Queens College British Guiana Spring Term 1915

SPRING TERM, 1915.

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1.-Edltorial Notes.

11.-Speech Day. 111.-Crlcket.

IV.-Monitors.

V,-A Pleasant Occurrence.

VI .-Reminiscences of Queens's Colleg-e.

VI 1.- From the Known to the Unknown.

Vlll. - Old Boys' Corner.

IX. - Genus Puer.

X.- Recesslonal.

QUEEN'S COLLEGE SUHOOJ, i\IAGA~INE.

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POSITION. More than likely in your cricket matches, tennis tournaments, ro regattas, and other pastimes, you have experienced the glow of. faction usual in such cases; but, in the humrlrum struggle of ordil life; the management of financial and dome,;tic affa.irs; the future b you; are you doing anything to make sure of your position? HaYe you considered that most popular and surest mrans of attaining this en( refer to life assurance, with the Mutual Society, undel' the Endowu plan of 2 0 yearly payments maturing at the end of the term assul'ed with the profits earned, or choice of options then aYailable.

Quinquennium after quinquennium hri.s seen The Demernra Life entr ing itself as position after position has been assaulted and taken.

The First saw the rate of Interest earned equal to that assumed-4 The Second the heavy expenses of conducting the Society as an indE dent office with au independent staff successfully met.

The Third resulted in the heavier mortality anticipated to foll°'' favourable experiences (due to recent Medical Examination) of the and second, being withstood.

The Fourth made the Guarantee Capital suhscribed by the original porters :ihsolutrly disp0mahk¡ owing to the success attending the ge1 trnn~actions of the prel"iou~ th rec.

And in the present-the Fifth-the general advance in progress, creased Interest earnings-now 5.37%; Favourable Mortality Experi Saving of Interest formerly payable on the Guarantee Capital ; Lov of management-last quinquennium 13.3~~), emphasises the po\\ combination to he found in these contracts.

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SCHOOL MAGAZINE. SPRING TERM, 1915.

EDITORIAL NOTES. The School.-ln numbers we ha.ve again to record a decrease, twenty-seven boys having left and twelve entered. These changes are as follows : Remo vctls.-A. Cyril, W. Cyril, E. C. deFreitas, J, C. Dummett, R. Foo, D. Uravesande, L. A. Hopkinson, J. Ho-Yow, M. L. Ince, K. I. H. Kirkpatrick, F. Lee Own, A.H. Leung, J. H. Leung, Jos. Luck, Jas. Luck, H. A. Luckhoo, F. A. Nurse, A. N. Pates, B. H. Pates, A. Persaud, G. Persaud, N. E. Phillips, E. S. Phillips, C. E. Pollard, A. H, Rahaman, F. 0. Van Sertima, J. VonZiegezar.

E1it1·ies.-Ganesh Sawh, V. Bacchus, J. L. Wills, H. Peters, J. Jasmins, W. Alexander, ::\fohamed ..\ Ii, D. N. St. Aubyn, C. P. Ashurst, 'IY. D, Pollard, J, Junor, B. de Souza.

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It is regretful to state that of the removals twelve are from the two lowest Forms of the School. Much use will the smattering of education be to these lads ! It seems, however, to be a growing habit wit,h parents to remove their children as soon as they can fill in some deg•·ee, however unsatisfactorily, a junior appoiniment in Water Street or elsewhere. The future only will show how short-sighted is Ruch a policy. Leaving alone the fact that no taste for ch1ssical reading, 01· any reading at all, can ever be cultivated by removing a Incl from school at too early an age, we must remember that it is at school thaL a proper foundation for character is built, and in no case should this important factor of the man-to-be be trifled with. \Ve agree eniirely with the remarks made by His Excellency the Governot· on the same subject at our recent Speech Day. Among the senior boys we have lost Van Sertima, F.0. and Hopkinwn. L.A. both fair athletes, the fonner being n.lso the Secretary for the Games Club. In the removal of the two Phillips brothers we are parting with two promising footballers. Lee Own has passed

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through all the Forms up to the Fifth, in which he spent a year before his departure. C. E. Pollard has our sympathy in being compelled to leave school owing to the death of his father.

