Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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24 of the hotel has engaged as an interpreter to serve hi ' s Engh ' sh cUentele, knows not one word of English. All ends happily, how- ever, when word comes from London that Julien has been promoted to a partnership in the firm with which he is associated. Feeling his daughter ' s future now secure, Plogson gives the happy couple his paternal blessing. The role of Eugene, the interpreter, is being played by Master Cochrane. The parts of Julien and Betty are portrayed by Masters Barber and Scott respectively. Master Arthur Motyer ably plays the role of Hogson. Masters Bishop and Michaelson play the hotel cashier and the hotel porter. The roles of Police Inspector and Policeman are enacted by Masters Hallam and Burland. Parents and friends are cordially invited to attend the performance. W. R. P. The Gardening Club This year I do not think that the Club has prospered as much as in the past, but those that joined have worked diligently and have reaped quite a satisfactory harvest. In the club there are the following members: W. Conyers, W. Davis, M. Darling, D. Morri- son, H. Gurr, A. Mercer, J: Vivian, N. Richardson, J. Richards, G. Robinson, E. Woollard, and one of the smaller gardens is kept up by a group of first-formers. The gardens are chiefly made up of vegetables, tlie most popular of which are beans, cabbage, onions; recently, however, corn has been planted. We hope, in the near future, to be given a cart-load of manure, the school having kindly offered to pay the cartage; the gardens are already used to their utmost capacity, and with this help we hope for still better results. We live in the hope of a School Rule being passed, to the effect that non -members may not touch the crops. (This should also apply to the Masters.) I am sure that the Gardening Club should take this oppor- tunity of thanking Mr. Richardson for his kind donations of plants and tools, and for devoting every Thursday afternoon to our benefit. We are hoping to have a competition as soon as the members think that their gardens are in a fit condition to be judged. A. R. M. and R. G. R. Gramophone Concerts The concerts of recorded music played from the Ofiice during the lunch hour, have continued throughout the School year. The machine is now in charge of Smith I, Seymour and Taylor. On Mondays and Fridays, we play classical music, and on Wednesdays you can hear dance music and popular vsongs. We had to do away with the microphone, as it refused to reproduce the announcements

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23 19th Feb. — Debate on the motion: Poetry is the useless product of useless people. Proposer: S. M. Greenman Opposed: A. J. Motyer Third: P. N. Brooks Fourth: A. C. Hollis-Hallett Poetry swayed the House to vote that the motion was without rhyme or reason. 12th Mar. — Debate on the motion: The Modern Age has produced nothing great. Proposer: M. C. Misick Opposer: H. C. D. Cox Third: A. C. H. Hallett Fourth: T. O. Covel The moderns ralhed strongly to defeat the motion. OFFICERS, 1941-1942 President Mr. J. H. Kerry Secretary A. J. Motyer Committee: D. E. Campbell, H. C. D, Cox, S. M. Greenman, P. S. Welch. World To-day Club At the end of last summer term the Club paid a visit to the House of Assembly, which proved most interesting and instructive. In the Christmas term the Club was divided into two parts, senior and junior, meeting on different days. Each week one of the mem- bers reads a paper on some topical subject, which is afterwards discussed and commented on. This innovation (previously the Club had merely listened to talks) proved a success and revived interest in the Club w ' th a consequent increase in membership. At Easter H. A. Leseur resigned his post as secretary owing to the pressure of other duties; the post is now filled by G. D. Phillips. During the summer term arrangements have been made for Col. Gosling to address the Club on the subject of The Executive Council. G. D. P. French Play On Wednesday, June twenty-fourth, the bovs of the School will present a French play, ' ' L ' Anglais tel qu ' on le parle, by the contemporary French playwright, Tristan Bernard. The scene takes place in the lobby of a Parisian hotel where J u lien and Betty have come from London to escape the pursuing father of the latter, Mr. Hogson, who refuses to consent to their marriage because his prospective son-in-law is without sufficient means of supporting his daughter. Although Betty is none too fluent in French, her father is totally ignorant of all languages other than English. Endless misunderstandings arise when Hogson arrives at the hotel. Matters are further complicate ' d since Eugene, whom the proprietor

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25 properly. If there is anyone who would be willing to lend us re- cords, they will be gratefully received, and the greatest of care taken to insure their safekeeping. H. C. S. Old Boys News During the year we have received notice of the deaths of the following Old Boys of the School:— N. L. Meyer, W. C. H. Hallett, E. S. Thompson, Dr. F. Watlington, F. E. Gosling. Pilot Officer W. C. H. Hallett is the first Old Boy, as far as we know, to be killed on active service. All through his school career both here and later at Rcssall School, he was distinguished for his charm of manner, for his efficiency as an organiser and for his success at athletics. When war broke out, he was Captain of the School at Rossall, and, in the confusion caused in the early days by evacuation, he was invaluable to the school not only as a prefect, but at times as an additional master: and once, during an epidemic, as a nurse. Later he joined the R.x .F. and had been taking part in the heroic defence of Malta for some months when he was killed. Our sincere sympathy is extended to his pa- rents. Dr. F. Watlington has been a familiar figure at all our ath- letic meetings for many years. He was our official timekeeper, and aroused the greatesr admiration among the small boys by the num- ber and size of the stop-watches that he carried. He was genuinely inter ested in our sports and we shall miss his presence. We are especially grateful to Mrs. Watlington for the shot, which he used to lend us in his lifetime, and which she has presented to the School in memory of him. Sir John Waddington, formerly Governor and Commander-in- Chief of Barbados, is now Governor of Northern Rhodesia. Fred Leseur has completed his time on H.M.S. Conway. He is the only Cradock Scholar to obtain the King ' s Gold Medal. At present he is a Sub-lieutenant in the R.C.N.V.R. G. C. A. Gilbert has been promoted to the rank of Captain at the age of twenty- two. Geoffrey Welch was awarded his wings in the R.A.F. last January. Peter Darling and John Burland went to England at the end of last term to enter the Royal Navy. J. H. Watlington has been awarded his wings in the R.C.A.F. and is now a pilot officer. N. H. P. Vesey, T. N. Fall, John Pitt and Lyall Mayor are in England training for the R.A.F. Peter Smith is to be congratulated on the award of the Rhodes Scholarship for 1942.