Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

Text from Pages 1 - 88 of the 1983 volume:

TRUSTEES H.C. Butterfield, Esq. — Chairman J. Amos, Esq. D. Anfossi, Esq. J. Burland, Esq. Dr. D.E. Campbell H.C.D. Cox, Esq. N.B. Dill, Jr., Esq. F.J. Gosling, M.B.E. C.E. Pearman, Esq. Dr. E.S.D. Ratteray D.C. Selley, Esq. L. Simmons, Esq. D. Tolaram, Esq. G. Titterton, Esq. Saltus Grammar School Bursar: Mr. G. Rosser The Headmaster: Mr. J.K. McPhee, B.A., Dip. Ed., M.Ed. FROM THE HEADMASTER I write these words on the eve of Founder ' s Day and as always at this time of year our thoughts go back to our origins and to all those who for almost a century have made their various contributions to the school. We have been left a rich heritage which it is our duty to pass on, untarnished and if possible enhanced, to those who follow. You the students, have an important part to play. Whenever you strive for and achieve high standards in your various endeavours, whenever you face up to problems courageously, whenever you recognize your duties and honour your com- mitments, whenever you show concern for others, whenever, in fact, you demonstrate any of those qualities of mind, character and spirit that are the products of a fine education, then by your actions you honour your heritage and provide an example for those who will follow. You have been born and will live in an era of unprecedented technological advance and global interdependence and it is our responsibility as a teaching staff to ensure that you are equipped to meet the many challenges that lie ahead. One of the more obvious of the recent steps taken by Saltus in that direction has been the setting up of a Computer Centre equipped with nine micro computers and the employment of a full time teacher of Computer Science to start in September. But most important of all we, the teachers, must pass on those traditional values that are so vital for both the fulfilled individual and for a free society. This especially means a commitment to those values which transcend personal advantage and material reward and involve the use of old fashioned words such as service, self-discipline and duty. We must continue to create an atmosphere where duties are more important than rights and where you, the students, are led to grasp the central truth that we depend upon each other not only for our prosperity but also for our happiness and for all that makes life worthwhile. 1 Cavendish Preparatory Isn ' t it supposed to he 2l) ' s turn today? 2 Thanh Dear Mrs. Benevides, Thank you for getting the swing set and the see-saws. We have fun on the swings and see- saws. It is scary when the see-saws go up and down. We are not allowed behind the swings and see-saws but we have to line up at the swings and the see-saws. Our turn is on Wednesdays. I have seen other children on it and they were happy on the swings. Mark Outerbridge Dear Mr. Henagulph, Thank you for putting up the swing set at the school field and thank you for putting up the see-saws. The see-saws are lots of fun to ride on. Every Wednesday it is our turn on the swings and see-saws. I can ' t wait until Wednesday because I want to ride on the see- saws and swing on the swings. Nicholas Hirn A big thank you to this year ' s class mothers for all their hard work and support. Mrs. Marley (co-ordinator of the class mothers) Mrs. Leman (3T), Mrs. Lee (3M), Mrs. Taft (2B), Mrs. Starling (2D), Mrs. Sim- mons (IB) and Mrs. Clarke-Irons (IS). Enjoying the swings and see-saws. The Halloween Fair 1 X m ' The Castle of Fun by Marc Boden. Halloween On Halloween I was Snoopy. First I went to the Halloween Fair for one and a half hours. Then I went to Aaron Oliphan ' s Halloween party. I won the lucky dip. Then I went trick or treating with the big boys. We went up and down the hill. It was fun. Then we went to nearly every house on the farm. We had a lot of fun at the Saltus Fair. I like the castle of fun. It is very bouncy. I always fall down. Halloween On Halloween I dressed up as Inky the cat and secretly crept up on my mother. Then I screamed boo and she jumped a foot off the ground. So I giggled. She turned and saw thin air. I had gone round with her back and ran off with Jonathan to play on the fort. He was the Lone Ranger. Stephen Sainsbury 3T John and Patrick Singleton ' s most topical costume il- lustrated two of Bermuda ' s current problems: the Aedes Aegypti mosquito and the housing shortage. Christopher Heinike 3T 3 MRS. BACON ' S IB (5 - 6 year olds) had a terrific time with turtles! We all made models of many different types of turtles. Did You Know? (The result of an oral lesson discussing facts about turtles) All sea turtles have to come to the surface to breathe. Kevin Whitecross Turtles bury their eggs under the sand so that their enemies can ' t get them. James Collieson All turtles have cold blood. They are reptiles. Kyle Constable Turtles lived on the earth before dinosaurs. Richard Pereech Some turtles can hide from their enemy by tucking their heads inside their shell. Jason DeSousa Sea turtles can ' t put their heads inside their shells. David How Green turtles eat sea grass. Adam Mayo Turtles swim in the sea. Christopher Wallington Circcn turtles have green fat. Ian Smith All 1 urllcs lay eggs. Ryan Sommerville Hi) ' lurilc, that live in the sea can ' l run fast on Ihc land. Jean-Paul Dyer I ur I ](,• ' , can ' t survive on their backs. Mark Lomas f If CCD turtles arc an endangered species. Ian licrnard Please doiri kill ihcni. Ricky Mayl)ury Fish, sharks, dogs, birds, crabs and lizards are enemies of the hatchhngs. Niel Jones People are the enemy of big turtles. They kill them and eat them. Lars Simmons Galapagos tortoises come from Galapagos island. Erik Jensen The leather back turtle is the biggest sea turtle. Thomas Steinhoff Fresh water turtles are called terrapins. Jesse DeCouto Turtles leave tracks in the sand when they lay their eggs. Jeremy Hammon We made turtles out of margarine dishes and paper. Scott Hawthorne Here wc arc at Ihc Aquarium — a class painting. 4 Sea turtles feeding — Thomas Stein hoff A Visit to the Aquarium Original stories written by the boys after a most successful visit to the Aquarium to see the turtles. We went to the Aquarium and saw the Green turtles, and saw the Hawksbill turtles and saw the Ridley turtles. Jean-Paul Dyer We are looking at the Galapagos tortoise geting a bath. Erik Jensen I am woching the turtles in the Aquarium wev the uvr IB boys and we saw sum terrapins. Thomas Steinhoff I saw the red foot terrapin and Lars and I were holding hands. David How Here is a turtle at the Aquarium. Richard Pereech I was looking at the turtles in the tank at the Aquarium on Fri- day. Jeremy Hammond The highlight of the Aquarium visit — touching the 3 baby turtles. I am tuching the turtles in the Aquarium in the libree. Ian Smith Mrs. StarHng is tocq (taking) to us at the Aquarium. Lars Simons I was woching the turtles in the tank thay wr swiming. Scott Hawthorne I went to the Aquarium and I wocht the terrapin and we had fun. Ryan Sommerville I am looking at Galapagos tortoises. Kevin Whitecross I am at the Aquarium and I was looking in the tanc at the turtles swimming to eat there food and the fish. Neil Jones I am woching the Galapagos tortoises. They are walking in the sand. Christopher Wallington Touching the turtles — Niel Jones. MRS. SAMPSON ' S IS The class made a Dinosaur Frieze. Diplodocus by Trevor Hedges. Class IS Dinosaurs (The boys ' own spelling) I went to the land of the dinosaurs and I was in the desut and I saw allosaurus and I hurd crashing and I ran. Jason Whitecross d.d.d.... dozens The hoys phonic spelling has been left in. I went to the land of the dinosaurs and I was in the wood and I hurd crashin and I saw Tyrannosaurus and I nerlee got etin but I ran away. Britten West I went to the land of the dinosaurs and I saw allosaurus chasin brontosaurus and brontosaurus ran to the wotr and he was saf and he was eting plants. Nigel Swain I went to the land of the dinosaurs and I fond myself in a cev and I saw trachodon and I was fritend. Kevin Young I went to the land of the dinosaurs and I was in a big cev and I went outsiyd and I saw trachodon and I ran and ran until I got cot and I gev him a plant and he let me go. Jeremy Loomis A prehistoric landscape by Charlie Judd. d.d.d.... dinosaurs „ -t- - — si.-- • Prehistoric landscape by George Swan. Archaeopteryx by Jason Mollis . I went to the land of the dionsaurs and I saw triceratops eting gras. George Swan I went to the land of the dinosaurs and I saw iguanadon and I was in the tree and he et leeves off the tree. Charlie Judd I went to the land of the dinosaurs and I fawnd myself in a cev and I saw brontosaurus eetin plants and then tyrannosaurus rex cam to et brontosaurus up. Mark Moran Triceratops was a plont eta he had three horns. Scott Wheeler Iguanadon had a hornee thumb and he had flat teeth and he ate plants. Andre Bean Tyrannosaurus had shurp clors and teeth and he ran on two legs. Seth Aruda Triceratops had sharp horns and he had a big coir bon arawnd his nec and he was a good fitr. Mark Moran Elasmosaurus ate fish and he livd in the wotr and he had sharp teeth. Brian Smack Tyrannosaurus saw ankylosaurus and he ran to see wot it was then they stated to fit but ankylosaurus hit tyrannousaurus on the hed. Charlie Judd y4 . -A X i r ■ i Vv, Triceratops by Daniel Graham. Iguanodons by Scott Wheeler and Jason Mollis. MRS. BEARD ' S 2B Flying Fish? — Benjamin Leighlon and Richard Lines. The Tifoso One day the Tifoso went out to the sea and they got caught on the reefs. They had a lot of oil. The pilot boat and the tug boat had to get the people off the boat and get all of the oil off. If they did not take the oil.off it would go all over the sea. Tarik Smith The Tifoso went aground just off Bermuda waters and the crew had to get some boats with divers. The crew boat was about 3 football pit- ches long. They took the crew to the princess. Paul Coleman The Tifoso got stuck on a big reef and some boats came to pick up the 30 sailors and people. They put all of the oil on their ship. If the Tifoso sunk and all the oil came out it would kill all the fish. It was as big as 3 football feilds and it would do a lot of damige to Bermuda. We would not be able to have fun at the beach and in the water. Tommy Sherratt A tanker got shipwrecked and it was named the Tifoso it made a big crash. It would make Bermuda all oily. No people would come to Ber- muda at all if the tanker got ship wrecked. Richard Lines Trip to the Aquarium We went to the Aquarium. We went to the library in the Aquarium. We got to touch a sharks jaw and we got to draw some things on the fish. The fish 1 got to do wanted spots and it looked like a red hind. David Smith I went to the Aquarium and I saw lots of Morey eels and I saw a Queen angel fish and I saw a octopus and I saw a sea horse and it was holding its head. There were lots of sea anenomes. We saw the shark and Ar- chie the seal. We saw the sharks jaw and watched a movie calld Among Fish. Mrs. Staling wrote and drew a picture. Boys had to draw the fins and some coral. Andrew Taft I went to The Aquarium, and I saw a pufferfish and a morey eel. I saw a movie and then I saw Archie the seal and a baby shark and a Queen angelfish and a shark sucker and a rock fish and a turtle and a sea anenome and a sargeant major. Austin Simons I liked when we went to see the flounder and saw his eyes sticking up. Then we went to see the parrot fish and then we went to see the squir- rel fish and the grunt. Benjamin Leighton An Angel Fish — Andrew Taft. If I Were a Fisherman If I were a fisherman. I am a fisherman that fished along time ago in a wooden boat with sails. We threw nets over the back of the boat and dragedthem and I hoped that the fish would not see the net when they were swiming, and get cought in it. Then I would pull the net up and some fish would be in it. I would put them in boxis and I would nail it up so they would not get smelly. It took us fishermen three days to get there and three days to get back. When we got back we gave them to restaurants and hotels. We saved one to eat at supper with our potatoes and beans and carrots and it was so good we got some more fish with potatoes. David Charron If 1 were a fisherman 1 just made this up. One day I went out to the sea with my boal, to the best fishing spot and 1 caught thousinds of fish. It took three days to get back and I would sell them. Adam Farrcli if I were a fisherman. 1 go out in a little fishing boat and I catch fish. ( )iic day I caiiglii a lot of fisli and I put I hem in a box. Tiien I threw my net over board again and I caught a morey eel and a wahoo. .lustin Kendall I am a rishernian. I caught a Waiioo lisii. It wouldn ' t be nice if you got sea sick. 1 woiik! I ' ccI liortihic. Alexander Haslam 8 Si. George and the Dragon — an eggshell collage, by 2B. St. George and the Dragon The story of St. George and the dragon. Once along long time ago there was a man calld St. George and he was a very brave man. There was a lot of people who were scared of a dragon and they used to feed him sheep. But one day they got out of sheep and then they had to feed him people. And so they put names on paper Hke raflle ticke ts and they pulled out the kings daughters name. The king gave them some money but they would not take it so they put the princess by a lake where the dragon lived. Then St. George came by and saw the princess crying and he asked her why she was crying and she told him all a bout the dragon. So St. George told the princess that he would wait in a bush near the lake. That night the dragon came out of the lake and then St. George came riding out of the bush and he killed the dragon. David Charron We make a Queen Angel Fish. The Wiggly Tooth Last night my tooth was wigalee and it came loose last night. I put it under my pillow and the tooth fairy came for me. It was my first tooth to come out and there was lots of blud and lots of money. I washed it out with salt water, it tasted yucky. I did not like it, it was horrible. When I woke up the money was in the middle of my bed. I had a hard time looking for it. My teeth were red and they were yucky and I lost the one that came out. But the tooth fairy still came for me she left me 50 cents and that is a lot and I put it in my Bank. Now I have got lots of cents and my cents part is full and soon I have to take it to the bank to get the money out so I can fill it up again and again and again. Alexander Rollin Carruthers. It Couldn ' t Happen to Me A spaceship landed on earth and the door opened and I went inside. The door shut tight and it took off. It took me to it ' s planet and I was scared, the planet it landed on was the planet Mars and my Mummy and Daddy were worried. I was scared and the alliens looked scared too. I was surprised to see my friend and she was in jail. Then I sat down and I got electrocuted and I was dead and my friend cryed and the alien took off. Somebody fixed me up and I freed my friend and flew back to earth. My mummy and my Daddy were happy to see me. Christopher Burns One day this spaceship landed on the earth and 1 went in it and sud- denly the door slamed shut. I jumped up and there was a space mar- shon, I was so scard that I ran and I bumped in to the door. The space Marson wanted to be friends with me, so I said would you like a ham- burger and he said space marshans don ' t like hamburgers. So I said what do you like then? The space marshan said they like baked beans and the other thing that they like is pancakes and sausages. I said I must be going now. OK see you later nice meeting and talking with you. Then the spaceship took off and I told my mummy and daddy all about this but they did ' nt believe me. Adam Farrell Once Upon a Time... Once upon a time I was a knight and a dragon came up behind me. He pushed me off my horse and I fell on top of another knights horse. The knight pushed me off. I got mad so I jumped back on my horse and I nocked the knight off his horse. I was riding a black horse and I rode past him, then I jumped off the horse and landed on him. We started to fight. I ran for my knife and killed him. Trevor Ferguson Once upon a time there lived a knight. His name was Michael. Michael had a battle to marry the Queen. The one that won was Michael. Michael Branco 9 MRS. DRAYCOTT ' S We saw a film strip about Snow Wliite. Once there was a beautiful Princess and Her Name was Snow White and The Queen was Furious mirror mirror on the wall Who is The Fairest Of Them all Snow White is your Highness I must Find a way to stop Her From being The Fairest Change me into an old woman, and she had a poisoned apple So She went where Snow white was staying bye said Snow white see you at Suppertime Donl let anyone in — all right I promise I wont let anybody in this house after the dwarfs went — the Qeen came Dressed as an old Woman and came to The House, and Snow white Let Her come in and she Took a bite, and She droped The Apple and She laid in The wheelbarrow and The prince woke Her up and They got married. Robin Simmons Age 6 We studied Bermuda ' s Coral Life . And we wrote some fishy tales. We went to the Aquarium and we saw the fish and then we saw a film about the fish and then we saw the film again and we saw a shark sucker and my Mummy took pictures of us. Michael Starling Age 6 I went to the Aquarium and I saw a queen angel fish and a shark and a crab and a gruper, a octerpuss, corals and a green moray eel and some sargent magers and other fish. Derek tucht a shark tooth and got cut. Adam Davis Age 6 I went fishing and I caught a fish the fish had stripes and I was taking it to the Aquarium and befor I took it to the Aquarium I took it to the experts and they said it was a funny fish and it would die in the Aquarium so I threw it back into the water. Nicholas Fagundo Age 6 I went swimming and I swam far away in Shelly Bay and I saw a shark it was white the shark was vicious and I was very scerd I saw a speed bowt and they saw me and they helpped me I got on the boat and we went a littl bit and I jumped into the see and swam away. Simon Bulmer Age 7 My drcarn fish David Dodwcll. Snow Wiiite I wocht Snow White and it was fun and I lickt it. The queen was jehs of a princess and the queen sent a hunts man to kil Snow White and in- sted he towd her to run and she did run and the trees seed her and then litl animals fowd her and she sed I hope I didnt seer you and she went to live with the sevin dwofs and then an old lade came to the house and she gave Snow White an appl and she fell asleep then they put her in a glass bed and a prints came and gave her a majic kiss and carrid her off and they lived happily ever after. Omari Steede Age 6 Sell porlrail ... Slcvc i C ' urdwcli. A lost city... Shimon Alkon. One day Tim and Susan were at school and Tim met his freind and when it was playtime Tim and his freind where by the hedge and somebody pulled them backwards and wouldn ' t let them go, becouse they were theifs and they wanted to rob the school and the school had over 1,000,000 dollars and the theifs wanted the children first so that the children couldent help the teachers fight the theifs up above them were some of the strongest boys in the school and they jumped on the theifs and took there guns and shot the theifs and that was the end. Robert Melotti Age 6 A scene from The Agricultural Show... Michael Starling. My pumpkin was in a shop. I was lucky that the pumpkin was magic — the cops were after me but all in a sudden there was a big jerk do you known what happened a whole load. I was frightened but then I heard a voice. The voice said dont worry I am a magic pumpkin I will get rid of the cops for you then both of the cops fell down to the ground the pumpkin said hang on tight then you will be home in a jiff then you will be avil to sit down and wate for me to give you your sup- per and after I will let you rest and let your supper go down then I will take you for a ride in the sea Now hop on the we can go all the way to Africa. Steven Cardwell Age 6 E.T. One day a Space Ship flew down from outer Space. I was sleeping out- side when a creatre came into the tent. Mum let me Keep him. I called him E.T. we had fun together but one day we where not looking where we where going and we rolled down a hill but when E.T. saw his space ship he knew that it had come back for him. We said goodbye then he went in to his Ship and flew away. David Dodwell Age 6 We Won — Ashley Finnigan. One day Tim went to school but the school was closed and Tim ' s engine was broken and his house was six miles away from his school and his Mother was coming at three o ' clock and he forgot his lunch and he was starving. By the time his Mother got to the school he was so skinny. Colin Singleton Age 6 4 II 11 My boat... Andrew Barrow. Beautiful Bermuda I like the buooty and the trees, and the anamals, flowers, plants and culers, and even Bermuda Beeches. Andrew Smith Age 6 I like living in Bermuda because I like playing with my mother and go- ing to the beach and when we go home it is dark and we go to bed and on Sunday we have a barbeque at the beach. Michael Wallace Age 7 I like the birds and children and also the other anamals and allso the men that work to keep Bermuda Beautiful and the teachers that work all day and they take care of all the children and teach the children to make things beautiful. Jeremy Lam Age 6 11 MISS THOMPSON ' S 3T Daisies — Craig Smith. Why I Like School I like Sports because I enjoy them and I practise. I like drawing because it ' s fun. I like Math because it is great fun. I like English too and I like Clubs because it is great fun. I like to Spell. I like lunch so I can play football. I like