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fri endly people who set her pencils andpaint tubes in plaster. She will alwayscome up grinning (not straight away ofcours e) when tin s, books, boxes, andbottles casca de from he r " sta cked"locker to land with a c rash on thefloor . Lun ch hour, when ho rdes pour upfrom the lower deck, is the t ime whenJoan really sh ines. Space does not allowus to go into any det a i1s (muc h as wewould like to) about these happeningsbut a nyo ne with imagination couldguess!DAVID : Between the coffee sh op andthe school there can be seen a blur oflight a s though some dynamic flurry ofhumanity wa s ra c ing ba ck and forth ineager pursuit of both study and drink(coff ee). It has been s uggested by so memisguided obse rve rs that thi s particul arblur is responsible for the weird and un ­usual composition of one Miss Burns'art equipment. Thi s of co u rse is purehea rsa y. Th is some bl ur wa s responsibl efo r the pol ice co rdo n thrown round theschoo l in on attempt to way lay a gunmanac cu sed of shoot ing on a Sunday.W e th ou gh of co u rse, that t he ra ilwa yshad f inally caught up wit h h im but thorwill p roba b ly com e later. However he ha spaid h is debt to soc iety and we are gladto have Da vid ba ck with us a ga in, forwho else cou ld we have to c lutte r up t hestai rways, wall s, ce ilings and carpetswit h noti ces of school activities?Sign ing off now, Lavi d, Des, Boon,Job a nd Dian.• FORM CA 2 NOTESTh is patriotic horde of pu nctualwork e rs has once a ga in staggered thestaff with their conscientious industry.First but not fa st in our group isMARION, one of ou r part-time st ude nts .Marion (it has been discovered by Brucethot she is the . . . Charlton kind ) hasswept through the sy lla bus like a reg u lardervish and wi II be missed ne xt year 'JSmuch as she has been th is year.Sec ond (not rate) on thi s list is tha tdark, broodi ng, figure wh o starred ()?)recently as Dracula (due to lac k ofmakeupl. He can be see n sitt ing s ile nt lyamongst a be vy of beauties. Because ofci rcumst a nces be yond his co nt rol, hs isthe so le s u rv rvm q mole in CA2. However,one day when his bock is turned. .. exi t LIN.SUZAN, contrary to popula r belief,does not s lee p here; nor is she th e oneif you knew. Being th e onl y dressmakerin the group, Sue ha s th e art of manhandlingsewn up . Sue kn ows how tokeep her man at arm's length eventhough she ha s been accused of havin garms twelve thousand mil es long!When one c ross es the rood and ope nsth e doo r of the Dethridge Dive one isbound to hear, through the haze ofsmoke a nd co ffee fumes, two femininevoices: " T he n he said . . . and I said. . ." " He did n' t !" This co nversa t iont he n usually wanders through the realmsof Dior, Sock-look , Garner, Brubeck, andKen ton , then with a s igh and a glanceat a wa tc h, " W e ll I suppose we 'd bettergo bock to c loss Steve, it's 11 o'cl ock."" Ve ry we ll. Let 's go Thelma."• FORM CA 1 NOTESAnne Bowen: Am biti on : To win thehe art of a ce rtai n som ebody; ProbableFate: The boy ne xt door ; Pet Aver s ion :W olf wh ist les; Fa vourite Oc cupation:Phone ca lls; Fa vou rite Saying: " Ha veyou got three pennies?"Barbara Brennan: Amb ition: To be asec ond L'il Mo Cono lly; Probable Fote:Spectator; Pet Ave rsion : Engineer s'morning we lco me co mmit tee at theschoo l entrance ; Favourite Occupation :A certai n little boy ; Favourite Say ing :" You dare write t ha t !"Robert Conn: Ambition : Easy money;Proboble Fate: Hob o; Pet Aver sion : Getting not es sign ed by Dad; Fa vou rite Occupation: Skirts; Favourite Say ing :" W ho ca res!"Ad rienne Cordell: Ambitio n : To stayout a ll night; Probable Fate: Lung Cancer; Pet Ave rsio n: Catching the early69tr a in; Favourite Occupation : Be ing ace rta in some body's pilli on pc ssenqer;Favourite Saying : "! /!?!"Laurel Eaton: Ambition: Nothing;Probable Fate: Just that; Pet Aver sion :School wo rk; Favourite Occupation :Throwing ch alk at the un suspecting;Favourite Say ing: " I don't kn ow."Col in Frost : Ambition : To bec ome a