Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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Mystery Photographs Throughout the Junior section of the yearbook you will find several mystery photographs. These photographs were taken in and around the Junior Department. Try to identify the photographs - what they show - where they were taken. Be careful, they may not all be the right way up. For answers see page 5 1 . Mystery Photo 1 Comments on Science Lessons Dealing with the misuse of Tobacco, Drugs and Alcohol (1985) - as submitted to the Royal Commission In their Science lessons since September, classes J7A and J7S, of Saltus Grammar School (Junior Department) have been studying Human Biology, with particular emphasis on the importance of dev ;loping healthy habits to ensure long, happy lives, e.g. the importance of good nutrition, regular exercise etc. Recently, after learning about the heart, transplants, heart attacks, lungs, respiration etc. - a natural progression of work led to detailed discussions of the dangers of smoking, alcohol and drugs. It was obvious, from the boys questions and comments that they were well aware that all society is affected by the excessive use of these dangerous substances. Their thoughts and feelings, expressed after our lessons to- gether, are most encouraging, my aim, at this level (11 and 12 yrs.) is to demonstrate dearly and scientifically, the dangers of acquiring bad habits and to encourage the boys to make their future decisions on these matters, the right ones. Lilian Williams Science Department Saltus Grammar School It is most encouraging to see that the students are learning about and clearly very aware of the inherent dangers of abusing alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. They were obviously very impressed with the fact that Your lungs go from a heal thy pink to a sickening black . Your approach to integrating discussions on the misuse of drugs and alcohol into the total science programme, rather than singling them out. is most appropriate. Dr. David Archibald Royal Commissioner 29 Bad Habits Smoking, Alcoholism. Drugs... that ' s all I hear in the world today . What ' s so great about them. They don ' t do people any good. I turn on the television set... Play it Kool... Click. If I played it Kool I wouldn ' t play it at all! If you smoke. Stop! You are destroying your- self by puffing at that cigarette, cigar or pipe. By smoking you are giving youself cancer, lung disease and you take ten years off your life not to mention being a nuisance and danger to other people. - Lyle Douglas J7S Come on man, take a whiff. If someone says it to you you should have the brain to say No you are out of your mind . Some people think that it ' s great fun to go around taking drugs. These people are not fit to be human beings. - Marcus Kermode J7S Smoking is not a very good habit to start. When teenagers start to smoke they think they look cool and macho, but if you take my opinion they don ' t look ver cool they look and act ver ' silly. They are killing them- selves with the slowest torture possible. If someone comes up and says. Take a puff, ' you must reject say. no. and leave in the other direction. Smoking is ven. bad for your health and other people ' s health. If you don ' t smoke your lungs will be a light pink but if you do smoke your lungs will be a disgusting black. If you smoke it will destor other people ' s health too, because when they breath in they will breath in your disgusting filthy smoke. So do what you can help people quit smoking, anyone in the family or friends. HELP PUT A STOP TO SMOKING ' - Keith DeSilva J7S Smoking is a ver bad habit. I thmk that it makes your breath disgusting. When my mother and close friends kiss on the cheek I smell it so bad I feel sick and have to get fresh air. Smoking takes 10 years off your life and when you do not smoke your lungs are pink but when you start they go an ugly black colour. - Geoffrey Redmond J7S Smoking causes lung cancer and em- physemia. makes your teeth ba wn and if a pregnant woman smokes her baby ' s life is in danger. If you have staned there are a lot of programmes to help you stop, don ' t give up hope! - Michael Davidson J7A

