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OFFICIAL MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF THE CHANEL PUBLISHING GROUP - July/August, '66

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Editorial List of Contributors "The Incredible Journey" Letters to the Editor 'Oh: Chanel, shame on you, Chanel l ' - Gerard Noonan In the Library - "The Fatal Impact" Alan Moorehead "Supervision Blues" - Mark Wilson Under 16 Basketball Report - L. Arundell Science Club Report "The File on Hugh Anzac - A 'Well Adjusted' Australian"

- W. F. Davey, C. F. Sharpley "A Play for all Time" - R. Napthine The Hermitage Leaving Social - P. Britt The Kilbreda Dance "All their own work ... " The Hermitage Social - P. Britt

"Vietnam - Why, and should we ? ,! - C. Sharpley Senior Play Night 1966 Junior Play Night 1966 An Art Exhibition - C. Napthine "Could Chanel be Doing More?" - W. F. Davey Chanel Bushwalkers - Father Caldwell, S. M. Football Basketball SYNOPSIS: Second Episode of "The Unusual Teapot"

"Vietnam, whether it be good or evil" (Inserted by F. Carroll) - Ivan Turgeniev (Adapted and slightly altered)

Crossword Puzzle

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EDITORIALDear Apathetic Desert-booted Chanel No-Hoper!

We hate to take up your time, but we feel there t s something to be talked over. You see, we're worried about you. Actually we're worried about your education. You see, we know you're going to Chanel and that'll take some living down. After all Chanel isn't such a 'hot' school, and attending it isn't a status symbol. There is no status in a school where disrespect flourishes. And the trouble is, the status of your education haunts you in later life. Employers ask about it, society examines it carefully; and it affects the kind of person you are. You see now why we're worried for you. We just don't want you to ruin your life because you attended the wrong school. So why not make the change?

Change to a decent school; one that will be a positive influence in your life, not a drawback. We can recommend the very thing. It's run by some pretty knowledgeable blokes, with some decent ideas. Guaranteed to broaden your outlook too, a positive social asset. You couldn't do better.

Another thing, the kids there: they're all pretty worthwhile. You know, none of them bring the school's name down, and they're prepared to do something constructive, not just hangers- on. We know you'll like it.

Oh, the name? We hope it's 'Chanel ', Do you?

Yours sincerely,

The Editor, Champion.

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

M. Mulvany

M. Wilson P. Britt J. Haugh P. Mulvany J. Wrzesinski R. Napthine

THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY

M. Sheedy M. O'Toole K. Panozza D. Moorfoot J. Moulton G. Noonan C. Napthine

F. Carrol O. Arundell P. Britt P. Adkins M. Cahill S. Borzymowski

Just over 350 years ago Galileo began to study the skies with a telescope. In doing so he be- came the first man to study the surface of Mars. Over the past 350 years other astronomers have also watched the Red planet. For Mars alone of all the planets has a surface, such that permanent features on it can be studied from Earth. However, Earth is not the ideal place for observing Mars, or for that, any heavenly body. The atmosphere around the Earth is in

- a state of motion, and so distorts the light from outer space, destroying clarity of vision. Moreover, the atmosphere filters out all but a small portion of light that comes from outside it; in a way we are looking through a pane of smoked glass. Despite these drawbacks, astronomers have succeeded in finding out a lot about Mars.

Because they know more about Mars than any other planet, they had a lot of questions they

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wanted answered. Obviously, you can only ask why there is little rain in Central Australia after you've found that Central Australia is extremely dry. So with Mars: astronomers could make calculated guesses about conditions on Mars, and they wanted to find out more. It seemed that only by going beyond Earth could scientists obtain the extra knowledge they wanted.

NASA, the American space research body, had a way of going beyond earth: interplanetary rockets. Already at the start of the sixties several American Pioneers, and Russian Liniks, were in orbit around the sun as artificial planets. It was possible to build a rocket that could go into orbit around the sun that would bring it close enough to Mars for instruments to study the planet.

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory's staff set to work to design a suitable space-craft. Known as the Mariner series, four of these would be built, two for Venus probes, and two to study Mars. At first it was believed that an Atlas-Centaur rocket could be used to put Mariner into orbit. This gave Mariner a total weight of about 1,500 pounds. Unfortunately, the Centaur upper stage was too unreliable. The final booster, an Atlas-Agena, could only orbit a space-craft weighing about 580 pounds. Mariner had to be re-built and re-tested .

Finally however, Mariners III and IV were prepared for launching. Beginning in November, 1964, there would be a twenty-nine day period in which Mariner could be launched. Failure here would mean a 25 month wait. On November 5, one day late, Mariner III was put into orbit, but a protective covering failed to eject, trapping the space-craft in a steel cocoon. In the next 28 days a new covering had to be designed for Mariner IV. In the ore-flight testing someone felt unsure of a certain spare radio tube: it had blown up in models. So scientists obtained a piece of metal of the same weight and shaped it so that in space it would absorb as much radiation, reflect as much light as the tube. Also that the tube could be taken out, and not affect Mariner's performance.

Little things could affect Mariner's flight. Even the minute pressure of sunlight on the craft had to be allowed for if Mariner was not to end up 12,000 miles from the correct position. All the calculations about Mariner's path had to be done by computers: no man could ever navigate it.

On November 28, Mariner IV rose from Pad 12, at Cape Kennedy, and when in orbit, separated from the Agena booster. Its path would have carried it past Mars at a distance of 150,000 miles, a considerable distance. However, part of the mission was to use "a mid- course manoeuvre" to correct Mariner's course, so that it came within 10,000 miles of Mars. On the eighth day of its flight, a small rocket motor was fired, and Mariner was now heading straight to Mar s.

There had been fears that Mariner might run into heavy swarms of meteors, as the Russians Zond did, and be damaged. At first it seemed that the space craft was encountering steadily increasing concentrations of cosmic dust, but on the 145th day out the amount of dust began to decrease to a very low level.

The most significant experiment of the project was the photography of the Martian surface by television cameras. Five other instruments measured magnetic fields between earth and Mars, and studied the energies of particles in this region. A final instrument measured the impact of small meteoric particles, dust and the like. Mariner constantly radioed its findings back to Earth in a form of code: a series of 1' sand 0' s.

Finally on the 228th day Mariner came within 6,118 miles of Mars and, as it slid past the

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planet, took 22 pictures of the surface. Eleven hours later tape recorders began playing back the pictures. These were no ordinary photographs: each picture taken had been analyzed by a light sensitive device in the space-craft. The light intensity of thousands of little squares had been fitted into a predetermined code, that ranged from 0 to 64, for each complete photograph. A computer back on Earth had the task of using these codes to re-create the photographs. It also varied some of the intensities at random so that, if there was a mistake in de-coding the signals from Mariner, trained observers could select the photographs which could be best studied.

Obviously, it is still too early to make definite conclusions from the photographs but several points can be noted. First, the Martian surface, or at least the photographed portion, is pitted with craters remarkably like those on the moon. Secondly, Mars seems to consist of level plains: nothing indicates even hilly country. Finally, some photographs show a kind of fogging - as if the atmosphere were brighter than expected. Exhaustive tests carried out in laboratories seem to rule out the possibilities of something in the camera having gone wrong. It appears likely that there is something, possibly crystals of solid carbon dioxide, about 64 miles above the surface of Mars. The photographs show no signs of life on Mars: but it is worth recalling that analysis of thousands of photographs taken of Earth by weather satellites only several hundred miles up, reveals only two signs of life on Earth. One shows traces of a highway in Tennessee; the other shows faint lines which turn out to be a pattern produced by timbering operations in Ontario. Life on Mars? It's still an open question.

Computers have analyzed the photographs of the Martian craters and have produced diagrams showing their profiles. A study of the reflected sunlight could lead to knowledge about the surface structure and geology of the planet. To test this method similar photographs were taken of areas on both the moon and Earth to give the scientists experience.

What else has Mariner shown? We have found that Mars has no magnetic field like that of Earth's. Significantly, this could mean lack of a liquid core, which is believed to be the cause of the mountain building forces on Earth. We know that Mars acts as a form of vacuum cleaner, sweeping up dust particles as it orbits the Sun. A study of the distortion of the radio signals as they passed through the Martian atmosphere, shows it to be very thin, Finally, by studying the gravitational attraction of Mars on Mariner IV we can calculate the mass of Mars, and distances within the solar system more precisely than ever,

At the moment Mariner IV is orbiting the Sun as a man-made planet. September next year it is due to come past Earth again, having completed one of the most dramatic of all voyages. But more fantastically, the imagination of men here on Earth accompanied her on every mile of her journey.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

SUBURBAN UGLINESS

Sir,

At Chanel, if we are to be properly educated, we must be taught something about the ugliness of urban development. We must be taught to distinguish between an authentic and a garish form of architecture. In short, Chanel should develop in us a respect for and appreciation of good taste in all forms, -

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As yet it seems little is being done in this way, perhaps in the hope that we will acquire good taste on our own efforts. Even so, the school itself should be an example to us. Is it? What about all those electric and telephone poles disfiguring the grounds? Aren't these supposed to be in poor taste in our urban communities?

True, it will cost a lot more money to install underground cables. But it seems to me that those developing sub-divisions could use the same argument. All right then, how about some one at Chanel deciding to set the example and attempt not to disfigure the place.

Roger Napthine ,

Dear Sir,

Being a new student at Chanel, I was shocked by the lack of interest and the poor attendance at the Senior Play Night. Surely, after all the work that was put into it, it must rate as an important school function. So, if this is an indication of the amount of interest and school spirit shown by the parents and students of Chanel, the school's immediate future, to me, seems rather bleak.

Yours respectfully, Un nouveau eleve. (John Moulton).

Dear Sir,

I am gravely concerned at the neglect of drama in this school. As far as training a boys' personality goes, drama has, I believe, at least as big a role to play as has sport.

Now sport is catered for in the College every afternoon after school, all Saturday, occasion- ally on Sunday, and regularly on Wednesday afternoons. It also enjoys a significant and undisputed segment of the notice-reading time during morning assembly.

