Gryphon 1962 - Adm.monash.edu.au

ut the d ays at Murrumbeena are a bit monotonous,a nd we all look forwa rd to bein g in the newschool. It looks ..terri fie",Our Form Ca p ta in is J ohn Cam pbe ll, a nd I anChamberlain is Vi ce-Captain ,We have two com ed ian s w ho could be on televisionin David Cartledge and Ken Bracken.Ch ris . Br ockhoff is a keen bic ycle enthusia sta nd has a we ll-eq u ippe d bicycle .Now we would lik e to thank our teachers andesp ecially our Form Master, Mr. Wright, for theirgrea t help an d patience, and their efforts to m akeour first year a t a Tech nical School a happy one.This is l A signing off for 1962.IBT he re are eigh teen bo ys in Form IB , six ofwhom: Co x, Cucinie Ilo, Duncan , Collee, Dunardand F lem ing p u t th ei r best foot fo rward in theinte r-hou se spo r ts, and two represented ou r sch oo lin th e in ter -tech n ical sports.Our form ca p ta in is Noel Du ncan , and vicecaptainis Frank Cuciniello. There are tw ins whoa re a lway s in trouble - no nam es mentioned.All of the boy s lik e wo odw ork best and vot eto ps for our teach er and form-mast er, Mr. Jones.We all agree that so lid geo me try is th e hardestsu bjec t.One day our mu sic teach er , Mr. Coop c, wasannoyed with Christ ie a nd told him he wouldturn him into a "T wistie". R odn ey Frost owns a14ft. yach t and has promised to take some boysou t during the Ch ris tma s holidays.We all a im to get goo d marks in th e finalexams and en su re a goo d position in Form 2 nextyear.IeT his is .J. Incourvayer reporting [or Form I C.Om Form, con sisting oE 18 boys, combines withID for acade mic subjects. All th e usu al personal i­ties a re pres ent in our Form .Some of th ese are:­Fo rm Captain: R. ROGTON .Star FootbaJler: M. G R ACE .Most Inquisitive: G. GROSS.Trouble Seeker : B. GILLIGA N.Top Brains: R . ROGTON, G. HOLMES.T h is is a ll for 1962. Signing o ff on behalf ofl C, and ou r Mathematics and Form Master, Mr.Braun..J. Incourvayer.IET h ere are 18 8boys in Fo rm I E. Ou r Form Mis ­tr ess is Mi ss McAlpine, who joined th e staff inAugust and wh o leaches us Eng lis h.O u r Form Capta in is Joseph Deutclbaurn , whois ver y keen on Socia l St ud ies, and our Vice­Ca p ta in is R on Scobie.We have a number of quiet, hard-working baysin Roger Owens (you ngest in the Form), DaVIdSCOlt, J ohn Newman , R od ney Mills, Rob Simmonsand Gary Murray. The other Garry (N ico l) believes in being heard.Our two clowns are Andrew N elson (a n ad m irerof Miss McAlpin ) and Peter "Portupine" Pfeifer.Nex t is Pet er Martin a mi schievous type.We have two Sm iths. a like in name, but not inappearance. Eric is slig h tly t hin ne r than Glen.Norm an "Gorby" Neal and Ian (Bugs -Bu nn y)Stewart a re o ur two triers. Mostl y th ey try the irtea ch ers. Then we have Alan Matthews wh o a p ­p ea rs to have los t his tie .IFLastl y this is John Shipp signing off.T h is class h as personalities gal ore, a nd is wellknown throughout th e schoo l. There is RobertThompson , the brain, Ray Waddel, the t rier, andTrevor W ad e, th e unpredictable. Rob ert Trivett,who ge ts into tro uble a little, but always tri es todo his work wel L Max (Sm axie) Thomas isalways seen with Peter T h orpe, hi s buddie. Theyo u ng Scotch soccer player of ou r cl ass is R .(Bob by) Yates, while Ni el Thomas is the sm allch eeky typ e with th e classy haircut. A. Stin gle,the fruit ti ng le, is a regular talker, the sa me timeeac h da y. All da y. T he n there is Stewa rt Wrightwho is a lways in the wrong with Mr. Co u pe , theMusic Teacher. Darrel Willis is th e quiet typeand Sha ne Rahaley a nd Rob ert L eeming are goo dfri ends a nd can a lways be fou nd togethe r. G reg.Withers, the redhead of ou r class, sta nds ou t fro mall the rest. Ray Tisdale, our Form Captain, isa regular gu y and a good friend to ever yon e. GezaVarga is a good kid and tries h ard at eve ry thi ng.W arren Iverson ra tes a m en tion, so her e h e is,last but not least.And now on behalf of the cla ss I wou ld lik e tothank Mr. Davis, our Form Master , and all theteach er s who hav e kindly put u p wi th us andhelped us throughout th e year .80