During this term our Annual Sports take place; the account of these will appear in our Summer Term issue. Under Yery unfayourable weather conditions we held our Annual Speech Day at the begi11ning of this term. The game of the term is Football. So far no mention of any competition has been made to whet the enthusiasm of the boys in this excellent pastime.

Towards the end of last term Sir ¡walter Egerton presented the boys on two occasions with boxes of delicious English apples, and again this term have the boys been similarly treated. "!Ve are sure that the boys highly appreciate the extent to which the bump of memory is developed in His Excellency, as only one who remembered enjoying in his boyhood the munching of an _apple would light upon so fitting a manner of treating boys.

In the carpentry shop many boys are receiving a useful knowledge in the correct handling of various tools, and several pieces of furniture have been turned out. These become the properties of the makers. In two or three cases regular attendance for many terms has produced really efficient workmen.

There has been appointed from the beginning of this term a number of monitors to assist in the maintaining of a clean and pleasant atmosphere in the school. "!Ve trust that boys and parents will cooperate in making this departure a success.

The Sta.ff.-We welcome Mr. K. D. Reid as assistant lecturer and demonstrntor in Theoretical and Practical Chemistrv. Mr. Reid has o~ formrr occ:i,sionf\ prO\wl his worth as a painst~ldng n.nd efficient teachrr.

1'he Jlfagazine.-'l'o make the magazine self-supporting, advertisements have been procured. If it wPre possible to obtain enough advertisPments to pay by themselves the printer's bill, the money got from sales could he used in improving the magazine.

An effort is a,lso being made to induce all old boys not on the O.B. Assochttion to subscrib0 annually to the magazine¡. As the annual cost of the mngazine is one shilling we are expecting ahout two hundred old boys to show their interest in Queen's College at so small a cost. \Ve therefore solicit the assistance of all old boys in obtaining for us subscriber,; to the magazine. So, boys, when you buy your house from the Building Society, or your gun from Bookers, or insure your life in the D.M.L.A. Society, or whatever our kind achertiscrs desire you to do, mention us.

And, old boys, when you visit Kaps, or Hing & Co. to get prizes for presentations at our athletic sporLs, mention us. Lastly, parents, when

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purchasing machines from Bettencourts, or following the free advice of Dr. Hymans, or buying the useful remedies of ;:icott's and Brodie & Rainer, mention us.

We ai·e glad to have received a complimenta1·y copy of the Cnribbean, the magazine of the Grenada Grammat· School. It is the fil'st number for that school, a.ud Mr. D. Hedog-Jones, M.A., the Principal, has our best wishes for continued success in editing so neatly arranged and up-to-date a magazine. \Ve also bPg to acknowledg<1 receipt of the Antigua Grammar School Record for the Michaelmas Term, 1914.

SPEECH DAY. (By J. C. Morris.)

J UfiT such an afternoon as is ordinarily called ' beastly' was it our fortune to have on F1·iday, 22nd January. From about noon the day had been freely punctuated, as it were, with showers.

So that at half past four, the time fixed for the comme11cement of Speech Day, it was not altogether surprising that the guests were less numerous than is usu:11 on such occasions at Queen's, though already forming an audience quite creditable as far as Geo,·getown audiences go. But more folks were yet to come.

Again, the gallery was not, as is generally the case, clouded with small boys, too timid, perh:1ps, to risk their sugar-candy-like health out of doors on such nn afternoon. ·rhe larger ferns and palms, too, which usually lend glamour to the scene, were missing to the exper1enced eye, also absent, no doubt, on u.ccount of the weather.

Presently the assembly rose on the arrival of His Excellency Sir Wnlter Egerton who was accompu.nied by Mr. CJscar \Veber.

The Principal opened the programme o·f the day by re::uling his report for the year.

The old boys who had donned the King's uniform were the first to receive u.ttention. Stafford had joined the Despatch Corps and Stoby and \Vron~ (who has since received a commission) infantry regiments, while severnl had gone to E11gland among the Canadian troops, and of these Sadler, in the Princess Patricia's, was believed to be actually at the front.

Of the other old boys, ·wong, Payne and Dingwall were studying for their professions, the first mentioned engineet·ing at Bristol, the two othe1·s medicine at Edinburgh. Of the Guiana Scholu.rs, Duke had won fresh laurels in the shape of the Holt Scb.obrship for Jurisprudence

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at London University, and Van Sertima had lately taken his place among their number with distinction.

