Struan 1962 - Adm.monash.edu.au

COLLEGE IMPROVEMENTSCOMMITTEEWELFARE ASSOCIATIONThe Welfare Association, estab­The College Improvements lished in 1960, has continued toCommittee is a newly organized function vigorously throughout thesub-committee of the S.R.C. Its year, its committee meeting onceaim is to provide the students with a month under the energetic chairsocialamenities that will add to manship of Mr. Charles Metters,the beauty and comfort of the sur­ with Mr. Andrew Burns as Secroundings.This committee, under retary and Mr. John Bell as Treastheleadership of Mr. Colbourne, urer. The Principal, Miss Kentish,works diligently and without fuss Mr. Wells and Pat Russo representto achieve this aim .the College.Over the past years the com­ This body - unique in that itmittee has organized working bees is the only such association attachthathave resulted in the path to ed to any teachers' college - con­Struan being laid, trees and shrubs sists of interested citizens and parplanted,and a football scoreboard ents of students, and has ,as itsbeing erected. These jobs cost aims the welfare of the studentlittle or no money, so in the last body, the establishment of undertermthe committee had a spending standing between the college andspree - garden labels, ash trays, the community, and the provisionclock and indoor plants were among of amenities. These it has furthertheitems on the committee's ed by various functions heldshopping list. If nothing else, the throughout the year, the first ofCollege Improvements Committee which was a Garden Party heldof 1962 will go out in a blaze of in March to which parents of newglory - bankrupt! students were invited. To the backgroundof music supplied by the- Patricia Russo.R.A.A.F. band under Squadron­Leader Hicks, visitors were able toinspect the College and meet thePrincipal and staff.The Annual General Meeting,held shortly afterwards, was wellattended, and an enthusiastic committeeelected. On this occasionMr. Phillip Law spoke of the work'~·.,;r,.--~"""'15eing aone oy i\ustralia in l':n-"­tarctica, and showed some beautifuland informative slides.~Yoga - a healthy pastime for the~ whole family.- ""'- - -Page Seventy.Four STRUAN, 1962