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Term Magazine of
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IN SEMINARIES OF RELIGIOUS ORDERS:
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Qfst ;fflaria
We rejoice at the fact that on AU Saints' Day His Holiness Pope Pius XU
will solemnly declare the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin an Article of Faith,
and thus complete what was begun by Pope Pius IX. who likewise solemnly
defined her Immaculate Conception in 1854.
jfatima anb toe
"Have confidence.
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In the end my Immaculate Heart will triumph, and an era of peace
will come to mankind."
"Those who teach mallY unto justice shall
shine as stars far all eternity."
. This is Holy Year when thousands of
fayoured people will be visiting Rome to
see the HoI:>, Father and witness the great
ceremol1les In . St. Peter's.
But a greater privilege is to co-operate
w1th the Holy Father in the spread of
Christ's Kingdom on earth. To-day the
Church needs many more schools and many
more 'Religious Teachers. Can you help to
save souls for Christ Our Lord as a
Christian Brother?
At the beginning of the year, Brian McInnes, Ray Slattery and Mark Murphy enter.ed the Juniorate :;t Strathfield, Brothers
Bnan Berg and Keith Crittenden received
the ReligiOUS Habit and Brother Colin
Wright, schOOl captain 1947, commenced his
teaching practice in the Scholasticate, Strathfield.
On May 13th, 1917, in Portugal, at a little
village of Fatima sixty miles north of
Lisbon, three children Lucia d-Santos (10
years) and her two cousins, Jacinta (7)
and Francisco (9), were saying the Rosary
while minding some sheep. Like most
children they found it rather long.
Suddenly from the clear blue sky came a
vivid flash of lightning. Then they saw
standing above a small oak tree a lady of
extreme beauty. Her young face was serious
and sad, her hands were jOined and a Rosary
of pearl-like beads hung from her hands.
She said to the children "Have no fear. I
will do no harm. I come from heaven. You
will go there, but you must say the Rosary
and say it properly. You will have much to
suffer, but God will strengthen you.
"Pray, pray much, and make sacrifices for
sinners. Many souls go to hell because
there are none to make sacrifices for them.
I am the Lady of the Rosary, and I ha.ve
come to warn the fa.ithful to amend their
lives and ask pardon for their sins. They
must not continue to offend Our Lord-
already so deeply Offended. They must say
the Rosary_"
There were six apparitions, one each
month till October. At the third, July 13th,
Our Lady spoke of Russia, foreseeing the
menace it would be to the world. "If my
requests are heard, Russia will be converted,
and there will be peace in the world."
"If my requests are heard . . ." Only
through Mary can the world be saved. She
can do it, as she has promised. But we
must do our part; and then under God, it
will be she who will crush the head of the
Serpent.
What were her requests? They were plain
-(1) Men must amend their lives, (2) Make
reparation for sin, (3) Say the Rosary. Thus,
and only thus, shall we attain peace in. the
world, destroy the menace of godless Communism that threatens to enslave all mankind.
Tbus and only thus shall we speed the
fulfilment of Our Lady's cheering prediction
at Fatima: "In the end, my Immaculate
Heart will triumph, and an era of peace will
come to mankind."
Can you follow them? Can you gi ve your
life to Our Lord?
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LORD JESUS:
Teach me to be generous,
To serve You as You deserve to be served
To gi~e without counting the cost,
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To fight without counting the wounds
To work without seeking rest,
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To spend my life without expecting any
other return than the ' knowledge that
I do Your Holy Will. Amen.
"MAKE OF OUR YOUTH, 0 LORD,
A NOBLE THING"
Thou who didsr give our manhood dignity ,
Set our young hearts with ardour all aflame,
Make us true soldiers of Thy chivalry,
LOVing Thy hallowed standard and Thy ·name.
EDMUND IGNATIUS RICE
Founder of the Christian Brothers
Let us not waste Thy splendid gift, 0 King!
Nor barter it for all the world's poor price:
Make of our yourh , 0 God, a noble thing ,
Make of our hearts, 0 Lord, our Sacrifice.
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This is the greatest prayer in honour of
God's Mother, and is the prayer which she
herself has asked us to say. It is a prayer
for all people at all times. As its beads
slip through our fingers, our mind recalls
the wondrous love and mercy of God shown
in His Incarnation and in His Passion, and
then we contemplate the glories of His
triumph and heaven where He and His
Mother await us.
May and October are Rosary months. If
we have not been saying our Rosary, let us
begin to-day. Mary in heaven will graciously
listen to the voices of her children asking
to be remembered "now and at the hour of
our death," and will abundantly bless every
Rosary offered in her honour and in reparation for sin against her Divine Son.
Listen again to Our Lady: "I am the Lady
of the Rosary. I have come to warn the
faithful . . . They must not continue to
offend Our Lord. THEY MUST SAY THE
ROSARY."
These words addressed to the children
of Fatima should ring throughout the whole
world.
How wondrous thou, 0 Mater Admlrabdis!
Thou art Heaven's boast, 0 Sweet and Puro and Fair.
As with a robe the sun,
Clothes thee, bright One:
Naught else created can with thee com pare!
A marvel and a joy to me thou art,
Thou peerless Mother Maid, solo Sovereign of my heart.
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ITEI\lS OF COI;LEGE INTEREST
THE COLLEGE CREST
Do you understand the meaning of the
details of your College Crest? It first appeared fifteen years ago, and ever since its
design and motto have been the occasion of
much favourable comment. Its shield form
makes it a buckler fOl' defence. With its
firm and graceful lines, its bright colouring
blue, black and gold, its bold entwined
lettering S.P.C., its bars suggestive of
strength and its star indicative of faith and
knowledge, it is a crest of which any college
may be proud.
The device "Lucet Lux Vestra" reminds
those who wear it to shed around for all to
see the light of good example so that men
may be edified and drawn to the Catholic
Faith and the love of God. This motto is not
for school days onIy, it should be a principle
for life. The force of good example is
silent, but potent; there can even be a storm
of light. The crest becomes a strong bond
uniting all pupils of S.P.C. past and present.
"Here beats the heart of us, the school we
handed on."
TOUGHS AND TRUTH
Manners are in the discard. The cult of
toughness and the gospel of equality lead
many boys to think that courtesy is weak
and sissy; so out go many of those forms of
respect for others that they should show. This
is just another example of modern muddled
thinking, for it is the coward who is afraid
to show respect to others, not the man. Good
manners arise out of a sense of reverence
for Priests, Brothers and Nuns; or of
charity for all mankind without exception
who are our brothers in the mystical Body
of Christ. That act of courtesy when you
raise your hat or cap to such people is
really an act of faith. On the way to or from
schOOl, raise your cap whenever you pass a
Brother and say "Good-morning," or "Goodafternoon."
In all my walks it seems to me
That the grace of God is in courtesy.
If this remark could be made of you as
it was about a certain lad by a lady who
did not then know of the existence of St.
Patrick's, then you will be a credit to
S.P.C.-"I will send my son to the College
which that boy attends, because he is always
a perfect gentleman." What a wonderful
ambassador he was. Are you one of those
who let the light of your good example
shine in this fashion?
FIVE TENNIS COURTS
Early this year three green concrete tennis
courts had been laid down on the area above
the College playing field when a long spell
of wet weather interrupted the work for
several months. Recently construction of the
remaining two has been under way so that
there will soon be a magnificent area of allweather courts for this all-the-year-round
sport. Wire netting will no doubt be the
next difficulty, but a temporary substitute
is being found in the surplus netting for
the cricket practice wickets.
The College Tennis Competitions for
which there were over three hundred entries
is making the courts a busy and pleasant
scene these weeks. Playing field, practice
wickets and tennis courts create a magnificent block of sporting facilities.
REFEREES' ASSOCIATION
An effort was made this last term to inaugurate a body of Referees from the ranks
of the boys themselves, and now it seems
to have taken root. Inevitably there will
always be a certain number of lads not
exceptionally proficient at football, as also
a number of boys whose physical condition
does not permit them to actively participate.
The question then is-"Could these lads help
to make Rugby better known to themselves
and others as Junior Referees." Without a
doubt OUt' thirty young Referees have proved
themselves capable of contrOlling all class
games, and have also acted as touch-judges
for the schOOl representative teams. Contrary to general opinion, there is little or no
glamour attached, but there is a lot of selfsacrifice. On two afternoons of the week
they give their free time after school to th~
discussion of rules and problems that arise.
It was very pleasing to see the lads at the
end of the season turning out in white, with
the school badge and College football sox.
Negotiations were being made for an Official
League Examination, but for some unknown
reason, they fell through. A glance at the
list below will show that here is a healthy
nucleus for what we hope will become a
strong and virile part of the College activities.
Refe~ees include from 2nd Year: P. Allison,
J. ReId, P. Kirkpatrick, C. Howard, R.
Stanwix, K. Stinson, B. McDonald, M. Ellis,
M. Garretty, R: Dorin, D. Woods, J. Harrison,
R. Hope, J. SImons, J. Gardoll, P Pinel, J.
Nash, R. Hutchison, G. Lesha; 3rd Year:
J. Graham, B. Metz, K. Kenna, D. Neville;
4th Year: J. Thackray, P. Barlow, J. Walford, P. Devlin; 5th Year: A. Parer, N.
Baxter and B. O'Brien.
We wish to convey our thanks to the
Junior Referees and WIS
. h th em every
success.
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ECHOES FROM
THE
SENIOR CLASSES
FIFTH YEAR BLUE
One of the term highlights was undoubtedly the dramatic performances staged by
the. Fifth Year "S.P.U.D.S." (St. Patrick's
Uruted Dramatic Societies) on Friday afternoon, Aug. 4th. Our contribution was "At
Home, Beloved, At Home," adapted from
the short story and featuring that supercolossal sensation straight from Granville
Warwick Somerville as Mlle Amelie Con~
stann with John Guy as the infatuated jukebox fan Lajeunie. While Warwick tried
hard not to look the part, John in tasselled
beret and tartan sash revelled in the action
and improvised ad lib.
Our fashion critic informed us Mlle. Constant was exquisitely gowned in a flowing
powder-blue evening dress over which "she"
stumbled only twice; and when with neckline and whole dress plunging in cracked
tones "she" groaned "her" way through
"Music, music," the bleacher seat fans roared
their delight and Lajeunie swooned away.
Pitou the composer (Ian Tart ), Trecotrin
the dramatist (Tony Parer) and Sanquereau
the lawyer (Barry Wilson) all looked very
Frenchy, waved their arms about, wept
without effort and looked like Apaches inviting each other "to strangle a parrot," or
young men straight from the Quartier Latin.
The night cafe scene was delectable and
unearthed a new talent quest star in the
inebriated reveller John Matchett who rolled
about and grunted "saoul comme un porc,"
and seemed quite at home in the part. Brian
Furlong was a petite chorus girl who looked
quite capable of throwing out any toughneck. While Beauty and the Beast thus
argued over the menu and Garcon Freeman
in tails balanced a tray of glasses on one
hand, a sort of preliminary Stadium bout
went on at the other table between the muscular Amelie and the pop-eyed Lajeunie.
Villain of the piece M. Cupillat (John Carson) , side-levered, mustachioed and forkbearded, looked even eviler than usual and
was enthusiastically hissed and booed. Com-
pere was Arthur Jones whose nasal announcements recalled French Without Teaf3
in Third Year, and producer was Ron Weaver
who lost two stone over censorship worries.
We cannot omit some of the press notices
which were generous. The Strathfield M:
Herald was cryptic and confined itself to
one word: Ham! (we believe the first letter
to be correct); and the Daily Dillygraph was
even more explicit: "We eagerly await their
last production."
FIFTH YEAR GOLD
Ah! at last we can remove our overcoats!
We have two prominent visitors to our class
who take an avid interest in the weather.
One is a keen student of weather-maps, cyclones and anti-cyclones and wet weather
tactics. The other is an exponent of a remarkable theory of continuous evaporatIon
and condensation and thinks of sticky wickets and heavy tracks. With the two wettest
months in the history of this fair city, they
have both thought themselves back in their
native element. Even R. Chadwick keeps
the window slightly open to see how it fares
without. Fortunately, Cliffle Johnstone and
Bill Neville are not corrupted by his bad
example.
We had much praise for the Firsts, M.C.C
Champions, especially as we supplied four
important officials: Ron Natoli, timekeeper,
Tony Guerin "Zambuc," Brian O'Brien
linesman, and the Coach. Very ingeniously
Brian Pettit, John Moran, Len Downey and
Laurie Glendenning managed to extend the
Wollongong week-end to a week, although
full attendance was noted on Thursday,
Sports Day.
Speaking of football, we emerged triumphant from two titanic struggles with the
Blues; in each we played with fourteen
men-B. Gordon playing as two in the first,
while in the second the ref's gracious help
was much appreciated.
We of Fifth Year have been enjoying a
whirl of social engagements, and so the
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SECOND YEAR BLACK
. A. Cutcliffe, R.
Hutchinson, J. Connor ~. Donnan A lie· d
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O' Brien
Rogers J
Kinkead
Whit:,gu~~e, p~;enMC~~b~e~'ps~or9~n. c~i Tr~ion~Yitch, MR' H~gg, R., Grant, P.' Byr~n, P. Hampson
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Glendenning Academy of Dancing has been
well patronised, notable customers being
Frank Riley, Justin Lynch, Dave Coffey and
Robert Hackett.
While the Firsts were sailing 'Gongwards,
the Dramatic Society presented "A Night at
an Inn." The play was brilliantly produced
and acted, and of course "Flash" Morr is was
a natural for the part of the ··Idol." Dave
Coffey seemed to have some difficulty with
h!s ~igaIette, but Barry Gordon and Billy
Neville looked to be hardened pipe smokers.
Let us conclude "on the wings of poetry":
"Courage," Ray said, and pointed to the
clock,
"This dragging time will roll us homewards
soon."
But as they looked, Gordon began to mock.
"Just think of Brian and you'll swoon."
Up sprang Moran with a face so grave
As he and Tanna forthwith to us gave
The Be-Bop of the Boogie boys.
Up rose the class in surging waves of noise
(Several hundred more lines follow but we
think every reader has now had' enough.
If you want the rest, see BOB ).
Gould,
K.
FOURTH YEAR GOLD
Such a galaxy of football talent was on
view in the Fifth Year showrooms-not
R.A.S.!-that any Fourth Year exhibits were
relegated to the Seconds.:
There Barry
Conroy, P a ul Star, Graham Rice, Brian
Byrne, Alex Lees and Brian Thwaites contributed their "mite" to the great success the
team enjoyed.
Casual observers thought
that Barry Conroy and Brian Thwaites deserved special mention.
The Class as a
whole con~ributed two mites in the shape of
Pat McGlom and John L. Smith who brought
a deal of power and verve to Our 7 stone
representative team. Jim Smith and Bede
Shortis upheld our reputation in the 8 stone
team .
The Golds ' preponderance of reps. and
aVOlrd.u. red.u~ed the Blues to a better sense
of their position, by winning the inter-class
match.
The Blues played gallantly and
were unlucky to lose their skipper Pat
McDermott. Pat completed a season of good
football by failing to observe two of our
forwards hovering in the air above, during
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one of his rum;. They and we wish him a
rapid return to the undislocated state.
In a game against 3rd Year, in which our
··Kangaroos" and "Wallabies" were shoutersof-encouragement-only, two Golds, P. Mansfield and B. Shortis, scored to make the
match a draw. Our ··oldsters" were somewhat too arthritic for Third Year's speedsters
who went very close to beating us.
In a well conducted class such as ours
there are few who make the headlines b;
any burst of activity, legal or otherwise.
Graham's or Michael's assaults upon scale
springs, Barry's or Kevin's addiction to
flower carrying, Paul's stealthy approach to
night lessons deep in the p.m.-these are
not very hair-raising.
But quite exciting
discoveries have been made about Booth
and Nicol fOi' instance. Exhaustive tests
by class luminaries have shown the unreliabi lity of their published a nswers, and
the ambiguity of many problems that have
thirty-three solutions.
