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EDITORIAL NOTES. While searching for a suitable subject for our editorial, the · lhought struck us that !\ general review of the term might be somewhat interesting to our readers. Very much cannot be mid of what have already passed, as, at the time of writin g, it Is just a bout mid -term, and, moreover, with one or two excep, · ,ions, there is nothing worthy of note to be recorded. We shall heref9re venture to supplement this by a bird's eye view at ome of the things which the near future may have in store for ueen's. First and foremost to bG chrouicled is the fact that 'pr the first time in the history of the School we have been 1ble to add to our furniture in the Hall three Hous/:J Shields. . Seek and ye shall find" was our watchword , and it stands to ur credit -that our own Old Boys have met us on the "·ay, and ave been calling bait to the sefl.rcb . There is necessary, bowver, one more Shield in order that our set mq,y be complete. he times are very difficult-industry has been temporarily rippled. Nevertheless, ,,e are sure that th ere is yet another ld Boy who is willing to do 110n· for his Old Schooi something at will send his nam e down to posterity. Queen's will hold o gift dearer than a Shield. Next to be mentioned is our peech Day, which was celebrated towards the end of February, ·. d of which thfl School may justly he proud. It certai!1ly ved up to tradition, and we ha zard the stntement tlmt our od audience "·as thoroughly satisfied with the afternoou ' s.

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enterhinment that we afforded tham. Of the future even ts the most important will be the departure of the Principal for England. Our best '\\ishes and ban voyage to himself and wife. h1stly come our Annual Sports. ·,rhese haye been fixed for the last day of the term. Time only will tell '\\hat that day h as in store for those concerned, for th e rivalry between the H ou sss i s keen, and each is d ete rmined tJ rlo its Yery best to acquire the Athletic Shield. for the curreu t year.

THE SCHOOL.

There bas been a substantial incre ase in our numbers. Six b oys have left us and twenty- seven h ave entered . The entries and departures are as follo,vs : ENTRIES,

C. Croal (v), O. D9nald (iv B), S. Dalgleish, H. P. Fernandes, H.B. Juister (re -en try) , R. Strang, J. 'r. 'rang (Ill), J. W. Jack son, J. R. Kaster, R. iicGo\Ya,n, S. Persau<l, O. F . Hender-:on (II A), L. D algleish, 1\I. S . D yaljee, W. A. Fung-a-Fat, P. J aikaran, E. A. Rohce, J. Smart-Dalgleish (II B) , R. C. Dornfor o, I. C. Franker, E . Nassy, D. O. Pollard, W. J. Watts, J. Williams, F. M. Clavier, C. \V. F. Waitb, C. T. Waith (I).

DEPARTURES.

H. G. Mulder (IVA), W. Chundnn (IVB), W. Percival (111), G. A. Phillips, A. Chee- ':1-Tow (11), C. S. Burrowes (lVB) .

On ncconnt of the in eonvenicnee of rll•ali ng effici ently with large forms, a re-nrrangemcnt of th e Ln11"<; r Schuul liecame necessa ry this term . Forms I and II have liecn re-,11Tangcd into th ree form,-1, IIB,

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The game for the t erm is Football. T he Final H onse 1\latch was played off towards mid-term ancl resulted in a win for Raleigh (B) House. This brought to a close a .-cry interesting season . Ko School Match es have b een played up to the present time as the J nnior League Cnp Fixtures h ave not C\'Cll yet been announced . and onr team has not h ad the oppoi:tunity of meeting an.v of the local Clnh, in a" fricncllr."

Indications arc, bowc~cr, fayonra11lc, anc1 ,Yid1 a bi t of care, the Sch ool should be able to giYc a good nccon nt of itself. Members of the team sh ould remember that practice is essential to success, and that there is, nncl er normal circumstances, no excuse for players in a school tea m bci1w "off-colour." The College has alao entered for the Garnett 1.lcn~orial c np (Cricket) Competiti on . ,,-c 1yclcomc the ch ange of sys-

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Footba ll-G. ~ - L aw_renc~ (Percival) , R. G. Slnrples and J. W. " eeks (Anstm). · The Campbell S~ ience P rize for 19:i'j .. . 1 d 'the Guiana Scholarship Examinati011 h , - b' a'il,Uc e o_n the resn lts of . . ' ' as ecn ,rnn by A. G. McLean,

LIBRARY NOTES. . s>ur thanks iu·t:1 due to His ~Lordship Bisho . for kmdly presentin a to the L'b p E. A. Parry, • • • ::o I rary a number of vol mstruct1ve literature. Most of these bo · 1, h umes of .ed out ye t, but it should be J:!Oss'bl f . bo ,s ave not been allow:term. A few sections of th:3 '1.'" l e, toys to borrow them next ;through llfr. Hale are also the1m~fst f iB s _orhy ofpthe War , r eceived ' ' g1 o 1s op a rry . .

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Library, and a few more am expected from England st~b;~~ly~ree .

Over eighty boys have r,ards for the Libra ·v t mne to borrow books re<1nlarlv :M . b I _ ' ancl most con·Sch ool, h owever sho uld t,be u~1-'n~ tohte I 'boys of the h . . , ~ o e ~ 1 ran· At . pper t. ere is no penri.lty for keeping tlie book b . . . p1e~ent time, ~nd latte rly many boys have been\ e.) ond tb~ presc nbed returmng them. \ Ve hope to see d at_her negligent about ,respeet. a spee Y improv em en t in this

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Principal verv·' shortly be. 1eavm,r . ''Tl10 The D ~puty p nnc1pal, · will · ' for E11 I l Rev. A. III. Hal }. "' .· . g anc . ·tl10 d;1t1es of P rin cipal during such time ae~ d:schrr_rge )Ir. ~- E. Cameron, th e Guiana Sc holar for last o_u _e r is a1,ay . .appointed to al!t on the r,tnJf. and )I· B J R.. .)eat, !me been 1 :Bo ··11 t ·· . · t. · · · ,eis. :-I. A. "n Old . . y, \\I ac as a ··, Jumor )faster dnrinn" the l)11nc1p:1 .· . 1· s absence. . , ,.

