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CONTENTS.

Foreword

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Looking Back

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Edirorial

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Pictorial

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Lace Flashes from the Editor's D esk

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On Dii

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School Of!iciJls

8 Howlers

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The Year in Retrospect

9 The Aftermath of War

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Q.C. end ch, Sc ience Exhibition

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Poet's Corner :-The Scout

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News of Old Boys Past and Present

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and CongrJtulacions A Di>tin guished Old Boy

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Roll of Honour

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Val,ce

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The Th ief's Grief

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To Balbus and Marguerite

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Other DepJrtures

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Twilight

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SJlvete

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The Bat

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Prize-Giving

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As I Live

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Prize List

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Examination Results

Cadet Notes

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How Much Do You Know?

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Our Bee-keeping Societ y

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The Power of Words

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Literary and Dramatic Society Notes

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Health is the Best Wealth

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Our Stamp Society

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With th e Flame1 Through the S ixth

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Po.st B,llum

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Scout Notes

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Athletics

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About This Atomic Bomb

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At!:iletic Cbaract•rs

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Athletic

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Our Christmas DJr."

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Cricket Record,

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~:os~w ord Puz~le .. ,,

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Hou~e Notes

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Crick,c Note;

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Cricket Chuacters

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Our Aima Mater

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Football Nom

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FootbJII CharJctets

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Tennis Notes

Ten'.liS Nom

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EDITORIAL

FOREWORD. "Read not to contradict and confute, ......... .. .... .... . nor to find talk and THE MAGAZINE is making its appearan_ce at the beginning of the school year-an opportune moment, I think, as the boys just joining our ranks will be able to gather from its pages some id ea of the activities of their new school.

I would like, on behalf of the whoic school, to take the opportunity of welcoming back to the Staff, Lieutenant G. Lighten , R .N. V .R., after his four strenuous years with the Royal Navy , and of welcoming two new Masters -Mr. A. G . A. Larthe and Mr. D . A. Smith.

May the time they will spend

with us be both profitable and pleasurable to all concerned.

Now that we are beginning to return to our normal complement of Masters, may I take the opportu}lit y of thanking all who stepped into the breach and helped us so willingly and efficiently during the war years ? Without their help the school could not have carried on with a standard of performance of which we have no reason to be ashamed.

Good. luck to the Magazine-may it be well received !

Our thanks

are due to th~ Edi~or and his splf for .i,ll th~ hard work they have put in.

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discourse but to weigh and consider " -Bacon. '

We are very pleased this year to present our readers with another edition of the School MagJZine. This volume is fortunate in being the first produced entirely under peace conditions for seven years and. as such , man y of its articles reflect the spirit of the hectic da ys we ha ve heen through. The most outstanding world event of the past year has been, indeed. the collapse of the Axis Powers. The world is once more at peace. The shadow of t yra nny has been lifted from the face of the eJrth and we look forward to the return of normal conditions. On the whole we were spared the actual horrors of war, bur we were close ly linked with the struggle through our Old Boys. y,le publish a list of those who paid the supreme sacrif_ice, a sJcrifice which we hope shall nor hJVP. been in v;:iin.

Now to return to our M;:igazine; we have been fortunate in being able to publish photographs after a lapse of two years. We are indeed indebted to Frank Pilgrim of the Graphic who was able to let us nave the loan of blocks for the pictures of our Sports Meeting free of charge . Contributions were somewhat slow in coming in. but we finished up with a sizable collection of articles which were, for the most part . of a fairly high standard. Boys were markedl y shy of employing their poet ic instincts. and we hope thJt they will have overcome rbis shyness b y next yc:u. We had quire a good response from the Junior School, a nd we were pleJsed to discover signs of promise among our youngste rs. There were not m Jny efforts b y the Seniors. but those received justified our expectations in quality.

During the pa5t year. two new Hou ses were created-Pilgrim. '¡E", House, and Weston, "F ", House. This step was taken on account of the increase in numbers and in order to foster a keener spirit of rivalry among the boys. We have thus had an exrr:i crop of notes to handle, and we ban to thank those who assisted in this tedious job.

This year bas seen a new depJrture in our cover design . The design is the handiwork of W. R . Skinner of tbe Sixth Form. We hope that the coat of arms as well as tbe motto wil l be permanently adopted by the school as. the school h;is neither of its own at present. W~ would like to sug&tst th,H

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the cover design be adopted for future editions of the Magazine in order to establish uniformity in our cover design.

Before we close this column , we have to extend a cordial welcome to a new master, Mr. A. G . A . Larthe, B .A ., Hons. We sincerely hope that his stay with us will be an enjoyable one.

Our thanks arc due to all those boys who willingly gave up their time to help with the collection of advertisements. We are also grateful to our advertisers who so loyall y supported this ma g::=i:::c. We are indebted to W . R. Skinner for his excellent cover design. Mention must also be made of the Magazine staff whose spade work has played an important part in the compil ation of the Magazine. We have to thank Mrs. Barrow who so willingly supplied us with all official information ; our Censor, Mr. H. A. M. Beckles, for his hel pful criticism and advice; the Principal , C aptain H . Nobbs, for his wh oleh ea rted support ; the Guiana Graphic for so kindly loaning us their blocks free of cost, and las t! y our P rinters for the efficient way in which they have done their job.

Finally, to our readers we must say that it has been a p!,:asant task to edit this M:igazine. and we sincerely trust that it may be as pl easa nt a diversion to read this record of School activities as it has been to compile it.

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Late Flashes from the Editor's Desk.

We have to record the arrival of yet another new master, Mr. D . A. Smith, M.A. , Hons. (Auck. ) . He has come to us all the way from the Fiji Islands. We trust his stay with us might be a pleasant one. We must also welcome back, our clerkess, Miss Wan Ping, who was away on six months' well-earned holiday.

Mrs. Barrow, who acted in her capacity, had already made herself a favourite with the boys and we are sorry to losd her. Miss Wan Ping has ¡now been with us for well-nigh on seventeen years, and seems to have made herself a veritable part of the institution and is very popular with the whole school.

It has just been discovered that Sir John Henry Dacres Cunningham, recently appointed First Sea Lord , attended Queen' s College in I 8 9 6-9 7.

Mr. E . 0 . Pilgrim , B.Sc. , Hons. ( " Bogus' ' ), until recently Second M:lSCer, has retired and Mr. H. A. M . Beckles, B.A., Hons ., has been ::ippointed in his place. Mr. Beckles was ::i Senior Master and tias been on the Staff since 1926.

Mr. N. E . Cameron, M.A., Cantab., bas been appointed a Senior M:istcr .to fill the vacancy created.

G. E. T. MOORE. <in

We also have to welcome back Mr. G . Lighten, M .A ., who was away active service with the Royal Navy .

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by E. E. Low.

S econd Master :

Principal :

MR. [. 0 . PILGRIM . B.Sc. ( Hons. )

CAPT. H. NOBBS , M .Sc. , F .R .I.C.

Senior ,"If asters :

M ESSRS. H. A. M . BECK LES. B.A. ( Hon s) and J. H . BEVIS, B.Sc. ( Hons), Masters :

MESSRS. N. E . CAMERON. M .A. (Can tab. ); H . V . TAITT, M .A.; G. LIGHTON, M .A. ; C. E. HAMSHERE . B .A. ( Hons ) and A. G. A. 'LARTHE, B.A. ( Hons.), Junio r Maste rs :

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ME SSRS. J . J . NIL E S, B.A .; CHUNILALL . B.A.; C. I. DRAYTON, J . N. CHUNG, L. E. DOW and C. E. BARKER. MISS L. DOLPHIN, L.R.A .M .

Preparatory Form Mistress :

A cting Junior Masters :

MESSRS. O. M . HARPER, B.A .. K. NARAYAN. H. 0. E. BARKER , T. B. E. RICHMOND and G. S. FERNANDES. REV. C. A. SAYER , B.A.

Visiting Master: Act ing Junior Mistress :

MISS C. E. PETERKIN.

Head Prefect and Capta in of the Sch oo l-E. E . LOW

PERCIVAL " A" HOUSE :

(Pilgrim House) · (Perci\'ll House ) · I

Vice-Captain of the School- -Q. M. S. RICHMOND

Q. M. S. Richmond ( Captain ) , F. G. Ch•n . and A. G.

Fung-A-Fat. .

RALEIGH "B " HOUSE : P. E. LEU ( Captain), G. A. S. Van Serum a ( Vic e- Captain ) , E. L. Archer, L. M . R. Kawall and G. H . Nara ya n.

AUSTIN "C ·• HOUSE : H. B. Edghill ( Captain ) , J. F. F. Gordon (Vice- Captain ) . and S. S. R am ph al. aptain ) , D . D a,,·al ( Vice-C•ptlin ) and D'URBAN " D " HO USE : G · E · T · Moor. ( c C. N. Pestano. ., E" HOUSE : E. E. Low ( C•ptain ) . E. L. Sam ( Vice- Captai n) , and R . P. PILGRII':,1 Ting-A -Kee. WESTON " F " HOUSE : C. O. Tulloch ( Captain ) , W. H. Allsopp (Vice-Captai n), H .

Dra yton and J . R. Ramsammy.

C. A. Agard.

Captain of Cricket .. ..

Q . M. S. Richmond.

Cap tain of Athletics D . A. Marks.

Cap tain of Football H. B. Edghill.

Capt ain of Ho ckey E. E. Low. Captain o f T ennis THE Edit or :

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"THE YEAR IN RETROSPECT."

School Officials, 1945--1946.

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G. E. T . Moote.

A.sista11t Editor : S. S. Ramphal. .

Advert ising A gent s : L. M . R. Kawall , D. A . Ki ssoon. H. B. Ed ghill and W. R. Sk inner.

L All H A D ayton J F F Gordon. R. H. A. Committee M emb ers : W. H. · sopp . · · r . · · ·D ·c p d . L M R

Buescher, E. L. Sam, Q. M . S. R,chmond, Kawall , D. D.1 yal and C. 0. Tulloch .

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The year 1945 h as marked another successful year in the annals of Queen' s College -fo r not onl y have we kept our standard high in the field, but we have a just cause to be proud of our scholasti c progress. But by far ove rshadowing all ou r successes is the great victory of the Allies over the Axis Forces.

At last the whole World , and with it, Queen's College, can look forward and plan for a better and brighter futur e a nd we sincerely trust and pray that there will be peace for man y a long year.

Let us hope that the grim lessons taught b y six years of war ha ve bee n learnt by the majority of the people of the w orl d.

Ou r numbers ha ve increased to a maximum of four hundred students since September, 194 5, and it was found necessary to form two new Houses to accommodate our numbers more conveniently.

Th e names of the two new Houses have bee n chosen by taking the votes of the boys. As a result of a large ma jority of votes, the Houses were named afte r Mr. F . T . W es ton and Mr. E . 0. Pilgrim , i.e., "Wes ton " Hou se and "Pi lgr im " House. Un fo rtun ately , Mr. W es ton never lived to see this honour conferred on him as he hJs paid the supreme sacrifice in the service of his Kin g and Country. \Ve shall always remember him as the efficient Games Master and a good sportsman who was alwa ys popular with the boys. Mr. Pilgrim has done great service for the School and has on several occa si ons deputi sed in the abse n ce of the Principal.

During his fort y-one yea rs of teachin g at Queen' s. he has seen man y of his pupil~ and their sons pass throu gh the School and in later li fe become prominent citizens of the colony. He has been at Queen 's so long that the boys hJve now come ro look on him almost as a part o f the School , and h e cenainly deserves this honour th at the majority of the boys have seen fit to bestow on him. The memories of both Mr. P ilgrim and Mr. Wes ton will be pH petuated as lon g as Queen's C oll ege Lists.

They sh:ill n~vcr die.

Durin g the year there were many chrnges in the Staff. At the end of Jun e. 1945, Mr. L. F. S. Burnham left us to t:ike up hi~ Gui J na Schobrship and is now in London stud ying .Law. and his place was filled by Mr. 0 . M. H .irper who has acted several times before.

At the end of the school year in Jul y. Mr. Thorne , M r. Polbrd Jnd Mr. All sopp left us- Mr. Thorne to go to the Income Tax O ff ice and I.leer to the office of the Economic Advi ~er; Mr. Pollard to return to his Church duties and Mr. S. R Allsopp to go to England on a British C oun cil Scholarship for the purpose of raking a cour~e in Ped ,1gogy at rhe London Institute of Education.

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Three Old Boys joined the Staff in September-Mr. H. 0. E. Barker, Mr. NJrJyJn and Mr. T. B. E. Richmond. Also Miss C. Peterkin came to us to tJke the middle school French. The Rev. C. Sayer took over the Higher Certificate History teJching when Mr. Thorne left us.

Mr. R. N. NJuth-Misir, Laboratory Assistant , w.1s awJrded a Medical Scholarship Jnd he left us to enter the London HospitJI Medical School.

Mr. W. H. Smith. an Old Boy, came to take his place in an acting capacity.

In February. we were glad to welcome a new Master, Mr. A. G. Larche ( B .A ., Hons. ) who came to us direct from the United Kingdom. Mr. Larche teaches French and English, and we wish him a pleasant time during his stay with us.

At long last Mr. E . 0. Pilgrim reached the age of retirement and with his retirement, His Excellency the Governor appointed Mr. H. A. M. Beckles.

B.A. , Seni'or Master, to be Second MJster, and Mr. N. E. Cameron , M.A. , Master, to be J Senior Master.

Mr. Beckles has been with us since 1926 , and Mr. Cameron since 1934. During these years, the boys have learnt to respect both of these MJsters a nd they h:ive ;.!ways been favourites with them .

For the first time since the end of World War II we held an Armistice DJy Service and when the increa s~d list of our Old Boys and Masters, who were killed durin g the two World Wa rs, w:is read our we could not help fe~ling that th e w:ir had not lef t us ·. intouched.

At Christmastide, the usuJ! Annual House Parties were org.1nised and th e boys had a Christmas Party. All these p.irties were successful , especially th e Christmas P:irty wbicb proved to be a financiJI success.

Our Cricket te.1m ret:1ined the Jacob Int~r-Collegiate Cricket Cup for another yea r :1fter defeating St. Stanis!Jus Colleg~ on the first innings. -Bruce Pairaude:iu must be congratula te d for m:ikin g 152 runs which is only fourteen short of the record.

We pl.i yrd well in the Hing Cup Competition, and ended up second.

In the House Matches, " Pilgrim" House came out on top lead ing " Austin" House by one point.

In Football. our standard of pla y was encour:1ging and on the up-grade.

We defeated St. Stani sla us in the Di:is Cup Fin al in a well fought game. It was a return match , JS we drew the first m a tch .

The perform:ince of our b oys du ri ng the " Combin ed Coll eges vs. Trinidad Match" wJs ver y creditable :ind showed th :it there was J good deal of t:ilent in the School.

Our 1946 Athletic Meeting w:is held on March 1. at the G .C.C. und er ideal weather co ndit ions.

The meeti ng was a huge success and seven records were broken.

D. M:irks distinguished himself in the Under 17 Division .

Percival House were the winners of the Athletic Shield with Austin House coming second.

The Cadet Corps passed throu gh another favo urable year. They attended the Armistice D:iy P .uade :ind dispb yed the ir usua l sm:irtness.

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ing is now planned under the B .G. Garrison and the cadets have seen films of milit.iry interest.

There was no camp this year as one to Tacama was unfortunately cancelled owing to lack of transportation.

The Queen ' s College Scout Troop ( No. 27 ) had Jnother eventful year which included two camps--one to Bartica, which lasted a week, and the ocher to Den Amstel for a week-end.

The Scouts are gaining their proficiency badges and che Cubs are getting on well under Mr. H a rper who has replaced Mr. Thorne. Unfortunately. the Rovers are suffering from lack of recruits as most of the regular members work ou,t of town.

Interest in Chess was high throughout the year and tournaments for both the seniors and juniors were organised.

Our te:im was again successful in retaining the McShine Inter-Collegia.:e Cup. In a tournament between the boys and the masters, the masters proved the victors.

There was not much Hockey, Tennis, or Table Tennis during the early part of the year, but recently they have all been revived and are being played quite regularl y.

It is noteworthy th3t H. Edghill was picked in April to represent the Colon y in Hockey for the second time against Trinidad.

The activiti ?s of the Liter:i ry and Dramatic Societ y. the Bee-Keeping Society and the Stamp Club h:ive been carried on throu g hout the year. All the meetings of t he Literary and Dr:imaric Society were well attended and these took the form of deb:i tes. imprompm speeches by prominent m embers of the Society. and lectures by prominent mer. in the Colony . The School was very forrnnate in obt:tining a screen and cimnutograph and ir is hoped that edncationJI films will be shown quire frequently. We h:iw already h.-,d the pleasure of seeing the projector working on sever;il occas ions.

