Black and Gold

Lushington Boys' $ch<?ol

OOTACAHUND, SOUTH INDIA

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. Headmaster, Lnshhgton Boys School, Ootacamtind I

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R. T. S. Darling, a. sc., Headmaster,

Lushington Boys School* Ootaeam

EDITORIAL

'-7 Saying something new i n an editorial is almost a

difficult as finding fresh material for the Queen's speech, and I notice that this year royalty chose to remain silent. I might have done well to follow their example, perhaps.

More seriously, one of the pleasant and encouraging tasks associated with this pax ticular issue has been editing the correspondence from old boys. When I first came to this job there was next door to nothing in this section (if you have still got a 1966 magazine you can check u p for yourselves). More recently it has become necessary to leave some material out, so many people have written. We are genuinely grateful to old boys who have taken the trouble to sit down and write to us and would like to encourage them and future old boys to continue the practice.

I wish to extend my' sincere thanks to my colleagues, Miss Culmer, Mr. Weymont and Mr. and Mrs. Wood for the help they have given me in getting this edition to press. Thanks too, to all the boys who have contributed and to parents without whom this magazine would not have been possible.

Mr. K, H. T. Butterfield, A. R. c. M. rs. R. Batter field s R. ~ r , S. C,

Mr. A. J, Bçattie B.SC., ~ i p . ~ d . - Mrs. W. E. Beattie, B. A., nip. ~ d . Miss. J. R . Byerlee Mrs. E. Choweller E. M. Darling Miss R . Enns Mr. C. Enos Mr. N I. Hamilton, B. sc., cert. ~ d . Mr. T. M. j. Harris Rev H. G . Iliff, M. A.

Mr. 1. C. Ingleby, B. A., x>i Miss. M T. Jackson Miss. M. S. B. Somerville Miss. D. R . Wagland, B. A

Mr. W. E. Weymont, B. A. Mr. B. H. Wood, M. A.

+ Miss G, L 'Cuhneq-

-- M i s s R . P. Hulks4 s.8,

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SCHOOL LIST - LUSHINGTON BOY'S SCHOOL

Name of Birth Std. House Ablitt N. H. (Neville) 29- 8-55 X Senior Adams B. F. J. (Brian) 21- 2-60 V Middle Ahluwalia A. (Amreet) 17-1 1.59 V D-Boy (Gar) Ansorge C. F. (Christian) 17- 6-58 VI Intermediate Banks J. T. (John) 28- 9-60 V D-Boy Baerwald A C.E (Achim) 12-11-68 I D-Boy Bennett P. W. (Peter) 12- 2-60 V Gardens Bennct t S. M. (Stephen) 13- 3-53 X I Senior Bird D. L. (David) 8- 7.61 IV Middle Bird D A. (Peter) 7- 4-68 I11 Junior Bird P. I. (Philip) 10- 1-59 VII Intermediate Bird R . K. (Robert) 2- 4-60 V Middle Bone 1. P. (Ian) 21- 8-57 VII Intermediate Bone P.C. (Philip) 26-12-58 X I Senior Bookless D. J. C. (David) 22- 2-62 111 Junior Booth I. M. (tan) 12-10-b7 VII Intermediate Booth I < . J. (Rodney) 4- 5-56 VII I Intermediate, Brambleby C G,(Christopher) 7-1 1-61 I11 Junior Brambleby P. J. (Peter) 13-12-56 IX Senior Brieseman N . P. (Nigel) 8- 7-58 VI Intermediate Browne C. M (Carl) 28-12-51 I11 Junior Browne I. W. (Ian) 30- 7 63 11 Junior Brusset E. F. P (Emery) 11-12-60 I V D-Boy (Mid) Burn C. R. (Christopher) 7- 5-69 VI Gardens Brusset X. 1. M (Xavier) 28- 5-5 V D-Boy (Gar) Butterfield A K. F. (Adrian) 1- 7-6 Carder G. K. (Kim) 16- 3-58 VI Intermediate Chote G. A (Graham) 20-10-63 I I D-Boy (Jim) Chote J. D. (John) 12- 1-57 VIII D-Boy (Int) Choudary D. D (Choudary) 24- 6-54 X Senior Cochrane A M. (Murray) 24-10-52 VI Gardens Cole I). W. (David) 80- 9-61 I11 Junior Cole M. J. (Jonathan) 2 1- 8-59 V Gadens Cole N. 0. (Norwvn) 20- 9-57 VII Intermediate C o n s t a b l e D A ( D a v i d ) 1 0 - 5 - 5 7 V I I D-Boy(1nt) Constable J N (john) 9- 2-51 XI Senior Constable M E. (Hark)

, - N a m e ! - * SM. fk+: Contractor P. J. (Pr i~hasp)~ -.@- 12-59 V Gardens Cutting A. M. (Alpstair) '* 29- 5-60 V Middle Daniel J+(Jose k) ? 5-12-54 X Senior Darling P. S , > ( hilip) . 7- 1-64 11 D-Boy. (JuQ) David 3. J. (Stephen)* 7- l-fi5sx +qipr Ihinoui& J: K. (Janiies] 9-10-61 'III Junidr ' . - I&iftl&ab )47. R. (Wjllitm) 18 1-t9 V I ~ t r $ & s - ,

Ellfuttr D, .A,.@. (Qavid) 19- 6-58 VI' Ifl t e r m , iate .-. Ferris A'. blis'tair) . , 20- 4-58 XI ' Senior , Field G.R. (Graham) , 5- 5.57 VIII D-Bgy (Int)", Field P.' R.(Paul) - 20- 8-54 X I>-Qpy (Sen)' Field T. J. (Trevor) 3- 8-68 11 D-Boy '(Jan) Fox M. (Mark) 18- 6-58 VI Intermediate Fox T. (Timothy) 26- 7-60 IV ' Middh Friebel G. A. (Gordon) 19-10-52 XI Senior Friebel S. A. {Steyen) 29- 8-55 IX Senior . G t r r n a ~ ~ E. P. (Paul) 18- 10-69 V I Gardens Gibson C D. (Colin) 29-1 1-57 VI I Intermediate Gibgon K. A. (Keith) 1 7-59 VI Gardens @ill Pi R. (Paul) & 4-59 VI Intermediate QhlstteP.G.(Paul) . 7-15-54 XI Senior

I Gillette S. M. ark) 22 8-60 V Middle Gray C. A H. (Andrew), 22- 4-62 I1 )mior

27- 6-55 VIIISenior as) 29-1 1-56 VIII Interrnediafe

16- 6-69 .VI Gardens ' ) 12 10-62 IT1 %Boy (Jart)

25-10-56 VIII med iatte 2s- 7-60 V le

' 1v- 6-61 IV Ie 16-11-60 V * Middle 25- 8-60 V Middle 15- &-57 VII Inttrmediatq 80- 5-59 V I Gardim 24-11.61 l i t Juftior a

3- 6-60 V Middle ;. 8- 8-&7 VII- Intermediatte' 7- 3-88 V-I Intermediate

17- 6-6S1i Jdeior 7-12-59 V Gardens

Stf. Hause

80- 6-55 IX Senior Lehman K.'-W. ("Kenneth) 27- 7 54 X Senior Lesaeur P. J. (Philip) 6- 5-59 VI Gardens Linton A. T. (Andrew) 6 8-62 111 Junior Linton T. J. (Timothy; 80-1 1-57 VII Intermediate Louis P. A. (Paul)

-Â¥. 14- f2-55 VIII Senior

Louis P. A. (Peter) $,$%7;'$10- 7-59 VI Gardens Mcmanus A. J. ( ~ n d r e m b 27- 6-62 I1 Junior

bsyf Mcmanus D. P. (David) , . 6 30- 7-69 VI Gardens 11- 2-61 IV Middle 1 1 - 3-58 VII Intermediate 9- 2-56 VIII Senior ,

10-1 2-53 VII Intermediate. 16-11-60 V Middle 15.12-58 V Gardens 11-10-56 IX Intermediate 6-10-57 V I I Intermediate 15- &-62 I11 Junior

18- 7-59 V I Gardens, 80-10-&4 X Senior

Murison W, W. (wallace) Nejedly S. D. (Stephen) Nk01 M. A. (Michael) North D, L. (David) . North J. G. John) Oakshott M. 53 . (Michael) Outlaw S . A. (Stephen) * Overton I?. (Philip) Parish N. (Nigel) Parker D. A. (David) Parker D. E. (Daniel) Parmar G. (Gary) Parmar Frankie

28- 9-53 XI 10- 8-68 VI 6 8-54 X I

. 21-10-57 VII 29- 7-61 111 2%- 7-58 VII 81- 1-59 V 4- 5-61 I V

- 14- 8 5 4 X 21- 2-55 IX 14-11-57 VII I l l - 5 9 V 17- 8.62 I I

Senior Intermediate Senior Intermediate Middle Intermediate Gardens Middle Senior &Boy (Sen) %Boy (Int) Gardens* Junior

Powdrill S G. (Samuel) 8-11-54 IX Senior Pollen B. I.. (Brian) 6-12 57 VII Intermediate Pullen K A (Kenneth) 12- 8-56 VII I Intermediate

N Date of Birth Sid. House

Reinhardt D. H. (Daniel) 9 11-51 X Senior Reinhardt L. F. (Larry) 17- 3-56 VIII Senior Reinhardt N L. (Norman) 10- 5-68 VI Intermediate Ringrosc P. S (Philip) 2- 760 IV Middle - Robertson D; J . (David) 21-11 54 -IX Senior Robertson G. J. M. (Jeremy) 10- 2-53 XI Senior Robertson P. A. (Paid) 23- 9-61 I11 Middle Rutgers A P, (Paul) , 6- 8-68 VII Intermediate Ryall E. P. (Philip) 20- 2-59 Vl Intermediate SandersP. L. M. (Peter) 19- 9-61 IV Middle '

