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FOOTSCRAY
TECHNICAL
COLLEGE
MAGAZINE
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It is pleasing to report that definite
arrangements are now complete for tenders to be called for the erection of a
new three-storey building at Ballarat
Road to accommodate students in the
Secondary
Section
of
our
College,
Forms I to V. No doubt, by the time
this magazine reaches you, tenders will
have been called. The building should
be erected during 1963 and ready for
occupation for February, 1964.
THE COLLEGE continues to
make very good progress, due to the
pleasing co-operation and enthusiasm of
College Council, staff and students.
Approval has also been granted by the Minister of Education to some
major alterations in the existing main building at Ballarat Road to provide for
the centralization of all administrative and office staff, and this is another part
of the ultimate plan of the building programme. This alteration should greatly
improve administration and will transfer the centre of operation from Nicholson
Street to Ballarat Road.
The contract has been let for the erection of the Sports Pavilion, the
total cost of which is approximately £14,000
half of this amount being provided by the College and the other half by the Education Department. This
building will provide ideal facilities for the classes in Physical Education and
for sport during the week and on Saturdays.
Many of you may not realize that the College has grown to such a
degree that we now have:
147 full-time teachers on the Staff,
50 additional part-time teachers,
326 separate evening classes operating at this College in one week,
34 full-time office, maintenance and cleaning staff,
5641 students enrolled in 1962,
3509 examination enrolments (individual),
330 separate examination subjects.
History was made at the College this year by the introduction of the
Sandwich Diploma Course in Mechanical Engineering.
Footscray is the fivst Technical Institution in Australia to provide this
type of course, and although in the experimental
stage, results indicate that this
course will evenually replace the system now used for
cadetships.
One large firm in this district has already agreed to change its cadetship system to the Sandwich-type Diploma Course. It is also expected that Studentship Holders selected on the completion of the second year of the diploma
course will have the option of entering their studies on the sandwich course in
mechanical engineering.
During this year, considerable discussion has taken place regarding the
requirement of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, that the Victorian Technical College Diploma should extend three years above matriculation standard.
The following is a likely rearrangement of technical school courses: —
1. That the Junior Technical Certificate be eliminated;
2. That a Leaving Technical Certificate be awarded to students who complete satisfactorily Form V in a technical school;
3. That Fo>-~i V be a- part of the Secondary section of the technical school
or co
4:... That a v ommon Intermediate Technical Certificate be issued on completion of Form IV.
5. That a four-year diploma course be introduced in 1965, commencing at
Form VI level.
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D R A M A CLUB
This year the Drama Club departed from its customary practice
of putting on one play at the diploma ceremony, and presented two
shorter ones. Consequently, two
complete and separate casts were
able to display their talents, and a
larger number of extras, technicians, stage hands, advisers and unofficial critics were called in. This
is all to the good; for it is pleasing to record the enthusiasm and
skill with which so many at the
college played their various roles
and parts.
We are very grateful to Mrs. Stirling,
who once again did admirable service in
producing the two plays, and to Mr. John
Richardson who was active many weeks
before the performance, marshalling the
players, giving extra curricular advice in
English expression and diction, and much
helpful direction.
The first presentation was
"Dumb
Jewels" by Herbert Swears, a modern
drawing-room requiring a cast of six. Lynette Middleton, now a seasoned performer
with a mature stage technique, was most
convincing in the role of Mrs. Peter Kirby,
who had to remain silent for twenty-four
hours in order to win a pearl necklace.
Sometimes you have a stage role for which
the actress is virtually rehearsing all her
life — no allusion here to dumb jewels —
but few young ladies can have had much
experience in such protracted silence. Her
husband's main object was to make her
talk.
This part was played by Andrea Bruz-
zese, who has had previous experience in
making people talk—especially about him.
Diane Chigwidden and Cheryl Keen respectively played the parts of Miss Tiverton and Miss Kimber, who were guests of
the Kirbys. Peter asked them to help him
in the task of provoking his wife into
speech. The fun started when old Mr.
Grindle (played convincingly by Daryl
Rogers), came on the scene. Being somewhat hard of hearing and a little muddled
and dense, Mr. Grindle enlivened the proceedings no end as he stumbled vaguely
around the stage.
Anne Box, in the role of Painter the
maid, wore an expression of glazed astonishment—and a uniform—as she tried
vainly to fathom what was going on among
her betters.
All ended happily when Mrs. Kirby
confessed voluntarily that she had shattered
her vow of silence and thus lost the wager;
but Mr. Kirby, dutiful, kindly and considerate husband, gave his wife the necklace
after all.
And the moral presumably for husbands
is: in the unequal contest with wives you
can't win; heads she wins, tails you lose.
Put a necklace round her neck; she has a
alter permanently around yours.
The second play was Sheridan's "The
Scheming Lieutenant", dealing with the
complex problem of a soldier who wanted
to marry a justice's daughter. A couple of
centuries ago,.; apparently, love and marriage were matters,
lving a lot of cunning strategy, and tht lieutenant was smart
enough to enlist the soldiers under his
command in the task of winning the justice's favour, and the daughter's hand.
The delicate fragile charm of Lauretta
was well presented by our stage beauty
Mary Beverly, except perhaps in the scene
when she had to open the door gently and
wilt gracefully at the feet of her father.
Mistaking the direction in which the door
was designed to open, she vigorously tore
off the door and its knob, set the scenery
vibrating in S.H.M., and so revealed that
inexorable toughness which usually lurks
behind the sweet submissive air of the coy
young damsel.
The justice, impressively played by Gordon Watson, saw through these devices and
foiled the military strategy when he discovered the lieutenant, now disguised as
Honest Humphrey, a yokel equipped with
a
shouldered
cudgel
and
formidable
squint, locked in a passionate clinch with
the demure lass.
Finally, with the discreet aid of Dr.
Rosey, the local sawbones and ostensible
friend of the justice, came the fatherly
blessing, the hand of the beloved, and the
audience's approval of the happy ending.
The one-man band, in which a versatile performer presents a solo concerto for
DRAMA
drums, cello and mouth organ, is a rare
sight these days. On the stage its more
often encountered; and John Halliday, the
star of the show, displayed impressive talent in his three character role of the hero,
Lieut. O'Connor. Another character part
calling for originality is that of Mrs. Credulous—the older plays were usually helpful in the allotment of names—played by
Millie Schillick, who in real life is sceptical
enough, though quiet and reserved.
The varied array of soldiers, country
bumpkins, servants, village girls, all of
them contributing successfully to plot and
atmosphere, was made up of Messrs. Bannerman, Andrewartha, Dyer, Gunn, Bruzzese, Rogers, Hulme, Newell, Falzon and
Matthews. The girls were Misses Garparski, Reichardt, Hale and Giutriyk, all of
them so effectively submerged in their roles
and their make-up that it was impossible
to pick out the more familiar class-room
characters.
It takes more than good writing and
good stories to achieve a successful production; and those who often get less than
their due praise are the backstage perform-
CLUB
Back r o w : T. M a i n ( P r e s i d e n t ) , Lyn O'Dea, J. Kenny, W. M a i n , J. W i l k i n s o n , K. G u n n , D. Rogers,
J. A n d r a w a r t h a , J. Halliday.
F r o n t r o w : J. Cochrane, W . Beverly, I. Gasparski,• P. R e i c h a r d t , L. M i d d l e ton, C. Keen, M . S c h i l l i c k , E. Beattie, R. Hale, G. W a t s o n .
ers: the scene shifters, lighting experts,
curtain operators and, most important, the
prompter. Light and sound were handled
efficiently by John Wilkinson and Jeff
Kenny, stage work by Bill Main and Barry
Smith. Prompter was Elizabeth Beattie,
and the curtain was operated, smoothly, by
P a m Reichardt. Make-up and wardrobe
were naturally a very special job this year,
and we are grateful to Mary Salmon, Lyn
O'Dea, Lorraine Knox, Mr. Stirling and
Mr. Richardson for their fine work in this
department. The admirable sets were designed and painted by Mr. Van Dalen.
Finally, the Drama Club wishes to
thank the principal for his constant support and encouragement of our efforts,
and we hope that next year the students
will continue the good work that the
Drama Club has done over the years.
T O M M A I N (President).
A N N U A L REPORT FOOTSCRAY
TECHNICAL COLLEGE S.R.C. 1962
It gives me much pleasure to
present the annual report for the
Students'
Representative
Council
for the year 1962. This year saw
the introduction of the new constit u t i o n which provided for a smaller
council and hence smoother working. The number of representatives
this year totals 28, consisting of one
representative from each form, one
House Captain, one prefect, a staff
representative
and
a
Sandwich
Course representative.
The year started with the annual luncheon given to all new students. The number
of new students has increased greatly and
extra seating accommodation had to be
hurriedly found. The influx of students
into the college has caused an acute shortage of classrooms, and rooms previously
used for other purposes such as table tennis and the sports store have had to be
used. In the future, the position could become more acute, making the building of
the new school more urgent. S.R.C. meetings have been held monthly. At these
meetings representatives put forward proposal^ that may help in the smoother running of the college.
Some of the more important business
discussed this year, has been.—
A request for repairs to the car entrance
at Ballarat Road. These repairs were carried out soon after by the Footscray Council.
Improvements to system used for the
storage and binding of magazines and
journals in the college library.
The large number of misprints on the
half-year examination papers.
A motion asking that the composite fee
be increased by 10/-, thereby allowing
printed notes to be distributed to students
free of charge.
The replacement of the present house
sport system with a faculty sport system.
Probably the most successful activity of
the S.R.C. was the college dances. Mainly
as a result of these dances, the funds of
the S.R.C. have increased from £87 to
£160. Thanks should go to Mr. J. Kenny
and his hard-working social Committee.
The S.R.C. book exchange again functioned this year under the capable management of N. Smillie. Students wishing to
dispose of text books would be well advised to investigate the selling of their
books through the secondhand book exchange.
The S.R.C. retained its membership of
the V.F.T.S. for the year 1962. Although
this organisation is still in its infancy, we
feel that in future years it could play a
very active part in student activities. Our
thanks go to P. Crocker who was our
delegate at V.F.T.S. meetings.
As mentioned before, the S.R.C. made a
profit of about £80 for the year. It was
decided that £40 of this could be donated
to charities and £40 to the school for
amenities such as library books and sports
equipment. The charities chosen were:—
Lord Mayor's Appeal £10, Footscray Hospital £10, Institute for the Blind £5, House
of Friendship £5, Aboriginal Hostel £5,
Cancer Fund £5.
The office bearers? for 1962 were.—President: M. Hufschmid, Vice-President: N.
Smillie, Secretary: P. Rankin, Chairman of
groups and clubs: P. Crocker, Treasurer:
R. McRae.
We would like to express our gratitude
to the Principal and Vice-Principal for
their co-operation and readiness to listen
to any delegation f r o m the S.R.C. We also
greatly appreciate the work done by the
staff representative, Mr. Waterson, whose
interest and guidance during the year has
been most helpful.
We hope that next year the S.R.C. will
be just as successful as this year, remembering that its success depends on the
students, not just a few representatives.
After all, the S.R.C. is the students' own
organisation and operates for their benefit.
came down so hard that it would have
made the rain in Noah's time look like a
sun-shower.
But all was not lost. The m a p reader
came to the fore, and informed us of a
hut a little way along the track. Renewed
effort was put into the dash ahead, but
not a hut was sighted. The smarter ones
took their chance with the bats in a cave
on the side of the cliff. Still, the others
pressed on, and five went too far ahead,
later returning to the spot where the multitude had refused to go any further, and
where a fire was blazing a welcome for the
explorers to stand round and dry off.
P E T E R R. R A N K I N , Hon. Sec.
GEOLOGY EXCURSION
After lunch, where all agreed the best
things come in cans, the elders decided not
to venture on any further and so we turned
and headed back.
1962.
About 9.15 a.m. on the 29th
August, twenty-nine budding geologists left Footscray station for the
annual pilgrimage to the Wcrribee
Gorge and Bacchus Marsh area.
After an hour's uneventful journey we
reached our first location—twin laterals—
— a n d were immediately met with a most
pleasant welcome, the wind was blowing a
gale, and so, after a brief look around,
decided to retreat with all haste.
In Bacchus Marsh itself provisions were
stocked up, and we all had a last look at
civilisation before venturing into the gorge,
and maybe the point of no return.
When we left the bus at the gorge the
optimists took lunches and notebooks; the
pessimists raincoats, lunches and notebooks. After half an hour of travelling,
the pessimistic attitude paid off, the rain
STUDENTS'
Back r o w : R. G r a y , E. V i v i a n ,
F r o n t : P. C r o c k e r , P. Rankin, M .
V. Pellegrini, J. Kenny.
The journey itself was most disappointing, no one fell in the river nor even
looked like getting lost. John Keogh provided the only highlight, when he tried to
prove the theory, "it's easier with cut corners", and finished up base over apex.
Most of us were willing to award him an
"oscar", for his performance in hobbling
back to the bus.
Back at Bacchus Marsh we paid our
last respects to this "windy hole", and
headed back to Footscray. Looking back,
all credit must go to Mr. Scott- Young and
Mr. Barker for their able leadership, but
I'm still convinced we would have found
the hut if Mr. S.Y. had turned the m a p
round the other way.
J.R.S., 6D.
REPRESENTATIVE
COUNCIL
L. W a t t , G. McRae, G. Tighe, W . Schoch, F. W h i t e , N. S m i l l i e .
H u f s c h m i d , Joan W a r d l e , Elizabeth Beattie, B. W a t s o n , T. Roberts,
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joined the course and so took advantage
of this method of "earning while learning"
and gaining valuable practical experience
related to their studies.
The course was divided into two sections. Group " A " commenced class instruction on Monday, 15th January,
1962.
Examinations were held from Monday,
18th June, and the course ceased on Friday, 29th June, 1962.
Sandwich
Diploma
Group " B " were employed in industry
from January 1962 and commenced day
classes at the college on Monday, 2nd
July, 1962. Examinations were conducted
from Monday, 3rd December, and classes
ceased on Friday, 14th December, 1962.
Course
The sandwich course student takes three
years to complete the third and fourth
years of the standard Day Diploma Course,
but, during this time, he has gained 18
months' industrial experience and so, on
passing all subjects of the course, will be
eligible for the immediate award of the
diploma.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
This Course began on 15th January, 1962, at this college, available to students who had completed
the second year of a mechanical
engineering diploma.
This college is particularly grateful to
the organizations which have participated
in the sandwich course and we trust that
the experience will be of mutual benefit.
Students from Footscray, Caulfield ana
Swinburne Technical Colleges and the
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
SANDWICH
DIPLOMA
COURSE
Front Row: D. F. Newsome, M. J u r g e l a i t , D. L. H a r r i s , M r . R. V i a n (President of College
M r . C. H. Beanland ( P r i n c i p a l ) , M r . J. W. Bennett ( V i c e - P r i n c i p a l ) , M r . D. F. Crocker
Mechanical Engineering D e p a r t m e n t ) , R. D. Pearson.
Second Row: R. J. Southall, P. J. S.
I. A. Stoney, R. N. M a y . T h i r d Row: M r . Degenhardt, M r . K. L a w l o r , R. J. Date, G L
M r . M . Wat son.
Back Row: M r . Barca, M r . J. F a u l k n e r , A. Fitzgerald, M r . J. S. Franzi,
meyer, M r . H. Slinger ( T r a d e S u p e r v i s o r ) .
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Council),
( H e a d of
Mathews,
Nicholls'
M r . Fink-
Sydney
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WE C A M E — W E S A W — W E C O N K E D O U T !
At 7 p.m. on Sunday, August 26th, 17 senior electrical and mechanical
students, accompanied by Mr. Pellizzer (head of electrical engineering) and
Mr. Slinger (trade supervisor), left Spencer St. station for Sydney.
the top of the station, where we had a
very good view of Sydney. On descending
we saw (and felt the effects of) the huge
boilers, which each produce 430,000 lb. of
steam at 1280 lb. per square inch at
950°F.
Leaving the power station, the students
wandered into town to have a look
around. Dinner was available at various
prices from 2 / - for fish and chips to 1 2 / 6
for a juicy steak. Most students tried the
underground railway and had an early
night, while the more energetic gentlemen
went up to King's Cross to view the nightlife.
The record for the latest night (actually early morning) was held by the instructors, who arrived home Tuesday
morning. Nineteen tired students and two
very tired instructors rose for breakfast
between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m.: curried rice
and sausages. This meal was not raved
about by the boys and consequently was
not served again.
We boarded a dusty red electric train
to Auburn, where we were to visit Australian Electrical Industries.
Here we saw
electric motors up to several hundred
horsepower being manufactured. In the
commercial section of the works we saw
electric irons being produced at the rate
of 1.25 million per year. We wondered
how they sold so many each year.
In the afternoon we hired taxis to take
us to the Australian Aluminium Company
at Grandville.
The primary mill was
powered by a 3000 H.P. d.c. motor supplied from a motor generator set. The
ingots of aluminium, weighing several tons,
are heated to about 500°C in an oil-fired
furnace before rolling. The primary mill
rolls the ingot down to quarter-in. thick.
A large cold rolling mill then rolls the
sheet down to 0.002 in. thick.
The plant was particularly well laid
out, with the rolling mill at one end and
the finished products at the other. Extruded sections from rod to odd-shaped
The students travelled second class while
the instructors rode in the luxury of a
sleeping compartment.
In the carriage
next to ours, some of the boys found a
group of girls from Melbourne Teachers'
College quite interesting. Cards were the
most popular relaxation, some games going
well into the early hours of Monday
morning.
Some gentlemen migrated to
the more comfortable first class seats in
the hope of catching forty winks. Unlike
the teachers, the majority of students got
no sleep mainly because of the disturbance
caused by the wilder members of the
party.
At dawn, the more financial gentlemen
lashed out and had breakfast at 8 / - while
the remainder saved their money. On
arriving at the Central Station. Sydney, a
group of tired students were picked up by
a bus and taken to Kanunda private hotel.
On the first impression of our accommodation many students felt like packing up and
going home. However, in the following
days their impressions were changed.
Half an hour later, we again boarded
the bus for a tour of Sydney, stopping at
the famous G a p to take photos. We
travelled through some better class residential areas and finally stopped at Bronte
beach for lunch. As a counter lunch is
hard to find in Sydney, most of us settled
for fish and chips. We made the deduction
that two Sydney malted milks equal one
Melbourne malted milk; a Sydney one
rarely fills the container above the onethird mark.
In the afternoon we journeyed through
Sydney's congested traffic to Pyrmont
power station, situated about one mile
from Sydney, oh the harbour.
The station has a capacity of 200 megawatt consisting of 4-50 turbine driven
generators. The consumption of coal was
2000 tons per days, together with 200
million gallons of salt water for cooling
purposes. After climbing many stairs and
generating much sweat we finally reached
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sections were produced in a large 3000ton hydraulic press.
On returning to the city, some students
tried their hand at ten pin bowling at the
52-lane Rushcutters Bay Bowl. Other
students wandered around the city.
On Wednesday morning, in brilliant
sunshine, we visited the Sydney Technical
College, where we were fascinated by an
ancient Watt steam engine. This engine,
which was three stories high, put out a
measly 70 horsepower. The layout of the
Electrical Engineering laboratory was of
particular interest. Three sets of identical
machines, each with a separate control
board, were available to students. Metering
was done by a set of meters on a panel
with four terminals. After a light lunch
we proceeded to the Atomic Energy Commission's Establishment at Lucas Heights,
about 25 miles from Sydney.
In the modern reception hall we were
given a brief outline of the plant and its
operation. We left our cameras at the
main gate and proceeded to the isotope
storage building. Isotopes used by industry
and the medical profession are stored in
heavy lead crucibles before dispatch.
While inspecting this section one of the
party fainted (probably hit by a stray
radio-active particle).
We moved into the reactor building
where we donned white overalls and a
dust-coat. A radiation recorder, which
resembled a small pocket torch, was given
to each member of the party. After passing through two air locks, we reached the
reactor tank, contained ten tons of heavy
water, costing £30,000 a ton. The waste
heat from the reactor is passed through a
heat exchanger which disipates 10 megawatt continuously to the atmosphere. The
fuel rods consisted of uranium sandwiched
between plates of aluminium.
Back in the city, most students looked
around for a cheap evening meal. The
elite paid up to 1 2 / - while the less financial gentlemen had a good three course
meal for 5 / 6 at the Civic Cafe. The spendthrift of the party ate hamburgers at 1 / 3
each, later played cards.
We rose early on Thursday morning to
catch the bus to Port Kembla at 8 o'clock.
After travelling through the picturesque
National Park, we reached Wollongong,
a large city of 130,000 people, about five
miles from Port Kembla. At the Broken
Hill Proprietary Co. Ltd. works, Port
SOCIAL
Back:
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COMMITTEE
W . M a i n , J. KenR.
Grenfell,
Smillie,
Front':
R.
J.
N.
Torrielli.
Halliday,
Les-
ley A a r o n , Susan T a l b o t ,
Dianne
Main.
Chigwidden,
T.
station at the dry dock.
In the machine shop we saw some large
lathes used to machine ship propellor
shafts. After strolling around the establishment we returned to the city for
lunch.
In the afternoon we made our way by
train to Enfield. While changing trains at
Central Station, one student couldn't run
fast enough and consequently missed the
train. Most of the group arrived late, but
they were early compared
with
the
teachers.
At the factory of Walter Barr Pty. Ltd.,
we saw plastic shelves for refrigerators
being vacuum moulded from sheets of
polystyrene. We saw garden hose being
produced by the yard in an automatic
machine.
In an adjacent factory we saw fractional
horsepower electric motors being massproduced by Betts, a company in the
Internation Products group. The automatic
stator winding machine was of particular
interest to the electrical engineering students. The machine could wind the stator
of a motor in few minutes compared with
15 minutes by hand.
Then automatic machines assembled the
motors in a fraction of the time taken by
hand. We were particularly impressed by
the way this company conducted us over
their factory.
On returning to the city some tired
gentlemen decided to have an early night
after a hectic week, while those in better
condition looked around for some entertainment. Two of our budding photographers took their cameras and tripods
up to King's Cross to get some photos of
the night life.
Some students (a result of a late Friday
night or early Saturday morning) arrived
too late for breakfast (8 a.m.-9 a.m.) and
had to buy theirs in the city. Most students
invaded the city to do some shopping on
Saturday morning. In the afternoon the
8 A punters visited Randwick hoping to
make a fortune. The boating enthusiasts
visited the boat races somewhere up the
river on Saturday afternoon. The remainder
took a ride on the ferry to Manly.
Saturday night the ten pin bowlers
again visited the Rushcutters Bay BowL
where they obtained a monster steakburger for 3 / 3 . Other students visited
Kembla, we were issued with safety
helmets.
We boarded a double decker bus
which transported us to inspect No. 4
blast furnace. This is one of the largest
in the world and produces up to 2800
tons of pig iron per 24 hours.
After climbing several flights of stairs,
we saw the furnace being topped: the pig
iron is run off into hot metal ladles each
holding 180 tons. The hot metal is then
transferred to the open hearth furnaces
nearby.
The slag from the blast furnace is run
off into an adjacent pit where it is
quenched by waste sprays. It is later used
to make slag wool insulation or concrete.
After inspecting the open hearth furnaces we travelled around the harbour
and back to the coke ovens. The Port
Kembla plant uses about two million tons
of coal from six nearby collieries to produce approximately 1.75 million tons of
metallingical coke. A light lunch was provided at the reception centre, which will
be moved to make way for the new 144inch plate mill, now under construction.
In the afternoon we inspected the plate
and strip mill, which is accommodated
in a building hall a mile long. Here large
steel ingots up to 13 tons are reheated
in a soaking pit. Firstly the ingot passes
through a primary mill followed by a
broadside mill, which it leaves as a slab
22 feet long and 5 1 inches thick.
About four minutes later this slag is
reduced to a coil of thin steel strip some
1700 feet long. Some of this steel strip
is used as plate, while the remainder is
used to make tin plate.
The party of dusty and tired students
climbed aboard the bus for the return to
Sydney. We travelled through Bulli Pass
and stopped at Sublime Point for a snack.
The wind was so strong at this place that
we were lucky we didn't lose a few students over the cliff. Some of the boys had
a quiet night watching coin-in-the-slot T.V.
while others explored the sights of the
city.
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Friday morning, after breakfast, we
travelled by taxis to the Royal Australian
Navy establishment at Garden Island. We
inspected an underground sub-station together with a large diesel power station.
