Gryphon 1957 - Adm.monash.edu.au

Johnny Stugg, from Sale Tech.,earned a reputation for his projectionof boulders in Wollongong whilst on theN .S.W. metallurgy tour.The desert boot brigade hails JohnMillar, whose single interest is a girlnamed Noeline; John Storey, Bill's petaversion, Colin Greeves and Colin(Robin) Thomas, who both support theschool tennis team, and lastly, GeoffRichardson , who drives to school in style.Bob Cooper, Max Ilberg and Ion(Zander) Alexander could be classed a sthe brains of the form.Ted (Pot) McCoy, who is also bright,was good enough to get into the Australianschoolboys' baseball team "thisyear.Rod Neil, who played with the footballteam, Rod Wilkinson and Dick Shinfieldall came from public schools.Ivan (ike) Boord and Norm (Jock)Crook take an interest in the goings onof the Emily Moe.Bruce Bossed ploys with t he schoolfootball team. These last three Iive outin 'rhe Mulga somewhere.Injuries list throughout the year includesCraig Pearce, who broke 0 wrist,Norm Butler, who broke on arm, .JohnRandell , who spent ages in hospital withleg trouble and Geoff Turton, who brokehis collarbone while playing competitivefootball.Norm Watson is 0 lad who often partakesof a " coff in nail. "Others are Nils (Fritz) Anderson , wholikes the Sydney Zoo for reasons bestknown to himself, David Youens andBob Alderson, who is our budding spearfisherman.• FORM 6C NOTESDuring the year of our Lord 1957many changes in character have takenplace; the intimate lives of the studentshave been delved into and a few startlingfacts have been discovered.Our sedate and hard-working Billtook some dancing lessons so that hecould strut about in a penguin su it, whileGraeme - "M.G." - Funder travelsfrom Sondringham to Mitchum everyweekend just to see his "dream. "Edward - "Prof.ss - Nolan, ;-he63moron of the form , suddenly started totravel on a later train so he can studywithout interruptions (he doesn't soywhat he studies). Another of his type isAlan Yaung, who travels a s quick as"lightning," while Brian Norton is justa lone ranger.Terry Dwyer and John Vickers alwaysrave about better performances, twinccrbies, etc. Andy Eger and Jim Smithare our veteran cor men, although Jimrove s about such things as watts outputas well .Alan Handsford and Bob Jones arethe mascots of the form. Alan also holdsthe distinction of being the only one whoposses all exams.Don McLean's yea rn ing is to be aporter in the railways.Alan Middleton and Alec Stewart arethe two country boys. Alan builds thingsfrom Meccano and photographs them.Dick Gower and Arnold Smith studymathematics in the Art School. Dick,recently from Queensland, is the only" ma rried" man in our group and heoften talks in his sleep (about the girlhe left behind).Poet - "Potts" - Thomson's fa voritepastime is she-ing, sorry, skiing!!Arch Robison works for the Americansyndicate " Con fident ia l" with his miniaturecamero. He also goes in for sheingbut not skiing .Keith Nankervis's favorite spot is atIndented Head. He says his yacht isthere, but we doubt it very much. CarlDe Fino also claims to be a yachtsman;his locker is next door to the VictorianLadies' Yacht Club. (So that's the reason!')And so we come to the end of ourdirge,Though we 've omitted our hero,Verge.We assume that you can seeJust why we're proud of Form 6C.• FORM 68 NOTES68, the school's outstanding form is amixture of the greatest variety of talentsone could think of. The paragraphswhich follow should help to justify thisstatement.To begin with, there is .John Burt.Now this fellow has a special talent for