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This is only one example of the difficulties confronting this school that had been newly cobbled together. Another problem for students who knew no other school was the sense of transience created by the many new faces briefly passing through the Central School, which for them was a stepping stone, with a finite end.10
Form 2C at Princes Hill Central School, 1945. Some of the girls are wearing the newly introduced tunic uniform.
Princes Hill Central School was established as the principal feeder school to University High School, and this now dominated its ‘academic’ life. The students who entered form 1 came with the intention of attaining adequate marks to gain one of the limited places at University High. In 1946, eighty-eight of the 131 students who left Princes Hill entered University High School. Another 23 entered other secondary schools.11
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Very quickly, Princes Hill Central School adopted recognised high school features, and rituals too. These were continued and strengthened when the school was promoted to high school. A school uniform and badge were introduced in 1946 as insignia of belonging, identification and pride in the school. The girls wore blue and white gingham dresses in summer, and navy—blue box—pleated tunics, white blouses and navy—blue blazers in winter. 14
Princes Hill School’s annual certificate, introduced in the 1920s by Ernest Mylrea.
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The positions of male and female house captains, form captains and prefects were also instituted. The house and form captains were elected by their peers. They represented their form or house at assembly and school functions, helped teachers maintain order, and helped organise sport.
Princes Hill High School Prefects, 1959.
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