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Percival Retains Athletic Shield Left: R. Gib-

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K eith Tang an old boy of Queen's College, now an undergradua t e at t he University Col' lege of the West Indies won the Tennis Championship for th-e University.

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Both of them old boys of the school, Messrs. 0. E. T. Moore and P. M. Lowe. have joined the Q.C. staff as from JanuB,"Y 10th.

Three rrrmds we1e brohen and two equtflled on foriday 16th j The Record-breakEr~ wer~ A. R. wlten a bright .wn and r, largr crnwd saw Percivnl ( A) House agam Gibbons and J. L . Taitt. Gibbons · ' · 't · beat two of J. W. Witt!ngham's wm the rha111/)I011Sl11p at the College . annual ath . . . .Oueen's , et,c l 1949 record s by pu tt·mg th e Sho t meetmg. Early m the ,fay P1lgnm (E), J;'>2V.! pomts a11d Heston 37 ft. 6 ins. and running the 220 ( P), 113 poh,t.s, 11'ere strong ri. 1a[s lo Prrcit1nl, but the latter in 22.6 seconds. Setting a blistere11ent11nlly ro111J1rd hmnr 12 points ahead of her nea rest opponent. l ing pace in the 120 yds. hmdles.

Taitt clioped 1/10 of a second off Competition zNts so kren that the Senior Chain/1io11sh1p had D. Mark's 1948 record when he to be shared b'y Arnold Gibbous and Frank i\longul who tied with did the distance in 16.7 seconds.

17 points each. Tht' other outstanding athletes of the da,• were Mongul's 440 in 54 seconds and ' . · Baker's Under 13 100 yards in 12 Yz H am, I ton Greenf' (E) who was the under 17 champ,on, M. E. 1secs. cqun11ed the ex1s . ting record s.

Miller (F) the best of the Under 15's, and C. Mc Gowan ( E ) who, gained the highest points under ///. Excellent prr(n•·mn11res by His _Ex~llency the .??vernor, L T · (A) · J d d· · · d R B .. Id U d who distributed the puzes, conI . . a'.tt zn tie n er 17 n11sw11 an . . Fu: s ( ,1 cr igratulated the boys on keeping up 18) nilmened the day's sport.

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Jackman ·-Selec"ted For Jamaica Tour ST. STANISLAUS'S BRIAN PATOIR GAINS A PLACE

Principal Awarded 0.8.E.

April 27th Fixed for But Claims ol C. Pilgrim, outstanding bowler ol trials, I lnter-~igh Schoql Neglected I Sports I

Captain H. Nobbs, M.Sc., F.R.I.C. Principal of Queen's College smce 1 1931, was made an Offlc€r of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in the New Year's Honours List. It was the first Queen's College had good cause for celeorntion when the namts The recently appointed Comtime in the hisLory of the Colony l of the Colony Players which touroo Jamaica this month were mlttee for Inter-High School that a Headmaster has been I announced on Wednesday 7th-he1· young l l't-year-old> batting star Games bas announced Friday thus honow·ecl and Capt. Nobbs 1 "!...eroy Jackman was among the chosen fourteen. He is thus the April 27th as the day for the fully deserves the distinction. second Q c. player to take part in Interc:oloninl cncket while still at Annual Athletic Sports Meethad distinguished I schcol. Bruce Pairaud·.:au being the first. ing. . The Committee will. career.

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Yet ,...;1th Jackman's selection Qucen's.,"•ere not able to steal a school competitions. Its Officials 1 College, Londo:.nwher: h~ ;:~e1 march on t-heir foremost rivals, for B1:inn Patoir of St Stanislaus, \\ith Iare .M:r. c. A. Vieira, Co-Prinan M.Sc., he later became a Fe!- his slow leg breaks had also played himself into the team. But to clpnl of the Guianese College o! tow of the Royal In:;titute of Collr;;ians the joy of Jackman's and Pntoir"s inclusion was accom- Modern Education as Chairman.

Chemistry. During World War 1 panied by a severe disappointmtnt: Cecil Pilr;rim. Q.C.'s Case Cup Mr. Randolph Cheeks of British h e saw service with the ltt Bat- opening bowler who had had such success in the Triali,, was remarkably Guiana. Education Trust, Mr. talion, Northamptonshire Reg!· -one might even sar unfairly-left out.

