hasmade the following appointments:Assistant Secretary: A. B. Richard-son. Co-opted t0 General Committee:Messrs. J. Z. Bidencope, G. E. Hodg-son, N. M. Jack, J. H. Rex.

Sub-Committees:-Special Committee to meet Board:

President, Secretary, Messrs. L. G.Chambers, J. Z. Bidencope, J. H.Rex, C. E. Walch.

Finance: President, Secretary,Treasurer, Messrs. J. Z. Bidencopeand L. G. Chambers.

Sports: Messrs. J. H. Rex (Chair-man), A. Murdoch (Golf), C. D. Ran-som (Shooting), A. G. Turner (Foot-ball), G. A. McKay (Cricket), J. M.

Driscoll (Debating), R. S. Hay (Row-ing), P. S. Read (Table Tennis), L.E. Brooks (Tennis), W. L. Fysh(Basket Ball), Headmaster (School).

Social (which covers all social func-tions, including re-unions andluncheons) : C. E. Walch (Chairman),H. J. Hornsby, W. M. Hood, A. E.Parkes, N. B. Foster, A. B. White,A. B. Richardson, with power to co-opt.

Publicity: Messrs. L. G. Chambers,A. E. Gibson, L. J. Brooks, A. G.Turner, P. B. Walker, F. J. E. ,John-son, A. B. Richardson, D. M. Cham-bers, H. L. Collings.

P.S.O.B.A.: President and Secre-tary. Other two members accordingto business to be discussed.

ANNIVERSARY DETAILSTENNIS

v. Masters, lost by 4 rubbers to 0.L. G. Murdoch and I. R. Reeman

lost Gerlach and Nichol 6-5, 3-6,2-6, also to James and Viney 6-5,1-6, 4-6.

R. A. Terry and Marshall lost toGerlach and Nichol 0-6, 0-6, alsoto James and Viney 2-6, 4-6.

v. School, lost by 4 rubbers to 0.GOLF

Len. Nettlefold won the Champion-ship with a 77 off the stick, followedby Des. Arnold 80, Doug. Calvert82, J. A. F. ("Cracker") Morriss84, Ian Gibson, R. B. ("Bushy")Jackson 85 and Archie Wise 88.

Handicap: G. V. Round (20) 70,A. Henry (20) 73, J. Purchas (19)73, D. Arnold (6) 74, D. Calvert (8)74, A. L. Wise, (13) 75.

There was a field of 50 competitors.Corporate Communion and Evensong

These services were well attended,whilst some 30 Old Boys acceptedthe invitation of the Board and Head-master to breakfast at the School.Rev. G. V. Syer gave a most interest-ing and inspiring address at Even-song.102nd Anniversary, 3rd August, 1948

School AssemblyThe President, Mr. C. E. Walch,

gave the address at the School As-sembly, which was not attended byas many Old Boys as one would haveliked to see.

FOOTBALLPlayed on the North Hobart

Ground and won comfortably by the

Present team, who scored 12 goals11 behinds to Old Boys 7 goals 12behinds. Courtney scored 8 goals forthe School, whilst Foster 3, Ruddock2, Gibson and 1km, scored for thethe Old Boys. The Association enter-tained the contestants to afternoontea, which did not affect the Schoolteam to the same extent as it did the'Old Boys.

TABLE TENNISThe day concluded with the Annual

match against the Masters,. Old Boyswinning 10 matches to 2. Results;P. S. Read d. James 21-9, 21-15, alsoGerlach 21-15, 21-9; Hamilton lost.to James 19-21, 14-21, also to Gerlach19-21, 14-21; L. Wall d. McKay 21-18,21-20, also Viney 21-17, 21-18; E.M. Lilley d. McKay 21-18, 21-16, alsoViney 21-14, 19-21, 21-15; Read andHamilton d. James and Gerlach 21-15,21-19, also Viney and McKay 21-4,21-16.

