Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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FROM THE HEADMASTER: Year Book 1981 As I write these notes the corridors and classrooms are deserted, the sound of ball and bat from the playing field is finally stilled and only the kaleidoscopic memories of a very full academic year remain to ruffle the quiet of another summer vacation. To scan these pages is to be aware of achievement in all its many manifestations. In the classroom, on the sports field, on the stage and concert platform, in the realm of community service, our boys have all played their parts and in most cases played them well. I congratulate not only those boys in all three departments of the school whose exploits are contained in this Year Book but also those who quietly and with determination carried out their tasks responsibly and to the best of their varying abilities. They have all served their school well and the past year has been the richer for their presence and their contribution. Regretably, and it would appear, inevitably, we have also had our share of boys, thankfully in the minority, who have done little to justify the fees spent on them. They varied from those boys who passively drifted through their studies consistently under-achieving and perfectly content to do so despite constant proddings, to those who were actively anti- social and who swallowed up disproportionate amounts of staff time and energy in coping with their misdemeanours. Such boys were normally excuse makers, failing to realise that in life people are judged not by what they believe them- selves to be capable of doing but by what they actually do. It is not my wish at this time to blemish the achievements of the many with the lamentable behaviour and per- formance of the few. As in all things, one needs to maintain a sense of perspective and Saltus continues to be a school in which we can justifiably take pride. My particular thanks go to all those parents whose strong support and many kindnesses throughout the year to Preparatory, Juni or and Senior Departments have encouraged us all. The wish to be appreciated is a very human one and I am happy to state that our parent body leave us in no doubt that we are. The Headmaster, Mr. J. K. McPHEE. BA. Dip. Ed.. M.Ed.

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J TRUSTEES H.C. Butterfield, Esq. — Chairman D. Anfossi, Esq. J. Burland, Esq. Dr. D.E. Campbell C.T.M. Collis, Esq. H.C.D. Cox, Esq. N.B. Dill, Jr., Esq. F.J. Gosling, M.B.E. C.E. Pearman, Esq. D.C. Selley, Esq. L. Simmons, Esq. G. Titterton, Esq. It was with a feeling of profound regret that the School learnt of the untimeli death of Chief Superintendant W. M. ' Syfces ' Smith on Sundai; 14th of June. He will be sadli missed by all at Saltus.

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Mr. M. DURRANI, M.A. (Oxon) Senior School Staff Mr. R. GARDNER, B.Ed. (Hons.) (Cambridge) Mr. J. BEARD, B.Ed. (Hons.) (Keele) Mr. V. EVANS, Stranmillis (Belfast), B.A. (Queens) Mr. W. HANLON, B.A. (London and Queens) Mr. W. DUNCAN, L.R.S.M. Mr. V. FILIPPINI, Assoc. Deg. Maths., B.T., B. Tech. Ed., M.T. Mr. D. HARRISON, B.Sc. (Hons.) (Manchester) Mr. N. KERMODE, B.A. (Hons.) (East Anglia) Mrs. M. LODGE, B.Sc. (Hons.) (Wales) Miss S. MATTHEWS, B.A. Mr. D. Morrison, B.A. (Wales)