F. S. Clarke, Principal of Chatment. and the RoycLl Engineers Jackman, it will be remembp·cd who seemed most to de~rve ham H. S. and Mr. J. W. Castello 1n Franc~ and was C:emobillsed wa:; the hero of last year's Jacob a pl;:ice in the team was Cec!l Deputy-Prmcipal of Tutorial. with the ia,nk of Captain, Cup semi-final when he made 191 Pilgr"im. Taking 13 wickets for ' 1951 will be Captain Nobbs's runs against st. Stanislaus. He 15!1 runs, he was by far the best 00 r entieth year as Principal of has batted well throughout the opening bowler of the Trials. l't-eq's College. D~riug his en- trials. His scores were uever high, Thus while the Selectors are EY-f TE AMS FOR CH IN ~ •.headmastership he has but, k1s torm was always promis- certainly to be praised for their CUP LEAGUE a lways sh ~w~ t h a t 1ie h as h a d ing. Indeed, the Board of Control decision to ·'give youth its chance", the School s mterests at heart. I sent him to Jamaica for the one sincerely wishes that they had ---..nO express purpose nf developing that given th!~ particular youth the The Modern Educational InI promise. But the Collegian chance he d·:?sErves. ,stitute and the Modern High + School are the most recent enltrants m the Chin Cup Cricket M. E. I. TO ST AGE LET\ LA CGH Competition The Inter-High 11JULIUS CAESAR" "How did Mr. John cure his School Games Committee has stammer?" !fixed Friday July 23rd as pro• "Oh ! he put through a long dls- vis!onal date for the starting Mr Ongkar Narine, 1\1.!' ., Prin- tance telephone call to England.'' , of this year's season.

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of the University College. Then Mountains meet the Liguenea grinning seniors, men and women Plain, on the precipitous banks The departure of T . R. Rhodes tn slacks and shorts click their of Hipe river. from the school will be much regretted by members of the Sixth cameras. from parked cars as you and of his House, of which he was (II) freshmen come out of the building But not now. Now you must return to yow· room to savour the captain. He will suraly be missed in your scarlet. new feeling-the feeling of memby t~ose with whom he has It is in the theatre buildina th t Later you say you will visit the bership of that most ancient been m daily contact and es' ....., a \ ·• . pecially by the VIB science stu- you become an undergrad~ate. I? (other _undergraduates 11:1 their society, the Commonwealth of dents. Rhodes is now at the Royal your scarlet gown and white smt Irnom~ m those modernistic sto~e learning, and, sitting in your arm . h -both pressed and new- and buildings, a quarter of a mile chair you remember the words of Bank 0 f Canad a. His la St t rmmp h"t b ti lk t to th t · Ir · H 11 Henry Drayton's welcome circuc!.:1P;~:hi~h~! lfh: ~ri~:~a~~ ~~~1:'ato s~;~ the ~eayfirn: :~~~ctu:e: lar which you had read in Georgete P Y Roll. The Registrar bows stiffly Later, you think as you walk along, town. "lf you conceive of a rm. as he hands you your certificate vou will pass closer by the store University merely as consisting 0 of Matriculation, and as you re- Iof tons of cement and steel and of beautiful large buildings of Chess !turn to your seat you are wonder- 1machinery that will go into the ston e and mortar and fine liing why your hand shook so as \construction of the new Hospi- braries and laboratories, then this The game of Chess seems to be you wrote your name. You have tal. Later, you will examine the place will not be to your taste. attracting quite a number of boys Just promised to love learning, whole of this new township situ- If on the other hand, you conceive in the school-so much so that to advance true knowledge, to on the 600 acres of rolling of a University as a living thing a comp~tition will soon be started. subject yourself to the discipline pasture at Mona, where the Blue as a body of men and wom ~n Man behind the present state of enga~ed in the quest of truth and entllusiasm for chess is H. V............."""._........................................."'"'''"............................................................................ t knowledge, if you have a vision Chan who is doing much to stimu- i : Of this West Indian University as late interest in the game. ~ (i) 0 , ::"I.I O {1' /JD O ! an embryo of a new West Indian 11 Q O

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Fixing the man with his eye, d "D'd 1 the admiral aske : you g·zt that medal for eating my man ?" on the man replying "No sir", the admiral rapped out: "Then why the deuce do you wear it on your stomach ?"

