Hal Colebatch There is nothing more comforting to an old teacher than to read praise from a former student, especially one of the stature of Hal Colebatch. When Hal arrived in my history and literature classes at Leederville Technical College in the early 1960s, he soon impressed as a scholar of deep perception. He understood Philip Sydney’s definition that the purpose of poetry is “to teach and delight” or, as Robert Frost said, “A poem begins in delight and ends in wi…
