The QC Lictor - March, 1950

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From the Principal . ::·~""'"--, A new venture for ~

EXPRESSES WARM ADMIRATION FOR COLLEGE

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During my forty-five years at Queen's College, I have bee~ ~~nnected with most offiits act1vd1t1~s both on the playing- elds an m the class rooms, and I am pleased to write a short message for this first appearance of the Queen's College Lictor. I consider it a kind gesture of the editor to pay me this honour. .

There_ was 10• the long days ago a bulletm pu~lished by th~ boys of Q.C., but 1t was short-hved as ventures such as tQ.is require much determination and sacrifice on the part of the management. So many movements after a flourishing start languish and die that my first wish for the Lictor is that it may long live to inspire, instruct and amuse the coming generations of the College.

On Friday 17th March, Queen's College received the most distinguished visit in her 106 years, when Alexander, Earl of Ath!one, Prince of Teck, toured the sixteen form rooms.

In the company were His Grace the Archbishop of the West Indies, His Excellency Sir Charles Woolley, K.C.M.G., O.B.E., M.C., his A.D.C., members of the Legislative Council, the Q.C. Board of Governors and Mr. H. R. Harewood, the Public Information Officer.

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Queen's College-and a commendable one too ; Let us all ensure success for it-both contributors and readers !

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·serge trou~ers and Academy D~ess i H. NO BBS, hadd flanghu1s~ed for want of hght I 8.3.50 i an res air. '""'"--""H_ _ _,,,_..,_• ..,_,_.....At 10.45 tile boys assembled in In the driveway thirty-eight the Hall for the Earl's address. He Cadets, forming a Guard_ of spoke chiefly on Education-the Honour, greeted the Earl with a University of London (he was glad General Salute, burnished steel to meet Captain Nobbs M.Sc., and well-polished stocks glittering F.R.l.C. whose alma mater is in the morning sunshine. After London Univ.) and its relationship inspecting the ranks he proceeded with the University College of the to his tour of the building.

W.I. It was a great honour conferred , _....m ..., ......_ _ n• " ' -;--""""'" "''"'""'"""" ""1 on his wife, he said to be OTeWOT TOm lS r ace Chancellor of the W.I. Univ. where subjects of H.M. the King from I various parts of the W.l. would Sir, meet in comity and goodwill I congratulate you and your editorial staff upon the decision fostering better inter-relations. He which you have taken to produce .a College newspaper and I wish was sure that a better person for you success in your enterprise.

Chancellor could not have been That the paper will serve a useful purpose in disseminating in- found than the Countess and he formation-both official and decidedly unofficial-I do not doubt. was especially proud as she is an The benefits of such a publica- But I hope it will do more. I hope above all that it will encourage honorary graduate of London tion to the school are many. First i boys to write for the fun of writing, which is a very different thing Univ. He complimented the Cadets of all boys will have opportunities 1i from writing to fulfil a task. and hop.::d we would get our new to compile articles, write short There is no more appreciative reading-publi~ .to be fou_n~ any- building soon, and said a short stories, compose poems, all of ; where than among school-boys; and none more cntJc~l. ~n!m~ for requie•n on this venerable building which must improve their powers = a school newspaper is perhaps the best o~ all apprenticeships m J?ur- we ha"e used these past 30 years. of expression and clarity of think- nalism, and it is to be hoped that there will be no dearth of contnbu- He was pleased by what he saw on ing, enlarge their ideas and compel tors to this new publication. .• . tour around the form rooms. He them to delve into dictionaries, I like the virility of your chosen title, but I tremble a little at its finished in a somewhat melancholy encyclopoedias and other reference obvious implications. Who would not? All men stand equal before I tone as if bidding farewell w~re ·a 1,ooks.

Then historical events in the "Lictor", as before the Law, and even we who are Governors painful task . · Once more, before he left, t'i:!

• connection with the college and the of the school can claim no diplomatic immunity from due castigacolony must form a featwe of the tion if and whe_n we deserve it: .

I Earl spoke to the boys-now in Ltctor, which will be most educaI hope, Sir, that you will never spare ~e rod an~ spoil the I semi-circular formation along tht! tive and of inestimable value to a newspaper. I hope that when duty so requires_ you will use ~he driveway. He wished them all the certain section of the community. sharp axe without hesitation. I trust that )'.OU will fulfil_ your vital · best of luck as they go out into· Again Queen's College will be tak- office without fear or favour, but always m the best interests of the world hoping that they would ing its place alongside many of f Queen's College. . become good citizens of their the leading secondary schools of I can imagine you, Sir, with these words emblazened m letters country and Joyal subjects of His I.he British Commonwealth, which of blood above your editorial chair: "NEMO ME IMPUNE LA- Majesty the King. The Captain of 'run similar publications to enlarge CESSIT". the School, B. A. Eyre then called fthe scope of their usefulness.

