Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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24 GROUP C 50 Yards Freestyle. — 1 Butterfield, 2 Astwood and De Coiito. Time: 33.7 .sees. 50 Yards Breaststroke. — 1 Shanks, 2 Hutt, 3 Allington. Time: 43.6 sees. 25 Yards Backstroke.— 1 Butterfield, 2 Hutt, 3 Collis. Time: 16.7 sees. Diving. — 1 Gibbons and Churm, 3 Butterfield and Todd i. GROUP D 50 Yards Freestyle. — 1 Smith i, 2 Fisher, 3 Anfossi i. Time: 30.3 sees. 50 Yards Breaststr oke. — 1 Bromby, 2 Lancaster, 3 Fall i. Time: 39.2 sees. 25 Yards Backstroke. — 1 Roach, 2 Critchley, 3 Wyatt. Time: 1 7.2 sees. Diving. — 1 Smith, 2 Bray, 3 Gosling. GROUP E 100 Yards Freestyle.- — 1 Harrison, 2 Stone 3 Leseur. Time: 72.2 sees. 100 Yards Breaststroke.— 1 Vivian, 2 Stoney. Time: 35.9 sees. 200 Yards Freestyle. — 1 Lombardo, 2 Vivian. Time: 3 mins. 15 sees. 500 Yards Backstroke. — 1 Harrison, 2 Lombardo, 3 Vivian. Time: 39.0 sees. Diving. — Harrison ii, Lombardo and Stoney. Junior 100 Yards Freestyle Relay 1 Butterfield, 2 Watlington, 3 Saltus. Time: 64.2 sees. Senior 150 Yards Medley Relay 1 Saltus, 2 Darrell, 3 Butterfield. Time: 50.1 sees. Senior House Shield 1 Saltus, 32 points; 2 Darrell, 16 points; 3 Watlington, 15 points; 4 Butterfield, 12 points. Junior House Shield 1 Butterfield, 243 points; 2 Watlington, 233 points; 3 Darrell and Saltus, 19 points each.

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23 The results follow: — Mosquito weight: under 68 lbs. — Terceira beat Barnes. Paper weight: 68-75 lbs.— Churm beat Woollard. Flyweight: 75-80 lbs. — Pearman beat Ranee. Bantamweight: 80-86 lbs. — Cooper iv. beat Todd ii. Featherweight: 86-94 lbs. — -Oatham beat Cooper ii. Lightweight: 94-100 lbs. — Shanks beat Cooper i. Welterweight: 100-107 lbs.— Critchley beat Minugh i. Middleweight: 107-116 lbs.— Fall ii beat Lines i. Cruiserweight : 116-128 lbs. — Hutt beat Roach. Heavyweight: over 128 lbs. — Harrison beat Lombardo. Referee: Mr. D. J. Williams. Judges: Mr. Harry Williams, Major Harold Evans. Timekeeper: Mr. N. H. Williams. The final order in which the Houses were placed was: — 1st Watlington, 2nd Butterfield, 3rd Darrell, 4th Saltus. Swimming The Annual Inter-PIouse Swimming Meet, held at the Langton Pool on October 1, 1945, saw Saltus and Butterfield Houses capture the Senior and Junior shields respectively. The keenly contested meet proved extremely interesting, par- ticularly in the Junior Competition where Butterfield House nosed out Watlington by one point while Darrell and Saltus tied for third place. In the course of the meet, C. A. N. Butterfield of Butterfield House set a new- record in the Group C covering the 25 yard back- stroke distance in the creditable time of 16.7 seconds. H. C. E. M. Swimming Competition Results GROUP A 25 Yards Freestyle. — 1 Patterson, 2 Archdale, 3 Smith iii. Time: 17.2 sees. Diving. — 1 Patterson, 2 Davis ii, 3 Archdale. GROUP B 25 Yards Freestyle. — 1 Stone, 2 Trimingham, 3 Thompson. Time: 38.6 sees. Diving. — 1 Stone, 2 Murray, 3 Constable.

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25 Debating Society If necessity is the mother of invention, sociaHsm is the father of idleness, it was suggested during a sparkHng debate on the Motion That socialism is the road to dictatorship. There was a good House for this debate, held on February 7th, when a visiting team opposed one drawn from the school. The principal speakers were: Proposer: M. C. Misick (O.S.) Opposer: N. H. Richardson Third: Rev. Keith Harmon Fourth: A. A. Michielson The proposers claimed that socialism destroys individuality and enterprise; the citizen is gradually encouraged to expect a paternal government to shoulder all his personal responsibilities and to arrange his life for him ' from the cradle to the grave ' ; this attitude creeps upon him like an insidious drug; he loses first this responsibility, then that,, and ends by losing his freedom . . . The opposers rebutted the charge of complete regimentation. The aim of the socialist was to organise the resources of the com- munity in the best interests of the whole community, not merely for the privileged few; not to stifle, but to encourage initiative more widely by inducing conditions which would allow ' fair play ' to every citizen and help to bring out the best that was in him. The danger of dictatorship came rather from capitalism operating in a world where the law of the jungle prevailed. The motion was defeated, whether from conviction or ' for the school ' was not determined. The programme of debates included two Hat Debates, one on October 11th, and another on January 17th. Among the subjects discussed were these: — Can war be permanently outlawed? Modern dancing is decadent. Saltus boys should be provided with Pep drinks between periods. Should boys and girls choose their own careers? Is the World the only inhabitated planet? The modern generation is too fond of pleasure. Could we do without schools? Should the Government buy the Bermuda Railway? The boys of today are allowed too much pocket money. Is Bermuda over-populated? Other debates were those of : November 1st, 1945. — Motion, ' This House believes in compulsory military training for all, whether in peace or war. Proposer: A. A. Michielson Opposer: J. F. Vivian Third: P. Wingate Fourth: J. McDaniel