Gryphon 1962 - Adm.monash.edu.au

7C3'fiBIiD!Usually wh en I write no tes of this natu re I trymy u tm ost to a void hurting the digni ty, p resti geand feelings of the readers. H owever , as it is aknown fact that nobody besides the a u thor h asany dignity, prestige or feelings, I sha ll carry onwith the hi story of 7C3.By far the m ost prominent talke r in the formwould be Geoff. " Champ " Ch amplin. Geoff. ca n beheard lon g before he is seen . H is m ai n topics o fdiscussion see m to be Geel on g Foo tball Club, a ndHoldens , and if a ny bo d y di sagr ees wi th his viewsthey arc promptly told to "be lt up".Am on gst our ranks ar e two country bumpkins;nam el y, Doug. "Sheppo" T ho mpson from the backlan es of Shepparton, and " Mi ldu " Billington [r omsu nny Mildura.Sport is not ver y popula r with the members ofth is form as o nly six chaps p ar ticip a te in schooltea ms. These a re Mi ck Sta h mer, J ohn R aiv ers andKen Barnhill. who attem p t to throw goals atbasketball; Peter Ager (Pete) and John "Kooki e"Cooke , who are keen footballers; and John " Po lly"Poulton, who is captain of th e tennis team, butwho many claim only plays bec ause of the attractionof th ose short skirts that play tennis.Both Pete a nd Kookie are firm fri ends a nd bothhave trouble keeping out of Mr. Hoadley's way lesthe sho u ld find our that both are do ing sever alsubjects they should no t be doing.Our h airy-faced monster, Don Casbah, togetherwith Terry Phyland, IVai' Preston and Doug.T ho m pson, a re owners of th ose four-wheeled machinesthey claim ar e cars. Don beli eves hisbeard improves his looks , bur eve ry bo dy knowsdi fferen t .On ou tward a p peara nces, Ivo r Preston and JimTutt, Keith Brown and Graeme Ride, all appearquiet, conscientious and hard-working fell ows, buton closer in spection it is found that apart frombeing quiet they do as little work as an y of us.'Whe n on th e odd occasion that J ohn Raiversfind s time to attend ou r beloved Mr. Coates, th ed ay is a lwa ys brighten ed. What with John andMr. C. throwing sa rcastic remarks at each otheran d the form ro lli ng with laughter , it is no wonderMr. C. believes i t will tak e us fourteen yea rs topass Maths 2A .No occasio n such as this could p ass witho ut mentioninga very close friend of Mick "Smiley" La bband J ohn Raivers. T h is frie nd is Mr. McN am ara,whose bu siness is located opposi te Ca ulfield Po stOffice and with wh om Mi ck and john seem tospend m ost of th eir m aths classes.The hon ourabl e, or is it d ishon ourable, NgoHong Hack, esq .. is th e only ov erseas visit or toou r form this year. Hong is known b y a not oriou sa nd infa mo us nam e, but, thi s I am afraid oured itor will not prin t.O ur smallest but most hardworkin g member o fthe form is Kevin J ones. Jonesy has been a grea tfr iend of ou r form-master, Jack H oadley, ever sincehe kn ocked over a nd damaged a staff in Su rveying.Phillip H atton, who is more com monly kn ownas " Pil l i " , spends most of his tim e d reaming abou tDiane or consuming one of th ose never -endin glunches he bring, to school eac h da y.Our old friend " M i ldu" see ms to ha ve poppedup last here as he does eve ryw here else. That o ldm otor bike (?) of his seem s to ge t slower each day.Mild u is a gre a t fri end of Messrs. Pescott andCoate (?) becau se he knows much m ore than eitherof these tea ch ers, but unfortuna tely what he knowsis never co rrect. H e is a con stant sou rce of annoyance to th e teachers, and h is arguments with sa meprove most in teresti ng and a m using to the stu d ents.I think I have run out of bodies to talk a bout.If I ha ve mi ssed a nybody, I apo log ize to th oselucky people.7DT he sto ry you ar e ab out to rea d is true, thena mes have no t been cha nged to prol ecr th e guilty .T h is year 7D is co m prised of the ten most wantedChemists (By the Pol ice), who u nd er rh e ten de rcare of th e Ca lci um Kid (I.G .O IB.) sto r me d Ca llteewith tlle greatest co nfide nce and enth usiasm. 'Thesegreat qualities were soo n smash ed as J.J.R. couldnot sta nd the so u nd of "Six hearts, Seve n notrumps, E.igh t di am onds and You Ch eating -."T hen W.H.O.B. wo uld not conduct th e Mathscl ass in the park wh ere the local sce ne ry flourished.Some of th e staff started to complain when theyha d to ascend a mounta in of ca ns in a n effort tofind the ever Boozing students.T hro ugh the h elp o f the eve r- pop u lar Chem istswh o man ned the bridges along the Yarra, durin g­the first term, with drums of rotten peac hes andthe lik es, Ca utec retained the title " Head of theRiver".This year saw an increase in t he number o ffemale (entertai ners) students a t Ca u tec which metwith ou r approval. Three of our bo ys (R .T ., J ..M .a nd A.S.). I was forc ed to lise in itials as Rossd id not want h is nam e linked with any sca nd a l.)The gi rl s took our innocent lads for ever y penny(m in u te) they h ad; after being an ni hila ted theboys retreated to the Call tee Casino, which is ru nby the Cau tec Ch ristia n Fellowsh ip.·55