June 1941 School Magazine

MAGAZINE of the

BRISBANE GIRLS' GRAMMAR SCHOOL

JUNE, 1941

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EDITORIAL Never before in the history of the world has there bee::t such an amazing change as in the last twelve months, for practically the whole of Europe has been crushed by the enemy and the British Empire is passing through one of the most criti-- call phases in her history. We know that ultimate victory is assured and with the ever increasing aid of the United States, to whom we are becoming more and more closely united, we hope that this peace will come more speedily. The people of Britain have been forced to witness the destruction of some of their most famous buildings, but in spite of these relentless bombings, their firm courage has never _been shaken. Here in this lovely peaceful land we cannot realiso tha sufferings of our kinsmen in Great Britain, for our shores have not been attacked by a ruthless enemy. They are serving, just as the men in the fighting forces are serving, to prevent the enslaving of the whole world and in this they are beoring the sorest trials for us. Australians are gradually realising more and more the absolute necessity of doing their utmost to help Great Britain and all men and women must play the parts allotted to them. Our fighting forces are serving abroad to protect us and we in our turn must also serve, doing our utmost to help them in a lleviating as best we can the hard- ships which they are enduring for us. We must also remember the purpose of our education and derive from it that which will help us in the future to contribute to the establishment of a social order in which war would be unthinkable . Let us there- fore remember this so that when peace is restored we may he able to maintain it.

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CURRENT EVENTS.

During the past six months there has been a great deal of enthusiasm for knitting articles for the variou s war funds. At !he beginning of the year a War Work Committee was formed with the, assistance of Mrs . Jackson and Miss Kennedy. £16/10/- has been collected for the purchase of wool, which the Committee has distr ibuted. Its members have also received, packed and d elivered the finished articles. We have sent 9 sleeve-l ess cardigans, 9 pairs of knee caps, 6 pairs of mittens and five other articles to the Red Cross Fund, e nd to th e Comforts ' Fund 12 pairs of socks, 26 skull caps, 10 pairs of mittens 10 b a laclavas and 3 othe-r articles. 9 khaki balaclavas have been sent to the University Women's War Work Group for the Legacy Club. In addition to these ll baby's coats and jumpers, l baby's dress and 2 singlets, 9 pairs of ,socks and 8 waistcoat. mufflers have been made for the Refugee Section .of th e R~? Cross to be sent to bombed areas in England. The School is at present knitting brightly-coloured rugs for the Bush Nursing Associa tion. Congratulations to the Boarders who have finishoed theirs firs t a nd ·in the record time of three days. - Old Girls' Day w as a most pleasant occasion in spite of !he rain which prevented !he playing of the tennis matches. The School net ball teams, how- (;ver, enjoyed the games against the Old Girls, who provided our te_ams with g ood practice for the Inter-School matches. During the first term, the School enjoyed Mr. Purdie's--recitals from "Hamlet" and "A Mid-Summer Night's Dream", the Senior and Junior girls especially profiting from his interpretation of these plays. The School _spent a most enjoyable afternoon watching an exhibition 1e-nnis match, given by Mrs. W estacott, Miss McGill, Mr. Hancock and Mr. Chave. We appreciated very much their kindness in giving up an afternoon iv play for us and the teams le~rned ~uch from their ·excellent tennis. Clubs which have proved so popular were resumed at the beginning cf ihe second term but interest is d ivided between them and practice for our .School Concert to be held on June 25th. Again this year there is a large group learning _First Aid and another Home Nursing, an innovation this year. There are also Knitting, Games and Reading Clubs.

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Practice was very keen for the Brockway and McWhirte-r Cups and ·

The tennis and net ball teams have begun their Inter-School matches and regular practice is in progress for the Athletics.

By courtesy of "The Telegraph"

As the numbers in the school this year have greatly increased a new form has be-en added and Miss Colvin, an C ld Girl of the School, has been appointed lD the Staff. We would like io take this opportunity of welcoming her .

AT THE 'INTER-SCHOOL SWIMMING SPORTS

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Junior Public Examination Results. 1940.

