Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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18 a cup presented by Mr. Clarendon Masters. Each Saturday morn- ing H. Masters managed to sail his boat to victory, and won the June Series with thirty-five points, the highest possible score. Next in line for the cup were S. A. Thompson and H. Williams who each amassed twenty-three points to tie ior second honours. The summer holidays enabled races to be sailed on Wednesdays as well as on Saturdays. The mid-week series was for a trophy do- nated by the Commodore of the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, Mr. N. B. Dill, and on Saturdays the dinghies sailed for a cup presented for annual competition by Mr. Briggs Cunningham, well-known Ameri- can yachtsman. This latter series was finally won by I. S. Outer- bridge who obtained 51 3 4 points to beat S. A. Thompson by five points. O. H. Darrell was third with a total of thirty-nine. The Wednesday races for the Commodore ' s Trophy were more evenly contested. In the final race O. H. Darrell came in third, and won the series by 1 4 point margin over S. A. Thompson, who plac- ed second in the series with 43 points. H. Watlington was third with 36 points and also gained his position by obtaining 1 4 point more than H. Williams. To show their ability in every branch of the sport, Bermuda ' s future international yachtsmen elected to sail a series of team races, which was finally won, H. Masters ' team consisting of himself, S. A. Thompson and M. Wainwright. Each member of the winning team received one of the three small cups donated by an anonymous ad- mirer of junior racing in Bermuda. It is interesting to note that seventy per cent of the dinghies which raced last year were sailed by past or present Saltus boys, and, without doubt, they will again succeed in winning their laurels this summer.

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19 CADETS. During the last year the members of the Cadets have greatly Increased and the Corps is now seventy five strong. Henceforward we are going to be organised into three platoons, No. 3 consisting mainly of recruits. In this way we shall be able to add a good deal more company drill to our usual programme. The factor which has contributed most to our large increase in numbers has been, of course, the new drum and bugle band. This was acquired for us by the Saltus Old Boys ' Association and wasi pre- sented shortly after the beginning of the Christmas term. There was naturally tremendous competition for taking on an instrument and learning to beat it or blow through it as the case might be, but it seems that the final selection wasi fairly apt, judging by the remark- able progress that the ' musicians ' have made. On the other hand, such progress as has been made ought to be attributed almost en- tirely to our good fortune in obtaining the services of Sgt. Emerson from Prospect. His ability as. an instructor is great and is only equalled by his astounding patience and perseverence. It was large- ly due to his initiative that it was decided to increase the size of the band by the addition of four more bugles and a pair of cymbals. The new bugles that have been added to the band are really splen- did instruments. Silver plated with a frosted finish, they have a delightful appearance as well as and excellent tone. We are not yet quite sure whom to thank for having presented them, but all we can do is. to pour our effusions on to Mr. John Bluck, who originfally un- dertook to find them. The Band first ventured outside the School gates on March 23rd. on the occasion of the Cadet Field Day. They did not play too bad- ly and on the whole, people did not seem to mind, but a few carriage horses objected and were really rather rude about it, so rude, in fact, that at one juncture the Drum Major thought it best to stop altogether before the matter came to a head. Apart from playing marches, the Band are learning to perform other functions such as falling-in the parade to a drum. At Camp, guard-mounting will be able to be done to a drum, and it is under- stood that all bugle calls will be expected to be done by us as well. In addition to the usual Armistice parade, the Cadets assisted at the ceremonies conjoint with the landing of the body of the late J. Ramsay Macdonald. They were responsible for carrying the wreaths from the Cathedral on to the tender in which the coffin was to be conveyed to II. M. S. Appollo. Four of the senior N. C. O.s had an