. Headmasters' Confer- , Bishops' on Wednesday 7th, when ence. arrived in British Guiana the subject was "Samuel Pepys, on Sunday, March 4th, on a visit Educationalist." Both were atsponsored by the British COtJDCil. Itended by large, appreciative In a SEries of talks and lectures audiences of parents, teachers Ml'. Flecker endeavow'3ti. to and senior pupils reJ)Tesenting • • • • interest our Second:uy Schools the Colony's foremost secondary in the Overseas Headmasters• I Schools Bish ops' High St. Doctor : "Now take a deep breath Confe,r ence so that th ey may /I Stanisla~s' and Queen's coileges. and say nine, three times." ~eneflt from the interchange of M1r. Flecker's visit was un - Willie after inhaling· "TwentyIideas and from the experimce of doubtedly a success. sever.."

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Associate Editor that there Is a school rule which A R GIBBO~·s 1:forbids Queen's College boys to It flies with the p·~rsistence of · · wtar any tie other than a Queen·s a bird in space, it blows through L E. OWEN ,College tie. our windows, and into our houses Features Editor When St. Stanislaus College F. E. MONG UL . j and refreshes our minds and held its annual sports meeting News Editor I remember when I ~as m the bodies now recuptrating after a Sports Editor R. C. BACCHUS Lower School, a certain elder~y strenuous vacation. Yes. cricket on Friday, March 2nd on the G.C.C. ground, Bourda ''.Galton" lady steing me always dressed m . . th .

Busi11ess Ma 11 ager .. ···· my school tie, asked me whether is m e air.

House overcame the keen competition of "Butler" and "Etheridge" R. V. MOORE I was so proud of the fact that Staff Advisers II was a Queen's College boy that But however much_ it refreshes to win the Athletic Shield.

I wanted evtryone to know. I !l.nd lightens the spirit of some. it Mr. J. CAMERON TUDOR, M.A. explai~ed, as politely as I could in \brings headache and torment to There was brilliant sunshine the circumstances, why I never Iothers. ou1· sympathy goes out to and the large, colourful crowd _ ,Mr. S. R. R. ALLSOPP, B.A . wore an! other tie. But it w~s the six men whose task it was saw all the events keenly cona long time before I could agam I to select the thirteen-man team to tested, and several records broken wea~· my tie in _public without represent this Colony against Ja- ~n Exciting finishes. fcelmg embarrassingly self-con. . tl . Alth h MARCH 30, I 951. maica recen y . oug we Three records were broken in 'scious. ___ _ sympathise with them'. we cannot the 220 yards flat events : In set In addition to those people who help fetling, that then· thankless III J . Castanheiro (28g secs.> , in think that Queen's College boys task would have been a great deal Set I C. Glasgow <23! secs.> , in jwear their school colours on all minimised had they started the set n D. Martins (26! secs.', (I) occasions in order to show off the policy of bringing youth to trial all set up new times, while D. t t be n forcibly fact that they are Queen's College earlier. The traditional policy that Archer (Set ll) threw the cricket It has, a 1as t'· : the school bo:vs to the world at large, there "wisdom is the daughter of old age" ball a record dist~nce of 82 yards brought~ \he ni ice Ohave been are people who exhibit a dislike seems to have been only recently 1 ft 3 ins. ' that cer ~ n bollys i ti other for the Queen's lad which could overthl·own by the performance of . pu c nties es · d b Y en~y. S u~ h the youngsters at the Trial appearing m College th Queen's and the ?nIY . be ;!lSprre Galton House won the Relay ~n . l i f the ooinion that mdiv1duals ca~ r_nake life Q.mte matches. and Tug-o'-War from Etheridge.

O . ashamed trying for the Juniors who may be A. Sqth, a Set m runner, gained Prmc1pa s those ~oys ahr1> obvi0dus1~cordingly te1~ted l.o "doff" theil' ties so as ten point~the highest individual of therr sc oo1 an a ·•to "escape detection."

