The Canberran : the journal of the Canberra Grammar School, Canberra

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No. 56 (1988)
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Contents

THE CANBERRAN 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS 3
EDITORIAL 4
CANBERRAN COMMITTEE 4
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 4
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS 5
THE SENIOR SCHOOL TEACHING STAFF 5 , 6 , 7
LIBRARY STAFF 7
PART-TIME STAFF 7
VISITING MUSIC STAFF 7
RESIDENT TUTORS 7
ANCILLIARY STAFF 8
HOUSE STAFF 8
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF 8
MAINTENANCE STAFF 8
SCHOOL OFFICERS 8 , 9
ACTIVITY COLOURS 9
YEAR 12 PRIZE LIST 1988 10 , 11
SCHOOL NOTES 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16
STUDENT COUNCIL 17
FROM THE HEADMASTER: COMMUNITY – A SENSE OF BELONGING 18
THE SCHOOL CAPTAIN’S REPORT 19
THE IAN POWELL MEMORIAL AWARD, 1987 MRS ELAINE BATTERHAM 20
STAFF FAREWELLS LINDSAY BEER 1983-1988 21
CHRISTINE BRAIN, 1986-1988 21 , 22
GABRIELLE EDMONDS, 1987-1988 22
JIM KILBY, 1961-1988 22 , 23
ANN MURRAY, 1986-1988 24
PETER NAUMANN, 1983-1988 24 , 25
CGS REFLECTIONS 25 , 26
A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY: A WARM-HEARTED PEOPLE – My First Impression of Australia 26 , 27
ADDRESS BY SIR MARK OLIPHANT (On his presentation of a silver cross to Head Chorister, Michael E. Wilson on the 21st February, 1988 – ed.) 27 , 28
PREFECTS’ INDUCTION SERVICE 28
ADDRESS BY MR lAN BURGESS OPENING OF BURGESS HOUSE FRIDAY 10th JUNE, 1988 29
HEADMASTER’S TALK AT SENIOR SCHOOL ASSEMBLY, 14TH JUNE 30
SCHOOL CAPTAIN’S ADDRESS 18TH OCTOBER, 1988. 31
ARTS FESTIVAL THE ARTS FESTIVAL – 1988 32 , 33 , 34 , 35
SPECTACULAR ’88 – AUSTRALIA REVISITED 36
AN EPIC EVENT AN AUSTRALIAN CHRISTMAS 37
CGS GOULBURN TRIP 37 , 38
THE TRIP TO GOULBURN – 20TH MAY, 1988 38 , 39
AN AUSTRALIAN CHRISTMAS 39
WEDNESDAY AT ONE: SKATEBOARDING 40
WEDNESDAY AT ONE: PICKLED HERRINGS 40
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS DROVING AUSTRALIA 41
THE TEXAS BOYS’ CHOIR 42
THE TALL SHIPS RACE 42 , 43
DROVING AUSTRALIA 44
THE WINTER OLYMPICS AT CALGARY, 1988 44
CHAPEL OF CHRIST THE KING 45
FROM THE CHAPEL REGISTERS HOLY MATRIMONY 45
CHRISTIAN BURIAL 45
INTER SCHOOL CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP 46
LIBRARY 47
CADETS 48 , 49
ANZAC COMMEMORATIVE SERVICE 50
THE CANBERRA GRAMMAR SCHOOL HISTORY SOCIETY 50 , 51
THE CGS HISTORY EXHIBITION 51
CANBERRA GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARCHIVES 52
MATHEMATICS COMPETITIONS 52
No title 52
No title 53
CCAE MATHS DAY 53
ESSO AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS’ SCIENCE COMPETITION 53
R.A.C.I. AUSTRALIAN CHEMISTRY QUIZ 53
SCIENCE OLYMPIADS 54
YEAR 8 CLASSICS CAMP REPORT 54
