BHS Prefects 1943

For the first time in many years there are only ten school prefects. At the beginning of the year eleven were appointed, but in the middle of the second term we said good-bye to Jim Connolly who left to join the Air Force. We were extremely sorry to lose Jim, for he was a valuable asset in many ways, but we wish him the best of luck in his new career.

At the first meeting of the year it was decided that prefects’ meetings should be held once a fortnight. This arrangement has been extremely satisfactory, largely due to the untiring efforts of Mr. Davies-Moore, who has so kindly presided over them. Prefects’ teas are regular monthly occurrences and although owing to the first term being so short we have only had three, each has been even better than the one before it.

Two school dances have been held, one at the end of first term and one at the beginning of this one. Contrary to the usual custom, no ex-students have been invited, and the whole school except the first year has attended.

The girl prefects have been finding it increasingly hard to enforce the wearing of the regulation school uniform for, while they realise the difficulty which students have to obtain it, it seems a pity for the present students not to uphold the good record of the school.

Aided by Miss Burton, Mrs. Kenrick, and the fourth and fifth year students, dancing classes have been held regularly and it is pleasing to note the progress which the school as a whole has made.

By the time this “Kingia” is published we prefects of 1943 will almost have finished our term of office, and will be paving the way for our successors of 1944. To them we give our best wishes in the earnest hope that they will carry on with those things which we have tried to do, and perfect those things which we have managed to achieve.

'Prefect Notes' from the 1943 edition of the Kingia magazine.