Schrag D. P. (Duane) 12- 8-55 I& Senior Schrag M. M. (Maynard) 16-1 1-61 I I1 Junior Schrag V. P. (Virgil) 1- 6-60 V Middle

6- 2-61 IV Middle 24- 8-68 VII Intermediate

Sinclair D B. (Daniel) 21- 2-59 V Gardens Smith A. V. (Andrew) 20-1161 III Junior Smith G. B. (Geoffrey) 12- 8 58 VII Intermediate Smith P. A. (Paul) , 2&- 9-59 V Gardens Stephanian E. (Edic) 27- 5-60 V Middle Stephanian E (Eric) 21- 7-57 VIII Intermediate Stockley J B. (James) 22- 9-54 X Senior Stockley P. A. (Philip) 22-12-55 IX . Senior Streatfeild C.F (Christopher) 12- 5-58 VI Intermediate Streatfeild D. C. (David) 1- 8-60 IV Middle Stratfeild R. N. (Robert) 1.1- 1-55 IX Senior Swanson R G (Grant) 4-1 1-62 I1 Junior Tatchell I. S. (Ian) 25- 8-63 I1 Junior Taylor A. J. (Alan) 10- 4-65 X Senior Thomas D. L (David) 2- 2 61 IV Middle Thomas S. W. (Stephen) 16-10-64 1 Junior Tiessen D. J. (Daryl) 28 10-55 VIII D-Boy (Int) Tieswn D. P. (Douglas) 18 11-68 I D-Boy (Jun) Trchala D. 0. (David) 25- 1-57 VII D-Boy (Int) Treherne T. D. (Timothy) - 2-10 59 V Gardens TruscottS.G(Stephen) 17-12-59VI Intermediate Turner P. D. (Paul) IS-12-58 X Senior Turner P. T. (Philip) 11- 9-55 IX Senior

- i HEADMASTER'S REPORT 1969-

' 1 ^-' I t h&'beec:an~t ieai tv l year since last May. The upward t rend in numbers continued, entries, being just above average andnumbers leaving being much less. July saw the commencemfcnt of an out- boarding gropp in Montauban while Ferbuary saw another in Selborne. I n March, when our ne'w din ing , hall had come into use, thesie boys moved into residence in 'our old one. We are most grateful to tile committees of these homes lor their great .help and we especially 'thank Mr*. Hill and Miss Parlane of Montauban and Mr . Underwood of Selborne for translating this into evident and edible, hospitality. We also are much indebted t o Mrs. Spiers, Mrs. Cole, Mrs. Smith and Mr. & Mrs. Jenkins (senior) for being such capbale house-parents there. ~ a c h group had a real family atmosphere. Our total enrolment thus reached 178 in March, including 14 day-boys. Septem- ber next should see us back near 160 again, this being the really suitablemaximum for our buildings.

By next day, however, i t was cooking our meals and filling the W. C. cisterns on the next floor with boiling hot water- (Look for this feature a t the next Ideal Homes Exhibition). We had to move into the dining hall before it was really, ready, but the resulting dish-washing now uses the hot water previously going begging. Smoke &as a real problem, but the Easter break allowed a successful re-building of the

We do thank Gad for this buliding-both what i t is already arid what it is going t o be when finished^- though 'f hat will Vkel'y b e well 'alter -thfe' Dedication-Sehvice.bn 28rd' May? Wft d6 thahk all ^h~'have'feiveti so g-fclterob&,

p o s t ttf tlie'ktiit, "atld'tlifisc *hoi b'dv-e designti&, '$?i$eri8@$ed '&n& actually-'built:" are grateltil

to the, boys, parents and staff fortheir patience and co- operation in such a time, for building, especially by direct labour, imposes strainson a school. For instance almost every bill of quantities, almost every haggle over rates and prices, and every wage-bill, goes through our office. If our bills go out late, i t id not because we don't want money, but because we do urgently, and are so busy spending it that we have'd'ttimk to ask you for it 1" 'Piease d o settle all outstanding bills as our funds are low. '*

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several staff had ,a trying year' 4s regards' health and e ~ t r a - bur-dens had t o be parried by. other staff to an unchlisi- r&e, extent. . Wfi- wert grateful indeed ' fof 'the help o f pa2ent.s-and'iriends as well as staff ip helping k i t h the duties ofthe, sick staff. Mrs Booth, Mrs. Lehman and Mrs. Ovei'fon came in t o d o long spells of housekeeping and Mrs. T i & ~ e n and Mrs. Fox gave help as the occasion required. Mrs. frill and Mrs. Cole each acted for some time as Junior, House matron., I hive already mentioned those who looked alter the o,ut-boarders. We much ?ppre,ciated all this very practi- c~lfellowship. We yrould also not forget the homes, families andinstitutions which nobly did without these ladies I t was rumoured that one grasi-wid~wer was seen driving off the hills with a determined .air arid a crate of baked beans in ,the boot. W e dorealise that it took other's loss t o make our gain and we can only say a humble "Thank you" to all,

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part-time help in Art

lot boa Aistfl < t9, ,~ushington later s year. M inclair came 1 Mar*

, t o beb for a few monins before ring Unversab~ in the .$&% K. ftext ¤Çptemb~ We thank those who have left for all 'the$ help, and welcome,those who have come. And on my awn, t>$half and yours I thank every staff @rn^x'- for all ,

. that bks been dqpe thisyear, , *,

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. or thref$t$rid&rd XI G. C. E. :indidate9 last p k r - fefl w(t$l% passes in. thecase of Fordham and s i ~ each' \n .

fc^se of, Qderso6 aqd lhirmkn, These .were Un r : .. f ' ; , , ~pore>$~n:b'tie session; $t&dard X was entered, almost In

i'fs entirety/for three or f6ui subjects. Each -. . d a t , .

' least ?,ye ,pass and one gained four. 11 '

, ' ' t h i s year, :Sta?dvd XI'^'& had ten boys a n d s t i n - dar'd k' thirteen. Th'6 increasein staff allowe'd us â‚ split this previously combined class, and the senior rtkre%tion space, had t o be temporarily sacrificed t o provide a dass- hrom. ' We d o ;lhahk p a d n t s for their giftsfto the" Senior Hodye ifffoject arid %&sure them that i t can now go ahead.'

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TWO nehcourses were offered in the year, in Biology, inties were such that each offer was do apologise for this.' Partnts con- rcular' od the subject sfw )the ye- -

The boys* heal%

Only one bey sa I.* ~ r a d was accepted by

e&od to hear fe&m his

One of our boys in a Paplic School in England had to choose between Arts and Science a t Standard X level and settled it by tossing up! ' \.

There are many purposes in education. One 'of the highest is to pat all skill, knowledge and e;cFiehce in ,'an ?xt,ended setting against 9 scale of ,valdes wfiich is eternal I .(r!ust fhaj,y,ur {boys, may fbrjnstance, s&lo th the ni,& iyiouspiogramrne of Jagt year'sPark$p' Pay a n d thelighf- be<rt$d funof this year i s all' belonging to Gqd~sworld, but ;z$.~,,fb~t ,tbfi king of kings is not just $meone to bereckoned wil;lj,bti,t aRedeerner to titist and to follow. Bat that i s a subject +hich makes us feel our inadequacy. How ~ u c h we need your prayers* , lkuqk you, t.w, for all your interest a id ,support

STAFF . ,

March 1969 saw Mr. Sinclair arrive after a remarkable winter journey by bus from England. Four brief but busy months saw him leaving in July. to be replaced soon after by Mr. Harris.,

rs. Beattie (who had been married fo April) arrived in August after his furlough. Our warmest goftd wishes are extended t6 them and We are very gratefa1 to them and to the other helpers mentioned above, for, cqming here to take their part "in the work of the sch06L.' .

-. Mrs. Choweller's sodden illness in July s a great shock,

and it was good to welcome her back again i n October.

November brought the departure on furlough of the Misses Hawkes, Morrison, Reid and Satgent and of Mr. & Mrs. Jenkins, with our sincere p t i t c d e for all they did here.

Mr. Adams, having supervised the building prograinme up to the point of very real "usability" and having also seen to the re-wiring of the hospital, left with his wife and baby in July, with our sincere thankfulness for their busy months in Lushington.

-$'. c. Bop% . Enc. Q n g . , Scripture.

C. B. k. khitdndka Eng. Lit., French.,

2. Lang., Scripture athematics

W. W. Murison Scripture

M. A. Nicol Eng. Lang., Scripture

8. W. Pat temore Eng. Lit., Geography,'History, Chemis- - try, Physics, Mathematics, Latin

G. J. M. Robertson Eng. Lang., Scripture

Eng. Lang., French, Scripture, Geo- graphy, History, Mathematics, Latin iff

The Associated Board of the Royal School of Music Pcactical Examination 1969

N. P. Brieseman Piano Grade 1 C. R. Barn Piano Grade 1 D. P. McManus Piano Grade 1 S. J. McMillan Piano ' Grade 1 P. J. Martin Piano Grade 1 D. A. Parker Piano Grade 1 P. A. Rutgers Piano Grade 1 J. L. Short Piano Grade 1 G. B. Smith Piano Grade 1 B. S. Watson Piano - Grade 1 I. P. Bone Piano ' Grade 2 C. M. Weavers Violin Grade 2 D. P. Schrag Piano Grade 3 A. J. Taylor Piano Grade 8 A. M. Jenkins Piano Grade 4 J . B. Kirk Violin Grads 4 K. W. Lehman Piano Grade 5 M. D. Watson Piano Grade 5

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. . Music Theory Examination I969 I. M. Booth (Grade I) S. G Powdrill(Gtade11) N. P, Brieseman (Grade I) A. P. Rntgers (Grade I I) D. P.'McManos (Grade I) S. A. Friebel (~;ade,111) G. B. Smith (Grade I) J. V. Kirk (Grade 111) P. R. Veal (Grade I) A. J. Taylor (Grade 111) B. S. Watson (Grade I) P. G. Gillette (Grade IV) I. P. Bone.(Grade 11) M. D. Watson (Grade IV) C R. Burn (Grade 11) P. C. Bone (Grade V) J. D. Chote (Grade 11) 6. A. Friebel (Grade V) A. M. hpkins (Gra?e 11) K. W. Lehman (Grade V) S. J. McMttlan (Grade 11) D. H. Reinhardt (Grade V)

GTON SCHOOL DIARY 1969

FEBRUARY

4th Boarders return, looking pleased to be back. The new stove in the new kitchen is lit for the first time. Some find themselves unexpectedly a t Selborne and Montauban.