The results of the year's work were particularly favourable. In the Cambridge Locals indeed, the number of passes was somewhat less than in past years, but a close inquiry would show that Queen's College was only one among many sufferers in this respect, the examiners having apparently been more r!gid throughout. The reports received from Cambridge for the School Examinations, on the other hand, were distinctlY, good ; so much so that the Principal craved to be excused for making one or two quotations. (These, we believe, ought w dispel many erroneous notions abroad). His Excellency had been kind enough to send a letter commending both pupils and staff.

With regard to the staff, lively regret was felt for the loss of Mr_.

Moulder, who had been transferred to the Education Department. .Mr. Lecchman had been transferred from Science Department to be Science :Master on the staff of Queen's. During the year masters had been absent and their plrtces for vhe time had been filled by old boys to whom a large measure of credit for the quality of the examination reports was due. There had been a slight fall in the numbers of the school following the raising of the fees.

A brief survey of the progress of the school in minor matters closed the Principal':; report.

Hereupon, His Excellency was asked to distribute the prizes a,nd certificates. This done, His Excellency made a speech.

He began by remarking that the attendance of boys was rather more scanty than he had expected, but he supposed the weather was to blamP. The Principa,l ha,d pointed out that t.here had been a decrea,He in numbers consequent on tlw increase of fees, but this could be due to nothin,r Rhort of acute mentn,l myopia on the part of parents.

They had lost Mr Moulder, but a,s he would still be near them, he would doubtless cast a kindly eye over the old school. They would do well to avail themselves of the teaching of .Mr. Leechman, their new master in 8cience, the ever growing importtmce of which was hfling more and more plainly seen. And as for the Guiana Schola,rs, they seemed to be having too much of law,-out of four ~it prPsent in England three were studying law-a,nd seeing tha,t the ,:olony's stock of la,wyers would need no replenishing for some time yet, future Guiana Scholars should seek some outlet other than legal for tl1eir energies. They had an e:mmple of the adva,ntages offen,d by other professions in the person of Dr. Rose, Guiana Scholar of a few ye!trs ago, who was now returning as Government f?acteriologist. And then, too, an()tber course which a Guiana Scholar might take up was the studying Agriculturnl Science. Any who took this up, would when finished, be above planting coc0nut trees c't, la Pouderoyenne.

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After eulogising Boy Scouts, His Excellency ended his speech by observing that the dramatic plays were all intelligible for once but he hoped the change would not be for ever.

Nor was this the least of the unusual features of the last Speech Day. English held undisputed possession of the stage. Nowhere was the least vestige of the enemy-whether French, Greek or Latin, to be descried, so complete had been their discomfiture.

There were two scenes from the Merchant of Venice and one from Alice in Wonderland, all in costumes, and the latter closed with a dulcet flow of song from little Ewing's lips in praise of turtle soup-a more happy ending than which to our prize-giving there never was.

Three cheers for His Ex:cellency, three more for the Principal, and Speech Day was over.

PRIZE LIST. English & Scripture, Mathematics.

Science.

French.

Latin.

Wrong, F. E, I. Wrong, F. E. Cheong, R. A. Bobb¡Semple Wrong, F . E. II. Ramnandan Marks, J. A. Lewis. C. V. Lewis, C. V. Lewis, C. V. III. Gaskin, M. G. Wishart, C. C. Persaud, S. Lewis, E. A. Gaskin, M. G. L. IV. Mitchell, C. R. Hutchinson, M. L. Harewood, C. H, Mitchell, C.R. Harewood, C. H. IV. Agard, J.E. Kerry, F. M, Agard, J.E. Agard, J.E. Agard, J.E. V. Lewis, B. E. Persaud, B, Gaskin, A . D. Potter, R, C, Foo, A. Greek: Potter, R. C.; Agard, J. E.; Fung, J, Cambridge Locals: Mitchell, C.R.; Agard, J, E, Classics : Morris, J. C. Science: Gaskin, A. D.

THE PLAYS. THE MERCHANT OF VENICE,

Launcelot finds his father again.

