Art
added to Songmark Art
Archive
1 August 2008
Extracts from a Diary
by Amelia Bourne-Phipps
edited by Simon Barber
(from the diaries of Amelia Bourne-Phipps
while she attended the Songmark Aeronautical Boarding
School
for Young Ladies, located on Spontoon Eastern Island)
While Amelia's illustrated diaries will continue
to be uploaded in sequence on this website,
you can read farther ahead at Simon Barber's
Spontoon
Tales' VCL archive
Simon is sharing some Songmark Notes:
Dormroom members for the class starting
1934
(Art added 22 January
2007)
**** Diary Archive ****
(May include the occassional mature situation)
7th September, 1934
1 October, 1934
11 November, 1934
31 November, 1934
11 December, 1934
-"Songmark Solstice"-
20 December, 1934
27 December, 1934
1 January, 1935
8 January, 1935
(section supressed by request of Althing Security Committee)
11 January, 1935 (continued)
-"Spontoon Springtime"-
12 January, 1935
20 January, 1935
2 February, 1935
10 February, 1935
19 February, 1935
28 February, 1935
2 March, 1935
7 March, 1935
15 March, 1935
27 March, 1935
31 March, 1935
-"Easter Honeys"-
11 April, 1935
18 April, 1935
28 April, 1935
30 April, 1935
3 May, 1935
-"Summer Lightning"-
8 May, 1935
12 May, 1935
19 May, 1935
24 May, 1935
2 June, 1935
8 June, 1935
15 June, 1935
21 June, 1935
25 June, 1935
1 July, 1935
8 July, 1935
16 July, 1935
-"Summer Holidays, 1935"-
22 July, 1935
30 July, 1935
5 August, 1935
11 August, 1935
17 August, 1935
3 September, 1935
6 September, 1935
12 September, 1935
15 September, 1935
-"Back To Basics"-
(Songmark Second Year)
18 September, 1935
25 September, 1935
2
October,
1935
8 October, 1935
17 October, 1935
22
October,1935
30
October, 1935
31
October, 1935
5
November, 1935
13
November, 1935
21
November, 1935
28
November, 1935
6
December, 1935
13
December, 1935
-"Tsar Trek"-
(Winter Holidays)
18
December, 1935
27
December, 1935
1
January, 1936
-"Spring Chickens"-
10
January, 1936
15
January, 1936
21
January, 1936
29
January, 1936
4
February, 1936
11
February, 1936
19
February, 1936
25
February, 1936
6
March, 1936
13
March, 1936
-"Flying
Solo"-
16
March, 1936
22
March, 1936
-"Easter
Eggs"-
30
March, 1936
7
April, 1936
14
April, 1936
24
April, 1936
For a
different
view of the events at Albert Island ("Cannibal Island") & the
results,
look on the
Story page for Oharu (at
the Naorhy.com website)
at
the
end of Part 13 & much of Part 14; and also read
"Return to
Cannibal Is." and "Island Funeral" in Capt.
Gary's Log.
-"Topical
Heatwave"-
11
May, 1936
18
May, 1936
25 May, 1936
30 May, 1936
1 June, 1936
Fire Gem
stolen!
8 June, 1936
16
June, 1936
24
June, 1936
1 July, 1936
8 July, 1936
-"Summer Daze"-
18
July, 1936
27 July, 1936
Chasing Slavers!
5 August,
1936
-"Monster Hash"-
12 August, 1936
Lovecraftian Menace & Mad Science on Cranium Island!
18 August,
1936
Angelica Silfverlindh on an extended visit!
24
August, 1936
2
September, 1936
Other Monsters!
-"Nut Farm"-
A chartered flight of colonists to an Albanian atoll.
7 September, 1936
14 September, 1936
-"Autumn Fruits"-
Beginning Amelia's Third Year at Songmark Academy.
20 September,
1936
26 September, 1936
3 October, 1936
10 October, 1936
17 October, 1936
24 October, 1936
-"Thrills
&
Chills"-
The
3rd-years prepare for their Alaskan exercise
29
October, 1936
6 November, 1936
12 November, 1936
18 November, 1936
26 November, 1936
Concluding
their preparations!
-"Gone With the
Wind-chill"-
Survival test in Alaska
2
December, 1936
4
December, 1936
10
December, 1936
Returning
from their Alaskan exercise, Amelia's dorm volunteers
for a risky encounter on Krupmark Island!
-"Christmas Present"-
14 December, 1936
18 December, 1936
22 December, 1936
23 December, 1936
25 December, 1936
28 December, 1936
1 January, 1937
(Concluding this sequence)
((A
part of these "Christmas Present" adventures
is also told from other points of
view-
"Winter Solstice 1936" by Reese
Dorrycott
at the website http://www.naorhy.com/
in his
Story archive section:
"Tales of Spontoon - Random Works"))
-"Uncowed in
Macao"-
Beginning Spring term, 1937: Preparations for extra-curricular
activities
4
January, 1937
12 January, 1937
19 January, 1937
25 January, 1937
1 February, 1937
-"Dire
Decisions"-
An undercover mission in Macao, China
(may include mature
situations)
6 February, 1937
8 February, 1937
(Kjartan art added)
9 February, 1937
10 February, 1937
13 February, 1937
17 February, 1937
-"Spring
forward,
fall back"-
Debriefing and catching up
on studies!
22 February, 1937
1 March, 1937
5 March, 1937
8 March, 1937
14 March, 1937
19 March, 1937
22 March, 1937
26 March, 1937
* -"Pole Starlets"- *
Spring Break at the Wotansburg ski-resort,
Neue Suden Thule, German Antarctica
(and points South?)
28
March, 1937
1 April, 1937
2 April, 1937
Psychic Stalking in the
Antarctic Beerhall
4 April, 1937
Expected Guests
5 April, 1937
Some Other
inhabitants of Antarctica
6 April, 1937
Into the Chambers 200 meters
down
7 April,
1937
Avoiding the consequences -
A ski-trek escape across the ice
* 11
April,
1937 *
A long, comfortable airflight to
Spontoon
**** -"Final Approach"- ****
Beginning Amelia's final term at Songmark Academy!
** 15
April, 1937 **
But first, some rest and relaxation!
*** 17
April, 1937 ***
A Pep talk, hand-to-hand combat training, and attending a
wedding!
**** 19 April, 1937 ****
Amelia Bourne-Phipps and her Diary
Art by Fredrik Andersson
character by Simon Barber
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