00---score. th'l.t th~y ou"ht not to belong to It. "Anet why." the opposition . may ask. "is there a rule which There 1s more to it, however, forbids the wearing of any tie eights of the distance and then than meets the eye. Many boys other than th school ti b sprint the last fifty yards to the have only one tie which they ha~~ IQueen's Colleg/ boy&?" I ehav~ __ __ t~pe-the results being th:i,t ~he to wear to school as part of the:r never had the reason explamed to t1m-as recorded were not1ceaoly uniform, and which soon be_com s me but I hav arrived at a fairl I "The important thing in the ~low and no records were broken. quite wor~h a~ s1:'obb!~elf ~~: lsaWsfactory e~plan:ation by m/.. Olympic Games is not so much Who is to be blamed? =~i!t00 the ';ost ca1:efree schdolboy, self. The schoo} ti~ is the trade- I winning but taking part; the It is only natural to expect that would look on such a tie as an mark_of the Que~n s College boy I essential thing is not conquering in such events in which there are ·t· 1 fit fo1· adorning his neck and it is inconceivable that any 1but fighting well." Th·ase are four competitors each having ar 1c e boy bearing that trade-mark . in church, at a party or, for that Id d th.

If in the unmortal words of Baron de nearly equal chances of winning, wou con uc imse any way C b · the .f ound er of the each w1·11 be ~f ra1'd t o .. carry the matte1, on the Sea Wa11 . other than that befitting a mem- , ou ert m, The solution to this pro~lem is ber of Queen's College,-the lead- Modern Games, m _which he epi- pace," and ns~ losing t~e rnc~. not very difficult. If eve1y boy Ing school in the Colony. tomised the splnt which all But what a great dilfe1ence 1t bought two ties and kept one for should seek while competing. would have made, had there been dress occasions, his dre6s-tie \ ~0 fo~r other "lesser-lights" who ough t to remain presentable for I o the The important thing in the \ might winds have and thrown d-ecidedcaution to giveto the a greater length of time and he .

Queen's College sports is not "bigger-guns" a keen tu~le. could have no excuse for refusing I Mr. Chunnilall returns winning the Athletic shield or to wear it in public. from Vacation being a champion but fighting Who knows ? they may have determinedly in a true sporting succeeded, for where there's a But boys complain that the ties spirit. Why can't everyone realise will there's a way. I cannot prewhich are now being issued do not this ? Why is there such a scarcity sent it to you more forcibly nor look presentable even when they During January last Mr. Chunni- 1 of competitors, especially in the exhort you more earnestly, but are new and they are therefore lall, B.A., mathematics master Under 17 and Open divisions at this I beg you, one and all; reluctant to wear them as dress- of Queen's College returned ? ties. Such boys can find comfort from his holiday in the United our sports · Must we have a repe- It Is better to have tried In the thought that a new ship- !Kingdom. During his stay he had Ititian of the farce presented to la nd lost than never to have tried ment of ties of far better quality the opJ;>Ort unity of seeing the , spectators at the last school sports at all; and keep the fact that the will soon be available and that victorious West Indian Cricket · by competitors of the Open divi- important thing is not so much the present stock is by no means team at play. He also went on a lsion in which the middle distance winning but taking part, always in the pattern that has been decided course through the courtesy of the eYents saw fields of four or five Imind. upon.

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' fuh owing tuh dis new Rice Ord ln- long time should decide to. m ance, dey wan fuh rab de poor vestigate. The ictervening JourJ oseph Quickly-Quickly was nigga man." Joe readily agreed. 1ney was accomplished _in the le~ a man than any man; not I Disagreement would have meant manner of a soldier going to the that there were any defects on .. . front j his p erson to justify so rash a suicide. A wan t nex a gill potato .