This station is used to supply the pumping
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students got about six hours' sleep, but
still looked very tired in the morning.
The financial students satisfied their
appetites with a steak while others starved,
hoping for a good feed when they arrived
home.
We finally arrived at Spencer Street
at 10 a.m. Mr. Pellizzer got the photograph of the year: a red hot 13-ton ingot
travelling across the Sydney Harbour
bridge. On the same roll of movie film
he photographed a hot steak passing a
group of students sitting on a nature
strip. Actually the film was double exposed: once in Sydney and again at the
Port Kembla steelworks.
We would like to thank the organizers
of the tour, particularly Mr. Pellizzer and
Mr. Slinger, who accompanied the group
on the town.
The tour gave us an appreciation of
the practical aspects of engineering, and
the application of the principles we learn
during our diploma course. Apart from
the educational value of these tours, students learn to live together as a group and
gain a better relationship with their instructors. Educationals tours are of great value,
and it is hoped that future senior students
will avail themselves of such tours.
Robert J. Meincke.
friends (usually female), while the whereabouts of the "mechanicals" is still a
mystery.
Sunday morning most students managed
to drag or crawl along to breakfast. In
the afternoon a group of students escorted
Anne (the hotel owner's daughter) to
Taronga Park Zoo. The zoo has a large
stock of wild animals together with an
aquarium containing sharks and others
marine life. On the trip home by ferry
the photographers took some good shots
of the harbour.
We saw the partly-completed opera
house, which will cost twice the original
estimate of £6 million (much more expensive than our King's Bridge). Back at the
hotel we had a light tea and were entertained by Hal and Mary. We collected
our belongings and, after thanking our very
congenial hosts, Mary and Anne, we
boarded the train for Melbourne.
The seating was slightly crowded with
eight to a compartment. The card players
continued until about 10 p.m., when
they practically fell asleep in their seats.
To relieve the overcrowding, some students
migrated to the first class compartments,
only to be kicked out of their comfortable
seats when the train stopped at Yass. Most
PREFECTS
Back: B. K o l z m e n k o , W .
Schoch.
F r o n t : W . Ram-
say, R. McRae, F. W h i t e ,
Tao Hai
Sin.
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undertake an educational investigation in
the United Kingdom. Mr. J. Meenan
moves to Essendon and Mr. C. Crawford
to Newport.
To all those leaving go our best wishes
for success in their new positions and our
thanks for their efforts on behalf of Footscray Technical College.
New Staff
Appointments
At the beginning of 1962 new
staff appointments were made to
the college.
We welcomed Mr. E. Howie as senior
assistant in the secondary section, Mr. R.
Boschen to assist in the chemistry department, Mr. N. Smith and Mr. R. Way to
the commerce department, Mr. E. Williams
to teach management, Mr. K. Peard, Mr.
P. Jagger, Mr. K. Brown and Mr. N.
Adams to assist in the mathematics,
physics and chemistry departments.
Girls9
gain practical
experience
A number of the girls doing the
Commercial Certificate Course are
grateful to local organizations for
the opportunity they gave them to
gain practical experience in office
work during the September vacation.
Many teachers took up duty at Ballarat
Road in 1962. Mr. T. Haselgrove took
charge of the carpentry and joinery department. Others were:—Mr. B. Armstrong and Mr. R. Whittaker (Plumbing
and Sheet metal); Mr. W. Coates and Mr.
P. Robb (Mathematics and Science); Mr.
B. Crockett, Mr. R. Hardner, Mr. L. Birch,
Mr. P. Mether, Mr. W. Plunkett, Mr. J.
Wild, Mr. C. Bell (Woodwork); Miss B.
Henderson (Assistant Librarian); Mr. D.
Martin, Mr. I. Shand and Mr. I. Grenfeil
(Fitting and Turning); Mr. R. Spencer, Mr.
P. Casey and Mr. C. Crawford (English
and Social Studies); Miss Tresise (Arts);
Mr. R. McLaren, Mr. J. Hill and B. Turner (Metal Fabrication).
Evidently the firms were pleased with
the result of their generosity, as can be
seen from these extracts from some of the
letters received.
Mr. M. S. Hawken, Branch Secretary
of Claude Neon Limited, wrote:
"We did enjoy the experience of having
one of your girls with us, and should you
be repeating this gesture at a future date,
we would be most interested to participate." (The student was Cheyrl Kean.)
Mr. E. F. Meier, Managing Director of
U.S. Construction Pty. Ltd., wrote: "Many
thanks for your letter of 24th September
enclosing note from Irene Gacparski, whom
we were very glad to have with us. We
might be able to provide the same opportunity in future vacations and would always be glad to co-operate wherever possible."
Mr. A. Mordech, a Lilliput
Undergarments Pty. Ltd., wrote: "We have had
the pleasure of employing one of your
students, Susan Talbot, for the last fourteen days . . Her work has been of a very
high standard and we have offered her a
position when she leaves school. If she
does not accept, we will keep the offer for
another student and we thank you for
allowing us to help you during the school
vacation. If, in the future, you feel that
we can help, call on us".
Mr. P. Scott-Young joined the staff in
March to assist in the metallurgy department. Mr. B. Brookes, Mr. E. Walker
and Mr. Taylor came to Footscray after
Easter to assist with mathematics and
science.
Inevitably there are departures.
Rev. F. Morgan is becoming chaplain at
Preston Technical College after many years
of valuable service with us.
Mr. J. Bennett is becoming principal of
Brunswick, Mr. E. Howie has been
appointed head master of Jordanville, Mr.
J. Sambell as principal . of Kingsbury,
while Mr. B. Cronin moves to Preston,
and Mr. N. Porter transfers to Caulfield.
Mr. B. D'Elia transferred to Maryborough during the year. Mr. H. Forster
is taking leave of absence in 1963 to
1'2
S.C.M. 1962
Attendances this year at the
meetings of the college branch of
S.C.M. were exceptionally good,
mainly thanks to an intensive advertising campaign and the fact that
students are realising that S.C.M.
is not something exclusive
to
church-goers, but is open to everybody.
The program has included discussions,
film shows, open forums and record programs. A major study was that of the differences existing between the various denominations, undertaken with the view to
discussing the possibilities of attaining
Christian unity. Ministers representing the
Anglican, Roman Catholic, Churches of
Christ, Methodist and Presbyterian denominations were invited to speak at different meetings on the organisation and
practices of their particular churches.
In concluding, I should like to thank,
on behalf of all members, the college chaplain, Rev. Morgan, for the time and effort
he has spent in making the branch the
success that it is.R. P A R R Y , Pres. S.C.M.
THE RECORD CLUB
Have you noticed the air of intense excitement in the upstairs passage every Friday lunch time? As
the door of Room 113 is opened,
those who have been waiting —
with contained impatience — surge
inside, only to hear that, for a
change, the programme would consist of jazz recordings. The classical crowd disperses.
Throughout the year, most of the sessions have dealt with the evolution of
jazz, from its primeval gropings in the
swamps and bayous around New Orleans
to the specialized refinements of 1962. The
recordings have ranged from 1920 Jelly
Roll (not a sort of cake) Morton to
present-day
Thelonius
(not
felonious)
Monk. No record—except one for attendance—was broken during the year.
The Club wishes to thank Mr. Bennett
for allowing us to broadcast from his
office over the P.A. system. Thanks, too,
to all those who helped to present these
sessions, especially Neil Amor, Ian Cameron and Ray Parry. J. H A L L I D A Y , 8 B.
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Back:
W.
S.C.M.
Ponomarenko, R. G r e n f e l l , M. H u f s c h m i d , R. Parry, B. Robins, G.
F r o n t : J. M a n n , K. Leslie, Joan W a r d l e , K. T h o m p s o n , J. Maxfield.
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MacDonald.
SNOU/Y MOUNTAINS TRIP
On Monday morning, 27th August, a group of students from the College,
25 civil engineers and 4 mechanicals set off for a tour of the Snowy Mountain
Scheme, escorted, cared for, and efficiently supervised by Mr. Crocker and Mr.
Faulkner.
Then after a hurried lunch at Minaro
Hotel, where a course record was broken
(15 minutes flat for a three course meal)
we set off by coach for Jindabyne, which
is soon to become another Adaminaby.
From here we faced and pantingly managed a stiff climb up the Snowy Mountains, which for some of us was the first
experience of snow — a thin film of it
covered with dust; but before long it began to get deeper and whiter.
After what seemed an exhausting journey to those who were accustomed to relaxing in the comfortable class-room seats,
we reached Dandenong in time for lunch,
and subsequently picked up Mr. Keifel
at Tralagon. The first night was spent at
Lakes Entrance, at Glenda Guest House,
and immediately after ten everyone set
out to take in the sights and the night life
of this southern metropolis. Everyone but
John Dalton who at once retired to his
room to write till dawn and to Dawn the
first of a long series of letters which will
eventually be published as "A Travel
Diary from High and Low Latitudes".
Thence we moved on to Guthega power
station, the first project in the vast scheme.
This power station contains two 30 megawatt generators, and there is provision for
a third. The latter, however, will not be
installed until the Kosciusko Reservoir is
built. In the meantime, Guthega operates
predominantly during peak hour periods.
After this we inspected the Island Bend
dam site, not very enthusiastically, for it
was a "dam site" too wet for us. We had
tea in the mess, then returned to the luxury of the huts to sit around the fire and
relax. Each of the rooms has a heater, hot
and cold water, and there were plenty of
blankets. It was pleasant to listen, with no
fear of being blown away, to the howling
winds whistling through the trees.
A little after sunrise next morning, that
is, about 9.30, the bus took in petrol, the
boys filled up with Coca-Cola, the teachers fortified themselves with double-barrelled ice-creams, and we set off for Orbost, where we had our first glimpse of the
Snowy River.
The next few resting points in our
journey are notable chiefly for the difficulty we had in finding cafes that suited
our taste and our pockets; but after leaving Cooma, where we stayed the night, we
were then in sight of our goal. In the
morning we transferred to the luxury of
a Pioneer bus and we were introduced to
our kindly and informative guide Mike,
who was to keep us on the move for the
next three days.
Eucumbene Dam was our destination next morning: the dam is
half a mile wide at the base, 382
feet high, and has a crest length of
1900 feet. Its storage capacity is
about nine times that of Sydney
Harbour, and this sort of comparison is the only one that can convey any impression of the immense
scope of the whole scheme. A two
hour cruise by launch on Lake
Eucumbene was enough to convince us that it is as big as the
plans indicate.
The engineering laboratories were our
first objective, and there in the hydraulics
models branch we saw very impressive
models of the Snowy Project and of others
to be constructed eventually throughout
Australia. The soil mechanics' section,
where testing of soils and aggregates for
roads and dams is carried out, gave the
civil Engineers some insight into the complexity of their job.
Climbing isn't the only thing you can
do on mountains, for our next move was
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down to Tumut 1 Power Station, 1200ft.
below mountain ground level, housing four
80 megawatt turbo-generators driven by
Francis turbines.
We returned to Cabramurra and so
spent the night in the highest — but not
the fastest — town in Australia. We had
tea at the staff mess and were then entertained at the pictures while John Dalton
pressed on with instalment seven of his
letter.
The next day we visited Tumut
2, perhaps the most impressive project to be seen on the tour. Access
to the power station is by way of
a tunnel 3600ft. long with a down
grade of 1 2 % . You could work
up quite a speed if you decided to
run down this ramp — we didn't.
Here there are four 70 megawatt turbogenerators similar to Tumut 1, but painted
different colours so that you can guess
where you are if you get lost. Tumut Pond,
which might suggest a village landmark
with swans and ducks, is a concrete dam
283ft. high with an overall length of 817ft.
It's Vast
In it you could float a sizeable battleship, that is if you could see any good
reason for doing so; but all these dimensions quoted give you an overwhelming
sense of the vastness of the total undertaking. We could go on for many more
pages describing all the installations we
saw; but it must suffice to say that the
tour was extremely interesting and informative. There is something to be seen and
learnt by every type of engineer, and all
of us gained by the experience. The Snowy
Authority provided us with literature to
study and refresh our memories of all the
engineering achievements of the scheme.
We are very grateful to the instructors
who accompanied us and explained some
of the matters we didn't quite understand,
and we should like also to express our appreciation of Mr. Beanland's advocacy and
support of these valuable educational
tours, and for planning them in every detail. From them we get a clearer picture
of the scope and importance of the engineer's calling, in which the college is
giving us our initial training.
Commerce Girls
At Exchange
During the second term a group of
the Commerce girls visited the
Footscray Telephone Exchange.
Under the direction of the chief supervising technician, Mr. E. P. Buckner, we
learnt what happens when a number is
dialled, the calls quickly travelling from
one section to the next.
We saw how faults are detected and how
the testing equipment operates. The alertness of the technicians impressed us
greatly. From this excursion we gained
knowledge of the way in which a suburban
telephone exchange functions.
A YOUNG SELLER OF BRUSHES
Back in the days of the gold rushes
There was a young seller of brushes
He carried a new gun
Plus a big bottle of rum
And on all the girls he had crushes.
Now his best girl was called Nelly
Qf course this was before we had telly,
Her father's name was Bill,
And our boy he had promised to kill
And boy was this down his alley.
However he beat him to the fight
And bumped him off one dreary night,
The firebug was an amusing card
And the body turned up strangely charred
No longer he worries over her father's might.
Original Poem by DAVID WELLS, 2H.
Catering and Hotel Administration
The following three contributions are of interest for two reasons: they show
us something of the personalities — and literary skill — of the students in
question, and give a very accurate picture of the new course pioneered at this
college. "Blue and Gold" will be pleased to print, in future numbers, similar
personal statements from students in the other courses, who can, in this way,
tell us about themselves and the career for which the college is training them.
management and other academic subjects,
there is the preparation, cooking and presentation of food, the serving of it, and information about wines and their presentation. As a class we have made excursions
to Rothman's, to see large-scale catering
in operation, to Chateau Tahbilk to see
wine production. We were also guests of
the Hotel Australia for luncheon, after
which we gained an insight on hotel administration, being taken on a tour of the
whole hotel.
The Australian Hotels' Association, residential hotels branch, has continually
maintained a keen interest in the welfare
of the course. They were good enough to
provide ten scholarships at the beginning
of the year, one of which I received, and
for which I am sincerely grateful. They
have also undertaken to find employment
for us, when we commence our "sandwichcourse" (six months at school, six months
in the industry) next year.
It is my intention to go to Europe in the
near future to attend a similar course at
a hotels' school there, as a post-graduate
course.
Peter E. Feil.
After mi°;ratin? from Switzerland
with my family fifteen years ago, I
attended state school for eight
years, and then transferred to Wesley College for the next five years
where
I
reached
matriculation
standard. My studies centred mainly
on the humanities, French and German always being very prominent.
My interest in catering began there
as a member of the school tuckshop committee, and I followed this
interest by working in cafes and
coffee lounges during the vacations.
1 have always liked cooking, which
seems the exact opposite to my
father who is a doctor.
At the beginning of the year, in trying
to find a suitable vocation, the hotel management business was mentioned, and 1
felt that this would be the most suitable
course of study to pursue, satisfying the
leadership and catering tendencies which T
had shown during my studies.
Thus, I joined a course which was being
held here in Victoria for the first time on
a full-time basis. We were in fact "guineapigs" for a course that had to come, in
order to satisfy the needs of a growing
hotel business. Four days a week are spent
on academic work. They are perhaps of
less interest than the single day spent on
practical work at the William Angliss Food
Trades' School, but nevertheless of major
importance to such a course, and cannot
be treated at all lightly. Even so, two days
of practical work per vveek would, in my
opinion, still leave ample time for the other
subjects.
*
*
*
Before applying for entrance to
the "Diploma of Catering and
Hotel Administration I was a student at Mordialloc Chelsea High
School at Mordialloc.
In my final year at this school I studied
for the leaving certificate. In 1960 whilst
studying for the intermediate certificate, I
was appointed to the position of sport prefect, a position I held for the next two
years. My interests in sport covered many
The course itself is varied and most interesting. Apart from the accountancy,
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fields, both at school and during my leisure time. My favourite sport was soccer,
playing in the school team for three years.
Squash was my sport away from school,
along with shooting, weight lifting and
body building. My interest, other than
sport, was, and still is, colour photography,
both 35mm and movie.
No one in the family has had anything
to do with hotel work; my father works for
an insurance firm in Melbourne.
a chef. At school I was a member of the
tuckshop committee and the cooking club.
I also had a year of waiting experience in
the boarding house at Caulfield Grammar.
My interests changed to hotel management
after I had met somebody who was doing
a hotel management course with the Federal Hotels group. It was then that I decided hotel management was what I wanted
to do. Unfortunately the Federal Hotels
course was discontinued. In October last
year 1 heard that a course in hotel administration and catering was to start at
Footscray Technical College. As I had
been undecided about my future when the
Federal course closed, I
immediately
applied for a position in the new course,
which was to begin in 1962.
The course at Footscray itself is most
informative and very interesting. We are
studying such subjects as management
accounting and law, all of which will provide a good commercial background. Our
work at the William Angliss Food Trades
School is probably of great benefit to us.
Subjects there include cooking and serving
both food and wine and a detailed study
of wines and their origin. The practical
experience gained at William Angliss by
cooking and waiting at functions is most
valuable. Throughout the course we have
met a number of the leading men in the
catering business.
They
have
always
showed a great interest in the course, and
have always been willing to help. This is
one of the most encouraging aspects of the
course.
For many years my family and I have
travelled through Victoria and interstate.
Wp have stayed at caravan parks, at hotels
and motels, at guest homes, and at private
homes and clubs. I have formed my own
ideas on how certain hotels and other
establishments are run and how they could
be run on a better basis. I like meeting
people, and talking to people in different
walks of life. I also like cooking and preparing food. I am enjoying the course and
the subjects I am studying. One of the
highlights of the course is the functions we
help out on at the "William Angliss Food
Trades School", where we obtain practical
knowledge by attending classes, and preparing the food for these functions every
Thursday during the first two years of the
course.
America and Switzerland are amongst
the overseas countries I hope to tour on
completion of this course. My aim is to
further my studies and practical experience
overseas, then return to one of the many
fine motels in Melbourne.
Although the course has been very well
organised, I do feel that provision could
be made for more practical experience
during the first two years and perhaps a
foreign language included.
Phillip Renfree.
•k
-k
*
My secondary school education
began at Maryborough, where I
attended the Maryborough High
School for two years. From there
I went to Caulfield Grammar School
for the next four years and reached
matriculation standard. My academic interests were mainly concentrated in the humanities field on
such subjects as economics and
accounting.
I would like to take this opportunity of
thanking the Australia Hotels' Association
(residential branch) for providing ten most
valuable scholarships. These are fully
appreciated by the members of the course,
and show the support behind the course
from the hotel industry itself.
After the completion of the course I
hope to be able to continue my studies,
and in doing so gain practical experience
overseas.
I have always been interested in cooking
and for many years had wanted to become
Russell Branton.
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THE
OLD
BOYS'
FOOTBALL
three games and finishing second on the
ladder to St. Albans. In the final matches
they turned the tables on St. Albans, defeating that side in both the semi-final and
grand final.
This competition is run in two sections
and the premier sides in the two sections
play off for the championship. In this
game against Spotswood played on the
Footscray Oval the opposition proved too
strong and the side suffered its fourth defeat of the season.
CLUB
All ex-students of the college
have the opportunity to join the
Old Boys' Football Club.
This club has four teams, two open
age sides competing in the Victorian Amateur Football Association and two under
age sides under 15 years and under 16
years.
The under 15 years team is coached by
the school's sports-master, Mr. Harrison
and made up of boys from forms 1, 2, 3,
and 4 of the Ballarat Road section of the
college.
The boys of this team led by Neville
Salmon, 4G, and playing their first season
of football in the Essendon District League
acquitted themselves well and although
they did not finish in the top four showed
that, with the experience gained this season will go on to better things in future
years.
Those to give good service to the team
throughout the year were: R. Jarvis, R.
Curwood, G. Gribben, C. Bohnke, P.
Dyer, G. Backhus, T. McLeod, M. Heffron.
Trophy winners for the year were: C.
Bohnke, Best and Fairest; N. Salmon,
2nd Best Team Man; M. Heffron, Most
Serviceable.
The under 16 team competed in C2
grade of the Footscray District League,
and were successful in annexing the premiership.
This side, made up of boys from 3rd
and 4th form, was coached by Mr. Chrisfield, who also coached the college team.
Captained by K. Menzies, 4D, these
boys went through the year losing only
Trophies were won by: K. Menzies, 4D,
and R. O'Connor, 3K, tied for the best
and fairest; R. McNeil, 4D, best player in
first semi-final; M. Phelan, 3C, most serviceable, final matches; second best and
fairest, B. Morris, 3E.
Ken Menzies, captain, brought further
honors to the club by winning two trophies
in the district competition, best and fairest, C2 section and top goal-kicker in the
same section.
K. M E N Z I E S .
THE FAILING FOOL
Test time is the worst time
Home time is the best time
And as you lie sick in bed,
Happy thoughts go through your lazy head
Your body glows in all the envy
That your school friends swot readily.
However when I go again to school
I realize I have played the fool
Along comes a test
And although I try my best
The teacher informs me I have failed
And I realize he really had me nailed.
DAVID W E L L S , 2H.
>31
VAM OALEft.
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CRICKET, 1962 SEASON
have regained the confidence displayed in
the previous season.
Throughout the season, E. Vivian was
definitely the strength of
Footscray's
batting. He was able to blend a powerful
array of stroke-making with a sensible
selection of balls to hit, and certainly
deserved to head the batting averages for
the season. Other batsmen to show out at
various times during the season were: J.
Biggs, C. Bendelle, C. Reed and W.
Nettleton.
The most successful performance in
bowling was undoubtedly that of captain
Colin Reed, who, in a dramatic bid to
snatch victory against Swinburne, took
4 / 0 in successive balls (two hat-tricks).
Colin took the bowling average, a fitting
culmination to his season's efforts and to
what may be his final year with the college. Other bowlers to fare reasonably well,
remembering that this was not a strong
department of the teim, were W. Hoath
and R. Gray.
In general, the cricket season
again was most enjoyable, although
it gave the players representing the
college plenty of opportunity to
practise the grace of being "good
losers".
In the light of two close finishes our
team displayed some glaring weaknesses in
attack and fielding. Perhaps these were
accentuated by a rather obvious lack of
"never say die" spirit.
,
The incident that most vividly illustrated
this occurred in the game against Preston:
these young opponents were set 127 runs
to get in 70 minutes—seemingly an impossible task against the premiers of last
year—and yet once the captain, Adcock,
took the initiative and with rather carefree
cricket blasted the opening attack, Footscray imediately relented, took up defensive cricket, and were finally cut to ribbons by their own apathy as much as by
the boldness of the opposition.
BASEBALL REPORT
The game against Swinburne was lost
by the inability of middle batsmen to come
out of their shells and go for runs at a
time that wickets were not a vital factor
in the game. However, benefiting by the
"drubbing" handed out by Preston, our
team fielded well and maintained a steady
pressure; although they just did not have
enough runs on the board to hold Swinburne to a losing score.
In the opening match against Caulfield,
Footscray batted meekly and were never
a force in the match. When playing Melbourne in the following game, however,
they dominated the scene and appeared to
The baseball team commenced
the season with only five of last
year's members in the line-up.
Without any pre-season practice,
the team journeyed out to Caulfield
for the first match.
Playing tight, we managed to gain a 3-1
lead over a bigger and more experienced
side . . . until the bottom of the seventh
innings, when the Caulfield team exerted
their strength, going on to a comfortable
win. Final score: Caulfield 12, Footscray 3.
The second game, against Swinburne,
was played at home on a makeshift dia19
SENIOR
SWIMMING
TEAM
Back Row: E. Scott, N. Henderson, I. West, D. B a r t l e t t , A. S t u r n i e k s , C. Peatling, F. U r b a n , C. Reed,
R. Gray. Front Row: N. Pearson, Elizabeth Beattie, Dianne C h i g w i d d e n , Joan W a r d l e , M a r y Geerling,
W. P o n o m a r e n k o , M . Ebner.
DIPLOMA
FOOTBALL
TEAM
Back r o w : D. C a r p e n t e r , J. Diggins
L. W a t t , G. Beynon, T. M c C o n n e l l , G. Gozhevski, L. D o w l i n g , N.
Pearson, J. Kenny, I. West. Centre: P. O l v e r , J. S m i l l i e , E. V i v i a n , R. Round, R. McRae, R. Frost,
J. Miles, L. Johnson. F r o n t : H. Hughes, N. McKenzie, C. Bendelle ( c a p . ) , G. Roberts ( v . c . ) , W. Schoch
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mond (1st base was cleverly camouflaged
in a dump of pine tree, 3rd base was
floating on a waterlogged cricket pitch,
and there was no pitching plate). This
match saw a decided improvement in our
"staying" abilities and we were narrowly
defeated by a strong-pitching Swinburne
team. Final scores: Swinburne 6, Footscray
4.