One cannot be too careful in the presence of a "Lictor". for three cheers for the royal 'Further the public will get some But I must not end in this flippant note. In all sincerity I wish visitor. slight idea of the inner workings every good success to the venture and can assure yo.u that I s~all As the cheers ~ied down, the of a large high school, and the follow its progress with real interest.

You are domg something Earl looked about him at the boys numerous problems involved in worthwhile and I am sure you will do" it well.

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Secondary Education, and also ' (Signed) ALAN GUIANA, ,r. t~em in formation .,, He sighecl ·'J have some sympathy with the Chairman of Board of Governors, i like to w~~ch them. expirations and possibilities of the Austin House, ! When nis car drove off anot1er youth of the colony. Last by no : Georgetown l. ~ lusty ch~r rose ~p from the boys (Continued on Page 8) E ·""-""..................... of Queens CollC'oe.

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MARCH 22, 1950.

PRI ZE-WINNING STORY

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The night was dark and gloomy.' of the buildings, and sat around The sky was overcast with heavy a fire warming themselves; the storm-clouds and the wind howled while retelling experiences of wildly through the valley. Through J former days. They hardly spoke the dark , one could hear the din of above a whisper as if afraid of things rattling far below in the being overheard. In their eyes valley-town. Intermittent claps of could be seen the same haunted thunder were followed by streaks expectant look.- It was as if they of lightning which flashed vividly were continually conscious of their against the murky background of guilt a nd were only awaiting the the dark masses of storm-clouds, dreadful and inevitable punishment and which spotlighted the collcc- fo r their crimes.

Suddenly the thunder roared tion of ramshackle constructions known as "Goston". Indeed, under and the lightning flashed, and they closer insP.ection it appeared to be all started involuntarily.

Just as a ghost-town, and the few inhabit- suddenly, one of them, probably ants certainly looked like the more guilty than the rest, ( and at ghosts of their former selves. And the end in a frenzy of hi s tether) in truth they were-for they were dashed out into the open, helpless men who had, or thought they had, against the unfriendly elements. broken the bonds of society by I For by now the rain was po·urwhich they wer~ tied , me~ . -:,v~o I ing down violently, and the fury bad rebelled agamst respons1b1ltttes of the wind had increased. And so which their more _courageous , with t!1e raindrops falling heavily fellows rcg~rde? as t~eir lot; ~en on his brow and the wind screamwho had m lact smned against ing in his cars, he staggered forsociety a nd ~efore God,. a nd ~ad ward aimlessly, throwing his hands sought out this retreat as if to hide I up in despair as if asking for their bodies from the latter's all- mercy. Again the thunder crashed se~ing eyes, and their souls from and the fl ashes of lightning His vengeance. revealed a pale, terrified almost Thcy had withdrawn themselves repentant face. from civilization, and had come to But there was no letting upwaste away their last days among ~he. showers came _down . harder as this squalor and then to lay their 1~ intent on beating h1~ dow~, remains in the inhospitable diFt. nght down? And they d1d?-H1s knees buckled and he fell to the Their ap"Jearancc, habits and ground, and stuck fast in the deep general cond:t:on, merged with the mud. H is efforts to rise were in atmosphere of fut,lity and hope- vain, and little by little his attempts lessness which cnvelopped the became less vigorous. as the place. strenoth oozed from his body. 'The 0 .1 this night, being quite aware last ;ry for mercy was lost in the of the impending storm , they all wind, and while raising his hand huddled together in the sturdiest as if to ward off the lashes of an

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• Among the scarlet-hooded throng of privileged undergraduates who were present at the installation ceremony of Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, as First Chancellor or the W .I. University were Messrs. Whittingham, Tang, Drayton , Cameron and the Boland brothers.

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FLOOD RELIEF

Q.C. did her bit towards Flood Relief. A concert, given by the scouts under the direction of Mr. J. Cameron Tudor S.M., and Miss L. Dolphin, realised the tidy sum of $20.00 which has been received A congratulatory message was with thanks by the Town Clerk. sent to Princess Alice, Countess of • • Athlone, on the occasion of her ordination as the first Chancellor of the University of the West Indies from Mr. J. Cameron Tudor, M.A . (Oxon.) on behalf of

By Stafford, S. L. van B. the three West Indian Ex-Presidents of the Oxford Union. The God drowned the world to punish message, written in Latin, reads: man "Cancell aria SerenissimaAnd though our flood has just " . . . .