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thai the path was in a mess and still thinking the bomb was probably quite G long way off and I'd got a backwash of debris, I went on to the shelter. While I was lying prone the bugle had sounded another "take cover". However, we very soon had another local "all clear" and I went in to change my collar and tie which were a bit muddy as it had been raining nearly all day. Fortunately I was rolling on the ground in a raincoat so my suit was spotless. I changed my shoes and stockings-I'd made a tiny hole in the kne·e of o r. e of them-and I was just settling down to hear the 9 o'clock news when there was a thump on the door and the Captain and the Commander were ask- ing who was the· Wren near the gate. I told them I was and when I described vvhere I was lying they said it was impossible. However, I knew I was right. They seemed frightfully anxious to know if I was allright and of course I was a nd they went away. Later, the Commander returned io ask if I'd like the Doctor to give me an opiate . I refused ; it all seemed a lot of fuss. Next morning after breakfas t I went up to see the place and to my utter amazement I found I had been lying less than two yards from the edge of the crater. Another three steps and I should have been blown to bits. In a most miraculous way all the rocks and mud and stuff had been flung out in a neat semi-circle on the oppos ite side of the hole and only the few things I felt came out on my side. I could scarcely believe it. If I'd known, I'd probably have thrown a fit. The Doctor insisted on coming to see me and for two days I was watched anxiously for reactions but I knew there couldn't be any because it was all so quick that I didn't have time to feel anything at all. On the Thursday morning the Commander and first Lieutenant Commander appeared just before lunch with an enormous bouquet of flowers and a very comic drawing and we were just embarking on a glass of sherry when the sirens went and we had a hundred Nazis overhead and saw a marvellous dog-fight. I had s treams of visitors all day to congratulate me on my escCipe. I felt as though I'd done something rather clever by mistake and no one minds at all that I could be caught out on two points; (a) not taking cover on a siren o.nd (b) breaki~g my leave- because all the wretched instruments here record- ed the bomb a t 8.20 p.m. (We would like to thank Miss S. M. Hughes of Southport for making this let ter available to us for publication).

Extracts from a letter from Miss Samuel ....

H.M.S. "Osprey"

Portland, Dorset I read in the Sunday Express a few weeks ago a short article headed "Don 't be a Bomb Bore". It be-gan with a def inition of a bore as somebody who will keep telling you all about themselves when all the time you are wanting to tell them about yourself! It went on to say that you would never find a nyone who wanted to hear about your bomb and your feelings, but heaps of people will want to tell you about their bomb and their feelings! Howeve r, in spite of this I insist on telling you about my bomb and it's a long story which comes under the title of "Stranger than fiction" , so take o deep breath ! On Wednesday afternoon I went down to Portland Castle-about twenty minutes walk through the Dockyard-and spent the late afternoon with the Chief Officer . She had invited me to dinner as she had a present of a hare . We dined early because I have to be back on board by 8 p.m. and just as I was cwmming in the last mouthful of jugged hare a terrific barrage began and the sky was dancing wi th searchlights and flashes from guns . I kept looking anxiously at the clock and a ft er about ten minutes there was a lull and I started briskly for home. In a few moments the fi reworks began again and when they seemed directly ove-rhead I crouched down against a wall-! was wearing my tin hat and carrying my tricorne . When I got to the Dockyard Gate I wondered whether I should shelter for c little while-there hadn't been any warning-but a soldier was going on through and we walked along together chatt ing -of this and that and looking ai the flashes. Halfway along, the siren began and he went to his post close by, so I hurried on up the "Osprey" hill as all seemed quie-t when the wail died dow n. When I was nearly to the top I heard the bugle in the "Osprey" blow the "carry on" which means that it's safe to move about, so I happily panted up the rest of the hill and called out to be let in at the gate. The Petty Officer at the gate told me I'd be·tter make for the shelter as just then we heard some- thing overhead, so I set off down a cement path. It was fairly moonlight and I was walking slowly and thinking to myself ' 'I've never been this way before and I wonde r if I shall be able to find the shelter" when the 'plane overhead sounded as if though it were diving low and then I thought it was coming down and then my helmet went off and I thought quickly " lie down flat" and I d id and managed to wriggle a b it and get my helmet and put it ·on. I didn' t consciously hear a crash but I knew I was waiting for things to fall on me· and sure enough a spatter of mud and clay and two small rocks bumped down and rolled off and then a most disgusting smell thrust itself e n my notice . And then I thought, "Well-I'd done everything I've been told to do be·fore a bomb drops and it's worked- but nobody has ever told me how long to go on doing it". Then anothe-r bomb dropped in the sea a little way cff so I got up and I couldn't go on any further down the path because the cement was in an awful mess- It was a little bit cracked the other side of me too, bu t not badly, so I skipped over that and went back to the gate and told the· Petty Officer 18