THE ANNIVERSARY BALLWas held at the "Continental" on

Wednesday, 11th August. We aredeeply indebted to a committee ofladies, mostly wives of the Committee,,for their splendid effort as regardsthe supper. This function was not aswell attended as one would expect,.particularly by the usual dancing OldBoy.

RE-UNIONHeld on 14th August, at "Had-

ley's." The attendance was again upto standard, some 90 Old Boys spend-ing a very pleasant evening.

DEBATEJ. M. Driscoll, J. C. McPhee and'

D. C. S. Baker represented the OldBoys against the School. The subjectwas, "We view the past with regretand future with apprehension." OldBoys affirmed and won the debate by13 points.

MINIATURE SHOOTINGWe are indebted to the Army Au-

thorities for conducting this event.A good average all-round perform-ance enabled the Old Boys to snatchvictory against the individual brilli-ance of some members of the SchoolCadet team.

Details:Old Boys-N. H. Thompson 71, R.

S. Hay 71, T. B. Murdoch 70, N. B.

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Foster 70, R. H. Ikin 69, E. M. Dol-lery 67, C. D. Ransom 66, T. D. Simp-son 63; total 547. Counted out: R. W.Freeman and A. B. White.

Cadets—R. Johnston 76, R. Evans75, C. Hand 75, T. Eddington 68, M.Best 63, D. Hume 61, W. Hume 58,H. Calvert 57; total 533. Countedout: H. Glower and M. Wills.

TABLE TENNISOld Boys defeated the School 16

rubbers to 2. Wood lost to Renney21-19, 21-23, 21-23; d. Harris 21-5,21-7; lost to Strutt 10-21, 15-21; d.Vautin 21-10, 21-4.

Bastick d. Vautin 21-7, 21-11, alsoStrutt 21-13, 21-9; also Renney 21-12, 21-10; also Harris 21-13, 21-11.

Ashworth d. Strutt 21-11, 21-15,also Vautin 21-13, 21-15; also Harris21-19, 10-21, 21-16; also Renney 21-12, 21-15.

Tyson d. Harris 21-12, 21-17,also Renney 21-5, 21-12, also Vautin21-0, 21-3, also Strutt 21-12, 21-11.

Tyson and Bastick d. Renney andHarris 21-6, 21-8.

Wood and Ashworth d. Strutt andVautin 21-12, 16-21, 21-10.

ANNIVERSARY, 1949The General Committee of the

Association is already giving con-sideration to the programms for thenext Anniversary. It is proposed toarrange the programme so that thefinal function is on the evening of 3rdAugust, a Wednesday. If you haveany ideas, the Committee would liketo have them. Proposed programme is:

Friday, 29th July—Debating, TableTennis, Shooting.

Saturday, 30th—Golf, Re-Union,Tennis.

Sunday, 31st—Corporate Commun-ion, Breakfast, Evensong.

Monday, 1st August—Table Tennis.Wednesday, 3rd-103rd Annivers-

ary, Assembly, Football, Ball.The Committee is giving con-

sideration to the Re-Union, where tobe held etc., and to the fact that it isnot possible to broadcast the eveningservice.

P.S.O.B.A. TENNISFor the first time since the incep-

tion of the P.S.O.B.A. Tennis Roster,our team has carried off the premier-ship. Other winners have been OldVirgilians and Friends. In this year'sroster, the team went through withonly one defeat, and that by themargin of one set. We wish to con-

gratulate the team on their splendidperformance. Captain was R. E. Har-rison.

Results:Defeated Friends, 3 rubbers 7 sets

51 games to 1 rubber 3 sets 42 games.H. E. Harrison and W. A. Ohlsen

d. Brookes and Peacock 6-4, 6-5, alsoMuir and Thorp 6-0, 6-5.

L. E. Brooks and R. Vernon d.Muir and Thorp 6-3, 1-6, 6-3; lost toBrooks and Peacock 4-6, 6-4, 4-6.

Defeated Clemes, 3 rubbers 7 sets49 games to 1 rubber 2 sets 25 games.