Old Gobbo Launcelot llassanio

T. Wrigglesworth.

J. C. Morris.

R. C. Potter.

The Court Scene.

Grand Duke Shylock ...

Antonio ...

Bassanio Gratiano Salerio ...

Portia ...

Nerissa ...

V. Wong.

E. D. Goring.

J. Ewing Chow.

R. C. Potter.

B. E. Lewis.

W. Stoby.

A. D. Gaskin.

0. L. Hutchinson.

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Alice in her Adventures encounters the Gryphon and the Mock Turtle on the Seashore. The Conversation turns upon Lessons and (fames under the Sea. ,Alice ¡ M. G. Gaskin Gryphon C. C. Wishart.

Mock Turtle C. H. Ewing-Chow.

COMMENTS ON THE PLAYS. Two Scenes from the Merchant of Venice were staged by the big boys. One was Launcelot's finding of his father and the other The Court Scene.

In the first Morris was very good as Lanncelot.

Wrigglesworth, we are sure, was born an old man. He succeeded in making himself look like eighty and blind, without a particle of ma.ke-up.

Really the Head should get his pjr_th-certificate before allowing him to come back to school.

In the Court Scene ~ost of the boys spoke too quickly and so spoiled some of the best points in the Play. Gaskin was more at ease on the Stage than last year . . He was intended by Providence to be a girl-not a drunken wag. .

On the whole the boys acted well under trying conditions. The stage is too small to allow more than two people to act properly.

The small boys play was The Mock Turtle Scene from Alice in Wonderland. Ewing ii entered into his part perfectly. He seems to know just how Mock Tu.rtles ought to behave. He was called for by the audience after the Play. Gaskin ii as Alice was very good too. We learnt many things from this play-how gryphons, mock turtles aud little girls look, and what they talk about when they meet.

CRICKET. (By V. /. E. Wong.)

I HAVE been a~ked to write something on Cricket. There is not much to write. During last term we played many matches against AllComers, ~ost of :,vhfch we. won, being beaten t_wice only. I muHt admit they were not strong elevens, as we generally got them out fo1¡ very fpw runs. I do not think they .thought themselves weak, as their idf'a was generally to spud us in twice to their once.

Gaskin i and Kirkpatrick, our stock bowlers with Hopkinson a.A. a useful change met with great success. . The scoring was fairly even on the p:irt of the school eleven, there being always some saviour found to make a stand when a rot seemed immi1~ent.

We had intended plrtying cricket this term, but the heavy rains compelled us to take to J<'ootball, .at which we can defy the elements.

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It is a shame that Queen's College was given no chance to enter for the Garnett Memorial Cup Competition. Now as all Queen's College boys are supposed to be started in cricket, one would naturally have thought that some notice should have been sent to our Games Club. But not till our Secretary saw the fixtures announced in the daily p:1pers did he know that entries had been called for. On writing to ask the Committee to allow a late entry on behalf of the College team, he was told that it was too late to have anything done.

Identically the same thing happened last year in the case of the Dawson Cup Competition. vVe regret that our boys can get no opportunity to test their mettle with outsiders.

Our annual match against Pln. Diamond did not take place, on account of a round of disappointments, chiefly the weather, and t.he grfoding season. But we must thank them for their kind invitation, and hope that when we meet them next year we shall win.

MONITORS. (By A. D. Gaskin.)

AT the begining of this term the Principal announced that a number of monitors would be appointed to assist in the maintenance of discipline in certain directions. It is of the greatest importance to the success of this scheme that the immediate hopes and intentions of the originators of the idea should be realised by parents and boys alike.

Of course a certain amount of opposition, born of prejudice to an innovation of so far-reaching a nature, and fostered by the state of mind produced by a regrettable spirit of indifference in the school itself, is naturally to be expected at first ; this, however, should soon be overcome by the experience of a few months trial of the system.

To " cut the cackle," . then, and come to the point, the object of the monitors is to deal with and prevent, as far as possible breeches of discipline of the type of bullying, lying, cribbing, and sneaking and evils of a similar nature, which exist to a certain extent in every school, and Qeeen's College forms no exception in this respect.