7th . Three 'visitors, exchange students from Kodai, elcomed by the senior boys. Our

three representatives leave for Kodai by the morning bus.

1 Floor ctf the new dining-room laid down. Work goes on through the night and into the morning.

15th Jeremy Robertson comes off his bicycle after ast below the speed of

M A R C H

New dining-room ready for use (though as yet with the old furniture). The big shift takes place. The boys are so over-awed by the size of the place they are almost quiet.

Dedicatory service in ne dining-hall, Standard XI 8

move into small dining room.

School athletic heats. I

Mr. Sinclair arrives. General first impression from the boys is that he is bigger than average. He has travelled overland, but seems none the worse for the journey.

Boys from Montaobaa and Selborne move in to the new Gardens dormitories.

School sports take place amid plenty of excitement. A high standard this year.

. @!&a1 day for the- Inter-School Spor :g6ts $hied plhctf arid very nearly manages second We get more points than ever before

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pqi Half-holiday to ctfle b ~ a t e our success initAe Inter- s s.

, ? J ^ = + - , - :-' School Sports. Stafi-bersiasstadtnts cticket match .',%

- won by Mr. WÑ" with a little help from the rest ii;r of the staff. , W % h Ã

Boarders return and classes The holiday has been all too

begin I short.

the next

Yet another 'Pirates' performance. The school starts making money.

G. C. E. French oral proves that. we are really back to work in a big way.

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G. C. E. begins- Much nail-biting ^from nervous candidates but everybody settles quietly to the work and the school is suitably hashed.

John Jacob arrives for a brief mission. He is very welcome and both staff and boys profit from his stay.

Staff versus boys soccer match. Despite numerous staff 'guest stars', the boys win narrowly.

. :; , Repeat staff versos boys soccer match. Boys win by a mile. < . .

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Great day for the school. Milk and lime-juice become available as aregular service at break-tiflie.

First of the stanard XI leavers go (Streatfeild and Chittenden). The others follow within the next few days. Sad farewells from all.

. . Mr. Watson speaks on Evolution or Creation .at

-Breaks Hall. Lushintton contingent is led by Mr. Jenkins.

JULY 4th The Glorious Fourth is not celebrated this year, as

Mr. Sinclair leaves. An all too short stay a t h s h . -

7th The ~ 6 x e s leave doty. Large school contingent sees them off a t the stition.-.

Pauline Darling arrives safe and well a t the Kotagiri Hospital. General rejoicing.

Adarns leave Ooty after invaluable work on the new building. What would we have done without them?

MissSarganl's room burgled, but Mr. Harris arrives so the day isn't all loss.

School exams begin, later in the year than usual, but nobody seems to know any more. . .

1 - 81st Exams end; Juniors have their fancy. dress party.

AUGUST

Senior fancy dress made memorable by the fact that we had a zbissienary picnic on the same day.

$chool year ends. A small senior camp goes off to the coast for a holiday led by Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Harris.

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Still holiday time, and the Beatties arrive amidst great staff rejoicing and excitement.

Boarders return. Why do holidays always seem so short?

SEPTEMBER

12th Hebron seniors come u p fo ra Friday night social. A good time is had by all.

27th Inter-school Music Festival at Lawrence. Lushing- ton boys. perform very acceptably. Mr. Wood conducts combined choirs.

OCTOBER -

2nd Gandhi's Birthday. Sunday School picnic a t the "Tallest Trees". The weather is great and a vast mileage is covered by various expeditionary forces.

Philip Bone goes on holiday to Vellorel

Breeks staff invited t o tea. A heart-warming turnout.

Karen Wood arrives and Mr. Wood is 'clashed chuffed' (quote boys). Everybody else is pleased, too.

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Music theory exams. Boys seem blissfully confident.

Scripture Union Song Service a t St. Georges. Everybody obviously enjoys it.

P. Bone and J. Robertson speak at the United Nations function at the Arts College.

NOVEMBER

Lushington supports the World Sunday School Day a t Union Church.

School exams begin. I t doesn't seem long since the last exams, but every body knows about the normal amou1it. -

November G. C E. examinations begin. Exami- nation papers arrive from England ten minutes after the first exam is due to commence.

Breaking-up dormitory parties in full swing. General cheerfulness. Holidays ahead!

Music practical examinations. Some very nerveus pianists acquit themselves well.

Â¥Ter ends. Yea/ Travel parties begin to get away. Gradu,ally the noise subsides and peace settles over the compound.

S P O R T

Rather unusually, the winners of the senior and ju&or divisions of the house competition were the same as the previous year. Pykara won the senior cotnptition, and Xukerti retained the junior championship. Pykara won the athletics, swimming, crosscountry and ihockev, Kundah the cricket, and-Mukerti the football. Kundah's cricket win over Pykara was one of the more interesting results in a year of predictable results. This year Pykara was pressed more c4osely in both athletics and swimming than in 68. The junior competition contained more results of interest than

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rrow lanes, tii&hy. s ~ h o o l pdtk were very hiccessful.

Griffiths who won tQW8 stidfor cliarnpionsliip with 6 wins, Warnbr who was a very close second, and Brambleby who @on 4 junior events setting new records ig each event. Many records were established in the2days of heats and finals, the. mostoutstandingpossi- blv being. ther pole vault in which ,bat31 Ghiffiths and H o r n w ~ ~ ;

s8ah 100 'metres 1 Warner 2 Bone

200 .metres 1 .Waraer 2 l3one 8 Taylor Time 26.8

400 metres 1 >G~iffiths. 2 Bone . 3 Vogt Time 60.1

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1 ~oiutabkf). 2 Chok ' ms&iy+s 1

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The annual meeting among all the English-speaking schools a t Wellington is probably the sports highlight of the year. Our school has in the past performed creditably but not notably. Achievements of past athletes from ~ushingfon - were few and fa'r' between-,on the whole. Thufef.the effort bf our boys in holding second place until the last 20 minutes

s both entirely unepxected and full of won'de'r. I n those t vital minutes Lawrence inched past us t o head us by -72 for second place, St. Joseph's having well and truly

. the n ~ s t i o g , I last year, Graham Griffiths left a th le t ic honours, ing tied for the senior champion te. One of the memorable moments of the after-

noon came whenit was announced that Alan Tyior hqd brolsed thejtittiof high jamp record, the first Lushington athlete t o br in terschool record. " There'll be a second in half ' growled Graham. Unusually for

bell. opened up a 60 yard lead, and won by forty yards in the ae record time of 2.9.9 to win the 800 metres. Graham retained the 400 metres title, won the senior polevault and was Srd in the 200 metres. Alan Taylor was another i1Èdividoa to pe form very well. He won the junior high jump (new record 5' ') the long Jump, was 2nd in the hop step and 3rd i n the 200 metres. Homewood, Warner, Ferris Watson and the junior relay team all per- formed above expectations and h o p

RESULTS:

Relays - Senior team 3rd Junior team 2nd Sub-inn, team 3rd

G. Griffiths - 1st 800 metres (record) 1st 400 metres 1st pole vault senior

d 200 metres

A. Ferris - 1st shot put senior 3rd discus

P. Warner ad 100 metres senior 2nd 200 metres senior

, 3rd senior hop step

rd 400 metres

3rd Senior Polevault - %&V'% -- >'& s-'T J. Hbmewwd i.,s?- ift 1st Inter Polevault

2nd Inter Hurdles

1st Inter High Jump

si, 1st Junior High Jump cord). S fey2

i.Y 1st Junior long Jump 8 , >.&! * ^v^ 2nd Junior Hop step , -s' . t . '!- & "

8rd Junior 200 metres 'y"' %? i . j ,y

KESULTS :

v Lawrence

v Josephs

Lughington 36 and 68 (Bane 18, Fox 22) Lawrence 155 for 5 decl. (Constable8/85) Lost by an innings

Lushington 48 and 17 for 7 Georges 71 for S decl. Lost o n first innings

losephs 117 &nstable 8/23; Reinhardt 2/28) Draw

Lushington 82 (Lehtnan 24 not out) and 12tor 4 Manes 88 (Schrag 5/16, &nstabk 6/13) and 88 (Reinhardt 3/7, Constable 8/10) Outright win

Brecks ',,&$shington 67 (IÈnlltl 16, Reinhardt 26) ,). 1

anA 19 for 8 deel. ' "1 ';

' B&ks 85 f Reid'nafdi '5/6 including hat- trick) and 45 (Constable 5/15), Outright

t . . .,. . a win

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they faced. ,, Jt i s a'pi'ty that more 'id6d"ae"not available v à a to our senior boys who play in a di isi n w err ere are only 4 senior teams.' - , J I ~ ~ J J , , - ~ v

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. , .,. . The ja&r team only lost the one ga , but i t 'Has a *

vital game. Playing a t home, they we unablee to hold Josephs closer than 4 goals to nil. Against '6artedly bigger

this game, they performed well with the inevitable result. The

6'f3th&rekn *as against Breek and Ryallcbmbinkd in f i e I'kstrioifc A creditable draw with Lawrence brought the i ---- to a satisfactory conclusion.

as that which W&I the 68 championship; 110 ever,with four away games, i t se&ned a stern task to retain the champion- ship honours. The tea quickly revealed good form jn practice, Larry Slack in rticular showing an ability to rally the team. By virtue of ick passing, retaining possession for long periods, and tight defence, t he team easily won the games against Joseph's, Stanes and Blue Mountain. The margin of victory in each case was greater than in previous years. Lawrence on their home ground, despite having lost all games to other school, were a harder nut to crack. The teammanaged to stay ahead throughout the game, b u t Lawrence fought all the way and lost only by 17-28. A ~plendid performance by the boys, thoroughly coached by Mr. Ingleby. 2,--',..;w(-y- +', s 3 s , t s -G-; * .

