1968 School Magazine

Mrs. Chowdhury and Miss Horton. \7e thank them for their untiring enthusiasm and encourage- ment; their advice and constant interest in the House, in its various sporting and cultural activities and wish them a very H"ppy Christmas. May England never fall frorn the position it has reached in 1968. If the members of England help the leaders of the House as they have this year, we need have no fears. Best of luck for the future' - L,c. Q;A'o* tM**u" uXorc' Captain; Megan Thomas Vice Captains: Mary Henzell, Chtistine Matheson Sports Captain: Catherine Woodfield Debating: Christine Matheson, Diane Stadhams Saue tbe Children Fund Julie Hunter, Jacqueline Nissen 1968 has been an enjoyable year for the members of Gibson House. Although only one outstanding success has come our way, house spirit has been strong. \7e were not the biggest fish in the pool this year, but our team swam well and tried hard ^t the Inter-house Swimming Carnival. Out- standing competitors for Gibson were, Megan Thomas, who broke the standing record in her age breasttoke race, Barbara Bingemann and Lesley Cameron. Even though we had plenty of willing par- ticipants in the Tennis, Volleyball and Basketball teams this year, success did not come oui way. In Athletics, too, we did not shine, but, despite the willing efforts of the team, gained fifth place. We will be striving to retain the Gymnastics Cup we won last year in the coming fnter-house Gymnastics Competition. All members of our team are training hard. May their efforts be rewarded with success. On the cultural side our major activity has been the Inter-house Choral Competition. i{".., after an excellent performance by all the choirs, we were thrilled to learn that we had won. Congratulations and thanks must go to Diana Marshall and Thea Faragher for their leadership of the choir. Our debating teams will soon be competing in the Inter-house Competition and I wish them the best of luck. \We are still in contact with Abhaya Ruma Parasnis, an Indian boy we sponsor through the "Save the Children Fund". A sum of money

&ngfq',ed uM**'u o-N*rc' CaPtain: Lesley Collins Vice Captains: Elizabeth Marriott, Wendy Dixon Sports Captain: \7endy Dixon Debating; Adele lWesterman; Robyn Eggins Saue the Children Fund : Pamela S(/atson, Valerie Richards For England , 1968 hu, b..n a most success- ful and enioyable year. Competition has been keen and the top places well sought after. This healthy rivalry has brought out a house spirit in many girls, but there are still too many not pull- ing their weight. Inter-house competition began with swim- ming, which we won only narrowly from \)Toolcock. Each girl, either strong or weak, who swam for England, deserves congratulations, for it is not the girl who wins but the team. Athletics proved as successful as swimming for we gained first place. Once again, it was enthusiastic team work which won the day for us. The basketball was close, and the Senior team was beaten in the final by Lilley after a hard but well played match. The Junior team 'il/on their final and ptaise from the House, after so many days of hard practice. Volleyball, whlch each year proves to be England's downfall, lived up to its depressive reputation, but this failure was balanced by success in the finals of the tennis. Thanks must go to Susan Parkinson for all her help here. Debating has begun and we wish our team members all the best of luck. The house choir, under the experienced leadership of Alison Specht was placed second to Gibson in the Annual Choral competition. All choirs sang well and deserved the praise given to them bv the adjudicator, Mr. Spearritt. fnter-house gym- nastics have still to be contested and this com- petition should prove to be enjoyable both to competitors and spectators. England House is sponsoring a new girl in Korea. Her name is Kim Kyerng Bok, and she is thirteen years old. \X/e are sending to her, ten dollats for Christmas. Pamela S7atson has teceived several appreciative letters from Ku Ki-sun to whom the house is sending birthday and Christmas greetings. The 1968 notes could not be complete with- out thanking the girls, who willingly paticipated in house activities. We are most grateful to Wendy Dixon and Elizabeth Marriott for all their assistance and sound advice. The House sincerely thanks Mrs. McDonald and our house misttesses, Miss Thomas, Miss Elliott, Miss Neil,

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