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"BY THE WATERS OF BABYLON . Once. more our enemy has struck, and w ith lightning rapid- ity, and the weight of the German yoke has been placed upon the unwilling necks of the people of the Balkans. Until ·Adolf Hitler is thrust out of south-eastern Europe, the lives of sixty mill ion people will be affected by this new regime which he is imposing upon the nations of the Balkans. Yet, a casual visitor might not be able to de tect much change; in fact he would probably think that Empires rise a ·nd fall, but that these people go unaltered. There would be some truth in it because many aspects of the Balkans remain the same under whatever yoke they may bear. But this is only half the story. Most of the people there live on the soil and from the soil. They inhabit little cheaply-constructed houses of wicker work and. mud, or home-made bricks. Grandmothers sit each even- ing on benches in their yards, to enjoy the cool breezes; grand- fqthers sit in shaded little cafes, youths with sheep-skin caps on the ir heads meet peasant girls with flowers in the ir hair, and everyone dances folk dances in the village square. Oxen still pull the slow, creaking wooden waggons over the uneven ground, women beat their clothes on stones besides the brooks, and, once a week, barefooted men and women flock to the market in the nearest town, and, on each g reat holiday, every family gathers at the little village church. So it was when Alexander set out from the Balkans to con- quer the world; so it was when the Crusaders marched through the Balkans on their way to Jerusalem; so it was when the Turks swept up from Asia; and so it is to-day when Adolf Hitle r's trumpets blow. The Nazis may leave many daily tasks and relations un- altered, they may even improve some things. Better roads may appear, better agricultural methods be introduced, and perhaps more stable markets provided. But the difference is deep, poignant and vital. The peasant classes, who have been the rulers will find it hard to conform to the Nazi way of think- ing, the intelligentsia will become unemployed and destitute, and some will resort to revolutionary activity, and a cloud of falsehood and deception will hang over the Balkans. Lying to their Nazi masters and to themselves will warp their thinking. South-east Europe awaits its redemp tion along with the redemption of the world. -Margaret Catt, VI. 21

PREFECTS, 1940.

S. Schemionsck

D. McVin ish

A . Smith

B. Baylis

L Jordan

D. McDonald

M. Parsons

M. Catt

LYRIC PRIZE. 1940 TRANQUILITY The g race of the bending gra8ses, The flush of the dawn-lit sky, The scent that lingers, then passes- When the loitering wind goes by, Are glimpses and hints of sweetness From the unseen depths afar- The foam-edge of Heaven's completeness, Swept onward through flower and star. For the cloud, and the leal, and the blossom, The shadow, the flickering beam, Are waifs on the· sea-like bosom

Of beauty, beyond our dream: Its glow to our earth is given; It freshens the lower air;

Oh! the fathomless wells of heaven- The springs of ths earth rise them!

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But to the school girl of nineteen forty-one "Anzac" has a more sombre meaning. We see around us the results of this valour and sacrifice of youth . We see men who were wound- ed, and who still bear the marks of bodily suffering. Many of our own fathers were Anzacs. At the Anzac Day Cere- monies, we have seen mothers weeping for sons who did not return, but it was not until after September, nineteen thirty-nine, that we fully realised and appreciated their grief . Before that, although we felt and shared their sorrow, we did not really comprehend; but now we have had our own dear ones on the age-old battle-fields of Greece and Africa, and we constantly carry a prayer in our hearts for them. Anxiously we wait for news, as did our parents and grand-parents twenty-six years ago. So once again Australians and New Zealanders shoulder arms side by side and once again they show the undaunted spirit of their fathers. In the hearts of those courageous young men-and they are courageous, for they know the atrocities of war, but it has made no difference to them - lies the same sentiment, which caused Henry Lawson to write these lines: "But whatever the quarrel, whoever her foes, Let them come, when they will, Though the struggle be grim; 'tis Australia that knows, That her children shall fight, while the waratah grows, And the wattle blooms out on the hill." -Dulcie McDonald, VI.

