1931 - Old Boys' Association entered a team in the Metropolitan Amateurs Football Competition, the forerunner of the Victorian Amateur Football Association in which North Old Boys have participated since 1962

School play, 1930

1935 - Enrolments increased to 200, including primary and junior secondary classes up to Intermediate.

1940 - Transfer of the Brothers' Accountancy School from East Melbourne to the Queensberry Street location witnessed a new challenge. Evening classes, taught by Brothers with assistance from experienced lay teachers, prepared candidates for examinations conducted by the Association of Accountants and, later, the Federal Institute of Accountants. The link of Br William E. O'Donnell with this enterprise extended until 1971, and is an honoured story in North's history.

The following quotes from the 1940 issue of the College Annual "Cynosura" are typical of these times.

The Annual Concert

"This year Princess Theatre was chosen for our concert. We are pleased we went there. It proved such a successful venture from every point of view. The audience was appreciative and large."

- this event was attended by Archbishop Mannix

Successes in Sport

"The College has been most successful in athletics...This year we carried off the trophy presented by the Archbishop for the Champion School. Further the H.A.C.B.S. Shield for junior events became ours too. In swimming , likewise, we won the Walsh Shield for the Champion School."

Athletics champions, Dynon and Hutton

Evening Classes

"St. Joseph's now has an Evening School three times a week . . . from 7pm. to 9pm. Accountancy and Chamber of Commerce examinations are prepared for. The classrooms have been fitted with special lighting for the evening students."

The Ladies' Committee

"To aid the C.W.O [Catholic Welfare Organization] the ladies undertook with the other committee to take charge of the hut on specified days. This they have cheerfully done, and so aided and entertained members of the fighting forces, for whose benefit the hut was erected and is maintained."

- the 'hut' the ladies worked in was located on the Flemington Road side of Royal Park which had become a military camp for the duration of the Second World War.

Past Pupils' Association

"The series of nine dances held during the year constituted a record both in attendance and sociability. All will be pleased to know that on three occasions the numbers present reached almost 400...."

The histories of the time go on to make mention of past Students who sailed off to war, of the Debutants Ball and of course of the funds raised to support the College