BHS Prefects 1942

At the beginning of the year it was impossible to hold any evening functions as has always been the custom in preceding years. To overcome this difficulty, the prefects conducted afternoon dancing lessons for two hours every Monday.

By blacking-out the gymnasium it is again possible for evening entertainment to lie held. However, the dancing lessons were improved so much that they almost made up for the inability to hold evening functions. The introduction of the amplifier and modern gramophone records, together with the novelties, attracted the students in great numbers to weekly afternoons of profitable enjoyment.

Perhaps the most notable form of attraction to the dance lessons is the interest which Miss Burton is taking in teaching the latest steps. We have very much pleasure in welcoming Miss Burton to the school, and hope she is enjoying herself. Miss Burton and Mr. Malden are very generous with their demonstrations of how to dance correctly, but I think they find it very much easier to demonstrate than to teach. We also wish to thank Mr. Everingham for his invaluable help with the amplifier and Mr. Davies Moore for his keen interest in the social side of the school.

But there is a side of our lives which is not so bright, namely, punishing evil-doers. It has been said that we are a trifle lax in our duty this year, but I think there is a considerable decrease in crime since our party came into action. No longer do the grinning little lower school boys brawl when they meet in a passage-way. They know that the strong arm of the law will catch up with them, and consequently, prefer to look the other way, and yield not to temptation. The girls are reforming even more than the boys, and prefer to wear their hats on their heads rather than face our stern judge and jury.

We sincerely hope that by the end of 1942 there will be no need for punishment of students, and that we can hold another successful social for the lower school.

'Prefect Notes' from the 1942 edition of the Kingia magazine.