Tres Ant1lltenses qui ohm conbeg1111, vc:1u1 Oxoniensi prnefuerunt, tibi B.G . can do 110 better than institutae cancellariae-,-felix evcntus!-reverenter gratulari magno- Repent its sins and pray for sun pere ~olunt. Bene id. tibi_ -:erta~! For we 111ay find forgiveness yet Schoham augustam, cu1, fehc1 regis voluntate, iam praesides propitia, A 11d in the s1111 forget the wet. optimus omnibusque prosequimur."

Preo. Form, She has replied suitably to this Queen's College. rnessagc.

Installation Message

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imaginary whip, he stiffened and pitched forward on his face.

But the rain continued, the wind still howled, and the thunder clapped as if applauding his allies for their victory over man's frai~ body.

Soon the lifeless body had disappeared under the flood of water ..... . The inevitable had come ...... and man had died the last of a coward's thousand deaths.

For the Competition, we received a large number of promising short stories. A few reached a very high standard and picking the winner was a difficult task.

The stories of Lee, Savory, Owen and Bacchus N. C. deserve honourable mention-Editor.

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"LIT & DAB"

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"Well , Gentlemen, we are about (By D . ASHLEY TROTMA N, address them later".

I . V.B.) Bretan11eus: "ifs no use posting to begin our first meeting for the , term. The Minute Secreta ry will I. ' Twas a cold and wintry 1, them without an address". morning when the breeze was !

(Take It From Here"-BBC). read the minutes" .... I am afraid far from fair, • • * With the departure of Mr. that only once for the term, up to Wh en King Carol near the M aster: "Young man, why are Bevis, the society came to a virtbe moment, were such words scaffold did display majestic you so stupid?"

• tual standstill until strenuous efheard by the members of the sociair, Boy proudly: " £ suppose I a m fo rts were made by some ardent ety. The dizzy heights attained by And regardless of the hooting gifted that way, Sir".

I members to revive its activities. members, however, recompenses for the -frequency of our meeting. of profound malignity * • . * The society is now under tbe The worthy minute secretary gave H e bore down 011 his ,,.d eath~ a~ter, angry with_ r.~W stlhess ann?t supervision of Mr. J . Chung, and an accurate description of the bed" with a kingly dignity. talkative boys, shouts. .

Y do expects to purchase a few hives in •. weather conditions at our last 2. By his side was gallant Jux- you shut up? Every time 1. op~n the near future. With the purchase meeting to make up for a defison - man of gross sim- my ~outh some animal begms O of these hi ves the society hopes to ciency in less essential matters but plicity,bray. . h k . see an influx of new members of failed dismally to arouse the huEver fai thf ul to his sovereign Favourite, bu_t c e_e Y pupt1: whom it is at present greatly in morous side of tbe Vice-President, through his good longevity, "And l~ok who !s talking ~' need. who objected as strongly as he And they together strode to Boy: "T Jove you with all my When Mrs. Corm (Aunt Eloise), could not to such an intrusion of Whitehall heart.

From the very first ti me I Was stung to death by savage bees, gaiety. His opposition was susWhere they from each did saw you, you took my breath Her hus~and, Prebendary Gorm tained. part, IPut on /us net and took the Swarm Where the sovereign's blood away".

This hardly did effect the per"Then it's not He'~ publishing a book n~xt Mar, Girl, sceptically: forever stained his executor's suasions of our Sixth form repreyour heart, but your lungs that's On How to make beekeepmg pay . heart. sentative-who, incidentally, is an you". ,. .

Af ter twice . committing - .- . . .de, eminent member of the fifth- for 3. Even when the hour of death bothering ., • su1c1 the latter gentleman, when asked came and he knew his end , • ..

Clive died a natural death of sufto comment on our recent floods, 801 to Prefec~. Say .1 ~on t you focation in the "Black Hole". was nigh, calmly asserted that the governGracefully he placed his fair get tired of seemg me m deten• "' • ment was the cause of everything. head on the scafJold there to tion?"

Prefect: "Of course".

The partition of Germany was This has resulted in a great delie Boy bashfully: "I get tired too-- a n iron curtain built by the RusThen he glanced upon his sire on the part of members to join of seeing you at anytime, I mean". sians to keep the Americans out. captors and their hearts of the aforesaid institution, as they stony core ..... . express a desire to communica te Till . ..... he ceased to hear Not to be un- , with the divine. done, our No. 1 visitor proposed a their harsh cries N'er to see Old England remedy to this outrageous conduct The more ... , .. towards our coastlands.

Count was sure that by giving the sea free entry, the floods by the simple method of " reductio ad absindum" could be a nnihilated. Our sound of the janitor's keys brought maths masters should have a say us back to the world of reality. in th is.