playing chess with Alan. Adam Booth Why I Don ' t Like School The reason why I do not like school is because every Thursday we have to sing. We have to be in plays and do English. Believe it or not I hate maths and reading and worst of all questions. Worst worst of all is having to wake up at seven o ' clock just to go to school. Robin Lang Why I Like School I like School because we have clubs and visit different places. I like maths as well as clubs and every Friday we paint pictures and we have a long play time. Every Tuesday we sing in the hall and every Friday wc play football as well. Ryan Kromer Why I l)on ' ( Like School! I can think ol a lot of reasons why I don( like school. For example the work is loo hard, the playing periods are too short, and why cant we all ,() into the sand when it is dry? The holidays are too short they should be at least three or four weeks instead of two weeks. To lop it off. Why cant we all get out at home time at the same time? Douglas Parker What Bermuda Means To Me I like the .story of Bermuda and what is left of it. Where no snow drops are to be seen and people come from all over to see our paradise. It would be a wonderful place if it werent for litter. You know paradise is hard to find where it doesn ' t snow. We live on a wonderful island you and me. Christopher Heinicke First a volcano was forming and when it was formed some people call- ed it the Isles Of Devils. Lets go forward in to lime. Right now I like swimming and making things the most. Some say its not fun but I think its fun. Also I like fishing and staying at home. Charlie Kempe I like Bermuda because I think the morning glory looks nice and also the sago palm. I like the Bermudianas and the hibiscus and I like the rabbits and the kittens. I like the longtails the cardinals and the bluebirds and also the oldeanders. I like the seagulls and also the par- rotfish and also the Spanishhog and the four eyed fish. Michael Parsons I like Bermuda because of the beautiful flowers around us. You might go to the zoo and you might see some cute animals. Some times you Might see some junk so please pick it up and make Bermuda more beautiful. You sould go to see the Botanical Gardens. Ryan Kromer Blue Arrows — Christopher Heinicke. Working at Island Construction Working there is not that bad. The part I like is driving the botcat brrum and out of the shed I go. Going for a test drive is fun. It ' s like going on an obstacle course. Then the real fun part is picking up the sand and putting it in one big pile. The most best part is at the end of the day when I get a ride on the scramber with Stuart. I hate to go home but there ' s always tomorrow. Ian 12 Teacher at Desk — Ryan Kromer. Jaws Long ago there was a shark named Jaws and Jaws went to a beach and killed a boy. Now they are looking for Jaws and some times they went to the beach and went swim- ming. Jaws came back again. So one day they had a meeting to go out on a 42 foot boat which is wooden to try and kill Jaws. So they went out and Jaws wrecked the boat and tried to kill a man. But he did not kill the man and one man killed Jaws. Julian Wheddon Puff The Magic Dragon Long long ago there was a jolly green dragon. He was called Puff the Magic Dragon. Puff walked by a window and it was sunrise. The boy in the bed waked up and Puff said, Come with me. He did and Puff turned his bed into a boat. He started on his way to the magic land of Puff. On the way they passed a ship and everybody waved at them and they waved back. They went on their way to the magic land. Later on they met a giant and he stopped them. They said Let us go and you can have a wish . He let them go and he wished he was a cook and he made him a cook. When they got to the magic land the flowers were dead. Everything was dead. No horses, No rabbits. Puff said What happened? and just as Puff spoke the giant came and sprinkled some soap over the land. It came normal again. Magnus Henagulph The Kind Boy One day a boy was skipping down a road. He saw a sheep run from its field. Some foxes ran after it. It was a baby sheep. The boy picked up a stick and hit the foxes. They ran off. Then he saw an owl trying to catch a mouse. The boy picked up a rock and threw a rock at it. It flew away. The boy saw a kiskadee trying to catch a lizard. The boy picked up a piece of metal and threw it. The boy saw a spider trying to catch a beetle. The boy picked up a thing stick and threw it. It was getting late when he smelled some smoke. He saw a fire started. He ran and stamped on it. Though he loved them so much he saved them from danger. Then he ran home. He had his supper. He had a shower and read a book and went to brush his teeth and went to sleep. Alain Gordon Seymour An Adventure Story One day when I was fishing in my boat, I saw a ghostly ship on the horizon. When it came a bit closer I saw the skull and crossbone. Then I knew it was the Jolly Roger. The Jolly Roger is Blackbeard ' s ship. Then I saw two long boats come to the side of my boat and then a lot of pirates jumped onto my boat. I loaded my rifle and I killed six pirates. Then one of the pirates fired the ships cannons and the cannon ball just missed my boat. Just then I saw the coast guard. , Michael Maughan Garfield — Marc Boden. i! Daffodils — Michael Hay ward. 13 MR. MEREDITH ' S 3M Samson There once was a man named Samson he was very strong. His father and mother wanted him to get married. Then one day Samson found a wife that he lilced. The next day they got married and the wedding lasted for seven days. Samson asked a riddle the riddle was out of the strong came something sweet out of the eater came something to eat it took them seven days to find it out. They sent his wife and she manag- ed to squeeze it out of him then she went and told the men then they came and told him the answer then he went out and killed 60 men and brought it to the 21 men. One other day some men wanted to catch Samson but they did not now how because he was so strong then one of the men had an idea he knew a lady that he liked so they went over to her house and they ask- ed her to find out what made him so strong. She asked Samson over and she asked him what made him so strong several times but he just laughed then he told her if he cut his hair he would be weak then she gave him a drink of wine and she cut his hair she called the men in they tied him up and took him to the new hall and tied him between two poles, where everyone could see him. Samson started to talk to God he said give me back my powers that I had and I will teach them a lesson. God gave him back his strength and he pulled down the building it killed everyone even himself. ' Rhinocerous ' — Steven Whitecross. The Sorcerers Apprentice Once upon a time I was a sorcerer ' s apprentice and the sorcerer could ride on a crocodiles back. One day I was cleaning up and I heard the sorcerer talking so I hid behind a door and I heard the sorcerer putting a spell so a broom could come alive and serve him a feast. So when he went out I came in and made the broom come alive and I made it go out and fetch water for my bath. It went back and forth fetching water from the well so when my bath was full. I said stop, stop! but it didn ' t stop so I got an axe and chopped the broom in half but the broom was in pieces and just as of the house was full the wizard came in and told the broom to go back in its corner. Justin Griffiths U.F.O. ' s I believe in U.F.O. ' s because I have seen many stories about them and one night a fire noise woke me up and I saw a light and I got out of bed and got a flash light then I went down in the cellar and saw an alien and I asked him what his name was and he said E.T. and he was scared. The next morning I told my mom I saw E.T. and she said that we ' d better take you to the eye doctor. Alex Leonard Jonah Once there lived a man called Jonah and God had given him a com- mand to go to a city called Ninevah but Jonah disobeyed and went on a ship. He was going to a place called Tarshish but on the way the ran into a storm and it was a very bad storm and the passengers prayed to all their gods then Jonah said throw me overboard then the people did as they were told and the storm stopped and then Jonah was swallow- ed by a whale then when the whale opened its mouth and Jonah got out and swan to this island and he walked until he came to a city and God told Jonah that he had forgiven the people that were been mean and Jonah was agry and he went out into the sun and sat on a rock and a tree began to grow then it died and Jonah was sorry for the tree. God said that if you were sorry for that tree I should be sorry for the peo- ple. Alasdair Younie Nicholas Strong jj , jj g Rhinocerous got his Skin Long long ago there was a Parsee. He lived on the beach. All he had was a stove and a hat. One day he made a cake. When it was brown enough he took it off. And he was just about to eat it when a rhinocerous came charging down to the beach, got the cake on his his horn and ate it. The next day it was so hot that the parsee had his hat off. And the rhinocerous had his skin unbottoned. In those days at the bottom there were buttons and went down to the sea and took his skin and and went in then the Parsee filled his hat with breadcrumbs and put breadcrumbs on the skin. And when the rhinoceros put the skin back on he scraped and that made it wrinkled. Then he went away and the Parsee went away too. Wayne Jones ' Cable and Wireless ' — Sean Collier. 14 Cable and Wireless On Tuesday afternoon, we walked to cable and wireless The walk was very tiring but fun because we had lots of things to look at. When we got to cable and wireless we got on the project about the dish. They used lots of steel to make stations for the satellite dish. Mr. Murray- Tait showed us the other satellite dishes for telephone and television. And he told us that the dish would be one hundred feet tall. When we walked back to school the walk was fun. Theodore Francis On Tuesday afternoon we walked to Cable and Wireless and when we got there we met a man and his name was Mr. Murray-Tait and first of all he showed us where the satelitte dish was going to be and then he took us to a window in the back and we saw water come down and splashing on the ground inside the back because they were washing the top of the base and then he showed us the steel and then he took us around and showed us the dish that can pick up N.A.S.A. and the space ship Columbia and then he showed us a dish that when we telephone to a different country this dish puts you through to the country you want and it puts you through to the country you want and it puts a picture on your tv and then he took us to a building and he said this building is going to have computers and then we had to go back to school. George Masters The Cave I climbed down in to the cave then I found a skeleton then I picked it up and I went to find something else then I found a gun then I ran as fast as I could. Then I got out the gun that I found and I shot the crocodile then I walked then I came to some quicksand then I fell into it. I pulled and pulled but I could not get out of the quicksand. Sud- denly I had a clue I will get that long stick then I will push down to the bottom of the quicksand then I will push as hard as I can. Timothy Collins One day I was playing and then I saw a crack in the ground and so I climbed down into it and I went down and down and then I saw that it stopped so I got down and I looked around. I saw wrecks and spiders every where so I started walking. I walked for a while and I stopped and I saw a little pool and I saw there were fish in it. I was hungry and I remembered that I had some rope in my pocket so I walked back to where the opening was. I saw a rock at the top so I tied it like a lasso and I threw it up and it went down on the rock and I climbed up and 1 ran home and I went home and 1 had my dinner and I told my mum about it. Bryce Vaessen ' The Show ' — Theodore Francis. % ■ . I , 1 ' Sports Day ' — Andrew Riker. The Race I started to go faster and faster because I was in a race and some other people were beating me but I lost and I went home very sad. There was the biggest race in New York coming up so I started to train and soon the big race came up and I won the race. They picked me for a race in England. I went there and I started to train and train. This time there was a trillion people in the race. This time I won again so they picked me for the biggest race in the world. There was a zillion people in the race and I trained for ten years. I won again and they paid me a million dollars in real cash. Marcus Wells I started to go faster, and faster and I bumped into a wall and went flying into the air and landed on a bull. He started to buck up and down and I gave myself a headache and I felt dizzy. I let go of the horns and fell to the ground and tried to be careful of its hooves because it was trying to hit me. So 1 got up and ran down to the street. But I tripped over a rock and tumbled down to the wall and I climbed over it. Someone ate a banana and dropped the skin and I went skid- ding back to my home. Mark Outerbridge ' The Show ' — Justin Griffiths. 15 THE PREPARATORY SCHOOL ELECTION On learning that Cavendish Hall was to be us- ed as a Polling Station on 3rd February, we decided that it would help our children to understand why their school had to be closed for the day (not that they were complaining!) if they could have some first hand experience of the process of election. Voting for officers from the student body seemed inappropriate for such young children, yet we wanted them to feel the results of voting for something which would really affect them. Our plans for the last day of term, traditionally an informal session, were not yet finalised, so it was agreed that they could choose between wat- ching films or decorating hard boiled eggs on this day. The Class 3 boys responded to the idea with enthusiasm, writing election speeches to read to the School at Assembly and painting cam- paign posters which decorated the Hall. At first there appeared to be many more sup- porters for egg decorating than for films, until some staff members began discreet canvass- ing for films which would make a much easier day for the teachers! Public Works agreed to leave the polling booths in place for the morning following the Election Day, and voting procedures were followed as faithfully as possible. We had been given small prints of the boys ' individual photographs for our records, so they made their own Voter ' s Identity Cards without which no-one was allowed to enter the Hall. Our own police kept order outside, while in- side a steward checked identity before the voter was issued a ballot paper, stamped by the Returning Officer, when his name had been crossed off the school list. All these of- ficials were 7 year olds from Class 3. Our children did not have any problem fin- ding the gap in the black curtains which had made it difficult for some adults to get in or out of the polling booths the previous day — they simply ducked underneath. But reaching the shelf on which to mark the paper was quite an effort for the smaller ones. We had made sure that the pencils were on long enough strings for the paper to be marked resting on the floor, but no child chose this alternative, preferring to stand on tiptoe and reach up in a more dignified manner. To test the efficiency of our officials some children were issued with bogus cards using photographs of boys from previous years, and attempted to vote twice. They were all detected and turned away, and even two boys with correct identification were stopped because they were new to the school and their names were not on the typed list. My sym- pathies were with the Parliamentary Registrar as I struggled lo persuade our conscientious Returning Officer that these children really were eligible to vote. After the ballot count I was pleased that only six papers were rejected as improperly marked, showing thai nearly all (he children had understood the inslruclions and marked jusl one X in the square beside their choice. We had put a picture to illustrate each option for those who could not yet read the words Eggs or Films and two of the spoilt papers had an egg carefully drawn in the square instead of an X. The intention was clear enough, but our scrutineers were effi- cient and thorough in their rejection of anything which did not comply with the letter lo the law. The count resulted in 83 votes for Eggs, 64 for Films; not such a walk-over for eggs as had at first appeared likely, but the teachers ' canvassing had not been totally suc- cessful. I believe that this exercise did make it clear to the children how a ballot is organised, although not all appreciated that their parents had been voting for a Government the previous day. One excited five year old, an- nouncing at home that his choice had been successful, enquired, Did you vote for eggs yesterday. Mummy? M.V.H. 16 Extracts from Class 3 Campaign Speeches I want egg decorating because it is like art and craft and art is much better than films and films are stupid and you can do what you wnat to do on eggs. You have to have the film the teachers want but in egg decorating you can do what ever you want to do. Julian Wheddon 3T 1 think that we should vote for films because they are interesting, nice, exciting, super funny, scary, wierd and we can enjoy them. Eggs are boring and if you have a egg fight you would stink of egg and Mother will be mad at you and eggs are all sUmy and you would smell rotten and horible and it could drip all down your shirt. Tarfari Outerbridge 3M Vote for egg decorating for it ' s fun and you get to take them home when you ' re finished and you can decorate your rooms and give them to your parents as gifts and put them in Easter baskets and stick them on your parents desks. Films are sometimes boring and egg painting is much more fun than sitting on the floor and waiting till the film is over and I think that egg decorating is fun, colorful, cheerful and bright. J. March Boden 3T I want to vote for films because they make us learn things and they are interesdng because eggs will just break up and movies are funny, exciting, wierd and scary. Eggs can make a terible mess to clean. Steven Leith 3M I vote for egg decorating because it is fun and we have more things to do and films are just like TV and we have TV, well most children have TV. I have never egg decorated before in my Ufe. I ' ve always tried but the paints got messed up thats why I just feel like egg decorating. Christopher Heinicke 3T 1 think we should vote for egg decorating because you can roll them down hills and you can have egg fights, and you can color them and it is fun and you can watch films any time on your video or at the movies. Justin Griffiths 3M 1 vote for films even because it may strain your eyes 1 would rather vote for films, some are pretty weird some are very very good so please vote for films! Because 1 think films are much better and besides they have adventures and Easter bunny rabbits are just fairy tales from the Greeks!! Geovanni Simon 3T 1 would very much like to do egg decorating for a vote besides I like painting better than films because somtimes they are sad. So 1 go for egg painting it is a fun sport as well, and films are weird somtimes and lots of films don ' t have as many bright colours as coloured eggs, what do you say? Stephen Sainsbury 3T Class 2B Voters Describe the Election On friday 4th of February we had an Election day to vote for egg decorating or films. I voted for films. Our election was after the Election to see who was premier and John W. Swan who was alredy premier got still to be premier. On friday after our teacher told us who won. David Charron Today we went in to the hall. I saw a police man and a returning officer. I had to go into the booth to put my name on a card and I had to have it stamped and then I had to put it in a box. Tarik Smith A carefully completed ballot. Supervision at the The papers are sorted and ballot box. counted. The results of democracy in action. Having decorated their eggs the voters enjoy rolling them on the Rectory Lawn. We had a police man at the door he looked at our voters identification cards. We had to show the ballot officer that we had voted, but it was folded. We posted the ballot form and then we went to have recess. David Smith We had an Election Day at our School and I was the first one in. There was a police man and I showed my voters identificatin card to him. There was a stamp man he stamped our ballot forms. Jonathan Cassidy 17 THE CHRISTMAS CONCERT If ' in IBs concert was called ) (jijr Old Man Songs. First they sand I his Old Man and then There Was a Crooked Man and then Christmas Is coming and last of all Old Dan Tucker and then the finale. 