Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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Who ' s watching the classes, H.M.? NEW TEACHERS 1978 lam ' Next September, we welcome a completely new English team to the Senior School. MR. NIGEL KERMODE comes to us after six years ' experience in secondary schools in Norfolk and Rutland. He holds an Honours B.A., from the University of East Anglia. He is a qualified librarian and will take over the library. His considerable experience in both acting and directing plays will be very helpful in filling in the gap left by the loss of Mr. Paul Galea. He is married, with two children. MR. THEO VAN ZWANENBURG holds an Honours B.A. from the University of Toronto and a P.G.C.E. at Lon- don University. He has taught two years in the United Kingdom and two in Papua, New Guinea, and is presently completing his Master ' s degree in English at the University of Waterloo. He is no stranger to Bermuda, having married a rr ' rniudian. He has one son. Also ma!Ti ' .;r ' to a Bermudian is MRS. MARY LODGE, who will take over the Biology; her husband. Dr. Jeremy Lodge, is returning to Bermuda to become a resident psychiatrist at St. Brendan ' s Hospital. Mrs. Lodge holds an Hono ■s B.Sc. degrc. at Swansea University and has been teaching for four years at Sherborne Girls ' School and at a coiv- ' ■ehensive school in Nottinghamshire. The Fr..nch wiil be taken over by MR. RICHARD GARDNER, B. Ed. (Cambridge), who comes to us from a school in Suffolk. He is a man of many parts; a Duke of Edinburgh Gold Medallist, he also plays the violin and has a qualification in pottery. Once ag ) very tiappily, we have no changes to report in either the Junior or Preparatory Departments. 8

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SENIOR YEAR 1977 — 78 I ' m sure Mr. Ziegler can verify that this year ' s Senior Year wasn ' t as bad as he nnay have anticipated. The press even thought we were worth a few words of honour. Rene Vermeulen, Philip Snnith, and Vance Campbell were the most outstanding students, Rene was admitted into four Ivy League Universities, Philip ended up accepting a soccer scholarship from George Washington University and Vance was awarded a $5,200 scholarship from Franklin and Marshall. Mary Tavares obtained a $1,500 scholarship from Mount Saint Vincent. One third of the class graduated with overall honours. This year, the Senior Year Award went jointly to Jennifer Madeiros and Chris Popper. Those are a few of the achievements of the students. However, we do expect many more achievements in the future:- Sue and Mark will be our first married couple, Charles our first international marathon walker, Chris our first party doctor, John Edmunds our first motorcycle racer and sailing pro, and Brian Mollis our first telephone pole destruction officer. One of the new teachers, Mr. McKelvie, proved that his teaching was of a high standard and we are expecting some superb pieces of literature to be published in the near future so look out for them! 1 . How to care for your pet walrus — Lisa Adamson 2. Living life to its fullest — Karen Goodwin 3. Muscle building procedures — Peter Blaney 4. How to FLUNK out of Senior Year — Jennifer Madeiros 5. How to get out of typing lessons — Lynn Cordon Those are expected achievements. We are also aware of things that will never happen like the day Philip arrives on time for registration, the day Laura arrives on time for Chemistry, the day Johan arrives without his um- brella and the day Lisa Sibley arrives at all! The day David misses a party, Tyrone misses a try, Vance misses a chance, Karen Hendrickson misses some gossip, and Jon Vickers misses a lunch. Jane Conyers found partying a easier sport than school while Rene found everything easier than anyone else! Baby Carlos and midget Cindy found out that being unique was simply fantastic and kept their chins up. One sunny day in early May we all noticed that, to our surprise, Mr. Ziegler was in a good mood! ! ! ! We found out later that he had had a baby — well, Mrs. Ziegler actually HAD it! Maybe things like that should happen more often ! — No, really, our congrats to the new Mom and Dad. Yes, we had some pretty hairy experiences last year. First of all, Karen Ruskin got a brush stuck in her hair and nobody turned up for Maths because we had to help her get it out. Sue happily put on her helmet only to find a great wad of sticky chewing gum inside it. Somebody knocked over a ten ounce can of orange yuce (that ' s juice in English) into Johan ' s helmet. Winifred came into the Gibbon ' s Room one morning and shocked everyone as she had gone from flat to fluffy (with only this much Prell ! ! !) The enthusiastic athletes in the form stopped for no-one and insisted on playing cricket (with a hockey stick) in the Gibbon ' s Room. Luckily, Mr. Ziegler never noticed the six smashed windows and of course nobody told him. The Graduation Dinner held at Sonesta Beach Hotel was a great success (due to the speedy organization of Chris and Jenny). The guest speaker, Mr. Julian Hall, aroused everyone ' s attention and was very interesting. Some of the remarks made by Mr. Ziegler and Mr. Haygarth during their speeches were ordered to be taken from the records. Friday ' s sunrise was seen by most (however feebly!), but some people were overcome by hiccups and had to be taken home. How many remember the extensive evening you ask??? — Well, I refuse to comment at this time! Well, as they say, all good things come to an end , and Senior Year wasn ' t such a bad way to cool out for a year — I suppose! ! I don ' t think any of us could have made it through without each other and for sure none of us could have made it without Michael Fox ' s musical knowledge, Sarah ' s German talents, Brian Cook ' s chauvinism and presidential qualities, Jane Downing ' s intelligence and comics, Karen Ruskin ' s abundance of compliments, Kim ' s health and beauty, Anna ' s sympathetic nature, Johnny Nisbett ' s encouraging smile, Guy ' s determination, Winifred ' s photography, Peter Goggin ' s wit, and of course we must never forget (could we ever???) Mr. Ziegler ' s constant kick in the rear which kept us all alert ... thanks! See y ' all at our ten year reunion, Laura Saints 10