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RESULTS : W& -A v Joseph's won SS-~O$$!~$< v Stanes won 3 0- 10 -;?P?;!. -6 +<-~

won 42-18 .&#&$;1' Lawrence won 23-17

D tve 1 D. Robertson 2 Reihhardt D.

60 Freestyle 1 J, Robertson D.

100 Freestyle 1 J. Robertym 2 La@@x

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Breaststroke 1 Bennet 2 Coas table

Relay I Pykar? ¥ Kundah 81.8

HOUSE POINTS :

HOCKEY J

Hockey is me sport at 'which India has long led . the world. .Perhaps their preen$ national s ide is not as pre- eminent as ofyore but schoolboy hockey here is of a "high standard. Our senior boys thus had a hard road when - theyplayed their 8 games away from Lushington. Lebtnan played outstandinglyas .goalkeeper, ?and Constable ;@&I proved what a fine sportsman he is. The junior side were very fit this year and played some fine hockey, especially against George's. They gave Josefi'Ã -a .good s i ~ l ,bef$Wi; losing 0-2 against the championship winners. Weavers proved an excellent captain, Field and Ryall two cap* '-; wings. . . . . d . RESULTS :

. . - . Seniors A .

v George's lost 0-8 v Joseph's lost 0-9 v Lawrence lost Q-4

Juniors v George's n 8-0 v Brindavan won 2-0 Q Joseph's lost 0-2 v Lawrence lost 0-1 v Breeks won 1-0

Each year the crosscountry produces some surprises. This year the particular surprise was the slowness of the senior time, and the record-breaking time of the juniors. Constable and Lehman as first and second from last year promised to well and truly break the record, but a, furious pace to the highest poirit on the farm resulted in a slow downhill rate. Robertson ran a steady third and Friebel tenaciously clung to fourth place. A splendid race resulted in the junior division. Field, Bone and Parker ran neck and neck all the way, and the final sprint decided the issue in a new record time.

Part III

PREPARING FOR PARENT'S DAY,

Parent's day is coming oar way, ,

We'd better hurry and learn our play. Mr. Harris has a huge part, I'm glad I don't, that's for a start. "You're on the stage," bawls our director, Oh boy, what a skelter, "1 didn't know that sir." "Why not? Come along1 Stir." Mr Weymon t's taken up Cromwell, He's not Mr. Inglegy, that's easy t o tell. Though Mr. Ingleby's too nasty, Mr. Weymont's too hearty. Kirk's Chapny's attendant, lucky fellow, There's hardly a thing that he's t o bellow. Roper, you're on! Oh dear, Where's Margret gone? The stage is risin; risin; risin; Soon it will be the right size. To chop off More's head is going t o be tricky, With some of those costumes on,itJs going t o be sticky.

1 Dave robe its on,^ Wolsey, But what part has Louis? Miss Somerville's Alice, Rich is offered a chalice.

-We are making steady progress, ? Though we've not all got our dress,

' , I They'll be ready for parents day,

Which is rushing our way. 4. Weavers, Std. IX. -

SCHOOL Latin is by far the worst,

But French seems just as bad. I n Geography, I came the first,

Music always' makes me sad. The desks are bad but so a m I,

At science in the lab. In doing Mhths, I'd rather die,

, At art, I'm quite a dab. -D , Mcmanus.

STANDARDS I 6" fl

I like school. I liked the films. I like it in bed. I to work a t school. Mi95 Byerleff gives easier work t'han

iss Morrison. I t is cold at night; sometime? i t is cold in the day. It has been raining, a t Ootacamund twe, tintes. Usually we have n i p , < , food+

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To day we had a film about f y l b a l l . Ther6 are only a few more days till Easter. Tonibddw is shopping day. Our garden is getting on well. Today we planted knother plant.

.'! . . I like school very roach. We play lots of ganrts. We

play stack-in-the-mad, monkies and foxtes, and trains. We also play with toys, and there are lots of trees to play in. Wehavelotsof books. . ,

Ian Bmwne.

ST RDM

In some. ~ t a y s I like school and in some ways I do n o t like school. I like school because the work is too easy. And I do not like school because we go t o bed too early and because of the cane. I like school because we can plky in the afternoon and bave treats.

David Kennedy.

When I go far walk; I , don't like school. I d6n't like school when my mother gw?, w I cry. I t is cold; that's why I den% Kke school.'^Np.r d o I like i t when we have thubarb and crumble as I don't like the salt on top. I like i t when the trees fall down and w&ti:.q~!e.i have ice-crearn Why? Because I don't like the caney . , t -' . I ,

- i - c ~ . P e t e r Bird. 1 - 1 1 . .

1-1 like school became w e go for nik walks. 2 I don't like schm),)>epause I can't see:imun apd dad. 8 -I like school because i t is- cool. A-T don't like school bctq~pq wq go to bed top earlyg

T P ' ,, - ! - p a i l Pkterson. .

. , Sobool~lifehas its bad things and . its gvd- things, The 'Ineals' are+goodt Making beds isn't too hard, polishing eh,+.s isn't too. good. .Apart from that everything is @e<3i&a. There are lots of rushes. First in the morning when ?(sing bell goes, we run out and wash, make our.. bedq:kpd shq*

iss Bateman; and our shoes, without one spec% of dirt. Then there i# ang%ypph after school. We run 1 up and get our buns. After that we fold our quilts, polish our shoes (ugh!), get into oar play clothes and go4 ,put,ayi play. So there! I've proved that school d& have its good

The bell goes! Then all the boys ran-~h'a litt16 fa qalle@ t h e "gym". It is time.foy prayers. ; After'prayers'we

& rush toclass. Then we r&d of d(i, some 6 t h ~ y i ' i i g (int we Nve something to do. W&n Miss Jackson co&$ wd faM working. , , . l , ' ? s ; : ' 1: - . . 1 ., .$,, 1 .

I l i k ' ~ Ã § r i â ‚ ¬ h d ~ t i c L b ltd e ~ y . Bat the-~bglish cqd is too 1,~ng. This is because it is not my own language.

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Past ,4 o'clockP~Sch6ol~i& over. we a]]" n i g h A %p.,&e-dr,w to get our crisp buns. Then we go to the d o r m We take off our quil t W f t neatly. We polish our

%@lit, tutf). We then go to nly the washing bell goes. -

a&d tear off gar, .ql3fQej~. ourselves. Then we wash off

t i n toou r pay jamas r in comfort*, $ -

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STANDARD v My teacher's name is Miss S. Sha is a good arid kind

:q, .- s e 'teacher. She never hits us without telling us. She doesn't ; teach us nature study, geography and scripture. She knows : : to play the piano. We call her the "Great Dragon". At the

end of term she gives us-pictures. - -- - % .. . *

-' ^ STANDARD VI < .-

A Day at Lnshy.

You wake up by the CLANGING of a bell and wash youtf'Ace in FREEZING water, get changed and later have breakfast. Class starts straight after assembly at nine. We

.have a- break at one and class startsagain a t two, finishing at four. Supper is a t 6 15 and PREP a t 5-45 BED afterprep!

, April Fools Day. 7 -

* '? . After breakfast we rushed down to the classroom, to do , , .a trick on Miss So . We thought; and thensomeone . had an idea. We the desk round and put the

. ;%- drawer in the wro hen we had done that we tied the chair to the desk and put sowe glue on the chair. @$*

But at assembly we got a shock. Darling said that we were not allowed to do anything school furniture. After assembly we had to rash back, put the desk straight, and untie the chair. e had just finished when she came

We didn't have a good Aprit Fools Day. -w.--

, Keith Gibson. 1 , , ' STANDARD VII . s

-1 visit Government G a r d e k

To begin with, Government Gardensb or as they are actually called, "Botanical Gardens", is a very interesting place. If you want peace and quiet, this is certainly the place to have it.

There are many ponds. I n the centre there is one of the most beautiful ponds in Ooty. Behind the pond there is a little hu t forchatting and sitting down in the shade. On each side of the hut there are two sturdy, an'cient cannons, which guarded the place when what is now a palace, was a fort.

1 7 ) Everywhere you find superb flowers of all colourp,-,,pn

the lawns, on the hillside as a sort of terraced garden. l,illie~ of white and blue surround the ponds. There arealso a few glasshouses with wondrous Sowers. The whole thing is just gorgeous,

The trees are of amazing variety. From every part of world, nearly, a tree has come to the BotaniealGardens. m the Eucalyptus trees you can have much. shade and sore. Pines from the Alps. Americas and China; even

the gilgiris f hemselves, form a beautiful sight. There is no barren- except for the spacious grassy lawns. I ask. you not to stroll the streets of Ooty, but rather go through the

nt and enjoy the wonders of Government Gardens.

A. R u t g e k

STANDARD Vlll

.Tra' ' ig for the Sports*

This is the busiest ter school matches t o play as cricket. We also have the School Sports and Inter-Schopl sports to-do.. l i t .

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, . Usually there is training after school in: the evening. either running or field events. I n the running there is; the

.. mile, the 800,400, 200 and 100 metres, while in the field ;@vents there is high jump, long jump, hop step and jump. We also have shotput, discos bu t no javelin.

- The other day, on Wednesday the I8 th; of ~ebr&&, F e r r i s and Robertson threw the shot put 81 feet. Bone has done well in the sprinting, and Alan Watson in the bigb]ump

Paul Louis.