Our third final game against Geelong
was a "do or die" effort, for it meant that
the loser would end the season on the
bottom of the ladder. Although Geelong
may have had more individual ability,
Footscray combined better and never
looked in danger of defeat. Final scores:
Footscray 13, Geelong 12. We were
scheduled to play Melbourne, but apparently they had heard of our continuous
improvement and decided it would be
better not to field a side than to face
defeat.
The team was made up of the following
students: Terry Roberts (capt.), John
Scriven (vice-capt.), Paul Collins, George
Shields, Karl Anderson, Ray Baker, Tussre
Athansiov, John Fischer, Geoff Fuller,
Lincoln Erm.
In concluding I must say that at times
the team played really good baseball and
combined well, which points to better
things in the future, for judging by our
mid-year marks, the side will remain unchanged for the next few years.
BASKETBALL
This year the college was well
represented by two
outstanding
basketball teams under very capable coaches Mr. Kingsley and Mr.
Scott-King. The college's No. 1 and
No. 2 teams played in the No. 1
and No. 2 divisions respectively of
the All Schools' Victorian Basketball Competition.
After winning the Technical Colleges'
division, the No. 1 team played all over
Box Hill High School to win our college's
first basketball premiership. In previous
years we have been placed fourth, third
and second. The fine win was celebrated
on the water off St. Kilda.
The college's No. 2 team wasn't as
lucky, as they were beaten in the grand
final by University High School. It was
a good game, but we didn't have what
was needed to gain the premiership.
The teams had identical records after
the final round: 8 wins, 4 losses, 1 walkover. At the end of the season the No. 1
team were undependable, as they were
able to beat the three top teams and then
could be beaten by lower teams. The lineup for the season for the firsts was:—
Forwards: Frank Meeking, David Carthew; Centre: Ray Chapel; Guards: Ed
Scott, Fred Vezis, Ian West. Neville Henderson came into the team at the end
of the season to replace Carthew and
T E R R Y R O B E R T S , 6 C.
SENIOR
BASKETBALL T E A M
Back: G. Beynon, D. C a r t h e w , N. S m i l l i e , N. Henderson, C. Gray, I. West, I. W o r d s w o r t h , E. Scott.
F r o n t : R. Halveison, F. Vezis, F. Meeking, W. Kingsly ( C o a c h ) , K. Hauser, J. Fields, G. Watson.
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TENNIS.
H O U S E TENNIS. — This year
the House tennis was won by
Sturt, mainly owing to the fact that
the other Houses had trouble in
filling their teams.
Finishing as runner-up was Mitchell
House, which was no match for the much
stronger Sturt in the final.
S C H O O L T E N N I S . — T h i s competition
was monopolized by Footscray, who won
the shield for the second successive year.
By becoming premiers, the team showed
that it had maintained the high standard
set by the previous year's side. Although
suffering from the loss of two good players
from last year's team, we recruited some
good new blood in Trevor Davidson and
Terry Olver from the Secondary section
of the college. The premier side, comprising R. Mann (C.), N. Smillie (V.C.), J.
Rewell, T. Davidson, T. Olver, D. Rogers
and J. Richards, thrashed all opposition
from Caulfield, Geelong, Swinburne and
Melbourne, and lost only three sets on
the whole year.
Scott, at about half time in each game. The
find of the year was Gordon Watson, who
played with the seconds at the start of the
season and finished playing pivot with the
firsts; for the finals Frank Meeking topped
the goal throwing list for the college, with
Ray Chapel and Ed Scott close behind.
David Carthew was in trouble with the
referees again this year.
The No. 2 line-up changed from week
to week as most of them had a run with
the firsts. This is the final line-up: Forwards: Graeme Beynon, Neil Smillie, Kevin
Hauser; Centre: Russell Halverson; Guards:
J o h n Field, Stephen Blanch, Ian Wordsworth. Half-way through the season the
team lost the dashing David Attreed, but
this gap was filled by Mr. Scott-Young
or Mr. Kingley.
The boys have put in a good season of
basketball, not disgracing the college in
the least. But at the time their barracking
was extremely ear-shattering. It was to
be expected from F.T.C. Next year we
should keep all our players and should
win both premierships. — D.C.C.
DIPLOMA
TENNIS
TEAM
Back Row: R. M a n n , T. Olver, D. Rogers, N. Smillie.
Front Row: T. Davidson, M r . M . Keifel ( C o a c h ) , J. Richards.
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The final match against Melbourne, last
year's premiers, was the most important
of the year. Melbourne had to defeat us to
be premiers. We either had to win or
draw to be premiers. The match started
with both teams going in hard for the ball,
resulting in a few fiery clashes. Melbourne
scored the first goal about fifteen minutes
in the second half, and looked as if they
were going to be premiers again. But once
again our forward line saved the match by
cleverly tricking the Melbourne defence
and netting the ball for the equalizer.
Under pressure, our backs played clever
defensive football and managed to keep
out the persistent Melbourne forwards
until the final whistle.
Many thanks must go to Mr. Keifel, who
gave valuable assistance and advice in both
the House and college competitions. Footscray won the shield from very weak opposition and, unless the other colleges find
some good players in a hurry, we look
like keeping it for the next couple of years.
SOCCER REPORT
1962.
After a thrilling 1962 Soccer season, Footscray capped a good year's
display by winning the premiership.
The first match of the season was
against Caulfield, which we won five goals
to three goals. Our speed and teamwork
was far too superior for Caulfield. Our
backs were too strong, and our forwards
with clever passing and ball handling, confused the opponents, often finding them
out of position, and so allowing our forwards to shoot for goal and score repeatedly.
Congraulation to all the boys who
played in the college team for a most successful year by winning the pennant, and to
coach Mr. John ("Come on, Footscray,
you can do better than that") Grainger, for
his great work in coaching us throughout
the year.
Our second match was a walk-over
against Swinburne. The third match was
played on a wet and muddy field against
Geelong, who have a great reputation
against us. (Last year Geelong defeated us
seven goals to two goals). Before the match
we were forced to replace two repular
players, both unavailable, by two first-year
players, who played a hardy game in defence. Once again our dominance earned
us a four goal-three goal victory.
TABLE
From
Yip,
left
K.
son, J.
STURT
to
Kariuk,
right:
G.
R.
AGAIN
WITH
G R A N D SLAM
Once again Sturt monopolised
the House sports by winning every
flag. The years' competition was
very close, with Deakin providing
tough opposition in all sports.
The first event for the year was .ae
TENNIS
Gunn,
TRIUMPH
L.
WatCle-
land.
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swimming sports. Sturt took an early lead,
but Deakin soon went ahead and stayed
there till the last few events, when Sturt
regained the lead and won the sports.
Sturt had the strongest team, and it seemed
likely that they would walk away with the
flag, but this was not to be. For the first
time in the year, the Sturt House spirit
failed, and only a scratch side could be
raised in one round. Nevertheless Sturt
mannaged to struggle through and eventually won the pennant.
Once again Sturt showed superior House
spirit throughout the year, except for one
week, and proved that it is this and teamwork that wins. The main source of the
drive behind Sturt is the house-master, Mr.
Williams, but credit must go also to the
vice-captain, Graeme Collins, Neil Pearson
and Graham Roberts for the help they
gave in organising and controlling the
house in such an excellent manner throughout the year.
This year of house sports was very
good, and I should like to thank Mr.
Hames, the sportsmaster, and the Housemasters for the exceptional way they
handled the sports.
Once again the girls took part in the
sports and as more of them came to the
The athletic sports were contested in
much the same manner, with Sturt once
again just beating Deakin in a close finish.
Yet another close finish was seen in the
next sports. This was the table tennis. In
this, Deakin, Sturt and Mitchell were equal
on points, and so it was decided on percentage, with Sturt once again winning.
Next came the most coveted prize of
the year—the football pennant. Sturt and
Deakin both beat Mitchell and Monash in
the first two rounds, and this left these
two to play off.
Deakin attacked early in the match, but
the strength and evenness of Sturt soon
began to take charge and they held a lead
at half time. Deakin tried desperately to
break through in the second half, but
Sturt's defence held firm and they were
able to end up comfortable winners.
This left only the tennis to be decided.
SENIOR
ATHLETICS
TEAM
Back r o w : N. Smillie, S. Blanch, B. Hoath, D. Rogers,. W . Schock,. R. Parry, D. B a r t l e t t .
F r o n t : G. Soupios, I. West, N. Pearson, W. Posomerenko ( C . ) , N. Henderson, i. W o r d s w o r t h , G. Roberts.
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college they will have a progressively
greater influence on the results. Although
most students regarded them as a minority, they could make all the difference
between winning a flag and losing it, and
thus they had a lot of attention one way
and another paid to them throughout the
season.
I should like to thank all our house
members for their great effort all through
the year, and remind them of the call for
next year — "Sturt Forever." — C O L I N
REED.
FOOTBALL
Early this year the team was full
of confidence, aware that they were
capable of taking all comers, and
as the season went on, this attitude
proved to be justified, for up till
the last match, we were undefeated.
This was unquestionably the most exciting and the best match of the season,
played in a very heavy and slippery ground
against a taller and heavier collection of
opponents.
The reason for our defeat was a certain
inaccuracy in kicking, for we scored 9.19
to Geelong's 12.9. No doubt, if we had
had some more experience in the applied
mechanics involved in wind forces, we
might have been able to come closer to
victory! Six of the behinds, two of them
direct hits on the posts, were kicked in the
vital last quarter.
Special mention is due to those who excelled in this match, namely K. Jackman,
C. Bendelle, R. Sambell and J. Kenny.
They were outstanding throughout the
year, too, and others to contribute to our
qualified sucess as runner-up were P.
Oliver and E. Vivian.
Having come as close to victory as this,
let us hope that we can move up one
place ahead next year.
SENIOR FOOTBALL
Footscray senior team had their
most successful season for some
years, winning their section premiership quite comfortably.
But their luck never held out because
they were beaten by only a few points in
the first semi-final in the Metropolitan
Technical Schools' Association.
Everyone of the boys tried their utmost,
but it would be unfair not to mention
Rod McNeil's 9 goals against Collingwood. The whole team wishes to express
its thanks to Mr. Chrisfield for a very
successful year and also to Mr. Harrison
and Mr. Bishop who assisted him.
DIPLOMA
BASEBALL
TEAM
Back Row: G. Fuller, J. Scriven, G. Shields, K. Anderson, T. Athanasiov, L. E r m .
Front Row: L. W a t t , R. Baker, P. Collins, R. Fisher, T. Robert's.
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Easy Lessons". We also hear that he is
very friendly with a jazz-addicted teacher
(it all helps, you know).
Two inseparables are Mich Charenko
and Chris Corcoran, who grace the back
seats of the class where they swop stories
and comment on the rising cost of tobacco.
"Jenny" Monro is well known for his
famous laugh, aptly described as a cross
between a donkey's bray and the squeak
of a mouse. John (sometimes we use his
Christian name) assiduosly frequents school
dances and at odd times wields a lacrosse
racquet.
5 A
The studious pupils in this class are rare,
fortunately, but the exceptions are David
Mayne, whose swotting paid dividends at
the mid-year exams, and Lincoln "Just
say" Erm, whose delightful mannerisms we
cannot divulge for fear of retaliation. Fred
Vezis is a star basketball player, or so he
tells us, and never fails to amuse the boys
with his stories about the team of girls he
coaches on Wednesday night.
At last! The long-awaited report
of the cream of the school, namely
5 A. We are the future mechanical
engineers, which is synonymous
with intelligence, obstructing the
teachers and cramming. If you don't
believe us, just ask us, and we'll
tell you how good we are.
A good portion of our influence in
school circles is due to an extraordinary
import from Ethiopia boasting the name
of Stamatis Leonidas Christodoularis. This
amazing specimen of 'homo sapiens" is the
proud owner of a battered glorified motorbike. "Stan" is the oldest member of the
form and as such, his views on important
subjects like girls are respected. His erudition is so vast and varied that if you can
spare a few hours he'll give you a brief
summary of his opinions.
Of my own wonderful exploits I will
not speak, and anyway you wouldn't believe them. However, with all due modesty
let me inform you that yours truly is the
only decent individual in the form and has
the doubtful honour of representing it.
Mr. Wright assures us that we are the best
fifth form ever, and we sure hate to contradict him.
V.P.
5 B
David Maxfield is the quiet, serious
type. I've heard him speak twice and have
been told it's a record so far.
Another "hush hush" lad is Bohdan
Milan, a competent student, and one of
those poor maligned lacrosse players.
Amongst the villains of the class the most
suspicious is Paul "Phil" Silver. He's a
polished performer, this bloke, and the
way he takes French-leave from class
arouses my deepest envy. According to
rumour, Phil is about to publish his
masterpiece: "How To Cut Classes in 1(H
This year, perhaps the best collection of characters were thrown
together to form a class — you
guessed it — 5 B!
These characters included.—
" J o e " Cassar, a usually quiet, studious
type who thinks more about his hobbies
(pigeon breeding), than he does about attaining his diploma.
Vincent Cooney, the form's mathematician. He is one of the few students who.
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Terry "The T e h h " McConnell is tall,
blonde, blue-eyed and handsome. I'm venturing to say that he is one of the most
popular students in the form, so he can't
be too bad.
Jim McKay. Some people have had tags
put onto them, and an appropriate one for
Jim would be "Gasper" because he has to
breathe that thin air of the ionosphere.
Unlike some lads this kid is built like the
I.C.I. Building.
Peter Micalopoulos is of Greek origin.
The knuckle cracking 'champ' of the form
is Pete, and he makes all sorts of other
weird noises (some say that he is speaking, but that's impossible).
He doesn't
really care less about school, it's just that
school is better than going to work.
with hard work, will gain more passes
than failures at the end of the year.
"Syd" Cunningham is one of those types
who grace the dark corners of the classroom, so that when he makes a comment
the lecturer does not know who made it.
The form's S.R.C. representative, Syd
works solidly for the comforts of his fellow students.
Max "Irrelevant" Ebner, you can see by
his name that he gets away from the point.
F o r some reason, he always picks the losing argument.
"Jan " F u d " Fudyma is from the upper
reaches of the Amazon. (Nobody would
claim him from any closer!) He is the
cause of much merriment to the members
of the form, but on the other hand he surprises our lecturers.
"Mitchie" Miszkurka is modelling his
appearance after Elvis because he has
three inch sideboards (they're still growing). A quiet studious one. Mitchie will
be trying really hard at the final exams.
Howard Noble is very much like one of
the seven dwarfs—sleepy—Howard looks,
walks, talks and does everything relaxed,
and if he can dream his way through the
exams, good luck to him! Usually quiet,
he sometimes wakes up. It's moments like
these you need Minties.
Chris Patsimanis is one of those individuals who are determined to ruin the reputation of the form by paying more attention to the instructors than he does to
his fellow students. Chris is about the only
one in the form who can have an even
money bet on the passing of all subjects.
Aldo Pimpini is the interjector of the
form and is second only to Max Ebner in
introducing irrelevancies in the course of a
lecture. He will rave on for hours or any
diversion.
Phillip Saunders is without a doubt the
quietest individual at F.T.C. today. We
only found out his first name last month
by referring to the roll. H e is about average in his studies, his hobbies are stamp
collecting and butterfly chasing.
Ian Simmons is without doubt the best
student F.T.C. has ever seen. He tells us
that he went to Puckapunyal under the
guise of a steward and he had the best
two weeks enjoyment possible. Rolls Royce
must be getting a little short on funds because "Simmo" has quite a few Rolls
Sebastian "Father" Guzzardi is a free
and easy fellow (especially with his language). H e is from way down in Werribee
and he is one of those solid fellows who
tries all the time.
Pete Gooderham is another good one
who only speaks up when a lecturer has a
step-over toe-hold on him.
Jeff Hayes often looks interested in the
lesson but he's more likely to be bored to
death; though I doubt if he is ever completely clued up.
W. "Billious" Hodge is a real good kid.
He talks a lot and plays a little baseball
and is generally one of the first to launch
their own version of the "Jindavik".
Stephen Kwvalczyk (that's his real
name!) — this kid must be just about up
the well known wall by now, because he's
been called everything but his right name
since he first graced the halls at Footscray
Technical College. Funny, but some of
them have had nothing to do with difficult
pronunciation; he also dislikes physics (I
wonder why?).
Geoff Lowe — an aspiring student, captain of our victorious defeating team. This
proud follower of Australian football is
often heard voicing an opinion from the
back of the room (you could hardly not
hear him with a voice like that!)
Chris "Foreigner" Lubowiestki is a big
boy and apart from being real crazy, is
not a bad type. If Polonia wins a game of
soccer we never hear the end of it—if
they lose—bliss.
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Royce overalls, dust coats, cars and aero
engines. (You don't believe me? Just ask
him!)
Jeffrey ("H.S.") Smillie is determined to
go down in the pages of history as a
school teacher, but at his present rate he
will be retiring age before he gets there.
"Smell" iust loves chemistry and will test
the tensile strength of test tubes by dropping them on the floor.
Domenico Sottosanti is a great one with
the girls and he is often seen in Footscray
with several clutching his arms. " D o m "
hails from Cockatoo (and after hearing
this kid you wouldn't be surprised!) He
can give genuine dog howls, cow calls,
chook squarks and wolf whistles, just to
mention a few.
Ray "The Count" Sonsie used to be
real handsome, until he had all his top
dentures removed. Now it's like a horror
show when he flashes those shining gums.
Ray is the studious type and possibly the
secret of his success is the fact that he
works hard.
Max "The Mahh!" Williams is worthy
of the last place in our report (mainly because he is last on the roll). This character
is almost as versatile as Dominico Sottosanti in the use of his vocal chords. Perhaps a new T.V. series will come from
"The Best of Williams". Believe you me
there is an awful lot of talent behind that
face. Max is often the life of the form.
That is all (and isn't it enough?) of 5B's
form report. — Geoff Lowe, Syd. Cunningham.
lightful, co-operative group of 5th form intellects. We are assuming that we will pass.
Such an enthusiastic bunch are we in
chemistry that not only do we consider
ourselves chemists, but also the factors
that made chemistry what it is today, the
elements and the compounds.
So as a
chemist of the future I have made an
analysis of the characteristics of my colleagues and have compared them with
substances having the same qualities.
Ron White—hydrogen—the simplest.
Ian White — carbon — borrows from
everywhere.
Harry Berns—nitro glycerine—may explode without warning.
John Barnes—lead—dense.
Ron Laughton—silicon—slow to react.
Charlie Robertson—acetic acid—bitter.
John Chambers — oxygen — needed for
life (could not do without him).
Kevin Jackman — chlorine — greenish
yellow (saw him smoke a cigar).
Garry Finnis—magnesium—hard (form
meanie).
Robert Newman — neon — outstanding
(he's quiet).
Kyren Pascoe — iron — goes rusty (like
his memory).
Ken Benzies — argon — inert (with
money).
Peter Davey—plutonium—rare.
Barry Richards — dynamite — dangerous (watch out Marja).
Lance Patterson — uranium — continually disappearing.
Benny Ng — sodium — soft.
Fang — arsenic — deadly.
Brian Conwell — boron — powerful
(or so he thinks).
Garry Keys — radium — radio active
(wise to keep your distance).
Rainer — potassium — reactive (with
a set of drums).
Jeff Adams — silver — expensive (got
a high price on himself).
Rodney Roberts — ammonia — pungent odour.
Cheung — ferrous ammonium sulphate
hexahydrate •— complex.
Joanne Wardle — gold — precious.
Greg Butler — also chlorine — has a
great affinity for hydrogen (like he has for
Jo).
Slanderous, isn't it? Only a girl could
get away with it!
5 C
This year's 5 C consists of 16
engineers and 9 chemists, excluding some who left us to venture
forth into the cruel world that
awaits those who must work (not
that we don't, we only try not to).
But she has gone now leaving us heartbroken and tear-stained.
We are bright, intelligent, literate, enthusiastic, outstanding, superior, mature,
carefree, happy lot. (We are told in English to make use of our vocabulary, which
is about all that it consists of.)
Teachers this year are taking part in
history, for never again will any teacher
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5 D
the form to pass with 8 0 % at the mid-year
exams. Last month he surprised us all by
having his hair cut. His new satchel also
has raised plenty of controversy.
Terry Olver. — A handsome human,
who often pays visits to the hair-dresser,
and also kids himself he can play tennis,
but really doesn't know which end of the
racket to hold.—D. Grace, T. Olver.
At the start of year 1962 a group
of
enthusisastic
engineers
was
brought together under the banner
of 5 D. Prominent members of
this famous or infamous group are
listed below . . .
Anastos Athanasiov. — This handsome
fellow, who is nearly always dressed in the
latest fashion, insists on telling everyone
how much he knows about horses.
5 E
The composition of 5 E is one
of 15 budding accountants who
rather hesitantly decided to take
on the terrors and heart-breaks of
the form year Diploma of Commerce course. Although we are
few in number, the quantities of
the form are vast and colourful
and perhaps the quantities are on
the shady side.
Nickos Adamidis. — Mr. Universe of
next year, will break a desk in half yet,
while trying to demonstrate his ability at
'karatie'.
George Borg. — This import from
Malta is yet to be seen away from the
front seat where he really can worry
teachers with his questions — once he gets
started.
Robert Fischer. — Bob is known to all
teachers in the College for his 'smart'
comments, and is also known to have some
ability with a baseball bat.
Doug Gordon. — Doug is a real car
fanatic, skites that he has three cars . . .
and that one even goes.
John Hale. — John's popularity is probably achieved by his never-ending wisecracks. He also thinks that by having a
Perry Como haircut and cardigan he can
sing like him too.
Imants Kucerans. — Thinks he's good
at ten-pin bowling. Highest score is 51.
Also thinks that he is Danny Kaye's twin.
Joseph Mihalshek. — Joe has a secret
ambition to be at the next Arabs' Convention with his camel, 'Clyde'.
Noel Miller. — Probably the hardest
worker in the form and should achieve
good results. His haircut is his most outstanding feature.
Bruce Pocock. — This fellow is nearly
always to be seen reading car and motorbike magazines. And at week-ends working on them.
Jack Sharp. — Jack's ability on the
soccer machine is well known; and that
jumper, WOW—looks like he slept in it.
Alan Webster. — Alan, this year's
S.R.C. representative, has proved that his
ability on the football field is nearly as
good as he tells us.
Lance Gledhill. — The only person in
Possibly the most conspicuous member
of the class is George Soupios, who shows
an unlimited knowledge of yoga, astrology,
karate, and such off-beat pastimes. Between the times devoted to these, George
earns his daily crust by many fraudulent
land sales and the profits from his continuous card games. Another of George's
close associates is Leight Norgate, who is
the dead ringer for a beardless Frank
Thring. Although Leigh's physical form
is at the Tech., his romantic emotions are
still attended to his old school, Williamstown High.
Another member of the form who shows
weird qualities in K. Wilson, who hails
from Sunshine, and who is called "The
Argus" for his inevitable habit of voicing
outdated news.
His somewhat hilarious
jokes come up to the same low standard.
Perhaps the most likeable and hateable
member of the clan is Trevor Davidson,
who seems too talented in the art of the
"cat gut" to be in the form. His trademark of fame is that he is the brother of
the tennis champion, Owen Davidson, who
is currently touring the globe from Manchuria to Moscow. Trevor is easily distinguished by his Ipana smile, which is
spattered with gold, his short college cut,
and his bronze complexion.
Quietly seated in some corner at the
back of the class, and ever ready with his
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the blonde twins of this year's 5 F class.
Both have changed their hair styles many
times just to please a certain teacher. It's
a pity men have such a strong influence
over the weaker sex.
Pamela Baum and Dianne Schaper are
the quiet ones, particularly Dianne, who
always has her nose buried in some book.
(Wonder what?) P a m is often asked the
question, "Where is your assignment?" by
that handsome male. The answer always
is ? ? ? ?
Elizabeth (Cuddles) Beattie manages to
be at every party thrown during the year
no matter what time of day or night it is,
has finally hitched herself onto her "sigh
guy-"
Mary Beverly, who contributed her fine
acting talent to the College Play this year,
hasn't quite figured out the meaning of
Arithmetic. She and Joan Cochrane are
known as the "Space Twins" because they
are fond of leaving spaces in their shorthand notes.