Our scholastic record h:is been of a hi gh order this year. In the Oxford :ind C:imbridge School Certificate Examin :irion . we obtained 36 passes of whom ·23 were exe mpted from M:itriculation. Twelve p.1ssed the London Higher School C erti fi c;ire. :ind w e must congratulate Mr. G. B. Delph. who has been awarded the British Gui ana Scholarship. We wi sh him every success in his future career.

We mu sr also congratulate our Old B oys who ha ve added glory to t hei r Alma Mater-Mr. 0. A. Johnson and Mr. R . N. N.rnth Misir who have been awarded Medic.1 ] Scholarships b y the Driri sh Council. Messrs.

J. H. Paul. J . E. Ho-Yen. G . W. P . Rober ts :ind G. E. Luck . who have gJ ined the B:ichelor of Science degree. Messrs. R . E . G. Failey. R . M. Nicholson and 0 . H :upcr. who obtained the BJchelor of Arts degree , :i nd our 1939 Guian :1 Scbo!Jr. Mr. H. Annamunthodo. ,1· bo qua lifi ec: ;n London JS a Docror with the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine , a nd Bachelor of Surgery.

In con::lusion, now that there is peace, we can look forward to a brigh ter future , :ind '. er us hope that we will see the start of J bi gger and better Queen ' , Coll ege.

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C. D . Bracewell, on winning the Epsom College Schol:irship.

News of Our Boys--Post and Present.

J. H. McCowan , on winning the Brasenose Open Scholarship, Oxford;.

This is the year 1946, the year of peace. Our first thoughts are thankful ones as we utter a heart-felt prayer to our Maker. Ler us now turn towards those who contributed towards the victory we celebrate. To those who gave their lives we s:iy "Their name liveth forever' ' for their memories sh:ill b: tre:isured in our hearts.

To those again who are alive to-day after nobly volunteering for military and viral civil responsibilities we give a pat on the back-a pat which speaks more than words or deeds " Well done''.

Upon the scholarly hill as we glance upwards we see many of rhe hard workers who climb slowly but surely to success. Our congratulations must needs be bestowed upon : -

and to our students who acquitted 路 themselves so creditably in the London Higher Examination as wdl as rhc School Certificate Oxford and Cambridge Examinations.

Special mention must be made of Mr. G. B. Delph the winner of the B.G . Open Scho!Jrship, E. E. Low who was exempted from th~ lnter-B .Sc. Examination and F. R. Wills who topped the list of 'School Certifi ca te pmes with a record of six distinctions . " Lives of gre:it men all remind us We can make 路 our lives sublime ; And, departing, lea ve behind us

Mr. S. R . R. Allsopp and Messrs . 0. A . Johnson and R . N:iuth-Misir on bei ng awarded a British Council and W . I. Medical Scholarships,

Footprints on the sands of time ."

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Mr. L. F. S. Burnham . B .A., our 1942 Guiana Schc,Jar , on gaining his Inter media te LLB .

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Mr. H . Ann:imunthodo. our 1939 Guiana Schobr, on acquiring ' his medical degrees M.B. , B .Sc.

Do You Know?

Who nnde the first Cadet Uniform for Q.C. in 1906?

Mr. G. E. I. Luck. B.A. , on gaining his B .Sc. degr?e in Economics, and al so on his appointment as Assistant Senior Master at the Grenada Bo ys路 School.

Who have bee n the Colony's foremo st Tailors an d Gentlemen's Out fitters for the past 63 years?

Mr. J . H. P .r nl. on g:1 1n1n g the B .Sc. degree.

H e is the first student to study locall y and be aw:irdcd this drgrce in Chemist ry.

Where courtesy is an essential in th eir Service b Cu stomers?

Messrs. J . E. Ho -Yen :ind G . W . P . Roberts on acq uirin g their B .Sc. degrees locall y.

Mr. C. A . \Villiams on passing his Fir~t Medical E xami n.1tion .

Where you can get the best in Men 's Wear?

Where you are advised to go wh en buying

A nevv Suit or Apparel?

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Mr. 0 . M. Harper on acquiring th e B.A. degree.

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Mr. R . M .. Nicholson on gain in g his B .A. degree .

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Mr. R. E. G. F arley on ga inin g his B.A. degree and being appointed a master in a college in British Honduras.

Messrs. Chunilall. L. E. Dow a nd J . J. Ni les on being m:ide permanent Junior Ma sters on the Q.C. staff.

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A Distinguished Old Boy. Admiral Sir John Cunningham Entered Q.C. in September, 1896.

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ROLL OF HONOUR.

"Queen's College numbers among her Olci Bovs nc less a person rhan Admiral Sir John Cunningham. until re~enrly Commander-in-.

Chief Mediterrane~!'! Sotion, and from May 24, 1946. First Sea Lord and Chief ot Naval Sraft in succession to Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Cunningham of Hyndhope ."

The present Queen 's College boys gave three rrsounding cheers on Fridav. May IO . when the Principal, Capt. H. Nobbs. made this announcement after prayers. to the School. He read aloud a letter Sir John had written. and referred to the signed photograph of himeslf which he had sent, and which will later be framed and bung. toge thn with the letter. in

The following arc Old Boy,s of this school who died m World War II.

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C. A. E. BIRTLES, R.A.F. LIEUT. H . N. EDMONDS , R .N., D.S .C. R . J . GREATHEAD, R.A.F. W. W. MERRRIMAN. M.N. Ad mira 路 1

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Herc is the text of the letter received Commander-in-Chief,

MAJOR W. A. SMELLIE.

Mediterrahean Station, St. George's Da y, 1946.

CPL. D . I. WESTMAAS .

And from the Staff :-

Dear Sir,-The almost exact coincidence of the fiftieth anniversary of my entry into Queen's College with the handing over of my last war-time command provides me with the Jong-sought excuse to render thanks for the educational foundation which was there given me :ind whi,h has stood me in such good stead ever since. In general I would like to pay tribute to the excellent methods of instruction and in particular to the so und grounding in elementary English which I rrceived ar the hands of the then headmaster. Mr. Potbury. and to the great and abiding interest in Geography engendered in me by Mr. Franks, F.R.G.S.-both have proved innluablc throughout 路 my career.

In case either ,my of your Spff or the Boys WQ\\l~ be interested, I enclose Continued on Pa9e 3 2,

P / 0 F. T. WESTON , B.A. ( Hons. ), R.A.F.. Senior Master, 19 3 5 -4 3 ( accidcn tally killed ) .

" Dulce et Dewrum est pro Patria Mori. "

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Other Depgrtures.

VALETE! NOT ABLE DEPARTURES.

ALLS OPP, P. A. D. ( 193 7-45 ) -Centenary Exhibitioner, 19 38; Government Junior Scholar, 1941 ; School Certificate, 194 2 (Exemption from London Matric. ) ; School Prefect, 194 3; London Higher School Certificate, 1944 (Exemption from Inter.-B.A.) ; Captain o f Percival House, 1944; Sergeant in Cadet Corps.

BARKER, C. J.E. ( 1936-45 ) - - ~chool Certificate 19+3 (Exemption from London Matric.); Q.C. Schobr, Janu:iry , 1944; School Prefect, 1944; Captain of Austin House, 1944; London Higher School Certificate, 1945 .

COX , J . E . P . (1933-45 ). -School Certificate. 1941: Exemption from London Matric., 1942; School Prefect. 194 2; Vice-Car:,tain of Football.

194 3: Head Prefect and Captain of the School , 1944 : Football Colours.

1945 ; London Hi gbrr, 1945.

DELPH , G. B. (1938-45 ) -School Certificate. 1941 ( Exemption from London Matric. ) ; Q.C. Scholar, January, 1942; London Higher School Cerrificate , 1943 (Exemption from Inter.-B.Sc.); School Prefect, 1942; London Higher, 1944; Guiana Scholar. 1945; C.S .M. in Cadet Corps.

. Archer i::: S. ( School Certificate, Matric., School • ~Al exan d er, C'· S · O ·, M ' School Certificate, Football Colours ) ; Boyce, G. p re f cct ) ; B o Ian d , C · E · · \ p (S h ol Certificate, Athletic Colours, Football Cclours l ; B rJcew cll. C. D .

(Scho~i° Cerrificate, Matric. ) ; Canon, F . (School Certificate ); ~ban . . L. D. ' School Certificate, Matric. ) ; Chin , L. ·,A. ( School Prefect, Captam, D Urban House ) ; Cho-Shee-Nam, v . B. ( Schobl Certificate ) ; Cumberb:mh, A. A.; Da Silva, M. D. (School Certificate ) ; Dewar, A . D. ( School Prefect ) ; Edwards, w. G . (Government County Scholar, 1938 , School Cert(ficatc, M .u ric. ) ; Elder, C.; Esslemont, R. S. (School Certificate ) ; Fisher , I.; Fisher, M. ( School Certificate ) ; Ford, D. A. ( School Certificate, M:itric. ) ; Grierson, ; Gu yadeen, K. D. (School Certificate, School Prefc(t ); Harley. J . M acD. G . ( School Prefect) ; Lee, P. W . ; MacDonald. D . E.; Miller, H . C.; Mohabeer , L. B.: Osman, S. M. H. ( School Certificate ) ; Owen, J. E. C. ( School Certi ficate ) ; Parr is, R. C. F. (School Certificate. Matric., Athktic Colours ) : Pawaroo, J. D . : Raatgever, J. A. P. Roberts, M . D. ; Shanks, H. 0 . ; SharmJ . S. N . ( School Certificare, Matric. ) : Smith. L. V. P . (School Certificate. Matri c.) : Soares, L. S.; Sue-a-Quan. K. ( School Ccrtific:.1te) : Su e-a-Qtun. D. ( Schoo l Certificate, Matric. , Q .C. Scholar ) ; Surrey , L. P. McV. ( London Higi-:c r) ; V yflrnis,

R. D.

SALVETE!

MORRIS , R. E. (194 3-45 ) .-School Prefect, 1944 ; Cricket Colours, 1944; London Higher School Certificate 1945 .

PILGRIM. F. 0. ( 19 3 5-45 ) . -School Certificate. 1942 ; Exemption from London Matric., 194 3 ; Scbcol Prefect, 194 3 ; Editor of Q .C. Magazine, 19 4 5 .

WILLIAMS. C. A. ( 19 3 8- 4 5 ) -Centenary Exhibition er, 19 38; School Certificate . 1942 ( Exemption from London Marric. ): Q.C. Scholar, January. I 9 4 4 ; School Prefect . 19 4 3 : Captain of Hocke y, 194 3; First Medical , 19 4 5; Sergeant in Cadet Corps.

WILSO N. S. E. (19 3 7-4 5 ) - Gonrnmcnt County Scho la r. 193 7; School Certi f ica te, 194 2 (Exemptio n fr om London Matri c. ) ; Q.C. Scholar, January, 1 9 4 3 : School Prefect. J 94 4; L ondon Hi~he r School Certificate, 1944 ~nd 1945 ,

G . M. Baird, H. W . Balgobin. J . F . I. Blackman . P . E. Burnm. \V. F. Chan, L. Charles, S. G. Cbarran, V. E . A . Chin. D . W. Clar ke. F. Debidin, J.P. Farrar, D . A . T. Field . P . S. Fredericks. i\ . I. HJZl ewood . H. E. Hintzen, W. G. Holder . E. G . Hopkin son. S. M. D . Insan:.1ll y. B. O" N . l s:.1 acs . P. H .

Kaufman. C. M. Kwok, I. R . Lam. R. E . A. L am, G. A. L ee. A. D. Man, G. I. Man-son-Hin g. J . A. M cN . M urray, G . E. N ichol so n, Y . P .1 rnt.111. F. P ay ne.

M. P ersa ud . J . i\ . Iv!. P rocter . D. S. H. R am dcholl. D. B. R .1y man . C. A. Ridle y, D. A . R ob in son. L. S.1la n1.1 la y, L. H . S:.1ttJu r. E. Sh ad ood. P . Sin gh .

H . Sin gh. M. B. Sm c!lic. R . E. Smcll ic. E . R. P. Smi th . C. T ro,z . N. A . V al z.

H. A . Von Eeden. H . E. Wiik in son , R. C. Wiltsh ire. S. H. Wong. R . B. Woo Ming, R . C. Y ear wood, C. L. Yhap , \V . E . Yin g. E . A . Suc-a -q uan . J . F .

Tattrie, W. L. Verrier.

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MAGAZINE.

QUEEN 'S

P R I Z E - G I V I N G. The school assembled in their main hall on the afternoon of Tuesday, 24th Jul y, at 3 o'clock for the annual distribution of prizes. Ir was an informal affa ir, and His Lordship the Bishop of Guiana kindly consented to distribute the prizes and certificates in the unavoidable absence of the Chairman of the Board of Governors.

After distributing the prizes His Lordship addressed the boys. The theme of his address was the words " Srop, Look , and Listen." He said that as he passed the railway level-crossing he was forcibly struck by the appropriateness of these words for an address to a school of boys. He advised the boys to keep them as their motto throughout their school life and also in their after-school life. He was glad to see ~o many boys winning prizes and expressed the wish that those who did not gain any last year would be more successful in the coming year.

The Principal. Captain Nobbs, replying. thanked his Lord , hip for coming to distribute the prizes and also for his sound advice to the boys. He rem_arked that we had had a successful yea r on the whole and che school must bel congratulated. He explained chat owing to th e phenomenal increase in numbers we were very cramped ; and as a result we could no longer hold our regular Annual Speech Night- the hall could barely hold the boys. He expressed the hope that the time would not be far distant, however, when we would be presented with new and spacious buildings to which the bo ys would once more be able to bring their parents and fri ends on such occasions.

COLLEGE

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MAGAZINE.

PRIZE LIST 1943-44 PREP. FORM : / st Prize

F . M. H igm an .

2nd

,,

T. H . Whittingham.

3rd

,,

P . Born ste in .

FORM I : / st Prize

R . N. Lee.

2nd

,,

C. T. MJn-Son-Hing.

3 rd

,,

J . D. V an Sertima .

FORM IIB : /st Prize

J. R . Munroe.

2nd

,,

3rd

,,

W. D. F. Edghi ll.

E. L. L ,e.

FORM IIA :/ st Priz e

W. Lee.

2nd

,,

J . Elder.

}rd

,,

P . Phan g.

FORM IIIB : / st Pn ze

M. Osmrn.

2nd

B. Vi gilance .

,,

3 rd

V. Chrn.

FORM IIIA : / st Prize

S. M. ln san,ll y.

2 nd

,,

3rd

,,

B. A. E yre.

F. Lo w-a-Chee.

FORM IV B : / st Prize

P. A . B.1cchus.

2nd

D . I. YenkJnJ. N. A. Sa ,¡o ry.

,,

3rd

FORM !VB PH : / st Prize 2nd

,,

3rd

N. S. C. Cameron .

R. L. Edwards.

N. A. Chan.

FORM IVA: / st Prize

F. R. Wills.

2nd

,,

H. E. Wong.

3rd

..

L. R. Lala.

FORM IVA Par:/ st Prize 2nd

,,

3rd

,,

R. M. Lall.

D. A. Kissoon. ¡ .... Q . P. A. forbc~.

QUEEN'S

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COLLE GE

QUEEN'S

MAGA ZINE.

W. H. L. Allsopp.

History and G eog raphy

A . B. C. Rhodes.

L angu ages

W . H . L. Allsopp.

Ma thematics

R . P . A . Tin g- a-K ee.

Science

W . H . L. A ll sopp.

S ch ool Ce rtificate Prize

W . H . L. Allsopp.

FO RM

Cannon. F .

C. V . Ale rr.

L angua ges

F. A. Chandra.

Mathematics

F. A . Cha ndra .

Physics

E. E. Lo w.

Biology

J. D . M . M oore.

Chabrol. C. S. • Chan, L. D. Choo- shee-nam , V . B. • .Collin s, B. A. N. ·o, S ilva . M . D .

D'Ornellas, V . 0 .

D R AWI NG PR IZ E W . H. L. A llsopp.

N . A. Savory.

Sen ior Sch oo l Ju nior Sch oo l

SENIOR PR I ZE

* G igl ioli , M. E . C.

{

.... A. B. W in te r.

M O U LD ER CUP F OR JUNIOR C RICKET

B. H . P airaudea u.

H OD GS O N CU P FOR SHO OTI NG

( N o A w ard ) .

The results of the O xford a nd Cambrid ge Schoo l C erti f ica te Ex:imin ation ( l 9_45 ) w ere ind ee d grati fy in g.

SptCi al m en rion m usr be made of rh e fo llo w m g bo ys :C. D. B racewell-Ve r)' good in Geography . Ele mentary Mathematics. Biolo gy, PlH sics an d Ch emis t ry, Art . and credi t in E nglis!i Lan gua ge . H is tory. En gli sh Lit cra t;ire and F re nch.

L. L. Ra i-Vcry good in Geograph y. Latin. Frenc h. E lementary M athe mat ics D row in g. and

* L ow. E. E.

A ll sopp , P. A . D. Bar ke r. C. J . E.

Morris , R. E.

Co x. J . E. P.

N ara p n. G. H.