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I Th, d"th took ploc, on th, 17th Jam,.,y ol M,. K. D. Reid, First Assistant An~ly~t at the Governme~t Laborator and at one time a vlBltmg master to Queen. s. ~fany of ihe past Guiana Scholars who wer? successful m Sc1en?e, and especially B. Persaud, B, E. Lewis, an~ 0. L. ~utchmson owa their teaching in Practical ~hem1stry to him, and the~e a.re even now two or three 1.n the _School whose fo1rnda.tions in Chemistry he laid during then· early school Mr Reid was a man of few words, and was ge?erd a ;ery retiring disposition. His success lay m a fove for his work, and it is certain that. ?e would have r b d much were not bis prom1srng career thus a.cc0mrd:eley closed We tender our symp!!.thy to his prema. · h. f ·1v relatives, and especially to is young .a.mi J .

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Witb. thia number we begm a new volume- '·. therefore very uufortuns,te that it sh ould be cha racterised Ly such a paucity of lil.ews-both school and general.

We be to acknowledge with thanks re~eipt of t_h e fol~owing :-The 1axt~nian (Oundle School Obromcle), Antigua Grnm mar School Review.

Xl-1-nil. Our next match was against Raleigh House. The ·weakness of our First Team was remedied as fur as it lay in our power, but, unfortun 11tely, this had to be done at the expense of the · 2nd XI. The result was that while our Se.niors were successful-2 -1-our Second Team, in srite of its best efforts, had to bow to . defeat at the hands of a stronger team-two goals to four. This was the only defeat it sustained, ·a nd indeed our 2nd XI won most of ibe points for us. - '!'be first round of the Competition was now . over, Percival House being second with 8 points, as against Raleigh ·-with 10 and Austin with 6. In our return against Austin, our 1ft .and 2nd Xi's drew and won i·espectivoly - 1-1 and 3-1. Our last '. match was against Raleigh House, and a very important one it was.

-We f:ifected a, draw in the junior m atch, while before the other could :JJe concluded the ball burst, and there being nu other available, a .1'0play bec&.n:ie necessary. Percival House was now two points ahead of Raleigh, and the postponed game was to decide the fortunes of t.be ,.two Houses. A ·draw in this was enough to win us the shi eid. But it was not to be. For although our boys played with their usual whole -hearted spirit U10 Raleigh XI was in very fine form, and ,won a well -deserved vic'.ory-1-nil. Percival House thanks all those · who so cheerfully spared no efforts in an attempt to win her the .Football ShiPld .

We have not yet played a.ny matchl3s in conn ec tion with the · Cricket Shi eld . The season shows promise of bei ng very interesting -and excitmg, for with regard to Cricket, the Houses are very evenly ·matched. It is tn be hopgd that, unlike last year, we shall be able to play our teams at full strength.

By the time these notes appear in print the day for the School :Sports will not be far oft. We seem to be weakest in the "under 15" class. In the "under 18" we b11,ve one or two "hopes," but it is to the seniors that we look for results.

HOUSE NOTES.

We can now say definite>ly that the House bas lost the Genera.I Shield for last. yenr. Our net gain for the year was 30! points. ·Comparatively speakin g, we were not a bad second. This must not,

By A:/ G. McLE.\:---(Captain). however, be mi sinterpreted . to convey the idea that our ambitions have at all been satisfied , for while we cannot expect to monopolise The Hou se Football Seaso·n--:pened ab~~1t tHhe m id_dnle t~! the Shield, a cursory look at our note-book would show that we ought . posed to Aus,rn ouse 1 an th at our 1st XI had i o have been at least a better second. There is roo m for considerable 0erm. P ercival H ou_se b etng op , match. It was obvious before the Hgame b~~ir ho.If -back lin e, tak en improvement if we are to improve our posi tion this year. Lo.st term as that of Aus till ouse,d f t 1 " -came as no many as 616 points were lost, and v,ere it no t th at our gains had l ittle cb ance against . r a"b\ h ace a e ea - - u as a whole, being almos~ n~g l o l ~ ;hom tho House hs.l centred it~ correspondingly increased-JG S-we would have bad a vet·y h eavy surprise to us. _Our 3un1bors, o . a a victory GYer the Austin 2octi -0eficit to wipe off. boi:.e, avenged this defeat Y scormo PERCIVAL HO USE-(L ettPr A. )

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RALEIGH HOUSE -(Letter B)

By C. T. D EXXY-(Captain) T hus far R aleigh H ouse lrns ·made no sptcial efforts towards eradica tin g that di sastrous habit of gaining about -! O points per week say , and losing 18U. lt is i nd ee'1 the desire of every House to secure the General Shield, but h ow can R aleigh Houss possibly hope to a nn ex thi s trop b y when most of her members deligh t in point-losing?