Jo Boyle, the Arithmetic Brain, is often
caught chatting at the back of the room,
especially to her buddy, M a r j a Van Der
Linden, whose mind is not taken up only
by school work these days.
Mary Carey, who is the consistent late
comer, does not blame the bus, but manages to find some other appropriate excuse.
Judy Eaton, a not so quiet girl when
you get to know her, hasn't quite got the
knack of doing that ever-lovable subject,
bookkeeping.
Kathleen Fitzgibbon is one of our most
efficient Commercial Girls. Kathleen still
has her eye on a handsome male in the
Hotel Catering Department.
Petite Irene Gasparski (knows how to
wrestle) has a crush on a certain boy in
the Chemistry Department. She has scored
well in both fields of boys and schoolwork.
Mary (Maverick) Geerling is our card
fanatic, always can be found in the lunch
room gambling with her little friend
(female).
Lorna Guthrie, who hails from Sunbury,
always manages to be on time for classes.
Robyn Hale is the "cutie" of the form.
A particular male agrees with this statement.
Cheryl Kean and Susan Talbot are two
rather quiet girls who usually sit together
"gems of wit" is that ardent Geelong supported and football critic, Wayne Nettleton. Usually not far away is the slowwalking and slow-talking Ted Tucker. H e
is mentally inclined to the four-wheeled
chariots and proudly boasts possession of
the largest car scrap book ever compiled.
Forming a talented and, oddly enough,
respectable group, are the five Asian students, namely Les, Michael, Henry, Pat
and Sue—their correct Chinese names are
unpronouncable. An ardent rock and roll
fan is Terry Stanley, who cultivates the
greatest conglomeration of seaweed which
he humorously refers to as hair. The bestdressed member is John Cousins, who
stands out because of his availability to
money and his respectable haircut. He
earns his livelihood from the sale of
"beauty treatment" and his sporting activities, as the form is well informed, is
Rugby.
After the much detested mid-year exams,
the members of the form will like to
extend a half-hearted vote of thanks to
our youthful teachers. Taking the form for
most of the lectures is Mr. Flowers, who
has blond hair, handsome features, and a
pleasantly plump build. Mr. Way is one
of the rare teachers which this form holds
in respect for his miraculous feat of passing every student in bookkeeping. However, his lanky build commands respect
anyway. Contrary to persistent rumours,
Mr. Way denies that in his spare time he
acts as a goal post for Hawthorn.
5 F
At the beginning of 1962 a group
of potential secretaries invaded the
College of Knowledge and were
labelled 5 F. During the year we
have visited various places of interest, such as the National Bank,
Parliament House, the Telephone
Exchange.
It would be no understatement to say
that 5 F is by far the most interesting form
in the entire school. Here is the line-up:
Lesley Aaron, who manages to get every
boy excepting the one she wants; but is
still trying desperately to hook him. Good
luck, Les!
Elaine Andersson and Lydia Carlton are
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and discuss their night life?
Christine McKay and Norma Polglase
are two devoted friends. Christine is a
staunch Frankie Avalon fan and Norma is
an up-and-coming secretary.
Pam Reichardt loves night life, especially
coffee at Dino's. What happened there is
still a mystery to most of us. One of the
boys (who, me?) knows the answer.
Millie Schillick is an ardent Everly
Brothers fan. Her favourite polish is
Nugget. One of her habits is taking off
down the corridor with a feather duster,
being chased by "a certain someone."
Genia Siutryk has been given the title
of "Bessie" by one of our loving teachers,
because of her passionate love for chewing
gum.
Kathy Wicking is saving her money to
buy a bed to bring to school because she
is constantly being told to sit up. Bowling,
where she seems to score well, is her
favourite pastime.
We would like to thank Miss Owen,
Miss O'Connor, Mr. Richardson and Mr.
Smith for being so patient with us throughout the year. We cannot express the gratitude we feel for them.
FIVE OF
an executive, except for the fact that his
chin and surrounding area is often covered
with a growth of what looks like short
spikes.
Another group comprises Max Andrews,
Brian Murray, Raymond Trewartha and
Reg. Wheat. Their common interest here
is the bowling alley. But so far they
haven't made any claim to an outstanding
strike.
Raymond Trewartha is our genius at
assembling mechanical contrivances
on
paper. His interest in cars might one day
spur him into assembling for the road
something that can move.
Our authority on aeroplanes is Paul
Butler. He once claimed to have made a
model plane out of some plastic material
that was so thin that you could put your
finger through it without feeling anything.
A promising lad, this Paul Butler. H e also
shows great skill and ingenuity in draughtsmanship.
Tony Nicholas is a contribution from
Cyprus. He usually looks weary, as though
the troubles of the whole world were upon
his shoulders. Lately, he has taken to
playing cards in room 10 during lunch
time with John Park. Park is a card-sharp
and has won enough matches to set up a
business in arson.
TWENTY-SIX.
6 A
The ambassadors from Asia are Bunny
Wang, Larry Chiu, John Cheng, H o Kong,
Ong and Singham. Bunny is really an Australian corruption of "Ban Yee." Fortunately this does not make him a cousin
of the Australian pest otherwise he would
be going aroun with myxamatosis. Bunny
seems to have contributed himself to improving relationship between Australia and
Singapore by making a hit with the girls.
No doubt his masculine powers seldom
fail him in this task.
The beginning of 1962 saw 24
items of raw material thrown into
6 A to undergo the second stage of
the process of producing Mechanical Engineers at F.T.C. Now that
they are about to emerge from this
stage of manufacture, they show
characteristics of everything you
can possibly think of, save those of
a Mechanical Engineer.
Very seldom seen apart are Darrel Carr,
Peter Jackson, Brian Watson and John
Scriven. The bond between these four
seems to be their common interest in
frequenting Coles during lunch time. This
daily routine might be easily explained if
it were not for the fact that they all carry
lunch bags with them.
Watson is our contact with the S.R.C.
He is easily recognised by his height,
which he proudly displays by wearing jeans
of interference fit. Scriven is usually well
dressed, and might well be mistaken for
Larry Chui and John Cheng are about
the neatest workers in the class. They are
from Hong Kong, and have the habit of
cutting off communications with the rest
of the class by chatting in their home
language. Chiu looks a bit worried at
times; would it be the news of the deportations have perturbed him?
Ho Kong, Ong, and Singam have probably rediscovered the secrets of Houdini's
disappearing act, the way they appear and
disappear from class. Singam is a sort of
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6 B
celebrity, and is easily distinguished by the
luxuriant growth on his chin. When once
asked why he did not mow the cultivation
down to a decent height, he boldly
described it as giving him 'sex appeal." A
theory once put forward for Singham's constant disappearing act, it was said he
radiates out too much heat during winter
and absorbed too much in the summer, so
that he had a difficult time keeping comfortable.
Taylor, Rule, Round, Boucher
and
Urban are football enthusiasts. So keen are
they on this sport that they are usually
seen kicking dusters around during breaks.
This accounts for the non-dusty condition
of some of the dusters in the classes. Occasionally Taylor has the habit of emitting
vibrations of such a large amplitude that
they cause the ear drums to vibrate excessively. Rewell almost electrified evevone
by getting 9 4 % in Electrical Engineering
1. It is all right so long as he doesn't
electrocute anybody in the electrical lab.
Round is always seen trotting an orange
round. Now, is an orange round? The
funny method Round has adopted to break
his orange is to pass it back and forth
with Taylor or Rewell. He will eat it only
after it has been broken, otherwise the
poor orange has to keep on undergoing
the ordeal.
U r b a n always walks with his chest stuck
right out as though he is utilising it to
make his path. He claims that by summer
he will have a fourteen-inch
muscle
moulded into his arm. If you hear a bloke
with a rumbling voice he is Jeff. Stirling.
This is the only student who carries two
bags to school.
Lastly is Bruzese; he has done more
than discovered Houdini's secrets. The
length of time he goes in for one disappearing act suggests that he has discovered something more powerful. Sometimes it is difficult to believe that he has
not carried his act so far as never to
appear again. But he pops out when you
least expect it.
It looks as though these "articles" will
need a lot of polishing up in the next two
years or so before they can be put out
for service.
Heaven only knows what
might happen in the mechanical engineering field in Victoria if they were let loose
now.—PATRICK THANE.
FORM
THEME
King's Bridge
"Have you ever been to see
King's Bridge where engineers do
meet? There's a million faces,
gazing at spaces, opening up
beneath their feet."
CLASS M O T T O
"Deception is the better part of valour".
Having studied the prospective engineers
for the 6th form, the staff, in council, decided unanimously to combine the elite
of the engineers (no bragging necessary)
into one form, namely 6B, which is recognised for its virility, nobility, mobility and
punctuality.
TEACHER'S
DREAMS:
A teacher's good dream: e.g. Rows and
rows and rows of "Rose". A teacher's
(Mr. Billinge) bad dream: e.g. Students
who write long sentences. A teachers nightmare, a bowl of "Fishers". Now to strike a
serious not,e let's discuss a refugee f r o m
Chemistry. Yes, we even reform those
characters. Well, we try, namely David
Fisher, the prodigal son of a prodigious
primary producer.
Our famed group, the "Mooses," or
should that be "Meeses"? takes its title
from its leader, "Moose" (alias John
Dowdle) who, we learned has been dubbed
so because of his exclusive ability to emit
the blood curdling cry of the mating bull
moose. The activities of this group range
from opening several sets of folding doors
to iritating a member of the Physics staff
by opening windows as quickly as he is
able to shut them!
Holding key places in "Brain T r u s t " of
6B are Lloyd Johnson (another endowed
with much grey matter). As well as being
a proficient footballer and golfer, can cut
the ice on a might mean skate. Ray C h a p pel must be given credit for his capability
with a basket ball (I've never seen him
play, but he says he's good).
Robert
Bakker claims that he may revolutionise
teaching by the evolution of his " c h a r m "
method for memorising lengthy formulae,
e.g.: E = Blv sin e becomes Bill loves Val
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works hard in class; even if he is doing last
week's work.
I have neglected this far Ian Blainey,
who was a quiet, yet reasonably active
fellow throughout the year. Also Max
Garner, who left in August to start work.
The class wishes him the best of luck.
For some reason I cannot write about
myself—that's a shame, isn't it? I think
1 could do such a mighty job of it, too. The
part-timers who plagued us during the year
were Mick (Mr. Sunshine) Bergfield and
Gilman Cheung. Actually, they're nice
blokes. Bigger than me, too!
Due to the modest attitude of the
author of previous notes he has graciously
consented to these complimentary notes
being written. The author, who is called
Lance by his friends, allows us to call him
"Butch." Butch is a matter of all professions, some of which are:—Speedway
driving with " L " plates on, playing drums
and breaking chemical equipment. We are
told that he is quite a " R o m e o " .
Owing to limited space and strict censorship we must conclude.
Sine Theta. (Oops! there are those Asian
students again).
Some of the quieter students of 6B are
our Asian friends, a couple of whom are
conspicuous by their absence, whilst Ang
Cheok Sai has rarely, if ever, missed a
class.
Richard ("Dick") Gething says he has
had a few late nights listening to radio
"Hams".
Norman Falzon is a versatile personality, indeed, not only is he an "actor" of
some standing, but he also holds the
honourable position of being our S.R.C.
representative.
The Dallimore duo consists of P. Dallimore, a notorious Macedon-based chicken
breeder, and G. Dallimore (not related), an
arden Richmond supporter (yes, they still
have some followers). Graeme is an exponent of "timely arrivals", usually putting
his foot through the door just as Mr.
Billinge is about to lock it. Peter " H a k k a "
Harrison is renowned for his attempts to
find a train from "Willy" which never runs
late. U p to date his search has been in
vain, resulting in him coming in at 9.25
every day.
6C
Since I could not think of an
appropriate introduction, there isn't
one. Listed below are the students?
who comprise this form of illustrious chemists.
Colin Gray is so quiet and well behaved
that it has been rumoured in certain circles
that he is actually sane.
Norman (Judo) Grace would be perhaps
the most misunderstood person in 6C.
Easily identifiable by his flowing blond
hair (at one stage it became necessary to
have recourse to natural compulsions),
Judo has an ambition to be a biochemist,
but if he repeats his mid-year results he
could possibly end up washing test tubes.
David Hulme is a fast-talking, slickthinking, well-dressed, girl-winning
car
owner. It is too bad he doesn't excel, in
diploma subjects.
Barry "Nugget" Newell is David's friend
and analogous to him in many ways. H e
yells criticism (from a back seat) at J.J.
when his experiements go haywire (nearly
always).
Robert "Jacko" Jackson believes that
Graham Bell's "In a Persian Market" is
6 C
This F o r m of keen young Chemistry students is now going to take
up valuable space in the school
magazine because somebody may
want to read about us.
If that's the order—so be it.
All the class members are conchies, the
trouble is we are conscientious about different things. Admittedly some of the
fellows are keen to study each and every
possible minute; e.g., Messrs
Dapiran,
Andrews, Ayton, Comery and Anderson.
In addition, this form has the pleasure
of the company of Miss Dianne Chigwidden, whose company lightened the
year's work.
A few times this year Doug "Rocker"
Comery was very close to producing a
perpetual motion machine, but Mr. Lawlor
took five seconds to inform "Rocker" that
it would not work. A valued member of
the class is Choy Chung Chow (Mr. Dim
Sim)—who often arrives slightly late, but
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more important than Mr. Mason's "Determination of Calcium".
Neil McKenzie knows more about his
brother's girl friends than they do, but
when it comes to a certain sweet thing
called Sandra his knowledge, unfortunately,
isn't the best.
Mak Tak Wai is a real cool, jazz-loving
Asian student. He is noted for two things:
his recorder playing (which a certain English teacher does not appreciate) and his
attempt to kill Judo on his death machine
(a type of motorbike) on the way to Orgy.
Allan Matthews is another jazz fan who,
like Mak, has attempted to kill Judo.
(Unfortunately Allan can never fit enough
water in his wash bottle to drown him,
but comes close when he is helped by
Mick, who, by the way, is an extremely
good shot. (A certain Orgy teacher will
vouch for that.)
Ivan " J a c k " Neaves is 6C's answer to
"Flash G o r d o n " — h e recently acquired a
motor scooter. One day, after seeing the
red mudguards scream into the college
every morning for the last few months, he
acclaimed to all and sundry that he had
obtained a driver's licence for it. Jack is
now going steady—proof enough that he
"is a bit of a hit with the moldas."
Gary "Bottsy" Ramsbottom never fails
to be fascinated by Judo's renditions of
"get out of it" and "you're a twit." If
everyone was as good as Garry is tall and
slim, it would certainly be a wonderful
world. Garry's name is notable, it seems
to have an "Olde English" quality about
it. Indeed, he probably has a family shield.
(Possibly the brown corduroys he wears to
school.)
Malcolm " J o s h " Randell claims he is a
neutralist lad—he's not fooling anyone.
What else but a "rocker" would hold Fords
in such high esteem. Some of O o b a n f s
conshyness has rubbed off on Mai this
year, but unfortunately it has not affected
his personality too much (he still laughs
ocasionally).
Colin "Oobam Bex" Rix is intelligent,
conscientious, hard working and well liked
by the staff. However, if he is kept under
close observation he can, sometimes, show
antics that are characteristic of human
beings.
Terence "Nuggets" Roberts' reward for
captaining the college baseball team this
year was a broken foot. However, this did
not cause him much worry, not as far as
television watching is concerned, anyway.
Nuggets has one fault, namely, "I've
failed that exam for sure."
The "Feeble Five" from Glenroy Tech.
are Brenton Ross, Allan Satterly, Terry
Norgate, John Tedge and Heiko Wunder.
Brenton gladly sacrifices his lunch time
to help the chemistry department out.
Allan and John are good chalk throwers
and the latter possesses some skill at football. Terry knows a lot about physics prac.
and on the whole seems to be an avid
consh. Heiko obtained top marks for German, but we think that Mr. Porter was
overcome by the accent of his writing.
Wasil Skinder is the strong but not so
silent type. He owns a motor-bike, is a
member of the C.M.F. and is a weightlifter of no mean ability. Occasionally he
has enough spare time to attend lectures
at the college.
William Trethowan is a very impatient
fellow, his bad temper causing the spoiling
of many experiments in Physics.
Allan " P u d d e n " Taylor has several ambitions, the last of which is to be a
chemist. Pudden holds the belief that anyone who disagrees with him is wrong.
Geoffrey Sanders is rumoured to be an
amateur psychologist, but the truth is that
the only thing Freud means to him is
"criminal deception".
David Rowe is the proud possessor of
an Austin which, unfortunately, will only
move when there are fewer than seven
people in it.
Ron Smith is a keen hockey fan and
likes to read banned literature. This snazzy
dust coat is the envy of the form. H e is
characterised by a shock of red string
that grows out of his head.
Gustav Vonic is the prize of the form.
We do not know what we did to deserve
"Gus", but it must have been something
awful. He has a profund interest in
photography, Holdens and any subject
about which he knows nothing.
Allan "Beau" Whittle is a companion of
Oobam and just as big a consh. His academic results are outstanding, his understanding astonishing, and his language and
teeth are the envy of everyone.
Allan "Golly" Wilson is a refugee f r o m
Tim the Toyman. I think his curly hair
has corkscrewed into his brain, what else
would explain his annoying eccentricity?
Golly has now joined the happy gang of
women lovers—his latest heart-throb being
his two-year-old niece.
Much thanks must be expressed to Mr.
Boschen for his organisation of two very
enjoyable and successful excursions to industry this year.
an occasional violent dislike for a maths,
teacher. Looks in rear vision mirror frequently. Played in college football team.
Faulkner, Howard. Another strong man.
Delights in dropping test pieces on Friday
afternoon. Inseparable from Nemo. Even
his cigarettes inseparable from Nemo's.
They also stay in the glove box,
Gavjeniers, "Charlie". Very argumentive, especially on Tuesday and Friday.
Was most upset about a delay in a certain
exam, result. Otherwise very quiet.
Gothajner, Leon. Knees of trousers
would have to be repaired regularly for
obvious reasons. Seems to know the whereabouts of all blackboard dusters and delights in turning Quisling on Fridays.
Harris, Don. Has been renowned to play
9 tricks of 500 a n d then enquire, "What's
trumps?" Hence the name "Sick and
Twisted One". Has frequent excursions
from class on Tuesdays.
Hughes,
Howard.
Another
snooker
player. Plays in college football team.
Doesn't seem to do much. Won't even
argue with a certain teacher.
Keogh, John. Never ceases to amaze all
and sundry with his questions. Questions
he has, but a n s w e r s — N E V E R . Does not
enjoy maths, classes when "Out, Keogh"
echoes through the room. Tries to argue
his way out of it, but as in everything else,
he fails.
Kariuk, John. Definitely behind the door
when haircuts were given out. Think he's
looking for donations to raise the 6 / - .
Last year's football sweep should take care
of it.
Lennox, Peter. The tubby member of
the form. Lives in a red jumper. Turns
beach boy at Christmas. With his "figure"
he should easily win the title of "Miss
Anglesea for Portly Women".
Lester, Graeme. Was disappointed when
he only got 21 out of 22 for a maths,
question. Replaces an unmentionable as
"Brain of 6 D . " Doesn't even argue with
teachers.
Lester, Ray. Brother of Graeme. Very
quiet and non-arguing. Called the "Other
Lester," as most of the form forgets which.
Mann, Robert. The "Innocent Little
Baby" of the form who only goes off of a
Friday afternoon. Captain of college tennis
team.
Marovitch, "Nemo". Hails from Pas-
6 D
Because of the size of this
form, physically and numerically,
but not mentally, no long introduction will be attempted.
Here are the members of the 6th Form
Civil Engineering community:—
Baker, Ray. Well behaved except for
certain hours on Tuesday. Tried desperately to improve his baseball ability by
playing with the school team, but to no
avail.
Bartlett, Denis. Known to hang around
Altona with a surfboard under one arm.
(Where is the surf at Altona? His Vic.
schoolboy hockey blazer seemed to arouse
the unwanted attention of a certain girl
who shall remain anonymous.
Biggs, John. The reserved, elderly member of the form who bursts into action of
a weekend with the aid of two stripes, the
C.M.F., an S.L.R., and a female friend.
Buchanan, Ian. Seems very quiet, but
occasionally bursts into a deep bass voice.
Has a number of strange sayings which
confuse both teachers and pupils.
Car, Adolf. Plays a hard game of football, even broke an arm doing it. Bad
luck it was his own. Known to accompany
en ex-pupil to college dances. Female, of
course.
Carruthers, Roger. Sometimes I doubt
that he is here, until that sing-song voice
is heard. Too quiet to write about really.
Collins, Paul. Posseses a violent temper
which is easily ignited, especially on Tuesdays and Fridays. Only member of the
baseball team not to get a safe hit. H e
made up for this by umpiring the only
match we won.
Curnow, Steve. Helps Bartlett carry the
surfboard. "Goes off" at certain times also
on Tuesdays.
Diggins, John. Think he knows the
meaning of " O u t " by now. This leads to
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bers of the form who visit us regularly.
Not much can be said about them as they
are so quiet that we don't know they are
here.
Now that you have waded through this
group of people upon whose shoulders
rests the future of this nation, we feel that
you are entitled to further entertainment
or boredom, whichever you feel.
We wish to thank our heat engines
teacher for his promptness in correcting
our mid-year exam, papers and giving us
our marks.
We hereby declare that Lester Arnold
Watt has not changed his surname by deed
poll to Whitey as is thought by our maths,
teacher.
All insults were meant and no public
retractions will be made by the authors.
We warn, also, that sueing is useless.
P. C O L L I N S .
L. W A T T .
coe Vale and is the strong man of the
form in more ways than one. Always
seems to leave his cigarettes in the glovebox of his mother's Holden, which he
drives like a maniac.
Mitchell, John. This bright young lad
is thinking of taking up criminal law as a
result of his experience in the traffic court.
Cause of this experience is a Holden and
a lead foot. Frequently refuses to leave
class on Tuesday and Friday.
Olber, Peter. "Muscle-boy" back pocket
player of Fcotec. Seems to spend most of
his time sleeping or thinking about it.
Carries on a bit on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Has added " o u t " to his vocabulary this
year.
O'Neill, Kevin. Has more aliases than
a spy. Finally took the hint and had a
haircut. The barber, unfortunately, didn't
wear his striped apron. Scientists from all
over the world will soon gather to study
this little boy's head. Might see if there
is anything inside while they are at it.
Page, John. Extremely quiet except when
he combines with I.B. to give a very unmelodious sound. Is either working, asking
questions or disagreeing with teachers.
(What else is there to do?)
Pozzari, Frank. If this one keeps on the
wav he's going he'll wear his knees out.
Definitely non-union, won't take part in
strikes.
St. Clair, Barry. Rumour has it that he
knows how to play a game called snooker.
The less said about him the better.
Styles, John. The "Little White Haired
Boy" of the form. Actually displays an
affinity for school work. Seen often in the
company of a certain C.M.F. Corporal.
Thatcher, Alan. Commonly called "Alf."
Comes into the Lester-Styles class, and
hangs around with "Question Kid" Keogh.
Watt, Lester. Has found a new incentive to attend school in the shape of a
little commercial lass. This romance has
reformed him slightly. Took time out from
romance to play school baseball and be
S.R.C. representative.
Huong, Patrick. Not only does this lad
arrive late and treat it as a joke, but also
exhibits the not so reputable talent of
reading other people's private literature.
Chan Win Wai, Chu Sien Chiu, Lim
Kiat, Wong Chen Lam. The other mem-
6 E
To those mentioned in these
hurried and superficial form notes,
I apologise. The only consolation
you have is since they are designed
to conform to
current
tastes, they contain little truth,
several feeble attempts at humour,
and are thus doomed to the early
oblivion which all such creations
deserve.
Letizia Dedda is the only girl in 6E,
and as she has survived for so long in
such barbarous surroundings I suspect that
she is made of sterner stuff than would
appear. She has one great advantage—in
that she is seldom asked questions in class.
Geoffrey Tighe is often asked questions,
but gives as many answers as Letizia. He
hardly ever arrives before 9.30, but no
one worries. Geoff has lately taken up
eating carrots in class, no doubt to improve his vision and enable him to see in
the dark he inhabits.
John Bleazby is a dedicated law student
who has no need to attend classes. Indeed,
he often grows so bored with the whole
tedious procedure that he leaves the room.
