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Te Ao Hou, July 1956, Page 62

Sequoia union high school is very, very different from Queen Victoria or Epsom Grammar. I was not prepared for the hundreds and hundreds of boys and girls pushing through the halls and running up and down the stairs. But I recovered from the shock and am now liking everything about Sequoia—or at least nearly everything. Because I had already taken the required subjects, I was allowed to choose most. There are many after-school activities. I managed to make one of the tennis teams. There is a very select group called the Treble Clef. Girls with very good voices are supposed to be the only ones eligible. This year about forty girls were tried out. I was chosen and this is how it happened. The music used for sight-reading was called “My Country, 'tis of Thee,” but the music is the same as “God save the Queen.” Now I am a member of the Treble Clef. All members wear a tiny gold pin shaped like a Clef. I have joined COVER GIRL: Miss Tuhingia Barclay, the Russell girl who was the first Maori to win an American Field Scholarship, is our cover girl for this issue. She wrote the article published here about her experiences in an American High School. She is due back in New Zealand in August. Above: Miss Barclay with her hostess in Redwood City. (Both photos: Reginald McGovern, Redwood City.)