On the Monday morning after the Junior Play Night, not one word of congratulation or criticism was said in assembly about the quite outstanding drama of the Play Night. Instead, what did we hear? "Training tonight for the 3rds, 5ths and 6ths ... " "Congratulations to the A's who won on Saturday ... If "Commendations to the Firsts, who played so well but were defeated ... " "Now on Saturday next. .. "

Perhaps I'm mistaken, or speaking through my hat. But at least, let me not be misquoted. I am not denying the value of sport in Chanel College or its right to a place in the curriculum. I am merely claiming an equal right for drama. It is a question here of balance and proportion.

As a seat of education, our business is human values. For how much longer must we passively reflect the unthinking, anti-cultural values of the community at large?

Sincerely, Paul Adkins (III Red).

Enjoy yourselves. These are the good old days you are going to miss in 1990; Treasures from Jewels ....

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A quiver. A few drops of dew. Then a jerk. Then nothing for a while.

The sun was not quite up. Its light was already strong enough to deepen the dark on tree sand rocks, but the blinding eye of morning was not yet open.

The trees were still. The forest was still. The birds had gone. The creatures had done that. There was only the trees, the vines, the dew-laden web, and the bundle on the ground, in the scrub.

The web shook again. More dew fell, but not as much this time. At the apex of the web, the crimson sails of the moth whirred madly once again, and then were still. Still as the bundle on the ground. The moth hung on that beautiful coffin and watched with blank eyes, Watched the blackness inside the dew white funnel above the web.

The hole in the hills grew faint, and then disappeared, as it was enveloped by the brilliance of the morning sun. Phoebe IS eye was now open. A multi-hued rainbow bridged the mountain ramparts and a river of mist wound its way carefully through the valleys and dales, bandaging the earth in hospital white. Again the frail wings whirred, but now the frantic effort only tore great pieces from the crimson sails, that were now stained with rents and holes. Black hairy legs appeared at the mouth of the funnel. The bundle on the ground never moved. The forest was still.

Then the sun had moved higher, and the river of fog had crept further on. The moth had ceased its useless whirring. The legs at the funnel's mouth had been jerked by black hooded eyes, and a terrible face. The moth watched. The bundle on the ground waited. They both watched and waited.

Complete silence is easily smashed. The bundle heard their approach long before their shapes came into his view. He watched. They came on. Walking slowly. By the mud the bundle lay still. Everything was still. Everything except the spider thing. It now lurched slowly across its domain, its deadly hooded eyes fixed on the naked moth.

On came the creatures. Seven. They were all well clothed. Strong. Seven guns. The bundle had a gun, and a knife, but mostly a knife. The bundle was ragged and thin, but quick like a cat. A cat with green eyes but dull claws. A quick cat. The cat bundle sprang.

As the spider reared back on its legs for the plunge, fangs dripping, and the moth gave its last frantic spasm; the rattle of gunfire. Then again the forest was still.

The morning sun heaved itself out of the gap in the hills and began the lonely climb over- head. The first fingers of fog drifted into the little valley where the moth hung dead on the web. Its once brilliant wings, torn and shattered and still. The bundle too was still. Also torn and shattered, its own blood staining its rags. Guns are quicker than knives and cats. The fog came in, and closed its fist on death, but then there were more than two deaths in Vietnam that day.

. .. Kevin Panozza.

Wanted! Playmate for friendly dog named Rusty. Must attend church regularly and have liking for sport.

They tell me Bill Davey was a crashing success the other lunch time; pity they don't make glass like they used to a few years ago, Eh, Bill.

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Seeing this short poem recently, it struck me as having a rather worthwhile theme. Perhaps it applies to you.

Sometime, when you are feeling important Sometime, when your ego's in bloom Sometime, when you take it for granted You're the best guy in the room.

Sometime, when you feel that your going Would leave an unfillable hole Just follow this simple instruction And see how it humbles your soul.

Take a bucket and fill it with water Put your hand in it up to the wrist Pull it out and the hole that's remaining Is a measure of how you'll be missed.

You may splash all you please when you enter You can stir up the water galore But stop and you'll find in a minute That it looks quite the same as before.

The moral in this quaint example Is just to do the best that you can Be proud of yourself but remember That humility makes a man.

Oh! Chanel, shame on you, Chanel!

Where are all those energies of yester-year being spent? Why have we become the model apathetic society?

Shame, Chanel, shame! What should be an equilateral triangle has had one side extended, the other has stayed constant, and the third has reduced itself into oblivion.

The constants are the priests on the staff: the work to be done has increased. Why? Our 3-sided triangle has been forced into a two-sided one by us, the make-up of Chanel.

This matter came to a head recently when, rising above the general apathy for a breath of good, fresh determination, our character, Mr. G. O. Ahead, began to compare Chanel of to-day with Chanel of yesterday and got a rude shock. He was inquiring into the matter of a-school band - jazz or otherwise. . .

Gone are the days of the Ludowyks, of Angus Hughes, Joe Parkes, and Garth Smith; of the Justin Mackenzies, and Grant Frazers. Remember the days when they blew away on their trombones, trumpets and clarinets, plucked the bass, the guitars, in the old hall at Old Chanel after school? Has the change to the new buildings affected our way of life ?Or is it that Chanel just has not got the talent, now?

Hardly. We've still got one or two musicians of old with us - Mick Sheedy for instance. On the piano and organ, well, no-one but Father Cox could topple him, We've got others coming up, too: Vincent Camilleri isn't to be laughed at when he starts drumming out a tune,

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and Garry Moore pounds away on a piano like a veteran. Matthew Ure's guitar playing would take some beating. And no doubt there are many other "silent types" who can wield trumpets or any other brass or reed instruments,

Well, we haven't solved our problem yet. You might complain that there are no facilities in the school for music, but, if you inquire you might find that there are some instruments, however humble, which one could make a start on, and there's sure to be some room or other in which to practise. Time? Yes, this is a problem, and a bit of a sore point around here at the present. However, there's not one afternoon after school that's not, in some way or other, tied up with sport. Why not devote on e of those precious hours to a touch of culture? Notice that in the days of old when we used to have an opera, there was much more musical activity, and in general, school spirit around the school. The problem now? Time? More space? Solution? - I suggest two or three classes a week devoted to extra activities like this. We lop 3 classes a week off for sport. Why not for some activity that doesn't concern maths or

" English, but which is as much a part of education as those two, or history or sport.

Yes, that's one big problem. But there's another. What we really need is something or someone to pull the cord to start the motor.

A Sun Yat Sen, a Captain Phillip, a Herb Alpert? Who' s it to be?

,., Gerard Noonan.

IN THE LIBRARY

"The Fatal Impact" Alan Moorehead. Hamish Hamilton. 230p.

When the small, tranquil pools of primitive civilisation were swamped by the torrent of European man, with his diseases and his hollow social conventions, what resulted was termed the "Fatal Impact". The blow may have been inevitable, but it was excessively hard, the transition too quick.

The narrative gives a broad, colourful sweep of the transition extending from Tahiti to Van Diemen's Land, with portraits of Cook, Banks, Bligh, Flinders and Captain Arthur Phillip. The author has illustrated by studies of the two cultures just how wide the gulf between the two actually was, and why the clash was such a bitter one,

Though the style would interest all history students, the matter is especially relevant to Australian history students, A lot of it you will know vaguely, but the Way in which it is coloured makes for interesting reading.

At Chanel we have a venerated institution - the line. A line is what is moving far slower than the line to the right of you. Again, a line is something you stand in when you want something enough not to get it. Really, you stand in a line when you don't want anything. Unless of course you're at the end of the line. Two sorts of people stand in lines. Those at the front don't need anything, but they get it anyway. Those with a pressing urge to obtain something form the end of the line. Invariably you are the person just behind the person who buys the last item. The line however does form a social necessity: it divides the 'haves' and the 'have- nots '. This is good, as the 'have-riots", who are always placed at the end of a line, are too bad-tempered and edgy to be allowed mix with the 'haves' who just want to eat the last ice- cream in stock in peace.

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SUPERVISION BLUES

"Righto fellas, knock it off, settle down, and get on with your work. 11 I wait, expecting the chatter, screaming and shouting to immediately stop. What do I hear? Chatter, screaming and shouting!

Having supervised every classroom in the school, I deem 4B the worst, they have the motto of "knock a dolly win a lolly". The only thing wrong is they use me for the dolly and a tennis ball for a lolly. Result? Bruised body and multiple fractures.

The second worst would be Preps, about 45 "jack-in-the-boxes". Every two minutes, "can I go ..... ?" "Yes, but hurry up.!l If you put the whole day on camera and sped it up, you would have something comparable to the action on the Ho Chi Minh Trail or the Communist's great march. We now come to the worst class in the school. Form I Red. They are the worst by a long shot, Scally, Burke, Durkin, Scott, Duckworth, McFarlane and all that mob. We now take up where I started this commentary.

"Shut-up!" I shout. They are petrified. "The next person to get out of his seat will be paying a visit to Father Keating's office. They must get lollies in Father Keating's office, because suddenly all jump up and run towards me; I promptly back up to the black-board. "Can I go to the library ... can I ? ... can I ?.. can I ? .... "

"All right, who wants to go to the library? You, you and you .... oh, damn it! You can all go." Half the class moves out. Stamping and shuffling feet, talking and saying goodbye to me as though this was the last time I would see them. Finally, the class settles, there is actually silence for a few ticks, no one Y s moving around. Silence IS golden. But suddenly the atmosphere is shattered; McColl jumps out of his seat, runs towards me.

"Can I go to my locker?"

"If I have told you once, I have told you a thousand times, you don't jump out of your seat, you put your hand up. No." He sinks back into his seat.

"Anderson, sit down. You know you are not allowed to stand next to the heater. Now sit down. "

Burke and Durkin start up their daily mass-study "noughts and crosses" competition; Duckworth has half constructed some whopper of a tower with a type of wooden builder brick; Jamie Scott casually folds his art paper on his desk, lifts both hands, and crash, right on the paper. He then proudly unfolds the paper. Quite oblivious of the noise he made, and Duckworth's tower which he has ruined, he stands up and says, "Do you think I ought to enter this in the art show?" After examining the perfect symmetry and unusual colours of the painting, I realise that the noise justified the result. That soon changes when I see Duckworth screwing Scally's big ears off. "You knocked my tower down. 11

"Shut up, Duckworth, or I'll send you up. "

He reluctantly releases the grip on Scally's big, red, radiant ears.

