Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

Text from Pages 1 - 76 of the 1975 volume:

GOVERNING BODY Chairman: H.C. Butterfield, Esq. H. C. E. Masters, ESQ. D. C. Selley, Esq. F. J. Gosling, Esq., M.B.E. C. T. M. Collis, Esq. Dr. D. E. Campbell H. C. D. Cox, Esq. N. B. Dill, Jr., Esq. Headmaster: R. V. Haygarth, Esq., M.A. (Oxon) STAFF SENIOR F. L. Stephenson, Esq., (Senior Master) E. R. Rothwell, Esq., B.Sc. (London) Chemistry A. M. Bestford, Esq., B.A. (Sheffield) Spanish C. J. Williams, Esq. Woodwork, Technical Drawing P. M. B. Wood, Esq., B.A. (Dunelm) History C. Jeavons, Esq., B.Met. (Sheffield) M.Sc. (B ' ham) Mathematics W. Duncan, Esq., L.R.S.M. Music L. G. Cruickshank, Esq., B.Sc. (Aberdeen) Geography, Mathematics D. J. Collins, Esq., B.Sc. (Wales) Physics A. Myles, Esq., B.A. (Dunelm) Latin M. Billinjton, Esq. Physical Education P. Galea, Esq., M.A. (Oxon) French B. Lines, Esq., B.Sc. (Ohio) Biology T. P. Smith, Esq., B.A. (Nottingham) English H. Ziegler, Esq., B.A. (George Washington)M.A. (London School of Economics)A d m i s - sions Counsellor, Economics Mrs. B. McAnuff, A.T.D., Dip A.D. Art E. Crawford, Esq., M.B.E., B.Sc. (London), A.L.C.M., M.I.M.I., A.M.Tech. I Metalwork JUNIOR Miss E. M. Wilkie (Head of Department) I. Small, Esq., B.A. (Open University) Mrs. L. Williams Mrs. G. Walker R. Walker, Esq. Miss M. Armstrong Mrs. L. Scott 2 Mrs. M. Pettit, Dip. Mus. Ed. R.S.A.M., L.R.S.M. Mrs. K.Walker K. Ackland; Esq. R. Stones, Esq., B.Sc. (Bradford) Mrs. J. Holdone Mrs. K. Latter PREPARATORY Mrs. R. M. Hopkins (Head of Department) Miss W. Thompson R. Meredith, Esq. Mrs. E. Hyland Mrs. J. Northcott Miss E. Riches Mrs. H. Small Mrs. M. Draycott Bursar: R. M. Hopkins, Esq., M.R.T.P.I., M.C.P.I., Assoc. A.I.P. Secretary: Mrs. S. Swift Treasurer: Mrs. Lines YEAR BOOK Editorial: K. Dill, T. Smith, W. Duncan. Typing: E. Smith, S. Swift. Photography: H. Zeigler, J. Cabral Cover: A. Poole Printer: Sprint Speedprinting Services HEADMASTER .S NOTES Far too much happens in the Saltus year for me to be able to attempt a summary. I am very pleased that it should be so, and offer, instead, just a few random thoughts ... Many thanks to Mrs. Barbara McAnuff and Mr. Ted Crawford for all their efforts in managing the art and metal work teaching so competently and at such short notice after the sudden and truly tragic death of Adrian Poole in December. It was wonder- ful to hav« two such professionals to make sure that the teaching did not suffer; it was good too, to have two such characters on the teaching staff. Mr. C of course, is staying with us to make the metalwork his part-time empire. Ertough has already probably been said of the new Library building, but we must thank Mr. R. D. Butterfield for organising the fund raising after that first wonderful and encouraging $100,000. His job continues, of course, but we are nearer the target than we expected to be in the first nine months. The boys, incidentally, hove raised $6,000 and now need ideas for the further $2,000 to hit their target. 3 And for us, now, is the opportunity the building represents, and the challenge of using it properly and with respect. The omens are better than they were a couple of years ago; as the school facilities have been improved steadily, thanks mainly to the persistence of our bursar, Mr. Robert Hopkins, the boys ' treatment and care of them has improved too. Not perfect yet, but better. The over-fifteens have had a good year in sport, reaching the finals of the Schools Soccer Cup and winning every cricket match. Strangely enough. Senior year is not re- sponsible for this; almost all the players were fifth formers. It is good to see Saltus boys doing so well in ' ' extra-curricular sports such as golf, tennis and the Junior School swimming; we also completely dominated the first Ber- muda Schools badminton tournament. Another ' ' first must be the selection of Alan Richardson for the St. George ' s trial team for Cup Match, whether he makes it or not this year. Two school trips in a year must be another record. Senior school groups hove been abroad before, but it is a first for the Junior School. Europe is so far away, but so necessary. I don ' t know how parents manage the finance, but we are grateful to Messrs. Bestford and Galea, and Mr. Stones and the Walkers, for organising them so well. We are very anxious to hear of any old boy news and to increase old boy con- nections generally — you will hear of practical steps for this next year. Meanwhile, there is a short old boys and university news section in this Yearbook. If you have any news at all, or just want to let us know where you are and what you are doing, please fill in the blank at the end of the book and let us have it. Also, tell us of oth- er old boys who are either too modest to write, or do not realise we want news. This section should be one of the major features of next year ' s book. Standard is a term one hears a great deal of these days; rightly so, of course, but people who use the word most are often being very vague and just hiding behind one of those slogans and battle cries which act so comfortably as a substitute for thought. Certainly, it is difficult to be entirely fair and objective about this; some aspects are measurable, ond have been measured, the reading ages in the Prep, school, the achievement tests last year in the Junior School, the transfer examinations to secon- dary, both our own and the Government ' s, the ' 0 ' level results in terms of the I.Q ' s of boys sitting, and, just recently, the very encouraging scores of a few boys in the advanced placement examinations at the end of Senior year. In all these, Saltus has no need to be apologetic; in fact, a study of the results shows just how good a job the teachers are doing. But they are all comparative, and they are all averages; like any other school, we have individual results very much better and some worse, if not very much worse. Comparisons can be healthy, but as soon as they moke us seem to be achieving our goals too easily, they are invalid, and we must seek others. Absolute standards are difficult, even impossible to find, especially on an island as isolated as this. Also, of course, we have a very wide range of ability at Saltus. Entry is virtually open at age 5, and half of the boys in the Senior School would not have been in the old-fashioned British grammar school in the U.K. We have responded to this by mov- ing boys at different speeds (had we not done this, no boy, however clever, would have sat 0 levels until the year in which he was 17, an appropriate age for some, but farcical for a gifted boy.) But, having done this, how do we convince a boy, or 4 his parents, that he is in fact achieving very well in terms of his own individuality when he sees others apparently managing so much more? We must keep common syl- labuses, even if boys move at different speeds. To set an obviously different range of targets for some boys is inconceivable in terms of motivation. Anyway, it would be nonsense; there are always some disappointments at ' 0 ' level from the cleverer boys who just give up, and just as many only average boys do better than they ' ' should . So they must all do the same courses, and we must continue to respond sensitively to such problems as setting and form placements, late developers, and their opposites, and, above all — and this is the challenge — to insist with each boy and his par- ents, that he has his own standards, an individual ceiling, to attain. It is not easy, but it is foremost in our minds. NEW TEACHERS Next September, we welcome to the Saltus community: Senior School — Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Harris. Mr. Harris holds a B.A. from the University of Wales and has taught at King Edward VI Grammar School and Cowbridge Grammar School in Glamorgan. He comes to take charge of ' the Latin. Mr. and Mrs. Steven Masters. Mr. Masters comes from Williams College to take charge of the art. He will also run the photographic club and his prowess as an ath- lete should be very useful on the games field. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Payne. Mr. Payne holds a B.A. from St. John ' s College, Oxford, and comes to teach geography with some English. Mr. James Smith also comes from St. John ' s College, Oxford and has spent a year at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, reading for an M.A. in education. He will take charge of the history teaching. Mr. Brian Toms represents an addition to the teaching strength in that our growing numbers allow us to have two full time mathematics teachers now. He holds a B.Sc. from the University of Wales and his love and efficiency at rugby should be a great help with our Sevens teams. Junior School — Mr. Mark Beasley, an experienced teacher who trained at the Madeley College of Education, comes to take charge of a fourth form and the art. Mr. John McEwon is an old friend whom we are very happy to have back to take charge of a third form. Prep School — Mrs. Shirley Bacon is well known to many people on the island, and we are very lucky to be welcoming her to Saltuss as a reception class teacher. The other reception class will be taught by Miss Penelope Crosse, who has taught for four years since qualifying at the Eaton Hall College of Education. 5 OLD BOY AND UNIVERSITY NEWS (Figures in brackets refer to the year of leaving) Congratulations to the 3 Saltus old boys who won Bermuda Government scholar- ships this year. PETER BUBENZER (72) has just finished his first year of law at the Uni- versity of Exeter. NOEL CHIAPPA (72) is at M.I.T., reading for a Bachelor of Science degree and PAUL GIBBONS (72), the third winner, has just completed his first year in the Honours Bachelor of Science course at Manchester University. GRANVILLE GIBBONS (73) has been awarded a Bermuda Government teacher ' s schol- arship and is at present reading for a B.A. in History at Queen ' s University, Ontario. R.G. (GIL) TUCKER (71) is half-way through his course in accounting and marketing at Boston College. MICHAEL WAIGH (72) is reading for an Honours Degree in applied physics at Water- loo University, Ontario. He continues his interest in chess and last year was No. 2 Board on the Bermuda Chess League Champion Team. CLARK GODWIN (72), still high-jumping well, and ANDRE HEYLIGER (72) hove both finished their first year for a Bachelor in Physical Education degree at Daihousie. SINCLAIR WOOLRIDGE (72) is at the University of Guelph, Ontario, reading for a Bachelor of Commerce in hotel and food administration. JAMES DALE (73) has finished at John Abbott College G.E.C.C.E.P. and moves on to McGill next September, where he will read for a Bachelor of Commerce in the faculty of management. PAUL MUSSON (73) starts his pre-med. at Oakwood College next September. GRAHAM HILLIER (72) has just finished his first year in an Honours course in chem- istry at Sheffield University. ADRIAN POOLE RJ.P. The text of the Headmaster ' s sermon preached in St. Theresa ' s Cathedral on the 10th of January 1974 .... No society is as living or as vital as a school, in no other perhaps is death such a shock; and the death of a young man a convulsion, a devilish parody of things, apparently, that seems to negate our very reasons for existence. It is good, I think, that this memorial service happens more than a week after Mr. Poole ' s death, when we can try to escape our perhaps rather selfish feelings of shock and bafflement, try to concentrate on Adrian Poole himself, and reach out in sympathy to his family and especially to his mother. Mr. Poole was by far the youngest and least experienced of those who ap- plied, in January, 1973, for this position at Saltus. But something about his ap- plication intrigued me, not so much what he wrote about himself, which was unassuming and even over-modest, as one would now expect; but each of his confidential referees, among the usual assurances of competence and so forth, emphasised Mr. Poole ' s blend of quiet idealism grounded in a realistic view of life. From these I learned, for example, not from Mr. Poole, that he had, for four years, run a holiday camp each summer for deprived children. One letter was from his old deputy-headmaster. Adrian Poole was at Belmont Abbey, a smaU, independent boarding school in Herefordshire, run by the Ben- 6 edictine order; traditional, perhaps, strict and non-nonsense. This letter tells of Adrian Poole before we met him, an ordinary, decent boy, undramatic, and nearer to most of you than you probably suspect. I could not go to Britain to interview candidates that year, but I was lucky to be able to ask Mr. Lamacraft, a friend recently retired from the headmastership of Warwick Academy, to see my short-list for me. He wrote to me after he had seen each candidate; about Mr. Poole he wrote this: ' 1 feel sure he would prove to be an asset and likely to fill the bill well, and be the sort of fellow who would do a good job in the classroom, fit into the Bermuda scene and into many aspects of school life, as he seems to have a serious and sincere dedication to teaching as a life-career ' and a great interest in young people. ' ' The boys would respect him and I got the impression there was quite a lot of good common sense and hidden strength of personality which, at first, may have been masked by his modest, but entirely likeable, manner. You know the story fronfi here. Mr. Lamacraft was not wrong. Adrian settled quickly and was soon one of us; you found he stood no nonsense, but you found too how real his interest and concern was, and how quickly he responded to any enthusiasm; his very youth was an asset, allowing him to relate imme- diately with your whims and aspirations, if you were serious about his subject. And, watching from the sidelines, I noticed, in c year, the improvement in the art-work of the school, improvement in direction, in quality and in variety; va- riety particularly, for Mr. Poole seemed able to draw the best out of most indi- viduals, the quality of a real teacher. And this was just a beginning . . . 7 It was the same outside the classroom; he soon started to play a very full part in the life of the school. He coached the Junior Rugby, and his jubilation when his team won the Whitney Sevens trophy was more explosive than that of his team. He designed and built the sets for ' Oliver ' and, remember, he had virtually to build a new stage too. He was often at the school hammering away till midnight, but we all remember how good that setting was, how sound, how perfect in detail and how much in tune with the piece. And, more recently, there has been his enthusiasm and work for the Duke of Edinburgh scheme; 35 boys involved this term. I remember thinking, when I went to visit the campsites on the Saturday before he died, that it was the boys who had the fun, the challenge and the medals, and the teacher who or- ganised and collected the kit and the rucksacs. But among the personal posses- sions that we sent back to the family last week were his own Duke of Edinburgh medals; he wanted to hand the idea on. And, again, this was just a beginning . . . just preparation for and promise of what was to come . . . Why? There must be bafflement mixed with our sorrow and, indeed, causing much of it. It needs a faith wider and more penetrating than mine to com- prehend this mystery. You have to realise, if you haven ' t already, that it is of- ten only the easy answers that your eiders and betters can provide. If you have lost a teacher who, like till good teachers, was more than a teacher, we have lost a good colleague and, many of us, a very good friend. We are together in this. All we can do, I suggest, is value Adrian Poole, and what he did at Saltus. I don ' t often disagree with Shakespeare, but I don ' t believe that only the evil lives after men and that ' the good oft lies interred with their bones. ' Some of Mr. Poole ' s good can live in us, if we think about it, and remember in the right way.. The diversity of human nature falls broadly into two divisions, I find; there are those who seek to mold external things and other people to suit themselves; and there are those who try to mould themselves to be of service to others. To this latter, smaller number, Adrian definitely belonged. He want- ed to learn, he wanted to serve, and — significantly — he counted his bless- ings. He said, to me and to others, how lucky he was to be at Saltus; his father died when he was only an infant; he did not bemoan this; instead, he said how well his mother had done to bring up a large family on her own. In a word. Humility; one of the greatest virtues, and one perhaps least un- derstood today. Not a faceless, grovelling ineffectiveness that it is sometimes seen as, not the opposite of masculinity and ambition, but a genuinely dynamic virtue, the opposite of Arrogance and Pride, the sterile ones. There was noth- ing unmasculine or feeble about Adrian; he could be direct and forthright when he needed to be, you know, but the sheer unpretentiousness of his contribution was such that we perhaps did not recognise it till he died. As I said, a school is a living organism; life goes on, as it must and should; a sense of mourning and sorrow will fade, and that is right, too. But it would be wrong if there also faded our gratitude for what Adrian Poole was allowed to give in his four short terms — and wrong, too, if his example of service and true humility bore no fruit. FAREWELL WITH THANKS PETER M. B. WOOD Behind Peter Wood ' s quiet and unhurried demeanour lies great administrative effi- ciency and the ability to get