1 like Old Man Tucker best because I thought it was the f unniest of all their class. Charlie Kempe IS concert. One song was Old McDonald Had A Farm the other song was Jingle Bells and Someone Special and A Smile and the Aken Drum and Mrs. Sampson Had A Class and the last song was we wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy new year that is all the songs in Class IS. I like we wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy new year best in IS. Alan Jenkinson 2D ' s play. The Little Fir Tree. The little tree was a Christmas tree. When it was summer the tree said I wish I were a tree like you so birds can come and live with me. Some people came out and chopped down the tree. A child said 1 will take this tree and put it up and have a happy new year and decorate it. The tree was thrown out and decorated for birds. Michael Fahy 18 3M ' s Concert 3M did three parts one was called There Is A Polar Bear In The Refrigerator the second one was I ' m Getting Nothing For Christmas and the third one was called Christmas Dinner. I like There Is A Polar Bear In The Refrigerator best. Stephen Sainsbury One day there was a Christmas Feast. One boy came and said shall I put the pudding in the Fridge. No No there ' s a bear in the Fridge hes sure to be there. His head is in the fish his feet are in the butter his tail ' s in the sugar and so on. Another little boy came and said do you want this pudding because it give me the hick ups hick up hick up. Magnus Henagulph 3T ' s Concert Class 3T did a play called The Prince Who Said Me First it is very nice it is so nice that I wish we could do it again. I am a waiter my costume is just a School uniform with a small towel on my arm and a red jacket. Marc Boden Hi! my name is Geovanni. I am m 3T. I am the wisest man in the Kingdom. One day I was called to the throne to answer the kings problem how to stop the Prince Hal from saying me first! me first! The queen was so surprised that she said to the king: I am ready to pull out my royal hair! Then the other wise men and I made a spell to keep Prince Hal to behave himself and not be so selfish. So we put a spell on him. For one day he must be first at everything. The he learned his lesson and from that day on he never said me first again. Not ever said me first again. Geovanni Simon 2B ' s play was about Saint George and the Dragon. Once a long time ago there lived a man named Saint George and he was famous for killing a dragon. Robin Lang The choir sang a group of carols in the concert, and next day took the show on the road to entertain the ladies at the Matilda Smith Williams Home. 19 CLUBS Cookery Club Sports Club Dear Mrs. Younie, Thank you for taking Sports Club. I have become a good football player and I like Sports Club and I hope you can do it again. I like the game best of all. 1 have been practising. I am trying to get to be a better football player than Jonathan. Love — Adam Booth Thank you for coming to Sports and I enjoyed it and I liked the games and I liked being in sports and I think that they were good and we did good exercises and I like you being in sports club and I liked the games and it was nice of you to come and do such nice work and it was good coaching and I am not mad that you could not come but my dad went instead and he did it just as good as you did. Love — Julian Wheddon Thank you for helping with Sports Club I liked the skills which we had to do. I also enjoyed the jumping jacks and the headers that we did. The one where you roll the ball down your knee and trap the ball and then kick it to the other person and he would do the same as you did. Another skill was to kick the ball with your left foot then after all the skills were done we would start the game. From — Alasdair Younie Thank you for helping Sports Club. On the last day in practice I did a goal and got a sore foot for it too. I also like the goal I made when it hit the goalies hand and bounced off the pole and went in. At the end you must know the score was one one and the other one was also one one and one day we fina ley won five one. From — Kelwen Taylor I like playing Soccer. And I like to do exercises. I like to play soccer with my friends. I am improving on heading the ball. I like to tackel people that have the ball. I Hke doing jumping jacks. Once I scored a goal at Saturday Soccer. Once I stopped a ball from going in the goal. Once at Saturday Soccer I took the ball down the field to the goal then a boy tackled me. ■ From — Bryce Vaessen Mr. Waller Burgess kindly came lo give Tennis coaching during the Summer Term. Music Club Dear Mrs. Hopkins, Thank you for helping mc to learn. 1 enjoyed being in Ihe club I liked playing in the pcrlorniarice aiid I liked playing in the festival. I liked playing (his land is your land and when wc were just going lo play in the Christmas concert I was a bit shy. From — Paul McCann Dear Mrs. Henagulph and Mrs. Benevides, Thank you for helping us with clubs. I liked cooking and I liked the food we made and my best thing was the pigy-in-the-blanket and I liked the fudge and the flap jacks too. I also liked the marsh mallow treats. The Brownies were good too. From — Alex Leonard Thank you for taking cookery I liked it very much and for spending your time with us. The best time was when we made marshmallow treats and sausage rolls. But there was one thing I did not like about it every one asked for some. Love — Robin Lang Art and Craft Club Dear Mrs. Masters and Mrs. Marley, Thank you for helping with Art I do not think I will be going in Art next term. Next term I think I will be going in woodwork and it was a funny time when Mrs. Marley put us on a brown piece of paper and then she took a crayon and went all around us and Andrew made himself ice skating and I made a footballer and Theodore made a silly man and Marcus made a pirate and next we made puppets and next we made a castle and then it was the end of term. From — George Masters Thank you for helping with arts and crafts I think it is the best club I have been in. I think the rabbit and the puppet wer the best. I hke the puppet because I had never done sewing before. I like the bunny because there was quite a lot of things to do. I think it is the best club. I think it is interesting because there is a lot to do and to make. From — Andrew Riker Nature Study Club Dear Mrs. Leonard and Mrs. Gordon-Seymour, Thank you for teaching Nature. I really enjoy the things we do every Thursday. I like the chicken farm and the bees and Fort Hamilton best and last term I liked when we went to your house to study crabs and we saw the mangrove trees and we saw lots of crab holes. I am having fun in Nature and I am going to stay in Nature. Love — Michael Maughan Thank you for helping with Nature. I like when we made the decorations and put them on the window because they look neat. I like when we went to the chicken farm. From — Albert Sack 20 Woodwork Club Dear Mrs. Fahy and Mr. Meredith, Thank you for helping with Woodwork Club. I really enjoy it hammering nails and sawing pieces of wood and searching the box to find it. And if I didnt find it I would have to find a piece of wood and cut it with the saw. The hardest thing I made was a sail boat. The hardest thing to put on the sail boat was the mast. I really enjoyed woodwork banging sawing and searching it was really good thank you for helping with wood work. From — Wayne Jones Thank you for helping with woodwork I really like it, it really was fun making things. I really enjoyed making the airplain and the walkie- talkie and the sailboat, it was quite hard to make them. There was a nail that had a lump in it and if you put your thumb in it it will look like you have put a nail through your thumb. From — Nicholas Strong Thank you for doing Woodwork I enjoy you helping out the best thing I like doing was the face. The thing that I did not Uke was hammering my thumb instead of the wood. James did finish his shark. James did not paint his shark. Love — Michael Fahy The Swimming Club found the water very cold in early May. Gardening Club Dear Miss Thompson, I really enjoy gardening and I think you really work hard. And I think the garden is over loaded with vegetables and I think the lettuce is wonderful. I am going to get a nice new red car. And my dad is going to open a place called The Golf Center and he hopes to make $100 or more in one year. I also like the smell of cedar and I like putting more soil in and I Uke planting seeds. Love — Douglas Parker Outdoor Club Dear Mrs. Webster and Mrs. Lee, Thank you for helping with outdoor we thought that it was enjoyable and interesting. I liked Terceiras forge and stables best when the man was taking out the nail hoof I though it would hurt the horse and it smelled horrible. The Bermuda collage computer center was my second best and at the forge and stables the carriages were shiny and I think everybody liked the cookies and drinks even 3T. From — Justin Griffiths Thanks Again... , This year we extended our range of Thursday Clubs even further, thanks to the large group of parents who gave their services. Photo- graphs are of Summer Term activities, and letters of thanks are for the Easter Term, but we wish to thank all volunteers for their support of the programme. Club Art and Craft Cookery Gardening Music Nature Study Outdoor Sports Woodwork Computer Games Christmas Term Easter Term Mrs. Strong Mrs. Marley Mrs. Henagulph Mrs. Benevides Miss Thompson Mrs. Hopkins Mrs. Gordon- Seymour Mrs. Leonard Mrs. Webster Mrs. Masters Mr. Ingham Mr. Meredith Mrs. Fahy Mrs. Marley Mrs. Masters Mrs. Henagulph Mrs. Benevides Miss Thompson Mrs. Hopkins Mrs. Gordon- Seymour Mrs. Leonard Mrs. Webster Mrs. Lee Mrs. Younie Mr. Meredith Mrs. Fahy Summer Term Mrs. Henagulph Mrs. Benevides Mrs. Leonard Mrs. Hopkins Mrs. Gordon- Seymour Mr. Burgess (Tennis) Miss Thompson Mrs. Fahy Mrs. Marley Mrs. Vaessen (Summer Term Only) Mrs. Collier Mrs. Harris Swimming Our thanks for the use of pools to the Henagulph and Collier familes. Mr. Meredith Mrs. St ong 21 SPORTS DAY Pholographs by Graeme Outerbridge and Susan Elliot. A most professional start. Robert SteinhofJ comes in a heroic 2nd in the 3rd year long distance race. 22 Keep your hat on. . . I ' m in charge. Do you have a job getting your son to school too. Has anyone seen my contact lens? I thmk mme ' s hatchmg! 3M ' s levitation race. 23 1st years enjoy a welcome drink. Our thanks to the Mothers who organised it. Our thanks also to all the Fathers who acted as Starter and Marshalls. My n us band and I. . . Please Miss! I ' ve got two left boxes. Here come the little sisters... ... and lilllc brothers. Blue team — the winners! 24 SUCCESS AT THE AGRICULTURAL SHOW... The vegetables which won the sheild for best school garden collection. The Agricultural Show On Friday I went to the Agricultural Show with Magnus. Magnus and I had to get the cup in the ring from the judge in our school uniform. After, I got a cotton candy free because my mother worked there. I helped her and at four o ' clock I went home. Then I rode my bike on the road. Damon Webster 3T The Agricultural Exhibition On Friday Ryan and I went to the Agricultural Exhibition. The first thing we saw was the horse show. Then we went to get some cotton candy. Then we went to the hill and waited for Sean. Then Ryan and I went to get the presents. Then Sean and Michael and I went in a cave and some people came and said we were arrested. Nathan Browne 3T Miss Thompson, boys, and champion trees. Some more award winning vegetables ... and a rather wet Tree planting ceremony. On a wet and drizzly June afternoon, the whole school assembled to watch a tree planting ceremony. The proceedings were supervised by Mr. Barry Phillips from the Department of Agriculture who, with the help of his students, prepared the ground beforehand. The trees were duly planted by the Headmaster, Miss Thompson, Canon Nisbett, Mrs. Collett (Chairman of the Tree Committee for the National Trust) and Magnus Henagulph. The young trees were cedar and palmetto which had all been grown from seed by the boys, under the supervision of Miss Thompson. Magnus Henagulph, a keen young horticulturist, planted the champion cedar, winner this year of the National Trust Trophy for best endemic tree. 25 SALTUS MINI-LEAGUE A nice action shot jrom Ryan Kromer. Members oj the All Star team who played the Junior School. The Coaches. (Standing from I. to r.) Messrs: Jensen, Steinhoff, Lee, Marley, Simon and Hindess. (Kneeling from I. to r.) Messrs: Bray, Aruda, Charron, Hawthorne, Sherratt. (In front) Vince, Ingham. The 1982 83 Saltus Cavendish Soccer Season opened its second year of existence with, if anything, increased enthusiasm amongst both boys and parents, the latter not only as coaches, but as vociferous supporters and the former in a new blending of first and second year boys with the veterans of class 3. Christmas was celebrated by the now traditional Boxing Day Bonanza. In addition to the regular league matches played that day, the Mothers and Sons with no quarter given on either side, finished an exciting match with a two all draw. Not to be outdone the Fathers and Coaches match produced an equal blend of skill and goodheartedness ending in a win for the coaches. Rain, mud and sun the boys pressed on into the New Year with considerably improved football skills. Last year ' s champions, yellow, had to take a back seat to the hard fought battle for league honours, which developed between green and blue. The season ' s final result was in the balance until the last league game with yellow ' s moment of glory over green robbing the team of the championship which went to blue. Perhaps the most interesting event was the repeated defeat of blue team by red, who although bottom of the table always managed to pull something out of the hat in their league matches against blue, and although last were certainly not least! The annual prize giving brought its usual successful conclusion to the League Season with the presentation of trophies by Mrs. Hopkins to the participating teams and the gift of a silver tankard to the Head Coach, Vince Ingham, who ran the programme for two years. He now moves onto the Junior School soccer programme, which had its beginnings at Saltus Cavendish. The link with the Junior School was emphasised by the All Stars game between the Junior School and Cavendish on 30th April, 1983, and although the result was a heavy defeat for Cavendish, it served to demonstrate the qualities of team spirit, healthy exercise, enjoyment and family participation which is what Saturday morning soccer at Saltus Cavendish is all about. 26 SALTUS JUNIOR SCHOOL STAFF Back row (L to R) Mr. G. Sutherland First Assistant Mr. P. Lever Mr. M. Beasley Mr. S. Adams, B.A. (Edinburgh) Front row (L to R) Miss M. Armstrong Mrs. J. Zuill Miss. E. Wilkie Head of Department Mrs. M. Pettit, Dip. Mus.Ed., R.S.A.M., L.R.S.M. Mrs. K. Latter Mrs. L. Williams A Testimonial What I really like about school is hometime. Well I like recess and lunch and all the teachers. I like Mis. Wilky, I Hke Mr. mackfee, Mrs. Zuill, Mrs. Ladder, Mr. Leaver, Mr. Beasily, Mr. Addonas, Mis. Williuoms, Mr. Sotherland and Miss Armstrong and Mis Pettit and mrs Walker. . By Marc Drew, J4Z 27 We Had a Dream By Eileen M. Wilkie (Head of Department) Last year we talked about the birth of Our Dream — the new Music and Arts wing, and I am sure that everyone could sense, at the time of writing, the excitement and anticipation, as of prospective parents bristling with plans for a long awaited addition to the family unit. By July it was obvious that the delivery was not going to be simple or quick, but we went on vacation, sure that things would move during our absence. On our return in September it was abundantly clear that we still had labour problems. Only after many frantic emergency calls did we see renewed activity in the labour department, and finally, just before the start of the term, were handed our dream child. While it was not, at that point in time, all that we had pic- tured — lacking such essentials as shelving, chalk boards, display boards, plumbing furniture — we moved in with deter- mination, and despite persisting inadequacies, the Music and Art wing became operational from the first day, and, thanks to generous donors, fully furnished and totally functional (even down to Mrs. Pettit ' s heater!) by November. Missing structural essentials were supplied at the gun-point of suc- cessive deadline dates, and finally on Founder ' s Day, 9th June, 1983, our long awaited extension was presented for public viewing by its major benefactor, the Saltus Association, and was named the Henry Hallett Music and Art Wing in memory of the School ' s Headmaster from 1948 - 1968. The new wing being finished, attention and energy now focused on the project that followed in its wake — a proper library, to be housed in the Old Art Room. Painted by volunteer parents, carpeted by the Class Mothers, furnished by the school, catalogued by trial and error after the Dewey Decimal system, it was finally opened to the boys in February, and serves as an elegant and fittingly academic entrance to the Junior Department. — A report of thanks. May 1983. Having started 10 years ago hearing boys read two morn- ings a week in any odd corner that was available, and then when that became too awkward borrowing the Science Lab. for certain set times — I was very pleased 6 years ago, when the hours were extended, to be loaned a small caretaker ' s flatlet which is hidden away under the Junior Hall far from the mad- ding crowd! Temporary bookshelves were built covering the kitchen sink, the closet was used for storage, and the bath shower was available for overheated boys! The rooms became a haven for my boys, and was much valued. When the new Art Music block was planned a Special Resource Room was included — until the noise factor was con- sidered. Scales, arpegios, choirs and reading spelling did not seem to be too practical together! 1 elected to stay put if the room could be made a little larger. As we couldn ' t extend out- wards, it was hollowed from the inside! The closet, bath and kitchen fittings were removed leaving a very small lavatory and washbasin, and a much larger library area was created. We were fitted with a fan for summer and a heater for winter, and have been given filing cabinets to keep me organised. The Birthday Book Scheme and individual donations of books from boys who have finished with them have made an enormous dif- ference to the quality of the library — and to the keenness of the boys ' readiii).. ' ,, With very many lhunks o i: P;i rents Association, Argus In- surance CJo. and all supportive parciils, wc are now very com- fortable and happy and the boys feci that their needs and prolilcrns arc beinf , caicd Ibr. Kay Walker You hum it, son, and I ' ll play it nil ' ' Hard at worli ' King of the castle! Now what? Perpetual Christmas Our major projects having been accomplished by February, to our delight, thereafter, followed a bonanza of gift-giving that made us think that Christmas had come to stay. Our thanks to parents and the many benefactors who remembered us during their business renovations. First the Class Mothers commissioned the construction and equipping of a small medical room, where, at last, we could lay the sick and dying , removed from nauseating class-room bustle. On the field, fathers erected long-awaited play equipment, purchased by the class Mothers, through the Saltus Association. At last the boys had a choice of activity on the field. D J Construction Co. made up 2 sets of portable football goals. At last we could move our pitches according to season and field conditions. Carpeting for office, staff room, library entrance and medical room arrived, courtesy of Sonesta Beach . At last the school was beginning to look more cheerful and homely, even opulent. A long overdue coat of paint was given to the outside of the school and to the staff room by Mr. Beard ' s touring teams; and to the office, entrance hall, bathroom and various classrooms by volunteer parents. At last we felt proud to identify with our alma mater. Storage space for each room, in the form of high and wide shelving, was provided by Bermuda General Agency, so, at last, mounds of classroom clutter could look like orderly piles of work-related supplies. Staff desks and leather (swivel, no less!) chairs arrived from Argus Insurance Com- pany. Ah! at last the staff cut imposing figures each enthroned in executive splendour. The final civilising touch, by D.E. Mortimer Co., in the interests of hygiene, was the installation of towel and soap dispensers in the bathrooms. At last — at long last — boys could be seen rushing into the bathrooms after play, zealously smothering their hands with soft, pink liquid lather — vying with each other to produce the best soft, pink BUBBLES?!! Education has always been the Cinderella profession. Traditionally expected to produce the greatest results with the least expenditure items requisitioned have to be proved to be of immediate and essential scholastic need, and not frivolous fancy. In private education, particularly in these expensive times, it is hard to justify the spending of money on non-academic items, knowing that each non-vital purchase could lead to the further raising of fees and the possible exclusion of some potential student of worth. However refinements do make a difference to the tone of a school — to the feeling of pride and well-being of those within, and to the initial impression on those without. Having worked for years under comparatively austere conditions, we staff, and thus our pupils would like our many recent benefactors to know how much we ap- preciate their thoughts, their deeds and their donations. Quiet study in our resources area Meeting the Queen Brenton Tucker ' s essay on Why I would like to meet the Queen won an island-wide contest, and gave him the honour of presenting Her Majesty with a bouquet on her recent refuelling stop in Bermuda. On Tuesday afternoon Miss Wilkie called me into her office and asked me to read my essay to her. That evening I told my dad that I had won and he couldn ' t believe it. On Wednesday ZFB came to interview me and on the same night I had to go to the Royal Gazette to be in the paper. Then ZBM called me up to go and read my essay on TV. On Saturday we had to practice the Queen ' s visit. Instead of using the Queen ' s plane they used a small army aircraft, (in the pouring rain too!) As the lady acting as Queen came every body quickly got in their positions. After the lady saw everyone she then got in a horse carriage