What benefit a boy can d13rive from being detained or from being caned, I ·a m not in a positirm to say . To satisfy my critics, h owever, I shall give the exact fi gures t o date. R aleigh H ouse has loi t 610 points and gain ed only 242, thus mak in g a nett loss of 368. Our average weekly gain is about 30, whilst our aYerage u-eekly loss ic> about 85 , and should such a system of loss and gain occur, it is q uite clear .to all, especially to the army of point- losers, what will be the position of the House ll t the end. of t he sc hool-year. · Before prnceed ing further, I muot con gratulate th ese boys who played in th e fin al football match for their remarkable win. 'rhe football matches were played l:ist term, and, as the closl1 of the competition drew nea r, it was evident tha t the shield ,;rnuld go either to Perci val or R aleigh. Th e boys of PHciyal ,·.-ere confide n t, fOT a win or draw would have secured them the diield. Raleig h's only hope · was to secure a victory against a team of stalwarts. So both teams assem bled to contest in true war-like sp irit on a turf which was much sodden and cut up. Early in the game , Raleigh Hou se by a supreme effort seaured tb e first goal, and as no se ,·erll attacks were made upon h er goalie by m embers of the oppos ite team , her players and backers alike began to entertain th e h:J pe that she had won. But alas ! D ame Fortune deemed it best to postpone the victor)· which was well -ni gh in Raleigh's grasp, and , after a feeble attempt at goalscoring by a member of Percival, th e ball was punctured and the match was subsequently drawn. The m atch was replayed this term and hi story repeated itself, for Raleigh House again scored ea rly in the game and boldly defied the lads of P ercival until the end of tbe game. In th is m anner we won a victory whi ch at first seemed impossible.

The spor ts are expecteil to take place shortly and it is my duty to ask each boy of Raleigh House to get into athletic form as quic kly as possible. Th e House cannot boast of any particular champion in the Senior Division now tha t Lewis bas left us, but surely one or two of her stalwart:o may be able to oppo3e successfully . tl:e other Houses of which Percival appears to have the most formidable combination.

Of juniors there are many, and many good ones too, on whom the ·

Q UEE~ 'S COLLEGE SCHOOL · l\IAGAZIXE. House may reply. It is only left to these noble athlEtes to live up to the necessary laws until the d ay of contesting potentialiti es . In the '' under 13" division, we lack force. There are no good boys on whom to reply, but I think wi th a li ttle bit of combination on their part they ca.n clear a.way any impendwg ob3tacles pregented by the other Houses. The weight R,i.leigh House has at h&r dibpos:i.l is far too small compared wi~b that of the other Houses, but if a gian·t of about 2-! sto ne should spring u p, we may perhaps win the tug-ofwar. This is our one and only hope in this event.

Now R aleigh H ouse bas won the Football 8hiela for 1922 by tba aid of that formid able ally-Unity. The sports are near at hand and the trophy to gain is the Athletic Shield. Can her boys not make use of this power a· second time to gai n this much-coveted orn·ament?

Surely they can, if only they h armonise in purity of thought and action. This seems a somew hat hard policy to adopt, but at least a close approximation of this principle can be obtained , which will u::idoubta:lly prJve form ida ble w!:J.en exercised by the inm1,te3 of any House.

AU3TfN HOU3E-(Letter C)

By E. i1I, H. SH.-1.RPL Es- (Captain) Th e p'.lin t3 gain9d from th3 C.11nbrid ge L 1c<J,l rasults havi ng been added to th ose g,1,ined during th e year, it was found th at Austin H ouse had won the Gener.11 Shield for 1921. Thus, in the first year of it3 es:istence, Aus~in Hou3e h 1s succeeded in winning 3 ou t of 4 shield3. Thi3 is a very ere lit .1ble per form :i.oce which it is h oped will be repeated .

The House encountered bad luck at the beginning of this school year, as it lost the F ootball Shi eld. But this was not for want of trying. Indeed , the HoU3e was unfortunate from the start. To begin with, its full strength was not available, and one or two boys in the First XI could not play in :iome of the m11tcbes, so that the First XT bad to be strengthened ar the es:pense of the Second XL At any rate, the First XI proved itself su peri0r to the First XIs of the other Houses for as th e following schem e wi ll show it d id not lose one match, tvhilst at th e s.1U1e tim9 it inflicted defeats on each of the other Houses .

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At the end of the Autumn Term, the House wa~- 55 points to the good, without tlking into consideration the points won for cokurs a.warded and by winning several House Football Matches. 'l'his result was very creditable when compared with thoee of previous terms. The achievement of Steele is especially worthy of praise. He won one hundred. points for his Hc,usP, coming first in his form for 10 consecutive weeks out of a term of 11 weeks. Besides thi8, he did not lose a sini;:le point by getting into detention. He was duly re, warded with a prize.

The net result of last term was· that Austin House stood 10 points to the good . This term was sta~ted we!'! and Austin House won a Second XI Cricket Houoe Match against Raleigh Hom,e. At the end of the fast week the House stood twenty-two points to the good. This was very sound work, but it was not continued and at the end of the last week the House was 104 points behind hand, which was a greater loss than that sustained in the whole of the previous term of 11 weeks. There is no need to adcl to what Mr. Peterkin said on this matter at the last House meeting, and it is to be hoped that immediate improvement will follow.

Sports Day will be held on the 30th of this month and the boys of Austin HousA are asked to do their utmost to carry off the Athletio Shield so as to repeat last year's performance-

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Now that tile Garnett s<'n~on i~ coming on·, we sbalI have to . make it playable. Thi s will . need the cessation of footbaJI or its limit:ition to pcrfc<:tly dry days only. We still have the privil<'f!e of playing on the G.C.C. ground on Saturday mornin .'.~S. but the ;.ival attra-::tions of the Swimming Pond have pro,·ed too much for Cricket.

