Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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Hallett and G. Welch have gone to Rossall School. G. Gilbert has gone to Eastbourne College. M. Beavis has gone to Bed- ford College. C. P. Ashton ' s prowess at Rugby for Rothesay College, where he has just gone, has been commented on in the press. The B. a. A. Cricket Team which toured the U. S. A. and Canada so successfully during the summer contained the follow- ing Old Boys: W. C. Hay ward, (Capt.), A. Pitman, W. R. Hay- ward, R. Christensen, J. Christensen, L. Selley, E. Petty, and H. J. Hallett (Man ger). Notice: We consider it the solemn duty of Old Boys to send us full details of their achievements. We take a proud interest in them. During the summer we have suffered much to see a number of cur more eminent men carried off from the lofty pinnacles of the Sixth Form, from the minor pe aks of the Fifth, and the lowlier regions of the Fourth, to feast with the Muses in less sunrty climes. Not for us to let them pass unhonoured and unsung! Paschal ' s name is already almost legend. Looking back on his career, we see that he combined in his own person a whole series of responsible positions. Honours were heaped upon him. As Captain of the School, Captain of Cricket and Football, and Sergeant in the Cadet Corps, he bore himself with character- istically taciturn efficiency. Atheletic Sports, Swimming, Box- ing, Sailing .... in everything he had a disconcerting habit of excelling. He worked his way through the School Certificate — his father had threatened to make him a Pope if he failed — and he is now doing well at Rossall with the Bermuda Scholar- ship behind him, and a future in front of him. Todd was in some ways the counterpart of Paschal. Academically he always seemed to be a giant moving among pygmies. What he knew about the fauna inhabiting the Lesser Antipodes in the earlier part of the year 101 B.C. was perhaps scarcely worth knowing, but on almost every other subject he was practically an authority. When he began to think, one got the impression that Civilization was about to take a decisive step forward. He is now in the banking business, doing his best to save the world from financial collapse. Another conspicuous figure was Gilbert. A reliable bats- man and bowler, a steady half-back, a more than good rifle-shot -he did as much for the school as any other one member of it. ■0- 10

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cannot be estimated. It has completely altered the whole aspect of the place, and great care is taken not to do any damage. The generosity of Mr. Hereward Watlington has enabled another important change to be brought about. Quite apart from the fact that the boys may now eat their lunch in comfort, his beautiful tables of Bermuda cedar are our most valuable and most artistic piece of furniture. We wish someone would give us something similar f or the platform in the Hall. We have also received the nucleus of what we hope may one day be a complete gymnasium. Mr. Samuel Williams has made us a present of some very fine parallel bars, while Mac Paschal has given us boxing gloves and a punch-ball. Freer Cox. With great regret we miss from among us, since his resig- nation, the presence of Mr. Freer Cox, who was so long asso- ciated v ith his bi: other in the running of this School. The Hon. E. J. Waddington, o.b.e. left Bermuda in Septem- ber to take up his appointment as Colonial Secretary of British Guiana. A few days before his departure a farewell evening, which took the form of an Oxford Dinner , arranged by Mr. G. S, C. Tatem, was held at the Belmont Manor. His many friends in Bermuda must regret his absence, and we wish him every success in his new appointment. It was largely through his instrumentation that the Old Boy ' s Society was first set on, its feet. Sir Stanley Spurling, o.b.e. has delighted many audiences in various parts of the Colony with his lecture entitled ' ' England after the Jubilee. J. King was a very ardent worker in the organization of the Inter-School Swimming Sports. He has the cause of Ber- muda swimming very much at heart, and everyone is very grate- ful to him. Dudley Spurling returned to Trinity College, Oxford, after spending the Summer Vacation at home. D. J. Williams has again distinguished himself in track events by winning the Freshman ' s Long Jump at Oxford. He also won his heat in the quarter-mile, and came second in throw- ing the Discus. G. Gibbons, W. Wilson, F. W. Watlington, and J. B. Wat- lington have returned to Ridley College. S. M. Paschal, W. C. 0- 9

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He came first in the Bermuda Cadet Corps Shooting Competi- tion, was selected as the Best Senor Cadet, and is now at East- bourne College, with which he informs us he is eminently satis- fied. And if he is still sometimes puzzled to find his left arm swinging with his left leg, that should be no cause for worry. After all, Julius Caesar probably did the same. Then there is Ashton, who is still, no doubt, pursuing the even tenour of his way, at Rothesay in Canada, and putting in a square centre from the wing. He will go through life doing just that sort of thing; and if he still fails to distinguish between ' French and the corrupt Czecho-Slovakian spoken in the Hindoo quarter of Tokio, what of it? As Burns said, a man ' s a man for a ' that! One of the highest fliers was Hallett. If he does not break records in high jump, it will be because he has lost his leg. Rossall should be glad to have a name like Hallett ' s on their roll-call, and will soon realise that for themselves. He is too modest to blow his own trumpet in his letter (a difficult feat in any case), but we are certain to hear of him through other chan- nels, before more water has lapped round the shores of Bermuda. Welch ' s career here was cut off in its prime. He was just beginning to find himself in both work and games when he was lured away by a scholarship at Rossall. He took with him the good will of both staff and boys. Perhaps one of the most loyal members of the school, was Russell. He was a prolific writer for the magazine, and will no doubt one day be a leading poet, dying with the word Saltus scribbled on his writing pad. He is bearing his cross in Mount Allison. And so we bid them farewell, and our memories ' de mortuis ' will be ' nil nisi bonum! ' (This must be metaphorical — he is now playing Rugger Ed.) o The Buddha. By D. Todd. Dick stopped suddenly in the principle street of the North Indian town where he was quartered, and stood looking down at the quaint wares laid out on the ground in front of the passive hill tribesman. It wasn ' t that there was anything extraordinary about them., or that he saw anything for the first time, but it was just that he suddenly became aware that for weeks now he had been unconsciously passing something of immense interest to him. Situated in the middle of the other articles was a little