Gryphon 1962 - Adm.monash.edu.au

At last I have the cha nce I have been warungfor , " to write", to express m y feelings towards m )'" fello w" pu pil s. This is Aghis Canakis Int roduc.in g th e tru e :; .B2. to the eyes of th e world. Aft ersome terrific mid -yea r res ults th e year is slow lyro lli ng by towards our fai ling en d. But I must sayth at o ur class h as quiet ened down co nside ra bly.T his form " us ua lly" cons ists of such brilliant a rch i­tects as K. CHUNG, our well-dressed table-tennischam p ion. (I wish he would stop raving a bo uthis bank acco un t.)iI-I. KAJ TAR is one of o u r very " few" angels , insp ite of h is over-developed American accent.G . W ATSON, being our r in gleader, of len colliesup with such destructive ideas as pouring wh ealdown a fellow pupil's back or ju st causin g confusionby hiding books, etc.R. BAR CLA Y is our blond lover boy, he mad eplans with this gorgeous doll (we .. take his wordfor it ), to run awa y to Sydney, but hi ~ elop ingplans wer e sha tte red when he stoppe d to saygood-bye to h is father.D . llA RKER: '" wish he would put that stilettoaway" .J . TSACS: H e is the on e wi t h th e sma rt ide asand the ?? sing ing voice. Hi s way of ma kin gteach er s m ad has mad e h im popular.S. ANDR EPO F: Who is tha t kid , an y way? 1don 't think 1 can remember h im?Well. her e I must sign off this yea r's news lindviews of th e .~ .B 2. scholars.5CAl thou gh ser io us ly handicapped by th e presenceof th e first yea r S.E.C. st uden ts - one of wh osenuisance value is further en ha nced by his beingan S.R .C. member , Form 5C has p ro gressed in th enorm al First Yea r Diplom a style, with th e usu alhigh number of fails and low number of pa sses.Form 5C is generally a ra the r quiet and peacefulclass. and apart fr om a few holes blown in th eCh emistr y L ab . (for whi ch , un fortunatel y, th eS.E.C. boys cou ld not be bl am ed), nothing of a nyreal consequence has happened (i.e. no illegalmarriages, imprisonments or de aths, etc.).During th e M id- year Exa mi n a tio ns two of ourteachers left to take up other po sition s. When wereceived our res u lts, we understood exactly whythe y had left. Since then we hav e ha d a com p le teswap a ro u nd of tea ch ers in several su bjects- m uchto th e con fusio n of teachers a nd pupils alike.The Examination s came as a nasty shock to th elarge majority of farm members going by th eex pressions on th eir faces at any rat e, a nd th erehas been a sharp increase in the amou n t of workbein g don e and an eq ua lly sha rp decrease in th eam ount of fool in g ar ound being done, althoughthis cou ld be assist ed by th e departure of severa lrath er pla yful members of form on th e commencemerit of the exam ina tio ns.It is gen erall y conside red by everyo ne person allythat by mean s of a vigorous system of exertingpressure on his well di sguised po tentialities he willbe abl e to come th rou gh the exa ms at the end ofC~N~E\Rlh e year with flyin g colo urs, th ereb y p roving to hi sdes pa ir ing tea ch er s and pa rents, a nd to himselfa nd cla ssm at es, th at he actually does have it inhim - whe n a nd if h e feels lik e doing it. T hetrouble, of cou rse, with that, is th at ever yon e th enexpects hi m to do it all th e tim e. Well , th ere ma ybe someth in g in tha t idea, too .This yea r, we, th e boys from th e S.E.C ., nu m­bered only eig h t, a nd were, because of this, intermingled with seven tee n ot he r students to form 5C.We have in our mi dst the S.R .C. re p rese n tativewho was elected afte r a n a ll-out ca mpaign, illwh ich yards of draft ing tape wer e used . agai nst amember of th e fai rer sex from th e com merce cla ss.Different peopl e h ave their idi osyncrasies andour class not being exempt ha s its sha re. O ne is anexternal ba g ca rrie r, so much so it appears asthough he is doomed by fate to carry it a rounduntil he ma rries o ne. Another is a one-car bo ywh o surely sho u ld ha ve been called Vin cent fo rthen hi s in it ials would ha ve be en appro pr iate(V.W .). T he last h as a pet saying, one of th ose"see wb at I mean " typ es, excep t he uses " thebes t on e ever" at th e begi nn ing of each sen tence.T he most intelligent student of our sect ion seemson ly to be su ch in a classroom. for he ha d muchd ifficulty in unders tanding a ball bearing whichafter hitting cer tain t riggers reco rde d a score .T he year has run fa irl y smoo th ly so fa r excep tfor a ile incident, a demonst ration of st ress a nd67