Sure ly you share
our thrill at the distillation from the crude
ore of the Chem . Notes of the one thous andth equation. What a thrill to juggle this
by permutation, combination, componendo,
upsidendo, molecular (con) fusion, and
atomic fission, transmigration of metals and
Avogadro·s third hypothesis, until a crystal of
learning settles out never before known to
science, Mr. Hallstrom. or Anthony's.
How exciting, too, the scientific approach
to history. To discover that Peter the Great
was a "viscous type" who "depressed everybody" especially those "rolling in ignorance,'·
and that in his employ ·'th e best brains of
Europe rubbed shoulders with one another"
is evidence that a person's character can be
quite fluid while his brain is a true solid.
This later law has been proved conclusively in our class. Independence of thought on
the Solidity of Brain is encouraged. Our
researcher maintains that the presence of
"a thousand Jesuits at the death-bed of St.
Ignatius" evidences . a polar opposite, and
fits Fourth Year's emendation to The Rights
of Man, ··men were to have no extent to their
freedom.'· Montesquieu has been Ie-crystallized as "a man born in France who had
previously spent some time in England." It
wou ld be unfair to single out anyone of our
crys talologists for mention; for as one of
them said: "No man is innocent until he's
proved guilty."
FOURTH YEAR BLUE
Here we are two-thirds of the way through
the year, with the aU-important third term
coming up, and our course still uncompleted!
Looks like some man -sized work is in s~ore
for us during the next three months
Last term saw a vast improvement over
the first session in both the quantity and
the. quality of the work done, and we are
hopmg to produce something really worth
while when the Final Examinations come
round .
Our congratulations are due to Ken Vial,
Ed. Byron, John Coupe and Bill McSwiggan
~Il of whom completed a double of c nturies
In Maths I in the first two terms, to Ken
Vial who topped the class in both Christian
DoctrIn!' and Maths I in the second term
(the only two subjects, so far, corrected) and
to Matt. Duane who improved his Maths I
to 100% in the second term.
We extend our thanks to John Griffiths.
the very efficien t class business manager and
to P. O'Grady, J. Coupe, and G. Hedge~ for
the assistance they have given.
This year the class did not ha\'e any reo
presentative in the First XIII Championship
side, but P at Maher, the hooker for the successful Seconds, and our only member,
played a large part in bringing the premiership to S.P.C.
We wish to express our gratitude to the
Brothers and boys of other classes who
collected and sent in stamps for the
missions. We would urge them to continue
the good work during the last term. It
is an easy, inexpensive, but very effective
way of helping to equip our missionary
priests.
Best wishes to aJl for a successful third
term.
THIRD YEAR GOLD
We must begin our r·eview of the Second
Term on a note of sadness, by recording
the death of Mrs. Bornstein, mother of our
classmate. Peter. To him, to his brother
Mark. to their relatives and friends we express our sympathy. praying for the eternal
repose of their dear mother.
Like summer showers, though in winter.
Kevin Pettit came and departed in the course
of a few months. To him. ··A\·e atque vale"
(consult the LJtin Class). and all the best.
"Vale'· also to Barry Pinchb ~c k and Barry
Guinery, who left school during the term.
Just one Barry left now to uphold the glory
of st. Bartholomew: Barry Donald, Penrith,
non-sleeper.
Paul
O'Loughlan
skilfully
avoided the Second Term exa ms by developing appendicitis just a few weeks before
them; not a bad idea. We hope to see him
back again next term.
Football! Yes, despite weather conditions,
we manag·zd a little during the term. Geoff
Jones and Don Pilwer made Second Grade,
J·m Gillett and K. P ettit l·epresented in what
there was of Third Grade. Bernie Roberts
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SECOND
SECOND
YEAR
YEAR
BLUE
GOLD
J . Sewell , T. Pinchbeck, P. Kirkpatrick , K. Gately, I. Loy, 8 . Shepherd
l. Duffy, P. All ison, M. Bornst e in , R. Dorin, T. McSwee ney. J. Swan, D. '!V0odword
G. Wilson, W. Wells, S. Marucci, A. Petchell, P. Redd ing , P: Batson, G., l elsho , R. Breen
P. Mood ie, A. Haynes, B. Brockenreg, B. Bowers, D. West , N. Napi er, J. t:t opklns, N. "!'oods, R. Hope
P.
Happ, G.
Hill ,
B.
800n, G.
Gard ine r,
C.
Howard,
F. Riley, L. Kervin, T. Ross, D. Spiess, P. Bennett,
captained the all-but-glor ious Sevens, an d
was assisted in his campaign by Bill stanton,
Peter BaJlesty, Terry Loy and Bob Maloney.
Until th e second weigh-in Keith COllis represen ted in the Eights.
Two games against the Blues provided
plen ty of in terest. I n the Seconds' game,
which we won convincingly, the crowd was
thrilled by the tank-like bursts of Irni
Maronese and Ian TuUoh, wh ile the opposition was awestruck by the fearsome countenance of John Barlow.
The Firsts did well to defeat the Blues
11-2. P. Swan and E. Faulkner put up the
points, but the whole team deserves credit.
Fortunately, Frank Bryce, our version of
Clive Churchill, is well again after his injury in that great conflict.
The combined Third Years played two
draws against Fourth Year. However, John
Laing covered himself with glory by scoring
the one Third Year try.
While on the subject of football we must
not forget our members of the Referees'
Association, who are, as far as we can make
out amongst the most efficient whistle-men
in the College-Robert Graham, Brian Metz,
Kevin Kenna, Palll Pinel and Darby Neville.
Two vigorous hikes provided a little
diversion during the term. The first was a
rather strenuous trek from Glenbrook to
Spingwood via Glenbrook Creek and Sassafras Gu lly. " Sandy" Rexborough just about
F.
Ashton ,
H. Soster,
R.
Crl fflths ,
G. Gumbley,
R.
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R.
Grant
K. Stinson, A.
Brush
q ualified for the Trackers' Association by
following our trail for abou t six mile.
through dense country and finally overtaking
us. Gecff Jones, who started at the wrong
end of the journey, had us mystified when
we found "G JONES, L IV .. · carved on a
tree in the wi lderness. However, he found
us, too. l\lick Honeywell a n d Jim Gillett
made h istory by sw imm in g in the icy waters.
They said they enjoyed it. Richa rd Dekker
was the wit of the party and bucked up our
spirits on the big climb up to Martin's Lookout.
The second hike is probably one that
shall not easily be forgotten-by some good
parents at any rate. From Kurrajong, out
course led us out towards Bowen Mt.. then
down to the beautiful valley of the Grose
River. Birds, wild flowers, beautiful scenery
and the sparkling wit of Master Tullch com bined to make a glorious day. Rabbits werE'
in the picture also; the live ones in thE'
meadows a nd the treated ones wh ich always
accompany Kevin McHugh , in the morning
per haversack, in the afternoon per Kevin .
An evening camp fire and a steady journey
home comp leted a glorious day, but we
arrived back much later on Sunday than we
had barga ined for. Frank De acon was fortunate and left us at his home city, Riverstone. Granville claimed Ian TuJloh and
Bernie Trevillien (the latter hoped to meet
some ghosts); Jim Ashby left us at F leming-
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M. O'Keefe , B. Watson, K. Shultz, J. Mortimer, N. Sh eils
J. Robbins, T. Ke ll y. P. Wh y. T. O' Brie n. O. Gra y. D. Munro, P. Pickeri ng , W. Dowe r
I. Sost cr, D. Join er, K. Byron, A. Forrest, G. Dickso n (C ), M. Pe nny, D. Gallah er, J . Lest er, 8 . T urner
B. Starke, W. Fitzge rald . W. Ma rdey, R. Sto nwix, l . Z e ne re, B. l ittle, R. Hoyle n, P. Ryan
B. Walters, W. McGuiness, W. Cl ifford , K. He nry, P. Kn ig ht, B. Bush, B. McDonald , G. Wo lde n, M. Geraghty
B. McDonald, A. Whit e, T. Fo wl, 8. Sheridan , C. Askew, G. Egg ins, N. Moodie, P. McK ibben
ton and made his way to the sep ulchral
regions of Rookwood. At Homebush, Darby
Neville and K . McHugh were able to ease
some aching hearts, while the rest had to
find their way home from Strathfield, at _
o'clock. P. McAppion still had a long journey
to Epping . . . but a ll is well that ends well.
John Donn elly's day ended with a banquet.
but Brian Metz chose bed. Peter Ballesty
has not reported.
Stern "Never Agains" greeted most wan derers, but time is a great healer. By the
way, early bird Ken McCowage arrived at
the station an hour too early. Thinking he
had missed the train, he went home. Gasp!
Many thanks to our guide, Greg. F ehon.
old boy.
Aircraft producers in Australia have three
budding rivals in thrEe scientific members
of Third Yr. Gold, Don Bellis, P eter Why and
Ross Williams. K eiran Williams prefers his
Art. His sketches remind one of those of
a certain Mercier. Judge for yourself. Since
Darb's retw'n to the saddle we are expecting
great things from Peter Munro. We hope he
rides a winner in the Second Term exams.
News from the outlying districts is scarce
at the moment since the floods ha\'e subsided. Life must be quite uneventful for Len
O'Farrell and Jim Moria rty. Bob O'Neil
didn't even go to earth this term.
WE' must express our appreciation to the
automatic window shutters. Brian Shannon
and John Duffy, who do a great job on the
eastern wing. On the western side of the
room there are some apertures which need
closing more ooten than the windows. Brian
Willoughby may know something about one
of them.
In case you may be wondering what to do
next year, we would like to hold up Max
Jones and John Heffernan as examples of
what two years in Third Year can do for
mind and body. So if you want to grow
bigger and brighter . . .
Well, now, let us wish all pupils of S.P.C.
a very studious Term Three.
Note I.-Mr. M ichael Bats on's theological
treatise on "The Church and Cremation" has
not yet seen the light. A few difficult points
have yet to be clarified.
Note 2.-Can any give Jim O 'Reg:m any
information about boxing'!
THIRD YEAR BLUE
Bright and smiling faces welcomed the
commencement of the second term. However,
spirits were soon dampened by "Notus" (the
South Wind) qui evolat barba gravis
nimbis. Due to this we were destined to
spend the greater part oJ the term's Thursdays admiring the luxuriant scenery of the
class blackboard .
Although we did not participate in much
!'aq .. Nine
divisions. Geoff Horan, Tony Needs and
Andrew Betts find it difficult to fit between
the parallel bars at Drill Time on Fridays.
Howard De Tores, when com ing to t.2nnis
one Saturday morning found he was five
minutes late. He quickly remedied the situation by hailing a taxi in which he arrived
ten minutes early!
A very profitable day was spent at th e
Vocational Guidance Burea u. David Hardman and Bob Andrews decided to be swagmen, Beres Toll and George Wilton, garbage
collectors, while Denis Kelly aims at being a
card sharp. David Viney recently showed
the class how absurd it is to use big words,
while the much talked of fixture between
Fourth and Third Years caused him to burst
into verse. However the recent turmoil,
strife and anxiety of Term Exams help us
to realise that the school term is gradually
drawing to a close.
SECOND YEAR BLACK
FIRST YEAR BLACK
K. McLean, C. Moron, J. Flattery, B. Mitchell, D. Jacobs, B. Nobbs, A. Eddleston, J . Heffernan
K. Langford, C. Mackell, 8. Pierce, L. Ristuccia, W. Hyde, P. Salmon, R. Vandervelden, J . Hennessy. P. Guy
C. Titmuss, J. Pyne, P. McGirr, J . Graham, P. McConville, F. Sutton, N. Trevitt, P. Witheriff, Peter Murray, P. McHugh
G. Harnish, G. Coffey, J. Crom. R. Haile, T. Triggs, E. Short, M. foy, R. Seorcy, O. Pegram, J. Chilsto ne, W. Jeeke!"
M. McNamara, R. Fitzell, G. Hopp, M. Crittenden, B. Lees, J. Forbes, R. MocAndrew, F. Doughty, J. Smith,
S. Edmonds , T. Moling, J . Hamilton
l. Fitzpatrick, Patrick Murray, M. 00i9, J . Rafferty, R. Crane, D. Corson, J. Dyson, P. Neville, P. Thrum, B. Fehon, R. Bray
football we were ably represented in the
'·Black" teams by Paul Crittenden (Seconds),
Fred McDonald, John Talty, John Stewart,
Noel Hawkins (Eight Stones) and Joe Connor (7 Stone).
In the Annual Class Match we fell victims
to a much heavier team, 11 to nil. All
forwards
played well,
especially
Paul
("Champ") Mitchell, Paul ("De Belin")
Lucas and Brian Rowan. Terry Heys and
Dan McGoldrick were the best of a weak
back line. Joe Grealy, Noel Hawkins and
John Talty became non-plussed when they
saw a "Swan" on the wing. Speaking of
football, Brian Gillespie and Geoff Jacobs
were nearly "run in" in attempting to get
Ernest Ward's autograph at the Cricket
Ground.
In reply to how Elias was going to return
to the earth, Tony Muirhead received a
reply from the deep voice at the back of
the room-"by parachute." P. Mcinnes, the
class' star runner, recently won the Junior
Cross Country. Congratulations! The feature
of the Open Event was Pat Downie's 9th
place. He was ably guided by Alec Sharah
and Paul Crittenden. Julien Doyle is always
showing everyone his new wrestling tricks.
Invariably his subjects are such "m uscle
men" as Leon Flood, Alex Grieves, Greg
O'Sullivan and George Thompson.
Michael Farrell has now changed his appearance and looks very much like Elly
Bennett.
The recent sunShine, however, has somewhat darkened his complexion and he is
rapidly growing more like Freddy Dawson.
Rapid progress in the classics has been made
by Stan, Farrington, Dan and Cedric during
the term.
In an endeavour to encourage public
speaking, debates, somewhat vigorous at
times, were held. Our most prOlific speakers
seem to be John Speight and Michael Kenneally.
Heard recently on 2 UE·s radio programme
"Rumpus Room" were two budding young
announcers from our class. John McCaffrey
showed much eloquence in describing the
advantages of eating "Dad's Cookies," while
John McMorrow said he liked music "that
was very bouncy.'·
The Tennis Tournament, now in its final
stages, has brought to light some new
talent. Paul Crittenden and Terry Chadwick have reached the semi-finals of the
Under 14, while Joe Grealy, John Barrett
and Paul Mitchell are dOing well in other
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Back to hard toil came we all looking
as bright and as cheerful as possible-why
not? It was one of those places we can't
escape from as youngsters. School is a grand
place-plenty of mates-plenty of funplenty of! No! don't say it aloud, whisper
it-work. So let's ramble through the class.
Kerry, dux of the class, has quite a natty
pen-grip--try it if you are a contortionist.
James has a knack of cleaning up when work
is to be done. Does he like an "Absentee
boy· ' to be away!
Quiz the master-Ian, Alan and Robert
can always be relied on for "another silly
question." Nicholas sure can tickle that
foreign language. We battle on after him
but afraid it's a losing battle. We wonder
when Frank is going to get to school early.
Out- football reps. were good this year.
Paul, Paul (the Ford), Barry, Ken, John,
John (5/8), John (the fonvard), Michael,
Peter (the ham) and James (long 'un) were
either in the reps, or showed outstanding
ability on the mud-lands.
The Referees ' Association also found us
strong - members
being John,
Michael,
Robert (the red), James (a harricd boy),
David (babe in woods), John (of voice fame)
and John (of hanging hair). We were very
pleased with this new idea.
Howat times we envy those HistoriansJohn, peter, Clement, Brian and Peter (the
Latin hater). What an easy subject! In any
notes one must mention the "keen'· students.
Paul (long 'un), Ken (cowboy), John (barrister) and John (the cough).
This term, too, brought us once more into
conflict with First Year. Let us first of all
congratUlate them on winning one game out
of the nH~ played. 01 course they maintam
they hold the "Ashes"-being sportsmen we
let them think so.
Fr~nk (of the clock), Ray (permission),
MartIn, Ton.y (the thin boy), Tony (the _
boy), Terry, John (the batsman), Anthony
(the lover), Vincent, David (of fire), DeG,
Bernard (long· 'un) and Bernard (the dark)
played inspiring football for us against the
midgets.