Misdemeanours of this type, we are convinced, can only be adequately coped with by the boys themselve8. It is hoped that the monitors, by force of good example and sound advice, and-as a last resort in extreme cases-by sound thrashings, will be able to reduce the number of these unfortunate incidents; and further, that the steps taken will eventually create a virile puplic opinion, intolerant of anything underhand, among the younger boys. Experience has shown this to be the most potent weapon for dealing with breeches of discipline of the type to which we have referred.

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In conclusion it mav be mentioned that the monitorial system i8 in vogue in all the leadi~g English public school!,, and it has proved invaluable in maintaining the high moral tone of these schools.

A PLEASANT OCCURRENCE. (By J. E. Agard.)

ONE morning after prayers we suddenly saw Mr. Mouldtw appearing and taking his usual place among the masters. Naturally we were very much surprised, but we soon afterwards learnt that a present was going to be given to him. Wong, who appeared to be very flurried, then ,went up to Mr. Moulder and handed him the preseat. The Principal made a speech in which he thanked Mr. Moulde1· for the splendid services he had rendered at Queen's College and said that he, the other masters, and all the boys heartily regretted the loss of Mr-. Moulder, and that one and all would like nothing better than to see him once more marching off to his class-room with his mark book under his arm. His speech was greatly applauded, the masters too joinipg it.

Then Mr. Moulder, who in the meantime had been examining the gift, said that he thanked the Principal for the kind words he had spoken about him anJ that he heartily thanked the boys for their " very nice present." " I," continued he, "have had to do with Queen's College for about 18 years both as a boy and as a mastel' and I am sure t-hat I miss it as much as it misses me." Great applause followed this after which we separated and went to our respective classrooms.

Just a few words about the present. During last term it was proposed that the boys should subscribe money t.o buy a p1·esent for Mr. Moulder. Most of the boye very willingly did so and the present, was a beautiful silver tobacco-pouch of the latest type. It had inscribed very neatly on it 'l'o E. R. D. M. from Queen's College, 1901-1914,

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REMINISCENCES OF QUEEN'S COLLEGE. VI. MR. E. 0. Pilgrim is one of those inconvenient people who never know when they are beaten. A shade worse than those who never take " no " for an answer, he belongs to the category of those who will not even take "yes." For example, some years ago I met him in London.

Enthusiastic as ever, he asked me to write something for the Q. C. Magazine. I said 'yes.' Since ti:iat date I have said 'yes' frequently

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from time to time. Not content with that, however, he is anxious to see the article itself materialize; hence the terrible consequences that follow.

I was asked to give some reminiscences of the old days, and I think I can do no better than give a few reminiscences (character-sketches would perhaps be the better term) of some well-known individuals who have now passed away from our mi<lst.

Our late headmaster, whom ma.ny, of eourse, will remember, was one of the gentlest and most kind-hearted of men. With his soft voice and pronounced lisp, he would leave the vilest wretch of a dissipated school-boy an unnerved and helpless wre~k after a quarter of an hour's tete-a-tete in the study. A caning would have been paradise itself compared with that ncrve-slrntteriug ordeal !

He was short, with thick black moustache, very bald, and always neat and well-groomed ; his gait was charncteristic, and I well remember how an irreverent contemporary of mine earued notoriety by the exactness with which he imitated it.

He was one of those men who, for some undefined reason, inspire an instinctive respect in the hearts of boys ; there was a ' no-trifiingwith-me' look about him, and he was always to us something of a mystery, like a man over whom hung the shadow of some tragic past, impossible to read what lay behind the sacl blue eyes.

If he expressed disgust at some of our school-boy pranks, it became to us a matter of deep concern ; there was a keen smart in the very idea. And I could the better appreciate him because I could regard him with an unbiassed mind, for I fear I was never a favourite with him.

Another familar figure has now passed from the stage. He was tlie typical Janitor. Of medium height, black, bearded, and genial, ever ready with his repartee, he was one of the institutions of Queen's, without which one found it impossible to imagine the old school.

I remember his matutinal visits to each class-room. ¡ 'Nyabsents, sir 'he would say, and then mark the register with the greatest care and deliberation, as though the fate of a whole empire depended on its correctness.

He used to sell a wonderful decoction, of a sort of maroon colour, which he insisted on labelling ' Sorrel-drink,' but which the ¡ boys knew by another, ~ more distinctive and perhaps a more accurate name.