to the heart of anything he undertakes without fuss or delay. His organizational ability, as any member of staff would vouch for, is immense (if not obsessive!) and his structured methods carry through to the classroom and down to the students. If only the smallest part of Peter ' s attention to detail has rub- bed off on eight years ' worth of History students, then they can consider themselves well prepared. He came to Saltus in September 1967 from the University of Durham, with refresh- ing ideas on the teaching of History, and throughout his stay, has succeeded in creat- ing great interest in the subject — witness the involvement of younger boys in their annual ' ' project , the construction of family trees (what a cunning way to discover the background of new boys!) and the model Medieval forts and imaginary defences. Outside Room 4, he has engendered great enthusiasm in the Chess Club, and it is no rare sight to see 7 or 8 games in progress during lunchbreak — the obvious rea- son behind the school ' s prolonged run of success in the Schools ' Chess Competition. In oddition, Peter assisted with Rugby Sevens and gave birth to the Photography Club, which functions in a quiet and unpublicised manner, deep in the bowels of the school (underneath the boy ' s toilets to be precise!). The tangible result of this activi- ty is the production of a slide collection of the school and its many facets, consisting solely of photographs taken by the boys themselves. Saltus has cause to regret his departure, as has Teachers R.F.C., where he was a much respected player and administrator. Although Monday mornings were tending to produce more stiff limbs and scars than they did a few years ago (nothing compared to A.M. mind you!), he was still an automatic choice for the club and continued to represent Bermuda on numerous occasions. Peter Wood has done a lot for Saltus, and we wish him, his wife Barbara and fami- ly every success on return to their native Yorkshire. THE CRUICKSHANKS Len ond Anne Cruickshank arrived at Saltus In September 1969 after respectively golning B.Sc. and M.A. degrees at Aberdeen University and completing their education courses at Jordanhiil College 6f Education in Glasgow. Len came to teach Geography ond Mothematics, with initially some Chemistry: Anne came to introduce Biology, a new subject on the 1969 timetable, and also help with Ehglish. The Geography de- portment olso had her assistance before her retirement in 1972 to raise a family. From the timetabling point of view their combined teaching skills and talents have been very voluable indeed during their nine years at Saltus. In the classroom and loboratory, pupils have been under firm but friendly guidance, their modern teaching methods, with field trips playing their part maintaining interest in their respective subjects. Their conscientious and non-nonsense approach earned them the respect of the student body and their teaching colleagues. B As the sole female in the Staff common room for so long, Anne exercised a moder- ate influjence on the languages department, but no amount of pressure could induce her to become the regular coffee maker for her male colleagues. Outside the class- room Len and Anne have been fully involved in extra-curricular activities. Anne ran a Biology Club and did model-making in the Junior School. It was the inspiration of Len that started the Duke of Edinburgh Award Schme and this activity continues to flour- ish. For six years the Intermediate Soccer Squad has had the expertise of the mains- tay of Academicals F.C. to guide them. Their success is due in no small part to the in- fectious enthusiasm Len brings to all his sporting activities, whether golf, athletics, cricket or bridge. The Staff teams have certainly been thankful for his presence. Len and Anne leave behind many friends in Bermuda. We thank them for all their services to Saltus and wish them, together with their children David and Emma, good luck and happiness back in the United Kingdom. ALLAN MYLES Allan Myles joined the staff in September 1971 and during his stay the Latin De- partment went from strength to strength. His contribution to the school was by no means limited to the classroom; he organ- ised a successful bridge club and utilised his own talent for rugby — he represented Bermuda at the sport — to coach the boys to a high standard. At Christmas 1972, he produced, virtually single-handed, a first Saltus Revue — a huge success. He took to the roles of a dwarf and a witch like a duck takes to water. In the 1974, production of ' Oliver ' , he was again totally convicing as Fagin and has continued the illusion ever since. The second Revue, at Easter 1975, saw Rupert, as he likes to be called, playing a dazzling Cinderella; his casual feminity beoied the omount of work he had put into the show. Despite his expressions of exhaustion and misery well known to spectators at Na- tional Sports Club on Sundays, he was a cheerful and hard-working man, good to have around. Boys and staff agree he will be missed. SENIOR YEAR — CHAPTER ONE Writing this on the first anniversary of coming to Saltus, I have very mixed emo- tions about what has gone on this past year. How does one define success and failure in the first year of a new adventure in education? I suppose from strictly the college admissions point of view, this year has been o success. Every student who applied was admitted to at least one college in the United States or Canada. Perhaps it was not his or her first choice, but then it is rare that everyone gets into their number one. In fact, we did much better than I had ex- t pected. The fact that two students received between $2,000 and $3,000 in aid is not 3 to be overlooked. The sexual integration of Saltus has certainly added to the school. At least two j couples were created with some of their actions in the Prefect ' s Room causing fellow students and staff to wonder whether Saltus was filming Am Curious — Yellow, Revised . 10 The students who transferred over from Warwick Academy did so without any diffi- culty and next year we are looking forward to having students from Berkeley, North- lands, and Warwick in the programme. A more difficult area of assess is the teaching which has taken place. All staff knew that this year was as experimental in the classroom as it was for me in my of- fice. With the knowledge that we have all gained, we look forward to better results from what will be a higher calibre of student next year. While there were no major disciplinary problems this year, continued minor aggra- vations have been disappointing as well as a bit frightening. Most of the students proved that they were not ready for the responsibilities of life which forced the Headmasters and myseflf to tighten up on rules and regulations for next year. Why is this frightening? Philosophically, I have always felt that by the time a student reaches Senior Year, h- must take on responsibilities in addition to the privileges that he gets. Once in college, there are no restrictions — - nobody to look over the shoulder or act as a nurse. If the students does not realize the need for a mature approach to his studies by now, then there is a very strong possibility that once in college there will be a I ick of academic achievement so great as to cause dismissal. There is no question in my mind as to the quality or quantity of the courses that we have offered this year. Next year, there will be 14 majors and 11 minors from which the approximately 40 students will choose. What these statistics prove, if noth- ing else, is that we are the soundest academic school on the Island. This year was an experimental year. Next year will be too. Hopefully the pro- gramme will continue to be innovative and challenging for both students and staff. With the new Library and Senior Year Study Centre, it can be expected that Soltus will continue to move upwards. WHERE ARE THEY GOING? Isobel Benevides Christopher Baker Berkeley Secretarial School, New Jersey Washington College, Maryland loweil Technological Institute, Massachusetts Trent University, Ontario Shaw Secretarial School, Ontario Trent University, Ontario Endicott Jr. College, Massachusetts St. Mary ' s University, Nova Scotia Mitchell College, Connecticut Denison University, Ohio Cazendovia Jr. College, Massachusetts Endicott Jr. College, Mossachusetts Baldwin-Wallace College, Ohio Colgate University, New York United States Navy University of Virginia, Virginia Kevin Constable Oliver Heyliger Barbara Hollis Joni James Jennifer Kempe Stephen Lusher Patricio McMoster Michael Rodiil Linda Selley Lisa Smith Paul Thome Dorest Trapnell Clarke Trott Margaret Way 11 ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAMINATION RESULTS The Advanced Placement Examinations are administered once each year, in May, throughout the world. They require students to demonstrate that they have achieved at the College level a certain competence in the subjects which they hove studied. It is the assumption of the programme that Colleges make best use of the examinations when they grant advanced placement and credit to candidates who have received grades of 5, 4, or 3, and review individually candidates who have received grades of 2; In the United States, a satisfactory grade on this examination is treated as the stme as passing an ' A Level Examination. What this means is that a student with three satisfactory grades have finished the equivalent of the first half of their Freshman (first) year of University. Financially this is a saving of approximately $2,000. Moreover, it allows students, who have demonstrated this ability, to take advanced courses in their fields of interest at Uni- versity. The students are certainly to be congratulated, for they have proven the academic quality which we expect and hope for in Senior Year. However, much credit must go to the teach who got them through the courses in the first year of the Senior Year Fhogramme. Frehcn English American Biology Chemistry Euro. Art Language History History C. Baker - 5 3 - - 3 - K. Constable - 2 2 - - - - 0. Heyliger 2 2 - - - - ■ J. James - 5 - - S. Lusher - 2 2 - - - - M. Rodill - 2 - 4 L.Smith . 2 - - - - 3 P. Thorne - 3 3 - - - - D. Trapnell - 3 - 5 - - - L. Trott ... 3 . . M. Way - 3 - 3 2 LEAVING CERTIFICATES - 1975 Possible Credits Application Credits Earned Rating (ex A M) HONOURS 1. Barritt 172 171 A plus PASS 2. Soynor 175 146 A 3. Pitman 176 144 B 12 4. Stempel 176 143 BC 5. Manuel 176 142 AB 6. Smith, P.A. 176 141 BC .(Bean, R. 169 140 AB Davis 171 140 AB 9. Stephens 176 139 AB 10. Bean, A. 169 138 AB (Bezant 171 137 B „jDill 169 137 A ' ' •)Nisbett 171 137 B I Pedro 176 137 BC 15. Hillen 99 84 AB 16. Clinton 175 136 B 17. Woolridge 176 133 BC 18. Roberts 169 130 B 19.Somner 172 127 AB 20. Cabral 171 123 B 21. Madeiros 168 123 B 22. Hilton 195 73 AB 23. Smith, R. 165 121 B 24. Simmons 172 120 B 25. Todd 169 116 AB 26. Burgess 169 115 AB 27. Powell 169 113 BC 18. Ward 170 112 AB 29. Richardson 170 109 B 30. Harrington 169 107 BC 31. Leseur 168 100 BC ATTENDANCE 32. Price 167 95 BC 33. Amory 163 93 B 34. Wright 165 89 C 35. Rodill 166 87 BC 36. Osborne 169 83 BC 37. McCallan 165 79 BC 38. Mello 168 72 C 13 e.C.E. RESULTS 5th FORMS c (0 -J □ .c u c (0 c lA (A o V) c o d) c c o c Q c « c k. o ■C 4- (Q (A c (D o o ' «« 3 UJ lU f o (0 -I k. u. a w O X Q. o ffl Brown, T.E. X X Collis, J.C. X X X X X X X X Constable, K.W. X X X Daniels, C. X X Dyer, G.A. X X X X Gray, P.S. X X Heyliger, J.O. X X X X X X Jeffrey, F.M. X X X X X X X X X Johns, N. X X X Johns, D. X X X X X Morrison, E.A. X X X X Rodill, M.A. X X X X X X Terceira, R.W. X X X Thackeray, P. X X X X X X Trott, L.C. X X X X X X Vesey, T.W. X X X X X X X X Wicks, E. X X X Wilson, L.B. X X X X Bateman, N. X X Boarder, P.D. X X X Bean, 6.B. Bubenzer, A. X X Ingham, WJ. X X X X X X X X Johnston, H.C. X Lambert R.A. X X Lambert, S.H. X X X Law, B.D. X X X X X Matthew, S.G. Paynter, A.G. X Reid, S. X Smith, L.E. X X Thome, L.E. X X X X X Underwood, K.R. X X X 14 G.C.E. RESULTS - 4th FORMS at ng. Lar o 0) rench panish laths. iology UJ o u. W ffi Rarritt Dell 1 1 11 X X X V A Qpon A R DcdII, r  n. X Rpan R X X Rp7ant X Dill Ulll X V A Hillpn niiicii X X Mnniipl ividiiuci X X X X Pprlrn X X X X Pitman rl llildll X V A Y A RnhprtQ X Qawnnr oayiiui X X X Smith P A X X Qmith R A X X tpmnpl X X Ctpnhpnc X X WoolridgB! X X Plintnn X DromDy X DUi ycoo X Pahral 1 R UdDidi, J.n. X Pharltnn R P X Dsvis X X ndlf iiiyiuii X Miltnn X LcScUr, U.D. X IVIdQcirOS, J.l . X Phillnntt rniiipuii DntAiall ruWcll X X nIOildrUdUII X f immnnc Ol 1 1 1 1 IlilllO Snmnpr X X 1 uuu X WarH VVdl u X Wrinht vvi lyii I X X Amnrxi rMiiui y Dnrlon DUUcIl X Pahral 1 F uaDldi, l .r. X Edness X Inylis X McCallan X Mello X Price X X 15 REISS LIBRARY OPENING — CHAIRMAN ' S REMARKS Saltus has needed a library for years. It was the Headmaster ' s vision of a Senior Year programme after ' ' 0 level exams to prepare students for North American col- lege entrance, as a local alternative to expensive boarding schools abroad, which pro- vided the point around which ail our efforts have gathered and which has generated this building as an integral part of the whole plan, to house both the Library and the Senior Year facilities which depend so much upon it. There are many many people to whom thanks are due and are gladly given for bringing this into existence and time will not permit me to mention them all by name. First: fhe Headmaster: For having the initial vision and inspiring the Trustees to pursue it. Secor)d: Fred Reiss: For giving us the initial cash impetus of $100,000 and thus the courage to make the entire commitment. His foresight in espousing, and .his zeal i n promoting amongst others, his belief in what Saltus is trying to accomplish for the gen eral community good, and his generosity in funding it, are unprecedented in the School ' s history and almost unbelievable in Bermuda today. I hope that he will tell us shortly in his own words a bit about those beliefs. I must also mention, at the risk of embarrassing him, that he has indicated he will become a substantial annual donor to the School to as- sist in the maintenance and improvement of our educational programmes. For all of this it is difficult to express adequatedly our gratitude. Third: the tearr) who built this building: These are the people who translated the Headmaster ' s vision and Fred Reiss ' s gen- erosity into bricks and mortar. Robert Hopkins our Estates Bursar. If ever there were such a qualification as certified building midwife, he would have earned it. However unlike a midwife, he stayed with it right through and I was almost certain I was go- ing to have to throw him out of it with a slide rule in one hand and a paint pot in the other this afternoon in order to be able to get him here to thank him personally. Miles Outerbridqe: Our civil engineer for this cliff dwelling and general professional consultant throughout. Johr} Burland, his architectural and building staff: They too have done something I believe to be unprecedented. They finished the building so far ahead of schedule that it seriously embarrassed our cash flow and we weren ' t ready to pay for it. A substantial portion of the $50,000 i mentioned has been given by non-Ber- mudians. They have made a significant act of faith in Bermuda, its future political and economic stability and in the ability of Saltus to educate the people also who will take a very large part in maintaining it. To those of you who have already given, may I express the deep thanks of all those who are or will in any way be connected with the School. To those Bermudians and others to whom we now look to follow a good example and make up the differ- ence, may I assure you that the well of our gratitude is far from exhausted. 17 SALTUS SCHOOL LIBRARY DEDICATION I ' m pleased, proud and embarrassed by the compliments paid to me by the Chair- man. My motives for my deep interest in Saltus and this Library are very simple. I was raised during the depression years and my father could not afford to send me to college. Fortunately, I was the recipient of aid and together with doing odd jobs was able to obtain a very fine college education at Harvard University. It was my ambition ' to become a teacher and my chosen major was philosophy. Unfortunately, I was never to achieve that ambition due to the fact that World War II came along and I was put in active duty by the U.S. Navy but allowed to continue my education. The Navy said they already had all the philosophers they could use so they changed my major to Mechanical Engineering. After I was discharged from the Navy at the end of World War II I didn ' t have the resources, or I felt the time, to ' ' re-educate myself for the teaching profession and started my insurance career as. a fire insurance Rating Engineer. However my deep in- terest in education has never waned and I consider myself extremely lucky to have had the good fortune to have received such a fine education at Harvard University. Over the last thirty years I ' ve been associated with various educational projects in- cluding serving on the Board of Scholarships and Admissions for Harvard but, due to an ever increasing work load in my business life my time available for such duties has been fore shortened but my interest has remained constant. Therefore, the reason for my contribution are twofold. 