D aya l. D .

Panda y. D. C. Sch olar,

Wo ng. E .

* W on g. H. E.

* Qualifie d for exempti on from Lo nd on M atriculati on.

Un iversity o f London-Higher School Examination, 1945.

( Gu ia na

W . R.

Endorsem ents , * D . R. Broomes, W . R . Phan g.

.. .. D . A . Marks.

B.

* R ai , L . L. * Sh ar.ma , S. N .

.. .. J . D . M. M oore.

J UN IOR P R I ZE

Gordo n. J . F. F.

* Ph ang, W . A . * PollJrd , B. T . I. * Skinn er,

• J .c kson, R. E.

1

* P arri s, F . C. F.

* Smi rh , R . C. * Sm ith , L. V . P . * T horne , C. M . * Wi lls, F . R.

* f rase r, G. F .

P riz es awa rded to bo ys who . by force of exam ple. good wo rk. and inte rest tn schoo l ac tiv ir ies, 1 w e made th e gre1t ~s r end eavour ro furth er rhc pro gress of th e ' scb o,; !.

.

• Owen , J . E. C. 1

Esslemont. R. S.

* Ford , D . A .

PR IZE S : -

F. A .

Osman , S. M. H.

Fi sh er, M . W. Forbes, G. P . A.

QUEEN ' S CO L LEG E

L all , R . M.

* N oe l,

• Carter, M. W.

S. E . W ilson.

H istory

D elp h. G.

• Kissoon, D . A.

C ar ringotn , D. A . L.

C. V . Al ert.

{

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* Jon as, R. M .

Boland, C. E. M. • Bracewell, C. D.

VI :E nglish

:VIAGAZI NE.

Oxford and Cambridge Schools Examination Board, School Certificate, 1945.

FOR M. V : English

COLLEGE

194j)

cred it in En g. Lan gua ge, Literature. P hys ics and Che mi str y, Biology. ' F. R. W ill s-Very goo d in E ng lish Litera ture, H is tory, Geography. L atin. F rench. El,ment.H)' M athemat ics ; cr,dit in En gl ish L anguage , P h ys ics and Ch em istry. Biolo gy.

S urrer, L. P. M : V.

The n u m be r of Marricu!Jnrs wa s J reco rd , w hile Wills ' six " very go ods" h ave bee n u ns u rpassed.

Ir was J Yery good performan ce, and he is co be co ng ratul ated.

Wi h on. S. E.

* Qu al if ied fo r exemp t ion fro m London Inter. B.S c.

l

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QU EEN'S

COLL ECE

MAGA ZI NE. QUE EN'S

Examination Results.

COL L EGE

MA GAZINE.

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HOUSE NOTES.

(By V. L. SMITH).

PERCIVAL (The agony and anxiety of th e average boy awaiting results and his immediate reaction on that mom entous d ay ... ... ) .

lt all starts wi th a rumour.. .. .... .... someone h ea rd from someone at the Education D epartm ent that results have arr"ived ..... . ..... . J propagrndist.. ... ..... . but no .... .... ... . a tel egram for the 'Big Chief' ............ nerves taut with anxiety .... .•..... .alas only a change of syll abus from London University .. ... ....... everyone is quiet ....... ..... the postm an arri ves .. .. .... .. .. lctters fr om London .... .... ... . nerves aga in ... .. ..... the 'Big Chief opens tbe doo r.. .. .... ... . a gronp of bo ys loungin g nervousl y ...... ... ... he p asses on ... ... ..... . results are out in Trinidad ........... .in a few d ays ... .. ... .... a telegram aga in .... .... ... . disappointm ent.. ... .. ..... m y ne~ves will b e sh attered at this rate_ .. ....... .everyon e is tr yin g to look at ease....·... .... ; no rumours to-day ... ......... we feel easy aga in ... ..... ... . two w eeks have passed .... ....... . the calm before th e storm ....... .... . Beck ' s Latin class .... ... ... .. res ults far from my thou ghts ......... .. . a m essage.. ..... .... .C apt. Nobbs woul d like to see all boy s who too k the Joint Bo ard la st year.. .... ..... .Oh H - - -! th is is it. ..... .. .. the peh drops frcm m y nerve less fin gers ... .. . ... .. m y knees go ru bbcr y ..... ..... .. I ca n't get up ..... ....... a sti ck y feeling around m y collar. .... ... ... . m y throat is dry .. .......... m y stomach a n empt y void ....... ..... peri stalti c ac tion seem s to be go in g on in my intestines ........ ... . the bo.ys shout for me to hurr y ....... .. ... I ca n' t.. ... ....... ! think ' th e L ast Mil e' .... .. ...... Oh Lord r how lon g t he journ ey see ms ... ....... .. H eavens my knees : th ey can ' t take me up the steps ............ af ter an etern ity: th e rendevous .... .. .... T he 'B ig Chief' :- 'W el l. ge ntl cmcn.· .. ... ... O h. dam n. skip th e preliminari es and get do w n to brass tacks! ... .... ..... someon e is miss in g .. ..... ..... the w aitin g is horrib le.... .. .... .. m y self- contro l is go n e.. .... ..... . m y palms are cl ammy ... .. ...... .

I am a n ervous w reck .... ..... ... " A w reck p as t h ope he was" .. .... ... ... ! smile ..... ...... . the m issing one turn s up ... ..... .. .. tbe successful ca ndidates are 'Bol and, Bracew ell , Chan ... .... ..... W ill he neve r co me to m y na me?..... .... .. . Ja ckso n .... .... ... .Jonas ........ .. ..Smi th. R . C. .. ..... .. ...SM ITH, V . L. .... ... .... .I' V E MA DE IT. .... ... ... . my k nees bu ck le u n der.. ... ... ... .! grip a desk for suppor t ......... ... ! mu st f ind a seat.. ..... ..... suddenly I find myself saying : " O, G od our hel p in Ages Past" ............ ! si nk into obl ivion ... ... .... . .! H AVE PASSE D .......... . .

Ho me Mas/tr

A ssistant House Masters

HOUSE. M R. E. 0 . PILGRIM. B.Sc. M R. 0 . M. H AR PE R. B.A. MR. H. 0 . E. BARKER.

House Captain

Q. M . S. RI CHMOND .

House Prefects

F. G. CHAN. A. G. FUNG -A-FAT.

In consequence of the re-arrangement of the School's Four Houses into Six, we were not only severely handicapped by the loss of Mr. N . E. Cameron , but ours was t_he mortification of having to contend on all the fields of sport with dought y nvals who had but lately been among our st:rnnchest supporters.

No Football Competition was staged durin g the year-a real pity-as our · talent was left to fuse in us unused . . We finished only fourth in the Cricket Competition , bu t have the satisfaction of knowing that we were licked, not by an y la ck of enthusiasm, but by better m_en . We heartily congratulate M r. Cameron's bo ys-Pil grim House -on carrymg off tbe Cricket Shield.

The Athletic wa s for us a more congenial fi eld . We had of late come to reg~rd the Stand ard Point and Arhl eric Shields as our peculiar spoil· nor was this mere p resu t' ' mp ion on our part ; for , thanks to the keenn ess of rh e Hou se . . f or acqumng Sta ndard Po · t d h f' Cb . . m s, an to t .e m e solo efforts of W . P etrie ( Senior ampion and Winn er of P ere· I H C ) F J Phil! ' h . . iva ou se up ' . M angal. R . Bacch us and · ips, t ey no w reclme m our bag, for the third yea r in succession .

In the last but b I . . ' Y no mea ns east important field- the 'field of fodder ' . I or A nima H ouse F eed ( w b' d · h e com in e wit W es ton House this year ) the old Pe · 1 1 th .m ; a t~ en c burned as b rightly as ever. A good t im e was had by all and is unction was a fitti ng c J • ' omp em enr to a f::ir ly mccessful year.

-Q. M . S. RICH MOND .

(Captain )

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COLLEGE

~1.-\GAZI NE. QUEEN'S

RALEIGH

HOUSE.

Home Master

MR. H. A. M. BECKLES , B.A.

Assistant Hou se Master

MR. H. R. PERSAUD.

Hou se Captain

P. E. LEU.

Vice-Captain

G . B. S. VA N SERTIMA.

This school year has proved to be an unfortunJte one for Raleigh House. for not only hJve we come fourth in Cricket Jnd last in Athletics but we lost our former House Caprain , E . E. Low, and mJny of our senior boys who have gone into the two new houses.

We must congratulate Low, who is now captain of Pilgrim House, on his appointment as School Captain and G. E. T. Moore on his appointment as Captain of D'Urban House.

Our failure in the field of sport is mainly due to the fact that many of our senior boys have left us but many promising players and athletes are in the making and by next seJson we should be able to give a good account of ourselves and show that the present reverses are only temporarv. : We must therefore remember that the strength of the House lies in the unity of its members and once this is obtained no matter the odds we shall find that "Nothing is Impossible."

-P. E. ~EU. ( Capqin ) .

AUSTIN

COLI.EGE

)

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are indeed proud of " Skipper' ' Noel and bis team . Our p 1·rsc Eleven did not d o as we II as we might; our chief failing seemed r b · 0 . . , e in a general lack of ent h us1asm-now, that 1sn t what we expect of A · H · . usnn ouse. is It? Let us ma k e up for that now and prove that we are still th '""'h · ., . . e '-- amp1on House.

In Athlmcs we also did exceedin o ly well A r our A t hi enc · · i ,' . . o . rneenng we emerge d 7 ;,2 pomcs behmd Percival House in rbe battl f b Cb . h' h ' Id W e or t e amp1ons 1p s 1e . e must congratulate Percival House h · II · 11 d on t eu aJ ant fight and . f or t h e1r we - eserved victor y.

W e won th S · T 0 H R e en1or ug -0-W ar and th ouse elay, and the spirit dispbyed by our b . e C. D. Phang won the Austin House Cup a d I oys was most prJ1seworthy.

We are all proud of hi; achievements. : n a so rhe Junior CbJmpionship.

Let us not, ho,;·cver, be too satisfied with 0 better can still be done-rather let us put our b d ur mhodest successes-much an s to t e wheel and r th secure an even better run of successes in the . , oge er commg year.

H. B.

EDGHILL.

(Captain ) .

D'URBAN

HOUSE.

H ouse Mosier A ssistant House Master.

MR. H . V . TAITT. :\!.A.

/louse Captain

MR. CHUNILALL. B.A.

/lou se P refects

G. E. T. MOORE .

D . DA y AL ( VICE-CA PTAIN ) C. N . PEST ANO. . ,

HOUSE.

H ouse Master

MR. J. H . BEVIS . B.Sc.

Assistant House Masters

M ESSRS. J . K

Hou se Captain

H . B. EDGH ILL.

V ice-Captain

F. GORDON .

H ou se Prefect

S. S. RAMPHA L.

CHUNG. C. E. BARKER 8

L. E. DOW.

Austin House has been d ecidedly successf ul duri ng th e p:ist year.

Before

we say anything, however, of our activities. let m take this opportunity to welcome all the bo ys who hJ ve entered our ranks :is J resu lt of th e ge neral shake -up . necessitated by the addition of the two new Houses. Let us extend to them ou r sincerest wishes for their continued success . To those boys who have left us we SJ y "A u Revoir'' . m .1y th ey bear high the torch lighted in Austin House.

Th e Inter -House Cricket Competition proved delightfully interesring, and we did surprisin g l y well. In a ll our rn :itches we amassed the g r:ind total o f 65 points. Our Second Eleven was alone res ponsibl e for 30 of these and w>?

Since the last House notes were writte .

H n two new houses were created. As a result of the change over D ' U b ' r an ouse w h' many outstanding bo}'S W b h as It very h~rd, and we lost . e ave nor Jd such f I I . a success u year as we hoped . n cncket we were last. Our 1st XI .

Its mJtches.

Our 2nd XI . was lamentabl y weJk and lost all · d was responsible for th · · acquire , losing only one of 't h e rnaJomr of points we .

I s ma tc es. \Ve her t k I . gratu Iatmg Richmond of p . I H c a e t 1e opportunit y of conerova ouse who d 11 7 We f II h . . ma e not out against us. e eav!ly 111 Athletics, endina ff .

I o up I th . Indeed It was primarily due to Gord vk that w e we J h . re not p aced IJsr W o nson , who in the Unde 1, H' h J . . e musr also congr:irulare V. I ~ inches above the f r J ig ump est.1blishcd a record of 4 ft 7 im armer record · · Th . e Annual House Parr y h and was a success. was eld 111 conjunction with Ral eig h House

o·

unng the la st yea r we los Burnham. Mr. Th h t two of our ma sters, Mr. Thorn e and Mr. M B orne as been transfe d h r . . urnham ( Guian a Scholar 1942 ) h rre to t e Incom e TJx Office, whili §tUd1es. We wish th . as left for England to further h ' L em every success · h .

1s aw · · m L_eg n ew sphe res of ac tivity:

QUEEN'S QUEEN'S

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COLLEGE

Though we had a very unsuccessful year, let us not be discouraged , but rather let us strive the harder to regain " our place in the sun ." We have a crop of promising youngsters. and with a littl e more effort and more co-operation from the seniors we shall once more attain the heights reached by our pre· decessors. May the best of luck attend D'Urban House in the coming year.

-G. E. T. MOORE (Captain.

PILGRIM House M ast<r Assistant H ouse Ma sters Hou se Captain

COLI.EGE

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MAGAZINE .

M,\GAZ! NE.

In conclusion, I would like to say th.1t Pilgriili House 1s now rn thr making and tl::e foundation is being bid. Therefore ·let us all strive to build up a tradition of which our future generations can be proud · Le t us f ace t h e future bravely, and with a strong heart. and may success and prosperity ever line our footsteps.

-E. E. LOW. ( Captain ) .

WESTON House Master A ssistant House Ma sters

HOUSE.

HOUSE. MR. C. I. DRAYTON. MESSRS. C. E.

BARKER

\'j

K. NARAYAN .

MR. N. E. CAMERON . M.A.

Hou se Captain

ME SS RS. L. E. DOW \'j T. B. RI CH MOND.

Vice- Captain ... .

House Prefects

E. E. LOW .

C. 0. TULLOCH.

iw. H.

L. ALLSOPP.

H. J\. DRAYTON ancl J. R. RAMS AMMY.

This house was formed ro perpetuate the memory of the late Mr. F: T. Weston, a former Master of this College, who gave his life in World W II H ouse Prefect .... f h · f ar • At the beginning of the school year J 945-1946. two new Houses were ig trng or the preservation of human liberty and the cause of civilisation in formed-Weston House and Pilgrim House. The n:imcs of these nvo Houses genera~ . For this reason members should ende;wour to give of their best to were chosen by the nujority of boys in the School when a vote was taken . make It worthy of the spirit .ind char:icter of the person whose name it commemorates. . .

Pilgrim House was so called ro pcrpctu.ue the memor y of M r. E. 0. P ilgnm.

Mr. Pifgrim has been a master of Qu een·s College for 40 years and holds the We h~ve alrea~·y acquitted ourselves creditably in the realm of sport unique position of bein g the onl y m.1!'. alive to whose name ~ " Hou se" has although pltte~ against the_ oth er houses, by securing third position in the been dedicated . I feel sure that although we have con fe rred this grea t! honour Inter-Hou B. P:iiraudcau ' in th e capacity · o f C aptam · performed sehisCricket duties Competrnon. well.

Vicr -Capuir: ....

E . L. SAM R. P . TING -A -KEE.

on Mr. Pilgrim. yet we can never do anything to repa y him for t he invaluable work that ~e has done during his long years of service .it Qu ee n· s College.

The record of the first year of Pilgrim Hou se has been very encouraging so far. In the Cricket Competition, we were fortunate in winning the Shield by one point ahead of Austin House . This shows that although the " House" is young yet the members have already learnt to pull their weight. for without the closest co-operation . we would not have been able to win the Cricket Shie_ld.

L et us hope that in future we sho uld all combine and wo rk toge ther. C. A gard must be congratulated on his able capta incy during the . Season . . .At the end of the Autumn Term . , . we held our First Annual House .Sooal. and It was a real suc..cess ..

Mr . Pil g rim was . the . guest-of-honour a nd in his memorable speech, he reminded the boys of Pilgrim House that w hen we thought of the name ' 'Pil gr im" we should not t h ink of the man but sho uld look ar what the name stands for.

W.e w~re .nr)' gra tefu .l to the members of Austin . . .

Hou se who combined with us in prov1d1n g enterc.1 1nm ent for the two Houses. . , . .

We, placed fourth in Ath1encs, and our performance was ver y creditable 'd · 1 k f hi · 'l · , · · · .

I f cons1 enng our JC o at etes espec121 y 1t1 enc scr.10r cl..iv1s1011s . . n a ew

years w h en our y oun ger members h ave grown , wr 5hall stand a fairer chanc . · '?f <loin~ better'. · ·· -· ·

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. . n the Annual Athletic Sports Competition, we maintain ed our third po~mon.