Let's away to drive the cob-webs spOiling
our brams and may we come back hale and
hearty.
SECOND YEAR BLUE
The term opened with a good start and
everyone was glad to see friends again. We
had a new entrant, ROll Breen, and we hope
his stay will be a happy one. Graham Hill
returned to school with almost the whole
of his head bandaged after running into a
glass door. Next came Graham Lesha with
a broken collarbone. A few weeks late r
Terry Ross suffered the same injury, but
now both are back at school again.
We are now the pride of all the school
wi th our new single desks, the only fully
furnished room in the school with these
desks.
Duane Spiess will be leaving us at the
end of this term to fly back to America,
but he will return in November. He said
he will be keeping in touch with Leo Kervin
while on his vacation.
Archie Haynes is one of our brilliant
scholars in Algebra, particularly multiplication. The rain this term has kept us in the
classroom most of the days, but we ha·ve our
table cricket sets to pass the time away.
C. Howard, A. Brush and J. Swan, our car
enthusiasts, spent most of their holiday inspecting the modern cars in Sydney. When
playing 1st Year football at the end of the
term we lost the main match , but won the
others. Therefore we congratUlate 1st Year
on their victory. Now we must say goodbye from all 2nd Year Blue until next term
when we will write again.
. SECOND YEAR GOLD
Most of our sports days this term were
spoiled by rain, but we went to see 'Monsieur
Vincent" one day and made up a little that
way. Our only casualty of the term was
D. )\iunro who unfortunately broke his
wrist. Paul Knight now writes M.A. after
his name (minus appendix).
Our reps. in the Black teams were C.
Askew and N. lI>Ioodie. In our annual contest with First Year we won most of the
games, but lost the match of the day. Maybe the First ' Year umpire had something to
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FIRST
FIRST
YEAR
YEAR
BLUE
GOLD
B. Rowan, J. Rochester, D. Connor, R. lovett, M. Wheeler, T. Roberts
P. Crowley, G. Alcott, T. Breen, E. Hillyer, D. O'Donnell, L. Maley, G. Barrett
R. Johnson , T. Garard, 8 . Kirkman , M. Collett, D. Curchod, J . Muirhead, M. Dower, P. Gardiner
J. Dekker, B. Stuckey, T. Ballesty, R. Bamlorth , T. Russell, R. Hastedt, R. Maine, A. Kelly, P. Shepherd
C Rondo, P. Word, T. Atkinson, P. Marshall , James McCloskey, John McCloskey, P. Ryan, P. Condon, R. Ryan
do with it. B. Cliffor!l is to be commended
on his fine play. M. Geraghty, R. Stanwix
and B. McDonald are going for their Junior
R·~feree's ticket; here's wishing success.
J. RObins, K. Schultz and D. joiner are
thanked for providing an effici~nt lunch
s;rvice. Our aviation enthusiasts R. Haylen,
B. Clifford, O. Gray and Barry McDonald
are planning a trip to the moon. Radio
techniCians B. Sheridan, P. McKibbon, B.
Mordey and B. Watson are walking .:?ncyclopedias on the subject. Uncrowned tennis
champions are D. GalJagher and T. Kelly.
Our altar and room have been kept neat
with flOW~lS, thanks to B. Bush, A. Forest
and W. McGuinness. K. Byron and I. Soster
hold the record for best attendance while
B. TCmkins and T. O'Brien are in the black
books fOr the record for absence. Our class
has a small circus troupe. D. Albert and J.
;}fcrtimer are our midget performers. L.
Zenere, K. Henry and A. White our giants.
T. Fawl manages the sound effects.
We would lik·~ to thank our class captain
G. Dixon for his fine work. Adios signores!
FIRST YEAR BLACK
We express our greetings from the Baby
Class of the Senior School. After J. Pyne's
slashing victory in the first term exams we
resumed the second term determined to
achieve the highest honours; but, alas! the
recent exams only reveal that the Dux remains unchanged, G. Coffey has moved into
second place, with L. Ristuccia a gOOd third.
We wonder what the third term will produce. How many places will S.P.C. have
in the best 10 of the State this year?
Main topic of interest this term, besides
the weather, was the football. Thanks to
Mr. K enny a very fine competition was
begun-place of combat being Concord Park.
B. Lees captained the Springboks who were
undefeated until the rainy season began.
In the "knock-out camp" on break-up day
the Kangaroos proved to be the best. We
extend our thanks to Bro. Murphy and his
refet'2es on handling our games so well.
Towards the end of the term we challenged
Second Year, and out of the five games
played we won the 1st and drew the 5th.
Due to the hard tackling of B. Lees, J.
Hamilten, M. Doig, E. Short and the superb
hooking of K. (Tarzan) Langford we, with
the assistance of the "upstairs" classes, were
able to defeat the bigger Second Year 3-0.
We are going to be brave enough to extend a challenge to other classes to surpass
our Missionary Effort. The notable sum of
£ 18 was collected for the Holy Childhood.
Then, due to the enthusiasm of the teams,
over 25,000 stamps and 2,500 used razor
blades were collected. Beat that, if you can.
P. Witheriff appears to have contributed a
great number, and rum our hath it that he
has stilI three sugar bags full of envelopes
and stamps at home. Many thanks to Dad
for the part he is playing in bringing these
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R. Barry. V. Trebl ecock, J. Lotta, C. Roy
J. Leydan, N. King, K. Masters, M. Newbold. J. Kl:!cnon, 8 . Kelly. B. Condon
G. Grady. I. Clacher, A. Gormon, C. Hadley, G. Eggins, R. Buck, P. Connolly, D. Lomax
B. Moore L. Scott, J . Henkel, P. Mitchell, G. Gafiardll J. Grady, G. Petchell, B. Lindbeck, W. Johns
P. Jones, O. ' Hostedt, C. Knudsen, A. Hynds, B. Kinsmore, J. Morin , W. Hiscox, R. Fitzpatrick, J . Morgon,
J . Barlow
J. Hawkins, F. Kelly, M. Horne, P. Keogh, 0 8rockenrey, R McCanley, G. McDonell, J. Jones, J. Moylon
from the office. Many other fathers have
also been roped in for this easy way of
assisting the Missions by collecting stamps.
We have been divided into five teams all
the term to assist us to work better. It
appears that, while the competition was keen,
G. Coffey's row, ably supported by such un·
tiring workers as B. Fehon, R. Bray, W.
Jeckeln and B. O'Donnell, was able to hold
its own-due no doubt to P.W.'s stamps. We
feel that when new teams are selected next
term, we will see dazzling results from some
of J. Hamilton's experts as Pat Murray, R.
MacAndrew, G. Harnj·sh and R. Searcy.
The advent of "Geom cuts" brought to
light abilities that had lain dormant for
some time. Our midgets seemed to show
most enthusiasm-apparently in J. Heffernan
and G. Hall we have "good things wrapped
in small parcels."
Other Geom "experts"
who have yet to bring their light from under
a bushel include P. McGirr, G. Moran and
M. Crittenden.
We all put on our best look recently to
proudly face the camera so that future
generations will be able to see how photogenic we were in 1950. Photographers had
trouble placing the growing-too-fasts and the
not·so-bigs in correct perspective. Perhaps
F. Doughty, J. Forbes or G. Happ, not to
leave out the streak, R. FitzeIl, might be
able to tell our midgets, B. Nobbs, C.
MackeU, etc., how they carry out that
famous A. H.'s slogan "While I Live I Grow."
As you will see elsewhere in this publication, our efforts to make ourselves look good
were not so successful.
The new Tennis Courts and the Tennis
Competitions have not brought forth any
new talent. We had many applicants, and
we have yet to see our ch<\mpion under 13,
S. Edmonds, on top. We expect our under
12's will be able to produce something good.
We congratulate B. Pierce on his fine run
in the Juvenile Cross Country. While most
of us, conveniently forgetting our togs, were
content to stay at school, B.P. and a few
others traversed the beautiful slopes of
Francis Street, through the spacious fields
of Airey Park, and around the back-blocks
of Flemington. We are looking forward to
the SchOOl Sports and trust that First Year
has many representatives among the champions.
Hikes are again in the news. A distance
of about 14 miles (and the rest!) was
covered from Berowra to Turramurra (via
Bobbin Head). A fine time was had by all.
Oyster experts were discovered on this tripJ. DYSOn discovered plenty, while B. Nobbs
ate several on the way home--and was at
school the next day.
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Tuesday, 16th: The skies wept this morning-the holidays were over. Probably that
is the reason why it always rains when
school opens. But ODe boy at least did not
weep that the holidays 'were over. He was
here bounding through the College gateway
at 7.45 a.m., rain notwithstanding. Howe\'er,
it bightened up about midday; going back
to school was apparently not so bad after all.
Wednesday, 17th: You always knew that
Alex Sharah was a knowing bird, didn't
you? There he was explaining to Brother
how the lock would not operate on the
double door in Third Year with the latter
surveying operations from the outside and
Alex demonstrating within. The experiment
being essentially a practical one, Alex must
illustrate by closing the doors, they lock, and
lo! Brother is stranded outside on the
verandah. What he said to A.S. ten minutes
later nearly turned the dusky one white, but
not quite!
Thursday, 18th: Ascension Thursday, and
a school holiday! Well, this is the way to
start the term. Two days' school, and so we
break up again.
Friday, 19th: Yes, it was certainly cold
to-day, particularly in the Physics lab., but
Brian Pettit almost stirred up a cold war
when he read a thermometer three times,
and averred that the temp. was 1 deg. C.
It was then pointed out that he was neglecting to read the units figure on the scale14 deg. C. "I see," was the reply.
Saturday, 2()th: To·day ought be remembered by Five Stoner Peter Graf of Fifth
Grade, who scored his first try for the
College, and enabled his team to defeat
C.B.C. Burwood 3-0. Peter is a big noise in
his class, being chief "Lion"-tamer.
Monday, 22nd: Toddler telling story of
Adam and Eve with great gusto, " . . . and
they was drove outa the Garden of Eden
by the angel." "Very good," said Brother,
"but they were driven out, not drove." "No,
sir, they was drove out," insisted the little
fellow, "they was drove out by an angel
with a flaming 'Ford.' "
It didn't happen here, but it's worth retelling.
Tuesday, 23rd: A teacher has to get up
early in some classes, especially Third Year.
Those simpl~ doves, David Viney and John
Kenealley, came up .early to explain piously
to Brother how they had been unable to
do their homework as they had to attend a
Church function. Suppress'~d glee! Twentyfour hours later light began to dawn and
the pair were asked the nature of the
functlon. "The Children's Ball," was the
reply. It was forcibly impressed on two
young people then that retribution may
sometimes be deferred, but not escaped.
Wednesday, 24th: Our Lady Help of
Christians, Patroness of Australia. The old
story of the Christian crusade against the
infidel in the sixteenth century is retold and
its modern counterpart in the Fatima
crusade for the conversion of Russia through
the power of the Mother of God. But rain
douches to-night's bonfires.
Thursday, 25th: It was useless to barrack
"Black, black" to·day at Fratten Park be·
cause every player on the field was black
with its mud. Tubby Barry Gordon seemed
to dominate his match, taking the penalty
kicks, rushing through and catching the
ball, then playing it like a live Lummox.
Friday, 26th: Stan Noon of Fourth knows
a good thing when he sees it and has booked
up his copies of Lumen for the rest of the
term with cash on the nail. (Old Boys, take
note!). Stan shows sound business acumen.
Monday, 29th: Jimmy Gibbings, nine years
old in Third Grade, got 18 spellings right
to-day out of 20. That's nothing very remarkable, you might say; other fellows got
20 out of 20. Yes, but then Jimmy did not
hear a single one of the 20 words that
Brother said; he is totally deaf. He "heard"
the words by reading Brother's lips. Try it
out and see how many words you would get
right out of 20 without hearing one; and
then get an idea of what some boys in life
are up against. Good boy, Jimmy! A little
girl who was deaf, dumb and blind became
the world famous figure Helen Keller by
sticking at her work.
Tuesday, 30th: Wonderful how wise some
of those old writers are. There is Abraham
Cowley telling Ron Weaver and Tony Parer
"There's no fooling with life when once it
has turned beyond 40" (M.P.H.). Peter
Harrington thought this to be the best thing
Cowley wrote and set it up for his motto
for the term:
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Thus let my life sl'de silently away
With sleep all night and quiet all the day.
Wednesday, 31st: The craft of youth.
Graham Rice asked would he be allowed to
leave school early next Saturday as he had
an important appointment with his father at
11 a m. Do you think by any chance the
me2ting might be connected with a big
internat;onal ~porting event to take place
that day?
jfune
Thursday, 1st: In glorious sunshine, winter
fashions are seen on the Oval at the opening
of the M.C.C. football competition games
when the weight teams appear in new white
football pants. Subject for controversy now
-black and black, or black and white? At
Kogarah, the tables were turned and St.
George was overthrown by the Black
Dragons. Culhane and Nilon combined tc
give S.P.C. its sole try in the open grade
games.
Friday, 2nd: First Friday in June , and
some lovely Sacred Heart altars are to b:!
£·een in the clasrooms. First Prize to First
Year built by Robert Fitzell and James
Dyson. The Seven stone team that drew
yesterday was in some trouble. Its fiveeighth, Bern Roberts, was in Melbourne
"seeing football as it should be played."
Saturday, 3rd: Certain classes might have
h·eld school to-day at the S.C.G., so many
were present to see the Englishmen give
their object lesson in football to the Skyblues.
David Pegrum from First Year said he was
there at 7 a.m., and fifth in the line. Does he
get as early as that to school?
Monday, 5(h: "My father thought nothing
of getting up at s;x in the morning," says
John Guy, "and I don't think much of it.
either."
Tuesday, 6th: The diurnal worry of a
young man like Richard Chadwick, who docs
not usE' CI u b razor blades:
Stubble, stubble toil and trouble
Fire, burn and lather bubble.
Wednesday, 7th: Hysterical historicals (1)
"My empire is like a moth-eaten house,"
said the Euperor of Austria. (The textbook
had been worm-eaten; perhaps the student
thought the Emperor lived in a tent). (2)
"Peter the Great had all the bE'st brains of
Europe rubbing shoulders together." AlaC'ka·day! As Napoleon said, and teachers echo:
"The only thing we can learn from history
is that men never learn history."
Thursday, 8th: Pouring rain all day washes
out gam-: s against Randwick. Peter Buckman comes to a decision. and decides to
give up writing "First Steps in Magnetism";
he believes that "How to Win Friends and
Influence People" would pay better dividends. He can be grateful to David Coffey
for the suggestion.
Monday, 12th: It was LO\'e's Labours Lost
(What Mr. Menzies said to his family last
December) and Much Ado About Nothing
(Bradman's Last Innings)-all this scheming
and planning to be at thE' Test on King's
Birthday. It poured rain . . .
Tuesday, 13th: The M'ssion at Flemington
may ha\'c been flooded. but don't say that
it has not be ~ n a success. Witness Tony
Scarfe, ten years old who came in very late
this morning with the excuse that he stayed
back at church "to say a few extra
ROSARIES." Just like that!
'Wednesday, 14th: "Blow, winds. and
crack your cheeks! rage! blow!
You cataracts and hurricanoes, spout
Till you have drenched our steeples.
drowned the cocks!"
Could Lear's storm and rain have improved on to-day's impetuous deluges.
Thursday, 15th: Again football impossible.
The oldest inhabitant in the College does
not recall games being evel- put off twice in
succession.
Friday, 16th: Faith of our Fath-ers. living
still
In spite of tempest, rain and storm.
There was no dungeon, fire and sword
threatening, but Second Year braved to-day's
elements gOing amid the downpours to High
Mass at St. Martha's in honour of the Sacred
Heart.
In the same class political interests mount
high between at least two people wflOse
fathers are opposing each othel' in tomorrow's elections at Liverpool-Zim McGirr
whose dad is Premier of N.S.W. and Roger
Fitzpatrick, challenger.
Monday, 19th: The old chestnut again!
"There was a christening on the week-end.
Sydney had a Iiltle sun." (It was shortlived though, poo' chiI'.)