1. It is a continuance of my deep interest in education and 2. It is a continuing debt I feel I owe to others that helped mef with my education and that the interest has to be compounded. On dedicating this library I con only dwell upon the words of Admiral Hyman Rich- over. While I cannot remember the exact quote the substance is as follows: The hu- man mind is like a muscle. You can train it to bo any number of tasks but,. unlike other muscles of the body its limitations are yet to be defined. My lifting weights one ' can develop an enlarged muscle of the arm but only by education, not by train- ing, can the brain be expanded in its thinking ability. This I firmly believe. I would, therefore, like to dedicate this building to the young people of Bermuda who will come and be educated herein and to the responsible teachers to whom such young minds are entrusted. Thank You F. M. REISS 18 MUSIC 1975 This has been a busy year musically with more commitments than ever before. The Choir and Band combined for the Annual Carol Service and provided a varied and effective programme of Christmas Music. There were some distinguished solo per- formances at the service and particularly good was Alan Pitman ' s reading of the first movement of the Haydn Trumpet Concerto. The Spring Term saw the Choir practising several choruses from ' Messiah ' and it was encouraging to note that many boys were able to follow the score of this. The Choir eventually combined with about 120 other singers from various other choral groups and the performance was deemed a success. The soloists lent an air of profes- sionalism to the event and I would like to thank Jean Motyer, George Murphy, Mar- jorie Pettit and Leslie Betteridge for their splendid contribution. Del Pedro provided an excellent contrast to the singing with a dynamic performance of a sonata for flute by Loeillet. This year has seen an enormous improvement in the Band. Others thought so too and the boys were invited to provide music for the Royal Visit when Her Majesty the Queen visited City Hall. Shortly afterw ards the Band was invited to play at the open- ing of the Purvis Park Housing Development. For this, the Band was given $100 for new music. Some of the more senior instrumentalists made a significant contribution to the Revue and sounds of Bob Dylan and The Carpenters added a new dimension to the school ' s music. I have been encouraged by the number of boys who attend the concerts in City Hall: this is an important part of a musician ' s training. The School was indeed most fortunate to have Anthony Peebles give a lecture recital on the piano and more recently, some boys had the pleasure of hearing a String Quartet from the Julliard School of Music. The music for Founder ' s Day successfully concluded a year of varied and, I hope, enjoyable year of musical activity. In closing I would like to thank the visiting instrumental teachers who contribute so much to the musical life of the school. RESULTS OF THE ROYAL SCHOOLS OF MUSIC EXAMINATIONS, 1975 In Theory of Music, Distinction is only awarded at Grades 6-8. Grade 8. D. Binns Grade 7. T. Nisbett, J. Woolridge, A. Pitman, T. Stephens Grade 6. G. Collis (Distinction), B. Frick, D. Pedro, C. Stempel, P. Smith, D. Hillen, C. Simmons, R. Manuel Grade 5. K. Reid Grade 4. J. Riihiluoma, J. Thorne, S. Smith Grade 3. H. Jorstad, M. O ' Leary, C. Bardgett, W. Cox, D. Joell, C. Collis, B. Cook, P. Moddern, J. Cooke, N. Sloan, P. Bacon, D. DeSouso, N. Stempel, T. Hod- gson, M. Orchard, G. Bedford, D. Selley, R. Gibbons, G. Jack, B. Patterson 19 Grade 2. C. Popper, S. Popper, D. Anfossi, P. Goggin Grode 1. S. Standley, K. Hendrikson, R. Petty, J. Keyes, 0. Andrade, K. Vickers, J. Vickers, I. Bickley, R. McKittrick. PRACTICAL EXAMINATIONS Grade 6. A Pitman (Trumpet), D. Binns (Flute with Merit). Grade 5. D. Pedro (Flute with Merit), D. Binns (Piano) W. Cox (French Horn) Grade 4. P. Bacon (Flute), G. Redford (Flute), D. DeSousa (Flute) T. Stephens (P.IANO(, P. Scott (Clarinet), S. Mayne (Clarinet with Merit) Grade 3. R. Gibbons (Trumpet with Distinction) G. Jack (Trumpet) S. Steynor (Trumpet) S. Popper (Clarinet with Merit) J. Cooke (Clarinet with Merit), P. Maddern (Clarinet) B. Cook (Clarinet), N. Stempel (Clarinet), T. Hodgson (Clarinet), J. Woolridge (Piano) Grade 1. J. Riihiluoma (Piano with Distinction) THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD SCHEME Following a couple of dormant years, the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme re- ceived a tremendous boost at the beginning of the year, when Adrian Poole, a Gold Award winner himself, took charge of the organization, and immediately revised a tremendous enthusiasm among the boys. His initial publicity campaign, many training sessions and practice expeditions soon attracted 35-40 boys to become seriously in- volved in the scheme. They all soon discovered that qualification, even at Bronze State was not easy, as their 15 mile expeditions became 23 and one or two found themselves temporarily disqualified through some minor infringement of the rules. At any rate, the Scheme was thriving when Adrian died and such was the job he had done in three short months, that the momentum generated was a major factor throughout the rest of the year. In February, Kevin Dill, Richard Bean, Alan Pitman, John Swainson, John Green- slade, Stephen Steynor, Chris Shanks and Malcolm Smith were presented to the Duke of Edinburgh and received their Bronze Awards, while at the time of writing another 12 or so had completed all four sections of Bronze and would probably be presented during the summer or at the beginning of next term. Adrian was very directly involved with all the boys in the scheme and assumed re- sponsibility for them as regards arrangements for services, hobbies and expeditions, but those who have not yet succeeded incompleting the Bronze Award must ask them- selves if a little more initiative would not have taken them to Government House in the near future. Mr. Galea will be organizing the Scheme next year, and it is hoped that he can produce the first Silver Award at Saltus. L.G.C. 20 SALTUS CHESS CLUB. 1974-1975 41 boys joined the Chess Club this year and of these some two dozen played regu- larly. Lunch time recess was the most popular time for practice and for the numerous competitive games. There were five competitions held over the year. Johnston beat Butterfield I in the Senior t4th and 5th years) Knockout Competition, while Collis 2 beat De Souso in the Junior equivalent. In the Round Robin competitions Johnston and Collis 2 again won with Madeiros 2 and Butterfield 2 runners up respectively. The House Competition never really got off the ground, many games being declared void, but for the record Saltus beat Watlington with Butterfield third. The disappointing aspect of these internal competitions was the decline in en- thusiasm despite the prizes totalling 40 dollars being at stake. A reluctance to play competitive games by the more senior players certainly had a dampening effect and spoilt the House competition. I trust that this negative feature can be eradicated next year. Fortunately this internal problem did not affect the performance of the School Chess team, made up this year of Johnston, Bezant, Skinner, Saynor, Simmons 2 and Madeiros 2. They were all members of the team which won the InterSchool Chess Knock-Out Competition in 1974, and thus had the experience to compete against strong opposition. Saltus drew Sandys Secondory, o new entry to this competition, in the preliminary round, and big match temperament was certainly needed to defeat Sandys 4 games to 2, for after an hour ' s play it seemed that Saltus was heading for elimination, the perseverance of Johnston and Simmons being needed to ensure victory ... and squash signs of over-confidence. In the next round Warwick Secondary were beaten 5-1 and this put Saltus into a semi-final with Northlands, a fixture which was never played, Saltus winning by default following administrative problems at Northlands and lack of time. Thus Saltus reached the final for the fifth time in six years. Berkeley, with ex-Saltus Latin master Mr. Pettit in charge, were our opponents this year having won their way to the final with convincing victories over Warwick Acade- my and the Department of Academic Studies. They had a strong team but only four of them were available for the D-Day June 6th final which Saltus won 4-2, ' 0 ' level ex- aminations interfering with the playing arrangements. The patience of the Saltus players was the critical factor in this game as it had been against Sandys. Saltus has now won this competition four times. With four of this year ' s team still at Saltus next year, and with some strong re- serves pushing them for their places, I look forward to hearing in twelve months time that Saltus has completed a hat-trick of wins in this increasingly competitive inter- school competition. I hand over the administration of the Club to Mr. Galea and predict with confidence a successful future for chess in the School. PM.B.W, 22 P.E. NOTES 1974-75 has been another extremely active year for sport at Saltus. Mr. Evans had established a very extensive programme and, with very few modifications, his policy of catering for as many students and activities as possible has been continued. Con- sequently the programme of lessons and extra curricular activities includes soccer, rugby, athletics, cross-country, weight training, basketball, volleyball, golf, tennis, table-tennis, cricket, trampolining, hockey, sailing, softball, badminton and swim- ming. Obviously there are occasions when variety clashes with depth of performance, but a genuipe and earnest attempt is made to encourage the highest level of per- formance by the more capable and talented students. To both these ends I am con- stantly grateful for the generous practical involvement displayed by so many of my colleagues and the prefects — the boys at Saltus are extremely fortunate in this re- spect. The following notes and records give some indication of the extent and charac- ter of the year ' s activities. Congratulations are in order for all boys who have achieved good results or outstanding progress, and also to so many of the less talent- ed boys who have helped to generate enthusiasm through their honest efforts. M. BILLINGTON SOCCER The fortunes of the various soccer teams were rather mixed and sometimes unpre- dictable. On the whole the teams were reasonably successful with the balance of the matches being won. Out of a total of 25 games played, 13 were won, 10 lost and 2 drown. The seniors were the most consistent and successful (although the inter- mediates actually won most games). The seniors were faced with some very difficult competition and did splendidly in winning their league section. Unfortunately they were very soundly defeated by an excellent Sandys XI in the final league play-off. In defense of the team it must be pointed out that most of the damage had to be attrib- uted to the absense of the regular goalkeeper. Pitman, with his broken knee (ac- quired in a hockey match). The intermediates looked likely to do very well earlyon in the season. In thes final analysis, however, they finished third, losing twice to a very talented Robert Craw- ford side and once to a Whitney team which we had earlier defeated. On the positive side the intermediates can be credited with 5 victories and 32 goales. After defeating Warwick Academy 2-0 in a pre-season friendly the junior side came face to face with the harsh reality that much of the opposition was too good for them and none of the other teams was a push-over. Whilst it is fair to record that our side suffered from a general lack of talent, every credit has to be extended to this team for dedicated spirit, enthusiasm and perseverance. The sudden halt to the pattern of defeats, the vastly improved performances and results were, in the end, suitable and deserving rewards for a team which showed an exemplary competitive spirit. Pascoe, Burgess and Pimental are worthy of special mention for their consistently sound and promising performances. The soccer season was rounded off with very spirited and enjoyable house com- petitions. Wight house matches were played and they certainly provided the tempora- ry answer to the accusation t hat much of modern football is over defensive and unentertoining. Forty-two goals were eventually recorded before Darrell House ran out winners of both junior and senior sections. 23 Results: House competition finals. Squads Juniors Darrell 3 Butterfield 0 Seniors Darrell 4 Watlington 0 School Matches Saltus Opponents Seniors v Devonshire Colts (Bantams) 2 0 V Technical Institute 0 2 V Robert Crawford 4 1 V Robert Crawford 2 2 V Hotel College 7 1 Senior team were champions of the eastern league. V Sandys (league final) 0 7 Squad: R. Smith (captain), A. Pitman, S. Sayner, K. Dill, G. DeSilvo, 0. Heylinger, I. Page, L. Roberts, C. Simmons, A. Richardson, A. Amory, B. Johnson, B. McCallan, R. A. Bean, J. Swainson, L. Butterfield. Intermediates V Whitney 5 3 V Whitney 3 5 V Northlands 1 0 V Northlands 5 1 V Robert Crawford 3 5 V Robert Crawford 0 5 V St. Georges 6 4 V St. Georges 3 3 V Warwick Acad. 6 0 Squad: R. ' DaCosta, K. Reid, V. Campbell, T. Chin, P. Matcham, P. Smith, P. Longworth, M. Lopes, McBeath, T. Hayward, B. Way, J. Brewer, R. Bagen. Juniors v Warwick Academy 2 0 V St. Georges 0 1 V St. Georges 3 2 V Whitney 0 5 V Whitney 2 3 V Robert Crawford 1 6 V Robert Crawford 0 3 V Northlands 4 1 V Northlands 5 2 Squad: C. Pascoe (Captain), C. Bardgett, B. Patterson, L. Pimental, I. Whitehead, D. Burgess, D. Trott, R. Yearwood, P. DeSilva, S. Turner, M. Stailey, A. DeCouto, S. Ba- gen, H. Marks, E. Lawrence, M. Burch, B. Way, M. O ' Leary, E. Collins, P. Bacon. RUGBY The spirit displayed by our rugby teams, and the results achieved in competition clearly established rugby as one of the most successful activities of the year. In an 24 extremely busy Easter term, team organisation and practice arrangements were neve easy, so that the enthusiasm of the squads at the Whitney Sevens was most com- mendable. The juniors were something of a disappointment as far as high-powered rugby was concerned. They showed good ball handling and understanding, but were sorely lacking in basic pace. Their ultimate triumph in the consolation final was a very pleasing reward for a concerted team effort. Both the intermediates and seniors produced some excellent rugby to win their respective sections, so that Saltus came away from the tournament with three trophies, and the senior B team reached the semi-final. Results: practice fixtures Juniors Intermediates Seniors Whitney 7-a-side: Saltus 0 Saltus36 Saltus A 4 Saltus B 22 Saltus 26 Northlands 8 Northlands 8 Whitney A 4 Whitney 6 0 Whitney 0 Intermediates (A) Seniors (Aj Senior (B) Semi-finals. Saltus 10 Whitney 0 Saltus 17 Whitney 0 Saltus 0 Bermuda College 12 Finals Intermediates Seniors Saltus 26 Warwick Academy 6 Saltus 12 Sixth Form Centre 0 Consolation Final Juniors Saltus 12 Mount St. Agnes 0 Junior Squad: G. Jack (captain), E. Lawrence, A. DeCouto, B. Way, C. Pascoe, D. Bur- gess, S. Ranee, R. Yearwood, C. Madeiros, M. Burch, H. Marks, J. Maitland, E. Collins, C. Collis, M. O ' Uary, R. McKittrick, P. Bacon. Intermediate Squad: R. DaCosta (captain), K. Reid, B. Way, T. Chin, P. Smith, M. Lopes, G. Collis, G. Darby, J. Vickers, V. Campbell, J. Brewer, McBeath, R. Bagen. Senior Squad: R. Smith (captain), K. Dill, A. Richardson, 0. Heyliger, S. Lusher, L. Rob- erts, B. McCollan, L. Butterfield, J. Woolridge, S. Burgess, I. Page, P. Thorne, D. Binns, T. Ward. 25 INTERSCHOOL BADMINTON On February 13, 14, 15th the first ever inter school badminton competition was held. Saltus dominated the under-13 boys section, Brian Way winning the boy ' s sin- gles. Way partnered Patterson to win the boy ' s doubles defeating another Saltus paid Collins and DeCouto 15-4, 15-11 in the final. In the over-13 section an all Saltus boy ' s doubles final saw Alan Pitman and Mi- chael Totem defeat Flood and Pengelly 15-9, 18-14. Saltus won the prize for best school which was 4 metal roquets, 1 net and a tube of shuttles. SAILING Early in the school year a few boys took part in on interhouse sailing competition. It was eventually won by Watlington house. Later in the year an individual champ- ionship was held with Glen Clinton being the winner. The sailing club met inter- mittently throughout the year. A few students sailed in races held on Sundays at White ' s Island for a short while with some degree of success. Next year it is hoped that more boys will use the boats as they are far too idle at present. BASKETBALL Two basketball squads were formed on the basis of lunchtime clubs. As an ex- periment the senior squad was given full control of its practice sessions and team or- ganization. Steven Lusher was captain of the seniors and Rocky DoCosta chosie to cap- tain the intermediates rather than play with the seniors, although technically under age — a decision which had on obviously beneficial effect on the intermediates chances. In terms of results the senior team failed to fulfil the promise showed in many practice sessiom. Only two games were won. In fairness to the team it should be pointed out that the opposition was often stiff, and that in seven of the right matches the opposition had the distinct advantage of ' knowing ' their own court. The team should not be dispondent — much good play was produced and a lot of basket- ball experience gained. The intermediates fortunately, faired much better, placing 3rd in the league and 3rd again in the knockout tournament. In both competitions we lost only to Mount St. Agnes and Roger Chaffee, schools with outstanding basketball reputations. Perhaps the best result and most exciting match was the 1 point defeat at the hands of Mount St. Agnes, the knockout winners. Whilst praising this fine team effort, the efforts and progress of the captain, DaCosto, deserve special mention. He 26 has turned into a really promising player who is never prepared to concede defeat to any opposition until the bitter end. Results: SENIOR V Berkeley 14-38 V Sixth Form C. 53-76 V Roger Chaffee 23-76 V Mount St. Agnes 19-35 V Robert Crawford 24-20 V Sandys 23-33 V Warwick Academy 77-47 V Warwick Secondary 23-19 LEAGUE INTERMEDIATE V Berkeley 37-10 V Mount St. Agnes 19-22 V Roger Chaffee 22-31 V Robert Crawford 43-18 3rd Place Squads: Senior: S. Lusher (captain), 0. Heyliger, C. Baker, C. Pedro, J. Klement, L. Roberts, F. Barritt, C. Lusher, A. Parsons, K. Dill, L. Butterfield. Intermediates: R. DaCosta, J. Brewer, P. Smith, K. Reid, C. Popper, B. Way, T. Chin, J. Simmons, D. Smith. ATHLETICS CROSS-COUNTRY Approximately 200 boys competed in the inter-house cross-country in March. Results: JUNIORS 1. Butterfield 111 2. Dorrell 92 3. Wotlington 73 4. Saltus 65 27 INTERMEDIATES 1. DarrelMU 2. Saltus 93 3. Butterfield 66 4. Watlington 54 SENIORS 1. Darrell98 2. Butterfield 87 3. Saltus 81 4. Watlington 59 Overall totals — 1. Darrell 306. 