The majority of the members of our House took part 1' n th ~ Athe ic vents an d t~e keen interest displayed by them resulted in the addition of Jt E ' 1 many valuable points to our score. J I F Ph ' ]]' d D M h · · h · · · · · ips an · arks were the ~.;mpi;ns 1t1 t eir respective divisions and must be congratulated on their splen1 · top:re ormances. in excellent form , ce breaking four records ' and is commended Marks for his was outstanding performan .

Our H ouse S oc1a · I was well attended and we spent a ver y m g. It was arra nge d in . conJunct1on . . . pleasant evenwith Percival House to who . express . . Our Vice m we d dour . appreciation for their whol eh earce d co-operat10n C nt,ust · ren ere 1t1valu.1ble assistance · and ti11s · contri·b ute d much cowud - ap am H . k' ouse par ry enJoya b le. · s ma mg our c · Our efforts during the past ye ar h ave b een rewarded with .

1 1 success, but we should not rest on ou d b . . . omparative W r aure s an e sat1sf1ed w1th th e · ments. attainand high e shou d dld . as the nucl eus of W es t on H ou se. se t such :i worthyseexample sta n ar • that .fu ture gen erations of Westonites would b · . our deeds and would b . e inspired bv . our privilege . . · . h it' JS t 1 str ive to ui!d pp a tr:i di tion on th c f oun d Jt1on. whic 0

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MARKS, our wicket-keeper, who should take the game much more seriously.

By C. A. AGARD.

Could do much better than at pres~nt in wicket-keeping and batting.

FISHER, a flashy bat, useful wicket-keeper.

Should do well after school

if he sticks to the game.

Our successful cricket year of 194 5 proved that talent was still left within the school , after losing such boys as Phillips , Cox and in latter parts of the ARCHER , one of the opening bowlers who gets the b;ill to in-swing. Should season, Archer, Fisher and Morris.

These places were filled by youngst~rs practice very hard; a bad fieldsman and a trying bat. Could do much betwho had to work hard to m aintain our old standard.

The youngsters ter if he picks u~ in his fielding Jnd batting. · are Reid·, Harewood, Wills, King , Leal and Gordon. Nevertheless, Pairaudeau, Edghill , Richmond and myself were the mainstay of the side.

SAM, a fair bat who could give some runs when needed. A trying bowler and fieldsman. ,· It was unfortunate, that due to a shortJge of balls, second division, Wight Cup Cricket was unable to start. This however gave rise to the starring of the Hing Cup. In this competition we ended first in the "A" Section , with 20 HAREWOOD, a . newcomer to the side. A stylish left-hand batsman who should score many runs. A lazy fieldsman. points. We lost the final between " A" and "B' ' sections to the B .G. Garrison. Our display throughout the season was on the whole good, except in the final match . Edghill was the only batsman who gave a good account of him- REID, another newcomer to the side who out -swings the bJll. A fair slipfieldsman and weak bat. self, making 25 runs in the first innings.

In the Jacob Cup Competition ( Inter-Collegiate ) we defeated St. StanisWILLS. a sound and defensive batsman . a good medium-pJc?d bowler and laus, who had defeated B .H. S. The Saints pla yed a good game but their very lazy field sma n . bowling side proved to be the weak link . P .1ira ud cau. Richmond, Edghill and m y. self took full advJntage of this fact, scori ng 296 for 3 wickets. Pairaudeau LEAL f' d h , a new in -s ows signs of being a good b;itsm;in and energetic made 162, dropping short of the lnter -Collegiare record by 14 runs .

Rich· fieldsman . mond scored 42, and Edghill 30 not out, and m yself 52.

In conclusion, we hope to have a favour.:!ble season , especially with the· KING . another new ciiscovery. BJts and bowls fairly well but should use able help of Mr. K . I. R. Kirkpatrick . to whom we offer our profound thanks his height to greater ;idvantage. for his valu.1ble advice.

F. GORDON. a trying bat and a struggling fieldsman.

Cricket Characters.

H. EDGHILL, the Vice-Captain of the School. A very good bar who hi the bJll hard. A fair spin bowler. a sound ficldsman. Should go f after school.

B . PAIRAUDEAU, one of the opening bars of the school , shows signs of bein a great bJtsman but lately over-confident, c.iusing fail ure. A useful ne ball bowler, a brilliant slip-ficldsmari.

Q. RICHMOND, th e other opening ~jdc.

A wonderf!JI fjeldsman .

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" Forsan et haec olim mem1nisse juoaoit "

QUEEN'S C OLLEGE is now over one hundred years old. She has a fine tradition behind her; many of our eminent doctors, lawyers, and civil servants have received their initial traini~g from her. It is up to us present boys to keep the torch of ¡ achievement burning.

There is one especial way in which we may keep alive the Queen's Colleg tradition, and that is by cultivating pride in our school.

We all owe ou school a great debt,,.and the best way in which we can repay that debt is b making ourselves actively interested in it. We should never be merely conten to sit back and say, "I am a Queen's College boy", as we should be simpl living off the achievements of previous boys.

Instead each of us should striv to do something for the school at every opportunity, no matter how small It all goes to show that we are proud of our school and of the ffct th.lt w can do something of intrinsic value for it.

This year the standard of our fo0tb.1ll was encour.igingly high. We were br.icketed for second place with St. Stanislaus College in the . Second Division Competition of the B.G.F .A .. having pl.iyed 7 matches , of which we won 4.

Jost l and drew 2. Around May a Football League was started in the School, but owing to inclement weather it had to be abandoned ..

In the Dias Cup Competition, St. Stanislaus qualified to meet us. having defeated Berbice High School. The final which ended in a goalless draw was packed with thrills and was played in a very fine and sportsmanlike manner.

In the re'turn match we defeated them by one goal to nil.

Towards the end of the year we qualified to meet Comenius Y o uth Movement in the Demerara Cup Final. Unfortunately we lost this match by o ne goal to nil. Although we succeeded in winning only one trophy our standard of play was very commend:ible and I only hope that it will act as an incentive to bigger and better things this ye:ir.

Football Cha racter5.

Many boys grumble at the " inconvenience' ' of having to wear cork ha and Queen' s College ties everywhere they go . First of all, they must remem ber that they will not always be at school. and secondly, what is more impor F Times cant, they should be proud to wear their school tie, and not ashamed.

B ¡ BOLAND:-Our present goal-keeper. G.irhers well in the air. and collects accuratel y. wearing the school colours wherever we go, we unconsciously as it were. car the reputation of our school with us. Thus the wearing of the colours becom M. BOLAND: - Ri ght full-b:i ck : cl eJ_rs :ind uses his he.id ni ::el y. A robust an incentive to us to show ourselves to the best advantage ; whereas if we .1n d skilful tack ler who uses both feet to good ;:idnnta ge. not wear them we will tend to forget, even for the mom ent, th:it we a, Queen ' s College boys , and perhaps, do things that no Queen ' s Coll ege bo H . LEAL:-Left full-b.ick : t:ickl es a:1d cle.1rs w ell. CJn " dribble" nicely but should do. being a back should learn to res train himself at times. can look back on th S. GORDYK:_-A newcom er to the te:im . P!J ys Jn energetic game at leftcared for them throu h alf. Uses hi s head to good :idvJnta ge. should b e able to lo J. C OX :- Our late sk ipper.-A cle ve r ce ntre -half. He is :i bulw.irk to his team win g with pride . b.oth in aggressive a nd defe nsive pla y. E x ceedin gly energe tic and is at all t imes an inspiratio n to h is team.

Let us then a t all times and in all places remember our Alma Mater. us never entirely sever our ties with this, d ear old school- remember her, perch:ince h ereafter it will be delightful to remember even these thin gs that s G. D E LPH : -Fl eety right- w in ge r: centres pow erfully with both feet.

He is did for us in our youth . depend,1ble, bu t should centre soon er at tim es .

The s:ime goes for the l)ld school as a 'bounteous mother.' the most difficult period of their back on th eir period of existence

Boys. Indeed , they She nur.sed them and career. They, then. un de r her protective

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by F. R . WILLS.

During the past year. there was a definite lag in the activities of the Tennis Club. This was due in no small mea sure to th e shortage of balls and other t>quipment. Perhaps the greatest handicap was the weather, which in its own The conclusion of the second World War has given birth to questions inimitable stayle prevented play for the greater part of the year. ntirely different from those our ancestors had to consider. The problems of However, with the turn of the new year there was a marked improvement ur forefathers, limited to individual considerations, have been replaced by in weather conditions, and for the past three months we had excellent weather thers of which the very attempts at sol:iition require some knowledge of the for tennis. The boys took full advantJge of this opportunity, and as the ocial. political and economic conditions of countries the world over. A world, weeks passed by , interest rose to a feverish pitch; finally culminating in a tour- orn with ruin and destruction, has begun to clamour for peace at all costs. mment , which is still in progress as this goes to press. ut cool and calculating men have r~a)ised that such a victorv should be folWe would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere grat itude owed by such pe;ice terms as would inmre against the recurre~ce of so mighty to Mr. Beckles. who provided a much needed set of balls, and to Mr. Niles, who struggle. We cannot as in 1918 let the soldiers win the war on the battlewas instrumental in obtaining for our use the new court in the Coll ege com.J eld and the statesmen lose it at the peace table. It is with rhe aim of prepound. venting the rise of another Hitler and to make sure of world pe:.ice that men In conclusion, I would like to stress that though there are man y promising have set themselves to solve the burning questions of to-da y. pbyers in the Club there is still room for improvement, and it is only by assiduous practice that they can achieve perfection .

Dominating every consideration is the influence of the atomic bomb. This has been succes:ful as_ an instrument to inspire terror and respec·t .

We h~wever attach l1ttlc faith to the belief in the capabilit y of its powers to mJinta'.n pc.ace.

The Anglo-American derision to keep ir a secret was received ADMIRAL SIR JOHN CUNNINGHAM. ~tth disapproval by some and satisfaction by others, though man y . not realis(Cortinued from Page 14 .) ~ng _t he danger that would thenceforward threaten world peace. received ir with a photograph of one your 'old boys· who joined the College in 1896 and left indifference. If the atomic bomb were ever to kee p the fa ctio us elements of in 1897, still, I regret to say in a very lowly form. the world. together _ir would be a sign thJt the universe was dominated by a With every possible good wish for ~he continued prosperiry and success single nation. This w_o u]d take us ba ck to rhe days when Rome ruled rhc world an d u h I of the College. !i c an empire wou d fail to stJnd to -day just as it failed in those da ys. On th e conrrar)· · signs of rh e our b re;i k o f war 1n · various · Believe me, my dear H ead ma ste r corners of the earth s h · 'f · · I omew at JUStJ Y the decision to retJin the secret.

The pilot of the Yours, etc., phane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima must have known ( Sgd. ) J . H . D. CUNNINGHAM , t at we were on th e thresh 0 ]d 0 f . I . a new age-the age of atomic energy· but l 1tt Admiral. e did he know that h . · · . ' h . . e was wnr1ng the opening sentence of the gre:i rest The Headmaster. c apter in the history of the politics of the world.

Queen's Coll ege, Georgetown. British Gui:.ina .

Amidst thes · e pressing problems there arises the question of the proper The letter was received by His Excellency the Governor. Sir Gordo ~r~~tment th .rt should be mered our ro Germany and JJp:.in. It is wrong to Lethem, to whom the Principal. Capt . H. Nobbs. hJs forwarded for trans c ievc that Che mere seiz f h · · count . f • ure o t eir implement$ of w:ir will cripple these mission to Sir John, a letter of thanks. celling bim how proud arc all Queen· ms o!'ever Th . b h · · . . indu stri:il . ey Jte ot vmlc natlon s, plentifull y supplied wirh Coll ege boys to hear from him and congr:itubring him on his new appoint resources and favourably situat d t .

O engage rn world trade. · decision to d · ' e The ment. re-e ucate the German aft · ll philosoph f H . . ' er removing a traces of Nazism and the The abo\'e ,s an extrJct from the Daily A•gosy of M., y I I. 1946.

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the rise o r fall of their leaders and such a step if successful will give another Hitler no opportunity to rise again. The trials of war criminals will perhaps serve as a deterrent to the aims of ambitious statesmen in the future . The varied composition of the members of the judicature at Nuremberg proves that the world can be rrgardcd as a single community.

Thus man to-day is faced with problems that will tax his ingenuity to the utmost. The destiny of the world lies in . the power of on e jealously guarded secret. The mushroom of ~lemenral disintegration that soared miles above the disembowelled city of Hiroshima . brought in its tpin victory and a long-sought peace. But sauntering through the ruins there wanders a man -perhaps a l3yron- who obserws : "Mark!

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On account of our Centenary celebrations during rhe Autumn Term 1944, th e Athletic Sports which should have been held in November of that term, were put off until March , 194 5.

This year it has been decided to bring back the time for Athletic Sports to March instead of November.

In - future then our sports will be held in March as they used to be a few years , ago.

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220 YARDS ( Under 17) l.-M.uks ; 2.-Chir.: 3.-Wi!lioms Wh ittinghJm. Time: 25 secs. ( Record ) .

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I 00 YARDS (U nd er 15 ) !. -Kin g i: 2.-Ph ong. C. D .; 3.-Lcal.

220 YARDS ( Op en ) Time: 12 secs.

1.-PJrris; 2.-Cumberbatch ; 3.-P, tr ic.

Tim e: 24 4/ 5 secs.

I 00 YARDS ( Under 17) !.- Mark s: 2.-F_ord; 3.-D"Orn el!Js. HIGH J UM P Time: l l l / 10 secs.

Under 13 I 00 YARDS ( Open ) l .- K!aurky Jnd Gil kes: 3.-Mon gul.

I .-Porris; 2.-Cumberb Jtch; 3. - Boyce. ( Record) .

Hei ght: 4 fr. 5 !/i in s.

Tim e: 10 3/ 5 sec;.

Un de r J 5 POLE VAULTS I. - T.1i tt i: 2.-Vyfhuis Jnd Colli ns.

Und er 13 H eight: 4 ft. I I ins. !.-Phillips, J. I. F. : 2.-Gullin ; 3 Bacchu s ii.

--· , Under 17 !. -C h in i and D elph: 3.-Fo rd.

H eight: 6 ft. 4 in s. · H eig ht: 5 ft. 4 Yo in s. ( Record _) .

Under 15 Open ! . -Harewood; 2.-Hen ry.

1.- WiiliJms i ; 2.-Cumberb.itcb: 3.-Petri <.

H eight : 6 ft. 6 in s H eight : 5 ft . 3 ins.

Under 17 440 YARDS ( Under 15 ) !.- D elph; 2.-Bacchus i; 3.-Phang W . A. H eight: 8 ft. 0 % ins. !.- Leal: 2.-King; 3.-V yfbu is.

Time: 62 I / 5 secs.

Open !.-Edgh ill.

440 YARDS ( Under 17) H eighr: 7 ft. (retire d). !.-Ch in i : 2.-Mar ks; 3.-\Vil li.1m, ii.

Tim e: 57 4/ 5 sm.

220 YARDS (U nd er 13) 1. -BJcchus ii; 2.-K!Jutky; 3.-Mon gul.

440 YARDS ( Open) Tim e: 28 l / 5 secs. ( Record equJll ed) . !.- Will iams i ; 2.-PJrris; 3.-Petrie.

220 YARDS ( Under 15 ) Tim e: 58 secs. ~:-Phon g· C. D.; 2.-Vy fbuis; 3.-Ki ng.

Late For Schoo l Race •m e: 27 9/ 10 secs.

1.-Mongul; 2.-J ohn .

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SENIOR HOUSE TUG -0-WAR I sc.- Ra leigh.

Under 15 I .-Too Chun g: 2.-King ; 3.-Bacchus Time: 19 1/ 5 secs.

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Under I 7 ! .-Chin: 2.-Wil!iJms ii: 3.-Marks.

Time: 164/ 5 m s.

Open 1.-WilliJms: 2.-Aga rd.

Time: 18 1/ 10 s_m .

OBSTACL E R ACE 1.-Whit tinghJm ii; 2.-Bernard.

INTER -HOUSE RELAY 1.-R,Ieigh ; 2.-Percival; 3 . -Au stin .

H alf Mile (Under 15) 1. - Le, I : 2.-Vrfh uis: 3.-Phing, C. D. Tim e: 2 min s. 37 7/ 10 secs.

H,lf Mile (Unde r 1 7) !.-Fisher : 2. -CJrringto n ; 3.-Whicc inghJm . "fime: 2 min s. 38 3/ 10 secs.

H1If Mile ( Open ) ! . -Rhodes : 2.-\Vill iam s ii : 3.-Cox. Time: 2 m in s. 21 ;-~ secs.

100 YARDS PR EP ! .-Perry; 2.--Murray; ) .-Nichol son.

SACK RA CE Under I l 1.-BrJnker; 2.-Burro,i¡es.

Unde r I 5 I . -Ta itt i: 2.-Mclvillt.

