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to school teams th is ye a r. Those wh op lay ed cr icket we re Don Clarke, BarryM unce, Ian Rife, John Burdekin, IanRob erts, Gr a ha m Bail ey, Graham Dawson,George Ditz and Dennis Be rlourts.Barry Munce and Don Clarke al soplayed with the footbal l team. DavidHughes pla yed the baseball team a ndRon McKenzie starred at tennis. Ronwas al so in the victo rious team whichdefeated the sta ff . To pr ove our superioritythe st ude nts a lso pl a yed the stoffat golf. Ian Rofe played in this annualg rudge match. Another spo rt in wh ichSA showed the ir ability wa s vo lley-bo ll.We succe eded in defeating an exoeriencedteam f rom 5 D wh o rashly c ha l­lenged us, knowing that we hod notpl ayed together a s a team.In the foreqround of sc holasti c fa meare T re vor "Tex" Morton, Greg Hunt,Rex Swa nson, Don Clarke, J ohn Darnand Den is Berl ourtz. These bo ys deservetheir exce lle nt results in the exams andwe congratulate them a ccordingly.On e item whi ch we mu st mention ispoet ry. Mr. Dobell says that it is be st toa ttock this s ub jec t over a number cfweeks (we agree ) wit ho ut the interfe r..ence of any other Engl ish a spect to interrupt ou r train o f th ought. We sus pectt hat ou r tr a in of thou ght ha s jum pe dt he ro ils.In conclusion we would like to soythat we a re e nj oying ou r education atCaulfield and we a pprec iate th e interest which ou r teachers and ou r principalhave shown in us.• FORM 58 NOTESThis is the better half of 58, the mostpopular fo rm in th e sc ho o l. The teachersagree unanimously that we are t hec re a m of the future engineers .Mr. Clarke wa s amazed ot ou r un ­de rstanding efforts wit h chemistry, heeve n believes that mo st of us sho u ld bepe rm anently excluded from hi s c lossesa s we have suff ic ie nt kn owl edge of thissubject already.W e have a mong us three brilliantstudents fr om So nd ringham Tech., byname o r Brad Morgan, Da vid Jugginsand John " Spa rrow" Draper. Their combinedefforts pr oduce such amazing re­65suits that the teachers are apt to becomejealous. Mr. Verge, to stop himselffrom being shown up , does hi s best tosepa ra te this tri o.If you ever want you r life saved slipdown to Mordialloc where Bob McAllanand Peter Wentt will be gl ad to oblige.Al so down that way you might findPeter Coventry who, we hear, is sta rtingfencing classes - S guinea s a n hourfor gentlemen, young ladies fr ee .Every morning round 9 .30 th e wholeform patiently awaits th e arrival of theboys from Warragul, namel y Bill Kenwort hy a nd Ray M organ. W e wonderwhen the V ictorian Railways are goingto perfect that Ca u lfield- W a rra g u ltrain se rvice.As for as vo lley ball goes Ma x May isdefin itely the most. H is natural abilityto return seemingly imposs ible shotsbaffles a ll and it is indeed proof whatone can do wit h one's eyes closed.The on ly two students wh o s u rv ivedthe mid-yea r exams unde feated we reRob ert Farrell a nd Ian M cF arlane . Robert comes from Oakleigh , followed byDoug. Co rter and Barry Milford.Graem e Bu rgher has a perm a nent a r­g ument with Len Ve reshaka and it looksa s th ough neither will ever adm it thatthe other is wro ng.J ohn Leggo is ou r " Robbe ry UnderArms" expert Who , as yet, hasn't bee nca ug ht . Frank Thiel is one of the q u ietermembers of the form and Max Taylora ctually cla ims that St. Kilda is a footballtee m'From Moorabbin co me Grant Ros eand M r. Mills' pet, Gra eme Shoppee,the " likea b le idiot" . It is belie ved thatGraeme snea ked in when Mr. Kepertwa sn't looking.Last we have John Davies who won'tbe surprised if he is wr iting fifth formnotes a gain next yea r.Alderson, Barry - has a st riki ng persona lity with the lecturers, the ha rderthey st rike h im the better he is!Armstrong, Albert - is the can manof 58. If you wont anything (re pea tANYTHING' ), contact him. On e warning, it will be hot.Brown , M onty - doe s thing s in sty le- cha ses girls on a ra ci ng bike andusually has a blowout.