"ANZAC" If we were asked the meaning of Anzac, the correct answer would be, "'Anzac' is the name given to the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps and it is derived from the initial letters of these wordc." ' Yes, that would be the correct answer, but surely that is not all we would reply. Would we not be eager to impart more knowledge about the brave men, of whom we are all so proud, to this interested inquirer? and perhaps we would be a little incredulous to think that there was really someone who did not know of the glory and valour for which the word "Anzac" stands. The mention of Anzac brings to the mind of every Australian those brave eager young men who were carried by those grim battleships into the grey waters of Anzac Cove on that misty April morning twenty-six years ago, for it was there at Gallipoli that the name of Anzac became famous. Our hearts fill with pride when we think of those stalwart young men, all eager "to do their bit," and win the war for Britain. When they saw their comrades mowed down by showers of lead, like stalks of wheat before a hail-storm, their boyish eagerness was turned to grim determination . With stern, set faces they bore the trials and tribulations that awaited them on the rugged barren peninsula of Gallipoli. They fought on with the tenacity and endurance ior which they are admired and respected in the remotest corners of the earth. Then came the evacuation. Quietly and sadly they marched down to the black glistening waters that rippled along the pebbly beach, sad to leave their sleeping comrades, but eager once more to share in the glory of other battlefields. The Australians and New Zealanders fought side by side with soldiers of all the allied forces a-n_d they soon endeared themselves to the hearts of all with their quiet, witty humour, their dry cynicisms, and, above all, the carefree manner in which they attempted the most dangerous missions. Is it not strange that those representatives of the earth's youngest nation should have become so popular in the world's oldest cities? The Anzac, with his hat well on one side, and a carefree smile playing on his lips, left few corners of ancient Egypt unexplored. He .could be seen wandering through historic colonnades, or gazing with amused curiosity at the busy crowded bazaars . 22

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HIGH HOPES.

SEA FANCIES.

What's the good of sighing For a holiday abroad, When common-se nse w ill tell you That the most you can afford Is to see the snow of Switzerla nd- A white entrancing scene- At the local cinema, Portraye-d upon the scre en? What's the use of yearning For a Paris model gown, When a ll your precious earnings Out of working weeks in town Would have to the expenc;led To attain your heart's d esire, And a remnant from the counter Is the most you cart:· ucquire? Better to be satisfied With w ha·t you can a ttain, Than spending hopele ss energy In wanting all in vain. Better to enjoy the small Excitemen ts within reach, Than spoil the simp le pleasure That you could have found in each By craving something b igger That might never come your w ay, Thus losing a ll the beau ty Of the p re sent passing day .

I hear the rushing of the ocean

As she sweeps the golde·n sand;

Hear the ranting, roaring ~otion

As she breaks against the land .

hear the lowering, ebb ing tide As to seaward it is bound. see the foam on breakers ride, And mist come falling on the sound.

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look with longing eyes far out, I hear the seagulls mornful cry, The flap of wings as they w hirl about,

And the cruel West w ind's moaning sigh.

stand a lone on the far thest rock, The sea is loud and strong a nd w ild; he·ar the far winds moaning mock The heart of this angry child.

- JUNETTE HUGHES, IVC.

- JEAN LORD

The Terrace lrom the School.

Victoria Park from the Turf.

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THOUGHTS OF A DROVER.

THE TONGAN ISLANDS. Tongatabu, "Holy Tonga", is the main island of a group called the Tongan or Friendly Islands. Captain Cook named them the Friendly Islands, because the natives befriended him. It is the only native kingdom in the world and has its own parliament. It is a British Protectorate and its parliament is advised by a British Consul. Her Majesty Queen Salote Tubou rules these islands. She is over six feet tall, well educated and charming. The palace stands on the shores of Nukualofa, the capital. Tonga lies about three hundred miles south of Samoa and is within two days cruise of fiji. The "Tonga Deep" is well known as being one of the deepest oceans in the world. This is the land of topsy-turvydom. Instead of rising, the Tongan commoners sit, when their queen or chief enters the room. When a Tongan agrees with a certain statement, he always says 'no', instead of 'yes'. 'No' means 'yes', to them and vice versa. They are a very fine looking race, tall and well-built. There are no starving natives, for at the age of sixteen each boy is