The· Garnett season is comiu~ on, and we trust that more JJlap•rs will be debarred from it, than h'therto. Th" com petition i~ s~pposed to b~ for 2nd class Cricket, 'b ut sometimes, practica lly a 1s t class t eam is pb1yect

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A familiar Latin pron•rh rea ds , ··Labor omnia Yin l'it "-Succes~ in anything is t.be r eward of indu s try-and ind eed Per~~verance is the ,:ea! set on anythin:.: that is really useful in life. ':There is no man," says Smile:-:, '·of ascendaney in politics, art or l1teiature that can maintain hi s 11osition without Jon!c continued labour and long pro! raded ,:ttHl~·:· Sbakespea re. Dante :.\Iii ton worked in their tim e ha rrl er than common mechani cs. Giilhon w!l; twenty-fi,·e years in preparntion (or hi,: '·De<·line and Fall." Disraeli's first appearance jn th e Honse of Commons wa~ a failure. yet a time came when th ey were glad to hea r him. .

In school work ancI in ;.:·a nws th e po"·er of P er seYerance is well 1I_Iustrated. Notp that it is the earnest plodd er to wh om the palm of n ctory. com.e~. The brilli:111t lac! rl epending on abilit.,·, n eglects the n~c<'ss1ty ~f _rndustr,\· and fail:, in th(\ end. In cricket patience is a gic~t reqmsite and the pl:iye;· must he content to make ·1on- scores u~til, as ~ batsman, he scor e., his century or as a IJon·Ier, accomplishe'5 his hat tnck.

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.It is_ on a~·c.ount_ of th is po,Ycr of Industr.,· ,1 nd Perseyera,nce for ove:comrn1; d1ft1cult1 es that industry ha s 1,ecomc a ssociated with There wns hardly any Cricket this t erm. The playing pitch is gcmus. Butron defin es ~enins ns patience , and m a,ny authorities cut up so rnry badly b~· footh:i.11 , that practice on it-far less a match ~ont~nd tl'.at a ma~1's :.:Pnius consists in hi i: capacit}; for taking -would be too dang-erou s an experiment.

Some of the more '.nfimte pams. Geniu s ma,· do much but it is c<'rtain. howe,er th t enthusiastic crlckcters howe Ye r, in spite of so severe a handicap still :nd~stry is. the _sine qua non. Colerid ge ;:ind Ta~·Ior are examples managed to p'.ay now and then on a pitch which made each ball ,,emus lacking 111 Persr\·er·1 nce a nrl method w l t!J . · · on sn-orth and Scott either a ''shooter" or caused it to ki ck dan;::erously.

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so much in life. T o the sluggard, and purposeless, the amplest are a lot of little boys tlierc tliat can't play so yon have to be careful opportnnities pass by unheeded, t,ut it is astonisbin;; to note how not to hit one of th em down. To-dnv, 11·c had French fr om 1:2 .30 to ruuch e,an be .don e by seizing and impro\"in g opportunities. '·It will I. 30, and as I am wont to say, I got· tip two pbccs. I ha,~ nothing not avail as so many do to w,1i t until Blucher comes up, but they , more to sn)-, so goodbye. mmt stru;:::;le and pcrseYere in the m eantime as \Velli:ngton did."

I I remain, ''The hei3hts by r;reat men r eached and kept, Yours truly, \Ve.re not attained by sudden fli ght, But they, wh ile th eir compan ions slept B. \ Vere toiling upwards in the n ight."