Harrison and Ohlsen d. Burrowsand Wallace 6-0, 6-1, also Forrestand Broadby 6-3, 6-3.

Brooks and Vernon d. Forrest andBroadby 6-1, 6-4; lost to Burrows andWallace 6-1, 4-6, 4-6.

Lost to Old Virgilians by 1 set-2rubbers 4 sets 37 games, to 2 rubbers5 sets 41 games.

Harrison and Ohisen d. Kearneyand Watson 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, also Pat-more and Derrick 6-5, 6-4.

Brooks and Edwards lost to Pat-more and Derrick 1-6, 3-6, also lost toKearney and Watson 4-6, 1-4 (for-feit).

Round 2Defeated Friends, 3 rubbers 7 sets

47 games to 1 rubber 2 sets 22 games.Harrison and Ohlsen d. Thorp and

Thorp 6-0, 6-3, also Brook and Muir6-2, 6-2.

Brooks and Vernon d. Thorp andThorp 6-0, 6-0 (w.o.); lost to Peacockand Muir 6-3, 2-6 7 3-6.

Defeated Clemes, 4 rubbers 8 sets48 games to 18 games.

Harrison and Edwards d. Broadbyand Forrest 6-2, 6-4.

Brooks and Vernon d. Broadby andForrest 6-1, 6-4, also Burrows andWallace 6-1, 6-4.

Defeated Old Virgilians by 3 rub-bers 6 sets 42 games to 1 rubber 2sets 28 games.

Harrison and Ohlsen d. Kearneyand Miles 6-2, 6-1, also Derrick andWatson 6-2, 6-3.

Brooks and Vernon d. Kearney andMiles 6-4, 6-4; lost to Derrick andWatson 2-6, 4-6.

FinalDefeated Friends, 3 rubbers 6 sets

44 games to 1 rubber 2 sets 35 games.Harrison and Edwards d. Muir

and Wilcox 7-5, 6-3, also Brooks andPeacock 6-3, 7-5.

Brooks and Vernon d. Muir andWilcox 6-4, 6-2; lost Brooke andPeacock 5-7, 1-6.

CRICKETOn account of the Clemes College

Old Boys Cricket Team not function-ing this season the P.S.O.B.A. com-petition has ceased to exist. A newcompetition has been commenced andis known as the Southern Old Schol-ars' Cricket Association. Teams form-ing the Association are Friends, Hut-chins, Old Virgilians and Old Hobart-ians. To date only one series of gameshas been played and in our game wewent down by 2 runs to O.V.A. Offic-ers of the S.O.S.C.A. for the 1948-49season are: Chairman, H. C. Smith;Secretary, H. W. Vincent. G. A.McKay has been elected captain, withG. W. Colman as vice, and roster is asfollows:

Round 1Concludes on December 18th, with

Friends game at S.V.C.Round 2

Jan. 8 and 15 v. O.V.A., atHutchins ground.

Jan. 22 and 29 v. O.H.A., at St.Virgil's.

Feb. 5 and 12 v. Friends, atHutchins.

Round 3Feb. 19 and 26 v. O.V.A., at

Hutchins.Mar. 5 and 12 v. O.H.A., at

Hutchins.Mar. 7 v. Friends, at Hutchins.Mar. 19 and 26, Premiers v. Rest.April 2 v. Old Launcestonians.

FOOTBALLIn the Tasmanian Amateur League

Football Roster, Southern Division,the H.S.O.B.A. side eventually finish-ed in third position, being knocked outin the final by Old Hobartians, whowon a thrilling game by 4 points. Wecongratulate O.H.A. on winning thegrand final and the Southern Premier-ship. Their performances in Round 2showed what determination could do.We lost only four matches throughoutthe season, but three of them werethe games against O.H.A. and there-fore results show they had the edgeon us.

