Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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8 Other meetings held Vv ere as follows: October 30th. — Debate — This House would ban the private use of cars and autocycles in Bermuda. Proposer B. E. Wheelwright Opposer G. H. Grayston Third Mr. Stevens Fourth Mr. Maundrill The motion was carried by a margin of thirteen votes. February 12th — Debate — This House would welcome the introduc- tion in Bermuda of a system of Party Government following the English tra- dition. Proposer C. W. Kempe Opposer Mr. Stevens Third F. R. Snape Fourth J. M. Berridge The motion was defeated by a margin of sixteen votes. March Sth — ;Diebate — This Hows wud supawt the introdukshiin of a sistum of simplyfyd spelling. Proposer C. W. Kempe Opposer F. R. Snape Third „ Mr. Maundrill Fourth D. B. V ingate The motion was defeated by a margin of five votes. October 9th and January 22nd — Hat Debates Subjects picked from the hat included: Homework, Music, The square on the hypotenuse , Elder brothers, Younger sisters, Barber ' s shop, Medicine, Mice, Z.B.M., Tourists, Infinity. The Society owes much to the continued help and co-operation of Mr. Stevens and Mr. Maundrill and we wish to express our apprecia- tion. OFFICERS FOR THE SEASON 1952-1953 President — Mr. J. H. Kerry Secretary D. B. Wi gate COMMITTEE G. H. Grayston, C. W. Kempe, M. G. Marsh, B. E. Wheelwright, D. B. Wingate. J. H. K.

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7 Mr. M. R. Stevens supported the motion on two grounds. First, commercial broadcasting rested essentially on the advertising, and, however good the programme, it was likely to be spoiled by the puerile presentation of the advertisement, which jarred the intellect, and tended to set up a conflict of ideas. Secondly, he felt that it tended to lower the standard of taste by playing down to the lowest common denomina- tor: one of the functions of broadcasting should be to raise the stan- dard of appreciation, and this was more likely to be achieved by the carefully balanced programmes of the B.B.C. He denied that state broadcasting meant dictatorship: there were too many safeguards. Mr. Mmmdrill opposed commercial broadcasting simply on tlie grounds of intompatibility. Commercial broadcasting rested entirely on financial considerations, but you couldn ' t buy culture; the two things didn ' t mix. There also spoke: H. G. F. Pierce, C. G. Russell, R. C. Stubbs, C. W. Kempe. and W. Hanlon. The motion was carried by a margin of 21 votes. At the conclusion of the debate, tea was served in the library. ♦ In lighter vein was the meeting of November 20th, the occasion of a successful innovation, — Talk yourself out of that. Each of ten chosen speakers was in turn confronted with an awkward situation fiom which he was required to extricate himself to the satisfaction of the rest of the members together constituting a panel of judges. One of the more amusing evasions was that of A. J. B. Davidson. His neighbour accused his nice little dog of killing three prize bantams; the dog had been found with blood in the mouth and feathers hanging from the ears. Talk yourself out of that! He explained that he had recently acquired a new gun, and his dog had accompanied him on the hunting expedition to try out the gun. It had been a very successful expedition, and his dog had got a bit messed up retrieving the birds which he had shot. Also ingenious was the way in which H. G. F. Pierce explained away a situation on the Queen of Bermuda. He had been found with- out a ticket in one of the lifeboats, and the Captain charged him with being a stowaway on the Queen. He claimed to have been a visitor seeing friends off, but he himself had failed to get off in time; then he had lost his head a bit, and fearing that he might be charged as a stowaway he had made for a lifeboat, for it seemed to him that there he wouldn ' t be on the Queen at all but on a separate boat, so how could he be a stowaway?

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9 Cadets strength: 48. N.C.Os.: Sg:t. Cassidy; Cpls. Burns, Hanlon, Kempe, L Cpls. Leach, Dunch, Williams. Since the Local Forces Board has been in charg-e of the Corps we have had an increase in the number of instructors — who gave of their free time — and this has led to an increased efficiency in our weapon- training. We are now able to look forward to our Annual Camp with the assurance that we shall successfully acquit ourselves on the Firing Point. In ceremonial parades we have been represented at the Remem- brance Day Parade, the Queen ' s Birthday Parade, and, in the near future, we shall be present at the Coronation Day Celebrations. Finally, we wish to congratulate Major H. Evans, a Saltus Old Boy, on his appointment as Commandant of the Bermuda Cadet Corps and to thank Sgt. E. Doughty for his valuable assistance during the past year. LONG LIVE THE QUEEN . . . F. L. S. The Stamp Club There has been some falling off in enthusiasm during this year, but there are still some faithful members who appear regularly at the weekly meetings. We are hoping gradually to introduce a system of exchange with people at home and in other colonies. A start has been made with Repton Junior School in connection with Coronation First Day Covers. E. W. Building Operations The Upper Sixth is deep in an absorbing period of English History, which, as any teacher, instructor or professor will confirm, is a subject ill which interruptions are disastrous. But the Upper Sixth is an in- dustrious form, eager to learn, cherishing the proverb: — Give instruc- tion to a wise man, and he will become yet wiser. Most remarkable of all, it has an unquenchable passion for History and so the bedlam outside causes little disturbance. It has, however, the priceless ad-