Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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16 with a class of British students at Maxwell Field, Montgomery, Ala. Malcolm Gosling who attained top marks at the completion of his training for the R.C.A.F. R. S. Biggs now P 0. in the R.C.A.F. Sir Henry Watlington died during the year. His services to education both in the Colony as a whole and to this School in particular are well known. Our sympathy is extended to his family, and especially to his son, Mr. Hereward Watlington, who is now on our Board of Trustees and has been Chairman of it. Sgt. Geoffrey Welch has been killed in action. His name ap- pears elsewhere in this issue on the Roll of Honour. H. J. Tucker has been appointed to the Executive Council. The Headmaster has already written to him congratulating him on behalf of the school. C. H. V. Talbot has been appointed Temporary Assistant Director of Education. W. R. Kempe has gained his Bachelor of Laws Degree at Edinburgh University. P. S. Welch was awarded the Bermuda Teachers Training Scholarship last year and is now in Canada. Henry Vesey has been appointed Cadet 2nd Lieut, in the Bermuda Cadet Corps. D. McC. Critchley has been awarded a scholarship at Mount Allison Academy for having the best standing in English. S. M. Paschall was married in England to Evelyn Nesta Proom. S. A. Thompson was married in Bermuda last November to Gwendolyn Blackman. M. A. Gibbons, Jr., has joined the R.C.A.F. Graham Powell was voted the best boxer at Ridley College and is also their swimming champion. A hospital bed at Malta has been dedicated to the memory of P 0. W. C. H. Hallett. The Saltus Old Boys ' Association Annual General Meeting was probably better attended this year than ever before. After the business was over, hot dogs and drinks were provided, and the proceedings terminated with an excellent conjuring show by Mr. Roy Grant. Officers for the coming year were elected as follows: — President: H. M. Cooper. Vice-president: George Gorham. Secretary-treasurer: Duncan Gosling. Committee: H. St. G. Butterfield, Archie Brown, Thomas Vesey, Jack King, H. C. Adams, W. H. Freisenbruch. At this meeting one decision was made of the very greatest interest to the School. The Old Boys have definitely promised to find the necessary funds to build a gymnasium. We shall owe them an immense debt of gratitude when this is accomplished.

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15 We announced in our last issue, as a forthcoming attraction, the production of a French play by Mr. Pruden, a sort of swan song on his part before he finally left us. It was produced as advertised and was a great success. Most of the characters spoke surprisingly intelligible French, a real tribute to their teacher and producer; but the most striking part of the performance was the attractive appearance of the boys who Were playing feminine parts. Many of their friends had never realised how pretty they were. Last autumn Lieut. D. C. A. Goolden, R.N.V.R., who is still familiar to most of the boys as a former master here, was appointed Naval A.D;C. to His Excellency the Governor. He has our hearti- est congratulations. On Dec. 17th. the choir presented the Christmas Carol Con- cert. The Hall was, as usual, packed to overflowing and the audi- ence gave every indication of enjoying the performance thoroughly. On Jan. 29th. there was a dance in the School Hall. Last year on a similar occasion the blackout regulations prevented adequate ventilation, but this year some relaxation was permitted and there was nothing to mar a very successful show. The Headmaster was away from school for the first half of the Easter term, in hospital most of the time. We are glad to see that he seems to have made a complete recovery. The House Tennis Competition was held, as usual, at the end of March and was won by Saltus House. In April the Staff beat the School at Tennis, winning four out of the six singles and all the doubles. During the year we have heard the following speakers in the series ' Progress of the War ' talks: Major T. O ' Connor, G.S.0.2, Lieut. Balfour, R.N., Sir Stanley Spurling on War Savings, Pay- master-Commander Strachan White on the Malta Convoy, and Professor Richardson on the Beveridge Plan. The Cambridge Exam, results are very late this year and noth- ing has been heard up to the time of going to press, so that we can- not make our usual boast that all our candidates have passed. Old Boys News Our congratulations are extended to the following: — Lieut. - Col. J. Carlton Astwood who has assumed command of the B.V.R.C. P 0. H. F. Watlington on being awarded the D.F.M. Flight Lieut. Edward Nicholl who has just been awarded the D.F.C. Scarritt Adams who is now a Lieut.-Commander in the U.S. Navy. ' Bill ' Wilson promoted to the rank of Captain, in the 13th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery. Patrick Purcell now Captain in the Royal Artillery. Francis Gosling on his appointment as Flying-Officer, R.A.F. Cadet Lieut. J. R. Gibbons who has completed his training

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17 Just before going to press news has come to hand of three more Saltus Old Boys. E. A. Benevides has gained his B.A. degree at Queen ' s Uni- versity, Canada. He is now undergoing training in the Canadian Armoured Corps. H. R. Outerbridge has been chosen Class President for 1944 at Mount Allison University. Ernest Petty, Jr., is now in England and has passed the neces- sary exams, qualifying him for instruction as a P 0. in the Fleet Air Arm. Finally the Editor would like to thank all those who have written during the year. There is no space here to acknowledge all the letters, but the writers can rest assured that both the Head- m.aster and the Editor appreciate their efforts sincerely. Day at the Office, Winter 1942 43 By R. T. Gorton There is really no excuse at all; it is just a question of getting up earlier. Other Experimental Officers, Scientific Officers and Experimental Assistants greet me with a stony silence, apparently having been engrossed in many, vital, secret Chemical Warfare problems since sunrise. This form of silent rebuke is quite effective and I make up my mind, for the hundredth time, to be earlier in future. The scene of all these labours is laid in Savoy Hill House, between the Strand and the Embankment, the original home of the B,B.C. Historic considerations, do not, however, quite make up for the fact that one corner has been blown off by a bomb, and the whole place, though full of people, has a deserted and rather derelict air about it. My office looks out over the Savoy Chapel. With grim humour we have decided that this has one advantage, that, if a bomb should utterly destroy us, we shall be thrown into well prepared graves. When finally I settle down, there are the four trays on my desk, filled, as usual, with typewritten sheets of all sizes. The first tray is marked ' Urgent, ' and the papers it contains have to be dealt with at once. I struggle to understand the incomprehen- sible Civil Service language, which, when translated, may mean something after all. The second tray is just marked ' In, ' and has been well filled by the messenger, who brings the mail in from the Registry, where all the papers are sorted. The contents of this tray have to be divided between the urgent tray and the third tray marked Tending. ' This latter tray is a very useful one and is always overflowing with a mixture of papers which can wait or papers which I cannot understand. Quite a number of the latter variety get hidden away in this manner, and surreptitiously