YEAR 9 SYDNEY TRIP 1988 54 , 55
YEAR 11 ENGLISH EXCURSION – SYDNEY 55 , 56
YEAR 12 ENGLISH THEATRE EXCURSION 56 , 57
PARENTS AND FRIENDS ‘SURPRISE NIGHT’ 57
DRAMA DRAMA REPORT 1988 58
DRAMA GROUP REPORT 58 , 59
SCHOOL PLAY, 1988: HARVEY 59 , 60
CYRANO LIVES 60
GARRAN HOUSE PLAY 60
AN EVENING OF YEAR 10 DRAMA 60 , 61
VISIT OF BUCKLEY THEATRE SCHOOL 61
THE GIRLS’ SCHOOL PLAY 61
SPECTACULAR REPORT 87 61
MUSIC MUSIC AT CGS 62
THE JULY CONCERT, 1988 62 , 63
THE BEETHOVEN MASS IN ‘C’ 63 , 64
HOUSE MUSIC COMPETITION 64
RECITALS 65
AN EVENING OF FINE MUSIC AND FOOD 65 , 66
SCHOOL ORCHESTRA 66 , 67
COMBINED GRAMMAR SCHOOLS’ CHAMBER ORCHESTRA 67
THE SECOND ORCHESTRA 68
SENIOR CONCERT BAND 68
THE BIG BAND 68
CGS SCHOOL CHOIR 69
THE YEAR 7 CHOIR 69
CHAPEL CHOIR REPORT 1988 70 , 71
THE TALKS PROGRAMME STUDY OF MAN 72
NATIONAL CAPITAL SEMINAR 72 , 73
DEBATING 73 , 74
WINTER PROJECT 1988 75 , 76
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION A TALE OF TWO FLOORBOARDS Winner, Canberran Literary Prize (Junior Prose Section) 77 , 78
THE TREE AND THE POOL Winner, Canberran Literary Prize (Junior Poetry Section) 78
THE CHOIRBOY Winner, Canberran Literary Prize (Senior Poetry Section) 78
THE CAN Winner, Canberran Literary Prize (Senior Prose Section) 78 , 79
FEAR? 80
THE KESTREL 80
A POEM ABOUT WINTER 80
PLAINSTOWN 81
THE OCTOPUS 81
SECRET POCKETS 81
THE WAR MACHINE 82
MY WAR 82
NIGHTSHIFT 83
THE DANCE 83
“TINKER” 84
WIND 85
SEA CHANGE 85
PEOPLE AND WINTER 85
WINTER 85
TEN SECONDS 86
THE IMPOSSIBLE 86
IN MEMORY OF EREBUS 86
A JOURNEY THROUGH THE WILD LANDS 87
WINTER 87
SMELLS 87
THE DRAGON 88
THE ICE DRAGON 88
A DARK AND STORMY DAY 88
ONE NIGHT ONLY 89 , 90
THE FRIENDLESS MOTH 90
POEMS 90
THE LAKE 90
AUSTRALIA 90
THE TRAIN 91
A PLACE OF EVIL ENCHANTMENT 91
THE FLIGHT OF THE LADY 92
PEACEFUL SUMMER AFTERNOON 92
SANDPATCH 93
CLYDE RIVER DOLPHINS Winner, English Department Verse Prize for Years 7-10. 93
TIME Winner, Ellis Verse Prize for Years 11- 12. 94
MY DOG 94
ALISON 95
BIG JIM 95
No title 96 , 97 , 98 , 99 , 100
HOUSE REPORTS BLAXLAND HOUSE 101 , 102
BURGESS HOUSE 104
No title 104 , 105
BURGMANN HOUSE 105 , 106
CLEMENTS HOUSE 106 , 107 , 108
EDDISON HOUSE 108 , 109
GARNSEY HOUSE 110 , 111
GARRAN HOUSE 111 , 112
HAY HOUSE 112 , 113
JONES HOUSE 113 , 114
SHEAFFE HOUSE 115 , 116
8TH CANBERRA SCOUTS 116
VENTURERS 117
YOUNG ACHIEVERS 117
THE BRIDGE CLUB 117 , 118
SELF-DEFENCE CLUB 118
OUTDOOR EDUCATION OUTDOOR EDUCATION TASMANIA 119 , 120
OUTDOOR EDUCATION 121
OUTDOOR EDUCATION CAVING 121 , 122
YEAR 10 CANOE CAMPS 122
OUTDOOR EDUCATION CANOEING 123
OUTDOOR EDUCATION BUSHWALKING 123
YEAR 9 OUTDOOR EDUCATION BUSHWALKING 124
YEAR 10 OUTDOOR EDUCATION VOLUNTARY SKI TRIP 125
OUTDOOR EDUCATION FIRST AID 125
SPORT 1988 126
SPORT OVERVIEW 127