ONE MILE OPEN ! .-Rhodes: 2.-Gordyk; 3.- Ed ghi ll; 4 .Whittin gh ,m .

Time: 5 min s. 33 2/ 5 secs.

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1946 Meeting--Friday" March 1st Our annual arhl~ric meeting was held on Frida y, 1st March , on the G .C.C. ground which was kindly lent for the occasion.

THROWING THE CRICKE T BALL Under 13 !. - Phillips: 2.-Klautky; 3.-Mongu l.

Distance: 6-! yds. 2 ft.

Under 15 1.-P,ir,udea u; 2.-Le,l; 3.-Kin g.

Distance: 88 yds . I ft. 2 ins. ( Record).

Under 17 ! .-Ch in: 2.-BJrnwell : 3.-Winter.

Disrrnce: 8 5 yds. 0 ft. 7 ins.

Open !.-Cox: 2.-Robms: 3.-Phrn g, W. R .

SHOT P UT T Under I 7 I .-Chin; 2.-Fo rd: 3.-C acrington.

D istJnce: 3 2 ft. 5; ~ in s.

Open Under 13 !.- Petrie : 2.-Surrry; 3.- \V illi,ms ,.

D istJ nce: 3 3 fr. 8 , ,:; in s.

Senio r Ch,mpion-Williams

Weather conditions were ideal. and the track perfect. There was a very large attendance. His Excellency , S ir Gordon L ethem, K .C.M.G ., was present and distributed the prizes and certificates.

The meeting was a very successfu1 one, no fewer th:in eight records being broken and on e equalled. The events were keenly contested, as ma y be judged from the final points.

Percival House emerged the winners by the narrow margin of 7 Yi points from Austin House.

Percival House also won the Standard Point Shield . This is the third successive ye;ir on which Percival House has won both shields.

The outstanding athlete of the day was D. Marks of Weston, " F' ', House, the under 17 champion .

Running unbe.1ten , he set up four new records in the under 17 division . doing the 1 00 yards in 1 0 J secs .. the 2 20 y ards in 2 4 secs., the 440 ya rds in 59 } secs., and 120 yards hurdles in 16 .l secs.

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V . Johnson ( Under I 3 ) broke the High Jump record b y cl earing the rem:irkable height of 4 ft. 7 ins. The previous record w .:s 4 fr. 5 ;~ in s.

Under I 7 Champion-Chi n.

Jun ior Cham pion-Leal.

Under I 3 Champion s- K!JUt kv Jnd Bacchui.

Fe rci\',ll House Cup-Will iams.

D'UrbJn Hou se Cup-Chin.

OLD BOYS' RACE (220 Yards ) !.-Jupiter; 2.-Westmaas; 3.-Bannis trr.

Stindard Points Shield-Percinl ( I 13 points )

Austin Hou se Cup-Vyfhuis.

Ath letic Shield-Percival

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In the High Jump, Under 1 7, G. Delph eclipsed 5 fr . 4 y; ins. b y jumping 5 ft . 5 y; ins.

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Other records were established by I. R. King and H. I. Leal. King did the H alf -m il e ( Under 17 ) in 2 mins. 23 1 secs ., clipping 7 secs. o ff the former record; while L eal made a reco rd throw of 89 yard s 6 y~ ins ., a lso in the Under 17 Division destroying J . P . T Beckett's re cords of 85 yards .

Ral ei~h Hou se Cup-Leal.

I 00 YARDS (Unde r 11 ) 1.-Wor. g: 2.-Dcn ni son: 3.-Matthews.

Time: 13 2/ 5 secs.

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N.B.-L. A . Chin w:is re.i ll y o ver 17 on the d.1y of the sports, bur as the sports shou ld h:ive been held in November th2 Jg~ limit was placed :it November. As a result, none of his rimes were records.

B. H. Pairaudeau , who threw the Cricket Ball 88 yds. 1 ft. 2 in s. in the Under 15 cla ss, broke a record which h:id been standing from

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W. S. Petrie emerged Senior ChJmpion will a totJI of 18 points .

D. Marks won the Under 17 ChJmpion ship gaining 19 points. C. D. Ph ang and J. I. F. Phillips were Junior an d Under 1 3 Champion s. respectively.

Before closing we would like to express our thanks to the G.C.C. who are alw:iys so kind as to le nd us their ground. to Mr. Ni les our G :imes Master for yeoman service. a n d to the staff whose wholehearted co-operat:on was so v~lu~ble ~o the success of our meeting.

DETAILS \\'ILL BE FOUND ON PAGE 72.

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V./. S. PETRIE :-Our Senior Champion-is a very strong ath!ete. proper training he should do vzry well.

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S. G ORDYK.-Is pos~esscd of unusual stamina. but unfortunately, suffered in the last meeting from a lack of really stiff competition in the distances.

J. WHITTINGHAM:-ls an athlet~ of real promise. He has a lovely stride and a free easy style. We are looking forward to much from this dist.mcerunner when his judgment ripens.

As if fittingly to mark the encl of a successful year, the Senior Boys or ueen' s College held a Christmas Dance on 21st December, in their assembly all. The dance was the outcome of the combined efforts of the Senior Boys nd the wholehearted co-operation of the Principal and the staff.

The decorations, pl.rnned and beau'tifully executed by the Sixth. made quite a hit and everyone seemed to have already caught the Christmas spirit as was evidenced by the singing of Carols . .

D . MARKS :-Our Under 17 Champion , was the ''Rockfel" of our !Jst meeting both from the point of view of success and condition . A rare combinJtion of talent. judgment and stamina, he is one of the school's most promising Jthletes.

The dance was pbnned expressly for the boys and their friends, and the company comprised mJinl y teen -a gers along with some of the "younger'' old boys. The ga yness and care-free happiness with which they threw themselves into the fun lent an atmosphere of real fellowship and goodwill.

G. DELPH :-Possesses an amazing spring for his size but shou !d bear in mind that training can mJke it even greater.

The dance ended at three o'clock the next morning and we were all very sorry when it did.

The bo y s. however. h:ive resolved to try and m.1ke it an annual fea ture and we arc all looking forward to the next ventur~. Although we aimed only at clearing our ex penses. we were ple.1Santl y surprised when we found ourselves with a profit of $120. Of this amount, S20 bas been donated to a local charit y and rhe remaindu has gone to swell our Tour Fund with which we hope to promote that long promised tour of the West Indies.

I. R. KING-Is an athle,e with a fine style and sound judgment.

He shows

signs of being no ordinary half-miler.

C. D. PHANG:-Our Under 15 Champion, by his showing in the last meeting . should develop into a very good middle-distance runner.

B. PAIRAUDEAU : -Has a fine athletic build, but was not at his peak on Sports Da y. Even so he ¡ contrived to win a loHly quarter and came within an ace of breakin g t~e hi gh ju:np record. \'. P . CHEONG: - Is an athlrt e who in strength and style resembles C. E. P. Jupiter not a little. If he sticks to it. this !.:id has a fine future.

J. PHILLIPS .- Our Under 13 Ch.1mpio11 is as keen .1s mustard , and has plenty of gri t. H e should do well in futu re.

Sergeant to Sentry : ~entry :

" Yas , sub!

" If an ything moves, you shoot."

An' if anything shoots ab moves."

\Ve c:innot close without recording our thanks to the vJrious people who contributed to the success of the dance-to Miss Cicely Pilgrim for so kindly undertakin g to Jct as clnperon to the party of B.H.S,~ girls who artcndcd: also to Mrs. Barrow for th e \'ery great assistanc~ rendered to us : to Mr. Harper for his efficient management of the whole venture, and to Mr. C. BJrker for his many useful hints and suggestions.

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LOOKING BACK.

By S. S. RAMPHAL- ( Form VI ) .

Last year we entered one team for the Wight Cup. consisting of : -J. E. P. Cox ( Capt. ) ; M. W. Fisher, G. H. NarJy:m, B. H. PJi rJud eau, E. S. Archer, C. A. AgJrd and N. Bannister. The team finished thi rd our of fourteen teams and so we hJd to h;1nd over the Cu p which we won in 194 2 to the Y.M .C.A. who were the winners.

Two tea ms were entered for the Sherlock Cup. follows:-

"A":

Cox, Fisher, Pairaudeau, .t\.gard.

"B":

Narayan, BJnnister, Adamson, Phang.

The teams were as

The "A" team had hard luck in losing the semi-final by the odd game.

Two teJms Jrc training for the Tournaments to tJke pla ce this year In a practice match the school team defeated CentrJI High School 5-1, bur the score is really no indication of the run of the game as our opponents pbyed a good game.

The Schoo! subscribed $26 . 12 towards the expenses of a Goodwill Table Tennis TournJmcnt between Trinid.1d and British Guiana which is expected to be held this year. It is hoped that an exhibition match will be held at Queen¡ s Coll ege.

The War is over. The world relaxes now, and hopefully looks out into the dawn of a new and glorious age. :in age over which we hope the black clouds of war will never gather nor the threatening storms of dispute and disagreement ever assail. Yet as we look forward, our hearts full of confidence and resolution, we cannot refrain from looking back over the last six years of our lives. Six years in which tim e seemed to have stopped while man slew man with merciless fanaticism. Then we begin to think, and ~e remember certain things-little things-yet ones th at mean so much now it is all over.

I was quite young when it all started; so young indeed that at first I hardly cared. To me war was a curiosity and secretly I longed to know, and to see for myself, what it was all about.

Our optimistic parents told us it would be over in six months, thJt the world could never stand up to such a terrific pace for very long; yet six months passed and not the faintest sign of an early end. So we settled down and from _our "blessed plot of earth" we watched with interest while the more civili~ed world tore itself to pieces.

There is much that I remember about those early years, much that I can never, never forget, for they are the lasting impressions on a mind that was still soft. There were those very first Bulletins-I listened to them, partly because I was told to, but moreso bec:iuse e\'en then I knew that big things were happening. Little did I dream how dreadful a role they were to play in the next few years of our lives. I remember that momentous morning of September 3; wben we lc:irnc that th e Empire w:is at w;,.r. Onr eld~rs were grim and silent for they knew just what it meant, we joked about it for we knew nothing of 111:in's c:1p.1biliries for slaughter.

It didn't affect me much :it fi rs t . ye t gr:idually curiosity , once satisfied, wore off and the stark reali ty faced me. I s;iw war in all its naked grimness and I grew to fear and hate it. \VhJt was respon sible for this sudden realisation ?

I do nor kno w-perh.1ps it w.1s the Si1;1on Bo/it.Jar, perh aps Dunkich, perhaps even the recruiting of our Army or those novel Blackouts; indeed they all contributed in their own way-one thing is certain; I reJ!ised that I had h1d enough and I pr:i ye c for tl~e end.

There were the Christmases without apples and grapes and the many days without flour and butter. There wa s the day when our contingent left our sh ores, a small handful of Gui:i nese com pared with the rest of the fors:~. but

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their hearts were as big as any and they pledged their lives to · the cause. of humanity. All of them have not returned, many have been left behinda small patch of Guiana " somewhere over there." Then there was D-Day, how anxiously had we longed for it and how e.1gerly now, once it had rnme, did we follow the Liberators across the mlp of Europe into the very heart of Berlin.

So at last we came to the end of the long and dreary road. It was · .i road which lay across heaps of rubble and ruin.

A path piled high with glorious dead and stained with the blood of finest manhood. Yes, such was the way we had to travel that liberty, freedom and the pursuit of happiness might remain the cherished and inviolable possession of every man, woman and child. With this in mind let us hold them priceless, and bend our efforts now to preserve for all time the principles we fough t so doggedly to uphold.

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CHARACTERS.

(Contin ued from Pa ge 31 ) .

Mlin facld~ of Qi.rne's Colllge of

B.G.

C. AGARD :-Flashy inside-right: has a good head and is a fair sher. ' He controls the ball and dribbles well. Is now used as our centre-half.

H. EDGHILL-Plays a fairly sound gJme at inside-l eft.

A good shot but

should use his head more.

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M. FISHER:-Fasr left-winger.

Centres nicely but often too low. remember not to carry the ball too near the line.

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E. SAM : -Plays a fair game at inside-right, and could be used to some ad\'anta gc as a l1.1lf-back . A fair shot, but should control the ball more. \V . R. PHANG:-Usu.1lly pla ys .it o utside right. but now pbys crntre -forward.

He plays a fair game an J . uses bi s he.id well. but is .1 poor shot.

K. TANG:-A newcomer to the te,1m . balf. Is a ,·cry poor shot.

T.ickl es and pl.1 ys fairly well at ri gbt-

L. C. CHAN :- Anoth er promisin g newcom er. w bo p!.1 p at h:df-back.

He

is a fa ir , bot, b_ut sboul <l m ark bi., win ge r m ore stea dily.

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A. J\,IARKS:--CaptJin of th e tea m . T he bo tes t fo,w;Hd in th e schoolbut should conccntrJ tc o n bi s sh ot mo ,e. H e ol a-,e d mo st successfully :i gain st Trinidad and should go iJr in th" g:imc.:_-}i.B.E.

Q .C . .1s srcn fror.1 wrsrrr n pl.:ri n?. fi t!ds. sh owi,, g ( fr o m Ide ro ri ght) the V /\ nrw bu ildi ng. P!,nio l L.11; .. 11: .1in b u ;1d in g. : i:d p .1 rr o! Ch emi stry

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l'OP.-Ser of three phocos depicting G . DEL PH'S record jump of 5 fL 5 ;,,~ in s. in chc Under 17 division Hi gh Jump. lEFT.-Hurdl<s (Open).

Picture show:; C. AGARD . who was seco nd n earest camera. l.!GHT.-Finish of the Qulmr-milc (Open), in which S . GORDYK breasted che rape first.

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That Shote Ope claims to ha.ve a season ticket on a certain South Road bus .

That Sahu obtained the " h elmet trick " m noughts during the last cricket season .

That Becks' cork -hat only fits wit h t he linin g out .

Th at after the Big Chief's Atom ·, lectu re a First F o rm er asked why he d idn't show th e bomb. ' That Bertie P em is seriously p erturbed abo ut th is SJ m Dopie ri\'alry .

That Shark produced a unique answer-to wit that five years hence a mrn w ould be three yea rs old .

That Balbus·s le isure time is spent in aspiring to t h e " Muiral " crown.

That the H in Becks' n:ime is for Hannibal ; and That Neboo would like his E ch:in ged to Einstein.

That George of IV A discu sse d de:ention with P eterp an at th e Q.C. dance .

That the Bo ra Mag net is ap plyin g fo r the Nobel pe.1ce prize for farming.

That according to Shore Ope all the bo ys of IVA .u e dictators.

That Kor ace claim s to be a J ordanite.

That L .:iwy er Kish goes to matinee for quarter price.

Th at J acko·s h air is waxin g even as his shoulders .:i re '"'..aning.

Th at at .1 firr. J argc was seen ru shin g wildly abou t in p yja mas shouting f rJO t ic1ily. ' Is she s.1fe ~ ..

T hat t he Big Ch ief mes ;in a11Cbor d 1Ji11 fo r lochi ug !iii bi cycl e.

Th at di"ssectin g dishes and in strume nt:; CJme in very usefu l at the C House

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That certain Sixth Formers h ave acquired sh;ucs

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Pyrrhus rooted the Romans.

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Q.C. and the Science Exhibition.

(By G. E. T. MOORE).

by W. H. L.A.

War !-the very word makes us shudder. From time immemorial man has warred with mJn, and the consequences of war !1Jvc always been and must always be terrible.

On the 6th, 7th and 8th of September 1945. tbe time came around for :i helping h:ir:d to the fosterin g of puh'.ic interest in science ar rhe Scieme Exhibition. The previous exhibition h.1d been J strik ing success and Q.C's part was an integral one . In fact there was so much to see that a visitor could hardly have understood eHrything about the exhib its. On this occasion ir was decided to have fewer exhibits so that they could be well explained to everyone.

Q.C. bo ys to lend

In earliest times men lived in tribes.

Fierce fights took place when hostile wandering tribes crossed one another's tracks. The results of these fights, were, however, not far-reaching. As rime went on. the tribes grew into nations. Civilisation advanced and weapons of war became more deadly.

Weaker peoples were vanquished by their more powerful rivals. and wbole nations were often enslaved or the majority put to death.

As man's knowledge advanced, so did the wJrlike spirit increase. Every路one wished to outdo his neighbour. The result w.1s a serie~ of expediticns th~ courses of which hJvc shapeci History as it is to-day.

Indeed, within recent centuries, the aftermath of war has been am:izing ..

The course of worl<;! history h:is been affected to a large extent by some wars. I Most wars SJW the advance of geographical and scientific knowledge. On the other hand war has also assumed J more hideom aspect.

The advance of scientific knowledge has been the cause of this state of affairs.

As a result. to-day, war has worldwide reperrnssions. We have only to look .1t the consequences of World War I and World War II to realise this.

War h.1s become a world problem. Modern scientific weapons have brought wirhin Lhc bounds of possibiliry the destruction of the whole human race.