and rode off. On Sunday I was feeling most excited. After an hour ' s wait 1 rode in John Swan ' s car to the airport. Soon after we got to the landing spot the jet appeared. When it came to a stop the red carpet was rolled out. The Queen met everybody and I presented her with the flowers. It was all over very quickly. On Thursday I got a letter from the Queen saying she was upset because it was only a short slop. I also had a nole of thanks from Sir .John Sharpe. Hrciilon I iicker ,141, ( ' • iiuijcsfy! hy .lona Yoiiii 30 ARTISTS CRAFTSMEN AND WRITERS Beginnings After a few weeks in J4Z we found that; ' The junior school is pretty good and the field is alright. ' ' When I first came I was very nervous but I got settled down fast. ' ' I thought that I would have a good time here — and I have. ' ' On the first day of school I was so mixed up I went into the wrong class. ' ' As the days went by I began to like it at my new school. We have monitors to take care of us. ' ' When I first went to school I was Nervous — but I came through it. ' ' I love the school rules — except the one about not talking. ' ' I Hke to swim in the Saltus pool and I like the iced pops. ' ' I like Friday because it ' s doughnut day. ' ' At recess time in the quad we can play marbles and cars and cards, but there is one thing that I don ' t like and this is that you can ' t run. ' ' We can wear soccer boots at lunchtime. ' (?jz) ' I keep getting blisters from my football boots. That ' s the last time I forget my football socks! Cinquains (by J4L) Summer, Hot, boiling. Sweaty on forehead. Dripping off hair tips, Heat. Jason Cook Spaghetti, Horrible sauce. Slippery and shmy, Looks like string. Embroidered Rope. Patrick Singleton Snakes by J. Young Rattlesnakes, Rainbow coloured. Slithers through grass, Shakes like baby ' s rattle, Scales. Jay Rewalt Ant, Small insect, Bothers me so. Kill it! Kill it! Bug. Simon Leighton Daydreamer, Doesn ' t follow. Looking at birds. Some boys don ' t hsten. Dozy. Jeffrey Shaw s.o.s. The year: — 1976, day: — Monday, time: — 3.45 p.m. Jose Rameirez an explorer was going to be the first man to deny Mother Nature ' s fury. He watched with bulging eyes as a polar bear emerged from the water to see a walrus chasing child. He was also fascinated by the beautiful scenery surrounding him. He looked up, and saw a large piece of ice looming over him. That ought to keep the cold out, he thought. As the day dragged on, he took out his harpoon to hunt for something to eat. He caught a fur seal and dagger fish. This day won ' t go to waste, he said to himself. I am sure of it. But Mother Nature could spoil that, he said. Well, back to the tent. He took out his not book and wrote the following, Good so far. Unhurt. Code No. 184192A He wrote down this information for safety, just in case he got kidnapped, or brought to the wrong place. Since the day was still young, he went out to do some exploring. He found the fossil of a whale, a seal, a dying octupus, a dead walrus, a lobster and a very rare fish. He put all these things in his boxing bag and wrote all the names of what he found in his note book. Evening came soon, and the clear sky turned misty with fog. The day ended somewhat boringly. But Mother Nature had some tricks up sleeves. He wrote, and wrote, until his fingers almost fell off. All of a sud- den, a storm arose. The howling winds almost blew Jose ' s tent off its props. He fell asleep in a few minutes. Above him creaked the giant iceblock. It swayed to and fro until it fell down, down, plummeting to its target. But Jose slept on. Crushed by the stunning blow, he died in a few minutes. Once more Mother Nature has proved that nobody could overcome her... Colwyn Burchall 5B 31 Flying Saucers by Jonathan Young Flying Saucers I was climbing over tiie stile when I stopped dead. I stared with disbelieving eyes at Farmer Jenkins ' meadow down by the river. The black and white cows had gone. There, sitting in the very middle of the meadow was a large round silver thing. Around its edge were windows. Sticking out of the top was a long V-shaped aerial. Yes, it could only be a flying saucer! As I crept near it a big gangway came down and a big alien with sharp pointed ears and no nose stepped out!! he moved towards me. I could not run for my feet were glued to the ground. He Hfted the long stick he was carrying and as he did so a laser beam shot out at me. My head began to rotate until I passed out. When I woke up I was in a room with a very bad aroma. I looked around and other people were talk- ing in a melancholy way. They soon told me that we were going to the planet Saturn to be studied and killed! That night a luminous robot came in and gave us our dinner. He did not speak one word. As I looked out of the win- dow I could see we were going into orbit. I estimated we were travelling at 20,000,000 m.p.h. so it only took us 2 hours to get to Saturn. When we landed I noticed that we were only a minor part of the things they had taken. There were pigs, goats, cows, tigers, deer, sheep, turtles and many others. There was even an elephant! We were taken through a sealed tunnel into a large toom full of alien people. Standing on a platform was what had to be the leader. He was a shrewd man with a vertical body. He said, Greetings earthlings, I hope you had a pleasant flight, you will be taken to the study room to be examined . So with that he walked away. They took me to the study room and took my watch. Then they took X-rays of me. I was then taken to a prison where a guard watched over me. It was light in the prison and in the corner I noticed a small, cute, hairy creature. His name was William. He came from a dif- ferent planet than Saturn. 1 asked, Why don ' t we try lo escape? Yes , he said, Yes . So 1 started to hit the door with my fist so that the guard came in and when he did I knocked him out and took his laser gun. Then we ran out and down the tunnel. We were met by a patrol of alien guards which charged. They were so sur- prised they could not fight so we won. Soon we came to the spaceship and 1 killed the guard. We look the spaceship to the planel where William lived and I liked it so much I decided lo stay llicrc for the rest of my life. Guy Hamshcre .151. Just Suppose 1. Just suppose that I had all the chinas in the world. 2. ... that you only had to write one word or sum every night. 3. ... that it rained money and it was one hundred dollar bills time. 4. ... that you had a calculator in your head. 5. ... that a VG a night keeps the science away 6. ... that you were Pacman. 7. ... that I had a china maker. 8. ... that you had a junk food maker. 9. ... that a dollar a day keeps school away. 10. ... that your Birthday was every day. Bishy McDonnell J6A International marathon route by S. Henagulph Marbles by Joel Froomkin 32 The Volendam ' s Destination The loud, Toot-toot met many ears And people flocked to see The ship they hadn ' t seen for years Floating on the sea. There it stood, so tall and strong, In the evening light. Pulled by tugs that never go wrong, With their strength and might. Powerful and Faithful pulled with might The ship called Volendam. And people, with pleasure, watched the sight. Each woman and each man. In Hamilton ' s harbour, docked, it stands With admirers from the city. Hoping that, in many lands It will always float proud and free. Sean Moran J6W ' The Volendam by Joel Froomkin A Day in the Life of a Pig The sun was shining brightly and I again buried my snout into the old, rotting trough. Breakfast this morning was better than usual, for today we had corn, lots of mashed potatoes, half an apple pie, carrots and some type of soft meat all ground up. After a scrumptious meal, Toes and I dove into the cool mud and started roUing happily around. Toes was the pig that lived with me in the sty. He was far fatter than I was but his tail wasn ' t half as curly. We both got along very well together. Soon it was noon, our nap time. We made ourselves comfortable and were soon fast asleep, basking in the warm sun. A strange cackHng noise brought me to my feet. I advanced towards the thick wire fence, and there, to my surprise, was a large drake. He gave an evil hiss when I came towards him and his feathers ruffled. I paid no attention to him, and slowly shuffled over the mud pile as we called it. Suddenly the drake flew over the fence and started picking bits of food out of the trough. Toes rushed fiercely at the drake sen- ding it head over heals into the trough ' . The startled drake hurriedly flew away, covered in food. Mealtime once again was here and we watched the food splatter in- to the trough until it was full. We pitched into our meal, swallowing it in large mouthfulls, covering our faces in food. Covered in food and mud we looked disgraceful, and boy were we proud of it! What fun to be a pig! Paul Lindo An unfortunate pig by Joel Froomkin ' My Hands ' ' Hands ' by Jonathan Young I am left handed. My father is ambidextrous. My hand has done many things in its time. When I did my speech in the Cathedral it bravely stood up and turned the pages. Sometimes it decides that it wants to eat greedily, or slowly, but it always does its job. I suppose it has a mind of its own, after all, it is writing this story. Each one of my fingers do a single job. Without them I couldn ' t pick up anything. They can even do some sums I can ' t do! My hands enjoy sports, especially cricket. They are good friends with my arms and feet. They are a team! hands can save lives or kill someone. They can build houses or cut trees. Really without them you could not live. Left handed people ' s hands have problems writing without smudging the ink, what a shame! My hands distinctly remember the wonderful sensation of feeling my first pet. Sometimes they cause bad things like drunkenness. Real- ly the only thing they can ' t do is speak. But they can communicate us- ing sign language so they can be wonderful for deaf people. I think they are happy where they are, so I ' ll keep them. After all, they do the job, and they do it well. Jonathan Paradine J7A Cedar fitted dinghy by Blair Simmons The Race Steve Rogers spurred his nervous horse as he rode through Phan- tom Forest. As the moonHght created eerie shapes on the surface of the pond his horse was now drinlcing from, he began to regret his ever coming to this wood. He had come to the forest to race The Phan- tom. The Phantom was a spirit who challenged any traveller to race him, the looser dies. The Phantom had never lost a race, and Steve was hoping to beat him. As Steve stared into the pond a reflection suddenly began to form. He looked up and saw a shimmery white horse begin to appear on the other side of the pond, on its back sat a ghostly figure, The Phantom! For a moment Steve sat transfixed, his eyes wide and his mouth hanging open, but his horse wasted no time in leaving. With a loud neigh, it galloped away, its rider still frozen in horror. The Phantom stared after Steve, as if giving him a head start, then, with a loud screech, rode after him on his ghostly steed. Rogers rode on, remembering the terrifying Phantom. It was similar to a skeleton dressed in an old fashioned noble man ' s clothes, but its feet were bare and bony. Tucked in his belt was a long sword. Steve whirled around to see how much of a head start he had against the Phantom, and was surprised that he was nowhere in sig ht. Rogers suddenly forgot his fear, he wanted a race! He turned his horse around to go and look for the Phantom when a white steed and rider raced past him, the Phantom! Steve swiftly raced after the ghost, making his horse go faster then ever before, his life depended on this race! Faster and faster, Steve was now sweating so much that his shirt was thoroughly soaked, but no matter how fast he went he wasn ' t getting any closer to the Phan- tom. At the end of the forest the Phantom turned around and stared at Steve. Rogers was suddenly frozen in terror. The Phantom slowly drew the sword from its sheath and approached Steve. The Phantom had won another race... Sean Dunleavy J7S Ceramics by the Pottery Club Wooden ducking stool by Robin McRonald Snail trail by Mark Hobbs And now for the news read by the members oj the Community A wareness Hroup of Saltus Grammar School A New Activity — Community Affairs This year we have been learning about our own special community — Bermuda, sharing the experiences of interesting people and going on visits. We ' ve discovered that learning is so easy when you ' re hav- ing fun! We have a lecture or visit one week and the next, follow it up by making interesting charts for display. Douglas Mello It ' s been fun going on visits and learning about our community. We ' ve watched movies, have had interesting people to come and talk to us about their special jobs or hobbies, and have been on many in- teresting visits. Simon Biggs I think it ' s one of the best clubs I ' ve been to! Chris Madeiros My favourite was IVIr. Raine ' s talk about the Inuit Eskimos of Baf- fin Island. He said the Inuit didn ' t Hke to be called Eskimos which means ' eater of raw meat ' . Robert Higley Mr. Bacon ' s robot was not quite finished but it was very good. I could see the insides of things — like speakers. It was made from wood, metal and scraps of wire. Myron Woolridge? I liked Mr. Birdsey and his wonderful paintings. He taught us how to have fun with art. Peter Hind My favourite was seeing Mr. Cox ' s slides of gold bars and the gold chain! Alexander Spearing This has been the best year of after school activities for me. I par- ticularly enjoyed Mr. Cox ' s talk on underwater treasure and life in the deep. Swimming around the reefs is my hobby and I was fascinated that beautiful treasures such as pearls and emeralds sometimes lay about them! Mr. Cox had filmed underwater scenes and showed us many species of fish I ' d never even heard of! Sean Morgan Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Latter found the most interesting people to talk to us. Mr. Bacon made a robot out of things that people throw away! One of Ihc most interesting people was Mrs. Drew who showed us slides and brought some old stuff from Greece. It looked so good that its age was amazing! Ben Lucas Wc went into a room in Ihc Aquarium where we learned about whales. Wc fell the skin and looked al a huge skclclon ol a whale, then wc compared Ihc wtiale ' s fin bones willi our fingers. Nicholas Walllnglon 36 The Gardening Club which, again with Cavendish, won first place in the school garden competition, and a well deserved $50 to be ' ploughed ' back into their garden. The Pottery Club up to their ears in clay! We are always delighted to see new activities introduced in our Club Scene, and this year we welcomed the expertise of Bermuda ' s top Chess players; we were amazed at the wealth of knowledge gained in the visits and lectures organised by the Current Affairs Club, and were thrilled to see the Saturday morning games come up to us from Cavendish, and establish an identity and a programme of its own in the Junior School. We hope to see it grow even further next year. I Hked the whales best — feeling the skin bristles and blow hole. Craig Thomas Junior Club Activity 1982-1983 MONDAY: First Aid Dr. Davidson, Mr. Dunleavy 3.30 Orchestra Mrs. Pettit Junior Gymn Miss Wilkie Film Club Mrs. Zuill Current Affairs Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Latter TUESDAY: 12.30 Chess Members of the Bermuda Chess Club 3.30 Gardening Miss Armstrong Senior Games Mr. Lever, Mr. Azaro WbDNfcSDAY: 3.30 Pottery Mr. Beasely, Mrc 7iiill Swimming Mr. Sutherland 1 11 J Ixol- ' r I.J. jyj lJV allla T r A H Q m c JVII . AUd-IlIo FRIDAY: 3.30 Martial Arts Mr. Skipper Ingham SATURDAY: 9.15 Junior Games Mr. Gresham, Mr. De Silva, Mr. Pratt, Mr. Friesenbruch, Mr. Toole Pottery Club Every week on Wednesday, a group of about fifteen people go over to the Senior School for Pottery Club. During pottery we make pots, bowls, plates, tiles and figurines. The basic pot is the thumb pot, but you can also make coil pots made with rolled coils of clay, slab pots made with flat slabs and pots made on the wheel from a ball of clay. The teachers who take us are Mr. Beasley and Mrs. Zuill. Mr. Beasley wedges the clay for us and then we make the objects. Both of our teachers help us a lot — especially when it come to tidying up and mopping the floor. A lot of the children really like getting clay all over themselves — Still we all enjoy it. Blair Simmons Film Club Report This year ' s Film Club was once again headed by Mrs. Zuill. We saw various films and film strips which were very interesting and en- joyable. We saw films about books, geography and other subjects. I hope that we learned a lot about them and I would like to thank Mrs. Zuill for spending alot of time and trouble in it. Timothy Ma. J7A And Further Comment ' The talk about the Marine Police and the Tifoso by Sergeant Cranage, I liked the most because we learned all about safety rules at sea, then drew boats. Peter Rans I liked Mr. Bacon who talked to us about robots and computers. The robot ' s battery had run down and he had to get a new one. Glenn Tucker All the boys have thoroughly enjoyed this year ' s activities and we thank our many interesting visitors. Brooks Rans 37 The Soccer Squad Junior Saturday Games. Winning teams: Manchester United (left) and Liverpool (right) The Karate Club under the expert direction of Mr. ' Skipper ' Ingham When wc went to Heritage House, the men there showed paintings and models of ships. The models were absohilely ama ing! Some had men in them thai were as liny as my fingernail! I hey were so realistic, it was unbelievable. ' I he paintings were of ships and sun.sels by lildon Irimingham and they were lovely! SIcvcn Spenccr-ArsfoK 38 SCHOOL OFFICERS 1982-1983 Junior School Monitors 1982-1983 As mentioned on Prize Day last year, because of the impressive number of very worthy J7 students this year, we decided that Monitorships should be held for a term at a time. Termly elections gave more boys a chance to hold positions of responsibility. The photograph shows this year ' s monitors, past and present. M. Triay, D. Harvey, K. Roberts, M. Abernethy, C. Gumming, J. Carr, G. Parker, A. Jones, B. Rans. N. Dixon, K. Manuel, H. McPhee, Z. Moniz, B. Dyer, R. Glarke-Irons, B. Adams, T. Ma, P. Drew. I. Walker, G. Stones, R. MacRonald, G. Gooper, P. Lindo, F. Allen, D. Bray, N. Gapewell, B. Simmons, S. Gaton. S. Dunleavy, M. Brewer, S. Young, J. Paradine. Junior School House Officers 1982-83 Butterfield Saltus Gaptain M. Brewer F. Allen Vice-Gapt. Graig Lee G. Stone Darrell P. Lindo B. Dyer Watlington 5. Dunleavy Z. Moniz 39 Activities For the past 12 years, since the foundation of The Junior Arm of The Committee of 25, we at Saltus have tried to develop a special sensitivi- ty to the needs of handicapped children in our community. The main thrust of activity is still in The Junior Department, but it is encourag- ing to note that when Juniors transfer to the Senior Department they continue their involvement in fund raising activities as part of their service to the community, in the Duke of Edinburgh Awards Scheme. Through the commitment and activities of staff, pupils and parents not only have we formed a meaningful, special bond with Bermuda ' s handicapped children, and thus with the community, but also con- tributed much to our own development as caring individuals. L.W. Fund Raising Christmas 1982 - Selling Bermuda Diaries These are the hoys who received hook tokens for their outstanding efforts in the fund raising project: Best effort in the J4 classes Peter Simons, Robert Bray Boys who sold over 50 Diaries Alexander Scrymgeour, Christopher Garrod, Monty Hamill, Paul Johnson, Miguel Triay Boys who sold over 100 Diaries Guy Hamshere, Christian Dunleavy, Steven Spencer- Arscott, Sean Dunleavy, A listair Stewart, Jeffrey Ryall. L-R Bott. S. Spencer-Arscott, G. Hamshere, C. Dunleavy, R. Bray (hidden), A. Scrymgeour, P. Simons. L-R Top. A. Stewart, J. Ryall, M. Hamill, C. Garrod, M. Triay, S. Dunleavy. I have been in concerts, sold tags on TAG DAY, and this year I sold 27 diaries which helped to lift our target to $3,463.00. Simon van de Weg, Age: 10 I feel proud when Mr. McPhee hands over the cheque to Mr. Evans because I know I ' ve sold some diaries and I feel good. It will help me have a nice Christmas to know I ' ve helped someone. Steven Spencer-Arscott, Age: 10 Thoughts and Feelings It is good to belong to the Committee of 25. You can give a little of your time to help others and when you do, deep down inside you feel happy and contented. We call ourselves the Junior Arm because we join on to The Helping Hand! Timothy McCann, Age: 10 I said to myself, Russell, you are lucky to be able to do anything you want but there are others less fortunate than you arc, so why don ' t you do something for them? So I went out and made an effort! I also ctnplicd out my cupboards lull of toys and gave mosl of them lo the handicapped. Russell (iaglio. Age: 10 ifrif)f(ifr i1r tf4! if if( l|l l|il(i t( Christmas is a time of giving. The wise men and shepherds brought gifts to Jesus to show how much they loved and appreciated him. We should try to be like them at Christmas by showing that we care for the handicapped. We are fortunate that we can see, hear, talk and play without difficulty, but there are so many thousands of children throughout the world who are not as lucky as we are — and we must help them. I enjoy working with Mrs. Williams as a member. Knowing that I have assisted someone with a physical or mental disability makes me feel pleasant and helps me realise how fortunate I am to be healthy. Sean Moran, Age: 10 Helping handicapped children is rewarding in its