Robert McFarlane (he never sits still) gets up and screams out, "What ls going to win the Doomben, Willow?"

"Ssshh, Mac. You know I don't gamble." "Yeah" is hollered out by all in the class. "Come on, fellas. Settle down. What are you doing, O'Brien and Cias? Nothing, eh? Do a 3 page essay on nothing. "

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When they hear this silence prevails, until that talkative brat, Radojevic, screams out from his seat, "Can I borrow a rubber " "

"Aw hell. What did I do?" he asks.

"You did not put up your hand and ask. "

''Well, now can 1. "

"No ..................Oh, all right. "

Finally the bell rings, denoting the end of mass study. I sigh. Before I say they can leave, they are gone. You must be quick.

That Form I White are a terrible lot. With Scally, Durkin and Jamie Scott. They'll never stop their mucking around, And what do you get? A continuous sound.

Whenever I enter that crazy class, My supervising turns into a farce. You can never stop all their chatter, For if you dob , you're branded a tittle -tatter.

I have never seen them really work. That includes McColl, McFarlane, and that nuisance, Burke. If I happen to go down there to-day, Work them I will with a 3 page essay.

Nevertheless when I next go there, Duckworth, Anderson and O'Brien I'll snare. And I'll make sure they'll get their cuts, The habits I'll change for the boys in those huts .

. . . Mark Wilson.

UNDER 16 BASKETBALL REPORT

On Friday, 8th July, the Chanel Basketballers scored their first victory in a close game against Try Boys.

After fighting a hard game Chanel eventually came up with a three point lead. There were barely minutes left, but Try Boys fought back to even the scores by the time the siren went.

In the next three minutes Chanel once more widened the gap, but again the scores were evened. Try Boys were shooting for a foul just as the siren went the second time. If they scored they would win. Luckily they didn't score and Chanel gained another three minute lease of life. This time we streaked away to a three point win.

L . Arundell .

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SCIENCE CLUB REPORT

Good soups, we are told, are made by the more or less random mixing of choice ingredients by talented, or lucky, chefs. With luck, the same method can be applied to Science Clubs. We know, because we've been doing it successfully all our lives. For those who are interested, we offer the following recipe for a winter brew.

Take one quality black and white film, preferably entitled "Universe". Allow it to mature by showing it a day later than announced. If absolutely necessary, use as an excuse "late arrival of film". This is an excellent film for showing the endlessness of space, of the hazy clouds of gas that pass unnoticed in the empty stretches between the stars. If, therefore, a member is moved to ask Fr. O'Neill with a note of awe, "Makes one feel insignificant, doesn't it?" the message has got across. After all, the purpose of the Science Club is to make the students more interested in learning.

Let the members ponder this for a week before holding another meeting. Part of the idea of the Club is to hold annual Science Exhibitions, in which individual projects are entered. As well, the committee organizes a 'theme' which presents to the students and their parents some idea of the work being done in a particular field of science. So now is an ideal time for an executive to tell the members about this year's theme, 'The World of the Oceans ': The Oceans of the World.' After that a colour film, "The Romance of Rocketry", can be screened. Anyone who is still in the theatre when this ends should be permitted to leave immediately. Briefly, the film gives a distorted history of rockets, asks all 12 -year-old American boys to study hard and be rocket engineers (in the Army) and tells them not to fool around with home made fuels. All you can do now is hope that it was so boring (as it was) that none of the members believed what was said in the film.

At the next general meeting, to add a spicy touch, allow Leon Krzywinski to give a talk on "Problems of Space Travel". This is an interesting topic to even the smallest of our members. Radiation hazards, weightlessness, multiple A's are all music to the ears of many young scientists. However, one must beware of allowing a talk to become just a dictionary of exotic terms, as George Tai pointed out after the talk. This means, he went on, that the talks must be extremely well prepared.

Just to be difficult, on the following Monday, decide to show a film again. Of course, you may be forced to do this by a lack of volunteers for speeches. No matter, you can't go wrong with Walt Disney's "To Mars and Beyond". To Fr. O'Neill a Walt Disney science film is the perfect introduction to a subject. Having seen this, I agree. Even now, I'm still trying to figure out the cause of the ''W-shaped " cloud that appeared in the Martian sky for several consecutive afternoons. Disney is like that: he can tell you many things, but always arouses your curiosity. His account of a probable first manned journey to Mars, had one wishing he was on it. Interestingly, the rockets he used for his journey bear no resemblance to the present Atlases, Titans and Saturns, but are very similar to those now being planned for the future. But more about Mars later on.

By this time, you still have a shortage of speakers so it might be advisable to show another brace of films. One could be "Radio-Astronomy in Australia", and the other "Scientists in the Antarctic". Both of these colour films contain some interesting items, but in both an unimaginative approach has made them terribly plain. If anyone wants an interesting career, imagination and common sense, as well as scientific knowledge can get you a job producing educational films,

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Imagination is not always enough though. Rather, a limited imagination is not always enough. For instance, take the PSSC Physics film "The Speed of Light in Air and in Water ". This is the sort of film where a professor tells you what they're going to do, then someone performs an experiment and the professor sums it all up. Little imagination here. Originality was shown in the equipment used, although to most it must have been a lot of "mumbo-jumbo ", To think that even college students doing physics will like this sort of film requires an extremely vivid imagination. So, a word to Science Club officials: don't be tempted to show this film at a general meeting.

A week later, you may, if you wish, let Chris Norwood give a demonstration of the Victor- Meyer method for finding atomic weights. If you do however, make sure the announcement given in assembly is correct, or else our reporter might miss the meeting.

So far, you have a fairly tasty beverage, but two more things must be stirred in. Firstly select an appropriate excursion for the September holidays. One to Woomera would do nicely. Finally, have some of the Executive write to research institutions seeking information for the Exhibition theme. Add at least a gross of aspirin. With luck, you should receive a generous offer from Newsweek, and an airmail parcel from Lockheed Missiles and Space Company within the space of a week. Stir well.

Delicious! !

THE FILE ON HUGH ANZAC

Born: 1935.

A "WELL ADJUSTED" AUSTRALIAN

Education: IV form VI Form: Uni. Degree (anyone),

Ambition: Five square brick home, wife and four children, happiness, peaceful death, heaven.

Cultural School play nite, "Sun" in morning, "Her-ald" at night, reading from back page: Sources: mid-week "Globe", Hotel Bar, transistor, Ian Fleming, Drive-In, Reader's

Digest.

Use of Free Time: T. V., wife, beer-can, sport, children, mates, house and garden (in that order).

He Thinks: God is somewhere but not sure where. Christian obligation fulfilled by plate

donation. Communism bad (who was Fred Engels?). Chinese: yellow b-----; Vietnam - better there than here. In favour of school, but not real education - it doesn't help anyway. Monarchy - can't decide.

Topics of Weekend; the new Holden; footy: kids in the street; his job; holidays; gardening; Conversation: his boss.

His Philosophy of Life:

1. ' 'What I do or say can't effect anything". 2. "She'll be right, mate". 3. "Leave the thinking to the long-hairs".

Confidential Mr Anzac is Australian Apathy personified; bloke: nowhere man! YOU? Note:

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A PLAY FOR ALL TIME

Chanel's performance of "A Man For All Seasons " was chosen as one of the top three plays in the Catholic Drama Festival. Unfortunately that was as far as we got: we were placed third in the production awards. Loreto, who put on "Our Town", and Presentation Convent, with "Antigone ", were judged by Miss Patricia Kennedy to be better than us. Even so, she said in praise of us that Chanel's production of this play moved her as much as the professional production when it was in Melbourne.

Chanel, however, did not come out empty handed, Jay Haugh was chosen as the best actor of the festival. Before this decision was announced, there had been much speculation as all the players had put their best into the play and left little to be desired by the adjudicator, Miss Kennedy.

Jay was ideally suited as Cromwell, the man who is trying to get Sir Thomas More to change his opinion of the Act of Succession. Cromwell is coldly malicious; Jay has the inflection in his voice to have us believe he is Cromwell. This quality of a coldly-superior voice that Jay has, makes one believe that he must be the only person who could ever portray Cromwell, which is what every actor should do to us. When Father Keating commented, favour ably , on the way he used the stage by walking around, Jay could only reply that it was not something he had learnt but just spontaneous movement. This is why he won the award: he naturally acts the way one feels Cromwell would act; although, perfecting these actions is still necessary in a rehearsal to give a polished look to his acting.

Similarly Peter made us feel that Robert Bolt had him in mind when he wrote the part of the Common Man. For Peter's build, facial features (especially when make-up had been applied), and mode of talking are so Common-Mannish that it seems as though he will soon join "the prison service" as a "jailer", and spend the rest of his days trying to a void trouble and stay alive.

However, in the judge's eyes John Mullen was runner-up to Jay as the festival's next best actor. To those who know John he was always a perfect choice for More, but until a few days before the big night he just couldn't emote. When he did, though, he was so sincerely a man "loyal to his conscience" More "than any other thing". More, even after a year in prison, was still master of the court-room, even though Cromwell was calling the tune. For anyone to interpret this part is difficult, and for a while it seemed that John might not be able. He did, though; Miss Kennedy was impressed that a student could achieve that standard.

Only a student like Mark Wilson could play Archbishop Cranmer, as we regretfully discovered when it was thought that Mark might be too ill to perform. His pompous attitude, legal bearing and the intensity of feeling, when he questions More make him the ideal "petty" official. An Oscar for the best supporting role at least.

Chris Sharpley and Bill Davey, as Richard Rich and the Duke of Norfolk respectively, were ideal as supporting players. Again the intonatlons in their speech made them appear to be other than just actors.

I am sure that everyone will join me in applauding the producer of our entry, "R. K. " Panozza, who devoted his time and patience so willingly.

Special thanks must go to the stage hands, at the theatre; to the boys from St Augustine's for providing fanfares for the play; Mr Hernmens , Mrs Meakin and others from G. A. M. A.

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A PLAY FOR ALL TIME (Continued)

for their advice; Chris Davis for doing the light effects; Brother Robert for transporting i.e. stage props to the hall ; and all those who wished us luck. All of these and others helped Father Keating make this a great moment in Chanel's annals.