We hear a crash, and a few minutes later another crash. This is the branches falling. A man is up in the big ~ 1 6 0 foot blue gum with axe and rope. As he chops a t the *branch, the notch becomes bigger and bigger. Then comes ac rack and he takes caution. Again he chops and the same thing happens two or th ree times. At last he sticksthe axe in the branch and holds the hanging rope. The mighty :branch then fall to the ground. , Having cut off all the necessary branches, he throws the rope to a man on the ground and scales down t o the bottom.

Now comes the main felling, with a great notch cut in ,one side of the tree about three feet up from the.ground. It 4sAo this side that the tree will fall. They then begin to saw from the other side. When they have sawn to a little distance from the notch, they begin to hammer in iron wedges into the sawcut. The number of wedges necessary depends on the tree. I t may need as many assix,penetrating as much as six inches,~f only two, penetrating two inches.

Then comes the tense moment when the tree begiris to fall. It gathers momentum and then, - CRASH! The ddst rises and the tree jumps along theground, ripping bark from its side. Rdund about, the earth vibrates and even the buildingsshake. The work is not yet finished, for the big job of cutting the tree into logs has yet to be done. A drink can sometime8 be had by cuttinga hole in the underside 'or' t 'hetreeand holding-a cup under the cut. The drink is Well deserved!

- At break the b & y s ~ u s h o u t tosee what damage the>-* has done. They tear off pieces of bark. which -are used WT to bogganing down the Lushy slopes. The logs are used for 4k$ld'i@ and fifewood. This i s t h e fate of the mighty traa. A hung ? ed yfeari growth, destroyed in a few hours. Hro3, ii~ddbd); are the mighy fallen/ ' - 1 .; ,.1

Sam Powdrill.

lT& Rise and Fall of 8#. XI Mmarcky. ! * ; i<

C * /h- 'd , ,~ . . ".I , . . No*: .Any r blancqo. a& $ah,. ,;WOW&, ,King of.

Prime Minister li dead is purely accidental. /

&courage the bays to fight each other, only vision. The wres'tliag club. '

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nt none were avail

69 was a very /lift &t sadifying+tiir tot'the sc+ool oir. Regular singing at Union Church forms the basisfor r choir efforts, but there were highlights during th'e year at will remain in the memories of the boys.

The choir combined with St. ~ i l d a ' s t o present a n Easter service of lessons and music in March. The 'Et Incarnatus Est' was oaf of thfs, bqst presented pie* .stang during the whole year. However the dirkax of (he ter@'s ~inging -came in the presentation of the 'Pirates of ~ & @ ~ r & e *

,when all thyLJc,hoir took part in (he choruses ~ r s a n i - ~ a s soloists. 'Highly successful' could describe' the ' kc ool presentation of the 'Pirates' and those c$o,hy t. :Sullivan-;@nes ^L

were sung for some months around Lushinghin* J

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,Â¥"* - . THe bbys took pa'rt in a combined singing of' a Baph , cantata iW August. The cantata;. Praise Jehovah, cantata

no. 11, was a demanding undertaking but the final result r f was both pleasing and of a reasonable standard. ,

The last three months of the chbh invohd in a)q$,oi preperation and public singing. The interschool fes- tfyal in September was a worthwhile kcasioh, and the choir

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sang "~ozart ' s iGloria' from the 12th. mass. The Scripture Union choirs festival'whs another very ehjoyible gathering

y q o u s schools in thp hills join- ]dtil$,horys. Thk l e e &dien,ce b'kpeaking on d i n g tht3&n@e and the childrert cer'tahkly 'S^ng

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. . The last weeks of 1969 for J.ushington +re in November ,.tgbe t h e school .yearlfinishes. Christmas is adficipated with -,<W?1? and a 7er?i& Which centre on the corning of our Loid * - *,,

to e'arth. Two carol setvices .were a f i t ting end to a busy year of music: the first in %.Stephen's *fth St. HildaJsgirls, a service it1 a - c ~ ~ ~ e $ with @ne a ~ o t i p t ~ e , ,and surromdiugs; the second a' very keenly aiitici ted c^riibiftirig wkh Heb- ron. a service of fine singing to the glory of the Lord.

ELECTRONICS c - . i ' i

gsnlt t f r a t g l ! . . q @ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ i q ' n ? ip9?2er&hemf) toeat supper on Wednesday evening. The

term ended for the cooking club by a party prepared by the -

club itself, to which splec~eg3 staff wece invited;,, ,A hilarious speech by Mr. Jenkins an,4 9 , g , ~ ~ d 'ixa.oy^e p J the poor acoustics of the building wqwed, Miss W-igtkQs Was hear- tily thanked afterwards. The d b',yqs very' @joyable and besides providing çsçf ho.w44 ! ge saved i ts members , . from malnutrition. . ,!, .

, I ~ r ~ a o l ~ i l l ~ t t e ; Std. XI.

,. / , - ,; @f k'i After the exertions of "l%ei~irates of Penzaace* it was $j$&+y~

decided n&i to Ita've a Senio group this year. How- & $ -A --$

ever the junior Drama club ularly uodeir the able leadership of Miss Sargant. ain production came near the end of the yea+. They u't oft an amusing half hour play, entitled *the W ~ C - ~ w&h p&rf-ed the valuable

ting that pieople who aresnobs usually fools ot themselves. The play was

rschool and others as well, and was / muchenjoyed, .

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' ~ ~ H E B R O M - L U S ~ G T ~ N SOCIALIST PARTY(

e &me t& near the girls, With nervousness, they fainted.

s on twe

the nty

beys, when asked to close the- , "All the girls wc~ild sere-"i tfae half .anhourwestayedt lr -= s

-,&nd ne'er vent near ead save in one deep, deep corner

iag's sister and,@brothqq~ - 1

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Finally condescended

ana otfaer i n k

The girls did not get any.

Another hour passed, Still no one made a move. The Hebron-Lushy staff Said. "Me oh my, how groov We are glad you have + And now it's time to go. We it's such a pity, We you loved it so."&

P. Bone, Std. XI

Part I V

B L U S H

A Trip around the Cag -...(or a Visit to the Clabrooms)

CHESS: After many technical discussions by Mr. Ingleby, we managed a'hurried intervie busy man. "I can safely say there is real talent here; especially in the form of Mark Watson who is a formidable player. He is closely pressed by Sam Gupta." We noticed that all 11 members looked like they could beat Mr. Ingleby, especially as he sprained his ankle and dislocated his shoul- der during the first game. Chess demands concentration and develops foresight and character (we hope!).

COOKING: This week's favie 'recipe; Scones: I l b flour, punch of salt, an ounce of margarine (never use butter), teaspoon ba ing power, 4 pt. milk. Cook as for scones. Enough for 100 Lushy boys. The club members seemed to do more eating than cooking. Reporters appre- - ciated samples. "Miss Wilkins, what are your plans for the fatore?"'

PHOTO: Our reporters ere unable to enter the Dark room. Text for the wee : Men love darkness' rather than light.

LIFESAVING: I t is rumoured that one member of the Club cannot swirnp Master: "H,a+e you saved anybody's life?" Lifesaver: "Well, only Powdrill's." Master: "It wasn't worth it. was it?"

Big Scare fbr photogtaphy Club:% ' . ,

'Miss 'waglina rushed into our newsroomi to fep'ort the. cdm- @ete failure of allthe dormitory photographs! ! "1 1 am I not sure!, "she exclaimed, "mais we will know by six heures,"

The story is that an ine ienced junior member of club forgot to dilate the (vat 84, 1872). However supersensitive film survi saving the school ufitold heures of re-posing- (Blush)

ress. Here is 2 '

future entrants: Madame: Quelle Nameless: Qui! Madame: Que fait le temps? Nameless: Rep6tez-vous le qu Madame: Que fait Ie temps?

peut-stre. Nameless: Jyai dix-neuf ans e Madame: (tr&s vite): NOR, Qae fait Ie temps aujonrd' bai?~ Nameless: Ah-! Oai! II est d e w heures e t demi!' ,

Madame: Bah! (alternativeiy, Madame could 'have said, "'Scritch, scritch, scritch, gaffaw".)

as Blush's

md edi propaganda, will cease produc- -~n this nationalised and the editors are to be deported The Morning Star is a small ecclesiastical journal which pro- mises to be good if the reporters can get some more up-to- date news. After all, i t is 1,900 years since John the Baptist was killed. Rush, if as good as its title should go over wen.

The Sporting World naturally got a mention.

STAFF-STUDENT SOCCER MATCH: Ruff, tuff, and puff! An enthusiastic crbwd of a t -least fifteqn (it was .not compuEsory) watched a great tussle on Tuesday. Mr. Butter-

field scored a magnificent (only) goal for the staff. W. Ties- sen looked like a Baseball goalie! Mr. Adams made a great diplay, although he was a little over-dressed! My. J'enkins made? bbme notable short sharp dashes (and even more

JÃ lodgish paused). Mr. Wood obvioqsly thpufebt b e was pldying rugby. Of course, seasoned s tudsnl p1~yyr.s~ like Chittendeh and Griffiths, stood u p well to ,the ~ q $ ) Ã § ~ g h t "

Other gobd players were Mr. Ingleby aqd PO#, rehman; ~t rkat fe i ld and the res tof the school team. , ' , '.> A

Staff ' repor t Puff.ipufi! (Blush) . 1 a.I , . , I

GREAT FOOTY FIASCO ! Over-con6dent after the first staff-student match, Mr. Adams bad the fixture repeated last Saturday. Result: Students won 8-Zook. Mr. Chote broke a r i b (he i s not allowed to laugh-doctor's orders) and Mr. Ad'ams tore a muscle. MI' J e n k i p s " ~ ~ ~ ~ uninjured (he did not play!). , , . .