Paqr Frfteen
Wednesday, 21st: There was a time 15
years ago before any bitumen roadway
graced the front af the College when a bus
became bogged there in the winter mud and
the Council steam-roller had to haul it out.
This afternoon the flOOding waters almost
staged a repeat performance. Nearly three
feet deep, they splashed over radiators and
engines so that the buses resembled smoking
firehorses as they were enveloped in steam.
The Celestial Omnibus (409) certainly looked
the real thing with sides still smoking from
the journey. As dark fell, the rising tide
had lapped the Plimsoll line and was flooding over the tennis courts, and on to the
Oval.
Thursday, 22nd: Abated waters in front of
the College disappointed many people; "is
this a roadway which I see before me?"
At Goddard Park there were plenty of
"mudlarks'· in the match with Ryde. Sevenstoners recorded a 6-0 victory, and prelude
a 28-2 successful game by the Firsts. After
Tony Culhane had won his five shillings, he
gave the goal-kicking to Brian Woodland.
Friday, 23rd: They are measuring the rain
this month in feet now, not inches, so let us
calm savage breasts with something from
Edward Thomas on the subject:
"I h<!ve known rain hissing on the lawn
complete the luxury of tea when the heart
is fresh from walking. There is a generous
fire; seven-league slippers on the feet; hot
brown buttered toast, and as evening
changes from grey to grey in quiet crescendo, still the rain."
Monday, 26th: New Rays for Old. This
Modern Age has transformed the old
Guards' motto to "Up and atom!"'
Tuesday, 27th: Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Our Patroness. The old, old story ever
new is retold, and the wondrous powers of
the Help of Christians, the Vessel of Grace
and Mother of Mercy.
Wednesday, 28th: From Sixth Grade
Science: A barometer is an instrument with
which we can tell what kind of weather we
are having.
Thursday, 29th: S.P.C. v. Ashfield. At
half-time, doubtful it stood with the score
5-0; but in the second half, the Blacks
turned on a great performance and posted
twenty more points. Culhane's speed and
variety of play was superb-its like has not
been seen before in S.P.C. colours.
Friday, 30th: Winter is the season of
snow and ice-and skates.
One skate goes north, the other one south,
Each with a separate mind;
But the boy attached is pointed east,
And lands somewhere behind.
lull'
Monday, 3rd: Thought for
the month, and
longer-"If you are too busy to pray, you
are too busy." Inscribe it on thy tablets in
letters in gold!
Tuesday, 4th: There's many a slip 'twixt
the tongue and the lip. To-day's mixed
mouthful: "This answer is not worth the
paper on which it's rotten." It was nearly
as good as that other fluff: "What boys
hissed their mystery?"
Wedne6day, 5th: Ponce awon a time (the
disease still lingers) a tall old gum tree
used grow in the school yard close to the
building, and from its antiquity and fidelity
was dubbed "Old Faithful." On the veranda
nearby stand several drinking fountains, one
of which, for rather obvious reasons, now
bears a similar title "Old Faithful."
Thursday, 6th: At some grey hour this
morning the footballers departed on a
journey of exploration to locate Darlinghurst's new ground, Woollahra Oval, and
some time after midday lit upon their goal.
So did Culhane (4 goals) and Conway (3
goals). In very hard games, both Firsts and
Seconds retained unbeaten records.
Friday, 7th: School for Parents-"A child's
powers of concentration are not highly
developed. If he argues that the radio helps
him to study, turn it off for he is talking
rot." We are indebted to Third Year Gold
for this gem; they must be pretty good if
they are able to put across that the radio
is an aid. The telephone seems a much
better source of knowledge in Second Year_
Monday, 10th: Oh, for a muse of fire that
could ascend the brightest heaven of invention, and tell the story of Laurie Tanna's
hat. Months ago, a Hordern·s man unrolled
his 40 ft. tape to measure the broad expanse
of skull and jungle growth, and after several
weeks eventually located a lid that was
correct. Such foliage, however, knows no
restraint, and when the hat arrived, alas it
was too small. The brain, or something else,
had grown, expanded! So when the hat duly
arrived, it was several sizes too small. Several
more weeks before a larger size is unearthed;
the chapeau is brought out; and now it is too
big - he has had a haircut (is that the
word?). This game of shuttle-cock, too
small, too big, looks as though it will go on
for the rest of the year, with a large brown
paper bag as a conspicuous ornament in the
classroom.
Tuesday, 11th: Brother (3rd Grade): "Why
did God make us?"
Boy: "God made us to punish the devil
and all bad angels. (It looks as though
Brother is not classed amongst good company.)
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Thursday, 13th: S.P.C. v. Marrickville at
Henson Park.
Out of the mud that covers me,
Black as pitch from head to sole;
I thank Pod, Cas and Harrington,
For our unconquerable goal.
Score was 9-0. "Trying to get past Culhane was like trying to sneak daybreak past
a rooster."
Friday, 14th: Discovered to-day that the
"G" Boys (lst XIII) have not the best record in the School Compo Two other S.P.C.
teams have not yet had their line crossedthe Seconds and the Seven-Stones. Laurie
Tanna says "the Firsts have not had it
crossed between bells." (The only try was
scored at Kogarah when Laurie downed tools
as soon as the final bell went; a good
unionist. Kogarah played the final whistle!)
Monday, 17th: "Eleven years old is the
safest age," says an' insurance firm. Eleven
years old is the age at which you see
youngsters hanging by the ankles from
horizontal bars, riding bikes no hands,
whaling into football rucks, enduring a
dozen boots in the ribs, imitating Tarzan as
he swings from the roof of the back porch
to a nearby tree, concocting strange smoky
.explosive mixtures and sattling all disputes
in the manner that brings him home with
cuts, abrasions, a black eye and a happy
sense of 'mission accomplished.'''
Safest
age? Phooey!
Tuesday, 18th: Long Division:
Its name derives, as I discern it
From the time it takes a boy to learn it.
\Vednesday, 19th: Rev. Br. Young came
to-day to make examination of the College.
But though they wrote it all by note,
They did not write it right (Alas!).
Thursday, 20th: For too much sorrow, joy
or pain.
For seas once heard that cry again,
For snow, for heat, for sun, for RAIN,
Deo Gratias!
Heavy seas on all football grounds!
Friday, 21st: For those in danger of going
"clock-eyed·' watching for 3.30 to come, a
notice was suspended over the dial in one
room with the terse message: "Time Will
Pass. Will You?"
Tuesday, 25th: The B.B.C. meets regu larly each afternoon at 3.45 for unlicensed
broadcasting, and its members have their
privileges carefully explained-how they are
able to use the school premis>es (Second Year
Room) for their meeting for an hour longer
than the rest of the boys, etc. In fact it is
now being considered that a membership fee
ought be charged. B.B.C. stands for Ba€l
Boys· Club.
Thursday, 27th:
Torrid games with
Lewisham that end in victories for three
of the four Black teams. But orchids to-day
for the unlucky Eight-stoners whose record
during the season has been rather thin, but
who
almost
toppled
the
unconquered
Lewisham side. Brian Furlong and John
Morgan were superm.en in defence.
Monday, 31st: Founder's Day-but all the
games lined up to celebrate the occasion
were washed off with rain. These two
months have been each the wettest in
Sydney's history. Don't we know it!
CROSS-COUNTRY RACES
JUVENILE (UNDER 10, 11, 12)
Record: N. Fehon, 6 mins. 13 Sl:CS., 1946
Two under tens came in first and second
followed by more experienced John Johnston.
Fastest t'me went to Brian Pierce who hopes
to emulate his famous brother at distanc~
running. By mist~ke, he was credited with
a record at first. but Noel Fehon's figure
still stands. Pete McInnes having got closest
to it two years ago when he missed by only
two seconds.
1, Brian Rogers, 7 mins. 3 sees.; 2, Lui
Veneer, 7 mins. 9 secs.; 3, John Johnston,
6 mins., 49 secs. Fastest time Brian Pierce
6 mins. 39 secs.
JUNIOR (UNDER 13, 14)
•
Record: A. Culhane, 10 mins. 4 sees., 1947
Winner with fastest time as well went
to Peter McInnes. Brian DempseY'$ big
stride stood him in good stead and brought
him in gecond, while an under 13 youngster,
Jim McCloskey was third.
I, Peter McInnes, 10 mins. 38 !ie(S. (fastest
time); 2, Brian Dempsey, 10 JOin,3. 44 secs.;
3, Jim McCloskey 11 mins. 55 sees.
SENIOR (UNDER 15, 16, OPEN)
Record: J. Pierce, 14 mins. 36 secs., 1948
It was a rather sparse field that came to
the start for the Senior Race, particularly in
the open section. Pat Downie created a
stir appearing in the under 15 group, but
guided by Alex Sharah and Paul Crittenden
(mounted on a tandem bicycle.) and given
a two-minute handicap, he travelled the two
and a half miles circuit in 20 mins. 18 secs.
What obstacles cannot ardow' conquer?
First three places went to boys whose football training served in good stead, and who
in course of time overtook the leaders in
the early group Paul Mitchell and Phillip
O'Grady. David Coffey showed there was
one branch of school sport at which he could
lick "cream-puffs."
1, Brian Pettit, 15 mins. 8 sees. (fastest
time); 2, Frank Riley, 15 mins. 25 sees.; 3,
Justin Lynch, 15 mins. 34 sees.
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FIRST XIII
M.C.C. CHAMPIONS
P. Nilon, L. Glendenning, P. Harrington, B. Woodland, J. Moran, L. Tanna
J. Lynch, B. Pettit, J. Flannery, A. Culhane (Captain), P. Castaldi, L. Downie, B. Kelly .
M.e.c.
CI-IAMPIONS
K. Conway, P . Starr, P . Maher, P. Crittenden, B. Conroy, D . Power, B. Thwaites, P. McDermott
G. Jones. A. Lees, S. Hazell, D. McDonald (Captain) , R. Riley, R . Eldridge, K. McMahon
RESULTS
RESULTS
KOGARAH
RYDE .. . .
ASHFIELD
DARl.iJ.NGHURST
MARRICKVl.LLE
RANDWICK . .
LEWISHAM ..
M.C.C. v. REST
SECOND XIII
Won
Won
Wen
Won
Won
Wlln
Won
Won
9-5
25-2
25-0
... 17-5
7-0
8-2
22-5
9-5
KOGARAH
ASHFIELD
DARU.NGHURST
MARRICKVILLE
LEWISHAM
RANDWICK . .
..
PHOTOS :
Won
2-all Draw
Won
WOn
Won
\'Ion
9-0
2-2
12-2
3-0
2-0
5-2
BOTTOM
left : Soecdy winger Casta ldi on th e way for first of hi!
two tries ogainst M.e.C. Rest .
PHOTOS : TOP
left'
Taking
M.e.e.
the
field
for
the
match
Prem iers
v.
Rest.
Right: Downi e's long passing from dummy - half to Harring ton was 0 feature of his ploy.
Centre : Elusive Culhane go ing
position .
blind si de
from
f ivc-ei ghth
Right : Culhan e receiving A Grode Premiership Trophy at
end of match Prem iers v. M.e .C. Rest.
He 0150
received N.S.W.R.l . Blazer Award.
,'.
/FERMENTO"FFOOTsALLl'
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FIRST XIII
M.C.C. CHAMPIONS
With no less than eight of last year's
was a great asset to the side. He was forpremiership side again available, our prostunate to have such a speedy pair of wingers
pects for 1950 looked healthy. In fact one who could back up his "rapier-like thrusts"
of these was unable to hold his place in the and "paralysing bursts." Very deservedly at
the end of the season he was awarded the
team and fell back to the Second XIII where
N.S.W.R.L. blazer for best back in the
he did valuable work and awaits reappearance in the Firsts, 1951. Harrington and match Premiers v. Rest.
This is the fifth occasion since 1945 that
Culhane, the halves, gave the same operathe College has won the M.C.C. A Grade
tional pivot and a goOd nucleus of backs
competition. Like the 1949 side, it was unand forwards was available. The full-back
defeated in school matches, and improved
position was filled by Woodland who, though on that performance by defeating the Comslow, was sure and safe. Once again S.P.C. bined Rest with three great wing tries
possessed an extremely fast back-line, the
(Castaldi 2, Nilon 1) to one. It can boast
wingers Castaldi and Nilon being splendid the proud record of being the only College
in both attack and defence, and recalling the team to win all its M.C.C. matches and
D. Manston-P. O'Donnel wing pair of 1945.
defeat the Rest as well. Paints for 122;
Star player of the side was captain and points against 24. The season was nicely
five-eighth Tony Culhane whose 1950 per- finished by a 7-2 victory over the Old Boys.
formances stamped him as easily the
Both Firsts and Seconds went through the
greatest player the College has had in that season undefeated, thus setting a new record
position and possibly the finest back it has for future years. In addition the College
had. His principal weapon in attack was retained for the third successive year the
his terriffic speed off the mark. Even when Schools Championship Trophy for aggregate
"spotted" by other teams, he sliced defences paints, M.B.C. Randwick being a close
to ribbons time and again. In defence, too.
runner-up.
Congratulations to Rev. Bro.
he was magnificent while h;s goal-kicking English and Mr. Benson.
M.C.C.
COMPETITION
,
1
GAMES
(BY "CASUAL OBSERVER"-AN ENTHUSIASTIC FOLLOWER)
S.P.C. v. M.B.H.S. KOGARAH-WON 9-5
The M.C.C. Competition opened up at
Kogarah Oval, on one of the few fine days.
Culhane was brilliant as five-eighth and a~
captain. His rapier-like thrusts forshadowed
a master of future games, while his successful goal kicking presaged a healthy pattern.
Within minutes of the commencement of
play, Culhane got possession from a playthe-ball, and with a paralysing burst,
reached the goal mouth. He then threw a
long, high pass to Nilon, who touched down
for a timely try completely unmarked. Culhane converted, making the scores 5-0. Tanna and Moran stopped some dangerous
forays by Kogarah's forwards.
The second half was fast and unbending.
The play see-sawed frequently, with Strathfield's speedy backs penetrating more deeply
in every succeeding thrust. Downie was
unlucky not to score when he received from
CUlhane. Two well placed penalty kicks by
Culhane raised the judges' flags,
9-0.
Kogarah played good football, and would
have scored but for the timely appearance
of Castaldi, and deadly tackling by Woodland.
There was an amazing conclusion. The
bell r~ng with Kogarah still in possession,
"nd In Strathfield's territory.
Kogarah
scored like a flash in the corner, but failed
to convert the try. Flatfooted Strathfield
had played the ball. Kogarah had raised
two points from a penalty a few minutes
earlier to make the final scores 9-5.
Scorers: Tries, Nilon 1; Goals, Culhane 3.
S.P.C. v. H.C.C. RYDE-Won 25-2
Heavy and persistent rains had closed most
grounds, including the College Oval. Hence
the match against Ryde was played at Goddard Oval in Concord. The ground was wet
but well matted with grass. Within five
minutes Ryde had scored 2 points .from a
penalty after bustling Strathfield with an
unexpected dash. Strathfield quickly countered, and stung into action, ultimately suc-
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ceeded in holding their own, until Kelly to play this all-important match against
burst through to score from 25 yds. out. Darlinghurst, regarded as a most formidable
This justified his promotion from the opponent whose record stands high in the
MC.C. Competition. There was a test-like
Seconds. Favoured with a surfeit of the ball
atmosphere when Darlinghurst kicked off.
from the scrums, the backs scored two good
It was K elly who started scoring first, but
tries, as Downie and Castaldi "placed down";
Culhane converted, making the first half Culhane was the star. Others in the constellation were Castaldi, Nilon, Pettit and
15-2.
The game was a little more subdued in Kelly, who contributed towards the score.
the second half, though much of it was in These fast backs unleashed a series of moveRyde's territory. The forwards were at their ments when Culhane was able to extricate
best in this half and opened up the play himself from "spotting" tactics. Darlingagain and again, frustrating Ryde's "tight hurst gave a very good account of themselves
in the first half and would have led rather
formation ." Culhane now benefited from
penalties as Ryde appeared to throw caution comfortably if they had not mis!>ed three
to the wind, and secured another goal for easy penalties. Kelly's try was a magnificent effort from inside half way. Culhane
17 -2. A blind side thriller came from
Culhane who crossed the line to score an- converted it to show 5-2 at half time.