R. Napthine

THE HERMITAGE LEAVING SOCIAL P. Britt.

On Saturday evening the 11th June, John Mullen and myself attended the Hermitage Leaving Social.

At about 8.00 p. m. we arrived at the dance which we found to be just getting into swing. The band played throughout the night and blended in well with the Hawaiian theme.

The social was organised by the Fifth Form girls who applied their feminine instinct in decorating the hall which included balloons, streamers and Hawaiian scenes painted by one of the girls. The girls also prepared an excellent supper of chicken, and ice cream, with fruit punch being available throughout the night.

The Deaconess and other teachers of Hermitage supervised the social. The band yielded its last notes at 11.30 p. m. and the dance concluded.

John Mullen and myself congratulated both the Deaconess and the girls concerned for making the Social such a success.

Congratulations to the College first eighteen on their excellent win over St Joseph's College on the coldest day Melbourne has felt for ten years! Usually, wet conditions make the play slow and uninteresting, but this game seemed just the opposite. There were some wonderful marks taken and Bob Leahy, Karlo Karamatic and others would go well in the Air Force. The game was a tough one, a test of endurance. The Firsts went on to score a two point victory over a team that fought right to the finish.

The second and third eighteens also played well but were not so successful however. Congratulations to the four boys from Chanel (David Ludowyk, Colin Carew, George Solczaniuk, and Silvio D'Andrea) who represented their school in a combined Geelong under fifteen side in Melbourne.

THE KILBREDA DANCE

The Mentone Town Hall was chosen as the centre for a very successful dance on Thursday 7th July, organized and conducted by the girls of Kilbreda College. Eddy Koszela and John Ciecura attended the dance and although it was strange territory they were treated with the best of company and reverence. The band - the "Blue Echo 4" provided the entertainment for the night and the girls provided an excellent supper.

Eddy and Chic thank and praise the girls for their efforts in organizing a very enjoyable evening.

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ALL THEIR OWN WORK.

"My friend Jack the Communist. .. " Fr. Byrne. "I shall study! " John 0 'Farrell.

"You name it, I've done it." Retreatant.

"I am a Scullard." T. J. Kelly.

"Sex is everywhere .•. " W. C. Davey.

"Good Lord! The place is like a lunatic asylum. "

Pay, and Obey. " Fr. Marstin.

"The one drawback of the tobacco industry .. " George Borzymowski.

'Watch the board and I'll run through it again ... "

THE HERMITAGE SOCIAL

Maths Teacher.

On June 18th, six Chanel boys, Sharpley, Sheedy, Britt, Haugh, Kirby and O'Toole, attended the Hermitage Social at Krome Hall, Highton. We were there early, Father Ian Stick accompanying us, the dance set down to start at 7.30 p. m.

It was a very enjoyable evening, a good supper being served around 10 o'clock. Fr. Maloney made an appearance during the night, as did other heads of the schools represented.

The band playing was the TIKIS, a top group around the Geelong scene.

All representatives from Chanel would agree with me that it was a very rewarding evening, the one problem being the security guards who prowled outside.

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Resources are what we need to survive and prosper. For man, resources mean many things. The resources of our continent were quite different for the aborigines and for the invading Europeans. The resources of the continent for the European were different in the nineteenth century and in the twentieth. Uranium, to cite an obvious example, has become a resource' within our own lifetime. The meaning of resources for man, in other words, depends on human culture much more than on human biology.

The resources of civilized man ,are usually classified as either renewable or non-renewable, Renewable resources are those that have the inherent capacity to replace and maintain them- selves if managed wisely. Examples are plants and animals, either wild or domesticated, that can ordinarily maintain their numbers from generation to generation, despite losses to man, by utilizing more of their reproductive potentials, Water, too, is a renewable resource when it is drawn from the normal hydrologric cycle; but in some cases now is tapping "fossil water", water that has accumulated in underground reservoirs from past geologic times, and this, when it is exhausted, cannot be renewed.

Non-renewable resources are those that, in practical or foreseeable terms, cannot be replaced - - that have no inherent capacity to maintain themselves. No materials are actually lost from the planet; but man changes many things from that he can use into forms that he cannot. Iron that has rusted and disintegrated into soil cannot be recovered even though the iron atoms are still there, Materials involved in cycles too long for human management are also non -renewable. The petroleum and coal used by man every year represent the accumulation of millions of years, and they are lost beyond recovery as they are burned. Soil is a resource that can be maintained through wise management, but its fertility can be so destroyed in a few years by mismanagement that it will be a thousand years before it is restored. For our purposes, then, it becomes non-renewable,

The resources that supported primitive man were mostly renewable. We might argue that man began to dip into the reserves of nature when he started chipping flints, but he did not tap non-renewable resources in any significant way until he learned to use metals. Deposits of gold, silver, copper, iron and so forth, cannot be replenished after they are mined. Surface deposits were soon depleted, and man had to embark on ever more complex operations of mining and exploration in distant areas,

Man's first energy sources, wood and charcoal, were in theory renewable, although he often cleared forests with such abandon that they became, in effect, non-renewable (as can be seen in the Mediterranean today). During the Industrial Revolution, man began burning up vast quantities of irreplaceable fossil fuels - coal, then oil and gas.

So far, man has been doing all right. He has discovered new resources of metals and of fuels faster than he can consume them, but this, as the pessimists point out, cannot go on indefinitely. Man has been using non-renewable resources on a large scale for only a couple of hundred years, which is trivial in terms of human history and hardly a moment in geological time. No one pretends that oil or coal, or even easily mined iron will last forever. The optimists, on the other hand, disregard the dwindling reserves and place their confidence in man's ingenuity. As we exhaust one material, they assume we will find or invent others. Steel can be replaced by plastics that can be made from renewable materials, oil or alcohol that can be distilled from crops. And if man can learn to tap solar energy directly, he need worry no more about an energy supply.

The optimists and the pessimists both make good cases. Man has proved himself to be ingenious, but he has also proved himself to be wasteful and destructive. The problem is

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a large one, one that should be of concern to every thoughtful citizen. It involves questions of technology, economics and social organisation that are far outside the province of biology (and thus the province of what people call "the scientists "). Maintaining our renewable resources clearly calls for wise management. We need intelligent handling of soils, streams, forests and wildlife. Since all these activities depend in large part on our knowledge of biology, do not scorn the student that looks through his microscope for hours on end, or who insists on collecting strange specimens - he may someday help extend mankind's existence on earth.

M. F. Sheedy, (President, C. C. Science Club) .

VIETNAM WHY, AND SHOULD WE?

On the evening of March 31 this year, the Prime Minister of Australia, Mr Harold Holt, gave the following as the objectives his Government sought in sending troops to Vietnam: -

1. To help the government of Vietnam (at its request) to resist the armed aggression of Communist North Vietnam against South Vietnam.

2. To free 15,000,000 South Vietnamese from the threat of oppression and terror which would be their lot under Communist domination and help establish conditions for a free government of their choice.

3. To honour our treaties, commitments and alliances. 4. To check the spread of Communism. 5. A peaceful solution to the conflict by the way of negotiations.

The first of these objectives relies on the phrase "at its request" for its legality, therefore, when I come to discuss it, this phrase will be uppermost. The second objective is surely a Christian one, as much as the third is one of international honour. The fourth is the policy of the Western world and has been so since 1945. The fifth objective is, I think, desirable to all people.

However, here I shall endeavour to make this question more lucid, and point out the differences between WHY, i.e. the above five objectives, and SHOULD WE, i.e. the justification for both having these objectives, and the justification of the means taken to realize these objectives.

To take an example. Let us consider two men - Man A and Man B. Both these men wish to become millionaires. Man A, by working hard, soon reaches his goal. Man B, by illegal drug peddling, also soon is a millionaire. However, even though both have attained the same objective, only one man, Man A, is justified in becoming a millionaire. Man B has no justification for his achievement and therefore has committed a moral crime.

So, now that we know the objectives of our government's sending troops to Vietnam, we must find out whether or not the government is justified in holding these objectives and whether or not the means taken to realize these objectives are justified.

To consider the objectives themselves first: The first, second and fourth are all anti- communist objectives, and, as we have seen communism to be an unjust form of government, in that the rights of the individual are denied, are, therefore, justified.

The third is, I think, not only justified, but one which most people would see as desirable in any context.

The fifth is to seek peace and the people's wants and cannot be anything else but justified.

From this we can see that the Federal government's objectives are completely justifiable.

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VIETNAM (Continued)

Now we must see if its methods are likewise justifiable.

Before dealing with the various arrangements for or against Australian intervention in Vietnam I shall return to the question of legality of the phrase "at its request" in objective 1. It is true that the many governments South Vietnam has had during the period when Australian troops have been stationed there have requested both Australian and U.S. aid. However, for a very obvious reason. Without military backing (mainly from the U. S.) these governments, including the Ky regime,would soon be out of office. So, although we have been "requested" to send troops to Vietnam, it is only by a puppet government whose strings are pulled in Washington and Canberra. That is, we asked ourselves in! (For those who consider the Ky government to be popular in Vietnam and what the people themselves want, I can only point to the recent revolt of citizens, troops and religious of Vietnam against the Ky dictatorship.)

However, it seems most probable to me that if the people 'of South Vietnam were able to elect their own government (and they have been prevented by the Communist as much as their own non-communist governments) this government would still request our aid.

Now to consider the arguments in favour of our intervention in Vietnam.

1. This is token support of the U. S. A. - i. e. "we can't expect them to help us when we need them if we don't back them when they need us".

2. Australia has a particular defence interest in this area. This has two headings: a. The R. S. L. view that "it's better to fight them (the Chinese Communists) there, than

here", and b. We are vitally concerned with Asian affairs because Australia is part of Asia.

3. As a free and Western nation we are obliged to combat communism wherever it may be. 4. The "Domino Theory" - i. e. "if South Vietnam falls, so shall the rest of South-East Asia,

and, ultimately, Australia. Coupled with this is the argument that if our neighbours were communists, this would affect us economically.