own special way. Pride and joy in seeing a handicapped child laugh and play is no big reward to some people, but if your heart is in tiic right place — no reward is worth more. Simon Draycott, Age: 10 40 DEAR PARENTS Since the introduction and ensuing organisation of the Class Mother system in the Junior School, we have been very lucky in the choice, and endurance, of our Organising Mother. After Mrs. Skinner ' s three year reign we wondered who could follow in her footsteps, but Mrs. Sacha Simmons more than filled her shoes. Herself an ex-teacher, and mother of three boys, Mrs. Simmons has been an ideal liaison between school and parents, as she could see all issues from a professional and parental point of view. She could sympathise with requests and proposals; she could understand the educationists ' difficulties and restrictions. From her experience as a teacher and as a mother who had seen two sons move successfully through the Junior School she was able to deal with questions, suggestions and complaints before they became a major issue with the staff. She was also able to alert the staff to any areas of discontent. Despite a full-time job, Mrs. Simmons has personally led and participated in all ancilliary activities in the Junior School. We owe her a debt of real gratitude. Under her leadership the kitchen has acquired a new fridge and stove, the Junior School has received several different types of play equipment. Thanks to her perseverance the library was carpeted, the Music Room equipped with blinds, a medical room has been created and furnished, and lunch tables and benches have been ordered to replace the worst. We thank Mrs. Simmons for her years of support and service to the Department, and hope she will enjoy a period of rest, — before she is drawn back again with young Simmons III ! As one bows out, so another is persuaded to step in and take over the reins of office. We are delighted to hear the Mrs. Donna Froomkin has accepted the post of Organising Class Mother from September. We assure her of our utmost support and look forward to working with her. Class Mothers — Co-ordinator: Mrs. Sacha Simmons, J7S Mrs. Fay Jacobson (left), Mrs. Joan Allen, J6W Mrs. Wendy Hamill, J5B Mrs. Donna Froomkin, J4L Mrs. Susan Taft, J7A Mrs. Joan Paradine, J6A Mrs. Carol Wetherhill-(Bell), J5L Mrs. Christine Popper, J4Z Mrs. Terrill Drew. Reading Mothers — Mrs. Adams, Mrs. Allen, Mrs. Bell, Mrs. W. de Costa, Mrs. Grantham, Mrs. Harris, Mrs. Leman, Mrs. Lotherington, Mrs. Mewitt, Mrs. Popper, Mrs. Singleton, Mrs. Toole, Mrs. Wetherhill-(Bell). Also: Mrs. Abernethy, Mrs. Boden, Mrs. Brewer, Mrs. Friesenbruch, Mrs. Lucas, Mrs. Mello, Mrs. Moss, Mrs. Pull. Canteen Mothers — Donuts: Mrs. Booth, Mrs. Hobbs (left), Mrs. Varney. Hot Lunches: Mrs. Clarke-Irons, Mrs. Hind, Mrs. Jacobson (left), Mrs. Jennings. Pizzas: Mrs. Redmond, Mrs. Hind, Mrs. Simmons, Mrs. Wetherhill, Mrs. Froomkin. Hot Dogs: Mrs. Redmond, Mrs. Bray, Mrs. Clarke-Irons, Mrs. Drew, Mrs. Haycock, Mrs. Hind, Mrs. Maranzana, Mrs. Morgan, Mrs. Ringer, Mrs. Taft, Mrs. Williams. Field Supervisors — Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Drew, Mrs. Fagundo, Mrs. Friesenbruch, Mr. Mrs. Pull, Mrs. Ringer, Mrs. Spearing, Mrs. Spencer- Arscott, Mrs. Stones. Club Leaders — Chess: Our gratitude to the Bermuda Chess Club for: — Mr. Kast, Mr. Kessaram, Mr. Lattyak, Mr. Wociekowski (nothing but the best!). First Aid: Dr. Brenda Davidson, Mr. Dunleavy. Games: Senior: Mr. Azaro. Junior: Mr. Gresham, Mr. de Silva, Mr. Friesenbruch, Mr. Pratt, Mr. Toole. Martial Arts: Mr. Skipper Ingham. Painters — Mr. Mrs. Ashton; Mrs. Hind, Mrs. Rewalt, Mr. Lightbourne, Mr. Graham, Mr. H. Ingham, Mrs. J. Outerbridge, Mr. Stones. Field Apparatus — Mr. Henagulph, Mr. V. de Costa, Mr. R. Mello, Mr. Redmond, Mr. Rego, Mr. Semos, Mr. Sommerville, Mr. Wright. Ceiling Tile Repair — Mr. Lightbourne. Our class Mothers Mrs. Froomkin and Mrs. Simmons — our splendid co-ordinating mums We are delighted to welcome back to Saltus Mrs. Christine Popper, who originated the Class Mother System in 1970. With undiminished energy Mrs. Popper has offered advice practical assistance in the various Class Mother activities and has been instrumental in providing carpeting for many areas in the Junior School. Canteen mums THE MONEY-RAISERS For a long time now, it has been acknowledged by all that the most vigorous money raisers in Saltus can be found in the Junior Department. Old enough to be responsible for their market and their sales pitch, young enough to be unabashed by their own enthusiasm, they take out raffle tickets by the dozen, and get them sold in all corner of the Island. In this year ' s Saltus Association ' s major raffle, monetary rewards were offered to the students who sold the greatest number of raf- fle tickets in each department. The pictures show individual winners Christopher Brito and Brenton Tucker receiving their prizes from Mrs. Terri Drew, our representative on the Saltus Association. Monetary awards were also given to the three classes in the whole school who collec- tively raised the most money for the Associa- tion. Winners were, (1st) J7S, (2nd) J4L, (3rd) J4Z. In the picture we see the major fund-raiser in each class: — Back row: Russell Gaglio (J6W), M arc Wetherhiil (J6A), Karl Roberts (J7S), Peter Drew Chris Brito (.I7A). f ront row: Joel I-roomkin (J5B), Brenton Tucker (.J4L), Mark Bartley (.14 ), Chip Popper (J5L). Mrs. Drew and Christopher Brito THANKS FOR A JOB WELL DONE! Mrs. Drew and Brenton Tucker JUNIOR SCHOOL SPORTS Our school sporting activities stretch from the opening week of the first term to the final week of the summer term. A busy schedule of inter house and inter school games keeps everyone busy and many boys juggle their extra-curricular activities with our com- mitments to choir practices, clubs, instrumen- tal music lessons and even detention! At inter house level the boys have taken part in competitions for 6-a-side soccer, 11-a-side soccer, cross country, floor hockey, track and field, softball and cricket. For the first time we plan to have inter house swimm- ing at the end of summer term. School teams competed in swimming, 6-a-side soccer ( ' A ' and ' B ' teams), 9-a-side soccer (changed this year to accommodate smaller schools), cross country, the mini- marathon road races, track and field and 6-a-side cricket. School exams usually preclude our participation in the cricket dou- ble wicket competition and the softball tour- nament. INTERHOUSE WINNERS:— 6-a-side soccer: Junior (J4 J5) WatHngton, Senior (J6 J7) Darrell. 11-a-side soccer: Butterfield. Cross Country: Junior (108 finishers) Watlington, Spencer Moss champion. Senior (99 finishers) Darrell, Charles Cooper champion. Overall: Butterfield. Floor Hockey: Teams of 4 boys, one from each year) Butterfield 1 team emerged from 32 teams to win the final (Brewer, Hamill, Robinson, Friesenbruch). Sports Day: Watlington successfully defended their championship. Year winners: J4 Mewett, J5 Moss and Ingham, J6 Higley, J7 Cooper. Victor Ludorum: Charles Cooper. 1500m. Open champion: Spencer Moss — the first J5 boy to win this event. House Softball and Cricket have yet to be finalised and will affect the overall house championship for sports. In inter school competitions our boys always compete in a sporting manner whether winn- ing or losing. Six a side soccer gives them the opportunity to play a fast skilful game and prepares them for the following nine a side games. Ahhough our teams ( ' A ' and ' B ' ) did not qualify for either final their standards increased as the season progressed. Our cross country teams compete at the Warwick dunes course but could not break in- to the winners ' circle. Many of the same boys also ran in the mini marathon road races held at the Police field. Again, swimming was our strong point with every member of the team collecting a ribbon for first to fourth places, giving us the boys ' championship. In the relays meet our teams made a clean sweep by taking first place in each of the nine events for boys. At the zone track and field meet eight of Fiddling the results? 43 our boys qualified for tlie finals by placing 1st or 2nd in a variety of events: — Triple Jump - B. Adams. High Jump — Cr. Lee. 100m. — J. Harvey. 800m. — S. Moss. Shot — M. Brewer. Long Jump — C. Cooper. Triple Jump — R. Higley. 1500m. — S. Henagulph. At the finals Brewer was our sole ribbon winner but 4 others set personal best performances. Inter school cricket is continuing and we have ' A ' and ' B ' teams in the 6-a-side competition. Finally, almost all of our boys will qualify for a 5 Star Award certificate and badge for their performances in track and field events held in P.E. classes, on Sports Day and at inter school meets. The scheme is an excellent way for boys to achieve success at their own levels. As long as individual success is combined with a good sporting attitude our boys will fare well in later life and the school will have achieved its aims. SPORTS DAY IS... ... the best ... excellent ... not only for athletes ... terrific ... fun when your team wins and you have tried your hardest ... the thrill of victory and the agony of the feet ... better than ever ... killing me! i A I ease. All ri}iht! 44 JUNIOR SCHOOL MUSIC REPORT 1983 The most important development in the music department this year, has cer- tainly been the opening of the splendid aew music room with its practice facilities and superb furnishings — lux- ury indeed! Many thanks to all those who made it possible. Having taught in the school hall for over ten years, with all the atten- dant miseries of winter chills and over- crowded shared accommodation, the new Arts Block was, for me, a dream come true. Musically we have had a very busy time since last September, with Treasure Island as the Christmas pro- duction, theory examinations in February, with seventy-two children passing Grade 1 — Grade IV, The Mass in B. Minor performed by The Saltus Concert Society on Palm Sunday — a mammoth undertaking, and more recently a performance of Britten ' s Missa Brevis in the cathedral where the boys ' choir combined with ladies of the Saltus Concert Society — all in all, a hectic schedule of events. There were some very good results in the practical examinations of the Royal Schools of Music, particularly in flute and in clarinet, due largely to the efforts of Mr. Ian Drummond. Congratulations to all those successful candidates who worked consistently throughout the year to achieve a satisfactory standard. This has been a hard year, but a good year. In closing I would like to thank all the parents in the junior school for their wonderful support and encouragement. Without the parental involvement which we enjoy, the musical Hfe of the school would be drastically reduced. Thank you all very much indeed. Yours sincerely, Marjorie Pettit The woodwind Don ' t forget us! 45 The Royal Schools of Music Theory Kxaminations And now the brass The Associated Board of The Royal Schools of Music Practical Examination Results (May 1983) Violin Jason Carr Grade 1 Pedrito Hernandez Grade 2 Viola Charles Cooper Grade 2 Flute Marco Azaro Grade 3 Timothy McCann Grade 3 Jonathan Paradine Grade 3 Ian Walker Grade 4 Clarinet Simon Draycott Grade 3 with Merit Christian Dunleavy Grade 3 Sean Dunleavy Grade 3 with Merit Sebastian Henagulph Grade 3 Zenji Ingham Grade 3 with Merit Marcus Kermode Grade 3 with Merit Jamie Leman Grade 3 Aidan Stones Grade 3 Trumpet Zachary Moniz Grade 3 Piano David Oliviera Grade 3 .. and slririf s GRADE 1 Michael Ashton David Brown James Croft Forster Darling Christian Dunleavy Luke Fisher Joel Froomkin Guy Hamshere Christopher Harkness Zenji Ingham Ernie Jacobsen David Jenkinson Marcus Kermode Hugh McPhee Robert McRonald David Morgan Spencer Moss Christopher Mutch Myles Orchard Sean Patterson Nicholas Pedro Charles Popper Bobby Pratt Nigel Pull Robert Rego Andrew Scaife Nicholas Scaife Keith DeSilva Stephen Spencer-Arscott Gregory Titterton Simon Van Der Weg Jonathan Young GRADE 2 Fraser Allen Simon Biggs Mark Booth Mark Campbell Noel Capewell Timothy McCann Alexander Davidson Simon Draycott Ben Dyer Christopher Garrod Sebastian Henagulph Pedrito Hernandez Robert Higley Kenneth Jennings Paul Johnson Craig Lee Jamie Leman Douglas Mello Sean Moran David Oliviera Scott Pearman Sebastian Pedro Jason Scmos Geoffrey Si one Troy Varncy Marc Welhcriiill GRADE 3 Marco Azaro Charles Cooper Dominic Harvey Timothy Ma Jonathon Paradine Miguel Triay Aidan Stones GRADE 4 Matthew Brewer Stephen Caton Sean Dunleavy Blair Simmons Ian Walker Stephen Young 46 THERE ' S A PLACE CALLED TREASURE ISLAND the jolly old Spvulass Inn. Treasure Island Treasure Island There ' s a place called Treasure Island strange though it may seem For once the tales that people tell are more than just a dream ' If this don ' t fetch the kids, why, they have gone rotten since my day . (R.L. Stevenson - 1881) The Cast (In order of appearance) Jim Hawkins — Ben Dyer Black Dog — Neil Dixon Billy Bones — William Davidson Blind Pew — Nicholas Pedro Anderson — Christopher Leach Harry — Dominic Harvey Dr. Livesey — Sean Dunleavy Squire Trelawney — Charles Cooper Redruth — Marc Wetherhill Long John Silver — Jonathan Paradine Morgan — Matthew Abernethy Captain Smollett — Noel Capewell Merry — Matthew Brewer Isreal Hands — Fraser Allen Dick — Christopher Brito O ' Brien — Mandellas Lightbourne Tom — Sean Morris Gray — Nicholas Scaife Ben Gunn — Kenneth Jennings Goats: M. Hobbs, P. Johnson, M. Kermode, A. Spearing, M. Triay, S. Young. Ladies: D. Christmas, C. Dunleavy, J. Froomkin, M. Orchard. Crew: B. Adams, D. Bray, D. Brown, J. Carr, D. Christmas, F. Darling, M. Davidson, L. Douglas, S. Draycott, C. Dunleavy, J. Froomkin, M. Hobbs, P. Johnson, M. Kermode, R. McRonald, A. At the Spyglass Inn. Montarsolo, C. Mutch, D. Mutch, M. Orchard, S. Pearman, A. Spearing, M. Triay, G. Tucker, J. Wright, S. Young. Choir: Selected members of J6 and J7. Silver, Parrot and Director! r Whispering palms on the island! 47 THE EASTER COMPETITION 1983 As usual we owe a debt of gratitude to the various parents and friends who gave up their time to help in this annua! competition: — the J7 organisers, the judges, those who helped the boys prepare for the contest, and the many who delighted the participants by coming to see their entries on the eve of the competition. Kite Competition Judge: Mr. Neville Dias Workshop Leaders: Dan Farias, Brian Lightbourne Best Round Kite: Shane Adderley J6A Best Traditional Kite: Keil Dixon Best Original Kite: Mark Wetherhill Class Awards: J7S Johnnie Astarita, J7A Bryan Adams, J6W Jason Semos, J6A Carlos Amarel, J5B Richard Todd, J5L Craig Thomas, J4L Daniel Gresham, J4Z Mark Adams First A irbone, Highest Flier, again only kite to survive: — Ian Menzies ' , flown by Shane Adderley Floral Art Judge: Mrs. A. Tompkin, who also ran the workshop Year Awards: J7 Charles Cooper, J6 Jason Outerbridge, J5 Christopher Madeiros, J4 Marc Drew Miniature: Tripp West J4 Egg Decoration Judges: Mrs. B. Scaff Mrs. A. Tompkin 1st Ryan Reape J7, 2nd Bobby Pratt J5, 3rd Lyle Douglas J5 Egg Rolling Victor: Kevin Morris J7 Which came first, the chicken or the ...? Easter Cards Judges: Mrs. B. Scaff Mrs. A. Tompkin Most original: Mark Nash J7 Most Commendable Workmanship for age: Michael Davidson J5 Most Beautiful: Simon Biggs J6 A PRIZEWINNING PERFORMANCE ! SURVIVAL! by Sean Moran Age 10 J6W Saltus Junior School) Storm ahead! screamed the lookout from his post in the crow ' s nest. Already I could hear a distant roll of thunder that sounded like a stampede of wild cattle, advancing ever forward. I then rushed down to my cabin to prepare it for the oncoming terror, and when I came back onto the deck the sound of thunder was much closer. Now dark, forbidding storm clouds loomed up on all sides. Fear engulfed my body, and a cold sweat broke out on my forehead. Just then, Will, my friend, came to stand beside me. He must have known I was scared, because he said, I ' m scared too, Pete, but I ' m not about the pearly gates without at least trying to save myself. I clutched onto his arm as tightly as I could and pleaded, Do you promise you ' ll stay with me to the end? j You bet. The rain began to drop heavily from the clouds that now surrounded the Sea Venture . Swirling waters and roaring thunder were everywhere. Towering waves crashed down upon the wooden I deck. I was in my cabin with Will, and we watched the sailors fighting vainly against the fury of the storm. The deck was a flurry of frantic sailors trying to save the Sea Venture from the wrath of the storm. Sails were hastily being pulled down, and the helmsman was having a terrible time trying to keep control of the ship. All of a sudden, a gigantic wave rose up above the Scholarship winners for 1983. S. Dunleavy — top scholar I. Walker — Music sea, and terrified men grabbed on to anything on hand. I was standing in the centre of the deck watching the frenzy of the crew, and had nothing to snatch for support. All I could do was to grab Will ' s arm, and he tugged me into my cabin. The wave descended and battered the deck and the soaked sailors, but to my relief, everybody was still safe. Suddenly a horrified cry sounded from the crow ' s nest, but too late. CRASH! The sharp tip of a reef smashed through the deck. Water began gushing through the gaping hole. By this time the crew and captain had lost hope of saving the Sea Venture. There was only once chance of survival. Lower the lifeboats! shouted the captain. Every single soul on the ship deserted the deck, and hurried to the small row-boats. A splash was heard as the keel touched the swirling, murkey waters. Panting men laboured on the oars, pulling with all their might. The rain still continued to fall, and I wrapped a blanket around my shivering body. As my eyes met the sinking Sea Venture, they filled with tears at the thought of all my possessions sinking along with it. I snuggled up to Will and finally fell into a deep slumber. When my eyes lifted, I was lying in very shallow water beside a golden-sanded beach. In rags, and very wet, I began to amble slowly up the beach, wondering what had happened to the others. 49 , j fc ■41- A trip to Australia! Mr. Butterfield, Chairman of the Trustees makes the presentation to ' Steevo ' . This year we witnessed the end of an era at Saitus with the departure of Mr. F.L. ' Steve ' Stephenson. ' Steve ' leaves Saitus after 37 years of dedicated service to the school. Our photograph shows him receiving one of the many gifts with which he was presented, a ticket for a trip to Australia — a sign of respect and admiration from the Old boys of the school. We shall all miss him, though I am sure that he will be ' around the school ' for some time to come. Orders for the final day of teaching. Mr. Richard Raistrick. Two members of the staff of the Senior School leave us this year: Miss Sarah Matthews and. Mr. Darcy Reddyhoff. Miss Matthews will be replac- ed by Mr. Richard Raistrick, whilst Mr. Reddyhoff ' s position is to be filled by Mr. Brian Dilar. With the creation of our new computer facihty this year it has been necessary for the school to engage a full time teacher of computer studies and this posi- tion is to be taken by Mr. Ken- neth Sleeman. We wish them the very best for their new appoint- ments. THE SALTUS ASSOCIATION: The Saitus Association is the organization to which all parents, guar- dians, teachers, old boys and friends of the school belong. The object of the Association is to create interest in the affairs of the school and to further its well-being and prestige. The committee organizes and social affairs and raises money through pot-luck suppers, a summer Bar-b-que, an annual raffle, school lunches and the Saitus shop. The funds raised by these endeavours are used to improve school facihties and for those little extras in school life. During the past few years, the association has donated $60,000 towards the Henry J. Hallett Music and Arts wing at the Junior School. In recent months they provided the senior department with a brand new $4,000 photocopier and four Apple II E Micro-computers at a cost of $10,000. The Saitus Association Committee: President: Mrs. Diana Peers Treasurer: Mr. Paul Hubbard Vice-President: Mr. Robin Henagulph Secretary: Mrs. Joan Davis Mr. Millard Lightbourne Mrs. Bonnie Dodwell Mrs. Frankie Hall Mr. Ian Clarke Mrs. Marnie Marley, Mrs. Christine Popper Mrs. Gail Marirea Mr. William Pratt Mr. Michael Sommerville Mr. Brian Dilar. Mr. Kenneth Sleeman. 