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AS WE SEE THINGS

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Editor- M. Ragbeer.

The name of a Q.C. newspaper Associate Editor-I. H. D. H are- must be somethi ng easily ideotifiwood. able with Queen's College, someFeatures Editor-L. H. Thom. \ thing original, something friend ly, News Editor-F. E. Mongul. something that would itself indiSports Editor-W. 1. Lee. cate our purpose. · JVJanager'" R · L · C lar k · Ad ver(.1S1ng T he Editoria l Staff put their J· R · Munroe · heads together. Suggestions were Busl·ness Manager · · M r. J · C ameron- numerous-and humorous.

Staff Adv1sersWe Tudor• M ·A · Co xon · ) foun d t h at eac h name Jacked just and Mr. S. R. R. All- one qualification while fulfilling all Sopp • B ·A · (Hons · ) • the others. Some were rei·ected Lo d n · because they were "too unmelodious". Some were "too undignified", some - like the "Queen's Affair" - because they were "too ambiguous".

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How we ever came into being it is difficu lt to say. Perhaps we thought we could do something for journalism, perhaps we thought journalism would do somethin g for us. Whatever the reason, we are here, and here we entered to stay.

We have decided that we have all the qualifications of journalists.

Those of us who do not write the paper, can sell them.

The Editorial Staff have brushed up on its grammar, have carefully memorised a few of the older cliches, and like all good journalists, have learned to pretend to see the things they do not. Our sub-editors have literally hundreds o f Latin phrases "in manibus"; our feature editor has vouchsafed at least half a dozen errors-typographical, geographical, grammatical, or otherwisefor the delight of the errorhunters who buy simply to point out our mistakes; our business manager has contacted a lawyer who knows everything about libel suits.

Then, of course, we have to look on foreign fields. There are some boys of whom, throughout their school careers, their masters have expressed the opinion (and hope) that they "shall go far", so we propose to appoint them foreign correspondents to Moscow, Greenland, Peking, Antartica, etc., where they can enjoy themselves and at the same time gratify their masters' wishes.

In special features we are well fixed. We have voted 7d. a week to our film critic and a library ticket to our book reviewer.

All is as it should be in a newspaper.

The News Editor has already begun to quarrel with his reporters.

-To be sure we have everything we require to launch us out into this most formidable of the "isms".

In short, we are a NEWSPAPER.

POLITICS: It was felt that at the last British Genera l elections the British public, being not altogether satisfied with the Labour Government which was in power at that period, would have voted for a change of Government and would have reinstated the Conservatives.

But this was not to be so.

A s we sat by our wireless sets receiving up to the minute news about the elections we could not help but have a feeling of great anxiety as the fortunes fluctuated from Labour to Conservative. It was the Labour constituencies of Scotland that saved the day for Mr Attlee and his labour cabinet.

In · the end, the L abour party emerged victorious with a small majority of 6 seats in Parliament.

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_Al l~ngth, aft:r no Jes~ than th1rty-01ne suggest~ons, we hit on a ( no t wh o ti Y) sa t1sf actory one "T.he . Q.C. Lieto(. The usual obJect1ons were raised: the sound was "to? harsh"; many would not know (ll~e some of,~h~se P,;esent at the meeting) what L1ctor meant; a few members had struck on "Le Q. Ciel" and were sticking to their As Vl'C see it the previous Labour guns. Not only was their recom- Government gave tbe public better mendation smooth-sounding, they working hours and an increase in claimed, but "Ciel" suggested lofti- wages, but o n the other hand the ness of purpose, dignity; and the prices for foodstuffs and articles of "Q.C." at once suggested the Cot- 1clothing became so heavily inflated that this same working-class which lcgc.

The "Lictors" retaliated. Their the Government 'catered' for name, too, in dicated loftiness of wished that things could have been purpose.

The lictors, they like 'long ago' when they worked explained, were the heralds who for less money but the prices of always carried the "fasces" and ~oodstuffs and clothing were preceded the Roman Emperors on far. cheaper than they are t.odaf every important occasion and this T~1s poltcy leaves us. wondenng_ 1f was what we intended to do-to t~1s was not typical E ngltsh go before the school and carry its diplomacy. torch, to be its organ, and its link One feels, too, that the Conwith the community. servative Government would have When the Staff saw the advan- given the Sugar Producers of the tages of. both titles, it did not make West ladies . more satisfactory the selection any easier.