2. Butterfield 264. 3. Saltus 239. 4. Watlington 1 86. Individual Places. JUNIOR 1. A. DeCouto 2. P. DeSilva 3. D. Burgess INTERMEDIATE T. R. DaCosta 2. M. Wilson 3. E. Pengelly SENIOR 1. R. Smith 2. A. Richardson 3. 0. Heyliger The inter-school cross-country was held on Friday 14th March and the school teams performed well. The juniors placed third, the intermediates were fourth, and the sen- iors triumphed by winning, and thereby retaining their trophy from the previous year. A word of congratulations is in order for all those boys who gave up so many of their lunch breaks to put in the necessary training, and particularly to R. DaCosta for winning the third place medal. Squads: Junior: A. DeCouto (5th), P. DeSilva (10th), D. Burgess, S. Ranee, N. Stempel, P. Bacon, D. Joquin, R. Sousa. Intermediates: R. DaCosta (3rd), M. Wilson, V. Campbell, E. Pengelly, K. Marks, P. Matcham, R. Bagen, L. Tavares. Seniors: R. Smith (10th), 0. Heyliger, A. Richardson, R. Osborne, D. Binns, J. Klement, S. Bezant, K. Dill. 28 ATHLETICS. The house sports were held on the 24th April. The weather was fine, the cor.r petition very enthusiastic and some outstanding good performances were recorded. A total of thirty-eight events were completed, and several new records established. Results: 1st Darrell 177 2nd Butterfield 125 3rd Saltus 111 4th Watlington 87 Champion boys: Junior D. Trott Intermediate M. Lopes Senior 0. Heyliger At the inter-school sports in May, a new zone qualifying system was introduced. Unfortunately the strength of competition in our zone (notably from Berkeley) meant that several of our boys failed to qualify despite producing performances that would have earned them points in the actual final. Nevertheless the boys who did qualify performed splendidly on finals day and managed to produce some new school records. It is perhaps worth observing at this point that the quality of the top performances and general competition at inter-school sports are reaching an increasingly high stan- dard, so that, generally speaking, any boy who achieves first, second or third, has performed outstandingly well. The following results are therefore commendable { denotes a new school record)! Junior: pole vault B. Patterson 2nd pole vault A. DeCouto 3rd Discus G. Jack 2nd Intermediates: Shot R. DaCosta 2nd 13m Hurdles T. Chin 3rd r 6 ' 6 106 ' 4 30 Pole vault P. Matcham 1st Javelin B. Way 2nd Discus R. Bagan 1st Seniors: 400m. 0. Heyliger 2nd 800m. 0. Heyliger 2nd 1500m. R. Smith 3rd Pole vault T. Ward 3rd Juniors: 3000 m. P. D DeSilva 11m 200 m. R. Yearwood 400 m. D. Trott 8 ' 6 ' 135 ' 116 ' 51.8 8 ' 9 ' 40.5 sees 27.7 67.4 Intermediates: Long jump M. Lopes 31 19 ' iy4 High jump B. Way Discus R. Bagen Seniors: Triple jump 0. Heyliger Long jump A. Amory Shot J. Skinner The following new records were established GOLF The almost constant sight of boys and or staff practising some finer point of the swing, reflects the growing interest in golf at Saltus. In addition to the Tuesday golf club which ran regularly throughout the whole year, golf has been included as an op- tional activity in the summer term games lessons (many boys taking advantage of this new opportunity to learn the fundamentals). As far as facilities are concerned we ore very fortunate having both a wide net and an extensive field. Golf then is boom- ing and the standards are rising rapidly. Two school tournaments were held, the first at Christmas at Belmont, the second at Port Royal in June. Nine teams competed at Belmont, each consisting of a teacher and two students, playing a three-ball, best-boll round at full handicap. First place and three Xmas turkeys were awarded to Mr. Bruce Lines, Doug Hillen and Mark Osborne. Brad Johnston and Jens Moitlond helped Mr. Paul Galea into second place. Third were Mr. Alan Myles, Rick Osborne and Steven McPhee. Twelve boys competed in the individual school championship at Port Royal. Low gross winner of the bill Dunkley Bowl was Bradley Johnson (81); second was Rick Osborne (88). Eric Pengelly won the Saltus Shield for the lowest net round (71) and James Modeiros was second with net 76. Low net prize for the first nine holes went to Scott Mayne and the last prize to Charles Collis for the lowest net (bock nine). Special mention must go to Johnson. He recorded one of the finest sporting per- ! formonces of the school year in winning the Belmont tournament with a gross par round! He became school champion in the Port Royal tournament, and earlier won the 32 5 ' 2 (tied) 124 ' ! 40 ' 10V4 ' ' 36 ' 6 at the house sports. individual match-play championship at the Princess. His latest achievement was a round of 73 at Port Royal. We sincerely hope that he will continue to go from strength to strength and that he will be followed by several other promising student golfers. Finally the gratitude of our golf group must be extended to Mr. Alex Crofton, pro- fessional at Belmont, and Mr. Martin Graves, manoger at Port Royal, for their very welcome co-operation and encouragement. CRICKET In spite of the clash of interests and time between athletics, volleyball and cricket (and a host of other. conflicting school activities), practices and nine matches were ar- ranged and a very enthusiastic response for the boys was forthcoming. Whilst the in- termediates lost both their games to Whitney and Warwick Academy), the junior and senior teams were both very successful. In their first match the juniors defeated Whit- ney by virtue of a faster run rate. They then defeated Warwick Academy by scoring 49 for 6 against Warwick ' s 30 for 9. In the return fixture the junior side lost on the last boll of a very exciting gome. The junior side worked hard and many of the squad made excellent progress. E. Collins and C. Pascoe had shown a great deal of ability, en- thusiasm and promise with the juniors and promoted to the intermediate squads. Collins played with the seniors on Founders Day. The seniors played three times and recorded three fine victories. In twenty overs the seniors held Warwick Academy to 45 for 7, having scored 123 themselves for the loss of only 3 wickets. Their next victims were the Old Boys XI who suffered a six wicket defeat on Founders ' Day. Fi- nally, and probably the highlight of the cricket season, the team performed admi- rably against the visiting side from Ridley College, Canada. The visitors batted first and were all out for 72, A. Amory taking 4 for 20. This was followed by an excellent batting partnership between our head boy and deputy head boy — Roy Smith and Kevin Dill. These two showed outstanding composure and skill in passing the Ridley total on their own and thereby achieving a ten wicket victory for Saltus. Five of the Saltus squad were promptly selected for the Bermuda School Select XI — R. Smith, K. Dill, A. Richardson, A. Amory and B. Johnson, Alan Richardson was chosen as captain. Squads: Junior: E. Collins (captain), C. Pascoe, D. Burgess, D. Trott, D. Joquim, S. Turn- er, M. Burch, P. DeSilva, C. Bardgett, L. Pimentai, R. McKittrick, I. Bickley, D. DeSousa, R. Yearwood. Intermediate: V. Campbell (captain), P. Smith, K. Reid, D. Smith, J. Brewer, P. Tan- nock, M. Lopes. Seniors: A. Richardson (captain), R. Smith, K. Kill, A. Amory, B. Johnson, S. Lusher, C. Tucker, Burgess, S. Bezant, A. R. Bean, C. Simmons, L. Butterfield. The staff were soundly defeated by the boys at the end of term! TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS The tennis tournament stretched over several months, the boys themselves being responsible for arranging each fixture at the court of their choice, as opposed to last year when most of the games were supervised at American-International. 33 The two outstanding players were again Eric Pengelly and Billy Way, and this year Way became the Saltus Champion, gaining revenge for his defeat in last year ' s final. The indications are very strong that both these fine junior players are destined to take their place among Bermuda ' s best senior players. 1 4 FINAL Pengelly Bye Lusher 2 Way 2 Way 1 Tucker Barit 2 Brewer SINGLES Semi-fiinal Pengelly Lusher 2 Wayl Barit 2 FINAL Pengelly Way 1 (champion) DOUBLES Pengelly Lusher 2 Hillen Stempel 1 Barit 2 Way 1 Matcham Brewer Pengelly Lusher 2 Barit Way 1 SENIOR SCHOOL TRIP TO PARIS AND LONDON EASTER 1975 On March 27th., at 10 p.m., twenty boys left Bermuda for London, accompanied by Messrs Bestford and Galea. Eleven hours and little sleep later, the group arrived at 34 St. Ermin ' s Hotel in London, having suffered a flight prolonged by an hour in shock, the absence of a coach driver to meet us at Heathrow, his eventual materialisation and his subsequent ignorance of London geography. A somewhat bedraggled group we were, a little out of place in the funereal and allegedly elegant hotel lobby. The next two days were spent in cinemas, football grounds and the boutiques of London. Several acres of denim were purchased by the more fashion-concious and most of the boys quickly attuned themselves to the traditional English food — ket- chup and hamburgers. By general agreement, London was declared ' pretty drad ' . On Easter Sunday morn- ing we left by train and boat for Paris. At the ferry snack-bar, many of Bermuda ' s fi- nest language students managed, with some prompting from their elders, to order Pepsis from an actual Frenchman. As the boat edged its way into Calais Harbour, the first feature of la belle France to be sighted brought a cheer from the Saltus party — being ridden along the dock was a Mobylette! Penboss Associates proved their efficiency once more by laying on a snow storm as we stepped off the ferry, much to the delight of the sunspoiled Bermudians, although their English guardians were less than enthusiastic. The train journey to Paris could have been tedious, but was brightened by some excellent choral singing. Mr. Duncan himself would have been pleased at the de light with which the French travellers greeted repeated performances of ' You ' re Doing Fine,, Cinderella. On arriving in Paris, we were met and taken by coach to the Penta Hotel, some twenty minutes from the heart of Paris. It is a modern hotel and enj9ys a position next to a bowling alley and an ice-skating rink. It was immediately obvious that there would be nt) problem in occupying leisure time. The group stayed fo l-w ek in Paris, during which time we visited all the well- known sights and a few others. We remained in Paris itself, apart from a trip to Ver- sailles. Our usual means of transport was the Metro, the use of which was explained by a rather harassed French master on the Monday morning, en route to Notre Dame Cathedral. There, it was Saltus Day. The Junior School party were being taken around as the Seniors arrived, with Mr. Walker doing an admirable job as Quasimodo. The departure of the little ones from Notre Dame, in a perfectly straight crocodile, two abreast, was in marked contrast to our own, more informal style. During the week, a pattern developed. We would go sightseeing as a group for half of the day, then split up into groups of three or four and explore shops, cafes, monu- ments and the intricacies of the Metro. Nobody ever got really lost and, after a couple of days, the boys were quite at home in Paris. They also began to make friendships: a group of American girls at the Penta pro- vided some of these, as well as a great deal of amusement.at their pronunciation of French — at least the Saltus boys could tell it was abysmal although their own was still far from perfect. One of the older boys went one better by meeting a French girl, being invited to meet her family and learning some French slang which will probably have adversely affected his ' 0 ' level chances. 35 Another boy displayed hidden talents for speaking Hungarian. This ability was util- ised by the teachers in the course of their efforts to eat in restaurants of every na- tionality other than French. As their knowledge of Hungarian ran to ' ' goulash , his gifts as an interpreter earned him a free meal. One afternoon we had an organised tour under the guidance of a rather eccentric French lady, who proved very well-informed but was unable to cope with Mr. Bes- tford ' s inimitable sense of humour. Included in the tour was a boat trip on the Seine, during which one gullible boy bought a lollipop shaped like the Eiffel Tower for an exorbitant sum. This prized possession was tragically crushed soon after. Again, the Spanish Department had a hand in it. But he had an excuse: room-sharing meant that he was being subjected to nocturnal monologues and gymnastics by his fellow mem- ber of staff. Amusing moments seemed to occur regularly. One boy fell asleep on ice-skates, suffering an embarrassing but relatively painless tumble. Perhaps one of the high- lights came when se had finished our climb up to Montmartre and the Basilica of Sacre Coeur. As we entered the Place du Tertre, home of artists for centuries, an en- thusiastic voice cried out: ' ' Check that manifold. The ever-present Moby! We feared for the baggage allowance of some boys as the number of five-gear parts brought back to Bermuda amounted to mass exportation. Out stay in Paris came to an end on the following Sunday. We regretfully left the food, the wine, the skating rink, Francoise, the friendly Penta waiters and the sights of the city that had become so familiar; it was back to London on a boat crowded with riotous English schoolchildren. Arrival at Victoria Station was marred by the absence of a coach which was sup- posed to meet us. But five resourceful boys borrowed a British Rail luggage trolley of giant proportions and wheeled a lot of our baggage to St. Ermin ' s Hotel, a mile away. The amusement of the passers-by was equalled only by the apathy of the three po- licemen encountered on the way. We had three more days in London. A conducted, day-long tour enabled us to see many of the sights; the remainder of the time was spent in leisurely fashion. Some boys visited the Imperial War Museum, others the Science Museum. The cinemas and clotheshops suffered another invasion. We returned to Bermuda on Thursday, April 10th., not too happy at the prospect of school the next day, but content in the knowledge that he had had a good holiday and that we had seen, done and learnt so much. The accompanying teachers were ex- tremely satisfied with the boys ' behaviour, often exuberant but never rowdy, and were slightly bemused by the fact that the trip had been accomplished without mis- hap. P.G. MURDER AT SALTUS I have never thought myself capable of a crime. But hatred and a certain set of cir- cumstances could induce me to lower my standards and submit to the devil within. With these thoughts I pondered the possibility of a quiet and tidy job which could sat- isfy my surging passion to kill! 38 The underlying areas of my brain were put to work; a plan must be devised! If I found it within myself to commit this monstrous task outright. Cowardice and the knowledge of the consequences drilled the necessity for cunning into my brain, a firm vision of my plan followed me into the room where my unsuspecting victim sat, probably dreaming of some unseen future which promised happiness. Softly, stealthily and swiftly i approached him, and before a cry could reach his lips I had grasped him and thrust the cold steel blade of a knife deep into his teeming brain flowing with the juices of life. They spilled onto the floor! His body went limp under me and the steady pitter-pat of falling blood resounded through my skull. My hate now made me act in a despicable manner. I deftly but swiftly and gruesomely sliced the body down the middle, removed the vital organs and smashed them all over a table. Then a loud scream filled the air, I wheeled sharply only to find myself confronted by another student, who, jumping wildly up and down shouting said, did it Sir! I ' ve finished dissecting my frog, I ' ve won, yessir! He then turned and said to me, Ho you think you ' re so great, don ' t you Cabral, well you ' re not, I ' ve finished first, nyhah! CABRAL (3M) THE WORLD IN THE YEAR 2000 Bleep was a plumb Snickerin of the planet Snickers. He and his brothers and sis- ters, ninety-two in total, had moved to Snickers from Mars several years ago. Upon arriving they purchased a ten storey house and soon settled down. Bleep and the other kids flew to M ' n M