As far as I remember, the price was exorbit:1Ut, but it was quite the hall-mark of respectability, to be seen partaking of it at 'quarter to twelve.' vVe all knew him by his surname ; only masters and persons of the like high estate were permitted to c:111 him by his Christian name.

The boys, perhaps in revenge, gave him an irreverent nickname, to the use of which he never became quite reconciled, to judge by his

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forcible remarks when some young first-form nipper once applied it to him to his face one day.

Then there was the old Frenchman, called variously by the boys 'Frenchy,' 'Monsieur Chapeau,' or 'Monsieur Crap:md.' (I fancy the last was the favourite). He sole! sweets and was said to be an e8caped convict from Cayenne. Great was the speculation and many were the horrible stories told about the crime for which he had originally been convicted.

However, he sold his sweets none the less, and a kind of bettingmachine which he carried about with him greatly conduced to his success. Like most of its kind, it generally worked so as to leave its owner with a substantial profit, as we all knew to our cost. ' Cheefaw,' ' Frenchy' and all have now disappeared from the active list.

In those days we had a lecture on Chemistry, I beiieve, only once a week, and we all, I am sure, regarded the production of Sulphuretted Hydrogen as the pieee de resistance. That was the only experiment which every boy ,vas sure to try for himself, and he was generally perfectly successful as his long-suffering relatives can testify.

There was a :\fr. K. who lectured occasionally to us, a good fellow·, but lacking somewhat in a sense of humour. One day some irreverent boy chalked on the board in big capitals ' Mr. K. is an ass' ! ·when Le discovered it, he insisted on interrogating us all, of course without success, each boy being tackled as he came into the room. One, who came in late, suddenly developed some defect of vision, and refused to see anythiug on the board, with the result that Mr. K. had to read the sentence aloud, to the huge and ill-concealed amusement of the whole class . .M.r. K., I may say, is still on the activetlist.

FROM THE KNOWN TO THE UNKNOWN. " THERE will be cricket at the nets after school," the cricket . captain may a,nnounce without the slighest fea.r of being misundcrstJoJ. Likewise is there no haze over the solemn declaration tha.t "formwill remain after school to write out--," a decl;i,ra.tion whic:h at tirnc)S comes from the boys' deareRt friend-for who could be dearer th:tn l~e who daily throughout the greater portion of the year, through sunshine and thunderstorm, toils in the interest of the hi.,;her qua.lities of othei·s.

The meanings of these a.nd of simihr nnnou11ce.nents are clear to all entered on the school register. ' After school' in such expressions is unhesitatingly con°truerl as applicable to a df'finite point of time within the s:tme d,iy. It is not 011 after scho,)l in this sense, however, tlmt I

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now reflect, but on after school in the sense in which to the school-boy it represents a future of unknown content.

Passage from the known to the unknown, from the familiar to the less familiar, will invariably awaken curiosity tinge<l with a degree of anxiety.

Indeed this element of anxiety which is associated with passage into the unknown may nt times amount to absolute fear. " Men fear Death," wrote Bacon," as children fe:ir to go in the dark." Perhaps the theologian and the psychologist, singly or with united effort, might be able to offer a learned explanation of the cause of this fear of death.

I certainly believe that an important facto,路 in the explanation is the passage into the unknown. 路 Of course, children must not be confounded with men. 路when on occasions I have heard children expressing indifference about the termination of human existence and more especially when recently a boy of just a dozen years expressed the view that there was nothing repulsive in solving the mystery of the great unknown-if only you are good, he added-I have wondered whether there is any truth in Comte's dogma that in childhood we are theologians. "Now," says that philosopher, "does not each of us in contemplating his own history recollect that he has been successivelyas regards the most important ideas-a theologian in childhood, a metaphysician in youth, and a natural philosopher in manhood." (Trans1:ttion by Descours and Jones). It might be of interest to the present school-boy to try to ascertain whether he be a theologian or a rnetaphysician. I might vemure perhaps to tE>ll him in confidence that during my school days I was known among some of my confreres as a 'meta physician.' These certainly had never read Comte; and I feel just as certain that they had no cle:u notion of what menniog was conveyed by the term; to them it was a fine appellation, a long name which carried with it a touch of irony. There is one other thing which at this point I will disclose to the Queen's boys in confidence, but it is something which ever must be held as a de1ir secret-especially since His Excellency's impressive piece of advice. It is simply this: It has been whispered by birds in the air not tha,t the boys are any of them either theologians or metaphysicians, but that some appear to have been endowed by nature with the attributes of lawyers.