The second half was truly the toughest
other 3 points,20-2. Nilon raced infield frorr
the wing to within feet of the line, where and hardest part of the match. From a
scrum encounter, Culhane broke through
Culhane got three more points. This time
Woodland kicked an easy goal. Ryde clung with one of those familiar split-second breaks
on tenaciously-and continued to fight back to send Nilon over for a try which he conwith appreciable and praiseworthy effort, verted, 10-2. Darlinghurst broke through
to score a wide try for 5. Another spectacuright up to the final bell.
Scorers: Tries, A. Culhane 2, Kelly 1, Cas· lar display, with Harrington starring, gave
taldi 1, Downie 1; Goals, Culhane 3, Wood- Castaldi an easy opportunity to go over for
3, which Culhane lofted to make the scores
land 2.
15-2. Glendenning clubbed his five forwards
S.P.C. v. D.L.S. ASHFIELD-WON 25-0
The sun peeped through broken clouds as together to support Harrington, who in turn
Ashfield kicked off deeply infield. Their gave the backs accurate passes from the
giant forwards were a power of strength, base of the scrums. So ended the match,
and crashed through into the goal mouth. A one of the hardest yet cleanest of the round.
penalty saved Strathfield. This pattern of
Scorers: Tries, Kelly 1, Nilon 1, Castaldi
play was sustained for over twenty minutes 1; Goo-Is, Culhane 4.
without a score. Ashfield received three
S.P.C. v. D.L.S. MARRICKVJLLE
abortive penalty kicks, all within reasonWON 7-0
able
reach
of
the
goals.
Strathfield
The
match
was
played in a semi-quagmire
fought back valiantly and held the mighty
forwards back with the diminutive pall' at Henson Park. Marrickville had mapped
Moran and Tanna working wonders; only an out an effective wet weather campaign,
impenetrable "black force" stopped Ashfield which nullified back-line movements by
from scoring. Then came the beginning of r Strathfield. They sacrificed the lock man to
Black avalanche that swept Ashfield off its "spot" Culhane, who acknowledged this
feet in the second half. From the scrum the tribute by scoring a blinds ide try, practically
ball went right along to the winger Nilon , untouched. He followed this up by kicking
who scored between the posts. Culhane two magnificent goals, with a sodden heavy
ball. Tanna, Downey and Morgan made frefound tall timbers 5-0
The second half was a complete trans - quent territorial incursions, to frustrate any
formation.
Strathfield won more than their concerted thrusts. Culhane was effectively
share of the ball, and naturally .the score penned and restricted in his stride for a
while. Thus the half time scores remained
soared high. The whole back Ime func7-0.
tioned admirably, Castaldi, Nilon, Kelly and
The ~econd half was a battle for "possesCulhane getting tries. Ashfield endeavoured
to stop the rot, but their early battlmg had sion." Marrickville bottled up the play, and
taken its toll, and they had only twelve adopted tactics that success~ully prevented
Strathfield gaining posseSSIOn.
A great
men in the last half.
Scorers: Tries, Culhane 2, Nilon 1, Castaldi fighting game ensued among the forwards.
To make things worse, heavy rain fell in
1, Kelly 1; Goals, Culhane 5.
this half, which made any further open
S.P.C. v. M.B.H.S. DARLINGHURST
play
impossible. Nilan combined with Kelly
WON 17-5
Strathfield journeyed to Woollahra Park at one stage, but was unlucky.
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Marrickville did excellently to prevent Culhane again was brilliant in his second
furthel' scoring. In the end it was difficult try. He helped Nilon along unen-ingly to
to distinguish players as they were com· score comfort3bly, then turned to the other
pletely covered in mud.
wing to s·end Castaldi sizzling over for anScorers: Tries. Culhane 1; Goals. Culhane other try . Converting these two tries and
2.
with other penalty goal kicks, he scored 16
S.P.C. v. M.B.C. RANDWICK (Deferred)
out of th e 22 points for the match. It was
WON 8-2
a thrilling compost of College football that
caused a riot of excitement amongst the
This was a crucial match, played at home.
The Oval had softened overnight because of spectators. P. Maher as hooker gave the
heavy rain, but was not bad enough for any backs a feast of the ball, a contributing
wet weather tactics. Strathfield's fast pene- factor in the final analyses.
The full time bell "rang" in the Premiertrating backs, got away to a good start by
ship
Title, with the scores showing 22-5.
scoring two early tries, one to P. Castaldi and
Scorers: Tries, Culllane 2, Nilon 1, Castaldi
B. Kelly I·espectively. A . Culhane kicked a
superb goal from an awkward angle to make 1; Goals, Culhane 5.
Strathfield 8 to nil. The game was surprisS.P.C. PREMIERS v. COl\ffiINED M.C.C.
ingly hard and very rugged. The lighter
WON 9-5
Strathfield pack were not found at a disThe College Oval was the venue for the
advantage. L. Glendenning's zeal was somewhat suppressed, but he never lost his well match that was highlighted by the presence
known grin. P. Harrington played a sound of several League OffiCials, and nine hundred
positional game, and demonstrated good College supporters. Strathfield in black and
football "sense." P. Castaldi and B. Kelly the Combined in white, presented a striking
showed their usual brilliance in combining contrast as they spilled on to the ground. A
series of penalties somewhat upset concerted
effectiv·~ly with the skipper. A. Culhane.
play, but it was from one of these sorties
Half time scores were 8-0.
that
Strathfield got its first try. The winger
The second half was hectic enough, and
frequent penalties spoiled open play. Oc- Castaldi caught one of these kicks and
casional showers of rain kept the game even literally flew thirty yards to touch down, 3-0.
more confined. The imperturbable A. Cul- Harrington's cJev'erness saved a certain try
hane revealed exceptional ability in the art by the Combined. A lightning rally with
of vanishing as it were for fractions of Culhane in possession, from one of the
seconds, only to appear again, "jetting" for scrum encounters, brought Kelly, Pettit and
the line. In other words he was conspicuous finally Nilon, who finished brilliantly to
by his absence at times. B. Pettit scorched score. Again the try was unconverted. Casalong surprisingly, while P. Nilon showed taldi was most conspicuous as a back, while
the lustre the name implies. Tanna and Tanna, Moran and Downie shone as forMoran were grand in attack and defence. A wards. Score 6-0 .
The Combined Team bustled a break-away
play-the-ball penalty gave Randwick 2 points
by Strathfield, and a short pass between
within minutes of the final bell.
backs, was snatched up expertly by an
Sccrers: Tries, P. Castaldi 1, B. Kelly 1;
oppos'ng back who w·ent over in the centre.
Goals, A. Cnlhane 1.
The try was converted making the scores
S.P.C. v. C.B.H.S. LEWISHAM-WON 22-5 6-5. In spite of Nilon and Castaldi's breaks,
Remarkable
enthusiasm
prevailed
as the Combined's defence was sound and
Woodland
saved some
ugly
Lewisham entered the arena at Strathfield thorough.
for the last round in the competition. Glen- sltuahons by handling and kicking as n'ever
denning, the regular hooker, was unable to before. Glendenning played as if inspired
play because of injuries and Pat Maher in forward rucking, but only occasionally
capably filled his place. The gam;? was hooked for his side. However he eventually
·~\'enly contested, but Strathfield gradually
got one to Harrington which Culhane reassumed control. The maestro Culhane in- rei ved to set the whole back line into
spired the team into action, and quickened action with Castaldi scoring. So ended the
the tempo of the play. A concerted effort hard, clean match with the Premiers still
by the backs with Culhane as pivot brought on top, with 9-5 victory.
up seven points for Strathfield. A very deScorers: Tries, Castaldi 2, NiJon 1.
termin- d counter by Lewisham brought them
[At the conclusion of the match, A. Culclose with a margin of only two points at hane was awarded the N.S.W. R.L. Blazer
half time, 7-5.
ior best back in the M.C.C. Competition.
Lew:sham appeared to weaken under the while the best forward award went to G
scorch'ng attack that was now turned on. Fptterplace of Darlinghul"st.]
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SECOND XIII
M.C.C. CHAMPIONS
The Seconds went through the season undefeated. They drew 2 all with Ashfield
but had the honour of not having had thei!:
line crossed the whole round. This record
is indicative of brilliant defence.
The
strength of the team lay in its magnificent
forward pack which should form a solid
basis for the Firsts 1951. Don McDonald
gave a great lead to this sextet and was
most notably supported by Bob Eldridge,
Frank Riley and A. Lees.
The final game with Randwick acted as
curtain-raiser to the match Premiers v. the
Rest, and by winning it in a hard encounter,
they too secured Premiership honours and
won for the College the Aggregate Trophy
as well.
S_P.C. v. M.B.B.S. KOGARAH-WON 9-0
We met last year's co-premiers at Kogarah
in fine weather conditions despite the rains.
The first score came from K elly as inside
centre, who dashed down the centre, from
over half way, to score the only try of the
match. Conway converted and the Blacks
were 5-0. This was a morale builder for
Strathfield who held the initiative until the
end. Conway kicked two beautiful goals to
raise the score again. Kogarah played a
very spirited game in the second half, dim·
ming Strathfield's fire. Sullivan and Con·
way thwarted many dangerous movements.
Jones, Star and Maher shone in rugged encounters; that kept forwards from breaking
through.
Scorers: Tries, Kelly 1; Goals, Conway 3.
S.P.C. v. D.L.S. ASHFIELD-DRAW, 2 ALL
The whole College turned out to barrack
our match with Ashfield. The game was
not up to expectations, being somewhat loose
and ragged. Towards the end of the first
half Conway put two points up for Strathfield with a fine penalty goal.
The second half saw better football; Lees,
Eldridge and Hazel were grand in attack
and defence. McMahon showed coolness
under pressure, handling and kicking well.
Ashfield scored from a penalty right in front
of goals to even up the score, the game
ending in a whirlwind of many serious
efforts on both sides to obtain final
supremacy.
Scorers: Goal, Conway.
S.P.C. v. M.B.B.S. DARLINGHURST
WON 12-2
This was the season's most important
match and Strathfield rose to the occasion
with a fine spirited team-work display. The
forwards threw the ball about like experienced centres. They bustled the opposition into frequent errors. Spectacular work
by Eldridge brought play close to the
goal-line where Conroy received the ball
and forced his way over for a try in the
corner. 3-0. Crittenden, Star and Lees subdued Darlinghurst's forward bursts. From
a scrum base, Conway short kicked and
followed through grounding the ball between the posts for another try. 6-0. Several
penalties followed, making the final scores
12-2.
Scorers: Tries, K. Conway 1, B. Conroy 1;
Goals, K. Conway 3.
S.P.C. v. D.L.S. MARRICKVlLLE
WON 3-0
The game was played in rain and mud
at Henson Park. It proved to be the
toughest match so far. Power and Conroy
brought play into Marrickville's 25 on
several occasions without advancing further.
Rain tumbled down much more heavily
making conditions worse. Marrickville played
effective tight forward formation, to keep
in possession. Conroy broke through, but
support failed him, despite all the efforts of
Hazel, Lees and Star. In a last desperate
bid, Conway worked the blind side, exploiting McDonald who scored the only
three points of the match.
The scores
showed 3-0.
Scorers: Try, McDonald.
S.P.C. v. C.B.H.S. LEWISHAM
WON 2-0
Strathfield only managed to scrape home
against the rugged Lewisham combination,
on the College Oval. The first half was
marred by a painful procession of fumbling,
knock-ons
and dropped
passes,
which
Lewisham fortunately failed to acknowledge.
Eldridge was particularly aggressive followed
by Riley and Crittenden. A penalty goal
kick by Conway put up two points, 2-0.
This slim lead was maintained unchanged
to the end of the game. McDermott and
Jones tackled fiercely. Riley supported Conway in a brilliant "break" and just failed to
leach the goal line.
Scorers: Goal, Conway.
S.P.C. v. M.B.C. RANDWICK-WON 5-2
The fate of the Seconds Premiership depended on this match. Play swept into
Randwick's territory and remained there
some time. Then Conroy and Thwaites broke
away, the latter threading his way through
deep into the 25 where McMahon, showing
magnificent anticipation, came up from fullback to give an overlap and score in the
corner. Eldridge and Lees led crisp sorties,
the former being very prominent. They
were well supported by McDonald, Star and
Maher.
Both sides played well, each
securing a penalty goal, but McMahon's fine
try determined the fate of the Premiership.
5-2.
Scorers: ]\<lcMahon try; Conway goal.
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EIGHT·STONE XIII
BACK: I. Clacher, J. Talty, J. Doran, T.
Ballesty, K. COllis, B. Boon, W. Napier,
J. Hawkins.
FRONT: J. McCloskey, F. McDonald, J. Smith,
B. Furlong (Capt.), B. Shortio<;, C. Johnstone, E. Byron.
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the forwards, but did better work as a
back later.
The backs were ineffective in attack. Their
defence was very changeable.
Against
Lewisham it was excellent, against Rand wick and Darlinghurst it was right at the
other end of the scale.
Half back T. Ballesty was fair enough but
lacked the initiative of a good half. John
Talty plunged suddenly into the five eighth's
position, began to find form too late.
John Doran, centre, gave a good account
of himself in all games, and showed most
football senes amongst the backs. A. Hynds
and J. Smith, centres, showed plenty of
talent, but not consistently. The latter won
the award for best back mainly because of
his tackling. Fred McDonald and NOel
Napier on the wings, lacked the speed of
really good wingers. Their defence was on
and off, in keeping with the general run
of the team.
Full back, Jan Clacher, showed great
promise. As he is still only in First Year.
big things can be looked for from him in the
future.
G. Furlong won the best forward award
for his conSistently rugged play.
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This year S.P.C. won the M.C.C. ChampiOnship Trophy for aggregate points
in the four competition grades for the third successive year, and won the First
Grade for the fifth time in si:X! years. The First and Second Grade teams set up
a record performance by passing through the season undefeated, the Second Grade
line remaining unbreached. In addition, the Seven-Stone team were Runners-up.
Quite a successful season.
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BACK: K. Cutcliffe, R. Maloney, W. Stanton,
B. Lum, P. Castaldi, J. L. Smith, P.
McGloin, T. McSweeney.
FRONT: P. Byron. N. Moodie, P. BaIIesty,
B. Roberts (Capt.), T. Gale, D. McRae,
T. Loy.
S .P.C.'s Seven Stone team are to be congratulated on their fine display of football
during the season. They were a credit to
the school both on and off the field; :lI1d
displayed a fine sporting spirit. It is regretted that they failed by only one point
to gain the Premiership Honours, which
were won by Randwick to whom we express
our congratulations.
While all the team deserve praise for their
efforts, much of the credit goes to B. Roberts,
captain and five-eighth. He, supported by
a good back-line, attacked dangerously, and
when the occasion called for it defended
marvellously. Naturally, as the season wore
on, he was a marked man, and often took
unflinchingly tackles by two and three
opponents at a time. In his own quiet way
he had the team working with him.
In the centres, P. McGlcin proved dangerous to the opposition; but spoilt the
effects of his piercing runs by holding on
to the ball too long. Whenever he let the
ball out P. Castaldi, T. Gale or P. Byron
would handle the ball and tries resulted
from such back-line move m ents.
This year S.P.C. Sevens had in J. Connor
the best junior full-back for the past few
years. His handling and kicking, while
good, were surpassed in quality by superb
tackling. To him must go a great deal of
the credit for the fact that the only try
to be scored against us was in the last game.
On that occasion it was not our full-back
who let us down.
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8·STONE XIII FINDS FORM LATE
To say the least, the Eight Stone team
had a lean season, and was denied the
thrill of even one victory. It is difficult
to reconcile the performances of this team,
which was able to record a 3-2 loss against
Lewisham's Premiership team, after putting
on a fine performance and which, on the
other hand, lost easily to teams like Darlinghurst and Marrickville which were not in
the same street as Lewisham. The Lewisham
game was the last played, but the fact that
the second best performance was in the fint
game, against Kogarah, shows that there
was not a gradual development to top form.
