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1SOCIAL COMMITTEEBack Row: Don Brown, Rosali nd Pond. Bob Lewis.Middle Row : Har rv Helm er, Tony Sims. (President}, Beve r­ley Long, Wayne Eilermann, John Grace .Front Row : Bill Power . Neale Ja ckson. Juhn Raivers,Malcolm Ral ton , ABSENT-Suo Hutchinson.- SOCIAL COMMITTEE REPORTWhen we began th e school year. the Social Committeenumbered only five persons. However, wi th intwo months, it had doubled in size, to the reliefof th e original members who found that organisingdances was a bigger task than a t first appeared.With its increased numbers a car tre asure huntwas organised which proved to be most enjoyablefor all who went along.Although [ewe r dances wer e held this year,they foll owed the trend of the preceding years.That is, the first dance was a great success, butattendances dropped off stead ily at th e laterdances. Nevertheless, those who atte nded th oroughlyenjoyed themselves .THIRD ANNUAL BALLT he ball this year was held at Ormond HalI onFriday, 21st September, this location being preferredto Dorchester because of its extra roomand cheaper overall expense.The 250-odd that turned up , without exc eptionhad a very enjoyable even ing. But for the usualcarrying's on, nothing unusual happened all night.Early in the morning Flood arrived in a ver ymerry state, followed by Steve, who after findingtheir table proceeded to bring in the entire Carltonand United reserves for the next ten minutes or so.Then it happened. Steve decided to kiss everygirl in th e place, so he started on hi s rounds.Every th ing went smoothly until he reached Randyand Mary-Beth. From thi s moment on Randy andMary-Beth were rarely off th e dance floor.Later Marion arrived ; with Harry. Up to thisstage nothing had happened and those there satround and chatted. By this time most of SA hadarrived as well as Ray Henry, Mike Hassett andco mpan y.john Crace was the bus y man in bla ck who, withWa yne, was d oing a wonderful job sho wing theguests to the wrong tables.The night gradually settled down to a very noi syaffair with Steve giving everyone a shake upon thedance floor. Rosemary Powell gave some delightfulrenditions of two or three songs and then, un­KEWSPAI'ER COMMITT EEL. to R. : Mike Ha ssell , Beverly Lon g. Don Brown(Editor), Bill H ughes.T h is year the Snowy Trip had an added advantage over previous trip s for Lake Mountain hadju st rece ived a fall of snow. Although the snowdelayed a few people getting back to the bu s, oneyoung lad y had no claim to th is exc use. However,everyone arrived safely back in Melbourne and infine spirits.The Ball ended this year's social act ivities, witha wild throng gathered at Ormond H all. Even anon-dr inking Mech anical -Electrical stooped so lowas to sample the "stuff".T o finish this rep ort. I would like to thank thewhole social com mi tt ee, and Wayn e Ei fermann inparucular. for their great work th roughout theyear .John C ra ce.fo rtunately, 'had to leav e. It broke Steve 's heartso to see her go without even so much as a partingword.T he drink tast ers of table 22 had now com ­menced sampling all available concoctions withintheir rea ch . With Mike , Ray. Steve and Len ina stupor, the ball could be sa id to be a success.The dancing (?) that followed was as good as ariot with everyone pushing and bumping into on eanother. About this time the Principal and Vice­Principal popped in anti ou t, and on ce again th eriot began.Food, glorious footl at LAST, was the cry fromsome when soup was served at ab out midnight.During this period Len Waters staged one ofhis great balancing acts, taking two plates of sou p[rom the waitress and walk in g with them to histable ten feet away. If ever ten people were luckynot to have hot soup poured down their ne cks, itwas now.Aft er the main course was served a few warsbroke o ut in various sections of the hall, th epeople on th e intermediate tables receiving morethan th eir share of the backwash,At this stage of the morning ver y few peoplefelt like eating and the dancing was res umed .T he end of the experiment came for most atabout ,I o'cl ock.14