I heard a voice say softly, whispering so softly; Have you heard the silv'ry ripple of . a hidden mountain stream? Have you heard the soft, soft wind in the trees so lofty? If not, come with me· and we will sail th!"re on a dream. Then I heard another voice in my heart say clearly, Have you seen the broad, brown plains and the fields of yellow wheat? Seen the harsh, rough, sandy wastes that I love so de·arly? If not; stay with me and we will tread that golden street. And yet another voice I heard, crying, urging, pleading, Have you listened to the music of the· dancing silver waves? Watched the seagulls, white-breast seagulls, playing, swooping, gliding? If not; come, live and laugh in the old forgotten caves.

No! I cannot listen to your voices softly calling, I have heard the call of droving, dusty hoofs and reddened eyes;

Heard the music of the whiplash, heartening, enthralling, This is all I ask of life and there my pathwa y lies.

-AUDREY MILLER, IV.D.

Tapa Mat and Wedding Dress fro·m Tonga .

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g iven a small plantation by the government. They have original names, such as 'Fale' (House), 'Wuska' (Whisky), or 'Bepe' (Pc:iper). On the arrival of a circus, many of the new- born babies were christened 'Sakisi' (Circus) . The doctor's chauffeur is called 'Bifala te' (B-Flat). The native arts and crafts consist' mainly of the making of tapa, mats, fans, baskets and sisis . Tapa is made from the bark of a tree and is used as a blanket, as well as clothing. The Tongans are great fishermen. They prefer the spear to the line. They dive down under the rocks, and tie the sharks up by the tails. They are quite able to do this as sharks do n_ot attack dark people. The climate is delightful, although tropical. There is n'o malaria and neither poisonous snakes nor poisonous spiders a re to be found. . Although Tonga may be a small island, it is sufficiently im- portant to be a British Air Base. This was only established recently. The finest scenery is found on the island of Vavau. Unlike the other islands, which are mostly of coral formation, Vavau is rugged and volcanic, and is clothed from summit to shore with one glorious mass of verdure. Some of the tourists who have visited Vavau declare it the most exquisite ly lovely place on earth. It has a beautiful harbour, whose waters are crystal clear and saxe blue. A more peaceful a nd happy group of islands would be hard to find . -June Rickleman, IV.D.

THE RAT.

Has anybody seen a rat?

'Tis big and long and sleek and fat,

We're looking for it high and low- Has anybody seEn it? No?

It came one day, 'twas during French, And parting's caused us quite a wrench- It peeped between ihe cases five, The schoolroom turned into a h ive.

"Did you ses· it? Did ycu Eee it?" 'Twas hard fer all of us to s it And watch those beady little eyes- We hope it never , never dies.

The mistress looked at us askance,

She couldn't see thosE· whiskers dance!

Thsy looked so iovely twitching there,

'Twas nearly more than we could bear.

Next day he came · to visit us,

You never heard quite such a fuss ! He tore some paper, pads and books- We hope it didn't hurt his looks .

The titters during lessons then

When came two big and burly men

To hurt our mascot, Rupert Rat,

We're glad they didn't have a cat !

The mistress once again was shocked, She a lways had an sar cocked To see if she could hear the pet,

WILD HORSES.

We hope they haven't caught him yet!

Let the green mountains Ehiver from thunder, Let the deep vallsys re-echo the wonder , Where the w ild horses trample the field, When like an eddy they circle and reel! NevE·r has man put one hand on a head, Never led down the creek to be fed .

He's caused us quite a lot of fun, W ith noises fit to make you run; He's gnawed the lockers, chewed the pens, And made himself a little den.

He nibbles there quite happily,

Hidden well where none can see; We hops· you stay there gcod as gold,

Follow them, rider! follow and follow; Over the hills and down in the hoilow;

We can't lose you who've been so bold!

v'lhere the wind's echo repeats and repeats, Let your heart · leap with its answering beats; Follow them, follow, where'er be the course Soon the wild echos·s w ill lese the w ild horse.

- F:::JRM, JV.D.

-RYNA RAVDELL, IIJ.F.