These were the unpleasant facts. In favour
of the members of the team, it can be said
that most had had no previous experience
of inter-school football, and several showed
signs of talent which has plenty of time to
develop.
The forwards were the stronger section of
the team and compared favourably with
any in the competition. G. Furlong (Capt.),
Bede Shortis and E. Byron were very good
throughout the season. Cliff Johnson played
some excellent games while N. Ha.wkins, K.
COllis, J. McCloskey and Barry Boon gave
steady solid service. J. Stewart began in
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B. Lurn, as half-back, played very well
and is to be complimented on the way in
which he entered into several moves with
his five-eighth whom he fed with good
passes from the base of the scrum. Barry
worked well with both forwards and backs
in keeping the ball on the move, a feature
of this year's football.
Due to the hooking of K. Cutcliffe the
backs were given a fair share of the ball.
Records tel! us that in all the season over
50 % of the scrums were won by S.P.C. It
would be very presumptuous to say that
that proves Ken to be the best hooker' but
it does indicate the success he attained:
In the forwards we displayed three real
"'tigers" in second-rowers R. Maloney, T.
Loy and lock T. McSweeney. The other
forwards (with reserves) are best considered
as "props" in which capacity they carried
out their duties adrnirably-J. L. Smith, W.
Stanton, N. Moodie, D. McRae and P. Ballesty. All the forwards did a grand job, in
doing the rough work of getting possession
of the ball.
Award for the best back will be made to
Captain, B. Roberts, while that for best forward will go to R. Maloney. Scores given
below indicate that we lost only one game,
drew one and won five. M.B.C. Randwick,
the Premiers, lost only one game.
Congratulations, Sevens, on a fine season,
and in helping the School retain the Schools'
Champ:onship Trophy.
SCORES
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Won
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Won
.. Lost
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6-0
14-2
3-0
0-7
11-0
JOTTINGS
FROM THE
JUNIOR CLASSES
SIXTH GRADE BLUE
With the year rushing away from us we
go to press again. The term just concl~ded
has had its unforgettable memories and
while anxiously scanning the future, we no"';
pause to take stock.
Once more the various teams have performed a notable work of zeal on behalf of
the Missions, and in conjunction with the
Golds have raised £30. We would like to
remind all, Blues and Golds, that even the
smallest offering, given with the right inten·
tion, will bring the promised reward from
the Holy Child Himself.
During the term we received into our
ranks Peter Thomas from Waverley College.
He has settled down and is capable of securing one of the coveted places in class. We
hope his stay will be a happy one.
A short time ago, we were privileged to
be taken en masse in to the Savoy Theatre
to see a presentation of the life of St. Vincent de Paul-Monsieur Vincent. A hurried
French lesson before we went and some
quick reading were of tremendous value and
all enjoyed the picture. An accompanying
short of the lush Murray Valley proved of
great interest t~ our geographical experts, as
also to a certam exile from the Riverina
Rain washed out quite a number of ~ur
football days, but in spite of the weather
we were able to play the "greatest game of
all" on a few occasions. We would like
very much to extend our sincere thanks to
the Referees who handled us with such
tactful discipline. Ask John Nielsen.
The climax to our season came last Monday when the annual Blues-Golds match was
played. Of course, you have guessed the
truth-the Blues won both, Firsts and
Seconds comfortably. The Firsts ably led
by Dick Pinerua, had no trouble 'while Bob
MOrg~n's Seconds had quite a st~uggle. The
Premiers v. the M.C.C. Combined team
match, proved exciting and from our van-
tage pOint behind the goal-post, we did our
best to aSSist. the "Premiers." Rumour hath
It that our RIC Rac could be heard at Homebush station. A certain touch-judge on that
occasion came in for an amount of chipping.
If you want to know why, ask the Golds.
Exams passed off like the proverbial water
on the duck's back, and we approached the
end of the term with mixed feelings. Some
of us ar~ wondering what our reports will
contaIn-If anything!
Friday, the last day of term, some of us
t~avelled to Cowan, where we hiked and then
hiked again for a considerable time. To
round off the day, journeyed by launch
~own the HawkesbUl:y to the Bridge-a dellghtful trip of one hour's duration.
Well, it's noses to the grindstone next
term, as we are most anxious to fly the
Blue, . Bla~k and Gold at the Annual Grade
Exammahons, so until then it's "till we
meet again."
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SIXTH GRADE GOLD
:-Veil playmates, here are some of the
domgs of the term. So combining business
With pleasure we wiII dive into our activities.
f\t a recent Art Exhibition, the various
cntlcs praIsed
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. Glendennmg, K. Marland, L. Short and
K. Wells. Some of the budding Dobells are
e~couraged by Professors Olde and LarbalestIer. ~. Gabriel has gone into the dental
profeSSIOn-any extractions? Only his own
to date. In June A. Murray decided to have
~ couple o~ :neeks' vacation at Coonamble_hootmg, ndmg, etc. Yes, we do work hard!
We had representatives in the S.P.C. Seven
Stone XIII-T. Gale (something that the
wmd blew in). He also did a fine job in our
~Iass game. agains.t the BI ues, ably assisted
y two big, qwet, masculine types - B.
Shanahan and not-so-quiet "M. Gaughan," G.
Murray, D. Foley, J. Glendenning, L. Short,
D: McLachlan, A. Anderson, M. Fenton, J.
NichoUs, B. McGoldrick and R. Constable.
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Alas, like England, we lost. If only our
Constable could direct a football over the
bar as he directs the rush to the tuck-shop,
all would be well. Congrats., Blues!
Our Second XIII also met with disaster
but all enjoyed themselves immensely. Now,
Blues, be ready for a real run in the
athletics. P. DonneUy and P. Harris (what!
together again) really feel sorry for you.
On the sick list during part of the term
were B. Toole, K. Rogers, M. Atkins and a
brick wall. The last two mentioned really
didn't hit it off, P. Martin informs us, while
K. Wells is back again. B. Hickey, P. Oakes,
R. Bramma are still fighting, in the scholastic
sense, of course, to see who turns in the best
homework.
D. Howard, C. Starr, H. Thurlow, D.
Armour and our two mascots, K. TitmUSB
and G. O'Neill simply cheered and cheered
when S.P.C. played the rest. They could be
heard with about 900 others down at Homebush.
V. Iacono has shown us the way with
bananas. Then we went to see "Monsieur
Vincent" and D. McLeish complained about
not knowing French. Wait till next year!
On the last day of the term we saw two
boxing films. "Tommy Burns" was not in
these, but he has been in the picture on
and off for the term.
Finally our hike from Cowan to Jerusalem
Bay-a most enjoyable day had by all. The
trip to Hawkesbury by a big power-cruiser
really was <I fitting end to a perfect day. And
so we say farewell till n ext term. Cheerio,
playmates!
FIFTH GRADE GOLD
By way of change we have all decided to
contribute to the class notes. Here is what
Ian Cavanagh thinks of some of his schoolmates:
"Grant McGuiness, Robert Hepworth,
David Mitchell and Jack Johnston are never
still in school, but they are always r·zady
when there is any work to be done . . . Our
class captain: Alan Hart, tries to be vicious,
but when he puts any names on the board
he always rubs them off again. I think he
is wasting chalk."
I wonder who wrote this: "Our champion
scholar is Terry Harris, who is closely
followed by Ray Anderson, Greg O'Hara,
Terry Shepherd and Francis SpineIla. Our
champion talkers are Michael Vowles and
John Donoghue, while the opposition to them
consists of Lindsay Beer and Kevin Smith."
Just wait tiII Mike finds out who wrote
that.
Jim scatt reminds us that John Eddleston
has become a pest to every manufacturing
firm in the Commonwealth. He is closely
followed by Richard Johnson, who writes
to Cadburys asking for samples. Jim, him self, is faithful to the care of the altar.
Warren Mewton thinks that "Jackie·' should
be put into an envelope and sent away as
a sample of "S.P.C."
Ron Heferen writes : "Terry Morris is
busy every morning loking after our lunch
orders, helped by Reg Herbert, Brian James
and John Sutton. Lyle Smith is usually busy
reading a book. Paul power is one of the
best artists in the class."
Jack Johnston, distance runner, tells how
Brian Rogers won the Juvenile Cross Country Race while Neville Hynds, John Mockler
and he himself filled prominent places.
Richard Johnson accuses Ian Brodie and
otto PeIlizzaroIi of swapping soldier ants
during school. He also thinks that though
Ian Cavanagh and Robert Hepworth may be
radio announcers, they should not practise
in school.
Lindsay Beer had a lot to say about a lot
of people. Here are some of his remarks:
"John Lynch is a newcomer to S.P.C. and
is very popular with the boys
Marsden
Andrew from Liverpool play, With gans all
day."
Pat McHug'h, described the football match
against st. Charles', and picked out Rodney
Wheeler, Rodney Cooper and Neville Hynds
as deserving special praise. David Henkel
thought that Linton McLaren did very well
as ball-boy.
John Brunero claims that he is the champion at playing "pins." His favourite l;val
is John Thurlow.
Waiter Davis reminds us that when S.P.C.
played the Premiers v. the Rest, on the Oval,
keen footballer David Tomkins was to be
found helping with the washing up-and also
with some of the eating. Fifth Grade was
proud to see its champion barracker, Otto,
carrying the Trophy from the field. Walter
sends best wishes to Darby Delaney, now
living in the country.
Ray Anderson compliments Warren Mewton on carrying out his Scout promise of
doing a good deed every day. (What a pity
it's only one.)
The best worker in the class, according
to John Giles, is Ray Grelis. He also says
that Michael Walr>h is very good at picking
the boxing champions.
Brian Davey tells how John French rides
five miles to school every day. Not bad for
a ten-year-old. Paul Francis Power also
pushes the pedal to school.
Many boys mentioned Ken Graham as
footballer, runner, artist, naturalist, scientist
and a few other things unprintable in
"Lumen."
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Terry FOrbes must be tired of life or he That last line doesn't rhyme, we know.
would not have written such hard things O'Grady says, and he's not slow,
about the so-called champion footballers.
At tests and things like that we mea n,
Terry Barton thinks that Carl O'Brien, NOI' is our old-Gold Peter Sheehan.
Harry Adamson, John Stevens and Richard
Scott are saving all their energy for cricket. Now Griffith's moved to Concord West ,
Tony Gallagher and William O'Brien are But Soderland thinks Ryde's the best,
And Mickleburgh travels west,
among the best cricketers.
John Hehir considers it a pity that Richard At Doughty's place an honoured guest.
Broadley missed the exams and the holidays.
He says that JOhn Deary and Gary Czinner Desmond Milne likes Clarence Martin,
The tears start when they are partin';
deserve a holiday for their hard work.
Dare Rochaix is an all weather expert But Geoghegan's only love is cars,
and does not mind the rain. Tony Oliver And Lawler's mind is in the stars.
never fails to open the windows to the
right height. John Rae is another Liverpool Young Mike McGloin 's a quiet lad
supporter. Kevin Myers always turns up for Like Jones he thinks "school's not t~ bad ":
football. Tony Atkins and Paul Diacono are You'll never see them really sad,
so quiet that they almost slipped through At half-past three they're even glad.
"Lumen" unnoticed. On concert day Paul John Dwyer is a happy boy;
was in great demand as a singer.
To Tosi lessons are a joy,
G<lrdon Lapham protests that Terry McBut Gerald Spiess is pretty sure
Kibbin should pick on someone his own size.
Sums aren't a thing boys can endure.
For keen students and hard workers there
is none better than Dennis Graham, Les Roger Thrum (a learned man),
Fowler and Brian Gleeson.
And Cowen, work whene'er they can.
. For the first time ever, Eric lfurty finds And Higgins thinks he knows a plan
hImself last, and so he bids you all "Good- To get work from O'Sullivan.
bye" till next "Lumen."
You ought to see Ray Shieles' writing,
Though he is not a boy for skitingFIFTH GRADE BLUE
Some of the big boys' classes have tried But Petchell in his dinner's biting,
writing their class-notes in rhyme. This is We must be off for time is flighting.
the first time it has been done properly.
When our hearts are feeling sore
You might find some of the words hard at We
get cheered up by _ _ _ _ __
first, but just read it through and we'll exB~t
life at school would be much 'tamer
plain those parts la ter.
WIthout Our good friend _ _ _ _ _ _ .
Here's
Where
Where
Where
Fifth Grade Blue so bright and gay,
Bloomfield dreams the hours away
boys like Brooks come out to play,'
you may hear the donkey Bray.
Here you may see the studious Burt
And footballers who can't be hurt
Like Harvey, Doughty, Graf and P~el
The blows of foes we never feel.
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See how we get down to our work(The Gilberts wake up with a jerkl)
You'll never see our Cuthbert shirk'
Though King finds lessons sometimes' irk.
Now meet our gallant captain, Lum,
Who never makes the class feel glum;
The Shepherd of the flock is he
And keeps an eye on Cassidy. '
The. Dragons at the Lions laugh,
WhIch causes pain to Peter Graf
Their captain, and to Michael Sc~rfe
Another Lion, bold as brass.
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Unlike that dreadfUl Fifth Grade Gold,
Whose love for learning has gone cold
We are the Blues, the brave, the bol'd,
Like Heroes far-renowned of old.
We could go on like this for hours of
course, but we will stop there and explain
to you some of the hard parts. For instance John Lawler's mind is in the stars
because he . is so tall. Paul Bray isn't a
donkey, he IS one of our best scholars we
only p~t that bit in because we tho'Ught
you mIght think it was funny. Some of
~e other parts aren't true either
For
mstance, the Gilberts don't wake 'uP in
sC:lOOl, but on the way home. Desmond
Milne and Clarence Martin don't always cry
when they are parting, but sometimes they
get pa~ed and look very sad at about the
same time. If we put in anything bad about
anyone, we only did it in fun. If it was
true we WO~ld have kept it quiet.
There Isn t much news this term. We
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didn't play much football owing to the
bad weather. Michael McGloin was so
exasperated he brought his croquet set to
school one sports day and some of us played
croquet on the field behind Third Grade.
This is probably the first time croquet has
been played at S.P.C. Let us hope it is the
last.
We have had some important jobs this
term. We nursed the cricket wickets through
the worst winter ever. We helped the
College teams to the top with loud war-cries.
In short (as Mr. Micawber says) we did
the best we could.
FOURTH GRADE BLUE
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August, 1950, and here we are at the end
of our second term. Many of us think we
have made rapid progress in the art of
knowledge; however, our examination results will show this.
Since last telling you of our doings, we
have to welcome that dashing footballer
from Eastwood. Sydney Gallagher, Also we
welcome Maurice Harris from Enfield and
Allan Whelan from Waverley College.
This term the weather has played havoc
with our various sporting fixtures, but in
between showers we played Waverley, held
our class games and finished our term by
defeating those "atom boys" from Third
Grade.
Perhaps it would be in order to mention
some of our sporting personalities: Garry
Maher, the team's chief goal-kicker, Eris
Dignam, who, when once he has the ball,
will be stopped by nothing, and Sidney
Gallagher our main football support.
Talking of football the Golds defeated us
in a very exciting match, and umpire for
this match was Tony Culhane, Captain of
School Firsts. Many thanks, Tony!
Martin Malone is making preparations for
the M.C.C. Carnival and between Paul Hennessy and himself it will be interesting to
see who represents the College at this meeting. We must not pass on without congratulating Luigi Venier in obtaining second place
in the Juvenile Cross Country run. Also
started were: Brian Penny, Ian Coffey, John
D yson and stan Noon.
During the term our weekly tests have
been the cause of much excitement. The
boys who seem to be at the top of the
ladder are: Kevin Thomas, Michael Storrier,
Ross Liebick, Noel' Downie, Peter Anderson,
David Eccleston, Gregory Hatton, John
Dixon and Terence Wales, whilst there are
others who have not yet reached the bottom
step. Ian Coffey and stan Noon are to be
congratulated on their neat home exercises.
Our early birds are to be congratulated
on the excellent way they keep the room
neat and tidy. Adrian McInnes and Antonio
Scotto are always busy with a broom, whilst
Anthony Broadley and John Harrington
keep the altars looking spick and span.
