Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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15 HOUSE MATCHES: — ChTistmas Term, Butterfield was defeated by Darrell, Saltus, Watlington. Darrell beat Butterfield; was defeated by Saltus, Watlington. Saltus beat Butterfield, Darrell; was defeated by Watlington. Watlington beat Butterfield, Darrell, Saltus. Shield won by Watlington; Saltus second. Easter Term. Butterfield was» defeated by Darrell, Saltus, Watlington. Darrell drew with Watlington; beat Saltus, Butterfield. Saltus beat Butterfield; was defeated by Darrell, Watlington. Watlington drew with Darrell; beat Saltus, Butterfield. Watlington won the Shield from Darrell on goal average. CRICKET: — 19th. April. First XI (107 for 8) v. Staff and Second XI (172 for 9) 25th. April. First XI (73 for 5) v. Old Boys (165 all out) HOUSE MATCHES: — To time of going to press Saltus and Watlington have each beaten the other two Houses and drawn with each other. They have to play again to decide the winner of the Shield. CUBS. In spite of many vicis ' situdes the Pack has had a most succef5sful year. Mr. Frewen was transferred to the Cadets, (the Cubs miss him very much) and later. Miss Steacey, who had taken over the Pack again, left in order to go to England to be married. Cubs showed tliPir appreciation of Miss Steacey by presenting her with an Enamel Ash Tray ast a wedding gift. Drawn Drawn

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14 The Intor-HousG Swimming competition was held in the PiincPBS pool at the beginning of last Christmas term. This was again won by Watlington House with 73 pointgt while Darrell was second with 33 points. Special mention should be made of J. F. Motyer, who broke the Bermuda Schoolboy record for the ,100 yards Breast stroke, being timed at 1 min 20.8 sec. Unfortunately, for these Sports we were without the help of Mr. - Brooks, although he had heen here all fnm- mer, as was evidenced by the improvement in the contestants. In the B. S. S. A. Inter-School competition, Saltus:t again acquit- ted themselves creditably winning 3 groups and 12 individual event?.. MATCH RESULTS. — 1939-1940. Football. First XI Matches: 8th. Nov. Saltus beat K.S.L.I. Band Boys 1 — 0 Home IGth. Nov. Saltus lost to Old Boys 2 — 4 Home 30th. Nov. Saltus lost to Dockyard Appren- tices 2 — 3 Home 19th. Jan. Saltus beat K.S.L.I. Band Boys 3- -2 Home Second XI Maitches: 15th. Dec. Saltus- drew with Whitney Institute 1 — 1 Home 22nd. Jan. Saltus lost to Whitney Institute 4 — 7 Home Colts XI in Junior League: 30th. Nov. Saltus beat Whitney Institute 5 — 0 Home 6th.. Dec. Saitus beat Dockyard School 3 — o Away Dec. Saltus beat St. George ' s Grammar School 3—0 Home 17th. Jan. Saltus beat Warwick Academy 7 — 0 Home 3lF;t. Jan. Saltus beat Dockyard School 4 — 0 Home 7th. Feb. Saltus beat Whitney Institute 6 — 1 Away 12th. Feb. Saltus beat St. George ' s Gram- mar School 2-— 0 Aw ay 21 St. Fob. Saltus ' beat Warwick Academy 4 — 0 Home

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16 An outstanding event for the Cubs was the visit of His Excelkmcy the Governor. His Excellency, as chief Scout in Bermuda, took the Grand Howl, and afterwards told the Cubs that that was the first time anything like that had happened to him. Senior Sixer Seymour, sixers Tucker, Smith, Butterfield, and seconds Lazenby, Brown, Gosling, Dunch, did excellent work at the Empire Fete held in Government House grounds on April 11th. On Empire (Sunday 20 Cubs took part in the service at the Cathe- dral, and in the Parade which followed. At this parade the new Jack and Wolf Heads were displayed for the first time, the whole turnout looked extremely smart. A Rally at Government House is to take place on June 30th. three New Chums aire to be invested as Wolf Cubs, this investiture is to be our part in the Rally. THE LIBRARY. During the past year the Library has seen many improvements, and has become a prominent feature of school life. In the lunch hour it is constantly in use and provides a comfortable retreat where thos-e who stay to lunch may read books, magazines or the newspaper. The acquisition of a siettee and some easy chairs has greatly increased its popularity, while, apart from the Lending Library, a large number of pamphlets, magazines and picture papers, sbme of which are rpceived regularly, is always available for those who do not join the Library for the £iole purpose of borrowing books. Another new and Important section is the Reference Library, which includes several sets of encyclopaedias and numerous other sources of information, mainly presented by the Old Boys ' Association. The latest gift to the Library isi that of a reading desk of cedar pre- sented by Mrs. John Cox and Mrs. Brewer. It has proved of invaluable help in keeping the newspapers under control. The support given to us this year shows that the Library is being increasingly appreciated. The Old Boys ' Association regularly presents batches of new books, while several parents have followed their ex- ample. His Excellency the Governor has taken a great interest, and has been kind enough to present us with a number of books by the