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{lucen's College is a Go,crnment Si.:hool. It i,; _situated at the Speech Dar ,ya s cel ehrate:l on th e 2-lth of F .'llr nar y. corner of Vlissengcn R o.ul ancl Brii.:kd.1111 ne,\r the D Urban P,lrk, and oppo ·ite ,l kind of cane-field. Thl' y,mll has a plc~1ty of frnit tr~es Th e pi•!CC from Shak espea.i·e·s •'l\luch All o Aliout Kolhinb'·," Amonrr them are se,·crnl big- ,;tar-apple trees. a Lunannd t ree,_and qmtc Act III. , Scene III.. \\'.1S acted first. In thi s l·onnl'clion tlw nctin ..· o[ a lot cabbage trees . The scenery is fine when _one_ i~ tak~ng a ,~·alk N. E . Cameron ( Do;;berry) was s triki n 6 . H. R. H.i re1Yood ( Ver~~s) . from east to west alon!:!: Brickda m. The ~c\1001 is dindcd mto c1ght R. G. Sharple,; (Barac-hio), S. J ail,aran (Conradt•), A. Grant form s : I , IIB, IL.\., III. IVB. IV .:\, V, YI. Some of the _bo~·s of (Sexto,n) , R. l\I. Wong a nd C. T. Denn~· (\\"a tch'cs ) also ac-f}nittccl the Sixth Form arc callecl Prefects. The st'lfl consists of the Pnnc1pal, then:(;elves i:·reditably, six masters, and a lady t C:,\L·lwr. The h on rs_ of S~h ool. a_re 8 ~_.m . t_o 10.30 a .m. and U .30 p.m to :3 p.m. During the m01 111ng pe11:id "\\e d o three lessons. and in the af te rnoon the ,;,urn: number. The. boys of "Le l\Iajor Crarn cb. ion ,'' th e nex t item, wa ~ r endt' reli in French . the School arc divided into three H ouses : Pen.: irnl ( A) , Raleigh \B), the tliece s howing th e eccentricities of an fr:iscii>le major who made Austin (C). E ach House contains a.bom sixty boy~. T~1cre a.re four a point of r ej<'c:ting all the suitors Of his dane;hter beca use trie~- <lid , Shields, for which the H ouses compete eac!1 year. . . 'I he Gene_ral, ot prove suJl"icientl~· quarrelsome . Th e characte rs "·ere G. G. Adnm. the Athletic, the Football. and the Cnckct :-shields. B cs1cles son (Crarnchon), C. A. Yanse n (Den-ieres) and M. o. l\I. ,Yebher the main building. which i.· , ery large, there a_re _scYcrnl ~ma~ler one~ o_u (Antonin), a sen·ant. the premises. T here arc the lo1Yer St:hool b111lcl1ng, wh1ch .1~ a~so 1 large and in whid1 we hold onr annual S1~eet:h Da y, the ,fa_n:tor s Cf :ar· The Principal th en read hi~ report on th<' ,,ork done by t he ter's, the chemical labot"<ltorr . m d e of bnt:k . arnl our p:1v1llon, ,d~tch Co118;.:e for t!1 e year. He said th?.t the report for 1!1'.:!l "'a.~ as ravourabl e ,ms btcly built at a cost of ove r a thousa nd dollars. T\tc gymnasiu~n as that of 1:)20 and was in some res pects hetter . Th e number or dasses, to whidi many of the h llys go for p_hysical C.':~ ru1sc, ar~ h eld 1:1 hoy:c; had in cn!asecl from 116 at the end of lal!l t 0 170 at the e nd ot' a spec ial portion of the L ower Sch oo1 bmldrn~. whd~ the Carpei:try 19:::!l. This incr ease in the nnm 1Jc1· of J,o)·s sho,Yed in crea sing conShop and the Game~ Clnb-room ~re und~r the. L ower Sc_hool b~dclmg .:fid ence _ in th e Colle1e. Bnt though the number of ho.,·s now Our ground is Ycry large, bnt lS not lll perfect_coml1 t10 n. '' C enter tpprox1matecl to those of Harrison College. Baril:! dos, an d Queen's every year for the GarncLt (Cricket) and ,J nnior L eag ue (Football) 1Royal College. T rinidad. yet the staff of Queen's was considerably competitions. !smaller than th at of either of the former institutions.

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·provision had been made for nn additional senior :\faster who would 101G, gained 2nd class Honours in the Natural Sciencf' Fina ls at ·probably assist with th e higher work in i\Iathematics, but the re w as Cambridge: and C. R. Mitchell, Scho!n,r fo1· 1()19, a 2nd class in hls . .,still ·need foi· an add itional Scie n ce Master.

First Yenr Exam ination at I\IaeGilJ; Univer:;it.\-, Dnrin;; the last few years senior hoy;; who bad specialised i.n .S cie nce hnd he lped and in this connedion th e P.rincipal expressed his thank s to Mr. M. L. Hutchinson ( Gnia-na Schola.r for 1920) and. !\fr. C v. L e wis, who was still on the statr. Dw·ing 1!121, for the tirst time th Coll ege h ad a lady t ench e r, Miss Ke nnedy, on its staff.

Hf.s Excellency sa id that the progress of the school had been certai-n.ly remarJ,:able. Cameron's work which had l.Jeen described as extraordinarily good, reflected g r eat credit on l\fr. Pilgrim.

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J.n th e Camhridge Local examinations the Collf'ge had fact, th e re was no l.Jranch of instruction in whi ch the pupil d 11 had a record year. In the se nio~·s .. 4 ~)O":s obtained 1st claso Ho.nour not disting~1ish ed themselrf's. His Excellency promised to do hi: be:t . and it spoke yolumes of Mr. P1lgnm s good work that each to find assistance for 1\Ir. l\Ioulder in view of t ile increased nu b m be er them obtained a distinction in ~lat b ema t·1cs. . D'1s t·me t·ions "':er ?f boys as it was natural t!Jat the number of teachers s!JouJd also ohtained in French ai~d Applled ;\[athf'ma:1cs for the first t1m mcrease~ as tl! e number of pupils increased . He urged pnreuts to in many years. In th e jun10rs, three boys ohtamed. 1st class Honour. keep tl: ei r I.Joys as long as possible at Queen 's, for boys learnt most -one with 5 distinctions-and tli e r el'ord number of !) Honours Cert during their last years at school. The assistance dven b . l.J .

• . . t· t ': h ad speciahsect . . . ) 0) 110 :ficates was gained . In th e . Guian a Scholarship examma ~on in S~·ience was probably of g-reat henefit to the boys boys r eached the Scholarship standa rd, Cameron (the wmner) i themselve,:, for notbmg- wa,:; learnt I.Jetter b.Y Oll(' than when on e had Mathemat ics, and McLean in Science.

Th e examiners spoke ve~ to teach it to s omebod y else. H e concluded by wishing the boys highly ,o f cnmer on'.s work. l\I'cLca,n, the runn er-up for the ScholarsbI better s uccess for t11 p year 1922. · iJecame the second winn er of the Campbell Science Prize .

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The riYalry in House l\Iatches bad been increased by the additioi " .

