BSHS Prefects 1968

The year 1968, being the fiftieth anniversary of Bunbury High School, has been a rather special year for the school and for the prefects. The annual ball celebrated the anniversary and turned out to be a great success. This was largely due to the excellent organisation of Mr. Campbell and the Canteen Committee. Thanks must also go to Mr. Rendell and the other staff members who provided valuable assistance with the decorations.

The social life of the students at the school has always been looked after by the prefects and this year was no exception. Three upper school socials were held in first term together with one lower school social. The Ball was the highlight of second-term. Although the running costs of the socials have increased this year, these functions have turned out to be a financial success as well as providing a good night’s entertainment for those who ventured along. These functions are run for the students’ benefit and it must be appreciated that their success depends entirely on the students’ support. High standards of dress and conduct have been set this year and it is hoped that with good support, these will continue next year. The prefects would like to thank those staff members who supported the socials when called upon to act as chaperones.

The prefects were asked this year to play a larger part in the organisation of the charity collections and the distribution of the money collected. Money collected so far this year is greater than at the same time last year and several charities have benefited from this collection. However, the response to the charities collections from within the school has been rather disappointing, with the greater part of donations coming from the same individual classes. A great deal more support is required from both teachers and students before the charities collections will become the success that they have been in the past years.

Assemblies held in the amphitheatre this year have been very successful with the basic pattern of the last years’ assemblies carrying over. Yard duty as in the past has fizzled out towards the end of the year. Although everyone started off in earnest at the beginning of the year with a yard duty roster, by the beginning of second term things weren’t going as strongly. This was largely due to the increased lunchtime activities such as meetings and films which tended to disrupt the roster.

The prefects this year continued last year’s trend and none of the traditional “pres’ teas” was held. Instead they were replaced by a barbecue party held at Moses’ place. Another get together is planned for the end of the year after the Leaving is finished.

All that remains now is to wish good luck to the Junior and Leaving candidates and to next year’s prefects.

'Prefect Notes' by Michael Swan from the 1968 edition of the Kingia magazine.