5. The "Fairhall argument", so named because it was quoted by the Federal Minister for Defence, Mr. Fairhall. It states that 'Every emerging nation has a right to a period of internal stability. It is the moral duty of any developed nation to supply this period of stability whether against internal or, external forces in the emerging nation. '

These are the arguments in favour of the Federal government's sending of troops to Vietnam. In giving the arguments against this action, I shall, firstly, rebut those in favour.

Firstly, "token support" for the U. S. To say that the Americans will refuse to assist us if we are attacked is to ignore past events. The U. S. A. is dedicated to fighting communism everywhere and, when India was attacked by China in 1962, the Americans lost no time in offering huge military aid to India even though India is a neutralist' state and has often condemned the U. S. in the United Nations and elsewhere. This is significant even if we do not mention Korea, West Germany, Dominica, the Philippines, Formosa, Vietnam and other cases wherein the U. S. has rushed to protect against Communist aggression, regardless of the sympathies of the various governments. On top of this is the statement made by the U. S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, on Saturday July 2nd that Australia "shouldn't worry too much" about the possibility of a nuclear attack by Red China and promised "massive U. S. reaction" if any such attacks occurred.

Secondly, that Australia has a particular defence interest in this area. I do not think that the reason that "we should take war to Vietnam to save ourselves the trouble later on" can be

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VIETNAM (Continued)

justified. This is selfish and narrow and not worthy of a human being. However, I do not think that anyone can deny that we are part of Asia, but, does this give us the right to carry war to Vietnam? I do not believe so.

"To Combat Communism" - this is, as I have pointed out above when dealing with the objectives, our duty, as we have seen the horror Communism has wrought to basic human liberty. And, as the Communist aggression here is military, we must combat it by military means. Thus, on this point, Australian military intervention in Vietnam is justified.

To consider the "Domino Theory". This is only a theory and has not been proven. Because of this, it is only an opinion and not a factual argument. On the point of economic effect on Australia if South-East Asia were communist, Japan has managed to build its economy under conditions which would be ours if Asia were communists. Moreover, Australia already does an enormous wheat trade with Red China and there is no reason why this would not go on if China expanded.

The last argument - the "Fairhall Argument" - which states that we have a duty to supply the peace which the Vietnamese want so much and are prevented from enjoying by communist subversive and terrorist activities. This is, I think the main reason why Australian troops should be in Vietnam. We are fighting, as Mr. Holt says, to "help the government of South Vietnam resist armed communist aggression and" to free 15,000,000 South Vietnamese from the threat of oppression and terror which would be their lot under communism." The fight for personal liberty of man has gone on since time began. The second World War was fought so as to prevent Nazism taking this basic human liberty from the people of Europe; the same liberty is being taken from the people of Asia today, why not fight for their freedom again as we did twenty years ago?

So, we can see that there are two justifications for being in Vietnam: to combat communism, and to help a people fight for their freedom.

There are multiple arguments which are against the government's policy. I shall list a few of the more popular ones.

Perhaps that which comes to our minds first is the question of sending National Servicemen to fight when they have 1. No choice in joining the army, 2. No choice in whether or not they go to Vietnam. and 3,. No vote unless they are in Vietnam and are thus in a "special zone".

However, I believe this to be another question and not on the point of whether or not any Australian troops should be in Vietnam, National Servicemen or Regular Volunteers.

'We are only breeding Asian hostility" say the critics. This is borne out by the fact that only two other nations in Asia, Formosa and South Korea (both of which rely on the U. S. for existence) condone our policy. Along with this is the argument that the U. S. can leave Asia and will, but we cannot. How much Asian hostility will we generate and how many Australian lives will be futilely lost before this happens? This relies, however, on the U.S. leaving Vietnam, but President Johnson has pledged the U. S. to Vietnam until the conflict is won.

"This war has not been declared", is another criticism of the government's action, and is valid. But it is not a reason for not being in Vietnam.

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VIETNAM (Continued)

Lastly, we are denying the Vietnamese peace. If they want communism, let them have it. But do they? Millions of refugees have fled from communist North Vietnam and the South Vietnamese Army fights very hard. I think the people of Vietnam want peace, but not at the price of their freedom.

Questions of legality under Geneva Agreements and the U. N. Charter are not relevant as both sides have broken these agreements which were by way of contract and, once one party has broken a contract, the contract no longer exists. This also dismisses ideas of this being a civil war. A criticism often made is that the majority of people in the U. S, and Australia are against their government's policy - this will only be shown when elections are held (November in Australia). That this is the dirtiest of wars and that there is extreme brutality on both sides is true, but, once again, this does not alter the real issue, i. e. the fight for freedom from fear and oppression which the South Vietnamese are waging against the North, and whether or not we should help them in their fight.

The vital issue is, therefore, the struggle for freedom of man. It is a struggle which will not finish in Vietnam, just as war will not end in Vietnam. Before we make a decision either for or against intervention in Vietnam, we should ask ourselves if the criticism now levelled so ardently at the government would be levelled just as ardently by the opposing side of the population were the government's policy reversed, and, more importantly, do we know what we are criticising? I have, in this article, attempted to clarify the issues in hand and to prod you into finding out about and thinking on this issue of Vietnam which is so vital to us.

C. Sharpley.

With all the activities in the school one of the important things is co-ordination. Here is an un -typical schedule posted on the teachers' notice -board,

Revised Class Program 30/2/196?

Tomorrow the roughriders football team will try to rope the Chanel colts. This game is so important that teachers are asked not to make assignments of homework tonight since we all need a good night's rest to stand the strain tomorrow.

Tomorrow morning assembly will be held as usual, only slightly differently and somewhat mixed up.

FIRST PERIOD; The First Period will be run in the second period's time. William Davey will be excused from the first half of the class to load his camera. At 9.10 a. m. the members of the football team, as well as the average boys and stretcher bearers, will be excused to have their picture taken by the Geelong Advertiser, The Sun, The Herald, and by William Davey 0 A special picture will be taken of Mark Wilson patting Rusty to keep them both happy and occupied during this time. All, except Rusty, will return to class before the end of the 'period.

SECOND PERIOD: There will definitely be a second period tomorrow but it will follow Morning Break. At the beginning of the period 1st and 2nd Forms will practise the war-cry in the change room under the baton of Father Flannery. Tomahawks will not be distributed until the afternoon.

THIRD PERIOD: The third period will be postponed to the sixth period for a special assembly. William Davey will take photographs of Father Dean kindling the fires of enthusiasm and Mark

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Wilson inciting a riot. This will lead directly into lunch and a settlement of differences, FOURTH AND FIFTH PERIOD: Since Morning Break will be substituted for Lunch Period and Lunch Period will be spent cleaning up after the riot, the fourth and fifth periods will be shortened to fifteen minutes. William Davey will be excused, to eat his lunch during one period and reload his camera during the other, Mark Mulvany will interview Father Maloney and the extent of damages will be reported in the Champion. The Signwriters will be employed in posting warning posters over damaged areas.

SIXTH PERIOD: The sixth period will be in the place of the regular first and third periods as these have been completely omitted to date, The S. R. C, will hold an emergency meeting to decide why an emergency meeting is necessary. William Davey will be excused to go into town and buy more film for his camera, or a cup, or something. Father O'Neill will show a film to raise money to pay for damages incurred during the riot. A demonstration will be given by George Borzymowski and Paul Grace of how a simple experiment can be made more dangerous. They may need Blackall to assist them. As soon as William Davey returns, Chris Sheedy will re-enact his fall down-stairs so that it may be recorded on film.

Lists of students excused from class will be posted on the J. C. Taylor boards, used for art exhibits. The names of students expected to attend all classes will be found on the back of an envelope On the S. R. C. notice-board.

Father Lynch (Dean of Studies)

P. S. Graeme White, Richard Goodwin, Terence Heywood, John Gugger, will be excused from sport to draw up a complaint against the number of complaints levelled against the students.

Father Dean S, M. (Sportsmaster)

Senior playnight, for this year, is over, The final curtain has been drawn for some time now, The stage no longer holds boys nervously waiting in the wings, All that the stage holds is, for those who took part, a feeling of nostalgia, Only fading memories of jumbled sights, sounds and emotions remain of

SENIOR PLAY NIGHT 1966

We were going to see a high standard of drama this year, The publicity blurb said we would, The endless rehearsals held by most classes meant that we should; and, as the curtains parted, the frantic producers hoped that we would, We did,

Those who had drawn up the programme had placed "The Odessy of Runyan Jones" on first. The little explanatory note on the programme only mystified the audience more, So when, after a suitable introduction by Kevin Panozza, 4A come on stage and the play unfolded, a feeling of relief crept into the hall , But not, mark you, disinterest. The simple story of a boy's encounters with the humbug of red-tape as he searches the after-world for his dead dog, held and entertained the audience. While due credit must go to the unknown, to me, playwright, it was the work and ability of Mr Swindells and his class that must be praised. Sound effects, a tape recording of John Lawrie and his guitar, added a tantalizing, unworldly atmosphere, On the acting side, special mention must go to John Goodall and Chris Napthine, who both played Runyon, and to the very pompous and ineffectual Chairman of the Board, Gerard Noonan,

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Pygmalion was on next, but not immediately. While backstage the sets were being arranged, in front of the curtain Kevin Panozza brought his talents to bear to entertain the audience. By the time he had told us how the bicycle pump came to be, and introduced us to "Fred", fifth form was ready. So Kev relinquished the stage, and Pygmalion was on.

This play is always spoken of as the "original 'My Fair Lady!". Now, contrary to popular opinion, Pygmalion is an excellent play in its own right, not an inferior to a musical. Fifth form's production should do much to stress this point. The two fifth forms had each decided to present the first two scenes.

Five A had the distinction of doing Scene 1, a scene outside a theatre, or opera house, on a rainy night. In this scene, we are introduced to all the chief characters, and given an idea of the plot. Already we were shown something of the interest the irresponsible Freddy (Chris Norwood) will develop in Eliza (Richard Goodwin); we are told that Higgins (Frank Carroll) believes he can turn the 'cabbage leaf' into an English lady; and we have Pickering (Damian Walsh) becoming involved with both Higgins and Eliza Doolittle. The other actors were both many and commendable. One criticism, though, should be made here; there were too many bystanders in the crowd outside the theatre; this contributed very little to the plot and came close to becoming too unreal.