The boys of Fourth Blue are very interested in the missions, and together with
the Golds our effort up to date is £30.
Truly the Infant Jesus and His Holy Mother
must be pleased with the boys of St.
Patrick's.
In spite of all the rain, Jim Avery, who
hails from Liverpool, never missed a day,
and talking of attendance, the Blues seem
to beat the Golds in this direction. Peter
Burton and his music companions have promised us a demonstration on just how to
play the piano and master the violin. We
thank our Fete Committee, namely Robert
English and John Thoms, for their very
efficient work in looking after the class
raffles. We are sure that these two young
"business" men will be leading financiers
of the future.
NOel Downie, our class captain, is to be
congratulated on the excellent way he has
managed his class for the term. Many of
the boys are a credit to their College for
the care they take of their clothes. In
this respect Michael Caponas, David Lochrin
and Ray HOlder seem to lead.
As the third term faces us we imagine
all kinds of activities, sports, concert,
examinations, so with these in front of us
we wish you all a happy and holy holiday.
FOURTH GRADE GOLD
Hello, everyone. Greetings from Fourth
Grade Gold.
Many of us have worked well during the
second term and we eagerly await the
examination results. We heartily congratulate Warwick Harvey-Smith in obtaining first
place in the class. Other boys who should
be not far behind him are Chanel CObleyFinch, Brian Mayhew, Brian KeneaIly,
Robert Nicholls and John King.
The Missions are one of our chief interests; particuarly Tony Searfe and No~l
Roberts are to be congratulated on thea'
excellent attendance at the Flemington
Mission. Next term will be an important
one for Rene Wilson, for Rene will make his
First Holy Communion that term. During
the term Rev. Bro. Young visited us and we
were delighted to see him. We only wished
he could stay with us.
Our sporting fixtures were upset by rain,
but we managed to beat the Blues in an
exciting match. Robert McDonald, Laurence
Drinkwater and John Garner deserve special
mention for their excellent play. Our next
main attraction will be the sports; we hope
to find many champion runners in the Golds.
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We welcQme back Pat Honor. Pat missed
quite an amQunt Qf schQQl thrQugh sickness.
Brian Mayhew and Robert O'Brien did a
wonderful jQb in helping the ladies Qn the
day Qf the Premiers Match. Robin Moon,
William Burford and Paul Benkel are three
Qf Qur musicians. We hQpe the musical club
will demonstrate their talent at the end Qf
the year.
The mQst imprQved bQy is Patrick Manning. If Pat keeps up this good wQrk, he
shQuld finish up Dear the tQP of his claso.
Peter Sweeting and Peter McEvoy still believe in the safe way Qf travel, whilst John
Czinner and Qthers believe in the slQW way.
SQme bQYs are very keen Qn nature study
and Brian Penny brings
a
butterfly
and John Rafferty a cQllectiQn Qf mQths, but
Robert O'Brien believes in dQing things in a
big way, and brings us a snake-that is a
dead one.
BQys Qf FQurth Grade travel from far
and near. Perhaps our greatest numlx':'
come from that thriving suburb af Five
Dock. Most Qf the boys are anxiously
watching the progress made on the tenms
CQurts, and Denis Hyde and JOhn Dyson have
challenged anyone in the class to beat therr.
at tills exciting game. We seem to have
told yQU all of our doings fQr the secQnd
term, and with the final stretch before us.
we hope with a greater effQrt to do big
things in this last term.
Gad bless you all.
THIRD GRADE
Hullo-this is Third Grade. Our class has
three new recruits. Paul Durack, John McCarthy and our solid little Canadian, Francis
Keogh. We alsO' wish to welcome amQng us
David Coffey, our new prefect. We hope that
our Qld prefect, NOel Baxter, will come
dQwn and see us some time.
During the past term we have been
working so well that the holidays seemed
to rush madly upon us. The Rev. Bro.
Examiner was very pleased with us during
his examination of <the class. The most
successful during this term was Gregory
Simon who gained first place in the term
test. The struggle fQr leadership is very
keen and Peter Holst, Peter English and
Stanislaus Burley do not intend allowing
GregQry hold the cup of victory any longer
than they can help it.
The extraordinary rains that felJ during
the term caused much sickness, and sad
faces on sPQrts days. Most Qf us were
down with the 'flu for a period. We offer
Qur sympathies to' Owen Biggius, whose
sickness has caused Owen to' miss much
Qf the term's wQrk. We hope that you are
soon well and back with us, Owen.
The rain was a most unwelcome visitor.
However, there were enough fine days to
learn a little about rugby. Passing, tackling
and even a little slice of PQsitional knowledge were the regular items of our sports
days. We cut a fine figure in our reds ,
gQlds, blues and blacks as we marched down
to' Airey Park. We were ready to' challenge
the world, but the weather was against us.
Two important matches were , however,
successfully held. A very hard struggle between two Qf our teams under the leadership Qf Michael Ballesty and James Constable resulted in a draw. The weather was
nQt favourable to us when we turned out
against the Fourth Graders, so we were
forced to hold the match on Airey Park. The
team of "atom boys" was led by Michael
Ballesty. Outstanding players were Michael
Ballesty, James Constable, Edward Bracks,
Stan Hurley, Ross Mewton and Peter Holst.
Of course only praise can be offered to' the
Qthers, Francis Pierce, Peter English, Robert
Cooper, Tony ArdHto, John Walters, Garry
Crane and Edward Marriott. We nearly
tQssed our rivals, but unfortunately we are
unable to boast of a victory. Congrats,
Fourth, Qn yQur win.
With BrO'. McMahon giving special lessQns
in singing and voice training, we ought to
be nightingales very shortly. Frank Pierce
is exceptiQnally talented in this art. Francis
is our star IQng distance runner, too, doing
very well in the Juvenile Cross Country
race. Terry Furlong and Richard Graf also
braved the distance.
Apologies to James SouIos for his photO',
in the last Lumen, being cut in hali at the
printers, and we hope that Michael Plane
finds his name in this edition. We are proud
to say that James Gibbings is dOing well
with his wQrk. He is never late and never
finds the weather too wet for him. We
all hope that James Brophy will take a
lesson frQm Jimmie Gibbings and find our
room before nine o'clock in the future.
Tony Arditto was our representative in
the 1st XIII, not as a player, however, but
as a mascot. We all hQpe that it is not
the only XIII Tony leads onto the CO' liege
green.
While looking after ourselves we have not
forgQtten the less fortunate, as Qur Holy
ChildhoQd total of £ 13 fQr the term shows.
The total for the twO' past terms is now
£20/6/6.
Well, as space does not permit more, we
must sign off now, but not before we wish
everybody success in the coming most imPQrtant tpt"m.
(Signed) "THE ATOM BOYS."
FIRST YEAR BLACK (Cont.)
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Many thanks are expressed to K. McLean
who was mainly responsible for having the
altar decQrated with flQwers continually; and
to' D. Carson on the way he has carried out
the duties of Class Captain. D. C. still
holds his own among our chess enthusiasts
on Friday afternoon; but some, including J.
Graham and M. Doig, are learning fast.
We have missed from our presence G.
Sutton who was detained in hospital for
some 'weeks after an appendix operation ,
and has since been recuperating at Camden.
We trust he is well again and hQpe to see
him amongst us next term.
Looking forward to the third term for its
Athletics, Cricket and Final Exams, we wlll
conclude these notes for the second term ,
hoping that our Missionary Challenge IS
accepted, and wishing all classes success at
the Final Exams.
deal of pride. We have only had one lesson
which lasted twO' hours and, wonder of
wQnders, was thoroughly enjoyed by all. It
was the picture of Monsieur Vincent - th p
life of St. Vincent de Paul.
The coming of the holidays has brought
dreamy looks into the eyes of most, particularly F.D. and J.H. Surely, after a hard
term's work, we can yearn for the ple asure
of the holidays? By all means, but let us
look upon our holidays as a rest befQre
greater efforts in the third term.
FIRST YEAR BLUE
August, the end of the term, brings to a
close a memorable term and the football
season which is by far the most enjoyable
part Qf the school year. Our class spirit.
as alive as ever, was again shQwn up by th·~
way our class mates actively participated m
the winter sports. Jas. McCloskey and T.
Ballesty represented the school in the eight
stones, while T. Atkinson, R. Hastedt, M.
FIRST YEAR GOLD
Wheeler and Jas. McCloskey represented the
We started the second term after having Blues in the victorious First XIII when First
a splendid holiday. First term tes.t shQwed Year played Seeond Year.
We were divided into four teams during
T. Triggs jump to' first place-hiS Jump was
so high that he finished up in the Blacks- the season-The SpringbQks, The Wallabies.
the land of genius. He was followed by The Kiwis and the Kangaroos; but the exG Grady K. Masters, P. Keogh and J. cessive rain so disrupted our fQotball that
G~ady. We congratulate them on their high we played only five games. TO' finalise the
competition a knockout cQmpetition was
places.
The football season was upset by the con- played on the last day of the ter~. The
tinual rain-will we ever fQrget it? Never- SpringbQks, captained by G. GagliardJ, were
theless the games we did play were keen. the victQrs.
Our colour cQmpetition was made up of A
R. Ryan was dux of our class in the first
and B Grades of fQur teams-KangarQo~, term with J. Rochester second and P. Ward
Wallabies, Springboks and Kiwis. G. Gagl~­ third. But with the influx of new pupils
ardi, B. Kinsmore, R. Hastedt, B. Lees were frQm First Year Black these positions may
the A Grade captains, while K. Masters! R. be filled by others. We welcome to our
Barry, D. Carson and T. Roberts captained midst P. Condon, T. Garard, P. Shepherd,
the mighty atoms in the B Grade. The B. Stuckey, J. McCloskey, R. Johnston and
SpringbQks were undefeated in all games- J. Dekker.
congratulatiQns to B. Lees and D. Carson.
On August 15th we hiked from Berowra
Towards the end of the season a challenge Waters to Turramurra. The scenery was
was sent to SecQnd Year. It was accepted beautiful. En route we came to Bobbin
and five hard matches were played on the Head which, Brother continually assured us ,
Oval. First Year won the First Grade was "just around the next bend Qf . the
match but Second Year dominated the other river." A trip intO' the city to see "MonSieur
games., "All's well that ends we11 ...
st. Vincent" at the Savoy Theatre was anB. Moore and C. Ray attended to our
other enjoyable treat during the term.
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appetites this term. The absence of c?mTwo new talents have recently been dlsplaints speaks well for their work. B. Kms- covered in our class. Ron Hastedt is found
more gave a fine example to all. of us as to have a flair for poetry and Edward
class captain and gives every ~vldence of Hillyer for sketching. His favourite subject
being a first-class Sergeant-MaJor.
is Joe Palooka who smiles from many pages
In the Technical DraWing world, . D.
of his scrap book.
Lomax, J. Marin and I. Clacher are fighting
From our room, which commands n grand
for the highest place. There appears to' be stand view of the new tennis courts. we
a competition to see who can draw. the watched every stage of their construction.
heaviest line among some of the less-gifted
They make a fine sight with the beautifully
architects Qf tQ-morrow. Among our other
subjects we can add French with a great green oval just beyond.
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THE GLAMOUR XIII OF 1945
(TONY O'ROURKE)
It is a difficult job indeed at any time, to and scintillating speed on the wings. Kelly
compare teams of the past and the present, and Gazzoli were the halves. Although not
as one is apt to lose one's perspective.
fast, they were by no means slow, and
However after giving the matter some took a tremendous amount of punishment
earnest consideration, I have no hesitation in saving their lighter outside men from
in saying that the 1945 First XIII constituted the dump.
the best side that the College has fielded in
Fitzpatrick was the best attacking back
the last decade. I have made this reserva- to play for the College (Gibson and Culhane
tion because I did not see any team before would almost be on a par with him). Fast
1942, and therefore do not feel competent
(he still holds M.C.C. records) and having
to express an opinion on the previous teams. a gift of penetration which got him through
Let us look at this 1945 team which is fast the tightest defence, Fitz. was a matchbeCOming legendary in the history of the winner in his own right. Ken Manston, the
College.
other centre, was the best defensive back
J. Gately
in S.P.C. history. His terrific pace bringing
D. Manston
P. O'Donnel
him quickly up on his man, he stopped
G. Fitzpatrick
K. Manston
many attacking movements at their source.
R. Gazzoli, J. Kelly
The wingers Don Manston and Peter
A. Woodbridge
O'Donnel were real scoring machines, possesJ. Knight
A. O'Rourke
sing phenomenal speed and a deceptive
J. Davey
R. Best
J. Cahalan
swerve. They were equally renowned for
THE PLAYERS
their tackling. Gately was a reliable, if
The team had a powerful pack of for- slow, full-back, always cool under pressurp.
wards-the basis of any team's success. The and an excellent goal-kicker. So much for
three back row men were all over 13 stone, the personnel of the team. Now look at its
and except for Knight, all repped for S.P.C. record.
at the M.C.C. Athletics, which is an indicaITS RECORD
tion of their speed. "Bluey" Woodbridge, as
That 1945 season was shockingly wet and
lock, was a magnificent dummy half, and it most games were played in a sea of mud
was his diving passes from this position under conditions which militated against the
which gave success to the quick-passing natural brilliance of the side. These wet
movements in the forwards. This move conditions forced the side to throw the ball
was a feature of the style of football played about whilst it was dry and rattle up the
by the team that year.
points early. Then the team would settle
"Snowy" Knight in second row was more
down to close the game up and play wet
of a tight forward who did a tremendous weather football, making sure that nothing
amount of work in the rucks and tight play. was given away. and depending on the
His specialty was as marker when the stirling play of their pack.
opposition was playing the ball. He had
All told, the team played 18 games (in
uncanny ability to rake the ball back and cluding trials), winning 16, drawing 1, and
obtain possession for his team. Tanna of losing 1 (to Lewisham!) . The team won the
this year's team has somewhat the same M.C.C. Competition for the first time in
style, but gives away too many free kicks.
the history of the College, as well as the
The front row was lighter but good. They Open Division of the Wollongong and
won most of the scrums well, and like thE
Sydney Carnivals.
back row forwards, each had a speciality.
Their victories stamped the hall mark on
Davey went in for the low tackles round S.P.C. football fame and blazed the way
the ankles, which used to spear the big which has been so successfully followed by
opposition forwards into the ground when
"Bla.c~" te~ms since.
Their spirit and
they tried to run out of the ruck. Best was
tradi.tlOn kmdled by their coach, Bro.
always at home and at his best when the English, has been kept alive till the present
play was hard. As a hooker he always day and has added yet another chapter to
won his share of the ball. Cahalan needs the illustrious record of S.P.C. sport.
no introduction, as he was the best football
In my opinion this team did for football
captain the College has had, and in this what the 1939 athletic team did for athletics.
capacity lifted the team to its triple crowr
They. bot~ broke through the barrier to gain
and mOulded it into the machine it was.
premIershIp honours and by their example
The backs were brilliant-a coach's dream.
have set standards worthy to be imitated by
Solid and strong round the base of the St. Pat's for all time. Yes, I think the 1945
scrum, with penetrating ability in the centre team "the noblest of them all."
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President: MR. G. WOTTON
Vice-Presidents:
MR. K. MOORE, MR. S. JOHNSON
Secretary: MR. J. FERRIS (UF 1457)
ASSist. Secretary: MR. P . FERRIS
Treasurer: MR. J. FURLONG
Assist. Treasurer: MR. E. BARRY
Committee: REV. BR. J. V. COGHLAN, MESSRS. D. CRAIG, P. MILLER, P. DOWLING.
R. CRISP, J. McDONELL, A . O'ROURKE, J. DAVOREN, J. WATSON, and T. O'BRIEN
O.B.U. FIRST ANNUAL BALL
The strength of the Union was tested
this year by the organisation of an O.B.U.
Ball held at the Wentworth Ballroom on
June 28th and the result was an outstanding
success. The capacity attendance of 530 was
only one indication of wide interest that
existed in this Number One social function
of the year.