Such is the terrible consequence of war with which man is faced . The fruits of war are sufficiently Gitter already for man to realise that some means must be devised to prevent further war, the consequences of which would be catastrophic.

We are now experiencing the aftermath of World \Var II. There has been complete dislocation of trade, untold destruction , miser y ~nd suffering, shortage of food with the consequent threat of famine and pestilence.

These unhappy results should be a deterrent to any further attempts to plunge the world into an orgy of destruction. W a r is no longer a profitable enterprise for its aftermath entails disJster for victors as well as y:i nqu ished.

The preparation of the exhibirs tock .c1'.mc:t t!:e durJtion of the holidays, difficulty being exi:er irncc d in getting the helpers together JS several were out of town. HoweH: a frw conscientious helpers stuck at it. and .::s ;:i result, were c;ip:ible of explainin g the working of :di the exhibits which rh r:: h.1j person:dly prepared.

The BiologicJl LaborJtory bad to be used for the extensive Bauxite Exhibit. so that we , unfortunJtely. could nor show the dissections and other interesting exhibits in rbar section , JS was intended. Howe\'Cr there was the water purification exhibit which was speci;illy interesting as J pure-water supply system is soon ro be introduced to our city. The mar-m aking exhibit from the Georgetown Prison w.1s :ilso run by our boys. twine being manufactured before the spectJtors.

As the !Jboratory was fully t:ikrn up with these exhibits, a most comprehensive exhibir of medicinal pbnts with notes on tr.eir uses WJs shifted to one of the new form-rooms.

Our Bee-Keeping Society also h.1d a compcr exhibit in the South building which was self-explanatory.

In the Chemistry bboratory the visitor w:i s stru ck b y interesting colour changes such as 路rurning water into wine ' and- less anracti\路e fro m the visitors' point of view- ' rurning wine into water. ' Th ere tco he saw how glass was silvered. the whole process being shown ro senral parties of visitors. The prepJr:ition of various gJses and their reactions were .1l so of interest ro him and man y were intrigued b y the blcJching of rose-petals :ind vegetJble dyes -by chlorin e. The flame colours were. JS usual. of int erest ro everyone. and our displa y of ores attracted several visitors. Boiling w :itc r :it room remperJrure. ;ind distillation of alcohol proved intriguing to many spectators.

Several \\'ere J!so impressed by the cli:irr showiilg tin progressive di ~integration of U r:rnium ( used in the Atom Born b ) .

Also hou se d in thi ~ bbor.1tory were ex hibits from the Go\'ernment 1\nalyst路s. which cons ist ~d of rrfin ~d ;ippar:itu, ~qch as we would like to ha\'e ~t

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To Balbus and Marguerite.

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"The Scout."

By R. V . LU CK- FORM lllA .

Johnny is a very good scout, And of his hononr there' s no doubt.

He smiles ·all through his daily tasks, Obeys when e' er bis parents ask , And everybody feels he's kind, And very, very, pure of mind .

He is quite courteous all the day , Helpin g all those who go astray Johnn y' s as thrift y as can be .

You can· t surpass his loyalty; And so you see a scout should be A helpful. courteous , good Johnny.

If cwo ma y read arig!it These rh y mes of old delight And house and gard'? n plav. ' Tis you-a very loving pair I'd say.

You in a garden green ; With me were king and queen.

Were hunter, soldier. tar Beneath a thou sand cwinklir.g littl e stars.

Now in the elder' s seat We rest with quiet fe et.

And from the window ba y We WJtch our child re n, our successors, pb y. " Time was," the golden head Irrevocabl y said: But time which none can bind While flowin g fa st away our love behind.

The Thief's Grief.

By The . lII B BOYS.

Twilight.

0 Eric ! he's a radi sh thief When therc ·s no ra <lish he' s in grief.

Onl' morning .1round Mid -December As far b,1ck .1s I c.1n remember, He ,~mt to Jimmy's blooming bed To ste.11 some r;idi sb ripened red ; Bue h~ \l'.1 S c.1u gl1t ri ght in rbe ;i ce Before he could the thing ex tract, 1\ nd 0 , how gre:1t was Eric's grief On b?in g c.dl ~d a nas ty ~hi ~f :

By S. VON DER POOL-FORM Ill

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Twilight is fa ll ing . the w h ole world is still , Golden the su nset. and sil ent the mill; Night birds are calling from branches abo\'e, Each flower breJthing a message of iove.

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Spends daylight hours Asleep in his chair, Flies around in the night And gets in your hair.

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When I die I shall not care a yen For all the praises heaped on me then; Serene and silent in my narrow box, I shall not heed the praises or the knocks ; And all the pomp and all the vain display \Viii just be fuss and splendour thrown away.

So tell me now while I am here on earth, Your average of my friendship ' s worth.

Oh, tell me now what a good soul I am I And give me my fill of toffee s and jam.

Spread it on thick , like honey on bread Don't wait to give me them when I'm dead.

E. N.

Can fly for hours, Doesn't easily tire, Sometimes is harmless, Sometimes a vampire.

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The Bat. Consider the bat, A mammal with wings, Hangs by his heels, Eats tnsects and things.

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EXHIBITION.

(Con tinu ed from Pa ge 5 I ) .

The life of the bat Is so mew ha r erratic; Sometimes up in caves, Sometimes in my attic.

'Tis our greatest disaster To have Bat for a master.

It causes our neighbours Who ' re inclined to be catty To pass the remark ThJt Queen 's College is batty.

JON -A .\IE :VD-ALL ( Form lll !l i .

In the Physics Laboratory there was much of interest to spectators. There was the splitting of w.1ter into its two component gases, wor,<ing models of dynamos and engines. and attra ct i\¡e little demon strations such .1s rhe centre of gravity experiment and the syphon . Many were surprised to see the actual course of lines of force due to magn ets and electri c currents.

The floating bottle, a simple but striking exhibit mystified many, whose attention was soon distracted by the strident sound of the autom;;tic fire alarm. Visitors also wrote their names with an e!ecrric pen on pl:tin white p:ipcr in blue or red-without the use of ink ! The whirring vortex smoke rin gs seemed to please both young and old. The two exhibits which Jttr:1ctcd :ill and sundry were the turning of a cent into J shi11ing an :i the dancing egg . The latter WH mo st spectacular : sevc r.11 visitor~ \\'err completely mvstificd by the morior. of this dancing golden egg.

This pi~ce de rcsir.tance wa s presented by the Transport fj Harbours Depr. , and wJs made from .~cr:ip. The \Vireless Scar ion¡s comprehensive demonstration of the working of rhc Radio-T:ipe machine occupied a portion of this l:iborarory .

The club also allowed the inclusion of woodwork and art exhibits prepared by Q.C. boys. Herc the vi sitors were given a rre,lt and it was genera lly agreed char rhe work w:is of a high su ndard.

On the closing d.1 y at I p. m . His Excellency. the Chief J us rice .rnd a few other noteworth y Yisitors attended th e exhib ition.

As rime wore o n and our throats ached with continu:il expla nati ons to th ~ thou sands of visito rs. we helpers could look back with pl cJSLHC. :ind pride in the thou ght that the arduous preparations were nor in vain.

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After the squad and arms drill, we obtained lessons on the rifle; the care of ir, the different parts . how to use it and the correct positions in which to keep th e rifle and the body when standing or lying. After obtaining instructions on aiming, we were tested on tripods with the tlrgets about 100 yards away, and after this we had to aim at a small target, through which the instructor looked wbile lying about 10 yards away. We also were in sruc ted in the lyi ng position. In this position our main difficulty was to keep the rifle steady while aiming at the tJrger.

After rl,~: : test~ we had the opportunity of firing on the miniature ran g~ at the police depot, Kingston.

We went up there on Saturday mornin gs and on the whole the shooting was geed, some ~cr_io rs excelling by obtaining full marks.

We were promised by Lieut Farnum of the B.G. Garrison, an opportunity of firing on rhe long range. but possiblv due to lack of ammunirion we never were able to carry this out.

After this period of training W<' were promised a field day followed by a camp to Tacam:i, Berbice, but it seems as if we were in bad luck for neither came off, the latter being put aside du.: to lack of transportation and the po~sibilit y of being attacked b y malari:i whi ch was prevalent at the rime up there. The c:idets and N.C.Os. hJd rzally looked forward to this camp and were very di~sappointed when 1t dici no< come off. Since the las t camp at 63.

Co:1r:int y ne. we h.ive not yet had another.

At the beginning of the next term Captain Barker :ind Lieur. Dow took over our tr;:iining until it was possible for the Garrison officers re t.1kc over. During this rime we did some st:i lking etc .. somctimrs on the school premises and also in the thick bushes insid e the D'Urb.1n r:icc tr:ick . At the latter pbce onr Captain divided up the Corps and sent one set to hide whil e the other had to seek them out. After J sh ort ti me we \l'e nt throu gh J wry interesting course on field.raft under Lieut.

Rose of the G.1rrison.

After being lectured first on the m ain points of "se:irchin g the gro_u nd'' for enemy snipers etc., we were taken out on Thomas I :inds tCJ t ry and spot men whom the Lieuten:int h ad placed in adequate Con tinu ed on Page 70.

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The trlmmg of the Corps having been tlken over by the B.G. Garrison under Major Hlywood. the cadets, juniors and seniors, had to start all over agJin with squJd and arms drill. The G:irrison officers tried to impress on us the beauty of sguJd and arms drill :ind promised not ·to carry on to any further training until we could master the slme.

To brighten up in our marching, our C;ipt.:i in saw to it that we went on ocosional route marches and earlier in the yeJr we even had a night march iip to the end of Kitty Vilb ge, along the public road and sea-wa ll. ·

COLLEGE

1.

Who was the first Guiana Scholar ?

2.

How many Q .C. Masters have served

3.

When was the ''H ouse System" first started?

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How long has C:ipt:iin Nobbs been at Q.C. ?

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Who was the first Old Boy to obt:i1n his B .Sc. locally ?

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When was the Tuck Shop started ?

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Who was the last Head Prefe(t to win the Guiana SchoLuship ?

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The Power of Words.

by PAT A. BACCHUS .

President

MR.

Secretary

MAURICE WYLDE CARTER.

J. H. B EV IS.

Through the autumn of 1944 and throughout the ensuing year, our plans for the development of the apiary were adversely influenced by the occurrence of poor honey flows .

Our President suggested that we experiment with the production of comb-honey: honey thar is pure, untouched by human hands and scaled in its natural container by the bees themselves. We feel sure that this innovation, in the sphere of local honey production, will be greatly welcomed and appreciated b_y tho~e who enjoy the fruit of the honey bee. This form of honey product10n ,~ill _also help to explain the apparently enigm:itic statement of 'eating honey, since we would have literally to 'eat' the hone y comb co extract its precious con ten rs!

At a meeti_ng held in January, 1946, it was agreed to convene meetings once every fortnight to pbn and discuss the activities for the coming fortnights.

T~e so~iety a lso felt that if three members were put in ch.1rge of each of the_ five hives that comprise the apiary, the standard of welbre among the colonies would be greatly raised.

Th ese suggestions were agreed upon and were put into effect.

A~ present th e complement of the society is, indeed . quite respectable, and we chensh the hope tint the apiary will assume even more inspiring proportions as the seasons roll b y, and chat the untiring and selfless devotion of the members will not pass unrewarded.

Although we havc not made extraordinary progress in rece nt months. :ve cannot say that once in our work have we cast our eyes backwards :ind felt m an y wa y dissatisfied, and we realise that as long as the members continue their presen t attitude to the society, a bright ra y of success wil l burst forth and illumine their efforts.

To all our members· we wish the best of luck

in

the coming honey-flows.

\Ve cm hardly Yisualize, how helpless, how lo~t. we would feel. if this abilit y to use words, either bv speaking or writing . were rnddenly tJken from us . J use tr y to im .1gine yourself suddrnl y incapabl~ · of usin g rhe medium of words, to make something known ro your neig hbour. How else ,,·onid you warn him SJ y of some lpproaching danger? You might think of using signs, which I admit. in some c:i scs. though ver y very few m ight help you to convey your thoug h t~ to him. but pretty soon, you would find how terribl y inadequate signs are for expressing intelligibl y what you think . Just try exFlaining to your mother by signs. why you want to vi si.t rhe boy across the road, at a certain inconvenient time. and see how quickly she will underst;:nd you.

Then you will realize a little, how wonderful is this power of words . and how indispensable they are to man eYery hcur of bis life .

Words. and incidentally the letter~ of the alphabet have been and are of inestimJblc value to mankind . in councicss different ways.

For instance, how e.15y it is to m:ikc our thoughts. wishe ~. requests. known to people about us.

You migh t want a book lyin g on a shelf some di st.rncc aw:i y . and b? nn:ible to get it yo urself; the simplest thing to do is to ucccr a few words to your brother who is in the room , and h e Lrings it for yon. How indispensable, I say again . arc word s to hum :rn beings every sin gle minute of their waking hours. We beg. ask. state. converse. comm .rnd- with words. In schools people of all ages are cau ght b y oth ers. either writing words . re.1 ding words, or lecrurin g with words.

Then .1 g.1 in. we mu se not for ge t thJt without this powe r of wn ting . th( knowledge man h.1s gJined by experien ce down through the ages . could . not h ave been transmitted . :is it bas been in the bi llions of books written si nce the alphabet wa s e,·oh·cd. Think of th e beautiful thou ghts of men expressed in word s as of poctrv or prose, :in d written down in book s. to inspire . help . guide or direc t men of future gencr:ition s - word s whi ch have bl esse d · and h elped the world along life's difficu lti es-w ords. which tell the hi stories of nati o ns. the rea sons fo r their downfall or cx:,ltation. How soon these lessons lcJrnt b y bitter experience . would h.1•:e been forgotten. if they had no t been written down! Then . most of t he 1,·i£Jom :icquircd through the ages. would be all gone for naught. CJch succeed in g genention h.win g to learn for itself those truths and facts ag.1i n, an d •h us progressing Hry slow ly.

Admittedly. there a re customs of mJn, fro m time immemoriJl. which cannot be forgotten, but su ppose JS o ne in stance, chat Thomas Edison had

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been obliged to carry all his discoveries and calculations in his brain , do you think for a moment that he could have finall y perfected bis invention of the telephone or any of his other marvellous discoYeries?

It is amazing that we can communicate with people miles away!-and thi s. b y m erely speaking a few words over the tel ep hon e. b y writing pages which we send across the seas b y boat, or through the air by plane .

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MR. 0 . M . HARPER MR. H . A. DRAYTON

Presiden t Vice-Pr es ident Minute Secretary

MR. L. M . R. KAWALL MR. w . H. L ALLSOPP

Financial Secretary

MR. Q . M.

General Secretary

These advantages whi ch arc derived from this man-ellous power of words. are so few. that they ma y be compared to the whole list of advancages. as a h .rndful of oats to a b ;irnful. And yet, o_ne hardly thinks during his whole lifetime of thr value of words, unless be is rnddenl y bereft of speech or the use of his hands for writing. Day ;i.fter da y, men are sw:iyed by the eloquence of some pt!bli c speaker, mobs olmed by the words of someone in authority, people cut to the quick b y in sulting words . lonely h ea rts cheered b y friendly words, hearts gladdened b y words of p ra ise, stnngers made h appy by words charged with welcome and helpfulness , and lastly, hut not b y any means least, workmen. employees encour:1ged by words of interest in th eir work, and appreciation of their skill.

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VI Form .Science Representative

MR. S. S. RAMPHAL

VJ Form Classics Representative

MR. A. G. FUNG-A-FAT

Our first task is to record the departure, not only from the Society, but also, from the school of all our office-bearers of the previous year,:-Mcssrs.

A. P. Thorne. L. F . S. Burnham. C. E . J . Barker, F. 0 . Pilgrim and P . A. D .

Allsopp . We extend our heartiest wishes for the continual success of these gentlemen in their new spheres of ;ictivity.

During the past ye.u six m eetings have been held. Artendances have been on the whole, good and the response from the IV A's .rnd V's p:ircicularly encouragin g. These boys a re. however. more willing to Jttend than to actively partlopate in meetings. The society on the whole, need s to pull its socks up.

Our record this year is inferior to the previous year's. In fact the number of meetings held so far chis year is only half the number r.cld the previous year.

Let us all cr y to do better from now on .

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Debate :

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" Th at Science ba s done more harm than good to mankind.''

Proposition:

J\ l essrs. F. 0. Pil gr im . W. H. Allsopp. F. R. Wills.

Opposition:

J\lesm. H. DrJyton. L. Kaw:111, V. L. Smith.

Th e Propositio:1 \\'On by a Luge !11Jjority .

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Health · is the Best Wealth.

Impromptu Speechls. ( I ) Should Q.C. be co-educaticnal in the Vth and Vlth Forms ?

(2 )

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--Mr. M. Giglioli.

-Mr. C. B:unwell.

Why B.G. lost the crick et tournament

(3 ) Prospects of world peace

-Mr. A. G . Fung-a-Fat.

