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Railway engineer by inventing tra ins which willrun on beer.T O ="l ¥ WILSON : This lad is the unmodestgenius of our form and is also the Presid ent ofth e S.R.C . and recen tly elected as Vice-Presidentof V.A.T.C. T on y, like his counterpart, Bo b L.,has not led a good year with the goDs. He alwaysmeets Len W . a t dances, erc., wh en he is con ningstrongly. This makes him pack up and go home.Tony is a keen cricketer and footballer , and drivesar ound in an FE Holden. Also a keen golf erduring revision periods.="I EVILLE FARRELL: Neville is a speci alist inthe held of car rolling. How his Cowley suffered.He is a wild on e thi s one, being a member of SA.Believe on his twenty-first he was that blind hecould not see Jane or p erhaps sh e did not wantLO see him. H eard about the fel la, aft er a certainRevue Party, wh o didn't turn into Sp ring Streetout of Bourke Street and ended up on th e stepsleading to Parliament H ou se. Nev er know - wemight be voting for him some day.Last but not least is .. ­DOC. GERTSMAN N: The old est member ofForm 8E (he has been in the class for well ove r12 years). Even th ough he has gr ad uated withDegrees h e feels that he is too old to cha nge hisSAU1TAmlSways. Has a never-ending supply of anecdotes fromthe past (The Ye Olde Dayes). The only thingdifferent about him from other students is thathe receives pay for being a teacher.Our apologies go to no one above, but we doapologise to the Asian students in the form whomwe hav e left out becau se of th e lack of knowledgeabou t them.7CIIn trying to persuad e th e author of th ese notesto write nice things abou t th e m em bers of thisform, mu ch mon ey cha nged hands, much to thedeli ght of th e author ; nevertheless the truth willbe told and the author will skip th e co untry withhis haul.DA N BAKER: Dan may frequently seen racingup sta irs screa mi ng " Charge!" H e informs us thathe is imperson ating an acto r, wh o in turn is takingoff Pr esid ent Ro osevelt in the film , " Arsenic andOld Lace "_ You ca n't kid us, though, Dan , we'llgive you the p ortrait of President Roosevelt forCh ristmas.ALAN BEESON: Alan appea rs to look u ponDan with wonderment, but we realize he h op esthat the stairs will collapse, thus allowing him topass rubbish ing comm ents on the designing ofthe stairs. It ma y be that he will, on e day, designstairs for Dan 's feats,IAN BuLL: He is thought 1O hold up th ehonour of 7Cl since he is our representative inth e College Cri cket T eam, He is currently Mr.Roach 's star pupil. Mr. Roach even gives himcredit for kn owing three words , "I don't kn ow",H obby: Crushing cockR OA CH es with his cricke tboot s.DAVID COX: This lad contin ually tells us of hisSt. John Ambulance training, and of the goryaccid ents he sees. Unfortunately, David, we sawyou on "Nigh twa tch" the other day, sitting on th egUller with your head between your kne es to keepfrom fainting.KEITH DU N NING: As may be expected thi slad has a great future as a sewerage eng ine er.Keith has the worthy ambition of re-arrangin gMelbourne's sewerage so he ca n d rive a sm allgr een Anglia, at breakneck speed, around Melbourne'sunderground.DAVID JONES, tha t exile from Phillip Island,has now convi nced us that the San Reruo suspensionbridge is n ot sta tically dcterminated. Heintroduces two th eories, (1) th e bridge ha s beenweakened by penquins ma rching acr oss in step,or (2) that th e allowable load was exceeded wh enAllan T ynd all walk ed across, loaded with liquidrefresh m ent, on the way to his week -end shack.JOHN MIDDLETON: John is endea vouring toem u late [he feats of Newton, Sta nley Matthews,Ki rchoff and any othe r such em ine n t people andsoccer players. We think he is mad, but theysay 10% of students are .touched and 10% oflunatics ar e gen iu ses, so his chances are I in 100and he lik es tha t last figure at exam time, Incidentally.John paid me en ough to say nice things.JEFF " FU NGUS FACE" PAMPLIN: This quiet ,unassuming lad is a wolf in sh eep 's clothin g. Jeffis a known capitalist (as are all student teach er s)yet he is trying to pas s as Fidel Castro. He isin variably attempting to incite rebellion againstthe low teacher's wages. Don 't mistake him forFather Christmas when he com es down you rchimney.53