Max Lynch is the proud owner of a
blue jacket with built-in shoulders. He tells
us of the day he is going to sail around
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the world in his boat, but as 1 know
nothing about nautical matters, I shall do
as everyone should, mind his own business
and refrain from comment.
Les Stephenson sits at the back of the
room near the door. He has a strange law
book that from the inside looks something
like an Ace Double. I can't understand it,
I've looked through mine hundreds of
times and nowhere have I seen a section
called "They Came From Beyond" or "The
Caves of Steel".
Richard Frost is a maker of fine quality
aircraft and a destroyer of blinds. As such
he is the natural enemy of the cleaning
staff. He is also an expert at Commercial
Law B and is constantly being asked
questions. "Where did you get that, Frost?
Are you talking, Frost? Where's your book,
Frost?"
Ian West has no outstanding characteristics. He doesn't make paper aircraft,
shout, sing, tip chairs over, punch walls or
come late. How such an ordinary person
can be top of the class is beyond me. He
does, however, play a form of golf in
which a small paper ball is flicked into the
inkwell. Undoubtedly this accounts for it.
hood. This might not seem particularly interesting, but I am scraping for information and I have to say something.
Ian Wordsworth is not relation to the
mild apostate from poetic rule. He has an
interest in the ancient and honourable
sport of archery, have you?
Colin Bendelle is a footballer of note.
Sitting next to Miles and Frost he has
somehow managed to remain pure under
their corrupting influence, and, except for
an occasional outburst, is well behaved.
Jeff Richards has a favourite occupation, namely talking. His motto might well
be: "Talk for Talk's Sake". Perhaps he will
one day be a politician or a lawyer or a
barber.
Ben Van Kuyk sits at the back of the
room and works. If this is not amazing
enough, he also does homework. Ah, well,
thus runs the world away.
OBITUARY TO 6 F
Today the 1962 6 F
passed
away. Each of its members is to
make his own way through future
life depending upon the merit
attained in his previous existence.
The day of reckoning has been and
the separate sentences have been
decreed. 6 F is no more!
Geoffrey Fuller deserves special mention
for his courage in reading (along with
some others) a paperback of frightening
dimensions. He claims he liked it, but,
well . . .
Wasyl Gutyj hides behind a pair of
glasses and a complicated name. It is
common knowledge that he is an orderly
student and so be is blamed for misdeeds
that the professional troublemakers feel
are beneath their high standards.
Russell Halverson is descended from ancient Viking stock. His ruggedness enables
him to read "Time" magazine and other
periodicals that would have put Eric the
Red to flight. H e is a basketball player of
great potential. I know this for a fact because he told me.
John Miles never seems to work. In
Business Correspondence he enters into
the spirit of the subject and expounds
doubtful theories on the arrangement of
letters. His genius I fear, is quite, quite
lost.
Jan Wandek has lockers all over the
school. He also has a jacket with a huge
white fur collar that can be turned into a
Into the tomb of 6 F is sealed the future
of each of the following:—
R. Atkinson, who led a racy life, on his
motorbike.
J. Beck, known to his friends, and
others, as "Slim Jim".
R. Brehaut, noted in his past life for
his "he-haws".
A. Czerkaski, the patriarch of the form.
J. Davidson, who assumed every day
was a holiday.
A. Demajo; he kept bankers' hours.
C. Dyer, a stranger in our midst.
R. Gray, sportsman and past S.R.C.
representative.
A. Marshall, whose services were appreciated while his Car depreciated.
T. Molyneux, identified by the caption
"Zeke".
J. Macleod, the rocking Shadow.
N. Nimmervoll, a professional scholar.
R.
Schmidt,
commonly
known
as
"Commo", due to his attraction to "Communications".
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0'ir Asian fraternity and hails from the city
of F o n g Kong. It has also been brought
to our attention of late that he has found
another interest apart from his school work
in this country and has been escorting this
distraction for some time now; no wonder
he's late for maths.
Ashley Fitzgerald. Ashley believes in the
old adage: "Don't believe everything you're
told", and so he is continually asking
questions on practically every subject in
the course. Unfortunately it seems that
some instructors have mistaken this yearning for clarity as a chronic case of stupidity. Ashley also takes a keen interest in
school sporting activities and is one of the
best runners in the school, hence a strong
member of our athletics team.
Ken Hudson. Ken is also a keen sportsman and is Fitz's constant companion. A
good student, Ken is also a keen jazz fan
and an ardent football follower, and when
it comes to discussing football before our
maths class on Monday morning he is
never to be denied his say.
Gyula Janka. Janka has the misfortune
of having a continually slow watch and so
finds it exceptionally difficult to make a
class on time. Even when given a fiveminute break, Gyula still can't make it
back to class under fifteen minutes. This
often leads to trouble with the instructors,
but Gyula with his exceptional eloquence
can usually think of an excuse which would
silence anybody.
Leung Tai Lune. Leung is another one
of our Asian students and has a good
grasp of the English language. He is a
quiet student and has that uncanny ability
of being able to take part in a class without even being noticed.
Jeffrey Nuske. Jeff is quite a sportsman
and shows a keen interest in spearfishing
and shooting. We also hear he is quite a
driver, being one of the few members of
this form who have learnt the great art
of being able to roll a car around a corner
rather than drive on all four wheels.
Bill Pearson. Bill is a fairly quiet student
and is a very hard worker. He is one of
the few students of the form who have the
honour of driving a car, and it comes in
very handy when the whole form has to
be transported from one part of the college
to the other. Although Bill has had it
tough over the last couple of years he is
G. Shield, known as "James Cagney
Jim." for his tap-dancing abilities.
M. Tan, invisible to all those but the
alert.
M. Taurins, in between handsome and
irresistible.
R. Templeton, in every pack of cards
there is a Joker.
C. Wright, he made a ball out of his life.
May Heaven have mercy upon them!
7A
This year's 7A, as in previous
years, contains some of the school's
prize students in the field of Engineering, and it is my extreme pleasure and privilege to introduce them
to you.
Firstly we have:
Graeme Beynon. Graeme is one of the
better sportsmen in the form, being a
member of the cricket, football and basketball teams. However, his sporting activities
do not end on the playing field, but extend
into the class room, where he has proven
himself to be an expert prankster, one of
his best known tricks being to screw dusters
to the board.
Jeffrey Brundell. Jeff seems to suffer
from a lousy sense of direction, as he finds
it extremely difficult to find his way from
the front door to maths classes, which he
attends only to break the monotony of
travelling around the countryside with his
pals, Mary and Archie.
Ian Cameron. Without doubt one of the
most capable workers in the class—when
he's awake. A member of the maths backbenchers, he often engages in lengthy discussion of negligible importance
with
" H e n c e " and frequently comes forth with
a flourish of words which even our English master would find difficult to interpret.
Chan, C. S. More affectionately known
as Charlie after that ace Chinese detective.
Charlie is a member of our Asian fraternity and although he sometimes has difficulty in understanding some of the polysyllabic words that certain masters seem
to delight in, he still plugs on to try and
pass the dreaded exams ahead.
H. Y. Cheng has earned the great displeasure of Mr. Gamble by arriving at
his maths classes anything up to two
minutes late. Cheng is another member of
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sure to do better this year.
Bary Smith. Bary is the socialite of the
form and very rarely misses out on the
opportunity to celebrate. He is quite a
ladies' man and unfortunately finds it very
difficult to fit in time for his studies. But
he's quite capable of surprising
the
examiners.
John Bailey. John is one of the seventh
formers from last year who unfortunately
missed a few subjects, but this year he has
reallv become conscientious and is sure to
do better. H e shows a keen interest in
college activities and can spin some of
the strangest yarns that have ever been
told.
Alan George. Alan, like John, is another
one who had difficulity with last vear's
subjects, but this year has really worked
and is sure to do much better.
Neil Smillie. Neil is a keen sportsman
who oarticipates in practically every school
activity. In the past year he has been a
member of the tennis team, basketball
team, cricket team and athletics team as
well as fulfilling his task as form representative to the S.R.C. most efficiently.
Neil is another unfortunate member of the
form who has a car. Conveniently, it is a
utihtv. and there have been several times
durin^ the year when it has been barely
pos c iNe to tell the difference between it
and - t r o o p bus, as it is usually used to
t r a n ^ - r * a large percentage of the form to
B- "
' T \v. t l.
No-man Shaw. Norman is a keen student
and
one of the brighter bovs of the
for-r
of +he only two to pass all the
mr* ~
examinations. Norm is also a
gre°t ' ot-rod fan and has promised us all
year f 1 ° t Ms car would be ready soon; we
ha^P-'t «een it yet. But the year hasn't
finrv~J
co there still may be hope.
P°ter Strack. Peter is a quiet student and
is ve*-' rarelv seen to cause any disturbance whatsoever, as a matter of fact it is
usua 1 n o t to notice him at all. He is a hard
w o r 1 ^ r ^nd is sure to do well in the forthcoming f - a m s .
Peter ^ a n . Peter is yet another member
of o ' , r Asian student body and is one of
the few of these boys who possesses a car.
Over the vear he has helped to fe r rv many
of the form between the two par + s of the
college and is always willing to lend a
hand. H e is a keen worker and his efforts
are sure to be reflected in his results. Last,
but not least, there is—
Edward Scott. This lad must be listed
as one of the most capable students in the
form. Ed plans to be an "educational instructor" and most agree that he seems
well suited to this. If he keeps up the good
work, then big things must be expected.
7 B
This is what is left of 6 B, just
a few intellectuals who were able
to pass their examinations — some
easily, some with a struggle. However, when the end of next year
comes around, industry is in for a
big shock when these potential engineers are let loose. There is a
rumour that the Railways will gain
and the S.E.C. will suffer a severe
loss.
It has also been said by some of the
learned that 7B is the hardest form to
on with. We frightened away a meta 1 ]
'
instructor and were blessed with Mr.
Young; Mr. Grainger got such a frig 1
he ran away to America and we c
ually softened up an
over-enthusiasti •
social science instructor. We cannot <n •
Mr. Marks a nervous breakdown; but —
succeeded in analysing his "common o
garden type" bolts and talking him inv»
showing us how to play his wonderf 1 1
game of "shove half-penny".
The whole class works very hard at
maths, for we have the mathematical
genius Mr. d y / d x Sambel. Everyone is
kept busy in Heat Eng. for we have Mr.
Williams at the controls or, should I say,
in control. One thing that is not in Mr.
Williams' favour is that he has a keen eye
for faults in reports. Has anyone attended
graphics on the last day of each term? Ask
Mr. U r e n — h e will tell you.
In this year of 1962, here is the line-up
of the inmates of this institution. An institution because of the "warders" at the
Wednesday assembly and a "mug shot" of
each in the office.
Neil Amor, Elec. Wiring's Maynard and
7B's Goofy, has his nose in a book during
every period except while he is walking
around the classroom during engineering
drawing and being watched like an eagle
by Mr. Marks who smartly tells him to sit
down.
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learns but learns very little. Even good old
experience cannot teach him a thing. Steve
is the one in the form who flies paper
planes in Mr. Mark's electrical engineering
class, the only one who is going steady
and might ring wedding bells before finishing his diploma, that is, if he is not careful. Last but not least, he is able to make
Mr. Mark's duster do the disappearing act
at odd times during the period.
Bob Clime tells us he is a good cricketer
but one day he will be of great assistance
to the automobile industry for he will be
designing the nation's hotest, fastest, most
luxurious and sleekest car in this here
land.
Edward Ted Hausler, the quickest card
sharp in the college and one who firmly
believes in never arriving on time for anything; even Mr. Franzi could not get him
to change that belief. However, when Ted
arrives early, which is not very often, the
instructor fails to notice him. Ted is always
trying to catch Mr. Sambel in an off moment but never succeeds.
Kevin 'Blub' Hauser, the form's genius,
one who seldom gets a mark lower than
8 0 % in any examination, but he finds time
to build an amplifier during the exam
time. H e admires Elvis Presley and can
trot around and hold his own on the
basketball court.
Victor V K 3 Z N N McDonald from his introduction suggests that he is on and off
the radio waves. Yes a radio ham—crank
—call it whatever you like. Vic. hardly
says a word, the quiet reserved type, but
one day he will fin da few things to say
and when he does everyone will hear
about it.
Peter VK3? Wolfenden. Another potential radio ham waiting patiently for a licence like a man on his wedding day. With
his knowledge o f electronics the whole
world will one day receive a violent jolt
even though its boundaries are just around
Essendon. Peter also knows a lot about
social science; just ask Mr. Richardson.
Kenneth Thomson is to be promoted
from assistant engineer class " O " to chief
ganger class " O " when he goes back to
work for the V.R. in a year's time. He is
very quick to learn all the jokes in and
about his country town, Glenroy. He owns
an Austin that is not worth a down payment on a garbage tin but he is one who is
sure to succeed in the long run.
John Minuzzo or just plain Minuzz is
another who knows a lot about social
science and in particular U.S.S.R. John
and Rico often see red but soon get over it.
He comes from the down-under suburb,
Carlton, so not another word need be
spoken.
Stephen Blanch, the sole property of
the S.E.C. Steve really knows the work he
Brian Shields' greatest claim to fame is
that he managed, without provocation, to
write a 9000 word essay while all the
others were struggling to write 3000. He
is also a member of the "big four".
George Tziotis is a unique member of
our form, he and he alone has his breakfast on the way to school; it should be
pointed out at this juncture that George
drives to school. Dine while you drive.
What next?
Tom Main is the most public-minded in
the form, the more he is in public the more
the public mind it. Tom is the driving
force behind the drama club and organizes
meetings almost every lunch hour. This is
probably because most of the girls of the
school belong to the drama club and they
influence the number of meetings.
Our form is proud to be associated with
a
really
ambitious
and
conscientious
worker. The one person who managed to
have all his reports, designs and essays in
on time, all this and Physics 111 as well.
You guessed it, W. J. Maguire, better
known as "Beery", the roast of the railways, the lad who in his spare time studies
extra subjects and writes form notes, is
that phenomenon. Bill, who is very ambitious hopes to work his way up to head
ticket collector with the V.R.
Frank (Francis) White is studying to be
a ticket scalper much to the annoyance of
the unfortunate buyers who have yet to see
a raffle result. Rumours have been heard
associating raffle ticket selling with a certain white Falcon but of course knowing
Frank, we know that these must be unfounded. Frank is a terror for work, his
reports are always in on time and has
plenty of time to go to wild parties. F r a n k
is an esteemed member of the so-called
"big four". (Typist's note: What rot!) F r a n k
is interested in a girl and her name rhymes
with H A M .
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John Field.—Now here is a lad who is
full of potential, what sort, I'm not sure,
but John thinks that muscle building is
more important than the opposite sex—
the poor, misguided fellow, one day he will
find out differently.
Frank Meeking, I hear, is supported by
the Education Department and may one
day support it. I have also heard that
Frank
is
quite
a
good
basketball
player; but I think his game would improve
all the more if he concentrated more on
the basketball ring.
Last but not least is Keung Cheng or
Elec. Wiring's "Bubble Gum Charlie"^and
the only one in the college who has a
human carrying case, in Ted
Hausler.
Keung usually gets Ted to haul his books
around.—S.E.Br, W.J.M.
member of the Newport Nings' group. We
have it on good authority that he frequents an unmentionable golf course along
the Yarra.
Davis.— better golfer than Ray because
he is an "associate" of Korringal Golf
Course along with Mathews, West and
Barrett. Peter also possesses a "unique"
set of golf clubs which is slowly dwindling
as he progresses from tree to tree.
Douthat.—Chief cook and bottle washer
apprentice to the chem. leb. Renowned for
his non-stop excursions into bush. He believes that anyone who doesn't enjoy catching rabbits or fish is a barbarian.
Smillie, "Hollywood George".—Has a
perfect system for backing horses that always works. He back the losers. An occasional golfer, he holds the form record for
golf strokes. It stands at 69—for one hole.
Tadich.—Frankie son is our "honourable" member of the Chapanese Chudo
Club. Has a favourite saying—"I love Saki
and powdered egg".
West.—Of the Gellibrand pier (lives in
Williamstown). An outstanding intellect as
he plays golf at Kooringal, but then who
doesn't? The biggest blot on his copybook
is that he plays lacrosse. However, we are
kind to him because of a certain relative
of his.
Gallacher.—A walking, talking heap of
Go-Kart parts. Is interested in one thing
only—no, not girls, but Go-Karts! He has
a prize lawn mower that runs on 4 %
methyl alcohol, 4 % methyl benzene and
9 2 % luck.
M c E w a n . — F r o m that illustrious clan
that inhabits the highlands near Riddell.
Has an up-to-date knowledge of all the
recent films in town. But his most significant feature is his knowledge of the English language, which extends below and
beyond that taught by English instructors.
Mclntyre. — A self-styled genius and
socialite. A member of the Carrum Lifesaving Club and the local fire brigade (he
lights the fire). On the whole he is a
real star—just ask him—he'll tell you.
Mathews.—An avid golfer and of course
an "associate" of Kooringal golf course.
Schoch.—A star fotoballer and budding
young dictator. He's already taking over
the S.R.C., prefects, R.A.C.I., football club
and 7C. Watch out, Fidel!
7 C
This is definitely the best of the
Chemistry forms, and therefore the
best in the College, since Engineering is a M I N O R application of
Chemistry. It should be understood
that all of the students named later
are geniuses so this point will not
be labored.
In alphabetical order this list of scintillating stars is:—
Barret.—An all-round star whose theme
song is "Standing at the library watching
all the girls go by". A side-line car expert
with a fanatical fascination for a golf
course down Williamstown way.
Bratuskins.—Just a little spot of sunshine. A foundation member of the Bill
and Andy sect who are delegated the
responsibility of keeping the exotics sounds
of 7 C singing through the chem. lab. This
lad is a real rocking guitar player and
pianist; motto "Hello Jim".
Chow.—The most recent star to be discovered. Hails from up Maryborough way,
but his past is shrounded in mystery. Finds
it hard to understand instructors, but then
plenty of us are in the same plight.
Collins. — As Mr. Finch would say:
"This lad need not be correct", but
claims he is never wrong—just not right
at times. Rover scout and brain of form.
Most weekends are spent halfway up
Warburton mountain, in the rain forest.
Croft.—Mrs. Croft's little boy, Raymond, hails from Newport and is thus a
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seen around. But I got the tip from a
close friend. He's not a bad kid and he's
really studious. Just dislikes teachers and
draughty classrooms.
Ken ("Woody") Woodhouse hails from
the back of beyond, some little known
place called Deer Park. He's not a bad
student; got a few brains up his sleeve or
somewhere. Only trouble is in normal
people they're in the head.
If you ever drop in on a class you may
see a body hanging around the room. This
belongs to Gerard Bakker. He's a pretty
quiet type — at times — and obtains a
great deal of success with the school in
soccer and table tennis besides his school
work.
If you look around a bit on entering our
classroom you may see a group of heads
in the corner. These may or may not be
attached to bodies. In the centre of this
group will be another head and a body
belonging to Ted ("Baldy") Vivian, describing how he applies his knowledge of
physics to a heavenly body over the weekend—Newton's third law of motion: to
every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
If it was an electrical engineering class
and any question whatsoever were asked,
a hand would shoot up and a voice would
answer, "Stick in a capacitor." Teacher:
"Why?" Voice: "Because it's cheaper."
The hand and voice would belong to Jack
P. Garside. He's a student teacher. That's
why he's allowed to say stupid things!
If there is a camera-shy person anywhere is John Lowenstein. A certain shutter bug tried in vain all the way to the
Snowy Mountains and back to get a picture of him. When he finally succeeded
the camera blew up in his face. It's not
that John's not good looking, in fact, if a
vote were taken he would be voted quite
handsome. We're thinking of entering him
in the National Dog Show.
Another two ex-Prestonites often seen
together are Noel Perkins and Ron Arnot.
Two more dashing and promising young
civil engineers have never been seen. They
showed a tremendous amount of promise
but results have been a long time coming.
Still the next five years should tell.
Another intrepid young lad from Preston is Brian "Bongo" Clarke. The last
thing "Bongo" would want us to discuss
7 D
7D began this year with a mixture of pupils that could do justice
to Nino Culotta's "They're a Weird
Mob".
Last year the scholars of 6D took it for
granted that they would pass into 7D this
year. But alas, the exams found them out
and only six out of seventeen took that
great step. So 7D consists of the cream of
last year's 6D plus a number of undesirables who had been deported from Preston Tech.
But overcoming all difficulties, the form
settled down to the strenuous year's work
ahead and quickly moulded themselves into what was obviously to become the most
brilliant form in the school. Don't get
the idea that we like ourselves, we're only
realists.
The fact that only one out of fifteen
passed engineering thermodynamics at the
half year seems to refute the former statement, but obviously the fault lies not in
the students but in the examiners.
If the teachers don't wake up that the
only way for us to pass subjects is to give
us the exam paper three days before the
exam, then how do they expect us to pass?
We consist of a number of jazzers,
rockers and no-bodies (mainly no-bodies).
One jazzer, namely Bob Welsh, when
asked a question will rouse himself from
his beat-trance and finger-snapping and in
a way-out manner will announce — "I'm
not with you Sir, would you repeat the
question?"
Every form must have a "brain" and
we have ours in Bory's "Dasher" Kouzmenko. When you look at him, this is the
last thought that would enter your head,
but don't let looks deceive you; under that
rough outer covering called skin lies a
brain like a computer. Borys received his
nickname Dasher from the two inseparables, Darrel Carpenter and Alan Bourke.
They possess a couple of brains between
them, too. Darrel's not a bad sportsman—
represented the school in football and athletics, but Alan's sporting activities are
limited to violent comments under his
breath—nearly always.
Arthur ("Archie") Athanasiov, remains
a mystery man to the form. Not many kids
know much about him as he is not often
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would be his school work so we'll do just
that. He's found it a bit hard this year;
but has tried hard. You've got to admit,
this lad's got courage.
The last of the Prestonites is Bob
Garvey. Boy, is he quiet? The only way to
find out whether he's in class or not is to
look under the ink blots. If you're lucky
you may be able to detect "Garv".
WARNING: Don't drop dead on the job.
Death on the job—instructions
in the case o f —
It has come to the notice of the management that employees have been found
dying on the job and either refusing or
neglecting to fall over. This must cease
forthwith. Employees found dead on the
job in an upright position will immediately
be dropped from the payroll. Should an
officer of the management notice that an
employee has made no movement for a
minimum period of one hour, it will be his
duty to investigate the cause, as it is
impossible to distinguish between death
and natural movement in some cases.
Officers are instructed to make very
careful investigations with final test being
the waving of a pay packet gently in front
of the suspected corpse.
If there is no reaction, then in most
cases the employee can certainly be classified as deceased. This test, however, is not
100% reliable, since natural instinct has
been so deep that the hand of the corpse
will make spasmodic clutches at the packet
even after rigor mortis has set in.
Another test that has been applied with
success is to whisper the words "Sunday
Work" in the deceased's ear. This has
been known to restore a body that has
been motionless for over a week.
N.B.—The above tests and procedure
need not be applied to teachers, as in
their cases movement is entirely unnecessary.
G A R R Y McPHERSON.
The last two regular members of our
class are Cheah Teik Jin and Lee Seong
Chong, our Asian colleagues. Lee is the
quiet one but Teik Jin is a little hard to
handle at times. We didn't know he could
sing until the Snowy Trip. He has a wonderful voice resembling that of the North
American Bush Warbler, i.e., Donald
Duck. Both Teik J. and Lee have the
wrong idea of school life. They go to
classes to work.
There are a few more part-time students, but the foregoing was a true and
exacting account of the regulars of 7D.
Thus end's this little epilogue of an illustrious class.
P.S.—Flash from Physics Room: Heat
Expands, Cold Contracts. That's why there
are long days in summer and short ones
in winter.
LIMERICKS
There once was a native of Suva
Whose nineteenth wife wanted a hoover.
He said, "That's not funny.
It's costing me money,"
And began to make plans to remove her.
THE COUNTRY
Oh, to he out in the wild yonders,
Where I love to walk and ponder,
I love to go
io see my cousin sow,
The weaving wheat stalks
That seem to talk,
As the wind blows and blows.
Quietly, carefully the night winds come,
Carrying the sound of the hunter's gun.
Stalking, preying upon the poor dumb
animal.
Which is weaker than rum.
Oh to see the winding hills,
Towering over the green window sills
Where never is heard the sound
Of the rumbling of mills.
