Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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9 It was, perhaps, a pity that the Carols could not be heard at the proper season, but the dance was an unqualified success. During last summer holidays a novel experiment was made in Bermuda. Mr. Gascoigne, assisted by Mr. D. J. Williams and D. H. Harrison, conducted a summer camp on Smith ' s Island. All who attended it voted it a great success and expressed the opinion that such a camp should become a regular fixture. The Annual House Tennis Competition was held at the end of the Easter Term and was won by Saltus House. The Watlington Junior P.T. squad, trained by W. S. Lom- bardo, was considered so good that they were invited to give a dis- play at the Sandys Flower Show held on May 1st. For this display a few other boys were added from other Houses. We offer our congratulations both to the squad and to their instructor. On January 30th, almost the whole School trooped down to Dellwood School for the X-ray photographs arranged by the T.B. Association. Earlier in the year we were visited by the School Den- tist. We should like to see this sort of health service extended. There are many ailments that could be corrected or, at least, checked, if they were diagnosed in time. Another innovation was made in the Easter Term with the showing of movies in the Assembly Hall at night. The shows were well attended and enthusiastically received. During the year the following lecturers have address the School: The Lord Bishop of Bermuda on Shakespeare ' s As You Like It . Dr. H. Wilkinson on Scandinavia Today. L. N. Tucker on The Sailors ' Home. Rev. Eustace Strong has delivered three addresses, All Saints ' Day , The L.C.C.A. and Japan . Major S. Frazer and Mr. C. L. Newcomb both delivered lec- tures on the Tuberculosis Association. A brief account of the lat- ter ' s talk appears elsewhere in this issue. Rear-Admiral A. K. Doyle, U.S.N., gave an interesting and humorous talk on the difficulties of taking an Air craft-Carrier to sea for the first time. Visit of £♦ The Governor On Tuesday, January 21st, H. E. the Governor, Admiral Sir Ralph Leatham, paid a visit of inspection to the School, accom- panied by Lady Leatham and his A.D.C., Lieut. N. A. Morrison, R.N.V.R.

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8 onel T. M. Dill, but we feel that a worthy successor has been found in Mr. T. W. P. Vesey, the President of the Saltus Old Boys ' Associ- ation and a very keen and energetic supporter of the School. In January we were saddened by the death of Margaret Ponson- by Watlington, which severed a connection with the School that had lasted more than fifteen years. First, as the mother of three sons, all of whom went through the School, and more lately as Secretary- Treasurer to the Trustees, she had taken a quiet but sincere interest in our affairs. Those of us who had the privilege of her friendship feel her loss deeply. The results of the Cambridge School Certificate Examinations held last December are as follows:— Grade I: D. H. Harrison, W. L. Hallowell, N. H. Richardson. Grade III: A. G. Smith, D. A. Gosling, D. E. DeSilva. A start has at last been made on what we hope will be a con- siderable building programme. At present it is confined to alter- ing the existing building so as to make two extra classrooms, but we believe that, now that a start has been made, it will not stop there. Certainly the need is almost desperate. This term we have lost the services of Cyril Bardgett, our P.T. and gym. instructor. His place has been taken by the Head Prefect, D. H. Harrison, who has probably worked harder on behalf of the School than any previous holder of that office. We have also lost W. S. Lombardo, who has joined the U.S. Army. He, too, has been keenly interested in all the School activ- ities and we shall miss him. He leaves with our heartiest good wishes for his future life. During the Easter Term a Model Aeroplane Club was formed and for a couple of Sunday afternoons the peace of the neighbour- hood was destroyed by the unearthly roar of miniature gasoline engines. Unfortunately the weather then became unkind and first rain and then wind put an end to further meetings. During the winter in the little spare time afforded by School activities, Harrison, Gosling and Lombardo took up Rugby foot- ball. Harrison was chosen to play in the Rugby Week games in March against teams from the Army, Navy and Yale University. J. T. Fall won an Art Prize in the Royal Drawing Society ' s competition and was the first boy from the S.G.S. to gain a com- plete R.D.S. certificate. We have to thank Mr. Stephenson and Mr. Hayward for pro- viding us with a new House Ladder. This is a ' very fine piece of work with real, instead of pictorial, ladders. I hc usual Carol Concert and Dance arranged for the end of the Christmas Term had to be postponed until early in January.

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10 On his arrival His Excellency inspected a guard-of-honour form- ed by members of the School Cadet Corps, drawn up on the Parade Ground. He then proceeded on a tour of the Classrooms, and afterwards delivered an address in the Assembly Hall. Finally he witnessed a display of physical training by the whole school on the field. In his address the Governor commented on the friendly manner of the boys of the School and their courteous salutation of him, whenever he passed them in the street. He went on to say that he saw few of them with their hands in their pockets, an attitude for which the only legitimate excuse was to answer a request for a subscription. He urged them to keep a definite purpose before them in their lives and to avoid aimless drifting; while pleasure was not a thing to be entirely neglected, its pursuit should not occupy the forefront of their intentions. It was, no doubt, easy to blame the older generation for the present troubles of the world, but many of their fathers had set them an admirable example of public service, and it was up to them to undertake the responsibility of maintaining that standard. This willingness to accept responsibility was of prime importance in life, and, coupled with it, especially in a coun- try which depended, as Bermuda did, on a tourist trade, was the need for courtesy to the stranger. He finished on a note very wel- come to the boys, by asking the Headmaster to grant a half-holiday that afternoon. The Headmaster then thanked His Excellency and the Assem- bly was dismissed. Empire Day Celebrations The Empire Day ceremonies at Saltus Grammar School took place on Friday morning, when Vice-Admiral Sir William Tennant addressed the boys. Accompanying the Admiral were Lady Tennant and the Flag- Lieutenant, while Mrs. Leon Powell represented the I.O.D.E. Prior to the assembly the Admiral inspected a Cadet Guard of Honour, and later he met the staff at the Headmaster ' s House. In the course of his introductory address the Headmaster, Mr. R. E. E. Booker, reminded the boys that May 24th was the anniver- sary of the birthday of Queen Victoria. It had been officially recog- nised as Empire Day since 1902, when Lord Meath inaugurated it as a day on which the training of young people in Empire citizen- ship should be thought upon. In Bermuda the festival had been kept alive mainly through the energy and initiative of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire, and the I.O.D.E. visitor with