Chips: Yes.Student Dorset: Was he a stinker too, sir?Mr.Chips: To be sure he was.But he grew out of it.And so will you.He is asked about his school position by Dorset, prompting him to reflect back to his first year:Mr.Chips: I was a master once.I've taught thousands of boys, right back to 1870.But I gave it up, gave it up fifteen years ago.Student: I say, you must be terribly old, sir.Mr.Chips: Well, I'm certainly no chicken, no chicken.When he hears the singing of the school song, he mouths he words to himself: "A beautiful song." The elderly Chips is thoroughly revered by the young boys and greeted warmly at the conclusion of the assembly.Landing parties of crew from both ships beamed down to the peace conference in progress, just in time to prevent a Klingon assassination attempt upon the life of the Federation President (although the Klingon was revealed to be Colonel West with a mask); the conspirators Cartwright and Nanclus gave up and were apprehended when they realized Lieut.Halfway down the stairs, Thomas took more photos of her as she called down to him, and raced forward to demand the negatives - claiming he had invaded their privacy:What are you doing? Stop it! Stop it! Give me those pictures.He disappears from view into the darkness - an apt metaphor for his rejection.The Main Story:A subtitle card identifies the new locale for the next sequence in the film that occurs within a two-day period:A year later.