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THE ROUMANIAN PEASANTRY. I have been asked to tell you something about the Roumanian peasants, and I will try my best to make my little story as in teresting as possible . I begin by saying that I feel very sorry for their sad lot; they were poor and hard working people, but fre e, and now they have lost the little they had; they loved their land which they called "Good Earth" . I lived for the last few years with my parents in a small town called Cernauti, the capital of Bukovina, which is on the Roumanian-Polish border and belonged before the great war to Austria. It was situated on a small mountain about 500 me tres above sea level, and the view all round was wonderful ; my parents a lways compared it to Switzerland, so I suppose Switzerland was also beau- tiful. Its name comes from the word "Buchenland", now "Bukovina", the land of beech trees, and indeed it has the best wood in Europe. The population was abou t 150,000. The working people all spoke German, Roumanian, Ukranian and Russ ian, as small v illages belonged be- fore to Ukraine and Russia. We were surrounded on all sides by viHages and so could 'learn the lives of the peasants more closely. · The peasants worked very hard, about 20 hours a day, and used to get up in the morning long before the dawn of day. I remember once I made an excursion with my parents by car, and returned home about 12 o'clock at night. Just before coming into town the car had a punc- ture, and we were forced to break our journey, and sit on the grass in the fields . Suddenly we heard voices, and saw dark figures moving about; when they came near, we saw that they were peasants, mowing the hemp. They are simply fed, though they had plenty of every- thing. Their national dish is "rriamaliza", which is made of the flour of Indian Corn, as this is their principal crop. This they eat three times a day. They always take their meals sitting ~:m the ground and eat from earthen plates . with wooden spoons, for a farLand knife they use their fingers. They also eat a kind of sour soup called "bors"' which is also a national dish. Their greeting to each o ther is "Noroc bun" whicn means good luck. They are always very friendly to

strangers, and often entertain travellers very h ospitably, and when you leave they give you all kinds of presents, their products. In general, the feelings of a ll the people were very friendly, especially to the British. Their houses are small, something like huts, the walls are made of cow dung and wood, which keeps the cold out; the floors are bare earth, but when the peasant is rich you will see matting on the ground . The roofs a re covered with straw which keeps the sun away in summer a nd the cold in winter. They have no electric lights, and water must be carried in buckets from the nearest well. Inside, the house is very bare, their furniture is very simple, and their beds consist of wooden boards on two wood en legs, with a straw mattress. Then they have wooden tables, with stools. The walls are decorated with different kinds of old fashioned photographs, and carpets near the beds . At the w indows are fl ower pots with flowers.

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"PHANTASY"

Their farms are small, not like the huge Australian farms; though I have never seen them, I have heard how big they are. They grow mostly Indian maize, sunflowers (from which they make sunflower-seed oil), wheat, rye, vegetable s a nd flowers. They have a cow or two, a horse and a cart, and some chicke ns . Their work really begins in April and ends in Septem- ber. In this time they must do all their work, and make provision for winter, when the ground is covered with snow and all work is stopped. In winter they do .not work in the fields, but they are not idle; they go to the market and sell the ir goods which are dearer than in sum- mer , and at home they make baskets and mats, while the women do their share. The men are generally dressed in white, very long, narrow canvas trousers which they roll up at the cuffs, and a broad embroidered belt. In winter the trousers are of a coarse woollen material; they wear a sheep skin coat very prettily embroidered, all in the national colours, a nd a green or black fe lt hat with a long feather sticking on one side. The women wear a long blouse very prettily embroi- dered, and a long p iece of dark coloured cloth which they tie round them for a skirt, and on their head they have a kind of shawl, very prettily designed, and a flower in their hair . Every village has a different way of dressing, but all more or less alike. I The women are very industrious, they work v~ry hard and make many beautiful things besides workind on the land. They spin their wool and thread, and then weave them into different kinds of materials, some very beautiful. They embroider very much, and make different carpets of all colours, some very precious indeed and very costly. They take their goods in a basket which they carry on their heads, a nd go to the market. They sit on the ground and sell. They always ask ten times the value of the goods, and you must bargain with them. This is about all I can tell about the Roumanian peas- ant and farm . -Pearl Hearsch , III.B.