During the season E. H.Rodwell,W. L. Fysh, K. Cossurn, N. M. Jack,C. G. Hill and H. S. Bennett gainedplaces in representative sides, whilstJ. Clennett, P. Donovan, and I. Mar-shall played in all roster games.

The team wishes to thank all thosewho assisted in the financial obliga-tions for the year, including G. W.O'Neil, R. W. Vincent, L. E. Rodwell,H. F. Ruddock, W. Bowtell, A.McKay, T. C. Simpson, P. M. Corney,G. A. McKay, W. Jackson, W. Arnold,also those who made direct donationsto the Tasmanian Amateur LeagueCarnival Fund.

Trophies awarded at the end of theseason were won by E. E. Rodwell,(Arthur Walch Memorial and Bestand Fairest), T. A. Wise (Most De-serving), J. Clennett (Consistent).

At the end of the season presenta-tions were also made to Emerson Rod-well, coach of the side, and ArthurTurner, the manager. The work per.formed throughout the season. bthese two has to be seen for one torealize exactly how many off-the-fieldjobs there are to do. Prior to thedeparture of the carnival team, theClub presented Tasmanian Blazers toBill Fysh, Max Jack and Ken Cossum,whilst an attache case was presentedto the manager of the State Team,Ray Vincent.

Social games were played againstour counter part from the North. OldLauncestonians. Both games were wonby the Hutchins side, whilst we alsowon the game played against OldTech. (L'ton).

Financially the Club closed theseason with a very respectable bal-ance, £18/6/5.

Results:Round 1

Previous results in June Magazine.Hutchins, 10.8 (68pt.) d. Ogilven-

ians, 5.8 (38pts.), by 30pts.Round 2

Hutchins, 10-8, drew with University,9.14 (68 pts. each).

Hutchins, 7.14 (56 pts.) lost toO.H.A., 12.12 (84 pts.) by 28 pts.

Hutchins, 19.11 (125 pts.) d. Lindis-farne, 7.8 (50 pts.) by 75 pts.

Hutchins, 5.5 (35 tits.) lost to O.V.A.,15.17 (107 pts.) by 72 pts.

Hutchins, 13.11 (89 pts.) d. Clare-mont, 7.8 (50 pts.) by 39 pts.

Hutchins, 8.24 (72 pts.) d. Friends,7.8 (50 pts.) by 22 pts.

Hutchins, 23.15 (153 pts.) d. Ogil-venians, 9.10 (64 pts.) by 89 pts.

Semi-finalHutchins, 11.10 (76 pts.) d. Uni-

versity, 8.9 (57 pts.) by 19 pts.

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FinalHutchins, 8.7 (55 pts.) lost to O.H.A.,

8.11 (59 pts.)- Other Games

At Hobart, Hutchins, 6.11 (47 pts.) d.Old Launcestonians, 4.7 (31 pts.)by 16 pts.

At Hobart, Hutchins, 17.19 (121 pts.)d. Old Tech, (Launceston) 6.10(48 pts.) by 73 pts,

Leading Goal Kickers-C. G. Hill 64, R. M. Swan 21, H. S.

Bennett 20, G. R. Gilbert 18, E. E.Rodwell 16.

BRANCHES

The Victorian Branch held a verysuccessful Re-Union on 23rd July.Between 50 and 60 Old Boys andMasters were present. For 1948/49,Mr. F. Moloney is President, whilstMr. D. Gibson is Secretary.

We have been advised by Dr. A.Stafford Crane, Secretary of theN.S.W. Branch, that Dr. K. B. Arm-strong is the new President of thatBranch.

FAIR

During August a very successfulFair, organized by the Parents'Association, was held at the School.The Old Boys, with the Boarders, hadcharge of the Produce Stall, the pro-ceeds of £41 headed the stall takingsfor the day.