R. LEVY, 2H.
A friend from the Iron Curtain
Told how to say names without bur tin .
'Tss eassy," said he,
"Sneess twice und say 'Ski'
Undden you pronounce it for certain."
There once was a scholar from Gloucester
Whose name was next on the roster.
He said he was ill
So they gave him a pill
Whose taste cured this schoolboy impostor.
There once was a boy from Milan
A devoted sea-fishing fan.
When, at last, he fell in,
'I'here appeared a huge fin
And he ended up fried in a pan.
K. GREATOREX, 4A.
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INFORMATION LINE-UP
8 A
"Louie"
or "Rocking Horse" is the
LUI J U A N oldest member of the form
and finds it hard to keep
HUI
up with the younger generations; thus his late appearances
at
Engineering
Practices. He drives a car,
one of his exploits being his attempt to
squeeze into an army truck with nine future engineers already aboard. His private
life to us is a blank, but at school he is
the quiet type, although at times he bursts
into giggles during lectures (what's so
funny Louie, or are you
remembering
something from the previous
night?).
Seems to eat well considering his wellfilled paunch.
J O H N ("Biscuit") A R N OTT
is a
conscientious
trainee railway porter, who
largely supports the firm of
Rothmans Pall Mall. H e is
the proud owner of a V.W.
which seems to find its own
way home at lunch time.
Biscuit's combinations of sports shirts and
ties would do justice to A1 Capone's boys.
After the Mechanical V's Electrical football
match John suffered raw hide, but his uncontrolled display of baulking, weaving and
timely trips created uproar from the spectators.
COLLINS,
GRAEME.
This nice bloke responds to
f « . !
the name of "Bull". Bull is
a keen sportsman representI
ing the college at swimming
and football and is vice
/
captain
of
the
premier
House, namely Sturt. Bull
provided great drive to the flagging Mechs.
in the annual football match against the
Elecs. He has a famous grandpa whose
exploits have thrilled and delighted 8A for
some years. Bull is a quiet and sober fellow who believes in the institution of marriage, and escorts a pert female named
Mavis. He drives a very well kept F X Holden and is the only person known with a
1 in 2 grade in his front drive.
K E N N Y B R O W N . Him
a little man? Maybe, but
certainly not an ignorant
j little man as some may
think. In fact he is the
brain of the class. H e is
ii very good natured, not an
enemy in the world, but
when he makes a point, he will stand by it
even if it means physical effort proving it.
For example he accepted the challenge to
race " H a r d y " Maxfield, he being "Laurel",
to a bicycle race when told he couldn't
pedal.
He would go straight into the University
next year if he gets his Matriculation English. His failure is probably due to his
"shoking riting".
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R O B E R T L. A N D E R SON: Originated from Toorak in his earlier years and
entered the F.T.C. at the
Junior school. He's a keen
sportsman, representing the
school in football and baseball. His outside interests
include badminton, cricket and hockey. He
must hit other things than balls with a
hockey stick as he has broken at least
three sticks this year. He recently became
a wealthy schoolboy as he was presented
with a Studentship. I suppose that is why
we see him imitating Jack Braham in a
blue Commer carrying " L " plates.
and athletic feats in the last series of house
matches. He led the Mechanicals to a
glorious victory over the Electricals in the
recent football "grudge" match.
.
B O B E K,
ALFREDO
• * m m M t A N D R E . Alf was found
*'" under a cabbage in Jugo
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Slavia on the 1 8 / 8 / 4 2 and
after about eight years he
landed in Australia. Before
very long he went to live
amongst the aboriginals at
St. Albans. In 1958 he joined the brains at
F.T.C., and although he appears to be
asleep during practice classes he gets his
experiments in before examination time.
Alf possesses a "pile of bolts" which he refers to as a Dodge. Although the car is a
genuine antique it transported Mr. Crocker
back from C.I.G. in style. It was suggested afterwards that Mr. Crocker could
have easily passed for A1 Capone.
T A O HAI SIN: Tao is
generally considered to be a
credit to the College especially to 8A. H e is a prominent member of the Overseas
Students' Association
and
has done a considerable
amount of work with the
S.R.C. This main characteristic includes
an amazing ability to provoke sarcastic
comments from a certain instructor, and
the peculiarity of calling everyone by the
same name, particularly when things go
wrong in prac. periods. Sometimes called
Wicked Sin Tao he was the star ruckman
in the Mechanicals v. Electricals football
match, probably because of the large boots
for greater momentum. He has hopes of
attending lectures at the University next
year for a degree course.
KEVIN
(alias
"Doc")
S O R R A G H A N : Doc hails
from the farmlands just
south of Shepparton, that
small one-horse town in
north-eastern Victoria. His
people have a Friesian stud
farm, and this may account
for his more than passing interest in a certain heifer from Kilmore. Around about
the end of second term it was not unusual
to see Kev arriving back from lunch on
Fridays with a young calf to take home.
When the noise level in the Heat Engines
Lab. was not too high, the weird noises
that come from this type of animal could
readily be heard just outside. Although he
claims he is not a Ford fanatic, by the
way he talks about "things" that wear out
in 22,000 or 18 months of low flying
(namely Holden Utes) makes us wonder.
PETER
" H E N C E "
C R O C K E R , as the form affectionately knows him, is
an exponent of both fast
cars
and
accelerating
women. Himself being the
owner of that fine British
marque, a T.C. MG, he
cuts a dashing figure coming to school in
his car. Peter, it may be added, is also a
very keen turf fan, and along with Big
Tony, is an authority on the matter of
horse racing and filly breeding. A partygoer by nature, and a firm believer in Russian and Scotch beverages, Peter has
gained some distinction for his swimming
C O L I N R E E D : Although
Colin lives quite close to
school he always finds difficulty in arriving on time.
We have narrowed down
his reasons for being late to
two. First is his bad sleeping habits, and other and
main one is the time that it takes him to
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get into his jeans. (Or does he?) F.N.R. as
he is well known by, is an able sportsman
and has represented the school in nearly
every sporting field. On week-ends he
plays football for a local Church team.
shatter eardrums. He is also building a
wickedly potent special which he hopes to
race. He is also chief tuning consultant for
a certain T.C. and has a definite flair for
charming traffic policemen.
COLIN
MAXFIE L D :
"Big Tony" or "Fat M a x "
as he is commonly referred
to, is another country boy.
He hails from a small outback post called Rosanna
and can be seen riding his
horse to the station at 5.30
a.m. to come to school. This led Colin to
the sport of horse racing. He has been
seen at Werribee on a Wednesday afternoon causing havoc to the bookies as the
punters follow his demon-like plunges. Originally he hoped to become a jockey but
at 23 stone, he could not obtain enough
rides. In an effort to lose weight he took on
a strenuous tour of Sydney but only succeeded in losing a few pounds.
P E T E R ("Herm") E L L I O T T . Being supplied with
bread from the S.E.C., H e r b
is able to run his Dad's
under-powered car at weekends. Sometimes we wonder
where he goes on Saturday
nights, but judging by the
twinkle in his eyes on Monday mornings,
it must have been exciting. Peter is one of
the elite who manages to arrive at school
on time, except to Uncle John's class. He
is a tennis enthusiast who has been known
to lose many a game to love. Peter is also
the self appointed moralist of the class
since no one else is qualified for that position. Usually a very agreeable man, just
tell him that safety belts are hopeless
things and he'll go berserk.
E D W I N ("Ted") BIGGS.
Young Ted, the
cyclist,
seemed to be in raptures
when he found his "lost"
bicycle, but did his block
when he "lost" it again a
week later and had to revert to his pre-Boer War
model. He keeps telling and retelling Graham's (I.M.T.) jokes which he interprets
the wrong way to the consternation of
some of the rest of the form. One of his
main ambitions is to sell a couple of tons
of briquettes to Mr. Crocker for the Heat
Engines Laboratory. His greatest love is
to grab the Hillman and come to school in
style and comfort.
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BRIGHTON, MAX. A
very quiet young man, except in electrical engineering and electronics, where
he sometimes manages to
confuse a certain senior electrical instructor, who, on
one occasion, referred to
him as a "deplorable chap". Max is a
good student and will be a valuable asset
to any firm which is game enough to employ him.
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G R E N F E L L , R A Y . Better known as " R . G . " Ray
is always ready to remind
us he is one of the "Big 4 "
— a group of unfortunates
who claim to have passed
all subjects. Being a student teacher, R.G. is always
telling us he is grossly underpaid, but despite this he seems to find enough cash to
run a Morris, support a girl-friend, and
even put a bit aside for the M.G. he says
he'll own some day.
GEORGE
WERETKA.
George uses the nom-deplume of "Paul Pirelli" and
is rumoured to be a deposed
count. He has acquired a
basic frugality in his business dealings which should
ensure his just million before 40. He is a motorbike fanatic and
owns a particularly fast Triumph which
when on full song has been known to
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quite a wearying effect on him. Bob was
an indispensable member of the 8 B football team and is also among the ranks of
those employed by the Education Department, which will no doubt result in his
following two uncles and his sister in
taking up teaching.
GOZHEVSKI, GEORGE.
Has been nick-named "Gorgeous George" from way
back, but everybody seems
to
have
forgotten
why!
George has his own technique for passing (time) . . .
er, exams. It doesn't include attending classes though. Both 8B
and Sunshine Football Club were fortunate enough to have George in their teams.
In fact as far as 8B are concerned, George
was the team. His other forte is the ability to give quick original excuses in reply
to Mr. Sambell's acid comments on attendance, like, "I felt sick" or "I wasn't
here".
HUFSCHMID,
MANF R E D . Known to his pals
and those who fear him as
"Mr. President", stemming
j*!Sr >.
from the fact that he is the
A
Jbu^ "college dictator" for 1962
— namely
president
of
the Students' Representative
Council.
This year Manfred's education
has been broadened beyond all bounds
thanks to the wonderful assistance of a
young lady by the name of Pat. Manfred
is under the control of the Victorian Railways and through them hopes to become
head ticket collector at Flinders Street in
the not-too-distant future. (He doesn't
believe in starting right from the bottom.)
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HALLIDAY,
JOHN.
Here is a true artist in
many ways. John is so
wrapped in jazz that he
doesn't even think of girls
(we think). Naturally he is
the president of the college
music club, and we believe
he's had something to say about the programs all being jazz. John is well known
as a drummer and more recently as an
actor, following his brilliant performance in
this year's college play—a performance
which he hasn't finished celebrating yet!
LESLIE, K E I T H . Could
be more aptly titled KeithDuane - Fireball - ShadowLeslie. He plays the guitar.
He has a set daily routine
which goes something like
this:— Gets up (not too
early)
and
plays
his
guitar. H e then has breakfast, doesn't
comb his hair, and plays the guitar. Goes
to school and gets shot at misere. Rushes
home after school and plays his guitar, has
tea and plays his guitar, goes bowling and
plays his guitar, returns home and plays
his guitar, goes to bed and dreams of . . .
his guitar.
HAYES, L E N . Over the
post year Len has been employed by A.C.I. who eventually agreed to let him
f | M r
attend college for most of
L a H y
the week, and at the same
i f ^ J f j ^ l time pay him quite a considerable sum of money.
This agreement has enabled him to invest
in a Holden which enables him to enjoy
to a greater extent his favourite hobbies.
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Known affectionately as
"Chorlim"
LIM
and is our man from Singapore.
Perhaps the oldest
CHAU
boy in the form, Chau has
the appearance of a modest,
hard
working
and
honest Chinese merchant.
He seldom talks and even when he does it
is with a relatively slow and slightly hesitant voice. His main credit lies in being
the most attentive boy in the class, which
makes him a rare academic specimen in
the college.
HEARD,
BOB,
goes
under the esteemed title of
"Mayor of Rockbank" despite the fact that he only
J^r*
visits the small township
n o w to
W^iJI
enjoy himself at the
^hdSf^
football turnouts. As a person he is very hard to
pass by (especially in the corridors) without noticing that these turnouts have had
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"rockers" haircut. Wal hails from Newport,
where any other type of haircut could
prove fatal, even though you might have
the reputation of being a good "con-man."
In the way of sport, Wal is captain of
Deakin House and was a member of both
the college athletics and swimming teams
(also captain of the latter). At home he is
currently studying the piano, prior to
joining a well-known band, at present unnamed.
M A R T E L , F R A N K . The
f youngest member of the
form, Frank was nicknamed
,
"Silent" long before
he
reached
Footscray
and
seems to have retained that
name for obvious reasons.
Frank is a golf enthusiast
and can usually be found in the bunkers
at his favourite haunt—Royal Park Golf
Club. His score for 18 holes is consistently around the 80 mark. He, as yet,
has not told us what he does with his
Saturday nights and he hasn't been spotted
with any of the fairer sex.
ROBERTS,
GRAHAM.
Here is the form's leading
sporting enthusiast: playing
in the college football team,
of which he was vice H mmwm captain, and also the cricket
ijjii& j p T ^ P f f team, for which he was a
selector (that would probHe also represented the college in the
inter-tech, athletics and participates in
various other sports outside the college
including football, cricket, basketball, golf,
bowling, etc. Graham's active part in sport
could be due to the fact that he is the
second youngest in the form, the rest of
us being too old and leg-worn.
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M E I N C K E , BOB.
According to rumour Bob will
* have no trouble finding a
position
next
year,
as
Kirch's, second-hand dealI 1 ers, are contemplating taking him in as a partner,
since he has half their business in his back yard. This position would
be in addition to the more likely one in
South Australia with the Department of
Supply. Bob is really a conscientious and
genuine student who excelled himself last
year by passing all subjects after having
missed three months because of illness.
ROBINS,
BRUCE.
Known to most of his
friends as " R o c k y " . Bruce's
favourite pastime is annoying instructors such as Mr.
;
Faulkner, who threatens to
/"* , have him deported almost
every week. But being a
student teacher, Bruce will no doubt learn
the hard way that little boys who annoy
teachers are only trying . . . very trying.
Rocky drives around in a Riley and all
he needs here is a pair of wings on it
and the thing will probably fly, he always
seems to have enough speed for take-off.
P A R R Y , R A Y . The most
I active member, and presi| dent, of the college branch
of S.C.M. is the "Reverend"
Ray Parry. He also played
in the college soccer team
and took part in the Electrical v. Mechanical football
match
(believe
he
cursed
most
of
the match because the ball kept bouncing
the wrong way). We also heard that on
the Sydney trip Ray participated in the
discussion (and so on) in room 19, where
he expressed his views on a certain type of
woman and other things.
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SPRAGUE,
Clarence,
Bert, Henry, Frogman —
these are just a few of the
printable titles this young
blond goes under. H e is
the form's fishing expert and
at present is constructing
a 13-foot speed boat, just to
make sure he gets to the best spots first.
Bert is also a member of the lunch-hour
P O N OM ARENKO,
W A L L Y . When it was first
announced that Wal was a
studentship
holder,
fears
were held
education-wise
for the future generation,
but due mainly to the effects
of Jenny, he is now a little
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card team and frequently delights the other
players by taking ten tricks when his
partner goes misere. This, and the fact
that he often provides a bus service with
his truck, adds up to his being quite a
popular member of the form.
R A Y P E R R Y — W h o is a
bit of a villain at parties—
or anywhere for that matter
— is another
who
has
J f i H | narrowly
escaped
matriftkjflH
monial bondage. When we
I heard on the grapevine of
his activities at Fall's Creek
during the term vac., we were hardpressed
to believe that he has managed to retain
his bachelor status. Ray is kept in hay by
the Education Department. He says he
spends most of his money on cigarettes
and other pleasures, and squanders the
rest. He spends most of the day sleeping
(when he should be at school) and then
at night visits such dubious resorts as
Opus, Powerhouse and 431.
WILKINSON,
JOHN,
nicknamed "Wilkie" and is
always full of spirit for
Mr.
Pellizzer's
electrical
engineering classes. Earlier
in the year he drove an
automobile, but has since
found that walking is much
cheaper. John's source of income is unknown, while he divides his time between
song and the office girls. What little is
left he uses for study, but never mind.
IVAN STRUDWICK —
took almost a week to
master the art of "herringboning" uphill at Mt. Buller
and by the time he got to
the top of the run it was too
dark to ski down. Nevertheless he kept at it and is
now seriously considering entering the
slalom event next season. Ever since the
Buller episode Ivan has been trying to
work out whether they have "nutcrackers
on Tyrol." Ivan can be often seen doing
a spot of lady-killing at the dances
around Preston and Thornbury. We think
he comes to school just to rest up in preparation for the weekends.
YIM, E D W A R D . A very
conscientious worker who
never goes out at night except
on
Tuesdays
and
,
^ Saturdays, when to find
g ^ y J m him you need look only
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as far as the local theatre.
Ed was a soccer veteran
back home, but the cold wind down here
provided too much competition. And so
we find he has taken up the less windy
sport of billiards.
ORLOVUSSIN
8 B.
8 C
GARRY WOOD.—Took
no time at all to learn the
first lesson of skiing, i.e.,
how to fall gracefully. If
you found someone with his
— the
Honeymooner. When Les
LES
arrived one Friday morning
with a packed suitcase he
A N D E R S O N had a lot of fast talking to
to convince us that he
wasn't really eloping that
night. Even with all his
dubious activities he has successfully
negotiated the past year without getting
"hitched." But Les is a deep thinker and
has often warned us to save our money
for a weding present. Les is sometimes
seen making a remarkable impersonation
of a conscientious student in the library
during lunch hours.
Ik '^Ifcfe,
in
snow
and arms and legs projecting out at all angles, you
could bet London to a brick on that it
was "our Gary". Gary's pet aversion is
people who suddenly yell "is that SO;
pouring out of the furnace?" Gary is often
seen giving a lively impersonation of the
"flap-dance of the Warden." It ranks with
"the Waltz of the flowers." His favourite
game is called bouncing beakers on the
beach.
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N E I L McMahon. — The
third man or member of the
8 C
touring
party
that
visited Mt. Buller during the
term vac. also retained his
independence by staying out
of the clutches of the wild
women that frequent the
snow-covored slopes. He quickly mastered
the art of standing on skis and almost
ended up instructing the instructors. As
far as moving skis goes he'll have to wait
and learn that next year. His hardest job
is getting Perry to work during Phys.
Chem. Prac. When all else fails he gives
the aforementioned Mr. Perry a belt in
the bracket with the Beckmann thermometer.
A L A N N E L S E N : Alan,
the
Collingwood
Tech.
graduate, hails from Northcote. There are two loves
in Alan's life; firstly the
typist whom he takes out
the night before he wants
his
reports
typed,
and
secondly the civil engineering syllabus
book. After careful reading of the latter
he is convinced that we will finish the
syllabus in all subjects. Alan is also influenced by undesirables outside the school
—namely his cousins. Despite this, Alan
should do well in the final exams by passing all subjects.
J O H N H U L M E . One of
the quiet, modest type, John
is rarely perturbed by any
one of the many catastrophies that occur in daily
school life.
A continual
companion of Ian McBain,
John used to be a motor
cycle fiend, but has now switched to "Mini
Minors".
Surfing probably
rates
the
highest
amongst John' outdoor pursuits, and one
needs little imagination to picture him
lying on a crowded, wind-swept, bodystrewn, sunny ocean beach, apparently
dozing behind a pair of sunglasses, but
actually enjoying the scenery.
JOHN
DALTON.
The
door is opened vigorously
and in marches John, in an
extremely purposeful manner. One glance at his
flustered face shows that he
is engaged to Dawn and he
will be married at Scots'
Church on the 1st of January. He often
shows signs of a strenuous night, hockey
training, studying or entering his day's
schedule in his P.W.D. diary. There is
silence as John addresses the class, "Has
anyone done a comps problem . . ." Thus
contented, he retires to the library with
a Comps problem and his book "The Fairy
Tales of Adolf Hitler's F o o p a h s . " As John
leaves we wish him lots of luck and love
with the native women and other fauna
of his new homeland, New Guinea.
P E T E R R A N K I N . Our
friend Peter Rankin is renowned for many differences of opinions with the
teachers. Peter leaves us
|gf ^^tpF J H aghast with dark tales from
•f
the mystic regions of Albury. Pete is very interested in sculpture, and during the past
Sun Art Exhibition he entered a wooden
carving of a woman, which was bought
by the international comedian Victor Borge
for a tidy sum. Under certain conditions
Peter is an excellent singer of ballads. He
is also the S.R.C. Secretary Representative.
K E N E D G L E Y . Ken is a
student teacher, not that
anybody holds it against
him, a fellow has to get
money
from
somewhere.
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Ken's greatest problem for
ill
M
year was far f r o m the
normal
school
problems,
and rose when Janet, or was it Margaret? No, it was Ann, no, that's right, it
was the other Margaret, decided to knit
him a jumper. Ken was only half convinced that it was a good idea and rather
doubtfully informed the form: "She can
knit, or so she says."
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I A N McBAIN is just
completing his fourth year
in this college, and this is
quite a feat. Until recently
he has been a motor bike
fan, but now he has gone
in for a car. This year he
has had many girl friends;
it becomes very complicated when he goes
to a dance, especially the college dance.
B I L L R A M S A Y . Willie
is one of the three local
boys out of our form of
sixteen, and also one of the
few who could, surprisingly,
finish the course in the required four years. Many of
the boys who went on the
Snowy trip can thank Bill for finding the
way back to their beds. Bill is a goodhumoured person, and the fact that he
can't stop smiling, even at the most important discussions, has had its disadvantages throughout the year.
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T I O N G Y U KING, from
Sarawak, is one of the most
diligent members of the
c ass
' - He is sober and quiet.
He doesn't talk much; but
those who know him well,
find him very interesting to
talk with. His main hobby
is photography, in which he shows great
talent and skill. Like all ambitious young
men who plan their future, he is thinking
of taking a post-graduate course in structural engineering soon after he finishes the
present course. Let's all wish him "good
luck".
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R O N S H A R P E . If you
every see anyone writing in
hieroglyphics or reading a
book a minute, don't worry,
it's only Ron Sharpe practising shorthand or rapid
reading. Ron is a man of
unusual talents. Apart f r o m
writing a long shorthand, Ron can knit
outsize jumpers, strum a guitar and belt
tennis balls over nets. Ron's greatest talent
however, is his ability to pass exams with
results that put some of the lower species
to shame. Ron tells us that the shorthand
and rapid reading are for next year, when
he hopes to attend the University.
b l a c k w e l l .
For the duration of the past
twenty years, this misled
I Essendon supporter has resided
in
Preston.
John
Blackwell, a civil engineer
who agrees that teachers
are a dying race, also states
and, I quote: "Girls, like ears, serve no
practical purpose." The piano offers an
outlet for John's anger, as he pounds away
on the keys to his heart's content. John's
intentions next year are to attend University to become a "bachelor", that is of
civil engineering. "Good luck, John".
G R A H A M P A L I C H.
This boy would rate as one
of the best charmers in the
school and he has a way
with him that would shame
many of Hollywood's greats.
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• • ^ B ^ y f i l Apart from his affinity for
the fairer sex, Graham has
other attributes, such as sporting prowess
and a keen mind. However, don't get the
opinion that he is perfect, because he does
have his weaknesses, amongst which Mini
Minors and V.W.'s rate high.
M A X SMITH, who returned to the land of the
living for nearly two months
after two years at Sorrento,
has been lost again. This
gg ^mm w
time, fortunately for his
Ik j F J H l pocket, locally (though it
takes half an hour to drive
home). Max is the quiet type and details of
his life are diffiucult to obtain; however,
it is known that he features regularly at
Sandown and Calder.
N E I L P E A R S O N "Peo".
| Hailing from Maidstone or
Sunshine comes "Peo" who,
fi after twenty
years,
has
realised that gold (for which
he has had the fever for
some years) is not all to
be derived from living—ask
his girl friend. One of Neil's ambitions is
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problem. All that remains is to devise a
suitable welding technique for high-tension
bamboo, so that there won't be any repetition of that King's Bridge bother.
to run a car without a generator but, as
other members of 8 D have found out, he
has had very little success (they had to
push). At school his sporting activities
were primarily athletics and football; in
the latter he was usually best on the
ground, mainly because he spent most of
the time on it.
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W I L L I A M H O A T H , The
panel-beater's friend. Bill is
one of the few drivers who
can hit a gate-post every
time he goes through it.
This year Bill has discovered a cousin, fallen in and
out of love about ten times
and once again won the aths. championship. A demon at cards and one of football's best critics, Bill has ideas of becoming man's best friend! Apart from talking,
playing cards and reading all papers within
reach Bill is conscientious and is a cert to
pass his exams. We don't know which ones
yet though!