( 4 ) Compulsory gJmcs

-Mr. B. Eyre.

( 5 ) What modern lan guages should be tau ghr in British Guiana -Mr. Seymour-King .

(6) American influ ence in the West Indies and British Guiana -Mr. N. Skeete.

- Mr. P. A. D. All sopp.

( 7) Ru ssi:i · s forei3n policy

(By J. H. ADAMS, Form III A.)

( 8 ) British Gui.:ina should Jorn a We;t Indi es Federation- Mr. Collins.

(9 ) The atomic bomb should not ha ve been dropped on Hiroshim.1 and

N.:igasaki.

-Mr. D . A. Marks. ( 10 ) The future of se condary industries m British Guiana-Mr. R. JJ ckson

FRI.. NOV. 16t h, 1945 D ebate: " Th,1t the use of rbc atomic bomb on Hiroshima Jnd Nagas,1ki was justifiable.' ' Proposition;

Messrs. V. L. Smi th. A. G. Fung-a-Fat.

Opposition:

Messrs. Lord and Bannister.

When we arc feeling quite well. and c:in eat, sleep, run and pla y, we arc said to be enjoying good h ea lth. · There are many grand things in this world; such as. fine comforublc homes, rich lands, expensive toys and g~mes and in short :ill that money can buy ; but nevertheless the best thing that we can have is he:ilth.

A man m:iy own :i hou se ful of gold, but it would be of little re:i! use to him, if he docs not enjoy health . A poor man without a shirt on his back, who enjoys health . is happier than he . who though he nny have a houseful of gold, docs not enjoy health ; for while the poor man is Jb!e to eat. sleep and enjoy life, the unhealthy rich man knows no happiness. Sometimes a man is too busy getting money to take his meals in time; he neglects fresh air and outdoor exercise. So although he may become a very rich man , his heJlth is ruined.

Money Can Buy Most Things But Not Health.

Available Now ! !

The Proposition won by 12 votes.

FRI., NOV. 30th, 1945

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Due to the generosity of Mr. H. A. M. Beckles of the Games' Club, the Society received a substantial loan with which a complete philatelic outfit was imported from the United States of America . The Executive Committee of the Society is trying to get ir recognized internationally ¡ and with this motive in view the subscriptions are being used for obtaining membership listings in several of the large philatelic Societies scattered over the British Empire, United States of AmericJ, Europe, and South America . All those interested in philately. junior or senior. should join the Q .C. Society and if the membership roll gets large enough we hope to h;ive foreign members, print our own philatetic magazine. and run J s.iles department of members' stamps, imported stamps . stamp accessories . etc. For the above goal to be reached , wholehearted co-operation is. cssrntiJI l:esides a !Jrge membership. so those interested in philately please join.

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With the flames Through the Sixth.

A hush !us setticd on the noisy S ix th.

Dim forms about the gloomy room do flit, Their features lost within th e mu rky dark.

Bu t n ow, :i bun sc n gleJms; :ind by its li ght, Balbus and his dear partner arc descried.

The former be:its a substance , o !Jtilc, What tir.ie hi s partner whisper/; words o f love .

The contents of tbe jovial froth, then pop, Then leap, and with a fearful cru sh in g sound Burst in to fbme.

As when a stiil sma ll streJm Down from :i moum:ti n top doth leapin g rush .

And grow fr~m strength to strength down its stee p plth Until with migh ty wJr it joins the ;:e:i.

So grows this fbme-and cracklin g sb:trp both shed A m y ri ad sparks, whose heat doth sc;u the sk in.

Exp losions follow t ill the ear is numbed.

DJk in falls flat. Mopsy sk y -hi gh is blown.

The lon g lank form of Sopp ie is out stre tched.

But Buchenwald alone doth brave the flam es And on his migh t y shoulders now he b e:tr, Those that the dread ca t::stroph e bad struck.

The flames expand- and witb tr ea d purposeful Approach tbe Re alm of Arts-whose citizens

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B eincr either deaf o r ' dumb', have not ye t h eJrd The "ragin g mon ste r t hirstin g for their blood.

Upon a soap -bo x. ranting at th e ai r Stands Do modar, from whose cJvernous mout h C:ime angry words. re The Impe ria l Question. ..

"Why don't th e B rir. . ... ? when b r~.1 h n g t.hrough b is speech Th'abrum sounds rung by the mournful Dron e.

Most men start from the ir sca ts. In si ngle file D e Qui ncey. El by. Butch. m.1kc for the fields.

Ran:il. The Jeptic. Zolok, Joe E. Brown Had been too slow ro rise . when throu gh rhe door Run s Neb. to 'make a note'. The field is reached By those rb.1~ first had left the smoking room

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And Jarge upon their heels full hard doth run.

The fire-bell's rapid strokes he' d dimly heard And taken for a bouncing ping-pong ball; So, swifter than lithe chamois of the Alps He wings his way to ascertain its source Fitz, following , with cork-hat on his head , Confides to us : " I had a 'close-shave', boys.

And now comes Sabu, razor's bitter foe, A constant grin above his smoking beard.

Cheesy, hot-foot doth follow in his wake Somewhat impeded by 'three-quarter pants'.

His tattered cork-hat left to feed the blaze, H e now displa ys a rakish brown 'topee.'

From out the billowing smoke now strides Curly, Sonn y, to some, and of Savitri fame That late at night doth Dixie leave for home.

Miss Peas Soup follows, chipping, back held straight, Black 'specs' high-perched , and skirts about her fl ying.

At length Herr Doktor comes to call the roll.

Third-yearers all are present, all second years But Rana! , Jeptic, Zolok. Brown, are missed.

The fire which unopposed had raged , unchecked B y pow ' rful streams of water, which did leap Scarce three feet from the mouth of our chief hose , Had almost spent itself. So, presently 路 With ill-forboding. pavid, anxious hearts We all return to seek the absent four.

R ana!. we find somewhat the worse for wear: Spectacles broken . burns abo ut h is frame.

The J ept ic's seedy head is quite intact ; \Vhile Joe's blue dungarees their course have run .

The .Zolok , with his w ispy . sha dow y form Was not inflammable- and here he is Now munching honey, Calculus of CauntSo that with hearts relieved-intact an d well Tb e Six th doth. b eJrken to the BeJJ, . . . A ll-Cl ear ..

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SCOUT NOTES.

By V. L. S.

The fast school year li as seen considerabl e improvement, both in numbers and in general effici ency of the troop. We now number 36 scouts, 26 recruits havin g joined since J :inu.uy. 1945 , with the rzs ult that two new patrols bad to be formed under Patrol Leaders N. Linton , and C. ~habrol ; 16 scouts received their tende rfoot bJdges, 7 th eir second-class , and two patrol leaders , E. Won g and V. L. Smit h . gai ned their firs t class and Kin g Scout badges. One of the last mentioned scouts , V . L. Smith, received his Gold Cord.

E . Wong was appointed Troop Leade r in D ecem ber las t yea r. Quite a number of proficiency badges were secured b y the troop durin g the last year, but badge work at present is h ampered by lack of instructors and particularly of examiners.

A large number of recruits is anticipated next term and plans are afoot to , cope with the increase. A new system of patrol work is to be tried in the troop . which, it is hoped. wil l relien the Scout Master of a great deal of work . and will allow more of the respomibility to fall on the Patrol Leaders' shoulders.

The Ro ver section of the troop is almost ddunct now, due to the absence of many m embers, whose occupations take them out of town.

Our Cubs are coming :don g slowly bur surely. The y received a serious set -back , when they lost their cub-master. Mr. A. P . Thorne , who left Queen's.

Mr. 0 . M. Harper has ki ndl y consented to carry on, and though very bu,y otherwise, he is very keen .

I would li ke to tJke thi~ oppor tunit y to pJy tribute to the excellent work done by l'vlr. Thorne durin g his Cubmastership.

Though never connected with the Scout M ovemcn c before. Mr. Thorne took on the arduous tas k of runnin g the "s mall ' un s" .

H is success \\路as seen in the constan tly in creasing numbers, con siderin g our sn1Jl] source of supply in the P rep. and First Form . Man y of r!1ese bo ys w ere al re:id y members of other packs on ente ring Queen路 s, and rbe tc fo re remain in those packs. This increase in numbers was a great t ribute to cb e 5leady progress and ma gnetism of Mr. Thorne's work. His departure was a sad blow to the stil l young pack, but we are sure that Mr. Ha rpe r w ill be cqt1.1! to the task of carryin g on.

W e held ou r an nuJ l ca mp last year Au gust at Bartica, where we spent fi ve ver y e:1 j op blc lh ys . \Ve omped on a hill just outside Bartica, and fr om th at Y:. n t:i ge poi n t wr co uld survey the whol e rown belo w us. During onr sta y, thro ug h th e kindness of M r. Hill , Road Transport Officer, we were able to travel up the Maz:iru ni Ri \'Cr t o the Baracarr<1 Falls, wh~ re we enj oyecl

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a swim in the icy cold w.1ter. ( Most of the boys declared this water was the clc.i rcst and cl ea nest they had se en in B.G.) .

W e also were able to go to Ku maria on the Cuyuni River. I take this opportunity, on behalf of Troop 27 to thank Mr. Hill for taking us along on both of these trips which we enjoyed very much.

In November we bad a short week-end camp at D en Amscel. In many respects, the c.imp was an ideal one and the Youth Council must be congratulated for providing such an excellent camp sitr. for the use of the youth of the colony.

In September last year we were invited to the Girl Guides' Garden Fe te at Government House on their twenty -first birthday ;ir.d e\'erybody spent a very enjoyable evening there.

In March, 1946, the World 's Chief Guide p aid B.G. a fou r-day visit and six of our scouts ( E . Wong, V. Smith, M. Fraser, P. Nobbs , M . M cD0n.1ld and M. Hahnfield ) were chosen along with scouts from oth er troops to form a guard of honour, which m et her at the B.G. Airways· Ramp. It was the Chief Guide' s first visit to B .G. and she was gi ve n a rousing welcome b y both scouts and guides. She expressed the hope of seeing some B.G. representatives at the Jamboree to be held in France in August next ye.1r.

Scouting :it Queen ' s College is d efinitel y on the up-grad e; let us hope that we will continue increasin g from strength to strength; so let's bend our backs ro it, :ind good scouting lads !

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About this Atomic Bomb.

By BER TRAM COLLINS.-(VI).

Few of us have yet comprehended the terrific significance of the event that took place in a fraction of a second on August 5, 19 45!

And yet fewer of us realise the tremendous power of the bomb itself.

Such man -made blasts as wiped out Hiroshima and Nag:isJki never once occurred on the earth .

The energy released in a Uranium explosion is utterly beyond imagination . The neutrons broken out of their; natural cycles fly out at an initial velocity of millions of miles per hour vaporising everything in the immediate VIClmty. After covering a distance of about a mil~, the b!:tst slows down to 5 00 miles per hour d riving the air before it with hurricane violence and levelling everything in its path . In the core of the explosion the temperatures are not much less than those in the center of the sun and the light emitted outshines that of the sun for a radius of l 00 miles.

The earth. too. becomes so radio-active that at Nagasaki it was impossible to walk within miles of the actual explosion without suitable protection , though this abnormal radioacivity soon wears off. But such pressures, activities and temperatures have never before been released by nature and scientists will take a long time to ex:imine all phenomena fully.

Now what are MJn ·s prospects in this new Electronic age? The bomb has brou ght peace but onl y man can keep that p eace . Mr. Churchill thinks we have onl y 3 years before the secret of the bomb becomes common knowledge.

"In these 3 years " sa ys he, "We must remould the relationships of JII men of all ages in su.:h a way that men do not wish or dare to fall upon each other for the sake of vulgar. out-dated ambitions or for passionate difference in ideologies. From the least to the greatest all must strive to be worthy of these supreme opportunities. There is not an hour to b e WJstcd. not J da y to be lost. " George Bernard ShJw ex pressed a rJther different view . He sa id [in effect] " The atomic bomb h as made war unprofitable. Soon no one will be interested in either- w ar or the Bomb." But when he said this he was not aware of the [ Jbnormal ] interest of all nations in its secrets.

Can m anki nd grow up quickl y encu gh to win th e r:icc between ci vilisation and annihilation? Will new dictators succeed in convincing themselves and followers that a new w ar could be won if they struck fir st ? The Atomic Bomb is here with us. " Our pilgrimage has brou ght us to a subl ime moment in the histor y of the world."

There arc two crown in g necessities of th e m om ent-"the fostering of ;in internation al body w ith suprem e authori~·; and the creation of the correct mentality necessar y to make certain that the world reaps the imm ense benefits thJt the bomb can bring. We h ave the former, have we the latter ?

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pos1t1on where suspicious shapes or moveme nts were seen.

Lieu tenant Rose would give the direction, distance, etc., where one ¡ of the Garrison soldiers was hidden thm oil on us to identify that position .

The h e blew a whistle and after making som e suspi cious movements which would easily be seen. the hid den mm would fire a blank shot from their rifles and arise from their positions. Some of them lay flat on the ground with grass tucked in th eir helmets another had a camouflaged covering over his uniform while another was nea rly tucked away in the foliage of one of the large trees . We enjoyed this training very much a~d even more so since we had to go up on the bnds near the sea wall to carry it out. We then car ried on to methods of direc tin g a line of fire on any area or spot on a large extent of country. We were given lectures with the aid of maps of typical European countryside, on how to direct fire on any particular target pointed out on .t he map, The maps of the countryside were di vided up in exac t_l y the same way with central line of direction and foreground etc., and after ge tting the order we had to pick out the area to which the ord er w:i .~ supposed to direct our fire .

We learnt abou t th e clock r:iy method of pointing out single or small objects, also when to order the Bren group to begin fire o r the rifle group etc. Some times we were taken out on the lands near the sea wall and when we were given an ord e~ had to aim our rifles ( which were mounted on tripods ) on the position which we thought correct. The t,ugets at fir st were easy ones such as a brown patch on the grass, but later on we got land targets such as an opening in the leaves of. a tree through which light was flowing: We also learnt about the mortar, what it is used for, when to use it and all about the bomb used in it.

At Thomas near th e long range we had a practical demonstration on mortar firing.

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the march past. Also during the year we had the opportunity of seeing some films of military interest at the Astor Cinema .

Notable departures from the Corps are C.S.M. Delph, C.Q.M.S . Cannon, ¡ Sgt. Allsopp. Cpl. Sam .

We are lucky to h ave with us a former N.C.O. , C.S.M. Smith.

The Officers and N.C.Os. of the present Corps are C.O. Cap t. Barker, 1st Lieut. Dow , C.S .M . Smith, Sgt. Giglioli. Cpl. Wong, L/ Cpl. Leu , L/ Cpl. Fraser, G ., L ! Cpl. Winter, L / C pl. Ph;rng, L/ Cpl. Pestano, L/ Cpl. Fraser, M. We trust that in the futnre the boys will take more interest in the Cad,t Corps of the school and th;ir we shall ~ise again to the heights for which we were formerly outstanding.

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Captain Barker then p!Jnned manoeuvres in the Bo tanic Gardens for us.

We were divided into t wo groups, some went into the gardens and hid themselves, advancing at a prearranged signal while the other set moving towa rds them tried to spot any suspicious movemen ts. O ther tim es some cadets went into the gardens and hid while the other practised what they h.1d learnt about "sea rching the ground" etc., to see if they conld spot th em.

On the whole, even thou gh the trainin g ,o s wr y inte restin g. atte ndance at parades was very poor.

The strength of th e C orps bas gre:itl y decrea sed. even though quite a number of new cad ets h.we been taken in. During th e last school year the corps took p.1rt in a few cere mon i.11 p.uades. the most outstanding being the Armisti ce Da y P:1rad e. Th is w .1s th e fi rs t o ne h eld since the w ar. We attended the Service at th e C en o t.1pb . th e la ying of wreaths and

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JUMP.- ( OPEN )

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1st- Whittingham : 2nd- Petri c: 3rd Edghill. Distance : I 7 ft. 9 in s.

UNDER 17. l st-Dclpb; 2nd-MH ks; 3rd- Tan g. tance: 18 ft. 3 ins.

I

Under 17 !.- Bacchus : 2. -Taitt i ; 3.-Phang, Hei ght: 8 fr. 9 ins.

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Under 15 1.- Gilkcs i ; 2.-Harcwood ; 3.-Taitt.

Height : 8 ft . 5 ins.

Dis-

Under 13 !.-Ph illips, J. I. F. 2.- Taitt, C. . and Gilk es ii.

Height : 6 ft. IO Y, ins.

UNDER 15 .

1st-Cheon g ; 2nd- Melville; 3 rd- Ph ang and Pairau dc_au . D is un ce : I 6 ft. 4 in s.

UNDER 13. ! st-Phillips, J. I. F. ; 2n d-R aha man ; 3 rd - Dennison. Distance: 13 ft. 9 in s.

100 YARDS Under 13 I .- Phillips. J .

2.-Srncho.

Time: 12 4 / 5 secs.