A "Food for Britian" Stall waswell supported and the Parents'Association has handed over the goodsleft on that stall to the Old Boys'Association. Parcels have been madeup and sent to Old Boys in England.This gesture of the Parents' Associ-ation is greatly appreciated by theCommittee of the H.S.O.B.A.

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As the Re-Union fell in the thirdquarter of the year, no Luncheon washeld during that quarter. The Lunch-eon held on the third Friday in Junewas attended by over 80 Old Boys.The next Luncheon will be held aboutthe time this magazine is published,17th December. It is hoped that arecord number of Old Boys will bein attendance. Luncheons rosteredfor 1949 are as follows:

Friday, 18th March; Friday, 17thJune; Friday, 16th December.

ROWINGThe "Head-of-the-River" Regatta is

to be held on the Derwent Coursenext year. If you wish to be select-ed in a crew (we are allowed to starttwo) please advise Bob Hay, 34 ViewStreet, immediately,, so that afterChristmas he can let you know abouttraining. It's about time we wonthis race again!

SPECIAL GENERAL MEETINGAs requested by the Annual Gen-

eral Meeting, the Committee called aSpecial General Meeting on Novem-ber 16th. We are indebted to the"Mercury" for the following reportof the proceedings, which was pub-lished on November 17th:

A motion expressing confidence inthe Board of Management of theHutchins School and the future pros-perity of the establishment wasagreed to unanimously by a largely-attended special meeting of the Hut-chins School Old Boys' Associationat Hobart last night.

The meeting was held at the direc-tion of the annual meeting on 30thAugust to consider the financial posi-tion of the School. Members of theBoard, including the Chairman(Dean Fewtrell), were present.

The Chairman of the Association(Brig. E. M. Dollery) said a commit-tee had discussed the position withthe Board.

Factors contributing to the driftwere increased staff salaries and costof administration and catering, andincreased expenditure on repairs tobuildings. Also income had decreasedbecause attendance had been lowerthan expected.

Brig. Dollery said it was essentialthat higher salaries be paid to makethem at least equivalent to those inother public schools in the State,and higher administration costs wereunavoidable.

The old School building was suffer-ing from "senile decay" and requiredconsiderable maintenance. The Boardwas not unduly worried at the finan-cial drift and expected the positionto improve, with a cut in expenses.

Brig. Dollery said the Board wasconvinced the School could not ex-pand and develop on the present site,and a long-range plan for the sale of

the present premises and the estab-lishment of new premises on a moresuitable site was proposed. In themeantime immediate plans had beenmade to overcome the present finan-cial difficulty.

Mr. V. I. Chambers, a formerchairman of the Board, said the pre-sent financial figures called for strin-gent retrenchments.

Mr. A. J. Millar said the Schoolshould have a business manager, whocould administer the School's busi-ness efficiently.

Mr. J. P. Clark suggested that theBoard co-opt a number of businessmen to assist in its work.

The meeting decided to launch anappeal to Old Boys for funds toprovide immediately necessary ameni-ties. Members agreed also to acceptresponsibility for the purchase of anew racing craft, ordered by theSchool in 1939.

CENTENARY MAGAZINESFollowing on repeated requests

for the bound stiff covered copy ofthe Centenary Magazine, a furthertwenty-five of these are now available.Those wishing to obtain copies shouldforward 10/6 to the Secretary of theAssociation. There are still a fewlimp covered copies available.SPECIAL APPEAL TO ALL OLD

BOYSThe School is badly in need of

new furniture and other equipment,and owing to the heavy commitmentsfacing it the Board of Managementis unable at present to provide thefunds for this purpose.

The Committee of the H.S.O.B.A.has exhaustively considered the pre-sent position of the School, and hasdecided that the best means of af-fording practical assistance at thisimportant juncture in the School'shistory is to provide the essential re-quirements to bring the appoint-ments up to modern standards.