every night in order to attend school there. After school was out, the kids flew to Losus Spangulus, where you can really get ' spaced out ' on the night life. Several hours later they would return home to sleep. During his spare time Bleep watched his programmed television. His favourite shows were; ' ' The Planet of the Earthlings , My Favourite Earthling and Yule Gib- bons presenting the Edible Parts of a Moon Rock. On holidays the family would charter a flying saucer and fly to the scrumptious holiday resort of ' Almond Joy ' , where they would green themselves in the sun, play squash or swim in the Kool-aid. However the holidays never lasted very long, mainly because Mr. Bleep, a very ac- tive man, as you can tell by the latest statistics of his family, owned a Rent-a-Saucer business. But there was always something for the kids to do; make cheese-balls, par- ticipate in saucer races or go shopping and sightseeing on the neighbouring planets. On Snickers the cost of living is always rising, the taxes are rising, the only thing that isn ' t rising is the famijy ' s income. Doesn ' t that sound familiar? The city in Snickers is very modern, with buildings shaped like pecan nuts, and there is always a heavy caramel-coloured skyline caused by an overpopulation of fac- tories. The ruler of Snickers is a real nut. The job of the ruler is to make laws; he would sit in his chamber every day trying to think of a new law. He made up the craziest 39 laws, for example: from repainting the planet, yearly, with fluorescent paint, to en- forcing a death tax, which is quite eccentric since everyone knows that Snickerians never die. But like all the other families on the planet, the Bleeps were very content there. H. CRISSON (3M) UNTITLED Life is composed of animals that bite, and sharp objects you step on in the night, and ' ' processed foods with after tastes of soot, and large objects that drop upon your foot, and loud noises that wake you from your sleep, (after four solid hours of counting sheep), and trains and buses which don ' t run on time, (and trying desperately to make things rhyme), and teachers who refuse to take your word, (or even call your whole excuse ' absurd ' !), and plastic hamburgers (still called all-beef), and meeting up with sharks under a reef, and umbrellas that poke you in the eye, and paper airplanes that refuse to fly. Well, I suppose we have no right to curse — If things got better now, they ' d soon get worse. And I have sympathy for those who ' ve cracked, and struck their heads across a railroad track ' Cause I ' ve been told — If you think this is strife. Wait ' til you see the afterlife! BAKER (Senior Year) DYLAN Through anguished cries of waterfalls, I fumble through forgotten halls. My feet they cry, my brain it stalls, Amongst plastic passion dolls. No-one hears as the prophet calls. He stoops to walk, is pushed to crawl and is walked on. He toys with confusing sounds. He moves solely with leaps and bounds. As grey-black hands encroach around. What isn ' t lost will not be found. Buried deep within a ground, Fertilisd with diseased hounds, of greedy gaining. D. PEDRO (5C) 40 UNTITLED When JOHNSON was king (good old Lyndon B), He would REID the Good Book daily; His predecessor was JACK Kennedy, who Lived a PARSONS life (although he lived it gaily). When NIXON begged his pardon A PAGE of history was written SCOTT free of Watergate was he, Leaving Gerald (the BEST) FORD smitten. This appeal for CLEMENTcy Caused ANFOSSKan troubles, The COLL IS now to reinvest In the gold and DE SiLVA baubles. DA COSTA living continues to rise. And certainly is not PETTY; The FLOOD gates of inflation roar, MAYNELY shown in the price of spaghetti. Bet he wishes he could BAGEN again. No longer a BURKE — free of grime. No STEYN OR spot on his character. Instead of all that LESEUR time. That dishonest man caused lots of FRICKtion, He MADE ROSy pictures to hide in. But he only made MORR ISabeline Which coloured the BINNS he died in. And now my little tale is done. For I have named every person, Except for those I could not rhyme: BUTTERFIELD, SWAINSON and MCPHERSON. RALPH BAGEN, 4B, A BORE ' ' So the three foot tall pygmy said ' Right, I ' ll play, but we ' ll use revolvers! ' The group around John Stuart burst into hilarious laughter, slapping one another ' s backs ond almost spilling drinks on the living room carpet. When the laughter had subsided a little, Alan Davis broke in . . . Hey, what a great joke. It reminded me of a beauty I heard last week. It ' s about this man who was driving along a desert road when he saw an old Indian sitting at the roadside. He pulls up and . . . He suddenly broke off and mumbled quickly out of the side of his mouth — Tell you later; here ' s Wotherspoon coming this way, and I don ' t want to listen to five hours of golf. I ' m off before I get trapped! 41 He drained his glass off in a single gulp and said in a loud voice: ' ' Must get a new one — ' scuse me! He darted off, immediately lost in the crush. The others groaned and also tried to turn away, to mingle with, and lose them- selves in, the other groups in the room, but to no avail. Wotherspoon wos already there, bottling them up in a corner. ' ' Ah! So this is where you are — I ' ve been looking for you everywhere. Haven ' t seen any of you at the club lately. What ' s wrong? Don ' t you go anymore? Taken up Tiddlywinks instead? Haw, haw, haw. A voice mumbled, ' ' Mostly because they let anybody into the club now. The irony missed, Wotherspoon plunged right on, like a rugby player who had just got the ball on the run — You know, I was just saying to the secretary the other day that we have to be more slective about the people we let into the club. I had just come into the clubhouse after shooting an eighty-three .... where are you going, Alan? Er, I just saw John Murray over there — I ' ve got something I want to talk with him about and I was going for a . . . Well, wait a moment, you ' ll be interested in this, said Wotherspoon, moving to block Alan ' s route from the group. So, I just went over to him — he wds sitting with his lunch, I just caught him before he started — and I told him about this new fellow, what ' s ' is name, who, while we were playing the eleventh, turned and told me to shut up and just play golf! Well, I mean to-say, I had just been giving him some advice on how to tackle our course . . . Absolutely uncalled for. We can ' t hove people like that in our club, eh? Well, do you know, the secretary said that I should write an official complaint and he would take it up at committee level, but I wasn ' t going to be fobbed off so easily. I mean, the fellow was only interested in his lunch, that was plain, so I just told him what I jolly well thought of the way he looked after the interests of its long standing members. After all, I mean to soy . . . . Wothers- poon started to splutter, momentarily losing his composure. So, you fellows, I ' ve just drafted up this petition to get rid of both that upstart new member and that in- fernal secretary, so if you fellows will just sign it below my signature here . . . . The group melted like magic: Sorry, old chap, no pen with me, — this accompanied by slapping of pickets; Oh, look! There ' s Andrew — I ' ve just got to see him before he goes. See you later! 42 ' ' Sorry, dear fellow, the club secretary is my brother-in-law; don ' t want to start any family rows; you understand. ' 1 never sign petitions — always feel there are better ways to fix these little problems. ' ' Sorry, Wotherspoon, haven ' t paid my dues yet, and I wouldn ' t like to cause a fuss just now. Wotherspoon was left standing there, absolutely alone, paper in hand, a bemused look on his face. Don ' t understand these fellows. After all, it ' s their club too, you know, he said to himself. He put his petition back into his pocket and looked around, his face suddenly brightening as he saw a face he knew. Good show, he said, there ' s old Wilson; must go tell him about the eighty-one I shot on Sunday. Too bad he ' s not a member .... I could ask him to sign my peti- tion. As he pressed his way toward Wilson, he passed the host and called out brightly: Hello, there! I ' m thoroughly enjoying your cocktail party! It ' s so nice to talk to so many interesting people! Everybody just stared at him ... . R. BAGEN (4B) A TALL STORY (34 February) At my grandfathers ' farm there is a stable so big that when you walk to the end and back you are 300 years older. One day I decided to go through the stable, but being short of time I ran the 6,000 miles in 5 minutes. But, due to the ageing men- tioned I ran it in 5.5 minutes. When T came back I was 300 years older. So I built a ' Youth Machine ' from the instructions described in the ' Webster ' s Do-lt-Yourself Man- ual ' . But the instructions were so complicated I memorized them so I wouldn ' t have to refer to the book every milli-second. I say milli-second because my work is so quick. I memorized the 6,000 pages of the instructions in three. 6924398600004 sec- onds. I know because I timed it on my sundial. My sundial is two hundred years old because I saw John Stephensons ' picture on it when he was a boy. John Stephenson was the first czar of the United States of Amer- ica. Then I decided to go hunting but I kept missing until I at last had just one arrow left. I was walking along the river when I saw ten ducks flying in a straight vertical 43 line, i took careful aim and shot all ten ducks with the arrow. As the ducks fell they broke a branch off a tree the falling branch fell on a moose and killed it. As it died it kicked a rabbit which flew in the air and hit me into the river. When I came out my boots were full of fish. Then six thousand soldiers attacked me but I killed them all one by one. I could do this ' cause I had them surrounded. It was at that time that I discovered I was living so quickly that I was older than my father. But, i decided to solve this problem later. I then built a ship so big that it needs a faptain at both ends. So it can be steered without hitting the moon or sun this is now at the museum of natural milk shakes. Then I set sail for Jupiter in my Kawasaki. I did not want to bring an air tank so I held my breath along the way. After about two months I started to need air but I knew I could last at least another three months. Then the engine broke down! So in the vacuum of space I melted the engine with my cigarette lighter and remoulded it into a 1,200 cc mobylette engine and continued on to Jupiter. On arriving I took a gulp of air and I then went to the Chamber of Commerce and asked for a pqmphlet on the sights. The most interesting was the solid gold and diamond mountains, and the coca-cola geysers. Then I took a gulp of air and set my course back home. On arriving I referred to my manual so I could make an ageing machine for my fa- ther. But I found that my manual hod no instructions for an ageing machine. So I built another youth machind and made myself younger than my father, which is the normal order of things. Then I decided the floor needed cleaning but being so diligent I worked my way down to the basement through the floor. So I made an air solidifier from my manual and replaced the floor with solid air. Then I decided to straighten my grandfathers ' fence to keep the pigs in one area. The fence was so crooked that if a pig climbed through the fence it would just end up in another part of the field. So I straightened the 3,000 mile fence in about five min- utes. I hurried because it was near dinner time. For dinner I had twenty steaks, thirty lbs. french fries, 25 lbs peas, and 36 gallons of wine. Then for dessert I had five hundred pieces of pie and to top it all off I had four gallons of coffee royal. Af- ter eating all this which was a bit too much I took forty alka-seltzers. Then I went to bed. My bed is so soft that when you get in it you sink down to China. During the night the full moon came out and I turned into a wolfman. In this state I jumped out of the three hundred and fiftieth storey of my country cottage and I went all around pillaging and spreading terror. After a while I went back home and jumped up into my window. Nobody knew that I was the wolf man or the namflow as some call it. Then the next day I had to fly to the sun and pull it up into the sky because it had been very tired and didn ' t have the strength to do it himself. Then completing this little chore I turned homewards to another dull day. H. JORSTAD (2W) 44 THE STAG BEETLE V THE SCORPION I moved to the rear of the huge slab of stone and clambered on top, lying down on its flat surface. From my case, I removed my high power telescope and took off the lens cap, thereafter adjusting the eyepiece to the setting I most frequently used. Wriggling forward until my head and shoulders overhung the edge of the rock, I found I was very nicely positioned directly over the tiny, newly dead mouse I had just laid at the edge of the flat stone I ' d found at the corner of the rock I was lying on. Bringing my telescope up to my eye, I adjusted it until I had focussed it perfectly upon the moust lying about five feet below. I had been studying beetles for several years now, and today i had come to an orea where I felt sure that I would be able to find some really good specimens for study. i had not long to wait until my hopes were realised. I hugged myself with ex- citement as a magnificent stag beetle suddenly appeared from ,below an old, rotted tree branch lying nearby and scurried in my direction — he was bound to find my bait! He was a tremendous specimen, the biggest I had ever seen live. I estimated him to be almost two inches long, his fierce, powerful jaws projecting ahead, heavily branched, looking like some prehistoric creature with antlers. The name ' stag ' beetle comes from the way the branched jaw looks just like the antlers found on a stag. Yes! He had found the mouse. He climbed over its body and then all around it, making pushing, prodding thrusts at it. He decided to feast himself on it. His shost, stubby legs dug into the soft ground while he slid his jaws below the dead body as he prepared to propel the body forward. He looked exactly like a fork lift truck for a few moments, as his efforts to roll the body over in order to get at the soft undersides became more and more determined. Slowly, the little mouse ' s body began to turn upwards as the beetle rolled it away from the stone ' s edge. But what was this? Something was emerging from under the flat stone as the space grew between the stone ' s edge and the mouse. I could see a pair of pincers appear- ing, followed by a blunt, leathery body propelled by many pairs of legs. As the long, thin body emerged, a long, narrow tail appeared, alowly turning over its body. It was a scorpion, at least five inches long! The stag beetle, intent on its labours, did not at first notice its danger. It had by now seized in its jaws the soft underbelly of the mouse and had started to tear at the flesh. With a sudden rush, the scorpion ran at the beetle, its tail high in the air, oike some Samurai warrior with terrible sword raised on high to sweep savagely down on a helpless victim. Just in time, the beetle sensed danger, and turned (with very surprising agility for such a clumsy looking creature) to meet its adversary, looking just like a tank turn- ing on its treads, sweeping its cannon into a line uf fire, for this is what its terrible jows reminded me of. The scorpion ' s headlong rush concluded as he crashed into the beetle. The scor- pion ' s two pincers grabbed onto two of the beetle ' s legs as it lashed its stinging tail 45 at the hard outside of the beetle. The huge jaws of the beetle scooped under the scorpion, tossing the creature five or six inches overhead. The beetle scrabbled around, pouncing on the atonished scorpion, which was attempting to right itself. The jaws of the beetle dug into the stunned scorpion and with tremendous agility hoisted it into the damp air. The beetle tossed the scorpion yet again, but before it could pounce once more the scorpion scampered sideways, using its superior speed against the beetle. The beetle hesitated for a minute and this allowed the scorpion to attack. Using its pincers, the scorpion tried to get at the vulnerable underside of the beetle. The beetle turned around, and with one snap of its huge jaws, it sliced through one of the scorpion ' s pincers, while the scorpion again lashed its vicious tail against the beetle ' hard skin. Undaunted, the scorpion ' s tail lashed at the beetle ' s tough skin, trying to find a weak spot. With a side-swipe of the beetle ' s jaws, it hit the scorpion ' s scrabbling legs, sending the unbalanced creature crashing to the soft earth. I gaped in awe as I watched the two, locked in battle, fighting a desperate battle for survival. The beetle loomed over the scorpion, and dug its tremendous jaws into the scor- pions underbody. Miraculously, the scorpion righted itself, and lashed its tail against the beetle ' s back, this time cracking the tough layer and sending blood pouring down the insect ' s body. The wounded beetle relaxed his jaws for a minute, and the scorpion seized his chance. With a tremendous lash of his stinging tail, like a whip, sent the beetle tumbling on its back. The beetle was doomed. Its legs kicked and kicked and kicked, but it could not right itself. The scorpion sent its large lethal tail plunging into the soft underbelly of the beetle, delivering its massive dose of poison while the beetle continued to kick its legs fratically. The scorpion had triumphed. However, its victory was short-lived, for as it withdrew its sting it moved sideways, and was partially lifted into the air by the beetles ' wildly threshing legs; it fell with- in reach of the beetle ' s terrible jaws. Even though on its back, and doomed, those jaws snapped shut like a huge bear trap around the head and body of the scorpion and began with terrible ferocity to grind, cutting deeper and deeper through the scorpion. Through my telescope, I could see the blood beginning to flow from the scorpion ' s body. Frantically, the scorpion plunged its lethal tailsting, time and again into the beetle ' s body, whilst the beetle ' s great jaws and wildly kicking legs slowed and slowly, in fits and starts, it came to an abrupt halt. The struggle was over for the beetle, but so it was too far the scorpion, who was soon lying inert across the body of the dead beetle. The conflict was over. I closed down my telescope, with shaking hands, strangely moved by the incredible struggle I hod just witnessed. I felt that I had been more than just a spectator, prob- ably due to the power of my telescope; I felt I had been personally involved in this wild fight to the death. I shuddered, suddenly thinking of how often that man him- self rushes into terrible wars, using infinitely more fearsome weapons, such as flame- throwers. It is indeed a very cruel planet up on which we live. S. BAGEN (2W) 46 THE JUNIOR SCHOOL 1974 75 With my desk piled high with exam papers, form lists, prize list, reports, time- tables, invoices, applications, telephone messages, old stock, new stock, lost property and the like, each m arked ' ' Please deal, ' ' Deal now, Immediate, Today, Ur- gent, even Yesterday, I wonder if every teacher feels as I do at this end of the School Year, that one has unwittingly stepped on an educational Roller-coaster, which hurtles faster and faster as the end of the ride approaches. As the stomach churns with apprehension at the number and enormity of the hurtles still to be met, one longs to shout Stop! Give me a chance to catch my breath! But where is the brake on a roller-coaster? Certainly not with reach of the exhausted and dizzy joy-rider. All he can dois to pray for strength to hang on to the end. And here I am, gritting my teeth, trying to do just that. This report was one of the hurtles marked Last week ! 