Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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GOVERNING BODY Chairman: Wor. T. W. VESEY, J. P. J. V. MURDOCH, Esq. O. R. ARTON, Esq., M.C.P. H. C. BUTTERFIELD, Esq. HUGH MASTERS, Esq. N. NEVILLE CONYERS, Esq. W. F. HAYWARD, Esq., M.B.E. F. J. GOSLING, Esq. Headmaster: H. J. HALLETT, Esq., M.A. (Oxon.) Secretary-Treasurer: MRS. J. J. SHEEHY STAFF F. L. STEPHENSON, Esq. (Senior Master) F. CAPSTICK, Esq. C. S. MADDERN, Esq. E. R. ROTHWELL, Esq., B.Sc. (Lend.) MISS C. RIDEOUT J. F. R. CRAVEN, Esq., B.A. (Dublin) V. BOLTON, Esq., B.A. (Leod.) J. A. BAINBRIDGE, Esq., B.A. (Oxon.) R. S. ALGER, Esq., D.P.E. C. J. ENOCH, Esq. J. R. BRIDGE, Esq. S. F. J. FARROW, Esq., B.A. (Keele) D. C. BANFIELD, Esq. R. J. SAYLES, Esq., B.Sc. (Durham) K. MINETT, Esq., B.Sc. (Exeter) T. C. D. MULRAINE, Esq., M.A. (Dublin) PREPARATORY SCHOOL Headmistress: MISS M. V. EDE MISS L. VITY MISS E. K. FORSTER

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21 THE EDITORIAL - 1965 One of the most frequently uttered cries of schools in Bermuda is that there are too few seniors and too many juniors. The schools are so much like pyramids, since the bases bulge and the upper structures narrow down to nothing at all. It seems that as soon as the pupils become valuable to the schools and are able to represent them academically and sportswise the pupils disappear. Unfortunately Saltus is to be included in the schools that suffer in this way. The majority of the boys that leave do not terminate their schooling but proceed to a school abroad to complete their last few years before entering Universities. Over the past ten years, Bermudian parents have developed a practice whereby, if they can afford it, they send their children to schools in England, Canada or the United States, for their final years. It seems that the parents ' fear of having an imperfectly finished product, frightens them into sending their children away. The parents then rest comfortably on the false assumption that an expensive education in a school which might have a big name, will guarantee that their children will automatically walk through the gates of a University. By their actions, these parents show that they do not actually trust the Bermudian system of Education, and it reflects poorly on the particular school from which the pupils are withdrawn. If Bermudians manifest such an obvious distrust of Bermuda schooling, it must appear uglier still to the foreigners here, who are interested in sending their children to a good school. Since the Bermudian system of Education is based on the British, there is an important advantage to be gained. By remaining within the British system, pupils are able to apply for enrolment in the Universities of the United Kingdom. If, however, the pupil finishes his schooling in North America, he will be dis- appointed to discover that he cannot enter Universities in the U.K. until he completes the first year of an American or Canadian University. When the pre-University years are spent in non-Bermudion schools, how can Bermuda boast of her scholars, since at the present rate children may soon be sent