Each ter~s. Those given to them by the name received the same number of previous Labour Government could votes. D etermined not to bungle n_ot have been accept:d under any like a common and garden c1r_cumstances. Sugar 1s one of t_he Cricket Selection Committee· and chief exports of the West Indies inspired by a tendency to co~pro- an_d British Guiana and it is in mise resulting from reading United this respect th~t the Produce~s Nations reports, the Staff finally f?ught dctermmedly for their arrived a t the arrangement o n our nghtS'. front page.

But now there seems to be little that we can gain from 'crying over spilt milk' instead let us join forces LEST WE FORGET together with Mr. Attlee and his (Ill) J band of earnest wor~ing men and · h I th k 11 set out together, arm 10 arm, along The ed 1·tors w1s a t he roa d to a b ng · h ter B ntam · · an d th I10 h h d oh dan· th . ose w . ave a a an m e a true democratic Government b1;th of_ this n~wspape~ a~d ~ho strong enough to lead us in our will be. its stamma dunng 1t~ ltfe; fioht for World peace and to they wish to thank t?e pupils of satisfy our demands.

Q.C. and the commumty who they are sure will appreciate this effort. They wish to thank, more- SPORTS: Now that time has elapsed and over, all who have kindly sent we have been able to think the letters of goodwill.

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matter over sanely, we are beginning to see that in order for B.G. players to have stronger claims for W .I. selection, they must defeat their neighbouring Island cricket teams. The only way to achieve this end is to encouarge young players.

We suggest that prizes should be offered for both bowling and batting performances in the Case and White Cup • Competitions.

•• Speaking about encouragement for young players, we take this opportunity to commend the wise decision made by the B.G. Cricket Board of Control to allow Queen's College to play first class This step, we are cricket. certain, will encourage youngsters to take the game seriously and will ultimately boost the standard of cricket in the Colony.

It is our hope that we may soon see some of the lads from Queen's representing the Colony.

To them we extend our best wishes. F.E.M. V.P.C.

ACHIEVEMENT The results obtained by the five boys of Queen's College who attained scholarship standard for the last Guiana Scholarship were most outstanding.

The boys obtained 11 distinctions out of a possible 15.

Incidentally L. E. Ramsaboye who gained the scholarship secured 3 of them. The princl!!al, staff, and boys must be congratulated for this splendid achievement.

"In Memoriam" W e regret to mention the death of John Bakker, a pupil of Queen's College, which occurred on Saturday 4th March, 1950, after a brief illness. He was twelve years old and entered Q,C. as a Government.County Scholar in September 1949. He was in Form 1B and a member of Weston House. We extend our sympathies to his parents in their time of bereavemeot.

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"ROAD ETIQUETTE" . .

In .spite of all ~he advice t~e Traff1c Dept. has given the pub!1c on the correct u se. of th~ city streets, there are still motorists, or rather people who pass as such, whose real place should be the · · u · Iu1;1atic asy 1um, co.ntmua Y misu smg the roads. Cyclists too, as the Principal regretfully remarked the other day, choose the busiest thorougfares to practice their gymnastic feats; they continue to ride three, fou r, five and six .. abreast, and on certain occasions motorists were compelled. to clear a passage throug? theIT ranks panng them down to two, one, sometimes none, abreast. · · 1h · d T h.e p rmcipa as issu~ severaI warnings to the boys agamst transgressing any of the traffic laws.

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ANTI-TYPHOID CAMPAIGN We have received news that the Medical Department has ordered a post-flood typhoid epidemic has put the Med. Dept. on its toes and 300 gram of Chloromycetic, a chemo-therapentic drug, which will grcatly au~ent . theh ~dtocdk of G overnment s antHyp 01 rugs.

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INNOCULATIONS The Principa) has made an arrangement with Dr. L. S. Jaikaran, Medic~! Superintendent, whereby boys will ~? at l .~O on Mo~days to. th~ Publuc ~osp1tal t.o receive the1T mnoculat1ons. This arrang~ment h~s saved the boys much mconvenience as the hours of innoculation by private doctors coincided with school hours in the majority of cases: A few boys, however, had availed themselves <?f the opportunity even before this arrangement was made. *

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to their hottest rival for thisl f•lt.W Q.C. TO BE COMPLETE small museu!Il. On the ground (in) distinction-IVb l j. The two ~oor there will b<: a la~ge Recreaplaques now adorn the respective LATE NEXT YEAR t10n HaU, extensive bicycle-racks form rooms. The Principal has and the woodwork shop. threatened to award an "indescipline Shield" to any and every REPORTERS VISIT BUILDING T~e' P!incipal's and Master's form incapable of returnin g more It i h ed that with the early studies y.111 be much larger ~nd than ?O% in the periodic com. s op . . more suitable than those at Bnckpetition arnval of. the plu?lbmg, sanitary, dam The Assembly Hall on the *· * * ahnd electrical applCoianllces, wboriLkd.on middle floor can well be used as t e new 0 ueen s ege u mg d .