THROWING THE CRICKET BALL.

3-Wong.

Under 13 1.-Johr.son; 2.-Phillips. J. I. F .. Robin· son . Too Chun g and Van der Pool.

Hei ght: 4 fr . 7 in s. (R ecord ) .

Under 15 1.- Pairau de au: 2. -Melvillc: 3.- Gi,lkes a.

Height : 5 ft. 0 J~i in s.

440 YARDS Und er 15 1. -Paiuudeau : 2 .-Mon gul: 3. - Cheong Tim e: 62 1/ 5 secs.

Under 17 1. - M.,rks: 2.- Kin g: 3.- Leal.

Time: 59 3,' 5 secs.

(Record ) .

Open 1.- Gordy k; 2. -Pctri c; 3 .- Ed gh;!I. 'ime: 6 2 4/ 5 secs.

LATE FOR SCHOOL RACE

I .- Mark s ; 2.-Chin: 3.- King.

Tim e : I O 3/ 5 secs. ( Rec ord ) .

Ur.dcr 15 1.- Gill. , s : 2 .- Gl asford.

Time : l 8 I / 5 secs.

Open 1.-D'Ornel!J s ; 2.-P etrie ; 3 .-Sam. Time: 10 3/ 5 secs.

Under 17 1.-Marl.s: 2.-:-Dclph: 3.- Ch in.

Time: 16 4, 5 secs. ( Record ) .

220 YARDS Under 13 I .-Joh nson: 2.-Ph illi ps, J . ; 3.-Moore.

T ii:ic: 3 I sec s.

Open !.-Wh ittin gham: 2. - Ag.u d ' : 3.-Gordvk.

Tim, : secs.

Under 15 Phan g: 2 .-Chcon g; 3. -Melville.

Tun e : 26 4/ 5 secs.

Under 11 ; 3 .- Farrlr. !.-Proctor ; 2.-

Under 13 !.-Phillips. J. I. F. : 2.-C 1.1rL r. D .

Gilk es ii.

Distance: 63 yds. 0 ft. I in.

3. --

SHOT PUTT Open I .-Petri e: 2.-\Vbitrin gha m ; 3 .-Carrin ~ton D iso nrc : 3 6 ft. zy; ins. ( Record Equ.1 lkd).

U nde r I 7 !.- Kin g; 2.- Wi ntcr : 3. -M .i rk s.

Di stan ce: 3 2 ft. 7 ins.

POLE VAULT Open 1.-McWa tt ; 2.- Ed gbi ll.

H eigbr : 8 ft . 6 in s.

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Under 17 !.- Ma rks ; 2.-K in g : 3.-Reid.

Tim e: 24 3/ 5 secs. ( Record).

Op en r> ct ric; 2.- D ' Orn cllas; h am .

T ime ; 25 1/ 5 SCCS. !.-

Und er 11 I .- P ro ctor: 2.-N icholson ; 3.-Kaufman.

T ime : 13 3 / 5 secs.

OLD BOYS' RACE (220 Yards ) 1.- R . P . Carter.

2.-C. Bann is t, r.

Tim e: 2 6 secs.

TUG-0-WAR (Open ) Austi n \' S. Pil grim: Winn ers-Au stin.

Under 15 1.-Blcchus ii: 2. - Kin g. G. : 3.-Yin g.

12 0 YARDS HURDLES

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INTER-HOUSE RELAY ( 8 8 0 Yards) !.-Austin ; 2.-Wes ton ; ) .-Ralei gh.

Time: 2 mins. 11 H secs.

TUG-0-WAR ( Und er 17 ) Raki gh vs. Weston: Winn ers-Weston.

HIGH JUMP

}. -Whittin g-

I 00 Y ARDS

HALF MILE Und er 15 I .- Ph ang : 2. - Chcon g ; 3.-Bisbop.

Time: 2 mins. 32 1/ 5 secs.

SACK RACE ( Under 11 ) I .--\Von g ; 2.- L'ee: }.-Burrowes.

UNDER 17. !st-Leal: 2nd- Bacchus ( i) : 3 rd-Kin g.

Distance : 89 yds. 6 ; ~ in s. ( reco rd) .

3 rd- Mel-

JOO YARDS Prep I .- Proctor : 2.-Kaufman; 3.-FarrJr.

Open 1. - Go rdyk : 2. -Ed ghill : }.-Whittin gham.

Time : 2 m ins. 33 4/ 5secs.

Under 15 1.-Phar,g : z. _.:_Cheon g; 3.- Melville.

Time: 11 J4 secs .

UNDER 15.

I st-Pairaudca u ; 2nd-Phan g; vill e.

Distance: 8 7 yds. !ft. in.

ins.

Under 17 !.- King : 2. - Nicole ; 3.-LeJI. Tim e: 2 mins. 23 4/ 5 secs. ( Record ) .

OPE N. ! st-Barnw ell ; 2nd- Edg hill : 3 rd - Ramphal. Distance: 79 yds . 2 ft. I O in s.

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Und er I 7 !.-Delph ; 2.-Jon,s; 3. -Collin s Tl itc ii. ( Reco rd) .

Height: 5 fr. 5 )le ins. ! .-Pet rie

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2.-Sam

and

SACK RAC E ( Under 15) : 2. ; 3.-

0NE MILE ( Open) 1. -Gor<! yk : 2 .- J ohn son, K.; tin gham; 4. - Edghill.

Tim e: 5 mins . 31 3/ 5 secs.

3.-Whit-

HOUS E CUPS P erciv .,I P etri e R,lei gh Kin g Ph,n g. C. D. Au stin D ' Urb1nGord yk Pil gr im Leal W eston MJrk s Senior Champion- P etri e ( 18 points ) .

Und er 17 Champi on-Mar ks ( 19 points ) .

Juni or ( Under 15) Cbompi on-Phrng. C. D. ( H !/, point s) .

U nder 13 Cha mpion-Ph illi ps, ( I 2 ;'~ points) .

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R [: CORDS.

ATHlET~C RECORDS. OPEN

2~(} 'Y.nJs 44 0 Y.,rcls H.,lf 1'ii'e O ne Mile 120 Yards H urJi,·s Hi gh Jump Lon g Jump Crick et Ball P ole Vault Shot Putt

L. 211 .' I :) se cs.......................... C. 5 4 I / 5 secs. .. ............. R. 2 m ins. J 2 I , 5 secs . .. ...... ... . L. 5 m,ns. IO 2 5 secs. .. ........... .... R. 15 2/ 5secs . . ...................... . _J .

5 ft. IO ins ........................... V. 22 ft.

2 ,n s. .......................... L. I 03 yds. (l ft. 6 111 s.... .. ..................... L. 9 ft. 6 in s .... ....... .... ............ A. 3 6 ft. 2 :

~

rn s.

(A n ew I O 3 ·5 secs .

2 4 3 5 secs.

5 9 '3 s~cs .

2 m.~:; . -',.) ·,.

SC(~ .

U N DER 17

I 00 Y.irds 2 20 Y.ud s 4-1 0 YJrds H .1lf 1'Iile 120 YHds Hu rdl,s H igh Jump L o ng Jump Cr icket B.111 P ol, V .rnlt Shot Pu tt

CE N TURIES SCORED BY Q.C. PL AYERS

, I O secs. .. ................. -· { ~.· ~ - EM:~sng

1 00 Ya rds

16 4 · 5 5 fr. 5 (j 19 fr. 2 , \ 89 rds . 0 fr. 6 1 , 8 fr. i 0 34 ft.

7

. ............ .. )

~

E. Ba 5com E. P. Jupiter P. Carter M . W. Bo wling M. Nicholson P. Agard E. CrJ ne E . Bascom E. Dow Richm ond ~· ~ ~t J.~p iter

L . . '"

rh:

19 i 7 1931 19 40 1942 194 2 1939 19.fO 1942 1938 1940 1940 1942 1942 19 16

cla ss started in 194 2)

..... .. .. ................. D. A. J'\,brks .. ................. ...... . D. A .· Marks ................... ...... D. A . Marks ........................ .. 1. R. King secs . .................. .. ...... D. 1\.. Marks .................... A. G . Delph in s. ins. ........ ...... ....... .... . R. C. F. Parris in s. ................... .... ... H. I. Leal rns ............... ............ R. 0. We stmaa s ,n s. .. ... .... .. W . R. Phillips

1946 19 46 194 6 19 46 19 46 19~6 1942 1946 1942 19 43

UNDER 15 1 00 YJrds 2 20 YJrds 4-1 0 YJrcl s H alf Mile Hi gh Ju!T'p L o112 J u mp Cricket Bo ll 12 0 Y ards Hu rdles P ol, VJU!t

11 sec~. .... .. ........... .. .. { ~: ~~ z ~;rnum 28 I ' ~- secs. ................ ..... { ;: ~:c::~uis 60 I 5 secs. .............. .... ... ..... C. min s. 26 I 5 secs. ...... .................. C. 5 ft . I ., lll'i. ........... ........... .... Q. 17 ft. I 0 l !1S . .. ............... ......... C. 88 yds. l fr. 2 ins . ..... ... . ........... .. ... B. I 7 secs . .......................... J. 8 ft. IO 1 '. ins ...... .. .. ........ ......... R .

A. McLean A. Bannister M. S. R ic hmond E. P. Jup iter H. Pairaud,au P. Agard H . Barnes

192 9 19 3 7 19 2 1 1945 19 32 1939 1941 19 39 19 -1 5 1939 1942

llNDER 13 J OO YJrds

1 2 I, 5

22') Yorc!s

2 8 4 5 ms. . .. ...... ........ .

Hi gh Jump Lon g Jump Cricket B.'II Pole VJu!t

-, I ,

t

ir~:~~~gc W. R. Phan g

SCCS ....................... {

4 fr. 7 in s. .... .. ....... ..

15 fr.

75

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C. V. V yfhuis ·( R. BJcch us .. ... V. C. Johnson

in s .

2 .. G. Greenidge 6-1 rds. 2 f t . (l ....... ·· .............. .. J. I. F . Ph ill ip s 7 ft. 0 ins. .. ......... .......... ..... C. H arewoo d

SCHOOL G. Lord C. B. M cWJt: G. H odge ....

Mr. E. R . D. Moulder B. PJiraud ea u A. \V. E. Roberts M. S. Ra y man C. B . Mc\Vatt

E. B. Eyrle A . W. E. Robert s A . L ea rmon d

M. Roh c mJn Mr. E. R. D. Mouidu C. I. D rayton I. Phillip s ....

J. P. Agard M . S. Ra ymJ n

I 7_6

vs. D. C.C.

1 73 15 4 152* 15 2 I3I* 1 28 11 8* 1 I 6* I I 5• 11 3 111 1 09* 109* 107* 103 IO I

( }.';,

vs. vs. vs. v:. vs. vs. t,'S.

vs. vs. vs. vs.

L'S .

l,'$.

L..1S.

vs .

HOUSE J. G. J. G.

P . A ga rd LorJ P. A ga rd Lord I. E. Yin g Q. M . S. Richmond \V. W . AHry .. ..

M. A. RJ ymJn C. V. Wi ght B. PcrsJud C. Ja gan A. M. Sue J. PJrker

MA T CHES

14 8 ·' 147 127* 12 1 11 8" 11 8" 115 I 13 11 0 1 07 103* I OI J OO

p

1940 1935 1933 1914 19 45 1935 1 933 1935 1935 1935 193 1 1925 19 16 1928 19 40 19-12 19 3 2

o.c.c.

Bcrb ice Hi gh School Di ac.:ond c.c.

Stani slaus c.c.

s,.

G .C.C. Berbice Hi 5), School P .C.C. l .S .C. D . C.C. B.G.E.l.C.C. Mounted P o lice B.G.C.C. P c lice C.C. . ...

D .C.C. Y.M.C.A. B.G.C.C.

Garn e:: Garn,tt I n rer-CollegiJte Friendly In tcr-Collegiat: GJrnc tt I nter-CollegiJ:C G Jrnett G ,rn,tt Garn ett GJrn,rr Garnett G .1rn~ t t

GJrn ctt Garn ett GJ1 n,tt Fr iendly

MATCHES for R J!cig h Austin R , leigh Au st in " ,. R aleigh P crci\'Jl D 'UrbJ n P,•rcinl Raleigh D'UrbJn

vs.

D'Urbrn RJ!eigh

V .i .

..

"

L'S. L'S. L'S. LIS.

vs.

v, vs.

L'S .

Au s: in.

P ercinl.

Au stin , D ' UrbJn , A usrin .

D ' UrbJn. Pcrc i,·al.

Austin.

PcrciYa l.

L'S,

L'S.

P ,rci YJ I. Au stin.

19-11 1940 19 40 19-10 1925 1 94 5 1935 193 1 1913 1944 (3rd XI ) 19 3 5 (3 rd XI ) 1932 1940

HIGHEST INDI VIDUAL SCORES EVER MADE BY THE COL L EGE : 19 28 193 7 1940 1921 1945 194 6 193 7 1945 19!3

176 1 73 [54 15 2 * 152

G . L o rd against D.C.C.. 194 0.

C. B. 1'lc\Vm again st P.O.C.C .. 1935 .

G. Hod ge agJ in st B erbice H igh School. 1933.

Mr. E. R . D . Moulder agJ inst DiJmond C.C., 1914 .

B. PJiraud eau against St. StJnis lJus. 1945.

Highest score ever mJde by a Colkge X l: -396 fo r 9 w ick ets against I. S.C., Lowest score ever mad,

aga in st th ,·

College :- 9

by

G.C.C. ,

I 886 .

1935.

76

QUEEN'S

COLLEGE

MAGAZINE. QUEEN'S

GARNETT CUP MATCHES.

.·1

)

19 35. against P.0.C.C. ,

for

5

,vickct s

•

~

77 7

6

)

'

HIGHEST SCORES MADE BY THE COLLEGE :

333

lv!AGAZINE.

9

BATTING.

396 agJinst I.S.C..

COLLEGE

12

193 5.

3 2 1 agJinst G.C.C.. 1935.

307 agJins t B.G.C.C., 1934.

299 for

I wicker ag.1inst D.C.C. , 19 40.

296 for 9 wickets again st P.C.C., 1935.

BOWLING.

Helmet Trick R ecord:-I. E. Ying aga inst B.G.C.C., 1925.

Hat Trick Record :-M. Rohoman again st I.S.C., 19 2 5: N . Nobbs agJinst T. 194 2; R . R eid against C.G.C. :' 1946.

Hi gh est numb er of wickers in one O,· er:-5.

Hi ghest number of wickets

in

~

H .D.,

I. E. Ying agJin st B .G.C.C. , 1925 .

Garr.etc Cup SeJson:-53 .

Best Bowling Avera ge in Garn ett Cu r, Srason: - 4 .3.

M. Rohoman, 1925.

H . P.

Fernandes,

1924.

WICKET-KEEPING. 0.

A.

Vivieros WJS responsible for against the C.U.C.C., 1920.

the

dismi ssJ I of eight

bJtsmen

in onr innings

52.

Across.

HOUSE MATCHES. High est Individual Score in !st XI House Crirk et :-148~-J. P . AgJrd for Ralei gh against Austin, 19 4 J. Highest Individu al Score in 2nd XI House Crick et :-93.

CLUES:

L. Eytle (D ' UrbJn ), 1936.

Highest scores mJd~ by a I st XI side in on e innin gs :23 7 for 6 wickets by Percival agai nst Raleigh, 1925.

2 2 7 by Austin agains t Ralei gh, 19 2 5 .

226 by P ercinl aga in st Austin, 1925.

Hi ghest score made hr a 2nd XI side in one innin gs :- 2 14 for 7 wicket s by Percival avinst Au st;n, 1927.

BOWLING. Helm et Trick Record. I st XI :-J. B. Ewing-Chow (Perc iva l) ag,inst Raleigh , 1916.

Har Trick R ecords. I st Xl: - S. A. H. Wlurton against Percival. 19 24; I. R. King, RJl eigb agJinst D'Urban , 1945; R . J o na 9. (Pi lg rim) agJinsr Percival, 1945.

Popu!Jr appellation for Q.C. Principal of Q .C. Cricket can't go on without them Rosy Be plentiful lllegal money-lender.

14. Crete (Jumbled) 15. Kind of monkey I 8. Frag rant oi l 19. Hindoo demon 2 0. Frighten 21. Even (Fr.) 2 2. Existence 23. Colour 24. Yes ( Ger.) 2 6. Before '29 . Boy's nickname 3 0. Form of dance 3 2. Archaic form of 'you' 33. Conjunction 3 6. Precious Stone 3 8 . R ecent elect rical innntion -1 l. Tall- scoring airmen 47 Upri gh t 4 3. W e rxcel 44. Ru ssia n edict 4 6. Tar (actual ) .

4 7. Zest 48 G. L. G . (actual) 51. Wfir9es, I. 5.

9.

1 0.

12.

13.

5 4.

55.

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But (Lat.) Bone, ( LJt.) Trade by Exchange.

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