Goodbye Gra. A? promised we will attempt to describe ,

some of our prominent leaven. Gra is a permanent cycle repairer with a permanent sore ankle. I n his spare time he has captained the Senior cricket and football teams. He is- Lushy's oldest ~urviving student, 800 metres record holder and winner of the MRC medal a t the Inter school sports. Che only Lashy boy actually s e q with two Hebron girl friends together a t the same time simultaneoosly (Blush). Chitty, hero of Gardens dorm lojigs for a quite wife (error, please read -'life"), wants to pass "A" Levels. Going to Eitham College Peter St r~atfe i ld wants todosome farming before returning to England. Benjy Qaniel is going home to Dar-es-Salaam before joining a n older brother (Thomas) at Colstons near Bristol. DKB is hoping seven GCE sub- jects will earn him an air-nfle and a cycle. Paul Warner is keen t o be "H~me"-home was never like this. Y VC has further studies ahead, then college! Slack is not sure whether his country cousins will own him with his English accent! Pattemore is wisely going *uth. They say New Zealand is the most amazing country in this world.

IMAGINATION AND ADVENTURE

ItAAGINATION AND ADVENTURE ' A HISTORY OF T H E CHITALDRUG PORT

This fort was built by the local Chitradurga chieftairis in the sixteenth century. The nearby peasants gave crops in return for protection by the fort. There were Attacks by the surrounding half dozen forts, but they were at all times unsuckessfal in defeating Chi taldrug.

The fort takes u p about five square miles, a,nd there are seven walls, arranged in concentric-circles, which vary in thickness from some 6 to 12 feet. One can only move from one gate to the next by a zig-zagged passageway and this makes certain of a cautious approach by attackers. B a t t k - den t s also guard the passages. By each gate a small '%y& of a needle*' gate stands. A thirty foot moat surrounds the fort.

Inside theie are the characteristic temples. It seems that the chieftain used to swing on a huge stone swing. He would swing until sufficient height was reached t o see an idol in one of the temples on a nearby hill. When high enough, he would do puja to the idol as he was swinging:

There isan eighty foot high notched stone tha t tlw ould climb daily. He would light a lamp which

was kept-coatinuonsly burning. Also in the fort there was a gymnasium, a boxing room, a barracks, a treasure house, a palace and a ghee well in which were kept many gallons of ghee.

Torture was by making the victim insufferably dizzy by swinging him on a type of not-so-merry-go-~on~id.

I t was not until the.eighteenth century that Tippu Sul- tan took the fort by day, while the inhabitants'slept. expecting attack by night. A spy had seen a woma'ri enter, after two years of siege; carrying milk, through a skle door; With French help, they entered this way qnd slaughtered dl'im sight. There is a story that wh'ile in Tiipu's control, a n bi$lish@an, disguised as a pedlar, entered the fort arid- fottd$'his father w h o was being held prisoner thkre. He ortly just excapedi'

- 1 . .I There is amusem here today, in one of the walls; and

the coins, guns and cannons are among the exhibits which make rhe place yell worth a visit -Daryl Tiessen, Std VIII.

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MALVALLI ' - 3 , $ , , . 2 -+is'. <

We went to Malvalli Boys Home. I l ls nice thefa. I ' I% played qi,ce games do ,there. We were keeping the :haus

jtttftst of the time. We stayed for three weeks. We went to %im.g~.bar qui@ lot of times. We went to twoi .wat$@s, &j^as a nice. timà there, , . .

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ATREASU~EADVENTURE J L . . , a

- ~,i11 f^id Jack were tramping. across the hot, ,ho,& 'sand qi,:Aus tral a's mighty desert. Thair two days' tramp frcm .AJ,ice Spriqg~~faad left both own utterly exteosted, and.Bill asked Jack hyw far be thought it <ra froin thenearest to? - "Bout twenty miles, if em direction is right," Jack t

'WeH, I was jast tfnnktog that oor water supply is enfe for only a few h s sore," remarke4 BiU*

Later that evening, whik ag tor supper,, Bill thbugh t be saw movement, ay t ma* ' by a hmfta'n some way off. "LASS of this aoasexue, and lets get on with

sapper and bed," Jack ,rebuked7 Both were tired and this' W d ote their nftrves. , ,

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Jack'was wokta next morning by'a figure bending* lover h i m ! 'Sosooner did he sit apt than tbe uninvited stranger crashed to tbe gmwd in a fai~ap. two tmweHers ma- lized afcowe that this IMESI hawe been the movement of last night, that w lay before them They, gave him of their p r e t q .water, and he revived eftoogli to offer tbew a m m - pled -@pi. which showed, be said. the where$boqts of a trp- spps+bo+ Th* stmnge~,'having +he$ them all t h p bç i@bei<xell de-wry& quftst, lay back and. died. , , . * , . % . - z a ?

o did n p n his kennel gl One day a pig he d i

v 41 And to a pond tlpy . r2 .L 23

yivts ,%*to - iUffiMitu Then in the pond did piggy swim. - . .-È^ "T

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Then the pig did there climb out, Pushed in the goat with his long saioat.

THE TOWER OF LONDON When in England, we decided to visit the famous Tower

of London, No sooner were we in the tower, having gone through the outer wall, than we met a beefeater who was taking a guided tour around the Tower. We joined the party, glad to have some exoert knowledge on our explora- tion.

Our first s top was the "Bell Tower". Here it was tha t a bell would sound its ghastly knell, heralding an execution. No less a person than "Good Queen Bess" had been held in this tower; along with Sir Thomas More and the Duke of Monmouth.

perhaps the mostinteresting places was the traitors' gate. Phis is wide enough t o let barges through. In days gone by the crowd would watch t o see if the guard stood in front, axe on shoulder, a s this betokened the fate of any prisoner within. ~ h e ' p e o ~ l e , hungry for entertainment, would hurry t o Tower Hill if there was to be a n execution.

Opposite Traitors' ga te s tands the "Bloody Tower' formally known as the "Garden Tower". I t is here tha t the two boy princes were probably murdered.

One can s e e t h e room where Sir Walter Raleigh was kept , and inside there is on show s6me of his papers, and the execution block. The portcullis mechanism can also be seen; and very sound it looks too!

Our next sight was tha t of the place where the block @as positioned for royal 'executees'. Sometimes special permission for a private death would be granted here. The Reforming king's wives me t their f.ylte a t this spot along with Lord Hastings and lady Jane Grey.

The Jewel House was under repair, so we made for the chapel of S t Peter ad vincula Here lies buried the heads of the executed. There are probably hundreds of heads beneath where we walked.

The "White rower", built of white stone from Nor- .

xpandy, was originally a Norman keep, and is now an ideal P g c e for a museum Among the historical weapons and implements of war, can be seen the armour of King Henry Till. A view of the torture devices, and of the dungeons, completed a delightful, i f rather sombre, t w r of that centre of English history. - Philip Stockley, Std. IX.

ONHUNTING A Red Deer went through. the wood,

, A great dog followed as close as he could; More dogs pocsued behind the first, . And all did suffer from hunger and thirst. The Red Deer tie did tura a t bay. And forced thedogs from oat his way, Leaping add bounding' through the wood, And sped away, as best he could.

Philip Bird, Std . VII.

I AWAIT M ATE.

1i was a dark night, the darkest that I had ever known; indeed, so dark was it, that i t was necessary to dismount and lead my horse. Everything was quiet; as quiet as death itself. I had never been a friend of quietness, and this night was no exception. With all my hearing sense keyed up, I listened-listened for the short bu sadly signal.

One minute I was walking, but the next crawling. Eating nothing for two days had left me weak. So also was the fate of "Old Ben" my horse; he was little more than skin and bones. But I knew that I had to keep going. I was weak, and they were strong. Never was a man in less fit condition to fight several strong men.

Suddenly I tensed and reached for my rifle. If I was to die I would die fighting. Far off in the distance, I had certainly heard the call of a bugle calling the army t o order. You must be wondering how I got my self in such a situa- tion. Well I must begin a t the beginning.

At eighteen I had joined the army to get tough. A-fter a couple of months training civil war had broken out. I was dressed i n the familiar uniform I was mighty proud a t first of my smart blue attire, but I lived to hate i ts exis- tence. Our regiment was Soon called to the fighting line. It took no time a t all to get accustomed to the ghastly sights of war.

I beard, one day, that some rebels had been caught. They were brought into our camp in their grey uniform. I was stirprised at how young they appeared t o be. As my gaze shifted, I suddenly stiffened. for there in front of me, was the very man who had killed my brother. Anger boiled up inside me as I watched him moving about alive and well while my brother lay dead. I managed t o restrain myself from falling on him, and turned away. I kne though, that deep down inside me I would meet him again; then 1 would have a gun in hand.

And so i t ha I shot him in wid

"Wo days I had escape seemed they had caught up with vae,

I knew tha t I shookl have to shoot the horse, for it was now beginning to slow me up. i was only prevented from fear, lest t h e shot should give me away The bogle sounded again:and closer this time. I was rteariy sick with fear and felt utterly panic stricken. To collapse would be my undoing, b u t I was oo hero and knew that I could not go on much lmger.

All at once I felt the neck muscles of old Ben tighten and I swung my rife into a firing itioa. Then my attac- ker was upon me I fired, and the wild beast I now knew it t o be, was mome stunned. Bat with a ferocious snarling i t was on n and I hadn't the strength to fight i t off. My horse came to the rescue and struck the cat a mighty blow. Old Ben had saved my life.

A couple of hours later I s picked up, having fallen unconciouson the track. I a t the sentence of the court- martial with almost as much fear as I had felt for the approaching Hoops the night before.

Ken Lehman, Std. X.

MONSOON

The rain, i t is a-falling, The lightning i t is flashing, The thunder i t is booming, The trees, they a r e a-swaying. And as I lie a-bed a t night, The thunder makes me all affright, Outside the trees they are a-falling, And the cold, strong nd is fiercely poagding.

