Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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5 Officers of the Saltus Old Boys Asso Ll. Vorley T. J. Card L. G. Barnes Francis Gosling H. F. Stephens We have been asked to say that the above-named officers of the Sahus Old Boys ' Association would welcome more support from the members. Attendance at the Annual General Meeting, held in January each year, has for the last few years been meagre, and the most devoted committee member can do little of value if he has not the backing of the whole Association. On the other hand, they do feel that there is an opportunity to perform work of real advan- tage to the School. They would be grateful for any help they re- ceive in achieving this end. The annual celebration of Founder ' s Day took place last year on June 20th. In the morning there was a Commemoration Service in Hall, at which Dr. Henry Wilkinson was the Orator. After the Service the Acting-Headmaster, Staff, Prefects and the Senior School proceeded to St. John ' s Churchyard, where a Wreath was laid on the tomb of the Founder, Samuel Saltus. After lunch the School First and Second XI ' s played cricket against Old Boys ' teams. Both of these matches were won by the Old Boys. After the cricket the Cadet Band beat the Retreat on the School Field, and the day ' s celebrations closed with the Saltus Old Boys ' Association Dinner in the New Windsor Hotel, at which Dr. Howard Dickinson was the chief speaker. WEDDINGS: F. C. Mansbridge to Elsie Crossley, in Hamilton, Ontario. T. J. Card to Vera Pokorna in Bermuda. I. S. Outerbridge to Patricia Jean Colquhoun Graham in Bermuda. J. A. P. Pitt to Ruth Marie Finn in Bermuda. Kimball Hollis to Jane Smellie in Bermuda. President: Vice-President: Secretary-Treasurer: Committee T. W. P. Vesey I. S. Outerbridge D. A. Gosling H. J. Hallett Old Boys News

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Building I wish that under this heading I were able to write that a start had been made of the building of the Gymnasium and the Physics Laboratory. In fact not even the detailed plans for these have yet been drawn, though I hope that soon these will be ready. 1 he truth is that we are still in that most difficult part of a post-war era, when prices are high and materials short. Even so, if an Old Boy of a year ago were to walk through the Main Block of the S.G.S., he would see many alterations that would surprise him. Realising that the time had not come when I could press for the putting up of new buildings, we have made all possible use of what we have. It was almost a shock to discover how much waste space existed even in a school-house as apparently crowded as our own. By the use of a little ingenuity (and perhaps some sacrifice of comfort) it has been found possible to give the Up- per 6th Form so long homeless, a small but adequate Form-room, to divide the 4th Form into two with a separate room each, to pro- vide a room in which all Bookkeeping and Spanish teaching will be done ,to move the Staff Common-room to more convenient prem- ises, to give Form 1. a detached and very sunny and cheerful Form- room, and, last but not at all least, finally to free the Library from use as a Classroom. During these alterations some loss has been inevitable and the need for a Gymnasium which shall contain a really adequate Chang- ing-room will be very evident during the coming winter terms. I am quite sure, however, that these comparatively modest steps forward, together with the efforts of the new members of the Staff, will prove a turning point in the work of the school and that the day is at last in sight when we may begin the climb back to the peak of efficiency which this school had reached in, say, 1943. We cannot yet, perhaps, leap forward per saltum , as a former Acting- Governor said, but the progressive improvement has at any rate begun. R.E.E.B.

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6 M. A. Gibbons, Jr., to Gloria May Miller in the U.S.A. The Hon. F. Goodwin Gosling and Mrs. Gosling have celebrat- ed their Golden Wedding. DEATHS: George Edward Gorham, September, 1946. Walter Ball, February, 1947. W. M. Conyers, April, 1947. « « « M. C. Misick and T. L. Crawford, M.D., CM. (McGill), were awarded Rhodes Scholarships in 1946. Misick also distinguished himself by being one of the crew of the ill-fated Zena last summer. C. E. Woollard was awarded a Teacher ' s Training Scholarship for 1946, and is now studying at Toronto Normal School. Harry Lancaster, who won a Craddock Scholarship in 1946 and is now on H.M.S. Conway, has done very well in his studies and won prizes for coming first in his class in Seamanship, Mathematics, Engineering and Science and History. Midshipman K. G. R. Hallam is now on H.M.S. Sheffield and has visited the School occasionally during the year. James Cochrane is now an Officer Cadet in the Indian Army. When last heard from, he was stationed at Bangalore and was hop- ing for a commission in the 3rd Gurkha Rifles. David R. Stokes, R.A.F., has been with the Army of Occupa- tion in Germany. M. D. Taylor was for a time on H.M.S. Onslaught and was expecting to be out of the Navy in March of this year. W. R. Cooke has gained the Diploma awarded by the San An- tonio (Texas) Vocational and Technical High School. B. J. M. Tovey is in the Army in England and has been taking a course in Chinese. Edward Winslow is now out of the U.S. Army and is going back to College. D. McC. Critchley, who has just graduated from Mount Alli- son University with a B.A. degree, has always played a very active part in the life of the University. During his last year he was President of the S.C.M., President of the Choral Society, Editor of the Year Book (the third Bermudian in succession to fill that office) and he directed the play, Lithuania , performed this year by the Seniors. D. M. G. Lawrey is now at the Brackanridge High School, San Antonio, Texas, and has been made a Staff Sergeant in the R.O.I .C.