1974 75 was to be the Junior School ' s Quiet Year. With the news that one of our main instigators of activity was to be temporarily absent, we settl ed bock comfortably in September, determined to do no more than just mosey round fhe educational fair- ground, and watch others expend their energies on headline distractions. We welcomed our two new teachers, Mr. Ackland and Mr. Stones, also Mrs. Haldane again, and the outlook promised to be fair and calm. Then J 4S and J 2W were inspired to enter the Conservation Week Xmas Tree con- test. They gathered enough metal coat-hangers and bottle tops to qualify as the Pem- broke Dump Extension, and created from them two ingenious trees, which may give an idea to those of you who object to the rising price of Canadian firs. Both trees were highly commendable, but the J 4S one was deemed the best of its year, and the whole class was invited to a Conservation service at the Cathedral, after which each member was awarded on annual subscription to a conservation magazine by His Ex- cellency the Governor. Mrs. Williams held her annual Christmas card and Calendar competition among the 150 odd members of the Junior Committee of 25; and we embarked on our simple Christmas celebration. As Mrs. Pettit was scheduled to bow out of the musical scene at half-term, we decided that there would be no major Christmas production this year, jiist a small service with the usual 9 lessons and carols — a simple modest affair, involving no more than a band, a choir of 90, some 40 readers, 3 adult musicians, and an overflowing St. John ' s Church! Two days before the event, (scheduled for Fri- day 13th would you believe?) Mrs. Pettit was in hospital, with Mrs. Motyer and Mr. Duncan primed, rehearsed and all set to carry on. But at 7.00 p.m. on the night, who was sitting at the piano stool; large as life, and bursting with enthusiasm or what- ever, but Mrs. Pettit. Sighs of relief were not untinged with prophetic anxiety as a small reader pronounced the words and the days were accomplished . . . ! By the Easter term, Mrs. Pettit had her maternal hands full, and we cannot express our gratitude sufficiently to Mr. Duncan and Mrs. Motyer for adding the Junior School ' s musical needs to the many other demands on their time. On Ash Wednesday, the Drama Club took part in Reverend Abernethy ' s highly ap- pealing Schools ' Service called Hands . With inter-House football, and cross-country competitions, Mr. Walker ' s merry-go- round started to roll, ' and volunteer groups from J 4S spent weekends scrubbing and 47 cleaning the Maritime Museum in preparation for the Queen ' s visit, earning for them- selves membership of the National Trust, and enter into the opening ceremonies. We held our annual Easter Competition with a cloud of kites, and a clutch of deco- rated eggs, and in the former had to retrieve the ' ' highest flier from as far away as Purvis Ltd. on Victoria Street, and the most erratic ' ' Roller of the latter from the bottom of the ramp on Woodlonds Road. Then, of course, there was The French Trip . Actually, ail term there had been The French Trip, as circulars poured out of the staffroom, earnest and excited meet- ings of children and parents thrashed out details, papers, passports, documents, cer- tificates passed to anf fro, and children went to and from doctors ' offices for check- ups, shots, bills of health don ' t-let-me-get-sick-now medication. Foreign excursions may not be unusual for senior students, but for anyone to take 30 youngsters under the age of 12, three thousand miles away for a two week vaca- tion to a foreign-speaking country during uncertain climatic conditions, is educational dedication beyond any reasonable call of duty. Indeed many staff, and even partici- pating parents, considered it dedication amounting to madness. However, undeterred by such opinions, Mr. Stones, and Mr. and Mrs. Walker went ahead, through sleepless nights and detailed and faultless preparations; and judging from the excellent project display and slide show that was held later to show parents what their children had been up to, the youngsters had an exciting and profitable holiday, in spite of unspea- kable weather conditions. Indeed, the unexpected snow constituted one of the major experiences of the trip. In April, Mrs. Pettit returned, and Mrs. Scott left. Mrs. Scott joined Saltus in January 1973, and quickly won the affection of all with her cheerful outlook on life, her unassuming helpfulness, and her sympathetic handling of children with academic problems. Her classroom was always alive with colour and displays of all the chil- dren ' s work, and her pupils responded eagerly to her creative approach to lessons. However, sorry as they were to lose her, since change was inevitable, J 3S was pleased to welcome as her replacement their teacher of J 2 days, Mrs. Latter. It having been a quiet year so far, we decided to enter a float in the Agricultural Exhibition. The Duke of Edinburgh ' s landing on the School field in February inspired the idea of a helicopter, and Messrs Small, Walker, Stones, aided and advised by Mrs. Walker, spent nights designing and constructing. Mrs. Williams and Miss Armstrong or- ganised parties of flower pickers and stickers, and everyone who could get a hand in was soon glued and bepetalled up to the eyebrows. We came 2nd in our class, and won the prize for the Most Beautiful Float featuring Easter lilies. In addition, for the third year running, because of the number of successful entries in the exhibition gen- erally, we came 2nd among the Junior Schools, and won a much appreciated $75 for our Budget account. At the same time Miss Armstrong ' s Gardening Club won 3rd prize in the School Gar- dens Competition. Mr. Walker ' s merry-go-round was still spinning, and played thrugh the Founder ' s Day Softball Match, where after hours of hard practices, our team nearly beat the fa- thers. Then he had the House competition in Softball, and finally the Inter-Schools ' Swimming Gala, where our success in winning more firsts and seconds than any other school is giving us great ideas for the future. 48 Then exams. External xams, internal exams, school exams, class exams. Like an epidemic they swept through the school, bringing to a halt all other activities but one, the annual musical concert held at St. John ' s Church, in aid of the Committee of 25 for Handicapped Children; the band ' s and choir ' s final public appearance as a group. This item is increasing in popularity and appeal. Each year more parents and visitors attend, with beneficial results to the collection for the handicapped children, as will be seen in the Music report. Educational visits abound at the end of term, and already classes can be seen dis- appearing in cars, vans buses, even the police paddy-wagon for trips to Electronic Data Processing, N.A.S.A., Police Headquarters, Fire station, the Maritime Museum and even the ' ' Doric . There remains on our calendar. Prize Day, with speaker Mr. William Zuill, Director of the National Trust. And then another farewell; this time to our Deputy Head Mr. Small. After much soul-searching, Mr. Small has decided that he and his family should return to the United Kingdom, and we will be sorry to see him go. He joined the school at the time of amalgamation, in 1972. He soon became a spokesman for the staffroom, and a strong influence around the school. His ' talents are many and varied, and he seems able to turn his hand to any subject at any level. However Art is his main love, and his products and displays have been highly impressive. Our best wish- es go with him and his family. Before the Junior roller-coaster grinds to its halt, those of us rollicking around on it must thank the many people whose voluntary help has added to the success of the ride:-to Mrs. Motyer and Mr. Duncan, again, for keeping the music alive; to Messieurs Galea and Bestford for giving the J 5s their French, and a taste of things to come in the Senior school; to Mrs. Rhuland for giving up Monday lunch-times to play for the girls ' dance; to the St. John ' s clergy. Canon Wheatley and Rev. Abernethy for turning up so religiously for lessons and assemblies respectively, to the Reading Mothers, whose weekly help has made Mrs. Kay Walker ' s Extra Reading programme such a suc- cess; to the Canteen mothers, more commonly known as the Hot Dog Mommas, for feeding over half the school with tempting smelling weiners; and especially to Mrs. Lines, for taking from the school ' s shoulders the burden of organising this service, and ensuring daily fresh supplies; to the Saltus Association for providing a much needed second jumping pit, and for volunteering to paint the quadrangle; for the vol- unteer First Aid teachers for keeping alive the Saltus Link of the Junior Red Cross. My own personal thanks go to the Staff, without whose co-operation and en- thusiasm this ' ' Quiet year would have been deadly dull; to the parents, for their never-failing co-operation and support; and to the children themselves, for their re- sponsiveness and eager participation in all our activities; finally to the managers of the fairground, for laying the tracks of our roller-coaster, and seeing that it is given the chance to run smoothly, for the benefit of all. It has been a hectic, but enjoyable ride. But now, please, may we get off for a whileTDoubtless we ' ll be back for another go in September. E. M. W. JUNIOR SCHOOL OFFICERS 1974 75 Head Teacher ' s Monitor Paul Fox; Milk Monitors Donald Moniz, Stuart Lunn, Craig Marks; Tuck Shop Monitors: Brian Fox, Nigel Parsons; Lunch Monitors: Deborah Door- 49 mad; Caroltnn Terceira, Wonda Tavares; Music Monitors: Reto Kosser, Matthew Loren- zen, Steven Shepperd. Class Monitors: Jeffrey Amarel, Nicholas Sail, Nicholas Dill, Steven Leigh, Chris- topher Masters, Stuart Matthews, David Northcott, Kenneth Shipley, Miles Stephens, Robert Stubbs. HOUSE CAPTAINS Butterfield: David Northcott vice capt. Miles Stephen; Darrell: Kenneth Shipley, Ni- gel Parsons; Saltus: Nicholas Sail, Jeffrey Amarel; Watlington: Reta Kaeser, Nicholas Dill. STAFF Miss G. M. Wilkie Head of Dept.; Ismail Esq.BA Open J5S: Art; Miss M. Armstrong J5A; R. Stones Esq., BA J4S Maths; Mrs. L. Williams J4W Science; R. Walker, Esq. J3W P.E.; Mrs. L. Scott J3S; Mrs. K. Latter; K. Ackland, Esq. J2A; Mrs. G. Walker, J2W; Mrs. M. Pittet Dep. Mrs. LRSM Music; Mrs. K. Walker, Extra Reading; Mrs. J. Haldare. SALTUS JUNIOR SCHOOL MUSIC REPORT 1974-75 This year I feel that much has been accomplished in the music department of the Junior School. More children than ever before have successfully entered both the theory exam- inations and the practical examinations of the Royal Schools of Music. We hope next year to add a few string players to the ranks of those gaining certificates. The Christmas Carol Concert held in Saint John ' s Church last December was most re- warding, as the children in both the choir and the band worked very hard. We were accompanied on that occasion by Mrs. Motyer on the organ. At the end of the summer term, the choir and members of the school band gave a concert in aid of The Committee of 25 for Handicapped Children — again in Saint John ' s Church! We are so grateful to Canon Wheatley for allowing us the use of Saint John ' s, and for all his support throughout the school yeor. Appearing with us at this concert were Jean Motyer (organ), Florence Warner (soprano), Rosaline Watlington (Viola), Michael Adams (Clarinet), Derrick Binns (flute), Leslie Betteridge (piano) and William Duncan (piano). The concert was most successful in that we raised $530 for this very worthy charity. This year we added to our growing numbers of young instrumentalists, six young violinists. No instrument is easy to learn, all require strict discipline and hard work, | and the violin which is particularly difficult is not for the mediocre, the lazy, or the faint-hearted. One cannot expect quick results, unless of course, one finds a very gif- ted student. Our six boys have done very well and have made considerable progress since last September. I am most grateful to Mrs. Watlington, their teacher, for all her hard work. Other boys are receiving lessons from Mr. Adams (clarinet and saxophone), Mr. Dill (clarinet and saxophone). Derrick Binns and Mrs. Stubbs (flute), Mr. Dyer (trumpet), Mr. Ruvolo (trumpet and french-horn) and Mr. Duncan (piano). Before closing, I would like to thank Mr. Duncan for taking over the music in the Junior School during my absence and to say a very special word of thanks to Jean j Motyer for turning up faithfully every morning to play the hymn for assembly — a task she insisted she enjoyed! . . p ij 50 THE ASSOCIATED BOARD OF THE ROYAL SCHOOLS OF MUSIC SALTUS JUNIOR SCHOOL, EXAMINATION RESULTS 1 974 75 THEORY GRADE 1: Richard Amos, Nicholas Ball, William Bawn, Kevin Bean, Peter BIyth, Somers Cooper, David Cox, John Edwards, Guy Eldridge, Steven de Grilla, Heather Johnson, Reto Kaeser, Stuart Lunn, David McHarg, Donald Moniz, Tracey Mo- niz, Brian Motyer, Mark Patterson, Kenneth Shipley, Robert Stubbs, Richard Talbot, Luncan Tavares, Simon Taylor, Carol Anne Terceira. THEORY GRADE II: Mark Aubrey, Colin Brown, Paul Carter, Nicholas Dill, Jonathon Evans, Edmund Haygarth, Dag Jorstad, Rito Kaeser, Matthew Lorentzen, Penn Hew- htrd, David Northcott, Gillian Small, Nicholas Soares. THEORY GRADE III: Colin Brown, Paul Carter, Nicholas Dill, Jonathon Evans, Edmund Haygarth, Matthew Lorentzen, David Northcott, Nicholas Soares. PRACTICAL EXAMINATIONS CLARINET: Paul Carter — Grade IV; Reto Kaeser — Grade III (with merit); Mark Patterson — Grade III. FLUTE: Nicholas Ball — Grade III (with merit); Peter BIythe Grade III; Somers Cooper — Grade III; Robert Mason — Grade III (with merit); Brian Motyer — Gra de III. PIANOFORTE: Jonathon Evans — Grade I (with merit). TRUMPET: Kevin Bean — Grade IV (with merit); Steel Butz — Grade III (with mer- it); David McHorg — Grade III; Simon Taylor — Grade III. JUNIOR SCHOOL SPORTS 1974-1975 It is difficult when producing a report to give some insight into what has gone on in the school and avoid the inevitable statistics. The statistics offer no account of the hard work by the boys and the co-operation of fellow staff, parents and friends. INTER-SCHOOL COMPETITIONS, Soccer: In the Central Division 1 this year we played against Paget Primary, Gilbert In- stitute, Mount St. Agnes and Dellwodd. We played 6 gomes, won 1, lost 3 and drew 2. In the Island-wide Knock-out Shield Competition we were beaten by Devon Lane in the second round. Two teoms were entered in the six-o-side Knock-out Competition held at Gilbert Inst. Both teams were eliminated by very narrow margins. Team A Amoral Marks Team B Parsons Afhiefics: A large party of boys went to the Notional Stadium to compete in the Central Zone preliminary heats and for the first time fox years no one achieved a place in the fi- nals. Several of our boys were placed third — but this was no consolation. Cross-Country: Gilbert Institute hosted the annual cross country races and provided on arduous course. Our under-eleven years team was placed 11th out of 14 teams and the under- thirteen team 13th out of 17. 