Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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6 We are glad to be able to announce that a Bermuda Scholarship has been awarded to T. I. Crawford. He has made arrangements to go to Cheltenham College in England. Our best wi shes will go with him. H. P. Malloy will also be leaving us at the end of the term. He has been admitted into Harvard, where he proposes, we understand, to study medicine. The School has been doing what it can to help in the work of en- tertaining sailors. Later in this Year Book there is an article by one of the committee set up to direct our efforts, which have mainly con- sisted in the loan of the field and the arrangement of dances . Speci- ally worth mention was the concert given by the Laconia Loonies. On another occasion there were some French ' submariners ' . At first the language provided rather a hanaicap, but Mr. Goolden lent his services as master of ceremonies and under his direction everyone soon began to dance and to forget to be awkward. Perhaps as a result of these activities, the School had what must be considered the immense privilege of visiting a cruiser a ' t tht Dock- yard during war-time. We were asked not to mention names in this article, and we must be content to thank all those concerned in an im- personal way. But we can assure them that we are none the less grate- ful on that account. Very nearly a hundred boys took advantage of the opportunity. When we reached the ship the party was dividod into groups of about a dozen, each of which was conducted round by one of: the crew. Through the good offices of Mr. Hartley Watlington trans- port to and from the Dockyard was provided gratis by the Trans por- tation Company. In February we heard an interesting lecture by Professor C, T. Currelli, Director of the Ontario Museum of Archaeology. He choie as his subject ' Developments in Civilisation ' , and showed what far-reach- ing results could follo.w apparently insignificant events and discoveries. The whole lecture was enlivened by a series of anecdotes that kept one and all rapt in attention until the very end. Once again the results of the School Certificate examination were very satisfactory. In the senior examination the following were suc- cessful: Adams, Benevides, Biggs, Crawford, Duffey, Malloy, Motyer i, Thompson. In the junior both candidates ' , Motyer ii and Rutherford, passed.

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5 SCHOOL NOTES. Early this year His Excellency the Governor-in-Council appointed the Headmaster to be an associate member of the Cadet Committee. We offer our congraltulations. It S ' hould prove of great assistance to the committee to have the advice of someone who is well acquainted not only with the military part of the organisation but also with the scholastic issues. In September we lost the services of Mr. D. C. A. Goolden and Mr. E. R. Ilott. Mr. Goolden joined the Navy, and in these days when we are warned that any careless word that we utter may cause the loss of livesi, it is as well, perhaps, to say nothing about his activities. Suf- fice it to say that he is missed here. Mr. Ilott was in England when war broke out, and found himself unable to return here. News of him 1 as been very scanty since then, and, at the moment, we have not the least idea what he is doing. This term, particularly he is being missed for his interest in the school ' s cricket. To fill one of the gaps thus created Miss Steacey returned tn the fold. We welcomed her back, but it was not to be for long, and now we have to offer her our felicitations ' on the occasion of her marriage to Lieut. M. P. Pollock, R.N. The ceremony took place in England last month. We have now with us Miss Edith Smith and Mrs. Howard Trott, Jr. We extend a very hearty welcome to them, and express the hope that to their feminine eyes our masculine establishment has not seem- ed too utterly uncivilised during the last few months ' . Next, our congratulations are offered to Mr. and Mrs . R. E. Frewen on the birth of a son. This is an important occasion; not only are we looking forward to the day when the name Frewen appears on the First Form list, but never before, we believe, has the happy event occurred in the family of an assistant master actually on the staff of the school at the time. We also congratulate Mrs. Booker on her appointment as Hon. Secretary of the Committee of the Empire Fete for War Charities re- cently held at Government House. The job involved a great amount of work iand the show was thoroughly successful both financially and otherwisie. Mrs. Booker is Vice-chairman of the Ladies ' Hospitality Organisation, which entertains naval ratings at the Recreation Rooms In the Bermudiana Hotel.

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7 On March 18th. the competition for the Eldon Trimingham Tennis Shield was won by Saltus House, who won all their matches. The Princess Hotel courts were lent to us for the occasion. Mr. Hallett and Mr. Frewen have been appointed Cadet Officers to take charge of the School Cadet Corps in £ uccession to Mr. Goolden. On December 19th the Choir gave their annual concert of Christ- mas Carols in the School Hall. The results were so satisfactory that the performance was repeated later in the Cathedral. Mr. Bridge is to be congratulated on the success which he continues to achieve with the Choir. The Band of the Saltus. Cadet Corps gave an exhibition of marches at The Bermuda Sports Festival, held on April 18th in the show ring at the Agricultural Station. Apart from the dances arranged during the year for sailors, a dance was held for parents, friends and old boys of the school on Jan- uary 12th. The United States Consul and Mrs. Williamson lent their patronage. Bridge wast provided at the Headmaster ' s house for those who did not want to dance. Owing to the war the Boarding School has, unfortunately, had to be discontinued. As a corollary, there have been no kitchen facilities for a Lunch Room, and that too has ceased to function. Lazenby has now made so many trips here from New York that he has become news. A New York paper published a large photograph of him with the information that he has now made thirty-six trips, thirty-three of them unaccompanied. This- year the Shop has added to the variety of its stock by sell- ing half-pint bottles of milk and chocolate milk in the Break and in the Lunch hour. OLD BOYS ' NEWS. O. H. Darrell has added another to the long list of Rhodes Scholars who have come from Saltus. He was a,warded a Bermuda Scholarship two years ago, and has been at Cheltenham College. On account of the unusual situation created by the war, he has not waited until October to go to Oxford, but is there now, at Magdalen College.