Mr. A. A. Thompson, Residen t('onviction, no, certainly not and a cent black peppa at J oe A search at Joe Bubados Tutor, Extra-Mural Departmen t He h ad a massive neck on which Bubadas Shap - an nuh wey else revealed nothing, the Putugee was of the pniversity College of the stood a formidable head made up 1-is only Joe dis sell e blackpeppa too busy to speak. the flsh-ooman West Indies, was Guest Speaker of two twinklin~ eyes which gud . Buy fuh me at de cawna 1-"ah is dey e deh," she though t at the last meeting of our Literary rapidly surveyed a ny scene, and shap 1 cent eating soda and a glll loudly. Like a Trojan through and Dramatic Society h eld at a rathPr conical nose which I washing soda ; dat is all. But if the crowd she ran to the fish stall Q .C . on Friday, February 23r d. doubted the existence of the yuh see, peece a good fish yuh and there she encountered h er more massive proportions. A can get a slice a t de fish ooman. husband in ardent conversation M1·. Thom..oson made "The cer tain stodginess of gait and a See an come back hey by 9.00 with the owner. Three shrieks Uruted Nations" the subject of peculiar baggy outfit, h umorously o'clock-or else." Joseph hur- conveyed dismay and astonish- his talk. He is attached to a termed trousers, together with a ried out of th e house in deep ment to the lookers-on and con- Department of the Trusteeship tremendous deep-throated voice thought-wh en wlll it an · end. sterna tion to Joseph Q.Q. Lik e Committee of the U.N. for obtalnenhanced his r eputation as a nonmen in a crisis, his wits left him, in!I' information from "Nor.-Sel!- --to-be-trifled-with individual and a t home should he have been con- Governing Territor ies," and so hence a p erson to be feared by Philosophers say men in despair fronted he wou,! d have h idden knew well what h e was talking all except his wife. His age was are driven to anything. Mr. under the bed or some such pro- a bout. H e spoke, as Mr. E. O. known only to himself; 'but for Quickly-Quickly having borne such tectlon. Here he had nowhere. the sake of the census officer who trea tment unflinchingly for 24 Escape was imnossible-a huge Pilgrim said in moving a Vote of came every ten years he com- year s decided that something crowd that only markets can give, Thanks, like a "man so full of municated the intelligence that will have to be done about it. He h ad already formed and popular something that h e cannot help h e seldom spoke to any fe male had scru bbed floors, run errands, feeling was already in favour of talking about it." Yet Mr. below his years. How the unfor- 1washed wares and a thousand a fight.

Thompson made it seem as tunate ma n found out is still a a nd one things. He would stand Ithough the lecture W!\S "drawn" m yst~ry; but It was hinted that. no more. It might be remarked I "Ah" hp would hide under the fr?m h~. After giving a very on his asking Mrs. Q.. h e was that had h e so much a ttem ted counter. Meanwhile the fish brief outline of the history and given a box on the ear and deemed to rebel ba nishm ~ Pth ooman, realising that h er honour purpose of the U.N. from the first a "lia,: on the PPrson of her bus- house V:as the re!~it, ~~: th: was at stake, drew up her big l tentative ain-eements at Yalta in ba nd. number of knocks by brooms, f~rm as only those associated 1945, for its establfahment to its window sticks rollin 1 h with so delicate a dish can,., a nd action in Korea b.e..iJ:lldtP.d.. fil""'Mrs. Quickly was herself not • g P ns e prepared for the worse To • ..,,...__ beyon.d fiftv. but :toad th e appe'.lr- could collPCt in th e nro,. ~ss. h t 0f th · bers lo ask questions. As a result ou a 1ter na e t~uesa n ce of one of sixty. In appe2.r- Never would the sure ha nd of his j rt ~moveH 10n eerh awdas one ive 1the evening was spent not in wife waiver; never would her eyet d h t th h ·. o s11:p un er er o e i"ding listening to a "lecture" as such • a nce sh e was less formidable . h t f . . tha n Mr. Quickly, but sin~ sig ail ·. sh e combined a c_Iever place. The fish ooman would but in a gene.·al discussion in appfara nces are deceitful, we will intellect with a mastery of vision. tolera te no such thing. NumErous \which members felt they were continue our story. A son and Htadkhehbeen ald nheedlefin ad h ~y- struggles followed and t h e taking an active part. ave oun him, s ac s e wou heir gave witness to at least one and when once found it would exhausted Joseph came up for successful vent ure in t h e r-~alm of be easier for a "camel to pass breath and by cha;11cE, ~urely by When the meeting ended a n marriage. It was said that the th rough the eye of a needle" than chance, h e found his h id mg place. hour a nd a half later, the 1 son was thE disappc,intment of h is he to escape her dexterous hands. ' .. . " a udience was so interested in mother , since all h er hopes rested Man's fl.'rst instinct is F.el.f- I Ah Gawd w':111 ees ~1s, what they had heard, that they on a da ugh ter. However, she preservation, but it was more an I scre~med t~e wife . ar.id . rm- I h fld Mr. Thompson to a promise overcame it a nd young Joseph Imagination than an instinct mediately fainted twice i~ iapid tha t he would speak again on the wore dresses to a n impressionable where he was concern d succession : the first time to same mbject. age. Hence n eighbours were e · attract attention and the second t.reatEd to a somewhat unusual because some such happening -----uO•o---spectacle of a house influenced ir.