Alice Throu -..·h the Lookin · -of n third Hous e. The three H ousC's f ormerly known a s ''A" , · ·B, . · g "u lass. ·• a 1111111orou s item, wa~ next . 1 R a 1eig . 11, an >perfo1 med b,· F, ( "\lice) , R · B Ga,1ra.1 . . (T11·ecdlc•clum) an-cl and C'' bad been now given the names of Percrva, · Br'IZao • ' Au stin Through the generosity of some of the old boys, mo · V. R ey,nol<I, (Tweedl edee•). Afte1· this the school so ng was sung · e s pecially l\fr. w . B. Gray and Dr. Rose, th e College h ad now t b ~n<I afterward s the N·1tion a I A n ti iem. handsome shields for competition bet,.een the Hou ses. Gymnasiu classes b ad been held ·a·egularly throu;rbout the year, but the atten PRIZE LIST. ance had been mod erate, due no doubt to the rival attractions orm VI. -Science . . .. ...C. V. Lewis ., cricket and football. orm V. - English & Divinity · .. I<,. J. Pollard Latin & French ... . .. F. J. Pollar d Mathematics & Science Th e re cords of tlw Old Bo;1·s :-:ho\\'ed tlrnt tile traditions of :'form IV. A- Engl ish, Latin & French ... S. Jaika ran ·,, P. G. Barrow College as an e1ln ra tio11al centre "·pre " ·ell mainta ined. Two Ol<'orm IV. Mathema tics & Scien ce ... R. G. Sharples B-Englis h, Latin & French Boys , ::\lessrs. L. A. R. DaYi:-: and J. G. Gray, had been promot . ... C. A. Yan sen Mathematics & Science . <luri·ng the y<'a.r to he Comptroll er of Cnstoms :ind Postmastform III. ... I. E. Ying A-Eng lis h, Latin & French · · I. R. Robin son General. respec tively. In An.ti.c:11a. Hi s Honour ..\ .. K. Yonn;:- halform l\lathematics & Science .. . C. I. Drayton hc co me Chief Ju,:tice of that isl a nd: C. B. G. Fra n,·1 ;; had been ma III. B-English, Latin & French · · V. R. Humphrey l\1athematics & Science Attci,ne y Ge nera-I of British Hond11ras and E. J. ;\lacquanie. a forIDform II. .. · V. F: S. Lawrence -Eng li sh, Latin & French G11ia·nn Scho l:1r, Solicitor Ge nera l of Tnnga ; S. J . Van Sertillll .. C. T. S. Spence Mathematics & Science ... C. 1'. S. Spence Gniana Scholar for l!ll-1 ohta in eel 1st class Honours in the B. C. I . . snccess ' . not e,,. 01·ti1~,. smce · Class Hano '.1rs Ill · c. am lJ nc· l ge Exami,n ation. His had heen most a. 1,ar.First .

Loc·al,: C. T . Dt•nny, S. L . . class wa,i seldom ohtainf'd. S. E . ..\gnnl, S• ·holar for 1918, had obtain~ Ia\\ay, F. J. Polla1d. S. Ja1ka,ran, P. G. Barrow, A. B. Clarke, A . .a first in his finals at the In-n s or Co11rt. A. D. Gaskin, Scholar trV'· Sears, G. G. Adamson, I. E. Yin.~·.

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When h e was punched by a boy, who wanted to draw his attention, the Circus turned to him, and iu a confidential whisper 1aid '' Did you just touch me?

That J ose employs style even when boxing.

That when . the Sci ence :Master was explaining to the \Joys lhat tue fizzing m soda water ,m s due to Carbon Dioxide, one ·of . H . .,u is crivinrr up fo otb'.1.ll for the noble ga the boys 'IVhen asked what would happen if the air was composetl That Capt nu et m., . o ~ entirely of Carbon Diox:de, promptly replied that ther e would be . of Cricket. leng 1 more soda water. n eeus a pl.tch a hundred yards 111 That when bowling l ie . "'toid that King J ohn lost his crown in .

That the Elephant Pup is training seriously for the coming 'fha.t Gee, on _bde1t,, t t,he wa.si:ierwomau must have beco me n spo1ts.

- Wash promptly sa1 t a . . . . the second Form mid tuat au optmnst is That Compton says his name sign ifies "the adorned one," That a hcl in coming from the latin verb como U1) mrnning "I adorn." . who l ooks after tl1e eyes. 'b cf Nawanrrar i.s an active boxing promot 0 That H--s of the Fifth ~aid that he is a descentlant of the l T hat the Jam S•111 ' reat poet "Horace." " al=n)'S bustles about p romoting matches.

That ·• B ussels '"" . lends to be the Senior Champion of this Y Tha.t the Potato nut is b eg inning to crack, a sign that it 1s J:'bat Zac:c11eu, rn . . if 1penrng. the 'Ni) Yarus sprint last year 'fbtt he would h'.1Ve won -- • .

That P11ck is increas:ng in stature daily. had runnin g shoes . one of the barons who sig That Bfl.ron J\lunchausen was That an iceberg was recently seen fl oating down the Ess q uibo the '' Magna C,~rt:~. '' iver. . h has oaiued the co~nomeo of ,, CbarterJ That in consequence e ' ' . . . ·b· ·h That it was five miles 1,iug, and a hundred yarJs wide , while That the scl,ool has been bles,d »,th a cu riosity " ic -h e pr,,j ect. ion above the water was a, mile.

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III. Th ere 's a fellow I know, Bearing the nam e of Gobbo And with r ega rd to him Ch a nces of safety are slim I! to rush him at all you go.

