BHS Prefects 1925

As the final term of 1925 and the last of our school days are fast drawing to a close we again offer our contribution, the chronicle of our term’s events, to the “Kingia,” whose newly-appointed editors, by the way, we heartily congratulate. So far there has been little to call for special comment, the business side of our life continuing smoothly, and the pleasure—well, who would want more pleasure than to study for the Leaving?

But because we have observed such a conscientious abstinence from pleasure throughout the term, we find it all the more necessary that we should take full advantage of those halcyon days “after the Leaving,” when we hope to repeat some of the happy hours which we spent together earlier in the year. We have planned even further ahead, for at a recent meeting one of our members put forward the unanimously-approved suggestion that we should re-unite at a “banquet” (can you guess the identity of the said member) in 1930.

It is not without considerable regret that we realise that in just a few weeks more we shall have left school for ever, and even our eagerness to embark on the real voyage of life cannot quite drive away the clouds of our parting from school and friends. We all willingly admit that our school days have been, on the whole, extremely happy even if at times we did feel slightly fed up, when no word but “Leaving” echoed in our ears, or when our duties of suppressing unruly members of the lower school became particularly arduous. Referring to this latter, to digress for a moment, we admired the ingenuity of one of our number who, finding a certain class particularly unmanageable, took advantage of a momentary calm to turn the key in the door and keep the guilty ones in effective captivity.

Having nothing more to write, truly an excellent reason, we will now draw these, our final notes, to a close, after first wishing success to all exam. candidates, the best of luck to the prefects for 1926, whom we cannot congratulate because they have not yet been appointed, and a happy holiday, including a very joyful Christmas, to all.

'Prefect Notes' from the December 1925 edition of the Kingia magazine.