51 THE CHESS CLUB ' 83 From L to R Andrew Pettit, Eric Marchais and Gregory Lovell. Chess Report 1982-83 This has been a prosperous year for the Chess Club, with a membership of 30 students, a majority of them from the fir st form. Despite the lack of experience of novices, they soon improved with daily attendance. Mr. Derek Harris still continues to make his visits to the School on Wednesdays to play simultaneous chess against the members, for which we thank him. All have benefitted from his visits despite the countless losses. During this year, the Club has been under the supervision of Richard Turner, Eric Marchais and Andrew Whalley . These have ensured the smooth running of club activities. On the 27th of November 1982 the Bermuda Junior Chess Championship was held at Saltus. Eric Marchais emerged victorious overall and won the over fifteen age group, after beating Christopher Bickley in a tie breaker. Together in second place were Bickley, Turner and Gregory Lovell. However Lovell won his division of the thirteen and over age group, despite coming third overall. In the largest group, those under thirteen, Andrew Pettit defeated some strong oppos ition from Warwick to gain first place. Next year we may well think of trying our luck at a little international com- petition if we can find anyone good enough to represent us. Andrew Whalley THANKS TO SOME SUPER MUMS ! FILM CLUB 1982-83 This year, unfortunately, only one major film was produced by the S.F.C., due to lack of time and the availability of cast members The film this year is a continuation of our Crazy Sports idea. This time, boxing. The film, entitled Rocky VI , stars Mighty Man O ' Brien and Super Small Sanders-Williams. Mr. O ' Brien is about 6 feet tall, Mr. Sanders-Williams, about 4 feet. A good match. The film was shot on the field in a make- shift ring, supported by four javalin. The fight begins as we see bets being placed by spectators in the background. S.S.S.W. is finally knocked out by M.M.O.B. He is covered in blood, (honey and food dye). S.S.S.W. is given a sip of magic potion by his manager, (his brother) and he amazingly increases in strength finally knocking out everyone, even the camera man (me). One of the films better moments is the shadow boxing scene, here we see the shadows of the two fighters on the gymnasium wall. Also we see S.S.S.W. run in slow motion up the steps of the gym, (a scene from Rocky I). The S.F.C. would like to thank Mr. Evans for his assistance in co-ordination and story ideas, also the two unnamed girls who appear in the ring bet- ween rounds. It is my hope that the film club car- ries on next year and produces some real block- busters . David De Silva Director, Saltus Film Club 52 Results of the Associate Board of The Royal Schools of Music: Theory Grade 8 Jay- Jay Scares Stephen McMaster Grade 7 Ian Maule Mellisa Gibbons James Mason Patrick Cooper Dudley Thomas Grade 6 Thomas Dunstan Christopher Bryan Kevin Mayall Bruce Lattyak Scott Simmons Grade 5 Paul Moniz William Patterson Marco Montarsolo Craig Davis Andrew Pettit Gregory Cave David Crooke Grade 4 James Davis John Buchanan Brian Huxley Grade 3 Shane Kelly Jamie Cornes Grade 2 Ian Finnerty Andre Hubbard Grade 1 Malik Showers Graham Maule Marc Harrison Shane Bell MUSIC 1982-83 Music Report 1982 83 It was good to see several boys from the School ac- tively involved in the Concert Society ' s perfor- mance of the Mass in B Minor last March. Robert Stubbs, John Paul Skinner and Richard Dunn played in the orchestra for this and certainly prov- ed to themselves and others that they were capable of the high standards expected. Mr. Drummond ' s presence is keenly felt by all from his individual instruction, his influence on the Band and not least his own superlative solo per- formances at many concerts throughout the year. He is indeed an invaluable member of the Music Department. The choir again joined with about another 50 singers to provide the music for Carols for All in December. This always seems to me a fitting way to end the Autumn Term and also to begin our Christmas Festivities. The School was pleased that for the fifth con- secutive year a boy was chosen to represent Ber- muda at the Lions ' Convention in New York. I ' m sure that Patrick Cooper was indeed a worthy am- bassador from Saltus. The Band presented its annual Concert in May and I was pleased with the skill and sensitivity with which a wide and varied programme was played. The results in the music exams were encourag- ing. Special mention must be made of Ian Maule ' s pass in Grade 8 Horn — a first for the island and Norman Hodson ' s Distinction in Grade V Trumpet, where he obtained the second highest mark in Bermuda. To those musicians leaving the school, par- ticularly in Senior Year, may I wish them good luck and every success in the future. William Duncan Mr. Drummond and Patrick Cooper. 53 A Concert ' A ' , please. A change in the direction of the wind. in -r }liA Not again! Is there anything on the music stand? ASSOCIATE BOARD OF THE ROYAL SCHOOLS OF MUSIC EXAMINATIONS PRACTICAL Grade 8 (Final) Ian Maule — French Horn Grade 6 James Mason — Piano Bruce Lattyak — Piano Desiree Ward — Piano Scott Amos — Trumpet Scott Simmons — Trumpet Mellisa Gibbons — Clarinet Patrick Cooper — Oboe Grade 5 Norman Hodson — Trumpet with Distinction Brian Huxley — Flute James Davis — Flute Andrew McPhee — Flute Grade 4 James Young — French Horn Devrae Noel-Simmons — Trombone Craig Davis — Violin Christopher Dunn — Viola Grade 3 Graham Maule — Trombone with Distinction Andre Hubbard — Clarinet with Merit Timothy Paterson — Clarinet Andre Zanol — Baritone with Merit James Perry — Tuba with Merit Grade 2 Stephen McMaster — Piano Andrew Pettit — Piano Grade 1 Andre Zanol — Piano 54 I hey seek him here. I hey seek him there. Duke of Edinburgh ' s Award Scheme The efforts of many years work was finally rewarded when 9 pupils eceived their bronze awards and 7 pupils received their silver awards, vhich were presented by the Governor, Mr. Herdman. The path to receiving their awards was not always easy or predic- I able. Allister Stewart and Ross Morbey set off on a sailing expedition Sn Harrington Sound one morning only to be greeted by the mast of a l3oat falling on their heads as the rigging snapped! Jeffrey Ryall ' s boat lost a rudder with had to be attached with scraps of wire, resourcefulness was always apparent. The expedition booby prize Lnust go to John-Paul Skinner whp contrived to leave his sleeping bag |it home, which resulted in his spending a cold sleepless night on Crow Island. The meals prepared often lacked imagination and lilways seemed to include mammoth quantities of semi-cooked hot Jogs which were just visible under enormous quantities of tomato ket- chup. Another 14 boys have started their bronze award and could be seen strung out across various parts of the island during their practice ex- pedition at Easter. Their first attempts at tent pitching left a lot to be desired but wasn ' t helped by the complete absence of pegs to one tent. A visit to the campside by a vampire, later identified as a parent in a Halloween mask, did little to daunt their enthusiasm as they set off next morning equipped with Sony Walkmen and the sounds of Flock of Seagulls to ease the pain of blisters. Five boys will be going to the Lake District in England this summer to attempt their arduous Gold Award Expedition, whilst another is undertaking his in Canada. They will undoubtedly find this to be a greater challenge than South Shore Road on a sunny day and certainly will not find a handy mobile snack bar en route like the one they found at John Smith ' s Bay during their practice expedition! Junior Sailing Association Saltus sailing this year has been boosted by the R.H. A.D.C. who have kindly given us a location for our boats and put up with us over the last few months. We now sail in conjunction with the Junior Sailing Association and their fleet of Enterprises, races being held most Fri- day nights. The programme made a good start with the contributions of Mr. Cooper, Mr. Cotterill and the participation of Mr. Solliss. Several of our sailors have attained a very high standard of helmsmanship and we shall be hoping to have entries in the Junior Championship Regatta this year. Following, some of our previous members shall be a number of boys who this year shall be sailing to the East Coast of the U.S.A. and back with the Bermuda Sail Training Assocition in their summer pro- gramme aboard the ' Christian Venturer ' . David Kendall 55 Sports Report Christmas Term 1982 This was a long and evenftui term in the P.E. Department. Our year started in the almost traditional way with the swim team once again capturing the inter-school swim meet in fine style. The team scored 163 points and the nearest school had only 96 points. Records were set by Jamie Cornes, Reed Young, Craig Morbey, Mark Mansi and Ross Morbey. This term saw the first inter-house swim meet. In a very enjoyable competition Watlington emerged as overall winners. The soccer season started with the 6-a-side competition in which both the Junior and Senior sides reached the semi-finals stage. Although both teams lost at that stage, they are to be congratulated in getting so far, and play so well in doing so. In 1 1-a-side league play, this was again a season of mixed fortunes. The 1st XI had some very talented players this year but unfortuantely many of them had to spend a major part of the season learning that soccer is a team game and that individual skills are only useful within the context of the team. It is to their credit that as the season went on they were prepared to listen more and more to advice, and although losing the last game to Sandys, for large parts of that game they outplayed their high ranked opponents. The team finished winning 3, drawing 2 and losing 5. Leading goal-scorer was Vincent Chaves. Vincent Chaves and Troy Harvey finish this year after iwo seasons as captain and vice-captain respectively, they are both owned our thanks for their contribution to (he 1st XI both on and off the field. Colours: Re-awarded: Chaves, Harvey, Bean, Mouchette, Symons, Moniz. New Colours: Morris, Morbey, Dickinson, Farias, Bacon, Amolt, Mansi, Dias Swan. The Intermediate XI worked very hard, and if (hey can continue this sort of effort, they must surely be in for some real success in years to come. They finished winning 3, drawing 1 and losing . i. Dcvrae Noel-Simmons did an excellent job as captain, and looks like a good player and captain for the future, learn members were: Noel- Sinunons, Mason, Dey, Amos, Hodgkins, Tininiins, Zanol, Rcgo, Hoylc, Skiinici, Morbey, Clarke, l-rancis, i ' elly, Joaquin, Cliew, Robinson, Young. Mr. Durrant and Mr. Shore are to be thanked for doing such an ex- cellent job on coaching the side. Likewise, Mr. Ross did a marvellous job with the Junior XI, who started the season with few boys who had ever played in a school side, and they finished the season deservedly beating Sandys Secondary. In between was a lot of hard work and effort put in by all concerned. They finished the season winning 3, drawing 1 and losing 3. Their cap- tain was Chris Marshall, who did a fine job both on and off the field. Team members were: Burchall, Bissell, Douglas, Zanol, Ranee, Young, Miranda, Bento, Showers, Maclntyre, Smith, Curington, Mello, Cheyne, Hodson. At inter-house level in a very competitive senior league Darrell emerged as unbeaten champions, Watlington were second, Saltus 3rd and Butterfield fourth. At junior level games were played at lunchtimes throughout the term with the end result that Watlington finished unbeaten in first place, second was Saltus, third Darrell and fourth Butterfield. Badminton was played by the first years during lunchtimes and after a well contested tournament Andrew Bissell defeated Drew Douglas. With badminton club starting after school next term I am hopeful that many of those who started playing this term will continue (he sport. This term finished with the annual Staff v Senior Year soccer match which for the first time ever Senior Year won but in which Mr. Harrison kept up his amazing record of scoring in every game. A school side, made up of staff and pupils also played the Old Boys who fielded a very strong side, including some 1st division players. T he Old Boys won 2-0. In finishing, I would like to thank all who have contributed to our sports programme, the house captains, linesmen and general helpers from (he school, and in par(icular (he s(aff who so willingly give up (heir spare time to help in a variety o capacities all of which help to make our competitive programme so fine. 56 SOCCER Senior Soccer Team (above) Standing: Andrew Dias, Roger Amott, Robbie Dickinson, Brian Morris, Mark Mansi, Trevor Mouchette, Sean Symons, Michael Moniz, Jon Beard. Kneeling: Peter Brown, Troy Harvey, Vince Chaves, Drew Farias, Ross Morbey, Mark Bacon, Tim O ' Leary. Intermediate Soccer Team (below) Standing: Mr. Durrant, J. P. Skinner, Russell Dey, Craig Morbey, James Mason, Jonathan Rego, Scott Amos, Courtland Boyle, Mr. Shore. Kneeling: Jonathan Himsworth, Derek Joaquin, Hodgkins, Devrae Noel-Simmons, Marco Zanol, Norman Timmins. Junior Soccer Team (below) Standing: Drew Douglas, Mahk Showers, Andrew Ranee, Brian Mello, Shorn Young, Andrew Bissell, Mr. Ross. Kneeling: Andre Zanol, Anthony Smith, John Burchall Chris Marshall, Michael Currington, Craig Macintyre. Sports Report — Easter Term Saltus was the only school on the island to enter every possible boy ' s competition, and for the small size of our school, our success has been somewhat phenomenal. In some cases the success has been the result of a few years of hard work by coaches and boys, in others it has been the right mix of players at the right time. In all cases it has shown the attitude, hard work and perseverance of the majority of our boys, and the willingness of an excellent staff to give up their time for coaching and training. With such a combination I am sure that we have built the base for considerable success in the future. Cross-Country Our Junior and Intermediate sides finished fourth overall in the inter-school championship, beating out such schools as Berkeley and Warwick Academy. This was no mean achieve- ment and was due to a real team effort by the boys concerned. Our highest placed finisher was Andre Zanol who was fifth in the Junior section. Housemeet The inter-house cup was won this year by Watlington, with their runners taking first place in each age group. Liam McKit- trick was the senior winner, Marco Zanol the intermediate and Andre Zanol the junior. Badminton A badminton club has been run regularly under the careful supervision of Mr. Durrant and Mr. Shore. Our younger players seem to have benefited tremendously from this and consequently we hope for significant tournament success in the years to come. This year in the inter-school competition we finished in third place overall, but our only finalists were Brangman and Morbey in the senior boys ' doubles. Field Hockey Mr. Herman-Smith has worked hard with the first and se- cond years in getting over the basic skills. Due to his expertize many of our boys are developing into promising players. Thus we expect, in a few years, to be fielding a very successful hockey team. 57 RUGBY LEAGUE CHAMPIONS AT LAST Saltus First XV Rugby Report 1983 The school first XV had a very successful season this year. They won the Bermuda Schools ' league competition by beating all opposition and only conceded two tries against them in the very last game. The games played were as follows: 20th Jan. Friendly mix up match with Whitney Institute 25th Jan. League won 24-0 V Warwick Ac. (points from Cooper, Dickinson, Morbey) 1st Feb. League won 16-0 V M.S. A. (points from Cooper, Morbey, Scaff) 9th Feb. ) Whitney 7 ' s competition. Seniors won U17 Schools Cup, defeating 16th Feb.) St. George ' s and Warwick Academy. 1st Mar. Friendly mix up match with Chaffee High School 4th Mar. League won 56-0 V Warwick Ac. (points from Scaff, Chaves, Morbey, McKitlrick, Cooper) 10th Mar. League won 16-12 V M.S. A. (points from Scaff Cooper) As can be seen from the above calendar of matches played, there are only presently two other schools on the island involved in the league competition. Whitney Institute and Chaf- fee managed to raise teams, but only enough to play on a friendly basis. It is to our boys ' credit that they were very successful this season, but that success must be put into the perspective of the small scale of the schools ' rugby scene on the island. It is also to the boy ' s credit that, with such limited numbers of schools participating, the standard of play and par- ticipation is so high. 1 would like to make special mention of the team ' s captain, Gareth Cooper, who so ably helped me with selection and training. Vaughan Evans Rugby The 1st XV had a very successsful season, winning the Bermuda Schools league. In doing so they won all their games conceding only two tries throughout. Team captain Gareth Cooper played a firsi-class role both on and off ihe field. Mr. Evans did his usual excelleiii job of coaching, producing a (cam that played to the high standard thai we now expect from him. Colours New: Dickinson, Benevides, Morbey, Stewart, Cullimore, Fisher, Dunn, Stubbs, Skinner, Maule, Hamill, Chaves. Re-awarded: Scaff, Cooper, Mouchette, Patterson, McKitlrick, Joblin, Soares. The .lunior 9 ' s. This year has seen our sides made up of mainly first year boys, conse- quently, we have not been as successful as in previous years. Nevertheless with a year ' s ex- perience behind them, yve expect great things from them next year. Mr. Harrison once again did a marvellous job as coach. Whilney 7 ' s. At Whitney we once again entered more learns i han any ol her school on i la- island, showing ihe strength in depth at Saltus. Oiu ' .luniorA liiicrincdiate teams both lost in the semi-finals, in very close games; our imder-17 ' s clel ' ealecl Warwick Ac. in the I ' inal, and our uiidct IX lean) defeated Chaffee in an exhibition niaicli. House Malfhfs. Aller a very exciting I ' inal, Saltus cmeigecl as winneis ol the .lunior sec- lion. Ai Senior level, Wallin)jtoii linislied as wiiniers. Junior 7s teams with their coach Mr. D. Harrison at Whitney. Gareth Cooper receives the tackle bag from Mr. Hatnmond. . ifiW Mil iii r Gareth Cooper being presented with the D.J. Willianis cup by Mr. A. Correia, M.P. 58 BASKETBALL The Senior and Junior Basketball Teams Mark Mansi — late for the Chaffee game and late for the team photograph! The Senior and Junior basi etball teams began their preparation for the season as soon as school started in September. Without doubt, this long period of training improved in- dividual skills and shooting and raised the level of play to new heights. The Senior squad was hampered by lack of depth. The players in the team were skillful but unable to sustain concentration and speed for four quarters. In addition we had problems as soon as any player ran into foul trouble. This was particularly evident in the semi-final of the Chaffee consolation tournament when M.S. A. came from behind after we had led for three quarters of the game. The side had good wins over Crawford, Whitney, and Berkeley in league play, lost nar- rowly to Warwick Academy on their outside court and were defeated by M.S. A. and Chaf- fee. In the Island- Wide tournament played at the end of the season the team played their best basketball. They took revenge on Warwick Academy, defeating them in the first round by a huge margin and then beat M.S. A. in the semi-final. The final against Chaffee proved to be a very exciting game with the team coming back from behind to give Chaffee a real scare. Four of the team made the All-Star squad: — Robin Hamill, Greg Scaff, David Swift, and Gareth Cooper. The Junior team had an outstanding season. Not only did their individual skills improve but they increased their tactical knowledge and dramatically upgraded their team work. They were undefeated in league play, beating Whitney in the final game of the season to cUnch the championship. In the Island-Wide tournament they defeated Chaffee in the first round but suffered their first defeat at the hands of Whitney in the semi-final. Nonetheless the all around strength of the junior squad and the high level of skill that they have looks very promising for the future. Basketball House Matches Senior champions were Butterfield, led by Robin Hamill, and his brother Kirk took the But- terfield junior team to another championship win at that level. Another technical foul!! 59 The Senior Volleyball Team . .4 ■ The Durrants — m a field of their own! Devrae Noel-Simmons I he picture above shows the school sot ' tball team. This team was put together at the last minute in order to play in the inter-school tournament. They had never played together as a team before and had no training sessions. Amazingly, they won I he tournament!! Perhaps we should consider using the same strategy with our other teams! Shorn Young with bodyguard! 60 SPORTS DAY RESULTS Seniors 100 metres S. Symons (D) 12.05 ' 200 metres R. Morbey (B) 25.87 400 metres R. Hamill (B) 58.08 800 metres T. Harvey (D) 2. 19.59 1500 metres G. Cooper (D) 5.08.33 3000 metres L. McKittrick (W) 11.34 Shot R. Morbey (B) 10.58m Discus T. Mouchette (W) 29.40m Javelin K. Simmons (B) 42.30m Pole Vault D. Patterson (D) 2.44m High Jump M. Mansi (D) 1.74m Long Jump R. Morbey (B) 5.86m Triple Jump S. Symons (D) 12.11m 4x 1 00 metres Butterfield 48 . 66 4x100 metres Darrell 4.08.35 Age Group Winner: R. Morbey (B) Senior Year: G. Scaff (W) Winning House: Watlington Intermediate 100 metres S. Dowling (D) 12.90 200 metres S. Dowling (D) 27.06 400 metres B. Lightbourne (B) 1 .02.34 800 metres M. Zanol (W) 2. 16.93 1500 metres M. Zanol (W) 4.53.58 3000 metres M. Zanol (W) 10.16.7 Shot R. Young (W) 9.61m Discus M. Davis (S) 32.70m Javelin ' R. Young (D) 32.80m Pole Vault A. McPhee (B) 2. 18m High Jump R. Petty (S) 1 .67m Long Jump B. Lighbourne (B) 5.47m Triple Jump C. Morbey (B) 10.71m 4x100 metres Watlington 56.70 4x400 metres Butterfield 4. 14.60 Age Group Winner: S. Junior 100 metres . 200 metres . 400 metres . 800 metres . 1500 metres 3000 metres Shot Discus Javelin Pole Vault High Jump Long Jump Triple Jump Mx 100 metres 4x400 metres Dowling (D) J. Burchall(D) 13.31 J.Burchall(D) 28.21 J. Burchall(D) 1.04.49 T. Chasser(W) 2.43.55 C. Maclntyre (B) 5.20.40 S. Simons (S) 11.02.71 C. Marshall (W) 9.55m C. Marshall (W) 29.58m C. Marshall (W) 32.50m S. Young (W) 2.08m M. Showers (W) 1.39m M. Showers (W) 4.62m A. Smith (B) 8.58m Watlington 57.61 Saltus 61 Schyler Bowling SPORTS DAY in pictures Greg ScaJJ — competing m the sleeping event Andre Zanol fl ,f ) _ The Umpire Strikes Back (above) — Patrick liean 62 The staff Tug-o-War team on its way to a humiliating defeat. 