Gryphon 1957 - Adm.monash.edu.au

..• CADET UNITCadet activities started off rathe rpoorly this year because a la rge numberof cadets eithe r entered into employment,took up apprenticeships or movedaway from the a rea. Although the cadetun it was small in numbers, enthusias mwa s h igh and the cadets were spur redon by the support and inte res t of Mr . C.Jordon, t he inco ming headmaster.T he Christmas vocation C.U .O. andN.C.O . training courses produced a goodteam of specialist N.C.O.'s a nd twoC. U.O.'s in the persons of S. A. Nichollsand K. C. Ferguson , who were duly appointedCompany Under-officers.I n J u Iy momentou s th ings began tohappen. First wa s a visit by the BrigadeCommander, Lieut.-Col. J . S. Hutchison,accompanied by Colonel Forrest, Directorof Cadet Services, Australion Command.The outcome wa s that pe rmissionwas granted to increase the unit to 101bodi es, all ronks. T his caused quite 0hiatus in the normal life of the un it,necessitating the appointment of anumber of Junior N.C.O.'s .With the increase in numbers, a numberof problems (growing pains) becameapparent, but these were ironed out at ave ry successful annual ca mp at SeymourSite 17 which was attended by 76cadets.The final highlight to the date of thisreport wa s the un it' s taking part in theCaulfield centenary celebrations in anevening march along Hawthorn Rood.The un it wa s complimented by outsideobservers, which wa s very g ra tifying.• CAR TRIALThe first, and probably the la st schoolcar tr ia l, for this year anywa y, wa s he ldthrough the Dandenongs on the 25thAugust.The route wa s through Scoresby, Upwey,Kall ista, The Patch , Olinda andThe Basin, with the finish at Diny'sPicnic Ground. One of the h ighl igh tswas the na vigation by Graeme Witty, inRoyce Fullard's Lancia, who found thesta rt with effortless ease, but from thenon was not seen. Mi ck Allen also becomedis couraged, retiring early with abroken car. Patterson and Waterstoured the countryside completely ignoringthe trial route, and managed toseize their motor. Roger Westwooddeemed it unnecessary to call at controls,and thus set a record for pointslost . Ken Ford, in his tw in carbu retto rHolden, drove the ma jority of the distancewith on empty petrol tank and hi sefforts we re th us hampered so mewhat.The most magni ficent sight of all wa sthat of the dropping ja ms of a ll navigatorswhe n they came across the overagespeed control, wh ich was definitelynot where they thought it: was.Geoff Taylor and Neil Johanneson, inan Austin Seven, battled against adversitiessuch as a blowout and a brokenkingpin, and won with a loss of 100 pts.Truly a m ighty effort! Second wa s KenFord (Holden) and th ird was Pete Gill itzer(Holden),The whole day we nt off very sm oothlyth officials were magnificent and thecarnival barbecue fin ished a really enjoyableday.Finally, to those who leave the un it atthe end of th is year, we wish them a ll thebest , and to those who remain: " Goodcamping a nd good shooting for yea r1958."J . M. LAMONT, Captain.E. W. LUDGE, Lt . Adjutant.G. C. CARLOS, Lt. Quartermaster.29~R.W.