To what extent is the average boy affected by the approaching change of enviro1tment which is involved in passage from the schoulroom into the world which is supposed to be governed by the principle that "by the sweat of thy brow shalt thou cat bread "-a change from the known into the unknown ? I presume thnt the younger school-boys never bother their minds about it, and the more ad v:mced boys will rarely gi\ e the subjecL any very serious attention. The avernge schoolboy, more especially of the lower forms, un:loubledty lives his life in th'.3 present. 路with hilll time past as gauged by personal experience is infinitesimal and conbim prob1,hly no very gnwe les.,ons which serve

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as matter for sober reflection. The future is of little concern to him, and the distant past is perhaps in his mind more often than not associated primarily with the causes which give rise to increased sehoolwork.

It is needless to mention that the change from the school-room to the working arena is a great one; it seems to be much more of the revolutionary type than of the evolutionary. I am aware that efforts are being made universally to maintain such a school environment and to provide such a training as will reduce as much as possible the gulf which inevitably must lie b~tween the school period and beyond. It was with this idea that a local primary school teacher was imbued when he informed me that he considered 9 o'clock p1¡eferable to 10 o'clock as an opening hour. " It is in the boy's own interest," he said, '¡ tlmt I advocate 9 o'clock, indeed it should even be much earlier, for when he leaves school what employer will tolerate him turning to work &.t 10 o'clock." The world over there has been a tendency to so modify the school curriculum as to remove as much as possible the school-boy from the dream world and bring him nearer to actual re1tlity. SplenJid as these efl:orts may be-and they will accomplish a deal of good-the base of the gPrlCr[Ll school environment will not in this way be so modified as to obviate an abrupt jerk in the passage into the environment which lies beyond the school. In school there is a homogeneity of units which is not to be expected in the changed environment; in the former there is a mixture of one material, boys, with large solids here and there, iudentified as instructors who have become quite familiar with boy substance and are ever sympathetic with it. '.l'he disimilarity between school and after school i~ probably a great blessing. The school environment is a simple one, and it may be that for this rnason recollection of it generally gives a pleasantness that can be surpa~sed by that derived from few other recollections. How often are not school recollections a balm for the bruises of later life.

The brake must now be applied, the pen iR allowed to write only a limited number of words, and the hustle and bustle of the after school environment allows only scrnps of leisure.

J C. LAT. P.

OLD BOYS' CORNER. (N.B.-The figures denote the year of entry at Queen's College).

F . G. Rose (1896), must be congra.tulated on his appointment as Government Bacteriologist. He was a Primary Scholar, and also the Guiana Scholar for 1904.

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L. R. Sharples (1902), is now acting at the Public Hospital as one of the Ward Doctors.

We are glad to state that L. D. Cleare (1905), has practically recovered from the effects of the serious fall he received at the Fort.

W. A. Smellie (1905), and U. B. Wrong (1908), have been given Commissions as 2nd Lieutenants in the British Army, and may at any moment be at the Front.

F. J. July (1903), has been made a Corporal in the Artillery, and L. S. Davis (1903), a Supernumeray Corporal. S. G. Wishart (1899) who was lately appointed Sergeant in the Artillery was selected by the Company to be the holder of the Lushington Cup for the year.

H.J. Horatio (1906) has entered the University of McGill, Canada.

J. A. Veerasawmy (1904), Barrister-at-law, has just edited an interesting booklet on his tour in India.

J. B. Sharples (1903) is a Lance-Corporal in the Militia Company No. I. D. C. Gaskin ( 1909) is now a Clerk at the Head Branch of the Bank of Canada in Monti¡eal.

K. D. Reid (1898) has been appointed assistant Lecturer and Demonstrator in Chemistry at Queen's College.

N.B.- ,ve are always glad to receive any small notices of appointments, etc. of any old boys in the colony or out of the colony.