At the Special General Meeting ofOld Boys, held on 16th Novembr,the following resolution was carriedunanimously:—

"That an appeal for funds be madeto Old Boys of the School for thepurpose of providing tangible assetsin the form of furniture, furnishings,essential equipment and amenities,

urgently required and essential to theconduct of the School os a first-classeducational establishment."

Your Committee has taken imme-diate action to launch the appeal,and is aiming at a figure of £1,500by 31st March, 1939. The AppealDirector is C. E. Walch, and con-tributions should be forwarded tothe Secretary, at 13 GreenlandsAvenue.

Many of you have already con-tributed to the Rebuilding and Mem-orial Chapel Funds, and we now askyour further help in this most urgentneed. The great majority of OldBoys have not hitherto contributedto any funds for the School. To allOld Boys, wherever they may be, Iappeal most strongly to give a day'spay, or more if you can, to assist theSchool. Hutchins moulded your earlyideas, gave you your education andset you on the road to your career.Show your gratitude by respondinggenerously to this call for help.

If you are not able to send the fullamount you would like to give, atonce, we will be glad to receive itin instalments over a period.

Please help, and give freely forthe sake of the Old School.

E. M. DOLLERY,President, H.S.O.B.A.

DONATIONS EQUIPMENT APPEAL

As we go to press, the first con-tribution towards the Appeal men-tioned previously has been received.Len. Nettlefold has very generouslytaken the cost of the new racing fouroff the Board's hands. This chequefor £177 is greatly appreciated bythose who are responsible for theAppeal, and with such interest fromOld Boys the target set will be ob-tained by the time the School re-opens next year. The School hasacknowledged receipt of this giftearlier in the Magazine.

Don't delay with your donation.Look up that Appeal form you re-ceived on or about 9th December.SEND YOUR DONATION TODAY.

Another year of progress has beenachieved since our report in the Mag-azine of last December.


The usual Official Visits have been assisted by Grand Officers, and theexchanged with Tasmanian Union, Officers for the ensuing year wereOld Grammarians', Old Hobartians' invested. The fact that M.W. Bro.and Glenora Lodges, and have done Lord is a member of the Lodge gavemuch to cement the bonds between added interest to an inspiring cerc-the respective Brethren. A large con- mony.tingent of our Brethren, accompanied The Annual Cricket Match withby several ladies, was able to travel Lodge Rechab. proved as enjoyableto Launceston in April, and proceed- as ever, with the visitors gaining aings throughout gave a striking evi- "victory" (Far be it from us to criti-dence of the warm friendships that cise the umpires!) One of the high-have grown up as a result of these lights of the afternoons fun was thevisits. We were happy to be able to "chairing" of the Master of Rechab.reciprocate when members of Old (Wor. Bro. P. C. Verrell) on theGrammarians' Lodge and their ladies heavy roller, after he had opened hisvisited us in October. shoulders to every bowler. They all

During the year the Lodge suffer- came alike to P. C. V.ed a severe loss in the passing of Wor.

As we go to press a unique oc-Bro. R. W. K. Chen, who was Masterin 1945-6. Our deepest sympathy is casion will be a combined meeting ofextended to Mrs. Chen and family. the four Tasmanian School Lodges

with our own Lodge acting as host.The annual picnic for the children The four Lodges are closely associ-

of the Claredon Home was held in ated—not only as Masons, but by ourFebruary at Snug Beach, and was School associations and by our spon-thoroughly enjoyed by all. The ride sorship, The Old Grammarians' Lodgein the motor-bus, games, a treasure- was sponsored by us in 1937, followedhunt on the beach, and a picnic tea by the Old Hobartians' Lodge incontributed to the happiness of guests 1945, whilst Churinga Lodge wasas well as hosts. sponsored by Old Grammarians in

In July, Wor. Bro. B. J. McCreary 1947. It is hoped that this event willwas installed as Mater by the Pro, be annual, each Lodge taking itsGrand Master, M.W. Bro. J. Lord, turn acting as host.

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