Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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22 The sailboat, which was royal blue, Glistened like the morning dew; The sail, which spread from boom to mast, Its shadows o ' er the sea had cast; The sailors, sitting quietly, Gazed out upon the moonlit sea. And then there came a little breeze, And back to land they sailed with ease. R. BANYARD, Form IV L. The Adventures Of Tex The Terrier CHAPTER I Tex was a fine Boston Terrier who lived in Thornton, but as he was a puppy he was not allowed out by himself. One day someoine left the gate open and Tex decided to go for a walk in the country as it was a fine spring morning. It was very quiet but Tex did not like it because he liked noise and chatter and laughter. Suddenly he saw a figure standing alone in a field so Tex went up to speak to him but he didn ' t know it was a scarecrow and just then a gust of wind came and made the straw rustle and the scarecrow waved his arms and frightened poor Tex and he ran so fast he fell in the canal and was wet and cold. At last it began to get dark so he started to walk in the direction of home. After a while he saw that the country- side was unfamiliar — he was lost! CHAPTER II That night Tex slept under a bush instead of his nice cosy basket. In the morning he came to a village. When he got there he wandered about. At last he heard a familiar voice which he followed and sud- denly he came upon his master. They were very pleased to see each other and when Tex got home he told his brother ' s and sisters of his adventures and they were very thrilled. P. D. MAiCRAE, Form II

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21 When I say it was a broncking barrel 1 mean jus t that; it was just an old oiil barrel which moved around a lot when you sat on it. The reason why it would move was because four big cow-hands would grab hold of the ropes which were suspending it and yank on them. This of course would give the rider a very rough time and usually the rider would be thrown off in less than ten seconds. The ropes were tied to four trees which were in a block forma- tion and in turn tied to the barrel near the rim about two feet apart. This lifted the barrel two feet off the ground and kept it more or less right side up. There was a rope tied to the front of the barrel which the rider held onto when he rode. This was the only way you could keep yourself from being thrown into the air because your other hand was supposed to be held in the air. The sadd le was an old American one which had been at camp for years. The horn was made of leather and the stirrups were made of steel. The back cinch was almost torn off but it still served its pur- pose. Both cinches were strapped tightly to the barrel and the four ropes were tightened. Hop on, Buzz , Wigs told me after he had done as Clancy had told him. I did, and he gave me the rope from the front of the barrel and told me to hold on tight. I dug my knees into the sides of the saddle and hoiped for the best. I didn ' t hope loing because I found myself be- ing thrown up and down in the saddle and my rear-end was killing me. I could stay on for more than five seconds before I found myself v ith my face in the dirt — my legs felt weak and my whole body felt shaken up — I told myself right then that I would never ride it again but I have many times since and have enjoyed it very much. F. W. BUSWEILL, Form V. A Sailboat In The Moonlight The wind was calm, the moon was bright, A sailboat drifted in the night; The moon looked down upon the scene And smiled as if it were a queen; The stars reflected on the sea Like raindrops dripping from a tree;

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23 The Arend-Roland Comet On Wednesday the lOfth. of April 1957 I first read about a comet which would be visible in Great Britain in April. Although it may- have been seen in England I was not sure, then, whether it woiuld be visible here or not, but I had my hopes. I made arrangements to rise at 4.00 a.m. on Monday 15th. When I awoke and dressed it was still very dark (the comet Ax ' end-Roland was said to be visible just before dawn, rising with the sun, and was to be visible at about the middle of the month). While I was waiting I endeavoured to increase my knowledge of stars, and constellations and their relative positions. At last the eastern sky brightened perceptibly but a high dawn rendered the comet invisible. I still searched the sky frantically but all was fruitless. Soon after this several articles were published in the newspapers about the comet. A Mr. Winfield, a noted amateur astronomer, said that he had seen the comet during a trip to Barbados but said that the comet probably would not be visible here. We did not hear much more about the comet until, on the 24th. we saw in ' The Telegraph ' that the comet would soon be visible low in the N.W., setting some time after the sun. The paper showed a dia- gram illustrating the movement of the comet through the night sky during April and May. I then made a few simple calculations and decided that the comet would be visible in Bermuda, as the constella- tions in which it would appear each night moving progreissively high- er in the sky as the month advanced, were still visible here. Friday, 26th. April, was the finest day there had been for a week- There was little cloud in the N.W. during the late afternoon. At 7.30 p.m. my father and I made our way to our vantage point on North Shore. At 7.40 p.m. I had my 40 mm. telescope rigged up on a low hillock. The brighter stars were already visible and the lesser ones were appearing quickly. I had a good idea where to look for the comet, and was already searching the N.W. for it. At 7.50 p.m. I saw it, a faint blur in the N.W. I trained my telescope on it and sure enough the nucleus was clearly visible. At 8.00 p.m. it showed as a large luminous, transparent shuttlecock with a tail pointing at 2 o ' clock extending through Perseus moving to- wards the zenith in that constellation — comets do not speed across the sky as meteorites do but appear as blurred stars with tails. Comets, it is believed, consist mainly of fine dust, small stones, and incandes-