It was indeed fortunate, or un- was expected of her. Meanmore than one way by a female. fortunate, t hat Mr. Quickly should while her husband al.So fainted h ave taken upon himself the but from want of breath . His Private Schools Union: After the shock of this has luxury of the fish "ooman's" com- position thus relinquished , ~he Ollice-bearers for 1951 passed dear reader, think of the pany-for luxury it was, since it fish ooma n was a ble to move with unfortunate position of Mr. cost h im half an hour every greater promptitude. A constable Quickly. It was a. shock indeed, morning. Such in terest as there was summoned and t he two I The following elections were a shock to modern civilisatio1: was in bot h . parties manifested transported in a van homewards. Imade at a recent meeting of th e who claim equalit y of the sexes, itself in a dEsrre to Yislt th e shop a shock to everyone, but not to more frequen tly and a n over It was Mrs. Quickly who first ~r\tish Guiana Private Sch ools t h e house. Now Mr. Quickly abundance of fl.sh in his basket. ,recovered and proceed ed to revive n on. was obliged to go every morning It cha nced that on th e particu- her husband with n umerous President- Mr. T . C. Davis. to market, and armed with a huge lar mornin g th ere was an unusual a pplications of smelling salts and Vice-President- Rev. D. W. basket he was standing ready on e rush at th e stall and it was some- kisses never so generously applied Ha milton P ollard, B. A. (Hons.> day to carr y out his custom . time before Mr. Quickly-Quickly since marriage and never enjoyed S ecr etar y- Mr. J . W. Castello Treasurer- Mr. H . D. DurMeekly h e waited on h is wife, (in h ad his wish es attended to. His by t h e silent Mr. Quickly with the manner of a la mb waiting to t urn came a nd instead of quickly more relish. Such as was admln- ant. be sacrificed ), who th e mean - tending h is wife's business as it lstered only served to increase his Other members of th e Comwhile was preparin g an order behoved him to, he start ed a unconsciousness a nd h er care. mittee include Messrs. R. E. running lnto several foolscaps. most len gth y conversation wtt h Mr. Quickly en jo;ved a p eaceful Cheeks, F . S. Clarke, R. B. O. r est.

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As January 25, approached a d ecided ch ange In the a tmosph ere at Qu·aen•s was noticeable. Serious ' b t d f , ft l ook mg oys urne up. or a ernoon school with bathmg trunks hanging over their handlebars and frolicsome youngsters also com lete with a in ' P b th g trunks, were in e~denc-a, for there was free swimming at the G.F.C. pool after school in preparation for the ooming swimming sports. The over-crowding of the pool on these afternoons rather hampered the training of competitors but this difficulty was overcome in OJlf-WS Y or another, and on heats d ay, everyone was in the pink of condition.

In the under 13, the Ridley brothers and Cossou put up a. creditable performance, while 1n the under Kauffman won all his events in very good timesindeed many were lntter than the under 17 and open. Young Bernard did well in being runner-up to Kauffman in the under division.

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In the Open division were Rhodes Rickford Owen and Warden: (a~dressing a group of ' ' I long-term pnsoners who have just Munroe vying for the honours. in) . W 11 bo .

The one length was won 'by lcome · e d ys, bas tyotou maky have heard, we o our es ma e Munroe with Rhodes and Rickcomfortable here We ford tied for second. The 2 and 3 you fairly. . f . .' length free style were won by !have ente1tamment or everyone, Rh 0 d h football, cricket, basketball . . . .

1 ed fi rs t "Lifer": . es w O was a 1so Pac What about a crossm the one length back stroke, long t. on Saturday Sir plunge and diving, The one length coun tY race ' · back stroke was won by Rickford • • • • with Munroe second.

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After the sports the prizes were Judge, (to prisoner in the dock): It is being whispered around the distributed by Mr. H. A. M. /What is your name? school that in the event styled Beckles, M.A. Prisoner: Ssssssssmith Ssssssir.

"Twenty Different Ways" at the last Swimming Sports, the Judge, Rhodes was presented with the Judge: Where do you live?

Victor Ludorum Cup which he won Prisoner : S-s-s-s-s-s-s-sixty S-s- Mr. N. E. Cameron awarded first place to Owen because he was one from his runner-up Finmesser by s-s-;.Smyth S -s-s-s-s-s-s-s-street, of a. group of boys who had sung the narrow margin of Y:z point.

