Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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15 School Notes DEATHS:— We regret to announce the deaths of:— HENRY JAMES COX on March 6th, 1948, at the age of 90. Mr. Cox was the father of Mr. John W. Cox and the grand- father of Harry, William and Michael Cox, all Saltiis Old Boys, and was himself a Trustee of the School for many years. E. R. MASON, M.C., on June 23rd, 1947, at the age of 58. Mr. Mason was formerly an assistant master at the school. MARRIAGE — We offer our congratulations to Mr. F. L. Stephenson on his marriage to Audrey Evelyn Narbrugh. The ceremony took place in St. John ' s Church, Pembroke, . on Saturday, April 24th. There was a reception after the ceremony at the house of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Hallett on Mount Hill. The Bermuda Scholarship for 1947 was awarded to D. H. Harri- son, to whom we offer hearty congratulations. W. Brownlow Gray was awarded the Cradock Scholarship for 1947, and is now training on H.M.S. Conway in England. The Cambridge Exam Results for 1947 have recently come to hand and are as follows:— Higher School Certificate— N. H. Richardson. School Certificate, Grade I— J. D. Stubbs. Grade K-T. W. Dunch, D. A. Gosling, D. E. DeSilva. Grade IH-H. C. Anfossi, A. V. Little, D. S. R. Smith. We offer a belated welcome to Messrs. S. A. Applegate, H. A. Leseur, F. X. Mahoney and the Rev. Frank Ross, who have joined the Staff here during the year. Mr. Applegate teaches Spanish and Economics in particular, and is form-master of Form IV S besides. Mr. Leseur was our Head Prefect not so many years ago, and came back to be form-master of the Lower Third. We are sorry to add that both Mr. Applegate and Mr. Leseur will be leaving us at the end of the term. Mr. Mahoney has taken over the gym and much of the work connected with the games, and the Rev. F. H. Ross has succeeded Mr. Bridge as Choirmaster. Mr. J. R. Bridge left us, to our regret, at the end of the Easter term. He had been our Choirmaster for just over ten years and had effected a very real improvement in the singing here. At the closing ceremony at the end of last term the Headmaster made a presenta- tion to him on behalf of the School. As usual at the end of the Christmas Term, the School Choir gave a Carol Concert in the Assembly Hall on Dec. 18th, for the

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14 N. H. Richardson, wlu) left us ai Christmas, lias been teaching since then at Warwick Academy. A. A. Michielson, who passed the exam lor Special Entry to the Royal Navy, has been cruising round the West Indies as a Cadet in H.M.S. Devonshire, and was among those sent to Belize last March, when Guatemala was threatening British Honduras. David Gilbert is now at Stowe School in England. W. M. Cox and Neville Conyers have been playing Assf:ciation Football for Toronto University and have bo th been awarded their T ' s. D. H. Harrison, now at Dalhousie University, has been playing both Rugby and Association Football for the University and cap- tained the latter team. At Mount Allison University Clarence Tercena captained the Association Football team and Bill Hutt played both for that team and for the Rugby Football team. L. G. Pantry has been playing Association Football for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and has captained his team. He has also won the Bronze Medal for Life-Saving and passed the exam in Criminal Law top of his class. Peter Seymour, who went to Charterhouse School in England as the Berm-uda Scholar for 1945, was Captain of the Charterhouse Swimming Team in the Public Schools Sports Meeting, and was chosen as one of five Charterhouse boys to spend several months as an exchange student at the Lycee Pasteur in Paris. Kit Astwood, also at Charterhouse, has been awarded his Swim- ming Colours and took part in the Public Schools Sports Meeting. He won the Boxing Competition at his weight, under 16 years and under 126 lbs. Eldon Trimingham played water polo for Stowe School and Brian Burland swam for Aldenham School at the same sport meeting. Harry King appeared in a new role last summer, when he got through several rounds playing for Kindley Field in the U.S. Army Air Force Tennis Tournament. Lyall Mayor is a joint partner in the Bermuda Air Charter Service, formed to take tourists on sightseeing trips over the Islands. R. O. Walters, who won a Cradock Scholarship to H.M.S. Con- way, passed through Bermuda in November, 1947, as a cadet on the Pacific Steam Navigation Company ' s M.V. Sarmiento. Those Old Boys who remember him may be interested to know that Mr. R. E. Frewen is back in Bermuda, teaching at Warwick Academy.

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If) last lime uiulcr the cliretiion of Mr. Bridge. The Concert was well- ailciuled and the Choir was considered gr)od enough to repeat the [ er{orniance over the air from ZBM on Dec. 19th. On that date, Dec. 19th, the S(hool Dance was held in the Assembly Mall to the music of the iModern Airs Orchestra. A I the end of March Laurence Olivier ' s production of Shakes- peare ' s King Henry V came to the local cinemas. The whole School took a morning off to attend a special performance for school chil- dren at the Playhouse, as the guests of the Trustees and the Saltus Old Boys ' Association. The film was certainly enjoyed and, in our estimation, came nearer reproducing a Shakespearian atmosphere than any other film versi(m of his plays that we have seen. During the year Mr. J. H. Kerry read a paper to the Bermuda Historical Society entitled Life in Bermuda in 1851 . The material was largely obtained from a study of the newspapers of the time. Richard Pearman recently passed the Common Entrance Exam- ination and has been admitted to Stowe School in England, and V. J. H. Trott has been accepted at Kent School in the United States for next term. We extend to both of them our wishes for their success. The following have delivered lectures to the School:— Major Simon Frazer on War Experiences . The Right Rev. Arthur Browne, Bishop of Bermuda, as he was at the time, on Shakespeare ' s Julius Caesar. Dr. T. S. Outerbridge on Life In China . The Rev. F. H. Ross on Newfoundland . Mr. L. N Tucker on The Sailors ' Home Mr. Travis on Mosquito Prevention . Mr. S. Gascoigne a cinema lecture on Football . The Debating Society The schoolboy of today is allowed too much freedom. Strangely enough, this provocative motion found ardent support in one of our most keenly contested debates of recent times. Amid sup- pressed groans from the ranks of the oppressed the proposers advo- cated a further turn of the screw. Stressing the amount of leisure time still enjoyed by the schoolboy, they doubted his ability or will- ingness to use it to the best advantage; usually he was left too much to his own devices, and it was for his own ultimate good that he should be further disciplined in the use of all this leisure as a prep- aration for a career of work whether at the university or in a pro- fession; iliey would allow him a certain amount of leisure free from (ontrol, mark you, but not too much. On the contrary, having iraf c ' d the boy through his day of school-work, of compulsory games, cadets and other activities, and linally home to the demands of