STUDENTS APPLy FOR t Th Land will be com- an aeroplane i:unway an its stage a omas s, would do credit to any theatre. To W.I. OPEN SCHOLARSHIPS pleted not later than September, the south of the hall projecting next year. towards Lamaha Street, is a dinSix boys from Q.C.- B. A. This assurance was given by Mr. iog hall l~ge enough t<? be used Eyre, W. R. Chao, L. H. Thom. F. H. Allen to the "Lictor's" re- as a badrmnton court, with an adM. Ragbeer , S. M. K. Z. Ins.anally, porters who paid a visit to the joining kitchen.

F. I. Low-a-Chee, h~ve applied for building on Saturday, March 4th. the Op.en Scholarships offered .by The new school will have everyIn all rooms the windows and t~e Umv. . at least two of whi~h thing to gratify the Priocipal's sheds are so arranged that one can w~I be 10 Arts, ~d. two m Wednesday morning wishes. never complain of the heat; and the Sciences. The examinations were breeze will not disturb any papers It will have eighteen form on the desks. They let in a maxi• held on February 27, 28 and March 1st. rooms, a Prefects Room and Sixth mum of light while keeping out all * * * Form study-each with an adjoin- glare.

S. M . N. JAIKARAN WINS ing cloak and wash-room,-separ. .

XHI ITION ate class rooms for History, GeogOne notable ~m1ss1~n on the PERCIVAL E B raphy, Art; separate laboratories plan, .h.owever, which quite alarmed . . .. for Physics, Advanced Physics, the v1s1tors was a Canteen or Tuck The Percival Exh1bit10n !~r Chemistry, Advanced Chemistry, ~hop; but perha~.s ~bat ~~cessity 1949, awarded on School Cert1fi- Biology, Advanced Biology and a 1s served by the Kitchen . cate results, was granted to S. M. . , N. Jaikaran, sixteen-year-old son of Af~er theu look-see, a reporter Mr. and Mrs. Jaikarao of 51 Brickquestioned Mr. F. H. Allen. dam, for his excellent performance Mr. Allen declared that he had in the Oxford and Combridge always considered the job a full Exams last year.

1. What is a squid? four year one and it would take .Y~un.g Jai.karaoPhga\ned fivde . In what part of the world him a) 1 othf ansother ebightTeen mo n th s 2 0 1stmct1ons-10 ys1cs an d O eo le walk on fire ·ust -uot11 e eptem er erm, 19 5 1 Chemistry, Bio~ogy, Elementary f ~ ~ J -to have it ready for occupation.

Mathematics, Geography, ~ngli~h or un .

Had they the plumbing, sanitary Language-and four Cred1ts-m 3. l~ y,ihat country 1s the and electrical appliances on hand, stick.mg out of. the to~gue the building would very likely be French , History, English Language, and Additional Mathematics. considered a pohte greet.mg? completed in a year's time. Your 4. Who was the Robinson reporter thought that the building Mr. Frederick Debidin, who was very nearly complete now.

Crusoe of real life? gained his lnter-B.Sc. (Engin.) in 5. How far can a Kangaroo Nth?t a t all,thl~ughe~ Mtr. A!tlenw,haint 1948, has been awarded a three1s case mgs JUS area year scholarship by the Govern1eap.? they seem.

You'll be getting a ment of British Guiana to study (Answers on Page 7) grand building though. He's right.

Engineering. The total value of the scholarship is £ and if - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - - - · all goes well, he will be leaving the Colony sometime in August to For real cycling pleasure and comfort ride a begin studies in the University of London in October.

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Our three third-year Chemistry students have just completed their THE MOST FORM DISCIPLINE SHIELDS excursion into the realms of Practical Organic Chemistry. Starting OF TIME with ethyline dibromide, the course For the fourth successive period included the alcohols, alhyl halider, in the current school year lB has aldelydes, ketones, ethers, esters, been awarded the Form Discipline acids and also two aromatic comCall or write Shield. This form is easily the best pounds.

Sole Distribitors:In the series of experiments, behaved in the school (excepting, of course, the Sixth Form). On the j' there was not a single breakage, acCRESCENT otber side of the picture IVa cident or fire. They must be conpassed on the "Indiscipline Shield" gratulated.