Paul Gill Std. VI

ON THIS SIDE OF THE RIVER

The wave-tossed skiff lurched on the heavy seas, its human crag0 bailing the cold water back into the wind- swept ocean. I t was a mad wolf frothing a t the mouth, its stiff tangled hairs standing on end, with a lollong tongue hanging oat from between i t s merciless fangs, that poised, ready to inflict their ghastly work on a fe innocent victims. Yet these brave souls bailed with unfailing energy, with sweat-matted foreheads and blistered hands.

t Eli@ lifted his eyes towards the horizon, gry clouds drifted slowly across the sky, and ed, but still the men h q h t to live. Two

days passed, and the wind slightly subsided, but the dark sea reflected the greyness of the clouds that collected over- head. Another day passed and the mercury dropped, leaving them in the bitter cold, for to keep warm was impossible. They . huddled together for the long hours of night, but none of them succeeded in getting so much as a cat-nap. The nights were passed in torture, bailing, keeping warm and trying to sleep.

The sixth day had dawned, and many had begun t o look across the river: all ere starved. But for the lieute- nant and his leadership, theirmorale would have long left them. Bat their empty stomachs gnawed so ruthlessly that Bligh knew he could do little for them in the long run.

was two days after this that the cloyds reassembled gan to poor out torrents of ,rein. on tothe increasing

waves. Those who could bailed, and at the same time

David Parker, Std. IX. .

There was a young nurse from Vellore, W h o got stuck in arotary door,

Her plight was so serious, She soon went delirious

And then she fell dead on the floor. Peter Brambleby, Std. IX.

THE LUSHY BUTTERFLY

The jÇ!fip,m&ainin three forestry officers, was tk&i along a rough jurigle track in a game reserve a t the foot of the Nilgiri Hills. I t was i n theearly evening and the jungle was jvtst waking fwm its day's rest whenthe men in the

- jeep heard a trepGiidoas cracking and crashing in the bamboos over to the Ielt. Suspecting an elephant in front, the d r i v e quickly switched oft the engine. I f , wasn't long before an elephant did appear before them. 1t 'Stopped when it spied tlik weep. ' . ..

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A'%& in'front lay- a dried u p river, across which lay a bridge. The elephant lambered towards the bridge. The drivermade afal&'%tart in his panic, and' the furious elephant turned on the jeep, let out a trumpeting and p a d e ,

towards the men. They alt bailed,out. One of the, ipcp - cl,imlyd a tree and another ran back down the road,, while the third hid himself in a bamboo patch. The elephantran + - into the jeep,flattening its radiator. I t then turned on the -. - tde ' that t h e man had' clihibed, and after several -slow dkh"&te ~ v e m i p t s ' s t i m e d z to loSe all reason"; with a" ,:ifaL

fil'fftd^Ftnri#t, it, rushed ifi^o the tree. TBe officbr 'sh-$it@T - xs f i t f &çl&,,"t'hdlig notlp "$tnUd corqt. Patting his tAlit" % * irfiibd the tr$k '4p-y p,ilIlili(, (he ekph&nt tMfiitfla '^& $&: tM@bfit'((È!> " TKe4dit'll w>s$fckid up, liftedr'6ikiiafoW -**z-:+

tiie"&l$phint's heapand fhdn 'sent' hashing to'th'&gfiiub 1 ?hi'$& in the&amboo's heard h e screams of matt'

ti& %& l'i/€ + Mard the sick'ehihg crutoch 'of b6h t h e body hit the, ground, and the squelch of tusks $f&

- the body and pinning I t to the ground. i

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TurningAts attention next t o the man i n the bamboos. the elephant charged the spot where i t thought the man to be. The officer had, however, made for the narrow arches under the bridge. Undaunted, the beast climbed on to the bridge and the terrified man felt a cold trunk curling over from the top to reach him. He made a dash for the other side and the elephant tried his trick again from that side, but was unable t o reach his prey. An hour later the beast gave u p and wandered slowly off. The man crept from the bridge and made his way down the road, not pausing tolook a t his dead comrade beneath the fallen tree. At the next village he found the third man, vho . able t o tell him tha t the elephant had been shot a t b chers. Elephants never forget !

Paul Field, Std. X.

CONCERNING A PIRATE , There was a young pirate in the days of gold,

Who never did but cease to think himself bold. But when at night he climbed into bed, He pulled the blankets right over his head. For always at night he was in such a fright,- As once he had seen a ghost, shining bright.

David King, Std. VI.

UN PETIT CHIEN INTELLIGENT Dans le jardin de moil voisin habite un petit chien. I 1

est brun, e t il a les oreilles grandes. 11 aime l&cber les mains des enfants qui jouent avec Paul, Ie maitre du chien; e t il agite la queue quand it entend Paul. -

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La nai t i l ne dor i pas dam sa Ache derri4re la maison, e t il entend un petit bruit. 11 va an verger. Dans Ie pommier il regarde une figure. Crest un garcon qui vole les pommes e t 1es.iraises. Le chien aboie, mais Ie garcon ne descend pas do I'arbie. Soudain il sayte de 1'arbre e t Ip chien mord

Peter Martin Std. V I I

O N SPAM EATING PRINCESSES.

There was a princess from far-off Siarn, Who had a great passion for raspberry jam,

She couldn't eat ham, So she had to chew spam,

And this, she did think, was raspberry jam.

Ken Pullen, St& VIII.

Sea rambling, Fish timbliog,

Jumping, splmh, (Surviving fragment of the original) Down again down

Graeme FieJd, Std. VIII.

THE FIRST OOTONIANS THEY EXPLORED THE NILGIRIS

IffJanuary 1816 Colonel MacKenzie wrote a letter to the government from which the following extract is t - ' i k en: "I have put in this case ...... a copy of a m a p of the Nilgiri Mountains ... ... . . .a singular tract of mountainous country, situated centrally in the limits bet een the countries of Malabar, Mysore and Coimbatore. remarkable for their extraordinary height and for being inhabited by two singular tribes of people, discribhd to be dissimilar to the natives of the other provinces in habits, manners and complexion ....."

The first expedition- to the Nilgiris took place a t the end of 1602 or in the early months of the next. year,, an account of which is preserved a t the British Museum, in the form of a Portuguese manuscript. I t all began a t the Synod of Vdiampur when Archbishop Menezes received infor- mation about the mystical coontry of Todanaala. where a remnant of the Syridn Chnrch were supposed t o live. '

However the story said that these Christians were strayed sheep, who had not been baptised or taught. The Portugnese Prelate, Fransisco Roy (or Roz) sertt a priest and a deacon, ' who, though they reached Todamala, did not bring backany reliable or valuable information. Following this the vtce-

president of the Jesuits sent a priest named Jacome Ferreire (or Fininicio) with a team to baptise these Christians. He left his home town, Calicut, and penetrated the jungle which was infested "with tigers, elephants and other ferocious beasts", and, of course disease.

Finally Ferreire proceeded to a ~ a d a g a Village known as Maleuntao via Manareate. (Silanaur, Melur or Mel- kundah): However, Maleutao was on the lower plateau, and therefore he could not have seen the site of Ooty.

The hill women were pleased ith the trinkets that they received, but otherwise the expedition met with the little success. Ferreire was most disappointed to learn the followitig.*three facts:

a) The inhabitants of Todamhla wdre not Christians.

b) The inhabitants of Todamla had' never heard of . Christians.

c ) ,The inhabitants of Todamala did not want to- t . >

become Christians. ,

l?erreire to return, but was unable todo so, leaving gF'$- the rodas qndisturbed lor nearly two hundred years. Je*"

In 1800 a Scot came on to the scene. Dr. Buchanan.

I The Marquis of Wellesley had ordered him to make investi- gations iuto the conditions of newly annexed Mysore and Coimbatore. Thus, for one day, he climbed the hills from Dfivenaikenkott4, the one time base for Tippu Sultan's garrisons who occupied the forts of Malaikotai and Hulikal Drug. Having climbed some distance up the Outer Nilgiris Guchanan reached a n Irula village which was called Arakad (Arakod). He wrote that he was refreshed by the cool water of a fine perenniel spring, which in India was a rarity.

1 A$,the same time, Colonel Mackenzie had been given the job of surveying this same area. However unlikely it is tb.t th.e Colonel ever climbed the hills himself, i t is almost certain the at least oneof his assistants .did. The surveying. .-

y. 1818, Sullivan took a Frerich ifftTlraltet eith him (and doctor, Assistant Surgeon loses, to .look aftef the sickly M. &aehnault) intothe hilts itsbere t h y probable - set up camp at Dimhatty. The sick man revi1re3 in two days in the healthy climate of the hills.

Then again, a -party in&luding a woman *en4 into tht? hills, This was Itfay* and obviously the lady was Mrs.

tire cialiector 'binaself probaly led t h e part*. - that tbef saw Ooty at this time. -

There is.. som,e.dqqfet-~s, $9 whether. Sulliv^n actttdly disicqerftd Ooty's site or not. The crucial ,letter says, "Since -e rne to ih,isplqce.in May, 1818-'^ Whether this place

dpub& If it was in fact more likely is the follow-

.ing, theory. I t-has been proved that an anonymous group of - . 'fiuripeans stopped i t Dpnb~tty in 1821. This party had GV'I usly #?rived ,at Mootcwtty Bett {Makerti Peak) Kthe

' e fore. According to ..+p account of this spxmd Yew expedition, they marched to Wotokkinand on the 22nd of February, where they experipoced high winds and intense cold. Ice formed on their ph,qtjti, and. when camping just

Mu@$! f#, the,(mperatare droppe +,henbeit. , .. , .

house in Ooty, in 1623. Tm & where this narrative must cease, for this Victorian fa i l ! resort hadcome into bein

t tet qvid Parker, St&-IX. t

STUDENTS

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enjoyed to the 1

JOHN DAVIE5

- 'Jbhtt'h~fes de~ifeiil^ctI %iskin tt!rdting< Vancouver and then i?&k&a: Wr"s<(ht~dl+i My teacher is Mr. MacDonald and the prin Kenxie. This winter we hA<i a'LOT of saow. We each had a sleigh. W e are on a kit o(,a slop - - I ye didn't have to

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I have not forgotten you all and do pray much for yotit 3eblfir'f6rGodAthefe in Ooty ...... . I surely miss., h&e in Canada, the natural beiaaty which displays God's handiwork. :&fbr living in India <or just over 18t years ( ~ n d a. godd

t Art ofsthat'time in Ooty and Coonoor) you can imagine (W I miss the ilaountainsand the thick green grass arid

greenery of the tropics. But I don't mean to sound a s if @aitmmplaining, for the Lord has been very gracious. I fcav<;enjoyed my time in Canada and know I will in the f m r e 09 long as He keeps me here.