51 4 lengths Teams — Ull Aubrey, Chaves, Sousa, Lunn, Marks, Pearson; 1)13 Ball, Hill, Parsons, Isbrandtson, Stephens, Stubbs. Swimminq: The preliminary heats for the swimming gala were held at Coral Island Hotel and out of a 3-age group team of 10 boys — eight got into the finals and won nine firsts and five seconds. Teams with final placings: 2 lengths U 10 Breast Stroke D. Lines 2 Back Stroke D. Lines 1 Free Style D. Cash 1 U11 Breast Stroke M. Patterson - Back Stroke D. Northcott 1 Free Style D. Jorstad 1 U 12 Breast Stroke S. Matthews 2 Back Stroke S. Matthews 1 Free Style G. Wharton - Butterfly J. Amoral 1 Medley Replay P. Newhard 1 P. Newhard 1 P. Newhard 1 B. Lines disqualified B. Lines 2 B. Lines 2 Back Stroke D. Northcott 2 Breast Stroke P. Newhard 2 Free Style D. Cash 2 INTER HOUSE COMPETITIONS Soccer: As soccer is played in two teams we held a league programme for J2 and J3, and J4 and J5 in both teams then combined the four sets of results to determine final placings. The Final Overall Placings were: P. W. D 12 6 B. 12 4 S. 12 0 W. 12 1 To stimulate soccer further, a large scale 3-a-side Knock-out tournament was held on the training grid at lunchtimes. 29 times of all ages entered and some exciting gomes were played. The winners were: J. Amoral, C. Marks, R. Koeser (J5) who beat K. Pearson, J. P. Marks, M. Roe (J3) in the final. For the first time at Soltus, badges were awarded to boys who had contributed much to soccer in the school — through sportsmanship, dedication and application. The twelve honoured were: J. Amoral, N. Ball, M. Stephens, D. Moniz, D. McHorg, C. Marks, R. Kaeser, C. Brown, P. Carter, D. Jorstad, C. DeSilvo, G. Wharton. Athletics: The weather smiled at us again this year — in the midst of a wet spell Sports Day was held under hot, humid conditions. A great audience of parents and children D. L. F. A. Pts. 5 1 15 4 17 5 3 6 4 12 9 3 3 8 9 7 4 4 12 9 52 helped to spur on competitors and with the addition of ' middle distance ' races this year junior athletes had a hard day. Outstanding Event Winners Were: J2 High Jump R. Amott 3T ' J5 High Jump M.Stephens 4 ' ! J2 75m A. Bortoli 12.0 sees. J3 75m S.Pedro 12.0 sees. J4 100m C.Brown 16.0 sees. J5 100m M.Patterson 15.0 sees. J5 Cricket Ball G.Wharton 150 ' 10 J2 400m A. Bortoli 85.0 sees J3 400m K. Pearson 67.0 sees. J4 400m D. Jorstad 78.0 sees. J5 400m M. Patterson 75.0 sees. Trophy Winners Were:- J2 Champion A. Bortoli 22 pts. J3 Champion K.Pearson 16 pts. J4 Champion D. Jorstad 16 pts. J5 Champion M.Stephens 18 pts. J2 and J3 Tug of War — Butterfield J4 and J5 Tug of War — Darreil J2 4 X 100m Relay Watlington 69 sees. J3 4 X 100m Relay Darreil 65 sees. J4 4 X 100m Relay Watlington 65 sees. J5 4 X 100m Relay Darreil 62 sees. J4 800m Open D. Jorstad 3-12-0 J5 800m Open R. Stubbs 2-55.0 Open 1500m R. Stubbs 5-47.0 Victor Ludorum Alex Bortoli (J2) House Shield 1st Darreil 149 2ndWatlington 130 3rdButterfield 128 4th Saltus 106 6Cross Country The school cross country races were held on February 28th. J2 and J3 — winners Saltus — 1st J. P. Marks J4 and J5 — Winners Darreil — 1st R. Stubbs 53 Overall Places 1. Butterfield 215 pts. 2. Darrell 229 pts. 3. Saltus 256 pts. 4. Watlington 370 pts. 5-Star Award Scheme. The Amateur Athletic Association in England organise an individual assessment pro- gramme (Sponsor-Wairs Ice Cream!) and we have tried hard this year to work the scheme at Saltus. Each boy is timed or measured in up to 12 events. Each event ' s best result earns points and these points in 3 events are totalled for a ' star ' badge and 10 events for a decathlon badge in his age group. The scheme enables every boy in school to achieve measurable success and provides stimulation and motivation for all. FIVE STAR WINNERS:- 3 events Decathlon A. Bortoli V. Chaves V. Chaves J. P. Marks J. P. Marks D. Patterson D. Patterson K. Pearson K. Pearson B. Robinson R. Smith M Aubrev P. Carter P. Carter D Jorstad p. Newhard N Ball C. DeSilva C. DeSilva R. Kaeser R. Kaeser R. Mason R. Mason D. Northcott D. Northcott M. Patterson M. Patterson K. Shipley 0. Sousa M. Stephens M. Stephens R. Stubbs R. Stubbs G. Wharton G. Wharton J2 J3 J4 J5 Next year the AAA are changing the stan- dards and so these awards are going to be more difficult to achieve. 55 Softball. The interhouse softball tournament produced some plays of good quality — Darrell over- powered Butterfield 17-2 after four innings Robert Mason being the winning pitcher. Miles Stephens taking the loss. In the second gome Watlington beat Saltus 5-2 after six innings — winning pitcher Bruce Foggo — Loser George Wharton. In tl)e final Darrell rode to o win over Wat- lington on the pitching of Mason and some ex- cellent fielding by 13-5. Robert Mason led the school team against the Fathers (or mostly Fathers — how a certain H2 got in there remains a mystery) on Founders Day. The boys had three excellent innings — leading 3-0 until the Fathers decided they were really in a game and began to take it seriously. The game ended 9-6 to the ' Fathers Plus One ' after seven innings. The boys appreciated the efforts of Messrs. Amoral, Frick, Shipley, Marks, Wharton, Pear- man, Smythe, Chapman, Amos, Stephens and Cash. , The boys team was — Parsons, Shipley, Smythe, Amoral, Mason, Marks, Ball, Wharton, Stubbs, Newhard, Stephens, and Kaeser. R. WALKER JUNIOR EUROPEAN TRIP — EASTER 1975 It was in early November when Mr. and Mrs. Walker and I started to plan a trip to Europe for boys of J4 and J5 at Easter 75. We took a group of 30 children for 2 weeks. The programme consisted of 4 days ' stay in London, 8 days ' stay in Paris then a further 2 days in London. Television cameras, parents and friends were at Bermuda Airport on the evening of 25th of March to bid us farewell. Needless to say, the faces of the other travellers on the ' planes from Mexico to London dropped as our group marched on boad. Seven hours later we arrived in London to a temperature of 41 — probably the highest temperature we were about to experience during the following 2 weeks. We hod ar- ranged to stay in a smart hotel in London ' s West End and had a full programme which 56 included a sightseeing tour of London, a visit to the Kensington Science Museum, seein g a live show at a West End theatre and a visit to a first division football match. A select group was also invited to B.B.C. Television Centre to meet production staff of a children ' s television programme called Blue Peter. Gifts from Bermuda were presented to the programme and the school was presented with a set of books and photographs. We were welcomed to England by the manager of the Bermuda Tourist Board in London and British Radio. This is what some of the children had to say about their experiences: ' ' On our European trip we went to a soccer match; it was a league game be- tween Arsenal and Stoke City. The first half had some exciting minutes but no goals. The second half was a different story, Stoke scored first. Arsenal, search- ing for an equaliser finally got it in the last few minutes. The final score was a draw. (RETO KAESER) ' 1 like Trafalgar Square. The pigeons there were so tame. In the middle of the square is Nelson ' s Column surrounded by fountains. You can also buy seeds to feed the pigeons; once you put some seeds in your hand, the pigeons come run- ning and flying towards you. (DUNCAN TAVARES) ' Mn the Science Museum there were trains, steam engines, old cars, aeroplanes and lots of other things. I liked the children ' s section best. There were code systems where you could pull a lever up and down to make signals; there were lots of buttons to press and keys to operate. (CARLOS de SILVA) We had snow whilst in England and our drive to the South Coast, en route to Paris, showed the white blanketed countryside at its best. We took a hovercraft across the English Channel, from Ramsgate to Calais. ' ' The hovercraft has long and rounded at the top, square at the bottom. It hod a cabin on top and four huge fans. Cars and campers were carried inside as well as passengers. It was just like an aeroplane inside. The hovercraft rose on a cushion of air and noisily rose up and over the waves. (SCOTT LINES) France was even colder than England. In Paris we stayed in an International Resi- dence sponsored by the government and especially designed for students. We were as- signed a guide and had a full ptrogramme including a sightseeing tour of the city, vis- its to the Eiffel Tower, the Paris Zoo, Notre Dame and the Artist ' s district of Mon- tmartre and an excursion to Versailles. The Eiffel Tow was built for the Exhibition of Paris in 1899. As you ap- proach the huge 1000 feet high structure, you see many fountains. The tower is painted dork green. The steps are wide open and the further you go in, the more frightening it can be. Some boys sent up as far as the second stage. From there you can see the whole of Paris. (PAUL FOX) The church of Notre Dame was large and beautiful, the exterior littered with statues. Inside were many tapestries and lighted candles, but most beautiful of 57 all were the famous stains glass windows. They were huge and still retained their glorious colouring. The towers were very high. (DAVID NORTHCOTT) ' ' One of the most interesting places we went to was the Palace of Versailles. Built by Louis XIV, it has served as the residence of several kings of France. The extensive gardens were especially beautiful with their lakes and fountains. Inside was marble and hand-painted ceilings. (JONATHAN EVANS) ' ' The Paris Zoo was one of the most interesting places to me because I ' ve never visited a zoo before. I was fascinated everywhere I went by the size and shape of all the animals. (ROBBIE DICKINSON) We all feel that the entire visit was a great success and very enjoyable. Since re- turning, we have had time to assess the value of such a venture; not only the oppor- tunity to see different cultures and to experience a different language actually being used — not just for two periods a week — but all the time, but also that great op- portunity of travelling in a group with many of one ' s friends. Our thanks must go to many people, especially the French Consul in Bermuda, for their interest and support. RON STONES JUNIOR SCHOOL MUSIC Music can express anything. I prefer excerpts from The Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikowsky to a long loud pop concert, because somehow it appeals to my imagi- nation. I can almost see people dancing and twirling round a stage. I often hear pieces of great music because my mother teaches ballet. Robin Gray J4W Over the last few years the Music Department in Saltus Junior School seems to have grown and grown, especially since the arrival of Mrs. Pettit. The choir has reached enormous proportions, and an excellent band seems to have appeared out of nowhere. At one time Mrs. Pettit tried to teach J3W to play recorders and melodies. However she gave up in a few weeks. Both my recorders were chewed up by my dog. I was never very good at Music, although I did reasonably well in Grade I Theory exam. In our opinion Mrs. Pettit ' s choir is probably the best choir in Bermuda, although the bond is rather limited as our best musicians leave and go into the Senior School! The choir and band are kept in good condition by constant practice and many con- certs. As a concert draws near a frenzy of activity breaks out. There are practices nearly every lunch time. I think all shows put on are really enjoyed by both audience and performers. Guy Eldridge J5S 58 JUNIOR SCHOOL MUSIC SALTUS STRINGS L to R: Reynard Smith, Richard Hills, John Manderson, Ian Delaney, Adam Payne — (absent I ' Bryn Robinson) WOODWIND BRASS Back row (L to R): Ken Shipley, Kevin Bean, Steel Butz, Colin Brown, Sean Pedro, Olive Hook, David McHarg, Simon Taylor. Middle row (L to R): Christopher Morris, Edmund Haygarth, David Cash, Justin Williams, Paul Carter, Matthew Lorentzen, Nicholas Scares, Michael Stubbs. Front Row (L to R): Steven de Grilla, Cameron Hill, Robert Mason, Brian Motyer, Somers Cooper, Peter BIythe, Nicholas Ball, Nigel Parsons — (absent Mark Patterson Reto Kaesn) RECORDER GROUP Back row (L to R): John Bluck, Brian Finnerty, Kevin Pearson Douglas Zohner, Joseph Shipley Middle Row (L to R): Jean Pierre Rouja, Michael Hall, Gautier de Marcy, Christian Luthi, Nicholas Comber, Duncan Tennent. Front Row (L to R): Gillian Small, Debbie Boorman, Heather Johnson, Antoinette Corday, Sally Anne de Silva, Lorie Fox, Lisa Metto. FISHERMAN ' S WHARF — SAN FRANCISCO The clank of metal and a squeal of brakes announced the arrivol of the 8:02 coble car headed for Fisherman ' s Wharf. Even early in the morning it was packed to capac- ity. Muffled screams and shouts could be heard. ' ' Mildred you ' re standing on my foot. ' ' But Harry, this man wants to sit down! ' All right, I ' ll move ' he answers and struts away. In a minute it starts again and rumbles down the track. Another squeal of brakes announces the stop and everyone piles out. As we draw near the big sailing ships we notice one in particular. Upon its bow we notice a corroded brass nomepiote. I read the letters one by one. ' Baiaclutho ' I proclaimed. As we walk on board the eeriness surrounds us, the wind whistles in the old wood masts. I take up the wheel and im- mediately I imagine waves crashing on the deck as it rides out a storm. But I move on down the stairs again and onto the dock. All around me is the ever-present odour of fish. At 10:02 we leave on the cable car. It strains up the hill until finally, like an ex- hausted athlete, it flops over the top. We return to the hotel after a very strange ex- perience. STEVEN SHEPPERD (J5S) POEMS AND STORIES BY J3S THE BROOK A nice gentle brook turns into a stream that turns into a river that turns into a sea. Steam boats, motor boats, all kinds of boats, the sea is for all kinds of things, for people, for fish, for boats. The brook that was a stream, that was a river, that is now a sea would like to be a small brook again to see all his friends on the mountain tarn. DEAN LEMA Forever Here I am lost forever, in this beautiful enchanted forever. With prowling beats about my feet. With colourful wild flowers. All these things ore good for my eyes. The honey bees in the funny trees, The flowers sweet about my feet. All these things are good for my nose. The sound of funny trees in the wind Swishing and swaying. The song of birds brings my attention. These things are nice for my ears. These things are nice to my eyes, nose and ears. They ' re with me forever in the beautiful enchanted forest. BRIAN FINNERTY 60 I ' m Tootles the taxi, ril give you a ride Put up your hand, Then jump inside. Just watch the meter, You ' ll see the fare Distance no object Go anywhere. I ' m Tony the tractor, I work on the land. A farmer sits on me And gives me a hand. I ' m tied to plough That turns the rich soil And my life it seems Is one round od toil. HUW THOMAS Fear The dark night fell upon the graveyard. The tops of the graves looked as if they were lifting off. I saw the moonlight glittering upon the long stopping grass. A cold chill went up my spine. I saw the horrible eyes glowing in the dark behind the grave of Belfur the Great. ' ' Hi! You over there! What ' s your name? My knees started to clatter against the bones inside. A-A-A-Kim-ber-ly I started to runk but dark black hands pulled me up in on enchanted way. I shrieked very loudly. The shriek awoke the dead. TERESA SPURLING A Night in the Graveyard I was lost in a graveyard at midnight. Dogs were howling and bells were clanging and banging. Trees were swaying in the wind like monsters trying to catch me. I saw white shapes flying across the sky like ghosts trying to scare me, and I was more than scared. Sweat was running down my face and chills crawled up my back like some mys- terious hand. I felt eyes hidden among the trees and then I fainted. I woke in the morning and I never stepped a foot inside that graveyard again. MICHAEL MALO For Conservation Week our class made a Christmas Tree out of trash. We took some cans and put them on top of each other and tied them together. Then we took some cloth and covered the cans. Then we put polystyrene on the sides sticking out and we put strings hanging down with cans and paper on the string. Then we put a star made out of popsicle sticks on the top. JONATHAN ELKIN 61 THE COMMITTEE OF 25 — JUNIOR MEMBERS ' REPORT The Committee of 25 is a charitable organisation which earns money to help the handicapped children of Bermuda. We are all very fortunate to be able to walk, talk and see normally and should try to do all we can for the less-fortunate. Under the direction of Mrs. Williams, 152 junior pupils form the Junior Arm of the Committee of 25 — and we are ail encouraged to join in the activities and become members. During the Christmas term we all visit our friends and neighbours, selling christ- mas-cards to raise funds. In the competition to see who could sell the most cards ' ■ — this year winners were:- J5 Simon Taylor J4 John Berg J3 Charles Crisson We overshot our own target which was to sell 10,000 cards. We not only achieved this, but sold 200 more . . . 