1982 BGGS Magazine

RADIO PAW-PAW It has been more than a year since Radio Paw-Paw fir st ventured into the exciting area of public broadcas ting ; and what a yea r it has been! Hectic, hilari ous, invigorating and arduous are all words that can be used to describe this vita l part of the school community. But for the members of Paw- Paw probably the best way t o describe it is fulfilling. To know th at people look forward to Friday lunch-time oecause of our efforts gives us a tremendous boost. This year we have cut down on programmes to one eve ry two weeks to give the hard-working broadcasters more time to put together a programme. We have tried to gi ve you the music you want to hear, but it must be remembered tha t Paw-Paw belongs to all of the school community. Therefo re we feel it is our responsibility to put forward a ll sorts of ideas, opinions and messages as well as music. An example of this is when we broadcast an alternative educati on special. Rodger Holdsworth, the Principal of Li onel Hall in Melbourne was our special guest on that occasion and he provided some refreshing and thought-provoking comments about education today. The year 12 ' s who help run Radio Paw-Paw hope that next year will be even more successful. We hope that more students will become involved in thi s worthwhile project. We would particularl y encourage Year I I ' s to become members . I would like to take this opportunity to thank Ms Yeates, Mr Rowel and Mr Hughes for all their hard wo rk and to wish Radio Paw-Paw the best of luck next year. Remember , Radio Paw-Paw is the pick of the bunch. Louise Curtis

S.R.C. REPORT The S. R. C. got off to a slow start this year. We held our fir st meeting on the 22nd March, and as you can see, this was a fair dis tance into the first term. Our Vice-president was Joanne Wood and Treasurer, Meredith Kaiser. In Apr il, the prefects, House Captains and senior S.R.C. reps wo rk ed together to prepare a Hat Survey to discover the schoo l's opimon of our hat, and we found that approxima tely one third of the school wished to keep it. Ou r meetings were held mainly on a Friday lunch hour and a ttendance was quite good. Most reps attended all meet ings and we had quite a few regulars who were not actuall y cl ass reps, simply interested followers. The meeti ngs took on an informal format which encouraged in spite of the size of the meetings, free discussion from all. Thi s was to say the least, often quite interesting. On F r iday 6th August, we held a Hot Milo Store, which was not really a roaring success, but at least we had fun doi ng it. For Boys' Grammar Open Day, we sent across a Tug-of-War team of enthusiastic seniors to challenge the might of the Bl ues. When the boys eventually produced a rope, we we re unfortunately defeated, despite our training a nd exerc ises, and numbers. This may have something to do with the fac t that our end of the rope smelt suspiciously of soa p. However, on our School Day, we will once again meet the boys in a match of Volleyball, and we hope to be triumph ant , as long as they do not cheat. Also on School Day, we will be holding our traditional Bar-B-Que and film, thi s yea r showing "Murder by Death", a rather funny "who- dunn-i t". I was very pleased with the support the S.R.C. received this year, given by a good bunch of reps who carried out their j obs well. And it is the reps who make the S.R.C. If they a re no good , the communication system breaks down, and the who le point of a Student Representative Council is los t. We cannot have an S.R.C. without the support of the student s whom it represents, not just those who attend the meetings, bu t t he whole student body. It is your S.R.C. -make it work for you. 33

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