Richardson and I

refers to his f i a n c e here, but by" another 'post A. Darling received a wedding announcement fof

St 30th 19'69 so that by now Miss Richa,rdsori htfa rise@&. Fordharh ) . '

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. . J t - NICHOLAS HACKING

Nicholas wrote briefly to say that he had already had (A loofcat his new school, Charterhouse; and was lookjig - . . &ward to taking up his studies there. , .. < *

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LARRY SLACK. WRI~ESS ,

,I got my, G, C. E. results .yesterday after a long and S8*4L3w. journey ( i t toot sjx weeks).

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, ~ e q d totell you how pleased I was with a, ., surprised, especially with 'Latin and, , Mr. Wood w+'even more surprised. I hopeeverybody el&

%li6 fared Well; ....... .'A@rt from G . C. E. school Marts a We& from t d a y and I don't know how I will fit ift yet.

%&-'~ath~' will probably be a pain, and toaybe History'. I'll writ@ later add tell yea how i t is. , - *

I we? wrftas: 'In case ,yourha paftie'd last July and 'he i s

"Mfs'Dewey and11*hive not- t she is a real

o serve the Lord,

UL WARMER WRITES

e ~1~worls'eid.riwtt~~rtha aibiir..il'<ain-doing Kflglishi vel and also Economics for

- 3 i ' . : , - I met i e n j i ~ a n i e l in b n d m a *If term Ad'

doing Maths, Physics and Chem, for '"Levd Th doing the same nation. I ~a going to see Chris Chittenden in a ys time

Accrediting is a system they have here wher&*Â¥ifiyd alj year.you don't haye .to sit. the exam. I wasn't

$ 6 ~ for this suck 'I hadn'f been iff l!h&"'>!8ki(t~~'l~rl one $.fe<y. ,J foanfl t&e'@or^ reasons bly e i & ~ e x e ' ~ t a r ~ 8 a l t t t y irhfe'h h a h a good deal more taflvftiicfid. ;'Any fety t' came to the exams I found them reasonably easy too .... I got the results a couple of week and found that I had passed in all ~&.8Kl)fjfrdts 'I%M *...*a going into the upper sixth this year to try for a scholarship or bursary.

i ' Vyà bad,a~m;st 21 have 14 more so I won't have been working on my uncle's farm my money.

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 IC gpt driver's license ~oveEfllxr.' ~ o w , k ~ f n . ' J & i an6th~anace on this roads when I get &+'Car. ? h e 3 <s$ i& terribly I ~ z y here. No oqà walks very far,even in s o d $ $ , $, A

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- Y $ . 6 , ' Ã \f

For *A' ~e>els I am doing Geography, History and Art. ^fS enjoying nay Geography arid Art bat I'm" finding the

$@ory rather difficult because we are d&g 1750-.18t&~ri4 I don't ha* any of the basic background knowled&e. r S ^

it msao. a lot of reading in the Christmas holidays* . 'i ... . . - 'tin ft prefect in the El tha* College jtinior school here; Oter'Hoose is called the 'Grange:' Ratherlike Lushy',b:bfll , . m e privileges of coarse1 - $ i.!...t!f?ef

(In a later k& he 'cont iak) Smix my last letter the holidays have come and gone. I saw Paul

the end of last term. His haif @as i&tft~t Ibnger at Loshy? I received a Christtttas card . fiawa arid have corresponded with David Babk~'~%IMs*

or twice. And of course I have been hearing f i~ ia i'&ttji 1 and Paul Warner quite a number of times. (I will

seeing BeftJi daring bUs half4erm, to 'talk abobt 'old 'll?) . .

KANGAROOS.

Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins with help from other interede.3 folk arranged a Lushy-Hebron reunion in Sydney (of ail 'places I) Here are some extracts about the people who were there from one of Mr. Jenkins letters, . . .

We bad a Luahiagton-Hebron re-union in Sydney yesterday and I am sure you will be interested to know who was there* There were 27 of us altogether.

. The Patternores leave Sydney for New Zealand next ~ & k : They are looking we11 although" Mrs. Patt'ena~re has her arm in plaster having broken it 6 weeks ago. passed his university entrance exams, 6 subjects, i q ~ i p Latin, but may still do another form 7 year lpfo~e-g^i@g to UnL Philip said that Paul Napper phpned , biw,

, Melboarne, but Philip did nothing bat listen to Paul's chatter for thewhole three minutes.

. David Skillicorn is t a l k and fatter bo,t stilLyyy fauch a school boy. The Tranters of coarse were very' mticb .ja$ home racing around the Gardens. I a n wore h.k @la&' and . . . ' goldsportsshirt. . :, , . : .

The Ktrkwoods are really still recovering 'froti -'~ddiafl They have not been really cleared medically yet, but think ,tide will fix that. They have been on the*coasttbnt tfaaae to Sydney for a small carrecti~e eye operation for Ghetyl.;' :: '\ ,~s= . - , ; , . > a . > c

&lr. Tamer was there with Donald and little .&cktthey teemed really fit. . . . , - ..,: s i i . .-s..z-

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Mr* Jenkins goes on to say: I t was , a lovery day-tl$ Gardens are beautiful. We Hadlunch togeth&,'took 'a "few photos, exchanged addresses and before leaving Mr. Tprner prayed for us all and also for, the schools. It was ' a very happy day. . - .

1 coold have stayed home to finish my course 'but decided to come ith my family (i. e to India) as it may l>e m y last chance. Isam trying to arrange to coin4 to ; th$ - NUgiris in May if 1 am up to date with say course-. '' '

When I left in 1966 you had in.Mpda.c,ed:,rugby down on t h e Breeks oval. I

. used to do quite

JOHN 6' RAYMOND HOM£WQOD

< ' Mr. Homewood writes: Oa-r. children have seltkd wetf and are very happy* John gofcs to a large Higher Secondary School and is in Grade 12. Raymond is in Grade 6 amd is more fortunate,- his school is qght.across the road feom oay house. John is doing Grade 8 piaao (on the Canadian system) and sings in the school choral gioup. Soccer has become popular 111 Canada since we left tor India, and sw the two boys have foundla sport they can fit into -with their. Lushittgtos ~ports.experienee. 'Army -wise' John is playing in the ~hchÑ^tra$eile &lor-fb Toronto corps ,.Yottth &in&

t , . andRa-yIttOddis Itt the learners\sectioa. : . . . , . 3 :

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John himself writes: The weather been re&y cold. nt most of my time playing hock I found that it ae of the best ways of mailing friends who have thtf

sa te iirtires-tg? yon. ~ast-fli &@e <rf bee~siag~;ini&iholtr faisiiy got real sic?+ with this *?Tong Kong' flu, and I was irt fgr two Wh&le7weeks. ' Luckily, I Aidnet miss too much .as ac b t efthe kids wereaway. Tha most important thing f ~ t ~ s e d wai a whaler Iut <rf h d e y gadres I didn'tplay in< .

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I got my t e r m res,nlts not. long ago, and I did pretty ~$11 for nary<first t e rn back. Music Was thre top subject wKK #% an4 Ctrean*stry the bottom with <%.The average #a?:~2%, pretty good I thought. It's interesting - here &&as& if I p'ass'all my subjects with over 60% this next term; t i#oi^t have to &-rite airy final exam. I'm also doing 4 typing coarse at home because most af oar hist& essays a$d repefts have tube typed. I piay ia OUT p a t h bh<t iff <yter &i$b and the kids are really great. I haven't get a #rifriiyrd now, Ar fw the last 4-5 ratonthsf but I * ~ ~ r g o h g oat with one this Saturday, unless ?get too shy.

1. arsh writes: Joka is work-ing. still in the Croydoa chiteek's office. He is very macb hoping toget

architeetare. In

school and his standard of work is

and, 1966-70) . .

suddenly to Hi&& an i me tor scooter accident^ He took tram aof H e had no taw ettdow-

nts. Mr. T ~ p s s e s s ^ ( i in marked degree tbe required abilities far his careful and prayerful AMUsgry as pastar, teache~, preacher and editor (of "Tfce Herald &:

'*I. Hebad b6ea given, too, many skills of hand and eye, dafcidg his experieaced advice OB practical

hig-faly valited aod also l&ding-to enthusiaatk in sport which was appreciated izi Losh*ton.

voice enriched the services h Union i3mcfa . i der, be was no hermit in a schelariy cett

fort bright bttt friendly personality , allied to mature eat, enabled him to win the confidence and friend-?

ship of others and to lead them. His interest is the yoe~rg and his understanding of affairs made him a valuable meiftbc~ of the Lubhnigton nt Goaainittee and of the Hetnon CounciL

ave I w e A t te Efst 16' sa<i1' boat the indwelling Christ

Lord except as a sinner om Cfatistim pat eats Mf. tmths and l a t e yielded

himself teChrist, not oaly as Saviour but as Lord. He answered the caH to serve the Church asapastortedtater-as'

d cotne to leave

likelihood, the Union Ch-iawh' in Ootacatwtnd called him iff eife and family, he nkovcdf

and payers, however,. a vety important place.

g area has cosiaaeatetf

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