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There are no available racords to show how or when the " Honse System " was introd uced into schools, nor indeed what form it o:igin. ally took. Very probably it approximated to the genuine House Sys tem which i3 adopted in some English Schools at the present tim e, and of wh ich the more modern House System and the Set System appear to b~ modifications. In that which has been taken as the ori~inal, each master of a school founded a House, and bis friends and admirers patronised this by sendi ng their boys to join it. Tlw boys of the several Houses · collectively constituted tbe school. When a master for any reason severea his connectic.,n with a school, bis Hou se did likewise. Of course, a t ·1east some of th e boys might join the House of the succeeding master, wh ile others might throw in their lot wi th another House. In the other form of the Hou se Sys tem, wbicb seems to be the more popular at the present time in 1£ngli sh boardi ng schoo:d the boys of a school are divided into Houses, and a master is appointed to each House. Thus, in contrast to th e first, the boys of the school compose th e Houses. The Set System is based on the rncond form of th e House System and is the form familiar lo us in British Guiana and the West Inclies. It differs fro m the second form of the House System only in that it applies exclusively to non-boarding schools.

Our House System (Que m's College) is thon rell ll y a Set System .

While our n omenclature might be somewhat faulty, there is no harm in using it.

The advuntages of a school being composed of t,ro or more un its are ma ny, and ma.y be somewhat inco mpletely summarised in the few words "The promotion of healthy rivalry ." The House and the Se ~ System, whichever it may be, imp ress in the sLrongest poseible manner on a boy the fact that benefit of self should not be bis only desire, and that at times he has to forget it entirely. He is thus sent into the world well et1uippec1 for life's battle, fully realising that, after 1111, there is some pleasure in sacrificing self, when the need arises, for the benefit of something or somebody else.

Thi s is w bat tlie House does for a hoy. Tbe natural query is "What is a boy expected to do for bis House?" The answ er is simply this: He is expected to do whatever gooc1 be possibly can fo r his Rouse. It should be his ambition t hat bis House be the best, and bs

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Public School," it has Leen said, " it is House Patriotism not School Patriotism tbat matters most." This statement may, or may not be h)-perbolica.l, but at any mte it emphasises somewhat the importance which should be attached to House loyalty.

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TH·E USE OF 'fHE GYMNASIUM. (G. F. LAWRENCE.)

FOOTBALL. There is not mu ch to be written about Football for this term. "\Ve ha,·e played no Cup match es . since these will not take pla ce until about the \Jeginning of next te,rm . "\Ve. had several practice matches, uoth with outsid e team s, as \Yell as with '·picked lip" one,;. Unfort1mat~ly, these matd1es are 110t taken seriously, the boys saying they are keeping their "match form" for real matchPs. Th e most importa nt ma.tch of the term wns th e final House i\Iatch betw een A and 8. Two very strenuous and exdting games mad e ··B'' Hou se the winner. They therefore are th e pos~l!ssors of the Fooll,all Shield for this school year. We also played otl' the Pn•se ntation -Form Clip l\Jatch- lh e V. an'r. ~I. coml,in ed, th e winners, mel· tin;.r tll e Res t. Th e ;.:-ame resulted Ill a draw. one ;.:-oal all. The Princ:ipal acted as r eferee for u~, "·hile Mrs. i\loultl e r ,·ery kindly 1:resentecl the Clip to the capta in of the winn ers al th e conclu~ion of the gam e.

A ~l·ri e.s of matche s was arranged b~· th e Prin,·ipal for th e small fr~· of the First Form. They wen, tliYid ed into two tea ms. and had many a ;.rlorious, stubbornly contested light . Th e Second Form, not to lJe outdone, ;.:-ot lip a rh·al team, and Jed by a dimiP.utfre cap tain of lofty aspiration s. claret! to chall enge eve n the most formiclal.1le Form of th e :school. They would ba,l' won, too, if Football w,1s all l1rag. As it was, th ey met the First Form on Yarious occasion.s, with , ar yin;; fortune.

Our first tea m is prac ti call~· th e same as that of la st season, 0xcept for th e loss of our ;.:oal-lcl'eper J\Ianl y. He is ·now keeping goal in the senior Football \·omp etilions. \Ve s till have Shankland. how.

Haring had last eye1·, who can he reli ed upon to do bis hest. season's expPrience, we are ex11el'ting our team to put up a better show th a-n it did befor e. \V e are also takin;.:- pnrt in the Ru,-sell J1111io1· Cup. Here on1· cha:1ces wo11lcl ~eem <·Y en !JettPr th a n in th e Jnni o1· League, and we arc l1oplug to be th e fir st--li11t who will liYe, wi ll see.

Life without health is a ca.re f!.Dd a burden instead of a joy ~nd a ple~sure. No matter how talented one might be, one c~nnot ga1~ the niche one ought to occupy, nor can one achieve the soma~ or bus1?ess success which ought to be. bis if one suffers from the terrible handicap of ill-health.

Physical strength was the veritable god of antiquity and there are found the elements of a. system of gymnastics in most nations from the earliest times. What was the ideal of the Greeks? They were ardAnt athletes but their pastimes were regarded as a means to an end. The Greeks ~egarded the culture of the body as a sacred duty, and so did the Romans.

Football cricket, tennis, etc., are · indeed forms of manly sport a.ud exercise but that is not physical culture. Physical culture is something f~r wider in its scope, infinitely loftier in its id eals . It is the cultivation of the body so that it can perf1..1rm anything of which sound organs a.nd developed muscles are capable.

Possibly there are some who will refnrn to admit that this aim is a uesirable one. Bnt one who neglects his body is guilty of the worst sin, for he sins against Nature. A well-cared· body in itself is emplrn.tica.lly a. good thing, but that does not say that the e:ffects of physical culture are confined to the bouy. In bringing the Lody tc its hi ghest pitch of perfection, various morn! quali ties must nPcessarily _he brought into play. The first one of these, wh icL is essential to success. is the power of concentratin g the wiII on w batever you do. Muscles are n ot developed by muscula r action alone. Physical exertion, however arduo us and long-con tinued , will neYer mak~ a man strong, or the blacksmith and the day labourer would be the strongest of men. l\Iechan ical and Jesnltory e:iertion wou ld never increase a man's strength. No man can n<ld one cu bit to his st11ture by taking thought, but he c11n assuredly in crease Li s strength, b;s muscular development, and add to hi s general vitality. Dy practice, the power of will will be greatly incrrnrn<l, ,,-hich means a. great lot , es · pecia.lly to students.