As Pygmalion will always be compared with My Fair Lady, sumptuous scenery had to be provided. In the first scene, the outside of the theatre, it was provided by two marble columns fashioned by Frank Carroll and Damian Walsh, from, I believe, wire netting and painted sheets. The set for the second scene was even harder to arrange.

In this scene, Eliza arrives at Higgin's house to be taught to speak well. So the scene had to be the interior of a fastidiously English home, circa 1900. The setting was most effective: photographs, mantle clocks, period prints and all the paraphenalia owned by a cultured, proper Victorian gentleman. All of this was created by T. O'Connor and M. Cahill who achieved a professional standard of stagecraft. Eo Charwan was of great benefit in materializing the flats of the set and A. Harris arranged a superb lighting plot.

This effectively set the background for Eliza (Michael Cahill), Higgins (Terry O'Connor) Pickering (Robert MacKinlay), and Higgins' house-keeper, Mrs Pearce, so aptly portrayed by Peter McMahon.

Shakespeare is generally well represented at the Play Night, but this year it was left solely to 4- B to do the Bard justice with a competent production of the assassination scenes from Julius Caesar. Greg Fawkes (Caesar), Michael Roche (Antony), David Danswick (Brutus), Kevin McFarlane (Cassius), and the others of the cast, who played various servants and senators, performed a difficult task quite well.'

At a Play Night, one expects to see plays, and usually does. With the exception of the Matriculation play, this Play Night adhered to this principle. But Matric. had to be different.

The audience probably guessed something was askew when they looked at their programmes. 'One July in the Night of the World'. The audience knew something was askew when Mick Sheedy, looking like a less respectable university student, came out and addressed them. "I hope you've seen your fill of plays, because you won't see one now. What you will see is a 'happening' ",

Mick was right. 'One July' was not a play. There was little need of great actors. Not that Mark O'Toole, Dennis Moorfoot, Mick Kirby, Mark Mulvany, Julius Wrzesinski, Paul Mulvany, Joe Boin and George Tai aren't talented. It takes considerable talent to go on stage

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only one day after receiving a script. But still, the point of the play lay with the audience.

For most of the plays involved, the Play night was an end to the rehearsals. For the cast of 'A Man For All Seasons' it was the first of many full-dress rehearsals. Their big night was to be the fifteenth, when they competed in the Catholic Drama Festival. As rehearsals are seldom reviewed by critics, a review of the actual production will be found in a separate article, Suffice to say that despite some blemishes, 'A Man' was applauded as a great presentation, the acme of drama.

Luckily there were no further plays, for 'A Man' would have been a tough act to follow. Little else could be done, but to let the judges take over. Mr Wilson and Mrs Doherty were impressed by the quality of the plays, and said so. To the cast of 'A Man' they offered congratulations, especially to Jay Haugh, and best wishes. As this play was not a class entry, they then had to choose from among the others. To the disappointed followers of O'Connor or Cahill, Richard Goodwin had a slight edge, enough to become 'Best Actor'. Five-B though took off the 'Best Production I as compensation. All was consummated, so to quote Snagglepuss -

EXIT STAGE RIGHT ! !

Many thanks to Miss Kirby for the work behind the scenes on 'A Man For All Seasons'.

JUNIOR PLAY NIGHT 1966

The climax of several weeks' work by the junior part of the school was reached on Friday night July 1st.

With some words of welcome from the compere, the stage was taken by the boys of grades five and six. They put on the play "The Letter", the story of the pandemonium that invades the Stewart household when it appears that Uncle Nick is coming with his eleven children to stay the night. We had some very worried actors stirring the audience with their problem. Fortunately there was no need for eleven extra actors, since Uncle Nick had neglected to say that he was travelling alone.

As the hall sighed with relief, the stage was set for "Arms and the Maid", a saucy melodrama played by the boys of Form 3 Red. The heroine was in danger of being sold to the rich villain by her greedy uncle. The hero fell down in that he failed to turn up when his lady love was in dire peril , In order that the play might still have a happy ending, the heroic girl put on a judo display and shot the two baddies with their own guns. The audience was not as responsive to the players' wit as was hoped, but still, a good effort by third form.

A change of mood was brought in next by the budding actors of Form 1 Red with "What an Appetite". This was more a narrative than a drama, concerning the 'prickly pear' plague at the turn of the century. As many of the class as possible were crowded onto the stage, This play was the first to make great use of the theatre's lighting facilities to gain effect.

A war-time drama was the play put on by Form 2 White. Entitled "S. O. S. " it was the story of a scout who rescued a captive airman by his alert ways. The play was well performed and made use of some simple, yet effective, scenery.

"The Crimson Coconut", by Form 2 Red was the highlight of the night. It was a typical spy- type story in which the innocent and unsuspecting waiter foiled a plan by some sinister characters to break open a bank with their bomb. The acting was very good on all sides.

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JUNIOR PLAYNIGHT (Continued)

Peter Brennan won the "best actor" award for his performance, the best costume for the night was worn in this play by Peter Sarda as one of the sinister characters. To crown these individual feats, the whole production was acclaimed as the best for the night. Congratulations, 2 Red!

The Form 1 White effort was called "A Smoke Without Fire." It concerned the trials of two old ladies plagued by their consciences over the lack of a licence for their radio. It was a bit hard to put this play on as it was originally intended for radio. The players put on a valiant effort, riding this obstacle to their best abilities,

The evening was rounded off by third form White with "The Man in the Bowler Hat". This play, with an anticlimax to match the opening performance, was a spine-chilling drama which went on around an old couple peacefully spending the night in their living room - peacefully, until heores, heroines, and villains spill in and out of their presence amid screams and lighting failures. There was one thing missing to the point of the play - until the man with the bowler hat announced that the "rehearsal" was over. Maybe he could inform us when he plans to put on his finished product - the Victorian Drama Festival, perhaps?

With the grand finale of trophy presentations, the compere closed the 1966 Junior Play Night. Congratulations to all concerned on a fine effort.

J.M.J.

AN ART EXHIBITION

Towards the end of Term 1, as the Y.C.S. began to start finding its feet, the Cultural Group was seized by a most brilliant idea - "why not have an Art Exhibition? If The drawing board phase went most successfully, but 'twixt the cup and the lip came many a slip.

I Examinations, Quantum, S. R. C ................er ............etc.

Term 2 saw the revival of the idea by a group under the pseudonym of "the fourth form artists". And so one thing followed another. The two groups put their heads together and formed a board. Much action and planning ensued.

Kevin Downes and Joe Devilee organized a "door knock" and, thanks to Griffiths, Podbury's, Purdies, Victorian Insurance, J. C. Taylor's, McCowan & Mann's, and G. M. H., sufficient funds were raised to finance the scheme.

J. C. Taylor I s loaned us £ 90 worth of board for mounting the paintings • " and the show was on ...

Winners: Prep. Form 1 Form 2 Form 3

M. Plush A. Dunn P. Dunn C. Brennan

Page 27 Form 4 - Pictorial - K. Sheehan Form 4 - Abstract - J. Devilee Senior Pictorial - R. Tan

Senior Abstract - A. Gladki

Special Award - M. Sheedy Special Award - M. Mulvany. CHAMPION

ART EXHIBITION (Continued)

Thanks to all donors, organizers and entrants and spectators .... oh, and judges (Fathers Cox, Flannery and Caldwell), the show was a big success. There's a lot of talent at Chanel.

C. Napthine ,

COULD CHANEL BE DOING MORE?

When a boy enrols to be a student at Chanel, both he and his parents expect him to be taught to a sufficient degree to enable him to attain a certain standard of education - as defined by the Victorian Education Board. But is that all they expect, i. e. a Matric, Leaving or Inter certificate, and is this all his teachers expect they will be able to give him? Or is there some- thing more a father hopes his son will be armed with when he leaves the College?

Aristotle said in the beginning of his Metaphysics "All men by nature desire to know". He was not so foolish as to mean by this that men want to know the most recent "facts" discovered or invented by scientists or newspaper reporters, or the lady next door. What Aristotle meant was that all men want to understand.

A boy is sent to Chanel because he is aware of the disadvantages of being illiterate, i. e. he won't get a good job in our Society. But there is another disadvantage of illiteracy and that is that all possible worlds are closed except those which can be seen and heard. And even those worlds may not be fully intelligible, because pictures and speech are likely to be full of references to things past and present the boy hasn't heard of. So the boy is cut off from the most lasting human pleasure of discovery of possible worlds - reached only by education (in the real sense of the word).

But when a boy comes to Chanel will he be presented with opportunities that are intended to lead him on, to encourage him to seek a full education and so give his life reason? That is - to understand? Does the education given a boy at Chanel allow him to develop an appetite for Aristotle's "knowledge" and does it provide stimulus for this knowledge? And in

. addition, is it important whether it does or not? (You may think my questions do not concern you because your son is not a senior and won't leave school for years. I think you should be concerned about the questions because he won't be a junior for long.)

It is most important. For the first time in human history it is probable that work is not going to occupy the major portion of the time and attention of your son. Even if Chanel were able to prepare people for work, it would be a wasted effort, because education should prepare people for those activities which will occupy the bulk of their time and attention. The aim of education must now be to prepare people to make intelligent use of their free time. This is an enormous task. Most can't say they are making intelligent use of the free time they have now - boys and parents alike - because we are in the fun society, moulded and supported by technology, affluence and advertising.

The question put to boys now is not "Are you doing anything worthwhile, anything interesting or important?" The question is "Are you having any fun?" With all the gadgets, the aim of which is to provide comfort or amusement, and all the affluence that has made it possible to buy them, and all the advertising that urges us to do so, fun has become something bought with money, supplied by gadgets, and endorsed by advertising. If you aren't doing something that involves these elements and meets these requirements, we can't be having any fun. Perhaps I ought to tell you I am not against fun. But the trouble with fun is that it is boring.

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CC.COULD CHANEL BE DOING MORE? (Continued)

It is simply not possible to spend more than a certain number of hours, days, weeks or years having fun. And when a fatigued funster looks back over what he has done, he can only sigh and look at himself in his photo album having fun. He hasn't improved himself, hasn't gained anything, hasn't learned anything, and hasn't helped anybody else. His life is empty, without meaning and therefore without reason.

