Time for some Newman Nostalgia!
Last week we received a wonderful contribution to our Archives from Frank Hubble (1970), who sent in some beautiful photos and shared a few great memories of his time at St Joseph’s and Marist Colleges in Subiaco and Churchlands.
This first is a photo of the St Joseph’s College Marching Band playing at the College Athletics in Rosalie Park, Subiaco, in September 1962, when Frank was in Year 4. Frank says he was a kettle drummer for a while and then became the Band Major; "ie the guy out the front with the 'mace’... I remember leading our band for various events like yearly processions down Oxford Street in Leederville... They were fun days!”
Next is a Year 5 or 6 class photo from 1963 or 1964. At this point the School was still St Joseph’s College and would become Marist Junior College in 1965, when Frank (in the back row, first on the left) was in Year 7.
Frank told us his teacher, Mr Peter White (front row, far right), was the best teacher he ever had:
"I remember he completed the English syllabus early one year, so for the remaining weeks only spoke in the German language, thereby teaching his students rudimentary German which I can remember to this day!"
The next photo is of the Hockey Team and, because the boys are wearing the new blue and black Marist College sports shirts, we think it’s from around 1965, which was the year St Joseph’s became Marist Junior College. (Marist Senior College opened in Churchlands the same year.)
Frank is in the back row, fourth from the left, but only a couple of other boys’ names are known: Peter and Michael Brophy, and Bret O’Mahony in the front row. We’d love to know the rest! If you recognise anyone else, please tag, comment below, or email archives@newman.wa.edu.au.
Next is Frank’s Prefect’s Badge from 1970, featuring the beautiful Marist College crest, in blue and gold. Originally designed in 1913 for St Ildephonsus College, New Norcia, we retained it for Marist College after we handed SIC back to the Benedictines at the end of 1964.
Last is the invitation to the Marist Prefects’ Social, held on Friday 12 June 1970. Frank remembers decorating the Leederville Town Hall "to look like a genuine barn dance, with many bales of hay and even more loose hay scattered around... the music was great and the night was an absolute hoot!"
"In retrospect,” Frank continued, "the decorations were a huge fire hazard and I'm just glad the hall didn't burn down!”
St Joseph’s College Marching Band at the College Athletics, Rosalie Park, Subiaco, September 1962.
