Hobart College Newsletter 2 2012 - Tasmanian Academy

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harmony Day hoBart colleGe WinS aWarD For BeSt harmony Day eVent It was all peace and love on March 21 when Hobart College celebrated Harmony Day during Home Group. The Students Against Racism Group along with the Tasmanian Centre for Global Learning and the Alcorso Foundation launched the documentary film they produced of their Living in Between Project. Senator Lisa Singh spoke to the assembled students via video link and Cassy O’Connor MHR officially launched the production. Student comperes, Nikita Dub and Samuel Olal, went on to introduce a variety of student performances including Nick Osborne’s virtuoso digeridoo/guitar/percussion piece. Throughout Home Group period and the lunch hour the campus engaged ‘harmoniously’ in an exciting and uplifting range of activities: • Nepalese curry and Filipino noodles were sold and prepared by the YAMEP students from the Polytechnic • The best orange outfit was worn by Ismael Usher who won a morning tea for his entire Home Group • The dance class and Students Against Racism members were an entertaining flash mob • The Tasmanian Centre for Global Learning Centre set up interactive pods for interested people to converse with students from diverse backgrounds about their experiences • Grace Ford had her head shaved in aid of the Leukaemia Foundation and her class supported her with an ice-cream sundae stall • Music performance students were joined by Fabio in entertaining the crowd. 9
Hobart High School to Hobart College Celebrating 100 years 1958 - 1961 My father, Keith Walker (also known as KJ or Johnny), was the Senior Master of English and later the Deputy Headmaster at Hobart High School prior to taking up the post of Headmaster at the brand new Riverside High School in Launceston in 1962. He recalls that during his relatively short time at HHS, he served under three different headmasters, Biggins, Cifford and Brown, which was noteworthy as, in the preceding years, there had only been two – the long serving P H Mitchell and H V Biggins. He recalls that there had been a tradition under Miss Morris of the interhouse Talent Quest, but that he thought the school was due for a change and so produced the school’s first major musical production, Toad of Toad Hall. He also remembers the strength of the English Department with teachers such as Jim Horner and ‘characters’ like Michael Boddy and the fortnightly “Literary and Debating Evenings” they held for students. By 1958 the assembly hall at Letitia Street was already too small for the student population, so the students stayed in their classrooms while Mr Biggins or the prefects broadcast the assembly over the PA system. Dad recalls that Mr Biggins was very careful with the school’s finances. He famously didn’t believe in school crossings on Letitia Street as the HHS students were “intelligent enough” to deal with the street without them. He has many fond memories of Old Hobartians dances at the Belvedere on Saturday nights and the talented students he taught. Like many other former staff and students of our College, he is looking forward to sharing memories at the centenary celebrations next year. Rosalind Walker olD hoBartian centenary ScholarShiP laUnch Left to Right: President of the Old Hobartian Association, Bill Brundle launches the OHA Centenary Scholarship which from, 2013 onwards, will annually support students graduating from Hobart College to study in any discipline at the University of Tasmania (UTAS). See enclosed pamphlet for information on how to support this initiative. Marie Di Bennedetto, Mary Coatman, Margaret Price, Graeme Young and Garry Jones at the launch. notice oF aGm - hoBart colleGe aSSociation Wednesday May 30 at 5.30pm in the Teaching and Learning Centre Nomination forms for committee members (staff, parent, student and community members) are available from the front office. The main function of the Association is to provide advice and recommendations to the Principal in relation to local issues affecting students at the College. We look forward to seeing you at the AGM. 10
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