10,200 cards in all! Profits from the sale of Bermuda diaries — our own extra project, amounted to $130, and the prize for this competition went to Reto Kaeser, J5. At the end of the Christmas projects members who had worked so hard were presented with special Junior Membership cards for their efforts. Another highlight of our year is the annual concert at St. John ' s Church, in aid of the handicapped children. Mrs. Pettit and members of the band and choir spend many Isng hours practicing their unusual and interesting musical pieces. Several guest-art- ists also take part — Mr. Michael Adams, Mrs. Jean Motyer. Mrs. Watlington, Mr. Bill Duncan, Derick Binns and Mr. Leslie Betteridge. During the summer holidays, a small army of junior members collect tag-boxes from the Committee Headquarters and invade the streets of Hamilton, selling tags on Handicapped Children ' s Day. Although it ' s hot work, it ' s lovely to see all the money being counted at the end of the day! We enjoy being members of the Committee of 25 and like to think we are doing something worthwhile for the community. Next year we shall be involved in new, in- teresting activities, and we hope you, the parents, will continue to give us your sup- port. JONATHAN EVANS J4W PLAYING AN INSTRUMENT Playing an instrument means a lot of hard work. Most people think playing is easy, but it isn ' t — I know. Some people enjoy playing an instrument for the first few weeks, and then they cannot be bothered to practise every night. Sometimes they only use their instrument once a week at Music Club. If you cannot give at least half an hour a day to your in- strumental study, please don ' t start at all. Remember inflation — instruments are not cheap! EDMUND HAYGARTH J4W 62 Unlicensed Bars at Cavendish I New Play Equipment developed from old fence rails. CAVENDISH-continued Although rain made photography of the main events on Sports Day impossible, the jumping was postponed until a more favourable day. Marc Bacon won the long jump, and Ross Morbey came second in both high and long jumps. STORIES BY CLASS IS I am camping on an island and some Pirates came. So I dropped some stones on them, then I jumped on them and then I called the police. KEN DALLAS Once there was a little boy that went for a walk and got lost on an island where a vampire hid so he could kill people when they bothered him and he changed into a cat. HENRY ADDERLEY One day I went to a strange shop. I said to Alisa ' let ' s Find out ' and we found a wishing chair. I went in the chair, I fell fast asleep and it took me home. PATRICK COOPER What will we do? said Bill. Let ' s go for an adventure. O.K. Where will we go. Into the woods. O.K. We ' ll do that. Let ' s go now. It ' s spooky in here, why did you get us into this mess? RICHARD HAMMOND I swim under water. I never get out of the water because I ' pi too big. I am a big blue whale. JAMES YOUNG Once upon a time there was a water buffalo who always went to the water to cool off. One day when the water buffalo went to the water there wasn ' t any water and the water buffalo was sad and hot. RICHARD HAMMOND ADVENTURE STORIES BY CLASS 2H One day I was sailing on a boat to the North Pole. When we were quite close to the North Pole we crashed into an iceberg, i got out of the boat and I jumped from one iceberg to another until I got to the North Pole. I climbed to the top of a moun- tain. When I got to the top of it I saw some penguins on the over side. I walked down the mountain and to another mountain. I walked round the mountain to the ice where I saw a wreck with ten holes in it. I fixed the holes and got in the boat and went home. NICHOLAS GLYNN Once upon a time I was walking in my garden and a trap door opened in the grass. Down and down I dropped. When I came down I landed on a trampoline and I bounced up again and this time I landed on an alligators back but when I tried to run I was surrounded by men so I jumpefl over their heads. But they started war with tanks and jeeps and I only had an axe so I chopped off their heads but the alligators were going to eat me up. But I chopped off all the alligators heads and I climbed out of the hole and I got safely home. NICHOLAS WATKINS One day I went on a ' plane. Some Arabs got on the ' plane and they took control of the ' plane and the ' plane ran out of gas and it crashed on an island. The Arabs had guns and there was a cave near by. When we went in it there were some bears in it. They made a raft and got off the island and we got back home safely. MARK BURKE One day I went to the jungle and just as I walked in a Gurin jumped on me. I took out my dagger and killed it. Then his whole body split open and a whole lot of dia- 65 monds came out. I just took one and my dog came to find me so I had to take him with me. Then we saw a river then a water snake tried to bite me and my dog. My dog bit the snake and held it so I could kill it. Then when I killed it a 1,000 bill came out. I knew how to find the robbers fort. I found more and more clues then I found the robbers fort. I walked by the door and a trap door opened and then I had to stay in there for two days. I had an idea. I cut a hole in the bars in the window with my knife. Then I sneaked up on the chief and killed him, then I caught all the robbers and put them in jail. PHILIPPE ROUIA One day I went in a boat on a stormy night and the wind blew my boat to the North Pole. It blew the boat onto the ice so hard that the ice cracked and woke up a killer whale. I heard him and I quickly got out. i saw the killer whale come splashing up. I did not know that an Eskimo was watching. As the killer whale went down I got my gun and shot him. The Eskimo came out of his boat from hunting. He shook hands with me and told me to come with him and eat. The next day I went home. JAMIE MUNRO Yesterday I was digging a deep hole. Then suddenly some pirates saw me. I tried to get away but I slipped. They caught me and took me to their ship and locked me up. Then after a few days I escaped. I swam under water and then I found a secret island. At night time I was looking for some sticks and wood to make a house and IK HAD some soft leaves for a bed. .And I found a lantern in the pirate ship. The next day I explored and I found some caves. I had to kill wild rabbits for food and warm clothes. Then I saw a big black ship and it was a pirates ship. And when they got to the island I pushed them into the sea and they drowned. STUART DOLAN CLASS 3M WRITE ABOUT SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR . . . The Hallowe ' en Fair. I like Hallowe ' en because people come in Uniforms. And people meet each oth- er and boys play with each other and there are so many lights. And here are a few of the things: there are prizes and games and darts and the witch tent and it is nice to enjoy yourself. Then it is time to go home. DA WD CURLEY, age 7 At our Hallowe ' en Fair we had trampolenes and a haunted house and a game that you had a fishing rod and they ' d put a toy on your rod. There were many things that you could do and if you had a home made costume you could win a prize. CRAIG MARSHALL, age 7 Making Castles The way I made my castle is that I cut out some cardboard and I made a box out of it. Then I cut out the battlements and then I painted it gray and the next day we had our play, and the play was about Robin Hood. ROGER MARSHALL, age 7 The way we made our castle for Robin Hoos is we cut some cardboard to make the windows and the bridge, and then we cut out the battlements. CHRISTOPHER RICE, age 7 66 The play about Robin Hood. One day for Thursday Assembly Class 3M had a play about Robin Hood and I was one of the villagers. The knights came and got Robin Hood and put him in gaol and Little John and I killed one of the knights and we got him back. RONALD COOPER, age 8 Robin Hood lived in Sherwood Forest and he was the best Arrow Shooter in Sherwood Forest and no-one could beat him in arrow shooting. One day the Sheriff had a contest for a good arrow shooter and he knew Robin Hood would win the contest and so he could capture him. SCOTT VIERA, age 8 Clubs. ' ' The club I like best is art and handwork. I hove been in it for two terms. The oth- er term I was in Sports — club. A little while ago in my club I made a hedgehog. I mode it out of paper. First I blew up a balloon. Then I put seven layers of paper over it. Then I taped the legs on. I put small pieces of paper over the tape, because you can ' t paint over tape. Then I got on egg-box and cut out a bump. Then I fixed it on, with tape, for the snout. Then I put paper over the tape and painted it. Then I paint- ed some tooth-picks and struck them on its back. JOHN PAUL SKINNER ' 1 am in the music club. The whole club ploy records. Simon and I are on our sec- ond term in the music club. Sometimes we hove to teach other boys in the music club. When we have practiced our recorders we read plays and then we can play. I have learned notes ' a ' , ' b ' , ' c ' , ' d ' , ' e ' , 1 ' sharp. GORDON TENNENT ' 1 like clubs because we learn all sorts of notes. When I first started music lessons I found it quite hard to move my fingers but it got easier. After we have had some practice we would go outside to read books. They ore all the same books and there are names in them. We also do plays and the other boys watch us and they have got to guess what our play is. Now I am in my second term and I nearly know all the notes. SIMON CROFT am in the music club. I like the music club because I would like to learn music. I play a recorder with other boys. Mrs. Hopkins teaches us. Philip and I are two of the best players. We know ' Go and Tell Aunt Nancy ' , ' Aken Drum ' and ' Pierrot ' off by heart. I know ' a ' , ' b ' , ' c ' , ' d ' and low ' d ' . I hove done card eight. Now I am going to do card nine. DA WD MULHOLLAND 67 WHAT I LIKE I think God for the ocean, for all the fish that swim in it, and all the creatures too. All the crabs and lobsters, and other small things. We must try not to pollute it. John Paul Skinner, Age 7. I like the sunset best of ail, because it shines on the ocean. It also makes the sky beautiful. I like the red and orange colour. The sunset is always pretty. It makes just about everything pretty. Angus Lynn, Aged 7. Do you know what you like about the world? I will tell you what I like, i like the wind that blows around me. It helps you to keep cool and I like the wind because it helps you to live. What do you think if there was no wind you would get very hot. Christopher Spurting, Aged 7. In the world I think the flowers are the most beautiful things. The hibiscus is four different colours, red, pink, orange and bright pink. The night blooming cerius is bright yellow. Many other flowers are all different colours. There are many other types of flowers, pretty ones, bright ones, nice coloured ones. Some have ants in, some don ' t. Some smell nice, some have no smell at all. Some flowers grow on cac- tus, some grow on stalks, some don ' t. Some grow in flower beds, some grow on bush- es. Gordon Tennent, Aged 7 I like the rain because it waters the trees, flowers and the roads. It is nice and re- freshing rain. The wind is for cooling us when we are hot. The ocean is for swimming in and fishing for good fish and lobsters. The birds are yellow and red. Steven Johnson, Aged 7. SPORTS DAY ' ' On Sports Day it was wet but we still had sports. First were the class ones races then the class twos then the class threes. I won the running race, Ross Morbey came second and Marc Bacon came third. We didn ' t have high-jump because the sand was too wet. So we had it on Thursday. Rry Ashton ' ' On Sports Day John Philipp and I came first in the wheel-barrow race. In long- jump Marc Bacon came first 281cm. Then came Ross Morbey 280cm. In third place came Mark Mansi. In the three legged race Michael Cash and Timothy Kempe came in first place. On Sports Day it was raining and I got very muddy. Richard Seymour It was a lot of fun on Sports Day even though Raymond DeSilva and I didn ' t win. I liked when Raymond ' s face went in the ground. We got dirty that day. The winners were Richard and John Philipp. Paul Sofianos 68 ' ' On Sports Day it was a very wet day. I was unlucky to be in the sack race because it was slippery. I won the race but at the finishing line I almost jumped out of my sack and got dirty. So when I went up to the classroom I washed my hands and legs. Then I had a drink and went home. Chris Powell ' WHAT I LIKE AND DISLIKE ABOUT SCHOOL ' 1 like Mr. Haygarth ' s stories because they are fun and interesting. I like to paint because you can make fun, interesting, pretty pictures. I like clubs because we learn new notes. I dislike playing cricket because it is no fun at all. ' ' Steven Johnson ' 1 like doing my English and Maths because they educate me. I don ' t like reading to the teacher because I get tired. On Sports Day it was a rainy day. I also like going home in the afternoon and after I do my homework I like to have a rest. Patrick Cator ' ' The one thing I like best about school is my teacher. I like playing cricket on Fri- days. I like thestory Mr. Haygarth tells us. We are having the story of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Our school is a private one. We are going on our summer holidays very soon. Angus Belford Lynn I like clubs because I think it is fun. I don ' t like painting. The best thing is about Miss Thompson. I like Miss Thompson because she is a nice teacher. I like math. I like nearly everything in the school. I like climbing on the climbing frame because I get some exercise. I am in woodwork. Nicholas St. John Dyson Cycle Gymkhana Every year the police organise a cycle gymkhana for the children of Bermuda. All children under sixteen can enter. The races are apple and sack, obstacle race, slow race, fifty yards, one hundred yards and one lap. I entered fifty yards, one lap, one hundred yards and obstacle race. I came second in obstacle race. I got a silver medal- lion for that. Christopher Spurling got three g old medallions, a bronze medallion, a tnophy and a cup. The Police Gymkhana is at Prospect, Devonshire. David Stubbs The Cycle Gymkhana was held at the police field on a Saturday in the morning. The first people to enter were the eight, nine and ten year olds. In the afternoon they had the final races. The first race was the race for eight, nine and tens. It was fifty-yards. I came first. Then came the apple and sack. I came, first in that too. Then c ime the obstacle race. I came first in that too. Then we had a race round the field. I came forth in that. Then came the slow race. I came third in that race. Chris Spurling I went to the Cycle Gymkhana. The police organise the Gymkhana. I went in the one lap. Also there is apple andf sack, fifty yards, hundred yards and the obstacle race. Chris Spurling came first in fifty yards. Then I left. Chris Collier 69 ' 1 am in the music club. Gordon and Simon have been in the music club two terms and they know more notes than us. The instrument we play i$ the recorder and my mother used to play the recorder. She taught me all the notes she knew and now I know as much as they do. These are all the notes I know ' a ' , ' b ' , ' c ' , ' D ' , low ' d ' e ' , 1 ' , ' F ' sharp and low V. I liked when I was in class 2 because that was when the girls were here. Philip Gift like clubs because I like doing high-jump and I like playing football. Mr. O ' Leary makes us do exercises to make our muscles loose. When I did high-jump Ross Morbey came second and Roy Aston came first. Brian Morris like sports club best of all because we do high-jump. The highest I hove ever jumped is three foot two inches. I also like sports club because we do cricket. On Sports Day it was wet so we couldn ' t have high-jump and long-jump. So we had it on Thursday, in high-jump I was beaten by Roy Ashton. In long jump I was beaten by Marc Bacon. Also I was beaten by Roy Ashton again in the running race. I had three second ribbons. Ross Morbey like the sports club because I like football. You may want to ask me why. Well I will tell you why. I like getting exercise and the way I like to get exercise is to run aiber the ball. I like cricket too because I like to swing my arms around and hit the ball with the cricket bat. Once when somebody else was batting he hit me in the head with the bat by accident. Michael Klein ' 1 like clubs because it gives you something to do. I am in music club. Mrs. Hop- kins teaches me. The whole club p ays the recorder. I am on card eight right now. Philip Clift is one of the best recorder players. Philip is my best friend. Simon Croft and Gordon Tennent are the best recorder players. We have learned notes ' b ' , ' a ' , ' c ' , Andrew Mello ' 1 like the sports club because we get to play cricket and football. Sometimes we get to do high-jump and long-jump. I like to play football best because I am good at it. it. Raymond de Silva ' 1 am in music club. I like it. We have learnt to play some songs like ' Aken Drum ' . We get to take parts home to practice. After we have played some songs we go out and have fun. There oref ten boys in music club. John Philip Wolf like clubs because we have cricket. Sometimes after cricket we have a game of football. Then Mr. O ' Leary makes us exercise. Then we do jumping over others. We hoh to land on our shoulders. Then we had to roll over backwards. First we had to put our feet together. Then squat down and roll backwards. Marc Bacon 70 OLD BOYS ' COLUMN In future editions of this magazine we hope to include a record of the achieve- ments (academic, professional etc.) of any former pupil of the school, particularly those who have left in the last ten years. Please use this form to report any facts about yourself and Old Boys known to you, particularly if they are unlikely to report it themselves. Address your contribution to The Editors at the school. If you wish to receive subsequent ed itions of the Year Book, please contact the Treasurer of the Saltus Association. Name ... Address. Occupation Date of leaving Saltus Please note: 72 PRINTED INBERMUOA BY SPRINT