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Now, physical development comes to boys quicker than to men fact. that their . muscles are not bardeneu, and in ih~~ .

11 e easier to cultivate them into strong and develo d ~ ,1 ~use es. The gymnasium is the place which can help boys to beco~ :i ront ab~, t~nd ~erfect men, The exercises which are traversed ar! mp e, an _ere is no reason why a boy should not find one i, 1 rnur a .wee~ ID order to better bis body, and general debility gym~asium is at the boys' disposal, and they should make u 5e of -: ~spteci~lly whden ~b ey have an interested instructor, "ho spends bis ti 1~ ' 8 ID ryrng 1o obis best for them.

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H. A.. N. Burrowes ( 1883) has been appointed to act as Colonial Treasnrer and a member of the ExecutiYe Council.

Major C. P. Widdnp (18!l!l) has been confirmed in the appoint· ment of Deputy Inspector Genera l.

THE COLONY'S COAT=0F=ARMS.

S. H. Bayley (188:J) has been made Managing Director of the new Colonial Transport Department.

(A. G. :McLEA.N.)

T. F. Burrowes, C.B.E. (1884), late Comptroller of Customs in Nigeria, is practising as a Barrister in Antigua.

I There's a ~hi~ in the centre. She bas crowded all sail . And gaily 1s gliding o'er N eptune's domain .

Ke~p ou on tby wa.v, fail' one ! Thy laud n e'e 1'. shall fa;l So long as thy kc l like a 's_hare plo ug-hs the main.

Her prouul'C th ou takest lo lautls far ant! near, And l.ic1· sou;; ~wa.v bear\t fame :1Ud wealtl.i for to seek.

By th ee are we lrnkcd to u11l' vig il.Lilt :!ll~reGreat Britain--thc gu:ntli'1u of 101,,.Jy and weak.

Tl.Jen surrounding the ship 'tis our motto comes next "Dam us P eti111u sque ,icis~im " it r ead , · · ,ve give what we have, and in fairness ex/~ct, I'ba,L we receiYc OUl' just due in the tbrng;; that we n ned.

Then last arc the bonds 1vhicb unite us to Brit:.Liu They ar<l silken, not fettered, wen.re freemen, n;t slaves.

Hu.rra~1 for om· Con.t of Arms ! Second to uo11e So simple, exprcss i ve, on high Jet it wa vc.

It is worthy of note tlrnt caeh of the leading Cricket Clubs in the Colony hal'I an Old Bey as Captain, i.e., A. Gomes (1 ~04) Cl-. C.C .• R. Belgmve (1889), B.G.C.C., Dr J ohnson (189!), C.U.C.C., M. Fe,·nandt·s (1908), D.C,C. Our hearty congratulations to the la.~t named on making t}ie fir t century for the season in the Parker Cup Oompetition. '\V c congrniu,atc the fulluwing on ha viol? join'3 d the. rnnk~ of the Bcuedicts: W. Phillips (1910), V. Dia, (1908), S. L. VauB. Stafford (1906), L. D . Cleare, Jnr. (1905),

\Ve rearct to record tbe deaths of K. D. R,, id (1898) and \V. H. Ba.got (1905). Mr. R eiJ was at the time of bis de.1th 1st Assistant A:talyst at the Goverom \:'nt Laboratory, a11d for many years taught Chemistry to the Lo'l\er Sd1ool at Queen's wheu the Science work was uncle·r the charcre of the Department of Science and Agriculture , While a pupil at Queen's he was Champio.n Athl~tc (_iu 1905) and Captain of Cricket. He alwttys took a kee11 mte1:est rn bis Old School.

Mr. Bagot was Assistant In spector of Schools m Gren~d11. w~en the Wn.1· broke out and after .serving throughout the war retired with the ra.nk of Major.

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A SOLDIER'S LIFE. (B.r E. E. FoRlI I)

A soldier's life is one of _great difficulties and dangers.

Before anyone can be a soldier he has to do military exercise fo war. His clothes of Khaki drill and his bo:>ts are brown wit putties. His bat is covered with brown drill. If a soldier ,vants to become some great officer he s0metimes goes through fire to save people's lives. He is 'then looked upon as being very great and i rewarded with the Victoria Cross. On the battle field soldier have to wash their own clothes cook their 0"·11 food and do man~ other things. Many hardships meet them during war. Books show how during this last great European War soldiers had to dig trenches to sleep in and also to hide from the enemy. Many are killed-:whilst fighting and no one is there to bury them; only' when a trench 1s near they are thrown into it. After a great war many skulls can be seen on the ground rotting iu the sun. Some times poisonous gases are put in the air and the soldiers have to put a mask over their faces from being poisoned, soldiers go in airships to fire at the enemy . If a soldier does not obey the orders of his Officer he is liable to be shot. \Vhen they are wounded Red Cross nu rses are sent to their assistance and sometimes whilst crossing in a vessel it sinks and all are drowned.

Sometimes when they are captured they are often treated badly and m:my accidents happen in war, for some soldiers ha\·e their feet or hands cut off. Only few live after war and they get a quantity of money. A sailor's life is nry difficult, but a soldier's one is harder,

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