63 SPORTS REPORT — SUMMER TERM Cricket 1st XI Due to examination commitments and a re-structuring of the schools cricket league, the 1st XI only played three fixtures. They lost to St. George ' s by four wickets, and then to Warwick Academy by one run. In the annual clash against the Old Boys, a very spirited performance saw the team achieve a creditable draw. The majority of the team were from the lower part of the school and so should do well in the future. Devrae Noel-Simmons, scored the most runs with a total of 102, 56 coming against St. George ' s. The best bowling figures were those of Captain Troy Harvey who bowled 14 overs, 4 maidens, gave up 32 runs and took 4 wickets. Harvey is to be commended for doing an ex- cellent job as captain. Colours: Re-awarded — Chaves, Harvey, Dias, Welch, Amott, Morris. New — Noel-Simmons, Harrison. Under 15 Led well by captain Devrae Noel-Simmons the team played some entertaining and enthusiastic cricket. Noel-Simmons scored most of the runs with 127 in four games, with 61 not out, coming against Whitney. Derek Joaquin was the next highest scorer with 24. The best bowling figures for one game were those of John Burchall who finish- ed taking 4 wickets for 16 runs against Berkeley. For the season Noel- Simmons finished as the best bowler bowling 12 overs, with 1 maiden, giving up 80 runs, and taking 6 wickets. Team members were: D. Noel-Simmons; D. Joaquin; J. Burchall; C. Morbey; M. Showers; M. Davis; S. Young; S. Ross; A. Ranee; S. Amos; T. Temple; J. Bento; A. Farias, A. Clarke. Under 14 The under-14 side well captained by Derek Joaqin, defeated War- wick Sec. to reach the Junior cricket cup final. Missing two key players for the final, the side played well, but lacked their previous battery strength and so lost to Whitney Institute. Team members: D. Joaquin; C. Morbey; M. Davis; J. Bento; A. Ranee; J. Burchall; M. Showers; S. Amos; T. Temple; J. Himsworth; A. Francis; A. Bissell; and S. Young. Under 13 Tremendous work by Mr. Herman-Smith transformed this group into a very promising cricket team. The emphasis here being firmly on the word ' team ' . In some games their fielding was a splendid example to more senior players. The most runs were scored by Chris Marshall who hit 81; 46, not out, coming against Berkeley. The brunt of the bowling fell to Mar- shall and Burchall, both of whom did exceptionally good jobs. Mar- shall also did an extremely mature job as captain. Team members: C. Marshall; J. Burchall; J. Bento; M. Showers; S. Young; A. Ranee; A. Bissell; O. Alami-Merrouni; D. Douglas; A. Smith; G. Maule; A. Mello; E. Cheyne; and R. Grant. Results of the inter-school Track and Field meet Ross Morbey 2nd Senior Triple Jump Kennedy Simons 2nd Senior Javelin Andrew McPhee 3rd Intermediate Pole Vault David Chew 4th Intermediate Pole Vault Michael Davis 4th Intermediate Javelin Marco Zanol 2nd Intermediate 1500 metres C hris Marshall 1st Junior Javelin Jason Hen to 4th Junior Javelin Chris Marshall 3rd Junior Shot Shorn Young Isl Junior Pole Vault Chris Marshall 4th Junior Discus House Matches In the junior competition Saltus defeated Darrell to reach the final and Watlington beat Butterfield. In the senior tournament Darrell defeated Butterfield to get into the final. Volleyball This was an excellent season for the senior volleyball side. They finished the league season as undefeated champions: triumphing over Mount St. Agnes (for the first time in this sport), Warwick Academy, St. George ' s, Whitney Institute and Northlands to win the league. Their success can be mainly attributed to their willingness to train hard and often. In the tournament, although playing excellently throughout, our A team lost, in the one game final, to Mount St. Agnes. Our B team are also to be congratulated for playing well through the season. Colours: Re-awarded — M. Moniz; R. Hamill; V. Chaves; G. Cooper; R. Fisher; New: Stubbs; Mansi; Bacon. Our Junior teams had a splendid season, with both our A and B teams winning their leagues. Again, their success came from a willingness to listen to advice and work hard on it. Unfortunately, in the tournament the A team were unable to re- tain their edge, and finished second; but, the B team played very well and won their league after a very exciting play-off against War- wick Academy. Team members: A team — J. Mason, N. Tim- mins. Reed Young, D. Chew, K. Hamill; C. Smith. B team — R. Lines; G. Forbes; S. Dowling; J. Cooper; K. Marcoe; J. Discoll; A. Francis; A. Clarke. House Matches In the Junior house matches Saltus emerged as worthy winners; and in the senior competition, despite an apathetic approach by some of their seniors Darrell managed to rally around and win the trophy. — Let nw off this page!! 64 Not quite what Charles Kingsley had in mind. However. left to right; Andrew Ranee, Chris Dunn, Shorn Young, Dan Farias, Sean Simons, John Driscoll, John Burchall, Patrick Cooper. Craig Davis. . . under water struggling with outsize caps; Ashley Redmond, Tom Chasser, Drew Douglas. biiket The under-] 3, under-14 and under- 15 cricket teams Junior Water Polo — The Saltus Water Tigers The new pool has introduced another sport to Saltus in the form of Water Polo. A very enthusiastic, but somewhat aggressive bunch of lively individuals turn- ed up on Tuesday evenings for an hour of splashing and frolics. Games were seldom started on time as many of the boys were completing work in detention before sprinting down to the pool and leaping in, only to find that they had forgotten to change their uniforms for swimming trunks. Once the basic rules were understood the number of drownings decreased and the standard of play in- creased. A frequent problem was temporary blindness caused by the extra-large water polo caps falling across the eyes at critical moments in the game, which was usually followed by spluttering sounds as the ties of the cap then proceeded to choke the unfortunate victim. Two games were played against Warwick Academy this season. The first game against a team of aquatic giants that dwarfed our team, resulted in a home defeat of 2 goals to 1 . This defeat was avenged for the away match which resulted in a narrow win for Saltus with a final score of 6 goals to eight, despite our frostbitten goalkeeper scoring a goal in his own net! It is difficult to single out individuals for praise as all of the boys played until they were exhausted. My thanks to Ken Mesokowsky of Warwick Academy for refereeing the games and managing to keep the Saltus Water Tigers under control. We look forward to another season of lively and en- joyable water polo with the emphasis being on enter- tainment rather than winning! 65 England Tour ' 83 SOCCER BASKETBALL TOUR ' 83 On Sunday, March 27th, 1983, a 29 strong squad embarked on an am- bitious soccer and basketball tour of England. The tour party con- sisted of 26 boys and 3 masters from M.S.A. Saltus. On arriving at Heathrow Airport, the tour party travelled to Millfield Public School in Somerset. Our stay here was a hectic one as we played soccer against Strode Sixth Form College winning 4-2 in pouring rain and what seemed to be sub-zero temperatures. The Basketball team played the same school and won easily, 59-24. Half-way through the week the tour party travelled to the Bath area where the Basketball team played a pick of Bath Schools and won 74-46 in a come from behind , win. In the evening we went ice skating in Bristol where many of us spent a lot of the time helplessly sprawled on our backs. During the morning of the last day in Millfield we visited Longleat Safari Park where a camel took a liking to Mr. Beard and his mini- bus. In the afternoon the soccer team played Sexey ' s School — finalists in their county cup competition — in a hard fought but ex- citing encounter. We were unlucky to go down 5-3. Friday, April 1 saw us travelling to Bromyard in Herefordshire where many of the boys were introduced to cider, and more cider, and lots more cider! However we showed our great character on the foot- ball field and despite a few headaches we overcame Bromyard Town Youth 4-2: a convincing win. The following day we travelled to Birmingham where the soccer team completely annihilated Sutton Town Youth 7-0 with a memorable goal struck by Troy Harvey from 40 yards. In the after- noon we saw West Bromwich Albion F.C. play Manchester City. That night it was back to Bromyard for a Disco. On Sunday, April 3 we set off for Liverpool, leaving many broken hearts behind! The following day was probably the highlight of Ihe tour as we were shown around Manchester City ' s Maine Road stadium where we met such players as Kevin Reeves, Tommy Calon and Asa Hartford. That afternoon City were ' taken apart ' by Liver- pool 4-0. Tuesday saw the soccer team drawing with lirotte High ol ' Merscyside 3-3 in which Vincent Chaves clinched a last second equaliser with a powerful header. That same day the basketball learn lost 1 14-64 to Canon Slade School, Bolton in a gym which was no big- ger than a living-room! That ni til a parly was thrown loi ns willi plenty of liquid rel ' resh- rnctil ficin, provided: you j?,uessed it , cider! Tlic loilowiMj ' clay I he soc cer team got a taste of professional football when they trained with Wigan Athletic at Springfield Park. In the afternoon both Basketball and soccer teams played Rainford High School. The soccer team lost 7-0 having been forced to try and play in knee-deep mud. The basket- ball team gave an excellent performance and were unlucky to lose 70-63. Rainford Basketball Team are the 1983 runners up in the England U-I7 Schools Cup and have several internationals on their team. Leaving Rainford, we travelled to London on the Thursday and spent the afternoon shopping and generally relaxing. The final day saw the soccer team beating a strong Newham High Team 2-0, whilst the Basketball team lost to the Essex U-19 champions. Unfortunately 3 key members of the Basketball Team were unable to play owing to injury. The tour gave us many happy memories, ' Scruff ' s ' clearance, ' Boss Hoggs ' antics in the buses and Roger ' s habit of stopping motor- cyclists in Bromyard. Finally, I would like to thank all of those who supported us and last but not least of all Mr. Beard, Mr. Gwyn Williams of M.S. A. and Mr. Janes for their hard work and dedication which made the tour so suc- cessful. 66 WE ALL WITNESSED THE END OF THE WORLD This year drama at Saltus ventured into a new area with the produc- tion of three one-act plays. Though they were separate productions the plays were united thematically in that each play considered a situa- tion in which things, as they were, were coming to an end. Some fo the endings were predictable, others were anything but. The show, which we titled, The End of the World opened with The Do-it-yourself Frankenstein Outfit , a play which questioned the nature of identities and which suggested that we might not all be as individual as we would like to think we are. Though it is not done to single out performances by individuals, I think we must all remember Kirk Marcoe ' s controlled and measured performance as the presenter, and Michael Nisbett and Julia Van Beelen as two in- truders into the world of the play. Frankenstein was followed by a wistful piece of science fiction entitled The Avenging Phoenix . Here, David Kendall, as the harassed author, attempted to control a group of increasingly rebellious characters. Who can forget Melissa ' s asteroids or Jay- Jay ' s blue tights! After our excursion into the world of fiction we witnessed the parable world of Us and Them . A world in which two rival groups generated irrational hatreds which ultimately destroyed the world they inhabited. It was the wall ! The evening concluded with a brief sketch: The End of the World , and here we saw glimpses of Julia ' s Countess Wraith from last year ' s Dracula, and a new talent ' lurched ' into view J.C. Himsworth, and his immortal line, ' Ere ' ave you got the picnic basket? It was all good fun, and though the audience ' s may have been bemused by robot figures, flashing lights and maniac old ladies who shout at the actors when they shouldn ' t, they survived and enjoyed themselves. What next? Well... Anyone interested in Sweeney Todd, a shock and roll melodrama ? Seriously! 67 SOME POINTS OF VIEW The Soldier He charges across the large field with the sea of running screaming: humanity all around him. They rush across the battle-field, which has been crushed repeatedly by the huge, cyclindrical messengers of death until the earth gives way and cracks. As he tears across this slaughter ground, red hot needles of pain agony and death speed towards him, and as he jumps over a par- ticularly large crater. The bullet with his name on it explodes into his side, laying open his stomach. As the day goes on and the battle rages in the world outside of his shell hole and the dead seem to wrench that last ounce of blood from his body and they suck him into dark obli- vion. S. Whittle 3S ' Cat ' by Greg Scaff, Senior Year. The Iguana A living rainbow with a splendid dance of irridescent colours, placid, gentle, basking in the golden sunshine, dancing a dance of moody greens, dazzling yellows and soft, cool and comforting blues, its dull black eyes, look bleakly at the cactus: the white highlight, soothing, as those melancholy eyes stare into the abyss, day-dreaming; the relaxed snapping and grinding of his jaws, sheering the cacti and violet flowers off. This is precision at its simplest, most quiescent state. The jewel of Eden, that escaped all evil and corrup- tion. Only something so beautiful could escape eons of evolution. Lucifer ' s playmate, putrid, scaly, vile and ugly as it burrows into the safe- ty of the dark abyss, as it attempts to hide from the purifying golden light. Greys, blacks and shades of bile green dance a pagan rite on the creature ' s beaten, burdened back. The eyes, black, desperate with hate, twinkhng for revenge, depict a twist of heaving, convuhing terror, a glimpse of damna- tion and hell. Sloshing, chomping with blood lines guts spewed and flecked on his foul jaws. It tears and mutilates the listless, aged looking carcass of a freshly killed bird. Evil overcoming righteousness. Raging and lewd, it slinks to its hole, the hole that never ends, the hole that lead to hell. Only such a thing, prided and protected could be lavished with the privilege of escaping the eons of evolution. James Munro 3S Self Portrait by Julia van Beelen. 69 As I stood on the waterfront in the dark, sombre night the powerful wind hurled the waves at the dock. They shattered like glass against the sturdy wooden pillars. A thick fog engulfed the sky and everything beneath it. The waves shat- tered against the dock in a fury of broken glass. Their splash was chilling to the touch. Not far out seagulls could be heard and their faded, shadowy figures hovered against the ongoing wind. Their cry echoed in the sky and died into cons- tant roaring of the great waves pounding against the sturdy dock. The lights from a passing ship shone through the thick fog as the waves rolled and sloshed behind it. Suddenly the monstrous foghorn vibrated through the mist, shak- ing the sea, the piers, the fog. It thundered across the darkness and sent a chill that embraced me. Then the monster slinking off into the mist. K. Mayall 2P ' Exotica ' Along the edges of the driveway stood palms, upright and firm like sentries, with leaves like peacock plumes. Behind them, to one side, was a lush oleander hedge with enormous pink blooms shattering the rich, dark green. To the other side was the ocean, the crests of the waves highlighted by a brilliant glit- ter intervened by the deep dark b lue of trougha. Mingled into the perfume shop-like scent was the fresh, acidic smell of salt water. The drive itself was two mosaic paths of white marble, scarcely wider than a rake ' s head, once polished but now dull- ed by the black of tyres. Between lay a velvety carpet of green. Gently, the car turned in towards the oleander, passed through a gap and pulled up in front of the hotel. An enor- mous building it was, a dazzling strawberry pink. It must have been six storys high, and on each story was line of iron balconies ornate with flowers. I felt strangely disorientated. My eyes slowly became accustomed to the sudden change and I gazed round in wonder: exotic orchids hung from the high ceiling and the walls were like rockeries, spouting beautiful ferns and lush plantlife. On the left was an artifical waterfall, which created a comforting trickle as it wcaved its way over rocks and around plants, twisted and rucked into a crystal clear pool, the bottom of which sparkled red with cooper pennies. The floor was highly-polished marble and in the middle of the huge hall were luxurious looking couches Surreal Study by David Benevides, Senior Year. and chairs from which came the murmur ol ' voices and the smell of tobacco. B. .ludah 3S 70 Surreal Study by Rika Kakigi, Senior Year. Pen and Ink Study by Paul Giraud, Year 4. After The Storm The heavy downpour had ceased but the motionless black rainclouds still hung over the dampened earth: threatening. The damp bitter wind howled like a stricken dog, snatching up all trash and leaves that had not been pinned down by the rain. The sun had disappeared among the hills and clouds, taking with it all cheerfulness and encouragement. Wet leaves hung like bats weighing the outstretched limbs of trees down. The streets were wet and deserted. The only sign of existence, was the dull glow of light sealed in by mist covered windows. It was almost dark now, but the wind and cold was not ready to leave. The wet grasses lay motionless, stuck to one another by water. Spider webs swayed to and fro in the wind catapulting small round shells of water. Things were hard to see now, but the wind howled even more loudly to ensure no one could forget what was happening. Then, once again the clouds, which no longer could be seen, released their loads. Ken Dallas 2P Some place... Out There It crawled out of the fissure, shrouded with a frothy mist, then it awoke, liquid jetting upwards, lashing outwards with its arc- ed tongues, finally spreading out, capturing everything in its hot clamy hands, then... it ceased to exist. It left us standing, staring, cold with the chill at the unknowing, what was out there? The rumble of the angered beast died to become a gen- tle purr. The plateau we stood on was itself alive. Crystals formed the surface upon which we walked, reflecting a faint, but noticeable blue light, a light which apparently had no source, as the black sky above us was as dark as a raven ' s eye. These weird formations seemed to battle for superiority, protruding, retracting, never leaving the same outlook as before. We were not to move, but were entranced by the site, entrapped in the cage of our curiosity, baited with the beauty and splendour of the situation. You could hear the hiss of the hot steams of li- quid, as they spat us. Where are we? I looked down to my feet where I noticed something dif- ferent, under the crystals, I stood on a tree. We realised the real world was underneath the blanket. I bashed at the crystals with my foot. It chipped, creaked and then surrendered, I had gained entrance to this intriguing realm. A fine mist settled in the air as patches of that blue light shone through the glass. The plant Hfe was a jungle, but on a major scale, everything was green and healthy. Then it began to go wrong. The flowers became bitter, they shattered to the touch. The trees and brush turned into thin ice and broke, bringing the root down with it. It was the hail, we had subjected the rain forest to a force which drew out its moisture. We clambered to our rocket, our only means at escape. We left the planet, some place... out there. G. Jones 3S Self Portrait by Mark Mulally, Year 3. 71 Block Prints by Kevin Mayall, Year 2. The Soldier The truant, Stock-still with springy uniform, Polished crests, Brazen gun. And sunken eyes. Superficially imprinted. Wrought to the care of his mind, The glory. Pageantry-honour And everlasting lust for war. Glasses wraith. Twisting lunimiscent fingers, ' round, Scraggly thoughts. Destroying hell, torment, agony And the twisted minds. That only war can produce. James Munro 3S Thrills The wind ripped through his hair, his eyes watered and his lips grew dry. The car rocketed off the slope, accelerating as it went, and he was glad for the soft cushions which kept the bumpiness of the ride from doing too much damage. The car slowed and then nearly stopped at the top of the next climb, before plummet- ting once more into a spiralling pit. It shot out of the spiral as through flung from a sling, and he seemed to rise from his seat when, on rounding a corner, the car dropped from below him and rattled on down the tracks. The car stopped abruptly for it was the end of the ride, and, dizzy as he was, he managed to get up and stum- ble away from the roller coaster. Roland Lines 4K I braced myself against my foundering raft The wave plunged down in its fury I soared in fantasy. R. Marirea IJ The swimmer floats on tranquil sea, Blue becomes foam, and strong as raging Zeus. A cry is muffled. C. Maclntyre IJ Out for the season , by Jonathan Northcott, year 4. 