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In Mongu\ we have another pace cricket, football, hockey and bowler of good promise who in an athletics, and strange as it may At last the colony's cricket emergency can show a straight bat seem even our swimming sports, PREPARING FOR THE BIG authorities realise that the colony's to any bowler. Also there are which, after being postponed future in cricket lies in her young Jackman and Moore, the former twice, will have to take place after DAY, MARCH 24th. players. As a result Q.C. bas been , being a more than useful bat and the athletic sports, which have (by R.C.B.) elevated to 1st class cricket. we bowler, and the latter another been also postponed from March now have two elevens playing com- q':'ick bowler, _although he is in- 10th to 24th.

In the Under 13 division we petitive cricket, and this is another chned to sacnfice accuracy for * * * have youngsters like Mc Gowan, step towards turning out more and speed.

Issacs, Fields, Coltress, Bernard, Both elevens In conclusion I wish you all the all fighting to ga in distinction in better cricketers. were off to a good start in their Best of Luck in the forthcoming the sprints, jumps, etc., and to gain first match this season .

The 1st season. the championship for this division. Xl bowled out the B.G.C.C. for The Under 15 class is full of 244 on the firs t day of their Case * * * On the 20th January the Games promising athletes. l n the sprints Cup fix ture. And in thei r Wight C lub met to elect the school cap- ~ Proctor and Singh are the Cup match, the 2nd XI put out the tains for the year 1950. Our • favourites, but there are Nichol- M.S.C. for 92 ru ns and knocked cricket captain is, last year's viccson, Potter, King and Hope who up 73 for 3 ( Gonsalves 41) by the captain, R . A. Gibbons, wicketwill have to be watched. In the end of the first day's play. keeper, opening bat, who scored The 1950 Football Season is jumps, Proctor and the two * due to start soon. It is only now the first century for the school last Spences will vie for honours. that we have been able to put in year; the vice-captain is A. Bishop, Singh, Potter, Burnett, Bacchus, any practice. At the beginning of who also registered a century last will try their best to breast the tape the term rain washed out every season. Two other vice-captains of first in the distances. last year also became full-fledged sort of outdoor game. captains, W. I. Lee of Football The Under 17 events wi ll be very We lost the D ias Cup last year (by A. J. Mc INTYRE) k~enly contested. The favourites to Berbice High School; but we and R. M. Glasford of Hockey, for the sprints are Greene and shall go all out to regain it t his while V. P. Chung assumes duties As I have been so kinelly asked year, for we have come to regard as vice-captain of both football and Bacchus N, while "Big John" hockey. Table Tennis has become Phillips is sure to carry off the to offer my views on the College it as our special property.

Shot Putt and Cricket Ball with the :ricket teams, I shall be glad to The school team is practically an established game in the school, greatest of ease. Bacchus should begin by offering my sincerest con- the same as last year, except for a and so a captaincy was created, M. win the hurdles easily, and except gratulations to the Jst XI on their couple of newcomers, so that we M. Moore being the first tablefor Burnett he will have few rivals promotion to First Division Cricket. should bring home at least one of tennis captain of the school, with I feel certain the team wi ll more the J unior trophies this year.

I. R. Wong, vice-captain. Two of for the distances. than justify their inclusion. our most outstanding athletes, F. E. At last we come to the "big . .

Mongul and R. C. Bacchus, were * * * * boys", who will go all out to win Th~ side _is very well. balanced elected captain and vice-captain of the Senior Championship. Here both m batting and bowhng. UnAthletics. These are the boys who Gibbons, John , Mongul, Bacchus f?rtu nately I have not seen the Rain has put out our sports will lead our school teams successR., Miller, Glasford will be seen I side field , but! I feel ~ure, with in action. Gibbons is backed to win cons.tant practice both m ground programme very badly this term. ful ly, we hope, throughout 1950. the Shot Putt and Cricket Ball; J fielding ~nd catching, they sho~Jd All departments have suffered, Good Luck, fellows!

John, Eyre B. and Pilgrim are the d.evelop mto a fi~st. rate fieldmg chief contenders in the High Jump. I ~ide. Reme~ber 1t ts your fieldThe Senior Championship is the mg and catching that wm matches. goal of all of these athletes, but In your captain Gibbons, you the contest lies chiefly between have a first rate wicket-keeper bat.

Mongul and Bacchus.

Next comes Bishop with his left, arm slows and a very sound batsH ere s hoping for fine weather en that day of days. man, -:vorth his weight in gold to any side.

W. I. Lee with his MODEL SUPERBE powerful hitting and solid defence * * * * should cause a headache to manv a bowler. H. Leal is a crickete·r wi~h experienc~, having previously skippered the side. Glasford is the most stylish of the batsmen.

In by Mr. Richmond we have a great (STUMPER) asset to the side; his previous experience in 1st Division cricket prove quite valuable to his For your Boy - A Gift that will be his A great step was made towards should captain. th~ advancement of the Colony's lasting pride and joy.