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School Officers 1984 1985 Monitors who have served during this year. DUTY MONITORS: Christopher Mutch, David Jenkinson, Robert Rego, Benjamin Lucas, Michael Batista, Richard Todd, Marcus Kermode. Dwayne Trott, Christopher Smith, Sloan Wakefield, Geoffrey Redmond, Gregory Tit- ter ton, William Young CLASS MONITORS: Adam Tufts, Keith de Silva, Stephen McCul- loch. Spencer Moss, Bobby Pratt, Christoper Harkness, Zenji Ingham, Chip Popper SUBJECT MONITORS: Reid Robinson, Michael Davidson, Michael Ashton, Jonathan Young, Guy Hamshere , Christian Dunleavy , {Head Teacher ' s Monitors), David Morgan, Joel Froomkin, Christopher Madeiros House Officers BUTTERFIELD Capt: Rcid Robinson Vice Capt: William Young DARRELL Capt: Christopher Madeiros Vice Capt: Chip Popper SALTUS Capt: Bobby Pratt Vice Capt: Gregory Titterton WATLINGTON Capt: Spencer Moss Vice Capt: David Morgan 28

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Congratulations The K.G.B. - Or Is It? I slowly wandered throught Mr. Kage ' s back yard, making sure he didn ' t see or hear me. When I came to the edge of it, I saw again the high wooden fence which I saw every day after school. But today it seemed more mysterious than ever. Why was it there ? Was somebody trying to hide something? I was deteremined to find out. Seeing a small, metal, ladder by the side of the fence, I climbed up and looked over, my heart beating, my legs and hands shaking. There was nothing! Just a few, boring, dull, ordinary trees! But there might be something behind those trees, if I was lucky - slim chance though. I heaved myself over the plunged to the ground. Calmly, I walked over and looked through the trees, and peeking out of the ground stood a funnel. This was a bunker?! I slowly became tense. What could this be? Creeping up to the funnel, I heard voices, All you do is knock off (kill) our President, then the head of Russia, President Chemenko!! Got it? a gruff voice said. But why? asked another. Because, the countries will blame each other, starting a war. That ' s when the boss starts his plan to take over the world! he answered. This was enough for me. I ran to the fence, jumped up on it and clambered over; next stop the police station. As I started to slow down into a jog, for I had been running, I began to think how stupid I would look. Maybe that whole thing was somebody playing a joke. Maybe I had met up with a couple of quacks. Come to think of it the police aren ' t going to believe me, ever. Deciding to make sure of my facts first, 1 rounded up some of the gang, Mike, Brian and Courtland. We again climbed over the fence, more quietly though this time. Sneaking along the dry grass, we reached the trees. What do we do now? asked Brian. Congratulations to this year ' s Scholarship Winners :- 1st Place: Guy Hamshere Music: Marcus Kermode ■■■■ Mystery Photo 2 Find a way in , I answered. Mike walked forward towards the funnel and plunged into the ground! Mike, I shouted in a whisper, are you all right? Sure, came the reply, come down, but do it quietly. We each jumped down in turn and landed on a soft but old mattress. Next to it was a door. Slowly, hearing no voices, we opened the door and walked in. It was filled with guns and bombs! Everything, M-16s, grenades, terrorist bombs, even an anti- tank weapon! They must be starting a war! Brian remarked, terrified. Are you sure you know what you ' re doing? Is this illegal? Courtland asked. I didn ' t answer. My mind was working on a brainstorm. I ' ve had an idea, I said. We could get some of the weapons and capture the gang! They agreed, but you could see they were terrified. Their faces had turned white and their legs were shaking. But don ' t get the idea I wasn ' t frightened. I was out of my wits. So scared, I almost didn ' t want to try it, but I know it had to be done. I took a revolver and pushed off the safety lock. We crept into the hallway on the other side and heard voices at the other end. Suddenly the door opened and out came burly man. He reached for his revolver as he saw me, but I shot first. He fell, with a bullet wound in his side. I turned green with nausea, but had not ime to think before a bullet ripped through the air into my right shoulder. I fell to the ground screaming in pain - my arm was dyed red with blood. Soon I blacked out. I awoke to find myself in hospital. I was told that a neighbour had heard the commotion and phoned the police but Brian, Mike and Courtland had finished them off already, although Mike suffered bullet wounds in the arm. We all received medals from the President! We appeared in newspapers across the world. The leader of the gang. Boss, turned out to be Nico Shacararo, a notorious terrorist who once headed the I. R. A. So that wrapped up the greatest adventure ever, that made us rich and famous, but it was not that I liked the most, but the fact I had helped my country. - Guy Hamshere J7A 30