72 ' I I? ' ■ • ' ' ■ 1 1 1 ; i Mpslings 1 h Black SEA ■ ' Black Rum ' by Bill Gringley, Year 3. The Hunter and the Hunted A shot pierced the steaming air of the jungle, but missed its target. The beast bolted off into the dense undergrowth. Damn! said the hunter and he loaded his shotgun with two more shiny cartridges. He began to run after the animal which had sparked hatred in him. Birds stared from the treetops at this newcomer to their homeland and small animals cowered in their holes at the sound of his even footsteps crashing through the jungle. Sudden bursts of Hght blinded him as he ran past tree after tree. He stopped, looked about him, saw more broken bushes, and ran in the direction of them. He stopped, he turn- ed his head from left to right: it was almost as if this creature, man, could smell this beast. He ran on. Suddenly, he stopped and smirk- ed, his eyes widened. He raised his weapon and another shot cracked the air in two, this was followed by a scream ten times lounder, and the remaining birds fled to the sky. Man pushed a bush aside and went over to the sprawled animal. He took off his bush hat and knelt down on one leg and left the red blood oozing from the animal ' s side. He smil- 1 ed, and then laughed. B. Huxley 2P Qive tkvr true ykaswre not wden tfte art mitten in Haste and mtk ddsyieasure, neitder wfien tfiey are jrocfucecC tfirou [aiourancf Mgena, kit od wden tfieyare created Letters by Trevor mtd aMtlOn aruC M dt Mouchette, senior Exotica Water hurried and splurged and sputtered over the disturbed sand, crushing weak obstacles in its way. The backwash left a smooth layer of sand, covered with a light film of water. Like breathing on glass, the film began shrinking to nothingness as it was soaked into the sand. A slight breeze ro ' se as the water hammered the rocks to either side of the beach releasing a cold, piercing spray would shriek in terror at the pain and then think twice of taking their dive. Meanwhile, inside the water, crowds passed the time having fun. There was the familiar bubbling of snorkels, as boys would sneak up underwater and scare their sisters. Some would dive off the low rocks, only to realise how shallow the water was, and some were attracted by snorkelling and observing the parrot fish along the reefs. Most smaller children were more artistic, as they created sand-castles from the fine sand. Their master-pieces , however, were destroyed by the con- tinuous movement of the nearby waves. B. Lattyak 3S Library Study by Susan Lawrence, Senior Year. 73 ' Dana ' by Trevor Mouchette, Senior Year. The Death of a Soldier The chorus of gunfire faded slowly, like the end of an eternal song and once again I was alone. This wasn ' t the way I wanted to die. Up until now there had always been deep consideration but never deep thought. I had always felt but never with inner feeling. A sad song never brought a tear to my eye, I never ex- perienced father ' s pride with the first word spoken by a baby. Dead men and those who might as well have been were as com- mon a sight as sweet flowers in the summer and to me they were nothing more. It scared me how life, love and emotion; happiness, remorse and death could be so taken for granted while guns, grenades and cannons were so treasured to the soldier who really has nothing; except for the sight and the sour smell of summer flowers. K. Hamill 3S Photogram by Kim Donald, Senior Year. The Bells of Battle A massive uproar echoed through the land, The clashes of steel rang like many Sunday bells, The funeral bells were pealing. Massive death destruction. Hearts of broken men floating in a deep pool of ripe blood, Crying out for life. Deep, screaming agony, Tearing at the inner souls of battered men. Living only for death. K.K. Hamill 3S ' Machclh ' , poster (k ' sign by .liilia van Bee en, Senior Year. 74 The Upper Verandah by Jonathan Northcott, Year 4. Fishing Scene There was the pounding of the bow as the boat lurched ahead, being tossed about. The peUing rain coming down in driving force forced us to stay below. The Unes had been tangled beyond repair, the tackle box had fallen over sending its hundreds of hooks flying through the air. The swells rocked the boat, sending the bait and guts down on the floor. Dark, low-lying clouds chocked us as the land totally disap- peared. The dead fish began to change the air, radio communication was long cut, they could now only hope. The total boat was in chaos and the sudden mysterious brown, shallow spots around us didn ' t help. L. White 4M Scene from a rain forest Above the thick layer of foliage were the dark gloomy rain clouds which constantly dropped their burden on the land below. The air was thick and damp. It seemed as though everything soaked up the moisture. The trees either dead or alive were all damp; the thick layer of leaves under foot was heavily laiden with mositure: it was like walking on a huge sponge. There was always a constant drip as the rain found its way through the tricky mazes. In the distance could be heard the cries of animals, the sound was soaked up in the leaves like the water and was silenced so all sound was short and rounded. The parrots let out their shrill cries while the tree frogs quietly whistled their tunes. S. Amos 2P I ' Bike ' by Anthony Cannonier, Year 4. Holocaust The men tremble with fear. Some take the last puffs of their cigarettes, others write their last words. O.K. lads at the sound of the whistle I want to see you up and over commands the general. There is an eerie silence as the general slowly brings a cold, metallic whistle to his chapped lips. The crisp and boisterous sound of the whistle breaks the defean ing silence. Bodies are hurled up and over the bunkers towards the opposing line. They are greeted with a barrage of gunfire as death prevails. Corpses from the bloody holocaust lie everywhere. The general sighs, resigned with resentment as he lines up the next group of men. N. Timmins 2S Watercolour study by Bill Gringley, Year 3. 75 Act I — Horror Story The pentagonal mass lies affixed to the jagged precipice of rock, looming and voying with its unclean unshaven, burdened form, into the abyss. The forest lies quiet below, serene and undaunting against the background of decrepit ruins, moonlight and mist, as the trees whistle a lullaby from their innards and the green blanket swings alive with each and every breeze. The fortress, a castle of for- boding solitude, over-looks its placid domain as does an evil master, his slaves. Two people break through into a clearing whilst the rip- ples of the lake, lap and loll at the pepples that necklace it, enticing the lovers closer. They seem as if to move at a pace of their own through the lush growth, unoblivious, inno- cent to their impending doom, of the creature that lurks. It slithers closer, scaling the trees and watching the lovers ' embrace, greedily. It descends and in tempo with the loll of the trees and lush grasses, approaches the lovers in an emminent confrontation of horror. It pounces with a lusty, hidious growl betwixt the two, slavering and crewing, grinding his teeth with the of his lips, and emits a foul blast of mush with the excitement of the kill. With nimble feet and deft claws he chases the male, playing with him, tormenting him as he screams helplessly, teasing as a cat does a mouse. Only to trap him, throw him over his brutish shoulders and scur ry back to the mountain of rock, his home. Deftly he scales the jagged cliff, the weight on his back no burden and enters the edifice through the rot- ten mahogany doors to chain his prey to a slab of duty steel. J. Munro 3S Watcrcolour sludy by Jonathan llimsworlh, Year 3. Abstract telephone by Melissa Wittich, Senior Year. Portrait study by David Benevides, Senior Year. Other Worlds We were now in totally new environment, the sea kingdom. Fish of all shapes and colours appeared from behind the reefs, rocks and hidden caverns. Shiny, reflective objects had been covered with cloth or other material. The group of divers remained in a tight form allowing no stragglers. These waters were filled with sharks and other thirst-craving fish. We had a mission which had to be carried out. The surrounding reefs were illuminated with a rainbow of colours. Pieces of underwater plants grew high reaching for the endless top. Yellow coral heads were haphazardly placed over the reef, branches of coral formed strange yet beautiful pieces of art. The snow-white sand wa,s scattered along the lloor, having small ripple-like forms. The schools of fish came and went, not without a quick stare in your mask and quick bite at your hair. Thus colours were bright, yellows with reds and greens, or deep purple with touches of either red or black around Ihcir faces, fins and (ails. Wc looked a( our watches, being fascinated with all the colours, shapes and forms which both fish, plants and rock took. L. White 4M 76 The Backyard Safari City planners have shown beyond doubt that by successfully erecting housing developments on top of old forests, orchards and meadows they can phase out the greenery that once threatened the outskirts of our towns. These developments are a great boon to camping since they make such fine places to get away from, but at the same time they are destroying the most exotic form of camping known to man — the backyard safari. Personally, I do not sleep in the backyard anymore. An intimate association with slugs, night crawlers and wandering dogs no longer holds the fascination for me it once did but there are those, mostly under the age of ten, whose backyard is still a wilderness; a Mount Everest, North Pole and Amazon all rolled into a small patch of lilacs and crabgrass. There are mainly two distinct forms of sleeping out: alone and with a friend. My friend and I nestled between an assortment of comics and edibles, were well on our way to an adventurous night under the stars. Then it got dark. Sometime between 9 p.m. and midnight I became convinced that the forces of darkness were conspiring to terminate my existence. I emerged from beneath the quilts and prepared to hurl myself into the abyss of darkness, informing Vern I had recalled some urgent business at home. His argument for my staying was fierce and brilliant but he could not hold a candle to the pure hard logic of a wavering screech coming out of the nearby woods. Sleeping out alone, though, is serious business, fraught with craft, skill and ritual. Some great writers suggest the initiation into manhood is your first gun or glass of whisky or some other such first. They are all wrong. The true initiation is sleeping out alone for the first time. You can always recognise a boy who has completed this ritual. There will be a new firmness to his jaw, a slight swagger to his gait — and he will be old and wrinkled and have white hair. When sleeping out alone you must pick exactly the right spot. The sleeping spot should not be so close that you draw such taunts as, Paul is sleeping on the back stoop! but it should not be so far away that the distance cannot be covered in two seconds, starting from a prone position. On one occasion, while sleeping out alone, I heard a noise. I threw my quilts off and raced to the house at high speed. Strangely enough, I collided with my dog. The result was multiple bites on the head, neck, legs and hindquarters, but after a good deal of rest and medication he pulled through. The next night, when I returned to sleep out alone, I was much braver. I lay back against the pillow, hoping to smell smoke so that I could rush in and save the family. Off in the distance an ant coughed. The night dragged on. A pack of wolves circled my camp, whilst an axe murderer passed through the yard on his way to work. I remembered an urgent phone call but we had no phone. Where is the dawn I thought? Just then the ten o ' clock curfew rang. I had been out alone for forty five minutes. I slouched back down into the saddle of myself and rode against the night. Paul Moniz 2P Thrills The tar bubbled viciously as the sun relentlessly scorched the tarmac. Hazed images danced and swam and were bowled over by a blast of the lashing wind. The parched creatures who dared to venture into this harsh dust bowl were whipped and stung by a never-ending sciroc- co. The cacti like gauntlets reached from the blanket of suffocating sand clutching at anything; anything to rescue them from this hell. Few venture here, only the handful who search for the excitement and thrill of setting the world land speed record. D. Kendell 4K Above: Reflections. Left: Tree Story by A. Cannonier. 11 . Newport poster by David Benevides, Senior Year. Sea Frothing in a mighty surge of power, blue meets white in a roaring confrontation. Deep blue crashes onto the shallow and retreats, pull- ing sand from the bottom, twisting and mixed with the foamy crest, spitting missiles of liquid salt high into the air. A dagger of sharp and pitted rock stands stubborn against the cons- tant hammering and drilling of the natural sand-blaster, slowly wear- ing to a darkened stub of solid — one more victory for the everlasting warlord, the almighty sea. Sparkling silver on blue canvas, the sea reflects the daylight sun. Longtails swirling, circling, streak the sky with white splendour, orange beaks dipping and darting into the turquoise beauty. Peaceful, the ancient mother lies asleep, comforted by crying gulls and the soft glow of lunar light in the dark blanket of late evening. Water gently lapping against the docks brings memories to the old man, looking out to the boundless serenty of the everlasting sea, Lady of Life. Ian Mackie 3S Graveyard scene by Julia van Beelen, Senior Year. Howler of the Year? Sir Francis Drake was knitted on the deck of the Golden Hind by the Queen as she lay in deep water off Plymouth. ( arloons of Ihc SlaJJ by John Buchanan, Year I. 78 1982-1983 SENIOR YEAR On paper, the Senior Year Class of 1982 83 was, academically, the most well- quahfied since the inception of the Programme. Unfortunately, however, excellent ' O ' Level results and outstanding secondary school grades do not, necessarily, reflect one ' s degree of maturity and sense of responsiblity. Whilst most students have receiv- ed offers of admission from prestigious universities and colleges throughout North America and will no doubt pursue worthwhile careers, a minority have failed to take advantage of the opportunities afforded them to acquire those qualities of mind and character which are so essential for success at the more advanced level of study. With the ever-increasing cost of higher education, all students would do well to consider the demands which will be placed upon them and ask themselves whether they are prepared to adopt the corect approach in order to justify the considerable financial sacrifice which their parents will be expected to make. The year did, however, have its high points — the enjoyable Christmas party, the profitable bake sales, the first victory against the Staff in the annual soccer game (lucky, of course!), to name only a few. Moreover, although I do not Hke to single out individuals, mention must be made of the award to Robert Soares as Bermuda ' s Oustanding Teenager — it is difficult to imagine a more deserving recipient. I am sure that even further success will come with the publication of The Advanced Placement results in July, when the months of hard work should bring due reward to those who have taken their studies seriously. Much of the credit for the fact that our students continue to impress academically must go to the fine staff of both schools whose ef- forts, in and outside the classroom, ease the transition to university life. I thank them, as well as all those whose involvement — although behind the scenes — is no less im- portant in allowing the Programme to function smoothly. As for next year, we could have the largest Senior Year ever, if all candidates are able to satisfy the entrance requirements before September. In addition, we shall be implementing new major and minor courses in Computer Science, to be examined for the first time in May 1984. With demand far exceeding the number of places available, the future for Senior Year certainly look bright. We continue, however, to be judged by the calibre of students we produce and the Class of 1983 84 should, therefore, be aware from the outset of the exemplary standards we shall expect from them. Malcolm Durrant Senior Year Co-ordinator 79 THE GRADUATES OF 1982-1983 Troy Harvey Stuart Joblin Jane Judson Rika Kakigi Kathy Perry Greg Scaff Fiona Shutter Beth Simmons Sarah Skinner Jay Soares Robert Scares David Swift Melissa Wiiiieh Karen WooIct Class Nominations Class Extrovert Ian Julia Class Clown The Gang Kim Class Intellect Bobby Karin Class Cutie Douglas Mellisa Class Air-Head Peter Karen W Class Malibu Greg Robin Class Klutz David S Nicola Class Father Mother Janice Janice Class Sass Troy Michele B Most Assertive Robby Beth Most Likely to Succeed David F Desiree Most Likely to Get Married Stuart Sarah S Most Likely to Get Divorced Stuart Melissa Most Gullible Alistair Mellisa Most Quiet Steven M Karen L Most Loud Benny Susan First Pro Athlete Vince Robin First Forno Star Trevor 7 First Rasta Ian Jane J 82 I strait from the Horse ' s mouth! Nicola: In ten years I ' ll be... God knows what.! Doug: Ma ' am, I have a small wrinkled one. Robby: Jim lives! Greg: Do it on a windsurfer! Karen W: Can I have some of that? Everyone: Shut up, Niblett! Mr. Kermode: Imagine life inside a ping-pong ball. Fitch: Um... Melissa: OMIGOD! Kim: Joke..! kay? Only kidding. Troy: What ' s Blackwood? ...Oooh! Melissa: Are these chairs new or am I slow? Computer: I don ' t know how to... Robin: I saw that rock. Mrs. Janes: Douglas, you have a nice smile, but it won ' t work. Vince: Bye, no bye. Trevor: Friggy, diggy. Mr. Kermode: It ' s like wading through Mars bars. Dave: Is that really necessary? Sarah N.: Let me sleep! Alastair: Sing, Sally! Sing! Janice: What kind of sandwiches would you like? Susan: Troy! ... Where ' s my shoe? Mr. Evans: Heads or tails? COLLEGE BOUND r cier DcUTCll — Acadia — Business Administration iVllCllClC IjCclli — wcaicm — DUdincda oc .A)i 1 11 i icrciai Administrative Studies Davicl Benevides — Mt. Albson or Toronto — Engineering vinccni i navcs — Mt. AUison — Business Accounting Fiona Couper — Mt. AUiscn — Science Stephen Cullimore — Mt. Allison — Business Admistraticn Janice De Couto — Acadia — Business Administration Nicole De Sousa — Mt. Allison or Queens — Arts Kobert Uickinson — Not going Kim Donald — Queens — Arts Liavia ritcn — Carleton — Computer Science Mellisa Cjibbons — Stockton State CcUege — Psychology Troy Harvey — St. Mary s — Business Administration Stuart Joblin — Western — Business Ccmmeraal Administrative Studies Soaal Saences Jane Judson — Did not apply. Susan Lawrence — Lake Forest — Arts Business Karin Lee — Acadia or Toronto — Arts Karen Lines — Nova Scotia Agricultural — Pre-vet Ian Maule — Dalhousie — Engineering Colin Mawer — Dalhousie — Business Administration Stephen McMaster — Mt. Allison — Music Alastair McPhee — St. Leo College — Restaurant Management Robin McPhee — Queens or Toronto — Arts Trevor Mouchette — Undecided Michael Nisbett — St. Mary ' s — Science Sarah Northcott — University of New Hampshire — Forest Technology Douglas Patterson — Mt. Allison or Queens — Business Administration Kathy Perry — Niagara College — Interior Design Greg Scaf f — Rhode Island School of Design — Art Fiona Shutter — Western — Fine Arts Beth Simmons — York or Trent — Sociology Sarah Skinner — Not going Jay Jay Scares — Mt. Allison — Arts Robert Scares — Brown — Science David Swift — Queens — Computer Science Economics Julia Van Beelen — Undecided Desiree Ward — Mt. St. Vincent or McMaster — Science Melissa Wittich — Skidmore College — Arts Karen Wooller — Queens — English 83 IMAGINE IF... Melissa was in love with a boy for more than week! Bobby came second in class! Sarah S. gained weight! Julia stopped talking for more than five minutes! Sarah N. started! Fitch wasn ' t sick ! Sarah and Nicola socialised with Senior Year! Jackie didn ' t have an accident. Karen W. didn ' t eat all day. Trevor drew a clothed woman. Bobby remembered Doug ' s Party. Troy liked rock. Michael cracked a funny joke. Dave graduated. Douglasi could spell. Economics class didn ' t pass without a Scottish or Welsh comment. We all did out own Homework. Niblet could dance. We didn ' t have Dexatrim. Robby took off his hat. Greg wore clothes. We didn ' t gossip. Jackie knew what was going on. REMEMBER: When Trevor went to Math? When Kim changed the clock in typing and class got out 15 minutes early? When Stephen was crushed by a bag of cement? When Robin ' s locker door fell on her head? When Bobby failed a Chemistry test? Benny ' s moment on Spor t ' s Day — Thanks Vince! Nisbett ' s dance off Greg ' s porch? When Ian rallied into the school gate... on his face? When Fiona C. outguzzled Vince? Robby beat Greg in class rankings? The parties at Melissa ' s? The Beach party... and Julia? When someone brought in a new tape? When Susan ' s bike was stolen... both of them? When Swift didn ' t leave for English ten minutes early? The night before a six page History essay... Help?! Studying for A.P ' s... NO?! When Julia got locked out of math? When Nicola and Sarah took a two hour lunch break? When Melissa came Fourth out of fourth? Alistair on Halloween? Stuart in the morning... on the island? When Brian left the Christmas booze locked in the car... with the keys? Animal House?! 84 SENIOR YEAR 1983 Editor , Yearbook Co-ordinator and Senior School layout: Literature editor for Senior School: Miss S. Matthews. Sports report co-ordinator: Mr. M. Durrant Sports layout and editor: Mr. D. Janes. Photography co-ordinator for Senior School: Mr. J. Solliss. Junior School Liason: Mrs. M. Pettit. Photography in the Junior School by Mr. Mark Beasley. Thanks also to Mr. William Zuill for his assistance to Mrs. Pettit. Cavendish Prep Liason: Penny Sampson, ably assisted by all the staff at Cavendish. Senior Year Contributors: Melissa Wittich Susan Lawrence Kim Donald and a lot of others! Cover Design: N. Kermode Cover Lettering: Trevor Mouchette Our thanks to all our contributing photographers whether they be students, staff or parents.