Recent reports from the labour front suggest most boys get second jobs - more money, more fun -: or watch T. V. Culture is regarded in some circles as something continental, meaning European or un-Australian. Another reason why it is important is because when a person - even a boy - gets depressed or frustrated he must have some way of working it off; a safety valve as it were. Some go to the bottle, some to music or painting, others to literature or a hobby. As you know (or do you ?), the bottle way is not successful, but others are. But you have to know about these other worlds before you can go to them.

What are you doing about preparing your son for life in this respect? Is Chanel creating appetites in this field? If not, why not? Is everyone at Chanel too busy for this? Could Chanel be doing more?

W. F. Davey.

CHANEL BUSHWALKERS

Since writing about the Blackwood Camp in the last issue we have been fortunate in finding a better location for a permanent camp in the Great Dividing Range.

Thanks are due for this to the Reverend Father Cummins, Parish Priest of Trentham, and Miss Kit Trewhella of Trentham.

Some weeks ago we dropped in on Father Cummins and told him we were looking for some- thing a "bit better" than the present set-up at Blackwood. He was very keen about the whole idea, and showed us spots which, unfortunately, just did not fill the bill. Then we met Miss Trewhella, who has a property between Blackwood and Trentham.

She ran us out to have a look at her place and we were delighted. The house was built by her father just on a hundred years ago. It has been empty for many years and, naturally, is delapidated and in need of repair.

It is in a beautiful position, high up, and looking down on the surrounding countryside. Has been said Beethoven wrote his Pastoral Symphony here. Of course you can't believe every- thing, but it sounds good, as Beethoven said, when he first heard the Pastoral!

This is the back view. Now let us take you to the front door. It is simply found by walking through the house. If only Beethoven had come the front way! Stretched out in front of you is a - - paddock! But on the other side of the paddock, the forests and mountains of the Great Dividing Range roll on for miles and miles. Literally hundreds and hundreds of 'em. And there, just showing through the blue mists on the distant horizon are the snow-capped mountains of Tasmania. The mist parted for a few seconds and we caught a brief glimpse of Burnie College. How envious they looked.

The bush is thick and, we should imagine, waiting to be discovered by the Bushwalkers.

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BUSHW ALKERS (Continued)

Magnificent gums and blackwoods spread out from the edge of the property. 'Tis said the local creeks are alive with blackfish, and there is good trout fishing around the Trentham Falls. For those who are rolling stones, gold, sapphire, zircon and opal have been reported.

We gazed and gazed. I even heard Father Albers muttering to himself, "It's like a little bit of Holland". Of course it's not, .. it's much better than Holland, Miss Trewhella wanted to know if we were interested and there is no need to tell you the answer, She immediately said "Right. Then I'll have the house renovated for you! II That's the kind of person she is.

And she is as good as her word. Last Sunday we were up there, and things are going ahead. A large sewerage tank has been installed - new piping laid to the windmill on the hill - one side of the house ripped down and re-built - shower room and toilet going up and other things, There will even be a hot water system for the showers!

Miss Trewhella is going to a lot of trouble and expense to make t his place comfortable for you fellas and it should be ready in a few weeks. She asks to be called Aunty Kit, and asks one favour of you - that you remember a sister of hers (R. 1. P.) in your prayers, whose legacy made the improvements to the camp possible. I've told her we would do this. She has your interests at heart and believes in the things we are trying to do for the Chanel Bushwalkers. In return, we ask you to respect her property at all times and take care of the things she had so generously offered to you.

Who knows? We might even have a Beethoven hidden in our midst!

Father Caldwell, S. M,

BUSH LAWS

The Bushwalkers' Camp should develop, among other things, thoughtfulness, courtesy, generosity and comradeship. One may be well-mannered in his house, and yet wear out his welcome at the camp. Ignorance of the laws of a camp is the means by which the old campaigner spots the "green-horn" and the "tenderfoot"; the code of the camp is simple .. It is strict. One is on trial until he learns it.

The Trail Hog,

One rule is to leave the camp and the bush as beautiful as you find it. In some camps you can follow the trail hog wherever he has left pieces of food, paper, clothes strewn all over the place. The path of the trail hog is most offending. One of the golden rules of a camp is to leave no trace. All refuse is either burned or buried.

The Fire Criminals.

The greenest of green horns is the fire criminal - wood for the fire is precious - he builds a big roaring fire and uses wood that someone else has cut and stacked. He is not interested in cleaning up when the fire has died out. He lights fires carelessly in the bush. Fire building is an art and the quickest way to size up a bushman is to look at his fire.

The Ignoramus on the Farm.

It is not good form to romp in hay, to cut away at fence posts, to leave gates open or bars down, to throw stones in the grass, to steal from farm produce, to take a short cut across ploughed ground. Let us adopt the old law of neighbourliness and ask permission before we go onto

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another man's land whether it be to trap rabbits, collect mushrooms, gather wood or just walk about his paddocks.

Tree Butchers.

Inexperienced boys with knives and axes hack away at saplings and trees leaving scars and dead trees for all to see. Some break off the branches and leave an ugly-shaped tree. Don't carve your initials on a tree - very often you will ring-bark it and the tree will die. To cut down a tree in the State Forest is an offence, and punishable by fine.

Camp Chores.

In camp no one is exempt from camp chores, There are no bosses. Everyone shares in the tasks. Some boys have their meals and walk away leaving their dirty dishes .. This breach of etiquette is unpardonable.

Lights Out.

When the signal for lights out is given it should be obeyed and the camp must quieten down. A good night's sleep is necessary for everyone. Laughing and talking after lights out shows a lack of consideration for others,

Travel Dry.

If your clothes become wet, change as soon as possible. Always bring to camp a complete change, and plenty of warm clothes. If you become wet away from camp keep walking until you can change so that you keep warm. Wet clothes can make you sick.

GUNSMOKE

In the Bushwalkers 1 section of the "Champion" there will be an article on the aborigines. These are the real Bushwalkers - the real Australian bushmen, and try as we might to seek for knowledge of the Australian bush, this knowledge will only be second rate in comparison with that possessed by the Old Australian.

These Old Australians are food gatherers and hunters. They do not practise any form of gardening or animal husbandry and we have no reason for thinking they ever did. But this does not mean their life was one of effortless simplicity. Australia is not a "land of Canaan '\ "flowing with milk and honey" enabling the food-gatherer and hunter just to put forth his hand or open his mouth and so obtain his sustenance in ease. Indeed, it is almost everywhere a hard country for much of the time,

These Old Australians were living in Australia, in every part of it, for thousands of years, and did so because instead of exploiting it they adapted themselves to and reached an equilibrium with it, and they all lived directly off the land. And they were able to do so year after year, in bad times and in good times, in "good blackfellow country" and in apparent trackless and waterless deserts, because in the course of centuries, through experience and experiment, they had evolved a threefold adaptation: intellectual, technological and psychological.

Knowledge of Nature.

We are apt to underestimate the amount and depth of knowledge about the environment and all that is therein which is required by food-gatherers and hunters living continuously off the land. They must know everything in their several tribal territories which is good or not good to eat. They must know how to obtain their various foods using the tribal heritage of skills and equipment, and how to prepare the same, a laborious process in the case of some yams and

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nuts and bulbs which have to be freed of injurious properties. And they must know when and where to expect the various types of food to be ready for gathering or hunting. As we might say, they must know the signs and the seasons, and this knowledge the Old Australians do have.

Nature to these people is a system in which natural species and phenomena are related, or associated, in space and time. The appearance of one object, for example a star, a bird or flower or insect, has become, through observation down the centuries, the sign that rain is corning, that fish are running, that some particular animal or reptile will soon be plentiful, that yams and ground nuts are ready for digging, or that certain wild fruits are ripe. In Arnhem Land, the rising of Orion in the early morning occurs about our month of June, when the grass is long and still green, the goannas are sleeping in the ground, and above all, the dingo pups are being born in secluded places which will now be sought.

Coming down to an earthly sign, the yellow flowers of the wattle trees are a sign that the magpie-geese will be flying along the yearly routes over the giant paper-bark trees from swamp to swamp to eat the water-lily tubers. So the men build platforms in the branches of selected trees and, waiting, mimic the honk-honk of the geese which then circle the tree and alight. But as they do so they are knocked to the ground with well- aimed throwing sticks where they are quickly dispatched by men at the base of the tree.

To be continued.

DIRECTION FINDING

It seems that some boys are not blessed with an inherent sense of direction. It cannot be acquired by study; one has to be born with it.

But if a sense of direction cannot be acquired, it is possible to learn something about how to avoid getting lost. When on a walk you should retain a series of mental links with the point to which you have to return when you are in hitherto unknown country"

On the first leg of the journey, keep in mind where the starting point lies from where you then are. Just where you are on the map, so to speak, doesn't matter as long as that one thing is stored in the memory. Upon reaching a prominent landmark, use it in turn in place of the original starting point, and so on. Your outward journey, therefore, consists of a string of memorised landmarks.

But it must be kept in mind that the sides of rocks, trees, hills and aspects of scenery which are seen on the outward journey are not what will be seen on the way back. Things often look vastly different when viewed from the other side, so develop the habit of turning to look back along your tracks every few hundred yards. Memorise what you see and on the return journey those scenes should be recognised. Childishly simple? Granted, but it is yet an- other example of how bushcraft is built up by mastering a number of simple things.

It is also necessary to find out whether one tends to circle to the right or the left, for some people take a longer stride with one leg. Go out into a level, treeless paddock, make some- thing such as a tussock or stone a couple of hundred yards away your objective, and start walking towards it. Then tip the brim of the hat low over the eyes, so that the ground can be seen no more than six feet ahead. Continue to walk at normal pace and in the usual manner until half the distance has been covered, then look up to see how far you have deviated from the direct course. One test is not enough. It must be repeated until there can no longer be any doubt as to the direction in which you tend to circle.