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"Skinflsh" at two of his concerts, Mr. Beckles also complimented Judge: Officer, what is this man and second place to Pairadeau be~ause the paper which he held bethe organisers for their splendid charged with ? work ("they ,,even arranged for Officer : 1 don't know, Your Hon- tween his toes as he swam had the good weather > and thank·ad the our he musth be charged with said calypso written on it. When he is not writing calypsos, Mr. G.F.?., on behalf of Queen's for ' Soda Wather.

Cameron is Maths. Master at Iendmg us their pool. That's all till next year.

• • • • Queen's, so Taitt who described a parabola in the water was reWife: Un her element) Jim, commended for third place. ____,000 where were you last night ? You came in here at four clock this • • • morning, I demand an explanaB }I S MISTRESS ON tion and I want the truth.

From what the "Killer" tells • • • Husband : (calmly), Well, you'll me, "Daredevil Dennis" is at last y ACAT ION have to make up your mind be- making some progress. It seems cause you can't have both. that these two_ characters were riding down Bnckdam on Satur• • • • day 3rd of this month when what Mrs. Clara Medas, B.A., a mis"Killer" describes as "a. nice little tress at Bishop's High School, left craft" passed and smiled with, or the colony recently on a well Jane: "My music t eacher says at Dennis. "Killer" will not deearned holiday, She will spend a that with a voice like mine I ought cide which is correct. Neverthemonth in Trinidad, two months in to go far." less, we must tell Dennis to keep Barbados, and the rest of her holi- Mary: "Splendid ! I'll help you it up and we wish him the best iay in the U.K. pack." of luck for 1951.

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The under 17, was keenly contested by Jaikaran and Firunesser wh!le Lee n gave us some surprises. Jaikaran unfortunately was disqualified in the one length free style - for breaking before the "gun". Lee G. was placed first, with Finmesser second. Incidentally Jaikaran finished first, but as I said before, he was disqualified.

Lee won the two lengths also, but !l'Om then on, Finmesser was master of the situation. He was champion in the under 17 division and he is to be complimented on

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propor tion of Universit y gradu- elemen tary to the secondary by W IG HT CUP ates who sp ecialise in th e teach- introoucing the pupil m ore graduing of the very young. The ally to the new subjects a nd W.I. LEE SCORES headmaster is always an elderly, meth ods of the High Sch ool. good natured, broad, m atured This is very important. The FIRST ROUND gentleman.

Corporal punish- Junior High also helps to provide CENTURY m ent is not seen as we see it in educational guidance and achieve Grad e School our Public Schools. Teacher'-> an organ isation sympathetically over there seem to know the adjusted to the needs of the Captain W. I. Lee narrowly m lssed winniit.r for Queen's ColThe American Grade School is mind. They get students to work adolescent. In our High Schools l ege their first match of the similar to our Public School. by kind words of encou ragement we have •some very bii: students Wight Cun Competition a"ainst There are eight grades in both and not brutal force. The Home and some very small. This intet·t h e Chinese S.C. at Pin. Thomas and the age ranges from six to helps the school, while here that feres with the harmony. This on Saturday 24th. fourteen. The subjects empha- co-operation · ls lacking. The causPs bullying and other embarIn a glorious mixture of siscd in the Amc<rican Grade rhiu·ch hel!)s the school, while rassments. In the Junior High defensive, and attacking shots, Schools are the same as in our here that is needed. The en- the first two years are completed.

Lee scored 137 and all but won Public School. irhe American vlrnnment and attitude of the Then the best proceed to the t h e match for his team. Q.C. Grade School has certain advan- adults assist much. Buses take Senior High for the last two years. made 213. falling short by runs tages. The main reasons for students in remotP areas to the Here now, you'll find students 4 of the Chinese total. Gettin~ bet.ter tra!ning and' discipline in schools. Lunche~ are provided. between sixteen · and eighteen. good suoport from R. N. Lee <I > the Amcncan grade schools are G~mes are orgamsed and every- There is much wisdom in this 4 1~bvlous. They have bEtter build- Ithm" do1:e accordin~ to plan. arrangement. a n d C. V. Lewis ( 161, the Skipper h it 1_8 fours and was chasin~ the m::s ::ind s~pcrior t.Quipment. Th Am!?n~::i.n Grade School has bowlin-: when he was caught The staff' consists of a substantial a_ better spmt. The students are Leaving out the above good beh ind the wicket with the sco g1v_en _chances to show their other psyc:hologlcal divis,ons we find at 20~. The remaining four ba~: ab1lit1es; various organisations that the American High School men scored only 11 runs and Q C at the miniature range and the are formed which assist much has many other differences when had scored 213 lo the Chines~·~ term was rou nded off by a shoot- psychologically.

