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The hat band was removed from your hat if you
had done something wrong and everyone who saw
you at school would know you had done something
wrong. For example, if you travelled on a tram or bus
and people complained to the school that you were
making too much noise or were not wearing your
gloves, you would be called up. The punishment was
to have your hat band removed - for up to 6 months.
“
If you travelled on a
tram or bus and people
complained to the school
that you were making too
much noise or were not
wearing your gloves, you
would be called up. The
punishment was to have
your hat band removed for up to 6 months.
“
From Margaret Boman (Eaton) Class of 1959:
160 STORIES
Margaret recalls when she was in Year 3 in 1951
there was roll call in the Study. A passenger on the
West End bus had made a complaint and any girl
who caught that bus was asked to step forward.
Margaret did as requested, even though she was tiny
at the time (being Year 3) and the other girls were
older. The next instruction was to step forward if
you had talked to any boys on that bus. Margaret stepped forward with the other older girls and as
a result had her name was put on the Board for a whole year due to this mishap. Margaret was very
upset about this injustice as the boy she had been talking to was her brother who went to Terrace!
From Betty Mullins (Gardiner) Class of 1948:
Betty remembers that in the mid 1940’s on the 1st of November Sr. Mary Julius and Sr. Mary
Alpheus would decorate the statue of Mary in front of the Convent with streamers coming down
from her hands and flowers all around her feet.
The students would then parade around the statue singing hymns. They did not sing the Angeli as
only the boarders were allowed to learn it and sing it in the Chapel. The Day girls never had that
privilege.
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