B E N J A M I N HSU is the
boy with a "Pepsodent"
smile, who came from Hong
Kong. He is quite a hardboy, who always
: working
I has his design projects com| pleted in time. He will further his studies at the University for the degree of civil engineering
next year, if he is lucky enough to pass all
the subjects in the final examinations.
Besides his study, unlike many Australian
boys who delight in reading western cowboys, Benjamin is very fond of reading
Chinese boxing stories.
He is believed to
have stamped right through
the Malayan jungle in which
C H E O N G fearful
beasts
such
as
leopards, tigers, alligators
PENG
and giant snakes have fallen
to his rifle, and hundreds of
rabbits, foxes, wolves, wild pigs and birds
have been caught in his skilful traps. One
would not be surprised, knowing his skill
as a hunter, to find that he spends little
money in butcher shops, poultry shops
and sea food shops; but one wonders how
he succeeds in adapting himself to the
very different environment of a college.
M c R A E , R O B E R T . If
A1 Capone was still with
us Bob would be his right
hand man. However, because he is not, Bob has
seen the light and now advocates
total
prohibition.
Master punter and shareholder of T.A.B., Bob must take the prize
for handling so many "hot certs". On a
Monday morning, poor old Bob just can't
concentrate, he stares blankly into space,
thinking about the marvellous week-end he
just had. It looks as though he's really
gone this time, Bob is always "flatout"
picking winners.
CARUSO LEE HUNG
N I E N , whose name symbolically spans East and
West, is a final year civil
engineering student. Appropriately, his ambition is to
design and supervise the
construction of the world's
largest bamboo bridge. This will link his
home town, Hong Kong, to the mainland,
and the steady one-way traffic across it will
relieve the congestion of Kwang Tung
Province. The resultant overcrowding of
the island, he says, is somebody else's
T A N . For short, otherwise known as Chitnuyanont — his real name. The
highlight of the year for
Tan was the visit of Thailand's King and Queen —
Tan
was
in
raptures.
"Smiler" loves to argue —
when he's just read the text. Tan is a certain starter to become ambassador in Australia. Very particular, Tan must have
rubbed half an inch off the seat of his
chair from dusting it!
o
WONG
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l
CHAN
DAI
CHOU.
Still the man about town
Chan must go to nearly
every show in M e l b o u r n e —
an expert on techniques we
wonder who he practises on.
Poor old Chan can't use his
sundial in M e l b o u r n e — t o o
many clouds, therefore he is always late for
class even though he bought himself a new
second-hand car.
ber of the Wayout Club and f r o m all reports he's right. Must definitely go a long
way in life—claims secret to success. Also
the third member of the card team.
Must take the attendance
record, Chong is so late
CHONG
some days he misses the
train to take him home.
NG TATT
Very quiet and a real dark
horse we are all sure he
must study all the 20 hours
a day he is home. H o w else could he get
that tired look?
N E I L G O W . Must go
close to take the cookie for
travelling the farthest to
the College. Still maintains
Ocean Grove has the best
beach, V.W.'s are the best
cars, Geelong is the best
football
team
and
that
nurses are the only girls. Neil has given
some good fatherly advice to other members of the class and form—claims he has
had vast experience. H e is an avid mem-
OUTWARD BOUND
TEOH
LUM
SCHOOL
A n avid
Geelong fan; L u m and Bill
are very good friends. L u m
must be one of the very few
oversees students who follows Australian rules football. L u m and Neil brought
the good name of Geelong
to Footscray.
"Fair Dinkum"; in the three days you
have to go to different mountains and old
houses and spots to get clues, you have to
get as many as possible and be back on
time.
T h e Outward Bound School is
sponsored by large companies and
firms
located
in
Sydney.
The
school itself is situated at Fisherman's Point, which is an hour and
a half by ferry f r o m Brooklyn,
a little town thirty miles north of
Sydney on the Princes Highway.
The school mainly develops a person's
sense of responsibility, it trains
one's
character and also finds your leadership
qualities.
You are taught how to read a compass
and a map, also how to sail boats, mountain climb, bush walk, and first aid, example, snakebite, broken bones, fractures
and bites of various different kinds of insects. The school is of strict discipline and
it desires you to observe three rules. 1.
Not to drink and smoke. 2. To take a
morning swim. 3. T o live in good fellowship and companionship with those around
you.
The school goes for twenty-six days and
the last three days, you are sent out in
various groups on an expedition called
A v i e w of the huts, taken f r o m the top o f a tree.
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The Headmaster's
Message
AFTER LEAVING SCHOOL the
student of today will enter a world t h a t
is daily becoming more complex. At
present when rockets have made the
moon more accessible, and telecommunications are dependent upon satellites, the importance of our motto,
"Knowledge is Power", has greater significance than ever.
It is a highly specialised world
wherein a host of new techniques are
being developed and qualifications are
of vital importance. Every boy who is
enrolled in this College should have as
his aim the attainment of his Inter. .
r
mediate Technical Certificate (Diploma
£ # fj ^ ^ i c Acting Headmaster
Entrance Standard) or if he is at pre'
sent in a lower form, the new Leaving
Technical Certificate which will shortly be introduced. It has been said that,
"He who chops his own wood is warmed tivice". The application of this adage to
qualifications is that the hard work required of students to pass these examinations not only gives knowledge and confidence to one's own ability, but later in
life also provides the w a r m t h of economic security.
To those students who have obtained their Junior Technical Certificate
or Intermediate Technical Certificate, and are leaving to be apprenticed, I
extend very best wishes and express the hope that they will not limit their
ambitions to the completion of apprenticeship.
To those who obtained their Diploma Entrance and intend to complete
a Diploma and possibly a degree course, let me extend my congratulations upon
the wisdom of their choice and repeat Benjamin Disraeli's advice t h a t " T h e
secret of success is constancy of purpose".
I would like to offer my sympathy to those who have honestly found
their studies too difficult. A boy who has really put f o r t h his best efforts, even
though he has failed, has achieved something that will make him a better m a n
in the future.
For beside knowledge there are other qualities we look for in the students
who pass through our portals. Honesty, integrity, charity and those qualities of
leadership which are directed towards the betterment of the community a r e
intangible assets and are indeed of greater absolute value than a printed piece
of paper. In the development of such qualities I believe Christian Education
periods and Social Service efforts have contributed in no small measure.
In conclusion, to those who are leaving let me convey my best wishes
for your future success in your chosen careers, and to those who are returning,
let me express the hope that 1963 Will be your best year yet.
I wish
to all a Merry
Christmas
and a happy
W.
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holiday.
f"j&liwUp
SECONDARY
SECTION
warm companions and no doubt will remain so for the rest of the year.
S. S U D O M I R , 4B.
PEN PORTRAITS OF 4B
Nnnneville Bbbbuzza has arrived late
thrice, but each time he has graciously
informed the teacher in charge that he
was knocked from his bike and had to
return home with it.
Incidentally, Neville's bike was put
through a wall four years ago and has not
since been repaired.
LIBRARY REPORT
Although the Junior
Library
started 1962 badly with the absence
of a librarian, it has progressed
well with the aid of a trusty bunch
of monitors. Miss Henderson has
been able to add many more books
to the library.
The number of books this year has risen
from 3900 to approximately 4200, which
is the result of the Education Week donations, individual form donations, and book
drives. Most forms have donated books
and some fresh items of equipment continue to enhance the library atmosphere.
The monitors, P. Kelly, B. Rowe, L.
Cole, B. Leudeckie, Bill Corcoran, P.
Hillsdon, R. Dawson and several others,
have voluntarily helped to process the
books, (i.e., all books have to be entered,
painted, stamped, lettered, covered and
catalogued before going on to the shelves).
The rponitors have also helped to keep the
library and books in good order throughout the year.
In response to popular request, the
library is now subscribing to such popular
magazines as "Time", "Wheels", "Popular
Science", "Popular Mechanics", "National
Geographic" and even more recently to
"Radio and Television Hobbies"
and
"Aero-modeller". Also several series of
magazines have been bound into book
form to last longer.
The monitors have worked untiringly
throughout the year, some staying back
Having considered to write about
one of my colleagues, I thought it
a good choice in having selected
the distinguished Ronald Evans.
Because of his continued absence from
class, I found it hard to actually introduce myself to him. As always he rarely
engrosses himself in his work, yet obtains
outstanding results because of his attentiveness in class. His greatest danger is the
Honorable H. Foster, Esquire, as he is
constantly threatening Evans to bring his
absence notes back promptly or suffer the
consequences. In spite of all this they still
remain the best of friends. Generally after
his long service leave the loveable R.
Evans returns and, after a week's work,
again takes his holiday. Due to his sedulous and strenuous work he thinks that
one day off in a week is quite sufficient to
recapture his vitality so as to be able to
carry on his magnificent work. His constant
companion, Neville Buzza, is always by
his side to ensure that Ronald does get
carried away by his success as a scholar.
Neville, although not as brilliant as Ronald,
always manages to get the teachers to see
his point of views of certain aspects. H e
and the prolific scientist, Mr. Wills, are
5c
late at night to help at Education Week,
stocktaking, and other numerous tasks
that help the library to run more smoothly.
We hope the library next year will be
successful with the possible introduction of
a new catalogue system and a new borrowing scheme. On behalf of the monitors, 1
would like to thank Miss Henderson for
her assistance for making our library a
better one, also I would like to wish all
the staff and boys of the college a Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year.
supervisory assistants to teachers during
school excursions.
The prefects were well represented in
all school teams, while in the academic
field they had three brilliant scholars.
I would like to thank the prefects for
the wonderful job they have done and Mr.
Forster for his helpful advice.
C. L U M S D E N , 4A.
This year a number of boys from
the fourth form sections have been
going into the city to watch a number of plays performed on the stage.
All said they enjoyed the plays,
but some enjoyed themselves more
whilst travelling to and from the
city!
The first play, "The One Day of the
Year", proved to be quite interesting,
mainly because of the story and because
of the fact that the boys could keep up
with the story and because they spoke a
R I C H A R D G R I B B E N , 4A.
4th F O R M P L A Y
PREFECT REPORT
This year under the capable
guidance of prefect master Mr.
Forster, the prefects have played
their part in the satisfactory functioning of this college.
Throughout the year the prefects have
been called upon to do special duties for
the headmaster, acting as guides during
the Education Week and speech night and
EXCURSION
PREFECTS
Back: N. Salmon, J. Lepp, S. Hames, G. Bean, C. Battaglia. C e n t r e : K. J o r t i k k a , K. Le Nepvue, F.
Bari, R. Pope, R. Jarvis, A. T a n o c k , T. Rolfe. F r o n t : K. Menzies, J. J u b b e r , M r . W . H. H o r b u r g
( H e a d m a s t e r ) , R. G r i b b e n (School C a p t a i n ) , M r . H. W. Forster ( P r e f e c t M a s t e r ) , B. Rowe, T. W a r d .
Absent: G. W i t h e r s ( V i c e - C a p t a i n ) , B. M o r r i s .
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language which the boys are so accustomed to using!
"The Shifting H e a r t " was another excellent play. It was about a family of New
Australians set in the "dead heart" of
Collingwood. This was excellently performed, but, judging by some students'
opinions, it lacked some of the spirit of
the previous play.
Ray Lawler's "Summer of the Seventeenth Doll" was one of the most popular
of those seen. The last play witnessed to
date, "The Ballad of Angels' Alley", received an encore from a group of boys
up at the back of the theatre, mainly a
group of Footscray Tech. boys who kept
applauding and crying out for more. The
cast must have come back six times if not
once and still they persisted in calling out.
Eventually gave up and went home.
Form Four hopes to visit more plays in
the future and all hope they will be as
enjoyable as the previous plays.
form master, Mr. Armstrong.
We have two boys who won scholarships; they are Peter Valentine and Greg
Mitchell.
We were well represented in sporting
activities and had boys in football, softball, tennis, table tennis, swimming and
athletic teams.
We had five boys in the college choir,
John Collins in the college band.
During Education Week we went to
Williamstown Town Hall to listen to the
choir and to hear the band.
With all these things combined, Form
I B has had a most successful year, and we
would like to thank all the teachers who
have given us confidence in the subjects
they have taught us.
G. G R I B B E N , D. WOODS.
1C
In 1C we have some great athletes—for instance, Terry McLeod,
Kerry Reilly, Raymond Reilly, Ian
Jones, Rodney O'Brien and Colin
Maddy. They can all play football
and cricket.
BILL C O R C O R A N , 4A.
1A
This year has been very successful for 1A because of the co-operation of all.
The six boys of 1A who won scholarships were J. Fumi, N. Anderson, W. Voss,
R. Smith, R. Palmer and Rob P l a m e r
These achievement entitle the boys to
free books for three years.
Representatives of our form in the
swimming team were: Ken Kennedy and
James Morris. Boys in the football team
were K. Kennedy, J. Fumi, N. Day and
D. Johnson, also we had two boys in the
athletic team and four boys in the softball
team.
Our form had six boys in the college
choir and two boys, G. Brown and J.
Nolan, in the band. During Education
Week we went to Williamstown Town Hall
for the musical festival.
Most of us have had a successful year—
thanks to the college.
The most exciting trip we enjoyed was
to the Coca Cola factory. When we arrived
at the factory, Mrs. Harding showed us
around; we saw the bottles being washed
and rinsed and put on a tray and sent
along to be filled and the tops put on. The
factory itself cost £25,000 to build.
In the social service we did not get the
most money, but we had the best contributors. Leo Alison, Gary Kicks and Tony
Martino averaged £1 per month.
The egg appeal was a great success—we
collected 600 eggs with John Robinson
away in front with 250 eggs and the Reilly
brothers next with 219 eggs. We had a
day at the Royal Show for collecting so
many eggs.
LESLIE HARDING,
RAYMOND REILLY.
ID
NEIL ANDERSON.
KEN KENNEDY.
This year, under the guidance of
our hard-working Mr. Coates, I D
have completed a very successful
year.
We congratulate Wilhelm Braak for the
scholarship he has won.
IB
Form IB has had a very successful year under the assistance of our
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SWIMMING
Back: G. Robinson, R. C u r w o o d , W . Roper, K. C a m p b e l l . C e n t r e : R. W e b s t e r , L. Nason, G. Boubis,
R. K i r k w o o d , B. Dilks, J. Davidson. F r o n t : G. Lanyon, J. C l a r k , J . S h a r p , G. M c D o n a l d , K. Le Nepvue,
R. Rayner, J. Foster.
BASEBALL
Back: M r . W a t t s , G. S t u r n i e k s , L. Strong, R. Chugg, J. Van der
F r o n t : J. Baker, R. B a r r o n , A. T a n n o c k , J. M a r r i o t , W. T h o m p s o n , J.
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G r a a f , R. Jones, J.
Davidson.
Illingworth.
Congratulations to Noel Bunce, Graham
Geysing and Colin Kirkwood on making
the football team.
In conclusion I would like to thank
Mr. Dellar for his help and assistance to
1L this year.
C. K I R K W O O D .
Hans Kasylaba has done very well in
the jiou-e sports, where he achieved two
wins cj: of three. Apart from our school
work some of the activities I D took part
in were:—The egg appeal (2nd place) and
the college choir.
We went to Olympic Park and swimming pool for the school sports.
We want to thank all of our teachers
for the help they have given us during the
year.
2 A
Composed through the strenuously combined efforts of G. Scott
and B. Luedecke.
2A although it is said to be the brainiest
second form, it is also thought by some
Swimming Sports.
B. Pannetta, in coming top in the form
and eleventh in the first form, received a
Footscray City Council scholarship. The
form captain is K. Ashton and vice-captain
is F. Farrugia.
K. A S H T O N .
1 G
Form 1G has been outstanding
right through the year with competitors in most sports. We have
had many boys in school teams,
For example in football we had: H.
Saunders, B. MacDonald, T. McRae, G.
Leonard, W. O'Gorman, J. Hammond, K.
Campbell, B. Boswell, N. Barron, W.
Uren, L. Johns. In soccer — C. Galea
and P. Scorer. In basketball — T. McRae, and G. Leonard. We came third in
the social service with £ 7 . 1 2 . 6 i with top
contributors — D. Hargraves, W. Uren,
P. Score, W. O'Gorman, P. Grube, J.
Wagstaff, C. Barron and M. Bicknell.
The most outstanding boys in the scholastic field in the half year were — P.
Score with three other boys close behind
him in second places — G. Leonard, L.
Johns and B. MacDonald. In the intertech sports we had one competitor who
was B. Boswell. Our form captain is B.
MacDonald and vice captain J. Hammond.
B. M a c D O N A L D .
1L
I would like to congratulate the
form on a wonderful year. I am
proud to be form captain because
Norman Mitchell is captain of the
1st form football team.
He also made the Australian Schoolboys'
under 14 team. I congratulate Charlie
Evans, John Alessi and Trevor Phillpot on
being in the top 20 boys of the first form.
Raymond White has been working very
well to help the Social Service,
for tennis: Graham Downie. The best pupil
for 1H in the mid-year examinations was
Rodney Cook.
P. A L L I S O N .
1H
IK
1H form master is Mr. Chrisfield.
Peter Allison is form captain and
Victor Andjelkovic is vice-captain.
1H have done well in collecting items
for the college; for instance social service
in which we came fourth out of the whole
college, and also eggs and money for the
Footscray & District Hospital.
Recently we had the metropolitan technical schools athletic sports, in which all
Melbourne technical schools competed. 1H
had one representative, who was Peter
Allison. In the local school sports we had
for basketball: Ray Burns and David
Rogers; for soccer: Victor Andjelkovic;
Form 1K has been very active
during the year. The boys have
contributed £ 8 / 1 7 / 6 for social service, bringing them up to second
place at the end of the second term.
There have also been a number of boys
who have played for the school's teams.
They are:—for football: B. Pannette, P.
Herrick, G. Collins and R. Batties; for
softball: N. Peters, J. Ebell and A. Dagg;
for basketball: 'N. Isbister and K. Ashton;
for soccer: C. Lambeth. G. Robinson was
the only boy in the college to win first
place in a diving event at the Combined
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teachers to be the riff-raff of the second
form. The leader in most of our mischievous activities is Serge Kislinski (known as
the Wild M a n f r o m Austria).
His second-in-command is Wayne Harris, an ace gunner, whose specialty is
shooting sparrows. Bill Szuch is a budding
young scientist who knows as much as any
teacher about the molecular structure of
the atom which when split by the crazy inventions of Roger Levy may result in total
disaster.
Ian Brown is our fishing enthusiast but
there is a rumour that at the moment he is
hoping to hook a good-looking girl-friend,
namely Lorraine. His partner in crime is
Terry Rosewarne known as Big Rosey. He
is 5ft. Sin. tall.
Andrew Stoits has appropriately
given the name of "clumsy". At the
ent he is laboriously endeavouring to
the art of playing handball. — B.
DECKE.
time left for "sensationalism" (see
dictionary).
Our leader is Chris Cotoglon, who rides
high in the saddle and fires his water pistol from the hip. T o m D'Amico, John
Schewtschenko,
"Jamie"
Davies
and
"Greasy" Greer have shown us what brains
are for. Must mention Geoff Neil — he's
providing the ink. Keith Bell catches
snakes. "Bugs" Bunning has a charming
smile on his dial, while Lazar Boilancu
speaks three languages. David Martin,
" T o n n o " Muster and Ian Hunter speak
only one language, but that doesn't hold
them back.
Greg Evans and Geoff Goodwin say
little and do less. "Muscles" Sofia has forgotten where he put the shot 'n Meager
and Shafts are here on "exchange". Think
we lost on this deal. Ross Amiquet chases
a football while A. Cochran, P. McDonald and L. Reid work so well that they
give the form a good name.
been
momlearn
LEU-
2 C
Form 2 C has worked so hard
this year that there has been little
2D
F o r m 2 D is ably led by "Big"
Chief" Dennis Westacott.
Second
ATHLETICS
Back: G. T o m l i n s o n , C. Charleston, D. M a t h e w s , J. Lepp, W. H a r r i s , R. D o w e l l , G. P r i d m o r e ,
Centre: A. Beckensall, E. N o r m a n , B. Sorraghan, A. Saunders, D. Ryder, T. Ralph, Scott, M e r t o n !
F r o n t : R. Stevens, M . Allen, A. Innocent, M r . Spencer, C. Hughes, T. Patterson, G. M c C a l l .
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in comand is "Little Chief" Michael Dye (we often wish he would!).
Brian Parke plays football and pinball
machines, " P o m " Charrington left his
brewery in England while " M o o n " from
outer space is out of place. " J o e " Malvaso
knows that two laps of Olympic Park is a
long way more "vino" and less pasta may
help. Rocco Pizzinga, Eugenio Sorbello and
Guiseppe Americo (what beautiful tags!)
are also spaghetti-eaters.
Though Jeff Petersen was a homegrown Swede, but his father was born in
Footscray. From the jungles of Darkest
Africa comes "Yarpie" Milne — he's here
to be civilized.
Mix brains and football and what do
you get? "Mushy" Hindmarsh. Lawrie
Smith has gone from motor-bikes to threewheelers and Ray ensures "that empty
vessels or Pitts make the most noise".
Ian Corby is a definite "yes" man.
Wayne Lucas is the Moon's body-guard
and "Big Nick" Nicholls is half-way to
heaven. "Holiday" Halliday and "Ginger"
Ryder provide classroom comedy, while J.
Smith and R. Wilkins do their best to
make a teacher's life worthwhile.
teaching is very comprehensive.
thanks to everyone during the year.
R.
Our
WOLEDGE.
2 E
The year 1962 has been filled
with many incidents. A boy named
A. Rush, who by the way has hair
like a coarse-wire brush, told me
he has had a very enjoyable year.
It's a pity the teachers didn't think the
same way.
For we have had more fun this year
than in the past years. Our social studies
teacher (whose name I do not wish to reveal) has given us a lot of fun, and has
given us periods off or half-periods. I
should say Mitsos is "the brain" of the
form—in the sporting world, of course.
Jackson, the brain, and bush kid of the
form received 93 for craft. Woledge, is
the "Chiner" boy whom we all call
"Wong". The Scotchy is Murdoch who
wears a kilt to school. Lately he has been
doing a lot of detention. L. Finnis is the
"cool daddy", he combs his hair like a
life-saver. And for the record he swims
like a rock.
The year really has been quite enjoyable. And we all hope that year 1963 will
be half the fun of this year.
2 E
We have spent a very enjoyable
but rowdy year in 1962. Some
teachers, the boys and I have noticed, have not given us a good
time! But they do teach us well.
PETER
WAKEFIELD.
2G
Form 2G is a notable form of
notable characters. Take note —
Captain Chapman takes charge
from the rear, but after a lecture on
"qualities of leadership" he's vowed
to go ahead.
We have added much to the culture
you've noticed at Footscray Technical College. "Fatso" Bradley sang in the choir
until Mr. Watts discovered him. Donovan
"Ness" Elliott and "Waldo" Walters add
the class brass to the college band. "Good"
Evans always has an answer — though
rarely correct. "Intestines" (more polite)
Chugg shares the academic honours with
" M u m a " Hetherington.
Our swimming ace, Russell Webster organizes the college as chief pip-squeaker.
For sheer hard work, Max Gale feels en-
The smallest member of staff, often
gives quite a fright, as we are making
quite a racket he walks up (unseen) then
yells at the top of his voice, no one pays
any attention thinking that it is just a
kid yelling. Then all of a sudden we see
his small frame beside the door and everyone jumps to attention.
The joker of the form is Lance Finnis;
even after he gets the strap (even six) he
walks back with a grin on his face.
The new boy of the form is Geber (or
somethin') it is unbelievable the way in
which he has picked up his work. Our
small boy is Graeme Hall who is always
hanging around with Hadyn (the Bush
Kid) Jackson.
Our form master is Mr. J. D. Shand,
a very audible person, and his maths.
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titled to take every Friday afternoon off.
" H e didn't look sick!"
Blondie (genuine) Curwood, J. Williams,
Shane Maddox and B. Hawkins have eased
Footscray Football Club's anxiety about
losing Ted Whitten. "Touch your toes,
Hose" and "Bend! Z e n " don't deserve it.
"Rubbernose"
Hawkins
and
"Specks"
Felsovary's infamous claims to fame cannot be printed. Carroll, Mustafa, Williamson and Sexton add poise to the form.
owski (an Englishman!) are the brains of
the class, the others form the day!