To-day I walked on London Bridge , And a s I walked, I saw A funny little man Who laughed and scampered on Before . He turned, He laughed, He w inked a t me ; And then He chuckled merrily; He danced and carolled gle efu lly- And then was there no more . · I walked to where I saw him las t And looked about My feet. I looked in vain for That wee man in leath er jerkin Neat, Doublet , Red Cap And shoes of brown And eyes Like jewels from a crown; I looked around and I looked down, But s till he' was not there . I looked across the water , then, Out to the far Blue sea. I looked, and saw a fa iry Boat , a -sailing t:p To me . I jumped Aboard, And at my side Th e little man that I had tried So hard to find on London Bridge , cried " Fa iry -land, Ahoy !"

-MOLLIE BOOTH, VI.

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· June, -1941

TO 'A PLOUGHMAN.

"TO AUSTRALIA''.

Furrow by furrow, toiling in the sticky mould, The ploughman faithfully follows his plough as his ancestors did in days of old. He turns the sod to plant the seeds To provide his family their needs To live a happy life. Don't you tire· trudging behind your plough? Do you never tire when you have wrought for hours and days and weeks on end? You plant the seeds before the rain Should fall, and then you start again To plough another field . Hours and days and weeks and months may travel s low As the tortoise or the snail; but you will never cease your honest work.

Australia! fair land of the valiant and free! How ccin we prove our love for thee? Thou art a country deserving our ·praise; Loud to the sky thine anthems -we'd raise For we che-rish thee, fair land of th~ fre~. And would forfeit our lives for love of thee .

-DOROTHY JOYE SMITH, III.E.

THE HILLS OF HOME. I often sit at sundown and watch the flaming west,

!.love the sun and the gorgeous clouds, but I love .the hills the best. For th e sun goes, and the clouds go, the stars come and the night; But the hills are there forever, through darkness and through light. The Hills of Home I call them, it seems to bring them near, With the·ir wooded slopes and summits, their outline bold and clear; I know their every beaU:ty, I've seen them ,;.eil~d ·in ~ist, In dark and stormy· brooding, by sun and shadow kissed.

From waxing dawn 'till waning dusk You crack the earth's resisting husk, And you shall always plough.

-PATRICIA BERTIE, III.B.

-LYNETTE SHAW, III .E.

From the Upper Net Ball Court.

Photo by E. Platzer

J. SMITH, III. E.

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facturing tests. There the wood was put through one of the largest paper-making p lants in the world . The paper, b rought back to Australia, ran well and print2d well in The Herald (Melbourne) presses . But instead of being white it was a blueish grey. Patient research into methods of avoiding discolouration followed. It was found that passing through the Ocean Fails mill the eucalyptus pulp picked up inky stain from contact with iron machinery and pipes. A grinder made of wood was design- ed and made in Australia and further testing proved that, kept away from iron, eucalyptus pulp could be kept satisfactorily white. As a result of tests and precautions newsprint turned out by the Boyer Mills is brighter than any produced in any part of the world up to 193.8. This new industry will make it possible to replace thous· ands of tons of paper which had to be imported annually from North America and Scandinavia. The idea has borne fruit a t a vital time in our history-a time when it is most essential to save all money possible. In this way exchange is conserved. This is helping on Australia's war effort. These forests, which have an area of four hundred square miles, were granted to the Australian Newsprint Mills, the head- quarters of which are situated at Boyer on the Derwent River, by the Tasmanian Government, which also invested much money to enable this industry to begin. This is the largest remaining area of the eucalyptus g iants-"lord of the gum"- the only Australian hardwood known to make paper pulp. It has been a long, patient process, which , although the industry is yet in its infancy, has now proved c:i: most succes- ful venture. -A Hunter, III.F. The mills employ a la rge number of men, and this again is a benefit to the Commonwealth.

A ROMANCE OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The twelfth of May, 1941, is a memorable day for Australia, for it was on that day that newsprint manufactured from Aus- tralian gum trees was used for the first time. These giant eucalyptus gums come from virgin fores ts in the snow-rimmed Derwent Valley of Tasmania, parts of which have not yet been completely explored by white men . The water and power used to manufacture the paper on which the news is printed also comes from these valleys. It is a romance of science and industry- a romance which began more than twenty years q:go. At that time Australian scientists and newspaper leaders formed the idea of manu- facturing newsprint from Australian timber. Early research included the sending of two thousand tons of Australian gum and stringybark from the Derwent Valley to Ocean Falls newsprint mill in British Columbia for manu-

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