The official party included Rev. Fr. Vogt,
the Union's Spiritual Director, Rev. Fr. Bird
of Strathfield Parish, Rev. Bros. Coghlan
and Hynes, representatives of Waverley and
Lewisham O.B. Unions, Santa Sabina,
O.L.M.C. Parramatta, Ashbury Ex-Students'
Union, the President, Mr. Geoff Wotton and
his friends.
Over one hundred requests for tickets had
to be declined as the Wentworth 's maximum
figure had been reached a week before the
Ball. A number of parties were organised
by parents and friends of the College and
the Committee would like to offer its
gratitude for their assistance. The majority
of parties were organised, however, by
members of the Committee and prominent Old Boys.
John Cahalan's party was over 40 and
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included many members of the triumphant
football teams of his era. Tony O'Rourke
had another large party of young people,
mainly Darlinghurst Old Boys.
Still younger parties were arranged by
Warwick Wilkinson, Terry O'Brien and
Peter Ferris. Of the older brigade representative parties were arranged under the
leadership of Tom Johnson, Pat Dowling
Alan Mitchelmore and Dennis Mahoney.
The evening, which closed at 2 a.m., was
r<Jted a magnificent social success. In keeping with the tradition commenced at the
1949 Cabaret Dance, 300 Old Boys assembled
in the middle of the dance floor and chanted
the College War-Cry, ably conducted by
John McDonell.
Blue, Black and Gold
streamers and S.P.C. Pennants brightened
the Ballroom and added spirit to the func·
tion.
The Ball was also a magnificent financial
success. At the Committee Meeting following the Ball, a cheque for £270 was given
to Bro. Coghlan as the gift of the O.B.U.
to the College. With this and further funds
is to be purchased a motor mower for the
College playing field .
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To me the Union is a continuation of schooltime associations, "the best days of
all," an opportunity to meet Old Boys of other years, a means whereby a helping
hand can be given to the younger ones or the less fortunate, amI an opportunity to
render to the College a ready acknowledgement of our indebtedness to it. The
College has been instrumental in forming in each of us a large part of the
foundations of our life, our outlook and way of thinking, our character, our
opportunities of success. I always maintain that any fellow who has passed through
st. Patrick's and lets his connections break as soon as he has completed his studies
is ungrateful, and has shown that in his yl)Uth he has missed one of the nobler
elements of life.
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COLLEGE DEFEATS OLD BOYS, 7-3
The Annual Football Match was held on
Sunday afternoon, August 20th. The Old
Boys' 2nd team kicked off·at 2.15 p.m. under
a cloudy sky and watched by over 1000
spectators.
A full microphone description was given
by the "over to you" combination of Bob
Crisp and John Ferris, and provided entertainment for the not-so-interested as well
as useful information to the enthusiast.
As usual, Rev. Bro. Crichton honored the
field by his presence, and opened play by
a mighty kick-off, the ball going out of
touch on the full!
THE SECONDS
S. Smith (Capt.), P. Ferris (V.-Capt.),
F. Berg, M Smith, B, Walsh, J Barling, T.
Henry, B. Harris, P. Devlin, P. White, M.
Scrimmageour, B. Walsh, J. Flannery_
For the first time in many years the
College Seconds defeated the Old Boys 4
goals to 2. Score, 8-4.
Play remained mainly in the forwards and
there were very few back line movements
The College had overwhelming superiority
in the scrums, but used their opportunity
to little advantage. Old Boys forwards
showed lack of condition, while the backs
handled badly and rarely gave their outside
men an opportunity to move. Spencer
Smith kicked a very fine goal in the first
half and followed up this score by a further
two points in the second half.
Paul White and Bob Harris in the Old
Boys' forwards showed occasionally in
spirited dashes. Frank Berg gave good
service from the base of the scrum and
once or twice sent his backline mavin
splendidly. Billy Walsh only failed to score
by a few yards from one of these dashes.
Of the schoolboys, Kevin McMahon played
a very sound game at full-back and repeatedly extricated his side from awkward
situations. Lees in the forwards showed
spIrit and determination and was ably
assisted by the rest of the College pack.
COLLEGE WINS FIRSTS 7-2
J. Cahalan (Capt.), G. Wotton (V. Capt.),
A. Mitchelrnore, T. Cahalan, T. O'Rourke,
N. Bluett, B. Muirhead, D. Brandt, V. Hatton
J. Gibson, G. Scott, J. Tully, G. Gleeson.
The Old Boys' Team looked weI! groome
and surprisingly fit in their new greer
jerseys. Five of their players wore the
Western Suburbs white and black coloured
socks-a formidable ingredient for the Old
Boys. The College Blacks entered the aren
charged with the laurels of a recently won
Premiership, and full of confidence. An Old
Veteran started the ball rolling, and a fast
and furious game ensued. Having the benefit of the scrums from the commencement,
the College put Culhane on his mettle. The
versatile Gibson-Hatton combination did not
allow Culhane to go very far. Several
lightning-like flashes
saw
the
College
making desperate efforts to get through. The
Old Boys made dangerous forays into the
College goal area, but Harrington and Cul hane saved by clearing kicks to touch lines
A penalty to the College gave Culhane the
chance to put 2 up before half time. 2-0.
The second half was more spectacular.
Kicking duels by Woodland and the old
champion, Gleeson, were breath taking.
Gleeson showed his uncanny touch-line
findings. A penalty to the Old Boys which
Joe Gibson kicked evened up the score 2 all
The College increased the tempo of the
game, and in one of those familiar bursts
Culhane slipped through like greased lightning to give the ball to Harrington who
scored the only try of the match. Culhane
converted for 5 making the total scores 7 -2.
Just before the final bell the game waged
seriously near the College goal, but the
defence was too sound and far too impenetrable for the Old Boys.
THE FOOTBALL DINNER
A longstanding ambition of the Old Boys
was fulfilled this year, when the football
games were rounded off with a dinner at the
school. Though organised at short notice
the Dinner was a hearty success. Present
were the four teams, Rev. Brothers Crichton
English, McGlade, Marzorini (on leave fro~
Waverley), Murphy and Mr. Deane of
S.P.C., the touch-judges and Mr. Benson.
There was much playing over of old
games and renewing of old acquaintances.
;rhen there were some interesting and amus mg speeches. Bro. English gave a short
resun: e of S.P.C. football over the last eight
or nme years. Bro. Marzorini carried the
history back a year or two further and
mentioned some of the things that had not
changed at S.P.C. since his departure. The
team captains were got to their feet, and
so was school captain Peter Castaldi Bro.
Crichton was cheered to the echo whe~ Bro.
English revealed a little secret nobody was
supposed to know. The evening concluded
with pictures in the woodwork room. The
first, we hope, of a long line of such events
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S.P.C. OLD BOYS GO TO RUGBY UNION!
(LETTER FROM JOHN CAHALAN, CAPTAIN OF COLLEGE AND
CAPTAIN O.B.U. xm 1949-50)
Dear Brother,
We were speaking on Saturday morning
(8/7 /50) about the number of Old Boys of
the College who are at present playing with
Western Suburbs Rugby Union, and in the
programme "Rugby News" that very afternoon was mention of the fact. Twenty is
the number of players quoted, but I would
think there were more than that, as new
players are arriving even now, and of course
some keep dropping out, though not many.
The general feeling of the boys is that
League is the better game by a small
margin, but that conditions of play in the
Un,ion more than make up the difference.
Most of us have played C.Y.O. and Junior
Leag4e, but would not be likely to return
to them now. We train or St. Luke's Oval
twice a week under proper lighting with
hot showers after. Each team (there are
four) has its own coach, there are two
doctors who can prescribe treatment a1
Langridge's and there is a masseur in
attendance at all times.
We play on the best grounds in Sydney,
have tea and biscuits provided after each
game and hot showers on almost every
occasion. We have been made very welcome
and there is no clique, which surprised us
First graders and fourth graders are all
mates and no distinction is drawn. G.P.S. or
Primary School makes no difference. (This
also was a matter for surprise.) The Club
spirit is like that at s.chool, and makes a
fellow feel he is not so far removed from
school associations. The drink question,
which could be a big one, is left to the
individual, and when a game is over a
person can take what he likes and nothing
is ever said. Those who have it always
know when to stop; this is due firstly to the
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fine type of chap in the Club and seconq,ly
to the organising committee. .
I am proud to say that our boys have
shown themselves a credit to the College
and have even added to the tone. of toe
Club. I am sure that if conditions had not
been of such a high standard, they woulp
not ha\-e stayed or attracted other Old Boys.
We had two trips last year, one to ,Milthorpe near Orange, and one to Bathurst.
Both were very pleasant. We are going to
Orange in August and two teams are selected
from all Club members. As we go as an
advertisement for Union, it is well organised
and conducted. We have also had two trips
to Wollongong.
Because there are more rules ip League,
League players make good Union players
and several of our boys are doing well. Joe
Gibson looks as though he might play for
the State next year and Joe Scott is one of
the best break-a ways in Sydney. In the
Seconds are Ken Manston, Vin Hatton, Jack
McGloin, Alan Mitchelmore and myself.
Others who have played during the year
are Des Brandt, Brian Muirhead, Terry
Cahalan, Romano Gazzoli, Kevin O'Connor,
Paul White, Bob Black, Alan Gahan, Kevin
Woodward, Jack Kelly, Mark Scrimageour,
Keith Brown and maybe a few others.
I hope this gives you an idea of what the
position is at Western Suburbs, and what
some of the boys are doing. They are a
fine advertisement for the College lind the
Brothers who did so much for them. They
all realise their responsibility and live up to
it, knowing that their behaviour could be a
recommendation for any others from the
College who might like to jOin.
Wishing the College every blessing and
sucecss_
-John Cahalan and All at Wests.
ON THE BEAM
While in the Union no one man is better
than another, still it is obvious that some
are more vital to its welfare than others.
Nobody has Illboured more for its success
than its Secretary, John Ferris, and so it is
that we extend to him heartiest congratulations upon his recent engagement to Marie
Plunkett from Coff's Harbour. The day
following the announcement he spaced on a
few weeks' holiday around Blackheath and
Medlow Bath where he hoped to meet Johr
Furlong, O.B.U. Treasurer, on some excur-
sions on the local links. We hope the
bunkers will be no deeper after their visit.
Almost at the same time Dr. Norm. Rogers,
whose association with the aforementioned
pair dates back to their days in Third Grade
1933, also announced his engagement to
Marie Hosie of Lismore, where he has been
practiSing medicine in partnership the past
twelve months. It looks as though he is now
about to enter on an even better one.
Norman has also served his years on the
Committee of the O.B.U. as well as captain-
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several years. He captained the College XI note latest developments. The quiet of rural
1940-41, and was one of the most polished life is to his liking, and he enjoys the
batsmen S .P.C. has produced. It does seem chalking.
Leon Harris was happy to see his name
as though the North Coast has its beauty
figure in the newspapers a week ago-the
spots!
Congratulations to Gerald Gleeson on Med. III results were out. Ken McGovern,
ending the season with equal top points in Med. IV, is a student at St. Vincent's, while
the contest conducted by the Sunday Herald Greg McGovern and Dave Barnett are at
for the best Union player of the season. Concord Hospital. Junior residents at St.
Gerry has been playing brilliant football as Vincent's are Drs. Ted Bennett and Cedric
full-back for Drummoyne the past few years. Thwaites
The staff of S.P.C. has been enlarged by
ing its First XI against the College over
On the day following the termination of the at least one "honorary" in the person of
contest, he played full-back for the Old John Armstrong who takes the "advanced"
Boys against the College and showed that Hons. Maths class and relieves Bro. English
fame had not stuck his head in the clouds. of his problem children. A very practical
At S.P.C. Gerry was full-back in the first gesture! Heard that in a recent J!)istinction
open team to win an M.C.C. competition, Maths exam John was one of the three most
the 1943 Second XIII. After that he pro- shining lights.
ceeded to the University with an exhibition
A big pull in the city of Wollongong these
in Science where he graduated, majoring in days is John Davey who extracts molars
mathematics. TO-day he is a master at Hurl- there as an assistant to Mr. McGovern who
stone High School.
is a great supporter of the Brothers in 'Gong
Recent graduates from S.P.C. - Harry and is reported to have the largest private
Burges and Barry Conroy still travel to- practice in Australia. Little did he dream as
gether each morning, catching the sam<! he once quaffed the foaming brew (nontrain as they did during their years at the intoxicant) in the Silver Bell after helping
College, detraining at Wynyard inst·? ad of to win the Wollongong Schoolboys' Carnival
Strathfield. Harry follows the crowds to that one day he wouid be tackling molars,
the Commonwealth Bank Head Office and not footballers, right opposite.
Barry to :ohnson and Johnson, manufac"Rooting" (in another sense) in the front
turers of a celebrated infantile preparation. row for Hawkesbury Ag. School in their
Good fellows from up the line, and both
G.P.S. engagement at S.C.G. was John
ardent tennis enthusiasts. Brian Brady has Forbes. This year it was in the grandstand;
transferred his exhibition from Science to next year (his final one) it is likely to be
Arts and now swots Latin and Greek like on the field.
an ancient Roman.
As usual John Pierce has literally run
Brian Wunsch is still at the Police Station away with all the State Junior Cross-Country
at Regent's Park. Mistake me not, gentle titles-two miles, three miles, 3,000 metres,
reader; he is not incarcerated. It is merely 5,000 metres and what have you. Then as
his home address. Another tennis fan. The soon as athletics commenced at the College,
Walsh brothers are to be found at the Post he came up to take the distance runners
Office, Liverpool. John is finishing Arts, and build them into men of stamina. Eric
while Bill and Peter dispense drugs and likes something a bit more strenuous like
doses in pharmacy. Heard that Pinto Pete the 15-mile run held at Manly. Brian
has taken in his spare hours to "drovin' on Johnstone has been giving John useful supthe plains.'·
port. Then Peter and John Ferris give
Newest old boys will be glad to hear that valuable advice to the jumpers, and John
Doug. Sutherland is slowly improving at Beaumont has looked over the sprinters.
Prince Henry Hospital (Ward B1). The Charlie Cranitch came to loosen up the
night that the 1950 XIII won the M.C.C. quarter-l'Tli~ers. (They may have loosened a
Premiership, they all went out to see him, few of Charlie's joints; he has not appeared
quite a number having been campaigners since.) Back of all, of course, is the everwith him through the 1949 season. The use green Mr. Holborow.
of his arms is now restored, and we hope
Man from Snowy River or thereabouts was
that medical care will be able to do the Fred Smith (L.C. 1943) who gave away
same for his legs. A big heart that shows a journalism after two years and entered the
brave smile under a heavy lo<!d!
Dept. of Works, Main Roads Board. The
Warwick Letchford passed from S.P.C. to open life was certainly dOing him good, and
S.T.C. in 1945 from which he entered secon- a tidy little car helped him sample the work
dary school teaching in the country. He has of his department. He had been tallying
been the past two yearS at Ariah Park near down Koscuisko way when he dropped in
Leeton, and called in during the vacation to during a visit home.
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DEAR
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You are respectfully reminded that when you enrolled ~?~r
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The pupils are obliged to wear the complete uniform:
(i) while assisting at Holy Mass;
(ii) while journeying to and from School, including Saturday;
(iii) at College functions, unless otherwise directed.
COLLEGE UNIFORM.
Black Shoes.
Grey Felt Hat and Royal Blue Hat Band.
Royal Blue Cap and Badge.
Pale Blue Shirt, Royal Blue Tie and College Tiepin.
College DARK Grey Single-breasted Suit, Grey Pullover, College Hose.
Navy Blue Gaberdine Overcoat (for wet weather).
GAMES ATTIRE.
Cricket, Tennis: White Sports Shirt, White Trousers, White Shoes.
Football: Jersey (supplied hy College), Football Shorts, College
Football Hose, Football Boots.
Athletics, Gymnastics: Athletic Singlet (colour accor~ing to team),
Black Running Shorts, Running Shoes or Whlte Sandshoes.
ANTHONY HORDERNS' are the sole official suppliers of
the College Uniform. By pm:chasing at this St.or~, you. are
certain of complying exactly WIth what each pupIl IS requrred
to wear. A representative from the firm calls at the College
each Monday to attend to orders and requirements.
Attention to the above regulations will be greatly appreciated.
Yours faithfully,
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