Gonsalves, Bacchus and Chin cncket when Arthur Mc Intyre Surrey wicket-keeper batsman, wa; have shown very good promise Standard and Sports Models in Green, brought down as a coach. About with the bat at nets, and the latter thirty of the school's most promis- sh<;>uld with practice develop into Blue and Black, can be obtained from ing cricketers came under his quite a good slow leg-br<.ak bowler. coaching and it is noticeable that Next we have E. John and Pilthe Agents they are much improved cricketers. grim, the two opening bowlers who The school's cricket owes a debt swing the ball appreciably but need of gratitude to Mr. Mc Intyre, and more accuracy. Once again it is we shall all be sorry when he leaves practice and hard work that mini.at the end of the month. mise these faults.

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INSTRUMENTS FOR SCHOOL VISITING PROFESSORS MAY BAND ARRIVING SOON LECTURE AT Q.C. . . The weekly ~usic clas~ continues to work m preparation f? r the ~eat day y,rhen the School will th tr t f th r eceive e ms umen s or . e Sch;ool_Band. _The Va, boys still m amtam the flfst place for regular attendance, while Mitchell holds the individual record of having b een present at every meeting of the class. On the first ·convenient d ay after the School Sports, there will be a film on The I nstruments of the ·Orchestra which will give the class an opportunity of seeing a nd hearing what they should soon be doing.

Mr. Adamson in the U.S.A. is m aking all possible arrangements for the purchasing of the comp onent instruments of thc,band. In a recent letter to Capt. Nobbs he said that developments were satisfactory, and we would in a short while be vieing for musical h onours with our indefatigable n eighbours-to-be, the Militia Band .

Messrs. J. Cameron-Tudor and A. Lennox-Short are trying to get the visiting W.I. University Professors to deliver a few lectures to the members of the Literary and Dramatic Society. * * *

Q.C. STAR IN CAMPBELL CUP FINALS By d~f~ating Monty Clarke, in the semi-finals last Thursday at the Y.M.C.A. Hall Maurice Moore has reached the finals. The other finalist is .(\.- Barnwell. Bo~ boys h~ve . tbelf eyes t_urned m the direction of. Ja~ruca. where the W.I. Championships will be held shortly · * * *

LONDON ASSOCIATION PARTY FOR EARL

Members of the London University Association of British Guiana met the Earl of Athlone when Capt. H. Nobbs M.Sc., held a cock-tail party at his residence, (Continued from Page l) Longden Park on Friday, March A MESSAGE 17th. Q.C. masters present were uld Messrs. E. 0 . Pilgrim B.Sc., A. G. . t I h L ~eans e~st t e 1c or wo pro- A. Larthe, B.A. (Hons.), J. J. v1de a fairly accurate and full rec- Niles B.A. Chunnilall B.A. o rd of events of Secondary Educa' ' ' tion from this time forward.

• • • Thus my .second wish is that boys and public do their best to keep the Lictor alive by supporting it in every way-by submitting articles, by criticising i ttalicy, above all by becoming regular subscribers. ln this way the editorial staff will find their burden less l aborious and will have a thrill in t urning ~ut the Lictor.

A BATH FOR Q .C.

abrupt end, because of a certain boy's behaviour. They were very interesting and amusing, especially . Q. Why _are soldiers always when Mr. Tudor acted the part of tired on Apnl l st? the King or of the Prime Minister.

A. Because they just had a March of 31 days.

There was also great enthusiasm a few weeks ago, to racing around * * * the form, balancing a book on "I ts quite simple. Describe the one's head·, but, as the winners had route you would follow to get to to be cheered, this practice was the Leeward Islands." unfortunately stopped by prefects "I first _proceed to George- and masters. town- " We are losing too many poirrts "Yes, what then- ?" for the Form Discipline Competition, on account of late boys.

"Then I board a boat and leave It is curious that the chief offender the rest to the Captain." has a cycle with a three-speM l * * * gear.

• • Master: "Surely, you know the On the whole, IVa is . promising population of Georgetown?" to be one of the best all-round New Boy fr o m B'd os.· "No t all forms in the school, for we are of them sir, I've only been here good at spox;ts (in general), good two months." at work, and usually get a "good" number of boys in detentionSPOTLIGHT ON IV except on Mondays when Mr_ a Beckles is in the form last period> FORM NOTES and then the number of boys in

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IVa is as usual, a "very studious" form (especially when there are no masters in the room) .

We have been enjoying the last three History lessons--on Parliamentary Procedure, taught by Mr. Cameron-Tudor (Mr. Tudor has fu ture hopes for IVa boys) but these u nfortunately came to an

Q.C. had . her own new look.

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