Gryphon 1962 - Adm.monash.edu.au

5A"We will not pass" is 5A's morro, held by thefollow in g ­DAV E AXf O RD : R ides to school with his UncleCharley.R USS BO WRI NG : Also rides to school (on theBowring special).ALAN BELL: Is still a sq uash (ed ) player. H ismain aim in lif e is to sq uash Pe ter McNally.LEI GH CO RNISH: A t r yin ~ studen t.JOHN CL ARKE (geo logis t): H as fond hopes offind in g oil a nd coal in Glen hu ntly. He finds muchof interest in ceme te ries, roads, etc., a nd has di s­covered a large source of coal crysta ls nea r th eC len h untly railway sidings (where ther e a re longsteel crystals laid on the shorter wood crystals! Sohe says.).JOH N CLAYT ON and LEO NAR D FOL LET :T wo bi rds of a fea ther that " floc" toge ther.GEO RGE FISH ER : An a vid Re na ult fa n, whodoes m uc h to cool things.PETER L AMB ; Is another car fa n. Mes hes wit hGeorge White a bi t, and is a pro ud Aus tin Lowner.RO GER H AAS: A quiet boy (when beingthreat en ed), who sits nex t to John Clarke in chem .p rac., and p robably kn ows all a bo u t th e pre·Cambria n era by now .L ES HYDE: Brou ght g rea t fam e lip an himselfin che rn. prac, by making thumb sulphate (T hS0 4) by th e excl usive H yde process - brilliant, ina word .BRIAN HARWO OD: Arrives regularly five mi n­lites lat er th an th e tea ch er (who is ten m inuteslate), furtively scan ning h is tim ep iece as if th eremust be some m ista ke .PET ER KNI GH TON: I was the sucker who wasloaded with this job, by-BRI..\ N LOG AN: Who very t h Ou ~htfull y sai dhe "would let me ha ve th e privilege '.JOHN LYO NS: A keen su ppOrter of the " ba nweek-days" mo vement.DO N MacDOWALL and JOHN MELCHERS:Are nearly alw ays found in a noccul a.ted condit ~onin a ll parts of th e school, deflocculation occurnngonly a t five o'cl ock .PETER McNALLY: Says he finds it difficult tospare the time for scho ol in bet ween his man yo u tings with fr iends. (?)MIKE l\·rO RSE: Still claims h is gra n pap p y dis ­covered the Morse Code (I ha ve never h ea rd ofit). an d becomes q uit e fa natical un til threatene d .BILL SIZELAN D: Would , like o ther m embers 01this form , ban everything . (He do esn't know ityet.)KEN SH lNGLET O N: A Futu re practiser of tb eBlack Art?P ET ER SAT CHELL: Sin ks boats on AlbertPa rk Lake for a h obby.STEVEN THEK : Wondered whe re his bookswent (ju st like th e yellow). He la ter found th atth ey went out a lop-storey window (fo r tu na telyo n a thin stri ng).BARRY WELLS: Q uite a bo uncy charac ter.RlCH ARD WOOTTON: A ma the ma tica l genu·ousness.H ARRY W ONG: No comment (he is biggerthan me).KEV IN OA KLE Y: Quiet , rides a motorbike(a tone , he says).ALAN R EIDY: Wears jumpers like dresses.NE IL WILSO N: T he curly h ead ed buoy (all atsea) , who r ides to school on th e infa mo us Wi lsocycle.P IA M THIPM AN US: Best prono u nce d "Sam" .PET ER GWYNE: A brill iant (O kay! swit ch onthe current now, boys) practiser of the BlackestAr t-namely, Chemistry, which is ta ught by theimmin ent (h e always is) Doctor Billings, who is,on pape r. our form .master, try ing to teach uswhat to do.For exam ple ­5A's favourite pas time is emptyi ng th e was tepaper tins on un wary p ed estr ians from th e toystorey, and send ing darts to the o ther sid e ofDandenong Road .Of course, I have be en threatened, so I cannotreveal the truth abo u t 5A - the beer p arties,pipe-sm oking befor e classes, e tc.H owever , I ca n say thi s: " tecchers are th e bigcstsetbac too ed uca ysh un", and "classes are a waystof jo llee good tyme", a nd " I' m glad theese n oatesare p hi nished".65