Sydney Academy - Record Yearbook (Sydney, Australia)

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HI 'LITE ' Q 'fi-:7 Among the leading Social events of the school year were the Academy At-Home, sponsored by the Students' Assembly. The first one of the season was held at Christ Churclh Hall on October lst., 1949. The musi-c was supplied by Joe Murphy and his Band and a good time was had by all. ' Dances on Friday nights were held alternately at the Y. M. C. A. and Christ Church Hall. The second 4'At Home was held at the Allied Sfeaman's Home, at which the prizes and trophies were awarded to the victors of the various schools, merited at the Track meet. A party was given in hlonor of the football team by the Hi-Y members. Music was supplied by recordings and everyone had a good time. The New Years' Formal was held in the gymnasium of t'he Y. M. C. A. It was sponsored by the Boys' section of Hi-Y, and was a huge success. This affair proved to be a wonderfull way to ring in 1950. On February 17th., a Valentine Dance was held at the Allied Seamen's. The hall was beautifully decorated for this gala affair. Som-e of our expert l1epcats gave a display of jitter-bugging while Joe Murphy's boys beat out the boogie. p The dances held at St. Theresa's Hall every Saturday night, were- spon- sored by the C. Y. O. These also contributed to the Social Life of the stu- dents. Joe Murphy and his orchestra supplied the music for these popular dances. 44

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out of bounds. Pat, guarded by a tall Cloverdale player, quickly stepped in, intercepted the pass whicfh had been intended for hefr opponent and raced down the floor towards the Cloverdale basket. She passed the ball to one of her teammates, received the return pass near tlhe basket and with one o-f the Cloverdale guards almost on top of her, she took her shot. The ball went slowly around tnhe rim of the. basket and then slipped through, amid the great shlouting and clehnour of the crowd assembled the-re. Maplewood having made that basket, the sco-re stood tied at 31-31, and the time allotted for the play, a foul had been called against the Cloverdale player guarding Pat and so the latter was takifng the shot for the Maplewood team. All eyes in the gym were on Pat as she- received the ball from the referee. She carefully took aim and shot the ball which cleanly dropped tlhrough the hoop, giving the Maplewod team the game and the State Championship. After that, confusion arose, for Pat the heroine of the game, was sur- rounded by her teammates who were hugging and kissing her, and then the fans came up to CO1'lgI'3,-lZH1l3.t'8l the whole team. Pat, a ve-ry happy girl now, knew that in the future, she would not be sitting on the lbench. Her hard work and long hours of practice had finally paid off for her, and all the pero-p-le knew that it was through the sole efforts of a determined girl who had overcome her weakness a11d thus was played, that the State Championship had been won by Maplewood. --+54-0-EF 3 Cecil Forrestal, XIIA Some like to criticize, delight in other's wrong, To laugh and mock and scorn mistakes of men, They do not realize that some are hurt, and friends are lost By idle words and careless strokes of pen. Mistakes are made, but nowhere can be found The perfect man 5 you cannot trade A right for wrong, nor can the word return That's spoken and gone. Today a friend, tomorrow, who can say, An enemy that was a friend today. Be careful how you talk and act, and then, N o loss, but gain you will again. Suddenly the morning comes, Ctime quickly passes byj, The sun with radiant beams aglow looks down from upon high The world's asleep, but nature 's not, she 'has no time to spare, For she be-fore the world awakes must everything prepare. The birds, the flowers, the trees, the brooks, And each in her domain must all awake, Be at their wo-rk when morn begins again. Then nature, when this work is through Looks next to you and says: Here is another day, with it what will you do? 43

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THE GRADUATION PROM The Annual Graduation Promenade was held at the Nelgah Beach Pa- vilion on Thursday, June 16th.,1949. It was sponsored by tlhe third-year Academy students in honor of the Graduation Class. The Prom officially began with the Grand March which was led by Helen Pride and Bill Skinner. The graduates, approximately 113, made an impressive picture - the girls in white gowns and eo-rsages of red roses, and the boys in white trousers and dark jackets. The chaperones were Mrs. M, R. Campbell, Mrs. D. C. MacEachen, Mrs, J. C. Johnson and Miss M. Francis, For refreshments, Coke was served. The music by Joe Murphy was excellent. ..sgt-g-53... ARE YOU HUNGRY? Sarah MacCormack, XIA Not hungry - eh? Go to your mother 's largest, illustrated cook book. Got it? Take it to a lonely corner and open it. Let 's look at some of tahe col- ored illustrations, they're better. Look at the -chocolate pie, topped with fluffy whipped cream and sur- rounded by sliced banana. Luscious - isn't it? You don't like 'chocolate pie? Well, look at the light, yellow, lemon meringue pie. Isn't it lovely? See how softly the merirrgue is browned on top? And look at the filling, as yello-W as a sun flower. I'm getting hungry, arefn't you? You 're not? Well, take a peek at the ice cream salad. See that straw- berry ice cream garnished by banana lhalves, raspberry, orange sections and pineapple circles? The height of perfection. If you aren't hungry, go to bed and sleep for three days-solid. I haven't time to tell you any more - I'm going to have something to eat-- you just keep on looking. -gf-g-gg..- Eric MacK.: What did you do with my shirt? His Mere: Sent it to the laundry. Eric MacK.: Ye gods! The whole Aeneid was on the cuffs. -..gi-g-ig.- Mother: Stop using those queer words. Son: Shakespeare uses them. Mother: Well, don't play with him any more. 45