From Grad-z compared to ours. The teachers 217, concedino- a first . . ing comp:?tition on the open School to High School.

I are all University graduates, a ~ mmngs Ifew Masters, and a few Ph.D. vic tory. range which Sitt. Jaikaran won with C:.! points, just edging out The American High The buildings are excellent and Oo---c 1 Rhod th playing ground of suitable size.

• P_ • cs, . e runner up, who School (Four Yea;s) More subJ·ects are offered in the gamed 61 pomts. Cnl Wish!l''t · put up a very creditable Please note that Grade School American High School. Some Parading ever . forrnance. The boys presented as well as High School is free social science m ust be studied and n ew Q c Th Y Friday at the w o Elsbury with a gift in token I The State runs the school, but I agree with this. The American the e~o~·rt om~s Lands, ttnde1 of their aporeciat,ion of his fine local comm ittees srlect their High School caters for specific~ Elsbury. Mc ance of W / 0 work for the corps. Early this I teachers. Ari eaucation tal i~ g~neral ability, where we only ant M;udeslc n and Lieu ten - term Mr Elsburv introduc.·d a levied on all. Students from cater for general. We ki11 many Corps. is cerlarttl the QC. Cadet Bren L.M.G. course to the ten best r~ral area~ travel by b:ises to the minds under our system. A stuterm the bo s Y doing well. La-,t shots of the c01ps. The object of li:Hih Schools which may be some dent .in the Am ei·ican High School and ~nthu . Y t fecflmg quite fresh lthis course is to teach the boys ri1stance away. Lunch is providEd ran l{raduatc knowing h is English. joyable a:~as ic a ter a most en- the assembly. care and use of the for them.

Maths and Latin; but equipped Atkinson . succe.ssful ca~p a t l3ren gun which is th.? standard Thi' _American High School is "'·ith some skill in some profe$ion . force fo . ~~elr tut ncd out m full light machine gun of the British convementlr divided into the One can come out a carpen ter. gram m 1 , e r Para?es. The p ro- Army-a truly tffcctive wrnpon Junior High and senior High. n far mer, a musician, a typist, etc. the i~ ~~s m~de mteresting b~· lThe nine boys-Cnl Rhodes has Th€ Junior Hivh striv s to lessen Education for life is followed. er ion o several "shoots" left us-are doinc~- ;ery well. the shock of the change from the (Contd. on pagr 8)

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There is religion and train~ in the American High School.

The American High School has Corporal punishment is absent, spirit. We are lacking in this only psychology and co-operation fundamenbl point you will be you'll see. Little Americans love amazed to see two American High America.

Schools on the football field.

In America, parents co-operate What a scenery and life. Every with schools. In B.G. this is yet school has a hand, their cheer- to be seen. A child finds schoolleaders. Games are highly or- jng in America a pleasure becauae ganised. A master to coach in the educationists know the minds games is found in eTery high of the youth. They keep them school and his salary is often happy yet get their lessons done. more than the headmaster.

We in B.G. cannot compare Physical education is stres.sed. our High Schools to America, and 1 They take good care of both the rightly so. Our High SchOOls are I mind and body. Much visual privat£ly run. and so even 11 we education is done. have the ideas we cannot put them Extra-c\lrric.ular activities place into operation for lack of CASH. students fn re&ponsible organisa- ,We can only do the best with tions. They have Students Coun- what we have. We are improvcil, Students Christian Associa- ing, but there is m.uch space for tion. Yes, students have a voice improvement. in their school. Able and kind The highest ten per cent. of counsellors are there to advise American High School graduates the young. Sewing classes, cook- proceed to Universities.

We I lng classes and music for the girls. shall follow them there and see Poultry lessons, gardening, wood- what they do the next time at work for the boys. Debating and the Universities. I shall give more IDramatic Clubs for those in- details for I was there for four terested. Regular excul'sions are years. Th'e High Schools I learn . of from observation and reading.

I m.1,de to places of interest.

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