Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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6 Farewell A.H.D 1954—58. At the end of this Term Mr. A. H. Dixon will be leaving the school after having been with us for four years. Bearing this peripd he has been teaching Scripture throughout the School, and has also assisted with English in the Middle School. In out-of -school activi- ties he helped with games and sports, but latterly has taken a goodly share of the Distention classes. We wish him and his family every happiness and success in the future. R.CIB, 1955—58, Also, at this time we shall be losing our editor, Mr. R. C. Brpok- field, who, with his wife and son, will be returning to England. The steady improvement in the quality of the ' Year B,ook ' during the past three years is most noticeable, and is due in large measure to the ideas and effort which he has furnished. As is generally the case with Senior English masters, Mr. Brookfield has als o been the master in charge of the Library and has been responsible for the wise and varied selection of most of the books wh ' ch have found their way on to the Library shelves His assistance in our Games and Sports programme has been most valuable, particularly in Cricket where his ability has been an asset in coaching the 1st XL Our very be?t wishes f»or happiness and prosperity in the future go to him and his family.

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5 Editorial When our editorial board met to consider a suitable sub- ject for this piece we decided that as far as we were con- cerned the most notable innovation of the past year was the granting of the privilege now enjoyed by the prefects of wearing long white socks in summer. This, and the right to brew our daily lunch time beverage on the alchemical ap- para.us ' borrowed ' from the laboratory are surely the mem- orable events of 1957-1958. All that now remains to be done in order to make life really worth living is the instal- lation of a Coca-Cola dispensing machine for the refresh- ment of our studies. At this point the editor-in-chief peev- ishly complained of our frivolity but we would like to point out to him that nobody reads editorials anyway — unless questions have first been asked about them in Parliament! However, we cannot let this opportunity pass off v ithout mentioning an event which occurred tooi late for reference elsewhere. We allude to the magnificent gift of a sound pro- jector and screen by Mr, R. Ferguson, a most generous bene- factor. We loo forward to seeing much use made of this gift which adds immensely to the amenities of the school Finajly, we would like once more to extend our thanks to all contributors to this issue and to express with our per- ennial optimism the hope that many more suggestions and contributions will be forthcoming next year.

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7 The School Year, 1957-58 The -fe have been no vistible signs oif alteration fto the buildiing over tjhe past year, but many well-remembered events have taken place. The Debating Society had a special event on the 7th. June when a debate was held with the Old Boys in the Assembly Hall at 5:00 p.m. The motion was This House Regrets the Introduction of Television to Bermuda. ' On June 20th. we commemorated Founder ' s Day with our annual service a nd visit to Samuel Saltus ' graveside in St. John ' s church- yard. The service in the Hall was conducted by the Rev. E. N. B. Chapman and an address was given to the boys by Dr. Howard Dick- inson, a Saltus Old Boy. The members of the Upper school accom- panied by the staff then proceeded to the churchyard, where the Head- master laid a wreath on the grave and a short service was held. Ap- propriately enough an the same day there was an air display over Hamilton Harbour by a squadron of American Super Sabre jet planes, and the boys were allowed to waitch it. In the afternoon the annual cricket matches between the Saltus 1st. and 2nd. XI,s and the Old Boys was played, beginning at two o ' clock. The end of the term drew near and preparations were made for the End of Term Choir Concert together with the distribution of School Certificates, which duly took place on July 3rd. The following after- noon, the annual cricket match between the Staff and the Is ' t. XI took place. On July 5th. the school broke up for the long well-earned rest of 10 weeks. The school was due to open again on Sept. 16th. but this was postponed for a day owing to the passing of Hurricane Carrie. On Mon. Sept. 23rd, the inter-house swimming sports took place with Salitus House emerging victors in the Senior Divisivon and Darrell House in the Junior Division. Further on in the term, Oct. 17th, the annual football match against the Staff was played with the Staff just winning by the odd goal, 3-2. With the final examinations drawing near the school started re- vision of the year ' s work in earnest, and the 6th. and U6th. Forms duly sat their School Certificate and Higher School Certificate Exam- inations respectively. On the day after the end of the exams, Dec. 3rd., Dr. Ball gave a Judo display in the Assembly Hall. This display was enjoyed by