GENUS PUER.

* * angle.

These howlers are purely local.

Teacher ( demonstrating "n the board).- N ow, that's a right Boy,-And, please sir, what's a left angle?

A parallelogram is an angle which has its sides parallel.

The Pyra.mids are a range of mountains, separating Spain from France.

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JaU1es I claimed the Throne of England through his grandmother, as he had no father.

Teacher.-What is a man-of-war? Boy.-A cruiser. Teacher.what makes it go? Boy.- Its screw, sir. 'l.'eacher.- Who are on board her? Boy.-Its crew, sir. Teacher.- You're a very smart boy.

Where were you born? Boy.~Crewe, sir.

Lord Raleigh was the first man to see the Invisible Armada.

* Teacher.-Have you no small children at home? Boy.-N o, sir· Teacher.-Nor at the house next door? Boy.-No, sir. Teacher.·what ! Not even any infants? Boy.- Yes, sir, they have some fine (small) ha hies. * Teacher (during a Scripture-class).-vVhat was wrong with the daughter of the woman of Canaan [Math. 15 : 22]? Boy.-::3he hated the devil. Teacher.-She did what? Boy.-She hated the devil, sir!

[The verse reads: "my daughter is grievously vexed wtth a devil." ] * "Use lessens marvel." (The 1:.ty of the Last Minstrel, Cauto II, line 371) means" Les~ons of use are a surprise to him."

The principal parts of the eye are the pupil, the moat and the beam.

St. Andrew is the patient saint of Scotland ; the patient saint of England is Union Jack.

A circle is a straight line drawn as round as possible with a dot in the middle.

Genae piiell ae formossae suiit= Beautiful girls are cheeky.

* Un faisan tire sur les plaisirs de sa Jfajeste= a pheasant tired at the pleasures of His Majesty.

Petit Mai·ia=Little Mary.

* fl avail ete en Belgiqne avec sa soeur ai nee=He had been to Belgium to see his sister Annie.

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RECESSIONAL.

By Rudvard Kipling.

God of ou 1¡ fathers, known of old, Lord of our far-flung b11tt le-line, Beneath whose awful Hnnd we hold Dominion over palm and pineLord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget-lest we forget !

The tumult and the shouting dies ; The captains and the kings depart: Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heart.

Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget-lest we forget !

Far-called, our navies melt away; On dune and headland sinks the fire: Lo, all our pomp of yesterday Is one with Nineveh and Tvre !

Judge of the Nntions, spare u; yet Lest we forget-lest we forget !

If, drunk with sight of power, we lose ¡wild tongues that have not The,e in awe, Such boastings as the Gentiles use, Or lesser breeds without the LawLord God of Hosts, be wit h us yet, Lest we forget-lest we forget !

For heathen heart that puts her trust In reeking tube and iron shard, All valiant dust that builds on dust, And guarding, calls nut Thee to guard For frantic boast arid foolish wordThy Mercy on Thy people, Lord !

Amen.

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In these days when the struggle of life is 'lO great, an effort should be put forth to instruct and better prepare children for that struggle.

We must give attention to the fact that the school days of a child are few, and he must be instructed in those things which pertain directly to his existence.

Now boys, I want to tell you that when leaving school, your future success is assured, if when doing so you have a few dollars you may call your own.

How can I accomplish that? It is easy to be done. Here you have an institution-1'JJE RUILDING SOCIETY-placed in your midst for the purpose of teaching thrift. If shares are taken you a.re compelled to pay in monthly $1 for each 7-years' share, or $1.50 for each 3-years' share.

These shares at the end of 7 or 5 years are worth $100, respectively; and besides this you shitre in further profits which are called a Honus; this gives at present about $7 per share, so that-Your" little by little'' savings becomP the basis of your future prosperity,-a nest egg.

Let me show you: Tell father-I would like you to help me monthly with 50 cents as I propose taking one share at a dollar in 1'HE BUILDING SOCIETY. I shall make up the remaining 50 cts., as I shall not waste all my pennies in sweets, soft drinks and picture shows, I am going to save a part. Again, why can't brother and myself join and take one share; it will mean, say 50 cents each from our pocket money? This is ha,¡d for the two of us, tllen bring sister iu and we three can do it.

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