The advice is often given that people lost in hilly country should follow a creek down in order

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SYNOPSIS:

Second Episode of

"The Unusual Teapot"

This

Epis

ode: "T h 0 s e N as t y Pill s "

Last Episode! The story opened with George Yardly being tried for the murder of

Clark Balton, who was murdered in his prison cell. I (Inspector Richard Parker)

to locate a track or a house. But down in a gully one can see little and the going is often bad. Unless it is hidden in mist, it is far better to get up on a ridge. There the going is usually far easier and from the elevation one can pick out tracks, the rising smoke, flashes from a distant car or truck windscreen, windmills, paddock fences and other signs of civilization. Up there one also hears better. A dog barking, an axe being used, a truck travelling in low gear, are often heard by the person on a hilltop but inaudible to somebody down in a gully.

If lost or disabled by accident, remember that three shots, or three shouts in fairly quick succession at intervals, or three fires in a row, three smoke columns, three flashes from a mirror or from an electric torch, are the recognised distress signals. For this reason be careful never to do anything which could be mistaken for one of those signals, such as a party keeping three fires burning in a row.

And lastly, if you are 10 st - don't panic - Sit tight.

"

FOOTBALL

This year the football teams were increased from four to six, bringing in one more under 15 team, making three, and one under 18 team, bringing their total also up to three.

Both the firsts and U/15A's are sure of making the finals and the U/15Cis under the astute coaching of Peter Lang and Mark Wilson, have an outside chance. The others do not have any hope of making the four and are mainly there to give a lot of boys a better chance of playing competitive football

In social matches this year, Chanel has won only one game out of five and that was by the U/15As against St Vincent's.

U/15As vs St Vincents 1sts vs St Vincents U/15As vs Hamilton 2nds vs Hamilton 1sts vs Hamilton

Chanel Opp.Won Lost Lost Won

3.5 13.11 9.9 2. 4

10.4 5.10

BASKETBALL

In an attempt to further basketball in the school, Father Dean decided to put an U/16 team and an Open side in the D grade competition.

The U/I6s are all first year players with the exception of John Bliss and Laurie McLaughlin, who are usually relied upon to throw most of the points. The younger players have steadily improved and now, instead of a side considering them a percentage builder, they are becoming a force to be reckoned with. Last Friday night, 8th July, they won their first game, beating Try Boys by 4 points.

The 'D' grade side is in a much better position, being second on the ladder, having lost only one game and that to the leaders, South Wesley , They should go close to being premiers in this competition.

Later on in the year Father Dean hopes to run a house basketball competition if the courts can be cleaned and fixed up properly 0

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had finished giving evidence at this trial about the account that eye witness Robert Hamel had given at the trial of Balton. He, Balton, was charged and found guitly of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. With just five days of his sentence served, he was poisoned. As the episode closed I recalled some pieces of evidence that may well have altered Balton's trial, thus affecting the present trial. . . But let's continue ...

An autopsy had been performed on Balton and we had found a pawn -ticket butt in his mouth. Apparently his murderer was after it and when Balton learnt of this he tried to digest it. We had taken the ticket (No. 55) to the pawn-shop. What a clue it turned out to be - an unusual teapot! Unusual, because it had five distinct bands painted in red. Could this have had any- thing to do with the murder 2 I doubted it, but now a seventh sense told me it was an important clue.

It was now late in the afternoon on April 25th. I was in my office. disgusted at myself for apprehending Yardly too soon. He had been set free on insufficient evidence. What a fool I was not to see that earlier.

"Still think he did it, eh, Rick?" "Don't you remember me? Will Potter. Just back from the Continent. IT

"Wil! Welcome back. How was the trip ?" I had just noticed him but I wasn't pleased by his presence. "Marvellous. Reckon you'll pin him?"

Why did he bother me? Just too fatigued, that's what I was. I needed fresh air.

"Who? Oh! He's a tough one. I'm going there now. Coming?" "Sure." "Constable! If anything important comes up I'll be at Yardley's. " IT But , he's dead, Sir!" "Who ? Yardley? ... How?" "Car accident, Sir. Hit-and-run. Number plate DIE-275. " "What l Why that's my car. Someone is got a funny sense of humour, " Wil said with meaning. ''When? " "Doc says about five, Sir." ''Where ?" "55 Dudley Street, Sir. Five blocks away from his own home. " "Anything strange about it?" "Well , a black velvet bag was found near the body, but there we rent any of his fingerprints on it. " "Oh! What was in the bag?" I was finally recovering from the shock of his death. "Just an old teapot. Funny. unusual thing they said it was. "

But his words were interrupted, as I literally 'hit the roof'.

I grabbed a note pad and started scribbling everything that came to my mind. Over my shoulder, Wil Potter slowly read what came from the pen.

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"Sullivan's ... apartment ... 2 .. The .. pawn .. shop... 3. Yardley's body ... 11 He turned to me, "What's that all about?" ''1 III tell you later," I said as I put the paper in my pocket. "Right now, we're going to visit : someone. It

"Not for me, mate! I've got to get to the airport. I'm due in the capital to escort Mr Jackson back, but for the rest, it's top secret. "

Before too long I had reached my destination, (where I was to find yet another piece in the puzzle, and discover that for this gain I had penetrated another ring in this ever growing, suspended mystery.) The pawnshop!

A brief interview with the proprietor told the most important facts in one of the most mysterious cases I have ever investigated.

According to his files and the local 'gossip ', the article in question was originally some military man's, but it was pawned by some under-secretary of his. A man by the name of Yards then bought it for $15,00.

A simple description of two of them confirmed my belief. However asking him if he knew where .. it was now, I only found a brick wall. If he did know it would mean that there would be two or more of those mysterious 'articles in question', viz: - an unusual Dutch Teapot - a quaint little mediator between the holder and death.

I was exhausted.

I decided to

use the coffee table beside my bed in my flat as temporary head-quarters. After settling down from one of those nasty pills my doctor gave me, I rang my office.

"I want you to keep a direct line with me and send a man along with the teapot that was found near Yardly's body. "

The voice crackled over the bad line. "Sorry, sir. Your friend said he would take custody of it, but he must have forgotten it. We've checked his address but he wasn't home, "

110h, no!"

It was minutes before I was settled down and deciding on what course of action to follow.

"Sir?" Are you there, Sir?" There was genuine frustration in the voice.

"Oh , yes. Look, ring up the Airline and ask them for the passenger list of the flight that W, Potter's on and what flight number it is!"

I flopped back on my bed. I could do nothing now but wait. The next thing to do was to check out my theory. Theory! My last theory has not been disproved! As a matter of fact, it is still as prevalent as any other idea I've had during this crazy case of the Unusual Teapot.

I grabbed my note pad and had just begun on my other theory when my call from the office came through.

"Excuse me, Sir., Before I give your information, we've done an extra bit of checking and you might be interested in what we've come up with. "

"Ohl Go on, then."

"Well, nothing happened on the trip up to the capital and almost immediately he'll have to fly back here with the country's Defence Minister. We've contacted with him and asked him about that teapot. He replied that Sir Thomas Mullane (the Defence Minister) had taken an

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attraction to it and asked if he could have it for a while. On asking Sir Thomas about the tea- pot, he, you might say, kicked himself for letting his maid pack it in his trunk. "

I was astonished.

"Look, forget that information.' Send a good car out here to me, and then get the passenger list and flight number of the plane W. Potter is coming back on. "

In other words I still have to wait to check out my first theory.

About ten minutes later, the car arrived with my requested information. I was just dressed.

"Hurry! To the Airport! We've got some lives to save! "

It was a quick ten minutes' drive. Hardly waiting for the car to stop, I dashed from it and the sight of my police badge saw me easily to the control tower.

"Can you contact the next plane arriving here from the capital - The Defence Minister's plane? II

'Why sure. Just a minute ... There ... This is control tower 41 calling WJ203. Come in Wj203. Calling WJ203. This is very urgent. Come in WJ203 ... "

To be continued.

"VIETNAM, WHETHER IT BE G00D 0R EVIL " Inserted by F. Carroll.

To you who desire to cross this threshold, do you know what awaits you? I know replied the soldier. Cold, hunger, abhorrence, derision, contempt, abuse, prison disease, and death! I know, I am ready, I shall endure all blows. Not from enemies alone, but also from relatives, from friends. Yes, even from them ...•.. Are you ready to commit a crime? I am ready for crime, too. Do you know that you may be disillusioned in that which you believe, that you may discover that you were mistaken, that you ruined your young life in vain? I know that, too. Enter! The soldier crossed the threshold, and a heavy curtain fell behind him. Fool! said someone, gnashing his teeth. Saint: someone uttered in reply.

Ivan Turgeniev. (Adapted and slightly altered. )

We wish to thank the typists who worked so hard on this edition of Champion. Miss Anne Ludowyk; Miss Georgina Allum; Miss Kay Moore; Mrs. Carey; Mrs Johnson.

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"Champion" , Chanel College

Box 188, GEE LONG. Vie,

Dear Reader,

Ever since "Champion came into being last year, it has had to overcome many problems in order to "stay alive". No sooner is one problem solved, than another appears.

Now, for the first time, Champion seems to be almost free of problems. Our financial problems have been largely overcome due to the generosity of many local dealers and tradesmen, who are paying for advertising space. We ask you to repay this kindness by dealing from them wherever possible. This means we will be able to maintain our present

., high standard of production.

The Champion staff has been re-organised, so that not too much work is left to one or two boys. A number of departments have been established with a senior student in control. His job is to make sure sufficient material comes in from his department for each issue. He has a team of reporters under him who report on activities in their department.

We feel that Champion is at last "on the move", and operating in an efficient and economic manner. All that remains is for us to sell Champion. Sales are al an all-time low, and this seems to be our last major problem. Less than half the boys in the school bought the June issue, which means less than half the parents of our boys saw it. Champion is directed not only to the boys at Chanel, but to their parents also. It gives them an opportunity of keeping in closer contact with activities and events at the school, of reading the latest news and views from Chanel ,

To encourage more readers we are now offering Champion on a subscription basis. There are five more issues to be published this year, including this one. For the moment the cost of an individual copy is 20 cents. To have Champion sent to you in your own home, all you need do is fill in the form below, enclose $1. 00 subscription for the remainder of the year (this includes postage) and return as soon as possible.

This service will be of particular interest to Boarders' parents, who might never see Champion otherwise.

We look forward to your continued patronage.

The Editor.

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