"Fishy" Acquaro answers questions before
they are asked, while his opposite numbers are Tom McCormack and 'Weaky"
Strong, who won't answer questions after
they've been asked. W. Van Maanen and
F. Defeu sometimes do their English in
Dutch — most baffling. V. Kinniburgh
comes along now and then for old times'
sake. Pritchard and Guppy belong to our
mosquito fleet and would make good specimens for Bradley to work on with his
microscope.
Herr Bodo Helms and Signor Zappula
add the continential flavour. We are lucky
to have "Curly" Miller and "Ninny" Nind,
who ensure that 2 ' E L L doesn't become
2 HELL.
2 H
Led by Koltuniewicz 2 H has
prospered this year. Our personalities include Elso (Little Fat Man),
Patterson (Pin-head), Wells and
others.
Our artist is Ray Worth whose work
was very prominent
during
Education
Week. Our Mr. Anti-Phys. Ed. is Taylor,
who has smartened his ideas up recently
under the teachers' constant pressure. In
sport we have been represented by Meyers (tennis), Wilkinson, Mills (football)
and Benson (baseball). We would like to
thank Mr. Birch for his help this year.
3 A
To open my account on F o r m
3A, it first must be stated that we
have the "brains" of the third
form.
Consisting of twenty-five pupils, the
form has kept up the tradition of the " A "
forms, having one prefect who is also form
captain, by name Kari Jortika. It has supplied boys who have represented the school
in sport; football has been represented by
Herbert Park, John Fincher and Stello
Mottek; soccer by Frank Vallari; Kari Jortika, Jefery Bently and Stellio Mottek;
lacrosse by Ronald Dowell; tennis by Jefery Bently and Ronald Dowell; cross
country running by Graeme Harris and
Greg Pridmore.
At the mid-year examinations,
three
" A " boys occupied the first ten places, the
pupil who received the last place came
45th out of 209 boys in the third form.
In classes we all "act the goat" now and
again, but the teachers get the whip cracking, and off to work we go. Summing up,
I am proud to be a member of the 3A
f o r m . — V A U G H A N BECK.
2 K
2K is led by Matthews
and
Comedian McNeil. While the form
master Mr. Van Dalen is working
in his office, outside the 2K mob
is throwing clay at Butler.
Meyers and Phelan are the sportsmen
of our form.
Richardson and Pamich
lead the brains. What with Huxley and
his dogs and Larcombe with his fishing
they haven't much time to learn the work
as part of the teachers' wishes.
2L
"All work and no play makes
John a dull boy." 2L's ambitious
hope and motto is "All play and
no work will make us smart boys."
"Willie" Polidano is our efficient form
captain and footballer, while big brother
Charlie Polidan also kicks a football and
is our champion baby-sitter. Geoff Loft
keeps the meat for pigeon pies while
Emmanuel 'Black Arab" Vardis is a kingsize boy scout. Gary Alea and Alan Ulan-
3 B
In form
interesting
during the
I feel that
them.
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3B this year various
events have taken place
course of the year and
you should hear about
One of the biggest surprises so far this
year was the mid-year exams, where only
three boys failed in English and maths.
Also a very good effort was given to the
solid geometry exams, by Noel Curry and
Myron Husiak who both topped the form
with 1 0 0 % .
This year there are two good prefects in
3B, Fabian Bari and Robert Jarvis who
are both doing a fine job in their line of
duty. In the sporting field we have F. Bari,
a good basketballer, and Myron Husiak, a
good lacrosse player and Richard Spargo
and Barry Edwards two fine footballers.
Our form master this year, Mr. Martin,
has done a very good job along the banking and social service lines. — K E V I N
CASEY.
3 F
in
the
mid-year
examinations.
Seven pupils got within the first
100 from all the 3rd forms. Three
boys out of seven got within the
first 50. As we are not the most
outstanding class, this was pretty
good going.
We do manage to distinguish ourselves
in the sporting field. George Boubis, was
an excellent goal keeper for the school
soccer team. He also distinguished himself as a diver and went on to represent
the school in the inter-school swimming
sports.
Some people in Form 3H will be contributing a lot to the future. To mention
a few names Alan Morris a farmer, Colin
Charlston pastry cook, John Rogers pilot
and Athol Boxshell an architect. So you
can see the world will have its hands full
for a while when these bright lads get
going.
So far this form has done well in
everything it has tackled and we are all
hoping for success in the final examinations.
JOHN BUNDY.
3 L
My form, 3F, has gained a great
reputation as being good at sports
as well as being a highly generous
form.
When money for social service is required, the form "digs deep" so to speak,
and quite often gets as much as 8d! But
sometimes the form forgets, and so our
form master Mr. Spencer comes to us in
our hour of need, and puts in the required
amount.
A few weeks ago we were told to collect eggs for the Footscray Hospital, with
the result being that the form immediately
set to, and collected the grand total of 1
egg and 2 i d ! Seriously speaking we have
many fine sportsmen in the making. Dalton, Crick, Phelan, are just some of our
many sportsmen.
But we have brains as well as brawn.
At least half the form managed a place in
the first 100. The boy who topped the
form was Petersen, with 79 per cent, followed by Harboard, Norman, and Peake.
We have a prefect, Pope, We think he
has done a fairly good job but I have
some doubts as to whether the teachers
think along the same lines.
On the whole I think we are a fairly
good form. I also have some doubts about
that statement from the teachers' point
of view. But anyway . . . — Y o u r s truly,
RON PEAKE.
3 H
To open my account of 3L we
are a bunch of smart boys except
for one or two.
We have 23 pupils and our form captain is Lex Saunders. He represents our
school in cross country running. Our vice
captain is John Foster a great swimmer
even though he does the dog paddle, but
he won some races. Graeme Barrie is our
motor bike maniac. John Buckley is in
the school band and plays the trombone.
Sosinowskie came top of form 3L. Our
form teacher, Mr. Meenan is a great guy
and our thanks go to him for his help.
3 K
I will now try to explain most
of the incidents that happened this
year in my presence in 3K.
At the start of the year when I found
out who was in 3K I realised then, that
it was going to be pretty rowdy during
class, and that most of us would make
the Footscray Technical Football team. Two
weeks before the mid-year examinations
3K must have been the quietest form in
the school, but as soon as the examinations were over we returned to our old
habits.
Form 3 H, although not the top
form of the school, did quite well
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Another humorous character is Charles
Hughes who besides being the form's
rock 'n roll piano player, is energetic
enough to be a cross-country runner. In
the form are a few government employees
namely in the person of " L u m b o " the
locker merchant who is the college locker
attendant. Robert Harsley is the college
messenger boy better known as Wells
Fargo. — J. I L L 1 N G W O R T H .
When the school sports arrived our
form was again out there in front, with
Rodney O'Connor winning the shot putt
each time he tried, and beating his own
record of 40ft. by 3ft. This made 3K
rank fairly high in athletics (not to forget
that we did extra well in the examinations).
B. T H O M A S .
4 A
As most forms 4A has some
weird and interesting characters.
One of these such characters is Allen
H. Innocent who besides being the form's
"clown" is an all time cross-country runner.
The form's Romeo is Richard Gribben,
who is always in a dream or else talking
about what happened on Saturday night.
"Clogs" Van de Graff and Austrianborn Bocksteiner were two industrious
students who just scraped through the midyear exams. The form's brain-student is a
neat, sophisticated and athletic type of boy
in the person of John H. Lepp who topped
form 4 at half-year with an average of 90.
Back:
G. M c D o n a l d ,
4 B
F o r m 4B for this year have had
a very succesful year in social service. All the boys have contributed
at 2d. a week to it with Stan Sudimor ("Suds") being the best contributor averaging more than 1 / - a
week.
In the sporting field, Allan Tannock led
the baseball team with a fair amount of
success. Michael Levett and Gary Singline were members of the lacrosse team,
which also had a reasonable success. This
is a fairly rough game and was to their
liking!
BASKETBALL
K. J o r t i k k e r , T. Patterson, D. Z i g l i o t t o . F r o n t : N. Freestone,
K. Le Nepveu, M r . B a r r a t t , F. Bari, R. G r i b b e n .
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F. Van de Meer,
Terry Rolfe and Allan Tannock are the
prefects of the form. Terry is a very good
prefect, you ask him, he'll tell you. Mr.
Forster has proved a capable form master,
being largely responsible for our social service efforts.
The big bov of the form, Des Randall,
standing at 5ft. lin. is still getting away
with half-fares and probably will for a
long time to come.
Graham McDonald proved very versatile in the sporting field playing football,
basketball and swimming as well. Graham
Murphy, Neville Buzza and Ron Evans
are the quiet boys of the form. When
forced to speak once, Ron said he would
like to be a singer.
Generally taken, Form 4B has proved
a very capable one.—R. JACKSON.
the sporting side most of our class are associated with college teams.
We have only one prefect in our f o r m —
the lovable and sporting-minded John Robert Jubber. D. Zigliotto is captain of the
school soccer team whilst Roderick McNeil
is vice-captain of the school football team.
We have one boy in our form repeating
4th year, G.W., who came equal top of
our form. On the whole 4D this year is
not a bad bunch of boys (to the boys
themselves, that is). The teachers have very
different opinions.—ALAN R I C H E S .
4 E
This year the fourth form has
been graced with the formation of
an art class which has been dubbed
4E.
4 C
Perhaps " E " stands for "enthusiasm"
which is best described by our prefect
with the amazing talent for finding an interesting topic from a piece of trampled
paper.
Well, this year 4C is the most
liked form in the college, especially
by Mr. Lambart!
The next outstanding boy is Philip
(Whoooa) Goodwin, who, when not fighting, tries to do his work. Our form captain,
this year is John (Twinkle) McKay who
never missed to bring the roll in at the
right time.
Bruce Leakie who is one of 4C's bright
boys seems to be very well liked by all the
teachers round the college. There is also
John ("Scone") Coward who is our motor
cycle fan, John's waiting for the day when
he can ride his first motor cycle to college.
Our boy with the beat is Rudolph
("Crown Prince") Blums, who spends most
of his lunch hours in the art room displaying his artistic ability. In the sporting field,
we have Ken Menzies who is captain of
our football team and also Bernard Sorregan who is in the cross country running
team.—J. D I N H A M .
Among our talented students we have
been honoured with the character of
" D a p h n e " Rider, a pure genius he can be
the life of the party; the next he may be
half a world away.
In our midst we find a personality
known as Ralph, alias Sparrow Legs, alias
Toad Baron. To his credit we attribute
our reputation as the best maths class ever
to enter a maths lesson.
For our class mascot, "Boyde Bird", we
have to thank our friend Daryl. Thanks to
his help we can always be traced for our
crimes.
Our noisiest personality award goes to
Robert Wells. H e has received this coveted award for his ability to fall off his
science room chair at least once a period,
subsequently ruining the concentration of
at least one pupil.
Our recently held beauty contest was
won by the charming Miss Fella, who is
quite seriously thinking of joining a sewing
lesson instead of sport.
Among us we have the superb sportsman in Jeffrey Marriott. • He is the best
pitcher the college has produced. At least
that's what he tells us quite regularly!
To be called a girl-slayer might worry
4 D
In 4 D this year we have quite a
good bunch of rascals and although
the year has nearly gone we have
had our triumphs as well as disappointments.
Ronald Druber, our belated slow coach
is the pride and joy of our form, while on
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some people but not our proud Becco. His
only complaint is that the office where the
chalk and girls are stored is too far from
the class room.
When our Science teacher is at a loss
for matches he is confronted with many
helpful offers, but what they use these articles for still remains a mystery.
F r o m this maze of human entanglement
there remains one apt and conscientious
four-eyed star — me!
On the serious side we wish to thank
the founder of this art course for giving
us a grounding in what we hope will be
our future c a r e e r s . — G A R R Y M c C A L L .
players. The only thing holding
them back is experience. There are
about twenty players in the band
and each one has a chance of becoming a good player with a bit
more practice.
The conductor of the band is Mr. B.
Shea. H e has done an excellent job in
teaching the boys to read music, and
teaching them to play an instrument. The
Secretary, Mr. Watts, also has done an
excellent job too. H e has done all the
organizing for the band and has even
given up his own time to do jobs, and
take instruments into the city for repairing.
The band should go on progresing and
should be taking part in competitions next
year.
F.T.C. BRASS B A N D
This year's band has functioned
fairly well considering that most of
the boys are first or second year
BERNIE
SORRAGHAN,
LACROSSE
Back: R. Dowell, R. Palmer, G. Singline.
C e n t r e : D. C l a r k , I. W i l s o n , Bradley, M . Levett,
Husiak. F r o n t : J. Foster, E. Falla, J. O ' C o n n o r , D. Rayner, I. Park, R. K i r k w o o d .
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M.
4C.
B a c k : G. W a g h o r n e , M . Salmon,
Ja r v i s , R. Spargo, J. L o n z a r i c h ,
O ' C o n n o r , M . Phelan, R. Pope, S.
T. W a r d , F. Bari, J. J u b b e r , K.
FOOTBALL — FIRST EIGHTEEN
T. V i t a l e .
Second: S. Hames, P. M a h e r , G. Bean, B. E d w a r d s , R.
C. B o h n k e . T h i r d : R. G r i b b e n , R. Menzies, F. Van de M e e r , R.
Pajak, H. M i t s o s , M r . C h r i s f i e l d .
F r o n t : N. M i t c h e l l , E. S o r r a g h a n ,
Le Nepveu, R. M c N e i l , M . M i t c h e l l .
SECOND FORM FOOTBALL T E A M
Back: C. J a k o v i d i s , C. Priestly, C. W i l k i n s o n , G. N i n d , S. M a d d o x , K. O s t e r f i e l d . C e n t r e : F. Meyer,
G. A c q u a r o , C. Polidano, C. Bohnke, T. Rosewarne, B. DiIks, R. S o r r a g h a n , A. Stoitz. F r o n t : W .
Polidano, R. C u r w o o d , G. Fincher, A. F u m i , N. M i t s o s , I. M c D o n a l d , G. Scott, R. Y o u n g .
ATHLETIC
SPORTS
played on the Wednesday afternoon. During the season five games
were played, Footscray
winning
three.
In the second half of the season we won
all of our five games and defeated Essendon, the top team. Our best win was
against Glenroy 99-8.
We would like to thank Mr. Barratt
and Mr. Casey for their assistance during
the year.
On the 24th September, the
Footscray Technical Athletic T e a m
travelled out to Olympic Park to
compete
in
the
inter-technical
schools' athletic sports.
The events took place on the rainsoaked arena with Footscray succeeding in
three events. Winners were Terry Rolfe
(Mile), Rod O'Connor (Shot Putt) and
Ken Burbridge (220 Yards B. Sprint).
These three were then asked to compete
in the championships on the 1st October.
Rod O'Connor was the only winner that
day, succeeding in the shot putt. The
members of the athletic team would like
to thank Messrs. Casey, Cahill, Grenfell
and Spencer for their coaching prior to
the sports.
RICK GRIBBEN.
LACROSSE R E P O R T
This year our lacrosse team met
with some success. Most of the
players were new to the game at
the start of the season, but by the
end of the season Footscray were
playing good lacrosse.
There are
six teams in the competition includin Footscray.
The teams competing were Footscray,
Essendon, West Newport, and two Williamstown teams plus Tottenham. Footscray, although inexperienced, won five
BASKETBALL
Footscray Technical College entered a basketball team in the
western zone school competition,
SOCCER
Back: A. D i m e t r i j e v i c , K. J o r t i k k e r , S. Pajak, J. C a r r u l l o , Sieradzki.
Front: M.
D. Z i g l i o t t o , M r . B a r r a t t , F. Sussan, F. V i l a r i , G. Baubis.
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Rasanen, F. Faranac,
games and finished third at the end of the
season. I think the lacrosse team should
be proud of themselves. Although they
didn t reach the finals, Footscray fought
the season out with courage and determination. Thanks go to Mr. Morgan for looking after the team throughout the season.
The players to win were Les Featherston, who won the open singles and partnered Rick Gribben to win the open
doubles. Les Myers and Russell Williams,
in the under 14 section, fought hard but
were outplayed by more experienced players, while in the under 15 section R o n
Dowell and George Crick also faced up
against experienced young players.
In the semi-final of the open doubles in
the inter-zone finals held at Swinburne,
Les Featherston was beaten after a very
courageous fight. The only winners were
Les Featherston and Rick Gribben, who
won the open doubles title, after a very
hard semi-final.
The members of the tennis team would
like to thank Mr. Chaplin for his transportation and his helpful advice throughout the championships.
R I C H A R D G R I B B E N , 4A.
Best players for the season were John
Foster, Ray Kirkwood, Darryl Rayner and
Ron Dowl. All these players were new at
the start of the season, but advanced into
good players quickly. John Foster also
played with F.T.C.O.B. lacrosse team.
PETER O'CONNOR.
TENNIS
This year Footscray competed in
the western zone finals at both
Williamstown and Footscray courts
with moderate success.
CRICKET
Back: J. Sharp, L. B a r t l e y , G. Bean. C e n t r e : L. Featherstone, A. K i t c h i n g , R. O ' C o n n o r , R. G r i b b e n ,
Stevens. F r o n t : M . M i t c h e l l , C. Jackson, M r . C h r i s f i e l d , G. Parker, P. Stanley, G. Waghorne.
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SOCCER
Every year at the school they
have football teams for the four
forms at the school. One of the
teams is the second form one, which
is run by Mr. Ledger (coach) and
Mr. Harrison, who were responsible for all the wins of the team.
With only one member of the
1961 premier side still at school we
were forced to field almost a completely new line up.
But we enjoyed a reasonably successful
season, finishing in fourth place in our
section behind Collingwood (who reached
the Inter-Tech, grand final), Fawkner and
South Melbourne.
The first game was one week after the
mid-year exams, against Brighton, at home.
On that day we had a very easy win by
10 goals, with the outstanding players
being Frank Meyer—best on the ground.
Three boys were selected to try for the
combined technical schools' soccer team
(Carrullo, Ferenac and Zigliotto). But only
one succeeded in making the team, Ferenac.
The next game was against Williamstown, who put up a hard fight, but Footscray were too good and scraped home by
five points. Later in the year we met them
again and won more convincingly by 10
goals.
Just before playing Williamstown again
we played Glenroy away and won by 5
points only.
G. F I N C H E R , 2A.
Back:
L. Meyers, L. Featherstone,
R. Dowell.
Team Record
Games Played.— Baubis (Vice, goalkeeper), 10; Laze (right back), 5; Rasanen
(left back), 8; Dimitrijevic (right half), 10;
Ferenac (centre half), 10; Carullo (left
TENNIS
F r o n t : R. G r i b b e n ,
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Mr.
Chaplin,
R.
Crick.
half), 9; Mottek (outside right), 10; Zigliotto (Capt., inside right), 10; Villari (centre
forward), 8; Sussan (inside left), 8; Jortikka (outside left), 10; Emergencies:
Pajak (left back), 7; Forza (right back), 4;
Williams (inside left), 4; Seradzki (inside
left), 3; Bentley (centre forward), 2.
Goals Kicked.—
6; Villari, 4.
Mottek,
1;
3; Sussan, 2; Jortikka, 3; Pajak, 1; Williams, 1; Bentley, 2.
Consistent players throughout the season were: Ferenac, Zigliotto, Baubis, Carullo, Mottek, Rasanen, Dimitrijevic. While
there were others to show out from time
to time.
The thanks of the team go to Mr. Barratt for his capable coaching and his interest in the team generally. He also
coached this year's inter-tech team.
Zigliotto,
Times Among Best.— Baubis, 8; Laze,
2; Rasanen, 4; Dimitrijevic, 4; Ferenac, 4;
Carullo, 3; Mottek, 5; Zigliotto, 8; Villari,
D. Z I G L I O T T O .
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the Girflex V e e R o p e
has
become a b y w o r d in industrial
power t r a n s m i s s i o n .
Just as A t l a s spread and balanced his load, so the exclusive
Girflex design, with its high
textile content, reduces distortion and distributes the load
evenly over the rope section.
The multicord construction,
with its generous sidewall protection, provides that
extra
power
transmission
with
a
reserve of strength f o r longer
life.
There's nothing
flimsy
about a *Girflex Vee R o p e —
it's Atlas strong.
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(A division of B r a m a c Ltd.)
G e e l o n g R o a d , West F o o t s c r a y , Victoria
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Commercial positions lead to responsible, interesting and well-paid jobs.
Sales Positions open the road to steady promotion.
Both divisions are linked with sound, up-to-date
training schemes which are cost-free to the employee. Pension Fund looks after your financial
security at retirement. Bonus schemes and allocation
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Careers in
Ambitious
young
men icill
the
find
first-class
Chemical
opportunities
with
ICIANZ
Industry
in the following
fields
A P P R E N T I C E S H I P . A limited n u m b e r of a p p r e n t i c e s h i p s in all skilled t r a d e s a r e offered
each year. T r a i n i n g takes place in the new A p p r e n t i c e T r a i n i n g School equipped with m o d e r n
metal m a c h i n e r y . Trained instructors supervise training while t h e w e l f a r e a n d progress of
each a p p r e n t i c e is the responsibility of the Master of Apprentices. D e p e n d i n g on entry
qualification a n d test, apprentices will be allocated to trade o r engineering practices; t r a d e
apprentices qualify ultimately as t r a d e s m e n , engineering apprentices as detail d r a u g h t s m e n
or professional engineers. T h e I n t e r m e d i a t e Technical Certificate (or equivalent) is n o w
desired f o r all apprentices appointed by the C o m p a n y .
s t a n d a r d is Leaving (preferably M a t r i c u l a tion)
Certificate
including
appropriate
science a n d m a t h e m a t i c s subjects.
T E C H N I C A L . C h e m i s t s a n d Engineers of
all kinds a r e needed to assist in the C o m pany's m a n u f a c t u r i n g construction, research
and
development
departments.
Young
people starting on technical careers are
given a t h o r o u g h on-the-job training while
u n d e r t a k i n g part-time study to gain qualifications. Study is encouraged by r e f u n d i n g
fees f o r subjects passed at e x a m i n a t i o n s ,
and an allowance of up to two half-days
per week is granted f o r a t t e n d a n c e at d a y time lectures. T h e m i n i m u m educational
C O M M E R C I A L . T h e C o m p a n y ' s activities
offer careers in such fields as Advertising,
Sales, Accounts a n d Finance.
Applicants
should
have
completed
their
Leaving
(preferably Matriculation) Certificates.
For further information,
and to make
application for a position
with the
Company,
apply personally
or hy letter to: —
The Personnel Department
IMPERIAL C H E M I C A L I N D U S T R I E S O F A U S T R A L I A & N E W Z E A L A N D
1 NICHOLSON STREET. EAST MELBOURNE PHOXE FB0201.
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THE COLONIAL GAS HOLDINGS LTD.
Congratulations f r o m the Colonial Gas Association Ltd. to all those students who have
completed a successful year's studies.
Also to the Footscray Technical College
for another year of progress.
Gas is the fuel for Speed and Efficiency, for
all Domestic, Commercial and Industrial
uses
Allow us to assist you f r o m our Showrooms
at
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Millions
of fibres forming
a ribbon or "sliver"
a series of fine steel combs, on precision-built
Frames,
in this phase of transforming
makes the fibres parallel
more uniform.
ultimately
The progressive
"doubling"
threads of maximum
uniformity.
of slivers, commencing
It takes time.
and conscientious
Kinncar's
K I N N E A R ' S
Emu
Brand
flax fibre into linen thread.
and the slivers progressively
delivers a single sliver without variation
of substance
Linen
finer
Threads
and Yarns
EMU
attention.
are
at Kinnear's
means
better
thread
Frame,
linen
to bring you the uniformity
for
which
renowned.
LINEN
for
and
It takes the loyal
employee
BRAND
"Knoiv-how"
This
on the first Draiving
of every Kinnear
through
and
which ensures yarns
It takes skilful
application
are drawn
Drawing
industry
T H R E A D
Manufactured
Geo. Kinnear
by
& Sons Fix. Ltd
VIC.: H. W. Jaede P t y . L t d . , 25 Gold S t . , Collingwood, J A 4 1 9 1 .
S.A.: M u r d o c h ' s L t d . , 63 G r e n f e l l S t r e e t , A d e l a i d e , C7044.
K . S . W - Farleigh N e t t h e i r a P t y . L t d . , 1-15 F o v e a u x St., S y d n e y , F A 7 1 1 1 . W . A . : W . G. W a l d i e , 489 M u r r a y St., P e r t h . B7327
Queensland-: Farleigh N e t t h e i m (Q'ld) P t y . L t d . . 35-37 C h a r l o t t e St.. B r i s b a n e . B4130
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