NEW ZEALAND SPORTS TOUR 1988 128 , 129
ATHLETICS 129 , 130
BASKETBALL – U18 131
BASKETBALL – B TEAM 131
CRICKET CHRONICLE 1987-88 132
CRICKET – FIRST XI 133
CRICKET – SECOND XI 135 , 134
CRICKET – 3RD XI 135 , 136
CRICKET — 16 A 136
CRICKET – 168 136 , 137
CRICKET — 16 C 137
CRICKET — 15 A 137 , 138
CRICKET — 15 C 138 , 139
CRICKET — 14 A 139
CRICKET – 14B 140
CRICKET — 14C 140 , 141
CRICKET — 14D 141
CRICKET – 13A 141 , 142
CRICKET – 13B 142
CRICKET — 13C 142 , 143
CRICKET — 13D 143
CROSS-COUNTRY 144
HOUSE CROSS COUNTRY 145
INTER SCHOOL CROSS-COUNTRY TEAM 145
HOCKEY REPORT 146
HOCKEY, FIRST XI 147
HOCKEY – SECOND XI 147 , 148
HOCKEY — 16A 148
HOCKEY – 16B 148 , 149
HOCKEY — 16C 149
HOCKEY — 16D 149
HOCKEY — 16E 150
HOCKEY — 13A 150
HOCKEY – 13B 151
ORIENTEERING 151
ROWING SHED REPORT 152 , 153
ROWING – FIRST VIII 153 , 154
ROWING – FIRST IV 154
ROWING – FIRST JUNIOR VIII 154 , 155
ROWING – SECOND IV 155
ROWING – THIRD IV 155 , 156
ROWING – FOURTH IV 156
ROWING – FIFTH IV 156 , 157
ROWING – SIXTH IV 157
ROWING SEVENTH IV 158
ROWING – EIGHTH IV 158
ROWING – JUNIOR IV 158 , 159
ROWING – JUNIOR VIII 159
ROWING – JUNIOR VIII 159 , 160
ROWING – NOVICE SCULLS GROUP A 160
ROWING – NOVICE SCULLS GROUP B 160
RUGBY REPORT 161
RUGBY – FIRST XV 161 , 162
RUGBY – SECOND XV 162 , 163
RUGBY – THIRD XV 163
RUGBY — 16A 164
RUGBY — 15A 165
RUGBY — 14 A 165 , 166
RUGBY – 14B 166
RUGBY — 14C 167
RUGBY — 13A 167
RUGBY – 13B 168
RUGBY – 13C/14C “BARBARIANS” 168
RUGBY — 12A 168 , 169
SAILING SAILING: MIC’s REPORT 169
SAILING REPORT 170
STATE TEAMS SAILING 170
SKIING 171
SOCCER SOCCER AT CANBERRA GRAMMAR SCHOOL IN 1988 172
SOCCER- FIRST XI 172 , 173
SOCCER – SECOND XI 173
SOCCER — 16 A 174
SOCCER – 16B 174
SOCCER — 16C 175
SOCCER – 15A 175
SOCCER – 15B 175
SOCCER – 14A 176
SOCCER – 14B 176
SOCCER – 14C 177
SOCCER — 13A 177
SOCCER – 13B 178
SOCCER – 13C 178
SOCCER — 12A 178 , 179
SOCCER – 12B 179
SQUASH – A 180
SQUASH – A 180 , 181
SQUASH – B GRADE 181
SQUASH – C 181
SQUASH – C 182
SQUASH – DI 182 , 183
SQUASH – DI 183
SQUASH – DH 183
SQUASH – DH 183 , 184
SQUASH – E 184
SQUASH – EH 184
RACQUET SPORTS 184
SWIMMING SWIMMING 185 , 186
TENNIS 186
SUMMER AND WINTER VENTURE GROUP, 1987 1988. 187
OLD BOYS’ UNION 188 , 189
OUR NEWEST OLD BOYS 1987 LEAVERS 189 , 190 , 191
SALVETE 192 , 193
VALETE 193 , 194
SPEECH DAY, 1987 HEADMASTER’S REPORT 195 , 196 , 197 , 198
Our Guest of Honour at Speech Day was His Excellency Sir John Leahy, K.C.M.G., British High Commissioner. Sir John presented the prizes and gave a witty address in which he charmed the audience with personal anecdotes of his own school days, with special reference to examinations. 198
PRIZE LIST 1987 199 , 200
SPORTS PRIZE LIST 201 , 202

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