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Do you Boys and Girls understand what this means?
I ask you all to make the most of your oppertunities in the school and to take advantage of all that your school has to offer, so that you may learn to live. We teachers are trying to develop right habits for you, so that when you leave our school, you, too, like many Griffith High School students before you, may become good and useful citizens of our Australian democracy - and of such citizens no country can have too many.
Learn to think clearly about everything around you, take an interest in all that happens, do your job well, whatever it may be, inside the class-room or outside; do all you can to make your school a better one.
And when you leave us make up your mind that you will do all you can to make your country a better one.
Shall we, as human beings, stand idly by and watch this going on around us, or shall we strive with all our might to win the peace? Our world is faced with a grim decision: either we shall live at peace with our fellow men or we must engage in our final battle. In this new age of frightful weapons which science has broughtupon us, in which war means utter obliteration, we must oblish war and all thoughts of arbitration by force, or undoutedly we will perish.
This world of our must be educated out of its barbarism into a better way of life. The school is the cadle of peace, and from it must issue the training which leads to understanding, sympthy, and a respect for reason.
In our school magazine we have the means to expressing our thoughts. In order that others may see us at work we should avail ourselves of such an opportunity to propagate the thougths of to-day and to train the authors of to-morrow; we must assert our faith in the strength of the pen over that of the sword.
To many this may seem a very humble way of beginning to lay the foundation of a lasting peace, but it seems the only way which can give a lasting result.
Front Row (from left): Messrs A. Spence, C. Robertson, A. Connor, D. Blakemore, L. Chapman, Miss E. Howie, Mrs E. Powys, Miss L. Ferguson
Second Row: Mr F. Dobbin, Miss J. Ross, Miss M. Oakes, Mrs M. Berry, Miss J. Whiting, Miss P. McGrath, Mr P. Shnukal, Mr W. Tearle
Back Row: Messrs D. McKay, F. Taylor, D. McGrath, I. Nay, K. Graham, J. Pinnell
Dept of English and History: Mr A. Connor, Mr D. McGrath, Miss P. McGrath, Miss P. Meaker, Mr C. Robertson, Miss J. Ross, Mr A. Spence
Dept of Classics: Miss E. Howie
Dept of Modern Languages: Mr D. Blakemore, Miss L. Ferguson
Dept of Mathematics and Science: Mr L. Chapman, Mr F. Dobbin, Miss E. Howie, Mr D. McKay, Mr I. Nay, Mrs E. Powys, Mr W. Tearle
Dept of Economics, Business Principles and Geography: Mrs E. Powys, Mr P. Shnukal, Mr A. Spence, Mr F. Taylor
Dept of Agriculture: Mr W. Tearle
Dept of Home Science: Miss M. Oakes, Miss J. Whiting
Dept of Music: Miss L. Ferguson, Miss P. McGrath
Dept of Manual Training: Mr J. Graham, Mr J. Pinnell
Dept of Art: Mrs M. Berry
Dept of Needlework: Mrs M. Berry
Dept of Physical Training: Miss P. McGrath, Mr C. Robertson, Miss J. Ross, Mr P. Shnukal, Mr A. Spence
Librarian: Miss P. Meaker
Sports Mistress: Mrs E. Powys
Sports Master: Mr C. Robertson
Careers Advisers: Mr D. McKay, Miss P. Meaker
Front Row (from left): J. Wood, L. Fergusson (VC), R. Lawson (C), Mr D. Blakemore, F. Goldberg-Rudkowski (C), J. Long (VC), D. Collins
Second Row: D. McKirdy, R. Stonehouse, O. Chauncy, D. Powys, G. Duffell, N. Martin, M. Stannard, A. Gamble
Back Row: R. Chauncy, A. Robinson, A. Mitchell, C. Sell, W. Tonkin
THE POPLARS
By Margaret Drummond (Yr 1B)
Very tall and slim they stand,
In the ditches deep,
Swaying very sleepily,
By the big wood heap.
Behind the big canal they stand,
Pretty do they look,
Sunbeams raying on them,
With bright and sunny look.
